Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Ehe ?fobertto Subscription Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. E. HONEY, Editor. published by advertiser printing company laurkns.s.?. Rates kok advertising. Ordinary advertisements, per squaro, one inser tion. $1.00; each subsequent insertion, f>0 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over60 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cent.-! the line. Entered at the postofRce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. Cm JULY 7, lOOQ. DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPERS. In Monday's last.I tin- Columbia State appears a rather remarkable editorial article on the subject of "A Democratic Newspaper Organization", based upon a suggestion "received from the editor of a South Carolina democratic newspaper". The state thinks tin- suggestion good. Here Is the plan as reported by that democratic editor: "In vlev of the lukewarm position of certain of the so-called democratic papers of the slate don't you think it would be a good idea to issue :i call for an organization of tin- democratic papers of South Carolina? The ad vantages of such an organization tire loo ( bvioilS to you for Iis to dwell on them ;.i tills time. The half-hearted manner in which some of our papers support the declarations of the Den ver convention, and their apparent willingness to 'chase Strange gods' of tllU "new d niocraoy' are. to our mind, the best arguments for Buch an or ganization" Plainly speaking, this "democratic editor" sets his Judgment for and n.u.iinst the other editor, mill papers of the state, II" decides with him self thai there are some wolves in sheep's ClOllllllg ill South I'arolinn. mill that these should be ruled out of the party. lie is backed up by The State, which is "fairly well satisfied that it knows (he correct nnswer" to the cuestion: whnl is n democrat? Til Id "democratic editor" would throw H fire brand Into the Press associa tion, would en! -r a dividing wedge; not between democrats and nun democrnts, but between bearers of ihe same standard who will disagree upon this unwise and useless sugges tion. When the line is to he drawn, if that editor should so unwisely decide to stir up the question, who shall say who are democrats? Are the blind followers of William Jennings Bryan the inly true adherents of democratic principles? Are th.pially blind followers oi ("apt. II. It. Tilhnan in this state, the only true and tried believers in the rule of the people? If so, llOW will they reconcile his re cent departures from the Denver plat form? Are Cleveland democrats or thodox? Are any two newspapers in South Carolina standing absolute ami unqualifiedly on the same ground re garding every detail of principle |n Cludod In the democratic platform? Who make 1 ie democratic platforms anyhow? Are they not subject to Change and reform as the years go by. according to the final agreement reached by many men of many minds? Would our friend form a combination of pi pers to stick by some hide bound, forever-existing set of tales? If so he will find his combination a and wreck four years hence. The Laurens Advertiser, according to the opinion of Its editor, would be entitled to a place in this new organ ization. It Is a democratic newspa per. Recording in the principles held by its editor. Who shall say to the contrary? And yet we would not Subscribe to any such ideas as ad Vanned by our unknown friend and til? editor of The Slate; we are al ready a men bar of the South Carolina Pr.s-s association; no further alle? glance can better establish our stau i ihg. And we should be sorry lo sot? any nttemid to destroy the presehl status of the brotherhood In this stai v Thai Is what the above-men tioned suggestion would do. If i' is desired lo make it the South Carolina Democratic Press associa tion, shall the Newberry observer say that the Lumens Advertiser Is not entitled to membership? Better lei the Press association alone, and lei our unknown brother seek outlet for his grievance elsewhere. * ? ? LI HE It TV AM? MCKXSF.. After days and weeks of debate and ?'ellberatlon. the American Declara tion of Independence was ratified by ?be Continental congress in session a* Philadelphia on July 4th, itth. This event was but the outgrowth of a can I tury or more of struggle, dating far buok before America's growth bad at traoted any attention. it's rise was in the turmoil and religious i>oraeeuJ tiou of the old country. The ovenl that makes July the rourth a national holiday wan but the climax of <?? Ions period of st ? tlgglo. This year. July the fourth oailie Oil I Sunday. Whether or u<>i the day was celebrated throughout the country we ?h> t ot know; wo doubl If it was. i sually. such celebrations are on week days, consisting of picnics, base ball nann-s ami pyrotechnic displays. Ii seems thai the significance of the day has I'CSoivOd ItSOlf llltO II COIU ineiuorntion of civil liberation. The gaining of religious freedom is almost lost sight ill: and yet this feature of the struggle is the primary one. It caused the settling of America; nu n left the old country for the new that they might worship tlod according to tie ihctatcs of their own consciences ami not by the rules inflicted upon them by state authorities. in Amer ica the banner of religious freedom was lalsed and for that banner the h. roes of Lexington and Bunker Hill died. Today in this broad lam! of ours, men worship Clod as they please. The pity of it is that the religious liberty gained in the struggle of '76-*8l, has in so many instances run riot ami become religious license, Sunday would have been a great op portunity to call the people "back lo the old ways" and to urge them to "seek the old paths." as did Jeremiah in the olden days. Not ?hat we would urge the re-nccoptance of the old Pu ritan beliefs, nor the cruel enforce ment of their superstitious practices. Not that: but in these days there are a thousand ami one wild anil even un holy doctrines preached ami practiced on th<- street corners am! in the little obi l enta thai wandering so-called preachers use. These proacbors of that excitable, emotional, hys terical mania, misnamed reli gion, are a menace ti> the people, es pecially (hal more superstitious class. These street ?corner religionists should he arrested rbr vagrancy; they are safer behind the bars; they preach all ; sort^ of heresies. Inveigh against the! es i tibi Isla .1 ( hurch. and sow seeds of nnorehy. T..e developments in the Clinton, scandal reveal the truth ol these ac cusations. Superstitious women, sub ject to hysteria, easily hilhieueed be come (h,> victims of these scoundrels wito go under the clonk of religion. We do not believe that all these wan dering preachers are rascals: some are : ml some are mit: some of their : converts are sincere ami make good Christians; sonn- do not. What we argue Is that taken as a whole, this abuse of our religious liberty is a menace to t'.ie people, resulting in more harm than good. Last Sunday would have been a gOOd day for all the mi.listers of the gospel to preach "liberty but not li cense". Our civil authorities will not p.o wrong in keeping an eye on thes * wandering preachers ? ? ? Democrats throughout the country would be delight od to see ilrynn elect ed t'lilted States senator, for then his presidential aspirations would be ef fectually sldotracked -for a time at least. ? ? ? A young western Igrl swallowed some gun cotton the other day and is in constant fear of internal explosion. Hugging will be strictly out of order for some time. ? * ? The fierceness of summer's iieat lias no effect Whatever 0:1 bill collectors. ? ? ? "In the Sha le of the old Apple Tree" pshaw! any obi kind of tribe will do now. ? ? ? Why should mail blame woman for her perversity? Was she nott made from the crookedest part of man? ? . ? 'Twas a very atean mnn*who said: j the Ilrsi woman, finding no other man in tin* Ourdeu begin a flirtation with the devil". ? * ? Two weeks o." prohibit! >n In South Carolina next fhOlith! I' will be ;?. lOllg dry spell for some: ?':. > others 'hem over. rjuestion in* ? a Ihmuclnl i--".-. ar.ui Ing that i: ! <? people vote out their tllspensnrlea taxes will amount to un bearable proportions. Two years ago Tita News and Courier (tried out against the sovereign state t.t South Carolina dealing nl the whiskey busi nesSJ it deplored the sham > of it. What about the noble county of Char leston? if it was a shameful, de grading business for the stale, why hot for the county? ? ? * ' The blind tigers are now lining up with the prohibition followers in Charleston*' Is a paragraph from a haws dfo patch to The 8tat0. But that Is no fault of the prohibition ists; the c iv authorities nro to blame. They ha< . by negligence and urn-rh leienoy, coated such contempt for tha law. that these tigers, now flourishing under the dispensary regime, favor prohibition because under that order they will be without competition. The tlgors are Charleston men; tm?y will be there until the Charleston author i'i ?8 get up nerve enough to run them out. ? ? * A Charleston tiger, transferring his iperations t-> [.aureus, wouldn't Hour ish thirty minutes. Greenville is overrun with editors this week; but she will recover. Vli in tue summer ihoughs gladly turn to was watermelons. tig boy's ?holes und ICE CREAM 1c, a Dish /x~:-?-v\ is made in this way: ^*\Vi*^**yv\ ytir 11 package of Jell-O ICE CREAM Powder into n qunrt of milk nnd freezo it. That run bo done in about ten minutes. There is not hing to add, for the powder supplies every* thing, and there is no cook ing or anything else to ?b>. You will have two quarts 'of delirious tee cream for the >st of two dishes. 2 paohagea lor 23 venia. Illustrated Recipe Book Free. The Ge r.rsee Pure f ood Co., Le Roy. N. Y. UBtlu! Wanted Experienced operators to make Overalls. Von can earn from r. to P dollars per week; also learners taken and paid fair wages while un der Instructions. If yon can do plain (jewing we can learn yon In a week. Delightful work room?cool est place In town. Come or write at once. Marion Clothing Factory. M. .1. Johnson, Supt., Marion, S. .('; Reward Elvo Hundred Dollars Re ward i.; off -red by the citizens of Gray Court for the arrest and conviction of the person who sot tire to the stores of Willis & Curry. C. E. Moore, and R. L. Cray, on the night of May nth, IDOfl. J. X. Leak, Int nd.uu. 42-t( For Sale Sovcral Cows fresh In milk; or will exchange for beef cat tle. Apply to C. A. Culler, rfd. I, Laureus, s. C. For Sale Two good Cows in milk. Apply to w. ?. Harmon, rfd i. Lnnford station, s. c Tlie Whole County. it was a very happy though! that came to Editor Money of the I.aureus Advertiser to make tho Opening of the magnificent new graded school at Lnurens the occasion of a large double number, giving interesting sketches of the educational work done in Lam ms county, not in Laurena city only. There la very much interesting matter in the issue outside of the educational pages, for Mr. Money gets Up a g0/)d paper everywhere. Tin' Advertiser Is always a welcome visitor to this office.?Our Monthly. THE BEST REGULATOR. We promise to return every cent pal 1 us for Rexall Orderlies it they fail t > itts factorial!/ relieve constipation. They uro eaten like candy, are particularly good f;>r delicate persons ami children, do rot gripe or cause nausea, and may be taken at any time of day or night without any incoie venienca whatever. We want you to try Rexall Orderlies at our ri*k because we ar ? positive they will do-as we claim. Two si/.es, io>:. and 25c I.aurens Drug Co.. Lauren.,, S. C. See us for the latest in Shoes, Hats and Gents Furnishings 'Copeland The Shoe Man ? The one price shoe store. 'Customers shoes shinned Free. HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN. If yon have pains la the bock, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney Uoablo and waul a certain, pleasant herb relief from Women's ills, try Mother Oray'a " AUSTRALIAN-1, K A K." It is a safe.reliable regulator, and rclieros all Female Weaknesses, iucluding iiiflamnmlloii and ulcerations. Mother Oray'a Aiifttrulltin-I.ciir is sold by Druggists or soul by mail for 60 cts. Sample sent KUKK. Address, The Mother Uray Co., Le Hoy, MX Observed I ho Plfth. Independence diiy In Lnurens was observed Monday, the lli'tb. by a gener al suspension of business, the stores, banks, mills and o'llces closing for the day. Tiic chief attraction of the day was the two games of ball at Watts mills between Watts ami I .aureus teams. The game in the forenoon resulted in n score of I to :; in favor of Watts, while the afternoon contest resulted disastrously for Watts, the score being 11 to zero. Large crowds from the city ami both mill villages attended the double-header, and they do say some got their money's worth while others did not. When Sell ing: Country Produce See t'.s when buying groceries if you want the freshest and the best prices. See us also. We invite at tention to a P.::e line of Teas and tlie best Coffee. Fresh Crackers and Cakes this week. J. W. Payne The Cash Grocer Next Door to Palmetto Bank. PHONE. NO. 183 TtTTMfiTTI TalK of the Eye liKe a Camera The eye is constructed so won derfully and ingeniously that the handicraft of man has as yet not been able to construct as delicate an instrument. It is like a camera, the lens to focus, the lid as a shutter, the iris as color as the diaphram, the thick coatings of the eye-ball as the dark room, the nerve as the sensitive plate, and strange as it may seem the images are bottom side up ex actly as the image in the-camera. Now 90 delicate and sensitiv? an instrument as the eye should have good eure. Let us explain more fully to you how to care for the eye. No Charge for examination. Dr. F. J. Inman Room 't and l Enterprise B'ld'g. Laufens, S. C. Odija flayi, Friday and Saturday Cijtcora THE SOUTH CAROLINA PKESBYTERIAN COLLEGE FOIl WOMEN A Christian Home School. A High. Standard College. A. Tuition, Board. Boom, and Fees J3.00. B. All included in proposition (A] and Tuition in Music, Art or Ex pression $203 to $213. S. C. BYRD, ?. D. PreMdenl Real Estate Offerings il'j acres of land, bounded by lands of Mansel Owings. Eva Jackson, and Wan-in;- Creek. Price $20 per acre. 117 acres of land near Cray Court, bounded by lands of E. T. Shell, v.. K. dray: seven room cottage, line barn and outbuildings and line past ure. Price $00 per acre. 2 acres in town of Gray Courti nie.- building site. Price ..00. 200 acres of land near Durbiu Creek Church, bound.-.I by lands of W. T. Parks and Laurens Whit.-: ?". tenant houses, well timbered, good stare of cultivation. Price $30.00 per acre. ::7 acres land, bounded by lands of .1. it. Weils, Thomas Hurts, and others with live room dwelling, good out buildings; near Ekoin. Price $15 per acre. One lot at Watts Mills, with seven room cottage, 200 feet front and 1')') feet deep, with meat market. Price $1,200. Some valuable property in town of Clinton,- -Nine business lots on Broad street, ranging in price from $.".00 to $1,200 per lot. Two lots fronting oa Musgrove street. $300 each. One beautiful building lot fronting Mus grove street, price $2.000. One lot with beautiful residence fronting on Musgrove street, price $3,500. See me early if you wish to purchase, this is an exceptional opportunity. 150 acres land, one-half mile of Dial church, with a handsome dwelling, 3 tenant houses and good outbuildings. Come quick if you want this place. Price $*.0 per acre. .")2 acres of land just outside of the cor|M>rate limits of the town ot Gray Court, with one tenant house. Price $50 per acre. Two acre bit in the town of Gray Court, with 7 room dwelling, nicely located. Prh e $2,500. One business lot. GO feet front. 150 feet deep, in town of Cray Court. Price $.".00. Or." lot at Watts Mills. 250 feet front by 7') feet deep, I room cottage and out buildings. Price $i.ooo. One lot at Watts Mills containing '_' acres. Price $250. S3 acres of land near Bramlett's church, bounded by lands of w. p. Harris and Jho. Burdette. Seven room dwelling. 2 tenant houses, good barn and out buildings. Price $20 Per acre. One 1 room cottage, with hall and 2 porches, on Garlingtou avenue. Price $1,150. l m acres of land bounded by Will Marlin and Garrett lands, seven room dwelling, L! tenant houses, good barn and out buildings. Price $25 per acre. 1 10 acres bounded by lands of V. C. Hellnms and Mitchell Owens, in 3 miles of Laurens; 2 dwellings and out buildings. Price $3."> per acre. iic:>'< land near Owlnga Station bounded by lan '. of .lohn Jones and Tom Bratuleti with dwelling and out buildings pries $35.00 per acre. 100 acres land near Lanford Stat ic bounded by lands of Duff Patter son. James Peterson and others with dwelling and :; Tenant houses Price ?:J5.00 per acre. t:. acres of land, with dwelling, good barn and out-buildings, near Owinga. Price $3,500; terms made easy. ui acres bounded by lands of Jeff Davis and Herbert Martin: :'? good ten tint ho'.is?s. and good barn. Price $.">!> per acre. 2? acres land near the incorporated limits of the Town of Fountain Inn bounded by lands of Hobt. Taylor. T. K. Nelson. Jim Adams and others; dwellings and out buildings. Price $75.00 per aero. 100 acre3 of land, with the room dwelling, o-room tenant house, good out buildings, near Hickory Tavern, Sullivau township. Price $15.00 per acre. 59 acres of land in town of Lanford, with tenant hous, at $00.00 per acre. .One lol at I.aureus Mills, with well and - brick chimneys. Price $350. 89 acres of land In one mile of tho town of Gray Court, with two dwell ings. Price $40 per acre. T>2 acres of land In town of Gray Court, dwelling and outbuildings. Price $"0 per acre. 3 IS acres of land near P.abun Creek church. S-rootn dwelling, three tenant houses. Price $32.50 per acre. I'll acres of land in Hunter town ship, bounded by lands of Ruf us Dun la)), Rebecca Christian and Geo. Craw ford; 'J four room cottages, good out buildings, fine bottom lands, well tim bered: :"> a.-res in cultivation. Or v $2') per acre. CO acres in Dial township, bounded by lands of Pink Heliums. I.udy Polt ml lt. C. Wallace. Price $1,300, 1' S acres of land in Greenville coun ty, Butler township, bounded by lands of Mary Snow, and Taylor and Creigh tOll place; known as the Thomas Ben nett place, on Knorec river; six room dwelling, _ good tenant houses and store building. Price $3,000, 10. 115 acres of land Dial's township, known as the old Wham's homestead, with dwelling and out-buildings. Price $27.50 per acre. 127 acres land in Sullivan township, 1' room dwelling, good out buildings, 1 tenant house. Price $30 per acre. 100 acres of land in Youngs township, 11 room dwelling, two tenant houses, good barn. Price $2.250. 547 acres land 1 miles of I,aureus, bounded by lands Mrs. B?rge.?, Rob Brown. Jno. Madden and others; l> ten ant, houses; 7 horse farm in cultivation. Will be cut into lots of 100 acres each. Price $20 per acre. J. N. Leak Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds. Gray Court, S. C. INTEREST Is the greatest incentive towards saving money. When yon find your money is earning something yon feel more like saving. Interest, like a much advertised remedy, "works while you sleep." We pay interest on saving's accounts from $i up, and on certificates of deposit for 6 or 12 mouth's time. Absolute safety, liberality and courtesy our watch word. Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. Now is the Time and Sullivans' Store the Place Sow Unknown Peas and Cane Seed. We have a lot of Sound Clean Unknown Peas, F.arlv ( Iratlge and Ambe: Cane .Seed. A full stock of Molasses anil Syrup in 1 j gal., t gal., 5 gal. and IO gal. kegs. Country cuter, smoked Bacotl and Shoulders. A nice line of Fre.sh 3 Juicy Hams. Headquarters for Fresh Water-ground Com a Meal. First and second patent Flour. Corn, Oats and Hay. ^ Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans should be planted now. I.un ited quantity Cotton Seed Meal and Guano. Prices as low as the lowest consideriu.^ qnalitv. J. H. Sullivan Laurens, S. C.