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Subscription Prle* to SUM per Tear Payable la Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMP ANT La are us, 8. C. ALISON LEE President W. G. LANCASTER vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEE 8ec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obltsarfes and Card of thanks: Oae teat a word. Entered at x+>? postofflce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C DECEMBER 18, 1911 The Advertiser *ill be glad to receive the local news of all Uie fommnnities In the county. Cor* respondents are requested to shrn their name to Uie contri" tuitions Letters should not be nailed later than Monday mom Inf. The court ho*is>e looks better and better every day. When it is finished it will be one of the handsomest in the state. . ? If new subscribers continue coming in as they L::v? in the pas: f. w days. The Advertiser will have to start un a daily. They just can't do without the "Dear Old Advertiser." ? ? ? For fear that The Daily Piedmont overlooked the items in the Sunday News (Charleston t. we would call its attention to the fact that a man nam ed Jackson Steplight and another named Jacob Circletight were buried in Charleston on that date. ? ? ? Now is the time that we should all begin thinking about the County Fair next year Discuss the plan* new fo. making exhibits and then when spring comes the plans can be put int) e\e cution. It is never too earlv :p be? n a thing of this kind. ? ? ? Another one of tho.-e un?igned let ters came in to The Advertiser for :Li issu'.. As usual, we had t it aside. It was signed 'Ohtevcr.' jf '"Observer will send in h:- p? he; name, we will be elad ' > pul M the letter. Otherwise we an; ? . In another section of this paper will be found a statement of the citv'g fi Council thinks that the kind of a statement that the people of Laurens wanted and if the people of Laurens". ore contented :o accept it, we ?.:e sa:-? tolled. ? ? ? The Whittnlre News is the name of I a new paper started at Whirmire. in Ke wherry county. The paper jilainly suggests that its principal 'work in life" will \>(- to make Wbitmire a coun ty seat and with that in view It adopt ed as its slogan "Whitmir- Will Win." A long life to The Whitmire News, but ?we fear it will have an uphill fight in gaining its foremost ambition. a ? ? The Advertiser suggested wes'<t be fore last that the citizens eet together; and raise money to build a prepara tory or university school here. The idea wa.?: commented upon very favor aL'.y by ail who spoke of it. l^ets get! down to work and put this thing through. It will be of inestimable ben efit to the town. It would be a better investment than a railroad. Somebody start the ball rolling and lets have one. Laur<-:.? occupies a very fa vor ab:-: position, geographically; tor such an institution and it would prove a success from 'he jump. ? ? ? It is a matter of general knowledge that the ?ub-tantial farming people of Lauren* county, unlike many in other counties, a-<-> remaining In the couatry and teaching their children ?o remain there, rather than to move to town just ae soon as they are financially able to leave the lande in the hand? of others. In thU way Laurens county Is gradually coming to be looked upon as the leading agricultural county of the state This, in large measure, is attributed to the fact that she gives a great deal of attention to her coun try schools and that she keeps her roads in better shape than other coun ties. ? ? ? The results that could be obtained through advertising the resources of this state through the North and West can easily be judged by the results that the Southern Land Development Company are getting from their adver tising campaign. Although this com pany has not attempted any advertis ing on any tremendous scale they are receiving enquiries every day and In every mall from responsible and thrif OPPORTUNITY STARING US IN THE FACE. Lanrens is a prngnressive city, Tt needs more business enterprises. As we said several weeks ago we believe that one of the chief needs of the city just rt this time is a large boarding school. Laurens is one of the few cities of the Piedmont that has no college nor boarding school. This city is situated in the midst of one of the very finest sec tions of the state and geographically speaking there is no finer loca tion in the state for a school. The health record of the city is unsur passed. Most of the colleges and boarding schools in the state are in the Piedmont region. This is due largely to the fact that this section of the state is generally considered more healthful than other sections lover down the country. There is no doubt but that Laurens would support a boarding school lil>erally. $25.000 spent in building and equipping a school would be. by far. the best money the citizens of this city ever invested, and there is no doubt but that our people are easily able to build it. A student body of 200 or more, which there is not the least doubt but what could be brought here with the proper amount of convassing, would bring to this city each year between $40. IKX) and $50.000. besides this it would be the means of bringing to the city many desirable families who would come to educate their chil dren. Of course we have our system of graded schools which are ably man aged, and are numbered among the best in the state, but we need a school that would be able to give a training beyond that which the graded school gives. There is the greatest demand in this state for a school that will make a specialty of preparing boys and girls for the higher colleges, and for those who are not able to attend the higher and more expensive schools, and get the training that will fit them f<>r business. Among the masses of the people there are very large num bers who arc anxious t" give their children some collegiate training, and yet are not able t<> graduate them from the higher and more expensive schools, and to this class of people the school that we propose would appeal especially. Many of the colleges of the state have found it necessary x<< maintain preparatory departments, owing t" the fact that there are not enough schools that make a specialty of preparing boys and girls for college. One of the greatest needs of our public schools ?"?day is competent teachers who nave had sperial training fur llieii work, and in the school that we propose it might be a good plan t-> have a course arranged especially for the needs of the public school teach ?rs. Of course there would be piano and vocal music taught, and in ad dition to this strong courses should be provided in Domestic Science. Stenography, Bookkeeping, Typewriting. Sewing, etc. We are very anxious to see a school of this nature built in Laurens. and we believe that it would draw patronage from every section of this state. Let us get together and build this school, and have it full <?f b..ys and girl* next September. It can be done. What say you. fellow citizens? ty but dissatisfied dwelling in the north , and west. If this company can spend several hundreds of dollars and gel su.^h gratifying results, could not the state do many tiems better by invest Ing thousands? ? * ? When cotton planting time comes' and our farmers begin to turn their attention to the long staple variety, we thin'K it would be well for them to remember that there is a possibility of the long staple market being over stocked. Farmers will remember sev eral years ago when a big price was ?ftVivd for the long staple one season and the next season a large acreage was planted and what followed, j-or.-: staple cotton brought little more than the short staple while the cost of rais ing it was more. We think it would be wise if someone would take the j trouble to And out how much of this cotton is needed to supply the market. We do not wish to discourage the raising of high grade products, but it is well to find out the actual demand for the high grade product first. ? ? ? ONE OF MANY. Laurens has a good bowling aliey. which Is one respect in which it is ahead of Greenville.?Greenville Pied mont. ? a ? Ol'B HIGH >< HOOLS. Laurens county is to be congratulat ed upon the large number of high schools that sh-.- has within her bor lers By referring to the figures car ried in anothe- column of this paper, it will be ?*en that Laurens ranks hih in the education of her young boys and young girls. It will be seen that s^he has nearly as many high schools ?- any other county in the state and that she has more than a majority of them This is a condition of affairs ? we might w?ll be proud of for, ing their efforts upon educational in stitutions at the county seat. Laurens J c ounty is taking a wider view of the t situation and giving the best advantage to all of her children. In this way the young men and young women a,re taught to stay at home, to receive their early education JuBt at the time of life when their characters are being molded most. They learn to appre ciate the advantages of life at the old home more than they would if they attempted to get an educat'on in the cities and then to return to the farm to "learn all over again." THE HO SIE KL* MILL AGAIN. Capt. John M. Graham, manager of the hosiery mill in the state peniten tiary, discussed "informally" the con ditions ia that mill at Anderson sev eral days ago, according to the Green ville News. The dispatch appeares elsewhere in this paper. Capt. Gra ham says that the Bute Board of Health "can see danger in the work ing of convicts In the hosiery mill." By not differing with the Board of Health In its analysis of conditions there, Capt. Graham really admits that the conditions are as that board charges. He only attempts to justify the existence o: the hosiery mill by comparing it with other mills in this state. But we hardly think thnt the condition of other mills in the state has anything to do with the hosiery mill. The question is whether or not the people of South Carolina have a moral right to force convicts to work amidst atmospheric conditions which the Board of Health has declared dan gerous to health. If people outside the penitentiary choose to work under 'unhealthy conditions that is. in a way. their own business, for if they do not like conditions they can get out. Capt. Graham does not deny in this interview that conditions are un- ' healthy and if the manager himself does not deny it the conditions must be such as the Board of Health charg es. It seems to us that it is the duty of this state to do away with that dls- i ease trap just as soon as it possibly can. ? ? ? TODAY'S PAPER, While this is not strictly speaking. I intended as any spludge in the way of1 a Christmas edition it is expected to ' bring to our readers a realization that ; Santa Claus is on his way and will J soon have his reindeer tied to the chimneys around Laurens. We hope 1 that it will serve as a reminder that there ar* not many more shopping : days left and that each and all of us should not put off any longer m:;k!:ie purchases which could just as well be 1 made now. By doing our shopping \ now, not only do we confer a favor up i on the tired but patient salesmen and saleswomen, but v.e really get the; benefit of ar early choice of the hol iday goods The last few days before Christmas are trying ones on our friends in the stores and we should do all we can to distribute the work over as long a period as possible. We will gain in the end, both in personal sat isfaction that we have done .iat we should have done and in procuring the best that the full market affords. The fcto^es of Laurens ere amply supplied with the best things of the season. There is no need why our people should go elsewhere to buy Christmas goods and we believe that there are few that do so. But there . are some and we hope and believe that even they will come to realize that the home merchants are the ones to patronize and the home merchants are able to show them or procure for them the best that any market af fords. And then again, we would call at tention to the fact that in these few pages appear the advertisements of the live, wide awake, merchants; those that are always in the forefront when it comes to supplying their patrons' needs and in bringing to their notice the things which are most to be de sired. It has become to be known by nearly all in these days that the mer chant who advertises is the man who has the goods and is wideawake and aggressive enough to offer them at attractive prices. The advertising merchant is the man who knows that he must satisfy every demand before he can compete with his brother across the corner and is the man who is coming to be looked upon as the one who is the most wideawake to the interest of his customers. We would therefore invite ycur 8ttent!on to what they have to say in their part of the paper and we believe that the bene fit derived will be mutual. ? ? ? APPRECIATED FAB VM> NEAR. Last spring The Advertiser Print ing Company ' received the contract for printing 500 college catalogues for Lexington Female College. Lex-' ingtom Mo. Mind you, Lexington, ? Missouri. The catalogue was an extra > i high grade product and of a quality not usually attempted by print shops in cities and towns the size of Lau rens. The Advertiser boys knew what they were about though and put up a job which they were rightfully proud of. The Lexington College people were evidently eouallv as proud for they wrote back stating that they were eminently pleased with it. Yes. they thought it was fine. But others saw the catalogue, too. One of the catalogues found its way to DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. Note that! DePauw University has over a. thousand students and they wanted prices on not less than 2,500 cata logues similar to the Lexington cat alogue. Net being content with last year's job The Advertiser's job esti mater made figures for a catalogue of an even finer quality and the figures have been sent In. The figures are based on quality and profit combined. When The Advertiser Printing com pany gets up a job of this kind they expect to make a reasonable profit on it and they I ways try to charge reasonably for work. In no oth er way can the) . .vpect to do business for when they make a reasonable pro fit on their goods they are enabled to do reasonable work and when the time comes for them to enlarge their plant and to put in better equipment they will be able to do'so. The point is. though, that the work of The Ad vertiser Printing Company is appre ciated far and n?ar. They know how to do artistic work and they go at it right. Their product is the best and the prices are consistent with good work. The Advertiser's boys would like to be kept busier though with Laurens work. They feel that they are entitled to it. ? ? ? ( 0TTON. ? Observer" writing In another col umn of this paper, has a few things to say on the cotton question. Al though, in his preface he remarks that he learned long ago not to ad vi.-e farmers to sell or hold cotton, he goes right ahead and says if the cot ton were all so.d "it would be for the best interest of all concerned." We would understand this as advice to sell. This paper lias all along thought it Lvst to hold cotton off the market and reduce the acreage and has said as much and although the price of cot ton is now lower than it has been be j fore this year, it ia still our opinion that the cotton should be held. That is. it should be held if the farmers 1 will stand together and reduce acre age next year. If they are not going to reduce they might as well sell out land go Into bankruptcy. The pres ent holding movement, although it has 1 n t been as wide as it should have beer, has been instrumental in keep Ing the market as high as it is. But. j the South has been a heavy seller, also, both in spots and in futures, and this has done more than anything else to offset the holding movement. I As "Observer" was sitting in the of fice when he brought his paper in, we remarked to him. without looking at the morning's paper, that wo would be willing to wager that an examination of the market reports would show that cotton the day before was kept down by Southern selling. Opening the pa P<-r we saw what we had predicted was true, the same thing being seen j as has been seen for the past two months, only stated in slight'y differ I ent words. "The market opened steady at a decline of 3 to 7 points and quick ly sold lower under Southern offer ings and pressure from local bears." And then a ittle later the "Sooth was offering cotton more freely." And Mill further on "A report was receiv ed from Fall River that to the effect that the South was swamping New England with-offeringc of spot cot ton." This has been the tale all of the fall. The South has been a con stant seller and the South has there fore kept Uie market down. The sel ling has not been entirely by the farmers who were unable to hold, but the South has been selling futures al so. We cannot charge now that a plot has been carried out by northern speculators to keep the price down for the price has been kept down by Southerners themselves. There has been some though, who have held their crop back and they have been the on ly ones who have been boosting the market If they can hold it long enough now to show the manufac turers that a short crop is going to be planted next year, they will win out in the end and get a better price than the present sellers are getting. Baking Pewder Absolutely Pure Makes Home B&ki-g Easy With minimum trouble end cost bis cuit, cake and pastry are made fresh, clean and greatly superior to the ready made, dry, found-in-the-shop variety, and danger of alum food is avoided. HAHN AND CONTENTS HIRNLD Negroes in Abbeville Countj Set Fire to Hum und Outhouses und were Preparing to Set House when Caught Abbeville, Dec. 11.?For a time this morning there was considerable ex citement in this city and threats of lynching four negroes who were brought here to jail eany Sunday morning charged with arson. On Friday night a barn belonging to Mr. J. W. Bradbury, a prominent farmer of the Antreville section, was burned together with four fine mules and the contents of the barn, lncen-1 dlarism was suspected, and some of Mr. Bradbury's sons stayed out to watch for developments. In a short while a negro boy came stealing up and when he saw the white boys he ran away, but he was followed and caught. He confessed that he was one of four negroes who set fire to the barn and that they were appointed by a lodge of which they were members to Mre the barn and also the residence of Mr. Bradbury, and that he was re turning to fire the house when he was captured. He said that he was com pelled by the otlu-r three to go with them to fire the barn, and that he was threatened with death if he told on them. The whole trouble started about the' removal of a lodge room off some.land which Mr. Bradbury owned. The ne groes did not want to move, and sought revenge in the torch. A message was sent the governor this morning asking a speedy trial for the four negroes, and it is probable that a number of other arrests will foliow. Feeling is intense against the negroes under arrest and there inight be an outbreak at any time unless there is a speedy trial. Every family has need of a good, reliable liniment. For sprains, bruis es, soreness of the muscles and rheu matic pains there is none better than Chamberlain's. Sold by all dealers. NOTICE TO HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. (Mir store will l>e open nights from now until December 24th. We imitc everybodj to come in after supper and look through our beautiful line of holt? daj good*. S. M. A E. H. Hilkes A t o. Why do yon spend >our money for inferior tobacco when you can buy PENN'S CHAMPION and SOPAHE DEAL from Todd Simpson A Co. at the same price the common kind will coal you elsewhere. ? MOUNT OLIVE. ? Mt. Olive. Dec. 11.?Mrs. W. E. Washington and Mrs. Table Webb vis ited relatives near Trinity Ridge and at 1-aurens last week. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith visited Mr. and Mrs. J. n. mil last Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Woods visited at Mr. W. E. Washington's Sunday. Mr. M. W. Hill accidently cut his leg right had last week, with an axe. Mr. Osgood Martin has moved in Mr. George Culbertson's house. Mr. H. M. Wright of Laurens ?'pent Saturday night at Mrs. Lizzie Wash ington. There seems to be almost an egg : famine in this part of the country. Most of the farmers are about done gathering now. We are having some fine spring like weather today. A Terrible Blonder. to neglect liver trouble. Never do it. Take Dr. King's New* Life Pills on the first sign of constipation, billous ne?B or unactlve bowels and prevent virulent Indigestion, Jaundice or gall stones. They regulate liver, stomach and bowels and build up your health. Only 25c at Laurens rug Co. and Pal metto Drug Co. Osteopath. Dr. Walter Hale, Osteopath, of Spartanburg. will be at King Hotel Friday, December 16, 9:00 to 11:00 a. m. K. C. F. Becker Beturns to Old Home. With penuine good pleasure the peo ple of Milledgeville and Baldwin coun ties to say nothing of scores of oth ers in adjoining counties, will be glad to learn that Mr. E. C. F. Becker ha-s come back to Milledgeville to mak his home. For virtually 20 years he was In business here, hut last season reverses came through various chan nels, mostly unpaid bills, and he was forced to retire, going at last to Lau rens, South Carolina. However, he has determined to com-' hack home, though he made good In his new home. He is receiving a cor dial welcome from scores of his friends, for so many knew his sterl ing qualities and yeoman spirit tbaf. highest admiration is maintained for him.?Milledgeville iGa." News. Bloodine Cough Checker will quick ly allay that hacking irritation ac companying a severe cough or cold The safest and surest remedy for chil dren. Keep a bottle constantly at hand. 1-aurer.s Prug Co., Laurens. S. C. Lost?Small black pocket book con taining two cotton receipts on Farm ers Warehouse, made in name of Mrs. M. S. Boulwnre. Reward if re turned to this office. .20-11 For Exchange -Ten pur e bred whtte leghorn hens and a cockerel for pure haired Plymouth Hocks Apply to E. \V. Marlin, Laurens. S. C. 21-lt-pd Los! a Shrlner's brooch. Finder will please return to The Advertiser Office and receive reward. 20?lt Horse for Snlc An ideal saddle, buggy, and farm horse for sale. Black. Coming seven years old, will easily weigh 1100 pounds and without a blemish. Not afraid of automobiles Apply to W. P. Knight. Laurens, S. C. 20-'.'t Wanted a competent single white man to assist in management of ten horse farm. Man able to take charge in absence of owner. Address Farm er, Care of The Advertiser. 20-2t Wanted Blacksmith, white or col ored, must be good horse-shoer. Only a sober, honest good worker need ap ply. Fine opening for right man. S N. Crisp, MountVillC, S. C. 19-tf For Sale Fine registered Jerbe> bull, for sale or service. See A. ROSS Blakeley. 19 Witte Lund for Sale On account o' our time being largely taken up In our McBee land proposition, we have decided to offer for quick sale the Witte property, containing .Mo acres Prefer to sell as a whole, but will sei', loo acres on left hand side of road in 't one tract and the remainder in an ' other tract of 640 acres. Best real estate bargain in Laurens county. Ap i ply to Oakland Heights Realty Com pany. E. P. Minter, Secretary. lS-tt For Sale?219 acres. 0 miles north of Laurens, at $15.00 per acre. Onc ' third cash. Rented for next year for 0 bales. Apply to E. P. Mtnter. 16-tf For Sale?A scholarship in a lead lng business school not many miles from this place. Will sell at a dls count. For information applv at tbU office. 10-tf 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. Low round trip rates account of the holidays via Charleston & West ern Carolina Ry. Tickets on sale Dec. 15, 16, 17. 20, 21, 22. 23. 24. 26, 30, 81. 1911, and Jan. 1, 1912. Final Unit January 8, 1911. For rates etc. call on ticekt agents or ErnestWilllams, General Passenger Agt.. Augusta, Oa. Buy your fall and winter clothing, hats and shoes of Red Iron Racket They sell the same goods for less money. J. C. Burni ft Co., the only big department store In Laurens, 8. C Come to our Ten Cent Counter to do your Christmas shopping, here you will find articles that would cost you twenty-flve cents at other places. S. M ft E. H. Wilkes ft Co.