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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08
Schooner Goes Ashore.
(By Associated Press

II ATLANTIC CITY, Nj, September Il
The three masted schooner Edith and
May, bound from Fernandina for New
York, went ashore early to-day at Cor
sons Inlet. The vessel is loaded with
pine boards and is commanded by Captain
IT. w. Burch and carries a crew of five
men. The schooner was tloated this af-
ternoon, and apparently undamaged pro-
ceedcd to New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08
AN UNWELCOME BIRD.

a b. T. j. d t. & b
the cause Of Secretary Wilson, whoG he
says. was not to blame for the short
comngs in his department. It Is asserted
by many prominent growers tonight that
the association will undoubtedly sustain
5 the suspension OF Mr. Peters
Summary Of the Crop.
The summary Of the cotton crop OF
19o5'G, as reported by tho statistical
committee of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers' Association to-day. Is as follows:
Production. 3,5Ss.133 bales: percentage
Of condition as compared with last year.
1873, and as compared with the govern
ment's estimate OF 72.1. The yield Is re-
garded as exceedingly small, rs from ten
TO ten and n half million bales was ex-
pccted. The estimated yl\ld by States
and the percentage Of condition, as re-
ported By the statistical committee is as
follows: 3ss f3sSi i9t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08

within opportunities. Btsl-, y Nsl 4.
ness Opportunities furnish
tho life ofTEE .DEE WANT u
ADS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-08

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Last Hope Vanished.

When leading physicians said that
w. M. Smithart, of Pekin, Ia, had in
durable consumption, his last hope van
ished; but DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
kept him out of his grave. He says:
"This great specific completely cured
me, and saved my life. Since then, /
have used it for over 10 years, and con
slider it a marvellous throat and lung
cure" Strictly scientific cure for
Coughs, Sore Threats or Colds; sure
preventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed,
SO cents and $1.00 bottles at Laurens
Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. TriaI
bottles free.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
Charleston Delegation Visits Roosevelt
First Time Since Crum's Amendment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-For the first
time since the appointment of DR..
Crum the negro collector at the port of
Charleston, a delegation of Charleston
people called on the President. The
delegation consisted of Mayor Rhett,
Mayor Smyth, j. F. Ficken,
Alderman Peters, r. M. Pinckney and
Wilson G. Harvey, Samuel Lapham and
j. M. Seigunious. They came to discuss
with Secretary Bonaparte the presenta-
ton to the crusier Charleston of a sill
yer service and to thank the President
for his interest in the Charleston Navy
Yard. The delegation warmly felici-
tated the President on his achievement
in bringing about peace between Rus
STA and Japan. The President received
the delegation cordially and later, on in
vitation, Mayor Rhett and ex-Mayor
Smyth took luncheon with him.
Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts,
sprains, StingS. Instant relief. DR..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18

Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts,
stings. Instant relief. DR..
Thomas Electric Oil. At any drug
store.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.


Mr.. John T. Kirby of Tumbling
Shoals was in town Saturday.
Miss Lucy Clardy is visiting at Coro-
naca this week.
Mr.. j.. N. Watkins of Greenville was
in the city on Saturday.
Mr.. John Woods of Honea Path was
in the city Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. John r. Benjamin of Lisbon was
in town on Saturday.
Mr.. w. M. Pearson made a brief visit
to Augusta the first of the week.
Mr.. r. w. Nichols, d~ispensary in
spector, spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. M. E. Mcdaniel, Jr., visited in
Greenville from Friday until Monday.
Mrs. t. j. Sullivan of Tumbling
Shoals was in the city Thursday shop
ping.
Rev. w. A. M. Plaxco of Clinton is
teaching the Sandy Springs school this
session.
Mr.. Robert Jones of Columbia visited
his mother, Mrs. Katherine Jones, near
Marine, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Edith Evans of Sumter was, the
guest of Mrs. M. w. Hook Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Margaret Clardy left Saturday
for Algary, where she will teach again
this year.
Mrs. w. R.lWhite of Greenville, after
a visit to Mrs.Jas. A. Copeland has gone
to Darlington for a short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Mears of Fair
view were in the city Thursday shop
ping.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Copeland Wis
tied relatives at Union, the latter part
of the past week.
Mr.. Jas. l.. Ray, formerly of this
county, now of Union, spent a few days
in the city last week.
Mr.. N. B. Dial spent several days of
last week at Wares Shoals. He reports
everything moving right along out there
now.
DIR. E. F. Taylor, a prominent physi-
clan and citizen of Renno was in the
city on Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. John Smith came over from
Clinton to spend Sunday with his sis
tiers, Misses Maggie and Mamie Smith.
Miss Carrie Lou Dorroh, who has a
fine school at New Harmony spent Sat
urday and Sunday at home in the city.
Mrs. Lawrence Lanford, of Pauline,
Spartanburg county, visitedher mother,
Mrs. Warren Reid and other relatives in
the city during the past week.
Miss Martha Mobley of Chester
passed through the city Saturday on
her way to Mt. Bethel, where she will
teach this fall and winter.
Mr.. j. M. McLees of the Western
Union saw "The Clansman," Rev.
Thomas DiXon's great play in Columbia
Saturday night.
A number of Laurens people attended
the Woodruff Fair last week. This
years event is said to have been the
best in the history of the Fair Associa-
ton.
Mr.. John A. Barksdale of Green
wood, a we'll known gentleman and
travelling commercial salesman, was in
the city on Monday.
Messrs. M. T. Notes, B. C. Burns
and w. H. Bryson are jurors from
Laurens county for the fall term of the
United States Court now in session in
Greenville.
Mr.. Lafayette Marlborough, cashier
of the recently organized bank at Cross
Anchor, is spending a few weeks at the
Bank of Laurens for the purpose of
f~amiliarizing himself with his new du-
ties.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Grand Juries...and Graft.

eve find the books of the county
treasurer neatly kept, etc., etc.
So say the grand juries. So no doubt
the grand juries have been saying in
Greenyille and Richland and Edgefeld
and Dorchester for 10 these many years.
And the confiding public thought it was
all right. But Investigating committees
have found that in the last six years
about a hundred thousand dollars have
been stolen in Greenville, that Richland
is $4,000 out of pocket, Edge6eld
$4,000, Dorchester S I, 1000.
What does a grand jury investigation
amount to anyway? In these cases il
seems they amount to nothing, for if we
are not mistaken not one of the short
ages named was found by that body.
And why not? There ought to be men
with sense enough on every grand jury
to ascertain positively whethera county
officer is short-whether there has been
extravaganza or theft or graft or care
lessness-in short whether the office is
financially straight. "Neatly kept
books do not always mean a "~clean'f
record. The committees appointed by
the grand juries have plenty of time to
ascertain the real condition of affairs in
the county offices, to examine every
claim and bank deposit, and to find out
to q certainty whether there is any
shortage-if they would only take time
for it and not be AFRAID of offending
their friends in office. But it is no re-
Election on the honesty Of a public Of
fcer to hold him to a strict account and
to investigate his Office thoroughly in
fact if he is the right kind of officer he
will be glad to have it done.
Grand jury reports should mean more
than they now mean, and should be ain
assurance to the public at large of the
true condition OF county finances. AS
it is now there is room to suspect that
other counties-and nobody can tell
which-are in the condition of Green
vile, Richland, Edgefield and Dorchcs-
ter. -Newberry Observer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Lynched One-Legged Man.

ELKToN, VA, Oct. IL. Shortly after
midnight a mob of about a hundred
men, supposed to be from Trenton,
took Frank Leavell, a one-legged ne
gro from Jail and lynched him IN the
woods near by. Leavell was arrested
on the charge of attempting to enter
the room of a young lady at Trenton
Saturday night. He confessed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Frlghtful Suffering Relieved.

Suffering frightfully from the viru-
lent poisons of undigested food, c.. G..
Grayson, of Lula, Miss, took DIR.
Kings New Pills, with the result"
he writes, that | was cured" All
stomach and bowel disorders give way
to their tonic, laxative properties. 25
cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Pal
metto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Historic Gayel Presented.

COLUMBIA, Oct. 1.-THE gavel which
was used in the historic Wallace House
in the days of '76 was presented today
to the Timrod Library. The speech of
~presensation was made by Gen. Leroy
F.. Youmans. The gavel was given by
Capt. w. A. Courtenay.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Agricultural and Mechanical Fair.
To all ticket agents C e. C Rv.

all ticket agents c e w c. Ry.
For the allowed named occasion you
are authorized to sell round trip tickets
to Augusta at rate of one fare plus 25
cts. for round trip. Tickets to be sold
Oct. Bird, 4th, and 5th, 1905. Final
limit of ticket October Sth, 1905.
t. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
EARNEST WILLIAMS, Gen'l Pass Agent.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-10-18
Money to Loan.

Loans negotiated on improved farms
in Laurens County at Z per cent inter
est on $1,000, and over, and 8 per cent
on smaller amounts, secured by first
mortgage. Easy annual payments. No
commissions. Borrower to pay for alb
stract of title.
G. ID. B%ARKsDALE,
lIaurens, S. G..
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

An exchange discovers that statis-
tics recently compiled in France show
that that country is a land of what
political economists call small men
This term refers. of course. TO the
holdings of the individual. which are
more evenly diffused in France than
in any other civilized country. In sup
port of this statement il is shown by
statistics that France has fewer than
20. 900 persons who have property val
ued at 100000 francs t$193.000) or
more. About $4,000 of these have for
tunes of from $193. 900 TO $780, 900; of
the remaining 6,000 only about 100
have from $2.000.000 to $l0000,000
each. while in all France there are not
more than 10 persons whose property
is valued at $l9,OOO.OO0 or over. These
figures are reliable, since they are
based on current tax returns. and in
France taxation is thorough and search
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
HENS REFUSE TO LAY
AND EGGS ARE GOLDEN
Problem-Nothing Left But
Packed Ones.

The question of the egg supply is
becoming more serious than at any
time this winter.
With no fresh eggs coming into the
market, the consumer is forced to try
the uncertainties of packed eggs or do
without. II is not a matter of per-
sonal choice, neither will the expendi-
ture of a few cents more per dozen buy
fresh eggs. The stubborn hens have
simply laid down and have at the same
time refused TO lay further until the
present cold weather is over
There appears TO be no danger of an
egg famine. There are plenty of eggs
such as they are. and the storage
eggs are now quoted at from % to 2S
cents per dozen. These prices may
remain steady all during the present
week. yet there is no certainty, and
commission men do not solicit orders
for a future shipment at this price.
The Chicago Packer. criterion
| among the commission men of the
country. anticipates 50 cent eggs with.
! in q week OF course this forecast
| is made with conditions similar with
those at the present time.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

young girls and forces them into a
slavery more revolving than that of
the mulatto girl before the war. Words
fail one in the attempt to describe this
awful condition of affairs, prompted by
greed and upheld by the so-called re-
spectacle element of the city. Here
are few paragraphs from the Ledger:
When Morris Schwartz was arrest
/ ed in his house, 709 North Third street,
his first act was TO send for Daniel
Frey, who is secretary of the Eleventh
ward school house. Fry entered bail
| for the man, and as the two returned
| from the station house they saw a knot
of people in front of Schwartz place
Pushing their way into the house. Frey
and Schwartz made their way up
stairs. and in a room at the head of
the first flight they saw a frail little
girl of only 1G years beating the air
and tearing the skin fIonl her 0oCy.
The girl was mad.
1T was brought out Later thar this
child. for months before. had been
daily. almost hourly, witness to the
most revolving and bestial perform
ances in this house, and that she was
forced 10 participate therein. After a
time she seemed to have conquered
her natural revulsion to these per
foTmances and did as she was told
without complaint. The raid awaken
ed her TO the possibilities uf her plight
and her reason fed.
Frey entered bail for X Or eight of
the other girls in the house and stood
hyr uyItf .,s
to the Philadelphia hospital. where she
is now raving maniac. Frey saws
that the vision of that maniac-slave
will never be effaced from his mem
DRY. but he is still bail for the others
who were in the house with her, and
for still others taken from other
houses. When Schwartz came into
court he was accompanied by a num-
beT of Eleventh ward politicians. He
looked more like a prosperous show
man than a slave trader The story
of his crime was told under oath, and
Judge Carr sentenced him TO a year
in the county Jail"
The terrible revelations of the worse
than barbarous vices that exist in Phil
adelphia show what official failure TO
enforce law, negligence in treatment of
criminals, corruption in municipal af-
fairs leads TO. Philadelphia, according
TO all accounts, is the most corruptly
governed city in the United States.
Official collusion or partnership with
vice and crime-the corrupt participa-
tiOn of city officials in the ill-gotten
gains of the vicious and the criminal
is openly alleged to be the rule and
not the exception in Philadelphia. The
inevitable result is that the city has
degenerated morally and materially.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
Potatoes Beat = Record.

The potato crop of 1904 beat rec
ord. being 10000 O00 bushels more than
the banner crop of 1896. The three
years totals are; 1902. $4,000, 900
bushels: 1903. 2470O0.00O bushels;
1904. So. 100000 bushels. 20 bushels
for every family in the country.
New York is the champion potato
state. The east end of Long Island is
all one potato patch Potato schoon-
ers haul up at little docks anywhere.
Michigan and Wisconsin tie for sec
ond place. Then. in order. come Penn
sylvania. Iowa. Maine. Ohio. Illinois.
Colorado has come To be quite a fac
tor in the potato market. She supplies
the southern and southwestern mar
kets. principally Texas. Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. also Kansas and
western Nebraska
Potatoes are the fourth largest farm
crop in this country. and are very
important article Of commerce. an arti-
Gle found ON the tables of rich and
poor every meal.
ST. Louis is an important potato
market. being a distributing point for
northern shipments during the fall and
winter and southern shipments during
the spring and summer St Louis is
located in one of the important potato
growing districts OF the country. the
American bottoms. just east of the
Mississippi river in Illinois. where
large quantities are raised each sea
son
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

Congressman John Lind. of Mime
sofa. will retire from political life
March after a memorable political
career He served six years in the
house as republican. term as COVER
nor of his state as fusiOnist and one
term in the house as democrat. Now
he intends 10 return TO the practice of
law. Lind does not agree with the
views of some men. that serving in
congress unfits them for other work
in the future. Il know" he says,
that my congressional experience has
been a good thing for me. 1t broadens
a man. gives him a wider range of Wis
ion and a better understanding of all
the great questions that come before
the country"
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
HIS WIFE WOKE HIM UP
Connecticut Man Nearly choked to
Death in Night.

No comment is needed on the fol
lowing letter. II tells of fearful ex-
periences that have fortunately been
overcome
Dear Sirs: Often in the night my wife
had to wake me up because | was almost
choking to death with catarrh | had
one of the worst cases that was ever
known. and skillful physicians said II
was chronic
Fortunately a friend told me OF
HyOmei. and used this treatment
faithfully. and today am free from
catarrh. | used Hyomei perhaps five
times a day and could soon see a great
change. a complete outfit and an ex
ira bottle cured me. | always carry a
Hyomei inhaler in my pocket. so as
10 prevent any colds or slight catarrh.
al attacks that are common at this
season OF the year
Yours Fr=1svrnaIly.
Thomas Finchan. Putnam. Conn"
Il is the easiest thing in the world
40 cure catarrh or catarrhal colds #
you use Hyomei. Breathe its health
giving. balsamic air for a few min
utes. and your catarrhal trouble will
soon be cured.
The complete outfit costs but one
dollar. and consists of an inhaler that
can be carried in the purse or vesJ
pocket. medicine dropper and bot
tie of Hyome.. The inhaler lasts 4
lifetime. while extra bottles. if need
ed. can be obtained for so cents In
Rock Island there are scores of well
known people who have been cured Cf
catarrh by Hyomei II il does no;
help you H. o. Rolls will return your
money in accordance with the guar
antee he gives with every outfit.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

That the war is over IS evident from
the fact that the other night Admiral
and Mrs Dewey entertained at dinner
in honor of Don Emilio De Ojeda. the
Spanish minister. The latter is prov
ing TO be a popular diplomat. and is
well liked in Washington. If he enter
tains any hard feelings of the little
difference back in 1898 he cOnceals 1t
in a most successful manner. The
Spanish minister is on particularly
good terms with the hero of Manila,
and is frequently entertained at the
Dewey home in Washington.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

The number of Irish representative
peers in the house of lords is once
more %, as provided in the act of un-
ion, instead of q, as has been the case
of late The deficiency was due 10 the
curious provision that an Irish peer
once chosen cannot vacate his position
even if afterward raised to the peer
age of the United Kingdom. as was the
case with the late Earl De Montalt.
His recent death gives Ireland another
purely representative peer.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

TERMS - Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
TIE Hoxz OF v1So1
To Thin People

To Thin People
Let US advise you to take Vino1. The
reason it is the best strength and flesh
creator is because it actually contains
all the medi icinal elements taken from
genuine fresh Gods Livers, without oil
or grease These combined with organic
iron and other body building ingredients
create the greatest flesh, strength and
tissue i1der known to medicine. Try
it on our guarantee. Respectfully,
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
In Pious PhiIadeIphis.

The Public Ledger. of Philadelphia.
has made so~le startling charges
against the officials of that city II gives
names. dates. street numbers and other
uuouestioned evidence proving that
there exists in Philadelphia an organ
lied syndicate which buys and sells
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
Wednesday, February 8, 1905.

Gov. Pennypacker. of Pennsylvania,
does not have TO patronize a press
clipping bureau to find ont what the
public thinks of him.
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08
THE ARGUS.

Prblished Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island Ill LEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus., 1905-02-08

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

the flute and even while the rain was patterng
softly down upon the moss they wont to
say: 'Ah, there is Snon's 1ute-the moon is up
Black as the darkness at midnight that falls after
the lghtnng's flash was this old Simon; but he
of bright traditions, children that were
always young, that not destined to attain
their growth. These traditions mostly fan
cies in this old mans mind By the hour
he would talk of persons who existed, of
young Mars Jim who slew the great dragon, half
bear and half wolf, and of young Miss May who
wandered off down into the river-bottom to be
turned into lily Her parents came and looked
upon her she stood there, but they could pull
her up to take her home, being sympathetic parents,
they let her remain there, growing, and she grew
more beautiful every day.
But at last there young man named
why it young Mars finland he stood and
looked Miss May, the lily, and shed tears, for he
loved her; and the dews gathered on the lily, for
1t was seen that she too was weeping though it
seemed to be more for JOY than for sorrow. But
Mars Jim not content to look at Miss May. He
wanted to take her with him, SO he pulled her up
and started across the fields with her; but just
he came to low and marshy place he was shot by
Indians arrow, and down he fell with the lilly in
his hand. His blood ran out and stained the lily;
and then there followed something that old Simon
couldn't well explain, though everything thus far
had been reasonably clear. 1t this: At the
exact spot where the lily had lain in the blood of
Mars Jim there grew up flower, red and white
blended. And the people called it tulip.
Not far from the river stood old Simons cabin,
and the roof was covered over with moss, except in
place, where the old to blow his flute.
The children believed that he really blew the moon
beams through and little boy, wanting to astonish
his sister, declared that when the old man
shook his flute star flew out of the end of it and
fell into the river and scared the great frog that
he didn't sing any more for a week.
y oc1,a 1,,ly,, Of tha 4
est and most sacred pretended to believe the
BOYS story and to hear her tell about the marvels
of the flute must have convinced the most doubling
mind. Her voice was so tender that everything she
said uttered with persuasion. Never again on
grown out of human error, and out of that most
merciless of all things known to the sea- the slave