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Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-09
NO JURORS IN RUFF TRIAL

SAN FRANCISCO, April s.-The panel was exhausted in the Rud trial today and no jurors were secured.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13

10 ID. Box Baby Ruth Tobacco
worth $685., our price $2.05 per
box.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13
Better Than Medicine.
Breathe hyomei's Tonic Healing and be
Cured of Catarrh.

Nature has a remedy for catarrh, a
treatment that is far better than dosing
the stomach with medicine and drugs.
1t is the healing oils and balsams of
Hyomei which medicate the air you
breathe, reaching the most remote air
cells in the nose, throat and lungs. kill
ing all catarrhal germs and restoring
health to the mucous membrane.
The use of Hyomei is like a curative
internal air bath, and has the same
healing and a~ntiseptic effect as the air
where the pine forests give off their
fragrant and healing balsams.
Breathe the invigorating and healing
Hyomei and see how quickly you will
get relief from catarrh. If it does not
help you there will not be n penny's ex-
pense as Laurens Drug Co. agree to re-
fund the money if il fails to cure. The
complete Hyomei outfit costs only 81. 90.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13

prices again. 1t will pay you to write
a circular letter and send it to every
planter you have dealings with urging
a reduction in acreage. Don't delay
but get busy as there is no time to lose.
We must have a reduction in acreage
to a W the South. 1t is as much your
duty as mine to help in this work. |
get nothing for it.
| again urge the members of the
Farmers Union and Southern Cotton
Association to work together for a re-
duction in acreage which means much
higher prices for the balance of this
crop and all of the next one, as well as
an influence on future crops. | want
to hear from every section of the belt
Us to what you are doing in the matter.
Write me and | will give you all the
assistance | can. Don't delay but get
busy now. j. A. TAYLOR,
Pres. National Ginners' Association.
Memphis, Tenn, May LIST, 1908.
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Mt. Gallagher News Notes.

Mt. Gallagher, May II. The cold
weather last week damaged cotton to a
considerable extent and much will have
to be replanted.
Mr.. Furman Martin, who has been
quite sick for some time, is much i'm
proved and able to be out now.
The Mt. Gallagher school will close
within about two weeks. This school
has had a very successful year and it
seems that all are interested in building
up our educational institutions, which
is a very commendable spirit.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13
Notable Medical Discovery
OF Special Value to Many Here il
Laurens.

A notable medical discover" and one
that appeals especially to many people
in Laurens Is the combination of stom-
ach remedies in the Mi-o-na treatment.
This preparation has worked wonders
in cases of indigestion or weak stomach.
1t acts specifically upon the walls of
the stomach and bowels, strengthening
and stimulating them so that they read
lily take car of the food that is eaten
without distress or suffering.
So positive r the good effects fol-
edy is sold by Laurens Drug Co. under
an absolute guarantee to refund the
money if it fails to cure. With an offer
like this nor can afford to suffer with
indigestion or stomach troubles. A So
cent box or Mi-o-na will do more good
than half n dozen boxes of ordinary di-
gestive tablets.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13
Union Meeting,

The second and third sections of the
Laurens Association will hold their
union at Beulah church on May 1881.
PROGRAMME.
Friday, May 10Th, Introductory SER
NOR by Geo. M. Sexton at HOO a. m.
Organization. Intermission.
AFTERNOON.
LIST Topic. Soul winning: it's need,
methods and blessings. T. S. Lang
ston, E. C. Watson, j. M. Shell.
I'd Topic. Christian giving; how
much should l give? What is the best
plan of giving? What spirit should be
manifested in giving? Frank l.. Bran
lett, j.. o. Martin, C. B. Bobo.
Saturday morning 10 a. M, devo-
tional exercises. j. M. Shell.
Sd Topic: The home relation to
and influence upon ~ v school.
the church and tn ". It. B.
Brown, w. d. Hal. &. X, Haw-
kins.
4th Topic: The liquor traffic. Our
present need. Our imperative duty.
II. II. Mahon, E. c. Watson, j. H.
Hildreth.
9Th Topic: Church discipline. Should
or should it not be administered, and if
so why? Geo. M. Sexton, w. d. Ham
NETT, John M. Hudgens.
Sunday morning 10 a. M, Sunday
school mass meeting. Address, F. L..
Bramlett.
ii a. M, missionary sermon. E. c..
Watson.
w. F.. THAYER,
Chairman.
You will live long and enjoy good
health if your food is cooked in Bucks
Stove. Sold only by
9 AZ r. u II IIL:M--- o o
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REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE.
Plant Less and Get More for It..Read
This Letter and Act on Suggestions.

iuht LNoo dhh wv HlOIC lUi itS\Cdu
This Letter and Act on Suggestions.
To the Cotton Planters:
| have received so many letters en-
dorsing my efforts for a reduction in
acreage from nearly every section of
the South that | have decided to con
tinue the work and by request write
another article on similar lines that
will be carried by the southern weekly
papers all during this month so that
every planter will have a chance to read
it. Cotton for October delivery sold
this week at eight cents per pound.
Can you produce it at a profit at this
price? No. Then in order to get a
profit on what you raise this season you
must plant less than you intended
planting at first. Reports on the acre
age issued SO far show that the acreage
will be about 4 per cent. larger than
last year. This is probably due to the
new farmers that have settled in Okla
homa and west Texas putting in so
much new land. We must more than
offset this increase by reducing in the
rest of the belt.
again state that the main cause for
the decline in prices is lack Of conf
dence caused by the fear of a large
acreage which means, with good weather
conditions, a large crop and ever lower
prices than at present. Do you want
to grow a crop at an actual loss? If
not reduce your acreage; then if your
neighbor persists in planting a large
acreage and you have to sell your crop
at a loss you lose less than he. If by
reducing you add $500, 900, 900 to the
wealth of the South you will not only
receive a part of this but you can feel
that you did your part to add to the
prosperity of the country.
1t is good business to plant a crop
where there is no profit in it? No.
Then let every reader at once plant
part of his present acreage intended
for cotton in some feed crop or let the
land lie idle n season as you can get
more money for the crop grown on the
part you do cultivate. If you have it
already planted do not work it out as it
will be labor thrown away.
Which do you prefer to plant your
present acreage and get from Z to
cents per pound or reduce it and get II
to IL cents and possibly higher? The
present contemplated acreage and good
weather means a return to the old days
of cheap cotton of ten years ago while
a reduced acreage means a continuance
of the prosperity of the past few years.
Let every planter that reads this at
once make up his mind that he will not
be the cause of Wall Street Bears fix
ing the price for your crop as they will
do with a large crop. Go to work at
once to reduce your own acreage and
see as many of your neighbors as posi-
BILE at once and get a united action in
this matter as this is the only way we
can be independent and prosperous.
urge every merchant and banker
throughout the South to advise their
customers to reduce their acreage as it
means a loss to you as well as to the
planter to return to the old days of low
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PLAINTIFF GIVEN
$500 DAMAGES.
Drowning of Luther Franks in Reservoir
Of Cotton Oil Company Cause Of
Damage Suit.

An important and probably the most
interesting case for this term of court
in Laurens was the suit for $25, 000
damages instituted by Mr.. r. j.
Franks, administrator, against the
Southern Cotton Oil Company. A YER
dict was reached Wednesday afternoon
of So, 500 for the plaintiff.
The action was for recovery Of dam
ages on account of the death of little
Luther Franks, caused by drowning in
the reservoir of the mill on April goth,
1906. 1t seems that the oil mill com
pany has this reservoir on its premises
in the city and that there is no fence
around it nor any protection against
children going there or ever going bath
ing in the water. Little Luther Franks
was only seven and a half years old, and
at the time he met his death was hang
ing over the water by the supply pipe
allowing the water to run down upon
his feet; presumably, he lost his hold
and fell into the reservoir and vas
drowned. 1t was a custom of the mill
boys to go to the reservoir to battle,
and to do as young Luther Franks did.
The question, as it appeared for the
jury, was whether or not the boy was
of sufficient age and intelligence to
know the risk and danger of his act,
and whether or not the mill was guilty
of negligence in having such a rescr-
voir in such a place and unprotected.
The arguments in the case were In
usually strong and Judge Cages charge
to the jury was especially clear in deal
ing with all points of the law.
The attorneys in the case were: For
the plaintiff, Messrs. Simpson, Cooper
& Babb; for the defendant, Messrs.
Dial & Todd of this city and Messrs.
Grier & Parks of Greenwood.
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Notice to Creditors.

All persons holding claims against
the estate of w. w. Lowe, deceased,
are hereby notified and required to pre-
sent them, duly proven, to the under
signed at Waterloo, S. c., on or before
the 18th day of May next ensuing or
be forever barred.
j. M. LOWE, Executor.
April 16, 1908 38-3t
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AFTER 33 YEARS experience mil
lions of users Of l.. & M. PAINTS,
claim:- First, it wear 10 to Is years
Second, it only costs $1.20 a gallon
Third, it's the BEST they have ever
used Fourth, sixteen thousand agents
certify to these facts.
l.. IL M. Paint Agencies:
j. H. q M. l.. Nash, Laurens.
Clinton Pharmacy, Clinton. 41-2t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-13

You will live long and enjoy good
health if your food is cooked ina Bucks
Stove. Sold only by
S. M. & E. H. Wilkes q Co.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

the centuries to awake on board the
transatlantic liner Lusitania. which
made a record run at speed cquIva-
lent 10 % knots an hour?
! We eat. work and take our pleasure
at neutrality-suspicious. pace. Like an
ienginc that had lost its governor. We
! are rushing, galloping, piunging OH
on-On. VII revcr YOU lock Won see
a straining 20 attain great speed. 80
do more in less time. Ore thing
alone is left for us 10 do--to soar in
the air and outdistancc the bird
And. says Sir Hiram Maxim. the
celebrated inventor and engineer. the
common goose il able to Gy and
what the goose Is able to do Ought
not TO bc hcyon dthc power Of men.
n is POSSIBLE that the greatest speed
of travelling vehicles may bc attained
in tho air. Can you imagine races in
the air-of ships scaling hCiEatS and
darling upward each stra!ning to out
distance the other?
Strangely enough. in spanking Ct
great speed Accomplishments tho I'M
assuming little ice yacht IS entirety
cvcriOok"d. u Is not generally known
tUdl lNl& craft - d4'eoiUa'ts wv
est thing in tn" world. I-osSinly cx-
ccpting certain kinds Of birds. No
mar has ever fTavClCd in ANYTHING
hat covcrs space - fat. Oscr q
Hr-aSBrcd cuuTs. on thr Shrewsbury
Eivcr n fVrscighths of a mile. the
drUb. = champion ice yacht. two years
ago covered In" DISTANCE IN the woH-
dcrfuI time oi cIghtcCn s'rnnds ~ n
rae of mil" in - seconds. The oniy
reason the tcEt vas not for tho rUiirc
milo was that there was no siraiCnia
way stretch wh' rc this distance could
10 laid ou' permitting such hirh sDccf
without danzcr This time was taken
with an electrical timing aPParaius
- miic in ~ s~cnnds H. not uncnr.
mon. tho tremendous sposd ~ two
miles w = minrtc On IN" hudson j.
J. tho delight oi ice yarhismcn io rare
Tho trains that ruu slrng the hank for
miles. IN THIS" hraxhcs the icc yacht
invariably proves sucrcssful.
On ihc autcrHcbilc world p-rhaps
the crave for racing can 10 best graf
|, ifscd. A limit 10 the spsed Of these
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

of Dan Patch, which made the worlds
pacing record Of mile in 1855 in
1906. The worlds trotting record was
made by Lou Dillon. in October 1905.
when the plucky little mare covered
mile in 1:5S I-2. Between 30 and
81 miles an hour! The germ has got
into the horses, But horse could
not trot an hour at any such. speed,
you say. True. but as far back as
1868 Captain Mt<oycrn, at Boston,
went 20 miles without stopping at
5S.15.
Running horses are even faster.
Dick WelIcs. in 1893 ran mile -
Chicago In l:37 2-5. Kiamssha, two
years later. ut New York. equaicd the
performance. This speed is 'remen-
dnIs when il Is considered that the
little jockey pcrchcd on the hack OF
the stced must guide hi mand keep
himself free from The crush II rival
horses. Every year nearly dozen
jockeys pay the PENALTY Of speed mad
ness with their lives. The fastest
of tn" prrscnt-day horses is the peer
less Splinter Eosehcn. which holds the
worlds record for six furlongs. equal
~ three fuurths Of a nile. He made
such distance in I'LL 3-5 in 1895.
Next 20 the automobiles the cycIisf
saffcrS most from speed mania. Think
of pc,lsiing AT the rate of - =: miles
in an hour Robert A. Walihuur
made Il mile, paced in I minute IL
seconds. D. Caldwell has covered ~
miles in - minutes and - seconds.
4 mil" has really IE-cn ridden in Joss
than a minute. though IL was under
circumstances that did not prove the
cyclists cScrpiionaI speed Mica
minute" Murphy rode over a miic
- rctch between IN" rails OF the New
York Central Road on a spccia!
board roadway. behind an express
train Hts wonderful time vas 80. %
seconds for the mile. This. of cDUrsc,
was cr'a atty aided by The terrific sue
ton cXrrfcd hy the rapidly moving
train. hat the feat Ioscs none II its
spectacular features.
Among iha skater J. Nitsscn made
2 milo IN ? minutes and ge s~~rnds
Morris woud. of the Brac0a Skating
Club. " New YORK. Is tho ~inBcr W
tho speed skatinF championship ~ The
Tinted states. Tie ruadc q diSianre
Of :. $50 f~rt IN I minute and u SC
ondS. An average speed pf - miles
an hour has been made in this spcr;-
For more than quarter of q cen
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05
Americans Are Speed Mad

The world is in a hurry. Wherever
we go we see trains whirling by, au'
tos speeding in clouds Of dust, men
striving on foot, on wheel, on horse
or in water. to make speed records
But do we realize what may be done
while the minnie hand Of the clock re-
wolves or in an hour of the twentieth
century haste?
Standing at the cross road. We Sc
mere black spcCk in the distanc"
growing with seeming slO;h. We hear
purrin- sound. increasing develop
ing. then leaping into a roar like
thunder. Volumes Of dust rise Ike
SMOKE from the mouth OF FIRE
6resihiHs monster and tho twentieth
century dinCsaur flies. screams past -
merely an automobile racing al rate
of from so To i2o miles an hour
We stand at tn" railway CroSsin-.
In the distance Az iBdistiEct object
winks into view. far beyond wberc the
two lines suf shining rails meet To
scthcr upn tbv = rack bed. On II
come. SshsafsSiT sprT aifny circGm-
ference: Il whizzcs Ey In a breath
taking IRISH and Is gone almost before
". realize tina; II s. a modern clrctric
train. Such train in Germany has
bccn run n; the rate OF t3e.4 miles an
hour.
On the sra siror, We hear \ scream.
thin and piercing. 4 iTal siren shrilis
it, warning SumCtimFs rises from
the water. snoring. splaShing and
tearing fran'icaily through rhC oCcsn
wayrs. Merely racing motto boIs
trying IN make more thar - mil"s ZIP
hCHr un tho WaiCry course.
Irt Us pause and takc breath AFc
we sped craZy7 Sit hack and take .
bird'scyc view n this odd earth and
you surely mus conclude that some
thing H. The matter. Srnc strange and
potent germ has GOT into the blood vt
the dcnizaus uI this plaHrt in"cuiat.
in= w. wi'h a maBia-sPCr q mania. "
~; yafrfy turucd tho hrsiu Of S"th'r
Earth.
In the haitIcs e tho sprirniS fouti-
ua gaieus. pr vnafcyrr his Usuuc
might have been. would have Thought
his csil.-y mad good AvCcd in retiring
from a sea battle NJ six mfrs an hoHr.
y. ast II he coEld have sept through
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

machines has evidently not been
reached. When mile had been COW
cred in less than Il minute-in 53 sec.
onds-it was thought that no better
could he done. But this speed was
gradually reduced TO 30. to 10, to ~
and now a mile has been made i'm the
wonderful time Of Is 3-5 seconds. at a
rate faster than two miles in a min
ute. This was accomplished two
years ago on the Florida beach at
OrmOnd by Fred Marriott and is the
fastest that any man has ever travel
cd on whc,IS.
The goal of all autoists has always
been the speeding Of two miles within
a minute. While Marriotts speed av-
eraged Letter than this. the first man
in perform the feat was Dcmegcot n
Frcnchman. the day following Mar
RIOTS fight on the beach. This
dauntlcss foreigner DASHED of the two
mics in IS - seconds. while Marriott
just behind him also came under the
two-minu;e mark with 80 3-5 seconds.
The only car TO attain this great
rat" Of sped on AT ordinary read was
that invented nv Walter Christie. the
famous American ariy"r. trial was
made of the car over measured
coursc of road in Nassau County.
long Island. last Summer. Driven
along like aB arrow in its fight. the
great machine went daShing over
roads. carccning around curves. hap-
Ing. jumping. fiyinS-anJ made tw"
miles in ono minute. On, hEnHr. 4 ann
twenty miles an hoT-. Could iaIA
speed bC maintained. the machine
would race across the country from
New York 10 Chicago in seven and
ono -naf hoHTs.
Pr ioEgcr distance Clifford carp
Of England has made a fiisht throush
space that must have made Father
Time gap with astuai shmen: IN
Florida ;wn wears ago carp dashed
oil 100 mica IN - minutes % rs
SccoHds tn IN, mic during that entire
distance of I"asmiIcstuncS.
An automobile has now been in
vented Ivy Jules EavaiiIicr. nf panS.
which no claims bpsidcg running or
land a, tho rafr r about - m.i~s an
hour will also navigate The water at
gOrd sp"cd.
whpn II Crin.s ta spr.d. electricity
rivals steam. On tho Nsrfcnf~idt IoS-
sen electric line. IN Prussia. cars have
affirmed q spced OF 1894 miles an
hour. How they ~hizz oyer the
tracks,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

fury there has been systematic
campaign by the best athletes In the
world to run 100 yards faster than II
had ever been accomplished before.
fGraduaIly this record has been batter.
ed down by the slightest fractions oil
Ia second until now IL Is placed AT Q 3-5
seconds. This remarkable time is au
chemically credited to Dan Kelly, OF
Oregon. who ranks officially as the
only man yet to make such mark.
This tremendous speed Is the greatest
ever credited to man. and could Il he
maintained for a mile the time would
prove astonishing
Charles NJ. Daniels, Of New York.
who has performed many aquatic
feats. holds nearly all the worlds
swimming records from 25 yards up
to mile. In England last season he
rate Of G.fSs yards. or IF nearly four
miles in an hour. This shows that
man has now lcsnn 30 conquer wa
ter. as he has the air While the feat
"f swimming Is cid as the race. never
before has il bccn possible to come
Sc close 10 the spc,-d Of fish. The
record swim Of a mile vas made by
X. Carl in Il minutes and IL % sec
onds 81
Not long since one ties. OF mans
endurance was made in Franco under
the supervision Of scientists. 4
Young man of average strength
whose bodily vigur had been conscrv.
Cd by good habits. agreed to &c
through an hour ~ strenuous cxer
els. each Law for eight DAYS. The ma
ture af this exercise TO b. changed
each day.
On thn frSt day he rode IN y
rouSh-Tiding hunter. making iess
miles in tho hour. The sccpnd DAY nc
rode a bicycIc 1883 miles In the hour.
On the following day he ran on foot
In m hour sc: miles. On the fourth
day he sh"; ~ pigeons within an
hour. and on the fifth waiscd Eve
miIcs. Tho next day he swan So
miles IN the given time: on the scv-
nth dsy he played tennis. and on tho
last day drove an aptomnbiIn z7.ss
mites siihin an hour. Tic Jury whica
vas 10 decide hix rhysirai condition.
gave him al average nj 50.
And 50 this mad race axa;rst time
goes On. Until u b~xips 90 look as IT,
~ The sag says. We may catch M
With ourselves IN our ~fid chas<
around the gioee.--Techniczi word
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

The fastest record of a passenger
steam train in the United States was
on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail!
way in July 1904, when a train ran
from Egg Harbor to BrigantiIe juno
ton. IS miles, at a speed Of f15.2
miles an bour. The fastest time re-
corded for a distance over 400 miles
was made by the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad. from
Buffalo to Chicago. in June. 1895. In
seven hours and fifty minutes the
train ran 525 miles. an average rate
of $3.50 miles an hour. What II George
washington could have taken a
Through train" from his home al
Mount Vernon to New York! Imagine
his sensation at changing from '.c
stage coach 10 luxurious Pullman cars
and instead Of travelling several days
making the trip in a few hours.
but on the water speed has been
made also. Once 20 knots an hour
was considered good speed for boat
propelled nv steam. But now 81 miles
an hour occasions comparatively It'll"
surprise Probably one Of the fsstcs'
Graf, aaoat L. Charles X. r7int's
launch. the Arrow. winch is claimed IN
b. able 80 travel II a rate Of Is miles
in an hour. while the dispatch Bpat
Mainly in the United States Govern
mcnt service. Is coed for - miles on
an official test.
The bcst official record for motor
boats was mad" last year by DiXi".
owned by CCmmCd orc Schroeder. OF
New York. This boat has made
slightly murc than - miles Ia an hour
and won the American and !ntcrna-
tionaI championship for various dis-
tanCCs. Previous to this test the bc>'
figures wee. credited 10 W. G. uId
Rrukavs Challenger. which glid"d
through :hC water for mile IN ivo
minutcs and two s'conds At a rate "i
>. 3. mil"s an hour.
On Srp'ru.F~r I. 1906. NanSe Nc
Einncy'S Standard made 25.lj uauU
cal. or 80 .H y;atur". uilcs Va an hInr
W. tho IIudsor River. under tho ad
nrirIity cruditi, rs.
Eui man has MI irccn content with
mastering Tho machinc-witn driving
rlccf riciiy and 80 am bcfor" him ant
holding ~ rcins. lie has done won
,Ecrs IN iraining animals horse.
for fnztanc,.-io cSnrt Us strength and
spec dazainsi time.
II Is doubtful whether any ~ the
horses that lrd ~ the chariot races
.of the ancieuts ever made the sped
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

The best of all trscscrs 10 s1eek
Renee. c. NJ Harden % a61PU
City, North Carolina. says. Il
Electric Ritiers dsrs all that's eI1C
cd for a. For Stomach. Live -
Kidney trosbIcx u can't 10 ~
have tired n asa Enc u . Desk r.
right: IT'S The b~,t ~ ell sse1I
also for weakness. fsuc
an run down coeditjyaA -
Tor chiI,s ard saajarta- -
ssxrxn;cc AZ s1i dTue seue1