The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-12-15

70 q country man coming to the city.
The city man on the street moves right
at q double quick pace compared to
the pace OF an up-country yillager, his
very walk Indicating business. You
can tell q backwoodsman q quarter of
o mile by his pace and movement, and
an air Of having q whole week to per-
form a half-mile journey. 1t is energy
inspiring to see these city fellows
dance along the streets. Our Mayor
occasionally honors this city by his
presence, and for a week following his
return his friends can't find a minute
OF leisure from urgent calls. TO the
readers OF THE ADVERTISER however
we desire to bring home some whole
some reflections. We are all COM
planners, and we chronically endure
what we call hard times. A run Of
more than two hundred miles through
the center of the State and observa-
ton all along the line convinces me
that aboye the middle line of South
SohOAthb1 ohhluR AWFUL 9hu oOubh 10
the section of activity and develop
ment. Again Laurens is in the great
section OF development and future
quick growth and prosperity. York,
Spartanburg, Union, Newberry, Lau-
rens, Greenwood, Abbeville, Ander-
son, Pickens, Oconee, and Greenyille
form o circle Of grand communities,
blessed in soil, climate, water and
other natural that will in
the nea future make up a forward Sec
ton Of this great country. One word
before closing. On returning home
the writer will assume the privilege
of his old leisurely characteristic pace
along our streets owing to the lavish
Inequalities he has received in this
city of hospitable souls. With vol
umes of delightful objects situate here
to inspire, Ponce De Icons spring is
not to be numbered among them and
one may still grow old and remain
old Notwithstanding the delightful at
mosphere.
There has been some disposition In
the press of the State to criticise Char
lesion and remark upon her tagging
behind the procession. This we can't
see the appropriateness of; she is ahead
of Hampton, although she has not the
Lieutenant Governor; she is fairly
abreast of Greenville, and even Lau-
rens, although she does not boast of a
United States Senator; and we are not
quoting Marion as the local exemplar
of progress although that county
boasts Of the .Governor-elect Of the
State from whom so much is expected.
For the present the horse car of three
decades back prevails, the bicycle is
occasionally spinning, but at a dignifed
speed. Electric cars are on the pro-
CRANE to come very soon, but for the
present there is no danger of being run
yer in Charleston and the unwary
countryman may perambulate East
Bay and Meeting Streets in safety
All roads lead to Rome they say; and
very truly for Europe. In South Caro-.
lima all roads lead to Columbia. Every
thing else has conferred there for three
decades. Now when Richland county
assesses her wealth to twelve millions
or stretches her tax lists alongside OF
Spartanburg, 1t will be a graceful
thing for Columbia to twit Charleston,
tina life is too short to waste precious
moments on q horse car from the Char
lesion Hotel to East Bay Street.
XIV
Senator Tillman spoke at Gaffney,
on Saturday, the 9Th inst. about new
counties and in their interest gen.
orally. But he was impartial as to the
particular point in debate. The Gaff-
neyites failed to see which side he
was on. Another case Of:
SIT wired in and wired out"
The Senator switched off to the Dis
pensary and said it vas a good thing if
honestly administered. He took a
hand primary on: edo you favor the
Dispensary honestly administered"
There was a strong show of hands.
There was disappointment that the
Senator did not urge the new county.
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There is some difficulty in chasing
the members of the next Congress-
but they go about as follows:
F~usionists, populists, republicans,
democrats. The South Carolina dele
CATION pose as Democrats but If any
populistic proposition has ever been
propoanded which they have failed to
espouse it has escaped the observation
of this wide awake editor. The glorif-
cation Tom Watson got on this side the
Savannah made him. a national char
acter. A spade should be called q
spade.
"x*
"There be six Richmonds in the
field. I have slain five already" And
Maceo, the Cuban patriot, has been
slain seven times. 1t Is to be hoped
that he has as many lives as a cat.
W.
The Cuban patriots must still fight it
ont