Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE ADVERTISER Subscription Price-12 Months, f 1.00 Payable in Advance. Kates for Advertising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for ] large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent j a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. Entered at the postoffice at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, May 9, 1906. PUBLICITY SAVES MONEY. The New York Mntutl Life Insurance Company saved in expenses, so it is announcer], two millions during the first three months of 1906 as compared with the same months in 1905. This gives some idea of the tremendous wasteful ness that has prevailed in this great com pany and it is beyond question that the same methods have characterized until last year's exposures the conduct of the management of the other great companies. What brought about the change? Persecutions? Nobody has been sent to jail. MacCurdy is at large and un der no criminal charges, though every body believes that be has betrayed his trust and robbed the policy-holders and the same is true of late officers of the Equitable and of the New York Life? not to mention dozens of smaller con cerns. All of the big companies have been reorganized and are being con ducted with some regard for the inter ests of the persons who buy the insur ance policies. But nobody has been prosecuted. Ex posure has brought about the reforms. The exposures have been made by the newspapers, these same newspapers that the demagogic politicians have de nounced as agencies of the "money power" and as corrupt. The New York World has been the leader in the wood work and its exertions have saved to the American people many millions of dollars. Publicity is the greatest of all police men. Yet we have members of the legislature from time to time offering bills to conceal the disbursement of county and other public funds under the plea of saving the money of the tax-payers by cutting down the public advertising bills. The truth is that the state of South Carolina and the coun ties would save money in the long run if they would require that reports of fiscal officers be printed in far greater detail than is now the custom. If the laws of Pennsylvania and other states had compelled the Stand ard Oil companies to publish statements of their affairs in the same way that banks are compelled to publish them it is likely that the people would have taken warning in time and that the monopoly would have been throttled. Laws ought to be enacted in this state now requiring cotton mills and other manufacturing to make more of the?* attairs public. Corporations ought to be watched, they have special powers and they include certain dangers and for the protection of the people they should be forced to operate in the open. If the Union Cotton Mills had been forced to print in a newspaper four times a year statements of its condition suspicion would probably have been excited when half a million or one million dollars instead of three million had been lost in speculation. We do not mean that publicity is an absolute safe-guard but we do say that it is the greatest of all methods of pre venting wrong-doing. We should like to see this subject figure in the campaign this year. Some corporations wish their affairs to be kept quiet because they are making more money than they are willing for the public to know about, others because they are making less. But when the state permits persons to band together and form an artificial person with pe culiar privileges and powers the state may rightfully demand that its books be open. Nearly all the corporation abuses of these times are due to their ability and disposition to conceal. We are especially glad that the most promi nent corporation in this county has taken the lead in this matter by inti mating tbat it will court publicity in its affairs and we trust that prospective candidates for the legislature will con sider the feasibility of passing laws that will cause a better condition of affairs generally to come about. * FARMESR SHOULD STAND FIRM. We earnestly hope that the cotton growers of Laurens County will stand faithfully by the Southern Cotton As sociation. They should habituate their minds to the thought that cotton is not a crop to be gathered, ginned and dumped on the market. The farmers should sell when they are disposed to sell and until they learn not to threw the entire crop on the market within a few weeks they will be at the mercy of the buyers. We hope they will stand firmly by their organization, heed the words of their leaders and contribute to the association's financial support. In this county we have had bonded ware-houses for ten years or more and it appears strange to Laurens people that these useful institutions have not been built.long in all parts of the South ?wherever cotton is grown. The ware houses in Laurens have paid good pro fits to their owners and we think they have been of inestimable benefit to the Laurens farmers. To the Trustees of First Presbyterian Church. Gentlemen: We take the liberty of telling you that every church will be f;iven a' libeial quantity of L. & M. 'aint whenever tney paint. 4 gallons L. & M. mixed with 3 gal lons Linseed Oil will paint a moderate sized house. L. & M. Zinc hardens L. & M. White Lead and makes the paint wear like iron. Largest mills in the world use I/. & Arnold Print Works, North Adams, Mass., used nearly 17,000 gallons L. & M. Paint made with 10,000 gallons L. & M. and 7,000 gallons pure Linseed Oil. Sold by W. L Boyd, Laurens, S. C. and Clinton Pharmacy, Clinton, S. C. WISE AND OTHERWISE. |[? THE SAME OLD SORT. Bobbie?What are his political con victions? Jobbie?Oh, he's liable to be con victed at any time. ?Tho Punster. ONE OF JEFFERSON'S FISH STORIES. Mr. Jefferson came unexpectedly upon a Hebernian disciple of the great Sir Isaak who was industriously casting his lines into the limpid waters of his private fish pond. "See here," said tho great come dian. "What do you mean by catching my fish?" "Begorra," replied the fisherman, slowly removing his pipe from his mouth, "Oi'm not fishin'. Oi'm t'achin' these wurrums how to swim?" ?New York Times. Eminent Surgeon?"I operated on Mr. Bullion for appendicitis to-day." His Wife ?"Dear me! I wonder who will have it next?" Eminent Surgeon (absent-mindedly) ? "l don't know. I haven't decided yet. "-Life. WHY HE LAUGHED. Smith, who had purchased a new horse, warranted to be quiet to ride and a good trotter to boot, had invited a friend to accompany him for a trial drive. They had not gone very far when the horse holtet!, ran against a heap of stones lying in the road, and pitched both occupants of the carriage violently into the lane. When they recovered, the horse had disappeared, leaving the buggy shaftleta and a heap of wreck age. Smith began to roar. "What on earth are you laughing at?" dejectedly inquired his friend. "Why the fellow who sold me that horse lent me the buggy." ?Philadel phia Ledger. HE HAD REFORMED. "There was a time when you bought my poems and paid a good price for them," whined the party with the un barbered hair. "Why do you decline to purchase them now?" "I've quit drinking," explained the literary editor. ?From the Columbus Dispatch. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. "I thought," said the friend of the family, "you said this election was go ing to be a walk-over." "And it was," replied the ex-candi date, as he let out a soulful sigh. "The other fellow walked all over me.'' ? Detroit Tribune. HAD QUITE ENOUGH. A very subdued-looking boy of abtut twelve years of age, with a long scratch on his nose and an air of general dejec tion, went to the master of one of the Board schools and handed him a note from his mother before taking his seat and becoming deeply absorbed in a book. The note read as follows: "Mr. Brown.?Please pvcino Jr.rr.ec for not being present yesterday. He played trooant, but you don't need to thrash him for it, as the boy he played trooant with an' him fell out, an' the boy fought him, an' a man they throo at caught him an' thrashed him, an' the driver of a cart they hung on to thrash ed him allso. Then his father thrashed him, an' I had to give him another one for being impodent to me for telling his father, so you need not thrash him un til the next time. He thinks he bet ter keep in school in future.?Tit-Bits. DISILLUSIONED. Great Author: "Waiter, this steak is as tough as leather." Waiter: "I've always heard you was an original character, sir, but I'm hanged if you don't say jist the same as all on 'em do."?Tit-Bits. SURE THING. "I must confess," remarked Mrs. Crabbe, "I don't believe there ever was a really perfect man." "Well," replied Mr. Crabbe, "Adam would have been perfect, I suppose, if Eve had only been made first." ?'Huw do you mean?" "Well, she would have bossed the job of making Adam. " ? Philadelphia Press. CHILD HAD TO WAIT HIS TURN. A lady in a small Alabama town had occasion to call at the cabin of her washerwoman, Aunt Betsy. While waiting for the article she sought to be found she observed a woolly head which appeared from under the edge of the bed and asked: "Is that one of your children, Aunt Betsy?" " 'an' 'tis honey," was the reply. "What is its name?" "Dat chile ain't got no name yet, Miss Rosa," Aunt Betsy said. "Why, it must be five or six years old. Surely it ought to have a name at tnat age," the lady said. Aunt Betsy nodded. "Dat done worried me a whole lot, honey. Hit sho'has," she said. "But whut Ah gwine do? My ole man he done used up all do good names on de dawgs, and now dat chile des hatter wait twell one ob dem die, so he can git his name. " ? Success Magazine. HE HAD NOT LOST IT. A London bus driver had shouted " 'Igh 'Ohorn!" till the passenger on the seat behind him could not longer resist the temptation to make a joke. "Excuse me," said the passenger, "but haven't you dropped something?" "I see wot you're at," returned the driver keenly, "but never mind. I shall pick It up when we get to Hox ford street. " ? London Daily News. Little Joe?Say, mamma, is sister go in' to be a Indian? Mamma?Why do you ask that, dear? Little Joe ? 'Cause she's upstairs paintin' her face. Tommy-Papa, don't fish go about in schools? Papa?Yes, Tommy. Why? Tommy?Oh, I was just wondering what would become of the school if some fisherman happened to catch tho i teacher. BAPTIST SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED. Rev. L M. Roper, Chairman of (he Com* mittee, Which Has the Plan of Found* ing the School in Charge. Spartanburg, May 7. ?For nearly a year the Baptists of Spartanburg county have been discussing and mak ing plans for the establishment of a high school somewhere in the upper part of the county, where expenses can be reduced to the lowest possible fig ure. Campobello, Inman and Landrum have made very generous offers of money and land for the school. After due consideration of all these offers Landrum was chosen as the home for the school. A committee of which Bev. L. M. Uoper is chairman, was appointed last August to purchase a site and found the school. This committee has had several important meetings, but the meeting in Landrumdast Monday has proved to be of most importance. The committee at that time made Mrs. D. J. R. Jackson an offer for her house and fifteen acres of land; she took the matter into consideration and decided a few days later to accept the offer and signed a legal contract to that effect. The committee will meet tomorrow to arrange for the employment of a faculty and for the purchase of such furniture as may be necessary for the equipment of the school. The site chosen for the school is the most beautiful in the town of Landrum and one of the prettiest in upper South Carolina. It is the hill just west of Landrum station, already beautifully shaded by native trees. With a little improvement the grove and lawn can be made to equal in beauty any college hill in the state. Mrs. Jackson's large brick residence of eighteen rooms, will be converted in to a school building and a dormitory for girls. There are two cottages on the lot which will be used as dormitories for boys. Everything will be in readi ness for the opening of the school about September 1. a high school. This is to be strictly a high school; it will not attempt to do college work, but only to fit boys and girls for col leege. Nor will it do primary work; the students must be prepared to enter the sixth grade, or at the very lowest, the fifth grade. In addition to the regular branches, music and drawing will also be taught. There will also be an industrial depart ment for both boys and girls, so that sewing, cooking and housekeeping may be learned by the girls, and some kinds of manual work by the boys. There are several features of this school which are to be emphasized: It is to be a distinctly Christian school. The Baptists of Spartanburg county will elect the trustees who will consult with Dr. A. E. Brown, of the Baptist Home Mission Board of the South as to the choice of teachers and the plans of work. Only Christians of mature character will be employ ed as teachers and constant at tention will be given to the spiritual wclfnm r>r fjj? etudento. It is to be conducted as economically as possible. The entire expenses for a boy or girl for the year will not exceed $125. Board and tuition will be held down to actual cost. Regular and thorough work in all high school branches will he the motto for both teachers and students. The school will be equipped, devel oped and maintained by gifts from the Baptists of the county and from the Home Board. Free tuition and other help will be given to poor young men who wish to prepare for the ministry. Mamma?Remember that every cloud j has a silver lining. Little Bess -Then why doesn't God turn 'em inside out? Sunday School Teacher?What be came of the swine that had evil spirits cast into them? Small Johnny?They were made into deviled ham. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Treasurer, subject to the rules of the Primary Election. A. s. Riddle. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. Ross D. Young. At the solicitation of friends 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary. J. D. Mock. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Treasurer Laurens County and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. Walten A. Baldwin. FOR SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Super visor for Laurens County and pledge myself to abide the result of the Demo cratic Prirmtry. J. B. Cosnv. I hereby announce myself as a candi date; for re-election to the office of Coun ty Supervisor- subject to the rule of the Democratic Primary. Respectfully, H. B. Humbert. 1 respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Laurens County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary election. Jas. M. Sumerbl. FOR AUDITOR. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. C. A. powkk. FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I respect fully announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of County Superintendent of Education of Laurens County, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. R. W. Nash. JUDGE OF PROBATE. I hereby announce myself for re-elec tion to the office of Judge of Probate, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. o. 0, Thompson. J. N. LEAK Gray Court, S.' C. Offers the property named below Buy your property now. Do you know of a single instance of where Eroperty intelligently purchased can be ought back at the price paid? 203 acres of land, 2i miles east of the town of Laurens on road to Clinton. Price $40.00 per acre. 75 acres of land H miles east of the city of Laurens. Price $2,000. I want immediate purchasers for the following property: 82 acres land near Dial's church, well improved. $25 per acre. Two lots in the city of Laurens, Nos. 11 and 35 Simpson property -the two for $125. 202 acres near Mt. Olive church, Waterloo township, well improved. $2,100. 3 acre lot, 7 room house good out builbings, well in yard in town, of Gray Court, $2,600. House and lot, two acres land, 5 room building, good barn in town of Gray Court $2,100. 400 acres at Madden Station, good dwelling and out buildings and other improvements. Price $25.00 per acre. 400 acres in one mile of Madden Sta tion, good improvements. Price $12.50 per acre. One house and lot in city of Laurens, between Laurens hotel and Merchants and Faamers Bonded Warehouse. Price $2,200. Five lots in town of New Cordell, Wushita county, Oklahoma Territory, lots Nos. 4, 5, 0, 9, 10, block 12. Price for all five lots $300.00 cash. 212 acres located on Jimmie creek, Spartanburg county, with good dwellimr ZT.d or>? l?hcMil house, price $1,250. 196 acres five miles north of Laurens, with dwelling and three tenant houses, price $25 per acre. 440 acres, with 8-room dwelling, 5 tenant houses, up-to-date farm, line bottoms and timbered land; located two miles from Lanford; fiO an acre, easy payments. 20 acres of land, wheat aud corn mill, gin house and saw mill complete; located in Greenville county and known as the old Nash Mill. Bargain at $1,500. 5- room cottage and two-acre lot on Garlington street, city of Laurens, $925. 6- room house and 3-4-acre lot, good outbuildings, Main street, town of Clin ton, $3,000. 5-room house and 3 1-2-aare lot, Sloan street, town of Clinton, $1,200. 178 acres, near Mt. Olive church, two good dwellings, fine farm land, $10 per acre. Two lots, 1 1-8 acres each, town of Fountain Inn, $250 per lot. 112 acres and dwelling, on Becdy Kiver, cheap at $12.50 per acre. 178 acres, 7-room dwelling, mineral spring, one mile from Ora, $5,000. 11-room residence, with waterworks, fronting on North Harper street, $3,500. 225 acres, 7-room dwelling, 4 tenant houses, near Durbin Creek church, $30 per acre. 10-room house with four halls, hath rooms, city water and lights, also good well water and servant house, in city of Laurens, $3,500. Granite store building in town of Mil ton. $350. 3-acrc lot, store room and dwelling, on Sloan street, town of Clinton, $3,000. 2 1-4-acre lot on Sullivan street, in town of Laurens. $337.5o, cash. 17 1-2 acres on Beavcrdam creek, 1-2 mile from Lanford, wheat and corn mill in perfect order, survey made for yarn mill, bargain at $1,500. Two acres specially suitable for build ing lots, East Main Street, City of Laurens-$1,500. 40 acres, East Main Street, town of Woodruff~$2,000. 424 acres, 7-room dwelling, store house and po8tofficc, at Hobbyville, Sjmrtanburg county?$20.00 per acre. 1-acrc lot, 8-room house, reception hall, bath room, in town of Woodruff $2,500. 500 acres with splendid improvements and brickyard on place, 4 miles of town of Abbeville--$10,000. 73 acres, 9-room dwelling, good out buildings, town of Woodruff - 6,000. 1 1-2 acre lot, 7-room residence, hand some barn, in town of Fountain Inn? $4,000. 502 acres, beautiful dwelling, 8 tenant houses, up-to-date farm; improvements, including 20 acres of land, located in town of Woodruff?$25 per acre. 4 1-2 acres, nice residence, in town of Fountain Inn?$2,500. House and 4-acre lot in town of Foun tain Inn-$1,600. 7- room house and halt-acre lot in City of Laurens?$825. 12 1-2 acres in town of Fountain Inn-$400. Can locate two practicing physicians in very attractive localities. J. N. LEAK, REAL ESTATE DEALER, (bay Court, S. C. Wood's E/vergreei% Lawn Crass. * .The beat of Lawn Grasses fo? 'theSouth; specially prepared to withstand our summers and to give a nice green uward the year round. Special Lawn Circular telling how to prepare and care for buvns, mailed free on request. Plant Wood's ??aidctu Seeds for superior Vegetables and Flowers. Our Desoriptlve Catalogue tolls you how and whon to plant for best success. Mailed free. Write for it. ^ T.W.Wood&Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, ? VA. If you want tho sweetest and best Water Melons and Cantaloupes grown, |>lmit Wood's Southern-grown seed. Our DosoHptive Catalogue tells ail about tho best kinds to }>ltint. IT DOES THE WORK 1 Boyd's Cough and Cold Mixture. Read what Mr. Bolt says of it: Laurens, S. C., March 6, 1906. Mr. S. S. Boyd, Laurens, S. C. Dear Sir:?I have been trou bled with lung trouble for ten years, and with catarrh for about fifteen years. I have taken two bottles of your Cough and Cold Mixture, and I now seem to be perfectly well, and I recommend it to all who may be so unfortu nate as to suffer from these troubles. Yours respectfully, (Signed) J. M. Bolt, Laurens, S. C. Sure Cure for Coughs and Colds. It's Laxative. FOR SALE UY S. S. BOYD and at LAURENS DRUG COMPANY. What is Bromonia? Read the following carefully: If you have consumption or some of the contagious forms of blood Soisoning we cannot cure you. We on't pretend to cure you. You need the individual treatment of some skilled specialist; but if you are run down in general health, if you have dyspepsia, are subject to fainting spells, a victim to insomnia, bilious ness, kidney or liver trouble, catch cold easily, if .your system is in that condition that you may become an easy prey to the disease germs of pneumonia, la grippe and the vari ous epidemics, if you are bothered with constant headache, loss of memory, generally impaired vitality, we can help you, and, if you follow our directions, render you immune against sickness. Most skin disease can be cured by the use of "Br#no nia." "Bromonia" is to the human tern what the scrubbing brush soap are to the dirty washbowl aids Nature to resume normal tion. We don't ask you to invest a cent until you have tried "Bromonia" at our expense. A single bottle often times works wonders. Cut out the Coupon at the bottom of this column. Write name and address plainly. Be careful to address The Bromonia Co., NEW YORK Free Bromonia Coupon. Name City State Street Address My disease is If you think Bromonia is what you need and do not care to send coupon, you will find it at all first-class druggists 25 and 50 cents the bottle. SPECIAL SALE HY TIIK LAURENS DRUG COMPANY, Exclusive Wholesale Agents for Laurens and vicinity. Dealers elsewhere desiring agency apply to MURRAY DRUG COMPANY, Columbia, S. C. Something to Eat! Fresh Vegetables Arriving Daily. Kennedy Bros. Laurens, - South Carolina. IDLE MONEY Money often lies idle awaiting opportunities for investment; but these opportunities do not come every week, month, or even year. In the meantime, this money should he earning something; and it can, if you place it in this Bank, The Bank of Laurens. The Bank For Your Savings. THE Quickest Sellers Are the lines of goods recognized by the purchasing public to possess a higher grade of merit apart from others, cither in style, quality or price. We have reference to the following goods that are constantly coming in contact with the scissors here: The wide Sheer White Persian Lawn at lf>c. Those four grades White Linon 10c, 12 l-2c, 15c and 20c. White and Printed Madras Cloth 12 l-2c and 15c. Also the Mercerized Waistings In White, the 20c and 2;>c qunl ity, are the (puck sellers. 'Tis only to wait a moment to decide the coloring:; of those handsome 10c printed Organdies then the order is promptly given to cut. Where the Scissors Remain Silent. The ends of White Madras and very wide soft finish plain White Nainsook. These come direct from the manufacturers with the correct length marked on each piece, and can be easily delected as being much below market value at W. 0. Wilson & Co. I w? y* We have just received from the bleach jk ery one hundred different patterns of, '({ I Watts Mill Cloth! I A\_ These goods are made for summer waists and dresses, they are of every color you can imagine, except yellow. The lot contains; i| Satteens, Lawns, Dimities, Or S gandies, Nainsooks, Reps, <t Mohairs and others. ffl_?_ t]> If you want some bargains come and examine ifi these goods made at Watts Mill by y|> Laurens people out of Laur # ens Cotton. I Watts Mill Store, t Here Is the store that cares more about your comfort than about your money. To fit you perfectly with shoes that will look fit and stuy fit we rec ommend " Urfit." "Urfif'ls patented and comes only In shoes that have the "Good", sign These shoes will not heel slip, side swell nor twiat out of shape, and they have the style, shape and poiso that never wear out. R. E. COPELAND'S Shoes, Hats and Furnishings Customers' Shoes Sinned Frkk. Tue One-PricB Stoh k ("\ Mi iii m% \hm m% i ^^ KmY m% vl' ill VJK VJL A' - ^ VI/ ^ ^ /fs .In s1\ ,Ts /ts sW\ sT\ Als /l\ ?T. /1\ /t. "f ? Ms. Vt\" |\7ls?~"ll\ /IK st\ /Is /T\ As 7t\ The 1 Franklin Typewriter! The "Franklin" leads them all. Typewriter operators have pronounc ed it king of all visible writing ma chines. It's a time-saver, simplicity itself, and for durability and speed it it has no equal. id) Price $75.00. Terms to Suit. FRANK H. TUXBURY, Southern Representative. Roanoke, Virginia. |\ 79s TR^R. w. "HS" & ? 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 thaken in part payment. FOX TYPEWRITER CO., Ltd. EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND FACTORY Grand Rapids, Mich.