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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-08-30
WEEKS NEWS BY
TICK AND FLASH
What Interests the World Chron-
icled by Telegraph and Gable.
GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Washington Looms Large as a Center
Of Observation-Disclosures Busy in
Many States-The Lights and
Shadows of the News.
Washin6fOn

The Senate passed the Penrose-
Reed resolution and eliminated the
State claims from the General Def
cheney bill and Congress adjourned.
President Taft added to his veto
record by disappearing a private bill
for a pension for Captain Joseph
Perry. This makes the 18th veto for
the session.
President Taft committed the death
sentence of Arthur Johnson, a negro,
who murdered a blacksmith in Wash
ington in December, 1910, to life i'm
prisonment.
Congress passed a law forbidding
the delivery of any mail save special
delivery on Sundays in cities having
first or s~econd-class post-ofices, and
also forbidding the sale of stamps at
such postoffices or postofice stations.
The drastic Penrose resolution call
ing for an investigation of correspond
ence passing between John D. Arch
bold and George w. Perkins on the
n hand and Theodore Roosevelt and
members of Congress on the other
was passed by the Senate without a
dissenting vote.
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Foreign

The Servians are still demanding
wal against Turkey.
AS a result of an inquiry into the
unrest among the men of Russia's
Back Sea fleet 800 sailors will be tried
by court martial.
Floods in England are destroying
the crops, military camps are partly
broken UP, trains are stopped and the
rains give no sign of ceasing.
Testimony supporting the alibis Of
several of the 123 Koreans, who were
On trial in Seoul, charged with plot
ting to assassinate Governor General
Terauchi, was denied a hearing by the
judge.
Brazil has invited the United States
total eclipse of the sun, which will be
visible from Rio de Janeiro on Octo-
Der 10.
The lord-lieutenant of Ireland re-
fused to grant the petition of the
s~uffragettes for the release of the two
members of the party who were SEN
fenced to five years in Dublin.
The King of Montenegro has called
the reserves to the colors and put the
army on a war footing. Fighting con
tinues en- the frontier.
The painting "The Goddess of
Wine" valued at $4,000, was cut from
the frame in the Shakespeare exposi-
ton at Earls Court, London.
Jarrot, the British automobile ex-
pert, suggests a merger of all British
manufacturers, to fight the American
auto invasion.
More than 500 executions have oc-
Cured in Canton, China, during the
past month. The death penalty is i'm
posed for almost anything, including
theft and gambling.
French troops will be rushed to
Marakesh, where the Moroccan pre-
tender, Ell Hiba, has proclaimed Sui
tan. Many French citizens and sol
diers are besieged in the city.
Lieut.. Manzini of the Italian army,
dropped into the sea off Tripoli while
accommodating in an aeroplane and
was drowned.
In a gambling raid on a den at Cha
yes, Portugal, the authorities made 43
arrests and seized 1872, 500 pesetas in
money.
Capt. R. H. Murray, an ex-oficer of
the British Army, shot dead his sister
in-law and his three children, wounded
his wife, set fire to his house and then
committed suicide.
Making a rope of their flannel shirt
miners at NelsoA, B. c., rescued Ben
G~algarror, who fell into a ~crevice hun
dreds of feet deep, landing on a ledge
so feet from the top.
The Daily Cleaner of Kingston, ia
maica, declares President Leconte of
Haiti was slain by Syrian traders.
whose business had been destroyed by
a decree against them.
Sir George Ranken, controller-gen-
oral of the commercial, labor and sta
tistical departments of the British
Board of Trade. better known as the
strike settler" and Ex-Governor
Linds, left London for Quebec.
The Vienna police department will
expel suffragettes who annoy Chancel-
Tor Lloyd George, of England, who is
at Marienbad.
Sailors on the Russian transport
Cagsul mutinied at Nicolaeff, neal
Odessa, and scuttled the ship. At
Tashkent Is mutinous soldiers were
sentenced to be hanged md 206 others
were sen to prison.
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FREDERIC w. DONNELLY."
Claim Seas Accretions.

Claim Seas Accretions.
Chancellor Walker decided a most
interesting case when he dismissed
che bill filed by the Dewey Land Com
pany, of Atlantic City, against Henry
E. Stevens, Jr., and others, in a suit
to quiet title to a lot at the foot of
New Hampshire avenue, Atlantic City.
The compliments allege that by rea
son of accretions in front of their tract
by alluvial deposits, the high water
line has been projected out into the
ocean a considerable distance, and
that they are entitled to the land thus
made oceanward of their original high
water line. The Chancellor points out
that as a legal proposition this view
is correct, but in this case title to part
of the land thus made is claimed by
the defendants by virtue of a riparian
grant by the State, made June %,
1900, which %antedates the complaints
conveyance. At the time the grant
was made the land was under water
and the Court holds that the land re-
mains in possession of the riparian
owners.
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Condition of Roads.

COnoltion OF ROADS.
Roads in this State were never so
bad as they are at present. Yet the
State is appropriating vast sums an
nually, and the counties are spending
so much that there is wide complaint
of the severe burden of taxation.
What is the trouble? Is the State
Commissioner Colonel Stevens, doing
his work? If he is not, why does not
the Governor of the State get after
him? If Stevens is not at fault, why
does he not pursue the guilty men, or
at least, demonstrate that he is not
to blame? What the plain folk know
is that the roads are worse than they
have been for a long while, that they
are paying more for them than ever,
and that somehow their money and
their effort do no good. There must
be some responsible party or parties,
and Colonel Stevens should make
clear the cause and the men at fault,
because it is a public demand. Theirs
is no use pointing thumbs at the 9th
er fellows.
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COMMISSION RULE WATCHED.
Leading Newspapers of East Sending
Men Here to Get Reliable
Information.


Trenton.-That the eyes of eastern
cities are always on this city in con!
nection with the operation OF the com
mission form of government has been
fully proved since the story attacking
this form of government was publish
ed. Trentonians have been made to
realize that commission government
is not strict a local institution, but
something in which the greater por.
ton of the country is deeply interest
ed. The success or failure of commits
sion government will be wide reaching
and it has been made evident this
week that the leading papers of the
East feel that the new form of govern
ment is the most correct in theory.
During the past few days newspa
pers of New York City, Brooklyn and
Philadelphia have sent to this city
their most proficient men for the pur;
pose of getting at the root of the mat
ter and without exception they have
stated they did not place any credence
in the published opinion that commits
ciOu 6OfSl IulOub Wdo q AlOoI VI IAob
it had proved a failure. The visiting
newspaper men have made a thorough
investigation and there will soon be-
stories setting forth what they have
learned here.
Mayor DonneIIy's Letter.
In addition to this, Mayor Donnelly
is sending out a story to many papers
in which the real facts of what is be-
ing accomplished by Commission Gov
eminent here are given. In connec-
ton with the story, the Mayor is send
ing this brief, but explanatory letter:
Dear Sir-From Trenton there was
sent out broadcast over the East, an
article concerning the Commission
government in Trenton. The article
was founded on a story to the same
effect printed in the Trenton Sunday
Advertiser of last Sunday. That arti-
Gle was prepared by the deposed City
Clerk of Trenton, Harry B. Salter, and
it represents a deliberate misrepresen-
tation of conditions. l enclose an an
swer to the story, which was publish
ed in the Trenton Evening Times. My
answer was carefully prepared and
every word of it can be substantiated.
Relying on the fairness of your paper,
| would be glad for publication of my
statement. l also send an article pre-
pared by me for the American Acad-
envy of Political and Social Science,
dealing with the whole subject of
Commission government.
Respectfully,
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Pointinn Moral

A Chinese preacher, in urging the
~sacredness of the Lords day. used this
story: 1T came to pass that a man
went to market, having on his shout
der a string of seven large copper
coins (Chinese coins are strung on
strings and carried on the shoulder).
Seeing a beggar crying for aims, he
gave the poor creature six of his
seven coins. Then the beggar, instead
of being grateful crept up behind the
kind man, and stole the seventh coin
also. What an abominable wretch
Yes. but in saying this you condemn
yourselves. You receive from the
hand of the gracious Goo six days, yet
you are not content. The seventh also
you steal!"-World Wide Missions.
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Embarrassing Situation.

The man who has been in the Mer-
Ger County Jail for nearly a year be-
cause he is too poor to pay SO a week
alimony to the woman who has OBJ
tanned a divorce since he was sent to
prison, can scarcely be expected to
leased. He is supported by the coun-
ty at a less cost than SO a week, 9TH
erwise it would be good fi~nanciering
for the Freeholders to pay the ali
mony. 1t is a curious situation, but
rather embarrassing to the prisoner.
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10 Iue cuuTcn tnat would prove
true to it's Master and accom-
plish it's appointed mission. It
must manifest a life of genuine pur-
lty, and it must produce the fruits Of
righteousness.
The people Of God should be distin-
guished by ir%reproachable living. Their
daily conduct should be in harmony
with the best Christian standards and
ideals. 1t is written that one Of the
chief elements of pure and indebted
religion is that a nan shall keep
himself unspotted from the world" It
Is the aim of the earnest Christian to
be thoroughly Christ-like. That in
wolves a constant, persistent, courage
u effort to get rid of whatever is
hurtful and evil, to acquire whatever is
good and Godlike. A real Christian is
ambitious to be sanity. He strives
after the goal Of perfection. He is
anxious so to live before the ayes Of
his fellow men that his example shall
ever inspire them to seek after holt
ness.
The church is criticized very severe
ly today on the ground that its mem
bers do not live up to the require
ments of their profession; that their
lives are not one whit better than the
lives Of multitudes Of men and WON
en- who make religious pretensions.
The sad part of it is that in many
cases the criticism is true. An eff
cient church must illustrate in the
lives of its members the beauty of holi4
ness anG the rugged strength of right
eousness.
Linked with this essential is faith
fulness. The master of the garden is
interested not so much in the symme-
try of the tree or the abundance Of
its foliage as in it's producing power.
Herein is my Father glorifed, that
ye bear much fruit; SO shall ye be my
disciples" said Jesus to his followers
on the night before he died.
Test Applied to the Church.
To this supreme religious test every
church must submit. Has it borne
fruit in good works? Has it elevated
The moral standards of the commu-
nifty? Has it welded a wholesome
influence upon business and social ife?.
Has it stood courageously for right
eousness? Would its DISCRIMINATION
prove a calamity to the neighborhood?
Has a saving, sanctifying, inspiring
gospel been preached from it's pulpit,
a gospel that has produced actual,
practical results in human lives? Has
the Sabbath school training been help.
full in resulting in the building up of;
Christian character and the prepara-
ton of young people for c~onsecrated'
service? Has the missionary spirit
TO give boys and girls and men and
women a clear vision of the needy
fields of the world and am earnest de-
sire to do thFir full share Of the work
Of the kingdom? Has the church,
through the lives and Iabors of it's.
members, led many souls out of the.
bondage of sin into the glorious free-l
ION Of the children OF God? 1t is,
not a question of names added to the;
roll of success in running the eccle-'
iastical machinery. it is not a ques-.
lion of material prosperity or of har-l
monious relations. 1t is a question Of
~iruit-bearing. This is the Masters.
rule; by their fruits ye shall know,
them
Holiness and f~ruitfulness, these are.
sure marks of the church that is really.
doing the work Of God in the world.
Upon such a church rests the divine
banediction.
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Victories Of the Soul,

Our boldness for God before the
world must always be the result of in
dividual dealing with God in secret.
Our victories over self. and sin, and
the world. are always first sought
where no eye sees but Gods. It we
have not these secret conflicts, well
may we not have any open ones. The
outward absence of conflict betrays
the inward sleep of the soul.-ReV.
Frederick Whitfield.
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New Charge Against Kirko.

William kirko, who was arrested on
August IS, on a charge of burglary
preferred by ]. Chandler, of the New
Jersey Hospital farm, and who is O
accused of another crime. Kirko, it Is
alleged, stole tools valued at $685.
from Constant De Zutter, who is EN-
ployed at Keeler's farm, Wilburtha
When arrested, Kirko declared thai
he was forced to %burglarize Chand.
ler's home in order to secure food to
prevent him from starving.
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Birds Nest In Human Skull.

A bird has built its nest in a human
skull lying in a vault beneath a church
at Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Eng
land. Apparently the bird entered the
vault through the ventilator and after
selecting the largest Uranium among
the row of skulls on the shelves pro-
ceeded to enlarge a hole, which had
probably been made originally by a
battleax.-New York Sun.
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Good unIce to Be Priced.

A soft, well-modulated voice is of
far greater assistance in the world.
even III the marriage market, than
personal beauty. There are few
.hings which possess a more definite
value as a commercial asset than
kraciousness of n and gentle
ness of tone. We are not born with
harsh voices. we acquire them-Ey
change.
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Makes Commuters Dissorae.

More than $500 worth of commute
ton tickets have been seized by Penn
sylvania Railroad officials in this vi
cinity during the past week. The &C
ton was SO unexpected that a number
of this city's commuters who have
been taking two or three trips a week
to New York City and Philadelphia
were forced to buy new tickets to
continue their journey. The tickets
were being used by other persons than
to whom they were issued, and the
company determined to put a stop to
the practice.
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Attention of LEGISLATURE.

The case of Allgor, the Monmouth
county man, who was sent to a lunatic
asylum upon the complaint of one per-
son and the certificate Of two doctors,
will require the attention of the next
Legislature. When a Vice Chancellor
makes as strong a criticism of the
operation of the law as that by Mr..
Garrison in this case a few days ~
there should be no question of the
public necessity of action. The mem
bers of this or any other court do not
criticise long established statute with
out due cause on an ample reflection.
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Marines Released.

John Singer and Chester Shannon,
the U. S. marines who we're arrested
in Philadelphia by a detective of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
brought to this city and lodged in the
county Jail, were released by Squire
Naar. The men went back to the
Quaker City in custody of a sergeant
who was sent here to investigate the
case. The five other men who were
also arrested in Philadelphia and com
mitted to the local Jail have not yei
been released.
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Blocks Track Layinu,

Having heard that the Public Ser
vice Corporation was about to lay its
tracks over the new bridge spanning
the Assanpink Creek on South War
rem street under cover of darkness,
Freebooter Mccullough instructed Ro-
bert Schenck to secure additional help
to prevent any such action. Acting
Captain Mcgowan was also notified of
the contemplated action. He assured
Mr.. McCullogh that the police would
be on the scene should conditions war
rant.
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Sea. Bright Seeks Enqineer.

A bright young sanitary engineer
with some original ideas on ewage
and how to dispose of it economically
can get a good contract down at Sea-
bright. Incidentally he can relieve
the anxieties of the Mayor of the bor-
ough.
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SUICIDE ON OPERATING TABLE.
Patient Seizes Surgeons Scissors and
Slabs Himself.

San Bernardino, Cal-Snatching
scissors and scalpel from the hands of
the surgeon, Joseph Ulrich stabbed
himself on the operating table at the
Emergency Hospital. He had been
placed on the table in order that self
inflicted wounds might be dressed.
Brooding over the murder of one
friend, of which another friend was
convicted, unbalanced his mind.
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EXPRESS cos. TO BE TRIED.
Decision of Buffalo Federal Judge in
Interstate Commerce Suit.

Washington.-The Adams and Am
erican Express Companies, indicted
for violations of the Interstate Com
merce act, must face trial. There is
no escape through pleadings that they
are not corporations whiting the mean
ing of the law, according to a decision
of Federal Judge Hazel at Buffalo, in
the case begun by the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the two
companies.
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" HESE are qualities indispensable
to the church that would prove
true to it's Master and accom-
Dlish its anDOintnd mteeion II
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
Death Of n Child.

Anne Rutledge, the infant daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. McGhee, died at
the residence of Mrs. Tucker, on South
Harper street. where Mr.. and Mrs
McGhee have been boarding, Sunday
morning at nine o'clock after an Ill
ness OF only several days. The body
was carried to Greenwood, the former
home OF the parents, where 1t was in
tered Sunday afternoon. The child
was just ten months old. The parents
have the sympathy OF large number
Of people In the city who have come
to know them during their short resi-
dence here.
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SECOND WEEK JURORS.

Court Of Common Pleas VIII Begin
Monday, Nov. fth and last two
Weeks.
The following have been drawn as
Jurors for the second week
Laurens--J. II. Ellis, j. H. Ncsbitt
j. c. Wasson, ]. r. Davis, j. j, Adams
w. p. Sullivan. John II. Peterson
DIals--Andrcw ackson. u. NJ Gar
rett. NJ. NJ. Drummond. NJ. p, Vaughn
W. p. Oweas, r. F.. Moore. w Nj. Nash
n. w, Wills. j. a. Curry.
Youngs-J. B. Cook, %W. Il. Bcbo.
Scuhletown-R. Il. Goodwin, w. d
Byrd.
Hunter-W. p. smith.H M Bryson
n. f. Adair, NJ. F. Workman.
Cross HID. o, ReedeR j. r. Hill
Waterloo--B. L, Martin. j. G.. Pin
son, j. l.. Anderson. p. W. Madden
SullIvan--W. II Pitts, c. o. Madden
NJ. L. Mcdaniel j. A. Coats w. f.
Tumblin, +. j. Mahon.
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MRS. w. Is. WASHINGTON
HAS PASSED AWAY
Devoted Wife OF Or. w. III. Washington
Died at the Count. Hospital Satur.
day Morning.

Mrs. Lutte Washington. wife of DIR.
w, II. Washington. died very sudden
ly at the county hospital Saturday
morning. just rs she was lookins for
ward 10 return home after an ill
ness OF several weeks Mrs. NASH
ington had been operated on a few
weeks before and was apparently set
iing much better. an early recovery
being eNpe1ted, when death suddenly
overlook hcr. Her sudden demise was
shock ana source OF nrier TO n
large numbsv OF friends and relatives.
The funeral services were held sun
day afternoon, a shor, service be-
Ing held NJ the home OF her parents.
MIR. and Mrs w w. Jones. and then
Shor; service at the cemetery nearby
Rev. c. f. Rankin. her pastor assist
ed by New w T. Thayer. conducted
the services which were simple tnousA
impressive. y large number OF sor-
rowing friends and relatives follow
ed the body TO the grave and an un-
''N'''' ''''''N ''N''SAN'ts Nl NNNNlS were
Strewn over the grave after the son
vices. both attesting to the love and
esteem in which she WAS NrlA by
those who knew her.
The honavy pail bearers were: !.
w Todd. Sr. c, H. Roper, NJ. l.. Cope
land. S. NJ. Wilkes, 7. ID. Darlington.
Dr. w. c. lrby, f. X. Sprait. j. ID.
Watts. DR., b. F. Posey, Brooks Swy
CERT, A. ID. Gray. The active pail
bearers were: II. f. Fleming. III. c.
Fleming. Albert c, Todd. j. w. Todd,
Jr, DR.. r. r. Hughes. w. II. McCuen.
DR.. w. ID. Ferguson. c. Nj. Miller. :.
w. Dunklin. Messrs. w. II. Anderson.
Job Little. Armstrong and Dr.. Bearden
bore the flowers front the home to the
cemetery.
Besides her husband and one little
GIRL Mrs. Washington leaves her par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. w. w. Jones and
several sisters and n brother 10 mourn
her loss. They are as follows: Mrs. C.
B. Mayer, Newberry. Mrs. o. w. Leon
ard. Spartanburg. Misses Willie and
Olinthia. of Laurens. and Mr.. Fleming
Jones. OF Laurens. and half sister,
Mrs. j. w. Wootcn. of Greenwood.
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TEACHERS TO MEET.
County Teachers Association to Hold
Meeting Saturday, Nov. 2nd.


Meeting Saturday. Nov. 2nd.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Laurens County Teachers associa-
tion will be held in the ocurt house
Saturday, Nov. 2nd Every teacher In
the county is urged to attend for i'm
portant plans Will he discussed in
which you are interested, 1t was de
cided at the last meeting that the
teachers should bring lunch, and af-
ter the regular business, social hour
would be enjoyed
Program for the Meeting.
Lecture.
Subject reading. discussion based on
Mr.. Tate's manual.
Demonstration reading, first grade.
Miss Annie Putnam.
Demonstration reading. fourth grade.
Miss Lutte Young
Rouno table discussion on reading.
leader. Mr. w. p. Culbertson.
Business.
Article 10 OF the constitution-Any
teacher who will attend five OF these
meetings and perform all duties as
signed and will read three books Sc
lected by the executive committee will
be put on an Honor Roll to be posted
In the office Of the county supcrin-
tendent A copy of this roll will also
be published in the county papers. Let
every teacher in the county make the
Honor Roll.
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Special to The Daily Piedmont.

special to The Daily Piedmont.
Columbia, Oct. ~. Governor Blcase
ilatly refuses to make any statement
rs to the I. L. Vaughn case.
He has been asked ii he had any
statement 70 make in connection with
Rector'S statement that he ordered
the arrest OF Gilreath. but lie said
he did not have word to say.
Vaughn is in the pcnitentiary here
but when newspaper men asked to
see him the penitentiary ohcials stat.
ed that they had received positive in
sructionS from Governor BleaSe not
to let anybody see or talk TO Vaughn.
This is an unusual order for the
penitentiary officials seldom refuse TO
allow newspaper men to talk to pris.
oners when accompanied by guard,
unless there is some very evident rea.
son why the prisoner should not talk
to visitors.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
Meeting of q. d. C.

A meeting of John b. Kershaw
Chapter. U. ID. c., will be held with
Mrs. b. w. Ball Monday afternoon.
November 4th All of the members
are expected to attend. The meeting
will be at $3.50 o'clock.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-30
The Cotton Market.

The best cotton was bringing II IA
to y 3-8 on the streets OF Laurcns
yesterday. The market is little up,
though 1t does not rise as fast as some
think that conditions Justify.