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VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914.NUBR1 Of COINY T[AH[RS Large Number In Attend ance Upon Institute MODEL SCHOOLS VISITED FRIDAY Wi4 a iery Large Proportioi of the (ounty 'Tachers in Atendance the Annual County Institute Proved very Successfor Last Week. With over four fifths of the county teachers in attendance, the annual county teachers' institute was succes.. fully hold in the school auditorium Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. The sessions were marked by studious work on the part of the teach ers and entertaining as well as instruc tion addresses by the speakers engaged for the occasion. The morning hours Friday and Saturday were devoted to a study and discussion of school prob lems and the evenings were given ov er to lectures by prominent educators. SFupt. of Education J. H. Sullivan and Prof. Ralph Wilson, of the Gray Court Owings school alternately presided ov er the meetings. Thursday evening the - association and its friends listened to addresses by Prof. Lucco Gunter, state supervisor of rural schools, and 'Dr. J. Henry Harms, president of Newberry College. Prof. Gunter spoke on "The Specialized Teacher," emphasizing the importance of studying the child so as to be able to direct his studies along those lines which will prove most profitable to him. hr. Harms delivered a delightful ly entertaining as well as inspiring lec ture on the subject "The House that .lack Built" stressing the importance in life of laying a foundation of char aeter u pon which to build one's career. After the addresses an informal re ception was tendered the teachers, ice cream and cake being served 1)y pupils of the graded school. Friday morning was devoted to ob servation work in the school rooms, special programs of study having been provided by the superintendent of edu cation. Discussion of various study plans followed. The observation work and informal discussion were counted among the most important phases of th( institute's work. In the afternoon of the same day Miss Mary Elizabeth Hite, president of the state improve ment association, addressed the teach ers on the subject of "The Relation of the Rural School to the Community." Friday night the association was ad dressed by State Superintendent of Ed ucation J. E. Swearingen and Prof. W. IT. Hand, state supervisor of high schools. The meeting adjourned Sat urday -morning after a business ses sion in the school auditorium. A very delightful event of the neet Ing contributing to the social enjoy melCnt of the occasion was an automo hilec ride Friday afternoeon. Taking cars at tile school builing the teach ers wa're driveun to thre'ce miodel rural school bildings nea r the city. The first stop was umde at the Barksdale ~sehool, which is a one story hungalowv st ructlure which is nearing cornplel ion. From here tile teachlers were carried to tihe imposing new~ building now un (1er conistruiction at (Gray Conurt-Owinags tihe largest school building in tihe conuI ty Outsidie of Laurens and Clinton. Af ter viewing both ihe exterior and in teior of this b~uildling, which will be mlodlerniy outfitted, a drive was madec to tile Trinity-Ridge school, which has bleen spoken~ of as an ideal rural schooL llero a welcoming corn 'mitt~ee composed of the ladies of the snchool improvement association andh thleir friends met the teachers and tendered light refreshments which were greatly enjoyed after the long ride. The reception committee directed thle visitors all through the building which was appropriately decorated in flowers and autumn leaves. Particular aittentionl was paid to the large dining room and range in the basement where tile children are taught in the domestic sciences and wheure the people of the commlunity meet togethier for social in torcourrse and have refreshments. Fromi Trinity-Ridge the course w~as di roetedi to Lalurenls where the outing enided. Before adjournmclent reasoltions were dumwn up thanking theo teachers and citizens of the town for their part in the entertainmnlnt. The following re-o NO VIOLATION OF LAW. Cotton Loan Fund Plan Declared wilth in the Law by Gregory. Washington, Nov. '.-No violation of Federal anti-trust laws is threaten ed by the cotton loan fund plan re cently perfected by bankers and mem hers of the Federal reserve board, ac cording to anl opiniol handed down late today by Attorney General Greg ory at the request of President Wil son. Success of the $135,000,000 cotton p)ool now Is believed by treasury ol slals to be assured. Nore than $80, 000,000 of the $100,000,000 to be raised among Northern bankers already has .been subscribed, and practically all of the remainedr, it is understood, has been promised on condition of favora ble opinion from the Attorney General New England financiers, it was report ed, were reluctant to enter the plan until definitely assured that the meth od of raising the fund would not be construed as unlawful. Evening Trains Discontinued. Announcement has been made from headquarters of the C. & W. C. rail road that the two evening trains, No. 55 and No. 56, to and from Greenville In the evenings will be discontinued will be discontinued on Nov. 15th. To take care of passenger .traffle from Greenville in the afternoon, freight train No. 26, leaving Greenville at 3:10 P. M., will carry a day coach for pas sengers. No information has been re ceived from the C., N. & L. as to any change on that road. Office in Enterprise Buding. Mr. D. H-. Counts. the well known stock and vehicle dealer, has moved his office into one of the rooms under neath the Einterprise National Bank, where he is conveniently located to look after his varied interests. Box Supper at. Lsbon. A box 'supper will he giv.en at the Lisbon s'mool Frlda-y nflat fr the benefl of the chl(ool fital. Theit ruhl !le 1, 1invited t,) nf ond. .\n onjoyabl progr:nn,i sor r a rran-4,l. John Watts Tilproving. Mr. John Watts, son of Judge T1. C. Wartts,. is Ieporte(d very much imiprove(l at the Julia Irby sanitarhim where he has been treated since being wounded some time ago. Notice to K. of P's. There will be a regular meeting of Laurens Lodge, No. 43, on Monday night, Nov. 16, at 7:30 o'clock. There will be work in the third degree. It is ea-nestly hoped that there will be a large attendance. lutions wero adopted thanking the local teachers f'>r their assistance: "We, the teachers of Lautrens coun ty, desire to express out thanks to the teachers and citizens of the cIty for their' kindness and hospitallty shown its diuring the session of Teach-~ er's' I :ustlt ute. We appireclate the cor' dial reception you gave us, and es pec ialIly thank those who carr'iedl us joy r'idling idai~ y arter'noont, in ord(er' that. we get rec r'nt ion, and at. thle same' time inispect thte beautiful new school buildintgs at iBarksdalo, (Gray Court Owings andl Tr'inity-Rlidge. Tihis was highly enjoyed and we also wish to thank the patrOns of these schools for their' kindnuess in entertaining us. We assure you that we ara grecatly benefIt ted, and inspir'ed to do more thatn ev er to make Laurens county the tening Otte itn edluention, by havinig spent the wveek-end in your' city." The resolutions thanking the citi zens of the town were as follows: "To Superintendent and Teachers of Laurens City School: "In behalf of the members of the County Teachers'.Association, and at the request of Mr. Wilson, I wish to thank you most heartily for evet'y kindness and courtesy shown us dur ing the Institute. We appreciate your efforts towardl 'making it such a sute cess. Weo are greatly benofitted by having observed your class-room work and your beautiful building, your slplendidl method of teaching is a'n inspiration to us to press forw~ard, and achieve better results in our county schools. With best wishes to continued ruecess, "SIncerely yours,, '"Rucia Wolff. "Gray Courtt, S. C. "~Nov. ),191.1." XICAN SITUATION 8[RIOS AGAIN Carranza Failed to Answer United States GUTIERREZ IS READY TO COVER ALL POINTS New 1ovIsionail President oes in at, u P. 31. Today and, if Carrainza Doesn't Itecogize im, Carranza Then lie. comes a Mexican Itelel . Washington, Nov. 9.-Administration oicials admitted tonight that the Mex ican situation again had assumed a se rious aspect. General Carranza has fulfilled par tially Washington's request for guar antees before withdrawing American troops from Vera Crruz, but this decree does not satisfy the main point asked by the United States-that Mexicans who served the American government during the occupation of that port be not punished subsequently for such service. At 6 o'clock tomorrow night G4en oral Eaulalio Gutierrez, selected by the Aguas Calientos convention, will be sworn in as provisional president of Mexico. Carranza has been' informed, and immediate hostilities against him as a rebel will begin if he does not recognize the authoi'ity of Gutierrez. On account of the brevity of Car ranza's tenure, the American govern ment in all probability will take no cogni Wance of the decree which he Is reiported to have issued respecting the American occupation of Vera Cruz. Gutierrez already has assured agents of the United States government that when he is sworn in he will issue a procla mation covering all points de shed. General Villa has rtated that h'v will hack up lGutierrez in .ich a j'roclamation. A dtlicuti. situation m.ay arise. how (ver, if, as gene'raily exiecte(i in, Wv'ash ingtoln, Cari''"Inza defies the conv ention alid I is to and tho e under (o'ntrol Of tlie VciA ltion to battle. (leneral Candido Aguilar, commanding the state of \era Cruzi, is loyal to Carr'anza with unrest inspired by Ca rranza through the issuance of circulars and l:etitions calling on the American forc el to withdraw, offlcials realize that the situation at Vera Cruz might be come strained at any moment. in, offlcial quarters here there is at feeling that Carranza realizes that the bulk of the army is against him and will not oppose the convention's or ders. A special agent of the American gcvernment at Aguas Calientes re porte(l that the convention recently ad ionished Carranza not to attemlipt to distribiute a fund of 6,000,000 pesos tlrough the army as he plantied, giv iig generals 5,000 each and privates 10 pesos each outside of their saary. TIh colvention info rmed Cari'raniza he - fo theu use of the fiuds. Thei assemly3 also hias issuedl a muantifeist() prioclaiinig its sovereignty thr iouighiout foireigni lands :andl th rough .Mexico, stating thaut. .it will Ie in su pI Hme1 contriol of govertanent~t mlachina ort a fter' Novembe 10loth. (Guttierrez0'/, w ith tho (0onsent of the COnv enition,~ has name (d 10nriqueO Llo r'eite as spieial repriesenitat ive ini Waoshington, lie formerly was Mexi nnconsul at (;alveston anad El Paso and1 married the (daulghter' of a piromi nent Ameien in Galveston. IIe Is SUBSCRIPTIO ''his is the season1 Of the lects thle largest partii of' its sub1 are' bein1g patid. Of 1 conrse I0we izi ng, as5 we do, thle scari' Ity 4 hold1iig mloveme(nt. I lowe'ver, for' 11s to call upon)011 tt fr'iend~s One (101lar' from ecf'h of' our' su a attistati al i'onltibtion)1 to o1 t~ ial hate'i olet' pomt1ptly Ni I Siinhers of !I':iiti subs21Crb GRAIN CAMPAIGN TO START HERE Commissioner Watson to Inaugu rate Grain iiampign1 Ifere Monday .morn. Ing. Ac-ording to a prograi aiounced in the morning papers and letters re eeived in ,the city yesterday, a eieting of fa rmlers will he held In LaItIrVenS Monday morning for the pirpose of discussing pa fo r mkig this st ate a grain producing state. The meeting here is to be the first of a series held in the county seats all over 'he state. Though delinite information as to the meeting Is lacking, except that it is to be held, it is understood that one of the principal things to be discussed will be the question of procuring seed for the grain crop. A large attendance of farmers is desired. coURuT IN SESSION. Number of ('ames Disposed of of Minor Character. The court of comnomn pleas entered upon its second week Mlonday morn !ng, with .ludge T. S. Sease, of Spar tanbu r'z. presitling. Since the last is sue of' The Advertiser the following ca-ses have been disposed of, all being of minor character: Boyce Sims vs C. & W. 1-. railroad, verdict for the railroad. Counts & Cowan vs P. N. Hunter, in volving the sale of a horse, verdict for the defendant. Counts & Cowan vs John D. Hiunter, involving a sale of a horse, mistrial. .1. M. Owensby vs C. & W. C. railroad, verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $25. Owensby sued the railroad for damages to goods in shipment from Chicago to Gray Court. The railroad proved that the goods were shipped under the wrong classification and that the plain tiff was in debt to the railroad rather than the railroad being in debt to him. Thomas Halley vs .1. Milai TIUllams, ver dict for the plaintiff for $75. Mr. ailley sued Mr. IIallis as a result of an anutomobile collision in (lintonl about. a year ago when Mr. ilellams ran iiuto .mr. Bailey. The suit was for $1,000. 'Terry ish o. vs ia rrison [iunter. cerdiet for $100.85. Thi sit was in settlement of an account. C. A. Reed Organ Company vs Bethel A. M. M. church, suit withdrawn fron jury to permit defendant to amend an swer. Mrs. M. A. Mauldin vs Booze 'Maddox, verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $87.50. Simpson vs Western Union Tele graph Company, nol prossed. Court took a recess yesterday after noon after a hearing on an equity case. On Penitentiary Board. According to a special to Tho Spar tanhurg H lerald yesterday afternoon, (eo. A. Browning, Jr., of Goldville. has Leen named by Gov. Please as a tmemif Ler of tie board of directosx of the st:Wc :enientiar~y, to siucc(eed A. k. to t he bo(ttse, st Ill un der indlet men t for alleged'i ie 'rt,i ting of M ex icains oin A meriean Siritory (durina the Madecro regimfe. Sec reta ry lBryani htas made re pre Senitatlins to the authorities ait the~ Ci:ty of Mel x 1ico tough the Br ia'zilliani t mnister andlo A imrieani Consit SIlli man to obtain the releave fromn lprisont of Augustin Rodt'quezi, who was one of the Mexican envoys at the Niagara Falls medIation conference. NS NOW DUE yealwhn Te Advriser col Llig due1 anid v'ery fewv of them know t he i'easotn for this, r'eal If mtonecy conisequen~t iipot the we feel that the te hats come forl at paytten't. (In t heit'r pet'. ).Scibehrs in arrearf is wouild( mtaike I' (ipertatinug i'lund ai1( nd make1o' th('r bujsinei(ss houses, It~ is essen t' hills owing us as it, taukes r's will dubltless feel ttnttleh to is Ithie. In sneh c'aies we t will I for'. TOMATO (LU1 WINNERS. Prize Winers it the Counity F'air have been Annitounced. Miss .1aye C. Gal ini gton, ton!ma to club organizer, vlio w in charge o the tollato club booth at the collinty fair, has a1nnouiced the list of prize winners, as follows: 13Cet hli story of work- Ied rool :lipers giva lv hMintIr Co.-lazle Polt. Best disphly inl glass-Ti'oilet water by Iowe Drug Co.-lhrooksl(e l)ven loort. Greotest variety of jelly -Tirty Feven piece dinner set by S. M. & L,. 11. Wilkes-Vera ilaldwin. Best selection of preserves-Picture hy Rt. W. Willis--ANlagie Clardy. 1lighest score on variety---Pocket book by Switzer Cd.-Margaret Dunlap -Hiighest score on quallty-$5.00 pen by Fleming llros.--Vera Baldwin. Greatest number of canned toma toes-Parasol by W. G. WIlson--Leona Grumbles. 3est splection of canned fruits Tollet water by Laurens Drug Co. Margaret Dunl. suliviin Township. Prettiest dlslally in glass---Uushel of Lookout Mountain potatoes by NIr. Will Ilarris--Eula Pitts. Greatest inumber of canned goods Pig, by Mr, Walter Baldwin---irooksie Davenport. Greatest variety of jelly--Pair of chickens by Capt. Iuitlbert--Vera Baldwin. Hunter Townslip. Best cal) rnd apron made and laun dried by girl-Brass jardinlere by Young's Pharmacy-Irene Blalock. .Bost display in glass-Kodak by Clinton Pharmacy-largaret Dunal p. -Largest ripe tonato by Sept. 25th Bed room slill)pers by Bee Hive-Iren' Blalock. - Best selectlon of pickles-Scissor1; by M. S. ailcy &. co.--.Aargaret Dlun lap. Greatest number of c.nined tom,:, toes from 2f plants-lounat a in pe I, Clinton Chroniele---.udie Lowe. W1inthrol) Scholarships Por the summ11e11r of 1915--Vera I ald - winl an( Claudia Stone. POTATO OLUB 1,01011-3, Schlo0 Toteaher and Children of Youiigs School to Suliilement Specfial 'uixes with their Owvn Labor. The boys have had their cor, lubs. the girls their tomato clubs, the women their bridge and other kind of clubs, the men their social clubs and now comes another kind of club, the I)otato club. From Youngs township comes the news that such a club has been form ed at the Youngs school to raise Irish potatoes. The potatoes are to be (-Ill tivated not only as a meaziins of teach lig and ieouraging. the rhildren in agriculturial puirsuilts but to ralse inoney for imnediate needs. 'I'he ,for mation of tile club was inspirei hy vx perlence gailed duaing the pas.t s, onl a i.mliliplot adjiintg the soldq~ lIotise. I laviung mtot with sui~ 5111 , i.e the t('achear andi trustees deid! i extend( thieir olierat ions5. .. i'u-' Ig , 1(djoining thei 5e-hool has5 been) lo(m. for the purpose andli an eniitire acre wil be put1 to) reed. The( POtato clube is comlpoed5( of th teache1 r anad a nuin11her of thie sichoo! eh1i1dren1. Th'ley will w~or-k under thex sulpervision of several pitblic speiritr'd yoilmg men01 of thle commlunity, .less:a. Tea',gue1 l iarrmi-, (his-ton Abercxromi. and1( AlIvin) Tiddle11. PTe pr'oceed s fromil the sale of the pot atoes will be uised to supplement tile Eight mil11 specI.11 school tax alr-eady leviod. LON4S IS OVER $i45,000,000. On (Cotton and Cotton Seed ('uused by the War. Washington, Nov. 7.-War's effect on the price of cotton andi cot ton sieed has caused a loss of about $-l.l15,000, 000 to American cotton farmers this year, it was announced todlay by thet bureaut of crop estima'tes of the de paritment of agriculturae. Dr. R. C. Hlid, a mrember of t hr -m uv enij' ag. Dr. I ii v r ' viernt will he - li RUS8IIAN OFfNSIV[ GAINING lit'ADW Now Across the East Prus. sinFrontier. G6ERMANS SENDING TROOPi TO WEST (otillet.ini lielports as to Russian anil German Necesses in ti Enlsiern Seat of War. No ChanKge, In Political Situation InI thle Bldkuns. London, Nove-tnber 7.--Except for the fall of Tsing-'I'au, the ruost signifi Cant report. from any of the bItttio fronts today-and the most welcome to tile allies--Is that the lIussians be side.,; driving the Austrians back lin Galicia hIave reacheld .the Warthe RIv er, In Russian Poland, and have os tablished thenselves on the East Prussian frontier. A cllrlin official report says somo Russian cavalry crossed the Warthe, but were driven back. To this' the Russian report adds that the towil of Warta, on the Warthe River, in Po land, has been occupied and that a German column has proceeded west -ward through Cxenstocho wa, near the Silesian frontier. The Russians, too, are responsible for the report that they have defeated the Germans near Mlawa, in Poland, just across the 1ast Prussian boon dary, and at Lyck, in East Prussia. Military observers here say the Russians have followed the retiring Germans at a much faster pace than was anticipated and that if they are in force they moay prevent tile Ger mnanis from taking up their new posi tions on the Wa rthe and (omp jel 1110m to fall back to tle Silsian border. Despite .ll this, reports persist that the Germnatis at-- sending west ward large 1111111bes of their Iroops wh 1o h1a ve been fighini og !n 1 I aid to opp4osU tihe allies inl Franc d11(1 llelgium. 'hat they would do th1is witi enor 111ous ihussian forces thlateiing their own anlid richest territory iilitary ien he0'e say seis hihly improbable un less Ilie Gerimans are 9atisied a small force Can revent tho Ru1sians ente ing Silesia and East Prussia. In the west the ding-dong fightaig continues. Tie lelgians, who 1101(l tle lines along the coast, are being given a comparative rest after their tiree months of a'lnost continuous fghtling. The Germans still are conceitrrating around Ypres, where they are trying to hack their way through the Aiglo French troops to the coast. Both sides claim to have mado pro gress here, the Anglo-Fronch forces southeast of the town and the Germans sothlwest. Correspondents in t1he rear of the armlies say the fighting has not appreciably lessened and that both si'es are using a t reimendous weight of artillery ini an enidea vor to clea oth le grioun d rt an in fant ry ad vanlce. Itothm armies are being reinufor--;. 1t seemtls to he r'ealizedl that the G'amin withi thle land forces, and that ar- . ehh'r here or' furt-her' south nau -a ih coast. Elsewhere along thie IlCi t . -dI tta and ii~ coiunte(r-atItacks hav e an dlelivered withi success, first t~o oan -nd then to the other side, but. wilto ma teriatl chlange in the situation. Tinigs are imoving slowly ini the near ilast, so fat is know hlWIIe, . Tho only' news from there todlay con 11ns the bombiardmenilt. of the ports 1,' . ni guldiak andi 1(uiu, on the Asia . inor coa/.t of I'Trkey, by -a TtuSianl fi4 eae thle sinIkinug of u'everal Tur'i kishi -.ts, ports. it is said also that t"he !15 sians have occuied thie entire I m) ntorthieast of i~ rzterum , in A sia :0wr ! t. ssia is sa id to be fin din:: use lies in the Armnenians, who at 1.. Se') a hope of freedlom from Tur'kiv .311. There is no0 chanige on the p1 .itl situat ion in th li alkans. it <- d however. that ae'stat.idon tes hb' newed ini Ioumnialt for thi' e - tioln of? thatl ountry in' the wIa' va n o sidet of the allies. ing her'e. 'It I c i i t