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* Local and Personal Mention. * * - * * * * * *. * * * * * * * * * * * * Hon.. d '. Gray, of Woodruff, was a business visitor in the city 'Monday. Mr. W. 0. IWilson is spending this week in New York buying spring goods. Mr. Johnny Inman is among those who are Cquite sick of influenza and Pieulmonia. -Airs. J. .1. F'inney, wife of the pro prictor of -the Finney :lotel, is very sick of influenza. - .Ar. T. C. Switzer 'has returned from the northern markets where he has been buying spring goods. .ilr. T. -. McAlister left the' first of the week for New York to buy spring goods for the Davis-loper Company. ,Nr. and Mrs. W. W. Yeargin and iittle daughter, of 'Gray Court, were visiting -in the city yesterday. .Nir. Holand M.loseley, of New York, is spending soie time in the city with his parents, .l!,. and 1r. C. I). Alose ley. Mirs. 1. 0. C. Pleming and Miss Caroline Fleming have returned home after spending several Weeks 1 Florida. ihe condition of Mr. m. J. Owings, who has been very ill for the past several days, is reported to be consid erbly I'ltter. Friend:; here of Mr. F. K. S-pratt will be %rey norry to learn that. he is Very sick of ::cunonia at his home in Greenville. .ir. .1. .. Browning of Goldville, and Mr. Rccder Workman, of Clinton, were Lusi:c.-s visitors in the city Fri day. .liss Loulie Elichelberger has re turned home after assisting at the Connie Maxwell orphinage in Green wood for several weeks. Cadet 'Paul :Lake, -of The Citadel, has been spending a few days in the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Lake. , Pinkney Simmons, who has been %sick of Influenza at Davidson College, has recovered sufliclently to come home) for ultimate recovery. .\irs. J. Tr. Crews \vent up to Grelen ville Monday on account of the sick ness of her son-in-law, Mr. Boy -Wal lace. Mir. H. Terry returned from the northern markets yesterday after buy ing tspring .goods. '.%r. Terry said -that the snow in New York was the worst that lie had ever seen it. Mrs. T.-D. 'Darlington and daugh bters, Alisses Lucy Vance and Claudia, returned home yesterday after spend ing several days in Charleston with Col. 'Darlington. ir. John Putnam, proprietor of the Putnam 'Drug Store,. has been very sick of influenza and pneumonia at his' home oil Irby Avenue (luring the past few days. While his condition Is not critical, still he is a very sick man. "Uncle Jack" Glenn, of Clinton, passed through the city'Friday on his way to (Iray C,"ourt to see his son who has been quite sick of influenza. .le returned home .Ionday as the pautient showed signs of improvement. M\r. S. C. Wood returned Sunday from Newv Yor'k where he had been buying spring goods for thie \Vells Clardy Company. While away M\r. Woods had a slight attaei/of Grippe andl hiad to remaini indoors for sev cral (lays. Thle friends of :Rev. S. II. TIemple man .will be gladl to learn that he has suftliin tly recoveret) from the opera tion which lie underwent at Spartan hurg to reiturn home Saturday. Al though not entitely' recovered, he is much improved. Mlrs. Svllie 4)wings, .Mlrs. Sallie Owingsu, widow of the late J . 41. OwAinlgs, died at her home in the -upper pairt of the county near Fountain Inn Satur:say amid was buried at lIharmony church Sunday. M\lrs. Ow inigs was a step-miother' of .\lrx. J. C. Owings, of this city, and mother of lRobert C. Owlings andi ..\'s. .1. H1. l)r'ummnond, of Fountain Inn. M\rs. Ow' Ings was 85 years of age amnd a woman of remarkable vitality and estimauble qunalities. During thie war' she dleeply inter'ested herself in the soldiers and even at her advaned age knitted over' a hundred pair of socks for the Ited Cross. 1Hcr last work before the ill fless preceding heri dleathi was knitting a pair' of socks for an aged .friend andl~ spoke of this as probably heri last work when thie was takeni ill. Notice to Colored Teachters. .The colored teachers of the city and county are urged to attend .the next meeting which is to be held -Febru ait 21st, at 12 o'clock. A large num ber was :present at the last meeting and we want a hlrger number this timd, asm we have an interesting pio *grain. .5. A. 'I. Sweeney, Sec, Jnfluenzn Inlcreaises. O fr, J. 'M. Rearden, city health of fic ,!3~orted yesterday about 615 cas e Nthitritm in~ thin city, this 'being a(;ggop lat wek. Hie saya that the disease is more prevalent in Tlhpural d4istricts tihan in town, +: 1I..~ + +' + +1 + + + + + + F SOCIETY. + .+ ++ +++ '+ + +++ ++ C Mrs. Timimermian Entertains. r( Mrs. T. L. Timmerman entertained tU twelve of her friends at her home on ft IEast Main street last \Vednesday af- .p ternoon, the occasion being the firma- o tion- of a social club for a wockly ternoon, the occasion being the fornia- h1 work and otherwise amuse them- a selves. After this meeting, which was s< a very enjoyable one, the hostess serv- a1 cd delicious refreshments. ti 0 00 I Honor for Miss Gray. n Miss WiI Lou Gray, supervisor of ti adult schools in :South Carolina, leaves 11 Tuesday for New York to make an ad- h dress on alumni (lay at Teachers col- n lege, Columbia university, on the work ti that is being done in this state by the c department of education and the I1- I literacy commission to light illiteracy. \v From New York Miss Gray expects to go to Cleveland to attend the superin- t3 tendents' conference of the National t Educational association, which meets a there February 21-29.-rhe State. p 000 A Sulilivani-Laws. a: Miss Isabel Sullivan, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Airs. 13. A. Sulli van, and 'Mr. Harold W. Laws, of Louisville, Ky., were happily married G at the home of the bride's parents b, Thursday afternoon, February 5th, a A. E. Holler, pastor of the First Metho- b; dist church ofilciating. The marriage t( was the culmination of a romance be- n gun lduring the war, when ir. Laws u met his bride while in the service at a Greenville. After the marriage the ' happy young couple left. for Louis- N illeghere they spent a week with the groom's parents before going to Akron, Ohio, where they -will make their home. G Stone-Martin. Married at the Presbyterian manse, 0 by the Rev. C. T. Squires, Mr. Claud g. Martin and 'Miss Francis 1C. Stone, t1 Tuesday evening, February 17, -120. O 'rhe groom is the manager of the :Star v Pressing Club, while the bride is the g daughter of.Mrs. Fannie Stone, of this N1 city, and has .been for several months C one of the telephone operators in the d local exchange. 0 00 Wecqms-Lavelle. Friday night at the home of Mr. and C Mrs. .1. F. 1licks, on South Harper v street, .1s? Dorothy Lavelle, of West Point, Miss., was married to Mr. Rny niond Weems, of the same place. The bride has .'leen a student of Converse College this year and would have graduated in .June. Mr. .Weems Is a 4 grandson of .\lr. and Mrs. Hicks. .1e f caie to Spartanburg last week to visit e his present wife and while there the u two decided to come oil to 'laurens 8 and be married at the home of his relatives. The ceremnonly wvas per formCed. by R1ev. A. 'I. H oller, of the First .\ethodist church. - Lanrens theatre goers who failed to attend the performance of ".\My Swveet io" at the Opera House Monday I evening missed the best show of the season and one of the best that has ever been in 1Laurenis. .\ax Bloom wvithi his company of comely and wvell-1 dressed mnaidlens~ and1 talented male characters kept a rathier slim audi-c cenee 'iri continuous laughter thr'ough. out the evening and made a genuine hiti. 'Never before, probably', has a pre('ttier anad bet ter' costumced chorus e. playedc here'L and few (Oilmpanics have s actedl withI l' mor spir'it and -dash. it a is hute true that the fight on the hiigh it cost of, wea ring a ipparel was ('arried I to novel extrld'es, hut daintiness and t ('leverness was the outs5tand)inig feai ture of it all makting a nmost ('njoy able evenIng. Absence of pr'ogriams pr'eventn personal mention of out st11anding featuires, .budt .\ax Bloom himself wvas a i'eal scream and the two little twin dancers captivated on their cver'y app'ear'ance. The last acenic was somewhat mnar'cd by the usual andl unplar'donable rush for the dooi's on the parit of somne of Ithe audi ence just befor~c the last curtain 'Card of Thlanks. T wishi' to thank my fr'iends for their votes and sluppIort ini the ('ampllaign just closed and~ to annuu' them that I will try to measure up to their cx ipectation in tile admnisltr'ation of tihe ofme they hlave elected me to. Rlespectfulily. W, Ii. RICIIICY, ,Ji'. To Build Several Cottages, The Laurenis Trust Company has let the contract for the crection of several cottages on the Irby property, on the east sidle of Irby Avenue, which was .purchased from .the irby esjate sevelrai weeks ago. Lumber,. had' al ready' been placed on tho grou~nds and Work will be0 commenced as- noon as more material is secured and the weather npemit..? D. 1). LITTLE THANKE). imner ltesident of this County Hon Ored in Resoluttoins Passed by Mill Stockholders. The following reference to Mr. D. D. ittle, who was a cotton buyer at linton a number of years ago, will be ad with interest by his friends in ls county, the clipping being taken om the Marion, N. U., Star, the news 1per of Mr. 'Little's p)resent home ty: At the annual meeting of the stock ilders of the Mlarion and Clinchfield ills on Tuesday, February 2, a re )iutioziwas passed voting the thanks d conidlice of the stockholders to le president, .1r. ). 1). Little, w ith Is assistants, for the able ninnage ent and untiring efforts in the indus 'ies of the county. Ie was assured lat his counsel had been able and Is businless imiethods Colservative and r)m-speculative; that lie 1ha( managed le hilsiness to the best interest of very stockholdeWr, ever keepiing in ind the Contelitment, happilless and elfare of every eimlioyee. Mr. Little caine to McDowell coun 10 years ago ani started tile cot In mill industry in a very small way ed has.; developeId one of the finest ropertles ill he South, which has a ide repttation for V.xcellent product. vi fair de'aling. Greenwood Lost to Laurens. The boys bask tball teani f the reenwood i1gh scho6l lost to tile )ys from the Laurens high school by score of 22 to 8. The visiting five, y their sulierior speed, had the bet r of the argument troi the begin Ing to the end, though the locals put p a plucky fight. Supt. H-. M. Gasqlue :companied the Laurens team which as composed of the following boys: onteith Caine, Roy Childress, Lynne obo, -larry Voodside, Perry Wallace, aurice Glenn and J. R. 'Ellis. The ical team consisted of the following: corge Cothran, Richard Poole, len ' I-Iartzog, James Crymes, Henry orrow and Earl .Metts. #Capt. Kime r Hailey acted as referee for the aie. The contest scheduled between ic girls of the two schoola was called !f on account of the failure of the Isiting team to appear. The next %me will be a double-header next rednesday afternoon with Gray ourt-Owings school.-G reenwood In ex-Journal. Preaching at Gray Court. Rev. C. T. Squires will fli hIs ap rointinent at Dorroh Presbyterian hurch next Sunday at 3 P. .\M., pro ded the quarantine is' lifted. Pearls No Oyster Monopoly. True pearis, from 1-32 to 1-16 lieh a sii', were found in large numbers n lie mueous surfaces of a recent hipimnt of tple received in Eilgilaid rot the Uiiited States. That tihte Oe uri'renCe Wa1s not unllusuaill, but hitd ierely eslaped previous notlev. wvas hlown1.i by tile exina lul tlon 'of fresh peelmens taken I'from ntiv Ie vows, ysQ Poplar MIchaies Magaz.I ne. 'hie ilearsi weV(re soft, (of 'ouirse, ea2ch mberbledd in 1 cyst, andli appaSIrenitly eve.lopiedi .lust its in 2 a i b i vlv. Natural inquiry. Our1 lIttle foiuri-year-old gir wi~ent ei th mie to feed ith e hikenhs. Theii ire'w ter hills 01ut qi kly1... 1 sail: They(~ ouighI inot lult their noses0 In haiit hiot foo~d." "Iliv~elchlkenls got 0oses?" shte nske'd. 0 I tl er th Wh1ere' do they enarry tei hamto idl:er blefs ?"--lxchiange, F'rightened into Kindlinces. Ini Jaip1n1 ai ehild ik Irsh th:a if he ills ii (at It will revenige Itself tot froi. Oundii watces Its iwI2lihni wr1VI!Ie. . MICKIE SAYS \w A\ ' ~si ou u 006 AV',u OO OUnt %)t'\ ~ B~ 0t~ t i'~W' 4Yj'~'5~ ~ l.~0%4~4 *.. .1 It's a pleast HART f ) A IF YOUR WIT The satisfaction and p chase price by far. H material, workmanshir the country and at pay at most place in this section will for your inspection these new goods S. M. &9E IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE I If you have any land for sale. either raproved farms or unimproved acre tge, we may be able to find you a pur ,haser if you will list it with our oineseekers Bureau. We are receiving a large number of nquiries about farming opportunities n this State and it is the purpose of he C. & W. C. Rilroad to prepare a -omprehensive list of lands ror sale ocated along its line, to be distribut d among prospective settlers, and all >ersons hiav-ng such property for sale ire urgedl to co-operate with the un lorsigned, in order that accurate and eiiablc data may be placed in the lands of lprospective homeseckers nlaking inq~uiry about farming oppor unities in your community. A blank form will be-mailed you, up m appliention, asking for the specifie nformation desired. There is no charge for this service. W. W. CRlOX TON, Room 'i. Termiinal Station llldg. ;7-tf Atlanta. Ga. Youi Do More Work, {ou nr more ambitious and you get more :njoymen t out of everythinog when your >lood iI ~inoo condition. limputrities in he bloodi have avery depressing effect on he system, causingt weakness, laz.iness, mrvousness anid sickness. iIROVE'S TA STHiLESS Chi l TONIC estores Enierg~y and Vitality ihy Purifying md i-'nrichinog the Bliood. WVhen you feci tO dtrengtheing, invigiorating cifect, scoe iow it brings color to the cAks and( how t improves the appetite, you will thien :frerclato it3 true tonic value. iROViW'S TiA5VEL~.ss Chill TONIC: a not a patent medicine, It is simply RON and QJUININE smuspended in Syrup >o picasant oven children like it. The >loodi needs Quinine to P'urifyit and lRON' a Enrich it. TChese reliable tonic prop rties neovcr fall to drive out imnpurities in he bled. LhC Stren::th-Crea ting Pnwcr of GROVE'SI E'ASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it ho favorite tonic in thousands of homes. vlore than thirty-five yeara ago, folks voul ride a long distance to get GROVE'S L'ASTELESS Chill TONIC when a nember of their family had Malaria or iceded a body-building, strength-giving onic.. The formula is just the samie to lay, and you can get it from any drug toro. C0o per bottle. ASSESSOW'S NOTICE 1920. The auditor's office willl be0 open - ronm the first day of January to the~ 0th day of February, 1920, to make - eturns of personal property andl all .l ransfers of real estate, for taxation o All male citizens between the ages '1 21 and (10 years on the first of Jan- Ie ary, exeplt hose who are incap~able f earning a supp)lort fromi being aimedl or from other causes are lemed polls, Confederate veterans t xcepted' * ec Alpo all male citizen,; between the gemn of 18 ant 50 on the 1st ay, of ire to come Ho after ) DAYS WORK r - .- ( .; C-'_ HOME IS FURNISHED I OUR FURNITURE leasure you will have will outweigh the pur [ere you are assured of correct design, best > and finish, selected from the best makers in no higher prices than you will have to s for the "ordinary" kind. No where you find so complete a line as we have this spring and we-. want you to see ven if you have no idea of buying. H.Wilkes &Co. COLD WAVE SIGNALS Special value is offered in Blankets, Comforts, Flannels and Underwear, Ladies' and Children's Sweaters with a complete line of Hosiery. Many of these goods were purchased in advance of the season and are offered below present market value. Make your selection early and save money at W. U. Wilson & Co. DO IT NOW! It Will Be loo Late After the Accident COME IN and let me explain the Double Benefit and Accidental policies of the Old Reliable Jefk.,on Standard Life Insurance Co. of Greensboro, N. C. THEY PROTECT YOU W. T. MOORE, Agent At Posey'a Drug Store Laurens, S. C. anuary, 1921, are liable to a road tax .r s; also tatp whether property is r $1.50 and are re(tiired to make "urlatel in town -or country. Maeh lot, uring the time above speelled and r ct , arel of land inst be en icir return of same to the Auditor 'erecl separately. iall pay to the County Treasurer at UlT to MaRC *(,t oil personal prov to same tline other taxen are pild in erty ald 20 per (c-nt on trunsf&'s of eu of working the roads. school trus- real estate. !es, stldelts and miniisters are ex- Mier ihe 20t if February 10 Per pited from road tax. ) cent pnaly will be attached foi fall All taxpayers are required to give, )wract, ornl nmbeaor'echolofiilan-d mutb on