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Bhh V?.: .'^J'..:- * '. \ ' ^-r 'e., .; - ** m JLA8T t* Y?AR?aTHEY HAVE ~3K:2y AD0S0 OVER;MILLION MEM> ?RS K* SOUTH. i^ti* ?&&' i.i&vr *0 . ? ~ WILL MEET IN CHATTAN006A ?P- fetui J: < :: -. ,;t -: Z-:i . : r'''Y Many Matters Related to Future Work Will Come Up for Consideration J3 v' S ** the Annual. Convention . " May 12 to 18. ,/t Hk JBmBBBHw ^KBBKSBBWBi S !' ; ' DR. E. Y.- MULLINS .. . , President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary/ Who is Touring South. Following the close of the second year of the Baptist 75 Million Cami paign April 30, several thousand messengers from the local churches are expected to assemble at Chattanooga, Tenn., for the seventy-sixth annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Convention met in Chattanooga last in May, 1906, and dforing the interim there ha? been a marked growth In every department of the Convention's activities and in the numbers and work of the local churches as well. The total number of Baptists reported to the Convention in 1906 was l,85i>,784, while last May, fourteen years later, when the body / met in Washington, the total membership of the local churches as reported was 2,961,348, or a gain of 1,105,564. The returns for this year are not yet available, but inasmuch as it is known , there were practically 175,000 addi, tions to the local churches last year by baptism alone, there is every reason to believe the showing for 1921 will be even larger. Growth Shown in All Lines. > . V At the same time there has been a marked increase in the membership ' of the churches, there has been a dis?a -J 11HCI itll V cLiiCtr iu tui ucycuiuicuia ui local and denominational work, it is 1 cet out. The total number of local churches has grown from 20,129 in : 1906 tot 25,303 in 1920; the total number ef Sunday Schools from 11,332 to 17,686; and the number of Sunday School pupils from 857,244 to 1,835,936, an increase of more than 100 per cent The value of local church property has mounted from 4,501,122 in 1906 to $74,273,728 in 1920, an increase of more than 160*0 per cent, while contributions to missions and benevolences in 1906 were $1,501,396.67, as * ' compared to $7,331,266.55 in 1920, an advance of practically 500 per cent. Fourteen years ago the contributions to all purposes in a year wdre $5,941,283^44, as against $21,327,446.67 for 1920. , Next Meeting Important The approaching session of the . ^ v Convention is regarded as vitally important to the future of the denomination's work. It is hoped that by the Convention two-fifths of all subscriptions to the 75 Million Cnmpa;~~: will have been paid in cash and that the j program for the completion of the; remainder of the campaign task can! he formulated at this time. Dr. J. B.' Gambrell, president of the Convention, and Dr. E. Y. Mullins, who recently completed a tour of Europe, where they carried fraternal greetings to the Baptists of that continent, will give their impressions of Baptist opportunity in that country, while Dr. George W. Truet and Dr. J. F. Love, who rep resented the Foreign Mission Board at the London Conference last sum-; mer when the mission fields of Europe ; were considered, will tell of the new territory of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hungary, Roumania and Southern Russia which Southern Baptists are asked t.c occupy. This territory is as large as ,the Southern State* and has a population of 128,000,000. All the hoards of the Convention will report the largest year's accomplishments in their history, the Home j Misaion Board being scheduled to re ~ port the completion of its million tlol lar loan fund for church building, iD addition to the aiding of a thousand I churches during the year with gifts | t and loans for the erection of new' ' houses of worship. The Sunday School! Board will report more than $1,000,00C! " in sales for the year and with colleo tions as well as sal-es better than ai previous time In Its history. ?? ' :r EC : -~VAU<* I- .)sll'JPriil) StJICLDE ; t EST FLORIDA JAIL. v i' ' i w?Vf } \ T. Vanchr former superintendent of t' S; Carolina Odd Fellows'homo. : dtted suicide in the dbuhty jail r- Tampa, Fla., where he wae be-ins held for extradition by the South Carolina authorities. Vaughn. while order dehth sentence foi^ aSsauit on several children, less than *14 years old, inmates of ttfe home of which he was superintendent', esfcaped frorii' the state hospital, where he was under observation for his sanity. He: <vent directly to Florida, where he was engaged, under theassumed name of Earle, as a teacher, being principal of the school at Port Tampa at the time of his arrest. He was recognized on the streets of Tampa by a former Columbian, who had him arrested and lodged in jail 10 await extradition to South Carolina. Sheriff Heise of Richland county proceeded to Florida, but arrived after the prisoner had committed suicide, bringing the body back to Columbia, where it was positively identified. When first arrested Vaughn made several attempts to take his own life, but was frustrated in each instance and was at first confined in a straight jacket He was soon afterwards, on showing a return to sanity, placed in a cell with several prisoners, under arrest'for murder, and on the morning of thfe suicide a razor which was supposed to .go,, the rounds of the. prisoners for .th.e, purpose of shaving fell into his hands. He immediately proceeded to cut His throat, using a .* *v..T. 8; : powerful stroke, which almost severed. Jiis, head from the body-. Heath 'was immediate and occurred before' any aid could be rendered. . Though said to. have a wile and. several children in this state, Vaughn., had married again in Florida, his wife being a Miss Beamguard of York county, a former nurse at'the hospital, whose acquaintance he made during his confinement in that institution and who went to Florida about nine months after Vaughn's escape and became his bride. According to Dr. Williams, there is no evidence to connect Miss Beamguard with the escape of Vaughn and she will not be brought back to South Carolina. At last accounts she was in a hospital at Tampa, ill from shock. She is a sister of Miss Beamguard, also a nurse at the hospital, who committed suicide last fall as a result of a love affair. The death of Vaughn brings to a close an unpleasant case. While awaiting trial in the Greenville county jail, Vaughn escaped but was recaptured in Baltimore. He was found guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted, but was removed to the state hospital in order that his sanity might be established. He escaped from the I hospital about two years ago and has since been in Florida, where he taught school in several towns. CROSS ROADS DOTS, a / Messrs. John Taylor and Dewey Boon motored their best girls to New Brookland last Saturday afternoon j and took in the show Saturday night. Prof. C. G. Williams and family motored to Columbia last Saturday; also Mrs. D. L. Jefcoat and son, Wil-'; lie. Miss Grace Fallaw spent the weekend with Misses Rosa and Lillie j Pound. Mrs. Ashby Lloyd is visiting her father, Mr. R. E. Pound, near Gas- j ton. Mr. Legree Jeff coat visited Miss j Marie Argoe Sunday afternoon. Messrs Elijah Jefcoat and Mr. Kel- J lar Jefcoat visited their sister, Mrs. j ,C. G. Williams, Sunday afternoon. Messrs Willie and Elijah Jefcoat, j accompanied bv Prof. C. G. Wil- < I iiams, attended the reception at Suinmeiland college, Monday night. BLUE EYES. ST. MATTHEWS DOTS. Jack Frost has come again. Guess the folks will be planting their gardens over. But we still hope that fruit will not be killed. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Keisler and j children spent Sunday with Mr. and ' Mrs. J. A. Keisler. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Keisler and j children spent Sunday with Mr. and i Mrs. E. W. Keisler and children. 1 I Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crout spent Sun- ; day with Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Bal- j lington. j Misses Lessie and Estell Keisler i spent Sunday with Miss Thelma Me- j Cartha. j Misses Mae. Essie anu Lesie Crout, j Ellie Keisler .and Emily McCartha, j in company with Mr. Ester Crout; all worshipped at Pond Branch last Sunday. DISTILLED WATER. Distilled water for autos and storage batteries. Bottled in clean quart bottles or sold any quantity as you want it. HARMON DRUG CO.. ' ?'" * ' " - ' " ; liVB NEWS FROM Uf j P > | \ AND AROUND EDMUND. ? Well, here we are again, and, for ' the life of us, we haven't the rei motest ide?a what we are going to j write, but before we will even menj tion the weather or the "health of J our community," we won't say' a ! word, so there you are. j Anyway, we are afraid to say much j for fear that it was our "grammy| tickle" mistakes, as the old lady said, j that caused the editor to get called 'down. We may.not always be grami matieally correct, but our intentions ! are good, and it' we make a mistake j or two. the super-aesthetical readers may skip us, we won't feel slightI ed. i j Mentally, we gave the editor a '^sympathetic hand clasp. We have | been bawled out so often and so fed | up on advice as how to run our little j affairs till sometimes it palls our ap, petite for human companionship and j we decide that Robinson Crusoe was lucky in his lonely exile on the isJ land,, and, were we in a like'situation, think that we should feel inj clined to kill any man Friday that j broke into our solitude, instead of I , giving him "the glad hand." i Truth is, teachers and editors are] ! t | the most "jacked up" people in the! i world, and we suspect that the editor , I happened to be the first person met f after some Johnny's or Mary's "Maw" or Paw" had called down the ; teacher, and the teacher "passed it \ on." We know whereof we speak, 1 for we have "been through the mill" ! both as "bawler" and "bawlee." ! It is gratifying to know that the ; nnfntn warehouse is an assured fact. At first, its fate seemed to be '-'hang-1 ing in the balances." It seems to be a hard matter to get farmers to take to the idea of cooperation. Possibly, it is a result of the old "gold brick" days when farmers were so easily j fleeced of their hard-earned dollars. ] However, we hope it wil not be long I till it gets in full swing in South Caroi lina as it has in some states. | Another thing, we think there is j too much publicity connected with ! the farmer's business. The governj ment reports, the number of livestock i he owns, how many acres he plants 1 and of what. If the authenticity of ' these reports were unquestionable, it ! would be a different matter, but in : many cases, we believe, it is mere j guess work, therefore misleading. If 1 the gamblers knew less of how many I bales of cotton are raised and how , many bushels of corn and wheat are ' marketed, he couldn't victimize us so I j easily. Sometimes we think that the. 1 old farmer, who wrote on the back of i the report card sent him to fill out 1 "Xone of your darned business" and ! returned it, was right, j Mr. A. Stork, one of our most pro- j | gressive farmers, and family spent j Sunday in Columbia visiting rela! tives. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (J. Sharpe visited the latter's brother at Eureka Sunday. I Mr. Jim Addy spent the week-end j with Horace Tanner. j | The Edmund school closed last j i Friday. Exercises by the pupils and | i a basket picnic were enjoyed by those | ' 1 [ attending. | ' Little' Miss Caroline Griffith cele- j - brated her twelfth birthday Sunday i [ I ! by inviting a few of her immediate | relatives to enjoy the delightful din; ner prepared by her mother. Times are hard, money is scarce | (and if we hadn't said we wouldn't i mention the weather, we would say ! the weather was cold), but as long as we can enjoy strawberries and cream and strawberry pie, we still feel that j life is worth the living. DOTS FROM HERE AND THERE. ; I Farmers seem to be planting right j along; not much cotton but plenty of; corn. ? There was a large crowd at the wedding at Mr. and Mrs. J. E .Miles,' when their daughter. Miss Annie, be- | came the bride of Mr. Cellus Oswald, , April 9, 1921.. Those present were; Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Shealy and j family, Mr. H. E. Seav, Mr. M. J. j i j Ly brand. Mr. and Mrs. Jones Ander- j son. Miss Agnes Miles and sisters visited Mrs J. M. Shealy Sunday. Mr. J. M. Shealy has a bad leg. but is better at this writing. Miss Agnes Kyzer and sister spent last Sunday at Mr. J. H. K. Ly brand's. Mr. H. E. Seay called on his best Kil l OUIlUil.Y II IK 11 1 Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Shealy wore in Gilbert shopping just recently. EGG PRESERVER Prepared Solution of Water Glass The simplest and best preparation for preserving eggs. Colorless and odorless and does not impart any flavor to the eggs. Full directions for use. Convenient size, quart cans, will put up 12 dozen or more at a small cost. HARMON DRUG CO., Lexington. S. U i PERSONALS Mr. Ben Hook, Barrs, was here yes- { ter'day buying- supplies, etc. i Mr. and S. J. Derrick, of Swan- j ,soa, were visitors up this way today, j Mrs. John Roof of Barrs, was in j. town yesterday busy shopping. Mrs. S. D. Hook, Barrs, was a I lively patron in the dry goods stores i Tuesday. Mrs. Wilbur Roberts, Providence, ' t always a welcome customer at our; stores, was here yesterday busy. Mrs. H. H. Boozer, one of our! i ree-nlar business visitors, was here ! Tuesday, busy as she could be. Mrs. Weber Rawl, of Providence,! was a busy shopper here Monday, j Mr. Johnnie Roberts, one of our! substantial citizens and good farmers, i 1 4 Providence, was here on business. | yesterday. Misses Julia Dick ley and Louise ; Kyzer, two of our admired youngj ladies, were visitors to Columbia j Saturday. We regret to note that Mr. Wilbur I Redd's little boy is at the Columbia j hospital under Dr. Weston's treat- j ment. i The daughters of Mrs. J. J. ; Schwartz, Mrs. Annie Felder and I Mrs. Hattie MeCartha visited her here Sunday. , The Porth Bros, are giving a series j of picture shows in various parts of j the county, to the satisfaction of the public. They are here, today arrangJhg their circuit. Mr. R. L .Huffstettler, of Chapin, R. 4, who has been visiting his sis ter. Mrs. R. L. Amick, was in town Monday. Look at the label on your paper and keep it in advance if you wish to receive the paper regularly. Messrs. L. 15. and W. E. Friek, t\?o of the good farmers of the Fork section, were in town yesterday on business. They report sonic frost the last two mornings, and are afraid the grain crop has been damaged, with fruit seriously hurt. Mr. R. V. Lucas of Sandy Run w:=sj a Lexington visitor today. I Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Derrick <-fj Swansea were in Lexington "Wednesday and paid the printers a visit. Mr. E. It. Hipp of Little Moun-j tain was a business visitor here Wet'-j nesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nichols. ?>*' Columbia, spent a pleasant day wi it. Mr. and Mrs. It. F. Mizell, near tk j depot, on April 3d. Mr. L. W. Hyler, son of Mr. an i j Mrs. J. W. Hyler is improving af-j ter an illness of about three weel .* I f Mr. D. M. Williams, one of Swr. - [ sea's oldest and best citizens, w: j up Saturday looking after his pensi< u and made ua a pleasant call. We were more than glad, last F: i : v I day, to have a call from Rev. and | Mrs. J. S. Riddle, of Ballcntine. They ' are among many of our old since j friends. We have shared the hosji- j tality of this good old couple an 1 were pleased everytime to be with them. i Mr. B. E. Craft, the popular! cashier of the Bank of Swansea, was j in town Monday on business. . Mrs. F. L. Hyler and son, Frank, COMMON WITCHHAZEL FINE FOR SORE EYES; It is surprising how quickly eye in - flammation is helped by common: witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc., i i as ruixed in Lvoptik eye wash. One\ elderly lady, who had been troubled i with chronic eye inflammation for i many years, was greatly helped in two j days. We guarantee a small bottle of Lavoptik to help ANY CASE weak, strained or inflamnied eyes. Aluminum eye cup FREE. Harmon Drug Co. MANY LIKETHIS INLEXINGTON Sniilar Cases' Being Published in Each Issue. The following case is but one of many occurring daily in Lexington.! It is an easy matter to verify it. You cannot ask for better proof. Lewie Hall, jeweler, Main St., Lex-, ington, says: "Kidney trouble bothered me in the worst way some years ago. Oftentimes I had ro stay away from my business, 1 was so bad off. Dizzy spells bothered me and my sight was affected. My back ached -1 2* 3.11 U1C ume, 3X111 11 \V US iicLiu l\j uv;uu over. The kidney secretions passed too often and broke my sleep at night. I felt tired out all the time, and at times the secretions were highly colored and contained sediment. I tried different remedies^ without getting relief, until 1 used Doan's Kidney Pills. It wasn't long before Doan's cured me of all the trouble, and I haven't been bothered since." j Price GOc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Prlls?the same that Mr. Hall had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfrs., Buffalo. N. Y. 1 i mother, Mrs. Price of Columbia, for ^ a few days. Mrs. J. W. Hyler and daughter, Mrs. Clarence Sharpe, spent last ti Friday in Columbia shopping and also b paid Mrs. Hyler's son, Vera, a visit, 8 who is now sick in the hospital at ^ Camp Jackson. Glad to say he is im- b proving. Mr. T. G. Leaphart and son of * Columbia, spent Saturday with Mr. c Leaphart's aunt, Mrs. J. W. Hyler, rj near the depot. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Kaminer, Mr. J and Mrs. Mizejl and little son, Rob-l< , ert, and Mr. McCarthy spent a pleas- J ^ ant afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Job o Harman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Mizell and littte <snn T?nhprt Jr.. have reronttv amoved from Charleston and are now living near Lexington depot. Mrs. Mizell is the next oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hyler. PI XE VIEW SCHOOL. There will be a moving picture show at Pineview school house Friday night. April 15, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. Remember we have a Fatty Arbuckle and other famous comedy star plays, also other good pictures. PAPE'S DIAPEPSiN , j . CORRECTS STOMACH, I j ' T I ENDS INDIGESTION | ! r - . I ] "Pape's Diapepsin" is the quickest, ] surest relief for Indigestion, Gases, r Flatulence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fermentation or Stomach Distress caused ^ by acidity. A few tablets give almost 1 1 O IA OIAW # ? i /\^ AM/1 auMu^uiaiA^ oiA/uuxui icuci auu ?n \ji uj ? the stomach is corrected so you can eat favorite foods without fear. Large case ^ costs only few cents at drug store. 1 Millions helped annually. ? a Gasol 26c Keros 1 15c CAUGHMAN-f LEXINGT Everyone who has a Washing one of our Washing Machine tomatically drain the machine iently near a faucet. Write u of our Little Giant Clothes E with the unsightly Clothes lin less of an ornament than an E; way of hanging out clothes is. price. Columbia Suppl 8 ?.3 West Gervais St. NEW G 1 WISH to announce t opened a garage for the re at the stand formerly occupi NEAR FAIR Nothing but first class cord with present cotton pri BRING US YOU BE SURE OF SA WE need no introducti thifc community. Everybody we turn out Oswald's H. CROMER OS t Mr. W? D. George has let the ract for the erection of a brick uilding on the lot near hid hcfejgb ^ t the depot. The size of the sto?/ rill be 30x100 feet. Material is noi eing placed on the Igrou^ds OBC rork on the building will stiart in h ew days. Mr. George at present isr ocupying a wooden structure -near the ailroad. CHEROKEE SCHOOfc. There will be a moving-' picture 5 how at Cherokee school house Mon- j* ay night, April lS, beginning at '8.:^^^ 'clock. Remember we have a Lrbuckle and other famous star lays, also other good pictures. *i -Jf ?>ray jqekv ASPIRIN 1 Name "Bayer" on Genuine Warning! Unless you see the natiii 'JBayer!' , on package or on tablets yo ire not getting genuine' Aspirin prescribed by physicians fbi* twenty-onrears and proved safe> by millions rake Aspirin only as told in th? Bayer package for Colds, Headache. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache roothache, Lumbago and for Pain riandv tin bovcs of twelVe Bayer Tab ets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger papckages. As ia fhe? mrtrk of ' Baver Manufacture of Monoaoeiracidester o' 5alicylicacid. ( ine Gallon >ene Gallon [AMINER CO ON, S. C. j Machine ought to have r | Drainers that will auwhenever it is convents for circular. Also one leels, which does away e and really is more or resore such as the usual Write for circular and y Company Colombia, S. C ~ ijr V \RAGE II / I * V v ;o the public that I have pair of all makes of cars ied by Snelgrove's garage, GROUNDS. work and at prices in acces. R CARS AND TISFACTION. on to the auto owners of r knows the kind of work Garage WALD, Prop.