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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
A RECORD OF CRIME.
Murdered for the Insurance Money
Killed in His Own Room by Burg
larS-Two Men Kill each Other.

~ ~ IN
Killed in His Own Room by Burg
lars-Two Men Kill Each Other.
DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 15.-On Sunday
night, October 25, Y. M. Langdon, q
prominent business man, after stepping
from a street "a and just before
reaching his gate, was murdered by q
negro. armed with a piece of gas pipe,
who dealt him a blow which rushed
his skull, causing almost instant death.
Detectives went 10 work on the case,
and yesterday arrested John Harris.
colored, at Lampasas. The negro was
brought here last night, and made u
full confession, stating that William
G. Parish, the murdered mans partner
in business, had employed him to com
nit the the murder. Parish was ar.
rested last night and jailed. About
midnight he made an attempt to COM
nit suicide by butting his head against
the. iron bar of his cell door. 1t is be-
lieved he will ccovc Parish, it is
stated. held a $4,000 policy on Lang
don's life.
Parish's attempted suicide, in con-
nection with the confession of the ne
gro, is accepted as conclusive evidence
of his guilt. He was born and reared
in Huntsville, Texas, and was at ono
time financial agent Of the State peni-
tertiary, by appointment of Governor
Ross. After the murder, detectives
Swallowed him night and day. One
day last week Parish entered the Com
mercial Bank and drew two fifty dollar
bills, placed them in an envelope and
mailed them to John Harris, Lam
pasas. This led to Sheriff Cabell go
ing there and finding the negro.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-Thomas Prunty
was shot and killed by burglars who
broke into his house at No. ID West
Thirteenth street, about 3:45 o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Prunty was
awakened by hearing two men moving
about her bedroom. She aroused her
husband, who jumped out of bed and
confronted the intruders, one of whom
fired, instantly killing Prunty. His
wife's screams, together with the
shooting; brought other members OF
the family to the room. Peter Prunty
| and his sister Sadie hurried in from
different directions. Their approach
blocking the burglars escape, the
latter fired upon them, wounding the
young man in the left ankle and his
sister in the ieshy part of the leg
above the knee.
The burglars escaped before cid
could be called, and none of the fami.
ly obtained a description of the despc'
radoes.
N. T., ia
special to the Messenger from Green
VILE, N. c., says: Abner Slaughte,
and Doc Smith killed each other to.
day. They had disputed over land
Smith ordered Slaughter to stop cut
ting on the disputed land Slaughter
refused Smith shot him. They then
clinched and emptied their pistols il
each other, Smiths brother giving
Slaughter several blows on the head
with u piece of iron. Smith fell dead
Slaughter snapped an empty pistol five
times in the breast of the other Smith
and then fell and died at once. The
tragedy occurred about nine miles
from here.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
BENEFITS OF FARM LIFE.
The Prosperity of the Farmer an
Object of Universal Interest.

At the recent Agricultural Congress
at the Columbian Fair in Chicago,
Samuel w. Allerton, chairman, gave
his idea of how farms should be
managed. He said among other things:
Never in the history OF II country
has such an opportunity as this been
offered, when citizens from every State
in the Union and representatives from
the Old World, car meet to exchange
ideas on farm culture, and to learn from
each other how to develop the land, how
to improve our social condition, how to
realize the dignity and Importance of
our calling, and generally, how to
benefit ourselves and mankind.
highest interest to the whole world,
because the farmer is the source of
supplies and to him all mankind must
look for subsistence. More than any
other which can be named, his is the
one occupation in which it may be
truly said that the people of the whole
world have u direct and positive in
~terest, for upon the success of farm
culture finally depends all commercial,
financial, and industrial interests ; in
deed, the welfare Of the whole body
polite largely depends on the ~uccess
full farmer. The public press has long
been filled with accounts of the dis
content and unhappiness of the poor
farmer, and the masses of the people
have been led to believe that almost
any position in life is preferable to that
OF the agriculturalist but the truth
is there is no other general occupation
that afforts so great an opportunity to
gain a pleasant home and substantial
Independence as that of the farmer /;
no other occupation which affords such
facilities for the development Of
morality and the social virtues. 1t Is
well known that our large cities are
burdened to a large extent with an
ignorant and non-prOductive popula-
ton, which has neither tho opportuni-
ty nor tho disposition TO learn the
duties and enjoy the privileges of civil
and religious liberty. Such is the
nature Of agricultural pursuits that Il
portion of the time of every farmer
a conveniently be spent in the study
of the institutions of his country and
OF 1.-THE branches of learning most useful
and agreeable to him.
Take this great city, with its mill
lion and a half of people take 800, 900
out, how does the other 1000, 900 live,
compared with the farmer? Any in
telligent man would rather have thirty
acres of land in the country for q home
than to be tho best mechanic in
Chicago, who gets 81 q day"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

which gave her the synonym Of Caro-
lina's Joan of Arc" was the following
incident:
In 1876 the red-shirt movement
which redeemed South Carolina from
carpet-bag domination was started in
Edgefield County. The State was COM
pletely under Republican control, but
General Wade Hampton had sworn
that he would be Governor, 'tor know
the reason why" The Republicans,
mostly negroes, were rioting through
out the State, and clashes with the
whites were of almost daily occur
enc In fact, there was an incipient
war of races in South Carolina, the Re-
publicans n negroes having greatly
the advantage. Just at this juncture q
band of 1900 red shirts rode into
Edgefield village with Douschka Pick
ems at the head. The sight was as in
spring as Joan of Arc leading her
victorious soldiers to battle.
She was clad in a costume of red, and
from her hat was Il long waving
plume. She called the men to follow
her, and the widest enthusiasm was
kindled throughout the State, and the
red shirts were triumphant.
"A few years later DOuschka Pickens
married DR.. George Dugas, a man of
culture and brilliant attachments. He
carried her to Augusta, Ca, his home,
where she could have reigned g social
queen, but she could o endure the
social restraints of IL city life, and she
returned to the home of her girlhood,
where a few weeks ago she died.
AS the funeral cortege passed to the
family vault, one would have believed
that 1t was the burial of some great and
worshipped warrior. Veteran soldiers
marched in line, and strong men wept F;
old family negroes followed the bier,
and their walls echoed through the
forest. Twenty hunting dogs that had
oft followed her in tho chase, and
loved her, also joined in the march, and
seemed intuitively to feel their loss
barking and whining, as If in agony.
1t was a mournful sight, n that will
make hearts throughout the South sad
at the recital.
She, who, like the exiled Empress OF
France4robbed of her loved ones-rob-
bed of her wealth--is now left alone In
the desolate homo, that is fast crum-
bling to ruin, a wreck of q glorious
past. E
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

WINTER .SToRMs.-W. F. Foster. of
st. Joseph, Mo-, claims to be a weather
prophet, and says: "More severe
weather than usual will occur from
November "a to December 8, and imme-
diately following this period a severe
cold o may be expected. Winter
storms will cross the country about
November 25 and December 1 and Z.
January weather will be of unusual in
terest and 1 will mail a chart, giving a
fall and force of storms to those who
send o stamped and addressed on
velope."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
2-

Ten short stories, II contemporary
view OF Virginia by Thomas Nelson
Page, a pen-picture Of the present
House Of Commons by Thomas Power
OConnor. and II description of Mexi-
can ranch life by Frederic Remington
arc somc of the attractions Of Harper's
Magazine for Dcccmbcr. Pictorially,
this number is said to be unsurpassed
by its predecessors.
Is your appetite capricious ~
asked the physician, who had been
called in to see Farmer Mcddergrass.
That's what it is, doctor" replied
the granger. Some days eat liver
and bacon all right, an then again it
seems as if nothing would do but corncd
beef nm cabbage o. sourkrout an sas.
sigcs."
Johnson's Oriental Soap is far superb
or to all the other so-callcd medicinal
soaps for identifying the complexion,
Sold by Carpenter Bros. Greenvillc,
S. c..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

Jefferson County, Ala, in which
Birmingham is located, has about one
hundred and fifty miles of graded pub
lie road, and about one hundred and
t~hirty-ive of them have been macada-
mized with limestone. The total cost
OF these roads to the county has been
something than $500, 600, but the
public is we'll satisfied with the invest
ment. The good roads have opened up
territory In every direction and the
county is being filed up with market
gardens, produce farms, vineyards,
etc. Five years ago everything of this
kind CAME from a distance by rail, but
these smooth roads have given the
city the best home market In the coun-
try. The farmers of st. Clair, Cullman,
Blonnt and Walker counties all come
with their produce, and this year Bir-
mipgham Is developing wonderfully as
% cotton foarket.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21


Douschka Pickens Dugas, South Car
olina's "Joan of Arc" who died re-
Gently. was one OF the famous women of
the South--one whose name will be
woven through the tapestry Of Ameri-
can history, and whose memory will
be revered and loved by every man
who fought for Southern indepen-
dence.
Douschka Pickens was the youngest
child of Governor Francis w. Pickens,
of South Carolina. He married Lucy
b~rilliancy of mind and loveliness of per-
son eclipsed all rivalry at the Court of
st. Petersburg, where she was pre-
sented when o bride her husband
prior to the late wal being United
States minister to Russia.
Mrs. Pickens became noted through
out Europe for her wondrous beauty.
Arti ,ts sought her, and painted her in
every pose that could reveal to advan-
tage the pure classic outline Of face
and figure, and catch from nature her
exquisite coloring.
1T was during Mrs. Pickens' reign at
the Court OF st. Petersburg that
Douschka was born in the palace OF the
Car. She was christened Francesca,
but, as a little child, she was called
DOuschka, which in the Russian langu-
age Q Darling. That name has
chung to her ever since, and she was
known by no other.
On the return Of Governor Pickens
and his family to America, they occu-
pied the Pickens homestead-a grand
old mansion known as Edgewood, and
situated in the suburbs of Edgefield,
S. G..
The Pickens' homestead is known far
n wide, and its memory will be cher
ished through many years to come.
The children Of to-day will tell to gen
erations yet unborn that which they
have learned from their fathers, OF tho
glories of the Pickens mansion, around
whose name will ever be encircled the
luster and grandeur Of the South's
most brilliant period.
1t was the center of an elegant hos
pitality, where statesmen met, and the
flowers Of Southern beauty and chivalry
congregated. In long years past, Pres.
ton and Pettigrew, Hayne and Magrath
were entertained there, while foreign
nOtables, also, were the recipients OF
h same hospitality.
EdgewOod Is u mansion of colonial
architecture, built with English solidi-
tv. It's walls nra IF nannllad ooh ond
Ollie
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
Total.

The above figures also represent the
number of tons mined and moved.
The amount paid the State by the
phosphate companies during the last
fiscal year was 1928, 547.4
On account of the storm ON the coast
in August the returns for the next year
will fall very far short of the above
figures, and it is not probable that the
State will get more than $75, 900 next
year in any event. Even IL the COM
panies do yet agree to the proposal
made by the State the amount mined
will be small, as it will be several
months yet before some Of the com
panies will be able to resume mining
operations.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

PROF. w. r. Massey, of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical College
OF North Carolina, will accompany
congressman Alexander on u trip to
the West TO examine the sugar beet
Industry. "A company wishes to grow
the beet in North Carolina and estab-
llbh sugar factories in Raleigh. The
seasons are too short Ia the North and
West, and North Caroiina,is regarded
40 q particularly favorable place for
sue blHRess
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

Men are made manly, the old made
young aud vigorous by Magnetic Ner-
vine. Sold by Carpenter Bros, Green
vile, S. &.
Don't be talked into having an OPP
Grafton as it may eos your life. Jap
anese Pile Cure is guaranteed to cure
you by Carpenter Bros, Greenville,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

A great many medicines "relieve"
Catarrh in the Head. That meano
that it's driven from the head into
the throat and lungs. But, by its
mild, soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy perfectly and permanently cures
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
DR.. s. co
-I.z South Broad Street, ATLANTA, G.
w eS t d.

Westward the Star Of Empire
wends its way and over onward
in the "a Of human progress
in the front rank Of modern en-
ventions among the established
facts and realities OF the day.
stands without a peer o rival,
THE New High Arm Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine"
The Sewing Machine Monarchs
OF the past decade have been
forced to yield up their scoptrcs,
us the muniford utilities and the
aduptabilitics Of The Davis"
have been manifestcd. The
feature Of The Davis which
distinguishes it from all others
and has given this prc-emincncc
is the Vertical Feed" entirely
obviating the difficulties hereto
fore experienced in doing salts.
%factorily all kinds OF work. This
wonder full improvement places
The Davis" before tho public, u
perfect Sewing Machine, simple.
durable, and adapted to every
possible requirement.
ALEXANDER. Bros. q Co.,
OF and III Washington Street Green
Vile, S. G.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
Notice.

Be modern. Don't harass the systUn
with noxious drugs. Monterey cures
Malaria. Nervousness, Indigestion and
Bowel Complaints. 1t is simple, pleas
ant to taste and leaves no bad effects.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
THE PHosPHATE FIGURES.
Return OF the Mining Companies for
the Past Year.

The following returns Of phosphate
rock mined and removed during the
fiscal year just ended have been receiv-
ed at the Office of the Comptroller Cen
eral. All the returns are not In yet
and those received for October have not
yet been tabulated. The returns SO far
received are as follows:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
SOUTH CAKOLINA RAILWAY.

Through trans between charleston and
Ashcyiilc ana through service between
Charleston and Walhalla, con Getting at
Bolton !0r Grccnvillc. Quick time between
the mountains ADD sea shore.
For rates and folders APP ly to
T.. II. WARING, q. p. A.,
lharlestou, s. @,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21

Magnetic Nervine quickly restores
lost manhood and youthful vigor.
Sold by Carpenter Bros, Greenville,
S. c..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-11-21
DoUsoHKA pIcKENs DUaAs.
BY GENIE ORCHARD sTovALL.

The Heroine OF the "Red Shirts "A
Romantic Story of 1870.
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Two barns and several ontbuildings on the
model farm of Hon. James Focht, near Cres-
soma, Pa, were burned Sunday. Twenty
three head Of cattle, three mules. ten pigs
and several hundred fancy breed chickens
persisted in the flames, and all the agrlcul-
tural implements, Including steam thresher,
were burned, as was the entire season crop.
Loss about SIS, 900; insurance light.
Minnie Hewing, Il handsome brunette, liv-
ing alone with her blind father in Mount
Vernon, N. r, was orIminally assaulted on
Sunday night last. She was sitting alone on
the portico Of her residence when a man snd-
denly sprang from the shadow Of the shrub
berry, and, grasping her by the throat, partly
dragged and partly carried her into the par
lor, where he criminally assaulted her.
A heavy rainstoFm broke oyer New York
a few minutes before u O'Clock an Saturday
night, and the streets we're made impassabie
by the flood for some time. In brooklyn
many Easements were flooded, and the city
was left in darkness for over an hour. owing
to the flooding of the electric light plant.
Parts of New Jersey we're Hooded, and much
damage was done by wind, lightning and
hail.
Rev John Blakely Dales, D. D., for over
IS years pastor Of the Second United Freshly
terrain CHURCH, OF Philadelphia. Pa, for more
than ~ years editor Of the Christian lnstrlc-
tor. and Corresponding Secretary OF the
United Presbyterian Hoard Of Foreign Mis-
sions since lis organization in 1899, died OF
heart failure at Chauiauaua, n. 4. Monday
night, aged 7S years.
Cholera is increasing in Russia, Holland,
Spain and Austria.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-26

A mangle exploded in steam laundry in
New York city, on Thursday, and seriously
scalded eight persons.
Fire destroyed the business portion of the
town of White Plains, Green comfy, Ga.
on Wednesday. Loss about SG0,000.
On Thursday afternoon fire broke out in
that part of the city known as South Chicago
and burned $50 houses and two churches.
Over 1000 people were made homeless. Loss
over 81, zoo, 900.
The Edgar Thomson Steel Works Of the
Carnegie Steel Company at Braddocks, Pa,
owing to lack Of orders closed on Tuesday.
Two thousand men viii be thrown out OF
work. This is the first time in the history OF
the plant that it shut down from this cause.
Typhoid fever is reported to have reached
nearly epidemic proportions in ST. Louis.
The hospitals are filled with patients, and
physicians in private practice report new
cases daily, while many deaths from the dis
ease are shown by the list of burial permits.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-26

AT Railway, N. j., two California lawyers
visited John s. Hoff on Wednesday, and told
him he had been left 100000 by wealthy
man who died short time ago in Caiifornia.
The lawyers explained that the man who left
him the fortune was none other than the man
he had befriended in Railway some years ago,
nursing him through an attack of typhoid
fever. Legal documents convinced Hoh,
who will start at once for California.
Ex-Gov. Biggs OF Delaware and his two
sons are probably the largest peach growers
on the Atlantic coast, and perhaps in the
world The Governor and one son live at
MiddIetown, and other son lives at Whining
ton, but their orchards are mainly across the
Maryland line. An early estimate indicated
that the ex Governor and his sons would send
to market about 275, 900 baskets Of peaches:
Iae three men own between % aud 10 peaeh
farms.
l.. G. Myers, according 10 a telegram from
Oakland, Illinois, is besieged in swamp
near that town by mob Of $50 men. de IS
charged with ASSEMBLING a white woman, a
neighbor, and also his llyear old niece
whom be afterwards hung up by the neck
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-08-26
The Falls Farm Literary Society.

The society met August 3, at the home OF
Mr.. Wesley Gosnell, and was very pleasantly
entertained. A goodly number were present
together with with visitors, some of whom
became members. Following is the program.
Reading by Mr.. Frank Hobbs, Betsy and
Jonathan; Courtship, by Miss Daisy NALL;
Getting the Right Start, by Miss Matte Sau-
BILE; music, solo, by Miss Maggie Day; song.
At the Window, by Mr.. VIM. Hawk; reel
tation, The Ladies, by Mr.. j. T. Sauble.
An address was given by the assistant critic,
Mrs. Joseph Brooks, of Westminster, congra'
tulating the society upon their success. We
are always glad to see her and hope she will
favor us quite frequently with her presence.
The society adjourned at 10 o'clock. On
August 10Th the society met at the residence
of Mrs Day. Among the visitors were
Joseph d. Brooks, Esq, of Westminster, Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart, of Jacksonville, Fla, and
others of Baltimore. Mr.. Frank Hobbs read
Good Cheer; Hints on Courtship by Mr.. 6.
Lewis: A Woman's Pocket by Miss Maggie
Koran, and Lead9ille Jim, by Joseph d.
Brooks. Esq. Music, solo, There's Maid
Like Myself. by Miss Maggie Day; solo by
Mr. Boork' My Star. Duets by Misses Horan,
After the Bali by Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks;
recitations, Young Mems Mind by Miss Elsie
Koran, and by Miss Maggie Koran The Old
School Master; essay, by Mr.. Gleeon, Worth
less Young Men. The society adjourned to
meet at Mr.. G. Lewis's OH Saturday August
18th at $50 p. m. All visitors are welcome.
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Changes in Mail schedules.

Changes have heen made in star rOnte
schedules in this section as follows:
Sandyville to Paiapsco. Leave Sand3ville
daily except Sunday $50 a. m. arrive Pa
tapsco by $40 a. M, leave Patapseo daily
except Sunday $50 "a. m, arrive Sandyville
by 10 "a. m.
McKinstrys Mills to Linwood Leave Me
kinstrys Mills daily except Sunday 7.45 a,
m, arrive i4inyood by S45 u. ~, leave Ian
wood daily except Sunday 9.l5 Il. M. arrive
MeKinstrys Mills by 1915 II. ~.
Alesia 10 Grave Run Mills. Leave Alesia
daily except Sunday $50 a. M. arrive Grave
Run Mills by II 30 p. M; leave Grave Run
Mills daily except Sunday 6 u. N, arrive
Alesia by o n. m.
Frederick to Union Bridge. Leave Fred
erick daily except Sunday l2.45 p m, ar,
rive Union Bridge by 5.s0p. M; leave Union
Bridge daily except Sunday $50 a. m.
Glyndon To Mantua Mills. Leave Glyndo on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 6 a M, ar
rive Mantua Mills by :. Is a. M; leave Man
tua Mills Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
:. AS a. m. arrive Glydon by 8 a m.