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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
COL. J. L. ORR IS DEAD.
The End of a Splendid Life Full Of
Usefulness to His State
His Career.

Greenville, February 26.-Col. Jas.
Lawrence Orr died at his home on
College street. this city, at o.2o
o'clock tonight. He had been des-
perately i'll with erysipelas since Fri
day OF last week; While his condi-
lion was known TO be critical. his
friends had hoped that his strong
constitution would enable him to
withstand the 7avages of the disease.
4 Sudden and fatal collapse came to-
night.
The city OF Greenville is in deepest
sorrow at the news Of this death. By
many Col. Orr was looked upon as the
foremost man in this part of South
Carolina, and there are not few
who would have placed him at the
very front of living men in the state
for the qualities that made for lead
ership. He was President of the
Piedmont Manufacturing Company
at Piedmont. and of the Orr Mills in
Greenyille, and director in various
banks and other business institutions.
The funeral will take place Tues
day from Christ's church, Episcopal,
probably, Of which he was a leading
supporter The details OF the funer-
al have not been arranged.
Col Orr is survived by his widow,
and the following children, all Of
whom live in ;-reenville: Mrs. Will
liam P. Hall, Mrs Nell Orr Burruss,
Dr.. Lawrence J. Orr, George, Mar
shall and Henry Orr The three lat
ter are youths Mrs. Martha Orr
Patterson. Mrs. Provost and Mrs.
w. E. Earle are his sisters Dr.. Sam
uel Orr. of Anderson. is his surviv-
ing brother.
His Life.
Col. Orr was the son of the late
James L. ORR, of Anderson, who was
Speaker of the National House of
Representative before the war, Gov
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28

for Southern mills generally when
their interests needed to be publicly
presented. About four years ago he
built the Orr mills in the suburbs of
Anderson, large plant, and this, too,
is successful. He was interested in
the mill at Honea Path, of which his
brother-in-law, Mr.. Hamnett, is
president
COL Orr's last political appearance
was in 1892, when he reluctantly ac-
ccpted the place on the ticket with
Ex-Governor Sheppard ior Lieuten-
ant Governor This was at great
sacrifice. Scores OF the leading op-
pOnents OF Governor Tiliman entreat-
cd him to run for Governor. but the
responsibilities OF Piedmont mills
had just been placed in his hands and
he refused. \ few ye>rs before he
had been in sympathy with some Of
the views OF Capt. Tillman but not
with that gentleman as a leader. He
favored a change, a stirring up OF
state politics on certain lines, but the
methods of Capt. Tillman and the
charges he made against the old lead
ers aroused all the resentment IN his
great heart. He was the friend of the
common people, out he was true
to the traditions and ideals OF the
state and believed that men like
Hampton and Bratton were equally
true and patriotic South Carolinians,
and as much their friends as he or
others.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28

He was man of common sense. His
mind went straight to the meat of
every subject. He could speak good
English if he chose, but frequently
he murdered the Kings English "
and spoke regardless of grammatical
and rhetorical rules. But he never
uttered meaningless word. He was
always clear. His homely, vigorous,
Chewing phrase was understood by
the yeomanry OF the Piedmont and
they "swore by Lawrence Orr" AS
an effective speaker it is doubtful if
he had any equal in South Carolina
except Senator Tillman.
Retiring voluntarily from the sol;c-
itorship, Col. Orr settled down 10 the
practice OF law in Greenville in the
early eighties. The firm was at first
Wells & Orr, the late Capt. G.. G..
Wells being the senior member. Al
terwards Mr.. NJ. F. .Ansel and Judge
J. S. Cothran entered the firm and it
became Wells. Orr. Ansel & Goth
ran.
In 1891 Col. Henry P. Hammett,
president of the great Piedmont Man.
ufacturing Company, whose daughter
Col. Orr had married. died The tex
tile business in this state was young
then. COL Hammett was one of the
most successful Of the pioneers Who
should succeed him? 1t was a grave
question, but the directors chose
wisely in selecting his son-in-law,
though his experience had been limit
ed to the law and the general bust
ness life of the public spirited ma.
A Greater Success.
Col. Orr proved greater success
as a mill president even than as a
lawyer. Under his administration the
Piedmont mills have been a more
pronounced success than under Col.
Hammett. The plant has been doubl-
ed and today the stock commands 2
higher price perhaps than that of any
other South Carolina mill. He has
been a leader Of the industry in the
south, and along with his neighbor
Capt Smythe, of Pelzer, has been
chosen frequently as the spokesman
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
The Campaign.

In the campaign Of 1892 the meet
ing resolved themselves into contests
of lung power between the factions,
When a "Conservatice" spoke the
"Reformers' howled and vice versa.
Nobody listened. But when the writ
er. heard Lawrence Orr speak it was
different His sledge-hammer logic,
his straight-from-the-shoulder mas
culine words coerced the attention Of
angry men and as he proceeded they
listened and reasoned. Lawrence
Orr was one man who made converts
in that campaign.
In private life Col. Orr was greatly
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
A Progressive Colored Farmer.

R. P. Pearson, progressive color
ed farmer of No. E township, killed
five hogs, which netted 1,4oo opunds.
The largest one weighed 4oo pounds
gross. The two largest weighed AIS
net The two were raised on a rent
farm. Pearson runs eight plows on
Mr. J. A. Burton's place.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28

A number OF attempted burglaries
have been reported from Florence
during the past several days. 1t IS
stated that the town seems to be in
tested with burglars.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28

One lot SO in. Bleach
ing, as good as the best
for 8 LAC.
Ribbons, Embroide-
ries and LaCes at IL,
10 and f IL cents the
yard, every yard guar
anteed to be worth
double.
1000 yards A. F. c.
Ginghams, worth IOC.,
for this 10 days sale at
only 8 cents the yard.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28

His Life.
Col. Orr was the son Of the late
James L. ORR, of Anderson, who was
Speaker Of the National House of
Representatives before the war, Gov
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

1s said to be marked improvement
over former rulers of Uganda, as he is
but fifteen years of age He is assisted
in governing the country by three ma
tive chiefs, who act as regents. He is
son of the fierce and bloody Mwanga.
whose conduct as potentate of Uganda
was so reprehensible that he had to be
deported. Daudi Chwa was proclaimed
king few months ago, and reform is
all the vogue now in Uganda. He was
educated by English missionaries.
Formerly the monarchs of Uganda
could say the word and their command
was executed. even though it involved
cutting off subjects head. English
ascendency has modified all this. The
rulers were formerly wont to surround
themselves with soldiers, musicians,
dwarfs, clowns and other adjuncts of a
medieval or oriental court. But King
Daudi Chwa is more up to date. His
amusements are modern, and he goes
in for bicycling and pretty soon will be
sporting an automobile. His revenue
amounts to $500 a year, which is
quite muniticent for Uganda.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

of the foremost heroes of the conflict.
The movement of the Russian army
over the Danube into Bulgaria was
halted by two very powerful Turkish
ironclads. The Russians were not pre-
pared to combat naval force, but
Doubassoff, then a lieutenant, had Civ
en- much study to the use of eXplo-
sives, and he conceived the idea of
blowing up the ironclads with dyna-
mite. To carry out his plan with the
primitive means the Russians had in
their possession involved such hazard
that the superiors of Doubassoff dis
couraged him from the venture. They
thought it would surely end in prema-
ture discovery and DEATH But with
eleven trusted companions the young
lieutenant set out for the warships
about . o'clock on foggy morning,
hoping that the darkness and mist
would serve to conceal their approach.
A torpedo projected about sixteen feet
from the PROV of the Russian boat.
Just as they got the torpedo in position
under the largest of the ironclads the
Turks discovered their presence and
fired upon them. But the torpedo ex-
ploded, and the ironclad was demol-
ished, nearly all the officers and men
on board perishing with it.
Miraculous as it seems, neither Dou-
bassoff nor any of his companions was
injured in the fire from the warship or
the explosion which ensued. The move
ment was followed up by other sue
cesses, and the Danube was cleared of
distractions. Doubassoff was decorat-
ed by the czar in person.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17


to Kansas. He got job sticking type
on weekly at Florence. The local
banker. who owned the plant, ran
away from his creditors. and, not be-
ing able to carry off the newspaper Of
flee, the young printer was left in pos
session. He was editor, printer, press
man, devil and business manager all
in one.
Litigation let him out of the Florence
paper. In three months he left it, and
in 1873, when he had turned twenty
four, he walked to Marion and began
work on the Record as a journeyman
printer. The owner of the paper soon
owed his printer SO much that he could
not pay. He made the best of the sit
uation by turning the plant over to
Mr.. Hoch, mortgage and all. AS the
young editors capital at the outset was
only $40. it was hard proposition to
handle. but he swung it and in spite Of
the grasshoppers which visited Kansas
that season managed by strict econo-
my to hold his own.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

main props. He is quite fighter. but
has capacity for making friends even
when fighting. One day during his first
campaign for congress he ran into a
neighborhood row. The hogs of one
farmer had rooted up a field of corn be-
longing to a neighbor. The hogs had
crawled through a division fence own
ed by both men. The man with the
corn handed out his grievances to Bur
kett just about the time Burkett got
busy with his heart to heart talk.
Around the corn man were half doz-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

girl begins by deceiving her lover as to her char
acter she would better resolve the interest of her
comfort to keep up the deceit for life and NEVER let him
-0 find out that any other is POSSIBLE to her
And l have where this course has been so
successfully pursued that the husband and the
wife remained variance for life One looked
upon the golden and the other upon say Germany silver
of the shield AND NEITHER COULD BELIEVE THAT THE
OTHER SAW STRAIGHT
do not think when in love, make such wholesale pre-
of cange of heart this In the place they
think their faults Objectionable and the they have
lord fashion of expecting the accept hem faults and all
Mems deceits of love generally with
of their lives past present. Probably VER
accepted mans love without demanding
his having profered love any other woman etc.
Now, there very few very indeed can
and will these questions TRUTHFUILY. Sometimes there
tender memories which he shnks from offering his
might toss ball kitten Sometimes he has loved where
he could offer marriage and honor demands
shall be kept secret from the wife of his later life
there dark and dsgraceful suicide
reveal
In whichever of these channels the truth may pretty
certain that will the reply to the tender
inquiries of the fair and it only very young very
ulous who will believe, THOUGH HE SWEAR IT that
her lover has kissed other lips than hers whispered
other Nor my mind is it ALTOGETHER desirable that
it should be The of is versatile and his appetite
omnvorous his teeth adapted for the tearing of lamb
for the MASKING of Strawberries and cherries he has
tasted the the other be his instinct will mp him
first or last and is better that should BEFORE
know him than after have committed hearts keep
ing
cannot be sincere his past experiences if he is
better than the average and TO INSIST UPON HIS BE-
ING so is drive him labyrinth deceit where to sure
he is generally quite content dwell But this deceit utterly
unustiab and objectionable when only past
but the present and the proposed future
like may under the influence of love
character which has hitherto
sincerely close the gates of those dark wherein has hitherto
walked AND TO LET HIS FUTURE PATH BE OPEN TO
THE LIGHT OF DAY and the scrutiny of his wife
and although he does quite truhy reply the nqu
ton she make with his ancient history may forgiven
he is REALLY going make the future fair he
representing the past
so THE MORAL OF THAT is, MY DEAR SISTERS DON'T BE
TOO SEVERE UPON THE DEcETs LOVE, TRANS
PARENT THEM so 1T is YOUR OWN
UNWIsE PERSISTENCE UPON YOUR
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

The new premier of France, NJ. Maui
rice Rouvier, has had Il life full of re-
markable episodes. He was born at
AK in 1912 and as young man was
book agent. He entered the service of
a Greek who was engaged in the Rus
sian grain trade. and in this business
he Travelled through the orient and ac-
Quired Il knowledge of conditions in
that part of the world which became of
much use to him when he entered poll
tics. He was premier in 1887 and in
the recent cabinet of NJ. Combes was
minister Of finance. His name has been
associated with scandal. for at one
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

Dut Mr. Pastor SuS-
gested that | come
down in my ordinary
attire, sing a few
ballads. and even
then | could get back
home before any one
missed me-.
"It was a great
temptation, and |
agreed. In order to
keep it a secret l
took the stage name
of Lillian Russell
my own was Helen
Louise Leonard-but
fhn,.n xNynC n,athAp fO
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

cndnceS OF auVdDce-
ment lay in the op-
erative branch Of
the railway service
and therefore at his
own request was
made a conductor.
He served five years
taking tickets on
trains befoye being
made a station mas
ter. From this posi-
ton he rose through
various grades of
4-4A,,Ns-4 -,A,1.,.x
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

Maclyn Arbucllle, who plays the
country lawyer and party leader in
The County Chairman" has quaint
makeup and one which was copied
from an old tintype of himself when
he was an attorney in Texas and ran
for justice of the peace. Ills defeat
for that office led TO his going on the
stage He had an amusing experience
one evening when playing the role of
the eccentric but good hearted politi-
cian Just before the curtain went
up" says the actor, 81 ventured to peep
out. and there in box near the stage
sat an exact duplicate of myself
in the person of a real county chair
man, Il well known southern gentle
man. a Democrat, who rules things
Il
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

mean villain first locked the suffering
heroine in the flagman's shanty, and
then, after a terrible encounter, he
bested me and tied me to the track.
Now, the property man on this occa-
sion had forgotten to place the ak
with which the heroine was to break
open the door and liberate me from my
perilous position. The lady imper-
sonating the heroine was rushing
around, like Richard Of old, shouting
in hoarse whispers: An axl An AK
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17
Folk Who Are
In the LimeIiSht
Of Publicity
. MpERoR NICHOLAS II. Of

~ MPEROR NICHOLAS II. of
r. Russia likes to be called the
~ little father" by his people, but
it is sometimes said that the
real little father" of the Russians is
Count Leo Nkolaievitch Tolstoi be-
cause of his moral and intellectual pow
er over them and his lifelong work for
the betterment of their social and
spiritual condition. According to a dis
patch to the New York World, Count
Tolstoi does not sympathize with the
efforts recently made to bring about re-
forms in the Russian government
through resort to force. He says the
Russian people do not desire revolu-
ton; that those in the cities desire
only opportunity to work under honest
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

en- men waiting for him to side one
way or the other. How he did it no one
knows, but in less than an hour those
two farmers who had threatened 10 go
to law over the matter and law for the
rest of their born days were out fixing
up that fence, and Burkett got the sol
id delegation from that precinct.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17
The IniQuitOus Oil Trust
By Rev. Father DUcEY of New York

DUcEY of
this country there exists today monopoly which threatens
TRUTH justice freedom of education the pursuit of salvation
- AND THE VERY SAFETY OF OUR GOVERN
MENT. 1t has led in the struggle against legislation op
posing monops Its power the state and federal government
is generally recognized 1t is the trust of the world
Well preserved in oil and god CLOSED with few univer
sites and crmna approved by the silence that consent
the part of many ministers of various denominations constitutes
the greatest danger this republic of which conceive refer
to the anctfed oil trust which, under the leadership certain
has grown until he ufuy say he oil business Of the world
n is mine"
ANY MAN STANDING BETWEEN HIM AND HIS GOLD HE
HOLDS EITHER SUBJECT DESERVING RUIN
EVERY COMPETITOR OPPOSING HIS PLANS is ATTACKED WITH
OUT FEAR ORDER TO DRIVE HIM FROM
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17
HIS HIGHNESS THE KABAKA

Dnudi Chwa, Monarch of Uganda, and
His Reform Policy.
The newest thing in kings is the boy
monarch of Uganda. his highness the
Kabaka Daudi Chwa. He does not look
very much like brainy statesman. but
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

you crow?" Mr.. Stod-
dart himself had a grievous experience
once IN those early days. At rehears-
al of Macbeth with Macready, in which
It was his business as one of the ap-
partitions to say, Macbeth, Macbeth,
Macbeth, beware Macduff!" he was so
nervous that he began, "Muckbeth.
Muckbeth,' and, in spite of the profane
urgings of the great actor, he could not
pronounce the name correctly. He con-
fesses that he does not remember
whether he finally said Muck" or
Mack" But even at the start it was
plain that he had the root Of the matter
in him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17
A DARING EXPLOIT.
The Feat That Won HonOrs For Adj
mirnl DOubaSsOf.


mirnl Doubassoff.
Vice Admiral Doubassoff. who sue
ceeded Admiral kaZnakoff as Russian
member of the North sea commission,
now sitting in Paris, paid visit to the
United States in 1891. He had been in
the company of the czarowitz, now
Emperor Nicholas H., when the latter
made prolonged tour including Ath-
ems, Constantinople, China and Japan.
When the Pacific was reached Doubas-
soft left his squadron and came to
America for the purpose Of inspecting
our ships and shipyards and naval in
stitutions and while in this country re-
ceived many attentions.
At that time the events of the Russo
Turkish war of 1877 were still fresh in
the memory of the public. In this con-
test Vice Admiral Doubassoff per-
formed deeds which rendered him one
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

Representative John Sharp Williams,
whose leadership of the Democratic
minority in the house is being hotly
contested, tells more anecdotes Il week
than any statesman in Washington.
There was a sure thing gambler
down in Mississippi named Gamble"
Mr.. Williams said the other day HE
never made a bet unless he was sure
he would win. He was out at a coun-
try fair, staying at hotel One morn
ing man who was in the sporting
line himself got up early and looked
out of the window. He saw Gamble
carefully measuring with a tapeline
the hitching post in front of the hotel.
He knew something was up, and when
Gamble went out to the fair he went
out and measured the hitching post
himself. Then he took a sledge ham,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

be an armed Sener-
al revolution in Russia, as the reforms
needed must come through spiritual en-
lightenment. passive resistance and a
campaign of education.
Count Tolstois adherence of war,
even in behalf of reforms, does not
come from cowardice, for he joined the
army as a young man and served in
the Crimean war, doing good service in
the battle of Tchernaya. But the hor-
rors of battle impressed him so much
that he determined to preach the doc
trines of peace the remainder of his
days.
Though the son of a princess and
Graded in luxury, Tolstoi has for years
lived rs a peasant, tilling the soil and
performing all kinds of menial labor,
refraining from the use of the large
income he might receive. He carries
his ideas to such an extreme that
when his son returned from the COM
pletion of his technical education at the
st. Petersburg School of Technology
and asked his father what use he
should make of his knowledge the
sage advised him to take a spade and
clear the roads of snow
The career of William F. Potter, the
successor of the late W. H. Baldwin
as president of the Long Island rail-
road. illustrates the possibilities of ad-
vdncement which the railway service
presents. Mr.. Potter was born in 1855
at Utica, n. Y; educated at Worcester,
Mass, and in Europe, and at twenty
began business life as a clerk in the
Office of the auditor of the Pere Mar
quette railroad. His salary was $45 a
month. A years work brought him
promotion to a clerkship in the Office
of the treasurer of the road, but he
soon made up his mind that the best
IL =
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17


ment until he was general superintend-
ent of the Pere Marquette. In 1897
Mr.. Baldwin, who had been connected
with this road, was chosen president
of the Long Island railroad and he in
vited Mr.. Potter to become its general
superintendent. He took the position
and last March was chosen vice pres
ident and general manager. For some
months during Mr. Baldwin's illness
he discharged the duties of president,
and when death made the Office vacant
the directors chose him to fill it.
The career of Elmer ]. Burkett, the
senator elect from Nebraska, resembles
in some respects that of William ].
Bryan, who would have been chosen
senator instead of Mr.. Burkett had the
Nebraska legislature been Democratic
instead of Republican. Mr.. Burkett
was born on farm in Iowa in 1867.
Like Mr.. Bryan, he went to college and
afterward studied law. Both are resi-
dents of Lincoln and have represented
the First Nebraska district in congress,
and each was elected to congress before
he was thirty years old. Both have
met with opposition in their political
careers on account Of youth. Both
have sturdy frames, penetrating brown
eyes and faces that evince the earnest
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17


and had career even stranger than
her husbands. At sixteen she per-
suaded a famous priest, the Able Con
stant, to break his vows of celibacy for
her sake. He was communicated.
She deserted him after two years and,
turning her attention TO sculpture, be-
came famous in that art. She also won
popularity as a novelist. She was
favOrite Of Emperor Napoleon Ill, her
relations with whom were the subject
of scandal. AS correspondent in the
chamber of deputies she became ac-
quainted with NJ. Rouvier, whose polit-
ical advancement she aided by her
writings. The death of the ex-abbe
enabled her to marry the rising French
statesman. AS Nine. Rouvier she be-
came Il leading figure in the life of the
French capital.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-17

The men in charge of the train were
overzealous and without waiting un-
til the all necessary AK was secured
started the train. Eight day coaches
and baggage car passed over me, to
say nothing of the pasteboard engine,
yet | was ready in the next act to deal
out deferred retribution to that deep
dyed villain"