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vice president; W. B. committeeman; Bee Whar secretary. |f. T. Simpson, Clarence Cunningham, J. Q. Wilbur, Bee Wharton, Dr. J. Miller, George Manna, W. M. Mil ler, P. H. Madden, M. L. Nelson, Con way Dial, W. B. Fuller and J. D. With-1 erspoon were elected delegates to the County convention. The following resolution was offered*! by Clarence ^Cunningham and unani-' mously passed: * 'That it is the spirit and wish of this 1 club that W. J. Bryan be nominated for president of the United States and that the delegates sewTto the Denver con vention from South Carolina be in structed to vote for him." m0untv1lle club. Officers elected: M. B. Crisp, president. J. L. Fuller, vice president. W. D. Pyles, secretary. A. J. Smith, executive committee man. Delegates to County convention: M. B. Crisp, A. J. Smith, J. W. Matthews, James Nelson, J. H. Iusti. youngs township club. Club meeting was held at Youngs Store. Officers chosen: W. P. Harris, president. W. K. Henderson, vice president. C. K. Wallace, secretary. J. W. ban ford, executive committee man, Executive committee: W. P. Coker, C. R. Wallace, J. W. Lanford. Delegates to County convention: C. R. Wallace, J. W. Lanford, T. W. Canady, W. P. Coker, W. R. Hender son, W. P. Harris, E. L. Edwards, W. H. Drummond, S. B. Glenn, J. B.Cook, IL P. Burdett, O. C. Cox, O. C. God frey, C. L. Waldrop, J. M. Gray. Registration Committee: W. P. Co ker, T. W. Canady, 0. C. Godfrey, J. B, Cook, Watts Patton, W. R. Hender son, J. M. Gray, J. W. Lanford, C. R. Wallace, T. Y. Henderson. The following resolution was unani mously adopted: "Resolved, That application be made to County convention for permission to organize two other Democratic clubs in Youngs township: one at Lanford Sta tion, the other at Cook's store." Sullivan 'I'owiimIiIp. Pursuant to call, Sullivan Township Democratic club met last Saturday and organized by tho election of the follow ing officers: President, It. M. Wasson; Socrc.ary, E. Simpson: Executive Committeeman, J. W. Kellelt. The Township Executive committee was appointed l?y the President, consist ing of .I A Mahon, E Simpson.- J P Sim mons. Enrolling committeo?J A Mahon, J L Chapman, s H Johnson, N B Wood, J P Simmons, M l( McCucn. Delegates to County convention ?R M Wasson, .1 W Kellelt, S II Johnson, W A Baldwin, .1 A Mahon, W 1) Sullivan,.! P Simmons, K Simpson, T T Wood, .1 M Wood, M I! McCucn, John W Heeks, ii Taylor. Waterloo To w 11 *li i i?. Waterloo Township Democratic club met Saturday 35th, and reorganized by electing (?. Marion Moore, President, W. C. Thompson Secretary, and ,1. 0. Mc Daniel, Kxccutivo committeeman. The following resolution introduced )v ><>. c. Ciinn nu'ham was unanimously I RSlvedTfin^N'tfW linl^^avi0^,n the nniy convention be instructed to vote for delegates to the siuio convention who are in favor of W .) Bryan's nomina tion for President. The following delegates wore elected to county convention: (! M Moore, .I II Wharton, A W Sims, .1 0 McDaniel, W C Thompson, W W Campbell, W I Miller. Q A MoPherson, .1 W Pholps, W A Anderson. O C Cun ningham, \V I. Cooper, .1 F Walker, W J Anderson, A McNinoh, B 11 Pasloy, B Boyd. S<- t'lllcto Wll Township. Soulllctown Democratic club Organized last Monday, with the election of L. S. MacChray.'as President, W. I). Byrd, Vice*President; M. M. Poolo, Secretary, and W. A. Poolo, Exccutivo committee* man. Enrolling Committee Wilson Blake ly, D. A ?lenn, M. A. Summerei, A. V. Thompson. Delegates to County convention?L. S. MacChray, M. M. Poolo, W. E. McClin lock, J. Wilson Blakely, O. P. Goodwin. LOCAL 0I1SF.RVATI0NS Mr. W. S. Power of Owings was in the city Monday. Mr, 11aMe Sherrod of Ninety-Six is visiting relatives in the city. Mr. j. W. Copelandof Statesville, N. C, was in the city Monday. Messrs. D. W. Coats and W. M. Cald well of Alma were in the city Monday. Mr. E. H. Scaife of Union, a repre sentative of the Toluca Mining Co., is in the city for a few days. Mr. G. W. Babb of Sullivan township was in the city Monday. He reported a severe storm of wind and rain in sec tion Sunday afternoon. Mr. W. P. Bailey announces his can didacy for re-election to the office of County 'Commissioner. His card ap pears i n another column. Mesdames J. II. Teague, IL K. Aiken and John Scruggs left Monday for Wal terboro to attend the convention of the King's Daughters in session there this week. The improvement work on the public square has begun in part; the granite curbing is arriving every day and being laid along the sidewalks. It is expected that the brick work will begin in a very short while. Mr. Newt. Wathins of Greenville, a native of this county, was in the city Monday. Mr. Watkins was one of the irst subscribers to The Advertiser, -when the paper was only a small sheet i * and sold for 15c, three months subscrip k? tion. Mr. L. G. Balle has returned from Columbia, where he attended a meeting of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor. Mr. Balle is an enthusiastic Knight and always attends these meetings, if pos sible. He speaks in highest terms of the recent meeting and of Columbia's hospitality. Tho Namie school, four miles west of 5 city, will close its session next Sat <ay, Way 2, with appropriate exer B and aancnic. . The school-closing l'.n is drawing on and quite a num theso picnics will be held. I,an nuity ft noted for its fine picnics. nit daylight Saturday morning i Storni, broke over the city. .._^ind blew at a furious rate, the thunder was the sharpest of the season and some damage to electric light and V telephone poles and wires was done by |c the lightning. For over an hour an ex 1 ceptionally heavy rain fell. This was the first real electric storm of the year. Two negro men got in a mix-up Mon day afternoon at the negro pool rooms on Laurens street in which Robert Har ris waa pretty badly cut by George Thompson. After the cutting, Thomn leZt out and has not yet been found; cris* wounds are not very serious, been well dressed by Dr. Dial. BIT OP WAR HISTORY. Judge Thompsoo Writes About tbe Fa mous First Brigade. Editor Advertiser: In the notice of the death of Comrade W. E. Cook in last weeks iseue of your paper by mistake you made me say that the 3rd S. C. Battalion was the first command that was marshalled on the Potomac at the outbreak of the war between the sections. It should have read that this 3rd Battalion was a part of the command known to history as Kershaw's Brigade, which was origi nally composed of the 2nd (Col. J. B. Kershaw), 3rd (Col. J. H. Williams), 7th (Col. Bacon) and 8th (Col. E. B. C. Cash), commanded by Milledge L. Bon nern, and was the 1st brigade of what was then known as the army of the Potomac, afterward, and for all time, to be known as the army of Northern Virginia. At the time of the 1st Ma nassas I think Bonham was the ranking brigadier of the C. S. army. He cer tainly ranked Longstreet, who in turn ranked Stonewall Jackson. Upon the resignation of Bonham and his election as governor of South Carolina Kershaw was made brigadier general, command ing the brigade until the latter days of '63 or the early days of '64, when he was made a major general, serving in that capacity until captured along with Ewell in the disaster at Sailor's Creek, two or three days before Appomattox, while the old brigade, which had been led in the meantime successively by Connor and Kennedy and had drifted to the seacoast of South Cdrolina and had fought at Averysboro and Bennettsville and surrendered with Johnstone at Greensboro seventeen days after the surrender at Appomattox. But to go back, the gallant 3rd Bat talion was not a part of Kershaw's Brigade until the autumn following the 1st Maryland campaign. This Battal ion, with the 15th Regiment, were a part of Drayton's Brigade until the Confederates're-crossed the Potomac, when the Battalion and 15th were as signed to Kershaw's Brigade, Freder icksbunr being the first field where they fought with Kershaw. It will be recalled that the battle of Fredericks burg was put three months after the Battalion was cut to pieces at South Mouth. After the promotion of Longstreet and Jackson and the organization of the army into two great corps after the seven days' battle Kershaw's Brigade, Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade with two Georgia Brigades composed Mc Law's 1st division of Longstreets 1st corps, so that this oldest South Caro lina Brigade was the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the 1st corps of far famed Army of Northern Virginia. General Bonham had been greatly dis tinguished both in civil and military life prior to the war of the 60's, having seen service in both the Seminole and Mexican wars, and was a member of the lower house of congress at the breaking out of hostilities. Our Gen. Bonham, of Anderson, S. C, is a son (worthy son of worthy sire) of the distinguished commander of the 1st Brigade. O^JS^THOMPSONJ. .. Crusaders in Laurens. The Christian Crusaders will begin a series of undenominational and interde nominational Gospel meetings in the interest of all the churches of the town and community Friday night, May 1st, at 8 o'clock, in their large tent on Irby avenue. Sinners of all grades and conditions are cordially invited to attend. Chris tians of the different denominations wJH unite their efforts in the great work of rescuing the perishing. Meet ings will be conducted every night at 8 o'clock and Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. No admission will be charged. The Crusaders are not in Laurens to establish a new religious ?rganization nor to antagonize any already organ ized, hut to lead an active engagement against sin. As some one has said: "In the great army of God they are the cavalry. The church is the main battle line. They come to support it in a bat tle and to charge on the ranks of the enemy. They labor for no object which will not benefit the churches. They do not draw church members away to fol low them, but labor to draw the masses to the churches." The movement of the Christian Cru saders is a thorough organization with a rigid form of government, kindly yet not loosely administered. Every mem ber is strictly accountable to authority. The form of government is military and has the advantage of military dis cipline. The following are words of commen dation from ministers: "God is here. Scripture is being ful filled in these meetings. If Yorkville has ever seen it in this fashion it was before my time, but I have seen it." - Rev. Weber, D. D., Yorkville, S. C. "The Christian Crusaders seem to be imbued with only one purpose, and that the high and holy purpose of getting men and women saved from sin, and in this work they are successful. No thoughtful person can fail to see that their work here has resulted in great good. It is to me a humiliating thought that much of the good they have done has been among a class all too much neglected by our churches." Rev. II. L. Atkins. D. D. P. E., Salisbury, N. C. "The Christian zeal of the Christian Crusaders has impressed me very fa vorably. They have done a good work in our city. They have reached persons with the Gospel whom the churches failed to reach. They have taught the church members valuable lessons of consecration and faith and personal work for the unsaved. It is my candid conviction that their presence and work are a benediction to any community. I cheerfully give the brethren and sisters my cordial commendation."- Rev. J. S. Moffatt, Chester, S. C. Notice to Teachers and Trustees. The next regular teachers examina tion will be held at Laurens, S. C. Fri day, May 15th, 1908. All teachers are requested to present their annual report and library report with last salary warrant. Each board of trustees will please send me a list of the polls and dog tax in their district for scholastic year of 1907 08, so that I may apportion same. Very Respectfully R. W. Nash, 37-6? County Supt. Educntion. I.AURES8 WILL GET FEDERAL BUILDING Appropriation Bill Carrying $50,000.00 for This Purpose Has Been Favor ably Reported. Dispatches from Washington yester day say that it is now definitely decided that seven South Carolina towns will get Federal appropriations of $50,000.00 each. These are Laurens, Aiken, Dar lington, Orangeburg, Newberry, <'.air ney and Union. This is the report by the committee on appropriations, but the bill is being held up by the Speaker, whose attention is engrossed by the wood pulp bill. It is not likely that the items will be changed. Memorial Day Exercises. Saturday, May the ninth will be ob served here as memorial to the Con federate dead and in honor of the sur vivors of the late war. The exercises will be under the direction of the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy of the city. The members of the John B. Kershaw Chapter met on last Saturday | afternoon at the residence of Mrs. W. II. Gilkerson and arranged a program for the occasion. The eqercises will begin promptly at thirty o'clock i.i the Opera House. A , special choir' composed of* the best loeal talent, will render suitable nvusie for the occasion. The orator of the day is to be the Hon. John J. McSwain, of Greenville, Mr. McSwam is well known throughout the state as one of its best speakers, and the ladies here are to be congratulated upon securing him for j this Jay. The address on Memorial , day will be a treat, and everybody in j the city and county should hear iL . Dinner will be server! to the veterans only. After the exercises at the Opera House the graves of the Confederate dead will be decorated with Mowers and Mags. All are requested to bring floral olferings for this purpose. The following committee will serve in the capacities named: Table, Mistress J. O. C. Fleming, C. C. Fcatherstone, J. II. Sullivan, J. A, Copeland, C. E. Clarke, M. L. Cope land, J. S. Bennett, Lucy Boyd, Brooks Swygert, W. H. Dial, VV. R. Richey Sr. R. B. Bell, Foster Simpson, B. W. Ball, j W. E. Lucas, Miss Beulah Balle and Bessie Roland, j Coffee committee, Mistress C. E. Gray, W. H. Gilkerson, J. F. Bolt, W, W. Jones, Capers Hcllams, Lee Langs ton, Warren Bolt, Miss Bettie Watts, : Miss Minnie Babb and Miss Ella Belle I Copeland. Decoration, Mistress T. D. Darling ton, H. K. Aiken, W. D. Ferguson, W. R. Richey Jr., Lola Anderson and Mayme Ferguson. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COMMENCED. The Court of Common Pleas com menced in Laurens Monday morning with Judge Gage presiding. The work of organizing consumed the forenoon. The first and only case disposed of up to last night was the suit of the C, N. & L. Railroad Co. against the Ameri can Surety Co. for the payment ~$f-"S!^ Tleged shortages amounting to $458.31' j in the accounts of J. R. Nolan, agent ' ot the railroad. A verdict for the above amount was declared for the plaintiff. The defen lants will appeal. Messrs. Benet and McGowan ap peared for the defendants and Messrs. Lyles and A. C. Todd for the plaintiffs. For Railroad Commissioner. To the Editor Laurens Advertiser: I beg to announce through the col umns of your valuable paper my candi dacy for Railroad Commissioner. In making this announcement I wish to say that I look upon the question of 1 the regulation of the railroads as of vital importance to the people of this State. I realize that the State which estab lishes the greatest possible harmony between its business interests and be tween its employers and workers will be rewarded with the blessings of peace and prosperity, and that it is for the best interests of both the railroads and FRANK C. FISHBURNE, CANDIDATE FOR R. It. OOMMISSIONKK. the people of the State that the regula tions should be established as will in the future secure their just and reason able demands. I ask the votes of the people of the State on my record as a citizen, pledg ing my best efforts, if elected, to the firm and just administration of the reg ulations and laws. FRANK C. FISHBURNE. Chattanooga Men Here. Mr. York Briddell and Superintend ent McNeil, of the Southern Paving Construction Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn., are in the city making prepara tion for the paving of the square and sidewalks. A force of men is expected this week to lay the curbstone, and the work is to begin at once. Sintering and Dollars Saved. 10. S. Loper, of Manila, New York, says: "I am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healed by Bucklcn's Arnica Salve. It has saved me suffer ing and dollars. It is by far the best healing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, ecze ma a d piles. 25c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. MONUMENTS. If you are in need of a nice Monu ment for loved ones I am prepared to furnish it to you at very reasonable prices. See me. J. WADE ANDERSON, Laurens, S. C, ******* ***************** *-*'! AMONG THE EXCHANGES. ?^hIh*********************** Just as Bad. Thb Laurens Advertiser remarks: "Last week the headline of a daily pa-" per read thus: 'Mr. Aikenand His Dam Bill.' In defense of the religiously in clined editor we think he must have been off duty and the devil had charge." But The State pleads not guilty. All we said was "Dam Business Not Set tled. "-The State. It's Loose in Georgia. "Let Georgia have peace," urges the Columbia State upon Georgia with a disgusted inquiry whether the people of that State are ready for "another sea son of dirty campaigning, with charge and countercharge, claim and counter claim, mud-slinging and drivel?" We fear that hell-raising has become a con firmed habit with the once reasonably well-behaved commonwealth in ques tion. An army of pacification from Washington might get the lid down, | but any less heroic measures would be wasted.? Savannah News. Hcyward a Winner. Ex-Governor D. C. Heyward spent yesterday in Cheater. He is a very successful "mixer," and it is evident that he made a very favorable impres sion yesterday, as indicated by the re marks heard all around and the predic tions about the leaders in the race. No "postmortem" dirge is heard.?Ches ter Lantern. heavy Interest. Do not borrow trouble; it exacts too much interest.? Union Times. Away With the Donkey. The donkey has for decades been the emblem of the democratic party, but the committee in charge of the Denver convention will substitute for that beast of burden a royal tiger in the decora tions next July. Should the party em blem be changed it would probably bring confusion to the minds of many who have been accustomed to looking at cartoons of the party of the people as represented by the donkey. The Den ver promoters of the new emblem seem to think that a tiger looks more likely to be victorious than a long-eared, sleepy-looking donkey. Baptist Cou rier. Meli and Minus. Things must be particularly Mell ancholy around Clemson, Minus all those cadets. ? Summei ville News. That Ogdcn Bunch. The Ogdenites are gathering in Mem phis for their annual conference on ed ucation in the South, but their congre gation excites less interest than it ex cited a few years ago, though they come now with bunches of Rockefeller money in their hands.?Charleston Eve ning Post. Charleston Sinners. John D. Rockefeller goes to church i under guard of six detectives. The l^narlestC". Post is sure it would take the whole police force to get some peo ple in Charleston to church. Augusta Chronicle. Mr. Martin's Spleen. Candidate O. B. Martin has developed a splenetic disposition that will not en hance his reputation for poise and com mon sense. The people of South Caro lina are not apt to fall over themselves to vote for a man who seems to be more liberally endowed with venom than with sense. We presume Mr. Hey ward is able to take care of himself when he is challenged to defend his record, and we have no desire nor the intention to champion his cause at this time. What we criticise and disapprove of is Mr. Martin's manner and method of con ducting his campaign for an honorable and dignified office. Had we never heard of Mr. Martin before his letter to the Baptist Courier would be suffi cient to convince us that some other man should be sent to the senate. ? Sumter Watchman and Southron. Miss-demeanor and Kiss?dcmcanor. Says the Anderson Daily Mail: "A Cleveland judge has decided that a stolen kiss is assault and battery. But it isn't prosecuted as such once in a million times." Of course not it de pends entirely upon the miss-demeanor. ?Spartanburg Herald. Girls and Cigarettes. Why should there be two standards for young men and young women? A girl of seventeen years was recently arrested for smoking a cigarette at night upon the streets of New Orleans. If girls are arrested for smoking upon the streets why should not boys be ar rested also, especially those of tender years? Edgefield Advertiser. Be Careful. The Laurens man who claims to have a method for raising the dead should be very careful how he uses it. Tne world is much better without some of those who have passed away. - Anderson Mail. Negro Woman Dies Suddenly. The dead body of Nannie Richardson, colored, was found Monday morning in her house at the rear of the New fau rens hotel by the proprietor of the ho tel. The woman cooked for Mrs. (). W. Bftbb and had already performed her early morning duties and returned home; when she did not come back to prepare the midday meal, Mrs. Babb 'phoned to tho hotel and asked that a message be delivered to her; this lead to the dis covery of her body on the floor along side the bed from whence she had ap parently fallen. Evidently she was ta ken ill, lay down, and in the agonies of death fell from the bed. Coroner W. D. Watts was at once notified and the inquest was held yes terday afternoon with a verdict of death from natural causes. Weak women get prompt and lasting help by using i)r. Snoop's Night Cure. These soothing, healing, antiseptic sup positories, with full information how to proceed, are interestingly told of in my book "No. 4 for Women." The book and strictly confidential medical advice ia ontirely free. Simply write Dr. Khooi>, Racine,'Wifl., for my book No. A. Sold by Palmetto Drug Co. s, I AMERICAN CONSULS. Tholr Duties Ar? Misunderstood by Many of Our Citizens. ? In almost every city and town in Europe?or all over the world, for that matter, if the city is of nuy size?there Is an American c^usul or consul gen erat And, while the office of these functionaries is commercial In reality, looking after tho imports and the ex ports between our country and others, sttll they take a friendly Interest iu American Citizens traveling aud are al ways ready to go out of their way even to be obliging in personal things. 1 explain this somewhat iu detail, says an experienced traveler in the Deline ator, as so many people, especially women, seem to have a notion that a consul is created for their especial ben efit. Aud one of the most serious trou bles these men have Is with those who if their money runs short expect the consul to furnish them with some and ofteu get insulting nnd threatening if it is not done. The same may be said tu regard to our ambassador, for, while their positions are political and diplomatic, their offices nro always open, and any Information is always cheerfully given In caso an American Is in difficulty. There are always certain public re ception days at the homes of our con suls and our ambassadors, to which it Is not difficult to obtained invitations. In fact, it is often annouueed in the dally papers that Americans in general are welcome, say on days like Thanks giving, Fourth of July, and so on. In this way it is possible for one to see something of the lives of one's com patriots away from home. A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE. The American Who Landed In Ger many With a Box of Candy. Germany is Jealous of tho foreign candy maker and exacts a rigorous toll upon anything In the shape of coufec tlonery that comes across its borders. Ignorant of this, ono of Uucle Sam's sons disembarked from a liner at a Ger man port carrying in his hand a flvo pound box of candy bearing a New York trademark. At sight of tho box tho Teutonic customs officials exhibited marked activity and prepared to seize upon it. "Not for mine," said the American. "I won't give up a sou. I'd rather cat the stuff hero and now." Ho opened the box and commenced to dispose of Its contents without delay. Everybody In sight was offered a handful. Nobody declined except the customs officer, who said blandly tbot he had not a sweet tooth. Tho traveler himself ate many pieces. It was not loug before the last bit bad been eaten. As soon as the box wns empty the official seized the traveler by the arm. "The gentleman," ho announced, "will accompany mo to the bureau, where we'll make out his bill for duty. Come. It is at the other end of tho dock." "Never!" said the American. "You have no right to charge mo duty. 1 didn't bring It in. I'll sco my cousul right away, and he'll send a b'.g ?ieet and bombard this blooming town." "Softly," said the officer. "You'll pay duty, all right. There arc fifteen wit nesses to prove that that candy of yours was consumed on German soil." Tho duty was paid, and tho consul has not as yet been consulted.?Phila delphia Ledger. I-, Ancient Enamels. It Is certain that glazes having tho Komposition of good enamels wero manufactured at a very early date. Excellent glazes arc still preserved, and some of tho bricks which have been found among the ruins of Babylon have l>een ascribed to tho seventh or eighth century IL C. The glazo on the Babylonian bricks was found upon ex amination to have a base of soda glass, or silicate of sodium. Glazes of a simi lar character wero also manufactured by tho Egyptians as early as tho sixth dynasty. There can be little doubt that tho Greeks and Etruscans were also acquainted with tho art of enameling. I ?New York American. Tho Living Present, lie that hath so many causes of joy, and so great, Is very much in love with sorrow nnd peevishness who loses all these pleasures and chooses to sit down upon his little handful of thorns. Enjoy the blessings of this day If God sends them, and tho evils of It boar patiently and sweetly, for this day only Is ours. YVe nro. dead to yesterday, and we are not yet born to tho morrow. But If we look abroad and bring Into ono day's thoughts the evil of many, certain and uncertain, what will be and what will never be, our load will be as intolerable as it is unreasonable. ?.Teremj' Taylor. Fountain Pens. It is a popular fallacy that fountain i pens nro quite a modern Invention. As a matter of fact, an old work of ref erence published In 170? contains an il lustration of a fountain pen, the ap pearance of which is very much like ? hose sold at tho present time. Its construction, however, was somewhat elaborate and clumsy, the pen consist ing of various pieces of metal which had to be screwed and unscrewed be fore tho pen could bo used. A Pessimist. Agent?How long do you Intend to re main In Washington? Reformer? Un til congress passes a couple of neces sary laws that? Agent?Gee! You don't want to r?nt a house. You'd bet ter buy one.?Washington Herald. An Undercut. Kuby- Charlie took mo In to dinner the other night He and Fred tossed up. and Charlie? Beryl?Lost, as usu al. Will ho never learn better than to i gamble? ?Kansas City Ncwsbook. Laurens Republicans Harmonious. The Laurens County Republican Con vention met here Saturday for the pur pose of electing delegates to the dis trict Convention which meets at Spar tanburg and the Columbia State Con 1 vention, and for the transaction of the usual business of such gatherings The meeting was entirely harmonious, and was attended by only the colored mem bers of the party. Chairman Pratt S. Suber, colored, presided. While there were no while delegates presold, two prominent administration men were elected to represent this county at tIn state Convention: Major L. W. C. Bla lock of Goldvillc, and United States Marshall J. Duncan Adams. These two and Chairman Suber go to Colum bia Tuesday. This delegation, together with Prank Williams and the the Rev. Marcellus Dillard, colored, will repre sent Laurens at the Congressional Con vention at Spartanburg. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Cotds, Ciotu* Rod Wn?oplug Cough. . MASTODONS. Why Th*ir Bones Ar? Found Near Salt or Sulphur Springs. "Wherever you tlhd salt or sulphur springe," says a gout Ionian connected with tho United stales geological sur vey, "you may expect to tlnd the bones of mastodons and other huge creatures that have now become extinct. Many persons suppose that the preseuce of these in.lies In great iiumbers indicates that the animals und a sort of common cemetery, like the llamas of Chile, which when tbey felt death coming on always inado for tho nearest streum 01 pond and, If they could get there, died in tho water. "That, however, Is likely onj* a su perstition. Tho mastodon borws in n salt or sulphur marsh indicates that the animals went there to drink the water and occasionally ono got mired and was suffocated. The gre: t num bers of the bones do not prove that a Whole herd of mastodons was drowned nt once, but that one being mired ev ery year or so during several centuries would in time cause a great accumula tion of bones. Missouri has n bone marsh at Sulphur Springs; there Is n great mlno of them nt the Salt Springs in Kentucky and nt several places in Ohio and Indiana where there are saline springs. A great spring in Flor ida, one of tho four or five huge out lets which ore grouped under the name of Silver Spring, is called "the hone yard" because the bottom and sides are masses of mastodon hones."?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A WAR OF MAPS. Bolivia Wiped Out England and the British Isles. "Bolivia is tho only country that ever wiped England off the map," said Frank ltoberson. "It came about this way: The British ambassador several years ago gave a dinner for the official and social circle people of Bolivia. "When they arrived at the embassy they found that he was not married to tho woman seated at the head of the table, and they left. In the name of his government he demanded an apol ogy, whereupon tho government gave him twenty-four hours to get out of the country. "Inasmuch ns little Bolivia is way off the ocean and practically lost in the eternal mountains Groat Britain could not by guns get the retraction that she wanted, but her map mak ers got revenge by issuing maps whol ly eliminating Bolivia. "Finally this information reached Bo livia, whereupon with a Stroke of the pen new maps were ordered for the Bo livian government and tho Bolivian schools. They showed more ocean than nuy other maps ever printed. The British isles had been sunk into the sea. And so far as the people and school children of Bolivia are concern ed there is no Great Britain."?Indian apolis News. vVhy He "Let 'Em Grow." "Yes, I've given up shaving," he told his friends. "I never could shave my self, ruid the last time I was operated on I was in such a blue funk that I shudder to think of It. Tho barber had a musical ear, and ho lathered me to the tune of 'The Blind Boy,' which was hclng ground out by a barrel organ close by. Slow certainly, hut nothing to complain about. By tho time the scraping process had commenced the tune had changed to the liveliest of Jigs, and the musical shaver seemed to be enjoying himself hugely as he did his liest to keep time. I was afraid to tako a breath for fear it would be tny last. "Then the organ stopped, but only for a second, and when I heard tho strains of 'Stop Your Tickling, Jock,' I vowed that rather than run the risk of being finished off in a barber's chair by a musical maniac I would let 'em grow for tho future and chance the crop."?Modern Society. His Parting Shot. The lato Catholic bishop Itaphoe, Ire land, used often to tell this story with much enjoyment. "I was suddenly call ed," ho said, "from my homo to see an unfortunate sailor who had been cast ashore from a wreck and was lying speechless on the ground, but not quite dead. 'The life's In him still, your reverence?ho stirred a little,' so I stooped down and said to him, 'My poor man, you're nearly gone, but just try to say ono little word or make one little sign to show that you aro dying in the true faith.' So ho opened ono of his eyes just a weo bit, and he said, 'Bloody end to tho pope!' and so died." Every Bird a Weathercock. "Where's the wind?" scoffed the sail or. "Why, look nt tho birds. They'll tell you. Don't you know that every bird's a weathercock? Stop moistcnln' your linger and holdln* it up," ho went on In a tono of disgust. "The practice ain't hardly cleanly. Look at the birds Is all you got to do, for every bird sots with Its head always straight at the wind. Every live bird In a tree Is ns reliable a weathercock as them dead birds on tho spires."?New York Press. A Bit Different. Towne?There's ono thing about my wife?she mnkos up her mind If she can't afford a thing that she doesn't need It. Browne-Something llko my wife, only she buys it first and makes up her mind afterward.?Philadelphia Press. Possibly. Possibly the fact that tho optimist sees tho doughnut nnd the pessimist the holo Is duo to tho further fact that tho optimist has mostly doughnuts and the pessimist mostly hole.?Puck. Ambition Is llko love?Impatient both Of delays and rivals.?Dcnham. Attention] Camp (inrllngton? IL <. v. A meeting of Camp Garlington, I'. C. V., is hereby called to bo held in the Office of Probate .lodge Thomp son, on Saturday, May second, at 10 a. in. A full attendance of member."! ?l the Camp is earnestly requested, an business of import nice is to be trans acted. The annual dues, LT? cents per mem ber, are to be paid, as our assessments to both the Statt; and General Uoitnion arc now due. 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