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COFFEE MARKET.

steady at unchanged to an advance of five points and closed steady net unchang- ed to five points higher; sales IS. 25O bags
 Aueust ........ 5 95 oepttiioeF .'s' eco. 6. % DeCenloor co. .''s ........ 5 q5 lalSi 6. co Nay ...... 6 %
 Spot quiet; No 6 5-16c: Santos No, 4 s%c mild coffee quiet; Cordova e% @19no
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New York. July e.--Butter firm, receipts 6,s4e; creamery specials z3kc. extras 22&c; thirds to firsts 19@22Mc.
 Cheese steady unchanged; receipts p,4s0. Eggs firm unchanged; receipts i2.sos.
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LONDON sTOcK MARKrT
LONDON nTsrouNr . a

London. July s.--American securities opened firm and t to E above yesterday s New York closinK.
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NAVAL srnREs

Charleston. July s.-Turpentine steady. 5Shc; sales none. 'S'
 Rosin steady. Sales none. ABc 7om !si Ss.0oG10; F-G $s.15: H ss 70; r oo; sS.lb; M s5.eo; N Ss s5; wv
 savannah, July e-TurpentIne firm ss%e; sales 7ss; receipts 1. .l4s: shipments
 Rosin firm; sales 4,l1a: receipts s.sa7. shipments 820; stock 115.4ss ABC s2 sn. n sS.o6; P s3 IS: F-G Ss.s0: H ss.sS: T SC. 45; wv ss. 50. ' "o wilmington, July s.-Turpentine steady 37Hc; receipts 20 oNS
 Rosin steady. TO; reciepts 2e.
 Tar firm. e1 50; receipts $50
 S3.75; receipts 7s NS oau
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NEW YoRK rnnnncE.

London, July s.--The rate of discount of the Bank of England remained unchanged today at 2 h per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

NEW ORLEANS COTTON OIL New orleans. July s.-Cotton seed oil: prime Zee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

On the Produce Exchange today the but ter market was steady; creamerIes Jem 2l&c; dairies IT zoe.
 Eggs firm: at mark cases included 15a 16e: nrsts 17c; prime firsts lsc.
 Chease-Easy 10h0I1hc.
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NFw ORLEANS COTTON FuruREs
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON,

New orleans. July s.-spot cotton quiet and easy: sales 37B: receipts 1.762; stock
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1 Sales iHigh.I Low. lcioss l Bid
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CLOSING STOCK HIST
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

tions, which contained sediment. My
husband urged me to try Doan's Kid
ney Pills, and at last l did so. They
did me much good, and / used in all
eight boxes which restored me to per-
feet health"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease Catarrh is blood consti
tutonai disease and In order 70 cure t you
ternally. and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi.
In the country for years and is regular prescription
IL IS composed OF the best toncs known combined
with the best blood purhcrs ting directly on the
mucous surfsces. The perfect combination of the
two ingredients fs what produces such wonderful re-
bults In curing catarrh. Send for testim )nias free
Y. j: CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price CSC.
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

A human act once set in motion
Our deathlessness is in what we do.
not in what we are.-George Mere
dith.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

last Spring and as l
did not know what
was the matter I
kept going down
and down until I
was a physical wreck.
l h ad smothering
spells, flashes of
heat over the kid
neys and pain in pass
ing the kidney secre-
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
to those desiring laxative at once sim
pie, pure, mild, potent and health-giving.
1t Is made OF Herbs. All drug stores.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

Men have no, rights in the world !;
they have only duties.--George Mere.
dith.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

Suit the action to the word and the
word to the action-Shakespe
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02
SPRING KIDNEY TROUBLE.
Wildly Described by One Who Has
Suffered from Il.

Mrs. II. Mutzabaugh, of Duncannon,
Pa, says: II was sick and miserable ali
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

Truth, like rose, often blossoms
upon a thorny stem.-HafiZ.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02
In Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and jngrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery or
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, csc. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Adj
dress A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02

Genuine greatness ia marked BY
simplicity. unostentatiousness. self
forgetfulness, a hearty interest In
others, a feeling of brotherhood with
the human family.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-02
The Wrono Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting before
a window in his country house with
Dorothea on his knees. He was look
ing across the fields with unseeing
eyes, when the lassie broke in on his
reverie with, what are you looking
at, papa?"
Il was looking into the future, my
dear"
THE future, papa! thought it was
into the pasturen Harper Weekly.
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from the source of the Red River to the placer
diggings at the foot of Mount Badly. An abundance
of water flowed in at the head of the ditch; but
a drop ever reached the other end forty miles away.
Evaporation dissipated the precious fluid long be-
fore it reached the golden sands that Maxwell COW
eted, and from which he had expected untold
wealth.
That the first reverse encountered by this
bold adventurer. 1t seems to have deprived him
of his nerve, his enterprise, and his daring; and
from that moment his fortunes steadily declined.
He spared endeavors to prevent the knowledge
of the discovery of placer gold from becoming pub
the whole region soon swarned with prospectors
and squatters These showed little disposition to
accept his word that they trespassing upon
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circumstances that gave rise to grave suspicious OF
poisoning.
Not until 1888 did Reavis show his hand. In
that year he filed petition with the Surveyor Cen
eral of Arizona asking for the approval of the Perata
grant, and supporting his claim with papers that
purported to be the original grant from the King
of Span the deed from Peralta to Willing, and
Vikings deed to him. The land claimed included
of the most valuable mineral and timber
properties in Arizona, that widespread attention
attracted and the general opinion, even on the
part of those whose interests threatened,
that the validity of the grant could not be attacked
On this account, thousands of persons who held
titles under the homestead, presumption, and min
eral laws feeling that they were in imminent dan
ger of dspossession, sought Reavis in order to
quitclaim deeds from him. The Southern
Pacific Railroad paid him fifty thousand dollars for
its right of way across his mythical grant. The
Silver King Mining Company paid him twenty-five
thousand dollars to obtain release of his claims
upon their property. Many hundreds of other cor
porations and individuals paid him sums varying
from few dollars up to many thousands. The
amount realized by him in this manner esti-
mated by some authorities at not less than two
million dollars.
Having squeezed the lemon dry in Arizona
Reavis went to New York, lived at the most ex-
pensive hotels in the city, and scattered money
more prodigally than Coal Oil Johnny or Scot
ty," the Death Valley Croesus, ever dreamed of
doing. Here he conducted a campaign among
noted politicians, with the apparent object, should
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his grant, and numberless suits to determine the
validity of titles were instituted. So long his
the frontier, Maxwell felt quite able to hold his
but he had little relish for the intrcacies of
the law.
He felt that his house of cards was lettering and
took what he doubtless thought the best way of
saving the remnant of his fortune by selling an
English syndicate. The negotiations were conducted
Moffatt-the last named famous mining
magnate and railroad king of Denver, and the
builder of the "Moffatt Road These three men
effected the sale for one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, of which they retained six
hundred thousand dollars commission, and turned
over the balance to Maxwell.
What to do with so much money s. all in bunch "
was something of problem to the deposed feuda1
lord of Northern New Mexico, who was much more
skilled at handling. sheep than greenbacks. He had
difficulty in finding advisers. Through the guild
ance of these. he invested two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in bonds of the Texas Pacific Rail-
road, which proved a total loss. Then he started
the first bank in the Southwestern Territories the
First National Bank of Santa Fe, with capital
stock of hundred and fifty thousand dollars
He supplied all the money, and distributed suf-
cient number of shares among his friends qualify
them as directors. The stock certificates
unique bearing vignette of Maxwell with huge
cigar in his mouth. Although this bank is now one
of the sound and prosperous financial institutions of
the territories, it did not prosper until after Maxwell
withdrew from the presidency and had sold his stock
at an appalling loss Other ventures equally
disastrous, and he died in poverty at Fort Sumner
New Mexico, July IS, 1873.
1t is interesting to note that Maxwe1l's barony
was never permitted to shrink to its original com
paratively trifing proportions. The English syndi
cate to which he sold out in 1870 bankrupt by
1878, and the title passed into the hands of group
of the most consummate and resourceful land
thieves that ever defrauded the Government. In
spite of the unquestionabe fact that the original
grant to Miranda and Beaubien contained only about
sxtysix thousand and of the further admitted
fact that it added to by purchase, inher-
tance, or supplementary grants under the
skful manipulation of politicians, aided by q
all the resources of bribery, corruption, and "
forgery. eliminating in the Squatters' War
of 1887 and 1888, it finally patented for 3
one million seven hundred and fourteen -
thousand seven hundred and sixty-four acres "a
nearly twenty-six hundred and eighty
square miles. q
The Notorious Peralta Case
JAMES ADDISON REAVIS, Baron of
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MEXICO, and Spa1n, each
time bringing back a mass
of new evidence in support
of his pretensions.
After holding up Reavis's
petition for more than six
years, in 1880 the Surveyor
General of Arizona, Royal
A. Johnson, amazed every
body by pronouncing the
original grant and every
document presented in sup
port of it to be palpable
forgeries.
At this stage of the
game, a commonplace
swindler would have given
up, and would have
counted himself fortunate
to escape criminal prosecu-
ton. But Reavis was any,
thing but commonplace.
In 1900 he filed in the
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY 8. 1908

and forgery; and so great were the audacity and
resourceuness of this prince of swindlers that he
Just missed carrying his schemes to a successful
the holders of the Maxwell grant, he would doubt
less have established his title to all New Mexico and
Arizona.
Reavis born in Henry County, Missouri, in
1912 enlisted in the Confederate army at the age
of eighteen, and served throughout the war. Then
he went to Brazil, where he remained for a year;
the unworthy callings of street conductor,
clerk in clothing store, travelling salesman, and real
estate broker. Then he fell in with George M. Will
ing, jr, of Arizona.
little &c known Of Wi11no excen+
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port of some of the shrewdest and abest men in
the country, among them Colonel Robert G.
Ingersoll, Henry NJ. Porter of the American Bank
Note Company, Edwin S. Stokes, and his cousin w.
E. D. Stokes, John w Mackay Roscoe Conkng
and scores of Others equally prominent. In the
meantime he made frequent trips to California.
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The Notorious Pera1ta Case

> Arizona" may have learned something
from the history of the Maxwell Land
Grant; but in comparison with him the
manipulators of New Mexican titles were
raw and incompetent amateurs. Never before
or since in the history of the world has anyone
else built up SO tremendous structure of fraud
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that he was a lilliputian Reavis.
He showed to the latter an
instrument, purporting to have
been executed by the King of
Spain, granting to one Miguel
de Peralta de la Cordoba three
hundred square leagues, or
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all other RESOURCES tail,
of getting a special bill
through Congress con-
firming him in possession
of the Peralta grant.
That he was no ordinary
shyster is proved by the
fact that he obtained the
moral and financial sup
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dUOuC LIIlIC6tH Hu1Iultu I1IOuSd1Iu
acres, of land in Arizona; and what
purported to be a deed, made in
1864, by which Miguel Peralta, of
San Diego County, California, trans
ferred his title to Willing Inves-
legations made long afterward proved
that no such person as Miguel
Peralta ever existed, and conse-
quently that both the grant and
the deed were forgeries. However,
they sufflced to interest Reavis in
the Spanish and Mexican land grants
of the Southwest, and started him
on his "career" In 1875 he accom-
panied Willing to Prescott, and
there Willing died suddenly under
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-01-29
ABsENTMINDED.
A Story Of Bunson, tho Great German
Scientist.

A Story Of Bunsen, tho Great German
Scientist.
In the autobiography Of Sir Henry
Roscoe there is q capital example OF
the observation-disclosures Of Bunssn. the
great German scientist.
He had had his evening clothes put
out that he might attend a card party
to which lie had been invited, but for,
got all about 1t until the next morning,
when his man pointed u that the
evening clothes had not been worn.
And then he remarked to himself, II
know what I'll do" That evening he
put OH his dress clothes, went to the
lady's house ut the appointed time and
walked in as If 1t were the day upon
which he had been invited. The host
ess, much too polite to tell him that he
had mistaken the evening and that the
party had taken place Oh the previous
night, sent to her friends asking them
to come in to play n rubber again.
They did SO. In the course Of the even
ing the conversation turned on absent
mindedness, and Bunsen began to tell
them what had happened to him n
long time ago-how that lie had for
gotten an invitation and how he. had
made UP his mind to go tho next night
and thus he told the party the whole
story, forgetting altogether that he was
giving them an account Of what was
happening at the very moment.
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AN ABLE AND SOUND SPEECH.

The address of Senator Tillman to
the members Of the General Assembly
asst Thursday was the soundest and
hest that we have heard him make at
any time, and we have heard him de-
liver dozens of speeches since he spoke
in the old Academy Grove (now Mr.. N.
b. Dial's place. here in 1887 or 1888.
Perhaps we liked the Columbia address
because it expressed u sentiments
sentiments that we have expressed
time and time again for years.
AS to immigration the senator said
that, with the negroes in a large ma
jority in South Carolina, we must have
more white men. Therefore, he be-
lieved that the State should give assist
ance in money, not standing on the
amount, to efforts to induce white set
tiers. He prefers immigrants from
Northern Europe, but by implication
he said that we would be lucky to get
white men to come here from any part
of the world, though he had no special
liking for the people of Southeastern
Europe. If Congress aids in irrigating
the dry lands of the West, it should aid
in reclaiming the swamp lands of the
South, making them attractive to set
tiers.
Discussing the federal constitution
amendments that enfranchise the ne
gro, he argued that the Southern States
should unite in a movement to bring
about their repeal, declaring that, af-
ter lecturing in all the States of the
Union, he had found that no prejudice
against the South fingered in the North
ern mind except a little in a few per-
sons of the older generation. The
Northern veterans of the war, as a
rule, are friendly to the South. From
observation, during a brief residence in
the North some years ago, we are pre-
pared to agree exactly with the sena-
tors report, and we can see no harm
that would follow an effort by the
South to obtain the relief that the
senator advises. Certainly, as the sena-
tor remarked, the amendments will not
be repealed unless we ask it.
With the exception of his reference
to the war amendments, everything
that the senator said has been said be-
fore, and often in late years. His i'm
migration argument was made about
three years ago by Col. George John
stone, of Newberry. But that has
nothing to do with the case. The sena-
,nr presented the matter in his best
-ty e. 1t was a broad, strong, vigor-
Us address, and it was bottomed on a
comprehensive view Of the interests Of
the Southern white people, not only of
this but of future generations. We
wish that he would repeat the address
in every county in South Carolina.
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A Charming Social Affair.

Mrs. Lamar Smith cordially well
coined the members Of the Fortnightly
Social Club last Friday afternoon and
entertained them most delightfully."-. A
game of progressive "Nations" was
greatly enjoyed and, upon cards being
laid aside, a pretty and delicious salad
course was served on beautifully APP
pointed tables. After refreshments the
Club was called to order by the Presi-
dent, Miss Mcng, for an important
business meeting. Those who enjoyed
Mrs. Smiths gracious hospitality were
Mesdames G. C. Featherstone, r. E..
Copeland, M. L. Copeland, N. B. Dial,
e. P. Minter, H. X. Aiken, j. H.
league, w. H. Washington, w. II. An
derson; Misses Annie Gilkerson, Pau
line Anderson, Lila Hart, Maize Little,
Emily Meng, Agnes Adams, Willie
Jones, Willou Boyd, Bessie Todd. Mrs.
Smith was assisted in receiving by
Misses Agnes Adams and Emily Meng.
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M gl5y!l .
PRESARED INSTANTLY. Simply add boil.
Ing water. cool and serve. Ioc. per package at
all Srocefs. 2 syo Refuse all substitute.

by the coat lapel and shaking him rs
a terrier shakes n rat till two of the
coat buttons flew of, what kind of n
game O. talk dye think that Is to hand
out to a a that's trying to be civil!
and to do the right thing, hey?" And
he shook the truth teller some more.
1--WE a great mind TO take a swing at
you just for luck, and l would for less
than two cents If you didn't look like
some blasted shriveled d~yspeptic that
didn't know any better-talkjng to a
white man like that"
The truth teller left the subway at
his station, shook himself together.
and, the great white light beginning to
shine upon and percolate through him,
he made a new resolution.
"From now on" he mumbled to him
self, "Tm going to outstrip them all In
lying."-New York Cor. Philadelphia
North American.
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SHOULD BE GRANTED.

If we had a vote in the Legislature
we should be afraid to cast it against
granting the appropriation of ten thou
sand dollars for the prosecution of the
persons accused of dishonesty in con-
nection with the late State ~dispensary,
even if we believed they were inno-
cent.
Every man under charges who knows
that he is innocent would naturally de-
sire and demand that the State be re-
aimed in the prosecution by no lack
funds. No innocent nan seeks to
whitewashed. We can conceive of
40 reason that can be offered against
che appropriation worthy of c%onsidera-
zion by a candid man.
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to Terms.


In the Drayton household 1t Is said
that the father Of the family has a
way Of presenting alternatives to his
children that never fails to bring them
into line.
~ wish you would speak to Bobby"
said Mrs. Drayton one night. 1--WE
told him to take his medicine and then
jump into bed, and he won't do 1t. He
just hops around and says he doesn't
want to take the medicine and he
doesn't want to go to bed"
Mr.. Drayton stepped to the door of
Bobby's room and stood there, tall,
grave and impressive.
Bobby" he said firmly, "f you don't
take your medicine at once and then
jump into bed you will be put to bed,
do you hear me, put to bed, without
having your medicine at all."
Upon which Bobby, alarmed and con-
fused, swallowed his allotted portion
and meekly retired for the night
Youths Companion.
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LICENSE
For HaWkers and PeddIers
State of South Carolina, ]
County of Laurens. J

County of Laurens.
BY virtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of South Carolina, there or
providing, the County Board of Com
missioners for Laurens County, State
aforesaid, hereby fix the following
license fees to be paid by hawkers and
peddlers doing business in said county
for the year A. d. 1908, to wit:
For Foot Peddlers, Ten Dollars.
For Peddlers travelling in one horse
wagon, Forty Dollars.
Peddlers in two horse wagon, Sixty
Dollars.
For Vendors Of Stoves or Ranges, for
the first wagon, Sixty Dollars; and for
each additional wagon, Forty Dollars.
Vendors of Clocks, Fifty Dollars tor
the first wagon and Thirty Dollars for
each additional wagon.
Vendors of Lightning Rods for the
first wagon, Twenty Dollars, and for
each additional wagon, Ten Dollars
Peddlers of Spectacles on foot, Ten
Dollars; same with team, Fifteen Dol
lars.
For peddling Sewing Machines for the
first wagon, Fifty Dollars; and for each
additional wagon Thirty Dollars.
For peddling Pianos. or Organs, for
SaSh oiIe iioISe wagon Eighty lJOlldTS,
for each two horse wagon One Hundred
and Twenty Dollars.
All licenses to be issued by the Clerk
of Court and to be of force until the
31st day of December, 1908, as provided
by law.
Done in regular annual session at
Laurens, S. c., this 9th day of January
A. d. 1908.
H. B. HuMBERT
County Supervisor.
MESSER BABB,
County Clerk. o At
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When the stomach, heart or kidney
nerves get weak then these organs
always fail. Don't drug the stomach,
o stimulate the heart or kidneys.
That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre-
scription known to druggists every
where as DR.. Shops Restorative. The
restorative is prepared expressly for
these weak inside nerves. Strengthen
these nerves, build them up with DIR.
Shops Restorative-tablets or liquid
and see how quickly help will come.
Free sample test sent on request by
DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health
is surely worth this simple test. Pal
metto Drug Co.
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Conductor Calvin Philpot in Wreck.

Conductor Philpot, of Columbia, was
injured yesterday morning in a wreck
which occurred on the Southern, near
Trenton. A freight train from Colum-
bia to Augusta was wrecked one mile
this side of Trenton, fourteen cars be-
ing derailed and a number Of them go
ing over an embankment. Seven of the
cars were filed with coal, which neces-
STATED about 10 hours to clear the tracks
for other trains. State, Oath
Captain j. M. Philpot, Conductor
Philpot's father, reports that his son
was badly bruised, but sustained no
serious injuries. This news was a
great relief to the many Laurens friends
of this popular young man.