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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Letter to C. II. Whitten.

Laurens, S. G.
Dear Sir: Here's what "wears long
err means.
D. T. MCGOWAN, Cooperstown, N. Y,
built q house in '85 and painted Devoe.
The paint lasted ten years.
This looks az IL the neighbours house
painted three times in eight or
nine years, and McGowsn's once in ten
years. We are not quite sure-we tell
the tale az IT comes to me.
1t is enough to say that Devoe Lead
and Zinc lasts twice as long as lead and
oil alone. The reason is: white lead Is
soft and cbalks off; zinc Is hard; and
when thoroughly ground into the lead,
thoroughly prevents It's chalklng and
makes 1t more durable.
F. w. DEvoE & Co,
New York.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
COUNTY OF
Court of Common Pleas.

OOurU VI SOIuUnOu ledSs
s. w. Simpson, Plaintiff, against Dave
Simpson, Y. A. Simpson, Emma
James, Othella Davenport, Lillian
Cunningham, Early Cunningham,
Maxcy Cunningham and j. M. Simps
SON individually and as administras
tor of Sonny Simpson and j. f
Hicks, Defendants.
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint In this
action, which was filed In the Office OF
the Clerk of the Court OF Common
Pleas for Paid County, on August 9th
1902, and to serve a copy OF your aDr
swer to the said complaint on the sub
scriber at his Office at Laurens, 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 afore-
said the Plaintiff In this action will
apply to the Court for the relief de-
aanded in the complaint.
Dated August 9th 1902.
D. p. MCGOWAN,
Piaintifg's Attorney,
April 190e-8t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
NOTICE
Election In School District, No. 1, Dials
Township.
Or

Election In School District, No. 1, Dials
Township.
Whereas, a written petition of one
third Of the electors and a like proper
tion Of the free-holders of the age of
t~wenty-one years, residing in school
district, No. 1, D!a's township, Laurens
county, has been filed with the county
board of education of said county, ask
ing that an annual tax of three mills,
be levied and collected on property in
said district to supplement the school
fund of sadi district, 1t is ordered
That the board of trustees Uf said
school shall hold an election at Green
the 9th day of May, A. D., 1903 for the
purpose of deciding IL said tax shall be
levied and collected.
AT said election only such electors as
return real or personal property for
taxation, and who exhibit their AK re-
ceipts and registration certificates rs
required in general elections shall be
allowed to vote.
At said election the said board of
trustees shall act as managers and the
election shall be conducted as is pro-
yided by law for the conduct of general
elections.
AT q election each elect0r faVOrlpg
the proposed levy shall cast a ballot
containing the word eyes" written or
printed thepeon and each elector OPP
posed to said levy shall cast a ballot
containing the word ono" written or
printed thereon.
Within ten days after said election,
IL the majority OF those voting shall
vote for said levy. the said board OF
trustees shall furnish the county audi
tor with the statement of the amount
levied.
BY order of the County Board OF
Education OF Laurens county.
CHAS. +. BROOKS,
Chairman.
w. M. Bryson,
r. j.. Babb,
County Board of Education.
AnriI 20th 1Q03-3f
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
COUPLE
AT ORA.
The Nuptiats Of Miss Mamie Thompson
and Mr.. Willie Blakeley Last
Thursday.

In the town Of Ora last Thursday
evening, Miss Mamie Thompson, and
Mr.. Willie Blakeley, wer married,
Rev. B. II. Grier of the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian Church oficiat-
ing. The ceremony took place at the
homo of the BRIDES parents, MI. and
Mrs. A. Y. Thompson and was attended
by a number of the friends and rela.
tives of the couple. Mrs. J. o. O.
Fleming of this city, an aunt of the
bride, vas mi of the guests. Both the
bride and groom are members ofpromi-
nent families OF Laurens aud they have
a large number OF friends who wish
them happiness and good fortune.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
]. c. HUTCHINSON
Cross Hill, s. C.
Mules and Horses.

The undersigned under the name OF
Barksdsle, Franks g Irby will deal
In mules and horses at Laurens. Stock
will be kept at Ed Martins Stable:
rear OF Enterprise Bank.
We have received a carload OF Ane
kentucky mules and also have Q num-
Der OF good horses on hand. we ino
yite the patronage OF the people OF
Laurens County.
z. N. BARxsnALE,
yNo. "A. FRAMES.
w. O. lRBY,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Last Of the Season.

The last lyceum entertaiment Of the
season was given at the opera house
Friday evening. Tho Chicago Glee
Clubs concert was the attraction. 1t
was attended by a large audience, in
GLIDING most Of the society people of
the city.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident, is narrated by
John Oliver Of Philadelphia, as fol-
lows: 81 was In an awful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eyes sunkep,
tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite, growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Then L vas advised
to use Electric BiCters; to my great joy,
the first bottle made o decided i'm
provement. 1 continued their use for
three weeks, and am now a we'll man.
1 know they robbed The grave Of an
other victim" No one should fail to
try Thorn. Only so cents guaranteed,
at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto
Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Finch Club Entertained.

Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarence
E.. Gray entertained the Finch Club.
In addition to the members of the club
several other ladies were guests, among
them Mrs. Wilson, who is visiting Mrs.
Long. Refreshments Of a delightful
character were served and the enter
tainment was keenly enjoyed by the
guests.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Office DAYS.

Persons having business with
the Supervisor will find him or his
clerk in the Office Mondays and
Fridays of each week.
II. b. HuMBERr, Sup. L. O.
Jan. 80, 1903.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Office Hours.

will be at my Office every day do.
ring the week, except Thursday, and
that day also, IL notified.
O. G. THOMPSON,
Probate Judge.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
w. b. KNIGHT. RE. Bah
KNIGHT & BABB,
Attorneys at Law.

60 VIII practice In all the State aud
Federal Courts. Strict attention to all
business intrusted to them,
Office upstairs. Simmous' Buildiag.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
s'CIietOnD

"CliftOnN
Are you acquainted with "Clifton?
A trial sack will convince you that it
Is the best -four manufactured.
M, H. Fowler.
Z. II. Barksdale.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
State of South Carolina,

County board OF BducatIOn.
April Goth 1903-3t.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

giving dinner parties in silks, in velvets.
in brocades and in as many other costly
and luxurious fabrics as Fashion fur
nishes.
And for the evening, when there is
dancing, then the very fullest of gowns
make their appearance
FLOWERS sPANGLED WITH
RHINESTONES AND SEQUINS.
The new hair ornaments-little wreaths
and knots of lowers fashioned from chif-
fon and Liberty ribbon n spangled over
with rhinestones and sequins and little
gold and silver beads-these are so fas-
chatting that 1t Is a temptation to order
q variety of them at once.
And over her bare shoulders there will
be posed dainty little trifies in ostrich
feathers, in chiffon. all ruched and tucked
and plated, and in marabout, all of which
look delightfully."- simple, but which are as
costly a. they are elegant
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

TO summarize the facts. it Is found that
bS-3S per cent. OF the total number of men
are college graduates and only H.76 per
cent of the women are graduates of uni
versities and colleges.
VI the whole. number of both sexes
69.7s per cent ave at some time In their
lives attended college for complete or par
tial courses.
More women than men. It appears, have
been educated In secondary schools, the
percentage Of high and common school
scholars being 3Q42 for the women and
only 1888 for the men.
The author of the work in question
gives the assurance that the people who
ave furnished a clew as to their educa-
tional facilities show no sign OF being def
Gent in learning and that many Of them
hold places where "high-class'' education
is imperative.
Coming dow to the specific professions
in which these men and women ave made
their mark, or rather to their technical
education. it is found that LILO of the
men and 20 women referred to in this vol
ume are graduates in medicine; sos men
and 3 women are graduates in theology;
$40 men and 5 m are graduates in law
ard 52 men and 8 women have qualified
to become engineers, architects, chemists,
agriculturists. and SO ~
Some interesting statistics are givs~
concerning the birthplace and present
residence of these men and women, who
are described as notables.
Is might be supposed. the vast majority
Of them Were born in the United States and
still live here. New York State. wherein
the largest number were born and reside
to-day. gave birth to $50. and contains at
the present time asa Massachusetts.
next in order. is the birthplace of 1.421.
and the present residence Of 1857; Penn
sylvania Is the birthplace Of LIS, and
the residence Of LOO; Ohio produced as.
and contains 951; Connecticut produced
4s4. and contains 3os: Maine produced no.
and contains lis. and Virginia produced
$50. and contains 167.
None Of the people whose lives are
sketched were born in Idaho. Montana
Wyoming. Oklahoma. Alaska, or the Az
gentine Republic.
OF the foreign countries which gave
birth to the men and women bioxraphi-
caIly mentioned. England stands at tia
bead, having produced 33z.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

| hundred thousand. leaving an insignih-
ant margin in profits.
Investigation followed.
1t was discovered that wagonioads OF
steaks, groceries and wines had been
carried out the back door by the kitcheh
bandits who were supposed to Dc WorKIhs
for the management.
They were all In IL together" said the
proprietor. chefs, cooks, head walters and
other employees, and instead OF our COM
ing out s4O,0 600 ahead of the game, as We
expectsd, we barely escaped with our
lives"
This gives one an idea of the perils OF
embarking in big hotels and restaurants
The best walters come from Europ
where they are schooled In all the tricks
of bleeding patrons and proprietors.
Only the ablest managers can hold their
own against these alleged bandits"
known as. walters, head walters and
chefs.
Then there Is the patron who burns gas
all night and who orders three meals in
stead of one when he dimes on the
American plan; hence the great waste
W the losses in the k1tchen anu
the waste of the unscrupulous patron VINO
spills ink on carpets and scratches MS
diamond ring on expensive mirrors, wipes
his mems on counterpanes and pillows ana
ruins the tapestries with tobacco JUICE
the landlord has a dizzy time and thinks
he is entitled to all he can get during the
shuttle for existence.
HUMAN NATURE Is
THE SAME EVERYWHERE.
Human nature is the same the world
over. and If you treat a man well you get
good service as q rule.
So 1t happens that men In a hurry or
with pretty melting eyed women Will pay
big tips.
The tip system began when rich men De-
ean throwing money to underliBgs who
served them.
What is Santa Claus but a magnificent
example of giving tips to the children Tor
good behavior?
You tip because it's a custom. But how
much are you to give when you visit rich
friends In the country?
That depends upon the size OF your
nurse. the wealth of the household you are
visiting and particularly upon your repu-
tation for generosity.
When once your record Is known as a
man who throws money to the winds you
must keep up that reputation or be called
stiney by the well-fed lackeys who serve
in the houses of American noblemen.
You read in English papers that poor
young men OF blood and fashion seldom
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
In "cofee and cake" restaurants five ant. tie, cent tips are given t. the girl.

will be enthusiastically accepted by all
ages n sizes of society girls.
They are shown in man. and various
patterns and materials.
Our old friend. the Elton, is seen with an
underblouse in ~hand-painted chiffon. which
all of Fashion's elect are wearing this
season.
The coat itself in some bright shade
Of velvet-framboise, turquoise, maize,
mauve-and q broad girdle Of soft Liberty
satin.
Then there are the long Louis Seize
coats with their embroidered and bro
caded vests and hip pocket flaps and Ores
den buttons set in gold or silver.
And then there are the little garments
which are somewhat on the Monte Carlo
order. but oh! 50 very different.
Al at these will be seen at the Thanks
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WHAT TO WEAR AT THANKS
GIVING HOUSE PARTIES.

and ,ba ,,r, who affects the 1870 STYLES in
all thai, simn,,c,tv must he very careful
IN 90. ,,o, h.r shoes are fau,t,ess In At
ard anne,r.pce and that her stockings
exactly match tbe shade Of hersrown.
1t will prove a good investment to have
shoes of black satin and of bronze kid,
since both of these will tone in well with
all ,f her gowns
Tho o,r, Who hos ,.or In soc,etv , sea-
,nxnr,-
N y" CIV, " "sa ""
GUS anu expensive iha'eriu's'
ror her are the sa,lrs' the 'ace anu
spa'siep lie. rooes'~hich are more oeau
iui' more uaz%iihs ana more eNpe"av
,nan ever '"s year' SOME Vi ~ nc"
uesishs III spaheies are reai'y harse,o
One oriiiiah' gown was aimos' ent.es
covered WIN peal-shaped arops Oh PM,
10" '"' u"uei s'ue VI WIZ" '
an ir siee", was arrahseo WIN
lhe pahs.es covering .ne hip pornoh
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Continued from page six,

Continued from page six.
beauty nap before beginning to dress ior
dinner.
At the Thanksgiving house-party, Din
ner-and 1t MAJ be well spelled with a
great big Dis really the function OF the
day.
Her plain tailor-made suit with its
tight-ftting long coat and the snort
skirt with its sensible velvet binding are
good enough for every morning ana All
the morning. and with a little dressier
stock and belt her shirt waist VIII even
do for luncheon, which at o country mouse
Is usually a go-as-you-please sort of meal
no one is expected to be overpunctuai.
But In the evening everybody is expect
ed to be en- grande toilette.
Then is the opportunity of the clever
dresser to reveal the contents of her
wardrobe.
She will nave high-neck and long
sleeved gowns. and she Will nave those
with the u Cecilia neck, which is a
collarless iariety cut down to show the
full extent of the neck and throat, anu
she will have gowns which are cut as
sharply decollete as best suits her ideas
of beauty as well as her INDIVIDUAL style
For the debutante there are simple lit
tie eowns of wolfe and mousseline and
the new double chiffon.
These arc made in the quaint styles
which our northumberland even per-
haps our great.grandmothers, for grand
mothers to-day are the most youthful peo-
pie imaginable-wore.
There is the cut-out neck and the long
shoulder seam to which a loose. baggy
sleeve IL attached; there is the lit
tie nchu over the shoulders and the broad
sash lied around her little waist.
CuRIoUsLy QUAINT SKIRTS
CUT SHORT.
And better than Ill. tho skirts OF these
euriously quaint early Victorian gowns
are short enough to show the distractingly
pretty curves of q slender ankle.
With these old-world fashions have re-
nrned the liking for colored stockings.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
FROM THE LIVES
OF SUCCESSFUL AMERICANS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
who are the men in America now living
who have made a nam for themselves?
Have such men risen from the lower
strata of society. so to say. and achieved
prominence through their Individual eff
forts, or have they received some outside
impetus or encouragement. as by inherit
lance or social surroundings, which has
forced them to the front?
Are most OF them merchants, or law
yerS, or editors, or authors, or jurists. or
theologians, or are they identified. for
the most part, with what are commonly
known as the arts and sciences?
Are they college-bred men, or men with
only q common school education?
How long has it taken them to CLIMB
the ladder to distinction. and where do
they live?
Who. also, are the women in this coun-
try thar to-day stand out, conspicuously
among those of their sex?
What have been the successive steps in
their advancement?
A revised edition of a biographical die
tionary. entitled Who's Who in Ameri-
ca"' attempts to answer these questions,
and many others Of a similar nature.
1t contains comprehensive sketches of
the careers of 1i.A3 Americans who, its
authors have reason to believe, deserve to
rank as individuals specially noteworthy
for success in one or more directions.
OF this number 3.2O4 are men and 1,c3s
women.
The number Of men who are graduates
Of universities INT colleges comforting
~baccalaureate degrees in letters. science
or philosophy Is ISIS. while the number
of similar women graduates II 1S2.
Three hundred and e~ighty-two men are
graduates of the United States Military
and Naval academies
The total number Of ~collegian4 gradu-
ated and un~dergraduated. Is 7.795 men and
2l7 women.
-Four hundred and seventy-nine men out
Of the total Of 1904 were educated in
high and normal schools. whereas there
are s. high and normal school graduates
among the women.
Over 1000 men and 80 women have re-
ceived only q common or public school
education.
Two hundred and eighty-one men and
1865 women were privately educated. "a men
and no women were self-taught. while Il
men and q women received their educa-
ton abroad
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
NEW o OF AGES"

A missionary lately returned from India
expressed the opinion that religious work
was going on very slowly there on account
of the difficulty in translating the spirit
as well as the text Of the Gospel.
Take an instance" he said. II tried
to teach my converts the old hymn:
Rock Of Ages cleft for me,
Let mo hide myself In Thee"
II had q native Bible student translate
it into the v~ernacular. To make sure that
he had grasped the spirit Of the words, /
took his translation n had It translated
back into English by another student. It
then read:
Very old stone, split for my benefit,
let me absent myself beneath one of thy
fragments '"-Detroit News-TrfbunA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15
At dinner parties you are expected to feo
the head waiter.

the head waiter.
I after your belongings and a dollar or two
to the maid who gave you the fresh coun-
try linen n put buttercups and clover
/ blossoms on your bureau is about the
proper thing in the way Of fees
OF course, II you are visiting with your
family in charge Of a party. you're ex-
pected to do the handsome thing and give
the butler so or 80 and perhaps more IL
there are many servants for him to divide
with.
DON'T FORGET THE COOK
AT DINNER PARTIES
Regarding city dinner parties. you are
expected to fee the chef and head waiter
handsomely.
II you understand yourself. you will also
see that the cook is not forgotten.
After magnificent entertainment the
gentleman giving the dinner consratu-
lates the proprietor on the perfect man
ner in which the dinner was served. and
gives him $50 to $150. to be divided among
those who did the work-chef. cook. head
waiter and others.
Few walters will refuse a tip. however
SMALL, though they may have their private
opinion of the guest and. his ancestors IL
it's less than 10 cents
The busy man who gives a nickel. think
iuS IL d Qud1 tctp DHuS .tuo Wd|bcT taAiuB
it-but with what q scOwl!
II it's q dime his smile looks az IL it
had been ironed out with a steam roller.
Sometimes he doesn't even v~ouchsafe
that, but takes the coin without even 50
much as a civil THANK you"
1t is a mistake to think no tips are paid
in the cheaper restaurants.
Where there are pretty, attentive wait
resses you will occasionally find liberal
tipping.
In cheap coffee and cake" restaurants
blossoming over the city-even In some
where they serve counterfeit pancakes
half baked, white and doughty on one side.
and yet demand good money-in these
places S. 10 and even. though rarely. %
cent tips are handed to the girls who do
their best to serve you though careless
cooks work against the establishment.
Probably no ordinary person is a better
judge Of human nature than the average
waiter.
He reads his victims like a book.
The timid. halting mar he bullies and by
his browbeating, insolent manner alone.
by some strange paradox, makes him pay
literally to win the walters good opinion.
The regular patron. who pays a quarter
once or twice a week fares well.
When walters find a man cannot be
bulldozed they serve him generously aS4
are thankful for what they may chance
to get.
Then there are the. queer, cranky PEG.
pie, who seldom or never pay-they be-
come features and fixtures, privileged
characters, whose absence would be
missed.
For long years they ave sat at the
same table and never paid a cent in fees,
and yet they get the best service and bes.
food.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

accept invitations to visit country friends.
because they can't AFFORD to pay the in
evitable fees.
Here, in good old America. you can pay
little or much. as you feel like 1t, or moth
Ing at all. for the English system has not
become general except In mart houses.
Among the first families the servan ex-
pect recognition of their attention to i'm
portant guests.
From 81 to IS to the man who has looked
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-06
For the Boys and Girls.
Mr. EDITOR:

MR. EDITOR;
Permit me to call the attention of
your readers to q plan to organize, in
terest and help the boys and girls upon
the farms. The boys and girls now mp
on the farms and plantations Of the
Southwest will soon own this country
1t is our purpose to organize them by
states, send them new and rare seeds,
free Of cost, and give cash prizes for
crops grown and butter made by them,
Each must be II member Of the FARMER
BOYS PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE,
As president Of the Texas Farmers
Congress, have been authorized to Of
fer 81 900 in cash prizes and to dis'rib.
ute 81 900 worth Of improved, tested
seeds, This money is given by Farm
and Ranch Of Dallas, Tex. Other cash
prizes will be offered under this system,
Any boy or girl living on the farms
Of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Okla
homa New Mexico or the Indian Ter
rtory, between the ages Of IA and 90,
who sends application aud states these
facts, indorsed by his or her parents,
to }, H. Connell of Dallas, Tex, Pres
ident Of the Farmers Congress, before
July lst, will receive a membership
card az Il charter member. Each mem
Der IL entitled to select five packages Of
free seed for summer or fall planting,
from this list G) Hard and soft
wheats, FIVE varieties (2) oats, five va.
riedes (3) alfalfa, two varieties; (D
emmer or spel2 (5) cabbage, five va
rieties co. celery five varieties az
onions five varieties Other seeds for
spring sowing will also be furnished.
The Louisiana State Agricultural So
ciety, the Oklahoma Board Of Agricul.
ture and the Texas Farmers Institutes
indorsed this plan of interesting our
boys and girls in farm life, and we ask
all TO assist, first, by having n large
number Of names sent TO me before July
LIST second, by having your county or
parish, agricultural society, institute
or fair, vote to accept these cash prizes
to boys and girls,
Help M 10 make this new organiza
tion Of the boys aud girls in the South.
west nm agricultural inspiration TO the
rising generation,
d. II CoNNELL,
President Texas Farmers Congress,
Dallas, Tex, May 21 1908