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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-04-03

Note.-tDaily Elk. Sunday. y
Dining cars between New York and
Richmond, and Hamlet and st. Augustine
on Trains Nos. 81 and Al.
tContral time. SEastern Time.
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THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore. NHM,

BY a recent vote Of the Commons the
coronation oath Of King Edward will be
SO changed from the oath of former
soYcrcigns as to contain nothing often
sivc to theRoman Catholics ofhis empire
The CLAUSE requiring the Kingto EXPRESS
ly repudiatc the doctrine Of transubstan.
tiation and to declare the invocation and
adoratlon OF the virgin and the saints TO
DC ldoiatrous was embodied in the
corona ion oath in 1858 and has beer
retained until this time. The new KING
VIII nave to swear to nothing that signi.
fics any kind of religious Intolerance.
The Southern Railway has instituted
a novelty in railroad operation a solid
mail train. This train, composed solely
or mail cars, stops only at junction
points. 1t is scheduled to make fifty
an hour. The limited trains of the road
with passenger cars attached, were too
heavy to make the schedule for the
Southcrn's fast mail. The local trains
were not fast enough to make the time re
CURED, so the train of mail cars, schedul-
at fifty miles, was put on.
Washington State is now receiving
more immigrants than any other part of
the country. a dispatch from st Paul
reports that in II day recently not less
than 1000 home. seekers left that city,
going West, and that of the whole nun
Der scarcely a dozen had return tickets.
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outen him." Pap said. Then. turning
to Sim, he added. 'She kind OF hit you
pooty hard. didn't she, SimY"
NO hardcr'n | deserved, | guess"
Sim replied dryly. Il did act the mis-,
cradle coward, m 1t amt no wonder
she was ashamed of me-"
Say. by granny, but that's one way
to talk, amt it| Jason said after n
short silence. You amt n bit like Eb.
eneZer, Sim He done more coward!y
than you, but you won't ketch him
ownin Of 1t, nary q time"
II can't help nothin bout what Eb.
encZer does" Sim replied. at don't
10 no good to deny the truth when cv.
err body knows what | done"
you're right thar, Sim Pap Samp-
son said heartily. "Addin vinegar to a
sound puddin amt goin to make it no
swcctcr, an addin Il lie to another fault
amt gOin to make the other fault no
less. Them is gospel truths If thar
ever was one outside of the Holy Writ,
an I'D be a good thing for you.E benc-
Zef Sparks, to take I'm Into your n
an digest 'em along at odd spells"
"plp Sampson" Ebcnczcr cxclaim.
Cd 1ristling up, "do YOU low to lnsinu.
ate that beer a-lyinT'
Lord. no. E%bcnczcr! amt no hand
to insinuate, but when Il coward makes
u Ike he's brave if he amt lyin he's
gittil right slap next door to It."
You better be kccrful, Pap" jim
Thorn said. cor first thing Won know
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.'Yes, put are you gong TO answc

Yes, put are you gong TO answer
me?"
"Why. to be shore / am. What rca-
SOL under the sun could / have for not
nnswcrin YOU. I'd like to know? Yes.
stree. low you hain't zone of them
peddlcr fellcrs what nj around sell.
in OF pills, are you, stranger"
81 am not"
"~ltcCkoncd most shore you couldn't
be. Ingcn'rally them pill pcddlcrs is
right smart, pcart lookin fcllcrs. Guess
now more likely YOU mought be II Of
them doctor chaps huntin a place to set
up in ~busincssy"
"No, I'm nothing of the kind. But.
see here, arc you going to compel me to
spend the night out here in the road"
"Why, | reckon not. ! hain't no right
to compel you to do nothin the way |
tiggcr it, as the Teller says. You're
your own boss, l s'posc, an | low you
go or stay jest whar you please
sometimes do"
Guess you're a soin Jest whar you
please now, ain't yvU:'
"PcrhapS."
AN | reckon YOU make it out that it
Gin l " 'i'i'Nh wv VI ihS bNSlll'NS W ILI
you're a-goin nor what you're a-goin
for?"
Il rather suspect YOU are about cor.
rect there, Mr.. Turner"
jest so, an | guess mcbhy you're
| plumb right too. At the same time |
low you can't % IL part of the war
come down to try to lick we unS:'
"Ccrtainly not"
81 knowcd you couldn't hardly be,
but with all them soldiers an armies
a-goin about the way they are Il fcllrr
can't be much shore about nothin II,
more. Mcbby, now, you've come down
yerc to-
"Grcat Scott! 1t doesn't natter III
the least to o what | camc down here
for, but as you seem determined tC
know IN tell you and be done with it
l represent n company OF capitalists
who believe there are rich deposits OF
mineral in This section. and my bust
ness here is to investigate and Learn
whether or not their surmiScS are cor
rect. Now you know why | am here
and | hope you'll tell me without any
further delay whether you are going tC
give me shelter for the night"
why, yes, stree. I'll shore do that.
Amt no reason on earth for not tclliI
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Amt no rca!

you, as can see, nary n speck. But /
wonder now. what kind of mineral
them ellie thinks they're a-goin to
find down ycrc?"
Great Caesar, man! Let me have
some supper and a place to rest, and
III tell you everything | know. I've
been in the saddle all day, and I'm
~dreadfully hungry and tired"
why, to be shore you must be. 1t
tan's to reason a Teller would be
hungry an tired after ridin all day.
Yes, Stree. Guess them fellers hain't
no notion that they're a-goln to find
gold around here, have thcB?"
NO. Say, I'm tired Of all this fooling,
ana I'm Just going to dismount and
spend the night with you, anyhow"
why. shorely. Lord a-massy, man,
you mought Jest as well "a done that
long ago stead of scttin thar chewin
the rag all this time"
why didn't you tell me long ago
that l might stop?"
Il was amin to; but, as 1 said while
ago, my MIND got to runnin on some
thin else, an l forgot 1t. Wonder If
them fellcrs are 'lowin to find silver I'm
these parts?"
NO. Where shall l put my horse?"
Jest leave him thar at the fence.
III tote him to the stable direckly.
reckon IL them fellers hain't %calculatin
to find gold nor silver bout yere they
must be a-figgerin on fDdin somethin
else"
Naturally"
"Gness mebby 1t moughtn't be iron.
now, mought IT."
In spite of the fact that he was tired
hungry and annoyed, Melvin burst into
n roar or laughter. Turner's question
ing was so persistent and ridiculous
mat 1t had become amusing. Presently
Melvin said:
NOW. Mr.. Turner. 1 am positively
not going to answer another question
unai have had supper, so you need
~ put yourself to the trouble of ask
ms me another thing. Do you under
DC shore I do, an you'll find I
an 'he man to go on askin a Teller
Iuestiohs when | see he don't want TO
ne bothered with 'cm. Nary time
pint. But, by gravy, # nuz.
- ouI "HHL Klllu or MIN
erai them men are countin on Gndin
yere-it docs shore! Reckon thew cant
De spectin TO find copper nor lead, car
they?" ~
Melvin rushed into the house. lcov.
ing turner outside to put away tbe
morse and popdcr all alone the oucs.
lions that, though they did not affect
him In the least, interested him dccnlv.
Ana as Turner pondercd an idea came
10 MIN, for he lacked n great deal of be.
ing ms much Of n fool as he seemed.
lie stopped on his way to the stable
with the horse and, nodding his head
knowingly. muttcrcd to himself these
words:
Come down ycrc to smell roun'Nfor
mineral! Powerful likely story, mat
Is, when thar amt as much mineral ih
mis- II blame section as Il Teller could
put In n flca's ear. Come down ycrc
Tor some rich fellcrs jest to loaf about
an see what he can scent I'm the ground!
Ihat thar's al moughty reasonable,
an or course | believe it-in a pigs
eye! You arc a slick un. young fcll,er,
Dut you amt quite slick enough ito
slide down your Uncle Jonathan Ttlr.
ners throat, not quite. Your Uncle
jonathan mayn't be much to look At,
put n lacks Q hull passel OF being a
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tTo BE Continued
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CHAPTER VI.

SIM SURPRISES HIS NEIGHBoRs.
Sim Banks did not go home at once,
but passed on down the street in the di.
rcction Of Hicks store. 1t had been
his custom to go there every night TO
join the little group of men who I'll
ways congrcgated around the store
stove In the winter and OF the platform
In front of the door in the summer to
loaf away their idle hours.
He had long been II of the lcadin;
spirits In these meetings, and hereto.
fore lie had come to them boldly, and
in the talks that followed his voice had
been heard taking an important part.
But tonight lie approached with halt
ing step and shamcd face and sat down
quietly on the edge of the platform on
the very outskirts of the group. He
hoped no one would notice his pres
cncc, and he was careful to do nothing
to attract attention to it.
Pap Sampson was there and Jason
Roberts and Jim Thorn and Il number
of others, and most prominent among
them all and most in evidence in the
conversation was EbcnrZcr Sparks.
Very naturally, the subject under dis
cuSSiOn was the war and the la;tlU
that had that day been fought In their
hearing. EbcncZcr, with wonderful eff
frontery, seized the first opportunity to
begin Il rchaSh of the oft told stories OF
brave deeds performed by him in the
Mexican war and to ~rcannouncc his
consuming desire to again take up a
soldiers life and join in the fight and
experience the dangers and hardShips
90 ,.,, 40, Ia, Nh l.,, -, So, 80, H.,
Sim listened to EbcncHcr in aStoniSlI-
mcnt. 1t was Il mystery to him how q
man could have the assurance to boast
Of his bravery when only Il few hours
ago he had shown the very men tu
whom he was talking that he was an
arrant coward. Sim knew that he had
acted the part Of a coward, and he
knew that every man there knew it,
and he was resolved that if no one
mentioned that event until he did II
would never be mentioned.
EbcncZcr talked Oh for some time be
fore Pap Sampson brought his cane
down with Il thumD and said:
Thar, EOcnczor Sparks, that'n do
We all know how brave you are, sc
thar amt a grain of use in the world
for you to waste your breath a-tcllin us
about 1t. Lord, you made hat al
plumb plain to us today, you IN Sin
Banks both"
"Sim don't seem to be doin mucl
talkin bout the way he DONE" Jason
observed, with a laugh. Guess he BE
lieves in lcttin his actions speak foI
themselves"
Lord, Jason, l reckon the way Sim:
woman done Kind Of took the tuck!
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They tell the story of a prominent
Baptist clergyman Of New York who
has made it his practice in all his paste.
rates to write his resignation within a
week of his entrance upon u new field,
sign. seal and deliver it to the proper
official with the remark There, now!
Never ask me for my resignation.
Whenever you want me to go, ,jlst break
open this envelope, write in a date to
the document and offer it to the con
grcgation.'
limitation thundcrstorms, with the
electricity generated by Niagara Falls
Will be one of the features Of the Buffalo
exposition. The thunder is produced
by means of large glass condensers, and
while realistic, is warranted to be harm
less.
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a. m. "P" p. M. NJ noon. IN" night.
Trains lcay" Kingville, daily except Sunday
ing leave Camden for KingyiiIei dailv eruan,
sunday. s;35 n, IN. arr $50 p. IN. Also Tor su,p.
ter daily oHS%%2t Sur. ~ S.o6a, m. 10 lis a. y m,and
4"V p IN returning leave Sumter at 8m N
m. i0H a. m. and 4:3j p. m, making oonnect,o1
II hngviiie with trains between Columbia and
Trans icayo Spartanburg via S. U. q G.. dr.
VISION daily for Glendale, Jonesviile, linton and
M and ana Intermediate points at II Is a.
Trans leave Toccoa, Ga, for Elborton, O..
f"aS sIHS J, m, except Sunday. ZOO a. IN.
except sunday, 2:l5 p. m, maxim" a IN.
ton at Toccoa with trains between A Atlantis
CheShpcnke Line steamers in daily ,.rvio.
between ~ Norfolk and Baltimore.
western LimitteII" MThmshinEtpn and South
Ing cars between New York ''' "nd '!NSe e%g
e g5nS""S' V and W "isa Es,w . S,l@Hts a9d Mont
memphis win, Washington, Atlanta and ar.
bingham. Also elegant PULLMAN Linn any
YORK. FrstciaAAs .S t 9SS,wse n Atisn.s and New
tween Washington and Atlanta. Dining c..r AZ
cars seTs' az stwn mG" t5rc en- route, Pullman sleeping
connection at Norfolk for OLD PoTNT GoMToRT
Aiso at Atlanta with Pullman d. r, sl.onoi
'' No oha@ a. md Cincinnati.
sond between Washington and NJ ..-lsana
Delne composed of coaches. tn ish withouy
change for passengers OF ali ASSES. PulIlman
drawing room sleeping -..rs between Nav VIZ
anu New orleans; viz Atlanta and Montgomery
a M oetWeen Bi' ninghnm and Richmond
D,MHinB cars sorv' all meals enroute.
NOS. S3 and H-"Atlanta and Nov yor,
cypress, New local train botwoen Atlnnts
tnronHh trairs OF Same numbers. oarry.
ing fmllnan Al 'eping cars between Cbariot}.
shd richmond Norfolk, Washington and Says
horK. no Pu imam cars on these trains b"
Smoen atlhn,a and Charlotte. Leaving Wash,
mRloh each Mo nday, Wednesday and BridaS
= tourist sleep ng car VIII run through 6g
e%eon "ashingt N and san Francisco without
RnHng". connect. M at Atlanta with through
uiIinhn rhwlng /, ON sleeping car for .JncE.
wick. vi Drums
Connection made d. Spartenburz VIA,
throngh Pullman sleeper tor AsheyiiiS Knn%
vliIe ana Cincinnati; also I Columbia FOR Sc,
vannah and Jacksonville. %"
CANNON, S. II.
ihird V.P. % Gen. Mgr, Zen. Pasa Art
Washington, ID. O. " Sshinaton w.
II. TAYLOE, 7 \ N,noEr
Asst 9cnl Pass. Aga. Pas. o. TIKI Asnnt
Gre buVtllo. Il q
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"A queer instance of improper in
iuencc sand to have becn cx1rtcd upon
Jurymen comes from New Haven. Tin,
Jury ma certain civil case went to Fair
maven TO visit the house Of the defcn
danls.i sThcrc, according to the counsel
ior me. plaintiff, one OF the parties to
INC SUIT. gave II OF the Jurors n piece
OF PIE rms piece Of pie IS the ground
upon winch a motion to set aside the
verdict is founded.
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'oc tbttf III
you'll have EbencZcr's old woman
down on yea. Can't nobody MAKE her
think he amt brave, you bctv'
"Shc amt much like Sims wife. IS
sheF' Jason asked. Then he added:
by jinks. | think Sims wife cut up too
rough with him. / tell you right now
I'd like to sec my woman try any SIGH
capers as them on me, especially right
afore folks. Lord, I'd leave 'er so quick
that it'd make her head swim"
you all hcarn what Mary Mann said.
1 guess" Jim Thorn remarked. II been
thinkin bout that, an | don't know n
the word she spoke want n true word
Sims woman did pear to be n right
smart struck with the looks of that
stranger, an
Jim Thorn, you are n Hart"
hey all looked up I'm establishment.
and there was Sim Banks standing
amonA them, his eyes ablaze with an.
ger am his form trembling with SUP.
pressedNage.
Jim TNon," he repeated, you are
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by granny" said another, Il low
Jim got of pow'ful easy myself. |
were Il good thing it want me he ha,
to deal with"
An YOU can bet your hide it wa.
moughty fortunate for him." rcmarkc,
Il third, that ii want me-
Zap Sampson thumpcd his can,
against the floor and laughed.
You unS are I'LL a-talkin pow'fu
big" he said, but you uns better not
forgit that jim Thorn amt dead Wit
'Tain't sensible to go foolin roun' q
mules heels less you got business
thar"
AS Sim Banks walked homo that
night he felt greatly clatcd, anC in his
soul thcr" was Il kind of feeling closely
akin TO intoXication. He stood erect
with n hearing proud and d~isdainrul
held his head well up and walked with
Il step firm and confident.
In Knocking Jim Thorn down thc
way he did he had demonstrated TO his
n~eiGhborS that he was not SO much n
coward as they had supposed. That
within itself was n great deal to he
f''''' - ~ ~ ltll tllI' III t'IlONln
the stain of cowardicc from his name
he had raised an almost insupportablc
burden from his soul. But that was
not all nor yet the chief C1uSc of his
elation.
Louisa would learn what he had
done, n she would know that he had
done 1t for her sake. He would not
tell her, but others would. His knowl.
edge OF human nature was limited. but
II was broad enough to tell him that
his praises sung by others would be far
more effective than If sung by himself
That She would be pleased he felt MS.
snrcd, for she would understand how
we'll he loved her and how more ready
ne vas tina any one else on earth to
stand up i'm her defense. Then, too, she
would realize that he was not the con.
tclnDtiDlc coward she had thought him
and because OF which she had spokcn
of him and to him i'm such harsh terms.
Perhaps she would even speak words
or praise for his conduct, and PERHAPS
on, happy thought!-shc might put her
arms about his neck and kiss him. That
would be n reward indeed. and for such
n reward he would be willing to fight
the whole world.
Fond, sweet hope! But how many
or our o precious hopes are born
only to perish with their first breath OF
life!
When Sim reached home, he found
the house dark and Louisa in bed. He
went in and struck a light and pre-
pared to retire. His wife was asleep.
ana he moved about noiselcssIy SO as
not to wake her.
Presently his eye fell on n scrap of
paper lying on the floor. Mechanically
ne took 1t up and glanced at the writ.
ing 1t bore. Instantly he sat up and
rcnd 1t eagerly through. Then, puz-
Zled md mystiied, he read It again
and again. These were the words the
paper contained:
My Dear Louisa-Nev"r let anybody know that
you Know me. and for Gods sake don't tel, : uy.
ing soul who am. SO soon as possible 1 will SEQ
you and explain.
What did II mean?
S~ps0v~~e--sy .----
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derned idiot asylum, with no more
sense than a gatsSrost, an his opinion is
that you are a-lyin an that thar's a
good deal back of you hat you nain't
wantin knowed."
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CHAPTER V.
YOUR UNCLE JoXArmAv TURNER.

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down your throat!'
Thorn sprang to his feet and started
to run, but in an instant Sim had hold
of his collar with one hand and with
the other had given him n blow on the
side of the head that sent him to the
floor as limp as a rag. Sim would have
followed up his advantage and pound.
ed Thorn numerically, but Pap Samp-
son and the rest interfered, and five or
six of them held him while the others
got Thorn away.
After 1T was all over and Sim had
been released they stood about him for
some time, looking at him in silence
md with a kind of awe. To them lie
had suddenly become Il new man, and
they felt that they did not know him.
1t was Hicks who broke the pause.
"Nhy, Sim" he said. whats come
ovcr YOU? Who'd IA ever dreamed of
you doin sich a thing rs that
let him keep his mouth shct an
quit allyn bout Louccsy, then" Sim
replied, not exactly in line with Hicks
questions. I'm hit him ag'in if he
daSt To say SIGH another thing, an III
hit anybody else that does it, an III hit
to kill"
well, that's all right, Sim, but you
Jest cool down now. Jim Thorn was
the only one that said anything. an
you've done hit him, so thar amt no
more to do, an you'd jest us we'll git
quiet"
"My land. Sim, you shore hit hin a
good UNI" Jason said. IL never see a
purifier lick struck in all my life"
"\n 1t was all o SO quick" an.
other observed. why, them words
wasn't much mOrc'n outcn Jim Thorn's
mouth till Sim was a-Standin up here
IN sayin. Jim Thorn. you are Il liar.
jest that away. Thcn jim starts to
run. an afor" | knowcd 1t Sim had
gathered him by the collar an give him
that lick"
AN wasn't it Il lick, thought" Jason
said. why, say. it jest kcclcd Jim
over thar SO quick that | bet he new
knowcd what done it,"
Il bet he didn't know nothin touched
him-jest Topped down thar for all tho
world like Il shot hog. Didn't low il
was in you to hit Il Teller like that
Sim"
Lord. | reckon sim never knowcd i
neither" Pap Sampson said. but h,
knows II now. an You all better lool
OUT. No matter how harmless Il dog i,
while he's asleep. he may be the wus
kind of Il dog when YOU wake him up
An Sim Banks is awake now"
Al you'd all better not fool will
him If YOU don't want to git hurt.
Hicks added.
You'd all better not say nothin 'bou