The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-29

The city will be we'll repaid for the
services of the auditors If it can col
lect all the money owed it or even
minor part Of it.
Yes, those holes on the new post
Office lot were dug for the new build
ing. Further work on it will be con
tinued next spring
The city Of Sumter is just recover
ing from a successful bargain day
Lets have one in Laurens shortly af-
ter Christmas week
The editor OF a country" paper
never knows how widely his paper is
read until he slips up and says some
thing he has no business.
The City of Laurens has owing to
it around $4,000 in old accounts
back taxes. licenses, fines etc we can
see one and only one way to settle the
matter. Collect every one of them
Business is business
This cotton proposition has not been
solved yet boys. We are afraid it
would be we'll to sleep with one eye
open when dreaming about this new
$50,000,o0o proposition. Anyhow, a
little more information as to the plans
ought to be brought out.
#&%
Our Harmony correspondent says
he feels like spreading himself" on
the question of Sunday observance.
He is right. The officers OF the law
should have some encouragement and
backing when they try to uphold the
statutes. If the people OF the county
would second the efforts OF those who
enforce the laws it would aid them in
their work They need encourage
ment
The interest that people take in
their county paper is reflected in the
number of correspondents that it has.
No county paper is complete without
correspondents from every section
which il serves or ought to serve. The
Advertiser points with pride to its
columns today and on other days and
hatters itself that ii has the best corps
of correspondents OF any county pa
per in the state.
Our Cross Hill correspondence Mr..
w. T. Austin, in his letter this week,
states that an itemized statement of
the cost of raising cotton showed that
the receipts from the staple at nine
cents pound barely made ends meet.
We would like for Mr.. Austin or any
body else to send in such a statement
so that others could see them This
is very fruitful subject for discus
sion and one that would be very bene-
fetal to cotton raisers.
With ten thousand bales of cotton
being held III this county and trade
as brisk as it is our merchants should
feel gratified. They would be taxed
to their nttermost if cotton was sell
ing around twelve cents and the sta
ole was going to market The pres.
ent situation goes to show that the
Laurens farmers are as a general rule.
in better condition to hold than are
the farmers of most counties. 1t can
not be denied by the merchants, talk
ing everything into consideration, that
trade is better than we would have
expected If we had known earlier that
cotton wasing to be so low at this
seasOn Of the year
Laurens should get in line with all
other important cities In this state
and build college or preparatory
school. it can be said with truth
hSwever, that the number of higher
standard colleges is already large
enough and perhaps too large. but
there is growing feeling among edu.
caters that more preparatory or "un
Sversity' schools are needed. Lau
Fens is in the center of large terri
t-S..s5 tAat could aaofIu CnnDfu ann,o ot