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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Brcwcrt0n School,

Since our last educational Issue, We
have made several improvements on
our schoolhouse,
The two windows at the front end
were taken out and put on the side
which makes four on the side and two
al the rear. and new hyloplatc boards
extend the entire length Of the front
Of the room.
We had 1915" party on Thanks
giving evening and raised $4,000 with
which VIC painted the inside Of our
building. We also had a play The
Heir of Mt Vernon" on the night Of
February 25th and raised $ll.5o, with
which teachers desk was bought
and the rest went for expenditures.
Onr Calhoun literary society has
held several public meetings, and the
educational seems to be pretty good.
We have eight ncrfcct attendance
pupils as follows: Mamie Reeves, Cor
nclia Wood, Madgc Vaughn. Lille
| Rcdden. Minnie Murff, Ruth Davis
! Nellie Reddcn and Thelma Carlisle.
Our teachers are Miss Minnie Wal
| lace and Miss Sudic Medlock who
have taught here for three and -four
years respectively.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Eden School.

Many improvements have been made
in our school this session. When
school began here there were no lights
In the building. the auditorium was
not heated, only a few books in the
library the floorS were not oiled and
only one room contained shades. We
had no dictionary. Now we have the
building lighted upstairs and down.
The auditorium has been heated and
all the lower floors have been oiled
Shades and curtains have been pur-
chased for claSSrooms. In addition to
the library we have purchased supple
mcntary readers for all grades, and
a large dictionary and stand.
We have one Of the most lively
School Improvement Associations in
the county. This association paid for
the books, oiling Of floors bought two
handsome pictures for each class
room, chair and table for one class
room, and a nice oil stove to be used
al the entertainments, besides many
other necessary and useful things fol
the class rooms.
Flowers have hccn planted in the
yard 10 add 10 beauty Of the
grounds. The association has raised
this year one hundred and fifteen dol
lars During this term We have had
several public entertainments. First
a halloween Party. Thanksgiving cN-
crciScS, Christmas exercises and
Washington and Lincoln exercises.
We have the compulsory educational
law in force. and everybody takes an
interest in tho school.
Names Of the pupils who will get
perfect attendance buttons this ycal
are: Virginia Gray, Sarah Wham, VIII
liam Wham. Lake Gray, Jcru Ma
haffey. Edwin Holder, Elizabeth Hold
er.
We have two teachers. Misses
Genie Aiken and Bessie Turner
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Central School.

Our school is situated in Youags
Township near Martins Cross Roads.
We have nice comfortable building
and most everything we need In the
way Of apparatus. We have a library
containing over one hundred volumes,
an organ, desks. maps, globe, boards
etc. Our trustees have recently pur~
chased very nice heater and water
fountain for us. We have recently In
creased our library and have num-
/ Der Of supplementary reading books
which we enjoy reading very much.
Our expenditure for improvements this
session amounted to s70.72 We have
compulsory education and every child
| in the district has been enrolled max
| ing an enrolment OF As pupils. some
Of us are working for library certifi-
Gates and some Of us hope to get per-
feet attendance buttons Miss Annio
o. Putnam Is our teacher. Messrs j..
20. Garrett, G. -. Burdette and NJ. G..
| Parson, trustees. In addition to our
regular school work we have Sunday
school every Sunday and preaching
twice Q month.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Bethany School.

Many improvements have been made
at Bethany during this year. a hand
some new school house has been built
costing about $4,000. 1t is large build
ing consisting Of four large class
rooms, two halls, four cloak rooms
and library. The two rooms in the
center of the buifding have folding
doors between them so they can he
used as an auditorium. The outside
Of The building is painted dark tan
with ivory trimm' and The root
is green.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Improvement association was iust or
eanzcd a few months az / has made
some improvements. Draper shades
h&Nc been bought for the windows. the
doors have been oiled, and We hope
TO soon have enough money to paint
the inside OF The bulding and buy pie
lures. etc. Since organizing, the asso-
citation has raised $o&.00
During the year we have had two
oyster suppcrs, THANKSGIVING cXcrciS-
cS, a Christmas tree and Christmas
exercises, exercises on Washington
Lee and I.incoln's birthday. In Feb
ruary Miss Elizabeth Dixon, president
OF state School Improvement Asso
citation and Miss Will Lou Gray visit.
cd us and gave very interesting talk!
10 the people For n month this win
ter and last winter the teachers OF oul
school taught night school for th'
benefit OF the people Of The community
Great interest was taken in il, thi!
:. l,-f l,n In ON,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Poplar Spring SthyI.

No extensive improvements have
been made here since the first OF last
July. We have recently equipped
both rooms with tlyloplatc black
boards, which makes our board work
more efficient and satisfactory. Fiji
teen dollars worth of supplementary
readers have been bought and placed
in the school library. These readers
were bought and installed By means
OF state and county aid.
The School Improvement Associa-
ton and the school together gave Il
box supper and free entertainment on
the night Of December 23rd
Twcnty-Scvcn dollars and 4 hair
was raised on this OCCASION Six dol
lars Of this was paid out for the new
blackboards. One dollar and forty
cents was taken from this money and
used to make out the five dollars used
IN buying the snpplemcntary readers.
The students raised three dollars and
sixty cents Of the five dollars.
The entertainment mentioned above
IS ihc only public cvcrciSc that has
been held
The patrons have shown a genuine
ana hearty interest in the welfare Of
the school during the session. Tie ma
Jorily OF the students have worked
Faithfully and have made excellent
averages. as whole the Attendance
has been Sood. It is n lijllc ilc&ular
at present owing to The spring farm
work. The following have Docn per-
feet in attendance to date: Nddic
sampson, Catherine Simpson Willie
Simpson, Nellie Simpson, Margarct
simpson, Lula Mae Wood. Bollio
Wood. Arthur Wood and Annie Lee
Mitchell.
c. H. McCrary is in charge OF the
school, assisted by Miss Ellen Abrams,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
MuSgrOve School.

The Musgrove school opened for the
l9l5-16 term on September 6, with an
enrolment Of twcnty-onc pupils. lIv-
cry child Of age living in the district
was enrolled. The attendance has
been remarkably good never avcrag-
ing below SO per cent
We have observed Thanksgiving
Day, County Clean-Up Day, Washing
ton and Lincoln's birthdays. We usu-
ally have reproduction at the end of
the month Of the poetry, compositions
etc, which have been prepared in con-
nection with regular school work.
The schoolroom was newly painted
at the beginning of the term. An or.
der for new library books Is ready tc
be sent in.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Princeton School.

The pupils, parents and every one
that is interested in Princeton school
should be glad and feel honorcd to
say that the teachers with the help
OF the School Improvement AsSocia-
ton, have done more toward helping
build up our school this year than
any other. | feel sure they arc---for
they have proved 1t by their attend
ance to the celebrations and exercises
we have had during the session.
The proceeds of me box party and
cake walk that was given Thanksgiv-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05

board borders which now consist Of
soldier boys and golden and crimson
tulips vary with the seasons and are
always a source OF delight to the chill
dren. Last fall each kindergarten pu-
pill planted hyacinth bulb which be-
came beautiful blooming plant by
Christmas. At the childrcn's Christ
mas party each child presented his
hyacinth to his mother. Then ice cream
was served to the children. who also
carried home with them presents from
Santa Claus.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05
Rock School.

On September l3, school opened with
an enrolment Of four pupils. On De
ccmbcr 23rd, We had a Christmas trco
and exercises. \ large crowd attended
these exercises which showed that our
patrons and friends were much inter-
cStcd in which we were doing. After
Christmas, one OF our pupils left us,
but three more started, so now we
have an enrolment Of six. Miss
Blanche Pinson IS our teacher.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-05

Buy "Quick Meal" OIL Stove and
be ready for hot weather. We are
showing complete line.
g. NJ. & IL. H. WILKES e. co.
, 1916-06-17

Join with other nations 10 see that the kind
Of Justice it believes in is given. Shaking
his finger emphaticnlle, the President tod
the graduates of the WestPolnt Military
Academy, whom, he was adire sing and Il large
audience that nobody who does not put
America first can be tolerated..
Petrosiad, June 14th.-On the extreme
south on the borders of the Aus
triau retreat is fast becoming a rout. In
this region the retrratInE enemy seems TO
be in Il very tight corner, for he must either
proceed north-westwnrds INTO Galicia which
offers small chances under the circumstances
of recovery and none of ultimate safety, or
else make his way back across the eastern
chain of the Carpathians, which, with HE
Russian cavalry at his hoes, means the
abandonment Of every tbi&G. Though
public attention latteriy bus very n"tu-
rally been concentrated upoA daueral
Brueilc ifs push on The souti-Wes crn section
OF the Russians European trout, 1t must not
be supposed that he remaining four hun-
bred miles Of front is qniesceut. The Ger
mans holding everything north Of Plnsk are
being kept fully occulld
London. June 14th-The Admiralty an
nounces that the Governme t, before Lieut..
Sir Ernest ShackIeton's return from the An
%ta,c!ic, had decided to 'qnip The ship Obs
covery'' tor n two years search Of the We'd
dell Sen, but that this is now unnecessary.
Lieut.. Shackleton will undertake the rescue,
81 Us The Admiralty statement, Of the men
left on Elephant Island i'll a vessel
generously placed at rs disposal by
Uruguay, while the rescue Of ije men
left at Cape Evans when the "Auro1a" wao
blown away, will he Carried out at The end
of The year in the "Au9ora" witt the coopera-
ton of the Australian Government.
Continued on Supplenent)
, 1916-06-17
Translation.
PUBLICATION.

TD EFERRING to the conditions of the
LA patents mentioned below, valid in the
Kingdom, it is hereby brought to public
notice that under date Of 18th April q. c.
the following patents have been issued
through the Ministry of Finances al manda-
tum to "Det Kontinentale Syndikat for
Poulsen Radio-Telegrai AIS" Of CopouAa-
gen viz:
y to manufacture and utilize in the Danish
West India Islands an apparatus for
sending telegrophic signals automati-
cally as per patent in Denmark No.
2O,387 of 18th July 1915.
q to manufacture and utilize in the Da-
nish West India Islands an apparatus
for sending wireless messages as per
patent in Denmark No. 1852 Of Goth
November 1914.
Government Secretary's Office, st. Croix,
the 10Th June 1916.
WILL JACOBSEN.
, 1916-06-17
Censored at Jamaica.)


New York, June 13th.-Oficial announce
3uent was made by the National City Bank
today of the closing of q loan Of E10, 100000
to the Russian Government by q banking
group consisting of the National City Bank,
the Guaranty Trust Company, j. z, Morgan
and Company, Kidder Peabody and Com
paEy and Lee Higginson and Company.
This group, it was stated, will establish here
a credit Of G10, 100000 to run for three years
in favour Of the Russian Government and the
Russian Government will establish in Petro-
grad a credit of $4,000 600 rubles i'll ia
your of tina American group at q fixed ratio
of three rubles to one dollar.
WestPoint, N. Y. June 13th.-Mr. Wilson,
making his first address since the Presiden-
tial campaign began, to-day discussed prepar-
edness, militarism, Americanism, the causes
of the War in Europe, peace, the Monroe
Doctrine, divided allegiance and the ideals
of America. He declared it is the present
imperative duty of the United States to be
prepared, adding: "mankind is going to
know that when America speaks. she means
what she says: The President said the Uni
ted States should not be a clustering nation,
q nation with 'a chip on it's shoulder, but
n calm nation which will withhold its hand
as long as possible and strike only for victory,
The Presidents address ran through the
almost entire lists Of subjects discussed by
forme Justice Hughes in his telegram ac-
cepting the Republican nomination, and he
declared that the United States is ready to
, 1916-06-17
Translation.
PUBLICATION

20 EFERRING to the cond tons Of the
&& patent mentioned below. valid in the
Kingdom, it is hereby brought to public
notice, that under date OF IS April q. C.
patent has been issued through he Ministry
of Finances to Messrs. LEDER .OLUF
Petersen, professor, and VALDhMA2
POULSIGN, engineer, both Of fre6eriksbeig
TO manufacture aud utilize i'll the Danish
West India Islands an arrangement, Invented
by them, for working several generators, con
neoted in parellel, and Alternating current Of
high frequency as per patent il Denmark
No. l8442 of 26tll January 10 4.
Government Secretary's Office st. CrOix
the 10th June 1916.
WILL JACOBSEN.
, 1916-06-17
E~KENDTGORELS

FENDER Henvisning til de for neden-
- nevnte Fatenter for Konge'iget gael
dende Bestemme}ser hekend' cores det her
we'd, ut der under IS April q. A. gtnnem
Finnnsministeriet ad mondntum er ndt@r-
diget Bevillinger for "Det Kontinenlale
Syndiknt for Poulseu Radio Teleerof AS"
af Kobenhavu til psa de dansk vesiindlSke
Der at vsere euebrrettigede til ut fremattlle
og nnyende:
y ct Apparat til automntisk AfseudeIse "f
Tclograferir gss'gnaler, pa'enteret J an
mark under II JUL 1915 under No.
20,367.
p ct Af~endeopporat ill traodjos Tele-
grpfering, patenteret j Donmark under
20' November 1914 under No. 1852.
Observation-Disclosures St. Croix,
den TO- jun 1916.
WILL. JACOBSEN,
, 1916-06-17

French ca their part have not been lille
during the past few days. Thiaumont
farm bristles with well placed machine
guns and the German masses toiling
up The slope which leads TO the
French positions have been driven
back again and again, while their reserves
have been kept copiousIy showered by sprays
of shells from the French batteries at the
rear and on The other side of the river. The
fighting continues as desperately as ever and
the situation on both sides remains unmodl-
fed so far. The fighting is characterized by
oyewitnesses rs "infernal'. 1t is estimated
that the Germans used up 10000 infantry IN
assaults on the trenches west OF fort NanX
and at Thiaumont. The attacks followed
each other in such close succession as pructi-
cully to merge one in the other.
Petrograd. June 13th.-The War Office
announcement Of to-day says: On account Of
the fact that III many plnces the Austro-hnn-
ga1ian troops withdl ew rapidly before the
blows of our southern army the number
of prisoners has incrt ased only very little.
North west Of Rojitche, after dislodg1n9 the
Germans, we approached the river Slokhod.
West Of Lutsk we occupied Iortchln mud
continued TO press the enemy back. On the
Stlipa front north of the village of Bobulln'ze,
1Il CDSllIaG6 SlIuRS COllilIuCS. w o nv
taken the village olZm vnnitza after q desperate
defence. In many sectors we discovered de-
ftnces hastily constructed with the Object Of
Strengthening previously prepared positions.
On the Dniester sector and further sOnth
our troops, having crossed the river after
lighting, captured many fortified rtsit o2s
and also the town Of ZaleSzcyky northwest
Of Czernowitz) and continue TO advance. The
village OF Horodeuka north west of Illess-
zozkky is also in our hands. On the Caucasus
front in the direction Of Diarbekr we nppronch-
ed Turkish positions withuut being observed
and attacked the enemy while he was rest
ing. We captured his camp. After suffering
some losses the enemy fled. An attack by
Turks in the region of ReyAndouze was re-
pulsed.
Rome, June 13tb.-After n preliminary ar
tillery bombaldment Italian troops made M
attack in the La9nrino Valley and captured
n strong Austrian liue and the War Office
announcement Of to day reports that Aus'ri-
an troops attempted to advance in several
sectors, but met with checks.
Paris, June 10 h.-Signor Paolo BoselIi,
veteran Parliamentatiun and former Minister
of Instruction, who has been requested hy
King Victor Emmanuel to form II Ministry,
in succession to that headed 10y Signor
Antonio Salnndra probably vii! take the
presidency Of the council without portfolio
says a Havas despatch from Milan today.
London, June 14th.-Canadian troops in
what the British official statement describes
as ga gallant and successful assault" south
east Of Zillebeke recaptuled a former British
position over q front Of more than l,5OO
yards. Notwithstanding Il severe shelling
the Canadians maintained The ground gained
which is being consolidated.
, 1916-06-17
BEKENDTGORELSE

GENDER Henvisning til de for neden-
~ nevnte Patent fol Kongeriget g@'dende
Bestemmelser bekendtgores Diet berved, Mt
der under IS April 4. A. gennem Finan'-
ministeriet nd maudotum er Udferai2ei Be-
Wiling for Professor PEDER OLUF PET
ERSEN af Frederiksberg til pan de dantk
vestindiske Der at veere eneberettiget til It
fremstille og anvende en- at ham optunden
Generator for h0ifrekverte StIomme, paten.-
eret i Danmark under 90 September 1914
under No. 1917.
Guvernements SekretNriatet, ST. CroiX den
TO- Juui 1916.
WILL JACOBSEN.
, 1916-06-17
BEKENDTGORELSE

TTNDER Henvisning til de for neden-
- n@vnte Patent for Kongeriget ga!den-
de Bestemmelser bekendtg0res Diet herved,
Mt der under 15' April d. A. gennem Finaps-
ministeriet ad mandatum er udf@rdiget Be-
Wiling for Professor PEDER OLUF PEEER-
SEN og 1ngenior, Dr.. VALDEMAR POUL-
SEN, begge af Freder k4berg til paa de
dansk vestindiske Oor at vare eneberettigede
, 1916-06-17
Transla ion.
PUBLICATION.

p EFERRING to the conditions Of The
LA patent mentioned below, valid IN the
Kingdom, it is hereby brought to public
notice that under date Of 18th April a, c. q
patent has been issued through the Ministry
of Finances to Mr.. PEDER OLUF PED
ERSEN, professor Of Frederik~berg, o man
~ufactdre aud utilize in the Danish Yves In
dia Islands, a generator, invented by him, Of
Alternating current of high frequency as per
patent in Denmark No. 1917 of % d Sep
tember 1914.
Government secretnry's Office St. Croix
the 10th June 1916.
WILL JACOBSEN.
, 1916-06-17

til at fremstille og anvende en- at dem
opfunden Anordniug til Drift af fere pa'"l-
~lelsatte NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., p"'entertt |
Danmark under 26' Januar 1914 under
No. 18442. Z
Guveruementets Sekretariatet, St. Croix'
den TO- Juni 1916.
WILL JACOBSEN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-01-21
PRESIDENT WATHEN
ASKS Q ESTIOES
WANTS PARTICULARS ABOUT THE
PARK, HOTEL RATES-MATTER
IN GOOD HANDS.

Secretary Ashley Sowell is in re-
ceipt of letter from President Wa
then of the Louisville Colonels, asking
for more particulars in regard to the
athletic field at c. M. A., hotel rates,
ETC., stating that there would be a
man sent here to look over the situa.
ton before any definite location for
the Colonels' spring training quarters
were decided upon.
Secretary Sowell and Mayor Ded.
man have the matter pretty well in
hand and are doing everything in their
power to locate the Colonels in Co.
lumbia, which would be an ideal place
for their training.
Colonel Hulvey has also written
President Wathen offering him the
use of the athletic field, the use OF
the hot and cold baths of the Acad-
emy and any other accommodations
that the club might need during their
stay in the "Dimple" should they de.
eide to come.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-01-21
HEALTH CONDITIONS
IN AND ABOUT CITY
RAPIDLY IMPROVING
FEWER CASES OF THE GRIP ARE
REPORTED, SAYS THE CITY
HEALTH OFFICER.
HAS BtEN VERY BAD EPIDEMIC
One OF The Worst In The Country,
But Rather MiIder Here Than Flee
Where-Sick Insurance Companies
Are Hard Hit.

Health conditions in and around Co.
lumbia are improving rapidly, stated
DR.. P. D. Biddle, the city health off.
Ger this morning. The recent epidem.
ic of grip has been one of the worst
by many said said to be the worst
that the United States has ever had
While it has not been as bad in Maury
county as it has been at other places
in America, Dr. Biddle said his morn
ing that it had probably been the
most severe known here.
Sick benefit insurance agents testi
fy that they have never in all oi
their experience had as many claims
filed as they have had during the past
month. Conditions like they have
been for several weeks, If continued
during the entire year would put many
Of the companies out Of business.
However, while there has been g
great deal Of sickness in the city ant
county and whole families without
number have been the victims of the
grip, there have been comparatively
few fatal cases and upon the whole
the epidemic in this section has beer
rather mild. There is now and will
continue to be steady improvement il
the situation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-01-21
GENERAL STORE Al
BRYANI'S STATION
DESTROYED BY FIRE
HARDlSoN AND PARRISH LOSE
ENTIRE STOCK IN THE
FLAMES.
HOUSE PROPERTY OF DR.. ORR
Origin OF Blaze Unknown, The House
Being Ready to Fall When It Was
Discovered; Only Partly Covered by
Insurance.

Fire on Sunday night completely de-
stroyed the general merchandise store
and stock of Hardison and Parrish at
Bryant's Station, involving a loss OF
almost $4,000 The stock and store
building were only partly covered by
insurance This is the second store
in less than two weeks that has been
burned in this neighborhood, the other
being of Cheek & Kerr, at Parks Sta
ton, about two miles from the scene
Of the first fire.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
since it was not discovered until the
roof was ready to cave in. There was
then no hope of saving any of the
stock or the house.
The house in which the store was
kept was the property of DR.. Orr, Of
Bryant's, and was an exceptionally
well built country store building and
cost when erected about $1,000 or
$1,40O There was some $500 of insur.
ance on the building. The general
merchandise stock was probably worth
$3,5OO. 1t is understood, however,
that the insurance carried was moth
ing like equal to the value of the stock,
probably less than $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-01-21
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
TO OPEN SOON
WILL BE LOCATED IN HOUSE
FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY
J. J. ELAN.

An auto club, known as the Colum.
bia Automobile Supply Club, with
headquarters in the Bethel Block, has
been organized by o. ]. Petway, of
Franklin, Tenn.
Mr.. Petway expects to have every.
thing in readiness and open for bust
ness by the first of February.
The house that was formerly occu-
pied by j. j. Elan and H. M. Gordon
will be remodeled and put in first
class shape for the accommodation of
the members of the club.
All kinds of oil, auto necessaries
and gasoline will be carried in stock
and an up-to-date gasoline tank viii
be placed in front of the building.
Mr.. Petway was formerly connected
with the Franklin Oil company, locat-
ed at Franklin, Tenn, and is thorough
ly acquainted in this line Of business.