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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
County of Iaurano

whereas, petitions signed by a legal
number of the qualified electors and
tree-holders residing In Scuffietown
school district No. Q, Latirens county,
South Carolina, asking for an election
upon the question Of voting mill
TAX upon the property In said school
district to be used for school purposes,
nave been filed with the county board
or education, an election la hereby
ordered upon said question, said cleo
tion to be held on the End day OF Au-
gust, 1913, at Musgroye School House.
IN said district, under the management
or the trustees OF said school district
only such electors as return real
OF personal property for taxation and
VINO exhibit their tax receipta aud
registration certificates as required in
the general election shall be allowed
to vote.
THOSE Ifayoring the mill tax shall
vote ballot containing the word
fDS written or printed thereon.
Ihose against the mill tax shall vote
a ballot containing the word mo"
written or printed thereon. Polls
shall open at the hour Of 8 o'clock in
the forenoon and shall remain onon
uhtii the hour OF O'Clock in the af-
ternoon When they shall be closed, and
the ballots counted.
The trustees shall report the result
or the election to the county auditor
and county superintendent OF educa-
tion within ten days thereafter.
GEO. L. PITTS.
ol-H by order of County Board.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
Violated Sunday Ordinance.

Mr.. w. H. McPhail, proprietor of the
city ice plant, was fined $1.00 by the
MAYOR Monday for violating the city
ordinance relating to Sunday observ-
ance. The ice plant was closed down
a part of Saturday because of the fail
ure of the electric current. and the
supply of ice did not meet the demand
Saturday afternoon, some of his GUS
toners being forced to go without. To
meet the situation, Mr. McPhai! sold
ice Sunday morning and was carried
before jury the following day.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
PLANS PROTECTOTATE
FOR NICARAGUA
United States Government Assumes
New Policy with Regard to Central
American Republic.

New Policy with Regard to Central
American Republic.
Washington, July ia new policy
toward Nicaragua, involving the vir-
tual control Of the affairs Of that re-
public by the United States through
protectorate similar to that exercis-
ed over Cuba, was outlined today by
Secretary Bryan at private confer
ence with. members of the senate for
eign relations committee.
Mr.. Bryan's proposal, coming as a
complete surprise to most Of the
members Of the committee, has been
taken by many senator's as the first
pronouncement of general policy
on the part of the administration to
extend American control over the
countries surrounding the Panama
canal, and to assure that stability Of
Central American republics and the
domination by the United States Of
their relations with other great pow
erS.
Secretary Bryan went before a COM
mittee with revised draft of the
proposed Nicaraguan treaty, negotiat-
ed first in the Taft administration,
| by which the United States would Sc
cure exclusive canal rights across Mic
aragua and new naval base, in ex-
change for a s3,OOO,O0O gold payment.
New Feature Of Treaty.
AS new feature Of the treaty,
however, the secretary of state pro-
posed that language similar If not
identical with the so-called PLAT
amendment" relating to Cuba, be in
jected into the treaty. giving the
United States sweeping control of
Nicaraguan affairs and the power to
regulate her foreign relations and
her finances.
Under the proposed plan Nicaragua
would agree In substances:
That war should not be declared
without the consent of the United
States.
That no treaties would be made
with foreign governments that would
tend to destroy her independence, or
that would give those governments a
| foothold in the republic.
That no public debt would be con-
tracted beyond the ordinary resources
of the government as indicated by
the ordinary revenues.
That the United States should have
the right to Intervene at any time to
preserve Nicaraugan independence
or to protect life or property.
Right To Build Canal.
| That the United States should have
the exclusive right to build a canal
across Nicaragua and should have q
SO year lease to a naval base in the
Bay of F'onseca and to the Great
Corn and Little Corn islands in the
Caribbean, with the privilege of re-
enw ing the lease
The United States in return would
pay Nicaragua $3,OO0,OOO to be used
in public works and education.
1t Is understood the Nicaraguan
government is willing to enter into
the proposed treaty because of the
stability 1t would give to the present
Diaz government and to the proposed
reorganization of the fiscal affairs OF
the government. 1t is understood a
L O..
which about $15,0O00OO is required
does not form specific part of the
negotiations laid today before the
committee.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23

need OF gathering these statistics for
the present and future generations.
As there Is no one In the county will
Ing to undertake the task Of gather
ing these statistics, 1t seems that a
feasible plan would be to form an
historical society In which systematic
research work would be undertaken.
This Is the way we like to hear
citizens of Laurens talk when they are
away from home:
"Laurens is fourishing. The town
Is growing up along good conserya-
tive lines, and with the excellent ag-
ricultural resources she has, no town
in the state has better opportunity"
This is what DR.. l.. s. Fuller, of Lau-
rens, thinks of his town. DR.. Fuller
Hotel Gates. He Is we'll known to
ber Of trips to this city in the interest
of his house.-The Greenville Daily
Piedmont.
DR.. Fuller Is one Of the best boosters
that the town has and he doesn't mind
saying what he thinks about it. He
comes out strong for he feels that
I.aurens is one of the best towns here
abouts. AS the old darkey said: En-
It's de gospel trnff".
| MADE UP.
1t has been long time since we
have seen a manlier statement than
that Jointly published in the Gaffney
Ledger this week by two physicians
Of that city. 1t required a great deal
Of courage to do as they did, but they
must feel that a great load has been
lifted from their shoulders and that a
great deal of good will come of 1t, in
many ways other than the good ex-
ample they have set. The notice Is
as follows:
To our friends and the public in gen.
eral:
Feeling that it was our duty tc
ourselves, our patrons and the public
in general to effect a reconciliation
Of the differences that have existed
between us as physicians for the past
four years, we have today decided to
forget and forgive, so far as the past
Is concerned, and to work together in
the future in spirit of friendliness;
and we take this means of letting our
friends know the result of our deci-
sion, feeling that it will unite all fac
tions.
Robt. T. Ferguson, M. D..
Jno. G. Pittman, M. d.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23

SSi s"Ah h'oP VI ShC pEOpOSeu new COun-
ty 1t will be seen that there are, in
round figures, about 400 school chill
dren In this area. Then by going i'm
like manner to the books of the sup
erintendent OF education of Laurens
county, 1t will be found that there are
about LOO school children in this
area, making total in the Spartan
burg and Laurens areas of around s.
500 school children. Since the amount
to be derived under the three mill tax
In lBnoree county would be about
$1O,250 and since each child in the
county would receive an equal share
of 1t, 1t will be seen that each child
in the new county would receive but
Sl.75, whereas in Laurens county each
child is now receiving $500. In other
words, where the LOO school chill
dren Of that section are now getting
$4,000 from this fund, they would get
but $4,000 IL they enter the new county.
The school children of Spartanburg
county, as 1t is now constituted, re-
ceive $2.66 each from this three mill
tax. II case this new county is de-
tached from it, each school child will
receive 81 cents less, representing a
total loss OF around $4,000 to the
school children in that area.
There Is but one way that the new
county could make up these deficien-
pioS 'on hot i, h,,,
The formation of the new county
will hinder the educational progress
of the children within that area by
just so much as is lost in this way.
Whatever benefits that migth be claim
ed for the new county in other ways,
and we question those benefits, the
education Of the children Of the com
mon schools must not be ENDANGERED.
The schools of Laurens county are
now ENJOYING the greatest growth and
prosperity in their history, increased
school facilities being noted on every
side, and nothing should be done to
break the charm" of advancement OF
to dampen the ardor of those who are
working so faithfully to better school
conditions.
The new county advocates boldly
declare that they will be able to Sc
cure county officers at less salaries
than are now being paid in the old
counties. We have no doubt but this
is true. but the new county would
have to content itself with men less
able to do the work. The county sup
erintendent of education should be an
able man Of broad and progressive
views, one able to command the re-
spect Of every citizen and able to en-
thus his people and lead them to do
more and better things. Except in
exceptional cases, only the larger sal
aries can command the services of
such men and to go into a smaller
county would be but to risk the chanc~
es Of suffering for the lack Of good
leadership in school matters.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
HIGHWAY TO ToXAwAY.

HIGHWAY ~ RUNAWAY.
Hello, Laurens and Belton! What
about highway from Columbia via
your towns and Anderson and Walhal-
la to Toxaway That is the original
route of the Blue Ridge railway.--An-
derson Daily Mail. Hello backi Just
fine! The roads through Laurens
county's part of the highway are al
ready in pretty fair shape and in
some places, especially between Lau-
rens and Clinton, they are among the
best in the state. They are being us
ed great deal too by travellers going
to the mountains, big Packard car
standing now just below us on It's
way north. While the autoists pass
Ing through really do not amount to
a great deal from business stand
point, we are always glad to see them
just the sane and we would like to
see more of them. We are In for the
highway between Columbia and Toxa-
way via Bolton, Anderson and Walhal-
la, just as much as we are in for
railroad between Clinton, Laurens
and Bolton. In fact, we are so en-
thusiastic that we almost sprang
piece Of poetry with Highway" and
"Toxaway" rhyming and that would
have killed the whole thing. But,
let's have 1t. Well make our roads
even better as we are doing every
year.
Last week The Advertiser put a pro-
position to the new county advocates
to show that the portion of Laurens
county wanted by Woodruff will not
suffer loss of revenue as provided
under the three mill tax in case the
election carries. None of the advocates
have accepted the invitation OF The
Advertiser TO show how no loss would
occur, but we understand that the
attempt is being made In a personal
way.
BY going to the books of the SUPER
intendent OF education of Spartanburg
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
Laurens County Teachers Association
Treasurer's Report, 1912.'13.
Receipts:

Dues:
Miss Ida Turner $1.O0
Miss Lou Ferguson LOO
Miss Margaret Cunningham 100
Miss Minnie Wallace 100
Mss Barnie Wallace 100
Miss Lucille Wolff LOO
Miss Wynona Riley 100
Miss Lutte Young 100
Miss Jennie Stewart 100
Miss Pauline Byrd 100
Miss Bessie Brown 100
Miss Annie B. Putnam 100
Miss VIII Lou Gray LOO
Miss Mae Roper 100
Miss Alma Garrett 100
Miss Annie o. Putnam 100
Miss Ella Belle Copeland 100
Miss Mamie Lou Harris 100
Miss Maude Attaway 100
Miss Willie Dorroh 100
Miss Havird 100
Miss Bertha Jacobs 100
Miss Lidie Sloan 100
Mis- Aleen Willis 100
Miss Carolyn Smith LOO
Miss Madge Harris 100
Miss Regina Williams 100
Miss Erin Addison 100
Miss Lucille Cox LOO
Miss Mamie Simpson 100
Miss Marian Gray 100
Miss Blanch Pinson 100
Mr.. w. p, Culbertson 100
Mr.. ]. P. Coats 100
Mr.. l.. f. Reeder 100
Mr.. j. G. Martin 100
Mr.. B. l.. Jones 100
MIR. E. Fl. Hall LOO
State Library Fund 1000
County Library Fund 1000
Total Receipts $500
Expenditures;
The Macmillan Co.-12 books $13.12
Lippincott-1 book 125
The State Co., books 2.35
Southern Baptist Con. Pub. Co.
book LOS
Owen Pub. Co.'S books 200.
Miss viii Lou Gray-speakers'
expenses, books, etc. 14.19
Supt. Geo. l.. Pitts--books 1910
Postage rs
Total Expenditures SAIL
Balance on hand June 80,
1913 $10S9
j. Pierce Coats,
Treasurer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
Robt. T. Ferguson, M. d.
Jno. G.. Pittman, M. ID.
Make EACH VOTE COUNT

In his letter to The Advertiser last
week, Mr.. w. p. Coker stated that
workers for the proposed new county
Of Enoree were asking the voters of
affected territories not to vote against
the new county If they could not vote
for 1t. This is an unreasonable re-
quest on the part of the new county
advocates, for If these voters do not
care to vote for the ney county
then certainly they are against it's
formation. To ask them to set idly
by and allow others to carry the cleo
ton against their desires Is asking
great deal, to say the least. To
stay at home and refuse to vote does
not relieve one from the burden or
responsibility in the matter, for a
refusal to vote on one side, in reality
amounts to a vote cast on the other
side, for it makes 1t just that much
easier for the other side to win. So,
when the election comes off, the citi-
zens Of the affected territory should
go to the polls and make their ballots
count for what they want them to
count rather than stay at home and
thereby let their silence profit the 9TH
er side.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23

The Advertiser viii 10 glad &c
receive the local news Of all the
commupities In the county. Cor.
respondents are requested TO
sign their names to the c0ntrI-
buttons. Letters should not be
mailed later than Monday morn
sa8'~ - iasS9
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23

The big sale opens at Red Iron
Racket August 2, 1913. j. G. Burns
e. Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23

Red Iron Racket. Get yourself ready
for the Big Sale which will open Au-
gust 2, 1913 at j. c. Burns G. Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-23
WILLIAMS KIDNEY prrIs

80 "FU you oVerWorked your nervous ave-
@ news ana and cansed hIaSdot trouble with yorT KID
ioins side, back and bladder ~, eXS Y.
naDoy appearance of the face. NJ ~ b
aer the eyesc frequent desire ~
ornn or,neY I'll III so. Williams, Kidney PiklW
WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Prom. cl.
.LAURENS DRUG co.
Laurens, s. c.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
The Quiet Hour.

We have all of us heard of it,
longed for it, felt the need of it
but how many of us practice
taking an hour from the busy
work of the day for quiet, undis-
turbed thought, rest and uplift?
The strength and poise to be
gained by doing this can hardly
be estimated. 1t is something
no one can put into words for the
enlightenment of another. But
once felt, this unconscious balanc-
ing of mental and physical pow
er becomes a priceless remedy for
the prevalent ills of nervousness,
morbidness and others that rise
from the overtaXing of mind or
body. 1t is a medicine far more
potent than any doled out by ply
sician or pharmacist. Though to
be had without money and with
out price" like so many Of the
most gracious gifts Of the Eternal
Power, it is truly priceless. 1t
is easy to prove its benefits-try
! lit.-Southern Agricultura!ist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
Duties Of a Country Editor

Senator H. B. Terrill editor Of
the West (Tex.) News, briefly
sums up the duties Of the country
editor, and those not familiar
with a country print shop might
peruse with interest.
ITO run a newspaper all a fel-
low has to do is to be able to write
poems, discuss the tariff and mon
ey questions, umpire a baseball
game, report a wedding, saw
wood, describe a fire so that It's
readers will drop their wraps,
make 81 do the work of $10,. shine
at a dance, measure calico, abuse
the liquor habit, test whiskey,
subscribe to charity, go without
meals, attack free silver, wear
diamonds, invent advertisements,
sneer at snobbery, overlook scan
dal, praise babies, delight pump
kin raisers, minister to the afflic-
ted, heal the disgruntled, fight to
a finish, set type, mould opinions
speak at prayer meetings and
stand in with evrybody and every
thing.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
LUCK

The word luck is used to ex-
press many ideas, but its
misuse is in attributing toj
fate destiny sw91ae rests
with the individual. bad luck"
and Just my luck" are express
ions used to lay on some indef-
mite something blame that prop
erly rests on the sufferer him
self.
There are great Interchangeable
natural laws by which the physi-
cal, the economical and the moral
Worldsare governed The person
who observes these laws has
good luck" and the one who dis
obeys them has bad luck"
There is not some unseen some
thing back Of the scene handing
out to one good fortune and to
others bad; the individual choos-
es what he will be and what he
will have, although it may be un-
conciously, by putting himself
in line with natural laws or by
humping against them.
Man is master of his own des-
tiny and he but acknowledges his
iown weakness when he attributes
to luck what comes from miscon-
duct or bad management. The
sample Of treatment he gets
from his fellows is as a rule of
the kind he has given. The
health he has is to a great extent
aproduct of his environments and
his care of himself. His success
or failure in his vocation is due
to the observance Of natural laws
or the lack of observance Of them.
1t is not luck but self that eacl
of US is dependent upon for oul
success and happiness, for W.
are not dealing with chance but
with law invincible and un
changeable.
Then for luck let US read law
: Instead of hoping for ourselve,
good luck, let us study nature
laws and obey them as far a:
possible. In the event of failure
. place the responsibility where i
belongs, on Yourself, and max
another effort profting by form
er mistakes. Southern Agricul
turalist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
Union Busy

Willie Elan, Jr., of Index,
Secty. of the Morgan County
Farmers Educational and Cooper
ative Union, and Wesley Fergu-
son, of Grassy Greek, q member
of the Board of Directors of the
Union, called at the Courier office
while in town Saturday and had
a goodly supply of Stationary
made for the use of the officers
of the Union. The organization
is in a hourishing condition in
Morgan county, its officers and
members are active and enthusi.
astic and il given proper en-
enlargement much good to the
farmers of the conutry will re
suit from their labors.
May success attend their eff
forts,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
Big School Attendance.

The school here begins the
second session Of this term with
the biggest attendance in its his
tory, more than fifty new pupils
enrolling Monday. The Normal
department being full to over
flowing. However, all who come
will be taken care Of even if ad-
ditional rooms have to be pro-
vided.
In this connection we desire to
remark that this is the first year
that the school has used news
paper space for advertising. At
the time Prof. Noah Cisco, prin-
cipal of the Normal department,
was supervising the country
schools, before the beginning of
school here, the COURIER gave
him a column weekly for school
news and much of the space was
used to advertise the school here.
After the school began Prof.
Cisco, out of his own pocket,
paid for an advertisement anC
printed matter setting forth the
things to be taught and the ad
vantages his school offered, ant
we think that we can claim with
out being accused of boastine
that the record rd-breaking attend
ance Of the present term is du,
! this newspaper advertising,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09

against kese two phrases. Fortunate
y here gd there in the rural schools
the teaNng Of sewing and cooking has
gaineaSS foothoid. In Warren county
this year the people were fortunate
enough to have 4 eonlpetept YaIpgn. %
slsisi s. EaTESqf 70 seho5Y Der equip
ment Ia wagon and give some in
structIon
Naturally there was some grumbllng
among those who belong to the "old
sShool,' the school that believes that
4 what was good enough fur me Is good
enoughf fur my chlllun," but something
happened when the school fair was
held this autumn A number of prizes
had been offered for exhibits of needle
\ work and cooking; also, u grand priZt
|, Sof $50 In gold to the girl showing the
greatest amount of fine work in all
jclasses. This grand prize was awarded
K to Daisy Kite,
As soon as the award was made
known, some outsider asked "Wher,
Is this girl that has done so much
splendid work, covering, sewing, beat
en- biscuit and fine cake making;"
A sympathetic smile fitted across q
teachers face MS she replied, Did you
see the parade downtown this morn
ing?"
.Yes. Why?"
"Did you notice a lame girl with n
{ face written over large with the word
"PluckT That was Daisy Kite, She
does what the others do, in spite OF
the fact that she has been on crutch
since she had a hip crushed when she
was three"
"Oh, her father is farmer who rents
somewhere out In the county here, and
Daisy had been going TO the country
school In the neighborhood. II is Just
a case that shows that sewing, cooking
N practical things, will pay in our schoo
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
Supervisors Meet.

The Board of Supervisors for
Morgan county met Monday
morning for the purpose of 60
ing over the county tax list and
ascertaing whether or not each
citizen of the county is paying
his or her prorata share Of the
taxes, The Board is composed
of intelligent, fair minded men
whom we believe will be govern.
ed by justice and right in read.
justing the taxable value of the
peoples property.
The following gentlemen com.
pose the Board: C. H. Black,
W. B. Barker, r. II. Ison, ]. C.
Sebastian and T.. P. Oakley.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
NOTICE

The firm Of Lykins Henry &
Son has been dissolved and the
business taken over by E. Henry
& sons;therefore it becomes very
necessary for us to collect all
outstanding accounts.
We wish to thank our many
friends for their former patron
age, and hope they can make it
convenient to call and settle with
in the next thirty days.
cow. II. L. HENRY, Gen. Mgr.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-09
WEDDINGS.
Day-EIam,

Jan. 2, at the residence of Auty
McClain on Court Street, Mr.. H.
B. Elan, of jackson, to Miss Mol
lie Day, of West Liberty. The
groom is agent for the Singer
Sewing Machine Co., at Jackson,
and a rising young business man.
The bride isa daughter Of Albert
Day, Of Lenox, and sister Of
Mrs. Auty McClain, Ed and
Amos Day, of West Liberty and
a very popular young lady. Rev.
j, r. Wheeler tied the nuptial
knot.
The Courier extends congratu-
lations.