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VOL. XVIII. LAURENS, S- Q.. WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1. 1902. PREACHED TO THE PYTHIANS. Sermon by Rev. Watson B. Duncan Last Sunday. MANY WERE PRESENT. "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself." Mombcrsof LaurensLodge, No; 48, At* tended lu Body and Enjoyed the In* terestlng and Eloquent Discourse. "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself," Matthew XIX; 19, was the text of a vigorous, helpful and interest ing sermon proaehod by request to Lau rens Lodge, Number 43, K. of P., in the llrst Methodist Church last Sunday morning by Rev, W. B. Duncan, the pastor. The keynote of tho sermon was the identity of tho three great tenets of the order, friendship, charity and benevo lence, with three of the foundation prineiples of Christian conduct. Thus from his text he pointed out and illus trated the religion of Pythianism, the central theme of tho discourse. Pythian Ism, having for its foundation thoso great principles of Christian conduct, cannot but have an uplifting and ele vating inilucnce on mankind. Tho members of the lodg^. uttended in a body and all were greatly pleased with the eloquent sormon. A largo congregation besides was present. COTTAGE BURNED. Belonged to a Colored Man?Located in Hampton Street. The cot tag o on tlie north side of Hampton street belonging to James Harris, colored, was burned at 4 o'clock Monday morning. The house was be yond saving when the lire department reached it, it belDg of wood and burn ing with great rapidity. It was par tially insured. . Most of the furniture was saved. The cause of ihe lire is not known. TO BE FINE SCHOOL. The Opening ?f the Oray Court-Owlngs Institute. With board at $8 a month, with a splendid . location in a fine community, and with instructors of experience and lino reputation, The Advertiser knows of no better boarding school in this State than the Gray Court-Owings Institute. There is no reason why this school should not become famous. It will make Gray Court and Owings fa mous and the people of those towns havo done well to establish it -particu larly well to have obtained tho services of teachers of such ability. Openings Yesterday. The Hub and O. B. Simmons had open tho fall openings yesterday. At both stores were beautiful displays of millinery and the fabrics that ladies most delight In. Large crowds visited them. The opening at the McCord Merchandise Company's store is in pro gross to-day and continues tomorrow SMALL POX IN COUNTY. Governor MtSwoency informed of the Situation Near Ora. Governor McSweeney has received a letter from Dr. J. It. Fowler to the ef fect that small pox has appeared in a negro settlement near Ora and that the negroes are faith ourlsts and have re fused medical attention. The Governor has asked Dr. James Evan;, chairman of the state board of health to look into the situation. A Tribute from a Teacher. Editor The Advertiser:? Please allow me space ia your paper to con tri hu to one word of praise to the memory of a good woman, Mrs. Bettle Rryson, nee Loam an, who has passed quietly out of our community to the Spirit World. Friends will write of her gentle, lovable Ohristisn character, her remarkable devotion to her family, her kindness to neighbors, but I will mention an Important relation too of ten overlookek. or neglected?her re lation to the teacher, that is, the teach* er of her obildren. For four years I sustained that relation to Mrs. Bryson. 8he was always kind, sympathetic,s co worker in tho education of her obildren and a friend to the school. As a school we have suffered a great loss, as a teacher I have been deprived of a help, of an encouragement, of a sympathy toaohers so much' need and appreoiale. Her name will ever be held in grateful remembrance. May God bless and oare for the pre* clous ohildren bereft of her Jove and training. Mrs. L. 8. MacSwain. AST We will pay top prices for cotton on accounts. Bring your cotton right along. R. P. MibAM * Co. Sept. 17, 1902._ Every week you read in this paper what your neighbor says of the Buok Stove they purchased from us. Why not come in and let us sell you one of fche?o celebrated stoves. It will make WOft> ou your wife lighter, and she *Tod 49 moro time to devote to her t duties. S.M.&B, ?. WUkes, AMUNO OUR FKIENDS. Col. J. Wash Watts is in the city. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. 8impson, ol Spar tanburg;, are in the city. Ex-Congressman Stanyarno Wilson arrived in the city Monday. Mr. John D. Garlington, of Spar tanburg is here. Miss Nellie Bolt has returned to the Columbia Female College. Miss Wlllou Gray has returned to the Columbia Female College. Mr. Wm. Leake, the most prominent bachelor of Clinton, which is a oity of bachelors, was in town last week. Miss Willie Jones has returned to the Presbyterian College for Women, in Columbia. Mr. Huskell Dial and Mr. McFarlan Irby have gone to Charleston where thoy will enter the Citadel. Katharine Ball, little daughter of W. W. Ball, arrived in the oity Sunday and is with her grand-mother, Mrs. B. W. Ball. Miss Lilla Vlsanska, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vlsanska, has been vis iting the Misses Mary and Willou Boyd. lias Fine Attendance. Furman Univorslty at Greenville has an unusually fine attendance this year. This splendid college Is going forward oach year. Attendance Large. Tho South Carolina College opened with near 200 students, largest number In years, last week. On The Third Page. The young people who read The Ad VERTiSKit will find the Weellttles, (puzzle picture), on the third page this week. The older people will find it there also. Death of a Young Lady. Miss Jacks, the daughter of Mr. John C. Jacks, died at her home In the Lisbon neighborhood last week. She was about 10 years old. Great sympa thy is folt for the bereaved family. Nominated in New York. B C. Sloan, brother of Col. J. T. Sloan, nominee for Lioutonant Gover nor, has been nominated for Congross in the Albany, N. Y., district, by the Democrats. Wofford lias Opened. Wofford College opened last week with a fine attendance. Under the dl reotion of so accomplished an educator as President Snyder, this institution Is sure of rapid advancement. Hold Your Pocket-Booksl Letters are being recelyed hero from a concern in St. Louis Inviting an In vestment of a small amount and promis ing enormous dividends weekly, over 150 per cent a year. Somebody may be swindled. Laurens Lyooun) Course* The Lyceum Course will opoh on Qo. tober 10th, with an address by tho fa mous Dr. E. B. Andrews on "Robert E. Lee." Subscribers to the course oan get tickets by calling at the Pal metto Drug Stope. Let all who have not yet subscribed to the course do so. Everybody In Laurens ought to get th.e benefit of those attract ions. DEATH OF MBH. DANIEL Uood Woman Passed Away at an Ad vanced Age. Mrs, Emily L'apioJ, widow of 'Squire James Daniel, died last F/dday at her home Mt. Gallagher. She had been ill for several weeks. Sho was a good wo man whoso life and work in her com munity will long b<* remembered with thankfulness. She had reached an old age. She was a member of the promi nent Daniel family of Mt. Gallagher. Mam WHAT TWO BOYS TH0UQHT. The Curiosity Excited by the Pythlans at Church. On last Sunday morning whon the Knights of Pythias were marohing into the First Methodist Church for the spe cial sermon by the pastor two little boy a present became very muoh excit ed ovty their arrival and began to in quire ?jtv each other what It meant. One of tho boys said : "It is the Trus tees coming in to turn somebody out of the ohuroh.'' The other boy replied: "On no; don't you remember that Mr. Duncan is to preaoh a sermon to the 'Ten Nights In A Barroom' to-day. For pimple*, blotches, bad complex Ion, Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medicine to take?it has established this faot. It does seem unreasonable that Wilkea is selling a solid oak dresser, No. 118, mirror 12. x gO, case 17 by 40, 3 drawers, high gloss finish for $4.95, This dresser would be cheap at $0.26. 8. M. & E. H. Wilkef. Bring en Yonr Cotton. I will buy and pay liberal prioes to parties that ove me, or y/ijl store, if they prefer. J. H. Sullivan. We have again been successful in se curing a big lot of those oak Cottage poles with trimmings at 10 cents. Also white enamel poles and sliver trim wings at W cento, 0. WUk?f, SAYS THAT HE WAS DRUGGED. Fred Schmidt of Columbia Repudiates Marriage. BRIDE'S SIDE OF IT. She Will Make Claim for Alimony and Support. Ceremony Performed by Dr. W. W. Daniel Highly Sensational Affair Win Now Oo to the Courts. On tho 13th Fred Schmidt and Miss Nora Martin of Columbia were married, Rev. W. W. Daniel performing tho ceromony. Schmidt left tho bride's house that samo afternoon and did not return. When her father placed an advertisement of tho wedding in the State, Schmidt placed another denying that he was married. There is no doubt that tho ceremony was performod, Rev. W. W. Daniel and other witnesses certifying to it. Dut Schmidt claims that he had been drugged and was not rcsi>onsible. Schmidt is a one armed German past sixty who came South with Sherman's army as a sutler. Ho owns a steam laundry and a good doal of line prop erty in Columbia. Dr. Danlol says that Schmidt was not drunk when tho ceremony was per formed. Tho woman is a respectable person. Her parents refused to witness the mar riage though it was in their house. She has employed lawyers and will sue for alimony or support. Schmidt has several grown obildren. FOR SATURDAY NIUHT. The de Barle UilT-Johnstune Musical and Dramatic Entertainment. Manager Todd has securod this iirst class attraction for Saturday night, October 4tb. Tho attraction is under the management of the Alkahest Ly ceum system of Atlanta, Ga., and Is considered ono of tho best. The following press notices will glvo an Idea of tho impression which it has produced. Tho Atlanta Dailv News wrote as follows: "Miss Gill is not only a singer of rare power, but her reading, dramatlo and humorous, caught the entire audi ence and won for her applause after applause. Miss Dorothy Johnstone gave some beaatiful selections upon the harp and merited the repeated and en thusiastic encores. All in all, it was the star entertainment of the season. The Asheville N. O. Gazette writes as follows: "The recital given last evc vlng by Elizabeth do Barrle Gill and Dorothy Johnstone was an artistic suc cess. The program was varied and in cluded a number'of choice selections. Madame GUI's work was broad and versatile, embracing the dramatic, hu morous and pathetic, From the arena scene In "Quo Vadls," which was pow erfully rendered to the sweet voiced youngstor in kindergarten songs, her work was splendidly received, Miss Johnstone'd harp solos wero exception ally sweet, particularly the Intermezzo from Oavaleria Rustlcano. She wap obliged to respond'to many encores. This attraction should draw a good house an it is oonsldored onq of the best of Its kind. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. Reserved seats now on sale at Palmetto Drug Co. TREY WJLI, ENTERTAIN. "Little Women" to he Presented by Tenth tirade. Tho members of the tenth grade of the white* City School will present a delightful entertainment, called Little Women, in the chapel Friday night. To raise money for t>be Bofyqol library is the worthy objeot. Tho entertain ment promises to be a groat success and thoroughly enjoyable. The prices will be 25 and 15 cents. Purity in Hour ought to be an impor tant consideration in every family. In making "Clifton" flour, every grain of wheat is thoroughly oleaned before grinding, and is converted into flour in a hyglenically clean modorn mill. The flour is purified, aerated and sifted through delicate silk cloths before it is sacked. Absolutely purlty }a thus as sured. The best flour looks very much like any other flour when it is in the saok. The real test is in the baking. That's where "OHfton" flour excels by every test? exoels m purjty and perfection; in the quality and richness of tho bread. Pure flour really doos not oost any more than flour that is not slriotly pure. "Clifton" flour is guaranteed strictly pure wheat flour, and is sold at a rea sonable price. OHfton" has no rival. There Is no better flour sold at any price. Bransford Mills, Oweneboro, Ky. Subscribe with Mr. ( lardy. Mr. John M. Claixly in authorised to take subscriptions and receipt for sub scriptions for Thk Advertiser. Boys' knee pants, all sizes, 25, 50 and 76 cents at JT. I?. Winter ?fcBro, TALKING SHOP TO THE PAPERS AND THE PEOPLE. Some Nice Things Said About The Advertiser and General Comments on the Newspaper Business. A number of pretty things have beon said about The Advkrtisek lately. Two expressions aro re-printed, first, because they tickle us a little, and, second, because wo want to Incidentally "talk shop" to our friends. The Abbovlllo Press and Banner said last wcok: In noting a change in the Laurens Advertiser from the "patent side" to the a)l-at-home prlut tho Spartanburg Herald says: "The Laurens Advertiser Is now an all-at-homo print paper, and this week it as bright as a dollar." We fully agree with tho Ilorald in Its estimate. But here follows a notice of the change in the Advertiser, which is from the Laurens County New8t with the animus and judgment of which we do not agree: "Tho Laurens Advortiser has coma out as an "all-at-home print," This Is a great Improvement over tho old pat ent sheet. Tho home print is becom ing more popular every day, aud a pa per must discard tho patent If It would keep up with tho procession." We would not presume to say what is best for either the Laurens Advor tisor or tho Laurens County News, but but we may bo pardoned for saying what we thought would be best for tho Press and Banner when wo abandoned the all-at-homo-prlnt plan for the pat ent side. As far as this ofiico is con cerned, time has proven the wisdom of our course. When wo had in contemplation tho change, we determined to reduce tho size of our type, so as to print as much home or local news on one side as wo had been printing on both sides. This change was made some twenty years ago, and except one other paper, we believe the Press and Banner, was the first to adopt the plan in this State, which as far as wo know, has been abundantly satisfactory to both the subscriber and tho printer. At first, under the new arrange ment, the frequent expressions of ap proval by subscribers were vory grati fying to us, and wo thought the sub scribers paid their subscriptions more cheerfully. The Press and Banner has no thought of going hack to the all-at-home print. Wo would quit the business before wo would do that. But we make no rellec tion on any brother who prefers expen sive methods for himself or short ra tions for his subscribers." We agroe fully with The Press and Banner; and perhaps Mr. Hugh Wilson is bettor qualified to speak on tho sub ject than any man in South Carolina. Wo think so. But his viewpoint is different. He has educated his people to the point of giving $2.00 a year for a first class paper. At $1.00 a year we cannot afi'ord to enlarge The Advektjhkr. More space for local news and advertising was ne cessary. We can give a better paper by printing all four sides at a dollar a year. Therefore we have abandoned tho ready print. If we could afford a paper like the Press and Banner at our price we should pertaiqly qso ^patents.' A first class oounty paper cannot be printed for a dollar a yoar; oxcept In connection with a daily. Laurens people do not want a first class paper?two dollars worth. This is sad but true. If we published tho Now York Times hero at two dollars a year most of our subscribers would leave us for the dollar paper. Wo are trying tho experiment of giving our people a better paper at greator expenstj. If they show no ap preciation of the effort we shall reduce expenses of course. Tho country newspaper business is at a low obb In this State. There are ton or a dozen good papors. Most of these have doterioratcd in the last 10 yeara. The others are melancholy fail ures?ridiculous nothings. Peoplo who support them with tholr money wasto It so far as helping to dovelopo thoir towns and counties is concorned. A newspa per must have at least a little pat of brains at its back to do that. Tho reason is that printing machin ery is so cheap and can bo had on terms ao easy that any jackleg can get hold of a plant, uso patent outsides, s-;t up three or four columns of type each week and begin a cut-throat com petition In advertising. Frequently ho gets circulation two. Usually bo sus pends publication aftor a fow years but meanwhile tho damage has been done. The substantial papor has been forced to "reduce expenses." "I want a column ad for a year" 6ays a merchant. "You can havo It for $100," tho re putable publisher replies. Tho merchant opens his eyes wide and answers: "Why tho Claptrap will givo It to me for *50." That is what lite roputablo publisher is up against. It is the panic with tho public advertising and if rno jaoklog editor who does not even hi vo his typo sot with ordinary ?correctness 1? a good handshaker and beggar for business ho may possibly get more subscribers than tho hotter paper does. Wo know of no effectual remedy practicable that, does not involve heavy investment. The typesetting machino may prove the solution some time. Coining back to the text, TnB An VERTISER, wo quote this from Tho Charleston Post: "The Laurens Advertiser is now about tho liveliest of the weekly news papers of tho State. It has been re modeled in form, discarded tho patent out-ide and substituted matter of its own selection, well prepared and adapted and altogether appears as a real newspaper. Its example rajght he. followed with profit by many of the wcokly papers of South Carolina which show too great a disposition as a rule to let things drift into thoir columns and not enough to reach for them and sift tho good from tho bad when grasped." The Post has put it "on too thick" of course; hut The Post's opinion,biased as wo fear it is in our fayqr, is worth somothlng. Qoing a real nowspapor It ought to be able to recognise a real newspaper. In tho hard, tlghtstrugglo we are having to obtain this recogni tion from our own people, our own business men .and farmers tho testi mony Is valuable. ALUEK SUCCESSFUL. Ho May bo the United State? Senator from Michlgau* Former Secretary of War It. A. Al ge is practically tbo only Republican candidate for ITnitod States Senator in Michigan, D. M. Vvivy, the millionaire seed man, having withdrawn from the race. Prof. Clinkscales Coming. Cm ihe. evening of qotober loth, Prof. J. G." OlinTk8oa.ee, of Woffonj College, will make an educational ad dress in the college chapol, upon the invitation of |?pof. Jones, l^rof. Clink: soales i? a fine speaker. IX THE SAME BOX. How a Now Yorkor Learned a Lesson in, Charity. It wns not a new hard hu-k (nlo to the men to whom It was told. The younic man, neatly dressed and dnppor looking, was not out of work, had not lost his purse, was not poverty strick en at nil, hut he had come down from Itye to go over to Newark and In changing his clothes had forgotten to transfer his pockethook io?4ho trousers he put on. "I hnto to ask the favor of a stran ger," tho young man said, "but really it would save me much embarrassment if you could let me hnvo a couplo of dpllnps untU tpwprrp^.!? "Indeed I can't do it," snid the man, for he believed not a word of tho tale, and ho left the disconsolate youth at the postoftice and, meeting a friend, 4 vlted him to luncheon and told him ?{. his "goptlcman beggar." When i Ik. waiter banded him a check, the two bad agreed that tho story was highly improbable, but a momont later tho doubting man gavo a start. "By Jove!" he exclaimed. "I'vo left my pockethook in my other troasorol" ?New York Times, " *; v -y^vug V This week we call your special atten tentiou to our new arrivals of China Olosets. The strongest line we have ever had. Some 20 different styles to select from. Prices right. ) B.M.&B. H. WUkes. MAJ.OR MCKISSICK D^AD, Well Known Gentleman Succumbs to Apoplexy in Norfolk. Major ESd. p. McKissick, son of the late Col. I. G. McKissick, of TTnlon( died of apoplexy in Norfolk Sunday. Ho was lessee and manager of tho Hat ? tory Park Hotel In Ashovllle and ono of the most popular mon In the South. At one time ho travoled for the Nows ant] Courier and was a reporter on Its staiY. Ho was well known here. HOW TO SOW GRAIN* Good Advice from a Farmer Who Has Succeeded Well. Editor The Advehtiskr, Sir:?It is about tlmo to sow small grain. Let me say to the fanner, sow all small grains In drills ig to 20 inche* a pact. It will requlro one bushel per acre. Use guano same as for cotton. Ppoparo land same as for -cotton; open bed same as for sowing 8oeds. Drop seod wheat through guano horn juat tho same way as sowing guano. In January plough ono furrow to row. Tn Febru ary ono im row again and you will make grain till you are satisfied. I have done this way and had good sucoess. Try it. Kespeotfully, M II. Ferguson. I have on hand a large stook of good pioced Bagging and Cotton Ties cheap. Also, Texas red rust-proof Seod Oats, Virginia Rye, Crimson Clover Seed, Rico Meal, Flour, Bran and a full supply of heavy Grgoerioa at cock bot tom prices. j. H. Sullivan. Having bought a very l.trge quanity . of solid oak double cane seat ohaire, three slats to the baok, well made and well finished, we will offer them at 1(8.00 I",i net ot u ohaiis. S. M. & 11. H. Wilko*. We have the shoos that you need for the coming winter. We handle only solid leather shoes and we oan surely please you in style and quality. J. K. Mlnter 6 Bro. CLAIMED TO BE OVER A HUNDRED. Remarkable Longevity of Hannah Milner. RECENTLY DIED HERE. Negress Born in Virginia 129 Years Ago. Sho Remembered General Washington and the Revolution?Brought to Carolina by Thomas Milner. Mr. W. L. Taylor, the bright corres pondent of the Columbia State, sent bis paper the following account of Han nah Milner, an aged negress who re cently died in this city: Sunday, 21st lust . thero died in this city an old negress, Hannah Milner, whose claim to longevity is beyond doubt unparalloled iu this section. Ac cording to her reckoning she was three years old when the Declaration of In dependence, was promulgated, a "gal" of 10 when George Washington be camo president, or, in other words, she was born the last of October, 1773, and therefore had she survived six weeks longer would have attained tho great age of 120. Of course in the absence of any record there is more or less doubt to her claim, but there is abundant ovl evldence of her very advanced age. First of all sho was born in Vir ginia, which accounts for tho fact that she distinctly remembered Washing ton as a general during the Revolu tionary-war, and then as president, in cidents which sho related to those around her all through life clear to the ond. Sho was probably brought to South Carolina by tho Milner family, as she was first known by the oldest people now living In this section as tho property of Thos. Milner, a slave owner who lived near The Knob, this county, many years ago. "Granny" Hannah, as she was generally known, was tho wife of Honry Milner, a slave, and they had 13 children. Henry died long be fore the Civil war, an old man. Four of the youtigestchlldron survive, a son and three daughters. The youngest of these is a great grandmother horself, almost an octogenarian. It Is said her oldest son died at tho county homo a fow years ago at Ihe age of 98. She lived to see four generations of her own family and to this day thoy are African blood pure and simple, old fashioned, polite and hard working. Martin Burnsldes, aged 00, is ono of tho num erous grandchildren who live in the county and ho is a thrifty and re spectable nogro. "Old" Granny be longed to the African Methodist church and hor faith never deserted Her. Fev health was all that could have been expected up to within a week or so before the dissolution. Sho was hearty, could walk around some and all hor faculties?mind, voice, hearing and eyesight continued good to tho last. Most remarkable Indeed, but this is tho brief story of Hannah Miller's long, very long life, "Wild Brook Trott?. Hawthorne describes an Ideal break fast as consisting of hot cakes, brook trout, roast potatoes, fresh boiled eggs and coffee. The piece do resistance of this breakfast Is tho brook trout;. \n spite of ?U the efforts, of fish cultur Is'ls, tho wild brook trout remains tho finest morsel the epicure can seek. Cultivated trout taste too perceptibly of liver to be a food greatly desired. The wild trout that springs In his na tive mountain stream is far superior to any cultivated fish,. Co.pk it In the sim plest (UQniton dipping it in oil, salt and pepper and broiling it over hot coals. Servo It simply with butter and slices of lemon.?Now York Tribune, ii.mi. Hin of Trnvclln|?, Proper recreation prolongs life. This ynct Is now better appreciated by busy people than ever before. Of all tho forms of recreation tho best perhaps Is traveling. Tim benefits to bo de rived from it cannot bo exaggerated. A journey! whether brief or long, is ?uro to relieve tho mind of business or domestic cares by directing It into plcasantcr channels. Thousands can testify that traveling has improved their health, lengthened their lives, brightened their mental faculties, more thuu anything else.?Boston, Globe.' " The pthe? On*, Two brother* In Paris were remark* 'ably alike. A gentleman meeting one of them on tho boulevard stops him, saying, "Pardon me, but Is it to you or to your brother that I have the'honor .of speaking?" v ??"? ? was tl my brother."?Westminster Ga zette. <!ah\" was the reply, Vyon aro apeak lag' to HI* Bard T.TtoU". Jones?Brown is an unlucky dog. Smith- -How's that? ioi.f? i\\u pbject1 In marrying was to' get out of a boarding house. Smith-Well? Jones?Now his wife Is running one to support the family. 4? Vimnjr >iW?te, Lover (mournfully)?Have you learn ed to love another? Flirt (who had Just broken off her en gagement with him)?Ob, no, George; I didn't have to learn. The man iff very, very wealthy, and tho love came, spontaneously. Fine Seven-eight (k\ Jereoy Bull, three years old. Servloes at pasture one and one-quarter miles from publio square, South Harper Street, it J. W. Jones. See the suits wo are selling at $6.00. To appreciate a bargain you muat see p NEWS OF THE WOKLO. Tho coal strike continues. Coal is $10.00 a ton In Now York. Einilo Zola, tho famous French auth or, is (load. It is remored that tho Atlantic Coast Line will absorb tho Louisville and Nashville Railway. Miss Caroline Hampton, sister of General Wade Hampton, died Monday in Columbia. E. B. Chase, well known here, has been appointed station master at the Columbia Union Depot. In Indianapolis 100 graves have re cently been robbed in various cemete ries. New York Democrats will nominato Bird S. Coler or Judge Parker for Governor. The Republicans re-nomi nated Governor Odoll. A Model Fireman. Mike O'Hagan had nover been a suc cess. He had been discharged from the service of a bus company for al lowing his bus to be smashed by a tramcar and from tho service of a tram company for bumping into a car riage. Finally, however, ho landed In tho fire brigade, and, all his friends ex pected that ho was settled for life. He was not, however, for in less than a month he was again looking for a job. "How did it happen, Tim?" said Mike's friend Pat to Mike's brother Tim. "01*11 tell ye, mo bhoy," replied tho latter. "Shure, there came a foire, an' Moike he wlut. An' whin he got there there was a man on tho top ov a blaz in* bulldin' scr'amln' for help. 'Wbat'll Ol do at all?' says he. 'Hould on,' says Moike, an' he t'rows him a rope. "Xio it round yer neck,' says he." "And what did Mike do then?" , "He pulled him down 1"?London An swers. Good Point* of a Mnle. Rightly used, kindly treated, given the same good care as n horse, the mulo has always shown himself kind, good tempered, willing, docile and intelligent Moreover, while ho has nono of the horse's graceful, sympathetic ways of showing affection and responding to appreciation, the mulo is capable of genuine devotion to a kind master. Both the horso and tho oss have nf foctlonnto dispositions, and tho only reason tho mule does not evinco such is because nothing culls it out. Jack is not demonstrative, but ho docs re spond visibly to kind treatment. Ho runkes, moreover, an easy paced, careful, kindly riding animal when well treated. Taken oltogethcr, ho is a use ful, Intelligent, much enduring, little appreciated brute, whose melancholy position is that of a dog with a bad name?his good qualities rarely men tioned, while his bad ones are credited at their full value. A Bit of Travera' Wit, Among the many stories told of tho Inimitable William it. Travers Is tho following: A New York clubman whoso repu tation as a conceited and insufforablo bore was a byword was attempting to Impress a group of men as being a so ciety per. "What a hospltablo fellow Blank Is," he eald, naming one of New York'a cleverest men. "I dropped In on him tho other night, and he and his wifo fairly Insisted that I stay for dinner^ Such a time as I h.ad, gp\tm& away! WhYi whon I started to leave, they came right out In tho hall and backed up against tho front door." "After you'd g-g-gono out?" Inquired Travers, A Witty Pauper, WhUo walking through an old street in. Stuttgart recently a man found u purse, and, thinking that It might con tain something valuable, he stuck It hastily in bis pocket and hurried home. Ho examined It then and was dis gusted to find that it contained noth tue except theso four lines In German on a slip of paper: When you find this tnirsr, *?!r?ln from Joy; I'll tell you why In a minute? 2 only throw It away because ' J> hadn't a cent to put In It. TSxaeperatlntr. Mrs. Wadslelgh?Oh, deorl Mrs. Gadsum?Whaf s the troublo? Mrs. Wadslelgh?I'm so unlucky. M y old nurse has left me, and tfto new ono. I hav.i Is so unreliable that \ don't feel ?t t\\\ easy \i\ my mind unless 1 aoo tho children at least two or three times a week. It's so oxasporatlngt?Chicago Record-Herald. When you need to rent a good house or cottage on easy terms, seo W. W, Ball._ Graycourt Owings INSTITUTE. ?Y|idway beiween? GRAYCOURT and OWINGS, S. C . Session opens Monday, October <?ih, 1002. Location beautiful and, healthful. Instruction thorough and comprehen? slve, preparing students for Sophomore aha Junior College classes. Faculty experienced specialists. 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Possession given at once? rental cheap. See W. W. Ball. Young man don't buy your fall suit until you have seen our line. Our $10.00 $12.50 and $15.00 suits aro full of style and good wearing qualities. J. E. M inter & Uro. Notice of Registration. STATE SOUTH CAROLINA, County ok Laurens. Oilicc of Supervisors of Uogistration, Lau rens County. NOTICE is hereby given that in ac cordance with an Act or the Gen eral Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of tho State Constitu tion, the Rooks for tho Registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing of transfers, etc., will be open at the ollice ol Supervisors of Registration ia the Court House, between tho hour of 0 o'e oi k a. m., and 3 o'clock p. in., on tho first Monday of each month, un til thirty days before the noxt general election. Tho Hoard of Registration is tho judge of the qualifications of all applicants for registration of every male citizon ot tho. State and of the United States, twenty one years of ago, who is not an idiot, ia not insane, is not a pauper supported at. tho public expense, and is no* confined in any public prison, and who has not been convicted o( burglary, arson, ob taining goods or money under false pre tenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bri bery, adultery, wife beating, house breaking, receiving stolen goods, bieaeh of trust with fraudulent intent, fornica tion, sodomy, incest, assau't with intenk to ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or crimes again?t tlic election laws, and who shall have been rosidont in this State two yoars (except ministers \n charge of organized churches and toaoh ers of public schco'.s, and these after six, months' residence in the Stato,) a resi dent in tho County for nix months, and in polling precinct four months, and who can read any Section in tho Constitu tion of 'a3, shall bo entitled to registra tion, and become an olector upon appli cation for such registration. If any per son has been convicted of any of tho crimes above mentioned, a pardon ot tho Governor removes tho disqualifica-* tion. In case any minor wi?l become twon ty-ono years of ago after the closing of tno Books of Registration and before the eloction, and is otborwiso qualified to register, makos application under oath showing ho is qualified to register, tho Board shall register such applicant be fore tho closing of the books. Any person whoso qualifications as an elector will bo comploted after the clos ing of ! I m Registration Books but before the next eloction shall have the right to. apply for and seeuro a ?eglstrntlon cer tificate at any time within sixty days immediately preceding tho closing of the Registration Books, upon an applica tion under oath to tho facts entitling him to such registration . The registration of votors must be br polling preolnots. There must boa Book ol Registration for each polling precinct, that is for each township, or parish, or city, or town of less than fivo thousand inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than live thousand inhabitants. Each elector must vote in tho polling precinct in which he resides. If thoro is more than one voting place in tho polling pre cinct, thoelootor may vote at any voting placo designated on tho registration oer? tlficate. Tho Boards must designate in tho "registration certificate the voting place in tho polling prooinot at which the elector is to vote. If there is more' than ono voting place in the polling pre cincts, the Boards shall designate on the* certificate the voting placo selected by the elector. VV. Li CUNNINGHAM. R. O. HAIUSTON. N. B. WOOD. Board Supervisors Registration..