The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-12-01

+. We always try to look OH the
bright side OF things, but short
crops and the low prices of cotton
have given us the blues. We are
forced to cry out hard times!. Hard
times! And worse are coming.
A portion of n of the gable
ends of the WoodyiIle Academy
fell last week. The building is con-
crete and the fall is supposed to
have been caused by cold weather.
We r informed that the DAMAGE
has been repaired.
Our friend Lud Babb is happy.
He has another welcome little
stranger in his household and he
Will some day be a voter. We
don't know, but we prophesy that
he will be an anti Tiilmanite. anti
lrbyite and anti-Shellite.
we are Informed that a petition
has been "fxed up" by o few per-
sonal enemies for personal spite to
remove Mr.. l.. H. Roper as q trus-
tee OF Sullivan Township and more
especially of Rabun school. The
Doard of examiners will certainly
ignore this petition when they
learn the facts, for Laurens county
mas no trustee more impartial,
faithful and attentive to duty than
MI. j.. FL. Roper.
Well, L guess zone FeliXn had
better add a little p. s. too.
"Brother Bob" has got his Islander
up" Anybody "a see that he did
change his humorous familiar Bill
Arp style when writing about this
little matter and that he is as mad
as an old wet hen. We do not
think Brother Bob is so fully ac-
quainted with the "mannerismn of
FELIX as to know his identity, if so
he would not have cut such a caper
but probably the truth hurts. Fe-
Tx disclaims any intention of of
Tending Brother Bob, but only
meant a little pleasantly, but as
Brother Bob has got mad and seen
fit to compare Felix to old Jack.
the "nigger," we will just add that
Jack was a pretty shrewd darkey
after all, and we have often heard
good critics say there was a SINH
larity in the Bill Apps and Brother
Bob'S composition, and now since
Brother Bob has got his "dandern
SO nigh about it, we do believe
there must be some truth in the
imitation. Read Bill Arp, rumi-
mating, soliloQuizing and philoso-
phlziug and then let Brother, Bob
get to Illuminating, soliloqnizing and
philosophizing and Felix "will paw
for the whistle" if they don't rumi-
nate, soliloquize and philosopher
through tho same quill. This sim
ilarity If original would indeed be
q great compliment to Brother
Bob, but there being some doubt
about the originality, Feliy com.
mitted a slight error in tLAdcring
The compliment, but should have
done SO as Bill paid Bob the com
Bill.-"Hello Bob! What makes
you part your hair/in the middle ?n
Bob.-"Thomas jefferson parted
his hair in theAniddle.n
nIBill.-"OhI yes, it is the nature of
mSsKeys to initiate their supe-
riors."
Felix has got his "Irish up" by
being likened to old Jack, the
darkey, and thought it would be
legitimate, fair and appropriate to
likeD Brother Bob to the next in
species-the monkey. We do not
expect to have any more to say
about this imitation business and
if Brother Bob will not hit back
too hard and will convince Felix
that he can invent a panacea for
all the wrongs and ills Of the poor
tax payer and that he will work
Tor the interest of the dear people
anf@Atlor dear sci, Hike the ma
jority of our noted Reformer%Ee.
liX will take pleasure in nominat-
ing him for the next Legislature.
FELIX,