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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. E. HONEY, Editor. published ItY ADVKKTISKIt printing. COMPANY laurbn8, s. c. Raths for Advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisemei ts. Obituaries: All over ?d words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at tho postofllco at Laurcns, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURRNS, S. C, SEPTEMBER 2. 1908. MR. ANSEL'S RE-ELECTION. Governor Marlin F. Ansel has been re-elected by a handsome majority; not so great, however, as it should have been considering the man who opposed him. For two years more South Caro lina will enjoy a safe, sane ami business like administration. While ho is u<>t a showy executive, and does not keep his name and acts blazing before the peo ple, there is no question na to the wis dom and business judgment thai char acterizes bis execution of the matters of State; neither is there any great flaw in his past administration nor any act for which he could bescverely criti cised. Ho has made an excellent gov ernor and his future policies will be as formerly. The significance of Mr. Ansel's re election may bo termed as another de feat for the not-quitc-dcad State dis pensary forces; whether or noL they are completely vanquished wo cannot say. It means an endorsement of tho past administration; it means that tho people are oven ready for another stop toward prohibition as sot forth in Mr. Ansel's present platform. Whether or not the Legislature will carry out the ..recommendations of the governor is be yond us to toll; certain it is that two of Laurcns county's representatives, Messrs. I'.oyd and Irby, do not favor the reverse local option law. Maybe the General Assembly will carry out the governor's plans, said plans having been endorsed by the people, and maybe they will not. He that as il may, the re-lection of Mr. Ansel means a for ward move toward State prohibition, an end promised us some fourteen or fif teen years ago. If the people's vote means anything the Legislature should consider those facts. This whiskey question has been before us for a long time now; to settle it is not impossible and it should bo disposed of at an early day. There is a solution. FOR Q0VERN0R IN 1910. Dealing w ith questions of future dato and discussing political situations of two years hence are bound to contain ele ments of uncertainty, ami opinions ex pressed now regarding these future conditions are subject to alteration. Hut If we read aright the signs of tin times and correctly interpret the vote of the Statt- we say confidently that Hon. ('. ('. Featherstonc is the logical candidate for governor in 1910, We have heard it that Hon. Richard I. Manning is this "logical candidate," but we fail to see the logic. While there is not a cleaner man in the State, very few abler, none more upright and more entitled to the respect and confi dence of the people than Mr. Manning, it is nevertheless a fact that ho is n State dispensary advocate, and the peo ple have said they want none such. There ar< those wdio might say that the whiskey question will not be an issue and that Mr. Manning should bo elected on his merits aside from the whiskey issue. We earnestly contend that the whiskey question is an issue and will be two years from now. It should bti set tled and set t led aright. Mr. Fcatherstone Is the strongest prohibition candidate that could be put forward. ' This year, In view of Mr. Ansel's platform, seeing that it was a forward move toward the desired end, and in face of the fact that Mr. An sel's clean administration should be en dorsed, Mr. Fcatherstone stepped aside until two years hence. We have no in timation of his plans whatever; these are our ideas and we cannot but see that he is the 1 >gical candidate for 1910. Our county is confronted with a seri ous and stupendous proposition in the matter of repairing the damage w rought by the recent rains. It is well that we have a supervisor equal to the OCCU ion. MR. MOORE'S SUG0ESTI0N. In another column appears a card from Mr. Guy E. Moore, who makes some suggestions concerning the per plexing situation that confronts the county in tho matter of repairing her damaged roads and rebuilding lost and wrecked bridges. The attention of our thinking citizens is directed to Mr. Moore's ideas. He suggests that every body, whites and blacks, turn out and help build up the wasted roads. It is well that Laurens has such a capable official as Supervisor Humbert, upon whoso shoulders the burden of the county work must rest. The matter is up to him, but suggestions arc in order since the entire public is concerned. If Mr. Moore's suggestion is carried out it must be done under the direction of the supervisor to be practicable. Fur ther, those who are unable to contribute actual manual assistance should send a substitute?hire a hand. In our opinion the idea expressed by Mr. Moore, if carried out, will serve only one good purpose, namely: the speedy repair of damages, which is by no means a small matter. The perma nent work that ought to be done will take time and must be directed person ally by the supervisor. We think the issue of bonds is the only method by which the necessary funds can be raised and the work executed. This will take time, too much time to be lost just now; the roads are in an unusually bad con dition, t he stream crossings worse, and If something is not done at once the government will take the matter up with the possibility of the rural mail service being discontinued on some of the roads. So Mr. Moore's suggestion will serve for immediate relief, but the issuing of bonds will be necessary for the permanent work. Our county faces a serious situation, one demanding the careful thought and consideration of all her citizens. Let the matter be taken under advisement and lot us work harmoniously for the rebuilding of our wrecked property. We have not ascertained the supervi sor's plans, but we are assured he will find the co-operation of all the people a necessity in the task that has fallen to his lot. We believe, further, that he will suggest the bond issue; if so, we hope the people will meet it with their approval. Mr. Humbert is equal to the occasion, but he cannot carry out his plans, whatever they may be, without the help of the people. The election went Democratic. Laurens is to be congratulated upon the good order that prevailed on elec tion day. Besides, the weather was too nasty to permit any scrapping. Now for the election of William Jen nings Bryanl The only way we Lau rens people can help is to contribute money for campaign expenses. Shout ing will not help a particle. Bryan seems to think Mayor Khett is a good enough Democrat to take the stump in the national campaign, yet some of our people credited the charges of .John P. Grace, who was a few days ago arrested on the streets of Charles ton. South Carolina lost an excellent op portunity when R. G. Khett was de feated for the senate. We contend that no man in the race could have repre sented this State so well as Mayor Khett. Governor Ansel's excellent adminis tration has been endorsed by the peo ple. They have refused to credit the senseless attacks upon it. Their vote is a condemnation of the campaign made against him. South Carolina was fortunate in a number of the elections last week, but in none was she more benefited than in the re-election of Messrs. Christensen, of Beaufort, and Howard Carlisle, of Spartanburg, to the State senate. There is no better business man and lawyer in the (Jeneral Assembly than Mr. Carlisle, while Hon. Nit Is Christen sen is the deadly foe of the dispensary ' grafters and violators of law. A hard tight was made on these men, but it proved of no avail. The vote for governor would have been quite different if the rains had not 1 interfered, say many. It is to laugh. Laurens did something, not so much, but something, for the Democratic campaign fund last Tuesday night when a large number of her best citizens paid J", cents admission to the opera house, where the election returns were given as they came in from the various parts of the State. A neat little sum was realized from the venture, and it would have been larger but for the exceed ingly inclement weather. The Adver tiser and the campaign fund committee extend thanks for the co-operation of the citizens. W ho shall it be, Smith or Kvans? There are some who seem inclined to think a newspaper ought not to tell things that will hurt somebody'* feel ings It is just as well that the people understand our position right now. Doubtless they have gathered as much from our policy during the past election, but we state it thus: When a public speaker makes any unusual .datement that Is of vital interest to the public he may expect to be quoted; when any act that pertains to the public welfare is committed The Advertiser has a right to take note of it. A newspaper is a public institution and anything that concerns the public conies within its province to note, to criticize favorably or unfavorably. While it gives us no pleasure to make people angry or hurt feelings, still if such occurs we are not responsible. Long ago we decided that if we expcctetl to do our duty by our readers and take advantage of our pub lic privileges we must expect to incur the enmity of some. We are sorry that this is the case, but it is so and cannot be helped. <*"' So after all, the shouting and yelling at a campaign meeting does not mean so much. To have heard the crowd here on the twenty-second one would have estimated that Laurens county would give the young mat) from New berry a majority of something like a thousand. But the sane judgment of our people generally prevails. Laurens is to be congratulated upon the small majority she gave Cole IMease. Our esteemed contemporary, the Newberry Herald and News, has now joined the other class. South Carolina has a number of good fortunes for which she should give thanks. First, Cole I',lease is out of the senate; and second, he faded to put bis man Aull in the place he vacated. About the meanest man we know of won't pay $1.00 for The Advertiser but borrows bis neighbor's papor and reads it religiously. The election over business will doubt less be resumed. Many of the obser vant citizens state that so much inter est in an election and such a general cessation of business has not occurred here since '90 and ,(.)2. Well, the more interest in elections and the political affairs of State the better our govern ment will be. Attorney General Lyon's name was rather freely scratched in the election Tuesday. It is almost certain that no dispensary grafter or blind tiger voted for Mr. Lyon; if so, it was with poor grace. Editor W. I). Crist of the Yorkvillc Enquirer was brutally beaten last Thurs day by W. IL Windle, of Fort Mill, York county, for alleged "newspaper abuse." With the information at'hand we cannot but believe that the attack was wholly unwarranted and that Win die's political acts were subject to just criticism. The attack Thursday makes the third assault committed upon Mr. Grist during the two years past, but they have not deterred him from ex pressing the editorial opinions that have made bis paper among the best in South Carolina. The manner of assault upon the editor was most cowardly and de spicable, Windle using a heavy stick although he is himself a much larger and stronger man than Mr. Crist; be sides be had three friends present to see the thing well done. The dispatches say "no arrests have been made." This we cannot understand. Whore are the police authorities in Yorkvillo? Can they give no protection to a citizen? MR. NOOKE OFFEKS SOME Slf(i(iESTIONS. Mr. Editor: The recent Hoods have caused untold loss of property by way of crops being damaged and the wash ing away of lands, but any one can easily see that the amount of damage done the count y and public at largo by the loss of bridge's will run up into thousands of dollars even in -Laurens county and if w ill take all the money at the county's command to replace even a part of these, the ones needed worst, and common sense teaches us that if the roads are left unworked until the county can have them worked they will become positively impassable, ami it seems to me that the people of the county could not display their spirit of patriotism in any hotter way than by working the roads in their respective neighborhoods and donating their labor to the county, for it is a very evident fact that the people must have roads over which they can travel to get to and from markets. Then another very great advantage to the rural public wdll be the matter of receiving their mails, for if the roads are not kept in fairly good condition the postofllcc authorities will stop rural delivery and this will place the country people in a very dis advantageous posit ion. Every person in the county can work one day on the public highway an I do an untold amount of good and not miss the time from his regular pursuits. This has already been started in Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, several miles of road already having been worked. So let the people turn out and work ti e roads and help not only themselves hut the public in general. GUY E. MOORE. Laurens, S. C. IL H. Carlisle, of Spurtanhurg, and Neils Chrlstonson, of Beaufort, whom the whiskey people tried so hard to defeat have been re elected to the Slate Senate. Don't be afraid togive Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to your children. It contains no opium or other harmful drug. It always cures. Lor sale by Lauren* Drug Co. AMONG THG EXCHANGES. % Progressive Conundrums. "Miss Gracie," he said, with an en gaging smile, according to Tit-Bits, "did you ever try your hand at one of these progressive conundrums?" "What is a progressive conundrum, Mr. Spoonamoro?" inquired the young lady. "Haven't you heard of them? Here is one: Why is a hall of yarn like the letterja?' Because a ball of yarn is circular, a circular is a sheet, a sheet is a (hit, a (hit is $50 a month, $50 a month is dear, a deer is swift, a swift is a swallow, a swallow is a taste, a taste is an inclination, an inclination is an angle, an angle is a point, a point is an object aimed at, an object aimed at is a tar get, a target is a mark, a mark is an impression, an impression is a stamp, a stamp is a thing stuck on, a thing stuck on is a young man in love, and a young man in love is like the letter "t" be cause he stands before 'u,' Miss Gra cie. "1 don't think you have the answer (piite right," said the young lady. "A ball of yarn is round, a round is a steak, a slake is a wooden thing, a wooden thing is a young man in love, and a young man in love is like the letter 't' because, Mr. Spoonamoro"?and she spoke clearly and distinctly ?"because he is often crossed." The young man understood. He took his hat and his progressive conundrums and vanished from Miss Gracie Garling house's visiting list forever. ? Ex. Roll 'Dem Bones. Roll 'em, roll dem bones, nigger, Ef you ain't outer jint An' wanter cut any figger, You'd better make yer pint. 1 got yer, now watch me win, Might's my pint, watch me make it, Yes, 1 did, I'll kick yer shin, It's mine, you watch me take it. Run, nigger, run; see wdio's dat. It's run now, dat's a sure thing; Don't yer ston to git yer hat, hook, nig, uat's Mr. George dohnsing. ?Times-Union. Will Jeff Sit Up and Take Notice? What right has a man to take a girl out buggy riding in a hired rig when he owes the editor in subscription? Will Jeff Clinton please R. S. V. P. Lead ville Light. Nailing Him. 1 e 1 l's jolly nice to kiss one you like. She (No answer.) He That is, of course, if she doesn't mind. She (No answer.) He?If she gets mad it's altogether another thing. She- (No answer.) He I'd like to steal a kiss now She?(No answer.) He- If it would be quite safe She?Have you finished? He Oh, yes! She Then how can you ask so many fool questions when you see that I am alone and entirely at your mercy? ?Au gust Young's Magazine. Party liadcs Bent. "Up at Chicago on the Lake, 'Tod' Roosevelt made a great mistake, lie then- named Taft for President And sent his party Hades bent. Chorus. Clear the track for Bryan's coming, Listen to the cheering and the drum ming! Clear the track. Kern is coming, The Democratic cause is humming." ? Democratic Song Book. The Roosevelt Administration. That the Roosevelt administration, which is attempting to project itself into the future, is highly vulnerable needs no proof beyond the presentation of the bare facts: 1. it has boon extravagant and waste ful. 2. it has attempted to popularize war. It has gloried in Philippine impe rialism. 4. It has menaced the State with fed eral usurpation by means of construc tive jurisprudence. 5. It recklessly undermined confi dence in our business methods, causing panic, depression and suffering. 6. It has profited by the political con tributions of corporations seeking leg islative favors. 7. It has spoken vociferously against the malefactors of great wealth, but it litis not brought one of them to justice. 8. It has bullied congress, threaten ing to do as it pleased, law or no law. 0. It has assadod the courts when their judgments were contrary to its wishes ? 10. It has maintained the highest tnr ilf ever known in a free country and has made no move in favor of income and inheritance taxes. 11. It has constantly demanded law and more law for the prosecution of trusts, although existing laws are held by it to be too drastic for enforcement. New York World. A clever, popular Candy Cold Cure Tablet called Prcventtcs is being dis pensed by druggists everywhere. In a few hours Proventics are said to break any cold completely. And Preventics, being so safe and toothsome, are very tine for children. No quinine, no laxa tivo, nothing harsh nor sickening. Box of 48 26c. Sold by Palmetto Drug Co. Newsy Notes From Clinton. Clinton. August 26.? On Tuesday evening Miss Ola Young charmingly enteriained the Cecillian Music Club at her beautiful home on South Broad street. The large reception hall and drawing room were thrown together for the occasion and were tastefully decorated with flowers and ferns. Beautiful hand-painted cards tied with pink and green, the club colors were handed to the guests and a merry guessing contest followed. The prize, a large toy piano,was won by Mr. Hugh Leaman. The guests were then invited into the dining-room, where the color scheme was effectively carried out. Five delicious courses were by Misses Bvie Shands and Amy Copeland. Punch was served during the evening on the spacious veranda. The guests were Misses Janie Kennedy, Essie Young, Bera Bailey, Frances Copeland, Mabel Sumerel, Maude Sumerel, Pearl Hays, Orrah Bess Little, Irene Little; Messrs. Hugh Simpson, Hugh Leaman, Cyrus Bailey, Robert Owens, Clair Hays, Owens Copeland, John Henry, John Young and Reese Young. Mrs. Ceo. Ellis delightfully enter tained quite a number of her friends on Thursday morning in honor of her sister, Mrs. Lyon, of Savannah. Mrs. Ellis has a new home on Calvert avenue which was beautifully decorated in ferns and palms. Misses Dorris Lyon and Maude Ellis passed dainty tavors made of chamois needle books, hand painted in nasturtiums and the score was kept by putting pins in the books. Some of the ladies played nations and the others did fancy work. Mrs. Ed Adair won the prize in the nation con test, a hand-embroidered bag. Mrs. W. J. Bailey won the booby prize which was a paper of pins. The ladies doing fancy work cut for the prize, Mrs. Kennedy being the winner of a silver thimble. A delicious two course luncheon was served by Misses Maude Ellis and Daisy Lyon. Good for Biliousness. "I took two of Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets last night and I feel fifty per cent, better than I have ] for weeks," says J. J. Firestone, of Allegan, Mich. "They are certainly a | fine article for biliousness." For sale by Laurens Drug Co. Samples free. But for the downpour of rain Tues day it is likely that over 110,000 votes would have been polled in the State. The section to suffer most was the | Piedmont. Just Exactly Rifdit. "I have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for several years and find them just exactly right," says Mr. A. A. Felton, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis comfort. Best remedy for constipa tion, biliousness and malaria. 2!\c. at Laurens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug (!o. 's drug stores. Railway traffic was tied up the worst by the recent flood that was ever known in this part of the country. Many towns were without trains and mails two days. Laurens suffered with the others. A pleasing, good, high grade, truly flavored, amber colored cup of coffee can be bad ?and without the real Coffee danger, or damage to health ?by simply using Dr. Shoop's new substitute called "Health Coffee." Pure, wholesome, toasted cereals, malt, nuts, etc., make Dr. Shoop's Health Cofree both health ful and satisfying. No 20 to.'tt) minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute," says Dr. Shoop. If served as cofree its taste will even trick an expert. Test it and see. J. M. Philpot. In Aiken Please carried the county by a little over .*U)0 majority; Mr. Jas. F. Byrnes, of Aiken, was elected solic itor over Mr. Jas. E. Davis.ot Barnwell, the incumbent. The city of Augusta has suffered the greatest flood in her history, the water having reached heights heretofore un known. It was reported waist deep on Broad street, the main business street of the city. Many lives were lost in the flood and great robberies have been committed. Pink Pain 1 ablets-Dr. Shoop's stop headache, womanly pains, any pain anywhere, in 20 minutes sure. Form ula on the 25c. box. As your druggist or doctor about this formula it's firm Palmetto Drug Co. In the second congressional district Mr. J. 0. Patterson, of Barnwell, has been re-elected over Mr. W. S. Smith, of Hampton; in the third district, Hon' Wyatt Aiken is re-elected over his op ponent, Mr. Julius E. Boggs. Cole L. Blease received the paltry majority of 117 votes in his home coun ty of Newberry. Ansel received a ma jority of 1,208 in Greenville. Best Treatment lor a Burn. If for no other reason Chamberlain's Salve should be kept in every house hold on account of its *reat value " in the treatment of burns. It allays tho pain almost instantly, and unless the injury te a severe one heals the parte without leaving a scar. This salve is also unequaled for chapped hands sore nippies and diseases of the skin pri,.,. 2* cents. For sale by Laurens Drug "Strongest in the World for the South, and Strongest in the South for the World/' Only a Certain Amount of Work Can be Done in a Year. Clifford Seminary discourages both the skimming and the craming method of study. . The time-honored college curriculum is followed- English and mathematics stand first on the list. A thorough knowledge of these two branches is insisted on because they are of the greatest practical value in all life work and because they form the only solid solid foundation for good scholarship. On this foundation is based a thor ough business course that fits a girl for successful office work as well as the broader courses of training that lead to the degrees of A. IL and B. S. Clifford Seminary has a full corps of college trained teachers, who are capa ble and enthusiastic workers, thoroughly in love with their work. They make every effort to develop character and the highest type of womanhood. They are the friends and sympathetic com panions of the pupils out of the school room and share their recreations and amusements. No training can better prepare teach ers for the children of South Carolina than this. Schoo! Trustees who have tried them write: A Clifford Seminary graduate is our first choice always." Other special features, of this, institu tion are: Limited numbers, home-like atmosphere, ideal location and climate conditions, comfortable buildings ami equipment, very low expenses. No school in the State gives you more for your money. For catalogue address CLIPFORD SEMINARY, Union, S. C. _ . -?-"-7 Registration. Itinerary of Board of Registration For Weeks Following. Following is the itinerary of the Hoard of Registration and the dates: Tuesday, Sept. I? L?ngsten Church. Wednesday, Sept. 2 Sardis. Thursday, Sept. 3 Clinton. Friday, Sept. J Hopewell. Saturday, Sept. 5 Cross Hill. Monday, Sept. 7?Moore's. Tuesday. Sept. 8?Tumbling Shoals. Wednesday, Sept. 9 Dial s Church. Thursday, Sept. 10 Young's Store. The remainder of the time until 80 days before the November election will be spent at Laurens court house-. J. P. CALDWELL, Chm'n. T. S. I.ANCSTON, H. W. LAN FORD. I Wilkinson's ?p Matchless ^ Mineral Water Nature's iron tonic, insuring rapid convalescence from any illness which has weakened or lowered the vitality. While this is purely a medicinal wa ter, it is a delightful drink, and one drink will frequently cure a severe headache, heart burn, fullness and oppression of the stomach, following a hearty meal. For sale at Dr. Posey'sDrugstore A Fresh display of Seed. The Princess RubberGloves Pure and Seamless. For general household use, Surgeons, Physicians, Under takers, Photographers, Ladies' roilet, Electricians, otc. Try a pair and keep your hands m good condition. FOR SALE AT I Posey's g*. I ijrs POWELL KKOWN ti Jnf TUs^ virtues aml {?? of the Studebaker Wagon It is' constructed along lines that areruly ?eilt!lie?that will out Wea, an(| ojtt-last the ordinary 0?e-Ms >?<1e Of materials that ,(. 1 wt is together by deaTeHn^r^^1' Wa*?? {* ?d oeaiet in puce but is vastly snr, I or ,,, all resets to most L ducts now on the market. Barksclale & Franks Laurens, s. c.