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THE ADVKUTISKK. Subscription Prlce-12 Months, $1.00 Payable in Advance. s. E. BONEY, Editor. published ItY advertiser printing company lau runs, S. 0. Kates kok advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per squaro, one Inser tion, $1.00; encn subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for largo advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, onecent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents tho lino. Entored at tho postofficc at Laurcns, S. ('. us second class mail mutter. LAURENS, S. C, MAY 27. 190?. Language, they say, is the vohicle of thought: an empty wagon makes a won derfid lot of noise. Think of it $11,000 spent for liquor in this county during one month, and that not a good whiskey drinking month either ! ? Laurcns county ranks fifth amongthe counties in the amount of whiskey sold by tho dispensary in April. The order is: Charleston, Richland, Aikcn, Or angoburg and Laurcns. That's the honor roll. South Carolina's little messenger-boy delegates have their instructions now: let them be good. It seems a pity for men of the Thos. It. Waring typo to bo fettered with in structions. They must feel their small ness. Seemingly, South Carolina has no men who possess the force and integrity Of character worthy of trust. But we cannot SO believe; the State Convention was just wrought up into a Bryan fever - the cooling-oil' will come later. The State Convention endorsed Bryan but repudiated Bryan's stnunchest friend in South Carolina. While on the face of it, this appear strange it is no riddle; the reason dates away back. Factionalism is not dead -more's the pity. One wise act of the State Convention was its refusal to meddle with the Clemson trouble, although there were a number who strongly advocated so doing. The new postoflico building lor Lau? ens will be hut another boost to the already powerful building boom in our city, in a few short years this place will he a great city. Col. IL II. Wall.ins. one of the dele gates at huge to Denver, is a Laurcns county man. No Laurcns county man of such worth and ability needs in structions how to act and vole. It's a shame, Preachers in politics! For the sake of pure decency and a high standard of morality let's have them. The intro duction of a little rollgion in politic. COUld certainly do no harm. Instead it should tend lo elevate. Now there arc some good men who still believe in the dispensary; with these we disagree and hope before the election they will be convinced that the dispensary is not a good thing for Lau rcns county. 'I'lie revenues derived from the sale of whiskey is one of the arguments set forward for the retention of the dis pensary. But from whom does this rovenue come.' From the class least able to pay it. As an economical prop osition the dispensary is detrimental to the welfare of our people. The way some people impute base motives to the actions of good and hon orable men is deplorable, but significant. While we have not the least objection to receiving mir $50,000 for a post office, and for which we thank Congressman Johnson, still it must, be admitted that In these days the common conception of the duties and privileges of Southern congressmen is that they must be good rnoncy-gotters. This state of public sentiment has two causes: first, in the congressmen and those who are seeking the office in that they lay special om? phasis upon this fcaturo of congres sional duty; and second, in th ? people themselves who know very little of the great work of law making and care much less; tin y endorse the man who can get them the biggest slice of "Fed oral pork." The recent State Democrat ic conven tion evidenced the existence still in our State of that spirit of factionalism which until eradicated will continue to work damage upon our body politic. The defeat of Editor William E. Qon /ales was to all appearances a piece of spite work, actuated by motives of per sonal enmity. Such business as this is never practiced by statesmen and men who have the public weal at heart. This applies not to the more defeat of Mr. Gonzales, hut to the motives im pelling it. The prohibitionists claim they were defrauded in the last election here; it is up to thorn to prevent fraudulent met hods this lime. There are men of brains hi the anti-dispensary ranks; let them sleep with one eye open. The old ami original argument is that the dispensary is the best solution of tho whiskey problem. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Yes! Then will we by law and statute place before a weak brother the instrument of his (le st ruction? People who contend that preachers have no business in politics evidently cannot see the ridiculousness of their contention. They say that the holy garments of the ministry should not be allowed to touch the filth of politics, little thinking that they argue the in elllcacy ami incffcctualness of the good over evil: an ethical proposition false on the face of it. Politics will continue to be dirty until strong' men of high moral character and power get to work and raise the stan i dard. It' the prohibitionists expect to win in I.aureus county this Fall they will have to work. Thorough organization is their only hope; as thorough as the whiskey element. The New and Courier's sarcasm in the cry of "Bryan and Please, the Busy, Busy B's," ill becomes the dig nity which has thus far characterized that paper's policy in the light against Bryan. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The South Carolina Democratic con vent ion has met and adjourned. Dele gates were elected to the National con vention at Denver and were instructed to cast their ballots for William Jen nings Bryan as the Democratic nomi nee for president first, last and all the time. This, we firmly believed, would happen, judging from the representa tion sent up by the various counties. We expected the convention to go for Bryan and for the delegates to be so instructed. Ono feature, however, was unexpected, the fact that the opposi tion to Bryan bail no voice whatever, oven in the slightest degree. The absorbing business of the con vention wa ? ' election of delegates, and it was ?oro the fight was made. Clever manipulation and ingenious tac tics wore successful in the election of some of the delegates. For instance, tin; election of Senator Frank B. Gary was effected through coupling his name with that of Senator 1}. R, Tillman and submitting them together to tho con vention. We do not say that Senator Gary could not have been elected with out this, but we do say that he cannot ho elected to any State office by the people: at least he has been defeated many times. Mut this is neither here nor there; it is all in the great game of polit ics. The matter of most interest in the recent convention was the candidacy and defeat of Bditor W. F. Gonzales of tho Columbia state. In another paragraph we note one cause of his de feat, the old grudge, namely, the re sentment toward him by the Tillman itos for his opposition in past years. Hut this, W< believe, is only one of the reasons. During the prolonged news paper light bid ween The State and The N .. ; and Courier over instructions Mr. (hu '.ales, in a way, appealed to Sena tor Tillman and his crowd. This fact und ubtcdly turned away some of the erstwhile Gonzales and anti-Tillman men. Gonzales' own crowd forsook him after the appeal to the Tillman supporters. Still another matter that had some weight is the claim by some that. Mr. Gonzales Is trying to run the State of South Carolina in so far as the manage ment of its political affairs is con cerned. As t ? the merits or demerits of thi.; claim we have nothing to say; but wo think il figured in tho editor's defeat. And there was ono Other matter worthy of note. The largest and strongest vote against Mr. Coir/ales appeared to come from the territory where The News and Courier is espe cially .- t rong, Tho significance of this, we believe, is based somewhat on Mr. Gonzales' appeal to the Tillman ele ment. The News and Courier pursued consistent policy throughout the fight and its friends repudiated the editor of Tho State although many of them were BryanitCS. So while the convention wa i for Bryan it rejected Bryan's smart persistent advocate. Prohibition Por l.mirens. Editor Honey, of the Laurens Adver tiser, has taken d firm stand against the liquor traffic. We knew he would. We predict a victory for prohibition in that county at the next election upon the whiskey question. Union Times. We have just received a solid car load of Chairs and Kocker.s consisting of the best values ever offered at the prices we are asking for them. S. M. & F. H. Wilkcs & Co. Mosquito /.i ts and Bars for wood and iron beds al i S. M. & B. iL Wilkcs St Co. 4*4 4 4 4 444- 4 4 4 4 4 444 i 4 ft 44 4 iii' * A t AMONG THE EXCHANGES. % 1 k ft 4444444 444*4444-44444444 Which Shape? "A number of June bridegrooms are busy these days getting their affairs in Shape for the wedding festivities, "says a contemporary. Usually it is not the bridegrooms who are concerned about getting affairs in "shape."?The State. High, Swift Society. Mrs. B. Mare and the Misses Road ster, of New York, the Messrs. Coal Black and Miss Fleet Runner, of At lanta, Mr. 11. .lumper and the Misses Jumper. Mr. and Mrs. Roan, of Ashe ville, are entertaining a large party at the park this afternoon.?Exchange. To Make a Merry Widow Hat. Take one bicycle wheel. Superim pose on the hub one deep granite sauce pan, first snapping off the handle with an axe. Stitch on cover of wine-colored vel vet from your scason-bofore-last's coat suit. But on a three-inch binding around brim of canary colored taffeta silk from your great grandmother's party dress. Rip nineteen yards of box niching olf your shirtwaist box and wind about Un crown and add a feather duster or two. A soup ladle and a joint fork will give a jaunty effect if used as hat pins. ?Johnston News-Muni tor. Am Fudge! Laurens has just recently had an elec tion to increase the salary of its mayor from $250, which it has been paying up to this time, to $600 per year. If the increase in salary is evidence of growth 1,aureus must be developing, but this suggests the thought that compared with Union, I.aureus must be a very .'mall place, for Union has been paying its mayor $(501) for six years. Union Progress. Decidedly Erroneous. A Baptist preacher in I,aureus says he would discipline any member of his congregation who will vote for the dis pensary. He did not make any threat to discipline any of his members for drinking whiskey. The light seems to he against the dispensary and not against the use of liquor. ? Abbeville Medium. The Laurcns Advertiser. The Laurens Advertiser, under the hand of the new editor, Mr. S. E. Boney, is ranking among the best county papers in the State. The me chanical work has been greatly im proved recently also. Another thing: The Advertiser has worked off all the front pagO advertisements. That alone helps the appcaranco of tho paper fifty per cent. ?Union Times. Low Prices Will Follow. A bumper crop of cotton this year is going to result in prices soaring down ward next fall. It would be far better to devote plenty of attention to hog and hominy. With the crib and larder full it doesn't matter much what cotton is bringing, but when very nearly, if not all the food supplies for the farm have to lie purchased in town, the price of cotton is a considerable item. -Ches ter Reporter. Living Out of Doors. Bliss Carman, the poet, has for a theme in his new book of essays "The Use of Out of Doors." Many poets have sung of the beauties of nature in respect of form and color. They re ceive their inspiration for poetic thought by living with nature Carman sees more than something to inspire art in the wind and the sun and the lashing rain, "the earth underfoot, and the sense of the leaves and the stars over head." It is there out of doors that "we know the keen and simple joys of being alive." This writer is a good advance agent for the movement "hack to the land." The cry of the city man has been that only in the crowd can they lind civiliza tion. Carman says that men are mas tered and undone by tho triumphs of so called civilization and that its boasted luxuries are not luxuries, but burdens. Out of doors restores us to ourselves, and we are victims of fallacy when we expect to grow in spirit and in mind with nature shut out of the problem. And nature cannot be hurried. We must trust to its deep, slow processes and give its secret chemistry a chance to work air and sunlight and water into the structure of our minds as well as to weave them into the tissues of our. bodies. Then only do we live as well as move and breathe out of doors. Spartanburg Journal. Episcopal Women Will Note. The diocesan council, the representa tive body of the Episcopal church in this State, at its meeting in Charleston last week, took an Important step. It adopted a resolution looking to giving the Women members ol the church the right to vote in parish elections. The resolution must be voted on at noxt year's session of the council, and if it is ratified then it will then be the law of the church. It is said that there is no likelihood of a change of sentiment, and the wo men will be given the right, lo vote in all the church meetings. The woni'.-n Tan T^ Oxfords The always comfortable Tan Shoes will be more popular than ever this season in all I he Low cut models for Men, Women and Children. There's no Shoe to take the place of the Tan Shoe for Summer wear. It's the Shoe of Shoes for comfort. g The new tans are ready j There are many new Tan creations this season, in Oxfords and Ties for Men and in Oxfords, Ribbon Ties, Colonials and Pumps for Women. Handsome new shades. $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4 to $5 Buy good Tan Shoes or none. A poor Tan Shoe is an abomination and a source of endless trouble. You'll find here the best Tan Shoe made. COPELAND'S. The One Price Store Customers1 ?Shoes Shincd Free. of Iho Episcopal church have boon de manding this for years, and at last they are to get it. And why not? The women of Hie Episcopal church, as in all othor churches, constitute the best part of the church and in nearly all cases the larger part. They are more devoted to the church, and all of its work, than the men. Why should they not be al lowed to vole in church affairs? We are glad the women of the Epis copal church are to he given the privi lege that is no more than their right. Wo hopo tho same right may soon be extended to the women of :?.!! other churches. Anderson Daily .Mail. Of your Pennies and Ihc Dollars will take care of themselves. That is why we advise you to deal with us where everything is a little cheaper than you can get elsewhere. Barksdale & Franks Laurens, S. C. Rheumatism I havo found a trUd Mid t<'*tnd core tor Rh??, mati*in! Not a MBMdjf thfkl will straighten the distorted limb* of chronic Cripples, nur turn hony Krowthf l uck to Ursh niraln. flint ll Impossible, lint I can now surely kill tho pains and pang! of this d.'iiloraldc dlseaSO. in Gorrnftny?wlth a Chomlit in th<i City of Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with which Dr. Bhoop s Rheumatic Remedy was inndo a porfertod, dependable prescription. Without that last Ingredfoni, I micr'-ssfuliy treated many, many case* of Rheumatism; i<ut now. at last, It iinl? family cures ail curable oases nl this heretofore much dreaded dis'-asn. Thon? r-andlike Kranular wastes, found InRhoumatln Blood fpe>n to dissolve mid pas* away under tho action ol this remedy as freely asdoos siu/ar when added (<? puro water. And then, when dissolved, tiveici poisonous wastes Irooljr pass from Ihn system, itiid the (HU Ol Rheumatism is Mine forever. There is now no real nerd?no actual OXCUM to suffer longer with; out help. Wo soil, end in confidence, recouiuioau Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy PALMETTO DRUG CO. Grand Pianos and Player Pianos. i Hereafter McCord, the Piano Man, will use this I >ace to present attractive piano propositions. If you desire to be informed about pianos, or to pur chase a Piano at the very LOWEST PRICE and < )i the very best terms, it will pay you to see or I write him, Xotice the names of a few of His Valued Patrons in this immediate section; Many other purchasers throughout South Carolina could be mentioned, but a few home purchasers arc mentioned, and it is hoped, they will not be offended by this presention. Dr. L. S. Fuller, Mrs. M. A. Kike, .1. Walter Gray, C. I.. Fuller, Mrs. S. [,. Nelson, Mrs. Mattie Medlock, Miss Yeargin, .1. -I. Dunn, Mrs. .1. VV. Clark. Mi i (!orrinne Martin, Mrs.Mary Gage Miss Nannie Bramlott, Messer Babb, R. M. Hill, W. H. Drummond, .1. W. Carrett, T. F. Babb, Dr. Benson, Augustus Huff, 0. C. Ho|>kins. T. .1. Weathers, Rev. K. C. Watson, W. C. Hipp. M. II. Fowler, R. W. Nichols, Mrs. Luther Roper, Capt. .1. M. Philpot, B. A. Sullivan, J. A. Austin, J. A. Franks, Miss Agnes Boyd, Mrs. A. S. lOasterhy, I). A. Davis, T. I). Lake, T. Mack Roper, M. A. Summerei, T. B. Brown, Mrs. J. Warren Bolt, J. W. A. Boyd, B. C. Burns, Adolph Shayer, .1. L. Hopkins, Mrs. Mattie Lindsay, S. J. Rasor, .1. L. Boyd, Mrs. L. A. McCord, Mrs. A liiert Burns, Mrs. Willie Walker. W. M. Myers, J, Lee Langston, J, I. Coleman, Mrs. J. M. Hampton, Miss Lydo Milam, J. T. Brown, Miss Irene Kay, First Presbyterian Church S. S. Mayor C. M. Babb, 0. C. Cox. J. W. Thompson, B. C. Crisp, W. F. Cleveland. Mrs. Monte I )agnall. City Graded Schools. And others, besides many scores of organ purchasers which will he mentioned at another time. Write to him if you Want a Piano; it is to your interest. L. A. McCORD, The Piano Man. April 22, 1908. LAURENS, S. C A Beautiful Woman. Ilor surroundings should bo in har moi ., and can host he made so by a well'kept home. The L. & M. Pure Paint makes the home beautiful. It preserves it an<l prevents decay. The COSl por gallon ready for use is only ^'l.:!'?. It wears for ten years and longer. Thirty-three years of contin uous use is evidence. I,. & M. Paint Agencies: .1. II & M. L. Nash, I.aurens. Clinton Pharmacy, Clinton. 48-2t Or. King's New Life Pills The best in the world. J. L. M. IRBY CIVIL EN 0 I N K K It Office over l.nurens Drug Co. HOLLISTtR'S Kocky Mountain Tea Stages A Buty Medicine for B-J'.y Peoplo. * Brintrs Qolden Health and Renewed Vl?cr. A Rpoclflo for Oonatlpillion. IndlfN Stlon, LlVCt ?n<l KliiiMsy iroublof. I'lmpios, Rcimran, 1 i IlioOd, Bind llroutli. Slu/:fi-.li Uowi-i i. Iii (1 .. In: unit DmUaoIia. im Rook] . loiintnln i'*;i In ':>!> let form, lS rents ? iiox. Cionulm in a o by IIoi.I.Ihiku lUUKi (ViMi'anv, MiKlisou, WIs. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE