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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
LEFT N D PEOPLE.
The Way the B~rain's Orders Are An
nounced and Obcycd.

The Way the Brains Orders Are An
and Obcycd.
Both sides of the brain are capable
Of performing the duties of giving
commands to the limbs, but the orders
only come from one side, either from
the right or left, but IL the side upon
which the speech center lies gets in
jured and Is rendered incapable Of per-
forming its duty then the other side
takes up the work, though it requires
some time before 1T can do so properly.
Surprising n nan meets with n bad
fall or accident Of any kind which
damages the speech center on the left,
he becomes dumb for the time being.
Then the right side slowly learns how
to give orders, II the man guadually
regains power Of speech after some
years, but in many cases he becomes
left handed because now the orders
from the brain are transmitted more
rapidly to the left than to the right.
You have often experienced, l sup
pose, the curious feeling that you have
done something or met some one at
some time or other when in reality you
have not done so at all.
Surprising the left side of your brain
conceived the idea that you were 60
ing to tie your boot lace and that the
right side was, say, n thousandth part
of n second ~behindhand i'll grasping
the same idea, the result, when the
right side did grasp it, would be that
you would imagine that you had al
ready tied your boot lace.-Dr. With
row in London Answers.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
The Power of the rhunaerer.

A great change had followed the re.
form bill, and the newspaper had i'm
proved as it became the organ of the
middle class, which then rose TO power.
Delane Of the Times had to be courted
by the statesmen who had professed
simple contempt for his predecessors,
and in the fftes the influence of the
paper had eliminated till 1t was taken
to be the authentic incarnation Of pub
lie opinion. Kinglake gives n graphic
q do not say an authentic) account Of
the secret Of the authority which ma
bled it to order the siege of Sevastopol.
1t employed. he declares, a shrewd, idle
clergyman to frequent places Of COM
mon resort and discover what was the
obvious thought that was finding &c
ceptance with the average man. The
thought was then put as though 1t were
the suggestion Of ripe political philoso-
ply, while the public SO delicately fiat
tered wondered at It's own WISDOM
Sir Leslie Stephen in Atlantic.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
NAMES OF

Muslin is named for Mosul, in Asia.
Serge comes from Xerga, the Spanish
for q certain sort of blanket.
Bandanna Is derived from an Indian
word signifying to bind or tie.
Calico is named for Calicut, n town in
India, where 1t was first printed.
Alpaca Is the name of n species Of
llama from whose wool the genuine
fabric Is woven.
The name damask is nm abbreviation
of Damascus; satin is a corruption Of
Zaytown, in China.
Velvet Is the italian "vellutc," woolly,
and is traccable farther back to the
Latin vellus, a hide or pelt.
Shawl is from the Sanskrit sala,
which means floor, shawls having been
first used Gs carpet tapestry.
Cambria comes from Cambria, gauzc
from GAIA, baize from Bajac, dimity
from Dametta and jeans from Jean.
Blanket bears the name of Thomas
Blanket, n famous English clothier who
aided the Introduction Of woolens into
England in the fourteenth century,
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
ONES NAME.
The Method Is a Rather Costly One
In Great Britain.

Ia Method Is a Rather Costly One
In Great britain.
Many people change their names
without asking permission from any
one or paying any fees whatever. This
is certainly the simplest way OF get.
ting rid Of Il name you do not appre.
ciate, but it Is apt to prove expensive.
For instance, such a course Ia strictly
illegal, and the government could step
in at any time and demand the pay
ment of a heavy fine; and, further
more, if the individual who changed
his name without consulting anybody
happened to come in for n large sum
of money unexpectedly the authorities
would decline to recognize his claim
If he had failed to pay the fees due to
the heralds' college for assuming d
name not given in baptism.
There are two ways OF changing
your name, and they are both rather
costly. One method is to have a pri-
vate act Of parliament passed for your
benefit. This course is generally fol-
lowed only by peers and people to
whom money is no object, for it costs
f75O. This nearly all goes in fees to
minor officials for bringing your case
before the Legislature, inasmuch as the
actual passing Of the bill costs prac.
tically nothing. And the only advan.
tage you will gain from this expensive
way of going to work is hat inquiries
will not be made into your past history,
which by the other alternative are un.
avoidable.
The usual method adopted for legally
changing the name Is somewhat te-
very substantial reasons for 80 doing
or your claim Will not be allowed. II,
for instance, you inherit property
which makes 1t conditional that you
change your name you can do 30 on
payment Of about ESQ In fees.
In the first place you must com
municate with the home secretary,
who, If he considers your claim valid,
will refer you to the heralds' college
and the king Of arms. These officials
will make full inquiries into your his
tory and satisfy themselves beyond
question that your reason for wishing
to make tie change is in every way
legitimate. This. done, they will again
C~oInLuuIICutC Wlul tu9 HOuue beCTetdTyt
who will lay your claim before the
king, for he alone has power to au-
thorize the change being made. Even.
tually, after ONE months of waiting,
you will be informed by the heralds'
college that his majesty has approved
of your claim and the change Of name
is published In a remote corner Of the
London Gazette.
Finally 1t is worthy Of mention that
no n can hold a public appointment
under government who has changed
his name without the consent OF the
king, however brilliant may have been
his services to the country. Tho reason
for this is rather curious. The name
given you at your baptism is in theory
ratified by the sovereign as head OF the
church, and by assuming another on
your own responsibility you are DELHI
erately breaking a law Of the land
London Tit-Bits.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

Ell of Peace Allure to Death.
Dreams of peace have always allured
mankind to their undoing. Human des-
tiny has been wrought out through
war. The United States is IN illus
tration. Little of the soil which now
acknowledges the sovereignty of the
Union has not been subdued by arms.
The first settlers slew the Indians or
were themselves slain; next the Amcri-
cans and English conquered the Frcnch;
aftcrward the Americans turned on the
English and, with the aid of France,
elected them. In 1912 VIC again fought
the English to defend the national
unity and subsequently took California
from Mexico by the sword. To CONSOLE
date q homogeneous empire we crush
ed the social system of the south, and
lastly we cast forth Spain. The story
is written in blood, and common sense
teaches us that as the past has been, SO
will be the future. Nature has decrecd
that animals shall compete for life, OF,
in other words, destroy or be destroyed.
We can hope for no exemption from
the common lot.-Brook Adams in At
lantic.
Music the Kernel of Welsh Nature.
Music Is the very soul and kernel OF
the Welsh nature. A musical car is the
national birthright. Every Welsh
preacher who migrates to an English
church finds the greatest difficulty In
abstaining from that weird, peculiar
intonation of his sermon which is
known as the hwyl and which is often
strange and Objectionable to English
ears.
a remarkable and subtle fact which
will be interesting to English readers
and ut the same time significant of the
constituencies of the Welsh musical ear
is that it is positive discord to many
among the Welsh congregations If the
minister, in giving out the first verse
of the hymn, does not SO pitch his voice
that 1t shall be in harmony with the
key in which the tune has prclimina-
rily been played by the instrumcntalist.
-Westministcr Review.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
MOUETvlLLE r.. F. D. NO. L.
Personal and Social News-Col. j. ID.
NJ. Shaw Improving.

MoUNTvILLE mi r. r. ID. ROUTE
No. 1-Col. I'D. M. Shaw is improving
from his recent severe Illness.
Mr.. John N. Wright, Jr., after
spending the holidays at home, re-
turned to Clemson Saturday.
Miss George Whstley, ofGreenwood,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Whetley.
Miss Louise Harris, of Grey Court,
spent a few days with Miss Kate
Wright last week.
Mrs J. t. A. Ballew is visiting rela-
tiyes in Batesburg.
Mr.. A. b. Crisp and Miss Lyl Cul-
bertson visited friends at Rspley last
week.
Mrs. H. A. league, of Augusta, Ga.
is visiting Mrs. r. Il. Dunlap.
Miss Ethel league left Tuesday for
Alfalfa, Ala, where she will spend
several months with her sister, Mrs. G.
G. Robertson
Miss Ruth Crisp leaves to-day for
Greenville, to resume her studies at
Chicora College.
The sociable given by Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. league on Tuesday night was
enjoyed very much. The following
out-of-town visitors were present: Miss
Louise Harris, OF Grey Court; Miss
What'ey, Of Greenwoo1; Miss nellie
Fuller, of Sign Board, and Misses
Henry and Kate Wright, sallie Holmes,
Ethel league, Julia Smith, Fannie V.
Smith, Loire league, and Messrs. G..
r. Smith, Jno. N. Wright, Jr., Thos.
Holmes, John league, Rob and Henry
Mi(Rm, of Lis bon. O.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
A DANCE IN THE KLoNDlKE
Joaquin MiIIer's story and the wa
He Clinched 1t,

He Cltnched 1t.
AT one of his lectures Just after his
return from the Klondjke Joaquin Mil
Ter told the following story: zone night
1 was invited to a dance in a miners
cabin, and while Bill Dalton scraped
away ON his fiddle we just hoed it
down. But the miners tramped in and
out so much between dances that be-
fore midnight the ladies declared the
hoor was so slippery they couldn't
lance another step unless something
was done. Then something was done
that never was possible in mining
days In California. Each miner gal
lantly opened his buckskin powder
pouch and sprinkled gold dust on the
floor! And this was repeated through
out the night. And in the morning,
ladies and gentlemen, those miners
never troubled themselves about sweep
Ing up that gold dust. They just hitch
ed up their dog sleds and rode away"
AT this point Of Miller's narrative
there was a slight agitation In the au
dience, nm ominous sign Of incredulity,
u Miller was equal to 1t. With a
wave of his hand toward one of the
boxes, no said, "And my OLD friend up
there In the box, Captain John Healy,
Will s~ubstantiate what I say"
1t was a master stroke of the poet,
for the house burst into applause and
greatly embarrassed the modest mil.
mining and RAILROAD promoter
or Alaska, who unexpectedly had ac-
copied MiIier's Invitation to attend the
lecture III the afternoon. sHltk
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Visiting His Boyhood,s Home

Mr.. g. w. Lindley who has been liv-
ing in the northeastern part of Texas
since 1858 is here on a visit. He is a
native OF Laurens and has many rela-
tives in the Northern and western
townships. The cotton crop, Mr.. Lind
ley says, was short In Texas though in
his part OF the state the boil wcevil Ia
no less q stronger than here. Mr.. Lind
ley stands about six feet two iuches
and is a good type of the fine looking
stalwart citizen that one some way or
other always expects to see in the
Texas farmer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
APHORiSMS.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
John Selden.
All imposture weakens confidence and
chills Observation-Disclosures
The only wealth which will not de-
cay is Observation-Disclosures
Trouble teaches men how much these
is in manhood.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Your real influence Is measured by
your treatment of yourself.-A. Bron-
son Alcott.
Human judgment is finite, and it
ought always to be charitable.-Wil-
liam Winter.
Kindness In us is the honey that
blunts the sting Of unkindness In an
other.-Landor.
Politcness Is a sort Of guard which
covers the rough edges Of our charac-
ter and prevents their wounding others.
-JOubert.
The constant duty Of every man to
his fellows is to ascertain his own pow
ers and special gifts and to strengthen
them for the help Of others.-Ruskin.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Startled the Chaplain.

An English clergyman tells many
quaint stories Of his experiences as n
prison chaplain. One of these relates
how he took a reformed burglar out
for a drive in the country after an en-
forced seclusion in one Of his males.
TVS prisons. The burglar appeared to
enjoy himself immensely, but when
they passed It pretty house standing
back from the road and bearing evil
dence of the taste and wealth of the
owner the burglar fairly gloated over
1t and, turning to the canon, exclaimed,
what n lovely little crib that would
be to crack, sir, wouldn't itf'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Marriages.

Married, at the home OF the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. William Dodson,
of Laurens County, S. @ on the even
Ing of Dec. 23rd, 1908, by Rev. Watson
B. Duncan, Mr.. Eugene Mitchell and
Miss Sallie Dodson.
married. On Dec. Oath, 1903, by Rev.
j. G. Henderson, at the home of the
BRIDES parents, Prof. j. e. Arnold, of
Greenwood, and Miss Lillian Mitchell,
OF Princeton, s. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA.


Sheriff John e. Vernon of Spartan
burg died Saturday night.
The annual report Of the state pen
itentiary elbows total receipts SOL ,O30. so
Balance in treasury s2s, 5I5. ID, none of
which can go to the state treasury as
the penitentiary will need it. The PEN
itentiary has 6s7 convicts and ought to
have more, according to the figures of
the attorneys generals report, printed
elsewhere. Curious but the penitent-
larry with 696 laborers can only support
itself. Some of our farmers with that
number Of iabOrers would make q mil
lion in a few years.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Mr.. C. e. McCrary Married.

Mr.. Charles E. McCrary, formerly OF
Clinton, now of Looxahoma, Miss, and
Miss Julia Levers, of that town wore
married on December, "a. The BRIDES
father was the late Mr.. Samuel Lew
ers, whose father, was the Rev. Mr..
Levers who formerly lived here and
was the first pastor of the Presbyterian
Church here.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

Mr.. VIM. s. Crane, Of California,
Md, suffered for years from rheuma-
tism and lumbago lie was finally adj.
vlsed to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which he did and 1t effected q complete
cure. For sale by Laurens Drug Go.
"Little Colds' neglected-thousands
Of lives sacrificed every year. DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures lit
tie colds--eures big colds too, down to
the very stages Of consumption:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
To the Members Of the Lyceum.

Two extra pttractions have been Sc
cured for u Lyoeum Course.
Germaine, the Magician, is sched-
uled for Feb. 9th. German ranks
next to Kellar the Great.
In March we will have a lecture by
the Southern Orator, DR.. Geo. Waver-
ly Briggs, Of Kentucky. Subject:
"The American Girl"
Remember that Prof. Charles Lane,
the humorIst, will be with us on Jan.
18th. Seats may be reserved Jan. IL.
While getting your seats reserved,
please call for tickets to the two extra
attractions without further cost.
b. T., ZONES.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
THE Ill YEAR
N THE NEW YEAR,!

Just now it is fitting that we express our appreciation
Of the highly satisfactory business which has been
accorded us during our second year in Laurens. We
thank our patrons for their interest and loyalty, and
while expressing appreciation, we wish, also, to ex-
tend our best wishes for a New Year of Happiness
and Prosperity for all. Your best interests shall be
our interests during the coming year. Our service
will, if possible, be better than ever before, as a prac-
teal acknowledgment of our appreciation of your
continued faver and patronage.
w. w. DOdSOn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Appointed Chief Mechanic.

Mr.. Alexander Rose OF Columbia has
been appointed to the position of chief
mechanic of the Laurens and Darling
ton Cotton Mills and with his family
Will live In Lsurens. Mr. Rose has held
a similar position in cotton mills in CO.
lumbia. he is o native of Charleston
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
Mixed Metaphop.

brethren" said an earnest exhorter
to a body Of religious workers, 'breth-
rem, remember that there is nothing
which will kindle the fres Of religion
In the human heart like water from.the
fountains OF life.n
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
The Dominant Janftor.

Mrs. McCall-And what did you say
your eldest boys full name was?
Mrs. De Coursey-Michael Brannigan
De Coursey.
Mrs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rather
odd.
Mrs. DE Coursey-Yes; but, you see,
when he was born we were living In a
fiat and we didn't want to move out.
Mr.. Michael Brannigan was the jani-
tor.-Philadelphia Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
The Poets Meals

Pm nearly famished," sighed tho
garnet poet.
"But you told me you had two meals
n day." said the friend.
Eyes; oatmeal and corn meal."-Phil.
adelphia Record.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
II Same pr,,s.

IL really must send the cook away,
George; she uses such dreadful lam
guage sometimes"
what kind of language, dearr
"Well-ob, the same as you use, you
notwithstanding Life.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
We Stake Our Claim

or Flour excellence upon the -four
itself--it's the very hest kind Of eyi.
dence. We know that II you will Just
try our flour once for yourself, you will
never want to 90 back to the Inferior
kinds. 1t will prove everything we
claim for 1t. Be sure you get "Clifton''
flour, IL you want the best.
Il. N. BarksdaIe,
M. H. Fowler.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
REV. =. q. TODD
OF VOYAGE.
An Interesting Stop at Honolulu-.-A
Beautiful RegIon--The Chinese
Servants On ShipbOard.

Tue letter printed below Is from
Rev. s. Charlton Todd, who, with Mrs.
Todd, has gone to China for missionary
work, to his mother, Mrs. Jauie O.
Clarke Of this city. 1t will be found Of
great interest.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
PlauaibIe Inference,

Gilbert-Pray, how do you know Miss
Merlin hns remained single from
choice?
tiorace-Because I never heard her
icy she had.-Boston Transcript.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

Sir Boyle Roche said, "Single misfor
tunes never come alone, and the great
est of all possible mlsfortunes is gcncr
ally followed by a much grenter."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
MAN MARRIES

He assumes responsibilities for the support of his
wife as long as SHE lives. His responsibility
doesn't end when the undertaken comes. Such
a thing might be possible if there were no life
insurance companies, but they are here and it
is their business to take up where you left off.
They only require the payment of a small fee
from each year while you. live and for this they
will furnish an income for your widow as long
as she lives.
When A Man Dies
And leaves the wife whom he has promised to
cherish and protect--leaves her without the
means of support during the long and weary
years through which she must fight her way
alone, he has not treated her fairly, to say the
least of it. He has taken her from the rooftree
of her father, used her for his own comfort and
pleasure during his life time, and then left her
with the bag to hold, and nothing in the bag,
save perhaps, half a dozen children. Did it oc-
cur to you?
D. SAM cox, General Agent,
State Life Insurance Co.,
Columbia, S. c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.

1t is exceptional to find q family
where there are no domestic ruptures
occasionally, but these can be lessened
by having DR.. Kings New Life Pills
around. Much trouble they save by
their great work in Stomach and Liver
troubles. They not only relieve you,
but cure. 25 cents at Laurens Drug
Go. and w. w. Dodson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes
tering diseases of the skin. Put an end
to misery. Doan's Ointment cures .
AT any drug store.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-06

impossible TO foresee an accident. Not
Impossible TO be prepared for 1t. DIR.
Thomas Electric Oil. Monarch over
pain.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
MISSING
HEIRESS
FOUND

Mobile. Ala. Jan. s.-Ethel Rovele
the alleged heiress TO a fortune OF s., s,oOo,-
600, is in this city. She says she came
here from Meridian. Miss, two weeks
ago. and that she had been in hiding
hero ever since. She seys that she left
Meridian. where she was visiting her
uncle. j. M Husky, of her own accord
and has not been in Birmingham or New
Orleans since she left Meridian.
The woman is uneducated. She says
that she was born I'm the country and
was married TO a man in De Kalb coun-
~, Ala. several years ago. and after
n happy life OF two years he died. Since
then she has taken her own name. The
young woman has engaged the services
OF two OF the most prominent attorneys
in the state. and they have carefully ad-
vised her not TO talk 20 the newspep per
men.
She said that she knew this money
was going to be left 10 her. but she
does not know what amount II Is. but
thinks II will go into the millions. The
property left by the dead relative In
ciudcs an interest In a silver mine near
Cripple Creek. Colo: a block oI real es-
tate In Denver. and mines and large
The girl said that the money was left
10 her by an aunt. Mrs. Minerva Bin
ford, wife OF Pink Bidford. who was
we'll known in mining circles in the West
many years ago. She said that the
money was left to her and a half-brother
who died In Spain about two days before
the will was opened. This brother. she
said. was a spy in. the spanisn-American
war. was taken 10 Spain for some act he
committed and died there.
The Roveiie woman said that the
money was left TO her under conditions
and one OF them was that she was 10
marry, and that the man who married
her had 10 take the family name OF Bin
ford or add II TO his I'm some manner.
and that she had TO lead a religious life
The woman said that there are other
conditions In the will. but that she would
not say what they were at this time
az II would give distant relatives a
chance to try to break the will.
She said that she intended to marry
on Jan. 40. J. p. Moses, a clothing mer-
chant. who has houses in Memphis and
Birmingham. The woman says at the
reason that she has not written 10 any
OF her relatives In that she desires her
presence kept a secret for she fears that
she will be kidnapped or possibly foully
dealt with by some distant relatives who
would naturally try to get the money.