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The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

talking about when We say that hard
roads are a good thing for a country
to have. How this section got good
roads is another and a very interest
ing story, that is backed up by the
push. enterprise and liberality of pub.
lie spirited citizens who made good
reads possible here without bonding
TO make them. But We favor good
roads, however they may come-Lees-
burg Commercial.
Don't You Forget It.
If your almanac nor your new cal.
endar you got at the druggists don't
tell you about it. you must not forget
IT, The stars may not fall nor any
earthquake of great proportions give
us notice; but you must not forget it.
Put 1t down in your memorandum.
dream over it--David B. Hill retires
from politics January 1, 19O5.--Weekly
Tallahasseean.
"Quiet" in Atlanta.
The Atlanta News prints a new
story headed Quietest Christmas in
City's History Was Yesterday. In the
adjoining column is another head
which reads, Riot, Row and Many
Drunks; 23S Police Cases. Mostly
Flain Drunks; Police Squelch an In
cipient Row. Now, please tell US
what would constitute real lively
Christmas in the Georgia capital If
the first heading expresses what IS
really meant Tampa Herald.
4 Hint For Mr.. Sparkman.
Less than a year ago Congressman
Sparkman was severely criticized by
political opponents here for the lack
of government attention to St Peters
burg's harbor, and he was able to say.
in perfect truth, that he had never
been asked by ST. Petersburg for any
thing in that line. but that he stood
ready at all times to do all in his
power that was wished of him.
Congress has been in session
month now, and if any solitary indi-
vidual in st. Petersburg has ever
thought of any interest st. Petersburg
might have in that body, we have
never heard him mention it. We have
not heard the harbor question whis-
pered of since the primary election Of
last June, and we feel reasonably GER
tain that Mr.. Sparkman has not either.
But, Mr. Sparkman, The Times takes
the liberty Of saying to you that st.
Petersburg does want some harborI
improvements; and if something is
Tot done about it at this session our
people will rise up after it is all over
and it is too late-as they did before
and cuss you just as cordially as If
they had themselves cared enough
about their own interests to have
brought the matter to your attention
when congress was in session.
Ours is peculiar community, Mr..
Sparkman, and you will do we'll to-
profit by this friendly hint-St. Pc
tersburg Times.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
THE SANcTITY OF
A FLAG OF TRUCE.
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HOuisviIle Courier,Journal.l }

louisville Courier1Journal.)
In view of the general credit ac-
corded to. General Stoessel for the
ability shown by him in the defense
OF Port Arthur, it is to be hoped that
the reported destruction Of vessels in
the harbor or other property. after
his offer to surrender, will prove to
be untrue. Under the rules governing
flags of truce between commanders of
opposing armies, pending their enter
tainment military operations within
the sphere of the parties thereto are
held to be suspended. and it is mad
missable to use a flag as a means of
covering any hostile or questionable
act. When StoesseI asked a parley to
consider terms for capitulation it in
Volved a total suspension of oprea-
ticns by him, and if by his order or
with his knowledge and consent there
was any destruction of property which
would have been properly included in
the surrender, it cannot be excused or
defended.
To have permitted any of his army
to escape. had it been possible. or to
nave destroyed any of the forts, guns,
vessels or other public property pend
ing the entertainment of the flag,
would have been violation of good
faith which should meet with univer-
sal condemnation. From the moment
the flag was sent and received it COW
cred every man and every species of
public property within StoessePs ju-
risdiction, not only as a protection
from destruction by the enemy, but as
pledged to be held subject to the re-
suit of the proposed negotiation.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

proved IN every way. It has, in addi.
uon, secured the services Of Harry L.
Brown, formerly editor of the West
Palm Beach Sun, and one of the best
newspaper men in the state, who will
hereafter have direct charge of its
management The Journal congratu-
lates its contemporary both upon the
evidence of its well merited prosper
ley and upon acquiring the services of
such a competent newspaper man as
Mr. Brown, under whose able manage
ment it viii undoubtedly make long
strides toward the goal of journalistic
perfection.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
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THE ADVERTISING OF
COTTON TO BURN.
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The Southern farmers and business
men are advertising the fact that they
have cotton TO burn. We do not bring
this charge against all Only a few
have been guilty Of the folly. The
more thoughtful men everywhere
doubtless see that every bale of cotton
burned costs the South a dollar a
pound.
For it takes little 10 make an i'm
preston on the market, and the inn
preston made by burning cotton is
certainly calculated to force prices
down. Six cents per pound looks like
big price TO pay in New York for a
material of which people of the South
are making bonfres-esp when
that material can De hauled to New
York for half a cent per pound.
In Georgia this cotton burning has
simply been grand-stand play. Two
or three bales have been burned out
of a total of about $4,000 already
ginned. A strange performance was
that at Ocilla few days ago that
wound up with an indignation meet
ing against Wall street for causing the
slump in cotton. A crowd that would
blame Wall street for this ought to
be watched. 1t might take to burning
witches II is certainly as intelligent
to believe in witehcraft as to believe
that a 12,500,000 bale crop of cotton
would bring as good price per pound
as would one of 10000, 900 bales-and
Wall street did not produce any cot
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

Since all doubt Of his reelection to
the United States senate has been re-
moved Jokesmith ChauRcey NJ. Depew
has broken out again. AS the funny
man Of the Congressional Record
Chauncey is a bowling success. AS a
statesman-well, the less said the
better.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

That Pensacola gentleman who saw
snow flakes yesterday must have been
on a ballooning expedition. as Wealth
er Observer Reed is authority for the
statement that snow could not have
descended to within a thousand feet
o. the earth without melting.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
srockHoLpERs MEErINe.

The annual meeting Of the Pensa-
cola Ice Delivery Company will be
held at the Office of the company on
Thursday, January 18th, 1905, at IL
O'Clock. a. M, for the transaction of
business, election of officers, etc.
w. r. MOORE, JR.,
dec3Oeod2w Secretary.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

IT'S one thing to order the Russian
Second Pacific squadron to return to
European waters and another thing to
get it there, especially with Admiral
Kamimura hot on the trail
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

Russia still maintains its reputation
for barbsrism. In no other country of
the world would such a thing as tbs
courtmartial of the heroic Stoessel
be even thought of.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
5000 REWARD.

I will pay two hundred dollars re-
ward for evidence that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the mur-
derer or murderers of Travis John
son on Dec. 81, 1904.
]. C. VAN PELT, Sheriff.
31dee1w
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

The Associated Press dispatches
this morning report unusual activity
about Mukden. This may possibly
mean that Kuropatkin is preparing for
another grand sprint when the army
Of Nogi marches to reinforce Oyama.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
srocKaoLpERs MEErINe.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of he Lewis Bear Co.
will be held at the office of the COM
pany in the city of Pensacola, We'd
nesday. January 11th, 1905, at
O'Clock p. m. NJ. L. BEAR,
dec30oaw2w Secretary.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

Admiral Skrydloff is still the Official
commander of the Russian Port Ar
thur squadron, but his position is a
sipeeure Just at present.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

BASKET BALL AT ARMoRY
HALL TUESDAY NIGHT, JAN. 10.
BETWEEN THE c. L. I.'s AND THE
SILENT FIVE. ADMISSION 25C.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

The st. Augustine Record since jan
uary / has appeared as an eight page
six column paper. and is greatly i'm
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

An Opening in Bradford.
Last season 1t took 10000 crates
and $4,000 cups for the handling OF
the Bradford county strawberry crop.
They were all bought elsewhere and
the money paid out to the laborers
who made them and the profit derived
from their manufacture went into the
trade channels of other communities.
When we waste such opportunities as
this, is it any wonder that Starke does
not grow any more rapidly? There is
a fine opening right here for crate
and barrel factory-Bradford Tele-
graph.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06

Just TrifIe Late.
John Sharp Williams thinks the
South should pursue a policy of pas
siye resistance. Other Southern Office
holders think that the South should
rear up on its hind legs and cuss. 1t
is hardly fair TO hold against us those
things we say Just after the road
rcller has passed over us lengthwise.
Miami News.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
FIorida's Prosperity.

Fiorida's Prosperity.
Florida, like all other portions of
this great country. is in a more -four.
ishing condition than ever before.
The great developments in this state
Of recent years are beginning to be
fully felt In every avenue of trade.
commerce and business. To-day Flor.
ida is IN a more prosperous condition
than ever before in her past history.
Her future We cannot now conjecture.
but her progress is now only com
menced. AT this season OF the year
il is well to compare the present and
the future with the past.-Titusville
Star.
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
Coed Road in Florida.

WV nOcN ~ EiOEtCds
Good roads in Florida are long-felt
want, and too much cannot be said
on the subject of securing them.
Every effort put forth with the object
in view of replacing sandy roads with
hard roads should be encouraged, and
We are glad to note that A. s. Mann.
of Duyal county is working early ana
late to that end Here, in Leesburg.
we have forty miles OF hard-surface
roads, leading out of town, and through
ripe experience know what we are
The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-06
NEWS AND VIEWS
FROM STATE PAPERS.

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
SUPPOSE THE MILL SUCCEEDS.
The Yorkville Enquirer remarks:

Because of the failure of the indie
pendent Cotton Oil concern of Darling
ton, the terrible mess of the Union
Cotton mills, and numerous other Incl
dents of a like nature, it is probable
that the general assembly, at its next
session will try to do something that
will protect the minority stockholders
been suggested among other things
that it should be made crime for the
executive officers of manufacturing and
financial corporations to speculate in
futures and that there should be two or
more names on all kinds of banking pa
per. 1t has also been suggested that
the general. assembly should appoint
committees to probe to the bottom re-
cent mill failures with a view to fixing
responsibility where it properly be-
longs"
But what will the legislature do for
the protection of the minority stock
holders in mills that have not failed?
What will it do for the protection of
the minority stockholders in a mill that
in nine years has earned in profits more
than three times it's capital stock?
What will it do to protect the man who
builds such a mill and manages it in
such an extraordinarily efficient man
ner from the envenomed rage of men
who live in other States and possess
unbounded wealth and whom he has
offended by refusing to pay them for
services more than others demand for
the same services?,
In Laurens, the fact that a mill has
been successfully handled doesn't seem
to count. W. challenge and defy con-
tradiction to the statement that Lau-
rens Cotton Mills, promoted, organized,
built and managed by w. E. Lucas has
earned a larger proportion of profits
for the time it has been running than
any mill eve built in South Carolina.
But they are going to kick him out.
He won't pay the Millikens four per
cent. The Millikens have said in court
that the goods can't be sold at the rate
of commissions that they are being sold
for. The Millikens hate Lucas.
Others want Lucas's job. The Mill
kens will find friends.
notwithstanding they may gain
possession of Laurens Mills-the fight
has barely begun.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
State Of South Carolina,
Glenn Springs, S. c.,
COUNTY OF

In the Court of Common Pleas.
The j. w. Copeland Company, Plain
tiffs, VS.. Lucinda Bourn, Anderson
Hitch, Rosa Bourn, Mary Powers,
Frank Beason and G. C. Young, De-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Court of
Common Pleas in the above stated case,
| will sell at public cutlery to the high
est bidder, at Laurens, G. III. S. c., on
Salesday in November next, being
Monday, the 9th day of the month, dur
following described property, to wit:
All that tract, piece or parcel of land
lying, being and situate in the County
and State aforesaid, containing Fifty
(50) acres, more or less, bounded by
Mrs. Frances Henry, Miss Louda Cope
land and others, known as the BETSY
Mulligan Home Place.
The Decree of the Court herein finds
that there are three separate and dis
tinct parcels of land embraced in the
tract described above and provides as
(5) acres, more or less, bounded by the
Stewart land and Sloan land and 9th
ers, shall be sold first; and if that
tract should bring a sufficient amount
to pay the Plaintiffs mortgage and the
costs of the action, then the Stewart
land of Forty (40) acres shall not be
sold, but if the Davis land does
bring not bring a sufficient amount for
the purposes aforesaid then the Stew
art land shall be sold, that is such in
terest as was owned therein by the
said Elizabeth Mulligan at the time of
the execution of the Plaintiffs mort
gage, or at any time since, and if the
said tracts do not bring a sufficient
amount to pay the Plaintiffs mortgage
and the costs of the action, the Sloan
tract of Five and three-quarter Is 80
acres shall be sold, even if the Davis
tract and the Bill Stewart tract should
bring enough to pay Plaintiffs mort
gage the Sloan tract of Five and three
Is 3-4) acres must be sold to
the mortgage Of G.. G. Young,
under all the directions as to such sales
hereinbefore given.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal
ance with interest from day of sale on
of twelve az months, secured
by bond of purchaser and mortgage of
the premises, with leave to the pur-
chaser to pay his entire bid in cash.
to pay for the papers. If
the purchaser does not comply with the
terms of the sale, the land shall be re-
sold in the order stated, on the same or
subsequent Salesday, and on the
same terms, at the risk of defaulting
purchaser.
JOHN F. BOLT,
C. c. C. p. IL G. S.
Oct. 9th 'O5-td.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Executive Chamber.

Whereas information has been re-
ceived at this Department that on the
9th 0wenty-seventh) day of August,
A. D., 1905, the barn and contents be-
longing to Mr.. j. l.. Milan, in the county
of Laurens, S. c., was burned, and
there being reason to believe that the
burning was al act of incendiarism.
Now, therefore, I, d. c.. Hayward,
Governor of the State of South Caro-
lima, in order that justice may be done
and the majesty of the law indicated,
do hereby offer a reward of One Hun
dred $500. 00) Dollars for the appre-
hension and conviction of the person or
persons who committed said acts of in
cendiarism.
In testimony whereof, / have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great
IL. ST. Seal of the State to be affixed
at Columbia, this 25th day of Oc-
tober, A. ID. 1905, and in the
130th year of the Independence
of America.
ID. G.. HEYWARD.
BY the Governor:
j. t. CAN'T,
Secretary of State.
Oct 27th-1t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF

OOUN Il L w LA
In Court of Common Pleas.
Elizabeth G. Madden, ct al., Plaintiff,
VS. Ernest Turner and Lidie Florence
Turner, Defendants.
Pursuant to a Decree of sale in the
above stated case, / will sell at public
outcry to the highest bidder, at Laurens,
S. c., G.. H., on Salesday in November
next. being Monday, the 9th day of the
sales, the following described property
to wit:
Two tracts of land situate in County and
State aforesaid. Tract No. 1, known as
Home Place, containing one hundred
and twenty-seven and one-half acres,
more or less, and bounded on the North
by lands of G.. G.. Pitts, Daniel Franks
and L.. l.. Compton, on the East by
James A. Madden and tract No. 2 and
on the South and West by lands of Jno.
ID. M. Shaw.
Tract No. 9, containing one hundred
and thirty-two acres, more or less, and
bounded by lands of John r. Finley and
Allen Notes on the North and East,
Jeff D.. Pitts on the South and j. ID. M.
Shaw and tract No. / on the West.
Terms OF sale: One-nalI cash, pal
ance to be paid twelve months from
date of sale, the credit portion to be Sc
cured by bond and mortgage of the
purchaser over the said premises, bear
ing legal interest from date with leave
to purchaser to pay his entire bid in
cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If
the terms of sale are not complied with,
the land to be resold on same or some
subsequent Salesday on same terms, at
risk of former purchaser.
JOHN F. BOLT,
c. C. G. p. e. G.. s..
Sept. 10Th, '05. It'd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
UNIMPEACHABLE TESTIMONY.

The Columbia Record is not and has
never been an "Anti Tillman" newspa-
per. 1t is a competitor of The Column
bia State and on many if not most
questions of partisan politics it's views
are opposed to those of The State.
Hence its opinion as expressed in the
following paragraph may be accepted
as unbiased and conclusive:
"The state printing has nearly al
ways been a prolific source of fault
finding, this sometimes being induced
by honest motives and with a sincere
desire to benefit the state, but, in re-
cent years, more frequently because of
the hope of gaining some political adj
vantage. Since the contract has been
let to the lowest responsible bidder we
have heard little or nothing about it.
Recently the Vidette, a weekly news
paper, made charges against the pres
ent printers, The State Company, to the
effect that by various m~anipulations it
had gotten about $50, 600 more for
printing than it was legally entitled to.
The figures The State publishes this
morning from the comptroller generals
report refute the charge and show that
1T cannot be sustained. The yearly
average was in one or two instances,
perhaps, exceeded, but code printing is
given as an explanation"
To those who are acquainted with the
management of The State, no defence
from the charges brought was needed
but for the benefit of persons in Lau-
rens who do not know the State Com
pany's officers as we know them, we
present the testimony of The Record,
whose editor, Paul M. Brice, is recog-
nized throughout South Carolina as a
man who tells the truth.
If the president and treasurer of Lau-
rens Cotton Mills had knowingly and
deliberately paid to one firm four per
cent for selling the mills goods when
another firm was willing to sell them
for two per cent he would have been
guilty of grand larceny from the stock
holders. Up to the minute that the
Millikens found that they could neither
bluff, cajole or force Nh. Lucas to pay
four per cent, they were fairly "slob-
bering over him."
Says the Anderson Mail:
"You can't keep a newspaper man
down. There is MIR. Pulitzer, editor
of the New York World, who has had
bilt family"
But how did the girl manage to marry
into the Pulitzer family?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
Terrific Race With Death.

writes Ralph F. Fernando, of TAMPA,
Fla, describing his fearful race with
death, as q result of liver trouble and
heart disease, which had robbed me of
sleep and of all interest in life. l had
tried many different doctors and sew
eral medicines but got no benefit until
l began to use Electric Bitters. So
wonderful was their effect, that in three
days l felt like a new man, and today l
am cured of all my troubles" Guar
anteed at Laurens Drug Co. and Pal
metto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 18th day of
November, 1905, l will render a final
account of my acts and doings as Ad-
ministrator of the estate Of John c.
Reeder, deceased, in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens COUNTY.
at IL O'Clock A. M, and on the same
day will apply for a final discharge
from my trust as Administrator.
All persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment by said date, and all persons hav-
ing demands against said estate will
present them on or before said date
duly proven or be forever barred.
LANDoN f.. REEDER,
Administrator.
Oct. 4th '05-td.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
Says the Anderson Mail:
Cleared for Action.

When the body is cleared for action,
by DR.. Kings New Life Pills, you can
tell it by the bloom of health on the
cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the
firmness of the flesh and muscles; the
buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At
Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug
Co. Price 25 cents.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01

We have just received a carload of
solid oak, beautifully finished beds and
bedroom suits and they are going at
prices that would be to your interest to
see III line before buying.
S. M. & e. H. Wilkes & Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01

In THE ADVERTISERS editorial last
week about the Ku Klux and "The
Clansman" the word "duplicity" APP
peared difficulty" The sentence
should have read "In 1876 such a policy
on the part of Gen. Hampton involved
no duplicity because the greater part of
the violence which made moderation at
that time both possible and ~expedient
had already been done" The use of
the word difficulty" conveyed a wrong
idea, because Gen. Hampton's task
was one of very great difficulty.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
Notice of
County Treasurer.

The County Treasurer's Books will
be open for collection of State, County
and Communication Road Taxes for fiscal
year 1904 at the Treasurer's Office, from
October 18th to December 31st 1905.
Those who prefer to do so can pay in
January, 1906, with one per cent. addi-
%tional; those who prefer paying in Feb
ruary, 1906, can do so with 2 per cent.
additional; those who prefer to pay in
March, 1906 to the 18th of said month
can do so by paying an additional z per
cent. After said date the books will
close.
All persons owning property or pay
ing taxes for others in more han one
Township are requested to call for re-
ceipts in each township in which they
live. This is important, as additional
cost and penalty may not be. attached.
Prompt attention will be given those
who wish to pay their taxes through
the mail by checks, money orders, etc.
Persons sending in lists of names to be
taken off, are urged to send them early
as the Treasurer is very busy during
the month of December.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01

All a~ble-bodied male citizens between
the ages of 81 and 60 years are liable
to pay a poll tax Of $1.0O, except old
soldiers, who are exempt at so years.
Computation Road Tax $1.O0, in lieu of
working the public roads, to be paid at
the time as stated above.
j. III. COPELAND,
County Treasurer.
Laurens, S. c., Sept. 26, 19O5-td.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-01
SCHEDULES

G. N. e. l.. Railroad Co.
Schedule 10 effect November 2lst, 1904
No. SO No. 81 No. IS
Passenger Mixed ex- Freight ex-
Daily cept Sum cept Sun