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Subscription Trice Is $1.00 per Year Payable In Advance. Published by ADVKHTISKH PRINTING COMTAJiY Laurens, S. C. ALISON LEE President W. Q. LANCASTER vice-Pros. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Adrertlal?g Kates cn Application. Obituaries and Cacd of thanks: One cent a word. Entered at th? postofflce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C APRIL 21. 1912. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities is the county. Cor respondents are requested to sign their name to the contr| butlons Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn lug. When one school out of the county comes to an annual meet and takes away the first prize In everything that it enters into, it Is a pretty sure sign that the one at the head of its affairs Is doing good, conscientious work and that he is a man of no moan ability. Cray Court-Owlngs high school is very fortunate In having at Its head a man of Mr. Martin's ability and ideals and the patrons of the school should feel gratified that their children are in such good hands. Mr. Martin be lieves in a healthy body as well as a well trained mind and taking this broad view of his work, he en courages athletics as well as study. * ? ? It doesn't appear to us that a can didate for a county olllce has any right to ask for the votes of his friends be cause of his sentiment toward state politics. Whether Gov. Blease makes B good governor or not has nothing to do with the successful conduct oT county offices, Taking this view of the present situation it seems to us that the question of who is to hold county offices should be decided en tirely upon personality. The question to be asked in county politics is: "Can you fill the position sought for better than the man running against you?, If you can. state your reasons for thinking so!" * * ? Laurens county has a right to feel proud of Its oratorical association. Very few others counties have such but, following In the fodtsteps of this! county, more and more counties are organizing them. Though to the sup erintendents of the different high BChools and to the boys themselves is due In large part the successful con tinuation of the association, to Supt. Of education Geo. L, Pitts is due Inj largest measure the credit for the in spiration of the idea, the Inauguration of the first contest and the continued BUCCess of tlio association. His inter-' est ki It never wavers, the actual man agement and direction of the affairs being largely in his bands. He Is I very fortunate In having an unusual ly broadminded, intelligent and ambi tious set of high school workers to assist him and out of the combined efforts of theni all has arisen an ora torical association which |s a credit to the county and an Instrument of much benefit to the yoting boys who: take advantages of it. * * ? PROTECT THE BIRDS. A plea for the protection of our birds Will bo found in another part of this paper It Is written by Eugene Mad den, of Waterloo, and deals with a subject that Is not given the attention which it deserves In this country. ,\s the article suggests, the people do not realize the work for good done by these little animals. It does not take a scientist or even a bird lover to see ? that they ate of inestimable value to, the farmers of the country. The ob-1 serving fanner himself, if he watches j closely, will see that the birds destroy j harmful insects and eat the seed of weeds that take a large part of the nourishment from the ground Though the work that the birds do in this sec tion now Is not possibly as noticea ble as it Is claewhere. we must remem ber that the boll weavil is steadily making for the, east and that the birds if they are allowed to Increase, will serve as the best barrier which we can put up against that pest. The birds ?re of great assistance to the farmer Sind they certainly should be protect ed. ? ? ? WE MUST BLAME OURSELVES. The great disaster overtaking the Titanic Is only another example of the certain results to follow the pres ent generation's craze for speed. It is an Impossibility for trains to make schedules vhich are prepared for them and ships to make port in the time allotted for them, without ?.aklnp (Treat risks. Though those risks are known to every passenger that travels and though they know that the taster the schedule the greater the risk, till the 1 inordinate desire to overcome time and' ! distanco makes the mthe more anxious ' to take the faster carriers. This is a i world of competition. The railroad that has the finest trains and the fast est schedule gets the business and so it is with the ship line that has the largest ship and the fastest schedule. The public demands speed and the companies supply the demand, if ac cident befalls them, the company should not alone be held to blame, j True it is that there was evi j dent carelessness on board the Titanic but the carelessness was borne of the desire to please the conipnny's pas sengers. * ? ? A GUAM) TRADE WEEK. During the past week The Adver tiser has been agitating a trade week for Laurens. The attraction during the week is to consist of good mer chandise at special prices with an added inducement of refunded mileage to purchasers of certain amounts with the firms entering the agree ment. The canvasser for the adver tising, through which the week is to be given publicity, was greatly en couraged with the results obtained. However, as the plans did not ma terialize as swiftly as was at first ex pected, the trade week has been post poned. In the meantime. The Adver tiser requests that the merchants con fer with each other, suggest methods of proceeds re and prepare to enter enthusiastically into the campaign. Of course if it is left entirely to the advertising in this paper to bring the best results, it will not be done. A spontaneous cooperation is required to make anything of this kind a suc cess and we hope that the merchants will enter into it wuh spirit and de termination to make it succeed # * ? WHAT DID IT COST? The I'nderwood advertising supple ment, which was issued last week in connection with quite a number of South Carolina weekly newspapers, was probably not as expensive a prop osition as the Columbia State editor ially surmises. Mr. Underwood's cam paign managers succeeded in working the weekly press for free circula tion of this political advertisement, which they printed and furnished free of cost to the publishers who acceded to their request. The cost of printing the Underwood broadsides was quite a tidy sum. but the circulation as sup plements to the weekly press was a clean pick up. the newspapers furnish ing the mall list and paying the post age. -Watchman and Southron. Senator Bnnkhoad might have "pick ed up" the Watchman and Southron but it didn't pick Up us. We got $20 for our mailing list, postage and cir culation of the supplement. Hut, to kill time and to see what it really did cost let's figure it out. it can be safely said that, on an average, every county in the state had one of the supplements and that the average circulation of those publications is 1,500. If our memory serves us right, there are forty five counties in the state. A simple matter of multiplica tion will show that a total of about 67,500 of the supplements were de livered in South Carolina. Now a lit tle mathematics: Paper stock, printing and de livering r>.">.000 copies to ex press office, estimated at around $0 00 per thousand $ 300.00 Kxpress from Washington at about $2.50 per hundred lbs., a thousand copies weighing about 50 pounds. SO.2.") Circulation of 01,000 copies at $10.00 per thousand .. .. 650.00 Total.$1,220.25 That is not so awful much. * ? ? \\ \s IT A HUMBUG When Senator 'I'. Colemnn DuPont, of Delaware, first made known his in tention of building at his own expense a great highway or boulevard through his native state ne received a great deal of favorable notice from every quarter of the country. Ills road building scheme was looked upon as a philanthropic move for the interests of the farmers and traveling public of his state. Although little has been said in the press of outside states about the differences within the state over the gift, we have noted from time to time that there was an clement of susnlclon in the minds of his own people about Mr. DuPont's motive In making the offer. It seems now that Mr. DuPont will not be allowed to "give" away his millions In rond build ing, for It appears that the people of Delaware are not trusting him. Note thh. from The Delaware State News: We had hoped sincerely that before T. C. DuPont Insisted on a test of the constitutionality of his boulevard law, or forced an extra session of the leg islature, that he would build his ro.ul or a greater part of It. We had no doubt, then, as to the outcome. The peop'.e would have so esteemed the Improvement that public sentiment In Its purest republican sense, would have overcome any obstacle. Hut now it looks like the Jig is Up, If so, Mr. DuPont may have saved some money that he would hnve spent In road building, but he has suffered political damage that cannot be re paired. The rank and file wiseacre.} who stood by and said he never intended to oulld It, but that It was a political con game, will slap their knees nnd tell what fools the poor hmlf-wits were who pitched in, regardless, and helped DuPont get his rights of way and blew hard for the boulevard. This will not warm the half-wits DuPont ward. Stump speakers will doubtless hold before audiences an effigy and say: "This is the late lamented boulevard embroglio." Newspapers who have been fighting against the State's getting a road, ex cept In some impossible way, will doubtless say: "What a victory we have achieved; knocking out a promo ters' terrible scheme to wreck Dela ware." As to our attitude, we say the Dela ware State News has nothing to regret. When Du Pont proposed to build a boulevard and. by some intricate tax method, make the people pay for it. We opposed it with all our might. When he finally offered to build the road and pay the costs thereof, only making it necessary for the Statfc to keep up repairs, we favored It and have since labored that the State state should get this improvement. We believe that, had we obtained this modern highway, Delawareans all ov er the country, now and in future, could have spoken of It as one of the great attractive features of our State. We wanted the boulevard. We Insist ed upon it. Put there Is no gainsaying that T. C. DuPont has moved mysteriously all along and playod funny politics. The asking of anothe legislature looks like baby play. The lastest move looks like finis. ? ? ? In the last Issue of The Advertiser was an offer, made to all candidates in- this county who were running on the Blease ticket, to place their names on the front page of this paper. A ?lose search of the front page today will not disclose any of those names. They are not there. "The boys" did not come out. This offer was made by The Adver tiser as a clincher test of the real strength of the Blease sentiment in this county. Some time ago it was suggested by Bleasites that lines be drawn closely in every county in the state relative to Bleasism. It was urged that Blease candidates take the | field as Blease candidates so as to fill all offices, especially the legislative ones, with Blease followers so that the governor would not be hampered in whatever be desired to do at Colum bia. This suggestion was made some) months ago, when the governor's star seemed to be in the ascendency. It appeared then, to Bleaseites. that If such a line-up of candidates werej made a successful campaign could be waged and the governor would find j himself unhampered in the next legis-j lature. During the past few months it has been apparent that Blease has been losing ground and as more ground was lost the less was said about the "line-up". Realizing that the time bad come to clinch, matters | by showing that the Blease following was a little "backward about coining forward" In this line-up proposition. The Advertiser made the proposition already referred to. It was as wo thought. There was nothing doing. "The boys" didn't have the nerve. They are afraid of the results. We have almost come to the conclusion there fore, that the line-up as a line-up will never be made. The Bleaseites are on the run. Now, what about the Jones candi dates? Will they line-up? If there are any Jones candidates out, we hope they will not be elected. A man that will go Into office, pledged to support any man In everything be does, has no right to that office. On the other band any man who goes Into office pledged to oppose all measures fos tered by any other man, no matter how little we might think of that oth er man, has no right to represent a law abiding people. Therefore we say that we hope that, if there are any such, they will not bo elected and we are sure, again, if there are any such that they will not be supported by those who intend supporting Ira B. Jones in the next election. It thus appears that there will be; no Bleaso line-up., because of the doubt as to the political wisdom of It and that there will be no Jone, line-up because none was ever In-j tended. Wo are very glad that such is the state of affairs, for such politics will prove of no benefit to the county or state. The suggestion of the plan was made by ardent Bleaseites and Is of Just such flavor as would bo expected to come from that, source. Boiled down Into a nut shell, the proposition put to all candidates was this: Are you going to bo a coat-tall swinger of Cole Blease or are you not? The ques tion was not a pertinent ono and Is being dealt with accordingly. Titanic Advertising. Mr. II. Terry has put on what might bo called a titanic advertising fsoheme it is not tuHuie in magnitude hut sim ply titanic and also simple. He hat? placed a large cross-section picture of the sunken ship in one of his show windows and>, as he expected, his progresslvones8 has been rewarded by causing hundreds to Inspect the goods In the window that had never looked into a show window before. It wns quite a no\e\ Idea, considering the wide-spread Interest In the great Ti tanic. 8 MADDEN NEWS < Madden, April 23.?Continued rains] make the farmers kiltie". In fact the only fellow we see smile these days is the one who held cotton, lie indeed verified the old saying "All things come to those who ?wait." Mr. R. Jud L?ngsten went down to Greenwood Saturday to bring hack his automobile, purchased there. Master Ralph Moore of Laurens went with him to steer him safely back, but the rain interfered with their plans. Misses Carrie Langston and He'tie Cunningham were shopping in Lau rens Saturday, Mrs. Fstolle Davenport, who Is now with her daughter. Mrs. Shaw of Cold Point, was the guest of her uncle. T. S. Langston recently. Miss Lidle Culbertson, of Ekotn, has been on a visit to her uncle. Prof. B. Y. Culbertson and other friends here. Miss Martin, who has been with her sister, Mrs. Dee Culbertson, has re turned home. Mrs. May Madden was up to see her aunt, Mrs. John R. Flnley, recent ly Mrs. M. T. Allison has returned from a visit to relatives at Goldvllle. Clin ton and Laurens. Mrs. Thad Martin still continues very sick at her home near here. Dr. Hughes of Laurens was called In con sultation with her physician Dr. Fen nell last week. Mr. W. F. Cunningham is up now and seems to be doing very well, his friends will be glad to hear. For rheumatism you will find noth ing better than Chamberlain's Lini ment. Try It and see how quickly it gives relief. For sale by all dealers. SULPHUR SPRINGS. Sulphur Springs, April 22.?The farmers were gute moving things along when this last rain came. Corn that had been planted Is dp and look ing well. Some had begun planting cotton while others were tot quite ready. Roth fall and spring oats are looking line where they were not kill ed during the cold weather. Rev. .1. A. Martin filled his regular appointment at Mt. Pleasant Sunday, but owing to the inclement weather, there was only a small congregation present. Among those who worship ped were Mr. L. W. C. Moore, from Center Point. Mr. Hicks Owings and Miss Lila Bramlett, from Barksdale,] who were visiting Miss Nannie Fow ler, and Miss Bessie Wat kins and sis ter and brother from near Boyds cross roads. Mr. Walker Fowler is with his moth er after an extended trip to Florida. Miss Minnie Teague is in Columbia with her sister Mrs. Willie Davis. Master Robert McPherson spent Fri day night and Saturday with his grand mother, Mrs. Saxon, and took in the oratorical contest while there. Miss Mamie Fowler is with her aunt Mrs. Franks near Barksdale, who is very siek. Master James Smith, accompanied by a young friend, was with homefolks Saturday night and Sunday. Little Louise and Jessie Elizabeth Saxon took in the picture coloring contest at the Messrs. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes last Saturday and report a| very pleasant time. The Mr. Wilkes' are always planning some pleasant surprise for the little girls and while they knew they all could not win one of the nice prized yet possibly some went away disappointed. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Teague with lit tle Frances and Hertha spent Sunday with Mr. .1. O. Teague and family near Mountvllle. Mr. Benel Hawkins is the champion Usher Of this section. He hardly ever fails in bringing back a fine string. Mr. .1. K. McPherson is the water mel on raiser. He has planted some time ago. TDK EFFECTIVE LAXATIVE Tastes I.Ike and is Enten Like Candy In our experience in the handling I e>f drugs and medicines, we believe) we have never had experience with any remedy that gave such great sat-1 isfnctlon to our customers as do Rex all Orderlies. This remedy Is not like any other laxative or cathartic. It| contains all the "ood features of Othei laxatives, but nono of their faults. Our own faith in Rexall Orderlies Is so strong that we offer Uiein to you with our own positive personnl gunran tee, that If they do not thoroughly satisfy you. you only need tell us and we will hand back to you every penny you paid us for them. Therefore, In trying them upon our recommenda tion you take no risk whatever. Rexau Orderlies taste like and are I eaten like candy. They do not gripe,! cause nausea, excessive looseness, or any other annoyance. They act so easily that they mak bo taken at any time, day or night. They are partic ularly good for children, aged, or del icate persons. They are put up In convenient tablets in three sjzes of packages. Prices 10c, 25c, and 50c. Remember, Rexnll Remedies 'can be obtained In this community only at our store?The Roxall Store, The Lau rens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. MOINTVILLE NEWS. * Mountvlllo. April 22.?A charter lias been granted to the Mountvlllo Clin Co. by the secretary of Btate. This com pany is composed of merchants ami farmers ami is organized for the pur pose of establishing anil operating an other ginnery at this place. The cap ital stock is given at $4,000. The cor porators are among the strongest bus iness men in the town. It is intend ed to have the plant ready for this year's crop. The personal property of the late W. H. Bryson. consisting of mules, horses cattle, vehicles, farming Implements, crops, etc., has been appraised and is advertised to be sold next Friday, 2Cth inst. Mr. and Mr?, n. R. Kuller attended the meeting of Bnoree Presbytery at Greenville last week. Mrs. Abe Metes, who fell some time ago receiving some painful and serious 'njurlcs. Is quite sick Her people and many friends arc becoming anxious about her condition and recovery. Mr. .1. Wade Hill has returned from the hospital, where he had gone for treatment, somewhat Improved, hut is", still confined to his bed. It Is hoped that he will soon recover. The Hock School, taught by Miss Grace Cook closed last Friday with some appropriate exercises. Mrs. Gennie Kramer who has boen spending the winter in our town will leave tomorrow for Augusta. Atlanta and on to Lookout Mountain where she intends to spend the summer. Dur ing her stay here Mrs. Kramer has won many friends whoso best wishes accompany her to her summer abode. Dr. A. S. Cook and family have moved to Camp HUI. Ala. The Danger After Grip. lies often in a run-down system. Weakness, nervousness, lack of ap petite, energy and ambition, with dis ordered liver and kidneys often fol low an attack of this wretched dis ease. The greatest need then Is Electric Hitters, the glorious tonic, blood purifier and regulator of stom ach, liver and kidneys Thousands have proved that they have strength en their nerves, build up the system [.and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of Grip, if suffer ing, try them. Only f>0conts. Sold and percfot satisfaction guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. * The Passing Away of an old Time * * Colored Woman Near Italian. On the 30th of March, 1912, Aunt Cynthia Coker passed away after sev eral weeks of suffering. About six years ago she had a severe stroke of paralysis and suffered much but was, waiting, ready, and willing to no when death came. She was born In 1S20 in Laurens county at the Thomas cross roads near Laurens, and was raised by Mr. E. s. q. Thomason. When a girl she joined the white people's Baptist church in slavery time and in 1ST I she moved her letter to Center Rabun church where she was a faith ful member until death. She was the widow of Jefferson Coker, and is survived by one son, Abe Coker, and a largo number of grand children. She was laid to rest In Center Rabun cemetery March 'list and the services were conducted by her paster, M. c. 11. Dillard. She was living with her son \bo Coker until death. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas county, ss. Frank J. Cbonoy makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in th'. city of Toledo. County and Statt! afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONB HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be . uri d by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. PRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this r>th day of t-o comber. A. I). ISSC. (Seal) A. W. OLE A SON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, Send for testimonials, free F. J. CHENEY & CO., Tol. do, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall s Family Pills for con stitution. .Mr. Hrjson Not Indicted. The grand jury at Spartanburg Thursday returned "no bill" in each of two cases in which J. Y. Bryson, president of the Bank of Enoree. was charged by B. J. Rhame, bank exami ner, with violations of the state bank ing laws. It appears that the charges grew out of a technical violation of the law, of which Mr. Bryson was Ig norant and that thcro was no inten tional misconduct. How to Mate Paint. Take 10 gallons of L. & M. Paint made of pure Lead. Zinc and Unseed Oil at $2.10 per gallon. Add 7 gallons of Linseed Oil at $1.00 per gallon, and make 17 gallons of pure Paint at at cost of only $l.fir? per gallon. It 8 the best paint that can be made. It'a $7.70 less cost thnn same quan tity of any other high grade pure Paint. Call on J. H. & M. L. Nash, Laurens; J. W. Copoland Co., Clinton. I special notices. | Strayed! He ward! One hound bitch, black back and yellow logs. Strayed from gang camp, with chain on. Sail able reward if returned to V, R. Rid dle, Chain Gang Guard. 39-lt-pd Ann Arbor Flour We have for sale a lol of Ann Arbor Flour. Tests in the past prove its superiority. Hunter & Co. 39-21 For Sale Nice young cow for sale, fresh in milk. Heifer calf. J. E. John Bon, ('ray Court. S. C. 39-lt-pd For Sale We have a lot of air-slak ed lime on hand. Valuable for sani tary purposes. 75 cents per barrel. Special prices made to farmers In t in lots for fertilizer use. Call or write H. C. Cray & Co. 30-tf Potato Seedlings -.lust received to day another lot of potato seedlings. Yellow and white yams. First come first serve. They arc scarce. .T. H. Sullivan. 39-lt Notice?Hyrdvllle Dairy nnd Stock Farm jack now ready for service. Colt to show. Will appreciate any patronage. 34-tf Duck Eggs for Sale?Wq havo sot tings of Indian Runner duck eggs for sale, best stock. $1.00 per 3ottlng. Apply to Mrs. M. A. Jones, Gray Court. S. C. 20-tf CANDIDATE'S CARDS For Clerk of Court. i To the voters of Laurens County: , Fully appreciating your support in i tiro past and with my record as a public official before you. 1 take 1 pleasure in announcing myself a can didate for re-election for Clerk of Court for I.aureus County. S. C, and will abide the result of the Democrat ic primary. JOHN P. DOLT. 1 hereby offer myself as a candi date for the office of Clerk of Court I of Laurens county, pledging myself to abide by the platform of the dem ocratic party and to support the nom inees thereof. Respectfully. C. A. POWER. For Coroner. The friends of Mr. R. 0. Hairston hereby place his name before the peo ple <w' Laurens county for the office of Coroner, pledging him to abide by the principles of the democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. For Auditor. I hereby offer myself as a candi date for re-election to the office of auditor of Laurens county and prom ise to abide by the platform of the democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. Respectfully, J. WADDY THOMPSON. For County Commissioner. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as County Coinmsislon er of Laurens county subject to the result of the Democratic primary elec tion. T. MAC ROPER. For Sheriff. i hereby announce myself n candi date for re-election to the office of '< Sheriff of Laurens county, pledging myself to abide by the platform of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. JOHN I). OWINGS. For Slate Senator. I hereby announce myself as ti candidate for the officio of Senator from this county, pledging myself to abide by the platform of the Demo cratlc party and to support the nom inees thereof. L 1). DO YD. For House of Represent at hos. I horoby announce myself a candi date for the office of representative from this county In the legislature of the state subject to the rules of Un democratic party. H. S. RL.ACKWELL. The friends of Joseph G. Sullivan, of Tumbling Shoals, respectfully sug gest him as ft suitable candidate for the House of Representatives, and ??an vouch for his interest, in the wol . fare of the common people. Subject to result of Primary Election. FRIENDS. - To Sing nt Its bun. The Laurens Choral society has re ceived ?n invitation to give a concert at Rnbun Creek church at some fu ture early date. It is thought that the concert will be given some time In May. The members of the society are looking forward with much pleasure to this visit to the neighboring church. ?-^ ARE VOC GUILT! J Do Yon Smoke too Much, Drink too Much, ..at too M tic hi It takes a mighty good stomach to feel rendy for a good breakfast tho morning after the hanquet or social session. "What do you want for breakfast?" inquired Hrown's good wife. "Just a pleasant smile nnd a breath of fretih air." answered Drown tho morning after an Important meeting at the lodge. If you cat, smoke or drink too much always remember that two IHM? MI-O-NA stomach tnhlots taken Just before you go to bed will doBtroy all poisonous gnseB and leave you with a sweet, clean stomach In the morning. For Indigestion and all stomach dis tress, MI-O-NA is the best prescription In tho world. Laurens Drug Co. sells It on money hack plan. Large box on ly f?0 cents.