The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-09-18
Jacks went for Jones.

lne AuVcrtlSer made BroVlOuS mis-
take in this column last week, though
1t was caught before all of the papers
were run off of the press. The very
first paragraph ran thus: Jacks went
for Blease". AS a matter of fact
Jacks went for Ira b. Jones by n big
majority, Blease not getting much of
look-in among those good folks. We
apologize to Jacks and congratulate
II upon the stand they took for good
government
Nearly time to begin picking up
chips.
It's about time to give those lids to
the COW.
Politics and the drought have had
quite tussle for popularity as sub
jects of conversation.
We would like to see built in Lau-
rens cotton mill using entirely the
cotton grown in this county. If such
mill were built, we believe 1t would
go far towards assisting the farmers
of this section in securing better pric-
es for their products. AS conditions
are now, the farmers do not get as
good n price for their staple as they
would were their cotton used here at
home in larger quantities. They do
not get as good prices for their cot
ton when the mills purchasing 1t have
to pay freight in addition to the pur-
chase price. 1t stands to reason that
mill here would be willing to pay
more for cotton at is door than it
would at distance where freight
would have to be paid. If local
mill had buyer on the street, who
was willing to pay the top of the
market for the staple in order to save
freight from elsewhere, he would keep
the Laurens market at the highest lev
ell and not only the cotton used here
would bring the best prices, but all
the cotton bought on the same market
would bring prices Just as high. Such
local mills of other towns have buyers
on hand and they are willing to pay
the best that the market allows for
the cotton of these markets. If Lau-
rens had mill as large as the Ware
SHOALS mill and using the grade of
cotton raised in this county Laurens
county would get the very best prices
obtainable for her staple.
NO WHITEWASH FOR LAURENS.
We gather from the last paragraph
OF the resolutions passed by the coun-
W executive committee Thursday that
the committee will not welcome and
possibly will not willingly allow the
remaining citizens of the county TO
inspect the polling lists as The Ad-
Vertiser promised to make possible
last week. "All boxes for all precints
tor the county are intact and under
lock and key and are here for the in
spection for your committee or any
subcommittee thereof" says the res
olntion. In other words. The Adver-
tiser and none other but the commit
tee need apply.
This same paragraph, taken in con-
nection with the paragraph Just quot
ed in which it is stated by the com
mittee that "Laurcns county should
be eliminated from the contest" now
going on and that the "fair name of
the county should not be held up to
the state as having conducted an ille-
gal election, would lead an observant
reader to believe that the committee
intends throwing obstacles in the way
of a thorough investigation by others
than the state investigating commit
tee. Since that committee cannot pos-
sibly look into the details as to every
county, itseems to us that such a res
olution effectually bars further inyes-
tigation unless something were done
to nullify the resolution.
The action of the committee in
drawing up such resolutions was very
precipitatc If the committee intended
to clear the county's skirts of the
charges of fraud In It's election. Such