The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-25
erecting.


Greeting.
TO all whom these Presents may
come, ali the readers of The ADvER-
sters-A Happy Christmas Greeting.
Z THE ADvERTIsER for q whole year
has done Its best to make ell cheerful
and happy. THE ADVERTISER adheres
to it's Motto-"Don't take things too
seriously In every chimney corner,
in the mansion of the well-to-do, in
the comfortable cottage, in the hum
bleSt cot and hut, there should be an
aged, venerable, Grandma to tell US
cit might be worse"
Remember that millions are crowded
In the cellars and garretts of cities and
In the slums. hat know nothing but
hardtimes and want. We of the South,
the poorest of us, are better off Than
these, than thousands, than millions
Christmas Is our carnival and the times
may be hard, but u Christian spirit
bids all be hopeful.
All the ills of life were confined in
Pandora's Box. when an idle curiosity
opened 1t, they fled abroad and the lid
being closed only Hope was left.
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In the appointment of committees in
Congress the South Carolina delega-
ton was assigned as follows: Judiciary,
Elliott; civil service, Elliott; territories,
Finley; congressional library, Finley;
labor, W.. j.. Talbert; election COM
mittee. Nc. 3, j. II. Johnston; invalid
pensions, A. @. Latimer; banking and
currency, w. j. Talbert; census, Scar
borough; District OF Columbia, Lati-
mer: Pacific railroad, Finley. Con-
gresham Lever, being q "new man."
has not been assigned to committees,
but will be later.
In the Senate the Republicans took
care of McLaurin as a very brother:
Observation-Disclosures affairs, Claims,
Missi Il. improvement, manufactures,
Executive Department Expenditures,
Transportation Routes 10 Sea Board,
Industrial EXpOsitions, Forest Reserya-
tions,. Revolutionary claims. This
looks like over-crapping Johnny
z On each committee the Republicans
sud sinners have n large majority, but
the Democrats name their members:
Tillman-Mines and Mining, Naval
Affairs, Interstate Commerce, (Our
Christmas cheer,) Forest Reservations,
Appropriations, Revolutionary Claims
Appropriations is one of the leading
committees.
,Cockerell and Vest of Mo Daniel of
Va, Morgan of Ala, and Bacon of Ca,
get the important places and seem to
ebe regarded as leaders by the Demo-
Gratis.
Gen. Miles, head of our army, has
the reputation of being fond of dress
and show, and criticised for a tendency
to ostentation. But he was for Schley
and Dewey. The couriers in the Con-
federate Army as a rule were handles
of the first water and adorned in gold
lace, feathers and ribbons, but were no.
t%orionsiy the bravest of the brave. An
old Democrat succeeded Randall, of
philadelphia, in Congress. He had a
fresh pair of silk stockings for every
day i'm the year, but he was level head
ed and true as steel. You can't always
know a man by his dress, be it plain or
gaudy.
But tho advice of old Polonius to his
son Laertes starting upon his travels
was very sound:
"Give every man thine ear, but few
thy voice.
Take each mans censure; but reserve
thy judgment,
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy,
For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
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The old gentleman adds a few other
suggestions which W. will quote for
the benefit of our young readers, who
may have occasion to leave the domos-
tic hearth:
"Neither a borrower, nor q lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of
husbandry."
There is other good and wholesome
advice that the old gentleman gives
that might be appropriate to a New
Year, but another wise saying stares
us in the face and we forbear: at Is
easier to give, than to take advice"
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Chips of News.
Secretary of the Navy, Long, APP
proves the finding Of the Inquiry
Court, which condemns Schley. This
will probably close the big scandal,
The head of the army, Lieut.. Gen.
Miles, is severely censured by the Pres
ident for giving his views of the mat
ter.
President, but he resents being dubbed
chief OF the kitchen Cabinet.
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Postmaster General, Smith, has re-
signed his portfolio, and it is said Gage
of the Treasury, and Long of the Navy
will follow suit. Mckinley was q poli-
tician and put thinkers in the Depart
mems. Headstrong rulers don't want
thinkers, but tools to do their behests.
Roosevelt will run all the departments
of the government.
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There is q proposition to increase the