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fltifeserfpUoa Prfee b %\M Per Year Parable In Advance. Pablbbed by ADTEBTI.SE R PRINTING COMPANY Laarens ft. < . AM.-o:: LEB President "W. O. LANCASTER vlce-Pres 1 ART!TUR LEE Sec. and Treaa. JMveirtleiaa; KJle* on Application. OMraarie* and Card of Thanks: One cent a ward. Entered at tbe postofflce at Laurens.' ?S. C . is second class mail matter. LAIHKVH, ft. r? DEC IL ItlS. The Advertiser will be glad to receive the local news of all tbe can ai an Hies Is tbe eeaaty. Cor. respondents are requested to elan their Basses tm the eeatrl* fcetfens. Leiten, shoals sot be mailed later than Mas day mo ra ta?. Well. Eilie I>nrant has signed up i for 1915. ? ? ? It is just too bad the way they' threaten to take Blease'g life. ? ? ? Coley should ha*e had the some time Hull Mooxer a'.ong to protect him. ? ? ? iL If Williams, in the P.oanoke Tianes, calU Biea.se a little rowdy Now, what do you think of that? ? ? ? Woaldn't Willie Hearst have a time securing a photograph of those threat ening letter written to Oov. B;?:i-<-'' "Tis to laug.i' about those letters. ? ? ? If we wert.- a Georgian, we would feel a degree of pride in the represen tative which that state Kent to the governo ', congress in Virginia. Be-' fas a Bouth Carolinian, we can only hope for a little sympathy from other, states. ? ? ? The funny part about all this Blease mania for lynching is that whenever tbe self-appointed guardian of woman liood gets up to tell how he would tarn heaven ani eath to protect the women, they generally get up and leave him telling how he does it. ? ? ? "It will never be said of my admin istration," said Oov. Blease, " that I orte red out the malltia to prevent a lynching In South Carolina to defend , the life of the human fiend who dared ? lay a black hand on a white woman."' It will never be said of him either thai he osed all the means In hia pow er to apprehend the parties in New. Berry county several weeks ago who lynched a negro man. whom it was ?red** had assassinated a white Oov. it lease did not even go far igh publicly to find out if there any grounds for the rumor, much any grounds for the lynching ev ens If the rumor were true. ? ? ? THE SCHOOL JOURNAL. Tbe Advertiser prints on the front page t?dar a group picture of the edi tors and managers of the Laurens County School Journal, a magazine published by the school boys and girls I of Laurens county. These young peo . pie should feel highly honored in be [ las; selected for the editorial staff of Interesting and useful Journal, selections were made by the coun j. tar aTepartment of education upon merit ) atad each of the boys and girls should ! feel prond of the position they occupy t ha the e -ucatlonal life of the county. ? Tiro b ? of the School Journal have ? been gotten out ah.1 each of them , abounded in original stories, essays I and poems, a creditable reflection of I the eonnty*8 educational development, i As each month passes by, every chiid I tm the county should strive to com. : pose something worthy to be placed in its .columns. Tbe first attempt I anight resort in failure to come up to I the necessary standard but a single aaafuat abould prove but a stimulus to j tay egain and after one or more at tempts tbe goal will be -eached. In all thlnga reward comes to those who try and are believe that to those who > aas Che most for the School Journal i suael show the greatest development composition end business manage st wilt he given the coveted places ha the future. ? ? ? Aft OTHKRft SAW HIM. Maty it is humiliating to a ml f, an* apparent minority, of peo SouHi Carolina to see the chief itfve of tbeir state make such a ible of himself as Gov. Blease at Richmond last week. To them humiliating enough for Gov. bo parade his vulgar lawless In his native state, where the ?hie world could only read of him er than see him. but for him to advantage of auch a center of na ittl Interest as the conference of governors, to advertise himself and hla well known views is humiliating In- - deed. Solac* is sought, however., lb the thoughts that the larger body of In telligent, and iawabidlng peopl? of oth er state.? take the same view of Gov. Blease as do the same people in South Carolina and that the newspapers of other ?tatet have substantiated Im pressions hitherto gained only through t^e ro'-dlum of South Carolina papers or I oral correspondents. With one ftdord tWs papers a'! over the union have given *-x;>re->sion to opinion* of disgucAt wjth our chief executive and of pity for the people whom he repre sents. It Is from such freih aource? the opponent? of Gov. Ble3ao fortify former rock-bound convlctloiis that he is totally blind to all legal or moral responsibility, absolutely suservlent to a degraded personal ambition and entirely unfit to be the governor of this great state. That the governors of the various states at the conference feel that their work was greatly hindered by Gov. Blease's intrusion of bis personal opin ions and political clap.trap Into ^thelr proceedings, we have no doubt. Cer- j tainly they have a right to feel put-' out at the turmoil and excitement In the meeting caused by the injection of Gov. Blease's egoism nto the delib erations. They did not travel so many miles for such tra?h and naturally we imagine, they resented It. Scuth Caro lina suffers therefor. FHOM OTHKK STATES, ??.Miame* the Xatlon." ? From the Boston Transcript.? If ever an executive sluraed his state and gloried in It. it is this gov ernor of South Carolina, the man of unclean spirit and blackguardly ton gue. Iiis defence cf lynching, his foul anathema of the Constitution, passes almost anything that has come from the bitterest of the I. W. W. leaders, and they do aot pretend to be respon sible, for they have taken no oaths of which such speech and conduct are a violation. Hi* lack of moral stan dards, as shown by bis wild tirade, was all the more shocking in contrast with the indirect but dignified rejoin ders that were made by the governors of states environing his own with re spect to lynching. Not a lynching had occurred in North Carolina for six years, was the gratifying statement of Governor Kitchln, of that state, and the Governor of Virginia declared that, he would call out every soldier in the State, if necessary, to protect a man under arrest and give him a fair trial. South Carolina has good men and women by the thousands, and the won der grows that this official dsgenrate should have survived from his first term the opposition born of the shame and disgust that his license of speech and attion-. must have caused them. Are Its politics in the hands of crim inals, actual or potential? Certainly he 1b/ the friend of criminals and chafes' against, all the restraints that have been established to maintain or der and secure justice. He publicly proclaims to the mob that it has noth ing to' fear from him and thereby makes the state an unsafe place to live in for either whjtc;.nian or black. The reproach belongs exclusively to South Carolina, but the shame must be shar ed by every patriotic and self-respect lug American. Sooth Carolina's Humiliation. (Prom the >Taw York World.? Lincoln used to tell about the Southwestern orator who "mounted the platform, threw back his head, shlned his eyes, opened his mouth and 1 left the consequences to God." No more accurate description of Cole Blease, governor of South Caro lina, could be written. But how long ' are the people of that unfortunate state to tolerate the Blease type of public official? Has not South Caro ; Una's humiliation at Richmond been a sufficient lesson? "Keep Hii.-i at Home.*1 (A. B. Williams In the Roanoke Times) Renewed congratulation* to the free. Independent and sovereign Dem ocratic voters of South Carolina on their choice for governor! But?er?would they mind keeping htm at home hereafter, or at least out of Virginia? He is slightly?er?so to speak? too highly flavored for our taste. Next time kindly send us for preference, as more accurately and creditably rep resenting the State, one of the thirty odd gentlemen, be expelled from* the penitentiary just before Thanksgiving and by way of giving the household ers, and peaceful citizens something for'which to be truly thankful. The truth Is a more disgraceful lit tle rowdy than Blease ?crer has ob. truded himself on the association of a company of gentlemen. Tcmmnny In its worst days never sent any where anything like him. He accom j pllshcd two unprecedented feats. He. ; the governor of a state, by a soe.ech, drove the women from his audience; and he is the first governor lu the his lory of tbe country to bring on him self the formal repudiation and re buke of tbe aaseiubleu fcwVc;?M>r* <,! twenty-fire, or more, of tbe sister itates. So be bolds the record. Tk*| first goverr^jr of a ?t?te expelled ; from his college by vote of the student' body for deliberately stealing anoth er man s cr?ay for a prize competition and accepting the prize won by the stolen essay; the first gorernor to whom well-bred women refused to listen; the first governor formally an I officially dunojnced by his fellow gov ernors. Yet the incilents at Richmond prob, j khly will increase the popularity of Blease at home. He will brag then and strut and tell how he chased the high-toned society women of the coun try out of a hail: and of how he de fied and insulted the "dead oirf gov ernors" of other states: and of how he told everybody to go to bei) and pronounced himself to the newspaper men as "a cold-blooded fighting man" (whereat the reporters mo3t justifiably laughed; and of bow he boasted of his love for lynching and his use of his pardoning power to turn loose crim inals, and shouted "To hell with the Constitution." It is safe to say that his constitu ency will applaud him warmly, while, the substantial paople of the state will look on grieved and helpless: while tbe South Carolinians scattered through the country will be ashamed: while other people will wonder that such things can be: while poor old j Senator Tillman will moan, as well he. can. over the new standards he estab lished in South Carolina, of which. Blease Is a logical and inevitable pro duct. j We have som1? Blease spirit and style here in Virginia Just now?prom, inently but unconsciously expressed In the pulpit and among women and seventy-five thousand alleged but un- . analyzed petition?. "To hell with the Constitution! To hell with the Courts! To hell with the law!" It is Blease exactly. Some of us have no cause to quarrel with hfm or to reproach South Carolina. One correspondent of the Ro3noke Times already has ex pressed his sighing for a governor of Virginia like the governors of South Carolina and Tennessee. "Let the people rule." Fortunately, the weight of the Vir ginia sentiment and power, like the weight of Virginia tradition, is for the law and orderly and sure performance of it. Therefore. Governor Mann and the other governors will have the cor dial support of the great mass of Vir ginians in their repudiation and con demnation of BleaBe. NOTICE. By a proclamation issued by Gov. Cole L. Blease at the request of So licitor R. A. Cooper, there will be held a Hpeclal term of tbe Court of General sessions for the county of Laurens, beginning on the first Monday in Jan uary 1913 and to contlnae for one week. All parties having business In said court will please be governed ac cordingly. JOHN F. BOLT. Clerk of Court. In Bankruptcy. Mr. T. B. Brown and his son. Mr. T. Pluss Brown, prominent farmers of! the county, filed a petition In bank, ruptcy before Judge Smith In Charles ton several days ago. The amount of the assets and liabilities have not been made known. The Messrs. Brown are held In the hghest confidence by the people of the county and their em barrassment is very much regretted by their numerous friends. ? SPECIAL NOTICES. Wanted you to know that I have bought the corn and wh^at mill of J. A. Rodger In the cltyW laurens end am ready to grind at My time. Good home-made meal on hand for sale. B. E. Martin. 20-2t.pd Farm to Rent~t/bove Tumbling 8hoals. Apply to R. H or T. E. Trayn ham, Laurens, S. C. 21-2t-pd Cabbage Plants For Sale?I have 250,000 home raised, frost proof, ac climatized cabbage plants \tfc sale, Early Jersey Wakefield. Et/ly Win nlngstadt. Pries 15 cents^er hun dred. Tom B. McDanlel, Laurens. S. C. 19-2t-pd Per Rent?9-room residence op Par* ley Avenue with 5 acres of lanfi, wa ter and lights if desired. P&slesslon given at once. Apply to ReW. B. P. Mitchell, Laurens. & C. 17-tf Fer Sale er Rent Two hundred and eighty-two (282) acres of land known aa the Oarllngton Mill tract, lytnfc on Rabnn Creek, eight miles frou/Lau rehs, one dwelling and two \nnant bouses. Terms easy. Apply to H. Y. Simpson. 17-5t Per Sale Yellow Swamp Prolific Seed Corn. Won prize at count* fair. S4.00 per bushel. Apply to BJrt>b ft ifahaffey or C. B. Roper, Laurens Rt. No. 6. l?-6t-pd f'ebhare Plants For Sale *veral kinds of the best varieties fo*/np?Ing planting at Hunter ft Co. 16-5t-eow Hunter ft Co. 16-5t Do you know tkat/fl. Nichols, the photographer. does\yat picture frpm (Bg at reasonable prices? V SI. 191 TWO WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS Two little Santa Clauses swiftly on the run! One got a "week** back and then there w as one. GOING! GOING!! GONE!!! Your Christmas Chances Will Be Gone, Too, If You Don't Get Busy. SHOP NOW! sc $ LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. A . Mr. W. C. Wharton wi^ a business visitor here Monday. Mr. W. R. Riehey. Sr., went to Char, lestcn yesterday on business. Mr. Pet Wallace, of Gray Court, was a visitor in ?he city yesterday. Mr. R. W. Brown and young son. from below Cross Hill, were visitors here Friday. Mr. W. R. Riehey. Sr., spent a few days of last week on a business trip in Georgia. I Misses Rosa and Hatfto Dayeni>ort. of Greenville, are the guests of Mrs. Clarence Poole this week. Annie Louise, the little daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Poole. la quite sick at the home of Its parents Miss Ruby Goggans of Newberry was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Balle for several days last week. Mi. J. H. Madden, who Is now In the office of the Duncan Mills, Greenville i was a visitor In the city Saturday. Messrs. Krskine Tod and Sam Bolt left last week for Valparaiso, Ind.. where they will enter the university. Mr. S. M. Wilkes, who has been I confined to his home for several days because of sickness, is able to be out again. The young child of Dr. George Al bright, which haB been very ill for several days, is reported to be much better. Miss Estelle Taylor. Misses Sarah and Susan Brltt of Princeton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. Lane i Monroe. The numerous friends of Col. W. C. P. Robertson will be sorry to learn that he has been very sick for the past few days. Mr. Osle Anderson and Mr. Gus Babb are spending this week in Charleston attending the Grand Lodge, A. F. M. They are expected to return Thursday. Mr. F. P. McGowan went to Cross Hill yesterday to be at the bedside of bis sister, Mrs. Janle McSwain who suffered a stroke of paralysis Mon day evening. Mr. J. A. Dickson. of the vicinity of Fountain Inn. was in the city yes terday. He states that within a short time he will move to Morgan county. Georgia, to make his home. Two old soldiers, Messrs. Abe Phll HpB and Sid L. Madden, have recently been admitted to the old soldiers home j at Columbia. Mr. Phillips went down Saturday, accompanied by Mr. J. T. Crews, and Mr. Madden will go down today. Mrs. J. D. Sullivan and little boys, Cecil and Dunklin, left yesterday for Greenville to be present today at the wedding of Mrs. Sullivan's sister. Miss Louise Miller, to Dr. L. H. Chewnlng. at tbe home of her parents. Mr. and Mra. D. L. Miller. Dr. Isadore Schayer left Monday for Columbia. 'Where, he baa gone to be under treatment of Dr. Ouerry. In case an operation ia necessary he hopes to return to Laurent hospital for the operation. He expects to be gone probably three or four days. Pamooa Stage Beauties look with horror on 8kin Eruptions, Blotches, Sores or Pimples. They don't have them, nor will any one. who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum vanish before It. It cures sore llnq, chapned bands, chilblains: heals burns, cuts and bruises. T'neqnaled for tdles. Only 25c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. * * $ SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. 1 * _ * j ft**Srft The Wednesday club was delightful, ly entertained last week by Mrs. A. C. Todd, at her hospitable home on West Main street. Very interesting and instructive papers were read by Mrs. J. D. Watts and Mrs. W. L. Gray. During the afternoon a delicious sweet course was served. The afternoon was very pleasantly and profitably spent by the members of the club. coo Mrs. M. L. Copeland entertained the Bridge club in her usual gracious manner Saturday afternoon. After several rubbers of bridge were played, a very tempting salad course was served. The afternoon was an enjoy able one from every standpoint. OOS? Miss Mary' Todd was hostess at an elaborate eight course luncheon given Thursday at one o'clock for Mrs. W. G. Lancaster, a recent bride. The home was beautifully adorned In Christmas decorations of holly, ferns and carnations. Twelve congenial guests were present. After the guests had assembled and ereeted the host, they ware ushered into the dining roo mwhlch was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Everything was car ried out with precision and taste, the day proving very enjoyable to all who were present. ooo , DIvver-Dorroh. A marriage which surprised all ex cept their families and intimate friends took place at Woodruff last Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Nan nie Dorroh and Mr. T. M. Divver, both of this city, were married at the home of Mrs. S. M. Wright, a sister of the bride. The arrangements for the wedding had been* quietly made and the'announcement of the consumma tion of their plans came as a surprise to their many friends. Mrs. Divver is the daughter of Mrs. W. T. Dorroh and is a young woman of a pleasant disposition and attractive manners. Mr. Divver Is a well known and pop ular young business man of the city. Until their new home on Church street is finished. Mr. and Mrs. Divver will be at home to their friends with Mrs. Dorroh. ooo Hunter-Cralg. Invitations have been Issued hy Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Brooks Cralg, of Rock Hill. 8. C, to the marriage of their daughter. Nancy Woodslde, to Mr. Joseph Johnson Hunter, of Ott ings station, this county, the marriage to take place at the home of the bride's parents, December 19th. Both of the young people are well known and widely connected In thlB county, the announcement of the approaching marriage being received with great Interest In many circles. Rev. Mr. Cralg was a minister at Owing*, sta tion several years ago and Is a mem ber pf the well known Cralg family of this county. Messrs. 8. J. and J. 8. Cralg are uncles of the brlde-elecl. Mr. Hunter Is the son of Mr. W. J. Hunter, of Owlngs station, and in la the eotton business in stations be tween Greenville and Laurens. oon Miss Lalla Mae Dial entertained at Bridge Friday afternoon for Mrs. W. 0. Lancaster. After? the guests had spent some time together, they were Invited Into the dining room where the handsome mahogany table was taste fully arranged with Cluny mats and other dainty accessories. A beautiful bunch of white carnations ornamented the center of the table. A tempting course luncheon was served. This was one of the week's social functions en joyed to the fullest by the favored guests. ooo Mrs. L. G. Dalle entertained the So cial club Friday afternoon, the game of Forty Two being played. After a number of exciting games Were played delightful refreshments were served. The afternoon proved a delightful one to all who were present. ooo A delightful social event of the past week was the Informal dinner party given last Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Balle in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Lancaster. Thetr pretty home on West Main street waa tastily decorated for the evening, lend ing a deal of charm to the already handsome interior. The guests were met at the door by the host and host ess. Following a few minutes of con versation they were invited Into the dining room, where a delightful course dinner was served. During the even, ing the visitors were invited to ar range suitable menus for the future dinner parties of the bride and groom. This unique pastime affordei much merriment and added additional pleas ure to the enjoyment of the evening, ooo A Merry Occasion. On Saturday afternoon last. Sue Lesman, the charming llltle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Lea man, ? of Cross Hill entertained about two spore of her little friends at a birthday party. - . Promptly at 3 o'clock the little guests began to arrive and never was there a merrier party of little folks. Miscellaneous games and simple folk dances were enjoyed on the lawp until 4 o'clock when all were sum moned Into the beautifully decorated parlors and as Miss Sara Wllkes ren dered the Rustic Dance the little ones marched in couples through the spa clous hall into the dining room, where refreshments were served( con sisting of ambrosia, cakes, candies, and salted peanuts. The souvenirs, little penny dolls tied with red and green ribbons, were pinned on by Misses Cleland and Rarney as the children filed out. The decorations were beautiful, the "olor scheme being red and gr^eii throughout Everywhere were roses, 'cms. and chrysantemums in profu sion. In the hall were banks of chrys anthemum8 and ferns, the staircase was festooned with holly and other evergreen. Soft lights were burn ing In the dining room adding much to the attractiveness of the decora tions. Nine candles forming a unique centerpiece signified the age of the yourthful hostess. ' The little' presents were numerous and beautiful. ? {. Among the grown ups present were Mrs. Jim Jlnson, Mrs. Sophia Plnson, Mrs. Will Loaninn. Mrs. Conway Dial, Mrs. Miller Plnson. Misses Leonora ) .cam an, Wilma Ramey, Dollle Cie* land and 8ara Wllkes. If you are troubled with chronic constipation, the mild and gentle ef fect of Chamberlain's Tablets makes them especially suited to your case. For sale by all dealers. Our store will be ooen nUhts from now until after the holldavs. S. M. & E. II. WIEKES & CO.