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TUE ADVERTISER Subscription Price-18 Months, $1.60 Pnvnhle in Advance. Ii. W. HALL, Editor. Hates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, onu inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 conts. Liberal reduction mado for largo Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUKENN, N. C, Fob. 19, 1002. Our Solans. The fight wa? hard during hist week to make up for lost time. The appropriates wore up on Wed nesday and went through without much scotching. Higher eduoatlon gave sonio trouble, citizen Ashley leading the obstruc tionists, with his motions, but ho raro ly gave a reason "for the faith that was in him " Rut ho knocked down Winthrop (tho Woman's ."'ollego) from ?60,000 to $50,000. and this Beema '.o have met tho good sense of the House. All parties wore generous in praise of the conduct of the old South Carolina Collego, tho officials of which account ed in dotail for every penny that tho State gives. There are (3) big items?.$200,000 for Stato Pensions; Interest on Public Debt $285,000; Insane Hospital $150,000. It would be useless to add the many other smaller items, which make an ag gregate close on to a million, In many places there could be a saving,--that Is to say $500, in probably fifty places. To instance, there is a phosphate In spector at $1,20). ITeshould go quick ly. At Winthrop they have a littlo vegetable farm to raise peas and ber ries for th- girls (tho sweet darlings), a Supor-intendont at a good big salary and an Assistant. Now this Assistant is clearly a Super and he should go quickly. Wo fear there are too many 80op-ers in every department?with too many type-writers and stenograph* ere. The militia are growing luxurious and tho health department is getting its hand deep into the grab bag. Lo cal communities should learn to com bat diseases as they como. We have not (space to particularise, but thrift is a good word for Legisla tors to smoko with their Spanish to bacco. The Bill as it swung through the House will likely without material alteration go through tho Si-nate. Many Legislators have wheels in their noggins und feel that *he Sta'.o is all right if the State levy is not increased and this it seems will be the case with the present levy! But it should bo less. We have all just been Hinging up our caps and hurrahing ourselves hoarso at the statement that tho State assessment has* gained about eleven Millions. But to what g^od end, to bo sure? Wo aro not criticising the ac tion generally of tho assembly?gene rally they have done well?especially in killing a ream of?of?fool bills. Some of the work was admirably done and promptly?notably th-j Jury and tho county salary laws, which were in confusion run mad. Tho Sonate killed tho bi-ennial ses sions bill?all wrong?the assembly should only meet onco in two years, as ia tho case with live sixths of tho States. A cession costs $50,000 and $25,000 should bo annually saved and we would have betts-r Legislation. Nevermind! A ntiwsetwlli "gitthar" (thanks to Citizeu Ashley) after awhile, who will not bo so considerate of Co lumbia?boarding house keepers and laundry mamas. Representative Theus, of Hamp'.oo, died last week of pneumonia. Tho ?'chicken" bill po! it in the neck in the Senate. A'so the Bill to put the State into manufacturing fertilizers. Pelham, tho manufacturing village just North of the Enoree stays with Greenville and is lost to Ppartanburg, (Spartanburg iB a whulo all ihe same.) Tho MnGowun redlstrioting bill is law, and oar Dist ict is I.aureus, Spar tanburg, Greenville and Union. It is the groat District of tho State. We have the men, wo have the money, we have tho mentality, we have the (beau tiful) maid*, wo huve the matrons, we have the morality. The Houso shied for ten days Mr. Johnson's (alias Bellii uer's) anti-trust bill. Wo bought a black pony fifteen years ago from the tail eud of a Bun combe wagon and named him Souter Johnnie, after Burn's blacksmith in Tarn O'Shan'or. Latirons lies in a valley liko tho valo of Tempo and ns we rodo this pony homo to our soup, he could spy a Buncombe bow-covered wagon a mile onTodd's Hill nod would budge no furthor. When tho wagon came near and he got a whiff of the apples, chosttmts, cabbage, and cab bage seed ho was ea'dsfied, bowed his head and meekly boro his master homeward. We always suspected this pony of boing mooneye!. Johnson finally got his anti trust wagon up in the Houso on I hursday last, and the statesmen, smelling no brimstone or dynamite, voted it almost to a man. A new read law for the whole Star.-, will be enacted. It is like one of United States Sonator Morgan's speeches and too long to read or quoto. Representative Nichols mado a brave fight to help out Sullivan Township against tho Railroad Tax?it is yet un settled. Laurens is asking for a 4th term of Court to hold in the month of May. MoGowan wants a section of broken Granito column for U. D. C. of Lau renn. Senator Goodwin is pushing his Bill for a sinking fund Commission for Laurons. Somebody want* $20,003 to paint tho Stato House, and Bepresontative Bi cot wants to know why tho Now State I Houf.C'fr&? filthy? (To get an appro '.. pilatlon ) (^hakosparo has something about tho maw of the salt-sea-shark. He wants our little State Houso.) Cincinnati had a great party of dis jfc|fl^fegni?hed citizens who had been to arlestou to opon their building. Theytfrisitod our Legislature and when tho oiit*onn of rich 1'orkopoles, that great city on tho Ohio, hind of hog ?od h?mlny, saw 'he Speaker and tho President of the Senate and the Clerks M of the two houses clad in 11,000 robes of royal crimson and purple, they stood like statues in amazement. Thoy were -how n tho old silver mace, and two edged sword of State, about which so much hist nie research has been made and eaeh man and woman stood like Macbeth at the ghost of the blood battered Banquo. Fifty dollars has been voted to rub up the venerated Maco. Ashley vot ed?No. ?"* McLaurln and Lincoln. MoLaurin addressed a Republican club at Chicago on Lincoln's birthday the 12th instant. He went to praise Lincoln and he did^it and to that ex tent, no more, wo 1&uM^vMcLaurin. The argument was^Boavff>tancoln had lived it had beenbetter for the South. Hut Lincoln was at the. head of the government which armed the slaves against their masters, their mistresses and daughters. If he had had the spirit of a Jackson it could not have happened. Lincoln had his good traits, but he wanted In courage and man hood, and was dominated by Yahoos like Staunton and Thad Stevens. This side of Lincoln's character should have been presented, always provided that -the speaker knew it. The Montagus and tho Capulets. On tho Gth Instant, at Washington, a son of W. C. Whitney, Sooretary of State in Cleveland's Cabinet, married Miss Hay, daughter of the present Republican Secretary of State. But, listen: ?'Presents almost without number have been pouring into the Hay homo for tho last fortnight. It is believed their number exceeds 400, including houses and lands, a yacht and jewels of great value." The bridal tour, it is thought, is to Thotnasville, Ga. Thomasville is in the midst of the groat pines, and the roses are ready to blow and tho mock bird to air his vocabulary?Ed. Ad vertiser. * * * Must the Negro Hoi We clip the following from the News and Courier, a dispatch from Mom phis: "Mr. Kuntz Is touring the Stato of Arkansas in search of a spot whore he proposes to launch a schome which, if successful, will revolutionize the cot ton-picking industry of tho South. "Kuntz and his companions are trav eling on a special train, composed of three vestibule sleepers. Kunts pro poses to colonize a large number of monkeys from Africa and South Amer ica, which, bo says, make excellent cotton-pickers. He is looking for a large tract of land, which will be bought in and a stock company formed from the number of capitalists now with him. He then proposes to embark for Africa and bring back two ship loads of monkeys. He sayB he has (riven tho subject much study and has spent many days in tho African jun g'es, and understands monkey talk as well as the Ethiopian language." Then what becomes of the negro cotton picker? What sort of a greet ing will he give Jocko? A body of Southern Christians built just after tho war when they were very poor a college at Sewanee, Tenn., in the midst of tho mountains for the economical education of their children. About 400 boys attend. Until recently tho wives of tho Mountaineers did their launderincr, when for economy a steam laundry was established. And now the free and independent mountaineers threaten to dynamite and blow to atoms the college, destroy the Professors and have driven two of them out of tho State. And there could be found coin pla'.ners against the Bulgarian banditti captors of Miss Stone I * * ? The Bill in the United States Senate, to create a National Park In the moun tains of North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina, has the favorable report of the committee. It appropriates five Million Dollars and it is thought the lands can be purchas ed at two and three Dollars per acre. It is about as good Democratic doctrine (poor indeed) as clearing rivers and harbors and building dikes, and as the moasuro may conserve the timber, and prevont suddon Hoods In the great rivers that rush through our State, wo l.opo our Representatives may sustain the measure. * # 4i Col. J. 14. Eaeteiling returned on Friday to God's country, after a busi ness trip through the snowy, sleety, slippery East. He stopped several days i-i Washington, and gave Senators and Representatives some eye opening in formation. Ho expects a prosperous Summer and Is preparing to plant a thousand acres In oantaloupes, and three-quarters of that area in water melons. His praise will be in the mouths of all Yankeedom next Sum mer.? Harnwell Peoplo. / This at least eoiello like diversifica tion. South Carolina at Chickuuianga. This office has received a neat and Interesting pamphlet of fifty pages, containing an account of the ceremo nies at tho unveiling of tho South Car olina monument un the Chickamauga battle Odd, May 27, 1001. Veterans oh! obu??i> can secure copies on appli cation to tho E. H.Aull Publishing Co., Newberry, S. C, by enclosing a two cent atamp with the request for the pamphlet. Congressman Johnson is hopeful of a 9200,000 publio building for Spartan burg. Spartanburg sonds two of her prominent oitizens to Washington who appeared boforo tho Publio Building Committee. The time to strike if you hope to make an impression, is when the iron is hot. There is a brief sur plus now on hand and Senator Tillinan's idea is to get our share, Tho money is bound to go. ??* Charleston has "laid out" a good deal of money and has bad a deal of work to do, but sho is well repaid in the visit of tho Cook County Dcmoe raoy of Chicago to the "oity by the Sea." * * Big barrels of irish potatoes now be gin to adorn Green Grocer's frouts, and from now on thoy may bo planted. Plant two varieties?an early and a late. By the way, at the South tho potato is our "sweet tater," olsewhere the potato is tho Irish potato and our "sweet tater" Is a yam. And when we speak of 'possum and tater, a simon pure Southorn monopoly, we mean the yam in tho combination. *?* The superstition is that the ground hog crawls out from his hole on tho 2d February, and if he sees his shadow he retires, until April, satisfied that there Is to be a cold late Spring, The ground-hog Is a common name for tho wuodchuck, burrows in the ground and is dormant during winter. It is ex tinct in this State. * * * ? It seems that Ilobson wants to be "retired" from active Navy service. Schley has been retired, but he don't retire. Coventry is a city In England where tho citizens have immemorially refused to associate with Military men and so when ono is ostracised socially he Is said to be "sent to Coventry." There should bo some quietjretreat for theso two Southorn heroes. A despatoh from Washington read? : "Senator Tillman has gone to Provi dence, R L, to speak on tho 'Solution of tho Negro Problem' " It depends op how long the Southern cottontot, the Kentucky grunter, and the possum and tater hold out. But why should these bluenose down- isters bother about It? Tho Lauron8 Lyceum Course. Mr. Editor:?Please allow mo space for a few words upoij an important matter. Tho Laurcns Lyceum Course for tho season closes with tho next lecture, which, I understand, is to be given in the near future. The thanks of the en tire community are eminently duo Dr. Washington, T. O. Lucas, and any others who may have aided them in the prcse oution of tho plan, for tho entertaining and elevating course of attractions. But while wo sincerely thank them for tho past, we must at tho samo timo look to the future and plan for the coming season. Let me exhort the cntiro community to take an active interest in this groat educational institution, for suoh it is. Laurens cannot afford to bo behind her neighboring oities in suoh enterprise?. Let mo urge the }oung people, who lam persuaded realize that 1 am their friend, to take an active interest in tho work. If all would support the cause, the cost would be very light. I would suggest tho following plan : Let as, on the evening of tho next lecture, meet a half-hour before it is to begin, talk over tho subject, and elect a ooui mittee to arrange for tho next season. Of course I would suggest tho election of those who have served us so faithfully in the pi as this Committee. With best wishep for every enterprise that looks to the betterment of the com munity, I am, Very sincerely, Watson B. Duncan. February 18,1902. HOW's This.' We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wo, the undersigned, having known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and bellevo him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Prlco 75o. per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. C. & W. 0? 1000 Mile Hooks Uood Over Plant System. The Charleston and WoBtern Caroli na Railway hog to announce (hat ar rangements have been perfected, effec tive at once, whereby 100D mile books of their issuo will bo honored over all parts of tho Plant System of Railways. This arrangement will no doubt be of interest to the travelling public. W. J. Craio, General Passengor Agent. TJ?ese Goods at First Cost, with Freight. Oije If or) Bedsteads (A Baauty) Ofje Cottojt) Waitress (Double Section?Best Quality.) OJ^Z Set of Springs. These goods are nicer quality than we gene rally keep in stock. They were ordered for a special customer who didn't tako them. Henoo there is a rare bargain in them. Laurens Cotton Mills Store. t\ T. C. LUCAS, Manager, I ? Speaking of politics, and everybody speaks of politics, ien't this a nice compact, homogeneous congressional district, under the McOowan redistrlot lug bill?Spartanburg, Greenyillc, Laurens and Union. Joe Jhonsm can hold ihr office about as long as ho wants it under this arrangement. He has Spart.vohurt,- solid and if he gets the fiublic building it will be copper-riAOtod or him. He has Laurens solid and there is not a man in Greenville can heat him in that county. One of my neighbors, in speaking of Johnson, said that it would be foolish for anybody elso to run against him, for he has already gotten all of the seed to be had end there is nothing elso for a congress man to do. I don't think Joe will have any serious opposition. But if anybody wants to run, may the Lord have mercy on them.?Isom Garner in Spartanburg Herald. This Will Interest Many. To quickly introduce B. B. B. (Botan ic Blood Balm), the famous Southern blood cure, into new homes, we will send, absolutely free, 10,000 trial treat ments. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. 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The World's Greatest Fever Medicine Johnson's Tonic does in a day what slow Quinine cannot do in ten days. Its splendid cures are in striking con trast with the feeble cures made by Quinine. If you aro utterly wretched, take a thorough course of Johnson's Tonic and drive out every trace of Malarial poisoning. Tho wise Insure their lives and tho wisor iusure their health by ufeing Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. It costs 50 cents if it cures; not one cent If It does not. See our line 1002 Model Baby Car riages?they are the prettiest we have ever shown. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes. Teachers' Examination. The Regular Spring Examination of Teachers for the purpose of granting certificates of qualification, will be hold by tho County Board of Educa tion, at Laurens Court House, on Fri day February 21st, 1002, beginning at 10 o'clock, a. m. 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The Somi-Weekly Journal makes common cause with tho farmers and publishes hundreds of totters from them on farm topic?, describing their experience in making crops, etc. It is a paper devoted to the develop ment of tho resources of tho South and tho welfaro of its people. The Journal is the authorized medium for the publication of matter relating to the Cotton Growers' Protective As sociation, and has contributed largely to the increased price paid for cotton this soason. Besides general news the Twice-a Week Journal has much agricultural matter and othor articles of special In terest to farmers. It has regular con tributions by Sam Jones, Mrs. W. H. Felton, John Temple Graves, Hon. C. H. Jordan and other distinguished writers. Any of the following premiums or papers aro given with a year's sub scription to The Laukens Adver tiser and tho Seml-weekJy Journal for $1.75: Wall Map of tho State of Georgia. Tho McKinley Pictures. Southern Cultivator, Atlanta; Ga. 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All persons having demands against said estate will please present them on or before that day, provon and authen ticated, or bo forovtr barred. J. D. MILLS, Feb. 10, 1002?4t Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement TAKE uotioo that on tho l.tth day of March, 1002, we will rouder a final account of our acts and do ings as Executors of tho ostato of Toliver Robertson, deceased, in the oflico of Judge of Probate for Laurons county, at 11 o'clock, a. in., and on tho same dato will ap ply for a final disohargo from oar trust as suoh Exocutors. All persons having demands against said estate will ploaso present them on or before that day, proven and authenticated, or be forever barred. W. C. P. Robertson, A. M. Owings, Nivea B. Patton, . Exeoutors. Feb. 10, 1002.?Kt South Corolina Inter-State and West In dian Exposition. Tickets aro now on sale. The fare from Laurons to Charleston and return will bo as follows: You oau buy a ticket on Tues days aud Thursdays at $4.CO for the round trip, ticket good for seven days in addition to day of sale. For $9.20 you can buy a round trip ticket any day, good until June 8rd. For $6.76 you can buy a round trip ticket any day, good for ten days in addition to dato of sale. J. R. NOLAN, Agent. FINDS WAY TO LIVE LONG. The startling announcement of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by Edltor O. H. Downey, of Ghurubuseo, Ind., "I wish to state ho writes, "that Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption is the most in fallible remedy that I have over known for Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's Invaluable to people with weak lungs. Having this wonderful medl | cine no ono need dread Pneumonia or Consumption. Its relief Is Instant and cure certain." Laurens Drug Co., guarantee every 50c and $1.00 bottle, and give trial bottles free. copyright If You arc in Doubt where to got your Garden Seed, remember wo handel tho best and freshest seed. We burn all of our old pa pers and buy now seed, See that tho paper is stamped 1002. Palmetto Drug Co. Look for sign with the Tree. ASSESSOR'? NOTICE. The Auditor's Office will be open from the 1st day of Januaay to the 20th day of February, 1002, to receive returns of Real Estato and Personal property for taxation in Lnurcns county. It will savo much time to tax payers, also greatly facilitate the work of the Assessor, if ev ery person before leaving hotno will make out a complete list of every item of personal property in the following order : Horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, hogs, watches, organs and pian os, buggiep, wagons and car riages, dogs, merchandise, ma chinery and engine:', moneys, notes and accounts above indeb tedness, and all other property, including household. It is a!way8 required that the Auditor get the first given name of tho tux-payer in full. Under tha head of place of residence on tax return, give the township. All male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, on the 1st of January, ox bept those who aro incapable of earning a support from btdng maimed, cr from other causes, are deemed toxablo polls. Con federate veterans excepted. And all tox-payorsare required to give D Um bor of their school district. They aro also request ed to state svhothor tho property is situated in town or in the couutry. After the 20th Jay of February next fifty per cent, penalty will bo attached for failures to mako returns. In ovcry community there are persons who canuot read or that do not take a newspaper. Thoso more fortunato may do such persons a great favor by telling 11.? m of tho time to make returns or by returning for them. Tho assessing and collcoting taxes is dono in tho samo year, 'and wo havo to aggrcgato tho number and value of all horses, mules, cattle and other picoes of {personal property as woll as tho acres of and, lots and buildings and their valuo that there aro in this county, and havo tho samo on filo in tho Comptroller Gon> oral's office by tho 30ih of Juno of each year, and from that timo to tho first day of October tho Auditor's and Treasurer's duplioato bavo to be completed and an ab stract of the work in the Comptroller General's office by that time, whioh will [show at a glance that tho Auditor has no timo to tako returns, or anything else much, between tho 1st day of Ootobor, but work on tho books and tho blanks, We hope, thcreforo, that all taxpayers will mako their returns in timo. W. L. FERGUSON, Auditor. Deo. 5th, 1901.?tf. Tbl? al/pmtui? 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IfSf" Watch these columns. OF VALUES! For the next IS Days we willoffer our entire line of One Dollar, fine wide all-wool, Ve netian and Broadcloths at OOc. These goods are all this seasons purchase **nd embrace the most desirable shades. Those who are on the look out for a nace Black Dress of la test weave, fast dye and perfect finish at a moderate cost, here end your quest at W. G. Wilson & Co. h. e. gray j. c. 8h;-: wa". GRAY & SHEALY, DRESSED and UNDRESSED LUMBER in both states for Lumber Buyors. Bettor than averago quality at loss than average prices. Material for the Builder Contractor, Carpenter, Farmer or Housoholder, at figures bolow regular. LUMBER. V^, of all kiuds, grades and dimensions. All reliable, well-seasoned stock. Toll ub your needs and we will quote prices Mantels, Columns, Scroll Work a Specialty. GRA* & SHEALY, Lauren, g. C. t0~ Bleven-room brick house, in rear oi storo . ^ r? given 1st of January, 1?02. ?to reut' Possession