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VOLUME XXXI. LUNSSUhCAONAWINED',SEPTEMBER 15, 1915. NLWp I ANNUAL COUNTY FAMR ONE MONTH Off To be Held on October \ Fifteenth. ALL OLD OFFICERS ARE REELECTEP Meeting.of Oficers and I nterested Cit Izens wvas Held in (bhe Court House Friday Afternoon and Plans Laid for the Annuit Exhibition of [.au. rens Products. Apparently optimistic over the pros pects of a revival of prosperity in this county the coiing fall, the citi zens who mlet in the court house Fi (lay afternoon to discuss the county fair voted unanimously to reepat the annual event and to give it. the sil) port and encouragement wliqih its great value to the county justifled. The meeting was called to order by Mr. W. 1). Byrd, president of the fair association. After stating the cause of the meeting, lie called for nomina tions Of ofilcers for a temn porary or ganization. ,Mr. I. Terry was nomin ated afid elected chairman of the meeting and he presided over its de liberations ii a very acceptable man ner. Friday, October 1 5th was decid ed upon as the most suitable date. Considerable ardor and entlusiasi was shown by dilifereit citizens when called uponl to express their views as to the beneflis and advantages of the fair. Nir. John A. Pranks spoke a fewv words endorsing the fair idea, saying that, he thought it, a great. ben eilt to the city and county, anI fu rth er that it, might 1)e stretched out into a two-day event. Ie endorsed the Past management of the association and said that a mistake would be made should there be a change in the of ficers. Capt. J. M. Phil pot endorsed the fair, saying it was a fine thing for the town and county. "I aim ii favor of it", said Mr. It. F. Fleming. Mr. W. R. McCuen said the same. Capt. J. W. Tanford, of Lanford Station, said he was glad to see the movement con tinued. lIe said the peoplle'in the countri'y districts wanted tle fair held and tinhat they would give it their st) port. Mr. Clare'nce Kennedy saild lie th1ought it a tine tling for tle city 'nd county. Mr. John Switzer said he was "for it" strong. So. did Mr. Ed Blakeley. Supt. of EIducation J. IT. Sullivan gave it. his cordial en dlo'sement. and so did Mr. leo. L. lifts, who was present at the meeting. On hefmalf of the fair association Mr. Byrd expressed appreciation for the assur ances of support and spoke briefly ans to the alims and ideals of the fair promoters. ITo said that the mission of the county fair was educational and that amusement though of value in YAI proper place, wvas not contemiplafed in the plans of the fair's founders. He t old of the reputation wihichi the Lau rens County fair hadl in fair' circles of . eing the only successful one of its k nd, whe(rc cheap amiusemuent was not depended uipont to attract visitoers. Mr. J1ohn D). W. W'at ts, general ~u penrin f.C1~endti a lso ;okek a few words in tpirecunt in (.U . p1edaes of suippoi rayinig that na (oiunty farm demon(4i drter~i hei was :4f the seri(e of the peope of t he couty and1 tha if was in fthir intered(~I that I he was working. lHe urigeud thinela support of the rfair, somgestinug t hat the bankers, in t.;e n ith thle ir'I!i(i alrad expreUI (desir to- a 1d in rIomiot inii storck raising ini diistr'y, offer' prizes to at 1mitlate in ll v'idhtfal formiers to efforts along this Ele'ct hon (f Officer!. All of the formuer officers were utnaninmously re-elected, as follows:' W. P. Byrd, Pres., C'. A. Power, secretary and TFreosurer; Jlohn D. W. Watts, General Manager. Vice PresIdents were elected as follows: D~r. 11. K. Aiken, Dr. J. H-. iller, Mr. WV. P. l1ar-' ris, Mayor JTas. RI. opeland, of Clin ton. Capt. J1. W. Lanford. Mr. WV. D. flyrd 'and'DLr. H. K. Aiken were appointed a committee to solicit prizes' for exhibits and the following were named to solicit fundls: Tp the city of Lauirebs, Messrs. T. C. Switzer, Albert Dial, XAllie Lee, W, R. McCuen; Outside ihe 'City of TAurensR, Messrs H~omer NTnry, Jaus. R. Copeland, B. 11. Bloyd, W.'O. Wharton, J. 0. Smith, . N. T.a'k, '3, T. Peden, Joe Hunter, 'i. Ki Maa~~e 3.-Y. 13rvan. John en i'. NEW PLAN TO (AltE FOR SICK CONTICTS State Penitentiary to Extend Use of lospital and Medical Service to Counties. Columbia, Sept. 9-hrlie State. pelli tentlary will hereafter extend to the counties the use of Its hospital and the services of its medical staff to care fbr sick and disabled convicts from 'the chain gangs free of charge if the supervisors of the couanties will agree to pay the penitentiary :;0 cents a day for fceding ,each such convict committed to its care. The board of directors of the state pelliteltlary ar rived at this decision at their meeting iu Columbia last Wednesday. In a statement i.sued by tihe board it is set out that the depletion of the revenues of tie penitentlary make it necessary to ask the county supervisors to pay for dieting skk and disabled convicts from the county chain gangs Who "cannot perform productive labor for the state penitentlary." "When such convicts regain thdir health they (an be returned to the chain gang in the county from which they came," the statement continues. The action of tile board of directors is regarded by those in touch with the situation as providing an arrangement eminently fair to both the counties and the penitentiary. [TUder existing laws tile county supervisors have the right to take away from or- send back to the penitentiary such convicts as they see fit. This fact. is brought out in an opinionl given the state board of charities and corrections b)y Attorney General Peoples. The decision of the hoard of (Iirectors of tie penitentiary to ask tile counties to pay for the feeding of convicts untit for labor re turned to tile instiltion by tile Super visors was caised by tile fact that tile low price of cotton last year has brought tile funds of the penitentiary to a low ebb. Slek and Disabled. The situation of sick an(d disabled convicts in tie camps of tile county chain gangs has worried Governor Manning no little. During tile last few m1onths lie has recelved a number of requests to parole convicts ol the county chain gangs for no other reason thanAthat they were sick. Such re quests for parole camte from Newberry for a convicts infected With sypilis, from Fairtleld for a tuberctular con viet., from ('olleto for a tiiberlcular convict, from Richlanud for a tuber cular convict, from Orangeburg for an Injured convict, from Ilorry for a conviet ick withi some disease not vtated In the letter asking- that he he paroled. Lyceum Course This Year. Several eiterprising gentlemen With a vlew of fu rIlishing high class musical entertainments and lectures during the coming season, have tenta tively contracted with the Alkahest Lyceum bureau for a series of attrac tions to be given in Lauren.u during the Iinter season a will com mence the sale of tickets in tihe immliediate fulurei. The 'at tract ions wi ch they have ini mind are0 repmutedi to be of a hi 'her order t han any lyceunm at trac buos that 1n ve' ever appca red In Lau 1(en4. Jhmble h ent' n 1401Iicklets wi be s;old for $ 1.001 and1( 111ngle season tickets for $2.50, .\ cami.as viii have to he amiit befiore it is delelW'y dec4idedd V. lii !i I04 t(on li s 4 i %iilP u rice withI lbut slight. 4;et-hacksl( duiring the' alst few dily . Midlinug (0ol0on brohught 9:l-.i on thle local market yes terdIay w1%ithi a few sales noted. C.M. Fulle(r4, Geo. A. lurownuinug, .1 r. On the adivertlsing commut tee were appoinitedi Messrs WV. L~. Taylor, Allie L~eo and WV. W. Harris. TPho executive commit tee, consisting 'f one1 1man1 from each townashlip, will be namedt in a fewv days by tho ipres iden t. Aft r the meeting several of the "leading spir'its" discussed the pires pects informally and the unanimous opinion seemed to be0 that the 1915 fair will bo a gt'eat sticcess. Oni ac contt of the new interest being taken in dliversifled farming, one thing that bisa dilwys 'beon str'ossed in the fair exhlitbits, an'd the need for further W.ork, along this lino, it is hoped and expected that the'ijeople of the'denh~ 'ty will take miore interest this 'tr ' hiArn ,thv'ha dao'#vE dae~ boate. S[PT[B[R 25TH TO Plans Have Been Pet on F Stock Meeting Ever Hel Long and Three Expert! Following several addresses made at thie farier's meeting in the court house Saturday in the interest of bot ter nar'kcting and more live stock raising, It was decidud to al'.i a inreat :neet,nv of farmersu and bisnesst nr.n to be held In L taurens on Saturday September 18th when Secretary, Long and three Clemson college experts w4.Il bo present to make addr1sues and give individual advice as to the best methods to be pursled iII building up tile live stock industry. The decision to hold (Ihis gr':It meeting was reach ed after Mr. N. B. D3ial, who recently visted tile west, had Imade an address in, which lie pointed out tihe advan tNges for live stock raising in this Collilty and had read a letter from .Ni r. W. W. Long stating his willing 'less to coie here inl tile interest of the farmers. Saturday was selected because it is a day on which most farmers can attend, as many or them coie to the city on that (lay anyway. The mleeting will probably b)e held in the iotirt house at-d will begin aboCitI 11A'lockI.. iriday's illecting wias not ,largely attended, but file lack of numbers was made ill for in tile irterest displayed. The Illeeting Wats presided over by Mr. John 1). I. Watis, coui1ty farill (10111011 strator. Ile stated that its purpose was to discuss marketing and any other subject. of interest to Ile farm e rs. Discusslon o1. the market Ing qluestion was entered into by .\Nr. Watts, All'. W. 1). Byrd and .111r. I. Y. Culbertsol. The out comle of this dis cussion was the appointment. of a committee of threo to make a canvas of the City of Laurens, and other towns of the county if.thought leces sary, to estimate local consumption of farm products and estimate what qlualnittis could be gatlered for ship ment. The committee was also em powered to make a report on tle pos silble outlets for local farm products. This comm111ittee Is Composed of Mr. .1. T11. Peden, Gray Court; Capt. .1. W. Lan ford, Lanford Station; and Mr. ilomier Moor'e, of thle Tri nity-Ridge -ection. 'i'ley will report at Ille meeting on the 18th1. .IIOTI'Vl LI: 811000l OPEI-NNG, (Commnlun ity3 Sauddenied by Delt i . Mr. A lly Rrysmonl. Seriouis I n1juries Sustained Ily -Watkins Roy. Non 1t viile, Sept. 13.-Last Monday th Maun ivil le school opened for an o'her year's work and the peopile are anxious that the term le fruit ful of G(,od results. Much interest Is felt in the welfare of our fschool-people realizing their duty and responstbiity as never before. ihle last of the week was sadened by the (leath of Mi'. Alsey lBryson, wvhiich occurred last. Friday evening aboutI eIght o'clock. Alsey was jutit 22 year's old, andl highly esteemed by' aill, and1( mos1-t loved biy those w ho k<new hlim btest. D~eepest sympilathy~ l fe'lt for thle fa iy .w knolw tie *'.'. Ing void ini thiri hear i-. ;ied hea line gin lth i (' n ' , it' Pthe 1orro tit noida tl o lii. forP1~~'(I th hcno uik s l .' '1 er s i I r eaI loS wh ln Mgl d siui1 n1a 1o iv (uf on 1of00Pl 1110noblirt y Men -a splendidl'- (.tp f ho'ntllreanW youfhith.~ \ av. li 1(n 'ar a) 'r leu',o ofDronsUsnss 111,oo lleoe, and was to'011 haei gone io Northl Ifotli a txt courss iny thoea Psnose igh staoobed an cuala eery of im5e. s bya m negro \tnty xprai nons of blfd, andii indire inee ar hedfor ir.t.\iller, ofe Cros 1c111 for hi promss and1 11ot01 crousO verie tin thetllf of the 011Way a1g A iind Ivea times, by a finegrin boyd reahid Moutile fatmly i prob ayte byspatitt and he f lood, nd whic cout ad nthetie favre. Mil ler rfuedto acwered bny r.mner tiovre the ut of thn~ie midghay oded. forhis serviesfml rb 'With the special joys and deep nor rows which at intervals visit every oot to Hold Biggest Live d in the County. Secretary i to be Present. Mir. N. 11. Dial mlade fihe principal s'ecch of Ihe ie'ting. ItI gave some impresslons or f his western trip auild lie Conclusions he drew therefrom. III the beginning, he said (hat South Caro ina- was lie gralnes state and Lau rens couity the grandest. counlty III the world. The exposition, lie said, is the greatest advertiseient fihe South ever had, as, afteri' a visit west, the Soithern ian could See the great ad vantages of living in ils own coiitiy III preference the w'est. After see Ing the high priced land there, the dry deserts In imay places. the necessity' for such laborious work and W oher handicaps which a Iai withot' 'api tal would have to face, the advalntages of this co1ntry are re alized. If tihe people of tlis section, said Mir. )ial, Would put forth one fifth as nich ef fort as (10 those of the west, they would have more money than they would know what to do with, and if people of other parts or the ('011try knew of conditions here the popula-i 11011 iere wolid double in live yearis. Mr. Dial told of caliing a ieetlng of bankers 11upon hiis retIr1111 home and of their Willingness to cooperate in the effort. to promote the live stock business. The bankers are not, rich, he said, but they are willing to help so far as they are able. lie urged the advantages of this county for e'ttle and hog raising and said that. the timle had come lo "eit. ouit hot allr an1d get, to work,."\As for imself, hle said that he had already deteriined to imlake soie mione ut oCf the cattle and hog raising business. Five hor oighbred Ilereford hulls plit in eaclh township of t(e Cnity, he said, wolild solve tle cotton questlioll. Mir. )ial then told of his writing to 'Mr. Long and the latter's consenting to com'e to Laurens. lie said lie hoped such a large crowd would be here that the court house would not hold theim...H.1e advocated the cutting uip of large farms ino smaller ones and these s(;id ol easy terms so that. young men wvoulld be enabled to buy them and ma1ke homies for Ithemselves. .11r. )ial comenided the4. trip of (lie Clinton people to lock 11111 to See the large ail lields there. (.ommunit111y, thle everyday life, of IIh( noilnulitylil goes sielily oil. Th1 corln is being gathercd into barns, (lie cof toli openiing and (lie fruit being 1pre served. The trees are nlow plnnn thieir brilliant fall costumiles, and all1 1h1nurC obeying the laws of an All wise Providence w Which directs and holds the iiiverse inI securlity. To School Pitions. In the advertisement of the graded school curricula In the last issue of this paper, the fact that the two Couri1s es were both dlescibed as "Classcal,"' was overlooked In this ofilee. The tlrst of t hem should hav'e been "Classi cal'' a nd. thle othleu' "C(ommer C1'(in I". A copy of tiis adv~er'tise men t will be gi v en~ to (lhe ('ihlren lo hie 'arried to) Itheir' pareniit li week and0 pa rents a m- itest ed ito readl ithim careful ly. Thg (aenH'1ii. h ar are t l~e Atchldru b:;ni ('rem toii ihe. l Car\'.I of\'ihitue l'ls. nihe het Lary n of Itor men' iii' siniiny r'. <ivedi l of ar o li ' h i 'ol lofl laxwl l atnc h bu (diemon a1t iii rnd mak hing dliver is. ivThedcr. re tl 1wateig lnd ha's bet o're(eiving(c faivlot s~enotlee. haiacne Ionesr. os o. th. W ki s of; Gr' i' lle, a Vtsertrylof TIsnyes m'yi'sionary lm ositmen bfSuth Caoit.liea il higl allabe orfe filii atsfthrchnex Fiay st Cot m ton maeanaddes. The pubis ctogining r f h sso firlsof buiey Mro. V c wthy howh hrsat WoffoRwre Collnel in ths count up th eptuppoy room as aga ist cotbalen glnns n yerepr oh 00l EitN3011 P.\ 1101ES YOUNG WITE HOY Yother's Sera'ious I liiess indc lives Clemency. 11 olme in 4.'reenllood. Cohlimbia, Set. I l.-Gov. .anning ycsterday granted a 1a1.ro le duii ring good behavior to IRobert Kilnells, a youly whi te t11C1n coivicted at the O l tober, 1 i 1 l te ii of co rill in Grete wood county, before .Judge Swa"se, and senteniced to serve 15 tulonthls onl the puiblic words of Greenwood cnunty. TI *1s i.- the .ame case in which 1hw governor, on Aisttus :P, last grantId a patrole for 10 day, for the lwirose of allo'ving the prisoner to visit.his ioth er, who wals ai tins time very ill. The prisoner 1e(r Ined to lw tle thtangang j ni'(tiilittly a1t thll4 expiltatin of' thlt' 1) days,'an1d is repotled to have been! a1 m1odel prisoner. .Judge Seas, wh.io preshiled at te trial, r'econ iuelded that the stnt'eic he Commted to 1 l1on1ha11 1shle pros Penting attorney, Solicitor It. A. Cooper. als o refluested that Itli pris 0or be 1jar'oled. Several letters have lieen received by the governor in fli case, an1d Ithe board of ),ardIoIs t nim IIi IIIIou sl y roco I n d Ill (led thaIt lie SCitence he cominiited. In addition to tlis the governorl yesterday received tIh' following letter frot Ir. John W. Williams of lone' Path: "Wish to state that Mrs. Kennells is, gradially growing weaker every dlay and before mianiy days have gonte by sh will have pal.ssed into the gireat be-yond. She is nl:10" t ).t up at all and is absolutfly l p'i jiless. "I wouhl like very ileh to se her last days made as happy as possible and alything yon can do will be 'ittertilly appreciated by all p rti's Aliong the 11impers filed in this case is a letter from thl iiagistrate h fore whom Hte preliminary was hI,v1(, in which the magistrale states that thir boy was. inl hWS op1inn. led4 Into 1i t tlrolih' bly a had companlln, andi al Kennells hms ben sultlivint ly punlished. While 1t hoy has betn .uIffering 1 imprisoni f1 o I lie ( crimi. is Mother is now probably on ier death bed; and according to stlatements contained in lmes received at thev governor's office, sihe is pleading for 11he rettii of her son before sii di's. Thev governlor today wired Hie super]-, vlSior of (Grvelnwood (ony that pa role is beeni issued and to allow th hoy to '--o to his mnother's bedside at1 Once. The folowinig is, a copy of it' tel Vogram11 S(1nt to Ohw Greenw-ood counity supervisor: "I havve loday signed arolit for Rober't K4,ennells. 'Sn hu I( J n t o hIis Iother's bNWdSIe at once. Parole goes to you 1y' mail." The governor ist) Selt the follow Ing telegra n to 'its. .1. II. White, Ware Shoals, sister of Robert Ken nells. hopiing t li. it woutld serve to comfort the totiher: "Please t'll yourt mlother to lit of1 gootd 01h001' have today signed ; ltrolt' hailve wirtelld sui(;;yiSor' to sendi him i to) iisilit'hr 'S li itl ' ll tmes D ad. v.'ihrle's. D u tt- !.\ile'a a tilt' .(itla lia r t' i' I lu'sh wa- a d it le-t 'I'Charetn hew til hnI;:y.t ng. eis. ..t. ('oomks I riiCope .nt . nh A .\ dh'' wan, rit ",t' r of e 111 : to'. liner .\holn, erfI thie cty. ieda pei' u ed be 1)11 lal oa ,i .gia s forn eriednan lle the forate.aTu e trlI-~ CharOleston r..tilthln which a ~lln gicn fedtrat cotran~, a m'rodcr. ed.c After Ih somlIoiknwa the te exmectntndhar. .It naome wao agetn manhol The h school, Itylcatey souh Irnond truewnd patitci.n JOHN BARL[YCORN DOW IN D[fAT Phrohibition has Apparent. ly Swept the State FOUR TO ONE IN THIS COUNTY Scatterbtig bilt I aly Volulminlous I?(., turn. ist Nighlt ininte 4an Oer hlt niin c ietory fr l :tl- ide P'ro hllbitionl. iateirIloo 111 Ora G ive Liqu11or at GAoose Eigg, lueonllplete rellinrtis fromu this co11n 'y and a hu~illi frloin Thec Stalte of tice inl ('oltaihit last niht indicate a "I :anaima slide" for prollibition yes I rdI-a .( The blletin slateld 1that1 re turns ny to that v' a'e 20.01, votes for prohibition againllo 7.172 fIor the opposite side. Pr4-eletionl lstiates varied l i veen 60,000 and 7-,-011 voi being polled. W ith a1 possiil 7.",10(1 voevs to reckon With, it is hardly pIos sible that a 1 hr4Ce to one lead c:'Ik 14 OVeIEinm, so It iay be 11fely con clud.. eat this inolning thIa Soutlh ('arlina hlas gonle intlo the prohibition column1. Ii 'laanrenls conllty. plrollioil 1bi 1 in liding by at huge aiiaIorily. With .-i V enteel boxes ic-ard from last n1; .,it the vote stood 9710 to 2.31 ori prot:ihi 1ion. Noteworthy prohibit ion viviori.'s wolw inill Waterloo and (ra, v.hmre 1o)t 1 S11 1-A whiskey advotate %- 'ed. The t)vilog lboxs e'4re heard tfrom Isur ens....... .........:142 :9 Walls Mill .. .........1! :5 Isanford .......... ..2; 1. l.aurens \1111...... .. ..37 2t. ('ray (ourt .. ........74) 17 .komi ..............22 , Clinfon. .............13.1 20 Clngon .\ill.. .........10 I.an.gston.. ...... ...0 ; Ora . .......... .....30 l Cr s i. ..ll 57.. .... ... 7 i .\oni') vi11e.. ..... ..... .. 10 Water-loo .. .A. . . .-9 0 Shilohl .. . . . . . .30 (; Powers Shopl ... . .. f; 1 ( Lydia .\li1 .... .... .. . ; ; 4I .o ............. .. .21 1, Ttal I.............74i:s Sherhi oil Loot 0i . .\ondlay aIfternoon0 ShoriffOnin recetived a1 telegramil frolm) (ov. \: ning 11tin t 11 t ifl ratIltio 1hai i , Fold him to the (4ffecIthalut liquio. +. Loing hought inl N11rgo quatil - a U'ion for dlistr 1-h1 o11 in adje:i: COntties to influence' Volers. 11, or dend the sherifl to be oil the :.1t: for them in this county ana make :r. rests if (he transporters could L-) found. Sheriff Owings had ad rady gotten illformati along the same lino and .\onday eveniag hiad his Ine:i out oni the w'at ch. Vigilant wa teh "a mtade for thle trianlstor e rs, hbu traice of themn was foundI. I i) I .1l ltd (' lt~ en ill'r. 5(i11 u-r at Wltero 'vl t. d - -I . WII lIe Il I'ei'ent Sp un 41 (4a c 1W. lih-hard. 3. lIlunlap has ii t as l' i VI lst h .leumb-r 44 d . Me a Ian Con' Pf 01 he South'i(!a il eceteon t cor nd n11 lHl retpre:- it l i n~I'~ .\lays.iil le 0$ring lthe ia mcn. e'o .\ re lMunla reI v s 1111 o sevel ~eek o atendingE the phlal~ schooln aaClemn then d ed b~t .itlembare fo 0114ervf thledltto 1 Dr. Jamen T. Htoearwhdin of tiuk nhas hmed notice from Aony td Medicak Coes of hMonthilla,!ena receive istomssion wb ithino te next fewldas Whee nt nu.v