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PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR COUNTY FAIR President Byrd Very En ? thusiastic. MERCHANTS LIBERAL WITH DONATIONS So Far <h<r Three Hundred and Vitt} Dollars "nv? been Subscribed t<? He 1'scd in \ Premiums und only the Town of ??urens lias Keen Solicited. Merchant* will have Booths to Dis play tlicir <;o<?ds. Improvements at tlie Fairgrounds Include Increase in the SePH'iir Capacity. Everything! \& being rounded into shape f,or th? Laurens County Pair and judging, from the enthusiasm al ready displaced over the county, tin fair for thisN f:i11 promises to be even greater than- that of last year. The Laurens fairy* of the past have been talked of af1 over the country, the government ppccialists having used them as exairfU'es of the correct meth ods for makHig agricultural displays most product Ive of real good to the people. Thoi Ideal fair according to them is one liberated entirely for edu cational pur||?8es nnd they say this county's fair ftSlta the nail on the head in every respif'L 'lie date set for the 1913 fair is okt. 17th, and everybody in Laurens cot}int.v 'he surround ing counties aVo invited to come and enjoy the day.' President nl'nl states that in his opinion and fn'"" 'he outlook at pres ent the exhibit!* this year will he bet ter and more varied than ever before. He is fairly gabbling over with en thusiasm for tll,e fair und is working daily to make (this year's display not only the best evfr held in Laurens but the best ever hoW anywh(>re. In speak ing to a representative of The Adver tiser he expressed himself as most grateful to the peflPle over th county for tholr liberal assistance in making the fair what it ls.\ The response this year has been 'illOS6 liber::: ns will be shown by the table 'below, there being already promised soVmthing over $350 and only the town of Lau "ens has as yet been solicited. Putting Grounds i? Shape. The grounds this yt'*ar will he put in the very best of shMpe. The seat ing capacity of the stands has hereto fore been too small to at cominodate the big crowds. That condition will be remedied within a ft w days by a rebuilding of the stands, making them large enough to seat frorfi 1500 to 2.000 people comfortably. plans are also on foot to build another ro.'id lead ing to tlie grounds, thus having one for entrance and one for Icavlilg. Displays by merchants. \n interesting feature of the fair this year will be the displays by the various merchants of the county. Any merehant who desires to make a dis play will be furnished plenty of space. Several of the merchants of Laurens have arranged to combine and have a display booth in the nature of a "modern Farm Home", showing all of the latest Improvements and conve niences. There will be plenty of music ?luring the day, arrangements having already been made for one of the best bands in the upper part of the state to be present. Donations lo flic Fair. ? The following list she the dona tions thai have been made for pre mium': at the fair. Most of the dona lions were in the way of merchandise and only the value in momy is given here. The town of Laurens is. so far, the only town in the county that has been solicited. The other towns have Always given liberally and when they are heard from the fair committee ex pects to have a most handsome list of premiums. Clardy &. Wilson $r,.no J. C. Shell & Co. 2.ti0 Laurens Tailoring Co. f..00 Dial Co. 2.20 Hays Pharmacy fi.00 Jno. Armstrong 1,00 Laurens Drug Co. I.no Davis Roper Co. 12.On W. G. Wilson & Co. 1.50 H. e. Gray .no Vance Irby .-,0 Palmetto Drug Co. 2.75 ft. P. Jones .50 J. H. LlttlO .60 it. L. Cope'.and .50 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HERE ON EIGHTH Representatives From This District To Hold SeiilNAuuuul Session in I.nit rons. Hiir Preparations ItciUK Milde? The local members of the order of Knights of Pythias arc busy making preparations for the entertainment of the district meeting of the order which ; will be held here on October 8th. Rep resentatives from all of the lodges, In Spartapburg, Union, Cherokee find 1 Laurens counties will be present, mak ing a total number of about forty-live visitors. Most of tltetu will probably arrive in Laurens on the morning trains Wednesday, the Sth und will re | main here until the following day. A complete schedule of the various entertainments lias not yet been com pleted but it is safe to s;iy that the visiting knights will be royally enter tained during their short stay in the city. There will he a session in the morning at 10 o'clock, another short session In the afternoon, a trip around the city and at night the visitors will he tendered a big banquet at Kings Hotel. Many prominent Pythinns are ex pected to lie in Kaurens to attend the meetings. The following grand lodge officers have signified their intention of coming: Dr. Ceo. \V. Dick, of Sum ter, G. C. c. Ii. K. Osbornc of Spartan burg, Q. V. C, ('. I). Drown of \phe vllle, O. K. of U. ami S. and W. C. Wo mack of Spartanburg, i>. D. G. '?'. MEKTINti OK PRESBYTERY. Cross Hill ?Ml r.nicrtaln Members of tinorcc Presbytery on Sept. 30. The Knorce Presbytery of the Pres byterian Church will hold their regu lar session in Cross Mill on next Tues day. Sept. :!<ith. This prcsbytory is composed of Laurens, Spartanburg, Greenville, Union and Cherokee coun ties. There are in this district L".i ministers, who have charge of I chu relies. It. W. Wiilis 3.50 Laurens Hardware Co. S.GO Palace Of Sweets 2.50 W. P. Sullivan ,:.0 .1. II. Sullivan f.,00 Dixie Flour ?fc Grain Co. -'.50 W. D. Sloan 1!."" J. M. Phil pot 1.3G Hunter & Co. 1.00 lludgens ?V: Ropor 5:00 Coca Cola Bottling Co. !>.00 T. M. iDlvvcr 10.00 W. Solomon 5.00 Fleming Bros. 10.00 W. W. Jones 1.00 Minter Co. 7.50 S. M, & IS. H. Wilkes & Co. 9.50 Switzer 'Co. 10.00 Laurens steam Bakery 1.50 Mahaft'ey & Habb 3.00 Kennedy Bros. 2.7."> Owings & Bobo 25.00 .Ino. A. Franks 1.7."> D. II. Counts L'.r.u Dennett & Owings *_'..Mi \V. P. Childress & Son 8.00 .Eichelberger Bros. COO Powe Drug Co. 4.50 K. G. Franks "-'..Mi Laurens Oil Mill 25.00 J. c. Burns * Co. ??'.<><? c. e. Bramlett 1.00 John Cilildress L00 T. D. Lak" 2.00 11. Terry ?"<."<' 9. D. Martin 25.00 A. Huff 25.00 R. F.. Hughes 1.<10 A. C. Todd LOO R. V. Cray & Co. K-00 Swygert, Niekies & Co. 35Q W. II. McPhall LOO i McLnurin & Teague i50 .]. li. Toaguo l.oo Mosel ey & Kol and - 4.00 D. F. Posey 2.00 Oliver Studio "??'>" J. P. Tolborl 2.50 Sanders Bottling Works 3.50 NiOhC* < Studio 3.00 W. ll. toss LOO T. (i. tynham LOO Lever* . Furniture Co. 10.00 Carroll Miller 1.00 .Ino. Cannon 1.00 W. Y. Da Id win LOO Dank of Laurens 5.00 Peoples Dank 5.00 ? Palmetto Dank 5.00 Owings & Owings 25.00 I Owings & Owings 3.85 \V. It. Richoy, Jr. L00 Laurens Trust < o. ' Enterprise Dank 5.00 j Byrdvlllo Dairy & 1 ojBlt Farm 12.50 Laurens Advertise 5.00 Coo Mortimer Co. 25.00 FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR BARKSDALE l*atil l\ ni: lit Accidental!} Shot and Killed I?) His It rot tier white Play ing viitn a Pistol. Paul Knight, the fourteen year old son of Mr. Henry Knight of the Burks dale section, was accidentally shot and killed by his brother, Samuel Knight. Sunday. Paul Knight was 1 t years of age and Samuel Knight 12. The fun eral services were held at Highland Home church yesterday and the body laid to rest in the cemetery nearby. The unfortunate incident was the re sult of playing with a supposedly un loaded pistol. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. Kdgar Tumbllll, a neighbor. Tlie two hoys were playing with the pistol. All of the cartridges had be< n taken out sonic time before, but several of them had been replaced. The boys were under the impression that it was still unloaded. Samuel Knight playfully pointed It at his eld er brother and pulled the trigger sov eral times over the empty chambers. On" of the loaded cartridges was dual ly reached and the pistol was tired, the ball entering the body of the elder brother. Medical assistance was hur riedly gotten, but the lad died shortly afterwards. SrilKCltlllKltS TO VKTS' IHNM.lt Public Subscription Made up to Pefruj Kxpciises (if Meeting of Veterans Several Weeks Ago. For the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the meeting <,: Confederate veterans lore several weeks ago. a committee of citizens made a canvas of the city several days ago to raise tin- necessary amount. The obi soldiers were "set up" to line dinners at several of the boarding llOUSCS of the city on the day they no t and payment for these dinners repre sented tlie principal expenditure. The following resolutions wore cir culated, the names after the resolu tion being those who subscribed lo the fund, a total of $17.2:1 having been raised. State of South Carolina, Laurens county. Whereas a meeting of the Confed erate Veterans of tin above named County was held Sept. t'.. 1013, and as a matter of honor and respect to them their entertainment was arranged for by the Citizens of Laurens by serving them meals at the different boarding houses in the city, the cost of same be ing seventeen and one quarter dollars. Therefore those who honor these brave Confederate Soldiers arc respect fully asked to contribute a small amount to help defray the expense of the said entertainment. By making contribution to this most worthy cause any one not only honors the Confed erate Veteran, but also honors himself. (Signed) C. H. Itoper. W. 0. Lan caster, L, (1. Halle, W. H. Rlchoy, .1. .1. Pluss, s. P. Babb, W. C. P. Robert son, M. L. Roper, W. C. Wilson. W. II. McPliail, Dr. W. I). Ferguson. R. W. Willis. (\ F. Brooks, Dr. O. C. Albright, P. V. Culbertson, .1. .1. Bendy, .1. H. Sullivan, 'Dixie Flour & drain Co., Owlngs and OwlngS, W, P. Sloan. M. II. Hunter. A. N. Bramlott, H. C. Cray & Co., it. m. Eichelberger, .1. W. Dunk llll, .1. m. Phil pot. L. x. Owlngs, c. w. Tune. W. R. McCucn, .1. .1. Adams. O. iL Simmons, B. L. Jones, W. II. Wash-' Ington, Dr. T. L. Timmormn, .la. M. Cannon. H. F. .Tones. C. B. Hobo, C. F. Kennedy. A. k. Mahaffey, Swit/er Co.. B. L. Clardy, s. M. & 13. II. Wllkcs, Aug. Babb, Boyce (.'lardy, c. j>. Moseloy, Karly Thompson, !.. 13. Hums. A. 11. Sanders. Hillary Kennedy, William Solomon. II. Terry. .1. C. Shell, Lau rens Drug Co., T. I). Lake, .lohn Hoyd. C. B. Bromlett, Marion Simpson, .lohn Armstrong. Fleming Hros., C. A. Pow er, .1. D. Owing , .1. W Thompson, R. I). Young, Ceo. L. Pitts. In the Keal ?'? ite Itiisilicss. Mr. ,i. S. Machen, v.ho for a number of years was in tlie wholesale grocery ' business hero, has opened up :m otltce in Laurens and will handle real estate. He will handle both city and country! property and has liste) now several excellent pieces of property. Count) Teachers Vssoclatlon. The county teacher's association will meet Saturday, October Ith. at 11 o'clock in the auditorium of the | Laurens graded school. This will lie1 a very important meeting as officers are to bo elected and other plans made for the year's work. WANTED IN ALABAMA CAUGHT IN LAURENS Two Men ?mitt el for Murder In Juck? son County, Alnbumn, Vrrested in {'!i::;-.:n bj Sheriff Owing* and Sent Back for Trlnl. Henry Cray und Arthur Word, two white iiu'ii wonted in Scottsboro, Ala., on the charge of murder, were arrest ed at Clinton severnl days ago by Sheriff Owings. The two men were carried to Chattanooga, Tenn., Sat urday hy Deputy Sheriff Held and there turned over to the Alabama otll ccrs. They were first seen at the Lydia Mills. Clinton Wednesday. No notice , had been received of their expected ar rival in this vicinity, but Sec. Marks 1 dale, of the mill company, saw them get off the train there and telephoned the sheriffs office that two suspicious looking men weir hanging around. The sheriff started to Clinton after the men. hut met them on the road between Laurens and Clinton. They wore arrested as suspicious charac ters, hut as nothing was found on them to Implicate them in any crime, they were set at liberty. Very shortly af ter this, however, a telegram was re ceived from the sheriff of the Alaba ma county asking Sheriff Owings lo !>?? on the look-out for tv\o just such char a<"> . s. \notlier bunt was at once be gun for them and Thursday they were located near Clinton, enjoying a game of cards With several other congenial friends. Soon after this they were ar rested and bt'< ight to Laurens. where they were kept In the county jail un til carried off hy Deputy Hold Satur day; What the nature of the evidence is against the two men is not known, but they went hack to lace trial with out giving the authorities any trouble. No extradition papers were necessary LKCTl'Ki: ON I* V N \ M \. Prof. II. K. McCoc Will Deliver l ec ture on the Itlg Ditch, l'sllig Ullis t rat ions. Next Friday ovenin? at S o'clock l'roi. II. .1. M< <;. p of <loorgla will de liver a lecture on Ihe Datiama Canal. The lecture will l>e given in the school agditoriilin ami part of the funds will go to the school. Prof. M of See lias won an enviable reputation as a 1. ?? - - lurer, his suhjeets always being care fully studied and handled in a very Interesting ami illuminating; manner. The subject nexl Friday should bo of particular interest as ho lias visited the big canal and speaks from first hand knowledge. Prof. MoGoe will al so lecture on the same subject in the afternoon especially for the c hildren, and on Saturday he will make anoth er address on Panama in Ihe school auditorium at tin- Watts Mill school. In each case part of the proceeds will be given to the school. The admission Friday afternoon at the matinee will he 10 cents for chil dren and I.*' cents for adults: in tin' evening the admission will he la cents for children and 2fi Cents for adults. Vaughn Loses Vppcul. Columbia, Sept. 20. The Supreme court, in a decision late today, dis missed the petition for rehearing of the case of T. C. Vaughn, convicted in Greenville and sentenced to death on the charge of criminal assault, lie was superintendent of the Odd Fed lows' orphanage. The court furllu r stayed the rcmltlilur to allow Vaughn to appeal to the United States Supreme court, I'ottotl Market Mill i'lllllhllig. Spot cotton on the local market I ranged around the i:: 1-2 cents mark yesterday, though it. did not unite come up to that point. Five sixteenths was the lies! that could he gotten. The future market climbed steadily last week, though it fell off a few points Saturday. With unfavorable weather conditions over most of the south ami especially in the central southern states, the future market yesterday morning climbed to nearly twenty points over 'he previous day's close. The I ? ctarc at Hook Iti'idtro, The lecture, which was to 11nve been given Friday night; at Hock Bridge school on "Tli" Burning of Columbia," was postponed on account of the In clement weather, but will i>" given Friday night, the twenty-sixth, begin ning promptly a? eight o'clock. Don't .eis> tiiis rare opportunity of hearing this thrilling story. LATEST STYLES SHOWN BY DAVISROPER CO. (3 real Crowds Thronged Opera House t?> Sec Itcproductlon of a fl 0,000 Film Showing I.litest Fashions. A novelty for this section is the moving picture tilm showing the very latest creations in the ladies fashions. Such a film, the cos! of which Is said to be $10,000 was shown last Monday at the Opera Ilous?- picture show through Ihc enterprise of Davis-Roper Company. The picture was tmilt up into an interesting one with n plot, "Mrs. Carter Worlhlugton's Dilemma" The tilius also showed the styles of a hundred years ago an Interesting study in the development of styles. These fashions were shown in tell year periods, An interesting feature was the parade of the living models which are on display in the ready-to wear department at Davis-Roper's store, (Trent crowds from in and around Laurens Pile 1 the opera bouse all during the day. sv.w km;ini:i:hi\<; fih.m. Opens i p Oftice in the Ittltlk of i au reus lliiildlng mid will do Werl? in This ami Ncarhj ( aunties, McCrad.v Hrm . Chovos lue . I tlie 'name of a u,'vv llr,.n which ban opened up a branch office In Laurens to do I engineering and contracting work. The firm's main office Is in Charleston, I from which it direct , a large business 'in tin* surrounding country, prlncl ml ly in the way pi Hhilu r site stirveylng [and swamp drainage work. Mr. Shack j el ford I? McCrady, president ol (hi concern, has been In the city several days making arrangements for getting the business on n footing in this sec tlou. Ills lirother will take charge ol i the office here at a later dale. in speaking of locating bore. Mr. ' .McCrady stated that he bad heard Lau i rons highly spoken ol by acquulutcnc I es in Charleston and thai be (mine ? here several weeks ago to look ovel the situation. The siglii of the oily, he said, conv bleed him of t he pin Millies hi !e so lie decided til OIICC to make plan? for opening up. Mr. Me Crtldy Is a very congenial gentleman who has alreadv made numerous friends since he arrived in the e|l> si veruj days ago. uisiior cccitm ii i.ic?. Delivered b'orcciiil Sermon Suniluj Morning, Held Coiliirilllltioil Services and Vdniiiiislercd the Ordinance of Communion. The Hi. Hov, \V. A. Ciiierry, lli.sbop of South Carolina, made his annual y~|si tat Ion to the church of the Kptphaii.v here Sunday, holding coiiHrination at the morning service, The bishop de llvered an eloquent sermon einplia ./ ing potency of the will power in over ' coming ev il forces of heredity and < n vironment. During the services Hlshop (Suerry presented to the church, in behalf id Rev. N. .1. Holmes, its former rector, two altar vases and a silver patten, intended as a memorial to his mother, commemorating the twentieth anni versary of bin ordination which took place In this church. As a suitable recognition of Its love for this former rector and (Mil of appreciation of his continued interest in ii> affairs, the congregation voted to send him also u suitable gift. miltim; of w. m. r. Successful Meeting Held at Madden on VYcdncsdu) anil Thursdaj of i a^t Week. The W. M. C or the liuurens in o elation held Its annual nieel tig at NOw Prospect on Wednei da> and Thursday of last week Notwithstand ing the Inclemency of the weather both days, the service- were well at tended. A good delegation was pres ent and reports proved the year's work to be very gratifying. Some time iigo the W. M. C asked j for a missionary to be located at Clin ton mill and until recently the State board bad not bei Ii abb- to secure one. Nov. ., have Miss Holh Biiick, who UK ' ' I and proved a very valuable ace.- sion to the union. A total comribution 61 $2.000.70 wa. made fo all objects during the year, with $| lor mission alone, The present officers wore re-elected. Time and place ol meeting next year i Warrior church. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 2nd and lird. Contributed. I INVITATIONS GIVEN/ TO TRADE IN liUR\, Mammoth Advertising ( am palgn Inaugurated. TWENTY-FIVE 1 HOUSAN!) CIRCULARS SEIN I <KII lliggcsl Campaign oter Pul mi hj latin rcns Merchants Motlliiii Forth tin* VdvnntilgCS o( Triu!!: u in I.a it itiis. l*f<?pi?* from ever) Section lav 14od to tome to I aureus. Recognizing the fart thai tin- most powerful agent for draw In jj irado lo Laurens is an invitation to Ilm people to comu horn and hoc what the) have to show thorn, a uuinhor of the most enterprising business men of Laurens have handed together lo print ami ilis Irihiito over every hoctIon of the coun ts (went* live thousand eight-page olr cubit's, The circulars were printed las! week and are being distributed in ovor> k'eelloii of the county this week, in addition to this myriad of attract live circulars, those inerchantH luiVe taken a double page ad vcrtlsoiucn In t'.ii- pa '<> further Impress upon the people the fact Hint L. urens i tin* place to trade, The ndvc tlsomoiil vlll he lour I in another part of this pnpor Whal dooH it : I in. . ' It nielli 1 that the merchant! of I i nrens are an j ticipntlng Lao hlggo ; mid host fall husiness that I hoy have over luul and that they ox pool to have people in Laurens who have never boon here he fore In tact. Lie prime obJ?;el of Dili v ast adv ei l Ising campaign i- lo draw I trade to Laurens thai has never I.n I en before and In retain thai ynlui bh II tide a Iiit'll she ; 1 re idy < njoj For lite w ork of ills!vll tl circulars, several of the luost reliable in li in each of the jlfwnshlps of tile. cotiiily wen conlriu t. I w Hi, for front two to I'm days work. To grasp an Idea of ih'' t reiiieudoii i ,ioh of > 1 i t rl billion, i' . on lil have I a k i u one man foil., on. days to linish Hie lob, I n! w iti> nil ni" ihe men wot klur logolh ? it L ex peeled thai the .ioh v. ill I? i, i lied before I he . ml of t n|m wei>k \ a further ludivatinii ol Ihe numhei oi circulars printed 11 lid dintrlluttod, tie pa p. i alone wei- lied one ami a Ipl?l'to ? Inn . it hav im- l.i en Hinted that till a was Ihe largos! order of porter paper ? ve shipped out of the Atlanta |lilpi lioiise, The Iremendoiis reopo of thin pi vertlslng campaign is expected to on press upon tin- people of Laurensconn Iv that they have within the hon1 oi' the county line* one of the ino progressive and IIhi tantially supi trading ?enteis of the state; thai ' niis cordially invites every pel'Bol) within tin- hounds of the county and on the outer edges ol the county lo come here to look over what she lias to show and to Luv when the dictate of judgment suggest, that Laurens merchants appreciate the Hade ol hoi surrounding country and that she real ;/. s that lipon the trade of her neigh bors and their pro perily her own do* ponds. S. I?. Larlinglon \ erj I ow. Mr, stoi o 11. Carlinglon, who has been in had health for several years and who li.'i! been a patlent at the county hospital for several months, liii . been very ill for the past few days and wat verj weak last night, lie suf fered a sinking spell yesterday even ing and when this paper went to pros lie was steadily growing weaker, Al though his many friends linye been deeply interested in bis condition, Ilm news from his bedside has been von discouraging and tiny hardly expoel any favorable development . ( it) Water IMire. Cn.v ('le; k Kitchen has ie< ? ;ved I on State Chemist I'arkei the ntiartei analysis of the Lauren* w*ito,i i >p The analysis --hows that the water i free from conti min tIon oi ba< t< i'i indication;! of 'onlainlnatlon. The r< pori Is dated Sept. 171 Ii an I Ans in id ? School Haulm III Coillltj I air. Superintendent of I di cation (Jc.o L. I'itt. rei|iteHtH '' at i' |.e auiioune ed thai the schools bl the count) will again have flout^ at the fair this fall, lie stales that any further informa tion can bo secured at Iiis office.