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MISSIONERY UNION MEETS NEXT WEEK Woman's Missionary I'uinn of the Lau renn Kaptlst Association to Mh i ?Ith the First Baptist Church Here. The annual mooting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Laurens Bap tist Association will be held with the First church, Laurens, Sept. Ith and 6th. The following is tin- program: Wednesday 10:30. I'rnyt I and praise service. Wedt'OIIlC Address Mrs. Ceo. S. Mc Cravy. Reaponse Miss Rebecca Bnggott. Enroll men) of Delegates. Roll Call of Womnn's Mission Socie ties, with reports from each. Distribution of Apportionment Ca il? discussion. Superintendent's Itoport Mrs. c. it, Rol.o. Reading of Constitution and hy-laws. 12 M ?A quiet hour, Mrs. 10. ('. Watson. Presentation of standard of Excel lence. Adoption. Our Part in Foreign Missions, Miss Su sie Langston, RecommendatloitH of Hoard. Appointment of Committees. [Election of Nomination Committee. Adjou rnment. 2:20?Sunbeam and Royal Ambassador Session. Roll Call with Reports from all Hoards Report of Superintendent of Young 1'? (tide s Societies. Mrs. .1. S. Ren net t. Model Meeting by Local Hand. Report on Margaret Home, by Rnbun Sunbeam, Addri SS, Mrs. W. .1 Hatcher. State Sup- 1 erintendont of Young People'.. So Cit ties. Adjournment. 8::iO? Missionary Sermon. Rev. R. E. Neighbor, Collection Thursday?9:30. Young Woman's Auxiliary Session. Conservation Service, Miss Avie Ma-1 bnffey. Roll ? all of Young Woman's Auxiliar ies, with Report from Seniors and Juniors. Distribution of Apportionment Cards. Confl rence of Young Woman's Auxil iary Leaders. Report on Training School. Mi>s Mary I^ake. Mission Study Mrs. Emma Roper. Address, Mrs. .1. D. Chapman. Adjou rnment. 2:00 - Miscellaneous Session. Report of Committee on Obituaries. Recommendations of Executive Com mittee of Association. Report on Home Missions, Mrs. Minnie Willis. Report of Norminntlon Committee. Bit et Ion of Officers. Report of Committee on Time and Place of Next Meeting. Reading of Minutes. What this Meeting has Meant to Me. Delegates and Visitors. Adjournment. Mrs. .1. W. Henderson. Secretary. ICE COLD MELON AMD PINT OF CORN Pntfl ihr Fixings to Atlanta Negro and his Death Put Denn to "Natural Can-es." Atlanta. Aug. 21.-(Jus Walker who died last night so suddenly that the corcr.er had to sit on him. died hap pier than any negro wha has been hur ried over .Ionian from this burg In many a long day. He started killing himself early yeste-day morning, and enjoyed ev ery minute of his suicide. The first thing he did was to eat a large wat ermelon, well iced and red-ripe. He didn't share it with anybody, and he ate right to the white of the rind. The second thing he did, after breakfasting on the watermelon was to go down to Decattir street, where the BUn was rather hot. He entered MOBe's ICC Cream Calden devoted ex ClOSlvely to patrons of the colored race, and there ate three ten cent plates of vanilla ice-cream. Moses plater are generous. The ice-cream cooled his Innards more than he had expected, so be bought a pint of blind tiger corn whis key to warm him up a bit. He drank it all, and it did. The whiskey made Clus hungry, so he bought a mullet. Nosv mullet bought In Atlanta on Decatur street are very often as ripe as the water melons, but this only imparted a fine flavor and he enjoyed it right down to the fins. Feeling fine, but with bis eyes a little glassy, Ous lurched away to visit his best girl in dark-town and was received with a vigorous em brace. The hug must have set In motion the chemical combustion in taw's leather-lined stomach, which thus far had withstood the combina tion, for he clutched at his girl's waist, gol ? half hold on her apron strings and slid to the floor dead as a door nail. ?"Natural causes" was the coroner's ?ordictl GOVERNOR WILSON PLANS CAMPAIGN Murk, Underwood, Bryan and Other "Big Guns" Join Together for Com mon Cause* New York, August 26.?Governor Wood row Wilson spoilt today at the Cu|versity Club, resting from a week of activity and preparing for a confer ence hero tomorrow destined to have an important bearing on his campaign as the Democratic Presidential nom inee. Witli Vice Chairman McAdoo and members of the campaign committee, tiie Clovornor tomorrow will map out the sections of the country where he will speak and a schedule of addresses will be agreed upon. Present plans call for few speeches from the candidate himself, but a larger number from William .1. Bryan, Speaker Champ ("lark. Representative Oscar W. Under wood. Governors Harmon of Ohio, and Foss of Massachusetts; Senator-elect Ollie .lames, of Kentucky, and scores of members of both houses of Con gress. .Nominee's Present Pinns. Though the governor's idea at pres ent is to make a number of speeches in some of the more Important cities of tlie country, these speeches in no sense to be a ' swing around the circle'' or stumping tour, it is admitted that the exigencies of the campaign may neces sitate changes in the prog rain me adopted. Mr. Bryan has arranged his own Itin erary! to begin about September, lie will speak for the most part in the Middle West, beginning it is said, in Nebraska, taking in Wisconsin. Minne sota. North and South Dakota. Mon tana. Washington. Oregon. Utah, Mis souri. Illinois and Ohio. In these states Mr. Bryan will make big stumping tours, but he also will devote as much time as possible to States east of the Mississippi River. Clark In Southues .t While Mr. Bryan is concentrating on the Northwest and Middle West. Speaker Clark will tour the Southwest. After his three speeches In Main, next week, he will proceed to Missouri, Col orado, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali fornia. Tin- campaign committee idea was to have Speaker Clark visit those states in which he thought he could be of most value. He has chosen there fore, those localities which support ed him for the presidential nomination at the Baltimore Convention. Representative Underwood will speak for the most part In the East, and probably will discuss chiefly the tariff. ' The Democratic House leader has In formed Representative Rurieson, of Texas, chairman of the speakers' bu reau, thai he wishes to rest until the ! end of September, but will then begin active campaign work. He will make a number of speeches In New York State, New Jersey. Delaware and Mis sissippi. Governor Harmon, of Ohio, will speak in ti e Middle West, and Governor Foss of Massachusetts, who is campaigning in Vermont now for the national tick et, will fill a number of engagements outside of New England as well, ac cording to present plans. Chairman Soon at Post. Governor Wilson said tonight that it was confidently expected Chairman W. P. McCombs, who Is 111, would re sume active work at headquarters within a couple of weeks. Rumors that there had been friction between other members of the commit tee and Chair man McCombs and that the chairman might not return to lead the campaign were emphatically denied by Governor Wilson. "I never knew any body of men to work in more thorough harmony than the members of this campaign commit tee," said Governor Wilson, "and their relations with Mr. McCombs have boon those of intimate confidence and en thusiastic co-operation. They admire and trust him as I do and deem his assistance and guidance invaluable and such as no other man could give at tliis juncture. His absence is an i embarrassment and a distress to them, .-. It is to me, and the plans they have icarried out are plans which were work ! out first of all with him." I.ad) of the Lake. Manager Lavender announces that he has procured for Monday evening at the picture show an extraordinary production of The Lady of the Lake, Sir Walter Scott's poem. This Is a three reel film and Is said to be an exquisite conception of the poem. The actors are correctly costumed and the story is closely followed. On Sept. 9th, Mr. Lavender will have the film showing the building of the Spartanburg church In one day. WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS Hara you tr.rwork?<1 your aervawa aya tem an? oaueed troubla with your ktd ney? aad Madder? Have you palna in lotaa. ?14?, back and bladder? Have you a flabby appearance of the face, and un der the ayaa? A frequent dealre to paaa urine? If ao. William?' Kidney Fills will cure you?Dructiet, PHre 60c. W1LUAMS MFC. CO.. Proa*.,Cle^Uad.OU? LAURENTS DRUG CO. Laureat, S. C. SALVATION ARMY LOSES COMMANDER General William Booth Pusses A nay at the Age of Eighty Three. Drum well Booth to Succeed (Ilm. London, Auk. 20.?The Rev. William Booth, general and eommander-ln-chlef of the Salvation Army, died at 10:13 O'clock tonight. He was born at Not tingham In 1829. The vetoran Salva tion Army leader was unconscious foi ls hours previous to Iiis death. The medical bulletins had not revealed th? seriousness of the general's condition which for a week past, it i.> now amlt Cd, was hopeless. Twelve weeks ago Gen. Booth un derwent an operation for the removal of a cataract In his left eye. For two days after the operation Indications justified the hope of the general's re covery. Then blood poisoning set in and from that time, with the exception of occassional rallies the patient's 'lenlth gradually declined. The gen eral recognized that the end was near and often spoke of his work as being! finished. Throughout the commander-ln-| chief's illness his son, Bramwell Booth, chief of staff of the army, and Mrs. Bramwell oHoth gave their un remitting attentions to him both night and day, The aged evangelist died at bis res idence, the Bookstone, Hadle Wood, some eight miles from London, where he hail been confined to his bod ever since the operation. Present at the bedside when the end came were Mr. and Mrs. Bramwell oBoth and their daughters and son. Adjutant Catherine Booth and Sergt. Bernard Booth; the general's youngest daughter. Com mander Mrs. Booth-Helberd, and Com missioner Howard, Col. Kltching and Dr. Wardlaw Milne. Public interest now centres in the question of a successor to the late! commander. Under the constitution of the Salvation Army, the general nominates his successor. That Gen. Booth did several years ago, placing the name in a seali I envelope which was deposited with the Salvation Army's lawyers with instructions that it should not be opened until after his death. While nobody knows what name the envelope incloses, the general be lief in the Salvation Army is that it will prove to he that of Bramwell Booth, who for 30 years has been its chief of staff. Where Ceil. Booth will be buried has not yet been decided. While every Bngli8h member of the Salvation Army is convinced that no man was more worthy of interment in West minster Abbey, it Is not expected this honor will be awarded to Gen. Booth by the abbey authorities. It is the general belief that the enmmandcr-in Chlef's last resting place will be be side that of his wife, who 21 years ago was buried in Abney Park. Stoke N'ewington. Starting Ids career alone a.- a soap box preacher in the 5:11ms of Notting ham, Eng., at the age of 1.') years, William Booth ended it at 81 as head of an army of millions of Salvationists scattered through .r>4 countries. He fought many real battles in the slums of I>ondon. and often was in peril of losing his life in the cause, but with those who rallied to his support he formed the nucleus of his great movement which was first given the name of the "Christian Mission." The present Salvation Army was never foreseen nor was the name ever deliberately chosen by any one. Mr. Booth was dictating to a stenograph er when he used the words: "The Christian mission is a volunteer army." When he looked over the pa per later he substituted "salvation" for "volunteer" as the stronger word, and the phrase struck fire among bis mission workers, who seized the mil itant spirit from it. So great was (Jen. Booth's faculty of handling and Inspiring men that Marshall Wolscy once declared that the British army bad taken lessons in methods of organization, distribution and control from the Salvationists. < IIH ORA MEETING TONIGHT. Committee Will Go From Here to Rep. resent Laurens Before the Board. As announced in last week's Adver tiser, the board of trustees of Chlcora oollege will meet tonight to consider the answer of the Laurens people to the resolution passed on July 19th. If will be remombered that this resolu tion was an annullment of the con tract entered Into between the trustees and the Laurens citizens on July 4th In which contract it was stipulated that If [.aurens would raise $75,000 and provide a cite that it would be recom mended to the presbyteries that the college be moved from Greenville to Laurens. At the meeting tonight a committee of Laurens citizens will be present to take care of the interests of this city. It Is thought that Laurens will re ceive favorablo recommendation at this meeting, as those trustees who voted against Laurens before have had the opportunity to get a better line on the situation. BROTHER JOSIAH AT MADDEN. A Three Act Comedy to be Played by Local Talent There Friday Evening. The Advertiser bus received the fol-l lowing' announcement of a play to be given at Madden Friday evening. The play is entitled "Brother Joslah" and the "promoters" guarantee a delight ful evening: We announce the pleasing fact that the play "Brother Joslah", a three act comedy. Will be given at Madden, Aug. IlOth, Friday night, at 8.30 p. in. for the benefit of the Bench Fund of New Prospect Church. Popular prices, adults 25 cents, children 1G cents. Cur tain to go up promptly at 8:30 o'clock. J To !><? given by "The Dicey I.angston Comedy Company". Cast of Characters. Wellington Armstrong, a licit broker, John Thompson. Joslah Armstrong, a very rich farmer, Prof. Culbert8on. ? Benjamin Butler Armstrong, son of Joslah, Miller Brown. Mr. Win. LcBlanne, rich broker. Yatos Brown. Henry Newcombe, a rising voting au thor, Pierce Moore. Tiram Penstooke, confidential man. John L. Plnley. James, the butler, Ben Martin. Mrs. Wellington Armstrong. Mrs. J. A. Wofford. Gladys Armstrong, daughter, Miss Juanita Martin. Edith LeBlnnce, friend of Gladys, Miss Kate Wofford. Mrs. Jemima Armstrong. Miss Carrie I.angston. Sj iiopsfs. Two brothers, one goes to city, dab bles in finances, gets rich and he and his family learn city lifo. The other brother stays on the old farm and in cidentally gets riches but knows noth ing of "city life". When the form? er is giving a swell tarty the "farmer kin" arrive and tableau! The rich banker is threatened with financial ruin, the old farmer brother comes to his aid in the nick of time and the house of Armstrong is saved! And all ends happily, not however before Jen Jamin Butler, the boy fresh from the farm is invated into city ways, and dad" learns a few tricks himself!/. Come and laugh with us and at us too, if you wish, but come, Friday night, August :?0th. MUCH BOOZE KOR UNION. (hie Solid Carload Shipped to Union and Another Carload to Columbia. Greenville, Aug. 26.?Mayor Dun can of Union, telephoned to Green ville last night for United States Revenue Ofilccr Alken to come to Union on the first train and take charge of two solid carloads of whis key which he Is having guarded. The whiskey is believed to be illegally shipped, ami for Illegal purposes hence tin- Union mayor intercepted them. One of the cars was consigned to Union and the other to Columbia. The whiskey is thought to have been shipped to this state to be used for campaign purposes. Revenue Ofhcer Alken left on the first train for Union after receiving the call from Mayor Duncan. As a matter of precaution he suggests that authorities all along the railway lines be on the lookout for whiskey. Spartanhurg, Aug. 26.?-A message over long distance was received from Union this afternoon stating that one solid carload of whiskey had been un loaded and placed In the depot at Prides, three miles from Union, and the connecting point of the Union and the Glenn Springs road with the Seaboard Air Line. Another carload hilled for Columbia stands on the siding at Ix)chartl junc tion. It was further stated that it was up to the sheriff of Colon to take a hand in the matter on the grounds of its il legal shipment. Revenue Officer Alken, who was reported to have left Greenville last night on receipt of (he message, had not arrived in Union and the matter Is now at ii standstill. Mayor Duncan Is said to have guards placed over the whiskey awaiting the actions of the deputy revenue ofheer. and is highly Indig nant over the Sheriff's failure to cap ture the shipment. It was also reported to Constable R. K. Miller that a shipment of booze was on the siding nt Spartanhurg Junction, but afterearofully looking into the matter It was found that the report was a mistake. It is further reported that a car load of whiskey had been received at Senaca. and efforts are being made to have this shipment seized. It Is general! understood that the whiskey Is being shipped Into South Carolina from whiskey houses in Cin cinnati for campaign purposes and efforts are being made to make the seizures. Don't take calomel and don't buy Imitations of Dodson's Liver Tone you may run into danger If you do. Buy Dodson's?the medicine that Laurens Drug Co. recommends and guarantees. Madden. Aug. 27.?We beg leave to call attention to the announcement of the play to be gives here Friday night in another column of this week's pa per. We feel sure the Dicey Langston Comedy Company will make good on this, their ilrst effort and trust that the rising curtain may go up on a large audience, for the proceeds are for a very worthy cause. Popular prices, adults 2.1 cents, children LV cents. Still the rain passes us by. A splen did season almost In sight of us Sun day afternoon. We trust that the need ed showers will not be much longer] withheld. Crops will necessarily be short through here on account of drouth. There was an unusually large crowd out for the baptismal Bervices at Pros pect Sunday. We noted faces from our neighboring churches, Lisbon, Mt. Pleasant and Heaverdatn, more from the last church however, as their can didates were baptized here. It is al ways an impressive sight, the burial with Christ in baptism. The ordinance was administered by the pastor of Prospect. Rev. Jodie Martin to 13 candidates. 6 loving young girls and 7 men and boys. It was a beautiful sight to see a father and son go down together. Cod grant that each one may truly "walk in newness of of Life" and like the Master "go about doing good." Mr. Climton Cunningham and family were up to the baptizing Sunday and were the guests of his mother, Mrs II. ('. Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham and son were two of the candidates. Mr. .1. A. Wofford left this morning for Greenville where he has accepted a position with the C. <fc W. C. R. R. He stopped oyer in Laurens, however long enough to cast his ballot for good gov ernment in South Carolina. Mrs. Jane Culbertson of Ekom is the guest of her sons, Messrs. .1. 1). and Ree Culbertson this week. Miss Mattie Holt, the charming young sister of Mrs. Dennis Culbert son, who spent the summer here left for her home in Anderson last. week. Miss Mattie was so pleased with her visit to our little city she will come back next summer. Miss Kate Wofford is on a visit to her cousin. Miss Julia Cunningham of old Mountville. Miss Nora Thompson of Laurens. is spending awhile with her grandpar ents. Judge and Mrs. O. G. Thompson. Mrs. Pitts Henry and little daugh ter came over from Green woo dfor the baptism services and while here were the guests of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Dean. Miss Huff, of Greenville, accompan ied by her little brother, were visitors at the home of Mr. John Powers, last week. The friends of Miss Azile Wofford are congratulating her on her win ning the I'. D. C. scholarship, "The Piedmont" at Winthrop. Mrs. .1. Frank Martin and little son of Laurens, gladdened the hearts of her many friends here, by a visit here last week. The friends of Mr. Ren Martin will be sorry to hear he has been confined to his bed for the past few days. We trust he will soon be well again. Mr. T. S. Langston and daughter, Miss Susie, had quite a pleasant visit to relatives at Owings last week. Well the 27th Is here and after that the deluge? We shall be heartily glad when the votes are counted, provided of course, if Ira R. Jones is governor! Small Car a Winner. Whether by consistent running at reasonably high speeds a ear of the light, popular priced type can hold its own in a long duel with the high-pow ered and more complicated racing monsters is a question which motor ists often discuss. As a rule, Instanc es where comparisons can be made are rare, due to the fact that the cars race in separate classes. The recent Galveston Reach meet, however, featured a 200 mile race op en to all types. The event brought out an Immense field, in size from the 90 horse-power creations of the for eign factories to tbo little Stmlchnker racers which have so distinguished themselves In the light car classes this year. For about 26 miles the big cars had the honor for the lead. When that stage was passed, however, the field thinned rapidly, the cars com bining speed and consistency sifting steadily to the front. At fifty miles th" crowd noted that "Fighting Rob" Kvans and his Studebaker were com ing. One by one they cut down the larger opponents until the race less than half over, Evann forged Into fourth place. From then on Evans was reepatedly called on to fight off the hectic rush es of bigger rivals which were period ically falling out and returning to the strife. Evans forfeited his position only one when he made his only stop for supplies. He got it back in a few laps, however and nt the finish was more than five miles ahead of his nearest pursuer. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notion that on the 1st day of September, 1912, We will render a final account of our acts and doings as Administrators of the estate of R. Mills Balentine, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of laurens county at 11 o'clock, a. m\, and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trusts as Adminis trators. . Any persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make, pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. Annie Balentine Hopkins, J. W. Balontine. Administrators. July 31, 1912.?1 mo. Notice to Creditors. in the District Cent of The United State.-. For the District of South Carolina. In the matter of Minnie Agnes Itny, Bankrupt. in Bankruptcy. To the Creditors of the aforesaid Bankrupt: Take notice, that Minnie Agnes Ray, oi I.aureus, in the county of Laurens, and District aforesaid, who war, here tofore adjudged a bankrupt, in said court, has tiled her petition, therein, praying for a discharge in Bankruptcy and that a hearing was thereupon or dered, and will be had, upon said pe tition, before said court, at Charles ton, S. C. on the 23rd day of Septem ber. 1912 at eleven o'clock, a m., at which time and place, all known cred itors, and other persons In interest, may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. Richard W. Hutoon. 5-21 Notice of Election. State of South Carolina. County of Laurens. Whereas, petitions signed by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing in Dials school district No. S Laurens county. South Carolina, asking for an election upon the question of voting 2 mill tax upon the property in said school district to be used for school purposes, have been filed with the county board of educa tion, an election is hereby ordered up on said question, said election to be held on the 14th day of September, 1912, at Merner school house In said district, under the management of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and reg istration certificates as required in the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 2 mill tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "YES" written or printed thereon. Those against the 2 mill tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of S o'clock in the forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. The trustees shall report the result, of tlie election to the county auditor and county superintendent of educa tion Within ten days thereafter. OEO. L. PITTS, By order of County Board. 5-3t-2 Notice of Election. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Whereas, petitions signed by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing in Ora school dis trict No. 12, Laurens county, South Carollnna, asking for an election upon the question of voting an additional 2 mill tax upon the property in said school district to be used for school purposes, have been filed -vRh the coun ty board of education, An election Is hereby ordered upon said question, that election to be held on the 29 day of August, 1912, at L. P. Blakley's stare in said district, tinder the man agement of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit thlr tax receipts and reg istration certificates as required in the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 2 mill additional tax vote a ballot containing the word "YES" written r printed thereon. Those against the 2 mill additional tax shall vote a ballot containing the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Bolls shall be open at the hour of X o'clock In the forenoon and shall re main until the hour of i o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. The trustees shall report the re sult of the election to the county au ditor and county superintendent of ed ucation within ten days thereafter. OEO. L. PITTS, 3-2t-2 By order of County Board. NOTICE. Laurens, S. C, Aug. I < 1912. Whereas at a meeting of the stock holders of Rays Pharmacy a corpor ation wit' Its principal place of bus iness at Laurens, S. C. on the 29th day of July, A. D., 1912 adopted a res olution a copy of which is as follows: "Be It resolved by the stockholders of Rays Pharmacy that the capital stock of Rays Pharmacy be increased to the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($6, 000.00) by the Issuance of Three Thousand Five Hundred ($3,500.00) additional capital stock, the addition capital stook to be divided into thirty fire shares af the par value of $100.00 each. Book? of subscription to the said additional capital stock will be opened at the office of Rays Pharmacy on Thursday. August 29, 1912, at 10 o'clock A. M. W. Ct. L-incaster, 3-3t President ?-j.-.-1? Buck.cn's Arnica Salve The feast Salvo In The World.