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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
Making New Road.

A new road is being graded from a
point near the ford on Mudlick creek
westward across North Rabun near AL
bert A. Garlington's, thence to South
Rabnn creek several hundred yards
above the Burnt Factory bridge. to the
main road from Tumbling Shoals to
Laurens at a point near the William
Bolt old home place.
The new road is about two miles in
length and is intended to take the place
of the Fuller road.
Supervisor Humbert, who Is having
the road cut by the county chain gang,
estimates the total cost, including tn, ee
bridges, at about 81, 500.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
Notice of Election.

An election of the qualified voters of
Waterloo Special School District No. Ia
vii VII be held Wednesday, February 28th,
1906, from 2 to a O'Clock, p. M, at
Waterloo, to vote for or against Special
Tax.
23-2t w. II. WHARTON, Clerk.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
Notice of
County Treasurer.

The County Treasurer's Books viii
be open for collection of State, County
and Communication Road Taxes for fiscal
year 1904 AT the T~rcasurer's Office, from
October 18th to December 3lst 1905.
Those who prefer to do so can pay in
January, 1906, with one per cent. add
t%ional; those who prefer paying in Feb
ruary, 1906, can do SO with 2 per cent.
additional; those who prefer to pay in
March, 1906 TO the 18th of said month
a do so by paying an additional Z per
cent. After said date the books will
close.
All persons owning property or pay
ing taxes for others in more than one
Township are requested to call for re-
c:eipts in each township in which they
live. This is important, rs additional
cost and penalty may not be attached.
Prompt attention will be given those
who wish to pay their taxes through
the mail by checks, money orders, etc.
Persons sending in lists of names TO be
taken off, T. urged to send them early
as the Treasurer is very busy during.
the month of December.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
Supervisors of Registration.

Messrs. Ben W. Lanford, Thos. S.
Langston and j. Pat Caldwell have
been appointed supervisors of registra-
ton for this county for a term of two
years.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

Be sure to see our line of kitchen
safes in different styles and sizes, made
of the best grade of material and have
ventilated tin in the doors.
S. M. & E. II. Wilkes H Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
Notice

Consumers of I~ncandescent Lights
must have meters placed by April LIST
next, as fiat rate will be prohibited af-
ter that date.
BY order of Council.
L.. G.. BALE,
29-2t. Clerk.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

Is it a burn? Use DIR. Thomas Ec-
leetric Oil. A cut? Use DR.. Thomas
Eclectric on. At your druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
NOTICE OF
E. l. ECTIO
SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 8,
DIALS TOWNSHIP.

An election will be held at Shi-
ioh Academy. School District No. 3,
Dials Township, Wednesday, March
18th, 1906, to decide whether a tax of
two mills for school purposes shall be
levied and collected in said district. Those
in favor of said tax will vote eyes"
and those opposed "No." 1t is ordered
that the Board of Trustees shall act as
managers of said election, which shall
be conducted according to the rules
governing general elections. Polls will
be open from z a. m. to A p. m.
BY order of the County Board of Ed
ucation of Laurens County.
II. w. NASH, Chairman;
r. e. BABB,
w. P. CULBERTSoN,
29-2t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

Let us show you our line of children's
high chairs made of oak or reed with
or without the adrons.
S. M. & E. II. Wilkes g. Co.
We have just received a large and
complete line of Graphophone Records,
consisting of all the latest songs and
band pieces. Now is the time to get a
good selection Of Records.
S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21
THE ADVERTISER.
Subscription Price-12 Mouths, SI.OO
Payable In Advance.

RATES o ADVERTISING. - Ordinary
advertisements, per square, one inser-
tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion,
80 cents. Liberal reduction made for
large advertisements.
Obituaries: All over so words. one cent
q word.
Notes of thanks: Five cents the line.
w. w. BALL,
Proprietor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-02-21

Entered at the postoffice at Laurens
S. C. as second class mail matter.
LAURENS, S. c., Feb. I'll, 1905.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
sTooPs.

Most farmers are through strip
ping tobacco,
Grippe SCENE to be epidemic in
this neighborhood.
John Stull has been seriously i'll
with stomach trouble.
Tom Coons left laet week on a
prospecting tour through Southern
Texas,
W. II. Bridges has been quite
sick. Squire John Steel is slowly
improving.
Mrs. I. N. Coous. Of Bourbon
county is with relatives here.
A. W. Byrd was at Winchester
last week.
McClain q Alexander sold a
crop of tobacco to Robertson u
Stone, of Bethel, for 10c and SO
per pound. Byrd q Fassett sold
their crop of tobacco to Kirkpat-
rick Tor - Genus.
Bert Saunders and wife spent
last week with relatives in Fleming
county.
Thomas Wren and sister, Miss
BERTHE, of Salt Lick, have been with
their parents, b. c. Wren and
wife.
j. f. Grooms was at Plum Lick
one day last week,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
LETTER 70 ADVOCATE READERS
W. s. Lloyd Guarantees nyOmei 70
Cure CatarTh or 1t Costs
Nothing.
Editor of the Advocate;-

Editor of the Advocate -
In view of the prevalence OF
catarrhal troubles at this season OF
the year, | want to tell your read
ers that l have never sold any
thing that gave more satisfaction
than Hyomei, when used in ca
tarrhal troubles, You get imme-
diate relief from the treatment,
and consistent use will prove to
every sufferer, as it has to many OF
our customers, the virtue of this
preparation.
The complete HYomei outfit con-
sists OF pocket inhaler, medi-
cine dropper, and bottle of Hv.
omei, and the price is only ST.
whiie additional bottles can be OBJ.
tanned for so cents
| positively guarantee cure
when Hyomei is used in accor-
dance with directions, or will
refund your money. This certain
" shows our faith and belief in the
virtues OF Hyomei.
Yours very truly,
Jan-IO &.94. w. 8. Lloyd.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Zc ORRESPONoENcE.1
s~~~~~>~~~~~~e
Plum Lick


Born, to John Reid and wife, q
son.
James Kendall sold 10000 lbs.
of tobacco to French at 8 cents
straight.
Joe Booth has bought several
crops Of sobacco in this neighbor-
hood at Sc and 10e.
James Bryant, who suddenly els
appeared. was found lying on his
back in small stream of water
dead. 1t is supposed his heart
tailed. He had been dead several
days
1t takes 81 ,0OO,O 100000 yer year
to keep the people of the United
States in wbiskey. and still there
are millions of them. going about
complaining that they are as dry
as fish.
One little black skunk, not as
large as a rabbit, can befoul a
drove Of a thousand sheep and
trot off. In like manner one long
tongue gossiper can stir up whole
town or neighborhood, and be-
smirch the fair characters in it,
and trot off unframed. OF the
two, we would rather be the skunk,
for the long-tongue tattling gossip
er is sure of hell, while the skunk
is not.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
superstitions q Burglars.

A writer who has been investi-
eating the subject of superstition
among burglars gives it as his con.
clusion that no burglar will
"crack" a house where female
servant that squints is kept. If 4
burglar sees three different horses
slip down in day he will not work
that night. One Englishman in
the dock confessed that members
Of his profession would never
''burgle" houses with the numbers
p, 93, Ill and 444.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Ways OF AMATEUR sLEvrH


1--WE have young professional
ssslsss,. at out house who imagines
himself ia second Sherlock
Holmes said the star boarder 10
the New Orleans Times Demo
crat. mo matter how deep the
mystery presented in the columns
Of the daily press, invariably at
the breakfast table he is ready
with solution. He is q doctor Of
medicine, and ! must confess that
he is bright beyond his years, but
he has not yet developed to a point
where he can give our old friend
Sherlock run for his cash. But
to the story. The doctor sleeps
in his Office, which occupies room
on the lower floor Of our boarding
house. The other evening he was
suddenly called away on profess
sional business. Several of us
boarders were seated on the gal
lery. 1t was noticed that the doc
tor, in his rush to go to his pa
tient, neglected to turn OF the gas.
This always drew scOwl FROM
the landlady. / volunteered to
turn off the jet, but discovered
that both the front and rear doors
leading to the Office of the doctor
were locked. One Of the boys sug
gested that / climb through the
window. Ibid so. When / reached
the inside l invited one of the
other bOarders to follow me and
have a glimpse at the doctors
mode of housekeeping. The idea
struck me that we could have
some fun by turning the room up
side down and making it appear
that burglars had been busy dur.
ing the doctors absence. We emp
tied his armoir, throwing the
clothes in the middle Of the floor,
and ransacked the drawers of his
desk. The room was a sight
when we doused the gas and de
parted. The next morning at the
breakfast table the doctor said he
had been robbed. One of the men
asked him if he missed anything.
No. he said. they soon found they
had gotten in the quarters of Il
poor man. They were after money,
and when they could not find any
they took revenge by throwing all
my clothes and effects over the
floor Have you any clew?' in
quired the boarder who had al
ways pretended belief in the doc
tors ability to fathom mysteries.
Yes, was the reply, and The
young professional man knitted
his eyebrows and centered his op
tics on fly that was creeping up
the wall. There was only one fel
low implicated. traced him early
this morning, shortly after day
break, as far as the front gate by |
hisfootsteps. ThereI lost track OF |
him when he stepped on the brick |
banquette. You see, in leaving
the premises he walked on the
ground, in order that his foot
steps might not be heard. But
have the size of his shoe, and may
get him yet 0f course, we all
told the doctor that we hoped he
would bring the scoundrel to jus
tice. But thus far he has failed
TO do So"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Preferred a Novice.

That man must have been a bit
of a Wagwho, when advertising in
a matrimonial paper for "a nice
young girl, of affectionate DISPOSE
ton, willing to make a good-look-
ing bachelor happy" added the
words: "Previous experience not
necessary.v-Chicago journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
A Noted Hunter.

We clip the following from the
News of Frenchburg:
Geo. f. Long sends in the follow
ing report of the game he killed
during the gaming season of 1905
Racoon,s 2 Gaoundhog,s 6 pes
SUMS Is Gray squirrels 35 Rab-
bst,s Is total number of all wqech
is 70 this beats any game report
vet broughn in this year. Sic 'em
Tige
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
"HOw do you know?0 asked
professionally Considered.

"Public opinion is a great pow
er," remarked the earnest citizen.
YES" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax; "a great deal may be done
with it. The trouble is that II is
so hard to capitalize" Washing
ten Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

There are several persons IN
and around Mt. Sterling who are
in the poultry business on a large
scale and all of them are making
it profitable.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

The parties proposing to con-
struct the electric railroad from
Paris through North lMiddletown
to Mt. Sterling, propose losing no
time in getting to work.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

Mt. Sterling water plant is as
good as there is in the State, and
the company will contract at a
low rate for water for power or
any other use.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

Monday is County Court day,
also the beginning of Circuit
Court. We would be pleased to
meet every subscriber OF the AID
yocArE at its office on that day.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

An effort Of our people all to-
gether will not only secure sew
eral electric railroads, but another
steam railway.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

If the waterworks peopleswould
join with our people in presenting
the good side of Mt, Sterling,
much more would be accomplish.
ed,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Houses Closed.

In Sharpsburg on Sunday all
houses were closed. The new
council composed entirely of Bap-
lists, says that the Sunday closing
law must be enforced. Barber and
butcher shops are included.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

Mt, Sterling has the largest
live stock Court day sales OF any
city in Kentucky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

A railroad will be started out
from Morehead soon, its destina-
tion is Morgan county coal fields.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

Mt. Sterling is the proper place
for a State Normal School, and a
little pull would bring it our way.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Was Sure Of It.

mo, ma doesn't need a mop"
said little Johnny to the man at
the door.
How do you know" asked inc
agent.
Because said Johnny, "she
wipes the floor with me y'-De-
troit Free Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
I. ]. JONES.
LIVERY. FEED
and SALE STABLE
owiN0SvlLLE. KY
owlNosVILLE. KY

New location; Henry Street.
Regular Bus line carries mai. between
Owingsville and Preston.
Telephone connection with Western
Onion Office at Preston.
Conveyance for trunks will meet drum
m-rs al Mt. Sterling II desired.
Ample stalls for court-day-hofses fed
Or put 10 hay.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

Mlhh
END
x Sale x
of the year
1906 VIII D0
on a t t h e
Louis g
C+0Hn 9 q +
urday Nor
ming, Jan. Is
at 8 o'clock
a n d w i'll |
close Satur-
day nj 6 h t
the 9th.
Other Sales
will be Moth
ing in COM
. a r i S O n
t h i S
sale.
First we go
to the mills
and get the
first price.
Mill End is
the bottom
price an d
really much
lower than
any o tn err
lines.
Dry Goods,
DOmeStiCS,
Dress Goods
G OF h i ng,
Boots a n d
Shoes, Hats
Caps a n d
NJ e n a n d
WO m e n S
furnishings.
Everything
=
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-13
VANCOUVER LUCKY.

1t was reported early this week that
Mr.. H. W. Goode, president of the
Portland General Electric company,
acting for Eastern capitalists. had
purchased the Vancouver electric
light plant, at cost Of about 5000 900.
and that $4,000 or more would be
spent in Improvements. This was
good news to the people of the grow
ing and historic city across the Co.
lumbia, for while the service there
may have been fairly good heretofore,
that under Mr.. Goodies management
and in consequence Of the improve
ments to be made, it will be much bet
ter there can be no doubt. Every ef-
fort will be made to increase the eff
cheney of the plant and make it equal
to any in any city Of Vancouver's
size in the country. What Mr.. Goode
promises he performs, and Vancouver
people, as well as the munich
pality as such and the barracks, may
rest assured of the best sort of light
service hereafter.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-13
GOVERNOR VARDAMAN AGAIN

Following are the extract state.
ments of Governor Vardaman of Mis-.
sissippi, alluded to last week. They
were made by him in his message to
the Mississippi legislature, which
makes his offense not only against
the Negro race in this country, but
against all good citizens and friends
of human enlightenment and progress
worse than If his remarks had been
casual or unconsidered. Governor
Vardaman said:
GAS a race the Negro is deteriorat-
ing morally every day. Time has
demonstrated that he is more crimi-
nal as a free man than as slave,
that he is increasing in criminality
with fearful rapidity, being one-third
more criminal in 1890 than he was in
1880. In the South, Mississippi par.
ticularly, l know he is growing worse
every year. You can scarcely pick
up a newspaper whose pages are not
blackened with an account of an IN
mentionable crime committed by a
Negro brute, and this crime, | want
to impress upon you, is but the mani
Hesitation of the Negroes aspiration
for social equality, encouraged
largely by the character of free edu-
cation in vogue, which the state is
levying tribute upon the white reo-
pie to maintain. 1t is your function
to put a stop to the worse than vast
ing of half million dollars annually
money taken from the toiling white
men and women of Mississippi-and
devoted to the main purpose of try
ing to make something of the Negro
which the Great Architect of the uni.
verse failed to provide for in the orig
inal plan of creation"
This blatant Negrophobist is con-
tradicted by almost everybody who
has studied the Negro problem" He
is such Negrophobist that he has
evidently gone crazy on the subject,
or he could not utter such a mess of
lies and venomous SANDERS.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-13
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC.

Speaking of lights, it is an agree
able contrast to turn from the gas
company to the Portland General
Electric company, under the manage
ment of Mr.. H. w. Goode This COM
pany has done an immense amount of
work in extending and improving it's
lines and it's service generally during
several years past, and especially last
year, and will carry on this good work
on a far more extensive and expen-
sive scale this year and in the future.
OF course, in the conduct of such a
great business an occasional COM
plant may be made, and everybody
cannot at all times be entirely salts
ed; but all reasonable people will
agree that the General Electric COM
pany has done all that under the cir
cumstances of such expansion and i'm
provement could be expected, espe-
cially when it was maturing plans
and preparing for far greater work
in the near future. During the Fair
last year everybody who visited the
grounds at night was enchanted with
the magnificent electric display, and
the perfection of the service rendered.
While the fair was going on large con-
templated extensions and improve
ments had to be temporarily post
poned; but as soon as it was over
and Mr. Goode, who rendered such
valuable service as president and gen.
eral manager of the Exposition, could
give his attention to the affairs of his
company he perfected plans for the
work now to be carried out. On his
return recently from New York he
announced that 100000 or more
would be expended as rapidly as it
could be done judiciously in extend
ing, improving and perfecting the
General Electrics system in Portland
and vicinity. The expenditure OF this
great sum will be of great value to
Portland in many ways; it will give
this city the best electric service on
the Coast, employ a great number of
men, and be of much benefit to many
business men.
There may be difference of opin-
ion among some as to the kind OF
light most desirable-not abiding
here to the splendid and reasonable
power service rendered by this com.
pany-but probably a great majority,
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-13
HUNTING THE SEA OTTER.
How AIeuts Procure One of the Most
Valuable Fur Skins.

How Aleuts Procure One of the Most
Valuable Fur Skins.
No landsman'S still hunt affords
the thrilling excitement the otter
hunters spearing surrounds, says the
Outing Magazine Fifteen or twenty
five little skin skiffs, with two or
three men in each, paddle out under a
chief elected by common consent.
Whether fog or clear, the spearing is
done only in calm weather
The long line of bidarkas circles ST.
lently over the silver sea. Not a
word is spoken. Not a paddle blade
allowed to click against the bone
gunels of the skift. Double bladed
paddles are frequently used, so shift
of paddle is made from side to side Of
the canoe without change of hands.
The skin bidarkas take to the water
AS noiselessly as the glide of a duck
Yonder, where the powders lie mile
on mile awash in the surf, kelp RATS
forests of seaweed-lift and fall
with the rhythmic wash of the tide
Hither the otter hunters steer, 81
lent as shadows. The circle widens,
deploys, forms Gordon round the
Outermost rim of the kelp fields. Sud
denly a black object is seen floating
on the silver surface of the water-a
sea otter asleep. Quick as flash the
steersman lifts his paddle. Not
word is spoken, but so keen Is the
hearing of the sleeping otter the drip
of the lifted paddle has not splashed
into the sea before the otter has
awakened, looked, dived like light
ming to the bottom before one of the
alert hunters can hurl his spear.
Silently, not a whisper, the steers
man signals again. The hunters de-
ploy in a circle half a mile broad
around the place where the sea otter
disappeared, for they know that in
fifteen or twenty minutes the animal
must come up for breath, and it can
not run farther than half mile I'M
der the sea before it reappears.
Suddenly somebody sees a round
black red head poke above water, per-
haps close to the line of watchers.
With a wild shout the nearest bidar-
kas dart forward Whether the spear
throw has hit or missed, the shout has
done enough The terrified otter
dives before it has breath. Over the
second diving spot hunter is station
ed. and the circle narrows, for the OF
fer must come up quicker this time.
It must have breath. Again and
gain the little, round, rufous head
peeps up. Again the shout greets it!
a gain the lightning dive! Sometimes
only a bubble gurgling to the top of
the water guides the watchers. Pres
emily the body is so full of gases
from suppressed breathing it can no
longer sink, and quick spear throw
secures the quarry.