The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-03-06

and New York. whence come howlinps
at purely imaginary conditions in plan
tation life. We feel assured that in
the end this great sentimental sensa
ttCn will cventuate in q fair report and
honorable to the employers of labor on
the plantations in South Carolina. 1t
is Uncomfortable that in the south the
negro could be permitted by his old
masters and their sons to share the
misery which is the fate of the poverty
stricken labOrer of the cities of the in
hospitablo North.
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CuriOsities OF the Comptroller Gen
erals Report.
The Comptroller Generals report OF
South Carolina for the fiscal year 1900
Is a curious study if one had time to
note its idiosyrcrasics. Railroad mile
age in l.anrenS county is Sc, in Sum
ter 1913, Orangcburg ll6, Lexington
100, Richland ll2, S~partanburg lOl
York 80 laurcns standing seventh in
the catalogue. Taxes paid in I.aurens on
thismilcage$ll ,l45 nearly half of which
goes TO the state. The share Of Lau-
renS county in this tax is not equal to
the interest she pays ON her railroad
ponds. Railroad property in the S ate
is valued Tor taxation at 25 millions.
lie number of acres Of real estate not
IN cities and towns in I.aurens are
442 ,3O5; number of lots in cities, 70l,
number OF buildings in towns, re-
turned for taxation S2l. Value So, 9l7-
rs. One of he hos striking d%iscrepan-
cle> appears in the number of buildings
not IN cities and towns; for instance
In Cherokee county the buildings are
set down as 2,252, in Chester 70l, and
Chesterfield, a.snall county, 1892, in
Clarendon nnnJhnr Sn,nl rnIntr a DIs.
IN Greenwood 729, in Pickens $50, IN
Williamsburg S,227. These figures are
lneXpllcablr except upon the theory
that the printer or proof reader is at
fault. Number of horses in Laurens
county 2,20l mules / 300, sheep S76,
hogs, i o2l. gold and silver watches
400 planoiortes and organs, 1913, dogs
2,3l9. There is great disparity in the
returns Of this highly appreciated do
richest counties in the State, is set
down for l2l, Marlboro, the great cot
ton county, keeps her company with
l3. Union is also short on dogs with
'0'. Orangeburg keeps up her record
ana pays her core on 3,23l. Charleston
autrS up To the tune OF 56l Of these
faithful companions. These few figures,
presenting phlpable idiosyncrasies as
they do, are a striking illustration of
the uniformity in taxation as required
10y Il constitution.
Hx*
ION, that mine enemy would write a
DOCK. So wrote JOB. Admiral Samp-
son addressed Il letter to Secretary of
the Navy Long, in which he advised
against tho appointment to Office of sea-
larlnS men who Were not graduates OF
Annapolis. The Admiral assigns as a
reason hat young men without liberal
advantages are untitled for the social
duties which as officers, they would be
called upon to discharge and particu-
iarly otficers of the navy ought to be of
nigh cult IS they are called upon to re-
present the country abroad and in the
most cultivated circles. The letter was
read in congress and Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, very properly denounced the
letter and instanced hat the younp
man who is seeking promotion is better
bred than the Admiral himself who
mad had the advantage of an education
at the great naval academy, Annapolis,
at the expense Of the government
Iher is no question that the Admiral
deserved the awful rebuke admins
tered by the Senator whether the Adj
mlral had come from the humblest
walks OF life or the primrose path of
dalllance and leisure. In the debate it
transplred that Sampson himself was
the son OF a poor IriShman and was bred
to mental services in his youth. Such
men as senator Allen will see to it, we
trust, Notwithstanding trusts and pluto
crazy In this country that the Door
BOY snail nave an equal chance with |
the wealthieSt STRIPPING. "HOnOr and
shame from no condition rise, Act well
your part, there all the honor lies.U
Anyone we'll acquainted with history |
Will readily recall that some of the
o accomplished men and women, the
most elegant in their nne and most
winning in address have come from the
slums and whose origin and birth could
not be traced. There are as MANY
clowns and awkward rustics in man
ners born among the ~aristocracy as
reared among the p'ainest people.
sampson VIII have tod stroy n hundred
navies of the enemy before he can be
excused for his absurd and foolish
The Cnbans have made a Constitu.
ton and forwarded it to Mckinley.
The United states Republican Senate
put some conditions upon the new re-
pubic taking Il place among the "na- !,
tions Of the earth" insisting upon a
moderate says0 over her Foreign rela-
ions. But the Dons and Hidalgos are
indignant and forget to remember
the Maine Wcyler, the rc~concentra.
dos and shora r%ations. As a rule we
have little sympathy with Yankee
greed and impudencc, but here we
have them over-matched and in this
case we think the wolf is justified i'm
eating the lamb. Cuba is the key to the
continent South Of us and Uncle Sam
should keep it in his striped breeches
pockets. Birds Of paudy plumage need
nave their wings cropped until things
spurs grow.
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Senator Tillman made a skiIful and
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