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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
AN Agreement Between the Goyer-
nor and State Board OF Control.

AN Agreement Between the Cover
nor and State Board OF Control.
The Colt nbia Register says tina
MIR. L. J. Williams, who was appointet
by the State board OF control to in
terview the Governor with regard tt
the re- establishment of the dispcnsar,
constabulary, has performed that duty
1t was determined between the Gov.
| eruor and the board that the dispeD.
| sary law must be enforced so long as
it exists on the statute books. The
two are also in accord in the opinion
that some more constables will have to
be appointed, but there will be no
great flourish made about it, and they
will not go around with badges, and
armed ready to shoot down any man.
In other words, their duties will be
purely on the detective order. They
will be expected to get up the evidence
against violatOrs of the law and report
to the proper civil authority, when a
warrant will be sworn out and arrests
made. According to this plan, there
Will be a tecret service, but the con-
stables, are not to have the power to
search and arrest at will as they had
when the law was originally put in
operation. They are to be detectives,
plre and simple.
1t Is understood that the Governor
will appoint these extras in those
towns and places where the local au-
thorities are proven not to be faith
fully carrying out the law. Their
salaries are to be paid out of the profits
which might be coming to the city or
town, and 1t seems to be the determi,
nation of the authorities to spend all of
this profit, If necessary, to enforce the
law.
Investigation will likely be made as
to the enforcement of the lav in towns
and cities before these detective are
appointed and it may be that the au-
thorites will be warned before action
is taken, so as to give them an oppor-
tunity of saving their profits, which is
always most acceptable to most muni-
cipal treasures.
The appointment Of these cons, abes
does not mean general revival Of the
constabulary system as was at first
supposed. Only in special cases are
they to be employed and their duties
will resemble those Of the former con-
stables only remotely
The authorities now fully realize
that the old system cannot last and
that 1T Injuries the dispensary system
more than anything else. The killing
of Turner in Spartanburg, in the opin-
ion of member of the board Of control,
has hurt the dispensary more than all
the original package establishments
and blind tigers put together.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
NO. 81.

that very act reaflirms the Demo
cratic faith, and the Democratic faith
can be found in the pronouncements
OF Democratic convention alone.
| The convention which nominated
the city ticket victori Dus in Chicago
last April reatlirmed the principles OF
Democracy as laid down by all the
Democratic conventions Of the past.
The convention nominating Judge
Van Wyck for mayor of Greater New
York contented itself with advocating
local issues only. Personally, | be,
lieve the New York idea the proper
one, that while it is necessary to pre-
serve party organization in local as
VOL as State and national affairs,
municipal fights should be made ny
the party organizations upon local
ideas and local issues.
Judge Van Wyck was selected as
the standard bearer in the Greater
New York fight as one who had been
loyal to the national ticket in 1S96
tic was nominated as q Democrat and
while the local issues involved in his
ampaign may have had much to do
with bringing about the superb
plurality by which he was elected, the
influence of national affairs In his
election cannot be ignored. 1t occurs
to me that the fight between the two
great parties In the nation today ia
really but a conflict between mono
poly as represented by Republicanism
ana the people as represented by
Democracy. The battle for the use OF
both metals rs forming the basis for
the currency OF the country is as much
an anti-class, an anti-monopoly fight
as Is the OPPOSITION to the tariff robbers
ana the various trusts that are todsy
dominating national legislation. The
victory In Gteater New York, won on
; platform favoring municipal owner:
snip OF natural mOnopolies, shows the
democracy OF the nations great metro
Dolls IN line with the party in the west
demanding redress for ths people
rom the oppression Of the corpora
ions. The fact that the platform did
lot specifically reailirm the principles
advocated by the Chicago convention
lwindles in Importance when atten-
ION is called to the fact that the ticket
vas nominated as Il Democratic ticket
ne nominee was knowa as a loyal
)emocrat, and nothing in either plat.
Orfn or car2Daign was said or done in
SruSaIlon OF the national platform.
regard the victory in Greater
'ow York as Offering encouragement
> the supporters OF William j. Bryan
1916 equal to that afforded by the
Of Republican majorities in
IVA and in President McKinley's
ONE state of Ohio. Thcy all 20 to
now the people are in sympathy with
nmocratic ideas. The revu,sion of
',ling, as evidenced by the recent
emocratic successes, bodies but little
ood in the Federal elections Of 1900 to
lie trusts and corporations"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
DEMOCRATS ENCOURAGED.
The Mayor of Chicago Talks Abou
the Recent Elections

Mayor Carter II. Harrison, OF
Chicago, has given out the following
statement in reference to the recent
events in politics
THE recent elections should give new
hope to the Democracy. If the change
OF sentiment had been confined to GER
tain localities the cause might have
been sought in local Influences. The
apparent strengthening of Democracy
in all parts of the Union goes to show
that the Democratic party, with it's
native vigor and virility, will take
more whippings and still survive and
thrive than the Republican party can
ever administer. The Democracy
stands committed today to the policies
and ideas 1T adopted in July Of '96 in
other words the Chicago platform cor
tains the dOgmas Of party belief to
which all true, loyal Democrats must
give earnest and undivided support
until those dogmas are eithcr reaiiirm-
ed or amended by new national con.
vention. Whether those principles OF
party belief we're specifically indorsed
in the various nominating conventions
OF the past six months or not really
amounts to but little. A convention
called In the name OF Democracy In
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
A YORK COUNTY FARMER.
He Makes n Model and Marvellous
Farm Out OF q Bad Investment.

He Makes n Model and MaryelIous
Farm Out of a Bad Investment.
The Yorkville correspondent of the
News and Courier tells this interest
Ing story OF q farmer with energy and
brains, who is making a great success
at farming:
On several occasions | have had
something to say about Mr.. II. b. Nc
Claims farm, on the southern out
skirts OF YOrkville. III this farm was
In the West or North and in the haL d 8
OF an intelligent farmer, as it Is here,
1t would attract little attention, but
here 1t is marvel on account OF what
MIR. McClain has accomplished during
the past four years that he has been
farming. The farm fell into his hands
In consequence OF what he considered
bad Investment, he having advanced
considerable sum of money to q
friend with which to buy the land
The friend died before he had finished
paying and Mr.. McClain was forced tc
take the land. He had never iarmed
any and know nothing about it, but, as
intimated above, is endowed with
| energy and brains, and he went tc
work to make the best of what he con
sidered bad bargain. The place con
tains about four hundred acres, and a.
the time MIR. McClain took charge no
over 100 acres were In cultivation
lie went to work and cleared abou
Two hundred acres moro, and pu
everything In as good shape as possible
The larger part OF the land was YER,
poor, and, Notwithstanding the liberia
use OF fertilizers, the crop the frs
year was not encouraging, end no
much more satisfactory results wer
secured the second. Mr.. McClain ha
either read somewhere or head some
body say that one of the principa
hindrances to the growth OF plant
In this section was that the soil O
ground was not ploughed deep enoug
and properly pulverized before crop
were pitched. A part Of the land
what Is commonly known as grey, wit
a red subsoil, and tho balance of 1t
/. red from The surface as far down rs
has h. 1cassion to go. In pioughin
with al Ordinary plough it is rarel
the case that q depth OF more tina
three or four inches Is attained. b.
low this depth on this particular far
Y was what Is known as "hard pan"
4 was, In dry weather, almost as har
, as brick, and when the roots OF te
: der corn or cotton plants would reac
n 1t, they would be forced TO grow alor
8 the surface, as they could not go dow
1 after moisture as nature demand
Q MI. McClain knew that II it we
possible to turn up the hard par
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
COTTON CROPS AND PRICES
The Increase i'm Production for Half a
Ccntury-A Comparison OF Prices
for Twenty-Five Years.

The last issue of Bradstreet's con-
tains very interesting article show
ing the cotton crops of the last tifty-
two years, and the highest and lowest
prices each year
The cotton crop did not reach 1,00O,-
600 bales until 1890 In 1922 it was
only 495 600 bales.
The largest crop before the war was
that OF lS5960. 1t was ,S6l 900 bales,
or nearly twice as large as any cottor,
crop from 1868 to 1869. 1t was not un-
til 1873 that the South produced q
larger crop OF cotton than it had pro-
duced prior to the war, the crop that
year reaching 5.074 l5j bales
The crop of 1880 was the first to go
beyond 5000, coo bales, and the 1000
OOU mark was passed for the first time
in 1887.
The crop raised in 1891 ran up to
5000, 600 bales, and that of S9i vas al
most lO,0O0,0OO bales. The present
crop will be the greatest on record.
a comparison Of prices is interest
ing. In 1925 the price of cotton went
to Is cents pound. 1t then declined
for several years and was as low as 7
cents in 1881 and 1882. In 1885 it rose
to ID cents. In lS434i.45 the average
price was cents, and that low figure
was touched again in 1913. Cotton
then went up rapidly and ] cents was
| the lowest price in 1850.
During the war the price went away
up, OF course. in 1864 it touched the
highest point $l,90 pound, in New
York. The lowest price that year
was u cents. The price then fell
steadily and in 1870 254 cents was the
top notch, The highest price in 1880
WAS l3t cents, and the lowest 10 1915
cents; in 1890 the highest price was 12f
cents and the lowest 8 3 l6 cents. In
1893 the highest price was 3.l6 cents
and the lowest 5 8 l6 cents.
The following table shows the
highest and the lowest prices for the
last twenty-five years:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
A DESPERATE HANGED.
He Murdered Young Man In the
Presence of His Affianccd Bride,
Who Died from tho Shock

Robert Sims, colored, was hanged on
the 18th inst. at Jonesboro, Tenn, for
the murder of Walter Galloway. The
execution was private.
For slight grudge, growing out of
an imaginery injury, Robert alias
Isham" Sims, shot down Walter
Galloway, a young white man, who
had been kind to him and had just
offered him few cents to look after
his horse. The deed was done on July
8 last, in the presence Of Miss Ellie
Boring, the young lady to whom
Galloway was engaged to be married,
and within few yards of the farm
house Of w. ID. Boring, in Washington
county. Galloway had ridden to the
house to call on Miss Ellie Boring.
the place, and Galloway told him that
| If he would take his horse to the barn
and feed him he would pay him five
cents.
The negro refused and angry words
passed. A few minutes later Galloway
took his horse to the barn and gave it
the needed attention. While he was
doing this Sims brooded over grudge
he bad against Galloway and deter
mined to kill him. He seized gun
and loaded it, Miss Boring being an
eyewitness 10 nlS movements rear
ing he intended harm, she ran toward
the barn and on the way met her lover,
Galloway. No sooner than she warned
her lover OF his danger than Sims ap
peared and in an instant fred. The
shot was fatal. Galloway fell into the
young lady's arms, pierced by almost
a dozen leaden missiles. Sims wa,
followed for many days and nights
through the hills of Washington
Hawkins, Greene and Sullivan coun
ties. His captora, who found him neal
Rodgersville, thought it policy to tax,
, him to the jail there, hut an infuriatet
mob was seeking him, and in order t.
escape these he was taken by circui
tous route to Knoxville.
SO great was the excitement pro
, duced by the death Of Galloway tina
: Miss Boring was nervously prostrated
/ Continued worry led to fatal illness
3 and after several days OF intense sui
) fering she died.
4 At the August term of the court /
8 JonesborO, Sims was found guilty G
. murder and sentenced by Judge Fl.
2 Campbell to hang September 81. A
Y appeal to the supreme court was taker
q but that body confirmed the sentenc
y and fixed q second date for Sims I
G hang, November II, at Jonesbort
b Tenn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23

Secretary Wilson's estimate OF
$400, 600, 900 sent out Of the United
States annually for farm products that
could be grown on American farms
may seem at first sight to be overdrawn,
but the secretary has made special
study of the subjectand has the official
figures to back up his estimate.
Mr.. j. p. Derham, chief clerk in
the comptroller generals CIice, has
been requested to resign, mi the
Columbia Record says that Governor
that he might appoint Auditor Brad
ley, of Abbeyille, as his successor.
-EX Governor Evans is to be married
Dec. 10Th, and with his bride he will
return to Aiken about the 1st of
January, just at the height of tho
social season when the town Is thronged
with Northern visitors.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23

This year the ms 'ket opened on Sep
tcmber at l.l6 cents, and since that
tire has declined about 1915 on each
500-pound bale.
a year ago cotton was worth II
cents, but then there was a prospect of
only an S,15O,O0O crop. 1t ia certain
that this years crop will exceed TO-.
600, 600 bales, and cotton is worth only
> l-l6 cents.
There is a very pain lesson for farm
ers in these figures.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23

Miss Frances Willard remarks that
"among the things the women of the
present day require is larger shoes"
The South Carolina Peniteptiary
has made a net profit OF ten thousand
dollars this year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23

A unique method was adopted by
the members ot q colored church In
South Georgia the other day to raise
funds. They had a ginger cake eating
contest, having two cakes eighteen
inches long, and the person eating his
cake In the shortest time was declared
the winner. An admission fee was
charged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-23
THE PRINCETON INN.

"A college Arrangement that Has
Created a Large Amount OF Eek
citement Throughout the CouD-
try.
The evening times., 1897-08-07
At Boston,

At Boston R. II. F.
Boston E. 1000 OO2 3O-612 2
Baltimore .02 OO0o 0-51O .
Batteries Klobedanz and Bergen; Pond,
Nops and Clarke. Umpire-Lynch
The evening times., 1897-08-07
81. & R." ROUTE.
''4iT NINTu-BATHING : UITS.
Che @ GimeS
City Brevities.

REPRESENTATIVE Lewis OF Washington was
a caller at the Depart ment of the Interior
yesterday.
assistant Secret airy of the Interior yam
is Acting Secretary during the abserce OF
Secretary bliss.
Mrs. b A Dyer, accompanied by her son.
is visiting her brother, Mr.. James II Ardln-
ger, at Hagerstown, Md.
James seldom Cowdon VIII address the
Pubic Ownership League in sheldon's '.all'
No. 1904 + street mort Invest. tomorrow at
Bpm
Jacob King Louisa Jones, Lena West
and James Wright were fined 50 in the
police court this morning for diSorderly
conduct.
Re~ Father Caughey, of st. Stephens s
Chuich has left Washn g6on for few days
recreation at Atlantic City, and later viii
JOIN Cardinal Gibboas AZ Saratoga Springs
T.. 4. Ha1man, the plumber, OF No 1919
Seventeenth street northwest, is not the
Frank Hannah, plumber, whose license
was Iereatly rcvoSed by the Commission
ers.
Mr. Moncure Burke, secretary to En-
greer Commissioner Back, viii leave
tht city this afternoon for a three weeks
trip Through Maryland and Virginia. Mrs.
Burke win accompany him.
Charl-s w. Truly, residing at No. 3l6 l-2
1 street southeas5, was severely in lured in
the head in a fight last nigh. He refused
Go tell the nameof his assailaaJ. His wounds
were dressed AT the Emergency Hospital
1T suggested thattwo, CT at least one
large electric lights be placed on tue
"Giauts' Stairway at the Onion StatiCn
in Georgetown, a : the place is exceedingly
dangerous iii its present unliehtcd oondi-
tion.
Abraham Solomon. for violating the pc
lice regulations in allowing d horse TO run
ct large. was fined 50 by Judge Scott this
inoming a similar fine was placed upon
] f.. WinfielG, charged with indecent eN-
pCsure
Richard wes., the emheZzling driver OF
the Merchants Parcel Delivery Company,
who was arres. cd in Baltimore, was ar
raigned IN The police court yesterday, and
demanded Jury trial His bail was fixed
at $500.
The resd bird season viii soon be on, and
the marshes about the Eastern Branch are
fun OF he birds A few hunters, in viola
ton Of the game laws, can he seen from
time t. time taking Pot shots in the neigh.
borhood Of Hcnning.
sone and q knife We're used in fight
between two colored new sboys, which at
tractea a large crowd, near the corner Of
Ninth and Pennsylvania avenue at an early
hour this morning. but the approach of an
officer sent both boys flying toward the
market.
The evening times., 1897-08-07
AMATEUR BASEBALL.

The ban team OF the American Athletic
Cluh defeated the Columbia Athletic Club
tenn yesterday by a score Of to /. The
features of the game were the pitching OF
Clifford, the batting of Hussey and Flan-
erty and the fielding Of Hughes
The Tuckerites of Northeast Washing
ton defeated Hall Leaders yesterday on
the formers grounds by the score OF IL
TO 6. The game was called in the last half
of the seventh inning on account Of dark
ness. Tho only featureof the game was the
pitching OF l.. Foster, who allowed only
two safe hits, striking out twelve men,
and giving four bases on balls. The Tucker
ties line up as follows: Miller, C.: Foster,
p.; Whitten, H.; Van Dorm, o.; Fisher, 3 10;
Reynolds, S.; Howard, 1. T.; Islin, C. r.;
Fisher, r.. {. Send all challenges to c. F. Van
Dorm, 1401 f street northeast.
The evening times., 1897-08-07
DIAMOND DUST.

Pitcher Willis McGin has been released 10y
| st. Paul.
Ternan has not made sacrifice hit In
the last fifty games.
Dan Daub is pitching for the Racycle
team at Middletown, Ohio.
Joe Kelley is undergoing electrical treat.
ment for his stomach trouble.
The "Done Browns Will catch the Sen
ators If they don't watch out
Boston today occupies the same position
In standing as the Orioles did one year
ago.
Ex-senator Joe Sullivan sat on the
bench at Boston yesterday. He is living
near Boston.
New York will play seven games with
four at home.
Paterson has already released Major
Hook. the infielder secured from the
Louisville Club
Joyce believes he cannot play first base.
lie is foolish if he makes any mole changes
in the infield.
Dahlen had one run, one single, two
error yesterday.
Cooley is toutiDg bis own batting abili
ties, and is betting ON the number Of hits
he viii make during series.
President Freedman, OF New York, has
announced that he will never agree to
another schedule made out by President
Young.
arfz4 irrf,s ho
Minneapolis Club for no other reason than
an accident which befell him while riding
wheel.
GiIlen starts for st. Paul tonight Even
though the Quaker management think Shu-
CART is a better man, he must put up a very
fast game.
1t would not be a bit surprising IL Sec
ond Baseman Eagan, OF Syracuse, found
his way into fast company in another sea-
son, IL not before.
with Brouthers on first, Wise on second,
Bassett on third and Cooney at short a
strong veteran infield could be made up OF
Eastern League players.
First Baseman Roger Connor left the FAN
Rivers July 81 to accept a position as
captain and manager OF the team at his
home, Waterbury, Conn.
The success Of Lewis, Powell, Corbett,
and Dunn knocks out the idea that q team
must have seasoned twirlers In order to
be in the hunt. Sporting Life.
Hanlon has bought the release OF Pitcher
Newton, OF the Norfolks, paying 500
therefor. The youngster, however, will
not 20 to Baltimore untilnext year.
At no time this season have more than
eleven men been on the st. Joseph Clubs
pay roll. And yet it leads the Western As
sociati by a comfortable margin.
Billy Merritt was released because he
has failed TO hit well. Manager Dona-
van says: He will not be long out of
work, as he is a good catcher, but he
did not do the work with the Pittsburg
team ttat he should have done, and for
that reason we let him 60. ! am deter
mined that as long as / am manager Of
The evening times., 1897-08-07
USUAL STORY OF DEFEAT
Brooklyn Had Little Trouble in
Winning Frem Washington.
MADE 1T HOT FOR McJAMES
The Doctor Asked to Be Taken Out
After His Opponents Had Scored
Eight Ruus-German Almost as
Easy. But He Made Two Hits.
At Brooklyn Again Today.

From the city Of Brooklyn, where the
Senators are playing at present, comes
the usual story of defeat the Trolley Dodg-
ers having lad no trouble yesterdayin win
ming from the Weary wagnerites. The con-
test was characterized by heavy batting on
the part OF Brooklyn and dumb pla ying by
Washington.
Manager Barnie did not think it necessary
to use Kennedy against McJainesin he box,
but sent Fisher. the Cincinnati cast-off, to
the rubber instead, and Chauncey had an
easy thing of it, Tucker, Mcclure and Les
ter German, who succeeded McJ James in the
box after the secon inning, being q he only
Statesmen to connect with the Brooklyn
twirler's delivery to any extent The
doctor asked to be taken out after the
second.
on the other hand, Barnie's boys batted
both McJames and German very freely all
through the game. The doctor, however,
was responsible for the loss of the game
in the two innings he officiated, eight
runs being scored by the opposition off
of sly hits, wild pitch and three errors,
TO say nothing of the stupidit OF some OF
the automatons when somebody forgot
to null the string errors Of Judgment
which have paved the way to farm for
many a mechanical ball player.
If Mr.. Wagner wants men who can hit
the bail, and who could probably be de-
yeloped into good fielders, he has one in
his own fold in German. Lester is not a
pitcher, and it is not believed that he
can he made one, but he might become a
fast second baseman or right fielder,
both OF which the team is sadly in need of
Some of the fastest men in the game today
are ex-twirlers, but it was only by ex-
perl:nenting that their ability as fielders
was discovered. Things could hardly be
made much worse by trying German ON
second or in right, even IL he should fail to
come up to expectations.
The last meeting of the present series
between the Senators and Trolley Dodgers
takes place this afternoon. McJames will
probably he sent against Brooklyn again
today, King being on the sick list and
Swain having been left at home.
Yesterdays score:
R.H E.
BROOKLYN - 4O1 303 30x-15 16 2
Washington O001 14OoO- 8 8 z
Batteries-Fisber and Burrill; McJames,
German and Mcguire. Umpire-Emslie.
The evening times., 1897-08-07

Excursion to Point Breeze Park via
Pennsylvania r. r.. Sunday,
August Sth.
Special train will leave Washington at
a. M, Sundays August 8, for Point
Breeze Park, near arzBaltimorc. Returning
train will leave ate:10 p. m. Round-trip
rate, 81. au3-bt
The evening times., 1897-08-07
GAMES ELSEWHERE.

At Philadelphia r. Fl. E.
New York 80 0 1-911 2
Philadelphia 10 000002 200 8 8
Ratteries-Seymour and Wilson; Fifield
and Boyle. Umpire-Kelly.