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VOLUME XXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1908. NUMBER 42 METHODISTS HOLD DISTRICT MEETING Sessions of Greenville Con ference at Clinton. LARGE ATTENDANCE. Visiting Ministers Occupied the Different Local Pulpits on Sunday-Delegates to Annual Conference. Clinton, May 19.? The Methodists of this community and their friends em joyed the sessions of the Greenville District Conference from Wednesday to Sunday. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. J. J. Cook, of Greer, Wednesday night. The business ses sions were opened on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. At 11 on Thursday Mr. P. A. Hodges spoke in behalf of the Columbia college. On Friday morning the Rev. Mr. Holroyd, of Greenville, preached and on Friday evening the Rev. J. L. Harley, of Spartanburg. The business session closed on Saturday and most of the visitors returned to their homes on the Saturday trains. On Sunday morning Presiding Elder W. M. Duncan, of Greenville, preached in the Methodist church, the Rev: W. A. Massabcau, of Greenville, in the Baptist church, and the Rev. J. D. Crout, of Laurens, in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. The Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Greensboro, Alabama, was to have preached in the Presbyterian church but was prevented by the serious illness of his daughter. The Rev; Mr. Crout preached for the Presbyterians Sunday night, the Rev. Mr. Massabeau for the Methodists and the Rev. Mr. Justus, of Greenville, for the Seccders. ?At 4.30 on Sunday afternoon dele gates were elected to tho Annual Con ference in December. These delegates are Mr. J. G. Harris, of Greenville, Mr. T. J Mauldin, of Pickens, Mr. W. M. McMillan, of Clinton, and Mr. J. P. .McKelvey, of Fountain Inn. Following is a list of delegates and the homes where they were entertained*: .). A. Cook and J. R. Armstrong, with E. C. Briggs. R. W. King and J. M. Turner, with L. A. Barrow. A. W. Grovely and B. I). Mauldin, with J. M. Finney. The Rev. D. D. Jones and W. G. Pricks, with K. Lee Pitts. S. J. Blackburn and A. S. Powell, with J. M. Pitts. A. M. Doggett and J. A. Wood, with W. M. McMillan. T. A. Gross and L. P. Hollis, with G. R. Davidson. J. 0. Hughes and S. A. Curry, with L. ii. Davidson. The Rev. J. P. Attaway and J. A. McHugh, with T. R. Owens. G. K. Wilson and W. C. Beacham, with R. .1. Copeland. J. Ii. Bruce and W. N. Hackney, with A. B. Blakeley. N. (1. Bellinger and George H. Wad xleil, with John Griffith. S. A. Dillard and G. A. Ellis, with A. D. Cooper. J. D. ('rout and John P. Bolt, with R. Z. Wright. W. E. McCain and A. B. Henderson, with Mrs. S. C. Leak. W. A. Massebeau and W. B. Whar ten, with C. C. Bailey. J. W. Godfrey, with D. T. Godfrey. I?. F. Zimmerman and S. T. McCarty, with R. P. Adair. J. N. Isom and J. R. Walker, with J. B. Boyd. W. B. Justus and M. S. Burdette, with .1. B. T. Scott. John O. Wilson and H. B. Brown, with W. II. Workman. A. L. Johnson and R. J. Ellis, with Hugh McCarter. W. M. Curry, with M. A. Bass. /. M. Whitmire and W. F. Wright, with G. C Young. T. A. Sizemore, with John B. Wright. K. L. Gray and S. A. Nettles, with 11. I). Henry. W. C. Curry, James Wham, R. M. DuBoseand J. F. Leslie, with J. G. Wham. ^W. M. Duncan, P. A. Hodges and H. 9 Snyder, with W. H. Hodges. .). L. Harley and W. C. Pickgns, with R. IL Hattoa. J. F. McKelvey, W. F. Medlock and A. E. Driggcrs, with W. E. Nash. V. J. Mauldin, R. E. Bnbb. II. L. Soaly and A. S. Gresham, with B. L. King. J. I). Harris and J. T. Austin, with W. E. Bell. R. L. Holroyd ;and J. W. Speake, -with B. II. Boyd. A. A. Merritt ami li. {}, Jlairston, with R. C. Dillard. J. G. Huggin, with J. D. Dillard. CROSS HILL LADY DIES AT CHESTER. Atlanta Pirc Sufferer-Death of Aliss Whiteford-Two New Automobiles School Closing Period. Cross Hill, May 18. - Mr. William Henry Rasor, brother of* our towns man, Mr. E. B. Rasor, suffered consid- ] erable loss in the tirst of the recent fires in Atlanta. His handkerchief fac tory was in the line of the fire and was entirely consumed. His friends here sympathize with him in his loss. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Guthrie wore called to Greensboro, N. ('.. last week on account of the death of Mrs. Guth rie's brother. Miss Maggie Whiteford died Inst Thursday at the home of Mr. Earnest I Notrz. She had lived in the community ' all her life and was about 79 years old. j She had lived in town several years and ' could hear the trains pass but probably never had rode on one. She stayed at home so closely that few persons in town knew her. Dr. Peake can answer calls in a hurry now; he rides a motorcycle. Mr. J. W. Simmons and Mr. C. D. Nance each have bought automobiles and they have arrived. This ma!.es three in town. Miss Theresa Davenport has been quite ill the past week. Mr. R. D. Nance has improved the appearance of his place very much by repainting his house and fences around the yard. The Baptists are repainting their church. Rev. J. P, Jacobs, of Clinton, preached at the Presbyterian church yesterday. Schools are closing and our girls and boys who have been teaching and at tending school away from home are coming in and soon our town will put on a more lively appearance. A gloom was cast over our town this morning by the sad news of the death of Miss Lulie Leaman, which occurred at'the Cheater Hospital this morning. The body will be brought home today. Interment tomorrow at the Presbyte rian cemetery. She was taken to Ches ter a week ago today hoping that a slight operation might bo beneficial. She was not strong enough to undergo the operation and it was deferred a few days. She did not improve and died this morning at an early hour. Mr. M. A. Leaman was with her at the last. OOlNti TO COLUMBIA. Mr. J. Y. Garlington, Prominent Insurance Man, to Remove From 1.aureus. Mr. John Y. Garlington, president of I the Seminole Securities company and State agent of the Georgia Mutual in surance Co., has decided to remove to Columbia, in which city the main office of the Seminole company IS located. The treasurer of the company, Mr. Stobo Young, left Monday for tho capi tal city and Mr. Garlington will follow in a few days. Madden High School Closes. Prof. H. Y. Culbortson, who has been the principal of the Madden High school for a number of years and a leading Laurens county educator, was in the city Saturday and stated that his school had closed a very successful ses sion on Friday. Owing to the annual observance of Children's Day at New Prospect next Saturday, which is al ways a notable event, Mr. Culberlaon's school, located in the same community, did not, this year, hold any formal closing exercises. Mr. Mlntcr ami Bride Here. Mr. James E. Minter, accompanied by his bride, who was until last 'lues- . day Miss Francos DoLabar, of Mem phis, Tennessee, arrived in LaiU'ons I Monday afternoon. While In the city ; they are the guests of ( apt. Minter, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Minter and Mr. and, Mrs. N. R. Dial. After this brief visit] Mr. and Mrs. Minter will be at home at ' Sedalia. Mr. Minter is receiving the j hearty congratulations of his many Laurens friends, who also extend n cor dial welcome to his bride to South Car olina. Seniors Entertained. Last Friday night Miss Mary Lake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Lake, entertained at her home the members of the senior class of the Laurens City school, giving her classmates a most delightful evening. Numerous games were indulged in, followed by the serv ing of a delicious salad COtirSG and ice cream. Those present were Misses Annie and Elizabeth Simpson, II at tie Kate Easterby, Mamie CroWS, Messrs. Carlos Moschjy, Furman Dobson and Gu8 Hart. LAURENS RURAL LETTER CARRIERS. Meeting of the Association Will Be Held Here Saturday, May 30. The annual meeting of the Laurens County Rural Letter Carriers' Associa tion is hereby called in this city Satur day, May 30th. The meeting will be held in the court house at 11 o'clock a. m., and it is very earnestly desired that every member of the Association at tend, as officers for another year are to be elected and representatives to the annual meeting of the State Rural Car riers' Association will be chosen. All new carriers and substitutes who have not joined the Laurens Associa tion are cordially invited to meet with us on the 30th and become members. The day set for this meeting being a holiday, all carriers in the county will have the opportunity of attending one of the most important meetings of the Association for the year. The State Association meets at Aiken on July .3 and 4. ALLEN D. BARKSDALE, President. Shipload of Coffee. There arrived in the Charleston port one day last week a shipload of ten thousand bags of colfee from Brazil for F. W. Wagner & Company, who whole sale coffees all over the United States and who are represented in Laurens by our popular felfow-citi/.en, Mr. W. II. Garrett. _ Death of Mr. Irvine Tribble. Mr. Irvine Tribble, a farmer of khe Holly Grove section of the county, died of paralysis at his home Monday, May U. He was a brother of Col. Mit P. Tribble, of Anderson, and Mr. Ludy Tribble, of the county. School Picnic at Shiloh. Then will be a picnic at Shiloh Sat urday afternoon, May 23rd, also exer cises by the school. The following is the program: "The Sniggles Family." Doll Drill. ' 'The Assessor.'' Rose Drill. "A Quiet Family." "The Spellin' Skewl." News from Ekom. Kkom, May 19. - Some of the farm ors are pretty blue on account of hav ing such a bad stand of cotton. Many arc having to plant over. Mrs. Lou Culbertson is recovering from an attack of grippe. Mr. A. B. Culbertson has a very sick baby. Mrs. Mary Cooper, of Donalds, spent last week with relatives here. Mr. Lewie Bagwell, of the Poplar Springs section, was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. Sammy Cooper, of Ware Shoals, spent Sunday with Dr. Cooper and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Coley spent Sunday with Mr. L. C. Culbertson and family. Miss Frankic Culbertson came home Sunday from Mountville, where she has been teaching. Several from this place attended church at Poplar Springs Sunday. CLINTON NEWS NOTES. Miss Neville Meets With Painful Acci dent- -Supt. Colbert Resigns. Clinton, May 19, Little Miss Conine Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bailey, was car ried to Columbia Hospital for a serious operation yesterday. She has been very 111 for some time, suffering from complications from measles. The baby, Lucy FJoiso, is now quite ill with measles ami Mrs. Bailey was unable to leave her to accompany the other child t<> Columbia. Miss Julia Neville started on a picnic Monday morning and happened to a painful accident. She was standing in the wagon and lost her balance when it moved. The fall threw her on an iron rod and her chin was seriously cut, necessitating surgical attention. There were no serious results, however. Mr. .1. Groves Colbert has resigned his position as superintendent of the school here. This makes three vacan cies in the corps of teachers for next year. Miss Fronde Kennedy visited in Co lumbia and Newberry from Thursday to Monday. The pupils of the Thornwell Orphan age went to Riverside on a picnic Fri day. Dr. Jacobs, Mrs. W. J. Bailey and Miss Mollle Manson accompanied the party. Miss Sallie Wright has returned from a visit to Georgetown. At the Electric Theatre this after noon Mr. Roman will show The Baboon which captures a woman who is found ( after a year. The scenery is beautiful. I The cupboard is very comical. CROP SITUATION IN LAURENS. Views of Mr. J. I). Sullivan. Who Has Traveled Over Much of (he County. The general lateness of the crops in Laurens county, particularly cotton, is a subject of much concern, although there is plenty of time, with favorable conditions, to overcome this. Knowing these conditions a representative of The Advertiser obtained from Mr. Jared I). Sullivan, special field agent of the co-operative demonstration work being conducted in ibis county, some views on the crop situation. Mr. Sulli van is in position to know what he is talking about, having traveled over much of the county since the planting season opened. He says up to the 15th of the present month that the prospect for a normal cot ton crop was very poor. The crop is late, bad stands in mail) sections and replanting has been necessary. The cold weather ten days ago caused much to die, while 0:1 certain soils unsatisfac tory stands of cotton were secured from the first planting, due, Mr. Sulli van thinks, to the method of planting the seed too deep, lb- also finds that the acreage is smaller ami that labor is scarcer. Under these conditions, there fore, a normal crop of cotton is not ex pected. Fairly good stands of corn have been obtained and there is much yet to be planted, especially on lowlands. The farmers are, he finds, greatly inter ested in this crop, which be regards as oneof the most encouraging signs of the times. Corn land has been well pre pared, as a rule, and heavily fertilized. Early planted corn is looking vigorous and growing nicely. While the small grain crop is consid erably off in acreage, Mr. Sullivan says fall oats are good and thai the spring sowing yet has a chance to make a fair yield. Hut he advises farmers to sow oats in the fall, from the loth of Sep tember to lbth of October. Gardens are fairly good, but have needed rain. Peaches and apples, in fact all fruit crops, promise a pretty full yield. Woodruff Boys Defeated. fn a very fast game at Woodruff last Saturday afternoon the Watts mills team defeated the Woodrull' boys, S to I. Prom Cue very beginning it was seen that the game would go to Watts, and it. was a question of just by how much. Prince was on the slab for Watt-, ami it was the seventh inning before a Woodruff man reached first base, which shows that iie was pitching some and had the proper backing. Irby at short and Nesbitt at second lor Watts wore also in the game from start finish, while Kinninglon at first and tic out field all went like clock work. In fncl Watts outclassed Woodruff at evorj stage of tlie game. Swygel'l caught his usual steady game, and bis head work was all right. For Woodruff tin outfield plnyedgood ball, but. the infield blow up several times, and Watts never failed to take advantage; of the miscilOS. K II E Watts.S \2 2 Woodruff.1 :; f, Batteries: Watts. Prince and Swy gert; Woodruff, Grubbs ami King. Time. 1:10. Por(nightly Club Entertained, The Fortnightly Club was charmingly entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. II. Fleming Jones at Ihm- clcganl home on North Ma n street. The afternoon was an exceedingly pleasant one, being an ideal spring day. ami the number of guests was in consequence unusually large. After enjoying an interesting game of nations the hostess served de licious fruit punch, crbahf and cake. The guests of Mrs. Jones were: MesdamcsC. E.Gray.A, I?. Gray,J.O, C. Fleming. W. C. Irby, Jr., U.K. Aiken, \\ B. Dial, It. K. Copclnnd, 0. F. Rank in, W. II. Washington, ML L. Copeland, W. II. An i'i oii and Misses Pauline Andorson, Emily Meng, Lila Hart, Agnes Adams, Maggie lludgons, May Little, Kva Brownlco, Janic Col vin, Ressie Peatross, Willie Harris, Ressie Byrd, Will I. 1 Boyd, Helen Ooggans, Bertha Wells, Isabella Ken nedy, Julia Irby, Be* io Todd, Annie Strickler and Annie Gilkci'flOll. Laurens Mill Team Won. On the local field last Saturday after noon, in a game of eleven innings, the Lydia Cotton Mill nine was defeated by the Laurens Mill team, the score being 7 to 4. McCravy's pitching and Hill's batting for the locals were features of the game. Batteries! Laurens Mill McCravy and Emory; Lydia Meyer . and Rarks dale. STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION MEETS Hon. Mendel L. Smith May Presidc-ln struction of Denver Delegates Likely to Cause a Fight. Columbia, May 19.?Tho State Demo* cratic convention will be called to order at noon tomorrow by Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Executive com mittee. Gen. Jones has asked Rev. K. G. Pinlay, rector of Trinity church, to open the proceedings with prayer. Tho first business of the convention will be tho roll call ot the counties and as Gen. Jones has had prepared the list of delegates elected there will be little trouble in securing a proper list for the convention, since there are no contests in any of the counties. Chairman Jones has designated as temporary secretaries of the convention Messrs. T. C. Hamer, of Marlboro, and J. Wilson Gibbes ami George R. Koos ter, of Columbia, all of whom have had experience in this sort of work. Mr. John S. Wilson, of Lancaster, sergoant at-arms of the house, has been re quested to act as temporary sergeant at arms of the convention. The convention when organized will elect ii president and seven vice-presi dents, one from each congressional dis trict, three secretaries and a sergeant at-arms. The election of four dele Kates at large, with four alternates at huge will bo made by the convention and the selection of two delegates and two alternates from each of the seven congressional districts will be made by the delegations from the different dis tricts, making fourteen district dele gates, the election of whom is ratified by the convention. There will be a committee on plat form and resolutions, to which all resolut ions and proposed platforms will be referred, ami stiel) other committees as the con vention may deem necessary. The con vention, after organizing, will, if the usual course is pursued, take a recess until night, so that the committees may have the afternoon in which to formu late their reports, and it will be at the night session that the fight over in structions or anything eist? will come. The selection of president of the con vention is a very important matter, as i he president should be one experienced in parliamentary law and able to handle the convention. For this reason the name of lion. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, has been suggested by his friends, Mr. Smith having been a former speaker of the house. The name of speaker Whaley, of Charleston, has also been suggested, but it is not known that Mr. Whaley will serve. The trip to Denver is a costly and tiresome one, but nevertheless there an quito a number of loyal Democrats w ho want to go to the National Con vention as delegates from this State. 11 is taken for granted that Senator Tillman will, as a matter of courtesy, be elected one of the delegates at large, i hough he will no', attend, and an al ternate can take his place. Others who arc active aspirants for delegates at large are Con. Wilie Jone;; anil ('apt. W. Bi Gonzales, of Columbia, Senator Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, and Cant. II. II. Watkins, of Anderson. For ?lis triet delegates tho following are some of the name.-; that have been suggested: Major J. C. Ilemphill. of Charleston, and Senator N. Christensen, Jr., of Beaufort; Hon. J. B. Harley, of Barn well; Senator R. F. TownsCnd, of Union; lion. W. F. Stevenson,of Ches terfield, and others. CITY SCHOOL EXERCISES. Primary (irades Entertained Large Crowd Last Evening. A large nssombly of patrons and vis itors attended the exercises given last e vening by the primary grades of the city schools and Mis-; Putnam's class in elocution in the Chapel of the graded school building. The exercises were very entertaining and from first to last I horotlghly enjoyed Thursday evening the pupils of tho Laurens Mill will give an entertainment n auditorium of Mill school building. Priday evening in chapel of graded RChool building the annual contest for Calhoun medals in elocution and decla mation will finish exercises for this week. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the baccalaureate sermon will bo delivered at the First Presbytorian church by the Rev. W. A. Massaboau, of Greenville. It has been announced that this service would be held at tho Methodist church, but owing to the work then; of intall ing the new pipe organ, it became nec essary to make the change. The concluding exercises of com? moncoment week will takO place Mon day evening with class exercises and tho annual address before the senior class by Dr. R. P. Pell, of Spartan burg. The Laurens delegation headed by Col. Thos. R. Crews, to the State Dem ocratic convention which will be held today, left for Columbia yesterday af tornoon. LAURENS WILL GET Ii FEDERAL BUILDING Appropriation of $50,000 Made for Purpose. PRAISE V(Hl JOHNSON. Through P.fforls of Ith District Congress man Iiis Home Town Pnrcs Well In Public Buildings Dill. Tho people of Laurens woro elated ovor tho news from Washington Fridaj to tho ofTcct thnl Iho public buildings bill, carrying au approprial ion of $!">( 1,000 for a Federal building at I,aureus bad passed i he house. Practical assurances of the successful passage of the bill with this item had been given some days before, but the fact of its success caused great satisfaction here, the llrsl news coming in u dispatch to Mayor Babb Friday afternoon. Of course everybody Knew thai Con gressman Johnson would take care of I-aureus, and this appropriation was secured for this city through his efforts and the showing made by the postal receipts. It is a very handsome thing for Laurens and is greatly appreciated, The building will he used for the postotlice and its locution is already a matter of much speculation. A number of sites have been suggested, including the Hall property, on Laurens street, the Robertson hotel, Fleming ware house lot, city opera house and others. Of course this is all merely speculative and it. will probably be some lime be j fore anything at all definite is decided upon in this mallei. The fact that Iho appropriation has been obtained menna that Laurens will have a nice Redend building, and probably no one is proud er of this than Joe Johnson himself, I _ . ' J I'olio Wing is the telegram received by Mayor Babb from Coiigre sman Joseph T. Johnson's private secretary : Washington. I). I '.. May 15. Mayor of Lauren;, Lauren . S. ('. In public buildings bill pas tod i>. con gross today Laurens get i ?5O.0O0 for postotlice." P II. I IK i:. Mr. Johnson Pleased. Washington, May hi. Lauren.; is io have a $50,000 |M)stollice building,thank . to tho hard and earnest work o| Con gressman Joseph T. Johnson, ono of ihn strong men whom Laurens has gener ously given Iti Sparlnnhurg. Thooni" nibus public building i bill, Which car rled an appropriation tor $50,000 for Laurens, passed the hot I Me ye lorday, and will in all probability It?Vo :cd the senate ami received the approval of the prcsidenl by the time The Adv< ser reacb.es i'readers on WodiV .die,. Mr. Johnson is very mudn pleased with the i'emarkable succ.e of hi; wnrji. For years he has been a m'.'inber of Um committee on public building :??<?' grounds in Congl'CSSj and the reliability of his statement:, the eurne '? ? ; tint sincerity with whicb In- goe . a!>oiii hi i work, have impressed lie .,ili r mein hers so that wl .it J hn on i ri llni committee is put. down a jllrti about right, lllH Successful efforl . to . (?? ,?. building"' for the po la! bit in't <?'. South Carolinacilie? ari duo lo his ab* solute honesty and ?Iricbril) as Ihipre - ed upon bis colli ague Other buildings secur- d lltrotigl Mi*. Johnson's efforts are. po lolfieos ft,i L'nion, Abbevill'-. Sumter, Dim. (lafTnoy and Aikcii, $r>0,i.<u ; Uortal appropriations for | , jiV, Anderson and Sunder, $10, >?..-. Congressman Johnson i very proud of the fact that he hii 'i d what probably hbothor ropresfMittd ive in Con gross ha-i a federal building for every county in his district. Of eourso, there are some districts, in the large cities, which comprise only otto C > mtji .or Oven a part of a county, but otitsidi of those, it is probable thill thki Fourth District of South Carolina is si".'.< nh< in tho United States which can boast, after5 the Laurens and Union hui ling uro constructed, a governmt nt building in each of its counties. I. IL I'. Death id An Infant. Fdward Ormistoun Cullender, Lhd throe-months'-old infant son of the Rev. W. F. fallender, rector of the Church of the . Fpipham , (lied ai thti rectory last Thursday nfternoon. I'ri day moming the funeral was b. ld from the house, at in o'clock, the sorvic - being conducted by the lb v. W. K Thayor and the Rev. c. F, Rankin. in tcrment was at the cit;. cemetcn Many beautiful llowc . wore contrib Utcd by Laurens and Sewbcrry friends the Newberry lodge of Flks sending Ik handsome wreath.