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-4U VOLUME XXXI. LAUIRENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1916NMB3 2 TH[ BIG f[ATR[S B[FOR[ A88MBLY Prohibition, State Ware house System and Politics BODY WILL ADJOURN ABOUT FEBRUARY 19 Board of Charities and Corrections Will Pass Upon ('minms for Free Tui. tion. ('ompromise in Free Tultion Fight. Columbia. February 5.-Trhe thre distinguishing features of the pres ent session of the General Assembly are: First, prohibition; seond, the warehouse system and third, politics. These three phases overshadow every thing else. Whatever the prohibitionists want they get, and as was said in this cor respondence at the very opening of the session, the proposition was to give prohibition a complete and absolute try-out, and there was absolutely nothing that could impair, interfere with or retard the progress of prohibi tion legislation at this time.? Yester (lay the House passed an aiendiment to the prohibition bill authorizing the Governor to Borrow $50,000 for the en forcement of prohibition. If this, as a straight proposition of making a di rect appropriation had come up, the chances are that the $50,000 fund would not have been voted, and some of the prohibition leaders had about come to the conclusion that they would com promise on a smaller amount, but the Wagnon suggestion of a borrow and placing the burden of making the ap propriation on the next Legislature is very much like the individual who has little hesitation in borrow when the payment is some time off. The $50,000 fund will be sustained in the Senate-of that there is practically no doubt. This, therefore, will make the sum tota of the prohibition legis lation, first, a law by which offenders against the prohibitionstatute, if con; victed, must serve on the chain gang with no alternative. Second, the Gov ernor will have $50,000 with which to enforce prohibition in his own way and through such means as he decides upon, and ifi he does not, the burden is on him more so than any one else. Third, the effort to sell the remain ing stocks in the dispensary counties in this F-tale as (om pletely "squashed" andthe programme now seems to he to allow the old county boards to ship the liquor outside of the State and sell to the best advantage. The warehouse system seems to oc cupy a very anomalous position. \lem hers openly and frankly say that they are afraid of it, and yet feel that they have to vote for it and anything that is asked for to further the system. Members frankly say they (10 not be lieve the system will ultimately work out, but. that their people have faith in it and~ believe that it will raise the hprice d1rvtton, anid tha t thle re is nothI ing else or, hem to dho but to vote for it. There is nio dlisguisinig the fact hat the one thing that can claim the strongest supiport in the General As seimbly, both from its friends anad its opponents, Is the cottoni wvarehouse system. This is going to be given just about a- bIg sa swing as prohibi tion, andl if it fails it will not he be cause of the lack of support, because the statement has beeni repeatedly made on the floor that everything that the warehouse commissioner asked for b~y way of financial supp~ort has been granted. Why Is it said that polities is fig uring so largely? Simply because there is a primary next year, and rec ords have to be made and considered. Just take this, for instance: A mem ber of the House in talking about thie two-cent rate bill, sta'ted he did not believe that the railroads could give the service that was expected of them on a two-cent rate, but if next summer in the campaign he had an audience of a thousand peCople, and someone out in the crowd holloaed at him, "Oh, yes, you are the follow fiat voted against the two-cent rate bill," that would be hits finish; at least that is what lie thought, and the trouble was, as he exp~ressed it, he wohild not have time in a campaign speech to defend a vote of this kind. Hie simply tkought that ho would not be able to overcome some hoodlum crying out at him "Oh, yes, you are the fellow that voted against the two cent rate bill." Unfor TEACHERS MET SATURDAY. Interesting Program Carried Out and Encouraging Reports Made as to Progress Along I)inerent Lines. Fourteen night schools have been opene1d in the county since January 1, reported Superintendent of Education James 11. Sullivan, before the county teachers' association Saturday. (;rat ifying results have been accomplish ed and still further expansion of the idea is expected. The teachers who have undertaken the work are very en thusiastic over it and get much satis faction out of the good that is done. The teachers met in the graded school auditorium, about 7.5 members being present. Teaching of mathemat ics was the the topic of the day and the discussions were lead by Messrs R. T. Wilson, J. M. Fewell and Miss Ella lRoland. Discussion of the annual county school fair was animated. The fair is to be held on April 1-th and it ap pears that the teachers were determ ined to make it a great success. No meeting will be held in March be cause of the meeting of the State Teachers association in Columbia March 17-19. tunately, there is an awful lot of this psychology in the primary system, and is is in , this sort of thing that keeps the best men in the State from run ning for the many offices. This is not a year for commissions and the General Assembly is not going to create any additional commission. Last year two commissions were created, and many of the members were somewhat afraid of what was then done. It is this condition that had a great deal to do with the re fusal to establish a State highway commission, and the next time it is tried, it had better be called some thing else, and the personnel of the commission will have to be changed to some extent. There is another bill on the :cub ject pending, and an effort is going to be made to do something towards a State board. Out of the discusilon there has followed a series of bills, all of which are being passed by the House, authorizing and permitting va rious counties to charge a license on automobiles which fund is to be used in the counties for road work. Sn' of these dlays the county system will be linked up to a State system. The tax commission situation has been practically agreed upon in a bill that is pending before the Senate, whlit provides for, a reviewing board, w hich was contemplated in the orl:inal Act and which was agreed to by boilt branches, but which In Soitne1 mystcrl ots way was omitted from the (dioe ment. when it was enrolled. In addI tion to the reviewing boards, county board of assessors are to be provided for, the original assessment to be made by the county boards with the State tax commission to act as a re viewing board and make suggestions as to methods. Thle free scholarship igh t w ill er en Su at e In legislat Ion by wich1 lhe board of' chari ties a nd corirec tionis w'ill paiss upon the clainis made by parents and~ :guaredians for free litition. The state inastitut Ions realize they ar' uniaible to pay the $.10 tuition tee, but hey have been unable to (10 anythi ing simply because they have observed the lawv tax. There is no object ion on the part of thle State inst itutiioits to thle tighttening tiip of the law and~ this is betng done, The adjournmen of both branches until Tuesday night, and the evident slowing down has nullifled all Itros pect of an adjournment by the 12th, but the outlook now is that an ad journment sine die will ho some time during .the week ending February 19. The appropriation bill will be in the hands of the Senate when it returns hero for its work, and this is regardedt as the most important of the remain ing legislation, Every one realizes that many of the measures that were introdlucedi will soon die on the Calen dar. August Kohn. Barber Shop Changes Ilanuis. The barber shop locatedl in the base ment of the E'nterprise flank building has been sold by Mir. Bob Wham to Mr. J. R. Baldwin. The new owner has already taken charge, Mr. BaldwIn, who has been in the barbershop busi floss In Greenville for the past sIx years, is a nativo of this county and is considered an Oeellent and OK nerienced barber. SELLS O"TI' TO NEW FIRM ('ommtisson Has Heen Applied For and New Concern Will 'lake (harge at Once. The Brook.; Ilardware Company has sold its stock of goods to another local concern which will be headed by Messrs Fleming .Jones and .J. Arthur Taylor. For the present the store is closed while an inventory of the stock is being taken preparatory to turning the stock over to the new owners. who will open at. once in the same Stand. The new firm will be known as the Jones-Taylor Hardware Co. Both Messrs Jones and Taylor are men of long experienec in the hard ware business. Mr. Jones was for years a member of the firm of Brooks & Jones and during the time spent in the hardware business he proved him self a successful business man in ev ery respect. Mr. Taylor has been with the Brooks Hardware Co., since its or ganization and before that he was with Brooks & Jones. He has had a sue cessful career in the business and is regarded as an e.cellent hardware man. The busines that they are tak ing over has always been a successful one and under the administration of Mr. Charles Brooks the former prin cipal st ockholder, has steadily grown. Mr. Brooks will not he conn-eterd withli any other business at present but will devote his time to winding up the af fairs of the old concern and to look ing after his personal interests in the city. To Have Play. "Jumbo Jim" is the title of a local talent play which is to be given at Riddles Old Field school Friday night under the auspices of the school im provement association. The play will begin at 8 o'clock and the public is cor dially invited to attend. A small ad mission fee will be charged. Miss Jureta Taylor. Judge O. G. Thompson received a telegram yesterday from the State Hospital for the Insane, in Columbia, giving notice of the death of Miss .lureta Taylor, formerly of the Mt. Olive section of this county. She was about 75 .ears of age and had been a patient there for :5 years. ('LiNTON DEFE-.tTS ,.L'ill-:Ns. (Jirls Meet ii Hasket It hull at traded School Friday and Saiturday, Now, thlire's no use in d:tying it or keeping it out of the ;,a s:, or "going on" over the 1n1t1(er in any way what soever, for they didl it, and did it up in Tine style, too. They did! 'Those ('Tin ton girls jest knew too imuith about the gai10, and had m10oe practice, and didn't. have the sun (not son) in their eyes, and all their best players were 1 inches too tall and they, they, they they--beat the 14aurens pirts in twVo ganes, and that's about lte size of the wh'lole I ting. 1(Of l o rse', too, Ithe Clini ton girls all had11 pret ty silk red hiand kerehief's, or someting iir other' of the kind, tIed tip aroundl their helad andu that wenCit ai long way. And, and(, ani -. Now, Th'ie Advriei sot wrt1 Oi ~ iiteriIci is not) bruaggiing on the Clinton girls r'ight bore !ni i~:uroni, in oipen (eiigrt. hut lie hats gotI to haindl it to themii. Tihey pinyed the game like0 vet eranus, especially3 thle two forwards Nellie iRiddlto and Nellie 11obo). And they won. Buit the Lau rens girls played good basket blall too, though they03 couldn't comnplete with the Clinton gi'ls in that line as well as they might had they pr'actic(ed mor'e. The Laurens girls were game and stuck to the boat till the last, but couldn't win. Wait, though! There were two games, one Fiday afternoon and one Saturday morning. floth of them were won by the Clin ton "aggregation" by large scores, about 34 to 8 and 36 to 12 or there 'ab~ounts, a matter of a few points won't matter muichi. Those who played for Clinton were Lois Adair, Iva Adair, Irene Blalock' Mary Sue WIlson (Sub), Nellie Riddle and Nellie Hobo. Those wvho played foi' Laurens were Rebecca Lake, Virgil GIray, Sara Bishop. Martha Franks, hIreno Wallace, Lola Mechall, lBruce Diagwell, Mar garet Dilal, Anna Sullivan, only five at a time, however. Trhe game wvas free from fights, argu 'ments or any other unpleasantness in cIdent to games of the 'tother sex. P. 8.--Pease 'put "Miss" in front of those names, NEIV SIHElRiFFl ASSUMES DUTIES OF OFFICE John 1). W. Watts note in Charuge of Olil'e 3iade l'Vennt by Dteath of Late John ). Owings. ''lhe cominmission of .1ohn 1). W. Wafts, recently appointed sheriff to fill Out the unexpired term of .lohns 1). Owings, arrived last \We dneslay a ndt he immediately assumled the duties of the o1lice. Ile had already been in the otlice se oral days familiarizing ini ;elf with its dities, so the Iratisfer f authority was not attended by any great degree of formality. In reply to an invitation fromh Iiie Advertiser reporter to issue a state mlient, on his induction into oflice, Mir. Watts stated that he wished to pub licly express his thanks and acknowl edge the obligations which he is under to Coroner i airston and Mr. C. B. Ow Ings for their assistance to him in his efforts to become familiar with the de tails of the office. These gentlemen, he said, were polite and obliging in every thing, "Naturally," Mr. Watts continued, "the people of the county are interest ed in some of the facts leading up to lly appointment to the otlice, espec ially in view of a few criticisms that have been made in some qtuarters. I feel also that it is a duly that I owe to the governor and to other county of flcials to clear, uip some rumors that have been afloat. In rega'd to a prior arrangement. between the governor and myself as to this appointment, I want to deny any such implication. As a matter of fact, I was a little shocked to learn that the governor did not ev en know wli'o I was when 11my applica tion for the office was received. I had previously thought that most every body in the state knew who John D. W. Watts was, having been connected with the state fair for so many years." "I wish further to state that, so far as I know, none of the county ofilcials, county delegation or prospective can didates had anything to do with my appointment. At least I did not ask the aid of any of them, as I (lid not feel willing to embarrass them by ring ing them in on a contest of my own. The governor questioned mie particu larly on this point, asking about the views of the delegation al the county officers, but I told himt practically what I have just stated. "I was at home when the news of the death of \ir. Owings was received. That morning I received a telephone call from a friend telling me to cei 31 to the city and make appliall tion for the ouhl e, tha a plition had already bee1 started in circulation. I did so and t1h0, outcome of it all is Well kown. To those who signed the pe tition and to others who gave me Iheir tupiiport I wish to express may deepest thanks. I expect to do iy he:t to fill the oflice acceptably, without feal r or favoritism." .l1r. IBoozer L~ose., ilarn. Mr. I). 1. Boone", the wvell known farI'r of Knrds,1 had the misfiIllie to lose a barn andl stabbcs 133 fire 1)n his Gary:, 1)1ace Ftfinday3 afternoon abouit I o'('lo('k. A lot of hay3 and fodder, the sides three'( mlowers. (3ne( 1)ay rake~i. a iwo-horise lime spre'11deri and13 (other smaillerI ariticles wier' lost, thle total1 loss1 beIng around $l5, withI inisuran11ce oft abiou t $200t to ('cver. It is not Iknowni lhow' the fIre orIginated. M\r. lloozer' has the sympathy of 1his frIends In his loss. To'4 1liid Soon. .\r. L,. H. Clar'dy, whio lost hIs housc by fire Christmas (lay, t' '-ompleting pilans for r'ebuilding at ani earlhy dlate. Ahoe architeet has already compilletedl plans and specifications and some of the material has been ord(eredl. Con struction will begin somo t~Ime in Mar'ch. Mr. Clar'dy stated Monday that the house8 wIll be of the bungalow style of architecture, about a1 stor'y an1( a half high. Mr. Thos. W. Cothr)an, of Oreenwoodl, is the architect. D). A. 11. Meeting. The IHenry Laurens Chapter D. A, ft. will hold Its next meetiig at. the r'esldence of Mi's. WV. L. (lray, Friday afternooni, Febtruary 11ltIh at 3:3 o'Clo(c k. Mr's. WV. . Gray, Sec. Oyster Supper at Dials. There will be an oyster supper at Dilals School on Friday night, the eleventh of February, for the benefit of the school, P~yerybody is invited. IMiPR1O1 EMENT'% r ASSO(I AVION Wl4)tIK.EltS TO MEET IIEIIIlE II'teresenitativ's from tite .12 A ssoela. lions in the County Exiiected Satur da11y. The annual meeting of the School liIIprovement association workers wilII ble h:d at the graded sclooi buiiilding heeSaturday, when repr1eentative's from the -12 local association.; in the (lounty are expe(ted to he preseu. L1ast year the ei n eg was a very (ithiulstis tic one and [nth hneit and env'olr age anent was the resuIt of it. The dif ferent. associations raised a total of over $2,5uIu last year and besides ex erting a wonderful inluunce in the bet tering of school Conditions an(1 meth ods. Th'lce association will be addressed by Miss Elizabet h Dickson, iresidet'it of the State School I mprovemlent associa tion. Miss lickson is a charming speaker, deeply iiterested in her work and possesses an unusual faculty for holding the attention of her audience. Speaking of the meeting, Miss Wil Lou Gray, county supervisor, said that this ought to be the (fnest body of wo men which has ever met In the coun ty as each school dirtriet will doubt less send its most re 'resentatiye wo 111e1 to the [meeting. 'T o delega(s are expeel(d from each associaition. The following program for the day will lie Carried out: 11:00-11 : l5--OrganizatIon I Lan r's (traded School auditorium)i. 11:15--12:00-Denonstration of a mtly 3 School imp lrovettnent Meeting. 12:00-12:30-Round Table Discussion: "How can these methods be used in our schools?" 12:30-1:30-Lunch. Guests of the County Board of Education. (Teachers' Rest Room in the Court House). 1:30-2:00-Demonstration of a home made tireless cooker. 'Demonstration In making oil dressing. 2:00-2:45--Address: Miss E lizabeth Dickson, President State School Improvement Association. 2:-15-3:30--Social Meeting. F1 F1 IS COMING. Mutsitenl 'i'rl schoren ii Extraia ailinzat to be Staged IHere. liteheittsals Al. ready llegun. .\lueh enthusiasmt miiarks the pro g'es for the iIresentationi of "Pi l' i of lie Toy .iip," wlii is to be given in the graded scIhool auditorimil 'i'lursiday, l'ebrliuary 17th. lie diree tor of the' tiusi(al trpischorean (x trainganza, which has proven Fuch a it in at hulndred other' cities from .\i:ins' to C'aliforniia, is busily rehears ing; the gr"oup's of participants1h anld all (fI thim are eharmleid with the llodte lonl. As is already known to some, the ilay will be given for the benefit of tin graded school, the school receiviig a Certain piercentage of tlie receiits. As sisting in tlie produit Ion will be the l (ity's lest Ia lint, overI 127 heing iln the (astI. IThe tollowing ari the' lrin (hpal liar ts: "ionnie" .\ iss- .\tagaret 1 1al. "i t l'i . ~\ls. .-: a iy W ion. I.auiniii g I )iil"--.\liss .\largaret WVright. "Caplt. I Iarnacle"-.\M r. W. It. ltichey, .lr. "Prince Lolly Pop"'-Mr. Phil 1 luff. "1laiuut. Tin1 1 Ieart" '--Mr. WVm. Mleng. "T'aekhiammier-.\Mr. Fordl Franks. New~ Jail Situation. It is uinderstood that the bill providl ing for a commissIon to erect a new county jail or remnodlel the old one has phassed the liouse of RepresentatIves andl is no0w In the Senate. Its passage through the Senate willl dlepend upon Senator Goodwin, who Is understood to 1be consideing the matteir serIously has not yet reached a final decisIon. lie Is reported as sayinug that lie thought lie would kill It. SAM McGOWAN HWlIE, Spetnt last Monday In Laurtens Look Itug After linss Affairs. Mr. Stamuel McGowan, Paymaster General of the Navy, came down from WashIngton and spent Monday of this week In the cIty to attend an Import Iant meeting of the board of trustees of Laurens Cemetery, of whIch board Mr. McGowan ia chairman. News Letters From Many Sections. CORRESPOM )ENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Illlpeningps of interes t to 11any1 Peoplo All Ozer the Couity ind to Those Who hame -left the F~anlly llhear~th ston1e 31nd4 (one to Other States. Poldtr Springs, Feb. 7. --''here will be preaching at P'oplar Spring church next Saturday and Fuday at the reg ular hours. The day has been changed from the third to the second Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cooper of the Mt. Olive section spent the day with i Mrs. South yesterday. Ir. .1. M. Ridgeway and family wero visitors at Air. A. C. South's yesterday. The Mlisses Addle, Mary, ('atheiino and I'eatrice Siipson, Grace Simnions anl Mhsain lugh's spent Friday night with .\l-. and Mrs. \\. A. Simpson near Illarinuony. h'lle young folk:; had a party at .\lr. .1. It. 'ilt:s' (Friday night and report a tine tiie. Mlilss Mlittle Wood gave a birthdlay party Satuiday night which was great ly enjoyed by allI present. Mllsses An nie and Mary Abrains and Grace Sii nlons spent the night with Miss \lit tie. Mi. II. S. Wallace was over to see his daughter, Mrs. J. T. Pitts last Friday and Alisses Minnie and iHarnie return ed home with him. Mr. John Vaughan and family visit ed at Rev. A. O. Oopeland's yesterday. Mrs. Ed Burgess is right sick but we hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. S. F. Walker has been on the sick list. the past week but is some better, Mrs. Alta Wailker who we reported in our last letter as being sick, is bet ter. We trust they will soon be well. .\laster Oscar Walker had a narrow escape last Monday. A mule. kicked himt just under the nose and ut though Ilie lip. l)r:s. Donnan and \\orkman s;(w(ed it uaP andli he is getling on all right. ir. John Fi'lupon ani Ianiiiy also _ isitdl ,.t Ihov. .. O,'peland's y es I erday. Alis4s Ei:tie (;. P'itt: of line W\est I ll . ld:t amd Sunday w01h home folks. \r. and \l s. Fito'ld (odfrev visited Mr. (;odtfeyl graniiid:iot le', .\lrs. S P . Walke 1;r yest orda~y. ltidlle's O'd I"iceld. Feb. 7.- Our Sunday school is imnproving nihely. 'There was a :'ingt-ing at .\lr. .1. S. Todld's Sunday night, vlich was Cn * .ioiel by all present. 'I he boys: andi g irls of th is connmuln it y wenti bird striking 'humdaya ni ght Weare t-htd toi reai llhat .\lustolr i Miiui- (:ar1 itt who has hni Ve-y ill is ilchl u ir (1d. \hr. and AlIls. A\. 8. tdle s; nn Sin. day with I their son3 andi danI~gui Air. andl .\Irs. 8. E. I'iddle Mr'. and Mrs. .1. 1i. W\illiamus .pent Su1 nlay withi Mr.. an \~lrMs. ILee West. Miss C'lara Williams spuent the week ('nd withI friends and relat i ves at Enio ree. Wile there she visI ted her frlinds, Misses Odessa and I lcster I lembree near Cross Anchioir. Miss Kather'ine 1lollls who has been goIng to school at Cross Anchor is at home with her p)arenits. TIhere is to be a play at Riddles Old Field on February 1lth for' the imf lprovfeent of the school. llun, Feb. 7.-Mr'. .John 1llall of Tulmbhling Shoals was hurled at Riahun Inst Monday.. Mir. and Mr's. T. F. ltabb visited Mr. and Mr Is. Smiith J. Mai'tin Monday. Mi's. Rebecca Owens visited Mr's. Nancy Owens last Monday. Mr's. Rlebecca Owens, Misses Edna Owens, and Margie Illder splent last Tihu rsday night with Mr. and Mrs. John11 I lellanms of Shiioh section. Miss Allilone Haldwin1 vIsited Miss Mac Roper of hIclkory Tlaver'n section. Tuesday night. Miss MarIgie llder of (Greenpond section visIted Miss Edna Owens last week. Mr. Hlaskelh Bolt and sister Mine (Continued on Parn Four.)