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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-09-11
TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.

All persons indebted to the estate of
w. G. Neville, deceased, are hereby
notified to make payment to me at once.
Persons having claims against said es-
tate should present them to me, duly
authenticated, within the time pre-
scribed by law.
Virginia A. Neville.
EXcrtriX. .
Clinton, S. C. G-3t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-09-11
Notice Of Election.
School District No. 7, Sniliyans
Township.

An election will be held at B~rcwcrton
Academy, School District No. z, SulIi-
vans Township, Thursday, Sept. 10Th.
1907, 70 decide whether a tax of three
It3). mills for school purposes shall be
lcVied and collected in said District.
Those in favor of the tax will vote
yes, and those opposed "ao." Re
glstratlon certificate and tax receipt
are requirements OF electors to vote.
1T is ordered that the Board OF T'rls-
tees shall act as managers Of said cleo
Ton, which shall be conducted accrdinr
TO the rules governing general cleo
tons.
Polls will be open from z a. m. to q
p, m, BY order of the Covnty Board
OF Education of LauleIs county.
4, w. Nash, Chairman,
r.. A Dobson,
70. l.. ID. Elledge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

Few people know that grizzly bear
can give points to any other carniv-
orous animal in point of strength. A
grizzly bear weighing just four hun
dredweight has been watched carry
ing a heifer of more than two-thirds
it's own weight for two miles up the
most steep and rugged mountain side,
and this without pausing one instant
for rest The grizzly bear is the lar
gest and most powerful of all the bear
tribe, but his cousin. the cinnamon
bear. runs him very close, and the big
white polar bear though not really so
dangerous "A customer, is capable Of
performing the most extraordinary
feats of strength
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
Giving ImnreSSiYelY.

There are diversities of giving as
well as of gifts. To give little with a
grand air sometimes seems to make
more of an impression than to give
much modestly. The world has not
changed in this respect Samuel Pepys
wrote, in his DIARY" in 1860: "There
was great number of merchants and
others Of good quality Cat dinner) on
purpose to make an offering Ito two
newly married servants), which, when
dinner was done, we did, and | did
give 10 shillings and no more, though
I believe most of the rest did give
more and did believe that | did so
too
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
A BRIDGE CURIOSITY.
Odd Structure In Mexico Built OF
Solid Mahogany.

As mahogany is among the most cost
~ woods in the world. it may we'll be
inferred that this tropical material is
not very extensively employed in the
construction of buildings, etc. A bridge
constructed of solid mahogany is GER
tainIy q rarity, curiosity. There is
one. claimed to be the only one in the
world. built of that material. This
structure is located in the department
If Palenque, state of Chiapas. republic
of Mexico. This district lies in the eX-
IRENE southwestern part of Mexico,
IT," TIE boundary line of Guatemala.
This mahogany bridge is constructed
ent.rey o: that valuable wood except
some !"ya supports, braces and nails
hat are necessary The bridge spans
~, RIO N.-hol. and its total length, in
t,t j~g approaches, exceeds $50 feet,
,-l..i> tie width is fifteen feet. 1t is
~ beth teams and pedestrians,
I'll. although somewhat rude and
primitive in construction, it is very
sr,ssta:.tial.
Noae of the timbers of the flooring
were sawed. for in that region there
are no awmills, but were hewn and
spills.
In that section of old Mexico there
are several very large rubber planta-
tons. and mahogany trees are quite
common. In clearing away the tropical
forests for setting out the young rub
Der trees the mahogany growths are
also cut down and removed. As this
wood is quite abundant, some of it was
used in building the bridge.-American
Inventor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
LUNCHEON WAS EXPENSIVE
Instead of Is Francs 1t Really Cost
10000 Francs.

instead of Is Francs 1t Really Cost
10000 Francs.
One day three friends in Paris were
taking a walk together.
II should like to have an exquisite
lunch" said one of the three.
81 should be satisfied with lunch"
said the second, (which is a little short
Of being exquisite"
"And l." remarked the third one,
SHOULD be content with any kind of
lunch"
Unfortunately none of them was pos
sessed of the necessary money. Pres
emily one of the trio was struck by an
idea. He led his friends to a music
publisher and made him an offer:
"Buy from us a song This gentle
man wrote the text; that one set it to
music, and | shall sing it, as | am the
only one of us with a good voice.
"Well, sing it for a trial." replied the
publisher.
The young man complied, and the
paid II francs for the song, and the
friends fastened joyfully to a restau-
rant
The author OF the text was Alfred
de Musset the musician was Monpur
and the sinner Dupre The song, which
was bought and paid for with Is
francs. THE Andalusian Girl" yield
ed the publisher 10000 francs. --Har-
per's Weekly
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. Tt contains
the specifce. such as pare tar, ex-
tracts of gum, etc, etc, which have
been so highly endorsed for the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by tho great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry aud racking cough in
the morning The diseased parts
want rest, neanng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief, Small
bottles % cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
IS cents. At Frost & SPIES.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
Convicted by Sleep.

A Paris woman who was arrested
for picking pockets and who pretended
to speak an unknown language be
trayed herself in her sleep When
brought before the magistrate she was
Intercepted by Turkish, Russian. Pol
ish and Hungarian interpreters, bu1
none could understand her, although
one believed she spoke little known
dialect of Persia The magistrate was
not convinced and ordered her to be
kept in the prison infrmary under
strict surveillance. In her sleep the
woman talked fluent French, with the
true Partisan accent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
MEANINGS OF CALDER.
Either the Diameter of q Gun or Its
Length Divided by Diameter.


Length Divided by Diameter.
There is surely no word in the no.
menclature Of guns, big and little,
which has caused and is causing so
much confusion in the lay mind as the
word caliber.
The confusion arises chiefly from the
use of the term in an adjectival sense
to indicate length, as when we say a
80 caliber six inch gun.
The word caliber as applied to artil-
lery signifies essentially and at all
times the diameter Of the bore of a
gun. A gun, then, of six inch caliber
Is gun whose bore is just six inches.
For convenience and because the
power of a gun when once it's bore has
been decided upon depends so greatly
upon it's length, artillerists are in the
habit of defining the length of the gun
in terms of the caliber
The six inch rapid fire gun, as mount
ed On the ships Of the navy, is trife
under twenty-five feet in length and
is therefore known as a 80 caliber gun.
In the case of small arms the caiiber
is expressed in hundredths of an inch,
as when we say a % caliber or 80 cali
Der pistol, meaning that the bore is
% or 80 of an inch in characteristics
entific American
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

In 1897 | mad a stomach disease.
Some physicians said Dyspepsia,
some Consumption One said I would
not not live until Spring. For four
years existed on boiled milk, soea
biscuits, and doctors prescriptions.
I could not digest anything I ate;
then I picked up one of your AL
MANAGES and it happened to be my
life-saver. [ bought a fifty-cent
bottle of KODOL and the benefit I
received from that bottle all the
gold in Georgia could not buy. In
two months [ went back to my work,
as machinist, and in three months
[ was we'll and hearty. May you
live long and prosper. &C. N. Cor
nell, Roding, Ca, 1906. The above
is only a sample of the great good
that is daily done everywhere by
Kodol For Dyspepsia. 1t is sold
here by M. M. Sweet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
The Last Word.

"Having the last word" said a naval
officer. reminds me of story I heard
not long ago. A certain man died. and
clergyman was engaged to offer a
eulOgy. This worthy minister prepared
a sermon of exceeding length and
strength, but just before he entered the
parlor to deliver it he thought that it
might be advisable to learn what the
dead mans last words had been. So
he turned to one Of the weeping young
er sons and asked:
"'My boy, can you tell me your ia
TIERS last words?'
"'He didn't have none,' the boy re-
piled. Ma was with him to the end"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
THE MEXICAN OCELOT.
A 0reat Jumper Is This Strange Lit
tie Spotted Jungle Cat.

tie Spotted Jungle Cat.
One of the most interesting animals
of the new world and yet one of which
little seems to be written, even by
sportsmen who have spent much time
in Mexico and the Central American
states, is the ocelot, the strange little
spotted cat Of the dense jungles OF
tropical parts Of the two Americas.
They are not nearly SO heavy as the
average lynx of the eastern woods and
are infinitely lighter on their feet.
They run with the greatest agility up
and down the almost perpendicular
trunks of trees and follow a crippled
bird out on limbs too slender, it would
seem, to bear the weight Of the par
rot, let alone the cat. Parrots are the
ocelot's principal food, and their hunt
ing is done almost altogether by day,
though, like all the cat: tribe, they are
thoroughly at home in the blacklist
night.
The parrots which they hunt fire.
quent the thickest of forests, coming
to the ground only in the rare open
spaces and along the banks of the
many small streams where they drink.
In order to follow them it is necessary
that: the ocelots be great jumpers, and
so they are. When / was following
the hounds through the southern Cali
fornia hills after wildcats and an oc-
casional mountain lion 1 was wont to
say that the latter was the greatest
Jumper on earth. The ocelot has any
mountain lion that ever walked beaten
a block, length for length land weight
for weight.-Forest and Stream
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
AbSentminded.

La Fontaine, the famous fable poet,
was most absentminded man. Meet
ing one day in a saloon young man,
he was so favorably impressed by his
conversation that he expressed his adj
miration for him in the most f1attering
terms. But he is your own son." ex-
claimed a guest in establishment as
it so?' replied the poet ''Then I am
the more delighted to make his ac-
Quaintance.'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

The Census Taker-Your name. mum ?
81 don't know"
BEG pardon, num-"
1--WE been divorced. At present my
name is Mrs. Jones in this state In
several states it is Miss Smith, my
maiden name, and in three states it is
Mrs. Brown, my first husbands name
'This your residence, num-"
Il eat and sleep here, but 1 have a
trunk in a neighboring state. where l
am getting divorce from my present
husband
''Then you're married at PRESENT.
I'm married in Texas, New York
and Massachusetts, divorced in South
Dakota, Missouri, Alaska. Oklahoma
and California, a bigamist in three
other states and a single woman in
eight others. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
A Remedy.

"For some time past I've been buy
ing dozen eggs every week at this
store, and 1 Invariably find two bad
ones in every dozen. Something's got
to be done about it," said an irate
ibousekeeper.
"Weil," said the new clerk naively
and with quiet smile, "mebbe if you
fonlv bought half dozen you'd only
ne bad e''-Grocer'S Literary
tie
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
Weak Women

To weak and ailing women. there is at least one
way to help. But with that way, two treatments.
must be combined. One is local. one is constitu-
tional, but both are important both essential.
DR.. Shops Night Cure is the Local.
DR.. Shops Restorative, the Constitutional.
Theformer-Dr Shops Night Cure-is topical
mucous membrane suppository remedy, while Dr..
Shops Restorative is wholly an internal treat
ment. The Restorative reaches throughout the
entire system, seeking the repair of all nerve.
all tissue, and all blood ailments.
The Might Cure, as its name implies, does its
work while you sleep. 1t soothes sore and infan-
ed mucous surfaces. heals local weaknesses and
discharges. while the Restorative. eases nervous
excitement. gives renewed vigor and ambition.
builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed
strength. vigor. and energy. Take DR.. Shops
r TGblets CT II. - e.31aral tonic
RI t,54 eeyl For positive Olal ne. H. Use as wall
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
1t Lasts.

Then man writes a proposal Of
marriage to a woman he has written
something that will last forever. A
woman never destroys a letter that
contains an offer OF marriage.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

Hard Luck.

"Why does Baron Hoffman look so
detected Iatelyw
"Haven't you heard? He married a
rich widow not long ago, and now a
banker has absconded with all her
money! Meggendorfer Batter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14

To live long it is necessary to i've
slowly.-Cicero.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-14
Badly Tan GIed,

The Census Taker-Your name, mum
81 don't know"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
MAHOOL NAMES AIDE
GOldsbOrOugh to Be Secre-
tary to MayOr-elect.
T1mANUs STRONG UPTOWN
Both Baltimore Candidates support
ed by Independents-SpIit Gives
Retiring Mayor Best OF Argument.
WOrkEngmen Strong for Successful
CRndidate-Numsen Runs Ahead.
.scial to The Washington Herala.

Special % The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Md. May Mayor-elect ].
Barry Mahool announced tonight that he
will appoint as his secretary, A. 5. Colds
borough. one of the rising young orators
of Baltimore Democracy. Mr.. Colds
borough is chief clerk Of the first branch
Of the city council, and has been secre-
tary Of the Democratic Taxpayers Asso-
ciartel. which managed Mahools cam
paIsn. Mr.. Goldsborough's addresses in
the late and other campaigns have at
tracted widespread attention. and many
think he is a coming figure in Maryland
politics. Before taking up Democracy,
he was d newspaper editor He is ma
tive of the Eastern Shore. where he is
widely known. He is a lawyer
Since the regular Democratic and Re
publican votes in Baltimore city are aNout
evenly divided there was much interest
to-day TO ascertain how the Independent
roll. the balance of power, was cast. It
was conceded that both Mahool and Tt
manus were men Of clean records, each
backed by his organization. The Inde-
pendents split. the greater number vot-
ing for Timanus.
That the mayor carried such indepen-
dent wards as the Fourteenth and Six
teenth, and held Mahool down 10 very
small plurality in the Eleventh, is evi-
dcnce that many of the citys independent
voters supported him. The returns seem
to indicate that. but for the mayors per-
sonai popularity, and the general feeling
that hc had given a good administration
yesterdays election would have been a
worse defeat for the Republicans
Timanus ran betteS han MahOol in the
uptown wards, but Tell OF 1900 votes in
tie workingmen's wards in South and
East Baltimore, where IL is believed, he
was knitted by the Wachterites. X was
South and East Baltimore that gave Ma
hool his majority.
George y. Numsen, comptroller-elect
ran 5000 ahead of his ticket, owing TO his
popularity and the German vote. and the
fact that his opponent Tattersan was
cut both ways. He left the Wachterites
TO accept a regular organization nomina-
tiOn. and both factions slashed him.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
MISS LANDsTREET WEDS.
Great-granddaughto of Andrew
Jackson Is Richmond Bride.


Richmond Va, May o.-An interesting
wedding. solemnized at G o'clock this
afternoon at the home, on Park avenue.
OF air. and Mrs. John Landstreet. was
that of Mr. Landstreet's daughter, Miss
Martha Landstreet, % Mr. Robert J.
Wiuingham, of Richmond.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Or. Robert WillIngham, father OF
the groom, assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Robert Forsythe, rector of ST. Paurs
Protestant Episcopal Church, and pastor
of the bride.
A reception. attended only by relatives
and close friends of the couple, followed
the ceremony, after which Mr.. and Mrs
WmiHgham left for a wedding journey
North. Upon their return they will live
In Richmond
The bride is a daughter of Mr. John
Landstreet. a prominent Richmond tobac-
conist, and a niece of Mr.. Fairfax Land
street, of Baltimore, vice president of the
Western Maryland and West Virginia
Central railroads Her maternal great
grandfather was President Andrew John
son. and she has several gowns worn by
her grandmother, Mrs, Patterson, while
presiding at the White House during her
fathers administration.
Among the invited guests from out Of
town were Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfax Land
street and Mr.. ana Mrs. Andrew Byrd
of Baltimore; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Sharpe,
Mai. Gen. George ". Davis and Miss
Elsie Davis, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Martin, OF Washington; Mr.. and Mrs
Lindsay McCandlish. Of Reading. Pa;
Mrs, John Coleman Marshall and Mrs
Gouchenour. of Greeneville, Tenn, ana
Miss LandStreet and Mrs ". B. Ne
Candlish, of Piedmont Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
DISAPPEAR WITH YOUNG GIRL
Two Clifton Forge Men, Charged
with Abduction, Denied Bail.
Victim Returns Home Unable TO Ex-
plain Absence-Is Daughter of
c. & o. Conductor.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Clifton Forge. Va, May S-A. J. Robin
son and J. r, Simpson were arrested here
last evening and given a preliminary hear
Ing to-day before the mayor on the charge
OF abducting fourteen-year-old girl. the
daughter Of a well-known Chesapeake and
Ohio conductor. Both men were sent to tho
grand jury. Bail being refused. they were
remanded 10 jail 10 await regular trial at
the July term of the Circuit Court.
The girl disappeared with the two men
Sunday afternoon. returning home Mon
day morning. She was unable, however.
10 give clear account Of her absence.
As Robinson and Simpson were last seen
With her. they were promptly arrested.
with the result as stated above. other
charges are expected 10 be made in the
case Simpson has been employed for
some time as fireman on The Chesa peake
and Ohio. Both prisoners are residents Of
this place.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
MARVIN INQUEST ON MONDAY
Finders Of Lads Body Want to Ex-
plain Apparent Mystery.
storm Water FIOated Corpse to Pre-
ViOuSIy Searched and Burned
over spot of swamp.

Dover, May S.-COrOner Joseph Gallo
way spent the day in Dover arranging
the details of the inquest into the death
OF Horace n. Marvin, ir., which is now
set for Monday morning. 10 allow Bac-
teriologist Robin ample time TO complete
his report The inquest win be called
promptly al 10 o'clock in the Kent County
courthouse. and will consume two days.
Franklin F. Pleasanton and his son,
Oliver Pleasanton, are very anxious 20 be
set straight before the jury upon very
valuable point of testimony. When the
boys body was found last Saturday. after
a nine weeks search, and only one-third
of a mile back of the farmhouse, both
Pleasantons stated very positively that
the spot where the body was found had
been carefully searched by both Of them,
and if the body had been there they
would have found it.
Doctor Marvin and Superintendent
Bearce, of the Philadelphia Pinkertons,
had also burned the grass almost at the
very spot. This testimony they de-
clare stilI stands and they viii stick to
il. and the statement made to detectives
that they had not thoroughly searched
the pool and that they may have missed
him, is also true. They claim that there
is a hitherto undiscovered deep place at
the southeast extreme of this marshy
place, and that at the bottom OF that the
body was imbedded in the sand. They
only searched il with long sticks. Friday
night the heavy thunder and rainstorm,
however, stirred up and hoated the
childs body, so this testimony viii show,
starting il northeast until It had 1Oated
into only seventeen inches of water.
where IL stuck and was found.
This is how it happened. they say. to be
found at the same spot where they had
searched and burned grass before
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
BOXING IS UNLAWFUL.
John l.. and Partner Unable to Spar
for Benefit of Spectators.

John L. Sullivan's innOCuous exhibit
ton at a local theater this week when.
after his monologue, he goes on with
his sparring partner. Kid Cutler. brings
to mind most forcibly the decadence of
the general interest in pugilism, and
even amateur boxing.
The laws in Washington are so strict
at the present time that all Sullivan
and Cutler are allowed 10 do is to
simply put up their hands and show
FIVE or six of the principal leads blocks,
and counters in boxing; but even these
are interesting despite the fact that
the blows are not delivered.
On the other hand take the condi-
tions when Sullivan went on his nine
months tour of the country in 1883
meeting all comers. In that tour he Of
fered $1,000 to any man who would last
four rounds against him. absolutely
nobody barred. An incomplete record
Of the battles was kept and showed
that 1e0 men accepted the chance to
gather a lot of money in q bunch. but
not one succeeded. although u large
proportion Of them were seasoned pro-
fessional prize-fghters, and some had
even contemplated challenging Sulu.
van for the championship. This tour
IN which Sullivan went through the
country like a raging lion willing to
fight anybody or anything for any
amount, gave the sport of the squared
circle a prestige which IL IS only los
ing now as the result of the trickery
of boxers Of the O'Brien type and man
ayers Of the Billy Nolan stripe. John
PLAYED no return dates. a foe he had
once beaten never tempted fate again.
and when Sullivan was at last defeated
by Jim CoTbett in New Orleans in 1892
he was man enough 10 acknowledge the
coin. and never demanded a second
chance
The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
FIGHTS TICKET sCALPERS.
Baltimore and Ohio Gets Injunction
in United states Court.

Norfolk, Va, May s-The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. through its counsel.
Thomas " Shelton. has secured an in
junction from Federal Judge Wadden.
temporarily restraining the Norfolk ticket
scalpers from buying, selling. or, In any
way, dealing in non transferable tickets
issued by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, or by any other railroad or trans
p1rtation company.
Accompanying the bill Of complaint was
an affidavit sworn TO By John F. Apple
tor. Of Baltimore, in which he declared
that he had purchased from one Of the
fourteen Norfolk defendants non-trans-
fer0hle ticket issued In favor of another
person. Judge Waddell viii hear argu-
ment on June on a motion 10 make per
manent the temporary injunction against
the ticket brokers.
This action in the Federal Court fol-
lows "a similar injunction secured by
other lines in the state Court where
argument is 10 be heard before Judge
Prentis on May q for a permanent in
junction