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Ej1e Zbbertiser Subscription Price is $1.00 Per Year Payable in Advance. Published by ADVERTISER PItINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. 'ALISON LiE President W. G. LANCASTER vice-Pres. ARTHUR IEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rites on Application. Obituarles and Card of Thanks: One cent a word. Entered at the postollice at Laurens, S. C., as second class mail matter. IRIEN8, S. C., DEC. -1, 1913. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the communities in the county. Cor. respondents are requested to sign their names to lne eontri butions.. Letters should not be malled later than Monday morn. ing. A merry Uhristlas! A mierry Christmas Includes the (day after. "apt. Sondley is one more nisguid ed one coming to see the light. . . . Show us the guy that took the egg out of egg-nog. Gaffney hedger. ('an't do that, but we can spot. you on ''se verial'' who don't put the egg in at all, " . . We are sure that it. is gratifying to the people of laurens county to know that the selection of the new superin t'ndeit of ediention was 'eoalplislh ed without the injection of Partisan politics. WVe t.hink that., the eounty telegation, rather .\lessrs. Illackwell and l1rown ing, went about the matter in a very ('on1Inendable spirit and eln gineerel the' selection in a way to r' lound to the best credit of the cou01n1 ty. Mr. Sullivan is a well educated andt( talented young man anld is eqIuip p(d to inake the cointy a valuable of ficer. With the co-operation and en - ("oiur'agement of the teachers. Patrons aind the public generally he shoul ac c'ol!'lish inuch good. The Advertiser will always st:iu ready to assist him .in whatever Ile wishes to undertake for tlie imlprovemntiI of the schIools. 11t' has our best wishes in his tinder ta.king. " * " "Old Parter" hais a coiiiii till eat ion in today's pain'r relating to the resig -nation of Su lierin telndent. of l'dueation (;eo. I,. Pitls and our remarks on the .ditt. Our correspondent evidet1y lelongs to tait c(lasi of mhen found ev cr3ywhere who have not yet comi. to realize t.hiat the miodes aid Imiannzie's of living now are E1nite different fronm 'what they w 're a decade or so ago and that the cost of livinig has gr'eatly incrieased in the inteivalI. lIe also1 all 1 earis to overlook the factI that tuert' antd worth oughitI to hav e thieir' deserits an ith tat it' th eyar'e tnot. recognii zed in (oine plac' they0 will he in aniothier'. There Is ani (ver incdreasinzg detnanld foi real ability iln every3 sectioni of tihe countrty and ability cotimtanids a sal ay 3'ct o'ensurait e withI the resul ts (Ihl tai ned. As to the saiary tof0 the supitendl'i~ enit of 'l t ocation0 "Old larmoer"-fig TPhe .\dllVertise r sta tedl thrt. It was repiort. As ai mtte~lhr of* fact. the sal try is $75) .lperi yearI' $;u0 morle hb ig allowed for travel ing expenses. We wVotil ifer ftomz the amttountt of Lt'a v (eIing ne lcessatry in t~i I oflice that thle allowanice for this Is easIly spet in that way and of cotuse Is an extra ex Vedliturie, not to he counted in otn the sal arty as cur ret. tex penses !oni ttinue -in hiIs abtsence. What about thIiat 10 11er cet.t clauissiontOt on'OunI ty school books? If "O0(1ld armi (e'' kniew' t~he inisidei faclts as to whyi3 thle superCintL'tm'Int ofI edulcationi is niow hiandlling thle ('ounty blooks, he piossibly wold noI haimnt. Ii'eti~h iioid thiis phlase of the sublject. Sutlice It to say that afrter coantinue (lllnitsatisfact ory' setr vice on the part, of the firmjl offetring to handle the hooks, Mri. Pitts too1k ovet' thle coutiiIy dleposi tory sotme LIme11 ago almtost in self deofenise, in ordler' that the school chiildi'rin of the c-ounity ighit secure(' what hooks thiey neededi without dlelaiy and iterrupltiont of stiiudy. Th'leor'etical ly thier'e is a piroflt of 10 1pcr cent iti the sale of these books, but Mr. Pitts has toldl us (on several occadis that thiere was an actuanl deficit last yonr' rather thani a 'profit. ~5uniecannzot be done int a small way on a 10 per cent. hasis wheni 'no allowance Ia (made for losses, leaks, -anexpectedl doeprciationi of stock, etc. Tfhe soryices of a super'intendentt or oducation canniot really he valuedl In dollart. and cents. 1I Imultst bie eIther valueless or valuable. If hie is value iens ho ougrht to be nut out. of oflice at the first opportunity. If he is val uable, ho should be paid a sum large enough to show appreciation of his services and to allow him to live in a manner in keeping with the ofilce he holds and at the same time afford a balance to be put up for a rainy diay. NO IN FOLtalIAT'1'ION AVAILABLE. The following correspondence car ried on between W. J. Iarris, direc tor of the census, Vashington, ). C. and the editor of The Yorkville En quirer will doubtless be of interest in this city and county where the same conditions exist as exist in York couna ty and Yorkvillle: t1)'PAlI'R'MICN'' OFe COMt 1NtCE llureau of the Census Washington, Decenber 6, 1913. Dear Sir: Pursuant to an Act of congress the bureau of the census is engaged 1I taking a census of the wealth. dlebt, and taxation of the united ed States, counties, and municipall ties. It is planned to comn pie much of the required information from reports of county and municipal oticers as of ficially printed inl local Itewsp1apie's I beg to request, therefore, that you fa vor me with a copy of the issue of you' paper. or that. portion of the pa per showing the information, contain ing the latest published annitual report of this elti.r.ntr t York county An olilcial envelope and frank, re q uiring no postage, are Inclosed for your use in this connection. 'lrthn king you in advance for your hearty co-operation in this isnportant work, I am, Very truly yours, Wi. .1. I-larris. Director. Editor of Thle IEntiuirer, Yorkville, S. C. Yorkville, S. ('., )ecember I,5, 1913. I ont. Win. .1. Harris. Director of the Census, W\ashington, ). C. Dear Sit': I have the honor to acknowledge the rereipt of your favor of l)ecemtber R, asking for oflicial publication in regard to the wealth, debt aid taIxa tion of York couity and the ''own of Yorkville, and regret to have to ad vise you that no such pubiieations aril available Tihere is in the charter of the town of Yorkville a provision requiring the iuib licttiol of information of the chat'acter desired by you and also a geniet'al st-atite to the saime effet; but the o!licials whose ditty it is to oh serve te :tw have. for reasons of their own, neglec'ted to do so. There is a general law requiring county t'easurers to give the informa tion you desire as to con titles by pub lication annually; bit the politicians who represent our cu'nty in the gen eral asseitbly, have seen proper to ex (e - empt this c'ouity from the provisions of the general law, at( although such i'xetption is clearly tncontstitutional, in that tlere'I' ctnn be no special law where a general law can apply, the situalion is atcepted a and there we are. Itegretting outr inability to fturnish 'Oul with t:(e inifoima tion you desire, I itm Very truly. -W. I). Grist, 14dlitor Yorkville Emnqilrer. The editor of The Enqutirer might have added after the clause "hut the politicianas have seen proper to ex empt this county from tlie provisions of the general law," another clause reading like this ---'thereby depriving the taxpayers of information which hey are entitled to." To forestallI thle r'emiark s of a grneat niany. we will atdd that thet newspa pers' wouldiit like to) have this adver' t ising. I lowever, we wvill slate t hat in so fat' as The Adiver'tiser' is concerned, the sublsci ptioii list of' thtis paper'i has grown so lar'ge thait, becatuse of thle div isin of thte couti iy's advettising aL gr'eat lparit of thle adv~ertising is nowv Ialmost Ott an unprj iofi table basis. The Adveru'itiser' hats half thle available Mleethuits of County Trutstees, A mieeting of schlool trustees of the countty will lie lihld ini this city Sat urid a y, .lanuairy 10th. Sitpt. S wear in gent will be piesen t to deliv~er'~ an adl drtess andI to dliscuiss matteris already of Interest to the trtustee associationi. It is expceted that considerable inter' est will be showni at thIiis mneetinag a nd that. a large numinbet' of thle tru stees will attend. One of His Worst. The Doctor--Did you hear abouti that Methodist preacher's daughter down south who t urned sleuth, hunt ed up the pickpocket who had robbed her of her purse, and finially landed him in the penitentiary? The Ptrofes sor-Good for her! She was an M, Eu. sIa, with a vengeanco.-Chicago Tribune. Destiny of America. A nation Is not a coniglomerution of voters, to be representedl by hungry polticians empowered to partition the spoils of oll1ce, but a people ai mated by a common Impulse ad seeking to work out a common dcs tiny. The destiny of America is mu tual servIce; labor is the corner stone of out' nationality, the labor of each for all.-Ralph Waldo Enmerson. 'Took First Position. Mr. William Milligani Sloane, "Seth Low" professor of history at Colum bia university, in an interview with the London inaily Mail correspondent, saidl: "I uniderstanid that a 'certain hterlin correspondent of a Newv York newspaper recei ved a cablegram front his editor which readl, 'Don't senid muttch war news; world's baseball~ so rins now nn t' " WILSON TO TAKE SHORT VACATION President and Ils Family Will Find Enjoyment on (oast of Gulf of Mexico. Washington, Dec. 18.-President Wilson will take a three weeks' vaca tion immediately after lie signs the currency bill, which is expected to be on Monday or Tuesday. Where ho will go has not yet been announced, though It is said he and his family will select a quiet spot on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico near New Or leans. It will be the longest absence of the president from the capital since he was inaugurated. There will be no New Year's reception at the White House as the president will be out of the city during the holidays. The president has been sufferinb from an attack of grip for nearly two weeks, but the announcement of his intended vacation was made some time before lie became ill. His physi clan had advised a halt in the presi dent's labors, which have been con tinued without any material interrup tion for practically a year. As president-elect Mr. Wilson re turned from a month's vacation in the Ilenmudas last 'lecenber and in the succeeding three months was under the double strain of his ofllicial duties as governor of New .1ersy and prep aration for the presidency. Since tak ing ollice he has been in Washington almost constantly, being occupied with the tariff, the currency and the Mexi can question, among other pressing administration affairs. Inasmuch as the president intends to be away until .anuary 12, the di plomatic reception planned for .lanu ary 6 will be postponed to the follow lug week and the dates in the entire social schedule of state dinners and receptions at the White louse for the winter season will be revised. The president today was well enough to take a long automobile ride and on his return helped plant an American elm in front of the White Ilouse. The president. shoveled vig orously as if he enjoyed the exercise. .\ erowd looked on. )u ring a recent storm the elm planted by President Mlayes was de stroyed and its place is taken by the "Wilson elm." 6 A L.tter to Santa 'laus. * * ** *.** * * *** ** **.* ** C'olunnbia, S. C. i)eceiber 17, 191:. Dear Santa ('laius: 't'he country children in ISouth Carolina have been very good during the past year. They have at tended school faithfully and have worked hard. 'T'heir fathers have also worked in dustiriously and intelligent ly, an(1 Providence has smiled gra ciou sly uipon our State. They are all expecting a ile Christmas and many gifts from Santa Claus. Thie llurialI School Su perivlsor hias it speciail request to mlake of you. When you arie mia king up youri gifts for' the boys5 iand girls of' the Palmetto State do not forget somei good i'eading slit - able to the childr1 en. Th'e counntry children in (our State have little aic ('ess to lira ries, iand many of them haeii lheli' homes few books whliIch liIke to hav y oul brinIIg themi it good lpaper' ~l suted to thle boys and1( gIi'l s. 'Thle witer' formied his riniig hiabi ts thirough reain g Th'ie Youthis Comnpan lon whichi ('aime to himi weely as ai ('hristmai~s pr iesenit whieni lie was a boy. Please sendu manl iy of our i'oy0s iand~ girls in Soilthi Carol ina a su bscipt ion to1 thmis 01' somie otherci papiei' whi chi will le a weekly r'emnindler of your lov'e foi' the children, If you will (10 this, we willi promise y'ou bighiter' and better iboys andl girls next yeai'. Sincerely, W. K. Tate. State Su per'visor' Countr'y Schools. lIising Niun Chaipter, IR. A. fl. - Regular' convocation Itising Siun Chaptei' R. A. M. wIll be ield at Ma soil I liiall F'riday' eveninug at. 7.30i p. mi. I'~hection of officers for' en si ng y'r Re'fre4shmentcl s. (CompIa n Ions re (luested to lie Oin hand1( iO prlptly3. Brooks Swygei't, 1Illi riest. No llore Apple (Oler. Th'le she ri ff has p)u1t the 1lid on the aplhe ('Ider keg. Several days ago ord'(ers went out fr'om the office to the effect that apple cIi' dlealers wei'e to turn off the slilgot "foi' keepis" and quIt (dealling in the tirst-riuenching liquid. Th'Ie shieriff' has an idhea that the ap plle cidei' in qulestion is a little too strong foi' the health of the commum ty. Five places wore given notleo to stop) the sale of It. Mr. Meokton's Mean idea. "Why dId you insIst on having your wifo join the Suffragette Club?" "lie catiso," replied Mr. Meekton grimly, "I want to see that Suffragette Club get all the trouble that's comning to 8 88888 6 6 8888 8 8 88 88 88 8 '8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 F 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.8 8 8 Gov. Blease says he is dead against commission form of government. Just another good thing added to the list of his constitutional antipathies, which already Includes ministers of the gospel, education, impartial en forcenent of law, Woodrow. Wilson and a free and unmuzzled press. Sumter Watchman and Southron. Brownlee-Deal. The following invitations have been received in the city and other parts of South Carolina: Mrs. William Foster Deal requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Inez to Mr. L. Clyde Brownlee, Jr. Tuesday evening, December twenty-third nineteen hundred and thirteen at seven o'clock 133 West Creswell Street Greenwood, South Carolina. Mr. Brownlee is well known here where he has numerous friends and relatives. lie was born and reared here In Laurens county, having gone to Greenwood three years ago to ac cepit a position with the Southern Ex press Co. lie now holds a responsible position with the Carolina Life In surance Co. J. 11. Caningham Moves to City. Mr. .1. II. Cuningham, who some time ago bought the Barre house on Laurel street and who has had exten sive improvements made upon it, has completed the task of moving and he and M rs, Cuinghain are now occupy ing it. Mr. and .\Mrs. Cuningham have been living near Lanford station for same years. They are a welcome ad dition to the life of the city. Fit Ills Case Exncly "When father was sick about six year:: ago lie read an advertisement of Clim:iiberlain's 'T'ablets in the pa pers that fit his case exactly," writes Miss Margaret 'Ca 1pbell of Ft. Smith, Ark. "lIe purchased a box of them and he has not been sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was also benefited by them." For sale by all l)ealers. SPECIAL NOTICES. oi cr for Sale --I have a fine lot of well cured stover for sale cheap. F irst class for i'eceding. ''o be haud at my house, -11.1 Chitrclh street, or by seeing mie at Illakeley's meat market. 22-2t-pd For Rentil----Four i horse farm for rent as a whole or in parts. Out-build I igs ani otlie' iprovements. Fresh clearedl land and new buildings. Also four mules for sale. I). I). Ainistrong, Gray Court, S. C. 22-2t-pd Notice .\1 persons are hereby for bhiden to tresspass on iy property f'r ally purpose, especially hunting. Wade f lampton Culbertson. 22-2t-pd For' Sale or ictent One house and lot1 contaiiing thr aee acreos, loente I Ioin ('onwaiy street. Apply C'has. F. I trooks, 1 2auriens, S. CV. 22-It For Sale-W'ell br'oke hoise, five yearis 01bl. Will work any where. Also buggy and hiariness. I Iarga in fori cash. Apply to this culle. - 22-1t Forui I(tent-('ttageon Oi ullivan strleet. A pply3 to W. 15. Sloan. 22-it Notice- -lteginning 1st of .laniuary, my13 otlice n ill be locatedl in thle oldv llank of Iaur'ens buildiing, now owvned by I ,aurnus TI'rust Co. .1. 1". Tlol bert. Moiney to Loain:i-Several thousand dollar's to loan on long time, Oin Lau1 r'ens county real estate fIirst mortIgage. Address "Loan" care of Thei Advertis er. 20-If. Wanited-T'ieachers v'ith certificates waintedl irmmiiediately foi' following 110 sitins in good gi'aded or r'ural schIools; 3i at $60; 6 at $50; 8 ait $15; 11 at $40); 7 at $35. Di'cct from school olilelals. Special enrollment. Act immediately. \V. HI. .Jones, Mgr-., Sou ther'n Tleachiers' Agency, Colmumbua, S. C. 20-3t-pd Corn and Hlay-l have for sale about '100 bushels of corn in tihe ear and about 35 tonis of peavine hay at market pri1ce. Call or wrlite (1. H1. Bolt, Laum rens, Rt, 5. 19-5t For Sale-Sph.ndhd 8-room home with water and lights on 1-2 acre lot, wvell andl conveniently locatedl at Lau rens. For' further informiatlon andl~ S. C. 11-tf For Sale--A choice one-aero lot en South Har'per' St. A combination store-room and 'houso at Oakland hleights. About 10 acres on Main St. near Mr. Howard's store. All of these prIoper'ties at a blargain. Call on E. P. Minter, L.aurens, S. C. 9-tf For Sale-52 acres, 2 1-3 miles north of Lauirens on two public roads, about 35 acres in cultivation, one four-room house, onio .tenant house, good well andi sprin~g. Apply to Oakland Hebights IRealty Co., or E. P. Minter. 9-tt When you feel'o:3-a. vous, tired, worried or diesi ondent it Is a ure sign you need MO'IT.3 NERVERINE PILLS. They reniew the normal vigor and mako lire worth living. noe sure aind ask for M'ott's Ne'iverin~e Pills ja Whl LIA MS MFC. CO.. F'repa., Cleveland, Ohio LAUREIhd 4MiT' Co. Laurena . ft.i The Fac No amount of n peddlers of alum ba gling with chemical; or cooked-up certifi any kind, can chang Royal Bak has been tom cal examinati highest leave free from alum purity and i Royal Baking I for making finest an< CROSS HILL NEWS Cross Hill, Dec. 22.-Sylvania Camp, No. 168 V. 0. W. held its annual meet ing for the election of officers here Friday evening. The following were elected: J. C. Workman, C. C.; Hugh 1-. Fuller, Adv. Lieut.; J. 13. Pinson, Banker; John \V. Hannah, Clerk; Dr. Mills. Cahnp Physician; J. H. Dukes, Escort; R. F. Wade, Watchman; J. J. Hill, Sentry; J. H1. Rudd, A. M. Hill, and J. R. Willeutt, Managers. College students are coming home for the holidays. The following have already arrived: Misses 10lla May Mar tin and Emmiia Lowe from Winthrop; James Wade HIl from Columbia; Hugh Pinson and Paul McGowan from Medical College in Atlanta; Guy and Paul Martin from Furman; Miss Mary 11111 from Limestone. .Mr. J. Pierce Coats and wife of Fort Mill, came over Saturday to spend the holiday vacation with their home folks. We noticed Mr. Larry Watts of Greenwood county on our streets, Sat urday. Our energetic and faithful county col:nmissioner, Mr. .John Ilitt, is still pushing the work on the public roads. The Mudlick 11111 on the road leading to Milton, which has heretofore been 50 had during the winter season, has been put in excellent condition. Un der the direction of Mr. W. B. Fuller 700 loads of sand have .been placed on less than one-half mile of said road. All growth has been removed from each side and the road other w\ise improved. The road entering Cross Hill from Taurens has also been made Wider and greatly improved un der the supervision of Mr. IHit. The Cross 11111 school closed Friday for two weeks' vacation. Very ap propriate Christmas exercises were rendered, the hall and all class rooms were neatly decoratedl withi holly, sten ('ii work, dlraw~ings, etc. A number of patrons were present Friday after noon to witness the exercises. Quite a number of presents wer~e exchanged among teachiers andl puplils and a very pleasant afternoon *".s enjoyed 1)y all presenlt. Tihe ttacher's have all gone to their respective homes to sp~endi the vaca tion. Miss Wrenn Hiafner, to Chester; Miss Lueie Miles to Marion; Miss TRY A B( KOLA I BOTTL Sanders Bol Lauren IT IS OUR That everyone vs very Merry Chrii Prosperous New We thank you for yo the Old Year. POWE DRU( On the Square tIRemains uisrepresentation by the king powders, no jug , or pretended analysis, cates, or falsehoods of e the fact that ing Powder ind by the off ons to be of the ning efficiency, 1, and of absolute vholesomeness. )owder is indispensable I most economical food. Irene McDaniel to Due Wcst and Miss 1,izzle Griflin to Newberry. Miss Wilson of the Pine Bluff school went home with her friend, Miss Me Daniel, and will spend a few days in Due West before going to her home in North Carolina. Mr. E. B. Rasor spent the week end with his brother, W. 11. Rasor, at Whit mire. Rev. W. D. Ratchford left Sunday night for York county, where he witl spend the week with his parents. -Mr. Ja'nes Coleman, besides being an excellent mall carrier, knows how to play Santa Claus just as well. We have been the happy recipient of some of his recent kind thoughtfulness and can therefore speak from experience. Once more have we become a little child and are living again in grateful appreciation of Santa Claus' visits. With all the little children we can once more sing and shout the praises of good old Santa. .Adam Simpson, a thrifty colored farmer, killed a hog today weighing 510 pounds net. This was one of the finest hogs killed in this vicinity this year. McChesney-Smith. The following invitations, of interest to a wide circle of friends in this county and elsewhere, have been is sued: You are respectfully Invited to attend the marriage ceremony of Mrs. .Jennie A. Smith to Mr. Clarence It. McChesney on Tuesday the thirtieth of December nineteen hundred and thirteen at two o'clock Waterloo, South Carolina At home 000 Stomach Troubles Disappear. Stomach, liver and kidney troubles, weak nerves, lame back and female ills disappear wvhen E~lectric BItters are used(. Thousandls of women would not b)e without a bottle in their home. 1'0liza Pool of Depew, Okla., writes: "Ellect ric Bitters raisedl 'in from a'bed of sickness and suffering and has done me a world of good. I wish every suf fering woman could useu this excellent remedly and find out, as 1 did, just how good it is." As it has helped thouis andls of others, it surely wvill do the samne for you. 1Ever~y bottle guaT anteed, 50c and $1.00. At all drug gists. II. 10. Ilucklen & Co., Phila (101phin or St. Louis. )TTLE OF 3LEASE ED BY tling Works s, S. C. W'ISH rill have a very, stmas and most Year. ur patronage during a COMPANY Launnsn S. .