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Subscription Price is 11.00 Per Tear Payable in Advance. Published by ADYEBTLSEB PBINTING COMPANY Laarens, S. C. ALISON LEB W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEE President vice-Pres. Sec. and Treas. Ad fertig! im? Kate? on AppUeatJen. Obttaariee and Card of Thanks: One caat a word. Entered at the postofflce at Lanrens, 8. C, as second class mall matter. LAUBENS, 8. l\ JANUARY IS, The Advertiser will be glad to receive tfce local news ef all tfce eeaomnnities in the conntj. Cor ree pendents are requested to sign their names to the contri butions.. Letters shonid not be nailed later than Monday morn ing. Why not settle the question ofj changing the name of Main street in Columbia by calling it Square Meal street? ? ? ? A Laureas man made use of the par cels post the other day by sending j about ten pounds of |>ork to a relative' in Pacolet. ? ? ? The excitement has about died down in the Chicora matter and now they are moving the S. C. C. I. to Green wood every other week or ?o to break the mouo'ony. A little case of "now y.?u see and now you don't." ? ? ? Thla new county fever is catching. Greer8. Woodruff. Fountain Inn, Cin ton, Whltroire. Cross Anchor and pos sibly others are calling for county peats. Wait until the question of ad ditional taxation and other disadvan tages are ?hown and the eagerness will not be as pronounced as some think. ? ? ? The remodeled Laurens court house would cost nearly $7.">,000 to i.uild anew. Progressive eom:nu;.kie?> now demand that their buildings be equally a.s commodious and convenient as this one Is. Will these amb'tiousj new county-seats be able and willing to put up so much money in order to secure the new counties? Will the, leople be satisfied with less? A merchant in a nearby town under took a systematic and extensive ad vertising campaign last year and de clared the other d3y that his business increased over 16 per cent. 1912 being commonly called a " bad year" at that. This merchant ..tudled the problem of advertising and used several different methods of reaching the people. His experience demonstrates the fact that advertising judiciously practiced will bring results. ? ? ? The very optimistic Clinton Chron icle broke all bounds for enthusiasm last week when M printed a picture of a "furrln" court house and labeled If "The Propo*ed Court House for the New County"*. It even had 9 ' .id-me down monument, a few aged trees and "some" office holders included in the picture. Note that we say "some" office holders. Not the new county office holders to be sure, for they haven't come out on the scene quite yet, quietly holding themselves !n re serve until the time comes to an nounce. ? ? ? PROYISION FOB FAMILIES OF ( Kl.HIN AI..S. In this era of progressiv- noss along many lines, it serins as if something should be done to provide for the mothers and children left destitute When the father and provider is sent to prison. From the very earliest times, the idea of punishment for criminals has been to confine them in prison walls and to make them work for the state. During all thes^ ?"errs, little thought has been given to tnose left behind who really are punished more than 'he cr'miial rim self. We have sat in the court rooms many a day and heard sentences pass ed on prisoners at the bar, wonder ing what would become of the wife and little ones left behind. Somehow or other they have always lived, we know, but in what squalid circum stances or under what humiliating conditions we cannot Imagine. We can easily believe that the suffering ? of the criminal himself has been but little compared to theirs. The idea, which has obsessed the minds of the world for centuries, that the labor of the criminal should go to the state, is wrong. Even after conviction his labor should still be long to those dependent upon him ru> much as it did before, though, while In the tollt of the law, he should con tribute, certainly In part, the cost of bis sustenance and up-keep. The idea of punishment, as we see it, is not to take away from the prisoner the right and duty to provide for his fam ily nor. looking on the other side of It, to deprive bis wife and children of a provider. The idea is to punish him alone, not for revenge, but to make him a better man after he leaves the I prison. Punlshir.-nt for criminals Is then a measure of prevention of crime; and there is no reason or wisdom hi demanding that iu the process of re generation, the prisoner should con tribute all his labor to the state for It is the state's duty to bear the ex pense of society's improvement and not the duty of the prisoner's depend ents. It might be said further that In these times the actual income Crom the prisoner's labor la larger than the cost of his Incarceration. There Is no reason why this profit on his labor should go to the state, for the state has no claim upon the output of his hands, but only has the right to pun ish him for his crime and to try to bring him to a highe realization i of his citizenship. With these things in mind, we have long felt that the state should, in some way, provide for the needs of its pris oner's dependents out of the labors of the prisoner himself. If he knew that his wife and children were being cared for by the state during his Imprison ment, he could be more easily con vinced that the state was punishing him fcr the good of himself and bis fellow citizens rather Iht-.xx for revenge for the crime he had committed. By providing for his wife and punishing him, it seems to us, the reason for the punishment and the ends sought af ter would be the easier Impressed up on him than If during his imprison ment no evidences of interest in his condition nor ?n the condition of his dependents were shown. For these reasons, we think that some steps should be taken to guar antee to a prisoner's dependents the overplus earned by him during the period of his imprisonment, the guar antee to be paid out in actual money from time to time while the prisoner is in the hands of the state. LECTURE ON SHAKESPEARE. Dr. Jan. P. Kinard Delighted a Select Audience at the Graded School Au ditorium Monday Morning. Dr. James P. Kinard, of Winthrop college, made an address on "The Life and Works" of Shakespeare un i der the auspices of the Wednesday club auditorium Monday morning. Be ' sides the members of the club, a few invited guests were present and sev eral of the higher grades of the school. Dr. Kinard charmingly entertained his audience for over an hour, outlining i the "tradition" as to the early life I of the great poet and play-wilter and the more authentic history of the lat ' er periods in his life. Interlining the successive steps in the development of Shakespeare's genius. Dr. Kinard gave a few impression as to the plays of the great writer, beginning with his very earliet-t efforts in retouching the plays of predecessors, his next step In writing entirely new plays and then to the period of his maturi ty, when he reached the zenith of his I attainments. Dr. Kinard was closely listened to by ever)' one present and his address was a great treat to all who were fortunate enough to be present. This Week's Pathe. ' The regular star reel of the week? the Pat?S"Weekly?is scheduled as us ual for Thursday. A few of the sub jects shown this week in the Pathe are as follows: Berlin, Germany?The royal family Including the Kaiser, witness an an niversary celebration. Cowes. Eng.?The Regatta here brings out many speedy crafts to com pote in the races. Seattle, Wash.?The "Minnesota" sailing for the Orient, carries largest cargo ever loaded Into a ship's hold. Besides these there are seven or eight other equally as interesting scenes portrayed. Two other picture reels will be shown in conr.ecMor. with the Pathe at the usual prices?5c and 10c. Meetine of I . D. C. The Joseph B. Kershaw chapter. ?. ' D. C, will hold its next meeting at I the home of Mrs. IL K. Aiken, Mon day afternoon. January 20th, at 3:30 o'clock. This being the day after the birthday of Robert E. Lee. the meet ing will be devoted to a discussion of the great southern leader. Meeting of Ctty Clob. As will be seen in a notice in an other part of the paper, the city dem ocratic club will meet In the court house Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, for th* purpose of electing officers and attending, to the other busine?* that usually comes up at this 'ime. All member* of the club arc urged to be present 88888888888888888888 8 ?8 8 STATU PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 88888888888888888888 Unanimously A creed. inere is considerable "blowing down ia Laurens now that the glass factory dcwn there has started up. (Awful.)?Greenville Daily Piedmont. New Counties. This quaint little burg will never be a county seat unless the people of the town work to that end. The plums won't fall unless somebody musters up energy enough to shake the tree. And It's about time to begin shak-1 lng. Woodruff, Clinton and Greer each; I have an ambition to be a county seat ?though Greer isn't working at it much at present. N If any one of the three succeeds, ml gets in ahead of Fountain Inn, our chance of ever being more than a prosperous country ?wia&e is abso lute!/ nil. Greer would take off a slice of Greenville county, and leave a re mainder too small for further sub traction. Woodruff would do the same; and Clinton would mutilate Laurens county to an extent that would pro ! hlbit our further carving of the re , mains. i Greer has small chance of winning ! out. Clinton's case is practically i hopeless, although she is* bestirring 1 herself admirably. Woodruff has a chance. But not'iing can be done before the fall of 19".3 The law governing these matters insists that all preliminaries must be finished and the election held. ? four months before the next meeting I of the legislature. A campaign of education, discus sion, persuasion and 'ogic, started early this year, would very probably win for Fountain Inn the coveted prize. A two-thirds majority of the vot 1 era in the effected territory cannot be I won to our cause in a three-weeks ' campaign. If we wait until next fall again. The Tribune can suggest, plead, urge, but it cannot do more than that. ?Fountain Inn Tribune. As to Notaries. In the matter of notaries public we think it would be well for the legisla ture to fix the terms of the office. In other words, we think the governor's position in large measure is correct, that the term of office should have some limit ?r time fixed. And yet all do not believe that the governor or any one else should remove a notary pub lic simply because the man holding the commission was not a political or par tisan supporter of the governor. There are many good men In South Carolina who did not vote for the governor and yet they should not be debarred hold ing the office of notary public. That Is the way we see It. As to the rumors sent out from Co lumbia as to partisanship in the leg islature, we sincerely hope it will not assume the proportions it did in the last legislature, and yet there may be absolutely no grounds at all for the rumors.?Thu Newberry Herald and News. * Edncationa! Shame. How one's heart must ache as he contemplates the drifting away from the desire to attain education. F..????a that which we have is superficial, "cul tural and a veneer. There is today little of the fundamental work of W. J. Ligon and the old school masters. The Russell Sage Foundation has gone to considerable expense to ob tain information, a comparative study of state school system In 48 states. Here are some of the tartling and some of the shameful facts revealed: In 18 states the average wage of the school teacher is less than $1 per day and one state gets more per capita from the lease of a convict than It pays Its teachers per capita. The United States has the shortest school year in the world. South Carolina has the lowest per capita expenditure. $3 per child per year. In North Carolina the school year is so short that if a child were to enter school at 5 he would be 27 years old ; before finishing the eight grade. The average annual wage of carpen ters is $802: of millworkers $500; coal miners $f.00. day laberers $513? and school teachers $485! But this average for teachers Is always above the average of some states. Through out the southern states thousands of teachers get less than $150 a year. Ohio alone has complete legal regu lation to protect the sanitation and safety of her schools. A somewhat better estuafflon is found with respect to medical inspec tion of schools, which (s provided for by the laws of twenty states. That such laws are needed in the remaining states ii ?b.niri by a mass of exper ience which demonstrates that effi cient medical inspection betters health conditions among school cbll dren. sefeguards them from disease, and renders them healthier, happier and more vigorous. According to this report the system of providing free text books for school children Is almost a century old in America, having been inagurated by Philadelphia 95 years ago. At the present time 12 states have free text books throughout theirschools, 15 have them in certain districts and in the remaining 2i states the system does not exist. School books bought by the community cost the ecommun I ity 20 per cent less than they do when they are bought by individuals. One unforseen feature of the passage of the Massachusetts free text book law was an immediate increase of ten per cent in high school attendance. Thirty-six out of 48 states have stats wide compulsory attendance laws. Compulsory education began in Germany and Massachusetts In the seventeen century and In France and more than half of the states of the union in the nineteenth century. Ignorance and intelligence both per petuate themselves and that is why compulsory education is necessary and why after a few decades it becomes unnecessary. The right of the state i to tax the property of the state is now : firmly established. A free common school education is the birthright of an American child. The state that will not compel the parents to give their children school advantages, ; would keep away from the children the medicine to heal their illness. ?The Daily Mail.? CAROLINA POSTMASTERS. ; Fountain Inn and Seneca In. List? May Fail of Confirmation. Washington. Jan. 13. The Presid ent today sent to the senate the names of the following to be postmasters in South Carolina. J. F. McKelvey. at Fountain Inn; David Hunt, at Senaca; James P. Mof calf, at Inman, and Louis Jacobs, at j Kingstree. There is strong feeling in the sen j ate becuse the president is making so many appointments at the close of his term of office, and It may be that these nominations will not be con firmed. Reed Miller Coming Soon. A letter from Reed Miller, who is known as the New York tenor, but who really belongs to Anderson, says that he will give a series of concerts in the south in February and that he will include Anderson in his itiner ary. That he never leaves his old 1 home town out and is always glad of the opportunity to come back. Tour ? ing with him is the well known basso. Mr. Frank Croxton. and a fine pianist, i The musical people. In fact those who 1 are not musical, just all the people will be glad for Reed to come, and will enjoy his singing as they would enjoy none other, not even Caruso, for he is our own Reed.?Anderson Mail. For Sale?One second hand 1-horse wagon, cheap. Also, one pair/match ed iron gray marea. First lcfieck for $175 gets the mares. J. sV?ennett. Laurens. S. C. For Sale?One good freahmiUr cow, price $35.00. One fine VeXIstered Berkshire sow. also severer shoats. Geo. F. Little. Lanford Station, S. C. 25-lt For Sale?Rhode Ioland Red Aggs. pure strain, a setting of 15 for/si.OO. Apply to H. S. Kennedy, LauVns. 25-5t-pd Found?Big, black hound dogy about three years old. Ow:.er cari have by calling for him, paying fox jut feed and this advertisement. Trat Crisp, 310 River Street. Laurens. v25-lt-pd Found?Pocket-book on South Har per street. Parties may have sVrure by describing, and paying for this adver tisement J. F, Harney. 25-lt Dairy Prodnets- -Sweet milk, butter milk, cream, butter, eggs am/chick ens for sale. Prompt deliver)/ Phone No. 2"3. J. Wade Anderson. 24-5t For Sale?Good horse and delivery wagon for sale cheap. Both; In excel lent condition. Apply to\/Stavron Bros. & Scopas Co., Laurens, S. C. 24-3t For Sale?>1ne residence |6t on Church street, short distant/ from graded school building. Bargain for cash. C. D. Barksdale. 24-21 ANNOUNCEMENTS For Alderman. I hereby announce myself a candi date for alderman for the city of Lau rens from Ward 5, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. C. M. CLARK. I announce myself as candidate for the office of Alderman in the City of Laurens to represent Ward 6 subject to the rules of the Democratic pri mary. J. E PHIL-POT. I hereby announce myself as can didate for the office of Alderman In the City of Laurens for Ward 5. subject to the rules of Democratic primary. R. O. PANKS. FINANCIAL STATEMENT CITY OF LACRENS, S. C. Sept. 20, 1912. AS8ETS: Available. Sinking Fund.$ 14.980.48 Accounts Receivable . 1,680.00 Delinquent Taxes 1907-1912 . 3,878.37 Delinquent Special License 1912 . 277.50 Water Rates. 444.78 Electric Light Rates . 436.70 Sundry Account Balances . 320.99 BJlls Receivable . 575.29 Inventory Water and Light Material. 1,981.96 Cash in Safe. 266.68 Cash in Bank. 167.20 Permanent Investment, Water and Electrlct Light System.$ 71.066.12 Sewerage System. 32,137.46 Fire Department Equipment . 6,328.77 Public Works Equipment. 3,083.61 Street Paving. . 46,203.88 Curbing and Bridges. 25,056.82 Opera House and Fixtures. 7,397.88 Real Estate . 1,610.00 Fixtures City Clerk's Office. 398.25 $ 25.W9.95 $193,188.00 $218,198.64 LIABILITIES: Surplus . $ 96.982.01 Bonds . 98,000.00 Bills Payable (notes) . 18,254.81 Accounts Payable topen accounts) . 2,236.82 Accrued Interest on Bonds . 2,720.00 $218,112.64 Respectfully submitted, J. A. ROLAND, Clerk & Treas. Approved City of Laurens, S. C. T. C. Switzer, N. B. Dial. Finance Committee. The above statement was handed to The Advertiser for publication by the city clerk at the order of the council. The Advertiser prints below, for the information of its readers and on its own account, the statement gotten out by Chas. H. Highley, public accountant, September 20. 1911. FINANCIAL STATEMENT CITY OF LACBENS, S. C. Sept 20, 1911. ASSETS: Available, Cash on Hand in Banks and Safe.$ 1,159.10 Cash on Deposit Sinking Fund. 12.932.83 Accounts Receivable. 3.474.36 Delinquent Taxes . 4.799.32 Delinquent License. 3.482.25 Due by Water Customers. 921.23 Due by Light Customers. 1.469.36 Inventory Materials (L'rror $900.) . 3,985.23 $ 32.223.C3 $ 32.223.68 Permanent Investment &c. Water Works and Electric Light System .$ 67.57S.86 Sewerage System . 31.991.71 Street Paving. 46.203.88 Curbing and Bridges. 25,056.82 City Hall and Furniture . 7,496.13 Fire Department Equipment . 5,507,27 Public Works Equipment. 2.708.51 Real Estate . 1,510.00 $188,053.18 Total Assets . $220,276.8? LIABILITIES: Bonded Indebtedness . $ 98.0OO.0O Bills Payable. 17,822.91 Accounts Payable . 11,702.61 Accrued Interest on Bonds . 2,720.00 Surplus. 90.030.44 $220,276.86 Chas. H. Highley ft Co.. Certified Public Accountants. By Chas. H. Highley. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY (Continued from Page One.) mother. Misses Mattie McFadden. and Ruth Curry were the guests of Miss Nell Mc Call Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Harris and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. B. W. Martin and family. Mr. Morgan Gwin visited Mr. and Mrs. Dick Barnette near Gray Court Sunday. Thursday afternoon. January 2nd, Miss Inez Willis and Mr. John Darby were happily married at Fountain Inn. by Mr. WiggenB the Methodist pastor. Mrs. Darby is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Willis, and a young lady of many sterling qualities. Mr. Darby is an eBteemed young farmer of this place. Their friends wish for them a long and happy life. Say. what will "Aunt Kate" think of this little fry being game enough. In the face of her opinion and the editor's, to own to being opposed to compulsory education? Well I plead guilty, for I certainly am unprogres slve enough not to be in favor of such a law. "An honest confession Is good for the soul," they say, so while I am at It, will confess I'm not In favor of woman suffrage either. Gee, but It took the last remnant of courage I possess to makr this declaration, for I can mentally s>?e the learned "Aunt Kate" shaking her head In deep dls proval and unbelief, that one could be so benighted as to be opposed to com pulsory education and woman suffrage too. Won't some other little follow come and sit on this side of the fence with me; just to kinder keep a fellow from feeling lonesome? Rev. T. W. Munnerly filled his regu lar appointment at Dials Sunday morning. In spite of the Inclemency ?>f the weather a goodly crowd was present to enjoy tho able sermon. Persons troubled with partial paraly sis are often very much benefited by massaging the affected parts thorough ly when applying Chamberlain's Lin iment. This liniment also relieves rheumatic pain*. For sale by all deal ers. / Notice of Meeting. A meeting of the laurens City Dem ocratic duals hereby called to be held In the Court House Thursday after noon, January 16th, at 4 o'clock for the punkse of election of officers and transacting any other business that might come up. (Signed) R. K. Bftbb, . President,