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VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1916. NUMBER 3 COLITY CAIPAlGM[RS SPOKE AT LANGSTON Campaign Opened Monday Morning There ENTERTAINED BY THE COMMUNITY County Candidates Addressed Voters at Langston Church and Received Close Attention. 'Much Interest in Senatorlal and Legislative taces. The first meeting of the county can paign party was hold at Langston church Monday, the candidates being the guests of the community at dinner. The meeting was presided over by W. F". Wright, who welcomed the cam paigners. Clerk of Court. The candidates for Clerk of Court spoke first. Mr. C. F. Brooks lead off, promising a business alministration and full performance of duty. C. A. Power, the incumbent, asked for re election upon his record, saying that he had ;)rormeid iis duty as he saw it. lie said all papers are recorded il niedlately upon their receipt at his oflice. Sheriff. The candidates for sheriff all spoke along the satme line, promising faith ful discharge of the duties of the of lice. W. H1. Barksdale spoke first for this oflice, saying that it was the first tine he had offered himself for oilce and promised faithful discharge of Its duties. Geo. C. Ilopkins offered a few pleas antries at the expense of other candi dates, adding that ho was for Wood row Wilson for president, H. A. Coop er for governor and Geo. C. Hopkins for sheriff, D. W. M. Mason recited his record as a--peace officer, partieularly as ehief of police of Clinton. He said lie felt fully competent to fulfill the duties of the office. .1. T. Peden said that he had nar rowly missed being elected sheriff at a previous election when the flood de prived hin of many votes, lie voiced an ambition to be the sheriff of Lau rens county. S. C. Reid gave his record as a peace officer, as constable to Magistrate Cooper, Chief of Police of Clinton, Deputy Sheriff, etc. Ilie claimled he was efelient and comlpetent. .John Kellett said there was only one issue--litness to hold the oflice lie said lie had been constable under I ley ward, magistrate for a number of years and rural policeman. As an in dieation of how well he lperforied hiis duty, he stated that his towigship suo taned the rural police system in the election by i larger majority than any other township. .1. 1). W. Watts said that he had been appointed to fill out the unexpired term of the late Sheriff Owings and that lie had( perf!ormed lisa (duy3 to the hest of lis ability. Ilie saidl that all ar rests ate inadoe prompjtly and1( as soon1 as warrantsa arme tourned over to limi. Addhison iR. So ull ian re(ouniiteod hiIs record as eoiistable and rural polIce man for iian years'fl~ and asked the sup jport of thle votler's oni lis rec'oid as a peace otlicer andl on thieir knowledge of hiso ability. Treasuirer. It. Jud 14ingstonl sa1id that lie felt comphetent to till the ofile of tr'easureir and( asked for the votes of the assenm bled voters. L~. F. McSwain promisled to notify every taix-player of the amount of his taxes and When they will be due. Rosa D. Young, the incumlibent, said that thtis would be impracticable and would lead to endless confusion and expense. Auditor. J. Waddy Trhomplson, uinopplosted for Atudit'or, thlanked the voters for thoir suppiort in plast elections and assured them of lia desir'e to perform his duty faithfully. County Commaissloner. Trho four candidates for' County Comn missioner spoke along the same gen eral lines, promising faithful perform ance of the duties of the offee. J1. II. Hitt and J. T. Todd asked for re-eec lion on their record. W. B. Adair aind Jno. A. Thomiason are the other can didaten for those (tilies. -There are tWO o'ofea toh 110 hil Coroner. 'The carndttes toir C~oroner. F. 13. Deland, R, J. F'ranks, J. P'. IEliedge, 74 R. Trayihtun anid. W. HI. Whitlock J. WADEI ANDERISON'S HOME CONSUMED BY FLAMES One of the Oldest Dwellings on East :Min Street and All the Furniture Burned Last Wednesday Night. Mr. J. Wade Anderson's home on East Main street burned last Wednes day night, shortly after one o'clock. It is thought tl'at the fire was a result of an exposed. electric wire, for the blare was first discovered in the cell ing of the second story. Being awakened by the room filled with :moke, Mrr. Anderson immediate ly had Mr. Anderson to make an in vestigation. As soon as Mr. Anderson entered another room, he found the flames to be blazing over him. It bei ing linposisble for them to escape through the front doors, both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson made their way out of the burning building through the win dow. All that could be done to sup press the llamues was in vain. After considerable delay, the alarm reached the lire department and when the wagon arrived, nothing worth wthile could be done except prevent other surrounding houses from taking flames also. Practically all the furnishink were consumed, three rocking chairs that were on the front porch being all that was saved. ''he house was built, in 1887 and was an eight room building. The furniture was insured for the amount of $500 and the house for $3, 000. So far, it las not been reported what .lr. Anderson's exact loss is, promised faithful discharge of the du ties of the office if elected. Senate. The advent of Geo. A. lrowning, .Jr., of (doldville, into the senatorial race Saturday caused quite a little ripple in the political circles, so the interest in the senatorial candidates Monday was probably more noticeable thin in an.& other candidates. Mr. Browning lead off in this race. He spoke of be ing a young man aspiring to high hon ors and said that he saw no reason .why. he should not bo aqually consid ered with men of more advanced age. lie said he had profitted by his experi ence in the legislature and thought he colid nake a valuable representative of Laureis ciunty. He said that he would not criticise either of his op ponents, but that they had been in the Senate for a number of years and he saw no reason why any set of mteni should' be allowed to hold ollice always. MIr. Irowning advocated pensions for the (Con federt e sold ie'S, m11Or1e atten - tion to educational progress, rural credits, state Warehouse. system and other lmcasures simi lar to these. lie criltii.ed the appropriation of $50,0001 by the ILegislature for law enforce lent, saying that. it could be used as ia campaign fund by i designing gov ernor. Hle also Voiced opposition to the $2.001 appropriated by the legisla ture for legal services to be used by tihe gover n1o'. lie spoke inl resent itent of ia speech by Gov. .\annIlng from which .\r. Ilrotwning drew the infer en e i that Ilos' who voted agains t(ov. Manning we classed by Iii ml as law less. .\lr'. ilroin~ig said that lie was ini favo oii f ai newi' ii J i i for 1 litirens (ountty. lie said that he dlidi not knoiw who was risponsible for the county undii tooduiu thait the h)1 i ased the wherei lie thught 8ienattor (toinnlv cou ld ha' o lit Iit throu~tgh it he had wanted to do it. Seniator 0. P. (loodwln stated that it was aln itmmtiemia~l custom11 for a canl dildate in his home to give way to the ot ht'ericandidates andit that he was deC lighted to do the same tiling and wvel conme them to ,alngston. He (11d say. however, that he favoredl penslins for' the old veterans, gave a resume oif hin recordi in thle Senate in which lie told of thle bill he introduced relating to fertilizers which would save the farm era a great deal of mopey. Mr. Good win said that lhe was running Oil his record and wotuld bo ready to defend hlimself in the campaign. .John ii. \Vharton made an eloquent plea for' better educational advanltages, good roads, rural credits, etc. lie said that he was in favor of the state's vot tng bonlds to the amount of $72,000 for good roads to get the benefit of the federal appr~lopriation for the samne plurpiose. He advocated a new jail for tile counity, saing~l the present jail was nuot decent. "No matter how low" a mani allows himself to sink, 11e said, a decent place should be pirovlded for lint when he is imprisoned." ahseo Representatives. W, ". flyrd, who was on his "native i Contiinued on Pagre Four.) CONGRESSIONAL CMll Aspirants to Solicitorsh Nicholls Absent--.W. L A comparatively lrge number of the voters of Laurens county were called to order on Friday at 10:40 A. M. in the court house by My. O. G. Thompson, to hear the congressional and solicitorial candidates. With very appropriate words Judge Thompson appealed to the hearers for fairness and perfect attention to all the candi dates alike. Mr. Jno. D. Mills, Jr., re quested that he be permitted to read several letters which he had to correct a few mistakes he said were in circu lation in regard to Congressman Nich olls. Mr. Mills' request was over ruled, but w s told that he could read the letters at the conclusion of the last speech. A letter from Mr. Nicholls was read to explain his absence. Mr. Nicholls wrote that he was detained by ollicial duties. Mr. David Traxler was introduced. lie said that. he had colne to bring a message to the voters of the district and that if elected he would return again at the next regular campaign and give an account of himself. In elociuent speech he said, "United States owes every boy and every girl a college education. If $700,000,000 can be expended for preparedness (and I believe in it) why can't. this nation spend the neasley sum of $100, 000,000 for education. Why, the un necessary amount expended for bulle tins that are never read, would be suflicient to furnish the boys and girls of the nation with free school books." Mr. Traxler, in a spectacular way, held up before the crowd some play ing cards, a red light and a whiskey bottle, saying that those were the things against which he has battled all of his life. Mr. A. -I. Miller was Introduced next. He said that he had ,no criticism to make of his opponents-nothing to say behind their backs. lie said that what had just been said was merely! -( fusS between "Sam" and "Dave" Hei told of his success as a farmer and that he was anxious to see the drift froni the farm to the city cease; that there ought to be an equnality of opiloi' tunity whereby the farmer can hold his own against the coimlercial world. One of his issues is to prepare the farnier to 'fur'nish tle world as well as to Prepare to tight the world, lie said that we must take the chill from the cotton mill and put him in school if we wouhi lift ouitli I 'aroliu I ron the low tide of illit racy. .lust then Mir, W. I.. (:ra re(iiested the speaker' to express himiiself on the miatter of wouan suffrage. .M'. Miller was finick to aiswe' tlit le favors woman suff rage first. last and always. Then Mr. Traxler ''.as c'lled back to express him~elf on the Mlter al'o. Mr. 'l'rax Ier saild that hie was with Woodro0(i(w Wl son. likew all t rue dlemio( rats shiould( he; i tha hi bli eved womia n su ffraige wvas a state issue inistead of a nat ionial 3U r. S. , ('. ood, ofi York, to Mantaige llry (Goods llepar'iuent of (da~rdly & Wilsoni. Mr'. S. C. Wood, of Yor'k, arrived ini the city last wveek to take upl his dltules with Clardy & Wilson. Mr. Wood is to have chiar'ge of the new driy goods depar'tmnent of this firm wvhen it is oip ened in thie store now occupiedl by Mr. Terry, Mr. Wood has already met a nutmb~er of people since arriiving In thie city and has made a very pleasant im pr'ession uplon thenm. The following clipping about himn was (liken from The Yorkvllle IEnsuir'er last. week: "S. C, Wood left this morning t'or Lauirons wvhere lie has a position with the firm of Ciardy & Wilson of that city. Mr. WVood has been a resident of Yorkville for (lie past t('n or eleven years, coming hiei'e when the Thuni son Co., was organized and i'emaininig with that stor'e until it. went. out of business several nmonthis ago, Sine' coming to Yorkville, Mr. Wood has made many fr'iends here where hei has closely allied him'self with -the business, social and religious interests of the town and his many friends and acquaintances regret to lea'rn of his departure. Heo will have chiarw' of the dry goods (iepa:'tment of tI o Laurens store to whkeh ho goes; and will enteor upon his duties t.ommew ' 'AIGMN CLOSD FRIDAY ip Stated Their Claims. . Gray asked Question. issue. ''hen the caedidates for the solici torship were introduced and Mr. If. S. Blackwell was first called. He said that in accordance with custom, he would give his time to his opponents, that the people of Laurons know him well enough, quoting the poet's words "What you are speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." Mr. Geo. T. \lagill was then intro duced and ie assur'ed ir. IBlackwell that when he came to Greenwood the same courtesy would he shown him. lie stated that lie had been In the legal li of'ssion for nineter ni years and that, since a solicitor hadn't the time of a defending atIoriey to prepare nis speech, it is <quite necessar'y to have an experi:..nced lawyer for the position Hie also stated that lie solicitor is a qri si judicial otlicer and thrat if elect ed he would prosecute the guilty to the extent of thw law anrid not hesitate to nol pros any and all unnceessary ca ses. Mtr. T. Frank MeCord, speaking next, gave a history of himself, saying that lie was proud of his record and of his opporlltiitios. lie said that the ollice of solicitor required a man of abilt. instead of one of wide experience. Crime, he said, belongs to ignorance and that the illiterate one should be uplifted; education is the cre for crime. .\lr. It. V. Chairman was the last speaker. After praising Mir. Black well for giving his time to his oppo nents, ie gave a life sketch of himself. He stated that two years ago he ran for the legislature and was elected, that he Is retained at Newberry on one of the most noted imurder cases, that his opponents have good records and that Ie seeks office not by their demerits but by his own merits. In closing, he refuted an argument of one of his opponents, saying that so licitors always had ten days to pre pare their cases and that skill and ability would he more valuable than sheer ex perience. Aft:' the regurlar vaipaigirniceet ing, .\r. .ohn 1). \lills. in behalf of Congressinan Nicholls, read several letters fromr \Washingtonr otlicial in tCnded to refiute charges that he had been negligent of his duties in W\"ash ingioni and that he comld have attend ed the c'amrpaigi ui-etin _gs if he .h:du so desired. Iliet al read a letter from .\lr-. .1. It. lae, of Spartanbil urg. in whichi .\Ir. lace branided as a lie the s tateme1(nt that he had said a I h tra l h(b(n made between Congrssmnan Nicholls and The Spartanburg Ilerali wlhereby .\l'. Nicholls was to torsakc this beilase standard. As the reting "as disni:ed .\l;. ''honpson stated Ihat this wol hi con ('lude' tire ('amplaignr ini ianrns (onnr ty andi that the( ('ountyi (amiipaigna wiiil openr .\londay mrorning an Iliangston, dd;eItlhli eqjrjw.t Oiv Wiltenrer's liarbher Shropi to Mme1. To0 makie wvay fior tie workmein whIo alre rimodlir ila. .\la riin buin.lhrg re ''(nt ly buo nh byu .\'r. I.. i. iiiurnrs. Whlitenr irs ialer ~ hop. w ich hras bree'n lh'nte'd in thlat buniliniig for mrany year& is, will be moie toiilIi tire ('orner' store belonw Ih ld p i~ ostI otlie recentlyi I uisedl as a rmeat mrar'kei. Will W~hitenrer said yesterday hei wouldi be well fixed uip andl wourld be gladi to see his old lpatrons there. Fords (ointe Farst. .\r. Will Waldr'op, mianager of thre Cr'aig Auto (Comnpany, states that thre bursinres dose bry his concern has been very' gr'atifyinrg. Since last November they have sold 71 Ford cars ind now are almost urnalie to f111 thre dlemand for present ordlersn. Tlhiey are expre't ing two ear'loads in 'Iris week and al readly hanve oir handl order'is for eight of these. National Del'eiraites. Th'Ie followinu are tire 'helegates toi thre National Conv'enrtion of Iletter ('ar riers. which meets in Chicago Aurguiut '8:11. J. E. Johnson, Gri' ('onr't; IR. T). Robinson, Edgemnoo: it. i. lluay t'.elIl. ii. "G. l.'uler, of thr's c')Uty, w1e elected a delegate burt he w Ul be .n able to gro on1 acenunt of sicenn. CLOVER C.LUB CIROWS. Over 11,000 Pounds now Spoken For. Order for Seced has been Placed. Over 11,000 pounds of seed have been spoken for in the Clover club. Farm Demonstrator Moore placed an order for 1 5,000 pounds last week and tl'inks that it will he neeessary to or der more. Over 5,000 pounds have been spoken for inl Clinton alone, ac cording to Mr. Stone. the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. The following are additional names in eluded in the Clover (lub, excluding those from Clinton: 'rotat last week .. . . . . ,400 W\. 1i. Hlarlon .......... .... oo M. A. li(dle .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 V. P. Sullivan .. .. .... .. .. .10 lI. L2. Islakely . .. . .. . .. 150 L. (. Ialle .. .. .. .,........ ;0 W. Al. Nash .............. 120 W . M. lyers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20) S. Is. Owens .. ..............10 Geo. C. I lopkins .. .. .. .. .. 10 I,. It. I tend erson .. .. .. .. .. 1(00 I). .l. Ilolider .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A . C . iloit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 80 .1. W. lleels .. .. ...... .... 0 It. .\ . O w ings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 0 l. It. 'lariy ....................20 .1. I'. Ilopkins .. .. .. .. .... 0 S ot (eorge-.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Iewis .\n(lerson .. .. .. .. .. .. 15(1 i. .1. ITangston .. .. .. .. .. .. 211 I). I'. ltoozer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150 T. J1. C'olemlan .. .. .. .(.). , W. II. .lahatfey ...............25 A . 11. I 1 .1.(1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 Total ................11,705 At Warrior Creek Church. The ladies of th e Y. W. A. (.t War rior ('reek Church will give ;n ice renm supper at the home of Mr. Sam .1. }turns, I'riday night August the eleventh. beginning at six ('<-lock. A cordial invitation is extended to BiUns Haiytes Four. .\lr. .1. i. 'T'ollisotn has recent y pur chased a e l' t aynes "1' tonl iig car and is now enjoying the many pieas ures it affords. lie dec(ied not to trade in his Cadillac rounaoaut. so he now has a touring car when that is needed and a runabout for 3 s formal occasions. I'attersotn 'amilt IReIunion. The anual reliiotn of I it littrson fatmily will be held 'I'lTursdy . August ' Ith. at the ' Itohin 'l'atte r: 11 r rings. All the des'cetndanlts, inl-h;\\ ;.lid con net'lioni are'( ex\pected to <(Il C w.ith. wel-Itilled1 baslkets. We' ,i;lc(rst.aud t.hlat ()iur comlllliitte of a:neel have a very iiterustliug I r 3ga.n: ioi 3 thif' o('lasjin atnd ill i .\p ( ver leIa sait. t imte. We w\ ih ::.. t at I3 4c,'c~loe 01romp itly. .1. I'e .,tng tIon, .!rS. \\. 11. 1'at te1r(on, L:;l mtand. 111(d Soldiers' ltetnion. The annuital reunion of :,('. 1', t I 4 ( re iit it, S. C. \'., wilt t' 1,ld at Langston cu11(1(1 on Saturda , Al. (us 1 th h pubtik is invit' tt u t at 33'd CoIwith w -il h-d .. t b i It .h1V the~t tdinner. ont~tson 3 ('i t Ineeg the toftenon t hereI wlt3 l (I oa iin whih axingo, ySeibet <" 8p.t To prticipoat' wAse~elal otado the Woexotendnedm] urn theni o e pesn t few ~ys.Thos "'h wis to scudt. het'na de wiadh thegairt e.ta fropervit s1.1. sltlumerdt andi . (n layrCommission(Ierl.t ha' foitt havt beenay deletes t he wiouther mAla13tian folod. Road5 s tionven 3 tin wIch et Woodroti a kow1 Wiloni.Fund. ( Three..d....ar..w....add.dto the Mioldr ilsoen n of~t duitheu past fw. da. Thosue wio wis to rend in lato TheiAdvyrterry 1'for ~aultuday amouti~ halle ted' to( tha dit.Th M.'.r oo s .. . .). t. C l t, . . . . . n. o . 1.0 Ttd at ..or.. .. .. .. .. ..sto .$13.50 hosita yestdyay. U toui ia DOLLAR DAY BARGAINS Off[R[D IN [AR[S Merchants Co-Operate to Offer Special Bargains DOLLAR BARGAINS IN EVERY STORE Great ( o-Operative Enterprise on tlo Part of Lauros Mexrlants Decided on at a Meet.ing Wle dnicesdny 1orning. tFriday, August 18th 8electe'd. At an informal meeting of mer chants held last Wednesday morning It was definitely decided to have a "J)oilar Day" bargain sale in latu rens when the people of all the sur rolunding cotunty and adjoining coun ties will he attracted here by the bar gains which they expect to offer. Ac colding to the plan outlined at tho lut ing0, every mlerehant going into the elterp'ise is expected to lay out a nitttnber of articles or groups of ar ti les worth ordina-rily more than a dollar and these will be offered at the dollar price. As nearly every merchant in town is going into tsh' agreement and atld the special offers will he so nltmcrots, it is thought that thousands of visitors will he attracted to the city on act ount of them. IVriday, August 18, has been decided on as thew Dol lar DIny. The mayor and counlil have been ret(uested to give general surveilanco of traile for the (lay and to provido ice water for the visitors. 'I'The iler chants are making plans for a great day of it and no doubt the people will be here by the lndreds and thous ands. The fol!owing merchants have al ready signified their willingners to go into the enterprise and to cffnr spe cial dollar day bargains on t: it day: 8Swit:.or ('empany. 8'. 11. & 11. i. W lkes & Co. Minter Co. .1. C. Burns & Co. Powe )rug Co. It. 'erry. ('lardy & Wilson. laurens Drug Co. I'-everttete urnIitur e Co. "-ashI (it o'r'ry Co. 1. C. Shell &. Co. Dhavis-Roper Co. W. G. Wilson &. Co. .:enlr~l-'TIalfor t iaadware (' !.:anicul I lardware Co. I. . l'hilpot. "'I i~nrPt. UI . Ia Iy td , Iii. Fli Rin I ros. I '.p.i ruandt t Store. . lil a ior t o , last r((' tO PI'tiy a st et . .I .' t t 'piand ty-ss O~lcn~ n 1 il ,tinfa tie Parodsins.~ai Th -la'1 itg o ohlh (:,.- lieps, ll'cl weekl'O t'l rvn sr-l 50 th Aiy y oriing Achlden to o l0ylo firture hwson of i reinoo tntraeg fa ti~n nlaq farer eare ti city, had davelopd cal yterW.ayt Mill 11i0la. W, hit Ihnhus o swim, i id > tofie ipro~b ting the cap wi:v. beeni. Itepo lodrit fandtel totdonea i llown, teye lonof. 'Tomnt Brwn, ai pr~ioneat farmer, bittta cy ha a ~los aletra.atr nn.Wil n swbimminghe oun to ir it 11? byt triokng t cap wtital al nailt4. ~-ItCxlodd aen the bal en-. lyered eal list eye.om Dr.Vinen walson led at yone, but ' -- abe o hWalto x to an htwen I tauddnl 'tVIat heImeS in cOrty Cor yesIray hile in pursuit of 'rlm ly:d dth himl aom 'in rehoisve. . edfr ,