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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-19
BARNEY CABLES
HE'LL BE THERE

Barney JOY cabled to st. Louis Col
lege Alumni Association that he
would be there with the boys
There" means at the dance arranged
for by the association, at the Alex
ander Young Hotel on Friday even
ing. when the guests of honor will be
the big Hawaiian pitcher and the
Coast ball team.
1T was expected a member of
the Alumni said yesterday, that the
victorious St. Louis baseball team
would return from Japan on that day,
but Barney is deserving of as glorious
a welcome and reception as the mem
bers of ~the team had they returned.
So the Young roof garden will be
the scene of joy and merriment on
Friday evening.
Music for the evening will be fur
nished by the Kaai Glee Club and this
ensures one and all a good time
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-19
AN INQUIRY ANSWERED.

A gentleman at Bembesi, Rhodesia,
writes to inquire where Chamberlain
Cough Remedy can be procured He
says he has learned Of the good effects
resulting from its use, and as children
in that locality are often subject to
coughs, he desired to give 1t a trial.
This remedy may be procured from
any store or chemist. For coughs,
colds and Group there is nothing bet
ter. and as it contains no injurious
substance it can be given to the small
est child with perfect security. For
sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith &
Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-19

will meet Thursday afternoon at 3
O'Clock in the z. NJ. c. A. gymnasium.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15

long IS they kept the keys, and when
/ gino and Edgar Wilson the situation
showed no Improvement for the
State. This vile and Shiny accusa-
ton IS its own refutation- No hon
, est man who knows me can be made
| to believe that during the time / was
! Governor / ever Incorporated a
| dollar of the States money. I never
handled any of the public money ex-
cept when counted it in the State
treasury, as | was required to do by
law
No brother OF mine handled any
of the public money except Walter
McLaurin, the year he was warden,
and every dollar he received as war
den was faithfully accounted for and
| turned into the hands of the State
treasurer, ex-officio treasurer of the
peritent1ary. No honest man be-
lieves that he ever misappropriated
a dollar of the States funds, and no
truthful man will ever make any such
insinuation."
This extract appeared in this paper
with several columns of items from
State. exchanges. credited to the
Southern Sentinel. Calling it the
"Hera1d's article" will be recognized
as pretty far fetched. But as we are
credited with it, and as it is used in
an interview designed to bring the
editor of the Herald under the ban
of all honest men, we will not sh;rk
the onus so falsely imposed Of the
Senator's deceased brother, Walter
we regret to speak But when this
grave is used as shelter for a cow
ardly defamation, we are warranted
in showing that this extract did him
no wrong. To do this we will say
no more than that after his death. a
Delta planter and lessee of convicts.
exhibited to us letters from a certain
lawyer, calling for payment of
Thousand dollars due the estate of
the late warden, for services claimed
We will give the name of this planter
and this lawyer, also, provided Sem
ator MoLaurin will cite his authority
or controlled by the railroads. If we
could be filled of scaly transactions
in the late Walter McLaurin's war;
denship. If it is failing in respec.
for the dead for such things to be
said. let the blame rest upon his
own brother where it belongs-on the
traducer of the living, who has called
forth truth as to the dead.
mo honest man who knows me"
says this pinnacle of purity, "can b.
made to believe that during the time
I was Governor I ever misappropri- |
ated a dollar of the States money"
True 70 the trirkSter natur. here we }
have claim of integrity rested on
the denial of thing not charged. |
But how about the notorious Wealth |
ers capitol plan; and its sinister cham
pionship by the Governor; the pub !
lished impeachment of his veracity |
by the Speaker of the House and the
Lieutenant Governor: the open signs
and talks of deals and pulls to secur,
its adoption which drove the legisla-
ture to reject it in the confident be-
lief of its rottenness; to pass a bill
taking appointment of the building
from Governor who
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15

try had heretofore paid for the rail-
road company, the hostility of .he
Herald toward me was intensified.
The Herald, and many other State
papers, condemned the bad faith OF
this decision, as to the taxes OF 1886
1907 inclusive; taking for our text
the dissenting opinion of Judge
Woods. We criticised the judges
and the revenue agent, with some Sc
verify. As to McLaa1rin, then Cover
nor, he was never thought of in this
connection. Why should he have
been? What is meant by his lawful
authority?" to influence the court IS
decision in great law suit? What
can he mean by such assertion? Pre-
sumably our courts are independent
and untrammeled, in reaching their
conclusions. Here we are told that
McLaurin, the Governor, vested with
the power of appointment and reap
pointment, FUSED the authority of his
office to show them what was "a
fair and impartial decision" Vino
was this authority used" upon. and
how-2 What can Chief Justice Whit
field, the sole incumbent of the old
court, who wrote and delivered this
decision, think of such an aspersion !?
The story is just another falsehood
blinded by the intent of degrading
the Herald, and parading himself in
stolen plumage, Senator McLaurin
has witlessly slandered the supreme
court judges.
The claim Of the Governor for any
share of the credit in this decision is
no less impudent than it is calumni-
GUS So far from being entitled to
credit for the recovery Of sthe
millions of just taxes, he was
employed by the railroad, as we have
been informed and believe to lobby
in favor of bill in the legislative ses
sion of 1000, to compromise the
amount of the States claim. as de-
creed in this 'fair and impartial de-
cision." We will give the name of
our informant upon this matter, II
Senator McLaurin will cite us to his
authority for stating that the Her
aid is owned or controlled by the rail
roads. We have been further told
that had Revenue Agent Adams been
guided as urged by Senator McLaur-
in, the "plain people" of the State
would have been juggled on: Of all
but a million dollars OF the same;
that he first sought 20 deceive Mr.
Adams by saying ne had refused a
retainer in the case. ard that he urg-
ed compromise for the reason that
there was to be a United States sur
pIetne court judge appointed which
he feared would result in reversal of
the decision. As the decision had i
been rendered unanimously, this sniff !
ty statement met with the ,
disbelief and rejection it in
vited. If this this statement |
is not true we will accept correction |
from Mr. Adams, as to- that part of |
it in which his name is used. If he |
does not correct it a statement will |
be in order from Senator McLaurin |
should he make denial naming |
the person who offered the retainer.
and which he declined
We quote further from Senator
McLaurn's attack upon the Herald:
"There is this extract in the Her
AIDS article: Everybody knows the
McLaurin brothers had feast as
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15


valued supporters. Congressman
Williams will not Be charged As
tainetd by railroad influence. In the
heated canvass when he was first
elected from this district, the Herald
was his supporter. The same may be
said of Governor Vardaman Both OF
them were opposed by Senator Nc
Laurin and all his clan. In short, in
the words of the poet, "the lie is all
a lie a pure connection of falsehood
while the branded s1anderer who has
uttered it is known far and wide as
the greediest seeker after railroad fa-
vors in the State. His insatiate thirst
for passes, until the recent rate law
which issue he lodged until its re-
cent enactment was certain-is pro-
verbal.
Here We might rest this article;
but for Senator McLaurin's fabrica-
tons of how b. incurred the ennity
Of the Herald First he says: when
| was inaugurated Governor I was be
smirched with the praise of the Her
aid until I separated its editor and
his eonfreres from the levee board
thereby saving thousands of dollars
to the people of the levee district"
The alleged Separation of the ed
tor OF the Herald from the levee
board IS an unb1ushing falsehood-
he had left Grecnville year before
and was no more interested pecuniar
ily in levee matters than the man who
utters it. AS to Saving money" the
record will show that McLaurin's ap-
pointees forthwith raised the salaries
of levee officials. and that never since
that Adelbert Ames was there SO cost
ly an administration There is a
humorous feature about 01r said
'Sconfreres some of them-which
me may here pertinently interject
They had supported McLaurin for
Governor and had urged the Herald
editor to join in the procession. Al
though there was but shadow of OPP
position. we refused stating that We
knew him to be a shyster and be1iev-
ed him to be boodler, and would
not touch such pitch. Equally hcti-
tious is the rest OF the quoted pas
sage. We are proud to say that Nc
Laurin's administration, like that Of
Ames, earned scant praise from the
Herald editor; and not vestige, as
our files which are open to all, will
show, in this period when Senator
1h III says HC WAS
with it. On the contrary, he was re-
peatedly criticised, as our files will
also show, in this time; the first oe-
casion being his message March 3rd
asking the legislature to prohibit
gold contracts; a piece of demagog-
uery that even a free silver legis1a-
ture would not treat seriously.
The following count in the indict-
ment of the Herald will ha read wifi,
a feeling of amazement at the moral
of the man who could fur
nish such proof of his own baseness
again, when I used the lawful au-
thority of the governors office to
see that the State had fair and inn
partial decision of the question of the
liability of the Y & NJ " Railroad
Company for taxes, which they had
ong shirked, and which they were
continuing to shirk, which resulted in
4 decision holding that company to
millions of dollars of just taxes
which the plain people of the coun-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15
COMES BACK
AT McLAURIN
CAPT. McNEILLY, EDITOR OF
THE VIcKSBURG HERALD
ABLY DEFENDS SELF
Editor Replies to the Senator in I'm
mistakable Terlns-Shows Him Up
in many Different Phases - The
End is not ct

Senator A. ]. McLaurin's attack
on The Herald through certain pa
pers last Sunday, and which were re-
produced in these columns Tuesday
last, was in the very best and most
typical style of Mississippi's most
remarkable junior Senator. Its al
legged provocation was that the Her
aid had INDUCED in "unprovoSed
abuse Of him. AS a matter of TACT
his distinguished name has scarcely
appeared in the Herald since he was
Governor. In recent years by the
outward signs his senatorship has
been a side5how to his criminal law
practice; notices and interviews in
the Jackson papers when he was go
ing to or from the courts being
about the only evidence that he was
in public life. AS he was motor
iously a cipher in Washington, his
absences from there have called for
no criticism from the Herald 80 far
as we recall. the last mention it had
Of him was of his engagement in the
defense of the late Sergeant Dave
Pickett; who was indicted for cru
city to convicts. AS this abuse
was in December, 1905, the fiction
of his plant is plain. The sole
specification he advanced in substan-
tiation of the charge of unprovoked
abuse is the Herald's reproduction,
April 18th, of an article from the
Southern Sentinel; which he says we
copied "after having it published in
that subservient paper" This slur is
left to the Sentinel to take care Of.
And as to the imputation on the
Board of Control in said article,
which the aggrieved Senator charges
up to the Herald, it is thus intro
duced: "The following is an extract
taken rom a speech recently deliver
cd in Newton by Hon. F. N. Thomas,
candidate for Governor" The Mis-
sissippi Senator treats this extract as
if nstigated by the Herald though or
iginating in the Sentinel; the fact
that the real author was Mr. Thomas
he suppressed. The unblushing men
daeity of this specimen of deceit, is
only equaled by its transparent stu-
pidity. AS to this extract it may
be said further that the statements
and conclusions of Mr.. Thomas upon
the record OF the Board of Control,
with which Senator McLaurin joins
issue, are derived from the official
report of the State revenue agent.
Having shown that the Senator's at
tack is, in its alleged cause a sham,
that he has, in thuth, been given no
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15

provocation for the Hbelous false
hoods he has lodged against the Her
aid, we will cite two circumstances
which betray his real motive Recent
ly Jackson scribe gave out that Sci
ator McLaurin was going to butt II
on the canvass; warm personalities
were predicted between him and Go,
ernor Vardaman; meeting was an
nounced between him and Scott
where Exciting scenes" were to BIZ
expected It was asserted by the clar
positively, that he was going to taks
the stump for Truly. Doubtless sucf
assurance was given that protector
of the State from Dago peril Motor
lously a gutter, whose courage, like
that of Bob Acres, has the habit OF
'oozing'' away, when the time of per-
Torrance comes ON, the Senator
Truly obligation seems to have
dwindled down to a slanderous at
tack on the Herald:
So much for the motive of the at
tack upon the Herald. AS to the at
tack itself, We will be pardoned for
dealing somewhat plainly with acct
sations SO widely published that seek
to make the editor of the paper infa-
nous. So long as the falsehood OF
being owned by the consciencless
public service corporations, the hnan-
cial pirates who are robbing the peo-
ple,' was only peddled out by Truly
and Brewer, it was not thought worth
denial It was thought to be dero-
CATION, indeed, of a record that has
been an open book in this State for
over forty years to SO dignity charges
from them; charges such as no ger
tleman and no scoundrel had ever
uttered before. But when the libel
has the endorsement of a United
States Senator the case is different
albeit he simply makes three of this
pair of arcades ambo
"A lie which is all lie may be met
and fought outright,
But lie which is part truth is a
harder matter to fight"
1t is our fortune to contend with
that (which is all lie In meeting it
we have only to say that it has not
single flament of fact or a color of
on which to rest. We
are charged with seeing everything
ley Railroad Company" that we
oppose and never oppose anybody
the railroads support"
The Herald readers will bear
out the assertion that we have
the Valley road with more
frequency and more severity than any
other paper in this city; or we may
say in the State. In the strictest
and broadest sense neither this paper
nor the editor ever asked, or ever re-
ceived, dollar or dollars worth
Of favor. or special consideration
from any railroad company Or other
whatsoever; and, of
no orders or directions, as to-
The men we have supported for office
The late Senator George was a just
man, but he did not love railroads, asl
any one will perceive who reads the
article in the State Con-
stitution which he shaped and which
he said, to us, he had as much at
heart as the elective franchise arti-
Gle. It will not be questioned we
we're among the most trusted and
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15

rested under common distrust; nam
ing the commission, with Honest
John M. Stone as chairman, IN the
bill. all corroborated by the dead
give away of the executive veto of
the plan adopted by the legislature
Of the numberless circumstances
pointing to corrupt dealings and rad
rating from the executive office, one
only is cited. A certain big contract
Arm was VIGOROUSLY putting up"
for the plan After its rejection tjs
Herald published, on the authority
of the agent for said firm, that his
first expense check was drawn on
the desk of the Governor for $3.50 600
in consideration for work for Wealth
ers plan; and in favor of one of the
, Governors brothers to whom the
check was delivered A challenge
for contradiction of this accusation
was published challenge that was
never taken up. Poor Weathers.
When he, some years later, went in
to bankruptcy, he attributed his fail
ure to the terrible drain on his hnan-
ces made by the fight for the Wealth
lers plan. In his schedule of assets
on file in the bankruptcy court at
Memphis is an item of ten thousand
dollars charged as an asset against
the State of Mississippi for failing
to adopt his plan This ten thous
and represents the dough he paid
out. in cash in attorney fees and lob
bying, etc. Would Weathers but
name names, unfold the secrets OF
this prison house" what rafting OF
dry bones would there be
Senator McLaurin calls the quoted
reflection upon the integrity of his
brothers "a vile and Shiny accuse
ton Let us see further as to this
The Herald of July Ist 1906, pub
lished lengthy communication COM
pillng and tabulating the contents of
the State revenue agents report on
State farm receipts; the same report
that Mr.. f. N Thomas quotes from
as stated above. The Herald CORES
pendent demonstrated from it that
during the McLaurin adminisfra-
ton the State was defrauded, Hby
graft or negligence of about $4,000
in cotton seed held out by the con-
vict 1essees. OF this sum II. J. Nc
Laurin. one of the Senator's brothers
was charged with over $1,000. This
was called an apparent error" i'll a !
Jackson special. which McLaurin
claims to be able TO explain away"
He, too, denied something not
charged. The actual accusation has
never been denied or Explained" To |
this day it sands as the Herald cor
respondent stated it, from the reve-
nue. agents report; as money with |
held from the State by negligence or
graft"
Senator McLaurin says: "When
recommended to the legislature the
to the people of an
to the constitution for an
elective judiciary the Herald"s wrath
was further intensified" This is an
other stupid falsehood. AS State
Senator Noel, the author of the
amendment, will remember, the Her-i
aid supported it,; we could produce
of editorials from our files
to this effect Never a partisan of
60.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15
U. c. ". Officers

The Grand Camp, United Cor
federate Veterans, have reelected
its general officers, as follows:
Grand ommander-GeneraI Ste
phen d. Lee. of Mississippi
Lieutenant General, Department Of
Virginia-General c. Irvine Walker,
OF North Carolina.
Lieutenant General, Department q
Tennessee-General Clement A.
Evans, of Georgia
Lieutenant General, Department Of
Trans sippi-General w. L
Cabell, of Texas.
All of the officers were chosen BY
acclamation
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15
A Real Wonderland

South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges
and strange natural formations. is a
veritable wonderland At Mound
City, in the home of Mrs. E. d.
Clapp, a wonderful case of healing
has lately occurred Her son
seemed near death with lung and
throat trouble. "Exhausting cough
ing spells occurred every five minutes
writes Mrs. Clapp, when I began
giving DR.. Kings New Discovery,
the great medicine. that saved his
life and completely cured him"
Guaranteed for coughs and colds,
throat and lung troubles, by all Drug
gists. soc and Sr.oo Trial bottles
tree june
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15
WEEKLY COURIER JOURNAL
-and-
THE GREENVILLE TIMES
Both One Year for ONLY Sa.ro

The presidential election is ap-
preaching. Times have changed.
That is all. Mr.. Watterson is a Dem
ocrat, and has always been a Demo
crat, never a Republican. Essential
differences out of the way, Demo
Gratis are getting together. The
Courier-Journal is going to support
the ticket. And there you have il.
Send your order for this cOmbina-
ton to us-not to the Courier Jour
nal. The regular price of the Cour-
ier-Journal alone is ONE DOLLAR
A YEAR.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15
LYON PACKET COMPANY
River Schedule
Effective March 9, 1907

10NI-VV NNa CH y IyO/'
Str. Speed" leaves Greenville daily
al $50 a. m. for Luna.
Leaves Luna daily at 4 p. m. for
Greenville.
Str. "Luella Brown" leaves Green
vile daily. except Sunday for Sunny
side at 4 p. m. Saturday at 3 p. m.
Monday morning at 7. a m.
Leaves Sunnyside daily at a. m,
and Saturday at 4 p. m. for Green
Vile
Connecting with the M. R. H. &
w. Railway at Luna.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-06-15

Continued on page six.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02
Mrs, Georqe B. Stafford.

Mrs. Nellie f., wife of George b.
Stafford. died 1T 10 O'Clock Friday night
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Steward on Madison avenue. She had
been in poor health for the past year
and death was not unexpected. Her
age was 81.
Mrs. Safford's maiden name was
Libby and she was born in Augusta.
The family moved to this town in 1882
when Mr.. Stafford commenced his du-
ties as superintendent Of the keena
Brothers shoe factory and have lived
here ever since. She always took an
active part in the social life of the
town, was q member of the SkoWheGan
Woman's Club and of Russell Relief
Corps.
Beside the husband one daughter,
Mrs. Agnes S. Steward. and two
brothers. II. s. Libby of MclroSe,
Mass, and William Libby of Kankakce.
H., survive. The former was here at
the time of her death. Both her par
entS are dead.
The funeral will be held at II A.
NJ. Monday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Steward. Burial will he in the
South cemetery. The services will be
attended by Rev. Il. b. Merrill. pastor
of the Island avenue Congregational
church, which she attended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02
Peter Ouiac.

Peter Dulac passed away ~ his home
Saturday morning after a few weeks
illness at the age of -. Mir. Dulat
was born in st. GEORGES. CInaua. com
ing here over 80 Years ago. He entered
the employ If Hon. =. \. Eyc over .,
wears ago. the first Year eruin% into the
woods rs chopper Hy his ability AND
faithfu!nrSS he soon gained place
in charge. of Il crew. He was able t
handle men and was Very successful
He was an exceptionally good man
with tools. He was competent 10 make
carts. SlrdS and all things required for
use in the woods. During his later
wears. he was in the employ Of IL" :
4. Nyr Manufacturing CO. here. rs
tcamStcr and carpenter. Mr. Nyc gives
EXPRESSION to these words. He was
the best man that ! ever had work i"I
me in my life"
y widow. three sons, GcorG" Peter
and Joseph. and one daughter. Mrs. J,
T.. Butler Of Watcrville. survive.
The funeral services Will be held at
. O'Clock Monday morning at tn"
Sacred Heart church, Rev. i. \. Jouvin
OilicihtinG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02

The board of directors Of the First
National Bank met at 100 o'clock Sat
urday morning for the purpose of
clecting a president in the place Of AL
bert II. Weston, deceased. Hon. T.. II
Page, formerly cashier was the unan-
imouS choice of the board. Mr. WtS-
ton was also one of the directors ana
the vacancy caused by his death was
filled by the election of Forrest II
colby of Bingham. Bin w. Page was
elected as temporary cashier. There il
no doubt but what the appointment
will be made permanent at the annual
meeting of the directors if not before
Mr.. Page is at present treasurer of the
SkoWhegan Savings Bank and a meet
ing will be held this week by the trus-
tees to appoint his successor. The new
director, Mr.. Colby, is well known
throughout the county as Il lumber
man and is the agent of the American
Realty Co.