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Subscription Prfcie f? ?1.00 Per Year Payable la Adrnnce. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. alison Lee W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEE President vlce-Pres. Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Tlinnks: One cent a word. Entered at the posloflice at Laurens, S. C, as second class mall matter. laurens. s. c, august 21, 1012. The Adrertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities In the county. Cor* respondents nre requested to sign their names to the contri butions. . Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. The county fair next. ? ? ? Do not kill your vote! Make It count! ? ? * If you think Blease is the best man, vote for Rlease. ? * ? "Everybody's doin' it." What, Turn ing over to JoneB. ? ? ? We can almost hear the votes turn ing against Hleasc. ? ? ? Toe the mark and vote for Jones. You know he Is the best man. ? ? ? Next Tuesday will tell the tale and then look out for the county fair. ? ? ? Did Oov. Rlease express any single lofty or inspiring sentiment in his speech Wednesday? Not one. e> ? ? Gov. Rlease said he told the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina to "attend to your own bus iness and I will attend to mine". Choice language for a governor to use. ? ? ? The best platform to embrace Is that containing Anderson College?and the dear, delightful girls.?Anderson Daily Mail. Now, look-a-here! That'll never do. ? ? ? Remember that headline we had af ter the county convention: "South Carolina for Jones; Laurens County for Rlease". We want to make it all for Jones at the election. ? ? * Just as we said last week and every attendant of the campaign meeting muFt have noted, that the governor dwelt not one moment upon the Issues of the day. ? ? ? That was a peculiar news story In The Augusta Chronicle Monday morn ing. A special correspondent for the paper sent a story of tho senatorial meeting at Winnsboro, gave about four columns to tho speech of W. Jas per, Talbert ajid didn't mention N. R. Dial at all. ? ? ? Some have thought that when Gov. Rlease tore up that newswaper Wed nesday that he threw It In the face of the correspondent whom he was criti cising. He did not. He threw It over to some of the other correspondents. In this way he succeeded In appealing to those who would have enjoyed the spectacle of seeing the newspaper torn Up and thrown In the face of its repre sentative. We hope that the friends of Gov. Rlease In this county are not proud of tho governor's behavior as to this Incident Gov. Rlease surely must have lost ground here Wednesday. -to H? YVItVtIIK law" As we walked down the street Thursday, a Rleaseite stopped us and asked us what we thought of Rleasc's speech. Wc replied that It was Just as we expected, that there was noth ing of merit in it. We thereupon ask ed him what he thought of it. He said It was as he expected too, that it was fine. We then asked him what he saw to admire in the governor's speech. "Oh," he replied, "he explained his record In Columbia." "How about his appointment of the specla/1 Judges?" we asked him. "How did he explain th?t?" "Oh," he said, "he showed that they couldn't make him 'Jump up and down'". "Bnt hc-w. about the law as to the appointment of those Judges/' we asked him. "To' the Dickens with the law," he replied. And there you are.' ? * ? The Advertiser carries today on the front page the line-up of all the can didates for county offices. Mr. W. P. Bailey, candidate for county commis sioner, who has not attended but one meeting so far, had not hitherto been called upon to state where ho stood. W? were authorized over the tele phone Monday morning to put him down in the Jones column. It will be found that we have done so. The Ad vertiser hopes that the occasion will never arise again when such a line-up will be found in South Carolina poli tics. Though we have been fairly ag gressive la lining tho candidates up, we must state that we had little taste for It. We have carried the war Into the enemy's camp and we believe that we will win. The Bleose men have called for the attitude of tho candi dates and we have seen to it that their choice was recorded before the whole county. * ? ? ON WHICH SIDE? We feel that this Is a time when the counsel of those who have passed through tho struggles of many yenrs should be sought. They have witness ed the trials and tribulations which South Carolina has passed through and they are better able to judge what most she needs. When, after long years of strifes and labor, they come forward to plead with the younger generation to place South Carolina rig'*4 In the eyes of the world, it is tin to take heed. It cannot be said th;. '.hey are prompted by hatred or malice, for their time for such Is passed. It must be, that they have the future welfare of their state and children at heart. Else, nothing could persuade them to leap Into Mils con flict that is now raging. In another column of this paper will be found a communication from "W. 13. S.", whom we nil know is the revered old gentleman of Tumbling Shoals who often writes for The Advertiser, but who is not given on ordinary oc casions to discussing politics th rough the papers. Tho younger men would do well to follow In his footsteps and take the advice of the ministers of the gospel and support that man who Staads for clean speech, clean morals and unrlghtness. * ? ? The true character of Gov. Blease must have been brought home to the people of this county Wednesday when he referred to Solicitor Cooper as he did. The governor pictured Mr. Coop er standing before the bar of the Su preme Court jumping up and down like a jumping Jack at the bidding of Judge Jones, making a fool of himself, as everybody knov/s Mr. Cooper hns never done there or anywhere else. That incident of the governor's speech only went to show to what extremes ho will go to get votes or deceive ills followers. If the other promiscuous charges as made by Gov. Blease are as groundless as this one was, and there is little room to doubt but that they are, judging by Sen. Tlllman and the social equality charge, then all of them must be built up upon foun dations of sand. We are sure that the people of this county will bear this incident In mind, and take tho measure of the governor and decide that he is not the rieht calibre to occupy the governor's mansion. Is the governor the friend of the poor man? If he Is, why did he make fun of Judge Jones' discussion of the Torrens system of land registration? The Torrens system is intended to aid the poor man more than anybody else. Though we do not know a lawyer who has publicly opposed it, they are the cneB who would suffer from its pas sage. The governor does not worry himself about the Torrens system, or the workmen's compensation law . or education of white children or any other thing of vital interest to the people today. He is more interested in "standing by li's friends" and mak ing fun of his enemies. If you agree with him, vote for him, if you dis agree with him, vote against him. ? ? ? DO NOT STRADDLE. In view of the fact that so many voters have been turned against Gov. Blease in the past week or so. we want to say a little bit more today about voting for John Duncan. Let It be understood here again, as we said last week, that we are not asking any body to vote against John Duncan If they think John Duncan is the best man. though we must believe that few believe that. We only want to im press upon the doubtful ones that to vote for John Duncj?n amounts to the same thing as voting for Blease. We do not believe In voting for the man who seems most likely to get elected. We believe in voting for the man whom we think is best fitted for the place. We are sure that all agree with us when we say and repeat that It is our duty to vote for the best man. It is not only our duty to vote against the man whom we think is not fitted for the place, but we must vote for the man whom we think Is fitted for the place. Therefore, When we come to decide that Blease is not the best man, we should then come out like a man and vote for him whom we think It the beat man. We should not dodge the issue by voting for one who has absolutely no chance, Just because we do not wish to admit that we have been wrong heretofore. If Jone? hi better than Duncan, vote for Jones. If Duncan is better than Jones, vote for Duncan. If there are any who by bearing Judge Jones speak last Wednesday have come to the con clusion that he Is not the up-right, honorable and high-toned gentleman that he has seemed to be heretofore and that Blease seems now to be your Idea' ? f a governor for South Carolina, then ,'ote for Blease. If you think Duncan represents that ideal, then vote for Duncan. But, by all means do not straddle the fence and kill your voto. Remember, that In case of a second race, if you do your dutv as a citizen of South Carolina and a member of the democratic party, then you will have to vote for one or the other anyhow. So decide the question on the first go-round, admit that you have been wrong heretofore and come out straightforwardly and vote for Ira R. Jones. You will have the satisfaction then of knowing that your vote counted for something. ? ? ? ABOUT PARDON PETITIONS. We have all heard Blcase's lame ex cuse about pardoning so many crim inals! "Quit sending petitions." He of ten refers to the fact that the par dons are signed by the jurors that Convicted. Now, let's look Into this juror question a little. Why Is It that so many jurors are found signing petitions? Is it that they think that the criminal has been wrongfully con victed? Possibly so or possibly not. Suppose you were on a jury and a man should come up for trial whom you felt sorry for and whom you would like to see clared. But suppose the evi dence were against him. Would you find him guilty or would you find him Innocent. Assuredly, you would throw all personal feelings aside and. under your oath as a juror, you would do as the law dictated. You would con vldt. And yet, you would have a kindly feeling toward the prisoner and would not desire punishment. Then, as a private individual, and not as a juror you would put your name to a petition. Tempering "Justice with mercy", you would ask for clemency for the poor fellow and leave It to the officer representing the law to decide whether or not the criminal has furth er rights at the hand of the law. At the present time you would leave it with Gov. Blease to decide whether the law should be enforced or not. Then. In case the governor should act upon your petition ror clemency and grant a pardon regardless of the, guilt or Innocence of the party, would he be doing his duty as governor and the executor of the law? Certainly he would not. He would not be observ ing his oath of office. Pardons are not Intended to be granted on sym pathy, for we are all sorry for the poor devils, but they are to be grant ed In case the governor sees that the law has been at error or that the law has been vlndicatetf. Thus, taking Gov. Blease's word that he has grant ed pardons just because petitions have been presented, he has been guilty of dealing out clemency rather than ex ecuting the law, as he Is sworn to do. But, has he been acting In good faith about these petitions? What about those petitions for pardon that he has not granted. Surely, If a pe tition with 1,000 names on It is good for a pardon, it looks as if one with an equal number of names should be good for one. But. Is It? Not hardly. It's according to the lawyer who pre sents it. Do not listen to all of those pardon excuses for they won't stand. We do not deny that some pardons granted by Gov. Blease should have been granted. It does not stand to rea son though, that one fourth of the prisoners In the penitentiary were be ing wrongfully held. ? ? ? THAT PAPER EPISODE. Those who attended the campaign meeting Wednesday will remember that Gov. IlletMM made a great hulla baloo about the publishers of a Lan caster paper sending out papers to the country people that l^iey did not send to the city subscribers. It will be re membered that Gov. Blease charged that this paper was trying to "put off" on the country people a story that town people would not believe. It will also be remembered that Gov. Blease spoke last here and that when Judge Jones should have had the opportuni ty to make a categorical reply to the charges of the governor, he was de nied the right by the crowd of Blease men immediately surrounding the stand. All of this will be remember ed by those who attended the meeting and yet, in spite of the faci that at Newberry the day before Judge Jones had made a complete explanation as to how the affair had happened, Gov. Blease took advantage of his right to speak last, when he knew Judge Jones would not be allowed to make any re ply, to repeat the unfounded charges. The Columbia Record, of Wednesday, carried a full account of the meeting at Newberry and the following Is the account contained therein of Judge Jones's explanation: "Let us convince you of a clean, out and out falsehood coming from the mouth of Cole L. Blease, said to be governor of South Carolina," began Judge Jones. 'Let me show you what a consummate falsifier and slanderer Cole Blease is.' Governor Blease had showed to the crowd two copies of the Lancaster News one of which he said waa of an issue which Charlie Jones hr i distributed among the voters of Lancaster county, containing the now famous 'Grace story/ and another copy under same date which did not con tain the Grace story. The governor said that the first had been distribut ed among the country people and the second in the town of Lancaster. This was what Judge Jones branded as false. He explained that a few copies of the first lssuo containing the arti cle mentioned had been printed before the managemet of the paper knew that the Grace story was therein. When tl>ls was learned the whole issue was destroyed and then reprinted with the Grace story expurgated. The one copy with the Grace story in it had been taken unofficially from the Lan caster News ofllce. Judge Jones open ed ont the copy.of the first issue, the same paper which Governor Blease exhibited, and showed that it had only been printed on one side. He said no copies of this print had been al lowed to leave the office. "This is the baldest falsehood that any man who claimed to be governor of South Carolia could utter," said Judge Jones and he asked: "Is there a decent man in Newberry who will vote for a man who will try to ram down such falsehood? "Who do you want, Cole Blease the falsifier, convicted right before your face as a falsifier? Do you want a disbarred attorney (referring to Dun can), or do you want me?" To the first,question came many loud voices, "no." Those familiar with newspaper work know that such things often happen and that in many cases important news articles are put in the last papers which do not go into the papers that go out first. The Advertiser has on different occasions added news arti cles to its paper after a large number of papers had been run off the press. The Advertiser goes into this little matter at length, to show the methods of Gov. Dlease in campaigning. Sen. Tlllman says that the county to coun ty campaigns are for enlightenment. It appears to us that Gov. Blease makes use of it for deception. What do you think about It? 0 0 0 And remember that Gov. Blease did not dwell at any length on his social equality rot here, for he knew he would have to answer to the friends of the late Sen. Irby. Would you call that talking face to face? SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTENTION. Will be Held In Gray Court Sept. 5th and 6th?Many Prominent Speaker? Will be Present. The Laurens County Sunday School Convention will hold its regular ses sion in the First Methodist church at Gray Court on Sept. 5th and 6th. Ev ery Sunday school in the county of every denomination is entitled to two official delegates. The Sunday school superintendents are urged to ap mint these delegates at once and sond in the names to W. H. McCain, Gray Court, or to Mrs. It. E. Babb, the county secretary. This should be at tended to at once. The opening session will be at 10 o'clock on Sept. 6th. The second at 3 o'clock that afternoon; third at 8.30 that evening. Final session at 10 o'clock on Sept. 6th. Among the prominent Sunday school workers who will be present to make addresses are the following: Mr. J. M. Way, general superintendent S. S. Work for S. C, Methodist Conference; Miss Grace Vandlver, Field Secretary of the Interdenominational S. S. Work for S. C; Hon. S. T. Lanham, of Spar tanburg, Treas. of S. C. S. S. Associa tion; Miss Daisy Cummings, Mission ary of Grace Street Baptist church of Spartanburg; Rev. J. B. Green, Presi dent of S. C. S. 8. Association. Among the more important topics to be discussed will be the following graded lessons, organized bible class es, missions in the Sunday school, home department and the latest plans for organized work will be dfsenssed by special speakers as well as fn open parliament. Free trial package of Con key's Lice Powder and big 80*-page Poultry Book for one week only at Palmetto Drug Co. 30,0<M) VOICES! And Many Are The Voices of Laurens People. Thirty thousand voices?What a grand chorus? And that's the num ber of American men and women who Pills for relief from mackache, kidney Pills fir relief from backache, kidney and bladder Ills. They say It to friends. They tell it in the home pa pers. Lamcns people are In this chorus. Here's a Laurens case. Mrs. J. D. Lewis, Mill House, No. 1, Laurens, 8. C, says: Doan's Kidney Pills did me a great deal of good and I advise every one troubled by dis ordered kidneys to profit by my experi ence. My kidneys were in bad shape and I suffered severely from backache and headache. Black spots often came In front of my eyes and I was so rest leas that I always felt all worn out when I got up in the morning. After I had used different medicines without success, I learned! of Doan's Kidney Pills. They restored me to good health." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-MJlburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. . .-1-? INTERESTING ITEMS ? FROM THE COUNTY (Continued from Page One.) Wednesday to hear the state cam paigners. Most of the young folks of our sec tion attended preaching service at Daventon, Sunday night. Mrs. B. G. Ross of Greenville, spent the week-end in Hillside, visitllng her many friends here. Miss Pearl Nelson of Merna was the guest of Mrs. Alma Knight. Sunday. Jas. Suttles of Gray Court spent the week-end In Hillside. John Nelson of Fountain Inn spent Saturday in our section. Chas. Adalr was the guest of Karl Peden Friday night. Ludie Weathers and Miss Leila Hiat. Claude Woods and Miss Vivia Hiatt. attended preaching service at Hillside Thursday night. Cleveland Vaughn and Miss Leila Thompson, Furman Weathers and Miss Essie Thompson, all attended preach ing service at Daventon, Sunday night. In his seimon Sunday morning, Rev. E. G. Ross said that the behavior of the people of Hillside during the meet ing was excellent.In every description, and said that no other community could beat It, In the way of nice be havior. Mr. Ross said that the bap tizing, Sunday morning was the quiet est, and the necest of any ordinance of that kind that he had ever officiat ed at, or attended. He thanked the people of Hillside for their nice be havior during the meeting and said that there was not any community that could surpass It. We thank him for this kindness and the good work he has done here. Hillside has 7fi members enrolled in its Sunday school. Hillside church has 86 members. Now let's pull to gether and give to each one an en rollment of at least one hundred. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Curry, of Babb town were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thompson, Sunday. David Sims, of Luna, has been visit ing relatives In our section. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sims, of Babb town. visited relatives In Hillside, Sunday. Hillside has the prettiest girls In the state. If you don't believe It, come and see. We offer the challenge?will you accept it? See our big vahtes in dining room furniture. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Refreshing Old Memories. Mrs. J. E. Caldwell and daughter, Miss Sara, from Chlcota, Texas, are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. M. Willis Watson-Fowler, near Ora. The reunion Is sweet. Mrs. Caldwell went west twenty-two years ago. She and her husband have been teaching for a number of years. She and her daugh ter comes this week, after a visit to relatives in Abbeville, Greenwood, and Newberry, to see Mrs. Fowler, reviv ing old memories, old songs etc. They return to Texas the first of Septem ber, where they both will teach this winter. "Sweet clime of my kindred Rfest land of my birth, The fairest, the dearest. The brightest on earth. Where e'er I may roam Howe'er blest I may be, My heart as Instinctively Tarns to thee." W. W. F. August 1?. 1912. DOING GREAT WORK. Rev. I* S. Shealy, Pastor of Second Baptist Church Holding Fine Evan gelistic Meetings. Rev. L. S. .Shealy, the pastor of the Second Baptist church of Laurens has been holding several evangelistic meetings In different parts of the state during the past few weeks. Mr. Shealy .has been highly successful in this line of work and the results of every meet ing have been fine. His first work this summer was at Warrior Creek, where fifteen were baptized. From Warrior Creek he went to Richland county for a series of meetings and there he reports a splendid meeting. Later he preached In Lexington coun ty, where twenty-one were baptized. He is now In Lexington and next week will go to the lower part of the state to continue this work. SOCIETY WOM/.N. Gray or Faded Hair Does Not Match a Graceful Form and Handsome Face, Beautiful hair?natural colored? every woman wants- It?every woman can have It. It's a simple matter. Just get a bottlo of HAY'S HAIR HEALTH today. Use It regularly ?1*4 you'll not ha troubled wjth gray hair or dlstreos Ing dandruff that's so annoy ing and Irritating. H A Y'S HAIR HEALTH Is Just as good for men as well. All drug gists sell it for 50 cents or $1.00 and will give you your money back If It's not satisfactory. For sale and recommended by Lau rens Drug Co. WILL INCREASE OUTPUT. Laurens Glass Works Issues Preferred Stock for Purpose of Meeting De fefifed for Its Bottles. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Laurens Glass Works held Monday In the president's office, it was decid ed to issue preferred stock amouating to $30,000.00. It is the iatentlon of the management to Increase the out put of the factory during tho coming season, as the demand for Laurens made bottles has become larger than the production. More men will be add ed to the working force and tho output Increased) to the full capacity of the plant. At the meeting yesterday, the old officers were re-elecced as follows: President, Dr. W. Ii. Dial; Sec. and Treas., Albert Dial and Manager, H. P. Nlvison. The former directors were also re-elected. Are Ever At War. There are two things everlastingly at war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve will banish piles in any form. It soon subdues the itching, ir ritation, inflammation or swelling. It give comfort, invites Joy. Greatest healer of burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples, skin eruptions. Only 25 cents at Laurens Drug Co, and Palmetto Drug Co. Thanks The Woodmen. The ladies of the Woman's Mission ary society of Friendship Presbyteri an church take this method of thank ing the Woodmen of Myrtle Camp for their handsome donation in voting tho proceeds of the refreshment stand Friday to the missionary society for the purpose of painting the church. This gift is highly appreciated. Members of the Society. I SPECIAL NOTICES. < Wanted Agents to sell the best smoothing irons on the market, every home should have one, will sell con tracts by the/tow-nship, any hustling man, woman?w?or girl can sell them. Write Lock Box No. 62 or see J. Lee Langston at J. H. Sullivan's store. Lost?One double-case ladies size gold watch, somewhere on streets of Laurens or coun/j> Had name "Rich ey" on case. F/vuler will be rewarded by returning to this office or to Mr. Grover Riehe), Laurens,. S. C. 4-it For r?ile?Mjt home on Farley Ave. A nine-rdem house with 5 acres of Kind. Possession given Oct 1st. Rev. B. P. Mitchell. 2-5t Farm For Sale?400 acres of land in Jacks Township, one mile from Renno on the Seaboard, 1 1-2 miles from "Stomps" Spring, 10 miles from Clin ton. Four tenant houses in good con dition. Two-thirds of land open for cultivation. Price $10.00 per acre. For further Information address B. L. Jones, Laurens, S. C. l-8t Wanted?To ?iuiy clean white rags for wiping machinery. Advert, ser Printing Company. For Sale?We have a lot of air-slak ed lime on han<L "Valuable for sani tary purposes. 75 cents per barrel. Special prices made to farmers in ton lots for fertilizer use. Call or write Gray & Easterby. 39-tf Citation for Letters of Administration. State of South Carolina. County of Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas Ursula P. Ch 11 dress has made suit to me, to graat her Letters of Administration of the estate and ef fects of S. D. Chlldress. Dtiese are Therefore, to cite and ad mcfklsh all and singular the kindred ajr creditors of the said S. D. Chll dress deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, In the court of Pro bate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C, on the 3rd day of September 1912: next, after publi cation hereof, at It o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 20th day of August Anno Domini 1012. a G. THOMPSON, l-2t J. P. L. C. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 21st day of September, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ad ministrator of the estate of Jasper McColl, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens co?nty at 11 o'clock, a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trtiBt as Administrator. Any persopB indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duty proven, or be forever barred. W. BELTON OWENS, Administrator. August 21. 1912.-? 1 mo. NOTICE. Lauren.*, S. C, Aug. i' 1912. Whereas at a meeting of the stock holders of Rays Pharmacy a corpor ation with its principal place of bus iness at Laurena, S. C, on the 29 th day of Jnly. A. D., 1912 adopted a. res olution a copy of which is as follows: "Be It resolved by the stockholders of Rays Pharmacy that: the capital stock of Rays Pharmacy be Increased to'tho sdm of Five Thousand Dollars ($6. 000.00) by the Issuance, of Three Thousand Five Hundred ($3,600.00) additional capital stock, the addition capital stock to be divided into thirty five shares of the par value of $100.00 each. Books of subscription to tho said additional capital stock will be opened at the office of Rays Pharmacy on Thursday. August 29, 1912, at 10 o'clock A, M. W. O. Lancaster, 3-3t President