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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
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Assessors Notice!


Tn" Auditors Onicc will be open
from the LIST day Of January to the 10Th
Jay OF trorury 1901, to receive re
u Us q. , ~'rSoiAi property Tor taxation
Iinr 49," MIA nm
i'm, Nrdifn,, wiIl ",,,UIJ ~ "TAh"SGrn,
named places to receive rcturns for
sad year, 10 wit:
Jacks Township, DR.. f. NJ. Settlers,
January !, nom lOa III. to PIP, m.
'HeK9 IownSh,p, l'enlIo, January $,
from ~" III 10 Pc IN.
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W ''''" Y d., III /" : p IN
~iiuhScr IoWhs"lN' Residence OF
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Waterloo township, EXON. January
10, from 10 Il. III. 10 > p. m.
Waterloo Township. MI. G~nNEnpbcr
January l6, from 10 a m. to > y. m.
sullivan Township, B~rewcrton. Jan
uary IL, from 10 Il. m. to >. u. m.
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nary Fl, from 10 a. IN. to 4 p. m.
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January -, from lOa. n. to ; p. m.
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January -, from 9 4. M. to II m.
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N"2o ,"'S l"c'i,t"tc INC work Oh the
no Lnr,, MI TI',a pc' soI oe'oFc IGaV-
ii;S ~ w I'"hc OUT Il complete
IN tbaa rorIiiS = oi pc'2onal property
,m,Ins sTnnn - oluet iiorses, catVic,
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an rnrrinn t'Ino' o"hSle9, wagons
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
The Sad Death OF Our Friend, Mrs.
Rosa Mock.

| heard Il knocking at the door
IN the calm, ihe still ness, Of the night;
The courier brings the solemn word
It's awful sad, and thus we heard.
If, III 4 strange and distant way,
Pray tell us we must not delay;
The paDg of death to our friend has
come
Oh. peace be still, where is Thy Son?
When Jesus speaks with wisdom great,
This mighty hand will bid us wait:
The hand of love will gently lead
our loved ones kindly on.
Where all is pure and perfect there:
Yes, glorious to behold,
Tis but q iieeting moment here
Our days are almost gone.
But oh, It's sad, 50 very sad,
To part with friends SO dear
When nome was bright and all de-
light,
The family circle round.
The Christian heart so deep and pure,
SO full of love abroad,
Watching and waiting when Jesus
comes
To go in peace above.
And thus we hope in future days,
To meet our loved ones gone;
Yes, God will tell us where to meet
In the beautiful city at Jesus feet.
BELL.
Clinton, >. c..
WANTED-You TO order your whis.
key for personal uSen from Cooper
Farming Distillery Co., Brovard, y.
q. Corn whiskey from $l.65 to 50 90
per gallon; vessel included Rye from
S2.l5 TO S3 Is, Peach brandy 1865. Ap-
pie ~. 10 per gallon.
A. f.. COOPER,
President
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13

BY virtue OF authority vested in me
by the will OF Whey Little, will sell
at Laurens Court House, on Salesday
in March next, during the legal hours
OF sale the following real estate That
'ot Of land, situate in the corporate
limits of the city Of laurcns, East of
Little River, bounded 10y lands Of
Mrs.J G. Clark, Rutherford Little
and S. X. Taylor. containing one
eighth u Of an acre.
Terms-Onc-half the purchase money
to be paid IL cash; remainder on Il ere
dit Of twelve months, with interest
from day of sale on the credit portion,
with leave to pay all in cash Pur-
chaser to pay for papers and stamps.
PAT 5. LITTLE,
Executor.
Feb. 9th, lOOl-3I,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
For Sale or Rent.

a nice 5 room cottage, atables and
other ut-buildlngs, and 5 acres good
land attached-half mile from public
square known as the Garrison place,
BALL d SIMKiNs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13

We have sold ! s of ~ovcrcouts. but
we have a few iCft and TO kccD from
carrying them Owe we will sell them
at way down prices.
Davis, Roper * Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13

If you have not supplied yourself
with underwear, call and secure
some Of the bargains we offer.
The Hub
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
Current Events.

Matters are not so we'll with us In
the Philippines and peace Is far off in
that far of country. And 1t is ugly for
our cousins, the English, down in South
Africa. All the same, Mckinley will
nave Il big Inauguration at the coming
lsh. 1t is said South Carolina will be
there in the persons of three militia
companies.
In China the Powers are 20 cut of
some twenty Princes heads and the
victims have been selected. IT, Is vii
lainous-amnesty would be far more
christian and noble
The Queen has been finally laid to
rest by the sldo Of Albert, her pre-de.
ceased husband, at Windsor Castle and
the great visiting Princes are home
again.
Wilhelmlna, the young Queen OF
the Netherlands, was married on
Thursday last twice to q German Duke
never mind his name) what does the
husband OF a Queen amount to- amid
the rejoicing OF her subjects. There
Is q civil and religious marriage SER
wee, with royalty.
The European World Is excited over
possible new European Alliances fol
lowing the death OF the Queen, nota-
bly,, probable relations between Eng
land and Germany. An exciting cues
tion with all European States follows
the industrial activity OF the United
States
The biggest deal OF the ages is on,
the purchase by j. z. Morgan X Co. of
New York, OF the vast Carnegie Steel
industry in Pittsburg and Pcnnsyl-
vania, II effected Cargenie retires.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
For Sale

Hello! No. 60.

House ana onc-ualt Mere lot on Main
street, onc-half mile from publ,
square. House has seven rooms.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
Log Rolling,

IL is very expressive and grows ont
OF the early necessity Of our fathers
forming cliques Of neighbors to help
one another in clearing the native for
est OF heavy timber. 1t was reciprocal
you help Inc and | will assist you.
N~aturally it caiue to be adopted among
politicians in Legislative bodies, whcro
combinations are made with reference
TO individual ambitions. Interest at
taches at present to the arrangement OF
Congressional Districts, the recent Act
OF Congress requiring the Districts to
be practically equal in population
and compact and contiguous Natur-
ally, therefore, the present ropresenta-
tlveS, will be concerned hat no two of
them are thrown into the same Dis
tr'ct. And naturally enough they and
their friends may form combinations or
indulge in the American trick of "log-
rolling" to bring about the desired re-
suit The Legislature has the task of
the business and it may be done at this
Session and must be done by the SEES
sion Of 1902, the election falling IN the
fall of that year. We see no reason for
haste.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13
NOTICE.

The undersigned has completed a
cotton seed planter that will turn down
anything Of the kind that has been put
on the market. This planter is the re
suit Of many years study. | have been
connected with the planter business for
twenty-five years and feel satisfied that
the machine that | o propose build.
ing is as near complete as possible.
short, compact and durable. The plant
ing part al easily be detached from
plows. You then have Il good harrow
or covering pillow, all iron, that "a mule
cannot break Can be examined ON
square by any II interested in q good
planter.
ID. +. BALENTiNE.
LaurCnS. 5. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13

Just think of it. You a get al all
wool mattress for 80 at s.. NJ Il t..
Il. Wilkes. You should have one of
them.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
THE LOST ART OF LETTER WHITING.


From The London Star.
Brevity is said To be the soul of Wit IL IS
often the deathknell of sentiment. The King
or Spain, who once penned So brief epiStle
his bride: Madame: il fait Grand Vent ct
Jan tue six loups- might have been up
date spouse OF our century. and the modern
maid would have infinitely preferred him to
tuy Blas- our desire To OutStrip Time has been
fatal to more things than Love. We have
mlnlmiZed and condensed emotions asked
or Life far more than Life can give; multiplied
our necessities. occupations. padded every
corner and complicated our desires past belief
we nave destroyed the memory OF yesterday
with the worries of tomorrow. We do not feel
and enjoy; We aSSimilate and appropriate. What
leisure is left for all the more delicate shades OF
sentiment? We no longer unvei all the treas
ureS of souls To a friend. We print them
and sell them for gold-the gold that can buy
so little and much, The worlds fires are
growing cold and noble euthuSiasns dying
out Under such inauspicous conditions. is il to
be wondered if the art of letter writin, has
fallen into disuSe?
Neither is stationery conducive to the
eloQuence of the pen The small sized note
paper of equivocai blue mauve the square
shaped envelope that might contain either a
declaration of love a dress SInaker'S BILL give
element of commercial banalty to
respOndence which excludes all romance More
over, have We not to deplore the decline of the
seal. which was the crowning touch of the
critoire with its secret drawers. its faint per
fume of faded roses. and bundles of yellow let
terS safely slowed away, viii be replaced by AN
American rolltop desk of the most practical
type. The engagement list with aSgressively
ticking clock. forms its principal ornament, with
perhaps dying bunch of Parma violetS to
proclaim a last VeStige of sweet femininity. In
the secret drawer the checkbook nesties com
fOrtably close to few brief notes and tele-
grams that make up the sum Of modern senti-
ment.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

to his bit and stirrups-' 1nnumerabe chiioreA
have had these fancies, but the interesting thihe
about stevenson is that his mind went on
working these very lines as long as ne hVed-
He always romancer, always seeing
strange sights and hearing strange SOUNDS anu
forming them into stories. His family gave MIN
the unromantic nickname of Sinout-until ne
exacted penny fine from every one using the
grotesque appellation in his presence-and All
the time he should have been called by some
elfin syllables. He lived in world of his own,
bent ever upon adventure. and. despite his IRE
uuent illnesses. amazingly happy. Once as L
lay playing hunter ne wrote. hid in a thick
laurel, and with a toy gun upon my arm. L
worked myself hotly into the spirit of my
play that L think 1 still see the herd of
antelope sweeping down the lawn and
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

ter of a rcchdu0c. generally of the least
pdlatabe of literary dishes. He has made his
book Indispensable, however through giving in
il the first really full and ordered account of
the romancer have had. All the facts
hitherto scattered through many different pub
lications are here accurately arranged the
thor's own relations with Stevenson have fitted
him To use with something more than sklful
editorial aptitude the material derived from
other sources and he draws Il portrait in which
the reader soon learns to feel perfect confidence
If it is. as the saying goes. flatterng portrait
we do not for that reason distrust Mr. BaIfour
The letters mentioned above prepared to find
Stevenson only the more lovable when painted
at full length AS time goes the estimate
of the author which is embodied in these vol
umes will he seriously modified in the minds
of discerning readers. but the estimate of the
man will not be rejected. When the Works
have been ineXora3ly sifted and the best of them
put on lower plane than that to which Mr.
Balfour would assign nearly all of them. the
charm of Stevensons character will remain to
delight even those who are indifferent to all
but a few of his books.
He began life apparently in fine feather. He
climbed stair of eighteen steps at nine months
| at eleven months walked freely and in two
months more called people by their names'
But Mr.. Balfour gives appalling list of the
ills which descended upon him before very long
When he was little two he suffered from
Group and before he was eleven he had gone
through the pangs of bronchitis pneumonia
feverish cold. chs affecting his digestion gas
tric fever and other malades. Il believe was
what is called a good child" he wrote in 1873
He had inherited the pluck of his sturdy Scotch
ancestors But he lowered also with a fe-
verish imagination and the story of his infancy
shows how mental sufferings were added to his
physical burden. He had IAN extreme terror of
Hell, which haunted him on stormy nights 81
remember the noises on such occasions always
grouped themselves for me into the sound of a
horSeman, or, rather, succession of horsemen
riding furiously past the bottom of the street
and away up the hill into town; I think even
now that heard the terrible hOlrl of his pas
sage and the clinking that 1 used to attribute
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
Gbe Netu'2)ork Griba,ae.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1901.

The manner in which books are manufactured
never ceases TO be ntercSting-for on the ques
tion as to how books should be manufactured
the persons most intimately concerned seem
never To agree. This is illustrated once more
in striking fashion by the comparison Of two
editions of the same book which lie before u.s.
One is American, the other English. Both are
published at the same price, six shlings in
London and dollar and Il half in New-York.
but there is practically no resemblance between
the two volumes The published here is
printed from clear type, the paper is not bad,
and the binding is in good taste. IT makes a
very satisfactory appearance until it is placed
side by side with its English rival. This is
quite legbe the paper is of an equally
viceablc, but far more delicate quality; the
binding is in even better taste and is certainly
better made. and what is perhaps most inn
pOrtant Of all. il is as light in the hand as the
good it needs to be, but since the other is
much better. and is published at no higher
price, why should not the American work
equal the English? No one questions the abil-
ity Of our publishers to put satisfactorily made
books on the market. They have shown hun
dreds of times that they can do it. This only
makes the result of the comparison all the
more surprising
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

round the deodar: it was almost vision" The
day that the Ara hian Nights fell into his
hands for the first time he approached by
his grandfather, clergyma and the boy went
blind with terror" at the prospect of having
the book disapproved and taken away from him.
The incidents multiply. testifying to his pas
sion for living in his imagination. Nothing is
recorded to show that he in any way quail
fled to adopt the profession of engineering first
urged upon him by his father. or To become a
successful advocate, the elder Stevenson later
suggested. He born To be a writer and
the years OF his youth and early manhood full
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
eWHEN WAS ONE-AND TWENTY"
BY A. L. HOUSMAN.

When / was one-and-twenty
/ heard a wise man say.
"Give crowns and pounds and SuneaS
But not your heart away.
Give pearls away and rubies.
But keep your fancy free
But | was one-and twenty.
No use to talk to me.
When / was one -and-twenty
/ heard him say again,
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain.
'Tis paid with sighs a-plenty.
And sold for endless rue,
And | am two -and-twenty,
And O. it's true. it's true
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

Mr.. Balfour has executed difficult task with
thoroughness and tact. 1t was difficuit because
the personality and career of Stevenson have
been in way another rendered fairly Ia
mliar to the public; the two volumes OF letters
edited by Mr. Colvin were especially we'll IL
Illustrative of the man and his latest biographer
must have been hard put to it TO avoid not
simply the appearance. but the essential charac-
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
STEVENSON.
THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY BY HIS
COUSIN.

THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Ry Graham BalfOur In Two Volumes. with
Portraits. Octave. PIP XII &6. 30. Charles
Scrbner'S Sons.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

of illness and desultOry study, formed him for
the literary career and no other. He seems to
have moved about a great deal In 1874 he wrote
to his mother:
You must not be vexed at my absences You
must understand that 1 shall be a nomad more
or less. until my days be done You don't know
New-York tribune., 1901-10-20

The bowling geniuseS who spring Up all about
Ills like mushrooms in the night often very
1iresOme. but now and then they do their little
best TO enhance the gayety of nations. To be
sure, they do this without knowing ii. but that
makes them all the more amusing Here is n
fragment from one recent confession made for
the edihcation of the public: Il first began to
write, in my solitude in old country house,
when | was fourteen-exclusivcly metaphysics"
1t is n ravishing spectacle that is thus pre-
sented 10 minds eye. We ali want to
know, of course, what authors did when
they were fourteen. And it is exciting to
learn that they were then writing exclusively
metaphysics" We can imagine how brilliant
those pages must have been: how the 'soli-
tude in an old country house fed the owlisf
metaphysicians mind; how he piled up the
great thoughts and then reverently laid them
away-to be eXhumed in the hcyday of his
fame and printed with all the pomp and cir
cumstance that bestow upon the hitherto
unpublished works of genius There are other
priceless details in the confession aforesaid.
We sit breathless before the statement that the
author became acquainted with unusual pre-
csiOn with Paris" We sigh with pleasure at
the revelation that at "A certain date he began
writing for the literary magazines in the pauses
of my creative work" But what really fetchcs
us is that image OF the solitary youth. ruminat-
ing in an old country house with all the force
and concentration of fourteen, and writing
Exclusively metaphysics"
The author of a recent novel in which
ligious matters touched upon remarked in
a public speech the other day that the Prot
estants complain that it is not Protestant: the
Catholics that it is not Catholic" To this The
not interesting 1t is point which if clearly
understood would great many writer's
n great deal of trouble. When the so-caed
''realists' of the last decade or two found that
people went right reading rOmances, they
invented the idea that there was something
silly if not actually contemplate about your
mere story" Anybody could spin Il yarn"
What the great writer always did, they argued,
was to give you not a STORY" but solid chunk
of life. They spelled life with Il capital letter
and they took their own chunks mostly from
the slums. Psychology" was their strong
hold after the phOtOgraphing of intoxicated
hOusebreakers or cnspeakable sweashOps and
they cried 'Eurekar' People went right on
reading romances. In other words the things
that were interesting got themselves read; the
things that were duller than ditch water got
themselves neglected The situation will al
ways be the same. which is obvious enough
but some authors seem curiously slow in find
Ing it out
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26

Ever stop to think how much profit goes to the
wholesale and retail dealers? Buy direct from the
maker and save these profits. Pure goods, full
measure and distllers' prices the Undue. ments
offered by the Hayuer Distilling Co., ST. Louis
See their advertisements in this issue.
TIL RIN AInIND
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Great Bend, Kas., July IS, 1901
Office of County Clerk,


Office of County Clerk,
Board met pursuant to adjournment;
all members present.
In matter of H. Bitner, jr. road petit
ton. report of viewers accepted and
road ordered opened.
In matter of Logan and Under
road, same action, and w. R. Smith
allowed $50 damages.
In matter of E. York road. same
action.
w. G. Merritt was rebated $500 val.
uation on 1900 assessment and same
amount on 1901 assessment, on cream
cry, account of excessive assessment.
Quarterly reports OF w. B. Lucas.
clerk of the court; ]. R. Johnson, sher-
tiff; E. S. Brodie, register of deeds;
Theo. Griffith, treasurer; w. P. FEEDER,
probate judge: James w. Clarke,
county attorney and F. M, Lutschg.
county clerk. presented. approved
and placed on file.
John P. Wilson ordered released
from county jail, on his good behavior.
ALI taxes from 1887 to 1899 on lot 8,
block a., Great Bend. compromised
for So and assigned to Simeon Water
bury.
The county clerk was ordered to ad-
vertise for bids for putting in steam
heating apparatus for the court house;
also for bids for excavating. walling up
and covering over with arch of cess
pool, 10 feet IN diameter and II feet
deep, for county Jail.
| Board ordered insurance fire and
tornado) written on the court house in
the aggregate sum of $4,000.
| In the matter of the Incorporation Of
the town of Clafin, ordered: That
1.-The City of Claflin" be incorporated,
the meets and bounds: The Sc or OF
sec. 50, sw Or. of sec. 81, T. II, R. III,
and NV Or. sec. 8 and ne Or. sec. 4,
T. IS, r. II. The first election in
said city for city officers shall be held
on Friday, Aug. z, 1901. at the hall OF
Dan Carey & Son. and John Weltmer,
Sam Slower, Fred Ozenberger, three
qualified electors of said city, appoint
ed judges, and o. E. O'Bleniss and
Fred Adams, clerks of said election,
and James Carey, F. v. Roesler and
F. M. Campbell appointed as board
of canvasers.
| No further business appearing, the
board adjourned to August S, 1901.
| F. NJ. LuTscHG, Co. Clerk,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26

j. @. Lafferty writes that the ''fees''
for registration were reduced consid-
erably when it became generally
known that the new Indian lands
were $50 far from Great Bend.'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26

THE DEMOCRAT, one dollar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26
First published in the DEMOCRAT July 10, 1901, >
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENI.
State of Kansas ..
Barton County,

State Of Kansas ..
Barton County,
In the Probate Court in and for said County.
In the Matter of the Estate of T. R. McElrey
Deceased.
Creditors and all other persons interested In the
aforesaid Estate hereby notified that shall
apply to the Probate Court, in and for said County.
sitting at the Court House, in Barton County OF
the State of Kansas, the 18th day Of August
A, D. 1901 for full and final settlement OF said
Estate.
SARAH A. McELRoY Administrative of the
Jniv Ia A n 1901 1922
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-26

Prof. Ben Hennessy gave his elocu>
tionary entertainment at the Christian
church Monday night before good
sized audience. He was assisted by
local musical talent. As an impersoL-
ator Mr.. Hennessy is success. While
no fault could be found with the MAN.
ner in which the numbers were rem
dered, there was too much of the hu-
mOrous and merely funny to make q
we'll balanced program. His rendition
Of 'sThe Toad Valley Lyceumr was
excellent. "Haga-," the one serious
number on the evenings program, was
given in q manner which brought out
the beauty aud sublime pathos of the
parting of broken hearted proud
spirited woman from the Lord who
had cast her forth, a wanderer Lyons
Democrat.