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ALISON LEE
W. O. LANCASTER
ARTHUR LEE
President
vice-Pre*.
Sec. and Trea*.
Advert!flag Bat? Applieatiea,
Owitaaries and Card of Taaaks: Ob?
etmt a were.
Entered at the poitofflce at Laurens.
B. C aa second claaa mail matter.
LAUBE**, S. Cm, tPKIIi * ?I?.
The Advertiser will be clad U
receive Ufte local Bears of all Ue
caauiBBitic* la tat eoaaty. Cor
rif ta are req Betted to
?bra. their Basses to tae to a tri
>1Iibi . Letten ?hoaid sot be
mailt a later than Monday raora
iBf.
The AdTertis-er will not b>? issued
next wevk until Thursday.
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? Consul Dreher, stationed on the is
' land of Jamiea, write* back home
taat BOft drinks are very popular .
?Ith the people th?re. Jamaica ginger
must be the lead:ng drink.
Laurens county ? Bowed up well in
the hookworm eam;,a.gn. A small
percentage of tho*e__examined were
found to be infected with the dis
cs**.
Do no: forget the slogan of the
county school fair Friday, Apri, l%th.:
Four 'houaaod BCbOol children in the'
line of march!
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The Fountain Inn Tribune is stiil
writing about a new county By the
way what became of the campaign tol
raise $25,600 for the court house and :
Jail?
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The Preabyterfana of th*? State are
to be congratulated uj>on the com
pletion of the canvas to raise $200.
000 for Its three denominational col-,
lege?. The $100,00 which goes to
to the college at Clinton will Le al
great aid to Dr. Douglas in the suc
cessful effort he I? making to give
the Presbyterians of South Carolina
a boy's college worthy of the denom
ination.
It needs but such a fearful calamity
aa has befallen the people of the Ohio1
river valley to bring out the finer
qualities of those immediately affect-'
ed by the disaster and those who have
been more fortunate In escaping such
harrowing experiences and terrible
losses. From the stricken area Itself
come stories of heroism and self-sac
rtflce which are well in keeping with \
the spirit of ittCb a people as dwell
In thi? country today. From without
the stricken area have come to the
sufferers sympathy and more sub
stantial assistance which shows the
spirit of bro'.herly love and kindly feel
ing which exists between all the peo
ple of this nation after petty differ
ences have been settled. From North,
East, South and West money and pro
visions have flowed Into the flooded
country and if more were needed
much more would be ready for the
asking. Such calamities aa these,
while not to be welcomed, still serve
to draw the people of the nation to
gether as nothing else could do.
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SPECIAL BDI 7CATI ON A L EDITION.
It Is our intention to Issue a special
edition of The Advertiser next week
to "boost" the county school fair which
is to be held here April 18th. The
edition will contain a large number
of articles by well known educators,
written especially for this paper, by
school children of the county and by
others. It will also contain a large
number of photographs of new school
buildings In the county, showing the
progress that the county Is making
In erecting new educational buildings.
We were encouraged in our desire
to have this edition by the hope that
it would serve as an Incentive to the
people of I/iurens county to attempt
even more and greater things along
educational lines and by the desire to
give what assistance we could to the
county superintendent of education
and the rural school supervisor In
the laudible worlr they are doing for
the school children of this county.
We trust that it will in part at least,
fulfill the mission for which it is in
tended.
In order to give this our best at
tention, The Advertiser will not be Is
sued next week until Thursday. We
traut that this will meet with the ap.
proval of our subscribers.
-DOW* BT TSC SE L."
Little Play ?4 Opera H??*c by Lue Mi
Tale st Se*red QeHe a Smr*** Fri
day Efeabac.
Jadgins from one angle by the door
receipts and from aao*feer by the
applause which v? freely given the
amateur actors at the theatre Frida j
evening, when "Do?a by the Sea"
ras presented, the entertaiametat was
quite a success. Early In the after
nooa of the day set for the play, the
sale of reserved seats was finished,
for all of them wer? sold. Others
n nable to seen re reserved seats, vent
early to the opera ho ose and packed
the general sales seats and the gal
leries, so that when the curtain waa
raised the house was full. The total
asm taken in amounted to more than
netting a clear profit for the 1'
brary of over 1120. thus dispelling
the illusion for all times that a local
talent play cannot be successfully
staged without outside assistance.
To give due praise here would be
but to repeat to those taking part in
the play what has already been told
many of them by those who attend*
e-i. S^f^ce ;-. to ?ay that Miss Lu
cia Simpson and Miss Josephine Ful
ler, as Kitty Gale and Kate Raymond
respectively, by artistic delineation
of their parts and by winsome man
ners upon the stage charmed the l3rge
audience an3 that Miss Anneue Stov
er, as Mother Gale, depicted a very
difficult part In a most credftable
manner. Mr. Will Meng, as March
Gale, kept the house in an uproar all
the time and was a p.'ime favorite at
all staa.es of the play. Mr C. E.
Parker, as Capt. Raymond, assayed
possibly the most difficult part of the
whole play in the soliloquy in the
firs*, act and this was acted faultlessly
and In an impressive way. Dr.
Hughes, as the English dude, was
handsomely received when be first
came upon the stage and he held the
audience with him from the begin
ning. Mr. Robert Roper, as Daddy
Gale, carried out uccessfully a very
difficult part and xade a very pleas
ing Impression upon the audience.
Speaking authoritatively of the last
one to come upon the scene, the
French Peddler, as acted by Mr. Al
lie Lee. si the Dago laborer In the
construction camp would say:
"Bimebr, he be relly gut."
During the evening a delightful
musical program was rendered by
Mrs H. K. Aiken. Mm. M. L Roper.
Miss Annie Rkbey, Mr. Jack Mc
Cravy and Mr. Charles H. Hicks.
The play is to be given tomorrow
evening in the auditorium at the Lau
rens mill school. An admission fee
of ten and twenty five cents will be
charged. It is expected that a large
number of people, both from the
city and from the mill, will be pres
ent.
g*h*?1 Exhibit for the Richmond
Conference.
The exhibit for the conference for
education in the South will be sent
to Columbia. April 7. The teachers
are requested to send in or bring in
not later than April 5, any 'articles
which they might wish to send along
with the Industrial work, good map
drawings, good examination papers,
and especially composition papers
and arithmetic work in which local
country material has been used will
be accepted. These articles should
be tagged Just as requested for the
county fair. Tne teachers are asked
tcj send in two copies of the articles
contributed to the April Journal,
since we wish to include in this ex
hibit the original manuscript of this
Journal.
Geo. L. Pitts,
Supt. of Education.
Prisoner Goes Insane.
John Wright, colored, who was con
victed of rape at the last term of
court and sentenced to twenty years,
has apparently brooded over the sen
tence until he has become insane. He
began to act peculiarly several dayB
ago and Monday he was apparently
almost raving crazy. Physicians were
sent to examine him and they have
pronounced him insane. Papers were
made out yesterday by Judge of Pro
bate Thompson and sent to the asylum
at Columbia to obtain permission to
sen., him there. In all probability be
will be committed to the asylum the
latter part of this week.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Laurens Trust Com
pany will be held May &th, at eleven
o'clock, in the People's Loan and Ex
change Rank.
C. W. TUNE.
Use DARBY'S PROPHYIiACnC
FLUID in the house and in the stable.
It is as good for animal flesh aa It Is
for the human body. It heals sores,
cuts, ragged wounds, colic, dysentery,
galls, chafes, scratches, distemper,
hots and worms. There Is hardty any
limit to its usefulness about the home.
Price 50 eta per bottle. 8old.by Lau
rens Drug Co.
JtADGBf SEWS
Madden. iL? re a 21.?The first of
April and how lit?e farm work done!
But the ean is shining brightly today
and the March wiad whisi-es?togeth
er they will dry the ground. The lit
tle lad, the old time darkey we meant
to show folks how to farm this year
hut the elements hare been against
as!
The ladies of New Prospect school
are to give an oyster sapper Friday
night, April' 4th. The public Is cor
dially invited to be with us that night
The sapper will be at the school
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Raford Snow, the
young couple that was married the
4th Sunday afternoon, were the
quests of their sister. Mrs. Luther
Tlnley recently.
Mr. J. A. Wofforl came home from
Anderson last Thursday with a se
vere cold. He was improved enough
to return to his work Monday. He
will be located for a while at Max
well.
Mrs. Maggie Flniey Marvin who has
been visiting relatives at Goldvi'.Ie is
now with her brother. Mr. J. R. Fin
ley. Her many friends throughout the
comty wii: be glad to hear her arm
is healing rapidly. She is loud in her
praise of the good people in that
vicinity. Their splendid generosity to
one of their neighbors who had the
misfortune to get his house burned
while she was there?their uniform
kindness to her "a strangtr within
their gates" proved their goodness of
heart.
Mrs. Martin Is of the decided opin
ion that some of the "salt of the
earth" dwell In Hopewell neighbor
hood.
Mrs. Turner and Miss Brown of
Cross Hill came up to the W. M. L*.
at Mt. Pleasant Thursday and then
came up as the ~e*k-end guests of
the family of Mr. John A. Madden.
Mr. T. L. L?ngsten accompanied by
his daughter. Miss Susie, attended the
Union meeting at Union Saturday.
While there they w<?re the guests of
Mr. Wlstar Culbertson.
Mrs. Tom Shaw and mother. Mrs.
Estelle Davenport of Atlanta, were
cal'.ers at the home of. Mrs. H. C.
Cunningham recently.
H. Y. Simon*.
God in His infinite wisdom has seen
fit to remove from us by death on
March 24. 1S13, our dear be!oved un
cle, H. Y. Simmons. He was of noble
manliness and character. We feel a
great loss. There will be a vacant
place In the borne where his love,
voice, smiles, and presence have gone
forever. My heart goes out ia sym
pathy.
His Niece.
Card of Thanks.
We take this method of thanking
l the nre department and o*h?r eitUena
: who so promptly responded to the
; alarm of fire when our home was
1 found ablaze last week and for th&ir
fine work in suppressing a fire which
] promised to assume ?*>noui propor
i ?Ions.
Mr. J. R. Minter.
Mr. and Mr3. E. P. Minter.
Medal for Rural School*.
The Henry Laurens chapter. D. A.
R.. has offered a medal to that pupil
of the rural schools of the county
who stands the best examination on
United States (history. The questions
will be based on that period of his
tory from 1492 through the Revolu
tionary war period. The examination
will be held in the graded school
building in this city beginning at
10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, April
5th.
"PALL OF TROY"
And "What Happened To Marj" WR1
Be Features at the Picture Show
this Week.
Manager D. R. Lavender of the mo
tion picture show has succeeded in
booking for the second time, the won
derful picture "The Fall of Troy." The
unusual popularity of the picture
when shown here before, combined
with many requests for its return
caused Mr. Lavender to obtain the
reel again. It is undoubtedly one of
the most remarkable pictures ever
shown in this country. It will be
shown next Saturday afternoon and
night.
Another picture which has created
a big sensation Is the one entitled
"What Happened to Mary " {The
sixth installment of this picture will
be shown tonight, Wednesday and this
afternoon. This is a pictured story
taken from a series being run in the
"Ladies World." The prices for both
of these feature reels will be the same
as usual 5 and 10 cents.
We have just received a large ship
ment of Porch Furniture, and have
priced It so very low that you can't
afford to pass it by, come at once
before stock Is picked over.
8. M. & E. EL W likes ? Co.
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8 STATE PRESS COMMENT 8
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The Ibrsty Ana of Law.
The pride of the Allen fam.ly.?of
the Virginia mountains, was not that
they were good citizens, law-loving
and law-respecting; it was that they
had physical courage, were intolerant
of restraint and that no member
thereof bad suffered degrading pun
is hment_
In their attitude there was nothing
elevating, nothing approaching the
higher form of bravery; they were
simply without tense of moral re
sponsibility, determined to have their
selfish way and willing to "shoo*, it
out" with those attempting to thwart
them, regardless of consequences. If
the law interfered with them they
were ready to kill the agents of the
law. risking the chance of getting
killed.
Such was the attitude of the elder
Aliens and it was inevitable that the
younger generation should come to
manhod with the same contempt
for the law. and for the mandates
of ciriliied society. And so it was
that two nephews of Floyd -Allen.
Sidna and Wesley Edwards, went to
a mountain church, and disliklag the
manner of the Baptist preacher, pro
ceeded to hull him ou: ot the pulpit
They were arrested for disturbing
religious worship. These ycung
men had been bred in that atmosphere
where law and the forms of society
that infringed upon their individual
desires were held in contempt- They
had no regard for God. for preacher,
of for the religious sentiments of their
neighbors, and there are hundreds,
thousands having that identical atti
tude toward decency all about us.
The beginning of the end of the
proud Allen family was at that little
church in the mountains. A deputy
sheriff took the young men in charge
and was on his way to the county
seat, when met by the uncle. Floyd
Allen. He dragged the deputy from
the wagon, beat him into insensibility
i and struck the handcuffs from the
prisoners. Stupid, ignorant brute
passion ruled, otherwise the elder
man would have known and profited
I by the know ledge, that he was not
greater than the law of Virginia and
; that this rescue could be only tem
I porary: that the law openly defied
! would gather strength and return to
' the attack until it prevailed.
The Edwards boys were sentenced
? fortheir unlawful acts, and Judge
Massie insisted on the prosecution
of Floyd Allen for attacking an offi
! cer and rescuing prisoners. Allen
, was convicted, and as the sentence
, to imprisonment for a year fell from
j the lips of the judge, the Allen clan,
gathered from the mountain and still
placing their faith in force and hold
ing the law in contempt, began a
fusillade, the prisoner in the dock
^ being one of those to empty a pistol.
The bullets of the desperate ueu
made a clean sweep of the 'court;"
i judge. State prosecutor, Sheriff fell
> dead, with four other victims, and
the Aliens and Edwards rode to
liber-.
They knew they were committing
j murder, were "cleaning out" a court
1 room, and putting their unbridled
! passions against the law, but they
? had no conception of the stupendous
! force of the law, the force of civil
' ized society when once Its spirit is
i summoned into action. Back In their
! mountain homes, tbey were feared by
. puny, cowardly county officials; their
"influence" played a big part in
1 politics. Just as fear of their violence
gave them right of way. Their early
aggressions had been unchecked by
faithless officials?an old story in
every community where the law is
held in contempt?until they had
come to believe they could actually
successfully defy the law.
But when the spirit of the Law was
aroused, the lawless were as leaves
in a tempect. The men who had
taken pride In .heir courage and who
swore they would never go to prison,
fled like wild animals and were
hunted as such. In dread of the
awakened law their friends dared not
aid them. They were hunted a3 aa
| sasslns, tracked down and taken, one
! by one. Even those that fled a thous
j and miles were trapped and brought
v<ack to prison, as they would have
been reached by the law's arm had
they gone to the ends of the earth.
Again that clan was gathered Into
a court of Justice, not to rescue one
of their number from Just punish
ment but to face trial for murder
and the Law Is in mastery. Riflemen
surrounded the court house, and had
there been danger of every moun
taineer of every mountain in the Vir
ginias and the Carolinas coming up
their rescue the Law could have
called Its support <en riflemen for
every one of them.
Numbers of the murderers were
convicted, In different degrees, and
on Friday last two of them, Floyd
Allen and his son, Claude, after their
attorneys bad made a futile attempt
to Jockey with the pardoning power
of Virginia, went to their death. The
son was calm, the father, so fiercely
desperate hat a while ago, broken,
tearful and praying. And no wonder!
He was physically brave; he had
faced death before in the form with
which It was familiar, and one may
believe his agony of mind on the day
of execution was not for himself. He
realized that in following his leader
ship his whole boastful family was
destroyed, those who have escaped I
the electric chair and the peniten-:
tiary being crushed, ruined and the,
name, forever stained. As he had led
his son in whom be bad pride,
against the law of the land, so he
now led h.m to the electric chair.
There was pity for this old lawless
fighter and for h:3 son. and remember
ing the living and forgetting the dead,
and forgetting that tribute must eve;
be paid to Law if the majesty of
the law is to have recognition, ap
peals for clemency wer? made. In
like manner, years and years go
weak and unfaithful officers of the
law in Floyd Allen's county forgot
the tribute due to law and permitted
usurpation by the Aliens. But Gov
ernor Mann knew that in - different
degrees only there are a thousand
Fioyd Aliens in Virginia and her
nearby sister states, each setting
similar examples to his sons, and that
it is imperative for the vindication
of our government, that Law be en
throned and realization of its terri
ble might be forced up the public
mind.?Tne State.
Mr*. Jane Cooper Dead.
Mrs. Jane Cooper, widow of the late
Rev. John A. Cooper, a well-known
Baptist minister of Laurens county
in his day. died at her home Sat
urday night, near Ekom, ten miles
we_st of the city. Mrs. Cooper had
reached an advanced age and had
been an invalid for a number of
years. She was the grand mrther of
Hon. R. A. Cooper of this city.
Will Receive Fund*.
Ofesterday Mr. B. A. Sullivan made
a canvas of the city soliciting funds
for the flood sufferers. Since it is
possible that a large number of peo
ple in other parts of the county would
like to subscribe to this fund. The Ad
vertiser will be glad to accept sub
scriptions and to forward them to
the proper sources. It would be best
to send in what money that anyone
desires to send In by Saturday, when
the entire amount will be forwarded.
The people in the devastated district
' are in sore need of funds and in need
now. So, if there are others who
wi=h to subscribe we will be glad to
forward the money from this office.
Coanty Teachers Meeting.
The monthly meeting of the county
teachers association will be held In
the school auditorium here Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. H. J.
Snyder. cf Wofford college, will make
an address. After the address other
business of importance will be at
tended to. A full attendance of the
: teachers is expected.
Box Sapper at New Prospect.
Next Friday night, April 4th, there
will be a box supper and oyster sup
i per at the New Prospect School. The
proceeds of the supper will go to
wards improvements at the school.
The public is cordially invited to
come.
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At Oak Grove School.
A box supper will be given at Oak
Grove school at 8 o'clock Friday ev
eaing, to which an admission of 10
and 15 cents will be charged. Tho
public is cordially invited.
? SPECIAL NOTICBS, |
(>h For Sale?Good milk cow for
Price on application. Phone
ay Court 2 rings. W. W. Yeargin.
ray Court, S. C. 36-lt
For Kent?Conveniently situated and
nice/y arranged cottage on North Har
pe/ street. Apply to Mrs. T. Foster
Clmpson or Mrs. Edgar Martin. 36-lt
Corsets?Graceful slender lines, per
fect oorset comfort. Stout figures
mad?f beautiful. The Leading Lady
Corset?tailored to measure. Mrs.
Shepard, at Terry's store. 36-3t
FoV' Sale?A McCormick binder In
good condition. Price $75. Albert
Teague. Laurens. S. C. 36-2t-pd
WaAted?To buy several copies of
ThrAdvertiser of date of March 19th.
For Bent? Two comfortable 5-room
coj/fages near my residence and near
C. & W. C. R. R.. Good garden and
yards: city water in one and fine
well convenient to both. Rent moder.
j ate. J. J. Pluss. 36-lt
, Strayed or Stolen from Connie Max.
1 weir Orphanage on the night of Sun
day. March 30. a Kentucky mare,
dark bay, about 15 1-2 hands high.
. Finder notify A. T. Jamison, Supt..
Greenwood. S. C. 36-1 t-pd
For Sale??-passenger Touring car.
fine/running shape, good tires Will
self for 1250.00 cash or on good nego
tiable papers. Bargain for quick
buyer. Address Box 206. Laurens. S.
C. 34-tf
Wanted To Sell?or exchange for
otffer property, 50 colonies of bees in
' 8 frame hives. W. D. Fowler, Glenn
Springs. S. C. 34-5t
Jack?A large Tennessee Jack for
service. Colts to show. Colt guaran
: teed. Fee $12.50. R. G. Harris, Wood
ruff, S. C, Route No. 2. 34-5t
For Sale? Crystal White Orpington
and/S. C. White Leghorn eggs. Rlne
'.et/Barred Plymouth Rock eggs at
; SKoO per 15. Prize winners at coun
ty fair. Good hatch guaranteed. Mrs.
iJ. S. Bennett, Laurens. S. C. 34-5t
Brrd-ille Dairy and Stock Farm
! jaQK is ready for service. See the
, colts that won prizes at the County
Fair. W. D. Byrd & Son, R. F. D. S, i
> telephone No. 10, Laurent?, S. C. J
33-3mos
I Peas Peas, Peas?For sale, price
and/ sample sent on application.
Hattaway & Co., Spartanburg, S. C.
33-tf
EiVry Fanner sending his address
to ifrawer 505 Columbia. S. C, will
receive information that is valuable.
Write at once. 33-5t-pd
Back Eetrs?Indian Runner duck
egfcfc. $1.00 for 13. Address Mrs. M.
.V Jones, Gray Court. 32-5t
C/rn For Sale?600 or TOO bush
els in the ear for sale. Good, round
corn. Apply to S. J. Davis, Laurens.
28-10-pd
)r Quick Sale at Less Than Cost
Stock and fixtures of staple and
fancy groceries, about twenty-five hun
dred dollars. Freshest in city; also the
nicely furnished store-room for rent
Address Box 23, Laurens, S. C.
27-tf
WILL PLAY AT MILL.
"Down by the Sea'* at Laurens Mill
School Thursday.
The play "Down by the Sea" will
be given in the school auditorium at
the Laurens mill tomorrow night,
April 3rd. The proceeds of the play
will be given to the mill school for
various Improvements.
This fine comedy was acted in the
city opera house last Friday and the
able manner in which It was handled
captivated the audience. No doubt
a large crowd will be present tomor
row night. The curtain will rise at
S o'clock. The admission will be 10c
and 25c.
Simpson, Cooper & Babb,
Attorneys at Law.
Wi" practice in all State Courts,
prompt attention given to all business.
I "Canned Goods Week"
\ Retail Grocery Stores all over America
have selected this week as
"Canned Goods Week"
\ and we will offer all Canned Goods at Reduced
J prices.
We will give extra Special Prices for pur
chases by the dozen ji uy the case.
Reduction Made on All
Canned Goods this Week
J. C. Shell & Company
Laurens, S. C.
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