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Eije Ebbertiser Subscription Price Is $1.0 Per Year Payable In Advance. Pubished by ADVERtTISER Pil1NTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. AIJON LEE President W. G. LAtN(CASTEfI vice-Pres. ARTHUR LEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks: One cent a word. Entered at the postoftice at Laurens, S. C., as second class mail matter. LAUlmA'N4, N. C., MAR II it, 1911. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all the commuities in the county. Cor. respondents are requested to sign their names to the contri butlons.. Leitery should not be lm4t~led later than Monday morn ing. 'Thme picture presented by Woodrow Wilson during his dignilled message before the two houses of congress and that of (ov. illease in his harangue before the lowor house of the state legislature are in strong contrast, though painting in forceful colors the striking characteristics of each. The really ludicrous side of the dis graceful scene enacted in the hall of the Ilouse of .ltepresentatives Wetdne's day night can only be alppreciated by those who have been in time hail itseiIl and seen the speaker's platform whieb is high above the heads of the replre sentativ.-s 'below; by its very height being t protection of tie governor from those whom he chose to attack. Tic scenm,3 suggests one of goblins on time craggy 'mountainside loosening uinge ho:iliders to roll down uipon time tieads of enemies below. s s e .A'iNSloNi A ND A NNEhX AT ION. We r'irodiuce elsewhere in today's m'r atmn editorial frotm The Tribune. of I' ontain Inn. In which it is stat(ed that at a meeting of citizens held there se.(:'al 'lays before there was an ox prssion in favor of .eceidjing "romm CI:wnvile county and .joining lani r< on ty. We ar' (liuite su: th:' tii )p(Ile of Gtaurers comnty 'nppre ci: tU' t.:s exhibition of frieraiimiu''.'. r at they wt:ld welcome t lh p(o p )i th1 iit territory, into their fold. =I not go so fe't as to say that ii lo r sec tion of (reinville coun t. ioui I Ie ,.. part of Laurens coun t : C. .t it ligically )1omngs to ts, b in .> luir :as distance cnd typo g 'my ..r e ec...' rna d as well as Ohe COb ide'rttbion of blood and friendship, 11 wo ;(actions are very close togethn e Whether 0or not a chainge would 'm enetiial financially to either' or a' r tl.- affected districts, we ar'e not a' to .say, not hmaving tine figures at hi: I, hut in all iprobabilty thmere w( 'd be butt little if aiiy gain or loss. 'lmthere is; any well dlevelopedi senti mcvt in favor or annexation we would i,- Iad to see ain eloction ordered, thr'gm we womuld not care to have tine pV le wroughnt up) again over tine ev er-pr'escnt county quiestion unless th; e is a real demand for a change an' thme people are In favomr or mnakimng it wvithout -bejing foredm into it. Withn little knowledge of time law as laid dlowniSln books, The Adver'tiser is in :rthleas inClinied to believe thmat tU :mirai police bi for Laurensq coun tO.si'l.sed by time recent legislatunre is necon.tiutional as 'beling a species o. lass legislatoion mind closely akin tc tax:a.on withmouit representatin." A aii' m tinte bill1 prmovides for' an e l ion whbereinm onmly those voters liv in ro"t.4ida incorporaited tnwuns or 4"" t(I 'i.'e taxed -to supp41ort the~ c< ity' imay vote. Whleni it Is consid e: timat nmot oinly tine peoptle without t town.; bt thne -icople withn time Ic ms a.i well are taxed to supptiort :r tl ponlice system, It would seem il am u injsti ee Is bmiing dloine the Tu ilationi of the ineor'porated townms i. (4t givding thmem the r'ight to vote in he ('lecton. Whietheir or not onne in be in favor of time r'etemntion of tine R.1 'n, and 'The Advertiser' is one that fai >rs giving It a furthner trial, juns ti dem1( Lids thmat all those whmo mmust e( rilbuto to its supp~lort should .be gi ri the right to expregas an opinionm Oi 'Is -ratention. This 'ipositionm, we tV .(f courmse inm viow of thme fact tha~t th election hnas alrpatjy b~een ordered. Am a imatter of fact, we tlitnk- that tin' county deklegation shoumld hmave de Cl 'l thia matter' among thnemselves i er thirn call ipon thme people to de le It. m e failure of the recently adjoun e. .ate legislature to accomplishn any O worthy of iontinnt hit revivedi the discussion as to biennial sessions. It has been often pointed out that this state is one of blut a very few in the union having annual sessions. It has boon further said that there is not enough legislation of Importance to justify yearly sessions. It is realiz ed by all that something is radically wrong with our law making body, but whether or not biennial sessions would prove a remedy is certainly op en to discussion. The fact that every session of the legislature during the past few years has extended over the alloted time would seem to indicate that there is a great deal of business of some kind to 'be transacted. It is quite true that the legislative wheels do not turn as fast as they might. though our lawmakers work harder than they are given credit for, but it is doubtful whether they would turn faster in a. biennial session than in an annual one. Some measures need to be taken to facilitate business in annual sessions and then after these mena sures tare proven effective the time would be ripe for the agitation for biennial sessions. Remove the cause for delay and then the session will be shortened of itself. It seems to us that the cause for the failure of the state legislatures to accomplish much has already heen rightly pointed out by the correspond ents of our daily papers. 'They have said time and again diuring the session just finished that ti'e failure of ac com1plishmient was n :t a matter of not huaving anything to do. but of not do ing what was to be done. The rea son suggested for this was that many of the legislators were facing elections and hesitated to make a move one way or the other for fear of being left at home next -summer. In the session preceding this one, that is, the ses sion of 1913, it wa's also said that a large number of the men 'nhers were new men, as is usual on each chrage of administ'ation, and they had to be "worked in" before becoming :r'eus tomed to legislative routine; an:i he fore they had learned the "way of the place" the ses.ioni was ended and they had to go home. And so it goes; one session a great many new men followed by another session In which fear of approaching elections force the political issue into every discus sion. So in neither session is any ititt. accomplished. Itemioval at the sate time of the ha ndicaps of new membership and po I tical anxiety, would seem to be a so lution of the (t estion. 'This m ight he accom plished through a change pro .iding for a longer mem1bership in the lower house. say four years instead of two, like the senate. This would allow for one year of preparation and training, two years for real work and otte year previous to election for polI ties. This would make for fifty per cent eflicioncy, more than we can possibly hone for without some kind of change. As it so happened in the legislature just colsed, the senate with four year terms, rather than the lower house was at fault in trifling with legislation. A. large nubnte of its mebtners also were facing electiotns. This etmpha sizes -more -strongly the need of sonme kinid of action wvhich will redutce the numuber of these 'scare" periods. Where the conistitution isn't beinig hacked up it is beIng lar'gely disre garded, anyway, so we might as wvell tack on one -moe amendmnent. Rtoute Agent for Express Compianty ,Ini ServIce 44 Years. Mr. J. J. Croswell, Rouate Agenit of the Souther'n Express Company spentl last Monday In Laurens as the guest of his sister, Mrs. Howen. Hie has beent on this division for a few we.eks rec lievmng Mr. TJa It, thme regi1:- ament, who has been sick, Mr. Cromswell is one of the olcts' emiployees, in Itoiti of service, with the Souther'n Nxpm ess Cocmpaniy, having been with thema for' forty-four years, lie is c e.sideredc one of the most efilelent andc (aplabile r'oute agents w !thi the comn y. It) ('E@NT "UAS('A RETS" IS YOUlt I1A XA'TIVE1 liest Liver and lBowel ('letanser and S~tomachc Ileguilnior in thce world Work wivle you sleep. (let a 10-Ccent bo:<. i'ctt aside-just once-the Salts, l'iills, Castor OIl or Putrgativ'e Waters whieb merely force a passageway through the bcgwels, but (do ttot thor' oughily cleansej freshen andl purify those drainage rgans, anmd have no0 ef feet whtatever upon thme liver' and stomcteh., K~eep your '"Insides" piure and freshl with Cascarets, which thoroutghly cleanse the stomach, remove the undi gestedi, sour rood andl fouli gases, take the exess bile from the liver and carcy out of the system all the con stipafted waste matter' and poisons in the aboyals. A Casbaret tonight will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep--never grIpe, sicken, and cost only 10 cents a box from your drutggist. MillIons of meni and women take a C(ascaret. now aund then and never have IHeadache, ltilloutsness, Coated Tongue, indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipatod Bowels. Cos carets belong in every household. Childr'en just love to take them. 88888866888888888888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 E 88888888888888888888 What 'rhe Advertiser says as to the quarantine's being "productive of good" is no doubt true as to Laurens; for when the board of health there in formed the state health officer what they hade done he immediately di rected them to inaugurate compulsory vaccination-which they did. The health board at Newberry (lid not change their course in the slightest degree, but proceeded to handle the situation exactly as they were hand ling it when the quarantine was de clared. There is no use raking up old sores; and so it is better to regard the whole incident as closed. What we would like to know is what has become of the Tropical Amusement company, otherwise known as "the carnival." Newberry Observer. How Is Thuis? Gov. UIlease's negro chauffeur is al so keeping some deserving white man out of a pretty good job. We know plenty of competent white chauffeurs who would be glad of the place.--.\n derson Daily .lail. Secession. 'T'his is a long story told in short, meter. It begins with rottenness and ends with hope, and it is told for the good of the public. Fountain Inn nestles against the northern border of Laurens county. Laurens county has an eflicient rural policeman, Columbus Owings. Owings has, in times past, made burdensome the lives of gamblers, whiskey ped ders and birds of that feather who infested the northern part of his coun ty. To escape his vigilence, these gen try adopted the practice of crossing the county line and plying their ne farious trades in the suburbs of Foun tain Inn. 1"ountain uin has been blessed with rather eflicient municipal police---so ellicient, at any rate, that the semi professional gamblers have preferred the safety of various pieces of woods just outside the town limits. The sculilons of Laurens county, and the hoodlums of our own nativity, gather each unday just outside the zrone of police protection, and gamble sell and drinik whiskey, and fight. The respectable citizeits of Fountain inn, desiring to stop these practices, appealed last year to the Green vii le delegation for the appointment of a local man to a place in the rural po li'e force. 'I'lTe members of the delegation coul not agree among Ilithmselves, and after considerable squabbling turned a cold shoulder to i"ountain Innii. .\l eantime the members of the in suflicient rural force were busy around Greenville, under Sheriff 11c0 tor's orders, cl caning up the suburbs of that city. it Is worth noting, how ever, that they and Hector found it impossible to clean up the city's red light listrict until just before the passage of Ilaynsworth's .rural 1)ollIc measure at this session of the assemn btly. \Vhatever the sheriff and force may have been doinig, no great effort was madle to scr'ape the mud from Fountain Inn's skirts, and when F'ountain Inn people leartned that I iaynsworthi's 4)il1 providing for' six rural piolice was likely to pass, an effort was made to have the town's necessity and1( rights recogn ized. One of the most prominent men of the towni was sent to Columbia to con fer with the delegation, and urge the town's case. This getntleman talked with every miemiber' of the delegation. Setnator Earle and four' membet's of the lowet' house pledged themselves flatly and( unhesitatitngly to elect a Fountaitn Inin man, When the envoy returned to Fouin taini Inn he quoted, as nearly as pos sible0, the exact language of each of the pledged members of the (delegation. Thet'e coutld be no0 doubt in the tat ter. Fountainu Inn would get protc tiont feor her su butrbs. Wednesday mortning's paper an nuountcedl tho election of the six mem bet's and1( chief of the newvly ct'eated fotcce-and Fountaitn Inn was left out. No man within str-ik ing dlistancee of Foutntaini Inn had been putt on the force. One of two things had happeted, laither' twvo of the five pledgedl mom ber1s of Greenville's (delegation hail lied, or the two unpledlged metmbers using shtot guns anid ball bats-had forced the faint-hearted five to break their promises. In either ease the result was the name. Two hours after the morning p~a pers were received, a number of th~e becst men of tile town met, without blare of trumpets, and discussed the matter, The envoy to Columbia was among -them to report in detail again. After conside'rable comment, the chairman of the meeting spoke sub stantially as follows: "Greenville city rules Greenville county. Gr'eenville county's delegation unfailingly favors the city to the exnlusion of ether see tions. Fountain Inn pleads agd pleads and gets nothing. There are two cours es left to us. We can take the law into our own hands and shoot up those gambling fests, or we - can secede from Greenville county and go over in to Laurens where we can gotp, protec tion. I suggest that we expend the $1,500 of the new county fund in an election to annex ourselves to Lau rens couny." Every man at the meetii'g applaud ed the suggestion. So desperate have the lovers of the law become! The Tribune does not favor any such move. Greenville Is a great town. She will be. greater. As she grows, we shall grow. I1er life can be our life. It would not be wise to leave her. And yet the most sacred right of man is liberty. I maintain the divine right of secession. Taxation without representation has not been popular in this country since the opening day of the 18th century. It never will be. This town and community have no representation in government, no po lice protection outside the town lim its. Objectors will say that we have a magi4trate and a constable. True. And this same magistrate, George P. Wood, is the only one in Greenville county who last year turned in, from tines, a sum twice as large as his sal ary. Greenville city magistrates may have done as well. The delegation promised Mar. Woods a raise in salary, by the way, but what is a delegatign's promise? Mr. Woods can handle cases brought before him. lie cannot spend his time scouring the woods for criminals. Neither can his constable. Hle gets no money for it. Mr. Woods did appeal to county oilcers to help himt raid a gang of negro gamblers who operated north of town all night lonag during Christmas, but his appeal brought no hellp. ''hdre must be a solution of this ve::ing affair. I would not counsel secession-not yet. Let us make one more effort. We must have a member in the general assembly-a local man, an honorable man, a man of horse sense, of sound lprinciples and sound ideas. I want the honor of nominating him here and now-Geo. P. Woods for Fountain Inn's epresentative in the State's government. le can be elected. He should be elected. lie must be elected, if we hope for justice. Let's get behind him.-Fountain Inn Tribune. PROMINENT MASONS (OMING. To le Present at Called Meeting of Local L.odge on the 19th. Collation und Smoker. The local lodge of Masons are mak ing preparations for an unusually pleasant and profitable meeting for tho night of Maarch 19th. Work in the third degree will be 1one and sev eral prominent Masons from other parts of the state wvill -he presenlt. Among thema will be Grand .Junior Warden W. WV. Wannamaker, Grand Master Geo. T. Bryan and Depuaty Grand Master R. A. Cooper'. A 4elighut ful collation will be served after which cigars and speeches will be In order. The ba'ethren fa'om other lodg es are invited to be pa'esent. SPECCIALNOTIC.. For Sale--I have an excellent young untrained poinlter dog for' sale. Write ane for further description. Nile Jack 50o1, Green wood. S. C. 33-2t For Sale-White Wyandotte egga from winning strain, $1.00 for 15. An coana eggs $ 1,00 for 15. Also fine whlite WVyandotte coekerel, thoroughbr'ed, at $1.00. C. WV. Tune, 23-it-pd For Sale-The most dlesirflble close in residlent lot for the price, and thne price is; $500 foa' quick sale. Andea' son1 & Blakely. * 33-It For Sale-Choi~e liarred0( Piymoutha Rock Cockerels $1.00 and $2.00 each. Prize winning stock,.TJ. L. Power', Gray Couart, S. C., Route 1. 33-lt-pdl For Sale-Choicest pea-vine hay, corn and fodder, at prevailing prices. \Vrite or alply to Watts Mtills 0111cc. 32-tf Needles--For sewing machine nee dIes, shuttles and bobbins for use In all makes of amachines see. u1s. We caa'ry the Iloyo Neetlie Co's excellent line. Todd-Simpson Co. 31-5t For Sale-Nice oat straw with chaff baled. $10.00 a ton. S. N. Crisp, Mouantville, S. C. 31-tf Goats, For Saie-I have forty fine goats for sale. Write or apply to me. W .D. Boyd, Mountville, S. C. 31-3t-pd Pianos For Sale-Persons desiring to purchase an excellent upright piano at a great bargain see me at once. Have two tfa' sale, both 'new. 'For further particulars apply J. M. Hanp ton, Laurons, S. C. 31-10t For Sale-1Dggs for hatching fromt selected stock of heavy laying strain of S. C. Brown Leghorns. Won blue ribbo,. at county fair. Price $1.50 for 15. 0. F. Klugh, Cross Hill1, 8. C. 31-6t-pd For Sale-Two good second hand buggies and three good mules. Apply to H. Douglas Gray. 2't-tf * .+..* *o *e4..e...e*~*o * .. , * OBITUABIY. *f " " f " " " " f "* " " " f f " " 4 f Mrs. Jane Holder, wife of AIr. Mar tin V. Holder, died at her home ne'ar ':den last Saturday night at 12 d'clock after four days' of intense suffering. She had passed her three scare years and ten. Despite all that loving hands and physicians could do, the Lord saw best and she was taken from us. Aunt Jane, as she is so ' well-known, was a member of the Dials 'Methodist church. She was a fine Christian lady. To know her was to love her. She leaves a husband, one brother and one sister to mourn her loss. How sad to think that such a noble Chris tian woman, one who -was loved, should be taken from our home and community! But, oh! how sweet to know that ore this she has clasped hands with her dear 'mother and sis ters on the other shore and today basks in the sunlight of God's eternal presence. Weep not, dear husband, brother and sister and friends, God knows best. Iet us imitate her ex amples and some day we will meet her on the other shore. Aunt Jane has only 'paid the debt we all owe and have liter or nooner to pay, but when we do not knew. How important, then that we be ready for in the hour that we think not the son of man cometh. "The golden gates were opened; A gentle voice said come; And with farewells unspoken She calmy entered hdine." She was laid to rest in the Dials cemetery by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives to await the resurrection morn. By a friend and one who liked her. J. L. M. Chamberlain's Tablets for Constipa tion. For constipation, Chamberlain's Tab lets are excellent. Easy to take, mild and gentle.in effect. Give them a trial. For sale by all dealers. Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin wish to thank their many friends in Laurens, for the kindnesses shown them, dur ing the illness of their mother and lit tle son. May the Lord bless every one of them is their wish. The Mothers' Favorite. A cough -medicine for children should be harmless. It should be pleasant to take. It should be effec tual. Chamberlain's Couglt\1 'emedy is all this and is the mother favorite everywhere. For sale by all dealers. T[E TERIBILE, CASE Down about old Boston town, I Mullikiia had his being, and also day got after Mike, thcy v:auld morning he had the p!enrisy. ' and cold', and finally grippe end then--they not hil in the coils. . bunions. hunis an d spr:ins, he h; higo gave h1im pilins. Ne uralgin upon his ills, ousilitis 1:1n(d I feu sills. The doctor said birnc itis and it looked l iked Mike %nl ht hi lHut just as dleatih begani d(ane a kindly good old1 neighbojWsaid: so they took belovedl Mike and ri sings Cowans praises now, and M is Sold and Guaranteed by all Dri THREE SIZES GOWAN MEDICAL C0., Chicora High For S Aug. Huff, I *AT "PR POWE DRU< On the Square - ' a -J COMPAy A Carpenter Said "I certainly do like to work on a job where the material is furnished by the Augusta Lumber Co." "Everything they furnish is right -never any botch job -carelessly f i n i s h e d sash, doors, blinds, etc. Things go smoothly - contractors feel good-we don't get called down, and when the building is done, she looks fine." 0 *That carpenter was simply expef eatcing the res t'of a perfect organi zation. Whe ou build, let us make you a e mate on your requirements. It iI save you time, trouble and expense, and you will be certain of an A No. I job. Our specialty is complete house bills. Call or mail us your specifi cation. "Buy of the Maker" AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. AUGUSTA. GA. * N. B. DIAL A. C. TODD DIAL & TODD 4tforneys at Law Enterprise Bank Building, Lauren., S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS Money to loan on Real Estate-Long . 'lime. Shafting, Pulleys, bOYf, Repairs and Files, Teeth, Locks, Etc. LOMBARD IRON WORKS, AUGUSTA, GA. Get our circular before you buu. 01F MIKE MI1LLIKiAN. n the district of Back Bay, Mike ra a dray. But the ii'ates one not let hin he. and so one ino hen followed coughs, sore throat boils, and sunburn in tIanma tion dlike also got some bruises, corns, id rh eumnatic symptoms and lun , toothache, felons, crowded fast monia then kuocked him off his tdo, would come most any (lay, wve a job of riding his owvn dray. e and mourners all looked grim, "Tr~y Gowans stuff on him." And ibbed him hard all day, and Mike Ike still drives his diray. Oowans aggists. 5, 50 A ND $1.00. CONCORD, N. C. Grade Guano. ale By daur 8, S. C. ESENT," especially at a piresent of a box 'of our dlelieious Candies or Chocolates, every girl is niatur ally lpleaIsed and app~lreciative of the gift, anid the gIver. Our IC'hocol ates, lion-Bonn, etc., are pure in ingredients and in mak ing, and are healthy and whole some for young or (4d to eat. We have Martha Washington. Mary Garden, and Cranes, and all of superior quality, though very moderately priced. G COMPANY Iauren, S. C.