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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
Thought He Wac Going to Shave.

The new rubber in the Turkish bath
had formerly been q barber.
Thus 1t was when his first patron
came in that the new rubber looked
him over and said pltyingly, Wash
yourself sometimes, don't youT"-LouIs-
vile Courier.Journal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
Keeping Open House..

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good, and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working prop
erly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills regu-
late the action of stomach, liver and
bowels so perfectly one can't help feel
ing good when he uses these pills. Csc
at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29

Spare minutes are the gold dust of
time, the portionseof fife most fruitful
In good or evil, the gaps through which
temptations enter-4Mrs. Thrall.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
Now For
RED HOT PRICES

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we'll.
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25c package Barker's Horse and
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25c package Simmons Liver
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29

mauga n missionary Ridge, and in
the former Colonel Capers was again
wounded. During the winter at Daw-
son, in January, 1864, Colonel Stephens
was promoted to brigadier general and
placed in charge of the brigade formerly
commanded by General Claudius C.
Wilson. 1t was while leading this bri-
eade that General Stephens received
his mortal wound at Peachtree creek,
July 20, 1864. Lieut.. Col. Capers was
promoted to the eclonelcy of the TWEEN
ty.foprth, which he led through the At
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
HIT 'EM HARD.

The minister of large parish in a certain western diocese had for some lime been much troubled by tho scandalous gossip that seemed to be occupying the minds of d portion ot his flock and, after exercising Q great amount of tact and perseyer- ance. al last succeeded in running to earth the originator of most of the settlement society slandpr. The guilty one was a regular attendant a5 the schOolhouse services and he minister knew that should he ta';o him to tas!. personally and individu- ally he would inevitably lose q sheep
 albeit a black one: so he decided to sermonize him Accordingly. d special discourse was prepared and the following Sunday afternoon. liter ally hurled at the offending member as he sat on a desk in a corner of tn" sChOOlr0Om. Everybody present &p- peared 10 fully appreciate the situ1- lion, and. at the close of the service. departed quietly and somewhat 5houghtfully for home. All exceDt the black sheep. who fingered to aG- sist parsOn to hitch up his team. and to remark: That wer' a fine sermon. sir. I'll bet that hit some on 'em pretty hard"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
OUR NATIONAL FORESTS.
Purposes and Scope of New District
 Administration of Forests.

Washington, Dec 10.-The insti. tuition of six district offices in the west by the United States forest ser vice, big piece of work which has just been completed, involves con- plete change in the machinery of this branch of the government as regards the handling of national forests. As a result of the reorganization the for est service force at the headquarters in this city has been reduced to the general administrative officers and 10 those who are conducting the investi gative work of the service outside of the national forests.
 The six districts which have the same boundaries as the old inspec tion districts will be in charge of six district foresters with headquarters in Denver, Col; Ogden, Utah; Albu querque, \. NJ; MissOula, Mont: San Francisco, Cal, and Portland, Ore. For nearly a year preparation for the district organization has been going quietly but steadily forward. This has thrown an additional burden upon q force already excessively busy, but the work has been accom- pliShed and accomplished on time. The transition has been particularly remarkable because it involved no material delay in the transaction of national forest business while the change was going on.
 The forest service,' said Gif- ford Pinchot, United States forester, lis putting a large part of it's work into the field where It belongs. The organization on December 1 of the national forests into six districts, each in charge of local force under a district forester, is something We have been working towards for a long time. That we have not done 1t sooner is because we did not have a sufficient number of trained men to equip the districts.
 The district organization Till mean a much freer use of the na- tional forests by the people, because there will not be the delay inevita ble so long as national forest busi- ness is handled from Washington. It is also going to mean that there will always be officers with the power to make decisions, near the ground. who can look into the facts for them selves, wherever necessary, without having to decide them at long range. believe every man who uses rhe national forests will realize these things inside of six months.
 It is probable that there have never been new government offices started with their procedure so fully and definitely outlined as that for he six district offices of the forest service in the west. It has been pos
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

always ready and always just about the same, There is never q Christ mas So barren of cheer that any nor maj person can VOW to cut 1t out in future and not end by cutting out the resolution instead The vision of Christmas cheer works out among grownups the same as the santa Claus idea among children. When things go wrong santa Claus has met with mishap or had poverty year or there were more good children to reward than the saint figured on when laying in stock So, while be- lleving that the best Christmas ever can be improved upon, we refuse to believe that the worst may not be and should not be redeemed, because well, because Christmas is Christ mas, There's the inspiration, cease less and indcstructible, to lift the in- dividual and society above the hum drum.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
The December American Boy.

The efforts of the publishers to make the Christmas American Boy worthy of it's readers have certainly proven successful The picture Gin colors) of the pleased and smiling boy laden with Christmas presents and his no less delighted four-footed friend, which adorns the front cover page, is happy index to the fine timely matter the magazine con tains. The interesting serials by Houston and Tomlinson are con cluded this month, as is also "The Deer Trailers," while That Dilling- ham Boy" is continued Christmas, of course, is the theme of most of the short stories: "Billy's Skyscraper Christmas Tree" tells the result of a boyish prank; Officer Ben Makes a Christmas Present" describes the wonderful intelligence of a cavalry horse among the Indians, and "At Close Quarters With a Giant" is the story of a thrilling incident on a whaler. 'The Broken Runner Plank" is fine story of ice boating; Little Ahmow's Fight With the Wolves% tells of the bravery of a little Esi;i- mo, and "A Little Brave" describes an Indian boys heroism. Among the larger articles are: The Boy Who Was a King What Can a Young Man Do?" "The Most Costly Toys in the World,' "A Champion Snow Flow for Boys" For the Boys to Make" "The Story of Chocolate, :" Rope Swinging, a Popular Pastime With the Cowboys" Some of rhe Strange Tenants of Texas Ranch. |" and How to Make an Ice Boat. |" There is also a fine illustrated page of college football teams The reg ular departments are filled with just the matter which will please the boys who delight to do things. In addition there are over 90 illustrations. s10O a year. The Sprague Publishing Co. Detroit, Mich,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

The Manchester, England. cotton mills, which were closed for more than seven weeks, owing to dis pute between the cotton operatives and their employers, reopened on No vember g. The trouble was d propose reduction of wages in January. which has been compromised by post p0njng the time until March. It is stated that there were 100000 men idle aS u result of the lockout. and the loss figured up to a total of many millions of dollars. Besides the loss ps to the mills and to the men em- pjoyed in them, the railways and the coal dealers also suffered greatly. It k stated that rhe loss in wages to and tbat altogether the cost of the dispute will com" somewhere in the upighhmhood of .Si0.0G0 .0O0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

Great Britain's foreign trade, ac- cording to he board of trade returns for August, in comparison with the same month of 1907. shows a reduc- tiOn in the imports of $31,S4S,303, or 1927 per cent. and in the exports for that period of $34,135,6S9, or 1S.77 per cent, while there was a to- tai decrease of $350.000, ,000 in the first eight months of this year as compared with last. The downward movement of industry is steadily continuing Hitherto comfort has been found in the fact that it is only when compared with the record fig ures of 1907 that this years trade is disappointing; but the total of ex- ports for August is now shown to be below the level reached two years ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

In the west of England this year the most influential fruit farmers have banded themselves together to control the home market in apples. The movement has the support of fruit farmers in Devon, Somerset. Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester. who own 100000 acres of apple lands alone It is estimated that the home markets can be supplied from Oct0- Der till April, and that the apple har- vest of these five counties will this year exceed 250,00O tons. Of this quantity possibly One-third will con sist of cider or low grade fruit. Even then the quantity available for dis, tribution will be larger than usual. The British apple growers, generally. this season will harvest 50O.0 tons Of apples.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

Woman suffragists would do well to suppress this talk in open meet ings about q woman not being able to live on $25, ,000 year That was all the men presidents got for a long, long time, and maybe the women presidents will have to start at that figure, especially if the congresses elected with them are not in harmony with the new idea.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

sible to start all the offices well equipped with men with both the training and experience to take up the work. A large proportion of them. are men who have formerly been in charge of national forests and who have been promoted to higher positions as the direct result of their efficiency. All the district officers are familiar with western conditions; many of them were born in the west and lived there before and after they entered the govern ment forest work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
THURSDAY. DEC. 10, 1908.
Dec. 10 In History.

1S0J - William Lloyd Garrison born; ; died 1879.
 1S70-The new German empire pro claimed at Berlin. 1S9S-Treaty of peace between United States and Spain signed at Paris. 1907 - General Alexander Hamilton, grandson of Alexander Hamilton who was killed in q duel by Aaron Burr and civil war veteran, died at Tarrvtown, x. Y; born 1915.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

The reorganization of the United States navy on lines similar to the recent rnorgani2ation of the army may ue looked for at an early day. SAYS d Washington writer. It is said that the president desires to start. if not to completely carry out, the or sanitation during the remaining months of his administration Whether he can do so or not will of course depend very much on the dis position of congress. MT Root when secretary of war did nor sucreed with his army reorganization programme. which was bitterly fought by General Miles and some bureaucrats of the war department. until he had urged its adoption before two sessions of congress. 1T iS possible however. that the sucC ess of the new army bill and ifs vindication in the greatly improved efficiency of the army will have paved the way for a more hos pitablp consideration by congress of an analogous improvement in the naval establishment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
The Mans Way.

''Is your husband suffering from the toothache"
 Well" answered the woman with a tired expression. he says he's suffer- ing, but from the way he's braggine about it I'm balf suspicious that he's enjoying It."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

In declaring that without the eX- hiIaration to be derived from alcohol the average American would sink into humdrum and lack the spur Of romance Prof Munsterberg ignores fl he genius of Christmas, which holds this nation under a universal spell
 Christmas comes but once year. yet is never wholly absent as an melting force. It is always coming and is tho one holiday which everyone in tends to prepare for moreover. en- joys preparing for-for it is open to a variety of embellishment. Thanks giving is almost a fixed duty. It fits into the year as does the dinner hour into the day. Feast and thanks are
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-10
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
New Era of Prosperity

Business conditions in the country
at-large have been improving ever
since May, but further improvement
in large enterprise will probably wait
on the presidential election. Extensive
business ventures are not usually un-
dertaken during a presidential cam
paign, but when the severity of last
Oetobers panic is recalled the quick
and healthy recovery of trade is little
short of marvellous. Those whose bus
mess experience goes back to 1884 re-
member what hard times prevailed in
that year. and with one exception
every presidential campaign since then
has been marked by dullness in the
business world.
There may be no sound reason why
presidential years should be accom-
panied by business depression, but
sentiment plays an important part in
financial circles and business men have
long since accustomed themselves to
the depressing effect of national CAIN
paign every four years.
In spite of the rule however, the
Birmingham district is highly pros
porous. The vast development work
planned by the Tennessee company
early in the year has been pushed
without interruption, and many other
industrial companies have made large
improvements during the year. Not a
single company has stood still. And
along with the work of expansion in
the industrial field Birmingham is wit
Messing larger building operations than
at any former period in its history. All
this goes to prove to the world the
solid conditions that exist here; and
it indicates, too, that the district is
about to enter upon new era of rec
ord breaking prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
"Humiliating to All Americans

Painful as is the fall of Foraker, yet
equally painful. says the conserya-
tive Wall Street Journal, lis the revela.
ton of methods which have been en-
ployed by the STANDARD Oil company
for the defeat of Legislation to which it
was opposed. There could be no criti-
cism of this company If it had used it's
own staff of attorneys to represent it
before the legislature of Ohio. But to
employ a United States Senator for
this purpose, and this United States
Senator one of the two leaders of the
dominant party in the government of
Ohio, is quite another thing. The day
has passed when such methods as these
can be employed by corporations either
for the securing of law or the securing
Of immunity from law
This is excellent doctrine, coming as
it does from Wall street. But the Jour-
nal anticipates too much. 1t expects
too much public virtue so long as the
United States Senate is controlled by
Aldrich, Boies Penrose, Plat, Kean.
Dick, Hopkins and their associates.
The Senate must be rehabilitated by
the primary system before the people
will begin to rule. Forakerism has
received a setback everywhere except
in the United States Senate, where it
still is strong enough to defy, or rather
to ignore, the will of the people. The
Journal is several laps ahead of its
times and of the dominant party in
this country. 1t is all right, but it an
ticipates too much.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
Alabama'S Resources

The work of the national conserva-
ton congress is to be promoted in this
state by commission of five appointed
by the governor, namely, w. P. Lay of
Gadsden; DR.. Eugene A. Smith of Tus-
caloosa, state geologist; w. II. Sey-
mour of Montgomery, director of the
Alabama bureau of cotton statistics;
Frank H. Lathrop of Birmingham. and
J. B. Powell of Montgomery, member
of the state tax commission, and sec
rotary of the state forestry commits
sion. These men are expected to get
down to work at once, for their report
will be called for in the FIRST week of
December
1t will be observed that the state
commission represents the states larg.
est interests. Mr.. Lay and DR.. Smith
know all there is to know about the
iron and coal deposits; Mr.. Seymour
Is in touch with our agrioultural re-
sourceA and Messrs. Powell and La
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
Revival of Business.

Business conditions in the south are
very satisfactory" said L. C. Thatcher
of Chicago. al find great Improvement
in trade. both in agricultural and manu-
featuring sections. Here in Birmingham
I find marked activity in mercantile cir
eles I was here in February, when
nearly all the furnaces We're idle, and
when I came again in July, notwith-
standing the fact that the majority of
stacks had been put in blast business
was depressed on account of the miners
strike.
But with the ending of the strike on
September / industrial life revived sud-
denly and today Birmingham is as busy,
to all appearances, as it was before the
panic. No town in the country came
through the panic easier than Birming-
ham. No failures of any consequence
resulted from the industrial depression
here and now that the situation is i'm
proving every day this district will soon
be at It's former records of prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
canada,s ProsneritY.

Canada is enjoying a high degree Of
prosperity said E. Lesser, who spent
the summer in the Dominion THE tide
of immigration increases and the agri-
cultural sections of Canada are filling up
with Industrious farmers. I was in the
province of Saskatchewan. just north of
the state of Montana, and saw land that
was producing nearly SO bushels of wheat
to the acre. Everybody [ met talked of
prosperity. and everybody looked prosper
Gus.
"on my return home find business in
Birmingham greatly improved. The out
look for fall trade is very bright, indeed
and Birmingham after all is the best city
in the country"
Mr.. Lesser had been in poor health, but
he is well again, and is now working with
energy on the arrangements for the Ger
man day celebration, which will take
place in Birmingham on October q. Ger
man Americans will come from all parts
of Alabama, and the occasion promises to
be a great social success.