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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

MIR. VIII. Geer of the Columbia State
is in the city.
Mr.. Geo. w. Copeland visited at Clin-
ton this week.
Mr.. John M. Gray of Youngs was in
the city Saturday.
Mr.. j. H. Maddox of Honea Path was
in the city Thursday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming Jones spent
Saturday in Greenville.
Miss Maggie Clardy is at home from
her school near Donalds.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. C. Fleming leave
today for visit to Atlanta.
Mrs. j. w. Taylor of Princeton is
spending the week in the city.
Miss Lillian Irby goes to Columbia
Friday for visit to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Parks of Green
wood was in the city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Sweeney of Ware
Shoals were in the city Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. P. Minter spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Columbia.
Messrs. P. Clark and j. William
Smith of Kinards were in the city Mon
day.
Misses Lawrence Culbertson and
nf r,,l1 -
the city this week.
Mr.. W., r. Richey attended the ses-
sions of the United States court in
Greenville last week.
Mr.. w. F. Medlock and Miss Madge
Medlock of Dials visited in the city
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Eugene Boyd returns to Green
wood today after spending week in
the city with relatives.
Miss jeanette MacFarlan of Philadel-
phia arrived Friday to spend sometime
with her sister, Mrs. j. l.. M. Irby.
Mr.. James f. McCuen and family
of Piedmont visited relatives in Laurens
and Gray Court during the past week.
Mr.. Chas. A. Bowden of Atlanta has
accepted the position of superintendent
of the Crescent Company S overall plant.
Mrs. j. H. Sullivan and Miss Jennie
Sullivan attended the Greenwood Musi-
cal Festival last Wednesday and Thurs
day.
DIR. and Mrs. Halle Young of Clinton
spent Sunday and Monday in the city
the guests of Capt. and Mrs. T. j.
Duckett.
The Hendersonville school, Sullivan
township, will close the present term
next Friday with picnic which will be
given at Tumbling Shoals.
Messrs. L. H. and T. Mac Roper of
the county left yesterday with the Lau-
rens party for New Orleans. Before
returning they will visit relatives in
Texarkana and other points in Texas.
Johnie, the eight year old son of Mr..
Travis Pitts of the Laurens Mills had
the misfortune to break one of his arms
by falling across a rail on the C. N. &
l.. railroad track near the mill store
last Friday.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
LAURENS BOY GOES
TO REFORMATORY,
Robert Noffz of Cross Hill Pleaded
Guilty in United States Court to
Charge of RObbing POstofiice.

Greenville, April "a. In the United
States district court Wednesday Robert
Noffz, of Cross Hill, Laurens county
was sentenced to two years imprson-
ment in the government reformatory
at Washington Noffz is about eighteen
years of age and is an American of
German parentage. He pleaded guilty
to an indictment of having robbed the
postofice at Cross Hill, and of having
forged the postmaster's name to blank
money orders which he used to obtain
a large amount of goods from mail
order house.
A liver makes a lazy man. Burdock
Blood Bitters is the natural, never fail
ing remedy for a law liver
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
Forty Seven Years Ago

Today in Greenville forty-seven years
/ago the Piedmont was covered with a
mantle of snow and ice. Cotton. was
killed and seed brought fifty cents per
bushel. The staple was selling at 43
cents. The price in the fall of that year
was eight cents.
This statement is based upon the re-
collections of one of the proverbial old
est inhabitants. Greenville News
April 10th.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
KINGS DAUGHTERS
CONVENTION CALL.
Annual Meeting to be Held
in LaurenS.
MAY s TO III INCLUSIVE
Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis of the Inter.
national Order Expected. Laurens
Members Entertain Delegates.


The recording secretary of the South
Carolina Branch of The Kings Daugh.
ters and Sons has issued the following
call for the annual convention:
The Tenth State Convention of the
South Carolina Branch of the Inter.
national Order of The Kings Daugh.
ters and Sons will be held in Laurens,
May 9Th, 9th, 10th and 11th. The Con
vention will be called to order at P.
M, May 9Th. All members of the Or
der in the State are most cordially in
vited to be present. All Circles are
urged to send delegates. All fees both
international and State must be paid
one month before the Convention, or
the Circle will not be entitled to vote.
According to our Constitution ten or
sentative in State Convention by its
leader and one voting delegate, and
one additional voting delegate for
every additional ten members. A
Circle having ten members will thus
have two votes in the Convention; one
having twenty members, three votes;
larger membership entities to larger
representation.
The Convention will elect State
Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treas
urer and Executive Committee. Mat
ters of Importance to the State work
will be voted upon, among others, a
resolution to amend Art. vi, Sec. III
of the Constitution, notice of same
having been given at last annual Con-
vention. This amendment reads u:
"The Executive Committee shall hold
three (9 meetings year, r,-one just
before the Convention, one after the
Convention, the third in November, -
at this meeting the State to defray the
expenses of each member who does
not reside in the resident city of the
State Secretary"
1t is expected that the International
Order will be represented at the Con-
vention by Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis.
Convention delegates will be enter
tanned by members of the Order in
Laurens during the Convention.
A general attendance of the mem
bers of the Order is desired.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
Senator Mcleod Accepts Invitation.

State Senator Thos. G. Mcleod of
Lee county has accepted the invitation
of Supt. N. M. Salley to deliver the adj
dress at the commencement exercises of
the City Schools, Friday, May 25. Sena-
tor Mcleod has taken high rank in the
state Senate and Laurcns is clated
with the prospect OF hearing him speak.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
County Teachers Association.

The final meeting for the current
school year of the Laurens County
Teachers Association was held on Sat
urday.
Mr.. r. w. Nash, president of the as
sociation, presided and quite an inter-
esting programme was executed, Prof.
III. B. Dominick of Fountain Inn,
Prof. B. Y. Culbertson of Madden and
others participating in the discussions
of the various school topics.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
Revival Services

The first of series of revival SER
vices was held at the First Methodist
church last night by the Rev. H. G.
Scudday. Mr.. Scudday is accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Nellie Scudday
who is quite noted soloist.
Services will be held each day at Q. a.
m. and 8. p. m.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
Those Umbrella Sheds.

Foreman of Construction L.. s. Nc
Kinley of Augusta with force of
workmen is engaged in CONSTRUCTING
those much talked.of umbrella sheds at
the Laurens passenger station.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
Trinity School Closes May 4.

Trinity school, taught by Miss Lucia
Barksdale of this city, closes the 4th of
May with picnic at Trinity Church.
DR.. Robert P. Pell, president of Con-
verse College, and Mr.. j. p. Saxon of
Huntington, this county, will make ad-
dresses and in the afternoon Barksdale
and Trinity will play a game of ball.
The public is invited.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25

Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's a bottle of DIR.
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises,
sprains. Instant relief.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
GRAY CoURT.OwINGs INSTITUTE.

Interesting Programme TO Be Rendered.
Thursday Evening. Speaking FRIDAY.
Gray Court Owings, April "a The
following is theprogrammc of exercises
at the close of the Gray Court -Owings
Institute, April 1921, inclusive:
THURSDAY NIGHT $50
Prayer.
Introductory remarks.
Song Gathering Flowers in Nav.
Drill Brownie
A Play "Ihc Country School"
Drill Doll.
his Father. ''"
Drill The Little Patriots.
FRIDAY, 1890 a. NJ.
Addresses by Mcssrs. a. G.. Todd. of
Laurens, c. L.. Bleasc, of Ncwbcrrv
ana w. a; Cooper, Of Laurena
DIR. -. M. Potcat, president Of Fur
man man University, is also expected ON
this occasion.
This is the season of Hstlcssncss
headaches and spring disorders. Hol,
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is q sure
preventative. Makes YOU strong and
vigorous. 30 cents, Tea or Tablets.
Ask your Druggist.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
DR.. KilIiGgsworth Heard From.

A telegram received here yesterday
from DR.. w. S. Killngsworth of Vaca-
vile, Cal, states that the people of
that city were uninjured by the earth
quake, although they are within 65
miles of San Francisco. Dr. KILLINGS
worth is a native of South Carolina. -
Sundays State.
The above is gratifying news to the
many friends of DR.. Killingsworth in
this section, THE ADVERTISER.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25

Twenty pounds standard granulated
sugar for one dollar at Red Iron Racket,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25

All smart up-to-date women of to dav
Know how to bake, wash, sing and to
Without these talents wife is N. G.
Unless she takes Rockey Mountain Ten
Ask your DRUGGIST. '''
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25

conservatively estimated at a hundred
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
THE PENNSYLVANIA SCANDAL.

The first thrust of the Investigating
committees probe into the affairs of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
brought about more startling revela-
tions than even the inquiry into the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
While the ,Equitable's 100000 policy
holders formed very large and in
fuential class of citizens, they are
greatly outnumbered, and the interests
vastly exceeded by those affected by
maladministration of one of the great
trunk lines of the country. After all
comparatively few of us have policies
in the Equitable, while full moiety
of our whole population must have
business relations of more or less fire.
quency with line which connects IL
| of the greatest cities of the country
and which is one of the main arteries
| of commerce for the densely-populated
section in which are New York, Phila.
| delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Pitts.
| burg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo
Columbus. Indianapolis Chicago, and
| st. Louis.
The inquest was first started to de-
| termine the relations OF the PennsyI-
vania to the coal mining companies
but the first witnesses developed such
| widespread, all-permeating corruption
and wrong-doing that the investigation
could not be limited to that field. grea'
as it was. Unlike the Equitable, the
criminal malyersation was not in the
narrow circle Of the head managers
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

sion Committee. enjoining them to Sc
crecy for the time being, because al
that time. as stated, the amendments
had simply been promised by the Com
mittee on Appropria tons. / am happy
to say that the Committee kept faith.
unanimously reporting the amendments
to the House. and both the House and
the Senate passed them, and they are
now the law of the land 1t was evil
dent to me that 1t would be useless to
have our Committee on Pensions go to
Washington, and l so advised, but al
the same time 1 notified the Chairman
thereof, the Rev. Bernard Kelly, Of
Kansas, that If he or his Committee
differed with that view of it he had full
power to call the Committee together
in Washington any time he saw fit. i
told him in the Sc me communication
that 1 realized. by the course we had
felt constrained to pursue, that l must
of necessity relieve the Committee on
Pensions from all responsibility at our
next Annual Meeting, and take the
whole of it upon my own official shoul-
ders. 1 do so now, and in closing this
communication have only to say to you
my comrades, that in what we have
done. and in the course we have taken
we have acted according to our best
lights. 1 shall go to Minneapolis to rem
der an account of my stewardship with
not be able to report very much accom-
pIished in the matter of pensions. we
shall at least be able to report quite
step taken forward toward securing the
desires of our comrades, and L am
sorry to say it has been many lone
day since at any Annual Encampmen'
we have been able to listen. to any re-
port of positive progress made OF any
degree whatsoever.
In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty
faithfully yours-James Tanner, Com
mander-in-Chief.
Official: John Tweedale, Adjutant,
General.
Undoubtedly the n-Chiei
and the distinguished comrades he call
ed into his council have done all that
was possible under the circumstances
and they deserve the grateful apprecia'
ton of the veterans everywhere fol
| their efforts. The incorporation of Or
der rs into the law of the land was d
decided benefit. practically and theoreti,
! cally Practically it made the allowance
of a pension to every veteran, at 62,
vested right, which may not be dis
| turbed by any official, high or low. The
whole CT the pensions under the act oi
June 27, 1890. were put on better basis
theoretically a great gain was made II
the progress toward a service pension
which is bound to come, and that soon
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

SO far these have not been directly
involved, Though there is no telling
what may develop even tomorrow. 1T
is the set Immediately beiow-the men
who come '1info direct contact with
the business public. who control the
furnishing and distribution of cars,
the use of wha'rves. docks, and other
facilities. making of rates. etc. etc.
These hold The fortunes of the patrons
of the road Ia the hollow of their hands,
and can make one man rich and bank
rupt anotheF all their own free will.
There are no words OF astonishment
adequate to the boldness and ua-
scrupulousness5 of their procedure
Unchecked, unregulated, uninspected
by their superiors. they have filled ur
like ticks upon the blood of the busi-
ness community. and men of small
ability and standing become enormous.
ly rich in a few years.
Much has been said In the past about
corruption in political life, but the sum
of all the allegations would make quite
a poor comparison with the aggregate
ances within a few years.
What makes the exposure the more
astounding Is the high standing the
Pennsylvania has heretofore main-
tanned. 1t has been looked upon as
having attained the utmost perfection
of corporate management Everything
about it savored of wisdom, efficiency
thoroughness, far-seeing enterprise
and excellent internal discipline. Ere
quently 1t has been asserted by those
seemingly competent to judge that the
Pennsylvania was the best-manageC
corporation in the whole world. The
public has unhesitatingly accepted
this as the truth.
The inevitable question occurs. 81
the Pennsylvania's underlings are un-
disciplined plunderers of the public
what must be the condition of thing
in other railroad companies of less re-
pute?"
The regulations of Mr.. Cassatt. th'
President, and his highly-paid, highly
rated Vice Presidents are perilousl!
near the breakers which wrecked Alex
ander, Hyde, Depew and many othel
shining pillars of finance. Either the!
did not know of the fagrantly evi
courses of their subordinates. and werr
grossly unfit for their positions, or theI
did know of them. and were accom-
plices.
We are promised a thorough house
cleaning. The management of thu
Pennsylvania promises it, as the fore,
of public opinion compels them to
The stockholders are aroused. and de
manding it in a way that dare not b,
denied. The State authorities promiS
IL. and party exigencies will compel 1t
Congress viii in, all likelihood take de
cisive action. The Pennsylvania and it
lines operate iniat least 10 States. which
makes its management National mat
fer
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
A MOST IMPORTANT "RIDER."

The President is daily adding to his
amazing reputation for doing things"
One of the most startling was the re-
cent addition to the Agricultural ap-
preparation bill of rider-the Bey-
eridge amendment. There are reams
of inside history" connected with this
which the public may never know, as
1t is net intended it shall. Some time
ago Mr.. Sinclair wrote book, "The
Jungle" which is novel, but con-
tains a whole lot of stunning pictures
of the conditions in the Chicago pack
ing houses. The President read this
book and was deeply impressed by it.
He brought the matter to Secretary
Wilson's attention, who sent commits
sion of investigation, but the President
went further and sent Messrs. ]. 3.
Reynolds, a prominent social worker,
and Charles P. NeilI, the Commissioner
of Labor, to personally look into mat
ters for him. They made an oral report
of the conditions that they discovered
and these were horrifying. If pub
lished they would injure the meat busi-
ness frightfully and the President,
calling some of the packers to him,
pointed this out to them, telling them
that if the matter were made public it
would ruin their business at home and
abroad The packers were not SLOW
to recognize the force of what he said.
and agreed to accept any sort of an in
spection law that he could have formu-
lated. They were impelled to this
ready agreement by the knowledge that
Sinclair is at work upon another book
which goes much more fully into the
subject.
The result was an inspection law put
as a rider on the Agricultural appro-
priation bill and passed by the Senate
without a word of discussion, and il
will go through the House in the sane
way. Heretofore the inspection has
stopped at the gates of the packing
houses, but hereafter every. piece OF
meat will be followed clear to the can oI
the refrigerator. 1t will involve an ex-
pense of five or six cents head Oh
each carcass, amounting to millions ol
| dollars in the course of year, but tht
| packers will pay this and pass it or
to the consumer The Government has
provided Inspectors for meat which is
to be sent abroad and paid them ou
| of the general fund. but the new In
spectors viii be paid by the packers
and consequently there will be enough
employed to meet all their opera
tions. The Agricultural Department!
inspection has, therefore, been limited
| by the amount of money which Con
| gress would appropriate to pay for in
| spection, and the smallness Of the nun
Der has seriously hampered our foreigT
meat trade. Under the new law a
many men can be employed as the bust
ness requires. and there will be an as
| surance that every piece of meat passe
under vigilant eyes from the stock
i yard to the consumer.
The National tribune., 1906-05-31
PENSION ROLL DECREASING.

There was a net loss of 2,153 names
from the United States pension roll in
the month of April of this year. leaving
9S7,S06 pensioners of all classes on the
roll of April so. The net loss of the
civil war soldiers and sailors was 2,1S6,
leaving 669.672 survivors of the civil
war on the roll April so. The total
loss by death of pensioned civil war
soldiers and sailors was S,1S4 for the
month.
The total loss from all causes during
the month was as follows: By death.
1918; by remarriage, 10: minors by
legal limitation, Sc; by failure to claim.
So; from other causes, 20.
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

Judge Smith Mcpherson, CT the Unit
ed States District Court, refused an in
junction while sitting at Kansas City.
Mo-. which will have far-reaching i'm
portance. The Harvest King Distilling
Co. had asked that the American Ex-
press Co. be restrained from refusing 10
transport packages destined to Missis-
sippi. The Company's action was based
upon a recent Mississippi law imposing
a heavy fine upon anyone bringing
liquor into Local Option Counties. AL
ready there are $500 packages of liquo,
billed for Mississippi, and IL the Com
pany were to deliver these it would
render itself liable TO fines aggregatinp
S2,500,000. Judge Mcpherson denied
the injunction, holding that the actor
of the Mississippi Legislature in passing
the law was within its rights, and thai
the express company could not be com.
PEELED to do an unlawful act. This /.
an important modification of the orig.
inal-package decision of some years ago
which gave some of the Prohibition
States in the North much trouble j
will make the DRY Counties in Mis-
sissippi drier than any that have eve:
been known.
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

The last British garrison on the con-
tinent of North America was Withdrawn
last week from Esquimault, and now
there is not a single British soldier on
duty anywhere from the Isthmus of
Panama to the North Pole. Canada
has undertaken the duty of garrisonins
all of her forts and strongholds win
Dominion troops. and she can well af-
ford to do so, since there is absolutely
no prospect that any OF the defensive
works will be necessarily employed for
half a century at least. The United
States will always remain at peace with
Canada, and no matter what complica-
tions Great Britain may get into with
other powers. there can never be a
menace of an attack upon CANADA
which would involve in its train of con.
sequences the probable assistance of The
United States.
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

Senator McCumber resents the allega-
ton that he injected a little joker
into the Rate bill which will defeat ITS
effectiveness. The charge is that by
changing the word regularly" to law
fully" common carriers would be en-
abled to disregard the orders of the
Commission. The Senator strongly denies
that the change will have the effect al
legged, and says It is an insult to the able
lawyers who discussed the bill to as
sumo such a thing.
The National tribune., 1906-05-31

Last week Senator Aldrich, the Re-
publican leader in the Senate, said that
he thought Congress would be able to
Canal bill is the only measure which
may cause protracted debate The Pure
Food bill is not expected to consume
much time. The conferees on the State
hood bill win either reach an agree
ment at once or disagree and throw the
whole question over into the next ses-
sion. It is expected that the Railroad
rate bill will be out Of the way within
10 days. The Santo Domingo treaty is
regarded as dead and not susceptible
of revival during this session.