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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Personal AND OTHER NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. ID. Childress attended
the Greenville Fair.
Mr.. A. Huff has sold his house on
Jones street to Mr.. w. C. Irby, Jr.
Mr.. l., H. Davidson of Clinton was
here for Salesday. &
MIR. r. L. Gray, of Gray Court, was
in town for Salesday.
Solicitor Cooper is at Newberry this
week engaged in the Court of Sessions.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hollingsworth of
Cross Hill were in the city Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. j. ]. Pluss spent several days in
Greenville, last week with friends and
attended the Piedmont Fair.
Mrs. Virginia Miller visited her
daughter, Mrs. Horace McCallister of
Abbeville last week. /
Messrs r.. w. Brown and w. r.
Brown of Cross Hill were in the city
Friday.
Mrs. Lucy M. Hudgens has bought
the Park residence located on Main
Street. .t'
MIR. Downs Barksdale has bought the
Bewley house on Sullivan Street from
Mr.. G. B. Bobo.
Mrs. H. l.. Poole of Jonesvilie is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. L.. B. Blackwell
on Hampton street.
Miss Olivia V. Burnsides, of Lykes-
land Richland county, is teaching the
Sandy Springs school which opened for
the present term on Monday morning.
Messrs. Ed d. Shell, John ID. Owings,
j. Thos. Peden, Dorroh d. Peden and
H. Y. Simmons were in town Monday
from Gray Court.
Miss Louie Crews and Mr.. Charlie
Crews of Atlanta visited the family of
Col. Crews and other relatives in the
city during the past week.
Mr.. l.. A. Brock, President of the
Citizens Bank and one Of the leading
merchants of Honea Path, was in the
city Monday for Salesday.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Newberry,
was here during the past week the
guest of Mrs. j. D. Pitts, Mrs. j. F.
Burton and other relatives.
Misses Lucia Barksdale and Bessie
Hudgens, teachers of the Trinity and
Chestnut Ridge Schools respectively,
were the guests of Miss Hattie Nash of
Nerna from Friday until Monday.
Mrs. P. l.. Lance, accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Mary Lance, of
Charlotte, spent last week heal the
city with her sister, Mrs. Y. C. Hell
lams. On Saturday Mrs. Lance went
to Augusta to visit a daughter and is
expected to return to Laurens the last
of the week.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
ANOTHER VETERAN GONE.
After Long Illness j. l.. Heffernan Dies
at the Age of Seventy. Five.

Mr.. Jas. l.. Heffernan died at his
home near the city Wednesday night
after a long a painful illness. He was
about seventy-five years old and is sur
vived by his widow and a daughter,
Mrs. S. o. Leake. Mr.. Heffernan was
a native of Abbeville county, but had
resided in this county the lastten years.
He was a veteran of the Civil war anda
citizen true and loyal in al. the relations
of life.
The funeral and burial services took
place at Mount Pleasant Church Friday
morning.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
POIiteness.

P%ollteness and courtesy, like charity,
begin at home" and the woman who
is complaining that men are no longer
as courteous as they formerly were
should look first to her own family.
That there is a deplorable lack of cour-
tesy shown by men toward the women
whom they meet is an undeniable fact,
but is it not caused partly, at least, by
the women themselves? The fact that
a woman is working in the same office
with a man from 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing until 6 in the evening, often times
doing the same work as the man him
self, is no reason why nor excuse for,
his not showing her every courtesy due
her sex, but it does account i'm a great
measure for his carelessnessi in the mat
ter. For it is carelessness. The man
who is a true gentlemen at heart never
means any direct disrespect; it is mere
carelessness on his part that makes him
forget the little courtesies that u
grandfathers and great-grandfathers
were wont to bestow upon every wo-
man simply because she was a woman
But it is not the business woman who
is the chief cause of the mans attitude
OF this subject. The woman of leisure
who stays downtown always until the 6
o'clock car and then neglects to thank
the tired man when he gives her his
seat in a crowded street car, is the
same woman who always OCCUPIES one
of the three real seats and then scowls
at the man who smokes at her side. She
talks to the shopkeeper as if he were
her slave, with nothing to do but sell
her a postage stamp or rush about to
see that she is not disturbed while US
ing his telephone for a half hours idle
gossip while a hurried customer at the
other end must needs call at another
store. Indianapolis Sentinel.
BE sure to let us show you our line of
fancy center tables in either oak or ma
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
The Great Van Amburg Show.

Our citizens will soon have an oppor.
tunity of visiting one of the good shows
of the country. The Great Van Am.
burg Show will pitch its tents in Lau-
rens on Friday, November 10th. The
show promises to come this year larger
and better than eve before. The many
up-to-date features presented by this
show r novel and startling. The
horses and trained ponies are the best.
Elephants, camels, lions and a large
collection of trained animals are to be
seen in the grand free street parade, in
the forenoon on the day of exhibition.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Saved BY Dynamite.

Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by
%dynamiting a space that fire can't
cross Sometimes, a cough hangs on so
long, you feel as If nothing but dyna-
mite would cur it,. u. r. Gray, of Cal
houn, Ca, writes: "My wife had a very
aggravated cough, which kept her
awake at nights. Two physicians
could not help her; so she took DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, which eased
her cough, gave her sleep, and finally
cured her" Strictly scientific cure for
bronchitis and La Grippe. AT Laurens
Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug CO., price
SO cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Mart Gary Pardoned.

Gov. Hayward has pardoned Mart
Gary, a negro, who was convicted of
~manslaughter at the July term of court
and sentenced to two years on the
county chain gang. The pardon was
recommended by Judge Klugh and So
licitor Cooper, who declared that the
negro had not intended to kill, but was
guilty of gross carelessness.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Marriage Near Cross Hill.

Miss Gertrude Hill, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Hill and a popular
young lady of the county, and Mr.. Neel
Hill, an Industrious young farmer of
the Bathabara section, were united in
marriage at the home of the bride
Thursday night, November second, the
ceremony being performed by the Rev.
j. T. Taylor.
A reception and wedding feast fol-
lowed the ceremony.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Walker...Bradham

Invitations have been received in
Laurens to the marriage of Miss Mary
Sue Walker to Mr.. Herman Higgins
Bradham of Manning in the Methodist
Church at Enoree, Wednesday, Novem-
Der 18th. Miss Walker is the beautiful
and attractive daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. l.. Walker of Enoree and is an
exceedingly popular young lady.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
A Creeping Death.

Blood poison creeps up towards the
heart, causing death. j. E. Stearns,
Belle PLANE, Mimi, writes that a
friend ~dreadfully injured his hand,
which swelled up like blood poisoning.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the
poison, healed the wound, and saved
his life. Best in the world for burns
and sores 25 cents at Laurens Drug
Co. and Palmetto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Fire at Madden.

The store house owned and formerly
occupied by Mr.. P. H. Martin of Mad
den was burned Thursday night. The
store was being used for a ware house
and when burned contained a c~onsidera-
bic quantity of cotton seed. Mr.. Mar
tin is understood to have had some in
surance on the building.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Sent TO the Gang.

John Brown, colored, was sent to the
county chain gang Saturday for 30 days
by Magistrate Hudgens for carrying
concealed weapons.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
Hot Supper and Concert.

The ladies of the Mountville Presby-
terian Church will give a hot supper and
concert at the residence of r. T. Dunlap
Friday, November 18th.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
ooh, AM so TIRED!"

Is heard daily from old and Young rich and poor. Did you evcrstopa and consider
ue cauSe OF this remark? We will venture to "a nine cases out Of ten are
caused cause b. improper digestion This, or other symptoms of Indigestion such as
should re a warning to you who are in danger of having Indigestion, the great
.Kemember "A Stitch in time saves nine", and a bottle Of the celebrated
kelums Sure Cure for Indigestion has saved untold misery to people in MANY
parts of this broad land, by curing them permanently of this miserable disease.
Yes, not like the pepin dg@tves that help for a time, but cures permanently
ny causing the digestive organs to perform their functions Nature being such
a great rect; her o iso w ills, with the assistance of this powerful medicine
gives you a healthy stomach amd removes Indigestion and it's symptoms perna-
.nenty Sold on a $500 guarantee. so cents and $LOO per bottle at
LaurenS Drug Company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08

Be sure to let us show you our line OF
fancy center tables in either oak or ma
hogany.
S. M. & e. II. Wilkes & Co.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
THE CLAMPS NECK.
Purpose and characteristics of This
Organ of the BivaIve.

Persons who have seen soft shell
CLAIMS as they lay in pan in the kitch-
en- preparatory to being cooked scarce
ly recognize them in their natural state.
Many of us who have seen CLAIMS know
that they have 'necks," but are ig-
norant of the purpose and character
istlcs of this attachment. AS they lie
ON the ground they are far from being
close mOuthed. In fact, they are sell
dom to be seen with the shell closed.
From one end projects the meek"
which may be three times as long as
the shell when fully extended This
fact, in case the meek" is stretched
out, makes one wonder how such q
length can be contracted into such
small space and how much remains in
the shell after the meek" has been
elongated. This is the astonishing char
acteristic of the soft shelled clam and
the one that makes him unrecognizable
to so many people. One of the clans,
for instance, is three inches long. His
meek" when extended is possibly eight
or nine inches long and as large around
as a mans middle finger.
As every one knows, the clam when
in its native haunts is to be found sew
eral inches below the surface of the
sand. He has to be dug up when dis
covered by the little spurts of water
which the clam beneath throws up
when disturbed.
This meek" connects the clam with
his food supply in the, water above.
In the meek" are parallel tubes.
Though one tube the clam sucks in a
quantity of water. From the water he
absorbs whatever nourishment it may
contain and then expels the water
through the other tube.
One may wonder how the clam gets
into the sand or mud. At the end op-
posite the meek may be seen an ap-
pendage resembling a turtles tail in
shape and called foot 1t is with this
foot that he digs his way downward
Detroit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
ERRORS IN ILLUSTRATION.
How Easily They Are Made In Hurry
of Preparation.

Perfection of DETAIL" said the car
toonist, ''is very rare in the making of
pictures, whether they be painted on
canvas by the great masters or drawn
in line by men who illustrate the daily
newspapers. 1t is the general effect
that tells. There are few newspaper
pictures-and l don't except my own
in which you can't pick some flaw from
the standpoint of realism.
''In the hurried effort Of the news
paper artist, who counts the minutes
by the clock, there may be some excuse
for this, but when we see a man cary
ing a turkey left handed on the cover
of a magazine we must agree that the
artist has either been careless or else
has employed a left handed model to
pose for him, and the latter solution is
scarcely probable.
"a fisherman landing trout on a
light rod with never a finger on the
reel is quite common mistake among
magazine illustrations, and in. the mat
ter of costumes of various periods the
illustrators are woefully lacking in in
IOfIndllOn.
ITO illustrate how apt we are to
make mistakes" continued the cartoon
ist, several years ago drew a figure
representing Cuba, emaciated. starv-
ing. a thing of skin and bones. The
figure was half naked. and l tried to
bring out all the horrible details-the
shrunken limbs, the gaunt face, the
ribs protruding through the skin and,
above all, the hollow cavity where the
stomach should have been. A friend
Of mine, doctor, took me to task
about it. Persons who are starving to
DEATH he said, may be abnormally
emaciated in every other part Of the
| body except the stomach. The abdo-
men in the advanced stages is expand
ed, giving the victim a grotesque ap-
pearance To substantiate this state
ment he showed me some photographs
taken in India during famine, and
was forced to admit that he was right !"
| Philadelphia Record.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
HOW BIRDS SOAR.
yhe Kite Master of the Art of
Soaring.

In the summer of 1872 l was visit
in eastern Oregon" says a writer.
The residences of the government en-
ployees were in a deep valley between
table lands through which the water
rourses had cut deep canyons. 1 climb
I'd up on one of these tables, the edge
of which was in most places perpen-
dicular for ten, twenty and more feet,
and as l stood there in a strong breeze
blowing against the face of the slope
small hawk came gliding along eight
or ten feet above the edge and follow
ing the course of the edge, and he kept
on until he was little more than rod
away from me. He seemed to be max
ing no effort except little balancing
and turning in order to steer himself.
The explanation seemed to me very
simple. Just there at the edge there
was a strong, sharply ascending cur
rent which enabled him to use wind
and gravity against each other.
"In the autumn of that year went
to Fuchau, China, and there / found
the city frequented by a species of
large bird which we call a kite. 1t
seems to be half hawk, half buzzard,
in its build and habits. Its flight is
heavy and awkward, its wings being
too big for its pectoral muscles, and
their tips are not pointed like hawks,
but broad and square across. But it
is a master of the art of soaring.
There are in Fuehau two hills which
lie square across the path of the after
noon sea breeze Here toward the
close of a breezy autumn afternoon a
dozen or a score of these kites will
resort and have a genuine coasting
game.
These hillsides are quite steep, and
of course there results strong, sharp
upward current at the top. The kites
come to the top and, starting from the
eddy in the lee of the top, glide out
into the uprushing current. wings bal
ancing up and down and head and tail
turning and twisting till they are in
the heart of the upward current, and
then they turn broadside to it and are
borne upward and backward seventy
five or a hundred feet. Then they de-
scend again into the eddy and again
steer themselves out into the uprushing
current. Throughout it all there is very
little Tapping of the wings. s."-Chicago
News
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
ORIGINAL GRETNA GREEN.
Many Came Across English Border to
Have the Knot Tied.

A recent writer on the departed glo-
ries of the original Gretna Green in
Scotland has this to say of the priests"
who did the marrying for the hurrying,
anxious persons who came to them
from across the English border: "The
men who took up the trade of marry
ing had often been previously engaged
in some other occupation. Some were
stonemasons, some were weavers and
many were border idlers and poachers.
Among these last it is possible that
blacksmith may at some time have
taken to joining hands instead of iron,
but no one of the calling ever rose to
fame in the marriage line"
Joseph Paisley, who first made the
marriage trade "hum," is described as
nothing better than a drunken free
booter. But he was equal to this in
cident: "On one occasion his services
were required simultaneously by two
couples, both in desperate hurry, and
after the ceremony it was discovered
that, by trifling mistake, the wrong
brides and bridegrooms had been unit
ed. 'Awell.' said Paisley contentedly,
Jest sort yersels.'"
Eventually the "Gretna priests" be-
came so numerous, competition so
keen, that they waited on the English
border for the arrival Of customers" J"
None of them obtained reputation for
riches, nor we're they able to retire on
their earnings. but died in harness.
The usual price for celebrating a mar
riage was half crown (3S1a cents), but
one poor couple got off for sixpence,
and Il still poorer couple for 21a pence.
Chicago News.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
SlAMESE BELIEFS.
Some Peculiar Notions of "A Very Su-
perstitiOus People.

persttt1Ous People.
'The Siamese are very supersti-
tious people," says Ernest Young, au-
thor of the Kingdom of the Yellow
Rule" ''They have many peculiar ex-
plantations of natural phenomena.
InSinSI7f, for instance, is the sky cry
ing They believe that in the realms
above is a horrible giant whose wife
has a violent and uncertain temper.
When they quarrel the echo of his
voice comes in long, rolling notes from
the clouds. If he is very angry he
throws his hatchet at his unruly spouse,
and when this pOnderous weapon
strikes the floor of heaven the thunder
bolt falls through and comes to earth.
"Falling stars are accounted for by
the fact that the angels occasionally
indulge in torch throwing at one an
other. When these same beings all in
sist upon getting into the bath at once
the water splashes over the side and
it rains. The winds that sigh in the
night are the voices of babies that have
lost their way in their travels to the
land beyond the grave.
when a Siamese dies he is not
buried, but his corpse, fully dressed
and then wrapped in a winding sheet,
is placed in a sitting posture in cop
per urn. A tube is placed in his mouth,
and through this a mixture of quick
silver and honey is poured into the
body. In this way it is kept for a
long time, often for years. Eventual
ly it is burned, and the ashes are care
fully preserved. The souls of those
whose bones at least are not burned
are supposed to become slaves of q
horrid taskmaster with a head like a
dog, a human body and the temper OF
a fend. He sits for all time with his
feet in the fires OF hell. and it Is the
duty of his slaves to keep these fires
from growing too hot. To do this they
must carry water in open wicker bas
kets through all eternity"
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
HALF PINT WATER CAUSES
ASTRONG CASK TO BURST
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT RESULTS FROM
A CAUSE THAT HARDLY SEEMED POSSIBLE.
Follows a WeIi-known Law of Physics That
Ihe Pressure Exerted by Liquids Increases
iu Proportion 10 Their Depth.

InaG a small quantity or water, say
half pint may be made to burst
strong cask seems a startling state
ment to make, and yet it is true. 1t is
a we'll known law of physics that the
pressure exerted by liquids increases
In proportion to their depth. Suppose,
therefore, that we have a strong cask
filed with water and standing on end.
The slaves of this cask may be made to
burst apart by adding a very small
quantity of water to what is already
in the cask. AS the cask Is already
full, some way of adding the water
must be devised. To do this hole is
bored in the end or head of the cask,
and a long tube of small diameter is
inserted upright. At the upper end Of
the tube is a small funnel into which
water is poured until the tube becomes
full, and when that point is reached
the cask will burst
This seems almost incredible, but
it is only a demonstration of the law
that has been cited. When the water
Is poured into the tube it unites with
the water in the cask, and the depth Of
the water is several times as great as
that in the cask alone. The fact that
there is only a small quantity of water
in the tube makes no difference, for it
is now one body, and it's depth is gaug-
ed from the top of the tube to the bot
tom of the cask.
AS a matter of fact, this experiment
is only an artificial reproduction of
what we know takes place in nature.
Some of her greatest convulsions are
caused by this very process. Suppose,
for example. that there is great mass
of rock, under which there is cavity
filed with water that has no outlet
Suppose, moreover, that there is a
crack extending from the surface of the
ground through this mass of rock to
the water filled cavity underneath. A
rock in this condition is a common
thing in nature, the crack being caused
by some disturbance of the earth or by
its splitting in the natural order of
things. Now, when it rains enough to
fill that crack, thus increasing the depth
of the water in the cavity, the pressure
will become so great that the rock will
be torn into hundred fragments.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
DIAMOND SMUGGLERS.
Few Caught Owing to Their Inge-
nuity In Hiding Gems.

Few Caught Owing to Their Inge-
nuity In Hiding Gems.
Diamond smugglers are a constant
source of worry to u.s." said the Gus
toms house inspector Despite every
precautiOn taken here and abroad to
spot them, not more than 10 per cent
are caught with the goods. There seems
to be no limit to the devilish ingenuity
employed by these-I was going to say
gentry-but there are quite as many
women in the business as men.
1T is really wonderful. when you
come to think of it. that we are ever
able to make a good haul when you
consider how easily diamonds can be
concealed. Hollow heels are a favorite
receptacle for the precious stones, and
/ understand that there are places in
Europe where you can buy shoes spe-
ciany constructed with spaces in the
heels.
Il remember one woman-she is still
in the business-who displayed great in
.genuity in Smuggling diamonds. 1t
was only by chance that we caught her
at one of her tricks. She arrived with
very striking Paris bonnet, which
was Ornamented with punches Of
grapes. While we were examining her
baggage this dream of hat blew off
and was smashed by a passing truck
l rushed calamity to recover the hat
and then saw that each of the grapes
! contained a diamond or precious stone.
She got what was left of the hat, but
nothing more.
What can a man of ordinary per-
ception do with such people? They
will best him every time unless he's
| gifted with second sight. l never see
a chap with long hair but l think of
the day we picked $4,000 worth Of
stones from a fellows head who wore
a pompadour like a brush heap.
mo. we can't keep up with all their
4 tricks and don't expect to. It's the be-
havior of the smuggler that generally
gives him away. When we see a man
or woman acting uneasy, nervous, be
traying his or her guilt by gestures, we
have him or her searched. One gets to
know the smuggler face after a time
and so captures are made. New York
Eerald.