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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
Final Settlement.

Take notice that on the goth day of
February, 1908, | will render a final ac-
count of my acts and doings as admin
istrator of the estate of j. Randall
Murph, deceased, in the office of the
Judge of Probate Of Laurens county at
II o'clock a. M, and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
my trust as administrator.
All persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment on that date, and all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate will pre-
sent them on or before said date, duly
proven, or be forever barred.
w. G. MURPH,
Jan. 20, 1908. Administrator.
25-1m.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
PROHIBITIONS REAL LEADER.

Rapid changes have taken place in
the South Carolina political situation
during the past ten days. The Senate
has passed the resolution calling on the
Democratic party to hold a primary on
the whisky traffic question, and before
this article is printed the House will
probably pass a similar resolution. Ru-
mors are ahoat that Governor Anael
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
This is Worth Reading.

Leo F. Zelinski, of IS Gibson St.,
Buffalo, N. Y, says: 81 cured the
most annoying cold sore | ever had
with Bucklen's Arnica Salvc. | applied
this salvc once a day for two days,
when every trace of the sore was gone
for good" Heals all sores.
Sold under positive guarantee at the
Laurens Drug Co.'S and Palmetto Drug
Co.. $ drug store, 25c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12

If you have catarrh, rid yourself of
this repulsive disease. Ask DR.. Shoop,
of Racine, Wis, to mail you free a
trial box of his. DR.. Shops Catarrh
Remedy. A simple, single test, will
surely tell you a catarrh truth well
worth your knowing. Write today.
Don't suffer longer. Palmetto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
moi His.

"Has my train gone yet ?"
Il guess not. One just pulled out,
but it belonged to the railroad com
pany."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
Did Their Best.

did you have a squally ~passage?"
"Well, there were thirteen babies on
the boat, and you a judge for your
self"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
NOTICE
County Treasurer.

The County Treasurer's Books will
be open for collection of State, County
and Communication Road Taxes for Fis-
cal Year, 1907, at the T~reasurer's Office
from October 18TH, to December 31st.,
1907.
Those who prefer to do so can pay in
January, 1907, with one per cent addi-
tional. Those who prefer paying in
February, 1908, can do so with two per
cent additional. Those who prefer to
pay in March, 1908, to the 18th, of
said month, a do SO by paying seven
per cent additional. After said date
the Books will close.
All persons owning property or pay
ing Faxes for others in more than one
Township are requested to call for re-
ceipts in each of the several Townships
in which they live. This is important
as additional cost and penalty may be
attached. Prompt attention viii be
given to those who wish to pay their
Taxes through the mail by check, mon
ey order, etc. Persons sending in lists
of names to be taken off are urged to
send them early as the Treasurer is
very busy during the month of Deem
Der.
The Tax Levy is as follows:
SCaCe lax At mills
County Ordinary, ..........., mills
Special County, II mills
Road Tax, $50. 2 mills
School, 3 mills
Survey of proposed County of
FalrvleW, ............. OF mills
Total, ......... 143 mills
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-02-12
Notice to Creditors.

All persons holding claims against
the estate of w. E. Lucas, deceased.
are hereby notified and required to pre-
sent them in due form and duly proven
before the Goth day of February next.
p. r. LUCAS, Walhalla, S. c.,
T. G. LUCAS, Rock Hill, S. e.,
ALEX LONG, Rock Hill, S. c.,
January 29, 1908. Executors,
26-4t
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

fore the public? What enthusiasm
has he shown In the reformation of
the senate? What influence could he
exert in behalf of reform which his,
party has openly and VIGOROUSLY con-
demned in its convention, and to which
he is attached only by belated ex-
preston of personal inclination?
Tho Gateway to Other Reforms.
"Shall the people rule?' Every
remedial measure of a national char
acter must run the gauntlet of the,
senate. The. president may personally
Incline toward a reform; the house
may consent to it; but as long as the
senate obstructs the reform. the peo-
pie must wait The president may
heed popular demand; the house may
yield to public opinion; but as long as
the senate is defiant, the rule of the
people is defeated. The Democratic
platform very properly describes the
popular election Of senators as 1.-THE
gateway to other national reforms
Shall we open the gate. or shall we
allow the exploiting interests to bar
the way by the control Of this branch
Of the federal legislature? Through
Democratic victory, and through a
Democratic victory only, can the peo-
pie secure the popular election of SEN
ators. The smaller parties are unable
to secure this reform; the Republican
party, under its present leadership, is
resolutely opposed to it; the Democratic
party stands for it and has boldly de-
manded it. If am elected to the
presidency. those who are elected upon
the ticket with me will be, like my
self, pledged to this reform. and I
shall convene congress in extraordi-
nary session Immediately after inau-
guration, and ask, among other things,
for the fulfillment Of this platform
pledge. ~
House Rules Despotic.
The third instrumentality employed
to defeat the will Of the people is
found in the rules of the house of rep
resentatives. Our platform points out
that 'the house of representatives was
designed by the fathers of the consti-
tuition, to be the popular branch of our
government, responsive to the public
WILL" and adds:
'"The house of representatives, as
controlled in recent years by the Re-
publican party, has ceased to be a de-
Lucrative and legislative body, respon-
sive to the will Of majority of the
members. but has come under the alb
solute domination of the speaker, who
has entire control Of it's deliberations,
and powers of legislation.
1--WE have observed with amazement
the popular branch Of our federal gov
eminent helpless to obtain either the
consideration or enactment of meas
ures desired by majority of it's men,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

contributes 100000 to elect political
friends to Office. with view to pre-
venting hostile legislation, why should
that fact be concealed until his friends
are securely seated in their official DO
sitions?
This is not q new question; it is q
question which has been agitated-a
question which the Republican leaders
fully underestimate question which the
Republican candidate has studied. and
yet he refuses to declare himself in ia.
vor of the legislation absolutely neces-
sary, namely, legislation requiring pub.
lication before the election.
Democratic Party Promises Publicity.
How can the people hope to rule, If
they are not able to learn until after
the election what the predatory inter-
ests are doing? The Democratic party
meets the issue honestly and coura-
geously. It says:
I'VE pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment Of law prohibiting any
corporation from contributing to a
campaign fund, and any individual
from contributing an amount above a
reasonable maximum, and providing
for the publication, before election, of
all such contributions above reason
able minimum"
The Democratic national committee
Immediately proceeded to interpret and
apply this plank. announcing that no
contributions would be received from
corporations, that no individual would
be allowed to contribute more than
$4,000, and that all contributions
| above 500 would be made public be-
fore the election-those received before
October Is to be made public on or
before that day, those received after
ward to be made public on the day
when received. and no such contribu-
lions to be accepted within three days
of the election. The expenditures are
to be published after election. Here
is plan which is complete and effec-
tive.
Popular Election Of Senators.
Next to the corrupt use Of money
| the present method Of electing United
States senators is most responsible fol
the obstruction Of reforms. For one
hundred years after the adoption Of
the constitution, the demand for the
popular election Of senators, while find
ing increased expression, did not be
come a dominant sentiment A con
stitutional amendment had from time
to time been suggested and the matter
had been more or less discussed in ;
few of the states, but the movement
had not reached a point where it mani
tested itself through congressional &C
ton. In the Fifty-second congress
however. resolution was reported
from house committee proposing thu
necessary constitutional amendment
and this resolution passed the house
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

OF representatives BY vote which
was practically unanimous. In the
Fifty-third congress a similar resolu-
ton was reported to, and adopted by,
the house Of representatives. Both
the Fffty-second and Fifty-third con-
crosses were Democratic. The Repub-
licans gained control Of the house as
a result of the election of 1894 and in
the Fifty-fourth congress the PROPOSE
ton died in committee. AS time went
on. however. the sentiment grew among
the people. until it forced Republican
congress to follow the example set by
the Democrats, and then another and
another Republican congress acted IA
vorabiy. State after state has endorsed
this reform, until nearly two-thirds of
the states have recorded themselves in
it's favor. The United States senate,
however, impudently and arrogantly
obstructs the passage Of the resolution.
Notwithstanding the fact that the vot-
ers Of the United States, by an over
whelming majority, demand it. And
this refusal is the more significant
when it is remembered that number
of senators owe their election to great
corporate interests. Three Democratic
national platforms-the platforms of
1900, 1904 and 190S-specifically call
for change in the constitution which
will put the election of senators In the
hands of the voters, and the PROPOSE
ton has ben endorsed by number
Of the smaller parties, but no Repub-
lican national convention has been
willing to champion the cause of the
people on this subject. The subject
was ignored by the Republican national
convention m 1900; it was ignored in
1904, and the proposition was explicit
~ repudiated in 1908. for the recent
Republican national convention. by a
vote Of SGG to III, rejected the plank
endorsing the popular election of sena-
tors-and this was done in the conve1l-
ton which nominated Mr.. Taft. few
delegates from his own state voting for
the plank.
Personal Inclination Not Sufficient.
In his notification speech. the Repub-
lican candidate, speaking of the cleo
ton of senators by the people, says:
Personally am inclined to favor it,
but it is ha lilly a party question.
What is necessary to make this party
question? When the Democratic con-
vention endorses a proposition by a
unanimous vote, and the Republican
, convention rejects the proposition by a
vote of seven to one, does it not be-
come an issue between the parties
Mr.. Taft can not remove the question
! from the arena of politics oy express
| ing a personal inclination toward the
Democratic position. For several
years he has been connected with
the administration. What has he ever
said or done to bring this question be-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

bers."
This arraignment is fully justified
The reform Republicans in the house
Of representatives, when in the minor
ity in their own party, are as helpless
to obtain a hearing or to secure q vote
upon q measure as are the Democrats.
In the recent session of the present
congress, there was a considerable ele-
ment in the Republican party favorable
to remedial legislation; but few lead
ers, in control Of the organization,
despotically suppressed these men,
bers. and thus forced real majority
in the house to submit to well organ
lied minority. The Republican national
convention, instead Of rebuking this
attack upon popular government, eulo-
gized congress and nominated as the
Republican candidate for vice president
one Of the men who shared in the re-
sponsibility for the coercion Of the
house. Our party demands that 1.-THE
house of representatives shall again
become a deliberative body. controlled
by majority Of the peoples repre-
sentatives, and not by the speaker"
and is pledged to adopt ''such rules
and regulations to govern the house
of representatives as will enable a ma
jority of its members to direct its de-
liberations and control legislation
''Shall the people rule?' They can
not do so unless they can control the
house of representatives, and through
their representatives in the house, give
expression to their purposes and their
desires. The Republican party is
committed to the methods now in
vogue in the house of representatives;
the Democratic party is pledged to
such Il revision of the rules as will
bring the popular branch of the federal
government into harmony with the
ideas of those who framed our consti.
tuition and founded our government.
Other Issues Will Sc Discussed Later
''Shall the people rule?" I repeat, is
declared by our platform to be the
overshadowing question, and as the
; campaign progresses, shall take occa
sion to discuss this question as it man
! ifests itself in other issues; for whether
we consider the tariff question, the
trust question, the railroad question
the banking question, the labor ques
ton. the question Of Imperialism, tho
; development of our waterways, or any
other Of the numerous problems Which
press for solution. we shall find thai
the real question involved in each is
whether the government shall remain
a mere business asset of favor seeking
corporations or be an instrument il
! the hands of the people for the adj
vancement of the common veal.
Democratic Party Has Earned Con.
fidence.
If the voters are satisfied with the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

Bess-She never said one sweet thing
IN her life. Bell-No. She says SO
many sour things she must have q
,, picked tongue.-Ch Chicago News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-12

Spongem-ln case snould Ole sud-
denly will you make sure that am
really dead before they bury me-?
Knox-Yes. You may depend on me.
I'll ask you to nave drink, and if
you don't sit up and take notice I'll
tell the undertaken to go ahead and
plant Chicago News.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
new POLK
ST. BUILDING
Structure on Fourth and Polk
Increases Extent Of 1908
Business Building
CFrom Mondays DaIly)

Work Is TO begin this week, ac-
cordlng to men who are to have parts
OF the construction, on the new
Chanslor building which Will take
the place Of and include the two
buildings now occupied by the ANA
rillo Bank G. Trust Co. on the cor
ner OF Fourth and Taylor streets.
Part OF the north wall OF the present
trust company Building will be re-
tained and made included In the wall
OF the new building but the entire
front of the building Is to be torn
out and rebuilt and the interior walls
will be built up and strengthened,
The new building will extend the
full length of the Totes, 40 feet to
the alley and will be two stories in
height, Brick is to be the material
used In the walls with red pressed
brick for the exterior. The first
floors are to remain in the two bust
ness houses now occupying them but
with perhaps an additional store
room on the Fourth street rear OF
the building. The second floor is 10
be fitted up for offices arranged in
suites. In design and construction
the building will be thoroughly sat
isiactory and its presence will add
to the appearance of tde
street.
Although building has not been go
ing at the rate kept up last year, the
amount Of brick construction under
taken this year and now under way
'H~Amariilo is proof OF the substan-
tlal growth the city is making. New
brick buildings Of this kind, all OF
which are 10 the credit of 1908, are
.he Davenport telephone, the Nicely
building, the Wayland
grocery, the Brady-Neely, and the
lew Chanslor building or total OF
800 linear feet in strict front OF
brick buildings added to the business
Of Amarillo this year The |
lew Wayland building, the Baptist !
ihurch, the opera house and the
Thompson building have been or are
icing completed this year but all Of
hem had been undertaken last year. |
The supply OF buildings has not ex-
eeded the demand and those now
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
Cure Your Kidneys
DO Not Endanger Your Life and
Heath When Cure Is so Easy.

DO Not Endanger Your Life and
Heath When a Cure Is so Easy.
Why will people continue to suf-
fer the agones of kidney complaint,
baCkache, urinary disorders, lame
ness and stiffness in the back, why
allow themselves to become chronic
invalids, when a certain cure is Of
fered them? Doan's Kidney Pills is
the remedy to use, because II gives
to the kidneys the help they need
to perform their work That Doan'g
Kidney Pills cure, and cure perma-
nently, is proven by a Texas citizens
statement II YOU have any even
one, Of the numerous symptoms of
kidney complaint, cure yourself now,
before diabetes, dropsy or Bright's
disease sets in. Read this Texas tes-
timony:
c. II. Heoncke, Of 1919 Mckinney
Ave, Houston Tex, manufacturer
and dealer in barrels since 1872,
says; For about a year | had more
or less trouble with my kidneys. II
was caused by cold or by straining
my back lad much lumbago, and
whenever I made a sudden movement
| felt a sharp darting pain through
my kidneys. My back was often 50
lame and sore that I could not stoop
without suffering severely The kid
ney secretions scaldcd and we're very
scant in quantity used remedy att
or remedy but found little benz
until ! got Doan's Kidney Pills on
the advice Of friend who had been
cured BY the time I had taken half
the box the backache had disappear
ed and the secretions were clear and
natural | have advised many 9TH
crs to use this remedy and always
keep supply in the house"
For sale by all dealers Price, 30
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
RESOLUTIONS OF
FARMERS CONGRESS

Following are the resolutions
adopted by the Farmers Congress
held at College Station, Texas, July
Z, s, and 9th. These resolutions
were framed by J. II. Dunn, state
organizer of the Farmers Union,
who had a hard fight to pull them
through:
Whereas, Agriculture is the basis
Of all our wealth and prosperity, and
Whereas, diversified agriculture is
one Of the most potent factors in the
development of the prosperity of our
country, and
Whereas, 1t has been amply dem
onstrated that intensified and scien-
tilic farming has added largely to
the wealth OF those sections where
such methods have been employed.
and
Whereas, modern sanitary dairy
ing has proved one OF the most prof
table adiuncts to successful farming
operations and one of the most po-
tential factors in the development Of
all our farming interests, and
Whereas, experience having dem
onstrated unqualifiedly that our peo-
PIE are gaining more intelligent and
profitable information through OBJ
seryation and practical demonstra-
tion than otherwise, they should be
afforded every opportunity and ia
cility for increasing their intelli-
gencs;
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
THE MAN AND HIS JOB.

How can find a job for the un,
fortunate member of my wife's fam
lily who has been living at our house
for some timer" That's a question
which is bound to come to a man at
one stage Of his career or another,
1t 1t isn't a member of his wife's
family, it's cousin or an uncle or
some one who hasn't any compunc-
ton about making petty loans and
eating you out of house and home.
"A poor relation" as Charles
Lamb puts it, "is the most irreve-
liant thing in nature--an odious APP
proXimation,--a haunting conscience,
"a preposterous shadow, lengthen-
ing in the noon-tide of our prosper
ity--an unwelcome remembrancer,
"a perpetually recurring mortifica-
tiOn,--a drain on your purse, "a
more intolerable dun upon your
pride,---a drawback upon success, --
a rebuke to your rising, an apology
to your friends, the one thing not
needful,--the hail in harvest, the
ounce Of sour in a pound OF sweet. &"
The best way to get him OF your
hands is to find the poor fellow some
thing 10 do. We are all willing to
carry our share of the burdens that
are thrust upon us; but it is only
common sense to try and make the
burden support itself. BY so doing
you are making the man self-reiant
and independent and you help him
more than all the charity in the
world.
In the first place, study the man
and endeayor to determine the best
thing for which he is fitted, You
can do this better than he can. Then
keep your eyes open down town for
an opening which he would be quail
fled to fill Do not "spea kfor him;
it is far better to let him go and APP
ply for the position himself. En-
pIoyers were never more adverse to
hiring their friends favorites, and
pull counts little or nothing.
If you fail to hear Of anything
in this way advertise in the papers;
but bear in mind that money spent
for advertising must be spent ju-
diciousy.
Furthermore get your man to
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-07-16
TEXAS NEW PRODUCT.

The latest valuable product indIg-
cnous to Texas and Mexico, and de-
scribed by the Wichita Herald as
the missing Ink Of the tree iaml-
! ly, lighting It's battle alone on the dry
slopes Of Texas and Mexico" is the
5dnco tree
This tree is restricted to the Rio
Grande valley, in Mexico and Texas,
has a trunk brlstling with thorns,
and is little known to the outside
world. II bears minute scale-like
leaves, very small flowers, and fruit
resembling tiny berry. Dwarfed
and crooked as it is, 1t stands alone
without kith or kin,
Up to date, the wood Of this tree
has been put to no further use than
that Of fuel but recent experiments
develop some remarkable features
for II, not the least of which is that
IT sinks in water.
In color It ranges from brown to
back. IL receives a high and beam
tlful polish, fitting it ~ take the
place Of such expensive woods as
ebony and rosewood for small cabi-
net work, The trunks are so short
and crooked that only small pieces
of timber can be obtained from them
Few trunks exceed several feet in
length and eight inches in diameter
me wood is said to be admirably
suited for the keys of musical instru-
ments, jewel boxes and other bureau
cabinets, chess men, checkers, paper
knives, knobs and other small turn
cry, inlaid work, and indeed for al
most all purposes for which costly
foreign woods, in small pieces, are
now used
The tree, It's wood and their mer-
camille values are now being thor
ough exploited, Clarence A. Miller,
consul at Matamorras, Mexico, hav-
ing called the attention of his gov
eminent to the many good qualities
claimed for it so what the final stand
ing of this heretofore neglected and
apparently despsed tree will be, time
and trying alone can tell.