The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-08

Entered at the postofice at Laurens,
S. G. as second class mail matter.
LAURENS, S. c., APRIL s. 1908.
Why is a ~dispensary receiver?
A bomb is sometimes a bomb-erang.
The automobiles of Laurens are scene
less.
And it was an April fool for the cir
Gus.
There are several merry widows in
Laurens.
Resolved: That a photograph is not
a nuisance.
The word receiver" now has a
fuller and larger meaning.
The matter of women on a city police
force has it's commendable features.
We wish Senator Tillman "bon voy-
age" and speedy restoration to good
health.
The negroes of Newberry county are
breaking into society. One has a case
of appendicitis.
They will have to change the date of
millinery openings before we are going
to believe much in Lent.
If DR.. d. j. Hill accepts the ambas-
sadorship in Berlin now we shall refuse
to recognize him on the streets.
We fear that the small boy considers
Prof. Dobson mighty mean; but he
will live to thank his wise teacher
maybe.
A minister has advised single womer
to pray for husbands. This is leap year
and more aggressive methods are per
missible.
These Southern congressman are {
scrappy lot. Wonder if a match be
tween Hefin and Davis could be ar
ranged
Curtis says Of Editor j. C. Hemp
hill: Gle worships no rising suns
Neither does he wait until they are Sc
to recognize their merits.
The city fathers are deserving of un
bounded praise for their recent actor
in regard to paving the public square
No better investment could be made.
Editor w. w. Smoak, of the Walter
boro Press and Standard, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Legisla
ture. How the mighty have fallen!
The merchants of Laurens are RICH
in line with the most progressive o.
the larger cities. The show window.
and storerooms are a pretty sight thi.
week.
An explorer saws the north pole i:
moving about. If this be the excuse
for failure thus far, we suggest that
they all start simultaneously and hen
it in.
William Jennings Bryan says the
country press often comes nearer re.
fecting public opinion than the more
~pretensious journals. But is it the of.
flee of any newspaper to reflect public
opinion? What is a newspaper?
1t seems that the late General AS.
sembly made numerous blunders in it's
appropriation acts, failing to specify in
regard to many of the salaries. Well,
we must not criticise too severely; they
were very busy "electing themselves
If the faculty and officers of Glenn
o College are to run that school, -
the expulsion of about four hundred
cadets is at this time, seemingly, a ne
cessity. The State of South Carolina
has had about enough of student rule"
up there"
Hurrah for the farmers of Laurens
county! Last Wednesday was circus
day in the city, but the farmers, both
whites and blacks, were noticeable for
their absence. The season was good
for ploughing, and they did it. May a
full harvest reward their industry.
The news columns Of THE ADvER-
TIsER last week contain this: "a de-
scription of the hats (this season., how
ever, is something impossible to at
tempt-words are not equal to the oc-
%casion." We heard a man describe
them all right, but his words are not to
be found in any well-regulated die
tionary.
THE ADVERTISER has received infor-
nation that the injunction against the
Isle of Palms bar in no way influenced
the Press Association to meet in Calf
ney this year. The report is emphati~
cally denied and it's ~originators de-
nounced Il base slanderers and NAL