Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ebfe Rbertier Subscription Price Is $1.00 Per Year Payable to Advance. Published by ADVEltTISEIt PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, S. C. ALIISON LEE Presideut &RTHITR LEE Sec. and Treas. Advertising Riates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks: One cent ia word. Entered at the postoffice at Laurens, S. C., as second class mall matter. L.ItENS, S. C., DE C. 16, 1911. 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 the contri butions.. Letters should not be niafkd litter than 3onday morn. ing. 'lhe lBelgian ien and wonien, and the hables too need our 1help a11nd will get it, but let its not forget the suffer Ing among our own people. We believe that. in addition to the Belgian rescue con mmittees already at' work a local rellef cotmittee might, begin to look for the hit itnry and z suffering at home. At least we shoul(d prepare to give - i cast: it is neueded. Each successive ginner's report has strengthened the opinion formed early in this season that the cotton crop of 1911 would )e a record breaker. Re cent estimates by the department of agriculture place tile Crop at over Iii, 000.000 bales, tie greatest oil record. Recent reports on consti Ion 01of cot ton in the Vinited States show that fewer bales have been manufacltured into cloth Ithanit for ilte same period last year ani tho exIorts are far ))( low iomInal. The predicted increiase In home 'coisiliption tas t1101 Material ized and foreign ship imen ts have not exceeded expectatiols, so, as a liat ter of fac. -an even larger surtiplus Stares t ill lb l ' than w,* afa: A.i1a ed at the b(ginnig of the war. hise raots emphas.. more stroiy 0hani ever the i.ofIortaneo r1lduing iIlh atertgi next yr an mlant1ingiA oit . !'omt :m lett:a-ld:-es4ed to tIhe laily papnrs by liev. .1. L.. lirley, leadler of the ailt!-S-loon hIgi. It appearts that a division l'1 al:'eady occutttrrd it time ranlks of the( prohih ilionilsts. Before tile letter of .\r. Iarley it was geiter ally un iderstood that the caipaign would he colnducted as otin bed p'. tie meetlig here .lon(laky, vIz. first by pe titioning tile legislature to order ana election on the qnestion and then wagIng a (determinedl caimign he fore the pubillic preced~ing thte election. Iter. H-a rley hias COmle ouit as opp1 osedl to I the elcction and in ftavor of set tllitg the qutestIonl in the legislatutre Itself. it Is tunfortiiiatle that a dIvIsion ini the ranklis shoid have applea r d so cartly anld parth-uo arly so in view of the fact that1 the 11lan of' damit~tgn as tirged by tihe laer of the aniti-Satloan) league woob bie a dan getotis oio up on which to dh'eend tor victory. W\hibl. thte if-iiltu tre ((oub1( ia ver~y giracefutlly reft.l to ordher an eleUtct on the subjiect in the face ofi a vety strn t0 in-t ition from11 the people, Coil andI dteittss wvoiibl refuse to pass a statewide prohIbition law with ot the questiton hail bleen thrashted Oilt ill thet usuai manner il)0i anad settled by an election. it oirder to get thet beneit of thItei r full strenlgthI, tite prnohlilbitists mttt get togetthier at the ver'y first and set tle. upon the plan most likely to be suecessftul, ptrovided thtat plan ipromn secs to embrace till thlose tings whIch they are fighting for. Think Mistletoe Brings Trouble, in nmtny irts or the Uniited KIng doim thte silver l)(rrles atnd the gray greent leiaves or the mIstletoe are look ed upon as aniythting but an emblem of good dcer. Ont thle contrary, thte phu tnt Is regardelLd with (dreadu as beIng thte blringer ofr Ill luck an id the sIgn of il omein. 'ThIs superstItiont exIsts both In I )evontshtIre and in I relandl, and, strantge to saly, In neliter of these placs does theo plant flourIsh. The Christmas Dance. Wh'ten graindmua datncedl tho mninuiet Somte sIxty yenrs ngo The stately coupjlrs often met Bteneath the mistletoe. To waltAes now thte ctustoms veer, hut Mutnbel's foxy beatu Thnat damsel (loth contrIve to steer tieneath tho nmlstletoe. Dunces change, biut not the gamo, As close observers know, For mortals act about thie same Dteneath tho m~stletoe. -LouisvIlle Coutier-,JourmAL See ottr line of Children's Wagons, have one. i,& E,. H. WILK(2CS & CO. ++++aue4+C+++'us+ .LBecause. It's Chrls'mus ICS' because It's Chrls'mus J I go smilln' on my way. An' Jes' because It's Chrls'mus I nm kindly-like an' gay. I'm full o' human kindhess - ;An' its thoughitful its cah bel I develo) totaml blindiess TO thu faults I used to see. Jes' because It's CiI ls'mus I forgot that I'm Idepressed. An' I say whatever happens Is,. by all means, for tho best. An' m. thoughts for every brother iha t I intt aro sweet an' good, An' I wouldn't skin a rival Even If I thought I could. Jes' because It's Chrls'mus I don't think about my debts, An' the biggest of my worries * Bring to 1ie no vain re-rets. * I am sort o' ttled to gladness, An' I go upon ltiy way As though nothin' ever happened Worth a minute of dismay. Now, my burdens are no lighter When I come to Chrls'mus day. An' my troubles are no fewer. An' no smoother Is my way. Than they were In bleak November Yet I seem to think 'em so. An' Joes' because It's Chris'mus I am smilIn' as I go. If I can laugh at Chris'mus An' cheer my fellov inen 'NWhy can't I laugh In April. Why not be meriry then? If I can beari my burdens W%'hten It's Chi's'iimus with a smile XWhy can't I faco my troubles In the same way all the while? Why nmust I go repinin' An' whimperin' along An' blind to all men's goodness. ,Seein' only what Is wrong, Till the year Is slippin' from me, Al' then rutldtenly declare When It gets arounl to Chris'mus T1hat thiere's goodnessp esevrywhierei -DetroIt Feree Press' GET ALL THE FUN YOU CAN OUT OF CHRISTMAS. Get all the fun you can out of * Christmas. Plunge into the at mosphere right away. Smuggle . packages up and down stairs < and hide them in the "old fash- . 2 ioned" hiding places. 1> And remember everybody, not ' with the substantial presents , you have thought it imperative d> to give, but with a jar of jelly, a piece of fruit cake or book or .i magazine cover made from bits <", of linen your scrap *bag has fur nishcl, a dainty sachet made from silk scraps or any one of a hundred other simple things you . can work on at odd times. These are ths sort of presernts which will restore the old time thrills that have becn well nigh lost in the loveless gift giving of recent * years. Teach your children 'that <; Christmas time is a giving time <* as well as a getting time. <. Tzach them particularly to 0 think of children whose nests < 0.) pre less downy than their own. ' There are so many such. And A there is no more tragic thing in a child's life than to be forgot ten on Christmas day. Is there <. any picture on earth so appealing as to see a child at a shop win dow with only a windowpane > between his pinched nose and* pointing finger and a high piled. . world of dolls and drums and y skates and picture books? Can ? you imagine a keener pang, a . .q more sorrowful thing, than the * <t unanswered prayer of a little 2 child at Christmastide? SPECIAL NOT!CBS. F'or' Sale -Thrllee milch'i cowsq gIvIng fronit I hr I to t lollr gallons1 of m1 111Ik. lFor' Sale Oae good huggy anmd new set of hiariness. ini lirfet ('ondi1t. iTerms: $tiniin (ash or' se'erid note dure. Sre .\tli:s .laynit (;arlinglton, 'iii ri Oto s' 2I 1-1191 Wanted-o t'i o a( isk your i neihboir aboutt thiat old fashion1 Corni .\leal of hEielerigeri Iros. 21-Il L~ost--One gold lockecrt beaing oin Itha balk the word "'Slster"'. Lost some1'whIr o'iin South liarper orl on0' 1 the slina re. Rtern to ilThe Adver'tiser of fIce antI receIve reward. 21-it-pd Lost-Small blue1 sack contaIning one $20 bIll, one $10 bill1 and somie sil ver money, sqomewher'e between Lau1 rens Oil ' MII11 antd A'rmstr'ong's mar ket. Rewar'd if r'etui'ncd to this of lece. 21-it For Sale-One bay horse mule, 10 years old, weighing about 900 pounds. Want $125.00 for him. See him at Lin wood Martin's Stable. T. M. Shaw, Laur'ens, S. C. 18-5t Good Rdason for It. A gentleman who was raising bees and was the oivner of several hives was telling some children they must not bother them at all. One little girl said, "Brother picked up one this morning, but he let right go again." Darik Town. Of 10,000 townshIps in France hav ing more than 1,000 inhabitants, about 6,000 are without any publio lighting. Of the remainder, there are 1,249 lighted by gas, 2,763 lighted by elec tricity and 172 by acetylene. "A Man's island." "As a train wdnt out of Paddington station the other day," we are told, "'there were in a third-class compart mient two women smoking cigarettes and a man knitting."-London Ptgnoh. IHave you looked at those $9.99 Suits at Davis-Roper' Co's. Th'Iey'ru gr'eat. Still Carry Bar's . ilead at Christmas medieval Yuletide custom of carrying a boar's head in procession to the Christmias banciquet was once common in Einglnd. ''oday it 'is confined to Queen's college, Oxford, and one or two baronial houses. The reason for the custom surviving at Queen's is, according to tradition on account of a valorous deed perform ed centuries ago, by a Queen's scholar. i1e was walking in the fields studying lils Aristotle when a wild boar rushed at him open mouthed. With great presence of mhind the student crammed the book down the animal's throat, and it was thus choked to death with philosophy; hedce the survival of the boar's head at the college of which this bold scholar was a mnembner. No litter setting for a ceremony that links up the twentieth century with the past eduld be provided than the cloisters and dining hall of Queen's college. Queen's, whose foundation dates back to 13-10, was the college of the Black i1rince, Henry V., Cardinal Beaufort, Addison, Wycherley. and many other famous men. The procession of the boar's head Is formed up tit tire buttery. At its head walks the soloist, a former scholar of the college. Next coies the boar's head. This is rine oli a silver salver upon the shoulders of two stalwart servItors. -The great helid, presents a quait and handsome a ppearance, be fng surniounted by a glittering' and be jeweledl crown .and decked with. frills of. gilded bay amid- rosemnary. B e tween the tusks is pinced a golden orange. Flags hearing the college arms and devices are fixed tin the head. Immediately behind the great dish comes the college organist. wearing the brilliant robes of an Oxford doctor of music, and followed by his surpliced choir of men tad boys. Meanwhile the provost of the col lege, standling on the dais at the end of the hll in the midst of the princl. i):l guests, says a iltin grace. after which the dhin1er eall is sounded in the cloisters iiponi a trumilet. Then with stately polip the p) rove cf1e0son slow 13' aiviainces fromt the butlery, through (lie loiste'rs ail into tie greit dining ha11. anld the soloist sings the procla mr~atiIon: The ho r's heel In hanld hear I, Ifedecked withi bpays and rosemary. Anld I praiy you, my masters, )e merry. The in Ithe' c'miri ings in hazirmnonious chorus the tnrloius old Latin carol: Quo''t estis' In convIvio. ('1a11ut apiI dr'fero, olnils laudes Domino. ly the tlie the Carol is flinished the proessioli has reached the dis, anld the hoar's hdit'fd Is (Wp)0ed on the high table. Then the provost, or, inl his abseiie, the senior ollicial of the college who Is present, removes the flags, which are used year after year mid tire of considerable antiquity, and preseits to each of the principal guests a portion of the gilded evergreens. The remaInder is eagerly scrambled for by the other guests. After this prelude the dinner is served as ordinarily save that the most valu able and antique silver plate and pew ter are used(, speclal sauces are servedi wilth the ments, andit homne brewved ale andl queen's own speclal beer, a liquor of great potency, are servedl in the valuable old tankards. ** CHRISTMASTIDE. e -*: >pE, reoil the holly herrIes glow, 4 -' Tecimtisoni headsl that fairs I ** .* bulow -*e .. A Christmsdo* -- Wuhen wone ee 'iThi chibiiiren gatherti close to hear . -*. Strange tales9 that m.iove up)on thli* ..iAnd ulimi the e-yes --' With mulaintive sighs . -*iTill downward 14lips the sIlent tear. ,*Aind many no sorrow at tiio heart * ..Now thant this gracious Christmas- . ** tide . *Moves (down thie wvorld from shore * . to shore * e. Wih wond~er ships of golden store, e.Whero every child irn fancy seems . **The captain of his fleet of dreams. . *And may thie old forget ngain * .Their unwise wisdom bought of * *. pain. * tAnd niay their voices sweet and e ** clear . e flRing out the notes of festal chioer.* fling, ring the bells with mel * e.Sing, sing all joyously I e*Vhilo faith and hope and love still e * reigne *,The wprld must ever young remain. * eSo sing and sing and ring the bells* e O'er holt and heath and down thee, e* doells,e *And may no sorrow at the heart c e. abide * e.Now that this Is glad Christmastide. * ---T. IHoward Wilson in Los Angeles'. **Times. Age of the Chelstmas Card. Could you say ofthand how old is the Christmas card which 1s now making its armual appear'ance in the shops? It is younger than most people1 Imagine. for Its age Is only about seventy years. There would seemi to be two clainmants (both famnous) to the honor of having Invented it. According to some, Cuth bert [lode designed the first card when a studenit at Durham university In 1845, and designs of his circulated among his frIends for two years before the printers conceived the idea of of fering similar cards for sale to the gen eral public. Others claim the inventIon for Horaloy, the artist, who desIgned one for Sir flenry Cole in 1848. And a specimen of this card bas fetched as mnuch as f50., Suggestions for Christmas] Sterling Silver Articles-Always Welcome Gifts 75 Cents Fal Fre and Case No 8758 Sterling Silver. French Gray Finl-'ch - $1.00 Per Set No. 8.698 j Sterling Silver Deposit On Crystal Glass Sugar Bowl cight 2 Inches Crcarn Pitcher Height 2Y inchc - $2.75 Vanir rNo. Eca Bright Fin Mvirror i.skCovtr $1.50 S igar w Tongs Sterling Silver ? righitVl Finish No. 8761 No.80 rocket Kulie l N op 8 eni French Gray Finish Point Pencil $1.00 No. 8728 VihClip. C _ hild's Napkin Hlolder0 Jirijlit. vinish . 8ttrling Silver 5D Cienu Telescopic Pcswil Sterling Silver N 0753 Bight and French Gray Finish $2.00 No. 8744 Knife and Paper Cutter z Christmas Gifts That Appeal to All BR1ACELErs ( SEAL RUN0S SILVER TRAYS 1110CHES CARD CASES SILVER VASES NEICLACES GOLD STUDS TABLE SILVER LOCKETS GOLIt FOBS SAVER BAGS And many other Elegant and Useful Gifts for Everyone RELIABLE JEWELER LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA THE IDLE HOUR 7JHE Last episode of The Trey 0' Hearts ',will be Tuesday instead of Monday Next Week. TvHE Perils of Pauline next week will be oni 3 Wednesday instead of Tuesday--This is the Last. Episode. PHE Film Makers saw fit to change our schedule hence the above changes in these .1. two popular Plays "THE MASTER KEY"' . Starts Soon THE IDLE HOUR