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Wijt &bbernaer SnHteriptloa Price Is SIjOO Per Tear Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRIXTINO COMPANY Laareof, 8. C. ALISON LEE President W. G. LANCA8TER vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. _ Advertising Rales on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks: One cent a word. ==_==_== Entered at the postoffice at Laurens, i 3. C, as second class mail matter. LAURENS, s. C? OCT. ?0. l??. The Adrertiser nill be glad to receive the local news of all the communities in the county. Cor. respondents are requested to sign their name* to the contri batlcps. Letters should not be ?tailed later than Monday mom. I>g. What's going to become of the poor middleman after he is "eliminated"? ? ? ? Just a dollar of your mun. Helps our printing press to run. Apollgies to the Dally Piedmont, t ? ? Do not let the time pass without sowing some grain. It will be needed next spring and summer to feed the' fctock on. Cotton is not plentiful and the price is not what it miKht be. but the prob- 1 lern can largely be solved by planting! gran in order to a^oid having to buy it next year to feed the stock on. ? ? ? Judging by the first day's awards at the state fair, the fair ought to be moved to Fountain Inn so it would not be necessary to csrry the prizes i-o far. Fountain Inn swept the field clean as an opener ? ? ? Attorney General-Elect Peoples gave out an interview in Augusta the oth er day, declaring that he was satisfied that his administration would be in harmony with that of the governor. Certainly it will. Wasn't that what he was elected for? ? ? ? Clinton has a carnival this week. That's pretty tough on Clinton. We had one here last year. Let us hope | that we will neves have another, j There is very little that is amusing In them, less that Is worthy and abso- j lutely nothing that is elevating. I>ast year's exhibition here was more I ike i an orgy. Clinton ought to do like j I^aurens about this carnival business and "swear off". ? ' ? ? The Scientific American, of October 12th, in speaking editorially of the contribution of beef to the success of Americans in mechanical endeavor and of the increasing cost of this food and in seeking to direct the way in which this high cost can be reduced by the increase of cattle said: "Our f^ed structure needs addition-1 al support. Where are we to look for It? In spite of the high prices of i cattle and the Rood prospect of profit, out of all the States in the Union on ly one. Florida, a cotton gowing state, increased its cattle, namely, from 73C.000 in 1911 to 7r.8.00" in 1912?not. much, but enough to give a very val uable suggeiT'on. as will be seen. The state in which there was no de cline are as follows: Vermont. Massa chusetts. Ithoile Island, three compar atively small New Kngland States. Then Delaware, Wisconsin. Ctah and* Nevada. Next more cotton-growing slates, Georgia. South Carolina. Alaba ma and Mississippi. All the big ranching states from Montana to Cal-, ifornla including Texts and except-; ing only Utah and Nevada, showed heavy declines, The logic of this Is clear: We must look in the future to the farms and not to the ranches for, our beef. If we look carefully for that portion' of the country In which we can hope most quickly to Increase our beef supply, we will find It without the1 least doubt In the cotton-growing states. There is now grown and go- 1 ing to waste in these states enough grass to raise and fatten enough more] cattle of the right sort under fav?ra- j ble conditions to reduce the price of dressed beef five cents a pound to, the consumer, and still leave a hand some margin of profit to the cattle grower. Those by-prroducta of the cotton plant Itself cottonseed meal and hulls, are extraordinarily abundanl and cheap, hulls at less than half the price of hay, and meal at less than half the price of corn. Over one thousand mills are making this feed and are scattered from one end of the cotton belt to the other. Enough more grass is ploughed under In the clean cultivation whitrlv ootton re quires, to quadruple the numbor of cattle now In the south. If the oth er cotton state* wtfl follow the ex ample of South Carolina of Intensive cotton cultivation and the liberal use; of commercial fertilizers', they will be able to raise a? much cotton as they are doing now, with less cost per pound, and can use with advantage 2T? per cent of their present cotton acre age for pasture. South Carolina gets. 280 pounds lint cotton per acre to! Mississippi's 170 pounds per acre. There are plenty of native cattle already In the South to make a start with, though most unevenly distribut ed and varying greatly in quality and size, as shown by their number In proportion to nopulation and value at the farm. For Instance. North Caro lina has about one head to six of population?value $12.60: Georgia, a\ it one head to four of population ?value. $10.; Mlsslppl. about one head to three of population?value. $10: Oklahoma, about one head to one, and one third of population?value. $21.">0, and Texas, about one and one third head to one of population?val ue, $17. If the older cotton States had as j many cattle in proportion to popula-1 tion as Oklahoma and Texas land the same sort of cattle) as they might have by natural increase with pure blood beef sires in ten years wltnout1 importation, the beef problem would be solved. It Is not cotton mania that has pre vented an abundance of good cattl* in the old cotton states, but partly the presence, partly the injury wrought by the cattle tick, but chiefly Ignorance and indifference. Intensive cattle raising, with tne minimum of pasture age and the maximum of feed raised and carried to the cattle, coupled with intensive cotton production with com mercial fertilizer, Is the greatest aid we have to cotton growing, and it will be along this line that the old cotton stales will be induced to grow cat tle. The government is already peck ing at the cattle tick by counties with mild aid from county and state. A vigorous campaign by National and State governments with men and mon ey behind It could eradicate the cattle tick completely and forever from the I'nited States in one year. A cam paign of education equally able and vigorous for the same length of time would convert the South to cattle raising of the right sort, not In place of, but in aid of cotton growing. There is not a consumer of beef In the I'nited States, nor a packing house in the country, a cotton mill, oil mill, fertilizer factory, merchant, planter or banker in the south that would not be greatly beenftted by two such Joint movements." Just at this season of the year, when the people of the south think more of progressive methods In agriculture than at any other time, it seems to us that this editorial o: the Scientific American is very timely. With our own county fair last week and with the county and state fairs all over the south, the people are giving more attention than at any other time to increasing the yields on the farm and especially to the Increase in the effi ciency In the production of stock. With a broad view of the whole situ ation, this great national authority upon scientific matters seems to go at the very bottom of the trouble to day, the high cost of food products, and It seems to us that its conclusions cannot be contradicted. If cotton growing and cattle raising were con ducted in the south as the Scientific American suggests, our own problems would be solved as well as the prob lems of millions of others. It should be gratifying to every South Carolinian to know that his state is singled out among all other Southern states as the one most pro gressive in intensive farming, though this record is made on cotton. ? ? ? LET 'KM COME! Talking about circuses, though. Bro. Wallace, of The Newberry Observer, should have been in Greenville Wed nesday and stood on the corner for two hours waiting to see the "greatest and grandest pageant" in the world piss by and then watched the "car avan of cloth and gold." drawn by magnificent horses, long legg ed camels and even zebras and then pointed at the long line of ele phants and watched the lady with the sr.ake around her neck and "millions" of other things and then, at the last, listened to the beautiful music stream ing from the steam piano. If Bro. Wallace had been '.here then, with a bag of peanuts In his hand, and had caught the very first street car for the circus grounds and had gone Into the mammoth tent fon a pass) and watched the acrobats, animals, horses and clowns, he certainly would have said "I have seen enough. loot's go back to Newberrv and rest awhile!" The Observer does not take a circus seriously and then It does. Here Is what it said last week: If the editor of The Advertiser had had every man in the office?foreman, operator. Job and ad man. cub printer and porter?to "knock off" the whole of circus day and leave him in the office alone, with no chance to get to the circus himself, he would feel that way a1>out !t too. Ag to the money feature, nearly all of our money goes North anyhow; so there's no use to kick about a small thing like a circus, especially when It 'i an "educational Institution" and the performers "wear clothes", more or less, and, the clowns are "funny". Long live 'circuses; bot they ought to have to n*%y In a town two days, and give everybody a chance to see' them and get educated. We beg leave 1 to offer that suggestion as a substitute for the million dollar license. There Is a considerable difference of opinion on circusea In Newberry. Col. Aull, of The Herald and News. Is "strong" on 'em. He even went so far as to Invite the leading popcorn and lemonade fiend of the state, Ed. H. DeCamp, of the Gaffney ledger, to spend a day or so with him in order that circus day might b? enjoyed to overflowing. Here is the way the Herald and News feels about it: We agree most heartily with The Advertiser and we want to see the circus continue to come. We can nev er forget with what pleasant antipl patlons as a boy in the country we looked forward to the coming of the clrcut from the time the first bills were posted until the day of the show, and how. after the show, we had some thing pleasant to talk about. And we like to see the circus even to this day. and regret we missed the show thiB year. We hope the circus may live long and be sufficiently prosperous to con tinue Its journeys. It Is a >arraless amusement. And for the money It takes away ii leaves something, and besides man can not live to himself alone. COL. OSCAR W. BABB AT SARATOGA Represented the Governor at Dellen tlon Everclses of Saratoira Battle Monument. Being unable to accept an invitation to attend the dedication exercises of the Saratoga Battle Monument at Schuylersville. N. V.. Gov. Blease de tailed Colonel Oscar W. Babb, of the adjutant general's department as mil itary representative from South Caro lina, and it is needless to state that the State flag (one of the original thirteen! was placed on the base of the magnificent monument on the very ground occupied by Burgoyne's army during the last days preceding the surrender. The state flags of New >rk, Con necticut!, Maryland. Vermc ., Massa chusetts. New Hampshire, Virginia and South Carolina were represented. Numerous military organizations par ticipated in the exercises and the fol lowing promlment officials participat ed: D. A. Blakeslee, lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Veo. M. Cole, adjutant general of Connecticut. John A. Dix, governor of New York. Gen. Verbeck, adjutant general of New York. Phillips L. Boldsboro. governor of Maryland. Frank R. Howe, lieutenant governor of Vermont. L. S. Tilleston, adjutant general of Vermont. Colonel Wade, adjutant general of Massachusetts. Colonel Tutterly, adjutant general of New Hampshire. .Colonel Robert F. Leedy. represent ing the governor of Virginia. Colonel Oscar W. Babb, represent ing the governor of South Carolina. Commander A. DeR. McNair, I'. S. Navy, retired. A. Vedder Brewer, representing the N. Y. Sons of the American Revolu tion. Neero Woman Getting Better. The negro woman, shot by Willie Cunningham below Waterloo, an ac count of which appeared In The Ad vertiser last week. Is getting better and will survive the wound. Willie Cunningham, who was brought to jail by Mr. W. F. Wright. Instead of Mr. Reld as stated last week, is still con fined In jail and has not applied for bond. Pathe Weekly Thursday. Mr. Lavender announces an attrac tive list of pictures for the Pathe reel Thursday evening. Among those scenes to be shown are the unfurling of the largest flag In the world, at Brldport. Conn., a one hundred mile auto race at Old Orchard, Me., and the late summer hats shown in Paris. Besides these, other attractive pic tures will be shown. Censns Report. Washington, Oct. 2<~.?The third col ton ginning report of the season, com piled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt aid issued at 10 a. m. today by Director E. Dana Durand, announced that 6.S3S.S41 bales of cot ton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to October 18. This includes the results of the most active period of the ginning season, September 25 to October IS,, during which in recent years more than one-fourth of the en tire crop passed through the ginnen*' hands. To October 18 last 7,758,621 bale*, or 49.9 per cent of the entire crop, had been ginned, in 1908 to that date 6,296.166 bales, or 48.1 per cent of the crop had been ginned, and In 1906 to that date 4.931.6pl bales, or 38.0 per cent of the crop had. been ginned. Bridge to Let. On Thursday the 21st day of No vember. 1912. at 12 o'clock. M.. con tract will be let for rebuilding a bridge over Enoree River between the coun ties of Laurena and t'nlon. better known as Jones Ford Bridge, letting to be at site. Successful bidder will be required to enter Into written contract and execute satisfactory bond In amount of one half the contract price within ten days ?fter award is made. Bids will be accompanied by certified check of $50 as guarantee of good faith. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. H. B. Humbert. Supervisor, L. C. ??8888*6888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 81 8 8! 88888888888888888888 A Second College for Women. Do we need It? We do not pretend to answer that question, categorically but It strikes us that if a plan could be devised by which education general ly, whether for Loys or for girls, could be made a little less expen sive, there would be a gre *t 'oniand for such a school. i here is uu reason why a should be waited on at a college In a way that she does not get waited on at home. If an endowment fund could be provided sufficient to pay all of the salaries of all the teachers, charging up to the girls only the board, such a college would be over flowing with pupils. Winthrop College is a case In point. It claims to be the least expensive College of South Carolina. Let the church emulate the example of the State and so thorough ly endow Its institutions of learning as to be able to provide free tuition and the result will quickly appear in great Increase of patronage. We sug gest the Idea to our I>aurens friends. We are glad to know that a college will be built. We are sure that the Synod would do wisely to accept it. The Presbyterian church has few schools of higher learning. It ought to have more of them.?The Thornwell Messenger. Child Labor and Health. "Child labor predisposes to tuber culosis. This doe3 not apply exclu sively to child '.abor in the factory. In many cases child labor In the home Is as bad as In the factory, and the dan ger from tuberculosis is just as great." These are among the statements made in a paper before the recent Congress on Hygiene and Demography In Wash ington by Dr. S. Adolphus Knorf of New York. "Tuberculosis is a social disease in the final analysis. It cannot be eradicated until we have social Justice." I _ Candidate's Expenses. A Hall county, (Ga.) candidate takes the cake, or as Teddy would say, slutrs the mall over the ropes when it comes to itemizing a campaign ex pense account. This office seeker was defeated and. with a sort of grim hu mor, has counted even the hairs of his head, so to speak, In rendering his statement. Here It Is: "Lost 4 months and 33 days can vassing, 1.349 hours thinking about the election; 4 acres of cotton: 23 acres of corn, a whole sweet potato crop; four sheep. 5 goats and 1 beef given to barbecues; 2 front teeth and a considerably quantity of hair in a personal skirmish. Gave 97 plugs of tobacco. 7 Sunday school books. 2 pair suspenders. 4 calico dresses, 7 dolls and 13 baby rattlers. Told 2.SS9 lies, shook hands 33, *75 times, talked enough to have made in print 1.000 large volumns, size of patent office re ports: kissed 126 babies: kindled 14 kitchen fires; cut 3 cords of wood; pulled 434 bundles fodder: picked 774 pounds of cotton." MOUNTVILLE NEWS. Mountville. Oct. 28.?A mai.iage of unusual Interest to the people of our community was that of Miss Grace Cook, of Camp Hill, Ala., to Mr. J. S. Winebrener, of this place, which oc curred in Camp Hill on the 23rd inst. Mrs. Morton Fuller, a sister of the groom, and little Mary Fuller accom panied him to Camp Hill. The bridal party returned to Mountville Friday morning. On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Simmons gave a reception in honor of the nappy couple. Quite a number of relatives and friends were present The occasion was one of much merriment and pleasure. The bride is a young woman of rare ac-1 complishments and charm She once resided here and we are glad indeed; to welcome her back The groom Is one-of our popular young business' men. Mr. and Mrs. Winebrener will | reside here. They have the good wish es of the entire community. Mr. J. T. Stokes base purchased the house and lot of Mr. C. F. Smith Mrs Clemmle Teague, of Laurens. was . the week-end guest of relatives here Prof. Culbertson and family, of Wa terloo, were in town Saturday. Miss Irene Dillard of Cross Hill visited this place Sunday. The old Mountville school near here opened Monday morning with Miss Louise Richardson as teacher. A en Tie Track of the fast express means serious trou-1 ble ahead if not removed, so doe* loss j of appetite. It means lack of vitality, loss of strength and nerve weakness.! If appetite fails, take Electric Bitters quickly to overcome the cause by ton ing up the stomach and curing the1 indlg-?t!on Michael Hesi helmer of Lincoln, Neb., bad been Blew over three year*, but slv bottles of Electric Ritters put him right on hn feet agan They have helped thousands. They g!ve pure blood, strong nerves, good digestion. Only 10 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. TO LACHENS BAPTISTS. Mr. C H. Ho per Issues a Call to Pay Expense* Incident npon the Recent Illness and Death of Church'* Ward. To the Churches of the Laurens Bap tist Asoclation: Our brother and ward oi the Asso ciation. I^eon Young, has been called to his reward and his body was laid to rest beside that of his mother, at Leesville on Tuesday. The necessary burial expenses, together with some additional expenses made duilng his last illness at the hospital must be met. We ask all the churches to send in their pledges to this fund as early as possible and whatever balance is left will be sent to the aged minister's relief fund and each church will be given credit on its apportionment for aged ministers. C. H. Roper. Treasurer. J. W. Cope'.and. of Dayton, Ohio, purchased a bottle of Chamberlain'3 Cough Remedy for his boy who had a cold and before the bottle was all used the boy's cold wan gone. Is tha'. not better than to pay a five dollar doctor's bill? For sale by all dealers. 38 ^???????????????ft??????JSJS I SPECIAL NOTICES. | ByrdTllle Dairy and Stock Farm? has one two year old Jersey bull, red ribbon at county fair; blue stemmed seed wheat, blue ribbon. See them for prices. 14-3t For Sale?One 10-horse power en gine. Taylor brand, in good running order. Apply to W. B. Knight. 14-3t Horse for Sale?One good gentle bay horse. Price $225.00, also some barred Plymouth Rock chickens. Lew is Anderson. Laurens. 14-2t For Rent?One "-room house and lot on Sullivan street for rent at once. Barn and out houses. Former ly occupied by Emery Machen. Apply to H. L. Roper. Laurens. S. C. 14-tf u anted?Men and women to work In city, pay $1.50 per day. For infor mation phone No. 218. 14-lt-pd i Turkeys for Sale?Illinois mam moth big-bone bronze turkeys for sale. Took prize at county fair. ! Price?your"- tr- $5.00. young hen i $3.00. Apply to Mrs. J. A. Davenport, ! Mountville, S. C. 13-2t-pd Great Incubator Bargain?210 egg celebrated Petaluma incubator. Price $18.50, none better. Will deliver to your station for $15.00. Only twenty on hand. Order before they are all sold. Jacobs & Co., Clinton, S. C. ll-5t Riddle-Machen. The wedding tomorrow of Miss Maud Machen, of Princeton, and Mr. O. D. Riddle, of Greenville, will be an event of great interest to a large circle of friends in this county and elsewhere. Both of the young people are well known In this city and county and congratulations are being showered upon them from many sources. Miss Machen is the daughter of Mr. J. T. Machen, of Princeton, and Mr. Riddle is a native of this county now being employed with The Greenville News. Here is a woman who speaks from personal knowledge and long exreri ence, viz., Mrs. P. H. Brogan, of Wis Son. Pa., who says. "I know from ex perience that Chamberlain's Couhg Ren.?dy is far superior to any other. For croup there is nothing that excels It." For sale by all dealers. Cheap Rates to Augnsta. On account of the Georgia-Carolina Fair, at Augusta, the C. & W. C. will offer reduced rates to Augu>ta. be ginning Nov. 3. Tickets will then be on sale until the 8th, good to return until Nov. 10th. Round trip tickets $3.10. (Advertisement.! An All-Day Slnsrlng. An all-d&y singing, conducted by Prof. W. B. Compton, will be held at Highland Home church Saturday. Nov. 2. In connection with the singing, a basket picnic will be spread. All who are intenerested are invited to at tend. HIGH-O-ME That's the Proper Way to Pronounce II VOMi:I, the Famous Catarrh Rem edy Made from Australian Eucalyp tus and Other Antiseptics?Just Breathe It VANISHES CATARRH The Laurens Drug Co is authorized to refund purchase price to any dis satisfied customer. Complete outfit $1.00; extra bottle, 50 cents. For Sale by W. B, Knight, Executor. Fifty two acres of land, 5 1-2 miles north of Laurens, 35 acres in cultiva tion, plenty of wood, water and fine pasture land. This tract Is intersect ed by public road leading from Lau rens to Greenville, contains fine build ing sites and fronts the R. H. Hudgens Summer home place. Price $60.00 per acre. 12-3t When yoa feel ?r?. rout, tired, worried or despondent it it a ?ure sign you need MOTTS NERVER1NE PILLS. They renew the normal vigor and make life worth living Da Mr* and atk for Motf s Nenrerine Pills BWSS WtlUAMS MFG. CO.. Pro?... CUvUnd. 3hi* LACHE...S DRCG CO. Laurens. S. C. Question FLEMING BROTHERS Laurens, S. C. Gentlemen:? Kindly advise me as to whose initial, the groom's or the bride|s, should be engraved on a gift of silver table Answer Laurens, S. C. Oct. 2?, 1912. Dear Madam: ? Your inquiry regarding the cor rect engraving for weddir.g silver has just been received. There is no set rule, and authorities differ as to which is correct. It is argued bvsome that wedding presents are gifts to the bride and not to the groom, but it is the opin ion of the majority that the groom's initials should mark the gift?for why should the silver that she will use in common with her husband all her life bear the initial of a name that is no longer hers'.' ?in fact, probably many of her guests would not be familiar with her former name. This latter custom prevails in the fashion centres of Europe and America, and has generally been re cognized by us as the correct form, except, of course, where the gift partakes of a strictly personal na ture, such as Toilet Articles, Jewel Cases, Photo Frames, etc.. when the bride's initial is permissible. Thanking you for this opportunity of serving you, we remain Yours very truly, FLEMING BROTHERS JEWELERS THE VERY BEST LAUNDRESS seldom makes a success of it when it comes to handling men's shirts, collars and cuffs. She doesn't seem to get the knack of doing them prop erly however often she may try. We have the knack. Send us your linen and see what a fine finish we put on. and how spotlessly white we make it. Send it this week. LAI'REN'S STEAM LAUNDRY. [BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE! can give you a start in l:fe that it would be impossible for you to get any other way. We prepare younj people to enter business at good salaries. You can double your earning power by mastering our courses. The best is v/orth traveling hundreds of miles tor. Write us TODAY for beautiful Illustrated catalog. It Is free, and sending for it places you under no obligation. Address BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 600 Pine St.. ST. LOUIS, MO. AMBITION TALKS A WOSDEXFUl UTTU BOOH l'O* ik POST ACE PAID M?rUn Eujen? R.?d ? "Ambition Talks" >r? full of m?pir?lion lot tftlf w*rW?r. ?od ?? ,?? ^ rt >'. t ?? ^ ' I <? . r ! . t lV<* rifSt IO think. T.-.??* Umoui artkUl In !. <?? form.64p*f?? p.tl. bo*rJ co??r?.?? iripinnf id. ? on tick p?<?. M.ibd pr.pt.d 25c. ?.nd coin or rttrapt. BUSINESS BOOK COMPANY Sth t, P.n. Su. ST. LOUIS. MO. M. R. WILKES Life Insurance LAURENS, S. C. NOTICE. State of South Carolina, Laurens County. To All Whom It May Concern: Notice Is hereby given that an ap plication will be filed with the Secre tary of State, requesting that a char ter be granted to the "I^aurens Social Club," which club shall be located In the City of laurens. State of South Carolina, the object of which will be to better the "Amusement, Physical and Mental" culture of Its members.' C. O. Shell. 14-2t B. B. Hill. Our 10 cent counter has the biggest and best values to be found In the city, come and look it over. S. M. A B. H. WILKES & CO.