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PART ONE; PAGES ONE TO FIGHT VOLUME XXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909 NUMBER 20 THE THACKER REVIVAL WILL CLOSE TO=NlGHT Series of Services Have Resulted In Great Awakening. SOME COMMENTS BY VARIOUS CITIZENS Religious Meetings at First Presby terian Church Have ftecn l*rod?e live of Much Good r.xpre* sfons From Dr. Tlinokcr and l'ref. Fisher. Tonight, the series of revival ser vices that have been in progress since December 1st. a; the First I>rcsl>ytor Ian church of this (Ity come to a lose. The service at 7:30 will be the last "f what has beer; one of the most re liable meetings ever held in Lau rens: productive of so much good, re Bttltlng in a great awakening of the people and turning their thoughts to things religious, the means of convert ing many to a profession of faith In .?es us. According to a statement of Rev. \ F. Rankiti, pastor of the First Presbyterian 'church, .'it the close of the service Tuesday afternoon, there, had been 431 who had signed the re eonsecrntion cards, that is expressing a desire and intention of leading more eonsccratcd lives and being more faithful to their professions, there had been 83 professions of faith, and 16 who had declared their intention of securing their church letters which are at present elsewhere, and uniting with some church in I,aurens. In addtfiinn to the above, as a re sult of the one serviee held at Clinton yesterday morning at the Thornwell orphanage, there were 143 who signed the reconsecration eards and LT? pro fessions of faith. Dr. Thaeker went to Clinton early Tuesday morning, preached at the orphanage and return ed to the city for the afternoon service j esterday. Tomorrow, Dr. ThaCker goes to his home in Norfolk to spend the Christ mas holidays with his wife and child rens. in January he goes with many others evangelists into the state of .Maine for a religious Campaign. The services that come t<, ? close tonight have been a blessing to this entire community; there can he. nor is there, any question about this. The influence of them has been i ll. Vast throngs of people have attended the servicees; they have listened with un usual attent ive.ness: and the results can never lie computed. The singing has been the best church music ever heard In this city; it has been by a chorus of something like seventy-live voices from all the choirs of the city. Prof. Fisher is an accomplished lead er and diroetor, and seemed to be able to get the people to sing as they have never song before. Mrs. Fisher at the piano contributed much to the beauty of the music. While the meetings have been under the auspices of the Presbyterian evan gelistic department, all denominations have been made to feed that the work was for them as well, and the hearty co-operation of all in Lau rens "has been a feature of the meetings. A free will offering ;mounting to something over $300 was raised and presented to Dr. Tltacker. This Is in addition to the expenses provided for by the members of the Presbyterian church; people of nil denominations Contributed to this free will offering. Following are some expressions re garding the meeting by a number of representative citizens, together with a word from Dr. Thaeker and Prof. Fisher: Dr. II. K. Alken. Dr. ft. K. Alken, president of the chamber of commerce, snys. regarding the meetings that close today: "Dr. Thaeker has delivered remark able able and forceful sermons. His earnestness, his sustained eloquence, his thorough knowledge of the Ilible nnd the spirit of the .Master that so clearly dominates all that he says and odes, combine to chain the atten tion of all his hearers. Nothing Is said or asked for that need embarrass any one. The love of Jesus for a lost world Is held up as the magnet to draw men unto Him. And there can he no stronger plea than this. Force, compulsion, ridicule, abuse nor legis lation have never, nor con ever, move men to reformation In morals like gratitude and an awakening self Inter est. II Christ's way is not better than the way of the world. 'Christianity would retrograde rather t! mi grow." "Dr. Thacker avoid-; personalities and sarcasm while enunciating clearly his fixed and logical views upon the life that now is as well as that which is to come. Consciously perhaps, he seems to keep ever bofor< the admoni tion In Essentials?-unity In m n ei - sentlals?liberty; In all things- chari ty/ He has been heard by all classes and creeds here and If the feelings of anybody have been hurt by anything he hiis said or done nothing has been heard of it. Let it not be understood that ho is a "trimmer" or so much a candidate for popular favor as to offer compromise with known sin?far from it; but be seems to have the rare grace of loving tin' sinner while hut Ing the sin. lie is an Illustration of the wisdom of evangelizing the world through the means and under the aus picies of one of the established denom ination, rather than putting forth in dependents who are answerable to no authority, and whose heresies often bring discredit upon established reli gion. "All denominations will see and feel the beneficial effects of the revival of true and undefiled religion in this community long after this teacher has gone on his way ." Dr. .1. E. Thacker. Dr. Thncke:- has the following to say to the people of Laurens: It has been one of the pleasures of my life to have had the privilege of P^^^^^W^^^^I have a splendid Chris tian community; a sober industrious. Qod fearing people and a prosperous and progressive little city. May Heav ens richest blessings rest upon Lau rens and her people. I wish to express my deepest ap preciation of the support given by the newspapers of Laurens to the evange listic campaign. Some one has said, 'When great moral issues have been at stake, when the pulpit has scented to be powerless when reformer:* have been discouraged, when the masses out of sympathy with good govern ment seemed to be in control, It has always been true that the press has been the mightiest agent for arousing public sentiment in favor of rights liv ing, right thinking and right acting.' The papers have been our great help ers, and In no place have they given more space und assistance than here, ami I hear that you have the 'best weekly paper in the state'. The < x< Si lent not ices and unstinted commend ations of your press have promoted j In no small way the Interest and BUC* I cess of the meetings, j The committees, publicity, finance, ushers, music, and others, have been untiring in their efforts and unusually conducting cats series of evan gelistic servic es in Laurens; to have been with Mr. Ran kin a personal friend. a fel low townsman an earnest, able and effi cenl co-laborer in the vineyard of the Lord: to have had the united and prayerful sup p o r t oft h e good people of bis church, t he earnest co-op oration of the past o r s and Christian peo ple of all the denomina tions, and the good attention and p a t i e n t hearing of the nonchurch peo pie of the ( om ni unit y. a 1 I these things have been gra tifying to me beyond mens U re. / CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS. Rising Sun Chapter, Number c>, ( boos es Leaders For tho Year. At a regular meeting or the Rising Sun chapter, Royal Arch Masons on last Friday night the following officers were elected and installed for the coining year: R. A. Cooper, high priest; Geo. L. Pitts, kiim; Brooks Swygert. scribe; \V. W. Dodson, treas urer; it. Terry, secretary; it. A. Babb, captain of the hosts; C. M. Miller, principal sojourner; T. L. Monroe, U. A. captain; \V. <;. Lancaster, third veil; Thos. Downey, second veil: Y. S. Qilkcrson, llrst veil; and YV. II.Gtlk < rson. sent Inch This chapter was re-orgnnlzed last year. sine? which lime its growth and progress has been remarkable, nud intensely gratifying to all its members. Delegates To (?rand Lodge, Messrs R. A. Cooper. R a. Babb. and T. Lane Monroe left Monday for Charleston to attend the meeting of the grand lodge of the Masons of this state. Mr. Cooper is a member of the grand lodge; Mr. Monroe is represent ing Palmetto lodge number 1!>. and Mr. Bnhb represents I.aureus lodge number 200. The lodge met last night. efficient in their work. The splendid choir has done fine singing, and the music has been an inspiration to the meetings, touching the hearts aud com forting the souls of the great congre gation. I have been hoping and pray ing for certain definite results from these meetings. I hoped that Jesus would he more real and the Bible more precious to US, 1 longed for the bring ing of Cod's people closer together that in the unity of the spirit and the bonds of peace' they might co-operate more and more for 4he uplift of the commun ity and the upbuilding of the church; the moving of Christians of all denom inations to greater personal consecra tiou and a deeper sense of uudlvidual responsibility; the reclaiming of the careless, eoltJ. indifferent, worldly minded church member and the sal vation of the lost. These have been tl?c purposes of this evangelistic cam paign which Cod has richly blessed. The success of the meetings has been brought about not so much by the 'Thacker-Flsher combination1, but un der the nuidance of the Holy Spirit, by the excellent preparation anil splen lid co-operation of the Christian people of the entire community. "I rejoice that Cod has blessed your efforts. Christians have been com forted and reconsecrated, back-sliders have returned unto the Lord, many have glvon their hearts to the- Jesus Christ and new members will be re ceived ?, nto every church. "No Christian workers ever received a more cordial welcome, more hearty support and more earnest co-operation than you people have given t<> us. I peak. I know, both for the Fishers and myself when I say. we cannot find words to express our appreciation oi' it all. God Bless you every one." Rev. .1. L. McLln. Of the meetings, Rev. J. L. Mel.in say*: "The evangelistic meetings now drawing to a close at the First Presby terian church has been much appre ciated by the people of Latircns. This is evidenced by the unusually large Congregations that have attended the services, both afternoon and evening "Dr. Thacker'8 methods are some what out of the usual order lor this section, nevertheless his preaching is thoroughly evangelical, it Is charact erized by the earnestness, force and simplicity and is calculated, under the blessings of Cod, to quicken, comfort and strengthen Christians, ami lead sinners to repentance and faith In Christ as a personal Saviour. "The singing of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher has been an attractive and important feature of the meeting. The gospel, as sung by them and the strong choir supporting them, has doubtless made lasting impressions for good upon many hearts. Personally I have appreciated the services and I trust have been benefit ed by them." Mr. D. V. Ihn Is. Mr. D. A. Davis, one of the leading merchants of the city said yesterday: "The gospel of love is what will win men, and Dr. Thaeker preaches thai gospel. Mrow-beatlng and Intimida ting are of little effect. "The meetings have been, what seem to me. a great success. The excellent singing was a feature; Mr. Fisher is an exceptionally competent and effec (Continued on Page Four.) CHAHOFH WITH ASSAULT. Young White Man and Negro 111 Jail On Serious Charge? Young John Creemer, of the Waits mill village, is In the county jail \ charged with criminally assaulting an Aged white woman in Votings town ship some days ago. Before Creemer was arrested, however. Will Johnson, (adored, was arrested on the same charge and Identified by the victim. But the Officers bad reason to believe that the woman was mistaken and warrants were issued for two young white men. Thus far only Creemer has b< en capt u red It is stated that the woman in ques tion is over sixty years of age. some what feeble In mind and that there is possibility of her beinng mlstaki n. Further, there tire rumors that, wltllo there i.-t something In the ease, it was not In reality an assault. Creamer is apparently about IS years of age; he has relatives living In the neighborhood ol \Whero tho crime Is alleged to have been commit ted, and that he was visiting there at the time. Mr. Frank Wright Promoted. Mr. Frank Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wright of Tylersville. who has been express messenger on the Southern line from Augusta to Colum bia for some time has been transfercd : to the line from Jacksonville to Char lotte, one of the most Important runs on the Southern line. Mr. Wright is quite a young man. barely twenty i one and the promotion is a substantial compliment. parrot^Tl?mTout on bond of $5,000 Young Parrott Mllam who shot Mr, William M. Irby on Sunday afternoon, November 7th. was released from the county jail on Saturday afternoon on . ball to the amount of $a.000 having j been secured by bis attorneys, Rlchey A Rlchey before Judge Eugene 11. Gary in Columbia on Friday. The signers of the bond ar<> as follows: J. M. Ilel lams, D. B. Trlbble, Huge Anderson. (Jus Mllam. Mrs. Rebecca Christian, Mrs. Lydie Mllam, and J. 1?. May. Solicitor Cooper opposed the grant ing of bail, presenting an affidavit by young Irby Fuller which stated that Mllam had declared his intention of fleeing the country If he ever got cut. of jail. This fact, possibly, accounts 1 for the heavy bail required by Judge Clary, Milam will have to answer to the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Woodmen To Fleet Ofih er.?. T.aureus camp, number ?S, will in< I on Thursday night of this week for the purpose of electing officers for next year; 7:30 o'clock is the hour. It i: desired that every member be on hand 1 for this special meeting. TBK M A HI ON STOCK COMPANY. I Will Be Here For Thursday, Frida j, and Saturday nights. The management of the city opera bouse have secured a three nights en gagement with the Marion Stock com pany to play here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. This company j lias eleven members of first class tal ent and promises to be especially good. One of the plays they present is "The Waif of tin- Mines", a beauti ful story of front lor life. I n addition to the plays, there are some vaudeville artists who give spe cialties in dancing, singing and hum orous sketches between acts. Remember the da lea; three night:; only; this week. Tickets arc now on sale at the Dodson-Hdwards drug store. NF.W F.IOF.R IS LACRKXS MAX. Rev. T. C. Odell Appointed Presidinu Flder at Recent Conference. Rev. T. ('. Odell who was appointed presiding elder at the session of the Methodist conference in Abbeville this week is a Laurens county man, having been born and reared in the Mt. C.allc ghar section of the county. Mr. Odell is quite well known in Laurens and in the county and bis many friends are pleased at this mark of honor conferred upon him. He has a number of relatives here who will be InterORtod in this lews. Sow Men linnlie i'inn. Mr. .1. W. Sparks of Thompson. Ca. , will on the first of January open up a millinery and ladies' furnishings establishment in the new store room in the Dial building on West Main treet. occupying the one next the , Trlbble Clothing Co. BRIEF INEWS NOTES FROM CROSS MILL Death of Mr?. it. it. Goodman Wodnes day night- Personal Items V Perilous Jolii Cross Hill, Dec. 13th..Mrs. IClla Goodman, wife of Mr. 15. H. Goodman, 1 died last Wednesday night ami was hurled Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Goodman was about years old ami besides a devoted husband, leaves two children ut mourn her loss, sin- was before her marriage, Miss Wlln Fullor ! of this county, and many friends and relatives will hear of her untimely death With sorrow and regret. She was a consistent member of the Cross liiit llaptlat church and was universally loved for her womanly graces and Christian characl< r. She is also survived by three broth ers, Mr. Kniest Puller, of Dock Hill; Mr. Ucttys Puller, of Abbeville. Also by one sister, Mrs. Lewis Dailtzler. of Hodges. Rev. .1. V Martin has moved to bis home in town. Rev. mid Mrs. (1. \V. Ilolllngsworth wore in 1.aureus Saturday. Miss Summers Nabors vlsltod Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Austin last Thursday and Friday on bei- way to Conference at Abbeville. Mr. W. T. Royce has been quite ill the past week. Little Mis.-. Vivian Nance, the beau tiful seven year old daughter of Mr. \ and Mrs. C. I). Nance, entertained n number of little folks Saturday at a birthday party. Mr. C. S. PInson has an IS inch bored well, and ashort piece of plank fell into it. lie paid a littledarky to ?et it out. He tied the rope around his waist and had to go down hands up and get hohl of it with his feet. He got It near the top twice and it fell back. ; The third time he got it out. This I was a right perilous job. This correspondent wishes to con ! gratulate the four young people who > won out in The Advertiser Contest. 1 A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT. Mill School Children Will (Jive Ell* tertanmcnt Tuesday. On next Tuesday evening at 7:3u o'clock in the Lnurcns mill auditorium the children of the mill school will give a Christinas entcrlaimm nt r<>r the benefit of the mill school library. A most interesting and pleasing pro gram has been arranged under (In direction of the teachers of the k< hool and tlx >se who attend will he pleased. Tin- cause is worthy and should be aid ed by everbody. The entertainment will begin promptly at 7:30; the ad mission will be in cents fur children and llj r ent: tor adults. Ran!, of Lltlircns Dh tdetld' . At the annual meeting of the ato< k holders of the Rank of Lnurcns yester day afternoon, the regular I per cent semi-annual dividends were declined. The <i\i\ hoard of directors wore elected and the same officers for the coming year. V lam rens Pastor. .1. B. Covlngton of Greenville, Is a member of iho "old guard" among the pastors at the convention. Mr. I CoV'ihgton is pastor of Pleasant Grove church in Greenville county, and of Landford church, in Laurens county. Anderson Mail. Lidcrtainment a! Green Pond. The Green Pond hieb school will give one of its best entertainments Thursday night, Dec. 23rd, for the benefit of the school building. Admis siOll 10 & cent:;. Shower For Thursday. TllO jelly and preserve shower that was to have been last week will be , held at the residence of Mr. White W. Jones on North Harper street on Thursday afternoon of this week at 3:30 o'clock. This shower is by the Junior Aid society of the First Presby terian church and for the Thornwell orphanage. All the ladies and child ren are expected to attend this shower 1 and to contribute some article. Pythian* (o Licet Officers. On next Monday night, December 20th., Laurens lodge number 13, will meet to elect officers for tin- ensuing year. All the mombi rs are urged to be present. School < loves Tliiirsdll) '-'3rd. The Christmas holiday.-; in the grad ed schools begin on Thursday after noon. December 23rd and (lose on Monday or Tuesday after Christmas. One week will he given. Definite an nouncement will he made next WOOk. CHRISTMAS STORIES COMING IN RAPIDLY Interest In The Advertiser's "Brain" Contest. $5.00 TO BE GIVEN AWAY There Vre Mini) ln? Will Contest l or Advertiser's Ehe Hollars in Erl/es. since ihe iionoueeinenl I wo weoks ago thnt The Advertiser will glvo away $1*1 in cash for the best Christmas stor ies, there have been an amazingly large number of stories sent in to the ollice. Some of them are line, and some are going to he hard to heal. Hut the contest is on, and every hoy and girl in tue county should ho on his or le i- mottle and otromluo that one of the pi Izoa must come his or hot* way. And yet, there have not Keen as many stories as (hero ought to bo. Why? It should he a matter of pride on the part of every parent, and every sei.I teacher to have his child or pupil enter a contest where brains count. What have you dene, teacher and parent, to assist this work thill means something for the child? Cs'ot the money, but the honor of v, inning a prize in such a contest. Writing compositions, essays and ! stories is a training thai every child! I must have; It calls into play all thoit' faculties. Got the child in the con , test. Do it now. Now, if there is a child just a llttlo over fourteen years of age, he or she can enter the contest. It Is not neces sary to reduce the requirements to a matter of a few days, or even a month. Let all who are M and under write a story. "Write on one side of the paper don't mule it over 1000 words; mail it to The . dvertlser by Saturday of this week. This Is our last announce ment. The stories will be printed j next week and the prizes awarded. For the best story Tie- Advertiser will giver $2 In silver; for the three ' next best, $1 each. Win a prize. NEW METHODIST PASTORS. KOV. L. P. MctJee to Serve Flrsl Meth odist Church 'it* La nrens. At the Methodlsl conference In Ab beville on Monday tin appointments for ihe coming year re made by Hlshop Wilson. It"v. .! !?. ('rout was not returned t<? i/'iir-cii . ihe now pas tor of the First church being He-, L. i P. Mo.Goo who hitti served the church la Ornngeburg for (he past four years. For t ho Laim us circuit. It< v. I > It. Hoof was assigned. It S. T. Mc Carty who has served thli charge for ihe past year goes to W< a Ke ley in ' Plckous county. Rev. F. G. Whltlock goes to Water loo; Rev, Foster Speer Is returned to j Princeton; Rev. .1 Ii. Mahaffcy is re turned to ('Union; Rev. s. T, (ilnckmnn goes back to Fountain Inn; Rev, I! M. Du hose is returned to Gray Court; and Rev. W. M. Duncan Is continued as presiding elder of the Greenville dis trict. opera hoi si;. ci ' ' *?'? Hull, I'r'ilaj ami Silt Ur du > Ree. Ill, 17, and Is. Mr. D. F. Marion presents a com pany of players, eleven ladies and gentlemen. Dialogue chaste and re bned Melodrama, "The SValf of tho Mines." A play in four acts, pre senting n story of frontier ||fe (ho joys and hardships Of the pioneer day; replete with novel situations, pCrflOUH adventure'. InlligllC, treachery, love and devotion to duty of a young girl of the far west and the dastardly scheming of a Mexican fortune hunter. Good music. Metropolitan Vaude ville artists; singing and dancing. Tho cast is composed of eleven people, Re served seats at Dodson Kdwards Drug Co., 2?c, 35c and GOc. Rev. i, I), ( rout Located. Through Presiding Elder Duncan. Rev. J. D. Croat made request to the bishop this week at tho Methodist con ference to bo "located." This term among the Methodists means to bo re tired from the ministry. [I is under Stood that Mr. Crout will in the next week or so move his family to And* r son where he owns property pnd de vote himself to farming, Mr Crom has been pastor of the First Methodist ChtirCh here for three years Dipl I Is people ngret to give him Up; ll Is a matter of regret also that ho 1" ' ? Clded to quit tho ministry.