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MR. JOHNSON WANTS INCREASE OF $10,000 Fourth District Congressman's Bill Provides for Additional Appro* prlatloil for I,aureus Building. Washington, May 4.?Representative Johnson has introduced hills adding $10.000 each to the appropriations for public buildings at Laurens and Union, making the amount In each case $<H>, 000 instead of $50,000. Mr. Johnson being a member of the committee on public building and grounds will in all probability" secure these Increases If a public building bill is passed at this session. Royal Ambassadors. On Saturday afternoon the Royal Ambassadors of Chestnut Ridge church met at the home of Mr. and Airs. .i. S. Medlock and enjoyed the social In t er course as well as some entertaining amusements. One of the features was a "kitchen contest" which afforded much fun as well as profit. Prizes, nice boxes of stationery, were award ed to Misses Lila Bramlett and Nannie Mae Williams. After the contest the guests were Invited to partake of re freshments. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Medlock, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C?l be rtson, Mrs. lt. I). Boyd, Misses Net tie and Georgia Medlock, Wyona and Kstelle Chaney, Lila and Mae Bram lett, Lillian Knight, Mary OwlngS, Bva Langston, Nannie Mac Williams. Eunice Clardy; Messrs Hob and Doug las Burnett, Pay Boyd, Oscar Medlock, 0. S. Harp, Don lrvin, Earl Knight. Hicks Owlngs, Ersklne Clardy. w. 13. Bramlett, Ed Langston; Masters Her man Boyd and Carroll Medlock. No Hearse Large Enough* New York. May 7.?The funeral of William E. Burnett, of Locus Valley, 1.. I., who weighed 568 pounds, was held Tuesday. The body was placed in a large metallic cofhn. No hearse was large enough to carry the colllu, and it was carried on a < agon. It took the united efforts of twelve pall b< rets to carry the coflln in and out ol the church. Another Fountain Inn "Notion." The census man had no trouble in locating the Qreenville-Laurens boun dary line. When he sees that mns terplece of road-making that extends from Greenville through Fountain Inn diverging into a pig path, he stops. N ws and Notions. I "Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel." By special request the following ( war-time song which was sung by Veteran J. B. Jones at the recent re union at Durbln, is reproduced: I Would yon like to hear the song, I'm afraid 'tis rather long. Of the famous on to Richmond, dou ble trouble, of the half a dozen trips And the half a dozen slips, and the very latest bursting of the bubble; Then list while 1 relate their most unhappy fate, 'Tis a very knotty puzzle to unravel, for the papers all swore When we reached Virginia's shore, that Richmond was an easy road to travel. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond Is a hard road to travel. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel I believe. I First, McDowell, bold and gay, set forth the shortest way, I By Manassas, in the pleasant sunny weather, but he quickly went and ran. On a "Stonwall." foolish man, and he had a rocky journey altogether; He found It rather Hard to ride over Beauregard, And Johnston proved a douce of a bother, 'twas (dear beyond a doubt. That he didn't like the route, and a second time would have to try an other. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel, Manassas gave us lits, Hull Hun. it made us grieve, Ob! Richmond Is a hard road to travel I believe, Then came the "Woolly Horse." with an overwhelming force, I To march down to Richmond by Ihe Valley, but be couldn't liml the road, And his onward movement showed, his campaigning was a mere "shil ly-shally; And Commissary Hanks, with his mot ley foreign ranks; ; The Dutchmen and the Colt, but not the Saxon. Host the whole of his supplies, and with tears in his eyes. Ran away from that "dunder-hended" .Inekson. Pull oft your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel, I The Valley wouldn't do. as every body knows. ()! Richmond is a bard road to travel I BUppose. Then the great "Calena" came, with her port-holes all aflame. And the ' Monitor*' that naval iron wonder, bit the guns at Drury's Bluff, Gave them speedily enough, of the loudest sort of real rebel thunder; The "Galena" was astonished, and the "Monitor" admonished. Their efforts to ascend the stream were mocked at. while the famous "Nangatuck" By the hardest kind of luck, was very nearly knocked into a "cocked hat." Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel. Pull off your coat and roll tip your sleeve, we'll never get to Rich mond by water I perceive. .MeClollen followed soon with spade and with balloon. To try the Peninsular approaches. when one and all agreed. That his greatest rate of speed, was'nt faster than the slowest of slow coaches; Instead of ea>.> ground, at Williams- I burg he found. A "Longstreet" indeed and nothing shorter, and it put him in the dumps. That spades was'nt trumps, and the "Hills" he couldn't level as he "oughter." Pull off your coal and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve, for Richmond Is a hard road to travel I believe. lie tried the Rebel lilies, en the field of "Seven Pines." Where h.is troops did smdi awful heavy "chargln" for he lloundored in the mud When he saw a stream of blood ovor tiow the Chlckahomlny's sweet margin; The fact seems rather strange, when he left his gun-boats range. On land he drifted over much to "Lee. ward" so quickly changing base In a sort of steeple.chase. h( hurried back to Stanton. "Abe" and Se wn rd. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves, Richmond is a hard road to travel, hay down the shovel and Hing away the spade, for Richmond is a hard road to travel I'm afraid. Says Lincoln unto Pope, you can make the trip I hope, Quoth the bragging Major-General, yes that 1 can, And began to Issue orders, to his tcr rlble marauders, As though he were the "Pontiff of the Vatican;" but that same "dement ed" Jackson This fellow. laid his whacks on. and made him by compulsion a "Se ceeder" Pope took a rapid tligbt from Manas sas second light. 'Twas his very last appearance as a leader. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves. Richmond is a hard road to travel. Pope did his very best but was evi dently sold, O! Richmond is a hard road to travel I am told. Last of all the brave "Run-side" with his "pontoon-bridges" tried. A road no one had thought of before him, with two hundred thousand men, For the "rebel slaughter pen" ami the blessed union Hag a Hying 'oer him; Rut he tuet a lire that fell, of cannls tcr and Bhell, Enough to make the knees of any man knock, 'twas a shocking sight to view That second Waterloo, on the banks of the pleasant Hnppahannock. Pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves. Richmond is u hard road to travel. 'Twas a shocking sight to view that second Waterloo. 0! Richmond is a hard road to travel it is true. We are very much perplexed, to know who'll try it next. And by what high-road he may go, but their Capitol must bla/.O, And that in ninety days; lor tis writ ten "Delendo est Carthago." We'll take the cursed town, and then we'll burn it down, And plunder every Rebel, hul the "Contraband" was right When he told us tlmy would light. "O yes: Mnssa, dey'll llghi like de double", Then pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve, Richmond is a hard road to travel. We've played our highest card, and 'tis plain that we are blamed, And if Richmond aim a haul road to travel all the same." New Line Chair Seats just received, all si/.es. round and square. S. M. & E. IL Wilkes & Co. CORTRIGHISK ARE FIRE PROOF 'piIKV will not burn. Will not split or curl like wood shingles. A Will not crack and roll off like slato. Will not rip at the sennis like plain tin. Neither will they rattle during high wind storms. They never need repairs and last as long as the building. And last of all, they make the handsomest roof and are not expensive. Apply to Local Dealer or C0BTK1G11T METAL HOOFING CO., Philadelphia, To. > I Cotton, Corn, Etc., Now is the time to Insure Your Crops of AGAINST MAIL or your Horses and Mules Against Death From Any Cause SEE J. F. TOLBERT LAURENS, S. C. In New OHice in Todd Building, South Harper St. ii^f^*i^A^AAi^i*()A!*iAAi*rAi^AAAA of 75 Choice Residence Lots at Laurens, S. C. Now is your chance to get what you want at your own price. This property is high and dry and very desirable and will be sold absolutely regardless of price on very easy terms. Penny Brothers, the Twin Auctioneers, will sell you a lot a minute. Richardson Brothers, the famous Brass Band and Male Quartette, will furnish music all during the sale. Ladies are especially invited to attend this sale Friday, Nay 13th, at 10:30 a. m., at Laurens, S. C, by American Realty and Auction Co., of Greensboro, N. C. Wm. M. KNOTT, Local Representative For information see BISHOP & WOLFF