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ELECTION DAY HAS COME AGAIN The Center of all the Year. THE LOSING MAN HAS NOTHING TO GAIN To t*<e Winning Man Comes Cheer? Next Tuesday is the Day Set for the Primary Election for Mayor and Aldermen for the City of Laurcns Candidates not so Plentiful. They are all off in a bunch. The election for city offices is almost here and the candidates are warming up for the final round. Next Tuesday, the 21st, is the day appointed for the election and Unit's the day on which it-will be held. The time for placing names on the club roll and thereby becoming eligible to vote in the pri mary will be up five cays before the 21st, today., and those who intend to vote had hotter get on the band wagon at once. .It might not be out of place to suggest also that those candidates who have not signed up with the sec retary of the club had better do so at the name time or their past efforts may be in vain. Unless the proper credeartials nre forthcoming, no ramclt date can be placed on the tic net. All aboard for Politics I he race for Mayor ?s the one around which most nroejaost I mating is being prognosticated. Who is 'going to be who when the curtain rings down Tuesday eve, Is a hard Ques tion ; only time can tell. ('. M. Babb, the present Incumbent is out with hocikf gathering in the routers to gntll him through on his third trip, while W. H. Gilkerson, Sr., at cine time city clerk and treasurer, is in the other chariot. The race. Is neck and nock ?rfroan present appearances. Tuesday will tell the tale. The race for Aldermanic honors is rather a tame affair, even being re. duoed to a question among some of im; "mentioned ones" whether the? wan' to "defeat" some of their close friends who live on the same street or not. It has almost reached the Alphonse and QnstOU staue. but things might hum later. Cat. ' always tell. Several of the old guard have dropped out of the harness mid new faces are seen in the lineup. Some are lvw and then some are newer. The former class have tried it before, Here's hoping tDat they will come out better in the second heal. .Maybe they will; maybe they wont, it all de pends on how many votes they ire*. J. D. Brooks and lt. D. Chlldress face the ribbon In Ward I. J. Lee Langstou Is the only one on the job In Ward He stands a pretty good chance o! being elected. P. P. Mc Gowan and Fleming Smith will go the gaits In the third circuit. T. C. Swit zer in Ward ?! has no compel it ion; he's taking jltings easy in New Vork feeling sure < t election. N. P. Dial and W. II. A." lerson are loollll the nbito in Ward ;"? a.pd it is hard ic icll Which will score. I c Phllpi t and \V. R. Rlchey, Sr.. will do tho enter taining for Ward <;-, the prize will go \p the one that gets the most votes. jUThnt finishes tho picture of tho may orrtiit.s and aldermanic candidab , Maybe more will come out. If there are any more already out, thdy have kept it to themselves and are hiding in the grass to spring out at the last minute. Bach will know who got the hatchet on Washington's birthday. Last Call to Tax payers. This will be the lnst week for tho tax payers to make their returns with tho county auditor. Auditor Thomp son la very busy these days and dur ing the last few days of this week he expects to be especially busy. He urges all those who have not yet made their returns to do so at once, and if possible, before Saturday which will be the last day. Carried to Penitentiary. John Henry Anderson, whose sen t. liCO of death was recently commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. Please, was carried to the penitentiary last JfaMny by Deputy Hied, it is very ovl licgro is not entirely ra. i loiial. PROMINENT. VISITORS. Naval Officers from Charleston In Lau rens Visiting Samuel McGowan. Among the visitors in Laurens last week were Surgeon Edgar Thompson and Paymaster John F. O'Mara of Charleston. They came up from Charleston last Friday morning to spend the day with their friend Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan who was here for several dnys last week visit ing relatives. Surgeon Thompson is the senior medical officer of the Char leston navy yard and Lieut. O'Mara is the navy paymaster stationed in Char leston. They are both very close friends of Mr. McGownu, having been intimately associated with him during the time he was stationed at the navy yard In Charleston. They returned home Friday evening. Pay Inspector McGowan returned Sunday to Philadelphia where he is now stationed. He is n frequent vis I itor "to bis old home here where he al : ways receives a cordial welcome and ? where he has many friends who have ! watched with Interest his rapid strides i in the service of Uncle Sam. DR. ISADORE SCHAYER TO MAKE INSPECTION A din taut General Meore Compliments Laurens Officer on His Work Lust Year in Connection with the Na tional Guard. Dr. Isadore Schnyer of this city, who is a member of the Xloflical Corps, National Guard of Sooth Carolina, with rank of captain, tuts been asked by Adjutant General W. W. Moore to accept the position of 'Inspecting of ficer of the personnel and property of the Medical Department of the State, the inspection to be made some time this spring. This duty Was per formed last year by Dr. Schayer, and the fact that the new adjutant gen eral wishes to designate him for this responsible service is high tribute to his ability. In his letter to Dr. Schayer, offering to appoint him as special inspector. General Moore says: "As inspecting officer of the personnel and property of the Medical Department of the Na tional Guard of this Stute in 1910, you performed your duty in Buch a satis factory manner and the report made ! by you was rendered so promptly, and \\;:s so clear and comprehensive that ( wish very much to have you perform the same duties this year." in r< ply to General Moore. Dr. Schnyer has indicated ills willingness to accept the post of honor and trust. OPENS NEW DEPARTMENT. .1. V. Minier A Brn. \dds Milliner) Department To Their Lnrgc Drj Goods Store. J. 13. Mlntor ?? Pro., one of the most progressive firms in Laurens. has de cided to add a millinery department to (heir store. This additional de partment will be in charge of Miss Nannie Dor roll, who will be assisted by an experienced milliner from the ; north. Miss Dorroh. who is well ? known here has had a number of years of experience in the millinery busi ness, having been with Davls-Ropor Co . for many seasons. This new de ; partment will be located on tin- scc | Olid floor of the building now occu pied by Minier & Pro. Ill Mill KXTEltT.il NM EM P, Opera House Mnnatromcnt %VIII Che Pari of Proceeds of Frldoj Receipts to DuuirhferH of Hie Confederacy. The proceeds from thfl moving pic ture show will be turned over in par! Friday night to the United Daughters of the ConfedornCy, Arrangements have already been mado with Manngor Grant and n first class entertainment Is expected. In addition to the moving pictures several musical numbers are expected from local people, Mrs. Dr. Teague will read seseral selections. Although thi full program has not been complet ed, other attractions are also expect ed. The proceeds will bo used in pur chasing crosses to mark the graves of the Confederate dead. IL Terry Moling. A force was put at work .vest rdoy moving the stock of H. Terry InlO the store recently vacated by the Trlbblo Clothing Company. It will take eev ernl days to finish the work, but when the work is finished and the goods placed. Mr. Terry will have on.. 0f the best appointed stores in town. NEWS Of THE WEEK IN TOWN OF CLINTON A Number of Changes In Business Houses. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ON POPULAR PEOPLE A \ Minim of Improvements will bo Made on business Blocks tliut will Add Materially to the Beauty and Convenience of the Town's Trade Buildings. Clinton, Feb. 13.?-The Ree Hive and King and Hatton's grocery store on the Musgrove side of the square are putting In handsome plate glass dis play windows. Work has begun on the .T. W. Copeland stores. The room formerly occupied as a post-office is to be tltted up as an up-to-date dry goods store. The corner will be tilted up for the use of the Clinton Pharmacy What has been Copeland's Hall will be transformed into a ware room. Mr. Copeland's plans for this block are to make It the prettiest and most con veniently equipped set of stores in Laurens county and equal to any in the State. Young Dendy, one of the prosper ous negroes of the community, is building a new store on Musgrove. H. D. Kantln's handsome new house on Musgnovo in nearly finished The Itov. Victor I. Masters, of Atlan ta, secretary of the Haptist Home Mission Hoard, preached in the Bap tist church at both snr\ .ces Sunday. About $ir>0.00 was raised for the cause. The Baptists are planning to have a series of evangelistic services in March or April, the Rev. L~ M. Roper of Spartanburg to preach Mrs. QIUe8pte, of Greenville, was the guest of Mrs. .1. R. Copeland the past week and on Sunday pleased the Presbytterlnn congregation with a very ?lie contralto solo curing the morning services. At the morning service in the Pres? bytorlan church Sunday. Dr. Jacobs announced that he would leave on Wednesday for Florida, to be absent three weeks. He also announced that the session had arranged for a pro tracted meeting in April. Among the public Performance.- of the week the " Hinte Reading" given by the Tim rod Literat.- Society, of the public high school, on Monday ev. cuing was very clever, and was III tended by a good audience. A minstrel company. :!>.? \$\y, Four gave tin entertainment in the Utopia hall Monday evening. The Lyceum attraction for Tuesday night is a lecture, "the Man with a rick" by Dr. Scasholes. The College Oloo club went <r. : to Cross Dill Monday night to repeat the very enjoyable entertainment giv en by them here last Wednesday night. Dr. W. P. Jacobs, Mrs. W. J. Bailey, and Miss Molllo Manson, leave Wed nesday Tor Florida. Mrs. Wilbur Wert/. <?!' Jonesvllle is visiting Miss .lane Kennedy. Splendid Attraction Coming. The Skovgaard Concert Party is coming to Lnuroini. This announce ment has been made by Mr. II. 1. Jones I The news will bo received with pleas* I ant surprise by the music loving peo ple of I.aurei:.-; and vicinity for it is seldom the opportunity presents Itself when a plnCo the si/.cof Latin i a can get such attractions. The com pany will be composed of Skovgaard, himself, one of the world's most ac complished violinists, a pianist and a vocal soloist, nil superb artists. Tills is in the way of an early an nouncement, so that the people of Laurens may make preparations to attend. The party will bo hero Oil March 17th. The party only comes to two towns in this State Attending ('milennial Celebration. Mr Ceo L. Pitta, Dr. W. II. Wash ington and Mr. M. L N'ash left Tues day for Charleston where they will attend ih> Centennial Celebration of Royal Arch Masons. They are ox. peeled to reim n tho Inf r pari of this week. Masonic Meeting. A regular communication <?;' Lau rens Lodge N'o. 200, A. F. M.. will bo held Friday night in Masonic Temple Tho F. C. degree will be conferred, A WEEK'S WORK WITH THE SOLONS Adjournment Expected End of this Week. CHIEF JUSTICE ELECTION MAY PROLONG SESSION The Session is Being Held Open on Account of the Chief Justiceship Election and the Consideration by the Semite of the Appropriation Hill. Columbia, Feb. 12.?Cnless the un expected happens, the members of the general assembly will be at their homes next Sunday. It is a source of disappointment, and somewhat unnec essary, that the general assembly should have continued In session this long. The usual precedent has been for adjournment to be had within the week after the general appropriation bill has been passed by the house. The Senate has now had the appro priation bill for a week and is giving ! it serious and mature consideration, and there has been no report on it by the finance committee of the Senate. Increased Appropriations. The bill will no doubt show in creases since it left the House, for the two branches have made provision for the new science building at Win throp since the House acted on the appropriation bill. The bill will, as was expected, show Increases over what it did last year, but this is to be expected In a grow ing and fast enriching State, and It Is What is found in every State and na tion. Nothing, absolutely nothing, has been dene to revise or otherwise? im prove the lax system or. what is most Important, secure an equalization of tl< ? assessment o' property that we i,M be a real equalization. Justiceship Election. More interest was taken in the Jus ticeship election last week than ir? almost anything else. There have been twelve ballots, but the* joint as sembly is. really no nearer a selection than it was on the fust ballot. It ! is frooly predicted that tliero will he an ebnieui by Thursday, if nbl seiem er. There are all sorts of rumors oj" what will happen tomorrow, as there have' previously been, and the snfosl prediction In this particular contest [Is thai no eu.e knows or enn forei ill ' what will hoppe n. The impression, bov ever, Is that If deadlock contlnm ? beyond the twcnty-ilrsl ballot, there, will be a re adjustment and (hnt some new mime ! Will 1)0 presented. Of c lUr.SC, there Is every possibility that ".something will happen" before that time, hut there is ne> telling. Among the most important matters of last week was the killing ol the bill to adopi the report revising the school laws of tbe? state. State Super intendent of Keinention Hwearlngen will ask that a commission of seven members bo appointed by tbo present general assembly to report hack to the 11? ? nt session as to the advisability I' adopting the- law. Ileywnrd's llealli. ! Icywnrd county met a Dual d< nth lust week whou the nioasure against Hi-formed counties was passed. A font uro of the f'm'it in I ho sonnt ? was | the able representat ion'of the I ley ward*'movement by the members from ?h :wo "baby" COUiith a of the Slat. Dillon and Cnlhoun \ most Important bill has boon klll ? (1 Tue? measure was. urnl calling for an appropriation of $10,. n year for three years u> advertise the resources ot' South Carolina. This measure would have done South Carolina niuch good the make-up of somo general assemblies are. however, hard te> de fine. There are always many mem bers who fight every measure of n progressive nature. There is some rumor going it round hot Oov, Hlease v ill veto several It! the appropriation measure v. iii, it has been ?oi ? to him. The ?m I'oprintlon bill ha bee n adopted by the house- and i> now before the fi hanc ? committee of ? h ennte mi Items tune beeil thoroughly thrashed ? ? Iii t what Oo>. Ill n \\ ill do n it known, N bout the most in. I.lOnBlir ? pn ill at the present Ion Is the enabling drnlhago Act. Tim rm asm- > (Continued on nft itr.) IT N UK A I, OF MRS. BELL. Whs Held nt Rock) Springs Church Thursday at >'oou Many Fay Tri buto to Her Memory. The funeral of Mrs. Robert B. Bell, the prominent Laurens lady whose death occurred Tuesday afternoon. February 7, while she was on a visit to her sister at Blacksburg, was held Thursday at 12 o'clock at Rocky Springs Presbyterian church, near her late home, three miles east of the city. The services were conducted by (he Rev. Willam 10. Thayer, pastor of the First Rapt 1st church of this city, as sisted by the Rev. Mr. Patton of Rlneksburg and Rev. James L. McLln, pastor of Rocky Springs. Interment was In the church cemetery. The pall bearers were: ('. H. Roper. E. P. Minter, M. J. Owlngs, W. B. Sloan, F. P. McQowan, C. B. Hobo. J. s. Bennett, M. L Copeland. Despite the inclement weather, a large assemblage of friends from the City and surrounding country attend ed the sei vices, and a great prolusion of handsome floral tributes were eith er ( arried or sent by friends and the different organizations of which tho deceased was a member, including the J. B. Kershaw chapter, United Daught ers of the Confederacy, the presidency of which she had held for several years. The body of Mrs. Bell was brought to Laurens Wednesday afternoon, a delegation representing the J. B. Ker shaw. chapter, U. 1). ('.. together with a large number of friends of the fam ily, meeting the funeral party at the station. From here the remains were; carried out to the late home of the deceased, remaining there until noon Thursday. Mrs. Bell will be greatly missed. ! for she w as a public spirited woman whose leadership in many charitable and civic undertakings resulted in a BUCCessful Issue, notable among these being the erection just a few months ago of the handsome Confederate mon ument on the court house square, for it was duo to her efforts that the fund for this purpose was slatted and llnnl. ly raised. Alike to the valor and cour age of those who wore the gray this granite shaft stands and will ever endure as n monument to the gentle spirit of her who strove not in vain for a good cause HIGH SCHOOL COXFL'RF.M K. Will In- Held in Hie I.aureus (wailed School Biiildiau Tiiursdiii L'tcniuu am! Kridity. The High School Conference, which has In ? n arranged h> High School Commission:!!' Hand, will lie held to morrow evening and Friday In tin graded sc hool building, These confer ences are being la id at central points nil over the slate. Teachers will be here froth parts of Laurens, Newberry am! Greenwood cqiuitkn a large num ber of them. No set program has been arranged but a very Interesting session Is an ticipated. The public Is cordially in vited to attend Prof, .lone:' asl{ i Lltii 1 all (enchers, who lute ml coming, notify him as early as possible m> thai ficcomiuoda tIons c an b ? arranged for iIn in. Oth erwise he might be placed at some trouble and the teachers at some ex. I'XBKR \ V.W M AAAOKML'NT. Planters Grocery (em pan;. Change* II.IsW. II. Ilndgeiis Now Hie Mini. ?gor. The Planters Grocery Company which was organized about n year .ago. has undergone a change the stock of goods having been purchased by Dr. W. II. Dial, W. II. Iludgein and ,L A. P, Moore all of Ibis city. Mr. Hudgens, who recently moved to town from his country home, is manager of the store whic h is located at the same quarters used by the Planters Com pany, in the Gray-Dial block on Main street. t WATTS LEADING FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICESHIP J In the I S| It balled yosicrdilj bj the General Vssomblj for HOflnlc justice. Judge It, ('? Waifs received ">t'> totes, .lii?!'.:e It. W. Meniinliittcr o;, Tims V, Gr?ser II: with IS scattering \ cites. COTHRAN PINSON IS GRANTED PARDON Governor Blease Signed Release Monday. KILLED HIS FRIEND NEAR CROSS HILL Interesting Cuse Conies to un I mi Where Member of Prominent Cross Hill Family Killed his Young Friend Willie Hoth were Returning From n Party. Cothran Pinson, the young white man from Laurens county convicted in March of 1909 on tiu> charge of manslaughter and given n sentence of two years in the penitentiary, was pardoned Monday by Oov. HIeuHe. Ho killed Thomwell lloyce under very peculiar circuiUHtunces. They were friends und were return lug from a dance near Cross Hill. In Laurens county. They wore nc compnnted by a young woman. Pin son commenced to shoot, and claimed that ho accidentally killed lloyce. The trial attracted u greol deal ol at tent ion. Attorneys for PliiSOU filed notice of appeal to the supreme court. Before the case was heard Pinson came to I the penitentiary and notified his at J tornoys that he had abandoned his appeal to the supreme court. His sentence would have expired within a few months. Solicitor Cooper, in wrilllit! of the case, said that he would not oppose commutation of sentence The stale Charles Allen Also Pardoned. Charles Allen, a negro convicted of arson, and sentenced to life Im prisonment during the intei iiO's, wut pardoned by Oov. Bleuso also. All ill was convicted of burning an outhouse of Mr, W. H. Workman, in the lowoi , part of ihe county, > \ HOI I R \. ,flt\N HRIHCF. \ Kill Has Ret u Introduced to Re. quire Rebuilding of thai llrldge at a Cosl in.) to K.vceed $'2,9*10, Senator Wharton has introduced a hill in the Senate to require 'in- re building of Itasor'i brldgi across Sa Inda Hl vor, ;u a cot t not to exceed $2,1150. Tile hill >,;:- p;i i i second reading and iinlet ouiethlng unfore Si i n tune, up i ? :l! pro hi bt> he passed. As will he a,t-. ? ii i Ir- ..| -| : pent on the const ru< lion u, j i ijiju Will ii bids win culled foi oiue film ago none or ihe contracior: were ahl< to conn- within those hounds and i, seemed that the bridge would uoi l" built. However, if this hill passes a. ii si " in i hut ii will, (In -,i idee wil, lie rctiiii)t ai an nary date Tin brldgi \\ 11.1? WF.ST SHOW. \ lieitllsfic Presentiillon m Cf-nlio.i ami I mlfim I i ohi it i Celeliralinii bj Means 'foi iiiv I'lefun front lor < elobrntloji. Till aiiiiiial < ebration lakes place in some cent hui outlying place in Hie We - (o, ; participated in b> Hie mo ?? n imui ile- western frontiersmen, ('ol, Tl, dote Ron i veil was the horn i As this i> a very oxpon Ive nttrai tion it will only he here for one tilghl Tin- children are especially Invited i" he at this show (or the wild antics Of tin- horn is, wild hulls, buffaloes are very Interesting to the young uh well as to the old. RH. I til It COM F. IM COMPANY. A (true (io ii .it tin- Theatre Tliursdn* Mtthi Twelve People liml ,i linmi,