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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
For Prohibition.

I notice in the Clinton Chronicle an
appeal to the Prohibitionists to meet at
Laurens on December IL, to take ac-
tion on the liquor question.
l bid you God-speed in the work un-
dertaken to arouse men to their duty,
to come forward and stand firm for
prohibition. Why not everybody vote
against the sale of intoxicants? Surely
we can all see the evil of it. Should
we not all strive to stamp out every
evil we can for the future generations?
verify believe that God, who made
us, requires it of all who profess His
name. l know men who claim that
they would have voted against the dis
pensary at the last election, had it not
been for the fact that they believed
the movement was gotten up to defeat
the dispensary because Tillman favored
it. l consider that a weak excuse. l,
too, have voted for Tillman, but don't
feel that that is any reason why I
should not vote prohibition. / have
boys that l hope to see grow up to be
noble men some day. Haven't you,
dear reader, some boy, or brother or
father that you are interested in; that
you would like for all such temptations
to be removed out of their way? We
can all help in this great cause and no.
BILE work. Some say we can't have pro-
hibition-but why can't WEI If you
vote for it, and vote for it and every
one else votes for it, what else will we
have? Blind tigers? They can't sell
without buyers, and surely nobody
would vote for prohibition and then
buy the stuff from blind tiger. That
would be bigger hypocrite than the
devil needs.
believe that one great obstacle in
the way of prohibition is the so-called
moderate drinkers and they are usually
church members. How can we hope to
improve the morals of our people when
officers of the church and lay members,
men of high reputation, stand around
the corner and, when they think no one
sees them, dodge in and get bottle of
liquor, stick it under their coat-tails
like they were stealing it, and slip out?
If it is right to drink whisky, why do
men try to hide it? Is it not because
their conscience tells them that it is
wrong? Paul said: If meat make
my brother to offend, will eat no flesh
while the world standeth, lest l make
my brother to Offend" And now,
reader and moderate drinkers, if whisky
will cause our boys, our fathers, our
brothers and our neighbors to get
drunk, debauch themselves, ruin their
homes, fill drunkards' graves and lose
their souls let's not only abstain from
drinking, but let's all meet at Laurens
on the 18th, as requested by our Chris
tian brothers, and see what can be done
by united band of loyal citizens and
Prohibitionists. Let us be ready, by
the help of God, to vote for prohibition
the very first opportunity. May God
help everyone to see his duty in this
matter. S. J.T.
Clinton Rid.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
DIR. HUGH X. AIKEN
ELECTED CASHIER
Annual Meeting Bank OF
LaurenS Stockholders.
OTHER ELECTIONS.
DR.. Aiken Chosen TO Succeed the Late
MIR. w. p. Caine-.Begins New
Duties Jan. |.

AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Laurens, held
yesterday morning, the old board of di-
rectors, consisting of o. B. Simmons,
w. r. Richey, DR.. H. K. Aiken, r. B.
Bell, l.. H. Wilson, w. E. Nash, J. H.
Sullivan, Frank Hammond and r. T.
Dunlap were reelected,
At the subsequent meeting of the
board of directors the following officers
of the bank were re-elected President,
y. b. Simmons; vice president, H. X.
Aiken; assistant cashier, j. j. Adams;
solicitor, w. r. Richey. DR.. Aiken
was also elected cashier, which office
was made vacant by the death of Mr..
w. p. Caine. He will assume his du-
ties after Jan. 1st, 1908. The Bank of
Laurens was particularly fortunate in
securing.a successor of Mr.. Caine. DR..
Aiken is not a native of Laurens, but
when he was ready to enter upon his
life's work he selected Laurans as a To-
cation and all the days of his manhood
have been spent here. Since he adopt
ed this as his home he has done his full
share towards its development. He re-
tired from the practice of his profess
sion some years ago and has devoted
to business and while yet very
young man has made remarkable sue
cess. AS president Of the Chamber uf
Commerce his labors continue indefati-
gable for the development of his town
and county.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
Death of Miss RODer.

On the Sd inst. Miss Maude Roper,
the 19-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. Roper, of the Hickory Tav-
ern section, and sister of the late
Mrs. r. w. Nichols and Mr.. l.. r. Ro-
per, died at the home of her parents,
from an attack of fever. The burial
service, conducted by Rev. E. C. Wat
son, took place on Wednesday at Ra-
bun Creek church.
Within the past few months the ha ID
of affliction has been laid upon this
family in a peculiarly distressing mai
ner, and much sympathy goes out to
them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
STATE DISPENSARY
BOOKS AUDITED
The State of South Carolina Has Lost
Thousands Through Management of
the Big Institution.

The Columbia State Thurs day morn.
ing contained over four columns de.
voted to the report of the American
Audit Company on the bookkeeping OF
the State Dispensary. This report,
largely statistical, goes into details and
proves that many thousands of dollars
annually were lost to the State of South
Carolina. The State says:
"That the State eff South Carolina
lost thousands of dollars, and perhaps
hundreds of thousands, in the manage
ment Of the State dispensary through
the lack of system, through careless
uess, gross neglect and misapplication
of funds, is revealed in the report filed
with the dispensary commission by the
American Audit Company. While the
revelations contained in this report are
within themselves startling. the Audit
company was limited in its investiga-
tion of the assets and liabilities of the
dispensary to live accounts only. They
give it as their Judgment that if a com
plete audit were made of the records of
the institution the errors of omission
and commission brought to light by
them in the investigation just COM
pleted, immense in themselves, ;
would be infinitely small as compared
with those covered up in the closed
transactions of past years.
''The Minute Book of the board of
directors for the year 1905 is missing,
and other records which should have
been on file were nowhere to be found,
which made the task of the expert ac-
countants very difficult. In numerous
instances it was found necessary to
call upon creditors of the dispensary for
duplicate invoices, etc., and to rely up
on them to some extent for informa-
ton which should have been on file if
the affairs of the institution had been
conducted in legitimate, business-like
manner.
"The report of the American Audit
Company contains about $50 pages, and
Is handsomely gotten up. The work of
auditing the books and accounts was
done under the supervision of Mr.. e. A.
Richmond, of the New York office. He
was assisted throughout by Mr.. Charles
Franklin, of the Atlanta office, and at
intervals by other representatives of
the company. While the investigation
was limited in it's scope by the commits
sion, the work done by this company
was thorough and in every way salts
factory to the commission
'The work done by these expert ac-
countants cost the dispensary commits
sion approximately $4,000. but this
amount is more than offset by the re-
coveries made by the commission as a
result of the discoveries of errors and
misapplication of funds which they
made. In other words, the American
Audit Company more than reimbursed
the commission for the investment
made in their employment.
CDR. w. j. Murray, chairman of the
dispensary commission, is expecting
supplementary report from the audit
ing company, dealing with the stock
account of the dispensary at the time
the institution was closed by legislative
enactment"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
DELIGHTFUL MUSICALE NEXT WEEK
Very Clever and Attractive Programme TO
Be Rendered by Amateur Talent.

Everyone should be free from engage
ments the evening of December II, for
that is the date of the Civic League en-
tertainment, which is to be given at
the Graded school building, and will be
well worth attending, aside from the
fact that the money will be used for
the good of Laurens. The musical pro-
gramme will be rendered by several of
the most accomplished musicians of
the city, and will be followed by "Jeru-
sha Dow's Family Album" series of
Giving pictures" with a clever COM
mentary or description of each picture,
which will be given by Mrs. Jesse H.
league, whose clever acting and charm
ing recitations need no word of praise
from u" Prices of admission, adults
25 cents, children Is cents. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
Male Quartette - Messrs. Hicks.
Thomason, Wilkes, Roper.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Lamar Smith.
Violin Duet-Messrs. Frank Nc Gravy
and Dudley Young.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. James Boyd.
Ladies Quartette-Me w. P.
Thomason, James Boyd, H. X. Aiken,
Miss Bertha Wells.
Vocal Solo-Mr. w. P. Thomason.
Male Quartette Messrs. Ford Franks,
Thomason, Wilkes, Roper.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Lamar Smith.
Violin Duet-Messrs. McCravy and
Young.
Solo-Mrs. James Boyd.
'Jerusha Dow's Family Album
Mrs. j. H. Teague.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
The Cotton Situation.

With the supply 1880, 900 bales short
of last years crop; with millions more
of spindles, with spinners realizing SO
per cent. profit; with the demand the
greatest the world has ever known;
with the certainty of an insufficient
supply to meet the worlds demands,
the only thing under the sun that could
prevent the farmer from getting Is to
18 cents for the remainder of his crop
is for him to refuse to demand fair
prices and persist in selling for less.
December 10th. sEsUNIONIST.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
Col. VIM. Elliott Dead.

Col. William Elliott, former Congress
man from the Charleston district, died
Wednesday night near Beaufort, fol-
lowing brief illness.
His health has not been Of the best
recently, and he was resting from work
and spending his time in outdoor recrea-
ton, in the hope of improvement. He
went to Buzzard's Island few days
ago on hunt, and was taken ill and
died before he could be brought back
to Beaufort.
At the time of his death Col. Elliott
was United States commissioners for
marking the graves of Confederate SOL
diers buried in Northern cemeteries.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11

The finest Coffee Substitute eye.
made has recently been produced by
have to boil it fifteen or twenty min
utes. Made in minute" says chA
doctor. ''Hcalth Coffee" is really sne
closest coffee imitation ever vet pro-
duced. Not grain of real coffee in it,
either. Health Coffee Imitation is m lie
from pure toasted cereals or gra Is.
with malt, nuts, etc. Really it wo lid
fool an expert, were he to unknowin civ
drink it for coffee. Sold byJ. M. Pill
pot.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
ANSEL'S DELAYED STATEMENT.
States in Washington That He Will Soon
Decide on Senate Race.

Washington, Dec. Ex-Governor An
sci told the Herald correspondent to-
day that upon his return to South Caro-
lima he will Immediately give out let
ter for publication announcing his de-
termination as to the race for the SEN
ate.
Gov. Ansel is here attending the
Rivers and Harbors Congress, and re-
turns to South Carolina tomorrow night.
Cor. Spartanburg Herald.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
Cotton Ginned to December |,

The census bureau Monday sissuel
bulletin showing that up to Dec |
8,338,85 bales Of this years crop had
been ginned, against total of 1902 :
953 bales last year. The market nd
already advanced and remains firm az
11.50
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
Special lot Mems $1.OO Hats, 69c at
Red Iron Racket.

You will save money if you will &c
our line of useful presents for tle
home, and we will take pleasure in he o.
ing you select your presents.
5. M. d r.. II. Wilkes & Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11

The clock ticks and ticks the time away,
Shortening up our lives each day.
Eat, drink and be merry,
For some day you will be where
There is no Rocky Mountain Tea.
(tree sample at Palmetto Drug CO..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11
Muscular Pains Cured.

During the summer of 1903 was
troubled with muscular pains in the in
step of my foot, " says Mr.. S. Pedlar,
of Toronto, Ont. "At times it was SO
painful could hardly walk. Chamber
lain's Pain Balm was recommended to
me, so tried it and was completely
cured by one small bottle. have since
recommended 1t to several Of my
friends, all of whom speak highly Of
It, For sale by Laurens Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11

Why not give your wife good Cook
ing Stove or Range this Christmas2
Something that is used every day, will
last and be appreciated. Get Buck g
or a Majestic. Sold only by
S. M. 81 r, III. Wilkes g. Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11

Big lot Mems $500 and 1925 Pants
now going at $1.75. Red Iron Racket.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-11

Gray Court, Rid No. /, Dec. TO-
Miss Mary T. Nance addressed large
crowd at Shiloh, Dec. 6. She compli-
mented the work of the shool, and made
some practical suggestions for further
improvements.
The public is invited to attend the
entertainment which is to be given by
the Shiloh school Saturday evening,
Dec. 81. A small admission fee will
be charged, and the proceeds will be
used for school improvements. The
following programme is to be rem
dered:
Mock Trial-"The Great Pumpkin
Case"
a Christmas Acrostic.
Ethiopian Farce Jumbo Jum."
Recitation-''M Molly"
Comedy-'Two of a Kind"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
N. ' AND BOSTON
 STOCKS HOLD BOARD
Conditions Remain Unchanged In CurbS and Locals Are
 Neglected,
CBy Frank J. Graf.)

The unlisted market does not show any improvement over that of yes terday, although most stocks held well when tal1ino into consideration the amount of liquidation done OF the Exchanges. Calumet 6 Arizona opened strong at s175, dropped to STAG, and closed at $176. Superior & Pittsbur~ suffered considerable: at times was offered at s25. North Butte sold heavily the entire day. presume ply by those that were carrying other stocks and were compelled to sell to protect other interests. Butte Coali- tion dropped to s32. the low point of the year. Shattuck during the early part of the market was handled al $40, but toward the close was being sought after at s40@41. Denn-Arizona continues to hold well at S16.75G17, and would not be surprised to see it hold at that figure for a few oays. Local stocks have been neglected to a | certain extent. the attention of the 1 day being confined to New York and Boston stocks. American holds fairly
 well between S16.50 and S17, with last ] sales at S17. Warren is being offered l at Sl4, with no buyers. East Butte 1 holds firm al s13. Greene Consolid- ! ated sold off as low as S27.12. but
 closed at S2S. Greene Cananea must
 have sold heavily the greater part Of the day; at times there were a few
 sales made at SIS, although it did not stay at that figure but a few mo
 ments, closing at S1S.75@19. Globe
 Consolidated holds well at s16ql7. l Closing quotations:
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
SHOOK HELPED PLATT.

CHICAGO, March 6.-CnarSlnS tAd1 the ghost of La Flora s. Baker came back to earth and spirited away 225 shares in the Algoma Nickel company, and aided United States Senator T. c. Platt in the alleged juggling of $30O,- 900 of Wisconsin timber land, James Donovan has injected another sensa- tional feature into a noted case.
 As there is evidence in the court records showing that Mir. Baker died in February, 1894, and that the New York Life Insurance company paid to the children of MT. Baker s2S, GOO in surance, after the burial, MT. Dono- vans story is considered remarkable.
 If La Flora s. Baker Is dead, he has a mighty active ghost" said Mr. Donovan. Since the alleged burial, I have talked with Mir. Baker. He isn't dead and unless the deeds and stock involved in the case are deliv- cred to the heirs and myself, l will have Mir. Baker, along with Tom Platt and a number of prominent citizens, before the criminal court before many
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
MORNING.
TIMING SHELTERS MARkETS
IRON MOUNTAIN
 LATEST FIND

What promises to be one of the biggest discoveries of iron ore ever made in Arizona was brought to light when E. Holden of wickenburg brought to that place some fine spec linens of ore which he had found in a mountain about twenty-eight miles from wickenburg in the vicinity of the Bullard mine. and twelve miles from Eagle station.
 Immediately after Holden had dis closed the location of his discovery there was a rush for the district, and some 100 location notices, in addition to the fifty-three locations made by Holden. were soon conspicuously post ed on the mountain. Despite this, hr. Holden, who is a mining engineer of many years experience, states that there are still many more claims to be had there.
 Speaking of the find, Mr. Holden said:
 It is surprising to me that this i'm. mense body of ore was not discovered before, as there was trail leading di. rectly across the very richest of the ore which is as plain as day, and the croppings would almost talk to you
 Myself and associates have located fifty-two claims and there are as many more to be had. Our Alliance grouI
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
FIRST SHIPMENT OF
 MOUNT TRITLE CO.
Yayapai. County Mine Con tracts for Delivery Of Five
 Tons of Ore Daily.

PRESCOTT. March e.-The Mount Tritle Copper company has made its first shipment of ore from the Dun kirk mines to the Humboldt smelter A contract was let by the company 10 Horace Yeoman for the transpor- daily from the mine to this city for the net three months. The ore will be loaded on the cars here for shipment to the smelter.
 Work on the property Is progress ing satisfactorily to the management and the ore bodies are showing bet ter as the tunnels are being pushed into the mountain on the vein There is large amount of ore in sight. but the company is confining operations entirely to development work and not doing any stoping at present, preferring to await the construction of the narrow gauge railroad from oland to the Lookout mine on Slate creek. which passes within one mile of the mines.
 The Dunkirk produced a large
 amount of rich gold ore after it's dis | covery in the latter eos. Its deyel opment was abandoned by its early owners when the sulphide one was reached. Within the past year a large amount of ore was shipped from it which gave good returns ir gold and copper. values in the red metal showing decided increase a. deapth was gained on the vein. The
 mines are located about twelve miles south of this city on the southern
 slope of Mount Tritle at the head of Slate creek.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07

consists of twenty-six claims, and the ledge can be traced for distance of mile and a half, and is fully 1000 feet In width. There are 0,00o, 900 tons of ere in sight, an first class. the average of which is 6S to 7s per cent iron, carrying values in gold. copper and lead.
 Three thousand feet to the east Of the Alliance group is the Black Dia- mond group, consisting .of-twenty-stx claims, and the showing here is even larger that that of the Alliance, and Is shown up more particularly in a cave about sixty feet deep, all in ore.
 "On this group of claims there are at least 30,000, GOO tons of ore, running equally as high in first class ore as on the entire holdings.
 'I have been besieged with tele- grams from some of the most promi- nent mining people Of the world in the last few days in regard to the property and I expect some very substantial people here in the next five days to look over the property.
 MT. Drake of the Santa Fe has as- sured me that road will be built to the property at once.
 T fully expect that there will be 1000 people rush to the new find with in the next week, and there will be a | regular scrap for holdings.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
DUEY 0 OVERLOOK. Broke. Direct Private Wires to All Exchanges
 Copper Stocks Speciality
CORRESPONDENTS: 7 q CO., MEMBERS BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE VAN. CHICAGO. ME M6ERs ALI ExcHAkoEs.

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  pe ep In un ntd 10 " make money ~G of so oet omeb gain $ O in stocks Somea Q me 7th y numerf f a
 
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Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
TROUBLE LIKELY IN TORDILLO
 DISTRICT
Charged by Neighboring- Com panies That Bell Is Tres passing on Ground-Blsbee Parties Interested.

DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 6.-C. E. Wallace, H. Berkowitx. locator of the Berkowitz mine, J. P. Chase and E. A. Don, all of the Cerro Tordillo mining district, of Sonora, twenty miles south west of Fronteras, are just arrived in Douglas from that district and bring the news of lively squablbe that has arisen there which has the earmarks of a first-class all round scrap involy- ing a bout fifteen different mining properties and some fifty property owners living in Bisbee. Douglas and Cananea.
 Bell in the Field.
 1t seems that c. B. Bell has prop erty in the district, the Rena de Cobre. which has been bonded or wishes to bond to the Shattuck people. He went down to the district few days ago to run the lines of the property in question, and it now alleged by the gentlemen above named, that these surveys being made bring the lines Of every property in the district into question. The district is six miles long by two miles wide. Every one of the fifteen claims in those limits are more or less involved in the dis u. critics are: The Roosevelt Nos. l and 2 fhe Iasefa. La Union Nos. l, 2 and 3 owned by D. A. Richardson. Bob Tate. F U. Armstrong and Joha Will son. the Brooks Consolidated proper ty. the Rena de Cobre and many otn- ers The souabble over the survey had inst started, and from what these neople say 1t is a hot one. They claim that MT. Bell Is placing his mon uments without regard to other monu- ments on patented property. Con siderable development work has been done on some of these properties, showing up values worth fighting Tor. Mr Bells side of the case has not yet heau heard, but when he gets his sur vey finished he will doubtless show uu with his version of the affair.
 Are Prepared to Fight.
 These people state that they are prepared to go into court with tnelr claims and fight the encroachments of Bell to the bitter end.
 Some of us have held this property for years. and we have complied with the mining laws of Mexico in every particular. We have gone into tnls district in absolute good faith, nave refused flattering offers for much ol our holdings and We oo hOt pAOPoS, to be swindled or skinned out O ou- mopertfes. which are as good al any in Sonora, without putting up game fight. Bell must get off oui properties or fight. said mine own CT.
 Like everybody else who has come out of Sonora of late these people hiring news of strenuous activity 1T nrosDectipg and mining. A distric fifteen miles in extent on the wes slope of the Ajo mountains, has beer recently denounced in part. Three big lime mountains northwest o George Dunn's property in the Ajo' have been pretty well covered in th' mast three months Prospectors arr swaraiag into the country and plent, of men with ample backinf are fol lowing close on the heels of the pros pectors with offers of good prices 10 good properties. r
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-07
TWIN SUTTES.

A group Of claims was recently To- cated by Juan Pascal and others about miles west from the Senator Morgan. A good surface showing of copper ore exists and active prospect ing is going on About two miles above the Sunrise group, as the Pas cal claims are known, a force of sey- eral men are at work upon a group recently located by Nabor Pacheco, Jesus Ganzales and A. L. Worseley of Tucson.
 The Calumet & Arizona are inereas- ing their force and are now employing about fifty men on the Red Carbon ate and Amaragosa-
 Ore shipments from the Senator Morgan are increasing.