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Wfe gfoberttser Subscription Price Is 91.00 per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One cent a word. Entered at tn? postofllce at Laurens, 8. C. as second class mail matter. LATHENS, S. C, JUNE 2?, 1011. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of nil the communities In the county. Cor respondents arc requested to sign their name to the contrl tuitions. Letters should not be mailed later than Monduy morn ing. Laurens has a well organized "boosting" club. (Had to see it. The old city on tho hills has been a little slow, but she is coming. Now let us all join In "boosting" Clinton. Sure Bhe's Climbing steadily, but there's nothing like a little soda In the dough. Clinton Qazette. ? '? ? The Advertiser is in receipt of a communication from H. Sampson, pro prietor of tho near beer saloon, en titled "My Answer." As the article is rather lengthy and oame In rather late we arc unablo to pubPsh it in this issue. However, we will publish tin entire letter in next week's paper. ? * ? v ? would Impress upon correspond ents the necessity of placing Signa tur? s to their letters. Very often we art forced to throw contributions in to the waste basket which wo would really like to publish, but which have no names signed to them. Such a con tribution came from Reedy Grove this week. Please sign your name to th< articles sent In. ? ? ? We have persistently refused ever since the hill was passed to attempt to get "off anything in this column about the marriage license bill, which u-ofr into effect Saturday, and we do not expect to break our silence. For our part if we are ever put face to face with the proposition, we will take our medicine like a man and go up and plank the dollar down. ? ? ? While Laurens county can 111 afford to lose from her soil such men as Jas. D. Burton, engaged In extensive Y. M. C. A. work in the railroad city of Oakdale, renn., and many others who are missed from the family hearthstones, it Is always a pleasure for The Advertiser to make note of the great work that they are doing and to let the old home folks know that the boy of their youth is accomplishing son., thing worth while In the world. ? ? ? Although the Camden Chronicle gives us credit for the inspiration to change the make-up of Its excellent paper, by taking advertisements from th< front pago, wo are quite sure that they must have had the Idea in view all along. We were agreeably surpris ed when we opened the Chronicle last W< ? k, to Olid Mat thi' change had been made. The Chronicle Is a much bet te; looking and a much more newsy paper than before and. now with its n> ? equipment, it is in a position to take a lead in its field. Having gone to the expense of providing its pa trons with such an excellent paper, it d'-serves an even larger and better patronage than it has enjoyed here tofore. ? ? ? THE HOSPITAL. file Lauten? County Hospital is an Institution which should he given ev > rj encouragement and aid by the peo |)1< Of this city and county. It is an Institution which many larger and more prosperous cities are crying for nml which many more would be only too glnd to support. These two ln dh 8 have undertaken to give us what should prove a real blessing to a great many people who have been hereto fore unable to receive proper atten tion aud everybody in the county should make it a point to make It "our hospital." Hardly a week passes but that some one is carried to some other city in the state to get the ben eflt of hospital attention and these pa tients now should be carried to our own institution whenever the physi cians think the case demands it. Many more things are still needed at the building and gifts of any nature will be accepted. It Is going to be a hard rood to travel*to get tho institution on Its feet and we should all join to gether to put It on a Arm foundation. ? ? ? CALL FOR A RE.IIEARING Concerning the Princeton School matter, to which we referred at length In these columns last week, we take pkasure (n reproducing a short ex tract from The Greenville News: The Reporter's Position. "In the course of hid dally rounds, the reporter called at the ofllco of the Supervisor of Education in quest of news and was furnished with facts, views, opinions et cetera con tained In the two stories referred to by The Advertiser. As no one repre senting the Laurena County school of ficials or the residents of Columbia school district favoring the annexa tion of the strip of Dunklln town ship to Sullivan school district could be found, their side of the question was not touched upon In the news stories. Had the reporter been able to find any one of them this side of the question would have received the same attention ns the other. The only Interest the reporter had in the (piestion was Us mere adapta bility to a news story and, as In all other cases, endeavored to give a truthful and Impartial account of the affair, as It was related to him." While we would not for anything at tempt to advise The News as to what It should do, The Advertiser does be lieve that The News has in Its hands the power to demand a rehearing on this matter. The editor of The News Is a busy man, we know, and this Is a very small section of Greenville County, but It's a part of It just the same. Princeton High School is of fering to a number of Greenville coun ty citizens benefits which they cannot enjoy In their own county (unless bet ter provisions are made) and we are sure that The News would not willing ly look Idly on Olid see this chance taken away from them. We would assert again, though, less there be some misunderstanding of the position of Laurens County, that Princeton will receive some benetlts by the Incorporation. Hut the bene tlts are justly hers, nevertheless, for she is already receiving and will con tinue to receive, Columbia district children in her school whether this matter is settled satisfactorily or not. We would not havo the people of Greenville County to believe that Princeton will he imposed upon. County Superintendent of Education Pitts has pone to a considerable amount of trouble and .'.xpense having this section surveyed and in attend ing to other matters In connection with it. and we believe that it would indeed he a pleasure for him to know that his plans for the education of the children in the vicinity of Prince ton would he carried out. Supt. Davis has given the impression all along that he would he in favor of the in corporation and it came quite as a surprise to those Interested here when his vote on the matter became known. ? ? ? THE FIRE WAGON AGAIN. We were not aware before that ne groes were members of the City Fire Department. When the lire wagon started out Saturday morning, with that pair of slim-legged borrowed an imals, there were three of them hang ing on behind. Hesldes the regular members of the fire department and these three negroes there must have been a half dozen other men perched on 'he wagon. In addition to all this weit.' ? the wagon weighs two l<>n.< Now. how can It be expected for our horses to gel t > fires with much speed or without a terlous drain on their Strength. Where is there a farmer in this county who would run his horses at a gallop for half a mile with live thousand pounds as a load? It might perhaps appear that The Advertiser is taking upon itself the duly of regulating and directing the lire department, hut it is not trying to take that role. Every member of the lire department will agree that all of these people should not be allowed on there every time the fire hell rings. They arc absolutely in the way at a lire and only serve to hinder the lire men in their work. Tho department has made some splendid inns within the past few weeks, and is getting in better shape as the weeks go by, but they are greatly hampered when they are crowded out when the lire Call comes. We would offer a suggestion to the company Itself, which we believe would help in gettng off from the en gine house a little quicker. This sug gestion is to help do away with the great excitement around the fire house door every time the hell rings. Sat urday morning the horses became so frightened and disconcerted that it took quite a deal of time to get them to go out at all. This was caused by the swarm of people who crowded around the door, when the hell rang. It happens all the time and while these strange horses were delayed a little longer than usual this time, we have noted from our window that there Is more or less of delay every time from this same cause. The sugges tion we would make Is that the mo ment the bell rings the doors should be closed and the lights turned on In side in order to see how to harness up. Then when everything Is ready let the doors swing open and the horses go out without excitement. This would have to be practiced to get the horses used to it, but it Is better than the plan now followed and is n plan that Is followed In great many larger ci ties. While we have rambled along so far on the Are department question. The Advertiser wishes to bring another matter up for the consideration of the insurance paying people of the city. That is the matter of a fire alarm sys tem Those who are familiar with tin Insurance tariffs will toll you that the installation of a fire alarm system hero wi" save the eJty Insurance premium payers, (not the tax payers) ten per cent of what they are paying now As they are now paying about $50,000 the saving would be about $5,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the cost of a system Is $:i,000 so it can be readily seen that this is a saving of quite a nice/sum of monev even the .Irst year that It Is Installed. These statements are not stated as authoritative, but we believe that If the question is look ed into it will he found that they are correct. Qoing back though to those negroes and non-members of the lire depart men! on the fire wagon, the practice ought to be stopped. ? ? ? MUTUAL BENEFIT. Following a suggestion that The Advertiser threw out some weeks ago that the equipment on the early morn ing and late trains to and from Co lumbia over the C, N. & L. railway should be mproved, The Daily Rec ord, after a few introductory remarks, had the following to say: "The ecpiipment of the C, N. & L. is not what we would like to see It. It Is doubtless not what President Childs would like to have. Further. It is probably not what the C, N. & L. hopes to have in the near future. It must be remembered that this road has not had the advantage of the tre mendous financial hacking that other lines in the State have enjoyed, and that the roadbed is light and there lore heavy equipment cannot be safe ly bandied on it at present. The increasing business which this road is receiving warrants the belief that its equipment will he improved as rapidly as conditions justify. We say this on our own responsibility and Without consultation with President Childs. At the same time it is only fair to say. and it has been upon our mind for some time to say. that the management of the C, N. & L. and the management of the C. & W. C. deserve very great commendation for the sta tions which they have recently erected at several points on their lines. The C. & W. C. has spent several hundred thousand dollars in the improvement of its terminals in Greenville and the depot there would be a credit to any road. The satlon at I.aurens is equally as creditable, and the same may be said of the stations at Clin ton and Little Mounain. These buildings have been erected with a view to permanency, and if they are kept tip as they should be, which we do not doubt will be done, their pres ence will be a gratification for many years to come." The Advertiser is not. one among that very numerous set of people who believe that the rail runds are heart less corporations and are run with the sole view of persecuting those who have to use them. On the contrary we believe that we are somewhat more generous in our views towards rail roads and such than most people. We realize that they have invested capi tal that must show returns and to do this they must practice as much econ omy as the business of the systems will allow. But coming to tho C, N. & L. railway in particular, we agree with The Record on several points and. while it cannot be said that we entire ly disagree on several others, there are some points around which we slightly llffer.As ^egiTd the roadbeds inability to withstand heavy traffic, wo believe that the people along the line would be entirely satisfied with the rolling stock on the early morning and evening trains if it was as good .is (hat Oil tho midday ttain run by the Coast Line. The roadbed stands that train so it stands to reason that it COUld support another heavy train. As to the flnatu ial backing, while the editor of The Advertiser has not reached that stage yet where he can talk with much authority about big financial affairs, it seems to him nev ertheless that railroad backing could generally be gotten if the prospects for returns seem bright enough. In this case it seems to us that a bet terment of the rolling stock, better ment of the schedule ami a little more well directed advertising would bring to the C N. & L. and Its allied lines far greater returns in passenger traf fic than they are getting now. It seems to us then that with these prospects it woud be reasonable to suppose that the roads could get fan capital. We would call the attention of The Record to the fact that although now the schedule on these lines Is one hour shortor than on The Southern railway between Greenville and Columbia, that the great majority of the people go the other way. We can explain this In no other way than by laying it at the feet of poorer service. As to the new stations and improve ments along the line we can join with The Record in giving to these roads due credit for them. They are a cred it to the railroads, and speaking for Laurens, they are the pride of the towns that have them. We have no ill feeling against these two railroads. We enjoy very friend ly business relations with them: both railroads hold advertising contracts w'th ur In return for which we are is sued transportation, or what The New berry Observer would term, "passes" and though the railroads get possibly more Iii return for the deal than we do, still we are sttisQed to put up with It. But, neverheless, we feel that these morning and afternoon trains could be improved by these two roads work ing in conjunction and the people along them are justified in making some kind of request to have better accommodations. It might be said that the people of Greenville, Lau rens, Clinton and Newberry would be just as proud of a new train as they are of the new stations for It makes anyone feel good to see a fine train roll Into the local station. The people along the C., N. & L. and the C. & \V. C. would be almost as well pleased as the railroads themselves to see the traffic that goes by the Southern turn ed this way. We believe an Improvement In the service would result In an Improve ment of traffic and consequent better feeling all around. I/AURENS MAX INVOLVED. John Young Fowler Victim of Unfor? tunate Circumstances?An Alabama Fend Ends Fatally. Hon. R. A. Cooper, solicitor of this the eighth judicial circuit, and a mem ber of the law arm of Simpson. Coop er & Habh, returned Friday from a vslt to Anniston, Alabama. Mr. Coop er's visit to the Alabama city was made at the instance of Mr. M. H. Fowler who received a letter a few days ago from an Anniston law firm stating that his son, John Young Fow ler, was in jail there, having been committed along with vseveral others charged with murder. Mr. Cooper with the assistance of Fowler's coun sel, arranged for the execution of a cash bond which was promptly fur nished by the defendant's father, Mr. M. H. Fowler, upon the return to the city Friday morning of Mr. Cooper, and later in the day a telegram was received stating that the young man bad been1 released from jail, I Us case does not come up for trial until October. Of course the family and friends of John Young Fowler were greatly shocked upon the receipt of the news of his being involved in what appears to have been a family feud of long standing. According to the court rec ords and the information obtained by Mr. ('of)per relative to the case, it seems that Mr. Fowler is the victim of circumstances and the charges against him are without foundation in fact. Briefly stated, Fowler was In the employ of a citizen named pierce who operated a sawmill and practiced dentistry In the county of Calhoun. sixteen mifes distance from Anniston. For sometime a feud had existed be tween Fierce and a family by the name of Kennedy. Last January the Ken nedys closed up a road which had been used by Pierce. The latter, thereupon went before the. court of the county and obtained an order giving him au thority to reopen the road. On Jan uary 16 Pierce, accompanied by his hands, including Mr. Fowler, pro ceeded to the scene of the obstructed highway for the purpose of clearing It out. Anticipating trouble some of the Pierce party carried guns along. Their expectations were well founded, It seems, for upon their arrival at the scene they met the Kennedy clan who were also armed and a pitched battle ensued without delay. As a result Kennedy and one of his sons were killed. Pierce and his men were ar rested, charged with the crime. At the preliminary hearing witnesses swore that Fowler did not shoot at all If he had n gun, while others tes tified that he nad no gun. However, he was held for trial, but on motion of his attorneys the case of Fowler was continued until next fall. Young Fowler belongs to a large and Influential family of 1.aureus County. Alter the tloatll of his moth er which occurred when he was a small hoy. he lived with his grand parents near Mount Pleasant church until he was about grown. He was a popular young fellow, a loyal friend and was generally liked by all who knew him. A few years ago he dec hi ed to cast his fortunes in another clime, and It was generally under stood that he was getting on In the world very well, for he was hard working and was never known to shirk duty. His friends in Laurens will wish for him a prompt acquittal of the charge now hanging over him as It appears that he was In no way responsible for the alleged feud and the sequel thereto. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 28th day of July, I will render a final accodnt of my acts and doings as Administra trix of the estate of James Irwin, de ceased, In the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o'clock, a. m.. and on the same day will apply for a final discbarge from my trust as,Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate are notified aed required to make pay ment on that date: and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or bo forever barred. Fannie Irwin, Administratrix. June 28, 1911.?1 mo. ******** ****************** f CROSS HILL NEWS | ** % * ******** **** ****** * *** Cross Hll, June 25.?Miss Nannie Goodman of Cross Hill and Mr. W. M. Henderson of Waterloo were married last Wednesday June 21st at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. B. Goodman, the Rev. J. A. Martin offi ciating. Mr. Louis Hanna returned last Thursday with his bride. He was mar ried on Wednesday the 21st to Miss Kate Manheim at the home of the bride's parents, Marion, S. C. They will be at home to their friends at the Chapman cottage on Main street this city. Messrs. J. W. Koon and H. L. Mc Swain together with some friends from Laurens llshed with a seine in Saluda river Monday of last week and caught more than two hundred pounds Some of the carp weighed 20 lbs .and one cat-flsh weighed six pounds. Misses Gertrude and Leonora Lea man attended commencement exercis es at the Thornwell Orphanage school the past week. Messrs J. W. Pinson. C. D. Nance and J. H. Rasor accompanied by friends went to Augusta. Ga. last Sun day in their autos. They left here at six o'clock and arrived at Augusta at ten. They had had luck on the return trip, got in a mud hole and when near ly home one wheel smashed. Misses Georgia, Lucile and Mary, children of Rev. G. M. HolingSworth will go to Llthonia, Georgia, this week to visit their grandmother and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Holingsworth speak of going on later in their au tomobile. Mrs. R. P. Wade and little daughter returned last Saturday from a pleas ant visit to relatives In Spartanburg. Miss Bettle Hill of Helton visited relatives here last week. There was a family reunion at Mr. John C. Hills on Friday. Misses Martin and McDanlel, friends of Miss Ella Mae Martin are Gross Hill visitors. Mrs. .1. I). Austin of Clinton spent the week end with relatives in town. More Cotton Blooms. The Advertiser is in receipt of sev eral more early cotton blooms. Out Is from M. V. Manly, of Gray Court, which was found on the 18th. Another was received from 10. B. Bolt, Gray Court No. 3, which was found June 22. The first bloom, as was cited in last week's paper, came from the Held of Mr. C. D, Nance, Cross Hill. Who will bring the first open boll? There Is one medicine that every family should be provided with and es pecially during the summer months; viz, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It Is almost cer tain to be needed. It costs but a quar ter. Can you affard to be without It? For sale by all dealers. ? SPECIAL NOTICES. ? Wanted?A horse of good size, gen tle and suitable for a lady to drive. II. Y. Simpson. 48-2t Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes for July planting. Grow well plant ed after grain. $1.75 per bushel. 44?5t. pd. Win, P. Harris, Owings, S. C. The Byrdrlllo Dairy and Slock Farm still have their Jack. The season is now open. This last year's work is showing up fine. Sen him. before hi ee<ling elsewhere. Will take care of mares over night for those from a distance. Kee $12.50 living colt. Phone No. 10. Laurens R. F. D. No. 3. W. I). Byrd and Son 40-tf For Sale?Fifty bushels Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes. Best fall potatoes on earth.' Price $1.75 per bushel. / W. c. Wharton, 11 5t. Waterloo, S. C. For Sale (or Kxehnnge for Real tes tate, or Securities), one 30 h. p., I cylinder Maxwell Touring'Car. Com plete with Top, and Windshield. In perfect order and dally Ose. Demon stration given. II. K. 1 Alken, Lau rens, S. C. 47 tf. For Sale??octhWOSt Georgia farms. No liner lands, no better vrlces. We speak from personal knowledge. Write today for new list. Epton & Swltzer, Spartanbcrg, S. C. 47 5t. South Georgia Harms. Improved and unimproved. Large or small tracts, In touch with railroads and good towns. In applying, Wayne and Pierce Counties. A farming section developing rapidly on account of splendid soli and good health. Farms still cheap. Write us for list and partculars. Albert Fondlg & Com pany, Brunswick, Oeorgla. 48-2t-pd Notice?For good and substantial repairing and blacksmith work, go to Llndley's Shop, In the rear of Chlld ress and Bolt & Hudgens stables. Quick service. Florae shoeing a spec ialty. A good place to hitch. 48-2t-pd LEARN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS* Take a thirty days Practical conrso In our well equipped Machine Shops and learn the Automobile business, and accept good positions. CHAR. LOTTE AUTO SCHOou. Charlotte, N. C Automobile Insurance Against FIRE From Any Source, in any location in United States and Canada (Floater) at $20.00 per $1,000. This policy in written by the Springfield F. and M. Ins. Company of Mass. A company with $4,600, 000 surplus and $9,960,000 total resources and which has been doing business since 1849 and has paid out nearly $50,000,000 in losses during that time. I want to insure every Automobile in Laurens county or adjoining coun ties. This is absolutely the best policy on the mar ket. J. J. ADAMS, Agt At Bank of Laurens LAURENS, S. C. TRADE WITH US We carry a Full Stock of Goods and can Please You. We offer this week 16 lbs. Whole Grain Rice for $1.00. We have a few bushels of Peas left to close out. $2.25 for the Speckled and $2.50 for the Unknown. Call on us for Cane Seed, Millett Seed, Bunch and Pole Bean Seed. Try a sack of Corno Hen^ Feed. 50 lbs. for only $1.25. Good Broom for 25 cents. J. H. SULLIVAN Laurens, S. C. Ideal for the home, be cause it's safe. Not like beer, but with a refreshing "mixed-fruit'1 taste. For the Children when they are warm and tired. AT MEALS Ironbecr will add a relish to every dish. FOR COMPANY in the afternoon or evening; easily served and greatly en joyed ON PICNICS drink it right out of the bottle. Order a Case To-day Put up and bottled by Coca Cola Bottling: Co. Laurens, S. C. Dr. Qeo. N. Bunch DENTIST Gray Court, S. C.T Phone 23 Hottrj 6 to