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??bwrlption Prlee Ii 11.00 p*r Tear Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRIHTIHG COMPAHY Laurens, 8. C* ALISON LEE Pr?sident W. ?. LANCASTER ride-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One cent a wort. Entered at th* postofllce at Laurens, 8. C. as second clnss mall mntter. t jUy???-?-??? ? LAUREN'S, S. C NOVEMBER I, 1011. Tlio Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of nil the communities in tlio county. Cor respondents nre requested to sign their name to the contri butions Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. -Reckon Editor Qullleu, of the Fountain Inn Tribune, ever got his boy he was hutting Ipr to adopt some months ago? ? ? ? Alfred Tennyson Dickens might ha correct alum; t!ius;> Boston girls, hut neverthel iss those yew styled shoes are not v< rj becoming to our mind. ? # * Anybody heard of Senator Smith and his 12,500,000 crop of cotton late ly? What's th" trouble, Senator" Hop up and come again. She fooled all of us. ? * * "The State" spells the name of the Louisiana woman charged with the murder of a young man "MeRae" and The News and Courier spells it "McRee." Which is correct? ? ? ? RAISING THE STA NBA 111). It Is gratifying to note that others besides ourselves have the same views on some questions which are not giv en proper thought by the majority of the people. In our paper of October ?Ith WO advocated more money for high BOhoOlS before more money be given tl e state colleges for domitory room. In this connection we print below a letter received from Supt. \V. H. Hand seconding our efforts. His letter Is as fellows: Editor Laurens Advertiser: In the Columbia Record of October ?t/l I notice an extract from your col umns relative to raising the standard Of our colleges. I Hide with peculiar interest that you advocate building up the high schools and raising the stand ard of the colleges. 1 think you aro entirely correct In your position, and trust that you may llml occasion to get In some good work from time to time In converting people over the State to your way of thinking. A large per centage of the boys and girls now in college ought to be at home in their respective high schools. From a pure ly financial point of view, it Is a great mistake for a community to send off all Its boys and girls to school Instead of supporting a Bist class high school at home. With best wishes, I am. Yours truly, \V. ii. Hand. University of South Carolina, Oct. In. ? ? ? EXTRAVAGANCE. It would seem to us that, with the city in such financial straits, the pres ent extension of the lighting system should be stopped. While there Is no doubt but that a number of residents would like to have are lights on-the thoroughfares leading to their homes and that all of the people of the city would like to see these citizens treat ed fairly, it cannot be denied that a halt must ho called somewhere. It is true tho present city council has Inaugurated a few little reforms in the management of the city's affairs that have cut the expenditures a lit tle, but It aeems that In those things where tho costs run up so rapidly, council falls to see any reason to cur tail expenses. Within the past few months a number of arc lights haVe been ordered and placed In position that woro not absolutely needed and now It becomes necessary to buy a new transformer In ordor to cope with the situation. The council seems to be blind to every really economical measure. The people of the city would like to "have pointed out to them the wis dom of extending the lighting system -when the city is so deep In debt and getting much deeper. Especially do they want to know this when an au diting company bn* had! in charge the books of the city tor a couple of Weeks at $25 per day with the possibility of keeping them in charge for a month . or so longer. Gentlemen! What have you to say? Tbls thing is getting se rious. . '. \. . , THE COTTON SITUATION. It seems to ub that the Census De partment's ginning report of Wednes day, which showed that over 7,000, 000 bales of cotton had already been ginned to October 18th, should act an a call to arms for all cotton growers. Bven the most optimistic bulls of the market must now concede that the crop is going to be a huge one and that unless something Is done now, the southern farmer will suffer, untold harm. Concerted action is absolutely necessary and the action must com mence at once If the situation Is to be relieved. We do not believe that the price of cotton can be made to go higher unless a concerted action 1" begun at onco to reduce the crop of m.:* vear. The cotton growers of the South, who have a natural prejudice against the spec ulators, cannot hope to put up any kind of a light for bettor prices unless they use some sensible m< thods of warfare. As much as we might say that the fluctuation of the markets in past years have been due in part to the methods of Wall Street specula tors, the fact stares us In the face that a 15,000,000 bale crop Is upon us now and nothing In all the world can be done to raise the price of it except to show that the supply of the year following will not me >t the de mands. We must use the 'methods of the Wall Street speculator who buys the surplus crop and thereby reduc es the supply. What we will have to do Is to cut down out ntreage and al so reduce the supply. Even granting that the cotton mills of the world can use a 15,000,000 bale Crop, the experience of the past years has shown that they cannot use that much and at the same time pay IIS cents for it. Though they should man ufacture that much cotton Into fabric they cannot sell that much at profita ble prices. Therefore. If the mills cannot manufacture 15,000,000 bales of cotton into fabric and at the same time pay a living price to the men who j grow the raw material, the only thin*g for the growers to do is to reduce the crop to such a size that the manufac turers will be able to pay a living price to BUpply the trade that demands cotton goods even at advanced prices. The world might be able to use 15,000, 000 bales of cotton, but the world will pot use 15.000,000 bales as suickly at 13 cents as It will at 1) tents. If we want 13 cents for cotton we must re duce the crop to a size where cotton goods will not be a burden on the market. Of the 1.".,000,000 bales of cotton, suppose that 3,000,000 bales of It were placed In the warehouses, and this we hope will ho the case. 12,000,000 bales would be left for the spinners to run on for nine months. Suppose that by April the spinners saw that another big crop was going to be made and the 8,000.000 hales were still in the warehouses. What will happen? The spinners will let the 3,000,000 bales stay where they are until they are needed rather than pay an advanced price for it. If they can see ahead where enough cotton will be produced next year to supply their needs with out having to offer Inducements to the growers to sell, they will sit steady in the boat and let the poor farmers again sell out at starvation prices. But, suppose action is taken now to reduce the supply M next year. Sup pose we begin our organization at once so that by the time of planting time the situation were well in hand and only enough acreage plant ed to guarantee an 11,000,000 bale, crop what then would happen? A rush would immediately begin for that Sur plus 3,000,000 bales in the warehouses and the price of that part of this year's crop would surely increase and better ' prices would prevail on the 1!?12 crop. We frankly admit that our estimate of the size of the present crop now seems to have been off. But, though the crop is large and the demand not so great and the hope of a rise seems a little more distant, it appears to us that If it were the right thing before to place our cotton in the ware houses, It is absolutely Imperltlve now if we are to hope for a better price within the next two years. The de mands are Insistent that action be tak en now and we hope that the leading cotton men of the South will imme diately take action to organize for a reduced crop next year. ? ? ? THE COUNTY FAIIt. The Advertiser notes with pleasure, the fact that a number of its corres pondents have had kind words to say about tho recent County Fair. It is a sign that the people of the county took a genuine interest in the display and that they did not come to Lauren*' merely to see something unusual, but care to see what their neighbors had done and be benefltted thereby. We say we aro glad to note this general Interest in the fair and hope that next year each and every one of them will take upon themselves the duty of en couraging their neighbors to bring ex hibits and'to come in person. The Advertiser's correspondent at Lisbon, Mr. J, T. A. Ballew, writes at length In today's paper giving his Im pression of the exhibits and at the f samt time making suggestions for a larger and better fair next year. We mention Mr. Ballew'B contribution in particular, because we wish to com ment a little on it and attempt to cor rect wflat we believe is the wrong im pression which many people have as to the real benelts to be derived from a county fair. Mr. Ballew evidently has the impression, a? many others have, that the county fairs are intend ed to draw a big crowd to town and to thereby bring a money spending peo ple to trade. While the county fair does do that very thing, tc o if mind, that Is not the purpose which it serves The countv folr Is "intended for the benefit of the farming people: those people who bring exhibits and who visit the exhibits with the Idea of de ilvlrjr some benefit therefrom. The Laurens Co nty Fair wns a fair of tins kind more than any fair that we have ever known of, with the excep tion of the Falrview Stock Show. It was Intended primarily for the farm ers themselves and was not gotten up to be a trade booster for Laurens. When the meeting of farmers was held In the court house in the early spring of the year and it was decided to have the fair, only one merchant in the en tire city was present and he did not stay fifteen minutes. The gathering was made up entirely of farmers, two hankers, a few stragglers and several county ofllcers. It was a farmer's meeting and the farmers carried the burden of the fair straight through, with the exception of th? part the mer chants played In offerl 111? prizes and taking advertising space in the prem ium list catalogue. To go a little aside, however, at this point. It must be ad mitted that the merchants of Laurens and Clinton contributed most liberally to the fair with their means, a total of over $500 being contributed. But to go on, the fair was a farmer's fair en tirely and they and not the town got most of the benefit. Therefore, if the fair is to be for the farmers, it should be conducted In a way to bring the most good to the farmers. And here is where we differ with Mr. Hallew. Mr. Ballew suggests horse racing, foot ball games, shows etc., so that people can come here from all over the state to "see" things. While we have no doubt but that the city of I.aureus would like the best in the world to have a fair of that kind where people come here from a distance who would not come otherwise, that Is not the principal thing to be gained In having the fair. There Is nothing in a foot ball game, a side show, a balloon ns cension. an automobile hill climb or a shell game tended to inspire a Lau rens county youth to raise better corn or a Laurens county man to use more advanced methods of agricul ture. Those things only serve to de tract from the real educational fea tures o' the fair and wren we com mence to give morw attention to the pleasures rather Mian the benefits of the fair, it will begin ?o detotioate. Those men who give thev time and money towards making the exhibition an educational affair will not waste their energies In order to afford an op potiunity for carn'v.iM and shell game artists to skin the p. opl > out of their money. We do not mean to glvo the impression that wo are opposed to the fa'ks it ?Ving a good time, but we do say that there is a time and place for everything. We. therefore repeat again that to our mind many of our people have the wrong Impression as to the real reason why fairs should be held and when they come to realize that they are held for the benefit of the farmers and exhibitors themselves, we feel that then the fair v ill be plac ed on a more permanent basis than It has been heretofore. We believe that when the farmers begin to real ize that it is an affair of theirs rath er than that of the town's they will take more Interest in it and re mi.ro willing to exhibit what they have in order that their fellow farmers might be benefltted. We repeat again that we are glad to see so many of our correspondents taking such an active Interest In It and though we might differ with them now as to the real purposes of the fair, we hope that they themselves will come around to our way of thinking and next year they will assist us in mak ing the fair the most comprehensive exhibit of Laurens county resources that has ever been held. Our county Is fully able to have the best county fair In the state and wo believe that she will have it next year. SaTed Many From Heath. W. L. Mock, of Mock, Ark., believes he has saved many lies In his 25 years of experience in the drug busi ness. "What I always like to do." he writes, "Is to recommend Dr. King's New Discovery for weak, sore lungs, hard colds, hoarseness, obstinate coughs, la grippe, croup, asthma or other bronchial affection, for I feel sure that a number of my neighbors are alive and well today because they took my advice to use It. I honestly believe Its tho beat throat and lung medicine that's made." Easy to prove he's right Oet a trial bottle free, or regular 50c or $1.00 bottle. Guaranteed) by Laurens Drug Co., Palmetto Drug Co. Special value In Bowls and Pitch ers. S. M. ft R. H. Wllkes ft Co. ,e^i%'e%^^iiiii'e^e'e%e%%'e%^e ei^mi^n SOCIAL AND PERSONAL, ?h^^^ % ^^^^^^^ ^ * w*w Miss Florence Brown delightfully entertained the Bridge Club Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Virgin ia Caine. After a few rubbers of bridge were played delicious refresh ments were served. This was a very pretty party and was enpoyed by all who were fortunate enough to bp present. ooo On account of the bazaar the regular meeting of the Wednesday Club was not held, but was postponed until Friday afternoon when Mrs. W. H. Dial delightfully entertained. A very instructive program was carried out and a very pleasant and profitable afternoon spent. ooo Mrs. Dial Gray entertained a very congenial party of young people Thursday evening in honor of Mteses Gladys and Velina ?m!th, of Kasley, who have been visiting in the city for some days. A number of enter taining features were enjoyed after which delightful refreshments were served. ooo The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. t'. Haskell regretted to see them leave the city last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hn&kell have beer, very prom inent ii^ the social and church life of the city and they will be greatly missed. Mr. Haskell, In giving up his work in the mill business, will seek the farm, having bought a plantation ' near Augusta, where he will make his future home. ooo Irby-Wlllis. The following invitations have been issued: Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hunter Irby request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Annie Lou to J. Archie Willis Wednesday afternoon, November 8, 1911, at 2.30 o'clock First Presbyterian Chlfrch Woodruff. S. C. At home after November 25, Owings, S. C. Mr. Willis is a native or this county and is xvf\\ known in Laurens, where he was at one time associated with The Laurensvllle Herald. lie is now a representative of this county in the lower house of the legislature. Miss Irby is a very popular young lady of Woodruff and is widely and prominent ly connected in this section of the state. ooo It was rich company that Ernest Garlington of Laurens, inspector gen eral, 1'. S. A., came home in the other day, aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II.? .lames R, Keene, Senator Nixon of Ne vada, the two Guggenheims, ex-Sena tor Albert J. Heveridgo of Indiana and Mrs. Heveridge and Congressman Richard Bartholdl of Missouri. Gar lington had been abroad with General Witherspoon, Major Lasstter and Cap tain Hanna, observing the German army maneuvers; and the New York World quotes Garlington?to whom it refers as "the hero of the battle of Wounded Knee"?as sayrng- that Kai ser Wilhelm showed the American army ofllcors every attention. They were dined In London by# Ambassador Reld.?Daily Record. ooo Sullivan-McKclvcy. A wedding which was of general Interest to a large number of people in this section of the state was sol emnized at the country home of Mr. W. D. Sullivan, of Tumbling Shoals 'ast Wednesday evening, when Miss Niza Sullivan became the wife of Mr. William McKelvey. The following very complete description of the wed ding appeared In the Sunday's News and Courier: At the fine old home of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sullivan, at Tumbling Shoals, a beautiful wedding was sol emnized Wednesday evening, when their daughter, Miss Niza Sullivan, be came the bride of Mr. William Al vln McKelvey, of Greenville county. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. C. Roper, presiding older of the Cokesbury district. The entire lower floor of the state ly Sullivan home was decorated with festoons of ivy and banks of palms, ferns and white and yellow crysan themums, culminating In a lovely bow er overhanging an improvised altar in the front parlor, the whole scene be ' Ing lighted with a soft glow of yel low tapers. The bridal party entered the par lor through an aisle of white ribbons, held by the ribbon bearers, Misses Harrlottc and Catherine Sullivan, little hieoes of the bride. They wore white frocks over yellow and yell" W ribbons. As the notes of Mendel ssohn's "Wedding March." rendered by Miss Mabel Boat, of Atlanta, were sounded, tfce dames of honored mtcr ed. They wer? Mrs. Algernon Cul bertson, of Shelby, N. O.J sister of the bride, who was gowned in yellow duchess sating trimmed with beaded fringe and Mrs. John Sullivan, of Woodruff, who wore a dress of white satin, caught with loops of seed pearls, both of them carrying yellow chrys anthemums. Immediately following them came the bridesmaids, MIbs Ger trude Williams, of Gainesville, Ga., whose dress was of white crepe de chine with bunches of Oriental lace; and Miss Mary Ellis Perry, of Gaines ville, who wore white embroidered chiffon over yellow satin. They also carried yellow chrysanthemums. They entered with the groomsmen, Mr. James Ramseur, of Central, and Mr. R. O. Sullivan, brother of the bride. Miss Bertha McKelvey, sister of the groom, was maid of honor, and wore a beauti ful gown of white chiffon. Her bou quet was of white chrysanthemums. Mr. Vardry Ramseuer, of Greenville, was best man. Following the maid of honor came the bride, who entered on the arm of her father. Her loveliness was enhanced by the most exquisite of wedding gowns, trimmed In duch ess lace and pearls. The bodice was made with Dutch neck of flschu style, which was of duchess lace and seed pearls. At the front and hack or the gown were pannels of lace. Her veil was worn off the face and was caught with a half wreath of orange blossoms. Her (lowers were a graceful shower of brides' roses and valley lilies tied with a lace scarf. After the ceremony was held a re ception. The mother of the bride, who was gowned In black crepe de chine, was assisted in entertaining by Miss Rucia Wolff and .Miss Emmie Lou Humbert. Mrs. T. .). Sullivan and Messrs John Sullivan. Algernon Clll bertson and 1 lammend Johnson re ceived in the parlor and drawing room, where the wedding gifts were display ed, making a magnificent array of sil ver, cut glass and china. A delicious salad course was served and on the specially decorated waiters for the bridal party were found hand-painted bridal slippers full of orange blos soms, for the bridesmaids, and bride's roses and Cupids for the groomsmen. The bridal party motored to Green ville, from which place Mr. and Mrs. McKelvey left for a trip to Florida. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Sullivan, among 'he most prominent families In the State, and she numbers her friends by the hundred, among whom she Is most popular. The groom is a sterling young man, being the son of the late Cant. W. A. McKelvey, wiio was one of the most prominent citizens of Lau rens'and Greenville counties. Among those who attended the wed ding from a distance were: Senator and Mrs. (1. W. Sullivan, of Williams ton; Miss Sarah Galphln, of Xinety Slx. and Hammond I dinson, of Gaines ville, Ga. Hulked at Cold Steel. "I wouldn't let a doctor cut my foot off." said H. I). Ely, Bantam, Ohio, "al though a horrible ulcer had been the plague of my life for four years. In stead I used Bueklen's Arnica Salve, and my foot was soon completely cured." Heals Hums, Moils. Sores, Bruises, Eczema, Plmpler Corns. Sur est Pile cure. 2">c at Laurens Drug Co., Palmetto Drug Co._ SPECIAL NOTICES. | For Sale?20 shoats, weighing from 2."? to 7f> pounds. Also some nice Brown Leghorn Cookereis, !!. Plymouth Hocks and Buckeye Reds. J. Wade Ander son, Laurens, S. C. 14-2t-pd Lost?Elgin fancy hunting ease watoh, size HI, No. 11918060, case No 479,018.* Somewhere -round Leak's livery stable. Liberal reward given for returning to J. X. Leake, Cray Court, S. C. 14-lt Lost?One black panama skirt. Lost between Laurens and Watts Mill. Wrapped in Red Iron Racket paper. Kinder please leave sit Advertiser of fice. Eva Hobo, Watts Mill, Laurens. s. C. 14-lt Wnated?Solicitor for Xews-Sclmi ter in every township in Laurens ioanty. Address Xews-Sclmiter, Green Wood, S. C. 14-2t .lust Received Carload of Stade baker Wagons. All sizes. Jno. A. Franks, Laurens, S. C. 11 2t For Rent?5 room house with store room at Oakland Heights. Apply to X. B. Dial or B. P, Mlnter. 14-lt-pd For Sale?A scholarship in a lead ing business school not many miles from this place. Will sell at a dis count. For information apply at this ofllce. 10-tf For Sale?Forty acres land, one half mile city limits: Iftcen acres In cultivation. Will cut in ten-acre tracts or seil as a whole. For terms and prices, seo B. A. Sullivan, Laurons, 8. C. 5-tf Por Sale?17 1-2 acres of Irnd on South Harper street, Laurens, 8. C, with five-room dwelling on edge of city limits. Apply to W. C. Irby, Jr. 3-tf. Closing Out Hale. Home Made Four. I have for sale a lot of first-class home made flour and middlings, brand and hog feed, Also fresh home-raised corn meal. See J. A. Rodgors, Laurons, S. C. 14-lt-pd I,FARN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS. Take a thirty days Practical course In our well equipped Machine Shops and learn the Automobile business, and accept good positions. CHAR. LOTTE AUTO SCHOOL. Charlotte, N. C. MILADY'S JEWELS Are indeed best bought here where truly rich, com plete and the most varied assortments of examples of I expert craf tsmenship in gold, silver and precious metals are to be seen. Particular attention is di rected to our jeweled rings, pins and lockets as we have recently restocked in all the very latest effects in these lines and are offering some exceptional values. We cordially invite YOUR inspection. WM. SOLOMON Reliable Jeweler Laurens, South Carolina FROM THE ROOF To the Basement we Manufacture and carry in stock a complete line of Building Material to meet your needs, whether Gable Ornaments or Heavy Timber, Sash,Doors or Blinds Complete House bills a spe cialty. Come and see us or write. Augusta Lumber Company Augusta, Qa. j "BUY OF THE MAKER" V > With Cotton -AT 9cts What arc yon going to ilo about your fanning operations next year} Why not cut your cotton acreage now by sowing a lot of small grain anil cloyer seed and follow with peas next sum mer i We have a fine lot of seed to sell. Wood's rod may, purple straw and Loafs Prolific line reclenned seed j wheat will sow further than the ordi nary kind you pick up in the country . and makes a hotter yield; also Wood's crimson clotcr and rod bun clover seed and winter barley. Wo hare on hand a large lot of lino rod rust proo? oats and some hoary home raised semi oats. You can also sow rye and vetch. Wo We the seed to sell. Cut your cotton crop down; pat more of your land in small grain and clover; make Something yourself at home to lire on. Hare your ot eew In the pasture, pig In the pon, chick ens In the yard. i And raise a colt, either he mule. J. H. SULLIVAN Laurens, S. C. I