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Cbe ?Urtiertfcer Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. K. NONKY, Editor. published by auvkktiskk printing company laurens. s. c. Kates kok advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per Bquare, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at the poatoffh S. C. as second cias i i LAURENS, S. C. OCTOBER 28, 1908. UF.AIt, 0, V L i'KOPLI ? Tuesday next h lecth n d: ? La i rons, when U:> re must he settled om of the greatest question . t has confronted the people of ' ? Besides voting on the various << uity, stats and national nonth.s, the tin t ter of dispensary or no ii- ? :? oi prohibition Is before yon. to he decid ed one way or the other. Once befoi?? you pa ed on the mnu Issue and your Imllots Indieat? . 1,1 exercise of sound buslin }u gmetit, the existent-* of moral ? i. ?? and ti reali/ai ion oi ptiblie 1 n other word- > oui ballots en against t!i" Laurens dispensary, tin Immoral. Impoverishing and degrad ing institution tin i im Jiere for so, long. th khon ilesh of our bbdj politic, the canker ing sore that lias eorrui i ?: on m iri sense, and is still eating away at''our vitals, physical. mental und moral Hut, heath d by hlri d legal talon pro ceedings were in til uud orders secured frbttt the court'?< |'i lug th< dispensary hack upon x .< p.m pie and it is here todnj, Wh u will you d< With ii next Tu< sd: > . The Laurens Adverllsei has foi somo lim.- prea ed the <pi . mom hbjno to the people < ailed upon ? In in to exercise their right of suffrage their Sense of right and justice. With full realization of I! ? Ir duty to tin public, dictated. V h tsdod i< show wherein the dispensnr, tin institution Which the people til Lnu rens county could ill afford lb fosti r; we linve believed in Prbhjbii on i right and Just, lienee our advoenoj < It. There i.-. no mom j in i Is for us: we are not paid lb ll d?bld P dh 'Jon nell her does tl i;ion o > dis pen iiti'y cents, to us. Tin h h ho graft ili r< foe us: there i. no dverj.1 eiueiit be had from lliad in l.iliti ?. for?a ; ? l??'r of this kind. Nor dot ? the Uioval of the dispcri ar,\ affect us; wi will receive ?b rovehui from nnj source beenm ile .-hop i ti be abolished, and i1 i port will hoi !<?? w i! Wo arc absoluti ly i?j . i ? ? Lauren^ -li . . ,. position to .. i i|] ? ( by ii sense of right and our \di public good. N'ov ? . from time in Hi lor, and douhtie; s your mind an fixed as ib how you shall v< hope thai what We have said during the camphlgti i a - been o some w lj lit and flint i' will ho in rid ? ul the Vf]V( much misquoted end misrepf in a ntimber 6'f moiltern rein .'. . i'h question; tin' . we full> expected nd do not t hose who Iiji \ ?? so fli - il therntt how could w'e? VA'e ? ? i end* 1 for our side of t;,<- m\i ;|i?M for the Upbuilding and bet! , in< ul bf our State, with a proud liffdorj noble ? promise. For our county, htive we iirgfi \ ,; at ? business. Look at ^ Ihn spectacle: the great count) bf Linnens den? a white apron. i-,<. behind (lie nminler of ii nlilskej dmp and ilfspenseH I he Hfllff to her Hfizi nnd a public ilise <?<?. nu\ i:. ? mk you, good a'Oineii of I county; would you gr> into the dl peni ai y and ?. ii whiskey, would yo? let youi hui bands or brother do ,.,? Well, rcai oh on this for a little w Utej are llolncj this in) Ihlnp. ri e clerk? In n .li~ pensnr\ an- no morv v h|< ; t , : , ,i (hull fhe III mi who \<>ti ? for II? lie, Pull off the white apron and i ,i : ..? business. Hear, O, ye people snd bearing do the right thing for your selves and your fellow citizens. Prohibit ion out la H 11 ,. ?nie of whiskey; the dispensary make' every Ojtl/.en a parly to the business, be cause if Is a count.', institution. Laut JUST OUTLAW IT. The most foolish argument, worthy Its ource, however, iu favor of re taining the dispensary is one heard a ! .-. days uko. They say thai if the voters are responsible for crimes caused by whiskey purchased from the dispensary, then equally respon sible will tili? voters be for crimes committed uuder a prohibition re fine- The fallacy of this is so ob vious as to make it rediculous in the exi romo. When the voters of Laurens say by their ballots that they will not con* tlucl this county whiskey shop: when they decide against the dispensary and prohibition they outhnv the sale uf whiskey] hence they free them of ; ii responsibility of the traf* tie. if whiskey be sold, it is illegal the responsibility on the people id I u u re us Is then to punish the of fense. Tbl ' In 'he very point at issue: the . eople are tired of being responsible ? sale of whiskey and its results: thus ? whose moral conscious ness i- not deadened by the desire w| Iskej or the hankering for the supposed revenue. Liquor Ifl a bad thing. No one of i< etability and sound judgment w ill . i ? otherwise. The dispensary ad* - belong to about three classes: who want the booze, and want illdy and easily procured; those ivho a i.t a revenue, that does not accrue: and those who. maybe con eutiously. righteously fold their hands ami .-ay. "the dispensary Is the solution of the liquor question." Hut the truth is that there is only one. probably two. solutions: simply out vv whiskey, or place it In the list of Otht r poisons. It is a bad thing, and ? voters should refuse to handle it. ? ? * 1 mring the quarter Just passed the [.aureus dispensary ?ook in $:>7.ooo in round numbers, wi ; net profits of $11,000. Is it economy for our peo ple it. spend $:j,7.000 to make $11.000; iut strikes us as a poor investment, t ? ? Wonder how much of that booze t'hlch was so in evidence on circus lay in Spartanburg came from Lau Somc t?t" the dispensary advocates, hard pressed for arguments, have tied to make the people believe that the prohibitionists are to blame for fact that some of the old election prei Incls have been left out this year. We direct attention to the article by Mr. McOowan on another page, treat ing this subject. The people have be gun to see who deals with these mat ters with correctness ami truth, ami who is forever misrepresenting facts. ? * * Talk about revenue! You are sell your principles for a few cents each year, just for the sake of rev this question to yourself: has a tut in .-will been sent to hell because ?f the Laurens dispensary? Then an you going to do about clear ing yourself of the charge? You voters did it * ? ? ho llouoa Path Chronicle displays .voeful lack of knowledge when it "We didn't know there was news in I.aureus to keep a ?type busy fifteen minutes." That's i t it: you don't know nuthin', no lOW, Wake up, ami read. i whiskey selling a respectable business? Voters look info the mat rid decide it. If it is not respect ive, i hen quit it. ? * ? \ '< !.'??? to t ail attention to an un* : ually interesting article appearing ii page two oi ibis issue. it treats ii some oiti court records, dating iwaj back Into 'he years when Qeorge .ii wan on the English throne, and r>. province of South Carolina was a olony under his rub-. This article written by Mr. Marion WllkeS, ?n embryo newspaper man. in excel* lylO, and should be rend with * ? # Laurens County has been Impover* sd tor a long llmo by the existent o nere of a whiskey Shop. Ami yet would-be economists argue that ? h< dispensary pays. ? ? * Let the good work continue: paint* anil repairing. Kvery property holder should take a personal pride iu the appearance of the city during i it of the vast number of Metho (II i leini ieis who will be here next Uditor O'Danlel t.f the Clinton Olilclo in writing about Laurens Oil expression, "thai little town." for 'he io\e of goodness, Mr. Bdltor, tl a i .??tin knOW a elf J when you see mie? Oet that Clinton dust out of our eyes, ft.me up ami we win spend a month showing you over the cllj of 1.linens; then if you become weary, res! a while, ami start again stone other lime. Among the Exchanges. On With the Dance. The anti-dispensary people of Lau rens won their case before the Su preme Court, and the desired election I will be held. On with the daoce.?Ab- i bevillo Press and Manner. Drinking in Laurens. According to official ligures the peo ple of Laurens county spent $13,696.15 for liquor during the month of Sep tember, til-sides that which was or dered by privat?- individuals. Even the most rampant opponent of pro hibition will hardly dare say that more (hau one-teuth, at the outside, of this amount, was Bpeilt by the people of this COUIlty during the same month for whiskey, and who will challenge the statement that the county Is bet ter off for the ten or fifteen thousand dollars thus kept here to the credit of the people. - Progress, t'noin, S.C. Itoozc Vrti^tx* Mecca. if Laurens county f:oes dry. Abbe ville will no doubt become the me tropolis to that section of the State.? Daruwell Sentinel. I'p to Laurens Prohibitionists. The people of Laurens County are to be allowed to vote on the question of for or against the sale of liquor on Tuesday. November 3, which elec tion the various liquor interests of that county linve attempted, through the courts, to stop. The matter came up before the Su preme Court Justice at Columbia. Sat urday, with th?' result that an order was granted refusing to allow the lection being prevented, it being inti mated that if there was any evidence that ihe election was conducted ille gally by persons voting who were not entitled to cast their ballots, that then there would be a remedy at law. This puts the matter directly up to the people of Laurens county who are interested in the voting in of prohibi tion to have good responsible citizens at each voting precinct to see that only thos<- who have the* legal right to vote are allowed to do so. and to be particularly cautious that no pro hibitionists, whose vote could possibly he challenged, exercise the right of citizenshiii. Laurens county has been balked by those favoring liquor for a long time now through various processes of the law. but we believe, and certainly hope, that When the ballots are count ed on November i' will ?be shown that the voters of that county will not have their rights further interfered with, and will give an overwhelming majority for prohibition, which stands for that which Is bst in a social, moral and business way.?Progress. Union, s. c. Liquor ami the Mob. it has ben universally remarked during the recent troubles and excite ment here how fortunate it was that no whiskey was being sold in Spartan* burg. Liquor would have aggravated the anger of the members of the mob and would have made some of them ho reckless that they would have Stormed the Jail. The result would have been wholesale bloodshed. \s it was, but little liquor was obtain able, and the crowd remained sober and with sen.-'- enough not to attack the jail and its 200 well-armed de fenders. -Spartnburg Journal. The Ways of .Men. People are never satisfied. I'nion. Which had a dispensary once and vot ed it out. is now trying to vote it back, while Laurens js trying to vote hers out. How would it do for I'nion people to move to Laurens and the Laurens people move to I'nion. Hel ton Times. Ceino o>or ami sec. The Laurens Advertiser has install ed a linotype machine. We had no idea there was enough news happen ing in Laurens to keep a linotype busy fifteen minutes a week Hpnea Path Chronicle. More than Enough is too Much. To maintain health, a mature man or woman needs just enough food to repair the waste and supply energy and body heat. The habitual consum ption of more food than is necessary for these purposes is the prime cause of stomach troubles, rheumatism and disorders of the kidneys. If troubled with Indigestion, rovlso your diet, lol tea..mi and not ap pot I to control and take a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be till right again. Por sale by Laurens Drug Company. An officer of New berry county was here for a while last week. lie said that thei'O was no comparison of con ditions now and when the dispensary was operated in bis town. Every line of business was better. Hie public conduct was Improved, and the fiuai olal condition of the people generally was much bettor. I'or Chapped Skin. Chapped skin whether on hands or face may be cured in one night by applying Chamberlain's Salve. II is also unequaled for sore nipples, burns find Scalds. I'or Bale by the Laurens Drug Company. Women Shoes H When a Woman selects a pair of our $2, $2.50, $3 or $4 Shoes We don't consider the transaction closed by any means. We may have told Her about the good points of the particular style of Shoe She bought, and we consider it our bounden duty lo see thai tin. .Shots, in every way, come up to our recommendations. This we'll do, and if, by any chance, the Shoes should f ill short, we'll adjust the matter at once to Her entire satisfaction. We're a Safe Shoe Store ! We've many new and handsome tsall Models?Shoes that are so different in many ways. Have you seen the new High Cut Napoleon Boots in wave tops? A very smart creation. $3, $3.50 or $4 We ask Women to come to us with every Shoe desire or requirement they have in mind, and see how well we can please and satisfy. COPE the shoe: man The One Price Store. M Customers Shoes Shinecl Free, era BIO LAND SALE TUESDAY. Lands of Macbeth Vomit; in Huuter Township to lie Sold. As will be noted from the advertise ment on another page, the lands of Mr. Macbeth Young of Union, will he -old at public auction on salesday. next Monday, according to a Court decree in the suit of Mr. .1. W. Nor wood against Mr. Young. In the tracts of land in question, there are over nine hundred acres, situated about five miles from Clinton, two and oii>- half miles from Goldville and six miles from Mountville, including some excellent timber land and some of the best farming land in the county. Captain .lohn M. Hudgens will go this week ami make a survey of the lands, cutting them up into tracts of from twenty to one hundred acres, to be sold separately. it is said that this farm place has been in the Young family since the reign of George hi of England, and is of course, old farming land, well culti vated and quite valuable. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, j ss. Lucas County. Frank .1. Chenney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of P. .1. Chenney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED HOL LAHS for each and every care of Ca tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Mall's Catarrh Cure. PRANK .1. CHENNEY. Sworn to before me ami subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De < ember, A. D. 1880. (Seal.) A. W. OLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. P. J. Chenney & Co., TOledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 76 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Strange how some of our citizens glory in the way Laurens is getting BUCll good dispensary patronage from neighboring counties. Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davidson, of No. J'.TO Qlfford Ave., San .lose, Oal., says: "The worth of Fleetric Hitters ns a general family remedy, for headache, biliousness and torpor of the liver and bowels is so pronounced that I am prompted to say a woid in its favor, for the benefit of those seeking relief from such afflict Ions. There is more health for the digestive or guns in a bottle of Fleetric Hitters lbean iu any other remedy I know or." Sold under guarantee Lnurens Drug Company ami Palmetto Drug stores. f?o cents. Executor's Sale. I Notier of Sale b) It. I., Ilondi i-? "I.. Kxccutor. Pursuant to tin- power and author ity given i<> ihe undersigned, hy the last will and testament of Ida A. Iloyd, deceased. I will soli lo Ihe highest bidder, at Laurens C. II., So. Ca., dur lllg the legal horns of sab', on Sales day in December, I90S, the same ho Ing the 7th day of the month, tie- fol lowing described real estate: All that tract and plantation of land, situate, lying and being near Madden station, in I.aureus county, State of South Carolina, containing lone hundred and twenty three acres, more or less, and bounded bj lands of John a Madden, estate of .1. A Madden, deceased, \V, li lludgens, I., 1,. CttlbertSOn, and others. Also, all that piece, lot and parcel of land, with storehouse thereon. sit uate, lying and being at Cold Point in I,aureus county. Stall- of Soul!, Carolina, containing - acres, more or less, and bounded by the C. & \\. C. Hy. Co.. and Others. Known as the Uoyd store house lot nl Cold Point. Said property will be sold for dl vision among the Devisees named in the said last will and testament of Ida a. Boyd, deceased. Terms of sale, one-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months with interest, secured by bond of the purchaser and a mot'tgngi the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. 1.. Henderson. Kxccutor Of the last will and testa men! of Ida a. Boyd, deceased. Laurens, s. c. Oct. 11. ions. 13-3t. MONUMENTS. If you are in need of a nice Monu ment for loved ones ! am prepared to furnish it to you at very reasonable prices. See me. .1. WADE ANDERSON, Laurens, s. C. 1>lt."CLIFTON JON KS Dentist OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phone: Oflice No. 8(1: Residence 210. notice to CREDITORS. All persons holding claim against the estate of Luther S. Aborcrombio, de ceased, are hereby notified and required to present them duly proven, to mo, on the 7th day of November next, or ho forever barred. Given under my hand and seal the 7th day of October l'tos 0. 0. THOMPSON KMt._Probate .lodge. Notice of Kxecntor's Sale. I will sell to the hlffilCl I bidder on November the Srd, 1008 nl 12 o'i '.<>? It the old homestead place of G. W, Leak, deceased, containing Hid acres more or less. Sale will take place on the premises. Terms of sale. cash. I. N. Leak. 11 ?JU Executor. WHKN Vor WANT Tho kind thai will make you want "more of int.' same kind set' US. Wo carry many of Iho bosl makoa in Iho no west lasts and tho l)t'st materials and our prices will appeal to Iho closest buyors. Sec our ow n "J. E. MINTER & BRO." lin.' Ladies' Eine Siloes, all made for us $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 "French, Shrincr & Urnor," 'Tin' Rosloninn" and "The Bea con", '' for men $3, $3.50, .$1, $5 The celebrated "Blue Ribbon" line for children $1.25, $1.50, $2 Many lower priced SI IOCS, too SEE ?s FOR SHOES. J.E.M1NTER&BR0 The Reliable Store. T. C. TURNER, JR., ATT< ?k>;];,v,\T-i(.\\v. Will prnctico in all State courts. Prompt attention given Ii? .".II business. Olllco in Enterprise Hank Building. and CUE?.E the ILUNCS Wl New Oiseewiry 1 AND AIL THROft j[ANDJ UNO TROUBLES. I OUARAIsI TV, (3D BATIflPAOTORYl Oll WOKC if ) !? V ON)>KD. Chaniiisriain'<; Cough Remedy Cutoa Colds, Croup nud Whoonlna Cotutu? ,