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TK GREAT PIEMT in the account .of the battyuct, given to President FlnW-y und otlwr officials of the Southern Stall way <tt Kewberry on the 2tfch inst.. tte following report was nude in the (CttCumbla "State" of the add reo? of Dr. II. k. Alken, of [Lauren8. who rcs|k>n4Sed on behalf of vjhe Pledtnonj: The "Great I'h-dnmiit. The.re were other good speeches, and J.m. Alken's is given In full, bo replete with philosophy is it. Ho said-. "My Xriends i know ami love die PiedmoiM section for I was born in it and have remained in . from choice. After having seen .something of all the sections the North, ihi l?ast. the West and Hie far Northwest thill u> gother irnke up this magnificent em pire called the railed States, l give it to you as my th liberate and sober opinion, after observation, that this '. Piedmont section of ours as a place In which (<? make and spend a life. Is not excelled by any other location to be found in the Known world, for its climate soil, advantages and re sources are a composite of tin' best mat exists anywhere else with a mjnlmum <>t iho undesirable things that Pfie d/w<? |)0l wan'. In "Aristotle, tWrpte/ or spme of tl'ose learned old Grcekfe casually 10 marked ?,0on years ago that "the land that produces luscious fruits and beautiful Cowers is likely also to pro duce brave men and noble women" -and 1 Offer you the Piedmont section pu an example! of the correctness of that obm i vation, Wouderful < irele. ^*?? '''That is a Wonderful circle our friend John Wood of the City of Success Is now printing on the re verse bid*; of every letter sr. vet leftV-, tilg Sunrtlltiburft showing; what is to be found within a ?O-mlle radius of his town. 1 will not tire you with statistics, nor the enumeration of well known facts, but only remind you that we of this section have therein the smallest percentage of foreign bom nopulution to be found 111 Amer ica. Its Citizens have the pride of ancestry In hardy Irish. Scotch and German forbears who civilized a rich wilderness and bequeathed us the noblest of all henrltoges, for "the best legacy a son can have is an honest ancestry and conditions that force him to work. Two generations of ease and Idleness will breed crime and poverty, while two generations oi intelligent sweat and shirtsleeves mean wealth."' "The Piedmont section ?fter., vari ety of nidi among hill, valley or moun tain, all abundantly watered, and an all.the-year round < innate l.uvlnp no superior. Why is it. then, if these things bo true, our waste places are not all reclaimed and our population as dense -is wo desire? That was a most instructive color mai published liy one of our dailies last week show l.ng where the increase of population had been greatest In the past decade for Jo lid values are in ratio with den sity of population. It was not in the North, not in the South, not yet in the middle West, bin in the alkali country yf the Southwest, the Pacific' coast and th?? high, mountain prairies of she \ irMiW' v. Tno extreme cold ~~ of tiiis latter section 's endured he cause of the nnttitnl fertility of the got) and the prollt resulting from the possibility of mbstitnt ln;t machinery for the more expensive hand lahoi in farming operations. Kven so great a handicap as the absence of water '?an by man's iug^ruitj he overcome and offset :>s witnessed by the in crease of Irrivatl-ni developments i:i tlie once :ii in. barren deserts of the West. Thes.0 hinds are deposits of lifh vOlcnnlc ash that needs only the substitute, for rah] to product! plant tM'owth ol ctidrmoti ? I/o and boun teous quvntit; We have the ralbs I)iid buy the uotash. They own Hi.: pot nidi iir.d buy (he w nor and Huts < onipenstith h i ret lot od, I,I bora Hi > of Nature. "Posslblj tire liberality of nature to S'l's its counter ;r,. in cer-i tain characteristics anil tendencies ln< growth Mjot it might lie well for us to guard against and avoid. \ fertilej soil, a mild Climate and varied na iiiial resources ?ro likely to result in superficial cultivation, habits of ovsv and i.'ici.'s.. and u lack oi con-' cei-'r: ti.)-i and |it|Hii Ihn* harder stir roundltivs 'iivtfrlnbly develop, !!*? cnuso wo Cen do so many things pnsr sabl.v Well, we are nol surpassingly proficient in iinytnlng. 'rno ! lea* shores and harr 'i\ soil of rugged New England have (ended to produce a hardy breed of enterprising mann 'fncturers, v.'hest princlptil raw mn'.o ?'ai '? :in chief (? pot: 'i ' -'i Southern 'I'd.ly. It) stead of being j :.l >u; of their success. lei us Imli tie and nd mire their enterprise and COttS ? pay ing trlbyl? 10 others lor what we can do fo- ourselves, Those urn so'r.o ol Hie roas< tut why prosp?ctlvo ??'Hern chf os" i11 no i'" "UfK a "i |>':*? forem <? to our own. Another Is the fund of r-L-i"f .ri.Ttri'Mi regarding ,tho South that has gained tcurrency and is hard ' .to ] ii<. With too many ?fa-nngers j [the inume is a nvnony-m for mules ?Mid -malaria. iikmmiuHocs and imoss hdioks, for ihookvoinms find tw.-nots' witfi Uo>' iiieguooa in peonage, and fire-eat lot colonels ? hose pi efcto. ?<?<> :s pistol r?ra<M'??(?. TIm> liest t?>*>v.or. "Tie boat >i.n?w r to M'Cll !-gn< i :in< Is tlx- Invitation 'come jttnd sec' T.o ? nai?!? prosper o'w to ''?? Hiis we nee'1 tiic friendly olllccs and nest 'acui ties thai the corporate Interests op ei vtlnti "ii rail > a> s am us Lo( us accord these a square denl and I.at mutual cooperation without which dlversilled Industries can not ho fostered. Surrounded as we are with so many opportunities for pro (Itahle Investment and hut limited capital ol oui own. we need the as sistance \>hi< !i the financial Interests of all other st et Ions can and will lend us when jiusurcd of fair treat mini and not .too yuuch advoisc legislation, "Th" time a;\d eloquence we ?vaste | n ;h0 IWftllUe f>! polities ear he con served by biennial sessions of our law maker* and a hour-year term :'.?: gov ernors apd other, ftate offic/rs. We could then de-ote more attention t< iniernpl Improvements, as of roads,! urban conditions We might :'lso cu'Mvntc more tolerance for 'he opin ions of others who differ with us for the best recipe for having friends Is he one. Pence has her victors no i less renowned than those of war. and as we stand tonight upon the thresh hp|<| of fhi.t happy season when Peace mi eftl'thj gQO(] will to men' should girdle the earth like the halo about the head of a snlnt, sec1,re In Ibe knowledge that It Is a fair held and no favor, for no land is more highly favored of God than our own Piedmont section. We can register our elttry in the race for commercial and industrial supremacy with confi dence in the outcome. What fore? Only this: "If we mean to succeed to make anything go, It won't do to guess; our need is to know. There are plenty of people cumber ing the ground. Who think they move on when they only move round. "'Have a purpose and see that our aim is worth while; Don't chase .1 ack.o'-lanterns for mile after mile. Know your course, toe the mark and be ready to run. He off at the signal, the race once begun, Co ahead like the arrow that Hies from the bow; Don't weaken, don't waver. don't wobble, just go.' " I IN MEMORlAM. I Mrs. Carrie I.. Dai is. At the "eilest of Miss Ally Davis Of Columbia, The Advertiser publishes the following notice of the ih'ath of her mother. Mrs. Carrie I,, Davh: Mrs. Carrie Davis, widow of Mr (J L Davis, Sr. died October 12. 1010. Mrs Davis was formerly Miss Cai rn- L Sexton. She was born in I'nlotl ; county July 19, 1WJ. she married Mr. Davis February 13, ISCS Mr. Davis was also a native of I'nlon I county, lie was born September ::. 1843 and died November 19 1. Mr and Mrs Davis had lived a long and happy Ufr? together. They w. ie mopil.ers of I.iuigsiof: Haptis) church since IS9fi and they were hoi h laid to r(v ; in I.angston cemetery It uns sad to . lib in go but when !ho lasi caiiio, the ;'ri"nds and relativ.-., could only sa>Phy will bo dope." They left ton children and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their deaths. Mr Dayls has one sist.-r. Mrs. jl. F, Hobo ol Spartanburg and one sister in I ? s.i -. V rs I. II. Spearman The following are their children; Mrs Austin \bbecromblo Wnoreoj p< \ .], (i I avm. I.atirens; Mr. Wallet \. ()nvlih Clinton; Mr, Jason A. Davis. Mr. F, L, Donnan, Mr .1. Fincber Davis. Laurens; Mr. Victor w. Davis. Clinton; Miss Mice I.. Davis, Colum bia; and Vir Lander Davis Clinton, Saud Prolll Awful Dentil. How an appalling calamity in his family was prove.il??d >s told by A. D. McDonald, of Fayot tcvllle. \. >'. ){. f.\ I). No. s. "My sister had consumption," lie writes, "she was \ery thin and pale had no Appetite mid seemed to grow weaker every day. as all rcntOdlOM fail ed, till Dr. King's Now Discovery was tried, ami so completely OUfell her. that she has no' been troubled with ii cough slijco, its the best medicine I over saw or heard of." For coughs, colds, lagrippe. nstbma, ero\ip, hem Qrrhago, all bronichlal troubles, it has I no equal, .10??., $1,00, Trial bottle froe, I Guaranteed by Laurons iu.ig Co. and I Pa) motto i ?mg Co. 1911 Da Ymi Owe Uc Aaythiof? ff Sa, Vom Know What to Uo. 1911 1911 No floods Charged from Jaaaary 1st. 1911, to March Ist, 1911. Davis OUTFITTERS FOR ALL MANKIND WATCH! WATT!! [JSTEN!!! New Resolutions, New Aspirations, New Methods, New Hopes, New Plans. Every Three or Four Years we take time to breathe. To get our breath, to sum up, to inaugL.'ate new plans, to study the situation, to investigate conditions, to enlarge, to plan for bigger and better things. This is wisdom, not only for us but for all. Besides every January we have our usual Grand Hill End and White Goods Sales, and Stock-taking. Then off to the Markets for New Spring Goods. Now in order to do all these things we have decided to sell only for CASH during the months of JANUARY and FEBRUARY. We rea= lize this will not cause any hardships to our many friends and cus= tomers, as the country is in good condition and people have plenty of money to satisfy their immediate wants. So please remember that everything will be sold for Spot Cash Until March 1st, 1911. We will have the greatest array of Bargains we have ever had and you will be only too glad to avail yourself of such an oppor= tunity to spend your cash. Wf a ? A 1 I All accounts are due and we ask all of our friends and customers nlnTlf'fr* ttl^fl' wno owe us t() caH al once a"d arrange their accounts at IWUVV STKKW earliest possible moment. WITHOUT DOUBT This has been our biggest and best Fall in our 20 years experience, and we wish to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation for your liberal patronage. Wishing all a happy and a most prosperous New Year, we are with deepest gratitude. Davis-Roper Company If You Owe Is, Remember We Owe the Other Fellow and We Want to Pay Him. Promptness Will be Appreciated. Outfitters for All Mankind Laurens, S. C. People We Owe arc Writing: "Please Remit." And we are Asking Our Friends to do Likewise.