The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-09-24
Buy in Laurens.

Buy in Laurens.
DO not forget the county fair.
Laurens can provide your every
need.
Laurens merchants are anxious to
show you every courtesy Visit them
and examine what they have to show.
The Anderson Intellgencer, edited
by William Banks, complains that 1t
has so many advertisements that it
hardly knows what to do with them.
Congratulations! We have been flood
ed somewhat ourselves.
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The postmaster general set aside
one hour at noon Saturday for post
masters all over the United States to
count the number of mail sacks then
on hand. Tremendous job! How long
did it take to count them, say, at Tray
clers Rest?
Reports received from different sec
tions OF the county indicate that next
year will be another grain year Every
bit OF arabic land i'm the county should
be covered with grain before the win
ter season sets in. Not only will it
yield valuable money returns, but it
will protect the land. Plant more of
it!
The county fnir is one OF the most
important educational institutions in
the county. 1t should receive the en-
couragement and support OF every
person who feels an interest i'm the
progress and advancemcr, Of the pco-
pie of this section. Not only should
this interest be shown by attendance.
but it should he shown by sending ex-
hiBits. man who has been success
ful enough in his own affairs to de-
Velop something better than that of
his neighhors, should impart his in
formation to others so that the whole
people will ultimately be benefited.
Not only does South Carolina rank
next to the vottom rung in education,
but she hits rock bottom on mechan-
ical ingenuity. According to The
Scientific American In proportion to
population more atents were issued to
citizens of Connecticut than to those
o! any other Statc-one to every H.
$50. Next in order are the following:
District OF Columbia, one to every
1929; California, one to every .434:
New Jersey, one to every sos; Massa-
chusetts, one to every 1909; Illinois.
one to every 1859; Colorado, one to
every l,7ll; New York, one to every
1885 while South Carolina is last in
the list of states with one patent is
sued during the year to every lS0i0"
THE LAW INDICATED.
Another time has the Immediate dan
ger of justice being miscarricd under
lynch-law been emphasized by the
case of Will Fair in Spartanburg. a
negro, who at one time had been CON
Hictcd and sentenced to death by a
wild-mannercd mob but who was for
the time saved by brave sheriff, has
been cleared entirely of any conncc-
tion with the crime. if ever one was
committed, and has been liberated
What II the mob mad been success
full in its attempt to enter the Jail
upon chat eventful night and what if
the negro had been strung up and
riddled with bullets? According to the
verdict of the jury. the mob would
have been guilty OF doing ore of two
things, either of which would have
been nothing else than murder; either
they would have killed an innocent
party ignorant OF the awful crime, al
lowing the real criminal to escape, or
they would have killed an innocent
man charged with a crime that had
never been committed In either case
the ends OF justice would not have been
met, but liberty would have been
trampled upon and an innocent victim
deprived of that protection which So
ciety attempts to provide.