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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-01-03
MOUNTYlLLE NEWS.


Mountville, Jan. 1.-The seasons
holidays passed off quietly here. Ces-
sation of business, the usual visiting,
social dinners and parties, an occa-
sional bird hunt marked the passing
of Christmas week. Among the more
ambitious and noisy youth fireworks
were the more characteristic feature
of enjoyment. While these may have
been in some Instances too freely in
dulgcd in, yet no serious harm result
ed. 1t is unfortunate that young
America has taken a wrong view Of
the manner in which the birth of the
Savior should be celebrated
Mountville has Il good number of
college students in the various insti-
tutions of the State all of whom were
at home for Christmas week. Alsey,
Cary and Wilton Mitchell Charles and
Robert Thornton, Eugene Stokes.
Grady Culbcrtson, Watts Hudgcns. IIl-
lis and Fred Fuller, William Fellers.
Louise Richardson and Eliza May Sui
IlVan. These are all good students
doing we'll in their respective schools.
Their weeks rest and visit were a
great pleasure to them and their many
friends here.
Miss Lille Culbertson attended the
marriage last week. as maid of honor.
of her friend Miss Ella Griffin, at
Temple Ga This haDDv evon+ uoc
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EDEN NOTES.

Eden, Jan. 1.-The holidays passed
off very pleasantly. Everybody seem
ed have a good time
Mrs, r.. W. Nash and children, who
have been visiting relatives in Eden
and Rabun community returned to
her home in Greenville Sunday
Messrs Carl and Ben Reeves spent
Christmas with their mother.
Mr.. c. V. Hipp has been visiting rel
atives at Enoree and Mountville, dur
ing the holidays.
Dr. j. w. Beason went to Woodruff
Friday to see his mother, who has
been very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erskine Babb spent a
few days with Mr.. G.. A. Babb and
family last week.
Mcssrs. Grady Babb and Frank Gray
after spending the holidays with their
parents, returned to school at Tigers
VILE Tuesday.
Mrs. Y. w. Bcason is improving
slowly at this writing.
Burglars entered the store of Il. IL.
Reeves Saturday night and opened the
cash drawer. Fortunately all of the
cash had been taken out except some
small change and only about a dol
lar in coppcrs was missed Although
no arrests have been made Mr. Reeves
is following a clue and probably he
will apprehend the guilty parties
soon The drawer was not broken in
to. but was opened by the combina-
ton.
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Mrs. 8. w. Rutledge and little son.
Walter, have returned from a visit to
her sisters, Mrs. DR.. s. A. Boland and
Mrs. w. d, Whitmon at Statham. Ga.
Mrs. L. G. Ron. accompanied by
Mrs. s. R. Dorroh of Woodruff. left
Saturday for Timmonsville where they
VIII visit their sister, Mrs. C. A. Fos-
ter.
DIR. Carlisle Nottingham, of Cape
CHARLES, Va, spent Christmas with
Mrs. Nottingham, who is spending
some time with her mother, Mrs.
Caine.
DR.. t. l.. Zimmerman has moved
his offices from the Dial building into
the rooms recently vacated by DR.. AL
bright over the Peoples Loan and Ex-
change Bank.
Little Misses Katherine, Eleanor
and Margaret Ball, of Columbia, spent
Christmas week with their grand
mother, Mrs. b. w. Ball. They re-
turned to Columbia yesterday.
Mr.. w. III. Baldwin, Miss Idez Bald
win and Miss Loudelle Baldwin of
Barksdale were among the visitors in
the city last Thursday. While here
they paid the Advertiser a pleasant
call.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr. M. p. Vaughn spent the day In
the city last Thursday.
Prof. B. L. Parkinson has been Wis
iting for few days in the city.
MISS Julia Childress is visiting rel
atfyes and friends In Gray Court.
Col. j. @. Burns of Greenwood was
business visitor here this week.
DIR. w. c. Irby spent part of the
holidays with relatives in Greenyille
Mrs. j. III. league and children have
been visiting relatives in Mountville
Mr.. Clyde Fowler spent a few days
during Christmas with friends in
Georgia.
Mr.. Patrick H. Anderson. of Wa
terloo, was a business visitor in the
city Saturday.
Mrs. Jack Crosland, of Benefits
vile, has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
l.. u. Bale, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Clarke and Re-
becca Clarke spent the HOLIDAYS in
North Carolina.
Mr.. Ernest Machen spent a part of
the holidays with friends and rela-
tives in Honea Path.
Mr.. w. B. Beeks and Mr. j. C. Beeks
of Brewerton We're among the visitors
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. |. c. Coleman, an old I.aurens
boy who is now living in Charlotte, is
in the city for week
Miss Willie Dorroh left yesterday
to take up her duties at New Harmony
school, near Fountain Inn.
Mr.. Robert j. Taylor of Fountain
Inn was among the business visitors
in Laurens last Thursday.
Mrs. Virginia Neville and Miss Mat
tie May Neville visited DR.. and Mrs
Aiken a few days last week.
Misses Ida and jamie Darlington,
of Columbia, visited Rev. and Mrs.
w. "A. Clark during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Babb, of Foun-
tan Inn spent a few days last week
with MIR. and Mrs. T. Mac Roper.
Miss Mary Davenport and Mrs. T. NJ.
Shaw, accompanied by Mr. Jud Lang
SION, attended the dance in Greenwood
Friday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. o. b. Mayer and fam
lily have returned to Newberry after
spending a part OF the holidays with
MIR and Mrs. w. w. Jones.
The many friends of Mrs. Mrs. l..
e. Burns will be sorry to learn that
she has been sick, though not serious
ly for few days this week.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
in AND ABOUT CLINTON
Continued from Page Onc)

Sailed Almonds Olives pickles
Ice Cream
Fruit Cake Pound Cake
bananas Grapes
Coffee Cheese Waters
Pythian Punch
The toasts were presided over by
Mr.. McCarley Barksdaie and all the
speeches were enjoyed. Following Is
the program:
Toastmaster ] McCarley b .sdale
Give no more to every guest
Than he's able to digest;
Give him always of the prime
And but little at time"
Dean Swift.
Music
Address of welcome ID. w. A. Neville
eve hold an old accustomed feast
whereto we have invited many a
guest" Shakespeare.
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YOUR

Should be to use the same care and dis
elimination in your lug Purchases as
you observe when buying any of the
Household necessaries, and to patronize
those dealers whose goods and methods
inspire confidence.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
STATE EXPERT SAYS
COTTON CROP WILL
BE SHORT THIS YEAR

f. Lee Worsham. state entomologist.
who has just completed a trip over the
state is not impressed with Georgia s
prospects for q good, big cotton ercp.
MI Worsham took a decidedly pes
simistic view of cotton conditions in
general today, asserting that If the
August influx of the cotton caterpillar
proves as damaging as usual, Georgia
will be lucky to get away in the fan
with s. per cent crop
The recent intrusion or the army
worm. however. Mr. Worsham said. mad
been checked to large extent. A. G.
Lewis. assistant entomologist, who has
been in the field since the army worm
appeared in south Georgia reports the
situation we'll in hand al Tfton. Bax-
ley Hazlehurst, Pelham and Thomas
vile.
p. d. Willinghsm writes that the
worm has appeared in Bibb county just
south Of Macon in large numbers
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
HAYWARD & cLARk's
DAILY COTTON LETTER

NEW ORLEANS June 24-W Weather
conditions over Sunday were ia vorable
Dry, warm weather prevailed in the ca St
ern states. while light to moderate scat
tered showers covered central and west
ern states. The dreaded heat wave did
not materialze. on the contrary. Wash
ington predicts another week of fsvora BILE
weather; generally fai with normal tenn
peratures.
Liverpool was about points lower than
due. but promptly followed the rally in
New York Spots 3 points lower An old
same locality. writes from point in south
Texas: Crop immense; best of my rec
objection, Already many half grown bolls
and blooming all over, while growing
continually- Already 10 feet high
No insects al all Not a Weevil can be
found AZ English buyer who left for
Liverpool Saturday offered so cents for a
weevil during the whole week without
getting any even after raising his limit to
81 Think Of over five million for Texas
assured. Plenty of old cotton in our com
presses. yet, which people now think of
selling
A farmer writes from Arkansas that a
siX-hundred- acre place which. on April II
was oyer1oWed, now has a good crop. The
market opened easier. but was soon
strongly supported and rallied The fact
that the least apparently unfavora Bile
crop report even if unimportant is being
given preference over the volume of good
reports and facts, shows bullish indica-
tions prevailing
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
PRINTER BYRD
FULLY INDICATED BY
REPORT OF EXAMINER

In etter sent broadcast today
Charles p Byrd. sttae printer, declares
that he is absolutely vlndicated by the
report Of Frank J cohen, expert print
er. who Investigated the charges that
Byrd had violated his contract with the
state He declares that he made no
answer to the accusations against him
because he knew he had complied fully
with all the requirements Of his post
ton
He points sout that Nj Conen's re-
port finds that instead Of Byrd owing
the state. the state owes Byrd $69.9S.
the difference between underchargcs s
and overcharges.
Mir. Cohen also finds that BYRD
couldn't use small plea as spocified
by law. because there is none Of that
type now in existence So Mr. Byrd
was perfectly justified Cohen adds in
using eleven point. which IS recognized
over the entire country as being the
nearest thing to small plea.
M Cchen's conclusion Is that the
state Law should be revamped to mako
the specifications more explicit
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
COTTON MARKET
SHOWS DECLINE
Good Weather, Lower Cables,
and Selling Pressure Com
bine to Pull Prices Down.

NEW YORK. June 24.-Disap ppointing
Liverpool cables and liberal selling. oc-
cas1oned by the weather map, affected our
market on the opening with a decline of
to points, Liverpool cables market
declined in consequence of favora BILE
weather and selling orders from the con
tnent
During the first half-hour the market
developed lrm tone on the report is
sued by Cordill who is out with report
on part of Georgia, not so good as ex
pected
After the call. scattering covering and
buying for the New Orleans accounts
brought about rally. carrying prices |
to 9 points above the opening This rally
only lasted few minutes and the mar
ket became weak, due to the favorable
weather condition over the belt. and the
government predicting another week of
good weather and the market shown a
backward trend with prices sagging back
to the opening. The bears anticipate still
lower prices before the close The buy
ing power was moderate and scattered.
Spot houses shown good demand for
spots however, there was very little for
sale, the belief is that spots have almost
petered out.
Al the close the market was steady
with prices unchanged to 5 points lower
than the Saturdays close.
Warehouse stocks in New York today.
1888: certificated. 115,924
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. June q Wheat dull:
cember ltoM@1.10h. spot No red 11SA
in elevator. LIS T. o. b. Corn dull No.
IN elevator nominal export No 81
T. o. b., steamer nominal. No 4 nominal
oats quiet. natural white 59m6i, white
clipped 6OM6l Rye uuiet No. nominal
g. f. New York Barley auiet; mailing
l12Gl25 nominal e. Z Buffalo, Hay
quiet: spring patents 550m 5.9o straights
5m550. clears AS5n5 So winter patents
5.90@6 10. straights 5.35m5 As. clears 10
Beef steady. family t8@ls50 Pork
steady mess s205Uu2l family 20n2l
Lard quiet. city steam 1oi4 n10l4 middle
West spot 1885. TallOw steady; city dn
hogsheadsJ 61S nominal country Gin
tiercesi 5aiM61a
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
NEWS AND GOSSIP
Of the FleeCy Staple

NEW YORK. June "a Carpenter, Bag
got & Co, The opening was quiet with
some selling by Wall street and local pro-
The principal buying is thought to be
from New Orleans. undoing straddles and
covering by uptowns shorts. Outside
business light.
There seems to be fair demand for
new crop and not much pressure to sell.
Cordill is out with report on part of
Georgia not so good as expected
Market IS being bought on Cordill s. re-
Dallas wires: "Texas generally cloudy
and cool; good rains in Weatherford. Dali
las, San Antonio Marietta, Quanah. Ar
lngton. Aledo, Strawn. Colorado CITY to
Tonah. Greenville, Longview, Lancaster.
scattered light rains east. oklahoma,
clear to partly cloudy and cool
The Memphis Commercial Appeal says:
Rains over the western part Of the cotton
belt and clear open weather in the East
made the past week good one on the
cotton crop. Progress was made, general
ly speaking both in plant growth and cul-
tivation, although. in plant growth, some
what retarded, the former by unsea soma
bly, low temperatures and the latter by
rains Of the week fell. the soil was al
ready a high state of cultivation and
the fields were clean In that part of
the belt the week was unusually favora
Bile, as the moisture the crop received was
just the one thing that is needed. All
over Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.
heavy rain fell, and good general rain fen
in Arkansas, Louisiana Mississippi and
Tennessee. In all these states. cultiva-
tion Is well advanced. In the east
progress was made, due to open weather,
although temperatures were too cool for
the best results of the plant
Following are II a. m. bids: July ll14,
October ll.45, December ll.5S, January
1153
NEW ORLEANS. June "a Hayward &
Clark; Map shows favorable conditions.
hn or
mostly light TO moderate except l.S4 at
Memphis district. No rain in Atantics
except at Savannah Good showers in
northwest Texas, north Texas and Okla
homa
Weather over Sunday was very favora =
Bile and Washington promises another ia
vorable week. With the exception OF
widely scattered showers the coming
week will be of generally fair weather,
with normal temperatures in the South =
eTn states
Greenwood Miss. partly cloudy aud
cool; good rain last night Yazoo City.
threatening: rained all night Vicksburg
cloudy; hard rain last night Memphis.
light rain; warm.
Saturdays weather records show fine
rains In Oklahoma: Mangum 2.40. Wealth
erford 10. Also in Arkansas Nice and
warm weather elsewhere
J. A. Kennedy wires from Marshall
last night. Still cloudy"
Tomorrow is first notice day for July in
New Orleans.
Estimated receipts TUESDAY
New Orleans 1 | 900 to 800 ass
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
Of STONE
CLOSES MARKET.
Chicago Grain Dealers Pay
Respects TO Board Of Trades
Late Secretary.

.CHlCAG0. June 24-There was no ses-
sion Of The Board Of Trade today adjourn
ment being taken as a mark Of respect to
and because Of the funeral Of the late Seq
retarN George F. Stone
There were only small number II
spectators on the Board of Trade curb
, today. ana they were bearish on wheat
almost to man. Telegraphic advces
! from Kansas report the harvesting in the
! south part Of that state as general to-
day. and that the crop will be larger than
looked for two weeks ago. The govern
ment weekly forecast predicts generally
TAR weather for this week in that terri
tory. There We're rains in oklahoma Sun
day. but this will cause no delav
Northwestern receipts were 272 cars
and Winnipeg 2%6 com pared with 326 and
ab0 cars. respectively, year ago
The English markets were easier in
wheat, Liverpool being l4d lower and
London reported wheat on passage as ! I'D
to 3D. lower.
There was sharp gpturn in the price
Of wheat al Paris. where gains we're
shown Of 1tc TO 25sc and flour unchanged
to &c higher.
There is bull party IN corn and that
cereal is likely to hold well. although the
weather conditions are against the pres
ent prices
Worlds shipments for the week were
large at S.472,000 bushels, compared with
el33,o00 bushels the previous week and
5,0S5, 900 bushels d year ago
Liverpool was easier and unchanged to
I'D lower
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
POLITICS MAKES
STOCKS NERVOUS
Canadian Pacific and Reading
Lose Strength Undertone
Uncertainty of Market.
BY CHARLES W. STORM.

NEW YORK. 1une Political devel-
opments at Chicago subsequent to the
regular Republican convention had dis
turbing effect upon the stock market with
the result that prices were off and the
tone was weak with the opening steady.
The heaviest losers were Amalgamated
Copper, which was ] u lower: Lehigh VAL
ley. which was off point and Canadian
Pacific. which declined I ID
London was adversely affected and ca
bles reflected a bearish trend
Among the other losses were United
States Steel common y Smelling Y,
Atchison =, Readil G =, Onion Pacific q
Anaconda Copper sold off I point going
below a.
After few minutes trading. the hard
coal stocks grew even weaker than they
had been at the opening and Reading $
net loss reached ~.
The curb markei was steady
Americans in London were sold
steadier tone prevailed in the late
forenoon and fractional gains were noted
IN many of the leading is-pes
The stock market closed heavy
Government bonds unchanged other
bonds steady.
Stock quotation
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
FACT AND GOSSIP
IN MANY 'MARTS
Every One Must lump When
His Own Particular Bell
Rings.
BY 8. c. FORRES.


/ NEW YORK. June - DO Won ever
eel mat If only YOU were in some one
Ises shoes YOU could do as YOU liked.
Nhat you would have to submit to no
oosslng that YOU would he entirely
Hee' Have YOU ever envied the mil
honaires' whom you supposed to he mas
ters of all they surveyed? Or. to put it
differently. did YOU not when child
fancN that all power resided in your
parents that they were supreme un-
'rammeled, absolutely free-wll agents ?
And then did not the teacher also become
an autocrat, Il being to be envied? Later
II was learned that these had to submit
10 certain restraints. but there We're the
rlch who beyond question had to bow the
neck to nobody. And are there not some
among us who still ina gine that there
are thousands of the financially elect who
have no masters?
The truth is that no ono but cipher
least Of all the big people-can boast
or immunity from overlordshin Of some
form We are all. from the least to the
greatest, servants Not one of us is a
master ungoverned. unchecked. answer
able TO nobody
Long ago | preserved a newspaper cut
ting with the caption. THE Endless Chain
of Authority | have repea tedly meant
70 write on the subject. for if employees
could only realize that their employers
are no more free-perhaps much less So
han themselves they would harbor fewer
feelings of resentment Of dissatisfaction
over the SCENE of things and Of un-
charitableness toward those higher up"
Then Yesterday | read an article which
expressed the right sentiment so forceful-
ly that I could not refrain from discuss
ing it, Here is the pointed extract:
There is one thing that servants
do not seem to appreciate, namely.
that while they must jump at the
ring Of the bell all of us must jump
to the rings Of our bells We all
have some others pressing the button
for us no matter how comfortable
and luxurious our environment may
seem.
That statement comes from whom.
think you? From The acknowledged
leader of New York $ fashionable society,
from the head of the Four Hundred, from
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Fancy a lady oc-
cupying such station frankly admitting
that she must jump at the ring Of the
bell. just as the humbest of her maids
must do. How many house servants.
how many shop girls. how many tele-
phone operators. how many married
women in poorer circumstances ever con
ceived that even the greatest of society
leaders had to jump at the ring of a
bell? Yet it is eternally true. And not
one whit more true of plutocratic ladies'
than OF equally plutocratic men
The bell of public opinion is today max
ing even the Morgan Rockefeller Wander
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
Legal Notices.

PURSUANT to order and decree of Fulton
superior court. in the case of Lola
Badger VS. Katherine Monninger petition
for partition, | win sell before the court
house door cold Chamber of Commerce..
same being the place Of public sale in
Fulton county. Georgia, on the first Tues
day in July, 1872, between 10 a m and
p m, The following described property
to wit. Being in land lot No. 81, in the
Fourteenth district of originally Henry
COW Fulton county Georgia, more partic-
ulsrly described as follows. to wit Be
ginning on the north side of East Harris
street at point ELL feet east OF the
northeast corner Of Harris and Ivy
streets. and running from said point east
along the north side of East Harris
street 80 feet 10 the east line Of the
property which was conveyed to f. d
Badger by George f. Glazier. September
81 1878. by deed recorded in deed book
Do, page liz. thence running back north
Of uniform width l325 feet. more or less.
10 The Cox property. Said sale to he for
cash. subject to such further order Of
the court as may then be legal and prop
or Further particulars may be had by
reference to inc order and decree Of the
court of date May q. 1912.
HARRY kROUSE Commissioner.
9-6-49
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24

hilt class jump. Nor are the strongest
Of our corporations immune The rail-
roads have had to jump pretty lively.
and certain gigantic Industrial combna-
tions are also being put through their
oaces
You are as much J. p. Morgans boss as
he is YOURS
In theory only" you may reply. Well,
1t is your own fault if YOU are not so
in practice also. for you are responsible
for law-making and no capitalist can
defy law which the mass of the people
insist upon being oheyed. If through your
iazlness. your Indifference. your neglect
of civic duties alters have gone awry.
then do not seek to transfer the blame to
another $ shoulders Happily, the people
are coming to realize their rights. But
let them not forget their responsibilities.
And-this is the point | would seek to
emphasize-do not acf on the assump-
tion that the capitalists the directors
and presidents of railroads the man
ayers of industrial corporations live in a
world different from your own. that they
have no bells to bother them. that for
them life is enc long. sweet song More.
if they do not answer the bell salts
tactorllN they can not hold their jobs
II they do not faithfully SERVE the
public they are elbowed aside sooner or
later In these latter days il is sooner
rather than later.
Millions filched illicitly from the public
do not weld satisfying dividends. II the
bell rung by conscience be not answered.
no walls of gold are thick enough to keep
out the sound. SO that those who get
away with it, need not be envied by the
resi- Of us who are servants
..t'.i ,9'''i,e ",o are gwen 10 growing and
"'.,',','s, S;.,nn ~ 'ooI's'iS ln'hhing me man
sa,. =, w. ~ "as np US may ma com :
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
GE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
: $ 3 il ) i
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta. steady; middling i1a4
New York steady; middling II 55.
New Orleans, steady; middling 1875
Liverpool, easier; middling s SOD
Savannah steady; middling t2c.
Augusta quiet; middling 12H.
Mobile, steady; middlinR liz
Galveston, quiet; middling 12ls
Norfolk. steady: middlng lis.
Wilmington, steady. middling 1i15..
Gil.e Ieston EoTh' @per lmidqGailng
Philadelphia, quiet, middling II so.
Boston. quiet, middling II 5h.
Baltimore, nominal; middling l2c.
Memphis, steady; middling t2ls
ST Louis, steady; middling f2js.
Houston, steady; middling 12 15-l6
Louisville, firm. middling 12c
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-24
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.

J. S. Bache e. Co. We advise the pur-
chase of distant position on any marked
reaction.
Thompson. Towle & Co We would
only advise buying on some pronounced
recession.
Hayden, Stone & Co. We can see
nothing to Indicate any change in tine
general attitude III the trade
Orvis Bros: Price changes will prob
ably continue TO reflect the whims Of the
professional
Bally q Mont gomery: The market may
further sag as result Of more good
weather. but we doubt II any very wide
changes win be witnessed in the near fu-