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I JOHN WALKER. 3
BY VY. D. 8. ?
- Ho was one of the patriots of Poplar
Springs?a man chock full of energy.
There was no such word as quit with
him when he commenced a work. For
instance, the building of a new church
at Poplar. He worked faithfully, col
lecting money and timber to build this
church. If a man came out for a*pub
lic office in Laurens connty he might
make up his mind that Father Walker
would see and get a donation from him.
After years of arduous work he had the
pleasure of seeing a nice church built
at Poplar Springs.
Talk about shouting Methodists!
When Father Walker and John Knight
came up to Mount Bethel and assisted
in a camp meeting a stranger would
think they were leading members in
that church. Both were gifted in
prayer and they would pray, sing a,nd
shout and get just as happy as their
Methodist brethren.
Mr. Walker was a careful man. He
had a fine body of timber land, and he
took good care of it. In the winter
months he would send the negro men
into the woods and cut and split the
dead trees into firewood and rails, and
have them racked up to dry. He saw
that firewood and building timber
would in a few years be an object.
Other people would live in South Caro
lina after he had passed away. Many
men you can select our purchased
woodland, cut it down and put the land
into cotton. Now they are out of fire
wood and have no material to keep up
their houses. If we don't discover
beds of peat and coal I don't see how
we will keep warm in this country.
John Walker was one of the most pre
cise county commissioners we ever had
in Laurens. When he looked over a
road and found his overseer had only
half-worked it out he sent him back,
and would go with him and spend two
or three days having it done right. The
hands might talk ugly to him, but he
stuck to them, and they knew better
than to refuse to work, for he would
have them up before the board and fine
the last one of them. He had sign
boards put up at the forks of the pub
lic roads- -postoak posts squared and
planted firmly in the ground. The
pointer boards were mortired and
pinned into the posts, and stood ten or
twelve feet above the ground, so the
first boy that came along could not
throw a stone and knock them off. He
also put up milestones along the high
ways. When he let out a bridge con
tract every t iling was reduced to writ
ing. The kind and sizes of the timber;
the tenons, mortices and pins were put
down. First, the timbers were hauled
up and every piece was turned over and
closely scrutinized on all sides. Second,
when the framing was completed the
tenons and mortices were examined.
Third, when the bridge was raised and
finished the final inspection of the work
was made. For years you could see
along the roads signs of Walker's good
work.
He*was a man that looked after the
interests of his family. When the boys
came to see bis daughters, at bedtime
it was: "Johnny, get your hat, and we
will walk out. Here is a tub, water
and towel to wash your feet. I know
the gals have put on clean sheets."
He Fired the Stick.
"1 have fired the walking-stick I've
carried over 40 years, on account of a
sore that resisted every kind of treat
ment, until I tried Bucklen's Arnica
Salve: that has healed the sore and
made me a happy man,,' writes John
Garrott, of North Mills, N. C. Guar
anteed for Piles, Hums, etc., by Lau
rens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co.,
druggists. 25c.
The Civic League Entertainment.
At the entertainment given by the
Civic League last Tuesday evening
thirty dollars was cleared for the pur
poses of city improvement. So much
was the concert enjoyed that it will
probably be repeated within the next
month.
When the stomach, heart or kidney
nerves get weak then these organs
always fail. Don't drug the stomach,
nor stimulate the heart or kidneys.
That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre
scription known to druggists every
where as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The
restorative is prepared expressly for
theso weak inside nerves. Strengthen
these nerves, build them up with Dr.
Shoop's Restorative tablets or liquid
and see how quickly help will come.
Free sample test sent on request by
Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health
is surely worth this simple test. Pal
metto Drug Co.
LOCAL ANB PERSONAL MENTION. |
Mr. B. A. Anderson, of Waterloo,
was in the city Monday.
Misses Hertha Wells and Helen Gog
gins left for their home Friday to spend
Christmas.
Miss Ella Hell Copcland is spending
the holiday season with friends at
Georgetown.
Miss Bessie Brown came home from
Chicora College last Friday, to spend
the Christmas holidays.
Mr. Nat K. Bolt of Greenville and
Mr. Nat Franks of Grcers both natives
of old Laurens visited relatives in the
city and county during the past week.
The Columbia "State" recently of
fored an interesting contest to its read
ies with a $25.00 prize to the winner.
The contestants were supposed to de
cide upon what they considered the best
advertisement in the "State" of Dc
CCmber 15th and then to write an arti
cle giving briefly their reasons for so
deciding. The winner of the prize was
Chas. G. Singleton, of Manning, but of
the 296 papers submitted to the judges
in the contest several of the best were
printed in the "State" of Sunday,
among them a very clever argument in
the favor of the advertisement of her
choice by Mrs. H. K. Aiken, of Laurens.
Those using PERFUMES eujoy a
Change. Have you tried
WM. H. BROWN & BRO'S.
new odor,
Pocahontas
For Sale by
Dodson-Edwards Drug Co.
haurens, S. C.
Give Christmas presents that will be
useful, last and be appreciated. That
is the kind you can get if you will see
our line before you buy.
S. M. & E. H. Wllkos & Co. .
CALIFORNIA LEGENDS,
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Weird and Thrilling Tales of the
Olden Days.
A MINE THAT WAS HAUNTED.
The Ghost of Tom Bowers, an Elusive,
Luminous Warning and a Race Bs
tween Life and Death?The Building
of Lofty Mount Shasta.
A haunted bouse in the family sends
delicious shivers down the spinal cord
of tho ancestral tree, but even more
delightfully spooky Is the possession
of a haunted mine, and such a boast
California can make on the authority
of early legend.
Once upon a time in the days of old
and the days of gold a miner of the
name of Thomas Bowers lived and
delved In tho vicinity of Pike City.
A shy, silent man was Thomas, doing
Ids prospecting without a partner and
even holdlug aloof from the Jolly com
pany of tho other miners after the
day's work was done. And in the
same shy, silent way that he had lived
he died? noiseless footsteps across the
snow to tho brink of the slope where
he had been prospecting and at tho
foot of a landslide Ids speechless body
?alone In death.
After his remains were burled de
cently and In order there wore excited
whispers about strange noises at the
mouth of the old shaft, and soon, quite
incidentally, of course, the mine was
abandoned.
The greed of gold, however, taps Im
patiently at closed doors, and after
some little time a thriftless miner hop
ing for a short cut to wealth undertook
to work tho old mine again aud sud
denly surprised his creditors by pay
ing his bills. But things flowed not so
smoothly as they seemed. There was
many a slip of nerve between nugget
and pick. Every morning the miner
found that bis sluice had been tamper
ed with, that during the night the wa
ter had been tinned on by unknown
hands. Yot the most diligent search
led to no discovery, and as a last hope
of uutangllng the clammy mystery tho
miner one evening inaugurated a
watch, well armed with a rifle.
The shadows deepened into dark
ness, Into an absolute? blackness. Sud
denly while reoonnoitoring a phospho
rescent light attracted his attention,
and as he boldly advanced toward It
bo discovered a placard hung from a
tree?a sort of spectral transparency, it
seems bearing the following words:
"Notice! I, Thomas Bowers, claim this
ground for placer mining.''
When the reader's mind had recov
ered from its earthquake of astonish
ment the miner made a snatch at the 1
placard. A pricking thrill went through
his lingers, as though they had taken
liberties with an electric battery. The
luminous writing was gone, but In his
ears roared the flowing water of tho
sluice and through the roar the sharp,
clear cut tap, tap, of a pick. Again the
flash of warning light?and before hbn
stood Tom Bowers.
The California minor is no coward.
The rifle was lifted, fired. With a yell
of rage tho ghost, brandishing pick
and shovel in excited arms, pursued
the trespasser.
A race between life and death In a
new sense was the one that followed?
all tho way to Pike City. There the
other miners, celebrating a new And
by a dance in a saloon, were suddenly
alarmed by terrified screams. Running
out, they found neither man nor ghost. '
but tossed upon the ground a rifle and
a pick ami a shovel with the initials
T. B. cut ?n tho handle.
A legend of an entirely different type
Is connected with the samejporiod of
California history. r
During the rush for goldln^the 11 fties
a party came west by the ftHa river
route. The beat was intense, 'rjio sup
ply of water gave out. On tjio hot.
barren sands Just below Yuma tho
dying cavalcade pitched their desper
ate camp.
In the silence of lho early night from
one of the wagons came tho prattling
voice of B little child 1! ted In prayer:
"Do, dear God, give us water, and I
never will be naughty again."
And scarcely had the petition gone
up to tho stars when tho sound of
running water was heard, and up from
tho dry, hot sands bubbled a pure, life
giving spring.
The water of this New river, ns it
was called, swept north for twenty
miles, at one place spreading lido a
deep lake two miles wide, lud when
migration went by the northern route,
the pretty tradition naively ends, no
lopgor needed, the New river's spring
dried up.
> ? '
Perhaps no more desolate spot can
be pictured than Death valley, with
its terrific heat, Its lack of water, tho
soda dust of its plains strewn with
mummified animals and tho bleached
bones of lost prospectors. But fair
and fertile once lay the valley, a flour
ishing puiblo nded over by a beauti
ful queoD.
Alas, the beauty was only skin deep,
and ambition alone ruled a cold, cruel
heart. A palace to surpass the houses
of tho neighboring Aztecs was her
dream, and she cared not how many
lives might be sacrificed In speeding
tho labor.
Foi miles the tribe carried slono and
timber, and when they faltered by
the wayside she lashed their naked
backs. So sacred was royalty regard
ed that her people dared not protest,
but in hor zeal to have the palace
erected before accident or possible
death she, had forced her daughter
even to jolu the throng of workers,
A Fortunate Texan.
Mr. E. W. Goodloe, of 107 St. Louis
St., Dallas, Tex., says: 'In the past
year I have become acquaineod with
Dr. King's New Life Pills, and no lax
ative 1 ever before tried so olfocLuall^v
(lisposes of malaria and biliousness.
They ..don't grind or gripe. 25c. at
Laurens Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug
Co. \s drug store.
8ure Thing.
"Do you believe any of tho plant or
arboreal kingdom would stick to man
if given tho choice?"
"I think tho dogwood."?Baltimore
American.
The Maj?ic No. 3.
Number three is a wonderful mascot
for Geo. H. Parais, of Cedar (hove.
Me., according to a letter which reads:
"After suffering much with liver and
kidney trouble, and becoming greatly
discouraged by the failure to find relief,
I tried Electric Bitters, and as a result
I am a well man to-day. The first bot
bottlo relieved and three bottles com
pleted the cure." Guaranteed best on
earth tor stomach, liver and kidney
troubles by Laurens Drug Co. and Pal
motto Drug Co., druggists. 60o,
Assessor's Notice.
The Auditor's Office will be open
from the 1st day of January to the 20th
day of February, 1908, to make returns
of personal property and real estate,
where any changes have been made
since last return for taxation in Lau
rens.
For the convenience of the taxpayers
the Auditor or his deputy will attend
the following named places to receive J
returns for said year, to-wit:
Keno, January 20, from 10 a. m. to
2 p. m.
Clinton,-January 21, from 10 a. m. to
2 p. m.
Clinton Mills, January 21, trom 5 p.
m. to 8 p. m.
Lydia Mills, January 22, from 9 a. m.
to 12 m.
Mountville, January 23, from 10 a.
m. to 2 p. m.
Cross Hill, January 24, from 10 a. m.
to 2 p. m.
Waterloo, January 27, from 10 a. m.
to 2 p. m.
Dr. W. C. Thompson's, January 28,
from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Martin's Store, January 29, from 9 a.
m. to 12 m.
Brewerton, January 29, from 1 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Sharpe's Store, January 30, from 9
a. m. to 12 ni.
Princeton, January 30, from 1 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Tumbling Shoals, January 31, from
10 a. to 2 p. m.
D. 1). Harris', February 3, from 10
a. m. to 2 p. m.
Abner Habb, February 4, from Hi a.
m. to 2 p. m.
V. A. White, February 5, from 10 a.
m. to 2 p. m.
Cook's Store, February 0, from 10 a.
m. to 2 p. m.
Stewart's Store, February 7, from
10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Young's, February 8, from 10 a. m.
to 12 m.
Pleasant Mound, February 8, 2 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
Lanford, February 10, from 9 a. m.
to 12 m.
Ora, February 10, from 2 p. m. to 4
p. m.
Watts Mill, February 11, from 2 p.
m. to 8 p. m.
All male citizens between the ages of
21 and 00 years on the 1st of January,
except those who are incapable of earn
ing a support from being maimed or
from other causes, are deemed polls,
Confederate veterans oxcepted.
All taxpayers are required to give
Townships and No. of School District:
also state whether property is situated
in town or country.
After the 20th of February 50 per
cent, penalty will be attached for fail
ure to make returns.
C. A. POWER, Auditor.
Dec. 11, 1907. 101 f
You will find it easy to select your
Christmas presents from our line of
Cut Class, fancy China, Dinner Sets.
Toilet Sets, Chairs, Tables, Rugs and
many other useful articles tb.it we have
not space to mention.
S. M. & 10. II. Wilkes & Co.
Cough Caution
Never, positively novcrpolson yourlungs. If you
cough?even from a simple cold only?you should
alwiiys heal, nootho. and ease tho irritated bron
chial tubes. Don't blindly suppress it wilh a
stupefying poison. It's strango how some things
finally como alxmt. For twenty years Dr. Shoop
has constantly warned people, not to tako cough
mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium,
Chloroform, or similar poisons. And now? a littlo
late though?Congress says "Put It on the label.
U poisons are In your Cough Mixture." Good!
Very good !! lloroafterforthlsvory reasonmothers.
and others, should insist on having Dr. Shoop a
Cough Cure. No poison murks on Dr. Shoop's
labels?and none In the medicine, else It must by
law 1ms on the label. And it's not only safe, but it
Is said to bo by those that know It best, a truly ro
markablo cough remedy. Tako nochimeo then,
particularly with your children. Insist on having
Dr. shoop's Cotlfth Cure. Comparo carefully tho
Dr. Hhoop package with others and noto tho
difference. No poison marks there! You call
always bo on the safe side by demanding
Dr. Shoop's
Cough Cure
PALMETTO DRUG CO. J
in the selection of your personal effects,
whether apparel or jewelry, you will
appreciate the Ui.tha Exclusiveness of
THE
HOWARD
WATCH
Let us present the newest
models for your Inspection
We also sell the Elgin, Wal
tham, Rockford and South
Bend Watches.
Fleming' Bros.
Reliable Jewelers.
f Helpful 1
Holiday
H ints.
Begin your Christmas buying
here. We have a superb line of
those dainty articles of use and
ornament that make the most ap
propriate and welcome Christmas
gifts. Fancy goods and toilet
articles are here in great variety,
and all at the very lowest prices!
Here are some examples:
Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets,
Military, Hair and Cloth Brushes,
Smoking Sets, Shaving Sets,
Jewel Cases, Fine China, Cut
Glass and other things too numer
ous to mention.
Dodson
Edwards
Drug; Company
Laurens, S. C.
Notice.
All persons holding claims against
1.aureus county, not previously pre
sented, are hereby notified that same
must be deposited with the clerk of the
county board of commissioners on or
before thejjth day of January, HKty, as
required by law.
MESSER BABBL_.
-tTT-Ut Clerk of County HoardT
Cut
and Novelties
We are showing a very pretty line of
Cut Glass
Imported Vases
Hand Painted China
Genuine Water Color
Pictures and other very
pretty and dainty odd
pieces of fancy and de=
corative goods.
The Prices are as Attractive as the Goods.
Palmetto Drug Co.
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Christinas Gifts
for the Home
That Will Last
and be
Appreciated.
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YOU WILL NOT HAVE any trouble in selecting your presents from
our line.
Ladies' Writing Desks, Morris Chairs, Lamps, Electric Fixtures; Cut
Glass, Fancy Odd China, Dinner Sets, Toilet Sets, Rugs, Art Squares,
Book Cases, Chiffoniers, Rockers, China Closets, Dressing Tables, Hall
Racks, and many other beautiful and useful articles for the home that
we have not got the space to mention. We wiM take pleasure in help
ing you select your presents if you will see our line before you buy.
You can get Christmas
presents for any member of
your family and friends
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A Great
Christmas
Showing.
Drums, horns, banjos, musical
toys, false faees, rattlers, checker
boards, .Japanese lanterns, dolls,
pictures, tea sets, toy guns, post
cards, post card albums, autograph
albums, combination dressing cases,
Gent's traveling cases, military
brushes, hair, tooth, nail^and clothes
brushes, children's Hots, toy pianos,
pockets knives, fountain pens and
other articles too numerous to men
tion.
A Beautiful line of genu
ine Cut Glass. Latest de
signs. Prices right.
dr. b. f. posey
Laurens, S. C.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Cuttft Colli?, Croup and Wh?opimj Cougli.
Big: Closing Out Sale
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^ We are closing* out the entire stock of mer?
f|| chandise of fir. Simon Diamond, consisting of
M clothing, shoes, hats, trunks, etc. This stock must
f| be sold regardless of cost within the next 90 days
W on account of the death of Mr. Simon Diamond.
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STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of LAURENS.
By 0. G, Thompson) Probate Judge.
Whereas, J. H. Madden lias made
suit to me to grant him letters of ad
ministration of the estate and effects of
(Scnia Madden.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish :ill and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Genia Madden, de
ceased, that they be and appear before
mo in the Court of Probate, to l>e held
at I-aureus C. H., S, ('., on the Itol day
of January, 1008. next, after publica
tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore
noon, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said administration should not
be granted.
(liven under my hand this, 13th day
of December, anno domini 1007.
O. G. Thompson, J. P. L C.
j Beardless Barley for Sale
land 500 bushels of Field
Peas at good attractive
prices.
M. H. FOWLER.
OR.KINO'S NEW DISCOVERY
Will Surely Stop That Cough.
Simpson, Cooper <& Babb,
Attorneys at Law.
u.'il! practice in all Stute Courts
Prompt attention given io all bnsine-s
MONUMENTS.
If you are in need of a nice Monu
mont for loved ones I am prepared to
furnish it to you at very reasonable
prices. See me.
J. WADE ANDERSON, Laurons, S. C
Ml. CLIFTON JON KS
Dentist
OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING
Phone:Office No. ?<!: Residence210.
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and CURE the LUNGS
WITH
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AND ALL THROAT AND LUNf TROUBLES.
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