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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription l'rlte-12 Months, $1.00 _Payable iu Advance. Kates for Advertising.?Ordinary ad vertisements, per square, on* inner lion, 91.00; each subsequentlnsertion, 60 oents. Liberal reduction made or large ad vortisements. Obituaries! II ov?r 60 words, one Cent u word. Notes of thunks: Five cents the line. W. VY. Ball, Proprietor. Entered at the poetoOloe at Laurens, 3. C, as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C, Dec. 27, 1905. THE GONZALES MONUMENT. When Mr. N. G. Gonzales lost his life hi the public service the great and special loss was primarily to the poor people of South Carolina, the people who have no rich stake in corporations and accumulations of wealth. Mr. Gonzales usunlly wrote without asking questions of himself or others as to whether or not private interest would be hurt and his first consideration was men. We recognized when he died that the weak and the unarmed had lost a friend and so we said. Newspaper men in this State are generally honest, rela tively, but few are or have been so in discreetly regardless of powerful men and institutions as was he. Sometimes it seemed to us that Mr. Gonzales es poused the cause of the poor in an un necessarily emphatic way, when their interests were not actually menaced, ? but be this as it may he was frequently their certain and reliable champion against those who were more able and more likely to subscribe for The State and pay for advertising space in its columns. We have therefore been im pressed that he was essentially and first of all a defender of common manhood rights and we have been a little sur prised that this phase of his character has not received more attention at the hnnds of his eulogists. We have had in late years many men of prominence in South Carolina who have posed as "people's men" and as a rule, whether they were sincere or not, they were paid for it by the people with offices of profit and honor. When Mr Gonzales on the other hand urged the passage of a bill to restrict child labor he had everything to lose and nothing to gain. We doubted the wisdom of that agita tion but the unselfishness of it was self convincing. In 1894 Columbia consisted of the penitentiary, the asylum, two or tnree small colleges, an undeveloped canal, the state government officials and the shop keepers, hotel keepers and laborers who were dependent upon the trade and business created by them. The meetings of conventions and the legis lature and the state fairs were an oc casional stimulus and kept the town from dying out right. One afternoon Mr. Gonzales and the writer, then a young newspaper man, were strolling in the south western suburbs of the city. Mr. Gonzales began to speak of Columbia's future.of its sure,inevitable, oncoming growth and with entbusiagu>1 JSJJ?MSetsand arguments about the town's resources and possibilities. The writer held his peace but his thought was that the surrounding cabins and prevailing squalor and dilapidation seemed sufficient to stifle any strug gling hope. But Mr. Gonzales, in his newspaper, incessantly spoke of Colum bia in the same spirit of his conversa tion and by his persistent and able mar shaling of figures and appealing facts drove the apathetic citizens of Colum bia to believe in their city and in them selves as city builders. Columbia num bers among its wealthiest business men today some who were moderately well to-do and fully satisfied ten years ago, men who would have stayed rather than upheld his hands, and who have be come rich largely through the stimu lation which he gave to the town's ex pansion. Behind mere material advancement must always be intellectual and moral forces and these Mr. Gonzales contri buted without stint or halting and with a faith born of his vigorous and pene trating mind to the conversion of our village capital into the thriving com mercial town. The shaft that has been raised to his memory does not say it in words but some of us who have been to a degree familiar with the commu nity believe that the life he lived and tho work he lovingly performed were indispensable to the rescuing of it from a business lethargy that had shadowed it for the century of its existence. * MERRY CHRISTMASI "Good will toward men" is not merely beautiful and pleasant but it is conducive to digestion and generally sensible. Men are fools to quarrel. Not one time in a thousand is the cause worth the harsh words. We utter them, sometimes deliberately we write them, and then when the fit is over we won der why. Rarely is any cause suffi cient to compensate for the trouble that follows sharp words and the deeds done. Life is short and money getting, over which most serious disputes occur, is a thing of a few years. At this Christmas season then let us try to drive from ourselves any evil feelings we may have towards our neighbors. Let us try to keep the friends we have. Let us make others if we can, and win back those we have lost. Of course wrong must be re buked, it is especially the duty of a newspaper to expose and rebuke wrong but the newspaper or the man who even tures to rebuke takes on a grave re sponsibility. Nothing is easior than to misjudge the motives of others. In most cases of conflict we know but half the facts and we ru?!i huadlong into the saying of things which better might have been left unbreathed. So at this season let us not only remember the poor but let us remember that in the larger sense we are all poor, very poor, and very needy?much in want of for giveness and indulgence. What man in Laurens dares to deny that he is "an object of charity"?of the "charity that suffereth long" his shortcomings and misdoings and "is kind" in dealing with his infirmities. We could wish thin morning that here in Laurens all asperities could be wiped out, all bickerings and antagon ists forgotten and that every man, woman and little child of us could begin the new year with a clean ledger without one word of dislike or hat? or envy "brought forward" from the books of 1906. During the coming year new i causes of anger would arise and when I another Christmas had come around the book would be found ugly and foul with the wounds given and taken in 1906. It seems that we might at least yield to oblivion the old troubles, ceas ing now to nurse and coddle them. Let us try?humbly and truly try to atart all over again. So today Tub Advertiser wishes everybody, all its readers, a merry, merry Christmas?free of care and full of joy. * Dying of Famine Is, in its torments, like dying of con sumption. The progress of consump tion, from the beginning to the very end, is a long torture, both to victim and friends. When I had consumption in its first stage," writes Wm. Myers, of Cearfo3s, Md., "after trying differ ent medicines and a good doctor, in vain, I at last took Dr. King's New Discovery, which quickly and perfectly cured me. Prompt relief and sure cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, etc. Positively prevents gneumonia. Guaranteed at Laurens ?rug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Price 50 cents and $1.00 a bottle. Trial bot tl<- free. ASSESSOR'S NOTICE. The Auditor's office will be open from ] the 1st day of January to the 20th day of February, 1906 to receive returns of Personal Property and Real Estate for taxation in Laurens County. For the convenience of the Taxpayers the Auditor or his deputy will attend the following named places to receive returns for said year, to wit: Tylersville, January 8th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. W.L. Lynn's January 9th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Renno, January 10th, 10 a. m. to 2 ] p. m. Clinton, January 11th, 10 a. m. to 21 p. m. Duck Youngs' residence, January 12th, 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. Carroll, January 12th, 1 to 4 p. m. Cross Hill, January 13th, 10 a. m. to | 2 p. m. Waterloo, January 16th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. J. D. Culbertson's store, January 16th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Daniel's Store, January 17th, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Brewerton, January 17th 1 to 4 p. m. Sharp's Store, January 18th, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Princeton, January 18th, 1 to 4 p. m. Tumbling Shoals, January 19th, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. D. D. Harris, January 22nd, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Abner Babb, January 23rd, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. V. A. White, January 24th, 10 a. i to 2 p. m. Cook's Store, January 25th, 10 a. l to 2 p. m. Youngs Store, January 26th, 10 a. l to 2 p. m. Pleasant Mound, January 27th, 9 m. to 12 m. Lanford, January 27th, 1 to 4 p. m. Real Estate and Personal Property in Laurens Special School DistrictNo^" SSfiMNM PeTurnSirom from other prop erty in the townships. It is always required that the Audi tor get the first given name of the tax payer in full. Under the head of "place of resi dence" on tax return, give the town ship. All male citizens between the ages of twenty one and sixty years, on the 1st of January, except those who are in capable of earning a support from be ing maimed, or from other causes are ] deemed taxable polls, Confederate vet rans excepted. And all taxpayers are required to give the number of their school dis-! trict. They are also requested to state whether the property is situated in town or country. After the 20th day of February next, fifty per cent penalty will be attached for failure to make returns. C. A. POWER. County Auditor. Dec. 5th, 1905-tf._ State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAURENS. By O. G.Thompson, Esq.,Probate Judge. Whereas, John F. Bolt, c. C. c P. g. s., made suit to me, to grant ..im Letter of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Susan G. Gray. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Susan G. Gray, de ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, S. C, on the 3rd day of January, 1906, next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 21st day of November, A. D., 1905. O. G. THOMPSON, Probate Judge L. C. Nov. 22, 1905-16-6t_ FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 30th day of ' December. 1905, I will render a final account or my acts and doings as Ad ministrator of the estate of Adele A. Martin, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at ft o'clock A. M., and on the same day wiil apyly 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. G. M. Boyd, Administrator with Will annexed. Nov. 28th 1905-td. Correct Dress ??H?MIWIIWI IIIIW ?M The "Modern Method" system of high-grade tailoring introduced by L, E. Hay* A. Co., of Cincinnati, O., satisfies good dressers everywhere. All Garments Made Strictly to Your Measure at inodf rot?; price*. 500 ttyles of foreign and doroettk fabrics from which to choose. Ask your dotier to shew you our Una, or ?* not roprasantad. vrlia to us /or particulars. L. R. HAYS OLX CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO. For Sate 105 acres land on South Rabun Creek, dwelling and outbuildings at a bargain. Eleven room house fronting on North Harper, lot 64 feet front, 87 feet back; well and city water, cheap. One 10 room house, 4 halls and bath room, with 13 fire places, good well of water; also water works and electric lights. On corner of Laurel and Hamp ton streets. At a bargain. 82 acres of land, nice dwelling, good out-building, good water, 45 acres nigh state of cultivation, balance timber, near Dials' Church. At a bargain. One seven room house in the city of Laurens. 400 acres at Madden Station, 250 in cultivation and balance in forest, with good 7 room dwelling, good outbuildings and six tenant houses. 400 acres one mile from Madden, good dwelling, three tenant houses and out buildings. 178 acres, 7-room dwelling, good out buildings, mineral spring on place, two miles of Ora, S. C. Three lots, 32 acres, 85 acres and 58 acres within the incorporated limits of the town of Laurens. Will sell lots separately or the three as a whole. Terms made easy. 446 acres, beautiful 8-room dwelling, good outbuildings, 5 tenant houses; 160 acres in cultivation, fine bottom lands, balance in forest; within 2 1-2 miles of Lanford Station; a beautiful county home; easy terms. 500 acres in four miles of the city of Abbeville Court House with good im Erovoments and a fine brick yard, at a argain. 502 acres of land, beautiful residence and eight tenant houses, with 20 acres within the incorporated limits of town of Woodruff. 140 acres in one mile of town of Woodruff. One modern residence, on Peachtree St., in town of Woodruff. One dwelling and two acres of land in town of Woodruff. Beautiful eight room house on Main Street of Woodruff. One dwelling, on Main Street, with nine bed rooms, parlor, cook room, dining room and closets, 70 acres of land, good outbuildings in town of Woodruff. 17 1-2 acres on Beaverdam Creek, near Lanford half mile from rail road, with corn and wheat mill in good runn ing order, casacity 200 bushels a day; good rock quarry, and survey for yarn mill has been made on place. 247 acres with good 4 room house, good out buildings, 125 acres in cultiva tion, lot of oak and 1500 cords of pine, two miles Enoree M'F'G. Co. 2 lota 1-4 acres each, dwelling on lot no. 1, in town of Fountain Inn. 178 acres of land with two good dwell ings and splendid well of water near Mt. Olive Church, Waterloo township. 2 acres suitable building lots, located in Jersey, city of Laurens. 1 lot acre, granite store house, town of Milton. 3 acres land dwelling and store house on Sloan street, town of Clinton. 1 six room house and 3-4 acre lot, main street Clinton. 1 five room house, 3 1-2 acres land on sloan street, Clinton. One 2 acre lot, suitable for building lots, on East Main street, in Laurens atj. a bargain. ^^"^ 9"CJ?"*? ,afl4<^T^rpa| in town of J*jy}tt?utt, on Sawmill Street. 112 acres, with dwelling and out buildings, 70 acres in cultivation, 10 acres fine bottoms on Reedy River, near Rabun Creek Church. 20 acres on North Rabun Creek, 20 horse water power, with wheat and corn mill, gin house and outfit; known as Nasn's Old Mill place, at a bargain. 2 acre lot and nice 5 room house, at a bargain on Conway Avenue, Laurens, S. C. One nice six room dwelling, good building, 2 acres, 1 acre front on Peach tree street, in Woodruff. 2 1-4 acres, suitable for building lots, on Sullivan street, City of Laurens. 424 acres at Hobbyville, Spartanburg county, good dwelling, tenant houses, store and post office, at a bargain. A beautiful 5-room house and 4 acres of land in Gray Court. J. N. LEAK Gray Court, S. C. There Are Styles In Watches As well as in clothes. The lat est in women's watches are now here, including some daintily beautiful chatelaine styles. In wo men's watch and lorgnette chains, we are showing a finevariety of Artistic Patterns -OF THE Simmons Chains. Although they are what are called GoT.n-Kiu,KD chains, they are in cv\ essential particular as good as the more costly all-gold. Yonr inspection of these is especially invited. : : : : : : : : Fleming Bros. SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOOD-WORK I N(i MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENOINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OP SERVICE. ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACIN0 YOUR ORDER. GIBBES MACHINERYC0MPANYv COLUMBIA, S. C. DR. CLIFTON JOiNEK Dentist OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phone: Office No. 86; Residence 210. EVERYBODY COME TO LAURENS Christmas Week. THE J^ARKOOT A MUSEMENT I K. Q. BARKOOT, Manager, Q Takes Pleasure in Announcing that he Will Present His Complete S SHOWS. I 10-Big, Clean and Moral Exhibitions-10 X -AT Laurens week of Dec. 25 I SIX DAYS-Evening and Night-SIX DAYS 1 3?BIG FREE ACTS DAILY?3 Capt. Darella, the Champion one-arm High Diver of the World, at 4:30 and 10:30 p. m., Daily. Prof. Scott, Champion Slackwire and Juggler, 3:00 and 8:30 p. m. Col. Tree, Flying Trapeze, 2:00 and 7:30 p. m., Daily. See the Old Plantation, Red Dome, Counterfeiters, Electric Theatres, Doleta, Streets of Cairo, Esau Ferris Wheel, Merry Go-Round and lots of other Grand Exhibitions. FREE?Royal Italian Band Concerts Daily?FREE Make Christmas Money Count Those items we have in our lines of Holiday Goods are sensible, pleasing ones; the kind that give full returns in usefulness and enjoyment for every cent of cost. We have made an extra effort this year to get practical as well as the newest and most attractive gifts in our lines; and we have put prices on them that will appeal to those who want worthy goods at the Lowest Possible Cost. In justice to yourself and those you buy for you should see what we have before making selections. We have told you previously something of the articles carried, but telling is largely in vain, you will have to see them to ap preciate the goods and prices. We want you to see them and save. The STORE that has it. - - - - Dodson's Drug Store. We TaKe this Method to TKanK Our Customers For their liberal patronage during the year which is now drawing to a close and we hope by renew ed effort to merit a continuance of the same. Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year. - - Respectfully, W. Q. Wilson & Co. BARGAINS Furniture, Jewelry and China Call and Ask for Prices Bargains in Every Department The New Furniture Store Caine & Moorman ? Laurens, South Carolina I Money Burned Up Will Not be Your Sorrow ful Answer if You Let The Bank of Laurens KEEP IT FOR YOU Fire-proof Vaults Insures Against Safe Crackers, and Bonded Officers who handle the Money. We have a Savings Department that pays 4 per cent per an num compounded January and July. If you need money call on us with good collatteral and you can get it. Capital $50,000. Undivided Profits, $20,000. Deposits, $200,000. O. B. SIMMONS, President. J. J. PLUSS, Cashier. W. P. CAINE, Assistant.Cashier. Calenders 1906 We have purchased a Calen dar this year, for 1906, that cost us 15 cents each, and if our friends want them, they must show some effort. We have only 100 of such Cal enders. The issue of this paper only will bear our coupon, which must be ac companied by a purchase of 15 cents worth of goods to entitle you to one of our handsome calendars. Tins offer expires December 22d. Palmetto Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. With a purchase of 15 cents and this Coupon we will be glad to give our handsome Calendar. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OP LAURENS, In the Court op Probate. D. W. Mason, in his own right, and as Executor of the last Will and Testa ment of D. H. A. Mason, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth Adair, et al, Defendants. ' PURSUANT to a decree in this ac tion, I will sell at public outcry, at Laurens C. H., S. C, on Salesday in January, 1906, it being Tuesday the 2nd day of the month, during the legal hours of sale, the following real estate, to wit: All that tract of land situate in Laur ens County, S. C, containing Two Hun dred and Seventy-four (274) Acres, more or less, known as the home place of D. H. A. Mason, deceased, bounded by lands of John Y. Gary, M. E. Brown ing, D. W. Mason and others. Also, all that lot, piece or parcel of land in Laurens County, said State, containing Fourteen Acres, more or less, bounded on the north, east and west by lands of Mrs. M. E. Browning, and on the south by lands of J. Y. Gary. Terms of Sale?One-half of purchase money cash, balance on a credit of twelve months; credit portion to be se cured'by a bond cf the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, bearing legal interest from day of sale, with leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If purchaser fails to comply with nis bid the property to bo resold on the same or some subsequent Salesday at the risk of the former pur chaser. O. G. THOMPSON, Probate Judge. December 5th, 1905-4t. Notice of County Treasurer. The County Treasurer's Books will be open for collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for fiscal year 1904 at the Treasurer's Office, from October 15th to December 31st 1905. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January. 1906, with one per cent, addi tional; those who prefer paying in Feb ruary, 1906, can do so with 2 per cent, additional; those who prefer to pay in March, 1906 to the 15th of said month can do so by paying an additional 7 per cent. After said date the books will close. All persons owning property or pay ing taxes for others in more than one Township are requested to call for re ceipts in each township in which they live. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may not bo attached. Prompt attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by checks, money orders, etc. Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off, are urged to send them early as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of December. The Tax Levy is as follows: State Tax, 5)? mills County Ordinary, 3 mills Special County, 2 mills Public Road, 2 mills School, 3 mills Total, 15,!.j mills Laurens Special School 3} mills Gray Court-Owings, 2 mills Fountain Inn, 4 mills Ekom, 2 mills Waterloo, 2 mills Cross Hill, 3 mills Mountville, 2i mills Clinton, 3 millB All nble-bodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at 50 years. Commutation Road Tax $1.00, in lieu of working the public roads, to be paid at the time as stated above. J. H. COPELAND, County Treasurer. Laurens, S. C, Sept. 26, 1905?td. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAURENS, j Dugas C. Martin, individually, in his own right and as Administrator de bonis non of the estate of Dr. B. E. Martin, Plaintiff, against Martha Corrinne Martin, etal., Defendants. Pursuant to a decree in this action, I will sell at public outcry, at Laurens C. Hv S. C, during tho legal hours of sale, m January 1906, it being Tuesday, the 2nd day of the month, all that lot, picco or parcel of land situato in the city of Laurens, in the county of Lau rens, State aforesaid, on the West side of the public square, and known as the Ben-Delia Hotel, containing seven tcnths (7-10) of an acre, more or less, bounded on the North by Jail Alley, on the East by public square, on the South by lot and building of Traynham & Dial, and on the west by Caroline Street, formerly known as Jnil Street. Terms of salo: One-half cash, the other half on a credit of twelvemonths, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to purchaser to pay the entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If the purchaser fails to comply with his bid the property to be resold on the same or some subsequent Salesday on the same terms, without further order of the Court and at the risk of the former purchaser. O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge. Dec. llth-td.