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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-09-26
POPLAR SPRING NEWS.

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Poplar Spring, Sept. 24--Nlr and
Mrs. G. B. Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. p. Simmons and daughter went up
to Greenville last Wednesday and
went out TO Camp Sewer and saw the
soldier boys.
Mr.. w. A. Simpson of Spartanburg
came down to visit his father last Sat
urday and was at Sunday school yes
terday. We were glad to see him in
our midst again.
Mr.. Albert Martin and Miss Mittic
Wood were happily married on the
10th inst, Rev. j. o. Martin officiating.
Mr.. j. ID. South and Miss Bertha Gre
ason were married on the 18th inst,
Rev. j. T. Taylor performing the cerc-
mony.
We wish for them all much happi-
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Simmons and Chill
drcn went down TO see Mr.. and Mrs
w. a. Moore who live II miles below
Greenwood, last Friday.
- ~ io"Sc anu iahill3 were
| ~ guests Oh Aif. ana Mrs. w. 5. Walk
u Yesterday
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VI ni"s o"iletlc walker Saturday
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The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18

In the last issue Of the Journ-
al appeared the statement Of the
Bank of Shannon made to the
state bank examiners on May 1st
which shows that popular insti-
tuition is maintaining its full
strength in all lines and growing
in favor with the people it serv-
es. The largest line of deposits
for this season of the year is now
carried and the institution Is
ready to take care of all business
that comes to it. The patrons
and officers can congratulate
themselves that they have an
institution in their midst which
carries with it the full confidence
of the / eople of Shannon and VI
cinity. The short crops of last
year has not lessened the business
of the bank which continues to
increase its volume as the year
progresses
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
Closing Exercises of
Tupelo Public Schools

Commencement sermon Sun
day, May 20. II a. m., at the
Methodist church by Rev. j. M.
Bradley, of Aberdeen.
Graduating exercises Monday,
May q, 10 a. M, at the Comus
Theatre.
Invocation, Rev. O. w. Brad
ley.
Piano solo-Miss Mary E.
Houston.
Salutatory, Immigration into
Mississippi and Louisiana" Miss
Annie Stark.
Essav, Opportunity" = Miss
Bessie Bishop.
Grafton, Education, the Great
Factor in the Progress of the
State and Nation" Mr.. Clayton
Kitchener.
Piano solo Miss Katherine
Finley.
Valedictory, Mississippi Gen.
tennial' Miss Lila Casey.
Annual address-Dr. Alfred
Hume. vice-Chancellor Univer-
sity of Mississippi.
Presentation of diplomas Hon.
M. E. Leake, member of Board
Of Education.
Presentation of medals-Hon.
j. NJ. Thomas. D. A. R. Medal;
medal by Interstate Trust and
Banking Co., New Orleans, La.
prize for essay on Thrift.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
Only Loyal Soldiers Wanted

The war department has in
structed all recruiting officers to
examine especially into the loyal
ty of all applicants for. enlistment
in the army and navy of the
United States. Anyone not in
full sympathy with the govern
ment in prosecuting this war of
defense against German tyranny
is not wanted on the line of de-
fense. Only those who believe
that we are fighting to save this
country from militarism and who
believe in a democracy should
apply for enlistment in our army
The recruiting officers will es-
pecially question applicants along
this line and those who are at
all weakened are not wanted.
Any person having knowledge
of disIoyalty of any applicant
for enlistment should communi.
cate this information to the Of
ficer in charge of the local re-
cruiting station.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18

The statement of the condition of the
Peoples Bank and Trust Company made
to the board of examiners May first
presents the affairs of that institution
in most satisfactory and healthy cor :
dition. The line of deposits. individual,
saving and time certificates of deposit,
show an increase over any statement
made by that institution since its or
.ganization. A comparative statement
with May first, 1916, shows that there
has been an nincrease of 1854, l72 72 over
last years report of the same dat !.
The showing speaks in highest terms
of the popularity of the management
of this bank which continues to increase
its volume Of business in all lines Of
banking
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
route q; second, Mrs. A. j.

route 2; second, Mrs. A. j.
Vaughan. Shannon; third, Mrs.
George Cunningham. Tupelo.
Beets First prize, Miss Irene
Rogers. Plantersville: second.
Mrs. B. H. Stubbs, BALDWIN;
third, Mrs. E. F. Temple, Shan
non.
Radishes- First prize. Mrs. J.
M. Paulk, Verona; second. Mrs.
C.. S. Archer, Baldwin; third,
Mrs. S. R. Russell, Tupelo.
Tomato plants First prize,
Christine Moreland. Tupelo; Sec
ond. Evelyn Burt. Verona; first,
Qady,) Miss Irene Rogers, Plan
tersville.
Strawberry preserves = First
prize, Mrs. j. Nj. Paulk. Verona
second, Mrs. Mary LewelIen,
Baldwin: third, Mrs. w. w.
Trice. Tupelo.
Catsup-First prize, Mrs. w.
w. Hoke, Tupelo.
Dixie relish First prize, Mrs.
j. H Butler, Baldwin route 4.
Fresh strawberries - First
prize, Mrs. w. w Trice. Tupelo;
second, Mrs. Charlie Porter,
Shannon; third, Mrs. ]. G. Wind
ham, Tupelo.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
w. G. Shumpert.

In our announcement column
will be found the name of w. G..
Shumpert of Richmond who is a
candidate from the Fourth Dis.
trict to succeed the late B. F.
Gregory. p4
Mr.. Shumpert is a young man
Of exceptionally fine business
qualifications, being sober. ener-
getic and in every way reliable.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
NO.. 8

He is a progressive when it comes
to public improvement, yet he
would be conservative when it
came to the expenditure of the
public fund. He takes a keen
interest in public affairs and
should the voters of the District
elect him as their supervisor they
would have no cause to regret
their choice. - $50
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
FISHING is GOOD

Fishing at Park Lake has been fine
this spring. Many beautiful strings
are being caught out by the lovers Of
the sport.
Tickets for six months are being sold
at S2 so. Get a, ticket now Apply to
the City Clerks Office, or to
81 j. s. Yates, Manager.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
Verona School Closes

Verona, May 15.-The closing
exercises of the school embraced
two nights. That of Thursday
night was a musical recital given
by Miss Medlin. who for the past
two years has had charge OF this
department of the school. On
Friday night the graduation
program was rendered. This
year there were ten graduates,
five girls and five boys. The
girls are Misses Erin TAYLOR,
Winnie Gibson, Inez Cox, Ozelle
Beene and Evelyn Lowry, all of
Verona. The boys are Lawrence
Davis and Jim Bucy. of SaIliIlo;
Irwin Coggin. of Nettleton; Cur
tis Garmon ard Charley Godfrey,
of Verona. The stage was never
more beautifully and artistically
decorated than on this occasion.
The class colors were pink and
green and the class flower pink
carnation.
The closing address was given
bv Hon. T. K. Boggan. of Tupe-
10. This address was highly ap-
preciated by the graduates and
large audience present for it's
choice gems of literature and the
good, wholesome advice given.
The commencement sermon
was delivered by Rev. Geo. P.
Scott, Of Tupelo. He took for
his subject Ideals in Life. /"
The conser sus Of opinion is that
this was one of the finest sermons
ever preached in Verona. He
chose an inspiring subject and
he handled it in a manner to hold
his audience spell bound from
beginning to end.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
Tupelo Military
Institute Closes

The closing exercises of the
Tupeio Military Institute were
held during last week. The SER
mon was preached Sunday at the
Methodist Church by the Rev.
0. W. Bradley. On Thursday
night class day exercises were
held, the gradutes appearing in
the following programme:
Class historian, Bates Kinds;
class grumbler. Otis Finger;
class humorist. Wayne Finger;
giftorian, Walker Milan; poet,
Vann Kincannon. Jr.; prophet.
Gavle Rogers,
Friday morning the exercises
were continued and Dir. Chapman
the principal. read out list of
the cadets who were entitled to
honorable mention and high
standing both for department
and high scholarship.
Department Baskin Wright,
Frank Kincannon. James John
son, Roy Mathis, Chester Austin,
Stafford Reeves, Robert Kinds,
j. T. Partlow. Leo Cloar. Dewey
Wier. Roy Mcclure, Walter Rec
yes and Robert Carruth
Scholarship-Joe Furr, J. 7.
Partlow, Robert Kinds. Paul
Hutchison. Stafford Reeves.
Robert Carruth. Otis Finger.
Gayle Rogers, Wavne Finger.
Robert Henderson, Roy Mcclure,
Baskin Wright, Dewey Wier.
Bates Kinds. Phillio Miller, Doug
las Trapp and H. B. Cooper.
The highest average was made
by Robert Kinds. 90 3 4; second
highest average by Baskin
Wright, 96 2 5.
The competitive drill on the
grounds for a large United States
flag was won by Company B.
The gold medal was won by
Robert Kinds as the best drilled
cadet, and Robert Miller won the
silver medal.
The military display was excel.
lent and places the local school
among those of the highest stand
ing
The graduating exercises took
place on Friday evening, the in
vocation being offered by the
Rev. Cloar of the Baptist Church.
The salutatory, 1.-The World War
and It's Causes was by Robert
Carruth; the valedictory. The
World War-Its Results" by
Dewey Wier The presentation
of Diplomas was by w. T. Reev-
as, president of the board Of d.
rectors.
The address to the graduates
was made by j. E. Rankin of the
local bar. The benediction was
said by the Rev. Mr.. Scott of the
Presbyterian church.
The session closes two weeks
earlier to permit the bows to take
up farming operations or to ent-
er the army or navy. Three stu
dents, Walker Milan, S d. Viii.
son, Jr, and Foy Shumaker,
have already joined the navy and
others will enlist.
The most successful year Of
the Tupelo Military Institute
was closed before large and ap
preciative audience. The school
j. doing q great work and con-
tinues to grow in public favor.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18

La this issue appears the state
ment of the Bank Of Guntown,
made TO the state bank examin-
ers Of the condition of the bank
at the close of business on May
first. The statement presents a
remarkably good showing of the
affairs of the bank and the line
OF available assets. composed of
deposits and surplus and undi-
pided profits, is evidence that
the condition of affairs in the
territory the bank serves is
healthy and not seriously affected
bv the failure of crops last year
The officers and directors have
cause to congratulate themselves
on this splendid showing.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18

The handsome residence of w. T..
Reeves, on South Church street, was
almost totally destroyed by FIRE Tues
day morning. 1t is not known how the
fire originated, as it started between
the outer and inner walls on the south
side OF the house. All of the furni-
ture on the first floor was saved, but
all on the second floor was destroyed.
Mr.. Reeves places his loss at $4,000,
which is covered by insurance.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up system

The Old Standsrd general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, ,enriches the blood and builds up the sys
tenn. true tonic. For adults and children. soc.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-05-18
AIM TO LIVE 100 YEARS OLD

Keep the bowels clean and liver act
i've without Calomel-take Van Lax.
soc. ADV.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottun1Wa. Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEVEREEUH
THE GREAT CONTEST.

Dear Juniors: You notice that we
say ''the great contest" today ana OF
course you all know that we mean the
Iowa contest Today we are publish
ing a number of the stories and next
week many more will feature TINS
page. We will also announce the
names of some of the prize winners:
The judges have decided to aware
several prizes In this contest when
will continue until the end of Janu-
ary. We are so pleased with the orig,
inality of the Juniors. One has used
for her subject, "My Home Town
Linby,' and others from the "sho"
me- state (Misouri) have written ex-
cellent compositions. The contest
rules of the previous week follow:
We want all the Juniors to tell US
what they know about Iowa We even
want the Juniors living in other states
to do so too. There are so many inter-
esting things about Iowa at the pres
ent time as we'll as long ago. so we
hope to have very interesting con
test as Iowa is very remarkaDle
state now, as we'll as years ago. The
writer's can select their prizes from
among the following: Scents-a-ball, ice
skates, book or knife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Lillian Fern on Iowa

The capital Of Iowa is Des Moines
Four rivers Of Iowa are the Des Moines
Iowa, Cedar and Wapsipiccon. The
state teachers college IS in Cedar Falls.
At TT. Madison and Anamosa are 10
Gated the state penitentiaries. Iowa
contains $4,000 square miles. In Mount
Pleasant, independence. Cherokee and
Clarinda are the hospitals for the In
sane.
Four lakes Of Iowa are Spirit. Clear,
Storm and Okoboji. Iowa ranks first in
Nhogs. Timothy, clover and blue grass
IRE the cultivated grasses Of Iowa.
Iowa raises more corn than any other
state. There are ninety nine counties in
Iowa. The rainfall is abundant. A fish
hatchery established by the govern
ment is in Manchester near Springfield.
The ten largest cities in Iowa are Des
Moines. Sioux City. Davenport, Du-
buuue. Cedar Rapids. Council Bluffs.
waterloo, Clinton, Burlington and OF
tumwa.
Iowa was discovered by Julien Du-
buuue. The Industrial school for bows
IL at Eldora The industrial school for
Tirls is at Mitchelville. The school for
fhe blind is at Vinton. The school for
the deaf is at Council Bluffs.
Gypsum is found near Fl Dodge.
Gypsum is used for making stucco and
plaster. The Indians settled in Tama
county. Some colleges of Iowa are Par
SONS. Penn, Drake and Grinnell.
Lillian Fern, age 10
OttumWa Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Missouri - Rv Nina Cam
con of GlenwOOd

Missouri is located in the heart OF the
Mississippi basin near the middle Of
the United Sta ties. When Missouri was
first laid out the Missouri river did no,
form anv nart Of the houndry line
The state of Missouri was so called
because OF muddy water. It is said the
Indians named IT, Missouri is ESQ miles
long and go miles wide in the widest
place. The area of the state Is 6s4l7
square miles.
Missouri has no high mountain
rarpes All the details Of its rather va
ried topography are produced by the
cutting Of y great number of valleys In
a surface that was once nearly smooth
and would be smooth now If the valleys
were filed up.
Missouri is a part of the Louisiana
territory bought from France in 1903.
The oldest permanent settlmenet In
the state is st. Genevieve and was
founded in 1885 The first colony of
Americans settled in Missouri in 1898
when Daniel Boone and party of set
tiers from Kentucky came to what is
now st. Charles county.
The state university was established
in 1870 at Columbia.
Missouri has well organized school
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Mary Louise Brown on Iowa

Iowa got its name from tribe O
Indians who settled by the Grea
Lakes in 1920. Iowa is said to NEAR
This Is the Place." Iowa is the
Hawkeye state.
Iowa was thrown open to settle
ment on June 1, 1888. In 1s46 it was
admitted to the union. It was the
first free state in the Louisiana pur
chase. Iowa has ninety-nine counties
N1nety-five per cent of all the land in
Iowa could be cultivated.
The most important mineral deposit
in Iowa is soft and bituminous coal
Clay suitable for brick and tile max
ing is found in nearly all parts of the
state. Zinc and lead ore are found
here. The trees of Iowa are the ash
elm, maple, hickory, butternut, pop.
lar, cottonwood, boxelder, black wal.
nut, and oak. The wild flowers are
roses. lilies, asters, honey-suckles, may.
, flower, lady slipper, leopard tongues,
and goldenrods.
Between the ages of seven and
fourteen years children must attend
school, either public or private, for not
less than sixteen weeks out Of each
year.
The enrolment in public schools in
1904 was five hundred and forty-five
thousand. nine hundred and forty
(545,e4O. There are three hundred
and forty-five (345) high schools in
the state enrolling in 1904 thirty thou.
sand nine hundred (30.90O) pupils.
Iowa has the following largest fac.
tories in the world:
Cereal mill at Cedar Rapids; Power
plant at Keokuk; State fair at Des
Moines: Steel furnace factory at Mar.
shalltown; Creamery and buttery fac
tory at Sioux City: Independent pack.
ing plant at Ottumwa; Hay tool fac
tory at Ottumwa; pearl button fac.
tory at Muscatine. and Drain tile pro.
ducing center at Mason City.
The state institutions are:
School for the deaf at Council
Bluffs; College for blind at Vinton:
Feeble minded at Glenwood; Soldiers
home at independence; Soldiers
orphans home at Davenport; Insane
hospitals at Mt. Pleasant and Clar
linda: Girls industrial school at
Mitchellville; Boys industrial school
at Eldora: two reformatories at Ana
lHOSd anu roIl MduiSol, anu ihuldh
reservation at Tama.
Iowa has siXty-three consolidated
schools In 1910 the census was taken
and there were 2,224,771 in population.
OF the two hundred and eighty-nine
medals and prizes offered at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition for agri-
cultural products, Iowa carried off two
hundred and eighty-five Of them.
Iowa stands first in farm products,
in value of livestock, in number Of
automobiles per capita, in value of
horses, cattle. hogs, poultry, eggs,
corn, oats, grass seed, and farm com.
Elements There are six railroads
and six prominent rivers in Iowa.
Mary Louise Brown, aged II.
OttumWa. Iowa, Route s.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Agnes Pfaff on Iowa

Dear Editor:
7 have not written for long time sc
thought ! would write composition
on Iowa.
Iowa is in the unner Mississippi val
lev and is ponularv known as the
Hawleve state u lies between the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. It is
bounded north by Minnesota. east by
Mississippi river which separates il
from Wisconsin and Illinois south by
Missouri except for a short distance
where the DeS Moines river forms the
houndry. and one the west hv Big Sioux
river and Missouri river which Separ-
ties II from Nebraska and South Da
kota. The create length from east 70
west is Ss6 miles. the greatest breadth
from north to south is 9o4 miles. The
arna Of Iowa is 5G025 square miels or
81 $4,000 acres.
As a rule Iowa soils are porous. light
and warm. and have proved able to
mature crops both in seasons OF
drought and of excessive rainfall. The
most common native trees are the oak,
cottonwood. mamie. linden. hickory,
elm. Among native fruits are plums
era bapple Crapes. cherries. hlackber
ries, raspberries. gooseberries and
Strawberries The wild prairie grass
is used for pasturage and for hay.
The value of lead and zinc mined near
DUBUQUE is considerable. Although
Iowa is an agricultural state manufac-
turing has not been neglected and It's
Importance is rapidly increasing.
Agnes Pfaff.
211 n. Ash ST.. Ottumwa. la. .
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Sarah Conner on Iowa

Dear Juniors:
AS | have been reader OF Tht
Courier Junior page for some time,
will write q composition for the Iowa
contest.
Iowa was once a part of what is
known as the Louisiana territory
which was discovered in 1873 by two
Frenchmen who names were Jacques
Marquette and Louis Joliet, These
men, by right Of discovery. claimed Il
for France. When the French began
ito settle this territory, they found il
occupied by powerful tribes of Indians
the Sioux in the northern part and
the Sacs and Foxes in the southern.
For ninety years France laid claim
to this territory. and in 1853 the
French king coded it to Spain. but II
1901 Napoleon secretly compelled the
Spanish king to cede it to him and In
1903 the United States bought the
domain for s15,000,000.
Julien Dubuque and a few OF his
friends formed the first white settle
ment in Iowa. and in honor of him
both city and county are named.
The Louisiana purchase was di
vided by the thirty-third parallel into
what is known as the Louisiana and
Orleans territories. That land north
of the parallel, which is now Arkansas
Missouri. Iowa. and Minnesota, and
the other land west to the Rocky
mountains, was annexed to Indiana
and William Henry Harrison was
elected governor.
After several unsuccessful attempts
to settle her boundaries. 1t was
finally settled August 3, 1916. and
Iowa was admitted to the union or
December IS, 1886.
The first capital was located a,
Burlington in 1S41. where it remained
until 1852. when 1t was removed tC
it's present place, Des Moines, in Polk
county.
Iowa has grown very fast. and is
now the leading state in such things
as horses. hogs and cattle.
Sarah Conner, aged 13.
Belknap, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
The Nuthatch and Chickadee
BY Virginia Moore

The birds of this family are very
small, their size runs from AZ to 6
inches. Their feathers are sober in
color. They have tongues with four
points, with which to pick insects and
their eggs out of the barks Of trees.
Their bills are strong to crack nuts.
The chickadee is gray with black
head and throat. His body is short
and fat. The nuthatch has slate
blue back and a white breast, with
little amber under it's square TAIL It's
body is slenderer and longer than the
chickadee's. The tufted titmouse is
gray with crest on it's head.
These birds are nearly always seen
in focks and they stay all winter by
storing food, such as nuts, and by peo-
pie feeding them. In that way they
can be tanned, also. We keep suet
and other food on the cherry tree by
the kitchen window, and they feed
there every day. They are lively
birds, always jumping about, and never
are still
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-19
Hard James Grandfather
Charles Sal!ee

Dear Junior;
I will write YOU letter about my
grandfather Mr.. Charles Sallce.
He lives in Ottumwa. Iowa, at @0l
Jennie street.
He is about sixty years old. he was
ont haro three years ago to visit us.
He only STAYED one month.
He has awfullv moor eyes. He can
hardly see without glasses now. He
works in a shop.
He said he could not come gout this
fall and am sorry for that
He used to live on a farm about
four miles from where he lives now.
He is my mothers father. MY
mother is 81 years old.
NV grandfather gets groceries at
n store on Main street, | think, but
am not sure.
The year he came out he brought
candy. nuts, apples, oranges, bananas
and grapes. We had great feast.
My father and he went hunting
but did not get anything.
One day my grandfather killed
wild cat and took its hide back TO
Iowa with him.
Hard James. aged II.
A1,, WINNING