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A CI'1B AS ARGUMIENT. Let us pause for a few moments while we deal gently with the fire eater of the Fountain Inn Tribune. Last week the following anpeared in its coli'ns ill reference to ourselves and to an editorial which it speaks of as "above", a paragraph of which ap pears below: "Sickness and the draft law took away two-tlirds of th) Tribune's force, and I fouind it necessary to have some type set away fronm home. "Some weeks ago I mblade arrange nient to - the laurcins Advertiser put my% editorials in type, at a price fixed by the Advertiser. "'he arrangement held one week. "When I sent. in the copy for this week's editorials, Lee read the one prblited above and sent it back to me, along with a lette' in which he said that he Could not continue to set type for me unless I changed Ilat editorial to suit his taste. "Soic day. wh1en1 I get rich, I shal' hire some man ot' colo al brain to edit the Tribllle for Ie and direct its policy, but for the iipresenit I shall Peg alolgi in mty own feeble way, with out blienlit o I in u rensu suggestiolls. and the type (or editorial; will he ret at home." The gentIilan speaks abtiou t co' rectly. The editor of this paper, in his Capacity as genelleralissim1o of tile job Pliting de:altmlent of The' Advertis er Printing Company, ref:td to put ill IY'y e the editorial pIb->ve re l'(re to and :1n tile words of :1 well kilown poli : 4 ."lie has no aplor!S to make". In view of tle fact however, 1hat some good readers tnight get a wr'ong im1P ressioll of the "club" we wielded we thinIc it. iight not he out of Id I(e to (iquote our letter Ill fill), i ch was, as will be observed, written inl very informal tlerms. It was a,; tollows: "Robert Quillen, Esq. "Fountail Inn, S. c. "Dear Quillen: I cannot hell) from feeling that you are doing .\lr. Cooper an injilstice in 'ttloting some11 llinamied "frien ds" of, his In( in not stalibg f the authority or na1ning the frilends. I will not g0 into any wordy ethical reas'ons for this ielitig. The injustice is obvious. No dotth) it is not intetl ionial I lbt the har Iflll I result. woultd follow just the same. "I have tma.!e you a price ol bmetal 'ibtbositioll and 1I .am willing to ,;('t it [ill for yu. 11ut t 1 will biot colti'butc it) sth leatlinient of Mr. ('o.per. If you want to (ole strakh * zlt from thel :41hotldebr anld char;:-'e him with nl'tering I to the livlcae vote I havte 1(o objection to ;("tltlg it upl. Ob' it you have: ably authority for 1b1 , e'h poleticl tInantettveb'ril I w ill Z(.t it 1b;>. Is1t I will not contrihtitt oi any hearsy e ballpa igni. "I ali (bnelosinlg all of your copy. ValI b11ay retitri it to m114. or blot a; you i!eo 1:1 wit lb tbill, '4'e' I hav e - M std. I will ) o WO!, ,;% .0, a r of 1i by t11 aturd : a :l1r oon train 4 'u 431'ead Ih pro: ea u. I ii 1~i' g.11, -") I4 ' ' 'i - I wil :4,: own I '' \ h'le t .Iini*mw . Tnll.- n~t o h r:a : "I( : e t :, r i i: u e 'v ! . of'./ %,-A yolt. "Tho ed1i:ria1l 1X:0ha 1'e . w it r' hu ild I hmow Ilh:'i you will ion. ra."r: : 0rt1 , : vr for 4l d : ! I u : : .: . .: -. ' i 44litri'' Ther1 i :: 5 lo sipulat4 4 ion4 a, s l' ' ;.4 !:4~ l <'a4 14 441 ('4m1 '1 I S i t i o n ) .. I 4 1 n o r a n . ' : . 1 (' . o ur~e ~ : rc(''gnized~ nlo tespon1i4b.ily to Srt up els~e ('ontrIa('ted for' (1ur Cultput in the~ mieanltime. 111t, e'ven If we' hbad lad a Conbtrlac't hindlig hothi sIdes ou 1ts to anb aare'Cemen'bt of tis kibnd, there' is n10 legal or mora Ill law tha w11 44OudIf have4', 'oltIad b' to doI wor'(lk whichi (con -4.bence( dlictated was wrlong. .\i'. 2 nl. Wile is (tuite moralist at los.' " I I: thIat the( editor 'ho Tii:H ". W, .ha an1 Iden thlat E1he Roibertiser Subscription Price is $1.00 Per Year Payable In Advance. Puti'bllied tby ADVERTISEIl PRI NTING C.MPANY Laarens, S. C. Advertising iattes on ApplicAtion. -8bituarles and Card o Thaiks: One Cent a Word. 4ntered at the postotlice at Laurens, S. C., as second class mail matter. LAtUlENS, S. C., AUG. 14,19. Who is the editor of the Fountain Inn Tribune going to support for Gov ernor anyway? 1r. floiar has taken the most ad vanced position that we have ever heard a politician take. lie has de clared his opposition to a measure that meant a few more jobs to his would-be constituents. Isn't that sui cidal? But, .\r. Ilonar takes the po sition that a congressman is not sent to Washington to provide Jobs for his constituents. lie is sent there, among other things, to 1promiote 1etlhilency and save the imioney of the tax-payers. Therefore, he says, that when Mr. Nicholls used hi.,; influence (and we un derstand it successfully) to prevent the trial of automobiles on the rural routes in Spartanburg county he was wevrking against efliciency in the in terest of a few mall carriers. Now, we feel very friendly toward all the mail carriers, but we agree with some of the real politicians who Would do away with useless otlices. 'EIGHTS AND PRIVII-Xl-31. Mr. Nicholls is within his rights when he states that "as to his enemies, it is none of their business" how he votes. We agree with him. A man's hallot is almost a sacred thing and It is his privilege to guard it in whatever way he pleases. In fact, the Australian hallot system which has been intro .luced for lie wicked town voters of iaurens, Clinton, Charleston and the !ike, has made it so that the hallot is Fcret if not sacred whether we will r not. IHit, to resume, .Mr. Nicholls :as a right to keep his ballot to him ;elf. lis enemies, least of all, have nto claim on the secrecy which he would imlpose on i;. Il, friends, and ve say it sol emnily, have no more right 'han his enemies to know how he vot es. Not one, flut it is a voter's privilege to vote for whom he nleases and to withdraw his v'ote ot anly condition Ie pleases. If it -o hap lns that, inl arriving at a mian's -:paity for rr4es4entation throith a Atidy of his charace( and 1 mot iv S, an1 ter* r i ni'i- : ':i 4 ia n4:bl revolv rouind for whio hv ,ith whoml eIs align1,1 by whom he il; likly to 'e influ41 ~i 4.r' f:2:.iw1 m he is cx 4ptoin , sup mrt. th1e:i i i.; thm irivi m:, e ::: i. f ho can, ho., :Ia mn tami414. Shou4 1ld i lh e 41 i d en id 11w i a pin4 n:;' a :! ' aan (444-:: o In a! -' 4 Tl :da. .\l .N4o i at. O:' he en 1h h:' done a h4i '' i ' . : -1 :-' : hi-; 'oi ':r-ne w o4 '4 4 d 14' :4: . i ' 4' re li f r Vot ' : '. or4 whenI' (4 in 4 !o ' : ' 4tin th it, he w 114! One of4 :' ' ::. (4 insullo1 for'i4'4 of' o 84!('8r '! -nl prp:: 1nd fis ob44v1 in 14 a whan. of 44'r!'e of(41: t , 1 ::' 444( - liv th spri of4~1 pat itism~y i h old theegohernien:, rah andk to to~ live the r abi o prsriot Sih n thv -nm tentsIc~e~i' an u'0('ntrtat to do ohio wol talkr' ' tavin theioun -- it I:e wl tr he:' tui'4 ''-I a nd g to ni'-:7u. Noltsii his ~ve hlon',all nifler maore. ai nule 11- h. to dovr uy it atthall:.' donatari'lyotM'o 41'4'''- ' Irp"ad is' due te ontclub-i. ne(:4. 1 -? ~I hai its valw'1 filed uionf its method of i'Isin:f in m'Oy and~ if t'wre bi rny!-'I'dy. (',din" rvice' Ith law: h i1n a:' a rem4(e respect would rob, the "villagers" of their greatest source of amusement. The above was written for last week's issue, but was left out to make room for other matters of more inl portance. VAGRtANT THOUGITS. S (fliy Rev. .1. 3. Steandman.) People who nurse their troubles sel dom wcan them. It takes a good person to set a truly good example. T'ie soul often feels harm where thc mind cannot see it. Rteadiness to condemn a slinier doc.1 not prove one to be a Christ Ian. Ilcart-room is soon given to the evil to which hlouse-roomi Is allowed. Our nearness to God is mecasulred by tlie distanev we ire from self. We are no more heard for our little spelakinhg In Iprayer' than we are for our nutich. .\ly ml en 1 make a pod to .suit their views, llten worship him faithfully. When two persons 'fitlh sitmspi!lols Ileet It is anl easy malttcr to manifac lure facts. The churelh that would stay at home witl the Gospel must tay there witi out Christ. lie who meets his responsibilit lei; in this life will meet. thei with dread at God's bar of judgment. First Aid by the Women. To better prepare the women of the rounty to eare for our sick during the ibsence of ouir doctors and nurses, the lIed Cross chapter intends laving a rourse in First Aid given here the first Af Septetuber. The co'rse will be given by !Dr. W. 1). Sullivan and will consist of ten lessons of two classes a week. ThIe womnn of the county are invited and ar ged to ta ke the course. The class is Ii liited l to twety Iembers. Those wisling to toini will please give their :iane1!. :m 2on as possible, to olne of --.V followin.: erminIIttec: .\lrr. Pierce Cainle, .\lrs. Alhert Di:ai, .\lrs. George il1il. Sutlilt an i-'ntniiy letunlin. T'he reun2ia:i of th Ii'u~illivani latiiy' ill hold ():I h rd y Auigust '.. !.('baanon chire!b inl liiliin town hi. re~ ie countly. The-, us-ual - card nOtic- will lot "e lln ! O t 1!h.is year, ile alov notict ipt (~;2dedd 'ituilicient. \\i' . 1). S ullixtni. (. \\'. SuIllivan, P':111 W. F-ul.livan,. . Hc... Ii. -Sullivan, Z. Co'. .t I -: I: I *Ilu *. .\ M *. \\5:'il e o .at f * he;*up in'n s bhIr j4!(<dy andl pay thir:w o * I:u: chai :mat . \ owr,b lv *iirday igh~lt, Aulgust li, h camp. n oes at ('!inIon Mon1' Piles Cuired ht 6 to 14 Days heutgcs re'fundl oney if PAZO~ ONTMr:NT fatls . . 1:.:..c t, b. a, Il Iedci i;. ar P'ronruding P'ies. curnt:y ire ves ltchin't PItes, nn.t you e"sa get esctul deep anLcr the first alIppIeatIOn. Pricc60~c. ('arid ofi''li Thnks. .\r. n .\!t. Wt. II. Tur'ner and fam-, !v wisch to thi:ik every one for the sindnessC: shown during the sleknIs: indl death of' lieu'rbelove'd son and i'.'e our Poldcing Cots5, (oflifort abtle, tro-i'and :hutable, and( low mI iiie. a'. .\l & c Hi W~'It'Es C rU Stt.'. tao me W1ardern here. .\i'. W. II. Gihhes, at :ite gainec wardcen, vas a vlsitoir in the city yesterday be ng on a tour of inspection of parts >f the state. ile was met her'e by .\r. "red Little, county game wvarden, and( natters of interest to the county were ,one OVer. Urove's Tasteless chill Tonic ceterecs vItalit y andl energy by purlfyired and ei. :ching tho blood. You can soon fed Its Streert -' Sewing Machine Needles for all ma chines. S. M. & 1. H. WILKES & CO. Cure for Dysentery. "While I was in Ashland, Kansas, a gentleman overiearId tie speakilug of Chamberlain's; Colic and Diarrhoea lemedy," writes \Villiain Whitelaw, of Des Moines, Iowa. "Ile told nic in de tail of what it had ioie for his fani ily, but more especially his daughter who was lying at the point of death with a violent attack of dysentery, and had been given up by the family phy sician. Some of his neighbors advis ed him to give Chamberlatin's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, which he (lid, and fully believes that by doing so saved the life of his child. lie stated that he had also used this remedy hlitnselI with equally gratifying results." Eng'raved Card(s a1d Invitations Advertiher Printing Company NOTI('E To cmillDIT~ls. All persons holding claims agaii . the estate of S. D. Iahaffey, decei.id. a'e hereby notifle and.e'reiuired to present themn duly provien to the ii :i dersigned on or befort- the 4th (." o!. September, 19118, og Ce forever bar'red. J. Va .31\1AF10Y, Administrator. August 11, 1WIS. 1-:'t-A Th Quinhia That Doss Not Affect tho i!oa Decin.se of Its tosic nnd laxativ' e(feCt, LAX A TIVi n! RoNt 10 UmNE is Ietter nt s i t iriar s Quitine an1(d does not cnuise tier IutSiteds no, ringivig in hetal. Rnesitmber the hill namtue t.n 'ook for the signoture of . 'V. GROVE. zi' ti.BEVI'Ii- It EENW(1I) MUTUAL INSU&ANCEl ASSOC(iTION. Organi111zed 12. l'iO'EltTY INSUltED $,00,01). WRITE OR CALL on the under <igned for any information you ma3 desire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against de itruction by Fire, Windstorm or IIgltiing. And do so cheaper thin any Insuranet copiany in existenec. lienember we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of lnsiira'nce known. Our association is now licensed It. write insurance in the counties of Ab. leville, Greenw'ood, IMcCormick, I.au rens and Edgeficld. The offeiers aIre: "EN. .1. FitASE it LYON. l'resident, Co1l ia. .S. C. 1. It. BLAKE, Gen. Agt., ,ecy. & rrens. Greenwood, S. C. DIRiECTORS: k. 0. Grast .. .. .... Carmel, S. C. i. M. Gambrell .. .Abbeville, S. C. in. I. Childs .. ..B..Lradley, S. C. SW. Younigbloodl .. ..Hodges. S. C I. N. Chanietrlain. ..e'ormck. . C C 11. Nichol-;n1 .. ..-d e ed .C I.. Tiull mna n, lea.wa n t lnS. C C..artin .. .. .. ..Prinlceton,. S. C C. it. Wharton .. .. .. 'aterloto. S. C .1. It'. !Ls.A E, Gen. At No Worsi lt a iicati~y Child A!M thaiiri Lroubled w!th worims Lave an i: healthy color, wh Ieh I tlieates hoor blood, and na . a rule. t here! Is mere er le :oninth d listurha ue. GROVE-S TASTI:r.;S chln TONIC :iv in regularly f ): t wr or t 1! rt t' wc, 1.. '.;i'! v:.. mh t'..e 6'.A id, iII - -rovce th di.eutIon, Had nCt L3 a eucral Strength eni.tTo I-* to the whole ytein. Nature wilI the:i thlrow ofT or d ispe Ii"he wor:nis, n:ud the Chi ld will La in perfect heialth. Pleasant to take. 0 xr bottle. S* * S e 3 * 5 * '. '. $ Sl'E I. L, .N til ims. 3 *s$*s3* 3 *s * s e :*s , i : i , , ('yI . '. .* . laureI to \r . A*p' \i .! ilen, Foneh ree;. ' m,'i, :.c.l 1-* !1-u:--p-E a c ~t lyh 1c~ oill( \-. !C. ltich y, .\l;: few~ (eicr pole., I cc iet og n'W] Iint be's ill( d il!( 1 u/i IopC. \\i' i l ay ruea.n. 'l'nrena Tehidi ('iC., \\-. It. I nst -O) last .\one a'fternioon ont roadt t' Ander('')n, one( :2x: 1-2 an .3'ii hior ae- Ij tv i .Dl ('ro -.lr : e pig - lor stile. *:lih a re :cix' week:; old and two twielve we/-ks oild. Ap~p!y I 1-21-ind For' Salie---I'i;:;. (rols i et weeni -u.. roe-Jersey and Ih'urksi) ry 8St.0 (-ach. Also a few Iiure IDu jpf-.le rseys. ('an lhe registerrd. 9 10 each. TI. Aii. Shatw. I~aurens, S. ('. . F'or 4ale--Tw~o D~urce-I(t J/ pigs. flye nionfthcs old, entitld 41iji eglitra tioun. .\. ii. I rby, at (Clardf & \\ilson. - 4-1t1-11d Ic''i---'Two'' whIit- nig!;, aborut I wo mnths ob. Notif:- the il('spital. .-1 Wan ltedt ry non-rlegitriant, for I1919' at ;:oodi onc or)~ one) and one-hlf huors farmu wvith good ho~use. CII~ iIEig2, partu tre acnd w'.ater, Pr-ft-r :'d near will hce ons.idered if within mi!ecio school and Dla:' ist (lhdur h. lII ferene ('-i g Iven and req(iuied. AXndress by let ter' "Non-Recglistrara"'. cent:-r- Th MR. HUMBERT C1' To the voters and taxpayers of Latt rens County: As will be seen from thie announce ment columns of this paper 1 am in the race for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, and while or dinarily not inclined to appear in pub lic pisint, I desire to say a few words to the people who have honored ic with a public trust and whon I have labored earnestly to serve. Owing ti the fact of there being only four Iet ings staged for the county campaign of this county which will bar the ma jority of our citizens from hearing on the stump the men from whom they will select their oflicers, and from the further fact that owing to the pres sure of official business .1 will not be permitted to make a house to house canvass, I desire this opportunity to render to my people an account of m1y stewardship. I find that the people are being mis informed as to some t higa. The county has been strewn broadcast with a lot of tommy rot albout the highway bond issue, the new jail, the way road work it., carried oi, how the chaini gang it I-lln, etc., When it is doubtful if the propagandists could have done half as well themselves. As to the IRoad Bonds, I want to say that under the act authorizing same, the ibond,; are to be sold by the Con 13' Hoard of Comimis sioners, of which I am chairman. The bond act i'ro vides tliat the bonds hl0:111 not be sold for less than par vahue and shall bear not exceeding live per cent interest, the amount of issue autinaorized it; $300,000. There have been two sales. On April 21, 1917, we first offered $1.0, 000 of 4 1-2 per cent bonds, the best bid being $4,000 discount which under I the act could not be accepted. We then I offered on the same day a like amount , of 41 3-4 per cent bond,; on which the 1 best bid of $1,735 prinitm by Fecuri- I ty Trust Company, was -accepted. At I this sale I asked the bidders to buy . file bonds subject to a riling of thc I Supreme 'Coirt of this State as ic their validity which they refused to < do, so the bonds were sold subject to the approval of purchasers' attorney I as to their validity. Some six weeks later the attorneys, Messrs. Caldwell & Masslich, declined to approve the 1 validity of the bonds, and on advice < of otir counsel, Messrs. Simpson. I Cooper & Bhabb. purchasers check was returned. This sale had been exten sively advertised in financial papers andi(] a number of bidders were pres ent. During the summer we kept in touch with bond people as to lie slit- I tIs of the market but on account of the declaration of war and the -Liberty Loan in June the market for local bonds had gone to tihle bad. The mar ket looked up a little towards fall and I we advertised ainother sale for Septem her 21st. This sale having been well i advertised, we had a number of bond ( houses represented. Finding 1 -i- per|1 cent bonds l'elow par, $150,000 of 5 per ' I cents were offered, being sold subject 1 to the opinion of mr. Jio. C. Thomp son, attoiiey at law, of New York eily. a bond lawyer selected by us, as to their validity. 'I'l e best hid being forI par, acelied iinterest and a premiumi I of $:1 . was :lereP On rcf tipt, pl o : 1avor l e o1 inion fro.= I , I t a ( 1 t cy, bon 'd. 1 were 1)-nted, eXe tted a1d Ion- I dolred to pur 1chase mnd wore o ~d I,' Ivrv--r's, chieck was 4 th -n 01-:: d f" ;hndL (four11t a,1t rney1 liter co'le a to. : i :rsugr inal ourN avn fC E Ca Ai u li wr nt Ytciau o h i lwa-s t in o t g ar d . o:fenl ic c s r-a b:<h. .1w hen i.r~td becomes0. ir n'sar. ndO.urw Sericeg i th t !wde t : iamake it.w Courte a~ww:-ofVepeci. cha".re giv Ph aO WEnemefr~ nD woeh bethe00.0of he ork ~a n~n FES HIS RECORD tnd the m1ore manpower, money and mergy thrown in that direction now, he sooner will the end be reached. I lave been as anxious as anyond to see ;ood roads built in this county, In act the possibility of such an accom lishment for my county has been the )ie hope that has sustained me in the .fforts that I have made In your be ialf, that's why I have worked as 1 iave; that's why I have labored and studier and endeavored to familiarize Inyself with this work in all its raniches so that when the opportune irli c'mes I mip-l.t be preptred. I vant to see this work put through as .a - as poss* %, hoi. first of All I wamivi I t.) Make 010 l--at wWWInaverI built i-e oads uwtv Lear the( trea-i or" \mericai freemen and not of Hiun Iish slaves. I am1l 11hank11ful that I did not wait or this war to show ily loyalt t lmly oun lry and that when tell years -go ve stood appalled at flood disa ster, it vas; mlly privilege, while others were 'ugaged iII sports and elvities, to unl itakev almost single han1iided, tile e ;oratioln of the loss. DI)u ringa the p'ist ive or six years llally of our pe:2ple lot kn1(owing the fact.;, havq not unll ier:; lod why our roads we:-e int be ig more rapidly improved. On .\larch .;ih, 1912, ix year.; ra,.,o, v.,%! had a Ucond floodI wIhel swept aw't. britlgnes VI0 ch cosi over $18.060 to re1;:awe, in dit iion We Nv l'i I.uired by act (-f gislattire .;) rebulild -liasor rig ver Sailida ri ver which we Ithought mvj ce:;sary, added 'to lwhich were t her 1ridgeps, totaling some $25,000W vithin about two years. In 1913, 191.1 1nd 19.. F, each year, asked our dele ;ation to the General Assembly for 1. 0ut extra tax for this work, but they efm;ed it. Reference to tile act; for aid years will show hat the road and >ridge levy for the county for the hree years after this flood was exact y tle same 1111113 as for the thre'! 'ears previolls, Consequently I was. orced to luse money that otherwise voulid have gone onl tile roads of ie oullty. For the pa.st Iwa years prices of la 10r, 1upplies an1d material have soared ky high, relndering it. impossible to do s much work for the money, and iiile t here ha; been some little in reaise in reveie, it has not bcen ill roportloll to increased prices. Uelspite til these alnd other dilliculties we ivO lie finn111ce; of the couity in good hape. Wien we took charge, ti.s ouity had comsiderable past indebt dness. We are glad to lie able to say liat (here is not n1ow outstanding a ingle dollar of old notes from previ mll. ye:rs and the county is as near mI a cash basis as possibl under tile >resent tax system. I believe th't he tlaxpayers of tills county want a ane, himsinesslike administration of h of:iee, and that is what I have -11deavorer to give I have made some oistakes, bit it has been by close ap >1cation an'd all initimate knowledge of hei work inI its detlils that enabled III a lttain at luast some measure of 'u71 e:a. Th people of this couinty vill n1o1 vote tills year for. all oill he,1t lioinlii more to t(e taxpayer; 1111: h:u-e Siup'er''i:mr. (itlic'mS is i'cai -!:h , : .; , i the f:'ri r loa' II %v . (I i o 41 :; i:';.,i lil! ' a10 *~n .7a o 7I ' "a- noi int m ! -p1 fo:. t I ci 1; u t'''''.. th p '<: -Ire-. .\ .K oki:: aran n ii. ii. lit"\! iT I'ENT JONS edl in the conserving JERY M find at our store the ionery and the best rn. WVe will tell you ecessary to substitute. :es xe best that wc can 'us attention always a to children. R UG 'Co.