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* Local and Personal Mention. * e0 Capt. Arthur Lee, of Greenwood, was a visitor in the city yesterdayj Ars. /E. V. Ferguson and -daughter, -Mary Lou, left Friday for, Montrat, N. C., to spend some tihe, Misses Nell and Eula Bobo, of Spar tanburg, spent several days last week with All's.'J. T. Al0aiider. 11isJulia Iee, of.Green.woodgapent Sunday night q4g Ionday, ip the city as the guest ofitfsfA'ini6 ,literson. Mr. E. -H. Wilkes Is spenaIn'g thiq week'-at Glenn Sprngs on his annual sumn'er vacation. as Lucy Darlington, who has been Visiting Col. and Mrs. T. I. Parlington for several weeks, left for her home at Allend "1ay Calhoun. 'Mclowan, Esq, 'of Chr lotte, spelqt. Vhe Fourth in the city with his aretits Hon. and INr. .P 1% McGowati,. Miss Carolinb Vance, of columbia, who is pleasantly remembered here, spent the first part of the week in the city with friends. 'Mr. Roy Little 11as accepted a place in the office of Waldrop's Garage- and ent 2red upon his (luties the thet of the week. Miss Janle Nabors has returned from Buffalo, near Union, where she has been working in the mill store for the past year. .isses Rebecca Clarke, Eidna Barre and *Alha Bolt left last Tuesday for a trip to Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Niagara Falls. ir. Frank Reid, whose headquar ters are ili Columbia, and 'Mr. Tom T. 'Reid, or Statesville, N. C.I are spend ing their suinmer vacation in the city. Col. and Mrs. T. D. Darlington re turned to the city Saturday after spending a eek at Asheville, N. C. They made iie ti'ip through the coun try by Automobile. 31rs. Jolin F. Polt and granddaigh ter, Sar'all, Richey, and Mr. Nat Ken nedy left- Monday morning by auto mobile' for Greensboro, N. C., where they will visit M.\l. and Mrs. F. P. Tatuni for several (lays. Miss Mlinnie Irvin, who has been critcally Ill for several days, was slightly better yesterday but It Is thought that several weeks must claps'e before the danger period is p)assed. - , Mr. R. 'Fleming Jones left Saturday for lhiladelpfilia and other plaaes in the North to buy hardWare supi)plies. On account of scarcity of stocks in ths sition he has been unable to keep his store supplied with many iniple ments and tools in this section. Mrs. George Slover, of Newbern, N. C., arrived a few days ago to visit her son, .lr. George ,Slover, Jr., who Is connected with the engineering de partment of the county highway com mission. They have rooms at the home of .\lr. and l\rs. [E. II. Wilkes. Mrs. W. L. Boyd and Miss Wil Lou Boyd have returnedl from Atlanta, where the latter underkent an opera tion on her foot. Although the opera tion was successful, she has not en tirely recovered and is not yet able to take up hef dltes as5 stenograp~her down. town. M\r. Frank -I. Itoland, a wvell known citizeni of the wecstern part of the county, was stricken with paralysis last Tuesday ygd was in a critical con ditIon for several days. The reports of the -last few days give hope of his rg covery., .\ir. arnd .lrs. R. iL. Green, former r'esidlent of 'this city when M\r. Green wvas connected' with the old1 furnituire factory, \ve,'e visltors at the home of ,.\r. anid Mr)s. J. 'Ii. Cunningham forma short time;Sugd.y., M\r. Gre~en is now in the furniture hl' ess in Atlamnta. M\rs. ICnna Sh ij,~ho sust ainedi a severe allocle#N' ~l b'kn limb several' weeks niio when she tell down the ering from' her injuries. Her many friends have. reason to hope for an early and, comnplete recovery. Mir. C. W. Wells, wvho has given ef ficient service as government cotton gradet on the local market for the past adlson, left M\onday for Clemson college and will likely go from there to sonme other point in the state. .\lr. Wells, madle many friends here who regretted very much to see him leave. Should the work be continued here the next season, it is probable that another man will be stationed here as it is the policy of the department to change gradlers each year. liig (lanme Thuirsdaty. The local "Outlaw" base ball team, comp~osed of has-beens, try-outs and those who have gotten the tin can from the local league club, will go up against the "F'irst Nine'' Thursday af ternoon at 5:30 o'clock, according to reports circitlated on the streets yes terday, Thepitgi,ng skitf.~ anil other paraphernigh 1-' WO6~ bethe SuI nounced, but .the "Outlaws" seem 'Dlretty confident that they have a good timntre in view. DLINTON HOLDS LEAD OF LEAGUE Laurens Takes Uie Cellar After 'tvo Disastrous aniies' with the Clin. tonites. OlIintoh ipa4e a fArn grasp on the top mflahtwof.. qtho Laurens- County beaguiteflag pole dxlring the last two ganes by 'tkink. both of the seriep, Lrom Laur'e'i. ~ in th gane a 'Olin ton Tues'day, stop'ped after the fifth Inning ~b' rain, IL.urens *lost on or WB)cu - kpAlyy.^score t) Xy t o. Bobo for .Laurens p1ihed a good game for ;.th local. boys, jut didn't gbt 8u Diort in "the pinches. . The feature o.t the game was the one-hand siaib o choberger's long .ly by Fuli the local team. - S0c4e by innings: IRt knaitin .......o 60-2 r V .O20 03-5 1 -Batteries.: Bobo and 'Barreti4' UIteckman and B'rde' 4d Austin. The. second game, pid on theolo-. al grounds after a hea&y. raIn yb4 terday, was anybody's game until the sixth inning when Clinton heveloped a batting rally and Laurens developed wildness with the wing. Beckmian, Clinton's spit-ball artist, was cool and effective all through the game besides wielding a heavy stick at the bat. The game was called at the end of the sixth inning on account of darkness, the score standing 9' to 3 in favor of Clinton. Score by lenings: R II E I-jaurens ...... ..010 110-3 6 2 Clinton ........001 107-9 10 13 Batteries: 2ox, Owens and Ba'rrett. Beckman and Austin. The game between Cross 11111 and Owings at Owings Friday was called in thd third inning with Owings In the lead 2 to 0. Sam Lanford, the old league, was in the box for the Owings aggregation and promised a great game. 'Cross Hill tuined the tables yesterday, however, deteating the Ow ings team 2 to 0. Batteries for Cross -11ill were Culbertson and Culhertson, and for Owings, Lanford and Drum mond. . Next Games. .1riday Cross .Hill at Lau ns; Owinen nt Ciintne* Tuesday Laurens at Cr oss Hill. Clinton at Owings. Standing of the League. Won Lost P. C. Clinton ............5 1 833 'Cross Hill...... .....4 1 800 Owings - . .1 4 200 Laurens...... . .1 5 167 Billy Patterson lunter. Little -Billy Patterson 'Hunter, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. -Ben Hunter, died 'Sabbath afternoon, July 4th, at 5 o'clock. All that med ical skill and loving hands, and im portunity in prayer could do failed to stay the home-going of the dear babe's soul. Jesus had said as in (lays gone by. "Suifer the little chIld to come uinto me, and forbid him not." 'is stay in this world w~as brief. llis sick ness 'was brief, but lie had fulfilled all the missions for whilch he came. The broken-hearted par ents have sweet memorIes, and a blessed faith ini that gladI day when they shall see filly again. A host of friends helped lay the little bodly away in Ora cemetery. "A FTilEND." (Geo. H., Anidersoni Dead. 'Geo. 1-. Anderson, formerly of this City and having many friends here, (died at his home in Greenwood yes terday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. lIe was aboilt 45 years of age and reared1 near .holly Orove church in this coun t3'. 'lHe mnarriedl a Miss -Wells, of Greenwood, nnd a son of theirs, -Pluss Anderson, dliedl of influenza at Camp Jackson last year. No announcement has iech' thade as to the funeral, though It Is supposed that It will take place in Greenwood. ,. Mrs. Zeniora Elmor.. rThe funeral sefvices over the re mains of Mrs. Zenora Iilmore, who died last M\onday at the home of her dlaughiter, Mrs. L. F. Nelson, were held' at M\t. Pleasant churc .l Tuesday af tern-on, Rev. S. ii. Templemnan con dulin~lig the exer 'ises. M\rs. Elmore wvas the w'dow of the linte Mathew I$1 more, of the county, anid was 87 years of age. She had lived with her daugh trfor somne years. She was a mem-' !;er of the Baptist churchi ond a con secrated Christian woman. Card of Thanks. W~e wish -to express oufr rleepesCt gratitude to our 'friends for the miany kindnesses, rendlered during the re cent lillness and dleath of our darling baby. -May God's richest bleseing rest on each and all. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hendlerson. 'We wish -to thank -our friends -for hell) given us'attef our house burned. Mr. and Iera. T. . Bramlntt and gn. -Friends in the county of 1lev. J. W. Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. W'. Watts,..will read with interest the ecount of his marriage Wednesday afternoon to Miss Mattie Leila Reid, pf Spartanburg, which appeared In Re State Sunday, as follows: Spartanburg, July 3.-An Interesting wedding took place in thq First Bap List church Wednesday at 2 o'clock wheil Miss Mattie Leila Ried, daughter ofMrs. Della Liles Ried, became the bride of the .Rev. J. W. Watts, of Lau rens. Dr. W. L. Ball officiated. The chireh had beautiful but simple dec ortions of evergeens and ferns and irior to le ceremony Miss Mary War ren of Dunn, 9. C., sang "Lecatuse" and "0, Promise Me." To the strains of the wedding march from Loliengrin, played by Miss Ola Blush, the ushers entered. These were Julian Carpenter of Ljandrum. the Rev. E. A. Fuller of Mountville, l13rice Riled, Bryan Liles and Ediimund Caldwell of tihi scity. Immediately preceding the bride were little Alarion Ball, as flower girl, and \Viliam BaH, as ring bearer. The bride entered wi-th iher uncle, Floyd L. Liles. She wore a handsome tailored snit of midnight blue with ae cessories to match and her Corsage bouquet was of bride roses and fern. She was met at the altar Iv tihe bride groom withi his best man, the Rev. Norfleet Gardner of Norfolk.Va. After the Ceremony an informal reception was held at. the home of .Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Camp on Kennedy street, Mr. and .\Ir*,s. Watts leaving during the af ternoon for a trip through the moun tains of North Carolina. Mrs. Wlatts is a graduate of Lime.. stone college an(d recently attended a training school in Louisville. Mr. Watts is a student at the South ern Theological Seminary at Louisville and after spending the summer at his home in Laurens will leave for Louis ville in the autumn to complete his con rse. ('LOSED SU'NDAY NIGHT Many Professions of Fiith and (ener al Improvement Iin S1iritnal ('ondi tion. The Gypsy Smith, Jr., revival serL vices, which have been in proiress since Junc 6th, came to It close Sun day night. The evangelist, who had been JoinMd here several (lays before by his. wife and child, and the choir master, Mr. 'Charlie Allen, left the same night for their homes in ('on necticut. From there Mr. Smith will sail for England to visit his father, 'Rev. Gypsy Smith, the noted English preacher, and his grandfather, Rlev. Cornelius Smith, also an evangelist. I' 110n hiis return to thiis coiunt ry, Rev. Smith will go to Greenwood where he will conduct a series of services be ginning September 211. Th'le expienses or the meeting, in cluding the rental of tents and chairs, erection of thle pulp1iit and (hir standl, thei payment or the travelinag and~ hotel expenses of the evangelist and singer and the paymienit of the salaries of the singer and pianist. all amounttig to about $2,~500. were raised dumrinig the first pa rt or the meetinig. As a free-will offering to the evainge list, the community and vicinity con tributed aiplox'imnately $3,1 00 Sunday and S'und~ay night. In addition to this M\r. .Allen was presented wIth a hand some t raveling ease by the chioir and Mr. Smitih was presentedl with a silver set by thme ushers. In a short address before the sermon Sunday night Mr. Simith feelingly expressed his thlanlyu to all of those who had contributed to the success of the meeting. Last night the services came to a final close with ah 01(1 time experi ence meeting in the tent. This was to have been held as The Advertiser was going to press. This mor'ning work will be begun on removing- the tent and by tomorrow all phy3sical aspects of the meeting will be removed. 111y) New Runugalow. Trhe new buingalow onSouth I laiper street, completed1 several weeks ago by Mr. Gary Martin, was sold lastI week to Mr. James 'C. Todid. The fig utres in the deal were not given out. You Gmurd Agamlusnt hurglairs, lHut What About lis I ,Rats steal millions or dollars' worth of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy' prop~erty and are at menace to hiealthi. If yout are troubled with rats, try RAT-SNA'lP. It will surely kill hieni -prevent odors. Cats or (logs won't touch it. Comes in cakes. Three, sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold1 andl gmar.. anteed by IAurens..Hardwvare Co., Put nam'st Drug 'Store, Kennedy -Bros. Cos Casse arip and Uineeze l.AXATIVE nROMO QtlInkE Sabte ...... be TIiEi BRAVEST OF'THE BRAI E. How Caifin Farley of J. E. 13. Stuart's Sin Ied, (From the Baltimore Sun.) Major 'II. I, McClelland, adjutant, general of the Confederate cavalry corps of General J. E. '13. Stuart, pub lished in his history of the operations of spid cavgiry an account of the fol lowing Incident which occqrred dur ing the big cavalry light at 'Brandy Station, Va., during the war between the states: General Butler and Cap tain Farley the latter of General Stuart's stpff, were stanfling side by side, with their horses' heads turned in opposite directions when a shell rrom the enemy's battery struck the ground, ricochetted, cut off -Butler's right' leg above the ankle, passed through his horse, Farley's- horne and carried away Farley's leg at the knee. The lion. John T. Rhett, of South Carolina, quoting from the Ilion. M. C. Butler, of that state, says: "it was a scene which for knightly courtesy and heroism cannot be surpassed. I saw that shot fired by the enemy's gun had taken effect in a small group of men standing near ine. We took Cap' tain Farley out of a blanket, in which he had been placed, and put him in an old trough. lie was very cool, even iftasant an(l smiling, though evidently In great pain. Just as we were about I-) send hiin away, pointinp g to the leg, which had been cut off by the shell he asked me to bringt it to him. I did so. Ile took it and pressed it to his bosom, as one would a child, and said, miling: 'it is an old friend, gentle men. I do not wish to part with it.' lie then said: 'Good-bye and forever: I know my condition and we will not meet againi.' Courcteously, even si i ing, he nodded to us as the mllen bore h11im away. ie died within a few 11or1s." I knew Captain Farley well. 'Ie was admired by all who knew him for his splendid courage. 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