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No Sub ETURN to th stitutes sent y ing Powder. stitute for ROYAL. cream of tartar bal healthful. Powders stitutes are made fi LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. B. W. Lockner spent Sunday in Augusta. Mr. John Machen of Princeton is in the city visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. 0. 1). Riddle of Green ville are visiting relatives here. Miss Marion Hiampton iert Sunday for a visit in Georgia and Florida. Mr. J. L. M. Irby of Charleston, spent Saturday and Sunday here with relatives. Misses 'Cook and Parsons are the guests of Misses Marguorette and lar riot Simpson. Miss Louiso Fleuing arrived In the city yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Fleming. Mr. D. C. McLaurin has sold a 8tudebaker Four to Mr. G. A. Cope land of Clinton. Miss Grace lDupre, of Spartanburg, visittd M1r. and Mrs. Carlos It. Mosley several days last week. Mr. Laurens Crews left Tuesday for a short visit in Greenville with Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Wallace. Mr. Monroe Plekens, of Greenville, spent several days last week with Mr. and 'Mrs. Thomas Downey. Mrs. J. C. Goggans of Newberry is in the city visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. G. Balle. Mrs. Lilly Sitton, of Anderson, has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. it. Glikerson for several (lays. Mr. D. L. Boozer. who lives in the lower section of the county was in the elty on business yesterady. Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. McDonald of Columbia, spent the week-end here with Capt. and Mrs. Ran Little. Miss Blanche Massey of Sevierville, Tenn., is in Laurens visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. IH. Ileks. Mrs. .lohn '. Stevens, of Kershaw, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Sitgreaves, an(l other relatives in the city. Mr. M. L. Nash, of Landrum, has been spending several (lays in the ci ty during the illness of his father, Mr. J. IH. Nash. Mr. P. M. Greenfield of the South ern Railway spent Tuesday here as the guest of Is egliege-mate Mr. Ed wardl McCrady. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Smith and fam ily went to Saluda last week where Mrs. S'mitth and the children wiln re' main for some time. Miss Lucille Padgett, who has5 been living with her aunt, Mr's. B. K. Hum phries, and attending school here, left Monday ror hecr home in Pelzer'. 'Misses Lucy Vance and Claude Darlington left yesterday for Sumter where they will spend several weeks as the guests of Rev. and Mr's. Marion. Mr. Randolph Little and lion. Pascal Childress left 'lruesday for Parks Station wvhere they spent sev oral minutes before returning to the L. E. Medlock, of Fountain Ing, and Ernest Taylor, of Princeton, spent the week-end in the city with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Monroe and other relatives. city. Miss Amelia Toddl has returned from1 Do You Wa Pound Box Candy Free If so, call a Drug Comp find out .ho' obtain it stitutes e grocer all sub ou for Royal Bak There is no sub Royal is a pure, ing powder, an offered as su ' -om alum. Charleston where she has been under going treatment for the past fev weeks. Her many friends will be glai to know that she is well again. Mr. R. 1. Greneke, who has charg< Df the local news department of th< Newberry Herald and News, has beci visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wrigh near the city for several days. M G1reneke is Just recove ing from I illness of several weeks, durinj which time his sparkling locals hav i)een very much missed from Page S HJUIlAL LETTElI CARMit1ERS. Every rural letter carrier in Lau rens county is earnestly requested t4 meet at the court house on May 31 it 11 a. In. Every carrier knows from pas ,xperience, UInt it is to his interes in nmany ways, tc(. nu:norous to mien Lion here, to belong to the associa Lion. But if there were no other reason the Ifact that the state associatio meets in our neighboring county o Spartanurg, sho'uld arouse enougl 'ounity pride to causo us to comez to ;ether and send a full de.~gation. Let its meet Saturday twenty-ili itrong, and go to Spartanburg as ti aner county of the state as Lauren: should be. J. E. Johnson, GIray Court, S. C., Alay 26, 1914. MOUNT OLIVE. Mt. Olive, May 25.-Owing tc th montiiiued dry weather, the farmer ire becoming somewhat discourage with their crops. Very few in thi oniinimmnity have good stands. A number of people from this coin munity attended a fish dinner nea \%r% J. II. Culbertson's a few days ngc Those who attended the Children' )ay at Prospect from here were Miss 3s Maude and Thelma Wells, 1il; \fartin and Molly and Ethel Culbert ion and Messrs. Stokes Martin ani Thm Culbertson. Miss Sarah Cooper returned hemi from Linwood college last Wednes lay after a very successful year' work. Mrs. WV. B. Hluffman and children o iLaur'ens visited relatives here lasl week. Miss Sula Mae Bolt returned homn rromn Greenville Friday. Mr. B. J. Culbertson recently wven o Greenwood and purchased a reap )r. Mrs. 'E. E. Pitts and little daughteir blois, of Poplar Springs spent Satur lay at the home of Mr. WV. E. Wash ngton. Will Sing in Ware Shoails. The Laurens Quartette will give ai antertainment at Ware Shoals nov Baturday night, May 30th. The en ertainment will be given in the audi orium of the Y. M. C. A. hall and wil egin at 8 o'clock. nt a Five of Norr~s t Powe my and. w to * * * * * * * * *4*** * ** 4* * * * * NEWS FROM YOUNGS. ** Youngs, May 25.-The weather con tinues dry hi this section. Spring oats are a failure. Some places cotton i a good stand and some has been chop ped out. A great deal of the cotton crop won't come up at all until it rains. Tlhe seed are as dry as when planted. Several are planting their Crops over. Mr. Eb. Knight's little two-year-old son died last Monday near Wallace Lodge after about 10 days of sickness. The body was buried at Warrior Creek church Tuesday. George Wallace, the little 18 months old son of Dr. and Mrs. Geo. N. Bunch of Spartanburg died at his home last Monday, after being sick several weeks. The body was brought to Wal - lace burial ground near Wallace Lodge r for Interment. Funeral services were I held at the home of Mr. W. W. Wal lace (Mrs. Bunch's father). Rev. J., ) K. McCain of Gray Court assisted by ) Rev. 'D. D. Junes of Itasley. Dr. Bunch's mother and brother, t and Mrs. Lily May Cannon, with the parents, accompanied the remains from Spartanbuirg. Rev. and Mrs.. D. Jones, of Mas ley, stopped over a day or two with friends in this community last week. Th'3y were enroute to Orangeburg county to visit Mlrs. .Jones' father and mother. They are both very pleasant ly remembered here. ir. Jones serv ed as pastor here three years, and Mrs. Jones who was Miss Mattie Tar rant was principal of our school two sessions. She has also taught at oth 'er places in this coulty. Mrs. Arana Hicks of McColl, S. C., visited her father and mother, Mir. and Mrs. W. W. Wallace last week. Mr. W. W. Huirdett and Miss Lee Glenn were married at Gray Court. by Rev. Mr. Munnerlyn last Wednes (lay. WN'hile it wasn't a complete sur prise to their friends, very few knew it would occur at that time. Those who accompanied them were i'. Jo. Burdett, father of the groom, Allss Otis Glenn, the bride's sister, and Mr'. aiid Mrs. Mills Cox. Airs. Cox is a cousin of both the bride and the groom Messrs. W. 11. Wilkie, J. H. Aber' crombie, Carroll Abercrombie, De-Wy att Glenn, and -Lewis Hammett attend ed tIe Spartanbhurg county singing convention Sunday at Woodr'liff. Nllqs Nannie Cox who has been at tenlding school at Laurens has re turned homle. Air. Robert Stewart and family of Lanford visited a's. M. A. Abercrom be F-uiday. Mlalcolm lFloyd of Welford Is visit ing his uncle, Mir. W. 0. Suton. Mr. C. '. Wilie's family had a mess of siap beans from their garden yes terday. Miss lucile Cox's school closed Pr (lay. SIe gave a plenic Satirday which was enijoyed very much by the pupils and a few of their parents. It was near Enoree river and some of the men went fishing and caught fish for (hnner. Advertiser Appreciated. In enclosing a post1 office money oi' dei' for $2.00 to pay his subscription two years in advance (in advance, note!) Mr. J. S. Martin, for'mer'ly of this county, wrote this to The Adver tiser: Portland, Oregon. March 25th, 191.. The Laurens Advertiser, Laurens, S. C., Inclosed you wvill find money oirder' foir two mnoi'e yeai's subscription to your paper. I receive my papei' on Monday after it lteing lprinited the Wednesday before and( have not miss ed getting an Issue for over' two yeai's. I have been living upi her'e in this -Northwest counttry almost nine years and during that time your paper' has madle reimarkable iimprovement. Yours truly, J. S. Martin. Mr. Martin holds a responsible 1)o sition with the Northern Pacific Tierm inal Company of Oregon. Colored Ret ial. Rev. C. S. Wilkins, a coloi'ed evan gelist of Macon. Ga., is conduictipg a revival service in the colored~ ilapti1st chur'ch in this city and is said to he doing much goodI among the colored populatIon. The service will coni tinueo foi' the next six or seven (lays. White peop~le ar'e inivited to hear him. FORt TORIDll LIVEIR AND CONSTIP1ATION The best i'emedy for' livoi', stomach or bowel troubles and especially con stip~ation is the famous HOT SPRINGS LIVEiR BUTTONS. IDon't miss getting a box today they tone up the liver, drive out the poisonous waste in the bowels and make you feel simply splendlid in a few hours. Cut out Calomel and slam hang pur.. gatives, Try HOT 8'PRI-NGS LlVIDR BU'VTONS jus6 once and you'll have no use for any other liver remedy. IPine for siok headache, sallow skin, dull eyes and blotches. Druggists ev erywhere for 25o. Hot Springs Liver Buttons, Hot Springs Rheumatism remedy and Hopt Springs Blood Remuedy are -sold, 'in Lanrens by Tatlrru Drugm Co * CENTER POINT NEWS. Center Point, May 25.-Another week has passed without any rain. The farmers of this section have a very poor stand of cotton. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. C. Moore and daughter, spent the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. Gilmore \Vatson, near Cross Anchor. Mrs. W. I. Miller visited her sister at Clinton last Tuesday, who is very ill. Mrs. Pink .Buchanan and son ,Bel ton of Saluka spent Friday night with Mr. G. W. Moore and family. Miss Ola Stribling of Laurens, spent SuInday with Misses Mayer and Belle Stribling. Mr. and Mrs. Jones Redden and lit tle daughter Ruth spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. G. W. Moore and family. Mr. J1im Miller and sister. Mamie spenlt Saturday night with Aliss Iles sie Watkins of Madden. Several of this community attend ed the Children's Day at Prospect Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Moore and fam ily. and M rs. iluchlan1an1 and son, spent Saturday with .\lr. and Nirs. Will Mar tin. 1r. and Mrs. 1. W. Eilmore attend ed the funeral of their brother-in-law Alr. W\ill Davenport, at Mt. Olive last Thursday. Mr. B. Boyd was a business visitor in Laurens last week. DIALS. Dials, .\lay 2..-'he dry weather still continues anid inless a good ra in Comes soon the clops wvill assuille a serious aspect. Mr. Jim Baldwin an(d sonl, of Texas, were recent visitors of Mr. ). 'i). lar ris and family. Misses .Owel Curry, EIlleel Curry and Messrs States Curry andl' Marvin Armstrong attended the coilillence mlent at Fountalin [inn Friday evenl ing. Mr'. aiid Mrs. J. T. Gillespie. and children of Greelville, and .\ir. .Julius Curry and family were the guests of Mi. Harris Curry and family Satu r day night alnd Sunday. M1r. .oc llronviiee had as his week eld guest, Mrt'. H1ascom irow n lee of Warrior C(eek. Nliss .ewel ('urry was a visitor Sat Iiuiday nighl, at the home of ir. anmd .\irs. Towlies Curry. Mihdshipmani .larvii Armilstroig of the 1'. S. Navy, is at home niow oil a furlough of several weeis. M1 isses ('cil Owinigs, and Nita lHun ter, returned to their lotmies T'I' esday, from Chicora college, to spend tile summer vacatioii. Mrs. I'.nmma Roper of Edeii, spent Sa turd'lay wilh Mr. John Abercrombie and family. .11'. and Mr's. WV. S. Bolt anld clii dren of the "Tavern" spent. Sunday with Mr. J. R. Br'ownlee amnd fanmily. Mr'. and Mris. H~enry Holder of Lau rens, wvere in ouri midst Sunday. The Cildren's Day exercises Sun day afteriioon piassed off withiout a hitch. Anl interesting program was rendered. IEach anid every one taking pai't doing the best they could in thoir ownI way. The churich was beautifull ly dlecor'ated for the occasion, and the lar'gest audlieiice lthatihas bleen at Dials for sonme tiime, lent their pros enlce to gi'ace tile efforts of the chii M1iss MTaurie Simpson of Shilohi vis 1(ted 11er sister' .\irs. Wistar Owings last week. Mr . and1( Mr1s. I~arl Gr'ay and little son spent Suniday withl Mr.' andi Mrs. 11loyd Cur'ry. Mr'. and Mr1s. Fate Henldersoni of Friiendship visited Mi'. Sam Switzer aiid family Saturday nighlt and Stun day, 311. and Mi's. Jlohn Moore of Owinlgs were visitors at the hionme of Mri. Sami Curpry and1( faitly Fr'iday. M1isses Faninie and Sallie Br'owlee spen1it Wedn iesdtay withI thIeiri sisterin. Mr's. W., S. Bllot of iclkory Tavern. Wor'kmenl w~ill)pro(ced to re'in lt thie benches of thie churchl Mionday anid othler impr~iovements will lie add ed all (of whiich, when coimpileted, willI nadd to the beaulty of the building con sidlerablly. NOTIC'E EXECUTIVE COMIMITTEEMEN. In ipursuiance of the provisions of Section 50 of the constitution and rules of the Democratic party now in force the iDemocratic executivo comn mittee of the county of Laurens is hereby called to meet at Iaurens court house on Mond the first day of Juno, 1914, atb10 clock a. m. for the purpose of layim~ out and desig nating each club dJ~t let and its boun daries as, provided y the party rules and also to form such new clubs as the committee may doom advisable. William C. Irby, Jr., County Chiail'man. Bee, our line of Aluminum Ware, best, safestoegd cheapest ware td6.use. B. M. & 10. H. W1LICS & CO.. TIME TO USE AN OIL STOVE I We have the largest and best line to select from, and our prices are as low as possible to find any where. imitg 1c2 *to We are showing a complete line of Florence Au tomatic Oil Stove, New Perfection Oil Stoves, Quick Meal Oil Stoves, Detroit Vapor Oil Stoves. Don't burn yourself up over a wood stove when we can furnish you an up-to-date Oil Stove that will make cooking a pleasure and at a very small cost. S.M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Laurens, S. C. 1.011 IIOUN'D-TitP ItATiES TO VAltI0US PI,.\CES OFF11EIIED IY SEA. 1OAltI) Alit LINI: IW. Y (Itates open for everybody), FROM LAUIENS, S. C. 'To NASIVILLN, TiENN., and iCteturi, account Southern 1Baptist Convention, May 13-20, 191-1. $12.70. To OKLAHlO.M\A CITY, OKL.\., and return, a count General Conference, M. .. Church, South, May 6-27, 191.. $:38..;o. To 1II I, IL)A l Pill A, PA., and retirn, account National Electric Light Asso ciation, .inne 1-5, Ii *-. $26.00. To WAIIiNGTON. 1). C., and return, account ('a veiling Arlington Mon ument and Peace Celebration, .1une .1, 1911. $20.55. Association of America, .June 1.5-20, 191 1. $3.70. FOR SCIIlDtI-LES OR OTIli INI"ORIATION, CALL, ON S-FAIIOAID A('i'NTS Olt WiU'1'k ill l'NI)WCIISI(;Ni.),) 1). V. .Mlorrah, T. I'. A., Atlanta, G., C. S. ('omptoln, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. FI'ed (Geisslel, A. G. 11. A., Atlanta, Ga. P.NA31A C.ANAl, IN I'SE*. Steady Strelall of Barges In Tow Now PINE BLUFF NEWS. P'assing Through Big Ith. WVashington, M1ay 1 4.--For the first time water borne tralic is now pass-- 1Ii 31fMy2.-iueSrh lng thriouigh tho Panamla canal, ac-thI1-otsbeofi'B..O cording to reports that have beeni re-iS idStudya 9p ceived at the headquai'ters of the r.I.W i'w~~ihMse s Panama railroad in Newv York. e Wion Etol'''e', los Though confirmation of the recport iwMers utrWainan has not yet reached the WVashington Ae lwpi ii oNwer office of the ishmian canal commnis-l)'WyOfatobercnl. sion it is known that ample priov'islonl1M' I .io''.alhsgn otl had beeni maide by Col. G'oethauls foi'r 'e~'o optlfi ietct i the institution of water' serv'ice be-laifle onilb wtusgins ginniing not later' than M1ay 10. As a i5oe'tonihtSiilodtob matter of fact, according to thle Pain- slo amna railroad r'epor'ts, the service ac- M' 1 .G'li pn h ek tiially becgain last Satur'day and a cllwtI i1 liiltiM'.I.N steadly stream of bai'ges in tow~ is now (n'eo a''sSrns paossinig thiough t he canal. 'ieIlni colhdisana Tr'ieedoiis conlgestionl in iintei'- llnea ~~tI rdeo h 3 oceanic commnerce caiusedl 1)y the sus- Teyugciaeli ans ~a peinsioin of service on the Tehuante-ringniililg, hlet ldr pe i'ailroadl iln souther'n Mexico l~isdei''ntafi. br'oiight about thIiis rather pr'eimatiure Mi.M .hozinateilc rs openting of tihe canal to tradl~e. S'ev- le '~deisI)3 xicssSt ce'al of tihe great freight linlers which.,i'ly ha conljuinction withI the similar ser- M'.L ' 'asadM'.I.D vice on the Pacific, mailtaliled tiade litfd We 'ilos fM'. lines between Europe anld thle F'aru I I.It'wi i i at e East via Tehuantepec have recentl1 isA o iii iitn is V ap)pear'ed at C'olon and1( Pa niama offer-A.IiiZmii ing cargoes for' shiIpmieint ovel and .less I.(.a1( .lo'~aio fari beyond the caipac ity3 of the Il'aniania i'eiwowic ii lmfo1( raIl road.yCt'ln' C'ol. G:oethials has not yet. reportedl M' i llWa 3 ic wf vuetl to Washington jiust when the canlalgussotlii'rth. .I.Cap will Ihle opened to mer'chant shipping iIlswek buit the under'stanldinug here is that the waterway is priactically finishled and Idgsin a' aN peio thlat even no0w there is a sufficient Atetlito lcrcfitr n channel through the Culebra cut foireae oi'aleie tp nigs almost any wai'ship or liner. Srn o~efrlvxkde n it is understood thlat thuis barge scer.o. c rule.Censs yu v'ice is to be operated on about a 12whlsytmadoufefn. ec hours' schedule from the Atlantic to t'cfitr i oefr r .D time Pacific, which allows about an mdcn oee re.Otabtl hour'~s delay in each of the locks,. oa O n 10 tyu rgit Where Caraway Seed Abounds. Caraway seed is extensively grown ILA S'KD E PLS in Holland. oroningen, in the north- aeyuoe~l1edyu lrosae east corner, produces mere than anytenndcu tobltityurk. other province, next being north Hol- fdl4~lHaeyu~a eI land, in which Amsterdam is situated. aA'b perneo h a~ n s In these two provinces more than eteeeAfeqn esrtopa hafthe caraway patacreage ri e fs,'ilas'iin Plswl found. In the whole country the num-WIUMMCLO;PpjhvuadO. kor .19t acres devoted to caraway AUN R @B growithwesil-monthsO13babe of* lr .B.COw