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Cfie ?lbbcrtteer Subscription Price Ii *1.00 per Year Payable In Advance. Published ?>y ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, *?. C. auson LEE President W. G. LANCASTER vice-Pros ARTHl'K LEE Sec. and Treas. advertising Kates on Application. Obituaries and Card of thanks: One e*nt a word. Entered at th? postofP.ce at Laurens, 8. C. a? seooud class mail matter. LAI'REN'S, S. (., PER, 2s 1912. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities in the county. Cor respondents are requested to siirn their name to the contr'* butions Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn This weather reminds one of Noah. ? ? ? Representative Johnson says Champ Clark is a great harmon-izer ? ? ? Candidates seem a little bashful this your Not ;? single ore announced; so far. ? * ? Things promise to bo pretty inter ! osttng in the county campaign if the ! ball ever begins rolling ? ? . A candidate In Greenwood county came out the other day with a half page advertisement. That town is strong on advertisement. ? ? ? We haven't heard any more about Cashier Mathews and his letter which be had pasted together. Mr. Mathews' will have to produce the letter or else peop'e will begin to think he hasn't jrot it. ? * . Some unapppreciative barbarian! has now hopped up and suggested that tho import duty on si'.k stockings be raised. Taking tho view that this ?lscrimina:ion against the w hole pco- j pie and hot any single class, ,ve hold thai this suggestion ought not to be acted upon at a'.I. It is unfair to' say that placing the added duty on this class of merchandise is discrim inating against the menfolks. Though the use of the cocking Is restricted to the other sex entirely and though to thorn it is a source of great delight on account of the superior wear ing qualities, sti'.l the other sox gets an equal enjoyment from them op! account of their greater beaut} if there is any discrimination at all. it seems to us that a grave question of( ?who is discriminated against is In volved. Since this question is im possible of solution, we move that the duty remain as it is or bo low ?? red. ? ? ? A great many people have the wrong idea of their obligation in boosting a town They seem to think ?when some public spirited cit goes to work and carries around a subscription list to solicit stock I i an enterpi so of som worth i 1 the city, that all that is necessa Is l subscribe to the stock That Is, in itself, a commendable spirit it' tl at part oi the support is I something at ore tangil But seems in many instances, and it is said that it has happ< In Lau rather recently, that people subscril ? to stock for these enterprises when, after trades are made and deals closed, the t.me conies to pa> the subscription money they fail come across Now this - ing the proper spirit and n I : ^carrying out an obligation made relied upon b) Others This not be the pro| er spirit of a town ? ? ? Ol BH r to 11 v\ I ONE. The public is extended tation to visit the Greenwood spits Oreenwood lournal. Ti e public of Ke*N?rr) net never such ,:n. I Laurens. Greenwood &nd all thcise lit tie towns can have hospitals, but Mewberry continues to send patients a plenty to the hosp.ta..- C,<; bia. Wake from thy slumbers, oh JJewberry ? Newber.y Herald A News. The bos, ita. in l^anrens h.*> ;.rm ed a great success. Not until it was pat In operation, a*as it realised what a boon It was to be to the county It is our understanding that the insti tution is telfsustaining and doing jereat good Many of our citizens, both of the city and of the outlying dis tricts, who heretofore were unable to enjoy the conveniences of hospital treatment, now are treated at the l^aarvns County Hospital and many others, who were able to go to larg er cities, are treated at home at less expense We believe that if a com mittee were appointed from among the prom c i I citizens of N to visit the Laurens. Uaffney and Greenwood hospitals they would re turn home with the determination to have the hospital at any cost. A hospital is not going to boost the population of New berry nor will it prove a great business producer, but it is an institution r..a; every city the sire of Laurens and Nowborry should | have. In this connection, it might DO well to state that the hospital here has been generously su,,>orted by all the people, especially the physicians, and It is doing a splendid work. ? ? ? POOR SERVICE. It s been a long time since we have had anything to say siout the conduct of city affairs. In fa.-. The Adver? tlser has been a little dry alone th >se lines. .*? t one time ?e swore off :im1 said we nov?;r would say another thing In the way of crltlcsm of the city Council, because ii seemed as if we were the only people interested. Others were content to si. around and take their dose and go their wa> re? jotclng. Since nobody else seemed interested, we thought we could stand it too. Hut just recently condition*? have been rather Intolerable The electric current has been weak all day every day. shut off completely part of some of the days and some nights, the water given us to drink has had the appearance of just com ing cut of a mud hole and well. well, j well?Everybody knows how it is. If we ask at the power house they! say it is the fault of the telephone com pany and wo ask the telephone : company they say they are not at fault at all, and there you are. Who hit Billy Patterson! Now. gentleman of the City Coun* I Oil. Chls thing Is getting rather mo notonous or tiresome. Can't some- j 'hing be done to give us better ser Of course the leather is going to be suggested as the cause of it a'.*., but that s no excuse. The weather j has been bad everywhere else and | they haven't had the trouble that we have had In Laurens. There is some excuse for turning off the power at times, but when it comes to be so con stant as it has been in the few past weeks, it is disagreeable to say the ? Vl>\ KRTIS1NU V Ml I nM \\. There are two very good advertise rs in The Abbeville Medium this week, on of The Medium Itself ar.d the other of the Anderson Phosphate and Oil Company Win h \ye | Ick up a paper printed some 5>0 or 7.% years t ago one of the most interesting things is the advertisenients. if this week'sI issue of The Medium should be | ck er would find out a great deal about the current history of Abbeville coun ty from th. Interesting letters of c6rre*i| nd nts bin lie couldii'l guage the business spirit o( Abbeville very well by the number of advertise ments. it Is. .-, matter of surprise that some Kood papers, such as The V.- i ium. the Tugaloe Tribune of West-, min:-tor. and some others that we] mich: mention, are always appealing to the merchants to advertise A newspaper is nr. asset to a town un less ?.: '.s one of the kind that de presses business and has a heavy moral atmosphere. Ar.d every hews paper should be well supported, In addition to that?advertising pays The above remarks by The Ander-' advertising ar.d Job work. Ad ing ar.d job business are differ The time is past when a pa] er Support" only. The time has come now. when advertising is a necessity, not only for the growth of any t ness. but for the life of the business. While live merchant* are perfectly , willing to put down eight, ten. twc'v? 1 and fifteen dollars for large dis| laj ? advertisements, when they real!7e that ' they will get full returns for them. ] they do not and will not put down that much out of mere love for the pa ', per itself and a desire to see it keep ', going They do not consider it good 1 business and neihter would we. But. if they can be brought to re&iize that in advert;sirg lies their success, they ' will put the cold cash down for t.-.e j space. What these papers should do , then and what all papers should do. ' is to cut out this cry of " lack of sup port*' in the advertising column and to get off on another line and Show to the merchants that unless they d> advertise, retain the trade that the) have got and get more by pushing Into other territory, they will be the losers. I Each of these towns named, we daresay, are contributing to more hustling towns trade, that should stay at home, the reason being that the merchants are not making the proper efforts to hold the trade in their ter ritory. Now-, it is very well to ask for sup port in the matter of job work. That is something that is a first necessity and it has to be done somewhere. The newspapers do what they can for their towns and the towns can recip rocate by aiding them in a way that will not cost anything extra. Hut in asking for advertising on the grounds that it will contribute to the support of one of the town's "institutions" is not good business. Advertising is a commodity that is as valuable as any other commodity and to sell it requires the same arguments as do those other commodities. LIBERAL GIFTS FOR PIANO. Nice Sum Raised to Pa? on Purchase Price of Piano for Second Baptist Church. During the past few days a list has been circulated over the city for the purpose of raising money to pay for a piano at the Second Baptist church. The instrument that has been there all the time has about worn out and sev eral members decided to get another. The instrument has already been pur chased and partially paid for. Those in charge of the list yesterday handed the names to The Advertiser with the request that they bo publish ed The gentlemen also handed a card expressing the thanks of the school for the gift, The card and the names of the subscribers of the fund are as follows: The Second Baptist Sunday school Laurens, S. C. wishes to thank 'he business firms and individuals of our city and community who have con tributed so liberally to the purchasing of a piano which we are badly in need ctf Follow ing is a list of the partes who have contributed up to date: \V. H. Clements, dealer in feather beds $10.00. J. C. Burns & Co. $2.00: S. M. ?: E H. Wilkes & Co. $2.00. Switzer Co $1.00, Mahaffey & Babb 00, J S. Bennett $1.00, J. M. Philpot $1.00. Red Hot Racket $1.00. R. W. Willis $1.00, I^Atirens Drug Co. $1.00. J. C. Shell ?: Co. Jl 00, Palmetto Drug Co. $1.00, S. G. McDaniel, beef market. $1.00, J. J Dendy, beef market, $1.00. .1. .1. PIUSS $1 00; Mrs. .1. .1. Fluss $1 O0i C. A. Power $2.00, O G. Thompson. Judge Of Probate $1 00, H B. Humbert. County Supervisor J. Waddy Thompson, County Auditor, $1.00. Ross D Young. County Treasurer. $1.00. lohn h Ow ngs. Sheriff $2.00. John P. Bolt. Clerk of Court. $2.-"'0. dec L. Pitts. Supt. Of Education. $1.50, Orien tal Candy Kitchen $.50. H. Terry $1.00. J. M. Moore. Supt. of Laurens Mills, <? 00 0 N Pranks. Overseer of Card ing. $1.00 NV H G OS noil. Overseer of Si inning $1 ?'??'?. Warren Hyden. Over seer of Weaving $1.00. Clyde Martin. Overseer of Cloth Room. $1.00. James Thomas. Second hand of Spinning. J" John Snoddy. Second hand of Carding. $100. J. P. Hughes. Second hand of Weaving. $.50, Roy Martin ?' )0, John Tutr.am. $1.00, W. F. Bearden $1 00, Ed. Turder $1 00. R J Franks merchant. $ 25. Irvin Sims J 00. C. C. Johnson $1 00, Mrs. C. C. Johnson R. E. Themrsen $2 Miss Effle Walker $5.00. F. H Burton $1.00 M-s F H. Burton $1.00, Tom A very $1.00. John Martin $2.00. Horace T- *? V* \V T? ?? ?". ' ? . 5" iV., Miss Effle Walker Horace Tongue Commit Notice D. V. K. The regular meeting of the Daught ers of the American Revolution will be held Monday afternoon. March 4th. at 4 o'clock a; the home of Mrs. .7 D. Watt*. All members who cannot attend are requested to notify the Mrs. Brooks Swygert. Secretary INDIGESTION GOES, Sourness, Reagine?*. Belehinff ind Stomach Distress Quickly Fad? Away. Magical Ml-O-NA is what you n'-^d for any disturbed condition of ihe stomach. ? MI-O-NA stomach tafc>*s ill d ive ak? an roeau mysht bde am tcosm . all the poisinous gases from your stomach and make your stomach strong enough to digest any food. For any ailment caused by ??? ak stomach such as sick headach*. dl; i ness nervousness, lack of enVi*?tc?\ that tired all in feeling, sleeplessr,*?* bad dreams or bad stcmar fc the In -~ ir.g aft*r too much ?mokine and drink :?. c ' - i.: in< se .. menu no? ng on 88888888888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. S S 8 88888888888888888888 Sumo as Usual. .lacks township, in Lauions county, is saiil to be democratic this year.? Greenville Piedmont. In the Event In the event that Solicitor Cooper Is a candidate for the office of Attorney General. Mr. J. Howard Moore, will be a candidate for solicitor of this circuit?Abtevtlle Press and Banner. A Boomerang. Have you ever thought that if you give active support or silent Influ ence to delaying or frustrating just ice, you may be aiding in that which some day may result In your own un doing??I'nion Progress. Yes, Pegging Along Here. In Spartanburg they are raising money right along for a trolley. They are doing good things in Spartanburg. Laurens. Greenwood rind ether places. Newberry is dragging roads. How about the Chatauo.ua??Newberry Her ald and News. A Problem in Mnthtnattcs. Isn't It a sad fact that farmers out West pay from two to three hundred dollars an acre for land on which to raise horses, mules, hogs. corn, wheat and hay to ship South to farmers raising all cotton on land worth from $le to $eO an acre and yet some people say we cannot afford to raise such things here.?Abbeville Medium We stand Corrected. One rule which should be stringent ly enforced in the new court house is one against promiscuous spitting on tMe floors. Such unsanitary and filthy habits absolutely should not be tol erated.?Laurens Advertiser. The inference is that one can spit on the floors of the new courthouse as much as he pleases just so he does not spit promiscuously. The rule ought to be a little more explicit.? Newberry Observer. "The) Swear bj Hlm.M It was announced in Columbia '..i.-t week that Solicitor R. a. Coo-. ? r cf laurens would positively be in the race for attorney general. Mr. Coop er has since qualified this statement, which he says was erroneous. lie says that If Attorney Geh? ml 1 yon. for whom he has the warmes: | r sonal friendship and greatest respect, should feel It his duty to ottYr for re-election. Mr. Cooper will not op; ose him. In fact Mr. Cooper has also teen approached to run for governor. It is known that he is personally im mensely popular in Newberry. Sa luda. Abbeville and Laurense whence Cooper, no doubt could be brought out and would probably be a winner. He is a self made man. came up from the plow handles, is as clean cut as any man in public life and those who know him best swear by him.? Anderson Daily Mail. Two State Partie?. We understand that the rrimary fhfs summer is liable to develop a new i ature in the politics .of the State It is hinted that there w ill be two dis tinct sets of candidates for the Gen eral Assembly in each county?a set if?cation. This would be rough on seme of the politicians but it would be for the best interest of the State. ?Gaffney Ledger. oh! Von Jack-. The State has saved us a reply to the Laurens Advertiser by saying what we had intended to say. only saying it a great deal better than we could pos sibly have done. We. therefore, fully endorse what The State says in de claring that not only Jacks township, but every other township in the I'nion. has a voice in selecting the president of these United States. It is the multitudinous rolling and breaking of the waves of th? ocean on the shore that makes the great swell ing roar of old ocean; and so it is the many voices of individuals and clubs and townships and count:**-* that make the great and commanding "voice o? the people." Of course the Democrats of Jacks township cannot vote directly for Woodrow Wilson or Judson Harmon, o** anv oll t ' c' n i.date for the * real man E. Mack: but every son of them ( can make up Iiis mind as to Iiis man J and help to elect the delegates who j are to go to the conventions, to send ' delegates to the nominating conven tion. The government of the nation starts in the clubs. People who ignore thb> fact often find that when they begin to take an active interest in politics" Othi r men have already been at work and fixed things their own way. If a man wants to take an Influential pat ;, he must begin at the beginning ? in the clubs and the townships.? X e w berry Obser v e r. Ignorance of the Game. The I.aurons Advertiser recently an nounced that it favored starting a rat farm, product of farm aforesaid to be used in rearing kitties on another farm. Kitties aforesaid to be used for the fur of their hides and appur tenaces appurtainlng thereunto. Now we warn our good Laurcns friend, that with all of the moral wave against racing and betting and gambling, this thing of rearing kit ties is tempting fate. We have heard of men raising the limit, but the kitty?never! In the case of Cochran vs the Commonwealth. 102 Georgia, the "kitty" is defined as fol lows: "A kitty is a receptacle in a poker table into which a certain number of chips are placed or drop ped when hands of a certain value are held by any of the players, and the contents belong to the proprietors of the place or table." Our 1.aureus contemporary should be careful in ex- | pressing a predilection for the kitty i with the legislature yet in session.? Anderson Daily Mail. Free t arnations. Each lady who visits Kays Pharmacy Saturday. March 2nd. will be presented with a carnation, compliments of Oak hurst Green Houses. -Ur. K. I.. Branyon, Prop. Card of Thanks. We wish to extend our thanks and appreciations to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us during the recent illness and death of our dear little babe. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. \v. Hellams. When her child is in danger a wom an will risk her life to protect it. No great act of heroism or risk of life is necessary t-> protect a child from croup. Give Chamberlain's Couch Remedy am! :.'.! danger is avoided, For sale by all dealers. REV. U.L1SON RESIGNS, Pastor of Second Baptist ( liurcli Has Vccepted a t all to I'nlon and Hill >.o to Hi* ?v Field at Once. Rev. A. 0. Allison, pastor of the Sec ond Baptist church of this city, re signed his charge at the service Sun day morning. The resignation is to go into effect at or.ee. He has been call ed to the pastorate of the Second Bap tist church, of Union, and will go to his new field right away. Rev. Mr Allison has been at the Sec ond church for about thirteen months and by his Conscientious work and Christian character has endeared him self to his entire congregation. His departure is greatly regretted by his congregation and friends of other de nominations His successor will be named at an early meeting of the church. V t.RK \ I IHM (?\ FRY. ( ertnln Intrredlents That Reallj Pro. mote Hair Growth when Propcrlj ( omblned. nee t ion w These tngredients in proper combi nation, with alcohol added as a sti n ulant and for its well-defined nourish ing properties, perfect perhaps the most effect.v... r-medy that :s know, for scalp and hair troubles. We have a remedy which s chiefly composed of these Ingredi ints, in com bination with other extremely invalua ble medicinal agents. YVe guarantee it to positively cure dandruff and to grow hair, even though |h? scalp jn spots is bare of hai-. If here Is any vitality left in the roots It will posi tively cure baldness, or we Will re fund your money. If th? sca!p has a glazed, shiny appearance, It's nn indication that baldness :s permanent, but in other instances we believe bald ness is curable. We want every on? troubled with scalp disease or loss of hair to trv Rexall "93" Hair Tonic. If it does not care dandruff and grow. ' a:r to the satisfaction of the usi . we will without question or quibbb? return ev ( ery cent paid us for it. \Vn print this guarantee on every bottle !? has e' fected a positive cure in '.>.; per cent of cases wh??re 'put to a practical test. Rexall "93" Hair ToulJ la entirely unlike, and we think, in every ; ar ticular, better than anything else we know of 'er the purpose for which It is prescribed. We urge you to try this preparation our ?-. : risk. Cer tainly we know of no pCtl I . . to give you, Remembe* > ^.i e u oh I MA DDEN NEWS | < ^^^^^^^^ Madden. Fob. 27.?The oldest inhab itant will cortalnly have to put on uls "studying cap" to roraeuibor any A-orse weather than wo arc now hav ing. It is a very consoling thought, however to realize "that behind tho clouds tho sun is silll shinning." The very severe wind of Wednesday last occasioned some minor damages. Trees In the vicinity were blown down. A stove Hue at Mr. Prollltts" was blown over and a wagon shelter t Mr. Wofford'8 was partly demolished Rev. J. A. Martin filled his regu lar appointment at New Prospect Sun day and considering the Inclemency of the weather, to a very good con gregation, country churches as well as schools have been hindered In their work, on account of the weather. Rev. Mr. Martin was the guest whllo here, of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Finley. Miss Floride Simpson, a student of Laurens high school, spent the week end with her cousin. Miss Ora Pow ers. Miss Jessie Mac Mahaffey went to Clinton Friday. Mr. 11. .lud Langston spent Satur day night with Mr. Tom Shaw of Cold Point. The friends of Mrs. Fstelle Daven port Will be sorry to hear that she has to return to the hospital, possibly for a second operation. Mr. W. H. Hudgens and son was out to preaching Sunday and took dinner with his mother, Mrs. Langston. Mr and Mrs. Thurman Finley and children spent Saturday night and Sunday with their mother, Mrs. 11. C. Cunningham, HERE IS A REMEDY Til VT N II I. (1 Hi: SKIN AND SCALP AFFECTIONS And We Can Prow It. Tho Laurens Drug Co. says to every person be it man. woman or child who has an Irritated, tend%, Inflamed, itch ing SKIN or SCALP, you need not suf fer another day. "We have a refined skin preparation that acts Instantly and will bring you swift and sure re sults." One warm bath with ZKMO SOAP and one application of ZKMO and you will not suffer another moment "and you will soon see a cure in sight. ZKMO and ZKMO SOAP are proven cures for every form of skin or scalp affections. They are sold by one lead ing druggist In every city or town In America and in Laurens by Laurens Drug Co. Free Carnations. Each lady who \ i^-;t> Hays Pharmacy Saturday, March 2nd, will be presented I with n carnation, compliments of Oak [hurst Green Houses. l>r. R, L. Pranycui. Prop SPECIAL NOTICES. l.o>t Gold rimmed eye glasess in city of Laurens some tune Monday. Reward If returned to this office or to G. -v. Fuller. Mountviile, S. C. 3l-lt?pd Wanted Position as overseer on farm, with experience. Address. D . 327 Laurel St.. Laurens. S. C. 36-11 Salesmen Wanted to look after our interest In Laurens and adjacent coun ties. Salary or Commission. Ad dress The Victor Oil Company. Clevc j 'and, 0. ' 31-lt*pd > Lpsfrr-On the 21st inst. a bunch of , keys. The tinder w ill please return , to Dray ton Darksdale, or to the tin 1 dersigned. and a reasonable reward will be paid. Jno. Aug. Barksdale. 3-lt-pd Office to h? n' I >o | two*r< m office [suite tor retu. Located in Law Range ' Fine location, convenient location. Apply to .1. W. Todd. Laurens S C helfet calf, price reasonable, applv to ?L M. Todd. R. v i i, Gray Court, s Puck 1 for s.tie We have set tings i f Indian Runner duck eggs for sale, best stock. $1.00 per setting A ply to Mrs. M. A Jones. Gray For Sale -Two nice residences in the city of Laurens. well located In a popular neighborhood and fitted with modern conveniences Large corner , tots. Apply to Dir. W. H. Dial. 26*tf For Sale?Two mules and one mare, cheap for cash. Apply at w. H Hud ?gens & Co., or to Dr. W. H. D;al 2S-t f For Rent?One small cottage on Simpson street. Also suite of pfflce ; rooms in Dial building Apply to Dr W. H. Dial. ' For Sale?A scholarship in a lead ; ing business school not many miles I from this place. Will sell at dis count, i-'or information applv at this office. 10_tf For Sale-Tract of land near Mount viile containing 50 acres, on Little Riv er, bordered by lands of M. A. Huff and A. J Smith and lying alongside S A L. Ry. Reasonable price Apply or writ* to J M. Cureton. Jr. lS26 Pendle ton street. Greenville, s c. 28-5t-pd When you feel rous. tired, worried or dattjoedeoi :t is a yjr* sign you nr<d MOTT$ NERVE?TNE PILLS. They renew the normal vpor and m.\ke I fe w.'rth .;v rj t> *3T* ?-4 ??k *<* Mitt's Ncnrerine Pills . ? 11 ?? WHUAM9 MFG. CO.. Prr.-. . CWv*UmL OUm i vi hi nm < <?. ., Laarens, >. t.