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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-20

rate per annum Of $46S,536.OO.
During our administration of seven
months and twenty days in 1910, we
spent $1S7,107.4 gross, or $167,435. .O4
after deducting permanent improve
ments, which indicates an expenditure
per annum of $262.3OooO.
1t will be noticed that our prede-
cessors started the year with past
due interest debt of $27 7,945. 90 and bills
payable of $53,OOO.O0.
Our council has started the year
with cash balance of $19,OO4,35; with
prospective excess of income over
running Expenses of $117,SO5. 90. or a
total of $136,S09.34 available for per-
manent improvements in 1911, and
with an anticipated saving in current
expenses, increase in efficient collect
ing of city dues and l-.iderestimated in
come for safety which, together, will
amount to at least $50,0000O more
which will go to swell our income and
reduce taxes in 1912.
ihSi SioiS We are HOW llnallN III Il
financial position to state not what
we hope or expect to do. but that we
Will go ahead from this time forward
with city building and rehabilitation
These statements are not made to
disparage our predecessors, who were
good men under the handicap of
defective system
They are made simply to show that.
in the short space of seven months
and twenty days, there have been ac-
complished under perfected form
of government, and it's proper admin
istration, results that seem not to have
been possible, or which at least were
not approXimated under the old polit
ical ward plan.
To the method more than to men be-
long the results, which tend to estab-
lish the raison d'etre Of commission
government.
Almost invariably re are asked as
to the satisfaction of the citizens.
We can only say that the recall has
not been invoked, and that we daily
receive encomiums from those whose
well done" is worth while; on the
other hand, we hear frequently of
criticisms.
1t shall be the aim or this writer
to deserve in some measure these
words of cheer from his friends, and
so to work for the good of all that
unfriendly critics may after a time be-
come disarmed in the light of good
results.
With sincere belief in the splendid
of commission govern
ment, and the wish that it's blessings
may continue with Columbia and ex-
tend to all the civic communities of
the land, I am,
Sincerely yours,
w. Fl. Gibbes,
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THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 2s.
President Taft Issues the Usual Of
fetal Proclamation,

hciai Proclamation.
Washington, November 7.-President
Taft today issued the THANKSGIVING
proclamation, setting aside November
%, for tho observance of that day.
The proclamation follows:
by the President of the United
States of America
"A Proclamation:
"A God-fearing nation like ours owes
1t to its Unborn and sincere sense of
moral duty to testify its devout graft
tude to the All-giver for the countless
benefits 1t has enjoyed. For many years
it has been customary at the close of
the year for the national executive to
call upon his fellow countrymen to
offer praise and thanks to God for the
manifold blessing vouchsafed to them
in the past, and to unite earnest sup
pliance for their continuance.
The year now drawing to a close
has been notably favorable to our for
tunate land At peace within and with
out, free from approximations and ca
lamities that have afflicted other peo-
pies; rich in harvests so abundant
and in industries so productive that
the overflow of our prosperity has ad~
Vantaged the whole world; strong in
the steadfast conservation OF the herit-
age of self-government beQueathed to
us by the wisdom of our fathers, and
firm in the resolve to transmit that
proved by good use to our children and
our children's children for all time
to come, the people Of this country
have abounding cause for contented
gratitude.
Wherefore, l, William Howard Taft.
President of the United States OF
America, in pursuance Of long estab-
lished usage and in response to the
wish Of the American people, invite
my country men, wheresoever they
may sojourn, to join, on Thursday the
18th day Of this month of November.
in appropriate Inscriptions of praise
and thanks to God for the good gifts
that have been our portion and, in
humble prayer, that His great mer-
cies toward us may endure.
In witness whereof, / have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
this 9TH day of November, in the year
OF our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve, and Of the independ-
ence of the United States of America.
the one hundred thirty-seventh.
William H. Taft.
"By the President.
ALVEY A. Adee,
Acting Secretary OF State"
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NOVICE OLE SAIE

fruSuant to order OF the Court of
common Pleas in case of Mamie E.
curry plaintiff, against Willie Moore
ct al | will sell at public outcry to
the highest bidder for cash on Tues
day the Bird day of DecemDcr, 1912. at
Two O'Clock p. Nj. of said day. near
owings Homestead. all that tract of
land situate in Laurens county in said
state, containing forty six acres. more
or less, to be cut and sold in suitable
iots, said tract OF land being on east
side OF the c. w. c. railroad. bound
ed by lands Of Pearly II. Moore, and
others near Owings Station
John ID. Owings,
Sheriff
Laurens County, s. c..
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Gray Court Baptist Church.

Gray Court, Nov. 14.--The Gray
Court Baptist church is nearing com
pletion and the first service will be
held the fourth Sunday in the month,
which is November oath If it is the
wish Of the people. protracted meet
ing Of short duration Will be held. The
public is cordially invited to attend
these and all other services held in
the church.
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NOTICE
OF THE
County Treasurer

The Books of the County Treasurer
VIII be opened for the collection OF
state County and Communication Road
IaXes for fiscal year. 1912. at the,
reasnrer's Office from October 18th.
to December 3lst. 1912 After Deceul-
per 3l9t, one per cont will be added
AFTER January 3lst. two per cent. wila
be added, and after February 28th.
seven per cent. will be added till the
10Th day of March, 1913, when the
books will be closed.
All persons owning property in moro
man one Township are requested to
call for receipts in each of the several
townships in which the property is
located. This is important, as addition
al cost and penalty may be attached,
All able-bodicd male citizens be-
tween the ages of 81 and go years OF
age are liable to pay n poll tax OF ST. 90
except old soldiers, who are exempt at
90 years of age. Communication Road
Tax $l.5O in lieu of road duty.
The Tax levy is as follows:
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DOING GREATER WORK.
Southern Railway Adding More Offices
to its Land and Industrial Depart
mcnt i'm the South.

w itS huhu huu
mcnt in the South.
Washington, Nov. l5.-The South
erin Railway company will on Novem-
ber 10 enlarge the work of its Land
and Industrial Department in the
South by opening three new Offices
to be located at Birmingham, Ala. and
Knoxville and Chattanooga. Tenn.
These new Offices are established in
harmony with the policy of the South
ern Railway to cover as fully as pos
sibly the development Of the agricul-
tural and manufacturing and other in .
terests in its territory. In connection
with the opening OF these Offices the
following appointments have been an
nounced by the Land and Industrial
Department:
j. w. Paige, now agent at Bristol.
Tenn, to be agent at Chattanooga.
Tenn; r. G. Hanson, Jr., now travel
ing immigration agent In the north,
with headquarters at ST. Louis, Mo.
to be agent at Bristol, Tenn E. p. II.
West agent, Knoxville, Tenn; ]. NJ
Marsh, agent, Birmingham. Ala; and
w. b. Price, travelling immigration
agent to succeed r. G. Hanson, Jr.
With the opening of these new Of
fees the Land and Industrial Depart
ment Of the Southern Railway will
have offices and agents in the south at
Atlanta and Macon; Ga; Mobile and
Birmingham. Ala; Chattanooga, Knox
vile and Bristol. Tenn; Columbus.
Miss; Columbia. s. c.; Asheville and
Brevard, N. c.. and Danville, Va
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MountvIlIe Services.

The Advertiser has been requested
to announce that the following SER
vices are held at the Church of Eter-
nal Hope. Universalist, at Mountville: :
Sunday School each Sunday morn
ing. vespers each Thursday evening
at p. m, preaching every third Sun
day at Il a. m. and p. m. Rev. Geo.
Studson Delano is pastor of this
church.
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MADDEN NEWS


Madden, Nov. 12.-Yes sir! The re-
suit of the election OF November 5th
was decidedly to our liking and was
an almost unanimous affair. We cell
eDrated too, out Madden way. The peo
pie in Laurens need not think they
were the only ones making a big heap
noise!
"Whoopee"! yelled Uncle John with
genuine democratic ardor as he open-
ed his Advertiser" and beheld the
victorious rooster perched aloft the
banner. "Hurrah" he said as he read
The solid South still remains solid",
(Wasn't it vision of one T. r. to
burst the solid south, with the help
of one Mr.. Beard and give to us poor
benighed folks freedomO
DO you suppose Uncle John" ask
ed somewhat doubling one, that
we'll ever feel the effect of the cleo
tion down here?"
Yes, Stree, was the enthusiastic
his head, 81 feel good now!"
Sure we celebrated-our leading
merchant donated a roman candle and
fire cracker, our efficient cotton buy
er ditto-the younger generation en-
Enthusiastically looked on and Uncle
John gave (almosD the rebel yell,
Honest confession is good for the
soul and here goes. This correspond
ent preached loudly and long about
this time last fall about farmers buy
ing guano and having to give half they
made to pay guano bills. Well, she
did the same thing only in her case
1t was over half. She picked her lit
tie patch, had it ginned paid the
guano note and there was precious
few shekels left-but there's one con
ISOLATION: her credit for guano is
good
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Martin of Clin-
ton were visitors in our midst re-
Gently.
Mrs. NJ II. Allison and Mrs. Mollie
league spent part of last week very
pleasantly with their niece, Mrs. Iona
Brown.
Miss Ida Turner, our welI-lked
teacher, spent the weekend with her
home people in Cross Hill She was
accompanied home by Miss Louise
Dean
Many friends out here were delight
ed that Mrs j. l.. Machen, known af-
fectionately to we people as Lidie
Moore. had recovered from her recent
operation sufficiently to come home
1idie was one of the large girls" that
carried prestage with it in the old
days. at old Rose Dale when the writ
er was one of "the small fry. Some
or these days when the spirit moves
exactly right this correspondent in
tends to pen an eulogy on those gold
en- days, We voice the sentiment OF
all her old friends in wishing to see
Mrs Machen her ole self again.
Mr.. j. A. Wofford is getting on all
right now and his friends will be glad
to hear, If he has no backset, will be
able to return to his work the lat
ter part of this week.
Miss Jessie Thompson was the
guest of her sister. Mrs. Dean, Sun
day.
Mr.. r. j. Langston spent Saturday
night with Mr.. r. NJ. Shaw of Cold
Point.
The ladies of the Rural Improve
ment association will meet at the
school house Friday afternoon at Q
p, m. A full attendance is earnestly
urged as business of Importance is to
be transacted.
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NOTICE.
state of South Carolina.
County of Lannon's

County of LaurenS.
pursuant to an order of the Probate
Court for the county and state afore-
SAID, in the case Of Annie B. Hopkins,
and j. w, Balentine individually and
as administrators of the Estate of II.
Mills Balentine, plaintiffs, against
Wellie c. Ballentine ct al, | will sell
to the highest bidder at public out
cry at Laurens, South Carolina. from
the southern portico on Salesday in
December 1912, being the 2nd day of
the month, during legal hours. all that
tract OF land situate In Laurens coun-
w, In said state, near Ware Shoals.
containing 46 and S7-1OO acres. more
or less. bounded north by lands of w.
G' Murn. east by lands of j. w. Beeks.
south by lands of j. Frank Beeks and
west by lands of w. S. knight. Terms:
one-half of purchase money cash, bal
ance with interest at eight per centum.
que IN IL months, secured by bond
OF purchaser and mortgage of the
premises, with leave to the purchaser
TO pay all cash. Purchaser to nav
Tor papers If the purchaser does not
comply with the terms of sale the
land shall be resold on the same or
SOME subsequent salesday at the risk
OF the defaulting purchaser.
o. G. THOMPSON,
Probate Judge, L. c., S. G..
NOV. 4, l9I2.-l4-4t.
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COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT

In accord with the promise made by
The Advertiser to give some facts as
to the commission form of govern
ment, letter was written to Mayor
w H. Gibbes, of Columbia, who was
the first mayor under the commission
form of government in that city. The
reply of Mayor Gibbes is as follows:
OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL
City of Columbia.
Columbia, S. c.,
Editor The Advertiser:
SO many letters are being received
at this office asking for Columbia's s
experience with commission govern
ment that you must pardon my send
ing you reply prepared in anticipa-
ton of your inquiry, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged.
We have mayor and four council
men and elections are held alternately
each two years, at one time fer two
councilmen, and the next for the may
or and the other two the term of Of
flee being four years in all cases.
We have the initiative, referendum,
and recall all upon a twenty per cent
petition of the total vote of the last
proceeding primary election.
Our voting qualifications for the pri-
mary are the same as for the general
election, viz: state residence of two
years, county one year, and city four
months before the next ensuing gen
eral election, together with the pro-
duction Of receipts for all taxes then
finally due and payable.
AS to the justification of this gov
ernment in Columbia, 1t is hard to
find. a stronger one than the statement
cf members OF the preceding council
When | went to two of them for an
explanation Of their budget before
publishing the appended financial
statement l was informed:
First: That bills payable amounting
to $53,000.00 and secured by an assign
ment OF taxes were not placed in the
buu6Ct VI lhe year expenses because
their appearance would destroy the
balance" and "injure the city's cred
It," F,
Second: That the income for, the
year 1910 had been "purposely under
estimated" because If there appeared
to be surplus there would be a grab
from all SIDES for all the money in
sight by every department.
Our financial statement shows that
during the ncumbency Of our pre-
decessors for iour months and eleven
days of 1910, they spent total Of
$2G6.59l.93. Deducting from this
amount bills payable and past due in
terest of the year before, and all
money spent for permanent improve
ments, we find that they seem to have
spent what seems to be net amount
of $169,468.09 for running expenses, or
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-20
WATTS MILL HONOR ROLL

Nearly a Third OF the Total Enroll
ment Win Places on the Honor Roll
Last Month.
Fifty three out Of about one hundred
and fifty scholars at the Watts mill
school won places on the honor roll
the past month. This is an unusually
large number to secure special men
tion. so the youngsters and younster-
esses must have put in extra time.
While all of the honor roll members
are good students at other times, it
seems, however, that Manager d. r.
Lavender, of the moving picture show,
had some LITTLE N do with this ex-
traordinary awakening. M" Lavender
at the beginning of the sesslO On, made
special offer to school chn iren of
the county winning places Or the
honor roll, promising to give each
free ticket to the show. Mr.. Lavea-
der evidently does not realize what
he has gone up against, for the honor
rolls are beginning to be longer than
they have ever been before Here is the
Watts Mill roll:
First Grade-Lonise. sBrowDlee. .Ern-
est Cfess. Many Fuller kucAe MAR
tin, French O'Shields. Talmage sorgee,
Carrie Brownlee. Mary Davis, Maud
Mills, Grace Oxner, Ralph Putnam.
Pearl Tumblin. r>-H +" ".s--v,
Second Grade--Clara Allan, Inez
Babb. Lois Gospell, Andrella Mckee,
Emmett Tidwell; Nina Bobo. clyde Co
lightly. Emmett Jessee, Herman Tay-
lor, Gladys Trogdon
Third Grade-Frank Burns, Lille
Hughes, Ruth. Oxner. Pauline Tum-
bin. Willie b. West, Alpha Garrett,
Winona Hughes, Charlie Pulley. FL
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WILLIAMS KIDNEY PILLS

Have you overWorked your nervous sys-
tern and caused trouble with your kid
neys and bladder? Have you pains in
loins side back and bladder? Have you
n habby appearance OF the face. and un-
der the eyes? A frequent desire to pass
urire7 II so. Williams Kidney Pills will
cure you-Druggist. Price 60c
WILLIAMS MFG. CO.. Props.. Cleveland. Ohio
LAURENS DRUG co.
Laurens, 8. G.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-20

There could be no better medicine
than Chamberlain Couhg Remedy. My
children were all sick withwhooping
cough. One OF them was in bed, had
high fever and was coughing mp
blood. Our doctor gave them Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and the first
dose eased them, and three bottles
cured them" says Mrs. r. A. Donald
son, of Lexington, Miss. For sale by
all dealers.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-20

Mr.. Poultryman: If you are not get
ting eggs, don't blame the chickens:
help them along by feeding Conkey's
Laying Tonic. Palmetto Drug Com
pany has 1t, iIJ6t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-11-20

for state purposes . e. .5M mills
for constitutional School Tax mills
ror ordinary County purposes mills
ror interest on Railroad Bonds mill
ror ROAD and Bridge Bonds mills
TOT court houSe Bonds q mills
iotaI .l7M mills
The Bourbon news., 1912-06-28
KENTUCKY TRACTION AND
TERMINAL CO.
"The Blue Grass Route"
Hourly High Speed Through
Service.
Paris - Lexington - Frankfort
Division.
Frankfort

Cars leave Paris for Lexington, Yer
saiIles and Frankfort every hour or
the hour from 6 a. m. until 8 p. M,
and at 10 o. M. the last car going only
as far as Versailles
Cars leave Lexington for Versailles,
Frankfort and Paris, every hour from
a. m. until z D. m, and at andll D.
M, the last car going only as far as
Versailles.
Cars leave Versailles for Lexington
and Paris every Is minutes after the
hour from 6 Is a. m. until :l5 p. m.
and at IL :l5 p. m.. last car going only
as far as Lexington.
Cars leave Versailles for Frankfort
every As minutes after the hour from
:45 a. N. until Z AS p. m, and at 3 IA
D. m. m
Cars leave Frankfort for Versailles,
Lexington and Paris every thirty min
utes after the hour from $50 a. N.
until 7 80 q. M. and 10 80 p M, the
last car going only as far as Lexing-
ton.
The Bourbon news., 1912-06-28
Ban on Certain Trees.

Prof. Arthur M. Miller, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, and pro
essor of geology at the Kentucky
State University. has written an inter
esting paper on the proposed arbore-
tum for the Capitol grounds at Frank
fort in which he points out the difficult
ties in the way of having each county
in the State represented by separate
species of tree, and mentions the objec-
Iion which any county would have to
being typifed by the sassafras or per
simmon, everywhere standing for poor
land. and the unpoetic association Of
the pignut. Prof. Miller suggests that
before it is too late a section of a
mamoth Kentucky oak should beasecur-
ed, on which. when polished as a.scroll,
the principal events of Kentucky s
history should be recorded, making
it similar 10 the famous tablet in the
Kensington Museum in England. Prof.
Miller's paper contains striking and
instructive history of the native trees
of Kentucky.
The Bourbon news., 1912-06-28
STOCK, CROP AND FARM NOTES

: Two loads of choice cornfed steers,
one load OF twenty steers which aver
aged 1927 pounds, shipped by Nc
Campbell & Wakefield, of Shelby
county. Kentucky, and one lot of seven
teen head. averaging 1880 pounds,
shipped by Col VIM. T. Lee. of ,Bullitt
county, Kentucky. were sold on the
Louisville market at 8 1-2 cents per
pound, which is the highest price per
pound at which cattle have been
sold on that market in carload lots
since the close of the Civil War.
The Paynes Depot section of Fay
cite county was visited by a heavy hail
storm at late hour Monday night,
which did considerable damage to the
growing crops. The storm lasted about
twenty minutes and the tobacco was
riddeled and early crops. which had
grown to considerable size, were .des-
troyed. Corn suffered greatly.
Tobacco growers of Nicholas
county report that the tobacco crop.
the transplantingl lof which was com
pleted about week ago, is doing fine
and an excellent stand has been secur-
ed. 1t is reported that the prosrects
IOr large crop are me pest IN years.
The prospects for corn, which have
been very gloomy, are reported great
ly improved.
Danville Messenger Col. C. r.
Anderson was exhibiting some samples
Of wheat grown on his farm this year.
Some heads of late sown wheat contain
six or seven grains to the mesh while
some early wheat, which is much
thicker on the round contains almost
as many.
JOHANNESBURG COURT. = The
Gazette says: Small crowd i'm town
Yesterday, but a big run Of cattle. R..
S. Hudson reports l,l00 here and all
sold but 150 at 25 less than last court.
Few choice steers sold at $3.50. but
thesbulk went at So 25 few best heif-
ers at So. 35. with the bulk selling at
3-4 to sc. Two hundred sheep here
snd 80 sold at S4.00 per head Mr..
Hudson sold 20 short yearlings at
1890. II common steers s21.3 9
2-year-old at SIS. heifers at S22. 80
Nothing much doing In horses.
The Bourbon news., 1912-06-28
Could Shout For Joy.

81 want to thank you from the bot
tom of my heart" wrote G. B. RAIDER,
Of Lewisburg, w. Va. '' for the won
derful double benefit | got from Elec-
trio Bitters, in curing me of both a
severe case of stomach trouble and of
rheumatism, from which | had been
an almost helpless sufferer for ten
years. 1t suited my case as though
just made for me-" For dyspepsia, in
digestion, iauadice, and to rid the sys-
TEN OF kidney posons that cause
rheumatism Electric Bitters have no
equal. FRY them. Every bottle is
guaranteed to satisfy. Only 80 cents
at Oberdorfer
The Bourbon news., 1912-06-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by AN infamed
condition of the mucous lining of .the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infamed you have rumbling sound or
misunderstanding and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catdrrh, which is moth
ing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
FOR any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Tuledo, o.
Sold bySDruggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constl-
patton.