Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tEfje gfohertt?cr Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. K. ?0NKY, Editor. published by advertiser i'kintino COMPANY laukens, S. C. Hates for advertising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, f>0 eon'.-.. Liberal reduction made for largo advertisements. Obituaries: All over 60 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the lino. Entered al the postoHlco at Laurens, S. c. as second class mail matter. LAliRHNS, S. C. MARCH 10. 1909. tfl'IM \. PHIXI V, 0*. SCHOOLS. Somewhat unusual was the ciihrge to the grand lury on Monday inoriiinu in thai His Honor, .In go Prince de-i voted tiio greater pan of the tliuo consumed to u loc.lure on the schools and school teachers of South Carolina. The propriety and relevance of this is pel for ua to question; bo thai as titty, vv ? Were struck with a nuin ber <>:' things said, aiml stich Impres sion v. idi their I ruth ntul force. in the course of his remarks, Judgo Prim: said; ' Some of yon may wonder why I am taking >.,? so much time talking about education, and our pub lic schools; vvhal has a grand Jury got :?> do with these:" Answoriog Ids own question. His Honor said that grand juries m d judges alike, wore deep; , concerned in the enforcement of ift'.v, hat that their elfortU alike would h<- in vain unless the schools of the state wore improved; that as conditions wer.- now, we are raising a so: m lawbreakers and insubordln ats. Why? Ilecauso of the in efficiency <?f the teachers employed in the public schools and the failure of pa.* nts to (!.) their part in teaching child ? a the principle of obedience. At t.:-1 rout <?;' the whole matter, thoug i. was the fuel thai we had turned over tho whole mattor of edu cation to the State and that it was try ing to run the business an cheaply as po isibio to keep down taxes. Enlarging upon the matter of poorly qualified toachers, Judgo Prince said the! the great mistake of oar trustees was their custom of employing "(hose sweet girl grad uates" who teach until they ran get married, never intending to make n life profession of tonchlng; that we are employing theso novices to exper iment on the lives and characters of our children. lie stated that good men could not he had to teach be cause the pay was too little; all be cause the.-.- "sweet, pretty little things" hod cheapened the profes sion. Judge Prince's Idea of a teach er in The trio1 sense of the word is one born with the qualifications of nti instructor, vvith a burning desire to t .cit. and one i,;* such a char ter . s to inspire confidence and rcspi : on the past of pupils. For the parents' part, Judge Prince said ihni a generation of insubordin ate; -..as being raised tiimply because these fathers and Ihotlh rs imagined that -. icy had little angels in their homes, "just sprOutllig wings;" and that the iitlidudo ol iheso parents might he expressed soihwhAt ijko this: no sol oid teacher er.n whip our child; v.e doii'l do ii lit home." Such n sentiment, Judge Prince Made out ns criminal, in that II is bred di> obcdl ::? e to hoirto law, then to school low, and thi I! to the lliws Of oar State. Parents who do not control their children ?r starting t'. in on the lath Died the grand ?-Imp-)! situation d eveii I;' they BO < ' lot by pin difficult to got stirred up In our smaller cities. The foundation for this spirit is pride. Have we any pride In a library If not, why not? Let us propound this question: when visitors come to the City, do we escort them around to our library and eon duet them throu.gh its length corrid ors, pointing out with pride the vast number of valuable hooks that we have amassed by our diligent labors? Nay, nay: it never occurea to us that we have ti library. The remedy for this la for us to hnvo a library in Which ii pride may he felt. First, better quarters tire needed; not that we for a mono nt relied upon the generosity that has permitted the library to have quarters nl all. but the time has come when larger and better rooms are heeded. We may state here that there are line possibil ities of securing a more suitable place at ;.n early date, which will be a great slep in Increasing our pride in the institution and malting ft become mote of a factor in Our public life. lint new cjunrtsr? will not make a library; a library is a collection of hooks, and the plan sugi ested by The Advertiser will provide for dlfty or sixty Ii w books each year. Is it worth your While? is anything Worth while? Let the people get together and make a success of the ?Ity library. * ? * re:; n ixnuxu cotton. At several recent meetings of the Chamber of Commerce the question of means for handling cotton in the city of Laurens during the on-coming sea son has received much attention; in deed it has been a matter of concern. Under the arrangements thai prevail ed last year the banks of the city were compelled to carry a load that none likes to carry, and that few are will ing to bear. The system required the baid; to be out of their money for practically ten days on the cotton purchased by them, or upon which they advanced the money; ami the commissions received were not equal to interest on the money involved. As possibly most of the business men know, this condition exists be cause t'.ie railroads of our city have no cotton platform and no store room for the reception of cotton so that bills of lading may be issued thereon without delay. The tardinesss of the hills of hiding is the cause of the banks' troubles; the first cause is the railroad companies' lack of aecomnd atlon. We lea in that two hanks of the city have done their best by the people in this matter, but that they positively will not handle the cotton business another season: they do not feel called upon to incur the losses Incident to the business. And reason able minded people cannot expect that of them; of course, there Is no accounting for the opinion of anarch ist, socialist, trust-busting peanut politicans, a few of whom tire still at large in the land: hut really their opinion is not worth consid 'ring when the matter in hand has an element of business in it. The cotton situation in I.aureus, as we learn if. is beyond ? he banks to handle :.t least without loss to themselves. Lauren- will suffer tmmeasureable losses during the con tri .', year, unless, the situation is relieved. We need not go Into the details of the disas trous results to both the farmers and merchants. P i- up to merchants, banker.-, farmers, and railroad offloa lals to g--; together on this question and do something; and no time can '. ? wasted. I.:? : ? i.-. confronted With a serious situation tit.it can he easily retired led if :!:?? proper unity, and dispatch characterize ofllort. Shall we .-it Inactive with condition;; of this nature existing? Every other town of anything Ilk < the volume of business that Lattrens has is far bet ter situated in this matt1 r < f handling cotton. What h, ?: mal r? We have men of su files a: bv ?.!:iess as tuteness ;> solve t;i- diftlcuity; why not get a: it? The Chamber of Com merce Is the proper medium for the Soul : thai it ??:.;;; the outcome o! th ? conforent l.*t to be remains a matter for H future to reveal. Tho Railroad Con ? hul v. ) c. ?? hoping for great thing clasa ti continually "cm ." retire at re.'nl life of the ootihti ao tl Jaga to have. A; Uftvo found railro otlicinls to be a mighty good set of business men; they are much better business men than the little peanut politicians who lambast and snort and "blow smoke" at 'em. As we say, our hope is with the railroad officials. Our endeavor should bo to so im press the railroad with our need for better accunodat ions, sho.v by our insistence that we won't be turned down ami keep on hammoring; Ask and nsk again; they cannot refuse us forever. ? * ?> PHDSIDLNT TAFT, On lust Thursday, William Howard Taft of Ohio was Inaugurated the twenty-seventh president of these United Stats of Amercln. Seldom has it been in the history of this country that a presidotil has gone into office under such auspicious circumstances und with such a universal feeling of good v\t'M toward tlio ndinlui tration. if Will in hi Howard Taft not a good president, tiio.ii it will bo all Iiis ;V.uit? or Theodore Roosevelt's There I ; one striking feature to the inaugural tuldres of Pn sidcnt Taft, delivered on .Mateh the fourth, and this |s his attitude to w?hl the negro question in the South. iSvbr since the War between the states the sevornl presidents have tried, each in his way. :o iloal with this problem ? and all have failed. If Taft sticks to his Implied promises the govern ment's attitude toward the negro In the Sou;i; will bo highly satjsfactory to t'.s. It is simply to lot him alone, and not try to make him take purl in the political manipulations of the whit'' republican leaders, luring him on with the hope of political prefer ment, which he 111 reality does not crave. This thing of shoving negroes into government jobs is not what the mgro wants. President Taft Is to bo congratulated for his promise not to force a negro office holder upon a community that does not want him. Wo wish him well in this intention. ? * ? And are we the first to call him "Little Willie?" * * * Senator Tillman has caused his friends a bitter disappointment by his failure to "expose Theodore Roos evelt." * * ? Little Willie and Sunny Jim have commenced their four year's picnic, Congratulations! The general as sembly adjourned without jhaving seriously damaged the State. Pointed Paragraphs. A coward manages to dodge a lot of things that are headed bis way. The things that would make a wom an happy look foolish to a man. The best way to kill a t'aslehood is to lot it lie. A man's t: lk shows up bese after a good dinner. No man has OCCatlon to apologize for (hung his duty. You can guess what a woman is. but that's your limit. Kind words never die?and the other kind dies forever. if a man is financially weak he's unable to stand a loan. He isn't much of a baker who eats all t'.io bread ho kneads. The push button doesn't ml ways ring the song of success, Sonic jokes are seldom enough to make an undertaker laugh. On the ocean of life many a woman .-::?. and ".' false colors. The lazy minis pay envelope is never nflicted with obesity. Ami i' sometimes happenes that a mail is married to his boss. \ correci gin ss passes for wisdom, oven though it Is only a guess. WHEEZER OR SNEEZER Ilnve Yon Hoard of Hyontcl for < r.l irrh, A.stlinut und H;ij i i^erJ If you tvheez? or sneeze, httwk or "jut Biiuf? or blow, Konietil?lg the matter with the !.;?:..!??..:.? of your respiratory thick* and you nerd llyomoi. " And yoti need IT.vohi ??' h ? i: win euro j mi of i?:<;.? cntdrrlial or In'lnmm ?? tory condition exlsl -. I? Isn't a stoiua? Ii r, '.'r. ?. or spray' antiseptic ? nn, from ?i? ??cRlyp'?' la i.! i ubb< r Inhaler and It roneln s every nook, conn :? and crevice of tho i.. i bran : nd promptly kills the ? I.: '.i" ns i>: Ig <'o. v.i'l sell you t! complete llyomoi ipronounced High1' O'lnei outfit for $1.00, o:. tho money* back plan. " The ose of (lyoniol 0111*8(1 Mm. Cut ler of catarrh in 11)01. He has strongly endorsed tin two of llyoniel In miiny Instances, and we are glad ?<> go on ? catarrh em . dnd rhdorso I!."?-.Mrs Cures ftyspep??. Sf*OWf fftoat v " ?-*: if >' l!on*t. Give? mcdhtc u from hc-::burn, v.i-.t ato-M cc;>, rtortv..-;,i d&r< 13and tick :.'.'..!..:!: JO cenU a latj^ : L.;.i u our special notices. Wanted?To buy all kinds of furs; will pay the toj) of the market for them. S. Poliakoff, Laurens, S. C. It For Sale?Hast lug's Big Bank Account Cotton Seed, limited quantity) $1.:!") per bushel for quick orders. Alexander's Money-Makor, 85 cts. Oinned on private gin and are sound. Address, c. Connelly, Nichols, s. C. 2t For Sale?Limited amount of tine Toole, Crosland and King cotton seed. Also, la bushels Marlboro Prolific seed corn. According to experiment al bulletins this [s hesi corn on mar ket; $2.CU per bushel. Also, eight hoes ready for killing lt'O to l.'.o pounds each. Apply to \v. I). Byrd. u. f. D. No. 8, Laurens, s. c. 30-3t Wauled i- -The people to rcmomber that my blacksmith Bhop is located In fror; of K. \v. Martin's stables. General repair Work and liorso slue* lug se c, it -. Satisfaction guaran >d; C. 'i'. Whttten. I times. Wanted You to list your prbporly with mo tor sale; or if you want to buy lei me know your wants. Will sell or buy for you i. N\ Leak, the [teal Instate man, tin y Court S. C. t. For Sale -spi.ndid harness horse, six years old. Mahogany bay. large, sound stylish and fast. Apply to Dr. W. il. Dial. Lour ens, S. C. 32-tf Per Sale- a splendid Cow, fresh in milk. Write or call on g. il. Flnley. Maddens. S. C. 32-lt For Kent?Two rooms over store, with water and sewerage connections. II. Sullivan.'Laurens, s. c. 82-tf Por Side Two fine young Mules, six ;ears old, straight and a!', right, and in good condition. .1. 11. Sullivan. Laurens, S. C. 32-11 Muslr Wltmark's, Sterns' Havl Innd's, Harris', Snyder's, Mills', Ed wards', York's, and other well known publishers' music will be displayed in my store. Orders taken for any spec ial numbers. R. IV. Willis. Laurens. S. C. 32-lt FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take no'ice that on the ;;rd day of April. 1909, 1 will render a final account of my acts and doings as ad ministrator of the estate of W. M. Gambrcll, deceasod, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at tl o'clock, a. in., and on the same day will apply lor a Anal discharge from my trust as udmin ist rator. All persons Indebted to said estate are notified and required to make? pay ment on that dale; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. W. Li, COOPER, Administrator, March 2. lfiOO?1 mo. The largest and best line of every thing you may want for your kitchen in Agate, Dine. Orey and Tinware at money saving prices. S. M. ?fc f.. II. -Wllkes & Co. Whal is Worse Than a Falsehood) Some unscrupulous person Is circu lating an untruth about the MeCord Studio. We have hail many of our patrons and friends ask if we were going to tdose tin? Studio. Some have told us that they heard that we had gono out of the photo business. Now listen. We have never before had aught to say about anyone nor to de fend our business, in fact we do not really think it necessary now, but we cannot lolcrato such untruthful state ments, and WO would have our friends and palI'OUS understand that we are in the Photo business to stay, and at the same old location, over the Bank of Laurens. Our business has been larger the past few months than over before, and from the highest ( lass of patrons. We are glad to say that in tiie city of Laurens, Where seeing i.; believing, our old time patrons are our continued esteemed friends. Very ReSpeCI fully. Ttie McCord Studio. See for Yourself ? K I) ?nt take (-'.p.- worn for it, B n (tout take our competitors j? |l say so about the iilnttef but H ? come to out .stove yourself gj 9 at; 1 sec what we offer and H $ get our prices and We arc j+ 9 sure to make you out eusto- j; jfi '.:k.\ (>ut cxji'vT.scs ate li#M, h ?jj We sell for cask only and | S seil only llie besi goods. See I ft 1 us Wilcil yoti want groceries. VVe still sell ? lbs Sugar for $i.oo c.ikos of Octagon S >a;> fof ^',>>> can of 'Ponia'.oes jt>c 4 slbs '-.m of Tomatoes 8? ?V Best Sugar cured Hams :.; ? ? \ thpbest Coffee is 15, :: \ .ntd 33c aJ ? V V ??> r t.i v 'iii't'J I' The CajIi Grocer k Door1.) Palmetto Dank. 11 I Good Advice Bankers * ft 1 Do nothing to foster and encourage speculation, dive facilities only to legitimate and prudent transactions. Dis tribute your loans rather than concentrate them in a few hands. Pursue a straightforward, upwright, legitimate banking business. Treat your customers liberally, bearing- in mind that the baric prosper; as its customers prosper." The above Is a portion of an address delivered in 1863 to National Banka by Hon. Hugh McCultoch, the first Comptroller of the Currency. The ndvict! Is still sound. This bank has adopted it as a creed, and has followed it conscientiously for years. We jolicit your account on the basis of sound banking. The Bank for Your Savings. Kcal L'stute Offerings. ?!:> acres land nonr Qwlnga Stntloi bounded by land of .lohn .lones and: Tom Srnmlett with dwelling and oiu ? buildings price ?35.00 per acre. inn acres land near Lauford Slat ion bounded by lands of Duff Patter son, James Putersou and others will, dwelling and Tenant houses Price i $35.00 per a< re. 29 acres land near the incorporated i limits of the Town of fountain Inn bounded by lands of Hobt. Taylor. T. i:. Nelson, .lim Adams and others: dwellings and out buildings. Price $75.00 per acre. .1. \. Lenk, (4raj Court, s. ('. lie . are to see our line of Ar; i Squares and Huns in different de signs, colors and si/.i s. made of the best quality of material and at prices that will be money saved for you. S. M. & E. II. Wilkes & Co. Von Will Never have it As Long As Von Have Dyspepsia. .lust as long as you have dyspepsia your food will no: properly digest, and the nutritious elements in the food will not be extracted or absorbed, and impoverished or watery blood will follow. This condition may not be appar ent at first, but it will tome just as si re as the sun will rise again. Any stomach ailment. 1110111(1111!'; all forms of indigestion, can be promptly cured by using Mi-o-na tablets, a scientific treatment unsurpassed. it stops fermentation, belching of gas and taste of sour food almost at once. The mighty power of Mi-o-na to Invigorate and restore the stomach to perfect condition is known every where. Mi-O-na cures by building up?by banishing the cause. For thin people it is great Mesh builder, because the stomach to give more and purer nu trition to the blood. it cures sen and car sickness and vomiting ot pregnancy almost immediately. Lau ren's Drug Co. sells Mi-o-na for ."id coats a large box, and gunranteos it to eure or money back. CURES CATARRH, ASTHMA, Bronchitis, Croup, Coughs and Colds, or money br\ck. Sold and guaranteed by 1.At bl.NN lull t. I w.t.iM.> l. LooKing Through our stock of Picture famines and mouldings is ?' treat t<> those who ndtuire t).i:v;s of be ittly. brailles for every stj!(.: of pi? l in 9 ;:ic in this assortment. Krames for Photos, Photograv ures, Migravitujs, Ktchiii^s, Wal? er Colors, Pastels and I >:U. The price is one of their al j tractive features, We Make NOTH'12 OK lUUDUE LKTTIMJ. Nn)i<-> Is hereby given thai County Commissioners of lite counties of Lau rens and Greenwood, S. C, will recolv seal ! bids to be hied with T. c. Bur nett, County Supervisor, at Greenwood, S. c. until 9:30 o'clock, a. m.. on Tue ? day, March 23rd, 1009, for building th following j-'int bridges, to wit: A stcci Bridge over Saluda Blver on the road from Cross Hill to Ninety Si.\. S. C? bettor Known as "Watts Bridge. Also, a Bridge over the same stream at a point near the town of Hodges. S c.. hotter known as "Smith's Bridge." Regular bids will he for furnishing material and erection of Bridge com plete; irregular bids, * however, for either t ie material or the erection sep arately will he considered, Bids t< !)?? accompanied by certified Check fot s.'i n.no as guarantee that bidder will if successful, execute written contract and bond in sum of one-half the con tract price within ten days. Work to he completed within months. Plans and specifications will he on tile at the Supervisor's Office of each county ten days prior to letting. Bid will he opened at the nbovod named date, at OfllCO of County Supervisor. Greenwood, s. c. and contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bid der. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. H. P. HUMBERT, County Supervisor I.. C. March I. 1909. It'J-ot ^ome Bargains in Real Estate. Une nousc and lot in Sullivan St., good S'X room house and the lot alone containing about one acre is almost worth the money. Price $1,600.00. A nice cottage on Garlington Street. Price $1,450.00. Some nice building lots on the odg-o of town, six acres for only $1,000.00 Some bargains in nice building lots and small farms, suitable for true!: farms, just beyond the Watts Mill, see as about these. \\ e also have some nice tnrms on our list. See us if you want to buy or seil real estate. Laurens Trust Comp'y H. A. Me!.Kon, M;_:r. Peal Estate 1 department. Ofllco in Totltl Building. On Partial Payments. I A small amount, down arid ii little each loot;I'u will .-non I Buy a Diamond '.'on will have it paid for before you know it, and with I ho money you WOUld have thrown away. Besides 'on know Hie quality arid the weight of the Diamond you buy from us. t Wo soli the best and at n a Bonatdy low pi ices. Fleming Bros.