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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
RxECUTORs LAND SALE.

e. f. A. Wieters, Erecutor (for di-
vision of Estate of j. G. Wieters de-
ceasedD offers for sale that fine pro-
ductiye cotton and grain farm known
as "Benham" Place on Burnt Mill
Creek near Laurens Court House,
South Carolina of about 400 acres. Al
so the fee in the balance of the orig
inal 646B acre tract subject to a
life (dower) interest therein If
not sold at private sale before De-
cember, 1911 Salesday, will be put up
at auction on that day Oath December,
191D at Laurens Court House door.
Correspondence solicited. Address
John ID. Cappelmann,
Real Estate Attorney,
p. o. Box 627. Charleston, s. c..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
INTERESTING ITEMS
FROM OVER THE COUNTY
Continued From Page one.)


Mr.. Louis Hanna had the misfor-
tune to lose good horse last Friday
night.
Miss Ella Mae Martin came home
from Winthrop to attend the marriage
of her friend, Miss Annette Wharton.
Mr.. William Wharton also came
home from the South Carolina Uni
versity to be at home for the occasion.
Mr.. w. NJ. Coats brought an apple
OF the second crop to town a few days
ago. 1t was of the horse-apple yari
ETY. We have seen blooms and shapes
OF the second crop. This is the larg-
est of the kind we ever saw.
Mr.. George Proffett of Madden was
Cross Hill visitor last Wednesday
Miss Hortense Lowe came home
from the hospital in Columbia last
Wednesday. She is still great suf
ferer.
MIR. j. w. Simmons and family went
over to Greenwood last Thursday to
the funeral of his brother, Mr.. Joe
Simmons.
Mr.. b. r. Austin has bought the
pretty house and lot from Mr.. j. ID.
Beeks Mrs Wardlaw and Mr.. Beeks'
family speak of moving to Abbeville.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
Active Campaign.

The Southern Land and Development
Co. has half page ad in this issue,
to which we direct attention This
company has seventeen thousand
acres of land for sale at attractive
prices. This land surrounds the
growing town of McBee, which is fast
coming to the front. and will be a
wise Observation-Disclosures Messen-
ger.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
Spoke to Farmers.

Mr. w. G. Irby was the principal
speaker at meeting of farmers held
in Fountain Inn Saturday. Mr.. Irby
discussed the question of government
aid in the financing of the cotton crop.
lie was given close attention by his
hearers and literally applauded at
the end of the speech.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
OLD TIME CRUELTY.
one Time When Surgery Is often
Needless Torture.

,, II''U MHVN SHrgery Is Often
Needless Torture.
Many operations for piles are sim
ply needless torture, for when it's all
over the piles come back.
Ihe one fine way to be rid of piles
ior good is to use DR. Leonhardt's
lihM-hOlD. 1t cures piles by doing
away with the cause poor circula-
ton
81 Tor ~ days treatment at Laurcns
Drug co. and all druggists. Satisfac-
eion guaranteed, Dr. Leonhardt Co..
Station B, Buffalo, N. Y. prom write
for free booklet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

Bloodne Cough Checker will quick
ly allay that hacking irritation ac-
companying severe cough or cold.
The safest and surest remedy for chill
dren Keep bottle constantly at
hand.
Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

The quickest and most effective rem
edy for loosening tho phlegm, reliey-
ing irritation and curing any cough
or cold is Bloodne Cough Checker.
Laurcns Drug Co, Laurens, S. c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

For that awful cough take Blood
Inc Cough Checker. A 80 cent bottle
Will last longer than most any cough
Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

Think of 1t! A first class fire place
Crate complete for only $t.25.
s. NJ. & II. III. Wilkes e. Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

THIRTY TRADING DAYS
Until Xmas. $4,000 must
be sold. Don't wait until
the last minute or you'll be
left.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17
Your Neighbors

the ballot from $4,000 white men, and given
it to 10000 negroes. But we have Smith.
And-I came near rgetting-weve got The
Georgian, and The Journal, and that amrsin'
little cuss, The augusta Herald.
Soon after the election the victors met in
Macon | had done a painful, strenuous lot
of the fighting particularly with that tough
old customer, Pendleton, of The Telegraph;
and [ went away to Virginia to rest. Did not
carefully read the celebrated Macon platform,
at the time, for it was natural to assume that
it would embody the issues on which the cam
paign was fought.
If you will examine that part of the Smith
platform of 1906 which relates to railroads,
you will find that it positively pledged him
to three distinct propositions:
O Railroad charges were to be so read
justed as to yield reasonable profits on the
money actually invested. The "water" was to
be squeezed out.
(2) Commodities gong to, or coming from,
our seaports were to pay less freight, because
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17

it was no more than just that our people
should derive some benefit from our broad
frontage on deep-water. Freight charges on
all kinds Of freight, shipped By everybody,
aOere to be IMMEDIAZ'ELY AND MATER
TALLY RE'DUCED.
(3) The Railroad Commission was to be
strengthened It should not only retain the
power and enforce it's own orders, but any rail
road official refusing to obey should be guilty
of misdemeanor, and be punished accord
ingly.
Smith was inaugurated in June 1907. He
appointed Fuller Galloway member of the
Railroad Commission. He tooh aaoay from
the nea0 Commission the authority to enforce
its 0a0p orders. He and Fuller bought 1900
acres of land in Meriwether County. Fuller
and he started a boom-town on said land. He
and Fuller manipulated matters and men so
smoothly that they obtained for their way
station, on the A., B. & A. Railroad, the same
rates that terminal cities enjoy. Manchester
gets lower rates than any way-station in
Georgia. Consequently, the profits in the
booming of the town were greatly enhanced.
Thus the Macon platform worked beauti-
fully for Smith. I hope Judge Hines will
come again and tell us aohat connection, If oaay,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17

there aoas betaoeeo SMITHS discontina1uaace of
has zoao-freight activities IN BEHALF or
ALL THE PEOPLE, and has securing zoeo
trelghts for has oacn t0aon.
What about it, Judge?
During the remainder of 1907, the whole of
1903, and the earlier portion oof 1909, Cover
nor Smith did nothing more than get low
freights for his own town, in Meriwether
county.
Clark Howell derisively referred to this
amazing record of all promise and no per-
fornaance; and then Governor Smith did
what?
Fished up that old application (aohich the
Railroad Commission had thrice refusedO by
four or five Atlanta jobbing houses, asking for
special rates on coffee and certain iron goods
so that they might drive the jobbers of Macon
and Griffin out of territory which naturally
belonged to them.
DO you not see how different was this at
tempt to get special rates, on few articles,
for few jobbers, of one city, from the broad.
general reductions Of charges on all CON-
nlodatieS, as demanded in the Macon plat
form?
Suppose Smith had said in his speeches and
in platform:
"What am after IS, special tavors to half
dozen of nay Atlanta clients"-how many
votes would he have received?
But Judge Hines says that Murphy Gambler
offered an amendment, extending these reduc-
tons in freight charges to all the jobbers of
this state.
In the first place, it was Gambler, not Smith,
who proposed this broadening of the applica-
ton. In the second place, if the Commission
had approved the petition, thus amended the
benefit 2r0utd h0re been restricted to q fer
commodities, q fen merchants, and feao
places.
Had Smith launched a campaign on such
an issue as Lower Rates on Coffee !" he would
have become laughing-stock
But Smith and his Journal actually made
the Legislature and the people believe that
Guyt. McLendon prevented Smith from car
rylng out the programme outlined in the Ma
con platform!
Because McLendon voted against special
rates to a favored few-Smiths Atlanta
clients-he was bounded down, his name COW
cred with infamy, his office taken away from
him, and session of the Legislature devoted
to torturing hir~.
Smith needed goat, you see.
And so it hath come to pass that we are in
a - of fix. We have no benefits from our
ocean front, such as we were assured we are
entitled to; we still lose to the wicked rail
roads the SO per cent. that we sit up at night
to make; we have no physical valuations of
the dropsical railroads; we have not "squiz
OUT the water from their stocks and bonds;
we won't have any registration law when the
special gubernatorial election comes on; MIG
gers will be able to VOTE same as white men:
we haven't got but one q. S. Senator on duty,
and we have never needed both yotac 1vOrco.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17
MR.. WATSON WILL SPEAK AT

Luthersville, Meriwether county,
August Is, 2 o'clock, pm, Central time
Bowman, Ebert county, August 10,
Ill o'clock, am, Eastern time.
Rayle, Wilkes county, August d.
10 a. m.
Reidsville, August 81, Up. m.
Moultrie, September l, 10 a. m.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17

F you failed to read my reply to Judge
Hines in last weeks Jeffersoniaaa, you
missed something important.
Indeed, you missed what may soon
become the burning question in Georgia
politics. Therefore. it would be worth
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-17
Please Learn the Facts: Then Pass Them On t,

you failed to read my reply to Judge
Hines in last weeks Jeffersonioao you
missed something important.
kN2SM Indeed, you missed what may soon
kSSSa become the burning question in Georgia
f1 politics. Therefore, it would be worth
your while to look up the paper and peruse
that article carefully
Hoao did Governor Smith and has Railroad
Commissioner persuade the corporations to
give special favors, IN the qcoy Of zoao freig1
rates, to their 6oom-toaon, Manchester?
You will remember that Smith made his
campaign on the issue of lower freight rates,
on all commodities, all over Georgia. He said
little about the disfranchsement of the negro
On that subject he used the soft pedal Ex-
cesslve freight charges and unjust disc11nal-
nations, were the burden of his song.
In his paper, The Journal, he carried on"
against the railroads like some one 'pos-,
sessed." There was no let-up, no measure of
moderation. According to Smith and his
Journal, the average freight charges were SO
per cent. higher in Georgia than in neighbor-
ing Southern states.
Said the Journal: .n&
"GEORGZA IS AN EASfsM1RK. SIZE
WORKS OTERTINE; AND SO PER
CENT OF WHAT SIZE SITS UP At
NIGHT TO MAKE IS TAKEN AWAY
FROM HER BY THE RAILROADS."
put that in big letters, because the Journal
did
"Could this condition of affairs be changed?
cit COULD
"HOW?
"BT 4 RAILR0AD COMMISSION
THAT HAS BACKBONE AND PAT
RIOTISM ENOUGH TO STAND UP FOB
ITS OWN PEOPLE,"
So said the I0u9nnZ on Auoust II 1909
That was about 10 days before the election
The Journal prophesied that on the 22nd Of
that month, 'the railroad political machine
would go to the unk heap for good" The
peanut politicians" were going to get
'shucking"
'zhe people are no foozs." Think of that!
O just think of the Atlanta Journal admit
ting that the people are no fools-and then
pursuing the course it has followed, since
Aug. %, 1910!
''The people are no fools. They appraise
the efforts of Clarke Howell to divert their
attention from the railroad issue at their true
worth. They are not to be diverted On the
22nd of this month, they are going to throw
railroad puppets and tools of special interests
and RESUME THE GOVERNMENT or,
GEORGIA THEMSELVES.
My That was slam.banger, wasn't it?
Well, we carried the day for Smith, and
lower freight-rates; for Smith, and disfran-
chisement-and all we've got, now, is Smith.
We shore have got Smith. He is the Cover
nor, he is the Senator, he is party -boss. He is,
the party lash, he is the party pie-slicer, he
is the State Executive Committee. To con-
siderable extent he was the Legislature.
We haven't got the greatly desired freight
rates; our Acknowledgement law has taken
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
.C0LQU|TT AND LIGHT
FOOT STILL sPARR|NG
Governor Will Make Public Corre-
spondence-Attorney General
Parries ThUrsts.
[By Associated Press.l

Austin, Texas, April Ex-Governor
Colquitt today gave out his CORE
spondence with Attorney General
Lightfoot about alleged violations of
the liquor laws by social clubs. He
asks why Lightfoot has not prosecuted
the Austin Country Club. of which
himself LightfooD, Tom Ball and
Jake Wolters are members. He says
that fifty-six violations of the liquor
law in Galveston have been reported
to the attorney general, and no action
has been taken in any of the cases.
II is understood that Attorney Gen
eral Lightfoot will reply that the Gal
weston cases are misdemeanors, which
he can not prosecute, and that before
further action in the club cases he
will await the supreme courts de-
cision as to whether it Is a violation
of the law to sell liquor through a
club.
The governor serves notice that he
will send to the legislature informa.
tion about certain land suits brought
by Attorney General Lightfoot's de.
partment
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
HEAVY BONDS FOR
ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS
Officers Who Arrested Mcnamara
Jailed for Falling to Furnish
Heavy Bonds.
tBy Associated Press. I

indianapolis, Ind, April 25.-Waiv-
ing preliminary examination and fail
ing to secure bond, Walter Drew, of
New York, counsel for the National
Erectors' Association; w. Joseph
Fort, assistant district attorney OF
Los Angeles, and Frank Fox, a chauf-
feur, all charged with kidnapping J. j.
Mcnamara, went to Jail this morning.
Justice of the Peace Manning, before
whom they appeared. increased the
amount OF the bonds demanded last
night of the trio, making it $4,000
each for Drew and Fort and $4,000 for
Fox
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
TO Be MADE PARTY MEASURE
Movement Will Be Led by Cox of
Ohio-People To Be Shown Enor-
nous Cost Of Islands.
[By Associated Press

Washington, April 25.-Representa-
tive Cox. of Ohio, will head the dem
ocratic movement to make Philippine
independence a party measure. At
this session of congress he will try
first to get before the people a state
ment of what the Philippines have
cost the American people.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
REGULATIONS OF PAROLE LAW
tBy Associated Press.l

Austin, Texas, April Ex-Governor
Colquitt today approved the regula-
tions of the new parole law, which
become effective Friday.
Under the new law no convict twice
convicted on charges of felony is al
lowed a parole nor can he be paroled
if he violated the prison rules twice
in the twelve months next preceding
the application for parole.
No lawyer or friend can go before
the commission in behalf of a convict.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
HOUSTON ENTERS LISTS FOR
|. & c. n. HEADQUARTERS
Three Big Fish Trying to Snatch Food
Out OF Mouth of One Little One.
[By Associated Press.I

Houston, Texas, April 25.-Consider-
ing it settled that after its sale the
headquarters of the International &
Great Northern railroad will be moved
from Palestine, Houston entered the
lists today against Fort Worth and
San Antonio to get the headquarters.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
K. OF P. AND PYTHIAN
SISTERS At ABILENE
by Associated Press.l

Abilene, Texas, April 25.-With nine
hundred delegates and visitors present
the thirty-eighth session of the grand
lodge Of Knights of Pythias of Texas
opened here this moring. The race
for the next convention is between
Waco and TeXarkana.
A feature of today's program was
an address by Mrs. ]. T. Cotton, SUI
preme chief of the Pythian Sisters,
who also are holding their meetings
here.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
AND PECOs
VALLEY SOAKED
Water Tanks Full Throughout West
Texas and CattIemen
Rejoicing.
ny Assoclated Press.l

FL Paso, Texas, April 25.-Water
tanks throughout West Texas are full
from recent heavy rains. The greater
part OF the Panhandle and the Pecos
valley Of New Mexico received soak
ing and badly needed rains yesterday
and last night.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
REFERENDUM ON SUNDAY
MOVING PICTURE SHOWS.

Fort Worth, Texas, April ga ref
erendum vote has been ordered for
May 25 to decide whether moving pic
ture shows shall remain open here on
Sundays.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
FIFTEEN BODIES RECOVERED
Victims of Yesterdays Explosion.
Eight More Supposed To Be
in tho Mine.
IBy Associated Press.l

Elk Garden, w Va, April 25.-Fif-
teen bodies have been taken from the
OFT mine of the Davis Coal Company,
victims of yesterdays explosion.
Eight other bodies are believed to be
in the mine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
COTTON DEALERS
FILE DAMAGE SUITS
IBy Associated Press.l

Huntsville, Ala, April 25.-Ameri-
can and foreign cotton dealers who
lost over 100000 through manipula-
tion of bogus bills of lading in the
failure of Knight, Yancey & Co., of
Decatur, Ala, cotton brokers, have
filed more than forty damage suits
against the Louisville & Nashville
railroad.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
HARVEY VOTED SCHOOL TAX.

The qualified voters of Harvey held
a special election Saturday to decide
the question of a special school tax.
The tax proposition carried by large
majority
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SLOW
Friends Of Peace Hope Commissioners
Will Be Named Today.
[Rv Associated press.l |

III Paso, Texas, April 25.-The in
terest in the peace situation today is
centered on hope that word may
come speedily from the Mexican gov.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
.D|Az SENDS MESSAGE
TO THE WORLD
Says Peace Is About to Return and
All Mexicans Will Unite for De-
velopment and Progress.
[By Associated Press ]

New York, April 25.-President
Diaz today sent the Associated Press
a message saying:
81 am convinced that conditions of
peace, interrupted for the moment,
will return to Mexico, and that all
Mexicans will unite with the single
purpose of furthering the development
and the progress of our country"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25
TOO MUCH RAIN
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
Farmers Fear Rotting of Crops and
Boil WeevI Will Be the
Result.
[By Associated Press.l

San Antonio, Texas, April 25.-
Farmers of this section are complain
ing OF too much rain, causing danger
of rotting the crops and of the boil
weevil. 1t is raining again today.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-25

ernment of the appointment of its
peace commissioners.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-09-06
COLLISION ON
M. c. R. R.
Saturday in Brookhaven--
A Score Cut and
Bruised.

Train No l., of the Mississippi
Central Railroad, running from
Hattiesburg to Natchez, and due in
Brookhaven at 9:46 a. M, while
passing through the yards of the
Central Lumber Company Saturday,
on the northeast boundary Of
Brookhayen, was run into by a
gondola car loaded with lumber,
which became detached from
freight train No. 81. fhe car roll
ed down the incline and struck the
engine of No. i, coming in. The
engineer, G. Cuba. was slightly
hurt by the collision and a severe
jolting was given the passengers.
About twenty were cut and bruised,
Mr.. J. L. Terry, of Sontag. sustain
ing the most serious injuries.
All of the injured were viii te
passengers. They received prompt
medical attention at the hands of
Dr. /. L. Parsons, surgeon for the
railroad. The list Of injured fol-
lows:
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and two
grandchildren. Of Bogue Chltto,
faces bruised: II. r. Montgomery,
of Magee. Miss, slight confusion
on neck; Miss Alice Fitzpatrick. Of
Natchez. nose bruised; Mrs.
Zorah McCraw and children, of
Laurel. Miss. contusions; Mrs.
Rosa Fredericks. of Bassfield,
Miss, contusions of nose and fore
head; Mrs. Mabel Armstrong and
child. of Silver Creek, lip cut and
head bruised: w. s. White, Of Son.
tag. Miss. bruised leg; G, B. Ter
ry, Sontag. light bruise OF right
leg and knee; J. l.. Terry. of Son.
tag. cut over left eye and probably
injured internally; P. v. Lambert,
Monticello, cut on scalp: Sam
Harper. conductor. slight cut on
left hand: d. f. Mahoney, flagman.
slight bruises; C. Cuba, engineer,
slight bruises.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-09-06
IA RINGING CHARGE
TO THE GRAND JURY
Was Made Monday by
Judge D. M. Miller.
Il Is Expected That Probe Of Jury
win Go Deep.
TO INVESTIGATE
ELECTION CHARGES
Every Candidate in County Summoned
to Appear.

The September Term of the Lin
coin County Circuit Court convened
Monday morning with Judge d. M.
Miller on the bench, and all of the
other court officers-Clerk S. P.
Oliver. Sheriff Estus C. Smith,
District Attorney Hugh v. Wall.
County Attorney b.. NICK. Full
CHAM. and Official Stenographer G.
B. Firth, being in their respective
places.
The first act was the empaneIing
of the Grand Jury, as foIlows:-T.
G. Barr. Foreman; E. B. French,
L. j. White. R. Smith, M. A.
Parkman, G. b. Britt, Jesse Bris-
ter. Fred Warren, Fl. B. McGrath,
j. A. Sutton, W. B. Hodges, Quilla
May. S. N. Smith, H. H. Summers,
w. B. Boyte, W. l.. Roberts. and
j. Morris Montgomery: j. M.
Lowe, bailiff.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-09-06
and Mcbride and Atwood came out

and Mcbride and Atwood came out
and got me a little way from the
shop. where had walked"
When asked about the beer,
whose property it was. and whether
any charge was made for it, he re-
piled: 1T was Bill Hardy's. II
came up on No. 6 and Bill wanted
place to take it to, to set up the
crowd. and no one paid anything" "
WHO were in the crowd, Mr..
Jones?" asked the newspaper man.
well, | would rather not say, =
he replied.
Pulling slip of paper out Of bis
pocket with the names of Jack
Taylor. Bill Hardy, Smylie Blue,
Bud Hunsucker. w. M. Jones, Ed.
McClendon, Lockridge Byrne. Joe
Mullens and Bias Brister. written
on it, he was asked if they were
not out at his place the night of
the killing and Jones answered
Yes"
And. besides." Jones remark.
ed. there were two railroad men
and two fellows from McCall's
Creek, whose names do not know,
as well as possibly a few others
who went in and out at different
| times. /"