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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
VELASQUEz A CHEAP ARTIST
AS Court Painter He Received $11 a
Month When He Was About
Twenty-Five Years Old.

Don Caspar de Guzman. Conde-
Duque d'Olivarez, born in Rome in
1885, became the first minister OF
Philip Nv. in 1921. was dismissed in
1913 after career OF mismanagement
and died in exile two years later. A
patron of the painters. II was through
MIN that Velasquez at twenty-four be-
came court painter to the young king
at eighteen. In return Velasquez paint.
number of portraits for his protec.
tor. The notable example, which has
recently been presented to the His
panic museum OF New York, was
painted when Velasquez was about
twenty-five years old, shortly after he
came to court
The canvas. measuring 81 by IS
inches, came from Capt Robert 8.
Holford Of London, in whose posses.
sion 1t had long been held after hav-
Ing passed through the Baillie sale in
1858. when 1t sold for a598 los, and
the Scarisbrick sale In 1851, when II
sold for e262 los, very moderate
sums compared to the surprising fg.
ure said to have been paid for II re.
Gently. At the time 1t wes painted
Velasquez was receiving $11 a month
Tor his services as court painter.-w.
Stanton Howard. In Harper's Mara
dine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Returns After Visit.

Miss Lovey Spicer of Philadelphia,
who has been spending a delightful
winter with her sister, Mrs. William
Solomon here in Laurens, has left for
Norfolk, Va, where she will visit her
sister, Mrs. William H. Galloway. Miss
Spicer's many friends here regret her
leaving but hope she will not forget
her southern acquaintances and re-
turn again in the near future.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Gettina Even.

Our friend who in taking us for a
ride In his aeroplane startles us by
dropping a heavy wrench so that 1t
narrowly misses man in the road.
why did you do that?" we ask. see
Ing him chuckie over the mans fright
That's country Justice OF the
peace, he says. scooting the machine
up He used to fine me every Sun
day for fast driving in my auto."-
Woman's World
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Fine Lot of Steers.

Mr., j. j. Dendy has just received a
Shipment of the finest lot Of cattle
seen around Laurens in long time.
1he cattle fine Red Poles from Ten
nessee' will be whacaed up for the
big meat market now being run by
Mr. Dendy. OF the drove of about
forty-eight not single one weighed
less than thousand pounds.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
w eddlnq Bells,

"Jedge." said the old colored citi.
zen' now much fer a license ter git
married."
Want IT for yourself?"
fes' sub; you see. Is gittin' mighty
old now"
That's evident Then why do you
want to get married?"
Wen ledge, ter tell de truth. some
oouy gimme long coat. a linen collar
ah walkin cape. en- ! knows a
CONAN what says she kin make liv.
IN Ter me. en- feels des like a honey.
moon!"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Favorite Fiction.

"Pere Marquette Time Table"
One Rap Calls the House to ON
der" -
Jack. Never Dreamed That Yd
Meant More Than friendship"
My Friends. Don't Want You to
Vote for Me Unless My Platform Suits
You"
We'll. I'll See You Again Soon, I
Hope"
Doctor OF Laws" [rEE;-'
Smoke Inspector" SFmWSF
debt OF Honor" -1ySSSaq
..SSSSTaS5 ..SSsTtsss5
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
untalntad.

Tempted bS an offer OF considerably
more than the property had cost him.
M. Kreezus. who counted his wealth
In millions. had parted with his sub.
urban villa.
You didn't need the money" said
his disgusted business partner. who
had Just heard Of the transaction. yet
for a little filthy lucre you sold that
beautiful homa!"
Il didn't" exclaimed the equally In.
dignant Mr.. Kreezus II sold II far
clean cash!"-Youth's Companion.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Cotton Going Upwards.

The Laurens cotton market has been
busy market for the past few weeks
With cotton bringing 10 cents and
over, the farmers have been turning
it loose rather freely. Yesterday the
staple was bringing 101-1c cents on
the local market
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

her speed trials made 29.5 knots per
hous. The Won der Tam is her next
fastest water fighter of the dread
naught class. Great Britain also has
three birds that skim along at 2s
knots--the Invincible, the Indomitabls
and the Indegatigable. But the great
est of all the floating armament is
the Lion, recently launched. This
monster is estimated to have a
speed capacity of 81 to 80 knots per
hour
The cost Of the Lions machinery is
to be $2,500,000. The new ship is ESQ
feet long. Her engines will have 70.
600 horsepower. When one stands at
the mighty cataract of the Catawba
and is told that all of that great vol
ume OF water creates but $4,000 horse
power, what is it all when compared
with 10000 horse power in the loins
OF this great racing fighter, Of the
deep? And when we think that Eng
land and Germany are building these
dreadnaughts while America is
squanderlng millions on pensions to
grafters, how fearsome is the pros
pect for the future e.-Anderson Daily
Mail.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Plague take that ground hog.

Plague take that ground hog.
They certainly do have some
Times" at Belton. Shoe!
And again with this State House in
vestigation the old question bobs up
Who hit Billy Patterson?'
Peach trees and candidates bloom
just about the same time The buds
are beginning to swell already
The weather has been pretty cold,
but few other little affairs are get
tins rather warm down in Columbia.
Fifteen new subscribers in one day
is not bad record at ALL The Ad-
vertisers mailing list steadily grows
longer and longer.
Our farmers should bark to what
observer" says in this issue. He
lives in the country and knows what
he is talking about
This has been a glorious year for
weather prophets The long distance
guessers have been on the job alright,
alright Three SHOWS predicted and
three SHOWS fell
Well, the legislature has decided to
allow the states prisoners to contin-
%
tions at the hosiery mill for another
year. The vote was closer than we
really expected.
Who could be more fortunate than
we, who have the a:.arming school
teachers all over the county collect
ing subscriptions in order to afford
their schools with the luxuries OF a
few choice books. With the teachers
for us, who can be against us?
@#s
The Newberry Observer asks who
will Jacks township support for pres
ident?' Jacks wont have much say
so, in deciding on who she is going
to vote for. She is going to vote for
the Democratic party nominee, re-
gardlcss. She is "stanch" for democ-
racy Now. when ii comes to the of
flee of sheriff, or clerk OF court, or
auditor or some of those kind of plac-
es, she cuts quite "fgger" at the
show down. a little thing like a pres
idential election is a soft snap for
Jacks, but when it comes to a county
campaign. lookout!
1t seems 10 lis that the real issues
in the state House architect probe
are being lost sight of in the endeavor
to entangle Gov. Blease in it. 1t
would appear to us to be the proper
thing to discover what was really done
and then later to find out who did
it. Following the blind leadership of
those who many believe were respon-
sible for the election of Gov. Blease
in the last campaign, the investigat-
ing committee is travelling little too
fast. They have. got the cart before
the horse. If Gov. Blease was "in"
on this deal. 1t can be brought out af-
NSi NhO laSlo nave DGCu BdIu-
cred.
The patrons of the opera house
would appreciate any action that the
police department might take toward
stopping promiscuous noises in the
gallery and elsewhere when plays are
being given. To.haSe loud hee-haw
and cracking OF peanut hurs Just
at critical moments, >is very annoying
to many who go to the thsatre. II
the management OF the opera house,
which the city owns, hopes TO be able
to hold his lease profitably, some pro-
lection should be provided for those
who desire to go there for an even
ing's enjoyment Hardly play pass
es but that many very annoying nois-
es and disturbances take place.
THAT CAT AND Rat RANCH.
Replying to Sal and Me for Bus
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

For sore throat there is positively
no remedy that will relieve so
quickly and cure permanently the
most aggravated case, as Bloodine
Rheumatic Linment.
Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

The Laurens Advertiser, which has a
knack of saying the right thing in tho
right way. effectually disposes of the
argument that "the other fellow won't
reduce his cotton acreage" Don't lis
ten to such talk, says the Advertiser.
Let the other fellows increase their
acreage if they would be treacherous
TO themselves and their neighbors.
but If by their treachery they cause
the prce to fall they suffer most. If in
spite of their treachery, cotton goes
higher, you make profit that YOU
could not have made had you not. with
the others true to the cause, curtailed.
And then, If you do not make the pro
nt on cotton that the other fellow does.
you make 1t on other products. If
me farmers would come to realize this.
no organization would be necessary. -
MIR. j. b. Anderson, the man who is
oehind the Rock Hill plan for putting
the matter before the farmers indi-
Vldually regards the Advertisers rea-
soning as "clincher."-News and
Courier.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14
Tho Masculine WAY.

Men preach and practice by tho card,
But It's a lead-pipe cinch
lhey do their preaching by tho yard,
And practice by the inch.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

The Advertiser will be glad to
receive the local news Of all the
communities In the county. Cor.
respondents are requested to
sign their name to the contrt-
buttons Letters should not be
mailed later than Monday morn.
ing.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

Germany has the fastest battle
cruiser afoat, the MoItke, which on
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

They certainly do have some
Times" at Bolton. Shoe.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

THAT CAT AND Rat RANCH.
Replying to Sal and Me for Bus
mess. in, regard to that cat and rat
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-02-14

And again with this State House in
restigation the old question bobs up
Who hit Billy Patterson"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-06
IRON COUNTY, MO.

j N Sohn and G G Richardson
A Robinson and j johnson
K Thompson and Fl R Crocker
J B Wallis, j B & Jas Lewis
9 H Thompson, CO Farmer, ct al
John Poston and Flyn Chiffon
J E Grandhomme, A Roehry ct al
Lee Jackson, l. l. Schmidt
CIV Farrar. Jno T Patterson
w E Bell. H l. Bell
W A Fakes. j B Wallis
CIV Wallis, Jas Lovelace
n Huff, VIM Dunn
svl Kitchell, J f Graudhomme
Thos Croker, J H Barger
Cash
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
PARISH SPLIT OVER LATIN
French and Germans Of Metz AZ war
Over the Proper Sound
Of "u,"

The proper method of pronouncing
Latin has long been matter of con-
troyersy among the learned, but It is
startling to find an entire parish dis
organized by the question. This is
the case in the parish OF st. Max
imin's. In Metz.
The older clergy Of Alsace-Lorraine
were brought up under French intiu-
ence, and are accustomed to pro-
nounce the church Latin with the soft
French "u." The younger generation
has been taught in the schools to pro-
nounce the ~" full. according to the
German and Italian manner.
Yesterday the choir of st. Maximin's
pronounced the Latin Of the pieces
sung at mass in the German way. The
parish priest. an old man. solemnly
rebuked them, and they shut up their
music books and left the church.
Probably the Clergyman found the
new pronunciation grated on his ears.
and his outburst was due to the sensi-
tiveness of a scholar.
The parishioners. however, are not
scholars, and are now divided into
two camps-those who maintain that,
as Metz is now German city, the
church Latin should be sung in the
German way, and those who hold that
the choir is doing the work Of Ger
man omcials and attempting to de-
stroy French inlluence.-New York
Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
WOULD HAVE MISSED FIRE
Julius kahn's Story Of Hoosier Who
Locked Himself Into His
Hotel Room.

Julius Kahn had Just been reelected
to congress by very small margin.
and one Of his political supporters was
reminding him Of the service he had
rendered in the campaign.
What would you have done II It
hadn't been for me?" he asked.
"Why. would have been in the DO.
sition Of the Hoosier in the hotel" re-
piled Kahn. "He and two companions
occupied one large room together. Aft
er day in the metropolis devoted
principally to following fire engines in
the hope Of seeing confagration, the
cement sidewalks proved too much for
feet that were accustomed to plowed
ground. and he retired. When his
companions returned few hours later
they found the door locked. They
kicked on the door until they awak.
ened him and asked for the key.
"T threw 1t over the transom.' he
replied.
when they had found 1t and I'M
locked the door one Of them asked:
"'What would you have done II
there had been fire?'
"'Why. l wouldn't have went -
Saturday Evening Post.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
THOUGHT SHE DESERVED AID
Mother Of elk Fine rabies Glad to
Receive Advice Of state
Board.

DIR. j. N. Hurry. secretary of the
state board Of health, some time ago
conceived the idea Of sending to the
mother Of every baby reported at the
end Of every month some educational
material from the state board office,
together with q polite note wishing the
mother and child we'll, and Offering to
help the mother in any way the board
might do so to enable the baby to be
started right In its life battle. In re-
ply to one Of the communications, DIR.
Hurry few days ago received the
following letter:
Il would like to inquire as to the
nature Of the help you are prepared to
give to the mother Of six fine. healthy
youngsters. doubtless shall wish
advice. as sixty dollars . month
doesn't admit of extensive fees to .
physician. and feel that as Q woman
who has made the struggle have to
give my oftspring the mental. physical
and moral status which is theirs /
should have all the aid possible.
There is not an old soldier. no
matter how bravely he has fought, 80
deserving as q faithful wife and
mother. thank you very much for
your kind o6er."-lndianapolis News.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
HEADED OFF BY DIPLOMACY
l<ltchsnsr's Smooth way o. kssplne
Egyptians From Mixing In Turoe.
italian War.

Egypt is actually q Turkish province,
although the British control h 20
complete and tenacious that the SOW
ereignty of Turkey is Of the most
shadowy kind. None the less Turkey
has the nominal right to order the
Egyptian army to cross the frontier
into Tripoli and to help in the diseom-
fiture Of the Italian invaders. But al
though Turkey has wisely RETAINED
from issuing orders that would not be
Obeyed there has Teen q desire on
the part of many Egyptian officers to
volunteer In her cause, and these Of
dcers have asked Lord Kitchener's per-
mission to absent themselves from
their posts for that purpose. Lord
kitchener's reply. quoted In the Fort
Nightly Review. shows = certain sar-
DOME humor that must be classified
among the finer weapons OF diplomacy.
He says he would gladly give the de-
sired permission. but he fears that the
upward pressure In the Junior ranks Of
the Egyptian army would compel him
to place the absentees on the retired
list. which would be a grievous return
Tor patriotic valor. So he advises them
to curb their heroic ambitions. SO
natural to Egyptians, and stay at
home. To number Of nomad Bedou-
tns. who made similar applications
Lord Kitchener expressed his surprise
that they should wish to fight at all.
Not having regarded them in the light
of warriors, he had never included
them in the Egyptian CONSUMPTION. an
error that should be henceforth cor.
rected in view of their martial In
cltnatfons. TEereupon the Bedouins
decided that ths.s was no place like
home.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
The slayer o. Mlaee.

One Of the most peculiar cases ever
brought to the attention of the court
Of first instance recently came to light
in Pangasinan Province.
Pedro Pabaira, with two others, was
accused Of the murder Of Bernabe
.Laco. and on being brought to trial
the first pleaded guilty, there being an
aggravating circumstance Of treach-
cry, and was sentenced to 20 years
in Bilibid.
Now 1t comes to light that the de-
ceased was Miaco. an outlaw. who de-
serted from the constabulary some
time ago, taking with him various
arms and accoutrements and who had
engaged in outlawry since that time.
There was a reward Of 500 pesos out
for his capture, dead or alive.
The question now is. Should the pris.
oner serve his term for killing fell
low-citizen. or should he be liberated
and given q reward for killing an enc.
my to society?-Manila Weekly
Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
PERFuMER's DAY WILL COME
rhsn He will Have odoss Ttat VIII
Move Mankind Mooe
Profoundly.
A perfumer was talking shop.

A perfumer was talking shop.
when will my trade" he said, sde.
selop as II should? When will perfume
sway mems minds az drink and fame
10 now?
Il have a dog. Often In the country
ny dog will SPY q dead, rotting. sun
dried bird or fish The odor Of that
carcass flls my dog with ecstasy. He
oils upon 1t in q delirium. It Is din.
.llt. even with club, to make him
stop. Well. there. Just there. is the
perfume that sways dogs, and a dog
perfumer. patenting 1t. would become
i Millionaire.
"The serpent arum is q plant Of
strong odor. The arum has, indeed, q
stencil. Well, this stencil attracts to
It from miles around all those insects
that fed on carrion. Ii you look into
the cup Of the serpent arum you are
sure to see very inferno of insect
drunkards-hundreds Of them, intoxi-
Gated by the arum's odor. whirling and
leaping and spinning in a mad dancce.
For the serpent arum's odor is the
odor par excellence of insects, as the
rotten, sun-baled fish odor is the odor
par excellence Of dogs.
"Have ! any perfume that sways
mankind like that? No, none. lmag-
Inc my new-mown hay drawing a
lady from her milliner's or her pet pi-
anist's! Imagine my girofle drawing a
man from his beer or his Jackpot!
yet the day will come. am con-
vinced, when we shall have perfumes
chat will move mankind as profoundly
as the spoiled fish perfume moves a
dog and as the serpent arum perfume
moves the Dermestes and Saprinidae.
In that day my address will be River.
side drive. Newport, Jekyl Island,
Monte Carlo and Los Angeles"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
praaon MOT chlna,. Emblem,

AZ shown in its prompt reputation
by the republic Of China. the dragon
was not the emblem Of China; 1t was
the emblem Of the late imperial fam
lily Of Manchus. This Oriental dragon
is one Of the powers Of the air, al
though wingless; one Of the forces of
nature which the Taoist religion has
defied. The dragon kings dwell part
ly In water and partly on land; their
shrines are for that reason erected on
river banks. The germ Of the dragon
idea in the primitive races inheres in
some persistent memory of the great
er lizards. such as the crocodile Of
the warmer waters. The Chinese
dragon being without wings is accord
ingly closer to type than is the winged
dragon of the mythology Of our more
remote and northern race. Az late
as the Historic animalium' Of Con-
rad Gesners (1564) science believed
that one had but to travel far enough,
say to the more remote defiles Of the
Alps, and he would surely encounter
dragons.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
Miles. Lona and Short.

Considering the size Of Switzerland
one might expect a mile to be about
as far as one could throw a ball, but
the hardy mountaineers think 9,153
yards the proper thing, even when, as
1t generally is. 1t is very much up hill.
The Swiss is tho longest mile Of all,
being followed by the Vienna post
mile Of 1926 yards.
The Flemish mile is $3.50 yards, the
Prusstan S.2s7 yards. and in Denmark
they walk 8.244 yards and call 1t a
stroll of mile. The Arabs generally
ride good horses and call 2,143 yards
a mile. while the Turks are satisfied
with 1925 yards. and the Italians
shorten the distance of mile to 1,76G
yards, jlst six yards more than the
American has in mind when the agent
waves his hand and blandly remarks,
about mile"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
DEADBEATs OF ONE PATTERN.
Veteran Credit Man says Thsy Al
Talk Alike and Try Same
Trlcks.

"Deadbeats,s remarked an old credit
man. "all talk alike. They are plausi-
BILE to start with" no went on. "and
are Sd free and easy they deceive ev-
cry one but the most astute credit
man. When they are dunned the nrst
time they make frank and positive
promise to pay on . certain date. They
do this SO unreservedly that suspicion
10 disarmed. OF course they don't pay
but they have some Of the best ex-
cuses In the world. They have had q
run of hard luck. for instance. II
the merchant takes this we'll. they will
ask for more credit. II the merchant
is obdurate they will come back with
the statement that the merchant 10
making It unnecessarily hard for them
to get along by crowding them; they
will hint. also. that others have been
soliciting their trade.
Fright there is the time to come
down on them hard. Shut OF their
credit. Usually It is useless to sue,
for such persons are judgment proof.
The next move is to let them think
you have forgotten them. They al
ways are on the watch for the man
who keeps nagging them all the time,
but they grow careless Of the man
who leaves them alone. Some day they
will leave an opening 80 that some
thing can be attached or levied on.
and then is the time to jump in and
get your money.
"a favorite trick Of the deadbeat Is
to offer his note for the account.
These fellows think nothing Of giving
their notes. They would buy the con-
tinent Of Asia IL they could give their
notes for 1t, and would clean up for
tune and get out Of paying the note.
Just listen to one Of these deadbeats
talk, remember what he says, and
when the next one strikes you his Ian
guage will be identical. It is almost
as II 1t were the fixed ritual of their
order"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-06-06
Plants That 90 10 sleep.


Plants have q mind Of their own
on the subject Of winter sleep. and
gardeners have tried various meth
DDS Of waking them up prematurely.
to furnish blossoms at q time when
they are scarce and costly. Mere
greenhouse heat and moisture failing
to yield the desired results, they have
successfully tried warm baths and
ether vapors to shorten the hibsrnat-
ing period Of bulbs. From Germany
comes description Of the latest plan
devised by man named Weber. BY
sticking q needle into the base Of the
bud he has caused 1t to unfold two
or three weeks ahead Of it's fellows.
Still more time was gained by inject
ing water into the buds. Not content
with water. a physician has tried in
jections Of water with ten per cent.
Of alcohol. BY this means he sue
ceeded in gaining ten days In the
budding Of oak twigs.