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OLUMB XXX*/#~IWt~ VOLUME XXX.LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914- NU :e ;R 14 VICTIMS Of GRMD S R[9OOMRING FROM With the Exception of Sever Patients Are No Longer r 'Reports from those who were in jured in the grandstand collapse at the county fair last Tuesday indicate that none of them will suffer permia nent Itijuries. With the exception of two who are now at the Julia Irby sanitarium, all are now at home and on the road ,torecovery. The two at th.e sanitarium are Means Knight, a young man of Barksdale Station, who la his leg broken between thesknee and ankle, ahd Higgins Bryson, a fourteen :year old lad of Montntville, who , had- his' thigh broken. Both of tisem' are steadily improving and will he able to' return home at an early date. The Bryson lad is occupying the Kings Daughters ward and Means Knight is occupying the ward support ed by the county. Royes Todd, who was thought to have been very seri ously injured, left the sanitarium Sunday and is now at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Todd, near, Barksdale Station. lie is reported out of danger. All of the other patients are re ported as either completely recovered or as out of danger. Mrs. Joel A. Pmith, of Waterloo, who was thought at first to be very seriously injured, 'Aas carried home the day after the fair and it appears now will suffer no permanent effects from her experl ence. Mrs. J. I. Sanders In said to be suffering from no ill effects of 1her in juries. Mr. V. I. Barksdale, of High land Home, is still suffering from pains in his sidn where it was thought one.nib was broken, but he will entire ly recover. Mrs. Walter Reid, of the Woodrow Wilson settlement, who was hurt in the chest, is on the road to complete recovery. Mrs. .J. F. Satter white and daughter, of the Watts MILS. A. C. OWINGS DEAD. Mother of Sheriff John D. Owings Dled l at the Latter's H0ole Sunday. Mrs. Nannie W. Owings, wife of A. C. Owings and mother of Sheriff John D. Owings, died at the sheriff's home Sunday after a protracted illness. She had been lti all health f& 6veral YeaN had hor Condition was inade WObtb last February whet she was horioumly burned when a lamp over turned in .he sheriff's home where khe had already been.st&ylhg for some time. Since then. bhe bah never left her bed, though the burns had heai~d over.. The remains were carried to Dials Methodist church Mdnday morn ing and interred In the lfamily plot there, Rev. J. X. McCain and Rev. T. W. Munnerlyn conducting the se. vices. She was a life-long member of this church and was always rauch In terested in its work. She was 76 years of ago. Mrs. Owings is survived by her hus band, four sons and three daughters, besides other relatives. The sons are SherIff John D. Owings; Arch C. Ow ings, of Gray Court; Charlie B., of Ow ings, Claude L. Owings, of Gray Court. The daughters are Mrs. Ed .Shell, of Graym'ourt; Mesdames R1. S. Ball and (. S. Aichen, of Meeka, Colorado. Mrs. Dr. flea Jones anid Mrs. Harrison Rloyd, of Arkansas, are surviving das lers. Before her marriage Mrs. Ow Ings was- a Miss Brooks. SPEIAL~ FAIR SCHEDULE. -C'., W. & I,, Evening Trvin W~if Leave C 'olumbia at 6 o'clock. On Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day of this week the C., N. & L. pas senger train that has been leaving Columbia at about 4:30 In the after noon will leave the Capital City at t6 .o'clock. This train will arrive in -Lauirens at about 9:15 and will make connections with the C. 6. W. C. pas senger for Greenville. 'rho train to Greenville will be held over to pnake the connection with the i amn from ColumbIa. The changes for these 'three (lays nere madle for the convenience of-the ;:eople. who dir~4e to spend only oe day in Columbia. A visitor to time fair can leave Laurena ot 8:20 Ia the morninig and -returning reach here nt 9:16 at night. TAND COLLAPS[ INMJIII[8 AND SOC( al Who Are Still Confined ;uffering Inconveniences. .Mlills, suffered no Ipermanent injuries. IIarold Iludgens, the little son of .M r. .lohn 1. Hludgens, about whose condi tioni grave rea's we'y felt. immediate hi after the accident, is out of danger as is also the little son of Mr. and MIrs. Oliver, who was untable to take nourishment for several days. .\rs. Sam -E. Williams and Mrs. .1. .11l1, about completing the list of those who were more than slightly injured, are also rapidly recovering from the palu aundshock of the, accident. All of the remaining ones l ave suffered little in convenience beeause of their expert. once. The reason why the stand collapsed has never been entirely agreed upon. The theory is advanced, however, that the north end of the stand settled in the earth made soft by the heavy rains, creating such a strain that the t!mbers and nails could not withstand it. When the timbers cracked the occupants of the stand jumped to their feet, lending en impulse to the movement already started which bore it to the ground. President Byrd, speaking of this several days after wards, stated that next year the stand would be erected but three or four panels high making it absolutely dan &er-proof and stretch all around the arena so that those standing behind canl see over those sitting down. - During the latter part of the week Sec. Power circulated a subscription list in the city and raised a substan tlal sum to pay the hospital for hand ages and medicines used there and for services rendered. President Byrd and all of the oll cers of the fair expresse thomnselves as greatly relieved that no fatalities occurred and that the injured ones were doing so well. (LASS FACTORY NEWS. Offleers of Ulowers Association for Coming Year Elected. At the last regular anecting - of Pranch 35. Glass Bottle Blowers Asso elation the fallowing oftlears were bleetei w4 hitV6 dtiiNhk the coming terhi: ban Dowdy, President; L. W. Higbe, vice-President; Gilbert Keen han, Corresponding Secretary; John Clauss, Financial Secretary; William Flohr, Treasurer; 1.. 0. Higbe, Wilbur Wilson and William Smith, Trues; George Dancy, inslde Sentinel; Wal ter Harp. Outoide Sentinel. The Lau rena llrahch is composed of thirty-six enthusiastic members who are work ihg all the time fodr the good of the order and great iiterest is manifested ia every meeting. Everything at the weorks Is running aloig fine; prospects have never beeni hrighter. Under the able superintend ence of Mr. Bryant everything is -run aing smoothly and fine work is heipg done. WRECK IN THE YARDS. Freight to Oreenville Derailed Just Below Harper Street Crossing. Saturday mnorning at about 7:20 the tegular freight for Greenville hit a bad piece of track and was derailed just below the South H~arp~er street1 crossing. On0 flat ear and one boxi car, both heavily loaded, jumped the track doing considerable damage to the track it was on and the one next to it. Before being derailed the brake beamI on one of the cars broke and falling,1 caused the rails to spread. Both ears were placed back on the treck during the day. Traffic was delayed for only a short while. Capt. Hlutchinson was1 in charge, with Engineer Boyce Myers hondling the steering gear. -The Annual Bazaar. As previously announced the ha maat given annually by the local chap ter of the Kings Daughters, will he given this year Friday, November 6th. 'Ilie committees have already sol lelted and roecvd gifts or edibles, flowers,) etc., but they are still in 'a receltive mood and will be glad to accept furth er gifts. PARCELS POST AT YONGE'S ISLAND Vostoie )epIaIIment Astonished nt Prospect. Emergenye Action PTaken Washington, Oct. 2.5.-'Elmergency Iction has been taken' by the postof lee depart-t( to accomml1tlodate the Lreivitnous increasc In tile IIreel post Iusiness at Yorge's Island. S. C.. :uriing the comnig cabbage p1lant se,( The exten t of tle traflie. it) propor tion to the size of the town and the i ating of the ollice, has aroused the liveliest interest in tile departnent. iV hich lade the rheniomlenoni the sub icet of an oflicial stateient to the press of the country. Senator Tillman and Representative ii'inley (ranking member of the post flIce committee of the liouse( have been working for more than a year to iave the parcel post regulations so al Lcred as to have cabbage 'plants and ilmilar products admitted to the par els post rate. The Senator'discussed ,he subject with the Postmaster Gen ?ral, believing that this officer had the juthority to change the regulation in the required respoet without Con rressional action. The legal experts )f the department, however, ruled hat an anmendment of the law would .e necessary, and this was effected in he last postoffice appropriation bill. The statement which the postoflce lepartment gave to the newspaper nen today as to Yonge's Island is as 'ollows: "The amendment of the parcel post egulations permitting the shipment of pIants and bulbs at the regular par .el post rates will increase postal bus ness at Yonge's Island, 1. C.. a litt-le 'own of not more than fifty peoile, rohi a total of about $5,000 a year to iore than $2,000 a day. "Ofliclals of the postal service re -rd this as -an interesting and sig ifficant Illustration of tle larger ser vice which the parcel post Is being alled upon to perform,with each new ronth of its existence. "Yonge's Island is an office of the hird class, with one star and one ru 'al route attached to it. The gross -eccipts of the postoflice for 1912 were t3,225, and for the year 1913 $5,225. Phough a mere village, the town is lo !ated in the centre of a larke plant rrowing section of South Carolina. Its )ostal receipts so far have been de 'ived principally from advertising Lnatterlent out by truck farmers en ,aged in the plantindustry. "During the coming season of heavi bst traffic the shipments of bulbs and )lants are expected to aggregate twen ,y-flve tons a day. The growers are reparing to forward 90 per cent of .heir products by parcel post. Feb 'uary is the heaviest shipping mon-th. ts average being 1,250,000 pounds for he last three years." Meeting of K. of P. Monday Night. There will be a regular meeting of 'aurens Lodge No. 43, Knights of Pythias on next Monday night, Nov. nd. There will be a large class of ~andidates for the third degree, and t is hoped that there wvill be a good Ittendlance. Tlhe time of meeting Is !:30. CHILD RAS LONG FALL. laby of Mr. and Mrs. A.- L. Mahaffey Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury. David, the fourteen months 01(d childi >f Mr. andl Mrs. A. L~. Mahaffey, nar 'owly escaped serious injury Sunday norning when it fell from the bridge )f South Harper street into the small itream below, a distance of about ~wenty feet. The child was accom >aniedl by its nurse, a negro girl, who mnd carelessly allowed it to crawl uin lerneath the railing aind over the ydge of the woodwork. The child fell lead-long into the shallow water be ienth where it lay for sometime until he nurse could get down to pull it out When first picked up the baby was upparently seriously injured in the egion of the neck, but after being car 'ieed home it soon regained full posses1 dion of its muscles and is now very Mr. W. R. Ricehey and several others, w'ere eyewitnesses to the acident andi lirected the nure in rescuing (he child md gettiung it back home, besides ren loring other aid. TPhe bridge where the accident look dlaco is at the foot of the hill a few mnudredl yards from (he puitIc sq iare mnd spans (lie ravine lthrough which ai *'ery sum ll stream runs, bingi on a trarle with (lie C. & W. 'C. riiloar. NOTED EDUCATORS COMING TO LAURENS! F~r 'cacherIi s in 1. 01i ich is to le fietld NO1, ebe ')Ih to 7(h. Accoraing to .the progr'ai an Inouncieil by tile ('uhlty superiitend (lt of educatin, sole of I le best klitown ed ie:i tors of the state will he p1resent It the tealhers inIstitte whicih will be heid !in thl. g:ded solol mu 'litorli t Novebiier .h to 7th. A I iogo nu1ttlnher Of tea(cles ,-om the (, schloo of the (oulty will be in attei(lance up oil the Ileetilg a1Id Imull good b; (!X peeted o be dei'ived fitom it. Nr. Italph Wilson, president of the Lauti rells ('omtty Teachers Issociation, will lreside. The public will be wel concd at tle feetings. rrhe followiing is the program of the sessions: Thursdlay, Nov. 5th. 8 P. M.-Iivocation, by Rev. Al. L. * Lawson. Welcoming Address, by Supt. 13. L. Parkinson. Lecture. by Air. .1. E. Swearingen, State superintendent of educn tion. Music. Lecture, Dr. llenry M. Harms. Pr'esid'ent of Newberry college. subject, "The House that Jack Built." Friday, Nov. 6th. 9 A. M. to I A. M.-"Observation in city and rural schools." It A. M. to 1 P. .-Discussion of adaptation in county schools or methods observed: 1. High school discussion, con ducted by A.C. Daniel, superin tendent of Clinton City Schools. 2. Grammar and primary discus sion, led by Lucco Gunter, state supervisor of schools. 3. Rural schools discussion, con ducted by Supt. J. I-. Swenringen. 1 P. M. to 2:30 P. M.-Dinner. 2:30 P. M. to 3:15 P. .-The Relation of the school to the community, by Miss Mary Eva Hite, presi dent of the South Carolina School Improvement Associa tion. 3:15 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.-Disctission of school entertainments by the teachers. 8 P. M.-Invocation, by Rev. Sanders Guidnard. Lecture, Mr. Lueco Gunter, "The Specialized Teacher." Lecture, by Mr. W. 11. Hand, state high school inspector, "The School that Counts." Saturday, Nov. 7th. 9 A. M. to 10:16 A. M.-Round table discussion of year plans, led by S'upt, J. H. Sullivan. 10:15 to 10:30, Interminion. 10:30 to 11:15, Lecture by Mrs. Hetty S.. Brown,' director of the Win throp Farm School, "Redirec tion of the Course of Study." 11:15 to 12-Discussion of Augeestedl Plans. 12 to 12:30-Business 'meeting of the county teachers association. Ad journ ment. DRL. SLOAN WILL PREACH. Leading Greenville Preacher Will Conducet Services at Presbyterlan Church. Dr. T. W. Sloan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, wIll preach at the First Presbyterian church here next Suinday morning and evening. Dr. Sloan stands in the front rank of Southern preachers and the officers of the church here consid er themselves very fortunate in being able to procure him for the services next Sunday. Re'v. Rankin, pastor of the church, was expected to retuirn home from At lanta the latter part of this wveek but the doctors have since advised him to remain awhile longer in the hospital. Carriedl Deserter to Chiafeston. W. S. Blagwell, chief of police of Laurens arrived in the city late Sun (lay night on business. H~e called t the Police Station and had tihe local oflIcials lodge Chris Arnold ini a cell here until yesterday morning, when the prisoner was taken to the barracks on Sullivan's Island as a dleserter from the United Slates coast artillery. -JCharlestodi News and CourIer. To Buy Cavalry Horses. M rssr's. T'irown anld .Jones, horse feoplle, wvill beo In Laurens next Fida:y to b~uy cavailry horses. They will be located for the day at Childress Sia tUns CHILDRESS STABLE DESTROYED BY FIRE Sleticuilar 1Fire Sunday N hdit ,Just llefore four for Elteniing Merlice. 'The large Irame livery stable of '. P1. Childress & So contaling a large aino nillit of con11, oats. I!y an other, ( edIlIfis, was almost totally de atroyed by fir Slunday evelning albaouit seven o'iockc. h'le ilamRues we' first d.i overed inl the loi't by a d iver (If mon'.!in apple V;.gron by thre namllire of Duck-r, ,who was sleepinug inl ti ' 1!il(ling. lie saw the bIn/e inl Ih fodder and immedi ately gave the alarm. arid at tlhei same timo opening all the doors to aIlow the stock to go olut. By tUhe time the fire deparmInt had arrived and th hose connection mnade the enti re st'lcture was In flarnes, the light straw and other ma terial becoming easy prey to the con slming blaze. Three streams of wa ter were thrown oni the fire without Imich effect, the building and conlents being largely wil:e-l out within the short space of abou t half an hour. Fortunately none of the live stock, except 0oe hog, was burned. The proipt action of the apple wagon driver In opening the doors and strin gent work on the part of Mr .Brooks Childress and other fire fighters saled the animals. About a dozen mules and horses were in tie building and about half of them were lead out soon after the alarm was given: When Mr. Childress arrived he saw the others through thte flames and by cutting a hole in the corr'urgated iron side wall, lie succeeded in getting to them and jtullling them out. One of the mules later in tire night, while rambling in the neighborhood'. hroke iis leg in some way and had to be disiosed of. A roan horse and a idark colored mare mule escaped from the place during tle fire anid have n t yet been found. The Messrs. Ciildress will appreeinte any information as to their where abouts. All of th buggi- ni Ind harness were riken from tIre briiIlg by tie volrn Ier ' 4ighters. )uII the aple wagorr was burned as wa, a hinder in tIe rear of the buildimn. Mr. Childress had just finished slow ing away iuch of this year's forage and grin crop. whih he had been Very thorough Ift gathering on account of the high price of such things at this time. For tis reason the lo.*r !s 'the more keenly felt. The building and c6ntents Mr. Brooks Childress yesterday estimated as a total loss of between $2,500 and $3,000, with in Purance of $1,000. The building will he rebuilt in a slightly larger scale immediately. ' Gave Oyster Supper. The large Baraca Class of the First Baptist Church Sunday School were entertained with an oyster supper Friday the 16th, About seventy-five guests were present to enjoy the bountiful repast of oysters in every style. Short addresses wereo made by Mr. Lawson and Mnr. Thompson, both of which wer'e most pleasing. Offee Week Again. This week is again coffee week at 3. C. Shell & Company. In order to introduce several unusually fine brands of coffee this company is giv ing with each pound of coffee, any brand, one ten-cent ticket to tire Idle Hour Picture Show. This offer will last until Saturday ot' tis week. Play at Lanford School. The Ru ra( Improvement association and school of Lanford, will give a play entitled "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" in the school auditoriumr at 7:30 Friday evening, October 31st. A very small admission of 5 and 10 cents will be charged. After thre play we are to have an address from one of our former teachers, Mrs. Joe B. Cooloy, who has been in the -Philippine Islands for some tiime. She will tell urs of customs of many differ'ent courr trios she has visited in her absence from home. She is -ver'y pleasantly remembered by a gr'eat many Laurens county people as Miss Annie Lanford. We hope to have a big crowd and a jolly good time. Card of Thanks. I take this means of publicly thank I ng nil of thos wh1 ~'ro no kIndl11y assist Ad my wvife wvhren irnjured at (lip fall of' t he fair gr'andsltand. ThIreir h{imi ne ss is appniree'a ted aniid wIll ire remam bnrer. .T fl Eli. NATIONL CI9nR[SS ADJ0RiUfD8ATRDAY Sixty-third Session Lowgest on Record. IN SESSION NINETEEN MONT S ProlongedI Eff'orts (4o Procure Cotton Relief et(iSlat ion ('ollap(ses. To Ho Renienled LIfer (11!, Henry Predicts ('ongress ivill he Itecoiened in Ex. 1ra Session by No%, P:. Washington, Octoler 21. -\fter be ing in continutous session since tio inauuatini on of Woodrow Wilson, a period of nearly niiieteen ionthls. th( 631 Congress today adjoiurned its sec ond session. Prolonged efforts to pro cure cotton relief legislation finally collapse. Lealers in this inovemient agreed to adjourn, however, only on condition that pending cotton relief measures would have ' right of way when Congress reconvenes Decemtber 7th. Not 'more than fifty members of the House and less than a (1uorum of the Senate were present when the -gavels fell on adjournment. The end was acconplished through passago of a concurrent resolution ending the ses sion at 4 P. M. but clocks were turned ahead in both chambers, actual ad journnient In the louse occurring at 3.22 and In the Senate at 3:27. As the altered hands of the Houso drew near four and the Senate was winding up executive business, Speak or Clark arose at his desk and, facing the scattered attendance'on the floor, said: "This Is the longest and most la borious session that Congress has ever known. I congratuilte you iost heartily on being able to adjourn at last. I wish to tihank every member o' tne llouse-fiemocrat, Republicain, Progressive ind ide:ndent- for un Iforn courtesy shown to the Speaker. Now, in the language of 'Tiny Tin', 'God bless Its everyone.'" In announeing abandolvn ent of their fiibuster for cotton legislation, S.ma tor Ioke Smith, of Georgia, an11d Rtep resentat ive I lenry, of Texas, told Sea ite and House it was apparent no quo rum could be procured for considera tion of the cotton measures and furth Dr obstructive tactics might injure ahances of ultimate success. Repre sentative Henry predicted that Con gress would be convened in extraordi nary session by the middle of Novem ber, when the fight could be resuned, Senator Smith introduced a bill for a $250,000,000 government bond issue to buy cotton and declared: "We have done all we could for the suffering people of the South. We have had our day in Court for this session and I would have no excuso for further filibustering at this time, I shall feel that I have done my duty by simply voting against the adjourn ment resolution." The H ouse aidopted a r'esol ution au thorizing the appointment of a cotm mittee to Investigate cotton condcitifons in the South and report possiblle meas ures for Federal aId by D~ecember 15. On the committee were Representa tives Mann, Austin, 11011ry, Lever', Hlef lin, Bell, of Georgia, and Langleys. With the return of President Wilson hleie from Pittsburg tonight It became known that predictions of an extra session of Congress In November cot ton relief legislation were not made on the authority of Mr. Wilson. 0ffl cials close to the pr1esidlent said Ito wvould ntot call an extra sessin. While ho favors the Lever 1)1l1 for thte government licensing of cotton warehouses and thte Glass amendment to the Currency Act, allowing banks to issue bank notes up to 100 per cent of thteir capital and surplus, Mr. Wilson is understood to believe that both can go over until the regular' session. As outlined by the ptresident, the programme for the December session will include the Philippine bills, re maining hills of Secr'etary Tane's con servation prograamme and thme gosvern ment shipping ill and ('otton ley isla tion. It is known definitely th:i no extra sesslont will bie cnlled fo Ce:t spring unless sonmeI unulsuallyv mer g(ency arninos. he plre'ident t h' ' to leave Washilngton afterg the( :' ru1. mentli ini Mlar'ch to o2'l'ially o th P'anma C'anitl and t he !En I' eco