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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-03-27

owners of the fee or strangers. who
without his consent. negligently or
@antonly disturb it. Davidson VS..
Reed, 90 American Reports, 613. In
the same case we find: One who has
dedicated land to the public for burial
purposes, the dedication having been
accepted, may be prohibited from
defacing or meddling with the graves
thereon, at the suit of any one having
relatives or friends buried there
In the case of Davidson VS. Reed, Sc
American Reports, page 80, we find,
that the public accepted and used
the land for the purpose for which
1T was designated by the owner is
also beyond dispute 1t has been
suggested that the bill can not be
maintained in the name of the two
complainants. The complainants were
residents of the neighborhood: they
had friends buried in the burying
ground and were thus interested in
preserving, for themselves and the
public, the burying ground it had
been established, and we are of the
opinion that they had the right to sue
in behalf Of themselves and others
having like interest. The bill was
brought in, and in our Judgment, prop
erly, for the protection of the rights
of the eople in that particular local
ity, and we perceive no reason why
it may not be maintained in the names
of part for the benefit of ali, as
we'll as If all directly interested had
joined in the bill
in the case at bar the plaintiffs
have general interest as citizens of
the community in which the cemetery
is located, and have special and pc
culiar interest because their parents,
children and grandparents are buried
there. We think the circuit judge was
clearly in error. The other point in
volved here is decided in ex parte
McColl 6S S. c., page 4S9.
"The Judgment Of the circuit court
is reversed.
I'VE concur: Eugene b. Gary, C.
j.; C. A. Woods, A. j.; ID. E. Hydrick,
A. j.; T. b. Fraser, a. j."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-03-27
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 20th day of
April, we will renderd a final ac-
count of our acts and doings as EN-
ccutors of the estate of j. Ross Oorron
Deceased in the office of the Judge Of
Probate of Laurens county, at i. o.
CLOCK, a. m, and on the same day will
apply for final discharge from our
trust as Administrators.
Any persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
duly proven or be forever Durrcd.
S. r. Dorroh,
j. b. Owings,
Administrators
March 20. 19l2.-1 mo.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-03-27
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 18th day of
April, | will render final account
or my acts and doings rs Admin
istrator of the estate of T. II. Simpson
deceased in the Office of the Judge of
Probate of Laurcns county, at ii o.
clock, a. m, and on the same day will
apply for final discharge from inv
trust as Administrators
Any persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate VIII
present them on or before said date
duly proven, or be forever barred.
ID. r. Simpson.
Administrators.
March Is. 1912. I Mo.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-03-27

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Omce
or the Supervising Architect. Washing
ton. ID. c.. March IA, 1912. Sealed
Proposals will be received in this Of
flee until 3 o'clock, p. m. on the 25th
day OF April, 1912, and then opened
for the construction. complete Cnclud-
ing plumbing, gas piping, heating ap-
aratus, electric conduits and wiring
and interior lighting fxtures) of the
United States post Office at Laurens.
5. e. The building is to have a ground
area approximate $500 feet; two
stories and basement. faced with stone
and brick and the first floor of fire
proof construction. Drawings and
specifications may be obtained from
the custodian of site at Laurens. S.
c., or at this office, at the discretion
OF the Supervising Architect. James
Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-03-27
TO BREAK Up COLD.
Some Advice That Will Save Time
and Money

Some Advice That Will Save Time
and Money.
Strong drinks and quininc may re-
lieVe a cold, but it usually does more
harm than good
TO berak up a hard cold in cithcr
mead or chest thousands are using this
sensible Treatment
First OF all look after your bowels:
If they need attention use any relia-
Die cathartic. Then pour scant tea
spoonful of HYOMEI into a bowl of
boiling water, cover head and bowl
with towel and breathe for or
l minutes the pleasant, soothing, heal
ing vapor.
DO this jut before going to bed;
your head will feel fine and clear and
you'll awake from a refreshing sleep
minus cold in the morning.
For solids, coughs. catarrh. asthma
and Group HYOMEI is guaranteed. A
fifty cent bottle is all yo need TO
break up cold and this can be oh
tanned at Laurens Drug Co. and drug
gists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
DEVELOP YOUR BUST IN l5 DAYS
A Full Fjrr, Bust IS
 Worth More to q Won1ar, than Beauty

I don't care how thin you are. how old you are. how fallen and flaccid are the lines of your figure or how flat your chest is. 1 can give you full, firm. youthful bust quickly, that will be the envy of your fellow women and will give you the allurements of a perfect womanhood that will be irresistible. They say there Is
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mountains if need be and sur1nounting obstacles that would baffle men less bold than he.
 That night a restless head, tossing back and forth on its pillow, harbored many knightly thought. Throughout the next day the boy hoped to see her. He saunt- cred past the theatre, vainly longing for a glimpse of his charmer until dusk sent him home. Then a brilliant idea found him. He uncovered reams of note paper in the effort to indiie love letter, pray ing for speedy meeting. After he had formed one suitable to express his tender feelings, he was calmer for space, feel ing sure that his fervent letter could but strike responsive chord in his adored one's gentle breast. But again next day, alternately torn by hopes and fears, he was more restless than before, awaiting the fate of his missive At last, in the person of the dapper young man who Was manager for his adored 'Fleurette," hope came to him, for, as he passed the theatre front upon per haps his S4th reconnoitering expedition
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off the notion as treason. The manager stood patiently regarding him. His eyes again swept the room and rested on the group near the window: they fingered the second time and to his disappointed senses was revealed a woman with abundant figure, unchecked by stays and unaided by clothing of modish cut; whose face had lost Its glowing color, it's win some smile and the adorable loveloeks which framed it: woman whose face had been moulded to express a love of material things; whose attitude told of mature years-ail of them years of hard work. And at either side was grubby little boy whose pudgy features bore likeness to his matronly elder.
 As he stared spellbound, positive now, but monrnfully tracing in the plain coun- tenance before him the vivid, blossom like Fleurette, the lady in question skill fully and precisely transferred from plate to fork and from fork to waiting mouth an amazing portion of the steaming mound piled upon her plate. The gus tafory appreciation with which the sup ply of spaghetti diminished was not lost
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he encountered that brisk individual who, after a few commonplaces. suggested that a meeting might be arranged with the leader of The Amazons." Too hap py to more than gasp a hurried Thank you, and appoint tine-after the play and d plaoe-a small cafe around the cor ner-he fairly floated home to await the hour when he should meet his divinity
 Trembling with excitement he entered the door of the little cafe. No hum of voices met him, for it was a very quiet hostelry, and besides a pair of middle aged Germans seated near the door there was but one occupied table. The boy paused beside his companion, while an attentive waiter hovered near, awaiting their desire to be conducted to seats He glanced again over the silent room to see if his dainty lady had escaped his notice-and his eye was arrested by the group seated near the window on the opposite side of the room: in the middle aged woman of the party feeting re- semblance to the dark-eyed beauty held his attention for a moment, but he shook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
The Longest Reign

From the New York Evening Post.
 On July 5 there was record broken ot which the press in this country seems to have taken no notice. On that day the
 Emperor Francis Joseph attained the record for the longest reign m the history of the 18th century, surpassing that of Queen Victoria. The English Queen feigned 6s years. ' months and days. Francis Joseph was called to the throne on December ?, 1S4S and on the 5th of July last he had reigned 63 years. months and three days. Of nonarchs we'll known in history only Louis XIV Of France held the throne for longer stretch of years. 72, namely. But Louis was only a child of when re succeeded to the crown. He was declared of age at IA. which would make his personal reign something less than 63 years Francis Joseph was more than IS wher he was called to the throne on the abdi- cation of his uncle, Ferdinand 1.
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That woman's life has been full to th brim. and you have caught the story an placed it here -sith rare sympathy an feeling. And though I have not seen tr woman I can see that this is a fine lixd ness. As his eyes seemed fixed on tfi pathetic little old woman and shove no intention of wandering to any of th portraits deemed superior by other criticl the painter interposed: You are quit right. MT. Jones' It is singular and ver gratifying to me, too. that you shoul s,1 accurately have read what I tried t paint. must tell you her little story. always try. indeed, to get my models talk about themselves; I wish to knoi their temperaments, tastes and their his tories. too if I can. So, in the academ during the luncheon hour I frequently g behind the screen and chat with her. found that this model had been a balle dancer-of some fame, too, in her da, She was one of the first of her type i this country. she told me-dancing sonI 10 years ago and creating, believe, somt thing of furore She was membe of the old Black Crook troupe that hal engagements in New York, Baltimore an Philadelphia; later she danced in Fann Davenport's company"
 Johns wife gave him a roguish snii' Jack gays he once adored 8 dancer 1 the Black Crook company" she re marked, "but I have never believed 4 he doesn't think my vanity could stan the strain of being the only woman h ever loved Maybe this is your danseusf Jack
 Maybe so,' said Jack. ssDidf she tel you her stage name?"
 "Let me sec" pondered the artist believe she did, if can only remembe it. Yes, ehe told me of the big biac letters outside the theatre that signfne her importance. The sign was like this La Fleurette. the Greatt' She told ms too, that she has two sons, bqfh of ther acrobats in one of the big shows wit which she too, was associattd until sil became too old Oh, so you really kne'
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DIED WITH A JEST
"C0rns Won't Hurt," Said Man Whose
 Legs Had Been Cut Off
From the San Francisco Call.

From the San Francisco Call.
 Be good to mamma, and put two Jumps Of sugar in her coffee every morning
 With both limbs severed at the hips. H.. r. Brofft, a Santa Fe brakeman, so admonshed his 3-year-old son as Profit lay dying on cot in the Emergency hos pital.
 While engaged in his duties Brofft fell between two flat cars. His legs were severed at the hips. He was rushed to the hospital. He asked the surgeons to all low him to SC his wife, as he realized he had but short time to live. He chatted with his wife, who was at his bedside with their 1-month-old baby and little son. The physicians and nurses. who were in tears, pronounced him the gamest man they ever saw.
 Don't worry, my dear. l won't be troubled with corns any more. he said to his wife. Bufft was 20 years old.
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tribes separated, one tribe going to the northeast, the chief Chcsa, planting his spear with the words Alabama, Ala bama,' the other chief. Choctaw, coming to this section where ''big wa ters' touched the borders of many states The Yazoc river, according to the Indian language, means The River of Death, :" the swampy location and abundance of musquitos caused so many of the now vanished tribe to go to the happy hunt. ing ground. so the name was peculiarly appropriate
 There are many things in this section that will hold the attention of the man from the upiands. 1t Is demonstrated thoroughly that cotton will ever be king in this section, notwithstanding the loud talk about diversified farming, and John Sharp Williams pepper plantation.
 The boil weevil in some parts of Lefiere county is now getting in his best licks, having lost out in the daybreak of the year he is trying to make good these closing days of the cotton season. At first the blossom alone satisfied the cpl cure; now his rapacity extends to any thing that grows on the cotton stalk. In some portions of Sunfiower county the army worm last year went in to dinner first, leaving nothing for the boil weevil who marched behind without stopping even 10 deposit an egg in the hurried on- going. In Yazoo county the lavea was killed in many instances by the hard freeze tlat lasted several days.
 In face of all the pessimistic conditions of cotton still there was much planted as usual and the yield will be more than can be gathered. At Christmas frozen cotton will adorn the brittle brown stalks in snow-ccvered fields
 Big planters look with contempt on tine plan of diversified crop, for the broad brimmed hat man from the plantation, measured by miles instead of acres puts his trust in the staple that is sure of 8 ready market and good price There is a great self qualification and an i'm portant dignity about the man who is driven by smart looking chauffeur up to the cotton offices in Greenwood, or any of the thriving delta towns, and is immediately surrounded by well dressed buyers eager to price the entire output of his plantation and treat to 25 cents cigars, and the mar who daily peddles his diversified crop from door to door and dickers with the economic house. wife over the few cents difference in the price of eggs. chickens, vegetables, runs the risk of uncertain prices after shipping to distant markets.
 The southern planter is still alive here and dominates the delta, for Woodrow Wilson hardly creates the furore when he arrives in the great metropolis as does this sui genersis when he hits a delta town. It is far more gratifying to the ego to be king among cats than otherwise
 The town of Greenwood and the conn ty of Leflere was named for "Old Green
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HIS FIRST AND ONLY LOVE LETTER WAS WRITTEN
 TO AN ACTRESS BEFORE HIS HOPE WAS SHATTERED

out of the cafe and hurried home And since an excellent memory is John Jones' most valued mental gift-he treasures it as his wife treasures her sense of humor he says that he did not need to turn down page in this chapter of his Book of Life. He never saw Fleurette again
 
 One hour this week John Jones spent in the studio of a pretty Birmingham min iaturist, who painted at home during 8 summer recess, from study in an east ern academy. His wife's friendly enthu- art criticism being the function required.
 Adjusting his spectacles. Jones stepped back pace then forward, searching for the proper angle and the proper light to view the canvases and charcoal drawings spread before him. ''Ums" and "Ahs" and such other learned expressions were interjected between stretches of eloquent silence. punctuated with the appropriate eye squints and head tosses An occa- sional reference to the handling of the brushes in this canvas, the charm of this subject, the richness of the color ems study in the technique of this drawing over that. the need of more study study in the technique of this branch of art or the other: and Mrs. Jones and the artist listened to his esti- mates with quiet approval. Having ex- amined the practice sketches leading up to finished portraits in miniature, MT. Jones stepped up to the shadow boxes filled with tiny worries in their gilded frames.
 Scanning the collection his attention riveted itself on one-the head of sinn- pie old woman ''Ah,' he said, "this Is the best yet, You have many exceptional things here, but this is your triumph. It has not beauty of color or form; there are none of the trappings with which the frivolous painter loves to surround her subject--no jewels, no draperies. It is not merely face: 1t fig an ailegory. She wears the dignity of age as man.
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wood Lefiere," the chief of the Choctaw nation. Many traditions hang about this scion of an exuuisite French count and noble Indian squaw; many of his de- cendants live in this county and repre- sent the patrician element of society. His old home, named for the palace of Elm press Josephine" "Malmaison''-is situated not far from Greenwood. and on account or the grandeur of furnishing etc, is A mecca for sightseeing pilgrims.
 It has been many years since fruit has been so abundant as this. All the house keepers point with pride to the preserve closets, and fruit is still ungathered in the orchard The old time darkey on the plantation will assume a reminiscent air as he tells you, 'Nebber sich a year fur mass wuz ebber seen" This is true; biz acorns for the hogs, hicsorynuts for the pickaninnies and eggshen oceans for the master of the plantation. Wild grapes call backward to eschol for contrast and persmmon trees bend to the breeze, send ing a defiant challenge to the lucious fruit in far-away Japan. To the practi- cal mind all this yield means much. and 1t is well. but to the nature with an aes- thetic turn the wonderful beauty of the delta at this season stirs emotions that demand iecognition.
 Today the golden rod is Haunting golden banners in every corner and turn of the field, black-eyed Susan fights for suprem- acy, even in the well titled cot ton fold; the royal purple of the old fashioned ironwood is seen in every vacant spot. while the tawny waters of the Yazoo liver creep lazily through banks where ever-hanging vines rival the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. All this beatty causes the sober sided man of affairs to catch his breath in exstasy. For men may come and men may go, but there are always men to whom the beauty of nature will call into play all that is noble, true and good.
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Fire Tax Continues
le Lowell Courier- Cltizen.

From Ihe IOWeII touFler-Cltl1en.
 The July fire loss this year was mucn less than in the same month in the two wears preceding According to the New York Journal of Commerce it amounted to tt5, ,219, 100, against s25, 3gl, 159 and S26,- S47. 300. respectively. in those years. That was a meterial reduction, although the destruction of even $15.000.000 worth of in a single month is a pretty heavy bill. There was only one great in the United States and Canada in that month. That was when the flames swept through the business district of Vancouver to the tune of sl. .75o :
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upon the gentlemen at the door. As one turned hastily from it's contemplation he met, instead of sympathy, an express sion of dawning amusement on the blase face of the other.
 John Jones says that without word of apology or explanation the boy stole
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THE YAZOO DELTA
By MARY INGE HosKINs

Greenwood, Miss. September 2l.-(Spe- 0A)--There is no section of the United States whero the land yields as readily for the output of labor as the Yazoo delta; ii is hardly exceiled by the pro huctive valley of the Nile.
 Last spring the Yazoo delta stood at Armageddcn, but decision was soon made and Mcgiddo was not the preferred route Then fast line steamers sailed pver cotton patch, up the streets of the 'mail liver town. giving relief to people
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whose homes were under water, carry Ing stock to higher ground, etc. Now these same fields are white with cotton, worked by rescued mules
 The recuperatiye power of the delta is an old story. Now. since the ingather- Ing time of the year is at hand, every one is busy in this great spiotch of land. that forms at the mouth of the Yazoo river-naned years ago, when the state or Mississippi was in it's swaddling clothstby the Indian chief, when the
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John Jones is not the prosaic type Of the Birmingham business man-genial fat, prosperous, hard-headed and hard fsted He is rather a thoughtful, quiet, gray man, given more to dreaming than doing, gifted with a keen intellect and broad culture which certain business men of the prosaic Birmingham type envious- ly fancy are assets which they could ex- change for good American dollars.
 He has been for many years a writer and conferencier on subjects touching upon industrial Birmingham-the Bir- mngham of today, yesterday and tomor- row--while his friends are amassng money he is among them taking notes" So nobody knows the-s1istrict better than John Jones. who has been for so long in- fusing life and soul into the cold type of local daily.
 The most cherished mental gift of Johns clever wife is her sense of humor; it helps to palliate Johns occasional ab- sent-mnded offense, such as failure to see her in casual street meetings, or to recall irlroductions to her particularly | chic women friends. His indifference to
  fly history which recalls few instances l of his having gravitated about any fair | daughter of Columbia within his vicinity | He was never butterfly in a big flower garden, 1t appears. even in his youth. However when his romantic shorteom- fngs have been related with all the de- rison possible to a wife cherishing a sense of humor, John has boldly an nounced less than three occasions that he was once fervently in love-and with dancing girl
 
 About 30 years ago, when The Black Crook" company visited an eastern city, a lad of about r sat in the audience and gazed spell-bound as the various links were welded in the chain of the drama before his eyes. As the ballet-pink- checked. red-lipped, bright-eyed, and light thistles-nitted across his vision one pretty creature eclipsed all the rest for beauty and sweetness. She was the leader of the dance, and while to the eyes of everyone else she circled and swayed and curtsied in perfection of harmony with her companions, she fiut- tered away from all the rest and danced straight into the heart of the boy. She was the most wonderful creature thai his eyes had ever seen--a fairy queen so beautiful that words could never tell her half his admiration He left the theatre fired with the determination to win this radiant beauty for his own-moving
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tie. The lines that time has chiseled are her ornaments. There is infinite wisdom and infinite pathos in that expression. The lines in the face, the droop in the sad old eyes tell wonderful story. The painter listened with smiling in- terest ana John continued;
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GOO. This state furnished the next most
 las when a hotel, theatre and stores in North Adams were wiped a d cost of S600,000. There were two
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her? Do tell me about ft,'
 And so John Jones, accustomed to th| investigation of Birmingham real estat) values. the prices of iron and the qued ton of water meter or no water mete1 read another page in that thin chaots of his Book of Life called 'Romance.
 
 others in the quarter million class m fire tax continues to be one of the heayiesl which the business and industries of th1 contry pay. I