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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
APACHE SHREWDNESS.
The Indians Bait Was Good, but tho
White Man Didn't "Ditc.r

The Indians Bait Was Good, but the
White Man Didn't "Ditc."
With the Apaches n really brave
man does not stand as high In public
estimation as does n clever thief. His
chief excellence, from an Apache stand
point, lies in his ability to outwit tho
white man, says Mr.. Ceremony, the au-
thor of life Among the Apaches."
was sitting. says Mr.. Ceremony, in
front Of my tent, writing u letter, when
a young Apache came up and asked
what / was doing. I replied 1 was talk
ing to my friend In Washington.
How n you talk to your friend so
far away2"
when an Apache wishes to talk of
speed to a distant friend" I answered,
che sends him a picture of n bird; If he
talks of something sweet he sends q
picture Of n flower. Instead OF pictures
the white man has these little signs
which all understand"
The Indian took up the letter and
scrutinized 1t carefully.
II do not believe you," he said. "You
try to make a fool of me. These little
signs arc all alike"
II will give you proof. 1 will write on
this little piece Of paper that the sutler
is to give you some tobacco. Go take 1t
to the store and see If / do not speak
the truth"
The Indian snatched the paper and
was off. A few minutes later / saw
him slowly coming toward mo, n piece
OF tobacco in his hand and 4 look of be-
w~ilderrnent OH his face. Suddenly his
expression changed to satisfaction, and
he hurried forward.
Die you get he tobaccof" 1 asked.
"Yes, but L do not believe you. You
and he had an understanding before so
that YOU might deceive me. Now IL you
Will write some more OF those little
signs on paper telling the sutler to give
me much more tobacco and IL he does
h / will believe you"
But the Indians ruse failed. 1 did
not rise to the occasion.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
WHAT IT COST NEwBERRY.
II is Not a Trivial Matter to Vote Out
Dispensary.
(The State.)

The action of the citizens of New
berry in voting out the ~dispensary was
not precipitate. The matter had been
discussed on the stump and in the pa
pers. The determined spirit of the peo-
pie is therefore all the more apparent.
Last year Newberry county received
from the profits of the State dispen-
sary Sc, ga, one of which was from
the deficiency fund" but from the
surplus fund which under the law can
not be participated in by counties vot-
ing out the ~dispensary.
In addition to this the profits divided
between county and town last year were
as follows: Baxter's beer ~dispensary,
$6OS.4O; Prosperity, 81, $3.50. 90; New
berry, $40, 91s. 40; making a total of
$13, 504. 10.
In addition to losing these profits,
items, which might have been dupli-
Gated or even made larger this year,
the county of Newberry will have a
levy of LIZ mill on its SIS, SIS, 265 of tax
able property to enforce the law, this
tax amounting to So, 849. 80.
These items in the aggregate are as
follows:
Surplus school fund, s 6.376. "a
County and town profits, 10, 504. 1s
Half mill tax 2.s4e. 40
Total, 500. 729. IA
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
EARLY DIAMOND BUYING.
south Afrioa's First Finds Were PAID
For Tn Cnuwa

South Africa's First Finds We're PAID
For In Cows.
south Africa's first diamonds were
paid for In cows. The story is told by
Joseph b. Robinson, one of the wealthy
oneers OF that country. In 1870 he
gave eight oxen and a wagon loaded
with sugar and tobacco to a native In
exchange for O twenty.three carat
gem. "The news spread like wildHre
through the countryside that q white
man was giving away wagons and
oxen for bits Of stone" no says. ~
set oil the natives who came to work
to seek for diamonds on one side of the
q river, and 1 brought up my w
hfty mon to hunt for diamonds among
the bushes and scrub on the other side
of the stream. 1 had bought the land
on both sides OF the river, so that I
was working on my own property.
Next morning at sunrise, when 1 was
having my coffee, I was startled by
a loud h~ullabalooing, and, looking
out, L saw the whole gang Of my men
rushing toward me In q state of wild
excitement.
"One OF them had found q diamond
Va SNON pAhO hwy XII uuu COlue 10
see what i would do with 1t. What
Will you give me FOR it7' said the
finder. 4 will give you ten cows I
replied and sent the man into the herd
to take his pick. He marked ten Of
the best COWS as his own. The men
had never dreamed of making such n
bargain. Ten COWS for n bit of stone!
or they went again and found dia-
monds every day. They became rich,
and l accumulated a good store Of
precious stones.
after we had accumulated a large
quantity we decided we would better
send them to London. We made a belt
full Of small pockets, In each Of which
we placed n diamond. When the belt
was filled my partner glrded 1t about
his body and started for Cape Town.
He never took of the belt until he
reached London. And it was in this
way the first consignment OF African
diamonds reached London"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
waInuts ana puttcrnpt..

The city boy on n visit to the country
is often puzzled in trying to distinguish
black walnuts md butternuts In the
green state. The leaves are almost
alike, being compound and having q
variable number of leaflets arranged Oh
n long stem. The buttcrnut stem has
from nine to seventeen leaflets, and the
black walnut from fifteen to twenty
three. The teeth on the latter are larger
and sharper than those on the butternut
and lack the fuzzy stem, but the real
distinguishing feature is the odor. Hay
Ing once smelled the crushed leaves of
a butternut and a black walnut, q per-
son can never fail to know them there
after.-St. Nicholas.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06

There is Il time In every mans edu-
cation when he arrives at the convic-
ton that envy is ignorance; that imi-
tation is suicide; that he must take
himself for better, for worse, as hie
portion; that, though the wide un,
verse is full Of good, no kernel o.,
n%ourlsbing corn can coma TO him but
through his toll bestowed on that plot
of ground which Is given to Linn to till.
Emerson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
$22,729.74
The Colonel's Waterloo.

Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo,
from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a
recent letter, he says: 81 was nearly
dead of these complaints, and although
/ tried my family doctor, he did me no
good; so l got a so cents bottle of your
great Electric Bitters, which cured me.
l consider them the best medicine on
the knowledge to make them" Sold
and guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia, Bill
iousness and Kidney Disease, by
The Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto
Drug Co. at so cents a bottle.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
Goes to Washington, D. C.

Rev. Henry Thomas, former rector
of the Church of the Epiphany, this
city, has accepted a call and will be-
come rector October 1st of the Church
of st. Michael and All Angels, Wash
ington, ID. C..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

The next regular Teachers Examina-
tion, will be held at the Court House, on
Friday, September 18th, 1905. Teachers
whose certificates are about to expire
will please take notice.
r.. w. NASH,
County Supt. of Education for Laureus
County.
August 25th 1905.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
Tho neat wax

Barber-Shall 1 take a little Of tho
ends of your hair off, sir? Customer
Yes, I think you had better take 1t of
at the ends unless you can get 1t out OF
the middle.-New Yorker.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06
AbsoIuteIy Necessary.

Mani don't sec why Miss Muglcy
should want to marry him with oil her
money. Dick-I guess she had to. I
don't believe he'd have taken her with
out it.-Phlladelphia Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-09-06

n very curse Of an evil deed ID that
1t must always continue to engender
e~vil.-schilier.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
HUSBAND DESERTS
HIS CHILD WIFE
GIRL YET IN TEENS GRANTED
DIVORCE
South Pssadenan Leaves Bride After
Two Weeks of Married Life.
Youngest Divoreee in
County

Two weeks after his marriage Alfred
Alley, a young South Pasadenan, re-
GREETED the matrimonial step and he
deserted his girl wife.
Yesterday Mrs Dorothy Alley, who
was formerly Miss Dorothy Draper OF
Alhambra, told her story in the divorce
court, and in obtaining an interlocu-
tory decree of divorce the young
woman becomes the youngest divorcee
in Los Angeles county.
Soon after the desertion, according
to Mrs. Alleys story, her husband
wrote her lengthy letter i'm which he
explained his position on the question
of matrimony.
In the letter Alley suggested that his
wife might easily obtain a divorce,
owing to his being considerably under
the age of consent.
The young wife testified that her
husband of two weeks had never pro-
vided penny toward her support, and
that upon being left destitute in the
world she was compelled to seek pro-
lection under the parental roof.
She said she had waived all her legal
rights to alimony after having discov-
cred that both her boy husband and
his father were in poor circumstances.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
POLICE INVESTIGATING
lNCENDlARY FIRE
Women and Three Children Escape
Death in Flames by Narrow
Mardin

A thorough investigation is being
made by the police into the attempted
burning of the small frame building
at 24S East Sixth street Sunday night,
when Mrs. Hattie Beck and her three
small children, occupants of the little
building, escaped death by burning
only by narrow margin.
The fire appears to have been de-
liberate attempt to cremate the woman
and children, according to the state
ments of men who examined the build
ing shortly after the fire.
One side Of the frame cottage had
been saturated with coal oil and then
lighted, and only through the quick
work of the fire department were the
flames brought under control with a
small damage.
Following the fire Sunday night Mrs.
Beck told, the police her husband, from
whom she is separated, tried to effect
a reconciliation Saturday night and
failing left her home threatening
vengeance.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
WARREN HEARING POSTPONED
Children Now In Custody of Under
Sheriff

The examination of Horatio Warren,
formerly a college professor and more
recently employed as a bar room por-
ter, who is charged with assault and
battery, has been postponed until
Thursday.
The continuance was granted on a
certificate of physician, which indi-
Gated that Mrs, Aiken, the complainant,
was physically incable of appearing in
the case.
The Warren children are now in the
custody of Under Sheriff Yonkin at the
county Jail. and they will remain under
his care until Judge Wilbur finally dis
poses of the contest for their custody
which is being waged between War
rem and his wife. Mrs, Warren re-
Gently arrived in Los Angeles from her
home IN the east.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
WHICH DESTROYS HOME
Mrs. John D. Sloan Burned to Death
in a Gasoline Fire at
SaWtelIe

Imprisoned in her own home, with a
wall of flame and smoke around her,
Mrs. John D. Sloane of Sawtelle was
burned to death late Sunday night In
a fire which destroyed her little cot
tage and all her belongings.
According to the stories of neighbors
who arrived at the burning building
shortly after the fire started, the
flames originated from the overturn-
ing of a small gasoline stove by a
playful dog, which after starting the
damage dashed from the house and es-
capped
Mrs Sloane is said to have left the
burning building and then to have
dashed back into the flames and smoke
in an attempt to rescue her belong
ings
She was overpowered by the smoke
and could not leave the building, her
body being found near the door,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF REGISTERED LETTER
E. n. oageI and D. Munson Arrested
on Federal Warrant
AZ Needtee


A complaint was filed in the United
States court yesterday against ID.
Munson and e. II. Gagel, wherein they
are charged with having taken regis
tered letter from the local postofFice
which was addressed to man named
Swonger.
1t was reported last evening at the
United states marshals office that the
men had been arrested at Needles In
this state and they will probably be
brought to Los Angeles today.
Juan G. Morena, charged with per-
Jury in connection with the recent trial
of Ex-Governor Feliz of lower cali
fornia, wherein he was charged with
having smuggled ten Cinnamon across
the Mexican border, was yesterday
arraigned before United states Com
missioner Van Dyke and held under
bonds in the sum of $4,000 to answer the
charge In the United States district
court.
Orlando X. Fitzsimmons, ID. A. Ar
nett and ]. w. Neighbors of the Cumu-
lative Credit company, were arraigned
before Judge wellborn on a charge of
using the mails to defraud. They will
plead next Monday. All the defend
ants are at liberty on bail.
Ollie j. Watkins also was arraigned
on two charges of using the mails to
defraud, and will plead February IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
CITIZEN SCORES
Gas CORPORATION
SAYS QUALITY DECREASES
WITH PRICE
Council Urged to Enact Law Gov
erning the sale Of the commo-
dlty-Pomona Case
IS Cited

The council yesterday received a
communication from Edwin r. Fox,
who resides In the Third ward at 951
orange street, in which the city legis-
lators are taken to task in emphatic
language because of their failure to
enact gas legislation. Fox's letter is
as follows:
II have the honor to ask you that
you will take up for consideration and
action the proposed ordinance already
presented on the regulation of the sup
ply Of gas to the people of this city,
and the price and quality thereof, and
the rights to extension of the mains to
new parts of the city otherwise than
at the mere whim of the gas company
or for the castigation of the people of
any particular section.
II am Immediately the sufferer by
reason of a forty per cent increase in
the cost of my gas and forty per cent
reduction in the supply of light and
heat.
II attribute this condition of affairs
to reduction of the quality of the
gas, which reduction demands a COM
mensurate increase in quantity to sup
ply the demand. My interest Is not in
decreasing the price, as 1 believe the
price to be low enough, but to increase
the quality and character of the gas
furnished. My experience has been
hot iy, haC
accompanied by a corresponding de-
crease in quality, so that in no in
stance is the consumer benefited.
"On December 81 last the Supreme
court, in the case Of Denninger versus
the city of Pomona, handed down a de-
cision unequivocally declaring the
right of municipalities to regulate the
supply of gas, including its price and
quality, by ordinance, and also de-
clared the right of cities to inflict pen
alties for the violation of such ordi-
nances. The opinion in effect stated
that municipality not only had this
right to establish regulations, but that
its duty was also so to do.
There is another reason for calling
your immediate attention to this mat
ter. 1t Is not gratifying to the people
of Los Angeles to have it openly
charged by the public press that the
city's governing body is refraining
from action in order to protect the in
terests of the gas company. and II
would avoid even the appearance of
such neglect to have you take up at
once and pass an ordinance that would
be perfectly equitable both to the gas
company and to the consumer.
II think the people have no desire
for any oppressive action"
The letter, like many communica-
tions that have preceded it, was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole,
where the gas ordinance itself re-
poses.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
SAYS WIFE WAS HUNGRY
Husband Declares She Ordered Him
to Eat I1ustard

Husband Declares She Ordered Him
to Eat i1ustard
His wife's excessive appetite caused
William Allison to experience that
hungry feeling, and in order that his
matrimonial adventure might not in
terfere with his three regular meals a
day he asked the court yesterday to
dissolve the alliance existing between
himslf and Mrs Alice Allison.
He testified that he was incapable
of appeasing his wife's ravenous ap-
petite on his small salary of $12 "a
week
He declared his spouse insisted that
he should give the beef to her, while
she urged him to eat mustard with his
bread.
Six months on bread, mustard and
water and occasionally a beef bone
Allison says were too much for him,
and to show his disapproval of his
wife's management of the culinary es-
tablishment he ordered her to leave.
Judge York held that Mrs. Allison
erred when she compelled her spouse
to eat mustard with bread seven days
a week and the divorce was granted
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
SIXTH WARD MEETING
DENOUNCES MONOPOLY Y
Democrats Score "Grasping and Ar.
rogant Methods of the
Corporation"

Open retaliation against what were
termed the grasping and arrogant
methods of the gas and electric light
trust was begun last night in the Sixth
ward by meeting of the Sixth Ward
Democratic club at which the main
subject for discussion was municipal
lighting and power plant
Before adjourning resolutions were
passed unanimously in favor of muni-
cipal ownership, and it was recon-
mended that arrangements should be
made for a great mass meeting of citi-
zens to discuss the question.
The meeting was held in Kornblum
hall, Washington street and Griffith
avenue, where crowd assembled that
taxed the capacity of the room. Men
foremost in the political life of the
ward were on the program for speeches
and the lighting question was discussed
thoroughly.
Before adjournment the club passed
the following resolutions by unani-
nous vote:
Whereas 1t is a well-establlshed fact
that much of the corruption existing
in the city government is due to the
influence of the gas and electric mon
opoly; and,
Whereas, 1t is universally conceded
that all public utilities should be taken
from the control of private manage
ment and placed directly under the
control of the government; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Sixth Ward
Democratic club hereby heartily and
enthusiastically commends the repre-
sentative of this ward in the city coun-
cil DR., A. ID. Houghton, extend am in
vtation to representative citizens of
each of the nine wards of the city of
Los Angeles confer with our president
Judge Hentlg, for the purpose of arr
ranging for a mass meeting composed
of citizens of all political faiths. to
discuss the advisability of submitting
to the voters charter amendment
providing for the municipal ownership
Of a gas and electric lighting plant.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
ACTS MoRTlFY WIFE
Plaintiff Says Husband Drank Too
Much


Because her husband "piked" around
the town and performed outlandish
stunts when in the semi-conscious
state, Mrs. Eva Howard invited the
sterner side of the copartnership of
love, William H. Howard, into the di-
vorce court.
When the roll was called in Judge
York's court yesterday Howard failed
to respond to his name, and the only
thing that the court could do under the
circumstances was to grant her a di-
vorce.
That her husband put away large
quantities of beer and gin was the
chief complaint made against the alb
sent one.
On one occasion, the wife asserts,
Howard settled it beyond a reasonable
doubt in his own mind that he was a
real Spanish bull fighter, and when he
entered his home at unseenly hours of
the morning he would terrify the occu-
pants of the house.
1t appears that he was also given to
public speechmaking on these occa-
sions, and before large gatherings of
school boys he would crate upon the
virtues of Abraham Lincoln and other
noted statesmen.
Instead of informing Howard that
his conduct was undignified and that
he was out of order the boys generally
applauded the efforts of the spell
binder, all of which tended to cause
his wife modification.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
INTERPRETATIONS

Mills Iron Works. Directors: e. l..
Mills. George l.. Skinner, Frank M.
Parker, w. r. Lyle and E. w. Whit
comb of Los Angeles, Capital stock
$4,000, paid in $5.
The K and X Brick company Di-
rectors: C. j. Kubach, Henry w. Kel-
Ter, Walter f. Haas. Harry d. Simons
and e. w. Boehme of Los Angeles.
Capital stock s12O.OOO paid in $4,000.
Portland Club. Directors: w. H.
Bogle, Albert Harper, 1. Silver, L. C.
Simpson and G. w. Douglas. Formed
for social purposes. no capital stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
DISS GIVES DOUBLE BOND
Friends Accompany Former Railroad
Official to Court Room

Accompanied by his friends j. w. F.
Diss yesterday appeared before Judge
Smith in the superior court and gave
bail for his appearance in answer to
the four indictments found against
him by the Riverside grand jury last
week.
His bondsmen were Gen. C. F. A.
Last and A. C. Harper of the firm of
Harper & Reynolds. who qualified as
bondsmen in double the sum Of the
bond.
Diss has been at Ventura for several
days. but he was found at his regular
place of business yesterday morning
by Sheriff Coburn Of Riverside.
The indictments found by the grand
jury grow out of an alleged graft"
in connection with certain land deals
at the time he was the right of way
agent for the Salt Lake railway.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group is usually we'll known to the
mothers of croupy children. No time
should be lost in the treatment of 1t.
and for this purpose no medicine has
received more universal approval
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Do not waste valuable time I'm expert
menting with untried remedies, no mat
ter how highly they may be recon-
mended, but give this medicine as di-
rected and all symptoms OF Group will
quickly disappear
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
A spraIned An.Ie QuIeLIy Cured

Last summer l sprained my ankle
badly and thought / would be laid up
for a week or more. The pain was in
tense. / used Chamberlains Pain
walk and In less than one day was
entirely free from pain. / cheerfully
recommend IL as a first-class remedy.
J. Robert Baker, Edge Hill, Virginia.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Sues for Divorce

Divorce proceedings were filed in the
superior court yesterday by Mrs.
Theresa Dithlefsen against her hus-
band, Paul B. Dithlefsen.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
AROUND THE TOWN

The Herald will pay $40 in cash to any one
furnishing evidence that viii lead to the arrest
and conviction OF any person caught stealing
copies Of The Herald from the premises OF
THE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31

Strangers are invited TO visit the exhibit Of
California products at the Chamber OF Com
meroe building on Broadway, between First
and Second streets, where free information
will be given on all subjects pertaining to
this section,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Assembly COMMITTEE Arrives

The assembly committee on prisons
and reformatory institutions arrived in
Los Angeles yesterday morning from
San Diego and will leave this morning
for the north.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
ADJUSTMENTS

MASON OPERA HOUsE-"Mother Goose.
BELAsCO-"Are You n Mason?"
BURBANK-"Held by tho Enemy"
GRAND--BIack Patti TrOubadOurs.
ORPHEUM--VaudeviIl
TEMPLE AUDITOR1UM--Grand Opera.
CASfNO-Vaudeville.
OADWAY--Vaudeville.
CHUTEs-E1lery's Band. Zoo.
ASCOT PARK--Racee.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31

TO sUBsCRfBERs-f any subscriber who
may fail TO receive Tho Herald on any morn
ing delivery will notify the business office by
telephone he will receive a COPY OF The Herald
for that day by special messenger
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Energy Pudding

Better and cheaper than any dessert you
have ever served Not only that, but as
easily digested as milk; a dessert for
children. 10 cents package.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Decree Is Granted

Mrs Emma Conner was granted a
divorce yesterday by Judge Conrey
from Edmond Conner on the ground OF
cruelty.