The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-12-24
LAURENs, s. c.. Dec. "a. 1909.
Making Progress.

issues q nrSt claSS Seml-Weekly paper
with all the South Carolina news. Its
readers will obtain the news of the
legislative proceedings and all the cur
rem ne ) of the day. THE ADvER.
TIsER is making an offer that no other
county weekly In the State makes-to
give to new subscribers this paper
free. Our eason for this is that in
certain sections Of the county the cir
culation Of THE ADVERTISER is not
what we wish 1t to be. Hence at a
positive loss we have arranged this spe-
cial offer, to last a few weeks longer.
The circulation of THE ADVERTISER
has increased continuously and rapidly
in the last eight months--far more
rapidly than at any time since it has
been the property Of the present own
err. furthermore, the people WI take
The ADVERTISER are as rule the best
class OF people in the city and county
of Laurens. We have added no new sub
scribers this year whom we do not re-
gard sure pay. We are gradually drop
ping off the few who do not pay and
we fear do not expect to pay. When a
man has taken the paper for three or
four years without paying he has no
right to feel hurt If the newspaper man
takes it for granted that he is o bad
risk.
1t is a source Of the keenest pleasure
to the publisher Of The ADVERTISER
that in an effort to give the people of
tho co,,pfy a a NAV ,yorfhp of fha,, In
telligence and helpful to them he ia re-
ceiving a great deal of encouragement.
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Infamous.
For four days last week Laurens peo-
pie were taught how the artof highway
robbery could be practiced in public
without fear or danger of punishment.
Accompanying the Layton Carnival
Company was q gang of swindlers,
cheats, sharpers and thieves who with
what they called "games" robbed ne
groes and ignorant white men and boys
of hundreds of dollars. The seem on
the public square, the bare-faced rob
berry OF the ignorant and foolish which
went on unmolested, were a disgrace and
a humiliation to the decent people Of
Laurens. 1t is not remarkable that
banks and mills are looted by burglars
when these equally criminal scoundrels
and their nefarious practices are toll
Grated.
If the Carnival had been confined to
a lot of side-shows, no harm would have
resulted to the town, the offensive
shows being suppressed. Several of the
shows, in fact most of them, were very
good of their kind, but the swindling
schemes carried on in the public square
were simply infamous.
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Who is the HandsOmest?
Who is the handsomest man in Lau-
rens county, This question is worry
ing us, though we are acquainted with
several score whom it is not worrying
they look in the glass when they are
doubtful. THE ADVERTISER would be
pleased to have this question settled.
We should dislike to bring on another
: Trojan var by throwing in an apple Of
discord bull we seriously contemplate
'a 0 III hhp " OhS Luoh Whe i
become Utmost. Most of the handsome
men in Laurens, however, are already
married.
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Our Lady, The Queen.
The election and browning of the
Carnival Queen was a pretty incident.
a lovely queen was chosen and
THE ADVERTISER renders homage and
declares its allegiance to her sweet and
gracious majesty. Long may she live
and reign over her loyal subjects in
Laurensl
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Mr.. Joe Cannon Of Illinois IL to be
speaker OF the national house of repre-
sentatives, vice d. B. Henderson,
funked. In Shakespeare's day the SOL
der sought "the bubble reputation
even at the lannon's MOUTH but the
congressman will seek it at his ear.
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THE ADVERTISER did not print the
presidents message and the reason was
that THE ADVERTISER knew that not
half a dozen people in Laurens cared to
read 1t. Many county papers did print
1t but they did not "know any BETTER"
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The News and Courier is respect
fully but firmly informed that when a
! newspaper man has behaved himself
for twelve years, has never run for Of
hce and has. thereby honestly evaded
accumulation of a title, it has no right
to reduce him to the rank OF colonel.
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"A Carnival" would be q good thing
If 1t did no more han remind the pee
pie that the dispensary is g "great
moral institution"
Concerning possible complications
about Venezuela, 1t Is well to remem-
Der that the Monroe Doctrine is not
among the Ten Commandments.
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The sympathy OF Laurens is respect
fully rendered to Newberry. Newberry
will know why by the time 1t Is over.
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The ancient cry of "Niggers risin'i"
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