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Vo 0jjILl- XXXI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. R. R. CORPORATORS M[[T lItRE Tl[89A To Make Final Changes on Proposed Charter MET YESTERDAY IN SPARTANBURG Iliisi; almost Perfected for Securing ('hnrier from the State A.fter wicileh ('outracts will Likely lie Let for Serve, PIn. I'relimniary L line. The corporator.s of the proposed Carolina Itapid Transit electrie line met in Spaltanburg yesterday and went over the tentatiVt charter subnill ed by the stb--conuinittee in ('!atrge of that pha.4, of the work. The charter wVas ('aref111y uonte ovi'r and some chalr'e umade antd othier's r'ecommelnd.n ed. Oi account of the !a k of time. how er cc, the busine.-is of the n''eting \w'as not c ttuileted ani aitihor meel ing w\as (ic'l to be bh1 l in this itly next Tiunda-iy. At that time it i.; thought Oth: o the chatter w"l Ihe giv en th' inis):hig 1)ltou1ch , ! '11111 a - ul ugin cay bo 11md,1( to ih' H ee're tary of .ha ' fOr he s sitc'.; santitlon. lr. W. 1,. GIay, the local r. presen taltIve on the boar;i'd of corporator;s, at tended lhe mueeting yesterday andl spoke very optimist1i(aly of the 011 look. HIe said that .r. .1acobs, the tovinig spirit In the ag iation, had Just reltined from New York where he held a consultation with Mark W.' Potter, president of the C. C. & 0. rail road. Mr. Potter, he said, did not lake any promises but agreed to give the piroposition his careful considera tion after the matter was laid before him in business-like shape. Mr. Gray said that the indications are that the road will certainly bp. built and that it remains largely with the citizens of 'Laurens whether or not this city will secure a place on it. A 1BEA U''IF'Li. DISPL.Y. National Capitol in Mitnattire to be Seren at Miiter Company. The window display at Minter Co., is a unique and beautiful one, and there will be few parents of the city who will miss the opportunity to take the children down to see it. IB'iefly, the attraction is a minia tuire model of the l'nited States capi tol at Washington, complete With its mammoth ah1(1 of triumph, oInamen tal columlnhis of liberty and ('harlot of progress; its vast halls, flaked with small(-r halls running through the center of the building and reaching upward to the great dome, whIiich is crowned witi the Ameri an1 ea1gle. The national flag dlies from the fairy building, and the capitol grounds cniplete the b'autil'ul scene. The material used in Ile build lug of the pala('e is Itoyal ('ticle Soap. .v erybiody is invited to se(' the display. A handsome arrangement of tlectrie light I Inc reases Ithe beau4ty' of thle ef feet. leimonistrated (O'A Sboves. S. .\l. & 10. II. WIlkes & (Company3 held a demons121 4taIon of til raniges, both lar'ge and small, Thlu rsdlay af1 ter'noon. D uring thie aft'rnioon a numiber oif ladles' callted andl were 1po1nted( out thle adv'antiages of oil cook ing over wood( andit ('0a1. Mir. W. P.* Thomnason conducted the demionistria tion aiid poInted out partliularlIy the suipeior cookIng qualitIes of gas as well as the absence of the excessive heat always associated with the 01(d style stoves. D~uring the afternoon ice cream was also seirved. Loses Barn by Fire. Messrs A. D). Grmay and Coke (iray had the mIsfortune to lose a barn by fire several nights ago on their place a few miles firom the sity. In addI tion to the barn, a mule and horse, be side.1 several hogs and calves were lost. The buIldIng had 110 insurance on It. but the stock was piairtlally ini sutreul. To Imnprote Store BuIldilngs. M~essmrs Alken and Watts have let the contract to Thos. W. Cothran, of Greenwood, for the remodeling of the interior of the store-rooms now occu pied by the Powe Drug Company andl B. B. H111's pool room. The floor will be lowered to a level with the street and other lmprovements made to pro vide modern and up-to-date stores. OSBORNE PICTU uniforia once worn' ~ i Ivy all jhrisonters I Youtng Lautrens Ldy at, Withrop.0 The fol lowving Is from the Winthrop Weekly News: "G1reat was the delight among the stuldenits when the 1916 editIon of 'The Tattler' was delivered on last Satuar day afternoon. It is the opinion of all that the annual this year Is the best ever. The originality and inter esting contents are due to the unusual talent of Mliss Kate WVofford. The whole staff, however, Is to be congrat tlated for this result of their labors. The Look contains many uniue scenes interesting ineldcnts and other mem ories of 'ollege life that shall always cause the 1910 Tattler* to he prized as a real 'memory book' of happy college da~ys." The lany friends om .hiss Wofford will be pleased to rad iht abone. She hl r' as ided literary ai laty 'ud her friends ar not sIt rprise that as opn i - toi In chief she helpd ta he ulie ual edItio "th(le best over"'. lesides \Iiss WOotrd who is elass poet, the other iemeris of the grad tlateg (hosr this year o tiro lauors.en are Look cotlarin Iston. .\nna Wa Inte l'rentiss and -:the \\einn. "a toni lhe hraktter" at (ey ('ouri. Thursday ev ein t company of local a yatur ae the ilay " Am oiig the be'reakers" to an apprrelat ive audi 0enee at the0 (;l'ay Cour't-Ow ings In st it uto. Alt hough lIIght shiower's kept many romi attending, a fairly large idin e w saps thartt. After he l ia ce encrai an le ke weas serthed. A d lightf tel featue of the ogcasid, to fhe atirens eoplas , was their hosmLilahe reept al itt thlie sLsaciton hoie of \'. anud Ars. R. I 2. Gray, whe re ti cy sat Iown to a boutilfu supa er sirved in "mot elegant style. O)A'T 'i Eli1) SWEP'T -HY FlIRE. Parched b t('e It'se theat. land llitek of Moistutire, Easy Prey to Flames. A lar'ge portion of an 18 acre field of volunteer oats and vetch located just outside the city limits to the south was swept by a flre Sunday and the vetch entirely cosumred by the blaze. The oat crop still stands, but the damage to it is as yet unknown, as It may or may not be parched. 3ir'. C. E. Kennedy, the owner of the land, had not visIted it yesterday, so lhe was utnable to say whethetr or not the cr'ol was an entire loss. Trhe origin of the first is unknown, Iut as (lie land lIes along the raIlroad it is thougi-t that the drty undergrowth was ignited by spar'ks from a pas~siny engine. TIook Sniddenly Ill. Miss Mamle Byrd, daughter of Mr'. and Mrs. Thos. P. Byrd, of Ora, be came sudidenly ill Monday morning and for a time it was thought that she had passed away. She revived after a time, however, and since then has bneen improving. Yesterday she was much bettor. RES OBSOLETE P '.4. r '''d ly IN Sol iil l i :?~ Prse 1 r tha+r~t 3 sa u 'lPovh a "l~fift fro Pres. C. R~" '( ii x H. Roe"r, fte aflee uat th:e Entverprse1; Nationastlt k .\ ll Roper' casua4 ll 't11' remarked tha t th *.'lli\ K:..S i.1 K lssfN Sl'cltN was dI tI'I N :ges Prospects n are that orey bot11 itles Banner onitl Since tie (ass un h severa y eragio. Odr r Thei Adveritser' repriesent div le ('auight a "lift" from Pres. C. m. Hoper, of the hItir0e. Glass Works as e was r tu rning from the factory In the rain yesterday. In the course of conversa tion as they were being driven to his' offic at the Enterprise National diank, Mr. Roper casually remarked that the glass factory wias doing the biggest business In its history and that the nrosects now are that more bottles will he s : ippined out duing May than in any month since oerati on were be gun several years ago. Orders are coning in from salesmen, lete hs and by o i e. teveral days ago a earload of soda lit ole were ordered ont by !on;; distance telephone foir Inafediate \1hl vei'y. Ili the Enterp'riise lanik i. i splay' ord the ims beoe foar st yes of botf now lWing manuifactutred. One stylIe, thr. oes: inow. \out yesterday rd se ot:gtlsre o n Islad ( wspeciall fordersicare conatly1l big c reied (;eori'ga. lit said that they have an1 order on the books for aiv ho Ciolad of bott les fromn th is concen. Anth lr al style Is being made foir an .\t Ia nta iineralI water concern. A\nti ode . is being tillled for a c arload of e hotties no'w. Vaio s st abdad size hot tles are' on display for wvhich 0idlers arte c'onstaut ly helnag received,; ordersfor C'oca ('ola and ('hero (c'ola' eirt are doiing excellent wol uinder ('oluitia, Neuwherr. andti i~aureni' loiond M~ake Sev rel ('hange't. i fcti1ve Sunday M\ay 28th, several chianges in the schtedu le of thle ('ol um bia, Newblerry and L~auirens railw~ay will lie imade. Train No. 50 (Sunday only) and Tirt'in No. 51, ( Sundlay only) will lie dliscontintued. The first Is the passenger that arrIves here at about it o'clock In the morning andl the see ond1 is the one that left Laur'ens at -1:30 in the afternoon. The train from Columbia that formerly arrivedl here at 2:25 P. M., will, tundei' the new schedule, arrive at 2:15 and the pas senger that now leaves here for ('o lumbia at 2:00 wIll leave at 2: 25. Siplpng Waulinut Trees, Representatives of ~urin itue mlianu - racturer's have been in t his vicintity' for some tIme buyIng walnut tliber for shipment to the north. Walnu t triees have become very scarce and it Is now necessary to make a hunt for them. They arc puirchased as they standl and then hauled by the purchasers. Not even the large roots are left, as the roots are as valuable as the trunk of the tree. A carlead of this timber has alreandy been shippedt from here. RISON TORTUR E "-.0 se'laid ed I L..; of 9 n s n T INY. \ N- 11 1E Inl11'V i1.(11 Dloesn't, Want Ills share of SMealimrs. .No More l'ork Baerrel. W\ashingflor . 1liy 211."--"1 do pnot want my share of the stealing in this bill; and while youth Carolina has Items in it amounting to $300,000 I shall vote against it and hope it will not become law.' Ini these words Senator B. Rt. T(ill man began his remarks on the senate floor when he arose today to say that he would oppose the passage of the vending rivers and harbors bill. "We need the money so much m'ore for m ar mortant things that it is criminal in mly mind to hesitate for one moment or to discuss this hill at all," Senator Tillman continued. The senior senator then said that. If the bill should pass $10,(500,000 would he wasted. '"I wLoutld he ashamed to .^;o home and tell mly people that 1 haive voted ;"31,,1]11 for Souith Carolina and left unlp1rep~ared andll unplrotected the mo1 met(lous (tiuestionl of a greater navy." hel said. C'ontinuilng his appeal for 1les riv'"1r andt harbor w\aste and more". mon.(y 'forl real p11reparednes s, Senator I TIi;il an sad that he wanted mtore I battlshiipls and (cruisers. Ile said het favo'(red a lump11 still for rive; and harbor.t -.vorl: and did not d}erire+ to e new\ surveys for waterways de~velopmlent always hI) ing p)oposed. I "I pray G;od," S'enat1or Tilman1 id finally, "'that if' th1is hill shm::l ;a;t the resden wil reo i.- T e Sate lion in 'ounry Hrned .\r I A Topowo ie bv cin of\' th ire is unknown. .lr.' Th mp loitt furntr wals sited he ho n iu. billand abot ix oomsh adin as goodii iondIt iontin thlos wa~illi 1 rathrhesey words Snighors renderedill him begah aisirtaniesinnhihemsenate flomenhemoetytorcishs. he wommencemO ten exersages of the "e aclete emony Rev m0. itO. Wtiona iTomyo evenlngt hwil he the te lass1(xercise$ and~tt) wFriday lven~ing th litrrdrs ih divered b ar.ha.ed tlofattofiDue Agaltil in pol thet JoI h .e~~ lii ev rly angI thaiitheeeptled thei) posiiici ofhiounpyealnsor agentrfor csecuI htie year tt hemo' ha tshibeen workin ini sitis Icsalneiy faver. al ingtton gtinn 'inge tatistis.t xisay tat i the( poplde. of Lauenews count pforminge hias dutveenduring alalies year and (hel' appeciates t'heair kind nishse vrv hi'hlv. v'k Tt'o: P.\SIE I) A '.1'Y S.\T'! i.\ V lirti'd Studay .\fternoon in he I' ers eneof a Latr_'e Numbher of Soirrow1 inc: F-riemds an d llelat ive-4 William Sanford ltagwell, for imore than ten) years and unti) very' rece(nt ly chief if pole of this city. died at his homet( on IGordon street Anturda; liflei'llooll at . ('(1lo(k feio ing ;i i c 1.. laps(' alln!tit a 11month ago supllerinduced'(4 by gen(eral 1er'.;(s, lor a(vetral months Is haltlh had been (.1n Ih' (e ('line, lie having passed itroiuh anl ilmost fI ital illn e.- : about a Y;car a o. The annIouncemlent of thle former1'1 pop ular lpoll'ee olliver-s detath was lereiI' "'" with great Sorrow b,. his forme!(:- . sociates and fieands. .\ r. Ih:. i! had been engaged a: a :1"a"e':. - in v'i'Ious calme iti s 1' r :h -.-1 : 1 : to Laurens'il inl 1 :'". durin w ieb ll r 4'i("( h:, hadl est;i :L. 11 d ant t-n record for 11bl11ity t., 11uty anl~ .i '' 1 ( lI foire, il t . 411 111 he a ws TFile deceased was ho:- t l i h,1! l'.-Uweton ejio of 1::: :1ey .\l he: .x i n - I1 = ' 1 \ 1 111'l 1 1. ~ 1 1 a (l ' 1 1'. ::'.u 0 1 1 :' . \ .: 1 ., ' . dlay 1i loral no i'on. hins 'en d '. II Il-v.1 . lIt.. .\la.i o ll, p s or t h Fi(' Ith lo re:. : \hor :s. a d 1M.. itb, 1 I, l toxw r , l'V. h , \' . ,! wo, w. in th'e' city al the h \I:. (:Aw4 ll , - in a.i her of 1. Porti.r laptist ch atrch. .\laniy oioral tributes w ere laid upion the irile. The following acted as ball hearers: .\I4'::rs C. .\l. Uabb, .1.1 ,. l'owers, W. P'. Childress, 10:. Rt. lIlakeley, U. II, Irvin and 1E. C. T1homlas. ,1. Ii. E LilDG (E 11E.111. Brother of J1. Porter Elledge, Died at his home InI Landrum Sat~turday. -.1. If.iEledge, a native of this coun ty and brother of .1. Porter Lleidge, of the I'kom section, died at his home in Landrum Saturday following several strokes of paralysis. The funeral ser vices were held in Landrum Sounday, being altende(1 from here by his btrot;. er. .r. El:ledge was in the -;.ith year of his age, lie spent many years in hiAS (otnty (teaching school and followed that profession tot' a lonl:.g time 11fte' leaving here. lie took a great d(1al (f ini'ter.;1 in clhu relh work and was for forty years a memlter of the :ap:ti t "hu1r''h. 1Desidesi his brother, h,' is surtit'ely his wile and live (hi!ldrn. In h ' d!th his cou,1nnunity loe a p1 ood 1i: 1 1:1 his church an a t: ' 1m(1 ('o1 ItV lil WON F-IST. .ind I r"ank .\rmstromr" Wiln econd In Competitiv(1e 1riM1. In the competitive d(rill in the .\lan ual of' Arms elid by th1e tuilitiry .omt (aniles tof the (iradedl sc'htoo la-i V-'i t<hi:, ( y it'td wxon Iirt u p! i.o e ande Thet lasi live' to Mtan up i w:r i'oy e lil otrt. Tlhesee Il ve'x wer Mi\ Pntis d rl i l h H1 1 w le t hl e et tiw o t 1 1 c ta i 'I. I . thieitr ('otmpanly withoutit error andI ithe ;tanyi (dril held sever'al days before te jttdgest tdeided in favotr of Comny .\, cotitnuaned by Caplt. Simmons. I. 1' 'liN Tit',Ti. Ocupatnts Trtownt Ot, butt None aire Serliusly Iii nj ue. Paty Procee'ds W. F. Gaston, wIfe and several chil dren wer'e unieemiionioutsly s(cat teed over thle groundl Sunday when01 t heir auitomiobille struick a Itreac(her'ous latce In the toad on this sIde of Foutainan inn1 and turined turtle. i'orituona tely3 all of the ocr'tnpants escaed 1( wIt hoot so iouts injury though M\rs. Gastoni was pal itully hurit. The piar'ty was on t he -tay to Grteeniville and~ after they ha-I rgted the car and Cranked up again, they prloceeded on their trip. It is uni nees*atry to mention the type of the car. It is considered almost remarkable that some of the occulpants werel not more seriously injured. The accident came entirely unawares while going Mi a moderate late of naned. IRI ~~f[in HLImo~ FROM M 001E News Letters From Many Sections. COR RESPONDENTS GIVE LOCAL NEWS Iin9P ninghs of Interest to Hany( Peoplo All O er the County anid to Tlioso Who hae -left the Family IH'arith S;tonel( and Co),e to Oiohr Stales, II( it(lY T. .:A R NE.:1S. l'irekory T- e n \',"""t lat; 24. -T'he -u-nit !ca i aiIrn:. t ( com te"( t::i10:. int this .' (ion. The far nlrs ate vte r 4I dierent ag-: c! on a~rount ( n.e, a. Ie'' c ntt : t a t-i-)d statt'i of c l1 cItt CO). N (rat of our a rt '" utdt at ' t 0d al of ing s!owlyI. n their way to :\rderson to the ;: iuiItioln e'xet(ises of' .\lr. Weatherts' neien. Mr. .lack Tu mlding atnd famuly, of Chanitdle r, visi ted .\ r. .1. A. Helcilamwt last Sitnd(ay. TPhe I iickory Tavern base hall teat pllayed against Waie Shoals last Sat urday. The game was hotly (01 ested, the score ruinning five andl six in favor of Ware Shoals. Ware Shoals came bacl on Sat t (lay and(1 a gool game was also played. tle score runnitg four and ten in favor of I liko'y Tav Chaodlrn to isi. and .r .(latde Hailay a boy. Torn to M'r. Tavtn .\bs. Pinkny Phd, agin. .r i. .ohn grownslee of Dials, visted, .\c' . S. aond and falnily Sunday. .\s. \lo l and his little rubt and sis te we the uests of their Hiotr, .\ r. aldre r . (br urom B ileyu - day. Qorito dlr. arnd attende <hurch at! \ahn S. da to har .\loa. Fatnt. Mr. a . t'o ng ; ian :h ill itt his teens. anh sidiverd ar thlendhit'sermon.Ie ('HO"S 1111.1. .\ IAM., (ra Ill .lMay 22. .\Wtet a :1n In nti sl, Mr. . t. (. lill dlied eaiy last Wedn1 tesdaHy moirintg 01' liver' andt kid I u2 i- h t t 111 i i in. hei t,-ad y la .1 ltecnii tn : is trt i eliIte work - m d .\ield 11.d \rI"; al S .u n - (i'n. lr. .11 n: i 111:1 as e at : 2th b(st mthn we vIIe k nw. K in t :' Or to ai. ndils a d t a it h 11t1 ettmiies, dieep-. 1110111;. 1111 1.( C. il ( 11121 1 tot' } I t L le prit at l h pinreiios of liter . lo l sln two aehteis, ad( tobint tis ya of his plafe. a lasad bene fit a and pie iso oters.itue were held at Liberty Spings Wednies day after'noon conducted by Rev. WV. D). Ratchfor'd assisted by llev. WV. P. Turner'. Mr. I',Iill was a conisistatnt and use2fiul nmemnberi of thte Pa ptist elihurchi for a numnbetr of years. Th le cottmei(nemlenlt e'xercis(s (if th1 Cross 1111 schlool \will tbe held( next Friday evei'Ong at. 8:30~ otlock. lHe sides5 thle usuta 1class priogr'am an adl drtess will lie delhivered to the grad uat. itng class by Prof. i'. I. Ketnnedy of' 1)ue West. Thte senior' classi 1 coil posedl of flye boys and live girils. Little Miss Estell W~ade etertainledf a number of 11er young friends on her sixth birthday MIonday atfternoon. Af. ter enjoying a vaiety of gaimes on the lawn, cool and delicious ice cream andt( (Continued on Page Four.)