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tKfje gbberti?er Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable In Advance. S. I ? HOXFV, Editor. published by advertiser printing company laurens. 8. g. Rates for advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.each subsequent insertion, F>() cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Wintered at the postoffico at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, JUNE 9, 1900. to lioMi: ski:kKits. This issue of The Advertiser will bo received by several hundred home seekers in a dozen or more stales of the union. Usually, these home seekers are sent issues of newspapers thai treat the Industrial ami commer cial side of ;i city's life, and very lit iogly so too; for. one who desires to change bis place of residence wishes ? o know something of the business ?world at his prospective home. However, we have no apologies to make In sending an educational issue Vo people who may become Interested ??? Laurens or wish to make this their come. Indeed, we ure especially do nlrotis that those people shall know the stand wo take on matters educa tional and what provisions we are making for Hie training of our child ren. Without bar of contradiction, we say thai the < Ity of 1.aureus is not surpassed by any town pr cjiy lit the t?te when it comes to the quality of her public school work and the equip ment for this work. And the county, as a whole, is the equal of Ihe host. All tho districts are bending every effort to make their schools the best; ienchors of character and ability Doing employed, and the people :.'.<? ?spendim", money, To 1 ... Value placed by a peoplo upon their Institutions ol learning is a fair index to the general conditions, commercial, Industrial, social and religious. Show ')s n community that spends money, yihd a great deal of it. on education and we will show yoti a community thai is prosperous In all lines. The btislnes! social and religious Hfe of Haarens and Laurens county is tlpace with their standard in educa tional matters. Ccme to Laurens to live; you may find some other places as good, bui non ? better. i mi: st.\ i k vii). The country schools have been neg lected; there la no disputing that fact. Bui who is to blame, If blame may be attached to any one. we know not. The towns have forged ahead and done a great deal for themselves; this is accouuted for. in a measure, by the fact that there "is strength 111 onion." I'nltCd, the populace of our ?owns have been enabled to enlarge, secure more money an'1 better ser vice. By natural conditions the rural sections have been forbidden thi* means. .Mr. w. c. VYharton, in his excellent paper, points out that the state has taken a step in the direction of aid ing these rural schools. By an ap propriation (Iiis last year, it is :: , \ possible for a rural school to get $1.00 ?"for every $2.00 that it raises, What is to be done, simply let the patrons 'of each district, t'.int. is at present un able to combine with another and ifcure a high school, get together Brtd q*b1so, by subscription or direct ?> i ft tlOn, a sufficient amount to sec re this state aid. ami'run the school full lime and have it taught by well e |Ulp? ed ami w. li trained teachers. The state of South Carolina says to its people; !?..?;;> y ?Urselves an 1 the state will supplement your efforts" And that is on the correct principle; for, if there li!- community composed vv>f people who are an willing to spend ? ir.y of their own money on the educa tion of their children, they are not deserving id' any outside assistance, nml imb ed, could not appreciate !? ::' received. Jlcnco. OOmiUOhtlliS on Mr. Wh.ar Jon's powerful appeal, we wish to urge the people of the various dis tricts to raise the amounts necessary. AOCtire thifl state ail. and have schools ?hat are in keeping with the general prosperity ?>f these communities. ??? Yes. dear Klleen, the word bacca laureate COines from the Latin "bacca" ami "laurus." the first, a ^?erry and the recond. a laurel: h;mce % laurel of berries, which w:h the ?symbol of honors won at the univer sity. ? ? ? It is not necessary to be h!' by a "ball to see the stars at a base ball Bgame. A SOCIAL NECESSITY. On another page appears an article by Prof. (Pis Wat's Cunningham, of Middlebury college, Vermont. As most of our readers know. Prof. Cun ningham Is a native of Laurens coun ty, the son of Mr. \V. L. Cunningham at Madden station, and one of whom the county may well be proud. IP won distinction for himself while in College at Furtnan, as a student at Cornell, as a teacher In Howard col lege, Alabama, and is now making goo 1 as professor of English and moral philosophy at Middlebury col lege. Prof. Cunningham is one of B. V. Culbertson's hoys, and it must he a source of pride for him to not.' the good work of his former pupil. In his contribution to this issue of The Advertiser, Prof. Cunningham deals wlib the fundamentals of the educational problem, pointing out the necessity of educating the individual in order that the social fabric may be well Woven, and of enduring texture. As the writer shows, society is com posed of individuals, ami the charac ter of these component parts deter mines the nature of the society. In so far as the Individual Is developed, just to that degree Is society ad vanced. Tracing the history of the world's development, we find thai each suc ceeding age lias seen an advance toward the unification of t'ae races, toward the reall/ation of the brother hood of man. The world has been growing smaller in (hat it has been gradually bringing mankind closer ' together. The tendency has been toward the perfection id' oin> vast 1 "society". And yet this does not mean the submersing of the Individ ual; on the contrary, litis social ire,. ! has been made possible by tin better nn l ni ce (borough develop- ' knent of the Indlvi htal. a. 1 i? wil continue >n. When the component parts of f ?c lety become fully devel op !. and vvh.n Ihe Individual I* ? rea II . ?? between Individual : : '. ihil'vUhial will ?1 ? ? I vote-.I a lax in i ?: . has the city ' ; Laurens Invested about ? i:i a plant, with all tin modern equipments? Why have all the schools In the couty. Includlnj the college at Clinton, i lose ! the most successful years i:: their history' Why has the county board of educa tion h'tckied down to business i:i : manner thai has startled some of tin natives? Why have they taken ii band the mutier of trustees, and rir< seel:Inj; to put In i'.?::. -> only stiel met. :?- a - fhoi'oughiy In .-> ?.apathy ,vp ii ? . i i: :m ! who \y\l\ work for the beitertvieh: of their respective schools. All these things, we say. are Indi cations that our people are thorough ly aroused on the subject of educa ! tlon, realizing its necessity, and art j endeavoring to do their '.*st for (tu i children of the county and City. Par there one fact that has not takei root thoroughly, r.s yet. And thai Is the matter cf salaries for (hi teat hers. We often hear sr>tv.'1 of the Oldet people talking about their sclioo day... and In referring to their teach ers we find, that they were almost invariably, middle ag-'i Or old met and women. W^ rarely hear of tin young college graduate 'teacher?Ii the day.- when our fathers and mo thers wem to school. They wer< always settled men and women whos* profession it w,s m tetn'ii th* "district school", and teach i? they j did. Now. It Is quite a rarity to se? i a middle aged o.- elderly man en gaged In teaching In the cOmmor. schools Of our s'ate and county. Why the ? hange and why have the men am women forsaken the professldn? Forty years ago the expenses Ol living were barely half what they an today, the t >aeher of that time could well live on his forty or fifty dollars a month. Today the Cxp< rises ol living have doubled, bttt the" teacher's salary has not advanced proportion ately; it remains around the fifty and sixty dollar mark. Hence men and women have been forced to abandon teaching as a profession arid seek other employment more lucrative. And who can censure them? The same trouble exists in the ministry; it is a false idea of consecration to think that (hen and women are called upon to starve for the s-ik>> of . a profession. Now and then we find an example of a life of sacrifice and It Is beautiful; but that does not re lieve the people of taeir responsi bility. So nowadays wo get. oir teachers among the young boys an i gP!s fresh from tho colleges, who tSOOfa simply j to prepare thamuolvsH for a better occupation. In other wordi they experiment on the children of our communities, and they spoil some good material of life in the experi ment. In cases of sickness we call In an experienced physician; In a difficult law suit we seek the best and n".i?3t experienced legal talent: in bull ting a handsome residence we employ tho most skilled architect, and in our colleges we look for the most learned professors, those who have given years of study to their particular branch of work. But 111 our common schools we are satisfied with mere novices, unskilled work men, untrained in the school of life. In other words, we allow the cheap est of labor to do the foundation work on the structures we are build ing for eternity. Tho parent has a .divine commission: the care of build ing a life that shall live as long as Cod lives. And yet he often trusts thai work to incompetent hands. It i is a breach of trust. The whol ? trouble lies In the fact j that We are not paying enough for j this difficult work to secure skilled and competent workmen, and the matter will never be remedied until the people make u;> their minds to dig down In their pockets and pay it. Increase salaries and In a few years this state and county will have scores of men and women who ore making leaching their profession, and who as every year goes by are accumulat ing valuable experience that will be for the bonefil of those in their ?b?rge. Are teachers worth paying well? Yes. a thousand times, yes. There Is no nobler profession. If the peo ple will do their duty the profession will soon be adorned by those worthy t. an.I the people will receive the benefit ol It. Worth it. yas. * * * sn?KIUNTKXI>i:.NT .IO.NK.S. Mr, Barney L. Jones, superintend >nl of the {.aureus graded schools. born in S'ewberry county, though v.itl'.ci i'tly peer the Lntirens Hue to ren-Ior i'. excusable. Mb Inherited his ?bllhy as a teacher, to a large degree U lons-t. f ir his father was ::: his day : I ami 11 : - ; 1 teachers in this and N'ev.'berry Mr. .'one;- native i toset'aer with hi- good training com tod tin !hi uice of his long residence In Newber not ' foil . . x in i better ??ompeteht executive school o.licer I ,1 ? The Advertiser Is under ho Obliga tion to sinu the praises of OUT school uiperlntendent: hut so Impressed are we with his ability that just a word ?'or,-... i:-?if from us. Throughout lis entire administration, both the last year and the other five years he .vas here, from 1900 to 190?. has been 'vldenced a rare ability as a manager of tlrls large r.nd progressive school. Tin- city schools of Laurens are by ?n> m 'ans ail easy proposition to han lle: l'i of. Jones makes it seem easy. \i the pupils he is the stern hut fair ?u'.er of the school; to the teac hers he j - kind nnd considerate but requiring ?very detail oi thity. Laurens has profited under the nd ninistration of Prof, Jones at the head of her schools. * * * Laurens county has contributed al most $200.00 to the fund for a monu ment to the women of the Confedera cy. Shall we wait? Why not make ' it the full amount this week. Send .our subscription in. and The Adver tiser will forward it to The State. ? ? ? As all of us know, there are many ?eople in the county who are opposed to compulsory education. Indeed It ?vas pretty thoroughly denounced by many of our would-be county officers last summer. it will repay any one to carefully read ('apt. Conzales" artl eb? on this subject, but we especially ur<<e the opponents of the system to read it. The editor of The State Is i very busy man. but he took time from his work to grant our request for an article for this issue: it appears on another page, and we commend it to our readers for their consideration. ? ? ? By all means let everybody read Superintendent Pitts' article, which gives more information on school mat ters than the public ha /.? he?n treated to In many moons. The public are out (tied to know the affairs of tic county; this report oP school matters is valuable. ? * * The Advertiser is under greet obli gations to its many friends who have ? prepared articles for this Issue. We extend our sincere thanks to all these, assuring them of our appreciation, ami of the fact that the people of the county will thank them for the good ? work. ? ? ? BY FAITH. Those who receive this Issue of The Advertiser and fail to read the story of tht? Thornwell orphanage, will miss a great deal. As will be seen Dr. W. P. Jacobs, "the father of the father less" is the author of the article and this fact assures Its worth. Rarely has the editor been so forcefully Im pressed with a story of this kind. never has he beheld such a spirit of faith so evident. It has always been our Impression that the executive of such an institu tion as an orphanage, was forever and eternally harrassed with the cares and worries of providing for those under his supervision: and we Imag ined that it was a task that all but surpassed the endurance of ordinary men?and for that matter, possibly it is. How the t\* b hundred and fifty Dr. J. S. Moffatt. orphans were cared for. has always been a problem to us. Hut now we know. The household word of the orphanage is "Give us this day. our dally bread"?and what more need be sail. To the Hod of the fatherless they pray, and through faith, their prayer Is answered. They a.e "His children." an l "He "careth tor them." Prayer is the ladder "from each cottage ::;> to Cod's pearly gates.'' and faith keeps It there. Veriiy, the prayer and faith at the or phan home s:nr:lJ teach its the way. Rain Hurls Waterloo Farmers. Waterloo, 'vre 4.?Owing to the continued wet spell, thereby keeping farmers from their work, grass is re ported in many sections of the i.n::: try. Much of the cotton is not chopped out and the grass Is growing with the cctton. P. will l.e a week or more before work can b* resumed on the farms, owing to the heavy rainfall. Much grain has i^^i cut this week, but owing to the continued dampness it can hot be hauled In. In the lowlands this grain will spoil and will not be fit for Use. .Ml tae local streams are out of their banks. ( HOPS 1) IMAGED A 1 ItABL'X. IH-ai? Rains Injure ('.?Hon and Corn. Personal .Mailers. Rabun, June 6.?Last week was a very rainy week, aal a gooJ deal of damage was done to the farmers' grain and cotton. The Ian I was washed the worst it ha3 been for a good mahy years. The cotton is looking badly, and the corn on the creek bottom lauds is badly Injured by the high water. Miss Margie Holler of the Green St.pt. B. I.. Jones. Pond community Spent several days last week with Miss hid:: i Owens. Mrs. Rebecca OweilS after spending ..???. :;?! weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Luther Arms'-.-otig. returned home on Friday morning. Mr. Martin Vahaff \v of F.den spent Saturday at: ! Sunday With his .sister. Mrs. Naney Owens. Mrs. Bmmie Cheek of Ware Shoals was th" guest of Mr. and Mrs Walter Baldwin Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Thomason of Oreen Pond were to see her mother. Mrs. .lohn Putnam. Sunday. Mr. WastOn not being able to Till his pdnce had Rev. Mr. Plani of Louis ville to preach for us Sunday morning, ami he had a ve>y larg* congregation to hear and enjoy his good sermon. .Mr. EJrsklne Babb Of Laurens was On a visit to spi* his parents Sunday. Mrs Victor Babb of Fountain Inn w .-j at Rabun Sunday. Lev. Piani and Mr, Hud!?e Roper or Lauretta were tho gua.ita of Mr. T. F. Babb Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Will Woods were In Rabun community Sunday. Mr. Lawrence Stone is very sick at this writing with typhoiJ-auilaria fe ver. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Vance were the guests of her parents last week. Miss Mae Babb is spending this week with her grandmother. Mrs. Nan cy Owens. < Uli DRKVS BAY AT HAR3I0NY Interesting Program Being Arranged For .lane 27th. Harmony. June 27.?Our pastor, Rev. \. o. Retbea, tilled his usual appoln menl last fourth Sunday. Harmony Sunday school Is prepar ing for a children's day Junc27tll. We are expecting the program to be one of the best ever given at this [dace. Mr. .lesse Wood and daughter, Miss Mary, attended commencement tit Holmes' institute last week. Miss Susie McWltorter visited rela tives and friends in Richens last week. Tiie Layman's Missionary movement was well represented last Sunday at Poplar Springs by 11. A. Cooper and c. H. Roper of Laurens. Mr. Odell and wife recently visited Mr. Carlisle and family. Mr. .1. H. Balentlne has a fr.te crop of oats. Rev. .1. A. Hughes has the lines! crop of wheat raised in this section for several years. Mr. E ,D. Dodson of Laurens recent ly visited in this community. Mr. O. R. Hughes has returned home from Meridian. Miss., where he has been in school, reporting a successful yea r. Miss Alma Wallace, teacher of Pop lar Springs school last session, was on her old school ground again last week for a few minutes. Mrs. Fulcher's Thanks. Mrs. Alfred Fulcher, through The Advertiser, wishes to thank the good people of Laurens for their kindness and generosity to her and her husband luring his long illness and subsequent Do You Pay Cash For Your Groceries? If you do, you should trade at a cash store. Next tittte yott are hav ing-, see us and our prices aud yott will uuderslaud why wo sya what we do. J. W. Payne The Cash Grocer Next Poor to Palmetto Rank. William Solomon The Expert Watchmaker has opened a first class Jewelry ami Re pair business in the Barksdale building on West side of the public square and is prepared to repair Watches, Clocks and Jewelry and guarantee satisfac tion. French and Old Grandfather Clocks repaired and work guaranteed. Special Attention and Adjusting of Railroad Watches that will always pass railroad inspection, f My line of jewelry is new and up-to date in every respeei. ami the prices are moderate and the quality is guaran teed just as represented. inspect my lino of Watches, Clocks, Rings, Bracelets, Lockets, Chains and Novelties. An unusually pretty line to select from. Special attention given repairing and remodeling of all kinds of jewelry. New work a specialty. I am also a graduate optician and will examine your eyes free, and if a correction of vision is needed will fit you with glasse? at moderate prices-as low as $1.00 Will clean all your jewelry free of charge. William Solomon The Jeweler and Optician , Barksdale building l?attre:is, S.C. Laurens Has Olren $185.50. Last week the editor of The Adver tiser forwarded to The State $102.00 for the mounraent fund. This with the amounts sent direct to The State gives Laurens a total of $l$f>.."0. Since last week. It. A. Cooper has contribut ed $i. and Mr. Jno. Cuningham an ad ditlonal 50C, these amounts being now in the hands of the editor of this paper. It is hoped that at least the $200.00 mark will be reached this week. No ( lass of live stock requires Rood fresh air and ventilated houses more than sheep to keep them perfectly healthy. means more than a red cross sign and an ability to make out big bills. It moans a trained knowledge of plumbing methods that will preserve the family health. We Know Plumbing as far as it can be known to-day. If you desire real sanitary work i:i your home, you will do well to consult with us for the sake of your health and pocket. DoaK ? McKechnie South Harper Street Phone 292 Lauren?. S. C. ! Most People With Headaches j need something for theii liver. A sluggish liver will leave you with a dull head ache all day and there seems to be no relief with Head ache Cures. Just try a Dike's Little Liver Pill and see how quickly it clears your head, brightens your complexion and gives you a feeling of health and strength all over, Agent for Yours Dodson, Edwards Drug Co. My talk to you this week is very impor tant. If you are a sufferer from headaches caused !>v straining the eyes, it is very important to you.Jof course that you should use your eyes, but nature never intended that you should abuse them. I know that most head aches come from straining the normal eye or from using imper fect eyes or In other words. Eyes which do not focus. My experience leads mo to believe that all strained o; es can 1k> re lieved by properly lifted glasses. When this strain is relieved the headache disappears. Now rea son a little; If you tire a suf ferer from headaches and you suspect that the cause is strained vision then my argument must appeal to your case. My exper ience, grained from treating cases of eye strain, is valuable to you. Try the remedy of glasses as I tit them and you will not be did appointed. No Charge for examination. Dr. F. J. Inman Room 6 Enterprise B'ld'g. Laufend, S. C. Office days, Friday and Saturday