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W&t iDfobertt?er Babecriptlon Price is $1.00 per Year Payable in Adrance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laarens, 9. C. ALISON LEE President W. Q. LANCASTER vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One cent a word. Entered at th? postoQlce at Lnurons, 8 C. as second class mail matter. LAUKENS, S. C PER. 14, 15)12. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities In the county. Cor? respondents are requested to sign their name to tbe contri butions Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. Plague take that ground hog. ? ? m They certainly do have some "Times" at Helton. Shoo! ? ? ? ? And again with this State Mouse In vestigation the old question bobs up "Who hit Billy Patterson?" ? ? ? . Peach trees and candidates bloom just about the .same time. The buds are beginning to swell already. a ? ? The weather has been pretty cold, but a few other little affairs are get ting rather warm down In Columbia. ? ? ? Fifteen new subscribers in one day is not a bad record at all. The Ad vertiser's mailing list steadily grows longer and longer. ? ? ? Our farmers should hark to what "Observer" says l^i this issue. He lives in the country and knows what he Is talking about. ? ? ? This has been a glorious year for weather prophets The long ilistar.ee guessers have been on the job alright, alright. Three snows predicted and three snows fell. ? ? ? Well, the legislature has. Jecided to allow the state's prisoners to contin ue to work under unhealthy condi Hons at the hosiery mill for another year. The vote was closer than wo really expected. ? e a Who could be more fortunate than we, who have the l:.arming school teachers all over the county collect ing subscriptions in order to afford their schools with the luxuries of n few choice books. With the teachers for us, who can be against us? ? ? ? The Newberry Observer a?ks "Who will Jacks township support for pres ident?" Jacks wont have much say so, in deciding on who she Is going to vote for. She Is going to vote for the Democratic party nominee, re gardless. She Is "stanch" for democ racy. Now. when It comes to the of fice of sheriff, or clerk of court, or auditor or some of those kind of plac es, she cuts quite a "Agger" at the show down. A little thing like a pres idential election is a soft snap for Jacks, but when it comes to a county campaign, look-out! ? ? ? It seems tu us that the real Issues in the State House architect probe are being lost sight of In the endeavor to entangle Qov. Rlease in it. It would appear to us to be the proper thing to discover what was really done and thru later to find out who did it. Following the blind leadership of those who many believe were respon sible for the election of Qov. Blease In tbe last campaign, the investigat ing committee is traveling a little too fast. They have got the cart before the horse. If Oov. Blesse was "In" on this deal. It can be brought out af ter the material facts have been gath ered. ? ? ? The patrons of the opera house would appreciate any action that the police department might take toward stopping promiscuous noises in the gallery and elsewhere when plays are being given. To "have a loud bee-haw and crackling of* peanut hulls Just at critical moments, livery* annoying to many who go to the theatre. If the management of the opera bouse, which the city owns, hopes To be able to bold bis lease profitably, some pro tection should be provided for those who desire to go there for an even ing's enjoyment. Hardly a play pass es but that many very annoying nois es and disturbances take place. ? S 9 THAT CAT AND RAT RANCH. Replying to "8al and Me for Bus iness", in regard to that cat and rat ranch proposition which was fully exploited in the last Issue of The Ad vertiser, the communication being found in another column of this pa per, we wish to state to our corres pondent that this business is fos tered by The Greenvilla News. While we modestly admit that we saw a golden opportunity In the proposition from the very first, still we must give proper credit where It is due. The Greenville News was the'flrst to ?ee the vast profits in a business of this kind and so gave it publicity for the benefit of its readers, so we give them full credit for the discovery. So if "Sal and Me" deslro to subscribe to the stock in this great bananza, they can send the first Installments to Mr. Geo. 13runson, Greenville News, Greenville, S. C. 88888888888888888888 8 ' 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 8888888 8888888888888 While we subscribed to the expense fund necessary to carry out the Rock Hill plan to reduce cotton acreage wo do not believe It'will be very effective unless the renters are required to re duce their acreage in cotton. There ar*e a number of big land owners in Abbeville that raise practically no cotton who can very easily ag :ee to reduce but If the agreement doo3 not cover their renters It will amount to nothing. The only practical plan to reduce cotton acreage Is for all of the land owners to rent as Mr. W. A. Ste venson has, that Is, take a certain part of the rent in corn, peas, wheat and oats. TheBe have a marke' value at all times. If there is no demand for them in Abbeville there can al ways be found markets elsewhere and if the Produce Exchange is establish ed ther, will be no trouble to sell such products any time. The Rock Hill Plan is for each Individual farm- j er to sign an agreement to reduce his acreage In cotton a certain per cent. We know of a certain man In Abbe ville, for instance, who owne two or three thousand acres of land, and who will probably cultivate 200 of it him self. He will agree to reduce his acreage in cotton, but will he require his renters who will work the balance of his land to reduce their acreage? If not Iiis signing the pledge will not amount to much. Let all the land own- ^ ers adopt Mr. Stevenson's plan, That; will be the surest way to reduce the acreage In cottau.?Abbeville Medium. _m ,. In spite of the fact that the cotton crop of 1011-12 is the largest on rec ord?estimated by the government at over 1 1.S00.000 running bales of f>00 pounds each?the price has steadily advanced during the past two weeks, and, although determined efforts have been made by the "bear" element in the future market to depress them, prices have gone but little below the nine-cent level during the entire mar keting season. Not only has the crop been a record-breaking one In num ber of bales, but the actual weights, according to official figures, are al most three pounds above those of last year, being 519 64-100 for the present season, agalst 516 84-100 last year. That the price of cotton has held up so well under such pressure is a remarkable one, when one recalls the fluctuations of the market during the first "big crop year" of 1904-05, when the crop was over two million bales under the one* of the present season. When the official estimate of the government was Issued on De cember 4, 1904, placing the amount of cotton grown at about 13,000.000 bales, the market immediately broke almost a cent a pound, and the bot tom was not reached uniil prices had gone below six cents. There has been a large increase in spinners' takings during the present yef.r, exports alone exceeding those of last year by more than 1,400,000 bnlcs, but the strength of the market cannot be attributed to the Increase in consumption alone. A big factor, and oiie (hat has been overlookeo by a great many, has been the farmers' organizations that have come Into ex istence since 1904. A determination to hold cotton for a fair price, and a gradual movement toward a more systematic marketing of the crop has undoubtedly had Its effect. In view-of the wild scramble to sell cotton at any figure obtainable in 1904 whon such a thing as an or ganization of farmers had been little more than considered, it is dufflcult to imagine what wc uld have occurred during the past winter with such an unprecedented yield had the farmers not made a determined stand for a Just price for thejr cotton. , The. period for planting the 'coming Srop wll\ soon bo at hand and it Is up to every farmer to not only' sub scribe to the plan originated by Mr. Anderson, of Rock Hfli, for reduction of acreage, but to live up to the agreement to the letter. The farmer will not have to wait for years to see the benefits that will accrue from the adopion of this plan, but the effects will be apparent within a year.?Spar tanburg Herald. Germany has the fastest battle cruiser afloat, the Moltke, which on her speed trials made 29.5 knots per hous. Tbe Von der Tann is her next fastest water fighter of the dread naught class. Great Britain also has three birds that skim along at 28 knots?the Invlnclblo, the Indomitably and the Indegatigable. But the great est of all the floating armament Is the Lion, recently launched. This monster is estimated to have a speed capacity of 31 to 32 knots per hour. The cost of the Lion's machinery is to be $2,500,000. The new ship is 680 feet long. Her engines will ]^a\e 70, 000 horsepower. When one Btands at the mighty cataract of the Catawba and is told that all of that great vol ume of water creates but 60,000 horse power, what is it all when compared with 70,000 horse power in the loins of this great racing fighter, of the deep? And when we think that Eng land and Germany are building these dreadnaughts while Amorlca Is squandering millions on pensions to grafters, how fearsome is the pros pect for the future!?Anderson Daily Mail. The Laurens Advertiser, which has a knack of saying the right thing in tho right way. effectually disposes of tho argument that "the other fellow won't reduce his cotton acreage." Don't lis ten to such talk, says the Advertiser. "Let the other fellows increase their acreage if they would be treacherous ( to themselves and their neighbors, but if by their treachery they cause' tbe prce to fall they suffer most. If in spite of their treachery, cotton goes higher, you make a profit that you ( could not have made had you not. with the others true to the cause, curtailed. And then, if you do not make the pro- I fit on cotton that the other fellow'does. you make it on other products. If the farmers would come to realize this, no organization would be necessary." Mr. J. B. Anderson, the man who is behind the Rock Hill plan for putting the matter before the farmers indi vidually regards the Advertiser's rea soning as a "clincher."?News and Courier. Enoree Hank Prospers* The Bank of Enoree has mailed to its customers and friends a statement1 of its growth within the past two! years. With a capital stock of $10.-' 000 and deposits of around $57,000 on February 2nd, 1911, it bad grown to be an institution of $25.000 capital and nearly $';:>,i00 deposits on February 9th, 1912. Mr. J. Y. Bryson is pres ident and Mr. Goo. H. Blakeley is cash ier. Mr. Bryson is president ot h string of banks in this sectior. Cotton Going tpwards. The Laurens cotton market ha? been a busy market for the past few weeks. With cotton bringing 10 cents and over, the farmers have been turning it loose rather freely. Yesterday the staple was bringing 10 I-2c coats on the local market. Returns After Visit. Miss Lovey Spicer of Philadelphia, who has been spending a delightful winter with her sister, Mrs. William Solomon here in Laurens, has left for Norfolk, Va.. where she will visit her sister, Mrs. WllHam II. Colloway. Miss Splcer's many friends here rogret her leaving but hone she will not forget her southern acquaintances and re turn again In the near future. VELASQUEZ A CHEAP ARTIST As Court Painter He Received $11 a Month When He Was About Twenty-five Years Old. Don Caspar de Guzman, Conde Duque d?livarez, born in Rome in 15S7. became the first minister of Philip IV. in 1621, was dismissed in , lt;i3 after a career of mismanagement and died in c>:!!e two years later. A patron of the painter's. It was through him that Velasquez at twenty-four be Came court painter to the young king at eighteen, In return Velasquez palnt a number of portraits for his protec tor. The notable example, which has ; recently been presented to the His panic museum of New York, was painted when Velasquez was about twenty-five years old, shortly after he came to court. The canvas, measuring 61 by 85 inches, came from Copt. Robert 8. Holford of London. In whose posses sion It had long been held after hav ing passed through the Baillie sale In 1853, when it sold for ?698 10s., and the Scarisbrick sale in 1861, when It sold for ?262 10s., very moderate sums compared to the surprising fig ure said to have been paid for It re cently. At the time It was painted Velasquez was receiving $11 a month for his services as court painter.?W. 8tanton Howard, in Harper's Mags tine. Untainted. i Tempted by an offer of considerably j more then the property bad cost blm, Mr. Kreezus, who counted hla wealth in millions, had parted with bis sub urban villa. "You didn't need the money/' said his disgusted business partner, who bad Just heard of the transaction, ''yet for a little filthy lucre you sold that beautiful home!" "I didn't 1" exclaimed the equally in dignant Mr. Kreesus. "I sold It for clean cash!"?Youth's Companion. How Oyster Islands Ar? Formed.' Oyster Islands, similar to those formod of coral, are found In several parts of the world. The islands in Newport river and Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, say8 a writer In the Century Path Magazine, have been discovered to have as base a reef to which the spawn were attached and above this layer upon layer of oysters, vegetable growth, and debris brought ! by the action of the waves and winds, i all of which finally grows high enough to rise above the surface of the water. This growth is exactly analogous to that of the coral islands of the Pa cific. 1 Tho islands near the mouth oi the River Tagus In PorUgal are said to have been built up In this way also. Here, where there 1b such a quantity of oysters that 100 million a year would scarcely be missed If they were removed, the expanse of water just beyond the river's mouth Is dotted with oyster Islands. -As In the case of the coral reefs, which on the seaward elde may be covered with living, grow ing coral, live oysters thrive In the snme wate, s where the accumulation of dead generations has served to term the islands. The Passion Play. Tha now world-famous "Passion Play" at Oberammergau Is said to have had its origin, about 1833, in the deep contrition of mind born of a great pestilence. Certain survivors of the plague resolved that ever after ward, at stated Intervals, they would celebrate the "Passion of Christ" as a token c' their reverential gratitude. Beginning on a small scale, the play gradually grew In Importance until It Is now known all over tho world, hav ing visitors from pretty nearly every civilized country on earth. While Oberammergau la still, and will prob ably remain, the center of the Institu tion, Passion plays are beginning to be established In the surrounding re gions, notably in Switzerland. For sore throat there is positively no remedy that will relieve so quickly and cure permanently the most aggrevated case, as Bloodine Rheumatic Liniment. Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. Fine Lot of Steers. Mr. J. J. Dendy has just received a shipment of the finest lot of cattle seen around Laurens in a long time. The cattle, fine Red Poles from Ten nessee, will he whacited up for the big meat market now being run by Mr. Dendy. Of the drove of about forty-eight, not a single one weighed less than a thousand pounds. Shocking Sounds in the earth are sometimes heard be fore a terrible earthquake, that warn of the coming peril. Nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the kidneys need attention if you would escape those dangerous maladies, dropsy, diabetes or Rright's disease. Take Klectric Ritters at once and see backache fly and all your best feelings return. "My son received great benefit from their use for kidney and bladder trou bles," writes Peter Rondy, South Rock wood, Mich.. "It is certainly a great kidney medicine." Try it. !">0 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. I SPECIAL NOTICES. For Sale- -Practically new, nickle plated shower hath with fixtures, in good condition. Apply at this office. 29-2t Wanted -You to know that if you have anything to sell this Is the place to tell about It. Other folks besides you read It. Duck Eggs for Sale -We have set tings of Indian Runner duck eggs for sale, best stock. $1.00 per setting. Apply to Mrs. M. A. Jones, Cray Court, S. ('. 29-tf For Sale Good family marc, quali ty guaranteed. Apply to J. A. Wof ford. Madden, S. C. 29-1 t-pd Wanted -By a young couple a fur nished house. Will board any parties desiring to remain In same. Address P. O. Box 234. 2'.?-1 t-pd Lost?One mouse colored mare mule. ?I years old. slightly wild, strayed off Friday night. February 2nd. Wister Garrett, Barksdale, s. c. 28-it-pd For Sale -Ideal residence lot on Church street near school, churches and public square. Bargain to quick buyer. C. D. Barksdale. 27-2t For Sale?Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels and pullets. One cockerel and two pullets $2.50. C. D. Barks dale. 27-2t For Sale?Two nice residences In the city of LaurenB, well located In a popular neighborhood and fitted with modern conveniences. Large corner fots. Apply to Dr. W. H. Dial. 26-tf Per Sale?Two mules and one mare, cheap for cash. Apply at W. H. Hud gens ft Co., or to Dr. W. H. Dial 26-tf | Fer Bent?One small cottage on Simpson street. Also suite of office rooms in Dial building. Apply to Dr. W. H. Dial. 26-tf Fer Rent?1 two horse farm and 1 one horse farm, at Witte place. New btuldings. rich land Apply to E. P. Mtnter, Laurens. 8. C. 26-tf j Fer Sale?A scholarship in a lead ing business school not many mile* from this place. Will sell at dis count. For information apply at this office. 10-tf Fer Sale?Tract of land near Mount viile containing 60 acres, on Little Riv er, bordered by lands of M. A. Huff and A. J. Smith and lying alongside 8. A L. Ry. Reasonable price. Apply or write to J. M. Cureton, Jr., 152C Pondleton street, Greenville, 8. C. 28-6t-pd Royal has no substitute for making delicious home-baked foods BakingPowder I ABSOLUTELY PURE The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Wedding Bells. "Jedge." 6ald iho old colored cltl ten. "how much ler a license ter git married?" "Want it for yourself?" "Yes. sun; you see. I's glttln' mighty old now." "That's evident Then why do you want to get married?" "Well, Jedge, ter tell de truth, pome body gimme a long coat, a linen collar an' a walkin' capo, en I knows a ooman what says ^he kin mako a llv In" fer me. on 1 feels des like a. honey moon!" He Had His Suspicion. One day a farmer member of the Ohio house displayed. Inadvertently, a large roll of bills In the Nell house lobby A fellow member gazed In awe at the sfiow of wealth. "1 Just sold a drove of hogs." ex plained the farmer member rather has tily and confusedly. The observing one was thoughtful Ho did not reply for the half minute usually essential to the full-measured beat of his mental process And then? "Yaas." he drawled, "and I'll bet I'm one o' them hawgs."?Success. The Masculine Way. Men preach and practica by the card. But it's a lead-pipe cinch They do their preaching by the yard. And practice by the Inch. Getting Even. Our friend who In taking ua for a ride In his neroplane startles us by dropping n heavy wrencb bo that It narrowly misses a man In the road. "Why did you do that?" we ask, see ing him chuckle over the man's fright. "That's a country Justice of the peace," he says, scooting the machine up "He used to fine me every Sun day for fast driving in my auto."? Woman's World. STOMACH AILED HIM. Deacon Jackson?Do idea if de hero after Is kinder troublln' me. Parson Johnson?Dnt shouldn't trouble you Jes' think, yo'll be llvln on milk and honey. Deacon Jackson?Dat's Jos' what's de matter. Dat stuff always gives me de Indigestion. 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