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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF
In Court Of Common Pleas.

In Court Of Common Pleas.
j. O. Moon and Isabella Marley Plain
tiffs, against Sarah Henderson, Henry
Young Spoon and his heirs, names
and residences unknown; Lulu Smith,
Whey Spoon, Isaac Spoon, Mil
Ton Spoon, William Spoon, Pres
ton E. Spoon, James D. Spoon, Ora L..
Tate, Lee Spoon, Hamp Spoon, Mar
garet Spoon, Francis Spoon and L. G..
Dorroh, as Administrator of Lucinda
Wade Hill, Defendants.-Summons
for Relief.-(Complaint not Served.)
To the Defendants above named.
You are hereby summoned and re-
CURED to answer the compliant in this
action, which was on November 10Th
1902, filed In the Office OF the Clerk OF
the Court of Common Pleas, for the
said County, and to serve o copy Of your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his Office at Laurens G..
a., South Carolina, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive OF
the day of such service; and If you fail
to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this &C
ton will apply to the Court for the re.
lief demanded I'm tho complaint.
Dated Nov. Goth A. D..
JNo. r. BOLT,
g. G. G.. p.
F.. P. MCGOWAN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dec. 2, 1902-et.
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NOW FOR ANOTHER PRIZE.
Open to all Children Under Ten
Years.
Years

THE ADVERTISER offers a prize
for the third time for school compost
tions.
The next prize Of one dollar will be
given to the pupils under 10 years
old and the compositions must be
received in this Office by Monday, Jan.
IL at 8 p. M.
THE ADVERTISER therefore asks
each teacher to read this an
n%Ouncement and cooperate with THE
ADVERTISER in the scheme to give
the school children O motive and inter
est in writing well.
RULES OF THE COMPETITION.
The composition must contain not
over 400 words.
Writing must be ON but one side of
paper.
Any subject may be chosen.
The composition must be handed the
teacher by the pupil. The teacher will
then number or mark 1t keeping a re.
cord of the number or mark. He will
then send it to The ADVERTISER with
out the name of the writer but with the
school mark. The teacher must also en-
dorse it thus: ITO the best of my be-
lief this essay is original, signing his
name.
The pupils parents or the person
with whom he OIL she lives must be a
subscriber to The ADVERTISER. How
ever, compositions may be sent by pu-
pills whose parents are not subscribers
but they will not be entitled to
prizes. II a composition by such a pu-
pll Is the hest it will be so announced
and it Will be printed, but no prize will
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
ICELAND.

On the Southern edge OF. the Arctic
Circle, east of Greenland, lies q lite
island known as Iceland,-a land Of
perpetual summer day light, a land Of
glorious scenery, snow clad mountains,
volcanoes, geysers and boiling springs!
One has we'll said: cit is a land of frost
and fire.
There are no trees. vegetation is
scanty.
This little islands ranks fourteenth in
size among the islands Of the world.
The people of Iceland are poor with
few resources in their rugged soil to
draw from, but they are kind, polite,
manly, liberty loving, independent and
God-fearing.
Both English and Icelandic are
spoken. AT the capital are good
schools where many students are OBJ
tanning an education. The inhabitants
are nearly all Lutherans.
The farm houses are built of sods and
rocks. They have no fire, except for
cooking purposes, summer or winter.
They cannot get coal in many parts
of the country, and the few twigs have
to be saved for cooking.
In July when the sun has swung sc
far North 1t sets about ten o'clock and
rises about two. One can then read az
well at midnight as at midday.
The island is teeming with many
kinds of birds! The people make their
living by trout and salmon fishing and
raising the elder duck.
One of the most wonderful sights o.
Iceland is the geyers. One geyser ha:
been known to throw out a stream o
water one hundred and sixty feet in the
air and II this geyser Is not active, tray
elers have discovered that a beaulifu
stream of water is belched forth bJ
throwing soap and butter into the era
ter.
The most noted volcano Is Mt. Hecla
Historians say seventeen eruptionl
have occurred within the last eigh
hundred years. The last eruption II
1916 was a continual pour OF ashes
smoke and lava three miles In the ali
for seven months.
Here is a country, hundreds of year,
older than America, without q mile o
railroad, without a telegraph line
without an electric car or q daily pa
per and only one short telephone line
At the capital there r q few carriage
for transportation, yet the people ar
c~ontented and intelligent to an unusua
degree.
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be given. The prize will go 10 the
next best in that case.
Other than prize-winning compost
tons will often be printed. Thus when
several compositions are submitted en-
titled to first, second and third honora-
BILE mention, each may be printed with
the writer's name.
The editor Of THE ADVERTISER will
be the judge. He will grade the com
positions though without knowing
tho names of the writer's.
Compositions written by pupils in
the ordinary course OF work may be
sent in. Teachers may select any num-
Der of compositions and send them to
THE ADVERTISER. The teacher will
always state that the writer is within
the age limit of the contest. The win
ming compositions will be announced In
TIE ADVERTISER and the teacher will
then send name Of writer and his or
her parent.
To repeat-the compositions for the
first offer must be received not later
than January IL, and must not contain
over 400 words. We do not fix any
minimum limit-the winner may pos
sibly not write over so words.
The ordinary rules will govern the
decisions. The subject matter, thought,
handwriting, capitalization, neatness
and grammar will be considered.
Again THE ADVERTISER hopes that
teachers throughout the county will
talk the proposition over with the
children and help to interest them.
Children from any school except
those in college departments may con-
test.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
GLADYS CARTER THE WINNER
OF THE COMPOSITION PRIZE.
She is a Pupil of Mr.. G.. l.. Moseley's
School at Princeton and is Only
Thirteen Years Old.

The composition about Thanksgiving
which wins THE ADVERTISERS prize
announced last week, was written by
MISS Gladys Carter, the 13.year-old
daughter of Mr.. J. c. Carter, of Prince.
ton.
Cotton and Iceland from Miss Nc.
SWANS classes In the Gross Hill school,
were written by Misses Mary Owens
and Katie Owens, respectively.
The Pilgrims was written by Miss
Mamie Crews, of the Laurens Schools.
This composition is OF especial inter
est because 1t raises a question as tc
the historical accuracy of another. II
was n OF the best.
The Discovery of America, written
by Miss Stella Dial, will be published
next week.
Attention Is again called to the con.
ditions of the next contest which ap-
pear elsewhere.
Below are printed the best compost
tions submitted:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
COTTON.

Cotton is produced in climates wher,
the summers are long and hot and rain
fall is plentiful. The best cotton grow
along the coast of South Carolina ant
Georgia. This is known as Sea ISLAND
cotton. Its fibre ia long and strong
Most of 1t Is sent to the mills OF En-
gland.
Cotton is used in makir cloth
thread, rope, and for many other usefu
purposes.
A valuable oil is pressed from tn,
seed Of cotton. This is called cotton
seed oil. 1t is used in making soap
and other articles.
When cotton is picked 1t Is carried tc
the cotton gins, where the fibre is sep.
arated from the seed. Then it IL
pressed into bales ready for market.
Most cotton is picked in the montht
of August and September.
Cotton grows from one to FIVE fee,
high and thrives best in good sandy
loan.
Cotton clothing is worn by all civil
lied nations.
Most Of the labor on cotton planta'
tions Is done by negroes. They car
stand more heat than the white man
and therefore, most of the cotton pick.
ing is done by them. The negroes are
more adapted to cotton cultivation
than any other branch Of agriculture.
On the large cotton plantations the
negroes work in groups and sing and
seem to enjoy themselves very much
When they hear the bell for dinner
they all carry the cotton to the house
and weigh 1t. Then they will all go 10
dinner.
Georgia and Texas produce more
cotton than any other States In the
Union, but South Carolina, North
Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ala.
bama, Arkansas and a part Of Florida
also produce large quantities.
The greater part of the cotton raised
in the United States goes to England.
France and Germany.
Cotton is POLITICALLY called "The snow
Of the Southern summer"
facture n the United States r the
cities and towns in the northeast part
Of our country.
The Southern States are now manu-
featuring a large quantity Of cotton,
especially South Carolina.
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THANKSGIVING


When James was King of ENGLAND
nearly all the people belonged To the
English Church, and the worship O.
this church was so much like that o
the Catholic Church that the people
desired a reform in the worship, blu,
James would not hear to this at all, sc
a band of these people who called
themselves Separatists decided tc
go to Holland where they could wor.
ship as they please. They stayed In
Holland about twelve years. 1t was
then that they started for America land
they first landed atCspe Cod, but they
did not like this place, so they set sal
again and landed at Plymouth, Decem.
Der 11th, 1920.
1t has been nearly 2S1 years since
our first Thanksgiving on the Ameri.
can soil. This Thanksgiving was held
November 81, 1921.
The first Thanksgiving day was
spent in having games of all kinds and
the people were giving thanks because
they had a safe voyage to America
and could now worship as they pleased,
Thanksgiving is spent now in differ
ent ways, but not in the way that II
should be spent. l will venture to say
that not half of the people know why
Thanksgiving is celebrated, and if they
do they do not think very much about
it. / think Thanksgiving should be
spent in really giving thanks.
Every Thanksgiving day that comes
around there is not a one Of us that
cannot give thanks. If all things do
not go right from one Thanksgiving to
another 1t is not right for us to com.
plain for it Is Gods work and it is for
the best, but there are not many of us
that take 1t in that way.
Just think of the poor Pilgrims that
died while trying to make homes for
their families, and Of the families that
suffered during the cold New England
winter and then they gave thanks.
If we had to endure the trials which
these people endured we would say
that we had no right to give thanks,
but now, when we look back and see
how much energy and ambition our
fore-fathers had we should never give
up, but struggle onward and all will
come right in the end.
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sils, farm tools and articles of clothing
used by the Pilgrims were homemade.
The houses of the first corners were
of logs. The builder. would begin by
cutting down trees and chopping them
into logs. When enough had been cut
he would place four ON the ground in
the shape of a square, and leaving an
open space in n side for a doorway
and another at one end for a fire place.
On top of these he would put a second
set of logs and so on until he had it
high enough. For the roof he used log
rafters,. paced sapliugs across them
and on the saplings he put grass or
straw. Between the logs would be open
spaces. These were filed with mud or
clay.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
State Of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF LAURENS.
In the Court of Common Pleas.

In the Court of Common Pleas.
BY virtue OF the decree of the Court
Of Common Pleas for said county and
state, In the case of Hellams and Gray
against n. @. Prior and others
1 will sell at public cutlery to the
highest bidder at Laurens Court House,
South Carolina, on salesday in jan
uary next, during the legal hours Of
sale, all that tract or parcel OF land
containing One Hundred and Thirty
five acres, more or less, situate in the
county Of Laurens, State aforesaid,
bounded by lands of e, S. Patterson, Fl.
r.: and w. s. Gray, being the tract
whereon H. G. Prior resides.
Terms-One-half of the purchase
money cash, the balance with interest
from day Of sale, on a credit of IL
months, secured by a bond of the pur-
chaser and mortgage OF the promises,
with leave to purchaser to pay all
cash. Purchaser to pay for papers.
THOMAS j. DUCKETT,
Sheriff l.. G..
Dec. 6, 1902-4t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24

COLORED GIRL
FOILED BURGLARS.
Until Quite Recently She
Lived Here.
NOW in
Presented q Gun at Would
be Thieves.
They Retrpatpd I'm n Hurry-Girl Woo
NOW in FLORIDA.
They Reiterated I'm a Hurry-Girl Wa
Not In the Least Afraid-The Cir.
Cumstauces.

When Mrs. w. p. Garrett returned
to Gainesville, Florida, from this city
about Que month ago she carried with
her a young negro girl named Lilly
Cook. Lilly Is the daughter Of Aunt
Patsey,' a respe ctable colored woman
of Laureps. The Gainesville Sun has
the following account Of an exciting in
cident in which Lilly behaved with a
great deal of credit to herself:
What might be termed wonderful
nerve and bravery for a woman was
exemplified at the home OF Mrs. w. P.
Garrett Wednesday night, when a col
ored girl, a servant in the household,
foiled the attempts Of robbers who
were about to enter the house, by pre-
senting the muzzle Of an ugly looking
gun in their faces.
Lilly Cook is the girls name, and she
is yet in the middle of her teens. Di-
rectly after the dining room had been
cleared at the evening meal. Lilly had
retired to one Of the rooms in the dis
charge of q duty, when she heard a
noise at the kitchen window. She
looked put and observed a couple of
men standing at the window, and it
appeared that they were ~endeavoring
te pry open the same. Without a word
Lilly grasped the gun, went out into
the yard to the corner of tie kitchen,
and after watching them for q moment
suddenly pointed the gun in the direc-
ton OF the window.
81 have been watching you, you
mean, skulking robbers. Now skip, or
I'll bow both your heads off with this
gum"
The robbers, evidently feeling salts
fed thaG Lilly meant what she said,
did not stop to ascertain, and both
made a hasty exit over the fence and
into the darkness.
When asked If she was not afraid
the girl replied:
"Afraidp Why, what should I be
afraid of when 1 had the gun? If
either of the men should have come
towards me l would have shot as I said
I'd do, but Pm mighty glad 1 didn't
have to shoot, because l was told af-
forwards that the gun would 'kick.'
Something besides the gun would have
kicked, though, because 1 certainly
meant business"
Lilly says she has the "irusty" put
away in the corner where it's handy,
and the next time she has occasion to
use it she might do SO without warn
ing.
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ALMANA PUBLISHED.
Piedmont Planters Old Reliable and
Uncle Henry's Forecasts.

The Piedmont Planters Old Relia-
BILE Almanac for 1908, published by the
Laurens Drug Company, is now being
distributed. The Almanac contains
the weather forecasts by Uncle Henry
Day, which are conceded by all in
formed people as equally dependable
with those of Irl Hicks and the other
leading prophets.
The other features Of the Almanac
are first rate, the jokes being better
than the usual almanac hamor.
All should have these almanacs and
the Laurens Drug Company is giving
them away.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
Notice of Application for
Charter.

TAKE NOTICE that a commission
has been issued by the Secretary OF
State to j. Percy Mahon, Jno. g.. VOL
ling, Jr., and B. p. Estes to organize
The Mill Operatives Sick and Accident
Fraternal Union OF Amerina, and that
they propose immediately to organize.
JNo. q. WOLLING, JR.,
). PERCY MAHoN,
81. p. ESTES,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
IIIustrations.

Forthcoming numbers of McClure's
will have Illustrations by such artists
as Pyle, Christy, LinsoD, Keller, Glack-
ems, Hinton, HUT, Miss Harding, Mrs
Stevens, Leigh Varlan, Heming and
Fogarty. Every effort will be made
to make the pictures as beautiful,
compelling and important as the text.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
lis Yonr FIour stiskYi

Is the -four you have been using
sticky? Does 1t make poor bread and
heavy cake and pastry7 If so, try o
sack Of Clifton" next time. No DAM
aged wheat used in making this -four
For sale by N. H. Fowler and 4. N.
Barksdsle.@
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
lit Is Now Time

To look after ~our CHRISTMAS
GIFTS. The S this year are
unusual in va. y, quality and
price. We have Jared no pains to
secure only the mt st choice and de-
sirable articles in our line. A large
and complete collection of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
Fine Stationery

put. up In pretty packages for
Christmas. We selected these pa
pers with regard to fine quality as
well as style of package. We have
new supply of 1 lb. papers with
envelopes to match, which would
make an appropriate gift.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24

Fewer Gallens; wears Longer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
Books

Will be found in our store. Books
for all ages. The CHILDRFN'S
BOOKS are beautiful and most at
tractive. You will want to see
the new illustrated Juveniles. We
have the small hooks in dainty
white bindings STANDARD
WORKS at 20, ), 100 cents.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
Burnt Wood
and Leather

in a variety Of artistic and useful
shapes. These goods are the latest
for this season.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
Photograph
Frames

in every shape, size and material. A
splendid line of framed pictures
from Is cents to Is dollars each.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
A Call

at our store will convince you OF
u fine stock. No trouble to show
you. We insist on pleasing you
fully.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-31
PesuIts of Paris Fight.

Paris, By Cable.-Many persons in
;ured. ten of them seriously, and hun
dreds arrested, are the net results OF
the street disturbances in which both
clerical and anti-clerical denomina-
lions, brought about by the closing OF
the unauthorized religious schools,
were made. There we're great crowds on
the boulevards throughout the city,
engaged in rioting. A procession Of stu
dents shouting and singing was dis
persed by the police and attempted red
flag demonstrations at the Strasburg
status also were broken up. Quiet was
restored at midnight. The religious es-
Establishments in more than one depart
ment have dissolved voluntarily.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-31
Teachers Killed in Cuba.

Washington, Special.-The War De-
partment has received the following
cablegram regardiI-; the school teach
ers who have beer missed from Cehu.
June 10th: John E. Wells, 209 Mont
gomery avenue. Providence. R. l., and
his cousin, Louis \. Thomas, same ad-
dress; Ernest Heger, 1913 Vine street,
Cincinnati, O.: Clyde 4. France, Berea,
O., missing from Cebu. murdered by
ladrones. Bodies recovered. Leader O.
the murders Ri,lcd; eight others cap
tured by the constahularv."
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For Niagara Falls.

The Baltimore Steam Packet Co. in.
forms us that our readers, who are
desirous of viewing these magnificent
falls this summer can do so, not only
pleasantly by its route. but by select
ing date on which they have ar
ranged special excursions from Ports
mouth and Norfolk, in connection
with the B. and o. and the Pernsyl-
vania railroad, can make the round
trip for $14.00. The dates from Ports
mouth and Norfolk are as follows:
August 1st, 9Th, 18th. goth and 29th;
September 3rd, 18th and oath; and
October 1st, Sth and 18th.
The Bay Line also have placed on
sale summer excursion tickets to all
the popular Northern and Eastern
seaside resorts.
The route of the 'Old Bay Line"
with its magnificent steamers, makes
the journey enjoyable as we'll as in
teresting; as the spacious decks of
the Alabama" and Georgia" afford
the tourist the pleasures Of prone
nading while running up the Chesa-
peake to Baltimore. where, after n
good nights sleep. the steamers ar
rive in time to make the early trains
.or Ashbury Park, n. j., Long Branch.
Atlantic City, Ocean Grove and Cape
May, N. j., and Harpers Ferry, W.
Va; also for Philadelphia, New York,
Boston and the main points on the
Western Maryland railroad.
The BAY Line" invites correspon-
dence from those of our readers con-
templating taking advantage Of any
Of its cheap excursions. Full particu.
lars may be obtained of j. w. Brown,
Jr.. So. Pass Agt.; Key Compton, Gl.
Agent, Norfolk, Va.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-31
Fissures Opened.

Santa Barbara, Cal, Special.-Mea-
gre adyices from Los Animas, As miles
from this place, report that un un-
usually severe shock Of earthquake oc-
Cured about II o'clock Tuesday night
doing damage to the property of the
Western Oil Company, estimated at
from s19 900 to $4,000. At Harris sta
ton on the railroad tissue is reported
to have opened and from it a stream
CT water two feet deep and is inches
wide is now flowing.
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been in ny heart to soften my judg-
ment. ! struggled against it-fcr l
ain proud. too. Alecia-6ut how can
one crush out love like mine
He paused, exhausted, but would
rot let 20 the soft hand he held, nor
close his eyes for longer than a mo-
ment lest he lose sight of her face. 4
Gu!vering. beautiful tender face, in
deed, for dying eyes to rest upon!
She was struggling with her pride
and the memory Of her hate, and had
not answer for few moments. Then
her womanhood and gentleness over
powered even this strong barrier. and,
kreeling down beside the bed she laid
both hands over his, an exquisite flush
Of color upon her face, her eyes pur-
ple with the depth Of her tenderness
and pity as she murmured, with soct
distinctnesS:
John Winthrop, had they longer
kept from me that you were so Ill,
you would have never known but that
| still hated you. Perhaps / should
still hate you. Sometimes / could al
most hate myself for not doing so, for
you were very, very cruel and hard
with me when you might have been
kind. Still. in spite of that, John Win.
throp, and in spite of everything-1
love you"'
The sudden tightening Of his face
was like the glow of sunset. The old
flash deepened in his eyes looking up
to hers. Strength from her slim fin
gers and musical voice seemed to run
along his blood.
"Aleciaw he said.
(To be conti- -ued)
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Fatal Fire at Albany.

Albany, n. Y, July 25.-One fireman
dead, one in the hospital, said to be
dying, and a number seriously injured
in addition to a monetary loss estimat-
ed at $25O,O00, is the result Of fire
which broke out in the heart Of the
business district, shortly before 8
o'clock this morning. The dead fire.
man is D. X. Bishop, an auxiliary
member Of the insurance patrol and
prominent in the city's social and fin
ancial circles.
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$4,000 Fire at Annapolis.

Annapolis. Md, Special.-A fire that
broke out In the heart Of Annapolis
Wednesday morning destroyed nine
buildings, including St. Martins Ger
man Lutheran church, and the large
general store Of A. ]. Ewell and caused
loss estimated at $4,000. The fire
started in the confectionery store OF
B. Wiegard, in State Circle. An over
heated bake oven is supposed to have
been the cause.