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Efje Ebbertiser Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Payable in Advance Published by ADVERTISULNG PRINTING COMPANY Laursus. S. C. Advertising Rate.s on Applcation. Obituaries and Cards of Thanks: Ono Cent a Word. Dttered at the postoillee at Laurens, S. C., as second class mail matter. LAUItENS, S. C., FEiB. 15, 19*22 We observe fromt .\r. W. &arl Whar ton's (ollimitnicattion, in another col umna of this paper, in which he takes issue with us oil our11 Observation that the rural police syem might be re duced or abtolislied that his disagree m1ont1 is onl two ?'!.g4ll.nlds, viz., that the countryside nedsa~otection and that ah olition of the 'uiral police System wtld tend toW ard centralization of powver. That thle I-ttral districts lieed pro tectiol at tile Iailds of lience oflicers, The Advertiser is inl hearty agreement. t ltit wletier or not sevell rur 'al po licemen in a dition to tile present sheriffts forces are essltial to do this w6rk, we are in grave doubt. This doubt is raised whenl we consider the fact that the collty has gotten onl withoit them before and other coun1 ties are doing without themtii now, But .\I'. \Wha0ton offers no comparison he tween the rul ral police systell or any other system to prove that the pres eint ilarge force of peace otliceris is llcessary for the presievation of or der. lip ierely states that they are ieed'd and11 lets it go at that. Other I leople, .(eIl ill the iural sect OIls, '.N are reliably informed, disagree with 3 him.I Air. Wharton would have tile sher iff's oflice decentralized onl general I ici l Tes. Thn why ot0 decentr ize every ollice in tle county? There is no More reason to fear cenltraiza tiol inl the sieriff's office than in the supervisor's olice. or treasurer's of lice or any other ofiice. Mr. Whartol woulidn't decentralize his farim1, 3or woulid his fertilizer mllanu o factuiers de centrPa lize its own ilatit. As a matter of fact the introduction of the iural t police system has not only divided I law enforcement authdrity in the county, but has practically divested the tittilar execitive officer of the County of not only ilis authority but his responsibility. By adding a clerk to its force, tile police system might take over the sherifi's office In its cin tirity ard thet find time on its hands. Hut, The Advertiser is not greatly wrought 111 oVr tile peace enforce mnltt machinery of the county, at least not enough to Imakhe a lift, long stru - gle over it as \It. WharLon mwould, but itn View of tile widespread demands for econotmy, (stieciaity from the rural dilstirict s, we tihoulght, it. m1ight not bin 1g onl a enatas i'trophe to) miake a sav in~g Il in tis very e'xpnc~sive ar til(f thie colunity5'lev ice. * * * In ano? t enilm'l ofi thiis Iimper i 31P. A. WV. Ailner1on1, vice pes itdent ;and gencil matlnlager if tile C. & W. C'. Pallh[)11d, in whilch he take.is excepio n1 un e he h(P E'fli ng "Ii' ilro I oli i-i the ('. & W\. ('. iruliroait, we ueda thle general term "ranilromis"' hiecaise w'e hlad seen't pub1)lii references .to rto Ilosedi spec(ial trin ini 0other1 town1s, t Newhierry, Gre'enwoid and1 Ahhleville, for Ins tanci', wich n(tever mtri~ltitzedt. take; In t:his lettCer. Is th ver0Ly posi -- titon which Thes Adveit iser' was "ill cinedt" to criticize, vi, th' dilsposi tIOnI to take tile ordinary ibusinless whlehi comes toi tile railrtoads andli a!, 1 liw favor'able opptnitittes of creQat irg bistls5 to p~ass by. As an illne:- I .taf" h' ths we cited the possiblil- . tigs of profit from a r:leilal tr'ain, as I IngdIcated by' the demands In soverl l t~byns, and thlen sihowved that tile pos-c a blilities were actually relizedl wheln t ti)6 train wall ruin, pohit1'~ - -' that f.i' r*iroad wvotld not have I. .:;. ::.:.. biesIf. private cItizens had not In *'orked it up.I The Advertiser my. itrther Iiusitrationi of the C. & W. (.'sc failure to make a profit in the par tiputlar' cases of The two special trains r dferred to. Mr. Anderson states thtc hi' aiiroad ran these special tr'ains I a distance of 200 niilos back arnd forth 1 td 'reach tile territory from whieh hisr gh~aranteed patrontage was comin'g. It' 'would not have cost the railroadat cent more to haul a few passengers tI afong that 200 miles, yet nro effol t was1 1 made to seutre ari There is sthe city of' Grceenwood with about. 12,000 peo pigin It, some of whom had exunreseod a %'eslro for a special tr'ain. T'he sPO1 0i(1 train arrived ther'e withot tanyf i passenger. Yet people came fron 'en to eighteen mIles through thc :ountry to 'Iaurens to get aboart lere. Why weren't passengers se mured all along the line? The Advertiser (oes not takc the po sition at all that the railroad was ir luty bound to run a special train t 3partanburg from Laurens just be. ause a few people wanted it, ever ?nough people to guarantee a 'prollt Pho Advertiser is probably a little nore reactionary on that point thai s Mr. Anderson himself. We believe hat the railroads and the public it elf have suffered more than they have ,ained .by the theory that the railroadh Lnd other utilities should be run sole y in the interest of the public. We Io not take much stock In that theor3 mad believe that the strangle hold vhich the government along with the prip that the labor unions have or lie railroads should be released. But n view of the claims of railroad man tgements that they are doing every hing in their power to operate on a >rolitable basis, it seems to us that a :aring failure to push the advantage if an o)pportunity for profit is sub eet to criticism. 'i'ho Advertiser dild not charge and lid not mean to imply that the C. & V. C. is "unmnindful or regardless of lie interest of the good people 01 miurens," although anyone with rea olalxly acute ears can hear that harge here rather frequently. This iajper, however, has never attached nutch tweight to this charge. O1r oh ervation was that the railroad was unmlitiindfil and regardless" of its owr nterest in that it failed to "sense' n11 opportunity for profitable employ nent of its idle rolling stock and em iloyeIs. ('ard From Mr. A. I. Anderson Cditor The Advertiser: My attention has been directed t< 'olur editorial of the 1th1, Ietaded "ail oad Invillciency." While yout do not mention specifical. y the C. & \V. "". Railroad, there seem To doubt. as to -what road and what itanagement you refer to. 'hie facts of the matter are that oul "assenger Department, who has chargi >f such negotiations, was asked to op trate a special train to Spartanhurg n order that those initerested could iear illy Sunday. Outr an-wer was that the specia rain woulhd lie rin provided we wer< ;uaranteed 125 passengers, and th( 'ate of one way fare and one half was Tamed for the round trilp. Tihe proposition was accepted ali( lie train run. I personally knew noth ng of the movement until -after It hia< teen made, in fact I twas in Washing on at the time. We were asked for another specia rain for 't'ltirsday, the 9th, and -thl ame rroposition w-as made and wa tecepted. Now in order to mak? t-his move lent we 1ad to rui a train, from Au ust a. (;i to Spartanburg, S. C. anI 'etirn, a dia:lianve of' 2'8 mliles, ali be patsenleers wer'e hauled a maxi. titumi distan11ce fr'omi Laur1ens t o Spat' anhurig andi returni of 71 miles, ait th<( -ate ot a (lnle wiv fatro and one-haluf n0 oter' words5, w~e:t h:md led a n mpti rain0 21nn miles( ad namited ai rate o 111 way f:mie anl I one(-hlalf iln onti di 'etIn 1 or1Il l tre-q uarut ers of the r'gui tid returnt, andit all thatl we asked -sa hat we bo- o' t aant ii a miiunn 11 :5 plm~ners or 0'pprox'.mN atinog th< We ha ie a .11lituble damiiy s ~sentget Crvice, which iC bline;t operated at (;bs, betw'een I/Irens an ttd Snartan. mrutg. When'! weP were, asked for' spe -11 serile in add itionttr to 1our1retrua assenrmt trains, we did ntot kntow 'lthethir weP wuldtt geI te cost of thhi ra in or niot, atnd in order to be cer ain that iwe dlid not stuffer furuthei oss -from ouri passenger service, w( equtired the mlininumn gtuarantee surely fotr this we canntot he chatrge( vith ineofileency? I don't believe that thle aibove facts varr'arit y'ourt crtitcism of inefflcloni nlaniagement on the par't of tile C. 8 V. C. Ratiway; 0on the otheri hand f whienever' we are asked to run pecial train In addition -to ouru re~gu. ar service, whlich we think is ade. Ilnte, surely wve are entitled to know. ert-ainhy that 'wo would at least pa) he cost of such additional and spe. -1 se"' and I believe .that if w< 'c-.i;i l'Ug hI any othbr pr'actic< nd run tt'hintt hundrdds of-mles ep 'u an tun-'t' , that we would ther .s..2 ....'.o to serious criti Either you or I misunderstand thi uties devolved upon the managemeni if the C. & W. C. IRailway Company f I understand our duty to the public ,nd to the property,-'It i to -furnisi easenablo passenger faQilit*es, atu vhen' we go fui'ther thin that I ee liat, we should know beyond 'a doubi hilt we wotuld at least get out of the 'usiness ,*44 t W9i us, ' )inust protest- at' your ihl~ficattor hat this coripany is uniaindflht or re rfrdloes cit50 to.interest of the gooc at least insofar as this particular oc currence is concerned. Yours very truly, A. W. ANDCRSON, V. P. & G. . Augusta, Ga., Feb. 11, 1922. a ea a e a * a e . * a a a a * * * The Effect On Tho Retaller * *a *. * * * * * * * * * * * * *' Mail-order houses have grown rich at the expense of the 'local merchant. 1very dollar that goes to a mail or der house 'liatead of purchasing from a local dealer leaves town never to re tu rn. Often customers of a local store have transferred a large part of their trade to a mall-order concern long be fore the merchant learned anything about it. The smaller the town the greater the weight of the mail-order house on the necks of the local merchants. The Interest of the local retailer Is dianfetrically opposed to that of the mail-order house. In many entire states mail-order houses are so strong ly entrenched that they 'get hardly a contest from the local stores. Retail stores are a necessity to ev cry town and hamlet. Spending money at home is a necessity to the pros perity of every town and hamlet. Send ing money away from Laurens for ar ticles that could be purchased in Lau rens is a direct blow -to the local re tailer, to the local noewspaper, to the local bank-to the cntire town. We must all consider these matters. We must stop and think, before send ing our dollars to the mail order houms es, that our co-operation is necessary to the upbuilding of our community and that, for our own selfish advan tages, evenI with 110 other motive, we imust patronize hone institutions and keep our dollars at home so that they can work for the advancement of our own prosperity. We will all find that it is a fact, when we consider the (luestlon from every viewpomnt, that two can buy as cheaply and as profitably from our local merchants as from a mail order house, and we then know what we are buying, instead of buying a "pig in a SPECIAL NOTICES. S * a Ierford Cattle For Sal Registereu diereford cattle at reasonable prices. W. Carl Wharton, Waterloo.' 27-5t-p(d Government Wagons-For Sale, or offered in cxchange for corn, oats, hay or lumber. Wagons in good condi tion. 1ixio Ice and Fuel Co., Clin ton. 16-tf HogS-We wish to thank our friends for -the interest shown in out hog sale Saturday. We still have a nice lot left ,and w'ill miicke attractive prices on then. Ilicks & Childress, at Hicks Stable. 31-1t Nitrate of Soda-xlpect shipment of nitrate of soda soon. See ime before you b;uy. Clyde T. Franks. 31-1t-pd F Vranehise--Will Ie allotted here for Worldl T1ire Store, the chlain of stores from coast to coast, selling .tires to user1s at wholesale pirices andl~ leading th)e local Itire fiel. $2,000 re'iui red. Previous exlperience unneIOc;ssary. Ad dressq C. IHenry, General De'livery, F~or Saule'--A good gentle milIch cow, LhI)rd cal f, fresh in mil1k of rich 'quaIi Iy YI rice rIght. See her at miy lot. .1. G. Sullivain. :11-It-pd F'oInd--lunch~ of keys on smaIlI lock. Owne can1 haii lve s;ame~ at Ad ver'tiser oflice after paying for this Seedl irish P'ofaloes.--We are in po ait ion to save you money. See us be fore you 'buy. Carryteria. 31 -5t-lid (Ienugine Ford Pairts--lt pays to uso0 geniuinc Word parts 01n your iar. Pie ea.just as cheap and( on mgny, parts chngrthan the imitation plnes and( then the difference in the wear. in sist, on the ;;enu-ine, accept 1no substi tutes. \Valdrop's Garage. 31-It Ford flatteries-You can buygur antceed Ford-built battery wi4~ for $22.00. All our' stock is hi nd new, hav'ing been received t'his week. WV. IC. Waldrop. 31-1t E~ggs-Black Minorca eggs, pure bred. $1.50 for 15. A. F. 'Martin, phione 4260. 31-2t-pd Cotton Seed- Re-cleaned W~anna maker's Improvedl Big Boll Cotton Seed. $1.00, per bushel. L. B. ,Stod dlar, Owlings, S. C. 31 50--pd For Sale--Iggs fromn heavy layin~g ntrain of pr1izeo winning Rhode Island Reds, $3.00 per seM:ing. 13 of these pullets layed 354 egga In December. W 1W. Whitehead, 254 Gordon 'St.f Phone 442. 31-it-p Lost-,Part of Conklin fountain lien, in Iaurena I'l~day afternoon, all ox Cepit 4top. Findeor please return to (Miss) Anna 'Wallace, Waterloo. 31-it-pa Wanted--Man with car to sell the IEISTP Ford Oil Oauge made. $100.00 per week and extra eymmissions. :Ben ton tiHarbor Accessories Co., Benton Harhopr, MIh 31-1t-pd Young thien, wvomen, over 1'7, desIr ing government positions, $1-30 month ly, write for free list of positions now open. R. Terry, (former Clvil Ser vice examiner), 1872 Contimielital 131dg., W~hington, D, . ,$1-3t4 IWeslted--To 'buy yollr chickeria an turkeys at Artnstrong's Market, 28-t$ For Sao'--Caqilac roadster, freshi BrooksS Bygert at '8Wygert, .jlickols. Barte4 Rock ook0ejel-Marnh and April hatched, . 450 each or 2 for #8;09, 'gs fron pj~ ,4 1 #90pr 1~ pe UI'Moon for Letters ol Administration State of South Carolina, County o'f Laurens. By 0. G. Thompson, Probate Judge. Whereqs 1-. R. Turner made suit to no to grant him Letters of Adminis tratioi of the estate and effects (f W. P1. Turner. These are, 'therefore, to cite and ad nonish all and singular the kindred nd creditors of the said W. P. Turner leceased, that they be and appear be oro ie, in the Court of Probate, to e held at Laurens Court House, Lao rels, S. C., on the 26th day of Fobru iry, 1922, next, after publication here )f, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be 5ranted. Given under my hand this 10th (lay >f February Anne Doinini 1922. 0. G. TIHOMPSON, 11-2t-A J. P. L. C. A TONIO~ Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor ating Effect. Sc. T heTrade Birdei y of Columbia lFnables the printer without a bindery to -handle work that on ly the large plants could do in the wlast. lIxpert bookhinders anda coi pleto eqiuipment including rul ing machines, wire stitchers, pe Ifo rators and sewing ma chines are at his service twith out any overhead expense. The cost of this service will imieet Competition. Put the Trade Bindery on your pay roll. IHighest grade HeImstitching an~i Picot Edge Work. We make Ina chine and know how to turn out the highect grade work. Orders taken for Dleating of all kinds. We operate modern plant and do only the best work. Latest style electrically driven ma chines sold on easy terms. All nakes of machines repaired. SINGEL SEWINy MACHINE VO. Greennood, S. C. 595 Main St. Phone 151 V. It. Barnet, Mgr. See Hough to See Well OPTOMETRIST Glasses Scientifically Fitted Fine Watch and Jewelry Repairing Diamonds Remounted Engraving W. H. HOUGH For 5 Years With Fleming Bros. SOUTH SIDE OF SQUARE PLANTERS FISH 'MIXTURES Available Phosphoric Acid 3.00 Per Cent Ammonia 6.00 Per Cent Or Any Combination Called -For~ Write Us for Prices on Any Mixed Goods Needed. Also on 'Fertilizer Ma terials, such as-Acid Phos phate, Foreign Ground Fish, Tankage and Blood, Nitrate of Soda. Special Prices on Potash Salts, Kaipit Manure Salt Mlu riate. Planters Frtilizer' & Phosphate Eggs From Every Hen There Is no excuso for a loafing hen. You can mako layers and real-01oney-makers out of overy solitary hen you own. 4Si~r Egg Producer The wonderful poultry tonic, develops the c;;g-producing organs; makes early layers of young pullots: keeps poultry' healthy and produces fast growth In young chicks. 24 pound box, 50 cens. We carry a complete line -of Caro-Vet Standard ltemnedles for IHorses, Mules. Cattle, Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund your money if you fall to get natisfactory results from the use of any Caro-Vet remedy. AUTHORIZED DEALERS IN LAURENS COUNTY M. W. Gray, It. 2......Gray Court, S. C. Eureka Dr, Co............ C W. M. Abercrombie, lit. 1.Gray Court, S C. Powo Drug Co...........La S.C 'Tle Cash Co...........Cray Court, S. C. Iutmans Drug C.o . S it. 0. Sullivan, Ilt.'4.... Gray Court, S. C. Lairens Drug Co.......... 9 Stonto & liabb, lIt. 4.... Gray Court, H. C. A. 1,. Howard. Itt 5. Kollers Drug Store.......Clinton. 8. C. G. 1). Armstrong, lt. 6i... ., S H Hadler-Owens Phar.........Clinton, S. C. V. ............-it 9 C . . lhame..............linton S . C............ Farmers Mer. Co...........Clinton .. C . . Stone. lit.. . C W. H1. Stover. He Sprlngs. m. C. The hell Vo................eh p.r.i 1). 3. Hinson...wHeath SpringsD . C. C. L. Golng............. S.C. COAL Red Ash.DBlock Coal. Car Just Received,. STRICTLY CASH~ Coal Must Be PaidC For When Delivered. EICHELBERGER BRO.'. Phone 33 ISeed Irsh Potatoes We Are in a Position to Save You Money. See Us Before You Buy. CARRYTER, A On the Square Ne to City Hall CREEN~iURG'S SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY One 'lot of Single Blankets, 66x81, $1.50 value, now . . . . 89c One lot Plaid Homespun, 15c value, now 8 1-2c One lot Old Ladies Comfort Slippers, now $1.69 One lot Men's Extra Heavy Work Shoes, now $2.39 Yard wide Wool Serge, various colors, now 49c Greenburg's Dry Goods Store North Side of Square Laurens, S. C. Samson Tractors. Now $555.00 Effective February 1st, Samson Tractors were reduced to the following:, Samson Model 1M Tractors $445 Pulley Assembly . . 40 Governor .. . 40 Platform and Feraders . 30 Mdok'M Complete $555',V F. 8. Factory FORMtR PRXCE $850.00 See UJ Forr 'Dmonstration Vi o.0 ucent Mtr C J~ut~# St oil,