Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Subscription Price Is ?1.00 Per Tew Parable In Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, 8. C. AIJSON LEE W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEE President vIce-I'rcB. Sec. and Trcas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Tbanks: One cent a word. En to red at the postofflce at Laurons, ti. O.i as second class mall matter. a - : r: ST3TX LAU RENS, S. C NOV. 1913, The Advertiser will he glad to recolvo the local news of all (he co mm unities in (he count)'. Cor respondents are requested fo sign their names to tho contri butions.. Letters should not be mulled later than Monday morn ing. Did you got an invitation to the banquet ? ? ? ? It will l>o a relief to us all when "Al Rikard's Nowborry minstrels" net started on the road. ? ? ? President, Wilson ts tipping along mighty lightly, but it looks to us 08 if he has hut the question squarely up to your Uncle Huorta. ? ? ? The Inforonco to bo drawn from tho Rlcnse bnnquot is that tho campaign next summer will bo conducted upon the same plane as that of last sum mer. ? ? ? if the negotiations bolng carried on with the Mexican provisional govern ment, should come to an unhappy end, we may expert to uoo Teddy unako a Hanking movement from the south. ? * * Unloss The News and Courier is a little more careful about what it prints as to the Washington adminis tration's choice for ;i South Carolina senator, tlov. HI 'use- will have a plen tiful supply of campaign thundor months before the campaign opens. ? ? * Why the repeated instructions from I'.lease to Iiis followers to provide themselves with registration certifi cates for voting in tin4 general elec tion? It can hardly be that he fears that his opponents are preparing to bolt the party in case of his nounlnn tlon in tho primary ami ho knows that the primary laws are no1 going to be restrict! 1 in the noxl legislature so ns to make the poss s don of regis tration COI'tlflt iHto the requisite for voting in tho primary, Why? ? * ? RAILROAD IVY CROSS ANCHOR. The movement to build a railroad from Spartailburg via Cross Anchor and Intermediate, points to Clinton and thence to LauroilS should be given un divided support from every citizen in Laurens and 01 in ton as WOll as the other point; interested. All of this intervening territory is occupied by substantial and progressive people, peoplo who need and appreciate the advantages of railroad connection and they should have it. Laurons, Clin ton and Spnrtanburg would be as greatly hoaofltlod and they should put Iholr shoulder to the wheel to attain the desired end. 'I h.0 Advertiser d008 not grow on thuaiastlc over dreams of building one rr.ilroad alongside of another. but when it comes to opening up new ter ritory for trade, expansion and devel opment, WO believe in expending ev ery energy. This railroad would be of immense benefit to us all and the people along the line should get to gether and stick together until It is built. LAND SALES MOM)AY DREW LA ROE CROWDS (?ContintlOd from Page One.) (o T. L. W. BaNoy for $soo. In the case of Mrs. Victoria Ham mett, et al.. vs Mack Davis et al.. 44 1-2 acres near Ware Shoals, sold to .1. K. Knight for $2.f,fi0. In the case of Anna L. Martin vs Zeno Bkmore et al., I ? acres on road leading to ML Pleasant church, sold to C. H. and G. M. Moore Tor $1,000. In the case of the Hank of Laurons vs O. W. Ixnig and Bank of Waterloo: 100 acres known as the .las. Allen Nichols place, sold to T. A. Nichols for $1,300; 42 1-2 acres, part of the Blllie Grant lands, sold to O. B. Sim mons for $700' 9 acres, part of the Billie Grant land, sold to Mrs. Corrle Ix>ng for $200; 4 1-10 acres In the town of Waterloo, sold to Mrs. Corrle liong for $985. In tho case of W. A. Martin, execu tor, vs Mrs. I. K. Willie ot al., 137 acres, sold to W. A. Martin for $5,000. In the ease of It. C. Davonport vb Kniest Noffz, et al.: 70 acres in Cross Hill township,, sold to II. O. Daven port for 11,000; 126 acors In Cross Hill township, sold to H. C. Davenport for $900. In the case of J. II. South, et al., VB Q. Ford South ot ai., GO 1-2 acres of land near Ware Shoals, sold to F. J, South Tor $1.200. In the ease of the Norwood Nation al Hank vh John I*. Finley and Mar garet T. Allison, 70 acres of land near Madden station, sold to J. L. Finley !or $1,S00. In the case of Mrs. M, A. Dray Ct a!., vs Dr. C. Ii. Poole, Individually and as administrator; house and lot in city of Lauten? Containing 1 1-2 acres, sold to Mrs. M, A. Dray, Mrs. John C. Mills and Mrs. John W. Craton for $4, .'><><>. In the ease of Hoper vs llailstok. lot of land on Jennings street In city of Laurens, sold to L. <'?? Halle for $200. In the case of Mattle Hill vs llat rlott Williams and Temple Gllliain, r.T I 2 acres of land in Ninety Six township, sold to C. D. Nance for $550. Itankriipt Sales. in the case of Thomas B. Brown, bankrupt, tho following sales were; made: 1-2 acres, known as the Day tract, sold to W. P. Brown for $1,350; four tracts of what Is known ns the Anderson place, 6955-100 acres. 13 15-100 acres, ."?7 83-100 acres. 09 68-100 acres, combined sold for $3,700 to It. R. Babb, attorney; the Davis tract of land $1,875 sold to T. B. Brown; the Fowler tract, sold to YV. P. MoCuon for $2.250. in the case of T. I?. Brown, bank rupt, the entire property advertised was Imught in by Mr. John Young, of Clinton, for $10,:i00. NOT YET APPRISED OF LOSS But Mourners Would Be Plentiful When They Came to Realize Their Berenvement. Cohn and Goldberg went into the diamond business. They got about $100.01)0 worth of diamonds on credit. "Now, how vill ve make it a suc cess'.'" asked Goldberg. "I got It," answered Colin. "We will put the diamonds In a coflln and ship It to Canada and you and I will go as chief mourners along to Can ada " So they got two black suits, black bordered handkerchiefs and all the trappings for mourning. They accom panied the coflln to Montreal. As the baggage man took the coffin out of the hnggnge car they stood beside it cry lug. Are you tho only mourners?"asked tho baggage man. "Yes, right now,' responded Cohn. "Hat. in o0 days there will he more mourners and In ?:<> days still more mourners."?Mew York World. Her Fe.tis ot Memory. "I have heard and r< ad of wonderful feats of memory," said Mrs. A. li Brown of this city., "but nol ono ol them was .so romnrkablo as those ox hibited by my own mother at tho n>;e at which she recently died in Clyde, N. Y. Thai was her home for C> years, but she was horn in Phclps, N. V "She was an ardent reader of tho Scriptures and, having an exceptional ly clear, vigorous mind, she was able, at even that advanced nge, to repeat Word for word the entire Gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark. St. Luke and St. John. In addition she could recite lengthy passages from hooks of fa vorite authors, and many poems, in cluding oplcs and extended lyrics. My mother was also a good Latin scholar. She had seven dauglltors, of whom six, including my sol f, survive, as do six tot u groat-grandchildren and twenty? one grandchildren." Maid's Ono Good Quality. Servant girls know their own good points ami they take earo that every body else shall know them, One maid who was obliged to look for a new sit uation beeauso her employers were leaving town listened critic ally to the ?numeration of her virtues as set down hi tho recommendation that had just heen written by her former mis tress. "There's one thing you've left out, ma'am,1 she said, "i never cut my An gers. I wish you'd put that right tip at the head of the list. Ladles will liko that. Somo girls cut their fin gers terrible and it looks bad." "Why, that Is true; you never do," laid her mistress, and the unusual point of efficiency, "Sho never cuts Iter fingers," was inserted ns request id. Lucrative Find In South Africa. South Africa's possibilities as a pro iucer of vegetable oils are wide in loed If tho results of recent experi ments under tho auspices of tho Mo lamblque authorities aro tranelatod into commercial realities. For ln ?tanco, the fruit of tho "macua tnacua" was shown to yield no leas :han 60 per cont of One edible oil, and if the "pombula" 52 per cent Reasonable Stipulation. "Shall we admit Wombat to our Sub* Umatod Order of tho Kibosh? Ho al ready bolongs to seven secret socie ties." "I'm in favor of admitting him If there's enough of him left to work our ritual on."?Kansas City Journal. 86888888888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 e 88888888888888888888 The South Carolina Situation. Dim suggestions of a rainbow are forming abovo tho political clouds that for three years have been roll ing over the Palmetto State. Rleas Ism Is still dominant, but seems to be diminishing temporally In in tensity, although in the race for the United states sonatorship, nine months hence, lines will be as sharp ly and bitterly drawn a sever before. In that election Ulease will either be shorn of tho powers incident to pub lie ofllCO or will be sent to Washington. If his candidacy succeeds, he will be out of the State, however much Influ ence he may still wield; if he is re tired to private life, he can have no ofllcos with which to reward his friends and no official power with which to punish his enemies. There i is but one Bleaso in South Carolina, and OVOH wore bis most trusted lieu tenant to be promoted to the govorn Blllp, that man would lack much of being a second Bloaso. It Is almost certain that the sole candidate against Senator Smith In Ills campaign for re-election to a sec ond tei'.n in the United States senate will he the present chief magistrate of the Palmetto State. There has been much talk of Inducing Representative Asbury F. Lover, Captain Lamb's suc cessor as chairman of the national house of representatives, and the most efficient member of South Carolina's house delegation, to enter the race, but it seems at this time unlikely that he will do so. As things now stand, Le ver Is the logical successor to Sena tor Tlllman, who is in ill-health, ami who will, in all probability, never again seek election to the scutate. Le ver is a self-made man, a farm boy, who, by unfngging energy and quick acceptance of every opportunity, has become one of the strongest men in South Carolina politics. A college gra duate, a man of a high degree of in tellectual capacity. Lever possesses a duality somowhat rare in South Ca rolina now ability for constructive public service. II" is ihm;her a dema gog nor an agitator; he said last week that he often thinks that South Caro lina is politics ridden, as it undoubt edly is. lie stands for the upbuilding of the State through improvement of tho conditions of country life and Un scientific development of South Caro lina's agricultural potcutialtlos. Blease will have the light of his life getting into tho sonnte, although he will receive aid from rather un expected sources. Senator Ellison Durant Smith, the apostle of the high est price for cotton doctrine, is an In vincible rough-and-tumble stump speaker, who can easily hold his own with Blease, especially before rural audiences, for Smith is extremely pop ular with the farmers find can point to some achievement for their welfare, Bleaso cannot. Forecasts of the out come at a time so far removed from the primary as this would be absurd. A great number of ltleaseltes have undoubtedly boon wonncd from their former faith and yet, on the other hand, a considerable' number of South Carolinians will vote for Blease because they either do not like Smith or believe that it would be better to foist him up on the scutate than have him in South Carolina. Moreover, the act that Tlllman Is so vigorously opposed to Bleaso will transfer to Bloaso the votes of many of the dyed in the wool nntl-Tillmanltos, who rejoice to find any opportunity, direct or indirect, to rebuke and repudiate tho Pitchfork Senator. No matt cm- what the result of the senatorial primary may be, the situ ation in South Carolina will be decld ly Improved after next August. Wheth er he shall thereafter lie Senator Hloase or Citizen Bloaso, he will never so Injure South Carolina's name and fame or Impede her progress as Gov ernor Blease has done and Is doing. Blease has illustrated to the extreme the possibilities of abuse of the gov ernorship of any American State.? Richmond Times Dispatch. Decay of Country Churches. A good dor I has been said lately about the decay of country churches. There is a reason for this, (for that it. is a fact cannot be denied) and that is the removal to town of families and the drifting away of the young people especially) leaving the church to die out with the dying old folks that are left behind. But a very line suggestion has been made, which, if adopted, will surely stop the exodus to the city and will make for a higher social life in the country; and this Is tho return to the old times, when the pastor and the school teacher lived alongside of the church. Place the country school and the country church In close rela tion. Put the parsonage and the teacher's home side by side with these and you have a splendid "civic center" for that community that will give It 'omethlng of the city or community life that all men crave. Necessarily there will follow the debating society for the boys ami the book club for the girls. Tho fanners will organize their discussion assemblies. There will be a singing uehool and a choir meeting. Tho church will then be eonio a gathering place for the entire community. A strong attraction for the people of all classes will be the result. The church will grow. The farms win dcvelope. Tho school will prosper and tho community will bo an Ideal one for real BOCiai happiness. Mow many suh "settlements" are there in South Carolina? It is trie now that the par,tors of our country churches for il e most, part live in the towns, and that there are very few country churches open every Sabbath, Our Monthly. New .Mechanic Arrives. Mr. W. W. Swygert of Columbia has accepted a position in tlx; garage of McLaurln and Teaguo and arrived this week to take up the work. Mr. Swy gort has had many years of experi ence in the automobile business, hav ing been working for some time in tho Kant Qnrage in Columbia and is considered one or the best mechanics in the state. NOTICE. New line of beautiful/hand-painted China just received. 1 Just the thing for wedding girts. ^ S. M. & B. II. Wilkes & Co. I SPECIAL NOTICES. I have this day sold the I-rfiurens Steam Bakery to C. II. Armstrong, who assumes all lalbilitles of the same and will collect all accounts. .1. S. Heu nett. Oct. 6th f013. Warning -All persons are hereby warned against hunting or otherwise trespassing on imy lands, known as the Burgess and Byrd places. .1. S. Bonnott. Strayed or Stolen from my resi dence on Sullivan street on Thursday evening, Oct. 30th, half-grown male Collie dog; light tan with white around tho neck, white face, feet and end of tail. Reward for his return and no questions asked. Answers to nr.'.ne of ?ley. .1. .). Hluss. 15-lt-pd Wanted?Honest man or woman wanted to do special advertising work among faunilics. Good salary to right person with line chance for promo tion. Bxporlenco unnecessary but good references required. Permanent] position. Address T. 11. Chappolonr, district manager, General Delivery, I. aureus. S. C. 15-lt-pd For Sale 12 acres of land just out side corporate limits of Clinton, good 8-room dwelling, barn and lot. Good well of water. Convenient to collego, school and churches. For particulars address T. J. Dtickctt, Clinton. S. C. l5-2.t Lost - One brooch set with pjari?. Lost somewhere on South Marpor street. Finder please return to 1. U. Eichelberger. I5-H Found One bunch of keys found last Friday in the town of Madden at tho ginnery. Owner can have by call ing at the Advertiser ofllce and paying for this advertisement. 15-lt For Sale - show cases, paper cutlers. 1 store heater, road cart, 1 National Cash register, all second hand and very cheap. Apply to H. B. Kennedy at Kennedy Bros. 15-21 Tor Sale One six-room house on South Harper street, lights, water, sewerage and all COnVOniOllCCS, Nice location. Within Stone throw or pub lic square. Price $:,,.000.00. Also the .lohn K. Hicks property for sale, 5 acres of land with house. f. H. Bishop. 16-1 t-pd Pound?One oval clasp-pin found at II. Terry's and can be obtained by call ing there. 16-U PonJ and Buggy For Sale dentil pony and small buggy for sale at bargain. Apply to 1 licks Stables. 15-lt-pd Trespass Notice All persons are hereby forbidden to enter upon any of my lands for the purposes of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, gathering fruit, straw or turf, vegetables, herbs or cutting timber on same without II ist getting my consent. William Coleman, Whltmlre, S. C. 13-41 For rent?Six horse farm, situated within one mile or Mountville, In good state or cultivation; about firtoen acres or line bottoms, one mile or Mount ville. Will rent as whole or cut up to suit parties. Apply to John T. Stokes, Mountville, S. C. 12-5t-pd For Kent?Four horse farm in high state or cultivation, with good pasture, situated within three quarters of a mile or Mountville. Will ernt as whole or will cut up. Apply to John T. Stokes, Mountville, S. C. ll-5t-pd For Sale?Splendid 8-room home with water and lights on 1-2 acre lot, well and conveniently 'located at Lau rens. For further Information and torms apply Dr. W. H. Dial, Laurens. s. c. ii-tf For Sale A choice one-acre lot on South Harpor St. A combination store-room and house at Oakland Heights. About 10 acres on Main St. near Mr. Howard's store. All of those properties at a bargain. Call on E. P. Mintcr, Laurens, S. C. 9-tf For Sale?52 acres, 2 1-3 miles north of Lauren, on two public, roads, about 35 acres In cultivation, ono four-room house, one tenant house, good well and spring. Apply to Oakland Heights Realty Co., or B. P. Minter. 9-tf Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no mutter of hovr tonic standing, are cured by tlje wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antlseritic Ilenllngr Oil. Jt relieves Pain and Heal* ft the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 WOULD HATE M'LAUKIX PRESERVE THE STATE (Continued from Page One.) tics. I have been hoping that Qov. Blease would indorse him as a suc cessor in the governor's office, feeling that that would he enough to damn both of them In the eyes of the peo ple. But Blease had too much political sense to make suoh a blunder as that, and McLaurln is wise In withdraw ing once for all Into private life." Senator Tlllman here goes into some detail in denying that Blcascisin is. the honest child of Tillmantsm and] goes on to say that the governor has ? stolen much of the old lime Tlllman \ thunder, "What McLaurln says about 'fac-! tlonallsm making South Carolina a little Mexico' is all too true," the sen ator continues, "and I agree fully with what he Bays about the necessity for the good and true men of both fac tions getting together and electing a governor who will be governor of all the people; and not the governor of his friends' only. "McLaurln has always been a shrewd politician, and he realizes fully as all thoughtful men must realize, that the loud-mouthed shoot ers tit the Blease banquet are 'office seekers' and nothing more. Might be Belter. "The statement?'1 don't suit them; they don't suit me, so I had just as well be a man. That is better than being governor'?is very, very admir able. But I would have liked it bet ter in this form: T do not suit them. They do not suit Ime, so I will bo a man hereafter and my own master- - not a slave to ambition. That Is bet tor than being governor. "McLaurln has stich great ability that it is a pity bis brains can ho of no service to the people In a public career now that he has come to his senses. I agree with him Unit his. political career is ended, but he i-; still a citizen of South Carolina, and there aro many avenues open to him for do ing the people service. He should seek out the one which he lik^s bos^ and work for the bettormont of tho Stnt< and its citizens, lie has no equal hi tho State as a stump speaker. 1 know, because I trained him, as ho I himself will acknowledge. "If Mckaurln will run for the Unit ed states senate in orde?* to be per mitted to speak at the me ding??ilic rules of the party would bar him if he were not a candidate?he can ana lyze and thus destroy Bleaseism far better than any other man i kaow of. He can do what ny health will no longer permit me to do, Bad mal. ? amends for his past sins and blun ders. "If I had been able to make even three speeches in Sonin Carolina last year, I do"not believe Blease would ever have been elect..;d governor, and if 1 were able now or dared to maka speeches he could not he o:octeJ to tho senate. Because I have faith in my own honesty of purpose and pa triotism and think I could show be yond possibility of doubt that he is unlit to come to Washington as a senator from South Carolina and is nor more to be trusted than was Mc Laurin. I would undertake to do this anyway had not the physicians, all of them, warned me that it would result in my death while speaking. I am willing to die for the State if neces sary, but I realize only too sadly that my strength now is not equal to the task and I can no longer play the role of the gladiator on the hustings. It may bo that the good God will re store imy strength so that I will be able to take the risk. But if McLatt rin, as a penance, will undertake the work, there will be no need what ever for me to speak a word. All the moral force I possess?and I real ize I have a great deal of it among my fellow citizens?will be exerted In this tight for decency In State politics." Card of Thanks. Wo want to thank our many friends and our good physician for the many kindnesses shown to us during the illness and death of our dear husband, brother and father. Mrs. C. B. Holier, Mrs. Sallie Bradley, .1. H. Roper. Tonight. Tonight, h/y'ou feel dull and stupid, or bilioua/nnd constipated, take a dose of Chjprfoorlain's Tablets and you will feel all right tomorrow. For sale by all dealers. CLIP THIS COUPON AND Nominate a Child To-day 1,000 NOMINATION BALLOT 1,000 Good for ono thousand votes in THE LAU RENS ADVERTISER'S Children's Voting Contest. Child's Name . Parent's Name Parent's Add roe Each child is entitled] to but ONE of those nomination bal lots. Under no circumstances will the person's name be divulged who nominates a child. - VOID/NOVEMBER 8, 1918. 25 25 FREE BALLOT GOOD FOR TWENTY-FIVE VOTES IN TILE LAURENS ADVER. TISER CHILDREN'S VOTING CONTEST, Child's Name You may send in as many of these coupons as you can get. Each one will count twonty-flve votes for your favorite. The Responsibility Of A Druggist Is not recognized by a good many people. We recognize that responsibility, and if you will bring us your prescription it will be filled accurately and carefully by a licensed graduate of pharmacy. POWE DRUG COMPANY Laurens, S. C.