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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
BACK GIVES OUT.
Plenty of Laurens Readers Have This ex
perience.

Y on tax the kidneys-overwork them
They can't keep up the continual strain.
The back gives Quit aches and pains;
Urinary trouble sets in. Don't wait
longer take Doan's Kidney Pills.
Laurens people tell you how they act.
j: III. Porter, employed in the Cotton
Mill, residing on Factory Hill, says,
my kidneys and back have bothered
me for quite a while. My back seemed
to be the weakest spot about me, and
when take cold it always settled there
and knocks me out. 1 have been so bad
at times that | had to lose several days
from work. The kidney secretions were
disordered, very dark and full of sedi-
ment and annoyed me by making me
get up during the night. / tried differ
ent remedies and wore plasters but
nothing did me any good until / got a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Pal
metto Drug Co.'S store. Since using
them the backache has left me and /
can sleep all night without my rest be-
ing disturbed and the kidney s~ecretions
have all cleared up and now have no
sediment in them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cts.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and take
no other.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

five dollars to a child the loss of a day
in the month is the loss of e dollar, of
about 20 per cent of the month.
The most valuable lesson to be taught
the child is the lesson of promptness
and punctuality--which is the lesson of
meeting obligations. 1t is the man who
is on time that makes good in business
and the child who is on time makes
that man. The parent that does not
help the child to be on time, rain, shine,
sleet or snow, is no friend to the child.
To lose a day from school is a disas-
ter. 1t costs the child just about as
much to leave it's classes for a day,
comparatively, as it costs a passenger
train to run off the track and be placed
on again. Rarely does the child or the
train make up the lost time so as to ar
rive according to schedule.
To take a child from school for a day,
without good cause, is to rob him of
that which cannot be restored.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
ENGLISH CIVIL v

h Fay In II Is Small, but the Post.
tions Are Eagerly Sought.
"Once II civil servant always n civil
servant" appears to be the metto OF
the English civil service, for unless one
proves dishonest or an extraordinarily
poor workman hc Is retained In service
until the age limit is reached and the
salary list is exchanged for the pen
sion roll.
Unlike the civil service In the United
States, there Is no strong partisanshlp.
Appointees hold their position no mat
ter which party may be in power.
The pay Is no large, yer In view Of
the small cost OF living in England.
Fifteen dollars Is about the limit Of
weekly payment In the p~ostonlce dc
pnrtment, though some OF the cxccu-
tive positions pay as high as $1,000 n
year. hit excise department Is IL fn-
vorcd branch, the pay starting at $3.50
n year. This Is raised by II yearly in
crease of $25 until the pay reaches
$40o, and after a year Is jumped to
$576. From there on the pay jumps
rapidly to $1,25O yearly, and II the Of
ncer Is fortunate in Mt last arriving Mt
the dignity Of collector he draws $4,000
yearly.
Parliamentary c%lerkshlps run from
$500 to $4,000 a year, and the navy de-
pnrtment will run a clerk up to $1,000
II he reaches the Importance OF fleet
pnymaster.
In spite Of the~small salaries the
places are eagerly sought, since 1t
means a life position, with n pension
for one's declining years.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
VERA ~SA.SSULITCH.
The Way ahe Great Russian Woman
Spy Blinded the Nihiltsts.

The Way The Great Russian Woman
Spy blinded the Nihilists.
When the famous General Trepohr
was only at tho beginning OF his career
Vera Sassulltch wRs his Invaluable as
slstant.
Trepon was the detested enemy of
the nihilists. and he was very anxious
to obtain inside information as t. their
doings and plans. Suddenly one day In
1878 he was fred Mt while driving
through the streets of st. Petersburg
by no other than Vera Sassulitch. She
was at once seized by the soldicry and
was charged with the attempted muir
der Of Trepoff, being tried I'm the ordi-
nary manner; but, to the amnZcmcnt
of the public, she WIS acquitted!
On her release the nihillsts gathered
about her, desiring to admit such n
friend OF the people to their closest ac-
q%uaintnnce. In this way she wns ad-
mitted to all their private circles and
was made acquainted with their &C.
crcts. These she mt once communicate
ed to the Russian government. The
truth was that tho whole business, in
Guiding the attempt on his life, was
faxed by Trepoff himself, md 1t was
simply n clever ruse to get from the nj
hllists what could not be got in any
other way. Thereafter Vera Snssulitch
played the part OF government spy on
innumcrablc occasions.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
STREET ETIQUETTE.

While walking with n lady, the gen
tleman should take the side next the
street.
One salutation Is all that ctvility re.
quircs when passing n person moro
than once oil n public promenade.
II the lady with whom you are walk
Ing is saluted by another gentleman,
acknowledge the same by removing
your hat.
The gentleman should raise his hat
when asking a lady's pardon for nm In
advertence. whether she Is known to
him or not.
Should you desire to converse with
n lady you should happen to meet, do
not detain her. but turn aud walk IN
her direction.
While walking with a lady In n
crowded th~oroughfare and obliged to
proceed singly, the gentleman should
precede the lady.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
POINT LACE.
The Result of the Genius of barbara
Uttman of Saxony.

The ReSult Of the Genius of Barbara
UttmRn OF Saxony.
A little known example OF inventive
genius I'm woman Is that afforded by
Barbara Uttman OF Snxony and her
point lace 80 long in fashionable use all
over the world. She invented the proc.
ess and apparatus for manufacturing
this beautiful handiwork. which has
since given employment to millions Of
operators and which, in its line, has
EVE been excelled. The apparatus
looks like n long pincushion bristling
with pins arranged to outline the pat-
tern or design. The operator manages
from ten to nifty peculiar spools, allow
ing the thread to feed over tho pins nj
tcrnately until the design Is completed.
The spools or bobbins are purposely OF
different colors, so as to be easily dis
~tlnguishablc. The process is slow and
difficult to learn. Miss Uttmnn found
ci schools where thousands learned II.
Since her time, when inventive ability
was rnrc even among men, her ideas
have been Incorporated I'm the Construc-
ton OF machinery by which the lace ia
produced ut wonderful lower rates, and
yet Barbara Uttmau's lace still sur
passes all.-Iondon Queen.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Too RicIl a Haul.

When General Trepof was chief Of
police In Moscow, before the estab-
lishmcnt OF the state liquor monopoly,
he was told from the Highest quarters
to suppress the orgies at popular re-
sorts In the town. A few days later
the police raided the principal restau-
rants after midnight, md the next
morning General Trepof asked Of his
august master directions for the pros
ecutlon OF one member Of the imperial
family, two judges OF the high court, a
mayor and deputy mayor, several gen
erals and many women we'll known In
Moscow society, who, among others,
had been arrested In the raid. The
matter ended there.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
100 Years Old.

A frame house can be kept in good
order for a 100 years, if painted with
to fifteen years. This is because the
l.. & M. Zinc hardens the l.. & M.
White Lead, and gives the paint extra
ordinary life. 1t also makes it cover
an enormous surface, so that four gal
Ions linseed oil will paint a moderate
sized house.
Actual cost when ready for use about
$1.20 per gallon.
James S. Barron, President Manches-
ter Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. G. writes:
I'm 1883 l painted my residence with
l.. e. M. 1t looks better than a great
many houses painted three years ago.
Sold by w. l.. Boyd Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Jacks Township O. K.

"They say that Jacks Township is
against the ~Dispensary," says the New
berry Observer, and it adds: "If that
be true" the fate of the G. M. 1. is
sealed. 1t cannot be true. We think
we al safely attach to it "acres of la
bels' describing it as a SANDER. Jacks
Township is more faithful to Senator
Tillman than any other Township in
South Carolina. Its voting population
consists of about two hundred good
farmers. From 1890 to 1896 the Anti
Tillman vote was from nine to eleven.
The two leaders of the minority are
dead. The single-heartedness with
which Jacks Township men, for they
are staunch, honest and brave men,
have devoted themselves to everything
that Senator Tillman has advocated
seems difficult to explain in these times
of individual assertiveness. Jacks
Township will not vote against the Dis
pensary. "Sardis Alliance" may be
dead, but it's soul is marching on
News and Courier.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
THE POWER.
n story OF President Grant and sn
Obstinate Subordinate.

"a story OF President Grant and an
Obstinate Subordinate.
General Grants generosity to his
foes, his many private and official kind
nesses to the widows and orphans Of
Confederate soldiers, Ia an old tale,
but 1t bears repetition In the form Of
an. incident which Helen ID. LQngstreet
gives In lee and Longstreet Mt High
Tide"
The widow Of n Confederate officer
applied to tho %pOstofice department to
be appointed postmistress In n small
southern town. AS she heard nothing
Of her application, she ven to Wash
ington to press II. She was unable to
move the authorities Mt the postoffice
department and was about to go home
In despair when q friend suggested that
II might DO worth while for her to see
the president.
With much effort she summoned
courage and appeared mt the White
House. The president received her in
a most friendly name inc after hear
Ing her story took her application and
wrote n strong but brief Endorsement
on the back OF 1t. She hurried In tri-
umph to the p~ostofice department. =
The official to whom she presented
the application frowncd and pondered
over 1t for some time and then wrote
under the presidents Endorsement,
This being n fourth class office, the
president docs not have the appointing
power"
The application was handed back to
her, and she went away in deep dis
tress and was again preparing to re.
turn home when another friend told
her by all means to take the paper back
to the president, s. that he might see
how his Endorsement had been re-
ceived. When the president rcnd It
he wrote under the last Endorsement,
"While the president does not have the
appointing power In this office, he has
the appointment Of the postmaster gem
cral," and, summoning his secretary,
President Grant directed him to ne
company the lady to the department
and in person deliver her application
to the postmaster general.
She received the commission before
she left the office.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Sabbath Dny at Due West.

Two of the Bethel boys went to Due
West lately to visit a young lady, but
it happened to be the Sabbath day and
although they spent the whole day
they couldn't get to talk to her as it
was against the rules. They say they
do not wish to spend another Sunday
there as it was so lonesome and the
people there do nothing but read nov
els. This must be a mistake, however,
and the people must have been reading
their Bibles. -Abbeville Medium.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Essay on Twins.

Johnny was asked to write a short
essay on some interesting experience of
his. Success" tells what he wrote:
"Twins is a baby, only it's double. 1t
usually arrives about 4.37 in the morn
ing, when a fellow is getting in his
best ticks sleeping. Twins is accom-
panied by excitement and a doctor.
When twins do ennything wrong their
mother can't tell which one to lick, so
she gives it to both of 'em so as to
make sure. We've got twins to our
house, and I'd swap 'em emmy days for
a billy-goat or NOSE ennything.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
MERCHANTS NEWS

We extend to every one a cordial in
vitation to visit our store and let us
show you through our entire line of
northumberland.
S. M. & E. H. Wilkes e. Co.
Before you buy be sure to let us show
you our line of Bed room Suits made of
solid oak, beautifully finished and at
prices that will be to your interest to
see our line.
S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co.
You can find here any kind of lamps
you may want from the small hand
lamp to the large decorated parlor and
hall lamps. Be sure to see our line
before you buy.
S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co.
If you are thinking of putting in any
CRATES this fall be sure to let us show
you our line and figure with you before
S. M. e. e. H, Wilkes g. Co.
mr~~Unr os exao
,ors of DIR. F. G. Fuller, deceased.
Sentember 9Th, 1905.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
Has tho Most Legs.

The little creature which bears the
distinction OF owning more legs and
feet than any other known organized
being Is tho mlllepcd, which literally
means Thousand footed" There are
several species OF these curious worms,
all possessing the characteristic Of hay
ing n many scgmcntcd body, each seq
ment provided with n pair Of legs. On
like the ccntlpeds-"hundred footcd"-
they arc perfectly harmless.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
WHO PAYS FOR FOOTBALL

The football season is about to open.
Who pays for the football expenses in
our Colleges? It's an expensive game
where teams have to be trained, by
salaried Coaches" Some of the Col
leges in South Carolina have had good
teams. We are glad of it. We hope
that the teams will be maintained. But
we don't think the gate receipts at the
games can be sufficient to meet the cost
and out of curiosity, idle and meddle-
some perhaps, we should like to know
where the money comes. Especially
would we like to know this about the
South Carolina College and Clemson
teams, because they are State Colleges.
The following from the Kansas City
Journal about 1.-THE Boy that is Raised
by Hand" contains a world of common
sense:
IAN old farmer of Nemaha county
recently remarked that q homegrown,
hand-spanked, bare-footed and hard
fighter in the battles of life than does
the pampered, h~igh-collared, creased
trousered youth of our towns and cities
whose clothes have always been busted
with a whjsk broom instead of a shin
GLE"
The boy that is raised by the rules of
Textbook may turn out well sometimes,
but it is the fact nevertheless that
those brought up in the old fashioned
way are in the saddle in these United
States.
1t has frequently been noted that few
of the Presidents of the United States
were born in great cities and the lead
ing men in all professions and lines of
business have been country boys. OF
course a country boy" does not neces-
sarily mean a boy that lives outside of
Incorporated towns. "The Country" in
cludes the villages and towns. The evils
of city life are found for the most part
only in the great and crowded commu-
mites.
THE ADVERTISER thinks now as it
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
LAUGH AND GROW FAT.
A Mothers Judgment,

Johnny Ito his sisters young MANI -
What baseball club did you play with
this season?
Sisters Young Mani never played
a game of baseball in my life. Why
do you ask?
Johnny Cause l heard ma tell sister
that you were a splendid catch.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
One Thing Certain.

"Of course, heat causes metals to ex-
pnnd. There's no doubt OF that. Don't
you believe III"
well, Mt any rate, l know that n
hot old time doesn't cause n Ave dollar
gold piece to expand to any great ok
tent."-Philadelphia Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

HusbandzwsIi, rasdam, you've got
w. h. WASHINGTON,
For Committee.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20
THE ADVERTISER thinks now as it
always thought the Hon. HI. H. Evans
is the best of the lot.

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes
tering diseases of the skin. Put an end
to misery. Doans Ointment cures. at
any drug store.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

Our salesman shall be pleased
to call and show you more fully.
A postal card will bring him
with a machine to you at once,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-20

= ~n. rNrNAA1T ds eA1cu-
tors of DIR. F. G. Fuller, deceased.
September 9Th, 1905.
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
FTe-FIghting Device
PLeaSeS Chief Belt
New Appliance for Saving Life Will Soon Be
iested by the Washington Department.
Training Tower Has Been Erected.

General instructions will shortly be
issued by Chief Belt TO all the officers
and men OF the local fire department In
regard to experimenting with the new
device for the saving OF life and the
extinguishing OF fires
A training tower has been erected and
instructions Will be given members of
the department in the use of new appli-
ances
The tower. built on the ground owned
oy the District In the rear of No s
engine house. on North Carolina avenue
southeast, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, Is constructed particularly for
the proposed experiments and is a
model OF its kind II is seventy-five feet
hi8h and thirteen feet square IL is
built of Georgia pine and will last for
many years
experiments other than these that are
under consideration at tho present time
VIII most probably come dp before the
Dlstrict for consideration and the
tower VIII be in place for the trials. In
Ventions are made in new fire lighting
appliances most every day and the chief
OF the IRE department will have the
tower TO make any experiments ne NAV
"n 10 'ry. The tower has been built
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
.RECORD-BREAK|NG
CROPS PROMISED
Difficulty Experienced in Finding Suf-
fcient Labor-Cotton Output
Large.

This years product OF the soil gives
promise of being record-breaker. both
in valUe ard output
Reports throughout the country point
directly 10 unparalleled crops. The
railroads. manufacturers. shippers. con-
sume-s and producers alike are report
ing gigantic agricultural production.
The labor situation IS another cri-
terion by which the crop conditions can
be gagged. Labor throughout the agri-
cultural districts is at a premium. In
Illinois, Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa and
throughout the North ana West and In
some sections of the South farm labor
ers cannot be obtained. This is eX-
planned by the fact tina; the manufactur-
er. jobber and shipper are employing.
in many cases. double their normal force
TO take care OF this years crop.
The railroads estimte of the crop
that will be marketed this year is $50,
90 carioards. II is seneraIlv conceded
that the railroads do not move more
than one-third of the grain harvested
Taking It from that point of view the
crop conditions were never so promis-
ing. and considering that the danger
period is past, very little fear. is held
that the crops will fail short of expec-
taffnuS
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
A CALL FOR OLD PIANOS
The F.. G. Smith Piano Co.
Desires to Obtain Is Old )
Square Pianos for the
Country Trade
A SPLENDID CHANCE
loDispose of Your Old Piano
to Good Advantage

Our supply OF square pianos for the
country trade is. Just about exhausted"
said Mr. W. p Van Wickie Vice PreSi-
dent of th<--F. G. Smith Piano Company,
10 Ia Ave. We are obliged TO H.
sue another call for secondhand in
struments, and would like to get about
az least twenty-five OF them this week,
IL possible. Those who have old square
or upright pianos which they wish to
dispose OF to good advantage should
communicate with us at once. We win
SEND representative 10 submit an Of
Ter Tor the piano and have II hauled to
our WareroomS at our own expense.
IN exchange for the instrument we give
a due bill equivalent 70 It's full cash
value which VIII be received at any
time in part payment on a new Upright.
or 1t may be transferred 10 alsg Sody
whom the owner may designate II -
certainly far better to have a cash due
bill in YOUR pocket inSso-sd OF the old
piano which is very often In your way
at home or, in some cases, Is In stor-
age and putting you TO continual ex-
pense-
The Washington times., 1905-09-24

following the construction OF house.
The new appliances To- De used In the
drill consist of three pompier or scaling
ladders. some OF which are in use in the
department now; three pompier Iife-sav-
ing belts. which are made OF canvas
and have large metal hook attached
which has clasp in ii, and can be fas-
tened 10 the rungs Of a ladder or hooked
on loops made in a rope: one Browder
hfe-saving net. which will be used TO
catch a person who may jump from
a burning building; one thirty-foot lad
der (extentionJ.
Chief Belt is pleased with the tower.
and says that he hopes that through
the drills he VIII be able TO improve his
men IN the art OF fighting fire.
He wants his men TO be expert in the
useof the new ar 2liances. and be able 10
handle them as rapidly and quickly as
40 the hremen of other large cities
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
Good Cotton Crop.

The cotton crop Of the South may fall
short of the great crop OF last year
Reports made public point that way.
Yet & is claimed that this years output
of cotton viii approximate 10000. 900
bales. The potato crop is the only
other crop that. from present indica-
tons. will fail short OF last years out
put, bat. even so. it VIII be above the
general average.
Live stock is also in excellent market
ing condition and the railroad ~eople
say II IT were not for the fact thar .be
farmers are already supplied with ready
money. they would experience an almost
insurmountable problem in grain traffic
during the next three months.
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
JOKE ON MORGAN.

ApropOs of Senator Morgan, an anus
ing little story is told. Several years
ago column treating OF politics and
signed Bali was a feature OF the Age
Herald The articles, ably and well
written. reached THE Grand Old Man"
from Alabama and made themselves
felt. Once. when addressing the Sen
ate in Washington. Senator Morgan re-
ferred 10 that man Bali" and a good
deal OF amusement was furnished at his
expense when It was discovered later
that that man Bali'' was none other
than Mrs George Ball. at that time So
cial editor Of the AgeHerald, and author
or the political sketches Afterward
apologies were profuse. = Columbus
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