Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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88888888 88888888 8 8 8 Loeal and Personal MentIon. 8 8 8 8 8.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Miss Ethel Langston is spending awhile in Clinton as the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. John Copeland. Air. W. A. Duniway of Enoree Route Two was among the business visitors in the city yesterday. Mr. G. N. Nichols, of Due West, was over last week visiting his nephew, hMr. H1. Njichols. Miss Katherine Sitgreaves, of Bris tol, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Al bert Dial. Airs. W. Allen Palmer, of Cokesbury, has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Posey for several days. Miss Caroline Roper spent Sunday in the city with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Roper. Mr. L. E. Carrigan and Dr. T. J. Peake, ofClinton, were visitors in the city Monday. Mr. W. M. Armstrong, of Gray Court, Route 1, was a visitor to the city Monday. Mr. L. J. Watkins, manager of the Cros's Hill Motor Company, agents for the Ford, was among the visitors in Laurens on Monday. Frank McGowan, who is attending the Presbyterian college at 'Clinton, spent the week-end in the city with his parents. Mrs. J. C. Henderson and little daughter. Sarah Francis, of Greenville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hender sOn. Miss Bettie Bradley of Newberry, has returned home after a very pleas ant visit to Mrs. L. E. Taylor, Mrs. Chas. McCravy and Mrs. T. L. Monroe. Mr. S. M. Wright of Woodruff is spending a few days with Mr. S. R. Dorroh on Laurens Route 4, looking after his farming interests in that section. Mr. Cullen C. Jones, of Youngs town ship, was a visitor in the city several days ago. He stated that his father, whose health was not good some time ago, is himself again and enjoying life. Miss Elizabeth Moseley, who is a student at Winthrop, returned home several days ago on account of sick ness. She will return as soon as she is well again. Mr. P. A. Simpson, whose health has not been the best for several weeks, has gone to Florida to recuperate. His many friends hope for him an early and complete recovery. Prof. and Mrs. D. A. DuPre, of Spar tanburg, came down Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Moseley. Prof. DuPre returned Monday, but Mrs. DuPre will be here for several days yet. The many friends in the city of Mr. Tom Henderson will be glad to learn that he has accepted a position with S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co., and will return to Laurens within the next few weeks to take his new position. Mr. Henderson has been connected with the Ware Shoals Mfg. Company during the past two years. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Simpson, Misses Mabel and Elizabeth Simpson and Mr. .John W.* Simpson, JTr., accompan iced by Mr. J. N. WVright, Jr., all of ~par'tanburiig, visited relatives in the city Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Simp son is now president of a large auto mobile11 concern andl will change his residlence to Atlanta at an early date. A. H. Miller to Run. A .H. Miller, attorney, banker and catile breeder of Greer, will run for congress again in tihe camp~aign this summer, according to announcements coming from Greer. 'In tihe congres sional race last year to elect a candi (late to ill out the unexp~ired term of J. TI. JTohnson, resigned, Mr. Miller came third in the race of several can dlidates. On that occasion Sam J. Nicholls defeated B. A. Morgan in the second race.-Spartanburg Journal. Louis M~ex Liberated. Louis .Lex, the young Greek who was accused of makIng way with fitnds of other Greeks here several weeks ago and who was arrested in 'Cincinna ti, 0., was liberated from the county jail yesterday and the case dropped. Baldwin-Smith. Miss idez Baldwin, daughter of Mr. W. H1. Baldwin, of the Jiarksdale comn mlunity, and Mr. Huber Smith, were happily married at the home of the bride's parents on the'*17th. Rev. J. A. Brock plerformied the ceremony. The bride is a very attractive and popular young woman andl the groom is a pros perous young farmer. Commuission Not Issued. Yosterday afternoon Mr. Jlohn D). W. Watts, the newly app~ointed sheriff had not received his conmmission so lie had not actively entered upon01 the duities of his omele. liowever, upon the invi tation of Mr. C. II. Owings and Coroner liairston, lhe huas been ini the office for ileveral (lays familiarizing himself with hils duien. WILL COOPER RUN FOR GOVEllNORSIuP (Continued from Page One.) race for governor as the farmers' can didate. The secret Farmers' Union is looking to Mr. Stuckey and they may yet induce him to make the race. Just how or why farmers should put for ward a lawyer for their candidate is something which the politicians have n't yet been able to successfully ex plain, and it is not believed they can do so to the secret Farmers' Union. Just to add to the gaiety of the po litneal forecasting, the following hand picked ticket for the "Bleaseites" has been suggested by the Anderson Farmers' Tribune, a. stalwart and pow erful supporter of the Blease faction: For Governor. Coleman L. Blease, of South Caro lina. For Lieutenant Governor. William A. Stuckey, of Lee. For Secretary of State. Eugene R. Buckingham, of Aiken. For Comptroler General. . James H. Craig, of Anderson. For State Treasurer. Daniel M. Miles, of Spartanburg. For Attorney General. Thomas H. Peoples, of Barnwell. For Adjutant General. James H. Claffy, of Orangeburg. For Railroad Commissioner. Jeff O. Edens, of Marlboro. For Commissioner of Agriculture. William T. Jones, of Greenwood. For Superintendent of Education. W. A. Brown, of Marion. All of which adds to the sum total of the political situation, simply opin ions. 1ill-Burgess. Enoree, Jan. 29.-One of the prettiest weddings of the season was that on January 25th at 12 o'clock when Miss Eva Eudora 11111 became the bride of Julius DeWitt Burgess at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. W. A. Hill, the Rev. W. P. Smith, of Spartanburg ofliciating. Aho home was beautifully decorated with carnations and narcissus. To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march played by Mis Fay Hill, a sister of the bride, the bride and groom un attended, entered the room from the hall where before an improvised altar of carnations and ferns they plighted their troth. The charm of the bride was en hanced by the gown she wore, a hand some blue broadcloth suit with acces sories to match. -Immediately after the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. Mrs. Burgess is a young woman of charming personality and pleasing manner and her many friends wish her much happiness. Mr. Burgess is the popular bookkeeper for the Enoree Mercantile Co., and has the esteem and confidence of all who know him. Only the members of the immediate family were present. From out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Miller, of Spartanburg, Messrs W. A. Burgess, C. M. flurgess and Waliter Burgess, of After a short wvedding trip of desti natio! anknown to their friends, Mr andl Mrs. Burgess will 1be at home at Enorce. TO( HUlLD) ATHLIETIC FIELD). Large Tract in Hear of City Sehools to be Implroved1 and Deioted to Field Sports. Announcement has been made by Supt. D. L. Parkinson of the City Schools that the large vacant tract of land in the rear of the school build ing will be turned into a modern ath letic field. Work will begin at an early date and it is hoped to have the field in readiness for the athletic con tests to be held in connection with the school fair. The city Council, through Mayor Babb, have agreed to do all of the necessary grading and haul ing that will be done. The whole tract will be levelled and laid off for a baseball ground, football and tract field, tennis courts, basketball field and in tact everything in the way of out door sports. The building of this park will fill a lon'g-felt want in the city and in the county. Something of this nature has long been needed for the school children of the city schools and es pecially needed for the school fair and the county fair. To Start Drainage Work. Mr. WV. L. Gray andl asociates are again in communiention with contrac tors looking to the development of the dIrainage project along D~uncans creek in this county. As -is already known, tihe drainage district has already been surveyed and esimates made on the cost, but the dlepressionl at the outset of the war caused them to delay op orations.. Contractors have been con suilted andl it is thought that the han tract for the work will he lot at an early (late. About 15,000 acres of land wvili hn affneinAd. VARIES WITH THE SEASONS Foliage Colored by Nature to Corre spond With the Changes That the Months Bring. ' The foliage of summer is generally mature, green, sober. There is a cer tain warmth and gayety about the loaf progress of June and early July, and a vast variety in shades, as well, so that any body of trees and shrubs of varying kinds will display anything from the youngest light yellow leaves .of the Norway maples to the deep, even green of the horse-chestnuts. To ward the first of August. the leaves are quite or nearly fullgrown, and they have settled down to their real work of elaborating food for the trees that bear them. My water-color friend, Little, has discovered in this color maturity an other confirmation of his theory that there is a sort of color compensation, ;a chromatic balance, of the seasons, .In spring, the air and the ground are cool, though slowly absorbing heat, :and the leayes and flowers are warm in hue-there are the really hot col. ors of the tulips, the'yellows of some tree blossoms, and so on. As the season warms, the foliage and flower 'hues become in general cooler, until in summer we have the deep green of mature leaves, the deep blue of the white-dotted sky, and the blues and whites of the garden. When cooler nights begin to come, the summer foliage is likely to assume hints of brown, the corn takes on the colors of maturity, and we have the decided ly warm-hued chrysanthemums, pur ple asters, and the like, to compen sate. The sharp weather of winter demands all possible heat from na turo's color scheme, and we have it in the browned leaf, following thc brilliant and not cool hues of autumn in the cornshock and the bare tree stem, and even in the shadows on the snow.--Countrysido Magazine. TO MAKE AIRSHIP INVISIBLE inventors at Work on Project That Would Seem to Present Some Difficulties. The newest idea in the construction of aeroplanes, especially for use in war time, is to reildor.thom as nearly transp;arent as possible. To this end studies are now being made of cel luloids and other materials which might possibly be utilized as wings, and which would -e sufficiently trans parent to make them less conspicuous in the sky than are materials now in u.. While the primary object in making aeroplanes transparent is to prevent them from being seen by the enemy, it would have an added advantage in permitting the aviator to see in all directions, and thus render his air scout work more efficient. Several machines have been put into operation .within the last three months which are equipped with transparent wings of uninflammab'e celluloid and are al most Invisible when a few hundred feet in the air. A now muffling box has also been .devised which serves to still further deaden the sound and thus enables the operator to get close to the enemy without his presence being detected. The substitution of the specially pre pared celluloid for the canvas is ex pected to mark a distinct advance in aeroplane manufacture, although it is as yet too recent a developmeont to have established its reliability. Pronouns and Genders, Our ability to personify a sea ship by using the pronoun "she" and to keep the Zeppelin in place as "it' brings out one strong point of our language. It is impossible to be so subtle in French, which has no neuter or in German, with its arbitrary scattering of genders. Mark Twain gave as a 'typical instance of good German: "Wilhelm, where is the turnip?" "She has gone to the kitchen." "Where is the accomplished and beautiful Eng .lish maiden?" "It has gene to the .opera." -Mark went on to observe. that in Germany a tree is male, its buds fe mzalo, its leaves neuter; horses are ~sexless; dogs male, cats female-in eluding tomcats. By some oversight 'of the inventor of the language a woman is a female; but a wife (weib) is not.-London Chronicle, Spotted, Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City said at a clambake on the beach: "You can tell, if you're clever, a va cationist's home position. All vaca tionists, of cdurse, are not bankers or heiresses or manufacturers of war mu nitions, though most of thorn look it. "Yes, youi can spot them out if you keep your eyes open. Thus, on a fishing excursion to the bank, it was easy to spot a blonde in a Paquin gown for a telephone girl because, as she was drawing in a flounder, some body called to her, "Hello!" and she frowned and answered impstiently: "'Line's busy I'" Washing Machine of New Order, In one of the newest washing ma chines a fan or propeller within the tub sends a constant stream of hot suds through the soiled clothing, con tained in a movable cylinder which is slowly revolved by the action of the stream of hot water upon it. The machine has neither gears nor belts. A small olectric meter fastoned be neati the tub (Ioes the work and also operates an electric wringer attached to the top of the tub. No manual la bor, other than placing the soiled clothes in the tub, and placing ho water and soap thein, is necesar. TRUNKS We have just received one of the largest shipm ments of Trunks ever brought to Laurens. These are splendidly made and well finished goods and are MARKED TO SAVE YOU MONEY. 0, 0 $10.90 Extra large size and fitted with roll tray. $4.50 N Good size, heavy leather Large size, heavy leather straps, strong and well-made* straps, brass trimmed. 25 styles and sizes to select from with prices ranging from $3.50 up for good Trunks. S. Wilkes &Co. WANT LIQUOR SOLD OUTSIDE OF STATE Senate Favors Having Sheriffs Dispose Coming! Monday, Feb. 14th of Left-Over Dispensary Stock. The Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature Columbia, Jan. 31.-The senate to night passed to third reading the bothers providing for disposal of the left-over stock of liquors in former dispensary counties. The bill1 was amended so as TeNwYr vnn u' 10 rz to allow the sheriffs inthe counties to dlispose of the stocks outside of the (FaueDaa S.tate, and allows the sheriffs the samecCINFV ARSWT fees for transacting this usiness as iprovidedl for their regular business. nt twatadEre Vlim The fixtures and urniture wI he sl by the sher-iffs at public auction. It was seen by those behind the billDrcedb RLHW.IC hat it was imipossible to get through ('eMtso h lu os'i tr fg niiu.'h any legislation allowing dispensariesC li'iiOi 4I t iifii. St IVS(l(1. he oesr e. to be reopened in this state. They h'lesioltl. 1Wlesalgiiso ehie. Seloe agreedl on the amendment, which was)tlei tI apsonht.iatni. offered by Senator Lide, for the stocks) usethsglrt rigtruacoenweehrmt left on hand to be sold In some of the) ('setlc-ISt(llll Oiee erthttto ite oity "wet" states. The money to be recedy- Mt slvdlyasrn a.1c uuei eoeh ed from such sales, after deducting ex-- Sei agt opa ad.Yo e e eiaeasr t penses, will go into the ordinary and ~~ oi~~ ~I n tl e nismse.See school funds of the counties. j~~s t Senator Carlisle has an amendment,11Wjluehe!Frtotebrdetlsofahin which he will offer cutting down the ale.ot-hetotere-nd6il othntrou quantIty of liquor one can order for- gnllighl o mrykp yhrmte personal use, from one gallon to one Yuseteisd ftegm~ighuetegmses quart a month.Yosethad 3hrhsad"hhabeoeDtrtAt The bill providing for a joint corn- tote' Ie(eilt.no.hester Yuse atap n. mittee from the senate and house, to supervise ali printing, passed the sen ate tonight and was ordered sent toThId e H u the house. This committee will em ploy a clerk for five months in each year at a salat'y of not exceeding $1,000, 1 N 0CS who will have charge of the work uin der direction of the committee. All ~ eivt contracts for public printing are to be crilyalgau advertised three weeks in advance of mohrtoaen am rigm ti the date for opening bids in at least one daily newspaper in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg, nea u uss t1 Those behind this bill estimate that the State will save from $3,000 to $5,000 yearly on the puhblc printing. An effort was mnade by Senator Car- . lisle to take from the head of the 1e.Las 'slslutli. lae othCrin 'ee he i (Calendat- the hill repealing the S.tate Pso .I.Lwoa h on rai oeladweeh a a Tax commission act utnd place It on lgs-ieo atSnaofrdhsbrdsecsul'i eea hrh a parity with other special ordlei-.resigaia atro h ~is a-e,-P Iat1t(oilr A point of ordler from Senator- WI- ts h eto ~ues i ni(a ( )-iti' 'n-Jiloiy I lams, of Lancaster, which was that t h h -l hti s(eili t Io Pt 0h o I o oircuh o Senator Car ilisle was not pr-esent whenmate'wsfnl roh-La~onhsyu-fvrihtIiot, oeadhad his bill was madte a special or-der-, and dn al odwr nL -n w ~- elsPn-a- oe.Ibo that he could niot, thberefore, move toadtne i atrt h .)1il tepegr1h. -llvn ogsin reconlider the vote, was suistalied bymanand ishg oiio tiu ln Tanlpit iSnli iti&ttIs the chaiir. The hill stands withi pre-th cui eso th Stt. 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