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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03

SECTION l. BE IT ORD ,INEp ly tho
~ Council Of Laurena of tn, CIV cI
Lanrens-
That a tax OF Fifty cents on every
one Hundred dollars wortl of the as
se5sed value OF all property, real and
personal, net exempt by law from tax
atlon, situate within the limits of the
Cry OF Laurens, be, ard the same is
he.eby ,cvied, for corporate purpose, 70
ueiray the current tXpensts Of said CITY
ior the hscal year, Commencing Jan. Isl,
l9OO, and to meet such other indebted-
NJ 50 as has been contracted bv said Civ
iof corporate pnrc ses. That an addi-
tlohai TAX OF twenty cents on every One
hundred dollars worth of the ass css cd
va ue OF all property. real and personal
not exempt by law frcm taxation, Sit
uate within the limits of the City OF
i'aurens, be, and the same is hereby
levied, to meet the interest to become
DE upon the Thirty Thousand dollar. of
bonds issue April 1st, 1887, for the
purpose t mt e:irg the cost of buildinp
ana eqnlpping the Water Works and
I'll eric Light plants for said City, and
u pay at least one-fortieth part OF the
entire bonded debt into sinking fund
10 be used in aid Of the retirement and
payment Of said bonds.
SEC. 2. That the G ERIK OF tie said CITY
sh'li enter said levies and assessments
upon the books Of said City. ard receive
sad taxes. That tie said taxes herein
levied shall be paid to the said Clerk in
awful money of the United States, on
or before the first day OF March, 1900.
and any person failing to pay said taxes
by said da'c, shall be liable to the pen
atty now provided by law for the failure
topiy the general State tax.
Pone and ratified by the City Council
OF Laurens, OF the City of Lanrcns, and
ans M corporate seal OF said CITY hereto
affixed this, the 26th day of December
lHo9. and in the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fouIth year of the sovereignty and in :
dependence OF the United States.
w. r. RIOHEY, H.. S.
-. ". BALE; Mayor.
Clerk.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03

will buy n $500 Graphophone
and q dozen carefully selected
Columbia Records-an Investment
that will pay hundrcdfold in
pleasure. Have you heard the la
test Columbia Records? Great re-
seltsl Hundreds Of selections
E@ Write for catalogue.
Columbia Phonograph Co, 10 e.
Baltimore st Baltimore, Md.
New York, Chicago, st. Louis, Wash
ington, Philadelphia, Paris, San
g. Francisco, Berlin.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
OwINGsyILLE.

We are glad to chronicle the
convalescence of Mrs. Dollie
Cooper and Mr.. Jno. Culbertson
who have been quite low Of fever
for several weeks. There are no
other cases of fever at this writ.
ing.
There have been several we'd
dings in this community during
the last fortnight, and from the
appearances there are likely to be
several more before many days.
Married, Oh Dec. 18th, at the resi-
dence of her aunt, Miss Lulu
Sims and Mr.. jeff Jones; and on
Dec. Gath, Miss Matte Smith and
Mr.. Sam Williams, the Rev. j.
O. Martin, officiating. Who next?
1t was our good fortune to at
tend birthday dinner at Mr..
Lewis Martins given by his chill
dren in honor and love for. their
dear cid father. The occasion was
indeed an enjoyable one. 1t was a
great pleasure to hear him tell of
things which happened long ago,
and it made our hearts glad to
hear him speak of happy days that
lie beyond, which he sees by
faith. We know of none who has
been more faithful in the per-
Torrance Of his christian du-
ties than Uncle Lewis, as we call
him. He is indeed father in
1sreal. May the Lord give him
abundant grace to sustain him in
his last days.
On the afternoon of December
25th, there was n Christmas tree
at Mt. Gallagher, given in the in
terest of the Sabbath School. 1t
was one of the prettiest we ever
saw. 1t speaks we'll for the people
OF that community, especially the
committee of arrangements. The
music furnished was the very best.
1t was a merry happy occasion
that will long be remembered, es-
pecially by the children and young
people, who were the glad recip-
tents of SO many nice things.
Nerba Desperga.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
TO ALL THE PEOPLE
White and Colored,
II. f. GRAY, Laurtns. s. G..

| am better prepared now than ever
10 furnish Sash, Doors, Binds, Mould
ings, Cascings, Shingles s, Lrths, Lime.
Hair, ,Ccment, Flooring, Ceiling Rough
ana Dressed Lumber ofall description,
Church Pews, Pulpits, School-housc
benches and Desks, Mantles, Wire
sash and Doors made promptly to Or
der, turned Columns and Banisters,
Headed Columns, Champered L C0!nmns,
brackets and General Scroll or Fancy
w YORK made to suit best style or cheap
10 suit the buyer-nO matter who.
thank my friends and the public
generally FOR their liberal patronage
ana nope 10 be able to merit their con
tinued favors in the future.
Yours most Obedient
II. E. GRAY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
NOTICE..

All person are hereby warned against
harboring or employing one Will III.
Falkner, under contract to work for
me Tor the year 1900. | offer fifteen
dollars reward for his arrest and de-
livery to the Sheriff. Falkner is under
bond, charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill to appear at the
next term of court.
j. F. MILAN, Jr.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
What / say
L will do, / do, do.

Ny desire is to move goods. not to
get cash. Shrewd buyers need no ar
guing. Each and every claim made by
me at this sale is just as represented.
do not advertise something | haven't
got. | will sell in the next thirty
days, twenty Pianos at factory prices.
Sixty.Gve Organs: Forty-five Sewing
Machines: ten head OF horses: twelve
wagons; eighty head of fine Jersey
mich COWS; twenty head o. thorough
bred jersey heifer calves.
The Pianos will be sold at wholesale
price for cash.
$3.50 90 Pianos for $4,000: 1920 90
Pianos for $265.OO: $25O.OO pianos
$l45 90; $500 Organ for $500; $500
Organ for Sl5.00; $55 90 Sewing Ma
chime for $2S 90; $500 machine for
$lS
Will sell milch cows on three months
note, and anyone buying milch
COW from me, can pasture next
summer, free OF charge, in the May.
berry pasture six months, which
amounts to $500. 1t is not so much
money that | want as to get rid of the
Planos, Organs, Sewing Machines,
horses, wagons and COWS, that | have
on mana. have rented Il store in Co
lumbia, = g., ard will open up bust
ness there on January lst, 1900. The
goods have on hand must b. sold re-
gardless OF the cost value to me. This
is no fake sale. I have these goods and
stock on hand, and they will be sold. If
you have the cash. show it to me, and
you will be surprised, what will buy a
Piano, Organ and Sewing Machine. A
chance in lifetime to buy at whole
sale price. Piano at $115.OO Think
OF it. The agents commission, the
dealers profit, are all taken off, and
you get them at wholesalers profit.
Sewing machine needles at 20 cents
doA.: 20 c. oil at 5 C. per bottle. IS. 90
Guitars for 81 80; $500 Violins for
50. 90. Everything else in the small
Instrument line to go in proportion.
Come while the goods are on hand.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
NOTICE, NOTICE,

Parties having business with the
County Supervisor will find him
IN his office on Monday and Fri
day of each week, between the
hours of ten o'clock q. m. and d
o'clock p. m.
~ r. P. ADAIR,
JAN o. lo99-ly, Supervisor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
NOTICE.

The LicenseTaX on all business and
professions will remain the same as
heretofore.
BY order Of Council.
l.. u. BALE, w. II. RICHEY,
oIerk. Mayor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
FIVE DOLLARS

will buy Graphophone, clock
work motor, reproducos satisfac-
torlly and delightfully."- musical
and other records.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03
LOANS

Negotiated on long time and
easy terms, secured by mortgage
on improved farms. Apply to
Simpson & Barkadale,
Laurens, S. c..
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
JOKE ON THE JUDGE.
The Prisoner at the Bar Wanted His
Hearing But His Honor
Couldn't Grant 1t.

Justice Sellers was arraigning pris-
oners in the police court, usually a
dry and monotonous proceeding. He
had read various complaints, and
when he came to one charging n GER
tain prisoner with the larceny of a
ham, Detectives Kane and COtter, who
had the case in charge, motioned to a
meek-looking fellow to stand up, says
the Detroit Free Press.
"How do you plead-guilty or not
guilty?" queried the court, as he fin
ished reading the complaint.
The prisoner remained silent, and
his honor. thinking he was one Of
those foxy" fellows that prefer to
stand mute when asked to plead, en-
tered record of ''not guilty"
when do you want your hearingP"
was the next question of the Justice.
The prisoner looked quizzically at
the court, and, stepping out of the
dock and into the sacred atmosphere
Of the bench, he said, loud enough to
be heard on Gratiot avenue: ''Hay?
What did you say?"
Il asked you when you would like
to have your hearing?" repeated the
court, with some show of impatience.
Then Justice -Whelan, who was pres
ent, advanced toward the attorneys
table and in his usually grave and inn
pressive way said:
"Your honor, if it isn't out of order,
Iwould move that you give the poor
man his hearing right away. He
seems to need it."
A light dawned on Sellers. The
prisoner was stone deaf.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Colby is the first Maine college to
publish collection of college stories.
Mr.. H. c. Libby has collected stories
from Colby men who have won fame
in the literary world.
Harvard college, which was founded
by Rev. John Harvard. in 1886, and
which graduated its first class in 1912,
is the first as well as the oldest col
lege in the United States.
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, has given
travelling libraries to IA counties in
Georgia. The books are intended for
the school children and are to make
the circuit of the schools.
Andorra, little republic in the
Pyrenees, has marked the end of the
century by opening its public schools
to girls for the first time. The
French government contributes 5000
to the schools support.
A notice was recently posted in
West Kensington (London) church
announcing that five pews were for
sale. And, according to the notice,
one of the advantages of these pews
is that the contribution plate is not
passed to them.
The seventy-sixth annual report of
the New York Bible society, just is
sued, shows another year of earnest
work, during which nearly 10000 vol
umes of the Scriptures have been
placed in the hands of immigrants
arriving at this port, the sailors in
the harbor, and churches, missions
and families in the city
There is to be no backward step in
Christian missions in China. The
church is ready to obey the command
to preach the Gospel to every Great
ure," undismayed by persecution or
other encouragement. It is subject
for cOngratulation that the most able
and far-seeing men of our own coun-
try, who have had experience in the
orient and are competent to speak,
are unanimous in the opinion that
missions cannot be abandoned unless
we are prepared also to abandon COM
merce and diplomacy.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
INDIAN wITCHCRAFT.
Whole Tribe OF Northern Redmen
Thought Itself Under the
Dread Influence.

Indians arriving from the north de-
clare that the head and almost the last
of the Naasdick tribe of Indians of Alert
bay, has destroyed himself, the whole
clan, in the Indians own words, being
"witched" by an evil spirit in the body
of boy named Ahahata. A year ago,
when Naasdick, the head of the clan,
lay dying of consumption, he called
a brave named Descultah to him and
told him the boy Ahahata was bewitch-
ing the tribe; that his spell had killed
him and he would destroy them all.
Naasdick made Descultah promise to
kill the boy.
Naasdick died and Descultah disap-
peared with the boy for several years,
writes a Winnipeg correspondent of
the San Francisco Chronicle. On his
return he was arrested for murder.
At this trial Descultah confessed that
he killed the boy by throwing him
into the river. The court ordered the
trial to go on, however, and the evil
dence showed that Descultah had not
killed Ahahata, but simply took him
lulO duOluC1 pdA VI ldC 4iC
had pleaded guilty and would sooner
hang than face the anger of the tribe.
Descultah was acquitted.
On his way home Descultah's wife,
having learned that the boy was still
alive, said she was bewitched and
hanged herself to beam in the ship
In the presence of her husband. When
Descultah reached his rancheria in
Alert bay after six months absence, he
found his clan dying off by smallpox
and consumption. He told them thai
he had disobeyed the dead Naasdlck
that the witch boy was alive and they
were cursed to death. He had desired
the white men to hang him, but since
they would not do so he would hang
himself. Before the remnant of his
decimated tribe Descultah then com.
mitted the happy dispatch"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
EInwer HnIherr

Lead holders are the latest novelties
in the arrangement of flowers. 1t is
often difficult to coax long-stalked flow
ers to hold themselves erect in vase
that is not tall, and the holders are
of assistance. These are thin strips
of lead about couple of inches wide
and yard and. a hat long. You can
buy strip of any length. The lead
is soft and pliable, so that. it is easy
to bend it into an undulating circle
and slip it on your vase or pot. Il
should be twisted backward and for
ward into loops, the flower stems being
put within the loops.-N. Y. journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
The Wrong End.

'You should treat your servants
kindly" urged the woman lecturer,
who lives at hotels herself and thus
avoids a personal collision with facts
which might initiate against her
theories.
"But you are beginning at the
wrong end" declared the woman that
keeps house.
what do you mean?"
''You should instruct our servants
to treat their employers kindly
Judge.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
TWO TYPES OF cLEvERNEss.
The Woman Who Passes as Neigh
bOrhOOd Wonder and Her
Less Thrifty Sister.

"She is Just the most wonderful
woman ever saw" said the speaker.
''Why, she does every bit of her own
work, and her house is spotless from
cellar to garrett 1 never saw such
housekeeping in all my life. I keep
two servants myself, and I can't be-
gin to come up to her standard. She
does all her own sewing; she and her
children are always exquisitely
dressed, and there isn't more
stylish-looking woman on the street
than she is. It's standing wonder
to me how she does it all"
A wonderful woman?
''Yes, indeed, says the Washington
Star. And there are so many of these
women nowadays that they are fast
ceasing to be wonderful. You find
them in every town, on every street,
in every social circle and-in every
graveyard their names are chiseled
on tombstones, and little children
come often to lay flowers on imam
mas grave" They are the women
who are trying to do the impossible;
trying to make the silk purse out Of
the sow's ear; trying to bridge the
4O-foot chasm with the 20-foot pole;
trying to make both ends meet when
they never were intended to meet;
trying to keep up appearances; trying
to conform to the requirements of So
ciety; burning the candle at both
ends; using up their vital forces, and
dying % years too soon.
The really wonderful woman to-day
is the woman who takes things easy.
She is not known among her neigh
bors as a model housekeeper, but she
takes a complete bath, long walk
and long nap every day. She is not
always exquisitely dressed, and she
frequently wears the same bonnet and
wrap two seasons, but she keeps two
servants and employs a seamstress
twice year to help with the sewing.
Her children do not look like walk
ing fashion plates, but they are
healthy and happy. She is not re-
nowned for charitable work or club
work or missionary work; but, on the
other hand, she never has nervous
prostration or headaches or back
aches, and people tell her she looks
as young as she looked the day she
was married. Her name is seldom
seen in the society columns of the
newspaper, but the neighbors declare
she reads and studies almost as much
as she did when she was in college.
She never embroidered a centerpiece
or made a Battenburg table cover in
her life; but then she doesn't wear
glasses, and her eyes have the sparkle
of a happy schoolgirls.
She is a comfortable sort of per-
son to live with, and her husband sits
down and smokes whenever he pleases
in his own house and spills his to-
bacco and cigar ashes with a free
dom that makes him the envy of his
friends. She isn't doing anything at
all remarkable, and her neighbOrs
think her rather "shiftless" on the
whole. But she is getting vast
amount of good out of life as she goes
along, and she is destined to live to
a green old age and be a shining ex-
ample of common sense to her chill
dren, grandchildren and great-grand-
children. Would there were more
wonderful women of this type.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Facts About the WORLDS Growth.


According to scientists the limit Of
the earth's capacity to support human
life will be reached when its population
is 100000, 600, or four times as much
as it's present estimated number. As
the earth doubles her children every
140 years, it is easy to calculate that in
$50 years, or in the year 218O, there will
positively be no room for more, and,
unless by thattime there are facilities
for emigrating to other planets, some
serious steps will have to be taken to
restrict the growth of our numbers. If.
by any chance it should be possible to
surmount the difficulty of support, and
If the population continues to increase
at present rates, more difficult prob
lem still will have to be faced a thou
sand years or so later, in the year 1850.
For by that year-which, happily,
none of us may seeAthee earth's brood
will have grown to such proportions
that every square yard of solid, ground
viii have its population of three per-
sons, each inhabitant of the earth be-
ing thus strictly limited to three square
feet of lane for all purposes of support
and domielle. = Peoples Home Jour.
nal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
RUSSIA ENTERS Tibet.
Car Has Established Diplomatic
Relations with the Dalai
Lama.

is the evil of mystery that has hung
90 long over the iandtof Thibet and its
lamas to be at last swept aside and
Lhasa to be entered in the itinerary
of the commercial traveller for Man
chester textiles? It would certainly
seem so from the recent statement of
a correspondent.
He says: "For the moment we
frankly admit that Russia, in her Sc
cret, stealthy way, has stolen
march upon US and scored a point.
The government of India, by its os-
tentatious' neglect of ;all questions be-
yond the northern frontier of the
peninsula, has contributed to Russia's
success. When it allowed it's agent
at Kashgar, George Mccartney, to be
completely oyershadowed by the Rus
sian consul general, Mr.. Petrovsky, it
might have known that Russia would
never rest satisfied until her infu-
ence was supreme throughout Chinese
Turkestan, and from the time of Gen.
Prejevalslzy she has never concealed
her ambition to pierce the Thibetan
mystery.
Confident in the security supposed
to be conferred by the Himalayas the
government of India has remained in
different to the schemes imputed to
Russia; now that they have made
step in the direction of realization it
may, perhaps, see reason to review
the situation"
Eighteen months ago an accredited
Russian mission entered Lhasa, SAYS
the London Express. This'is not alto
gether so extraordinary as the result,
for so supreme and secluded a
potentate as the dalai lama" has been
induced to send a return mission,
which was recently presented to the
car at Livadia.
The writer, after summing up the
dangers of allowing Russia to get a
firm footing thus on our Indian from
tier. concludes: ''The success of Rus
STA in establishing some sort of dip
lomatic relations with the dalai
lama reveals all its perilous POSSIBLE
ities at flash. We are not going to
allow an Abyssinia to be created at
the gates of Bengal, or the failure of
Hunza to be obliterated in triumph
at Lhasa." And with this most think
ing people will agree.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Check Missing.

At breakfast the mistress observed
the unwonted demanor of the maio
servant.
Where is your customary assurance
this morning, Marie?" she asked.
"0b, the policeman on the bea;
pinched my cheek last evening. "replie,
the maid looking shyly downs DetrOi,
Journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
A Hard Case.

Magistrate - Stand up, prisoner.
We're you ever arrested before?
Tim, the Bitter (proudly)-Be four?
Well, guess not. Dey amt no four
cops on de force kin run me in. It
always takes six or more.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Guests of the Afternoon,

When my wife is full of gossip CLEANED
from every part of town,
l know she's had visit from a certain Mrs.
Brown.
And when she talks Of fashions-hat or
mantle, frock or shoe
I'm sure that Mrs. Smith was here and told
her all she knew.
Chicago Record.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Better Left Untouched.

Freddy-I'll have to remove the
price-tag from this present I've bought
for Miss Van Dusen. 1t says "eight
dollars, marked down to $780,"
Percy = Better leave it on, old
chap. By the time she takes it back
to price it, it will be marked down to
S3.75.-Judge.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Nothinr of the Kind.

Doubtless" said the intellectual
guest at Mrs. GaswelPs reception,
you think, with Agassiz-"
Certainly not. Mr.. . Longonlore,
exclaimed the hostess, with bright,
vivacious smile. 81 think with my
mind!"- Chicago Tribune.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Between Two Evils.

Mrs. Newlywed-The cook Fef.9ees ca
leave without a recommend!
Mr.. Newlywed (savagely)-Oh, welli
I'll give her one!
Mrs. Newlywed-But that would bs
untruthful!
Mr.. Newlywed-Well, yes; but I'd
sooner become liar than a muEaererl
Puck
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
His Easy Job,

"And So" she said, you were once
on the stage? What part did you
play?"
81 was the fool" he said, Sin King
Lear"
"Dear me! Why did you ever quit?
It must have been such an easy role
for you!"-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Naturally.

Simkins-Smith's wife has lockjaw.
Timkins-It must be very painful
affliction.
Simpkins-Yes; unspeakably so.-
Chicago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
nnernIIx wem LiLed

Doe your new office clock give
satisfaction
Eyes; il keeps such unreliable tins
that the clerks come and go as they
please. Chicago Daily News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Accommodation.

Blinks-Mr. and Mrs. Titwillow seem
to get along amicably.
Peterby-Yes; Titwillow is a peace
at-any-price man.-Broollyn Eagle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
Could Not Resist.

First Tramp-oh, yes! I've been
coerced into votin' more n wunst.
Second Tramp-How?
First Tramp-Wit' two-dollar bills!
Puck
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
His Rule of Action.

John Henry" said Mrs. Bickers to
her husband, sit is time we returned
the Gilkinson's call"
81 have no intention of returningit,
said Mr.. Bickers.
"Why not?"
Because 1 believe in returning good
for evil. Detroit Free Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
A Policy Charncteristic.

"What is reserve, PAP"
Reserve? Well, reserve is holding in
and not telling all you know for fear
you will keep other people from tell
ing you all they know."-sndianapolis
Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-12-18
A Good Guess.

well, I guess it's time to co.
Said he. as the clock struck ten;
81 hope" the weary maid replied,
''That you won't have to guess again. -
Chicago Daily News