Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tBtye &rjbertteer Subscription Price 1? $1.00 Per Tear Payable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY L?nens, S. C. ALISON LEE President W. Q. LANCASTER vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks i One cent a word. Entered at tho postofllce at Laurens, S. C, as second elass mall matter. LAURENS, S. C, MAY 14, 1918. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local nens of all the communities In the county. Cor respondents aro requested to sign their names to the contri butions.. Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. Wo would remind our* readers in Ithe vicinity (of Woodruff, Hhat the arguments we have put forth as to tho new county with Fountain Inn as Its county seat applies to the Wood ruff proposition equally as well. * * ? A home run with three on bases, a double and two singles out of four times at bat is not bo bad for one day's work. Monslgnor Joseph Jack son, of Cleveland, late of Greenville, Is the gent who pulled that feat off the other day and ho is not always hunting a tight either. Give us "Joe." ? ? ? Tho Greenville Dally News Issued Sunday a special "Exposition Edition" setting forth the natural, industrial, social, educational and religious as. sets and progress of the community. The edition Is splendidly edited and printed, showing what ability and en tenrprlse can accomplish. The edition will doubtless give fresh impetus to the remarkable growth of Greenville. ? t ? Our Hillside correspondent tells of dynamiting of ftrfh In that vicinity. This Is a practice that should not be tolerated anywhere for varlOUB ren Bons, It is not sport in any meaning of the word and it Is against the law. Such wholesale butchery is largely responsible for the scarcity of iish now and Its continuance would ulti mately result In extermination. ? ? ? Says The Fountain Inn Tribune: "If you live in Laurons county, and there is $851 worth of property In yoru neighborhood for each school child enrolled, tho new formation will not lessen the amount of school money you receive from the three mill tax. You may depend upon that." Admitted without examining the figures, but Tho Advertiser has al ready shown that such Is not the case _ In the upper part of the county and ' The Tribune has admitted It, so why submit the proposition again? a * ? THE FOE OF LITTLE VILLAGES. The safes of three postofflccs In rural villages of South Carolina have been robbed within the last five days. Somo two years ago In the town of Laurens a brave police officer was shot to death by a "yegginan." Crim inals of this class are the most dan gerous that infest communities. It Is their habit to prey upon unpro tected hnmlets. They avoid as a rule the alrge towns and tho cities where policemen and private watchmen about the postoffices, hanks and rail road stations aro plentiful and they go where there is not a burglar proof safe and where not more than one law officer, if any, is on duty at night. The yeggman is especially the countryman's enemy. The present seems to bo a time for people in the little towns and railroad vlllagos to exercise unusual vigilance. In some way or other tho desper ate rogues who rob postoffice safes In stores In mill towns, as at Enoreo a few years ago, have been emboldened and that they are busy In South Car olina Is not to be questioned. The yeggman, when detected at work, shoots to kill.?The tJLato. Talking about burglars, recent es capes of burglars and liberation of burglars, it Is interesting to note the conflicting statements of the governor and his secretary as toHho governor's Interference with the federal officer who came to arrest "Portland Ned" Just a few minutes 'before his recent crpectacular escape. The secretary, who has no mean knowledge of the law, said "The governor did not for bid him (Hipp) executing the feder al warrant". The governor, however, recollected a little differently. Ac cording to him, he told tho Rural Po liceman deputised as a federal officer "Don't you ia your position put your hands on this man Johnson". Inter ference with a federal officer in the dischargo of his duty is a serious matter and the secretary is aw uro of it. $8,000 SCHOOL BUILDIJiU. Progresslre Monntyllle Sh?wg Great Interest la their .School. Other S?wh Mountvllle, May 10.?On last Tues day at a meeting of about twenty of tho citizens of our town and patrohfl of the school it was unan'mously agreed to take tho neceB-.ary s;eps for .he erection of a now ?e luoi build '|ig, T!.o voting of district bonds waa ageed on as the most 'eis:b' ? plan, and covera! committees wo.1) appn.t cd to ?et mnttors In shape for this plan. A re-survey of tho district was begun today. It Is probable that a change of location will be made, and we will hnve every reason to believe from the enthusiasm shown at the meeting, that a new building is al most a certainty. Supt. O. L. Pitts was present at the meeting and made us a very interesting and instructive talk. It Is proboble that an $8000.00 building will be built. Rev. Mr. Lee, of the Waterloo Bap tist church, filled the Methodist pul pit In the absence of tho pastor, Mr. Miller, Sunrt ' afternoon. Rev. B. P. tchcll was down on the first Sunday night and delivered a very instructive sermon preparatory to the ordination of Mr. Ellis Fuller, which took place lmmediotely after tho sermon. Rev. W. P. Turner also assisted Mr. Martin In the service. Miss Nina Roberts of Mulllns, who has been engaged in teaching at Coronaca this year, visited her friend, Mrs. Mllnm Bryson, recently. The many friends of Miss Hille Culbertson are very much gratified to loam of her improved condition. Much anxiety was felt for her, here where she is loved and admired by all who know her. DR. ROPER'S FIRST YEAR. His Church In Petersburg Has Made Wonderful Progress Since His Pas torate Regan. Tho following from the Petersburg, Va., Daily Progress will be read with great pleasure in Laurens, his native county, where Dr. Roper has many relatives and hundreds of friends, who have always been lnteresteif In ?his many successes: Rev. Dr. L. M. Roper on yesterday entered upon his second year as pas tor of the First Baptist church. During the past year the* church In all departments hns shown great growth as a result of new lifo in fused by Dr. Roper, who has not only won the love of every member of his congregation but the esteem of the entire community. The attendance at Sunday school a year ago was 25S; at the first anni versary of Dr. Roper's pastorate the attendance was 310, a gain of 82 in the year. Tho attendance upon church ser vice hns increased 100 per cent, for both morning and evening, and the Sunday evening congregation is now one of the largest in the city. During tho year there have been SI additions to the church?38 by con version and baptism and 43 by letter and restoration. This does not re cord any of the fruits of the recent revivals in the city but only the grad ual increase in the regular work of the church. The pastor's salary hns been In creased $800 during the year and the finance^ of the church were never In better condition than at tho present time. Tho second offering for for eign missions, which has just been gathered, is nearly twice as large as tho first offering Which Dr. Roper secured one year ago. Y. M. C. A. FUND RAISED. Spartanhurg Surpasses Herself Jn Campaign to Raise $75,000, Spartanhurg May 10.?The Spar tanhurg Y. M. C. A. campaign to ralec $75.000 for a new building, launched last Tuesday morning, came to a close hero tonight, two days short of the time alloted to tho canvass, with a fund of $86,500 subscribed. The an nouncement of tho result of, tho cam paign made at a dinner at tho Y. M. C. A. hall, attended by all the workers In tho campaign and many citizens, was the occasion for a great colebra tlon, attended with much oratory. Beforo thu meeting came to a close C. P. Hammond, a trustee of tho In dustrial Textile institute, made a statement concerning the affairs of that institution, announcing subscrip tions to Its building fund, most of thorn mado during tho week, amount ing to $24,000, Just $8,000 short of the fund needed to put the whole project through. Within three minutes more than $2,200 was subscribed to this fund and many of the workors In tho campaign fund pledged their efforts to this cause within the next few weeks. It was stated by Aug. W. Smith in a brief address mado during the even ing that tho city of Spartanhurg had given within tho last threo years more thai* $300,000 to Us schools, colleges, hospitals, churhcoB and the Y. M. C. A. CAPT. J. R. MINTER PASSES TO BEYOND (Continued from First Page.) man, but ho w.is an Incessant reader and a deep student. Havine a liter ary turn of mind, he early conceived tho Idea of a literary or professional career, but his eyes failed him so he had to cast about for other pursuits. It was In this way that he became a planter and merchant. Always with very progressive ideas he early began the breeding and Improvement of cot ton and corn seed. He became quite successful In this work and seed corn and seed cotton bearing his name wero sold widely over tho south. At the New Orleans Cotton States Ex position he received recognition for his special brand of seed corn. Though largely Interested in other business enterprises, his farm work was closest to his heart. Capt. Mintcr was always a devout (Christian. He founded the Enoree Presbyterian church at Sedalia and was an elder and its main support throughout his life there. He was al ways a liberal contributor to church causes, lending as well his moral and spiritual support to every movement for the advancement of Christianity. He had the highest conception of his duties and obligations in the social I and business life and acted at all times according to this conception. He was honored and admired by all who knew him and deeply, loved by his Intimate friends and relatives. His life was an example of truthfulness, uprightness and honesty. His death not only is a loss to his family but to his city and to his state. The funeral exercises will be held In tho Presbyterian church this af ternoon at five o'clock and Immediate ly after the body will be carried to the ' cemetery and interred with a few simple ceremonies. His pastor, Rev. C. F. Rankln will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. L. P. McQee The following will be the active pall bearers: S. M. Wllkes, E. H. WUkes, C. H. Roper, Dr. R. E. Hughes, T. E. nabb. R. F. Fleming, C. D. Moseley, Dr. II .K. Alken. The hon orary pall bearers will be: Col. J. W. Ferguson, Col II.. Y. Simpson, J. W. Todd. C. W. Tune. W. L. Boyd, J. I. Pluss. Dr. W.' C Irby, Dr W. H. Dial. J. II. Sullivan, Dr. A. J. Christopher. .(. N. Wright. J. A. Simpson, L. J. Drowning, of Union, Minter W. Boho, of Spartanburg. Rev. Kruse Coming South. The friends and acquaintenc.es of Rev. Wm. T. Kruse, an "old Laurons boy", will be glad to learn that he will be among the delegates to the Atlanta Presbyterian Assembly. Rev. Mr. Kruse, who is now living at Elwyft, Pa., near Philadelphia, has been appointed commissioner by the Chester presbyterlans to represent them at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church ,to be held at Atlanta In May. The friends of Mr. Kruse would delight to have him visit them here while on the journey. B. B. EVANS DISBARRED. May Be Reinstated Hereafter on Proof of Abstinence From Liquor And Reformed Character. Columbia, May 9.?Barnard B. Ev ans, an attorney, of Columbia, and two times candidate for attorney gen eral was Indefinitely suspended form tho practice of law In this state by the supreme court of South Carolina today. "It Is therefore the judgment of the court that Barnard B. Evans be in definitely suspended and forbidden to exercise the rights and duties of an attorney In the courts of this state or elsewhere under the license of this court, with the privilege, however, to move before the court for reinstate ment after the expiration of two years upon satisfactory proof that he has not for two years immediately preceeding his application used intoxi cating lipuors and that he has re forme dhls character," concluded the decision of the court. The decision was written by C. A. Woods, acting chief justice, and con. curred In by Associate Justice Watts, Hydrlck, Fraser and Acting Associate Justice Nlcholls. Tho charges of mis conduct against Evans were prefer red by J. Fraser Lyon, former 'attor ney general, and tho case was prose cuted before the court by Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor. For the Weak and Nervous Tlred-oult, weak, nervous men and womon would feel ambitious, energet ic, full of life and always have a good appetite, if they would do the sensible thing for health?take Electric Bit ters. Ndthlng better for the stomach, liver or kidneys. Thousands say thoy owe their lives to this wonderful home remedy. Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Center. N Y., gay?: "I regard Electric Bitters as one of the groaitost of gifts. I can novor forget what It has done for me." Get a bottle yoursolf and see what a difference it will make In your health. Only GOc and $1.00. Rec ommended by Laurens Drug Co. and Palmdtto Drug Co. ? I MADMEN NEWS | Madden, May 13.?The dry cold weather is a serlouB backset to grow ing crops. We are all scanning the clouds and hoping that the rain, so badly needed will not much longer be withheld. Preparations are going on apace for the annual Childrons' Day. The choir met at the home of Mr. T. S. Lang ston jgunday afternoon to practice. Prof. B. Y. Culbertson spent Sun day in Waterloo, at the bedside of his niece, Miss Lillie Culbertson, who has been so seriously ill. The news has been received here that there is hope now that she is on the road to recovery, which will bo welcome news to her many friends and rela tives. Mrs. John Wright, of Enoree, is down for a short vi3lt to her rela tives here. Miss Jr.ar.ita Martin who la now traveling, spent tho week-end with her parents here. She left for Green ville Monday night and for the next few weeks she will be In Maryland. Miss Tennle Madden has gone on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Robt. Tim mernian of Augusta. She will be gone about three weeks. The star of ill luck for the little ones here has been In ascendency for the pnBt week. After the fall of Bob F'nley, which might have been se rious, Myra Wofford let one of the heavy church windows fall on her hand and mashed her thumb, little Dormic Culbertson fell down on a stick in his mouth and little W. L. Wofford had a similar experience on ly his was a reed that barely missed his eye. None were RertouBly hurt. Surely a benign Providence guards the little ones. The little boy at our house now wears the grin of ono who sees his dearest hopes fulfilled. Thanks to the friend who he thought could make anything a knife Is now his and I heard him complacently remark to his little sister, "I don't believe any body has got a better knife than mine!" .Misses Robbie Hudgens and Nora Thompson were the guests Saturday night of Miss Louise Dean. Little Miss Lcoride Flnley and Mas ter Tom Wofford both have had a right bad billious attack but both are up now. Mr. P. H. Martin, who came home from Greenville, sick, is also better. Tho little Misses Culbertson of Ekom have been on a visit to their sister, Mrs. Ed. Burts. T. S. Langston and T. L. Flnley have gotten out some extra fine honey. The honey crop is par excellence this year. It is a pity more homes do not have bee gums. Mesdames Margaret Allison and Cleo Wofford were In Laurens Fri day While there they had a pleasant call at the home of their kinswoman, Mrs. Anna W. Garrett. Mrs. Betsy Motes spent Sunday with the family of Mr. George Bolt. Little Lillian Moore has had a case of German measles but Is all right now. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Culbert son were recent visitors to Waterloo. They went down to see their niece, Miss Lillle Culbertson. Misses Hettle Cuningham and Ma mie Langston were In Laurens shop ping Friday. At New Zlon. There will bo a children's day at New Zlon Methodist church next Sat urday the 17th. The public Is cor dially Invited. Prominent speakers have been Invited, among them Prof. A. G. Renrbert, of Wofford college, Rev. L. P. McGee of Laurens and J. C. Smith of Waterlio. SAFER THAN CALOMEL Dod%*n'8 Liver Tone at Night will Straighten Yon Oat by Morning. Calomel May Knock Yon Out of a Day's Work. If you are a calomel user, next time you are tempted to nuy It ask your druggist If he can absolutely guar antee the drug not to harm you. He won't do It because 'he CAN'T do It. But here Is a perfect substitute for calomel which the drugglsc does guar antee?the famous Dodson's Liver Tone. The Laurens Drug Company will refund your money without ques tion If you are not thoroughly satis fied. Go to the Laurens Drug Company whom you are acquainted with?and find out about tho great number of people who are taking this remark able remedy and feeling better, keen er, healthier, and better able to en Joy Ufo than they ever wore when taking calomel. Why? Beqause < alomel is a poison ?one that may fi ay in the system, and while seemrofif to benefit you tem porarily, may do harm in the end. If you haven't folt these Ill-effects so far, 1t Is because you are fortunate enough to have a strong constitution. Don't tako tho risk any longer. Get a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone (50c) and? noto how easily and naturally it corrects all bilious conditions, how R clears away that sick headacho and coated tongue, how It sots you right without ache or gripe. The most won dorful thing in the world for consti pation. All this without tho slightest Inter ference with your regular habits. 88888868888888888888 8 8 8 8TATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 88888888888888888888 For Paymaster General. Whilo Secretary Daniels is here looking Into the advantages and pos sibilities of Charleston harbor and navy yard, it is not out of order, we hope, to call bis attention to another asset which Charleston likes to claim, but would be glad to turn over to him. Fleet Paymaster Sam McGowan is a South Carolinian of a name which has won honors In war and peace. He Is boing prominently mentioned In con nection with the position of paymaster general, and his friends at home would be proud to see him there. Mr. McGowan was paymaster of the fleet on the trip around the world, when tho fleet provisions were turned over to the sufferers in the awful calamity at Messina, thus necessitating a pro visioning of the fleet In foreign lands and under peculiar circumstances. This situation was handled with con spicuous ability by Mr. McGowan, and his report of this trip affords most in teresting reading for laymen as well as those more nearly concerned. Mr. McGowan had taken a full course In law before he entered the navy service, an advantage to any man, no matter what be his final choice of a profession; he was also a newspaper man, which ought not to count against him just at present, and should 'he receive the appointment, which his friends are urging for him, he will surely do credit to his name, his State and the remarkable admin istration which seems so far to have made no false step In its choice of I material.?Charleston News and Cour i ler. # The Convict?Ills Family?Law. It is urged that convicts must not be kept idle, that they must earn heir living, that the people should not be taxed to feed and clothe an army of criminals, and so forth, and so forth. Let us see how this works. The state arrests a young fellow, who, let us say, in a drunken quarrel has stab bed a companion. He is hurried away to prison. He is brought into court, tried and convicted. He is sent to prison for five years or for ten years, or for life. All the while a young wife and half a dozen litle children are left without their natural pro tector and support. They huddle in a corner of the court room. They hear the lawyers yawp. They listen to the verdict. The case is closed. The young father is bundled off In one direction in chains. The young fami ly Is turned off in another In tears. The State takes tho time, the earn ings of one to Itself, leaving the other to starve. The mother dies of despair. The boys grow up thieves. The girls grow up harlots. The law Is vindicated. The taxpayer Is pro tected. The criminal classes are re i plenlshed. Is It not damnable? Does not the society which tolerates such monstrosities deserve all the evils it entails upon itself? The state has no right to take that man's labor from his wife and children and give them no equivalent. It should punish the guilty, not the Innocent. Every dol lar that is deverted in this way from the natural needs of the helpless to the uses of the public, Is base blood money that should and does carry with it the curse of God.?Gafney Ledger. Advising a Railroad Company. * Sometlmos the suspicion assorts it self In one's mind that a railroad company knows nothing about its own business. More often, what the rail road company should do is obvious to the outsider and without advice from newspapers it would of course bo embarrassed. Seriously speaking, the intelligently managed railroad watches keenly newspaper expres sions, the profits of the railroad be ing in the long run dependent upon the service that it offers and the newspapers being the best expression of public opinion. The Laurens Advertiser prints this paragraph: ? Our monthly suggests that the tnornlng and evening trains to Co. lumbia should have Charleston and Greenville as terminals and that Pullmans should bo carried on both. Wo doubted from the first day that the Pullman service on tho mid-day trains as tried for some months would prove popular, but we aro sure that the traveling public would like to ?co tho same service on the morning and eve ning trains to and from Columbia as suggested by Our Monthly These two trains are used by tho business men to a larger extent than the mid day trains and we believe that' if Pullmans were put on them they would be generally patronized. Between Charleston and Greenvlllo the Atlantic Coast Line, Columbia, Newberry & Laurens and Charleston & Western Carolina route, by way of Columbia and Laurens, is tho shortest by 25 or 30 miles. For about a quar ter of a century passenger trains havo been oporated over this route but their hours of departure from and ar. rival at Charleston make their" use for through travel undesirable by coanpftiispn with |he Southern's trains. One does not like to crawl out of bed at 4:30 or 5 o'clock in tho morning to tak*e the 6 o'clock train out of Charleston. Consequently, the Coast I4ne*p aharlcsHoii-Greenvllue train is popular in the main for travel between towns and stations other than the termini. Why the Coast Line and it3 allied roads do not actively * compete for the passenger traffic between the southern and northern parts of tho State has been a puzzle for a long time and perhaps It will remain un solved. It is rare that a railroad company commanding a route shor ter by an hour than that of another, between important cities, deliberate ly Ignores Its advantage.?The State. CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS OFFICE When State Canvassers Declared that Ralfots for Opponent had been Thrown Out. Washington, May 10.? Representa tive H. Olln Young of Ishpenming, Mich., announced in a speech in the house today his intention of resigning his seat. He discussed the contest instituted by William J. McDonald, a Progressive, saying 458 votes Intended for McDonald had not been counted for him and he did not feel justified in holding his seat. Mr. Young was a candidate on the Republican ticket. The State board of canvassers issued a certiflato to Mr. Young, declaring he had received an apparent majority of 281, after 458 ballots cast by mistake for "Shel don William J. McDonald" had been thrown out. Mr. Young declared the 45S electors intended to vote for Mc Donald and that he did not feel justi fied in holding the seat. Mr. Young discussed at length the question Involved In the canvass o? the vote, saying the board of canvassers in throwing out 458 votes cast and the State courts, In upholding the deci sion, had acted in strict accordance with the Michigan election laws He said he bad delayed taking action to await a full investigation of the case. "1 am now convinced," he said, "that if the 458 votes in dispute were counted for the contestant the verdict would not be in my favor. I am con vinced that those 458 electors intend ed to vote for William .1. .McDonald, and while under the law he Is not en titled to these votes, I do not care to hold a seat that may be questioned by honorable and disinterested men. I therefore have prepared my resigna tion and will forward It to the secre tary of state of Michigan and will file copy with the speaker of the house." In a husky voice Mr. Young re newed the association during his 10 rears' service In the house and ex pressed his regret at leaving. Progressive Leader Murdock, and Representative Hinebaugh of Illinois. Progressive, replied to Mr. Young and argued In favor of giving Mr." McDonald the seat. In the discussion several members declared Mr. Young's resignation would In ho way affect the right of Mr. McDonald to prosecute his contest. SPECIAL NOTICES. | Eor Sjih^Y^nuig Jersey cow with young cMf . Cow fresh In milk. J W. Hellams, Gray Court, Route 4. 42-4t-pd Sampson-Jack?My big Spanish Jack/Sampson, Is now at my stable. He Will be here for 30 days as I havo j other stands. E. W. Martin. 42-lt Wanted?To tell tho machinery peo ple that I have charge of the old Hudgons machino shop In Laurens and am ready to do any kind of ma chino/ repairing for them. I havo four/skilled helpers and a good out fit ty tools and machines. Will keep our tools sharp nnd In good repair and have for our motto: "Do tho pres ent Job >he best we can, and try to do the next one better." Bring your work in early. Yours- truly. W A. Breckenrldge. 42_n ^Jj^rA11 Per80"8 are warned against hiring or harboring, under pnna/ly of the law, one Ford Watts who Is An contract with me. Glenn I Mutiny 42-D pd Lost/--Knvelope containing $3'.00. with /name of C. Devault written v ur?1?' ?lndcr I)loa8? re*urn to J W. Drlscoll, at new postofhee, Lau ren8- , 42-lt AttehUon--We want to sell you your cultl/ators harrows, grain cradles hoes' and heel sweeps or any other hardware Our prices 'are right Moselcy & Roland. wvy5?Y,,le ?a,ry and St<>^ Farm Jack/Is ready for service. See tSe Fair 'w'tTS P^CS at th0 bounty Jr w ? ?; Byid & Ron? R- F. D 3 telephone No. 10, Laurent, S C / 33-3mos ReAs, Peas, Peas-For sale, orlco _ s'a-tf Cures Old Sores, Other Remedlet Won't Cure r.?n and He.l. .t the ..u^nS * iggf?