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gotoertteer SibacrlpUeai Price it ILM per Tear Payable !? Advance. Psblisbed by aDTEBTLSEB PRINTING COMPAXT z La arena, 8. C ALISON LEE President W. O. LANCASTER vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEB See. ud Treas. <d AdvertlsJsrg Rate? Applieati?? ?MtaarWa u4 Card ef thaaxss Out roai a wertL Entered at Ih* postofflce at Laurena, 8. C. a* second class mail matter. LA ?BE* ft, & C* MAT li, 1*12. The Adfertiser will be rlad U receive Use local new? of all the eeaaaseeitlea la the ecaatj. Car. respondents are resetted to saga their aatae to the c??^? batJoBs Letter? should aet be aaafled later than Monday saora toC Meafc-e f.ay? John Gary Evans Is a poof politician. Mighty late a:.^:: finding it OUL .Something Is bound to be wrong with him though if he does not side ?Ith Coley ? ? a The address of Mr Cooper on the right to secede should be published in pamphlet form and read aloud In ev ery college and school In th<j state. The Anderson Dally Main. ? ? * Governor K>a--e .-.a;??? that he fives not irlsh to bar? shy '.rouble with the comptroller general In the courts. We don't biarne h.rn. He hadn't gotten anything else but trouble out of the Courts SO far. ess The Adver'i-.e: .-. eor.Sder.tiy ex pecting the voter-: of Laurena county to look c'.ose'.y Into the relative merits of the two < andidates for governor now before them and to decide the matte, according *o their o**n views regardlesi of the advice and dictation n-:.a-:. .:. ability to revive some roea the factional feeling 1 and I ? ?_' I idgf Jone.-.' chatte for a crog the :-Ufcnt ay- I if - -.a a {/a,-.- master the art of agitation*." Abbeville r<- I a:.d Banner, And yet some peo* placea the election of Mr. Rembert to th* fctate convention to the credit of Biease .strength. It should have s-aid that the election of Mr. Rembert wan the result of pure generosity on the part of the Jones people. Has anybody heard of a Jones rr.ar. being elected where the Biease delegates wer- in the majority? er count:'--, of .-o . '. ''aroi;na are very sore at the tactics'' of the Jones) fol? lowers irj organizing vj carry the Conventions. That certainly waj; "bor* rid" on the part of those Jones people. They ought to have given the Biease delegate* a f*;r showing. Bleaseites wouldn't think ol resorting to such undemocratic tactics to cMrry a con* venllon, N'lt, How about 1/aitreusl oy i lie Newbcrfy observe! ome time ago as to who Jacks township would sap port for the pre Idency, we would only remark now that Jack.-; township deb-gat'-*:, along with the other town ship delegates t Monday, allowed a petty squabble a to the endorsement of Gov, JJ'ea : to keep them from ex prei ;ng a choice In the matter Reso lution* by Judge o. <i. Thompson de* dared/for the endorsement of some presidential candidate, but the resolu tions were voted down. In doing ho. the only way which the democrats of the county had of expressing any choice a? to the nominee was taken away by themselves. ? * ? "The addresa by Mr. Cooper on the right to secede should be published in pamphlet form and read aloud in every college and school In this state", said The Anderson Dally Mall, in speaking of Hon. R. A. Cooper's Mem orial Day address In Anderson. Mr. Cooper made no manuscript of his address, but he has consented to write It out in full and The Advertiser will publish It In serial form. Ignorance, on the part of the southern youth, of the causes of the late war, the un derlying principles for what they fought and thoir justification in seced ing is notable and greatly to be de preciated. Mr. Cooper's address was upon the legal justification of seces sion. It will doubtless be awaited with interest and we hope that it will be read by young and old. ? ? ? In this issue of The Advertiser is printed the letter of Ex-Congressman W. Jasper Talbert, cicdldste for tne; United Stales senate. Col. Talbert.' covers very :horoaghly :he main planks ia Li? platform. As the plat form* of the Ihre?) caadidates for tatsj office are ail very nearly i.miiir. the' result of the election will depend j largely upon sentiment asd upon the Judgment of the roten xs to the abil ity of the respective candidate! to op bold the views which they entertain. Col. Talbert has one unusual plank in bJ* platform; that of federal pensions for Confederate soldiers. When in the lower bouse of congrees, n*. made , a stubborn, though unsupported, fight against the pensioning of notherrers who did no*, deserve pensions, though be did not wage any fight against pen sioning of worthy federal soldiers. CoJ. Talbert is due a respectful hear-1 '.Tit; in this county and we hope that his letter w?l be read closely. ? ? ? TOO HARD TO PLEASE. A white shoe makes a number three foo: look like a number ??Ter; aal a wh'.:e stocktag spoils many a pretty ankle.?Fountain Inn Tribune. Beg to differ there. Those w?te shoes and-hosiery 1 >ok real cu:e. to our mind. You are all wrong on this question. A white shoe makes sevens look like threes, while the -rtrji j s- s- s- hose makes 'em look prettier* still. How abou: pink ones though?! Whew! ? ? ? 0> I>sTKfTTIO\. Should our delegation to Baltimore go 1'vrufr.ei? Certainly they should. What li the convention for, :.' :: Ii not: to Sad out :he r-*r.:liner.: of the voters ar.d voice thole sentiments in the na tional convention? How else are the wishes of the voters to be expressed* except by a majority ballot and :hen *.he result made man:fer*. a*, the r.i tional convention? If the wishes are not made known is this manner, the way ?*:':'. he left open for the party bosses, and there are such, to domi nate the convention. However, we do not believe in tle !ng the delegates down to any single! man, as Alabama did in the case of Mr. Underwood If all states did this, a permanent deadlock would result.; Hut, If the choice of the South Caro- > llnlana is not nominated or ^o^s no: make progress on the first few ballots, i then the delegation should begin to look around to better themsel ves, if I ?.hey have not been further instructed.I 'In looking around, the next man who. receive?, their vote should be he whose) platform is nearest like that of the] I one Just forsaker. and no: he who] 'seems to have better chances of win-, nlng, for their vote might begin to; turn the tide In bis direction. But, if thin candidates does not show much ^progress, then proceed to another one 'in'.'. ::.<: choi'.e made, always seeking that man whose views are near'.--.*, those of the people represent ? ? ? THE PAK( ELS POST. Senator Bourne of Washington, the friend of the ' dear people'- who was [ so iittie appreciated by those folk as | ? to fail of reeler tl?n has introduced an-1 other parcels post bill In congress/ Mr. Bourne Is chairman of the com mittee on post offices and postrcads and the bill is the result of the com bined talent of the committee. It calls for graduated scale of rates by zone-, which rate* are the lowest yet suggested. Those who have not followed Close ly the arguments or The Advertiser i against parcels post, would probably be impressed bv an apparent Incon v-fcy In our opposition to this new i bill, if we did not remind them that, although our former argument* navel been .v?ra.nnt the flat rate panels post I system we have inferred that, any private Individuals and this would democracy. We print elsewhere several com ments upon tbiK new parcels po.-t law and upon parcels post measures In general. The \';ws and Courier c!is cusses a very minor phase of the ques tion, not having as yet, given Its read ers a full discussion of this important question. The Anderson Dally Mail declares that there Is no need of fear ing the mall order houses, because they are all fakirs; this in spite of the fact that they have been growing by leaj>? and bounds for the past few years. The Yorkvllle Enquirer Is "not quite ready to say that it would be glad to see government ownership of transportation utilities", though It Is "not Impressed with the suggestion as to competition with private indi viduals". The Enquirer is evidently In doubt, and correctly, as to the win dow of the undertaking because of its socialistic flavor. It is hardly fair, however, in admitting that the gov ernment Bhould not compete with private Individuals and to declare that It ha<* a right to compete with or take over corporations. Corporations are owned by private individuals, whose rights should be respected as much as those whose money is not tied up in corporations. (The Ameri can Telephone & Tolegraph Company has nearly f>O.O0G stockholders, a ma jority of whom are women.) And yet, though the trusts and corporations should be protected, tho people should j ?aa?is-r t-c prcteet*? ??? ? ? ?ber sbocld be re-gulite-i tut -:: : wa*5 by the government- N:? Ti* Sos:* s-t-erx* willing to risk Co", urn: i ? cht-n-M* of building op mail ?. rder wita the cbarees of Chicane ird Nt? York. When it it r*-. z~i that toe i.Sere-nce In the p?s-.age rate* bet? e-eo Lataress and Ne?r York oa the or* rtad an; Lauren* and Columbia on ta* oci-?r hand vUl be but eight cents on a fdrl suit of elotlMa weighing apw^roxiaaatav .7 four pounds, it w:i; be se-en that with the additional freight and other charges to Columbia, ate would no: stand much of a iio* srtth New York. And thea, besides. uaas:-j>I ceatral lxatioa of business at Coiaabta would haTe the same effect as the same thing at New York, only la a slightly le-saer degree The Advertiser is not *rara;aa'." in :ts opposition to the new parcels pus: measure. although a little I Oof via led However. j?. believes it se*s much dan ger to tie progress and growtn cf the small towzi and rural sections if this parcels post legislation. especialy tie Cat rate bOJ. goes through. It most be remembered, as suggested some time ago by The A:ri-'-i Chronicle. UnCie Sam never steps backward If he undertakes anything. If the rone system cartels post, once put in. doe* not work satisfactorily, be will ins.? gurite the 2a: rate system and once It is put in operation it w;ii -ere.- be stoppe-d until the harm :s already dor.e. And rememoe*. S-entor Bourne the friend of the p-eople, has been repudl ate<i by them. ? a ? WHICH DO Vor PRLl'LK! The Advertiser is fortunate having over i,i/W names of staunch honest Lauren* county citizen- upon its mail ing list; at ".east -*e believe most of ?hem are that kind. Every single or.- of these subscribers, except one, with the exception of our extror-pes and advertisers, pay one dollar |?sr year for the paper or have paid It hereto fore. But there is one man *ho for ".ar.y years ha- teer, pay ir.? ' r.'.y fifty cents for it. He had some kind cf claim upon the former owners of the paper by which he secured the paper? for half price. What this claim was. we do net know. Anyhow we have continue; the arrangement, although we *ere absolutely under no oblige to hin. whatsoever. Home time last year, he came to the office and, in the absence of any of the office force, paid one of the printer.-. Lad his name en tered properly everywhere, a*as given ??fc-receipt for one year for hi.-; fifty! cents, but unfortunately the correc- \ tion was not made on toe mailing list. ( As we send out our statements from' the mailing li.-.t, his was among those sent recently. Here Is the letter that we re'ei-ed in reply fro::, h.m, chang ed slightly as to grammar and other wise: Messrs Editor.-: of The Advertiser: Enclosed you wijl please find re ceipt for The Advertiser, paid up to Oct. 2Sth, 1912. Say now ,if that Is the way you aim to do business to run your paper you can stop mine' just as soon ss you please. It isj bad' enough to be dunned for an honest debt, but it's a little too d?d much to be dunned for what a man does not o*e. I want you to dnderstand I pay my honest debts and you can't find a man in Laurens county who can say I don't. I have had special rates ever j since - edited the paper and your attention was called to it the: day I pajd. I offered the full amount that day, but you didn't take only! What I bad beeil paying. Now, if you think, you can bamboozle me that way.; I don't want your paper under hoi considerations. Nov.-, be- kind enough to send me back that receipt. Yours, A man that would make sue h a fool i of himself as that ought not to be exposed. We will not even give the neighborhood in which he Ijvea for! fear somebody might be wrongfully; suspected. His name has been strick en from the list and the balance of his fifty cents returned. But here is another kind which we receive at times that arc refreshing and make us feel that the paper is worth while to some at least: Gentlemen: ? It is my desire to keep in perfect ly healthy condition with THE AD VERTISER, therefore, you will find enclosed the torn off slip accompanied with check, which I hope 1'ncle Sam's boys will be kind enough to deliver promptly. We look forward with much aiyciety for the day we receive The Advertis er. Receiving It is almost like a visit to our home. May you continue bo grow in health, wealth, good looks and news, Is the wish of. Yours, A very interesting cook book con taining many recipes and much other useful household information, is be ing distributed free on request by the manufacturers of EAOLE-THI8TLK SODA. If you would like a copy, send your name and address on a postal to The MathleBon Alkali Works, Saltvllle. Va., and they will send you the cook book free by return mall. * STATE PRESS COME>T. t i Lit lea at ]>':.<: Tie Sta:* *ir.;.ur; will nrw id* its mi-ith and into .1 * ti-5 c* :h? if s:hen ".i? '.: u i ac : i.rr rlee*. ?r and II". fill every ?ti* u; *:u.n:.*T full cf tht t-Eges: lishe-s you ever seedL The other fellow j? a iiar sad I can. ;rore : i ?Cl m loa G ti *:: e. BtaftM-hn ea the ^ate. The re*u!t of the county Deno :n:>c contentions over the Sta:e X: n day -ii heen rece'.t*?d trtth great rrr.ere-st. That Hon. !ra 3. Jenes n: :er- taming t-z-.zi. for several t-^ts was ocn:e-ded :y all. tu: that h.s s:ren*r.h bad * - such an eitert as fo practically sweep the 5:ate aid ccn:r.l nearly *!; the Dem icratic ccrver:-or.s *?u hardly thought pc^sitle- The main issue at these conventions seemed to he Bleaseism aid the followers of Blesse are chagrined at the result of these ~r~-z.?i. While :: is true that these : :n vendors do lj: mean that Jose? w.:: t* elected goTeraor, still the sen:.men: ex;reused in these conven tion is indicative o:' the fee-ling gen erally held throughout the State. The:* ia: he- scm e:hmg hack: of the managerner: which will elect solid del gi:.:ns of men who are rnowr. :o be s.v..-Lease men ind refuse to elect men who are in: wn ;v he s up;: ners DI Governor Elease This *y done in county af:er ccun:y in Sou:h Caro Pbr s.me :.me The Pre-; aid S:ani ard :.? fe'.: :?: e^i-ri-n -as on :he ?ine. that :ie soi-er second thought of :he people of South Caro lins, hid heen aroused in 1 :ha: the career of :his political trickster would get cut short We are of the opinion :ha: :ie result of :he county conven will 'id materially in accom pliihing this result It is a hard mat ter :o find a man no*, even among B.ea-es supporters, who feels abso lu:e.y sure tha: he is going :o he el ec ted. When the ;egi = '.a:ure. at its sees.on sat upon South Carolina's chief ex ecutive as :: did. this '?ras taken as an In lication tha: :he ::de was changing. I ?' D ?? :;. i ? \ ?. e c 0 U r. I y c 0 r. y e:. t i 0:.; b aV c >ken with a voice fresh from the people, :: is an indication even morr strong that the forces who s:and for gvod go . err.men: in Scu:h Carol.na have again :ak .-r; up or. themselves :he authority to govern In Colleton county, there has re cently been a great change of sc-nti men: In the gubernatorial race. A few weeks ago we y ^re ready to con cede Colleton county to the Blease forces. Now we ar^ convinced that this county h two to one in favor of the opposition to B'.ease. This does not mean at all that this number of our people prefer Jones over every other man in the State, but that the anti-Blease strength in Colleton coun ty is in this ratio. If the convention here Monday indjcatc-s how the feel ing 'itar.ds then instead of being two to one, the sentiment of Colleton county is three or more to one in opposition to Bleaseisrn.?Press and Standard. The New I'arccN Post Bill. The bill for the extension of the parcels post system, ...eluding a schedule of rates based on zones fixed by the radius from the point of ship ment. Introduced by Senator Bourne, will go far to silence the objection that the carrying of heavier parcels by the mails would work seriously against the interest of the smaller towns and cities. The factor of dis tance would still enter largely enough into the cost of carrying the parcel to give the nearby cities a decided advantage. The operation of the system, with the zone feature, it seems, would not be a simple task, but the presumption i* that the committee on postoffices and postroads which has been Inves tigating the problem for months is assured that the difficulties attending it may be successfully solved. Of course an immediate and substantial benefit of the extension would be cheaper and better service by the ex press companies. So far from injuring the business of smaller cities the proposed meas ure should furnish an incentive for the establishment of larger and better department Btores in all parts of the country. The mail order houses of .New York would probably bo the losers by the Introduction of carry ing rates for parcels which would enable a mercantile concern In Co lumbia to send parcels SO or 100 miles not only at a rate about half as large as that now prevailing but at the same time decidedly less than the rate between any part of South Car olina and New York. The territory In which the Columbia merchant sells would be so greatly widened that he would be able to carry much larger and setter stocks of goods. Meantime, what the country awaits with impatience is the passage of a parcels post extension bill so that the great tribute now levied by the express companies may be lowered. WhaSevrer imperfections the first bill. *na?ted srir h**? will speedily j be corrected by experience and with rut incidental l:*ie? ; r:<; ortionate to tie advantages to be enjoyed. AI? trench the American Republic is. much greater in ar-a than the Eu ropean countries in which the heavier parcels ire new carried by mails at assail ciosT. it is futile to argue that American brains and energy are un equal to the task of devising and op erating a system that will compare in efficiency and economy with that of any country The political party that shall bring about the proposed extension will deserve gres.t credit, trot if It shall be the Republican party the credit will not be sufficient to ex cuse the neglect of the last IS years, during which the express companies rather than the public intereat have enjoyed the tender consideration of Congress ?Columbia State. Parcel? Post The Enquirer agrees with Congress man Johnson on the tone system prop 'osition: but ft Is not quite ready to say that It would be glad to see gov ernment ownership of transportation utilities. We are not impressed with the suggestion as to competition with "private individual*." That sugges tion is not really exict anyway. The competition would be with private corporations rather. Generally speak ing, we are :t?c::n~d to the idea 'hat when a business gets into co.^rrafon latitudes, it is pretty close to the nec essity for gcv^ no;ent ownership We would not look upon the parcels post, for instance, as government competi tion with private individuals so muc'uH a_s we would look upon it as govern ment protection of the individual from the oppression of the express com panies. We would like to see govern ment ownershi; of the telegraph and telephone service. With reference to the mail service. ?*> think it would be a very good idea for the government to change Its p'e^ent system of com pensation to the railroads, which is so unjust to short lines, and adopt a system wnereby the ;?os:office de partment might furnish its own mail cars and pay trackage like other peo ; le.?The Yorkvllle Enquirer. The -Tiliman Movement*" T.Ve do not c?.re to discuss the views I of the Philadelphia Record about the I change that has taken place, in its I opinion, in Senator Tiliman: but it i*l worth while: for the sake of historical Ij truth, to correct once again the egregious m isat.v.ement that Senator Tillrnan's rinc was due to "a servile insurrection." and that he overcame and expelled the ?'aristocracy from I political domination in South Caro lina. Mr. Tiliman and his followers, in deed, brought the charge in 1S90 that "aristocrats" were in power in this S;ate and so dinned it that many south Carolinians and most of the world beyond our borders came to believe it. The erroneous impression still prevails and no amount of denial has availed to dissi:-2te it. The plain truth is that the rank and file of the Tillmanites in 1S90 were socially and raeiallj e same sort of people that the ,?onents were. Senator Tiliman was himself a member of a former slave-holding family. His principal lieutenant, the man who made his career possible? Senator Irby?was the son of a Lieu tenant-Governor and. one of the wealthiest slave-holders in the north ern part of the State. Not one of the important leaders in the Tiliman movement was a representative of the aocalled "poor white trash" element of the population?an element, by the way. negligible in numbers, jf it ex isted at all outside of the Northern imagination. Senator Tillman's first speech was delivered in the most prosperous cotton planting county of the State, and in that section he has always been popular. The wage earning class of whites, the men who own no land and houses, were few In the State In 1890 and most of them, living in the towns and cities, voted against Mr. Tiliman. The body of Mr. Tillman's fellow ing was composed of land-holding farmers, great and small but agri culture was depressed and all the farmers were poor and thought they were ruined. In short, Tillmanlsm was the discontent of the landlord, stirred by astute and Inflammatory appeals to prejudice by an excep tionally able pleader and finished student of human nature. The man and the psychological moment arrived simultaneously. The officeholders whom Tiliman misted were for the most part ex Confederate officers of education and character who bad obtained position, both in war and peace through the sheer virtues of courage and intelli gence when those virtues of leader ship were indispensible. Senator Tin man was seconded In his campaign by men of exactly the same origin and and type who had been unsuccessful In politics, and also by a group of ambitious young men who resented the power and Influence of their eld ers. 80 far as "aristocracy" is con cerned, the old sea-coast rice plant ers and the lawyers and merchants of Charleston bad smaller represen tation In tue government of the State between 1876 and !SC40 than had the people of any other part of the State. These are the simple facts which any one can confirm for himself, if he will take the trouble to investi gate?The State. The I.iabllitj of the GoTernmenU The New Orleans Picayune points out that express companies are often robbed, and wants to know whether ! the United States will be liable tor goods lost by robbery in the event a 'comprehensive parcels post 1b adopted. I It wants to know further, in the event ! the Government accepts liability, if claims for damages will have to be argued before the Court of Claims at1 Washington, to be paid after approval by that Court only if Congress con cludes to appropriate the necessary ? money. Our contemporary points out that though the Court of Claims has I awarded damages in many French Spoliation cases, Congress perslstent ' (y refuses to appropriate the money wherewith to pay them. The objection of our contemporary would seem to be well taken were it not that the question has already aris en. The Government accepts liability for registered mail, to the amount of ten dollars, and It is not recorded that there is ever any difficultv jn col lecting the amount, when loss is shown It is not referred to the Court of Claims, or to Congress. There may be red tape In the department, but there is some common sense there also. Again, it is easy enough to insure val uable packages. The express compa nies now add extra charges for exces sive valuations, which Is the exaction 'of an insurance charge. Under the ' lower rates obtaining in a parcels post It would be economical for the shipper to insure his pickages and still be sav ing considerably. The objection of the Pjcayune is bulky enough, but it has no weight.?News and Courlei. Parcels Post and T. V. A. The South Carolina division of the 'Travelers' Protective Association, at the meeting in Darlington last week I adopted resolutions protesting against 'the proposed law pending In congress I with reference to the parcels post, 1 We fear that our ''drummer" friends are unduly alarmed. It is to the advantage of the news pipers net to have mail order houses coming into th? territory, for the more jobbing houses we have the more ad vertisements the newspapers will car ry and the fear ot the traveling men seem to be that mall order houses will get legitimate trade away from '! the jobbers. We think not. The mail ordor houses are largely fakers. They have a few leaders on I which they make special prices that 1 tempt and thus earn for them the re ! putation of selling things at a remark ably low price. But the cost of the catalougue. the postake or the express, ! and the other Items that figure into the final cost which comes out of the 'purchaser's pocket, all of these things j will eventually make the article cost ' almost as much as If it were purchas ed from a store In the nearest mar ket. And It Is not always that the goods purchased from mall order hous es give satisfaction. We look at the proposition from this angle: We do not believe that the Interurban will injure the other ; lines of railway which it meets up I with in its peregrinations. For while I it may take away some trade, in fact j has signed contrnts to that effect, 'yet It will stimulate business so that the existing roads will not feel the effects of the Interurban. The par i eels post might carry a few mere dollars to the mail orde>- nouses pf ti e nop', instead ot helping the mer chants .".i home who are paying taxes to our r?wn star}, but sjh-i orders will merely stimulate business in a gener al way. We believe that a limited parcels post system will be good, and it is our understanding that the law will be limited in its application.?Anderson Daily Mall. Smuggling In Italy. Smuggling goods Into Ita.y by aero plane, which has led to a serious acci dent near Mont Cenls, will probably be extensively practiced In the future, despite the attendant risks. The Itnl Jan laws against smuggling are most severe. A peasant caught with only a pound ?-f > ontraband tobacco Is pret ty sure to Incu. two years' Imprison ment, besides paying a *cavy fine The customs officials, too, are author ized to nhoot persons crossing the frontier who refuse to halt when chal lenged, and several lives are thus sac rificed every ysar. Still, the profits of smuggling are so great that many brave these perils. A knapsack filled with tobacco or salt, safely landed, yields a small fortune to the smuggler, so hsavy are the taxes upon these. MR. CANDIDATE Yon will need cards to dis tribute over the eoontr. Let as print them for jon. Perfect printing at the right price. ADVERTISER PRINTING CO. I.aureus, 8. C.