The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-09
Gross Hili Notes.

~. McSwain of the South Caroline
College, b. II Fuller. of Clinton Col
lege, Carroll ID. Nance, of the South
Carolina Military Academy, James
Desportes, of Porter,s Military Acad-
envy, Miss Bertha Turner of Greenyille
Fernale College, are now In u town
and community visiting relatives and
friends during the summer holidays.
1--WE were glad to see Col. d. w. Ball
In our midst last week. He is always
welcomed to his "native heath.n
Mr.. William Watts, son of John
Watts, sheriff of the county some years
since, was in town last week. Mr..
Watts now resides in the Lone Star
State where ne holds an important
post in rail road business.
The important event of the past week
n town vas the closing exercises of
III Eigh School. All the exercises
from beginning to end, which occupied
Thursday and Friday plainly showed
the qualifications of the teachers. Prof
Majors and Miss Clardy for their inn
portant positions and the proficiency
exhibited by the pupils convinced
every one that good work had been
done in the matter of education during
the past year. The dialogues, recita-
tions, javelin drill and broom drill
were amusing, interesting, entertain
ing and instructive and everybody was
delighted. The central feature of the
occasion was the address OF Col. b. w.
Ball. The Col. held the large crowd
spell bound for over an hour which he
talked to them On the Importance of
systematic and thorough education.
AS usual the Col. abounded in facts and
figures and Illustrated his subjects by
men and nations. Such talks are GER
tain to do good and we would most
heartily wish that every community
could listen to like speeches every
week, SO as to set men and women
thinking, and then put them in action
to educate their children.
And now will you indulge us while
we scribble q little about politics. 1t
seems that the leaders of the "Reform
Party" have set down on all or any di-
vision OF delegates to the constitutional
convention, and the forty have been
side tracked or ignored entirely, and
as we are led to believe that the forty
and the conservatives are all striving
for the same end hat is peace and har-
mony and the good OF our beloved
South Carolina. it does seem to us
that we should not omit Anything or
let any opportunity pass where we
might be. able to accomplish something
for these objects. In this division let
there be a thorough and complete Or
~ganization of the conservatives and let
us put forward II good men as can
didates and present them to the people
of Laurens ut the approaching primary
election. We feel sure that we can
lose nothing by this and we might
gain% something. The primary is or
dered by what is known as the Demo-
cratic party of the State and although
there has unfortunately arisen differ
ences amongst us, which differences
seem to be irreconcilable, but in this
matter, which is not for office or politi-
cal prefermcnt, but is to make the fun
damental law under which we are to
live and thrive or sink and die, we
should not fail to do anything which
might be of use in this all important
matter. We can't do anything outside
of the primary, for that will settle
the question as to who will be the dele
gates. M from what / can learn | be-
lieve that if good, true, honest and SIM
cere men, farmers if possible are put
forward, there is n living chance for
some division of the delegates.
The American people are lovers Of
fair play and the ~overbearing, tyrani-
cal and dictatorial manner of some of
the reform leaders is working like q fer
ment among them. The party lash when
used too sharply gals on free Ameri-
can people and they kick against the
party using the lash. Let us be up and
doing and take advantage of the OPP
portunity now offered and not sit SUI
pinely down and mourn and complain of
ills and put forth no effort to remove
them. Let young active and vigorous
men be put forward and let them
Garry the war into the encmys lines
and by persistent effort well directed
the victory can be won. But nothing
will we accomplish by sitting down
like Micawber waiting for something
to turn up" SCRIBE.