Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Prje gtobertisier fcukacription Pric? Is 91*00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. K. BOSKY, Editor. ?PUBLISHED BY ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY LAURENS. S.O. ?llATES FOR ADVERTISING. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. LOntered at the postofTice at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. l_=--rrj_ -_. _ ? - LAURENS, S. C. AU0UST 18. 1909. "SOMLTHIN* FUNNY." Under the title, "The Reason She Did Not Take The Courier," Mr. .1. M. Mitchell, traveling representative of Tin; Baptist Courier, writes a very interesting story on the reason why a certain subscriber unit taking the BaptiBt paper of the state. The rea son Is this: "We were just talking along and I happened to ask: 'Are you and Hol? ?tili taking The Courier'? 'No', she .Said, 'We paid up and told 'em to stop if. Then I asked why they did not continue to take it. She tfaid they wero mit aide to pay for it and made other excuses which I procoeded to doal with in Mich a way that they looked mighty poor, and insisted that tin y renew their subscriptions. Then she spoke the genuine reason. And what could I say further? It was this: It wouldn't he no use. Rob don't care much about readin1 and I don't read any thing much unless it is something funny". 1 told her frankly that in that case it would probably he a waste of money to take If ". And then Mr. Mitchell goes on to advise Tho Courier that it would he wise to publish more "funny" mutter; (hat it would reach a certain class of readers ami hold them as subscribers, The suggestion, we bcllovo will meet with disapproval both hy ?11? * editors and tho readers of the denominational paper. In the first place, there is too much of this nonsensical stuff pub lished anyhow; the dally press takes earo of that. A religious paper should not eater to thai particular kind of readers. The press, as we imve often said, should seek to mould tastes, not endeavor to supply the ?tastes that are already; in other words. If the press is not educational what ia it? Shall we confine our selves to giving just what the people are already capable of receiving? Hut the principal point In the above quotation is: "I don't read anything much unless it's funny". Poor soul! Her fancy must be tickled. Nothing serious and thoughtful can And way Into her brain: it must be something funny. V joke, no matter how stale: a ridiCttl0U8 story on somebody, no matter how dull the point of it may : be, is all she knows how to appro* : date, and all she cares to know. And all this leads us to remark that those people who live and thrive on telling jokes, whose sole ambition Is to "tell a good mi on old .lohn Doe", who stop you when you are hurry ing like all fury to catch ft train or lo get off same mail, are about as troublesome, boresome, anil unenter mining as any kind of folks anywhere Harmless, yes; hut lerrlblj tiresome Cool fe|lows, ye.-: but utterly uupro gressive. They usually ke< p the curb stone warm, ami of course the habit fosters gossip. "\ little foolishness now ami then" is lelished by everybody j but as a daW-y food, good Lord, deliver us. ? ? ? CROSS ROAD Mi;\s. in last week's issue of The. Adver tiser nppoared an article, signed "One Who Travels" on the subject of sign boards at the cross roads on the main highways in the county, in which the convenience and oven necessity for such devices were argued. In all that our correspondent says we heart ily agree; sign boards, indicating the distances to various towns and public places, Showing to what places (he roads lead, are Indeed a great aid to travelers. Our correspondent wishes the adop tion of the plan for Laurens county: evidently he is not aware of the fact that the law of the state requires these sign boards, and that the coun ty commissioners falling to provide them are liable to prosecution and flue in the criminal courts. We re ft] JCtfully suggest to "One Who Trav els" that he Institute proceedings against the authorities, and see if by that manns he can have his desires gratlOed. / Here Is the law on the subject.: "Sec. 410. Any person or persons who shall cut down, burn or deface -any mile post or stone, erected by the county commissioners or county Supervisor of nny county, he, she. or they, upon conviction thereof shall forfait anil pay the sum of tea dol lars, id be recovered by Indictment or Information before any court of com petent jurisdiction. "Sec. 447. If any poison shall wll tully demolish, throw down, alter, or deface any guide-post, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof before any magistrate of the proper county be fined In a sum of not exceeding ten dollars and tho cost of suit, or bo sontencod to labor on the public works of tho county for a term of not more than thirty days, and tho money, when collected, shall be by the magistrate collecting the same, paid over to the county treas urer. "See. 448. The county board of commissioners of any county neglect ing to cause the public highways in their county to be posted and num bered and to have pointers erected at each fork of said highways declaring the direction of such highways shall be liable to pay the sum of ten dol lars for each and every said neglect, to be recovered by Indictment in the COUli Of general sessions of the coun ty within which the same occurs, to be collected and paid to the treas urer of such county for the use of the county. Provided. That no coun ty Commissioner shall be liable to said penalty who shall put said pointer at SUCh times as he shall have his di vision of roads worked." The civil code of South Carolina has also a section hearing upon this which givs the county commissioner authority to creel such siy.n boards and charge the cost to the county, and the licglccl of tbis can be con strued by the public to mean that they are indifferent lo the conven ience of the public. The aectlon is rs follows: "Pec. i"..;7. Knch road overseer within bis district may cre< t and keep up, nt the expense of the coun ty, r.t the lories an 1 cross roads a post and guide-hoard, or fing >r hoard, containing an inscription in legible letters, directing tin* way ami dis tance to the town or towns, or pub lie place or places, situated oh each road respectively." ? ? * Oar friend. The Idler, of Newber ry '!? raid and News thinks that travel Is educating. No is right: and we hereby extend to him a cordial invi tation to visit Laiircns .just as soon as he docldes to "take a trip". it will do him lots of good to see this city, and we will meet him with out stretched arms. Another thing, our friend is surprised that "way up here in I,aureus bis writings are read"? he should not be surprised: all his "stuff" Is fine, and we rend every bit of ft with more than ordinary inter est. ... The news of the accident that be fell Or. YV. I*. Jacobs in Washington last Wednesday vas received in Lau ren.-; with I " .nd regret. As else where, the .pie of this city love nod honor this lOted divine, and it was with siucei * regret that they learned of bis misfortune. However, the news that he is recovering is a source of great comfort to Iiis many friends. How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. We. I be undersigned, have known F. .1. Cheney for the last It" years, and bolievfl him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made b,V Iiis linn. WARDING, KINN AN ft MARTIN. WllOlOSalO Druggists, Toledo. 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, ac;i,r: I'l'OCtl.V Upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent f:.? i'rlci) T."i per bottle, Hold by all Oi'ugydsts. St a tic Monument I incllint*. A? announced last Week tii.- Wood men t.i the World will unveil the .m ui-.ent erected to Ilia memory of Sovereign McDlttlle Stone :it tb.e city cemetery on Friday of this we k. at 10::io o'clock. Hon. J, .T. McSwaln of (Ireenvlllo \\i'.'. innk? the address. The public are cordially invited. NO I H K. Stato of South Carolina. Notice is hereby given that in pur* sunnce of a commlssloi issued to tho undersigned, by tho Secretary of Slat-> of said State, boohs of subscrip tion to Greenvllle?Grootiwood ft Au gusta Railroad Company will !>'? opened at Room ?tll in the Palmetto it Hiding in the City of Greenville) South Carolina, oil September 1Mb. 100?. at I 1?. M. Notice Is further given that tho undersigned Will apply to the Secre tary of Slate at his office in Colum bia. S <'.. on the Math day of Septem* her. 1900, at II o'clock A. M., for a charter for said Greenville-Greenwood ft Augusta Railway Company, with power on the part of said Company to condemn lands for the right of way for its proposed railroad. Which will run from the City of Greenville, S. C, through the city of Creonwood. and tho town of Kdgellold, to some point on Savannah River opposite or near ly opposite the City of Augusta, and Which will pass through the city of Greenville, and the following town ships, or some of them, in Kaurens County, to wit:- Sullivan and Water* loo. and through the town of Prince ton. Harry Briggs, Frank Hammond, .T. P. char! .!. ('. Faweott. and Har ry l. Zimmerman, corporators. 3*4t CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY Mothers who value thai* own comfort and tho welfare of the4r children, should Dover be without a box of Mother Gray's 8woet Powders for Children, for ose throtinhout Uioseason. Thoy Break up Colds, Cmro FeverUhnes*, Constipation, Teething Buy orders. Headache and Stomach Troubles. Tit KHK PO W DK RS NBYBR FAIL. Sold by all Drag Stores, He. Don't avept any tutnUhtU. A trial package will be emit FRBB to any mother Who will addraaa Allen 8. Otmrted, La Boy, N. X. \ OUR SPHCIAL NOTICES. 8 Notice?High tirade Jack will stand at Horse Creek farm this season; good colts? I have some?see them at my farm. Fee $ 15.00. M. B. McCuen. 1 1 It. For Sale?200 cords of pine wood. Will sell delivered or on the ground (three miles from Lautens and four miles from Clinton). Si. L. Copeland. For Sale-?107 acre farm In Spartan burg county, on Knoree river; magni ficent pasture. Terms easy. N. B. Dial. 2-2t. hills Fleas- Cures the worst ease of mange?Hicaise's .Mange (Jure. Not poisonous. Full Hue Hicaise's Dog Remedies for sale hv tho LaurotlS Drug Co. 2-2t. Found One pair nose glasses, on Main street near opera house. Call at Advertiser ollice. 2 Valuable Farm For Sale. -We are offering for sale the Ludy Hlakeley ' Home place at Ora. S ,C, containing 300 acres, morn or less, one of the most desirable farms in the up coun try. Said lands will he sold at pub lic outcry at Lauren a C. II.. on 1st Monday in October. This land can be purchased privately if desired. For further information address L. P. Hlakeley. Ora. S. C. 2 Wanted. Several hustling young men who wish to make not less than $2.00 per day by selling a valuable, useful article which almost sells itself t to all classes of people. Kxperience is desirable but not required. This is your ehunco to make some money honestly during your spare time. Call to se < me Friday, the 20th, lust, at I0n Luurnns street. P. B. Y? Lau r< us. S. C. 2-2t For Cotton Weigher. I hereby an nounce myself as a candidate for Cot ton Weigher at Cross I fill. s. c, and solicit the \o|es oi my friends. .lohn C. Hill. Notice, I have at tho Horse Creek Stock farm, Princeton. S. C a high made Jack named Black Hawk; good size, black in color with white points. His colts are just hue. i IUIV3 30IU6 of same at tho farm. Any one wanting Ills sorvlco can get sane at my farm. Fee oh".. Milton B. McCuen . ::-2t. Wanted Reliable, energetic man to sell lubricating oils. greases and paints in I.aureus and adjacent coun ties. Salary or Commission. Stet son Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Lost Lady's gold watch and fob between Mr. R. P. Dunlap's and the residence of th? late J. Willie JoilOS, Oil South Harper street. By leaving same :it the Herald office, tinder will be liberally rewarded. 'fribble's Big Shoe. No. it is not the niu; he wears?not at all. Hut. as every pedestrian has dottOtless already noticed. Trihble has a mammoth sho.; suspended over his store door, advertising the Regal sho >. Inside. It is fitted up with nu emrous electric lights, and at nights When lighted up makes an cxceellent show. This is one of the best signs in the city. A Wonderful Paint. Muke your paint and save manu facturer's profit. You can make paint at the least cost when you mix % of a gallon of Linseed Oil eosting 45 cents with a gallon of I.. & M. Paint. You then make I Vt gallons of paint. Buy a gallon and try it. and get your money back if not found so. The I.. ,v M. Paint has been used over years, and has decorated more than two million American homes. .1. H. & M. I* Nash. Laurens; .1. W. Copeland Co.. Clinton; I.. & M. Paint Agents. \\ II \T Uli: KIDNEYS DO. Their I'lH'Cllslllg Work Keep* l'a Strong ami Health)? All the blood in the body passes through the kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day. When healthy they remove about ?00 grains of impure mailer daily, when un hei.-^jjha'nome part of this impure mat tor Is I'M't in tllO blood. This brings on many diseases ami Symptoms pain in the hack, headache, nervous ness, hot. dry skin, rheumatism, gout, gravel, disorders of the eyesight and hearing, dl'/zlness, irregular heart, do blllty, drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in the urine, etc. Put if you keep the lllters right you will have no trouble with your kidneys. O. W. Wallace. Oarllngton street. Laurens. s. ('.. says: "I used Don 11's Kidney Pills ami from the results re ceived, think very highly of them; in fact I can say thai they did me more good than any other medicine I ever used. For months at a time I had backache, often so severe as to lay me up. A sharp pain caught me across the small of my hack when I attempted to sloop and was so intense that I had to cry out. The kidney secretions were loo frofjuonl in pass age, particularly at nige.* and at limes contained much sediment. The va rlOUS remedies I used brought me no apparent bfnoflt and when I saw Bo nn's Kidney Pills advertised, I pro cured a box at the Palmetto Drug Co. After taking them a short time, I no ticed a change for the better and con tinued their use until I was Ctired, Since then there has been no return of my trouble. I take pleasure In advising other persons afflicted as I was. to use Doan's Kidney Pill?." v ,. qnle, by all dealers. PrlCO 50 C . Fostcr-MUhurn Co . Buffalo New York, sole agents for the United ; spp <. Ttemember tho name ?Doan's-and tako no othr '. Got in tho contest and work. ?+?? "Mum ****************** J SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. J Mlsa Elizabeth Simpson most ' charmingly entertained In honor of her guestr Misses Dorroh Gr*y of Columbia i nd Annie Anderson oi Au gusta, (>?., on last Wednesday eve ning. Miss- Simpson was assisted in receiving r. id serving by her friend, Miss Sadie Sullivan. About forty young people were present and they were delightfully entertained by pro gressing from one game to another, each table having a different game. The first prize was won by Miss Annie Helle Childless, which she presented to one of the guests of honor. The prize was a handsome Billlkin pin. After the game delicious ice cream and cake were served. ooo One of the very pretty entertain ments of the week was the reception given Tuesday evening by Miss Mary Lake In honor of her guest, Miss Sa rah Jamleson of Greenwood. Nations was the principal game of the eve ning, and the prize, a box of candy, went to Mr. Alfred Barksdale. Both punch and a salad course were served by Misses Hetty and Rebecca Lake, ooo Quite a number of her young friends gathered at the home of little Miss | Mary Owings on West Main street last Saturday afternoon to celebrate with her a birthday anniversary. The , little folks enjoyed themselves at out door play for a while after which re freshments were served. Miss OwlngS received quite a number of pretty ami dainty gifts from her friends. ooo Miss Conine Crews of Spartanbltl'g was the attractive guest of honor at a delightful reception given Tuesday evening by Miss Ruth Payne. Miss Crews has been visiting Miss Payne for the past week and has made num bers of friends in the city. ooo On Thursday evening of this week. I) ??-?inning at o'clock, the ofllcers ami members of Company i>. Trnynham Guards, will receive their friends in annual reception at the armory. On Monday evening Miss Helen Sul livan entertained about sixty of her young friends in compliment to her guests of this week, Misses Anna ITentiss of Creenville. Virginia Owens of Clinton, and Ressie Human of Charleston. ooo Little Miss Rebecca Clarke enter tained a large number of her friends Monday afternoon, the occasion being her birthday celebration. The little folks enjoyed the afternoon. lee cream and cake were served the guests. Miss Clarke received many pretty presents from her young friends. ooo 0ll8 of the prettiest receptions of the season was that tendered by Miss .li'ssif Holt on Monday evening to over a hundred of her friends in honor of her guest. Miss Slmsie McMichael of Orangeburg, The Japanese fashion was carried out in every particular, rendering the reception quite unique and pretty; the guests were seated on the floor, the balls and rooms decorat ed in the well-known .Japanese colors, and the porch and lawns lighted with the Japanese lanterns; these with the numberless palms, ferns and pot plants made a scene of exquisite beauty. The refreshments, ice cream cake and mints, were daintily served by Misses Mary Sullivan, Sarah Holt and Hattle Sullivan, prettily attired in Japanese costumes. Misses LyI Crews and Mildred Babb, similarly gowned, served punch >n the lawn. The reception was a most delight fill one, particularly to those who met Miss McMlchael on the occasion of her former visit to Miss Holt, and who were pleased to meet her hero again. Good Roads Meeting. ('apt. .T. Adger Smyth has Invited the members of the good roads com mittee to meet In Laurens on Wednes day evening. August 25th. H will be recalled that when the Columbia Record scout cars were here this com mittee was Appointed to agitate the matter of a permanent highway be tween Greenville and Columbia. The first meeting of this committee will he bold here next Wednesday evening when a banquet will be tendered tlios-^ present. There will be about twenty visitors and twenty local men a* the meeting. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FOR THE LEAST MONEY pay cash and trade at a cash s*ore. J.W. Payne Tito Cash Grocer Next Door to Palmetto Bank. PHONE, NO. 183 Burglar and Fire Proof Every one has something of value which if lost would take time, money and energy to replace. No one has a perfectly safe place for valuables un less a patron of some safe deposit company. The vaults of the Enterprise Bank are masterpieces of modern burglar proof, fire proof and water tight safe building. v A steel box in these vaults, at a trifling expense not only insures safe keeping, but puts your private papeis and valuables beyond any one's reach but your own. inspection invited. Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. | TRY Henry Clay Flour The Best Patent Obtainable If you have never had Flour satisfaction try a lot of this and be convinced. Big lot of other good Flour Thrre is still Corn in Egypt. J. H. Sullivan Laurens, S. C. Pianos, Pianos, Pianos. Here is a help for all workers in The Adverti ser's Popularity Contest. For the ?names of three prospective buyers this fall for Pianos, I will give 200, votes for every sale of a piano to any of the persons whose names'have been sent to me, 1 will give Soo votes. Should all the pros pective buyers, sent to me purchase a piano, I will give 3000 votes. Listen? This means much for every worker or their friends. My Pianos are equal( if not superior) to any pianos offered to the bu\er and I sell for much less prices and on terms to suit you. Free music lessons for 6 months to every purchaser of a piano. Teacher of your own selection, Music Teachers are requested to give me their address, it is to their advantage. L. A. McCord Laurens, S. C. iliiS Fan=Taz Contest closed Monday Night August 16th, at lo o'clock Miss Mamie Sexton having received the C largest number of votes will be given a beautiful enameled chatelaine watch, broach and case Below we give the names of the eight leaders at the close of the FAN-TAZ contest. Mamie Sexton . 313 Maggie Barksdale. 94 Surah Kichey.141 Kdna Sitgroaves. 91) iiattie Roulware .101 Hettie Lake .> . 90 Jennie Fleming. 98 Lila Hart 90 Don't forget our stock of 10 cents Mu:jic, over 1000 Sheets PALMETTO DRUG CO.