Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. K. HONEY, Editor. published by advertiser printing company laurens. s.o. Kates eor Advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, -SI.do; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at the postofTice at Laurens, S. C as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, JUNE 31), 1909. III I: PKOIIIIUTIO.N.BMM). Tho Nows und Courier of last Mon day has something to say about "a prohibitionist on prohibition", the comments being founded on tho utter ances of a prohibitionist who visited North Carolina ami found conditions "awful'.' In great Blee, our contem porary displays this as conclusive ev idence thai prohibition Is it farce, since "an enthusiastic prohibitionist" has this to Bay regarding the work ings of the law lu our neighbor stale. It challenges the advocates of "no sab " in now produce an nntl-prohi hitionisi who Will testify that the law is effective. Haying thai "a prohibi tion!, t's testimony will hoi do in this ClIHO". Tho falhu y of this arguiheill is r-. adily discerned. Shall we summon tin- near relatives oi wards or bone (iciiirlcs of a murdered man lo testify tu behalf of the ihurderer? Shall ihe enemies of a corporation hear witness to the good Ma: Me- institution is do ing i's community? Shall we call ih" opponent* of compulsory educa tion to i.dl us of its workings? Are the enemies yf a cause fairer judges than its friends".' And yet, we agree wilii Tlie News and Courier that some prohibitionists are blind Very blind; so are some iinti-prohlbltionlsts. Slill More are si.me of both kinds who an- not Minded by their beliefs. Tho fuel thai one prohibitionist has seen the failure of the system in one particular locality by no means proves or OVen disprove.; the failure <p f!l< law. Wo are noi thoroughly informed as to conditions in Nortli Carolina but we do Know about [.aureus ami Lau rons county. Ami we hereby chal lenge any man or set of men to show that Conditions (they may interpret that word "Conditions" in its fullest meaning) in this city mid county are so had as When Mi- dispensary was ' open. Further, we challenge then. ! to disprove that condition* ate not ? ? i ? invite 'I'm- News and < 'oiii iei ??. ? ?? Provided this delegation have licit the "Charl" ion rtctllOS" on their eyes, v.? Will abide their conclusions. In Lau rens we have our laws enforced; thei-" is im bettor law on our Statute books Mian thai prohibiting the sale of Honor, ami none is better enforced. * * * TO (H it I ok ItKSPON DKXTS, Those who from week to week help iis make The Advertiser, will pardon us a word, thus publicly spoken. For the past year we have been en deavoring to build up a strong system of correspondence in every seen ion of the county, ami become Indeed a coun ty newspaper. To this end we have secured the assistance of a number of excellent workers, ami ft r their ser vices we heartily thank them. How ever, we have not yet reached our tlo slre; there is yet room for improve ment. We urge that those who rep resent us bend "every effort in getting all the news of their respective com munities, ami I"? it reach this office b> Monday as the paper is published on Tuesday. In writing letters, we lieg our cor respondents not to abbreviate words; not to use "&" Instead of the word "and": not to say "l)-ar IM.": ami not lo use tie Word "i" in a com munication always write "this corre spondent" or "your correspondent". Another thin-/, let them notice our form capitalization and punctuation and adopt it. And please lei them abstain from poking fun at "courting couples", or referring in Insinuating terms to some young man who happens to he visiting some "?irl" in the com munity. As our readers know. The Advertiser docs nol Indulge In this kind of foolishness, and we ask OUT correspondents to asnis( us in keeping it out of our columns. Uli like a great many county news paper*, The Advertiser is making its own paper; we do not borrow from others, nor do we purloin: our forco Is adequnte to gel the news ami this wo try to do. We reward it st !i: ;: to take nows from another, Again we thank our correspondent! for their good work* assuring them of our appreciation and urging them to never let up; The Advertiser is to he roine the best county paper in the state, and we look to our many able assistants to make it such. Ill ??TV-SI \ YKAKS Al.lt. I.aureus Roll road. We see it stated that it is the intention of Col. Irhy. [?resident of the i.aureus railroad, to extend it to Greenville. If this bo ef fected, it will add to the stock of that road, and at the same time will cut oil muc h of the freight travel from the Greenville road. it. however, the Greenville toad i ; properly conducted, und the necessary exertion be made, each road will receive as mucli busi uess as can be done. Competition is the life of trade.?-Keowoo Courier, June :. iv'.::. And ho we sc. that li.'ty-six years itgo, there were some people Who had breadth an I judgment enough to real ize that '?competition is the life of trade". Today, there are some speci mens who have tor profited by past experiences, and who, in fact, will never learn. ? * * mii: xkm dc pot. livery one i... of course, entitled to his view of the matter. The Adver tiser is sorry that the citizens assumed the attitude they did In regard to the new depot; but the majority rule. There Is no stultification, neither Is (here ti violation of the proprieties for the citizens to grant the request of the railroads tor an exteutlon of time in erecting a new depo! at I.aureus; it is not going behind the railroad com mission either. Why? simply because the action of the commission is based on the roqiiesi ol the citizens; in otl'or words, the commission ^ot its authori ty from the citizens and the citizens hnvi the fight to modify their request, it Is not politic to in- arbitrary with the railroads: it v. ill not gain any thing for I.aureus. While wo believe th" request for i hrhtei n months was unreasonable, some Oxtentdoit should have been granted. 1 .aureus will ubt proili in tin- I usl by ihe action t f her citizens oil Wed nesday afternoon. \ IMSTINt J . I! N. Tin following j afi graph, worthy of Some little thOUghi, appears in the latest Issue of our estei mod contem porary, the Gaffney Ledger: ''Our goOd friend .lohn Hell Towel has been cutight Iii the mesh of the dispensary investigation. They have proven thai the thoroughbred Ken- , lucky horse was a gift of the whiskey agents. We are thoroughly sorry, lohn Dell i> a t rier. ! 6f ours, not with- ; standing he he :i (lispensaVyite ami i we are not. at: 1 it makes us sick at bean ?>> know that they have proven it on him, it simply goes to show no man can com-' in contact with the sys tem without becoming more or less j contaminated, It's a rotten business ; ami i:' a deCent man engages in It he ; ii} v, -. > oi ii. n 0! I Hf hisd1 1 if. Ill-other ? Im; -.: ?: . . ? ? > as the now-known sin. * # ? v. du, vpiu \ 11:;? i owx". One day last week the editor of The Advertiser received from a responsi ble and highly respected citizen of the county the following card: "As I was waiting at the Laurens depot ?<n the Greenville train the other day. I heard the following from two ladies Who sat behind me: ? 'You can generally Judge of a [dace by Ihe appearances around the depot.' "'^es; this must be a dilapidated town." "Let the Chamber of commerce or the civic league take notice," While In a way we moSi heartily appreciate the above In that it evi dences an Interest Itl I.aureus, we cannot hut be mortified that this in terest is on ti e part of an outsider. Hefe In Lauren; we have rotten ac custotned to the dirt and dust around o:ir station, to the sorry look ing building and sheds: the Klglll does not trouble our vision, btll it at once strikes the stranger. Some weeks agO. Ihe editor heard practically Ihe same conversation on one of the trains. Hut, this is hot a dilapidated town. In spite of the adverse advertisement i' gets. Atter the stranger gets up on the square he Is favoraldy im pressed, but Caere's the trouhle. There aM thousands of people who pass through this pi SCO every month, but who never come up town. Cor the sake of our reputation with these the depot should he ma le a beautiful spot. As a matter of pub\je luvest? ment, WO WOUld say thai money ex I ponded around the depot would yield j larger dividends Can if Invested In another improvement at any other j place. The site of o-.ir station Is, by nature, about the ugliest thut couM have been selected. It behooves the civic league (yes. we have a civic league) and the chamber of commerce to do something with this proposi tion, at least after the new depot is built. ? ? ? The Columbia State censures .Indue DeVore fot the spparent disparity be tween the sentence imposed upon Will Goodman ntul that given John Woody, the one for man-killing and the other for the larceny of goods to the amount of $24. To our contemporary's re marks we heartily agree. We be lieve that had the case of Cnodman gone to a Jury he would have been convicted of manslaughter, at least, liowovor, there was a time In this country when a white man could scarcely b$ convlt ted of crime when lus victim was a negro; that time Is past. And While we are criticising judges and juries in those latter days, lei us keep in mind the fact thai we have made vast strides and conditions are not now as they once wore. ?. ? * Our Abbeville contemporaries are complaining that delegations from the neighboring counties are being sent within hCr borders to "assist in the light against the dispensary". We ha.I not heard of those delegations, hut conic to think nboul it. Abbeville is a fine field for missionary work. ? * ? Resolved: that the pews in the First Presbyterian church are. for sleeping purposes, no less desirable than those of the First Baptist and the First .Methodist. ? * * Tue educational mass meeting that is to iu? held in Laurens on August Urd should he attended by every tax payer in the county. There will be matters discussed that will Interest every one of them. I.? t there he a record-breaker ? rowd; ? ? ? la tie Clinton Gascotte we . ad: "We in ard a LatireU3 than say. '.Yes. that trolley line will be ...ii!; - in ihe air.'" .liisi such speeches are what retard progress; Just such men are stumbling bi.pi lc? hi the way of Impr.ovomehts. Filling I p the Jail. Sim e the last term of tour I the | following prisoners have been com mitted |o jail; .lot.as ;.nd Lou Ki nnrd, colored, charge I with house breaking and larceny; sent up from Waterloo by .Magistrate Campbell. Oscar Fond.- ami Hob Pel ton. break ing Ilito freight car and larceny; commitment issued by Magistrate Mi lam of Clinton. Ernest Gnrllngton, colored, larceny, the alleged felony inving been committed at Clinton and Turlington nabbed at Greenwood from Aiie.v he was brought Monday by ) unity Sheriff Culbertson. $ r m MAL NOTICES. $ Kor Sii ' i r old horse Mule; it ? linhi . quick and gent! ?. Price M. b> Cop.-!: n !. Wanted the trade to know thai We davc jdsi received car meat and lard; ;ftr number one timothy hay, car i:f>rn, car white or.;.-;, car meal, also ih shipment of Snow Drift Lard. i?i.<i- flour and Grain Co. ;7-2 Wanted Experienced Operators to make Overalls. YOU can earn from '< to ft dpi lam per week; also learners taken and pal i talr ^'ages while un :? . Ifitttriietioria. If you can do ?. . sewing we can learn you in a week. Delightful Work rooi:i---eool ?f^t pi ace In town, Gome or write at once. Marlofi Clothing Factory. M. -I. Johnson, Hupt,, Marion, H. ,C. Howard Five Hundred Lollars He ward Ik offered \>j the citizens of Cray Court for the arrant and conviction of the persou who set. fire to the stores of Willis & Curry. 0. E. Moore, and It. L. Gray, on the nuht of May 1 ;rh 1909. J. N. I-eak. Intendant 12-tf ST ITEMKNT Of the Comlition Of the Hank of Gruj Court, located at (Ifuj ( onrt, S. ('., nt the close of business Juni* -M. 1001). Resou rces: Loans and Discounts .. .. Zl\ IT'-.2 Overdrafts. 112.$9 Hanking House. I 750.00 Furniture and Fixtures .. 1,396,01 Due from ';,.nks ami Trust Companies. 5.1? 1.00 Currency . 675.00 bold. 2.50 Silver ami other Coin .. .. 122.90 Checks and COsll Items . . F'.l.x* Tola!.$?3,701.47 Liabilities: Ctmltal Stock Fahl In .. ?15,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid. 7.",r,.0'J Individual Deposits subject to ('heck. 8.141.54 Savings Deposits. 125.?l Time Certificates Deposit.. 4,755.00 Cashier's Checks. 10.no Dills Payable, including Oer llflcates for Money Dor rowed . 5,000.00 Total.$33,791.47 State Of SOtlth Carolina. County of Laurens. s? Before me came L. it. Hrooks. Cash ier of the above named bank. who. be lli? duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true con dition of said bank, as shown by the hooks Of said bank. l. R. Brooks. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 29th day of .Tune. lf>0f>. w. ii. McCain. Notary Public, s C. Correct?Attest; R. ?.. Oray. c. f. , Dor rob, J. W. Benson, Directors. Jell-0 Ice Cream Powder Makes Ice Cream at cost of 1 cent per plate RECIPE: , Use one package of Jell-O Ice Cream Powder, one dottle milk?mix ami freeze. Nothing more. All ingredients in the package. Makes 1 quarts of Pure, Delic? ious Ice Cream in 10 minutes. Grocers Sell 2 packages lor 25c. Hook of Recipes FREK, Address, The Gcnesec Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. V. STOPKS \\ I I.I. ( Ihm: MOM) \. Agreement is Shriieil In Hi'rt'llilllts III Observe Hi. Holiday. As the fourth of July lifts, for some years been observed here, as well a.s by the business world as a national holiday and as this date lulls this year upon Sunday; we the under signed hereby agree to (dose our places of business on Monday, July :.th.: Swltzer Company, s. M. & 10. II. Wilkes & Company, .1. K. .Minter & Biro. Moseley & Roland. Fleming Brot hers, .1. S. Heimelt. J, W. Payne, William Solomon, i:. io. Copeland, Trlbble Clothing Conipftny, Toil I. Simpson .SL- Company, I iitvls-Uoper Company, !l. Terry. K. W. Willis. Brooks & Jones, l hinter & Company, The People's Store, .1. .\l. Phil pot. Laufens Hardware Com) -..r.y. i. n. Suilivan, QWlUgs & 0\\ IligS, M. ;i. Fowler, ii. Swltzer. Bimtsdale i< Ffi i\ks* i. o. c. Pie thing oc C mpany. J. i.. Hopkins. Kennedy Br >tli i -. I. !!. ?fc AI. !.. X;.s:., .Mabaftey ,\i Hah1.;. \V. i'. Hudgens, .1. c. Burns & Company, 0. B. Simmons ? Son. Laurons Wholesale Grocery Co. the Calne & Pitts Furniture ("... Mr. Greene At Home Aral;!. Mr. Fred. \v. Greene returned Sun Jay from Atlanta, having completed the treatment in the Pasteur institute there. Mr. Greene was allowed I i come home a little earlier than was expected; hut lie was assured of a complete cure. He is again at his ; post at Dennett's. The Piercing Arrow Sale. The novelty of the name has struck manyi ami the value of the bargains has struct, more. Minter's has been .1 scene of great mercantile activity during the past week, hundreds of eager purchasers having come from all parts of the county to get the great bargains offered. This sale is ' to continue until July i7?'.,.. STA'l I M I N ! Of lite Condition of tin Hank of l.illi re IIS, Located al I.IUI IT IIS I .. at I the ( lose of llusino* June 23, !0011. Loans ami Discounts .. $ISG.S59.04 Demand Loans. 1.190.00 Overdrafts. 8,577. 50 lion.la ami Stocks owned by the hank.' 7.'..00 Banking House. 2.800.00 Furniture and Fixtures .. 1,714.00 Other Real Kstate .. .. ?00.00 Due'from Banks and Trust Companies. 22.3S9.40 Currency. 1,5)3.00 Gold. 2,085.00 Silver and other Coin .. 2.202.91 Checks and Cash items .. 709.6:1 Total.$233,200.57 Liabilities: Capital Stock Paid In .. $50.000.00 Surplus Fund. 80.000.00 I'miivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid. 10,123.0!? Dividends Cnpaid. 7? 09 Due to Banks ami Trust (Companies, .. $ 0,084.50 Indiv. Deposits sub ject to Chocks, 42,6t 0.'J"> Savings Deposits.. 41,802.00 Tim.- Certificates of Deposit. 22,159. SO ' 'ertified Checks, .. ' 75 no Cashier's Checks,.. 27>.7.. .1 Deposits atttl Dills ?"u,.$238,200,57 stale < : South < ah?Htm. County of Lnitrens. ss Before me i am., h. k. Alken. Caslv ? of the above named hank. who. be llt duly sworn, says Cat the above h regoing stntOnii nt i- ;i true erne n of said bank, a.- shown bv the Ks of said bank. IT. K. Alken. Swi : a to an ! subscribed before tue. '?is _t?t!i day of June. 1009. J. J. Adams. N'otnry Public, s. c. < irrei I -Attest: i). B. Simmons. R ? Bell. J. II. Sullivan. Directors. .. .. 113.000.91 Itedis . . .. 30.000.oo 1) ?. T. C. Lucas Oops To Columbia, It will be learned with regret that !>-. T. C. Lucas, who has been prac ticing osteopathy here with great suo cess for the ;>ast year or more, has decided to move to Columbia. 1),-. Lucas had the opportunity to buy i... H. F. Collier's practice, and as Colum bia is n hm-; tr field he decided \? make the change, although he has had a lucrative practice here and lie and his family have made many warm friends from whom they will p...-; with Infinite regret. Dr. Lucas ex pe is to go t<> Columbia about aexl Monday to take up his new labors.? < "... ster Report er. i* doesn't pay to cry over sidlh or to or<>w over it. either. It's only when they can't beg, bo fOW 01 steal that some fellow.-, v.; go to work; Win-re Ignorance is bibs "'is foil to be one of those fellows who kho h ST \ I'KMKNT Of lite ( onilltlon of the Lnterprise hank, Located at l.uurens, s. t'? ;,; the < lose of Business .Inue 23, I90!< Resources: Loans and Discounts .. $213,325.72 Demand Loans. 250.00 ' Overdrafts. LP*:..: ; Bonds and Stocks owned by tiie bank. 17.7'.?:'.. 7T. Banking House. 21.500.1(1 I Furniture and Fixtures.. 4,935.82 'Due from Banks ami Trust Com pa til es. 25.5S4.28 j Currency. 4*1405.00 Gold. 85.00 Silver and other Coin .. 1 ,".'.>7.0 : j Chec k- and Cash items .. 1.12). 11 Total.$295,101.7iJ Liabilities: Capital Stock Faid In. . $ 100, > I >. 00 Fndh Ided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses an ! Taxes Paid. 2>;.1S2.7 Due to Banks an:l Trust Companies. 1,999. (' Dividends Fnpnld .. .. l-'i.'. Individual Deposits subject to Cheek.$57.205.32 Savings Deposits.. . 24,89 '.: ?'? Time Certificates of Deposit. :.|.7.-.-.:; t)llls Payable, including Cer'? I tlileates for Money Bor : 11 v. ed. Ti ? i.. i State of South Ciiroilua. County of Laureus. s> ! Before me came C |j, Ropo}\ Casi ' ler of the above named bank. who. be lug duly sworn, says thiil the tibovi land foregoing statement i- a true eoti ! (litlull of sttlt.l Pauk, as shown by I books of said haul:. C. II. Roper. SWoru to and subscribed before in ? this 2911) day of .Inno. 1909. w. c. Lnncnsi ?:. Notary Public. S. C. Correct?Attest: N. B. Dial, s M Wllkes, c. E. Kennedy, Directors. Iron Racket CHEAPEST HOUSE ON EARTH JULY BARGAINS ROD HOT RED HOT PRICES! Big Clothing, Mat and Shoe Sale Red Iron Racket. 25cts Quality Table Oil Cloth 15 cents per yard at Red Iron Racket. Good yard-wide Sea Island 4 cents per yard at Red Iron Kacket. Jelley Tumblers per dozen, 'Z:te One set Tumblers, 9c Red Iron Racket. Fruit Jars 1 <;t size, per doz. (33c Red Iron Racket. Come to Red Iron Racket for what you want. We sell same Goods for Less. Cans Alaska Pink Salmons 25c full 1 lb cans fresh and good 3 cans Rod Hot Price 25cts 15c and 20c per lb Sweet Cakes going at 10 cents per pound Red Iron Racket! ii 5cts package Cigarettes Red Iron Racket. 4c RED HOT PRICES! Special lot Lawns and Dress Goods, per yard 7 1-2 cents Red Iron Racket 7 cents auality Ginghams Ked Iron Racket be Men's Shirts 23 cts, 39cts, 43 cts and the$1.00 kind at 69cts Red Iron Racket We beat the world on Rants, Hats and Shoes. Come and see Red Iron Racket ? l()c Extracts going at .08 3 boxes Search Light Matches .10 3 packages Farm Bell Soda .10 Red Iron Racket We have a $40,000.00 stock of Desirable Merchandise for you to select from. We need your money; You need our Goods. Come and lets SWOP. We want to reduce our stock $10,000.00. During July we will make prices to do this. Come to Red Iron Racket RED IRON RACKET LAURENS, S. C.