The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 19, 1921, Image 5
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* Local and Porsonal Mention.
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Miss Aillene Franks spent the week
enld with friends in Greenville.
Mr. Jack It. bavis, of 'Clinton, was
a visitor in the city yesterday.
Alr. IEd. hlart, of (reenville, spent
thlie week-ond in the city with Mr. and
Mirs. C. M. Clark.
'Mrs. Alark I lellams nnl A;iss Nell
Joneis rplelt the 'we('k-.end in Green
wood with iDr. and lrs. .1. M. McLees.
M r. James C. Todd *is spending this
Vvek in Orangeburg county with a
Ji'rty of friends en:,ying a bird hunt.
Alr. .1ack Cohlen, of the Cohen D.
I)pairttent store Mpnt .londay in Spar
tanhurg on buslinp.s.
Mr. Gus Simftms, of Kansas C'ity,
lo., arrived in the city a few day-n ago
to visit. his parEnts, M1r. and Mrs, 'O. B.
Simmons.
MI. and Al fl. O. B. Simmnnns, Mr.
ftGs SiinionsP and Miss L'ois.j Simu
%Mons itotorct to Greenwood Ysterday
for -a short. visit to rela'ives.
M. I. C. 'iiilton I- expected to ar
rive in t le cIty the laIteir part of the
wCk from 'olumbuihts, Un., to visit her
m11ther1, Mrs. it. r M~. 1atry
.\lts. ieyi C'am with her little
daughter, f i 'lrtsville, is visiting her
parenUt. Air. and Alr,. John N. I1ud
'tens.
AMr. .1. 1(. Wv'acson, or Cross I JIiM, was
a buhtiwns v'iitor in III city yevterday.
Mr. W soon drov' up in the old horse
and higgy style anl sai( that he fouind
the travtling tilu-h f.ter' thaln the av
-erage :person woubd think.
Alr. .1. .l. Siumervi, of the 'liitkory
'Tavern section, was a visitor in the
city 'Alonday. \lrI. Suiriil has been
olned to his homiie a great deal late
ly on account of rheumatism, but is
:grafitrally growing better.
Mr. Tlos. C. I'asterby spent several
days of last week in Now' York In at
tendance upon the automobile show
-and the meeting of distributors of
Dodge cars. Mr. Easterby found the
autonobile dealers very optimistic ov
er the future with large plans laId for
t'ho'disposition of cars during the year.
. M' RAIYWAYS
FACING CRISIS
Xucrenaed. MAtes Iave Falled to Yield
Anticipated Revenue, Claim Made.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Increased
rates granted the railroads have failed
to..yieil anticipated revenues and many
roads are in a precarious financial con
'dition,.in some instances without funds
to purchase stupplies, a group of ral
Wvpy executives declared today before
tho Houso commerce comminttee.
Uurging amendment of the trans
portation act to enable tihe carriers to
obtlin partial settlenments for losse2s
siistained dur ming the six montls guiar
an tee period after governmont control
endet, the (elegation, which included
i)aibiui \iilla rd, pr'esident of the Halti
itore and1 Ohio, and t'.:untiiel iRea, heald
of tIhe Pennsyl vaniuia, told the coiimit
tee tila recliet nrA . .h frt. d imm'(l le
the moauliy f' to f fhdi 1 ei'' -tvely.
Olthiers whot ur ged quiiki aton on
for the 'Iiago, lhock [sland and Pa
cliek, andi T. lie Wit t Cay ler anud Al -
fred P. Thoii, chmairman amid general
Clairk of' the(' iinters:tt ('''tiner'e't
Coritnmis;onu also adivoented amieneint
Mlr. WVilhirde decclairedi that time ld
tiiiitre andi ()hmio "hais pratically
stoj ..e'd purchas: inSilg suippitis becau~tse'
its oiletaIs don't see hios' theiy will tbe
able to ay for' thieim."' The comtpaniy
at. pre:sent, lit added is not even earn
ing on its invttmett.
Mr. lien said thle earnings or thle
Pennisylvania iroads stinlce they wer'e
grantedl high rates had -iot been as
great as anticipated, while Mr. Thomn
explained tha't. There had ilmeen an ap
pireeiabie slump in 'tratllc, resulting, he
added, in a considerable 4ieceasme in
The' aituation wais character'ised by
Mr. I [ebbs as "exceeding acute"
Tho railroads, the execiutives .eon
tended, have been trnahle 'to file tom
piete statements of their losraes with
the rntertate Commorce Conq'oig
siOn ani required in orde'r obtain pay
ment 'of the amount duie them, he
cause many claims against the carri
ers have not 'been filed and they are
umnale to dleterminme just what their
conmpicte losses will he.
Brays (ireenwomod Photo Onliery,.
M~r. II. 'Nichols, the local phmo
Iogr'a.p)her, ansnouinced yesterday that
he had ptureihasedu the Morris Stmudio in
Greenwood fromt Mr. Pauti 'Morris and(
that he would take over the business
immediately. Mr'. Nichols does not in
tend leaving T,aurens, but will divide
his time botuween the two cities, making
this city his headrtiutrtr. Mr. Nichols
already has a studio :u Chesteir, where
one of his sons !s tI ''harge, and one
at Clinton, where he goes bifnaelf stev
eridnavs nut of the week.
MARRIAGES
ll etinie-IlThomaison,.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ballentine
antounce the marriage of their
dau ghter
Janio
to
Mr. Jaimes 11. Thomason
Sat>i.rday, the lifteentit of .Iautiary
ninteteeni hundred and twenty-one
near lionen, Path
South Carolina
At home
Laurens, S. C.
0 0 0
White-Swygert.
The following announicmm( ' twhich'
appeared a (ew days ago in the Twin
'City Sentinel, of Winston--Salem, N. C.,
will be read with interest .iere:
"Mr. anid Mrs. Franklin Theodore
White announco the enga-gement of
their daughter, Mattse -ray, to Thomttas
Irwin swygert, of Columbia, S. C. 'iTe
wedding will take place in ebulary.
SIr. Swy gert is a so of Mr. I rooks
Swygert, of thin cty, and 'was for mttanty
years a resident of this city wherec he
has many friends who are interested
in this anntounce'nttt. The bride is a
COusin 01' Mrs. 13. 31. \\olf of thi
and, and vinitd here a slort time last
faJl on her way to Winston-alein
fromu Columbia.
o C 0
SAnampie- lha rksdalie.
TIte many frien;ds hteoe of .1. NleC'.
bitar'ksdale, promineit 0youtn1g plaIter
anid rankintg armity vooeian of oit
Wo'rld War:, aving been a lielitenant
conitei of the S1st Divislon, will read
With interest thle arulounlcemenvit of hIL;
en~gagemtientt sent. out from Chester last
week. as follows:
Aun announcement. that will be of
intAerest to a large circle of frienda
in 'The Carolinas and Georgia is Ithe fol
lowing which was made recently at a
bridge luncheon giveni the bride-elect
by one of her friends at her hone in
Pompano, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Neal Sanple announce the engagement
vf 'their daughter, Lois, to 'Mr. James
3McCarley Barksdale, of Laurens, S.
C., the marriage to be solemnized Feb
.ruary,17, at the home in Pompano, Fla.
"Miss Sample is a former Chester
:gIrl, having resided in Florida only a
few years, She has scores of friends
here,!in Charlotte, N. C., and through
'out.both states and Georgia, where she
'has visited. Her numerous friends
-will be delighted that her marriage
will bring her back 'to South Carolina.
Mr. Barksdale Is a prominent young
business man of Laurens."
.ATlTE311"I'S TO1 DRIVE NEGH01OES
OUT HAS SPREAD
Affidavits Claim Atempts to DrIve Ne
groes Out of Norit Georgia Has
Spread.
Atlinta, Ga., Jan. 15.--The attempts
.o drive negroes out of North (eorgIa
has spread rottm 11:111 Coity to Gwint
nett, according to atlidavits placed in
the haLd of 1ov. -)orsey today by n'
p''ts are that eflortis to f'righten net;
'lrt'; nv y v ne btet' mt:;l d wj"' liti th
Wite coutties, all in Notrbth'etrgla,
an t n ( t.Mertiwethe ct'I otuntty, soth i of
Atlanta. A''tit'g on ti'e afld~av'its ftrtn
i.nhed im , Governottr I lotrsey has di root
tot take ste'ps to ittott'(t ntegroes. Th'ie
igato the. si tuaItiotn tete and iontetn
have b;een a 'rested int Conn(ect ion wtith
alleged thrteats again !t netrtor. Ila;i
eitty adjoints Fortsylth coutyt, whtete
tno ntegrtes Itave been al lowedtti, accord ui
ang to Ira'orbs Itere sincee severlalI werte(
13'tnecd som te eight tyetars ago afi - otte
:ontfe;red Itt cour t thtat thIalfI a dozietn
ntegroes had attacked a yottng wite
wvomani. No sptecific cr1itmes htave' beent
chtarged against negroes proceeding
thte wvarntings repiortedi here today.
Theo five affidavits made by Uwinnett
county negroes told1 of visits mmt~ie at.
daybreak to a negro's home bty several
white men who gave the~ negro "until
Saturday mrtoring 'to get ot.t
"IHave you anything to say against'
the Ku Kitux Klant?" was one of the:
questions the twhites asked, according
to the affdavi-s This led J. W. Sim
mons, head of the fraternal order of
'that name, to issue a statement saying
no meniher of the order has been con
nected with the affair.
PAIMfETT'O LOD)OE, No. 10,~ A. F. 3w.
~~ A regutlar communication
of Palmtito Lodge, No. 19,
A.^ -- ". ~ill be held on
Fridpy night, January 21st,
at 7Cl30clclok. Work int
I0. A. degree. 'Members are utrged to
Aittendl and visiting brethtren welcomne.
Bly order of
k O. ANDNRSlON T2. (. ROFF,
. Secretary. W. .M.
NOTICE.
hlders of Secottd Preferred stdek
of the Watts Mills are requtested to
tmeet int the ofice of M. J. Owings in
thte Farmers Natiotnal Uank Thursday
afternoon a~ 3:$0oG'610ck.
/ S. J. CRAIO.
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STEEDLY HOSPITAL
801U TO Y. W. U. A.
Spurtmilburg Women Purchaso Va11u
able Property for ]Ione.
Spartanburg, Jan. 12.-The Young
WOilens, C'hrls-tin association of Spar
Anbburg has pllrellased tile SteeIly ho)s
pital on l 0t.ist. Mtlan-streetl inl tihis city,
imYIn $1:0.000 for -the property, which
will he ' used as the hone and heai
lartersn of that assoeiationl iter.
arch i next. The .ale of thn ho;
pital aliloued this 'velning by r.
11. 1. Steedley, Owner of the I or'I
meloan1s that Dr. Stce(l I 'y will hcooie
assoclated with the sur,,ge011S or thle:
Spartanburg Comnty hospital, jist be
ing comn pleted here at a cost of $'50,
000.
The Steedley hospital. built abolit
six Yea'1rs ago at a cost of $75,000 on an
extensive lot on ilast Main strl'eet. haics
been operated ts a private instit I ttion
slince Its estalbilishmenit
For some -thine tlhe! Spartatnhlrg Y. i
W. C. A. lts conftemplaed the VVrC.
'lion of an adevquate blildinz iln t he
city, but with the offering of 1h
Steedley hospit l I ba 1 1 1 .11 as a !:!-.
donled anld theopet said 'to be,
admirlbly alaipted for tht ise o", Ih
assn lalton il many ways wl )'Il'
c1ased today.
Thle S4partanhurg, Countyl, .
will probyably he openwfl bY NIre~h 1.
('linflon for Leters i of diinkulliflon
Tlel Sate of Soitht Carolina,
Collity of ljanurtns.
By 0. G. Thllomllpsonl. P~robato Jd,
\\hMa \rs. .\lil T. \if.ln 11-11f
slit to m to gralnt her L-et ter of Ad
mninisrationl of the estato anld fet
of II. K. Ailcen.I
These ire. therefor. to ll(it( :, i 1d-1
m1onlish all and sinll ar ti- isw
-Ind (reditors of the sail I. K. Ai! n
de ease 1.1d, th.at they he anid a (pe I'
fore Ine, In the Collrt. of Proite, to be.
IIl at LatiIrens CoIrt I loIIuse, I'a !;,
S. C., on the 2nd day or Pe,'i -ry, 191N.
next, after pulileatioln hereof. a I I
o'clock in the forenoon, to .how cause
If any they hvtie. wly th sa1i Admin
Istr-ltion should not be granted.
Utven under my hand tis 1711h day
of January Anno Domini 1921.
0. 0. TilOM.pO>N
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LICE'NSE FEER FOR IHAWKE-:RS .M)
PEDDLElt8 IN LAUlRE.NS (OUN.
TL, S. C., FOR THE YEAIt
A. 1). 1921
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens.
By \Ivrtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of the Stale of South iao
lina, therefor providing:
Bhi, IT RMlOLMnlD. by the County
Board of Commissioners of Lauirens
County, .. C., In regular anlnual meet
ing assembled;
That the License Fees to be Iahl by
hawkers and peddlers doing Isiness
within the sald County for and durl ing
the year A. D. 1921, be and the saime
are helreby fixed in tll! following
amlounlts, to wit:
ior foot pedrilers of goods, war
ani merhandise, the stin of lirf
Dollars.
Fior tedd1lere i' soids, wvari{ and
merchandi. in two hoist wai m
truck, Flfty Collars.
111Sfor terli'll' t ofagood war l'l( a 'it
mrad bie iname horll Ili wsu 'r(
FIf lDollars
ltordled o ls storespa m rillS
'i i l ta li e sum oft Se ent -iil
wagon for t h a(1' lirs ao or. t'i-K I
ifor each ob dit ioli I \ttion i toe '
cre1at e byv thle sam fimoh.smo
l'eddl'rs ot' clocksii Iiha l pa h
of ift y Do'shllars! frth Uilrs 't r' o
truck woperated, rink Thiryvllr for
mehi oi 51 add ital w :1o l'~or t r l o't(
['eddlers to' 1:lii 1 ro!'alt aI
the u m'tht o11 Fify n a i mf rit the t
wa'llo'n-orv truck,'sfo (a( andn e
flr' ecydtoa wagon 01ori'l l O irae
operate of the samn t' f sirm.o i'a i
dal of tlecihrwA.in. mn9h1, asll
Isuay ae the to Fityet dar ofr lie
fis wbga for to-ru;ads or h b
ifonoanlb rtied at airen Cur
Pluedes of, Ino oglr ana :-het'
inahy the 6th(l of Jan udry, A.[
ThrJ-iv Olr for Wac AreS,
AtekotheCut:fi Cunirvand
day Df MOecKmberk . D 91 spo
Wssednfe h thd birtoa otffelne
sually for itwo-tisof that thoe
idney are oatf atLre. iourt
nths ohe 6haly Jauy, A.ing
Attest:.Guai'~' Chairm* in
J.o D.t MOCKaw, Clerk.i 4--27-mr' bt
and movement becomes panu it
Comfort and Durabiitry
Wio AlE xtrava
will be found ini our furniture, our thirty 1d year .
penence having taught us what good fu:niture Is and
when to buy---Nowhere will you find a 're
or finer line than we are displaying.
Our Prices Are R cd
to such a low level that none need nov deny themsel vet
the articles needed to make their homes comfortable and
attractive. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL and insipect
our stocks and see just how low our prices are.
S. M. & E. H. WILKES & Co.
Laurens, S. C.
Men's Blue Buckle Buster Brown ladies
Overais, a pair C O H E N 'Sp
$1.69 69c'~
Hi. Af ' Ql V
CONT INUES===
Maniy of our customers have been unable to attend our
January Clearance Sale on account of inclement weather.
In order that they might have an opportunity to get some
of the wonderful bargains we are offering, the prices~ quo
ted in our recent advertisement will be in effect all this week
One Hour Sale One Hour Sale One Hour Sale
Thursday January 20th Friday January 21st 10 Saturday January 22nd
10 a. m. to 11 a. m. a. m. to 11 a. mn. Men's 10 n. m. to 11 a. m. fine
Amioskeag Gingham and 25c socks, a pair quality 40-inch sheeting
Winthrop Zephyrs. ayr
Beautiful patterns, yard .ayr
14c C9c
(10 yards to a customer) (5 pair to a customer) (10 yards to a customer)
Ladies' Ready-to-wear prices smashed, take 95g
your choice of any coat or suit for ...
Boy's Suits val- Men's Ribbed and Buster Brown Men's & Womenis
ues to $12.50 Fleeced Shirts & 50c childrens $10 Shone', Sale
Sale Price D~rawers, each hose, a Pair' Price
$5.95 65c 25c$.9