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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

For 20 years DR.. Hathaway has confined his
practicr almost exclusively To diseases oil men,
and during that time he has restored more men
10 health YgOr. usefulness and happiness than
any ten other doctors in the country combined
Dr Hathaway treats and cures 10y method
entirely his own. discovered and perfected by
himself and used exclusively by INN. Loss III
VITALITY NaricoCclc Structure, Blood PoiSOnlng
i'm its different stages, rheumatism. Weak BACK,
MI manner OF urinary complaints Ulcers, Sores
and Skin Diseases. BrghtS DiSeaScan all forms
of Kidney Troubles. His treatncnt for under
toned men restores lost vitality ana makes the
patient IA strong. we'll vigorous man.
Dr. IIathawayS success III the treatment OF
NaricOcelc and Structure without the aid oi KNIFE
or cauteTy is phenomenal The patient is treat
ed by this method at his own home without pain
or loss OF time from business. rms Is positively
the only treatment which cures without an oper.
alton. Dr. Hathaway calls the particular atten-
tOn of sufferers from Nai cocclc and Structure to
pages ~, 2S, %, 30 and 81 OF his new book.
Every ease taken by Dr. Hathaway is specially
treated according To It's nature all under his gen
eral alpcTSOnalSupervSion,and all rcmcdieSu used by
him arc prepared from the hcpurcStaud beStdrugs III
his own laboratories under his personal oversight.
DF. Hathaway makes no charge tor cOllSulta.
ton or advice, either at his Office or 10y mail, anu
when a ease is taken the ono low fee covers all
cost OF medicines and professional services.
Dr. Hathaway always prefers. wien IL Is posi-.
De to have his patients call on HIM tor AT least
one interview, but this Is not essential, as he has
cured scores of thousands OF patients III all sec
tons of the world whom he has never seen. His
System of Home Treatment is so perfected that
he can bring about a cure as surely and speedily
as though the patient called daily at his oiilce.
y. NEWTON HA7fA WAY, Nj. ID. g
DIR. Hathaway y CO.,
32H South BROAD Street, Atlanta, GA
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

long settling hen and my wife got
very tired Of her, and at last when she
rOso TO leave, my wifo said: Can't
you sit longer? Why are you In such
hurry? We'll, do call again soon
I'm sorry you can't sit longer" The
stranger spoke abruptly and said
Your wife deceived her and did
wr0ug-she ought TO have told her that
she was husy and must be excused.
Don't you think so ?n Well, now, said
|, let me put another case. You come
here and found me hard at work with
my coat oil and had two little child
rem to watch, for my wife told me not
to let them get out OF my sight, and
now they have gone, must hunt them
up, and I've listened to your abstrac-
tlons for half an hour and all to no
practical purpose, suppose | should say
to you, my friend you will have to ex-
cuse me; must look after the children
and work my garden, and reckon you
had better go. What would you think
OF me and my rudeness ? He looked
surprised and grievCd and said, " DO
you mean 1t? No, said | and il did,
it would be very impolte for me to tell
you SO. had rather tell little whitC
lie-hadnt you? He WAS silent for q
minute, and then said "Well, rcck-
| on Lau Detter go, ana ne DAue me an
atfectionate goodby.
| But let US not forget the orphans
nor the day. There is no lie about
that. Sometimes | feel like an orphan
myself and wish my father and mother
were here to comfort me. | reckon
that is a sign of second childhood.
Now have u labor OF love before me-
shall compile that book OF poems anC
! want help. Kind friends have sen
me 222 copies OF the poem | asked fol
and 1t will please me and help me Il
have the lovers OF good, pure poetic
literature send to r'C The titles Of, say
five or more OF their iavorites, and als'
the names OF the authors. Address
Major Charles IA. Smith, Cartorsville
Ga. BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26
THE COTTON MILL rROUHI,tS
Why Coarse Goods Cannot Now BE
Madr-Ihc Price Below Cost OF Pro.

Why Coarse Goods Cannot Now Bc
Madr-Ih Price Below Cost or Pro.
ductiOn.
Tho Grccnvillc corrcsnOndent Of the
Columbia State says:
Nothing that has occurred ia the
Southern industrial world for . long
time has excited Is much interest rs
the announced intention Of the South
Carolina cotton mills on coarse goods
to run short timG. The most important
OF these mills arc the following: The
three at Piedmont, the threo ~ PelZyr,
the three st Clifton, the two mills Of the
Anderson company, the Bahon mill,
the AhbcvlIe, New berry, IL ;edy River,
Whitney, PacOlet and Glendale mills
and thC Orr mill at Anderson These
mills manufacture what is kno"n IA
standard dri.s and 3yard shcclincs,
that Is three yards OF goods to the
pound. They also make 81 yard and
yard shee tings. The above list 10.
cudes so far a. | can learn, every IN III
| in the State manufacturing coarse
goods. Tn.N" Dn fine goods sell to the
domestic market ana are not affected
by the war in China. The nne goods
mills have orders ahead sufficient to
pay them TO run on full time even wi IN
| cents cotton. But with yard goods
at 81 cents the coarse goods mill, Caa.
uot afford TO manufacture cotton at II
cents.
"a leading mill prosiden. told me
that for these mills to continue updar
existing COnditiOCs would mean "A loss
OF 30 cents per loom every day. This
would soOr cat up dividends sad cADi
tai. There are two causes for the
trouble. If either cause were absent
the mills could continue. First, cotton
is 1 cents, cents higher than one
year ago; second, tho Chinese trou es
have closed the principal market for
coarse goods and the exporters are not
buying at III profitable prices. There is
no other marfet FOR these goods save
China, and already Oncthird OF the
English mills has shut down com
pletely, while another one third Ia
running half time. The two large st
coarse goods mills in Now Eopland,
the Peperill and Laconia, have also
shut down. These latter mile wanted
the Southern mills TO shut down, but
Tor the sake OF the employees they re.
fused and will stop running only por-
tlon OF the time. | am told the two
Augusta mills are closed also. As con-
sequence OF this condition, these mills
have Withdrawn from the market for
cotton, though few of them arc woll
stocked, but the fine goods mills be-
sides having muncrative orders
ahead are also woll stocked with raw
cotton. II is posi- BILE the exporters are
holding down prices believing Southern
mills won't shut down, but the mills
have called this bluff and their action
may soon settle the trouble, especially
Il cotton falls Off. Refusal to shut down
Is really kindness not only to opera.
tives but to the country generally.
Some OF these mills are also changing
to fine goods as rapidly as possible.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

In mis- address to tho farmers at
Greenwood, Mr.. w. S. Hill, of the
United States agricultural department,
made one statement which should be
posted on every barn in the State for
frequent reference. South Carolina, T"
he said, :" in respect of wheat produc-
tlon, is far behind all oshcr sections OF
the United States, and even OF the
Southern States. The average yield
in this State, according to the statistics
OF the agricultural department, is only
eight bushels per acre. 1t produces
about one million bushels per annum,
and consumes aboutsix million bushels.
The money to pay for the other five
million bushels, between five and six
million dollars, goes out OF the State.
Ii this money could be kept at nome it
would be great help to the farming
interests"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26
ELEMENTS OF PLANT FOOD.

An farmers should know that there
are but fourteen clements necessary to
make the plant, and that plants are
necessary to make all animal lie, un.
less it be the very lowest. The four.
teen elements thus referred to are car
bon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phos-
phorus, manga ncse ca, sulphur, cal
cium, chlorine magcsium, silicon, So
dium, iron, potassium. it is asked:
"Do food-plants and poisonous plants
owe their formation to the same clc-
ments % Here is the interesting an
swer made. "This is, indeed, the
most exact truth: fourteen clements,
always fourteen, produce poisonous
plants, food plants, dyes in a word,
the totality of vcyctation.n
"llow is such Il result possible ? The
work of a printing Office will give the
explanation. a language is composed
of many thousands of words. In what
manner can these words be formed ?
For us with twcnty-siX letters com
bincd in various manners. Very well
the vegetable kingdom is like Il lam
guagc ofwhich each plant is Il different
word, of which the fourteen clements
ac the alphabet. The properties of
plants do not depend on the nature of
the elements, but on the different
order N which they arc combined"
The fourteen elements Just named
| arc divided into two classes, mineral
and organic The organic elements are
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
n key can be made by combining the
following with the foregoing that will
open TO many farmers, Tor the first
time, some of the most important truths
OF agricultural scicncc-truths that can
be made OF great practical value:
"Amony the mineral elements, Of
the ten found in the plant, there are
seven which the farmer does not need
to supply to the soil; ii contains them
| Just as the sea contains salt; there is
therefore no need TO offer ii what il al
ready possesses in supcrabundancc.
From elimination To elimination this
conclusion is arrived at, that all plants
are formed of fourteen elements in
variably united, and that if we restore
to the soil the nitrogen, the phosphorc
acid, the pOtassia and the lime which
the plant has taken away, ii will never
become exhausted. The earth cOntin-
ucS to return fourteen if il is uivcn
Tour. 1t realizes the mystery OF the
multiplication of the loavcs, and agri-
culture remains the only creative
industry
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

Those people who do not regard the
value Of tie poultry products of this
country as anything of importance
should pay attention TO the fact recent
ly published rs 10 what has been ac-
rompliShcd by the homcly hen ont in
Kansas. a few weeks ago man from
Manchester, New hampshire, who
seems to have both nerve and money,
went out TO hutchinson, where he
heard there was Il large quai'ily of eggs
collected, and bought in one lot, one
hundred and fifty carloads, acc ording to
the statement OF Il Kansas paper. How
manyidozcn there were, no on, has told :;
but il seems thcy are almost Devond
computation in number. The amount
paid for the lot was over S200,000. At
10 cents dozen the number would have
been two million dozen. Tie eggs are
now in cold storage and will be held
till next winter before being marketed.
y peach grower near Georgetown,
Del, pi otcctcd his trees from the dep
relations Of fruit thieves this summer
by conspicuously displaying this legend
on signs nailed to the fence surround
ing his orchard: "Caulion This
Fence is SMmounlcd by a Live Flee
trio Wire" The wire could be seen on
top of the fence, strung Oh glass in.
suIators, and no one attempted to med
die with It; but tnow that he has market
cd bis crop the owner admits that 1t
was a "dummy.'
The profits Of farm are usually more
than the actual cash received for pro-
ducc. The farmer takes his living cX-
pcnscs as well rs the cost of production
before he decides upon the amount of
the profit. The merchant takes only the
tiiicrCnce between the buying and
selling price, less the cost Of the trans
Saction, and then lives on the profit. |
The question of "docs the farm pay?" |
depends largely upon what is taken
from other than the cash received.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

Mr.. Bradford Leo Gilbert, the
architect in chief of the South Caro-.
lima Interstate and West Indian Ex.
position, ls hard at work, with his as.
eie.ants, In his New York offices pre-
pairing the plans for the grounds and
buildings. These promise to be very
effective and imposing. For sugges-
tions as to the planting OF the grounds
and the choice OF plants, Mr.. Gllpert
will have the advantage of the taste
and experience OF Mr.. Flsgler's gard.
ener, who laid out the gardens at the
Ponce de Leon and other famous
hotels In Florida, and is considered
quite an authority upon such matters.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26
A New Book For Men
Special Arrangements Whereby Free
Copy Can BE Obtained by Every
Reader Of This Paper.

For weeks the presses
have been busy turning
out tho enormous edit
ion of DR.. j. Newton
uathaway'S new book
4" ManlincSS, NigOr,
Health" necessary To
satisfy the public de-
mand. DR.. Hathaway
has reserved Il limited
number of these books,
and thcSchc haSSpecially
arranged to send free by
mail To allreaderS of this
paper who send names
and iull address to him.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

Salt water Is to be used for sprink-
ling the streets OF Tacoma. Sea water
does not dry go quickly as fresh water,
and for this purpose one load OF 1t is as
affeotual as three loads of fresh water.
Besides, as q mean Seattle paper sup
gests, the salt will prevent the grass
from growing In Tacoma's streets.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

equal of any other man, not only i'll
what he does for the world, but what
he is IN the world.
Whatc'cr bctidc, whatc'cr bcrall,
"Tis the farmer fccdeth all.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

All classes in China dress by i'm.
perial command, and when the Pekin
Gazette announces that the Emperor
has put on his winter hat on day pre-.
scribed by centuries unvarying astron-
omical custom, all China does likewise
and turns over ths chair cushions, ex-
posing the winter SIDE"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

I.fV III train makes close connection
AT Galhf un Falls for all points on S. Al.
Close connection at Greenwood for ali
poihts on 3. a. l.. and G.. & G. Railway
way. -'"''
For any information relative 10 ticks,,
rates, schedules, ETC., address
w. =. CRAId, Gen. Pass. Agent.
IL. M: NORTH, Sol. Agt. AngD In, Ga,
I'M EMKRsoN. Traffic \ .npDer
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

About 100 coops of chickens and l5O
crates of eggs are shipped from ITmm-
sohburg, Va, daily. They are MAJ kct-
cd in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

g. "a. - TIC R ia.
, Bears the -, The Kind You Has Always Bought
''''s'''' q &tNAsIMu
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

q n - ~ @ Ia ia.
Bears tho nIhs Kind You Haze Always Bought
''s.s'''' q &eNA@zx
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

The department of agriculture has
issued Rhlletin treating the subject of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-26

Charleston and WesterE Carolina r. R.
AUGUSTA AND AsHEvILLK SHORT LINZ
In effect Nav 81 loOO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Absolutely Powerless.

He walked up and down the room,
gesticulating excitedly, and saying
uncomplimsntary things about his
rival.
'It is terrible!' he said.
"What is terrible?" they asked
sTalk about the problem Of the Man
in the Iron Mask" he exclaimed. ig-
noring the question. "Why, this is
a thousand-fold worse than that!''
"What is it?" they asked.
my rival has been carrying false
stories about me to the girl l lover
he cried.
"And what did you do?' they asked.
Nothing" he answered. Il was
powerless." =.
They laughed scornfully and made
merry jests at his expense.
"What would you have me do?" he
inquired.
"K;ll him!" they replied.
He shook his head.
cat least" they insisted. "you
could thrash him within an inch of his
life; you could resent an insult by
pounding him until he would figure
principally as nonentity for the next
six or eight weeks"
"You forget" he said.
"Forget what?'' they demanded.
''He carries both an accident and
life insurance policies in the company
that I represent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
The Crusade In Bfisf.

: In Connecticut liquors and groceries can
aot now legally bs sold on the same prem
tises. ~ -. ~. =. ,-. a.
An Edinbusgh professor says It il the
morning dram which Is the curse OF the
country. -....
Temperance advocates will bs pleased 70
learn tina. Que man In SIX In the brtsisn
navy is a teetotaler. -
OF 7lO0. men who entered one OF the state
prisons ina given time 6G0 admitted 1nae
they were drunkards. ~.
Opposition TO total: abstainers nnd the
work they try to do Is, founded more IN Is
norance than In malice. 'Et
The saloon keepers are ex.of1cio crim'
inals. Not one tnten obeys the laws.
The new legal code IN Germany ordains
that habitual drunknrds are put In the
same category as minors.
Switzerland has three institutions Tor the
cure OF otdrunkards, which record permanent
cures In one. hall the cases treated:
It is thsFmoderate use OF aleohoi as
beverngeqnder conditions OF frespectapllty
that constitutes the temptation 30 power.
full with young men and plunRes 1tesu
streams jof manhood over the Niagara OIL
vice. :.
The sale OF liquor within three miles 81
the Iowa Stars Agricultural OoEess
Ames, Is forbidden by law, and an as.9aSss
Will be made during the session OF tuSnoA
Legislatuts toHnord the same protse.ioF
to the State UniYefsitg. at Iowa ;vi1s.2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Rum Is BIeanor Every Year.

England, Scotland, Ireland ani Walo5
consume 5000, ,0o0 gallons OF pure nicohol
annually-uot in the arts, bit down tue
sullet In whisky. VINE and beers. Ths
yearly cost OF Englaud's liquorlns Is about
$500, 900 900. In the last 100 years the ex-
pendtture has been 545, 900 90, 900. Whisky
Is growing meaner every year-not the Or
iginal goods, but the hot stuff that Is
passed over the average bnr to customer.
Aud II men would pause to learn how the
poison that steals away their brains Is
made they might desire 1t less. Six thou
sand barrels OF whisky were sold IN Louis.
VILE last week ut forty-fye cents burrcl.
What does the grog seller do2 Mixes to-
gethar the following: rs gallons OF whisky
ut Sl.5O; Is gallons OF spirits at $3.50; q
pint OF rum, so cents; pint OF syrup, 4O
cents; 8 pints OF prune juice, sl.4o; 81 gal,;
Ions of water and quarters worth OF bead
oil for colorIng. This gives him 464 gal
Ions Of ro:-gut for S59.55, little less than
S1.29 a gallon. This copcoction Is sold
over the bar at Is cents drink or two Tor
a quarter. There being so drinks to the
gallon, be takes In ut single drinks Sl2,
and at two for IL quarter $40, leaving
profit In one CASE OF 5l07l and In the other
s8.7l. He calls this vile mankiller blend
ed whisky.-Vlctor Smith, In the New York
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Fine sense and exalted sense are
not half 30 useful as common sense
Pope.
The testimony OF good conscience
is the glory OF good name.-Thomas
Kempis.
We are altogether too dependent
upon society for pleasure aud profit.
H. A. Kendall.
We have far better insight into our
weaknesses than into the abilities OF
others.-Spurgeon. .
One OF the godlike things OF this
world is the veneration done to human
worth by the hearts OF meu.-Csrlyle.
1t is better to suffer wrong than to
do it, and happier to be sometimes
cheated than not to trust.-Johnson.
We find it hard to love those we
measure ourselves against-especially
if the pattern is little large.-Garri-
son.
Worthless things receive value,
when they are made the offerings OF
respect, esteem and gratitude
Locke.
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in
reality what we would appear to be-
Socrates.
If everything was reasonable and
everybody sensible we should not en-
Joy ourselves-we are not built that
way.-Brook. q
No matter, what his rank or position
may be, the lover of books is therich-
est and happiest OF the children OF
men. -Langford.
This is the law of benefits between
men-the one ought to forget at once
what he has given, and the other
ought never to forget what he has re-
ceiyed. Seneca.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
Hhisls,,s Growing Dlsfaxor.

In commenting on the report from Lady
smith that whisky was selling there during
the siege at S25 n bottle, q medical Journal
takos 1t as an indication that while other
provisions were fairly plentiful, 1t had not
been considered necessary to provide alco-
hol In largo quantities. The waning esti-
nation OF the value Of alcohol for general
purposes Is exempliaed nowhere more
clearly than In the records OF the British
army. In old days, In the army US in the
navy, grog was ON indispensable and per-
manent ration. The modern general knows
that hardships can best be borne and dan
gerous climate best encountered without
the constant use Of sttmulants. In the In
dian mutiny Havelock's men performed
wonderful feats Of endurance on coffee
alone.+as beverage. General Wolseley
has always held q determined condemna-
tion ofthe spirit ration. In the Red River
expedition OF 1870 Wolseley refused to per-
NIT an allowance OF spirits to the soldiers,
and 1t Is recorded that no troops enjoyed
better health than those engaged. The
rum ration was discontinued In the Ashan-
tee war OF 1878, and WINS again prohibited
iu tn Kafir war OF 1877-75. In the Sudan
expedition all alcoholic liquors were Tor.
bidden, and the men engaged maintained
splendid physical condition Us regards both
health and endurance. In hot climates tho
necessity for sustaining from tue use ot
spirits when great and continued physical
exertion has to be undertaken, is unques.
tionabis, the uniform and unimpeachabte
testimony OF every resident and traveller h
the tropics condemns the use OF liquor,
malt or spirituous, as disastrous to health.
1t Is suggested that 1t would be wise to In
troduce In the American army u rule as Is
now enforced by railway managers and by
many other employers upon all employees
depend the lives OF many others, the cor
rect working Of valuable machinery and
the safety OF costly Investments. The rule
requires OF every man occupying any posi-
tion thus important In Its relation to others
absolute abstinence from Intoxicating
liquors. No railroad now win employ On
engineer, conductor, brakeman, signal
man or switchtender who. Is known to use
into1icants. So it Is with tho managers OF
1auy other industrial enterprises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-09
A Cauary's Eureral.

The pet canary of an uptown family
succumbed to an attack of grip the
other day. The five small Smiths
and even the neighbor children
mourned uproariously. The funeral
services were thus described in let
ter by Wilfred, aged ten: eve
buried Chirp under the dead tree in
the yard. I dug the grave aud Sylvia
gave the coffin. Montmorency and
me sang a hymn. We pretended it
was a hymn, but it was song Mrs.
Wilson suggested about sparrows fall
ing and God watching over; maybe
you have heard it. Montmorency
knew it before. Then I preached a
sermon over the tomb. Rose danced
a skirt dance. We all wept. New
York Commercial Advertiser.