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* - VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1917. -- NU /iE 47 WITH FIRFIT Party Received With FL.*. fairs Are Tabooed. Ile Has Arrived For Busineo Afford For Celebrations London, .1tlne 8.-lended by Maj. Gei John .1. Pershing, its coliand er, the first representatives of the Amerleian ariy that Is to enteri the lEuoipnit di ar semtbarked at a lritish port after an uneventful v oy age of tell days onl board tie White Star iner Baitle. The party was re eived with l inilitary honors, and immllediately entrained for London, where it arrived this afternoon and was welcollied by the Earl of Derby, the ministl'ir of ware; Viscount French, commh1lan(leri of the lirilish holl forces, and tile Ainerican officials. Gell. I'ershinigs Vepersonal staff and the illellbers of tile general staff who will perfolIl tile preltimll Ilnalry work for the first fighting force llulmber fifty-sevel oihcers and are accollim ni ed by ahoul lifty prlvates and a large civilian clerleili force. The American residents of London :11id Various tiIritish ordalzations have prepared alan extensive progralli of eiterta illmcil for tile 'AilleiCall larty, bilt it is doubtful if much of it will be calrried 0111, as Gen. Pershing, before ieing informed of tile plans, exlessed a dlesire that there he a inimm of anything in the nature of a celebration of a social character. The enire co tiintge . (ievoted itself to the hardest kind of work of all organizing natire throughout the joun ll-1?y. Among those taking an active part on the variouB committees of enter tainmient for the American contingent are' irs. Joh %ator and MWt:- White law Reld. The Americans were surprised tc VERiWlT'I('.TES AWA1DED TO 111 COUNTY PUPILS FIIDAI Supierintendeit of Education 31ake Aiddress at Exelcises in Grade(] School Auditoriin. One hundred and fourteen ,lmIh! of the county sChools received certi licates at colmiienIeeInenIt exercise, hold ill ilie graded sellootl alditon11111 Friday evenig. The certifiates wel' grillted to all seelitl grade' iIIbil Iin the County who huaduersul. ;aseh a writIell i to exam a ou'. and ola tr4 correwiled In allI1 of thle oelnty ;iliteniidil of edz Oili konl. Th. cer1.1 ilea vs a re a1war Idi' I y the t a I depart I mtu ent of dl ent I lol l.ui v.t I Iht holder to enter 11 P-11 h im toi!- st ateldi'l. omuf lia delivered the !I .C i n a I e 11eri I tnd e1t . v. I 11 lar l .ion es. iittf5Mok',A~ Ther1 were". il:enry. ofth rr l 1 to ('lteIl, .te r( x aoing . odia wh - Ich , .p--- ,d. From th e 1. a inuln Owf hih Ell Ma Admaingc SING LANDS M14A ICAN CONTINGENT i ary ilanors. Social Af. rsolng intimates That He ;s and Has Not the Time to of a Social Kind. learn of the elaborate arrangements for their cntertainnient made by their cotlltryieln and also of tile plans to facilitate their work. The privates in tile contingent will be the guests of the Blritish aimny in the barracks in the itistoric Tower of. London. .t tleir hotel tle !American of flees met niany lirtish and Cana dian olices. EI',very where front the port of arrival to London the Amer can and British officers scrntinized eall othe1 withl] professional interest, each sizing up the other. There is no atinosphere of an ex cursiol jaunt about the trip of the American contingent, however. It has been work, an( work of the hard est kind, with ihin since they hoard eI the steanlte. in civilian clothes aftror she had hll her pier at anl A\Inericanl port. G"en. i'crshing said to tIle ASsociat od Pross that he and his fellow ofil eers were anxioums to get into harness at I1he:r base in France as (Ilickly as At tle point of d isemblarkat loll Gen, 'ershing's party was welcomed by lRear Adiral Stilieman, Lieut. Glen. Williaimi Piteair'n Campbell and oth ers. The ship docked at 9 o'clock. After the hand had played the American national antleiin, it ren1i' dered "God, Save the King", all pres ent standing at salute throughout. The voyage was a quIet one. Dur ing the trip there Was a concert, I which Gen. Pershing made all address The're was great enthusinsiin oil boari when three American destroyers camit up to act as escorts. gie Riddle, Alice Owings, I. (1. 1Hunt Elizabeth U1arksdale. Long View-Lidie Smith, Dollie .\a< Cole. C''l)el--Clarice Dillard. Tr'inity-li iclge-.\31arie inislecy, Lu nette liarnlette, Lottie Lev L.angston G reenIond-Annie Lee Cuirry. . 1. Gallagher ---I arvey 11111. Glady; .lMartin, Hielen llobbitt, Florence Man Icy. Nellie Boll. Woodrow Wilson--.lMagiv Lee Crad l'r slw t -No!ie .\adden. .\lountville ayilla Sulivan, .Ioh -'.uller. .\a ie rysai, l11i (ran t h ,lWatIts, < 'roine .\lotf l ys -- .alneI I fo~rou(.. .leinie L r4 . \i- l t c o h. I i11lly -E-1.1' Wl ~l lr Rol. I. ()liv --.\lYrh' Hill. Gertrud n ,l y Cudlhertso , i (is . 1,k Mridrge -.vfk 1)iiT. Wo: c Ed 0l' ward t 'andter, .\el d In \nwy laenioe(wn.l bly in .lnetHal win. I I iIds ip-- In h I Cox.r~ :' Youn II 1 . .\rth r I.lx el il .b i, l, .ihu(~obt W iat. (llloa,. GiTlF, PG 0I1 Iother fiowad tPfrivthe boy So CrDener ion tywa caktn this wre MORE SUBSCRIf Laurens' Apportionment of I Only About Half Mi scription' "Only about half of Lairetins' ippor tionient of Liberty Loan londs have been sold," said Dr. 11. K. Aiken. (hairnian ei the local colini ittee yes te(rday. Laurens is expeC'td to sub Scribe at1 least $15,001) to the bon(d Issue andl less than $25.,000 has lbeen su bseribed. Since the last report, inl The Advrtiser, whlen $12,100 war e ported, Iie total has been brought 11 to $23,10, the Enterprise National Bank sibWeiribing $.,000 and the lParimers Nat ioallan1 11 k $1,010. Indli vidual suhscrpl ltions have lilade utp) the rest. Dr. Aikein stated that I:e hoped to see the full a noun t. of I .auiirens' ap portionlment subseiibed before noon iPriday,. when the sale of bonds w'll close. ''le !Iniount Is a compaliriiatively small one, le said, co:npared to the Issues at stake and the suberiptions are safe ilivestniells though hardly to be colsidered as profitable as Invest m1ents 'go ill tis section. The (ai paign will be pulshed up Ilitil the last 1iin1ut and if any are overlooked by the solijitois thcy are reviuested to enll : all of the banlkers who will see tlit subhscipt ions arie take'.n Vl'e of'. 'The foliowing I.; the toial salt sz-ription o dait(-: 1'. . Si so .. . .. . .. 1 .0 .\liss ....y lPervwson .... . 0 King's kilughters . . -30.0 leo. I. .\llen . 111.100 .\. 1'. Copeland .10 .00 Ross 1). Yon~fl g . .. . . . . 100 11. E'. Babb .. .:. . . . 10.011 DickC wAings .. .;. - . --. 10-00 '.\rs. Lydie Garlingtlonl .... 1410.400 H1. C. tllh, .. .. . . . 100.00 0. M. Sitgreaves .......... .50.00 S('NDAY SCHIOOL OFFICERS MET 310NDAY AFTERNOON i'. I. Meice Nickels Eleed PresIdent of Lanurens District and 31I. ,1ns. 11. Sullivan Secretar3lrensurer. The olicers of the Laurens County Sunday Sel'ool association held an ini portait tineetig Monday afternoon In the court holse. .I1r% 1"k. 1). Webb of parttaanhug, gaeneal ecretary for tihl, slate, was Preitent. I1( presinted a (efinikte ouitlinet for the year's wor which w'' dlscussd and adonted a follow.: I. T<' r> ise thi '" nt:- Atandlard 'r dom i I -a I y aii .ou : o r I-ii i a h I . le o. ini l :i \ o l. 1-a i. - latme worken \'"an."oa frThe :,'eor if te ae a. liiiam k . iTo hoitld a ony '.8. en*nM r eie oi 1, 1 c.11 . Aii .. .. . Id lo w ml I w t t 1 h a Dl' bi chareb. pro res iniv 'ire tem tof .\ttclIIP ui o - h'ltnow o e ITIONS NEEDED iberty Loan Subscriptions; de Up. More Sub. Needed. M rs. "ora C. Iteas ........ 1(10.00 . '. W. Thonipson .............0.00 \l iss Itoberta Dorlh .. .... .. .. Ceuetery Tiruntees ..... ... . . . 4. .1. J. Adams . . . . ... .. .. l.( Chas. T. SimPn...........1 I.;0 Tho. . Swygerl Moll..........0.0 S. '. 1)abb. ..o...........1111.0) P. .. Sinlith .. ..............100.0) Pda rle \\ilson l .. .. 1..l 1'. A. Stillivan... ............ .i0.Ini I,. C. larksdald .. .... ..... .30.10) \l. I . 1111 1 er jr., .. .. . . ... 70.10 Dr. \\'. ). Ferguson...........0.110 :Dr. .1. .l. ..ear.kn J..... ......1)0.00 .lohn lOlnry Powe 4...........100.1 11. Y. Sin ................111.00 Cash .. ............ ..0...0.111 V. C. llellai. 1. ........ .. 10.0 .\liss Annie \\orkinan .. . .. .f.(10 .las. 1. D)avis . .. 0.. .. ...... .00 T. l.. Todd .. .W. . . . . .0.11 C. 1'. \inet .i. ..0 1 .. . .. .7. .l( \\. 11. Sloanl .. . . . . . 0 .00 .\. .\. Owings . .. . .. . ..200.400 .L. .1. Owings 20............ 211.1110 F'nterprise National lank . 1 ..000.oo N . Ii. l ial ..1 .. . um.. . 1t0.01111 M.\- , \\. !1. Dial .. . .. . 5 .0 I. .li. \asonor a .. l.. wo.. n i 1 .\Miss F tnne o ri n .P . ..r .. .e0.nn .\ lth.\ear ltret Zvline, wa' I l.0 .Ino. \\. 11 1 . . .. . . . . .~:0 Tho . 1S .y ly atr . ..r ..a , ( a '1.1111 i ll.s A.ndier ill . . . . s. n a .. l.0 C. .\rIl-ar O'll l . . . .. . -00 Thos. din,11 Kenl rtick .. .. .. .1 .\iss .\ary 1.. Coplanel .. . .0.0 .liss ll ean ort 1". Colleland . .3' .0l .ltO. \N. 1. 0 1Oal . . P.'.. .. . -3 . .. .n . .. .. .. 1"1. It. 11. Terry .. . . . . . .100.(1 Farmers National Ba k ... .. 1000.m NEGRO WOMAN KILLEDA. Lill1e Croinler Shot andu Mort[W1 W onllde1 by (' ihiae White, Alsi ('olored. IMliP roiner, a volor-ed wonian liv-. Ing In the lower part of fie count. nevar the Newhierry line, was killed 1as1 h1111rsday by a ni'grom, arlk \\'hit, alas \\'ill \ hite, uising a pisto According to fihe t;timony a( the in (Iuest held the following.. day, the dil, fieity which brouaht onl the k il Iin,1 S froi Wh0:1, left 1.h -work inl the fivhl and wolnt 1o the hwans \wre U11lli Cr-wme. :111dsen Cook ui her nIoIu' w "n. wa r . Iti e o a a (ki 111rl-o will tOurish: d si ! 'chc i e i .. D: on I ' li 1 i , xl ' I Ii a t a I l I . n : : n 11 . neere e.; n rai n G i~el wh ~uer sh1i wai..o N:! ..! ':t' tr atie Y leer an t intt in)I s iittl. Off Arr10" I' 1e1le fl 'e rle . (rion : manorom bw ne-.hpel D[CR[ASING SCAtt Of BECOM[ Active In Published Voting I Race is on Home Stretch is Being Made. Few Si Winners of Capital Prize: 111r3 ! ilurry ! lltrry ! TI" de liin vote scale' Iiak premilpt actioll ituperiative to success1 !n th. race. tor' the ilaxwc!l and oth ,Ir . ri/i.. The lable printied biel ow l il. t , v ie \ vol e 14 of* tch s u le ti (n'. N vlj w(e k it will be ,ml l as 'ol e' \%d wilt (e ilit)ge tit-es ]low sllow . ' I'llere wil! be nt furth,('k er oIlle, offer. nolhing in ithe nay of axyt raI V 1.14. Thi : we ve'k I Iee vs I I t ; t Ioas ae o tI'he cont(st to obta Ii lage t nulue of, votes oil usiptios On(li i i Gear. Col.e ianls who are alive to their opport ii u it ll et iti tet their call i I 1 t niythis week. Tis is Ih "olti stirethl and Iin nany in ~.ia1nce two o1r1 hve stibsecription wil Inable one of lie cetdidates to ;S (1411 ehth pelilor. There arevases where a lit ll.e s I iten or twelvo e s b e i i No 0114' la b t lIe 1 conteianli Ianld fir:-; place .1en" or 1welve, dollars I v f. . u pion" ea inay h0'u ( r114' a $7,11 prize. ' Ii f t' lirt n iy elha o . tn e m tf : e I ; havec is sI I I Iy a.s t (ndinIIg. Iti is it . ttl i r lie'of no tlie cont et has :1 4 d 'uced inan y0 o uh ron . In ta I lies the 'rl n of lo excep TI'l winl thev Aaxwell w ilI not frost n1" en~t. A few days of hard and co nls istet w 3.therig silsrip tinisthe only re ite. 1:onte of, the( canididates. do nlo takhe t i uportimy srisly-hey reval iw I halI th Iey h IavAe t itrn-led inl butI a ulodlest nuueir of sb)scri.ions. Iii if thley% could see thle contest records thevy would realize that no one lse iuas dlonl( muchi heter. Thle slowness ot' lthe race Is, inl itself responsible for tih rare opportunity to win something h)ig-,. No one has obhtained a decisive l0-d. A vigorons cami paign each d I'or one( -week will land youi onl top inl "pile of your ina1ctiveness of thle pa-t. It will De of no satisfaction to yo '''er ihe closing of the contest to Atoint o.1 lit, l"10 that .1 dioz ln -)h ions 0r -oud have won a A33: r! I'm* frYou. To win1 a W!. 4 cI d N . il t i nk hua 'i, j !I 3.1 )1 1 1 I' ' . .3:3 - in no h for you t'I ul \ HI ine iholi .; )1, 1:4 n -1 I( I' v 'r ' n \ ~ e 'ni'n ... ....l4I .I .. V(OTES 10 '[FtCTIVE M[XT RE[I Excites Interest This Week. and Most Strenuous Effort bscriptions will Separate s and District Prixes. to necon i l Ion lhin1; , voilr. ienlds, ,1 i 11!: t l0 1 to a inin, an4d g l y. TeClosing. (ollipleti clo itig ules wi!l be ;ih(-. li: h.cd soonl. Thlreediitees and rii os ih ger1. ler nen will v t :( - Io lest .illdges. Vot s v.;ill bev insm(d 11y) to the finish i fi Ili same ra nil r l heiretofoe. A ballot l.ox ill he plac ed in tile o1lice a few dlayv bt-forle he closinlg, locked anld eah d and the key placed in tiht (are of the judges. hal lob; t:l at held ill reserve will bo placed inl the halhot Lox any tinm til to (losing houlri of the (oitest. \\'het4 tih 1 onlteit entis the judges will ope 1 th hillot bIx in th lresence or all who vaire to bw presentl, and inal'.v a eireil o tiva ls f he bal!ots (ontain edi it. Thlle couni of 1he baliol ron tie b alltbox added tothe O la: pIub 1l4hed s4nd1ai t: ilillak til - total of, each <,c.Antn I's vote, wi!dte "iie which.1 pilze ,1h1 w ll win. Comle.0tv or of, 4.ach a ip tio Iv't2' 1 i::. on 11l4 a the o(h. - and ill ' 'l:+ iid at the di.';ta :f the co;,. t . iilt e A (111pli at each I'(t is rt 'nl ed a: the ("Vice fo- h e' nIu ati na with origintals. all nlh- tation c- lha2:e of any hind in the oriinials will i he themi voill and cause I1h0,nt to e eleiintinated troin l e ii. The prizes will Ibe a wa riled the cl(osing night of the conitest. As 1 it a lie ilidge' opli1ete their couniit n11d ren der deeisionsa. in 41 ig t he va rlous prize winnlers. Sulbrcriptionis and hOAll,; may hen turned in right up to the riiute of the vlosing, but not a. Single minuite later. IComplete closing riues will lie pu1b lished i later.) Whalt'Is Ihe .1latItIer Vny Co ur 0 The teriory served by Gray Court mail r-outes is onle of IIhe strnlge's; sec-. tions for ' Ilai I per. Literally hun. dir ids of p ol(ei resiing in !hit terri lory read The Adtverliser. For "imw reaso!) onevXp"l1jng-d tlat. l r 1 hi 1 not hb : I t's own in thi e u r 4 .4 nel s K 'I and payme t of The large number o-;Iu v. 1 n a iin h 1l .0 C tin d tn e titn NTESTANTS 4 - (4 ilt '| i l: I4 ( (I1 .imber One nur~ber Two ......... .... ......... ....... .....I 1.1.31