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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Laurens Negro in Panama Prison.

Laurens Negro in Panama Prison.
William l.. Hemphill, writing from
Panama July 22d, has the following
item:
IL visited one of the old Spanish
dungeons yesterday and in looking over
the prisoners | discovered a fellow
countryman, John Henry Wells (col-
ored) from Laurens. He has been in
a month, is the only American in the
Jail and is accused of murder. He
seemed to be in good spirits-said they
treated him pretty badly and didn't
give him much to eat. He is in the
same cell with two Frenchmen, two
Irishmen, two Or three natives and a
number of jamaican negroes" Able
Vile Medium.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Squire Bales of York.

"You cannot down a working man."
is as old as the hills but as true as an
cient. Prof. William o. Bales, the
South Carolina squire who does a land
office business MARI ing people, will
not down. He keeps swimming with
his head above water. He boasts that
he has united more than 40 couples
since he had the round with the officials
in Columbia. His latest cards read: ~
marry 365 people a year, and want to
double it. Squire Bales, the greatest
marrying man the south ever knew,
York county, South Carolina; nearest
%postoffice, Pineville, N. C.
"(Over.)
"Cal! upon and visit the home of
Squire w. o. Bales on your bridaltour
to get married. The worlds famous
p~hilanthropist and nuptialist. His mar
fiage fee is as follows:
< Free to all those over SO years of
age, all those of manageable age and
not able to pay, all ministers and brother
notary publics and all South CAROLYN
ians from owe a distance of 20 miles.
Everybody get married.
Regular colored peoples price, 81;
regular" unable white people, 81; regu-
lar aristocrats, bon tons, So; regular
complimentary fee received very of
ten, SIS; regular secret marriages, al
ways, $40; regular rich mans price
never under $50; and regular million
aires anything exceeding 800"
The professor is up to his tricks
Fort Mill Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
CONDITION OF COTTON.
Government Shows 74.9 Against a Same
Time 1904.

WASHINGTON, August 8. The follow
ing is the report on the condition of
the cotton crop issued today:
The crop estimating board of sta
tistics of the Department of Agricul-
ture finds from the reports of cores
pondents and agents of the bureau that
the average condition of cotton to July
25 was TAO, compared with n on July
rs last year, 91.6 on July 25, 1904; 1877
on July %, 1908 and a ten-year average
of S6.2. BY States the averages are:
Texas, II; Georgia, 80; Alabama, 70;
Mississippi, SO; South Carolina, 70;
Arkansas, SO; Louisiana, &C.; North
Carolina, 80; Indian Territory, 80; Ten
nessee, 80; Oklahoma, 83; Florida, IS;
Missouri, IS, Virginia, 81.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Welcomed Visitor.

les Christian Rasor, who has
true and loyal citizen of Lau-
Since the early ffties, coming over
I'm Abbeville with others who couldnot
longer. resist the inducements to become
S~tizens of this great and growing
Punty, was a heartily welcomed visitor
, the city during the past week. He
|ow lives at Cross Hill, but for more
nan forty years he resided over on
,aluda river and has long been a IA
niliar figure in the county. He was
9he guest. while in the city, of his
daughter, Mrs. John M. Clardy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Rebuilding.

Rebuilding will begin on Davis Roper
& Co.'S new front this week. This will
not interfere with their Rebuilding Sale
as they have arranged with the contrac-
tors to protect the side walk and en-
trance to the store so that customers
can trade as usual.
Now is the time for the people who
need any thing in shoes, clothing or
dry goods to supply their wants.
Sale will continue ali through August.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
For Sale

A beautiful 5-room house and a acres
of land in Gray Court.
ITO acres of land in one mile of Gray
Court.
Two lots, 26 acres each, in one mile
OF Gray Court.
One house with five rooms, a acres
of land in Gray Court.
81 acres of land with good buildings,
in two miles of Gray Court.
Fine Rock Quarry, of 10 acres in half
mile of Gray Court.
rs acres of fine farming land half
mile of Shiloh Church.
One seven, and one five room house
in the city of Laurens.
lat acres of land with two buildings
in three miles of city of Laurens.
20 acres in three miles of Gray
Court.
500 acres in four miles of the city of
Abbeville Court House with good inn
provements and a fine brick yard, at a
bargain.
Beautiful dwelling in town of Foun-
tain Inn, one acre front, good barn and
out buildings.
SIS acres of land near town of Foun-
tain Inn.
One house and lot, Al acres land in
tow of Fountain Inn. Also lot of IL
acres.
Nice residence in town of Fountain
Inn, a acres of land and out buildings.
Two lots, 16 acres and 10 acres suit
able for building lots in Fountain Inn.
AZ acres in suburbs of Fountain
Inn.
House and lot of Q acres in Fountain
Inn.
500 acres of land, beautiful residence
and eight tenant houses, with 20 acres
within the Incorporated limits of town
of Woodruff.
lao acres in one mile of town of
Woodruff.
One modern residence, on Peachtree
~, in town of Woodruff.
ne dwelling and two acres of land
gn of Woodruff.
tiful eight room house on Main
Woodruff.
elling, on Main Street, with
rooms, parlor, cook room,
p and closets, 10 acres OF
outbuildings in town of
outfit, 20-horse power engine,
Pratt gins, and press sue
5000 90.
pd in half mile of Gray
building, in high state
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
One Lady's Recommendation Sold Fifty
Boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets.

/ have, / believe, sold fifty boxes of
Chamber1ain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets on the recommendation of one lady
here, who first bought a box of them
about a year ago. She never tires of
telling her neighbors and friends about
the good qualities of these Tablets. p.
M. Shore, Druggist, Rochester, Ind.
The pleasant purgative effect of these
Tablets makes them a favorite with la
dies everywhere. For sale by Laurens
Drug Co. and DR.. b. f. Posey. 44-4t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Laurens Woman Divorced.

The Gainesville Eagle of July 9th
notes the total enforcement in Hall Su-
perior Court of Georgia of Mrs. Pearle
Hughes from Zeb Hughes. Mrs.
Hughes is a daughter of Mr.. Dock
Moore and resides at Watts Mills.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Reunion Of Co. "r" I4tb, s. c. v.

The annual Reunion of Co. "F" l4th,
s. G. v. will be held at Sandy Springs
on Saturday, 10th, day of August 1905.
Everybody is invited to come and bring
well filled baskets.
j. p. Sloan
j. p. billiard
= For Committee.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09

Nc such thing as Summer complaint"
where DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry is kept handy. Natures
remedy for every looseness of the
bOwalS
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09

You are cordially invited to attend
u exhibit any day this week. Come
and have a cup of coffee and hot bis
cults if you intend to buy or not.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09

For Committee.

The Majestic Manufacturing Co. of
st. Louis, Mo-, have a man at S. M. G.
p. II. Wilkes & CO. store this week,
showing the Majestic Range in actual
utes. Come in any day this week, you
are welcome.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09

Don't fail to read carefully the adver-
tisement of S. M. &. E. H. Wilkes in
this paper.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
ooh, AM so TIREDl'

III It ENTh " u
Is heard daily from old and young, rich and poor Did YOU ever stop and consider
the cause OF this remark? We will venture o say nine cases out of ten are
caused erSe by improper ns%a. digestion nI This. or other symptoms of Indigestion such as
sapa anen D. a ~ warning Warming tic you you Wo are in danger Of having Indigestion, the great
Kemember a Stitch in time saves nine, and a bottle of the celebrated
parts of this broad land by curing them permanently of this miserable disease.
Yes, not like the pepSn dgestves that help for a time, but cures permanenty
by causing the digestive organs to perform their functions. Nature ELM such
a great recther of its own ills, with the assistance of this powerful medicine,
gives you a healthy stomach and removes Indigestion and it's symptoms perma.
nenty. Sold on a $500 guarantee. so cents and LOO per bottle at
Laurens Drug Company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-09
Zinc Bottom Boiler, 65 cents

Large Linen Handkerchiefs Sets; Large Crash Towels &c..
summer ndervest acts; Good Socks sets pair; Nice Crock
cry, Cups and Saucers 35cts set; Porcelain lined Granite
Ware of all kinds cheap. Its worth your while, ladies,
to look. Glassware of all description. Dishes, Glasses
and Goblets. Buckets, Brooms and Ice Cream Freezers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
BILL To ENCOURAGE
AGR|CUL TURE PASSES
Senate Judiciary Committee FavorabIy Reports
the Bill to Exempt Homesteads from
Forced Sale.

The passed the Governors pawnbrokng bill Satur
day and the bill agriculture by certain lands
from although this against the protest Jared
that agriculture could be made sufficiently profitable this Ter
understood that they would
their And then the Senate had the felicity OF
having lecture read by the House. had read the
House lecture for the thing few days earlier The
House refused send back the Senate for
Sunday law which had the senior body and been sent below
which Senators wanted chance
The House seemed delight in thus the law
their Seniors probably took much delight they seemed
take But the before the House Sat
urday the request of Superintendent of Public Works Holo
of the whole OF the
1t thing that people than Mr. Holloway want
light and the House discover the OF
machines other find where the milk
will have vain, it
passes another law,
incidentally although than formally
body the teeth
of Mooka authorizing its health commit
charge Board of Health the
permits upon the this also Two
crushing day should appeae the wrath OF leg
s1ature.
probable the House will through with the Coun
the the thing the
Senate take the appropriation bills And if the progress
satisfactory that made heretofore there will be
complaint What the Senate will do with the County
debatabe there sentiment against the
by the Commission being preferred to
There who think that they
bill has been poducedand the
legislators the Commissioners pledged
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13

This climate rusts some kinds
of wire mattresses. Then the
rusty wires spoil the ticking of
your nice mattresses. New wire
springs are inexpensive and save
you lots of trouble. We sell a
number of different makes and
as we put them together in our
own workshops we can guarantee
that they will not warp our break
up easily,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
THE HOUSE.

The formal second reading of the
County Bill, as amended was the prin-
cipal business done by the House of
Representatives Saturday morning,
though a deal OF routine work was gone
through.
An important report was filed by Su-
perintendent of Public Works Hollo-
way in the matter of the contract with
the Observation-Disclosures Engineering
& Construction Company for the build
ing of the new Insane Asylum
Holloway's report included copies of
the entire correspondence connected
with the affair and letter from him
appealing strongly for a thorough in
vestigation of the matter was append
ed. In closing he said:
LAS charges of fraud have been pre-
ferred by Mr.. Gilman and Mr.. AInweg.
respectively president and manager of
the company, it seems to me that this
matter should be most carefully IN
vestigated by the Legislature during
the present session. It is certainly rot
pleasant to have ones honesty cues
toned without having an opportunity
to refute the charges. Should yeu g
it advisable to appoint a specia' Cc-T1-
mittee to look into this matter I veE
appreciate il if you would allow ne %
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
THE SENATE.

The Senate Saturday passed House
Bill 80, providing for the encourage
ment of infant industries of an ag-
ricultural kind, upon second reading,
the measure being recommended for
passage in a long report made by the
Judiciary Committee. The report fol-
lows:
1.-The bill is for the purpose of encour-
aging infant industries and is in the
main a good one.
1.-The Ways and Means Committee has
already reported favorably on the bill
recommending a slight amendment,
which your judiciary Committee thinks
should be passed.
Your committee thinks that the bill
is mentioned as one of the items ex-
empted from taxation. This is wrong
as chocolate is not a production but
merely a manufactured article made
from cacao, one of the items exempted
with other ingredients. Cacao being ex-
empted it is not necessary to exempt
chocolate.
This bill was thought by some to be
too sweeping. We have met that OBJ
lection by exempting only those prod
1,cts raised for mercantile purposes.
1--WE recommend that Section 1 be
amended to read:
Section l. For five years from and
after January first, 1906, all property,
real and personal, actually used for the
production of tobacco, rubber, cork
oak. manila hemp, sanseveria, salonica
hemp and cacao for mercantile pur-
poses shall be exempted from taxation
..With this amendment we recommend
that the bill pass
The bill, as it came from the House,
was extremely short, containing, be-
sides the enacting clause and the title,
only one section, as follows:
For the next five 60 years all prop
erty real and personal in use for the
of tobacco, rubber. choco-
late and cacao shall be exempt from
taxation of any kind
When it came to action upon it. a
letter was read from Jared G. Smith
disapproving the policy of encouraging
a agriculture in the way provided, never
th6leSS Ine Re1oSSA ciAASA
read for the third time on Monday
Consideration of the bill to exempt
bomesteads from seizure went over I'M
til Monday. on request of Senator Achl.
although the Judiciary Committee had
submitted a long report upon The mea-
sure.
This is Senate Bill No. rs, and the
committee report upon it is very in
teresting In text, it is as follows:
COMMITTEE REPORT.
your judiciary Committee. to whom
Senate Bill No. IS was referred. re-
ating to the setting apart of home /
;teads for the heads of families. begs
cave to report as follows:
1--WE have examined the act and find
hat it is a copy of the California
aw providing for the exemptions OF
amily homesteads from forced sale,
,eings Sections 1851 to 1868, inclusive.
I'm the United States similar legis-
alton is in force for at least thirty
wo years. Sixteen states have con-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DAY.

stitutional provisions requiring such
protection to the homestead of a fam
lily. They are as follows: Alabama,
Arkansas. California, Colorado. Geor-
gia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michi-
gan. North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee. Texas and Virginia, and West
! Virginia
! THE homestead continues exempt
after the death of the head of the fam
| lily in Michigan, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, West Virginia, Ala
bama and Louisiana, and during the
widowhood of the wife in Michigan and
North Carolina. (See Simpson on
Statutes.)
'Other states having provision in
their laws for homestead exemption
are the following: Indiana. Idaho,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Jersey New York, Pennsylvania,
Vermont. Wisconsin.
The present law of Hawaii was
passed in 1876 and exempted half an
acre where taro or some other vege-
table is cultivated for family use. This
is preserved in the proposed bill in adj
dition to house lot, up to the value
of $4,000 for all. The old law allows
only $3.50 as the value of the house
and lot and the taro patch. This is
entirely untitled to the modern value of
properties on these islands. Land has
risen in value from about one dollar
an acre for kula land in 1876, to from
$40 to 800 an acre. City property has
greatly increased in value, the needs
of the home are greater, and no fam
RIx-- h.
howell as this old act provides to ex-
empt.
PASSAGE RECOMMENDED.
THE sections nine, referring to ex-
emption of the proceeds of a policy of
insurance by fire, in case of destruc-
ton of the homestead, is taken from
Section of Chapter 81 of the Revised
Statutes of Illinois.
This homestead law has worked
we'll in California since 1874. Residents
there say that the merchant favors it
because it ena bles him to keep a home
and get on his feet again after a loss
in business. He favors it in case of
dealing with agricultural people be-
cause it enables them if they fail at
first to pay his bills to struggle to sue
cess, and pay later in place of becom-
ing hopelessly insolvent.
THE rights of the creditors are pro-
tected against abuse by a householder
getting home cheap and holding it
till it becomes worth more than the
exemption. in spite of his creditors.
The act as drawn also protects the
government against loss in the payment
of taxes. 1t protects the home, but al
lows the same means of mortgaging
the home voluntarily, as before, ex-
cept that both husband and wife must
agree. That is substantially the law
here now. because the husband must
consent to any sale or mortgage of
land of the wife.
1--WE think that the interests of build
er. and material men. and of house |
hold servant are protected here.
1T accords with public policy TO pro /
tect the home. lest the members of the !
family become a public charge. This |
is the principle behind the legislation. |.
I'VE therefore recommend that the |
law may be passed.
March 10. 1905" |
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
LANAI FURNITURE.

Warm weather is approaching.
Are your lanai rockers weather
worm and useless. We have q
nice line Of these.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13

present my side of the matter and
also take up any charges which way
be preferred by the contractors. They
are delaying Government work and I
believe it is a serious matter. If they
are found to be at fault, it does not
seem to me that they should be allow
ed to figure on public work in the flu
ture."
The report was filed for reference.
A letter from Chief Thurston of the
Fire department inviting the House
to see an exhibition by his men was
referred to the Police Committee.
SIT ON THE SENATE.
Several members objected to the SEN
ate's suggestions regarding the trip to
the Leper Settlement and the COM
munication was tabled.
Secretary a. l.. c.. Atkinson wrote,
in answer to the resolution of Pulaa,
explaining that the laws of Hawaii
passed between 1901 and 1904 had not
been published in the Hawaiian Ian
guage because no appropriation had
been made therefor. He promised to
ask the legislature for an appropria-
ton.
The Committee on Public Lands and
Internal Improvements reported on the
following matters:
For grading and macadamizing Kua-
KIM lane, $780, (Kaleiopu). Recon-
mended
For improvements Coral, Clayton,
Cummins, Curtis, Hustace, Kawaiahao,
Kamakee Laniwai, Queen, South and
Waimanu streets, $4,000 (LilikalanD.
Recommended.
For roads in Kona and Kohala, $25,-
600. (Pulaa). Tabled.
For roads and culverts, Hilo, Homo
Iii, Wainaku, Puueo. etc, 1850.
Oewis). Recommended.
For culvert, Kumunuiaike, $4,000.
Gewis). Recommended, reduced to
$4,000.
For road from Volcano road to Hoo
lulu park $4,000. Lewis). Disallowed.
For Kawiki road $4,000. Lewis). Rec
commended, reduced to $4,000.
The Health Committee reported fav-
orably on Resolution 100, recommend
ing that government physicians be paid
salaries as provided in Section 16. Ses-
sion Laws 1903.
On Fernandez's bill regarding isola
ton and confinement of suspects.
Tabled
On Mahelona's bill to provide proce-
dure and examination in the case Of
leper suspects. Recommended
On Kaniho's bill to permit any person
to treat for leprosy. Tabled.
On petition for the modification Of
segregation laws. Tabled
On Kaleiopu's bill amending leprosy
laws Tabled.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
PAWNBROKERS BILL.

Senate Bill So the pawnbrokers' Ii
cense bill, reducing the license from $50
to $50, was read for the second time by
sections. McCandless protested against
making the time of redemption six
months. He thought that 30 days was
enough and made a motion to that eff
feet. Dickey favored this.
Il think it is quite evident Senators
in the hands of a pawnbroker," said
Dowsett. IF they had. they would
know that the pawnbroker always
looked out for the pawnbroker. When
a man went to a pawnbroker he was
generally hard up, and the pawnbroker
exacted ample security The time for
redemption should certainly not be less
than six months
The McCandless motion was lost, and
Achi moved to strike out the redemp-
ton clause altogether. This was like
wise lost, and the bill passed second
reading. 1t will be read for the third
time today
Senate Bill 10. requiring secondhand
dealers to procure licenses, passed sec
ond reading and will be read for the
third time On Tuesday.
Senate Bill rs passed second reading
and will be read for the third time to-
day
Senate Bill Il. to regulate the pay
ment of license fees, SO that they may
all be paid in one day, passed second
reading and will be read for the third
time today.
Senate Bill so, to repeal old and OBJ
solete laws regarding market days,
passed second reading and will be read
for the third time today.
Senate Bill 80, providing for the de-
posit of public moneys in designated
repositories, was read for the second
time section by section. 1t passed and
will be read for the third time on
Senate Bill 50, providing for the tax
alton of franchises, was read second
time by title and referred to the Ways
and Means Committee.
Senate Bill 81, relating to internal
taxation, was read second time by title
and referred to the Ways a"d Means
Committee.
Senate Bill! 80. to provide the means
for maintaining a Chinese hospital in
Honolulu. was READ second time y
Me ans Committee
Senate Bill SO, relating to the taxa
ton of leaseholds, was read second time
by title and referred to the Ways and
Means Committee.
Senate Bill 4S. the license bill, was
read second time by title and referred
to the Ways and Means Committee.
Dickey presented the petition of the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association OPP
posing any change in the Sunday law.
Referred to Sunday Law Special Com
rnittee.
He also presented an invitation from
the same association to the Senators
to attend the Sunday law mass meet
ing. The invitation was filed, and the
Special Sunday Law Committee was
advised to accept it.
Also, Dickey presented a protest from
Central Union Church against any
change in the Sunday law. Referred
to the Special Sunday Law Committee.
The Senate then adjourned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13
DINING ROOM RUGS.

BY the Alameda we received
large shipment of grass rugs.
They are of all sizes, all coiors,
and Of many figured designs. We
got them in such quantity and at
a price that will permit them to
be sold low. They are just the
thing for the dining room or den,
are artistic, and, although cheap
as regards price, are not cheap in
appearance,
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J.HOpp & 60 .
FURNITURE.
SWELL IRON BEDS

The steamer Hawaiian brought
US a big shipment of beds-an the
way from the manufacturers in
Chicago. Some are all brass, and
some colored with heavy brass
trimmings. These are high class
beds, similar to the iron beds
seen in the swell suites of the
hotels. They are much superior
to the iron beds usually sold
here.
We have fine beds in the vernis
Martin finish.
Cribs, with high sides, and all
brass.