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AGENTES de los vapores trasatanticos de
PINILLOS, IZQUIERDO Co., DE CADIZ
y S. A. de NAVEGACION 1RANSATLANTICA, de BARCELONA
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
ING OF WATTS MILLS,

Notice is hereby given that, pursu-
ant TO call of the Directors, made on
March fifth (5th, Nineteen Hundred
and Nine 1900. meeting of the
Stockholders of the Watts Mills, S. c.,
VIII be held at the Office OF the Com
pany. at Watts Mills. L.aurens. S. c..
on the Seventh tIthD day of April,
Nineteen hundred and Nine 19O9)
at four D o'clock p NJ. for the fol-
lowing pUrposes:-
FIRST: For the purpose of deter
mining whether or not they will re-
scind their action of the Twelfth
tl2thO day of January. Nineteen Hun
dred and Nine Cl9O9). by which the
Capital Stock wa increased to the
extent of One |. ldred Thousand
iSlOO,OOOD Dollars.
SECOND: For the purpose of de-
termining whether or not the WATTS
MILLS shall issue Two Hundred
Thousand l$200,000J Dollars OF Pre-
ferred Stock. in the usual form sub
ject to 3" preferences. liabilities and
conditiU's forth in the Resolution
OF the -, If Directors adopted on
the Fifth lay of March. Nine
teen Hundred ond Nine l0ON IA
copy OF which ha .een mailed to each
o. the stockhOld rs.
j. ADGER SMYTH. JR..
President and Treasurer.
Watts Mills. Laurcns. South Caro-
lima. March 3th 1908 32-lt
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
NOTICE or BRIDGE LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that County
commissioners of the counties OF Lau-
renS and Greenwood. S. c.. Will receive
sealed bids to be filed with r. G. Bur
nett, County Supervisor. at Greenwood.
5. c., until $50 O'Clock. a. m.. on Tues
day. March 23rd. 1909 TO. building the
following joint bridges. to wit:
a steel Bridge over Saluda River on
the road from Cross Hill to Ninety Six.
S. c.. better known as Watts Bridge"
Also. Bridge over the same stream
at point near the town of Hodges. S.
c.. better known as Smiths Bridge"
Regular bids will be for furnishing
material and erection of Bridge com
plete; irregular bids, however. for
either the material or the erection sep
arately will be considered Bids to
be accompanied by certified check for
100000 as guarantee that bidder will.
If successful, execute written contract
and bond in sum Of one-half the con
tract price within ten days Work to
be completed within months.
Plans and specifications will be on
file at the Supervisors Office of each
county ten days prior to letting. Bids
Will be opened at the allowed named
date, at Office of County Supervisor.
Greenwood, S. c.. and contract will be
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der. The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids
H. b. IIUMBERT.
County Supervisor l.. G..
March i, l9C9. 30 3t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
Mind Our Own Business.

The Laurens Advertiser is mistak-
Ell. The News and Courier merely
holds that the enforcement Of prohib-
itiOn in Laurens is no sign whatever
that ii will be enforced in Charleston
Courier does not object TO the abolit-
ion Of saloons and dispensaries in
Laurens; ii is content that the people
of Laurens attend to their own affairs.
and believe them capable of attend
ing 10 them properly. and
CUurier
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
Real Estate Offerings

40 acres land near Owings Station
bounded by land of John Jones and
Tom Bramlett with dwelling and out
buildings price 5000 per acre
100 acres land near Lanford stat
ion bounded by lands of Duff Patter-
son, James Paterson and others with
dwelling and 3 Tenant houses Price
$4,000 per acre.
30 acres land near the incorporated
limits of the Town of Fountain Inn
bounded by lands of Robt. Taylor r.
dwellings, and out buildings. Price
5000 per acre.
Co acres of land, with dwelling. good
barn and out buildings. near Owings.
Price $500; terms made easy.
100 acres of land. with five room
dwelling, Groom tenant house, good
out buildings, near Hickory Tavern.
Sullivan township. Price $500 per
acre.
&l2 acres of land in town of Ian
ford, with fyc-room dwelling. Price
$l,5OO.
80 acres OF Land in town Of Lanrord.
with tenant hous, at 5000 per acre
- acres Of land in town Of Gray
Court. dwelling aud oUtbuldings.
Price $50 per acre.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24

1l5 acres of land Dial's township,
known as the old Wham's homestead,
with dwelling and out buildings. Price
$27.5O per acre.
zoe acres of land one mile Of Diaps
church; tenant houses $40 per acre.
Terms made easy.
POS acres in Fairview township Green
vile county, near Cedar Falls bounded
by John Terry, Clyde Willis, John Ped
en- and others. three dwellings close to
church and fine school. Price $l8.O
per acre.
7 lots suitable for building purposes,
IN the town OF Simpsonvillc; prices
made right.
l27 acres land in Sullivan township,
room dwelling, good out buildings,
tenant house. Frcc $50 per acre.
30 acres land bounded by lands of
Thomas Armstrong and John Draydon.
Dwelling and outbuildings. Price $3j
per acre.
d2 acres bounded by lands of the
Badgctt farm, J. O. G. Flcminu. w. J.
Copeland, one dwelling and out build
ing. Price 81, 25O.00
56 acres at Gray Court, l.room house
and out building, bounded hy lands Of
+. +. Shell and NJ II. burdinc. Price
$50 per acre.
Seven room house and two acre lot in
town Of Gray Court. modern build.
Pric" 2,5HO.Oo.
800 acres Of Iand within six miles OF
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
PORTLAND, MAINE, CHILD
Ill, Weak and Emaciated, Re-
stored to Haalth hv Vinol


Our little daughter, six years Of age.
after severe attack of the measles,
which developed into pneumonia, was
left pitifully thin. weak and emaciat-
ed. She had no appetite, and her stom-
ach was SO weak 1t could not retain
food. She lay in this condition for
weeks, and nothing the doctor pre-
scribed did a bit Of good, and we were
beginning to think she would never ro-
cover.
AT this time we commenced to give
her Ninol, and the effect was marvel
Gus. The doctor was amazed at he.
progress, and when we told him we
were giving her Ninol, he replied, 1T
Is q fine remedy. keep it up We did
so, and she recovered her health and
strength months before the doctor
thought she could" j. w. Flagg,
Portland, Me.
Ninol cures conditions like this be-
cause in natural manner it increases
the appetite, tones up the digestive
organs, makes rich, red blood, ana
strengthens every organ in the body.
N!N0L is sold in LnurcnS by The
LiIRESS DRlG COMPANY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24

There's another thing about Taft:
should he find it necessary to sit
down on anything. the thing will be
efIectually squelched.-E -Elberton Star.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-03-24
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

this method of suppressng the gambling in the city
believe his identity will be discovered in a
reckless by dependency the loss OF his
tune in the gambling houses who has dedicated his life
the work of revenge.
some theorize that he is vndctive dope fend suf-
ering from real fanced wrong-a man whose sense
ii cunning has attained abnormal development from
the drug the expense of his other senses nc!u
ding regard for morality law right of property
II is probable that there is other city America
whore gambling dens frequented by women so ex.
ensively in Chicago They regular patrons of the
Chicago gambling places in the Easements along South
Clark street where the mysterious forms OF Chinese
gambling INDUCED Not only they patronze the
regular poolrooms, hut there poorooms and euchre
resorts for the exclusive patronage women Several
Of the feminine gambling houses have been raidpd by
the police one Of the was a wOman's pool
room, where nandbookS were being made the races
at Hamilton and She"pshead Bay The place was CON
Quoted By Ted Nevlin young man who is not on the
inside Of the gambling ring The dope sheets and lists
OF patrons presented to the during the trial OF
Neylin showed that the placed their bets under
such names Tuie Eva Mulie Lillian Nellie and in-
uals such VI b. r. etc some of these are known 70
be prominent women of Chicago but only the propetors
OF the game taken in the raid
Ihe Chicago newspapers have done everything but
print the names OF those whom they believe 10 be back
q the bomb throwing But the parties so potnedv ind
Gated Walk the every day with immunity and
seem 10 have no fear or the police
Inc Chicago DAILY News in recent issue says:
The man who heads the conspiracy to commit bomb
ot'FaseS IS former safe blower He has enjoyed immu-
nifty Tor years IN certain quarters and is now man OF
wealth This man lives with his family in Chicago and
"a.sS ~ streets daily. does the usu he has been
employing recently TO explode the dynamte-anoher
PETER man as the regular safe blowers are called
distinction from the "yeEgmen" or tramp safe blowers
otheFS Who have been aids in his operations include
man Nho was once constable and other in
vowed In sensational crimes in Chicago. 1t dscov
eFed mat these began their operations result
vas $500"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

zens of the under world women in tights and all manner
of suggestive costumes and men who own and frequent
tho FIRST ward resorts crowded the building
irank and caroused all night Daylight revealed scene
f drunken men and razzled women lying about floors
strewn with champagne bottles and fragments Of
tunes wigs and ornaments torn away In the wild reves
the night.
II vns the explosion at state and Congress streets
known as Touch No So partially wrecking the recruit.
ing station which started the government forces the
track of the dyuamiter This explosion in hotel
district. men and women rushing from their
IN the Auditorium and the Elk hotel and the i've
or six other obstetrics OF lesser fame In the immediate
vicinity on the southeast OF State and Congress
streets and on the opposite side Of Congress street the
plate glass windows In the store OF SleSel, Cooper
company were shattered.
TWO DAYS later. while the police still searching
for the throwcr OF bomb No 80 bomb No 81 exploded
IN the heart OF the downtown district wrecked the
n the Chicago Title a Trust building skyscraper at
No 100 Washington stree; and damaged every structure
in the block bounded by Washington Clark Madison
Dearborn streets. and also the Boston store which IS
bounded by Madison. Dearborn ard state This
explosion took place sunday night ll.20 o'clock
was louder aud sharper than thunderbOlt and was
heard all over the loop district Pedestrians were show
cred with glass which pouring down from the
dows Of the buildings for blocks around and men WON.
en- and children hurled 10 the ground
Almost before the building had ceased rocking under
the strain 100 girls in he exchange directly over the
wrecked part cut and bleeding from flying glass ran
through the clouds smoke and 500. toward EXITS MANY
building This bomb said &c have contained AZ least .
pounds q dynamite
The blast came from maaaa,s over conduit il
Calhoun place. Familiarity Known il Gamblers, alley i
II ia the o ,ha sa4,-, aanay 81 ,hs t,hf,,r n
tie & Trust Company Hers sha Central ana Ran
located ~
Fitty cables wing in he s,s. a5as ,,,naDrs ursss,
CONDUIT, NaFs STRIPPED broken and tais,ed into Knots
With he -esal. ia: .s rea .e.saaan,s II -. 4.-.,
dhNl;t "e-s g#. ~; .. business
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

Probably the most remarkable feature he out
rage is the daring displayed by the bomb thrOver We
sends the newspapers warnings and comments on tne
EXPLOSIONS he makes practice OF telephouing the city
Fr"sa association, gathering agency maintained
by the different ChicaEo newspapers giving notice that
fuses have been ~ ana telling the place where bomb is
about 70 explode His method ot calling up the newspa
pers TO tip on his explosions and his anonymous letters
giving the careful details OF hts plans drum
and cymbs TO advertise the heplessn"ss % the police
and spread CONSERVATION throughout the present ad
mtnistnton from the mayor down The letters an
written In the haudN rng aud yet have his
tips failed 20 prove true
In OF tho latest OF these tins The bomh-thrower
promises double header for the next explosion He
says
The next one will hc a d7uhehes and viii BE-
close enough the chief and his boss hear spu
ter. They know where the ayoUts ARE and IL will be
dead easy them 10 guess where The noises
yomtus from Many follow unless the solid I'D
put on The gang must close-dolhle dose Some
poor bartender may get puched for the loh tp
one again. VIII have him IN 20 hours-Ntt
THIS note received the day after the police had
promised have the captured in the next
dress side Of tho postal this devtsve statement ap
pcared
why don't shrry hire some tin star, from Indian.
apousr
This letter Is III direct tine vuh another Witch ran:
TIT hjealy amusing and ricaHous g see BY The dt.
tcrcut rapers that touch NJ q caused BY labor
troubles pid s}or troubles Other 80 touches
We're the places touched ~ labor strikes o.
""nci rs peope auasoaisttc labor unions Look AZ
we As' Where IS she ts clearing ha4Se' Dc the pa
go Sow i y nsar .hr ses.ae o. W St'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

Through the fourstory building No. Ill Madison
street the explosion swept like wind the force taking
everything before it. The headquarters of Mont" Ten
nes king of the gambling clique that is in power
was the second floor this building just above the
place where the fuse had been ignited.
This was Tennes' clearing house and the place from
which all his syndicate business conducted During
the administration Of Mayor Dunno Tennes had been
forced TO but after the election of Mayor BusSe
he moved back again and established clearing house
close to his old quarters, where he previously sys
tenn of spies and guards who defed the police
And in all the series Of outrages no arrests were
made until the Of Illinois the citys aid.
The United States government also has taken a hand
The few arrests that have been made all came to
nothing Those made by the police to have been
purely superficial.
Who is the mysterious bomb thrower? This is tho
question OF the hour in Chicago.
Some say he is a fanatic reformer who has adopted
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

has been a heavy
loser from the Sc
ries of explosions.
T G | e p h 0 n e s and
switchbOards a + e
part OF the equip
ment of the hand
books and pool
rooms.
on the night be,
fore the great annu.
al orgy known as
the First Ward ball,
q bomb exploded in
front Of the Coli.
scum, as if to say TO
every respectable
resident in Chicago:
Iiore is W h ere
,,,,.-r low 90 4,,,,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

en- was "wos' 'h"'N N''N'". ~ usual ,o' P',''.
d'ul"d mat any E'"uhh n"" '''u s''"s %" '"''' w"
hIdEa whist layout IN one t"'' '"' o' racing ""I'
qua aH thN goes 1" equip u lo"'tooh an" '"'N"l'N"h
'"'ahhshm'ni ~ announcer "' 'I'' =" we '"'' '"'''"
moor proved ha' '' nom" pa"''' w was ''"'"', as
i ma" '''o e''''s g, 'urH p'''''
'"' "'"'' ''''' "Ho 'n' oP'"'uh Ut ",S''''a' my
terry story. or conan Doyle detective novelette, does II
, NV. ~ - NV ..," ',s '. ,,',''''' " ., Wv
80, ,'' ',' ' u",S, wv w ' ''.''' ~ "S q"
','' w." Nv =" '' .@' '''N' W.. '''' '"H
'''rn ~ "''U' KAN ''" wv" ''"s "h"
M''" "''"oS nave p''n rApou'o u" h''AE" during
w ~ ""'' ""'' """''''''' WY" va"
:" w" - =" - .''''', '''' N'"a''" '.''''n'"
IVY '"' ''"'u "''o"'' S"" e"'N ,''. .>"""uH mas
over p''h ''"N''a "' any OF "'1e N!h"W'ie oNFak's
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11
Ie1eR THE SX9L OS/OV or o.

ordinance for the suppress
sion OF vice in Chicago
will be openly violated to-
morrow night, through
the political immunity en-
joyed by Alderman John
Coughlin tBath-House
john and 4 / d Q r M a n
Michael kSnna tHinky
Dink. the two aldermen
of the First ward, com
prising Chicago's notori'
Gus Red Light District.
But for the enormous po-
lltical pull enjoyed by
these two aldermen, this
bomb would have caused
the suppression OF the
Coliseum orgy As It was.
however. $4,000 people,
,,,,.t1,. oopnhlarS and lpQi-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

who controls gambling in Chica-
go? A combination controlled by one
man, who caused No 81 10 be touched
of, who has monopolized the hand.
book game and put out of business
hundreds of men that have been in
the business all their lives. Can you
blame them for throwing bombs?
One man has leased the service
wire and has whipped every one into
line, so that If you don't send your
bets to him you can get no service,
and II you try TO run independent. the
dicks raid your place, while his
places run unmolested In other words
do business with that man or quit
Can you blame the people he put out
Of business? When that combination
is broken up the bombs will cease
and not until then.
FROM ONE WHO KNOWS.
"P S.-The next one that cackles,
that man will hear personally"
The Chicago outrages are not con-
fined to Mountaineering. but include
incendiary fires, wrecking by impro-
vised batteringrams, cutting of tele-
phone cables and numerous other
acts of vandalism. They began with
the blowing up OF the residence of
John Hill, Jr., at the time he was
fighting racetrack gambling around
Chicago, and resulted in putting out OF
business all the racetracks, many of
the grandstands having been burned
10 the ground The Chinapn Tnlnnhnnf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

injured b y
bomb cYplo
siuuS are AZ
summing for
uidable pro
portions, and
ono or two
deaths may re-
suit from the
Injuries thus
far inflicted
More than 100
persons we're
Injured I'm the
pArfNglln In
the rear OF
the Title and
l'yft.f hrilIipy
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

ElLOt Is this tho city Press association OF
Chicago Well I've just touched off another
one at No 26l Wabash avenue There's
gambling place on the fourth noor there.
Listen. rnd youu hear the building 20 up.
about ten minutes from now
Boom went the explosion on time TO tho
very minute $50 close 20 the time the news
paper myn received the telephone message
as 10 provo that the mysterious dyuamttcr
had worked With time fuse The building
"A aye story brick az the precise address civ
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

continued They were as red flag
10 The bomb.thrower Every time
one Of them was issued the loud
voice of a bomb would answer:
Here Is one" and the shattered
remains of roulette wheels, poker
tables smashed to splinters, cards,
chips and other gambling parapher-
MALTA strewn throughout the wreck
age of the building gave bountiful
evidence that the bomb spoke
truly.
The explosions are always in the
nighttime, when few people are on
the streets, and in every way the
bomb thrower. seems to use exceed
ing care to avoid lnfliCting personal
injury. Despite these precautions,
however, the hospital lists of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-09-11

10 the ground The Chicago Telephone Company, when
furnishes wires to the Tennes syndicate OF poorooms
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
MEN MUST DO
WOMEN'S WORK
Fond du Lac Company Employs rs to
Operate Sewing Machines.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Feb. a.
Twenty-Five men usurping the pecu-
liar rights of woman, will be placed
at work by the Badger Sewing COM
pany.
The men are not going to do house
work, but something which every
housewife understands to a more OF
less degree, and in general sense
so far few men have mad the effront-
cry to encroach upon this inalienable
right.
The vexing problem of being able tc
secure sufficient help has resulted in
the company employing men to OPP
crate sewing machines and rs mer
will roll up their sleeves and run
cloth under the needle.
The management believes that al
last the labor problem has been solved
They think that a man can become
as proficient in running sewing ma
chimes as a woman. This belief is
hased on the theory that it is pooa
rule that does not work both ways
Women have mastered duties which
properly belong to man, so why can
not man turn the tables and tackle
WOmans job?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
NEW YORK UNIONISTS
WILL FIGHT BIGOTRY

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-An organi-
cation known as Organized Labor's
AUTHORIZATION Association has been
rec ntly formed in New York City for
the purpose of fighting the agitation
for high license local option or state
wide prohibition.
The association claims that prohibit
ton will throw out thousands Of
workers from the following trades:
Brewery workers, bottlers, brew ery
teamsters coopers, liquor recti6crs
and distillery workers, masters, wait
ers and bartenders, cigarmakers.
butchers and bakers, the grocery
trade, hop and barley growers, plumb
ers and beerpump workers, bar fix
! tCre workers, metal polishers, grain
workers, mineral water workers, car
penters, painters, lorseshoers, sheet
metal workers, tile layers, electrical
and gas and steamfitters, glass work.
ers, piano workers, firemen, machin-
lists, engineers, musicians, printers
llthographers and coppersmiths.
The association intends to interest
! IN this movement, not only the union
men of New York City, but the organ
lied workers Of the state and the
country at large.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
MANY MAKE MERRY
AT O. r. G. DANCE
Railroad Men Entertain Large
Crowd in Their Eleventh
Annual Function.

The members Of the Superior divi-
sion, No. 2S8, Order Of Railway Con-
ductors, were hosts to one of the larg-
est crowds i'm the history of their
dances at their eleventh annual ball
held at the Hotel Superior last night.
Close to 400 couple made merry from
the time the grand march started at
8: SO until an early hour this morning.
| Many of those present took the spe-
cial late trains to the suburbs and
| to Duluth.
The grand march was led by Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Bradley. Mr. Bradley
was the chairman on the committee
in charge of the arrangements and
it was largely to his Individual work
and the efforts Of his committee that
the ball proved to be the success that
it was
The decorations and the music were
the chief features Of the night and
were repeatedly commented upon by
the guests. The national colors in
the form of bunting, flags, the divi-
sion's monogram among other things
were used IN the decorative scheme
and the sight made the hall look
brilliant to say the least Howelrs
orchestra furnished the music
An attractive feature of the ball
was the souvenirs. Each guest be-
ing presented with a flower, a car
nation to the ladies and a rose to the
gentlemen. Refreshments were served
In the cafe during the evening
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
ANTI-ALIEN RESOLUTION.

CARSON, New, Feb. 24.-The Nevada
senate today passed an anti-alien resolution
which has already been adopted by the
assembly. 1t is In the form of joint con-
current resolution providing that all aliens
and foreigners shall be excluded from fedsr-
al and state grazing lands.