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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
MIR. WhartOn's Prize.

In its account OF Commencement N
Furman, the Greenville News saws o.
the defamation prize:
The Wharton prize is a ten dolla,
gold piece given by w. G. Wharton, oi
Waterloo, a member of the class OF OO
Mr. wharton was present at the exer.
cises and manifested an interest in the
various speeches and speakers. Music
was furnished on the piano by Mr..
Putnam. The ushers were Messrs
Pittman and Rogers.
*.*
Now and then you find hero. But
the other day sheriff in Georgia had
In his charge q prisoner condemned to
death. But the enlightened Georgians
didn't believe in the law they them
selves had made, and as an appeal was
taken, q crowd mot a mob) of three
Thousand assembled and assaulted the
jail. The sheriff was gamecock, and
stood In defence OF the prisoner CON
signed to his keeping, killed one of the
jai's assailantS and drove of the three
thousand. The prisoner was safely
conveyed to an adjoining county and
VIII be swung In due time and in due
fashion. But, alas !. the poor sheriff
who lived under the delusion that he
must stand to what Gen. Lee thought
the highest human obligation-duty.
Many man has failed by reason O.
some such infatuation. The sheritr
will have the admiration OF all outside g
his county. and the condemnation OF
all his neighbors. lie should exile
himself at once.
~
Coz Sanford, Of Alabama, died on
the l1th instanst, and VIM. ID. Jelks,
President of the Senate, becomes Gov
ernor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
ATTENTION! ATTENTION.!
Teachers and Scholars Of Laurcns
County

Wishing to save you money, as wei
US TO supply you with the la, est books
we have put In stock Johnson's Read
eers, Lees Histories, Ginu's Arithmc.
sics and Froy's Biographies. Clad tC
have you call.
Palmetto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
Nothing Artificial.

At Cheraw, in law suit before
Chief Justice McKiever, hot words
passed, last week, between Messrs.
Lilies and Melton, lawyers of Columbia.
subsequently, on the street, blows
wore exchanged without serious in
jury: 1t is notable that they did not
call into play those convenient instru.
ments that In these times are 80 much
more effective than the defensive weap-
ons OF old times. We note the case
simply for the credit of the gentlemen
whose "habit must be black coats"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
At Last,

The ,Cubans have accepted the Platt
Amendment. AS we have said before
1T IS better to be strong than right.
But after ALL there is no telling as to
the future. The Cubaps may need
Uncle Sam to protect them again, in
the near future. Uncle Sans domin-
ions may be smashed into atoms-dust
"a gossamer. la the meanwhile 1t is
well to attend to to-day. The Romano
had maxim-Carpc dem-accept the
present, and don't rely too much on the
uncertain future.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
What an Orangeburg Visitor Saw
I'm Columbia Last Week,

The following communication ap-
pcared this week in the Orangeburg
Times and Democrat:
"While on visit to Columbia last
week ] saw George Il Rooster, one of
McLaurin's lieutenants, go to the room
of prominent Republican and remain
quite while. | also had a prominent
citizen of Columbia to tell me that he
went into certain place in the city
and there found the same prominent
Republican, Mr.. Rooster and the noto-
rious black Republican Deas i'm con-
SultatiOn. 1t seems that Gov. McSwee-
ney has made mistake in not giving
the Democrats of the State a chance TO
rid themselves of McLaurin, the wolf
in sleeps clothing. He has given Nc
Laurin over twelve months in which to
try and deceive our people and build
up his Commercial Democratic Repub-
lican party in the State. Let the
white men of South Carolina beware
or they may soon be under the yoke Of
the negro led on by few designing
white men"
"StraightOut."
1t is a fact that the two persons nam
ed above were seen together in Colum-
bia one day last week, but of course
that may not have any political sig
nilicance and the social significance is
not in question.
1t was also reported that the McLau-
rim lieutenant named above and the
| negro Republican Deas went to Wash
| ingtOn last week. Senator McLaurin
| also went to Washington about that
| time "to arrange for the government
exhibit at the Charleston exposition. i"
| The term of Postmaster Ensor ex-
pires July lst. Nearly every reputable
business man in Columbia has signed
a petition requesting DR.. Ensor's re.
tention, but it is evident that an effort
will be made to prevent it. The Pres
ident, however, has announced thai
only few appointments will be made
during the recess Of congress and ther
in most cases the incumbents will b,
reappointed unless there is some par
ticular reason for change. AS nt
such reason is known to exist in DR.
Ensor'S case-unless it be a politica
reason-it is thought that the figh
against him will prove unsuccessful -
The State
or course this is not our affair ant
Laurens people are used to hoeing thei
own row and not particularly carin,
how the cat Jumps, and who is in o.
who is out. 1t is reproduced in TIL
ADVERTISER as a kind of poltca
weather forecasting, just as straws in
dlcate the direction of the wind. "Th
voice of Jacob. ED. ADVERTISER.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
TO BE CONTINUED. }
Saves Two From Death,

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whooping cough and
bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. x. lIavi.
land, OF Armonk, N. Y, "but, when
all other remedies failed, we saved her
life with DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Our niece, who had Consumption In an
advanced stage, also used this wonder
full medicine and to-day she Is perfectly
we'll" Desperate throat and lung
diseases yield TO DR.. Kings New Dis
covery as to no other medicine on
earth. lnfallibe for Coughs and Colds.
90 cents and $l.00 guaranteed by The
Laurens Drug Co. Trial bottles free.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
Was He AmbidcXtrOus!

The Governor will to-day take up the
case of Chaplin who killed CRUDE in
Greenville. The case is one of unus-
ual notoriety. Chaplin was convicted
in measure, upon evidence that CRUDE
was left handed. Since that time there
Is evidence that CRUDE was ambideX.
trous, that he could use one hand as
easily as the other. Upon this techni.
cality depends the governors action or
the petition for pardon.
one OF the remarkable cases Of am.
bldeXterity is Senator B. r. Tilman's
ability to write with either hand--or
with both hands. He can use his left
hand as well as right, and he can use
ms right very well. 1t is SAID that once
when he was governor he had q great
number of official papers to sign. HI
used both hands then, signing his
name twice at the same timo-rhc
State.
1t is all explained. We have been
lighting man with two hands for ten
years and until very recently. Ten
chances, and he had two tongues. Bria.
reus had hundred hands and it took
Hercules to handle him, 1t is all right
now-he can handle McLaurin without
gloves.
~
a Constitutional Convention is in
session in Virginia. John Goode, pre-
sides. and Daniel, the great Senator oil
that State, is leading member. The
suffrage question is the nut to crack
Alabama also is holding a Constitu.
tional Convention, and the suffrage is
the point to settle.
~
Near shreveport, La, young Mr.,
roster, planter, was fired upon from
a cabin where were number of nc.
groes and killed. A negro named Ed
wards fired the fatal shot and escaped
tlfteen negroes are in arrest and NAV
be lynched Foster is a brother OF
Mrs; Mcmillan, wife OF the Governor
of Tennessee.
x**
Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
metal workers" are reported likely tC
90 on strike. This ought to convey
some faint idea to the South how far
they are tagging behind in the indus
tries OF the world.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19

A pretty line OF drop.stich isle
thread hose; See what offer them at
to-day. o. b, Simmons.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19

The Union Meeting Of Tie second
and thirC Scctions of the Laurcns Bap.
t,St Association will convene with the
Princeton Baptist church, June 2S.3O.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19

Coz Sanford, Of Alabama, died on
the 11th instanst, and VIM. ID. Jelks,
President of the Senate, becomes Gov
ernor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
MONKEY a PRAcrlcAL JOKER.

Sims Fun Cost His Owner Money and
Bric-a-Brac.
There is today in Baltimore a family
which Is bemoaning the destruction Of
some valued chinaware and bric-a-brac,
total value. 5000, and there is a small
simian of the ring-tail species with an
abnormally developed sense of humor
who is directly responsible for the mis-
chief, yet who wonders daily at the
sudden GOODNESS which has sprung up
between his master and himself. Ac-
cording to the story told by the ag-
grieved owner, he bought young
simian as pet for his children, and
for q few weeks the relations between
all parties were amicable. Then, as the
spring drew nigh, the family moved to
their country home, taking Sim with
them. About week ago the family
came into town to spend Sunday, and
ton to make of the monkey during
their absence came up. 1t was finally
decided to tether him to his box in the
kitchen, and leave him with enough
food and water to last until their re-
turn. Monday morning the family ar
rived, and went to see how Sim had
Jared. 1t did not take them long to
find out. The dining room looked like
it had been the scene of a bull-fght.
A sofa had all the stuffing pulled out
of it and arranged in tasteful punches
about the room, china pitchers and
plates lay smashed on the floor, and
the small bronze clock on the mantel
was upside down in the fireplace. Ruin
greeted the explorers on every hand,
but the greatest chaos was found In
the kitchen. Sim had piled everything
portable up in a heap in the center of
the room, busted the whole copiously
with salt and flour, and after pouring a
kettle of water on to finish the job, sat
on top of the pile and greeted the
masters family with squeaks of SIM
ian pride. 1t was later discovered
that he had gnawed the string that
kept him near his box, and had inn
proved the shining hours not only in
accomplishing the ruin told above, but
a great deal more besides. AS has been
limited, he is not in favor these days.
HIS is bound with chain, and good
monkey with keen sense of and skill
n practical Joking is for SALE.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
may be hired for a few cents an hour.
the exact amount depending upon the
familiarity Of the jinrikisha man with
the ways of civilization.
Holland Girls.

if..
Girls in Holland have great dea;
Of liberty. They pay calls, shop and
go to parties at the houses of friends
without q chaperon, walk and travel
alone, cycle and have tennis and
wheeling clubs in company with young
men. They enjoy their fun and free
dom, and are in no hurry to marry.
Social distinctions are, however, rath-
or marked. The bourgeoisie is divided
into numerous and carefully observed
strata. Marriages are not arranged,
and the parents consent is only asked
after q proposal is made and accepted.
It is not the custom to give a dowry.
The girl only provides her own outfit
and the household linen. Rich people
sometimes give the daughter portion.
but no father would dream of cutting
off his own comforts in order to pro-
vide one. An engagement of four or
five years is not uncommon, and one Is
seldom broken off. A girl takes her
fiance round to introduce him to all
her friends, and is then free to 60
about with him unchaperoned to public
restaurants and evening parties, to
which one would never be asked with
out the other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
Tho Pett,coat for s1enderne.s.

The Petticoat for S1enderness.
In these days it is the ambition Of
most women to look as slight as pos
sible. A great help to this end is a
petticoat of silk stockinet, which fits
the figure like skin from waist to
knee. These skirts are furnished with
detachable frills of silk, which button
on the stockinet portion, and give
from knee to ankle the fussy, frilly eff
feet demanded by fashion. Many wo-
men who pride themselves on their
slim figures decline to be blrdened
with superfluous skirts, and with satin
knickerbockers no other petticoat is
needed but the loose silk lining which
is feature of the ordinary skirt. New
ertheless, two smart models for petit
coats are very alluring. One for even
ing wear is of white glace silk, edged
with three pinked-outs frills, and drap-
ed with deep flounce of ecru point
d'esprit net, run with satin ribbon and
tied at intervals with rosettes of the
same. For morning wear with tailor
gowns petticoat of glace silk, bor-
dered with one deep godet flounce and
strapped with silk to match, is quite
the right thing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
The Bad Man as a Hero.

Homer sang the rufian Achilles into
thirty centuries of renown. The deeds
of many frontiersmen excel the
Creeks. David did his own singing,
and came out with great reputation.
Yet I doubt not the McKandals gang
would have made Goliath look like an
amateur. 1vanhoe, in his iron kettle
with his long lance killing the neigh
bors for love of God and lady, never
surpassed in courage and sacrifice Wild
Bill and his comrades. But the dime
novelist has been their biographer,
and cheap notoriety is their reward,
They deserve statelier history and
a sweeter requiem. With all their
faults they were brave and gallant
gentlemen, who made it possible for
quiet men to bring decent women and
establish American homes on the
plains and in the mountains. Wild Bill
Hickok's adventurous career should
have come to the knowledge of that
fine old Scotchman, who delighted in
the blare of bugles, the clash of arms,
the tale Of chivalry. Walter Scott
would have made this great scout and
peace officer hero of romance and a
prince of the border.E. c. Little in
Everybody's Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
WHEN SMOKING WAS A CRIME
Colonial Legislature Was Severe on the
Users of Tobacco.

Colonial Legislature Was Severe on the
Users of Tobacco.
1t is one of the curiosities of old
lime legislation that the use of tobac-
co was in early colonial days regarded
as far more injurious, degrading, and
sinful than intoxicating liquors. Both
the use and the planting of the weed
being permitted only in small quanti-
ties, "for mere necessitie, for phisick,
for preservation of the health, and
that the same be taken privately by
ancient men," But the Creature call
ed tobacco" seemed to have an in
destructible life. Landlords were order
ed not to "suffer any tobacco to be
taken into their houses" on penalty of
a fine to the "victualler' and another
to ''the party that takes it," The laws
were constantly altered and enforced,
and still tobacco was grown and was
smoked. No one could take it public
quely" nor in his own house or any,
where else before strangers. Two men
were forbidden to smoke together. No
Ou0 COu1u SluOhC W1LuAu LWO 4u1ASS VI
the meeting house on the Sabbath day.
There were wicked backsliders who
were caught smoking around the cor
ner of the meeting house and others on
the street, and they were fined and set
in the stocks and in cages Until With
in few years there were New England
towns where tobacco smoking in the
streets was prohibited, and innocent
cigarette loving travellers were aston
ished at being requested to cease smok-
ing. Mr.. Drake wrote in 1886 that he
knew men, then living, who had had
to plead guilty or not guilty in Bos-
ton police court for smoking in the
streets of Boston. In Connecticut in
early days great indulgence was per-
mitted to travelers-a man could
smoke once during journey of 10
miles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
CHAIR OR HAMMOCK.

Below is to be seen a novelty in a
combination chair and hammock
which, being capable of numerous adj
justments to suit the desire of the &C.
cupant, should prove itself very COM
Portable piece of furniture for the
porch or lawn. The ordinary ham
mock has to be suspended from trees
or the side of building, and this
sometimes prevents its use, but the
new arrangement needs no hooks or
other attachments, being complete in
itself. For those to whom the swing
ing motion of the hammock gives a
feeling of nausea it may be that the
different direction of the movement
of this new invention will be found
more comfortable. When it is desired
to use the device as a chair the sup
ports at the center are loosened to
allow the four end braces to tilt nearer
together at the top, when the slack in
the fabric can be drawn toward one
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11

The police of Paris are likely to be
kept busy if they attempt to arrest
every 'cabby" in the gay city who ut
tiers an oath or who talks insultingly
to his fare. The myriad "cabbies" of
Paris are in class by themselves. AS
rule they hire their cabs and horses
by the day from one of the great COM
panies which control the business, pay
ing fixed sum as rental, and making
all they take in above that figure. Most
Of them wear the livery of the COM
pany from which they rent, and their
vehicles are painted to correspond.
These liveries are most often light in
color, and the cabs of the City Cab
company, the largest in Paris, are
painted in imitation of wicker work
The cabby wears high hat, made of
rubber composition, and sort of cross
between sabots and shoes, with wooden
soles and leather uppers. In his hat
the smart Paris cabby wears cockade
of some bright colors.
The regular fare in Paris is franc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
Gerome the Great.

The career of Gerome, the famous
French painter, has been one long tri-
umph; early in life he made fame, very
soon riches began to follow: for many
years he has been probably the wealth.
lest artist in the world. He is old now,
but none the less, he has still the 1.-THE,
active figure of boy.
He has the artists direct. searching
gaze, but the brow and jaw of a SOL
dier-of Kitchener, to speak in the
terms of the day. or of Napoleon. whom
he has made his hero and celebrated
over and over again in picture and stat
ue. He speaks most often with the
terse force of a general at a critical
moment of the battle, and makes VIC.
lent gestures.
NJ. Gerome still lives in his palatial
home near Montmatre, which was built
| twenty years ago.-Chicago News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11

"A JAIANEOE JlNRlhlS1A.
walk for any distance in the English
metropolis is confession of bad form.
For two miles the fare for either a
"keb" or a four-wheeler is shilling
rs cents-or two and six pence an
hour. With a shilling fare the London
cabby expects a tip of "tuppence' or,
with two and six, tip of sixpence.
If his passenger hands out the legal
fare, with the regular tip added, the
cabby will take it for granted that his
fare knows the ropes" and will touch
his hat with polite thank you, sir.
But if he is overpaid by a single penny
he at once jumps to the conclusion
that he has been driving an American
millionaire. and will Immediately de-
mand still larger sum.
In st. Petersburg the droskies are
usually driven by peasants, who
come in with their speedy little horses
from the surrounding country and rent
their vehicles and harnesses by the day
OFTEN the same drosky will be under
lease to two men at the same time, one
OF them running it at night and the
other In the day time. A Russian cab
by will charge as much for drive as
ne thinks he can get, but he is usually
good natured and rarely abusive. He
is also usually kind to his horse
Sometimes he sleeps in his drosky at
night, thus saving the expense of other
lodging, and picks up his meals along
the streets. In Japan and along the
Chinese coast the jinrikisha takes the
place of the civilized cabby. With the
jinrikisha the owner and proprietor
acts at the same time as horse, and
pulls the light two-wheeled cart along
the narrow streets at rate which is
sufficiently fast for the comfort of the
passenger. A jinrikisha, man and all,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
Now York a Financial Center.

The concentration of banking capt.
tai partially explains the amazing rec
ord made by the New York clearing
house recently in comparison with rec-
ords made elsewhere in the United
States. AS, for instance, in one finan-
cial center, one of the most important
outside of New York, the clearings for
the month of April aggregated $780,
100000, and this was looked upon as
wonderful record, and so it is, stand
ing by itself, and yet the clearings Of
the associated banks of New York have
been averaging as much as this every
day for the past three or four months,
and some days have been twice as
much.-Holland in Philadelphia Press
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11

A RUSSIAN DROSKY.
to one of these points, where he is free
to exert all his powers of blasphemy.
So rare is decent driver among the
cabmen of Paris that when an even
average reinsman is found his fortu-
nate employer is likely to take him
with him wherever he goes. Thus the
great actor, Coquelin, brought his
French coachman with him to Chica-
go, and boasted that he was wonder
because he had not had his wheel
taken off more than once or twice in
a year or two.
In Vienna the conditions are practi-
cally the same as in Paris, with the
difference that no man who can pos
sibly afford it will take a cab in the
Austrian capital unless it is drawn by
two horses.
In London the cabby is again multi
tudinous and necessary. But for the
great buses, the few tramways and
electrics in the suburbs and the more
recent "tuppeny TUBE the Londoner
depends chiefly on the "keb," and to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11

20 cents-for course, about mile.
BY the hour a Paris cab costs fifty
cents. In addition to this fare it is the
custom to pay the drivers tip Of one
sou-which equals cent-on each
franc of his legal fare. If he has earn
ed fare of five francs, for instance,
he expects a tip of five sous in addi-
ton.
If the Paris cabby has an idea that
his fare is an. American he does his
best to get more. When offered his
regular fare, with the customary tip
added, he is likely to throw it on the
ground and spit on it, at the same
time rolling off string of expletives
which would warrant his arrest on
suspicion.
Before a man is allowed to drive a
examination conducted by the munich
pal authorities. At the same time it is
a fact that few Partisan cab drivers
know anything about driving. Their
vehicles are not cabs at all, but little
victorias drawn by one horse and, as
the streets of Paris are wet all the
time-they are washed several times
day-and it is unlawful to drive a
horse which is trough shod,' a Paris
cab horse rarely goes more than few
blocks without sitting down on his
launches. The difficulty is heightened
by the presence of the huge omnibuses,
which, outside of the cabs. are still the
only practical means of transportation
in the French capital. Each of these
omnibuses is drawn by three big stall
lions and is heavy enough to run over
the ordinary cab without making a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11

jar. The omnibus drivers are usually
good drivers, and they go sailing down
the Paris streets, as though they be-
longed to them. When they approach
a section which is at all crowded they
blow shrill horn and the cabbies,
warned by previous experiences, scurry
to the curb or to the islands" in the
middle Of the new boulevards to get
out of the way. 1t is then that the
cab horses sit down on the wet pave
mepts. and that the interlocking Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-07-11
Horse Famine In Kansas.

Central Kansas is complaining of
horse famine. The farmers have been
too ready to sell their horses to Eng
lish army purchasing agents, and now.
the farmers are compelled to pay from
$125 to S140 for animals that year
and half ago found no purchasers
at SIS.