The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-02-18

pie, since the situation is cleared and a
rational newspaper basis has been
reached, to give the two old papers q
show. They have stood by the town
through good and evil. They are not
getting rich fast. They are not gold
mines. They are earning a living.
They have their frailties and short
comings but we ask the people, the
people who advertise and subscribe,
not to encourage in future a newspaper
undertaking which could be only q de-
structive business, u~nwarranted by the
conditions and only q cut throat in COM
petition.
While the third paper was here this
could not be written. 1t would not
have been fair nor generous. That pa
per had q right to make its effort, it's
methods were honest and The ADvER-
TIsER would fight only by the means
that W. regarded straight in newspa-
per circles. But we hope that the peo-
pie for the sake of their towns and
county's interests will not soon again
scatter the limited amount of money
they are abe to expend on newspapers
and necessaryto keep two papers at the
county seat alive in responsibility.
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An Easy Boss.
If Governor Hayward can interest o
few strong, earnest and honest men in
Charleston to aggressively ''back him
up" In efforts to enforce the ~dispeneary
law in that town, something may be
accomplished. Possibly. Possibly not.
But the real difficulty is that the per-
sons most interested in the ~dispensary
law are not always most interested in
its enforcement. II the people of South
Carolina knew or could know all about
the dispensary system it would not be
abolished perhaps but somebody's job
might be abolished. To put the same
idea in another way, somebody might
be abolished out of u job. But the peo-
pie can never know. Now and then
you find if you look sharp a mighty
shrewd, nice, clever fellow among the
~dispensary people and as u matter OF
fact mo- of the people a be fooled
most of the time. From some points OF
view the state of South Carolina is a big
thing but from many the South Carolina
dispensary is q vast deal bigger. How
somever, so long as cotton brings nine
cents or even eight, the people will get
along under the administration of the
~dispensary system just about as well as
the people of some other States live un-
der the administration of the Standard
Oil trust or this or that great railway
corporation. 1t counts little who is
your b;ss If he, or it, is easy.
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Board OF Trade.
The newly organized Board of Trade
of Laurens made a good start by elect
ing Col. Il. ID. Darlington, a young
business nan of broad, progressive
and aggressive ideas, president. In
movements of this character there is
everything in having a good head at
the head and THE ADVERTISER be-
lieves that a happy selection vas made
in Mr.. Darlington. The other officers
are also frat rate business men who
will give Mr.. Darlington Jealous assist
ance and the Laurens Board of Trade
will be a real, counting factor in the
furtherance of the interests of the city.
OF course THE ADVERTISER has
been urging the formation of this
board for months-years for that mat
ter-and that it has been formed Is q
source OF qualification. AS long as the
members OF the Board work they will
be interested in the work and In time
perhaps not so long--they will see
results. Every business man and pro-
fessional man should join this Board
and having joined, attend the meetings
and enter heartily into what is under.
taken.