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tEfje gfoberttsier Subscription Price Is $1.00 per Year Payable in Advance. S. E. HONEY, Editor. published by ADVERTISER printing company LAURENS. 8. C. Kates fop. advertising. - Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at the postoffico at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAUREN'S, S. C. FEBRUARY 3, IvDV. REMOY1NH TRUSTEES. Quito an unusual step was taken by the County Hoard of Education Satur day afternoon, when the trustees <>f the Long Ilrnucli school were roniovcd and a new bonrd commissioned The news article on ibis matter, appear ing last Week should be read by everybody in Lhurohs county! the ii?o* joct is Interesting and of vital con* com. Its effects will be far-reach ing; It will ntaleriully uffeel the edu cational system <>i" our county, and, we hope, oilier counties. We treat this matter altogether iin persoually and in accordance with our idea oi right regardless of any who tuny be concerned. We arc acquaint* ed with n< ne ot the trustees, either those dismissed i :? the new board; this, however, to >uld hot affect our expressions. Th.- Board of Educa tion, we belie* acted well and wise ly; tin Ii" lln mess Is to be commended ?they : enforced the law. The school Pi require every teacher to bo ? . . .- certificate or a diploi college of recognized Bland I 1 .1 <ano \\ as uol so qualified: u< fhe trustees i i Long pram h >d i1* ethploying hoi' ?ihev tl ti a II the law's require' nients und i n reby ubjeCli i themsel ves to lutt loveuco by the County Doc rd in dismissing the trustees of the Long Branch school, Superintendent Pitts and the County Hoard were ex cent tilg the law's demands unpleas ant as tho task might have been. The law Is specific Oil this point; indeed. It should be. The maintenance of a proper standard rests upon tho en forcement of this laws the good ol" our schools depends upon It, The Hoard acted conscientious^ in tho matter, anr even those a fleeted, must admit thai luolr Interference tras warranted by law. As to the "Unknown Tooguo" arid the young lady teacher, tho Hoard did not consider. However, the laws of South Carolina forbid tho teaching Of any "creeds" iu her public schools. Hence, tho course of the Lung Branch teacher was open to criticism, not because .she was teaching this punic ulnr creed: it Would be the same had she taught Methodist or Baptist "doc trines." It is against the law to teach religious creeds in our public schools. in the matter ol proper qualifies., cations of teachers, it Is learned from Superintendent v.n.i thai there are other teachers in the cour.ty who ar?? not properly qualified to teach. Mr. IHtiH States ttiht these will not re ceivo their salaries. Pot" the good ot our schools, for the enlightenment Of our people, for the enforcement of .'.t\v sueli a course oil the part of our Superintendent should bo upheld by the people, it is easier to obey i - crowing from more to more; wo must keep apace Hie times, so let the good work go on. Our oflleers are ex pected to enforce tho law?they aro elected for thai purpose. Let the people sustain them. "HI b'K" STONE. That was the name we all knew, and tho mention of which will ever , be a cause of saduess. We thliik of ? : HOW and exclaim; "it is awful." ?V!'d to ? ' iluler al (hti dispensation of i re id ace in so suddenly bring? Ing to an i rid the life just really be " '? aril," W0 shv : yes. it Is bar >in regi ets i tin hot bring bac itittt v.ms so sitddonl) and del ?; uff< d out: he is gone to Iiis If :. no i, . good >nuu; . i) oi whom he hud learn ed to . io t and to JI!<o, one who v.) a kind and courteous to him. Among the first to call on the new editor of ?Iiis paper Upon Ills arrival in Lnurens and to welcome him to the city was Mr. Klone. Very well is that morning recalled! "How are you? I am glad to welcome you to our city" were bis good words. "And any time I can help yon, let M0 know" was added. Many a nigh I as the wTltar J'it lute ftt hi-- tie fc, Mr Rtyme, seeing tlio lir.ht, would com* in and chat pleasantly for several minutes, ? hen go out, onward In his rounds. We learned to like him. Officer Stone loot his life in the faithful performance of his duty. He need not have been killed; ho eouhl have been less vigilant and the en counter might never havo occured. and Oie people would have been none (ho wiser. Hut (here i( is! Und lie not been faithful the mld-nlght as sassin and burglar would have ac complished Ms designs. Officer Stone was guarding the Bleeping Bouls In Laurens, and their property. He died in harness; be died fighting. The people of Laurens recognize their ob ligation. The bravery lie displayed, the courage he ahowed will ever be remembered. That the people up preclate the circumstances was large ly evidenced by their tribute Friday afternoon. Our city mourns ihn loss and un limcly death of a true officer and a good citizen: wo honor his memory. Lei those who were very near and dear lo htm, und whose hearts bleed, remember that while "Cod tuoveo In a mysterious way. His wonders to perform." Mo nevertheless knows ' ? long path we> tread alone, and thai "Ho will lead our BtepS aright.*' >t* * \ irrxcH OF VIOLETS. Jlisl a bunch of violett??little wet > iolets, the nearest human of all the flowers that blow, repose on tho now ?alined and forever still breast of the murderer. What though he be a stranger In a strange land, some lov ing hand-not loving his awful crime nor his wicked life, but loviug be* ? .iuse he ?nf one of God'-? creatures placed those wee flowers on a breast *Lat was once free from guile*-- that once nestled against a nioiher'b breast. What though hi? deed were bloody, Ida er?ne dastardly und bis fate tust! Already his spirit had flown away to meet Its judgement; could an net of love be aught but good; in his silent tribute to the handiwork of tlod? S?>m?? heart, tilled with gen tline love and affection for mankind, 'torn,.ted the act. Just a bunch of fiolets on the dead luan's breast! The net jn no wbe Condoned (he man's great sin; it lessened not 0U0 .vhli the beiueousness of his crime, ?he stench of which rose even to heaven's gate; It evidenced no sym pathy with the man's life. Uut It was the outgrowth of a pure, affec lioiitii thought. Here lay the corpse j of i..' inknown vilHan?unknown and unclaimed; r dose-crated temple of Hod?-a human body. Somewhere In ihn world, ihnt body wjm ouce, if not ? on, dear to some one; some heart has bled for the wlekeduesa of that heart now still, Some one hern jr. >ur midst had a heart big enough to fool for that other heart that once bled?hencs the deed, whose fra grance reaches the throne of Cod. Just a bunch of violets?little we( violets, whose deep blue eyes kissed by heaven's breath und colored by if* st ies, keep watch over the wreck and ruin of u human life! ? ? ? To The News and Courier: There are many prohibitionists in South Carolina who have no sympathy with tho tactics of Superintendent .1. L. liarley. of the Anti-Saloon League; nor are. they to be held accountable for all his sins. The Anti-Saloon LeagUS did not originate the whiskey ilgbr In this State, and even now. It is by no means the principle factor In the contest. The Re-v. Mr. Ilarley rrj.iy thliik he is- the leader of the irohiblttonlsts; he may 1?? dreaming. '1 he News and Cornier says morals cannot b0 legislated into people, Maybe not: but as Or. Cromef Bays; "The law can make it mighty uncom fortable to be immoral." Tiny are really funny?some of The News nnd Courier's arguments against pro hibition. ? ?? "Tho newspaper now under the Are for their efforts to expose corrup tion in high places should have the act Ivo support of every true Amer ican, for their cause is the cause of us all."-fine words and true, but ? passing strange in that they fall from the lips of one Benjamin Ryan Tlllman. ? ? ? The upshot of the News and Couri er's argument against State-wide pro hibition Is: "Charleston should be allowed to legislate for herself in this matter: let us alone." But per haps a little Interference would do Charleston good; it's rank heresy, of course, to say so (at least to Char lestonlnns). Life-long custom and habit do not make a thing right. ??? Do our people now recognize the dire need of a city hospital here? The KIiik's Daughters should be en couraged nnd assisted In their endeiiv or>? to Supply this need. ? ? ? Housekeepers in Laufens were up against it" Sunday morning. Yet. if 1.4 Kaid. that not ore of them lost her temper, and that they all attended morning services at their respective ettUrches wholly unruffled, sweet >?nd placid (18 If liiere had boon no freeze. **?> Bome real live news for you, dear reader: "Tliroe ot the Klinglest inen in tho Slate have Just boon discovered, says the Johnston News-Monitor. One of them will ma drink as much water as he wants unless it U from another man's well. The second forbids any of his family from writ ing anything but a "small hand," as it is a waste ot i;ik to make large Ietler8. The third stops the clock at night In order to save wear and tear of the machinery. Ml of them decline to take a newspaper on the ground that it is a terrible strain on their spectacles to read newspapers, even In the day time." But we can Show you one better: There's a man who won't subscribe to his county newspaper, but who visits bis neighbor, sits in his neigh bor's chair, on his neighbor's cushion to keep from wearing his "pants", borrow s his neighbor's spectacles and reads his neighbor's ;:? ? *papcr. The New.-, and Courier ; "scaled right" over Hie possibility of Slate wide prohibition: When ? old S? A'* und < 'odHer ?:<???? ? it ? .1 ?.. : . i lalnly something doing. BEST SUGAR CUflED HAH .14 i You know is a bargain, nut we have many others. Read this list of a few : 20 lbs Granulated Sugar.$1.00 Fine line Roasted Codec .10, 13, '20 and 25c :? lb. can Bartlett Pears. 10c .'5 lb. can full of the be t quality of Tomatoes. 12c Octagon Soap lo for cake, 7 cakes for. . 25c Large package Washing Powder for. 04c We thank our friends for a good week's business last week. Remember wo ncll only fresh goods of the best quulity at little expense and for SPOT CASH, which puts us in position to make the lowest prices. J. W. PAYNE The Cash Grocer Next door to Palmetto BanK. Anders & Blakel BROKERS 75 acres 1?\ miles of Laurena C. II. on Milton road *2,00 >. Ffoasc and lor on Ha npl >n street. The Switzer farm. 23(1 acres, on easj terms. The James T. Brow aloe tract 82 ::? I acres. Flno livery stable on M i stre t, very low and one-half c . 97 acres of land within one-fourth mile of Watts Mills. From die 1 lots up. Cheap. Three hundred alul fifty acr 3 1 ile from town, half in fine timber, $15.0U per acre. Tho prettiest place in Fountain Inn at a bargain?$3,000. 95 acres near Watts Mills. Come quick or it will be gone. 302 acres in two tracts, on Duncan's creek, near Garlingtou station. 146 acres near Ware Shoals, line!* improved ami in high Statu cultivation. 92 3-4 acres nenr Tumbling Shoals, high state cultivation, with six-room dwelling. 132 acres between Lauren.; and Clin? ton at a bargain. We have that magnificent farm known ns the Van Robertson farm,neat Waterloo, 211 acres at a bargain, and very easy terms. 813 acres near Waterloo, the Amanda Colenian place. 500 acres near Stomp Springs, the best bargain of them all. One six-room house and lot on Flem ing street at a bargain. 97 acres, the Bovd farm at Howl's Mill, $1000; one-half cash. 200 town lots at all kinds of prices. One lot on X. Harper St., nice build ing lot, between Steve Taylor's aa l J. I). Sexton. Come and see us for any kind of real estate city or country. 2.'? II. P. Boiler and 36 II. P. Engine and Brick outfit cheap, in good shafte. Anderson & Blakely Brokers West ftfain St. Laurrnb, s. c $589.60 for $361.30 1 1J 1 At Age 35 a 2c $ 89.60 A Year as Long as You Liv You make 20 payments of $361.30 or $7,? 226.00 in and ge : $10,000.00 Protection while paying it Write, Phone or Caii To-day, outljeastetn %iit M?. Co BROADDUS EST ES DISTRICT AGENT BOX 273 at ?3 i ? it H ..-.??'k-'-.y ?fe^^s! "THE VANISHED DAYS." Lay tho jest about tho julip in tin camphor balls at last :?'<>:? the miracle has ; n ??>? n< .1 ;. id the oldefi days are past: That which iua!;.>s Milwaukee i...r.-t> J does not foam in Tennessee And I he, lid on eld Missouri is a? tight locked as can be; Ob, the COmiC paper Colonel and his cronies well may sigh, For the mint is waiving gaily, but the] South is going dry. My the stillsido on the hillside ill Kentucky all Is Still, ?". ;? the only damp refreshments must be dipped up from ihe rill, ? N'o'th C'lIna's stately ruler gives his soda glass shove, \nd discuss. - local option wilb tho tiou li Ca'llna Clov,; Is useless nt the fountain to be Wink fill t>.' the eye, ? the co 1:1 ill ^lass is dusty and the . otlth Is going dry. s wi "i. Water everywhere, but no. ! a i i op to drihk: i > ollgor heir the music of tho no How t ryatal clink. ? u th ! Colohol and the Major ft'tUl ihe 'i u'l hud iiie .ledge ; ??( to have a little nip to give iholr appetite an edge; For the egg-nog it is nogloss and tin ; rye has gone awry. And the punch bowl holds carnations j and the South is going dry. All the night cups now have I, ssels and are worn upon the hcad Xot the nightcaps thai Woro taken I When nobody went to bedj And tho breeze above the blue gl'SSS is as solemn as is death. For it bears no pungent clove-tang on j its OdOt'tfle breath : And each man can walk a chalk line when the stars are in the sky. For tiie fizz glass is ftzzloss and the South I? going dry. hay the jest about the julip "neatli tho, Chestnut tree at last. For tl ere's but one kind of moonshine i and the oiden days are past, For the water wagon rumbles through the Southland Oil its trip. And it helps no one to drop off to pick ! up the driver's whip; For the mint bed makes a pasture and ' the corkscrew hangetll high, I And is still along ihe sttllsldfl and Ihn i South is going dry.- Selected. YOU Will find here ihe largest ft All j best Hue of Art Squares arid Kuks in i different designs, sizes and colors ntj monoy-snying prices. s. m l R li. Will.os ft Oa j PROTF.t IK . . is heeded l>y the it wlioso pi'Opertj ? i . [Wo will l o glr property in the 1' i foreign compnnie nn whose pr< porty well as tho man worth $600,000. i> t Mi and Java ft . '?' ? i ? . ee. I Ih . can K'i, el Blend v< i Coffee. 1.00 $ Old time countrycurcd spiced t jji and peppered llnnvj at.155c M d to insure your g , Nk.(. picnlclIama. i0c >at American and ? [; pr<,*? Breakfast Bacon. E In Host full Cream Cheese. j I lbs. Nice Sun dried Apples r fe f?-r. i V- Pull iino oi'S\l ups ai d Mulas '? g ?es nt 25e to. . ? Good juicy M ? rala .*c each i h n UJ S JP CAM fl!r White or Red Onion setts per ft ?. lK ;> ? SUN H <iuavt.ioc I ? |j Beardless Soed Barley per ;;? COMPANY, STOCKS, BONDS 4- Low B.un|^<" Laurens, S. C. per Bushel .2.00 Unknown Peas per Bushel.. l.T > ^ imi'gO Sine!: always on hand al j*| lowest prices of Flour, Meal, !fl Bacon, Lard, Cotton Seed Meal. Corn, Oats and J lay. One latest improved patent 150 ?I Gallon Oil Tank to seil at a bar- a Ran. Kffol'tH Heilig Milde |o Sappl) Vacancy The Chureli of tho Kpiphany hi this city is Rt111 without (I rector. It is lonrned. howovor, thai offorla are being made to BU|)|)ly the vacancy at the earliest possible date. There is more Catarrh in this nee- I tloh oi ttho country than nil other, dlsonsos put togcthoi'i nnd until Iho latt few yearn doctors pronounced it a loeal dlsoili 0 and prOKCI'Ibod local remedies, and by canalaully fnllug to euro with local treattnonl, pro nounced P incurable. Science lue. proven catarrh to tie constitutional disease and therefore roqulros con- ' fltllUtlonnl treatment. Hall's catarrh < ore. manufactured by i\ ,j, Cheney A- Co.. Teh lo OlllO, is the only constitutional euro on the market.! it is taken Intomally in doses from 10 drops to a lenspoonfull. it acts 1 directly on the blood and IUUCOUH surface of the system. They offOl 'one bundled dollars for any enso It | It fain; to cure. Send for circulars , and testimonials. Bold by all Ur.iKgtsln. Tf< cwutv ?. Fen flirrst one ill Honen l'ntli? (loit.C. 0. t'ontlierstoho, o( Lnurons, ?IrlIvorod n locturo In 11??? Dnptlst elmrcli Iii: i Sunday afternoon lo n very large and appreciative audience. Ho captivated live crowd by his olo* iltiouco and forcible logic, Ills sub* |n i wim "Teinporauce." Ilonon Prtlli Chronicle, Twits n (JlerlouN Vlclovy? Tlioro's rojolclng in h'edorn, Tonn? A mail's life lias boon saved, and now Dr. King's Now Discovery In (be talk of the town for curing 0, \. Poppet' ftOttld not WOMl nor gel about." h?l writes, "and the doctors did mo no Rood, but, after using '>i King's New IMacovi i v throe weeks, i fool like n how mail, an1! ' an |ln |\ood work ni'niii." for weak) Miite or diseased hittgs, coughs and ooldi, bomorltngcs, hay fover, lagrlppo, nai.>r any bronchial ttffccllon h iiands unrl? vided. I'l i. til' aild \l.nti. 'I i lid lintl!" !!??? Sol.I .nil Mfl't i it li.I by [?aureus Drug ( << and l'|iuHin inug Company