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? Wkt ^mvtuB ^1 vtttimt. PART TWO; PAGES NINE TO TWELVE VOLUME XXIV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, l?>00. NUMBER 50 "A SISTER TO THE OX." 'lue way of tin' opponents of om pulsory education is getting rougher und rougher. The way <>r the trans gressor i ; hard. Wo pooplo i<r South Carolina aro boglnning to gel down ? to brans) lacks in this mnlor and the Hub iiii?> of tho politician with bis in Biucero exorlation about tho "rights di ibu parent" is beginning to arrive ;1< U? truo appraisement. There is nothing thai counts so much as facts especially when theso facts literally ? t.11. us in ibe face, We aif gratified, for example, to see in the lOdgcllold Chronicle one of Iho strongest and most uncompromising editorials in advocacy of compulsion thai it has boon our good fortune t<> observe in a South Carolina paper. Hero hi an experience, ami what came of ii ? riii:; week wo copy, from The State, what la, in our opinion, an extremely stioii!', ami noble plea tor compulsory education. Wo copy it. Hrsl because it Is strong and noble, ami secondly be cause it is from the brain ami soul ami pen of an honored neighbor Su perintendent of lOdtication .lohn F. Wideman, of Cireenwood. As time t ue-, on. ami horrible facts glare us white people horribly in the lace, we could almost absolutely curse Iho blind, ami generally selfish and Insin cere, opponents of compulsory cdiicn tlou. "Urlving in the country lately, near the town of I.aurcns, with a woman of greai grasp of mind, deep though! ami noble altruism, we mel a young coun try girl apparently of eighteen years, rough, unkempt, stolid, awkward, al most barefoot, This Strong ami nat urally good-looking girl gazed at us wit 11 a stidid and vacant stare. Ami the lady, kindling with quick indigna tion, ami quoting from ICdwIn Mark ham's terrible poem, The Man With The Hoe,' cried out, 'Who put out the light in that brain?' There was a ser moil ami a warning in that exclama tion. 'Who put out the light in that brain?' Stolid, solllsh, senseless. Shameless, cruel parents put ii out. Stolid, selfish, senseless, shameless, cruol legislators and ofllco-holdcrs ami ollleo-seekors ami pap suckers ami WOOn.MKN NM,I. UIVK I'll MO. Huftiiolln Cainp, W. o. \\? tu Hau- llig IMi) at Woodvllle on Julj ?Olli. lOden, inly Huh. The farmers are badly behind with their crops on nc couul <d so much rain during Iho week, MISS ('lav lie CahhY. friends will 1)0 Had to Know that she is improving. \ir. ('. v. Hipp and ?Ifo \ Isilod in Laurens thin week. \ir Marlin Ma baffe y visited Mr. I!. 1. Babb's family I hilt week. The prolriieted meeting will begin at Rabun Civi l, church the flrnl Sunday in Auf.ust. Magnolia camp, number I Tit!, \v. u. \\ . will give a picnic at Woodvllle on July KOlh. A big day is expected, A iiumbcr or prominent speakers have been invite.I and there will doubtless he a largo crowd Oil hand. SKW'H PttOM ( i:iMI{ (JIM)VF. \ ollnf l'i'ople Ihne a l.loi'loilN l oin III Services at Cliiiieh. Cedar (.1rove, July 10, -Tho "glorious fouiih" uns observed by the young people of.thin section, New Hope and Standing Springs, a largo crowd of them gathered at the Van I'atlon shoals where they .spent the day in fishing ami playing, in the afternoon Hie all slopped at the home of Miss Daisy I'hilippH, where a jolly lime was had. singing ami playing. All declared the day most eiijoyahly spent. Services were held at Cedar drove church on last Sunday. Kev. W. A. An der ;on preaching: Ml". Anderson is a deeply consecrated minister and Ills sermon on Sunday, as usual, was shone, and IntOI'OBtlng. The people heard him with delight. Mr. I'nrkcr III Koilllf tl III Inn. Last Wednesday night Rov. c. I'. Parker, rector of the Church of Iho tiplphnn.v of iitturens, s. c . held ser vice in the I'reshytei tan Church. To our knowledge this was the first Rpls <opal BOrvlOO ever held lo re. A gOOtl congregation was presenl, Mr. Par ker made a very favorable impression upon his congregation wllh his sermon , on the "Renewing of Hod's linage in Man - News and Notions. jeping-fools pul it out. Read Mr. Wide man's article." Aye, bul think of Ihe "rights of tho parents?" Wlio lias a right to take iliis creature, stolid and stunned, out of tho kindly care of her parents and say. "Thou shall go to school; thou shall learn to read, and even to write; thou shall learn great learning; thou shall not he blinder than the hat and more stolid than the ox: thou shall gel something hack of the upward looking and tho light; thou shall arise and walk; thou shall he something better than the things that creep ami crawl through the world?" What. Indeed, shall so far invade Ihe sac rod privil eges of the parent, ihe Ignorant ninbi liouless parent who did indeed ami Verily slant hack this brow? This poor, stunned Illing is the property of another thing no less stunned; who shall step in between Ihe twain? Who shall ask. with Ihe poet, that question which searches the soul -"Whose breath blow out the light within that brain V" It is a great ami wonderful question. The greatest minds of the state and of the legislature have sal up nights try ing to lind the answer. And still the difficulty grows. It was ever thus with genius; often they fail to hit upon those things that lesser minds grasp at the llrsl trial. This, we feel, is now ihe only obstacle in the way of com pulsory education. Wo ordinary folks have caught the idea and are ready to scotch the siinko. Our only present :difficulty is in breaking the news to our higher statesmen. With the ec centricity ami near-sightedness that Is the r.ltrlbnte of genuine genius, they still haue upon the edge of uncertain ty. Itut in the end we are confident that we plain folks, like Col. Bacon and his lady friend ami all the rest of us, will he aide to persuade higllbl'OWS Who hold us in the hollows of their hands thai one of the hest things that could happen lo South Carolina would he the Inauguration Of an educational system that would spare persons "driv ing in Ihe Country lately" Ihe Bight of those poor sisters, not i?> speak of the brothers, to the ox. Columbia state. v. |>K(TMA1< SHAIM:. Mr. II. U. Allison Has A "Natural Crow Hi" Shape Worth? llf Nolc. This is ma a cotton shape we are mentioning which you might think by Hie bonding in connection with blooms of the lasl two weeks would he ihe cast hui it is of a walking cane head thai we wish to speak this week, which head is of an extraordi nary nature. It is of laurel which grow in a rock cliff and was gnthorod by Mr. I',, c. Allison, of ihe well-estab lished and busy linn of I. II. I'.oyd & i'ii., line electricians, etc.. land who. by Ihe way, have the large contract io "llglll and water" Mr. I) II Counts' new residence now in course of con sriiellon under the supervision of Mi. Tbos, M. Cromnr of No wherry who knows his business and which will he one of ihe most beautiful and suh stautlal resilience houses in the stale), itut in return to the walking stick. The root forms a poi'focl head of a small creature like a squirrel or kind died member of the animal kingdom, Willi Ihe exception of Ihe two little black heads lot eyes Dial Mr. Allison properly placed to complete the Imltn Hon. the said head is a remarkable mil m al growth ami w orth possessing as a curiosity. We had thought of paying our re spec is lo The Cospel forum in this Issue, especially to a now famous ser mon of our brother and friend. Itev. C. Lewis Fowler, bill I'.rolher Honey is a gentleman of the same persuasion with our zealous Clinton pastor and being a thorough gentleman knows how to manage the case right. We just mention this to let it he known that silence does not give consent, neither is il meant as a way of show ing thai Ihe occasion was not worthy of notice, As the Chronicle puts it. we do not agree with what he says, hut we admire his courage ami earn ostness", Wo lust suggest, however, that it will he a lour time before this "becomes a grenl Baptist nation", Uur Monthly I AMONG TIG: EXCHANGES They're Gene? They're gone -bloss their souls, every one of them ?they're gone. The poo*, hard-worked newspaper man, i lie man wIki has to look out for the public. Wo hope they have hail a good time. We have tried to give them the host we had in slock. We trust that their visit to Greenville has been as pleasant to them as it has I been to us then we know thai tin y have had a good time. Hoys and girls all of them for these annual meetings make us all boys and girls they have served to enliven Greenville and have made their stay so pleasant to us. We wish that wo could have them every day and every week- in the llosll. It is so pleasant, but wo will bav, to content ourselves in having thorn every day and every week -In their papers, in their "d - sheets," us Col. I'.aeon says. The annual meeting is an annual "surcease from sorrow," and the tired editors and their wives and sweethearts may learn now that Greenville will always welcome them here again. We had planned to go to Paris mountain, to Sana Soucl club, the former homo of Gov. Heii.j. P. Perry, to the ball game, to many Other places- but the weather man "pied" his forms and dumped all the rain ho ever had Into the "hell" bos and the man who handled the quoin key busied the forms. We wish we could have done more for them they deserve It, We wish we could give thorn a crown of gold every one of them, for they deserve it. We wish we could give them a high seat in the synagogue, lor no man deserves it more than the news papor man. We wish WO could have anointed them with frnnkiucense ami myrrh, for no set of men ever de serve more and recelVO less than newspaper men. The memory of their visit to Green ville will over remain fresh in the minds of the people of this city. God bless them: Greenville Dally Piedmont. Cost I) Thoughtlessness, Here are i wo vacation experience;: of pastors. One of them was sum moned back by telegram to ofhViate at a wedding In bis parish. Ii took considerable time from bis days of rest and $20 for traveling expenses. !!<? received a wedding fee of $"?, An other pastor was called home to attend a funeral. The Journey both ways cost him $10. lie received the beany thanks of the bereaved family for his kindness and nothing, though the) ! were able to pay bis expenses. Wr take these Instances from an exchange. There is less probability of their bleu? llllcntion than if we should cite exam plea in our own denomination which have come under our own Observation. We have known of pastors w hose hrlel vacations were thus cut shoi i and whose very limited appropriations for their days ol recuperation were bpi'I 'ously reduced. I'aunlly it is not mean ness but thoughtlessness which bus such loads fall on ministers The Congi egationnllst, )lr. hValhcrsloue? Men who have a peculiarly sharp judicial temperament are row, And it happens so often that a good man. a man possessing the qualities which make an excellent Judge are elovnled to places where they cannot bring to the best advantar.es that ability for which they are so well known and from which the public can secure the best service. Take for Instance a man of the strength of Hon. <'. C Pentherstone, whoso logal acumen and Judicial lempermeni nre bo well known, and who has served as special fudge with distinction upon so many occasions. He would reflect credit upon (be bench Mid bar of this state, wore he to be cleetod to thai high office of judge, and we believe that the inlersets of the state demand that ho be given a place on the bench, This is being written without the knowledge of Mr. Fentherstone, and wo do nol know how it will be received, but we believe that he should be elected to a Circuit judgeshlp when Die next legis lature convenes. South Carolina would gain an advantage were he ele vated to the bench. (ircciiviMc Pied mont. The issue: Taxpayer or Tiger? Editor Honey of the I.aureus Adver tlaer is somewhat mistaken in his un derstanding of The News and Coitl'lei I position as to the liquor situation in Charleston. The News :i11? i Courier dins-; not hollow in tiny state-wide scheme of dealing wlili Hie whiskey business, hootiuso it docs not ooncolvo such a scheme to he democratic, no matter what iis (onus, h hollows licit fach .mil of government should he It'll to deal \\ itll this |tl Ohlolll in its own way, according to the coudi* tioiis which confront It Individually. If the genuine prohibition 1st a wore in the inajoiily in this comiiuinity, if the KiMitinieitl in favor of ahsoluto sup pression ol lie- lit|UOr IralliC wen- of such volume ami iulluouec as lo guttr antee thai prohibition could ami Would he oaforced heii\ thou (his newspaper Would Welcome the VOtillg Olli of II quor. I tu I the fact Is, in Charleston hollos! prohibitionisls are lew in iitilil her am! their llilluence la pi(lfull> small. llowOver, there are a number of illicit W'hlskev dealer.-, and their friends, who hope |>> voting lor prohl hiii'in ami thus killing the dispensary System hen-. In clear lie held of any lawful compel Ii ion, trusting thereby to increase their own unlawful profits, Ii is against these thai the News ami Courier ha.- llil'OOlod its lire. We have Hol a I I e II 11 ? I ? 'i I lo defend the county illspenssir> system as "the host solution of the liquor business." We do mil bei love that ii i.-. SO lar. al least, as Ibis coiiiinuniiy is concerned, hul ii Is the only method prescribed by which tii|ilor ma> hi h- aii> sold here. Therefore, knowing that this community doe: not genuinely favor prohibit ion, ami knowing that the sale of liquor cannot he suppressed here except by the employment of methods as abhorrent lo out democratic Lau rolls contemporary as the) are to us. thai i- to say. by machinery operated from the state capital, we have urged the retention of the county dispen sary system until such lime, be it near or far, us the general assembly shall see Iii lo give ns something hel ler suited in I ho peciiliai needs id' this community. The News and Courier's views touch ing the stale disponsaiw have not changed one jot or little, but they have no porlluonej lo tin- issue which confronts the voters of Charleston at this lime. The f:u i that thai Issue has been obscured through the shame tut lallu'i'o of the authorities of Ibis city ami countj in do their duly in the promises renders it all Hie more no ccssai> that we should in the dis charge of our obligations to this com milltlty do oi l llOi I In liiakc it perfect ly plain We have not advocated Iho retention of Hie county dispensary system in (his conn I.\ ofilv because of the profits which aceiue therefrom, hut we have iirgiked lhat the question being whether liquor shall be sold here in the way prescribed b> law 01 whether the situation shall be iiban doited to those who an- engaged in Hie Illegal trufllc in Intoxicants, the Issue narrows it Sell down Id Iho 'fax payer or Iho Tiger. We agree wholh thai Die stile tit Hquoi I hall he ro Stl'lCIOd lo legal chaiiiielr.. ami iv< be lie* " ilial ihe tlute Is do: e al baud WlO'll Hie hellel people of (halb lull will enforce -an li it rest riot ion, The New s ami < 'on i lor. I' 1111111>i n v? May l>c To Open foi coin foi l t-i service, The lot ?sc ji tint ei ilic hill'' liil in c\:iiii|>lcs. It Will Save You Money Ii you SCIld l?>i us ;il the fitM sigli of lenk <>i looseness, 'rin n wc cm stop tlio irotihli quickly rtiitl cheap)}. If you 11??;.?, 1111 it there's no telling how v." 'I '1"' trouble will vH'\v aiul how inuch twpensc it will cnuse v<dt, DoaK ? McKechnie South Harper Strool Phone 292 * Laurens, S. C. Real Estate Offerings 122 acres of land, hounded by laud: danscl Owlngs, lOvu Jackson, ami barn ami outbuildings and Hue pn ? in?'. Price $00 per noro, :! acres in towii of Cray I'ourl: nie- building silc. Price $5011.00, 200 acres of lam! near Umhin Creel, eliureli, hounded b> land ol \\ i Parka and l.aureus White; ien.nn houses, well limbered, food stale ill cultivation. Price $:{().oti per ucre. !I7 nCr ?s land, bounded liy lauds of I. It, Wells. Thomas Itiul.- and oilers with live room ilwelliui . good mil buildings i near lOkoiu. I'i it.? $|5 per acre. One lot nl Walls \fllla, wllli r.ovi n room coiiaee, 20tl leei front ami luti feel deep, with meal uinihci Price $ 1,200. Some valuable property in lown ol (Million, Nine business lots on Itroad street, ranging in price from $5oij in $1,200 per lot. Two lots I'routing on Mangrove street, $:I0II each One beiintiful building lol fronting Mus grove street, price $2,000. Due lol with beautiful residence fronting on Musgrove street, price $:t,.ri0o. See me early it you wish to purebase, IUI Is an exceptional opportunity. I all neres land, one I ..II' mile ol Dial church, with a handsome dwelling, tenant bouses ami rood outbuildings, Collie quick if you want this plane Price $.'.u per acre. .',2 acres of land iust Olli lib" of the corporate limits of the town nl Dray Coiirl. with one leliaill hull e. Pi ice $?">'? per acre. Two acre lol in the town of Cray Court, with i room dwelling, nicely located, Price $2,500 tine business lol i;n feel trout, l"?0 fool deep, in town <>t Gray Court. Price $5ou. One lol ai Walls Mills, 2511 feel front by 7u feel deep, I room collage and out buildings Price $ I .01,0. OtlC lot at Walls Mills COUlllillllll! - acres. Price $250. ss acres of land near llrauilettV church, bounded bj IlilidH ol W I' llarris and ,lno Itill'delte Seven room dwelling, 2 lenaiil I. . ('noil barn ami out buildings. Price f;!n pel acre. (me i room collar.", win. hall and l! porches, on (lai llngluii uvenue Price $1,150. 1 10 acres of land boiimled l,\ Will Marlin ami fiari'ell land seven room dwelling, '.' tenant bom.e . rood bin ii and out bilildilif Pi ieo * ' ? per acre, I in acres hoillldeil l,\ laud- of \ (' 11 el la ins ami Mil. heil < >w en . In l! miles, oi I ,a ii robs; 2 dwelling:; ami oul l.u iiduo Pi Ice X'.'.'t pel aCre Price l*i> per at i'e hi tided 10, Cray: i of land n< ar i '? raj < 'onri, lands of 10. T. Shell, \\\ nven room cottage, line I!' :n'i' hind near Owlngs Station hounded |>\ land <>r .lohn .Ioiioh and Tom llruuihll with ilwolllllg and out buildings price $25.00 per acre. l"'i .Hl'- land near I .an ford Stat ion hounded h> lauds ol lmitY Pntter ? all. .laiiU's I'nloiT.nti and others with ilwi'lliue and ?'? Teuaiil houses Price f?a.iHi per it ere; i ? uere nl land with dWOtllllg, good ha I'll ami mil IniildlligH, near OwlUga. Price $.1,500; (oriUK uiadu easy. I ii nero hou idod by lands of .loll Unvi and I lei heil .Marlin; I) good ten mil hou ei and good barn. Price $5ii jibi aoro. L".i aoro? land i."ar tho liieor|ioralod lituil ut i'ii' Town <n Eoitlltuiii Inn hounded by lauds of Itobt. Taylor. T. 10. Nelson, Jim Adams and (Ilhorn; dwellings ai d out hnildhigH. 1'iliu $, 5.00 |ior aoro. loo acres id land, wilh llv? room dwelling, .! i ooin leiianl house, good mil buildings, near llleltory Tavern, Sitlltvuu town .hip. Price $15.00 per acre. nil acres of laud In town of l.anfoid, wilh lenaill llOUH, al $50.00 per aero. < Up' lol at Latin Us Mills, w |(h well and brick eblmiioys I'riee $.'150, 8tl ueros ut land In one mile of tho town of Cray Court, with uno dwell ings. I'rieo $10 IK' lo re. 52 acres ol land in town of Cray t'ourt, dwelling and outbuildings. I 'i lee $50 per -e i l . 11-18 acres ol !.ind near Itablltl Creek ehurch, *> tu in dwelling, ihren tonanl houses. t :.. v $Jl2.50 pe, ucro, .'I i acres of land in Iluntei lown sliip, hounded by lands of IIiiI'uh Hun. lap Itobecca Christian and (Jon Craw lord: ..' four room eotla&os, good oul huildiligs. lim- bottom lands well tim iiend: mi acres in cultivation, Only $20 per acre i.u acres in Dial township, hounded hy lands ol IMnk Helium?, Lndy I loll lid U. ('. Wallace. Trice *i.:'.ou. lu^; acres ol land 111 Greonvllle coun ty, holler township, bounded by lauds uf Mur> Snow, and Taylor und Crelgh ion pl.-e e. known as the Thomas Bon noil place, m lOnoroe river; six room dwelling, good tenant houses und : iure building. Price $2,000.00. II, acres land Dial's township, known a the old Wham's homestead, with dwelling .-m i out-building's, Price .? *,..,o per at re. I ', acre lainl in Sullivan tuwiiahip, :? room ilwi Ming-- good out building-1., 1 leiianl lion n\ I ri< ? $110 per acre. Inn acr< 1 of laud in \ mum 1 lowimhip, II cm mi dwelling, l\Vo leiianl bouses, i.11,tirib I'rieo f' ;i50. 517 acres land 1 miles of Laurcna, bounded l>\ land .Mi IhtrgcsM, Mob liroWll, Ilm Madden and others; bleu aid liuiises; 7 hoi > farm in cultivation Will I.nl itilo lot; id I no acres each. I'riee J. N. Leak Real Rstate, Stocks and I'onds. dray Court, tt. C. ^ LARGE PROFITS IN REAL ESTATE \ Suppose you had bouglil IM .AI. LIST ATE live 5 W or ton year i .v - * What would your profit have beei novvV 5 Why not profil l>y the past and buj now lor the future, Five years from now there will be in crease in values as large per cent as in th<* past * five year;',. \ \ We have lor sale lots with or without buildings *V and nice farm ; and will make sui abi^ t< tvrns, \ ^ Laurens Trust Co. j \ C. A. Power, (Yltfr. Reil RstatC Department.