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VOLUMI XXX I. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916. - - NUMBBR 1 IRS- -, -Irnl ____ u u on.. ANNUAL COU DUE FRIDA Preparatons Fast Being Completed MUCH INTEREST BEING DISPLAYED The Sixth Annuvl Count.y Fair is Ex pocted to be Fully up to Previous Fairs nti in many ltespects to Sur Pass Them. Exhibits Invited. The Sixth Annual Laurens County Fair will be held just ten days off, Fri day, Ootober 20th. A typographical 'error in tleo:E columtints last week made it appear as if the fair would be a week later, but the 20th is the appointed day. All indications point to a very sue Cessful day. Enquiries are coming in rapidly for information on exhibits and many people have already signi Survivors Hold Meeting. Under a call made by some surviving soldiers, a month ago, a meeting was held at the court house on Saturday, the 7th inst. Owing to some misun derstanding or want of sufileient no tice, there was a small attendance, but it was an interesting and pleasant meeting. O. G. Thompson presided. A brief, but instructive and appropriate address was made by Hon, F. P. Me Gowan in which he portrayed in elo quent terms the causes, conduct and consequences of the great struggle of the days of eerssion and slavery, followed by C. A. Power, whose re marks diselosedt not only mutih feelin g and loyally ! the soldiers, but a fa miliarity with the eauise and with thre events 0of t t trggle of the six. ties, with wih h(1 ais fat her andlh kindreid lad sonfet hing 10 do, not often foundt~ aimonegt. i.e y'orungera generatlion. 'Then we had somte good old-ti :in taIl-s. a Seft of exp'ericiee meet ing ini wih Unct ~le .J00 Todd lead( very ratuich Under' arrangemecnts made uinder th leaedershi p of Clerk Powera. we were marched it the dininer hour, in groups to the sevecral btoardintg hotises where we were fed with things that remtlhiedi us of what we didn't have in canmp. As a matte r of business ther ' wast a unranimous resolution once more call liag upon the Igneal assembly to in er'ease thte pensiona aprpropriat ion so as to give every suarvlvor and1 every wlidow of a sotldIier, a pe'inin. Thle lttes ': 'sou thOt tant hop to' :a ipr'oah thle mnethods or' ('sltnt to wh/tleh congress hias gone ini peansiortj ag tito Union soldiers. More than fotur hit-I lion dlollatr ($- ,(000,000,000) have been eXpendled ini penionts for the Unaion soldler', t he widlow and1( the child, Otne thiottsandh illion of which- han heen paid( by thle 8otItht bt muth gwi I ('ould( have hteeni done( rot our niol dfrs and widows and Southi Carolin4 ha~s brought utp thte treat in this cause so far'. Af r. C'ha rles F. Ilrooki uit$r'-d~e(' the V. of P. mteetintg tan Cowpent-, which w~as ha' rossion thtre th'e whi ii le of Ilast week, i~n rt'urned to thau ei tyiFri day #' xd e"porte4 a splendid mrretitg.[ SACn NTY FAIR t Y, OCT. 20TH fled their intention of attending and bringing "something to show." It is hard to tell this early which department. is going to be the most popular, but an unusual amount of in lerest is being shown this year in the hog department. Reports indicate that t the exhibits in this departnient are j going to be more plentiful and of a higher quality than ever before. r The ladies are expecting to have 1i their booth a center of attraction. Al- a ready a large number of exhibits are I in sight for this department and many more are expected. As stated before, Farm 'Demonstra tor Moore will be on the grounds dur ing the fair and will be glad to give t any iuformation ho is able to give on P farming toplics. 'The merchants of Laurens will be I wide awake to the opportunities for s trade on fair day and will have extra help to take care of the trade. OPEtETTA NEXT TUESDAY. 3 Children to Appear on the Stage for v 'Beneilt of Mill Schools. 1 The operetta "Snow Whilte" or "The c Seven Dwarfs', which has been re- c hearsod for the past several weeks, t will be given next Tuesday evening in I the opera house, beginning at S ociosk. r Admission fees will be 25c and 35c and 'I the proceeds will be divided between c the Watts uIis and Laurens Mills i schools. 'rhe following is the cast p of characters: I Snow White .\ ary lac~kwell !s ilinee Patty Wilkes V Queen Flora llennet I LCarl (the hunt.;man) Gladys itoper f Dw~arfs---ried itoper, l imard1 ta bb,v .1 lhn illellardson01, . lrin Tia gile, I lobbie' .\loore, Frank Itoiier, Al 1ller McCuen. l'a I ries -- -.\a ry Co pela) nd , Ala rt ha iloyd(, Katheine~i Jilekcs, I renic \\ilkes, I Ifaura lHudigens, Elloise ~.:tir, i.ega';r' I liackwevll, Si aah I .1za Swyn rb \'er- V melec Caine, .\iarigene. Gray, iKatheinem V %1nim , .\lary .\lagior, I ,mmura Van mce It .lones', iiabethl C'ooper, Amiaryllis : Smith, i'ranmces Chmidress, Iiula \\alk-- 11 ir, Ada Ca Iherine Owings, Tioccoa ' (la ry, .Iani lime me1s0 Dav~is, II lirritte r T'odd, JInez' Motesm, Idca Alay Ilutr Rarahm Itiehiey, Louise5 Smnith, liarriette k4 Ilishop, Gertrude(1 Temtipleman, Masie il Ii ichardson, Sara h Chilidress, Luidellia d1 Go(ldeni, Nita Al ii 1er, VIrrginia (lard,, Fan ne DcIial, lii Ia Taylor, D~orothby D~ial, (Carolitne limgens, bila Suie Man.- h ', Marga ref Rlichairdison. dI Wood Nymfphs- .\lary lfoper, liar- 'C itte liotter, Ignmi I.oti \\'amhiinton, V o I 1 lanlln~a lir';ma ilbblie, lteh~e''ra Adia tms, Mtargareto Cole ma~n, G race Taiy- t or, Ne i ,Iones, N"ancy Meng, lluithi il- Y d ie, Anmna Suliivan , Berniice .\l "ng, 'aitiheivn I ol I, Mlario.n I toil. .1 osophiln d Knight. h I W~m. P'. Wham ead. William P. Wham, a wecll knmown Litizecn of the IFden sectilon, died Sun- p rny night after a proloni,'a 'nness. Iif t' remains weret! ulterred wi' 2hareinie bl rites at,thp IHeid churI~l) Aeondc as lernoon, a rnrge i biber cf pr of, ibe- ,1 Ing in att! 'xnnce. Mr, W :,m wv~s a s Confedera e veterman, uavAni, toughitj v bravely th ro ughlout theo way, i1lEENWO1l ('OUN'T'Y SCENE 01" ''itll'LE i LLING SATI'itDAV 'htirlie IdLutuIre Elies Two, Wounds A nother and Then ('omn its iuiltide. Wh'1isia'.s at. lIottomn of '1'rng~edy. Srer n (ood, Oct. S.--- 'sing three bu l its fron a .32 calibre pistol Chari iley auquire, a chain gang guard last night illed three men, including himself, nd with two shots probably fatally woindcd a fourth. This quadruple ragedy occurred at the county farim, bout four miles east of town. The dead are Milton Townsend, Manager of the county farm, and alms ouse; Pomp Davis, his father-in-law nd Charley Luquire, the guard who illed these t wo and then killed him elf. 'ot McCombs, captain of t1h oi'nty ganl gs and a brother of Sulpe r isor J. 13. McCombs, was shot t wice brough the right lung and though till alive this evening, his conditior s regarded as highly precarious and is chances of recovery are verY light. 'Charley iuquire, the guard w an amliuek, came tc town yesterday a attend the circus. le was told by Ic('om bs to be back at the farin at o'clock Luquire began drinking hen he reached town and was in an gly mood all the afternoon. le start. d a row in i pool room and once r twice pulled out his pistol and breatened to "shoot. upi" somebody. le did not. leave town until late, caching the farm a little after seven. 'om. McCombs was silting in a buggy Ut in front of the residence occulpled y AManager Townsend. lie was ex eceling to come il town himself and as wailing for ltuiuire to return. le ays he re ma rked to Isugijire that he 'as late and wa's about- to beep the thers from poing to the nic1ht per rnl:ar- oet. the show. Without a ordI in reply but wh l n ! omb,(l IAu ilr '' ilied his pilstoit ::: i rtd twe t \eC('uomb, bo0th shot'i' of 'it in thte light lung. As .Al e(ombs) crlumip!.'l upon itggy sea I obl :\r. I 3:'. lih Tlown~lsend, Il :iu Illed .\lr. TIomn."'\\l Wit a n\ordl, iiu ilre firedl at him0, one li<t p: in al:: ushied out of thle hiouse ;:n av a l own the front i'athi, (:1iling outll to no0w whlat was the mt1iIter. I .ulie red ait hun- :1( yard'(s away, in the tusk as it was'. Hie too till. withi a LuJirie Ilhe I walktd itti tihe 0115e whter('.\ir . Town~lsendtU 1 anihil ten)V. w e , wenlit illto the roomi lie e uleld; lemlalied abottt a mrinutle and1 'alked back3l down) the front [athi.MAe omb~s: Iw him~ return 'ing~ ana I i:-: id have saidi to him, "Well'i. ChIari'y:, Oul have kt id thr( ( of us5," ;.ns v. - ig that wvas what he startted mnl to 0' Luqirell placed' th Il'i:doLt : . ls own t(emp tle andi~ fi'rd. andt wih ml fifth bu ~llet ended hIs own If. To(wnisenid. Davik' and1 .\t(:mb '('Ie rulshed to t he Gr''~~eenood hio ital. D~avjs and TIownsend lived 1only3 vo hlour.I AleC'ombs is stIllIng l iving, ut his chianics are veriy slight. Mclubs is a brlother of SupeIrvisor' imn Met'omb:4. !F hain a yife and two ifo and thres~li cI:0,t hildreni. Ills Wier~in-law. Daivic hiad hann living I hoes to Hospital. Mlr. J. A. P1. Mloore, who has been very ill at his homne on Souith Ilarpe 'r street, will leave Wednesday for thet hospital in Cleveand, Ohio. \1r. Mocore has been suffering for some time from at Goltire onl his throat and is going there to be thoroughy examined by a specilist andi decide whether or not an operation would he to his best in terest. Dr. C. P1. Vincent and .\1r. .l. S. Huachen will accompany Mlr. .\oore there. They leave here on thle 2:2. train to Spartanbutrg and expect to reach Cleveland about nine o'clool: Thursday night. Has Rtunaway. M"onday, while M.\rs. .. O. C. leming and her daughter Mrs. Frank ".acne, were driving a horse down Cemetery hill, the harness broke, causing thl( bit gy to run aplon the horse .and fl hiened blin so.that he began to run .T' two ladiqa were thrown from the buggy and received many painful )bruises, bmt no .erious Injuries were uffered, lie-Organize Sunday Sehool. Sunday morning, the citizens of the Nedverdam community held a meeting in the church and decided to re-organ ize their Sunday school whieh had been lacking In interest for some time. They decided to make the hour of meeting 10:30 every Sunday morning. They wish to have every person in the com munity comle, from the youngest to the oldest, so as to build upl an linteresting and floturishing Sunday school In that church. Sunday School Itahy liny'. Sunday morning the Sunday sc.hool of the First Presbyterian churcb held Rlally Day exercises which was par 10 the Itllomn l 11t m nt. n . \~n" ver at-1 '1 7 irbfo0th 01ros (ies ht isia b.un lle. J. . .\l. Dallaseo Waro hahee wilteak fit theae \\'.n.eA.a forahani Creek~ta i Churcandayhi aftroo h2,a b2e su.lri. for soie ime oi wit im for i that few yeas. goi niCaif'st dad. latie, whoidthent ashopti, leaves a wfoand two; hin drien. All re.P natie tha.is r nt, l auien wi raedpayallio. T~owni tere. and eavae fereo the 2oe bryi eton ofartheur aondy andec .\ Combrsas night. a ow o.I0 Hhisilife.y ItE (1is blugved thort LuIarethad a lrulgte ahains. .\loeo, feringh thaty he voa abnou th oe horsjb.e I I'w< tworIa dt were thon fro te ien bugg'y atv n ehailf mfanoyhea eIn didalses but noprviosor is .\e ffernib . rtea das.lc m . eleunday Lmoring thouh e miieigt loevhris job.lit wast reared as dan-iu Inroue whet druk and haveinr-ogabn coe therazuday hoowhichy ( yesery de sImplyt waenwidadn the horaf .et wius tof he evey placF0' n the ,conis tood~etsta torageldyu ns hitst for an~ flursuit onmn ay bshol acnr th nintI i I, I OW- ei tc ' i - SiX SHIPS Two hundred and Sixtecn Passengers Landed. COM V .~iN NQ T EXPECTED ubiniarines Were in liane of St4 a.mi. shills and l'iuycd hlavoc nith A mIer bean Shipping-Got S3hipts Going Into New York ais Well as Those Couing Out-Many Amerians Were Aboard Vessels-Amnerlcan Shippers aire anile St.rleken and Fear A dditional Loasses. 1loston, Oct. S.-The submarine arm of the imperial German navy ravaged shipping off the eastern coast of thed l'nited Stat.es today. I ousr III-tish, Onte Dutch and one Norwegian steamers were :ent to (he bottom or left crippled derellets off Naitucket shoals. ''onight, under the light of the Illunter's moon, the destroyer flotilla of the United States Atlantic fleet was picking up passengers and crews of the destroyed vessel and bringing , them into Newport, R. I. So far as known there was no loss of life though at a late hour the crew of the British steamer Kingston had not. been accounted for. A submarine held up the American steamer Kan san bound from New York for Genoa with steel for the Italian government. but later, on establishing her iden tity, allowed her to proceed. The 1' ansan came info Bfostton harhor lae tonigl:t for her usual cat: ', .. The hostile sublnarine is holeVsed to be thie 1',2 v:hilth pahl a call Iio N.eo pori y'sterJh'y and disalpeared a dec(lared thait at least Iwo sublnuaines: aret operiating elot~.e (o the \meie:n shore, thbough outsIde thle Ithree mis limb. 'The record( of s umarline w arfa! sbrotught to(( land~ by wirele di. ia tches, llows:~~ ('ew taken abosarid >:iant ucktl Shouals~ l light shIp andI later removedts to New' jort by lorpedo boat d est roy ers. Thle 81 hilihdee let New Yor, k yes eidaiy for Iordeaux.' oin was attacked at Ii Th \Ve s((s st oinYUii1t, trish i fr ihc , ('rsw aban:~dnedsI ih' ;s hii :no boats a fter a warnuling shuot foam' th were 1 aken ab';. d a te,troyer. .''3.. .5! : as aittak{ed at 10:.15 a.m She wsas bouind from IAmdon for New Nort. News. liner, plying reguirly 1:et wi ein Ne e Yo* Iii fa' andI St. .lohns, N. I'. torpedocdtu southeast of N; itlo het v.hbile biountd for New port, repiortd still alleail late tighi. P'ase-.er plekedl up by thie destroyet I a and b ro ''; (to New port. Th at tio '< Viw malde at '4 ?0 p, mn. The< Kingsrm Btritishi fre : Mer, dioedr and s'u:'- ,utheOast ti Nan ul~ (f.'mreW i dl dlestroye' 0 0 000 W7 If OFF NAN!TUCKET oartc hing for themn. TPhis vessel is not. accounted for in tritimi ie regis lets, and may he thi lingstotnian. I'he attack occirred at G p. i. Tloonersdijk, Dutch freighter lor pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket, rew takeni abhoard a dest royer. Tihe ;teamer was bound from New York for Rottetdami having sailed last night. The chr. Knudsenr, Norwegian rreight.er, torpedoed and sunk near where the Bloomersdijk went (down. Crew picked up by (lestroyer. Tho vessel sailed from New York S,! urday for London. The sensation cretied yesterday when the i-63 qtuietly sltitd into Newpt-vt harbor and as quietly s1lipped away three hours later, was les' than the thoek in rhipping circles when wireless reports of submarine attacks began to come into the naval radio stations just before n1otn today. With in a few minutes the air was literally charged with electricity as wireless message of warning were broadcast edl along the coast. Inl Prolitic Spot. 'ite submarine, or suhinarine.;, had laken a position directly in the steam or lanes where they col Id hardly mists rtnything bound in for New York or bou1nd eart. from that p ort. Yeisels of the entente allied lintions and neutIra) boitfoms c'arrying cantra i)ndJi of wAr seur1r'ied to get within the Itree mile limit of the Ame;rican shore. 'vcral ht erI 'ee fol1owing Ithe ('t: ide corls' hitifted and made for the illide lan. The Iti phaO of ith' Itted ' i-(ross line, iow %'e. wi'as eauglht outside the let-al zone. The 1t i !)s ' prize of'. the d a''. 'ite craft h 8 bee,.s l oa the 14' ' a'u;-ia Tie pg lit~ .g le n g br'ugt int. o N1 .'ot3e1.o e . IN- t ol :, w hkg tvd. 'r en i i a '.' tt. "All f.W~ illr pfit in th(e'ieltfint stafce arelti bein II e t11al1.tl \b sitgfion." l.ii' fiommandertt --eljief p44f~r th ~i il'r i..h Ata iti iindo a la f . S.'li 11. w ha i repl to sii re 0e3 f Washngto nliti fc. l4 .- Th L1 -.: y otf8tilotna4) ltiaiarr a o -t ll atit l'mvar.; the a I: .'' 41 millathneo iterOt,- i f:iv brii anv ' lant'.. t 4 ''~