Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TUE ADVERTISER. Subscription Prlce-12 Months, f 1,00 Parable In Aarane. Kates for Adrertlsing.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion , 91.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made (or large Advertisements. W. vy. Ball,, Proprietor. LAUREMS, 8. C, Jan. 20, 100*. The Governor's Message. The first annual message of Governor Hey ward was cot one to frighten the public. This is saying ?'oons'derable" for it. It ii quite possible for a gov ernor to poke around in the rubbish piles of tomfoolery and cause exten sive and expansive "rumpuses." Gov ernor Hey ward has written with sober ness to the point of solemnity. There is nothing of a oataraotlc style either in his notions or their expression. His sentences purl, they do not even ripple and ono may read the message and sleep tho same night. We cou'd not do this afcer reading the tbri'llng document with whioh Mr. MoSweeney ended bis last term . The latter governor, we re member, recommended mere good things than we had dreamt of in our philosophy, The carrying out of those suggestions would have convetted this state into a paradise. It might have converted the state into the hands of a receiver at tho same time but we should have had the paradise. It was the most hopeful message ever sent to the general assembly, a good message and worthy of praise but It was rather largo and liberal. At any rate it did not induce slumber to tax-payers. Governor Hey ward db cusses the taxa'ion problem without making a re commendation. What is needed in this state is a method of squeezing more money without loss of money to the squeozee. The mineral, radium, is said to give out heat and other forms of energy without loss of energy. This state should have a few taxpayers who can "cough up" and be the richer thereby. The governor's duties were "too pressing" for him to attempt to solve the tax problem. The governor discloses that dispen sary sale 3 have increased $473,000 since the previous year and remarks with a beautiful faiih that the people are drinking no more liquor than usual but are buying more unanimously from the dispensary. The governor doe3 not attempt to explain why the whiskey judgment of our people should have deteriorated in this way. The governor praises Senator T1? man for the extraction of some $80,000. from the national government, which said scads came to the state of South Carolina. There are those who think that South Carolina has no reason to be proud of tho method used in obtaining this iimn y from congress but s:nce the s'ate got tho money and spent it, it was a great exploit on the part of the senator. Wo are relieved to see that tho goy crnor is still in favor of good roads and battc schools, This is chiefly of im portance as an evidence that the gov* ernor's digestion is good and his blood wholesome. The governor's treatment of all tho state institutions is wise and kind. We observe that the railroad com mission wishes the power to employ a uivil engineer to investigate under ita directions. The governor does not re commend it?merely states the fact. The objects of the commission could be accomplished by the passage of a law requiring that one of the commis sioner! should be an engineer and pro viding that he be selected under civil ?ervioe rules after examination. One of the commissioner's places becomes vacant this year and thus no hardship would be worked. However, to sug gest the abolition of an office would cause a dreadful squeal. If the state were liberal, it would increase the number of railroad commissioners to three dozen. Too governor believes that manual training should be provided by the common schools. In whloh we applaud him. To carry out his idea we propose that a portion of the dispensary school fund be set aside for the building of a manual training school in eaoh county 'and that such schools be located in the town of eaoh county that will contri bute voluntarily the largest sum to wards the establishment, above a mini mum amount. In short, let the legisla ture agree to permit Liurens county to have $2500. each year from the dispen sary fund for a school where trades may be learned, provided Laurens, Clinton or some other town will con tribute $20,009. towards buying the ground, erecting and equipping the buldling, etc. The governor talks about lynchlngs and lawlessness and deprecates them. His references to lynchlngs are a waste of words. The lynching of people for "the usual crime," Is not the most se rious matter In this slate and ho need not worry about It. Those lynobIngs, just as he says, will continue until the crime ceases. South Carolina is suffer ing from the lynohings for other orlmes. People are lynched for petit larceny. People are sometimes lynched to please the taste and fanoy of the lynchers. Men are shot down in South Carolina because a large part of our public opinion deliberately vindicates murder. There are thousands of good men who openly say that for certain reasons one man is justified In shooting down another though that other be un armed and unaware of danger. The lynching of black brutes for the one of fence is unfortunate, even if excusable, but it is not these lynohings that c-n stltute an over-shadowing problem in South Carolina. The governor should have recommended that murder bo made a crime. The governor's recommendation In favor of biennial sessions of the legisla ture is an exhibition of downright cru elty to the persons to whom his mes sage was addressed but ol course it is what every other Intelligent man In Pthe state heartily favors. Considering its length, the govt rnor'a message was one of the most harmless that we have ever seen. It teems with useful information and shows that the governor is a oareful and diligent ofli cer. Generally, it is attuned to a high conception of patriotic duties and breathes an air of sincere affect'on for the state. As we have heretofore remarked,ic is probable that Mr. Hi . ward is a better governor than we deserve. Position Is H?hl. Senator Tlllman bas written a letter to the Spartanburg Journal defending himself against the strictures of that newspaper up mi his eouraq and that of other democratic eena'ors in not ug?*ce ing with the House volt policy with re gard to tho Panama matter. Tho Sena tor insists that he favors the construc tion of the Canal and prefers the I'anama route but declines to admi* the Republican policy as necossarily tho only means of obtaining the Canal. The senator declares that tho protev ation of the nation's honor and goofl faith is not to be sacrill-ed for oommor cial reasons and emphatically remarks that this shall bo his Arab cossidera tloa. In tho op'uion of The ADVERTISER the sonator is eulirely right. The courso of the democratic senators does not mean tho repudiation of tho canal scheme To obtain tho canal, tho hasty acceptance of tho Hoosovolt plans Is not required. The demo cratic senators a e fairly intelligent men. They have studi d the question fully and wo are satisfied that they will not foolishly or in mere spite allow tho interests of the South t> suffer. We have no sympathy for tho hue und cry that is being raisid in thj South againtt thorn. If the senators do not understand tho situation better than tho average citizen, they ought not to bo in the senate. On a subj jot of this character, tho popular cry is rarely based on a knowledge of tho facts. We think it would he wholly uuwi-c for the legislature to instruct tho sena'ors and if tho senators arc worthy of tho of fices they hold thoy will not bo Influ enced, against their conviction's, by any instructions they may receive When a man is elected to a legislative olllce in this country, ho Is presumed to b3 honest and intelligent. His duty is to act as he thinks bost for tho Inter ests of ids country as long as he holds oflico and not according as tho wea'h cock of publ o opinion may change at home. The passing popular manhos'a tion of popular will is nearly ns often wrong as right. Senator Tlllman has takeu high groun 1, and we trust he may maintain it, regardlesi of tlie "rough house" which so;r.o of his friends may attempt to s'art at home. As to tho merit and wisdom of the Democratic canal policy in tho senate, wo do not attempt now to pa3s upon them but wo arc satisfied that the sena tors are bettor info-med and better prepared to f hapu a policy than most of their constituents. WONDER*UL NERVE Is displayed by many a man enduring pains of accidental Cuts, Wound'5, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sore foot or joints. But them's no need for it. Bucklon's Arnica Silvo will kill the piln acd cu'O the trouble. It's tho best Salvo or ^arth for Piles, too. 25 cents ot Eaurens Drug Co. and \V. W. Dod son. For a bad taste In tho mouth take a few do.oi Of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price 25 con's. Warranted to euro For sa'c by Liu rens Drug Co. Women love a clear, h'al.hy com plexion. Pure blood roakcd it. Bur dock Hlood Bitters makes pure b'ood WHAT ONE MAN SAYS ABOUT PAPEK8. Some Things That the Big Weeklies l>o Not Always I'riut?A Few Ue murks. "No, I won't take THIS Advertiser. I can got tho Atlanta Weekly Constitu tion for the sain*) money and it is u tntloh better paper. I get a great deal more reading out of that paper than THE Advertiser offers me." Such Is tho answer of a Laurens man to whom it was suggested that he should take his county paper. Did ho over see tho Laurens jurlo.* published in tho Atlanta paper? Kvery man in Laurons is more or less inter os'ed In the juries. They are in Thk ADVERTISER hut weak. Every citizen ought to keep tho list of the grand jury. Did ho over r^ad the Laurens grand jury's presentment in the Atlanta pa per? When his neighbor or a merabor of his family dios, does tho notiej of his j death, tbo resolutions and tr butes?< do they appear in the Atlanta paper? Who^i as overy man has sooner or luter, 3Jmo little favor to ask if a newspaper in the way of publishing an Item? does ho ask it of the Atlanta pa per? How the public funds of Laurons county are spent?doos he s<?e that in the A'lanta paper? What the market prioe of spot cotton Is in LnurouQ, docs ho see that in tho Atlanta paper? When sotn2 of his own f< londa and neighbors marry, does tho Atlanta pa per toll about It or announce It? "Hut," ho may answer," If there is anything in partloular in The Adver tiser that I want to see, tho list of oacdldate* for example, I cm get a pa por from the ollloe when I go to town or I can get my neighbor's. Ho takes it." Which is true. When a man comes into tho oflico tJ beg a copy of The Ad vertiskr?a man who is ab'c to sub scribe and who doesn't ho generally gits It. Nobody in this shop has tho heart to rofuse a man who now and then wants a copy because it contains a wedding notice or something of that sort but who Dover thinks of subscrib ing. But there is a fettling of very hearty contempt for the fellow in the ollicc just the same. It is tho same way with the neighbor. Tho neighbor knows ho is paying for tho dead beat's paper and despises htm accordingly? no matter how polite he Is in lending the paper. Of course if it were the rule for people to depend on their neighbor.*, thcrj would be no county papers. The Advkutiser does rot say that everybody should take The Adver Tis Kit. It docs say that every Laurens man and woman should tako and pay for at least one county paper. Every* body get* somo good from tbo county paper. Somo get it second hand but they get it just tho same. O ? T O U*. 3l JOi. . Bean) tho /? 11,8 Kin!l Yfi;i ,,ave Cr- -! Nature's Gift from the Sunny South otto leu Shorto&wr foodrLmAns your life No matter how faithful and hon ost your cook may be, she is behind tho times if she uses lard or cooking butter for frying and shortening. The great medical and cooking authorities of the country say so ; they endorse Cottolene as the most palatable, healthful and economical cook ing fat on tho market. The following n?.rr.es cf Cottolene er.doroors arc household words : Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, Marion Harland, Mrs. Eliza R. Parker, Lida Ames Willis, Mrs. Janet M. Hill, Dr. Mary E. Green, Miss Margaret Wister, Mrs. Elizabeth O. Hiller, Mrs. Helen Arm strong, Christine Terhune Herrick, Mrs. F. A. Benson. R. Ogden Doremis, M. D., LL. D., J. Hobart Egbert, A. M., M. D., Ph. D., and hundreds of others, prominent in household economy and the medical profession. USE Ys LESS. Cottolene being richer than either lard or cooking butter, one-third less is required. TTL?TT1? Send us a Sc stamp to pay pottage and we'll mail you a copy of our book *? ' ** * " Home Helps," edited by Mrs. Rorer. which contains 300 choice recipe*! Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Dept 6 1 2 Chicago _ _ <ft ATTENTION, FARMERS! I am now prepared to ship goods for next year's :crop, and we guarantee our goods to be delivered in good P condition, and also to come up to analyses branded on sacks. Those farmers who are interested in reliable fer tilizers are requested to read the annexed certificate. A. HUFF, Agent, Laurens, S. C. Clinton, S.. C, November, 23rd, 1903. Mr. A. Huff, Laurens. S. C, Agent for V. C. C. Co., Dear Sir: I report to you the result of the 8-4-4 goods^ purchased from you last year I tried on our experimental patch along side of a Competitor's 8-4-4 goods with three ^ff 3) rows left between each sample used. Result:?!; I Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s 115 lbs seed cot-"l? ;to:i onpstitor's 82 pounds, and the Virginia-Carolin 1 Chemical Co.'s goods were in a much better mechanical form and distributed to more satisfaction and the same amount of goods were used in each row and same weighed and cultivated alike. J. H. HUNTER, ;p Witness, W. H. Gilkerson. ^y(L^\i^\a/\a/\a/Na/\a/\a/\sy \S/sa^vji/sa^\a/s?v\a/Na/ \?/\a/\j/\a/\a/ \t^^/ ?Vcgetable Pf eparationfor As similating live Food and Regula liug IheStouuichs and Bowels of l lNKANIs/( h1ldki1n Promotes Digeslion.Cheerfur nessandRest.Contains neither Opnim.Mornhine nor Miiu.ual. Not Nakcotic. VSWyv ?S Oh! LrSAMUEL /YTV/aU Seed" ? tlx Sr/trif * /,' v, its - situ*r Stefl r Ol ntttoruiirJkta ?*? JjfrmS&d h?ilrty/rrtt rtarmt A perfect Remedy forConslipn Qon.Sour Stotnach, Diarrhoen Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signnlurc of NEW YORK. CASTORS For Infants and Childr. The Kind You Hi Always Bought Bears the Signatare of AI b monllc ol.ll ) 5 D os 1 s - jyC 1 mis M tXACT COPY OF WRARRER. Thirty Yeai 5CAST0RI - THI OCNTAUn COMPANY. NEW Von? CITY. PUTTING UP A PRESCRIPTION 1 Is careful work. Decrepit, aged drugs wont They must be young and fresh?full of life and stretij a for the sick. I They must be pure and they must be carefully together. Too much of this and not enough of tlf wont do. 1 We make a SPECIALTY of putting up prescript ?we can do it better than the man who doesn't makd specialty of it. If you want careful, thoughtful wo come to ] DODSON'S DRUG STOR1 J. Y. Garlington & Company, Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate and Insurance Insurance of all KINDS Written in Lead nig: Companies. A POINTER! We are engaged in no other business and give our entire time and best energies to the lines we advertise. In specializing we are in a position to offer the public the best possible service. Long Distance Bell Telephone, 127 in our offices. CAPITAL Secured for meritorious enterprises and corporations organized. Bond issues negotiated, underwritten or guaranteed. Second Suite. Todd Office Building, LaurenSj S. C.