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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
National Bank of Laurens

At Laurens, In the State of South Caro-
lima, at the Close of Business, June
9th 1904.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, $92,4 38
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 926 "a
tion, 10000 90
Premiums on u s Bonds, 74O 90
Bonds, securities, etc. 3,4S7 Al
=. fixtures, 1901 IS
Other real estate owned, $3.50 90
Due from State Banks and Ban
kers, 80 SO
Due from approved reserve agents, 3,7S1 43
Checks and other cash items, 35 25
Notes OF other National Banks, 2S5 90
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents, 81 4S
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN
BANK, VIZ:
Specie, 3,144 25
Legal-tender notes, 1000 90 4,144 25
Redemption fund with U. s.
Treasurer % per cent. OF
ciroulation,) 800 90
Total, $135,635 32
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In, 63,c00 90
surplus fund, lAOOO w
Undivided profits, less expen-
Sos and taxes paid, 2y838 AZ
ing, 1880 90
Due to other National Banks, 1885 68
Due to State Banks and Bankers, 80 63
Dividends unpaid % 90
check, ~ ~. 1888 93
Time certificates of deposit, $40 SO
Bills payable, including certih-
Gates Of deposit for money
borrowed, 100000
Total, $ls5, 1886 so
= STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I
COUNTY OF LAURENs.
I, Juo. Aug. Barksdale, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best Of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN AUG. BARKsDABE,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this the 10th day OF June 1904.
O, G.. THOMPSON.
Judge of Probate.
CoRRBoT.-Attest:
JNO. A. BARKSDALE,
b. f. POSEY,
3. 8. CRAIG,
Directors.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22
Notice of Election.

School District No. & DialS Township.
An election will be held at the Barks-
dale Academy, School District number
six. Thursday, July 7th., 1901 to de-
eide whether tax of two mills for
school purposes shall be levied and col
lected in said district. 1t is ordered
that the Board of Trustees shall hold
said election which shall be conducted
according to the rules governing gen.
eral election. BY order of the County
Board of Education of Laurens County.
CHARLES T.. BROOKS,
County Supt. of Education.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22
Attention! Executive Committed

Attention! Executive COMMITTEES.
The members of the County
Democratic Executive Committee
are called to meet at IL o'clock
on Monday, 9th inst, for the
purpose of arranging for the an
Pointment of Managers, estab-
lishing new Precincts. arranging
for the Campaign meetings, etc
q. II. SMupm,
County Chairman.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

What is "TEETHINA" Well, tits
this:
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From baby's brow the fever glow,
That teething always bring you
know
"TEETHINA" Overcomes and Coun-
teracts the Effects of Summers Heat,
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Gives rosy cheeks, health and happi-
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

Chamb rlain's Stomach and Liver
Tables are just what you need when
you have no appetite, feel dull af.er
eating and wake up with bad taste in
your mouth. They will improve your
appetite, cleanse and invigorata your
stomach and give you relish for your
food. For sale by Laureas Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22
THEY FILED THEIR PLEDGES.
No Opposition to State Officials eX.
cppt Mr.. CAN'T.

All the State officials filed their
pledges Monday before noon as caudi-
dates to succeed themselves. Secretary
CAN'T is the only one who has opposi-
tion, Col. M. p. Tribble, of Anderson,
having filed his pledge a few minutes
before the time expired as a candidate
against Mr.. CAN'T. 1t is the first time
in fourteen years that candidate for
governor enters the field unopposed.
Gov. Hayward and the rest OF the State
officials have been heartily congratu-
lated upon the prospect Of a quiet cam
paign. The frat campaign meeting
was held at Sumter YESTERDAY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22
Celebrated Eighty-Third Anniversary

Mr.. John ID. Mills gave big dinner
at his home last Saturday in honor of
the eighty-third rth-day of his fa-
ther, Mr.. John A. Mills. 1t was a very
pleasant occasion. Seventy odd chill
dren, grand children, cousins and
friends were present. Mr.. and Mrs.
John f. Bolt attended.
We can supply your wants in the
rest quality of fruit jar rubb .rs and
porcelain lined caps.
S. M. 81 e II. Wilkes 81 Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

The total loss of the Russians killed,
wounded and captured by the Japanese
at the battle of Vafangow, is estimated
at 10000. The Japanes, losses are less
than 600
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

Handsome patterns i'll Lawn
and Swiss Embroideries at Will
sons.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

Another lot Satin Taffeta
Ribbons i'll desirable shades just
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-06-22

IfiammockS
to sleep in.
|E1ammocks
to swing in.
|F1ammocks
to court in.
IHammocks to hammock in from
$I.oo to IS. 90.
Palmetto Drug Co.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
women on Boards in England.

Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller, thl
delegate from England to the recen
International Suffrage Conference a
Washington, has been devoting a few
weeks to lecturing in America befori
returning ho= She gives some In
terestipg statistics as to the valuable
public service rendered by women Il
Great Britain. In England, Scotland
and Ireland, women now vote for al
officers except members Of Parliament
They were made eligible to serve Of
school boards in England in 1870. A
the first election, only 16 women wer
chosen; last year, 276. The drst VIC
man was elected on a board Of Poo
Law Guardians in 1875. Last yea
there were $50 women serving on thes
boards. They have introduced man
reforms tending to the more human
treatment of the aged poor, and Is
pecially to the better care and educs
ton Of pauper children. Women hay
served for many years on the scho0
board OF London Two years ago Mis-
Flora Stevenson was chosen chairma
of the school board Of Edinburgh, SEQ
land, by the unanimous vote Of Ii
other members OF the board, and 81
still holds the position. The House {
Commons has three times recorded i
self In favor OF full suffrage for womel
once without a division, once with
majority of 33, and the last time by
majority of Il; but the House {
Lords stands in the way Of this and a
other reforms.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

There are still some notes in the ma
tional sunbeam. The largest and most
troublesome of these is the Treasury
deficit. During the campaign the fact
of a growing deficit was frequently
pointed out, only to be turned down by
the Republicans with a laugh. why,
of course, . they said Don't you know
that we have had unusual and extraor-
binary expenses forty or fifty millions
for the Panama project; five and a half
millions for the st. Louis Fair, and so
on. But if you are a pessimist just
read Secretary Wilson'S statistics about
the cotton, the rice. the @orn. and 9TH
er crops. Never anything IKE It'll We
are the richest people in the world and
are not to be frightened by a tfempor-
AIRY deficit in the Treasury Well, the
election is over, and we find Speaker
Cannon going about the Capitolsaying:
"Boys, economical There's a thirty
million gap in the Treasury. We
mustn't take out more than we put in.
Ii we don't practice rigid economy,
MI. Shaw will have to issue bonds, or
we shall have to increase the revenue
by additional taxes.n This is the Re-
publican doctrine up to date. There is
an old story about the dancer and the
fiddler. No need to point the mo,al.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
FrenZied Finance.

Last July Thomas W. Lawson, the
Boston Broker, promised to tell how
$4,000, 600, were raised in a few
weeks and put into five doubtful states
in 1896 and this defeated W. J.. Bryan
and elected VIM. Mckinley. He makes
his promise good in the January num-
Der of Everybody's magazine and Gre
ates the biggest sensation, not only in
Wall Street, but all over the country
by naming H. H. Rogers, Vice Presi-
dent of the Standard oil company as
the man who raised the money for Mark
Hanna. Rogers helped along the SEN
sation by threatening to prosecute the
Union News Company if it sold the
magazines. Rogers has receded from
bis threats and his friends now claims
that his sole object was to enforce re-
spect for the memory of President Nc
Kinley and Mark Hanna.
Lawson declares part of this money
was used to bride the receiver of Bay
State Gas Company to withdraw and
save the Lawson-Rogers- Addicks
interest. The receiver and his client
was to get $780, 600, which sum was to
be turned yer from the campaign fund
and to be used in part for Addicks to
carry Delaware. E. R. Chapman who
carried the money admits paying over
$4,000 in Judge George Gray's office
in Wilmington. The article is the
most sensational one written by Law
som and shows the inside working of
Wall street men in national politics.
Everybody should read it.
Lawson's assertion that millions were
raised and used by Wall Street fnan-
ciers to defeat Bryan and elect McKin-
ly is rather stale news, but the expos
ure of the inside ma~nipulations as to
who did it and how it was done furnish
es the sensation which makes mighty
interesting reading, and confirms the
truth that the nation was sold into
bondage in 1896 and will continue as
long as thinking men allow the gov
eminent to be run by those who buy
elections in return for special privileg-
ed legislation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
Victor Hugo on Women.

Victor Hugo was ahead of his Tim
In many respects. Among his othe
advanced ideas, he believed in equs
lights for women. At the Information
al Woman's Rights Conference held l.
Paris in 1878, at which America wa
represented by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, and Theodore
Stanton, Victor Hugo was to have pre-
sided, but "a kept away by illness.
In his great historical romance.
NNinety-Three," Victor Hugo describe
two Republicans discussing the futurs
Of the human race-one of them, Gin
ourdain, representing the marrow
stern, and fierce Republicanism Of tn
old school. the other, Gauvain, tn
broader, more liberal and more hu
name Republicanism with which Hug
was himself in sympathy. Gauvai
says:
"And woman-what would 20
make of herr"
Cimourdain answered, What she i
the servant of man"
Eyes; on n condition"
"What?"
THAT nan shall be the servant o
woman"
Can you think of such a thingf
exclaimed Cimourdain. Man a ser
want! Never. The man is the master
l recognize only one monarchy-tha
of the Preside. In the home, man i
king"
Eyes; on n condition"
"What?"
THAT woman shall be queen there.
THAT can that you wish for MAJ
and woman"
Equality"
Equality! Can you dream Of it
The two beings are different"
81 said equality. I did not say linden
tity."
If modern opponents Of equal sui
frage could understand that those VIII
seek equality Of rights for wome
have no wish to make men and wome
identical, it would ave them froI
much confusion of thought
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

The Federal Government has set
apart IS public reservations several
great battlefields of the Civil War. New
Jersey was the chief battle-ground of
the wal Of the American Revolution,
and it was here the fortunes Of that inn
mortal contest turned in favor of the
patriots. But the federal government
has left to the State to preserve the
monuments of that time that tried
mems souls. Senator Dryden has a
bill to set apart the battlefield at Red
Bank as a government reservation.
This battle, fought on October %,
1777, between an American force under
General Greene and a much greater
British force under Sir William Howe,
was a splendid victory for the Ameri-
cans, Colonel Donop, the commander
of the Hessiansinfantry under Howe,
being killed and four hundred of the
British killed or wounded, the Ameri-
can loss being comparatively small.
The great feature of the battle was the
heroic conduct of the American gar
rison, assailed by superior forces. The
literature relating to the battle is ex-
tensive and is found in several Ian
guages. 1t appears in numerous pub
lished contemporary correspondence,
in the printed memoirs of participants,
in various historical works, American,
British and German; in the archives of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in
reports and state papers.
Until a few years ago the very site
of this revolutionary battlefield was
unknown even to a majority of the peo-
pie living in the nearby communities.
After the societies, founded on Revolu-
tionary traditions, came into existence,
interest was taken in the revolutionary
monuments in this State and efforts
were put forth to preserve them. The
Red Bank battlefield commanded early
attention and a memorial vas set up.
But the desire of patriotic citizens has
been to have the scene Of the heroic
struggle dedicated as a public park,
and Senator Dryden, who has assumed
the paternity OF. a bill in Congress for
that purpose, will use his best efforts
to procure the passage of the bill at the
present session.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

The good people of Philadelphia
think their commerce will stagnate if
they cannot obtain a ~thirty-foot chan
mel in the Delaware river To this end
they want about five millions ofdollars,
and the Committee on Rivers and Har
bors proposes to give them $500, 900.
Naturally there is a howl in the Key
Stone state which gave such atremend-
GUS majority for the Republican party.
Pennsylvania must have what it wants
and there are others.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
Professor Willis, of Washington and

Professor Willis, Of Washington and
Lee University has recently Travelled
2,7OO miles in the Philippines. He
says Things are very bad there eco
nomically, politically, and morally. II
responsible authority never works well.
Every business man in Manila says bu-
siness is bad. Agricultural conditions
are severe. Our tariff is very burden
some. Secret service police are busy
terrorizing people. Our government is
unpopular for it has not given good
roads or schools or administration"
Isn't this about in accordance with a
good many speeches that were made in
October ?
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
Equal Suffrage in South Afric..

Prot. Edward c. Sterling, OF IL
University of Adelaide, South Au.
tralia, writes in answer to a letter 4
inquiry from the Woman's Journal ,
Boston as to the workings of equi
suffrage:
"The exercise Of the franchise be
had no deteriorating effect upon IL
characters or manners Of women.
does not lead them to neglect the
domestic duties, or cause them to I
treated with less respect and cousidea
alton socially. Neither does It lead /
family Quarrels, which was niue
urged IS al objection before the pa,
sage OF the women's franchise act.
has caused no diminution Of chivalr
among men,"
Prot. Sterling also thinks that II
franchise has broadened women
minds, causing them to take a MOI
interest in political que
lions. and that thar presence at ele
finns = egn1u&Ea N ardsEliassA
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
West JERSEY { sEAsEssE RAILROAD
On and after Oct. 4th. leO4.

trains will leave WOODBURY. as follows.
For philadelphia, SIS, $50, us, 7.3o. 7.3e. 7.sO
o.Z9, 9.O6, 1902, II II A. M; IO2. I12 am
80. 4.4S, 5.lS, 6!Ol, 6.5S, 40, I0.22, and II'OS p
soa wses sa sundays. SO. .s.41 A. M;
For Glassboro, ga, SIG, S.48, 9.22, 1904. II.39
Am d2sS 2O2 saturdays only 322, 3.37, 3.47.
PIN 5zo, 5.4S, 6.S2- 7.02, 500, 9-S2, 1Il2 P. M;
al a n,got l. weeek,days. Sundays, S.SOA. M;
For swedesboro, ga, s.12, n.s2 A. NJ. zoo. AS.
Slz' ~; y I. N. weekdays. Sundays, $50 A.
For ,yineland and MiIlyiIle, "A, SIG ands22
.M.;l2.SS, 3-37, 5.43, T.02 P. M. weekdays.
Sundays, sos a. NJ; SD P. NJ.
For Maurice River and points on the Maurice
River Branch, $40 A. M; 1913 and 5.43 p. nj.
For Sea Isle City and Ocean CITY. e22 A
M, 337 p. M. weekdays. SUNDAYS, 3 IN
For Mes SaRs May, ss22 4; NJ; S.S7 ?. M.
For Atlantic City, SIG A. M.;s3I P. M. week
days: Sundays, $50 A. NJ, n 81 ri p. NJ
FOR salem, via GlaSSboro, S.4S A. M.:3E p. NJ.
wwee Msyys. Via Swesdsessb9ro, I. "A, 9.12, ,ll.82
sundays, $50 A. NJ. Sol P. NJ.
For BrldgetOn, ga. S.48 A, NJ; II SO. S.47. 5.26.
ana o.S2 +; NJ, weekdays. Sundays, $50 A.
RETURNING TRAINS.
Leave Philadelphia for Woodbury., 6.l2, 7.4s,
1.3O. $50, sis. S.25, 4.0s. 4.S2, 500. 1. DO + al Svna'
6.2S, &c, 800, 1910, II so p. nj. week -davs'
Sa q 500 $50 A. M; 1890, 500, $50 and
Leave Swedesboro for Woodbury.. 5as se
sos. 9.S4 A. M. 1928, 4.46. $50 p. M. week
Gays. sundays, 142 A. NJ; 4.49 p. M.
For Inme tables and further information apply
W.. W. 7.e ATT HEsn5 = the station ON. WOO,
General Manager. Pass'r frame Manager. |
GEO. W. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
HOW 1T WORKS.
Equal Suffrage in Practice Desert q
by a Judge.

by a Judge.
Judge Samuel T. Corn, Of the rs
oming Supreme Court, has receive
letter, asking whether the bad ano
Rorant women vote more gener.
than the good and intelligent, g.
whether any of the other predic
evils have resulted from equal suffr
Judge Corn writes in reply the foil
Ing clear and temperate statement
Il can answer your questions in
negative. without any reserva
whatever. And, while there are a
men here who do not thoroughly
prove woman suffrage, l do not tn
there is one in the State who VIC
seriously answer them otherwise.
Women of all classes very genera
vote. Bad women do not obtrude IL
presence at the polls, and l do not L
remember ever to have seen a dist
lively bad woman casting her vote
Woman suffrage has no injuris
effect upon the home or the fam
that have ever heard of during
Twelve years / have resided in
state. 1t does not take so much
Women's time as to interfere with tn
domestic duties, or with their chur
or charitable work. 1t does not imp
their womanliness, or make them l.
satisfactory as wives and mothe
They do not have less influence, or
Joy less respect and consideration
cally. My impression is that tn
e a the daily papers and inform the
| upon public questions mu
more generally than women elsewhe
Woman suffrage has certainly b
no bad results. On the other hand,
has not reVolutionized or reconstrus
ed society. But it has had the efe
almost entirely to exclude notorious
bad OF immoral men from public Off
In the State. Parties refuse to non
nate such men upon the distin
ground that they cannot obtain Z
women's vote.
The natural result of such conc
lions is to increase the respect in viii
women are held, and not to diminif
1t. They are a more important fact
N affairs, and therefore more regarde
1t Is generally conceded, l think. tn
women have a higher standard of mo
Atty and right living than men. An
as they have a say in public matter
It has a tendency to make men respe
their standard, and in some degree a
tempt to attain to 1t themselves.
Il have never been an enthusiast
advocate of woman suffrage as a cul
for all the Ills that aflict society; BIZ
| give you in entire candor my in
pressions Of it from my observation
In this State. 1t is difficult to NAL
anyone not residing here understan
the entire absence Of the objectionab
features which it is supposed must a
tend the institution. They simply 4
DOT exist"
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
Evidently the Springfield Republica,

Evidently the Springfield Republican
has little faith in the staying powers of
tho President when it comes to a fight
with Congress. 1t says: People who
remember how conspicuously President
Roosevelt stood for legislation in re-
straint of Trusts, and how finally the
Congressional leaders brought him to
put up with the harmless Bureau of
Corporations act, will not have much
difficulty in figuring out how a con-
troversy with the same Congressional
leaders over tariff revision will end.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

In the midst of the landslide in Man.
haitian Congressman Sulzer w~asre-elect-
ed by 5000 majority. He says he stood
pat on the principles of the old-fashion-
ed Democratic party. Sulzer is n of
the readiest and brainiest men from
New York City.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

The Post Office Department issues an
order making the publication of guess
ng contests illegal, and yet the Agri-
cultural Department continues to send
out its Weather Bureau guesses to all
the papers in the United States except
one. Doesn't this make Secretary Will
son an accomplice !?
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

The President knocked over a straw
man in his message when he said it
would be a wicked thing for civilized
powers to completely disarm." Has
anybody proposed complete disarma-
ment? And, anyhow, it is the weak
and barbarous notions that have made
war on the powerful nations during the
last ten years?
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

In the Supreme Court Of the United
States at Washington on Tuesday At
torney Ward, for Delaware, moved
that the time in the Delaware-New
Jersey boundary case be extended until
March, 1905, for taking testimony.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

1t is worthy of remark, in passing,
that the three principal Republican
newspapers of TIE United States, the
New York Tribune, the Chicago Tri-
bune and the Philadelphia Press, have
all joined the tariff revision chorus and
announce that if the party refuses to
revise the tariff the people will revise
the party.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

Was it not Mr.. Carnegie who said ii
was wrong for a man to die rich /
Some Western bankers would appre
ciate his paying those notes his name
S on which Mrs. Cassie Chadwick used
s collateral and prove his relationship.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

The decision of the New York Court
of Appeals declaring unconstitutional
the state law which prohibits a cor
tractor from employing his men more
than eight hours a day on state or NUM-
cipal work is far-reaching in its ons
quences and causes great excitement.
Will other courts concur
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1904.

1t is a strenuous age when men have
to work on Sunday regardless of the
laws Of God or man.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

Germany's theatrical censor is in
this country to learn what he car
about theaters and has a word to offer
on methods of safeguarding the lives
OF patrons. He says:
After your Iroquois theater fire in Chi
cago many changes were made, at my
suggestion and order, in the Berlin thea
tiers. In every Berlin theater a squad Of
firemen comes to the house one hour be-
fore the curtain goes up. They inspect
the curtain, the fire appliances, the stage
accessories. the lighting apparatus and
the exits. II anything Is found wrong the
curtain cannot so up until It Is made
right Nor can a play begin until the ex-
animation has been made. The fremen
remain until after the last Of the people
ave left the house.
The paternal idea of government has
not taken deep root In American soil.
Local authorities ought to be compe-
tent to deal with all problems relating
to the safety of life, but the best guar
antee of all is the business sense of
the n Of places Of amusement. A
fatal theater fire is a bad card for the
management.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

If the rule holds good in South Amer
lea that railroads are civilizing agents,
there is a prospect of improvement
among our neighbors on the south
when the Pan-American line Is COM
pleted. 1t will extend to Buenos Ayres
and cross Central America, Argentina,
Chile, Bolivia and Peru, terminating
at the great waterways Of the southern
continent. Chile, Bolivia and Peru are
pushing the work Of construction with
great energy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

vendne posters printed in the best
style at reasonable prices at the RECORD
Office. tt
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-12-23

Mrs. Chadwick did business on "con-
idence and credit" the great game
played by financiers upon the public.