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TUE ADVERTISE lt. Subscription Price is $1.00 por Year Payable in Advance. S. E. HONEY, Editor. published hy advertiser printing COMPANY laurens. s. C. Kates for Advertising. Ordinary advertisements, por square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for largo advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, ?nie cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents tin* line. Filtered at the postofHco at I.aureus, S. C. ss second class mail mutter. LAURENS, S. C, AU0UST 22. I0O.S. FOR ELECTION RETURNS. The Advertiser has arranged with I ho Democratic campaign fund committee and Manager Roman of the opera house to give the election news, both county and State, at the opera house next Tuesday night up until 12 o'clock. The figures will he thrown on the big canvas just as quickly as they come in and the totals wilt bo given every few minutes. By 0 o'clock all the county boxes should bo heard from and the winners ascer tained; by 12 o'clock the State returns should be sufficient to declare who have been elected. A phone will he installed especially for our use and the telegraph ollice will furnish us the wires up to midnight. All arrangements are com plete to give the full returns. In addi tion, and while there are no returns coming in, Mr. Roman will show two excellent pictures. A small admission fee is going to be charged, the proceeds of which arc to he added to the Democrat ic campaign fund being raised in Laurons. Every loyal Democrat, should bo glad to support the enterprise. Come, get a good seal and stay there until you get the new-, and bo entertained between linns I:, member the proceeds are for the P.ryan campaign fund. Tuesday night will be a very busj time in this office, nil our force ami even additional help being engaged in getting the election news to our people, 'i/liurons ciJML'.v a'v/Vjs 'looks to Advertiser for the election news. Now we wish to ask that all who can will go to the opera house, where they can be comfortably seated and when; id! can see and hear the returns at the same time. The returns will be heard at the opera house at the same time they are received In The Advertiser office; be sides, you will help out the campaign fund by going there, yet, if any wish to come to this ollice they will be wel comed as usual "with a hand tshnkcand a smile" even to our political opponents they are all welcome. Hut we wish to urge that they all be at the opera house and get the news there. We ask this in behalf of the Bryan campaign fund and in order that we may more easily and quickly get our paper to press. There is much work for US after 12o'clock and it is our desire to get the paper to all our readers as early as pua sible. FOR GOVERNOR. There are two candidates for Gov ernor of South Carolina, Messrs. Ansel and Blease. Fach has a perfect right to aspire to the office; so has every free-born citizen of Huh State. We have no protest to offer against the candidacy of Senator Blosse he has the right to run for Covornor, Hut when he does offer himself we have the right to criticise him and express an opinion. While we have not the slightest fear that Cole Hlease will be elected gov ernor, we say that if such should be the case South Carolina would feel the greatest calamity that has been hers in years. Judged alone by his speech to say nothing of his character and record, he is an unfit man to fill the office of Governor of this proud State. Passion and prejudice, not reason, arc the motive forces Hint base his words and actions. He is trying to become governor on pleas that be knows are groundless, yet. which will move a crowd of unthinking people to enthusi astic pitch. His chatgoH of extrava gance against the present admin ist ra tion arc merely a senseless plea to the pocket books of the people, who are al ways tickled when a man talks fol lower taxes. The way he "cusses" the "niggers" and dubs them as "baboons and apes" is a specimen of the "plat form" he stands upon. Governor Ansel is a clean man, a sane man?his private life and public career arc without blemish. He has the cour age to advocate causes he deems right and just, regardless of the popularity or unpopularity of such causes. If the General Assembly had followed his recommendations the government of the State could be put on a cash basis in three years and then would come the'reduction of tax levies, blease at tacks tho very features of Ansel's ad ministration which arc working and will work for the State's ultimate good. It has boon conceded that Blcase will carry I,aureus county; indeed it is said that ho will get a larger vote here than in his home county of Ncwhcrry. Be J this as it may, we cannot prevent it and I lie people of I.aureus comity have a right to vote a.; they ph ase. Hut let it he known. 'I'll I .aureus Advertiser has not advocated his cause, hut warned the people against him. If possible we would imvu our people the error of giv ing him their endorsement. The Nowbcrry Senator, who aspires to he governor, is raising the cry of) persecution. His speech today was simply a wail; in fact ho appeared at J times to he crying, l'oor fellow, he has been so ill t routed. tiovernor Ansel made a clear, digni- | lied speech, a direct appeal to the peo ples' rcasoi . In fact, Mr. Ansel can make no other kind; lie doe:; not seek to arouse prejudice by "cussing nig gers" and calling them "baboons and apes.'1 Cole 1,. I'.lease accuses the Ansel peo ple of hiding behind Ben Tillman. In one breath lie urges that these same people maligned Tillman, accused him of everything that was mean, low and contemptible; in the next breath he says these people uro maligning him likewise. He is Irving to liken himself to Ben Tillman; trying to go in on his coattail if ever man did. The people of (.aureus know thai Tillman has re pudiated B lease. Mr. W. C. Irhy. for the House, is very hitter in his denunciation of the editor of The Advertiser. He arraigns us for hypocrisy in shaking hands with him and smiling, at the same lime pre paring to stah him in the hack, to which we wish to reply: it is because we give Mr. Irhy credit for honesty in his con victions that enables us to shake his hand and smile a greeting. Can Mr. Irhy say the same? The lesson we have learned and one that some others have failed to learn is not to allow personal venom to influence us against those who differ with us po litically. Mr. II. I'.. Humbert has been making some valuable suggestions to the peo ple regarding permanent road improve ment. Had roads an" tin; heaviest tax on tin- people of I,aureus todays , .uoU0)l cuss the newspapers- j j So it seems that Mr. .John I', dace's accusations against Mr. Khett art' groundless, even though hacked up by dace's AFFIDAVIT. It required a remarkable amount of courage for Mr. Rholt to withhold that letter; yet he did it and for the sake; of a lady. None but a real gentleman could have acted us Mr. Ithett has done. Will the peo ple still put faith in (Irace when his statements are contradicted by Con. Wilie Jones, lion. II. A. M. Smith, 'lion. ,). A. Simons and Copt. W. B. Gonzales? During' the campaign for United States senator Mr. John I'. Grace has j been reading an affidavit of his own to I the effect that he saw a letter written by Mr, Illicit to tho President of the United States, in widt h Mr. Khctl de clared himself to be a Republican. Mr. Ithelt has denied this all along, but has j not produced the letter. There are some personal matters contained in this 1 letter, and a special reference wherein I a lady is concerned. For this reason Mr. Ilhctt will not publish the letter. But he 1)03 submitted this letter to a committee in Charleston and to Gen. , Wilie Jone- in Columbia, chairman of j the Stal?' Democratic committee. Fol lowing is Mr. Jones' letter in regard to the contents of tho letter: Columbia, S. ('., August 18. 1008. Mr. James A. Hoyt, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: At your rcmiosl as a repre sentative of Mr. P. G. Rhett, candidate for the United States Senate, I have read carefully a letter to the President of the United Stales, signed by Mr. Khett, and dated November 21, 1002, in his private letter hook, submitted to mo by ,v>u. in which Mr. Khett protests strongly against tho appointment of Dr. \ Crum .as collector of tin? port of Charles ton. I can .see nothing in tins letter which would indicate anything Repub lican or any tendency toward the Re publican party on the part of Mr, Rhett. Tho letter appears t<> me to I?? simply a strong protest by a Democrat I against the appointment of a negro to an office in South Carolina. Very truly yours, WIME JON KS, ( hairman. 'Die findings of the other committee ! are practically the same. Mr. Todd, for the Legislature, in the COUI'SO <>f his argument in behalf of the county dispensary, says that I.aureus gets a revenue through her dispensary which could not otherwise be raised, namely: from whiskey buyers in the neighboring counties and from negroes of I.aureus county who own no property and pay no taxes. This is true without doubt. Hut is it exactly right that we should want the government of l.aurens financed with funds from Greenwood and Newberry and from the poor ne groes of our own county who by right and law should not be taxpayers? This special edition of Tho Advertiser is to give our readers benefit of Ibe two campaign meeting.; that they would not have otherwise received, our Wednesday's issue appearing loo late. Our aim is to serve the people of Lau* rons county even though it cost us much additional work and expense. We are repaid in the belief that our people ap preciate the eifert. Mr. Cuningham re ally should not crit icize US for <>ur youth; it is Hot our fault and W0 are even remedying that fault every day, BO be generous, Mr. Culling* ham, bo generous. The election returns at the opera house Tuesday night in connection with the moving picture shows should attract a largo crowd. REMEMBER, IT IS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FUND. The Advertiser has not lost an oppor tunity to aid in the raising of a cam paign fund, the latest being the arrange ment to givo election returns at tho city opera house. We got not one cent out of this; to the contrary wo bear part of the expense WE ARE PROVING OUR FIDELITY while others prate and even seek to thwart our efforts, those who should be heart and soul in the work. It has been proved that Mayor Rhell did not write any such 'a ller to the President as Mr. Grace swore ho did. Gen. Wilie Jones is al the head of the Democratic party in South Carolina and ho pronounces Mr. Illicit a Democrat, judged by the letter in question. The i people will make no mistake in electing Mayor Rhetl as their senator. It scorns thai The Advertiser has been an issue in the campaign just closed. A MOUSY LKTTKK FJKOM KiyfiWKltTON. Brewerlon, August 21. Judge John M. Clardy, of I,aureus, is on a visit here ami at Ml. Gallagher. His many friends here are glad to see him. i Mrs. Minnie Stanscll and children, of Greenville, visited al John \V. Hecks' I last week, returning home Saturday. 1 .1. C. and Hubert Hocks and W. S. Knight attended the old soldiers' re union last week. They report a big I imo. Stepp Hecks visited his aunt, Mr. . A. H. Kay, in Rick ens county \f\M Week. ^A ?? ,o was. held at Ml. /(.j'.'l ' "'?'? ??????r? i-'d church last week. ' ion additions. Rev. Jas. Machen, of Princeton, assisted the' pastor, Rev. Ceo. M. Sox ton. A protracted meeting is now in pro gress at Poplar Springs. Rev. Jas.. A. Martin is doing the pleaching. A tent meeting is in progress near Mt. Bethel church. Messrs. John W. Hecks, I-;. E. (Mils and W. 11. Pitts hav,e recently painted their dwellings. I War?- Shoals is now running on lime after being shut down thirteen days for I repairs on canal. Mr. 0. II. Murir is building a dwell ing on pari of the Randolph Murff place. Mr. It. M. Ualenline, of Ware Shoals, is the contractor. John W. Beeks ?V Sons have canned over 2,000 cans of peaches and apples. They lind a ready sale for their output. Diversification is necessary for suc cess. More corn, oats, peas, etc., makes a farmer and not a planier. Hurrah for Ansel! We predict UG,000 majority for him. John B. Pitts lefl la t Monday for Goldvillo, where he went losuperintend the oil mill and ginnery at that place. Kur man and Mills Pills will have charge of the Ware Shoals ginnery this season. Our efficient mail carrier on Route No. 1 makes his rounds on a motor cycle in two and a half hours. Good for Conroy. Tho Majestic Manufacturing Co. will I give free 'sT.?o worth of ware to every i (?ne that buys a Majestic Hange during j the week from Sept. Mill to the 20th. See advert isoment in I hi ; paper for ; particulars. S. M. & E. 11. Wilkcs & Co. Dcafli id a Child. Lena, the little 2G*menlhs*oldchild of' Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mosel? y. died J quite suddenly from an attack of eiolip at the family home in this city last Wednesday and was laid to rest in the city cemetery Thursday morning. The j littlo one was tho youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Mosoloy ami thoy have thy sympathy <?C,alI in their boroavemenf. The Majestic Manufacturing Co, of St. Louis, Mo., v. ill have a man al S. M. & E, II. Wilkcs & Co.'s storo all during tho week from Sept. 1 Ith to the 20th who will show you how to bake biscuits, brown lop and bottom, in Ihne minutes. Don't miss this chance of seeing the great cooking wonder. S. M. & E. H. Wilkcs & Co. Woodmen Unveil Monument. Cross Hill, Aug. Is. The Cross Hill Woodmen of the World, assisted by the Waterloo lodge and several oilier visit ing members from difforent parts of the county, unveiled the monument of Sovereign Lucas Crisp yesterday, in the prosonce <>f about 800 people. Col. J. 11. Wharton. of Waterloo, and School Commissioner Mash, of Laurens county, made very line and appropriate addrerscs. Ri:v. J. L. HARLBV'S WORK tic is lindorscd and His Work Heartily Commcndcd. Editor: Au so much has Id-en pub lished in some of tho papora of South Carolin? that is uttorly false and mali cious in regard i<> the appointment by Bishop II. C. Morrison of Rev. J. L, Hurley us superintendent of tho Anti Saloon League of South Carolina it has boon deemed advisable by the presiding elder of the Greenville district and by the ollitial board of St. Paul M. E. church that the public have the facts. If you will kindly give space in your paper for the publication of the en ( 1 . cd statements it will be greatly ap preciated by Mr. Harlcy and all right thinking people. Statements of stewards of St. Paul M. E. church, Greenville, S.C.: Having had our attention called to charges in some of the papers of South Carolina touching Rev. J. I.. Harlcy, and know ing these charges to bo utterly without foundation wo feel it to be our duty as j officers of St. Paul church, Greenville, to say thai while we felt very much hurt and disappointed at having Brother Hurley removed from the pastorate yet we fully appreciate the circumstances under which he w;is removed, and we want further to -?t?te to those who are writing and trying to malign the char acter of one of our ministers, and who are not members of our church and are ignorant of its law and polity, that we believe that Brother Harlcy has acted as any other reasonable man would have acted, being advised by his pre siding elder and other ministers and the chairman of Ins board of stewards. We commend Brother Harlcy to all Christian people as a man and as a true Christian gentleman and worthy of their confidence and assure them that he has our confidence ami best wishes in his important work. Signed: W. N. Hackney, Chairman; lohn (!. Perry, J. Newton Holland, J. B. I;nice. E. A. Huff, Stewards. STATBMHNT BY PRESIDING BI.DKR. Since there; have been circulated and published certain reports in regard to the appointment and election of Rev. .1. L. Hurley as superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of South Carolina, which are erroneous, las tho presiding elder of tho Greenville district deem it my duly and privilege to give the facts to the public. The facts^are, these: When l>r. Hare, of Washington, or ganized the League in this Slate and was casting about for a suitable m n for superintendent he called on Mr. liar ley and Mr. Harlcy came at once to see me and talk the matter over with me. 1 wrote to Bishop Morrison telling him that firothcr Harlcy had been sug gested for the position of superinten dent of the Anti-Saloon League of this Slate and the bishop replied that "while he would regret to lose Brother Barley from St. Paul yet he recognized the work of the Anti-Saloon League to be of first importance " The bishop wrote to I bother Harlcy and appointcdhim to the position provided the headquarters committee elected him. Brother Har lcy could not announce to his people at St. Haul that ho was appointed to this new field when it required an election , by a committee. The charge, there fore, that ho deceived his people in re gard to his acceptance of the position is not true. Brother Harlcy was elected by the committee on Monday afternoon and hi appointment by Bishop Morri son look effect. Ho preached no fare well sermon which the people refused to hear as his last sermon was preached to a fall !l0USC the day before his elec tionhy the committee. Brother Hur ley has my hearty endorsement of him and his great work. W. M. DUNCAN, Presiding Elder Greenville District. Approaching Marriage ft I Cross Hill. C\w^ Hill, All*?. 22. An interesting engagement announced for the mid summer is that of Miss Nan C. Hagood, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Hagood, of Greenwood, to Mr. Mar shall A. I.eaman, of (Toss Hill. This interesting social event will occur on Align. I :!<;th at the bride's home on Hamilton avenue. Greenwood. This lovoly bride-to-be is an accom plished young lady, who enjoys a de lightful popularity. Mr. I.eaman is one of Cross Hill's prominent merchants and business men and is popular with every one. He was ? mayor here for a number of years. Very sincere and cordial congratula j lions are being extended this popular couple. Registration. Itinerary Of hoard of Registration l-'nr Weeks Hollowing. following Is the itinerary of the Hoard of Registration and the dates: Tuesday, Sept. 1 L?ngsten Church. Wednesday. Sept. 2 Sardis. Thursday, Sept. .'t Clinton. Friday, Sept. .1 Hopewell. Saturday, Sept. 5 Cross Hill. Monday, Sept. 7- Moore's. Tuesday, Sept. X Tumbling Shoals. Wednesday. Sept. !) Dial's Church. Thursday, Sept. 10 Young's Store. The remainder of the time until 30 days before the November election will be spent at Laurens court house. J. P. CALDWELL, Chm'n. T. S. LANGSTON, P. W. LAN FORD. -TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. To tho Democrats of South Carolin?: As a business man, who has found that the application of business meth ods to all problems- governmental as well as others?has accomplished the best results, I have offered myself aa a candidate for the t inted States senate, believing that I ran bo of sonic service to the people of my state, to the south and to the great democratic party. Together with the other candidates for this office, in accordance with the rules of the party 1 have canvassed the state and ex pressed my views candidly ami hon estly on the issues of the day. I have made the race on my merits, as a business man and as a demo crat, and I have not sought and do not seek to win this high position by pointing out any denn ills which in>' competitors may possess. In seeking the suffrages of my fel low democrats, 1 can pledge them the l>est efforts of which I am ca pable, in maintaining the fundamen tal principles of the democratic party, to which T have always subscibed. I stand for a more liberal currency system, that will enable the commu nities of the south to become Inde pendent of the. Wall street combina tions; I stand for a just revision of the tariff laws, as Immediate revis ion of duties to tho lowest point con sistent with the needs of the govern ment economically administered; I stand for railroad regulation upon a Just basts; for an intelligent system of drainage with federal obi; and I ?K?1! if elected oppose the centrali sation tendencies which aro.npw a menace to our free institutions. It i., my ambition to represent the people of my native state in the sen ate and in soliciting their support 1 can assure them that if elected I will endeavor first and all the time, to serve South Carolina's interests with my whole heart and energy it 0. fcHiETT. Rhett For Senator. A mftn better equipped for the of fice of United Stales senator than It. Goodwyn Rhett, of Charleston, could not be easily found. Trained to the practice of tho law and successful in ins profession, his natural tenden cies nave led hlni into constructive business, and his engagement in pub lic affairs lias followed as a conse quence of commercial and industrial efforts, and not from political inter est, lb- is not a politician at all, as tue tonn is usually understood. He is v business man, intensely interest ed in the material dev ? n.ncnt of the stale, who has thought deeply upon l lie ways whereby the public welfare may be promoted through practical legislation, Horn in Columbia, educated In the schools of Charleston and n* the Uni versity of Virginia, Mr. Rhett began ttie practice of the law in Charleston. Ho met with success from Ihe first. Particularly attentive to commercial law, he soon became interested In business enterprise and development. The rehabilitation of an Impaired bank having come Into his field off effort, hp devoted himself to the task with marked ability and eminent success, nnd rroni this essay he was led into banking ns a profession, n,. became the head of one of Ihe strongest banks In the state, and he has, for more than ten years, directed Its affairs not only profitably to the institution Imt in the largest measure to the benefit, of his community and of the entire state. Elected an alderman of the city of Charleston, he soon became rec ognized as an exponent of business methods In government nnd an advo cato of commercial development. He was called lo the mayoralty practi cally by the unanimous voice of th* business men of Charleston and, at ?he conclusion of his four-year term was re-elected without opposition. He has devoted himself to the promotion of better relations between the peo ple of Charleston and their neighbors In all parts of South Carolina, and has endeavored In every way to make miitunl the advantages and the re sources of the great port and the great Interior region of the stale. \r, 0n ?erprlse and no development promis ing benefit to the whole people of the state has failed to command his sympathy nnd support. l||s f|gnt for fair rates and efficient service by the railroads has heen one of the most BOtable and effective undertakings ever made in South Carolina Mr. Rhett believes he can serve the state In a wider sphere, and he has definite Ideas of ,he service he cflM render, and these he Is setting forth ?n his campaign for the democratic ?omlnatlon for United States senator ************* I WilKinson's ?P Matchless lai Mineral * Water Nature's ir?>n tonic, insuring oL rapid convalescence from any (V illness which has weakened or ?fe lowered the vitality.. 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