ANOTHER SCHOOLENDS YEAR'S WORK.

cresting Exercises Mark the Com«menccment Program of Mountville

School.Mr. Ansel Speaks.Mountville, May 19..The commence¬

ment exercises of the Mountville schoolwere of unusual interest.At the school building Wednesdayevening there was a contest by the boysfor the beBt declamation. A prize had

been offered, and several boys enteredthe contest, creating considerable in¬terest in the friendly rivalry. Thespeeches were all well delivered and thecontest close, but the prize was givenby the committee of judges to Mr.Jesse Teague. At proper intervalsmusic was furnished by the girls of themusic class* The boys were happy andeach one evidenced a strong ambition todo his best.The closing exercises proper were

held at the Baptist church Friday morn¬ing. After some exercises by the chil¬dren the following prizes awarded bythe school were presented by Kev.James Bradley, accompanied by appro¬priate remarks:Best General Report.Miss JayneLesley.Second best Report.Miss Jayne BoydHudgens.Best Composition.Miss Mary Olivia

Boyd.Best Declamation.Mr. Jesse Teague.Excellence in Spelling.Mr. Jesse

Teague.Excellence in Music.Miss Olive Ful¬

ler.Then came the invited speakers of

the day.Hon. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, in

his own interesting and forceful style,spoke to the children of cultivatingkindness and politeness, and pointed outto the parents their duty to children,referring to the material, scientific andeducational progress of the age. Hiswas a splendid and eloquent address,and very much appreciated by the au¬dience.

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Prof. A. E. Spencer, of Clinton, pic¬tured in a very impressive way the pro¬gress made in education since 1890, andpresent and future needs of the educa¬tional system. He made a strong ap¬peal for better salaries for teachers,and for some plan of filling up the gapbetween the common school course andthat of the college. His address waswell received.Rev. James Bradley, of Cross Hill,

made a strong and eloquont address.His subject was: "The Development ofthe Higher Man," and he handled itwell, presenting some deep and impor¬tant truths.A picnic dinner was served in the

park near by, which* was made themore interesting and enjoyable by theaddition of some splendid barbecue hashprepared by the veteran cook, M. B.Crisp. The day was fine, and notwith¬standing the busy season a large crowdwas present.

In the afternoon a business meetingof the patrons was held, in which muchinterest was manifested, and all theteachers were re-elected with markedunanimity and some enthusiasm.

CHARGED WITH FORGERY.

Spartanburg Man Forges Check on En¬terprise Bank of Laurens for $60.

Spartanburg, May 16..J. M. Pearsonwas arrested here late this afternooncharged with forgery. Pearson is awhite mnn, middle aged, intelligent andis well connected in this county. Theofficers have been on the lookout forhim for more than a year, at one timethe man being in custody in Shawee,Oklahoma, but he escaped before hecould be brought back to this State.Pearson is charged with forging thesignature of Mr. Aug. W. Smith of thiscity. Mr. Smith is president of theBank of Woodruff, and the checks weremade out against that institution.Therewere two checks both dated March 22,1905, and they were made out in favorof W. R. Wilson, the amounts being$292.15 and$187.20; neitherof the checkswas cashed, the forgery being discov¬ered in time to prevent the fraud.Pearson also forged the name of W.

S. Gray & Son of Woodruff to a checkfor $80 on the Enterprise bank of Lau¬rens and obtained the money. The manwas arrested here this afternoon in theweave room of the Spartan mills andwas identified by Mr. J. R. Westmore¬land, Cashier of the Bank of Woodruff.Pearson will be prosecuted on all threeof the charges by the bank officials.

IN MEMORIAM.A tribute to the memory of R. L. and

J. H. Nance, the sweet little babes ofJ. H. and Lyl Guthrie Nance, whosespirits were wafted into the pearly gatesof Heaven, on the 3rd and 5th of May.Cod in His infinite mercy gave us

these sweet little flowers for five shortmonths, and they were the happiest andbrightest in our gardens here. But Godsaw fit to transplant them in His gar¬den above to prevent the buds fromwithering, and to-day, dear parents,they are the most beautiful flowersaround God's throne. When you go tothat Home, they will be the first tosmile and welcome you."Of the flowers here blooming, He

knows which to spare.and touchessome not with His hand, he leavesthem to wither, die and decny, but thechoice ones He takes for His hand.".Then call them not back from this gar¬den of love and cease to be buried inweeping.They are safe with our Father in

Heaven above, .not dead, but sleeping.It pours the oil of life into your sys¬tem. It warms you up and starts thelife blood circulating. That's what Hol-lister'e Rocky Mountain does. 35 cents,Tea or Tablets. Ask your Druggist.Crazed by drink and unrequited affec¬tion for a girl, James H. Clark, a tele¬

graph operator of Chamblee, twelvemiles from Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesdayshot and killed ono man, seriouslywounded three others and then commit¬ted suicide.

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L. D. WALKER'S CONVICTION.

The Prosecution Succeeded in MakingOut a Surprisingly Strong Case.

On the day after the conviction ofLeavcll D. Walker of manslaughter inthe criminal court here last Tuesdaythe correspondent. of the ColumbiaState sent the following story of thetrial to that newspaper:"The conviction hero yesterday of

L. D. Walker of manslaughter causedvery general surprise, and the case liasbeen much discussed to-day. Motionfor a new trial will be argued Friday.Walker is represonted by Ferguson &Feathcrstone, while W. R. Richey as¬sisted Solicitor Cooper in the prosecu¬tion. Walker appears to be very muchcast down to-day, and plainly showsthat ho has suffered intense sorrowsince last night, when the verdict ofthe jury was announced. The Statemade out a surprisingly strong case inview of tho version of the affair at thetime John P. South was killed byWalker and some of the testimony ofwitnesses at the coroner's inquest.Messrs. Ferguson & Featherstonc madea hard fight for their client, and theyare preparing to continue it."L. D. Walker is thirty-three years

old, and has a wife and four children,the youngest, and infant, three monthsold. He belongs to a good family ofthe old Poplar Springs section of thecounty, between Reedy and Saludarivers. Up to the time of the tragedylast September, which may cost himendless suffering, and perhaps a termin the penitentiary, Walker lived on thefarm, a renter. Immediately after thetrouble he moved to one of the cottonmills at Greenwood, where he has sinceresided as a mill operative."John P. South, whom Walker killed,

grew up in the same community withthe dofendant. He was thirty-sevenyears old, and unmarried. He was anindustrious farmer, and but for occa¬sional sprees he was a very good citi-izen."The members of both families and

many interested friends and i-elativesattended the trial yesterday, Mrs.Walker appearing with her threemonths-old baby in her arms."The State put up twelve witnesses,

the defense four, including the defend¬ant himself and his wife, the only eyewitnesses to the tragedy of September28th last year.

"According to Walker's testimony, beand South had not been on good termsat one time, but they had adjustedtheir matters, as he thought, and wereliving peaceably in the same neighbor¬hood, not more than half a mile apart.On day of killing South came to him inthe field, and after using very abusivelanguage South declared that he hadcome to settle old differences. Southwas armed with a grass hook. Believ¬ing his life in danger, Walker fled thefield, went to the house, secured bisgun and started back toward the field,when he met South coming on afterhim. In the second encounter Southrepeated that he intended to square upold scores, and said that one of themhad to die then and there. Still armedwith the old grass hook South advancedupon the defendant when Walker fired,killing South instantly. Defendant wascorroborated by his wife in all thattook place in the final encounter."One of South's sister's and a brother

and Mr. J. R. Elledge were the firstones to reach the body, and they testi¬fied that no grass blade was about thebody, and it was brought out that theold blade which Walker recognized as

being the one South had on the day ofthe killing was found on a rock inReedy river, where the deceased had afish basket. South no doubt, carriedthe hook with him that morning, whenhe left his home to go to his own fieldto cut grass. It was pretty clearlyshown that he went by where hisneighbor, Walker, was at work andthey probably had some words about asmall debt Walker owed South, al¬though Walker denied that. Southwent on to his fish basket, where heleft the grass hook, and was returningtoward his home when he was shot.The shooting took place in the road al¬most in front of Walker's house. Southmay not have seen Walker before thelatter .fired upon him. He was shot inthe right side, the charge passing clearthrou. h his body."Walker claims that South had at¬

tempted to invade the sanctity of hishome, but this was not allowed to comeout in the trial."

Defenders of Columbia.Mr. P. H. Madden, of Cross Hill,

Laurens county, who is visiting his son,Dr. A. A. Madden, 909 Lumber street,wants a re-union of tho arsenal cadetsof 1865, who were the last defenders ofColumbia as Sherman approached.Col. J. P. Thomas was in command,with the late Col. J. B. Pattrick. Mr.Madden has vivid recollections of theshells falling in Columbia from Sher¬man's batteries..Columbia State, May17th.

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NOTICEOf Stockholders' Meeting.The State of South Carolina,

County of Laurens.Notice is hereby given that In pursu¬

ance of a resolution passed by the Boardof Directors of the Enterprise Bank, ofLaurens, S. C, a meeting of the Stock¬holders of said Dank is hereby called tomeet on Saturday morning, June 30th,1906, at 11 o'clock, at its place of busi¬ness at Laurens, S. C, for the purposeof considering increasing its CapitalStock Fifty Thousand Dollars, makingits Capital One Hundred instead of FiftyThousand Dollars.

ENTERPRISE BANK,Per N. B. Dial, President.

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Notice.I will sell at public outcry to the

highest biddor, for cash, on Salesday inJune, being the 4th day of June next ,during the legal hours of sale, one Ault-man & Taylor engine, 12 horse power,now on the public square in the city ofLaurens, levied on as the property ofL. W. Hall under and by virtue of thechattel mortgage given by the said L.W. Hall to B. P. Bomar; the said saleto be made bofore the Courthouse doorat Laurens, South Carolina.Dated 10th day of May, 1906.

T). C. Barksdau:,Special Agent.

DEATH OF A VETERAN.

Mr. Henderson I indiey, a True Citizen ofthe County Fasses Away.

Mr. Henderson Lindley, a veteran ofthe Civil War and a life-long citizen ofthe Tumbling Shoals section of thecounty, died at his homo last Thursdayafternoon and was buried at RabunCreek Church on the following day, thefuneral services which wero conductedby the Rev. E. C. Watson, being at¬tended by veterans and friends of thecommunity. He was eighty odd yearsold and leaves a large family connectionin the county.

Tribute from One who Knew Him.THB Advkutisek has received the

following interesting item of Sullivantownship history, together with a wordof praise in memory of Henderson Lind¬ley:Henderson Lindley came from a pa¬

triotic family. One hundred and thirty-five years ago, Patrick Cunningham andAquilin Hall, loyal subjects of KingGeorge, came over from England andlocated their land grants here on ReedyRiver. Thomas Lindley married adaughter of Hall and built his cabin onthe bank of the river on the FrancisMonroe plantation. He was diametrical¬ly opposed to his father-in-law in poli¬tics, being an ardent Whig and foughtfor the Colonies under Capt. JonathanDowns. In those trying days, first theWhigs and then the Tories would be inthe ascendency. The Whigs would taketo the swamps and cane brakes, whenout-numbered. Mrs. Lindley lived tobe over one hundred years old, andwould relate to her grand and great-grand-children the hardships of the Re-1volutionary War. Also tell them aboutrunning bullets for the Whig soldiersout of lead obtained from the cove hillsacross the river opposite the house. Thelead was pure enough to put into theladle and run the bullets. Many a dayshe made them while her husband wasafraid to show his head out of thewoods.Thomas Lindley had four sons, Wil¬

liam, Aquilla, Henry and John, whowere called out for military service atGeorgetown and Beaufort Island in thewar of 1812.John Lindley's son, Henderson, the sub¬

ject of this sketch, and his son Thomas,father and son, both followed the ban¬ner of General Lee, until the surrenderat Appomattox court house. On thetented field Henderson Lindley was thelife of the* camp.ever looking on thebright of life. Many a soldier wouldforget his depression on seeing hischeerful countenance and hearing hisapt sayings.He was one of the finest nurses in the

county. When it looked like typhoidfever would kill out the Bolt family inthe fifties, he quit his home and de¬voted all his time to waiting on them.This will show hi3 tender heart andfearless disposition. Many days we

spent together in the war, Ku Klux andriot times. He was a man that wasever true and by my side ready tomeet any emergency. A few years agoin the Kinard meeting near his househe was greatly blessed ami took on anew life.and lived a better Christianfrom that day.

Wm. D. Sullivan.Tumbling Shoals.

Mr. 1\ II. Nelson visited Columbialast week.

AN ELDER ELECTED MODERATOR".

Uericral Assembly of the Southern Pres»byterinn Church Opens in Greenville.Greenville, May 17..For the third

time in its history, and for the firsttime in six years, a ruling elder was to*day elected moderator of the GeneralAssembly of the Southern PresbyterianChurch, in the person of Allan G. Hall,of Nashville.The General Assembly was organized

about fifty years ago, and with but twoexceptions ministers have always beenelected to the office of moderator. Mr.Allan G. Hall, dean of the Law Schoolof the Vanderbilt University, for manyyears the presiding officer of the lowerhouse of the Legislature of Tennessee,and well known in political circles byreason of his fight for a child labor lawin Tennessee, and chairman of theGreek-Latin examination of the Church,was elected moderator to-day.Mr. Alien G. Hall is a descendant of

ancestor*- So stood high in tho Pres-byteria it was not so strong asit is to- "« claims as ancestor theRev. Di fall, of King's Moun¬tain, well kiuswn among the people ofdays that are now past and gone. Heis the grandson of Dr. Thomas Hall,who was one of the pioneer Presbyter¬ian ministers in Tennessee.The General Assembly of the Presby¬

terian Church in the United States,more familiarly known as the SouthernPresbyterian Church, gathered here to¬day under most favorable auspices.Every one of the 83 presbyteries of theChurch was represented, the 210 com¬missioners being divided equally be¬tween the clergy and laity. The annualsermon by the retiring moderator, Rev.J. T. Plunkett of Augusta, Ga., waslistened to by an audience that crowdedthe big church. The election of a newmoderator was the chief event of theday and a spirited contest attended thedecision. The delegates are being enter¬tained tonight at a reception tenderedby the ladies of Greenville.The present assembly promises to

have more than usual interest, foramong the numerous other questions tobe considered will bo that of union withother branches of Presbyterianism,which has been under consideration forseveral years formally beforo the va¬rious assemblies.The general assembly convened at

the First Presbyterian Church thismorning. Dr. T. W. Sloan, pastor ofthe Church, delivered the invocation.Former Moderator E. L. Green of Dan¬ville, Ky., followed with prayer. Theretiring moderator J. T. Plunkett ofAugusta, Ga., then delivered the annualsermon.

NOTICE OF OPENINGBooks of Subscription.

Static ok South Carolina,county of laurens.

By virtue of a commission issued tothe undersigned, by J. T. Gannt, Secre¬tary of State, the books of subscriptionto the capital stock of Laurens Buildingand Loan Association will be open atthe Enterprise Bank, at Laurens, SouthCarolina, on Thursday, May 24th, 1906.Said capital to be One Hundred Thous¬and ($100,000) Dollars, divided into OneThousand shares of the par value of OneHundred ($100.00) Dollars each, paya¬ble In monthly installments of one dol¬lar per share, until each share becomesof the value of one hundred dollars.

C. H. Roper,A. C. TODD,M. J. OWINGS,C. E. Kennedy,S. M. Wilkes.

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The coat of this insurance is small in comparison with the investment thatyou have at risk. The premium to be charged on all crops, except tobacco, istwo (?.) per cent, of the amount of insurance. On tobacco, where there is con¬ditio ably more risk, the premium is only three (H) per cent. The losses will not.ho prorated, but paid in full within sixty days after proof of loss has been filedat the home office, or may be paid sooner, in case the loss is adjusted in. ashorter time. NO MEMBERSHIP FEüj.

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Subject to Sale the Followingestments:>

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One 6-room house And nice lot on Harper, prop¬erty known as Downey property, for $1,900.One nice lot on Harper St., 00x180, highly im¬proved, $500.One nice cottage and store house at LaurensCotton Mills, $2,200.Three large store rooms on Main St., known asthe Bailey property, all rented and good payinginvestment, for $li,000.Four large lots on Estes estate, large fronts and

very deep, will sell cheap and on good terms.Eight-room house in first-class repairs, 4-acreland, located on Main St., in what is known asBrooklyn.

INVESTMENTS:Ten shares National Bank of Laurens stock, at$101.50.Ten shares Watts Cotton Mills, $87.50.One share Bank of Laurens stock, $137.50.Twenty shares People's Loan and ExchangeBank, $200.00.

I want to buy the following:One share Laurens Bonded Warehouse. Namebest price.Thirty shares Enterprise Bank of Laurens stock.Ten shares Wares Shoals Mfg. Co. stock.Ten shares Bank of Laurens slock.Fifty shares Laurens Furniture Mfg; Co.

I write Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. See me before you buy.

GEO. W. SHELL, Broker.117 Main Street Laurens, South Carolina.