The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 11, 1910, Page PAGE THREE, Image 4
MR. JOHNSON WANTS
INCREASE OF $10,000
Fourth District Congressman's Bill
Provides for Additional Appro*
prlatloil for I,aureus Building.
Washington, May 4.?Representative
Johnson has introduced hills adding
$10.000 each to the appropriations for
public buildings at Laurens and Union,
making the amount In each case $<H>,
000 instead of $50,000.
Mr. Johnson being a member of the
committee on public building and
grounds will in all probability" secure
these Increases If a public building
bill is passed at this session.
Royal Ambassadors.
On Saturday afternoon the Royal
Ambassadors of Chestnut Ridge church
met at the home of Mr. and Airs. .i.
S. Medlock and enjoyed the social In
t er course as well as some entertaining
amusements. One of the features was
a "kitchen contest" which afforded
much fun as well as profit. Prizes,
nice boxes of stationery, were award
ed to Misses Lila Bramlett and Nannie
Mae Williams. After the contest the
guests were Invited to partake of re
freshments.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Medlock, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C?l
be rtson, Mrs. lt. I). Boyd, Misses Net
tie and Georgia Medlock, Wyona and
Kstelle Chaney, Lila and Mae Bram
lett, Lillian Knight, Mary OwlngS,
Bva Langston, Nannie Mac Williams.
Eunice Clardy; Messrs Hob and Doug
las Burnett, Pay Boyd, Oscar Medlock,
0. S. Harp, Don lrvin, Earl Knight.
Hicks Owlngs, Ersklne Clardy. w. 13.
Bramlett, Ed Langston; Masters Her
man Boyd and Carroll Medlock.
No Hearse Large Enough*
New York. May 7.?The funeral of
William E. Burnett, of Locus Valley,
1.. I., who weighed 568 pounds, was
held Tuesday. The body was placed
in a large metallic cofhn. No hearse
was large enough to carry the colllu,
and it was carried on a < agon. It
took the united efforts of twelve pall
b< rets to carry the coflln in and out
ol the church.
Another Fountain Inn "Notion."
The census man had no trouble in
locating the Qreenville-Laurens boun
dary line. When he sees that mns
terplece of road-making that extends
from Greenville through Fountain Inn
diverging into a pig path, he stops.
N ws and Notions.
I "Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel."
By special request the following
( war-time song which was sung by
Veteran J. B. Jones at the recent re
union at Durbln, is reproduced:
I Would yon like to hear the song, I'm
afraid 'tis rather long.
Of the famous on to Richmond, dou
ble trouble, of the half a dozen
trips
And the half a dozen slips, and the
very latest bursting of the bubble;
Then list while 1 relate their most
unhappy fate,
'Tis a very knotty puzzle to unravel,
for the papers all swore
When we reached Virginia's shore,
that Richmond was an easy road
to travel.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond Is a hard road
to travel.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel I believe.
I First, McDowell, bold and gay, set
forth the shortest way,
I By Manassas, in the pleasant sunny
weather, but he quickly went and
ran.
On a "Stonwall." foolish man, and he
had a rocky journey altogether;
He found It rather Hard to ride over
Beauregard,
And Johnston proved a douce of a
bother, 'twas (dear beyond a doubt.
That he didn't like the route, and a
second time would have to try an
other.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel,
Manassas gave us lits, Hull Hun. it
made us grieve, Ob! Richmond Is
a hard road to travel I believe,
Then came the "Woolly Horse." with
an overwhelming force,
I To march down to Richmond by Ihe
Valley, but be couldn't liml the
road,
And his onward movement showed,
his campaigning was a mere "shil
ly-shally;
And Commissary Hanks, with his mot
ley foreign ranks;
; The Dutchmen and the Colt, but not
the Saxon.
Host the whole of his supplies, and
with tears in his eyes.
Ran away from that "dunder-hended"
.Inekson.
Pull oft your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel,
I The Valley wouldn't do. as every body
knows. ()! Richmond is a bard
road to travel I BUppose.
Then the great "Calena" came, with
her port-holes all aflame.
And the ' Monitor*' that naval iron
wonder, bit the guns at Drury's
Bluff,
Gave them speedily enough, of the
loudest sort of real rebel thunder;
The "Galena" was astonished, and the
"Monitor" admonished.
Their efforts to ascend the stream
were mocked at. while the famous
"Nangatuck"
By the hardest kind of luck, was very
nearly knocked into a "cocked
hat."
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel.
Pull off your coat and roll tip your
sleeve, we'll never get to Rich
mond by water I perceive.
.MeClollen followed soon with spade
and with balloon.
To try the Peninsular approaches.
when one and all agreed.
That his greatest rate of speed, was'nt
faster than the slowest of slow
coaches;
Instead of ea>.> ground, at Williams- I
burg he found.
A "Longstreet" indeed and nothing
shorter, and it put him in the
dumps.
That spades was'nt trumps, and the
"Hills" he couldn't level as he
"oughter."
Pull off your coal and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeve, for Richmond Is a hard
road to travel I believe.
lie tried the Rebel lilies, en the field
of "Seven Pines."
Where h.is troops did smdi awful heavy
"chargln" for he lloundored in the
mud
When he saw a stream of blood ovor
tiow the Chlckahomlny's sweet
margin;
The fact seems rather strange, when
he left his gun-boats range.
On land he drifted over much to "Lee.
ward" so quickly changing base
In a sort of steeple.chase. h( hurried
back to Stanton. "Abe" and Se
wn rd.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves, Richmond is a hard road
to travel,
hay down the shovel and Hing away
the spade, for Richmond is a hard
road to travel I'm afraid.
Says Lincoln unto Pope, you can make
the trip I hope,
Quoth the bragging Major-General,
yes that 1 can,
And began to Issue orders, to his tcr
rlble marauders,
As though he were the "Pontiff of the
Vatican;" but that same "dement
ed" Jackson
This fellow. laid his whacks on. and
made him by compulsion a "Se
ceeder"
Pope took a rapid tligbt from Manas
sas second light.
'Twas his very last appearance as a
leader.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves. Richmond is a hard road
to travel.
Pope did his very best but was evi
dently sold, O! Richmond is a hard
road to travel I am told.
Last of all the brave "Run-side" with
his "pontoon-bridges" tried.
A road no one had thought of before
him, with two hundred thousand
men,
For the "rebel slaughter pen" ami the
blessed union Hag a Hying 'oer
him;
Rut he tuet a lire that fell, of cannls
tcr and Bhell,
Enough to make the knees of any man
knock, 'twas a shocking sight to
view
That second Waterloo, on the banks
of the pleasant Hnppahannock.
Pull off your coat and roll up your
sleeves. Richmond is u hard road
to travel.
'Twas a shocking sight to view that
second Waterloo. 0! Richmond is
a hard road to travel it is true.
We are very much perplexed, to know
who'll try it next.
And by what high-road he may go,
but their Capitol must bla/.O,
And that in ninety days; lor tis writ
ten "Delendo est Carthago."
We'll take the cursed town, and then
we'll burn it down,
And plunder every Rebel, hul the
"Contraband" was right
When he told us tlmy would light.
"O yes: Mnssa, dey'll llghi like de
double",
Then pull off your coat and roll up
your sleeve, Richmond is a hard
road to travel.
We've played our highest card, and
'tis plain that we are blamed,
And if Richmond aim a haul road to
travel all the same."
New Line Chair Seats just received,
all si/.es. round and square.
S. M. & E. IL Wilkes & Co.
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of all, they make the handsomest roof and are not expensive.
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LAURENS, S. C.
In New OHice in Todd Building, South Harper St.
ii^f^*i^A^AAi^i*()A!*iAAi*rAi^AAAA
of 75 Choice Residence Lots
at Laurens, S. C.
Now is your chance to get what you want at your own price. This property is high and dry and very
desirable and will be sold absolutely regardless of price on very easy terms. Penny Brothers, the Twin
Auctioneers, will sell you a lot a minute. Richardson Brothers, the famous Brass Band and Male
Quartette, will furnish music all during the sale. Ladies are especially invited to attend this sale
Friday, Nay 13th, at 10:30 a. m., at Laurens, S. C, by
American Realty and Auction Co.,
of Greensboro, N. C. Wm. M. KNOTT, Local Representative
For information see BISHOP & WOLFF