The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 03, 1917, Image 6
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Dailing child, so meek and mild,
Why do you stay in the woods s0
wild
'And leave your mot her alone
(While you roam so far from home?
You are n lever looking for something
to do,
- But, I always have somlething ahead
for you.
7 never have a chance to lay my body
to rest,
'While you are playing with the
birds in their nest.
I amnI of you so fond.
:Rift you never will leave the frogS
in the pond.
Y ou always a piece of candy (o .uck.
iVile your father i.4 at h0ont fred
ing the (tick.
Tannie I). Dial.
GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH HAIR
DOUBLE ITS BEAUTY
'l'r this! Hlair gets thick, alossy,
''nt and beatttiful at o::.
:1nediate?-Ves Certain?-that's
Ih .toy of it. Your hair becomes light,
wa.y, IlIufy, abundatt and appears as
sot,. lustrous and beaut iful a.s a young
:is after a I) uiuderine hair cleanse
at:- try this---Moisten at cloth with a
lit :e l)anderine and carefully dtraw it
Thraigh your hair taking one small
stand at a time. This will cleanse
th . hair of dust. dirt or excessive oil.
and) in just a few lomelints you have
doI:bled the beauty of your hair. A
(IC litful su 1r ise 'waits those whose
htalr hai been neglected or is "craggy,
faded, dry, brittle or thin. Ilesides
anif lying the hair. Danderine dis
.'es every particle of dan:lrutTff
cl .anses, purifiles and invigorates the
;calp, forever stopping itching and
falling hair, but what will please you
mnest will be after a few week's use,
Il:: n you see ne.w hair--fine and
d.'\ny at first-yes but really new
hair growing alI over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair, and lots
(t it surely get, a '.,-cent bottle of
Nnowlton's Danderine from any drug
sto e or toilet coute' all .15is try It
ASSESSOR'S NOTICE 1917.
The Auditor's ollece will be open
from the 1st day ot' lanuary to the
tit hi of February, 1917 to miake returns
of all personal property for taxation.
For the Con venie lie of taximyers
file Auditor or his deputy will attend
71. ollowin g named pilaces to reetie
iet r0ns for said year to wit.:
Monday, .lan. 15, Scutletown town
: ". S.. ('raig's store.
O.(Inday, lan. 1,, .Jacks township, S.
W. Dean':.
.\onday, .Jan. I,, JIacks tow nslip,
Reno.
Alonday, .Jan, I:,, Huanter township,
.3lountville.
.\londay, .lan. I5, Cross Iiil towvn
lhip., Cross l111!.
.'londay, .tan. 1I,, Waterloo township,
i(Iil\ ll.IWaterlootlts~i
\londay, .lan. 15, WatrioI to wni,
J. 1.. .\liden's.
. onday, .uan. I.., Waterloo tow n Stoi),
Silly C. .\latin':. Iiior 'e.
.\londay, .lan. I., Iles to n s!i, II.
.\'lenday, .1an. I.h, Yingts' townuship,
-Juesnday. .Iltt. it,, Youn!vat township,
\ilundaiy, Jan. 1.3, Ieiflsetownshp town
Tuenday, .Jan. I1,, onurns township,
Cookts s\tore.0p m o :0 .m
WTdesday, .an 1, lnte ton-p
ClIpnConto. oto il
WTdesday *Jan. 1, ullivan town-p
Tudesday, Jan. 1, Dials township, D
V..Harrit.
Tudesday, Jan. 1, Yongs town-p
Wednsday, Jan , Hnter town-p
ip.ll Cointon Coilnl. ll
Wednsday, Jlan. 1, Sullivan towni
shIpW Prnct. ulvnS.
Wednsday, Jal. 1, Dials townIsh ip,
Wedr sayyJn.C7,Yongttwn
Thursday,. Jan. 18, Yunter township,
Thrday, Jan. 1, Siva town-li)
Thurtsdayl h Jan.e ust Dals advertse-d
Platpes Mon. 0 ardmkeie
idays Jn. mall uIlne makeshep
Gi'olve.udadsm a o ldr
Ptaleasle maketne tha te apoinhav
ments ll b)te tfiltdjust in tadsverse
Allns male eman heually makes age
of 21 and~ 60 years on the 1st of Jan
iuairy except thlose who ar'e incapable
of earning a suppor~it fr'om beIng
maimed or firom other causes, ar'e
deemed polls, Confederate veterans
excepted.
Also all male citizens between the
ages of 18 and 50 on the 1st (lay of
January, 1918, are liable to a road tax
of $1.50 and are reqtuired to make
during thle tImp above specified and
-their return of same to the Auditor
shall pay to tIle County Treasurer at
the same time ogther taxes are paid In
le of workIng the road.
All taxpayers are reqjuired to give
townlship) and number of school dis
tricts; also state whether property is
situiated in town or country. 1tach lot,
tract, or parcel of land must be en
tered separately.
Aftor the 20th of February 50 per
cent penalty will be attached for faIl
ure to make returns.
3, W. THOMPSON,
Ununty Anuditor,
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* LETTER FROM GEO. L. PITTS. *
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Roby, Texas,
Dec. 18, 1916.
Editor The Advertiser:
This is the result of numerous re
qluests from youir readers for "An
other letter from Texas."
In the outset let ie say that I sin
cerely wish for each and all of my
friends a merry Christmas and a hap
ply New Year. And if perchance there
Is one who does not feel friendly to
ward me, then I wish for that one a
dobtle portion 'of the season's happi
ness and prosperity. No doubt many
of you are hopinlg for me a pleasant
Ytletide, but you are hoping against
late. Two friends, onile from New .\lex
ico and one from Colorado, and myself
have planned to nieet in Abilene and
synipathize with each other diaring the
holidays.
Your paper, Mr. Editor, reaches ie
each week. It Is often lifteen days of
age when I get it, but it always looks
mighty good to ie. Through it I
learn of your Joys and sorrows, and
both are shared wit you. 1 am glad
to know who are shopping and visit
ing, who have finished picking cotton
and sowing grain, who are getting
married and who are on the honor roll.
Your paper is indeed a "letter from
home." Let it come each week not
wit hstanding the fact the two hits will
b1e added to the sublscriptionl price on
account of the high cost of living.
To write a Icier from Texas Is quite
a hard task. I have seen two thirds
of the two huindredi and lifty six coun
ties of the State and have traveled ov
er a territory five tlines as large as
South Carolina. I do not know where
to begin or where to end. Th'ere are
two sections. however, that 'are- of
special inlrest to me-1he I3lack Land
and the Plains of the Panhandle.
The black land stretches from the
Red river south to San Antonio
through ile east-central part of the
State. a distance of almost four hu1n
d red miles. and varies in width from
fifty to one hundred and lifty miiles.
The soil is indeed black and quite
iprodiiev e wit I a small amount of
rainfall. Wheat. Vegetables, fruits,
et(. do not grow here. ('or and oats
do well. Coton was king n111111 the in
vasion 1by the boll weevil. .\ revolu
tion has taken place. liiversitieatiol
is the rsuit.
The peanut is proving to be one of
the money-bringimg subs Ii tnt es foi'
(v'oltonii. Texas has :1i0,1101 acres in
Peaulits this year, and mhaly repiclort a
l'du1ction of $:,El.lo an aere.
'Texas, fori the most part, ai es
peially this black land distri t, is
stic y i co (smopolitan1. One" finds
people there frout ivery stale in I the
union anid from 'very ('Ounitr1y in the
woi'ldl. .\laniy of tIhe counties are set
tied a lmost entirely 11 y threigners. Inl
onle c'ollnty whrE I speit a week, the
c(ointy suu'rinlendet nt, ireasirir and
Iount jtd' are Gtrmans. The ali
ei ollic':s aie Italians. T'hei' imayorhi'
iind all isi subioirdinate's are Germnains.
In a I lace li ke' Iha t (1111 muist ('at peas,
sirin's, oioiins. sauiki'aiit, spiage:tiI and
ci' ple( dol not stpeak Englisht at all.
Thley are'' iar itwor kerIs. good saveris,
have idlnty anid spend lilttle. They arue,
how('eer, grieatI belilever's in good
homes, barns, roads, schoo0ls anld
clhurches0. Tlhey areC nearly3 all cat ho
tIes.
Specaking of the holl weevil, I see
Laurlens has just had a boil weevil
meetinig. It is well. P'repiai'edness Is
the word. The bioll weevil will ireachi
South iC(arolna b~y thle summi~er of 19ft18.
lie is on thle miarch. Senator Smith's
zoiie plan will not work. Th'ie weevil's
only' eniemyl Is dry hot weather. Those
of you who hlave giveni the subject any
stuldy underC'istandl. Thle frequent raitis,
shlowers, damp dlays and heavy dews
In South Caroinua during the monthus
of .July and August will give the
weevIl ai cleani sweep. What if lI had1
rained in Texas this past summer as
it did in South CarolIna? Texas would
not have imadle a half mIllilon bales of
Thie thin g for oiut h C'arotlIna to do(
is to get ready for' th1 boll weevil, le
Is like a G ermian su biiainie-a b~ad
holmbrie, mysterious, sure toi get there.
In miak ing yoilu' lrepiarat ion conisider
the Ileaniut. TIhis little inconspiuouis
legume, once held in such contempt
that It was used to designate a certaIn
typle of diminutive polItlcIan, Is des
tined to become one of the staple pr'o
ducts of the South. The old tIme
gubler ulsed to gr'ow mIghty well for
me when I was a bare foot farmer boy
down In Jacks.
The PlaIns are located in the cx
treme north western part of the state,
anid cover' more than 60,000 square
'mIles. If the school boys will lookc at
the map of Texas they will at once
savvy (pardon this and other- foreIgn
expressions. This letter would not
sound like Texas .without them) why
this part of the state is called the Pan
handle. The altitude of the tplains is
more than 3,000 feet, The wind blows
1917 IS DANGER
YEAR FOR SOUTH
Twenty Million Bales More Likely
'Than Twenty Cents a Pound,
Says Hastings.
Atlanta, Ga.-(Special)-That 191,
Is a "danger year" for sthe south, and
that there is "dynamite in the pres
ent cotton situation far the cotton
growing farmer," are the warning
words used by 11. C. Hastings, presi
dent of the Southeastern Fair Asso,
elation and the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, in an interview given tc
'the newspapers here urging farmers
not to increase their cotton acreage.
"Eighteen to twenty cent cotton at
plant ing time in spring," he says, "is
the bait that will lure hundreds of
thousands of farmers in the south to
each put in a few extra acres, and
should nature smile on the crop as in
1914, we will come nearer a twenty
million bale crop than 20 cents per
pound, for evidence multiplies daily
that they are 'planting right up to
the graveyard,' as it is sometimes ex
pressed.
"On the Hastings farm we don't ex
pect to put in an acre more of cotton
than we did last year, because we
think it a time above all others to
play safe. What we will increase to
the limit of our ability will be food,
grain and forage, beef cattle and
hogs.
"The safe way is to first supply all
needs of family and stock from one's
own acres, and then put surplus acre
age in cotton. With bread and meat
in hand, andi a garden producing
steadily through spring, summer and
fall; with home canned vegetables and
fruits on closet shelves for winter ta
ble use; with corn in the crib and hay
and fodder in the barn or stack, the
farmer can be largely independent of
cotton prices in the fall. The farmer
so provided for is never 'distressed.'
lie can sit on his cotton bales with
mind at ease, and sell in his own good
time when prices are right.
"With labor comparatively scarce
and fertilizer high, any material in
crease in cotton acreage must nec
essarily he at the expense of food and
grain acres that are in reality far
more responsible for the south's pres
ent prosperity than is 18 to 20 cent
cotton.
"Memories are short, but wise far
mers need only to look hack to 1914
and se(- the disstei due to too much
cotton that can': he eaten, and the
lack of food that ':le most eat. I re
peat thi. year of 1917, is a danger
year. Any fiat term- who intcr-teases cot.
(:;n acrens!' and cuts food cro p acres
is gainling with tle cards stacked
agaiinst !imt."
always. The sullers are cool and
the winters are cold. I saw three
snows i io-in ember and felt some zero
nea ethir. 'nlike the black lands the
watti:' on the p'ltiis is tine. 'Tllere are
no litns~i'toes, no flees in the sand,
i'o tat-an:tilas or 'entlipedes. .lack-tahi
hits, (oyoti- wolves, .\lexican quail, hot
n i'i s and wild chickens are tlhenti
ftl. The many beautiful lakes are full
of lis't and covered with duek. ''her
tetound .i tlwrie is a nearo on thle
lilain. i id not1111 see or hlari (if him.i
Onie tee; ver-y fewa .\ixicans or othle
ioreituners hi(e- -st rictly- while tieoiple
witht a lewi Yanikees s(-atteried here
thle "liundred pe liicenIt .1ud(ge".
Ti s Pianhandle sectlonl of Texas is at
liti of what was on1ce known as5 the
Ameriican D~ese-t. if you were to see
the tinle ranch homes, the0 nice schools
and chlu'rchds, thle r-aidly 'gi-owing
towns, the thotusands of fine-bred
horses, cowvs and sheep, the wheat,
kaifli-, alfalfa and milo1 failze fields, and
hoar the "hlonk, hlonk" of the many
high priced catrs y'ou woulid not think4
of a tdeset.
Mr .and Mrs. tiow and Mr-. andl Mrs,
mlockingbird must however, of neces
sity, humiliate andt endlanger- thetm
selves by building their hIomeIs anid
ireaing thleir' families onl the grotund
in the mesqutite gr-ass. "Rock-a-by<
hirdle in the tree toip does not apiply
here". I see by tile paper that Ama
illo Is havIng a community Christmas
ti-ce, andl tile ''tree" foi- the occasIon
a becautifullilac, was shipped fr-om ea
of tile Mississi-ppi river-.
WVheat, horses, beef cattle, sheep
hlogs, andI pioultr-y at-e the priincipal
money sour-ces. Easy money 1(00, Cs.
pecially with the pr-esenit pmices. (tram
is usually plentiful in thle summliler ant
the cattle graze on the wheat fieldi
during the winter. IEvery whteat tat-i.
or will tell you that wheat 'svill maki
a third more if it is grazed ant
tramped duriing the winter monthls.
saw wheat in November that wouti
hide a Sotuth Carolina rabbit, and t<
prevent it's jointing too early it nitsl
be grazed deiwn. The cattle are ofter
as fat duriing the winter on tile whoal
fields as they are in the summer or
the mesquite ranchoes.
This country Is just nowv being set
tied in earnest. The land is rapidil
advancing in -price because of thle In
creased demand. Sclentiflc farming ii
provinig suiccessful even with the smnaI
amnount of rainfall. Many of thme bi
I'nlhns are being cnt upn 'The bow
boys say the farmers are ruining the
country. Land is seldom sold in small
er lots than sections. They like. plen
ty of room. A real estate man in a
county much larger than Laurens said
to me: "We have too many peope in
the county for the amount of land we
have." , Upon inquiry I learned that
the county has three hundred and fifty
six qualified electors, five schools, nine
teachers, and tiwo hundred and seven
ty-three scolastlcs. 1 found several
such counties. Come west, young man,
there is plenty of room.
There are many other things that I
would like to write but this .letter is
growing too long.
With kind regards and good wishes
to all, I am,
Yours very truly,
Geo. L. Pits,
910 Wood Street,
hlouston. Texas.
Never Pays to Wait Too Long.
Some of us let mighty good oppor
tunities sllp by, waiting for inspira
tion, or the psychological- momnent, all
the time forgetting that idleness
never Inspired anybody to do any
thing.
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* List of Contrihntors to Laurens *
* Couinty Colored Fair.
* * ** ***, *. . s s s " " " 0.
Switzer C('o.-Fair men's work gloves,
ladies' umbrella. man's shirt, fancy
underskirt, counterpane.
Ilymen burey-Suit case, umbrella,
pair driving gloves.
Owings & hobo-50 lbs first pat. flour
and can coffee.
.John A. Franks-Rawhide whip, 10
lb. bucket of lard, halter, package of
Dr. less stock powder.
Kennedy Bros.-10 lbs. roasted cof
fee, 10 lbs crimson clover seed, one
package Pratt's cow remedy.
A. L. Mahaffey-5 lbs. of coffee.
11. F. Posey-one enameled dish pan.
howler & Owens- - lbs. coffee, one
Jog Figara, one lb. tea, one gallon of
syru p.
I1. )iamond-underwear, hat.
.1. Ii. aillivan-10 lbs. of crimson
clover seed, one package Pratt's
horse powder.
.\cPhay---:,00.
.1. C. Sahadi-one-half bu. a pples.
.1. .. Phil pot-one ean coffee.
Laurens Iardware o('.--- one cow
halter, one buggy whip.
If. King --ladies 'xiltwaist. heittle
of toilet water, iman's shirt.
It. W. Willis-one rug.
Smith & Little---pair of shoes.
Laurens Drug Co.-- l ottlc of toilet
water, box of slationery.
O'dell & Co.-$1.110.
1Leverett Furniture C'.-Pair pi
lows.
1t. ". Franks--$ 1.00.
Vial ('ash Grocery--a its. best (of
fee, one ib. Pratt's food for cattle.
one ladies' hat, piir 111e11's pants.
:',lei' sed wheat.
I . I I. Irvin-- $ 1.00.
Nichl Studzio---One--hal doz. best
post card photos.
.1. ( . I urns & ('0.--OneW pa ir shioea.
11 :me (ladi rat. pair' mien's panits.
.llin'er'Co.- -Laidies' hat, tai' meni's
gioveos, helt. tie.
bow IL~ l land (pitche, set of gold pltie(s
V ithI c'ups and1( saucer's.
lHenchoffff's 5 and I10c store-DIish
pan, large amiit ladies' hat.'
Cilardy & Wilson-hiat, dIry goodls.
Moseley & Roland-$l.'i5.
S. A. Parks, Six bar's Octagon soap.
C. A. O'dell-4 iba coffee.
Did you turn
inscribe there
of them to the
BEGIN I
Our large dru
drug material
keep at all ti
ticles, station
kept; by drug
Yoi
NUNNALLY
CANDY
H-. woody-2 lbs best coffee. :IBramlett's Shop- One bu. meal,
Hunter Bros.--One canl lina beans. Chei'o Cola Bottling Co.-Large wn
Ji L. Mlaxwoll---elforme, box of gon umbrella.
best pael)r' 11. C. Fletcher-50c.
llayes 5 and 10c store-Ladies' hat, Fleming Bros.-One watch fob.
pair sox for men, pair good stocking. Davis Roper Co.-Sweater, shirt,
Jones-Taylor lardware Co.-One counterpane, wailste, embrella.
Will). o aBarber Shop-15c.
Dixie Flour and Grain Co.-box of Mr. Dick Owings-25c.
5c cigars. Nir-. W. Solomon-Stickpin.
Claud Itabh-$1.00. - Coca-Cola Bottling Co.-Three
1P. 1). L7ankinston--50c. crates of Coca-Cola.
PUT IN OUR
CHRISTMAS
BANKING
CLUB
AND INCREASED
1O4 WEEKLY
/ILL MAKE -ask about
This happens in 50 WEEKS.
We also have a 5 cent club which in 50 weeks
pays $63.75
Our 2 cent club pays $ 25.50 .
Our 1 cent club pays $ 12.75
We also have clubs where you pay in $1.00 or
$2,00 or $5.00 each week and in 50 weeks get $50 or
$100 or $250.
We' add 4 per cent interest.
Gome in and get a "Cyristmas Banking Club"
book FREE. It costs not if g to join.
This is not a pl jt fbr BOYS and GIRLS;
itis also for MEN a OMEN
You can start TODAY--START.
The Enterprise National Bank
N. B. DIAL, President C. H. ROPER, Cashier
To Machine Owners
THE LAURENS MACHINE SHOP has its
machine and tool outfit in good shape, and is doing
? good work on all kinds of machines used in this
section. Makes a well-de igned stove-wood Saw
machine that will fit you' old solid-tooth saw-mill
Saw, or any othe' ki ; a strong emory-wheel
stand and mandre ai the best gin-saw sharpen
ing machine you a get any where; sells these
machines cheape 1an you can buy them any *
place.
I have "little" Charlie Sullivan with me, and
between us, I believe we have an expert knowl
edge of more classes of machinery than any other 4
two that could get together. I solicit' your pat
ronage. W. A. BRECKENRIDGE,
Owner and Operator. ?
NEW PAGE
ever a new leaf Januar st? And did you
on some brave resoluti ns? And was one
a effect that you would forthwith
IUYING ONLY THE BEST
g business enables us to keep the freshest
s at all times, and it also enables us to
mes a practically new stack of toilet ar
ery,.writing materials, and all other articles
stores of the first class.
ar Business, However Small,
Is Earnestly Solicited
E DRUG CO.A
VICTROLA
TALKING MACHINES