Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Etierription Price is $1.o0 Per Year Payable in Advance. Published by &D-ERiTISEB PRINTING COMPANY Laurens, 8. C. ALISON LEN President ARTHUR IS Sec. and Troas. ldvertising Rates on Application. ObItuaries and Card 'of Thanks: One cent a word. Enbtered at the postoince at Laurena, B. C, as second clas mail matter. L.A URENS, S. C'., SEPT. 29, 1915. Tho Greenwood Index came forth list, week with a Special Booster Edl tion of forty pages that was up-to-the minute in every respect. It did honor to the publishers, to the merchants of Gireenwood who advertised so liberal ly and to the "boys" who handled the type with such skill. 0 * 0 COTON STiLL GOING U1P. 'i'he Cotton iarket is on the jump. It is a slow (lay on the locall mar'ke't when a gain of from a sixteenth to an ei.hh iii of a cent is not recorded. Last prices' yesteorday were 12 1-2 cents for middling. with little offered for sale. Some coilaint has been heard about the p rices on the local market, but siilar coiplaints have been heard froi nearly every town in the vicinity, Including Sp4Irfanburg, Greenwood, Anderson and of hers. Thie Advertiser nman has kept his "weather eye" on the market for lie past week, however, and he his found fhat. taken on an av erage, the Lau rens market compaires well with others. On one (lay he has foi titl a imiarket here and fthere ahead anl on atiothier day Ie has found the saiue markets behind or on a par with ti0s one. As an insfance, lie Green 'wood market was (luoted at I1 1-t6 last Wednesday. The Advertiser wired fror a special report aid found that 10 hales had sold for that figure and that others had -;old for less. The follow ing (lay fihe price held to II cents here an-i tile Iaurens market was right along with it. The Liaurens mar ket. reached the quarter on Friday and the Greenwood iarket stood still, but hit the half cent. iark with tihe 'Lau rens market. onl Satiuiday. On last Fri day The Advertingr was advised that Founitain Iun iwas paying 11 cenis and The .\dverftiser ma h111limseltf was at Owings about 4 o'clock where Mie mar ket was titp to an eighth. t\t the same time lie i aur tens biyers were paying a <i'm rt c4. The Coluimnbia "Hoosters" (111wd t'.o I.:ure s m ike Thurs1day at I t 2?. ::it Iheir informtt I ion was ii corrleCt, a suI h inforiaion o to n is, blt thiis ;1itr got (lhe Creli. fo4 being a hii4 nkti that day. And so it. goes. On day a wild tepoI of igh\ pices are- hea!d in onte place, and again the rpor eim s fronm anofher plaIce. M r. W\. !M. Sloam it'o Owings & Owings, stat'.-i that they (could ve ry well I ay a dto. lar a ::,l 1(1dt 5o i801(acounts fihaf tey have mal Ithen tnot lose tmoney and~ probably this is I le way :somei' mtarkefts ar ic:Ioni , Ibul ---The AdvYe rtiser ad vis~es fliat an organIiiiztin be0 formed t~o get exac Ito rports every dlay fromi sur roundin1 lg t)ownus an t111he mariket. re 1(or t from NewI York. Th is wvouldn probabilty hlAp to binulg alt ptarties to a An nlow iThe ' I Ad vertisert has an un lteasant utfy to lietformt. We undioer st an tat ith le Clolumbn Iia "Hoosfters"' wer o t pleased with tie iecetfion giv~en them in L aurtens. In fact., Tlhie New berry Observer says that "They say" thaut ILaur ens handed them a "temion". If all Canme about, if we unt dlerstan d correctly, latgely thirough the failure of the Columtbians to gIet dinner here. It Is said that they were rallher scantily fedl and doubtless they were, but let us see why. We might say in the beginning that we (discover'ed Tlhiursday, when the Boosters beCgant to look around for dinner, that something had gone wirong. We heard mumblings from in dividuals and knew that Laurens was being eriticized. We heard more of it later, but had determined to let the matter go unexplaIned, as is often the best piolicy, untIl a letter camie here from the Columbia Chamber of Comn merce which was handed to us with the reply attached. Considering the circumnstances, the letter was not In exact good taste, so It is not publlished, nor is the reply. PrintIng of neither of them will dlo any good, but we wish to correct the Impression that Laurens was infentionally discouitfeous to the C:olumbfl iians. In the first place, regar'dless of 'the mivif~e of the booster trip, it was a Co lumbia affaIr and not a Laurens a'f fa ir. TPhe Coluiimbia secretary w Iired herec ando gave a condlitional i'rder to) a private citizen for a barbecue. As is wvellI known, it lakes more time ,to nrepnre a barhbeue than a regular neal, so the Columbians were request ed to give final Instructions by Tues (lly morning at 9 o'clock. They failed to do it. Nothing was hoard from them until Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, too late to make the necessary preparations, although tentative ar rangements had been made several days before. Being too late to prepare a barbecue, one of the local restaur ants was advised of the expected ATr rival of the boosters, though no defi nite information could be given as to the number to be expected as the; Co lumbia secretary had refused point blank, so we are informed, to author ize any specifed number of plates to be prepared. The result was what might have been expected at .any place under the circumstances, some went away hungry. We regret exceed we must submit, in all fairness, that we much su-bmit, in all fairness, that the fault lay in Columbia. Whether or not the Columbians were pleased with other phases of their re ception here, we have not learned. We know that there were not very many out to receive the boosters, as no invi tation had been extended by the Co lumbians to meet them. The people of this city, probably a least bit too con servative, are accustomed to be guld ed by the generally accepted social us ages and hesitate to go where they are not invited. If our people had been ad vised through the regular channels of public communication of the Colun bians' desire to meet our people, not only would our merchants but our la dies would have been delighted to coie out and give themii a public and cordial reception. In the absence of any such invitation, only the veriest few. who happened to be on the public siuare at the time, were present. to hear the pleasing addresses of the Columbia citizens. That is about all Ihere is to the whole business, ymtt as a side-light on the general booster idea, we present an ellitorial in yester day's Newberry Observe", as follows: "They say Laurens gave the visiting 'hooslers' a lemon on Thursday. "Why not? There was a gang of one hundred and eleven people from Co lumbia, and on the same day another gang of boosters were there from Greenwood-all pulling for Laurens' trado. 'Laurens needs her own trade. The trade gained to Columbia or Green wood is lost to Laurens. "But they say they want only the trade that aNurens ennnot supply. Isn't it. a reflection on Laurens to say to her face that her merchants don't handle first-class goods? That her people have to send off to get clothing and hiardware and otir merelhandise? And how is a town ever' going to keep first-class goods if her people won't bu1y theml but send off for thenm? "No doubt some such t hought s as these ran thr-ougi the m11inds of the ii Iirlens peopl)leC --tle imlerchanits (s pecially-when: thev sal' two sets of 'oooslers' iII her midst tle Samei)( day dli'rumiing for her trade. "They .Iy i1 i's only a 'So tlil Caro idea when the Auguz~sta 'hoosters' came wress thei Fa :vanniah recently an d v-ift'd Sotth Cre!!nai towns? "'Of cour1-e itf imurecns mierelhant, or' wherryier'chant s, or othle:' mer' iin. d not handle tir'st.-class goodls, herci peol e cannaot he ) blmed for scnd inig off to get them; buit it is mighty )0oor)0 policy, and11POl poorecouir'agemen'1t ihome merch('iants, I'. pe'ople send~ away for thuings they <an fInd at hiomte. "'So "ther' ie's a reason' why Lauriens s'omud rnot lhe lparmt iculrnly enithusias tie ove'r the comning of t he 'hocosters'; andi itf ixaiurens ipeopl symipatiz/ed w ~ it lie feeling of thle mchlantIs, It is that miuchi to the~ (redlit of' the Laui r'en s peoplhe-for it shows thait they are hiome-b)uyers arnd home~-bi !der1s. "'Buy at home.' 'At. home' means your' own town." HEALThf AND H[APPI'NESS DEPEND UPON YOUR LlVER - That sluggish liver wilth its slug gish flow of bile is what makes the world look so dark at times. Dr. King's New Life Pills go straight to the root of the difficulty by waking up the action of the liver' arid increasing the bile. Dr. King's new Life Pills cause the bowels to act more freely and drive away those "moody days." 25c a bottle. di S * LONQ VIEW NEWS, * Long View, Sept. 27.-Crops are suf fering because of the very dry weath or' Milss Dollie Mac Cole spent the day with Miss Ethel Reeder last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cole have gone to Clinton. Master Lawrence Reedor was in town Thursday afternoon. Mr. JTohn War'd han been in the set tiemnent. Mr. L. WV. Reeder and1 Mr. A. F. Cole man spent the day with Mn'. Willie 'Coat.s last Sunaday. Mr. Stepp Smith, of the C. & W. C. rail road, has been visitIng homefolks. Mr. L,. E. Reeder huas canned about nrnnelnrd rcnns oftomatoes. Mr. W. P. Adair and family spent the day near Mountville last Sunday. NMrs. 13111 Ward is visiting 'Mr. John Ward's 'family. Miss Eloise Reeder and her sister, Alleen, have been visiting their father, Mir. I. K. Reeder. Diarrhooa Quickly Cured, "My attention was first called to Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy 'as much as twelve years ago. At that time I was seri ously ill with summer complaint. One dose of this remedy checked the trou ble," writes Mrs. C. W. Florence, Rockfield, Ind. For sale by all deal ers. *.* o e. e o e eo e e 5 e5 * MADDEN NEWS. * Madden, Sept. 27-"Blessings height en as they tae their flight"',was Yoe( fled yesterday as the little boy stood before me vainly trying to fasten his blouse, with his thumb held high and with various contortions of his face lie tried to button it up. Finally 'in des peration he yelled "Come here some body and help me! I didn't know be fore that your thumbs did all the but toning!" Neither did I know ones thumbs did all the writing! But the editor can testify that without them one's hand is hardly legible-no won der he made mie say "union" hvhen it should have been "minor"-and the name of that cousin of mine that al ways looks as if she had Just, steloped from a )and box-I'm afraid to met her that's all after that bad spelling o.' ier name! lut goodness mie! So many folks like to hear what we Madden folks are up to, that I just. have to write thumbs or no tihmiibs. We haid a good congregation Iout Sunday. lro. Martin preached an ap propriate ser'mon from the text: "And the sons of the prlopliets at'id. unto Hlliisha. the place wvhere we dwell is too simiall for is." He was the guest while urp of .lr. and Irs. Dean and \ir. and .Mrs. Freeman Brown. Mr. and .irs. Tom Coleman of the leaverdam section wor'shipped with us on Sunday. Mrs. Belle Boniamn and son Johrn of Lairens, were tihe week-end guests of hier sister, lrs. May Madden. Miss Mary Mlartin of Laurens spent Saturday night witi len' grand par ents, \I'. arid irs. Jno. R. Finley. Madden was very well repr'esented at the stock meeting at Laurens Satur day. The Messrs Finley, Power, Lang stori and Woffor'd were among those wio hleard the Clemson experts lec ture. Mir. Erastus Madden left Sunday for Atlanta wlere he will attend a busi ness college. We wish imir1 success. MN. .Johrn A. Wofford iad the pleas ure wh-tile inr Laureis Saturday of rhmeeting for a few midnutes an old tiic. fIrind, Capit. lankin, of Ii igh Point, N. C. For a few monrenits they held a muir taial adminiration soelety, each assur'ing the otirer that limtle had dealt gently in the 17 yearss ine th Irey had met. Cait. lUankin is Ilie pr'esidernt of a fir' nituir' factory in 1liighr Point anid was eni route ly aurtormoblili to ('harlestoni. 'The Mlessrs Tr'ayrnhamn, of Lare'ns, hra'e bouighrt a t~'r(et of land f'rm .\ir. Tomr Sihaw kinown as mar't of tihe llTenry irlacc, near lhcre. They are to go into the c'attle ra isinrg buisinmess and we hav'e hecarid thrat IMr. P ercy W. Finei y will lit tire manager of samre. Mn'. 'launde J1. Iirown leaves for (lem soin on tire 30thl. C'larude is a moinst de serving young fellow. and we were all gladi wheri lhe won thre oiie year schnol arsiIp off ered to farrmer b'oys and wie wish him ighty) well in Iris year's work. With inhris leavinii all onur folks that are In) enter college wvill have gone. They are Ryan Mrarit in an 1( Johrn Moore II ud~gens at Pledlmont; 'luude 11 r'own arid .John Will inm Wofford, at 'Cemson; Er'astrus Madden, Atlanta; and~ Kate W'offord, Wlrnthr'op. We have a hevy of yorung girls in the high school at Laur'ens, whom we are sure will make good thei'e, as well thre col leges to whi!ch they shall go. Mr's. L.oru Moore spent the wieek-end with her nIece, Mr's. Laura Hiudgens and atterndedl ser'vices at Prospect. Messr's Johmn H enry, D~avid Martin, Brooks Davenport and Mi'. and~ Mr's. Pitts Henry and little daughter were the guests Sunrday of Mr'. arnd Mr's. J. R. Finley. Miss Lutie Young, our emlent teacher arid Miss Or'a Powvers we're pleasant enllers of Mi'. and Mr's. Wlof ford recently. Learn yourr Sunday school lesson and conme on to Sunday school at New Pr'ospect next Sunday. October 3rd. Our contr'iburtiori that day is for state missions. Somec folks belIeve strorngly "that charity begins at hiome"-her'e's your chance to priove yourr faith by your wor'ks. Solid ear loadI of Bied Rloom Furnnl tre' just in. Y'ou wanit to see these goods sure, for they are tire biggest valures ever shown. All material fir'st quality, and in an extra fine fhrish. Nice r'oll head and foot beds1, from $4.50 nip; nice oark driesser's frori $7.50 up. Give uis a call, we harve whlat you w~ant arid our pr'ices will save you rionrey. R. M. & E. TT. WITICS & CO. NEGRO I POLITICS BAD. Goverior States Is Attitude Toward Beaufort Situation. Columbia, Sept. 27.-"1 believe in the rule of the white leiople," said Gover nor Manning this afternoon, in re sponse to a request from newspapers for an expression on the situation re ported to exist in Beaufort, S. C. "I do not feel that It is proper for the governor to meddle in local poli tics as a rule, but in this pagrticular case the situation presents a very grave and serious question. "The Democratic party stands for white supremacy, and to use the negro vote in an election among the Demo crats is setting a very dangerous- pre cedent for all future times. I canpot too strongly stress the importance of white rule in South Carolina. "The precedent established by a bolt from the primary -for the purpose of using the negro voters in the general election is a most dangerous one. "Personally, under no circumstanc es would I accept a nomination or elec tion to any office at the hands o' the negro," the Governor said. "The ne gro is all right in his place, but his place is certainly not the ballot box. This has been proven time and time again in the past. "The white man is the negro's best friend when the negro is out of poli tics, and the negro himself is hat'pier and more prosperous without the bal lot, for the reason that he is not then to be used for the purpose of defeat ing the will of the white citizens of South Carolina." Whenever You Need a General Tonk Talms Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tastelesa chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contnins the well known bomic properties of QUININI? and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive out Malaria, RAiriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Don't fail to see the bargains in the basement at the Red Iron Racket. SPECIAL NOTACES. * * * *5*5 * * * *S *S* * * * 11l0'S TIiIS FOl RlESULTSI * * The Advertiser received yes. * * terday the followinir 'letter, * Swhilelh fully explalins itself: * * G(oldville, S. C., * * 9-27-15 * * Laurens Advertiser, * * Laurents, S. C. * * Sirs: * * Please do not run my ad in * *your paper any lorer as I have * * :.ot haid thie to do anythIng bit * * read answers to same since the * * first week. 1l5ease miiall le bill * * and I will settle for same. * * ours truly, * * (Shlied) ,. .11' Slimpson. * 'lhe speeial notice coluim 1 o * STihe Ad ertiser is bound to get. * results if results are possible. * * li11 you aylm ftor saele * * Put it in thle Speclial ed'umni antd * *te'li it to e'very'body. * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4 * S Not iee---On the premttises 1 will sell to I he highest bidder for cash. Nov. Ist, 19~'15, t he lot of 2 acres with house, of Isambelhli l'ut tna m, dlec'eased. J1no. A. Wanted- Party wIth $200 to Invest in lroptosit ion tha't will yieldl 2.' petr cent monthlly. A moun t s;ecured. Adl dries(s by l etter "'Opportutnit y catre Tlhe Adlvertiser'. 10-1t Wanttedl-Will pay cash for o1(1 secrap iron and~ bjones'. 15 eents per1 .100 for scra p Iron. Inqu111i'e at Lautrens Trail orlng ('., 1,. W. IHighee, Lau rens, S. C. 10-1t Money to Loan-In lots of $1,000 andI up on improved farim land fr'om 4I to 10 yearis. Rates reasonable. A pply by letter to .1. S. Craig, Lautrens, in. F. il)., or to A. C. Todd, Laurens. 10-5t For Ilent--Four' room cottarge on Mattin .stre't. Apply to Owings & Ow ings. 10-t Staiont-Standardl bred registered' stallion "John L. Laurens" for setr v'ice. Fee, $13 for living colt or $5.00 cash withtout guarantee. J. W. M. Sul livan, Rt. 4. 9-St-pd Farmt-5-horse farm for rent or sale. Buy while the war is on and pay for them after it is over. See me at once or phone 85. 'Now is the time to sow clover, rye, etc. T. M. Shaw. '7-52 Wanted-To buy cattle without horns. Apply to T. Gibbon Traynham, Laurens, S. C. 8-5t For Sale-One 5-room house with 4 1-2 acres in Gray Court. Convenient to splendid school and chutrches. Terms to suit ipurchasetr. Apply Box 23, Gray Court, or Mrs. HI. L. Culbertson, 306 Williams street, Greenville, S. C. 8-3t For Sale-7O acres well improved farm, with good dwelling, out build ings and tenant house, good neighbor hood, convenient to school and church es, known as Ernest Beniet home place. Anderson & Blakely. 7-tt Notiee-During the coming season wve will b~e in the market for cotton seed. Weighed at the Laurens Bond ed Warehouse by Mr. J1. 1. Coleman. Your business solicited., T. D. .Lake & Son. 7-5t Land For Sale.-on long terms. Also land to trent, from one to twenty five horse farm. See tne or wrte me at once. Thos. M. Shaw, 2-tf. Laurens. S. C.. R. F. D. 4. National Dress-Up Week Begins Friday October 1st. Today we face a situation very different than that of last year. Now we see beyond unecertainty that this county al ready is lapped by the first waters of a great tide of prosperity sweeping strongly and surely upon us8-a prosperity more wonderful.than anything we ever have known, and which now can not be prevented by anything within the bounds of possi bility. Let us clothe our minds in optimism and then express our minds' attitude in better eothes than we have been wearing in this last year since the war began. Let us "Dress Up"--to the part that the mnen and women of this great nation are yet to play. It needs only a little more general recognition of what the future is bound to bring this country to set every man, woman and child glowing with confidence and enthusiasm that iq turn will sepd the nation forward with even more momentum into the full tide of prosperity. Every business man-every nerelant-hans the power to .help bring this condition to be. Make your public see that Europe's storm will not-ean not-break here. Make them see that this country is free of the dark clouds and the sun is slining. Tell them over and over again in your conversation "this slogan line, "Dress Up-It Won't Rain!'' The Merchants of Laurens---Your Home Town---Are Pushing this Great National Boosting. Others Are Saving Money, Why Not You? 'hiey are saving money oil groceries and they are getting tile very best quality of goods by trading here for cash. We can afford to sell eheaper because we do busi ness with less expense. Whallt we save Onl bookkeepers, collectors and bad accounts wve give to our clustoiers. 25 lbs. sack Sugar $1.45 10 lb. bucket Flake White Lard .90 10 lb. Bucket Snowdrift lard 1.00 10 lbs. Swift's Silver Leaf pure lard 1.25 Sliced Breakfast Bacon per box .33 Sliced Boiled Ham per pound. .35 Sliced Ham per pound .25 Full Cream Cheese per pound .23 Best Flour $6.00 to $6.50 Best Norfolk Oysters will arrive Thursday week and Seach Thursday after that The~ proof) of. the pie is in th e eaing andi the. pr oof of) ouri moneyC3-saving pi1ces is inI the fact that eneli day~ our1 business grows. Whyli not heceome one of our satisfied cus1 t omers. One visit to ouir store. one trial of our d bagains and wet'll niot worry about youi coming bac k to set us. Now is the proper time to buy your coupon book for next month. Phone us for your book $1 to $20 ~ ash Grocery Store W.Moore Dial, Prop. Headquarters for School and College Necessities Whether in school or college, at horne or away, every boy and girl should be sup plied with the followig necessities: Stationery, Tooth Brushes, Tooth Paste or Powders, Shoe Brushes, Hair Brushes and Combs, Face Creams and Lotions, Tal cum Powder, Shaving Soap or Cream, Shav ing Brushes, etc. we have them. Powe Dug. omany