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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23

prised to note that he got very poor
results. Somehow or otner he seemed
unable to enforce his order, and his dis
trict was the dirtiest in town. At last
smelled a rat and privately instructed
a Spanish-speaking American soldier
to loiter along behind the inspector
and see what really happened on the
rounds.
AT the first house visited the stencil
was enough TO kill polecat, and the
drain evidently hadn't been cleaned
since the year 1. The Virginian was
furious, and sent for the owner. Tell
this Internal ginger-colored beast he
roared TO the interpreter, that / say
he's disgrace to hyenasl I've told him
three times TO clean out those pipes,
and if he don't do it to-day I'm going
to ram him into the calaboose and lose
the keyp Yes, sare, senior, captain
replied the Interpreter, bowing grave
ly. Juan he continued, addressing the
native in Spanish, this young man, as
communicate to you before, Is little |
touched In the head He is crazy, like |
all American pigs, on the sanitation, |
and he pretends TO offense find in your
so beautiful. Well, we must
humor him. So bow merely, say yes.
you will do as he demands, and to me
leave the balance
THE housekeeper listened to the in
genious suggestion and burst imme-
diately into voiuble protests that he
would obey the law. I tell 'em what
you say, senior, 'retorted the interpreter.
and it scare i'm pretty mooch. Iguess
he be all ri now At this state of the
yame my emissary clipped in with a
lew remarks in Spanish, and the Cuban
.urned pale green. He also turned sew
raj somersaults on the toe of the in
pector's brogan as soon as the latter
yrasped the facts. After that district
was sanitary model for the city"
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FOLLOWING A PRECEDENT.
The Clever Way I'm Which Tavern
Keeper Got Even with an Of
fensive Judge.

We can hardly blame, perhaps. the
satisfaction which a nonsuited litigant
in a certain court once gained from an
opportunity that chance gave him. A
judge, travelling on circrit. had before
him in a small country town a case in
which a tavern keeper was held for the
payment on a land transaction of n
large amount Of money which he had
not agreed definitely to pay. The court
declared that, although his agreement
was not on record, it was involved by
construction, or implied, in his partici-
patton in a business proceeding con-
nected with it.
After judgment had been rendered
the court adjourned for dinner. and the
judge found that the only eating house
in the place was kept by the defendant
in the case which he had just decided.
He also found that the defendant per-
sonally superintended the preparation
Of the meals, and the food was charged
for on the European plan"
The judge called for two boiled eggs.
which. with the other food he ordered.
were brought TO him done to a turn.
He ate them. and at the end Of the meal
the bill was presented to him. He was
astonished TO read on II the following
items: 1.-TWO boiled eggs. IS cents; two
chickens, at IS cents. S1.5O."
He called the proprietor and said:
'Ilow is this? have had no chickens;
why do you charge me for them?"
Those are constructive chickens,
your honor" answered the host.
"What?"
"Why. they are implied in the eggs.
you know, your honor" the man per.
sisted.
The judge began 10 understand. and
said no more. However. when he hand
ed In a fve-dollar bill to pay for the
dinner he found that the innkeeper had /
given him his full change, without
charging for the constructive" chick /
Free Press.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23
THE SEED.

only little seed" we say
tiny thing
Floatng along fits airy way
On silken wing.
And yet that little tufted ball
SO TRAN 10 see
Hides safely from the sight OF all
mystery
A mystery OF life and bloom
Is there concealed
An unborn beauty and perfume
To be revealed.
Within that germ so small and brown
Are joys Of May.
When melody, like rain. drips down
Ger each glad day.
A hundred beauties yet unborn
Are In its sheath
That wait TO charm the skies Of morn
With perfumed breath.
Within a seed that airily
Floats TO and fro
Perhaps may be a giant tree
In embryo.
Urged onward by the restless wind
That little seed
A resting place at last shall find
In wood or mead.
Some day. ah, what a mystery
Shall greet the sight
a tall and graceful forest tree
Proud IN its might.
Can It be that so small a thing
So much could yield?-
Only a seed that spread its wing
Ger hill or field.
The humblest things I'm nature land
Outlines contain
What seers have tried TO understand,
But all in vain.
The fiorets Of one meadow flower
The power may hold
To SOW a field In idle hour
With summers gold.
A sweet wild rosebud by the stream
Some meaning wears
AS great. perhaps as brightly CLEAN
From starry spheres.
Upon those worlds we look with awe,
And fail to heed
As great power as stellar law
Lies in a seed.
In nature. things both high and low.
The oak or reed,
Must In a meek obeisance bow
Unto the seed
o wondrous mystery the cause
To human mind,
Producing by unchanging laws
Its own IN kind.
Plant roses and to stems Will cling
crimson glow:
Plant lilies and to life will spring
CLEAN like snow.
Natures most potent agency
secret deep
Is latent life that waits 10 be
Aroused from sleep
That waits the kindly touch Of sun
And drip Of rain.
And lol the miracle begun
Speaks not in vain.
In nature, things both high and low
The oak or reed
Must In a meek obeisance bow
Unto the seed.
Alice Jean Cleator, in Ohio Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23
An lncognito.

M E who live in the High Row awoke
w one morning 10 find that the bills
had been taken out of the windows of
No. 10 in the row. The house, whose fu-
ture tenancy had for some time been the
subject of our hopes and fears, was let
at last, and our fate, in the matter of
new neighbors, decided for good or i'll.
The Row was an old-fashioned cor
ner, lying at the back of large sea-
side town, out of the reach of the yearly
influx of noise and trippers. We took
no little credit to ourselves for our
isolation, and would have blushed to
have been at any time discovered among
the crowd parading the sea front. Per-
haps, indeed, it was the desire 10 ignore
the aspect of the town as pleasure re-
sort that formed the basis of sympathy
on which our little society was founded.
Of this society il was old Mrs. Delane,
at No. 8, who was called on by at least
two county families, and who took
daily airings in a carriage with yellow
wheels, whom we looked up to as our
head, and to whom were referred all
questions of fashion and social ethics.
We certainly were, take us all in all,
a highly respectable corner, and might
be forgiven in the absence of worthy
objects of comparison in mistaking our
selves for the salt of the earth. Nor 10
it TO be wondered at that we were filled
with alarm whenever there was pros
pect of a house changing hands, al
though hitherto the character of the |
Row had not suffered from any such |
change. The dingy old corner made |
little appeal to the average house hunt
er. A susceptibility to the charm un-
derlying the dinginess, enough TO make
ii appear a desirable place of residence,
had in most instances proved symptom
attic, and In the general run of new
comers we had found new friends. Yet
we knew that the luck must one day
turn, and the present occasion filled
more than one of us with vague fore
Doding.
No. 10 had been ITO let, furnished"
20 we could not hope for an introduce
ion to the newcomers through the Gus
omary vanguard of household goods.
There was nothing for il but to possess
'ur souls in patience, and to keep a
ookout for their arrival in the flesh.
We were taking tea at Mrs. Delane's,
nd discussing somewhat dolefully the
of the new tenancy, when
he sound of a vehicle driving into the
row sent us all TO the window with a
ush. Yes, there they werel A fly,
earring a small quantity of luggage,
rev up before the door of No. 10. A
ouDg man in a tourist suit jumped out, (
nd was followed up the steps by girl I
ressed rather too deliberately TO be in
ccordance with High Row notions of
enteel elegance. The man gave !
ull at the bell, and no response i'm ]
forthcoming. he and his COM {
anion each lifted the handle of the 7
)uble knocker and reused the echoes c
ith a vigorous rat-tat. The effort on S
le girls part loosened the clumsy S
not of hair gathered beneath the r
picture" hat, and a great plat, mar :
stically stuck with hairpins, uncoiled n
self to the length of her waist. We !
'uld see the little stamp Of exaspera- ]
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TIED BY HIS HAIR.
jersey Fishermen Have a Little In
nOcent Fun with the Paderewski
of Their Party.

Passengers in the smoking-car of a
train that was returning from one of
the South Jersey fishing resorts few
days ago were highly entertained by
trio of disciples of Izaak Walton, who
were feeling only as those men who
have had a good days piscatorial sport
and are bringing home a heavy string
can feel, says the Philadelphia Record.
One of the three was tired out, and, in
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23
Willy INTERPRETER.
ho" He Managed TO Help His Cuban
Compatriots to Stay as Dirty as
They Liked.

I've been on sanitary detail in Ha-
vana lately" said an army officer who
passed through the city the other day
to New Orleans Times-Democrat man,
"and had as an assistant a very ener-
getic, capable young volunteer from
Virginia. His business was to give
house-to-house orders as to sewage.
drain cleaning and so on, and, not
speaking Spanish, he was provided
with a Cuban interpreter. 1 knew
the mans worth. so was greatly sur
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23
II IS RIDICULOUS

For any man 10 claim to make mon
ey bv selling al "A loss. Ii is simple To
say it, and simple To swallow it. If
ihe farmer raised only one grain for
each grain planted he would starve.
IT the merchant sells his goods dollar
for dollar, at The price he bought them.
he is out in time, labor and expense.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-23
His Mefhnd.

Jack-How does the bunco man get
his income, anyway?
Tom-By imposing a tax on credul-
ity.-N. Y. World.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
DIR. Thomas f. Jones,

A dispatch received on yesterday 10y
Mr.. J. W. Jones. OF this city, brought
tho sad intelligence Of the death of
his brother, DR.. Thomas r. Jones, at
his home, at Gainesville, Ga, at 8 Il.
NJ. DR.. Jones was a native of this
city, educated at the city academy and
after graduating in medicine, adopted
Georgia rs his home, where he mar
ricd Miss Young, the daughter of "a
former Carolinian and the sister Of
Gen.. Pierce M. b. Young, the bril-
liant Cavalry leader In the army of
Northern Virginia. DR.. Jones was the
son Of the late Gen. Thos. f. Jones, Of
this county, prominent at one time as
a leader and State Senator. DR.. Jones
was unusually gifted, OF q most lovable
disposition, and to his many friends
greatly endeared. Besides Mr.. J. w.
Jones, his brother, Mrs. Emma Griffin,
OF Cross Hill, formerly Of Clinton, is a
sister.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture
of Annie e. Springer, of 1925
Howard Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
Wi a she found that DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
had completely cured her of a
hacking cough that for many
years had made life a burden. All
other remedies and doctors could
give her no help, but she says of
this Royal Cure lit soon removed
the pain in my chest and I can
sleep soundly, something I cal
scarcely remember doing before. I
feel like sounding it's praises
throughout the Universe" So
will every n who tries DR.. Kings
New Discovery for any trouble of
ThroaU. chest or Lungs. Price 80
! cents and $1.00. Trial bottle free
at Laurens Drug Co. Every bot
tie guaranteed.
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The Champion JERSEYS.

Col. j. II. Wharton's herd of JERSEYS
again carried Off the honors at the
state fair and is the champion herd
OF the state, having won the twenty
dollar premium. Col. Whartonis
COWS also won individual premiums,
amounting in all to about ninety dol
lars. One OF his COWS won the ten dol
lar premium for the best yield of milk
and butter on the grounds, her yield
OF milk exceeding five gallons in TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Col. Wharton is doing a good work
icr MS state and county in cattle Gull
IRE n MS animals are a credit to
the section that produces them.
Col. Wharton was elected q member
OF the executive committee of the fair
association.
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Our new Fall Derby is a thing

Our new Fall Derby is a thing
of beauty. Get one.
Davis, Roper q Co.
You don't object to saving S1.OO
on your fall hat, do your Well,
that is what you do, if you buy it
here.
Davis, Roper & Go.
We have just received our fall
line of fancy shirts. Every pat
tern is q peach.
Davis, Roper e. Co.
Our buyer will return from New
York this week with the greatest
line Of bargains ever shown in
Laurens.
Davis, Roper & Co.
We made an effort to secure the
best so cents underwear that the
mills ever produced and we have
got it.
Davis, Roper & Go.
Remember that we bought q
solid car load of shoes this fall
and can sell you solid leather
shoes cheaper than anybody.
Davis, Roper & Co.
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In the November Magazine Nnmher

In the November Magazine Number
The Outlook prints a portrait and brief
sketch Of Mr.. James Barnes, now on
his way to the Transvaal as special
correspondent for The Outlook. The
article from MIR. Barnes on the Trans
vaal War and on the problems OF South
Africa will undoubtedly prove as at.
tractive a feature in this journal as
have the two series of articles on Cuba
by Mr.. George KEENAN,. Another series
OF equal Importance will be that on the
Philippines by Mr.. Phelps Whit
marsh, author Of "The Worlds Rough
Hand" Mr.. Whitmarsh Is now In the
islands as a special commissioner for
The Outlook. An article on Hawaii in
It's present relations to the United
States, including an interview with
ex-President Dole appears in The Out
look for October 28th, and forms the
first Of Mr.. Whltmarsh's series under
the general title, Colonial America"
($3 q yeal The Outlooh Company,
New York;
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

Our intelligent Beaverton CORES
pondent discioses the fact that his
neighbors mean to keep their smoke
houses and wheat yarners on the
Reedy and not beyond the Tennessee
River. But the other day a Laurens
man wearing the city's uniform dunned
a citizen for his water tax. The citizen
replied that he had the money in his
pocket and could afford TO kick. Sow
oats and wheat, and next spring pant
corn and potatoes and put money
in your purse and you can kick whom
you please. BY pursuing this course,
in a little while you may be a lender
instead Of a borrower and you may
lend without usury and die with an
easy conscience.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Clemson Auxiliary Agricultural Club

Siup
Met in the Courthouse On November
7tb. The proceedings were mostly pre-
liminarv, looking to the future workings
OF the Club. The following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved lst, That the Farmers Aux
Hilary, Of Laurens County, will hereafter
February, May and August OF each.
2nd, Tie executive office, cor 81 ting
OF Col. b. w. Ball, j. d. NJ. Shaw, r. G..
Davis, NJ. B. McCuen and NJ. a. Knight,
be increased to ten, and the following
five men were elected! Ct WI Teague,
Waterloo S. c.; j. Andy Jones, Philson,
s. c.; NJ. a. Summerel, Laurens, S. c.;
j. r.. Drnmmond, Youngs, S. c.. w. b.
Fuller, Cross Hill.
4tb, That the executive committee
men in their respective townships be
requested to organize an auxiliary club.
18th, That all extra meetings be called
by the President, he deciding on the
tine and place.
We all know the Importance OF go d
farming and the necessity OF increasing
the productiveness Of our lands so let
us all rally and take an active interest
in the workings of the clubs and bring
about q laudable rivalry in the different
clubs with each other, and make our
fields BLOSSOM as the rose and two
blades of grass where there was but one.
Also enhance and cultivate that social
feelings, which should exist among
brother farmers
Our county nov ranks high among
the counties OF the State in wealth, and
let us see that it falls behind none in
productiyeness and q general building
| up OF our lands.
JARED d. SULLIVAN,
Secretary,
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FACTS PERSONAL
AND BRIEF NOTES OF RECENT
EVENTS.

Mrs. G. Q. Featherstone is visiting
Mrs. f, Il, Wilson, Of Newberry.
Miss CAN'T, of ~Spartanburg, is visit
Ing at Col. j.. L.. NJ. Irby's.
Miss Name Ferguson was the guest
OF Miss Grace Moore, Of Columbia,d dur
ing fair week
DR.. Joe Owens, OF Cross Hill, spent
last Thursday in Laurens on his way
to Greenville.
Misses Allie and Emmie Webb spent
fair week with the Misses Vance in Co
lumbia.
Mr.. Reuben Pitts came down from
thurman University and spent last
week at home.
Miss Mary Bowen spent lair week
with Misses Louise and Lille Vance,
Of Columbia.
Miss Hattie Thompson, OF Chan
dlers, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. l..
Pool.
Mrs.L.H. Watts, of Greenwood county,
and Mrs. NJ. II. Simpson, Of Cross Hill,
visited the family Of Col. b. w. Ball
last week.
The funniest comedy ever seen in
Laurens Is at the Opera House to-
night. Tickets on sale at Davis, Roper
81 Co.
Miss Belle Craig, of Ora, was the
guest OF Miss Josie Minter and at
tended Miss Knights concert on last
Tuesday evening.
Miss Mary Belle Holmes, the ac-
complished teacher of art at Chicora
College, was at Dr.L.S. Fuller's for sew
eral days last week.
At the meeting in Columbia last
week of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical society, Col. j. II. Wharton
was made q member of the executive
committee for 1900.
Don't miss $50 laughs in $50 minutes
at the Opera House House tonight,
"a Jay from Jaysville Co. Admission
35 and so cents.
Messrs. II. Fleming Jones, r. v.
lrby and a. j. S~itgreaves attended the
state ball and other social events OF
fair week.
We regret to learn that Col. j. FL.
Wharton lost u valuable COW by acct
dent last week at the State Fair. She
was found dead in her stall in the
morning. having broken her neck by
being ~cntangled in a halter.
The Womans' Christian Temper
ance Workers Of South Carolina held
their FIRST annual meeting in Column
bia last week. While in session they
were addressed by two prominent pro-
hibitionists OF the state, Mr.. c. G.
Featherstone, aud Mr.. A. G. Jones, OF
Newberry.
r. A. Cooper, Esq, has been APP
pointed by Gov. McSweeney, Magis-
trate for Laurens Township, vice j.
w. Peterson, deceased. Mr.. Cooper
had the endorsement Of the entire
community and the Legislative dele
CATION. He will be found at his office
in the Traynham block, South side
Public Square.
The following people from Laurens
visited Columbia during fair week
Misses Bessie Todd, Hattie Roland,
Meta Sullivan, Ursurla Childress, Will
lie Jones, Messrs. w. G. P. Robertson,
Robt. Davis, @. M. Miller, j. w. Dunk
lin, G. E. Gray, J. w. Ferguson, Jr.,
W. w. Jones, e. S. Hudgens, r. H.
Hudgons, DR.. John Bell, Mr.. G. c..
Festherstone, Fleming Smith, DR.. j.
P. Simpson, Col. j. D. M. Shaw, Sheriff
G.S. McCravy, Clerk of Court John
f. Bolt, Robert Wilson, j. A. Eichel-
berger, Col. j. w. Watts and Conner
FAller.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

DIR. w. r. Evans, Of Columbia, under
the auspices Of the "wednesday Club,n
VIII lecture at the knights of Pythias
Hall, tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 18th,
at $50 Z. M. This eminent scholar is
one Of the most effective speakers in
the South. His wit is side splitting,
MS wisdom convincing and educative
ana his Pathos% touching to the point of
tears. wherever he has appeared the
pubic mas been enthusiastic in his
praise. He is q whole dramatic com.
pany in himself. Those who have been
fortunate enough to secure season
tickets will be admitted on them; 9TH
ers 80 cents at door and children Is
cents.
IT Will be the mistake Of ones life to
miss this opportunity.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
J. w. Peterson, ESD.

This community was shocked on
Wednesday morning last, when it was
announced that Magistrate Peterson
had suddenly died of apoplexy in his
office. j. w. Peterson was a man OF
more than ordinary ability, a con-
scientious official and had always had
the respect of the citizenship Of this
county. He entered the service of his
State as a mere lad, and was a gallant
soldier Of the 1st S. G. Cavalry. He
leaves a widow and a large circle of
children to mourn their loss. The re-
mains we're buried in the city ceme-
terry on Thursday last, attended by q
large concourse OF citizens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
,Possums and Other Good Things.

Thursday night, in the hall over the
Palmetto Drug Company's Store, the
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian
church will serve a 'possum supper,
but the supper will not consist of pos
sum exclusively. There will be oys-
ters and turkey, cakes and other de-
licacies besides, so that every palate
will be properly tickled. The cause is
a good one, the occasion will give
every one a chance for thorough en-
joyment and everybody is invited and
should accept the invitation.
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We lead; others follow.

We lead; others follow.
Davis, Roper d Co,
Best shoe on earth for $1.25 can
be found at
Davis, Roper 81 Co.
Beauties That's the exclama-
ton after an inspection Of our
New Fall Suits.
Davis, Roper & Go.
Now is the time to see our new
Overcoats. They feel good and
are good. Come and get yours.
Davis, Roper & Go.
We + after the boys and chill
dren's clothing trade this fall
Latest novelties and low prices
are u drawing cards.
Davis, Roper q Co.
Mothers, we want al to see the
knee suits that we are selling from
Sl.OO to IS. 90.
Davis, Roper & Co.
Mems all-wool underwear---minus
the sticks and the burrs, soft as
velvet. Prices as low rs the low
est.
Davis, Roper d Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Frightful Blunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, the best in the
world, will kill the pain and
promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons,
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. Only IS cents
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
The Laurens Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

Byron's poem on the death OF Boat
swain, his faithful Newfoundland dog,
was the result of a noble sentiment.-
The same spirit animates the author Of
the lines above for u still uobler ami.
maj. Many Of our readers will remem
Der the lamented Mr.. Cannon's noble
sorrel. His usual pace was ten miles
and he had made l6 over our common
ways. lie had been for more than 20
years in the family,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
.sThe Loss of Gold Is Great;

The loss Of health is more" -
Health is lost by neglecting to
keep the blood pure, but it is re-
gained by purifying, enriching
and vitalizing with the great
health r%estorer, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Thousands who thought
health had been permanently lost
have been made perfectly well by
taking this great medicine. Your
experience may be the same.
Hoods Pills are gentle, yet
always effective.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
Dead.

Charlie, the faithful driving horse
OF the late Aaron Cannon, died at the
nome OF Capt. John r. Switzer, on the
3lst OF October. Aged 26 years. This
dumb but intelligent animal, so faith
ful and true in his life for long and
tender associations was tenderly buried
on the anniversary Of the birth of his
old master.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15

Silver Soup Ladels guaranteed
for 10 years, II inches long, $2.75;
8 inches $1.25. We believe these
prices are much below the value
these goods.
VS.. Nj. & E. H.. Wilkes & Go.