Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price-12 Months, $1.00 Payable In Advance. Kates tor Advertising.?Ordinary ?4* vertisoments, per square, one inter tlon,$1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal rcduotlon made (orliirut d\ci tin nuntf. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five coots the line. W. YV. Ball, Proprietor. Kntorcd at the postofllce at Laurcns, S. C, as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C, May 17, 1905. In the People's Interest. When THE Advertiser said three months ago that the people wanted Governor Heyward for another term, making his service equal to one term as railroad commissioner or United States Senator, certain newspapers re fused to consider the suggestion se riously. Now many newspapers are express ing agreement with THE ADVERTISER. The Greenville News says that the Governor can be reelccted if he chooses The Orangeburg Times and Democrat favors the third term idea. The Anderson Mail and the Aiken Recorder have expressed themselves in the same way. Not a single newspaper has said that it would oppose Governor Heyward. Some have said that the Governor will not run again. Of course we all know that the Gov ernor does not desire the office. He never was starving for it at any time. But the people want him. The people do not care to risk a change. They can force the hungry candidates out of the race and insure to South Carolina a safe man and an able man for two years more. No man has a right to a third term. No man lias a right to a second term. But there can be no possible objection to people insisting upon a man serving three terms?only six years in ail when their interest demands. It is the interest of the people, not of the candi date, that is to be considered. The people want ?. C. Heyward and that is why newspapers all over South Caro lina are taking the third term sugges tion seriously. Wherever there is a newspaper that is some "aspirant's" organ cold wa. ter is of course sprinkled on this pro posal made in the public interest. ? Where arc the Candidates? While all these candidates for Gov ernor are hopping around in the broom sage and the plum thickets, why do they not remember that the general assembly to be chosen next year is to elect a United States Senator. What South Carolina needs is im provement in the United States Senate representation. All the good men and all the strong are not dead. We know fifty, any one of whom would make a strong candidate in 1906 and it is of highest importance that some one or -...U? i?,l? imnmuknl fV>n Knot Carolina statesmanship should enter the race. It will be melancholy if no body but the incumbent runs. By the way, what has become of the four or five gentlemen who were agile and eager candidates against Mr. Latimer in 1900? Were they ambitious to be Senator? Or were they merely running to help Latimer out? The field is open for next year. William E. Gonzales, the able editor of the Columbia State, recently con tributed to The Outlook, a New York Magazine, an article describing how South Carolina survives without a di vorce law. This being the single State of the United States where divorces cannot be obtained for any cause, the purity of family life is more securely established here than elsewhere. We are glad, especially since Hishop Pot ter's late unfortunate exhibition of ig norance and peevishness, that the fea ture of South Carolina Society of which our people are most proud and most value has been accurately described by an informed arid capable editor. Mr. Gonzales has done a service to South Carolina. * A Correct View. The Harnwell People says: "Several excellent papers have paid Governor Hey ward trie high compli ment of favoring his election for a third term. "The Sumtcr Watchman and South ron, itself an excellent paper, com menting thereon, favors the rotation out of the State House of all the pres ent occupants. "Merit and efficiency should be the only test. If the ins nre superior don't turn them out. If they are inferior let the swaps he made." The People is right. To turn out a good man is foolish. If .Tin: ADVERTISER believed that there was one chance in five of elect ing a man who will give as general satisfaction as Governor Hcyward has given it would not insist upon a third term for him. AS TO TUB PRIMARY. The Orange burg Times and Democrat says: "If our Georgia friends can't straigh ten out their primary tangle to their satisfaction they might invite Senator Tillman over to fix it up for them. He is the father of the South Carolina plan, which works admirably." Senator Tillman was not the father of the primary plan. The primary plan was adopted in county and congres sional elections before Tillman entered politics. He was nominated for gov ernor in 1890 by a factional convention and later by a party convention. Till man placed obstacles in the way of the adoption of the primary system for the State and it was finally adopted by the forcing of Tillman 's hand by the "Conservatives" in 1892 -though Till man even in that year rejected the "Conservative" demand for a direct State primary. OAST C3?~?'?c~?. ? Bwirt th? lhe Kind You Have Ahyays BoouM Major J. C. Homphill, formerly of Due West, Abbeville, and other parts' of the Up-Country just across the Saluda from Laurena, on the 25th an niversary of bis connection with the News and Courier, last Wednesday, was presented with a check by some of his personal friends with the under standing that he is to take a trip to Europe. The News and Courier Com pany has granted him a vacation. Mrs. Hemphill will accompany the editor. Especially for indefatigable and self sacrificing labors for the business pros perity of Charleston is Editor Hemp hill noted and the gentlemen chiefly instrumental in giving him this testi monial were mindful of these labors. During the Civil War, a stalwart German officer rode up to General Grant, saluted and reported as follows: "Sheneral, Schwarte's batery is took." ?'Is that so?" calmly replied Grant, without even removing the cigar that he was smoking from his mouth.? "How did it happen?" "Veil, you see it vas dis yay," said the officer; "de enemy he come up in front of us, und den he come up on dis side, und den on dat side, and, Shen eral, Schwartz's battery vas took." Still calm, the great commander asked, "You spiked the guns, I sup pose?" "Vat?" exclaimed the officer in con Why, Sheneral, it vould sphile dem." "What did you do, then?" said Grant in some exasperation. "Vat we do?" repeated the officer. "By tarn, we take him baek again." I That is the kir. of spirit which wins in the commercial world. Business is a good like war. Competitors invade the territory we have marked out as our own, and now and then "Schwartz's battery is took." But energy and good methods will win in the end. The man who has something worth selling, j who knows exactly what it coats him to put it on the market, and who pushes it systematically and persist cntly, will never have to spike his guns. ? Ex. LAUGH AND GROW FAT. "Excuse me, ? " and then, seeing his mistake, grew red in the face and shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, you beast!" Then back to his beloved book went the professor, as he continued on his way, an instinct, something akin to a blind old horse, finally leading him to the street wherein was situated the house he lived in. He was almost at; his door when he had the misfortune to bump into a young lady acquaintance, and recollecting with a rush his pre vious encounter with the cow, he ex claimed: "Get out of the way, you beast!" Imagine his horror when he "woke up," so to speak, and found himself facing a very pretty young lady, very red in the face, syes flashing and head poised high! i ? ? speaking of fish. "There was a terrible big fish," said I the small, serious, gray whiskered ' Missourian, "what used to come up ! the Osage before the war. and we trot t sei or us tellers set in to catch him. ; We got 200 feet of inch-and-a-half ? half rope, had the blacksmith weld us j a big hook and we put on a whole dog ; for bait. We set our line, and soon, j sure enough the fish swallered the dog, ' hook and all, and the hook hung. We I couldn't pull him out, though there was ten of us, so we hitched on two yoke of oxen, and after a hard struggle we managed to drag that fish out on the bank. lie was nine foot between the eves, and his eyes sot closer together than they had ought to set in a fish of that size."?Kansas City Star." a sure thing. McJigger ? Young Dr. Downs re cently made fifty dollars in a guessing contest. Thingumbob ? The only one who guessed correctly, eh? McJigger?Oh, no. Two other doc tors got the same, and all three of them guessed wrong. You see, they were called in consultation over a pa tient.?Philadelphia Press. don't fret. When worries and troubles surround you, Don't fret* Go to work! You will always have troubles around you, You bet, If you shirk. The world doesn't care for your woes, Oh, no! Not a bit I The man who is wise never shows His foe That he's hit. Every one of your neighbors has griefs of his own; He greatly prefers to let your griefs alone, And he doesn't at all enjoy your groan, So take warning and quit! ? Somcrville Journal. Oh. sweet the time of the old camp meetin' ? The heart of the green world round you bcatin'! Skies of blue? Flowers drenched with dew, An' the angels kissin' their hands to you! Fbank Stanton. Man's Unreasonableness is often as great as woman's. But Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of the "Repub lican," of Lcavenworth, Ind., was not nnrea8onable, when he refused to allow the doctor to operate on his wife, for female trouble, "Instead," he says, "we concluded to try Electric Bitters. My wife was then so sick, she could hardly leave her bed, and [6] physicians had failed to relieve her. After taking Electric Bitters, she. was perfectly cured and can now preform all ner household duties." Guaranteed by Palmetto and Laurcns Drug Co., price 50cts. 39-5t OASTOnXA. DAVIS, ROPER & CO.'S Mill Sacrifice Sale ?** FOR i MAY Is now going on and we have Hundreds and Hundreds of Values in Summer Goods that we are making prices on that is sure to please. Read the following prices and come to see the values we are offering. Clothing Department The difference between a suit you buy of us and one you buy of a merchant tailor, is simply a difference in price, and not in value. You pay $5.00 to $15.00 more for your merchant-tailor suit than we would ask you for same suit. In Fabric, Tailoring, Style and Fit none can beat what you buy of us. In the Ladies Department. Shoes, Hats and Furnishings Fine Clothing, no Special 40 Coats and Vests bought at a big sacrifice a worth $7 to $10 now to /? Special 20 Coat and Pant Suits, bought at a big sacrifice, worth ?. ^-w $7 to $10 now to go at S O Cl only $6.49 down to ? ^ A Big lot of White India Linen, worth 8c elsewhere, to go in this sale at only 5c Good Pcrcals, 1,000 yards in short lengths. Extra value, to go while they last at Big Odd Lot Special Suits ? A ~ worth $7.50 to $12.50 to S A. ii go at $8.49 down to ? ? ~ Big Odd Lot Special Suits worth $13.50 to $17.50 to O Cj O go at $12 49 down to ~ ? ~ ~ Lots of Big values in Boys' and Child ren's Suits. 250 yards satin stripe Madras for waist* and skirts. This ma terial is worth 10 cents and 12 l-2c. Our special price is 5c 8c iv X" wuHivvsbar.t length P. ^ n%. extra special value price only 250 yards satin stripe Shirtings short lengths, worth 10 to 12 l-2c f\Cl Our special value price only v-^W On* case of beautiful figured Lawns, worth everywhere 5c, we nave 3 about 2.5(H) yards in this case JF. and will close it out at 4^ Extra large white bed Spreads, our regular price 85c. Extra _ -> value and special price J for May only ? One lot white Madras, regular price 20 cents yd Our special sale price is 12k One case of Everett Classic Ginghams in short lengths, worth every- ? where 8c to 10c. This is the biggest value ever olfered in *^ ^ Laurcns at the price. We have about 3,300 yards in the case to close out. _ One solid case of Ginghams in full pieces and perfect goods, big assort ment of beautiful styles, worth rmm\ everywhere 10c. Our special y offer on this case to close, only " ?^ Sheer White Lawn, 1,000 yds ? 3f) inch. Special value for {his Ih'K Lot of Shoes. Some styles of < Mils ami Ends very CHEAP. Besides, we have all the lat est Styles at uopular prices. $2.00 3.00 3.50 Men's Bays' and Children's Hats We certainly have a great line of Straw Hats. "Milans. Braids, Yatchs, Panamas. All Shapes; all Prices: 25c, 50c, 76c, $1.01?. $1.25, $1.50, 2.00, $2.50, $r>.(>0 and $7.50. Come and get one and enjoy the "good old summer time." May sale only White Lawns, 200 short lengths, special it for this sale onlv yards in price on 4c Nck?roc Shirls. Drawers and Underwear The Best values to he found Our Special for MAY, a pair of Drawers worth .Ml cents now | a Impossible to mention in this advertisement all we are offering but come and you will find lots of things not mentioned that you will want. Remember that all these ?Specials are for SPOT CASH. Positively will not charge Specials at these cut prices?if charged must be at regular price. These frequent trips to New York is made as much for your benefit as ours. We always want to be a position to tell yon that we save you money and do it, which we ate doing for every customer that places his patronage with us. Come no trouble to show Goods. Your Friends and Money Savers for You Davis, Roper & Company Laurens, South Carolina THE HUB Investigation Invites Investment. There isn't a bit of extravagance in saying that an investigation of almost any of The Hub's offerings will lead you to invest your money here, rather than go somewhere else?provided, of course, that you are ready to make the put chase .it once. The more you study HUB styles and HUB prices, the more you compare them with what is to be had elsewhere, the surer we are you'll buy here in the end. Our Stock is the realization of every woman's wishes. Specially nice and New and pretty things pervade this whole store, and specially pleasing values. Summer Stuffs in Great Profusion. We are stocked with excellent assortments of almost everything any woman can need for Summer Wear, from Ribbons and Belts and Lace Collars and all such smaller things up to the most beautiful of light weight ?Summer .Silks and Dress Goods, and of the lovely Trimmings that will set off their beauty in just the proper way. Of course, there arc hosts of Piques, Dimities, Lawns and other dainty Summer Goods, but we have no room here to tell you of them. Nor of the Woolen Dress Goods, either, except to say that we are showing a really magnificent line of Dress Goods at the popular price of 50 cents a yard, including the very latest effects in such Fabrics as Voiles, Sicilians, Melrose Cloth and Nun's Veilings. The Hat that Suits the Season. As Summer arrives, Millinery needs assume a differ ent form. The Hats that will be mostly, wanted from now on are of the light cool type, trimmed in a dainty, sum mery way?in a way that will appropriately harmonize with dainty Summer-time Dresses. Our Milliners are very skilful in the creation of lints of this character. The Ready-to-Wear ones that we show arc as pretty and jaunty as need be; and the ones we make to order are revelations of Millinery art. Conic in and talk over the Summer Hat question. It's Oxford Time. You need them; we have them: Indies' Patent Leather, Plain Opera toe, $3.00 value at $2.^0 Ladies'5-strap Vici, French heel, $2.50 value at $2.19 Ladies' Vici Oxford, Patent Tip, #2.00 value at $1.79 Ladies' Southern Tie, Medium Heel, #1.50 value at $1.15 Misses' 3-strap Sandal, Vici and Patent, fi,00 and $1.25 THE HUB. N. B. Dim- A. 0. Todd. DIAL & TODD, Attorneys and Coun sellors at Uw. Eutorpriso H.mk and Tixld Ollioo Build lug. Lau r knSi S. (\ W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law, LAUKKNS, S. C. J. R. Hellams DEALER IN MARBLE AND (iRANITI: MONUMENTS flray Court, S. C. Highest Grades and Finesl Work mnnship in Granite or Italian, Ver mont and Gcogia Marbles. Designs and estimates furnished on applfca t ion, W. B. KNIGHT, Attorney at Law. strict attention toal! business entrusted, Office hours 9 a. in. toC p. in. Office second door Simmons' Block. Dr. Woolley's PAINLESS PIUM AND Whiskey Cure! ST N'l FltKK to nil liners of morphine, opium, laudanum, id v i r < > f <,.>ium,co caine or whiskey, a I -1 r > . ? hook of par tlcolnrson homcor sanatorium treat ment. Addrcs?, Dr. B. M. WOOiXKY, P. O. Box 287, Atlanta, tieorxl? Charleston & Westen Carolina Railway. (Schedule in effet April 16, 1905.) Io. 2 laily Lv Laursns l:>0pm Ar Greenwood 2-4> 44 Ar Augusta 5:20 44 Ar Anderson 710 44 No. 42 Daily Lv Augusta 'f ^'"" Ar Allendale 4'. 80 Ar Fairfax 4:41 Ar Charleston 7: 4?) Ar Bcauford 6:d0 Ar Port Royal 6:40 Ar Savannah 6:45 ( Ar Waycross 10:00 No.l Daiy Lv Laurens 2:07 pm Ar Spartanburg tf: 30 4 4 No. 52 No. 87 Daily Ex. Sudda Lv Laurens 2:09 pm 8:00 am Ar Greenville 13:25 " 10:20" Arrivals:?Train No. I, Daily, from Augusta and intermediate .stations 1: 45 pin; No. f)2, daily, from Greenville and in termediate stations 1:35pm; No.87,daily, except Sunday, from Greenville and intermediate stations 6: 40 pm; train No. 2, daily, from Spartanburg and interm ediate stations 1: 30 p m. C. H. Gasque. Ajrt., Laurens, S. C. G. T. Bryan. GenM A?t. Grencville b.C. Ernest Williams, Gen. Pass. Agt., Auguata, da, T. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager. DANGER There are two dangers in a hernia. First?Not wearing a TRUSS. Second ? Wearing one that does not fit. We guarantee a perfect fit and wear in our SILVER TRUSS. Try one PALMETTO DRUO CO. Special Notice-?! have received a fine liDe of Spring und Summer samples of all the latest styles. Prices tosuittho times. Pan's made to order from $1.00 up. Suits made 1o order from $12 00 up. A lit is always guaranteed I aleo invite you to join my pressing club, only $l.oo per month. Phone 18o, Min tor building. E. J . DANCY, Tailor. r M , c.-\ Hard, bolt or Shop COAL Brick and D raying Wanted- 1,000 Cards of Oak and Pine Wood on cars your station or delivered at I.aureus. J. W. Eichelberger. ^Laurens, S.C. 'Phone H. Terry's WE NOW HAVE THE LATEST SPRING STYLES IN Hat Pins and Waist Pins Don't let Easter find you without one Fleming Bros, . <3t)n The Hege loo beam SAW MJtLL WITH H eacock - King Feed works Hnoinra and Hou.r.uf, WoonwonRiita Maouincry, Cotton Ginnino, Brick MAKTN'I \m' Sil IV?. I.v. AND JjATII MaOHIKKRY, Colts Mil.i>, Kto., etc, GIBDES MACHINERY CO., Columbia, S. C. The Gi be es Shingle Machine tvcmji.na ?mi.????