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Subscription Prtce Is tljtt Per Tew Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens? S. C. ALISON LEE President W. G. LANCASTER vlce-Pres. ARrTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Ad vert Ising Rates on Application. Obltnaries and Card of Thanks: One cent a word. Entered at the postofllce at Laurens, 8. C, as second class mail matter. LAURENS, 8. Cn APRIL 30, 1013. The Adrertiser will he glad to receive the local news of all the communities in the county. Cor respondents arc requested to sign their mimes to the contri butions.. Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. The Greenville News says that the Greenville Horse Show Association has now become a "stable" organiza tion. Why not make it a "stock" com pany? ? * ? Garland Ould might operate a train from here to Columbia via the inter urban, Greenville, Laurens, Little Mountain and Ballentino, returning same way.?Anderson Daily Mail. This whole problem of a better schedule between Anderson and Columbia would be solved if an Interurban connection were made between Belton and Lau rens. This would reduce the running time between Anderson and Columbia at loast two hours. ? ? ? Indications from all over the south are that a large acreage In cotton will be planted and that the season so far has been more favorable than last. With this knowledge at hand, it seems to us that now Is the time to begin organizing to marke: the crop In the fall. It will be too lute to organize after the crop begins to come upon the market. In the meantime, wise farm ers will be planting something else than cotton hi order to have something to fall back on in the fall while Uie price is low. ? ? ? While we have "o desire to, refer to any section of the* county as be ing the most lawless, we *vill correct j the Impression made by The Fountain Inn Tribune that the lower portion of Laurens county Is morcBO than the up per. At the time that this is written there are fourteen prisoners In the county Jail and of this number seven are from Dials and Youngs town.dups, four from Laurens township and three from all other sections of the county. Thus one half of all the prisoners in the county jail at present are from two townships within the area want ed In the proposed new county. While these figures were taken from ihe rec ords in the sheriff's ofllce without ex amining the records of any previous month, we are informed by the court Officials that the charge that the lower portion of the county is more lawless than the upper is without foundation in fact. ? ? ? We have no patience \vith those from within our own state who are always crying "Poor Old South Caro lina" and thos-i from without who are gratuitously offering us pity. While it Is too true that some have come to occupy the high positions of honor and trust whom we do not recognize as represenallves of the highest and sohlest among the people of the state and while our progress at home and reputation abroad have suffered con siderably thereby, still the state hasn't yet gone to the bad. The temporary setback will servo to emphasize the fact that even before this we have not kept abreast with the times in many things and this realization is bound to give such an impetus to progressive legislation in the future that our ad vancement will be ho great as to make Up for tho temporary backwardness of the presentt Bleaselsm win then ap pear not only a.s a necessary misfor tune but even as a blessing in disguise. ? ? ? THE THREE MILL TAX. Without any reference to the mo tives of The Advertiser or The Foun tain Inn Tribune in the discussion of the proposed new county question and Without bothering ourselves about re plying to some little more or less per sonal remarks indulged in by The Tribune, whteh we do not consider of sufficient weight to bother ourselves about, we will direct the attention of our readers in the upper portion of Laurens county to a certain phase of the new county proposition* which has btftn very prominently, if Inaccurate ly, brought before thorn by The Tri bune. We refer to the question of the three mill tax for school purposes. The Tribune has on several occa sions introduced the question of this three mill constitutional tax. At one time it asked the following question to the people of that portion of laurens county now sought by Fountain Inn: "Are you satisfied to keep on paying out your good money to help support schools In the poor districts, or do you want to become a part of a new county that is practically all garden spot, and thereafter get a t'ollar's worth of value for a dollar spent in taxes"? The Tribune therein implied that the upper portion of Laurens county is now paying out by way of this three mill tax more money than it receives in return and that the lower portion of Laurens county benefits at the ex pense of the upper. We will not charge The Tribune with wilful mis representation In this matter, for we believe that it is so engrossed In Its own arguments that it has forgotten to examine into those of others. We will merely lay the misrepresentation to the credit of ignorance of the true facts in the case and proceed to pre sent those facts. For this purpose it Is necessary to choose some units from which to se cure figures on which to base any conclusions. As the figures in the county books are made up by town ships our figures will be based on the same. Dials township, though It is the only township in the contested territory with a railroad In it, Is tak en as representative of that territory. As Laurens and Hunter pay the bulk of the taxes in the county at preseut and as both of them lie wholly with out the proposed new county, we will take them as representative of the lower section of the county. They are not, however, really representa tive for they are the richest town ships in the county. The total taxable property in Lau rens and Hunter townships is $4,042, 000 and the three mill tax on this Is $12.12t). Of this $12,12?> these two townships receive $C,22S. They, there fore, contribute to the. other town ships of the county the sum of $5,898. The total taxable property in Dials township Is $097,000. The ^iree mill tax on this Is $1,791. Instead of not getting all of this, as The Tribune would have us believe, it receives $2,181, which is about 22 per cent more than she contributes by this tax. The conclusions are inevitable. Since Laurens and Hunter townships pay out more than they receive In return and since Dials pays out less than it receives In return, then Hun ter and Laurens contribute to the de ficiency in Dials. While we have not examined the figures as to Youngs and Sullivan, it is safe to presume that the same conclusions apply to those town ships, only with added force because of the absence of any railroad or large town. Thus the fallacy as to the three mill tax is exploded. Since The Tribune has "weighed" its words so carelessly on this phase of the new county question. It is natural to fear less it has been equally careless as to other phases. In considering the other phases of the tax question, the people of the up per part of Laurens county doubtless bear in mind the fact that the cotton -factories and railroads in the lower part of the county pay upon almost as ! much taxable property as Is contain ed In the entire proposed county. The time has passed In South Carolina when the farmers pay the tax that supports the government. The cities, factories and railroads are now the principal tax producers in these days | and times. We hardly think that the people of the upper part of this coun ty are guileless enough to be lead! to think otherwise. CHARLESTON GIVES MONEY FOR COLLEGE I".mi of Enthusiastic Campaign Sees $7r>,000 Mark Renched. Charleston, April 26.?Succosss crowned the medical college campaign today when the totals were shown to have aggregated something over $800 more than the $75,000, which was the goal fixed by the'team workers at the start. It was Ineeed a whirlwind campaign that the doctors and other Workers put In day, and the last luncheon was ns enthusiastic as the first with everybody feeling better than the enmpnign was so auspicious ly opened last Monday. A number of the team workers doubled or added to their contributions, as the reports showed exactly what was lackln In making good the amount of money that Is needed. George W. Williams was among those who increased his contribution, liaising his offering from $500 to $1,000. Tho doctors and workers generally are very jubilant over the results, insuring an adequate fund with which to build a new col lego on a final site, donated by the city of Charleston, opposite the Roper hospital, where the clinics flre gen erally held*. ? "Hillside and the New County" * ? By P. L. Weathers. ? ? ? Hillside. April 29.?The most of the voters are In favor of this New County. Some of the voters are greatly oppos ed to any such thing as a new county, and here are some of the cbief rea sons that are being put ' forward by them. First, the opposition says that if this new county is voted in, taxes are bound to take a skyward leap. The opposition says that the territory included in the county survey hasn't enough big corporations such as cot ton mills, and other manufactories, from which to draw enough reasonable taxation to pay the officers salaries. Second, the opposition says that Fountain Inn county could not support its school system and pay its officers salaries with out adding considerable extra tax above the Greenville or Laurens rate. Third, they believe that, if this new county proposition proves successful In the primary, it certainly could not keep in good repair its country roads, for, they say that there would not be enough criminal cuses In a court at Fountain Inn to give the county enough convicts to work its roads. Now I propose, in this article, to answer their arguments in a fair, straiRht-forward way, only wishing to do justice to all, and to give offence to none. InJ my honest opinion I do not believe that this new county (If voted In) would raise the taxes at all. I be lieve that they would start on the de crease instead of the Increase. There Is enough taxible property in this pro posed territory to Insure a low taxa tion necessary to piloting a county gov ernment at Fountain Inn. Greenville county has scores of officers that re ceive handsome salaries, and the tax payers pay them! Fountain Inn county would need only a few officers?hence, only a small amount of money would he necessary to pay them. That means lower taxes. In regard to the up-keep of the county roads. Fountain Inn county OOUld, very easily, keep them in as good condition as at present. Right here in Hillside there are places in the road, that are almost impassable. Would a new county do worse? If it did wo would have the pleasure of walking. The citizens of Fountain Inn have raised by subscription some $21,000 to build the courthouse and jail. That amount is not to come from the hands of the taxpayers after the county is voted-in. The citizens of Fountain Inn Cheerfully give the $21,000. It is said that Greenville county has, at present an inedhtedness of $100,000. Its taxpayers must help pay it'. GreenvlHe city wants a new court house. An election will probably be held this summer for that purpose. If It's voted In It will mean an in debtedness of $."?00,000?one half mil lion dollars! And the Greenville county taxpayers must stand back of lit! Now, Mr. Voter, don't you think that Fountain Inn county, without an In debtedness, would mean lower taxes to you? Think well and look good be fore you jump. Sometimes it doesn't pay to make "a leap in the dark." Some people are opposed to It just because it's a "new" thing. But, you very well know, all these other coun ties were new once upon a time. Now Mr. Voter be real sure you know what you are uolng before you vote against this now county proposi tion. If this new county Is secured It will open up a great ''buying and selling" market at Fountain Tnn. That, alone, would mean a great advantage, a great opportunity, to the farming class of people, and the consumers as well. Think seriously; judge fairly? then cast your vote for that which, you think and believe, in your honest opinion, would help South Carolina on the road to real progresslveness! Attended Bonrd Meeting. Dr. R. E. Hughes returned last night from Columbia, where he had been in attendance upon the meeting of the board of trustees of the South Car. na Medical college. The board ha?. ,eforo it the business of electing officers. There were a large number of names placed before the board for the different places and considerable spirit was exhibited In the elections which followed, but Dr. Hughes stat ed that he was particularly struck by the desire, evident on the part of all the members of the board, to do the very best that they know how to se lect those men most fitted for tho places. A very commendlble spirit of sacrifice and co-operation pervaded the meeting, all the trustees being deeply Interested in the future success of the college. Caught at Ware Shoals. A. ts, Dysons, a white man wanted by the officers of Rlchland county, was apprehended at Waro Shoals Thursday by Sheriff Ow1ngs% and Ru ral Bolicema.- Sullivan. He was brought here and placed in the county jail until Sheriff McCain could come up to carry him to Columbia. ANOTHER EFFORT TO MOVE CHICORA Resolution Passed at Piedmont Pres* bytery Recommending the Removal of the College from Greenville to Clinton. The following story appeared in the Greenville Piedmont last Thursday which will be read with interest here because of the campaign waged by this city last spring to secure Chicora Col lege: Greenville people who had hoped that the question of removing Chicora College from this city had been finally and definitely settled in the negative will regret to learn that there seems, to be some agitation still going on for the removal of the institution. At the regular meeting of Piedmont presby tery in Westminster last week a reso-l lution was adopted the suggesting that the board of trusteees consider the re moval of the college to Clinton to a| site contiguous to the Presbyterian Collego of South Carolina. This reso ' lution was totally unexpected and comes as a very great surprise to the friends of Chicora in Greenville. It was not passed without a debate, former Solicitor Julius B. Boggs and others putting up a vigorous fight in behalf of Greenville. The resolution passed by the pres bytery is as follows: "That Piedmont Presbytery sug gest to the board of trustees of Chico ra College to consider the removal of Chicora College to Clinton to a] site contiguous to the Presbyterian j College of South Carolina." The Tugaloo Tribune, printed at Westminster, comments as follows in Its this week's issue on the effort to! remove the college: "The Presbyteries that control Chicora College will never find a pret tier location for that institution of learning than Greenville. As the Hon. \ Julius E. Boggs says, there is plenty of room to build it toward the sky." If another effort is made now to re move Chicora it will be the third with in a couple of years. Two unsuccess ful efforts were made last year by Laurens to secure the college. Just what prompted the action on the part of the Piedmont Presbytery Is not known-. Rev. Dr. T. W. Sloan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church when ask ed concerning the action of the Pied-! mont Presbytery said that he knesv It was coming; that last fall a mem ber of the Presbytery had told him that while he would oppose removing the institution to Laurens lie would favor its removal to Clinton and that i he would Introduce a resolution at the spring meeting suggesting the same to the board. Dr. Sloan Is of the opinion that the matter willl die right where it is and that no further effort will be made to move the institution. MOUNT OLIVE. Mt. Olive. April 28.?Rev. W. II. Wa ters filled his regular appointment here Sunday. He was greeted by a large and attentive congregation. Mr.Jones Washington" of Pelzor, and Master Manning Bolt, of Piedmont: visited here Saturday,and Sunday. Our young people enjoyed a party at Mr. F. B. Boland's Saturday night Mrs. Amanda Redden spent several days last week with Mrs. N. E. Cooper Mr. Joe South was the guest of his sister, Mrs. X. E. Cooper Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mahon of the Rabun section visited -datives here Sunday. Mr. and 7\ Thad Crawford of Brewerton were visitors hero Sun day. Mrs. Minerva Hill, who has been real sick for some time, has about recovered. Misses Myra and Lucy and Master Herman Balentlne, and the Misses Reeves and Mr. Claud Reeves, of Ware Shoals were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Boland Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Ben Martin of Mt. Gallagher was the guest of Mr. Gco. Washing ton. Sunday. Miss Alta Martin and brothers, Messrs El He, Lee and Albert, were the guests of their sister, Mrs. Geo. Culbertson, Sunday. , Mr. Roy Culbertson, of Ekom, at tended preaching here Sunday. Mr. G. C. Boland, accompanied by his friend Mr. Casey, visited home folks here, Saturday and Sunday. PASSED CREDITABLE INSPECTION Trnynham' Guards Inspected by Gen. Moore and Army Officer Friday. The Traynham Guards, Capt. W. R. Rlchey, Jr., were Inspected by Adj. Gen. W. W. Moore and an officer from the II. S. army Friday. The boys were put through all the gaits and were found to measure up to the best com panies in the state. The official re port to the government was not given out, but the officers spoke very cont pllmentarlly of the Laurens company. 888888*6888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 88888888888888888888 The day of the old field school may have been the best, but when we think of what Laurens county schools did last week, it mukt-a us proud of today.?Anderson Dally Mall. Piffle. The Laurens Advertiser, in Its last issue, sought, by implication, to leave the impression upon the minds of its readers that Fountain Inn county would not be able to pay its superin tendent of education a salary greater than $200 the year. The Advertiser's point, of course, was that $200" would not hire a man capable of handling the job?a fact that no one will wish to dispute. Since men first began to have dif ferences of opinion and to argue ques tions, it has been a favorite device of political demagogues and insincere writers to establish a false premise, and, reasoning truly from that false start, to produce an effect of truth In an absurdity. It is a device no longer used among Intelligent people, for it is so palpa bly insincere. The Advertiser, in usiug it, mani fests a low regard for the brain power of its reading public. It is worse than ridiculous to as sume that Fountain Inn county will be Enable to pay reasonable salaries. Dillon, Calhoun, Greenwood, Jas per. Cherokee and Snluda counties are new and small. Each of them has a competent superintendent of educa tion, no less able than the one em-t ployed In Laurons county. Cherokee county is smaller than Fountain Inn County will be. More over, it contains much waste land. Yet It's school system is equal to that of Laurens county, and i'.s taxes no higher. The Advertiser should deal fairly with its readers.?Fountain Inn Tri bune. The result of the Laurens county educational fair shows the good ef fect of training a county superinten dent and keeping him in office. If Anderson county's superintendent makes good he should be kept in of fice awhile.?Anderson Daily Mail. The Advertiser. The Laurens Advertiser is mistaken in its assertion that the Tribune takes itself too seriously. The Tribune takes Itself and all the rest of the world, including the Laurens Advertiser and its editor, as a good deal of a joke. The Advertiser is mistaken again in its fear that the Tribune Is mad at it. The Tribune is not mad, most noble Festus. The Advertiser's editor has 1 either read these columns very little, or has read them to little purpose, If he believes the Tribune has a fierce and horrific temper. True, the Tribune occasionally los es patience with the perverse ignor ance of the genus homo Carolinus, and sometimes grows Indignant over such things as a one-horse, single-cylinder governor driving out an educator like Dr. Mitchell, but the even tenor of Us way Is seldom disturbed by the wit of contempo arles. The * Advertiser's little fling con cerning the $20,000 court house fund was really not worth commenting up on. Hut the spirit , of It was so sur prising, so unlike the Advertiser, that an explanation seemed necessary. The Advertiser, While not especial ly deep or brilliant, has always seem ed rather sane, and conservatively fair. With the exception of its pa tent medicine ads, it sounds a little higher tone than the average country newspaper, and I have come to have considerable confidence in it. My surprise was therefore genu ine when, its editorial columns be gan to show a spirit of jealous pique. The editor of the Advertiser Is suf ficiently intelligent to know that the formation of a new county will work to the ultimate good of the people of thv, northern part of Laurens county, both In the matter of taxes and romls. Knowing this, as ho undoubtedly does know it, by what queer course of reasoning can he salvo his con science when he attempts to deceive these people? Is It not a duty one owes to his read ers to toll the truth, no matter what the personal desires or ambitions of the publisher? Do not the ethics of! tlenn journalism demand that the good of the public be placed above the good of the publisher's purse? The Advertiser announces that It will later have "something to say" concerning the proposed new county. Very well. Nothing could please Fountain Inn people better?provided the Advertiser discusses the matter In a fair, man's-slze way, and tells only the truth. The more truth, the more votes. But the Advertiser's attempt, last week, to leave the impression that Fountain Inn county would be unable to pay more than $200 the year to Its superintendent of education, Is not tho sort of thing to Inspire confidence in its integrity. I shall await the Advertiser's dis cussion with some trepidation, for that paper has become carcfless In the weighing of its words. "This Happened in ms." South Carolina's all-Democratic Legislature needs no brakes wheu it starts out to enact human-welfare laws. During its recent session Rep resentative E. P. McCravey introduced what in the Palme'to State was called a compulsory education bill. In Rs, original form the bill provided that children between the ages of eight and thirteen should be sent to the public schools during the legal term, or the equivalent in private schools, "unless the labor of Baid children was nec e?sary to their support." Anticipating strong opposition from legislators representing the manufacturing dis tricts and some rural counties where education is regarded as one of the devil's artifices, Mr. McCravey Insert ed a "local-option" clause. The pro posed law was not to take effect in any county until after it was referred to the voters and approved by a ma jority; and in case a county as a unit favored the measure, but single precincts did not, the opposition pre cincts should be exempted. In that form the bill was about as near no bill at all as any cotton-mill owner could have wished for, but we have not told more than half the story. Be fore being finally passed upon, the bill had to go through the hands of a conference committee of Senators and Representatives. !The age limit in the State's child-labor law was twelve years, and the committee promptly substituted "twelve" for "thirteen" in the McCravey bill. The original mea sure called for too much schooling to suit the conferees, and they revised the time limit down to three months. But even then the bill met with strong opposition from some quarters, and as a compromise the committee exemped Abbeville and Oconee counties and the Spartanburg school district in Spartanburg county. After the bill had been rendered practically mean-^ ingless, tiie House and Senate passed it, but not without hearing it bitter ly assailed. Representative E. L. Lybrand, a preacher by profession, said: "I believe compulsory education is against the fundamental principles of our American democratic institutions." This happened In the United States in the year 1913! Representative C. D. Fortner, an Insurance agent, objected because he "believed all men should have a right to control their own children." The bill found Governor Blease ready with his ax. He said in his veto message: "In the stump I opposed compulsory education. I promised there .to veto any bill lit regard to It, and I have al ways stood upon the platform on which I was elected." And the Senate sustained the veto. Bleaseism hinders enlightenment, and ignorance fosters Bleaseism. The rest of the country pities you, South Caro lina.?Collier's Weekly. Some Fine Pictures. . Manager Lavender has scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, two exceedingly fine pictures. One is an excellent PatHe picture and the other a thrilling railroad story entitled "A Desperate Chance." > . I SPECIAL NOTICES. Lost?Friday, an Amethyst stick-pin heart shaped, set in gold and hinged at top, between Bank of Lauretta aajQ residence of Dr. Alken'. ' Reward if left at this office. ,|G-tf Hay for Sale?Twenty tons nice meadow hay at $18.00 per ton F. O B. Cross Hill, & C. Apply to J. C. Hill Cross Hill, S. C. 40-2t-pd For Sale?200 bushels sound white corn and 2000 bundles fodder. Apply to A. Carl Fuller, Laurens, S. C, R. F. D. No. 6. 40-lt-pd For Sale?A splendid work mule of . .good size nnd sound as a dollar, will sell cheap for cash or good paper. E. B. Machen. 40-lt For Sale?We have a mule to sell cheap. Hudens & Roper. 40-2t Lumber for Snle Sills, sleepers, joists, plates. 2x4s, 3-4 inch plank.. Prlco $1.25 at the mill, 2 miles from the public square. Apply to H. Y. Simpson, Laurens, S. C. 39-2t Corsets?Graceful slendor lines, por fect corset comfort. Stout figures made beautiful. The Leading Lady Corset?tailored* to measure. Mrs. Shepard, at Terry's store. 3C-5t For Snle?5-passenger Touring car, fine running shape, good tires Will sell for $250.00 cash or on good nego tiable papers. Bargain for quick buyer. Address Box 206, Laurons, B. C. 34-tf Byrdvllle Dairy and Stock* Farm Jack is ready for 'service. See the colts that won prizes at the County Fair. \V. D. Byrd & Son, R. F. D: 3, telephone No. 10, Laurens, S. C. 33-3mop Pens, Peos, Peas?For sale, prlco and sample sent on ??Application. 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