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VCWi91 -OUEXX LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBERK21, 1914.NMER1 COUMIY FAIR LARG[L Barring the Collapse of 'the Day Was a Gre PastJave Been Lar Here. Barri t!ill fortiu'late collapse of the grandsLt md ye tert'ay morniig, the annual Leur.is cc anty fair was a CoMi'ete su 'ie. While the crowd was possibly ntot as inrge as previous years, as wits to .ave! been expected on accour ' af the p'stponemcnt, an imecnse rumber of people were here from ill nyel the county and adjoining counties to cnjoy the day and to study the exhhis. The streets and the fair grounds were crowded all day long and it was not until late in the day did they leave for home. The exhibits, taken as a whole, equalled those of last year and tilden. individually sonic .of this year'. exhibits were 'much su pericr to t'aie o' last year. For in stance., 'the a.il 'exhibits, the agri cultuaral exli..>its, and the swine ex hibita were li better than last year. The poultry ant I heep departments h.howed a elhIct falling off. .The ring exbibits Wetre in many respects eqqial to and superiol to ptst exhibits and talren as a wnol apre very creditable. Of unusual qi-ality this year was the agricultimral' depaeatment. Here were gathere toro'itr as fine specimens of vegetsbles a,-d other edibles as could be desired by thQ, most fastidious. Of partfcular merit were thd exhibits of peas, potatoes, turnips and peanuts. The cleaned peas were pronounced at being as pretty as any seen at any of tho.larger state fairs. Here also were several flne pumpkins, watermelons and other like articles. Taken as a whole, the. exhibit of table products was very commendable and went far to prove the claim that the Laurens county farmer can live at home if lie wills to. The School Pageants. As is usual on county fair occasions the part played by the schoo-ls proved one of the most attractive features. This year was "pageant year." Each schop) participating represented some historicpI'leynt, a state in the union or some country, There were thirty one 4ifferent schopl represented and not one of I..hm failed to make a cred itable showing, Blue ribbons were awarded to the Pirst four best exhibits OlIS red ribbons to the next two. The four ribbon winners were as follows: .Teth Grade, Laurens city echools, "dofumbia and Her Attenddnts"; Wrinity-Ridge, "Pennsylvania"; " 'imy Court'-Owings, "Massacht.. setts"; lo i&Ure6ns Milt, "Alaska". The winners of the red ribbons were as follows: -1irst grade city schools, "Holland'; ~Prospeot, "North and South Dakota" ftther 'pageants in the parade wer'e: Wriendship, "Deiaware". Youngs, "Louisiana" Sandy Springab "IoWh", Copeland, "Vlia" Woodrow WBebnI "Rhode Island". Hickory 'J&'ern, "North Carolina". Lisbon, "Tennessee".' Long Branch, "New Jersey". Summer Bros. Garage, "Michigan". F'our Laurens Girl., "Souh Caro liaa". The graded'sclool Xageants were as follows: 05rst grade. "Ho!lland". Beon gra'be, "Japan.". Secn'khd fourth grades, "Belgium" . (Death of Aged Lady. Mhiss Selina Stribling, sister of Mr. Warren Stribling, died a~ the home of 'the latter S'aturday and wps buried at the Laurens cemetery Sunday after noon, Rev. J. RI. T. Jajor conducting the services. Miss Stribling was in the 86th year ,of her age. She was a consecrated Christian woman and highly esteemed by all who knew her. She is survived by her brothersMr. . Warren Stribling, of this place, and Mr. Jeff Stribling of the EIkom sec tion, besides other relatives. Owings For'al 'Show. Trho annual Owings Floral Show will be held November 6th, to which th'e public is invited; This is an an nual event which attractn flower y-_ 'AT1[NDED Y[SI[RDAY the Large Grand-Stand, it Success. Crowds of the ger, But Many People Were 'i'hiird grade, "Turkey". Fourth grade, "'iiiia". Fifth grade, ".1ohn 13ul and hII,, Foul: Daughters". Sixth grade, "Porto Rico". Sixth and Seventh grades, "Italy". Seventh grade, "Mexico". Eighth grade. "Brazil". 'Ninth grade boys, "Russia". Ninth grade girls, "Switzerland". Tenth grade, "Uncle Sam and Iliss Oolumbia," escorted by the Boy Scouts Laurens mnill school, "Alaska". Parcels Post Exhibit. D. M. Norwood, assistant postnas ter, had one of the most interesting exhibits on the fair grounds in his Ipar cels post booth. Here were many packages made up by Laurens mer chants which could be sent to farin ers on adjacent rural routes at a very small charge. -e displayed contain era now being nanufactured for every kind of article for shipment, fiom eggs to oysters. Mr. Norwood had figures to prove that it was cheaper to order by parcels post than to come all the way to town to buy in person. Tomato Club Booth. The tomato club booth was to the ladies and many men the most import ant department. This was in charge of Miss Jayne Garlington. Here were shown the excellent samples of canned fruits and vegetables put ul) by the tpmato club girls and the housewives of the county. Many and varied were the articles shown here. Miss, Garlington also had here a few biscuits made fron cotton seed flour with, table accompany them showing ,that..they havl much more notritive value than wheat biscuits. The model home in this department, built largely by Mr. Desaussure Franks attracted a great 4eal of attention as its merits justified. Occupying a prominent place in this model home picture was the Eilo. T , mention all of the commendable ext bits at this tkme would tax the space of the paper, for there' were many of unusual merit. The full list of prize and premium kinners will be made public by The Advertiser as soon as a complote record $I wpie by the secretary. A story of the county fair would not be complete without something being said about the splendid 6rder. There was not any drunkenness or rowdyism pn the groUndq 9r .treote during the' 'whole day. While Chief Dagwell had his force on handto meet any emier gency, policemen wore hot floessary except to direct trafti, "Jud" Langston, Who had a big part, inl helpin~g things along, last night called up~ The Advertiser to say that tl "big wide space" ought to be given to the Boy Scouts in distributing hon ors of the day. And he is right, TPhe scout boys Were there all day and were invaluable. Especially following the collapse of the grand-stand did they do valiant service. With their long "pikes" they kept the crowds back and assisted materially in ren dering aid to the injured. President ilyrd, General Manager Watts, Sturetary Power, Ring Direc tor W. )A Mc'Cuen, and their assist ants were 6%m the job evpry minute of the day tuna deserve great credit for the way in which the exhibition went off. oe rtown miles around and this year's exhibit is expected to ,equai or .excel last year's exhibit. Operation, at fespttal. tMiss Fannie 'Poole, who has been attending JAnder College, was operat ed on last Monday for appendicitIs. The operation was peortmed by Dr. Pryor of Chester aba 'Was Vet'y' -suc cessful. Yesterday Miiss Poole was resting well, Shi, 'baa 'lieen liick in Greenwood for gov'eril 'dys 'and 'on Monday was brought over to the Lau rons Couty Uosliitdl Where th'e oyber ation was ;tlfo'd.il Mossrs. Caries diosoldy, 'Juties Todd John Watts, 0. W. Shell and Frank C.aino motored to Spart~pbua'g Satur' day to witness 'the Wof'ford-Dagi'dsen football gamn. STAND COL[APSED AT -COMTY FIR Scores Injured But No Fa talities IMMEDIATE AID' RENDERED INJURED Justi as the Exhibit of Live Seoek in file Rilg Began, the Long Stand IWent Down. Miraiculous Escape by Many. Fair Coittiiueld to ,ts Con elusIon. * Full enjoyment of the county fair yesterday was largely anarred by the collapsd or the newly built. grandstand just at the beginning of the exhibition in the show ring. Almost filled to capacity -w!.h its human burden, the large fraiie structure weakened and without a moment's warning crashed to the ground with its precious load. Wild confu on reigned-for a few mo Iments while tnose who escaped injury rushed to the rescue of those lying on top an( between the heavy timbers. scores of people were at first unable to free themselves without hel) and numbers wrce seriously injured. For some time A was thought that several perpons hwa been killed and many considered it a miracle that more se rious results had not followed. As it was about half a ozen people were very seriously though not fatally in jured and any more suffered -painful wounds. The more seriously wounded are Mr. Means inight, of Barksdale Sta tion. leg broken and bones shattered; Mrs. J. I. Sanders, internal injuries; Mr. W. 11 Barksdale, rib broken; Royes Todd. young son of M-. 1). E. Todd. of Iizrksdale Station, calf of leg hadly lacerated and chin cut; .John Glenn, about egibt years of age, head and back inlired; Mrs. Sai Williams, of Ekom, in.iry in the back; Mrs. Joel S'mith, Watlerloo, ligaments in the hip loosened and other internal Injuries; Mrs. J. R. Ellis. Laurens, shocked and internal injuries; Cal Bryson, 14 years of age, leg broken; Harold Hudgens, young son of Mr. J. M. Hudgens, Lau rens, three ribs broken and painfully bruised. Among those who were less serious ly injured are: Miss Flora Bennett, of Lauiens; Mies Bernie Wallace, teach-* er of Poplar Springs school; Miss An nie Bell Jo dan. of Donalds, teacher of IIlplI school; Louis Solomon, son f Mr. Wiil.am Bolonion, lAurens; a rall son of Mr V. 1. 1a(que; TRobert 8ulivih m of Mr. 3. G. Sulliven; Miss Louis Richardson, of Mountville; Wyfttt Waldrep, Laurens; Mrs, J. T. Satterwhite and child; Morris Comp tdh, A y6ung boy, Laurens Mill: daugh ter of Mr. Ben Dutffy, of Watti Mills. There were a number of others wounded wlo left for their homes be fore any recorud of the-m could be se cured. This list, hoWever, about cov ers the seriously injured. Vaslous estimates have been made as to the number- of people on the granvl-stand wh.:n it fell, but the nuni ber must have been between '750 and 1,000 com'o'(d mostly of women and children. Norris Compton, the little Laurens Mwill boy, was the only one so far known ua derneath the stand. where ust'aily a large number of peo pie rest. H~e eget~ped with minor in juries. Luamber was lifted from off a demolished baby carriage by rescu.. ers immediiatcly after the crash with great trepidatio9, hut there was a sigh of relief when it was found that th'e little one had been taken out and~ *a's safe in its mother a arms. The b'aby oarrihge was completely dethohlished, as were many other tlhings under ueathi. John A Pranks, te 'carriage dealcr, had an excellen't display of his 'Wares h'ere, but h'e suhtained but lit 11-e injury, the toti~h 'liaterial in his goodis Witistnding 'the strain admil Vbly. ire absence oif more serious in iftrin to the odeupants of the grand stand' 'is nye:ibed to the fact that it f6il wviih -a alanting movement, rather than directly d.wward. The collapse Was hlot dlue to any, breakage in thb timber. but to weakness in the struc ture itself. When the tall camne. the whole stan I ciumpled\to one side and foIl' flrat.' Those on thxe stand exer cised presece of mind and raised their hands 'and feet. so that they would not toet caught Motwenn the thm MiS. .1011N W. FOWLER DEAD. Well Kn(win Lad11y 1 Passes Away Near 3M1. Plew.Ini (m 31onday. Nir . .Jolv W. Vowler, tie wife of a well ilnov-! ,nI well-to-do farmitier of the 'It. PI I se tiiott of till- eoun, tY 10(ed awatV her hiollie last Mon day aternt~r.litr end waIsnou exi"'ld tet.he h beetn in very bad P1:11h forlasonthls and gr-adual ly 2, tVu -a- tai im iil the cnd cai last ( C"'V. Mtr'. -Pw ler w:-s .\Ji:s .o se! ''e le s 1-:fo e r m1:11 ri.gv. lieshles lr husbad she is surlviven by live daitr 'is follov..s: Alrs. Troy \i0ot Ao. M es i J l i en ile, A da atndi 01na F-'. le. Airs. Fowler was a woirant of many adiirable traits and numbettred .or. fr;enlds by the hundreds She v:as a cons.:crated Christian and a Imtemtber of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist ch r bi. The b'rill took place at tle ult. Pleasnt. ch.irch cenetery and the services vtre conducted by Rev. J. A. Martin. DEATH OF S. E. RAY. Well Known Railroad Man Dies Very Suddenly at his Hone. Mr. Sbmneon E Ray died very sud denly at his home in this city last Thursday evening. Heart failure is given as the catuse of his death. The day the end came. Mr. Ray appeared in his ustea: good health and was at his post W' during the day. le re turnd houwl at the usual hour and shortly after his- arrival he passed away. Mr Ray has been the regular flag man at the depot crossing for many years and alwa'-s did his duties well and raithfully. He was a Confederate veteran ard his record during the war was ant adn;Table one. For about sev enteen years he has been a resident of this vIPy. la-sides his wire and one dautghter, Mrs. Ross Beard of Florence, ie leaves hundreds of frields to moton his departure. Mr. 1ira Barre I-4 Dead. A death of prectiiar sadness was that of Mr. Ira Garre, which occurred at the hor.e of his parents last Wed nesday eveni-g. Mr. Barre had been in very iII health for many months and suffcred or g and bravely -before the end car re. Mr. Barre was thirty six years of age and has been a resi dent of this city for many years. He is the oldest son of Rev. W. E. Barre of this city. Phouzlh very unassiming he has mr-de anany friends throughout Laurens %1-o join in the family's grief. To funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at the 'Laurens cemetery lby the Rev. 3. R. T. Major of tne First Methodist church, of which he nr.ag a member, ., 1110 SALE ON. 11. Terry IN% Put Large Stock on the Market at Reduced Prices. The lar,ge stock of dry goods, no tions, shoes Ctc., of H. Terry has been put on sal., at reduced prices. The mammnothi sale is In charge of Mr. M. H. Whitehtotuse, who represents the American Speocial Sales and Salvage Company of Wishington, D. C. Trho sale opened yesterday and ai im mnense cron d was5 present for the op ening hourn and throu'ghout the day. The sale v.'1l last for eleven days. R~evh'e Services. Evangelist .'. \V. Littles, of Marsh.. ville, N. C., Ts conducting a series of revival services uttder a tent on F'eming street, near the Laurens Cot ton Miifi. The services began Satur da' 'night and will continue for some 'tame. The public is invited to attend. bers. In this way they saved them selve.. Rescuerers rushed to the assistance of the fallen and injured and in a short time all the injured had been removed. Phyv'ician~ vere on the, ground and they gave immtediate assistance. Own ers of autc'robiles put them at the ser vice of the fair offieers and al lof the injured were carried to the Julia Irby san'trariumn to the offnecs of the phty siclans or to private homes. Nothing was left utndono which mi'ght have addedi to their' comfort. 0- er -, such an occurrence put a certal. saimper on the fair, hut as the (lay wore on and assurance was given that, there had been on fatalities the latrge crnwd sutcceeded in partly dismi-'sing It from their mntds and the exhibi:ion continued to a success fuli close.. ingc Ihaggot, 'io Appenrl in Twielvo Different Holes fin ote( Featujre. The e.(perimnlts con(ducted in con junlctionl witih mloving picltures during recent years are( 11OW begini ing to hear fruit, as is (learly illustratend inl the recent innovation proluved by tIle Vniver.ml ill Com In:1y ai' Shown in 1)1( tilrs at the Idle I llur to llorrow-Th u rsday. 'I'lis liew anii 1nov l plro(lutilol is only two reels inl Ilngih hlnn it is inn tiiated that the cost of th saimle is farl, inl excess of tihe average five reeler produced. Its novelty alon1 should stimul i n t e r lii'est In so farI' as it. has opened u1p a new field inl tine prodigious industry and has shown the manufacturers that they are still in their swaddling clothes. The production which it is said will revolutiQnize the industry Is called "uShadows," and( the treatment Is unique in many ways. First of all, the entire play is enacted by one nian -King Baggott. The action is complete in all de tail, and the audience is thrilled with the punch and sispense that the plot contains. The cust Is made tp or twelve characters, each and every one portra d by King Daggott him self. That s to say, the whole piece is acted and played by this one man. When it is renenbered that many things can be done in an Ingenious way with the present picture camera, one can see the possibility of produc ing a picture in which one man plays all the roles. The difficult thing, how ever, is the infinite care in timing the action so that when the person playing two and even tree -parts will definitely show the true action and not in any way look grotesque. In "Shadows" King Baggott is al ways on the screen twice at the same tiie and in a great niany cases three tilies. In order to accollplish this, it was necessary to time every bit of action inl such a way that it would be absolutely smooth anal rythinic. Furthermore, llaggot had to keep continuially changing his make upl) to suit the various charnacters in which he appears. The taking or "Shadows" consumed over three months, and as the action is such that it depend ipon a dif ferent locale and imany different sets one can understand the reason for the great length of time for a play of this character. This wonderful and novel picture will be shown at the Idle Hour tomorrow afternoon and night. SHORI' BUT SWEET. Great Football Game Between P. C. and Laurens Ended In Fight. The foot-ball game, which was to have been played in the Garlington pilasture, Friday afternoon between a team composed of Laurens young men and the Presbyterian College pig-skin artists, began with a rush at four o'clock in the afternoon and ended in a general melee a few minutes after wards, Observing the exhortation of President Woodrow Wilson to be neut ral in present conflicts, The0 Adver' Usier will not attemplt to state whlich side was at fault in the row whichl took pllace, for featr of being ac cused of "taking sides8." Anyway, the Clinton boys charged that one of the Lauirens players had threatened be fore the game to "miake thlings hot" for the collegians and that lhe attempt.. ed to carry out his threat, whlereupon they withdrew from the game. On the othlers side, however, the Lauerns play ers claim thlat the Clintonians had the head of the after-4nentioned local player "imprisoned" in the muid and grass On the sloppy field and was using "third degree" measures to put him out of the gamne, whereupon they assumed the offensive. At any rate, tine game ended in a squabble son af ter starting. 'Sundey School Rally. October (bth has been selected as the date fo" Rally Dlay at the First Methodist Sulnday School. Rally Day last year w' a wonderful success and thle officers of the Suinday school hope that tIs one will 'he even more sulc cessful. 1Everybody is most cordially invited to come on this Sunday. An infant Dlies. The infar.t haby of Mr. and Mirs, W. Rt. 1U'chey. Jr.,, died ea tile home of its parenlts last Tuesday andl~ wa's bui'ed at the Laurenis Cemetery on Wednles day Th'leir many fr'iends sympathlize m115' dheely with thoem in thoe lnos ACREAGE REDUCTION SIMS C[RTAIN Advocates of Total Elimi. natior(Losing Gtounld COMMITTEE BILL MAKING HEADWAY AIIentes ofTotaal El imiinon (hat rgl 1Th01y liii not Ph A ladl a 1 -'it F iearinig, llue b lored uI I 31II onday Nhitit. 11111 Sent to Seniate. Coluilai . Oet. I-The IIost Isn I'ortanlit bill of thle session was pre s(lled lonight. It Is the 25 million dolhtr li bond proposition submitted by the special coimtittep, in bothIt the Iloltse and Senate. Iere are tlthe essential fea tu1'res of the mneasure that overshadows any thing yet offered. Section 1. T hat the State of South so Ituclh he niecessary in 5 per cent coupon1 bond.,; carrying interest front the (date of Issue, payable anually, for a term of five years and with the op tion to call the said bonds or any portion thereof .by number for pay ment at any time; maid bonds to be issued in form and manner as the purposes hereinafter set forth; pro vided trat the question of issuing the said 'bonds be submitted to the qualil fled electors of this State at the next general election on the third day of November, 191,1, for the consent of the people of the State; that at said election there shalI be provided a suflicient number of ballots as fol lows: "For the issuing not exceeding $25,000,000 In South Carolina coupon iOnds to he exchange'l for or. loaned, upon cotton by thle 'Statte, 'esi'il and a su citent number of ballots shall bo provided as follows: "For the issuing of not (xceeding $25.000,000 in South 'arolina cotpon l'onds to be exchanget for or1 loaned upon cotton 1)y the state 'n1o'. Only suchlt notice of said election shall bo required and extended by advertis ment as may be peacticable after the passage of this net. That in caso 'wo thirs of the quialilied electors of this State voting ont tho question of sa.'.d issue shall vote 'yes' then the sald bonds shall be issued as provided In this act. Section 2. Provides that the bond. shall be in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000 and that the form of the bonds shall be provided by the state sinking fund commission. There is provided that the cotton token in exchange for the bonds shall l'e pledged for the payment of the sa.me and Interest and that all for feiture fines and interests collected on the bonds shall be held by the State Treasurer, for the paynent of them. Section 3. Provides that the sink mgi fund conmtis'sion shall turtn the bonds over to the State treasurer and that the bonds are to be exchanged for cottoni produced in South Caro Pna, evidenced by receipts from bonded or state managedl ware houses. The sinking fund comumis elon shtall deliver warrants in the sutm rep~resentedl by the value of thte cotton at ten cents per pound on the basis of middling, the price of the lower gradles to be fixed by the sink ing fund commission, The persons receivirig the warrants shtall be the producer8 of the cotton or the own ers of the land upon which It was produced and the holder of the war rant shall deposit in cash with thte sinking fund commission ten per cent of the face of such 'warrant to be held in the State treasury for the purpose of paying interest (in the bonds and expenses, Section 4. Provides that upon the delivery of notes subject to such rules and regulations as the sinking fund commission may 'prescribe that notes rmay be given payable two years after date with five per cent. interest and the cotton to be used as collateral. On these notes it In also reqtuired that a cash. paymenit of 10 per' cent of face shalt 1be paid( to thte state treasutrer to cover thte in terest in advatnce. the toan to be made on tlte basis of 9 cents per potund for' mliddling cotton upon the delivery of the note antd the paymeotlt of 10 pe(r centt of the face for inter'est ando ex penses5 the malm r (of the ntotena (Continuted on Patge Itigt.)