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tKfje gfchert&er Subscription Price If $1.00 per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANt , Laurent, 8. C. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of 'banks t One cent a word. Entered at tb? poBtofllce at Laurens, 8. C. as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. ( ., SEPT. 18, 1011. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news ol all the communities in the county. Cor respondents are requested to sign their name io the contri butions Letters should not bo mulled later than Monday morn ing. Clear the deck and let the battle be between Ira B. Jones and Cole L. Blease. ? ? ? Even the Parraers'Union Sun is get ting the hase ball fever. Look among the paragraphs in the latest issue. ? ? ? The News and Courier had a head line yesterday "Water Pumped Out of Bessie Whiting." Boor Bessie! ? * ? When Dr. Harms arose to speak Monday morning, the Inevitable ques tion was heard to come from the la dies in an excited whisper, "Is he married? Is he married?" ? ? ? Announcement Is made here that the city of Union is to have free mail delivery Inaugurated December I. This Will mark another step in the growth of Union, which in the last 12 months, has witnessed many improvements in augurated that will make it a more attractive town. Laurens Is right along With Union, and will have city mail delivery inaugurated at the same time. ?Spartanburg Herald. Wrong! Laurens is right ahead of Union. Mail has been delivered by carriers here for some time. In fact, ever since September 1st. ? ? ? In the letter written to Dr. W. II. Dial by A. 1>. Hopkins. Special agent of the United States Department of Agriculture In charge of the forest insect investigations, he states that the department is endeavoring to bring about a meeting of the Laurens county farmers to give them advice and instructions In the most economi- 1 cal and effective methods of combat ing the pine hark beetle pest. As Laurens county has many large In tested areas of this kind it is very j important that some steps he taken to get rid of tii.> pest. The Depart-1 rnent of Agriculture Is now offering to educate us as to the proper meth ods to follow in destroying them and we should :.i'l them in getting up a large audience to hear the matter dls- \ cussed. We suggest that such a meet- 1 ing bo liold during the county fair, when the people are already here and when they can attend without being Seriously inconvenienced. However .in order that the people of the county might post themselves on the methods of eradication, we are to day publishing the instructions sent out by Mr. A. D. Hopkins and we hope that those people whose trees are now suffering from the pest will read them carefully and act In the man Tier suggested. It would not be entirely Impossible for these beetles to get such a head way on us that every one of our pine trees would be killed. Not only would it be possible hot It Is very probable that this will take place unless we take steps to end the ravages this fall. ? ? ? OUR SCHOOLS. We would Imagine that the super intendent and the teachers of our nchool would become discouraged at the very beginning of the school year when a very attractive program Is ar ranged and a noted educator is pro cured for an address and then very few patrons turn out to wish them well In the year of work before them. Even though an attractive program had not been arranged for the "School Ilally" Monday morning, it seems us If the parents of the children would have turned out in larger numbers to aee the work of the year begun and to get acquainted with those who are io direct the thoughts of their chil dren for the better or for the worse. Though the past work of our own teachers Is proof sufficient that the children will be guided In the proper paths, it has not always been so elso here and if the patrons were to be me early acquainted with the teach ?> our schools would not long be .Vened with Incompetent and alm j^XtacherH. Our patrons and our ji. should be brought closer into tfNh each other that both might work together to the better equipment of the children in the work before them. We people of Laurens should be and many of ua are very proud of our schools. It ia a recognized fact among the educatora of South Carolina that our building is one of the moat mod ern and, thanks to Mr. Jones, one of the moBt beautifully equipped in the atute. We have -been for several years very fortunate iii the selection of our teachera and we now have a corps of teachers which Is working as a har monious whole in the cause of edu cation. To Supt. Jones we are large ly Indebted. He Is a tireless worker for the schools and has succeeded, largely through I1I3 own initiative but at the same time With a great deal | of assistance from his teachers and more or less from his students, in beautifying the exterior and Interior of our modern building so that it has become, as Dr. Harms said Monday, "a model for the other schools of the state." Like the Charleston.ans. when they are twitted about their city be ing slow, antiquated and behind the times and who are always able to re tort that their city Is the banker for South Carolina, so can we of Laurens boast of our schools when any slight ing remarks are made as to our much ly regretted backwardness in other things. We ought to be proud of our schools and?most of us are. In this connection it might not bo amiss to suggest that Supt. Jones is anticipating the support which he re ceived last year In his activities in connection with raising money for the school, it will be remembered that Mr. Jones cleared over $700 last year out of the Lyceum course and other attractions. The entertainments were enjoyed by those who attended and doubtless much'of good was gotton from them. It is to be hoped, there fore, that Inasmuch as the cause Is a good one and entertainments aro well worth the small charges made for them, that he will be enthusiastically supported during the coming year. The plea that Dr. Harms made with the children to become workers and not idlers seems to us to have been particularly appropriate In Laurens. Dr. Harms urged above all other things that the children be not idle. To our minds at once arose the thought that ha? often occurred to us and which has been heard to come from the lips of many others. That thought was that in Laurens there seems to be more genuine loafers than in any other place that it ha- been our fortune to be In, While It may be true that our travels have not been extensive as many another, still we have been around some and it seems to us that there are more young men [ without any visible means of support, than that which they get from their elders, than in any other city which we have been In. We do not under stand it. It cannot he said that a streak of laziness runs through the j blood of the people here for most of them are hard and steadfast workers. ] It seems that some of them have not been properly impressed with the hon- i o'r and the rewards of work or more j possibly still they have .not been brought face to face with the neces- j sity 01 work. Anyhow. It seems that j more than the usual number of idlers | are found here than elsewhere. We take the stand that Rev. Mr. McGeo took Monday when he was called on. after the address of Dr. Harms, to sjieak a few words on be half of the ministry of the city. Mr. McGee said that he had too much sense and good taste than to try to com ment on Dr. Harms" address. While we do not admit Mr. McCee's asser tion a to himself we do admit that he "expressed our sentiments exact ly." However, we do feel that we would be doing our duty If we did not second Dr. Harms' plea for compul sory education. In bringing out this point, he used an Illustration with a very pathetic setting. It was that of the ?raveling preacher who was riding through one of the counties of our own state. If we remember correct ly, aa the traveler was just going into one of our county seats a negro boy was seen sitting on the side of the road with a white boy, somewhat his elder, peering over the negro'a should er at something in the latter's lap. He passed, but wondered what the two boys were doing. Returning later, he found the little negro still near the game place. He rode up to him and stopped. He then askefl him what he and the white boy had been doing when he passed some time before. And the negro replied "Well, mister, you know dat boy alnt got no education. I was Just Wrltln' for him a letter to his gal." We believe that the story was a true one. Even though it had only been intended as an illustration, It Is true to life. Tho negroes of this state are thirsting for education and many of them ,ln fact more of them than white ones ,aro getting It. Where Is the little negro boy now that can not read and write? And then how many o! our white boys Ire not at tending school and how many of them never hava attended school? While the boys of oiir rural districts are hav ing more/ and more advantages and more an/d more of them are taking advantage of their opportunities, many and many of the boys and girls of our mill villages are starving their minds and growing up in ignorance. White parents who will not send their chil dren to school ought to be made to send them . Let it not be understood that we are* opposed to the negroes getting educa tion too. We favor giving them every opportunity that they might better their own condition and solve their own problems, but we must have our own white children educated. MILLINERS HAVE RETURNED. With the Advent of September came the Ladies who arc to be, the Arbi ters of Fashion for the Next Fen .Mouths. The ladies of the city and of the county will doubtless be glad to learn that the millinery stores of Laurens have been fortunate enough to pro 0???*e for the coming season the same milliners which they had last year. Miss Gertrude Lipscomb, who has been with Switzer Company for sev eral years, was the llrst to return to the city and has already begun to "shape up" the hats and trimmings. Miss Evelyn Ames, who was with I i vis Roper for the first time last s> i son. returned to Laurens several days ago and is now putting bats on dis play and getting ready for the fall trade. Miss Louise Chilcote. who in augurated Minter's first millinery season last year and who won a great many friends while here, returned to the city Monday evening and entered upon her duties yesterday morning. The buyers for the different stores made an exhaustive search of the mar kets while In the North and are bet ter prepared than ever to supply the home people with hats and other "ac coutrements." They have learned that the way to keep {he trade of their home people at home is to buy the very latest In styles and patterns so that no need would he felt for Lau erns people to go to other cities in search of the fashionable things. With this in mind they purchased with a view of keeping Laurens money in Laurens. No doubt the home mer chants will enjoy a larger percentage of the higher class of trade than they have ever enjoyed before. The Thorns ell Orphanage. The Thornwell Home and Schools for Orphans ,1s the name of the Pres byterian Orphanage under the control of the synods of South Carolina. Geor gal. and Florida, and is one that hopes to share in the benefit of orphan-work day. It may Interest the readers of this paper to know that the Orphanage was begun some thirty-seven yean* ago with a half-dollar, the gift of an orphan: that It was opened wirb four little hoys and four little girls: that it has no agent, neither are any as sessments made for Its support by the church; nor any days appointed for collections .being wholly dependent itpon the voluntary gifts of benevo lent people. It now has sixteen cot tage homes, with some :?<" orphans, with ten teachers in the schools, with a matron in each cottage. It has a farm, a shoe-shop, a carpenter and nchlne shop, a steam laundry and other industrial departments In which the children are taught trades. All o fthe children do something toward their support anl In the aggregate they save to the home, by this labor, net less than $ 1 "..000. It costs about six ty dollars a year to provide board for each pupil. A fine education, begin ning with the alphabet and ending with a College course is open to them. Surely such an institution Is worthy of support. The pupils in the homes are mainly from South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida*, but there are many scattered from New York to Oklaho ma now with us. There Is neither local nor denominational restriction as to reception of orpnans. Those re ceived however, must be worthy, In telligent orphans, wlthou means of support. The Institution Is located in Clinton. S. C. Rev. Dr. Jacobs is President. Advertiser Want Ads. A prominent young business man advertised a house for aale in these columns several weeks ago and with in a few days he had rented the build ing, a number of people calling on him before the house was let. He esti mates that in all he has had at least a dozen calls for this house as the result of this one ad. See! It only costs twenty-flve cents for one inser tion. Mt. Vernon School. Mount Vernon School furnishes ed ucation, culture and growth of char acter to boys and young men with or without money. The school is located on a largo farm In Warren county immediately on the'Seaboard Air Line Railway and Is for boarding pupils exclusively. For forther Information address Mount Vernon School, Littleton, N. C. A FAMILY REUNION. The Children and Orand.Chlldren of Mrs. Sarah Sltupsou Celebrate Her Birthdaj at Poplar Springs. Poplar Springs. Sept. 9.?I suppose the inhabitnats of every nation on the globe have some kind of gather ing such as picnics, banquets, festl vlns, family reunions, etc., for amuse ment and recreation. Mrs. Sarah Simpson, wife of Mr. James Simpson, celebrated her sev enty-eighth birthday on last Tuesday the 5th. She did not wish to cele brate it alone with her husband, so she called in her children and grand children and near relatives to share the joys o fthe day with her. It was the joys of the day with her. It was of these new reunions but one of the , old-time family reunions. the children went and carried their well-filled baskets as if they were ru ing to a picnic, in order that the wom en folks might not have to stand over the hot stove all 'lay. getting dinner. Dinner was eaten at twelve o'clock and on the table were Vegetables, chicken, cakes and pies of almost ev ery description and flavor. About four o'clock another beautiful scene greet ed the eye for the father of the home brought out several Targe watermel ons. It is useless to say. and yet al most impossible to express in words, how these watermelons were enjoyed. They were his own raising. Although a man of seventy-live years, he hasn't forgotten how to grow melons. The pastor. Rev. B. P. .Mitchell, came in just before the time of separation and was asked to read a passage of scripture and offer a prayer. When the pastor asked if any one had any special passage they desired read, the answer was the 14th chapter of St.. John. After reading the pastor of fered a special prayer for the entire family. This closed the family re- ' union for this time and of course it is impossible to tell who will be the first to meet death, but we will all never , meet just like we were Tuesday. Mr. Lewis Gaines and daughter. Hat tie, of Georgia, attend the celebration \ of the birthday of Mrs. Sarah Simpson last Tuesday. Misses Lizzie and Maggie Beeks en tertained quite a large number of young folks Friday evening, Septem ber 8th on their beautiful lawn. There were about eighty young people pres ent and all seemed to have had a very pleasant time. The party was given In honor of Miss Ilattie Gaines, of Georgia. SPECIAL NOTICES. For Sale?One power cotton press at Tumbling Shoals. A self packing machine with two extra pins and nuts, one saw frame. Win. D. Sullivan, Tumbling Shoals, Laurons County. 0-.*.t pd. For Sale?Some nice Jersey cows and Calves, which are registered or entitled to same. If interested write W Carl Wharton, Waterloo, S. S. G-81 For Sah'?A good second hand top buggy (Babcock) in good condition. Al so set of single buggy harness. Ap ply to J. R. Little, Laurens s. c. For Sale?Forty r.cres land, one half mile city limits: lfteen acres In cultivation. Will cut in ten-acre tracts or sell as a Whole. For terms and prices, see B. A. Sullivan, Laurons, S. C. 5-tf Notice?After the first of Septem-' her I will make my headquarters in Cray Court. Will make regular visits to Fountain Inn, Clinton, Enoree, Woodruff, Cross Hill and Laurens. Phone 32, Gray Court. Earl C. Ow ens, Veterinary Surgeon. Land For Sale?Well improved farm of 200 acres, more or less, part lying within town of Waterloo. T-room dwelling and 5-room dwelling, also 3 tenant houses. Good water. P. H. An derson, Waterloo, S. C. 4-4t pd For Sale?17 1-2 acres of land on South Harper street. Laurens, S. C, with five-room dwelling, on edge of city limits. Apply to W. C. Irby, Jr. 3-tf. House to Rent?Commodious six room dwelling on Sullivan stree?.. Modern Improvements, garden and barn. Apply to W. G. Lancaster. En terprise Bank, Laurens S. C. 2-tf If You Wish to Sell That farm, tim ber land, store or residence, write us at once and send full description as we have an attractive proposition to offer you. UCON LAND CO., Suinler, S. C 51-12t For Sale?Pinson and Yates apple trees for fall dellvory. They are the best. Send me your order. Price 25 centa each. Will be in Laurens first Monday in November to make deliv ery. David A. Madden, Ware Shoals, R. F. D. No. 1. 2-10t FOR RENT?Store-room next to Switxor Company. For information ap ply to E. W, Martin, or N. B. Dial at Enterprise Bank, Laurens, 8. C. 3-6t pd. Lost?A Hound Bitch color white a few red spots, comes to the name of Queen, a liberal rewa-d will be paid for her or to any one who will tell mo where she is. O. E. Tucker, Glenn Springs, 8. C. 7-lt pd Solid car load of Iron Beds just re ceived and they are the best values ever shown in the State. Our prices will save money for you, call and look them over. [ 8. M. & E. H. Wilkes Sr. Co. 1 THE Question or Mill work INTERIOR FINISH U easily solved if you will but examine our choice stock of well made Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Stairs, Newel Posts, Colvrans, Screens, Etc Get our estimates before placing your order. A look at otir stock will surely surprise you at the remarkable quality we otfer tor the price. Complete house bills a specialty. Wrife us for Prices l8 Augusta Lumber Co. ? "I Want A Home" HOW OFTEN THE MAX WHO FREQUENTLY HAS TO MOVE, SAYS THIS TO HIMSELF I We are Retaileis of Real Estate and will sell you any quantity from one Acre to a Thousand and make the terms such that you can make your purchase pay for itself while you live on it. Ask the man who is experienced in the investment of monies "What is the safest investment I can make?" and nine times out of ten his answer will he "REAL ESTATE" How many times can you recall where property in this county has changed hands except at an advance in price over what the seller originally paid for it? The increase is steady and continuous. Better get some hefore it all gets too high. We will cut any of the following into such size tracts as you desire. We buy at wholesale and retail land out to suit the small buyer : About KM) Acres near Walts Mill, known the Uadgclt Land. 55'i Acres located near Reedy Iii vor Power Company, Oil Reedy River, and known as the Dorroh Place. Price, $12.50 to $20.00 per acre, depending On number of acres and location. 205 Actes adjoining lands of Bethlehem Church, in Waterloo Town" ship, between Saluda and Roedy Rivers and known as the Craves placo. Price HS.00 per acre. 274 Acres near Ml. Olive Church, in Waterloo Township, known as the Sibley place. Price $15.00 to $18.00 per aero, depending on num ber of acros and location. 1100 Acres four and one-half miles south of Laurens Court House known as the Henry Place. Prico reasonable. This is one of tho most desirahlo farms In Laurens County. 100 acres Just below the H. H. depot $10 per acre 100 acres within one mile of Harris' Springs. Gl acres, one mile south of Waterloo. Several houses and lots near Watts Mill. 93 acres near Ora, level and good Improved land, $r>0 per acre. 400 acres near Stomp Springs, $ll.f>0 per acre. Wo also have for salo atxnit Twenty-two?Acres of land within tho corporate limits of tho City of Laurens, known as Grays Hill, which we will soil in small Suildlng lots, nt reasonable prices. A good many of these lots havo cottages on thorn. Remember that we cut off any number of acres de sired by purchaser and give any reasonable time in which to pay. We want to make it possible for every white farmer in Laurens County to own his home. Laurens Trust Company R. A. Coopkr, President. C. W. Tun?, Sec. & Treas. Anderson A Illakeley, Managers Real Estate Sales. ITCH! cum? in m HMiminni PAR-A-SIT-I-ODE PIMPLES C*n* QMlcktr. T.k? ?? MbMli.1?. >M>c by -ct.il or Hp ret* from Maat, Br. I? JL Star? A Oft, or 50 trom dninltte. Laurens Drug Company Laurens, S. C. A amp CURftTHtLUMCg ?DR.RIHG5 HEWDl?COVEHY,