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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
CHANCE
FOR TROLLEY LINE
lnterurban Open for Propo.
SitiOn from laurenS.
HIGH OFFICIALS
ARE WRITING HERE
Supposed that Opposition Being En-.
countered in Spartanburg Is Caus.
ing the Railroad Promoters 10 Turn
Their Eyes in Other Directions and
Laurens Is Favored.

1t Is understood here on good au-
thority that the interurban trolley
company, which is building line
from Greenwood to Charlotte, is again
considering the advisability of run
ming their line to Laurens. Informa-
ton was received to that effect by one
of the leading business men of the city
Monday and immediately steps were
taken to agitate the question of turn
ing tho line this way. The old peti-
tions which were circulated last fall
for the election on a bond issue OF
$4,000 to go towards the city's sub
scription for capital stock were again
circulated and enough signatures oe
free holders were secured to call an
election on the question. There is lit
tie doubt but that the election would
carry with big majority. In addi-
tion to this amount the Watts Mill last
fall voted twenty five cents a spindle
towards he purchase of the stock, this
amounting TO about $4,000. Ind.vdu-
ais have already signfed a willing
ness to subscribe to the capital stock
so it can he safely said that if the
trolley people give Laurens show in
the matter they will meet a hearty re-
ception.
The survey which was made last
year showed an excellent line from
Greenville to Laurens by the way OF
Fountain Inn and Gray Court. The
line runs along a ridge almost the en-.
tire distance and could be built at a
very low cost ger mile. The line could
connect here with either of the two
lines running into here or could con-
tinue on to Clinton and connect with
the Seaboard The latter plan would
in all probability be followed if the
lire were brilt in this direction. The
people of Clinton would join heartily
in the plan and so would the land own
ers along the route between these
points.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
Store at Ora Robbed.

The store of Mr.. w IT. Blakely, a
merchant at Ora, was broken in;o Sat
urday night and robbed of small
quantity of clothing, shoes and jewel
ry. Rural Policeman Sullivan made an
investigation but the only trace of the
thief was a bundle of cast of wearing
apparel, that of tramp evidently,
found by the road side between Ora
and Lanford Entrance was effected
by prying open the back door. The
robber is supposed to have been a
white tramp who passed through that
section Saturday afternoon.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
WATER FOUND PURE.

DIR. Parker in Analysing the Second
Sample of Laurens Water Finds II
Entirely Free from Contamination.
The quarterly report on the purity
of the Laurens water has been
made by DR.. Parker, State Chemist.
The following is the report as regards
cOutaminations:
State Board of Health
OF South Carolina
Charleston, S. c., July IA, 1911.
Sanitary Water Analysis No. 65S of
Sample of water received 7-1O-1l, from
Laurcns Water Works, Laurens. S. C.
Bacterial Analysis
Bacterial Indications of Contamipa-
tions, none.
Remarks, Free from Contamination.
Respectfully submitted,
f. l.. Parker, Jr., M. ID.
From the above 1t can be seen that
there were no grounds for the rumor
that Laurens water supply had been
condemned
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
TOWN BOYS WIN.
In Il SnOrting Good Tilt Laurens Mill
Team Goes Under In Il Game Fight.

iSh" pOtS IL NuInt G1Rut.
That the game between Laurens
Mill second team and Laurens city
second team last Saturday was one of
the greatest in the history of baseball
goes without saying. Although The
Advertisers special war correspon~
dent was absent from the firing line
1t only took the bowling mob of boys
who visited him in his office Just two
minutes to prove that it was the
crowning battle of the season. 1t
was the Waterloo of the Mill boys.
though they put up one of the scrap
Diest games ever seen in Garlington's
pasture There were triples and
doubles and singles, phenomenal
catches, sensational plays, soul stir
ring stabs of the sphere and so forth
and so on. The town boys, of course
claim majority of these things and
there being no proof but the score.
which was 8 to 0, it will have to go
at that The batteries for both sides
were easily the stars. For the Mil!
Reed Martin and Skinner Webbers
heaved and caught the pellet i'm true
league fashion The town battery,
Ralph Moore and Herman Boyd were
there with the goods from start to
finish, Moore striking out sixteen bat
ters.
These two teams play again next
Saturday at the Old Mill brick yard
Now take look at the lineup.
Laurens: Little, Boyd.H., Moore
Payne, Langston Martin Bolt Daven-
port, Boyd, Barksdale.
Laurcns Mill: Weathers Martin,
Martin. Riddle Walker, Summerel,
Moore, O'Shields, Putnam.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
TO REMODEL THE
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
County Commissioners Cali
for Sias.
EARLY BEGINNING OF
WORK EXPECTED
The Building will be Up-tO.date in
Every Particular and when Finish
cd will be One Of the Most COnye-
nient Court Buildings TO be Found
Anywhere HereabOuts.

AS will be seen I'm another column
of this paper, the county commission
ers have called for bids for the remod-
cling and enlarging of the County
Court House. The remodeling and
enlarging was authorized in an act
empowering the county commission
ers to eXpend as much as $4,000 for
the purpose. AS the plans call for Il
building of the very latest pattern. it
for the expenditure of almost the en-
time amount.
The building viii be Il modern one in
every respect Although all OF the
Offices Will remain on the ground
floor as at present, they will be diff
ferently arranged and much larger
and roomicr Fire proof yalutS viii
be provided for nearly all Of the diff
ferent Offices and everything Will be
made as complete as possible and at
the same time convenient The build.
ing will be steam heated throughout.
Mr.. Humbert has been studying and
arranging the plans for many months
and nothing has been overlooked to
make the building one OF the best OF
its kind. Bids are to be submitted ON
o: before August lst and they will he
opened that day. II bids are submit
ed sa' a'isfactory TO the county commiS
SiOners work will probably be hegllr
within a very short time after that
date
The present building was erected il
1898 When first built ii answered for
every purpose but the needs OF tho
county have demanded better facilities
for some years All of the county Of
iccrs are crampcd for room at pres
ent and the new Office viii be more
welcome to them than anybody else.
The architects on tie Building are
Brown, ProtIitt 4 Hampton Of Atlan~
tn and Spartamburr The original
drawings were made ty Nh Luther
Hampton. who was raised in Laurcns
and who mp until a few months ago
was 2 resident here II w@s daring his
residence i'm l.aurous :. (. v months ago
that he ircw The FIRST pians g. Ten
Eyck Brown is OF Atlanta ;ud is one
OF the foremost architects OF the Soutn
Many of the maumOth slyscrapcrs n
his home city were pIanu'd by him.
Mn Pronitt is rcSid,u, Of Spartan
1
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
WILL OPEN AGAIN.
Near Beer Man to Open up Shop with
n Weaker Variety. Other Stories
Circulatiny

III. Sampson, the near beer man.
opened his shop again Monday morn
ing after being closed for several
weeks. He has received from the
City Council permission to sell a bot
tied drink, made in Charleston, said
to contain only one fourth of one per
cent. alcohol. This is somewhat
milder drink than was sold before
In the meantime q report has gain
ed circulation that another near beer
saloon will be opened up by other
parties at ar early date with the same
grade of goods that Sampson handled
at first
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
4 FAMILY REUNION.
Children and Grand Children of Capt.
j. r. Minter to Gather Mt the Old
Home Place.


j. Il. Minter to Gather Mt the Old
Home Place.
Friday the children and the grand
children of Capt. ]. r. Minter
will begin to gather at the old home
of Capt. Minter at Sedalia, in Union
County. There are about twenty five
children and grandchildren in the fam
lily and all of them will meet at the
old home place with Capt. Minter and
spend a week together. During this
time Rev. Mr.. w. r. Minter will carry
on services in the old church which
the family have always atte ed. They
are anticipating very plea. 1t weeks
gathering together, when they can
mingle with each other and discuss the
days of their childhood
The entire family will be entertain
ed at the old homestead which is now
occupied by Mr.. J. f. Minter, one Of
the sons. The others who will COM
pose the party, which of course will
include Capt. j. r. Minter himself,
will be Mr.. and Mrs. n. b. Dial and
three children, Mr.. and Mrs. e. p.
Minter and Master Gelder. Mrs Mag
gle Minter of Davidson, n. c., and
three sons, Clark, Russell and Hugh,
Rev. and Mrs. w. X. Minter and three
children of Lincolton, N. c., and Miss
Marjorie Gelder sister of Mrs. f.
p. Minter.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
Green ILnntcr PnroIed.

Green f. Hunter, sentenced to pay a
fine of $500 or serve sentence of
twelve months at hard labor, for vio-
lation of the dispensary law, has been
paroled by Gov. Blease Hunter will
be made 20 pay fine of 5000 and if he
ever again is convicted of the same
charge will have to serve out the orig
inal sentence.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
FUGITIVE is CAUGHT
AFTER SIX YEARS
John Carter. Who Killed Negro Girl in
1905 Apprchcndcd in Clinton viii
he Tried at Next Tcrm OF Court.

Rural Policeman j r. Madden went
down to lydia Mills, near Clinton Fri.
day and brought back oJhn Carter.
vino killed negro girl. Laura Craw-
ford on the 18th OF August, 1905. Car
ter is now in Jail to await trial at the
next term of court There was only
one other eve witness negro girl.
and she viii be brought to court as a
witness
The tragedy occurred on Li,tlo Riv-
cr, near the Dunlap place. The jury
of inquest laid the criue at his feet,
but he escaped going towards Coum-
bia. whore the chase was given up it
being said that he had gotten killed
there. However, several weeks ago
it was heard that he was in this neigh
borhood and last week Mr.. Madden
went down to Clinton and got him.
The original warrant was issued by
Coroner w. ID. Watts and placed in the
hands of Sheriff Duckctt
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
STEADY PROGRESS
IN BUILDING LINE
Several Handsome Homes
Being Erected I'm the City
THE GLASS FACTORY
ALMOST COMPLETED
Plant Expected TO be In Operation by
the First OF September-Outside
Work Has Been Finished-Other
Building and Improvement Notes.

The hammer and the saw are some
busy in Laurens these hot days and if
all the rumors atloat will just an
chor there'll be sounds of hammering
and saving hereabouts for some time
to come. With the beginning of the
romodeling of the court house, the
awakening of Uncle Sam to the fact
that the new Post Office is still on pa
per and the beginning of a few other
promised improvements there will he
work galore for the carpenter. A few
of the recent improvements and build
ings are listed below for the benefit
of those who never look over the
town in which they live
&&e
There are several big improvements
contemplated on the square but there
is only one firm up and doing yet. The
corner Store-room on east side of the
square and owned by DR.. B. f. Posey,
the druggist, is being remodeled into
what will be one of the handsomest
drug stores in the state The front
will be of impervious pressed brick
with the lower floor entirely of plate
glass. The interior will be finished i'm
mahogany, the side cases and the show
cases being solid mahogany with mar
BILE base There will also be new
soda fountain which, with it's solid
mahogany back bar and the remainder
of pure onyx will be in keeping with
the other fixtures of the store The
fountain is of the "iceless sanitary"
variety and is very expensive. The pre-
scription case will be of mahogany
with onyx pillars in front The floor
of the entire building will be covered
with tile and the ceiling will he of
metal
MIR. George Bale, Jr has just com
plctcd handsome bungalo on West
Main street. 1t is very beautifully and
at the same time practically designed
both inside and out Mn Bale expects
weeks
MIR John Hicks = hrothcr of Posi-
master Hicks, has begun the erection
of q large and extensive new rosidcuca
ON the corner of Todd ana Farley ave
nucs. MIR Hicks has only recently de.
cidcd 10 make I.aurcns his home INT
he and his family are wcJl known
here where ,hcv have many friends
contractor has purchased a Iot from
MIR w G. Lancaster ON Farlcv avauu,
and intends beginning the erection or
a pretty hcmc within the ua<f fnt
weeks mis- former home la- boon.
SOLD 10 Mr. Arthur Tqvlor
inc his home few milo. outside of
the city has decided TO move his ram
iv here. He has purcha.cd sp3cinu-
lot ON Scurl Harper street ana has ai.
ready he sur the erection of - home
that from the plans and specifications
promises to be one OF the prcttiest i'm
'''
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19

Company, of Charleston offers 3 sacks
S-3-3 guano for the best horse OF mare
colt bred in Laurens County; 2 sacks
of 1913 for the next best; also 3 sacks
of S-3-3 guano to the best mule colt
bred in Laurens County and 9 sacks
to the next best.
j. F.. Minter e Bro. will give n pair
of $500 shoes to the young lady un-
der 81 years of age who makes the
best shirt.
w. Carl Wharton offers one barrel
of first patent flour to the man who
has furnished the most children the
longest time during the past school
year to any and all schools.
John A Franks offers nice $3.50
open buggy bride to the best harness
horse in Laurens county.
Brooks & Jones offers a pair OF
Weiss shears for the prettiest child
under years of age
Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate
Company offers sacks of S-3-3 guano
to the best bull and 2 sacks to the
next best of any breed in Laurens
County n
Anderson Wharton e Co, of Water
loo, offers a $500 jefferson hat to the
best pair of pigs under six months old,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
BASE BALL AT ORA.
Cray Court and LanfOrd- Will Tie
Up SntIrday Afternoon.

Ora, July 1S,-The Gray Codrt-Ow-
ings ball tossers and the Lanford- Ora
aggregation will try nine rounds of the
national game here Saturday after
noon. The game will be pulled off in
Jeg Little's pasture, near Martins
Cross Roads. A big crowd is expect
ed to witness the defeat of one of the
teams.
Messrs. Carl Barksdale, of Clinton.
j, c. Barksdale of Laurens and Eston
Hembrce of this place went to Green
wood Sunday in an automobile.
Mr.. Eston Hembree will accompany
a ball team made up from several
teams in this county which will make
an inroad into Georgia next week The
party will be in charge of Mr.. Bailey,
OF CIintoa. Young IIemEree is making
quite a name for himself as pitcher.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19
very truly,
ID. N. BARROW,

Superintendent
The following prizes have been Of
fered for the different subjects named:
Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate
Company offers sacks S-3-3 guano
for the best brood mare and colt; 9
sacks S-3-3 to the next best.
Davis Roper & Company offers a
$500 pair of Stetson shoes for the
best milk and butter COW of any breed
in Laurens County
S. M. & e. III. Wilkes G. Co. will give
a $3.50 rocking chair for the best loaf
of bread and cake baked by Laurens
County woman, young or old
Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-07-19

Under the supervision of supt. Pan
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

|, R. S. Hall, trustee, under the pro-
visions of and by virtue of the authori-
ty conferred upon me in a deed OF
trust made by Joseph Pettus to the
peoples Bank on the 14th day of Au-
gust, 1906, to secure certain indebt-
edness to said Peoples Bank, and
which said deed of trust is recorded in
book OK" page 1913 of the records Of
land in the Second Judicial District OF
Perry county in the Chancery Clerks
office at Hattiesburg, Miss, which said
deed of trust has been assigned by the
Hattiesburg Trust & Banking Co. as
assignee of the Peoples Bank to G. o.
Eure, the present owner, 1 will, on
Monday, the 9th day of March, 1911,
offer for sale and will sell at public
auction for cash to the highest bidder
at the front door of the For
rest county court house during
legal hours the following described
land, being and situate in Forrest
county state of Mississippi, to-wit; Lot
4, block 81, township 4, section 16
North of range IS West, in the D. d
McInnis third survey to the city OF
Hattiesburg: the said lot containing
one acre, and said land is free from
all encumbrance.
Witness my signature this the list
day of February, 1911.
"a Fri. r. S. HALL, Trustee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
OWEN KILDARE.
*:*******"***""* :

Death, the twin brother of sleep,
has gently put to rest the turbulent
and disordered brain of poor Owen
Kildare.
He was a genius born in the gutter,
and like many another genius found
the tasks of intellect too great for
him. His brain, in the end, gave way
and he wandered helpless child in
his last days, among strangers in a
strange land.
Toward the last he became violent
and death was, merciful relief.
There is lesson in the life of Owen
Kildare which is interesting.
He never knew who his parents
were. He probably came unmasked
into this world, only to be deserted to
live as best he might. His childhood
was that of the average child in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

l, R. S. Hall, trustee, under the pro-
visions of and by virtue of the authori-
ty conferred upon me in a deed Of
trust made by Joseph Pettus to the
Peoples Bank on the 18th day of Octo-
Der, 1905, to secure a certain indebt-
edness to said Peoples Bank, and
which said deed of trust is recorded
in book OK" page 125 of the records
of deeds in the Second Judicial Dis
trict of Perry County in the Chancery
Clerks office at, Hattiesburg, Miss.
which said deed OF s~ust has been as
signed by the HattiesS2rg Trust &
Banking Co., as assignee, to c. o
Eure, the present owner. l will, o.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
COMPANY WANTS
TOO MANY RIGHTS
in one CHARTER
vicksburg Concern Wants the Privi-
leee of Doing Anything it May
Care to Do.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 10.-Governor
Noel has had to refuse the charter to
Vicksburg company because of its
provisions. 1t proposes to do any
thing and everything from conducting
an orphan asylum, putting in line OF
airships with Vicksburg or any other
place the stockholders may at any
meeting name as the domicile.
OF course the charter doesn't speci-
fly these things, but the last clause OF
the proposed charter would grant the
company the right to do so, If 1t de-
sired. 1t is proposed to establish
line of steamboats, on the Yazoo and
Mississippi rivers, as well as conduct
several other lines of business, and
the last clause of the proposed char
ter, after everything imaginable has
| been related, which the company may
do, provides that it may do all things
it desires"
The opinion handed down by Assist
ant Attorney General J. R. Mcdowell,
declares such charter Is against the
policies of the state, if not in direct
conflict with the law, and that the
charter should not be granted because
it seeks to monopolize every business
that can be thought of, except estab
fishing a hospital or home for lame
and INDECENT dogs, cats, sheep an6
cattle.
The charter was drafted by a wei
known Vicksburg attorney who evi
IDENTIFY believes in getting his moneys
worth when asking for something
This form of application for charter
seems to be getting rather popular il
Mississippi, as two or three other,
have been refused recently which were
drafted along similar lines.
The prime object of the applicants
for this charter is to establish lin,
of steamers to play between Vicksburj
and points along the Yazoo and Missis
sippi rivers, and if the application i
amended so as to come within the pre-
visions of the law, it will be approved
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
WOMAN IN BLACK
ON BOGUS CHECK
gets The Cash
for Nearly Two Hundred
Dollars.

Meridian, Miss, Feb. 10.-A woman
heavily yelled and dressed in black
passed in check at the teller's win
dow of the First National Bank We'd
nesday evening in cash $195.S2. An
hour later when the bank discovered
that the check was bogus the woman
had disappeared.
The check was signed by Mrs. F. E
Cochran, payable to Miss Annie Coch
ran, and was properly endorsed. Mrs
Cochran is a depositor and the CHECK
signature seemed to be genuine.
No clue has been found as to the
woman's identity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-10
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy

slums. He was a pickpocket, juve-
nile crook, who would turn his child
ish fingers to any crime which came
within his scope of vision.
He grew into years, hardened, SEEM
ingly unredeemable. He was a ia
miliar figure in the police courts. He
was one of the unregenerate. He
could neither read nor write. He had
40 respect for law or men.
Then a woman came into his life.
She was one of the Lords helpful wo-
men, who see good in everything and
who work in the vineyard without
hope of reward.
She exercised a wonderful influence
over Owen Kildare. He became ano-
Their man. He had a quick, active
brain keyed by his irregular life to be
come readily receptive. He acquired
an education rapidly. 1t is said with
in a year he learned to read and
| write well. The thirst for knowledge
grew. lie acquired along with e.luca
ton a certain polish. He worked fol
the New York newspapers and his
stories of criminal life were eagerly
accepted. He knew his subjects well
He knew the vernacular of the Bowery
and the argot of thieves. 1t was the
extreme naturalness of these stories
which appealed to the public and his
familiarity with police methods added
touch which pleased.
In the end the woman who rescued
Kildare married him.
His life story is faithfully told il
my Mamie Rose" which, with the as
sistance of Arnold Daily, he adapted
for the stage. Rechristened "Regen
eration,' it was produced with an ele
ment of success.
Three years ago he fell down thu
steps of the New York Tribune office
Later, from shock and an overtax
ed brain, he lost his memory. Becom
ing hopelessly insane he was confined
to Manhattan State Hospital on Wards
Island.
Two years his wife waited. Find
| ing no hope for his recovery she Sc
cured a divorce and married Lieuten
ant Commander Charles A. Adams O.
the U. S. n.
Kildare did not know. He could mo-
know. He was living life amons
kings and emperors and lords of the
universe. His fevered fancy created
many scenes and situations for him
but his earthly ties were concealed be
hind that fateful curtain which sepa
rated him from his other life.
The last days grew dark. He be
came violent. He was more of the
savage than he was in the Bowerl
days when he did not hesitate to use
the knife. The brute in him was Dor,
again. He was once more an outcas
and this time beyond the reach of
womans influence.
Death brought relief.
Even after she had married, the for
mer wife and her husband thought il
the kindliest way of poor Owen Xii
dare. When she received the news o
his death she had his body brought t
her, and it was her tears that wet thu
grave in the end, just as it was he
tears, years ago, which caused tn
seed of Kildare's better self to grow
into redeemed manhood.
1t is the same old story. A womal
can make or mar a man.