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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-05-03

to kill tariff revision-not because
they care anything about the farm
er's wheat or his buckwheat or his
barley-but because they want still
| further to be able to multiply their
almost countless millions by holding
up our people on the price of lumber.
Not Concerned About South.
Our New Bedford friends, who
! have evidently written to you, are
not concerned about southern mills.
but they want YOU to pull the chest
nuts out of the fire for them: and IL
| could reach the ear of every bust
ness man in the south my advice to
him would be to watch for the hands
not allow them to work upon the
fears OF our people. The South has
never gotten anything out OF the
doctrine OF protection. 1t is the law
that has enabled the Steel Trust.
the Meat Trust, to garner their mil
lions at the expense OF all the people
They don't want this great privilege
cut off. but they dare not come out
in the open and plead that they
should be allowed to continue their
explorations. and consequently they
resort to every device to intimidate
business men, to bring pressure to
bear upon their representatives i'm
Congress TO prevent them legislatng
in the interest of all the people
Country on False Basis.
The ways and means committee
of the present Congress is composed
of careful, painstakng. conscientious
men. They have 70 desire and the
members OF Congress have no desire
to do anything that will iniure or
hinder legitimate business. We real
ize perfectly that the country has been
operating upon a false foundation and
upon a false doctrine. and that. how
ever vicious that system may be- we
must destroy ii gradually. cunServa-
lively and cautiously The house is
| Democratic. but the senate is Rcpub-
lican and the president is Il Rcpubli-
can, so our tariff legislation must of
necessity be moderate. or it could not
pass a Republican senate and receive
the approval OF Republican prcsi-
dent realize fully that it is possible
for these great influences to cause de-
| preston in business Just as | know
a man may create Il stampede i'm a
theatre by shouting Fire" when
there is no fire But what | want to
warn YOU and all of my friends in the
south against is permitting yourselves
to be stampeded by these people. who
do NOT wish to come out in the open,
but who are crying fire" and business
| depression in order to create alarm
throughout the country and try to
stampede Congress from doing what
the people want it to do, and what is
right.
Very sincerely yours.
Joseph r. Johnson"
-Spartanlnlrp II
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-05-03
JOHNSON TO A CONSTITUENT

Washington, April 29.-Representa
tive Joseph It. Johnson, of Spartan
burg, whose course in the house has
always been in completest harmony
with the doctrines of the Democratic
party, stated today that he has re-
Gently received a number of letters
from various sources in his district,
gently suggesting that he use his in
tluence to induce the Democratic ma
jority in the house to "go slow" in
it's handling of the tariff question.
The following letter. written by him
to one of his constituents and good
friends. shows how he stands on the
subject:
Washington. d. c., April "a. 1911.
My Dear Sir
II have your favor of the 21st. in
question is agitated very much. and
before | commit myself, you would
like to say some things to me relative
to the manufacturing interests in the
So''h Gnu Al Liz Iiol III ttS Ncll.
Committed 20 Years Ago.
Il have committed myself 20 years
ago on that question. and so has the
Democratic party. | do not believe
in the doctrine of protection. The
Democratic party has always CON
tended that the government has no
right to levy a tax except for the pur-
pose of raising revenue to defray the
expenses OF the government. The
other political party contends that
the government has the right to levy
taxes, not for the purpose of raising
revenue but fer the purpose of pro
tectinS American manufacturers
from competition with the mamufac-
turers OF other countries 1t is un-
fortuh@.e that many people i'm this
country have actually come to believe
that business prosperity is dependent
upon laws that give certain classes
special privileges
During all the last week we were
engaged in considering the Canadian
reciprocity bill. All speakers in OPP
position 10 that measure professed
their BELIEF that the american farm
er would be ruined ii Canadian prod
uctS were permitted 10 come into this
country free OF duty. | do not believe
it. The statement made ortener than
any other against permitting the i'm
portation OF Canadian products was
that land was cheaper in Canada than
it is in Minnesota and other states
in that section OF the Union, and that
the farmer on high-priced land could
not compete with the farmer on
cheaper land.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-05-03
Piles! Piles! Piles! |!

Williams Indian Pic Ointment will cure
Blind. Bleeding and Itching Piles. II alb
serbs the tunors. allayS itching at once.
acts as n poultice. gives instant relief.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment liz pre-
pared for Piles and itching OF the private
parts. Druggists. mail SOC and 800.
WILLIAMS MFG. CO.. Prons.. Cleveland. Ohio
LAURENS DRUG -.
LaurenS, y. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-05-03
Won't Bear Analysis.


This proposition won't bear analy
sis. The lands in every state in the
Union vary in value The lands in
every county in every State in the
Union vary in value. The lands in
every township of every county in
every State in the Union vary in val
ne, and yet all these farmers compete
with one another. There are farming
lands in every county of the Fourth
Congressional district of South Caro-
lima that readily sell for $lO0 per
acre, and in every case within ten
miles there are lands equally as pro-
ductive that sell for $50 per acre
The arguments that | have heard i'm
favor OF protection, when analyzcd
arc &bout on par with the one above
suggested. Southern farmers have no
protection upon their products. but
we sell cotton in Liverpool i'm com
petition with the low priced labor of
Egypt and India. AS Il matter of
truth. the northern farmer has no
protection. 1t is true that the tariff
law levcs a duty OF - cents bushel
on wheat, and similar duties upon
corn. barley and various products of
the farm; but those duties are put
there for the purpose of fooling the
farmer and getting him to vote the
Republican ticket. The northern
farmers not only make all the wheat
we can consume in the United States.
many millions of bushels. which is
exported and sold in the markets of
the world in competition with the
wheat that is grown in Russia and in
other wheat growing countries.
Lumber Trust Most Active.
"The most active opponent of Ca
madam reciprocity was the lumber
trust but the lumber trust never
shows its own hand 1t spent its
energies in trying to get the farmers
and others to protest against Ca
madam reciprocity, but the real OBJ
ject Of its activities was in order that
the great timber lords might contin-
ue to hold up the American people.
There are three holders of timber in
the United States who have $4,000
coo acres Of standing timber-an area
nearly three times as large as all the
cotton fields of the southern states.
These three holders own timber
enough to build a cottage for every
family in the United States. The
lumber on the land at it's present
price is worth 10. 20. and so times
what they paid for the land. and the
land after the timber is cut off is
worth many times what they paid for
1t, And these powerful influences
have put every agency in operation
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28

the company's physician. was
called and after attending to his
badly crushed legs had the injured
man taken to the county hospital.
After consultation it was
decided that amputation was
necessary and yesterday morning
Drs. Mangan and Swezy ampu-
tatei Conlin's left ieg below the
knee. Although the right leg is
badly mangled there is a chance
that It can he saved.
Conlin has resided here for
about a month and up To a few
days ago was employed as a nurse
at the county hospital. He was
going to Salt Lake City and was
trying to steal a ride on the train
when he met with the accident
Humboldt Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28
VERDI MAN IS
KILLED BY TRAIN

Carlos Vondanza. who resides
about a half mile from Verdi, was
hit by east bound passenger train
number a just east Of Verdi and
crushed by both engine before the
train could be brought to a stop.
When found the body was badly
multilatcd. The head was crushed,
the lower jaw gone and both feet
entirely severed from the body.
The body was noticed lying on
the track and the train was quickly
stopped but not until both engines
had passed over the body and it is
not known whether he was killed
by No. 4 or a preceding train.
The body was brought to this
city on No. 4 and removed to the
parlors of the Perkins. Gulling
company.
An inquest will be held by
Coroner Morrill, of Verdi as soon
as arrangements can be made to
have the crew of the train present.
Gazette,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28
SaImagundi
FROM DAILY

Judge Klattc reports nothing
doing in the justice court.
Jailer McMullcn reports twenty
prisoners serving sentences for
petty oTcnscs.
Taylor Johnson took his mother
and sisters to Lamoillc yesterday
on n camping trip.
Keep the necessity Of n sewer
age system in mind until Friday
and then go to the polls and vote
for the issuance Of the bonds.
County Clerk Weight left for
CIrson yesterday afternoon with
the ballots cast at the last election
They are needed in the contested
election case. He will probably
be gone for several DAYS.
considerable Of the furniture
f5r the new courthouse is in the
building ]unpackcd. 1t is massive
and heavy enough to do good
sdrgicc. Time will tell whether or
not the county is getting just what
it will have to pay for.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28

ing many a family tn a rice diet.
This is well. There is nothing
more filling than rice unless it is
dried apples and ice water. After
a man has lined his stomach with
a couple of pounds of Honduras
rice, his digestive apparatus will
look a porter house steak in the
face with a Geld and stony stare.
Rice should always be hulled be-
fore serving as otherwise the hulls
are liable to peek through the
pores and make a new flannel shirt
lJok like a coffee sieve.--Ex.
There is no bubonic plague
among the rodents of Nevada.
California experts sent to this
state to examine the squirrels,
field mice and gophers for traces
of the plague have been unable to
find trace of it. So far the Cali
fornia experts have examined
squirrels and gophers in Douglass
AMI Ormsby counties. and not a
trace of plague has been fund. 1t
is believed that the Nevada rodents
are 50 far free from the disease.
We understand that the Standard
OIL representative who was men,
toned yesterday as beng in
Winnemucca was in Elko about
two weeks ago and looked over
this field with a view of locating
a plant here, and before leaving
took an option on IL lots in the
western part of town. 1t is very
likly that the plant will be located
here as Elko is undou 1tedly the
best distributing point for eastern
Nevada. In case the company
decides to locate here it will
mean the building of a large
corrugated iron warehouse, stable,
wagon sheds, pumphouse, and
three tanks of a capacity each of
from 300 to 400 barrels for stor.
ing gasoline, distillate and coal oil.
A terrible accident occurred on
the Hydro Electric Company's
line at the substation near Fair
view last Monday. r. P. Sheaf,
who has been in employ Of the
company about Fairview ard
Wonder the past three months,
was working around the bottom
of an electric light pole when his
pick struck a lightning arrester.
thicker than thought the cur
rent from the line, which carries
$500 volts, passed through his
body. For two hours he lay I'M
conscious, but finally recovered
sufficiently to call for help and
some fellow workers near by came
to his assistance. His face, his
entire back, the bottom of his feet
and his arms were fearfully burned
but it is thought he will recover.
Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28
BADLY MANGlED
BY CAR WHEELS

While attempting to board a
fast moving freight train on the
Western Pacific about II o'clock
Monday evening a mar by the
name of Pat Conlin had the mis-.
10 tune to have both his legs badly
mashed by the wheels of the cars
passing over them. The accident
occurred ear the depot, the
injured man being found after
the train pulled out. DR.. Swezy,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28
Salmagund
DAILY

Mrs. Ted Carville returned las,
night from Lee where she has
been visiting friends.
J. G. Patterson, the contract or
and builder, will begin work on
the Deeth creamery next week.
Wisconsin will go down in
history as the first to engage in
life insurance and old age
annuities.
Mr.. and Mrs Pratt and Mrs
Vail left this morning for North
Fork where they will spend the
summer.
Attorney Henderson received a
dispatch yesterday from Mr..
Smith stating that Mr.. Wolf. Mrs.
Hesderson's grandfather. was
vcrv low at Stockton. The old
gentleman is over 80 year of age.
If you think of the sewer PROPOSE.
ton occasionally, you will Mt
forget to vote for the issuance of
the necessary bonds to build a
sewerage system. Keep the
election next Friday in mind and
vote for the bonds.
The automobile race from Reno
10 Winnemucca and return takes
place today. A Buick automobile
was to leave Reno at 5 o'clock
this morning and a Doris machine
was to follow in As minutes. The
II dchine making the round trip in
the shortest time wins the race.
Tuesday evening Judge Dunn
rendered a dcscision in the case
OF II. c. Tichenor holding defend.
ant to the grand jury IN bonds of
$1,000. While there is said to
b. a prospect of the bends being
furnished. Ii 'hcnor is still in the
custody of the sheriff. Silver
State.
\ cloudburst near the Flower
Lake tunnel sto ppcd traffic on the
Western Pacific for a few hours
last night. Mud and locks were
washed from the mountain sides
onto the track. This was soon
cleared away and trains are run.
ming as usual.
George Rundcll came in from
North Fork yesterday morning and
loaded his team with supplies. He
reports a cIoudhurst on the
Rruncau the other day that
washed tons OF mud and other
debris into the river. He left on
his homcward trip early this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. b. Henderson
viii leave for San Francisco to-
morrow. Mr.. Henderson will be
associated with Attorney Dorsey
in the practice Of his profession.
Mr.. Cainc will attend to the bust
ness at the no ne office and Mr..
Henderson will be back and forth
"a the business requires. Mrs.
Henderson and the children will
remain in San Francisco for the
winter.
There is little wonder that the
State prison commissioners have
decided not To build a new state
prison. At the rate the present
prison is being cmpticd by the state
board of pardons it will answer all
the requirements for years. 1t
looks as if. by the time the present
board goes out Of power, there
will be no convicts for their sue
ccssors to pardon Humboldt
Star.
- "
Salmagundi
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28
S%almagundi
Il FRIDAYS DAILY

F DC Sale Furniture for five
room house. V. K McGinty.
Piety Hill.
Mr.. Troest of the Lamoille
Creamery Co. was an Elko visitor
today.
A. r. Gray. editor of the Carlin
Commonwealth was a guest at the
Eiko hotel las night.
Dean Harrison, Jeweler and
o%ptician. has moved one door
east of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to see all wanting
work in his line.
For Rent-Modern, fivp.ronm
cottage. V. K. McGinty. Pirty
Hill.
For Sale "A dressmaker's sewing
machine, nearly new at a very
reasonable price. Also a lady's
bicycle of standard make in good
condition. Inquire at this
office
Halleck Mayer was down from
Elburz yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Miller has sold her
house on Idaho street to Mr..
Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter
and family returned last night
from a t%o- weeks oltinE on Susie
Greek.
The vote in the special election
for sewerage bonds is being poIIed
very slowly ana the vote will
probably he small. At noon only
abou 80 votes had been cast,
about so in ward No. ] and about
30 in ward No. 2.
jim Cranes barn. located Just
west of the county hospital, was
burned this morning. The fire
alarm was turned in about $50,
but before the hose Ear reached
the grounds the whole building
was in flames and is was COM
pletely consumed, entaiIing a loss
of about $1,000.
The section south of Goldfed
has been visited by exceedingly
heavy rains. Nearly three inch es
of moisture fell at a point near
Bonnie Claire a few days ago. The
alkali fats were turned into small
lakes and all of the fats were
flooded. The trains south were
delayed by the heavy downpour
1t rs the heaviest storm in years.
Lieutenant Governor Gilbert C..
Ross. who WAS injured Sunday
evening when thrown from a
horse, has recovered Sufficiently
to be about the street now. The
fractured bone in the injured
ankle knitting nicely and although
the state official is forced to wear
a plaster cast over the injured
limb. he is moving about with the
aid of crutches
Attorney-General is busy work,
ing on an opinion relative to the
taxation OF banks and banking
properties as framed under the Law
Of the last legislature. The
assessment is being held up in
Reno pending the opinion Of the
Acknowledgement. AS other
counties will be guided there By
the opinion is considered Of con
siderable Importance in this mat
ter Of collecting taxation.
! The high price of meat is driv
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28

A compromise wool bill offered
by Senator LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin, a modification Of both his own
and the house bill was passed by
the senate AZ TO SO through the
union of democrats and republican
insurgents.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28

of material for the construction
of the big worlds fair buildings
in San Francisco. Virginia
Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-07-28

country. Ii this is true our
officers should get busy.
Egypt has a desert railroad
which runs As miles in a straight
line: but the longest in the world
is from Nyngan TO Bourke in New
South Wales. This railway runs
lZ3 miles on a level in a straight
line.
We are glad to learn that Mr..
GARDENERS condition is some better
today. He began to improve yes
tecday aud today the improve
ment has continued. He is LOW
able to take considerable nourish-
ment. Everybody hopes that he
will continue to improve.
lodge Somers of Goldfeld has
rc-sentenced 2. c. Casey to be
hung on the 10th day of August,
the second anniversary OF his
crime. Casey was recently denied
a new trial by the supreme court.
CASEY shot and killed Mrs. Thomas
Heslip at Goldfeld without any
p~rovocation. He deserves the
moose.
Deposits made in the United
States postal savings hanks cannot
be attached By creditors in any
state Of the Union. Absolute
security must be maintained as to
the identity of depositors and
courts are helpless in any attempt
to fore" pOstnasters to produce
their records. Exchange.
The sanitary officials of Chicago
in a publication issued week
describe how a sanitary drinking
cup can he made out of an
ordinary piece Of paper seven
inches square by folding it thre,
times. BY carrying along a few
pieces one could, when necessary
easily make a erviceable drinking
cup.
The corners jury that ~investi.
gated the death Of F. J. Lennard,
Jr. at Virginia City last Thursday
found that he was cl]ectrocuted
while stringirg a telephone wire
on the poles of the Truckce River
General Electric company five feet
underneath a wire carrying be-
tween q. OCO and 1900. volts.
All but one of the jury said they
were unable Ia determine WHO
was to blame for the accident.
1t is reported that Mr.. Ed.
Carvillc is in trouble over part Of
tie ranch in Mound Valley that he
has lived on for about forty years.
From what we can learn, it
appears that about a month ago
Lee Kennedy jumped part of the
ranch. 1t seems that MIR.
Carville's surveys were made from
q corner established by the govern
meat many years ago, which is
now claimed to be wrong. Sur.
veyor Mcclellan is now surveying
the ranch.
TaGt's Canadian reciprocity bill
was passed ia the senate Saturday
by democratic votes. Only three
democrats voted against it on the
final roll call. THIS bill isl the
first successful assault that has
been made on the tariff wall for
many years. Other assaults will
hc made and if the ]insurRcnt
republican senators are in earnest
the eta lei of protection will be
badly riddlcd before congress
adjourns.
Rev. George w. Beatty, the
Methodist minister at Ycrington,
dropped dead last Thursday after.
noon at a mining claim in which
he was interested. He had worked
on the claim during the forenoon
and was eating dinner with the
men, when he suddenly dropped
over and expired without the least
warning. He was n native Of
Pennsylvania, aged Ga years. lie
leaves n widow in Ycrington and
n brother and sister in California
investigation # the damage
done to the local telephone service
10y the running riot Of the higf
voltage on Thursday. shows Il a