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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-02-25
Ute Very Good Living Abroad.
There's Boat Leaving Tomorrow"

,cross-street and clrcled into the yawn.
ing mouth Of his garage.
A little later, the bulldog at his
heels, he ascended the steps Of his
club. where he lodged-he had dis
'posed Of his bachelor apartments a
fortnight ago. The cavernous seats Of
the lounge were all occupied but he
did not pause as he strobe through
the hall. He took the little pile Of
letters the boy handed him at the
desk and went slowly up the stairway
He wandered into the deserted libra.
ry and sat down, tossing the letters
on the magazine-littered table. He had
suddenly remembered that 1t was his
twenty-fifth birthday.
In the reaction from the long strain
he felt physically spent He thought
of what he had done that afternoon
with a sense Of satisfaction. A re-
versal Of public judgment. in his own
case. had not entered his head. He
knew his world-its comfortable facul.
ty Of forgetting. and the multitude of
sins that wealth may cover. To pre-
serve at whatever personal cost the
ono Dobie monument his fathers
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-02-25
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-02-25


ber to listen to the ugly tale Of squan.
dered millions, looked to him with
resentment that was sharpened by his
apparent nonchalance.
Long before the closing session it
had been clear that, as far as indict-
ments were concerned the investiga.
ton would be barren of result or
individual criminality, flight and sui
eide had been confession, but more
sweeping charges could not be brought
home. The gilded fool had not brought
himself into the embarrassing purview
of the law
The jostling crowd nocked out into
the square, among them fresh-faced
girl on the arm of gray y.bearded man
in black frock coat and picturesque
broad-brimmed felt hat. She turned
her eyes to his.
80 that" she said, 'is John Valiantl
Id almost rather have missed Niagara
Falls. I must write Shirley cambridge
about it. I'm so sorry I lost that
picture Of him that cut out of the
paper"
Il reckon he's not such bad lot"
said her uncle. He hailed a cab.
Grand Central Station" he directed.
with glance at his watch, "and be
quick about it. We've just time to
make our train"
Some hours later, in an inner office
of G. downtown sky-scraper, the newly
appointed receiver Of the Valiant Cor
poration. a heavy, thick-set man with
narrow eyes, sat beside table OH
which lay a small black satchel with
paddock on its handle, whose con.
tents-several bundles Of crisp papers
--he had been turning over in his
heavy hands with look of incredu.
lous amazement. A sheet containing
q mass Of figures and memoranda lay
among them.
The shack was still On his face when
q knock came at the door, and man
entered. The newcomer was gray
haired, slightly stopped and lean
jowled, with humorous expression on
ih!s lips. Ho glanced & surpc.Se at
the Uttered table
Fargo" said the man at the desk,
:'do you notice anything queer about
Ime?"
His friend grinned mo, Buck" he
said judicially. unless it's that neck
tie. 1t would stop Dutch clock"
Hang the haberdashery! Read this
from young Valiant" He passed
over letter.
Fargo read. He looked up. "Securi-
ties aggregating three millions!" he
said in hushed voice. "Why, unless
I've been misinformed, that represents
practically all his private fortune"
The other nodded Turned over to
the corporation with his resignation as
a vice-president, and without blessed
string tied to 'em! What do you think
of that?"
Think! It's the most absurdly
idiotic thing 1 ever met Two weeks
ago, before the investigation
but now, when it's perfectly certain
they can bring nothing home to him"
He paused. "Of course l suppose it'll
save the corporation, eh? But it may
be ten years before its securities pay
dividends. And this Is real money.
Whcro the devil does he como in
mcanwhile?"
Tho receiver pursed his lips. ri
knew his father" he said "He had
the same crazy quixotic streak"
He gathered tho scattered docu.
ments and locked them carefully with
the satchel in safe. Spectacular
young asst" he said explosively
Il should say sol" agreed Fargo.
do you know used to be afraid my
Katharine had leaning toward him.
But thank God, she's sensible grill"
10 o
Dusk had fallen that evening when
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
WASHINGTON.

Opening OF the Panama canal to the
worlds commerce on Aug. Is next was
announced by Secretary Garrison.
Reginaldo Cepeda, senator from the
state of Coahuila and intimate friend
OF General Carranza. has been Sc
lected by Provisional President Carba-
jal to negotiate the transfer of the
government at Mexico City to the con
stitutionalists.
A civil suit to separate the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road Company from its subsidiary rail
trolley and steamship lines will be
brought by Attorney General Mercy
noids in the United States District
Court at New York within the next
few days.
Great increases in the Importation
of fresh beef and other meat products
since the Underwood tariff, with its
free list, went into effect, are reported
to the Department of Agriculture.
During June, 4S,64S,023 pounds of such
products were imported. 37,S0S,946
pounds of which were fresh beef. prin-
cipally of Australian and Argentine
origin.
Sudden withdrawal by President
Wilson of his nomination of Thomas
ID. Jones of Chicago to be member
of the Federal Reserve Board ended
the bitter controversy over his confir-
nation in the Senate. Letters that
passed between the President and
Jones accompanied the executive mes
sage and showed that the Chicago law
yer requested the action and that the
President complied with some reeret
that the fight could not be carried
through to finish.
Reports we're published at Washing
ton that Attorney General Mercy
nolds. only cabinet bachelor. is en-
gagged to marry Miss Lucy Burlson,
daughter of the postmaster general.
He is about fifty and she is twenty
one.
Armed Intervention by the United
States in Haiti was discussed by ad-
ministration officials upon the receipt
OF dispatches from diplomatic agents.
saying great losses would be suffered
In the island republic by the ravages
OF revolution.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
CRISIS IN HOME RULE
Woman and Child Victims in Massacre
When Kings Troops XIII Four and
Wound Sixty in Battle With
Dublin Patriots.

. Dublin, July 27.-Three men and one
woman are dead and more than sixty
persons are in the hospital wounded
as a result of battalion of the Kings
Own Scottish borderers firing into
mob in the streets of Dublin Sunday
afternoon. Seven of the wounded are
dying. Among them are three women
and boy of 10.
The affray was the result of a gun
running exploit of the Nationalist vol
unteers, who were being aided by a
mob composed largely of women and
boys. A con3ignment of rifles, said
to number 10000, was landed at
Wcwth, nine miles from Dublin, from
a private yacht. The Nationalist vol
unteers cut the telegraph wires and
stopped travel on the Dublin roads,
and, according to reports, sent away
most of the rifles. together with 10000
rounds of ammunition, In motor cars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
LATEST NEWS
EPITOMIzED
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPC RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN.

For the second time this summer
the Hillsboro district of Sierra conn
ty. New Mexico. has been devastated
by floods.
George T. Maryo, newly appointed
ambassador to Russia. accompanied by
Mrs. Marye, is at San Francisco put
ting his affairs in shape before de-
parting for his post at st. Petersburg.
Carl Haag. a contractor. at Los
Angeles. Cal, shot and killed Mrs
Edna Skies, a widow, because she re-
fused to marry him. Then he commit
ted suicide. Haags son, six, Witnessed
the tragedy.
A trainload OF Cheyenne business
men will invade northern Colorado
Aug. II. on two-days' combined
trade excursion and trip to boost the
Frontier days celebration at Cheyenne
Aug. IS. 10. 20 and 81.
San Franciscos municipal street
railroad, known as the Gearystreet
line. about six miles long. earned
t136.430.20 net during the fiscal year
ended June 80, according to figures
made public at San Francisco.
Fear that Mrs. Edna Skies, twenty
seven years old. would return to Nor
cross. Ca. and effect a reconciliation
with her husband. led to her death at
Los Angeles. CAL. at the hands of
also killed himself.
Cincinnati. o.. was named as the
next annual meeting place of the In
ternational Sheriffs' Association. Anal
gamation with the international asso-
Citations OF police chiefs and railroad
special agents was favored at the Lin
coin meeting.
Lewis Shoemaker, who is believed
to have come to Laramie. Wyo., from
Bolivar. Mo-. was shot and instantly
killed near Walden. Colo. by Sheriff
]. c. Timbrell. who attempted to ar
rest him on the charge of stealing n
band of sheep near Rawlins. Wyo.
j. w. Reed. rich Angora goat
breeder In the Guadalupe mountains.
forty miles southwest of Carlsbad. N.
NJ. was killed. and Mrs. A. NJ. Brown,
wife of mountaineer. was lodged in
fall in Carlsbad in connection with
the killing. Reed was found dead on
the floor OF Mrs. Browns home. He
had been shot through the heart.
John Alexander. a beet grower. shot
and killed his brother, Reese. when
he returned home at Santa Ana, Cal,
and found the brother choking the six
teen-year-old daughter of the slayer.
After the arrest. Alexander told the
,onstahlo that bis hrother's abusp of
the girl was the result of her refusal
to put the cover on kettle of stew
to prevent flies from getting into 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30

man advised me to try Lydia p. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got .
bottle. / felt better the next month so
/ took three more bottles Of it and got
well go 1 could work all the time l
hope every woman who suffers like did
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. - Mrs. P. w. LANsENG,
Route No. /, Florence, South Dakota.
Why will women continue to suffer day
in and day out or drag out q sickly, half
hearted existence, missing three-fo fourths
of the joy OF living. when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health Of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displaeements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, Irregularities, etc
II yoa want special advice write t.
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cena.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
b opened, read and answered BY .
Uoman and held in strict confidence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
Laws Uncertainties,

when you poke toad" said old
Farmer Hornbeck, philosophically,
you can't tell which way he will
jump. nor how far: an it is jest about
the same way with jury"
THAT so?" returned young Jay
Green, in a noncommittal way.
Yep. For instance. in the case Of
PUNK Jarvis. who has jest been tried
over at Kickyhasset courthouse for
pullin' out his brother-in-law's whis-
kers by the roots in fight. the jury
discharged PUNK an fined his brother.
in-law 10 cents. the regular price of a
shave"-Puck.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30

London, July 27.-The darkest war
cloud which has appeared on the Euro
pean horizon since Germany sent war
ships to Agadr in 1911 has arisen
within three days.
The Servian government has refused
to comply with Austria's demands, the
most humiliating ever asked of an In
dependent nation. for the expiation OF
the Sarajevo murders for which Aus
tria holds anti-Austrian conspiracies in
Servia responsible and for guarantees
of future good behavior.
At $50 o'clock, when the Austro-
Hungarian ultimatum expired. the Ser
Wan premier handed to the Austrian
minister ut Belgrade Servia's reply.
The minister Immediately severed dip
lomatic relations and started for home.
The contents of the note have not
been revealed, but the Servian lega-
ton In London understands that 1t ac-
cepted some of Austria's conditions
and rejected others. Apparently Aus
tria was resoved to have the whole
bill paid or nothing.
The vital question to Europe Is
whether Russia will come to the res
cue of her little Slav brother. inyolv-
ing the other powers and making OF
the war dread struggle Of Slav
against Teuton for European suprem-
acy.
Reports from st. Petersburg say
that the Russian army is mobilizing.
but 1t is to be remembered that Rus
sin modified several corps when Aus
tria annexed Bosnia and the German
emr eror stepped to the sice of his
ally.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
FOREIGN.

The Mexican treasury is empty and
employees Of the government remain
unpaid.
The anniversary OF the death of
Bento Juarez. the grand old man"
OF Mexico was celebrated throughout
Sonora.
A hurricane swept Budapest Many
persons were killed and enormous
damage was done to property. Hardly
single boat on the Danube escaped
the effects of the Storm
General Huerta had luncheon on
board the Dresden with the cruisers
captain and the German counsel at
Kingston. Jamaica. He declined to
see anyone while aboardship.
The Hindus aboard the Komagata
Maru, who have resisted efforts to de-
port them, have given in on all points.
and accepted the terms offered by the
authorities at Vancouver, B. c.
General Carranza advocated lem
iency in treatment of the conquered
by the victorious Constitutionalists.
His statement was made in a speech
at a banquet rendered by Victoria.
Mex, citizens.
Romney's portrait of Mrs, Penelope
Lee Action has been sold by Lord De
Saumarez of London to Duveen
Brothers for about s215.0O0 Romney,
to whom Mrs. Action sat in 1871. was
paid 5000 for the picture, which is
full length. y
San Luis Potosi is in the hands CT
the constitutionalist forces under Gen.
Jesus Carranza. and the railroad line
between that point and Mexico City
is open, according to an official re-
port which reached General Carranza
at Monterey.
An Austro-Hungarian uftimatum to
Servia, couched in a tone of almost un-
precedented severity and fastening on
the Servian government and people
responsibility for the assassination OF
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
wife at Sarajevo. has been presented
to Belgrade.
AS the result Of the investigation
ordered by Provisional President Car
bajal into the finances of the country
during the administration of Gen Vic
toriano Huerta, 1t is reported that
warrant WIS issued for the arrest OF
Eugenio Paredes, former general treas
urer of the republic. Paredes is
charged in the indictment with misap-
preparation o' more than 100000
pesos of government money. He is re-
ported to be now at Puerto. Mexico.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
SPORT.
standing Of w~.t-rn League

Fees from boxing matches held In
Wisconsin under the Hedding law
were $12.342 from its start up to July
l. 1914. The state gets per cent Of
all gate receipts.
Max f. Hensler. well known trap
shooter. died at Colorado Springs. His
death occurred at the residence of his
sister. Mrs. II. j. Johnson. after an
Illness of three years. He was thirty
one years old.
The American yacht Aloha. de-
Tending the d. C. Cameron cup. de-
feated the Canadian challenger Beaver
by two minutes and forty seconds in
the first of the international races at
Kenora. Ontario.
The "dopesters" received a severe
upsetting in the feature event at
North Randall. Ohio. on the Grand cir
cult. King Clansman. rank outsider.
won the $1,000 Tavern stake by cap
turing easily the second, third and
fourth heats after finishing poor
fourth to McCloskey in the opening
heat.
In special event at the third days
grand circuit races at North Randall,
Ohio. Etawah ILL.,, owned by Frank G..
Jones of Memphis, trotting a mile in
2:04, established a worlds record for
four-year-old trotter of either sex.
The old record, 2:05A. was made in
1898 by Directum. Geers drove Anvil.
another Jones horse. mile in 2:02A
the fastest mile trotted this season.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
ARMIES Modified
EMPEROR AND KAISER cHEERED
WHEN PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR MAsslNo WAR FORCES.
MARTIAL Law DECLARED
SERB GOVERNMENT REMOVED
CAPITAL FOR FEAR OF
soMBARDMENT.
War Situation Told In Brief.
The PrtncfpaI..-Austria.

The ePr.ctpaI..-Austr a mem
ber of the historic Triple Alliance.
wtn war; ds o
sells. servia. one OF the Balkan
states, whSse vi Sse standing army CON
The s-cond..-For Austria. Ger
many. which can throw $4,000 reg
ular troops into the field at any
moment and can command the serv-
ices OF 2,250.O00. all of them trained
and ready for prompt action. Be
sides this vast land force. Germany
them ready for sea. For Servia
Russia. second Of the military pow
ers Of the world. with a standing
war strength of 1.s45.0OO. Russias
navy. largely rebuilt since the Rus
so-Japanese war. consists of 1S5
ships of various classes
The Cause.-Servias refusal to
obey the ultimatum issued by Aus
tria. in which demand was made for
the suppression of the Pan-Servian
little Balkan state of responsibility
for the murder of the Crown Prince
AND Crown Princess Of Austria who
We're killed by band of ANARCHISTS
The Effect.-A general European
war. in which Russia would defend
Servia against invasion by the
would rally to the support Of her
ally and neighbor. the dual mon
archy, Ultimately France, which is
in alliance with Russia and Italy.
which is the third member of the
Triple Alliance, might possibly be-
come embroiled. An attack. such as
contemplated by Austria. would be
directed against the integrity of all
tho Balkan states. whose territorial
alignment was settled by the peace
treaty following. the recent war in
the Balkans. and would II success
ful. probably result In the absorp-
tion of most of that section of Eu-
domain of the. Sultan. upon which
Austria has long cast envious eyes
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
Man Fatally sho. by Brother Striker

Trinidad. Colo.-Joe Caruso. a strik-
er. was shot through the abdomen by
Tony Baddurio. another striker, at
Old Segundo. Baddurio is at large
and the wounded man is at the hos
pital here. He is not expected to re-
cover. The shooting took place at un-
ion headquarters in "Old Town"
where, according to reports, number
OF strikers had gathered and were
drinking The cause Of the shooting
has not been learned. Summoned to the
scene, Capt Guy Cushman OF the fed
eral troops ut Segundo seized and dis
posed OF the beer found at the place.
and with camp officers started a
search for Baddurio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
GEN ERAL.

The army worm has descended upon
New York, doing heavy damage to
lawns in Harlem.
Three men were killed in freight
wreck on the Mobile & Ohio near May
hew. Miss.
The Chicago divorce prevention
bureau of the Municipal Court opened
its doors as the first branch of a court
created solely to fight the divorce evil.
With his heart sewed up by sur
geons, Magiachi Nigo. a Japanese, is
expected to live, after stabbing af.
fair at San Bernardino, Cal. in which
the organ was cut.
During the fiscal year beginning
July l, 1914. the forest service will
spend $4,000 in the survey of home
steads, covering agricultural lands
in national forests in Arizona and New
Mexico.
Decision to continue the receiver
definitely, with contemplated opera
tion of the branch stores throughout
the country, was reached by meet
ing of 500 creditors at New York.
Under orders of President Wilson
and Attorney General McReynolds. .
Sherman law ANTITRUST suit to dis
solve the New Haven railroad, trolley
and steamship combination in New
England was filed in New York. The
combination was scathingly scored A.
"a combination in restraint OF trade
and commerce"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
General carran.. Peril. Peace.

Washington.-Advic to the effect
that General Carranza is not disposed
to make formal agreement granting
amnesty in advance Of his actual as
sumption of power in Mexico City
reached Washington from the head
quarters OF the Constitutionalist chief.
This is not in line with what the
American government has previously
understood to be. Carranza's position.
and II insisted upon may disrupt the
proposed pence conference in Mexico
at its very beginning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-30
RUSSIA TO AID SERBS
WHOLE WORLD AWAITS ACTION
OF THE cZAR.
His Interference Would Involve Other
Powers and Make Conflict Struo-
gle Of sIav Against Teutons
for Supremacy.
War Developments.

Austra.-Servian minister given
passports. virtual declaration Oh
war.
Servia.-Army mobilized and Cab
met summoned to meet for final ac-
ton First fight reported on Dan
ube.
Russia.-Czar renews insistencs
that Servia refuse to bow to all de-
maads.
Enxland--Fight regarded as Ger,
tain Fleet ordered to be ready and
army put on war footing.
Frnnce.-Officers on leave or
dered to report to posts.
Germany.-Effirts being made for
Hague conference while Kaiser
backs Austria and warns nations to
keep hands off.
Italy.-Announcem made that
Kingdom will stand by Austria.