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The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

In conformity with one Of the rec
concentrations of Gov. John F. Sha
froth in his inaugural address. Sen
Tully Scott Offered a resolution call
ing for an investigation of the alleged
election frauds in Huerfano and Las
Animas counties.
Senator Scott made his resolution
sweeping in its character, and applied
to the political connections of indus
trial corporations in these counties,
meaning, as Governor Shafroth indi
Gated, the alleged frauds in the coal
camps of the counties. While it per
mits Investigations of the books of the
corporations there, it is not intended
to be an investigation along any other
lines, as Senator Scott stated after its
introduction.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Water Commission Bill.

The water commissioner bill pre-
sented by Mr.. Lehrritter in the House
provides that commissioners. beini$ap
pointed by the governor, shall be paid
by the state. County officers have
complained that they had to pay these
officers without the least authority
over them. The bill is one that was
approved by the convention of county
commissioners held early in the year.
Another convention is to be held by
the same officers within a short time,
when resolutions will be passed to in
dictate to the Legislature why the law
is asked
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

An anti-saloon bill introduced by
Senator Skinner on request of the An
ti-Saloon League prescribes that rail-
way companies must leave open to the
public all shipments of liquor into the
state, and the possession of an internal
revenue license in dry" territory will
be considered as violation of the law.
Druggists shall keep a public record OF
all prescriptions filled upon a physi-
clans order for liquor, and those VIC
lating the law shall be disbarred from
selling liquor for two years, prescrip-
ton o. no prescription. A second Of
Tense means forfeiture Of their drug Ii
cenSe,
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Lieutenant Governor Thanked.

Senator Campbell Tuesday offered
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the members
of the Senate. express our apprecia-
ton of the uniformly kind and able
manner in which Lieutenant Governor
E. r. Harper has presided over this
body. He has known no majority and
abundant native genius has often
thrown oil upon the troubled waters
and made smoother the work Of this
body"
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Mormon Elders Driven Out.

Central City, w. Vain a binding
storm of sleet and snow five Mormon
elders walked four miles from here to
Huntington Thursday after receiving
notice at midnight to leave town be-
fore daylight. A dozen representative
citizens, presumably acting on author
ity from various secret organizations.
visited the hotel where they were and
delivered the warning. 1t is said that
plans had been made to tar and fea-
Their them and throw them into the
Ohio river.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Message Not Considered.

Refusal to consider a message from
Governor Buchtel, received Friday, in
which the governor announced his re-
cess appointments. and requested tho
Senate to confirm them. was the feat
ure of Tuesdays work in the Senate
Republican senators made an effort to
obtain It's consideration few minutes
before the expiration of Buchtel's term,
but the Senate would not agrss. The
offices will now be filled BY Governor
Shafroth.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Family of Five Killed.

Glenwood Springs.-The young
woman who died on the train coming
down from the Dotsero wreck Satur-
day morning has been identified as
Miss Pearl Kettle. Her parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Kettle. They are
both among the dead and the little boy
and little girl complete the five from
this family. They had purchased a
fruit farm at Clifton where Mr.. Kettles
brother has been living for some time.
1t was this Mrs. Kettle, who had on
her person drafts in the amount of
$4,000.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Topeka, Kas.-Tn the Copeland no.
tel fire Thursday. Webb McNall, for
mer state superintendent of insurance
and former Supreme Master Work
man of the A. o. U. W., made SEN
sational escape. He was sleeping on
the third floor in the front part of the
building. In the room with him was
a suitcase containing $4,000 of Kan
sas municipal bonds, which he man
aged to save. He waited patiently,
in great peril, watched by many spec
tators, while the firemen got ladder
up to his window.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Glenwood Springs.-The injured pas
sengers at Dotsero were in the smok-
was sent crashing into the tourist
sleeper. The impact of the collision
reared the two mighty engines upon
each other and flung the smoker to
one side, while the heavy Pullman
was sent crashing into the tourist
sleeper which telescoped the chair car.
Only few escaped with their lives in
the chair car. Dotsero is at a sharp
curve around the base of an extinct
volcano and has been famous as an ILL
starred place.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Governor John F. Shafroth's first of
fetal act after being sworn to perform
the duties of chief executive of Colo
RADIO was to receive the resignation OF
Morton s. Bailey as judge of the Elev.
enth Colorado judicial district, having
been sworn in as a Supreme Court
justice at the auditorium a short time
before. Governor Shafroth announced
that he had not decided upon anyone
to fill Judge Bailey's place. and had
made no appointments as yet.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

II some of those doubters who are
so uncertain as to whether electrocu-
ton is fatal want to make thorough
test, why not try it in the case OF men
who are killed while engaged in cleo
trical work? Many have persisted in.
stantly while repairing power lines.
and there has not seemed to be any
doubt that they were dead. Is the
carefully adjusted scientific method
employed in the state prisons likely
to be less effective?
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Senator Stephen has introduced a
bill restricting the employment of fe-
males in laundries, stores, restaurants.
hotels, mines or factories. for more
than eight hours day, and calling for
seats for those SO employed. The bill
is modelled upon the Oregon law, found
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of the United States, and is designed
to take the place of one decided uncon-
stitutional by the state Supreme Court
last year
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The fresh air fad is becoming a good
deal of a bore. People now beg to be
let alone. and not preached to every
moment about open windows" and
sleeping balconies" and the eternal
microbes. 1t is terrible nuisance to
be always on the qui vive about any
thing. The desire for peace naturally
follows the effort to keep In step with
the procession OF faddists, but let 1t be
mentioned. says the indianapolis Star,
that the lesson has been learned, even
II one retrogrades and throws up the
fresh air sponge.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Senator Casaday has presented a
amendment to section =. ar
ticle s, of the constitution, providing
for the establishment of medical,
dental and pharmaceutical school in
Denver as part of the University of
Colorado at Boulder, and allowing the
to hold educational lectures
in any part of the state at any time.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

A bill introduced by Sen. Tully
Scott provides for the creation of a
revenue commission to revise the rev.
enue laws of Colorado relative to tax
alton. The commission is to consist
of three persons, who will serve two
years at salary of 81 900 each a year.
expenses and clerical help. Its duties
will be to investigate the state revenue
laws OF the various states of the Union
and Gull from them the best for Colo
RADIO.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

An echo of events which already
seem remote appears in the visit to
this country of Queen Liliuokalani of
Hawaii, to promote. II possible, the
passage of bill now before con
gress, to give her a quarter of a mil.
lion dollars as payment for crown
lands which she formerly owned. The
claim rests upon the old charge that
United States troops were used in
1898 to depose the queen and estab-
lish the Republican government.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Mr.. Rubin's House bill enables
school districts to issue bonds to the
value of five per cent. of the assessed
valuation of the property in the dis
trict. The present law prohibits issu-
ing higher than 31z per cent. of the
valuation, which has, Mr.. Rubin as
serts, worked to the disadvantage of
some districts
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
State rreasurer's Appointments.

William ]. Galligan of Loveland, the
new state treasurer. announced the fol-
lowing appointments: Deputy, John
p. Davidson of Fort Collins; chief
clerk. julius Clark, who has held the
office for many years; registry clerk.
Leon La Coste of Denver; license in
spector in southern part of the state,
]. U. Vigil of Las Animas.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Within a year 1t is expected that
railroad trains will be running to Key
West and taken on floats 30 miles
across to Havana. You can take a
sleeper in this country and hold it I'M
til you wake up in the capital of Cuba,
and the porter will have no dust to
brush OF during the last stages of the
journey.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Messina.-After lying buried in the
ruins of the consulate at Messina for
eighteen days, the bodies of Arthur S.
Cheney. the American consul, and his
wife were recovered at 2 O'Clock Sat
urday afternoon by detachment of
sailors from the battleship Illinois.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Mr.. Bell has introduced bill in the
House to construct a road from Colo
RADIO Springs to Canon City. with a
branch running into Florence. The peo-
pie of those cities favor the road,
which would be an immense saving of
distance between them.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The way King Edwards "Cullinan''
diamond reached England makes an
amusing story. Seven detectives Of
ficiously guarded man who carried a
small black bag. But the bag was
empty, and the diamond was in the
pocket of another man, who crossed
from Holland in the steerage.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

II Emperor William is unable with
an income of $lO.0OO.OOO a year to
make ends meet II will have to be adj
mitted that he is about the poorest
manager extant.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The young women visiting in Chi
cago. who had six automobiles placed
at her disposal, must have been most
unhappy because she could use but
one at n time.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Since Its Introduction into the Eng.
lish protectorate of Uganda In 1901
the sleeping sickness has killed no
fewer than 100000 out of population
OF 100000.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The pleasantest month of the year
Mt Chamounix and other places in
Switzerland was October. But the
tourists had all departed and the
hotels were closed.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Daily Newspaper Defined.
Senator belong has introduced a
bill defining daily newspaper as one
published on six consecutive days in
the week. The measure Is to safe
guard legal notices.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

A New York engineering magazine
estimates that the Panama canal will
cost $211 $4,000, but that doesn't
mean any more to most of us than
S125, 00O, 900 does.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

BY the time man has become the
father OF three growing children the
last lingering hope he has that there
is really a Santa Claus dies away with
hardly struggle.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Mr.. Blakey's House bill provides
that lode mining claims in this state
may have width of 600 feet, instead
of 900 feet. as at present
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

By wireless telephony two French
naval officers have succeeded In hav-
ing conversation. songs and even
whistling heard perfectly at a distance
of 80 miles.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Immigration into Canada from Janu-
airy to August, 1908. declined 46 per
cent. compared with the same period
last year
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

AS nearly as one can make out from
a long-distance wireless diagnosis the
kaiser is suffering from loss of con-
versation.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

There is an old Irish saying that fit
the season: "a blithe heart makes |
blooming visage."
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The end of the deer season in Maine
shows total Of 10000 deer killed. 20
men killed. 1875 men wounded. The
deer hope to make a better record
next year.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Sir Oliver Lodge has invented an
instrument to dissipate fogs. AS II
a sober fog wasn't bad enough!
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20
Perpetual Closed Season

Senator Irby has introduced a bill to
establish closed season forever on
antelope. mountain sheep, deer, elk
and doves
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

A rich New York woman has eloped
with plumber. but will no doubt re-
gret 1t If she has to pay him for his
time.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

The average life of Pullman car.
according to the auditor of the Pull
man Company is 20 years. Then what
becomes of It?
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

In Pittsburg the private conscience
at times appears to be about as
smoky as the public atmosphere.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

An Atlanta chauffeur is suing the
family of his bride for 100000. Evi
IDENTIFY a repair bill.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

In order to give the National Guard
in Denver a home. Senator Bardwell
has introduced bill calling for the
erection of an armory building to cost
$3.50, 900.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Mrs. Russell Sage is the latest suf-
fragette. but that only makes one
more
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

As strictly news item it might be
mentioned that Count Boni's man.
hood is outraged. He says so himself.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

1t cost s4,OOOOOO to bury the late
emperor OF China, but probably no
one in China begrudges the money.
The Lamar register., 1909-01-20

Pittsburg is beginning to get the
smoke out of its eyes.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

not answer. After Il moment she went
on. "IIasty didn't work on no walk
today" Douglas looked at her quiz
zically, while IIaSty, convinced that
for reasons OF her own she was going
70 get him into trouble. was making
frantic motions. lie done gone ter de
circus" she blurtcd out. Douglas face
became suddenly grave. Mandy saw
that she had touched an open wound.
Il JOS couldn't stan it, Massa John.
l had ter find out bout dat angel chile"
There was II pause. She felt that he
was waiting for her to go on.
"Shc didn't done ride today"
He looked up with the eyes Of n
dumb. prosecuted animal. And de
gemmen In de show didn't tell nobody
why-jcs' spcakcd bout de udder gal
takln' her place"
"W'hy didn't she ridc:" cried Doug
las. In an agony OF suspense.
Oats what don know, sab"
Mandy began to cry. 1t was the first
time In his experience that Douglas
had ever known her to give way to
any such weakness.
TASTY came down from the window
and tried to put one arm about Man
dy's shoulders.
Leah me alone yo' Niger" she eX-
claimed. trying TO cover her tears with
show of anger that she did not feel;
then she rushed from the room, fol-
lowed by IIusty.
The band was playing loudly. The
din Of the night performance was
increasing. Douglas nerves were
strained 10 the point of breaking. He
would not let himself go near the win
dow. He stood by the side Of the Ia
blc his fists clinchcd. and tried to
beat back the impulse that was pulling
him toward the door. Again and again
he set his teeth.
1t was uncertainty that Gnawcd at
him SO. Was she III? Could she need
him? Was she sorry for having left
him? Would she be glad II he went
for her and brought her back with
him! He recalled the hystcrical note
In her behavior the day that she went
away-how she had pleaded, only a
few moments before Jim came, never
to be separated from him. Had Sho
really cared for Jim AMI for the old
lifeI Why had she never written: ::
Was she ashamed? Was she sorry for
what she had done: What could 1t
mean? He threw his hands above his
head with a gesture OF despair. A mo-
ment later he passed out into the night
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

MESSER BABE. Clerk. ii
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

looked at him blankly. "If she would
only complain" he said to himself;
III she would only get mad, anything
anything to wake her" But she did
not complain. She went through her
daily routine very humbly and quietly
She sometimes wondered how jim
could talk so much about her work.
but before she could answer the qucs-
tiOn her mind driftcd back to other
days, to n garden and flowers. and Jim
stole away unmissed and left her with
folded hand and wide, staring eyes,
gazing into the distance.
The memory Of these times made
jim helpless tonight He had gone on
hoping from Cay to day that Barker
might not notice the "lct down" in her
work, and now the blow had fallen
How could he tell her?
One Of the acts came tumhling out
of the main tent There was mo-
m2nt's confusion as clowns, acrobats
and animals passed each other on their
way to and from the ring; then thc lot
cleared again. ana Polly came slowly
from the dressing tent. She looked
very different from the little girl
whom Jim had led away from tho par
sons garden In 4 simple white fruCk
enc month before. Her thin. pcusivc
face contrastcd oddly with her glitter
Ing attire. Her hair was knotted high
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25
Real Estate Offerings

1G7 acres of land bounded by lands
NJ. II. Holder w. ID. AbercromDie. and
others; S room dwelling, 5 tenant
houses, good barn and out buildings.
Price $4,000 per acre. Terms: 81 900
cash, remainder in five equal install
ments.
l15 acres known as old Goodgyn
place, has s room dwelling, tenant
houses, fine corn mill in good running
order with - horse water power.
Price $4,000. Terms made easy.
of Mansel Owings, Eva Jackson, and
Warrior Creek. Price $50 per acre.
III acres of land near Gray Court,
bounded by lands of e. T. Shall, w.
h. Gray; seven room cottage, fine
barn and outbuildings and fine past
ure. Price $50 per acre.
200 acres of land near Durbin Creek
church, bounded by lands OF w. T..
Parks and LaurenS White; tenant
houses, we'll timbered, good state Of
cultivation. Price $4,000 per acre.
81 acres land, bounded by lands of
j. b. Wells, Thomas Burts, and others
with five room dwelling, good out
buildings; near Exon. Price $l5 per
acre.
One lot at Watts Mills, with seven
room cottage, 200 feet front and 100
feet deep, with meat market. Price
$1,000.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

lamp, .rcarrangcd the cushions and
tried to make the room look CHEEKY
for his entrance.
rs rrnd yo's mlghty tired" she
said.
"Ch, no." answered Douglas abscntly.
"AIchhc yo'd like Mandy to he sarv!m'
your supper in here tonight. It's more
chccrlulrr"
He crossed to the window and looked
on, upon the circus lot. The flare of
the torches and the red fire came up
TO meet his pale, tense face. "Iow
like the picture OF thirteen months
ago" he thought. and old rohy's words
came back to him "Ihc show has got
to 20 on"
He longcd 10 have done with dreams
and speculation. to feel something tan
giblc warm and real within his grasp
II can't 90 on Ike this" he cried II
can't" He turned from the window
and walked hurricdly up ana down the
room. Indoors or out, ne Found no
rest He threw himself I'm the arm
Chair near the table ana sat buried in
thought
Mandy came softly into the room
She was followed by IIasty. who car
ricd a tray laden with things that
ought TO have tempted any man. She
motioncd for TASTY 10 put the tray
on The table ana then began arranging
the dishes. IIaSty stole TO the window
End pccpcd out at the tempting nurc
OF red fire.
When Douglas discovered the pres
Cncc OF his two "faithfuls" hc was
touched with momcntary contrjon.
"IEayc you had hard day with the
new gravel walk" he asked IIasty.
remembering that he had been laying
fresh path to the Sunday school
room.
'Jes' yo' come eat yo' supper" Man.
dy called to Douglas. Don yo' worry
your head bout dat lazy husban OBJ
mine. He amt goIn' ter work nun
TO hurt hisself" For an instant she
had been tempted TO let the pastor
know how Hasty had gone to the cir
Gus and seen nothing OF Polly, but her
motherly instinct won the day and
she urged him to eat before disturbing
him with her own anxieties. 1t was
no use. He only toycd with his food
he was clearly I'll at ease and eager to
be alone. She gave up trying TO tempt
his appetite and began to lead up In
roundabout way to the things which
she wished to ask.
Oars quite some racket out dar In
de lot tonight" she said. Douglas cid
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

10 acres land near Owings Station
bounded by land OF John Jones and
Tom Bramlett with dwelling and out
buildings price $1,000 per acre.
Go acres of land, with dwelling, good
Darh ana out-buildings, near Owiugs.
Price $1,000: terms made easy.
III acres bounded by lands OF JEFF
Davis and Herbert Martin; good ten
ant houses, and good barn Price
$50 per acre.
20 acres land near the Incorporated
limits OF the Town of Fountain Inn
bounded by lands of Robt Taylor. Il.
=. Nelson Jim Adams and others;
dwellings, and out buildings. Price
$1,000 per acre.
100 acres of land, with five room
dwelling, 3-room tenant house, good
out buildings, near Hickory Tavern,
sullivan township. Price $500 per
acre.
80 acres of land in town of Lanford.
with tenant hous, at $4,000 per acre.
One lot at Laurens Mills. with wely
ana brick chimneys. Price $3.50.
50 acres of land in one mile Of the
Town OF Gray Court with two dwell
lngs, Price $40 per acre.
% acres of land in town of GRAY
Court, dwelling and outbuildineS
Price $50 per acre.
"4S acres of land near Rabun Creek
church, S-room dwelling, three tenant
houses. Price $3.50 per acre.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25
William Solomon
University Of
South Carolina

Schools Of Arts, Science, I&duca-
ton, Law, Engineering and
Graduate Studies.
Ten different courses leading
to the degrees of A. b. and b. S.
College feel, room and light,
10000. Board $12,oo, per month.
Tuition remittcd in special cases.
Forty-two scholarships each
worth 500 in cash and free tut
ton. For catalogue address,
S. c. MITCHELLo President
Columbia, S. c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-08-25

Strong gruntcd uncivilly and went
down the steps. She saw from the
window that he met Elvcrson in front
of the church.
"Dcy sure am a-mean!n' trouble"
she mumbcd.
The band had stopped playing: the
last Of the audience had struggled
down the street. She opened the door
and stood on the porch; the house
seemed to suffocatc her. What was
Keeping IIasty?
He came at last but Mandy could
tell from his gait that he brought un-
welcome knewS.
"Ain't she dar?"
shes n-trabbclIn' wild 'cm. Mandy,
but she didn't done ride"
See heah, Iasty Jones, IS dat ere
chile sickT"
Il don rightly know" said Hasty.
"a great big man, what worcd clothes
like gcmmen, coined ont Wild whip
In his hand an says rs how he's
obliged to nouncc anuddcr gal I'm Miss
polly's place. An den he says rs how
de uddcr gal was jos rs good. an den
everybody look disappointed like, an
ucli oul CblllcS uc uNlNltI Eul Oh IL ubSS
an do tricks, an amt heard no more
bout Miss Polly"
shes sick, dats what says" Man
dy declared cXcitodly, "an' somebody's
got to do SOmcthin'."
81 done all knowcd." drawlcd Has.
~, fearing that Mandy was rcgrcttnS
hcr twenty-five cent Investment.
Go long out an fix up dat ere
kitchen fire" was Mandy's impatient
reply. Il got to keep dem vittelS
warm for MaSSa John"
She wished to be alone, SO that she
could think OF some way to get hold
of Polly. Dat baby faced mornin
glory done got Mandy all wobbly bout
de heart" she declared to herself "a
she crossed to the window for sight
Of the pastor.
1t was nearly dark when she saw
him coming slowly down the path
from the hill. She lighted the study