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LAURENS, S. C., JULY 23, 1919.
PAY IT!
The power question in Laurens for
he next live years Is settled, it we
tray judge from yesterday's election.
Vhen the power company wins, it
vins. When it loses, it starts over
gain. This time it won and although
the public expression was less in evi
dence than In the first election the
power conpany has won the election
And the matter is settled. Numerous
little technicalities could doubtless be
found to overthrow the contract, but
the people have had an opportunity
to speak and they have spoken. Those
have spoken who cared to. and the
rest evidently did not care, As we
say, the matter is settled. What about
the future?
r As Mayor lBabb said, in substance,
yesterday, as <quoted in another col
umn of Ihis paper, the city is facing
an annual defieit of around $12,000
per year on its water and light sys
tem. This deficit cannot continue in
dpfinitely. The city is already in debt
and the street wire system is worn out.
-iis annual deficit must be wiped out
a d a sum provided, probably by
bends, to take up the outstanding bills
apd rebuild the worn-out wire system.
The rgbuilding of the wire system may
b postponed but the annual deficit
2ust be wiped out. It is possible that
tl is could be accomplished by increas
ing the light rate to 20c per kilowatt
h ur or by increasing taxes by eight
o ten mills. Either plan strikes us
a 'being feasible and no other one
s ggests itself just at present.
* *
INCENDIARY NEWSPAPERS.
Thero. i& being circulated through
e.fails a newspaper which comes
his town and probably a great
niny places throughout the South
w ich is calculated to stir up racial
4imosities. Reference to it will be
-a n In an editorial from The Colun
b Record elsewhere in this paper,
9Ublic notice having been directed to
*J -by Solicitor Bllackwell at the con
dfrenee of sheriffs and solicitors with
I vernor Cooper last week. The
,4 vspaper is an inflamatory sheet in
A high degree. Contributions in its
eolumns call upon negroes to combat.
lynching wit ti lynching and to gain
their rights by force. 'Tlits is danger
oges doctrine to be preaching, the
danger being to the colored race, for
ta future welfaro depends upon an
a'mfenitle relationship betaween whites
and blacks. It may well be set dIown
as a fact that where two r'aces ar
livIng together thle domain at ing race
can en force its will if it wants to, but
that many aidvant ages can be gained
by thle oth er thIirou ghbi resp1ct ful ac
lcnowledgementt oft the situtilion as it
exists and a peaceful strivinag to gain
recognition by merit.
Our advic' to thle individual negro
is to beware (of such1 literiaturiec and
to .the race to condemnli and repuidi
ate it. Those who tollow aftr ciuch(1
-leaching will place thejmselves unider'
a cloud and those who en coilrage
it. are doing an inju ry toa thle race.
So far as the papers thbemselves
are concerned it is possibile that thle
edlitors are h'ceeping withbin the. rules
)of the POst otice dipariaoent and
may continhu to enjoy thle tireidomt of
the mails, but. for all jari es coni
cerned it woulId be lbdttcr if t hiy were
iTnrred ?INi'..(:rt'aiai ion.
T1he Advecrt iser prints in anothecr
column a few nmore obise rva tions oft
T1hie Oreenwood I ndex-.iourcnal on th e
'subject of bridges betwveen Wanter'llo(
and Greenwvood, the prcoposed new
tPuckett's bridge, and roadl mattIers in
general.
'Possibly there has been a change
of, opinion in regard to1 thle buid
ing of socalled highiways as op
Dosedl to systems of goodl roads be0
cau'se of the incentive which the build
in~ of a highway would give to the
hu iding of other roadhs. The theory
somgnds good, but in practIce the Index
Jo rnal will agree with us that the
11h ry is difficult to Put into practice
b use of the opposion such a plan
ouit '1gy, abiout. 'Tlness Greenville,
mo1(5' out 1gnd/Oreenwoodl counties.
.v'i~s delegation dared
you needi ne trrouigh the Legisla
in y single Improved
WALL-"'--e'o
t provided a sys
LAv-ld serve the
egan right and
ed by The Ad
Ij~ftiWihliliilillilitillibg very grati
son which\ Laurens soon copied and
Greenwood followed.
The opposition ,which the building
of socalled highways brings on is so
strong and, incidentally, so justified,
that it is diflicult to overcome it, and
policy at least should prompt the
wise good-roads advocnte .o avoid
it. The Advertiser, however, ad
vocates the system of reasonable
roads rather than the highway whose
cost is out of proiortion to the
taxable values of the territory served,
not only because it is the best method
of getting good roads everywhere, but
because it is the right way. We have
always felt that "eventually" our idea
of the best way of securing good roads,
rather than that Of building the high
ways first, would bring about the de
sired roads and we are glad to see
the idea being put into practice in
this section of the country. The bond
issues In Greenville, Laurens and
Greenwood counties, the first practical
steps toward permanent road im
provement, are instances of this, as
already .pointed out.
The erection of a bridge at Puckett's
bridge is relatively a small matter.
The expenditure of six or seven thous
and dollars by two counties that are
worth $50,000,000, would not be a hur
den, even though it nighit not he en
tirely profitable.
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* PRtESS CO3DMENT. *
Poison in Ilegular Doses.
At the meeting of law enforcement
olficers, held in 'olunlia Wednesday,
Solicitor H omer S. Iladkwell, of the
Eighth .1udicial ('iriuit, speaking of
some of the problems which have to
be faced -by those charged with re
sponsihility for law enforcement, re
lated that in a certain town in his cir
cuit is being circulatedi a negro pa
per published in Baltimore which op
enly advocates that the negroes of the
South arm themselves for defense
against the whites and to be better pre
pared to insit upon their political
rights. One of these papers falling
into the solicitor's hands, he nude in
vestigation at the post-office and
there learned that in that. particular
town thirty-eight copies of this paper
are received by subscribers. One of
the articles in the issue seen by the
solicitor contained an intamnmatory
article headed "Lynch the Lynchers",
in which the negroes w.-re advised to
provide themselves .with Winchester
rifies and plenty of ammunition to he
prepared for eventualities.
If thirty-elk-ht copies of this tronlle
breeder are being received by negroes
in one town, the chane s are that. uln- 1 1
dre:ls of copies are circulated through
out the State. It is not likely that. the
enterprising pubhlishe4r inl ltaltimore
would content himsel"(f with inv'ading
South Carolina at only cne point. \hat
may result if the cir~culation of such a
paper among the negroes is not check
ed ('an1 Only be iluagined. 'T'lie dIan ge'
that lies in the spread of such poison
is assurl(Iy (hioulis in all law-abliding
('it izenis, and4 $11houh1l in equall~y as (1h
viOus 1to te niegroes'84 as4 to 4 the whi
people4( oft thle State14. It is prop;aganidai
oft the very'~ worlIst sor11, and14 8ince it
has becomie kniown'l that 41uch a 'apci'
is binig rece'iv4ed, andl dloubtless 1a1er -
1y readil by~l negroe(4s ini1 8 his 4ar of1 t'.
lounltr m i nte 041' l l nt neli on! I a' 44 h 814 b I
be( taikenl to prle(ven1t tr10uhh-4 144f4or4 it.
uris ('(1lents1. tha 14is to 4'say ' w i c r
the4 nualterl it ('4nt1a is is of sueh a
nlaturl'e as mlighit debar'1 ii the 1 publcation
piose, thle editor41 keephs n Ithinl th' hi'
11ut wi' ('al take0 Solii or li'ackuL\ '
word'i for1 it t hal thel arti('1h'. t4 wh ih
he has aed4144 auit4enion are of suchI a
1 t ne114' (' who14 read itl andt 10 in
flm magainst t hl'iiicieat whiles. Thatllld
bin th(el ate thektostal Sateriand
siuldl not 11 mSit te1 S l a e , inre
mils, taknd ilsa o the b posil ain
tufliedtgns n (110 01l the psaf egn
lion'is t1o debar it 011 ty wsera i'n
lie o thewkteetinar meutrtes
agiet the nmise t'hat w'ill be mde
'i wee of tel 'r welkoths ofateson,
not's inblyothr a Souteantats asrl e
Ine (akig1't the actin, theptall au-lt
inthres evnwouno olb safenlyr
would at rnderint, the greatest olan
gie tod the ntgoe .ho newoeuldbemd
prvdof ther rguarde of poisovstan n
arhis dagroagand unasmong whiteth
en theerenl roub4e houl'cnddeny
pour avan scoffdnt, tle reas dan
here wuldabe tI Itenery them
hAt crat dear haomp aensad Inelient
ctrn byegrooad ciismeverywhefe.ent
terefIs noha od st the spdead But
inch propaganda, something. must be
lone to offset and overcoime the poison
It is -infusing wherever the inflamma
tory sheet circulates. The leaders
among the negroes, those with reason
enough to sense and appreciate the
danger that lurks in waitiigg for their
race if converts are made to the vic
ious teaching of the paper they are
reading, can use their good ofilces to
advise their p)eople against playing
with fire, and their aid and co-opera
tion should be enlisted. lint that is
not of itself sulicient. The negroes
in every community who receive and
read the Baltimore paper, and are
doubtless preaching its doctrine to
those about them, should be known to
their white neighbors, and watched.
There are ample ways to ascertain
who they are, and vigilance may be
the price of law and order as it is the
trice of freedom.-Coluinbia Record.
---
As to Bridges.
The esteemed Laurens Advertiser
Is not averse to t "request" that the
bridges across certain streams which
separate that county from its sister
counties be repaired but objects to the
word "demaiL." Very well, we see
no loss of dignity or self-respect in
making it a request so far as Laurens
county is concerned but will let the
"demand" stand so far as this county's
share in the business is concerned.
The Advertiser adniits that the
bridge over Puckett's 'erry must be
built and when that. has been done,
the building of the bridge we mean,
a1n( the bridges over Saluda and
Rleedy rivers bet ween here and Water
loo are put in safe condition we will
be happy and content and be ready to
(onside' other weight' matters of
state.
What the Advertiser says about
Iiighways might have been taken from
Ilie files of this newspaper of last year
aind some years back. There was a
inie when we believed that. roads
within the county should he iiproved
"nccor(ling to the present and poten
tial trafile olt the roads" and that
"highways" so-called should coie af
ler. but experience and observation
have resulteil in at least a partial
Lhange of opinion. The "highway"
so-called is a great object-lesson in
road building and it were better for a
'ounty to have one real road through
Its confines than to have none at all.
fle advantages of such a road will
ead to an apipet ite for more of the
aine kind and it will be found easier
to secure public sentiment favorable
o iore mloney for other goo(d roads in
his way than by all the writing and
alking in favor of good roads which
'an be done. The Advertiser has
een a stout champion of good roads
Ind we believe that will eventually
'-iibrace this view. "Iventual y, why
iot now?" --ree nwoo( Index -,Journal.
!t-:l'I'Itll 0.t\8 ('ONFE-:R
W l'iIT I'l il I: Pi E-SII-. NT
(Continued from Page One.)
ait (11ion nori ((rente a super'l-governi
nlit, and1( aI erid'that "if( it is un ii
hinkiiale( for us to desert1 Elandii,
''ran(e ando Italy whli'i the worbi is
i c'ha os-, I hen we imulst he'(omei( a mie'ti
orof thle league' as provid11WiIn' h onily
1.1nt. hiowver'~ . 11s ito -th \l onroeii~ doe
rine aiid otheri featureIis.
Sentor'i Shotil m:fIn riepubicaeli
\'In'', at t ilit theik ohan tiig proiin
lsiaite ivi(ardithe~l diSemberdof
to( hiinai a thenenthlnmentil ot
\ossat ka'isr atll Taknd dechired wl
in (ul 'ii n"i toher oicono undlr
the (imair( trAy. olirsdbaynetid
2h lau ofiIi '::i o a seth ('oliI al
the1 i S$2r1r::0 diviaeded .iity 2.i,
1919. he ndesigned a). i oard' of
I t'('1'poratorhrbyivnoisha
NlckOl'h O utOy-.lri S('sh('m
Ntmiy, (a tcoriti'aolnto eogaie
tcr is he'ey ien thrantilertifi
ces ate' foritwoand shaures ofilh
heopond stkf the oiies oflDial &
WaoueAtompny, ofres bales,. C., a
to Mrs.oc . \. on hsdayno. .orl
rletho,9. alThthe roposersail
stoowne of $ ail.to0 , i ainty to
sthiar f $'n.0 lo are~ areueeC.
T. . LANK,
SDated JfSuly 1Car919 52n,
Evlected Chief Examiner
At the meeting of the state pharm
acists held in Greenville last week
Dr. C. M. Miller, of this city, wao
elected chairman Of the examining
board which has charge of the exam
inations of applicants for licenses in
this state. Dr. Miller has been a mem
ber of the board for several years.
Others who attended the meeting
from here were Dr. J. II. Powe and
)r. L. i'. Bishop.
Notice to Colored Soldiers.
There will be a mass meeting held
in the City of Laurens on the 21st
(lay of August, 1919, in the colored
Masonic building, to which the pub
lie is cordially invited, and more es
pecially all of the colored men who
served in the army . during the late
world .war. On that (lay there will
be speeches by three prominent men,
white and colored, and an organiza
tion effected of the colored soldiers
into a union for the mutual good of
all soldiers. Let no soldier of ),an
rens county or elsewhere he absent
on that dfty. )o not fail to be on
hand. A great and good lime for all.
Come one, come all.
Respectfully,
SPECIAL NOTICES. s
For Sale --Two cars, one an Over
land car Model 5:--l, in good shape.
The other a Chevrolet roadster in
good shape and with good tires. T.
It. Sumerel, ILaur1ens. i-it-pd
For Sale-Milch vow now giving
2 1-2 gallons and will come in again
in .lanuary or February. W. 11. lichey,
Jr., Laurens. 1-It
For Sale-Pure bred Guernsey cow.
enlf four lays old, $1uu without sal f.
.\. L. Copeland. I-I1
For Male--One bay horse seven
years old. Also eight Berkshire
pigs, six weeks old. 1). A. Barksdale,
Sullivan Street. 1-1t-pd
Wlianted-To buy a second hand din
ing room set in good condition. Write
"I)ining Room", care The Advertiser.
1-1t
Lost--A hunch of keys, at or near
postofllee. Please return to Oil Mill.
Ilayne Taylor. 1-lt
Foundi---Si ay hog. Owner may have
stme by identifying, paying for keep
and this a(vertisement. .1. A. \Vof
ford, Madden Station. 1-It-pd
Wanted--To get in touch with party
or parties within flye miles of Ora,
wanting sawing done. Want lum her
for saw bill. W. 1'. Little, Gray Court,
11. F. B. 1-1t-pd
For Sale--Seven passenger Stude
baker car. Running every (lay. Two
brand1( new tirep and three good tires.
Good reason for sell lag. Opportunity
for man who wants a good second
hand cat' that has been taken care of.
I)emonstration given. Good car and
will require cash money. Will take
$75u1. If you don't care to pay that,
don't bother to enqIuire. Nothing less
will buy it. E. If. Wilkes. 1-It-pd
I) ttre Pigs For Sale --Ten dollars
ea.0h. iti'gistration papers. one dollar
ext ra. M. 1,. Crisp. \lount ville. S. C.
1-21-pd
For Sale- One 1!t 1:; 1)-21 model
iluick touring 'ar. For further par
ticutlar's see J1. KC Switzer, at .Switzetr
l'otmimny1's store'. 52-t I
IFor Sale--Onte 10-20 International
I' ractor, (one 3i dise5 plow,' one rea pet
and14 onle l"'a thtreshter. Watts Mills.
50-It
Wa~ttetd -'To buy your t'(h1icketns. WViII
senttd lot'r tetm if n ecessary. Will pay
2(1 ('entls a i ound for' liens. C. II. Armi
ii t on, Ibatrc'ns, 8. C. 50-51-pd
NO'I'('F..
tit'u. mat~gisf ta's, conistales, rur al
po4li(4', an m1( emb(ers4t' of the Gratnd
luryt at r< n le t o meet3( at Isau
a:n; I 'ui ltoise'43 olnay. Augutst
nu-nt inI~81renetounty
ii. 8. Itl,('lD,~b
!II Sotlicitotr
'Take t'0it th' IIat otn thle 22nd4 day oif
'out (if 31y. ac(ts andl dointgs as Ad
tminlistrtatot' of thte estate oif .\trs. lFan
nie1 '1. Sto4k s ( decea('itsed, in1 3h 13( ile'( oif
lie .tud ge of PrtobateI of I.aur tens
('(13n11y' at IIl o'clock, a. m3., and~ oil the
same11 day will apply fot' a final dis5
elharge frotm tmy tr'ust ats Admnlisit'a
Aniy person indeb'ltedI to said estate is
no(1tIled and1( reqire t(d toi make paymntl(f
on t hat dat, and 33( all p4erson1 htivinug
('alms1 agalinst said estate will present
Item oni or befote said( (IatIe(113 dlyprov
en or lie for'evet' barred.
F. F. STOKI'5,
Administ rator'.
.July 22, 1919. 1-5t-A
College of Charleston
FOUNDED 1785
A college of highest standard, op
en to men and women. An inten
tionally limited enrollment insures
individual instrutction. Four years
courses lead to the flacheloi's De
gi'ee. The Pro-Medical course a
special featuire.
Harrison Randolphl, Pres.,
Charleston- S. C.
Just Call Our Phone :No. 32
When You Want Groceries
A polite, intelligent clerk will take yqur oi
filled properly.
And we will deliver it to your door in a ft
Just part of the service we are glad to give y
groceries.
We 'want to save your time and make it
as well as profitable for you to trade with us.
We want you to think of us as "my grocer
won't do that unless we do everything In our
real service.
Take the simple matter of baking powdei
don t use much of it in the course of a year, I
can spoil a great deal of valuable food.
We've studied baking powders and have coi
that one of the best we can offer you is RYZ1
It's pure, it is extremely high In leavening
'ways uniformly excellent. The price is right
pound tin.
And remember, like everything else you bi
money back if you are not entirely pleased
pleased.
FOWLER & OW
Laurens, S. C.
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Many a one of us has had in min
gifts and tokens of affection and e;
have been deferred to the more irn
of winning the war.
More powe to t e one who has so
Now, however, a enthusiasm of the
those efforts have we can afford to ren
turn to the kindlier things of life.
We have a host of gift ar
to meet your need.
REGs TERED OPrOMETR.IWT
WHEN YOU THINK OF JELRy - T 1 or
WILLIAM 50L0I
WETSIDE COURT SQUARE . AU Fla
A BATTERY YOU E
HAVE TOWORRY A]
The day is coming, and
coming sure, when you wisll
make a sudden and possibly I
exaspcrating discovery-that , i II
the battery in ycur car hais ~'
kicked itsi last kick. When I' ,
that day comes buy a new
battery that you don't have to
worry about, one thait has i
fully demonstr ated itsi ability
to deliver the scrvice yo' re
quire with the least a: ount
of attentio .1
Prest-O-I te Bat cry ha' ex
celled ini eve ~y cony >etitiv et. It
has more Jep, more power and
more endur n - There is a cor
rect size fo very car.
No matter wh at make of battery you noi
help you to gct maximum service by giving
sionalI test and adding di'tilled water, without
We are splendidly equipped to recharge ai
maken at right pruccs. A icrvice battery is
posal while yours receives attention.
Drive arouijd and let u r give your battery
"once over fo sec If it needs attention.
Official Preat-O-Lite Ser-vice Statio:
Harney Electric Compa
Opposite Post Office
Serm
Quick -
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easy and pleasant es
and we know you
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for example. You
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