Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THIi ADVERTISER. Hubscrlptlon Price-12 Months, $1,00 Payable In Adrance. atos Tor Advertising.?Ordinary ad yertlsoments, por square, on* inter ,*1.00;each subsequontlnaertion, 60 cents- Liberal reduotion made (or large advertisements. Obituaries: Ail over 50 words, one cent a word. Kote? of thanks: Five cents the line. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. Kotered at tho postoftloe at Laurens, 9. C, as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, Sept. 13, 1905. Li? .. ? MR. 1RBVS CONTRIBUTION. Among the newspapers of the first rank for editorial wisdom in this coun try is the Springfield, Mass., Republi can. It commands the attention of the educated American public every where. It is independent in politics. In a recent deliverance about the troubles of the South Carolina Dispen sary system it declared that the sys tem's weakness lies in its helplessness against the wiles of the whiskey sellers who live beyond the State. These corrupt its officers and defraud the State at pleasure. The Republican hints that the Dispensary will not suc ceed until the State manufactures the whiskey that it sells and in this way frees itself from the whiskey dealers of other states. Before the Republican expressed these views the Hon. Wm. C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens had advocated the State's manufacturing its own intoxicating li quors to be sold in the Dispensaries. We believe that both the Republican and Mr. Irby are hopelessly wrong in fancying that a Democratic State hav ing a Republican form government can safely engage in the mercantile or manufacturing business but we have written this to point out that Mr. Irby has at least one very respectable fol lower. Among thinking rren North and South the views of the Springfield Re publican arc counted as more weighty than those of Martin F. Ansel, Dick Manning, John L. McLaurin and Jodie McCullough singly and cumulatively. They are considered more seriously even than those of Cole L. Blease and B. R. Tillman; except of course in lim ited circles in South Carolina. There are many who think th? Springfield Re publican a wiser newspaper than The Advertiser?but, happily, they do not live in Laurens. If the effort is to be made to savei the Dispensary, the idea of Mr. Irby is probably the soundest that has been contributed to the discussion. It strikes much closer to the root of the evil than Senator Tillman's reforming plan has struck and to this we arc confident that any serious and unbiased student of the Dispensary, such as is the Spring field Republican, will agree. ABOUT BUYING A FARM. The Greenville News advises, by im plication, young men not to buy farms. It seems to fear that a young man who buys a farm will fall into the hands of "loan and lien sharks." Here is what it says: "The I^aurcns Advertiser advises all Jfoung men to buy farms. To help the oan and lien sharks?" Thus in the course of time if no young men bought farms, the "loan and lien sharks" might come to own all the farms. "Daddy, may I buy me a farm? Yes, you may my Sonny, It won't do you any harm? If you don't part with your money." CONVICT GIVES TROUBLE. Joe Harris Escaped Prom Chaingang on one of the County's Mules. Joe Harris, a two-year negro con vict, escaped from the chain gang camp, located five miles northeast of the city last Tuesday. The negro re ported sick and was left in the camp alone, but shackled and chained, and, as the guard thought, safe to await his return. Harris managed to get himself loose and, mounting one of the county's best mules undertook to escape. He was captured Wednesday afternoon seven miles south of Laurens by Messrs. Morris and Milam of Lisbon. When caught he had abandoned the mule and gotton rid of his shackles. He had also obtained some clothes and put them over his stripes. In the meantime he had broken into a negro's house and stolen a quantity of meat, canned fruit, etc. When captured he had travelled twelve or fourteen miles and was evi dently making his way back to Green wood or Edgefield county, whence he came a little over a year ago, a fugitive from justice, and even in his flight he had taken time to steal a cow in Lau rens County. It was for this offence that he was doing time when he es caped Tuesday. This is the second time that Harris nearly made good his escape while on the Laurens "gang." The first was about a month after his conviction, and while being pursued he robbed a negro hunter of his gun and killed two blood hounds that had been used to run him down. Tillman at Lancaster. During the delivery of a speech at Lancaster last Friday Senator Tillman "waxed warm when he referred to the fine opportunity Gov. Heyward had of cutting off the heads of the dispensary officials. He said that he would give $6,000, his salary as United States Sen ator for a year, just to be governor for three months at this time." co v. hey ward's position. Concerning Senator Tillman's decla rations at Tirzah and Lancaster Gov. Hey ward promptly authorized the state ment that "he had no intention at this Stage of the investigation of comply ing with Senator Tillman's suggestion. If, however, the committee appointed by 4he legislature to investigate the affairs of the Dispensary should consider that St has evidence to warrant such action on my part and this evidence satisfies me, I will not hesitate for a moment to request the resignation of the direc tors." . TILLMAN SAYS REMOVE BOARD Notable Debate on a Notable Subject by Notable Men at ? Notable Place. Rock Hill, Sept. 7th.-Tirzah, the scene of many and glorious tilts in the political arena, was again the battle ground today, and fully 2,600 people were gathered to witness the combat. A giant picnic, the kind that has made Tirzah famous, had been arranged and perfect weather, with the excellent Gold Hill band, made the occasion a success. In response to a numerously signed invitation to talk dispensary and reply to charges made at a recent pro hibition meeting in Yorkville Senator Tillman was present. Senator Brice was on hand to represent the anti-dis pensary side of the question. Senator Tillman was in fine form and spoke for \wo hours. Senator Brice made a vig orous speech. Inquiry among repre sentative men in the audience failed to show that sentiment against the dis pensary had been changed, the general opinion being that the county would vote the institution out. Senator Tillman made much the same ?peech that he has made elsewhere, the only new feature of importance be ing a demand that the governor exer cise his power and remove the mem bers of the State dispensary board at once. Senator Brice was the first speaker. He vigorously denounced the whole dis pensary system, maintaining that it was undemocratic, that it makes every citi zen whether he will or not a partner in the liquor business, that it dignifies the sale of liquor, and makes it popular, respectable and reputable, that it at tempts to make the sale and drinking of liquor a permanent and fixed institu tion by fastening it on to one of our most cherished institutions, our public school system, that it has increased murder 70 per cent, and assault and battery 40 per cent., that it is a corn corn cheat and swindle, a snare, a de [ lusion and fraud and a vast lake of pitch that defiles and blackens every one who touches it. It is a deadly vam pire that hovers with its black and hellish wings over every home in South Carolina. It is a whited sepulcre, beautiful without but full or dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Mr. Brice stated that the dispensary system could never be cleansed. He said: "I shall never vote as your senator to purify any such black law as the dispensary, and I will fight it to the last ditch. The only law I will support is one to kill." His speech was well received. He spoke for an hour. At its conclusion Chair man Wilborn adjourned the meeting for dinner. senator tillman's speech. After reassembling Senator Tillman was introduced. By the way of preface he referred, as he always does, when he appears on the stump in York County, to his having made his first political speech at Tirzah in 1886, and explained that he was there to-day at the invitation of friends in the county, Twho had sent him a numer ously signed invitation to come up and defend himself against attacks made on him at the anti-dispensary meeting held in Yorkville on August 7th. He devoted considerable time to de fending his course in obtaining the pas sage of the law, and repeated his claim that a majority of the voters in 1892 did not ask for prohibition, thirty thousand against it and eighteen thou sand who did not vote on the proposi tion. Senator Tillman, however, denounced the management in Columbia as thieves, and stated that while there are scores of honest men in the State who are working for a salary of $400 a year, they are not in charge of a three and a half million dollar business. He had something to say about the great bene fits the agricultural class was receiving from the dispensary, in that by reason of the money paid into the school fund the schools were kept open six weeks longer than they would be without it. Much of his time was devoted to sar casm and ridicule, his target being Senator Brice, and those who are standing with him in the fight against the dispensary. He referred to the communication recently addressed to Ex-Senator McLaurin by four citizens of Spartanburg urging him to become a candidate for Governor on a anti-dis pensary platform, and stated that he had investigated the men who r.igned the latter and found that at least two had been tried by the Courts for vio lating the dispensary law. Mr. Tillman said that under the Con stitution the Governor is given au thority to remove a corrupt and incom petent board of control, and that the investigation of tho dispensary now in progress has shown that the entire State board of control Is both incom petent nnd corrupt, and he mentioned the label purchase as one instance of both, and stated that it was the duty of Governor Heyward to remove the en tire board and appoint one composed of honest, competent men to administer the affairs of the dispensary. He took a hand primary on the proposition as to what the Governor should do, and every man in sight voted to sustain Senator Tillman's view. Senator Tillman said that, from what he had been able to gather as to the situation in York, he was of the opinion that the people were going to vote to close the dispensary at Yorkville, and that he was entirely willing for them to do, if they so desired. Senator Tillman repeated his recent deliverances relative to voting out dis pensaries and having blind tigers in their stead, and then gave the editor of the Yorkville Enquirer, a number of Scripture quota'.ions, which, he claimed, sustained the morality of the liquor business. senator brice's reply. Senator Brice was allowed twenty minutes in which to reply, but did not consume so much time. Among other things he said, in reply, was that Till man's attitude toward himself re minded him of that ancient bully, Go liath, of Gath, and quoted First Sam - uel, xvii, 43-44, and said that Tillman'e use of Holy Scripture to sustain the rum business was similar to that of the devil, when he quoted Scripture to Christ, when he attempted to tempt Him after His fast. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAURENS, In-Court of Common Pleas. Enterprise Bank, Plaintiff, vs. A. R. Sullivan, J. D. M. Shaw, H. E. Gray, Mary C. Sullivan and Piedmont Sav ings and Investment Company, De fendants. Pursuant to a decree of foreclosure in the above stated case, I will sell at pub lic outcry to the highest bidder, at Lau rens, C. H., on Salesday in October next, being Monday the 2nd dav of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following property, to wit : All that lot, piece ana parcel of land situate, lying and being in the city of Laurens and bounded on the North by lands of Mary Y. Garlington, on the East by lot of D. P. Goggans, on the South by Main Street and on the West by lot of Mrs. Eloise Shell. Terms of Sale: To the highest bid der. One-half cash, balance to be paid twelve months from date of sale, the credit portion to be paid twelve months from date of sale, the credit portion to be ...cured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser over the said premises, bearing legal interest from date, with leave to purchaser to pay his entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If the terms of sale are not complied with, the land to be resold on same or some subsequent Salesday on same terms, at risk of former purchaser. JOHNF. BOLT, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Sept. 4th '05-td. Davis, Roper & Company. Davis, Roper & Co. come out this week with the biggest add of the sea son. Read carefully what they have to say. This enterprising firm is always forging to the front. In equipment none can beat them. They carry the largest stock in the Carolinas and of course buying in such quantities they no doubt make prices that are very inter esting to those in search of big values for their money. Call and see them and investigate their claims. At the Presbyterian Church. The ladies of the Presbyterian con gregation are requested to attend a ser ies of prayer meeting services at the First Presbyterian Church from next Monday 18th until Saturday 23rd. Ser vice from 4 to 5 p. m. BACK GIVES OUT. Plenty of Laurens Readers Have This ex perience. You tax the kidneys?overwork them They can't keep up the continual strain. The back gives out?it aches and pains; Urinary trouble sets in. Don't wait longer ? take Doan's Kidney Pills. Laurens people tell you how tney act. J. H. Porter, employed in the Cotton Mill, residing on Factory Hill, says: "My kidneys and back have bothered me for quite a while. My back seemed to be the weakest spot about me, and when-1 take cold it always settled there and knocks me out. I have been so bad at times that I had to lose several days from work. The kidney secretions were disordered, very dark and full of sedi ment and annoyed me by making me get up during the night. I tried differ ent remedies and wore plasters but nothing did me any good until I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Pal metto Drug Co.'s stove. Since using them the backache has left me and I can sleep all night without my rest be ing disturbed and the kidney secretions have all cleared up and now have no sediment in them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster-Milb?rn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. Second Week Jurors. The following petit jurors have been drawn for the second week of Court, beginning Monday, Sept. 25th; Laurens?J. Wistar Martin, Jas. L. Neighbors, L. R. Roper, M. A. Knight, Gco. C. Albright. Dials-D. D. Brownlee, W. C. Curry, Gco. F. Wolff, J. C. Abercrombie, E. M. Marlor, F. D. Bolt, W. C. Babb, J. Roland Willis. Hunters-D. E. Tribble, J. T. Rob ertson, H. D. Henry, R. P. Adair. Jacks-W. S. Hatton, J. C. McMil lan. Cross Hill-C. D. Nance, W. G. Hol lingsworth, S. L. Crisp, E. B. Pinson. Waterloo-H. C. Sims, S. F. Boland, B. J. Culbertson, W. H. Pinson, G. M. Moore, Homer C. Culbertson, Y. A. Godfrey. Sullivan-J. H. Crane, A. C. Phillips. Youngs?W. H. Drummond, A. J. Martin. Scuffletown- W. R. Chaney, Joe. T. Todd. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 30th day of September, 1905, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Ad ministrator of the estate of W. P. Rich ardson, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 11 o clock A. M. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. All persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment by said date, and all persons hav ing demands against said estate will Sresent them on or before said date uly proven or be forever barred. J. P. DlLLARD, Administrator. August 28th-td. CABTORXA. 8mt? th? Ito Kind You Have Always BoflgJH Correct Dress The "Modern Method" system of high-grade tailoring introduced by L. F.. Hays A Co., of Cincinnati, O., satisfies good dressers everywhere. All Garments Mad* Strictly to Your Measure at moderst- prices. 500 ?tvle? of foreign sad domestic fabrics from which to choose. Ask your dealer to show you our line, or tf not represented, write to us for particulars. L,. R. HAYS (EL CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO. LAUQH AND GROW PAT. a baby sister. When little Willie was away, A letter came for him one clay Which told him "to come and see The finest present that could be." So little Willie yearned for home Most eager to see what had come, "\ hatever present could it be Tht t they had called him home to see?" "I guess it will be something fine, Something that will be truly mine." His granny took him home in haste He said "ne had no time to waste." And when his pa opened the door, "Hullo," he said, and nothing more, But up the stairs he quickly went, His whole mind on the gift intent. His father toook his hand and led Him gently to his mother's bed And showed him, as she sleeping lay, A sister babe?born yesterday. "And is that all you've got forme?" He looked as mad as mad could be. "Pray what did you expect, my son?" "An automobile or else a gun!" ?Phoebe A. Naylor. A maiden who lived in Duluth, Sold kisses one night at a booth, A drummer bought one, And when he was done, She found she had loosened a tooth. ?Minneapolis Tribune. "Noah looks thin in this picture." "Yes, ma'am," replied the book agent. "He had been living for a long time on water when that was taken." Soon after Singleton's first baby was born, Mrs. Singleton went up stairs one evening and found her husband stand ing by the side of the crib and gazing earnestly at the child. As she stood still for a moment, touched by the sight, the tears fdled her eyes and she thought: "Oh. how dearly Charlie loves that boy!" Her arms stole softly around his neck as she rubbed her cheek caressingly against his. Singleton started slightly at the touch. "Darling," he murmured, dreamily, "it is incomprehensible to me how they can get up such a crib as that for ninety-nine cents." not in his line. Heavy Tragedian: "Hurry with my order. I am used to people serving me in a hurry." Waiter: "I don't doubt it, but I am no sheriff. " ? Chicago News. Son-in-law ?Sometimes I almost feel that life isn't worth living. Father-in-Law (who had been sup porting him for the past two years)?I wish you'd cultivate that feeling.? What'11 you take right now to try to give up to it the next time it comes on you? in stanton's style. (From The New Orleans Picayune.) A pretty compliment and one that is deserved is the following poem, clipped from Life. Frank L. Stanton, with his homely Georgia philosophy and cheer fulness, seems to have pervaded every where?even the sanctums of the elect. For Kate Masterson "arrived" several years since, and it is refreshing to see her bow her generous indebtedness to the Georgia poet, of whom the whole south is proud, for a bit of as graceful verse as she has ever written: a spring song. (After Frank Stanton.) "Jos' to love you ?that's enough, Sort o' lazy-like an' dream. Wonderin' if ways is rough For you?or if happy seem? Wishing' I could plant a rose Bloomin' pretty in your way, Softenin' the breeze that blows, Where your wanderin' footsteps stray! "Jes' to kneel at night alone, Look in' up there at the stars, Like a captive walled in stone, Peepin' through the prison bars, Do the angels listen now When you don't know what to say? And the thought of you?somehow Blurs up heaven?anyway! "Jes' to hear a little song Softly hummin' in the air, Laughin', lovin', all day long, Music goin' everywhere; Sweet as honey in a hive, Life is like a dream come true, Good enough to be alive Livin' in the world with you!" ? Kate Masterson in Life. OABTOHIA. Bean thn The Kind You Have Always Bought Dr, Woolley's PAINLESS PIUM AND I Whiskey Cure sent frkk to ?11 UMn of morphine, opium, laudanum, ollxlrof opium,co caine or whlftkey, a ?arg* book of par tlcnlarson homeor sanatorium' treat ment. Address, Or B. M. WOOI.I.KK, r. O. Box 287, Atlanta, Georgia' -\ Hard, Soft or Shop COAL Brick and Draying Wanted-1,000 Cards of Oak and Pine Wood on cars your station or delivered at Laurcns. J. W. Eichelberger. Laurens, S. C. 'Phone H. Terry's THE " B0S3 " COTTON PltE^S 1 SIMPLEST, ITtOBCEST, BE "t The Murray Ginning Systtm Gins. Ftedert, Condenser!, Etc. OIBBCS MACHINERY CO. Columbia? S. C. OASTOniA. Bean the j9 The Kind You Haro Always Bought Ho for School! The School days are here again when the Children must turn their attention to Books and Clothes. We have made efforts to provide for the wants of the Boys and are showing an elegant line of Boys and Young Men's Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Furnishings and Trunks. Parents! It will pay you to bring your Children here for their outfits for School and College. ------- A School Cabinet Free with Every Pair of School Shoes. J. a MINTER & BRO. Reliable Clothing and Shoe Store. LAURENS, S. O. TBE fft The Climax of 20th Century Typewriter Construction. Every good feature common to other typewriters is found on The Fox, and shows improvement. Placed on free trial anywhere, and second-hand machines of other kinds taken in part payment FOX TYPEWRITER CO. BXECUTIVB OFFICB AND FACTORT Grand Rapids, Mich. 122 For Sale by W. P. HUDGENS, Laurens, S -OF BOOKS For New and Second hand School Books see our line, we have a large stock this year, there are over 2,000 pounds of se cond hand books at the Palmetto Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. WHOLESALE Flour, Meal Grain and Provisions. I make a specialty of direct shipments from the Mill and Manufactures. E. W. STALNAKER, Office and Warehouse at Greenwood, S. C. 'Phone 244. W. B. KNIGHT, Attorney at Law. Strict attention to nil business entrusted. Office hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Office 3econd floor Simmons' Block. I ust Listen to This! Will You? The bird says of all the paints I ever saw or used thcro is none so good as the Elbra Brand for good looks and reasonable price. Let me show you why. See T. R. PITTS, Contracting Painter, Clinton, S. C. "Turn Drudgery Into Pastime" USE THE Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Number 9 The lightest tunning machine in the world. The Simplest Sewing Machine made. The easiest to manage and least liable to get ont of order. Cannot start in the wrong direc tion, and is the only lock stitch machine so made. The only machine that has a needle that cannot be set the wrong way, Does not oil the work. The thread does not in contact with oil ? parts, which is not * tme of other machines. Our salesman shall be pleased to call and show you more fully. A postal card will bring him with a machine to yon at once, OHAS. OAKLEY, Salesman Box 91. I^anrens, S. C. 46-13t At this season of the your -all eyes are turned to sowing, for therein lies the success or fail ure of every Planter. Poor seed will never make a good crop, hence we have expended every effort to secure the best that money can buy, and have on hand seed that we are justly proud of and can reconmmend, such as Wheat, Rye, Barley, Rape, Lucerne, Vetches Red Rust Proof Oats, and Red and Crimson Clover, and also a great variety Garden Seeds If you want seed that will yield results increase your Hank account, try these. and PRICES arc right for small or large buyers at Kennedy Bros. \m ^ i f ^ va/ v*y v,/' NEW GOODS Arriving daily for Fall and Winter wear. Complete lines will be opened in a few days at : : W. Q. Wilson & Co. PW rind ??Site Mfcert WH? Ci-rourhly p'.'.rf.i il. Jfr A combination ol lead and sdno i.i proper pro ff? portions, i- auporlor t-> unv palnl made of !????? ? alouo, Hand mndc palnia mixed In a can und u in cd with a click cannot products result a )!':?> Mastic Mixe d Faint *' 7h s / riij i im t a o rs ' ? groun-l and re-ground hy poworful machinery which, , produ? bs .-i smoother, giossioi and more*beautiful Ihn It, -overs more nui face and resists the elements bet tor. 'J!- ' b of pulling On ?? poor paii I ia j. t. ns much ;?. foi pulling <mi Hatiio Paint (hat docs not have t> ha rein wed ev< ry yeni or m ? the saving is all in favor of MftltlO Taint. Mar.mfactarod dy SLEE^GAULBEilT CO. tOUtSVILLE. KY. ^Spt ' lffifASTJ . FOR DALE GV Dodson's Drug Store.