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PART TWO; PAGES NINE AND TEN VOLUME XXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1910. NUMBER 42 BAPTIST WOULD SEVER CONNECTION In Southern Convention at Baltimore Sentiment Developed Favorable to Independent Church Work. Baltimore, Mayl2.?The keynote of today's session of the Southern Bap tist convention was the development of sentiment favorable to severing nil connections with other denominations I p\\a to reaching out for a broader Held. The Hrst was shown by action looking to the abandonment of the | use in Southern Baptist Sunday schools of the International Sunday school lessons, and the second by the appar ent intention to admit, to fellowship in the Southern body churches in ter ritory hitherto left entirely to the Northern Baptists. At tonight's session the Rev. Qeo. W. Daniel of Richmond, Va., said that the Southern Baptists lack organiza tion and adequate system of missions, and can never, under present condi tions, become a world power in mis sions, but rests upon the Laymen's Missionary movement to save the day. The objection to the continued usd of the International Sunday school les sons appears to be that they have not been satisfactory to the Baptists in the matter of Scriptural texts touching on baptism. The Rev. .T. M. Frost of .Nashville. Tenn., chairman oT the Sunday school board, offered the resolution which, wlitle praising the uniform lesson sys tem, which has been in vogue in Prot estant denominations for 40 years, asked that a committee be authorized to pr pare for the Sunday school board a system of graded Sunday school lessons. After considerable discussion on the subject, it was referred to a com mittee. Following an eloquent plea for the completion of the $i'.oo.ooo endow ment fund of the Southern Baptist Thoological seminary at Louisville. Ky., $488,000 or which sum has been raised, approximately $20.0110 was sub scribed in the convention today in amounts ranging from $."? to $5,000. To allow for shrinkage on account of death. Rev. Dr. Mulllns said that an additional $200,000 would have to be raised. A pleasant incident of the forenoon meeting was the receipt of a telegram of greeting from the general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in session in Ashe vllle, N. C. The secretaries of the con vention were directed to frame a tele gram of greeting, to be sent to the Southern Methodist body. At the 22nd annual meeting of tho Women's Missionary union, an aux iliary to the Southern Baptist conven tion, which is holding its session in the Seventh Baptist Church, the re port was made that $20,000 has been raised toward the endowment fund for the Louisville training school, con ducted by the union. An ideal Husband is patient, even with a nagging wife, for he knows she heeds help She may be so nervous and run-down in health that trifles annoy bei'. If she is melan choly, excitable .troubled witli loss of apetite, headache, sleeplessness, con stipation or fainting and dizzy spells, she needs Electric Hitters?the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thousands of sufferers from female troubles, nervous troubles, backache and weak kidneys havo used them and become healthy and happy. Try them. Only 60c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Take Care of (lie Trees. A beautiful tree is not the result of a season's growth, nor even a life time's; n century Is none too long to produce It, and for this reason it should have Intelligent care. Many of our country churches and school houses aro located In beautiful groves and it Is often distressing to seo these magnificent trees used com monly as bitching posts, the bark gnawed by the restless animals, or scarred by passing vehicles. Little effort on the part of the church at tendants would be required to pro vide hitching posts, leaving the trees uninjured to fulfill their rightful mis sion, the adornment of the place <>t worship.?Mrs. F. L, Stevens, In Ra leigh (N. C.) Progressive Fanner and Gazette. The splendid work of Chamberlain':. Stomach and Liver Tablets Is daily coming to light. No such grand reme dy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing constipation, sick headache, biliousness, Jaundice and In digestion. Sold by Laurens Drug Co. FARM l'ltOBLKMS DISCUSSED. Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Knapp and Others Spake at dcnisou Conference. Clemson, May 11.?Enunciating u program of progress for all agricul tural and educational agencies of South Carolina, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, yesterday delivered the con cluding remarks at the first agricul tural conference in the history of the State. Perfect, harmony prevailed I throughout the conference, which has ! marked a milestone in the progress Of the Stale. I The conference was called by the department of education and the olll cers of Clemson college for the pur pose of discussing the agricultural problems that confront the people of the State today. Every man present was asked for his views as to the silnation and answers were given by leaders of the agricultural cause in this Slate. At the opening of the meeting Qov. Ansel was asked to act as ehair l man. Commissioner Watson was afterwards unanimously elected sec retary. After some discussion as to the personnel of the organization, it was decided to hold two conferen ces each year, one in Columbia dur ing thi> month of December, and the other during the month of May at Clemson. The time of the two meet ings was suggested by Commissioner Watson. Senator Tillman was present and the only remark that lie made was when nominal ions were in order for the office of secretary, lie only said. "I nominate our Commissioner of ag riculture as secretary of this confer ence, for Mr. Watson is a man who never forgets anything." Not only were the men present who know agriculture from a hook stand point, but A. 1). Hudson, the presi dent of the South Carolina Corn Breeders' association, was here and he was the only real tiller of the soil. It was clearly explained and in ringing tones .by Mr. Mitchell that it was not so much co-operation that was needed but co-ordination. That all agencies working for the uplift ot the people must go hand in hand for I lie attainment of the greater future. Dr. Knapp made one of the most Cleai'.CUt and interesting addresses that he has ever delivered In South Carolina. II was full of sound advice and breathed of an earnest desire on his part to see Utilized to the fullest the great agricultural resources ot South Carolina. He pointed out the immense value of co-operation and co-ordination among all the interests making for the development of agri cultural in this State, and particularly stressed the splendid opportunity for success in South Carolina under these circumstances. Dr. Knapp dealt in some degree with the proper form of education for the reaching of the farm boy re siding <'> the various localities and communities who could not get the opportunity to come to college and called attention to the fact that the average American farmer graduated from the primary school. He was particularly happy also in making a thorough explanation as to how the funds given for farm demonstration work by Ibis general education board' were obtained, and as to bow they were expended, lie brought out the fact that this money received from this board was in the form of genuine benevolence, and thai it was given to the United Slates government in supplement of own funds for the conduct of this work without any .Irin::.; lied to il. that it was lumped with the federal government, fund and its disposition was entirely at the disposition of the secretary of agri culture and of himself without the board even attempting to make a Suggestion as to how it should be expended. Thus for the first time was the relationship of the general education hoard and the United States department of agriculture and the work being done in the South made perfectly clear. Dr. Knapp'8 entire address was full of promise and hope and was abso lutely in tune with the entire confer ence and its program for progress. >Yorkmnn*Ilo)'di Yesterday morning at the residence of the bride In Newberry by Rev. I), p. Boyd, Mrs. Minnie Workman was united in marriage to Mr. W. D. Hoyd. of Laurens county. They left on the noon train for their future home In Laurens. Newhorry Herald and News WHITE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER J. <I. Llndlcy, Charged With killing Ben Alien In Ureenvllle, Convict* ed on Circumstantial Evidence. Qreenville, May 12, ?In loss than an hour tho jury in the case of J. (1. Llndley, charged with the murder oi lien Allen, returned a verdict ot guilty in the flrsi degree without rec ommendation. This means that Llnd ley Will hang unless a new trial is granted, and this appears improbable. The Circumstances of the case were, unusual. Lilldley was a hoarded in the Allen home. One morning about two weeks ago Allen was found dead 111 his room with a bullet in his head, the pistol lying close by with the barrel pointing toward his temple. Llndley slept in the next room on a pallet. In the room where Llndley slept were Mrs. Allen and three children with the measles. Llndley had been acting as nurse while Allen slept. At the coroner's inquest testimony pointed to Allen's suicide, but later Mrs. Allen made a statement to the sheriff that she saw Llndley creep back to his cot alter hearing a pistol shot in the room. On this evidence Llndley was con victed. The case was the quickest ev er tried in this count/: How the Kditor is Harassed. The editor of a local paper is often ? unjustly censured for his mistakes. The wonder Is thai he does not make more of them. On the average paper he must deal with all kinds of sub jects, give the names, date, etc. One! hour he may be engaged in reporting' a religious meeting and the next drawing the picture of a tight. He must condense and till with his items several columns, whether events are transpiring to throw up material for' his use or not. Count the local items in a paper and imagine how many stops they have required, how much mental anxiety, worry and work tlx1 have cost and some idea of the editor's work can be gathered. The smallest , may have cost him a long walk and ' much effort to reach the facts. Therd is no end to his work. When one pa per goes to press he turns his atten tion to the next one. He makes the rounds in search of news and may not get a line. From some he must get news without their knowing it, draw- ' Ing them into conversation and obtain ing what ho wants in sections, lie may labor for hours in Chasing down a rumor only to lind that there Is" nothing in it. His local columns stare him in the lace and demand to be filled not with skim milk but with cream of the news events and mat- : ters of interest. His bounds are lim ited and yet In: must find In each day and all through the week, month and year something of Interest to the pub lic. No more perfect treadmill could be devised. With stich a constant strain, producing weariness of the body and mind and an almost endless variety of subjects to he touched up on, is it surprising that he should occasionally make a mistake? other people do, why shouldn't one editor. Kdgelleld Advertiser. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally! and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfac es. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, it was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular proscription. It. is composed of the host tonic: known, combined with die best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu cous surfaces. The perfect combina tion of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. P. .1. Cheney & Co., Prop. Toledo. ()., Sold by druggists, price T'.c. Bridge to Let. On Wednesday the 2Gth of May. 1010, at II o'clock A. M. at Woodruff. S. C the supervisors of Laurens and Spar tanburg counties. S. ('.. will receive sealed bids for the re-building of Von Patton bridge on Rnoree river. All bids to bo accompanied bv certified check of $100.00 as guarantee ,u,>' bid* der, if successful, will execute writ ten contract and give bond for the per formance of same within ten day: af tor award is made. Tho right is re set ved to reject anv or all bids. II. II. HUMBRRT. 41 -31 Supt. of Laurens County. We have eveythlng for your Porch or Lawn, call and see our line, tlx prices are verv reasonable. S. M. & K. II. Wllken & Co. THE PATTER ROLLERS. - By W. 1). S. * ?? MuMtS^Vf ^ l*M^***** ****** How many of you boys ran toll mo what an old time pat roller was? Before tho war Laurena county had two regiments of militia. Each regi ment had two battalions, ouch battul ' Ion bad five companies of men and ? each command had Its own ofllcors: i and drill guard. The captains of the company appointed suh-captains to take six ?neu und pat rol tho negro j houses; they had to malic so many vis- 1 i Its every month and t<> j;o to so many plantations mi each round. Every negro caught out without ;i pass was liable to so many lashes. Much of this was sport for the young men, they liked to have races aftor tho negroes. Generally they were not cruel oil them. Sometimes they would warm up a smart Alec of a boy who boasted that ho was too sharp for the patrollers to catch him. One funny part about this law was that every widow was Just as liable as ft man to tlo ibis work. Hut I never knew a woman to demand her lawful rights. She would send her overseer or hire a man to lake her place. ' Run nigger run. the pallor roller j KCl you! 1 run my best. I run my Lead in ft| lionet's nest." | The men often had wives on ad joining plantations and thoy would go Saturday night and stay until Mon day, and sometimes on Wednesday night. "Pass and repass IM to Samuel Maddox's until Monday morning," was the way the pass rend. Soon as the children could write the slaves would ask them for permits of leove on Sun days. When 1 not so I could write Big Sam asked mo for n pass. I got dow n the Bible to see how Sam was spelt, and then wrote him out one as fol lows: "Pass Psalm to Mary Dorroh's and back by Sunday night." Bird's School (Moses Krlday. Clinton, It. F. I). No. I, May IC. Ryrd's school will close Friday, May the twentieth, with a picnic on the following day. May twenty-first. The public is cordially invited. Mr. George Pitts and Mr. It. A. Cooper are invited to speak on that occasion. Ten Things to do in May. (li Replant all lands where tho crops have been killed by the cold wea ther?it' not in cotton or coin. In some' leguminous crop, Harrow all land thoroughly before replanting. (2) Keep up the cultivation of all growing crops. Work levol and shal low and stay ahead of the grass. Use weeders and harrows ami cultivators instead of turning plows. (3) Plant cow peas, soy beans or velvet beans every available seed and eve'-v available foot of land. (I) Prepare to fatten the bogs cheaply, und lo double your pork pro duct this year. Fence in a permanent pasture. If possible, and arrange lotsi for h rotation of 'pink growing pas ture crops. (5) Put out plenty of peanuts and sweet potatoes, and keep the garden going. Set out tomatoes, plant corn, beans, etc.. for succession. Plenty ol fruit, vegetables and watermelons Is every Southern fanner's birthright. (C) See thai the spraying outfit Is kept going. I se Bordeaux and Paris green on the apple trees ami Irish po tatoes, Bordeaux on the grapes and tomatoes, lime-sulphur on the peaches ami plutUS. iT) Begin marketing the early chickens ami look closely after the health of the younger ones. Disin fect often and whitewash, If necessary. (X) Fix a place, if you have none, to keep the milk and butter fresh and cool during summer. (!H Drain all swampy places about the house to get rid of malaria.breed ing mosquitoes, and keep the stables clean so as to avoid breeding the ty phoid-carrying house-fly, Screen the doors ami w indows. (10) Make a tireless cooker for your wife to us<- during the hot weath er. Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farm er and Gazette. A Regular Tom Boy was Susie climbing trees and fences. Jumping ditches, whltllng. always gel ting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruises, bumps, burns or scalds. But law?! Her mother Just ftppled Bucklen'S Ar nica Salve and cured her quick. Heals everything healable Polls. fleers. Bczeir.a, Old Sores, Corns or Piles. Try it. S.'.c at Laurens Drug Co und Pal- i motto Drug Co. See our decorated Chamber Sets for S. M. & E. U. Wllkoa & Co. 1 The purchasing public of today is so well posted in market values that they can easily discriminate what is the best for the money. The following is a short list open for inspection: A 34-inch Union Lim n for Waisting at 20c. Varel wide all Linen from 25c to 75c the yard. The Round Thread Skirting in three widths, 36, 54 and 90 inches, prices 25c, ts?>e, and $1.00. Kilkenny and Tara Lawns at 10c a yard. Ask to see the quality shown in I.inon at 10c. Fancy Waistings in medium weights from iotoa^c Very sheer Lawns in Hemstitch and other fancy weaves for hot weather wear; the prices run from 10 to 25c the yard. Soft finish plain Nainsook from toe up. Nainsook and Dimity Checks 5c to 15c ?Soft finish Kuglish Longcloth, 12 yards to the piece, at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. It is unnecessary to state that these are new and seasonable goods, and we think in point of value, will compare with anything to be found in the market. I W. Q. Wilson & Co. HOW ABOUT THat Coal Bin? Have you got it ready for your Coal? We have your name or our list All we want now is Por you to give the number of tons you will )K!(.'(l We Buy Only the Best Grade of Coal Insuring you against inferior coal. 8 J. W. & R. M~E!cheiberger ? Reliable Draymen - Phone 33 o * o o 1 8 I o i o ? i The Luxury of Hot and Cold Water in your home cannot be overestimated, when supplied through the medium of modern sanitary plumbing ap pliances. We are prepared to lit up your home with all the latest ideas in sanitary plumbing, steam and gas fitting, and at prices that will enable the man of moderate means to enjoy it. ?J. II. BO YD & COMPANY Electrical and Plumbing Contractors