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?r)e ?ltiljertfeer Subscription Price Is $1.00 per Tear Payable In Advance. l'ublltfhed by ADVERTISER PHINTIN? COMPANY Laurens, S. C. Advertising Kates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One cent a word. Entered at th?? postofnco at Laurens, 8. C. as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. ( ., AUGUST 17, 1JM0. PROHIBITIONISTS BEL1EYE IN HIM. The differences between the Colum bia State and supporters of Mr. Feath erstone as to the consistency of the latter's advocacy of prohibition are probably irreconcilable. Voters who regard that local option as between prohibition and county dispensaries (which is a poor sort of local option) is of the first importance will not sup port Featherstone. Presumably the prohibitionists will not allow a local option newspaper to decide for them the fitness of a prohibition candidate. If the prohi bitionists are satisfied with Feather stone's record they will support him or, at least, they will not leave the selection of their candidate to their local option opponents. Presumably The State would, so long as a respecta ble local option candidate were offer ing, prefer him to all prohibition can didates, whether consistent or not?' a position entirely tenable and consis tent. Hut The Statt- cannot expect to choose the prohibition candidate for the prohibitionists. If the prohibi tionists accept Featherstone. if their faith in him is unshaken, the only thing left to do is to vote for him. If Featherstone be defeated he will owe I his defeat to the lack of enough prohi bition voters to elect him and not to ' nny question about consistency. The prohibitionists know Featherstone and if we are not mistaken, believe in him. In ls'.<2 the Democrats carried the State for prohibition. From 1892 to 1907 the majority of the prohibition ists and local optionlsts worked to overthrow the state dispensary, final ly succeeding. In the last two legis latures the lower house, the popular body, has voted for prohibition. Thir ty-seven of the 43 counties are for: prohibition and five of the Blx dispen sary counties voted "wet" by an ag gregate majority of about one thous and. South Carolina is surrounded by prohibition States. .Most of the South has prohibition. Every sign points to a prohibition victory in South Carolina this year. Friends and opponents alike practically concede Featherstone to be the leading prohi bition candidate. In The Advertiser's opinion, the election of Featherstone is practically assured. Unless there has been a revolution in public senti ment, of which no sl^ns are apparent, his defeat is Impossible, t'nless 10,000 ? or 15,000 voters who have been prohi bitionists have been converted to county option, limited to dispensaries' and prohibition. Featherstone is as j good as elected. He ought to be elect- j ed because he Is the soundest, strong- ! est. most capable man in the race?; that is why The Advertiser supports him. >JHK?*~ ? ? * s~ RECENT HISTORY. The Charleston News and Courier Supports Mr: Lend because his election would mean a "sun ease of the whis key agitation" that has rent the State for 20 years and. though the argument discloses such pitiful Ignorance ot, recent history that it scarcely deserves notice, it may be worth while to re view ?tio facts. The agitation for prohibition began more than L'o years ago. In 1 s:cj the people by a decisive vote, on the question directly put in the State primary, asked for prohibition. The, legislature repudiated the mandate and passed the State dispensary law ?and The News and Courier has often cited that betrayal as argument for j the abolition of the State dispensary. | if the prohibitionists had received fair treatment in I s???* tne agitation would have ceased long ago, because prohibition's success or failure would have been demonstrated. Who In South Carolina is fool enough to believe that the election of a so-called local option candidate for governor this year would cause the prohibitionists to throw up the sponge. The easiest and quickest way to stop the agitation of the whiskey ques tion in South Carolina Is to let the majority of the people, who have once voted for It, try it. Prohibition that won't work won't last. The argument of The Nows and Courier Is not disingenuous; it la merely unintelligent. Tho agitation of the last 20 years has sprung solely from the cheating of the prohibition ists out of their victory of 1892. From 1802 to 1907 prohibition did not "agitate" the State. The State dispensary caused the agitation. The News and Courier should go to night school. Would it have preferred the State dispensary to prohibition? ? ? ? TO LAl'KESS VOTKKS. LaureiiH was organized as a county about the year 17*9. So far a? we know, Laurens county has never had a governor elected by the people. The I late Governor William D. Simpuon was elected lieutenant governor and served a part of General Hampton's unexplred term. The late Col. James | H. Irby lacked one vote of being elect ed governor by the legislature. It Is time that a governor from Laurens , were elected. The chances by long : odds favor C. C. Featberstone's elec tion this year. Of course Mr. Featherstone will car ry Laurens county by a decisive ma jority; of that there is no doubt, but he ought to receive the solid vote ot the county. No voter should support a weak man I or a bad man from county pride, but I It will hell) the people of Laurens to have a Laurens governor. Don't ycu think you ought to support your neighbor, if he is a good man, because ! he Is your neighbor? Now you men of Ekom. of Cross Hill, I of Sardi8. of Shilob, and every other ! neighborhood in our old county, you sturdy hard working farmers, with opinions or your own, ruled by nobody, ' men who make up your own minds, don't you think it would be a good les son for your boy If you could point to your neighbor, here in your county, as the governor of South Carolina? Don't you think it would encourage I him? Your boy must grow to man hood here In Laurens; he will depend largely for his success or failure in 1 life on the friendship of his neighbors. Every man does. Unless there is some mighty powerful reason, don't you be lieve it is right and proper and com mon sense to vote for a Laurens inan?i This man Featherstone is no molly- ' coddle. Every good, strong man with red blood in his veins who isn't afraid clashes Bometiraes with other good men. Featherstone is a lawyer and he is no feeble and chicken-hearted lawyer. Here and there he has aroused resentment in the court house?be. cause he is a hard tighter for his clients and does his duty by them. He may have crossed your path. Hut are you not too broad-minded and too free from pitiful prejudice to let that in (luence you. It a man to whom you do not speak but whom you know to he a square man and the best man for an office wer<> running, wouldn't you vote for him? Isn't it your duty to lay aside petty animosities when the public Interest, your States and your county's good, are at stake "But", you answer, "There's the principle of local option?I am op posed to State-wide prohibition." The Advertiser replies that If you are con vinced that prohibition Is wrong and that the question is oue Of profound Importance this year, you should vote ' against Featherstone. The Advertiser would not advise you to betray a prln Clple. But there Is no practical Im portance in the issue. Thirty-seven counties are already "dry." In five others a prohibition law would be fairly well enforced, as well as In the average county, and they wouldn't worry If they had prohibition. In the one county where everybody is opposed to prohibition (Charleston) they are also opposed to county dis pensaries and so prohibition could not make matters worse?the blind tigers would not be more numerous in Charleston. The enactment of a State prohibition law would scarcely be felt, you would never know it. If the law proved unsatisfactory, It would be repealed but the prohibition agita tion will go on and on until prohibi tion Is given a (rial. The writer of | this article is not a prohibitionist but it seems plain to him that a prohibi tion law would not cause a ripple at this time and it happens that the prohibition candidate is a I.aurens man and the ablest, far the ablest in The Advertiser's opinion, in the con-' test. Is (here any reason why you should oppose your neighbor this year? Your boy has a mighty slim chance in life if he hasn't as good a chance as Featherstone had. Mr. Featherstone came to Laurens without any money. He hasn't a pile now. His father couldn't afford to send him to college. He began to work as a lad and he fought his way up and he fought steadily and hard. Whatever faults he has, he doesn't dodge ami shirk and he Is ready to do a man's part when a man's head and band are need ed. Ho is the kind of man you like i i to have on your side when you need friends. Ponder these things, you Laurens man. disinclined at present to vote for Featherstone. Take thorn home with you. think on them. Your neigh bor is going to.be governor; don't you i want to be one of those nt his back in his own county? Your boy will be a Laurens man some day. n. ? ? ? "WHAT WOULD YOU 00r Mr. Winston Smith, a native of Lau rens county and a son of the late Mr. JqaI Smith of Brewerton, is a can-l dfdate for auditor of Anderson coun ty. His announcement, as carried by j the Anderson county papers, is as follows: "I beg to announce my candidacy for the office of auditor of Ander son county subject to the decision of the Democratic voters. I lost my hands when I was four years old. My profession is teaching writing, and bookkeeping. I can do the work all right. I will appreciate your support. Cast your ballot for me. it will help me to make my living eas ier than working in the field. If you were deprived of your hands, what would you do? I ask you to think before you vote, and cast your ballot for the no handed man. ' WINSTON SMITH." ? ? * DIRTY POLITICS. An unsigned dodger is being Cir culated by the opponents of C. C. Featherstone in different sections of the State reflecting on his standing with the people of Laurens. Our in formation Is that batches of these dodgers have been received at Lan caster, directed to R. F. D. carriers, in care of the postmaster, for dislribu* ? tion. Should the statements be true. I this Is a method of politics which no ' self-respecting man should counte j nance. As to the facts: Mr. Feather ? stone was candidate for governor In 1898 on Prohibition ticket and was only beaten 76 votes by Gov. Ellerbe, while at that time and up to two years ago Laurens was a strong dispensary !county. Six years ago Mr. Featherstone ran j for the legislature. He received a . majority of the votes of the county. ; but the fifth man. (also a prohibition ist and one of the very best men in ' the State and one of the most substan tial farmers in the county, as any man. in the county will testify) ran so far behind that the first three men were seated by reason of bigger ma jorities. As a further evidence of Mr. Featherstone's standing at home: He lias been endorsed by Laurens Bar association, and Laurens Chamber of Commerce; he has been steward in th.- Methodist church for 20 years, superintendent of Sunday school for IS years and twice a delegate of General Conference of M. E. Church. South. He has been ten time special judge. t\vi< e in Laurens at request of Lau rens liar: once in Anderson on re quest of Bar at his old home; twice in Greenwood and Abbeville at request of liars; once in counties of Greenville and Spartanburg at request of Bars, and once in Saluda. The Advertiser has a contempt for: this method of polities. ? ? ? A dispatch from Clinton to the Greenville News on Friday carried the in formation that a mayor of that town had been ' unanimously" elected over two opponents. ? ? ? In order to vote in the primary your name must be enrolled on the Demo cratic club list of your precinct. If in doubt about your name being prop erly (-moiled, see the secretary of your club or some member of the en rolling committee and have it placed on the list at once. The time is now short, as the lists must be completed and turned over to the president of the club five days before the election. ? ? ? It Is highly important that the name of every citizen entitled to participate In the approaching primary election ! be properly enrolled on the club list of Iiis polling precinct. ? ? ? If in doubt on the morning of the thirtieth, voters of Laurens, cast your ballot for tlie home man for governor. Hampton In Hall of Fame. "The fondest hope of my life," said Col. IT. R. Hrooks, clerk of the su preme court and a distinguished vet eran, "is to see the statue of Wade Hampton placed in the hall of fame in Washington, .lohn C. Calhoun repre sents the civic side of South Carolina and Gen, Hampton represents the mil itary side." Col. Brooks thinks the statue should be placed l>y the state legislature through an appropriation. In speaking of the statute Col. Brooks said: "Let me say a word regarding (he greatest of latter day Carolinians. I want to see his statue In the hall of fame at Washington. While the State has already discharged, In part, her debt of gratitude to him by building a monument on the state house grounds, there is yet something more to be done. In the hall of fame at Washington each State is entitled to place statues to two of Its most dis tinguished dead. One of the two niches assigned to South Carolina has been filled with the statue of her greatest statesman. John C. Calhoun. Now, I would suggest, and urge It upon the legislature of the State, that the other niche be given to Wade Hampton, South Carolina's most distinguished soldier. His statue, more than that of any other. la entitled to the place. His effigy would be a fit companion piece to that of Virginia's peerless soldier, the lmmort*?l Lee."?The State Our line of Summer Goods Is com olcte nnd prices are reasonable. S. M. & E. H. Wllkes & Co. COOKING DEMONSTRATION. Miss Hyde's Work at Recent Gray Court Convention. At the two day's convention of the Laurens livestock and Dairy associa tion at Gray Court last week one of the instructive and valuable features was a practical demonstration in cooking by Miss Hyde of the domestic department of Winthrop college. Granting that the housewives of Laurens county are without exception experts in cooking and cunning con trivers of all manner of dainties, it is a gloomy fact that thousands of South Carolina women know little about preparing food for the table. While the number of homes afflcted by the soggy, yellow biscuit of the heavy weight class and the meats entombed In quagmires of grease is smaller than it was ten years ago and growing beautifully less all the time, there are perhaps 25,000 white women left in the State who have much kitchen lore to learn. What Is the use of making South Carolina the leading corn State of the South unless with the object of raising hogs, sheep and cows and why have a hog unless one knows how to make good sausage and cook spare-ribs? I The finest Jersey in the world pro duces a sorry excuse for butter if the dairy be not managed by a woman wh#njnderstands?and many a woman never can understand unless she be taught. The presence of Miss Hyde at the meeting of the farmers and their wives Is not less valuable than the presence of Doctor This or Professor That who is Informed in all the mys teries of making two ears of corn grow where but one has grown for the past two hundred years. Indeed, given a farmer's wife who is really a mistress of cooking and one of those farmers who can make '.hlngs grow will be produced out of almost any kind of raw material. Some men are driven to drink be cause they can't eat what is set be fore them three times a day.?The State. . * . .**=?***?*?********* { SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. f * I *?* * % * ** ** JMr * *V* *> .Miss Mary Todd was hostess at a five table bridge party Monday even ing in honor of Miss Campbell of Ala. Miss Todd was assisted in receiving by Miss Donie Counts. During the evening Marjorie Gelder gave some beautiful instrumental music, and Misses Todd and Wallace and Mr. Marvin Franks gave some vocal selec tions. Punch, cream and bonbons were served by Misses Amelia and Leila Todd and Anna Premiss. The guests were Misses Campbell, Minnie Wallace, Mable Wallace. Jes sie Courtney, Resale Watts, Josie Sul livan. Majorie Gelder and Donie Counts; Messrs Karl Wilson, Jim Dunkin. George Halle. W. G. Lancaster, Yancye Gilkerson. Torn Hay. Ossle Anderson, Mc. Irby, Ford Franks, and Marvin Franks of Charleston, ooo The chief social event of the week was the lawn party given Thursday evening by Miss Nannie Kate Hudgens at Springwood farm, the elegant country home of Capt. R. H. Hudgens and family of this city. The party was in honor of Miss Clarence McAl lum of Meridian, Miss., and Miss Lois Mahaffey of Texarkana, Ark.-Tex. Kight guests were invited and the oc casion was one of the most charming delightful affairs of the season. In the receiving line with the hostess and her visitors was Miss May Little, while the guests were met at the door by Mrs. W. K. Meng and Miss Emily Meng. Misses Caroline Roper and Dorothy Hudgens presided gracefully at the punch bowl. ooo On Monday evening Mrs. R. P. Milan) entertained a party of voting friends In honor of her visitor. Miss Mamie Ladd of Fairfleld. The pro gramme of entertainment included progressive up-jinks and other games. Dellclous cream and cake were served ooo A large and gay party of his little friends were entertained Thursday afternoon by Master Monteith Calne at the home of his mother, Mrs. Vir ginia Calne, South Harper street, ooo .Misses Hannah" and Maymie Tolborl had as their guests last week Misses Annie Lou Irby, of Woodruff: Louis Shell, of Spa it an burg; Louise Harris, and Laurie Gray, of Gray Court: Ma rion Cray, or Woodruff; Messrs Albert Cray, of Woodruff, and Hugh Cromer, of Abbeville. In honor of their visi tors, the Misses Tolbert gave a large reception Tuesday evening; Wednes day evening a "moonlight picnic" was given at Harksdale Springs by a con genial party of young men In com pliment to the Tolbert house party, and on Thursday evening Mrs. Dial Cray entertained In their honor, re ceiving a large number of the visitors' young friends and acquaintances in Laurens. To complete tho round of social delights, the Misses Tolbert car ried their friends to tho Gray Com, Owings Institute and picnic, held at Gray Court Friday. ooo i Quite a large party of young peo ple of the city enjoyed a moonlight picnic Monday evening at Thompson spring, a few miles above the chy, ooo Miss Isabel Suiiivan, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. 8ulllvnn enter tained sixty of her little friends Mon day afternoon from five to seven o'clock In celebration of her ninth birthday. Let us furnish the Mantels, Tile and Grates for that new house. We can save you money. 8. M. & B. $? Wilkes ft Co. OUR SPECIAL NOTICES. || For Sale?Eight-room house on 3 acre lot in town of Waterloo. Good water, orchard, bar? and outhouse. Price $2.500; terms easy. Apply to Mrs. Henrietta Wilcutt. Waterloo, S. S. 2-5t Notice Barbecue?I will furnish a first class barbecue dinner at Water loo on the 22nd day of August for the benefit of campaign meeting, as it will be at the town of Waterloo this year. Cold drinks will also be served on the ground. G. W. Long. 2-2t Notice?We are mixing a special fer tilizer for cotton, which can be used to advantage at Oils stage of its growth, where the cotton is yellow. We now also have a car of Nitrate of Soda. Laurens Oil Mill. Laurens, S. C. l-3t Notice?Byrdville Dairy and Stock Farm Jack is still in tine condition. The season is fight for fall colts. We also have 20 ptgs for sale. W. D. Byrd & Son, prop. Phone No. 10. Laurens, S. C. 1-tf For Sale?One General Electric Comany's 1% K. W. Generator. Very | fine condition. Will sell cheap. Apply to Advertiser Printing Co., Laurens, S. C. i-tf I Par-a-sit-clde cures itch in 30 min utes. Price 50 cents, sold by Young's' Pharmacy. CUntop; The Miller Co.. Cro?s Hill; Laurens Drug Co., Lau rens. 47-9t Wanted?Reliable, energetic man to sell Lubricating oils; greases and paints in Laurens atal adjacent coun ties. Salary or comrnissiou. Stetson Oil Co.. Cleveland, Ohio. 3-ltj ..Lost?Saturday, on square or West Main street, small/gold wishbone pin. Also small round pin set with rubies. Finder please rejrurn to Miss Ethel Cromer. 50!i West Main street, Lau rens, S. C. 3-lt Lost?White add lemon spotted Set ter bitch. Liberal reward to finder of returned to F. W. Green, Laurens. S. C. 3-lt Wanted?The voters of Youngs township to know that 1 am a can- ; didate for Magistrate and ask your support. Geo. T. Cook. :i-lt For Sale?One Llddell & Tomkins 25 H. P. engine. 30 H. P. boiler. Good as new. J. H. Davis. Clinton, S. C. R. F. D. No 3. 3-tf MANY TEACHEItS MA Hit Y. Wonderful Opportunities For Attrac tive and Eligible School Teachers. Spokane, Wash.. July 30.?Posi. tions await several thousand teachers in the public school in Washington. Oregon. Idaho and Montana, accord ing to Bruce M. Watson, superintend ent of schools in Spokane, who says that fully 500 will he required In this city next fall. There were 44S teach ers on the city's payroll last season, at salaries ranging from $.10 to $90 a month. One explanation offered for this un usual demand is that hundreds of teachers have left the profession the last few years to marry, while others entered other lines of work in the Northwest. "Hundreds of teachers from East ern States come to Washington every year who are qualified to teach when they arrive, having taught in other schools," said Dr. H. W. Allen, chair man of the board of education of Spo kane, "and this is true of Oregon, Ida ho. Montana and other States in the West. No statistics are available as to the exact number of teachers who obtain positions here each year, but It Is probably safe to say that 33 per cent of next year's force in this State will consist of teachers who are from Fastern and Central States, or of those who have had no previous experience.' "Statistics compiled In Iowa show that the teaching force of that State changes every three years, while of the 9.683 teachers receiving cert id eates in Kansas last year 3.300 had no previous experience. The many new schools opened in Washington and oth er Northwestern States each year, and i the added number of teachers needed, each succeeding year In all of our rapidly growing cities and towns, caus es an unusual demand for recruits to the teaching staffs. Because of the many opportunities in other lines of work a larger percentage of teachers leave the profession in this and other States in the Northwest each year than in Eastern states." The Southern's New Service. Greenville. July 30.?Electric motor Car service without the use of trolley wires or the third rail attachment is now being given on the line of the Southern Railway and the Blue Ridge Railway between Greenville and An derson, the intermediate territory be ing perhaps the most thickly settled milling section in the South, including the important points, Piedmont, Pel zer, Williamston, and BeSton. Only one motor car Is now operated and two round trips a day are made. Though a large number of stops are made the car has no trouble In mak ing the schedule time. The car now In use Im the property of the General Electric Company and will be used until two cars being built by that company especially for the Southern Railway are delivered. The new cars will provide seats for 57 passengers. The car Is run by eloctrlclty generated by a gasoline engine. The powerful machinery Is compactly placed In the forward end. It Is easily manlpu CANDIDATES' ANNOUNCEMENTS. | Fur The Legislature, I hereby announce myself a candi date for the legislature from Laurens county, pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Dem ocratic primary. Dr. M. EDWARDS. At the request of friends I hereby announce myself a candidate fo?* tho House of Representatives and promise to abide by the result of the Demo cratic primary election. W. R. RICHEY I am a candidate for reelection to the house of representatives from Lau rens county, and hereby pledge my self to abide the result of the Demo cratic primary. JARED D. SULLIVAN. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection to the legislature from Laurens county, pledging myself to abide the rules and regulations gov erning the Democratic primary elec tions. R. DUNK BOYD. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. ARCHIE WILLIS I hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representatives fro'o Laurens county; subject to tho results of the Democratic primary election. J. H. MILLER M. D. I hereby announce myself a candi date from Laurens county for tho House of Representatives subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. CLARENCE CUNINGHAM. For County Treasurer. I respectfully announce my candi dacy for the ofllce of county treasurer, my nomination being subject to tho rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. W. K. WASHINGTON I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the ofllce of county treasurer, pledging myself to abide by the result of the Demo cratic primary election. J. D. MOCK. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for nomination to the office of county treasurer, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary election. ROSS D. YOUNG. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection to the office of supervisor of Laurens county, subject to all the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. If elected I shall endeavor to render faithful ser vice. Respectfully H. B. HUMBERT. For County Commissioner. I announce myself a candidate for the otllco of County Commissioner for Laurens county subject to all the rules of the Democratic primary election. If elected will try to do my hon. rsf duty. W. B. FULLER. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection as a member of the board of county commissioners, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. T. Mc. ROPER. I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the office of county commissioner for Laurens county subject to rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary. W. f. BAILEY. For County Auditor. I am a candidate for the office of auditor for Laurens county, my nomi nation being subject to the rules of the Democratic primary election. W. T. DORROH. For Superintendent of F.ducntion. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for reelection to the office of county superintendent of educatipn of Laurens county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. GEO. L. PITTS. At the solicitation of friends, I here by announce myself a candidate for the ofllce of superintendent of educa tion of Laurens county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. CLARENCE BURDETTE. For Probate Judge. We are authorized to announce the name of O. G. Thompson as a candi date for the ofllce of Probate Judge, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. For Magistrate. I am a candidate for renomninatlon to the ofllce of magistrate for Laurens township, in tho Democratic primary election, pledging myself to abide tho results of the samo. JOHN M. HUDGENS. The friends of Mr. R. W. Nichols respectfully announce him as a can didate for the otllce of magistrate for Laurens township, Laurens county. South Carolina, and pledge him to abide the result of the Democratic primary. friends. lnted and the car is handled with per fect ease. The greatest Interest is felt throughout this section in the motor car and it is crowded every trip. The first day It was greeted by great crowds at every station. At one place a Citizen was so anxious to get a view that he left the barber's chair run ning to the station with his face cov ered with lather. The new service Is in nddltlon to the steam trains run between Green ville and Anderson and is expected to prove a great convenience. The operation of these cars, the first of their kind in the South, will be wutoh ed with great interest. Card of Thanks. I wish 10 extend many thanks to my friends for helping mo win the piano In the recent contest at Cross Hill. Realizing that It was onlv through their efforts and good wlil I won tho prlzo, 1 thank them. Nannie Goodman, Cross Hill, S. C. August 15th, 1910.