Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8S 8 8' Local and- Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Miss Allic Babb was among the visi tors in Lauren's last Monday. Mrs. -E. J. Gage of Greenville, spent several days in the'city last week. *Dr. J. I. Fennell, of Waterloo, was in the city on business Monday. Magistrate W. B. Fuller, of Cross 11111, was a visitor in the city Monday. Dr. and Mrs.' W. 11. Dial have re turned from Baltimore, where they have been spending several days. Mrs. W. E. Clardy and Mrs. W. H. Dial are in Rock 11111 as delegates to the D. A. R. convention. Miss Lalla Mae IDial returned Fri day from Orangeburg where she has been spending several weeks. Mrs. E. H-. Wilkes will go to 'Clinton today to be present at a party tender ed by Mrs. R. Z. Wright. Miss Imogene Wilkes is expected home this week after a pleasant visit of several weeks in Abbeville. Mr. J. A. Adams, of Fountain Inn, spent Sunday in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. E1. Babb. Mrs. Carlos Moseley and little son have returned home after a visit to relatives in Spartanburg. Mr. T. G. Jeans of Gray Court, Route Two, was among the business visilors in the city yesterday. Mr. Frank McCravy is spending some time in the city with his mother and brothers. Miss Nette Spratt, of Greenwood, spent the week-end in the city With Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt. Miss Corrie Hart left several days ago for an extended visit to relatives in the lower part of the state. Miss Lizze Richey is visiting her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Wister Sharpe, in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Edwin Lucas, manager of the Wofford football team, and Coach Mc Coy spent Sunday in the city. Mr. F. J. Nelson, formerly ticket .agent at the Union station here, spent Sunday In the city. Mr. N. 13. Dial. left yesterday for -Charleston to attend the meeting of directors of the C. & W. C.. Capt. J. H. Jones, the well known Youngs township ,farmer, spent sev oral days in the city last week with i)r. and Mrs. Clifton Jones. J. C. McGowan, Esq., now of Char lotte, spent tho week-end in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Nclowan. Mrs. R. H. McDonald, of Columbia, has been spending several days in the city with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ran Little. Misses Alma and Ruth Easterling, if McColl, have been the guests of Misses Kate and Ruth Easterby for the past several days. Misses Hattie Kate Easterby, Ethel Simmons and Maggie Martin attended the meeting of the B. Y. P. U., held in Ne wberry last week. Mrs. L. P. McGhec wvent to Laurens this morning to visit friends for several dlays-Greenwood Daily Jou r nal. Miss Velma Smith, who has been visiting Miss Sadie Sullivan for soy-. -oral days, returned to her home in Easley Monday. JT. 0. Adams, Esq., of Gaincsville, -Ga., influential member of the state senate, sp~ent Sunday in the city as the guest of his sister, Mrs. R. .E. Babb. Mr. J. Q. Brown, who is now making his home at Cash station, near Choraw, is spending several days with rela tives near the city. Miss Ruth Easterling of McColl and Miss Alma Easterling of' Greenville Female College are spending several days here as the guests of the Misses 'Iasterby. Misses Lucy Vance and Claudia Darlington, who are attending the Col lege for Women in Columbia, spent the week-end in the city with rela tives. Mr. Will Scott, who has been em ployed on the construction of govern ment buildings in Kentucky for some time, is in the city visititig for sonme time. D~r. C. M. Miller spent several days last week in Florence attending the meeting of the Board of Examiners of the State Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Miller' is in charge of the Depart ment, of Chemistry. Mr. L. E. Bishop, of this city, was among the successful applicants for license to piractice pharmacy in this statte at the meeting of the state board of examiners in Florence last week. Mrs. Cora C. Lucas, who is spending the winter with her sister, Mrs. John A. l0pperson, in Tennessee, was with Mrs. Epperson a delegate to the D. A. IH. convention which met at Nashville last week. Mrs. Luicas and Mrs. Ep lerson were' recipients of much social attention while in Nashville. + 'SOCIETY. + Thursday afternoon Mrs. C. W. Tune entertained at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Margaret Miller who will be married this evening to Mr. J. C. Shell, of this city. Mrs. Tune was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. W. R. McCuen and Mrs. T. F. Simpson and tempting refreshments of lee cream and cako were served by Misses Virginia Simpson and Rebecca Clark. The game of forty two afforded much amusement. During a lull of the on torjainment Miss Virginia Miller, a sister of the bride-elect, brought in the basket of gifts which the guests had presented. 000 At 8:30 o'clock this evening, at the home of Mrs. Virginia Miller, her daughter, Miss Margaret Miller vill be married to Mr. J. C. Shell, a prom inent young business man of the city. The wedding will be a very quiet one, only the relatives and a few intimate friends being invited. Both of the young people enjoy a wide friendship in the city and have numerous friends who will be interested in their wel fare. Miss Miller is a talented and 4ttractive young lady of many adinir able qualities. Mr. Shell is a rising young business mn, being a meniber of the firm of J. C. Shell & Co. coo Announcements have been received in the city of the marriage of Miss Annie Jamieson and Mr. Lee Witt, which took place at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jamieson, in Abbeville Saturday. The bride is very pleasantly remembered here where she once lived and where she still has many friends. Mr. Witt is connected with the Piedmont & Northern railways in an ofilcial ca pacity. Booster Store-free for all, post card contest writing. Help your fav orite booster by writing and winl the 42 pilece dinner set. J. C. Burns & Co. Sale of Christmas Novelties. The ladie5 of tho Fpiscopal church will conduct a sale of artcleles suitable for Christmas presents at t:0 l'owe )rug Company Monday, November 30th. Among other things on disipay will be a speclal line of pottory. New Books Coming In. The officers of the Laurens public library have announced the recei)t of a number of new books within the past few weeks and members are invited to call and make a selection. Those who do not already belong to the library association are invited to become members. A fee of $1.00 a year is charged for membership. PRACTICAL HINTS FOR FRUIT GROWER Constant Planting Is Necessary to Keep Peach Orchard Thor a* oughty Up to the Mark. Whenever wve see a farmer, par ticularly in the peach belt, buying peaches, we feel that one part of his education has been neglected. There are scores of communities in which about one'half of the resi dents grow their own peaches and the other half buy from them, and then emit a wail that they cannot grow peaches themselves. Peaches perhaps do best on sandy soil which, thoroughly enriched and cultivated,. is now growing, in many parts of the country, excellent fruit. No matter how thrifty our peaclh orchard may be, constant planting is necessary to keep it thoroughly up to the mark, because time trees devel. op and mature rapidly and nre there fore short lived. Peach trees decay more readily than any other fruit tree. No reason now why fruit should not go to market packed in the most attractive mannier. 1loxca and ham pers are being made of paper, and are just as cheap as wood. There is almost as much in the sell. ing df fruit as in raising it, and fruit that is well packed in attractive pack. ages, always brings the best prices. It is a sad mistake to plant young trees in the midst of 01(1 andl worm eaten trees, particularly when no at. tention is paid to the eradication of insects. It is -Permissible to allowv a saw in anm orchard occasionally, but it be. comes pretty nearly a crime to take an ax among thetrces. Not much use to spray for leaf. curl after thme buds break. \Ve tried to convince a man of this tact when we saw him spraying during theo mid die of Juno. il said lie wvas spray ing to prevent leaf-curl, but did not know wvhat caused it. Do you? Orchard soil must bW' rich in organ Jo matter, and for this purpose, if no other, clover crops are valuable. Important, Bear in minad that Chamberlain's Tablets not only move the bowels but improve the appietite and strengthen the digestion. For sale by all daletr. ORDER' OF "SONS OF REST" Possibility That English Writer Has Drawn Upon His imagination in the Following. It is an age of societies and unions, all of which are supposed to exist for the betterment of those who join; but It comes as a shock to learn that the tramping fraternity have organized a union. We gather this from a card which was found by the police in the pocket of a workshy wayfarer, and which purported to give the rules of "The Ancient and Grand Order of the Unwashed Sons of Rest and General Layabouts," the president being Lord Neverwork, the secretary Tired Tim, and the vice-president Dusty Rhodes. The rules include: That this society be called "The Ancient and Grand Order of the Un washed Sons of Rest and General Layabouts." The password will be "Anti-Sunlight." Any brother talking about work will be tined 9d., or in default com pelled to pawn his shirt (if any). Any brother who wilfully contracts any illness through watching other people work will not receive any 'benefits from this society, and should he have the misfortune to get a job his hours will be (in accordance with this society's rules): Start work at 12, one hour for dinner and knock off at one. All brothers have the right of sleep ing on haystacks, doorsteps, park seats, etc., but they are 'strictly for bidden to slee) on church spires or telegraph wires Anyone is eligible to join this society who has been out of work since birth and has not had a wash since. Any brother making use of buttons or any other modern invention for fastening his coat or holding up his unmentionables in preference to string, rope or hairpins will be com pelled to werar a kilt for the term of his natural life.-London Tit-Bits. Suicides in Czar's Army. The Razvedchik, the semi-official or gan of the Russian army, publishes some startling figures about the ex tent of the suicide mania. among Rus sian troops, quoting a report recently presented to a Moscow learned society by a well-known military surgeon, Doc tor Prozoroff. It appears that in 1906 no fewer than 144 cases of suicide occurred in the Rursman army. In the following year the number rose to 192. Since then it steadily kept on growing, be ing 210 in 1907, 242 in 1908, 263. in 1909, 268 in 1910, 347 in 1911 and 405 in 1912. Within eeven years, there fore, the number of suicides increased about one hundred and fifty per cent. The figures for 1913 have not yet been published, but, according to Doctor Prozoroff, the first eight months of last year showed 377 cases of suicide and 189 cases of attempts at suicide, and for 1914 the high mark continues. Out of the 377 cases just mentioned 72 occurred among offilcers. Trade of Bottle Sorter. One of London's queer trades is that of empty bottle sorting at the Lonrion bottle exchange off Blackfrairs road. These bottles have been salvaged from dustbini, collars, the holds of ships and wherever bottles go astray. Every year at least 2,000,000 bottles, after many wanderings, find their way to the bottle exhange. They arc sort. ed and returned to their rightful own ers, whlo pay an annual subscription as well as a few shillings a gross for returnmed bottles. lheaded on the bottle, as it were, a sorter at the exchange must be a man of keen nye and delicate touch. All that ho. has to guide him in thousands of cases is the embossed name on the glass, and swiftly, unerringly and with almost uncanny deftness he picks out a bottle which has wandered from Glasgow and puts it in the case bound for the North. Old Men Like Novels. I asked the custodian of a large library about the fashion in books, says a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger. "Most of the men above fifty." said ho, "who come here read novels. The young women also ask for fiction. When it comes to men from twenty to fifty, many more of themn want scientific books dealing with present day affairs, like p~olitics, financial questions and history, or books of travel." I asked him what the elderly wom en preferred. "Very few come," he replIed. As for poetry, this custolanm Bald there seemed now to be no desire Wvhatever. Re-reading of the old po ems does not appearm to interest elder ly people, and the younger folks have not acquired the taste for verse. She Was Wise. A student took a lovely young woman to the theater the other night. Hie busted himself buying thoe tickets and he (din't enjoy the showv much, because ho kept thinking that maybe she would expect him to take her into the drug store and buy her something before they took the car for homne. So soon as the per'formanmce was over he saidI: "[rave you been reading all theite dreadful exposures of drug storo bev erages in thme Home Muckraker? It's awfully interesting. D~octor Wiley tells of how a young woman went to a soda fountain, drank a popular drink and dropped (lead." "[How traglc!" murmured the girl, With shining eyes. "Let's you and I go in and take a drink and die to gotheri Won't that be romantiot-. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Let us Furnist THAla We are showing see how little they w Why use that ol tables from $5.75 ui 54 inches wide and t are in Rich Golden C any, and either rounc Come and select ginner. If its a Sidc wife needs we have i SS. M.& E. ONLY SURE CORN CURE EVER KNOWN "Gets-It" the New Way, 2 Drolls Do It To endure the pains and tortures caused by a little thing like a corn is ridiculous, simply because it is unnecessary. The new plan corn cure "GETS-IT" Is the first one over known to remove corns without fail, without pain and without trouble. This is why it is the biggest-selling corn cure in existence today. It is now used by millions, because it does away with sticky tape, with plasters and cotton rings that shift their position and press down onto the corn, with salves Uto "GETS.IT" for Corn,, an-1 You Won't "ioller" When You Put on Your Shoes.ee. thai. "aw up"' the toe, witht "harness es" that cause pressurp'nd pain, with knives, razors andt fes, clawing and Pulling at a ~orn.J "Gi10TS-ITi" )Is pplied in tw~o see ondts. rTvo l' dps applied with the glass 1'od do We work. Paint goes, the corn shrivels, vanishes. Accept no substitutes. Try it ont any corn. wart, callus or bunion tonight. "GhCTS-lT" is sold1 by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent di rect by 10. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. "GETS-IT" is sold in Laurens by flays Pharmnacy and Laurens Drug Co. OPENS TOD)AY, The New Oregon Hotel In Greenwoodl Has Formal Opening. The new Oregon liotel will be for' mally opened next. Wednesday, Nov. 18th. The building was completed in every detail several weeks ago, and since that time Alanager lBrinsont has been adding finishing touches to the d iing room, thle lobby andt thle parlors atnd installing kitchen and other equ p.. ment. Th'ie new Oregon cost apprioximuate. ly $110,000 exclusive -of the furnish inigs which were lpurchaisedl by Mlr. firinison at large e'xpensei. The build lng is fivestrehsS hdom, eacht eqippe~ld whh I a private teie phone, hot andI cold water and a ma jority with pivate bathi two ladies' parlors, a spateious lobby and ollce and a private dliinlg room ittnadd I tion to the regular dining room, which is one of the most elaborately liited upi in the state. Al r. ln son leas paid especial at tent ion to the fur n itu re, trimminugs iand color schemes ini thle dining htall, th'e mezza nine, bal cony and Ilbby. Tfhe dining room h1as th en e mndi reclt lighting system on walls and tables. Th'ei kitchen equ ipmnent Is thtorou gh ly up-to-date- in- every- par'ticui-i, among other modernt conveniences b~e ing the hotel's own refrigerating and cold storage plant.- (reenwood i)aily Journal, Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days| Tour druggist will refund mnoney if PAZO OINTMIINT falls to cure any case of Itching, ' Blind,BUleeding or Protrudlng Ples in 6to 14day. The Stat application gtvee Jnase an4 Rnst, enc that New Dinner T IKSGIVING D1 a beautiful line and you ill cost you. d dilapidated table wher p ? You can have them o extend either 6, 8 or )ak, Early English Oak, f for square. your table and have it f< ,board, Buffet, China C1< 'hern and our prices will H. Wilkes & RED CROSS SEAL CAMPAIGN. Agencies have been Established in Laurens for Sale of Seals. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 16.-The Red Cross Seal campaign in South Caro lina has taken on new impetus, owing to the fact that, as announced last week, a special Anti-tuberculosis Con ference for the South is to be held in Atlanta, beginning November 30th. Vital statistics for the whole of South Carolina are not available, but from sich figures as are at hand is shown a great need for anti-tuberculosis work throughout the State. The Na tional association in New York has just made public, throtgh the State commission, its figures for South Caro lina. From a partial church census it was found that the mortality rate from tuberculosis is thirteen ani one half per cent. This is about thre.. per cent highelr tban the average for the United States. From this fact. both the approaching conference In Atlan ta and the 1914 campaign for sciling led Cross Seals become doubly im lotiant. The commission annoes that u p to lhe present .sev";-ty agn ts have been secutredl for 191-1. Agents in Laurmens. aliss Heta Merideth of the l)potfice force and Mr. Arthur' Lee of The Lau rens Advertiser have accepted the agency for the Clhristmais Seals 'in Laurens. MISS 0.IRLlIN(GTON IN . ND)ER~sON. Acts ats ,Judge att Commnunity Fair at 3Moutatin Creek School. The following news article, taken from The Daily Mail, of Anderson, will be of interest to the friends of Miss JTanye C. (iarlington, ini this county: Miss .Janye Giarlington, canning dlemonstrator' for Lautrents county, is sp~ending a few (lays wvith her sisters, Mrs. TV. A. Wigington and Miss Mag gie Garl ington. Miss Garl ington canme from Laurens to attendl the Communi ty Fair at. Mountain Creek on Friday and( wvas a judige in one of the dle partmnen ts. Tlhe Conmmu nity Fair idea wvas first put int o pratctice in Sou th Carol in a by Miss Garlington in Laurens several months ago. Fairs of this kind have been held in the states in thle normthi west for sev'eral years, but never beC fore in this state until the one in Laurens. Hecr efforts there were crownedi wv ith success, so much so that it will be an annual event in Lauretns county. Miss Garlington complimented the ipeople of thle Mountalit Creek sect ion on their sutccdess on Friday. The possi iliities of a community fair are groat antd Miss (1arlington is (delightted that the idea is being taken up andl put int to effect in other couniels. Big Satle at Davis-1toper. As announced in their big adver tisement in this issue D~avis-Roper Company wvill commence a whale of a big Mill 10nd Sale next TJhursday. On accounat of' the peculhiar' business con dlitions they have decided to hold their sale a little earlier this year and for' that purpose have marked everything in their stock down to bargain nrie. able for Your NNER wOllife surprised to k we offer beautiful either 42, 45, 48 or 10 feet long. They umed Oak or Mahog or your Thanksgiving )set or Chairs your save you money. Company LOOKED IN, SKHIDOOED. Givernor of South Carolina Looked in on Governor's Conference but did not Speak. Madison, Wis., Nov. 11.-Western governors before the governor's con ference today denounced what they called unfair treatment of public land States by the federal government. IElmas A. Ammons of Colorado, Joseph H. Carey of Wyoming, and A. 0. Eob erliard of Minnesota, seconded the pleas of William Spry, of Utah, th'it the western states be allowed to de velop their resources without inter ference. (overnor Coln ,. Blease, of South Carolina, looked in on the conference today and then started for home with out making a speech. le published a statement, however, saying that be fore the end of his term in January he would have released 1,500 convicts un der parole to give them a chance to break their liking for ligour. Surprise AinIversary Supper. Monday evening the home0 of Mr. . N. Wright was brightened andt his heart gladdened when a numb er of his cousins quietly gathered at his home upon01 the invitation of lisa daughters. hut unknown to him, to celebrate the~ anniversary of his birth. Arriving home after completing the day's work he found somel of them already there and others soon came until quite a large party had gathered. Although not fully understanding the meaning of it all, the significance of the uinus uni gathering did not dlawn upon him until the dining room door wtas thrown open1 andii the table bountifully spread with things to eat was seen. With such usual high spirits as abouind where "Grandpa" is Present, tihe comn Painy sat dlown to and enjoyedl the sumpituous t urkey 511pper. Those pres ent wvere.\ir. and Mrs. WV. P. Childress, Mrs. Thios. F. Itay, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Andlierson, D r. and Mrsa. L. S. Fuiller. C'ol. and Mrs. ii. Y. Simpson andl his children and] grand-children. Tihe evening was one of unusual good cheer and i l the me11mory Of it will linger long with those who were there Gray ('ourt-OwinL's Hionor' Roll. Following isa iI1st of pupils who have been)01 sucrcessful in being on th honor roll at Gray C'ourt-Owings for the month. Thliere were many pupils who made (list] inction , that is ani aver age of iiinety pler cent. Only a few met the reiremlentIs for the hionor' roll, miaking above inety oni every~ studiy; 1bein g n either absent nor tardyt a sina gle day; anad being almost perfect in thiric behavior. These few are11 to be First (rade: Walton Owvings. ThlIird Griade: P'restn .il \l oore, I.oi ise Owings. Fou rt h G radi: Fl izabethI Stoddardi. Fifth (bade: Mary Gray, M\ary Six th Grade: Clyde lBrooks. )'ighith Grade: .Jainette Willis. Ninth (Grade: Sara Lou1 flobo. You should see the great values we offer in comforts, new lot jttat receov. oil. S. M. & E. HT. WILKiES & CO.