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ISA Iiv ( x?tili VOLUME XXVII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912. NUMBER 42 NOTABLE ADDRESS BY HILARY A. HERBERT Large Audience Heard Him Monday Evening. BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTES TO BOYHOOD FRIENDS With a Touch of Sentiment and Pathos Mill Mien of Humor, the Gallant Vet-; ?-ran Paid Beautiful Tributes to His Friends and then Drew Lessens from their Achievements. The annual oration before the grnd- 1 uating class of the Laurens high school was delivered Monday evening before a large and cultured andiencc by Hon. Hilary Abner Herbert, who is a native of Laurens of whom all its citizens are proud, a veteran of the Civil War, congressman for eight terms from (In state of Alabama, secretary of the navy under President Cleveland, and who is at present an honored citizen of Washington, D. C, with a long, j splendid und spotless career behind him Col. Herbert, by which title ho is generally known, having been col onel of the Eighth Alabama volun teers during the great war, was en thusiastically received by the des cendants of the friends and relatives of his boyhood days and the cloest at tention was given to him throughout hit address. Though Col. Herbert was born in 1834, consequently being sev enty eight years of age. his voice was clear and, though hardly resonant, wns distinct. His every word was un derstood and listened to raptly, for Iiis speech dwelt principally around reminiscencles of his boyhood days, his early friendships with the fathers and grandfathers of those present and the friends of many of the elders. Of those boyhood acquatntences, only one was in the house, Cresswell Gurllng ton, Esq., Mr. Garllngton occupying the seat of honor near CoL Herbert. Col. Herbert was introduced by Mr. W. W. Hall, a son of his boyhood friend, the lamented Col. B, W. Ball. Mr. Ball introduced the speaker as first a soldier, one who had fought valiantly in the great battles of the OO's and then later during the recon ?fe truction period; second, as a teach |P i , who! e lei eh< ars wi re earlj t< ach crs in this country; as a statesman, who as secretary of the navy under President Cleveland by efficiency and ability help lay the foundations of the great navy which swept the Span ish fleets of the sea, and fourth, as a native of Laurens. whom all of its citizens are proud to claim. In the beginning of his address Col. Herbert recited his early experiences in I^nurens, which he left at the age Of twelve. Though, he said, "I emild not say that I love the home of my childhood better than, or ever as well as I do my adopted land," he would say that since leaving, these verses have been clinging around his heart ever since: "Sweet Clime of my kindred, blest land of my birth, Tho Fairest, the dearest. the brightest on earth, Whore e'er 1 may roam, *' howo'er blest T may be, My heart as instinctively ! turns unto thee." Col? "Herbert dwelt at length upon tlio experiences of his boybood "ays. giving many pathetic and then humor ous In&thnces of those days and of his early youth. Then Laurens was but a mere village, whore the court house was somewhat of a social cen ter and the old Laurensvlllo Female Academy, where his father and moth er taught, was the educational cen ter. At school, taught during the first years by old* Davy J. Williams and In 1846 by Bob Garllngton, he ?nulled and playod with the Todds. the Garllngtons, the Farleys. the Flem ?fak". the Willlamses, the Irbys, the ^R-irksdales, Hud Ball, Chris Sober and others. Turning from the reminiscencles of r his boyhood days, Col. Herbert re minded tho class that the school chil dren of tho present have far greater advantages than those of his day, though it was n question in his mind whether some of the modern ways of teaching was right. Where tho boys and girls of bis day bad before them what their ancestors had left them, the boys and girls of todny have be fore them tho achievements In every department of learning of two of the busiest generations the world lias ev- I er known. "You nro the heirs of all i the ages that have nreceded you and if you wish to he foremost in the tiles' of time you must be up and doing." Passing from his boyhood days, Col. Herbert dwelt upon the associations of Ills early youth, the friendships with the boys of those old and honored families of Laurens. Declaring that If he could name each of the boys and girls which he knew in his youth and then trace accuratoly his or her ca reer in alter life, such a plain unvar nished story would be one of the most pathetic, and at the same time, one of the brightest chapters in history, Col. Herbert singled out but one of bis boyhood friends. Will Parley, and traced the long friendship from the time when Farley and his brother de claimed in the old school house on rough t ie years at the University of Virginia, ?null they came together for the last time during the Gettysburg campaign, in the spring of 18G3. lb re they were together for awhile Of this meeting Col. Herbert spoke at length and took the opportunity to lay such a beautiful tribute at the feet of his friend as has seldom been heard coming from the lips of any man. Major Farley was killed at Brandy Station a few (lays after see ing Col. Herbert, "My young friends, with memories of my childhood crowding upon me I have dwelt a long time upon the past, but 1 cannot lind if in my heart to apologize, it is because of that past, which I have been calling to mind, that you are today what you are. and that to you hav< come down not only peaceful and happy days under self government, but also the priceless memory of the heroism and patience and endurance of the generation that secured for you these blessings. Cher ish forever In your hearts the images of Hampton and Butler, and R. H. Anderson and Gary and Kershaw and Evans, and Todd and Ball and Conway Garllngton, and Farley, and the thous ands of brave soldiers who stood by their sides in battle; and do not forget those survivors of the war who piloted South Carolina successfully through the horrors of reconstruction. Cherish in your hearts too, the mem ory of those blessed women from whom you are descended, women who gave up all that was dearest to them ?father and brother and lover and husband and son. Ann then why and wherefore of all this the causes of that bloody war, the Justifications of your forefather?all these you should know. It should be taught you In your schools and by your parents at the fireside. "I exhort this generation to study the principles that were at stake in that great war between the states. Study carefully the story of our Fed eral Constitution and the manner In which it was upheld by the statesmen of your section in the crusade that war, being waged against the South, from 18?.l to 1861. Mr. Ball in introducing mo to you spoke in complimentary tones of a hook I have recently writ ten. My purpose in that book was to write an accurate history of the CttUB 01 <if our great war. If 1 have suc ceeded in this, then I have shown clearly to Northerners, who shall read It that the Southern States had good reasons for believing that they had the right to secede, and that It was their duty to light for the Independ ence of the Confederacy, and I have also shown to the Southerners, who shall read It. that tbo North bad good reasons for believing it was right In fighting for tho preservation of the Union. That great, war was not, as has been sedulously taught In bo many school books, a "slave-holders' rebellion." While on tho one side it was a war for tho preservation of the Union, on tho other It was a war by slave-holder and non-slave-holder, standing togethor for tho right of self government banded down to them from the fathers, and during the war oa well as afterwards In reconstruction dnya, for tho supremacy of the white race that had boon ordained by Al mighty God. Slavory was an incident of the war, and It went down forever. We all thank God that It did. Seces sion was a disputed right. It Is set tled forever; so mote It be. The un ion vvas triumphant; let It be perpet ual. In spite of reconstruction white civilization eventually triumphed in the Southern States; so may that ev er be. But Just here, my friends, young and old, let me remind yon that when ever we aro considering this race question, which unfortunately will al ways be with us. let us never forget. (Continued on Local Page.) Space In Your Local Newspaper Is Valuable If Used Correctly *Buying a farm doesn't make a man a fanner. Buying space in your local newspaper doesn't make you an advert iser. In both cases, ?oultivalion counts. After you have bought a line farm yon must immediately begin to give il attention, to hold it to its present state of production and in order to increase its producing value. When you take space in your local newspaper, you should begin to give il serious attention. Think bow you can give the very besl values in the space you have bought. Think how you can present those values in the most attractive man ner in the space yon have bought. Study the advertisements of the most successful stores in your lines in the larger cities. Note how they present their goods in the most highly interest ing manner. No class of publication is more closely read than the local newspaper. It is n platform upon which you can speak di rectly to nil the people. With a little practice yon can soon find the most effective way, to tell in type, your message to them so thai they will listen and accept your propositions. GLEE ( L?H PLEASES. Chloom Girls Attracted a Large Au dience und Pleased Ever) One Pros .enL The ontertainment given by tiu> Chl cora Glee Club, in tho auditorium of the graded school Friday evening, was a success in every way. The program was tastefully selected to please an audience of lovers of classical music as well as those who preferred the lighter pieces. Not only in the selec tion of the program was the enter tainment noteworthy, for the success of the evening lay in the artistic and delightful manner in which the pieces were rendered. The young ladies acquitted themselves admirably and the audience left the auditorium high ly pleased. The collection at the door was gen erous, a handsome balance of about $.r>0 being realized for the school li brary. During their stay in Laurcns the young ladies were the guests of Presbyterian families, where they were cordially and hospitably re ceived. The people of the city en Joyed having them, the hope being ex pressed on many sides that it may be possible to have them here again next year. WATTS WALLOPS 'EM. I,aureus Team Puts It Over the Clin ton Collegians in Baseball Conlliet Last Saturday. In a very seoroful but rather snappy game of ball last Saturday the Watts Mill team defeated the Presbyterian college team by the score of S to 5. There was plenty of good solid slug ging but the excellent fielding of both teams kept things pretty exciting throughout. The Watts Mill team at present is a strong aggregation and from all re ports the management intends making it stronger. They are going to play a big bunch of games In T.nurens during the season and if last Saturday's game was a fair sample, the games will be well worth attending. In all prob 1 ability*they will play a game this Sat urday but nothing definite is yet known. SAI L TO FOUNTAIN INN? Tlcantifnl Cantata to bo Sung In the "Border CM)* Noil Tncsday Even ing. The lAurOTiB choral society has re ceived ah invitation from Fountain Inn to present the Cantata Saul there. Tho invitation has been accepted and the cantata will he given next Tues day evening. This is the first of a number of trips which the society hopes to make this spring. However, last year the so ciety presented one of the several cantatas, which It sings, at Fountain Inn and were so charmed with the hospitality of the Fountain inn people that they have been looking forward for the second visit for some time. The entire society of about thirty five members Will be with the party. They will probably go up in automobiles. "SLICK" IH N L.Y P III KT. Ilrokc Ills Log Sliding Into Third Uns?? in Game of Hull Pridn) Afternoon. A very unfortunnto accident occur red in the hall game between Wood ruft and the Lnurens high school Frl ddy evening, when Hicliard Dlllllnp, j the crack pitcher and heavy hitter of the Lnurens team, broke both hones in his left leg sliding Into third base. Exactly how the accident happened is not known, but It is thought to have resulted from the resistance of the grassy turf to the leather shoes, caus ing the foot to double tip beneath his body. Both bones of tho leg were broken just above the ankle. Doctors were immediately called and he was soon carried home. In reply to a telephone message to his home yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Dunlap stated that Richard was get tin.'- along as well as could bo expect ed, only being a little restless as a result of the Confinement. His great est sorrow, she Bald, was because of tho fact that he had to miss the com mencement exercises at th> graded school where he graduates this year. TO itLPLAT SAI L. Iteautlfiil Cantata to be Sung Th?rs* j day Evening, .Nuj 2!Inl, by the Lnu rens Choral Soicety. Announcement has noon made that the Lnurens Choral Society will re peat the cantata 'Saul of Israel" Wednesdav evening. May 23?'d. Where it will be given has not yet been de cided. The proceeds will be devot -d to some charitable purpose. This cantata was presented in the early part of the year and attracted the most favorable comment that any musical (>vent ever given in Lnurens. It was a pronounced success in every particular and with the assurance that all of those who took part in it the first time will he present at this presentation, a musical treat Is ex pected. OFFK KHS THAI NINO SCHOOL. Commissioned OflicerH of the Trnjn? hum Guards Gone to Atlanta to Take a' Week's Course. ("apt. W. It. Itlchoy, Lieut. T. it. Simpson and Lieut. 0. P. Irby left Sat urday fur Atlanta, where they will spi nd about a week attending the of ficer's training school. About fifty ofllcers from the national guard of the state are In attendance, besides a number of ofllcers from (JeorKla. The Laurens otllcers are expected back Sunday. Returning home Sunday, Capt. Rlchey will leave the same day with his rifle team for Charleston, where they will take part in the rifle match to decide upon the team which is to represent the state at Camp Perry, O. With Capt. RlChoy will no Sergeants Smith and Roper. Corporals Eichel borgor and Surnorol and privates Russ and Weathers. Solid Car Load. A solid carload of tin is what DiV ver Bros have just gotten In. They are big buyers of this class of ma terinl and always keep large quantl ties in stock. MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED FRIDAY F.xcrclsos Presided over b) Col. II. V. Simpson old Veterans Presented witli Crosses of Honor. '1.10 annual custom ol decorating the graves of the departed soldiers of the Confederacy was observed Friday,! when the children Of tho graded school, the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Sons of Veterans, Veterans, the Trayn ham Guards and the citizenship gen erally gathered at the cemetery, where a few simple exercises were gone through and tho graves of the dead decorated by the children. The peo ple gathered at the graded school building and marched from there to tho Cemetery, lead by the school chil dren, each little girl having a wreath with which to decorate the graves, [leaching the cemetery, Itov. L, P. McGee opened the exercises with prayer, alter which some of the "chil dren sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee," while the others decorated the graves. Col. II. Y. Simpson then spoke a few words eulogizing the soldiers of the Confederacy, declaring that it was not only to pay a deserved tribute to the departed soldiers that they had gath ered, but it was equally to perform (he duty of keeping alive in the minds of the growing generation and perpetu ating in history tin- fact that the South fought for principles which she eon Sidei'Cd light and which she held most dear. It is the duty of the elders, he said, to teach the growing gcncrnllm that their fathers fought for what they considered their rights and further he said it was the duty of the elders to see that the histories taught in south ern schools should bear testimony of this fact. Col. Simpson then read that touching poem, so well loved by vet erans and their descendants, portray ing the heroic death of Sam Davis, the intrepid scout who gave up his life rather than disclose a secret of his commander. After Col. Simpson had paid bis tribute to the soldiers of the war. an other patriotic song was sung and then the following veterans or their repre sentatives were presented with cross es: J. S. nozdell, S. Coker, A. .1. Smith, I*. Cannon, .1. Y. Culbcrtson, W. It Fowler, .1. B. Jones. \V. It. Parsons, G. M. Langston, J. VY. Moore, .1. B. Peden, It. Y. J. 131 logo, 0. A. Miller, A. Y. Motes. Joseph W. Moore. 15, Pinckney Jones, William N. Wharton. After these were presented tho Honor Poll was called, this being n regular feature of all memorial days; in Laurens. Following this the Trayn ham Guards fired a salute, after which the exercises were dosed. CONTRACT HAS BEEN I.KT. Sow Poslofrtcc Building Is t<? be Fin ished by August 1st. 1918. Postmaster C. H, Hicks has received word from the Treasury Department that the contract for the [.aurens post olllce building has been let to James De Vault, of Canton, Onio. the con tract price being $41?,.164. This com pany was the lowest bidder when the bids were opened recently. The ( on tract calls for tho completion of the building by August I, 1913, a few months more than a year from now, Although the contract does not state when the work is to commence. It Is understood from "circumstantial evidence" or via the Grape Vine line, that operations will be started at an early date. ESCAPE FROM C1IAINGANG. Two Negroes with onl) Short Time to Serve Kscnpc from the Count) Chitin Gang. Buster Miller and Frank Williams, two trusties on the county chain gang took French leave Sunday night and have not been caught. They escaped from the camp nenr Davis spring early in the night und although it was soon after discovered that they were gone, they made good their escape. Both negroes were trusties. Buster Miller only had about twenty eight days of a two year sentence left while Frank Williams only had a few months of service. Ofti to District Conference. The district conference of the Meth odist Church is being held this week in Greenville. The sessions begin to day and will probably last throughout the week. Besides the pastor, Rev. L. p. McGee, the other delegates from the I.aurens church are Messrs. J. F. Bolt. W. L. Gray. R. B. Babb, J. F. Tolbcrt and Dr. W. H. Dial. Bleasc and Jones Issue to Come Up. SEVERAL CONTESTS IN DELEGATIONS Tbc Jones Majority Ik Almost Large Enough to Guarantee tlmt there ?III be no Fight mi the Floor Hot neon the Two Factions. Blouse Candidate tor Seat in Baltimore Convention. Columbia, s. C? May i t. Pinna Cor the state convention of Hie Democratic party of South Carolina, to br held hen- tomorrow, will be arranged at meeting of the state executive com mittee, Which has been called by Cen. \Villc Jones, state chairman, lo bo held in the ofllCG Of the secretary of State at the State house tonight. Tho State convention will be held tomorrow at noon in the hall of the house of rep resentatives. There will be :<"ai dole gales present In the convention from the various counties of the Slate. Interest in the meeting of the exec utive committee tonight centres in the election of a Stati- chairman. Gen. Wille .lonos, who has been the chair man for i t years, announced several weeks ago. that he would not ask re election. He ha;; been othcially con - liectcd with the party for 30 yea:., having served as secretary for It] years before election to the chairman ship. It is expected that the friends of Gen. Jones on the committee will tonight put up his name for reelec tion. It is said that the name of W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw will also ho put up for election. Mr. Stevenson is a member of the general assembly from Chesterfield county. Thos. G. Mc Lcod, former lieutenant governor, will he put up for president of the conven tion by the supporters of Judge Jones. No opposition has developed ' to Mr. McLood. To Fleet Delegates, Eighteen delegates to the national convention, to be hold in linlllmoro on June L'.r>. will he elected by tho State convention. There is much In terest in the election of the four fel cgntes at large and several candidates tor the places have already beeil an nounced. The Joins forces in ihn convention win support Senator B. it. Tlllmnn .mo Senator 15, I?. Smith for delegates at large. Among the candi dates for the other places as delegates at large an-: Lowudcs i Browning of I'nlon, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house; IV II Woslebn, member of th< s< nate from Itichlnnd county John Gary. Evans, former governor; it. I Manning of Stimtcr and A F. Lover, member of congress from the Seventh district, in addition to the four delegate., at large the convention will elect (wo delegates f 1*011) each COIlgrOs'! ional dis ! trict. ? Decide Contests. Charleston and Georgetown (nun tie* will send contesting delegations to the State convention, Tin < !.: win be submitted by the convention to the committee on credentials. There ., a difference of opinion Iis to whethci the executive commit teemen from Charleston and Georgetown win be seated by the State convention or the executive committee. Gen lone., ha I given the opinion that the con'' I ft to the Oommlttcemc-U will lie decided by the convention. This question Will very probably be brought up at the meeting of the committee tonight. ? Tho State. Meeting of Missionar) Institute. The Lnurens County Missionary In stitute will meet in the First Presby terian church Thursday morning and will last throughout the day. Tho la dies of the church will serve a lunch at the church to the visiting delegates, who are to he here from different parts of the county. Mir . J, O Beavis, of Columbia, is expected to he present 10 deliver an address. A successful meeting is anticipated. Some Spring Specials, As noted in their ad elsewhere in this issue of Tile Advertiser, Davis Boper Co. are putting on sale BOtnO excellent bargains in the way oC spring goods. This company, other wise known as ?'Outfitters for all Man kind." are always after the business and their "special bargains" usually attract many buyers.