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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-09-10
APPEAL To
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Made by Judge Taft In Behalf Of
the FiIipinos.
"A Great Missionary Work That 10
Certain TO Promote Christian CIV
iiixation."

"A Great Missionary Work That 10
Certain TO Promote Christian Civ
iIixstion."
The extension Of vitalizing Chris
tianity among the Filiplnos as ad'o
Gated by Judge Taft both before ms
speech OF acceptance OF the norniha
ton to the presidency and In that doc
ument itself has been widely com
mented upon In the pulpits OF the
United States The voice OF the cler-
Nv has given earnest commendation
to the attitude OF Judge Taft who
when governor general OF the Islands
exerted the utmost influence for
amelioration OF the condition OF the
Inhabitants OF the archipelago, and
that, too. at the cost Of great self sac
rifice on his own part In refusing the
seat on the supreme bench, to which
he was both called and commanded
by President Roosevelt
Never since be first assumed the bur
den OF the governophip OF the Philip
pines has the welfare OF the Fiiiponos
ceased 10 be close 10 the heart Of
Judge Taft. In his speech OF accept
ance again he reminded the Americans
that II Is the duty Of this country a.
strong. Christian and enlightened ma
ton TO give spiritual as well ~ ma
terial aid to the distant brown breth
| rem
Tsfts Appeal TO Church.
Rev. Albert Hunssoue, pastor o.
Roberts Park church Indianapolis
/ Ind. in a recent sermon thus spoke o.
Judge Taft's sppesi to the Christian
/ people OF America:
"Mr Taft used words Of wisdom u
| referring to this question In his notin
cation speech. His appeal Ia not oni!
TO his party. but II Ia 10 the Christian
/ church Of Amerfcs IL seems 10 M
tina; every man whc~@ heart beat
loyalty 10 Jesus Christ must rrjoice Y
the statement 70 ruthfully made MI
Taft said: We have established q ~,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-09-10

Mr. VIM Bennha M
to the above will
Conditions each
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
PLEASE TALK.

Laurens is just about the hardest
place to gather new in that we have
tackled. This is no reflection at all,
nor is it evidence that there is nothing
doing here; it e simply that the
people do not talk literally. BY some
this may be considered a commendable
trait, and indeed it would be if we had
reference to bad news and every day
gossip; but that is not our subject Just
now: we mean NEWS. Some days we
meet a citizen on the street or at his
place of business and after passing the
greetings of the day, ask: "Well is
there any news on your side of town
today?' Almost invariably the answer
comes back, mot a thing, l believe"
Lingering a few minutes land right
here newspaper folks get good excuse
for loafng) we talk on little while and
directly out comes a fine piece Of news
all unintentional and unthought of be-
fore.
Now, good friends, we are not quar-
reling at all; indeed we have no right
to quarrel Oh kick; we are just asking
that you lend a hand in making a live,
up-to-date, newsy paper for our town.
The name of this paper is the CAD
VERTISER" and we want it to adver-
tise Laurens and to do so completely.
To accomplish this the support of all
the people is a positive necessity. The
publication of bad, disagreeable news
is not our specially, but we want the
NEWS. So, ladies and gentlemen,
please talk. We have a phone and the
news gatherer is Sometimes" ON the
streets. So again, PLEASE TALK.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
What Ought the Churches to do ?

Rev. w. w. Leathers, of Anderson,
writing in the Baptist Courier has the
following OF the action Of the Laurens
Baptist church
81 have been seriously thinking for
some time of the ACCESSIBILITY of all
churches withdrawing fellowship from
members who as candidates go over the
county or state advocating the sale of
w%hiskey. If it is wrong to sell or drink
whlskey, it certainly is wrong to en-
dorse the business, encourage its use or
make laws in its favor.
"The church members who as candi-
dates go around advocating the whiskey
business are usually very prompt in
telling that they are members of the
church; that they drink their drains,
that the church members run the dis
pensaries, etc. The inference is the
church endorses the whiskey business
in general and their conduct in particu-
lar. The churches, as a rule, are
against the whiskey business and they
ought to say so. Church members not
only ought not to vote for whiskey men
but they ought not to hold them il
church fellowship.
81 rejoice in the stand taken by the
First Baptist church of Laurens, i
which that church, as reported in the
daily papers, proposes to hold every
member of the church amenable who
votes for the ~dispensary in the coming
election. This is as it should be; and /
suppose there is no church in the state
that can more consistently take this
high stand than those Laurens breth-
rem. For a number of years they have
had an enviable reputation in spiritual
things; and they are right in the posi-
ton they have taken in this matter.
well done for Laurcnsl If only
when the time comes there is a readi-
ness to do that which they now will.
What a glorious thing it would be if
every Baptist church in the state would
withdraw from every member who adj
yocates or votes for the whiskey bust
ness. The time has come when the
church should publicly and positively
refuse to stand for the liquor business
or its advocates; and | hope the posi-
ton taken by the church at Laurens
will be followed by many other church
es in the state during the year"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
ADVISING FARMERS.

Almost every newspaper in the
try has the habit of advising the farm
ers about their crops. The Abbeville
Press and Banner has sworn off and in
that connection says:
Some of the newspapers are giving
advice to farmers. Win some gentle
man give us the name of a farmer who
looks to his county paper for instruc-
ton! When newspapers can run farms
better than the man who does the plow-
ing we would like to have a certificate
to that effect. This editor several years
ago tried to show farmers how to make
money on the farm. After giving them
several lessons he was nearly broke.
This same editor now thinks if a man
can run a fairly good newspaper he
might be satisfied
Now as to advice onthe detailed work
of the farm, the planting, the time for
gathering, the kind of plow that should
be used, the crop for certain kinds of
land, etc., we say that in matters of
this kind the newspaper is wasting time
trying to instruct the farmers. But
there is a way in which the papers can
be of material service to the farmers,
and that is by careful observation of
conditions all over the country and i'm
parting this information with his COM
ment and opinion thereon. The farm
ers have not the opportunity to see or
read as many agricultural and CONNER
cial journals as the average newspaper
man; hence, they are not in possession
of many facts that would be of service
to them.
For our part we intend to keep up
with the way things are going in this
country and let our constituents know
what we think Of these things. AS to
advising them how they shall run their
farms we are not so foolish as to at
tempt it.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
NINE CHILDREN BITTEN.
Mad Dog Scare at GreenviIle..Dog's
Head TO be Examined.

G~reenville, May 15.-Nine children
and a negro nurse were bitten by a
Collie puppy here yesterday, and fear
ing that the animal was suffering with
rabies, the attending physician di-
rected that the dog be killed and the
head sent to the Pasteur Institute in
Atlanta for acareful examination. The
dog was undoubtedly suffering with
some disease. One of the physicians
said it might be acute Indigestion. The
parents of the children are naturally
very much disturbed and the result Of
the examination of the dogs head is
awaited anXiously. Several weeks ago
another child was bitten and as a re-
suit of the examination the offending.
dog was declared rabid. The child was
treated at the Pasteur Institute and no
i'll effects have appeared.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Mt. Gallagher Matters.

Mt. Gallagher, May 16.-Thc cool
spell has about broken and the farmers
in this section are rejoicing at the re-
turn of warm weather.
There are still a number on the sick
list, although nothing to compare with
the weeks past. Mr.. Furman Martin
is practically recovered and is able to
be out again, while Mrs. Matilda Ann
Boland is slowly convalescing.
Mrs. P. A. McSwain, with her little
daughter, came over from Anderson
and spent Saturday and Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. j. N. Jones.
MIR. Broadus Davis and wife, Of the
Poplar Springs neighborhood, spent
weekend with Mr.. W. w. Gaines.
Mr.. James K. Saxton and wife, of
Ware Shoals, spent Sunday with Mrs.
j. N. Jones.
Rev. Geo. M. Sexton filled his regu-
lar appointment at Mt. Gallagher last
Sunday, the services being attended by
a large crowd. Mr.. Sexton came from
Laurens to Mt. Gallagher and already
he has impressed his people here as a
fine man, an excellent preacher and a
lovable pastor. Under his able preach
ing the church has grown in numbers
and in grace. At the service last Sun
day the ordinance Of the Lords Supper
was observed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Weak ONE should read my 'Book
No. 4 For Women" 1t was written
expressly for women who are not we'll.
The Book No. 4 tells of DR.. Shops
might Cure" and just how these sooth-
ing, healing, antiseptic suppositories
can be successfully applied. The book
is entirely free. Write DR.. Shoop, Ra-
cine, Wis. The Night Cure is sold by
Palmetto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Depends On the Girl.

A young man in Union says the exact
value in dollars and cents Off kiss de
ponds on the girl you are kissing. He
says he would pay 500 to kiss some
girls and then some girls would have to
pay him 800 to kiss them,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Backward Is Sometimes Forward.

The Baptist church at Laurens pro-
poses to have it's members vote for pro-
hibition. In case they think dispensary
is better than blind tigers something is
to be done. A long ago church and
state were separated, but it seems that
the tendency Of the times is to take the
back track. -Abbeville Press and Ban
ner.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Teachers Examination.

The regular spring examination of
applicants for teachers certificates was
held Friday in the court house by the
members of the county board of educa-
ton. The examination was taken by
eleven white and the same number of
colored applicants.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
LAURENS, S. C., MAY 20, 1908.

Elsewhere in this issue is reproduced
an excellent editorial from our es-
teemed Greenwood contemporary, the
journal, on the subject of the church
members responsibility. W. commend
it to our readers as a good, sound, COM
mon sense treatise, and just now it is
especially pertinent to our people.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Mamma-Well, Edith, how did you
like the kindergarten?
Edith didn't like it a bit. The
teacher put me on a chair and told me
to sit there for the present. / sat and
sat and she never gave me the present.
Chicago News,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Some n suggested the place where
the court house now stands for the new
government post office building. That
would be better than the present condi-
ton, but We believe the public square
is the place for the monument to the
Laurens county Confederate dead and
a park surrounding. The square be-
longs to the county; the county fur
nished as noble and brave soldiers as
fought in the four years. struggle,
whose memory is honored in the erec-
ton OF a monument. There is no spot
in Laurens so well suited for the site as
the center of the public square. Let
us hear some discussion of the matter.
The patriotic spirit of this city was
certainly demonstrated last Tuesday
evening by the magnificent audience
that greeted the home production at
the theatre for the benefit Of the Con-
federate monument. 1t was simply
glorious, that's all.
True, we have a lot of dust here but
it is not so Objectionable as the Green
wood dust.
We fancy the Merry Widow style OF
hats originated in the Fiji Islands.
women seldom laugh" says an x
change. Correct. They laugh only
when they are not talking.
There is inconsistency somewhere:
some of the newspapers that are al
ways hammering at Roosevelt and his
policies are the very ones to praise
Bryan who himself says that Roosevelt
has adopted his (Bryan's) policies.
Maybe these papers are better Bryan
ties than Bryan himself.
Prohibition for Laurens county, is
tho cry. Take it up, voter, and pass
it on.
Announcements for the legislature
are unusually slow about coming in this
year. What is the matter?
Muzzles are at present being extern
sively used in Florida for dogs. Has a
man muzzle been invented? Wonder if
we couldn't get a shipment this sum-
mer, seeing it's campaign year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
The Thought of 1t.

The editor Of the Laurens Advertiser
wants to know what is the exact value
in terms of dollars and cents of a kiss.
He has no business thinking of such
hings.-Union Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
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Sign of Good Fellowship.

Reaching around to the hip-pocket
can no longer be admitted in the courts
as an evidence of hostile intent. 1t is
now becoming the orthodox motion of
happy fellowship. Augusta Herald.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Weak Kidneys

Weak Kidneys. surely point 10 weak kidney
Nerves; The Kidneys. like the Heart, and tho
Stomach. find their weakness. not in the organ
ItSell, but IN the nerves that control and guide
Q MEDICINE specifically prepared to reach these
controllinRn nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone,
we'll. '' "'
II your, back aches or is weak, II the urine
ecalds. or 10 dark and strong, IL you have symptoms
OF bIlRhtS or other distressing or dangerous kid.
ney disease, try DR.. Shops Restorative a month
!aDleIs or L~iquid-and see what IL can and will
90 Tor you. Druggist recommend and sell
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Stockholders Meeting.

The stockholders in the bank Of GRAY
Court are requested Il meet at GRAY
Court at 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
May 23rd. Permanent organization
will be made and officers elected.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
A GadabOut.

Missouri boasts of Il rooster that
Matched out a brood of chickens. The
old hen was doubtless gadding about
showing her new Widow Hat to her
neighbOrS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

MAUD graduated from your cooking
school last spring, didn't she?"
Eyes, but she's going to take a post
graduate course next fall"
Going back to the same school
AGAIN."
ooh, no! She's to be married to n
poor X.oang a Catholic Standard
and Times.
Youth-Sir, did a tall, fair blonde
pass this way?
Gatekeeper-No, but a mighty pretty
li.tle brunette did.
"And-er-which way did she go?
Lippincott's.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

A man travelled 104, 600 miles for a
wife, so says a newspaper report. But
that must have happened long ago, or
at least not during a leap year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

What are the issues in the Soutl
Carolina senatorial contest, and who
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Ii South Carolina will instruct her
delegates to the National convention
let's tag them so the people can spot
our mummies without any i%nconveni-
ence.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

But maybe he was in flight all this
distance and cornered at last.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
Miss Tersleep-what keeps you here

so late?
Mr.. Stoplate-Y Your glorious eyes.
Miss Tersleep-Well, they needn't
detain you. l can't keep 'em open
much longer. Cleveland Leader.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
AMONG THE EXCHANGES.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

True, we have a lot of dust here but
it is not so Objectionable as the Green
wood dust.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

We fancy the Merry Widow style O
hats originated in the Fiji Islands.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Entered at the p~ostofice at Laurens
S. c.. as second class mail matter.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Women seldom laugh" says an cx.
change. Correct. They laugh only
when they are not talking.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

The cry in Georgia this summer:
peaches, peaches everywhere, but not
drop of brandy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Prince Helie De. Sagan is going to re-
nounce his religion in order to marry
Madame Anna Gould. We are de-
lighted to hear that the noble prince at
least has a religion.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

These Laurens people do believe in
Laurens; and after all there is only one
Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Our platform: Whiskey selling is
wrong in principle, inherently wrong;
and as a citizen and voter we refuse to
authorize it's sale.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

When a man succeeds in working oil
a bad quarter why does he feel as if he
had earned a quarter?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

A young woman recently won first
prize for oratory at Cornell. There is
nothing really surprising about this for
the daughters Of Eve have ever been
prize winners in talking contests.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

Mr.. William Rummage married Miss
Mary Sale out in Missouri the other
day. The Rummage-Sale notices were
no fakes that time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
There is no other State in the Union
like Georgia during a campaign year.

A woman married a man by the name
of Reason the other day. She has
blundercd fearfully; for, if Mrs. Rea-
son lives up to her name she will be-
come an oddly among her sex, and if
she does not her name becomes a mis-
homer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

We are not at all particular about our
ceremony, except something to prevent
its use.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20

In the name of Reason, what did she
mean?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-04
NEW CATHOLIC LAWS
CATHOLICS CANNOT ELopE AND
MARRY AFTER APRIL.
Rethrothal TO Be Recognized Must &c
Written and Signed BY Both
Parties

After Easter, 1908. mesabers Of the
Roman Catholic church cannot elope
and marry and have union reoogniz.
cd IN the church.
A recent encyclical coming from
Rome, aud which viii 90 into effect
after Easter, brands as null and void,
IN the eyes Of the church. any mas
rage that is not duly celebrated in
the presence OF a duly qualified priest
and two witnesses. The same IS true
Of any marriages in which either Of
the parties Is. or has been a Catholic
Up to to this time, when Catholic
IN this country has been married
either in a Protestant or in registry
Office, the church held the marriage TO
be sinful and sacrilegious, and the
parties guilty Of grievous sin but at
the same time recognized the mar
riage so far to be valid and binding,
and the parties to be truly man and
wife. After Easter next. such mar
rlages IN Protestant churches or in
registry Offices viii be for CT tholics
MOI only sinful, but invalid and the
persons contracting them VITA have
merely gone through an empty cere-
mony and will be no more man and
wife than they had been before in the
eyes Of the church
Another point is that the church for
the future viii recognize no betfrothal
as having canonical effect unless II
has been made in writing and signed
by both parties and by the parish
priest or the bishop, or at least in the
presence OF two witnesses.
Such will be the requirements OF
the church for the valid reception OF
the sacrament Of matrjmony. The new
law, however. is not retroactive and
does not touch marriages made In
other conditions before this time
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-04
FLEET SAILED ON SUNDAY
Admirals Were Guests of Governor
Of Trinidad.
DINNER IN THEIR HONOR
The Ships viii Finish coaIing Today
Officers land Men Attend Races
American "Ponies" Win.

Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. Pc
According to the schedule the Ameri-
can battleship fleet will remain here
until Sunday, when i will take its de-
parture for the second port of call,
Rio de Janeiro.
Rear Admiral Evans, commanding
the American .battleship feet; Rear
Admirals Emory. Thomas and Sperry
commanding the different divisions;
Captains Charles Z. Vreeland, of the
Kansas; Charles w. Bartlett, OF the
Ohio; GreenIeaf A. Martin, of the Mis-
SQUIRT John NJ. Bower. of the Iii
nois, and Lieut.. w R. Gherardi com
entertained at dinner last evening by
Governor Sir Henry Moore Jackson
at the Government House. The func-
ton was marked by a great cordial
ity.
Tonight the governor will similarly
entertain the captains and command
ers of the Other vessels.
The officers were the guests of the
governor at the horse races yesterday.
The weather was ideal and the race
course was thronged with officers and
men of the fleet, together with holt
day crowd from the city.
The American horses carried off the
hQnors. being the winners in nearly all
the races, and the visitors gave them
selves over to appauding these vic
tories in an appropriate manner
Owing to the fact that the ships will
have finished coaling today thousands
Of blueiackets will be given shore
leave and most of them will find their
way to the race cosrse.
The only places displaying the
American flag ashore in honor of the
visit of the fleet are the Offices of the
principally, if not entire
ly, those engaged in trade with the
United States
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-04
SIGNED WITH DETROIT
DUTCH" sTERzER LANDS door
PLACE FOR NEXT SEASON.
Que 70 Great Measure to Efforts Of
Local Baseball Manager, Col.
!. :. Thompson.

That Martinsburg was represartes
On the diamond last summer bv eooa
baseball men is attested by the fac4
,la' Deech sterzer, one Of her best
tWiF .ers' mas signed with the Detroit
Americans. Letters to that effect have
oeen received here BY Col. ]. r.
Thompson from both sterzer and the
manager Of the team. 1t was due
much TO Mr. Thompson's efforts thar
sterzer got on the Detroit pitchins
staff, which shows that old Martins
burg players are being wei taken care
of.
sterzer's friends and admirers will
be glad to hear Of his advance and
will wish him the best Of success next
season.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-04
Old Christmas Custom.

An INTERESTING observance of Christ
mas Day at Wfliamsport and one
thoroughly enjoyed by the residents
was the revival of a custom by the
colored people of marching through
the town early in the morning singing
Hymns of praise The congregation OF
the colored church assembled about 4
O'Clock and led by the pastor, Rev
Boston, marched through the streets
singing familiar hymns. The custom
dates back before the war and was
regularly observed until few years
ago and was allowed to lapse. Its re-
vival is a source of much pleasure TO
the people.