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VOLUM XXXI VOUM XX- LAURENS, SOUTHi CAR~OL1NA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915. NUOMBER 1 A BLOODY CLIMAX IN CHARL[STON Young Man Killed and Four Others Wounded. MILITIA CALLED OUT TO RESTORE ORDER When Executive Committee Met to Tabulate Votes of Primary Held rfJuesday, SmalH Riot Results and Wild Disorder Prevails. Detalls Very Indefliite. The last issue of The Advertiser car ried an account of Oqv. Manning's ac tion in putting the militia in readi ness at Charleston to quell any disor ders that might have arisen as a re sult of the election. Whether or not the presence or the militia tended to preserve order is problematical, but during the meeting of the executive cominittee Friday following, when the militia was not present, trouble ensued resulting In the death of one muan, Sidney Cohen, and the wounding of four others. 'the coroner's inquest was begun Monday and very little of definite details was brought out and yesterday was still in session. Sher iff Elmore Martin has taken out war rants for'a number of men for carry ing concealed wveapons and the Char leston police have charged two men by the name of Brown and McDonald with responsibility for Cohen's death. The account of the Friday tragedy, its taken from The Columbia State, is in par as follows: Charleston, Oct. 1.5.-Charleston's turbulent mu nicipal canipaign result ing in the Democratic primaries last Tuesday being held while seven units of te State guard were held ready to assume polle dities, reached its culminating violence today in a pistol battle In a room where the Demo cratic city executive committee was about to meet to canvass the returns. Wihen thea smoko of the fight had cleared fromx the room on the second floor of the three-story building at King and George stre;ts, five men had been shot., and others wero bruised. Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter for the Charleston F4vening Post, was shot through the right lung and died soon after. W. A. Turner, an insurance agent, also was shot in the lung and is in aP-serious condition, as is W. K Wingate, superintendent of the city chain gang, who is suffering from a bullet wound in the head. 11. L. Wil ensky, a city meter inspector, was hit In the arm and Jeremiah O'Brien, in spector of weights and measures and a member of the executive committee, was shot in the ankle. All the wound 0d are expected to recover. Six Men Arrested. One of six men arrested, Max (1old man, a marine engineer, tonight is In a hospital suffering from a blow on the head, administered, it 'is said, by a policeman when Goldman t ried to get out of' the commit tee room. Others arrestedl are 11. J1. Brown, ice wagon dIriver' and former policeman; Idwardi MfcJonald, stevedlore andl former po liceman; J1. J. H-ealy, former polie ser'geant.; Conrad Stentder, (leputy' sheriff, and f1. .. Steenken, kcee of cemeatery. No charges were pre rerred against any of them. (ov. Manning at Columbia, imme liately upon being informed of the shooting, orderedl the Washington light infanrtry, a Charleston compiany,1 t~o the scena.t !T.'7 'onmpa'ny, with hay bntetsg fired, qiuickly cleared thte streetms outtsidle the building wheore It was teared trouhle would dlevelop. Later the guardlsmen aidled the police andl special deputies, in patrolig the sttcct and remained on duty late to night. . V Ii Battallolt in 1Ittainiess. - The entirO V'irst battalion, Secondl regiment, N4. 0. S. C', located herie, was ordered hold at the armorb'es ready for eventualities. (ov. nan ning also ordered local dispontsaries closeld until furthter 'noti&. There 'was only small groups oI 'nen ont the streets tonight and thecie was no ouit ward evidence tha't 'there might 1)e more disorder. TPhe military 'i' tinder command of Col. 10. M. -ly'the of Greenville, in the absence of Adjt. Gen; Moore1 who is attending the rifle matches at Jlack sonville. Col. TBlythe came here first night 'on instructions from Gov. Man Ohna'lston htan heen npnwai faoe DEATH OF ISAAC M. O11INGS. A Prominent ,Citizen of Owings Pass. ed Away Last Saturday. Mr. Isaac M. Owings, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Ow ings, died on Saturday, October 16th, and was buried Sunday evening at three o'clock at the Dials Methodist church, of which church he was a member since early in life. The burial services were conducted by his pastor Rev. Munnerlyn. The large crowd present at the burial attested the high esteem in which the deceased was held. ,Mr. Owings was about sixty-eight years old and had been in bad health for some time before his death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lottie Ow ings, and one daughter, Mrs. Hattie Willis, and flve sons, S. Leander, John W., Wister I., Herbert M. and I. Leon ard Owings, all of Owings, besides several grandchildren and other rela tives. Mr. Owings was a quiet and unassuming man, ll(ed by everybody and highly respected wherever he was known. DEN'i'AL SOCIETY MElTING. Piedmont Association WlI Hold Its Quarterly Meeting Here Next Men day. The regularly quarterly meeting of Piedmont Dental Society will be held in Laurens next Monday beginning in the morning and lasting through the day. Several prominent members of the profession and of other profes sions will address the meeting on sulb jects directly connected with dentis try. The address of welcome will be made by Mr. R. A. Cooper and the re sponse will be by Dr. J. P. Carlisle of Greenville. I. 10. Hughes, M. D., is the only local gentleman who will be on the regular program of papers to be read. The subject of his paper will be "Tonsils, Adenoids, Their Relation to Dentistry." The visiting dentists will )e enter tained at the Laurens Hotel as the guests of the local members of the so ciety. troublo as the result of the primary. Last Monday night Iov. Manning or dered four conp; les of National Guard and three divisions of naval militia held ready at their armories to take over pollee duties it neces sary. Tuesday, the priiaty day, assed quietly, however, and at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning the guardsmen were relieved. Followers of Mayor John P. Grace, an aspirant for renomination, charged that Gov. Manning was trying to in terfere with the primary thereby favoring the faction led by Tristram T. Hyde. This was denied. Extra Policeemen on Hland. Blitterness engendered by a cain paign in which personalities over shadowed real issues, the presence of the militia on primary (lay, and the closeness of the vote created such a threatening atmIlosphecre that manny extra pmol icemen were detailed ini and( in front of the buiding where thme imeetlng wvas to take place. The bcel d lug was crowded and a good sized~ (rowd i9, front. was held( in check by .1 ist as the mneetinms was to be calledl to order someone In a hallway adjoining the commnittee room started a light. During the scum ling, shout ing and jamming in the hallway sonme one in tihe committee room fired a shot and the real fight wvas on. P'olice men in the hallways and committee roomf hieemed powerless. Several imis tols were .broughmt into play anDd fa thme- firing continued amid th9 .4eraum bl1e to escape, yelling 11nd cries of the wvoundled, some one threw three ballot bo~On oit of the window. ('ohen's Decath Wound, Cohenl was making for a 'window when struck. A pistol oveli which two zthen were fighting diseliarged and the bullet gave him hism mortal wvound. Whether any ol' the wounded were' really particlpating in the melee was not known tonight. W~hen 'The shooting was heard by the crow~d outside thme building trouble was threatenedl for a time. The extra force of 1)01i(0 hold the crowd in oek andl a hurry call was sent to ilheriff Martin and message was sent to Gov. Manning. The gove,rnor Im.. mediately ordered out the WVashington Light infantry ahd the mnembers of the company were on the scene with in a short time after the first shot (Continued 1on Page Elght.) JOIN THE AUTOMOBILE BRIGADE A Few Weeks of Pleasant Work and Reward is Yours The Advertiser is Giving Away an Automobile to the Person Who Returns the Most Votes in its Great Con test. Solicit Subscriptions and Get the Car. Who is going to get the automobile to $700, enough to warrant the labor that The Advertiser will give away-j of anyone. And, by the way, the suc this fall? Who is going to have the cestul contestant will necessarily industry and energy requisite to win have to hustle, because this big prize that which many are longing for? Who Is expected to bring out adults as well has the grit and the nerve to go out as children. and ."brace" subscribers for their Remember that the entire county is dues? Who is it that hasn't the ambi- divided Into two districts. Distrit No. tion to own an automobile and where 1 comprises the city of Laurens. Dis is he or she who is not willing to work trict No. 2 comprises all area outside to realize that ambition. These ques- the city of Laurens. The winner of tions will be answered when The Ad- the first prize may reside either In vertiser's great automobile voting District No. I oi No. 2. The winner contest gets under way. The contest- of the second prize must be a resident ant who works hardest and persuades of the opposito district from that in his or her friends to work hardest is which the winner of the first prize going to prove himself or herself the lives. The winer of the fourth prize one deserving to win. Turn over to will therefore be a resident of the another page and see the. full particu- (istrict with the winner of the first lars as to how the contest will be run piize and the winner or the fourth and the requirements for entrance in- jrize must be a resident i the same to the race. district as the winner of tle second Imiedliateiy after the oflicial an- prize. This division of the county into nouncement of the great contest, In- (istricts Is to assure all an equal terest was manifested in many see- showing In the contest. Residents of tions of the county. This week, how- District No. 1 may solicit sitlbscrlptIns ever, is expected to be the banner int No. 2, and No. 2 residents cal so 'IL week for contestant-, to enter and by li-itin No. (dist;yth. iy other words, next Wednesday the contest will be a fny contestant way solicit subscrip well under way and the manager ex- tions anywhere lie or she pleases. peels to lavo-thie list of nominations eotestots are reminded again largeas children. I umnted. The first. list of that renewals o ol te ci lcount ai contestan ts wVith their relative stand- paying Int of distc (i cts.mit just as log will be publ ished onl that (laly, moh1 as new sheity o Lptions. As old What else Is being Iffered II addi- 1subscritions are oen easier to se tion t(o thle Fo rd til tomlobi Ic? Tbhroe ,u itte thanl mIt(,% one's, conites tan ts woldl other Valuable prizes. The Second dt well to devot their geatest ner pirize Is at hianidsomie $100 talking Inia- gies to those who hav~e beeni iliiliers (dl in with $25 worth of records. The oif The Advert isei' family before, And Advertiser did not wish to give n prize roniemi tier that fu 'thie~ X pndit i ~c f . *~ istric No.stor io.c2 The inner hat (oilh not lie i ti i d With1o01uta t e sbeco rize dmusnt hab en ti have thie wnoney on is person at the ir tie added the recordls. Tl'hesel mav be s e- you see in, ask him when he wiz teeted. The third prize Is a $50 gold have it d r ret rn ait that life. lie ate, handsome, duirnoatile awl Ilii-to- wilt ze glad to pay ie to hetp ou dlate pi every pabairelsit. It alone is nita. worth the effort thlt majority of the And reme ber further that ehe Ad candidiates wil Iliiely put forward. Vertisr is a "Cash-in-Advance" paper It Is a 21 jewel I lamilton watch and thereore subscriptions are top with a ever -yar gold case. The hosed to be Paid iN advance. If the ourth prize will be $25 i gold, subscriber i behind, ask him to pay real T. S. oney. the total money his arrears anwl also a advance ty value of all the prizes Is thus nigh ox meat. (I.NTLEMi:N O1F TiHlE .JUII1Y. 14A1'INS lE IN IA'rrENIIAN('f.1 Ful esson haoh ( lit of n onations iiuePeetmefLinos(int lagly augened.rs The0 firs litn hihofo i(i~lr t(rew hone.nt wuith. their.rlliat.vMisstiando in wilalea wubithed coniei that day. ~arenilb, i iil oltahr hay, oemse sj.n difered in addi li s ben adetha ths trm ~'i 1stici irenwNoo itrid and ate ods, list f juors or te fst wek: ionsl anywhereh o shbevil i pleas dresq. esaing tpro lese u ont thanfro anyo tin to thei For autome bile The hue othaer thre contestantwol other aluabl D.izes The'wd se.n do eahr welre eortedei gratest fnrm chin wit $25worh ofrecods. Th fsh AdvrtiSperaig eforhe. Aetng Artiserddntws.ogv leaemmbt at pritleyone, s. Ifryde thatfc~o-l'no be utriedn wih.u a. tfi fuburer doengthen tu~oa lfudThro expendituore, .f moey Mson stemed onura hbyron the timewoo adedlh eods hs ayb o teaes 'him s foloing where pewent .ece. Thaey thir .ri. Dais. a $0ssrsav I. nd retunson. tha tim. He~f wChnC Jnsm, dra ban. p-o Wilson be gla tol"eay u" T. helpyou worthfthtoeffoT. tha Canjoy of issesn reme r fIuter, thatche Adc ckidate aloie,y Cut Sowar. vertiserlisa "Cash-in-Advanoc pape Cros ai 21 jee kamito wath. lind thl uertfoe Clasrtions, Margasu wiha. .A l:o-yer .Told caseii. Tet oscdatobeid inbc advnoe Ifth SouthvaprizA.w.ll ue , .i gold isoncrbe Nisabehind askl imetrta Stea, . S.~ moeyk. Trtotamne isarrsndloandvneay value of al thecarize is Ihuscnghmon ment ENLEMns TI E Jat'lY. LAMrENS. Ir, .IN. lefTsEveaday. Fal. Jesn of. ory b oughtontoea Iag for ynhrg of. weren lieunvty thWitlastnen wis eek nr ofvent-ma.eisg ShoadTuarhers intheenwtood tuihue nReyRie.Te lfr Spreservng meliatn. Mr.s Wirbyos he ept in sno the stblsfo ruedb ofriend reret veryo uchrvtor snd hi (otsodmown, Pewhcnee the .\lon.e .ave thmer yfu ih shool tmchse fedrwo wek.The inerlowngs. thessinchers wer reen ofro endeavn GETTING READY FOl ENDEAVORS Preparations Are Well Under Way for the Big State Meeting to be Held Here Next Month. The meeting of the Christian En deavors, in which representatives from every society in South Carolina will take a part, will he held in LAurens November 5th to 7th. and great pre parations are being made to make the meeting a most successful one. It is expected that from two hunldred to four hundred delegates will come to the meeting and the committee on homes is working daily to complete arrangements for their entertainment. While the meeting here will be- held in the Presbyterian Church, the dele gates are not all of that denomination. in fact the society is interdeniomina tional and for that reason the commit tee is expecting to ask inembers of the other churches in L4iurens to help in the entertainment of the visitors. WhIle homes for mllost have been got ten there are a few still to lie Ilaced and the comi It tee will visit other houseke.qpers this week. The session this year will be a rath er short one an( the program is so ar ranged that little time will be left for social enterftinments. In Yfaet the iresident of tlie Stat~e society, Mr. Wy at raylor of (olunbia, has made ftle program seuli a full one that the bus iness sessions will lie practically con tinuous. tihus preventing the social events that the Laurens people would like to have for the visitors. To all of the meetings memibers of all churclies are cordially in vited to come. The prominent and entertaining speiikers that are to lie present give full assur anie( that each mleeting will lie mllost instrutelive and entertaining. Amoig the prominent iten who will lie present for the meeting are: Karl 1A4hmaln .1, Southern Field Secreta ry of the Endeavors, Dr. .1. 0. Ileavis, the well-known minister, Dr. K. (. Finiley, the proiniieit Coluthia pastor. Dr. T. W. Sloan of Greenville and mla ny o01 r leaders In clh1ch work. 'The lull sic for file neetings will be furnished by tle coibined cioirs of lie various I auri lens chuii rches. They have alred yI, beguni lractice and tle mui isicalI progral proilises to be a de lightful feature of thoe occasion. FINE AlE E' TING ('hOSE). lieivi-i Serlees at the First Iaptist. ('huarc h ('losed Last Tulirsda3. The lievival services tlat were lie ing held in the First Haptist church closed list hu'I'li rsaly night \'fitl an un usually tine sermon by Dir. .1. L. Whlite of Atlanta who has been assisting the pastor, Rev. M. L. lawson ii these services. 'Tlese special services were held in the Baptist ciuah for about. teii days and were productive of a great amuounat of good to the town aniid country around. Dr. White hamndled his many subjetes in a masterly way and hiis deep religious convictions ani sincerity of manner won for him a warm place in the lieirts of Laurens lieoile. As a result of this meeting twenty-foum new mlclebrs werie addt~ed to the clhurchl rolls liy ha iifi smi a nd seveirahlithers biy let ter and restora A lDeplorablde .\('elent. T ittle W ytWfod h rgt littli4 son of Air. and NIirs. J1. A. \\'ot' ford, met0 with a distrtessinag accidenI whleni on W\ednesday iiight bast his lef't eye was pierced b~y an arrow shot biy his siveyea'ir old birotlier, dlestn-yogi thle sigh t. Lyint is now in thei hiospit al at Greeniville whlere lie is get I ini on as well as could be expected. Thei family has the sympiathly ot' all In this awfual enlait y t'IhatI hias comei so '1 al y to thieir' lbright eyed little hioy. "Ei Git IE.\lT 3IA T('lI" P'o~ilar i 31t ro PI'eire With Ii Il ~ne o) lhe iat the Opera llouse Friday'. .\la nager Sw it zeri of thei Opiera iilous' PIc'ture Show, annlouces for thiis F'ri day thle welI-kiiowii Metro0 picture "1lfer Great Match" feat uring Gal Kane, an actress whlo has starred most sulccessfully in many lictutres. Theli pictue' for this Pridlay Is considered one oif her most remuarkable successes and1( wherever shown has priovecd a wvinner. Trho play, by the well-kcnown uthor Clyde Fitch, is a stik ingly In resting drama with five acts of to chung sentiment and gripping sit ua tioi . The first show wIll begin at 2 o'clo k and each show will last one and c-half hours. The prices of ad missi nanr' 5 and 10 cents. COMY [IR 'RAT ISUCtSS Splendid Exhibits and a Representative Crowd. PRONOUNCED BY SOME AS THE BEST YET Exhililts In 1m14)e Depart.mnits Ex. Ceeded Those of Former 'vart while Other Departrments. Pollldy Lacking in Nuilmers, Excee(ei(d in Quality. Another ile stone has been passed by the Laurens County Fair associa. tion. This year's annl exhihilion held In IMIe Gar-lington leadow l-"rilay was in mlliuty respects the suiKe! to Past e.hibitions and nearly all "o!er respect5s equal to those of otiher n'a Thel( crowd, though -omnwhat :de thani last year, was an ('fntllla -11( and interested ol1 1n(d doubtIIP!m ;a great deal of good was derived from. the exhibits by those who at te-led. The weat her conditions early in the morning, when prospeCtlve a(ttt:ilant4 rfrom a distance would naturlly he getting ready to leave their homles, was not favorable and in solno ; lions of the coity a slight shou .r of rain fell. The threatening weaivher. it Is thought, kept, mnany people( aiway. Ilowever. though the early lolr I''o hazy and damn p, the clou(ds soon ,I vo way to tile sunshinte and a bont itll day was provided by the weati'e' mall. The I)oltry (epartillent was I ros1 ally good tills year. The nul'r o0 birds was larger than pirevious :how. and the grade was higher. Indh. tho kiudges had great difficulty in p dug the honors where they belonpe f' particutlar Interest in this delpar ;nt was a d'splay of pure blooded 1i1on by the Carolina PIgeon lPlant, qi loll. Their exlibit, beautiiIlly ; : . 'd, n;as the ''ltefr of an a'! -I crowd aII I di 'ing the day aini :. n 'orn1pliment. were p lased o'ir ' n. - 5omelk, birds. They look blue rib - n cvery c'lass entered, llillcludill lilalux's. .lono!ies anld Malti '' shles taking the prize for tIhe ie( illay. The Caitpines of Mr. I Spinks were greatly admir-ed. other displays Were equally cr1 The belleh shov, lin der( the tion of Messrs \Vason and O"': 'ik. had numerouls exhibits and t ' we're sulrrouinded dting the (ill. by hinters mnd all lovers of doue an.. inals. In thae cattle departmnlult, Me. I It. AI. and 0. S. Ilhi, of Cross Ib. ('-. eived imany compliments on Ith r 6n' Polled Dlu rham lull. MI r. Ge I ' I '1 ! had a splendid disp lay of It. Iins aind Mr. .1. 1). W. Watts of Ay; '*. There were oth1er spled1id xh. ; this depalrIt ment. In tIhe swW d partllent iM . T. (;. Ilughe . of I; -: , Spartl u 111rg coniy, had a fl!,- dr bodal 1w.ighbingl'' (ve i-hP oI 2li'llted tile attent1Y1 i n a s 4'hu :aalir ('' ''ws w eghigt . ro bouyns..\esr l'hn the Me'a 1211. D.aStywarg ahfo had ered'u hiit laese. nthlet atrisbe -' partm0 etu.\r. .l. ii W s \ i-Its .a Mis. hathN havinel l fin a x( 0 is. (lenl has ndal yars bu1 t 1 te. at higher 121 oThe t'hi'it fro i thati this depar1i1t 1n1en werei 1~l lally larterthy, th. eaMes ll and Mrinsg'a a offnum r : IC ainew1001 fature. This wIasci el -(I Mrs.ly. hi~ E1. (Ifple and5 Mr1's * Anesisont liei depa11rtment ellel hndledandht:- brod ed l aottr 1ctIe pat le lethel fai.C I i'I 11 lhaties deparmgtmlnt ll b1( igolls e' 1n e scol01a. et van Isnd MIs may ha:t aiveryl ~ 1 i cty oliy dihoo faticiworIn l kel bgTaei fron m Daugtr hoad . h