The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 18, 1907, Image 3
jf Benjamin Shoemaker James. 9
v, kY W. D. S. ?
He was a Pennsylvania Dutchman
that drifted down South and married
Elizabeth Loven, and they spent most
of their married life around Princeton.
Both were shoemakers by trade, and
could put up as fine an article of boots
as were ever manufactured in those
parts. No young blood thought his
dress was complete unless he had on a
pair of Ben James' ten-dollar boots.
They were made of fine French calf
skin, and made to fit almost without a
wrinkle. The heels were trimmed down
to the size of a silver dollar, and the
tops were ornamented with red morocco
leather. He and wife ran a regular
shoe shop for new work and repairs.
Aunt Betsy and niece, Miss Sallie, car
ried on the work for years after her
husband's death. The old man's great
. est foe was corn juice, and Aunt Betsy
"was aT slave to opium. Many times she
would hand me a dollar to pay for
opium when I went to Charleston to
purchase goods. When out of the drug
she would make for the nearest store
for laudanum. She would come in all
in a tremor and say: "Hand me down a
vial of laudanum, quick!"
She would seize it und turn it up to
her mouth and drink down one-half of
the vial before removing it from her
lips. Soon she would be as lively as a
lark. She lived to be an old lady before
the drug finally conquered her. It's
Haid that opium and morphine eaters
are short-lived people. Not so in Mrs.
James' case.
During the campmeeting days of Mt.
Bethel Mr. James lired in the old log
chiiTv' J?lich stood in a line with the
ot'.w "tents. In buying her church
clothes she purchased a pair of hoop j
skirts, with big brass bands. When on
and inflated it was as big around as a I
hogshead. She was ashamed to go out |
with the skirt on in daytime, but waited
until night service to try it. She man
aged it pretty well until she started to |
return to her house. In coming out!
from the preaching stand she stepped
into a ditch, which threw her down, and
her foot got tangled up in the brass
bands and she could not get up until she
unbuckled the skirt. She rolled it up
and put it under her arm and marched
home. Right then and there she made
a vow that she would never put on the
nasty thing as long as she lived.
Negro Race Conference.
To the Colored People of South Caro
lina:
I take the liberty to communicate to
you through this journal?supposing {
that you are a subscriber to it, as every
citizen ought to take his county paper.
The Negro Race Conference was a
great success last year. The speeches
by both white and colored were inspir
ing and uplifting. The delegation was
very large. The conference will meet |
again Tuesday, January 14, anf\ con
tinue in session until Friday, January
17, 1908. The speakers for this confer
ence are even stronger than last year.
We will have prominent women and
men, among them Mrs. Booker T. Wash
ington. One day, Thursday, will be set
apart as woman's day. We want the
best thinking members of the race to
come c necially the farmers, teachers,
preacher , mechanics, etc.
We propose to organize at this meet
ing a Negro State Fair Association.
The board of directors of the Fair As
sociation have promised to give us the
fair grounds free to encourage us. This |
is very apt to be the last race confer
ence to be held in the State and you
cannot afford to miss it. Let delegates j
come from Sunday schools, societies,
churches or any business organization.
Come whether you are appointed or not.
Those who expect to come please I
write Mr. I. N. Nesbitt, 1018 Washing
ton Street, Columbia, S. C. He will
arrange board for you at reasonable
rates. Among the prominent speakers
are Dr. C. T. Walker, of Georgia, Dr.
A. W. Lamar, white, Tennessee, Dr.
I). Webster Davis, Virginia.
Respectfully,
Richard Carroll.
When the stomach, heart or kidney
nerves get weak then these organs
always fail. Don't drug the stom.'ich,
nor stimulate the heart or kidneys.
That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre
scription known to druggists every
where as Dr. Snoop's Restorative. The
restorative; is prepared expressly for
these weak inside nerves. Strengthen ;
these nerves, build them up with Dr.
Shoop's Restorative tablets or liquid
and see how quickly help will come.
Free sample test sent on request by
Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health
is surely worth this simple test. Pal
metto Drug Co.
FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Take notice that on the 21st day of |
January, 1908, I will render a final ac
count of my acts and doings as admin
istrator of the estate of E. Adkins, de
ceased, 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, on that date, and all persons hav
ing claims against said estate will pre
sent them on or before said date, duly
proven, or be forever barred.
J. W. Garden,
Ancillary Adim 'strator.
Dec. 18, 1907.
How's This?
'/c offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not, he cured by IL/J's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F
J, Cheney for the last 15 years, and be.
HeVO him perfectly honorablo in all his
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
Walding, Kinnnn & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials'sent free. Price 75 cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa
tion.
The latest PERFUME hit.
WM. H. BROWN & BRO'S.
popular odor,
Pocahontas
Selling with great success.
For Sale by
Dodson-Rd wards Drug Co.
Laurens, S. C.
THE GRASS FENCE.
Thrilling Incident of the Battle of
Bunker Hill.
The battle of Bunker Hill gave the
oecaHlon for many deeds of valor, ami
since that day WO hold a list of names
Illuminated in our memory. One of
these nameH belongs to the Knight of
Derryfield. Do you remember who he
was, and can you recall the souk of Ids
bravery? Head of it onco more and
have Impressed again on your heart
the implicit obedience and perfect
courage of the New Hampshire farm
ers and their captain, John Moor.
When the forty-five men of the little
towji of Derryfleld, N. II.. left their
homes to light for the groat cause each
knew that no men were ever led by a
braver man than their beloved Captain
Moor. Ills courage had Inspired many
of them in the French and Indian war.
So, eagerly, when the alarm came in
1795 they marched with 1dm and hi*
drummer boy son to Cambridge, where
lie was entered a captain in Stnrk's
regiment.
And now comes (he battle of Bunker
Hill. Behind a fence, piled thick witli
grass, Captain Moor's company lay as
still as death. An order had come from
Colonel Stark that not a shot was to l>e
tired until the British passed a stake
that was driven a short distance away.
With perfect confidence in themselves
and their captain, the farmers waited
?waited motionless while that beauti
ful, death dealing pageant of British
warriors swept grandly toward them.
With the coolness and Wonderful pre
cision of a dross parade the old world
came to meet the new, the grenadiers
and light Infantry marching In single
file twelve feet apart, the artillery ad
vancing more slowly and thumb 'ng
out an Insolent defiance to the con
ceited little rebels, while on each side
tivo battalions formed an oblique line
to the fence breastworks. The very
flower of the English army, full blos
somed In learned maneuvers, resplen
dent In shining arms and waving ban
ners, advanced to mecl a little group of I
men untrained in tactics of warfare,
only half armed, clad In Imnospun,
biding behind a breastwork of grass.
The dead line was crossed. Hang!
Hang! Hang! 'the little rebels were
awake at last. Now, not the stake,
but a line of fallen bodies marked the
dead line. Thunder and lightning
belched forth from that breastwork.
A fire, Intense, steady, killing, and the
brave march of the Britishers was
cheeked. A slight recoil, and the offi
cers, dashing up, again urged the line
forward. Not for one moment did the
grass fence cease Its voice of fire and
shot. One by one the brave grenadiers
and their dashing, gallant officers fell
to the earth. The ranks broke and the
proud host fled before the meager
handful of New Hampshire men. Ah,
If we could only have bad grass breast
works and Captain John Moor all
along the American line!?C. P, Harri
son In Atlanta Constitution.
A Philanthropist.
An earnest east side worker says
that not long ago she was approached
by an old gentleman who has the rep
utation of being something of a philan
thropist with the request that ho be
permitted to accompany her on one of
her rounds of visits. Much pleased,
the worker consented. The destitute
condition in which many families were
found elicited expressions Of deep sym
pathy from tho old gentleman, but to
his companion's surprise and regrcl
nothing more material. Presently they
came upon u small girl weeping bit- (
terly.
"What Is It, my dear?" the old gen
tleman Inquired.
The child raised a tear stained face
and pointed into a dark alleyway. "Me
mudder sent me to buy some bread,
an' I lost my dime in there, an' I'll git
licked awful!" she sobbed.
"Poor dear!" he remarked in a tender
voice, at the same time putting ins
hand into ids vest pocket. "Don't cry.
Here is a match. Perhaps you will be
able to find it!"?Harper's.
Misled by Stationery.
"I wrote a note to my washerwoman
about a week or two ago asking her
please to bring my clothes home," said
the woman. "I needed them. I hap
pened to be In a religious concern at
the time and used Its paper to write
the note on. Hertha came yesterday.
" 'I've a great notion to discharge
you, Bertha,' I told her. 'Why didn't
you bring me my clothes? Must I get
enough things to wear a year without
having them washed on your account'.''
" 'To tell you the truth,' Bertha apol
ogized meekly, 'you wrote on that
tueah religious paypah, and I didn't,
pay no 'tenshun to it. I Jos' thought it
was some o' them peepul writ in' to
ask me to come to prayah tneotin'. I
didn't know it was youah let lab, miss,
till yesterday mawnin', when I got
tlahd of seein' it around and opened It,
so that was why I didn't git heah no
soonah with youah clo'es.' "?New York
Press.
Moody on tho Cards.
One evening in San Francisco Evan
gelist Moody snt In his room jt the ho
tel playing a game of cards with Mrs.
Moody and two friends when a mes
senger came In With a dispatch. As
the boy stood waiting for a reply Mr.
Moody suddenly asked. "Won't you sit
down, my lad, and have a game of
authors with us?"
The boy declined and soon left the
room. Hardly had the door closed
when Mrs. Moody said, "Why, Dwlght,
what made you think of inviting that
boy to sit down and play with us?"
?'My dear," replied Moody, "don't you
see, if 1 had not callt? the boy's atten
tion to tho fact that we were playing
authors all the morning pnpors would
certainly have announced under big
headlines that I). I- Moody had been
discovered hi a San Francisco hotel
engaged In a game of cards?"
Animal History.
There are many points of likeness
between a world view of animal his
tory and of human history. During
the long ages preceding our own the
continents tor certain periods were like
vnst islands entirely Isolated from
neighboring continents by tho seas.
This was the condition of Africa in the
period unearthed by reconl explora
tions. These longer or shorter Isola
tions explain the marvelous diversity
of mammalian life, because each grant
land mass became n Beparat? breeding
place under different conditions, and
whenever the laud rose from the
Boa loug enough to form connecting
bridges, such ns those across the Medi
terranean or along the Antic seas or
across the isthmus o' Panama, the ani
mals gradually extended their ranges
from continent to continent exactly
nfter the manner of the prehistoric and
historic races of men. Thus were Ini
tiated vast Interchanges, struggles and
competitions which have worked quite
ns profound Influence! upon the past
and present history of animal life as
the Interchanges of human races have
worked upon tho history of man.?
Homy Falrflcld Osborn in Century.
Qot Even With the Lawyer.
Many years ago there lived In Cam
den, Me., two neighbors, Dr. Hnsc and
Judge Thayer. The doetor had occa
sion to sue a man and of course em
ployed his neighbor, the judge, as bis
counsel. After a session of court he
met the judge and asked about bis
case. The judge said It was continued.
Meeting him again after another ses
sion and asking again about his case,
the same answer wns given.
As it cost *2 or $3 each time it was
continued, the doctor thought by the
time it was settled, after paying the
judge, he would get nothing.
Some time afterward the judge was
afflicted with a felon and of course em
ployed his neighbor, the doctor. After
suffering awhile lie mat the doctor and
said: "Doctor, this thing is getting
ulong very slowly. I have walked the
floor nights for a week. What are you
doing to It?"
The doctor, who stammered, loud
ly replied, "Co-co-continulng it, by
George!"
Its virtues have been known for
ears, and thousands of people have
een made happy and well by taking
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Keep/,
you well and makes you welter. 35c,
Tea or Tablets. Palmetto Drug Co.
Loonting His Home.
"You live outside of the city limits.
How far outside?"
"Goodness kuows. I don't. It's
about fifteen minutes the other side of
where the map stops."?Chicago Trib
une.
A Fortunate Texan.
Mr. E. W. Goodloe, of 107 St. Louis
St., Dallas, Tex., says: 'In the past
year I have become acquainted with
Dr. King's New Life Pills, and no lax
ative 1 ever before tried so effectually
disposes of malaria and biliousness."
They don't grind or gripe. 25c. at
Laurens Drug Co.'a and Palmetto Drug
Co.'s drug store.
Too Late to Die.
Gerald?I would die for you. Gcral
diue?But pa says you aro a dead one
already.--New York Press.
Go astray aud everybody kuows It:
reform, and nobody will .believe iL?St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
You will find it easy to select your
Christmas presents from our line of
Cut Glass, fancy China, Dinner Sots.
Toilet Sets, Chairs, Tables, Rugs and
many other useful articles that we have
not space to mention.
Comfort.
Littlo Mary's mamma gave L'ncle
Bon, the coaobnian, directions to
drown a lot of kittens, but not to let
Mary know of it. She heard of the
order in Rome way and said to Ben,
with tears In her eyes: "Uncle BeW,
please warm the water. It will be
more comfortable."?St. Louis Repub
lic.
He Fired the Slick.
"I have fired the walking-stick I've
carried over 40 years, on account of a
sore that resisted every kind of treat
ment, until I tried Bucklon's Arnica
Salve; that has healed the sore and
made me a happy man,.' writes John
Garrett, of North Mills, N. C. Guar
anteed for Piles, Burns, etc., by Lau
rens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co.,
Iruggists. 25c.
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We also sell the Elgin, Wal
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Helpful
Holiday
Hints.
Begin your Christmas buying
I here. We have a superb line of
those dainty articles of use and
ornament that make the most ap
propriate and welcome Christmas
gifts. Fancy goods and toilet
articles arc here in great variety,
and all at the very lowest prices.
Here arc some examples:
Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets,
Military, Hair and Cloth Brushes,
Smoking Sets, Shaving Sets,
Jewel Cases, Fine China, Cut
Glass and other things too numer
ous to mention.
Dodson
Edwards
Drug Company
Laurens, S. C.
A Great
Christmas
Showing.
Drums, horns, banjos, musical
toys, false faces, rattlers, checker
boards. Japanese lanterns, dolls,
?pictures, tea sets, toy guns, post
cards, post card albums, autograph
albums, combination dressing cases,
Gent's traveling cases, military
brushes, hair, tooth, nail and clothes
brushes, children's sets, toy pianos,
pockets knives, fountain pens and
other articles too numerous to men
tion.
A Beautiful line of genu
ine Cut Glass. Latest de
signs. Prices right*
DR. B. F. POSEY
Laurens, S. C;
Now is the Time
to Buy a Buggy
or Wagon.
Now that the money market
is getting easier, lay your plans
to get that Buggy or Wagon
you have been needing. We
handle only the best and most
reliable grades and will take
pleasure in showing you our
stock.
Yours to Please
H. E. GRAY & SON
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YOU WILL NOT HAVE any trouble in selecting your presents from
our line.
Ladies' Writing Desks, Morris Chairs, Lamps, Electric Fixtures, Cut
Glass, Fancy Odd China, Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets, Rugs, Art Squares,
Book Cases, Chiffoniers, Rockers, China Closets, Dressing Tables, Hall
Racks, and many other beautiful and useful articles for the home that
we have not got the space to mention. We will take pleasure in help
ing you select your presents if you will see our line before you buy.
You can Get Christmas
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your family and friends
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Women Rejoice
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All thoughts are now turning Christmasward and The Hub
you may be sure is making splendid Christmas showing of all
sorts of Goods in its line. The class of Gifts shown here are not,
we need hardly say, of the cheap, trashy, perishable sort, but are
gifts that women rejoice to receive, because in these attractiveness
and usefulness are happily combined. Among them we call special
attention to the following:
Hand Bags and Belts
A complete line of the latest novelties in Hand
Bags 25c to $1.00.
The newest ideas and nobbiest styles in La
dies' Belts 15c to $1.00.
Hosts of Handkerchiefs
Sheer Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 5c & 10c
Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs 10c to 25c.
Ladies' Coats
Coats worth $15, Christmas sale price $12.50.
Coats worth $12.50, Christmas sale price 9.98.
$6.98 Coats, Christmas price 5.00.
$5.00 Coats, Christmas price 3.50.
Special Values in Furs
Nothing could make a more acceptable Gift
than one of our handsome Furs. Price to suit
any purse 98c to $8.00.
Fancy Knit Waists
$2.98 to $4.98.
MODISH MILLINERY
This has been a very successful Millinery season and we are going to show our appreciation by wind
ing up the season with extraordinary bargains. If you have a hat to buy it will pay you to call on
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