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LEXINGTON COUNT! OF SUNDjV The Lexington County Sunday School Convention which was scheduled fer July 25, but had to be postponed on account of the rain, will be held Tuesday, August 19 at St. John's Church (Calk Road). The convention is the only meeting that invites Sunday Schol workers of all denominations to come together for the puppose of suggesting and discussing methods of work in a cooperative manner. The program committee has se. * cured several prominent speakers, who will speak on subjects of interest to all Sunday School workers. In the opening, Professor J. M. Ariail will give a brief Bible message, "Preparation for Victory." Following this B. E. Craft, will speak on "How Tc Double the Attendance;" Miss Cora Holland, "Our Wants to Theii Needs"; R. D. Webb, "A Challenge to Victory." In the afternoon, Rev O. B. Shearouse will give a Bible Message,' "Power for Victory;" Rev. J. R McKittrick Swill discuss "The Teacher's Preparation for His Task." Miss Holland and Mr. "Webb will also speak in the afternoon, speaking1 in the interest of bigger and better Sunday Schools. If you wish suggestions in the work or can give sugegstions, you should rot miss the convention. Come and bring your firends. Dinner will be served on the grounds, t The program in full to be carried out is as follows: ? 10:00?Song service. 10:15?Brief Bible message, "Preparation for Victory, " by Prof. J. M. Ariail. 10:35?Song. 10:40?How to double the attendance, by Mr. B. E. Croft. t t . a r or tVioir* X 1 . v O v,'u1 wauwo vjl ?.w w ? by Misis Cora Holland. 11:35?Period of business: a. Rec| ord of schools present; b. Appointment I RODE] DIS HARE I $145 F. O. B. FA I we I J. M. PEAKE, JJ i.;~ f CONVENTION 1 If SCHOOL WORKERS! of committees. 11:50?A challenge to victory, by R. D. Webb. i 12:20?Miscellaneous business. , 12:40?Music, by Swansea female quartette. 12:45?Adjournment for dinner. Basket dinner on the grounds. 2:00?Song service, by Swansea fe-j ; male quartette. 2:15?Brief Bible raessage, "Power; ! for Victory," by Rev. O. B. Shearouse. j 2:55?A Victory Sunday School, by! 1 I ing the year. , j (Reports of oil the county and dis-1 trict officers), tj 2:50?Song. 11 2:55?A vctory Sunday School, by . R. D. Webb. i i , | 3:25?Reports of committees and > | other matters of business. ki 3:50?Three in One, by Miss Cora Holland. ; | 4:15?The Teacher's Preparation ior . His Task, by Rev. J. R. McKittrick. 4:4 0?Matters of business. . j 5:00?Adjournment. 5, PLANNING DRIVE FOR ! COTTON ASSOCIATION i | Columbia, Aug. 9.?Plans for the j 'whirlwind membership campaign to be conducted by the South Carolina Cotton Association the last of this " I ..month provide for a mass meeting; j ' to be held in every county in the State i j during the four days period from Au- | 'gust 19 to 22, inclusive, the week j . prior to the membership campaign. i D. K. McLeod. State manager, has i secured a number of the very best; | speakers in the State for these mass j meetings. They are men who are in- j ! terested in the movement and because ! ; i I of their dsire to se it succeed have of- | | fered their services for these meet- ' i ings. Mr. McLeod states that he will j | within a few days prepare the itiner- 1 :' ary for the speakers and will advise EtICK % 1C ! 4 LOW 1 XTORY J I I I P | ;" \ v I 2 .:#^ ' "\ $?* :*&< r'-"- .'s Don't Have '?""'Ss 'W=^ ir JK. iL R., Manager _ . . . r ,i. ?? each of the county chairmen the date fixed for the meeting in his county and the speakers for hlg" county. The prospects for success of the membership campaign in South Carolina are exceedingly bright, declared ; Mr. Mc-Leod today. "South Carolina ' will rally splendidly to the support of 1 the cotton association," he said, "be* cause our neoDla know of the magai lcent work that it has done. We hope to secure a minimum of 50,96# mem- j bers in this State. I believe we will not be disappointed. Every farmer, merchant, banker and professional : t man in the State is asked to join and "we believe that most of them wilk The organization of the farmers, nrer'chants, bankers and professional men of the South offers to this section the greatest opportunity it has ever had." The dues for membership in the association from, date of application for membership to January 1, 1921, will be 25 cents per bale of cotton produc;" 1 A 1 T ~ -3 r*r*T>t u nor ! 1 Li 1^1 i , (1UU L ucm; - H*t t-? . thousand dollars capital invested in : I mercantile and other classes of busi- I ness, banks or manufacturing plants. Professional men will pay $3 each. | The dues for 1921 and 1922 will be 10 j ; cents per balo of cotton and 10 cents i j per thousand dollars capita! per an-1 num. The dues will include the sub- ] | scription to the Cotton Journal to be I | published by the American Cotton As- j sociaticn. ?~ PRIZE FOR IiEST NAME. $1,000 for Ib st Single Name for All j English-Speaking People. San Francisco. Aug. 12.?Can you create the one word which will best denote the United States and all parts of Britannia? If so, you will be paid at the rate of $1,000 a word. The World Trade Club of San Francisco has offered $1,000 to the person who suggests the word which, in the iiulcmorit nf flip elnh's \fpfrir Cam J?0 i paign Committee is best adapted to world-wide use. The competition Is open to all hu- ! mankind. The money will be paid to the winner at noon on 15th of May, 1920, by a committee appointed by 4 Fordson Tracto F. 0, B. Factory MMHMBBMMIWnaBMaMBMBMBMMM $? .\ 3j " : j I ft '- ll %v Much to SayA U T Free Ai ? ' <" "i ? : ; ? i President W. H. Hammer of tlic ; World Trade club. "Brit-Am," ^Ambria," "Ambrittica," "Br-Am." "Sam-Bull," art* some 3 ^ - Vou- r> 'i m . vrurus iuu2s tcii ^ v?.. v ?. . Fire constantly cotniog. The World Trade club is offering this award he- i cause in carrying" o*1 present campaign far the adopti-aa eC metric units by all English speaKing peepie??-the United States, the British fstes, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Tasmania, United South Africa an-d so on-?it was hampered by the lack af a single short word jVvhich would express all these. The metric units at weight And measure are now used by all the world except "Brit-Am." or "Ambrittica" or "Sam-Bull." 2<i0 i.awykrs ark ix hoth coxcuess Men of Legal Profession Outnumber Others?Copies of N'cw Directory Reach City. Copies of the new Congressional Directory, which is now coining from Uncle Sam's presses in Washington, have been received. The directory shows that in the present leaver house of congress the membership includes 200 laVvyers. 19 editors and publishers, 10 merchants. 13 bankers. 11 farmers, six union labor leaders, four insurance agents, eight manufacturers. three locomotive engineers, four newspaper reporters, and tv. o iron moulders. There are also among those present in the Sixty-sixth congress, one tree surgeon, three lumbermen, one nurseryman, one miller, four teachers, one former cowboy, one cartoonist, one dentist, two men from the shipping world, one clergyman, three doctors, one citrus grower, two automobile manufacturers, and one advertising agent. Of the remaining members of the house of representatives, 4 5 modestly declined to record what they did for a living before they were elected to congress. Pi k js -Come and I ir?Free Water -- - - : ? ; : : " Ay usual the biographical data is the most interesting- reading- in the directory. The Arkansas delegation j leads off with the distinction of hav- j Ln;r among- its seven members three j v,-bo submitted biographical sketches! of exactly one printed line in length. These modest Arkansans are Thaddeus Caraway, Samuel M. Taylor and William Shields Goodwin, all of whom record the fact that they are members of the Democratic party and that they liwe in the district from which they :were elected. I wnnrvc ft T? UUUU 1 TURNII jgCT i PRICES RIGHT FCWNEW C! HARMON DRI THE REXA Telephone 28 I Mc |j j D $ll | F. 0. 3 1 -el Us Shew L A FALSE REPORT. Wanted, the public to know that there is no foundation in fact for the rumor that my mill was put out of commission by heavy rains. I am still doing business at the old stand, and will be glad to have my customers bring their wheat and corn for grinding. A. Taylor. zip. GASOLINE 25 cents a gallon. Caughman-Kaminer Co. 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