Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S S S s S 8 8 8 88 .8 8 8 88 8 88 8 Loeal and Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8 8 '8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mr. William J. Mahon spent part of the day in Laurens. yesterday. Miss Ella Bearden, of Enoree, was shopping in the city yesterday. Mr. Laurens Bolt of the Shiloh sec tion came in Monday to spend a few hours. Mrs. J. H. Sullivan is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dick Rlichardson at Pinewood. MIr. J. C. Smith, cashier of the Bank of Waterloo, was a visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. J. E. Carlisle, of Tumbling Shoals, was in the city on business yesterday. Mr. James Todd has returned home after spending several days in Nash ville, Tenn. Col. L. E. Burns of the Red Iron Rackdt stores sr'ent yesterday in Greenville on business. - Mr. George W. Clardy from Clinton Route Four was in the city Monday trading horses. Mr. J. H. Atchison from the lower section of the county was among the visitors here Monday. Mr. Sloan Malon of Rabums spent part of the day here Tuesday on busi ness. Mr. Palmer Roper of the Hickory Tavern section came in yesterday to spend a short while on business. Mr. Lantern Clardy of Clinton Rt. 4, was among those who spent yes terday here looking after business. Mr. J. Chester Pinson was a busi ness visitor in town on Tuesday. Mr. Pinson lives out on Laurens Rt. 4. Mr. J. Abe Coats of the Friendship section was among those in the city yesterday. Mrs. F. E. Wilson, of Newberry, and Mrs. R. E. Sims, of Chester, are visit ing Mrs. J. F. Burton, on West Main street. Together with Miss Mayme Ferguson all of them will visit Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Pitts in Fountain Inn, the latter part of this week. Mr. Guy P. Todd spent a short while here Saturday enroute from Augusta to his home near Barksdale. Mr. Todd has recently accepted a position with the C. & W. C. Railway in their bridge construction department. The many friends of Mr. J. E. Led ford will be glad to know that he is again able to be at his work after be ing confined to his home for some time with grippe. Miss Bessie Crews, Mir. D. A. Davis and Mr. T. J. McAlister are in the north buying the spring and summer stock for David-Roper Co. Mr. T. C. Switzer is spending some time in New York and Baltimore buy ing the spring and summer goods for Switzer Company. Miss Harriet Simpson of Chicora College stient the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Simp son. Mrs. .1. R. Little has returned to her home in Greenville after spend Ing the week-end here as the guest of friendi and1 relatives. Mesrr.s A. C. Toddl, R. E'. B3abb and 11. S. Bllackwell spent yesterday in Greenville attending the sessions of the 'nited Stales Cou t. Mr. .Joseph IT. Lindley and sonl 1111, bravedl the winters Icy blasts from their home in IHendlersonville section and came to the city to spend the (lay on1 .\ondlay. Dr. .1. II. Powe left Sunday for Lan drum where he will spend several (lays with his sister before taking a trip to Florida. He expects to be away several weeks on account of his health. Miss Estelle Turner will have milli nery this season at Leamnan & Co. She is now on a very pleasant visit to friends in Atlanta, also representing 'Doweli Helm & Co., of Baltimore, Md. at the Kimball House. D3. M. Wolff of Laurens was in New berry Thursday -on business. Mr. Wolff is a young business man of that city. The Observer reporter is al ways glad to see anyoie' from Lau rens, where he spent several years very pleasantly, and Mr. Wolff is a special friend among good friends liv ing in a fine place--Newberry Ob server. Off to Atlanta. Round-Up Day will be a big time in Atlanta, Ga., February 16. 8everal hundred news agents from Georgia and other Southern States who sell The Atlanta Georgian ~aind Sunday American have been invited to attend the Second Annual Convention of The Georgia-American agents and will be the guests of these papers In Atlanta on that day. Mrs. W. ii. ilider and son who are TChe Atlanta (Georgian agents in Lau rns aref among those chosen to take lhe free trip to Atlanta. Lost Two Mules. Mr. II. A. Cooper suffered thme loss of two valuable mules on his farm near thle city last week, It is thought Jihat I hov died3( of imenumonia. * SOCIETY. * * 4 e 4. 0 * 0 4 4 e 0 .. * 4 Hellams-Curry. Saturday afternoon at four o'clock Miss Lecola Hellams and Mr. Arthur Curry were married at the home of Rev. J. R. T. Major. The bridal pair, with a number of relatives and friends, gathered at the parsonage where, in an impressive manner, Mr. Major con ducted the service that made them man and wife. Mr. Curry is a son of Mr. Harris Cur ry, a prominent farmer of Dials. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 'C. Heilams, of the Shiloh section. Immediately after the cere mony Mr. and Mrs. Curry left for the home of the groom's parents, where a reception was given them. The young people will make their home with Mr. Curry's parents, where he is engaged in farming. Both the young people are widely known and have the best wishes of their many friends for a bright future, "e . Anderson-Bailey. A marriage of great interest to her many friends and acquaintances was that of Miss Mary Agnes Anderson to Mr. George Bailey of Clinton. The wedding took place last Wednesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wade Anderson. Only the family and a few friends were present. The house was very artistically dec orated in green and white. The bride and groom came in together and were met by Mr. Lawson, pastor of the First Baptist church, who performed the ceremony. Quite a number of people came up from Clinton to attend the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey left immediately after the ceremony for their home in Clinton where they are at home to their mafiy friends. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETS Successful First Meeting Held Last Saturday In the Graded School Au ditorium. The first meeting of the Laurens County School Improvement Associa tion was held in the auditorium of the city school last Saturday morning. Miss Wil Lou Gray, Laurens county's excellent rural school supervisor, started the movement for the county association some time ago and the meeting Saturday proved a most suc cessful one. There are forty-two as sociations attached to the various schools of Laurens and of these all were represented at the meeting here with one or two exceptions. In addi tion to the large number of delegates, there were many visitors present, among them being Miss Elizabeth Dickson, piesident of the State Im provement Association and Miss Helen Prince, supervising teacher of Spar tanburg county. A permanent association was or ganized last Saturday, Miss Gray be ing elected president and Mrs. Alma Pitts, secretary. Following a prayer by Mr. 13. L. Parkinson, the president op~ened the meeting with a dliscussion of thc organization's object and a re sume of the work that has been (lone by the individual societies. During the past year something over $2,500.00 was raisedl by them and dlevotedl to the iinprovemnent of the schools of the county. Following Miss Gray's address re ports were heard from several (de-e gates and short addresses on appro lpriate topics were made by members of the society. Among those who ad dressed the meeting were, Miss Eliza beth Dickson, Miss Helen Prince, Mr. J. H. Sullivan, Mrs. B. L. Parkinson. Mrs. J. A. Wofford, Miss Corinne Aiken, Mr. B. L. Parkinson, Mrs. J. S. Bennett, Mrs. George Klugh, Mrs. Guy Smith, Miss Genie Aiken, and Miss Daisy H-arris.. At one o'clock the meeting adjourn ed and- the delegates invited to the Ladies Rest Room where as the guests of the county school department, they were served a delightful luncheon. This first meeting of the local so leties was all the success that could have been hoped. With nearly every socbety represented and with every delegate thoroughly interested, the meeting was one of great force and sure to be prodnetive of much good. Big Lot of Cotton Sold, Mr. P. N. Boozer sold to J. WV. Simn mons & Son of Cross 1Hi11 309 bales of cotton yesterday. The cotton was in the Standard warehouse here and brought an average of i1 3-4 cents. Greenwood Index. Candidate for Solicitor. Mr'. George TI. Magil, who has been p'rminently mentioned as a can didatce for sol icior, sta ted this morn - Inug that he has dreededi diefnitely to make the race this sumimer. Solicitor Cooper has not yet sitatedl whether or not lie wili 1)0 a candidate for re-(elee tion. Mi'. Homer S. Blackwell, of Lau rens, is also reported to be a candli d (ate.-Greenwood Journal. HIDEOUS CRIME COMMITTED IN YOUNGS TOWNSHIP Negro Woman Shot Five Times with hot Gun. Other Trouble Follows When Funeral Trpin Starts. What people of the community de scribed as the most hideous and cold blooded murder ever committed in the county was committed in Youngs township Friday by Stobo Bailey, a negro of that section, when be shot and killed a negro woman by the name of Sallie 'Barksdale. According to apparently' the most authentic sourc es, the killing was the result of hard feeling existing between the Bailey negro and Sallie Barksdale's husband, Ran. It appears that Stobo Bailey, who had been working for Ran Barks dale, had been given his dismissal. He had not yet moved off of the place, however, before some little incidents occurred that caused considerable en mity to arise between them. The mat ter came to a climax when Ran Barks dale took up a hog that belonged to Stobo Bailey. When Stobo heard of it he went to the house of the Barks dale's with a single barrel shot-gun, so It is stated, and not finding Ran Barksdale at home, opened fire upon Sallie Barksdale, who was standing in the kitchen. The first shot caused her to fall and her assailant then stood outside the door and continued to shoot at the fallen woman until five shots had been fired, it being neces sary to unload and reload the gun be tween each shot. It is said that he literally shot her to pieces. The Barksdale negroes bore a good reputation, both among the white and colored people, and as soon as the crime became known a search began for the assailant. The negroes became highly excited and doubtless would have made a summary end of Stobo Balley's existence if he had been caught. His house was attacked and riddled with bullets, but he had made good his escape. le reached Fountain Inn in safety and surrendered to Po liceman Jernigen, who notified the sheriff's ofice here. Officers went up Saturday morning and brought him to the county jail, where he now is. A sequel to the affair, which prom ised to be even more bloody, happened Sunday afternoon. The body of the dead woman was just about to be placed in the hearse to be carried to the cemetery, when another difficulty arose between Stobo Bailey's brother, Frank Bailey, and Bob Byrd, under stood to have been the leader in the colored posse that had searched for Stobo Bailey I ay. Accounts of who began the sl. ing differ, but about a dozen shots were fired. Just as Frank Bailey had emptied his pistol, a bullet from Byrd's gun hit his watch which was in his vest pocket and lodged in it. Thinking this a very good signal to depart, the Bailey negro took to his heels and went through his house some distance away and into the woods. Other negroes having come up about this time, they began a bombardment of this cabin thinking that Frank the fleeing negro had stop ped in it. They later discovered their mistake, however, and the fusilade stop)ped. Incidentally, it is said that almost a stampede was precipitated at onie time when someonec shouted that the supp)losed (quarry' was about to op eni lp with a Winchiester rifle. Frank Halley retruined to his house some time that night and, as officers of the sheriff had been notified of the trouble and were on the groundh, he was soon capltruedi andl brought to Laurens. Bob Byrd was also brought hero, but was released on bond, sign ed by llenry Prior, a well known white citizen of that community. Resigns as Casier. Mr. R. Fleming Jones has resigned his position as cashier of the Farm ers Bank in order to take up lis duties with the newly' organized Taylor Jones Hardware Company, which re cently purchased the stock of the -Brooks Hardware Company. It his not been announced who will be his successor. The resIgnation takes ef fect March 1st. Off for Medical Convention. Doctors R. E. Hughes, R. R. Walker, C. P. Vincent and W. D. Iferguson and Mir. John Wells Todd, Jr., left yester day for Richmond, Va., where they will attend the annual meeting of the Tri-State Medical Society, Mr. Todd is going along as a visitor. Dr. Hughes is and has been for a number of years secretary of the society andl one of its main supp~orters. They will be0 gone until the latter part of the week. E. W. C'opeland's Slster Dead. Afrs. J1. 1. Young, of Whitmire, sis ter of Ait. lE. W. Copeland, of this cify, (lied at her home Sunday afternoon, Feb. Gth, after a long illness. She was among the most loved and hon oredl women of the town and her fun eral wvas largely attended. She is suir vlvedl by her husband and eight chii diren besidles several brothers andi sis ters, as follows: Mlessrs IR. J1. Cope land, of Clinton; 11. J. andl P. IT. C'opelandl, of Renno; E. W. C'opeland, of Lauirens; Mrs. Minnie Adair and I Mrs. .T n Atr of Clona High Grade Enamel Ware Priced to Please You. . We are showing the largest and most complete Sline of Enamel Ware ever brought to the state. Our O dispIly includes a complete assortment of All White, Blue and Grey Enameled Vessels. 90 cts. 1l0cts." 3 qt.Gr Sacepan $1.25 Onyx Tea Kettle Im 3t. re Sucean $.25Large size. All white Slop Jar L large size. + 20 and 25 cts. All White Mixing 50 cts. Bowls. 9 cts. Covered Berlin All White Double Boiler Pots S l! Complete line deep or Shallow Pans pecia e in Best Grey ware only 10 cents. Come and look through our line. ?S.M.&E.H. Wilkes & Co. ene0I++=m mewoeeeeeeeeee4444,44 Announcing the Reorganization Of Peoples Drug Company. D TH EPEOPLES DRUG CO., occupy-Q Din the old stand of Ray's Pharmacy, has changed hands and within a few f days our stock will comprise everyU D good article to be found in an up-to- 0 date drug store. New stocks of theN highest class merchandise have beenU 8 purchased and the patronage of the D people of Laurens County is cordially 7icited. We will handle DRUGS, DRUGGIST SUNDRIES, 0 STATIONERY, GARDEN SEEDS, SOFT DRINKS, ETC. :-: : -: We will be especially delighted to have the Ladies visit this store for we are unusually well equipped to serve them. Peoples Drug Company DT. Erskine Todd, M. S. Dantzler, Phar. D. Proprietor. Manager.