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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
Mr.. Martins Spleen.

Candidate O. B. Martin has DEVELOPED
a %splenetic disposition that will not en-
nance his reputation for poise and COM
mon sense. The people of South Caro-
lima are not apt to fall over themselves
to vote for a man who seems to be more
literally endowed with venom than with
sense. We presume Mr.. Hayward is
able to take car of himself when he is
challenged to defend his record, and we
have no desire nor the intention to
champion his cause at this time. What
we criticise and disapprove of is Mr..
Martins manner and method of con-
Quoting his campaign for an honorable
and dignifed Office. Had we never
heard of Mr.. Martin before his letter
to the Baptist Courier would be sufi-
cient to convince us hat some other
man should be sent to the senate
Sumter Waterman and Southron.
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Negro Woman Dies Suddenly.

The dead body of Mamie Richardson,
colored, was found Monday morning ir
her house at the rear of the New Lau.
rens hotel by the proprietor of the no.
tel. The woman cooked for Mrs. O. w.
Babb and had already performed hel
early morning duties and returned home.
when she did not come back to prepare
the midday meal, Mrs. Babb 'phoned
to the hotel and asked that a message
be delivered to her; this lead to the dis.
covery of her body on the floor along.
side the bed from whence she had APP
parently fallen. Evidently she was TIA
ken i'll, lay down, and in the agonies of
death fell from the bed.
Coroner w. d. Watts was at once
notified and the inquest was held yes.
terday afternoon with a verdict of death
from natural causes.
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For Railroad Commissioner.
To the Editor Laurens Advertiser:

To the Editor Laurens Advertiser:
beg to announce through the col,
umns of your valuable paper my candi.
dacy for Railroad Commissioners.
In making this announcement | wish
to say that look upon the question OF
the regulation of the railroads as OF
vital Importance to the people of this
State.
realize that the State which estab.
fishes the greatest possible harmony
between its business interests and be.
tween its employers and workers will
be rewarded with the blessings of peace
and prosperity, and hat it is for the
best interests of both the railroads anC
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
MASTODeNS.
Why Their Bones Are Found Near
Salt or Sulphur SPRINGS.

Why Their Bones Are Found Near
Salt or Sulphur Springs.
Wherever you find salt or sulphur
springs" says n gentleman connected
with the United States geological sur
vey, you may expect to find the bones
OF mastodons and other huge creatures
that have now become extinct. Many
persons suppose that the presence Of
these bones In great numbers indicates
that the animals had q sort of common
cemetery, like the llamas of Chile,
which when they felt death coming on
always made for the nearest stream OF
pond and, IL they could get there, died
In the water.
That, however, is likely onkA a SUI
perstition. The mastodon bon6s In n
salt or sulphur marsh indicates that
the animals went there to drink the
water and occasionally one got mired
and was suffocated. The great num-
bers Of the bones do not prove that a
whole herd Of m%astodons was drowned
at once, but that one being mired ev-
cry year or SO during several centuries
would In time q great accumula-
ton Of bones. Missouri has a bone
marsh at Sulphur Springs; there is a
great mine of them at the Salt Springs
in Kentucky and at several places in
Ohio and Indiana where there are
saline springs. A great spring in Flor
Ida, one of the four or five huge out
lets which are grouped under the name
OF Silver Spring, is called "the bone
yard because the bottom md sides
are masses Of mastodon boncs."-St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
Memorial Day Exercises.

Saturday, May the ninth will be OBJ
served here as memorial to the Con-
federate dead and in honor of the sur
vivors of the late war. The exercises
will be under the direction of the Unit
ed Daughters of the C~onfederacy of
the city. The members of the John B.
Kershaw Chapter met on last Saturday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs. w.
Fl. Gilkerson and arranged a program
for the occasion.
The exercises will begin promptly at
thirty O'Clock III the Opera House. A
special choir composed of the hest local
talent, will render suitable music for
the occasion. The orator of the day is
to be the Hon. John j. McSwain, of
Greenville, Mr.. McSwain is well known
throughout the state as one of it's best
speakers, and the ladies here are to be
congratulated upon securing him for
this lay. The address on Memorial
day will be a treat, and everybody in
the city and county should hear it
Dinner will be served to the veterans
only. After the exercises at the Opera
House the graves of the Confederate
dead will be decorated with flowers and
flags. All are requested to bring floral
offerings for this purpose.
The following committee will serve
in the capacities named:
Table, Mistress j. O. C. Fleming, C.
c. Featherstone, j. H. Sullivan, j. A,
Copeland, c. E. Clarke, M. L. Cope
land, j. S. Bennett, Lucy Boyd, Brooks
Swygert, w. H. Dial, w. r. Richey Sr.
r. B. Bell, Foster Simpson, B. w. Ball,
w. f. Lucas, Miss Beulah Bale and
Bessie Roland.
Coffee committee, Mistress c.. E.
Gray, w. H. Gilkerson, j. F. Bolt, w.
w. Jones, Capers Hellams, Lee Langs-
ton, Warren Bolt, Miss Bette Watts,
Miss Minnie Babb and Miss Ella Belle
Copeland.
Decoration, Mistress T. D.. Darling
ton, II. K. Aiken, w. d. Ferguson, w.
r. Richey Jr., Lola Anderson and
Mayme Ferguson.
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His PARTING Shot.

The late Catholic bishop Raphoe, Ire
land, used often to tell this story with
much enjoyment. II was suddenly call
cd" he said, from my home to see an
unfortunate sailor who had beer cast
ashore from q wreck and was lying
~speechless on the ground, but not quite
dead. The life's in him still, your
~revercnce-he stirred n little so l
stopped down and said to him, MY
poor man, you're nearly gone, but just
try to say one little word or make one
little sign to show that you are dying
in the true faith So he opened one Of
his eyes just n wee bit, and he said,
Bloody end to the popev and so died"
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Why He LET EN- Grow"

Yes, I've given up shaving" he told
his friends. II never could shave my
self, and the last time | was operated
on | was In such n blue funk that |
shudder to think Of 1t. The barber
had n musical ear. md he lathered me
to the tune OF The Blind Boy which
was being ground out by n barrel organ
close by. Slow certainly, but nothing
to complain about. BY the time the
scraping process had commenced the
tune had changed to the liveliest of
jigs, and the musical shaver seemed to
be enjoying himself hugely as he did
his best to keep time. I was afraid to
take a breath for fear it would be my
last.
"Then the organ stopped, but only
for a second, and when | heard the
strains Of Stop Your Tickling, Jock /
vowed that rather than run the risk of
being finished Off in a BARRIERS chair
by n musical maniac I would let 'cm
grow for the future and chance the
crop."-Modern Society.
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AMERICAN coNsULS.
Their Duties Are Misundsrstood b.
Many of Our Citizens.

tuef Oatios are mfsunderstood ~
Many of Our Citizens.
In almost every city and town In
Europe-or all over the world. for that
matter, IL the city is OF any ~size-there
Is an American consul or consul gen.
eral. And, while the office of these
functionaries is commercial in reality,
looking after the imports and the ex-
ports between our country and others,
still they take q friendly interest in
American citizens travelling aud are al
ways ready to go out of their way even
to be obliging I'm personal things. l
explain this somewhat I'm detail, says
an experienced traveller in the Define
ator, as SO many people, especially
women, seem to have q notion that a
consul Is created for their especial ben
eft. And one Of the most serious trou-
bles these men have is with those who
III their money run short expect the
consul to furnish them with some and
often get insulting and threatening II
1t Is not done. The same may be said
In regard to our ambassador. for,
while their positions are political and
diplomatic, their offices are always
open, and any information Is always
cheerfully given In case an American
is In difficulty.
There are always certain public re-
ception days at the homes Of our con-
suls and u ambassadors, to which it
is not difficult to obtained invitations.
In fact, 1t is often announced In the
daily papers that Americans in general
are welcome, say on days like Thanks
giving. Fourth of July, and so on. In
this way 1t is possible for one to see
something of the lives OF ones COM
patriots away from home.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
A WAR OF MAPS.
Bolivia Wiped Out England and tn,
British Isles.

Bolivia Wiped Out England and the
British Isles.
"Bolivia Is the only country that ever
wiped England off the map said
Frank Robertson. ut came about this
way: The British ambassador several
years ago gave a dinner. for the official
and social circle people Of Bolivia.
when they arrived at the embassy
they found that he was not married
to the woman seated at the head Of the
table, and they left. In the name of
his government he demanded an apol.
ogy, ~whereupon the government gave
him t~wcnty-four hours to get out OF
the country.
"Inasmuch rs little Bolivia is way
of the ocean and practically lost in
the eternal mountains Great Britain
could not by guns get the ]retraction
that she wanted, but her mapmak.
ers got revenge by issuing maps Who'll.
ly eliminating Bolivia.
FINALLY this information reached DO.
livia, whereupon with a stroke Of the
pen new maps were ordered for the 30.
livian government and the Bolivian
schools. They showed more ocean
than any other maps ever printed. The
British isles had been sunk into the
sea. And so far rs the people and
school children Of Bolivia are concern,
ed there is no Great Britain."-Indian,
apolis News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-04-29
A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE.

The American Who Landed In Ger
many With a Box of Candy.
Germany is Jealous Of the foreign
candy maker and cxacts n rigorous toll
upon anything in the shape Of confec-
tionery that comes across It's borders.
Ignorant of this, one Of Uncle Sans
sons disembarked from a liner Mt n Ger
man port carrying in his hand a five
pound box Of candy bearing a New
York trademark. At sight Of the box
the Teutonic customs officials exhibited
marked activity and prepared to seize
upon II.
Not for NINE" said the American.
Il won't give up a sou. I'd rather eat
the stuff here and now" He opened
the box and commenced to dispose Of
Its contents without delay. Everybody
In sight was offered a handful. Nobody
declined except the customs officer,
who suid blandly that he had not q
sweet tooth. The traveller himself ate
many pieces. 1t was not long before
the last bit had been eaten.
AS soon as the box was empty the
official seized the traveller by the arm.
"The gentleman" he announced, will
accompany me to the bureau, where
We'll make out his bill for duty. Come.
1t Is at the other end Of the dock"
Never" said the American. you
have no right to charge me duty. /
didn't bring it In. I'll see my consul
right away, and he'll send q h.g leet
and lombard this blooming town"
Softly" said the officer. you'll pay
duty, all right. There are fifteen wit
nesses to prove that that candy Of
yours was consumed on German soil"
The duty was paid, and the consul
has not as yet been consulted.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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Crusaders in Laurens.

The Christian Crusaders will begin a
series OF undenominational and interde-
~nominational Gospel meetings in the
interest of all the churches of the town
and community Friday night, May 1st,
at 8 o'clock, in their large tent on Irby
avenue.
Sinners of all grades and conditions
are cordially invited to attend. Chris
tians of the different denominations
will unite their efforts in the great
work of rescuing the perishing. Meet
ings will be conducted every night at
8 o'clock and Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. No admission will be charged.
The Crusaders are not in Laurens to
establish a new religious organization
nor to antagonize any already organ
lied, but to lead an active engagement
against sin. AS some one has said: "In
the great army of God they are the
cavalry. The church is the main battle
line. They come to support it in a bat
tie and to charge on the ranks of the
enemy. They labor for no object which
will not benefit the churches. They do
not draw church members away to fol
low them, but labor to draw the masses
to the churches"
The movement of the Christian Cru
saders is a thorough organization with
a rigid form of government, kindly yet
not loosely administered. Every mem
Der is strictly accountable to authority.
The form of government is military
and has the advantage of military dis
cipline.
The following are words of common
dation from minister's:
"God is here. Scripture is being ful-
filled in these meetings. If Yorkville
has ever seen it in this fashion it was
before my time, but I have seen it,
Rev. Weber, d. D., Yorkville, S. c.
"The Christian Crusaders seem to be
imbued with only n purpose, and that
the high and holy purpose of getting
men and women saved from sin, and in
this work they are successful. No
thoughtful person can fail to see that
their work here has resulted in great
good. 1t is to me a humiliating thought
that much of the good they have done
has been among a class all too much
neglected by u churches" Rev. II. L..
Atkins. d. ID. p. E., Salisbury, N. c..
"The Christian zeal of the Christian
Crusaders has impress ed me very ia
vorably. They have done a good work
in our city. They have reached persons
with the Gospel whom the churches
failed to reach. They have taught the
church members valuable lessons of
conservation and faith and personal
work for the unsaved. 1t is my candid
conviction that their presence and work
are a benediction to any community. /
c%heerfully give the brethren and sisters
my cordial commentator. Rev. j. s..
Moffatt, Chester, S. c..
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Ancient Enamels.

1t is certain that glazes having the
composition Of good enamels were
manufactured at a very early date.
Excellent glazes are still preserved, and
some Of the bricks which have been
found among the ruins Of Babylon
have been ascribed to the seventh or
eighth century B. G. The glaze on the
Babylonian bricks was found upon ex-
animation to have n base of soda glass,
or sillcate of sodium. GlaZes of a SINH
lar character were also manufactured
by the Egyptians as early as the sixth
dynasty. There can be little doubt that
the Greeks and Etruscans were also
acquainted with the art Of enameling.
New York American.
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LOCAL OBSERVATIONS


Mr.: w. s. Power of Owings was ir
the city Monday.
Mr.. Halle Sherrod of Ninety-Six is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mr.. j. w. Copeland of S~tatesville, N.
c., was in the city Monday.
MeSsrs. d. w. Coats and w. M. Cald.
well Of Alma were in the city Monday.
Mr.. E. H. Scaife Of Union, a repre-
sentative Of the Toluca Mining Co., is
in the city for a few days.
Mr.. G. w. Babb of Sullivan township
was in the city Monday. He reported
a ver storm of wind and rain in sec
lion Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. w. F. Bailey announces his can
didacy for reelection to the office of
County Commissioner. His card ap.
pears il another column.
Mesdames j. II. league, II. X. Aiken
and John Scruggs left Monday for Wal
terboro to attend the convention of the
Kings Daughters in session there this
week.
The improvement work on the public
square has begun in part; the granite
curbing is arriving every day and being.
laid along the sidewalks. 1t is expected
that the brick work will begin in a very
short while.
Mr.. Newt. Watkins of G~reenville, a
native OF this county, was in the city
Monday. Mr.. Watkins was one Of the
Ndirst subscribers to THE ADVERTISER.
When the paper IA only a small sheet
and sold for l5c, three months subscrip-
ton.
Mr.. l.. G.. Bale has returned from
Columbia, where he attended a meeting
of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor.
Mr.. Bale is an enthusiastic Knight and
always attends these meetings, if pos
sible. He speaks in highest terms of
the recent meeting and of Columbia's
hospitality.
The Marine school, four miles west of
&Ahe city, will close it's session next Sat
May May 2, with appropriate exer-
IS and g picnic. The school-closing
on is drawing or and quite a num-
these picnics will be held. Lau-
Aomty - noted for its fine picnics.
kout daylight Saturday morning
storm broke over the CITY.
Tf6e wind blew at a furious rate, the
thunder was the sharpest of the season
and some damage to electric light and
telephone poles anu wires was done by
the lightning. For over an hour an ex-
ceptionally heavy rain fell. This was
the first real electric storm of the year.
Two negro men got in a mix-up Mon
day afternoon at the negro pool rooms
on Laurens street in which Robert Har-
rig was pretty badly cut by George
Thompson. After the cutting, Thomp-
"a LETT out and has not yet been found;
Kris wounds are not very serious,
Sg been well dressed by DIR. Dial.
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Heavy Interest.
Do not borrow trouble; it exacts too
much interest. Union Times.
Away With the Donkey.

The donkey has for decades been the
emblem of the democratic party, but
the committee in charge of the Denver
convention will substitute for that beast
of burden a royal tiger in the decora-
tions next July. Should the party en-
blem be changed it would probably bring
confusion to the minds of many who
have been accustomed to looking at
cartoons of the party of the people as
represented by the donkey. The Den
yer promoters of the new emblem seem
to think that a tiger looks more likely
to be victorious than a long-eared,
sleepy-looking donkey. Baptist Cou-
rier.
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, BT OF WAR HISTORY.
Judge Thompson Writes About the Fa.
nous First Brigade.

Editor Advertiser:
In the notice of the deathof Comrade
w. e. Cook in last weeks issue of your
paper by mistake you made me say that
the 3rd S. C. Battalion was the first
command that was marshalled on the
Potomac at the outbreak of the war
between the sections. 1t should have
read that this Ord Battalion was a part
of the command known to history as
Kershaw's Brigade, which was origi-
nally composed of the End (Col. j. B.
Kershaw), 3rd (Col. j. II. Williams)
7th (Col. Bacon) and 9Th (CoI. E. B. C.
CASH, commanded by Milledge l.. Bon
HON, and was the LIST brigade of what
was then known as the army of the
Potomac, afterward, and for all time,
to be known as the army of Northern
Virginia. At the time of the 1st Ma
nassas l think Bonham was the ranking
brigadier OF the C, S. army. He GER
tainly ranked Longstreet, who in turn
ranked Stonewall Jackson. Upon the
resignation of Bonham and his election
as governor of South Carolina Kershaw
was made brigadier general, command
ing the brigade until the latter days of
'63 or the early days of "a, when he
was made q major general, serving in
that capacity until captured along with
Ewell in the disaster at Sailors Creek,
two or three days before Appomattox,
while the old brigade, which had been
led in the meantime successfully by
Conner and Kennedy and had drifted to
the seacoast of South Cdrolina and had
fought at A~verysboro and Bennettsville
and surrendered with tombstone at
Greensboro seventeen days after the
surrender at Appomattox.
But to go back, the gallant 3rd Bat
talon was not a part of Kershaw's
Brigade until the autumn following the
LIST Maryland campaign. This Battal-
ion, with the 18th Regiment, were a
part of Drayton's Brigade until the
Confederates re-crossed the Potomac,
when the Battalion and 18th were as
signed to Kershaw's Brigade, Freder-
icksburg being the first field where
they fought with Kershaw. 1t will be
recalled that the battle of Fredericks-
burg was put three months after the
Battalion was cut to pieces at South
Mouth.
After the promotion of Longstreet
and Jackson and the organization of
the army into two great corps after the
seven days battle Kershaw's Brigade,
Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade with
two Georgia Brigades composed Nc
Laws LIST division of Longstreets 1st
corps, so that this Oldest South Caro-
lima Brigade was the LIST Brigade of the
LIST Division of the 1st corps of far
famed Army of Northern Virginia.
General Bonham had been greatly dis
tinguished both in civil and military
life prior to the war of the COS, having
seen service in both the Seminole and
Mexican wars, and was a member of
the lower house of congress at the
breaking out of hostilities.
Our Gen. Bonham, of Anderson, S.
g., is a son (worthy son of worthy
sire) of the distinguished commander
of the LIST Brigade.
Q. GLTHOMPSNN.
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Fountain Pana.

1t is n popular fallacy that fountain
pens are quite q modern invention. AS
n matter Of fact, an old work of ref
crencc published in 1906 contains an H.
lustration of n fountain pen. the ap-
pearance of which is very much like
those sold at the present time. Its
construction, however, was somewhat
elaborate and clumsy, the pen consist
Ing Of various pieces Of metal which
had to be screwed Ind unscrewed be-
fore the pen could be used.
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Attention.! Camp Darlington, u. G. ,

Attention! Camp Darlington, u. G.. v.
a meeting of Camp Darlington, L.
G. v, is hereby called to be held in
the Office Of Probate Judge Thomp-
son, on Saturday, May second, at 10
a. III.
a full attendance of members of
the Camp is earnestly requested, as
business of importance is to be trans
acted.
The annual dues, % cents per mem
Der, are to be paid, as our assessments
to both the State and General Reunion
arc now due.
Delegates are to be elected to rep
resent the Camp at the General Re
union to be held at Birmingham, Ala,
June 9th, 10th and 18th, and the
State Reunion to be held at Green
vile, S. c., August 18th and 18th.
Officers for the ensuing year are
also to be elected at the approaching
meeting.
BY Order:
Il. b. CREWS,
Commander.
b. w. Lanford,
AdmtaDt.
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It's Loose in Georgia.

LET Georgia have peace" urges the
Columbia State upon Georgia with a
disguised inquiry whether the people of
that State are ready for ''another sea-
son of dirty campaigning, with charge
and countercharge, claim and counter
claim, m~ud-slinging and drivel?" We
fear that ~hell-raising has become a con-
irmed habit with the once reasonably
well-behaved commonwealth in cues
ton. An army of p~acification from
Washington might get the lid down,
but any less heroic measures would be
wasted. Savannah News.
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He that hath so many causes of joy,
and SO great, is very much in love with
sorrow and peevishness who loses all
these pleasures and chooses to sit
down upon his little handful of thorns.
Enjoy the blessings Of this day IL God
SENDS them, and the evils Of 1t bear
patiently and sweetly, for this day only
Is ours. We are. dead to yesterday,
and we are not yet born to the morrow.
But IL we look abroad and bring into
one days thoughts the evil of many,
certain and uncertain, what will be
and what will never be, our load will
be as intolerable as it is unreasonable.
Jeremy Taylor.