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Card From Judge Thompson. Assurances of confidence and support of a most flattering nature, coming through the county papers, and from a great many people from all sections, and insufficient volume to have removed any doubt I may have had of the pro priety of asking for re-election this year, seems to call for something more than a passing notice. Four years ago I hesitated to enter the lists for re election until four months of the year was gone. Not however, so much on account of fears of tho result as from other considerations that I need not mention here. During the latter part of last year I determined that if physi cally and otherwise able I would be u candidate this year. Any man that has had the friendship and loyal support that I have for these many years, and not bo moved thereby to feelings of sincercst gratitude must be wanting in moral sentiment and would be the veriest ingrate, and it is no affectation on my part when I say that it is diflicult for me to And words to express my sincere thanks to you, my friends and fellow citizens. Believing that an official Is a public servant and that as such be is under obligation to give his people the best service of which he is capable, and while regretting that 1 have not been able to do more, 1 can say that in all conscience, I have done the best I could. With the limited pay in this office and the many things that call for ex penditures it has been impossible to ac cumulate means, and because of age, financial surroundings and physical con dition I am prompted to seek re-elec tion. Therefore with feelings of profound gratitude to those who have supported me in the past, and with the utmost good will for those who have felt it their privilege and duty to oppose me, not one of whom have been prompted by hostility to me,but rather by greater friendship for a worthy opponent, and with a full sense of what a public ser vant owes to all the people, 1 shall, if re-elected serve you with all the im partiality, zeal and loyalty that I know. O. G. Thompson, Laurens, April 24th. Round Trip Rates via Charleston & West ern Carolina Railway. To Augusta, Ga., account Mav Car nival, May 9-10. 1900. Round trip rate, one first class fai*e plus 25 cents, tick ets on sale May 7, 8, and for trains schedules to arrive in Augusta before noon of May 9, with final return limit May 12, 1906. To Greenville, S. C ? Account Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in United States, May 17-26, 1906. Round trip rate, one first class fare, plus 25 cents. Tickets on sale May 11, 15, 16, with final return limit May 31, 1906, except that by deposits of tickets with Special Agent at Green ville, and payment of fee of fifty cents at time of deposit, an extension of final limit to June 15, 1906, may be obtained. To Chattanooga, Tenn., account Southern Baptist Convention and Aux iliary Societies, May 10-15. Round trip rate, one first class fare plus 25 cents, tickets on sale May 8, 9 and 10, 1906, with final return limit ten days in ad dition to date of sale, except that by deposit of tickets with Special Agent, Chattanooga, and payment of fee of fifty cents at time of deposit an exten sion of the final limit to June 15, 1906, may be obtained. EnNEST Williams, General Passenger Agent. PICNIC AND RALLY DAY AT RABUN. Dr. Poteat and Hon. M. P. Ansel of Greenville to Deliver Addresses. The Friendship High School, taught by Miss Irene Howell, will join with the Edon school, over which Miss Sarah Copeland prosides, in the picnic and educational rally at Rabun Croek Church Friday, May 4. In addition to Dr. E. M. Poteat, president of Furman University, who has been announced as one of tho speak ers on this occasion, Hon. Martin F. Ansel of the Greenville bar has also ac cepted an invitation to be present and deliver an address. Spartanburg's Annual livent. Laurcns will bo well represented this week at Spartanburg's annual event, the South Atlantic Musical Festival, which begins to-day. Among those who will go from here are Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gray, Mrs. T. D. Darlington, Mrs. H. K. Aiken, Mrs. D. A. Davis, Mrs. S. R. Todd, Misses Emma Hale, Emmie Meng, Bessie Todd, Nannie Bramlett, Mr. W. R. Richey, Jr. PItts?Abercrombic. On Sunday morning, 22nd inst., at the home of the bride near Tumbling Shoals, Mrs. Linnie E. Pitts and Mr. Leonard C. Abercrombic of the Rabun Creek section were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. L. Boggs of Greenville, pastor of Friendship Presbyterian Church. A ] large crowd of friends and relatives of I the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. Olf lor New Orleans. Capt. Thos. J. Duckett, Col. T. B. i Crews. Messrs. John R. Finlcy and Jas. P. Dillard, representing Camp Gar lington, United Confederate Veterans, left yesterday over the Seaboard Air Line for the veterans national reunion at New Orleans this week. Col. J. IL Wharton, who is a member of the staff of both Gen. B. H. Teague and Gen. T. W. Carwile, left Sunday for the Crescent city, going via Columbia. State Counsellor Terry. At the annual meeting last week in Columbia of the State Council Junior Order United American Mechanics, Mr. IL Terry of this city was elected State Counsellor. This is a fine compliment which Mr. Terry greatly appreciates as it places him at the head of one of the very large and popular fraternal or ganizations in the State. The State Council will meet next year in Char leston. Union Physican Dies Suddenly Columbia, April 2A? Dr. John Munroc Lawson, of Union, a surgeon in the First South Carolina Spanish-American war regiment, and prominently connect ed throughout the State, died suddenly at three o'clock this morning of pneu monia. He had been ill only three days. The body will be taken to Union for in terment in the family burying place. Our Millinery has a chic and style about it that pleases all. Then our prices are as low as the poorly trimmed and cheap kind that has no style or difference to recommend it. It is to J'our interest to see us before buying, )avis, Roper & Co. - -... . - DR, SAMPSON POPE DEAD. j Well known South Carolinian and Brother of Chief Justice Pope. Nowberry, Apr. 23?Dr. Sampson Pope died at midnight last night, from the effects of a severe rheumatic attack. Ho was seventy years old, and leaves a wife, a son, and a daughter. Ho was a brother of the chief justice. He was an intense Tilbnan partisan, but later becoming disgruntled, he not only left the faction, but the party as well, and became a republican. In recent years he had withdrawn from public activity. Early Closing Begins Tuesday. Beginning next Tuesday afternoon, May 1, dry goods and hardware mer chants and furniture dealers of the city have agreed to close their stores at six o'clock every afternoon, Saturdays ex cepted, until September 1st. Com mencing on the 16th of May the grocery stores will close at seven o'clock through tho season. This consideration on the part of the merchants is very highly appreciated by all the salespeople of the city. Hobsons's Election Indicated. Montgomery, Ala. April24.?At 12:30 a. m. all returns from the Democratic primary election in the 0th Alabama Congressional district indicate the nom ination of Capt. R. P. Hobson, of Mer rlmack fame, over John II. Bankhcad, the present Representative. Sessions Court Postponed. The regular term of General Sessions and Common Picas Court scheduled to be convened Monday, May 7, has been postponed until Monday May 14. The special term of Common Pleas will be called next Monday. The likom School. The closing exercises of Prof. C. W. Jones' school at Ekom will take place Friday evening, April 27th. Superin tendent R. W. Nash has been invited to make an address and deliver the prix.es. Do it Today. All who wish to contribute anything for the aid of San Francisco sufferers should see Mr. L. G. Balle who has in terested himself in raising a relief fund here. Tciiclicrs' Examination. The next regular examination for Touchers' Certificates will be held at Laurens C. H., Friday, May 18th, 1906. Questions will be on hand for those who have been taking the Teachers' Read* ing Circle course. R. W. Nas.i, County Superintendent Education. ?8-It Oak Grove Academy. Following is the honor roll of the Oak Gr >ve School for the month ending Fri day, April 20th: Firt Grade?Annie Bailey. Second Grade?Venie Blakely. Fourth Grade-Carl Bell, Wash Fuller. Fifth Grade?Orene Goodwin, Hattie Riddle. * Sixth Grade ?Essie Bell, Blanche Du vall, Bessie Blakely. Seventh Grade?Dessie Shocklcy. Ninth Grade? Rosalie Bailey, Fair 3oodwin, Lcafe Weathers. MATTIE C. TARRANT, Teacher. TOWNSHIP CLUB MEETINGS. 'I'licy Will be Held Throughout the County Saturday, 28th lost. On Saturday, pursuant to the reeent call of the Stato andCounty chairmen, tho Democratic Clubs throughout the County will meet for tho purpose of organizing and electing delegates to tho County Convention which meets Monday, May 7. The following is that portion of the Constitution of the Democratic party referring to Township Clubs and the County Convention: Article 1 provides that there shall be ono or more Democratic clubs or ganized in each township, and that each club shall have working commit tees, of not leas thnn three members each, viz: A committee, on registration, an executive committee, and such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Article 5 provides for the election of delegates to the County convention ? one delegate for every twenty-five members, and one delegate for major ity fraction thereof. These Township clubs arc required to meet on the fourth Saturday in April, which is the 28th day of the month this year, to elect delegates to County Convention, which meets the first Monday in May. MERCHANTS' NEWS. If you want shoes or slippers, go to Red iron Racket, for they sell the best and sell 'em for less. The Young men and gentlemen of all ages have never had such a variety of Panama, Straw and Pur Hats to select from as they will find with us this sea son. All the moat up-to-date things at the lowest prices. Davis, Roper & Co. If you want a nice suit of clothes, go right straight to Red Iron Racket, and you'll save money. Before you buy it will be to your in terest to let us show you our line of Ice Cream Freezers in different sizes with the triple motion that freeze quicker and use less ice than any other freezer on the market. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Does your feet hurt you in walking? Get a pair of our "makes Life's walk easy" and you will not kick about your feet hurting?all the latest toes. Both ladies and gentlemen. Davis, Roper & Co., outfitters. Have you seen our new line of Go Carts yet? If not let us show them to you, we have a beautiful line from which you can select just what you want. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Our Business Sack Suits arc swell and up-to-date, the tailoring is first class, prices arc as low as the shoddy and poorly made kind. Call quick. Your friends, Davis, Roper & Co., outfitters for all. Let us show you our line of Lawn and Porch Furniture, we have a beautiful line of settees in ditferent colors and sizes. i S. M. & E. II. Wilkes & Co. Every day is a busy day with us. Our line is large, our selections aro the best, our prices are the lowest, ('all quick. Davis, Roper & Co., outfitters for every body. When you need anything in House furnishing goods be sure to keep us in mind. Come and let us show you our line before you buy. S. M. Az. E. II. Wilkes & Co. Ten pounds good green coffee $1.00. Red Iron Racket. THE PENSION OFFICE HUMOR THAT 8PICE3 THE ROUTINE WORK OF THE OFFICIALS. ?onto of the Quaint nud Orlslnal Ap pllaatlous For Puymentn Tliitt H*t? Been Hundert In to the llcureaent?~ tlvea of I'nol* sum. If he dared lo do ho the commissioner ?f pensions nt Washington could com pile a delightful volume, putting there in the straugo applications for pcuslons that coiuo to hlB otllco. Seme of those letters bolong to the "loo good to keep" class, aud thoy Unit their way out Into the world, where they add a good deal to the hilarity of nations. Sonio appli cants for pensions manifest the most childlike Ignorance regarding tho meth od of procedure necessary whtm apply ing for a pension. They seem to think that all they hove to do is to send an application to the pensiou oftieo and Uncle Ham will forward a cheek by re turn mail. Soon after tho close of the civil war there cahio to the peuerion olllee In Washington the followlejg unique and poetical application for ai pension that wont tho rounds of thet newspapers years ago: to Comml*alon<,r of Pension? Wushington. those many yours I've ti led in vain an honost pentton to obtain For wound rooelvod in Sixty ono at flrst Battlo of Hull Ron ono of ohloes sons so bravo who wont to the front the union to save And whilst Engaged In above said light a rebel Shell too!i half my sight Not content by taking un Kye this treachorous shell In Pausing by took my J2yo Brow Cloar of tho bono a*nd Left mo as unconscious as a stono burning a blister of Crystal Clour from tho Jaw bono to (ho ISar but thanks to god my lifo wan spared Cheek and Dye brow but Hllt-Hy Seared and ono Eye was left to mo for to wrlght and read PocVro I hope that with that Eye to seo the day when llllkol Sam his Cripples will Pay. Much moro recent 1b the letter sent to the commissioner of pensions by nn applicant who had contracted blood poisoning In the following remarkable manner: I got blood poison by hol n go lilt with a hens eg wen 1 cam back from tho> front. The og wus not good wen you Bond my pension i want I he Dead made hos my wlto can't get nouo of it. She throdo tho eg. Sho war a rebbel. Equally appealing and rein a i kable was another letter sent to the pension olllee in which the applicant y?*t forth his claims to a pension in this wise: Tho way I got my War ingery was ? kctchln ot a hog. Tho Hug war wnntoxl by our captain for foreg v we waa ehastn tho hog and slv; crawled throw a hole an I thot I were about the size <.>f tho hog and tried to crawl throw, but i stuck aa in tryln to wiggle out I tihrode tho rales off an one It hit mo on niy bed and nocked mo senseless, l do not think tho hog had nothln to do with my lino of duty, for I did not ketch tho hop:. Wich she never was caul, so plezo send along my pension. One aged pensioner had evidently made a serious blunder by taking unto himself a wife In his old ago, for love of gain seems to have been the motive of the woman who married him If tho following letter stated the facts in tho case: Pear Mister Government, Plozo to tix up my pelishun papers so as. tny wlfo cant draw my twelve dolei'h :i inunt When I am ded. sho say she myeryed mo for lov an to bo a olo mans Darling but now I *o It was for to git my penshun on hcr aolf by being my widower so place let piy penshun end with me but plezo donnt lei on to hot' that you got this from me or I would have a hot time of It and times is hotter now than 1 can stand. So when I s-end word that I am no moar then send hi r this If you want to but not until tho penshun Is shut off whltch It Is her Just desserts for marryln for money an In a Mershocnary spirrut. One day there eamu to the pension office a very old and subdued looking man who coujj scarcely letter alonj: with the help of two canes. By bin side was u very robust and perfectly Hclf reliant young woman of perhaps thirty years of age. When souie one went forward to ask what was wanted the young woman said: "Well, 1*11 Just tell flTOU, This is my husband, ami wo aln'i getting onougtl pension?that s what ve aln'l. We're getting only $10 a month, and we know a man that wasn't in the war half as long as my husband was and didn't get a shot in Iii in and he gits Ills $12 a month, and we want our pension raised to that flggcr or more." One applicant was willing to give the most pnlpnble proof of the genuineness of his Injuries, for ho wrote as follows: If you don't think I was ?holt in IhO war 1 am willing to come on there and you or nny unn el SO can lay tholr linger on the bullet Imbedded In my back wlilch panes mo When I sloop or lay on it and which it has brought on pormnenA ills abllllty no I can't work like I used to could I pilous if you would speak u> Pres ident Mayklnley and tell him about the bullet ho would Buy to send on the peti tion and nny medlkel doctor would Bay tho sumo. A doctor hern will te> his of fydavllt that ho bus laved his flngors on tiio bullet wich I am proud of as BCftl'S of War where I lit und bled for my country wich It is America and Union forever. The Vlwit llniiM ChrlHtlnn Aiulcmon F?Id II In Ohl Denn. Among tho many amusing Ihtugs {Inns Christian Aiulorseu treated us to was a little anecdoto which, cu riously enough, since It was so very characteristic of him, he omitted from his autobiography. lie mentions in his "Life's Story" that during the autumn of 1S11 he was a dally guest of the Danish royal family at b'ohr, and was on terms of Intimacy bolli with them and with (he family of the Duke of Augustonhorg. Ho told us the following Incident about his i.tai lliere: It had been one of the mortifica tions of his younger days that the dean of the diocese, who hi his day had COnfl'/mcd him, had treated hllll badly, und put the uffront on lilni of placing him. as a poor boy, down In the bottom vf tho church, nmong llio curate's poor herlged up above, among the dean's own. lie chanced to hear that Ibis man now held u, post in the Island of Kohr. "So 1 asked the king," said An dersen, "IC I might for oipe have one of the royal carriages, with coachman and footIU.in in red livery, the same as tho royal family themselves used, placed at my disposal, to pay a visit. Tho king smiled and said, 'With pleas ure.* Bo I drove out In (ho royal carriage, with panaelud horses, nil 1 Coachman and footman, to pay a vi it to my old diocesan dean. The carriage waited outside while I was in tho house. That was my revenge." It seems to me that we have Andersen's whole self, his roinantie bent, his old humiliations and his vehement, half childish greed of honor, in Ibis little story.?Georgo Brnudcs in Contempo rary Rovlow. The Great Clock, at Holten. The ancient city of Rouen, France, owns the very cnrllcsl specimen of the larger varieties of the ancient clock makers' triumphs. 1L was made by Jeban de Peluins and was finished and set going hi September, 1380. So per fect In construction is this ancient time recording machine that, although it has been regularly striking the hours, halves and quurters for centuries, it is still used ns a regulator. The case of this early horologies 1 oddity Is six feet eight Inches lu height by live inches broad. For :!"."> years it continued to run without a pendulum, being provid ed with what the old time clock makers called a "follot." - New York Tribune. AN ODD REVENGE. Knox nnfl Scotland. Bcotlaud owes to Kncx not Its exist Ing Presbyterian government?this wm the subsequent work of Andrew Mel vllle?but that which Is tho chief fea ture aud main streugtb of Presbytert nnlsm?viz, tho full recognition (lack ing tu Episcopacy) of the Christian laity In tho administration of the church, combined with that orderly subornation (which Congregationalism falls to i-ecuro) of tho whole church to one representative and supreme au thority. It Is owing to Kuox and his follow reformers that tho Scottish church avoids tho danger both of hier archy and of anarchy.?"John Knox," by Professor Henry Cowan. Tlicr All Do. Mother?Dickie, what do you want for a birthday present? Dickte?I want '9 be my own boss.?Indianapolis Jour Troalilcnotuo Children. 7<2 very thing is relative, after all, even age, yet one might suspect that the ?'children'' of ono of Mr. Muzzey's "Men of the Revolution" might have arrived at years of some discretion and proper regard for behavior. When I saw the old soldier, says Mr. Muzzey, ho was tho sole survivor of those who witnessed the battle of Bun ker Hill. At tho ago of ninety-five years he was attending a Whig cele bration held at Boston In i860, and there I met him. He was a good look ing old man with a large, well shaped head, blue eyes and mild expression. His whole countenance beamed With benevolence. I asked htm If he had any children. "Oh, yes, I have two sons," he re plied. "Why did you not bring then* with you?" The old man's smooth brow wrinkled into a semblance of a frown as he said: "I didn't want to bo plagued with j those boys on an occasion of this sort." ' "Why, how old nro they?" I asked, ; wondering If bo could mean his grand '. children. I "Oh, one Is seventy, and tho other Is seventy-two. But I couldn't be both tied with thorn." The Mlaerahle Moora, The lives lived by the Moors are, ; without perhaps nny exception, the j most precarious and miserable that can ! be imagined. The poor man is thrown ; Into prison for sums lie never possess ed and can never pay, the rich to Im? squeezed of all ho possesses, while those only can hope to escape who are members of families sufficiently power ful to arouse the fears of the local gov ernor should be attempt extortion nnd not sufficiently powerful tc r.tir up the jealousy and avarice of the sultan. Even the governors of tho provinces suffer themselves as they make others suffer, for Just as they squeeze the ag riculturist and the peasant so are they In turn squeezed by tho sultan aud his viziers, and should they fall by con stant presents to maintain a good opinion at the court they can expoct only Imprisonment nnd often death. j_ The Only One of It* Kind. ' On an evening somewhere about the end of the sixteenth century ft traveler from Sweilen might have been observ ed at the door of the Hose theater in London. He was going to see ft new piece called "Titus Androuloiis," and in order to follow it in the nutlve Inn guage ho bought a copy of the play, price sixpence, at the theater door. When lie went homo to Sweden he took tho book with him to show his wife and friends what strange stuff tho foreigner ranted. Tor 3(H) years It wo? preserved nud in 1P04, being discov ered In the borne of u countrywoman, was transferred for safety to the I.und university. The book Is the ouly ena of Its kind known to exist. WORK FOR YOURSELF. Then Yo? Will Hare n Cbaaoe <<> De? ??lop Your Individuality. It in well Uuowu that long continued employment In the service of others of ton cripples orlgluallty and Individual ity. Tb.ut resourcefulness and inventive* nons which come from perpetual stretching of the mind to meet emer gencies or from adjustment of means to ends Is seldom developed to Its ut most In those who work for others. There Is not tho same compelling mo tive to expand, to reach out, to take risks or to plan for ouoself when the programme Is mnde for him by another. Our self made men, who refused to ' remain employees or subordinates, are the backbone of the natlou. They are the sinews of our country's life. They got their power as tho northern oak gets its strongth, by fighting every Inch of Its way tip from the acorn with storm and tempest. It is the hard schoolliiK that the self made man gets in his struggle.) to elevate and make a place for himself lu tho world that de velops him. Borne employees have a pride in working for a great institution. Their Identity with It pleases them. But Isu' ? even a small business of your own which gives you freedom and scope to develop your individuality and to be yourself, better than being a perpetual Clerk In a large Institution, when- you are merely Ohe cog iu a wheel of a vast machine? Tho sense of personal responsibility Is lu itself a great educator, a powerful schoolmaster. Sometimes young wom en who have been brought up In luxury and who have knowu nothing of work when suddenly thrown upon their own resources by the loss of property or compelled even to support their once wealthy parents develop remarkable strength and personal power. Young men, too, sometimes surprise every body when suddenly loft to carry on their father's busluess unaided. They develop force and power which no one dreamed they possessed. We never know what we can do un til we aro put to tho tost by some great emergency or tremendous responsibili ty. When we feel that we are cut off from outside resources and must de pend absolutely upon ourselves we can light with all the force of desperation. The trouble with working for others Is the cramping of the Individuality? the lack of opportunity to expand along original and progressive lines?because fear or making a mistake and appre hension lest we take too great risks are constantly hampering the executive, the creative, the original faculties.?Suc cess. Cnp'it Blll'n Hxplnnnt Ion. Af:er the visitors to tho island of Kant ticket had covered the course over which sightseers are always conduct ed, says a writer In the Boston Her ald, one of the ladies of the party re quested that the drive be continued t.? ?'Sheep pond." "The place where the natives used to wash tho wool on their sheep in the old days," she supplemented. "Ev erybody goes to see it." Tho driver and guide, Cnp'n Bill, looked perplexed. He was evidently puzzled as to the location of this inter esting sheet of water. Hut an old sailor and town character is rarely nonplused, and presently Cnp'n Bill snapped his whip, determination in his eye. He drove to a neighboring hill and stopped his horses. "nero 'tis," ho said, with a sweep of his hand. "I don't see any water!" was the gen eral exclamation. "Not now," Cnp'n Bill gravely ad mitted. "Yon see, the sheep was so dirty that the bloomln' pond got filled up."?Youth's Companion. re *?ou to tie JUarrteb? If so we wish to show you some of the latest designing in engraved Invitation Cards, Announce merits, etc. We are agents for a high-class Grade of this work--none better. Our prices are also reasonable. We also produce pretty and stylish effects from the most fashionable type faces. 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