The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-11-19
LAXnENs, s. c., Nov. 10, 1895.
Seeing the Sights.

Inc Ed1tor 10 at the Mecca OF all the
countryside great Exposition. He is
here with his best encumbrance, un.
derstand, and every man in the coun-
try should go and do likewise. Come
by the s. A. l.. and embark at Clinton
or Greenwood. Swiftly and safely you
will be set down. The travel is tame
and there are no sights in the land
scape, but you collide with the world
when you get here. Plenty of room
h~ere-elbow room although the crowd
is massive. Stop with Mrs. Lamar 3OS
Rawson Street. Come to the EXPOSE
ton; it is in Georgia-Tillman's prom
ised land-Egypt,-Arcadia-all Arcad-
iahs. Come to the Exposition. There
Is no cheat in it; bring the babies, the
boys, the ~lassies, the dear old lady,
grandma. Get away from the v
ton, get away from everlasting poll
tics for a day; you won't regret it,
One thing you will learn; yea two
things you will be made we'll aware Of;
first, all the world has not its eyes fixed
on South Carolina; yea that little
municipality is q mere parish--yea not
q man or woman of us Is noted--Till-
man would be lost. Here with more
than ten thousand stirring mortals ell
bowling you, with the evidences of mans
wisdom and skill and what he is doing
with the raw material on the earth and
under the waters and in the sky staring
you in the face you will take the lesson
of your insignifcance individually and
Blk less of your own Importance
the more of grandeur of Gods
world of humanity and, the
works of man in the aggre.
~4oay-agreNSSAad beautiful
Story in the concrete--a commentary
on what is being accomplished in the
useful. the beautiful, the wonderful, in
the closing years of the century. We
write while eating-we snatch a mo-
ment-we feel a deep interest in every
ching at home; especially the twelve.
hundred readers of the ADVERTISER
and we are not happy away from home.
While aCarolinian Of Carolinians, |Lau-
rens Is the best and the gamest county.
We wish everybody could come down
here. The grand things that other
people do-the view of the worlds
grand achievements especially in the
fine arts brOadens and educates.
We have not time to give details
The Editor rode in the flying machine
his incumbrance likewise-but we
ore safe.
Dunk Adams, Will Leake, Miss EN-,
his sister, DR.. Hugh X. Aiken, Miss
Lidie Irby and Will Gambrael of
Greenwood we were delighted to en-
counter here. We thought them the
salt OF the earth, being from Laurens.
p. s. Atlanta would be a great city
like Chicago or New York but there is
no big river and high bridge to jump
from. This is unlucky, but the chances
are that they will contrive the river.
The ADVERTISER has encountered only
three stove pipe tiles. SO you will con-
clude he is with the wool hat crowd.
NOV. IA, IL p. M.
we have exhausted another day at
the exhibit and are ourselves about ex-
hausted. 1t would take volumes to give
tho details and we have neither time
nor space. 1t was Pennsylvania day.
The Governor of that great State and
the State officers with a grand caval-
cade from the Quaker State, hada fine
procession and there was speechmak-
ing and all that, but of course no Caro-
linian would stop to listen at a speech
we have cabbage and corn bread
JOHNNY constant-at home. When the
ship was in danger and about to 90
down, the jack tars concluded to have
prayers-but as nc one knew the lingo
for such emergencies-they took up a
collection. So in every emergency the
South Carolinian calls for q speech
but we passed on. Patriotism led us to
the agricultural building where our
little State has q little space. We hope
1T Is not significant, but our fossils are
decidedly in evidence. Our rice is very
fne-.and the Darlington tobacco exhibit
beautiful and there is much to be proud
OF. Properly handled there sources of
the State are comparable with those Of
any. Charleston women have O beau
tiful room in the Woman's Annex, and !
the portraits Of our great men are
there-not confined to the great of
Charleston-but the great of the State, |
North, South, East and West, as much
to inspire an Anderson boy as q lad
whose first impressions are those of the
breakers frothing at Drunken Dicks |
Shoals. The women who have gotten
up.this exhibit and the other citizens
OF the State, notably Darlington people
deserve great credit. A South Caro-
linian need not be ashamed. Illinois, |
Alabama, New York, Pennsylvania, |
and California are rich States and
have handsome buildings here and
they are glad to have us old continen-
tai respectables rest and respose on
their richly upholstered sedans. Our
Commissioner Roche, was not at his
desk and we we're sorry to MICS him,
but everything is beautifully arranged
in the Carolina department, all due to
his skill and taste and he has achived q
glory out of the material sent him. The
D~ispensary exhibit is there and a young
man to hand you q pamphlet copy of
our dispensary law, but the young fell
low is to this hour innocent how he