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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
ITEMS AT WATERLOO

Waterloo. Dec. 19.-Mr. j. F.. An
derson spent several days this week
in Greenwood
Rev. f. G.. Whitlock attended the
Methodist Conference in Charleston.
He has many friends In this section
who are glad that the Conference re-
turned him to this circuit for another
year.
a Is. Of p. lodge was organized here
Friday night with twenty charter
members. Mr. G. ID. Brown of Able
vile. DIR. III. x. Aiken of Laurens, Col.
Aull OF Newberry, Capt Evans, of
Greenwood and Prof. Martin Of Clin-
ton were present and assisted i'm the
exercises.
MIR. j. G.. Smith spent last week in
Charleston as a delegate to the Granu
Lodge of Masons
Messrs. Gary Culbertson and George
II. Anderson, who are taking a busi-
ness course in Atlanta, are here for
the holidays
Cadet Langdon Long OF the Citadel
is here for the Christmas holidays.
Tonight at the school auditorium
the Waterloo school will give an en-
tertainment Prof. Bradley and his
able assistants have spent much time
in preparing for the entertainment
and all who attend are assured OF n
pleasant time. The public is cordially
invited
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
AGE LIMIT THE SAME.
The General Assembly will not Raise
the Limit on the Age Of Children
In Manufacturing Plants.


The general assembly will not be
asked to raise the age limit from IL
to IA years Of children in the manu-
featuring plants Of the State. This
was decided upon at a meeting Of
the South Carolina child labor COM
mittee held Friday. The action re-
cinds a previous resolution by the
committee which would have asked
the Legislature to pass law prohibit
ing all children under IA years of age
from working In the mills of the
State. The committee will ask and a
measure Is being framed which will
eliminate all children under IL years
OF age from mill work. The commit
tee will also ask for a law requiring
riages. The law is considered essen
tial to the proper enforcement OF all
child Legislation, according to a state
ment given out.
Those Present
There were present at the meeting
Friday: George b. Cromer, chair
man; A. T. Jamison. Bishop w. A.
Guerry, Miss Louisa Poppenheim, j.
A. Mccullough. w. H. Hand, C. e.
Weltner, o. Y. Owings and John Por-
ter Hollis, who is the secretary. The
South Carolina Cotton Manufactur-
ers' association was represented at the
meeting by Aler. Long.
Resolution Adopted.
Following general discussion of
the question of amending the child
labor law Of the State. the following
resolution was adopted by the com
mittee: Resolved, That any reference
to the raising of the age limit be
stricken out of our child labor bill to
be submitted to the general assembly.
at the coming session; that the South
Carolina child labor committee place
itself on record as favoring q gradual
raise Of the age limit to IA years as
soon as in the opinion of the COM
mittee the conditions are favorable;
that copy of these proceedings be
sent to the newspapers Of the State
with the request that they be pub
lished with editorial comment to the
end that public sentiment In behalf
of child labor reform oe created"
This action ON the part of the COM
mittee results In a somewhat altered
Legislative programme. The general
assembly will be asked to pass two
measures--a bill to amend the pres
ent law by repeating the poverty and
summer school exemptions in pro-
hibiting the working of children un-
der l6 years OF age in the mills at
night and to require the registration
of births and marriages.
The State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
NEW ELECTRIC LINE
IN PIEDMONT

w. j. Oliver Interested In Plan to
Build Electric Railroad from Spar.
tanburg to Greenville.
That the w. j. Oliver Construction
Company, which was commissioned by
the Secretary of State Thursday, pro-
poses to build an electric railroad trcn,
Greenville to Spartanburg Is the state
ment made here today. The company
is capitalized at 100000 and associat-
ed with Mr.. w. j. Oliver the we'll
known Knoxville. Tenn, contractor
are Messrs. e. G. Oates and It. A.
Wright also OF Knoxville, Tenn, and
H. N. Prince and Charles w. Ellis of
Greenville.
Mr.. Oliver, who Is one of the best
known contractors in the country, Is
said to have been interested in the
proposition to build an electric road
from Greenville to Spartanburg by
Messrs. Prince and Ellis, who have
been working on the scheme for some
time. Mr.. oliver was to have visited
Greenville several weeks ago but has
been delayed in coming. He is, how
ever, expected shortly to arrive and
look over the field
Messrs. Prince and Ellis have been
interested in project to build an
electric road from Greenyille to Spar
tanburg for several years 1t was re-
ported In the city today, though not
from an authoritative source. that
Mr.. oliver several weeks ago accepted
proposition. which was submitted to
him by these gentlemen and that they
had decided to form company and
begin work on the line at an early
date as possible.
There were some who connected the
newly commissioned company with
the effort to extend the Greenville &
Knoxville Railroad across the noun
tains into Tennessee. In Greenville to-
day 1t was stated that the company
commissioned yesterday, had no con-
nection whatever with the Greenville
and Knoxville road but that it planned
to construct road from this city to
SPartanburg.-Pie
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY,

(Schedule Effective June 20, 1900,
N. B.-These schedule figures show
the time that trains may be expecte,X
pected to arrive and depart but the
times shown are not guaranteed.
East and West bound trains frOm
Spartanburg, g. C..
1880 A. M.-No. SO, daily, for Char-
lotte. Washington. Richmond, New
York and intermediate points. Ar
rive Charlotte 1906 A. NJ. Richmon1.
$3.50 r. M, Washington 1O:55 p. NJ.
New York $50 A. NJ
$3.50 A. M.-No. AZ, daily exceoc.
ate points. Arrive Charlotte i2:4I
1:45 p. M.-No. 12, daily local, foc
Richmond and intermediate points
Arrive Richmond 200 A. M.
5:20 p. M.-No. 80, daily, ("Ne@
York-AtlantaNew Orleans Litnited'H
for Washington, New York and ths
East. Arrive Washington $50 A. NJ.
New York. 100 p. M. Pullman cars,
dining cars.
$40 p. M.-No. 40. daily, for Cha--
lotte and intermediate points.
800 p. M.-No. 80. daily, for Wash
ington and New York. Pullman cars.
dining cars. Arrive Washington 10: a.
A. M. New York 500 p. NJ.
1890 A. M.-No. 8, daily, for Asha-
vile and intermediate points. Arrive
Asheville 2:10 p. NJ
5:35 p. M.-No. 13, daily, for Ashe-
Vile and intermediate points. Arriys
Asheville 9:15 p. nj. Parlor-cafe car
West bound trains from Greenvilie
S. C.
$50 A. M.-No. 20. daily, for Allan
tn and Birmingham. Pullman cars
dining cars. Arrive Atlanta 1O:Ss,
A. M, arrive Birmingham 400 p. M.
1885 A. M.-No.39, daily, for AZ
lanta and intermediate points, con
Meeting at Atlanta for all points west.
Arrive Atlanta 3:55 p. M.
1870 p. M.-No. 81, daily ("New
York-AtlantaNew Orleans Limited'3
for Atlanta and New Orleans. Ar
rive Atlanta $500 N. NJ, New Orleans
1888 p. Nj. Pullman sleeping car
club car, observation car and dining
car.
2:12 p. M.-No. II, daily local for
Atlanta and way stations. Arrive
Atlanta $3.50 p, NJ.
1:10 A. M.-No. 35, daily, solid
train to New Orleans with pullman
ca"s and dining car. Arrive Atlanta.
500 A. NJ, New Orleans $3.50 p. Nj.
Southbound from Columbia.
1855 A. M.-No. 20, daily, for Sa.
vannah and Jacksonville. Pullman
cars.
7:55 A. M.--No. 12 daily, for Char-
lesion and intermediate points.
$3.50 r. M.--No. a., daily, for Char
lesion and way stations.
2:15 A. M.-No. 16. daily, for Char.
lesion. Pullman car.
Summer excursion tickets now on
sale.
For further information, call on.
ticket agents Southern railway, or
j. l.. Meek.
A. G.. p. A., Atlanta, Ga
IL. II. Coapman,
c. NJ, Washington, ID. C.
Alex. III. Acker.
II. p. a., Augusta, Ga.
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A%s 44s ~ &,k4ss
JUST HERE AND THERE I
ss.astAM.AhAMA.ahsthAhat A.a a

Eighty five years old. Fred Moor Is
celebrating his seventy-flve years sing.
ine at the choir Of ST Mary's, Stafford
Diamonds and laces run close race
with tobacco and liquors In popular
favor as measured by the value of
their inn orts. .., ,.s
No new mining developments took
place In Panama during 1000. The
Darien Gold Mining company main
tains its average output. and has the
only mine Of any importance in the
Republic, although in the provinces
of Verag'IaS and Cocie there are sever
al undevrloped mines
/. is IF interest that 6S7 plants for
the generation Of electricity by: by
Irau!ic pIoces: we're instaile lin l,aly
in the years 1906, 1907 and 1908, and
also tl;a. on the Rivers 70 ard Adige
616 portfolio mills, deriving power
from the rapid current of these riyers.
ere operating.
Mrs. a. ID. Winship. the .seventy-nine
Sear-old freshman at the Ohio State
University. spent the past summer at
school at Tower Hill, Mich, where
she won prize for excellence. She
has many credits and the major part
OF this winter VIII be in the psycho.o,
gy department.
OF the railway from Puerto Deseedo
to Manuel Huapi. forty miles, were
completed on August %. Puerto Des-
eado has now over 1000 people. A
large school house Is soon to be erect
ed there, and other establishments
are planned to meet the growing needs
OF this Patagonian centre.
Lend no MONEY to others, indorse
for nobody; give what you can afford
to. and let it go at that might be in
the proverbs OF Solomon, where. in
deed. 1t is dimly adumbrated. The ad-
vice is from the Will OF David Kohn,
OF New York city, and goes with
100000 estate to his heirs.
The Scandinavian -Amerika Line
makes regular runs between Copen-
hagen. Denmark, Christiania and
Christiansand in Norway and New
York, as regards passenger and freight
business combined, and between the
same European ports and Boston and
Philadelphia. as regard frejghtbusi-
ness only.
Mrs David Goldstein, wife OF a rich
junk dealer of Denver, Col. is thought
to be the only woman in the United
States who has gone on record as new
er having owned hat. In suit for
separate maintenance she testified
that. though her husband had an in
come OF $4,000 year, he refused to
buy her hat.
Counsul General f. ID. Wnislow, of
Stockholm, reports that Swedish
company there is now making ethyl
alcohol from lixivium of suphite. The
invention will enable the refuse of pa-
per mills to be utilized and the sui
phite waste heretofore thrown away
and which polluted streams can now
be turned into a profitable by-product.
Gray, Maine has a quintette of la
dies whose age is over ninety years.
Mrs. Enoch Merrill's age is 80 years
and IL months. white Mrs. Lois B
Small passed her ninety eighth birth
day on November 6, and both of these
ladies are bright and active. Mrs.
Mary A. Frank was 96 last September
and is in her usual health Mrs. Han
nah II Rowe. is OF; Mrs Mary Lolght-
on is also 81.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
WASH HUNTER CASE
IN REFEREES COURT
Testimony Taken Before Hon. f. b.
Gary In This City Wednesday
Adjourned to New6errys

On last Wednesday afternoon Hon.
Frank b. Gary of Abbeville held a
reference here in .he cane of the
Virginia Carolina Chemical company
| against G. Wash Hunter Of Goldville
this count, Mrs. Sarah Ellen Evans
and Cole l.. Blease of Ncwberry. The
referees court was held in the offices
Of Dial & Todd, and the hearing was
adjourned at 4 o'clock until Decem-
ber 22 when another reference will
be held in Newberry
The case involves 500 acres of land
belonging to the principal defendant,
G. Wash Hunter, whose property was
placed in the hands of receivers two
years ago at which time suit was
brought against Hunter by the Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical company for
by the defendant for guano. Mrs.
Evans and Mr.. Blease hold mortgages
en- Hunters land aggregating several
thousand dollars. So far claims ap-
proximating $4,000 have been es-
tablished against Hunters attorneys
for the Virginia Carolina Chemical
company are attacking the mortgages
and are seeking to get pro rata adju-
dieation of the claims.
When the suit for the payment of
the. note held by the Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical company commenced
and the matter of a receivership came
up before. Judge Klugh, Augustus
HUFF Of this city was named as the
receiver. Subsequently the defend
ants appealed the case to the SUI
preme con"t ard succeeded in having
new receivers appointed and the
case referred in order that II might
be heard on it's merits. The new re-
ceiyers named were w. w. Davis and
j. r. Copeland of Clinton who have
continued to operate the farm of
Hunter located IN tho vicinity of
Goldville. The land cf defendant is
worth about $4,000 and other as
sets comprise stock, wagons and gen
,:al ,arri Supplies. ire value If which
is not stated. or course there are
divers claims in addition to the
ones named above. and rs stated the
total Indebtedness amounts to $21,-
600 OF thereabouts
In connection with this hearing, it
is understood that the attorney gen.
eral will probably renew his motion
In the United States supreme court
next Monday for dismissal in the
Wash Hunter crimina! appeal case
which has been pending for some
time The State has completed the al
legged faulty record in the case, so
1t is understood. and Mr.. Lyon will
present his motion again asking that
the State supreme court after that
tribunal had affirmed the Judgment
of the circuit court in fixing the pun
ishment of Hunter at eight years
in the State Denitentiary upon his
conviction of manslaughter at Green
wood more than two years ago,
charged with the murder of Elbert f.
Copeland at Goldville, this county, in
July, 1906. The case was tried sew
eral times in the Laurens criminal
court. when change of venue was
obtained and the case moved to
Greenwood, In this judicial circuit.
All in all the Hunter cases have
been very much in the public eye for
several years. and the end is not yet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21

There is n great deal OF confusion
in the lumber market at the present
time as to oak. There is a variety of
oaks and some kinds have many names
but the foresters simplify the matter
by dividing them into two great class
es. the white oak group and the black
oak group, which have very different
characteristics.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
.aAURENS SCHOOLS
ARE GIVEN PRIZES
Waterloo Awarded One OF the Capital
Prizes by the State Rural
Improvement Society.

GElEcb W tuc cttP huih
Improvement Society.
Three Laurens County schools come
In for prizes awarded by the South
Carolina Rural School Improvement
association. Waterloo school gets one
OF the first prizes of 500 for the most
3 marked improvement with reference
10 local taxation, consolidation, new
building. repairing and painting. Ii
braries, beautifying grounds and bet
der general equipment Only ten
schools in the state received these
one hundred dollar prizes. so 1t is a
distinct compliment to this schoo:,
dts superintendent, Mr.. A. w. Bradley,
and It's corps Of teachers.
The other two schools In Laurens
county to receive prizes were the
Friendship school, taught by Miss AL
line Friday, and one Of the Scufletown
saschools. 1t has been impossible to
z find out which of the Schuffietown
g;sehools won a prize. for the reason
that In the report OF the Secretary of
the association no distinction was
made between the two. 1t Will be
necessary to wait until Supt Pitts re-
4 ce1ves the checks before more definite
information will be obtainable. How
ever, the two prizes were for $50 each
AID were for the same improvements
which the Waterloo school made, only
the Waterloo school made a higher
average.
81 These prizes are offered annually
by the State, to be given out under
the direction Of the Rural School I'm
provement association, Of which Mrs.
Mary Nance Daniels Is the president.
The proceeds OF the prizes ia to go
toward improving the school property
and Is not to be used for salaries or
other current expenses of the school,
Corn Club Certificates.
The certificates given by the State
Board Of Education to the Corn club
Z boys are being distributed.
Superintendent of Education Geo l..
Pitts has received the certificates, CIV
en- those boys of the Corn club who
made yield OF >orn Of over rs bushels
The certificates are signed by Gov.
Ansel. Prof. w. X. Ttate, Hon. j. e.
Swearingen. for the state board. and
Supt. Geo. l.. Pitts for the county.
The certificates are very pretty
pieces Of work and will be very suit
able for framing and keeping for fu-
-tare reference.
The following Laurens county boys
received the certificates: Ernest Hen
derson. Willie Chestine. Bluford Cope
land. Jodie Mcmillan. ]. Wash Watts,
w. c. Byrd, Seth Prior. John Lloyd
Adair. John Gray. Dor Burns. Jack
Anderson, John Patterson. Willie
Wolff, Humbert Sullivan, Carl Smith,
and G. w. Mills.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21

IN the construction OF the additional
wat rworks system to supply Mexico
City 10000 tons Of iron pipe from
France and England will be used. The
valves arc ordered in the United
State.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-03-03
Reason and Instinct.

A certain north country miner was
particularly proud of a clever little
dog he possessed. At times he.was apt
TO claim a little too much for his pet,
and one morning a neighbor was en-
deavoring to point out the difference
between instinct and reason when an
amusing Interruption occurred. A
seedy looking tramp turned the corner,
and the dog. without so much as a
word from his master. sprang into the
road and offered battle.
There you are" laughed the miner
as the dog trapped and snarled around
the heels OF the tramp. "'E don't like
the looks Of the chap. That's instinct"
Suddenly the tramp turned and kick
ed the dog into an adjacent field.
There you are" calculated the min
er's friend grimly. THE chap don't
like the looks of the dog. An that's
reason."-London Ttt-Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-03-03
A CURIOUS WILL.
II Forces & Happy Family Under Pe-
cuIiar Conditions.

cuIiar Conditions.
An extraordinary will has been left
by an elderly unmarried lady who died
ill Vienna. Her property. amounting
to about 100000. is appointed TO be di-
Vided between her three nephews, now
aged twenty-four, twenty-seven and
twenty-nine. and her three nieces, aged
nineteen, twenty-one and twenty-five.
5n equal parts on the following condi-
tiOns:
The six nephews and nieces must all
live in the house formerly inhabited by
their aunt, with the executor, law
Yer, whose business 1t will be to see
shat the conditions of the will are
strictly observed. None of the neph-
ews is to marry before reaching his
fortieth year or the nieces before their
thirtieth, under the penalty that the
share of the one so marrying will be
divided among the others.
Further, the six legatees are admon-
ished never to quarrel among them
selves. If one should do SO persistent
~ the executor is empowered to turn
him or her out OF the house and divide
the share as in the case of marriage.
The executor is himself forbidden to
marry or to reside elsewhere than in
the house with the legatees as long as
he holds his office, to which hand
some remuneration is attached.
The old maid is said to have made
this peculiar will because her nephews
and nieces continually worried her
during her life by asking her to give
them money to enable them to marry,
requests she always refused.-London
EXnreSs
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-03-03
OLD MAN HARE.
The Actors Meeting With Gladstone
Outside the Theater.

Outside the Theater.
John Hare, the eminent English
ctor-manager. said that the most de-
lightful compliment he ever received
was from Mr.. Gladstone. 1t was a
double ended compliment. Whichever
way you took it it was satisfactory.
Mr.. Hare earned fame playing old
mems parts, his character as Mr.. Gold
by in "A Pair of Spectacles" being
good example. Added to this was a
horror of having his picture taken.
Mr.. Gladstone had never seen a pic
turc of the actor, but he knew him
well behind the scenes as well as be-
fore the foot!ights. The premier's ia
vorite play was "a Pair of Specta-
cles," and he always went behind the
scenes to chat awhile with the actor
The really old man and the made up
old man would sit there and talk in
the most delightful way for an hour
after the show
One day the Earl of Rosebery had
Mr.. Gladstone to dinner, and he also
invited his friend John Hare The
actor came in smooth shaved, looking
about thirty-five. He was presented
to Mr. Gladstone, and the prime min
lister shook his hand most cordially
and said:
My dear sir l am very, very glad
to meet you. know your father very,
very well. Splendid actor! Fine old
man"
1t took the whole evening for the
earl and Mr.. Hare to convince him
that this son was really the father.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-03-03
Two Strange Condolences.

4 structu"e known as Stoodley Pike,
which stands ninety yards high and is
situated near Hebden bridge. England.
has remarkable history. 1t was
built in 1914 to commemorate the peace
of Ghent Singular to relate, however.
1t fell on the very day that the Rus
sian ambassador left England prior to
the Crimean war. Rebuilt by public
subscription. 1t withstood storm and
rain for half Il century, but on the
same day that the British government
issued It's ultimatum to the Beers 1t
was struck by lightning and badly
damaged. These unique condolences
have strangely perplexed local people.
Strand Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-03-03
SENSE OF HEARING.
Sound Waves and the Way They Act
Upon the Ears.

Sound Waves and the Way They Act
Upon the Ears.
The detection Of the direction Of q
sound by the sense Of hearing is. like
the rapid focusing of the eye on OBJ
jects at different distances. one Of
those instructive operations which are
continually done without any conscious
method
Sound waves traverse the air as rip
pies stir the water. and the ear by ex-
perience acquires some slight power of
detecting the direction In one case. as
the eye does with far greater accuracy
In the other. Usually we unconscious
ly receive assistance from other senses
as well. Often we fail to locate at
once some hidden source of sound.
such as a singing bird. and then our
instructive ingenuity displays itself.
The intensity Of sound is, OF course.
by no means so great behind a screen
as in front of it. and every one carries
with him the screen of his own head.
which may prevent particular sound
from being heard so well by one ear
as by the other. II. then, the head is
turned until this inequality disappears
and both ears hear equally we'll we
know that we must be directly facing
or turned from the source of sound.
and our previous rough idea Of its
whereabouts generally prompts us to
face IL.