The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-04
SHAVING ALL THE HEADS IN THE TOWN
a BAKBER's CLIPPER AT WORK
Every Man i'm the Village Had TO Sub
mit-ChppinS and Shaving Done
FOR NothinG-Ehc Barber Had n
Long Rest.

/ Chronicle tells the following story
about Il whole town being clipped and
| shaved whether they desired it or not
The incident located at Slyvania,
Ca, ten years ago, soon after the rail.
road reached that point
| 1T was a quiet morning in July when
threc gay young men OF the town CON
Guided that they would break the
m0notony OF the village and at the
same time make every body feel more
comfortable, by clipping cvcrybodv's
hair, and in addition shaving those
who wore beard of any description.
| they first went up stairs to the ton
Sorlal sanctum and saw Ross, who
readily entered into the scheme and
offered to do ali the work for nothing.
Inc clippers were brought out and
sharpencd and also screwed ND SO thcv
would take the hair OFF "a few duvs
under the scalp and the raZOrs we're
put in good trim. TO prepare them
selves more fully for their work, the
committee decided 70 let the barber do
thrm up first. Ihcy were quickly
shorn OF everything that the cippcrs
or razors could reach from the neck up,
and then fclt ready and anxious to do
| up the town.
The first man they met was a Young
was to have been married the next
week and who had come TO town that
mornlng to sec the preacher and buy
his license. The boys told him What
they wanted, and at the same time one
graspcd him by each arm and the
other walking behind they began
gently but firmly to lead him up the
steps. Al fist Tompkins laughed and
thought 1T was Il good joke, but Us
they went further, his smile became
less mirthful and he asked them what
they were really going to do. They
told him again, and he then begged
them to let him oil. He said he was
to be married the next week, and in
vltcd them all out TO the wedding.
But the invitation came too late. By
this time they were in the BARRIERS
-anctum, and the fatal clippers were in
ful vi w. TOmpkins then lost his tenn
per, ana s"Ore mat he would prosecute
tnem, but they gently forced him into
the chair, and told the artist TO do his
Work. Inen the young man thought
OF a sweet maiden who was anXiOusly
awaiting the return Of her lover, ana
he begged their pardon for what he
had said and hoped they would desist
from anything further. But the die
had been cast 10y fate. and it was
against Tompkins. The clippers and
razor did tncir work well, and when
he looked in the glass the young man
Simply sighed and walked sadly away
he dld not realize who it was that he
had guzod on. The Tompkins wed.
ding didn't come of the next week,
nor has it come of yet. In the first
place, when he went back his girI
sad she didn't believe it was Tomp
klns--that IL was an imposter; and ia
the second place, if it was Tompkins
she said she had lost all affection for
him.
Several young men of the village
were next taken up and put through
th" machine, and each one, however
much he may have kicked before
hand, after the magic clippers had
passed over his head was aiways VIII.
ing and eager to pln the company. So
the gang hourly Increased.
The crowd was very anxious to get
their hands on the mayor, but for
awhile he successfully avoided. Finally,
however, he was caught while Aoing
through the fields from his Office to
his home, and threats Of fines as well
as pleas for mercy fell alike in vain
upon the ears Of his captors-and his
honor was soon as slick headed as the
rest, and anxious to help catch some.
b, dy. Ile town marshal had been
among the first victims OF the morn
| ing, and 1T WAS useless for anyone to
call on hlm ior protection. The entire
town council had followed in rapid
succession, and looked as white and
cool as the drifting snow. The bows
were going ia for municipal reform
with vengeance. The shcrir of the
county had submitted gracefully to the
inevitable, ana afterwards gave valua-
bic aid in bringing in those who were
| inclined to be rcb llious.
y dlgnllcd lawyer Of the village for
long time escaped all the snares that
were land for his feet, or more property
speaking, for his head. But time ana
pair OF BARRIERS clippers will at last
set all things even. ard late in the
| afternoon the sheriff got straight be-
mind him down the principal street
| Such race the town had never seen
| before. He was at last headed otf and
caught. He put in all kinds OF pleas,
but they were promptly overruled. He
then threw himself on the mercy of
the court they decided inasmuch as he
had tried to escape, he shou'G have
the full penalty. And he got it,
There was merchant in the town
OF good, Jolly disposition and consider
able avoirdupois. He found odt what
| WY IVY WHY up w CtI ~ III lUc udy,
ana TO save his hair and moustachc,
closed up his store and would not
venture out. When one Of them knock
cd on his door and asked to be admit
ted, he told tn thtth joke aside" he
dHdnt want any fOOllsnnss like that
The clan was hastily called together.
| and after short discussion OF the case
he was numbered with the elect. But
the trouble was % get him. He slcpt
In an upstairs room over the store, so
| after he had retired that night, one OF
| the boys, armed with the clippers,
gained access by some means and
started up the steps. But the mer-
chant heard him, and jumping out of
bed he rushed out on the vcranda and
determined to slide down one of the
posts to the ground. 1T was rather
bold proceeding, for it was bright
moon ight night, and he was very
scantly clad, having, as before stated,
! retired TO his sDumbcrs. But the man
with the clippers was at hand, and so
he launched bravcly out. He was not
a whit too soon, for as he clutchcd the
post, with hands and feet and started
downward the dreaded instrument
| grazcd his scalp. Down, down he slid,
and finally landcd-right into the arms
OF IL Whole posse Of the boys who had
hocn waiting for him underneath the
shade OF tho piazza II is needless to
say that he was soon one Of the clan.
The experience Of q farmer who liv-
ed about mile from town was the