The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-08-15
ARP TAKING A REST.
Bill VIII Not Lecture Until Victuals
Are Exhausted.

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come To abide win unm fn, N few da,s @
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ent conyenient, for NV via Woo 90 20
Rome and nv daughters awav and
had never heard III him and 90 I toll
surDrised and asked me- n yas vi.
ginian. I told him M was. Georo,on
and he said that Virpinians snemed 10" =,
be- scarce in This reGion ana ho faonoS
that old Virginia bosnitalitv had MY,
reached here: that Bishon Nelson h a =
entertained him in Atlanta and ba bad
found welcome among ali Vira;nians
/" What are Won poino To do Win ~, - ~,
he asked. al am lame and can't vail
| was told Won had a carriape and VIOLA
drive me snywhere | wished To oo y
"No. sir, have nathan ,.arr,a~. ~.
buggy. but I will 90 down wnand get
a vehicle and taxa vm, anvwhera So, So
wish to 90" Then he said thai Rrotber Ior
Bealer told him that II would not take
him, there was moor widow acrnss
| town who would. and he would sneaI
to her, So ! took him there and Ieft
him, and will nav his bilI II Rrothnr
Beaier dident. There are roIiojnva
tramps as well as sinner tramns and
they are not angels unawares wa,
down In the wiregrass region for nearly
two weeks, and have most n,aesant ]
mem, ries OF INV new found frienSs bnt
nv Journey home and countsd tho
milestones as we speeded along Hannv
faces and loving kisses rreetad No
when came, and here I am roinp ~
rest until the larder gets low and M,
wife insists that I had better make
another venture. And now let the
procession proceed. Let the war 90
on. 1t Is none OF my begetting it
might have stopped at Santiago, but
our Yankee brethren seem to love the
nigger afar of and have bought
o,OOO,OOO at two dollars and q half
head, which was cheap enough if Spain
could nave delivered the goods. But
they have cost ten times that now and
are still In the woods. We used TO
advertise our runaways and say Ten
dollars reward-ltunaway from the
subscriber my boy Dick, % years old,
teet III inches high, black complexion
ana very hat nose. The above reward
Will be paid on his delivery to me or
his lodgmcnt In the nearest Jail" Why
not try that on AguinaldU aud the
other runaways But II they catch
them don't know what they are going
TO 40 with them they wouldent let
Aguinaldo set up barber shop in
Manila no more than they would in
Boston or Chicago. Professor Council,
VINO Is president OF the colored
agricultural college In Alabama,
understands this. He is the smartest
and best leader OF his race, and when
lie speaks or writes to the public
always says the right thing. | have
great respect Tor him.
But this awful muddle with China.
which was precipitated by our agpres
sion upon the PHILIPPINES, seems tn
have no end in sight. Rev. DR.. Halder.
man, OF New York, who ia said to be- a
very learned man, SAYS that he demon.
strated year ago from scrtptusl bro.
phecy that the present wear would find
MI Inc naJlOnS at war, and there would
be q mig struggle between Russia
and China, and that Russia would even.
tually gain the supremacy; but that for
a time the hordes from China will
break In an awful avalanche upon the
western nations and the greed, the
rapacity, the Christless, Goddess sci.
tishness OF European nations will get
It's reward, and there will be a terrible
balance sheet against those Christian
nations who have poisoned China with
opium and made them look upon ali
Christians as rapacious foreign devils.
He says that the Chinese are fight
Ing for their homes and institutions.
and know that the Christian nations
are seeking to rob them, and that
their missionaries are backed by guns
and swords and Goddess soldiers ready
to kill and slay. This infuriates them,
and they look upon any white man as
devil who should be slain. He says
that while this impending and destruc-
tive war is ordained OF God and fore
told by His prophets, yet the sin OF it
lies at the doors OF Christian nations.
OHenses must needs como, but woe
unto those by whom they come. The
love OF money is still the root OF all
I evil. Trade will follow the flag" Ia
the shiboleth of commerce., and II the
flag has to be stained with blood it does
not matter.
These are nv convictions and hence