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* 8 88' 8 88 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 * 8 8 Local and Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8888888888888888 Mr. M. T. Simpson' of Cross Hill spent the day hero Friday. Squire Wess Donnon spent the day in town yesterday. Mr. Pierce Moore spent Saturday in Union. Mr. Robert Dolt of Rabun spent yes terday in town on business. Mr. William D. Sullivan, Sr., of Tumbling Shoals was in town last Friday on business. Mr. J. V. Knight of the Mt. Olive section was among the visitors here Monday. Mr. Richard O. Sullivan, a resident of the Tumbling Shoals community was here the first of the week. Mr. Willie !D. Sullivan, Jr., of the Hendersonville section spent Monday in the city. Mr. Felton Roper of Hickory Tav ern was among the business visitors here on Monday. Mr. Sloan Mahon was a visitor in the city yesterday, coming in frem his home in the Rabun section. Mr. James O. Pitts of the Austin section was a business visitor hero on Tuesday. Mr. Robert M. Wasson of Charlton Hall was among those here yesterday on business. Mr. Will 1i. Pitts came in yesterday from his home in the Friendship sec tion to spend the day in town. Mr. Henry Sweate of the I-ender sonville section was among the busi ness visitors here on Tuesday. Mr. Wiley C. Smith spent yesterday in town. Mr. Smith is a resident of the Mt. Olive section of this county. Mr. John H. Wolffe of Goodgions Factory spent yesterday here on busi ness. Mr. Day Templeton was among the Holly Grove residents in town. yester (lay on business. Mr. Pitts Brown who is now nak ing his home in Cash's Depot is visit ing relatives in the county. Mrs. 11. S. i3lackwell has returned to the city after spending some time with relatives in Camden. Mrs. D. ).'Darlington left Wednes (lay for Charleston, where she will re main for the next few months. Mr. S. P. habb has been confined to his home for several days suffering from a rising in his ear. Mr. G. T. O'Lell, of the Ware Shoals section, was a visitor in the city yes terday. Mr. James McCravy left last week for Atlanta where he will take a course in violin lessons. Mr. R. G. Harris, of Riverside Farm, Youngs township, was a visitor in the city Monday. Mr. B. M. Wolff spent several days in Greenville last week where he went on account of the death of a rel ative, Mr. Joe Ligon, for many years freight. agent in that city. Mr. P. A. Simpson, who has been confined to his home on account of sickniess, is able to be0 at his place or bu siness5 ag~ain. Mr. .1. D). Wicker, of Newberry, visit ed Mr'. and Mrl s. W. C. Waldrop, on West Main street, Saturday anid Hun Mrs. ,1. Conway G'arlington, of G1reenville, is visiting Mir. and Mrs. Creswvell Garl ingto'n and other r'ela lives in the city. MIrs. .1. Monroe W\ickeri, or Newberry, is visitinug her dlaughteir, Mrs. W. C. Wanldrop1, Oin West Main street. Mr'. and( Mrs'. Wldrliop r'ecently' movedl here fr'om New berry, Mr'. Wald rop being in chamrge of tihe ('raig Auto Company lherme. Mir. D). A. Watkins whlo residles on Laurei'ns Route Six was among the business visitors in Laurens last. Fri (lay.. Miss Annie I luff left last week for Fayetteville, N. C., where she will teach duilng the balance of this termn. The many friends in the city of Mr's. C. A. F~oste~r of Timmonsville, will be glad to lear'n that she is slightly im lproved after several (lays of cr'itical Illness. START the NEi BE ECONOMICAL WITHOl STARtT IN THE JITCHIEN LUZIANNE--.. Coffee being touched by human h others cannot duplicate, and it Coffee in thme making. "ale Your LUZIANNE C'oupo Today for a Premium (latalogume. THE REILY New Orl * ". * " * " "- * " * ", * * SOCIETY. * * .. * .*. . .. . . * . * * .. * Miss Lois Nelson entertained the members of the "S. D. C." at a sowing party at her home on Iast Main street Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. A delicious salad course was served by the hostess. The members present were Misses Bruce Bagwell, Lola Mc Phail, Carolyn Floming, 1lizagoth Young, Amy Wolf(, Mary Reid, Alpha Bolt, Kate lle 0ichelberger, Mar garet Taylor and Virginia Sullivan. The affair was a delightful one and was greatly enjoyed by .those present. Cotton (innings. The cotton ginnings in Laurens county to January 1st, 1916 were 38, 887 bales. Last year to the same date the ginnings were 36,495 bales, show ing an increase of 2,392 bales. The figures are furnished by C. W. Mc Cravy, local agent, and approv'ed by the director of the census at Wash ington. Judge McGowan Now. F. P. McGowan, Esq., the well known attorney of this city has been named by Governor Manning as a special Judge to preside over the court in Colleton county at an early date to take the place of Judge Spain, who will be unable to preside. The appointment was made upon the rec ommendation of the supreme court. Mlr. McCowan is widely known as a well posted and able lawyer, so hi.4 friends consider that the appointment by the governor was a good one. Through Freight Service. The C. & W. C. railroad has un nounced a through freight service from Chicago, Cincinnati and other middle western points via the C. & 0. and U. C. & 0., to Spartanhurg, Lau rens and other points south. fly this new service solid car shipments from the middle west to this point will reach here in three or four days. Two Escape from Chain (lang. Tom Young, serving a life sentence on the county gang for being imipli cated in the murder of Mr. Geo. P. Young, near Renno, and Jack lohison, serving a thirty year term for rape, escaped from the gang Monday night and up until last night had not been apprehended. The gang was located near the county farm, between Lau rens and Clinton, when the escape took place. Small Pox Under Control. The small pox epidemic among the negroes in the vicinity of Princeton, which has been giving some uneasi ness for the past several weeks, is said to be well in !hand now and the prospects are that it will be stamped out at an early date. Dr. Donnan, in whose care most of the cases have been placed, was in the city Saturday and expressed himself as being very hopeful of the situation. So far only oue (heath has occurred as a result of it and( very few new cases have becen repiort ed. Th'e eidem ic is contined to theC negroes. Young (liii Emuinieer Has~ Opened Of flees in thle Hanik of laurens Build lng. Alr. and Mr s. S. L,. D~ucket t of lFoun lain Inn have arrived in the city and wilt make this theiri home in the fut ture. Mr. D)ucket t will open an en gineering ofice in the rooms~ formerly Occuiled by McCrady Bros & Cheves, in the Bank of Lanurens building. Mr. Duckeit is an honor gradluate of Thelu Citadel in the class of 1910. In his senior year lhe was senior captain of the corps, thuis being the highest rank ing~ ohlce at the Citadel. Since his gradualtion he has been assistant com mandant at Clemson andl for the past two years has been connectedl with the Southern Power Comnpany as an en gi neeri. Mr. J. F. Gray and sont from near Graiy 'Court, were among the visitors in the city last Wednesday. V YEAR RIGHT JT BEING (CLOSE -USE PH-AT Famous Old New" Orleans llend--Roasted, Grounid /1Mrended, 'acked and Sealed w/thout the inds. Makes a etip of jtoffee that ONLY TAKIDS IL A Ui ns For V'aluable Articles. Wrie Free for the AskIng. TAYLOR Co. Ien, La. GAmNT WORKERS STILIKE 250 Factories in Ph adelpliia Closed -Better Conditions Asked. Philadelphia, Jan. 17.-Garment workers numbering about 6,000 wont on strike here today for higher wages and better working conditions. As a consequence about - 250 factories are closed. Tle operators say several thousand workers who are not mem bors of the union will join the strik ers. Nearly all of the strikers are women and girls. The factories are picketed. The demands are a fifty-hour week; a maximum of four hours a night when working nights; a 15 per cent increase in wages; a minimum wage of $6 a week. for women and $8 for men; the appointment of grievance and arbitration committees and the supplying by employers of all ma terials used. SULTAN'S GRATITUDE. Turkish Ruler Sends Ills Portrait to German Surgeon. Berlin, Jan. 19.-The Sultan of Turkey has sent his portrait signed by himself, by special courier, to Prof. Israel of Berlin, who some time ago performed a successful operation' on the monarch. The Sultan sends word that i he considers his complete restora tion to health as a miracle, and ex presses his thankfulness. Ever Lust. Any Honey? This is another little advertising talk. ')o not read it unless you want to. It might save you somec money some dlay, though, so you had bettor read 11. Last Tuesday Capt. J. W. Lanford, of Lanford Statiu, came in to 'l'he Advertiser ofilce and stated that he had lost a Twenty Dollar bill the day before. Of course the captain was a little downcast about the mat ter, as old .iohn ). himself would be, and rather hankered after get. ing it. back again. lie "wondered" whether or not it would do any good to advertise for It and was told that it. would do some1 good if an honest person had found it, but that it would not if the opposite were the case. le Ileving that most people are honest and that his money had been found by one of the majority, he deelded to try one of the little "wonder work ers" of the want ad column. Wed nesday morning, before some silb scribers had even received their pa pers, Capt. Lanford telephoned in that the money had been found and that the little want ad had done the work. Men's Wrist Watch a Fiivver. The wrist watch for men, at least, has been officially, it negatively, de dared to be a "flivver." Even if the classiest looking men you've ever seen wears the time on his pulse, he hasn't the official. sanction of the American ,National Retail Jewelers' association. They closed their convention with the refusal to have anything to do with the bracelet timepiece. It was a fear ful blow for the man who introduced the fad who has been extolling thle vir tues of the0 wrist watch, esplally for tile male sex. Neither the adlvocnte of the whtimisy 1101 anyonle else pro posed thait with thle sport shtirt m:10 Ilighit wear wa''tches draped aibrut their ntck*s on a string or a chain. Neithe1r was1 it in timatedi that men might calrrv their sublway t ickets5 and (igare't tes in vanity em':es. inake Successful Angler. That sonl' 1e sakes can catch fish1 as well as old anglers was demon~ist rated Sunday on th0 ranch of E. D). Osborne, nlear here. A small sprinlg creek ruan thirouigh the pastuiro on tho Osborne ranch, large enough for fish to jlay in. I lere a large water snake was seen1 to grab, a rainblow trout b~y tho head~ and make for the tall grass. Osborne killed( thle snake and threw the live 11i11 back ite tho pool. The fish was about 12 in('hes in lengthI. Fromi the Husum (Washington) Dis hatch. ""reshs" andiu "Sophks" Ho~ld Annsual Ilowl Fight. Philadelphia, .Jan. 12. -One situden~t was killed and six othlers wer'e in jured in thle annual bowl fight today betwveen 300 freshmen andl -100 14opho1 mores of the University of Pennsyl vania. The fight was won b~y the first y'ear men. William Lifson, sevenlteen year's old, of Ellabeth, N. J1., lost his life. A (detail of thle muriider sqiuad of the Philadeilhia plolice was sent to the University to arrest mate rial witness es of the affair and they will appear before the 'ooer's jury when the in quniry lnte Lifnon's (loath is held(. Tile tighlt was one0 of theO fli rcest held ini sears b~y the two classes andt Lifson's death was the fi'st fata.lty in the long list of bowl fights since 1870, although there have beent men inljured inl 1110s0 contests. Edward A. Lifson, a senlur and1( hirother of the 'dead freshman, who saw fthe fight, saidl that Is brother's death wvas accidental. Ile did not want the police to make any arrests, OPPORTUNITY FOIL CARRANZA TO PUNISH MUIDERERS Woodrow - Wilson Determined Not to be Stampeded Into Tronble by Big W1ar Talk . Washington, January 14.--Gen. Car ranza and the do facto government of Mexico are to be given full opportuni ty, without interventioi from the United States, to run to earth the mur (erers of American citizens at Santa Ysabel and demonstrate his ability to restore order and protect foreign rights in the Southern Republic. This was the outstanding fact here tonight after a meeting of the cabinet, a con fcrence between President Wilson and Chairman Stone, of the Senate foreign relations committee, and another day of stirring debate in the senate. The president, supported by his cab inet and the Democratic leaders in congress, is declared to be determined that the American government shall not be stampeded by war talk and cries of vengeance into rushing an army across the Rio Grande to destroy in its infancy the do facto government which the United States, with the co operation of 'an-American nations, aided in establishing. In tle Senate 1(llinistration leaders lirInly outlined today the position of the government in the fact of denun ciation from the iRepublican side, and another resolution directing interven tion, proposed by Senator Works, of California. At the State department oflicials were vigilant in their watch over the situation, awaiting ollicial word from Geln. (a rranza in reply to the demand m(ade upon hii n to seek out and punish the bandit 1m11rderlelrs. While no direc commitniention from Gen. Carranza had reached the stale d(eparitment toilight a message from hIim to il is io Arrendo, tile Mexican lambassador designate, announced tile di pathel of troops to capture the out laws and his purpose to visit "condign punislnent upon every participant in the Ilassacre." Glen. Carranza today telegraphed ills ambassador here as follows from his headqluarters at Queretaro: "The m1urderous attack on the pas senger train near ('hiIlahulla vwas made by the only remaining band of outlaws In that region. This band is belug pursued by my troops with a view to lisure its cap tuire wherellponl condign punishmnent, which their crime deserves, will be al1ied to ev ery guilty participant. "'Troops of the Constitutionalist gov ernment have been ordered to estab lish patrol from end to end of the rail road in order to forefend against situ ilar outrages." This message was regarded at the State department as an indication of the character of the formal reply to Secretary Lansing's representations, which is expected not later than to morrow. ITALY ALMOST WITHOUT COAL. This Fud Only Within Reach of Wealthy-('osts Over $10 a Ton. 110111, Jian. I16.-iIn spite0 of the cold weathe1r -Italy is a (country' almos0.t wvithout11. coal fIrI es, tile only' smoke1 to be 5se1n is that from "aillroad locomo~l lives, anld aI few~ hlla. 'The ileasan1ts ini tile mounta11(ins and 111e poor1 (t the ('it ies are able to mlake a few\~ ires of w~(od but11 coal is beyond( tile leahi of anyV e'xl ept the mlost wealthly. Amnei ('nl Coal lies un Isold at tile seaporis). On aIccountlL1 of hih freigihts anllthraelUite Costs more1 thant~ $10 ai toll. The081 hiio D)1 ramIlatlc Clu w11)illi give t ho play "' Valley iFar"a lile i(kor'y TlaveinI, onl idoay nlighlt, JIan. 21st, at 8 jI. ml. A dision01 fee forl adutlts, 25e children l ue I 0. 'The publIic is ('ordially Ace'ldlent (on I 'dliols (entrali. Sioux City, lowva, Jan. 17.- - \An lii - 11o15 Central passenger t rain jumpedl~e tile tr'ack neal' Pigsgahl, I OWn, tii 13' inljurled, and twenlty other'is sl ighttly hutrt. The11 baggage car'ill jupod thc tr'aCk, pull11ing the othler ive car's off, All theC car's o) er'turned. Mariage Neal' F"outaIn~l 11un. Miss An~na iiiirdette, the 1acc0om liishled dlaughter' of J1. L. lrdette o1 tile Durlbinl commninty, anld Mr'. Law-" 10ence Cooper, a l)rosper1ous8 y'ounl farmer' and son1 of Bi'ooks Cooper, 01 tile F'riendshilp sect ion, were hlapplily mar'ried at tile 1101me of the br'ide'a father ill thle belthanly commninty Sun dlay mor-nin~g, tile I16th, at ten o'clock R1ev. J. M,. Jordan, tile bidie's pastor01 pr'onlounced tile ceremony. Tils affahl was a1 (<1u1et one, only relatives of th< ImmlIediate famlil ios beIng Invited. Thll Chny of L~au rene.; !r. anld Mr's Rtalph Coker, of Bethlany; Mr. an< Mr's. S. L. I1urd(ette, of D~urbln, atml Mr. Cooper' of FrIendship. The bride wore a beautIful tanilor'et suilt of blue withl white v'elvet and fmi IThey hlave tile best ishesi of scoreOl of frIends, wh'lo welcome thlem ini tih< Dur'binl vicinity whler'e they wviilllmakt ihnir' fnture h1011n. A Silver A Melnories Cf'4' 1847 ROG1 "Silver Plate First produced Rogers Brothei has set the stan fobr all bran plate. It is t grade o COMoWw.L We carry a gc various pop You will finfour our stock is n st corn to call and look throu S.N. & E. H. S 1 AN OPL'OlITUN[iAY. * * Honks of subscript tin to stock * * in the Seventh series of the * 3erchants liuilding and Loan * * .Assoia-tion 11111 be openied at * * the Laurens National IBank * * Weidaesday, .January 19th. First * * pIyment on stock to he, ;n1ade * * February Ist., li3t; at fie rate1 * * of $1.00 per s moire. 1'ayments * *I ho e maude on 1he11 rst of each * *month at same r e until each * share reaches a a'iudte of $100.0) * * ,.. .1\ Adamis, T reas. * * * t * * * * * * *t * * * t * * . * l.OSS AHlL L N EWS. * * Cross 1ill1, fan. 17.--The play which the high school pupils gave just before Christmas was enjoyed so well that. the School improvement Association has asked that it. be repeated. This request will be granted and the play will be given next Friday evening, 21st inst., at 8 o'clock. The admission will be reduced to 10c and 15c. The pub lic is invited with the assurance that they will enjoy the best entertainment of the season. At the request. of a number of cit I zens and the towni COuil01. Mr.' Jas W.~ Koon, whlo resignted his posi51tin as pol itcemian some timei ago, has lbeen r aalled t) that liaee and has acetedt. lie entered uiponi his ditties last. .\ion dIay f'or the I 0thu year of ihis serv ice'. ii uing hiis inei yearis ofI serv ices as chief tna rshuall of the town, M. \it i has performeui(d his dhuty faithfi~ully anid It'arlessly anid hill greatest. tewarid is htis hpetple. .\ir. .1. II. Naince, wvho tfor se'ven year s has lperformiied thle duieis of t own ('letrk, is ainthuei oii' whose tailth fitln ess andtlJi jstice havc liceni x~ aeward Oid with his re-election to that tposi lion. The peopqle of (ross I1till teel thast our t own afftaitrs arie ini good)( htanids and t hat heace and pood order Schooil Siteit 'Isor t liss \ Wii I .)t Griay' sipent last !"ridlay wvtih tihe (Cros 11111 schiooi. At hier reqtuest the t'eah cirs of Cr'oss lilil township miet w.ith heri at .\lur. (Conway Diai's lid(ay even ing at 7 o'clock, at whiichi meeingi a nitmnberi of i iiourtant thlings in regarda to school wvork were discussed., CiefI amionig these were the diaily progrtami, larepiaration for thle C'ount1y Fair', night schools, and the benefits of tenchers' associattins. l'very teacher* in the towniship) waus priesent with one excepi tion. Wednesday evening .the local eamp of W. 0. W. held a reguhar' meeting at wvhlch they enjoyed tan oyster supperCi and elected ofil'cirs foi' the present year. About seventy membters wer'e priesent, all of whom 'enjoyed the pheasant occasion. The following are the officers eiected for the ensuing year: C. D). Nance, C. (.; TP. T. lilil, D~enniy ClIorl: W. H. Coats, locrt:' 1. (1. 11111, Sentry; 11. K. Boyce, Watch man; R. F. Walker, W. A. Woikmnan, andi .l. F. Gri'ifln, .i anagers ; .1 as. ('. Camp Physician. Mrsi. C. D). Nance and diaughiter' Vivi an w'ent to Atlanta Saturday to eon sitit at specialist in regard to the treat - mencit of a sore foot. They will be away a welk or ten ays. nniversary I~ \ RS BROS. that Wears" by the original -s in 1847, it lard of quality Is of silver he heaviest plate. od line of the OLD COLONY ular styles. TUSePoOI prices the lowest and plete. We invite you gh our entire stock. AILKES & CO. * * * ' * *4. * * * * * * ' IInr iii ll of(1 0 Hiliey School, * . * 4 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I'irst G rade:.\lary Clare .\lilam, .\ary Ilenjamiin, Sarah .\dair, Mary [ r:;cr. 3adden, Vernon .htrks. Second Grade: Tlhoz1.as lamnilIton. Third Grade: \l atlie Lou Walker, l'earl Gambirell, layett~e Gamlbrell, Ida .lacks, annie Lilakely. Potii Girade: ('harlie Madden, Illier .lacks, .1. T. Walker, ICna Adair, Sarah .\lilani. l'ifth Grade: Pauline lamnge, .\lan ring Milam. Sixth Grade: bay ladden, Robert iHamilton, )avidi Madden. Seventh Grade: Caide Gambreli. ICighlh Grade: Emmina Madden, Inez ilnkely, )orothy .\Iilain. MOTHERS---YOUR CHILDREN'S HAIR NEEDS CARE Seeds of Baldness Come Often From Neglect in -Youth. The hair of some children is natur ally backward in healthy development. Growing up so fast, mental and bodily development of these boys and girls makes tremendous demands uporn tIheir vitaI forces. And ofi eatenes, when t henre is nout enough of that vital forcie to siuppily all nieedls, it is thle hair which suiffers. I)iy, dull bilile life less-loolking hair anid dlandriuff is the resuilt aidi .\lot her is distressed be :usi of* it s lael: of beiauity. Ic11 retinenit t'or groing chiilren ha II ai win ;eaome aen! p vitaIlizer ing I. d' in sup ply jist thle ee ' ni of nuti? il11o') that Iroperly! in ii Iaii tliil haiand seal p. dissolve .\lan i mlot hers hav~ e ene luerson ia llSIrs of P'arician iiaige hceriise of I le 10ood iit ims don hei ldr itthlren. ha Iy's scalp is a lreparatI on wvell Bited for nloth, li too i~. P'arlisian SagA is1 sold by the. 1han:-ens I rui ('n. andli iiua 'vy' ohergood drugg;;isi . anad thec (o'a I trilling. ('ll. N GI. I N S'il l:lil'.IC. (Columin', N (leberr & ii aurenii' II, RI. (Ciolliibha, Newheirry & L aurrens hlil road annonne iies Ithe fol lowing 'ihaniu.s ini schiedules, effective .lan. 17. I1tI , for rains Nos. 1'., 51 51 and Tramin No. 1I willI leave L aurens at 3: 25 p. mu., ar nivinog olumbi lia , Gerivais SItreel 7 : I p. im. ThIe following sta tions will he dli scontilnuied as flag staolps liland, Gary .la ln a.Slighs, ilil ton, White Ilock, llal lentine, leap harts. Train No. 5-i will leave ('olumnbia, rens, at 8: 18 p. mn. Train No. 55 will leave Laurenis at 8: 38 a. mi., arrivIng at Columbia, Ger vais St.. 11:32 a. mI. Train No. 51., operated S-undlay only, will leave Laurens at -1:30 p. im., ar riving Columbia, Gervais St., 7 :38 The following stations wvill be made flag stolps for irain Ni). 53 duie to leave L~aurmens at 2 pi. mn.: Siighs, Ililton, Leaiph ails. Train No. 13 will stop1 at all sta 1tions Io d iisarge pa ssenigers from a. mn.: L ea pharl, Irmo, 1llletne, Wh'Iite lirouk, lillin, (Chapin, Slighs, S. C. The following st alIons will lie dis eontinu ied as fliag stops~ fori mix ed train No. 12 due to leave Columbia at 3 .!lala. Gary, lid 10. A. TATRR1, Conmmercinl Agnnt