The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-01-18
A WEEKS NEWS
CONCERNING CLINTON
Graded School Reopens af.
ter Long Holiday.
CROSS HILL MAN
WINS IN ORATORY
Effort of a Few to Establish Library
Have been Rewarded and Few
Books have been Gathered Together
= and Placed In a Room over Bailey
Bros. Store

noohs nave peen Gathered Together
d. and Placed in a Room over Bailey
Bros. Store.
Clinton. Jan. 17.--The exercises
of the graded school were resumed
Monday after exactly month of hol-
iday.
The long vacation was due to the
work done on the building. and the
teachers and pupils found themselves
IN a new and strange place Monday
A wing containing an auditorium and
several ciass-rooms has been added
and modern up~to-date heating and
ventilatinS plant installed
Monday evening at the PRESBYTERIAN
college preliminary oratorical CON
test was held for the purpose of select
ing representative in the inter-col
Ieglate oratorical contest. The con
testants are selected by the Eukos-
mian and Philomathian literary soci-
eties from the Junior and Senior class
es. From the six so selected the fac
ulty select one
Monday nights contest was very
creditable to all the participants. The
Eukosmian society's speakers with
subjects were: Fl. W. Baker, America
the Magnet of Nations; w. S. Feweu
Modern Plutocracy"; e. A. Fuller,
World Peace" The Philomathian
society was represented by T. c.
Brown, World Federation;" C d.
Fulton. Our Waterways" T. W.
Simpson, Man Released" The facul-
tvs decision fell on Ellis A. Fuller, a
CROSS Hill man, and one of the most
dii-round popular men in college.
a delegation of Mr. Fuller's friends
from Cross Hill attended the contest
The college orchestra furnished ex-
cellent music in the intervals.
The many friends of Mrs George H.
ellis were saddened and shocked by
the news of her death, which occurred
in an Atlanta hospital last week. AL
though Mrs. Ellis had been unwen for
some time, her mediate death was
the result of heart failure.
The effort to establish library in
Clinton seems at least to have proven
successful. room has been rented
over Bailey Brothers store and a very
attractive lot of books donated. Com
nittees have been authorized to nut
the room in readiness and to order
books. AT meeting held last Friday
evening Dr. w. S. Bean was elected
Librarian, supervision being all that
Is expected of him. The actual work
OF managing the library will be done
by volunteers from among the ladies'
The association has eighty members
and it is hoped this will be trebbled
at least
Last Friday night Mr.. A. f. Spen-
GERS barn was burned The alarm
called out the volunteer firemen and
a throng OF citizens. The loss was
about $500 or $4O0, not covered by
the insurance of $3.50.
Several changes have been made
in business arrangements since the
first of the year. Two new firms
dealers in furniture, have opened up
Taylor and Taylor. and Galloway and
Godfrey, The Clinton Carriage and
Garage company has moved into Wor-
d's building on Main street. The
express company has moveS@ to it's
new building on Phinney az ae
Mr.. Clayten Bailey's ne home on
Musgrovc street is one Of the hand
soonest in town
Bailey Brothers are adding to their
store a balcony to shut off the heat
and glare.
Materials are being put down for
new cottage at the Thornwell Or
phanage, to be occupied by the Rev.
j. b. Branch, assistant to the president
Among the guests at the Anderson
Philson wedding last week were: Mrs
Ada Anderson of Reidville, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Ray Anderson of Laurens
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Anderson of Reid
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. John Langton of
Darlington, Mrs. Gilreath of Green
Vile, Mrs. Clinkscales of Anderson,
Mrs. Louis Anderson and Miss Mary
Anderson of Laurens, Mrs Marshall
Anderson of Reiville
A popular guest in town last week
was Miss Ina Little of Laurens in
whose honor Miss Orrah Bess Little