The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-03-07
hAURENS, $. c., Mar. !, 1900.


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1t has been suggested that candi-
dates should come with the peach
blossoms. Prominence in worth, or
virtue, or fitness otherwise, is not so
common as to attract the attention of
the country and designate suitable
persons TO hold the places Of profit and
honor. Hence it follows that friends
put forth their fellow citizens as quail.
lied to discharge duties that the pub
lie demands, and as worthy OF their
confidence. In republic it must be
SO and it is rightly SO. Among the
R0mans those who aspircd to the
highest Offices must put on white robes
and appear before the votcrs-and
hence we have candidate, clean, pure,
white. Hence the primary ard the de.
mand that all who aspire to pace should
appear before the people that their
virtues and fitness may be canvaSsed
and judged. We trust that we shall
have field fun of our patriotic fellow
citizens this spring and summer and
all have merry good time. 1t is no
slam that our ncighborS should be
chosen and be thought filter choice.
The best man is not always selected.
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Senator Tillman visited the State
last week, being one Of the Clemson
trustees. He is reported to have done
little political sapping and incident
ally discussed the delegates from this
State to the Kansas City Convention
The Hon. II. w. Rarnwcll was spoken
OF FOR the Charleston District and the
Hon. Stanyarnc Wilson, from this, the
4th District. Senator McLaurin also.
delegate for the State at large. But we
cannot see how the two Senators can
well go. They agree on silver, and
trusts las antiS), but they are wide
apart Oh the imperialistc idea and an
tl-impcrialism is sure to be big plank
IN the platform. Then We can't see how
McLaurin can swallow Bryan as an
anl-lmperailist-c except as one should
take his y with a great deal of sweet
enlng and dOctoring. Going to the
National Convention is valuable as
opening the door for the delegates to
lat places in case the party lands. If
Congress is likely to adjourn by the
10th OF June it is not probable that the
State Convention will be called to
meet before that date, but some date
OF that month must be fixed as the
National Convention assemblies the 4th
OF July.
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The time is on us now for pitching q
crop for the ensuing year. Just at
this moment cotton is commanding Il
fancy price. In our innocence we
may be led to enthrone him and make
him again King. Two causes nav be
assigned for the big boost in the price.
American spinners rushed into the
market last fall and got what they
wanted. Then the European world
hesitated to believe that the crop was
more than a million bales short And
SO it c'mcS around that foreign spin
ners at this late day are ravenous bid
ders. Let us be wisr, however, and
not plant the whole earth this season.
A nine million bale crop will give us
more money than eleven and fill our
corn cribs to Overlooking.
Xxx
Old soldiers are beginning to appre.
ciate that the Louisville Reunion will
be the last opportunity with many Of
them-as they are nearing the margin
of the river. Louisville is noble
city and great preparations are max
ing to welcome the old fellows who
followed Lee, Jackson and Hampton.
And so interest is growing in the con-
test for the opportunity which THE
ADVERTISER affords for one old
rebel" once more to Join in the rebel
ycll You can vote by taking TIE
ADVERTISER.
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a correspondent writ ng from
Hairston's shop to the Free Laucc,
has these pleasant things to say:
"Our cotton mill at Laurcns is NOV
ing up to the front. $50 600 worth of
new machinery is to be put in at once.
Quite number Of houses are going ND
for more operatives. Under the man
agcmcnt Of such men as President I.u.
cas- and superintendent Walker. the
watch words are: "Shovc along, keep
moving" The company store is we'll
managed by d. II. Wadsworth as
business manager and *. w. Sloan,
bookkeeper, with eight or ten sales
men. All the boys employed are from
the country, and are worthy of their
positions.
a new $2O0,OOO cotton mill with that
enterprising business man, DR.. B. f.
Posey, at the head is to Ee organized
In the near future. Laurens Is moving
along. Another industry is n plant
for the manufacture of furniture with
s. M and f.. II. Wilkes at its head
Ihey are the very boys that can man
age the furniture business.
Messrs. Kennedy and Hudgens have
in operation a steam laundry. They
are business men and are making a
success. All these enterprises give
employment, so that there is no excuse
for laZiness."
And here is what a Cross Anchor
cor. OF the same paper has to say:
81 hear OF another route spoken OF
by some OF our Laurcns friends. That
Is from Laurens court house to Mr..
Dan Yarborough's shoals on Enoree
river and to Gross Anchor, and If we
should fail to get the Glenn Springs
route extended on to the Seaboard Air
Line by way of Cross Keys and Sc
dalla, This route would go through
fine section Of country, and have no
doubt but that this would be good
paying route for the railroad company
as there would be several towns built
up at once on this route, hear that
N. b. Dial and Josh Craig are in ia
favor OF this route and they have got
the wherewith to back their iudg-
ment."
Messrs. S. M. & E. II. Wilkes e.
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