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II,1II-TERAVY WORK IS 3AKIN4i PROGRIESS TiOi County Conmes (1th Aniong Coun. ties of State in Pushing This Phase of Worlk. In laiurenls county there are t6,04 versols who can neither road nor write their nanies, according to a statenent given out by the state dc partuent of duilcatioll. ''here are 5.90 negroes In Iaurens county who can neither i read nor write. Laurens rakiis 11th aniong the counllilies of the state in the camti paign against illiter .ny. 'Tlie statcniletil givel out by tile deparItielt of e'dulntiol, in part. fol lows: The state Departilent of Education assisted by the Illiteracy Commission nas tmiade a vigorous light against the illiteraey which exists inl our State and now that the (eeisis figures for 1920 hatve bveen pibislied it is a matter of jilt pride t0ha. South Carolina leads te unionl in reducing her percentago ,from 25.7 per cent in 1910 to 18.1 per Cent )1a 1120. In rank ailong the -staes, South Carolima Otill maintains tlh ne xt to hottoi p1l1ce, raniking bIe low every et-ate -;aV Louisiana. In (Mhite illiteracy the Slate has cliibed frol third 1place froi tihe bottom in 1920 to sixtli p lace ill 1920, now rank lng above New Mexico, L ou isiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken lucky. In negro illiteracy tle State tie.%; with *l ississippi for hihd place, imainltainlinlg the () aslo f 1910.1 Wh ile this reorii testilles to the ~ok which (lite public .;choOls and the schools for aiultIs have been doing, the is yet mni telh work to hie dolne be fore we can rank with m11an,1Y of 011 Sister states. Iown records the low est illiteraoy, t.1 !wr ceti. while Loui - :ian records t lie -,reatest, 21.9 per ceinI. In nin states less than 2 per cent oi the populationi its ilitirae while in ten states (Souhil Caroin icliuded) thle per cenit ws.1en :and OVer'. Pickens county now rcgisters Ith least illiterney inl te slt , 10.7 per cent. Greenville (ountity Collies Sec ond with II per ceint while Berkeley registers tile h hest iliteracylt 3.4 per Cent with .asper conilty next highest ::; per cent. 'the data for Laurensi county are as follows: Total number $1.50 Alarm Clock for 98c STOCK We find m cut-lash p> like~ snow I 'nait di I loK 'ru. sa d Calce Iar thi s week...... ... I lii I adi1' lBed R~omu -SI I lot Ladies Coats, black at ors, worI ii h4 $0.00 III $1' y'our hii'ce ofi the lot at, I lol 1.aS' Blaek (Coats, w $7.50, yourt choicee of the h this week. 15;e quality Sea Islandi, ya stand~ard t.... .... ..... 1 lot good Dre'ss Ginighamie 3 0e a yard, on sale thi 3 :t .... .... .... ...... You can bi Alepartmen at random ] for your ini 'Je No . --1 W*. L of ilytierates 6,104 or 19.7 per cent. i Number of whito illiterates, 805 or 5.3 c per cent. Number of negro illiterates 1 5,290 or :13.6 per cent. Practically 2,000 pupils were por feet in attendance at school. In the [Irst grade there were -1,130 pupils t 3,136 of this number learned to read. I For Instruction of these pupils the t State pad $3.85 per white pupil and I $1.36 per negro pupil. The figures just given for State and I county demonstrate the worth of the adul t work. The fact that 2,000 pu- I p)is didi not miss a session signifles the keen desire of the adult to acmlire learning. They cato 1o school after a hard (lay's work through winter's cold and summer heat and struggle( good naturedly over their lessons. Of ten a teacher or visitor would hear Iheim express genuine regret that they Itad been1 deprived of an edtlcation in youth but they rejoiledl in flte oppor tunity now given them by the state and were happy in the thought that omul)(sory edtltion now miakes it possible for children to grow up with duencational advanltages. The greatost .o00 which is cominulg to the state t from hi11 work is Iot to be found int Lte fact that inaiy people are Iearnintog in Iad an(d write but that the adilt pililis are awaking to a larger real izio .1 f t hei r duty to the Commtu- I nily an 1 state. They no longer feel -1 that th0y iever1 hadl a chance a I Firther lt'li exam ple of attending < chool i. causing many persons with I little education to pull down) their I ooks. Who, it let lef teto stves, < wolot lIhavv fallen into illitoracy. The d11;uuroe; cc111piled froi tile re port !:how that Iarienis cotity rallks ith imong tlle counities of I ttt ltte I in pushinlg this phase of educational i worlk. There were organized in the couity 12 schools with a total enroll- 1 11101nt of :163 pupils, taught by 1:1 teach I'l.. por. the whlite's: Numb.' of .cSimois I. enrolliment 193. pupils per school -is, average attendance 80, perfect at tendla nce 7. nupils it first grade 65, pupils inl second, third and fourth 95, pupils in lIfth, sixth and seventh 33, :I ghl to read 3i, taught to write 12, tem iln lays 313. The 5 teachers do TAKING iL any odd lots, brok(r r1ces. Come andc 1h< sneath a hot summe~ k inds of1 oth : I lui (~ :k. Ea1 piec ! w odte. 11clotlof Ilot Cdien ppr. sot d S n h)Ies this98c o d assorte II ol(0- chice . 0$4.95 un IdIat . . one1hlf 1 price me, a .~ $I.00) ga d wide 1 c 1 Ilot Ladi(1 ......1UC ine a ,worthi 25c to 'itt iy very near everyti ts--and~ you know o from our immense a spection. Don't He C.B TWO DEPAR' surdas St Red Iron Rapli ig this work 'were employed at a cost f $153.40 per teacher or $3.97 per upil. For the negroes: Number of schools enrollment 170, pupils per school 1, pupils in first grade 74, pupils In he second, third and fourth 87, pupils a the fifth, sixth and seventh 9, taught o read 63, taught to write 62, term * days 164. The 8 teachers doing this vork were employed at a cost of $28.00 er teacher or $1.32 per pu-pil. AlM (IEMONSTRATOR ENDO SEU ine4111"s-4 LeagUe Thinks Well of Work of Farm Demonstrator aid Asks for Coitimntion of Work. On motion of Mr. C. It. Roper in the niet ing of the ILaurets Disiness ague last iiglht, the -work of the farm enionstrtor in this county was en iorscd 4id the county delegation wis nenorialized to provide a sufficlent pproprilatlon for the continuation of he work in this couity. 'Mr. Roper declared tlat the work of lie denmonstrator was nceded at this ime as never hofore and his motion Vals passed i ul unaiously". Thel( committee onl marketing report d tlrough Mr. 'Iluglies that it was naking progress with It i vestigations' mut was not yet able to make definito -econimendations. At the sugge'stion >f Mtr. I lughes, a resolutioi was passed o invite 'Mr. Long to attend the next neet ing of the league to make an ad ress on miarketing, the meeting to be ield at a late suitable to Mr. Long. TIe L eagile had expected to have lon. R. Goodwin ithett, of Charleston, o address it on the stiiect of the pro >osed $34,00Q,000 road program for the tate but Mr. Rlett W'rote that lie was lot able to attend. The league went mi record as endorsing the proposed road program in 'principle. After hear .ng the report of the committee on the ail atuthorized 'by tlho logislature sov mral years ago and hearing that noth ing was being done, the League adopt ed a resolution calling on the delega tion to appollit a commission that would act. The motion passed una.ni mously. OVER ' lSWTOS mf OU' mnany r sun. .0) va u nowj... { lis, your hol whl sand l03ys' Iine I ur 11a s ', Womuen's andl Chiiibiren's 's Wor'k Shirt', full 'eut 69 eviot, this week .... .. 0 Uniion Suits, this ee rments this week at ..... UC es' flne -Shirt W\\aists, .-peate nd er'gette. $5.00$23 his week's, price ..... Poplin Dres'.s -Skirts, $1 ing you may need ur motto is Underb tock. We have hu sitate; Now's Your TMENT STORES. :et Old Stand DAVIS, LOCKUPD IN TUNK POSITIVELY WON'T STAY Hanling Magleiiun to Blewilder Local Folks Here Friday Night. Local people who love the art of magle, will have every opportunity tW get an "eye-full" of bewildering ilus ions when Davis, Master Magician, ap pears4 here with his program of magical feats. )avis is scheduled here for Friday eveninlg or this week at the Opera House as a part of the lyceum course.I lie is one of the best in the businiessi ::ul !ii. ;ndertainment is elaborately staged. Davi,; does all the old time fliats of magLe and adds to the list a new 1ine of sleight-of-hand work which is most bewildering to say the least. lie has ,been called "T.rhe -man who Mystilles" and his list of Illusions i cludes his famous trunk trick, which has so far been incaiable of solution at least from the audience's side of the footlights. In this trick Davis Is houn id hand and foot, tied up in a mail sack. locked in a trunk, after which the trunk is secu.rely roped. The hole job is done 'by local folks. Of coursel )avis jumps out almost as soon as the last knmot is tied on the ropes, but just how he does it is a rather dillicult (luest.io ito answer. lile Slips ill anld out of handenlTs with a most amazing cleverness andi he does a. hundred and one other stunts which at times almost make the cold chills run iip and down your Spine. Local folks are already discussing his appearance Chere and doubtless he will be fgreeted with a large audience. NO TIME FOR HUNTING Clenison Oollege Clutomologists Say Fight. Against. Boll Weevil Must. Not be Delayed. Clemson College, Jan. 12.-"So far the weevil has not suffered seriously on account of the winter weather, says Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, in answering inquiries about the proba 'Ie infestation next season. "It Is en tirely possible 'that we may yet have very Cold weather, but with a pest as serious as tho boll weevil, it ia neces sary that we consider every possibili ty. There are yet many fields with LNS iTTE P deprt ts, w h1C I fir6 i;argains piled I lot :W).inch goodl IUlenching, 15 to( lide ~, i s week.. $.0 \\'hite Qit (Counh pan') speial this we'ek . .~eu e's Linien Collars 0on si week rv......... .... . 8ImEClAkb CLO'I IN $2000 Ut len 's and Young $25..0 iM1en's anid Young $:'n 00 Men's ad Young $15.0 Mn'sand Young 1 lt Mn'sSuits, odd lots, a Yorchoice of the lot dur igthis week ......... .. 3.0Blankets, this week's s $5.0 lankects, this wveek's s, ... e........... .... .... .... at Red Iron Racket, uy, Undersell. We ndreds of good valu Cance to Buy Som4 IN LAURENS, SOI stalks and stulbble on them, many un kept ditch (banks, many un'kept or ,hards, and many margins of woods fferilbg shelter to this 'pest. It Is lifliculit to conceive how any farmer ,an afford to take time to go squirrel fiunting when these menacing winter hotels for the weevil on his farm are staring him In the face every day." .10( SALE AT CLEMSO.N Agricultural College to Offer Duro( Jerseys and Polandl Chinas February 8th. Clemson College, Jan. 12.-The ani mal husbandry division of Clemsor College will hold Its first bred so6\ sale at Clemson College on Wednesday Feb. 8th, according to announcemen made today -by Prof. L. V. Starkey chief of the division. Fifty purebre hogs will Ibe offered in -this sale. 0 this number about thirty 'will be Duro Jerseys and tie other twenty -vill b< Poland (Chinas. An invitation is extended to all wi Are interested 4o attend this sale, say: Pror. Starkey, whether they inteni ti buy or not. Icause of pre:w! i:an cial conditions it is most I: ' this offering of flit class nirebrei hogs -will So at a low figure. and to this reason it will be a pand oppor tniity for farmers to r;o animals cheap. Col#4 Cause Grip and Influenza t.AXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove th mause. There In only one "Drog Qatnlo. %V. GROV'S signature i box. -'Sic. FLI PLAIN 24 lbs. ..............5c Barrel. SELF-RISi 24 is. ............. ..$1.00 Barrel . These two Flours are mam and sold exclusi LAURENS CA EVERY SACI coj ED IRON a we are going to on tables, which m worth $1 I.00 ihol-.11 $2$9 1.00bot l( this 1 r this weel :30a' hothle $10.00 fo~ ong $1 .02110-quart 4 $895week.. . t$2.9 wee a can7listBonly anfe esa atg yorin ssre inds 1BaotaMnn N~. -N rth Salo this Forceful Evidvnco. A lawyer was once, at shot noticO, called upon to defend a horse thief. He did not know that the thief hald pleaded guilty and made an impas slotied speech in the man's defense. lie belleved he had made an impres sion and the man would be acquitted.. But . the judge's summing up diE lusioned him. "Gentlemen," said the judge, "you have heard his counsei. Only, remember this-4he prisomer wias there when the horse was stolen and the learned counsel was not." SHE IS "FULL OF PEP" THEY SAY She is Good-Looking and Gay and Is Always Ready for a Good TimN Why is -a girl 1)opular? Look around and see what a- good time tho good looking ones have all the time. Mon seek them out and ask them to partie, dances and entertaluments. And notice that it Is not. the (oll-fa v type reatl men lI(e most. but. the red-blood . ( girl with "pep" amiil i,!'ipy gobd n tI re. Ally pil who I ;irled and lan juiid n-nd hovs a poor coimplexion andI I (ull eyes eu ilmlov her condition - -ind .he far hapie)r i' ..ihl will a1ilply take Gude's ilepto-.\luean: until she I'as uit) her looed j into m )od condition. icd bood m)e1a( s "fill! of life" and full of life" uually means0 happlinessi. 'Try (ude's PeIpto-Alaiganl and see how mnuc'h better you feel. Doctom's h. ve used :.t nearly thtIy years for l 'xCak, '-run-down peol)le. It helps them get well. Sold in both li'iuid and tab let form. Advertisemiit. )UR 50 lbs. ......., .... ... NG- ANAMA 50 lbs. ............ ..$10 .........$7.50 factured by Ford Flour Co., vely in Laurens by H AND CARRY L GUARANTEE) $1.50 I Watch for 98c RACK ET. close out at rill disappear WVampIoles Cod Live 8. 8. 8. for~m the bl ood,7 s. ad colds(1 t.hiis week . . t0i - a.lanized'( Bucket ti reni's HIOse, sizesC 5, 6, 7, , per pailr . ... ... . 5 Made Overalls for $14 men, .this week . .... good Blue Overalls, this to Counterpane, on $18 wek at.... ...... . Soft Collars, on sale this - ~m our many items picked ~rrival, ready Buare n~ 3utn. Block