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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-08
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 1st day of
December, / will render a final ac-
count of my acts and doings as Ex-
ecutor of the estate OF Emma ]. Nose
ley, deceased, in the Office OF the Judge
OF Probate Of Laurens county, at II o.
CLOCK, a. M, and on the same day will
apply for a final discharge from my
trust as Executor.
Any persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date
duly proven, or be forever barred
j. r. Moseley,
u Executor
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-08

There is little danger from cold or
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followed by pneumonia, and that raw
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Remedy is used. This remedy has
won Its great reputation and exten-
siye sale by it's remarkable cures of
colds and grip and can be relied upon
with implicit confidence. For sale bv
all dealers. ~
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-08

Red Iron Racket.
lOc best quality of Bleaching, red hot
price now 1-2c at j. c. Burns & Co.
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Red Iron Racket.
Big ci9thing sale now going on ar
j. G. BUNS G. Co. Big Store. Laurens
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-08
NOTICE
OF THE.
County Treasurer.

The Books Of the County Treasurer
will be opened for the collection Of
State, County and Communication Road
Taxes for fiscal year, 1911. at the
Treasurer's Office from October 18th.
to December 31st, 1911. After Decem
ber 31st., one per cent. will be added.
After January 31st, two per cent. will
be added, and after February 28th.,
seven per cent will be added till the
18th. day of March, 1912, when the
books will be closed.
All persons owning property In more
than one Township are requested to
call for receipts in each of the several
Townships in which the property is
located. This is important, as addition
al cost and penalty may be attached.
All able-bodied male citizens be-
tween tie ages Of 81 and 60 years Of
age are liable to pay poll tax of $t.O0
except old soldiers, who are exempt at
so years of age. Communication Road
Tax $1.5O, in lieu Of road duty.
The Tax levy is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

mother had taught in the same school while
a girl. We moved TO the village right at
hand when | was six years old. My father
had gone into the lumber business mean
while. At the age of twelve | left school
because my health was bad, working in and
around my fathers mill. Daniel Willard,
president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
lived at Newport then. He was a fireman
on locomotive. ! knew him we'll He is
"A thinker and worker and very able
man.
Il returned to school when / was fifteen
years old. preparing for Dartmouth at
academies in the neighborhood. My father
had six SONS He said that he would edu-
cate one of them so that the five brothers
between them could see that he didn't
starve. | have managed to take care of
myself so far. My brothers. however. fol
lowed my father into lumber ana the mill
They now ride in automobiles. | walk"
rs it true" | asked. that you once de-
clared that railroads were the greatest and
most dangerous of all monopolies?"
Il said a good many things back in the
days when the commission had no power.
Those were delightful days by the way, for
the student of the railway question. The
commissioners could travel about the coun-
try or sit at their desks and investigate
our transportation probems-it was schol-
arly and statistical undertaking. The COM
missioners could send their reports TO Con-
gress. Reporting the serious abuses then
common to the railway business would stop
the abuses. we thought in our gentle un-
sophistication. In that belief. however, we
were very much mistaken. | saw before
long that a robust public sentiment would
have to be created. Articles were written
for publication and addresses were made TO
the people In the carrying out of that
theory. Doubtless l said that the railroads
were the greatest and most dangerous OF
all monopolies II | didn't say ii then. l
say it now, in the better light OF a fuller
knowledge of the railroad question.
"By the act of 1887 rebating was made
unlawful" Judge Prouty went on to say.
"but the railroads did not quit the practice.
The Lake Shore. now the rich property OF
the New York Central. paid back 10 per
cent of the revenues derived from large
part OF its freight TO favored shippers.
The Santa Fe Railway gave the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company "A monopoly of the
coal business in certain regions by means
OF secret reductions from its published
rate There was some outcry then about
confscating the property of the railroads
through regulatory legislation by Congress.
Yet 10y the giving of illegal rebates the
railroads themselves We're confiscating the
coal mines not owned by particular ship
pcrs At that time the Baltimore & Ohio.
the Norfolk & Western. the Chesapeake x
Ohio. the Pennsylvania and the New York
Central were transporting bituminous coal
from different fields To the Atlantic sea-
board. In tonnage and Importance II was
"A tremendous traffic. Later. because Of It's
ownership of the shares oI the Baltimore
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
Kennad Thomson Would Snatch from Water Hundreds of Val
liable Acres for Building Purposes and Sees in His Plan Sou
ton of Freight Steamship and Subway Problems
How Would He Do lt?-WeI, Read About It,

as he sat back in his chair and adjusted
his ear telephone. The beauty of the
plan is that no matter how much you
think about it the more it appeals to you
as practical and the greater the number
of problems it solves. For instance,
there is the freight and steamship prob
lem. You could dock steamships all
along the new waterfront and have
four-track subway along the marginal
way for the accommodation of full sized
freight cars. This subway would run
along both sides of Manhattan as far
north as desired, forming a belt line and
connecting, by means of tunnels, with
New Jersey and Long Island. The
tracks, eight altogether, would also be
carried under the Narrows from the
lower end of the new land to Staten
Island. They would be continued along
both shores of Staten Island and con-
meet with the mainland at Bayonne,
Elizabeth and Perth Amboy.
Passenger lines could be carried
through the middle of this extension and
"
freight and passenger connections would
be made with the mainland, and the
value of Staten Island real estate would
soar. Indeed. believe that the increase
In taxable values on Staten Island would
pay for the whole project. l have been
told that an improvement of this char
acter would Immediately multiply the
present assessed valuation of so 100000
by ten. The presence of that tongue of
land would solve the problem Of rapid
transit for Staten Island. 1t would be
very difficult to get bids for tunnel
route TO Staten Island now, because the
length of tube between stations would
be too great. There would be a long
haul. with no opportunity to take in any
nickels 1t is the short haul traffic on
which the rapid transit line depends for
its profits. The fact of receiving a
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
But if Such a Scheme Were
Proposed He Would Vote
Against 1t Now.
y. 1AMrS q MORROW.


A FTER a mustang has been ropeo
n and broken he can be n''cneu ~
n wagon or a plough. The puohc-
be-damned attitude Of the railroaos' d'
Charles AFRO Prouty terms 1t, has oeeh re
yersed by law. No man in the country mas
done more % change the attitude tnah
Judge P-outy himself. In manner anu
habit he is as plain and strong as MS
words.
A mind that can grapple with terr''o
mari Of contradictory testimony, aosuuse
technicalities and disputed principles anu
sraighten il out into simple lahsudeo
easily understood by everybody is analyu0'
expressive. coherent and direct. Juuse
Prou,v ,be oldest member of the inter-
state Commerce Commission but one mas
such mind.
The railroad rate" Judge Prouty SAID
~ Yale, tanning an essay into sen
'ence, which is his style, determines WIN
shal do business and where 1t snail pe
Gone; where coal shall be mined whefe
hour shall be ground; where cities snaii
be built" Railway discrimination for OF
against regions was never more lucloiy
stated
What the traffic will bear. he eH-
GAINED 'is an obnoxious phrase. There
y about il an odor of extortion, for one
VINO can charge anything he pleases TO
axe all that he can get strikes the ordl-
hary mind as outrageous" Thus he COM
pressed into two sentences the underlying
u'c'rines Of the railroad question, AIDING
mat whoever controls the highways OF
"auon controls that nation"
slender and gray-eyed. smooth of face
anu thin, Judge Prouty sits at his desk
~ private conference. or on the bench
a. public hearings. the embodiment OF
''eft Intelligence, Yankee shrewdness
n common sense. Dogmatic about
.Vuiihg' he is constantly searching Tor
e hght. In Vermont he has an acre
idho' and there he goes each sprlhs
pant his garden and 10 transplant
Inu uim his shrubbery and his trees.
puts every seed in the ground anu
ea'nefs the harvest when 1t Is ripe
~in living and accurate thinking are
Nc @ traditional qualities of the people OF
'" England. Judge Prouty is fine
"pe OF those Americans wherever found
"o nave given the country it's character
ana strength. An evolutionist. he keeps
,,'p Win the great social movements OF
s ume Consistent with his duties. he
'he human nature Of railroad men.
~ rroutys settled Newport which is In
,u"on'' very near TO the Canadian line.
.se Pfouty was born there II live at
"pofl yet. and shall stay there after /
~. ''do' he said. II attended district
'sl' because We lived on a farm. MY
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
Tells How the Rebate-C
Mustang Has Been Broken
to the Plough.

on certain kinds Of business the German
rate is cheaper In Germany the policy is
to carry such coarse freight as coal and
stone by water Rivers are canaiized for
that purpose. Such freight is carried here
by rail Indeed, many OF our railways 1.-Two
by coal alone. Comparisons between pub
licly owned roads abroad and privately
owned roads at home. therefore. are dim
cult and unsatisfactory as a whole
Many hard angles came into the railroad
problem as II now exists The Erie tn.
New York Central and the PENNSYLVANIA.
for example, may be hauling the same kind
OF freight 10 the East or the West Now.
a rate that would give the PENNSYLVANIA a
fair profit might barely be sufficient for the
New York Central. and might cause an
actual loss t. the Erie. Thus. a fairly
profitable rate to the Erie might be ex-
cessively profitable TO the PENNSYLVANIA.
So rate making is delicate undertaking
In many cases. and can work injury TO
communities and TO the shareholders OF
certain railways Under government own.
ership the losses on one road could be mada
up on another.
Il have thought that the greatest obiec.
tior TO the public ownership Of railroads"
Judge Prouty went on TO say. 'pertained
to labor. its control and so forth. But that
objection does not seem so serious when Il
is remembered that the government never
has any difficulty with the tens OF thou.
sands of postof,ice employees. all OF whom
are now independent OF political changes
and are secure in their places so long as
they do their work. The whole question,
attractive as ii is to the student. Is not Of
present Importance. practically. but IL will
be argued to a conclusion finally, because
the railways are monopoles-the laws make
them so-and they are and will remain the
most potential agencies OF commerce, In.
dustry and agriculture No other interest
is so large or vital
'How can the public be protected against
unsafe railway bonds and shares 1 in.
quired
There is effective protection already"
Judge Prouty replied. through publicity.
commissions and changed methods.
1T has come to pass. therefore, that uo
securities are safer or better than those
put out by our greatest railroads. Persons
OF moderate means are large purchasers Of
railway bonds and preferred shares. and
more OF the small savings OF the country
would be so invested were bonds OF lower
denomination than $500 or 81 900 issued and
offered to the public. When French man
or woman has accumulated 500 q bond is
purchased. The bondholders Of France, Il
might be said. are poor people. Bonds en-.
courage thrift and give the owners a feel.
ing of solidity and responsibility"
Copyright. loiL by James b. Morrsw.l
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

nickel for ride from Yonkers to Coney
Island does not worry the traffic man.
ayers. Only a comparatively few per-
sons would travel from one end of the
route to the other. The great proportion
travel only part way. The more sta
tons there are the more opportunities
there are for business"
How far down would you have to go
for foundations for your walls" asked
the representative of The Tribune.
Anywhere from twenty-six to sixty
feet"
How much would the plan cost?"
II am not ready to express an opinion
on that, but can say that have talked
with a contractor who has done work on
the subways and he says he would
rather build these walls than a mile of
subway
rs there a rock foundation for the
walls and for the. buildings that you
would erect on this extension of the
city,"
mo borings have been made, but the
probabilities are that there is rock. THIS
giant cofferdam could be filled i'm with
sand"
You would not erect skyscrapers on
sand foundations, would you?'
Certainly; they could be put up on
piing If we found rock bottom it
would not be necessary To do any exca-
walton work. for the sand would be re-
moved by pumping and the buildings
set right on the rock. That would elm
mate a great deal in the cost of the
building. There is one building in this
city whose foundation cost 81 .jOOWU and
two others $4,000 each. The oppor-
tunities for saving are great. as you
see"
1T would be feasible also to lay the
subways without excavating, would it
not?"
Yes, there would he saving in the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
MONG the letters in Mayor Ga

MONG the letters in Mayor Gay
n nor's mail on April . was one
which. for all its brevity, must
have been startling to him. The writer
n the letter was T. Kennard Thomson.
consulting engineer at No. 10 Church
street who is considered an authority
or eajsson construction. having designed
the work Of this character for the erec-
,op Of bridges over the Ohio, Monon-
eahela. Susquehanna, Missouri and Har-
lem rivers. the stone bridge over the
Connecticut at Hartford, and having
leen consulted in connection with the
foundation work for the Singer, City In
yesting. Bankers Trust, municipal office
and other towering New York buildings.
The project which he outlined in the
I'VE short paragraphs of his epistle was
the addition to Manhattan Island of a
tract Of new land. approximately four
miles long and half mile wide, which
would at once add 1,4OO acres of the
most valuable waterfront land in the
world 10 New OIh CltN' W NuoNV AiOii
the letter, and solve the terminal prob
lems with which Commissioner Tomkins
Of the Dock Department is now strug-
Cling
This tract Of land Mr.. Thomson pro-
roses to obtain by building heavy. water
tight masonry walls in parallel lines
about half mile apart from the Battery
across the East River and south between
the Buttermilk and North River chan
nels to a point opposite Tompkinsville'
Staten Island, and about mile distant,
where they would be brought together In
a curve somewhat in the shape of the sea
wall al the Battery. What would next
happen is one of the novelties OF the
scheme
You can go back to your office and
ge, out YOUR Jules Verne and you Will
find nothing more wonderful and prac-
teal than this idea" said Mr.. Thomson,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
Ldoe Proutv Saws Uncle Advantage Public

& Ohio, the Norfolk & Western and the
Chesapeake & Ohio. the president Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. assisted by the
New York Central could fix the price at
which coal should be carried from all the
mines of many states to tidewater. Sucn
monopolizaton. ! still maintain, is dan
gerous.'
How far does the national government
now go in the control of railroads." |
asked.
THE government does not control the
operation of railroads. nor the issue OF rail-
road securities Control goes no further
than the regulation of rates for the carry
ing OF freight and passengers and matters
bearing on that service switches to mines
and manufactures. the supply Of cars. and
so on
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
cannot initiate a rate for transporting
freight, but it can change rate when.
upon investigation. it Is found to be unrea-
sonable. The power Of the commission was
seen in the recent effort OF Eastern ana
Western roads To advance their rates for
hauling certain kinds Of freight We went
into the facts at great length, hearing the
D
ayers and their attorneys. The increases
were not allowed. Formerly the commits
sion could not reduce rate established by
a railroad. The law OF 1910. however. au-
thorzes the commission To begin proceed
ings of inquiry to the reasonableness OF
n rate My effort from the first was to OBJ
tain legislation permitting the commission
To change a rate IL ii were found TO be
wrong"
What remains to lie done by Congress
concerning railroad reguation?"
Not much, unless to operate the roads,
and operation, OF course, would mean own
ership. II that question were up now
should probably vote against II out or
sentiment The government. however, is
competent to run the railroads. l should
not want to doubt the governments ability
to do anything. Moreover what the gov
ernment does II does well. The postoffice
is an example of the governments eficen-
cy In business. Some men say that the
postoiiice is an example OF very costly. and
even extravagant. service. An answer To
that. il appears to me, is the reluctance of
the express companies TO compete with the
postoffice in the transportation OF small
packages. The opposition OF those COM
panies to the establishment OF parcels
post is known to everybody. The govern
ment is digging the Panama Canal without
scandal labor troubles or any waste OF
public funds.
"One-half OF the railway mileage OF the
world is in the United States. Three
fourths Of the mileage outside of the United
States is owned and operated by govern
ments. The German railways return a
large profit to the imperial treasury. Per-
sonally, | do not know whether the roads
of Europe are better managed than our own
or not: have never investigated them IN
that respect The rate of freight ton
mile is lower here than elsewhere. although
New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

subways made i'm that way. The streets
would simply be asphalt floors laid over
the subwavs. You do not realize how
much this extension would add to the
island. 1t would be ten blocks wide and
reach as far south from the Battery as
the Grand Central Station is to the
north. The city is crying for space for
courthouse. There would be plenty of
room if this strip were added to the
island. The beauty of the scheme is
that you can build the extension in sec
tions as it is wanted | think sky
scrapers would go up as rapidly as space
L.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13

Earroe Souie Realty Co.
di liio Washington, d. G.
The largest exclusive dealer in farms
in Maryland. List yours with our Agent.
GILES r. DYER,
Beauvue, Nd.
Telephone 1872, Leonardtown.
Mar. 30-6m.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
I'D. Del. 4 Va. Ry. 60
rATuxzNT RIVER QUITE
Es.
SCHEDULE.
In Eject September 3, 1910.

Steamer win leave Baltimore. Pier q
Light Street wharf, (weather permit.
ting,l Tuesdays, 2 p. m, for
Fair Haven, Plum Point. Dares, Gov.
ernor's Run, Cove Point, Millstone.
SoIomon's Island. Spencer's, Sc. Cuth-
berts. Sotterly, Parkers, Forests,
Dukes and Benedict.
Returning steamer will leave Benedict.
(weather permittingl. Wednesday, 8 a.
m.. stopping at all the above points.
Solomon's Island. $50 =. IN, Mill
stone. 10 IN. Governors Run, N
noon, Plum Point. l p. m, Fair Haven,
2 p m. Arriving in baltimore abouts
p. IN.
Steamer will leave Baltimore, Pier 3
Light St.. weather permitting.l Thurs
0ay. &C Z p. m: for the following points
Fair Haven, Plum Point, Dare'a. Gov
ernor Run. Cove Point. Milestone
SolomOn's Island, Spencsr's. Sd. Cuth
bert's. Sc. Leonard's, Sellers, Sotterly
Jones. Parker's, FORESTS, williams'
Dukes. Trent Hall. Holland Point,
Benedict.
Returning, steamer will leave Bene-
diet, (weSther perm 'f'1g), Friday, IL
noon. stopping at litN above points,
Solomon's Island, $40 %. IN. Mill
stone, q p. m, Cove Point, Governors
Kun. p. m, Dare's. $50 d. m. Plum
Point. . p m. Fair Haven, 10 D. m.
Baltimore, next morning.
Leaves Baltimore, Pier 3, Light St.
weather permitting.) Saturday, 2p. m.
Tor the following points
Fair Haven. Plum Point, Dare's. Gov.
ernor's Run, Cove Point, Milestone. 8 olo
mons lsiand, Spencer's. Sc. Cuthbert's,
sc. leonard's, Sellers. Sotterley, Jones.
Parker's. FORESTS, Williams. Dukes.
Trent Hall, Holland Point, Benedict.
Lieteh's, Trueman's Point, Deep Land
ing, Hollands Cliffs. Magruder's Ferry,
Lower Marlboro, Whites Landing,
Ferry Landing, Nottingham's.
steamer wilI go to Lyons Greek, Mon
day Morning.
Returning, steamer win leave Lyons
Creek, (weather permitting,J Monday,
. 80 a. m, stopping at oil the above
landings.
Nottingham, $50 n. m. Lower Mari.
boro, 10 "a. m. BENEDICT, IL noon, Solo.
mons Island, $50 p. m, Millstone. g %.
m, Cove Point, Governors Run, {. 40
p m. Dare's, 500 p. m. Plum Point,
Falr haVen, Top. IN, baltimore, next
morning.
Freight received in Baltimore. at Pier
. Light St, ON Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. until 100 p. m.
This timetable shows the times at
which steamers may be expected to ar
rive at and depart from the several
wharves. but their arrivals or departure
at the times stated is not guaranteed,
nor does the Company hold itselfrespon.
sinIe Tor any delay or any consequences
arising therefrom.
WILLARD THOMSON. Genl. Manager
w. MURDOCH. Gen. Frt. 4 Paas. Aga
Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-07-13
Saint Maru's Beacon
I'D. Del. & Va. Ry. Co.
POTOMAC RIVER LINE.
SCHEDULE
In Eject September 1, 1909.
THREE TRIPS WEEKLY.
w-BRTwKKN-m
BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON.



RsadCAssfully impOrtautehanges have
been made.
Leavs Baltimore, pier 3. Light street
wharf, weather permitting, 40 5 p. m,
every Monday, Wednesday and Satur-
day, Tor the following River Landings,
Alexandria and Washington.
Baltimore, 5 p. m, Ailler's, Brome's,
Porto BellO, Grason's, COan, a. m,
Bundick's, Lakes, Walnut Point, Cow
arts, Lewisctta, Kinsale, Lodge, Mundy
Point, .Cintra, Piney Point, 10 q. m,
LeonaRdtown, II noon, Abells, CobFums.
Stones, BushwoOd. Lancaster, 4 p. m,
Riverside, Liverpool Point, GlymOnt,
AlexAndria and Washington
stops only on Signal.
Leave Washington, Seventh St. Wharf,
(weathee permitting,) p. m, every
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday for
The following River Landings and Balti-
more:
Washington, Alexandria, 4.45 p. m,
Glymont, Liverpool Point, Riverside,
Bushwood, Lancaster, Cobrums, Stones,
LeOnardtOwn, 9 a. m, AbelPs, Piney
Point, sCintra, Lodge, 10 a. m, Mundy
Point, Kinsale, 12nOon, Coan, Bundick 8,
Lakes, Walnut Point, COwart's, Lewis
eta, Millers, 4 p. m, GrasOn's, 5 p. m,
Brome's, Porto Bello, 6p. m, Baltimore.
STOPS only on Signal
Arriving In Baltimore early Wednesday,
Friday and Monday Mornings.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Extra Steamer leaving Baltimore
on Saturday and arriving on Tuesday,
In withdrawn.
Freight received daily In Baltimore
on sailing days until 400 p. NJ.
This timetable shows the times which
steamers may be expected to arrive at
and depart from the several wharves,
but their arrivals or departure at the
times stated is not guaranteed, nor does
the Company hold itself responsible for
any delay or any consequences arising
therefrOm.
WILLARD THOMPSON, General Manager.
REARDoE 4 GRIMES, Agent,
Telephone so, Alexandria, Va.
STEPHERsoE X Bro, Agts.
Telephone 7A6, Washington, ID. C..
i. MURDOCH. Gen. Era. andPass. ARt.