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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14
PERSONAL ITEMS
CONCERNING CLINTON
Short News Notes Picked up by The
Advertisers Special CORRESPONDENT.

SNORT news notes PfCk9d up by The
Advertisers Special Correspondent.
Clinton, Jan. Con Wednesday
night the Knights of Pythias gave a
most elaborate and delightful banquet
at the Hotel Clinton. A delicious
menu was served in six courses and
after the menu was finished the guests
were called to order and given a
warm welcome by Mr.. w. H. Simp-
son, toastmaster for the occasion and
who announced toasts by w. w. Har-
ris, A. C. Daniels. H. j. Winn, Capt.
+. g. Evans and G. d. Brown Of Able
vile. This was an occasion to be
remembered with pleasure and delight
and was attended by number of out
of town friends. Music was furnished
during the evening by the Laurens
band. After the banquet dance was
given in Copelands Hall.
On Wednesday afternoon Miss Ola
Young entertained a few friends
On Thursday Mrs. J. +. Jacobs en-
tertaincd the Friendly Dozen book
club at ten course luncheon.
On Friday Misses Bera and Ruth
Bailey entertained a number of friends
at dining.
Monday night Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
Owens, Jr., entertained at an elab-
crate six o'clock dinner.
Tuesday Mrs. NJ. A. Hays was host
ess at four course dinnor.
On Wednesday night and Thursday
Miss Emmie Young was hostess to
seven Of her little friends.
Mr.. Robert and Gary Harper of An
dcrson were the guests Of Mr.. J. c..
Harper last week.
Miss Lucille Harris Of Laurcns Wis
tied friends here last week.
Misses Fant and Fleming of Car
Isle spent Monday in Clinton.
Miss Wren Harfncr of Chester visit
cd Mrs. John Hunter last week.
Miss Lettic Abel and Miss McLain
OF Lowryville arc visiting Mrs. Lee
Young
Miss Florrie Burdcttc returned from
Grcenvillc this week after visiting
Miss Della Russell there.
The Presbyterian college began work
Thursday and the students and pro-
fessors arc back again after spend
ing the holidays with their parents
and friends over the state.
Mrs. w. a. Shands has returned
from Lancaster where she visited Mrs.
Reese Williams.
Mr.. ID. w. a. Neville has returned to
his work in Washington.
Mr. w. II. james spent Sunday with
Mrs w. G. Neville.
Miss Elise Spencer left Monday for
lioliyville where she will take up her
work as Govcrness again.
Miss Frances Garvn returned to her
teaching in Easley on Saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. d. M. Douglas ha, G.
turned from a visit to Chester.
Mr.. Eugene Power Of Abbcvillc Wis
tied Mr.. w. s. Bean. Jr. last week
Mr.. W. n Owens, Jr returned Fri
day from &aum Tree, N. c., where he
carnad ais brother, Edgar, to be in
sdAhGa
Miss Sallie Burgess returned from
Summerton on Tuesday.
On last Wednesday night at the
home OF DR.. w. p. Jacobs, Miss Lila
Jacks was married to Mr.. Preston
NabOrs. Miss Jacks was an inmate
Of the Thornwcll orphanagc and was
A member Of the Junior class in the
Thornwell college. Mr.. Nabors is
young farmer and lives near Clinton
where they will be at home to their
friends.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14
THE STEADY sUBSCRIBRR.

How dear to my heart Is the
Stoady $ub$criber, who pays in
advance at the first Of each
year; who sends in his money
and does it quite gladly, and
casts round the Office halo OF
cheer. lie never says, stop 1t,
cannot afford it," for, "Im
gotting more papers now than
read" but always Says. Send it,
the family likes 1t; in fact we
all find 1t the thing that we
need" How welcome his let
ter wheno'cr 1t come$ to us,
how 1t make$ our heart throb,
how it makes our eyes dance.
We outwardly thank him, we in
wardly bless him, the steady
subscriber who pays In advance.
If you will carefully rc-read
the foregoing you may discover
certain Typographical peculiar
ity which is intended as gen
tie reminder to a few OF our
readers. a word tO the wise
(and good is suficient.-.lIx
change.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14
MEMORATA.
RObt. e. Lee.

million hearts Tongue can not tell
Nor pen record the multitude
Of kindred souls which know thee WELL
Thou man so great Thy fortitudc
And honor true, love supreme
For Southern homes and thou didst dream
TO keep what sires bequeathcd to thee
Intact for us--our chvalry.
Aud now when time thy record writes,
'Tis craven deep upon the heights
Where names scribed which shall endure,
TO ages toll Of manhood sure
OF one who knew no lower flight
Than standing for God-given right.
Geo. Studson DeI,ano
Mountve, S.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14
Changes In Firms.

Notice has been given OF the dis
solution OF the firm OF Mahaffey G.
Babb. Mr.. Mahaffcy will continue the
business as In the past. Mr.. Babb
has purchased an interest in the
Bramlett repair shop and will hereaf-
ter be found there. The name of this
concern will now be w. b. BramIetts s
Sons. These changes have already
gone into effect.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14

DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Vegetable Liver
Medicine Is one Of the old time rene
dies. First offered to the public in
1910. To this day it ranks as the best
remedy for the relief Of bilousness,
Indigestion, constipation and all dis
orders due to a torpid liver The gen
uine Is put up in n Autographed tin
box. Ask for it. Price Csc. Sold by
all druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-01-14

The Advertiser Will bc glad to
receive the local news Of all the
communities I'm the county. Cor
respondents arc requested to
sign their names to the cOntri-
buttons. Letters should not be
mailed later than Monday morn
ing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-05
From His Point of View.

Why aren't you over in Europe,
fighting for your country?" asked the
American Of the European who wanted
a nickel to get a drink
81 fought over dere once" answered
the foreigner.
'Ahi And did you stand your
ground when a real battle Gamer"
mo, sir; 1 ruined away"
What You ran at the first shot7"
"Yessir, mister, An If / know eet
come sooner, run before dati"
That's an awful confession Of COW
ardice. Do you consider your life
worth more than other peoples lives
Is your life worth more than the life
OF your brave captain, Of your valor-
Gus colonel, your intrepid general?"
'Yessir. it be worth more"
What do you mean, worth mOre?"
Worth more to me, amt it2'
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snappinc II Back.

-Bruddren and sistas," severely said
good old Parson Bagster, giaring
CONTINUOUSLY at his congregation. mo
dan one pusson Eidin de sound o muh
voice pay so cents to go to de circus
tomor' dat wouldn't dig up a single
dime to hep out de revival dat, as de
tumble instrument In de hands o. de
Eawd, 1 was conductin' last week.
We'll, sah,'' replied Jim DingeF, the
gambling man, who seemed to think
the ministerial gaze was directed at
him, de revival had only one clown,
whilst de circus sdve'tises twenty
Puck.
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TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
Declared In These Days to Be the
Only Safe Topic of Con-
Versation.

Perhaps the chief reason why the
weather is a suitable topic for conven-
tional conversation is its usefulness
Nothing can be done with the weather
except talk about it, so the talk Is
not liable to interruption by call to
action. Hard times are a topic OF
general interest, common alike to mil
lionaire and workingman- But if you
say to a perfect stranger the times
are hard he may take advantage Of
that admission by asking for sub
scription for some charity or by de-
handing that you vote the socialist
ticket
The weather is. in fact. almost the
only safe topic left for pure converse
ton IN this energetic and practical
age, says the New York Independent
However much you may deplore the
badness Of the weather, nobody is
likely to hold you responsible for It
or cali upon you to remedy it unless
you run across a crank who Is raising
a fund to lombard the heavens for
the production of rain or the dissipa-
ton of haiIstorms.
Leading on with the weather In
spires confidence because it is tradi-
tional and established opening II q
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FACE FULL OF PIMPLEs

1910 So. California Ave, Chicago, III.
About a year ago my face was full
Of pimples and red spots To sleep
one night without itching was almost
impossible Some Of the pimples
would get big and red and If touched
them they would pain, while others
would get white heads on them and
when they broke open some matter
came out They would burn and itch
and scratched them so that some
times they would break and bleed
That always caused them to be worse.
81 bought all kinds Of salves and
creams and I found out that they did
me no good. noticed the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
I sent for a free sample. went TO
the drug store and bought a cake Of
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment and I found the pimples
were drying out. In two months I
was we'll" (Signed) Chas. J. Peck,
Nay z, 1914
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample OF each
free;with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston ADV.
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for the men who are stealing my
cattle, and I see we have not far to
90. Where did you get that meat?"
Il got it from a deer" returned
Bud; there is his hide on the fence;
you can see it IL you'll look"
The rural. glad to create a diver
sion, rode over and examined the hide
and came back satisfied, but Aragon
was not so easily appessed.
by what right" he demanded true
ulently. do you, an American. kin
deer IN our country? Have you the
special permit which Is requtred?"
no, senor," answered Hooker so
berry; the deer was killed by, a Mex
lean 1 have working for mel"
Hal" s1eered Aragon. and then he
paused. baked.
Where Is this Mexican ?" inquired
the rural, his professional instincts
aroused, and while Bud was explaining
that he was out in the hills come
where, Aragon spurred his horse up
closer and peered curiously into his
tent
What are you looking fort" Do
manded Hooker sharply, and then Ara
gon showed his hand
ct am looking for the drills and drill
spoon" he said; 'the ones you stole
when you took my mine!"
Then get back out Of there!" cried
Bud, seizing his horse by the-bit and
throwing him back on his launches;
"and stay out!" he added. as be
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HARD THING TO FIGURE OUT
With Nobody Making Any Money Vaea
ZIONIST Could Not Understand
Who Had Got His.

We called on a friend at his ONCE,
Wednesday morning. says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer The reason We
called was that he had been on q
vacation, and We wanted to ask him If
he had had a good time and TO tell
him how we had missed him But as
We were ushered in, he didn't look
up from his work. He just went on
scribbling, waved US to q chair, and
said:
Now, don't distrust me any more
than you can help. Call me a liar, but
don't rub it in"
What do you mean2" we asked
Then he looked up, and said:
"Ohi I thought it was my wife
That's what was going to say to her
III tell you how it is. The summer
hotelkeepers say they amt making
any money this year. The railroads
say they are running at loss. Every
public servant is whining about hard
times-hasn't been able to make &
cent. See? Well, I spent $3.50 in the
last ten days, and I'm trying to figure
out how 1 could have spent that much
for board and bathing suits"
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CHAPTER XIV.

1t is a great ensation-striking It
rich-one of the greatest in the world.
Some men punch a burro over the
desert all their lives in the hope of
achieving it once; Bud and Phil had
taken a chance, and the prize now lay
within their grasp. Only little while
nova month, maybe, if the officials
were slow-and the title would be
theirs.
The Mexican miners, blinded by
their ignorance, went their way, well
contented to get their money. Nobody
knew. There was nothing to do but
to wait. But to wait, as some people
know, is the hardest work in the
world
For the first few days they fingered
about the mine, gloating over it in
secret, laughing back and forth, sing
ing gay songs-then, as the ecstasy
passed and the WEAKNESS of waiting
set in, they went two ways. Some
fascination, unexplained to Bud, drew
De Lancey to the town. He left in the
morning and came back at night, but
Hooker stayed at the mine
Day and night, weekdays and Sun
days, he watched it jealousy, lest
someone should slip in and surprise
their secret-and for company he had
his pet horse, Copper Bottom, and the
YaQui Indian, Amigo.
Ignacio was the Indians real name,
for the Yaquis are all good Catholics
and named uniformly after the saints;
but Bud had started to call him Amigo,
or friend, and Ignacio had conferred
the same name on him.
Poor Ignacio! His four-dollar-a-day
job had gone glimmering in half a
day, but when the Mexican laborers
departed he fingered around the camp,
doing odd jobs, until he won a place
for himself.
At night he slept up in the rocks,
where no treaehery could take him
unaware. but at the first peep of dawn
it was always Amigo who arose and
lit the fire.
Then. If no one got up. he cooked a
breakfast after his own ideas, boiling
the coffee until 1t was as strong as
1ye. broiling meat on sticks, and went
to turn out the horses.
With the memory Of many envious
glances cast at Copper Bottom. Hooker
had built stout corral, where he kept
the horses up at night. allowing them
to Craze close-Hobbled in the daytime.
A Mexican insurrecto on foot is a
contradiction Of terms, If there are
any horses or mules in the country,
and several bands Of examiners from
Fortuna had gone through their camp
in that condition, with pew rifles in
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keeps his eye out-they'd shoot him
for deserter if they could ketch him.
I'd hate to see him go that way"
We'll, if he's as good as this, let's
take care of him!" cried Phil with
enthusiasm. I'll tell you, Bud, there's
something big coming of pretty soon
little more if l could. 1 want to keep
track of things"
FIT instance?" suggested Hooker
dryly. 1t had struck him that Phil
was spending a good deal OF time in
town already.
We'll, there's this revolution. Sure
as shooting they're going to pull one
soon. There's two thousand Mexican
miners working at Fortuna, and they
say every one Of 'em has got rife
buried. Now they're beginning to quit
and drift out into the hills, and we're
likely to hear from them any time
"All the more reason for staying in
camp, then" remarked Bud. iii tell
you, Phil, l need you here. That
logged ledge is lost, good and plenty,
We amt doing much better than old
A1dSOu OlG-lUSl TOOllES 'dEOuAQ III
that rock-pile-let's do little timber
ing, and sink
You can't timber that rock" an
swered De Laneey decidedly And
besides. it's cheaper to make a cut
twenty feet deep than it is to tunnel
or sink shaft. Wait till we get to
that porphyry contact = then Wen
know where we're att
"An right" grumbled Bud; but
seems like we're long time getting
there. What's the news DOWNTOWN"
We'll, the fireworks have begun
again over in Chihuahua-Orozco and
Salazar and that bunch-but it seems
there was something to this Mocte-
yuma scare, after all. was talking to
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the fed
erals marched out to where the rebels
were and then sat down and watched
them cross the river without firing on
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The Land of Broken Promises
CcOsyrsshs. 1914 By FnaL A Asans-y1

and a can of strip, and left him to do
his worst.
In the course of half an hour or so
he came back and found the YaQui
sopping up strip with the last of the
bread and humming a little tune. So
they sat down apd smoked cigarette
and came to the business at hand.
Where you go?" inquired Bud; but
Amigo only shrugged enigmatically.
You like to work." continued Bud,
and the Indian broke into smile Of
assent
"Muy bien,' said Hooker with final
ity; 81 give Mexicans two dollars a
day give you four Is that enough"
Isl" nodded the Yaqui. and without
more words he followed Bud back to
the cut There, in half a day, he ac-
complished more than all the Next
cans put together, leaping boldly up
the bank to dislodge hanging boulders,
boosting them by main strength up
onto the ramshackle tram they had
constructed, and trundling them out
to the dump with the shove of a mighty
hand
He was a willing worker, using his
head every minute; but though he was
such a hustler and made their puny
efforts seem so Intellectual by compari-
son, he managed in some mysterious
way to gain the immediate approval
of the Mexicans. Perhaps it was his
aIlpervasive good nature, or the re-
spect inspired by his hardihood; per
haps the qualities of natural leader
ship which had made him a picked
man among his brother Yaquis. But
when, late in the afternoon, Bud came
back from trip to the tent he found
Amigo in charge of the gang, heaving
and struggling and making motions
with his head.
Good enoughi" he muttered, after
watching him for a minute in silence
and leaving the new boss in command
he went back and started supper.
That was the beginning of a new
day at the Eagle Tail, and when De
Lancey came back from town-whith
| er he went whenever he could coniure
up an errand-he found that, for once
he had not been missed.
Bud was doing the bl3cksmithing
Amigo was directing the gang, and g
fresh mess of beans was on the fire
the first kettleful having gone to rein
force the Yaqui's backbone But they
were beans well spent, and Bud die
not regret the raid on his grub-pile. Il
he could get half as much work fol
what he fed the. Mexicans he could
well rest content
But how did this Indian happen tt
find your" demanded Phil, when his
l.
Say, he must have deserted from his
company when they brought then
back from Moctezuma!"
''More'n likely" assented Bud. "He
amt talking much. but l notice hC
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WAS WAITING FOR REAL HEAT
At ia in the Shade, Farmer Didn't
See Necessity for Shortening
Hours of Labor in the Field.

A St. Louisian who responded to the
Macedonian cry for help from the
Kansas wheat fields tells this story:
The farmer told US We. were to
work ten hours a day, but that when
il got hot he would knock OF an hour.
One day. after We had been out in the
blazing sun until we were painting for
breath, we came in to dinner to ind
the mercury up to ia. We thought
the farmer would say something about
short hours that afternoon. but he
didn't AS We started out TO work 1
said &c him:
lone hundred and fourteen in the
shaded
Yes he answered. Do you feel
it much2'
NO I said. I don't mind it par
ticularly; but when does it get hot out
here?'"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-05
The PILGRIM.

Alfred Noyes, the exponent of pay
ing poetry" told q good story. at
Princeton
One morning" he said, my work
was interrupted by a westerner- He
rushed in on me enthusiastically He
bruised my hand with the power Of his
cordial clasp. He made me sit down
and write my name so times on a
sheet Of foolscap that he drew from his
pocket-he wanted to distribute, he
explained, my autograph among all his
friends He even urged me to write a
poem for him-to dash a poem OF
while he looked on. This falling, he
would not go till I had read him q
good half-dozen selections from my
works.
Mr. Moves sighed
And all the time" he ended. 1.-THE
duffer called me BOyes.
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SYNOPSIS

BUD Hooker and Phil De Lancey are
forced, owing to a revolution in Mexico,
to give up their mining claim and return
to the United States. In the border town
of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger,
wealthy miner, who makes him a propo-
sition to return to Mexico to acquire title
to very rich mine which Kruger had
blown up when he found he had been
cheated out of the title by one Aragon-
The Mexican subsequently spent a large
sum in an unsuccessful attempt to relo-
cate the vein and then allowed the land
to revert for taxes. Hooker and De Ian
cey arrive at Fortuna near where the
mine, known as the Eagle Tail. is 10
Gated They engage the services Of Cruz
Mendez, who has been friendly to Kruger,
TO acquire the title for them, and get q
permit to do preliminary work Aragon
protests and accuses them of jumping his
claim Bud discovers that matrimonial
entanglements prevent MendeZ from per
iectlng valid title. Phil who has been
paying attention to Aragon's daughter.
Gracia, decides to turn Mexican and get
the ute n his own name. Bud objects
TO Phils attentions to Gracia. Aragon
rams in his attempt to drive them off the
claim. Rebels are reported in the vicin-
ity. Stories of rapine and bloodshed are
brought in Bud and Phil begin work in
earnest on their claim.
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TO BE CONTTNUEDO

man on being introduced to a young
woman is asked by her If he is mar
ried, or on meeting a stranger in a
dark and deserted road is asked what
time it is, his suspicious are aroused
at once. In fact. any conversational
opening except the conventional one
is liable to raise the inquiry, What
does he mean by it?"
II, however, one begins with the
weather we know that he means moth
ing by it, and We may continue the
conversation with ease Of mind Be
ing then both useless and useful, the
weather is unequaled as topic Of
conversation in its formal and pre-
Iiminary stages
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dropped his hand to his gun But II
the rural wishes to search" he said.
turning to that astounded Official. he
is welcome to do So"
"Muchas gracias, mol" returned the
rural, shaking a finger in front OF his
face, and then he strobe over to where
Aragon was muttering and spoke in 4
low tone.
MOI" dissented Aragon, shaking his
head violently; 'no-no! l want this
man arrested" he cried, turning win
dictiveIy upon Bud. He has stolen
nv tools-my mine-my land! He has
no business here-no title! This land
is mine, and tell him to go. PTonto'
he shouted, menacing Hooker with his
riding-whip, but Bud only shifted his
feet and stopped listening to his ex-
cited Spanish
mo, senor," he said, when it was all
over. this claim belongs to my pard-
ner. De Lancey. You have no"
"Ha! De Lancey!" ieered ATagon,
suddenly induIging himself in a sar-
donic laugh DE Iancey! Ha. hal"
What's the matter?" cried Hooker
as the rural joined In with derisiVe
smirk. Say, speak up. hombrei" he
threatened, stepping closer as his eyes
took on a dangerous CLEAN And let
me tell you now" he added. that if
any man touches a hair Of his head
I'll kill him like a dogi"
The rural backed his horse away, as
If suddenly discovering that the Amer
lean was dangerous, and then, salut-
ing respectfully as he took his leave,
he said:
The Senior De Lancey Is in jail! -
They whirled their horses at that
and galloped OF down the canyon. and
as Bud gazed after them he burst into
frenzy of curses Then, with the
one thought Of setting Phil free. he
ran out to the corral and hurled the
saddle on his horse.
CTO RE CONTINUED
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No Chance for Him.

William Dean Howells is the presi-
dent Of the American Academy Of Arts
and Letters, and in Mr.. HOEells' pres
ence in Boston$One day a novelist Of
the best seller" type had the bad taste
TO ridicule our Imitation French acad-
emy," as he called it.
Mr.. HoweIls listened to the novelist
with his good-natured smile, and then,
with his good-natured laugh, he said:
Our American academy is ike
death. People never joke about it IN
less they know it's very far away"
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Even More Deserving.

Beggar-Mister amt had nothin
to eat for two days.
Gentleman-You told me that very
same story q week ago
Begga-Oh! Then surely boss.
you'll help pore man who amt had
nothfns to eat for nine days.-Boston
Evening Transcript
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Not in Polifica.

After all these statesmen have gone
on the stand and told how they run
their parties, every. citizen viii know
the ms and outs of politics" YES"
said the Practical Person, but in pol
tiles you don't get anything by know.
ing the outs"