The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 22, 1922, Image 9
CaIMd &maiu -,r. Wharton
3Dditor 'lurens AAd'elrtiser: ar
I note -you' cddito-ia1 lin regard to nt
,what I warate yin: rcference to the rural d(
po1lice of IlaIrens 'ounty. rc
Just a 'wevtd in reference to the d1
sherift. '3 *NWt to say here that I per
onally ilke .18heeiff Reid and what i' d'
shall ay 11, this article In no N% ay re- y
fers 'til 1fin. leLOMonally. I may use a
little 'iersonal remarks, but if I do, eI
Ilr. Shrifi these remarks shall conie t(
from ian honest heart 'and not from any f,
whim ,or :fincy that I may be harbor- j,
Ing lin 'my'.heart against you. %
We 'qu'te verbatin from' your tdi- it
'tufi'alif several weeks .ago as follows:
"Ottr *dIutbi' in the matter is that iA.
-wold' he.:fai better to wipe out the en- t
'ire mirdl poliee system of the county 1
-,hairt,'ioe the services of an efficient a
farnildemionstration department at this a
time. (-One determined deputy sheriff, f
proViddi he had the backing of juries, a
judges, and eublic which is now lack- v
lig, 'eold keel) the liquor making and r
liquordialing qown, but no amount of 1
law ci take the place of the informa
tion irn'd lehdership which the demon- I
stratton department stands for." I
11r. ;Editor, -be honest with me, did I
you read that dope before you publish- t
ed it, -ox did you just write it off a-d :
shot it over the "home plate" to the I
In'httef? ~ Wiell, I want to say in the I
beginning, you most assuredly have -a i
very 'poor opinion of the farmers of .
Laurens county and their ability to do )
tirrgs on their own initiative, to think i
for themselves, to bring things to pass
for 'themselves, and on the other hand
you 'rave an exulted opinion*of the 1
denroitstttion department. Now who,
kind 'Sir', is the daddy of this demon
strtton''department? I will tell you,
farmers of .Laurens county and other
coutities of the commonwealth of South
'ardlina. 2Iy late uncle, W. -P. Tlarria,
was-a7,emonstration department all in
hfhnmelf vefore Clemson ever thought
of YcoTring on the scenes. He was the
first -man In South Carolina, I think,
anyway-'the first one in IIaurens coun
ty, who had a silo. Out of his expert
ence, rich sw4th research and work,
came'this silo and many other discov
eries Vahiable to the farmers of South
Mandlina. Clemson, to my certain
-Ano'ltige, sent man after man, time
after -time, to see my uncle and get his
line of""Modus Operandi" if y u please,
-tkrat ure is a big thing ,or me to
say btt smaybe 1 .will get by -With it,
and txesel Clemson men went back and
labeledt:this as Clemson dop'e and put
their ihome demonstration department
o41 tj carry if out, and when these
P7,Ple who comprised the- Clei'
n C1lloge set, and the home demon
strativn bunch, got In a muddle they
would run back to my uncle and would
say, 'Ehit's that you said about rais
ang ga~lo t Mountain Irish potatoes?"
And 31r. Editor, you have the affront
ery to coame along here when you never
plowed a. mule nor a bull in your life,
and you haoe' the Gaudacity to say, and
to publi'h:-It too, that we cannot do
iwithout the demonstration department
but wecamn do without the police.
*We are :the demonstration depart
ment oursstyes and we do not lay clain
to It.
'Now abont the part of your artIcle
in which yun say, "No amount of law
can take thme splace of the information
and leadershipl which the demonstra
tion -departmint stands for." Mr. Edi
tor, I agree With- you heartily, for this
lpformation aid -this leadership sma~
over and will aver' be the bIrthright of
thedarmlers o1' any and~ all sections.
Of course you <cannot lpgss any law
that will nyake a 'farmer .out of. a fool.
So n'ue'h for- that.31-r. EdItor, when I
-was a little boy of-7 years. my old Dad,
God bless him, when the snow came in
the winter and the slIttle birds came up
to the back door in itearch for food, h
would say, "Son, get you ijome salt
-and 'put oni the tails of the little -hlrdm
~and you can catch thenm." Mir. Editor
that took the lilace of the movies ii
'hose .good 01(1 days. I :spent many ar
-hour chasing them with a hand fulil of
satt. Aly little mind wedId drean
.bout themi 'at night. But a little-later'
thli 'thing that is up in my bone lheu-d
they tall it brain, began to revolT,:'aol
TI soon wont to my .Dadl andl said, "PapIr
you can 'get close enough to put eal
na bird's tail, you could catch tl
'brd :nd therefore you don't need ti
salt.'" So, Mr. 'Editor, you have beel
chasing the 'irds wvith ,the salt In you1
(han'd 'long cogh. '"Provided th<
deputy sheriff had the backing of thn
7 udges 'and public'' he could do thui
and' so. fMr. 'ditor, throw thg sal
down, Yes Sir, turn off the aheriff an<
turn the jail into a silly sunday taber
naclo w'hen you get the judges, jurie
~'l publick backing law and order
'ire ain't no such animal and neve:
11 wl be.
You said this in ,your last e'dItorial,
kr. ~Wharton offers 'no comiparisol
~tween .the rui'al police aystepi og
~IAy other system 'to sprov'e tha - th
present large force of 'peace offcers, il
M oessary for the preservation of or
ld), -e merely states that 'they ar
'Odd jand lergves it :go at .that?' I1
4t 'I aure said "them" same thing'
~,would have .been far better 'had ye
$d1thA nluck guimption~ gs 'I did
A4oy.I dd Aot pffer any oti
I ' e
was amarely answeritig :you in your C
ro editorials and inade no effort to L
xtxc thm questioan,,thinking you would a
)t come back at me and try to raim e
)wnl the throats of the peoplC'of Lau
nus county any .such Idea that they
d not OWnnt rural police.
Secondly, I did noL...anw then, nor
i I uow know,, ,6f ;auy' better system.
ou say that a whole lot of country
P'olde disagrne Awithme. Most assur
lly they do. I .knw that before you
)ld mne. I .asked .about 25 farmers
'om different sections of tle county,
Ist as I would meet.. them,. If they
'anted to rotain the rural police force
Iaurens county. . 23 of them said
Yes", 2 said "No". *.The two who said
., supplniented- their "No" with
his statement: "The reason I do not
he theni us this: "'V.ive out of seven
re alsways in I aurens." I answered
s quickly as.a Jlash, "That is not the!
ault of the system, but If It is true,
.nd I am -not snying. one -way or the
Lher, then tell your. chief. of the rural
>olice force, Columbus Owens, and give
in .a chance -to corroct this:
I can only speak for our rural po
iceman for one -section of the county.
Phe last :man who. made this criticism
s a high toned gentleman and so was
he other one, but. I know the last
nan ipe(rsonally and ie has the back
)one to tell .anybody what lie thinks
t very rare tanimal. It was Saturday
Jftermoon. .1 had'ust .left old Andy
Boyd at 'Waterloo and' I said, "Andy
Boyd Is now .at Waterloo, or Was 30
mingltes :ggo'" e
Mr. Editor, :you are dead wrong. Mr.
Watts, our supervisor, tells me he or
gaied The 'present *rural police force
and that the chidfrf the rural police
force gets his -orklers from the sheriff.
Mr. -Editor, -you led' me astray. You
made me thiik utim Wyour editorials
that the eheritfI's difce (was separate in
toto from the rural police. I want to
tell you this, If this be true and I have
no reason to -ilsputd it, for 'Watts told
me I could -se'his name, then there is
some friction 'between the sheriff and
Just albut the b
eim
ever laagened in
Every pi
about this I
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alkali resistir
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money back
VALDUI
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Booklet
Di=ere asking.
Er
ones
LUR
TO THE
THEATRE-GCLER.
OF LAUISENS:
In. bringing "Rose
eWashington. Squaid
'the Opera House LI
assure you of an 'n
treat. It is more I
mere musical corned:
I has the gorgeous disi
of the gr-eatest of the
i vues with a genuine e
e~dy story. Reports I I
received on the attrac
lead nme to dommenl
0',,t.your patronage.
-W, M. SWITZE
Mana
oluinbus 0owens. Let the voters of
aurens c)unity look into the matter
n(d see w ho is to blame and act ac
ordingly.
Res'petfully,
IW. CARL W~frAlfION.
.A New vtiime
'The Augusta Chronicle announces
rday a most ititeresting and amusing
une. The object of this game is to
ec who canl secure the largest and
Learest vorrect list of words beginning
vith the letter "P", covering names of
isible objects contained in a picture
:opy of Which will be found elsewhere
n this Islue' of our publication.
This class of game has proven to be
t very interesting pastime and many
raluable prizes have been won by jper
ions 'throughout the country. There
,s no -reason at all why some of these
prizes 'cannot be won by our own read
Lws and it would be well to get started
on your list of words tonight and you
will thid this puzzle game will be the
imeans of supplying you with many
pleasur'able moments.
Poplar Springs School
iPoplar Springs school will present
a -Way; "The Importance of Being
E0arnest", on Thursday evening, Feb,
23, at 7:30 o'clock. Immediately fol
loWing <the play there will be a boN
supper. Admission' 15c and 25c. Th(
pubid is cordially invited.
If your stomach is out of order o1
dihtressed, no matter from what cause
MIAP0Na stomach tablets will give in
Istant -rlief in case of indigestion, acut
or dbronic, or money back. Guaran
tee'd -by Laurens Drug Co.
ASSESSORIS NOTICE 1922
The Auditor's office will be opei
from the 1st day of January to th
20th of February, 1922, "to make re
turns of all real and personal pro
perty' for taxation.
For the convenience of tax-payer
the' Auditor or his detputy will atten
thefollowing named places to receiv
returns for said year to wit:
Those wishing to make tax return
iges thing that
thcupaint business!
po= owner will want particulars
rn r le VALDURA ASPHALT
>taliabe in rich shades of Red and
as i*&rilliant Black.
tint which is not only enduringly pre
t abdokttely waterproof - acid and
ig. It is unaffected by extremes of
I. tsopular priced too; and your
if it ' to satisfy.
RA ist quality product; made frorni
material.s. -the basic material being
Gilsonite Asphalt.
RA is sitable everywhere a durable
paint is ziquired. and it does so much
dinary paints that it is by far the most
aint to use.
and free test sample furnished for the
raylor' Hardware Co.
Laurens, S. C.
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DELIGHTUL TOUCM~
ger AND DOUBLE ENT EI
TIIAT HAUINTJYOU I
TRE CIIORLV0NE OF II
/T3 AIISOLUlti
for 1922 can find blanks on Saturdays,
Feb. 4th and I Ith for Laurens, Youugs
and Scuffletown toavnships, at Irs.
Etiphemie T. Ilryson's. Make retuins
and leave with -her at Ora.
Please make note that the appoint
ments will be filled just as advertised
and to please cone out, and make re
turns. One man isually makes the
whole round and some may not under
stand the notice this time, as I have
divided up the territory in the several
towILShips..
Alt male citizens between the ages
Mul
Goo<
or
I Want j
If you bae al
Fiday ani
Will
H.
~COME'DY fUI
A~RDIN , E4~MADS f
-aand MYERS.
VGTON S R"IW
ENT I5INUFUALIY iRNC I
Ef OF A10 IT If FRIEE FR A
JDRKI51. %I0I~FYHEL.
1L II IIAR AND IIE PROlM
'Y AL THAT A MUSICAL
of 21 and 60 wars o nthe 1st of Jan.
utary except those who are incapable
of earning a support from being
m11aiRlmed or from other causes, are
den.ed polls. Confederate veterans
excepated.
AMls all male citizens between the
ages of 21 to 55 are liable to a road tax
of $1.50 and are required to make du'r
ing the time above specilled and their
return of the same to the Auditor
shall pay to the County Treasurer at
the same time other taxes are paid in
lieu of working the road, ichool trus
s .W
I Thin I
Fat Pb
kIout Fifty or a
CASH
iy fior sale, bring
I Saturday, F
I Be at Hicks'
G. BA
IDAY, I
I
AfRn.IN PREfENTING
W YOFTHEE CAD
CONSISTENT PLOT
UTIfSOTEEDBY
ILTINCPAPPEALING KIND
1ST15 OiF EVENILEEMG
1CION AFEAfMOR THE EV
COMEDY5IIOJllDBE.
tves, Students and ministers are ex
mipt from road tax.
All taxpayers are reiriiIIed to givo
township and numiiiiber of sc -I dis
tricts; also state Whether in rty is
situated iI town or couitry .-ach lot,
tract or parcel of lin must he en
tered Separately.
After the 20th of Febriary 50 per
cent penalty will -be attachet for fail
ure to make returns on piersonal pro
lerty and 20 per ient on real estate.
J1. W. TI 10MPI'ON,
21 -td. County Auditor.
Lnted
VIules
Igs
Hundred.
them to Laurens
'eb. 24 & 25
Stable.
T E S
TEB. 27
Biggest Bargain in the
History of American
Theatricals
11 -costs as miuchi to pilay to one piersoin
in a thleatre as it dloes to at fll en
yaicly audienets * * If? a theatre seats;
one tlhouisan(i anid it. Is fIllled the cost
of retailing amiusemienit is One One
thouisanth Iper capita of w~ha t it. would
be If one mian Sat Ithec-e and~ we staged
a show. for hiIs sole enterla inmet
VOIJUME~ IS EVI)RY'Dil IINC * * 11,1
(!APAC'TY houses were inaIbe
pices of theatro r tickets (cou(1ld le
slashed 25 pci cent. RtONIC OF WASil
JINGTON SQUAING had beii pilayinig to
CtAPAC IT'Y E~VORY'WIGlR-TillAT
IS WHlY WlC CAN AND) WIlIL Ol"1l'1R
'II1iE ATTflIRCIN IIELR AT1 TPillS
SENSATIONAL4 SL1ASll -IN 'PRICIS.
Not for ten years has an attraction of
thIs mnagntitud(e andl meit been offeredl
here at such a moderate scale.
$1.00 $1.50 $2.00
Plus War Tax
Seats at Powe Drug Co.
Thursday.
MAIL~ -OlRDFI,I whten accompanied by
remnittanice In full (including war tax)
and14 ttelf alddressetd envelopte 'Will be
hlonoredl and tiled in rotatloni. This
saves you standing in line and insures