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VOLUME' XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLNAq WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1Q14. Richard I. Manning Goes Into OffIce PHOHIBITION TO RECEIVE ATTENTION Prohibition Party has Opened Offices in Coitlibia and Will Make Stren uous Efforts to have 11111 Passed Providing for Bilection in Septem. ber, Colymbia, Nov. 30.-The next im portant event in South Carolina will be the convening of the 1915 session of the general assembly. Richard 1. Manning of Sumter, will be inducted into the office and the present gov ernor will retire to practice law in Columbia. The inaugural exercises will be held at noon on January 19. The exercises this year will attract must interest and there will be many visitors in Columbia. Many new faces will appear in the next general assembly. Solne of the well known members did not seek re-election. The general assembly will be in thorough accord with the policies of Richard I. Manning and every effort will be made to put through some progressive measures. Gov. Manning is expected to sound a keynote of pro gross in his Inaugural address. Since elected to office Mr. Manning has been very quiet. He .is giving careful at tention to the needs of all branches of the government. Frank W. Shealey, of Lexington, will be the only "new" official, except Governor Manning, to be inducted into office. Other state officials have been holding ofilce for many yeari. The inaugural ceremonies will be held in the hall of the house of rep resentatives before the joint assem bly. The supremle court will partllI pate. It is practically certain that James A. Iloyt, former clerk of the house will be selected speaker to succeed Mendel L. Smith without opposition. Mr. Smith is a candidate for circuit judge from the fifth circuit and the indications are that he will be elect ed. E. P. MdCravy will very probably be elected sergeant-at-arms of the house. He is a former member of the house from Pickens county, hav ing lead the fight for compulsory education. lie did not seek re-elec tion last summer because of illness. J. A. Hunter, former member of the house from Bamberg, and Capt. D. J. Griffith will ask for the place of suiperintendent of the state pelli tentiary. Captain Griffith has held the place for many years. Mr. IfUn ter was one of the most progressiVI. m emrs of tihe legislature, lie serv edi w~ell as a member of the commis sion, avhlmichm investigated the con li tionl at tile state hmospiital for the inmsane. There will he a big sc ramle forI the pmositionl of clerk inm the house. Thme camplaigni has beeln goin~g 0on for morP than one year. There are six canldidates for the place. A bill prov'idinlg for compulsory cducation will be1) introduced in the 1h0use and senate. Leaders in the prohlibition move ment in South Carolina will force the issue in the nixt general assembly nnd AA a result the program for pro gressive legislation may have to be curtatiled. The leaders'~ are dIeter-~ mined to ask tho legislattird for a vote 6h state-wide 1'ohibition to be held A:i ioptember, 1915. The local optil11lbts will of courso 6ppose thin iove and it 'will cause inach talk and little action in the haxt legisly. , 'rig at4IM Mbiioai -ty a a 69le4 bi 6flice in Columbia. ahn fth for ii is already in (in f1*ing. leaders have beguen N write cards to the press and ~eything in leates an impending gif%'ggle. Liquor' has been a subjet for contention in South Carolina tom~iore than 20 years. The legislatuY1 has practically been monopolitd by the prohibitionists and the antNl@'ohibitionists. Liquor has .pneen the leading issue in many of the political cataupaigns. But for Glover nor lile'ase liquor would have been the issue in the last camnaign. THANKSGIVING AT GRADED SCHOOL Special Program Carried Out alid Col lection 'ftken Up for Beigias. Before the closing of the school for the Thanksgiving holidays Wednes day, the children of the Laurens grad dd school carried out a special Thanks giving program -in the auitorium of approplriate songs and recitations. In addition to this a collection was taken up for the Belgian relief fund amount ing to $62.04. All of the numbers oil the program were faultlessly execut ed and iroved very inlspiring as well as entertaining. The following was the lrogram: President's Tin ksgiving Proclama tion-by Anna Sullivan. Devotional I-xcrclses-lead by Supt. 13. L. Parkinson. Poem-Thanksgiving tDay-First grade in concert. I Song-The Squirrel's Thanksgiving First grado in concert. Song-Why Mr. Gobbler Changed his Tune-Second grade, lead by Miss Harper. Poem-Thanksgiving All of the Year, S'econd grade lead by Mrs. Roper. Song-Thanksgiving at Grandpa's, by Third grade. Recitation-Thanksgiving Day, by Margaret Knight. Poem-Thanksgiving Story, by Fourth grade in concert. Recitation-Father, We' Thank rhee, Fourth grade lead by Mrs. Roper. A Thanksgiving Song-by Fifth grade. Poem-A. Thanksgiving Hymn, Sixth grade lead by Miss Gregory. Song-Thanksgiving Day. The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers by Ninth grade. Talk to the school by former Super Intendent, B. . Jones. The following was the offering by graeds: First grade, Mliss .\ieng ......$ 2.52 Second grade, Miss liarper .. .1.56 Third grade, Miss, Itoland . 2..5.. Second and Fourth grade, Miss to!er .............. 2. lourth grade, .\liss labb .. . I. 1 I Fill11h grade, iss Richards ...... ::. Sixt h grade, .\lims Agnew . . .. :;.17 Sixth aind Seventh grades, Miss Gregory.................14.11 BEighth grade, \liss Wise . . 9.00 Seventh grade, Miss Love .... 2.5; Ninth grade boys, Miss Davis . 2.62 Ninth grade Girls, Miss Barre 4.70 Tenth grade, Miss Creighton . 6.00 Visitor ................ .25 Total ................ ..$62.04 PLAY AT SCHOOL HOUSE. To lie Given Friday by Pupils of the Tenth Grade to Raise Money. The pupils of the tenth grade of the city schools will give a play at the school house Friday night to raise money with which to defray the Cost of pubishing an annual. The play will deal in a hxumiorous vein with the o uestion of wonmana suffrage and doubl less will lie very entertainig and amiusinag. T[ho cuIrta in will rise promptl~ly at 7:30 o'clock. 'The adis -- sioni fees willl he 10 and 20 Cenlts. Theii following is the cast of chiara'eters: iHorace Cole-F. I'. Mecowan. IEthel Cole, wife of C'ole-ranxces D)avis. Winnifriendl, IEthel's sister--Sarahi Hiolt. Agatha, Cole's sister-RuthI McAllis ter. Mollie, Cole's niece-Mar'y D). SullIvan. Madam Chi 'stine-Lucy McPhiall. Maudle Sparks-Miriam Brown. Aunt Lizzie-Jessi0 H1il1. Gerald WVillams-Cecil .Roier'. Lilly, maid--Ila Maud Putnam. Rtecital at Friendship School. Miss Motley~ the expres-sidi teachop at Whoilruft, will giv a reeital a 'rintihip school id Vo~hga TPown sbip, Saturday~ exhng beginning 7.30 o'clocIk Mia Wil Lou Gray will also sho* p'I.tures of Yellowstone Park, Adtiasjon will be five and ten cents. ''io proceeds are to go for the benpuft of the school. The publi lA coxal ti'y. invited. To I)1b lVim 4. Miss tany% 9. fihrllil to, tomato club bga#17*ei' fia ?'a'Th arr'angc mfentA 'W'ith t110 'fahai61nent of the hite l14eur theatre wh'et-oby the theatre and the tomato Aniia girls will share 'tho proceedls at th'e door either on the evening of ?hie 5th or the 10th. In addition to to l'egular program of pic tures, a musical pr'ogramn by local singers is hiing arrlangnd. BLEASE EXT ENDS CLEMENCY TO 101 W. T. ,iones, Union County WIvfe mur derer, and airry Dean, of sritran. burg ('o., Ainong Number. Coluinbia, Nov. 25.-Gov. Cole ,. IBlease annl1lounilced today that lie had issued par'dolns and paroles for the liberation of 1(01 pisoners. Many well known prisoners were includedI in tle list of those pardoned and pa roled. One of the most notable cases is that of W. T. .lones, the wealthy Union county lanter. lie was serving a ilife tern for tho murder of hiis, wife. The detaIls of this case were the most shocking in the criminal annals of the state. Another case of unusual interest is that of George Nichols, who was serv Ing a life term from Lexington coun ty for killing Paul Williams, the yo'ing Columbia boy. Williams and a friend were on their way to Augusta o:i a circus train. There was a drunken riot and young Williams was kil!ed. The conviction of Nichols followed. It is said that Nichols hails from Ohio. The big batch of pardons caused little interest in Columbia. They were expected. Following is a list of the fost not able cases: W. T. Jones, white, who was con victed at Union in February, 1909, of the murder of his wife and sentenced to life Imprisonment in the state penitentiary, received a parole. George Nichols, white, who was convicted in Lexington county in No vefber, 1910, of the murder of Paul Williams, the young Columbian, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, received a parofe oil the condition that he leave the state within 2.1 hours after leaving the penitentiary. .lohn P. Hlough, white, who was convicted in Kershaw county in March, 1913, of the mluflader of his father-in-law an(d sentended to be electrocuted, his sentence later eng coinmu ted to life imeprisonmueInt, had hils sentence reduced to five yearis in the state penitentiary. .1. Allen 10merson, who was con victed at the February term of court for 1907, in Anderson county, of the murder of a Mr. Drake, and son tenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, and who was pa roled August, 1913, on the condition that he leave the state, was granted a full pardon. R. A. Richey, white, who was con victed at the spring term of court for 1910, in Abbeville county of statutory criminal assault and sentenced to 10 years In the state penitentiary, i)arole(l December, 1912, on certain conditions, paroled now during good behavior, all other conditions remnov ed. lilenry Patrick, convicted of mu r (1er. at the Novpmber, 1913, term of (Our it of M\ailblor'O county and1( sen tened~ to li fe imprison mentI ini the state peniiten tiary, anad Iparoled l comber, 1913, was given1 a tull par don. Ernest 1F. Grimnsley, white, convict edl at the .1 tne, 19 II, termi of courit foi licl and1( counaty of munrde r antd senteneced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, was paroled. Grimsley kIlled a woman and a mani in a Columbia restaurant. h~arry Ocean, white( convictedl at tho September, 1904, term of court for' Spartanburg of murder with rec omimendation to mercy and sentenced to life impirisonment in the state peni itentiary paroled upon the condition that he leave the state and never re turn, except on the permission of th goiernaor to visit Pin~aIti6, SIxteen prikohers whot 'received clemency ha4t been i*,deted of mnur der in the lirft degree with recomn mnentiati'o't1h mercy and were serving *)jt 'MB in the state penitentiary. iTi'ty-four prisoners to be ret(a'aud $6te' serving terms of- from two t'6 50 years on the chargo of manhl'augh ter' in the state penitentiary. Foirty-th ree prisonera artne serving terms for honniebreaking'and larcency assault. and battery 4vith intent to kill, carr'ying cot(Eealed weapons, vio lation of tihe dispdnsary liw andl oilh er minor oiftdhses. The prisoners to he released were serving termis in the state pieniten tiary, on the county chaingangs and on thio 'stat~e farms. Ohb 'year ago the. governor relens MRS. ELLEN TERRY BURIED THURSDAY Wife of Mr. I.I Terry, iyho Died Wed. nesiny .tlorning, . uried Thursday A ft ernoonl. Mrs. 140llen Terry, wife of Mar. If. Terry, (lied at hier i home oil Souti Ilarper street Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock after a protracted illness. Although she had been sick for many months, her death came quite sudden - ly during an interval of but a few moments between watches of relatives who had closely attended her. iHer death was ascribed to a heart affee lion. Coming so sudenly, it was a great shock to her relatives and nun erous friends in the city. Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. M. L. Lawson, pastor of the First Baptist church, and 'Rev. .1. 1). Plitts, of Fountain inn, her former pastor. Initermuent followed imhiedi ately after in the Laurens cemetery, a large concourse of riends and rela tives following the body to its last resting place and many beautiful flow ers being placed upon her grave. Mrs. Terry was a woman of niany estimable qualities and fine traits of character. She enjoyed rumnerous friendships in the city because of her lofty ideals and lovable disposition. She was a consecrated member of the First Baptist church and took much interest in church work. She will be greatly missed in many quarters. Mrs. Terry was a Miss Curlee, of Monroe, N. C., and was twice married. Her first husband was John S. Rich ardson, of Sumter county, and two children survive this union, Mrs. C. M. Bnbb and Mr. J. N. Richardson, both of this city. Sonic years after I the death of her first husband she married .\lr. Terry, who was then liv ing in Rockingham, N. C. Of this union there are no children. Some tuime after their marriage they iloved to Laurens, where Mr. Terry has since been one of the leading ner chants. She is also survived by tir'e sisters out of a large family of sis ters and brothers, as follows: Mrs. 1'. .1. .\eClellai, of Mfonroe, N. C.; Mrs. .1. 1P. Caudle, of nlion, S. C.; Mrs. M. .M. Shiepard, of Laurens. G(innmting Report. According to figures gathered by "'has. S. MeCravy and issued by the U. S. census department, 29,628 bales of cotton were ginned in Laurens county prior to November 21st. At the same time last year 31,557 bales had been ginned in the county. A Long Time Pickled. Mr. T. P. Poole, of the Tylersville section, was showing a curiosity on the streets several days ago in the was of a cueumber which had been grown Inside of a quart bottle over fifteen years ago and which had been pickled in the bottle since that time. The large eaenumber had been thrust t hrough thle nmeck of thie bot tle when quite small, allowed to grow, nipped off' after attaininije full growth and then ickeled ini an air'-tight bot tle. had it oii exhibit at It' 'ouinty mair', wherC'e it received( much attenitloln. Tlrinity-lItidmte Schone. TPhe next lyceum num aber or Tiiity Rlidge high school will lbe oni IDecem bier S, TPuesdlay evening. Rev. C. II. Nabers will deliver a lecture, title, "fly Palf andl P~yramid." Adinission .i5c, children 10c. Ifev. Nabers~ IJas tr'aveled for two years in IEgypt and ini this lecture is giving the plublic the benefit of Ils travels illustrated by more than fifty lantern slides. A l'aro treat is in hlis& for those who coe ed1 105 pionf'r#~ ha a Thanksgiving offern The t of paridOnls and paroles was sent to the offlee of the secretary of ~tate this afternoon at 5 o'clock for the signature of the secretary of state and the great seal of the state. The prisoners will be released early tomorrow. The gover'nor tonight added 28 pardons and paroles to the list brIng ing the total up to 101. to receive ceeey during the day. It was learned tonight that Iary D~enn came to the 'state penitentiary Iandl sur'rendlerecd last Wedilesday. lie was ac'companiedl to Columbia by a Irelative. He will leave 'tho prison to meornoW. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY Inlteiesting Program ham been Ar rainged by the Chairman of hie Pro. grai Comittee. 'I'l e regu miii' Iloltlily meeting of th1ie couinty (enlier's association will he 1ehl in (he graded sclool aiditoriuii Satullrday morning, l)ecebi ter 5tih, at eleven o'clock. The general topic will be the physical welfare of the schools. The following slibjects will be dis cussed by the teachers: "Wh'liat Shoulid the Teaclier Know of the Lighting, IHeating, and Ventilat ing of her School Room ?"--Miss Minnie Eubanks. "Is It the Duty of the Teacher to )is cover Defects in the Sight, Hearing. and the Like of her Pupils "-Miss Clara Woods. "What can a Teacher do to Protect a Community against Contagious Diseases?"-Mr. L. P. Mellichamp. "Hlow might Teachers Hope to Securt Hygienic Conditions for Children in their llones?"-Miss Catherine Bachelder. "How would you Discover Cases of Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils and Wly should you do This?"-Miss Pearle Wise. "Why may we not Consier Hiealth as an Individual Alatter?"-Miss Myrtis Atkinson. "A large Percetnage of School Chil dren have decayed Teeth; Why is Treatment Needed and How would you Hope to Provide that Proper Treatment be Given?"-J. M. Fewell After the reading of these paper s, State Rural School Inspector Iuceo C. Ghunter will talk to the teachers on "Sonic Conclusions Drawn from my Observations of Schools Visited in Laurenls County." 11. L. Parkinson. Chairman Program Com. Returned iilth Prisoners. Deputy Sheriff I. E. nflakeley re tirned yesterday from Columbia and Floirence with t wo prisoners in cts tody, one of them being an escaped convict, John Wallace, who made his getaway som m11on1thus ago. The oth - or, OWin Iiates, was caltired in Flor once oii a warrant charging him with breach of contaret. Blotli prisoners have been lodged in the cotiity jail awaiting further disiosition of their cases. NO BILL AGAINST OTTS. Case which has Attracted Attention at Spartanburg Thrown out of Court. Spartanburg, Nov. 28.-"No bill" was the terse report of the grand jury yesterday upon the charges of con spiracy brought against J. C. Otts, former solicitor, and Oliver G. Thomas, by B. F. Keller, of the local har. The report of the grand iury, whIici disposes finally of this case, was made after a full in'vestigaion yesterday morning. The principal witness at the invest igat ion was M\iss Clara Arni oldI, the young woman who made t wo aid(avi ts5, the first of whiichii deClarled that. Otis aiid Thomas had soughlt to have hier get Keller' into a (compriomii inhg positlion with he ir. 1 ier secoiid attil dlavit was virituallIy a repiudIa t ion of thIe fi rst, in part. declaring thiat Airu. Otts had had nothIiing to do wvithi I ly affaIr, RLEI"SEM 1H1M A PASTORAE.i: Rev ?. A. Nettles Loeinted Against his Whshes by Methodists ini Con1ferncetC Sumter, S. C., D~ee. 1.-A fter a warm anq lengthy dlebate this mor. jng, the South Qarolina con fer'en< by a vote of 70 to iiassed a reso lution to locate Rev. S. A. Nettles and not to give him a regular pasto? ate, as he had asked for. Therd Were~ several speakers in favor in retaining Nettles in active work in~ thei confer ence and he made a lbhort talk In his own bebalf, bl~ the majority was against him-. 'The matter took many by sui'DrThe, 'when it was brought up, althbngh several were expecting the renble'tion, which was signed by R. 'C. louhware, A. 11. Rest, J1. T. Mc ji'arland, J. L. Harley, J. J. Stevensoni, A. V. Hiarbin and 0. C. Hlutchinson. .To Speak atl Watts Mills. Hion. Ri. A. (Cooper1 will make ani ad dIress at the Watts Miills Saturday night in the interest of thle librariy there. The public is invite~d to atte'nd and hear his address. LIACING IN [AST Early Reports of Russian Victory Premature GERMANS REPORTED FIHTING STOUTLY %Iflthoulgh the( (1 ermanit ha ve (ootten T .e sves into ai very Precnrious Position, I'hey lire 3raking (maent Ef. forts to Cut Themi iselves ()it ind MlightI Succeed. London, I)ec. I.-Thoigh it seems11 cleril now that the (lermiani am1111y in Russian 'oland, or that parl or it which tie Russians srillroudiled near Lodz, Iarrowly m1issed annihilation, the (eimals foight wt i stic fury; that the cordon encireling theitn was broken1 andt1 as GIe'iant re inftor'cemienlts are coming u11p tie issue is not yet do cided. The British press, intteirpreting tho news dispatches from Petrograd, con tends t.iat a Russian success r a colossal cale still is possible, but in all quarters it is admitted that the re cent claims of a comiluete R lusstun vie, tory were premnature. Poland, with Emperor Wililam oi the field, will likely continue to (rer shadow all other war areas for some days to come. 'Even the London press is devoting more space to the hattles than to the conflict in Fland'ers. Tits partly is due, of couirse, to the0 ract that there has been so littl., change in tle western situation, cotmd' tions which may persist. until smife iha rp turn occurs in (lhe eastern t voggle. Il roughout. Belgium the (ermnans are remaininlg, generally speakiig, on. the dlefen sive, and f im Ilediate. sigis of a reniewal of attempts to hacek their way to the Frenich coast ari( lackiig. Some dispatches say that. the (er omians already have begun to falil back inl the east, but. as the ollicial state ments make ino 111ntio of this it is assimieid it is only a guess of cor responden ts, working on the theory that ile Ittisisiatn sucecess has boeen o erwhelming ud inal. King George's visit to Fiance sies greatly to appeal to the poplilar iiag. ination. Tie newspapers ai'e fea tur ing Iis .ajesty's trip, pointing out that it Is the first time a reigning Ilritish monarch has been. with his ar mies in the field for 171 years-<eorgo II being his last predecessor to do so. (IIRIST.AS SEALS ARE HERE. Rled Cross Agents For Liurens Have Received Shipment for imminiate Sale. As has been hw custo) Ith(eretofor Revd r(o (ss Christinas Seals will he on. sale in Laurens duinig the c 'ming hol Iday sea son. The sea 1s bn he alt ady arrived and witihin a few days (an h purchf'lasedl at several of the~ laditg city stores. Thel agent~e in ':m. ': I t sale in L.aurens are Aliss 'h-ta. Me'redith of1 the Pofstott!~, ic force'-tnd .\r. Arthuir Le of thei LaiurinA - live Vthlouisandii s amos t o b1..Ma one cenit eacht h:.\'e len allo .-1 Laurents atnd every eiffm t will he latho 1(o imak e thle salep herie~ ee'ssfui l'Tim Cause is a highly dieser imng o'te atu1( the genteral eonditions~ of the w vrld imake the iieedl for assistanIe If) (i. ci t y this yeaiir more'u I pressin th., I .n m e before. Me(thodist (Conferenee Hendls 11llnk to 'hiarge 1here. LaurenTfl' in .'lper (ConferaC4e, Accordling to thie aliopimnt ,I read at tho Methodist conference at e,ir 'er Monday night, llev. J1. 11. T. .4ar who has been pastor of the ~inst Methodist ch'urch here for the .s 'year, has been returned here for 'n other y~ar. This will be ree ed as good 'news both by his congegation. and numerous other friends hf htan tnadle since taking up his past .e here. Mr. Major was also ntamed "3n ference sccre'tary for this (district The!i Laurens church will hereafter :in the Uppaer South Carolina 'Confe. '":e as a resuilt of the dlivisions of the (,... frence into two sections. O themri appoitmnt lIs in thia; ('it' a re as follows: Clinton. W. A. l'airef; 1oo, JT. T. Millet'; (Gray Court, TI '.V. Munnerlynl; P'rineoton, 1I. . Shianuo,