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Witt gfoutrtteer Subscription Price Is $1 JO Per Tear Payable la Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laarens, 8. ('. ALISON LBS W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEE President vIce-Pres. Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks: One cent a word. Entered at the postofflce at Laurens, S. C, as second class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C OCTOBER 2, 1912. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities In the county. Cor respondents are requested to ???-n their names to the contri butions.. Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. BLEASE NOMINATED. The Advertiser accepts the decision of the htate executive committee in declaring Cole L, Blase the nominee for governor as tlnal, unless more and conclusive evidence is brought for ward that he was elected by fraud. Since enough tangible and conclusive evidence has not been submitted to the committee to justify It In declar ing the election null and void, wo see no reason why the committee should have done otherwise. The Advertiser does not admit that fraud was not practiced in the primary, but we can Bee how the committee was unable to declare other than they did because the evidence submitted was not In shape to handle immediately. By tak ing several months, we have no doubt but that, the committee could have found enough evidence of fraud to justify ordering another election, but as delay would not be and could not bo tolerated, their finding was inevi table. The recommendation of the sub-committee that the constitution be ?changed so as to guarantee a safe primary in the future is the only so lution of the present problem. The Irregularities and fraud that was practiced In the last election was the outcome of looseness and carelessness practiced in a poorly protected pri mary, the result of a growth of years. Having come to realize through actual experience the bad results of the old system we can only congratulate our selves that nothing of the sort will happen again soon. <s ? * ? THE COTTON CHOP. From all reports and appearances it seems that we are to have a short crop of cotton this year, in this vicinity at least. The acreage over the whole Bouth was reducefTfhis year and while It has been Haid that in some states the crop is In fainy good shape It is thought that this year's crop will fall short of last year's by several millions. At this time, just at the cutset of the season, it seems to us that it would be well for our farmers to take a look at the situation and judge for themselves whether they should hold for higher prices or sell. In regard to the general prosperity of the country, which of course has a great deal to do with the price that the mills are able and willing to pay for cotton, Dun's Review said this last week: "Proof accumulates on every hand of a develo|dng national prosperity, broad, wholesome and quite indepen dent of controversial issues that us ually breed uncertainty and hesita tion. Many years have passed since there has been such unanimity of tes timony as to the widening of business activity. Even some of the lines which have been lagging are now developing the same progressive spirit, which for some time has existed In the Iron and steel Industry and Is making that trade break all previous records. Consump tion has not only overtaken produc tion but is rapidly pressing ahead of it, and in some Important points scar city of facilities, scarcity of labor and scarcity of transportation appear as the inevitable accompaniment of an accumulating demand. Not only Is the distribution of dry goods In the various branches of the trade larger than .ast year, but the dealing mer chants anticipate a continuance of the demand and are looking forward to a year of general prosperity' Dt/y goods continue firm, with every indi cation of permanence In the demand. Some mills are restricted In output by labor troubles, and surplus stocks are considerably reduced. Cotton goods rule Arm, with the demand fair in some lines and quiet In others, and Jobbers are doing a steady, seasona ble trade. Lrfrge purchases of print cloths are made at Fall River?most ly spots?and nt the south on con tracts extending into next March." Apparently the coming months will witness great activity in every line of trade. Manufactures are running to capacity and the output Is in de mand rather than a drag on the mar ket. It seemB then that the mills will be able to take care of every bale rais ed this year, whether a crop Is raised In proportion to the acreage or not. The Review, speaking of the cotton market and crop conditions continues: "General dull conditions prevailed in the cotton market this week and while prices were somewhat irregu lar, and as a whole tended downward, actual changes in quotations were very slight. The most potent Influence con tinued to be the weather conditions throughout tho belt, on the one hand, and the unusually large receipts, on the other. Reports from some dis tricts were of the probability of frosts, but as they ??ld not materialize, they had little effect, although as the crop is conceded to be late and the season is advancing, their possibility, was an unsettling influence. The pre vailing uncertainty was accentuated by reports of coming labor troubles at Manchester, but these were given lit tle credence, In view of the excellent trade conditions at that center. Large sales by shorts were without much effect, any weakness engendered there by being offset by the continued good spot buying by manufacturing Inter ests. To sum up the situation, it ap pears as if the leading buyers are pur suing a waiting attitude and deferring operations until after the publication of the government report to be Issued on October 2, which will impart to the trade more information as to nc tual conditions. At the same time there are a good many who have much confidence in the future and they claim that regardless of the heavy receipts, and no matter what the na ture of the report may be, they look for higher prices. They point to the prevailing activity in all textile man ufacturing lines, both here and abroad as a confirmation of this belief and claim that the world's requirements will Insure a good consumptive de mand for this year's crop, whether It be large or small. This is the under lying element of stability which sup ports the market in the face of those influences tending toward lower pric es." At this time no great amount of work is being done to organize In the south for higher prices. Pres. Dabbs, of the State Farmers' I'nion, and oth ers arc beginning to agitate the ques tion, but no definite plan has develop ed. ,Last year's organization, we are confident, was largely responsible for the fair prices that some received lat er in the senson and we hope that an other movement for cooperation and organization will be gotten on foot. Since tho cotton is so much shorter in this county than last year, It seems to us that there is an Imperative de mand that something be done to coun teract the inevitable effects of low prices and a short crop. The cotton crop of this county probably brought on an average of 9 1 2 cents last year. It will require an average of at least 12 cents to bring an equal amount of money into the county. P 9 ? LAURENS NEEDS A COLLEGE. The spirit of determination dis played at the citizens' meeting in the court house Monday afternoon is such as makes for progress. Such de termination can result in but one thing and that Is success. Laurens is de termined to have a college and the determination is three fourths the vic tory. The air of co-operation and unanimi ty of purpose as well as denomina tional unselfishness speaks well for the town and those who have con tributed to its upbuilding and for those who have offered to contribute to the upbuilding of on edenomina tlon's educational institution. The spirit is a fine one and must and will bear fruit. As several others have already said, we are more than ever convinced that I-rfiurens can have and should have, a successful college. That she can have a college is evidenced by the overflow of students in other Institutions of the state and the south and especially those institutions patterned along the lines contemplated for the future col lege here. These Institutions are full to overflowing and numbers have been turned away. It is only necessary to recall the newspaper reports of sev eral weeks ago to verify the state ment that the schools are taxed to their capacity. Though there is an ever increasing number of students at our colleges, the fact that our city schools and rural schools are grow ing with the same pace is proof posi tive that In the future still more edu cational facilities will be needed to take care of them. The future holds out bright prospects of an ever In creasing number of those who will ap ply to our colleges for higher educa tion. The parents, who only had a smattering of education in their child hood and who possibly had more than their fathers before them, are real izing that their children must be ed ucated to get the most out of life. They are determined to give them ov ery advantage that they can afford. In satisfying the craving for educa tion, the people will demand a school wfilch will bo able to give a vocation al and practical education along with an academic course, thus rounding out a course combining practical knowl edge with culture and refinement. Such a college under Christian influ ence Is in demand and would be lib erally patronized. That Laurena has need of a college of her own is instanced by the large number of girls who go elsewhere to college and by other numbers who would go to college If one were near er home. We are told by Supt. PittB that he often has parents to come to him to ask If something could not be done to procure a college for this place. The time has now come In Laurens county, and certainly It is an Indication of great progress, when nearly every man In it is making some endeavor to educate his children and to send them to college. Lau rens county can point, with pride to the large number of her boys and girls In state and denominational Institu tions and say that she Is keeping abreast of her sister counties and leading most of them. But though she Is making great strides now, she could make greater If the Institutions were here where her children could be educated at less expense than else where. She ought to make provision for this demand and we believe she will do oO. We believe that the Synod of South Carolina will accept the proposition which we will make them. Such an opportunity to push forward the edu cational progress of the church and at the same time aid In the educational development of a populous section does not come often and we believe that the church will realize the bound less possibilities and accept our offer and place in our midst a college which we can all support and feel proud of. That It would begin a new year with at least two hundred stuxfents, we have little doubt. REWARD FOR RflTJESTY. >'egro Hoy Returns Large Sum of Money Lost by Citizens ef Ora and Advertised for in This Paper. Those who happened to read In the Special Notice or Want Ad column of this paper last week must have no ticed an advertisement offering a re ward for the return of $63 lost on the streets of Laurens. Those who read it probably smiled and winked at it, wondering who would be foolish enough to advertise for the Under of such a large sum of money. "Waste of time and money" probably everybody who read it thought. In fact, in most cases this might be true, but in this one it was not, for the money was found by a negro boy who promptly answered the advertisement as soon as the paper was out Wednesday morning. Before all the papers were off the press, James Allen, the boy who works in the pool room, came into the ofllce and handed over the money and said he wanted It to go to #ie rightful owner. Mr. Dt W. Mc Cllntock, of Ora, who had ordered the advertisement Inserted, was commun icated with nnd James was handed ov er $10 as a reward for his honesty and for finding it. Mr. McCllntock now has his part of the money and James has his and judging from James' countenance he is about the most sat isfied of the two. The money is in the hand of the rightf :i owner and James has a clear conscience, know ing that he has done the right thing, though he could have kept the whole sum and nobody would have been the wiser. James' experience reads very much like the money finding dreams that ev eryone has gone through. James was riding along In front of Brooks & Jones' store when he spied one of the bills. He jumped off of his wheel and picked it up. Looking a little ahead he saw another one and pick ed it up. Getting on h's wheel again and starting off, he ran across another one and had to get off to pick it up. Oolng a little further, he saw anoth er one and picked ft up. By this time, he was so excited, he couldn't con tain himself. He struck out for his place of work and rushed up to Mr. Hal Moorman and handed it over to him, trembling so he could hardly turn the money loose. James had to sit down right there to "cool off" and let the excitement die down. The money was left with Mr. Moorman until The Advertiser came out, for It was a foregone conclusion that the person who lost it would seek the aid of that magic wonder worker, the little want ad. Their expectations came true for Mr. McCllntock bad his ad vertisement in the Special Notice col umn of The Advertiser and the prob lem was solved. If James had not become ercited so soon and had gone a little further, he might have found another bill for one more dollar was lost by Mr. Mc Cllntock and It must have been drop ped Just a little further along. The total of the monoy found was $62. 88888886888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 88888888888888888888 Or Snap Perhaps. While the Presbyteries are about it, we would be more than pleased If they would vote to remove our Court House to Laureus.?Greenville News. One Hundred Thousand Dollars. That Is the sum that the great edu cational campaign fund proposed to put at the disposal of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. If the Sy nod, at large, could but see the splen did work going on, the campus of their College, they would roll the ball on with enthusiasm. The plans devised by Dr. Douglas are of a high order. The new Dormitory is really a suburb building, and is a splendid match, for the great College building carried to completion by the lament ed Neville. Clinton Is proud of her College, and Is proud of her own part In Its development. It is with Interest that we have noted the broad and handsome thorofares, provided by the city council and the conven iences that go along with them. Steel ng many improvements made In all the buildings, we want to urge forward that One Hundred Thousand Dollar gift from the Synod on which the future of the College practically depends. It means even more-than &> much money. It means loyalty on the part of the Synod to its splen did school; and loyalty means -suc cess.?The Thornwell Messenger Lost?Onr Assets. After the s?orm has passed, one is fascinated and goes poking into the debris with a moribund curiosity. After the dwelling Is destroyed, per sons gather and poke In the embers for salvage. Soutn Carolina has been swept by a political storm. Let us see what Is lost and what is left. When we contemplate Anderson's legislative ticket and compare it with material that we might have had, we do not feel elated. But we will stand by the delegation the people have chosen. And there fs Abbeville, the mili tant Graydon has gone down. Chris Waller, the old war horse, crossflred by his own friends. And in Laurens, Dr. J. H. Miller, the most intelligent and most progressive legislator that county has had in a score of years, a man of unquestioned courage and the soul of honor, caught fn a vor tex and defeated by a young, and un tried, though pleasant and agreeable man, a nephew of Lemas Blalock, one of the republican bosses of the state. And in Spartarrburg. The contem plation makes one heartsick. A fairly representative delegation has been chosen, one or two toy balloons and some others. But think of the men who were sacrificed: Archer, Os borne, Ben Hill Brown, Drummond, Arnold. There never has been In the legislature a straighter, truer man than H. H. Arnold. Nothing tricky, shady or questionable about him. A plain, straighforward. hard headed farmer. Osborne was not onlj a brilliant fighter, a champion of and for the poor people. He came from the poor people. He fs a self made man, and a man Tie is. inde pendent, manly, combative. In his short public career of two years he did more to try to elevate the condi tion of the poor, to uplift the Igno rant and to relieve the suffering than some men, more successful in polities, have done In a quarter of a century. In York the brilliant wit and schol arly gentleman. T. F. McDow, would have been a tower of strength to any righteous cause. He was defeated by Bcamguard. who Is clean and honest and worthy, but not aggressive. In Lexington the courageous "square head," Dr. D. M. Crosson. who fought so gamely for a state highway commission and for other progres sive legislation was defeated by the unspeakable Sharpe. ( And In Kershaw the righteous Klrkland was defeated by a nonenti ty. There Is no man who has been In public life In this state who more nearly than Klrkland resembles the bold Interpld, unselfish prophets of old. Convinced that he Is right, Klrkland would face an army and proclaim his Ideals. Amid the embers we find the ashes of the hopes of the people of Rich land. John J. McMaban defeated, and by whom? Sad the day for Rich land county when her people turn tho backs of their hands to such a man as McMaban. As pure as a wo man, as dauntless as a knight, as de termined as Noah of old, this man was and is an asset of the whole state. He Is many times too large for the place for which he offered. The objection to him was that he Is an Ideallst. YeB, bis ideals have in part found fruit In the new life giv en to the public schools of the state. Under his four years' service John J. McMaban did a statesman's part for the public school system of the state. These are the most conspicuous examples that we know of?the throwing away of our assets. Youth, energy, activity, patriotism, courage, brains, heart, soul and general fitness to serve the people?these all count for naught.?Anderson Daily Mall. The Primary's Honesty and Its Judge. Discussing the action of the Lau rens county executive commute*, in de claring that the primary election in Laurens county was free from frauds and irregularities, and replying to a letter of the county chairman, the Laurens Advertiser sayB: "Just to show how preposterous is the claim that no 'fraud or Irregu larities' existed in the county, It is only necessary to state that the com mittee did not oven have all of the club rolls at the meeting. How would a committee go about comparing poll ing lists and club rolls when no club rolls were in hand to compare with?" Have the members of the county committee and the chairman in Lau rens asked themselves who is the final judge, who Is the "supreme court," in this controversy? Have members of committees and chairmen in other counties asked themselves these questions? Have the citizens who interfered with the State committee In Spartan burg considered what they were do ing? ' Regardless of what ci nittees, whether State or county, ma; do and say, the decision at last rests with the qualified voter. The man who voted in the primary took an oath to sup port its nominees. He entered into a contract when he participated in the primary but fraud vitiates any and all contracts, provided, of course, that the fraud was substantial. The honest man who voted in the recent State primary will abide by its results unless he be clear in mind that its fairness was destroyed by ir regularities and frauds. The presump tion is in favor of the primary's fair conduct. The participant can not af ford to temporize and compromise with his deliberate and solemn pledge and he has no right to be Influenced by evidence of technical irregulari ties here and there. His duty is to vote in the general election for the primary nominees in the absence of proof that convinces his mind and conscience, after searching examina tion, that the primary was degraded to the plane of a fraudulent transaction. A man can do no more dangerous thing than to tamper lightly with the oath that he has taken. But, when this is said, let it be re membered that the man, after all, is the judge. He is the "supreme court" and the day of tho general election Is his judgment day. No com mittee's deliverance can bind abso lutely any man's conscience or brfnn him to participate in future primaries in whose fair conduct he can have no confidence. Furthermore, it is sheer nonsense to talk about carrying an election by resort to force. Supposing that a sin gle election should be carried in that way, what good would it do? Sooner or rather, if the white people divide, elections will be orderly and honest. No faction or party has a monopoly of mere courage and fighting ability and every rational man knows it. Be sides, let it be remembered that mem bers of Congress, Presidential erectors and Legislators who elect Senators are chosen on the same day that Gov ernors are chosen. Congressman, Senators and electors are chosen for the United States, not solely for South Carolina. If the white people be di vided, both sides will get a hearing from the United States and the United States will take a hand as a party to the controversy. The United States will never permit one faction of white men to over-ride the wishes of an other by force and arms In South Car olina or In any other state. In this day only Imbeciles and noisy fools talk about riding to the fetlocks of ihelr horses fn blood on election day. That sort of thing has played out. In 1876 the white South was solidly arrayed in defense of its civilization. We are discussing now a white South divided. The declaration or decision of a county or State committee Is worthy of consideration, it Bhould be given weight and great weight, but It is not and, In the nature of the case, can not be final. The power to affirm or reject It Is lodged in the man himself; there is no power except his own conscience to prevent his resort to the general election in November, whether he voted for Blease or Jones. The truth of what we have said is self evident. It will not be disputed, much less confuted. The conclusion from It is that it behooves State and county committees to act and speak with care. If they expect their de liverances to be regarded they must deal fairly with the Individual voter and address themselves to his intel ligence. Is a primary conducted without a polling list "regular"? Can a committee that can not or does not obtain the club rolis expect Its asser tion that the primary was "regular' to be accepted? And If the Individ ual, voter refuses to be Impressed with such assertion, what can the commit tee do? In short, the committee tl Maes to investigate thoroughly and diligently are furnishing the man who seeks an excuse to bolt now or to quit the primary that may bind him to fraud with the excuse that he seeks. In the measure that they in terpose obstacles to Investigation they destroy the confidence in the primary of the man who prefers to abide by the primary and see it preset 'ed. The friends of tho kind of "'.mary system we have in South Carolina, a primary in which all white Demo crats may participate and that is equivalent ordinarily to election, If they are wise will bear In mind that It Is always on trial, that It can not sur vive loss of confidence and that it will be abandoned by those who doubt its fairness. It should be remembered, too, that the qualified elector who goes Into the primary voluntarily surrenders the advantage which ho enjoys over tho man not qualified to vote In the gen eral election and that, without ref erence to the present contest, the man without a registration certificate has a great deal more at stake in the preservation of the primary's integrity than the man who has one.?The State. RICHMOND BOOSTERS PLEASED. Appreciated the Hearty Reception Tendered by the People of Laurens. Dr. H. K. Alken has iecelved the following letter from Richmond, as to the recent vi?it of the Richmond Boosters to Laurens: Richmond, Va., Sept. 27, 1912. President. Chamber of Commerce, Laurens, 8. C, Dear Sir: ? You cannot imagine how much we appreciate the hearty reception ten dered us while in your city last week. The "Richmond Boosters" knew that you would be glad to see them, other wise, we would not have visited you. but we did not expect such a hearty reception as you gave us. Our representative will be In your city in the near futuro and thank you personally, and at the same time try to secure some information that may be mutually beneficial. We hope we may have the pleasure of seeing you in Richmond, and at any time that you visit our city, we will be glad to have you make our office your headquarters, and tender you the use of desk, stationery and stenographers. With kindest regards to yourself, and all your citizens, we are, Yours very truly, Freeman Advertising Agency, Inc. Sick headfiche Is caused by a dis ordered stomach. Take Chamberlain's j Tablets and correct that and the head aches will disappear. For sale by all dealers. "Merchant ot Yen tee." The Orpheum motion picture show will present as a feature reel this week Shakespeare's well known come j dy "Merchant of Venice." This fine story in two reels will be shown Thursday. On tho same date they will show the regular Jaumont Weekly. Both afternoon and night performance. 5 and 10 cents. Here Is a woman who speaks from personal knowledge and long experi ence, viz., Mrs. P. H. Brogan, of Wis Son, Pa., who says, "I know from ex perience that Chamberlain's Couhg Remedy is far superior to any other. For croup there is nothing that excels it." For sale by all dealers. Rooms to Rent?Wo have 2 nice rooms to rent to men. On Jones St., convenient to square. Appiy to Mrs H. F. Taylor. 10-lt-pd Lost Strayed or Stolen?From my place one black and white spotted Poland China Male Pig, 6 or 8 weeks old. Anyone knowing of its where abouts will please notify W. B. Mar tin, Gray Court, S. C. 10-lt-pd Doc For Sale?Irish Setter Dog for sale. First check for $15.00 gets him. Retrelver and splendid fielder, If, months old, no bad traits.* D. E. Todd. R. F. D. No. 1, Laurens, S. C. 10-lt-pd For Rent?I have for rent to a de sirable party a six horse farm, well improved, and situated one half mllo from Mountvllle, has good dwelling and tenant houses, close to good school and four churches. M. B. Crisp Mountvllle, S. C. 10-2t Bull for Saie?One Registered Jer sey Bull, 2 years old, no had traits, well grown to ago and very gentle! Price $35.00. Apply to D. E. Todd, Rt. I, Laurens. S. C. Wanted?Three or /our connecting rooms on tho ground floor. Address "Rooms" care The Advertiser. tf ..For Sale?Cows fresh in milk, $35. 00 to $50.00. Borkahlre Pigs, $3.00 to $5.00?Address, Riverside Farm, Woodruff, S. C. 6-5t.-pd. We are having a number of enquir ies for small farms and thoso who have thsm for sale will do well to give them now to the Laurens Trust Co. Waited Agents to sell the beat smoothing Irons on the market, every home should have one, will sell con tracts by tl\e, townRMu. apv J*-*tllng man-?-*' u.c *i.TL fif**"**- K*nv or !lS can sell them. UM?'1, womai !><>> 01 K'1' o-p J. Leo |VvVlto Lock Box No. ?2 or "0 t r0> I L?ngsten aL J. H. Sullivan 8 store