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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.

For Sale.-A pair of healthy and
strong bay horses for driving or
farm purposes. WE'LL work anywhere.
For further information write or see
me. j. III. Cunningham Lanfords. S.
" 3-5t-Pd.
Eop/ Light Housekeeping-A couple
desiring to do light housed keeping can
secure desirable rooms on South Har
per street. Mrs. A. Dial Gray. 3-1t
FOrRent-Three nice upstair rooms
On South Harper street. Would be
Med for ideal light house-k keeping.
AuureSS BoX 3o3. 3-1t
GIN Saw Repairer-Owners of cot
ton gins can have their saws sharpen
ed/and gins overhauled in a first class
manner by calling on me. Price rea-
sonable. j. E. Ledford, Laurens. S. C.
35t-pd
For Sale-111 acres of fairly good
land with two very good houses and
go9d barn on same this land can be
bought at bargain. 1t lays seven
miles north Of Greenwood court house
and is close to school and churches.
Good white neighborhood. Address
p. o. box AZ, Greenwood, S. C.
L0sI-Red Irish setter, answers to
name>of Mike. A reward will be paid
fot/his return or any information as
to his whereabouts. j. f. Tolbert, Lau-
rens, S. C.
Fog Sale-1 registered Jersey bull;
l registered Jersey milch COW, milch
COWS, brood mares, and 1 stud colt,
2 years old April 10th. c. II. Pettus,
HaTis Springs, S. c. 52-tf
Peas, Peas, Peas-For sale, price
and sample sent on application.
Hathaway &c Co., Spartanburg, s. C.
33-tf
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
PANAMA CANAL
MAY soon BE OPEN
Work VIII Go Faster With Proposed
Change. Dredges For ShOyeIs.


Washington, Aug. 10.-Latest re-
ports from the canal zone announce
that as the result OF respective sub
stitution of dredges for steam shovels
in the excavation OF that famous Guile
bra cut, by next December. Even
earlier than that, light draft vessels
are likely to be passing through the
waterways, for as the greater part of
the canal prism already has been cut
to its final depth, small vessels prob
ably can navigate it safely within a
Few days after October 10, next when
the Gambo dyke 1t to be blown up,
thus admitting to the FCulebra level
the great store of water in Gatun
lake
The "a steam shovels now in the
cut handle only 100000 cubic yards of
earth and rock per month, which out
put Will be greatly reduced as the
depth Of the cut increases and the
available room for shoveling Is re-
duced. Sol. Goethals, however, has
assembled Is dredges with a monthly
capacity of 100000 cubic yards and
these Will be floated in the cut as
soon as the dyke is destroyed.
Meanwhile not content with digging
away at the base of the cliffs, the
engineers In their haste to open up
the waterway have begun to tear away
the top of the hills with great jets
of water under high pressure, sluic-
ing the earth to the bed of the canal
whence it is being swept up by pneu-
matte dredges and pumps and dis
charged into ravines and valleys so
far away that it can never be washed
back
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
TRINITY.RIDGE NEWS.

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Trinity Ridge, Aug. 11.-During the
early part of the week our baseball
team went down to Waterloo for a
series of goods. The Waterloo boys
failed to be merciful to the visitors
and took both games. 1t was by close
scores however. The Trinity Ridge
boys were very enthusiastic over the
cordial treatment they received at the
hands of the Waterloo people and most
especially of the Waterloo girls.
Quite number of our people at
tended the old soldiers reunion at old
Quaker, or perhaps better known as
Union, church last Saturday.
Mrs. G. A. Fuller and one or two
others chaperoned quite delightful
wagon load Of youngsters over for the
day. Mrs. Fuller is one of the favor
ties Of the young people of the com
munity.
The local Farmers Union had quite
delightful time. on Saturday evening.
Mr.. j. ID. w. Watts kindly furnished
all the necessaries for barbecue and
set the whole union up to a very de-
lightful barbecue supper. Mr.. Watts
is our farm demonstration man and is
very enthusiastic on the subjest of
farming. We have the only union in
the county so far as your correspond
ent knows and it is largely due to the
untiring zeal of Mr.. Watts that we
nave ours. We have large and Jealous
membership and it is doing a great
good in the community. 1t is a great
pity all of our rural communities have
not just such organizations.
Mrs. G.. A. Fuller, Miss Bessie Smith,
Mr.. Carroll Smith, and Mrs. j. II. Ell
lis made brief visit to Waterloo the
early part of the week
Misses Annie Huff and Ollie Cox, Of
Simpsonville, returned to their homes
from visit at Mr.. j. S. Medlock's
Sunday.
Miss Ada Taylor of Clinton, is visit
ing Miss Mamie May Williams.
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William Watts Ball.

| Whihm WdttS bhlls
The announcement was made Satur-
day in the Columbia State that Mr.
VIM. Watts Ball would be in editorial
charge of the paper in the absence OF
the editor in chief, Mr.. William E.
Gonzales, who has been sent to Cuba
as minister plenipotentiary by Presi-
| dent Wilson. This announcement caus-
friends of The State, for Mr.. Ball has
been the managing editor for about
three years, and is we'll qualified to
conduct the editorial management of
any newspaper.
The announcement is made by Am
brose e. Gonzales, publisher, who is
really the soul OF the Columbia pa
per which has gained for itself
abroad the reputation of being the
representative southern newspaper.
Capt. A. E. Gonzales is himself man
OF considerable literary gifts and pow
ers, but he never writes for publi-
cation, more is the pity of it, His la
mented brother, the late n. G.. Con
zales, and himself founded The State
for principle and have fought for the
preservation of that principle and it
is peculiarly fitting that Mr.. Ball
should succeed to the chair of the late
n. G. Gonzales, for when young man
nj I, DnI
editorial paragraph writer on The
State and imbibed at that time the
spirit of its first courageous and bril-
liant editor.
Since that time Mr.. Ball has had
newspapers of his own in Laurens, in
Greenville and in Charleston and has
held editorial positions on the Char
lesion News and Courier and on the
Jacksonville Times-Union. He is a
man of much versatility; of trained
mind, being a graduate Of the state
university and a member of the bar;
of clean personal life and of high
standards Of living and he knows how
to make newspaper and how to
make it go. He has a staff of lively
young men whom he will develop
along the right lines, as they always
have been, and the new editor of The
State will receive from the people the
respect and confidence which he de-
serves.
Mr.. Ball is son of one of South
Cardinals best soldiers and brightest
minds-Col. Beaufort w. Ball of Lau-
rens county, who gave up a commits
sion as colonel in the old state militia
to go to war as private in the Hamp-
ton Legion in 1861 and later became
adjutant general of Mart Garys fight
ing division OF cavalry. Col. Ball was
a man splendidly equipped mentally,
and under the Hampton administra-
tion was solicitor for his circuit. He
was finished newspaper man him
self, and his gifted son has inherited
the traits of his father together with
those of his mother, who is an eXcep-
uonal woman.-Anderson Daily Mail.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
FARM PRODUCTS
TO BE EXHIBITED
Southern Railway and Other Lines
TO Place Advantages of The South
Before The People of The West and
The Middle West To Encourage De-
yelODment

Washington, ID. c., August s.
Splendid exhibits of Southern farm
products, showing the alluring agri-
cultural OPPORTUNITIES awaiting in
dustrious settlers in the territory
along their lines, will be made by the
Southern Railway and affiliated COM
panies, dncluding the Mobile e. Ohio,
| the Georgia, Southen & Florida, the
Alabama Great Southern, the Cincn-
natl, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific,
and the Virginia e. Southwestern at
three great expositions and thirty-five
district and county fairs in the North
and Middle West during the late sum
mer and fall This is the most extern
sive campaign of this character ever
undertaken for attracting settlers to
the Southern States and will place
their advantages in the most striking
way before thousands of sturdy farm
ers of just the type that is desired in
the South.
Special exhibits will be made at the
Canadian National Exhibitions at To-
ronto, August 23 to September s, the
attendance of Iowa, in November, and
the international Live Stock Exposi-
ton in Chicago during November and
December. Exhibits at district and
county fairs in New York, Connecticut.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Mime
sofa, have been arranged in four cir
cults. running from August to late in
October.
The work of preparing these ex-
hibits has been underway since the
close OF the fair season in 1912. Since
the beginning of the new crop season,
agents have been at work with the
result that from every state on the
lines of the Southern System, there
haHe come most representative col
lections of agricultural products, in
Guiding grains, graSses, vegetables,
and fruit. Large photographs show
ing farm and other views in the South
Will also be used The exhibits will be
in charge of agents who are thorough
ly familiar with conditions in the
South and who will be on hand con-
stantly to give information desired
about any locality. Special leaflets
and booklets have been prepared and
several hundred thousand will be
placed in the hands Of prospective
settlers.
These exhibits are being made en-
tirely at the expense of the Southern
Railway and affiliated lines. The ter
ritory served by them and the whole
Southeast will be given wide adver-
tis!ng which should be productive of
much good for the section
In addition to this series of exhibits
at Northern fairs and expositions. the
Southern Railway and affiliated lines
will make educational exhibits at a
large number of fairs throughout the
South, detailed announcement of
which will be made later.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
FOUNTAIN INN COUNTY.

The people Of our neighboring town
of Fountain Inn are still undecided
whether or not they will have the
election on its new county question
now or at some future date. Now that
Woodruff H., S agitated the question
and lost, the way is left open to the
Fountain Inn people to make like
effort. Whether or not the overwhelm-
ing defeat of the Woodruff propo. -
tion had had any effect on the Foun-
but for some reason the matter Is be-
ing delayed. For our own part we
trust that the outcome OF the Wood
ruff election will be sufficient evidence
county people to pull themselves away
from the old county to go into a new.
The attitude Of the Fountain Inn peo-
pie is doubtlessly expressed In an
editorial appearing last week in The
Tribune, of that place as follows:
The town of Woodruff failed to es-
tablish itself as the county seat OF a
new county--a failure generally ex-
pected and in some quarters ardently
hoped for. Citizens of the town work
ed INCREASINGLY to further their ambi-
tion and their industry and gameness
merit commentator.
There has been much freely ex-
pressed criticism OF the tactics en-
ployed by the most ardent workers,
and 1t Is possible that the nature of
hoo tnn l>nI
towns defeat but since 1t is hardly
chivalrous to curse the methods Of a
fallen adversary, Fountain Inn will
have little comment to make.
Fountain Inn now has fish OF her
own to fry. All things needful are
prepared for her election, except the
report of the three commissioners ap-
pointed by the governor. Whether
the election shall be carried at once
or later in the fall, depends upon the
decision Of the gentlemen who com
pose the executive committee.
The Tribune would rather have the
election called at an early date. Quail
fed electors within the effected terri
tory have been thinking over the mat
ter for months. 1t has been constant
ly pressed to their attention. All pos
sible arguments in favor Of smaller
counties have been presented. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that each voter
has made up his mind concerning the
matter. Nothing we can say or dc
will greatly effect the attitude of the
voting public.
We can gain nothing by waiting
We may lose much, for the recent
campaign has caused many Laurens
county people to look with greater
favor upon Fountain Inns claims.
& But no matter when the election
Z is calied-no matter when or where
the final campaign starts-you may
depend upon it that the whole mat
ter Will be as fairly and cleanly con
Quoted as 1t is possible for honorable
men to conduct an election.
There is not man on the eXecu
tive committee who would win a new
county at the sacrifice or persona
honor or dignity
We will win as gentlemen, or W.
will lose as good sportsmen, and IL
neither case will there be any bitter
ness.
We shall not promise any man al
Office in return for his influence a
the polls. for the giving of place Is
not within our power. Furthermore
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
Minister Praises this Laxative

Rev. III. Stubenvoll of Allison, Ia,
IN praising DIR. Kings New Life Pills
Tor constipation, writes: "Dr. Kings
New Life Pills are such perfect pills
no home should be without them" No
better regulator for the liver and bow
els. Every pill guaranteed. Try them
Price 25c at Laurens Drug Co. and
Palmetto Drug Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13
Brief Fight in Senate.

The fight In the senate over the
adoption of the report was brief, the
session lasting but As minutes. The
upper house was dark long before
the question came to vote in the
crowded assembly chamber. For two
hours there was throng that crowd
ed every niche AMI Granny of the big
chamber stood patiently and silently
save on one occasion-waiting for
the vote
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-13

See our line of Refrigerators, Ice
Boxes. Water Coolers. and Ice Cream
Freezers, complete stock on hand.
S. NJ. & II. H. WILKES & co.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
GIBSON SUCCEEDS POPE
AND SUTTON APPOINTED
COMMISSIONER

As forecasted in the Star-Bulletin
yesterday, Governor Frear this morn
ing appointed School Inspector T. H.
Gibson to succeed w. T. Pope, re-
signed superintendent of public in
struction, and K. w. Sutton, member
of the school commission, to represent
Oahu. ia
Gibson was named for this Office fol-
lowing careful study of school con-
ditions, made by the governor, details
OF which are contained in his report
as printed in full in yesterdays Star
Bulletin. Gibson accepted the posi-
tion and will Immediately assume
charge of the department
Commenting on his choice for the
position of superintendent, Governor
Frear said:
"Mr. Gibson has been with the de-
partment for long time, and has been
particularly in close touch with the
work as inspector of schools. He has
the details of the department we'll in
hand.
"A meeting of the school commits
sioners will be held soon to attend to
the matter of appointment of teachers
for the new school year. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Gibson at this time, as
superintendent of public instruction,
with his knowledge of the require
ments of the department, will be of
great value to the commissioners in
arranging for the new school year.
"He has long been connected with
the cause of education in Hawaii as
teacher and executive officer under the
board of education, and was for some
years superintendent or the Boys In.
dustrial School.
"Mr. Pope has presented his written
resignation to me, which leaves me
free to accept it now or as late as
June 30. / offered the superintendency
of public instruction to Mr.. Gibson and
he accepted"
This leaves three vacancies on the
commission and these very likely will
be filled by new appointments within
the next thenty-four hours, as Gov
ernor Frear announced today he con-
templates leaving for the Big Island
tomorrow afternoon on combined
business and pleasure trip that may
hold him on Hawaii until the latter
part of next week He stated that
he hoped to dispose of the school
matter before his departure.
He would give no intimation this
Continued on kage four)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
PROMOTERS TO
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR CARNIVAL
Pageant Board of Directors
VIII Meet with the Promo.
ton Committee

Immediate action with a view 10
launching plans for the 1914 floral
parade and carnival will be taken this
afternoon when the board of director.
generals Of former pageants, including
Walter Dillingham;. Harold Dillingh.
nam, Charles Chillingworth. Arthur
Wall and A. Gartley, will meet the
members of the promotion committee
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
Upon suggestion made some time
ago by Secretary Wood, the former
director-generals were asked to meet
with the members OF the promotion
committee and offer plans and sukges-
tons for the carrying-out OF next
years fete. At the last meeting or
the committee the matter was again
taken up and today set for the gath
ering. Chairman Waldron Of the pro-
motion committee said this morning
that 1t was the plan of che committee
to start all plans for he parade at an
early date, and that he believed that
within q week complete program
VIII have been drawn and director
general elected.
1t is going to mean great saving
to the people Of Honolulu II we can
complete our plans seven months be-
fore the pageant takes place." Chair
man WaldFon continued. "and we in
tend to get all finances for carrying
the pageant through pledged within
so days. Last year the finance COM
mittee was appointed at late date,
and consequently was unable to start
work until January 10. leaving only
five weeks to get the entire undertak-
ing established upon a systematic
basis II is in order to rid ourselves
of recurrence of such a condition
that we are starting our work at this
early date"
1t Is probably that the matter Of an
amusement pier and q new automobile
club for Honolulu will De taken up at
the meeting, although II Is not known
whether the committee appointed at
the last meeting to look into this mat.
ter had completed its investigation
One thing which the promotion CONF
mittee intends to advocate II the re-
moval Of the coral from the Waikiki
beach. which ID menace to the bath
ers and which detract1 from the In
terest Of the beach The committee
believes that the removal OF this coral
is up to the government, and believes
that It should consider the matter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
STACKARLE IS
ENDORSED BY
BUSINESSMEN


One hundred and fifty of the lead
ing business firms and business men
of Honolulu have signed a petition
addressed to the president of the
United. States indorsing the work of
Collector of Customs Stackable and
urging his retention in office. The
communication with its list of sign
ers was sent to Washington on the
last mail.
This is the result of rumor that
the new Demo s.ic administration
was about to make a change in the
collectorship. No definite informa-
tion was available, but a voluntary
committee of businessmen circulated
the petition and has forwarded it in
order, if possible, to forestall any
movement to relieve Collector Stack
able
Heading the list are signatures for
the big Five"-Castle & Cooke,
Hackfeld & Co.. Davies & Co., Brew
er & Co., and Alexander & Baldwin.
The businessmen who circulated the
petition say that they did not meet
with d single refusal to sign it and
that in volume of signatures it is by
far the bulkiest document of its kind
ever sent from Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
TERRITORY TO
ASK FOR A
REHEARING

Renewing his former arguments and
laying particular stress on several
points not so prominently mentioned
before, Attorney General Thayer to-
day is preparing petition which he
will file in the supreme court this aft
ernoon, asking for a rehearing in the
test suit brought by the Apokaa Sugar
Company. The supreme court few
days ago handed down decision In
this case, awarding Judgment to the
plantation and against Tax Assessor
G. T. Wilder
This is the suit brought to obtain
an Interpretation of the new special
income tax law. The supreme court.
in its recent majority opinion, held
that the statute affects the 1912 as
sessment. The territory contends that
should no affect the levy Of the pre-
vious year.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
M'GREER OUTS
! CONSOLIDATED
FOR FAR EAST

An entire change of management
of three Honolulu theaters has taken
place today with the acceptance of
the resignation of Robert McGreer as
general manager of the Consolidated
Amusement Company, which concern
controls the Bijou, Ye Liberty and
Empire theaters.
McGreer has had this step under
consideration for some weeks. He re-
ceived cable today which will cali
him to the Far East about July 1st.
Taking the active management of
a theatrical booking agency which
will have to do with the bringing out
of large musical comedy, dramatic
and vaudeville companies from the
mainland to the Orient, McGreer has
perfected arrangements to hold a con-
ference with the financial hackers of
the Manila Theatrical Company who
are to gatner at Yokohama, Japan, in
the near future.
Following business tour to the
Far East, McGreer will return to the
mainland and for some months open
headquarters at San Francisco.
Under the direct management of
McGreer, the trio of local theaters
have offered many new and original
attractions.
With the retirement of McGreer,
John Henry Magoon will assume the
active management of the three
playhouses.
Magoon takes up the duties well
qualified to carry out many ambi-
tious plans for the future. He Is
well equipped to guide the destinies
of the Consolidated Amusement Com
pany through the sometimes troub-
luus theatrical seas as he served as
head of the former Honolulu Amuse-
ment Company in the capacity of
manager for many months, preced-
ing the later combine with the Con-
solidated.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-06
MAY
TELL Of MURDER
next MONDAY

Celestino Manolo probably will mar
rate to the jury in Circuit Judge Rob-
inson's court next Monday morning
his story of the murder, by himself
and three Filipino comrades, of the
young Chinese grocer, Lui All Ken,
and his wife, Lum Lin. in their little
grocery at Kahauiki. Manolo is the
only member of the quartet to plead
guilty to charge of murder in the
second degree. He will receive his
sentence Monday.
Though City and County Attorney
Cathcart has made no statement that
Manolo is to appear as states witness,
or that he will be summoned to tell
his tale on Monday, the prosecutors
remark to the court at the conclusion
of today's hearing that '-the next wit
ness called probably would require
lengthy examination" is considered
significant.
Virtually all the prosecutions known
evidence. save the confession of CeIes-
tino Manolo, has been placed before
the Jury now. Other than Manolo, the
most important witnesses are thought
20 be Chief of Detectives McDufFie and
Deputy City and County Attorney
A. NJ. Brown, both OF whom claim to
have heard the confessions of each OF
the accused men.
The testimony of McDuffie and
Brown was completed this morning.
the former occupying the witness
stand two hours and a half on direct
and cross examination, and half an
hour more on later redirect and re.
cross examination. He told of the
statements made to him by each of
the three prisoners, Hildo Paubista,
Domingo Rodrigues and Miguel Ma
nigbas. These were in substance as