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Witt ?fttytrtteer Subscription PrleeO? ?1.00 per Year Payable lif Adrnnee. Published by ADVERTISER P LIN TINO COMPANY Laun.-iiH, H. C. ALISON LEB President W. G. LANCASTER! vlce-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Troas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One cent a wor/d. Entered at postofllce at LaurenB, 8. C. 0? second class mail matter. LAURKN?, S. C, NOVEMBER 8, 1011 The Advertiser will bo glad to receive the local news of all the rommunitlcs in the county. Cor respondents are requested to sign their name to the contri butions Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. Several Laurons people were In wn shopping today, said the Green - ood Daily Journal. Only enjoying resh country air. ? ? ? The lire department Is due the thanks of all of the business Inter ests of the town on account of their determined work Krida;.- morning. Con sidering their limited tire lighting fa cilities they did wonders with the flames. Each and every one of them ?lid everything In their power to cheek the flames. Chief Crews and his com pany of men deserve to be congratu lated. ? ? ? The recent tire has brought out the fact that storerooms are scarce In Laurens. Several of those who were burned out have no place to open up in, while others will be cramped In new quarters. While wo regret very much to know that some of our cltl ffiU he handicapped in getting In to business again, we rejoice to know thnl more and more people are com ing here and store room Is getting .scarcer. ? * ? Did you know that whereas there were numbers and numbers of hous es to rent in Lnurens a few months ago, hardly one can be found now? One man has been delaying bringing .ni'i family here for over a week just because ho could not find a suitable house to live In. That's progress. Lau rons could still welcome many more 5)eoplo here and the are bound to come. A few houses should be built for rent ing go the people can And a place to reside when they do wish to come in. ? * ? Listen to this Mr. Progressive Farmer: Cotton is pretty low and oth er things might not look as cheerful us they might, but now that the crop Is nearly gathered we can do one thing that does not depend on the specula tors to make it a success. Our roads can be put In hotter condition by the use of the split log drag after this wet weather. Remember this, that the roads do not depend on Wall Street, but upon our own efforts. I.els all get out after the roads and make them bet ter if we cannot make them perfect. ? ? ? II is understood that City Council will hold a meeting tonight to look into the lire hose situation. It is a little late to he looking after such an important thing for the city's pro tection, inn it is better late thnn nev er. The hose must be had, there is no way of dodging that fact. If the fire department had been properly equipped Friday morning, the damage done to property of Laurons tax [lay ers would probably have been cut in half. It will not be necessary to go headlong Into the matter, though, and buy more equipment than Is needed, tuft enough should be had to meet ev ery demand. As to an automobile truck, we might wait and get the ben efit of the experience of others and by that time the city's treasury might be in a better condition to stand a large puchnse. But the hose must be bought. ? * * Th? new schedule on the C. & W. C. Railroad should prove a boon to Lau rens merchants. People can now come to Laurens from the direction of Wood ruff in the morning and return in the afternoon. They can do the same thing from the direction of Waterloo. Tnls has not been the case before and the Laurens merchants should be quick to take advantage of It. The ?cities on either side of us will have the same advantages that they have had heretofore and Greenwood will have even more advantage, but Lau rens has gained a stey. The change e, in not be of any value, how ever, unless Jwe take advantage of It. Onr merchants must "go after" this new territory - If they want to get the full benefit. We have the advantages In our favor and If Spartanburg and Greenwood take our trade from us, we will be to blame, Lets get up and get It! ? ? ? Some weeks ago we had occasion to give a little "boost" In this column to the moving plcturo house and for It we were twitted by several county papers In the state, suggesting to us that editorial subjects must have been scarce around Laurons. We are going to "brave the elements" again by sug gesting cordial support of our opera house when attract!^"55 of such worth as "Graustark" are played in It. While we do not attempt to pose as i critic of the stage, we do know that th> piny Friday night was unusually well anted as compared to other plays that have heretofore been here. While we do not urge anyone to attend the shows here when they do not wish to do so, we do make the suggestion that when an attraction of well known merit is billed for Laurens, that those people who are fond of the opera and good acting make It a point to attend. Very often our people, while in Columbia and other cities, would feel like they had not enjoyed the T?ll benefits of their trip unless they had attended the shows, while If the very same company should play in Laurens they would not go out to see It. Now, If our peo ple here would like to have the first class companies come here, they should show by their patronage that they desire It. Of course there are many companies which cannot afford to come to Laurens at all. but there are many other good ones that would come if the people would go out to see them. True the players work under difficulties here, but this is overlook ed if the door receipts are good! ? ? ? COCAINE AGAIN. "Citizen" in his contribution to The Advertiser today thinks that the edi tor of this paper has been mislead by the enemies of temperance Into be lieving that the use of cocaine Is tak ing the place of the use of liquor in 1.aureus county since the dispensary has been taken out. "Citizen" also says that he is informed by physicians over the COUltty that the use of cocaine is not spreading as fast as some have said it is. While we would be glad , to admit that we were misinformed as to the extent of the use of cocaine in this county, if we knew that we were wrong, still the source of our information was of such character as to lead us still to believe that the use of the drug is on the Increase. That the enemies of temperance are attempting to lead others to believe that cocaine selling is the result of the restriction of the sale of whiskey we are not able to vouch for. "Citi zen" says that they are trying to do so and we have enough faith In what he says to believe It. Hut as for us, our information came from other sources. If. however, the use of cocaine is taking the place of tho use of whiskey the thing to do is to treat tho cocaine trathe like we have treated the whis key traffic. Stop it too. "Citizen" makes some reference to tho editorial in The State about the editorial of The Advertiser. The State says that "It would be going too fat to say that the abolition of the one is responsible for the prosperity of the other." To us it seems that it is going too far to suggest, even though faintly, that the sale of cocaine is prospering as it result of the abolition of the whiskey traffic, The State should realize that SUCh a suggestion would be quickly seized upon by the epemles of temperance as an .argu ment for the sale of whiskey. It Is hardly probable that the sale of eith er has had any effect on the other. ? * ? WORK OF LOVING HANDS. in another column of this paper are described in some detail the improve ments brought about in Laurens Cem etery during the past year by the earn est and unremitting efforts of the la dles who constitute the Executive Committee Few people renllzo how extensive these Improvements have been; and surely no one can begin to appreciate the change without per sonally visiting the place and seeing for ones self. Where lately there was nothing but signs of desolation and desecration, now there is every evidence of care and orderliness. Where weeds and wlnegrnss formerly flourished, flowers are growing on every side; and all around there are signs of constant, faithful work. Not only has the cemetery as a whole been transformed from a wild erness into a civilized burying place, but the Individual occupied squares have In almost every Instance begun fo receive much needed attention. Am. pie copings havo been provided and a number of handsome monuments erected; whereas growing flowers are now really the rule rather than the rare oxceptlon that they were but a few short months . ago. The more recent Improvements have placed the cemetery work far beyond the experimental stage; so much so, in fact, that the task of actual recla inatloii Is now quite completed and the time for beautiflcatlon Is distinct ly at hand. The efforts of the committee who have thus labored and are still labor ing, so tirelessly and unselfishly in behalf of civic righteousness are be ing crowned with conspicuous suc cess; and P thes9 patriotic and pub lic spirited ladies had never accom plished any other great thing for the betterment of the community (and In deed they have accomplished many) they could wish no fitter acknowledge ment than the laconic epitaph in scribed in Saint Paul's Cathedral be neath the name of Its architect and builder: "if you seek his monument, Look around you." 88 8 8888888888888888 8 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 H 8 88888888888888888888 The Governor's Defender I We hear that there is soon to be a change of management of the Bel ton Times and the the former edi tor S. B. Marshall may return. This will again bring up for discussion the famous "Belton incident." We never thought there was much use for ex ploitation of that matter. A govern or's record Is assailable or commend able for its morals rather than for his manners. Gov. Blease may have beeu peevish, just as some of his critics are, no doubt, in urging tele phone girls to speed the connections, but ho denies being insulting. We think Editor Willis was made a "goat" in this matter. lie has de nied that lie grabbed at a prospec tive sensation, but published the matter upon request. No. we think tho Belton incident Itself was given too umch hurrah, if the young lady lierself did not feel Insulted, but? Is it. not significant that "the peo ple's governor," denouncer of corpo rations and upholder against their encroachments, should be so quick ly defended in this matter by the corporation that Is the "biggest tax payer," and therefore greatest priv ilege owner in the state, the South Kin Railway? Who is to Blame I A tragedy was enacted in Union SOUnty last Saturday about dark which was one of the saddest affairs in the history of the county. From every standpoint it was a deplorable affair. A strong man, under the inlliience of whiskey was shot to death by his broth or-ln-law. We do not undertake to liscuss the legal aspect of the killing. But this thought does come up: Who sold the unfortunate man the whis key? It must have been sold to him by some illicit dealer. To be a law breaker Is bad enough. But to sell for gain that which brings death and sorrow is a thing that every true man should scorn to do. It is a pity that every blind tiger in Union county could not have been brought face to face with the fearful calamity. It, would have melted a heart of stone. If the whiskey drinkers could be made to face these things it would put a stop to the evil, surely. A dead man, a broken-hearted wife and little chil dren bereft of father and breadwinner. It is a sight to make even the hardest hearted man to shudder. Whiskey was just as surely the cause of the tragedy as there.Is any certainty in the world. And the man who sold it to the un fortunate victim is, in the eye of Cod, a murderer.?I'liion Times A Spartanbttrg paper suggests that the Woff >rd College seniors write es says on local subjects. We take it they will be written in one of the dead languages ?-Greenville News. You do not mean to infer that the subject will be a dead one, do you? The Wlliskej and Cocaine Trades. "Reports come from all over the county" says the Laurens Advertiser In an editorial article, "that the negroes are using cocaine and, in fact, some say that It Is actually tak ing the place of whiskey. It is said, also, that whenever a user of It Is asked where It comes from it Is stater! thnt It comes from Laurens." Not long ago a white man of some promi nence was arrested, tried and con victed of selling cocaine In Laurens. Elsewhere, The Advertiser, In the same issue, inquires: "Suppose that we had had a dispensary or a saloon here during the county fair, would the crowd have been so orderly and would the day have been so pleasant for the ladies and children present?" It Is clear that the people of Lau rens who rejoice that the county Is free of the whiskey traffic are con fronted with the task of suppressing the cocaine traffic. It would be going too far to say that the abolition of the one Is responsible for the pros perity of the other, but "the ladles and children" j?re not safe so long as the cocaine habit Is coming among the negroes.?The State. If you are pale, weak, languid or anaemic a few doses of Bloodlne Liv er Pills will Increase the supply and improve the suastlty of blood. Small pill, small dose, pleasant and never gripe. Laurens Drug, Co., Special Agents. ? *\ * NATHANIEL PILES. ? I * He lived in the ML Bethel section, and was a confirmed old bachelor. He was a str?ng man in his ways. He would not take a drink of water out of your water gourd, or eat a meal at your table. These peculiarities run In the Pyles family. He had a still house at his spring, and made white corn whiskey all his life; and his hand made sweet water liquor was consid ered a wholesome drink. The kind you could drink for yearB without burning out your stomach. He also cultivated a small farm. One one oc casion, he pulled down his fodder, and in the evening when It was ready to tie up the thunder clouds made their appearance in the west. He made for (lit- field and got a few bundles tied before the rain caught him. He jump ed up on a stump with a bundle of fod der in his hand which he shook at the cloud saying, ' Bain hell rain, that is a nice way to do a man good, a rain to make it and another one to spoil it, I say rain hell, rain." He made his corn whiskey, drank it when he felt like it; made his little crops, until old age took him off the stage of action: W. D. S. A GREAT DISCOVERY. Pertain Ingredients that lteally Pro mot Hair Growth when Properly Combined. Resorcln is one of the most effec tive Menu destroyers ever discovered by scicne, and In connection with Beta Naptbol, which is both germicldal and antiseptic, a combination is form ed which destroys the germs which rob the hair of its natural nourishment, and also creates a clean, healthy con dition of the scalp, which prevents the development of new germs. Pilocarpin, although not a coloring matter or dyo is a well-known Ingre dient for restoring the hair to its natural color, when the loss of halt has been caused by a disease of the scalp. These ingredients in proper combi nation, with alcohol added as a stim ulent and for its well-defined nourish ing properties, perfect perhaps the most effective remedy that is known for scalp and hair troubles. We have a remedy which is chiefly composed of these ingredients, In com bination with other extremely inval uable medical agents. We guarantee It to positively cure dandruff, and to grow hair, even though the scalp In spots is bare of hair. If there is any vitality left in the roots, it will posi tively cure baldness, or we will refund your money. If tho scalp has a glazed, shiny appearance, It's an Indication that baldness is permanent, but In oth er instances we believe baldness is curaolo. We want every one truobled. with scalp disease or loss of hair to try Rexall "93" Hair Tonic. If it does not cure dandruff and grow hair to the satisfaction of the user, we will with out ?tuestion or quibble return every cent paid up for it. Wo print this guarantee on every bottle. It has ef fected a positive cure in 03 per cent of cases where put to a practical test. Rexall "Oil" Hair Tonic is entirely unlike, and we think, in every partic ular, better than anything else we know of for the purpose for which It is prescribed. We urge you to try this preparation at our entire risk. Cer tainly wo know of no better guarantee to give you. Remember, you can ob tain Rexall Remedies In Laurens only at our store?The Rexall Store. The Laurens Drug Co., yOU Main street. All Ray Singing. There will bo an all day singing held at Durbln church, on the 19th of No vember. The public is invited. FIENDISH PAIN OF PILLS. Done Away With by a Pleasant Inter nal Medicine. All the worst, tortures of human life rolled Into one, can hardly compare with the fiendish pain of piles. The victim eagerly buys anything that will bring a moment's ease, but the trouble usually comes back. Cot HKM-ROID ?a scientific inward pile cure, that frees the stagnant blood and dries up the piles. HKM-ROID (tablets), sold by Lau rens Drug Co. and all druggists, un der guaranty. Dr. Leonhardt Co., Sta tion B, Buffalo, N. Y. Write for book let. 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, Oa. "BUY OF THE MAKER" I Baking Powder i Jre AhQ^' if.vCy Pure |ai| jffl Makes Home Baking Easy |? ^ With minimum trouble ?^? c >st bis ?n cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh, Sn yjL clean and greatly superior to the ready- Jtt m made, dry, found-in-the-shop variety, $l and danger of alum food is avoided. $g *************** * ? * SEWS FKOM JONES. * *************** Jones. Nov. 6.?Mr. J. B. Moore, vis ited relatives in Georgia last week. Mr. Ernest McGee formerly of this place, hut now of Charleston, was here recently. Mr Vester Jones, of Washington re cently vi .ited ins mother. Rev. I misuse of Princeton preached a splnedid sermon on the fifth Sun day. All of nur people cherish the hope that confluence will return him to the Princeton circuit. We are indebted to our friends Joel A. Smith, Walter Mauley, Carl Austin and Mr. James Turner for recent kind favors. Mr. I). C. Madden Is selling the well known Plnson apple trees and will he glad to fill orders at 20c per tree. Misses Lillian and Helle Jones left last week to take charge of their schools near Columbia. Mr. Sam E. Williams of Laurens. visited relatives here a few days ago. We are very sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Barney Culbertson. of Laurens and tenderly sympathize with his sorely bereaved relatives, Mr. ami Mrs. W. T. Jones, Jr. are visiting relatives and friends in Lau ren s-. We are indented to Mrs. John Sadler for a choice bouquet of tine chrysan themums. We had the pleasure of mooting our friend, Rev. x. .1. Holmes of Laurens. We recently met our good friend, Dr. I. G Cooper of ICkom. Mrs. G L Graham and Misses Belle and Lola Jones look in the fair at Greenwood. Mr. G. L. Graham visited his broth er Jim at Hodges last week. Mr and Mrs. George Hughes took In the fair at Greenwood. Miss Lillian Jones visited Abbeville last week Starts Much Trouble. If all people knew that neglect of c nstipatlon would result in sever in digestion, yellow jaundice or virulent liver trouble they would soon take Dr. King's New Life Tills, and end it. Its the only safe way. Dost for bilious ness, headache, dyspepsia, chills and debility. '2,'ic at I.aurens Drug Co., Palmetto Drug Co. lied Iron Hacket. Men's heavy plow shoos, worth $1.40 for $0Sc. J, C. Burns & Co., I.aurens, s. c. ker CHOQ! Abad cold is the most dangerous com mon illness you can suffer from. To a bad cold may be traced more deaths than any ailment in the world. It is easy to acquire?but is as easy to get rid of if you try our way. lake our prepara tions. Compouded of the finest drugs from the formula of famous physicians. If taken in time they are guaranteed to relieve the conjestion caused by phlegm, to cure that tightness in the head, to stop that cough and to give you a pleasant feeling of relief. RAYS