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XX I .-AlkE3NS, SO T Ado;N VVj r) ,,),v:A E: Vrm i P-, IiURNrS COUNTJY, TA4 [I PiRiPi RY Figures takn from ihc Auditors Abhstracts TAX INCREASE1: OVER SIXfEEN THiOUSAND Tle I'ixahle i'Iroperty of Laiurenas ('o1,n11y is Iteu ized from Ailtor Thomlpsonl's 'Annual11 A bstrnet, Show1 anl Increase for Collection .over Nineteen Fourteen of Three Ihou sand Dollars. Total 'Value of Pro perty Seven aind Quarter Mlion. The figures given below on the tax able property of Ljurens county were taken from Auditor .1. 1% Thompson's annual aistract and show many inter esting figure.; in regard to the county's income. The books show an increase of $16,263.00 in proplerty over the fIg ures for 1914 and an increase for col lection of $19,005.22 caused by an ex tra state levy of one-half mill, or dinary county levy of three-quarters mill and one mill for roads and bridg es. This also includes an increase in the special school taxes of $2,201.58. The figures given below were taken from the abstract: Property Values. 436.191 acres, value of land $2,435,350 3,879 buildings thefoon, value 262,560 2,027 lots, value ........ 327,710 1715 buildings thereon, value 684,840 Total value real estate .... $3,710,460 Total value personal 970,675 R. R., Express Co's., all corporations ........ 2,661,034 Total taxable property .. ..$7,342,169 Taxes to he Colected. For State purposes .. .. ..$51,576.24 For ordinary county purposes 27,533.13 For R. R. Ilonds . . . . . . . . 7,342.17 For roads and bridges .. .. 29,368.68 For It. It. bonds (Sullivan Township) -...... 1,068.89 For constilutional (3) mill school ............22,026.51 For special and local school 38,301.58 For poll tax .......... 5,366.00 For dog tax ............1,385.00 For road (capitation) .. .. 5,761.50 Total for collection .. ..$189,729.70 An itemized statement of personal property follows: 2,075 horses .......... ..$83,605 6,779 cattle ...............64,220 5,084 mules ............216,570 588 sheep and goats ........ 525 3,070 hogs ............ 8,970 193 watches ............ 2,745 52 musical instrunients .. .. 21,290 5,580 vehicles ............97,930 2,770 dogs ..............13,850 Merchandise . ..... 171,065 Manufacturing ..).... ....375 Machinery and cotton mill 1,389.729 Mloneys and credits ......20,230 Other credits...... .. .. .. 11,350 H ouisehold Property .......181,655 ....k.,...,,.. ...........1,4321 Tlailroads .... ...........927.168 . .$3,631,7091 WV H I'I'E M!AN SHO'T BY NEGlROES. 3ir. Tomt Woodrusft haldly Wou ndefl In Both Shuoulers Last Trhursday. Mir. Tomi Woodruff, who lives on1 the 01(d .\osgl'oo. etil about five miles from) innbi'(no, was shot twice last T1hurasday by two negroes whose nam~fes are coleman and Norman Car 1ls1e. It seems that several days pre ylous~ to the shooting Mr. Woodruff lad hadl some trouble with oneo of the negroes andl Thursday, when lhe or dered the two off his place while huntinag, they opened fire, hitting Mir. Woodruff in~ IWO places, onlce in each shenler'. The wounds were ,at first thought to he very serious but ac cordIng to the latest .rep~orts the wVoundeld man is r'apidly recovering from the I jiurles. Dep'uty hleriff Owens was notil sooniE tef(eI. the shboting and qickly left the city in an auto in search of the~ a~g nom s. They had had a good start though andl thesdeputy was uan able to got any trace of thiem. So far nothing has been heard as to their whereabouts though conlst~nt - efforts are being mazde'to get on the trail. Oyster Suppor at Dfals. There,will be an oyster supper at the Dials school Friday night Nov. 19 for the benefit of the sbhool, The public is co'rd1ily invited. laurenas Cr'u A ian Eudeavors Are Gratefll for Lonal Asistaice. At the meveting on lait Sun day evenin og of the Cbrb-,tlan Ein deav olt' 1 cy of the First Pres byterian chu1i rch, rC;olutiois tlaik in g the it ziis of Lau rens and in particular the 1 hottseholders of the otheri derpomutn. wer) 1.assed. The 1 followVing Li tile text of the reso lution: Vlereas, the householders of other denlomlinlation.4, dId ve:'y j-ertmally anld generously opein their hnimes to, and thereby assist us, in ent ertalinling' the 2(5 delegates recelfly with us, there fore, Ie it resolved by the Young Peo piles Society of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterlan church that our thanks are due and are hereby ten dered to all 'fricids who so willingly assisted us in making the recent State Convention a distinct su'cess. The seriousness fof purpose, the en thusiasin of the workers, the devotion and ability of the leaders of this or ganization,-all'enlisted under their baner inscribed "For Christ and tile Church", the church uilversal,-made a deep Impress upon our community. May the Master who said, "Inasmuch as ye have shown kidness to one of the least of these my brethren; ye have shown It unto me" reward and keep you all. Kitty Richards, Sue Dean, ' - Dals. Elichelberger, Charles Fleming, . Strickler Rankin. DAVIS FARM SOLD. One of Laurens .Couity's Most Im. proved Farms Sold at a Good Price. Announcement was made several (lays ago that the large farm of Mr. S. J. Davis, had been sold to Mr. George D. JVilson and sons, well-known resi dents of tile Shiloh section ot this county. The farm contains 2.17 acres and brought around $17,000.00. The property was tie home place of tie late Capt. G. Wash Shell aid is one of the finest and most improved farms in the county. 'ile trade was Ilade througil Mr. 13. M. Wolff, the real es tate agent. Correction in Tax Notice. In the advertIsement of the county treasurer, which has been runniig for several weeks, a correction is made this week lin the school districts of Oakville No. 5 and Brewerton No. 7 by whigl the special tax levies for those districts are made four mills, in stead of three 1i111 as they have here tofore appeared. Thj typhographical error was overlooked until tills week, when atteniJon was directed to it by tile coulity treasurer, At Princeton School. The Improvenilt Association will give a box supper at the schoolhouse ol Wednesday evenilg, Nov. 2Itli, be gilnilig at eight. o'clock. The public is cordially invited to come11 andl bingl1 wvell fied l)ocketbooks. '' D)E A'IT OF 31RS. W. F. B80t(0. Spartanhurlg Lady41 Whow 11ad Many Itelatives Inl Th'is C'ounlty. Tile very sad news was received in thle city le~st Wedn1esdlay of thle dleathI at heor hlbine in Spartanburg, of Mlrs. W. F. Ilobo, a greatly esteemled 5jar tpanburg lady whlo has a large number of relatives and~ friends in tis counity. Mrs. 1101) wvas befor'e her marr'iage Miss Fannie Sexton, a dlaughlter' of Mr. Torn Sexton, a nlative anid resident of 1U11101 county. Siho leaves fouri daugh telrs anid ene son and many otheri rela tives gtnd friends whlo join ini sympa thizing with the0 bereave? fiamily. Mr. J1. 1). Sexton of this city was a cousin of Mr's. Dobo and attendled thle funeral ser'vices wh'iichl were held( in Spartan burg 'last TIhursday. Mrs. Uobo was a iyoman of many adirIable tr'aits and( wvas muchl beloved whlerever' she was known. Made Fine Record. G. ,4. Spinks, local agent for the Carolina Life Ins. Co., of Columbia, Is inl receipt of a chleck for' $25 award ed to hlim as a prize for tile best r'ec ord made by any of thle company's agents during the past six months. Mr. Spinks was competing against nearly 400 other agents,.so the win ning of the prize is no small honor. Incidentally, this record Is an inhica tioi of tl;e solid' business foundation of Innronn, WHO WILL SPRd The Advertiser'n Auto Cor Now Where Every Subs Conteprtant Needs the Sl Who are Goiug to be th lave you Hl!ed any of th' en' test antse yet by paying You subserly tion to The Adverilser? If you hav4 1ot, low lI the time, for the contes is waxing farmher and warmer ever3 day and your favorite contestani needs4 your aid. The special offer o $25 to the coliesta.1nt sendIng in III most. molley on old suibscriptions an( renewals ends next Saturday after. noon, Nov. 2'tli and consequently af. fects you If you are in arrears. B3 paying up1) now, you not only got th< satisfaction of paying your just. dues but you have the pleasure also ol knowing that you haVe' helped som< one who is conducting a fight whicl requires grit and get-nIp. There is c scocnd prize of $15 in this offer, too and the contestant who wins it will b( fotunate. The contestants have been "sawini wood" and saying nothing this week Very few of them have shhoWn up al the contest office, but reports indicat that they are putting in full tine or the road. They haven't time to wast( on the contest manager, when tler( Is so much to be gained by going aftei delln(luents and subscribers. Soi( of then aFe getting real foxy now anl are even fooling the contest managei himself. There Is no telling what h going to be sprung wh,]en the votes ar co:nte(l at the end of the special vot Ing period. Anyway, it behooves cv ery contestant to he steadily at work or if there is to be any surpris( sprung the-advantage ia going to lay with the contestant that springs it. Nearly eery section of the county is now being stirred with Interest in the contest. The question is being asked on every side "Who are you supporting in the contest?" or "Won't you support Po-and-so in the auto con test?" or "save me your coupons" or many other questions of like charac ter. The Interest is getting at fever heat and promises to grow until the final climax during tie week preced Ing the close of'the contest. The con testant who awakens most interest In himself or herself will be the winner, for the sunpport of numbers will count moro than the work of but one. So, as the contest manager has A I- 'ged fromP theo beginning, organize, organ 'ze, organize. Contestants and solicitors arec re iuested to be0 very creful about adI liresses and tihe distinction between oldi and new sublscr'Ibers. By mnakinug earecful note of these things as piro vided on the subhscriptionI binks, muchl needless work and worry ('an he .At TrInity-idge. A lecture will be glveh at. Trinity Ridge school, the evening before Thanksgiving, Nov. 2-1, from 7 to 8 o'clock, Tiho lecturer will be0 an nloutlleed later'. FrdAi 8 to 10 o'clock the Iminprovemfent association will serve a hot suppller. Thell publ)1Ic ih cordilally invited. No) admission wIll be charged to the lecture. Enltertlinmtenjt at (Aray Couiirt. An entertainment'for the "01(1 anIC young" will be given at the (Gra) Court-Owings school 11ouse at 7:3( o'clock Wednesday evening, Novembei 24th,.by tile ladies of thle school imi purovement assocatlon, No on tranc< fee will lie chlargedl. Oysters, ie ecrean and cake will he sold'after thle enter. tainment, thle proceeds to 1)e devotc< to school needs. Card of Thanks. Mr'. and Mrs. A. W. Rhodes, (1esi1' to express their thanks to thel: friends and neighbors for their kind ness during the long Illness of oul brothor, Dowel, and may God's bless lans bo with ns all. StG T. SU-e? ECSC. is Geons to) thev Sta'e cripticr. is Couitiing and Each .lpart of is or H-ier Frienid. - . anC,' hid m ' If Irn - ut as; to an adth1res or wlhe r the 811li~' lIJP l: aii 1(101 1( '010 Ilmk suibscriber. is1 an od or. now onle, make1(t t poin. of findill'1g out defllitely or 1111e no 11mris on the sllbc ptlon blank at all. A guesS IIight cause endls troubl ill the1( coultest m1anag er's (elpartme0nt. (onte.taUts are al "0 rev(Itiested to have all cleral work - completed whenll they come to deposit their sIbscritions and money. See that your figures tally out before you reach the office and then much work may be saved to you and the manager too. Vote to 5 O'clock P. It. Tuesday, November 16. Miss Loulse Dean, Mountville . .1,000 Miss Ora Powers, Laurens .. .. 1,000 Mr. Clyde Teague, Mountville ..1,000 Mr. Eston Medlock, Fountain Inn 4,025 Mr. Jim Miller, Waterloo .. .. ...1,000 Mr. Fred Culbertson, Waterloo . .1,000 Mis sSarah Cooper, Waterloo . .4,025 Miss Manile Miller, Waterloo ..4,025 Mrs. Victor Weathers, Laurens 136,275 M iss 'ula Smith, Laurens . . . . 1,000 Mr. Wash Jones, Ware Shoals ..1,000 Mr. Geo. Anderson, Waterloo ..1,000 Mr. WV. It. Hamilton, 'Aturens ..1,000 Leonard Owings, Owings ....4,050 Wadd fill]. Owings ........1..4,075 Miss Jilla Templeton, Owings ..1,000 Mrs. E1len Stoddard, Owings ..7,025 Mrs. J. A. Wofford, "Aunt Kate" haurens ............ ..97,350 Miss Etta Brownlee, Gray Court 1,000 Miss luth Alartin, Gray Court. . 1,000 Miss Beiulah Curry, Gray Court 1,000 Miss Mae Roper, Gray Court ..4,025 Miss .va Teague, Watts Mill . .1,000 MIss Sallie Brownlee, Gray Court 1,000 Ms Emnna Harris, Gray Court ',000 Mrs. F. W. Mahaffey, Gray Court, 4,000 Albert Dial, Cross 11111 .. .. ..136,000 Miss Martha Wolff, Gray Court. .1,000 Miss Beth Mitchell, 'Mountville 1,000 Miss Dot Fuller, Mountville .. ..1,000 Miss Marie Mahon, Gray Court 1,000 Miss Sarah Dunlap, Laurens ..10,575 I farley Waddell, Ora ........1,000 Mrs. 13. Rt. Todd, Laureri .. .. 139,475 Miss May 1elle Garrett, Laurens 6,350 R. Mace Ilangston, Gray Court ..7,050 Miss Flora lennett, Lkaurens . .10,000 William IHopkins Moorehead, Goldv'Ille .. . . . . .139,050 Cla rece AlIbright, 1411urens ..12,025 Mr.* JIm Lewis, Laurens MIll . .1,000 Mr. .1. L. Dagnall, ILaurens MIII 4,000 MIss Marth~a Franks, Laurens 138,t75 Lawr'ence PIt ts, Laurens .. .....0.25 .11n5. 1". Ilarney, Laurens ...7,000 Gary' Culbertson, Waterloo . . . .1,000 E'dd E'lmnore, Waerloo..........I,000i GayCnnnhm Waelo ...-0 lietturn~ed with New ('ar". Messrs. Gibbon Traynham, L. D~oc Swygert and EdwIn bLucas returned last Wednesday from Atlanta, drivIng throulgh in two new Hlaynes SIxes. These cars were dlelivered1 to theIr new owners$ at once, one to Dr. R1. Rl. Walk or and one to Mess;rs Edwin lLcas and 'T. I. Swygert. This makes the fifth liaynes car 801ld to residenlts or Laurens duitng the past two weeli s and judging from the enthusIasm (11s Illayed by the ow"ners, It is one of the behst on the 1l0arket. Messrs. TI. Giba hon1 T1raynh1am and( L,. D~oc. Swy'gert have neOCeptedl the agency for these ears In this terrItory. F'oot BalT i~aday. -On next FrIday afternoon at four l o'clock the Lau rens H~igh School football team wvIll play the S'partan burg hIgh school teat) In (Garlington's pasture. As tihe L.aurens teamn is strong, this promlses to he an inter eating garne. Th~e admtissIon fee will -be 25c for adults; 10c for school 'cli1 irorn. Mrs. Foreuc is G illi Monroe, la *r lay. Amonie; the notablie vil'os In ! .:u renarmnl thre v, ionw o N%.,: tlimit tIlie ti upie o:stinction of he - a real (iughtkr of tIhe Amerh-an 1V.. lu i 1n in ad . I Is ;n' t vo o living in Amerie and I he onliy rel laughte li tIllh e outh. The viitor was Mrs. Francis (ri !i Monroe, a dtiughter of Jose;Qph Grilin who foiught with g1reat. valor thr1oughlout Ohw llvo-1 i11tnary War. While her father was a native of Culpepper Counly, vir. ginla, Mrs. Monroe was born in thi.4 state and has spent all of ler Ilife in Laurens county. She is now a resi dent of tihe lopewell section of this coutinty, where she manages her own farm with signal ability. Joseph Grilin , her father, enli1stecd with the Continental Army at the age of fifteen and fought valiantly throughout tile great war for American independence. Mrs. Monroe is the youngest of twen ty-one children and the daughter of her father's third wife. She is 81 years of age, though from her lively manner and the ateive part that she takes In life she appears vOry muhil younger. Sie is an Interesting talker, pleasant and affable and as someone has expressed it--"bright as a new dollar". She has many children and grandchildren living in Laurens coun ty. A PILEACHING MISSION. To be Held In the Episcopal Church Beglning Monday, Nov. 9th. From Monday Nov. 29 to Sunday Dec. 5, the Rev. Wilnot S. Holmes as Missioner, will conduct a series of services in the Episcopal Church preaching two sermons every day. These special services are to be a part of a nation-wide movement in the Episcopal Church .-throughout the ITnited States. More than a year ago the General Convention appointed a coim ission to bring it about, and the prospective result is t hat during the first two weeks in December there will be held sinimit taniously in prac tically every 1piscopal Church in America, a seven or eight day Preach ing Mission-Ovangelical service or Revival, it may be called, though usu ally designated in the Episcopal Church by the term "Mission" while the minister, preacher or evangelist Is called the missioner. The object of the mission, as Bishop Guerry says, Is three-fold: (a) To pro sent the call of Christ to the uncon verted; (b) To awaken and deepen the spiritual life of the individual; (c) To influence and uplift the coim.. minity as a whole. A platform broad enough for all to unite on. The hour for the day service will he 10:30 a. m. and the night 7:30 p. m. All friends and the public are cor dially invited to attend aly and alli of those secrvices. Tile Missioner, thie R1ev. Mr. I ioimes~ is known to many of our peopile in Taturens, alndl inisteor of thle Gospl anid man of God lhe will conme with a message to all of its who will hear it, Sanders R. (Guuinard, Rector In Charge. ('otton MIlI De)leii's 1 Uletied. A meeting of thle directors of the 141turens Cot toil Niills was hld in thle coimpany oficos Monday afternoonet, iR M. Ni ill Iken and pairty of New York capitalIiss beinig p'resentI. 'The rep;oi' of the oflcers; was readl, showing Ithat tile piast y'ear had been a satisfaclory one. The old1 ofllers were re-elected and( a semli-alnniual dividenld of ::per cent was dieclaredl. Mrs. 'Thayier Dead.11 Mr s. Illiz/abeh Th'llaye r, mothle r of the First. ilaptis church of tis city, dledl at the home of H er. Thlaye:r in Sumtfer Thlo.<day. The bodly was tak cn to Charleston for bu~ial, inte:' ment being in M:agnol ia cemnetery. Mrls. 1'Thayer1 was in Ithe 1Sith year of her' age. S-he lived with her son diir I ng his ;ast oratoe ere andi~ was gr'e::t ly belovedl for heri ma11ny flne (iual itic ilome Uurnried. Sunday morning, while the family were at chu irch, the home of Mr. sart left Owings, near .-Gray Court, wasi comn iletely dlest royed by ,file. Thu dwelling Was practically new and the loss was quite a large one to the own er. CTS I N late r e i, in AdministrF Atin REUL~AR AP. ;Y ltli11m0ada!ons of Syejail Oe ii cep of Aryi)' Ofilee's FIAort i !!y Eqlilpped Force of Mdillion and tl:a l. Desires legnlar A rmy Doll 'lii and Large Force of 'i'ralind p. series. Waslihigton, November 15.--mme diate piblc'ation of file ie port of the ariny general sinff on the iIIlitary ne(s of the country, differing ma ierlally from the Adiitli ration's con tinental army scheme, vill be urged upon President Wilson by Secretary Garrison. Tlie secretary, wlo I:- do scrihed the plan to be recoanmended to Congresn as only a step hI the right direction, sald today he beliv- d tho imblic ws en t it11 to all avai!ai .1 in formation relating to the nat onal de fence. The general staff has mitade an ex tensive study of the problem of de fending the country and its insular possessions. Its report, it is understood, recom mends increasing the regular army to 250,000 men, permanently with the colors, and with reserves or ;800,000 fully trained men. Behind this line it Is proposed to have a force of a mil lion men with at least a year's'irain ing, giving the country an army of ahout 1,500,000 fully equipped and easily mobilized. No synopsis of the report has been given out. and details are not avaIlable. A dminist ratlon Plan. The adhniu istration plan vas pre pared by Secretary Garrison and a special board of offlecers and ofliclals aftr enrefil seru nity of file st-ff re port. It was decided that tiere was no hope of get in g the staff jaoioals through. Various unoillal estimates have placed the cost involved at more than twi e that of the continental army scline,. which roachcs a total of half a billion dollars in six years. The first year's expenditures under the staff plan. it is said, would approach $400,000,000, and the continuing ex pense be propQrtionately heavy. The staff estimates, it is reported, that it takes at least a year to make a soldier fit to join the fighting line. The continental army programme comprises onlysix months of hard trining, distributed in Atwo-month periods through three years. it was adopted to diminish the expense and yet produce a force of citizen -oldiers nearly a mill ion strong to suimort thle regulars, increa sed. to c pprox'l malf'y I -!2,000 froni t he 103,0(0 nowV soerv icc. Flt\ N 1 McCiLd Y' IZLAis. 31Mll On limery Pape~r ComplisheiIs Lau r(enst ('hora WorkedYer y il.. h"ranuk .\l'avy, whi -f to: voice b;always hoard with 'hi Aapleasure here. Is receiviin much fiorab le .erit i(1i11mlbeauase of the ceeck Wni"or ho idoin as ant evanugeli1st ic alb,e~ :'. the ;ia't few w'eeks he has i l(ead ing~ in the miusiic of a v'ery rfu mlieetin lieing eariried oni at V ,m i-\ iry. Atah: mia. A recent iss . -n10 ofteleading Montgomery jip y tihe following to say of his' "Every 01ne enjoys the sol.'.; I tin rwcit-voliced singer McCravv : 'e! " t he ma nsterfulI way in whaIch :t 1 o d(e1 tie hIle chlru and501( leadls a~ ('n(0 ill the sonag ser'vices; .1-. w,:1 \ i Ih the children is w '.i 'Thi'eelongregatiloln at thle ft: 10! ah (erna'i( iday nighat war elha n'' in' trV'.l1 w hen lie jilelod a '' . from~ till finor and( set. hini or t' ' at form anid askedl him to ingat ":5h , TU'h: ha did( in beautiful cli; ve e. ..atii ha' ('nlied a little girl to th'e aumdlence and sing, "If Yo G'iiro Yor l'1eart to .iesus, You WVill Gut shiine the Sun." The readiness with wh ich these little folk1( respaou.ded' 'ind the chairm of their sweet voices de lighted everybody. Another- fea ture of Mr'. MeCruavy's work is that he gets everybody to singing which adds gr'eatly to the inteet of the mpeet ings"