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VOLUMEl XXXI. LAURE3NS, SOLT~ii CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27,1915.NUBR1 ,FROMI IHE COUNTJY News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Happenings of Interest to Many People All Over the County and to Those Who have 'left the Family Hearth. Stone and Gone to Other States. CItOSS HILL NEWS. Cross 11111, Oct. 25.--Dr. G. F. Klugh talked to the school children Friday afternoon on the subject of hygiene. His talk was simple and very prac tical, giving a number of rules and observations by which we may pre serve the health of the body and thus lengthen or luives and . inbrease the power of the mind. This ws the sec ond of a series of lectures fo' the ben eilt of'thc school children. Messrs Simmons' Pinson of 'Furman and James Guthrie of Wofford spent the week-end here with their home people. ' Mr. B. A. Wharton has the best garden of collards we have seen, and this is saying a great deal for there are many-splendid gardens of collards cabbage, and turnips in this section. Mr. Wharton has some collards which measure frtom four to five feet across and are high in proportion. His g er den contains four or five hundred f these winter plants. - Mr. J. E. Griffin has manufactured 'hearly eighty gallons of fine syrup from his acre of big texas cane. le thinks the syrup is excellent. He has promised to send us a mess of it and when he does we will tell you all about it. irs. 'Lettle Wileutt of Greenwood, after spending a m6nth or. more here with her grandson, Mr. J. R1. Wileutt, returned home last Tuesday. Mrs. Wileutt is nearly one century years of age and is still quick and aetive both in 'body and mind. She has many rela tives and acquaintances in this, her native county who rejoice with her in her good health. Miss Erice Lonor of Due West is sponding a few weeks here with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Griffmn. After. spending the summer here with her daughter, Mts. D. A. Whar ton, Mrs. Hart, we understand will return to her home In Jacksonville, Fla., this week. Itey. W. D. Ratchford returned Sat urday morning from Rock Hill where attended the annual meeting of the ath Carolina Synod. RABUN NEWS. Rana.n, Oct. 25.-Miss Margie Hold er of Green Pond section spent last Saturday night with Miss Edna Owens Mr. and Mlrs. Dunk Nesbitt and friend of Piedmont spent th~ first of last week visiting Mr's. Izszie Cheek, and Mrs. TI. 1i. Mahon, ' -" .. Idiss Allie flabb, and Mir. Ilouston hahh after spending the summer in Asheville, returned to their homes last Thgirsaday. Mtr. Solomon Mahaffey of Eden sec tion spent Wednesday night with Mr. Walter Owens. Mrs. IRebecca Owvens visited Mrs. -Emilyv Woods of Eden section Tuesday and Wednesdiay. Mrs. Lize Check spent several (lays last week with Mrs. Anna WVest of Poplar Slpring section, Mr. A. P. Nicholls, Misses Bonnie andl Lucia Nichols of ihountain Inn. were vlsitLinzg in t his and Friendship section Sat urday antd Sunday. A numiiber of the TRabun people at tended thle circus in G reenv'1Il Saitr dlay. Miss .eonovee Bahhb and brother, Mr. Grady of Eden sectilon, visited Miss Edna Owens and brot her, Walter Ow ens, S.aturiday, night and Sunday. Mr. Stewart Mahon and family of Eden section visited Mr. anid Mrs. Claude Mahon Sunday. Mr. Lee Chapman and family of Fountain Inn attendled pre'achinlg at Friendship Sunday.. The farmers in this section are very busy picking cotton and liens. DIAL NEWS. Dials, Oct. 25.-Mr.' and Mrsg WIT 11am (Gray of Grmay Court, and airs. W. P. Childr'ess nd Mr. and Mrs. James (ontinuad o n Pnare Five.) DR. W. LAWRENCE BAILEY DIED LAST WEDNESDAY. Prominent Young Physician of Coro naca, Native of This County Died Last Wedneeday. Mr. T. Lawrence Bailey, a promi nent physician of G'eenwood county practicing in Coronaca, died suddenly at his home last Wednesday. His death followed shortly after that of his fa ther, W. Frank Bailey, iyho was buried near Clinton only last week. Dr. Bailey was forty years old and until the day of his death, had not showed any signs of Ill-health. Wednesday about noon he was found in an uncon scious condition by his wife, the )aiy sicians summoned stating that his con dition was the result of a stroke of paralysis. lie died Wednesday night, only a few hours after the first stroke Dr. Bailey has been successfully practicing his profession in Coronaca for several years. le was a native of Laurens county, having been born and reared in the Lisbon section of this county. He was forty years of age. Besides one brother, Dr. T. IL. W. Bailey of Clinton, he is survived by his wife, who was Miss Annie Giles of Greenwood, and one little son. The funeral services and burial were con ducted in Greenwood last Thursday. Dr. Bailey was well known in Lau rens where he had made many friends who join with his family in mourning his early passing. le was a man of many tidmirable traits, a physician of the highest type and withal, one whom many here and in his adopted town admired and respected. MI'SICAL COMIEDY NEXT WEEK. "The marriage of Kitty" Wi be in Opera House Next Thursdaf' the 4th. The Marriage of Kitty, a delightful musical comedy will be presented at the Opera House next Thursday, Nov. -ith. The presentation Is by Leland Webb who is supported by the famous star Miss Julia Bates and her company. The play comes with an unusually good reputation and pronises to he one of the best shown anywhere in this slate. A feature of the perform ance is the beautiful electrical effect produced with itle carload of beautiful cenery that accompanies the show. "TlE SOUL OF A WOMRAN" Is the Title of the Next Metro Plcture at the Opera House Friday. Manager Switzer of the Opeom House Picture Show announces for next Friday, the regular Metro pic ture day, the inspiring allegorical study "Destiny" or "The Soul of a Woman". Miss Rmuily Stevens, the eminent New York star will play the leading role, which in itself assures those attending of. one of the most entertianing pictures ever shown in Laurens The play is prosented in five thrilling reols. A Big Potato. Mr. F. F. lellams, who lives a few miles in the country, left in The Ad vertiser office several (lays ago, one of the largest sweet otatoes ever seen by Thue Adivortiser's garden edi tor. Though it wa not the largest "ever", It was thie largest seen this season. Whleun welied in one of the stores in town, af'ter' having dried out ai bit, it tipped0( thle sea les at 11 pounds and a few ounces. .\r. lIeldlamus tells an amusing tale in con nection withi thle big potato. His little hoy was sent out to the potato '"patch'' to g*.bble enough foi' dinner' with a dirie w'arin g nt to bring back any "st rings"'. It seems that th le kid had been a little careless before in se lectinug "r mipie" hills and his '"ha uls"' had bee'n small. Th'lis time, howvever, with th le wvordls of hiis mother inigingi in his ear and with a thought of the berea fte cin i case lie disobeyed, lie sought out one lill that looked to himii to lbe ''ovei'done"'. lie lit it right. After' diggiing with his hiands; and then with a big stick andi~ then1 with other Iinmplememts, lie finualhy landed thle iminster 'lear' of thle g ro ud and, with a prou d and irelieved look on his face, i'eturned to the house conscious of a deed( wvell donie andi of a .confile't avoided. Since thle Iiotato) was bi'ough t to Thle Adlvemrtiser (ofice, reaideris will iiniderst and t hat the kid had to go back to the garden any way. Spartanburg, Oct. 24.-Hobert Me 10lroy, the Gr'eer ladl heldl ini jail here on (lie charge of being an accessory befoi'e thme fact in connection with 1he su1iide of Annie Glenn at Greer' two weeks ago, was released on ball of $1,000 yesterday afternoon. }, SPECIAL $25 PRI Who Will Turn In The Moi ternoon, U0 Special Prize of $25 Cash Offered to tions between Today and Saturda This is Open to All Contestants. The Advertiser publishes today a list .of popular Laurens county men, women and children who have entered or who have been nominated by friends for the great automobile con test. With each mail comes a fresh batch of nominations, so by the end of this week it is expected that the roll will be longer than that of any contest ever before conducted in this c 'mty. The stupendousness o' the of fer which The Advertiser has made in this harvest year of 1915 has aroused unprecedented interest in every sec tion of the county and those who are wise will take advantage of the oppor tunity to realize on it in a substantial way. Subscribers to The Advertiser, willing and waiting to help those in their respective communities, are doubtles holding back their subscri - tions to aid that one who first ap proaches them. The season's harvests have been rich so far and the collec tion of subscriptions, when properly urged, should be an easy matter. The 6ontest manager wants to repeat what he has said about the relative value of old and new subscriptions. Where a subscriber is nlready in ar rear's and wishes to pay up to the present, his subscription is just as val uable in votes as if he were a new sub scriber. In fact, since he is already a subscriber or the pa or and knows how valuable it is to -i and his fain ily, it ought to be ;ier to collect from him than from one who has not hitherto been on the list. Therefore, a little hint to all the contestants and one which the wise ones will doubt less heed,--see the "old hirds" before striking the new ones. It is often the case that several dollars may be se cured from an old subscriber for ftr rears aid advance su bgri pt tos in the same time that it would take to col leet one dollar from a new subscriber. 'so headwork! Sipeial Prize. Read the contest advertisement on another page. You will note that we will give a cash prize of $25 to the contestant turning in the most money on old and new subscriptions by Sat urday afternoon. November Oth, at 5 o'clock. This special contest be gins today. By this special race, any one who has not yet entered the race is given the opportunity to try for this cash prize and at the same time make a beginning for the big prizes. Re member, that the race is Just begun and the one who enters today has a plenty of time in which to win. Note the territory from which the contest ants come. If there is no one busy in your neighborhood, get husy your self for subscribers are there or ought to be. In either case, the opportunity is yours to col leet many subscriptions. D o not forget the prizes. Look in last week's pa per- automobile, grapho phone, watch, cash. Now, a little a bout su bscri ption hlanks. 'The contest manager has a full supply of' subscript ion blanks on hand and~ will mail them to suibscri!h ('r' iiimmtedilately u poni req uest. As soon as anty conte(stalnt's sutpply is nearely ex hauisted, lie or she shiouldl sendl at once for more. They are pitt up in ('iconeninly 1bound1( books anid arue easy to handle. The tuse of tese hooks will prevent any con fiSon, (it her on thle part of thle conitestanit, thle sitb siriberi or thle contest. man uager. It. is Sl10OTi'iNO N i ll OWl NG. (nrap Oiim11 Amtonig Negroes Endiis upi in thle Usuial Mannier, 11h1( F'letchter is in at hosital inl G.reentvi lie, Jolt iiiiil is wea ritng one armlt ini a sling andu P'lummer P'insont is in the counity .jaill( charged withi senditng 11h1( to Grieenvillhe and .lohin to the i!!g. A! ili thre are negroes an hii e fore thte shoot injg were testing t heir hick an id skill ini a cia p game tip neari Owings station. P'inson andl Fletcher st aited a quarrel and( wvhen the formi to) iat. them, in the tiring that follow cd lietchter received a bullet in his side attd Iliil was woutniled in thle arm. imi mtediately after the shooting Deptity SherilT Volumbus Owings wvent to thte scene and1 arrestedl Pinsen,. bringing him at nn1 o tn hn countyo jail. ZE FOR HUSTLERS it Money By Saturday Af vember 6th. the One Turning In the host Subscrip. y Afternoon, November 1th, at & O'clock W 00 patricularly urged upon contestants to fill out these blanks with care, putting the correct address and stating wheth er the subscriber is an old or now one. Please be careful about these details. Contestants are reminded that hard ly one seventh of the subscribers to The Advertiser live in the city of Laul rens and therefore residents of the sec ond district have an equal opportunity with those of the first district. In fact, since contestants may solliet in either district, there would be no advantage for cither district even were contest ants restricted to their own territory. in a contest, like every other enter pise, oganization is going to tell. IEach contestant should interest friends in all parts of the conity in their race aid have them put in work for them. 1Everyone has at least a friend or so who would gladly pay them for a year's subscription to The Advertiser. In most cases, the subscription Is go ing to be paid anyway at some lime or anothc t and they would I.jst as soon pay it now, while they are enabled to hee p a friend by so doing. Watch for the organized contestant! And, always remember, when in case of doubt or trouble, call on the contest manager. If you have not already entered. en ter today. The nomination blank, en titling you to 1,000 votes, and the cou pon, entitling you to 25 votes, are found in another column of this pa per. Vote to 5 O'(lock P. M. Tuesday, Oct. 26 Miss Louise Dean, Mountville, . .1,000 .iss Ora Powers, 4turens. .. 100 Mr. Clyde Teague, Mout iville . 1,000 .\ir. st on Nfdilock, Foiuntain Inn -1,025 M\tr. Jim Miller, Watrloo .. .. ..1.000 Mr. Frd (h1 bert sonl. \\aterloo ..1,000 .Iss tSarIah Cooper, Waterloo ..1,02.5 .\Miss Maiie Miller, \aterlooi ..1,0 2 5 .\Miss Enila Smith, Laurens . ..1,000 Mr. Wash Jones, Ware Sioals ..1,000 .ir. Geo. Anderson, Waterloo ..1,000 Mr. W. Ii. Ilailton, Laurens ..1,000 Leontard Owings, Owings ......4,050 Wad 11111, Owings.. ........4,075 Miss Iilla Templeton, Owings ..1,000 hlrs. !E'llen Stoddard, Owings ..7,025 Miss Etta Brownlee, Gray Court 1,000 Miss Ruth Martin, Gray Court. .1,000 Miss Delulah Curry, Gray Court, 1,000 Miss Mae Roper, Gray Court ..4,025 Misn Eva Teague, Watts Mill ..1,000 Miss Gallie Brownlee, Gray Court 1,000 Miss Emma Harris, Gray Court 1 000 Mrs. F. W. ,Mahaffey, Gray Court 400( Miss Martha Wolff, Gray Court. .1000 Miss Deth Mitchell, Mountyjlle 1,000 Miss Dot Fuller, MountviIlg.. ..1,000 Miss Marie Mahon, Gray Court 1,800. NI Iss Sarah iunlap, Laurens ..10,576 NIrs. Victor Weatheiis, Lautrens 13,224 Mirs, J. A, Wofford, "Aunt Kate" Lautretn................1,075 Alber't Dial, ('ross 11111... .. .. .000 Iianrley Waddell, Ofa .. .......1,000 .\irs. 11. II. Todhl, lauttrens . .9,000 W~illiam I iopkints \oor'ehead, (l'oidrille .. .... .. .... sr,050 \ i ss Martie .\laddlen I aurentO IS . .-I ,07' .\hiss .\lay lh-lle GaLrrett, Laurtens; .1,0511 1R. Mace I.anton(, (bray ot'mt. .7,051 .\iiss Flora.' itnnett, 1,auirents . .1I,000 \Mr. ,lint Lewis, ILaitrns M\ill . .1,0001 M\r. J1. L. Da;gnall, i.:aurents MilI 1,000 l awt'enc(e Pit Is, Laritrens.......-12,02 Frankt ito. Wri'i'kht W is Promtotiont. Frank (I. Wright, a L~auretns-New herryt', boy, wh ose preseni tru i'l e1L x prtess messenger is bet weeni AtlIan ta and Washington, 1). ('., htas beent pro m totedl to) a bi et' runi at ani increa'LsCed salary. Ieginning November 1st, his York. lie and( Mrs. Wr'ight will live in Cha rlot te. 'Ther rise (of (this yotuntg man htas been rapitb. It is gratifying to his mtany l'rinds here.-- -N(ewherrty ler'ald and( ''ews. PIc'ks Pe('k's Pocket, A 1,0Icpo'ket icked1 NIr. Peek's 1''cket thIt s moni ng atndl secuired NI r. Peck's pocketbook cottainuing On in.t onte bill. P'olliee otileer's were imtme dilately notilled and every effort was made to appr~iehendl the slick thIief. Nit. Peck is a well knowvn citizen of the Clifton No. 2 miil vicinity. Spnnrinnhurr .Jnurnal. LOCAL ARATEURS IN "HIVE AND MEN" A Romantic Comedy In Four .Acts to be Staged al the Opera House Next Wednesday Nov. 3rd, at 8:80. After several weeks of strenuous practice a company of local amateurs will be ready next Wednesday night, November the fourth, to present to an unusually large audience, that most entertaining romatic comedy "Mice and Men". This feature attraction will be staged at the Opera House and will 'begin promptly at the hour specified in the contract, namely, eight thirty o'clock. The following is the east of charac ters: lark Embury ....j... . . Fewell Roger (Goodlake . .James H. Sullivan Capt. George Lovell .. .. W. E. Meng Sir larry Trimblestone Dr. R. E. Hughes Kit llarniger ..........Alison Lee Peter ...... ..C...harles Fleming .loanna oodlake, Irs. .lames Sullivan Mlrs. Deborah . . . . Miss Rlebecca )ial Peggy ..N........Aliss Annie Simpson Alolly ........liss lIelen Sullivan fleadle, .\lari'ton fnd others. 'I'le aforemien tioned line-til is sif eilent assu ra nce Ithat tihe play is go ing to be a delightfully rendered one and as entertaining as any that has ev er been shown in Laurens. The play itself is one that has attracted the fav oralIe coiient of every critic of any note. While the play is built around a subject cominli in present-day novels, the unique method of Its handling in "Mice and Men" has made the play one of international renown. There fore, combining the quality of the play as a play and tle admirable histrionic talents of the members of the east, any one will conclude that the perform ance next Wdcnesday is going to he an iliminse success. The play is being given for the ben etit of the schools of the county, the eliire net Iprceeds going towards that cauise. The iprices of adinission are 25, 3- and r. ellts. Res'prved seats VilI be placcd ol sale at an early date. OWINUS FL,ORAI SO11W. The 'l'enti Aninal Exhibd~itinl b he Ifchi Frblay, Novembewr 15th. The Advertiser has received the preniumn list for the Tenth Annual Floral Show to be held at Owings on Friday, Nov. 5th. The show this year promises to exceed in magnificence any of the previous ones, though all have been most successful. Prizes will be offered this year for chrysan themams, both single and In bunches, roses, single and In bunches, ferns, geraniums, and designs and collee $,ons. * In addition to the floral show t'Dey have arranged a fancy work de 'j'artment in which many prizes are of ?eredTgr the best piece of work. *Thioy arc making great prepara tions for a large crowd and an enjoy able time is proinsed for all these who attnild. Both dinni' and supper can be bought on the grouids. e lHes 'Nupper at (ray.. 'i'here w ill be a box-sii pper at (1 r'ay' schoolhouse on Fr'ida~y night. Novemi be r SthI. TIle prlocee'(ds of the siipper will go to thle School Iinmprovemn t atsso('intIion. E'veriyone is or'd iaIlly in .Kr . T,' (G. 11ouhcs Iikc lly P'leased wit h Show. .\lr. W't. I). lDyrd, Pre'tsident of the l~iiurens ('ounlty Fairi Association is in r'eceilit of' a le't er from .\r. TI. (. tinily thanks the' ass~o(iat*in for the fine day here fair day andl ini which lie hiighliy Iurais thet fair ats an e'xcI! lent lieanis of adver'tis'ing stock. lie sta tedl liat as a resiult of hiis d isplay' In'ere lie has rived '.id 10.001 worthi of orderst for' hi's jigs. It will be rem'nem herieid the t .\i 1 l'tighes was the owne'r oft the t Iwo) immensei0 hogs oin dlisplay at thie falir. ene weiolhing 1l.',0 pounds andii t'e 'i' ' 7l Ilounlds. .\i'. Byrd eX ire'sses hi ims' l1f as hiigh ly pleased at th 'atn of th" faiir's succ'tess and h)o)'thr~t pext. year mtore Laui'cns cm. 1; fat'm ers w'ill t ake ad'van tage of t his e'xceptionial ('hancl(e to adlvert ise thieir' stocks. Rev. I. N. Kenn(edy of Or'a, will lireach at Waurrior Crecek next Sa bb~ath October 31st, at 3 o'clock. Everybody CONDEMS LAURENS COUNTY JAIL Member Board of Charities and Corrections Here. UNFIT COUNTY JAIL DUE TO BUILDING M4r. A. 1). Oliphant, Member of the Ie. cently Inaugurated Board Slent Monday antd Tuesday Visitin ('oun. ty Jail, Home For The Poor auil tho County (onvIct Camps. Makes Strong Plea for the Correction of Many Evils. AlTr. A. D. Oliphail, an agent ()f the State 3oard of Charities and Correc tions, spent Alonday and Tiesda y here inspecting the local colinty jl, the county hoime for the poor anI tlie sov eral chain gangs over the county. In sp eak ig to a re prese nt1.ative of The Advertiser, lIMr. C!iiphnt spoke in an in.piring manner of the work of his board and gave many Instances of the good that they have acconmipiished and of the plans they have for con tinuing the commendable work in which they are engaged. A 'r. Oliphant was most unfavorably impressed with the local jail, con deining it as one of the worst. that lie has yet visited. Ile found, however, much to his satisfaction, that a move ment has been on foot for soi time to remedy the evil and learned with pleasure that Supervisor Humbert, Sheriff Owings and the forenian of the grand jury are making every effort to remitedy the 'oni( .)s. The visitor stated that the trou.:e was no. willt the keeping of the bilIding but in the building iself. "Diur inig tile last, three mont l' have vIsIted the jails in 15 coi.w in South Carolina, said Mr. () 1ant, in .011on with 1W, t hre) (1' l-ve iC hier Counties in which I Iuiv ' bn1 Lau rens has a .iail Whhich is a mionumoent to lan's inhumanity to man, brcause it jeopardizes the .health of posonti couin in tted to it by violating ca.rd inal laws of sanitation. f will not say that Iauirens has the worst (olinty jail I have visited. The Jailw in soeit ()I lite other counties I hav visited are had en1ou1gh, so bad that I dislike to cow pare them with the Laurens jail. "Let me make it iebar at the outset," continued the agent of the State Board of Charities and Ootrections, "that Sheriff Owings is ro to be blained for the fact that the Izurens county jail approaches the Blaek Hole of Calent ta in frightfuiness. The niserablo conditions In the ,am are due to stiruc tural defects In the Wilding foi' wvhic'h the county, and not the oiliei' the county havplaced in charge of- it, is responsible. Ilad I found undesirahlo conditions in the lAlIlrens jail which your sheriff could have remnil-j i'd [ woldl~ ha~ve' gonC <tirect1ly to hima andl asked hint to make tha' chanei, tell ing him why I tought theiy shi h e intade and1( how I tough the.\ .hould1) be intade. As it is, I I ('hieve heifi' Owint's is doing U.houit every hia ('nn to maitke the ('uty3 .jail hta7 rh. "tisi ot' fundamnenfal imp:oraint' in. has rnot bl(eln donio l.a thle laure:e (onunty jai!, espj'ecialry in 1he ;('r:''s of ii the'gro mten. In the stm: in timles 1or weeks, there are [fi' wvin-. dows, which are thlree fe'i\':h widby v:Gr fit \f 1n negrIod male p -:ns in your' jail, two of thtemt e'stlets f'rrm one of the chlainiiang5.trdar f'Oing 1reatment by -otte iot:iCt Ihyi lood). Those two 5lick conieiI' >l:d thle tour cells in thet negroi men'- tat l'rs wlith the othier five regir. ine (If which hadl whloop~ing coni' . Th wo windows opieniing oinI! th .'rih he (one window on I he touithi M;e of of te jail uit tered WthL bo0r . TheO elo.,. tea w indu'wsi I ,''anse pris soits passintg along the t r'ee. Wh'len I uas in the negr'o i10en's hlnatrirs at the jail last Satuirday the sun w~as sining briightly (outdoors, but In the(re' It was dlark even in the ci)ridtors aroundit the celt blockl, andl inside the eoil block I found it necessary to ((on imnon Pane vai i