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LAURENS, H. C? AUGUST 13, IIMS.
The Advertiser will be glad to
receive the local news of all the
communities in the county. Cor
respondents are rc<| nested to
sign their names to the contri
butions.. Loiters should not be
mailed later than Monday morn
ing.
The Advertiser does not believe that
any criticism of the occurrence which
took plaCo In this City Monday night
would he productive of any good at
this time, yet it cannot 1)0 content to
allow itself to remain entirely silent.
Realizing, as we do, the magnitude of
the crime committed and appreciating
fully the feelings of those nearest to
the Intended victim, still, in our cool
est moments, we must maintain that
the law. created by us and Intended by
us to be supreme, must be recognized
as such. The law provides amply for
speedy trials ami certain punishment
for tho guilty in such cases and re
spect for the law and love of order
should prompt every South Carolinian
to hold himself in bounds on occa
sions such as this. The law is our
own instrument for the conduct of
government and any challenge of its
Inefflcacy Is an admission of our
inability to carry out our own
will.
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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 now 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 a like
effort. Whether or not the overwhelm
ing defeat of tho Woodruff propor
tion had had any effect on the Foun
tain Inn enthusiasm Is hard to tell,
but for some reason tho matter is be
ing delayed. For our own part, wo
trust that the outcome of the Wood
ruff election will he sufficient evidence
of the tin willingness of Laurens
county people to pull themselves away
from the old county to go Into a new.
The attitude of the Fountain Inn peo
ple Is doubtlessly expressed In an
editorial appearing last week in The
Tribune, of that place as follows: r
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 ardonMy
hoped for. Citizens of the town work
ed unceasingly to further their ambi
tion, and their industry and gamonoss
merit commendation.
There has been much freely ex
pressed criticism of the tactics em
ployed by the most ardent workers,
and It Is possible that the nature of
these tactics had much to do with the
town's defeat, but since It 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 olection, 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. Quali
fied electors within the effected terri
tory have been thinking over the mat
ter for months. It has been constant
ly pressed to their attention. All pos
sible arguments in favor of smaller
counties have been presented. It Is
reasonable to suppose that each voter
has made tip his mind concerning the
matter. Nothing we can say or do
' Will greatly effect the attitude of the
voting public.
"Wo 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 Inn's claims.
\ Rut no matter when the election
? is called?no matter when or where
the final campaign starts you may
dopend upon it that the whole mat
ter will be as fairly and cleanly con
ducted as It is possible for honorable
men to conduct an election.
There is not a man on the execu
tive committee who would win a new
county at the sacrifice o* personal
Jionor or dignity
We will win ns gentlemen, or we
will lose as good sportsmen, and In
neither case will there be any bitter
ness.
We shall not promise any man an
office In return for his Influenci at
the polls, for the giving of place Is
not within our power. Furthermore,
we have too much reaped for our
selves to Insult the Intelligence of an
other man by such an absurd propo
sition.
We shall not have picked men sta
tioned at the various voting precincts
to watch you, for we know that you
will be as fair with us as we have
been.with. you. We ?hall not try to
bribe or flatter, or Intimidate, or In
any way coerce you.
This 1h to be your county a? much
as ours, If It la formed, and your own
Intelligence must decide for or against
It.
We want a new county. We want
your support, before and after the
county Is formed.
Hut we want to win It fulrly and
honorably or not at all.
PANAMA CANAL
MAY SCON BE OPEN
Work Will Uo Faster With Proposed
Change. Dredges For Shovels.
Washington, Aug. 10.?Latest re
ports from the canal zone announce
that as tlie result of respective sub
stitution of dredges for steam shovels
in the excavation of that famous Cule
bra cut, by next December. Bvon
earlier than that, light draft vessels
are likely to he passing throimh the
waterways, for as the greater part of
the canal prism already has been cut
to its Dual depth, small vessels prob
ably can navigate it safely within a
few days after October 10, next when
the Qu III t)0 dyke it to be blown up,
thus admitting to the 'Culobra level
the Kreat store of water in GntUI)
lake.
The :'. I steam shovels now in the
cut handle only 800,000 cubic yards of
earth and rock per month, which out
put will be greatly reduced as the
depth of the CUl Increases and the
available room for shoveling Is re
duced. I?ol. Qoethals, however, has
assembled IB dredges with a monthly
capacity of 1,500,000 cubic yards and
these will bo fl loa ted in the cut as
soon as the dyke Is destroyed.
Meanwhile not content with digging
away at tho 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
matic dredges and pumps and dis
charged into ravines and valleys so
far away that it can never be washed
hack.
FINE OLD MEMORIAL TOWER
On Town Bridge at Milford, Conn., it
Record* the Colonial History
of the Place.
Tho town bridge at Milford, Conn.,
is a unlcpio memorlnl of tho colonial
history of tho place. Milford was first
settled by colonlBts from tho old Eng
lish town of the same name, and tho
bridge, which wan built to celebrate
the town birthday, is an exact replica
of an ancient one In tho Milford over
the sea Every stone in tho round
tower Is a memorial to sotno historic
Ml 1 fordtto. Over the massive door Is
the sculptured head of an Indian, sup
posed to bo Ansantawae. the chiof
who sold tho town site to the col
onists In 1G'.>9. The knocker on tho
tower door once belonged to tho
old house whero George Whitfleld
preached in 1770, The doorstep Is
from tho mansion of Robert Treat,
governor of the colony of Connecti
cut for thirty years. One stone Is dedi
cated to the memory of Jonathan
Law, a governor from 1742 to 1750.
This stone, also once formed part of
the governor's threshold. Another
large slab Is Inscribed with a trihuto
to tho Wepawany Indians. On tho
bridge corner by tho tower the town
perpetuates In granite its gratitude to
"Captain Thomas Tibbals (obit. 17u:i),
In consideration of his helpfulness to
Show to tlrat comers tho placo and the
land records." Another tablet records
the name of Peter Prudden, first pas
tor hack In 1050. Several big blocks
of masonry are inscribed with tho
names of the early settlors, and thero
is one stone bearing Mllford's good
opinion of itself In these words: "Ood
sifted a whole nation that he might
send choice grain to tho wilderness."
Inn of '.he Mild Henry.
Tho Inn "of tho mild Henry (zum
sanften Heinrich) In a little town of
Posen has evldontly changed hands
during itrt career, for thero is at least
an Intimation, in an advertisement
recently inserted In a Posen newspa
per by Hermann Dunkelberg. tho
present owner, that bo may not be
especially mild. Tho advertisement
reads: "It has come to my notico
that I am accused of having de
nounced colleagues because they suf
fered Tannebaum" (a forbidden
game) "to be played In their places.
As 1 liavo no desire to waste my
timo In court, I hereby promise three
marks to anybody who believed this
report out of lack of brains, five
marks to anybody who spread It be
cause of malice and ten marks to the
originator of it, which he can get on
personal application to me. Will pay
fair prlco for a good, usable bullwhlp.
Herman Dunkelberg, Inn of tho Mild
Henry."
See our line of Refrigerators. Ice
Boxes, Water Coolers, and Ice Cream
Freozers, complete stock on hand.
S. M, & E. H. WILKfiS & CO.
GOVERNOR SULZER
TO BE IMPEACHED
Resolution Introduced In New York
Legislature, Chanting Ulm nlth
Speculating with Cumpalgn Funds
on Own Account.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 12.?The report
of the Frawley legislative committee
charging Governor Bulzer with hav
ing diverted eaini>algn contributions
to his own private use was adopted by
the legislature early today and a rea
olutlon to impeach him for "willful
and corrupt conduct in office and for
high crimes and misdemeanors," was
offered in the assembly by Majority
Leader Levy.
Hy a vote of 64 to 30 the assembly
passed shortly before l o'clock this
morning the motion of Assemblyman
Levy to consider today the resolution
to Impeach the governor. The house
adjourned at 12.55 a. in., . until 11
o'clock Tuesday.
The impeachment resolution Intro
duced in the assembly tonight by Ma
jority Leader Levy follows:
Whereas, the Joint legislative in
vestigating committee' lias Hied a re
port In the assembly on the eleventh
day of August 1913, together with
testimony annexed thereto showing or
tending to show that Governor Wm.
Sul/.er, of the state of New York,
made a false and fraudulent report
to the secretary of state under his
oath as required by law that the to
tal contributions in aid of his cam
paign as candidate for the office of
governor were $5,640 and no more
and, whereas, in truth and in fact
tho amount was greatly In excess of
said sum to the personal knowledge
of said Sulzer; and such report for
ther showing or tending to show, that
he converted to his own private use,
Contributions given in aid of his said
election for the purchase of securi
ties or other private uses; that he
engaged In stock market speculations
at a time when he was governor and
was vigorously pressing legislation
against the New York stock exchange
which would affect the business of
and prices on the exchange; that he
used the power of his office as gov
ernor to suppress and withhold the
truth to prevent the production of
evidence in relation to the luvestlga
tion of 'campaign contributions and
violations of law in respect thereto by
ordering and directing witnesses,
souk; Of whom were employes of the
state to act In contempt of the joint
legislative committee and that fur
ther he used his office as governor
in rewarding or attempting to reward
such witness or witnesses by securing
or Influencing their appointment or
promotion in the state government;
that as governor, the said Wm. Sulzer
has punished legislators who dis
agreed or differed with him In leg
islation enacted In the public interests
and public welfare and has traded
executive approval -f bills for sup
port of his direct primary and other
measures In which he was personally
interested; that as governor he wil
fully and corruptly made false, public
statements advisling and directing cit
izens to suppress evidence in refer
ence to his unlawful use of contri
butions made to him for campaign
purposes and whereas he has other
wise corruptly and unlawfully acted
or ommitted to act.
"Therefore, be it resolved that
William Sul/.er, governor of the state
of New York be and hereby is im
peached for wilful and corrupt con
duct In office and for high crimes and
misdemeanors."
The adoption of the report carled
with it a recommendation that Ixnils
A. Saracky and Frederick L. Colwcll,
who refused to answer certain ques
tions propounded by the committee's
counsel, be held in contempt of the
legislature and punished. Sarecky and
Col well are characterized in the re
port as Governor Sulzer's dummies.
Never before in the history of the
state has her chief executive been
impeache'd.
Brief Fight In Senate.
The fight in the senate over the
adoption of the report was brief, the
session lasting but IS minutes. The
upper house was dark long before
tho question came to a vote In the
crowded assembly chamber. For two
hours there was a throng that crowd
ed every niche anl cranny of the big
chamber stood patiently and silently
?save on one occasion?waiting for
the vote.
Beware of Cousins.
Cousins are not as simple as they
seem. Tho very fact of being a cousin,
is complicated. The lalssezfalro of
:ouslhship is both eluding and
lelurfing?cousins will bo cousins,
even If you did not choose them.
They can borrow money from you,
ilsit you without being asked,
:ell people they belong to your fam
ily, contest your will, even fall In lovo
ivlth you?and a cousin once removed
"B twleo as apt to. Never completely
rust a cousin?never depend on his
iot doing any of these things. Nev
?r take him for granted. The "cous
n!y kiss" may or may not mean what
t means. And cousins always do kiss
?it's part of Ivina cousins.?Atlantic.
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William Watts Bull.
The announcement was made Satur
day In the Columbia State that Mr.
Wm. Watts Ball would be in editorial
Charge of the paper in the absence of
the editor In chief, Mr. William K.
Gonzales, who has been sent to Cuba
as minister plenipotentiary by Presi
dent Wilson. This announcement caus
es no surprise to the readers and
friends of The State, for Mr. Hall lias
been the managing editor for about
three years, and is well qualified to
conduct the editorial management of
any newspaper.
The announcement Is made by Am
brose 10. 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,
('apt. A. 10. Gonzales is himself a man
of considerable literary gifts and pow
ers, but lie never writes for publi
cation, more is the pity of It. Ills la
mented brother, the late N. 6. Gon
zales, and himself founded The Statt;
for a 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 a young man
jiist out of college, Mr. Hall was the
editorial paragraph writer on The I
Statt; and Imbibed at that time the
spirit of its first courageous and bril
liant editor.
Since that time Mr. Hall has had
newspapers of his own in Laurens, in
Greenville anil in Charleston and has
held editorial positions on the Char
leston News and Courier and on the
Jacksonville Times-Union. He is a
man of much versaltility; of trained
mind, being a graduate of the state
university anil a member of the bar;
of clean personal life and of high
standards of living and he knows how
to make a newspaper and how to
make It go. He has a stall 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 ho de
serves.
Mr. Ball Is a son of one of South
Carolina's best soldiers and brightest
minds?Col. Beaufort W. Ball of Lau
rens county, who gave up a commis
sion as colonel in tlie old state militia
to go to war as a private In the Hamp
ton Legion in lStil and later became
adjutant general of Mart Gary's light
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 a finished newspaper man hlm
relf, and bis gifted son has inherited
the traits of his father together with
those of his mother, who is an. excep
tional woman.?Anderson Dally Mall.
Could Not Attend.
Col. .1. N. Brown will be unable to
attend tomorrow the reunion of his
old company In Laurens. He would
like to be with the old comrades very
much but as be Is a victim of bay
fever he Is very particular with his
health at this season of the year
when the pollen on the rag weed and
other vegetatioa begins to fly. He
then finds It necessary to go to the
White Mountains for a spell and to
enjoy the balsam of the firs and the
other trees of tlie mountains.?Ander
son Dally Mail.
Go It, Cromer!
"Woodruff County," like many other
wouldbe, failed of materialization
died a-bornlng. Herculean effort was
made on the part of its promoters, but
all iu vain. This ought to be warning
to others who may be stricken with
tlie "New County Fever". It costs a
big outlay to boost and boom and sur
vey these new county lines and If lost
at the polls as was the case referred
to all is lost and goes a glimmering.
Now let us hear from Fountain Inn,
Parks Station, Benno, Kinards and
the rest.?The Clinton Gazette.
Joseph T. Johnson.
Joseph T. Johnsos, who represents
this district in Washington, has been
proving bis ability to serve his con
stituents during the last few weeks.
His lopg service in congress has given
him acquaintance and influence In
Washington that has been of decided
value to him and to the people of his
district since the Wilson administra
tion came Into being,
No man in congress could have
handled more promptly, or more oflfi
cle "y, any matter in which his peo
ple were Interested than did Mr.
Johnson, with the aid and assistance
of Senator TUlman, the request that
eamo from this city for a federal
hospital. In getting the matter be
fore the proper authorities in the
right way there was not a hitch or a
delay. it was apparent that Mr.
Johnson had the confidence of those
In authority in Washington. In the
hospital matter. Mr. Johnson was the
efficient representative of tho people
of Spartanburg particularly, but in
recent days bis Interest in welfare of
the southern people and bis familiar
ity with conditions here, he has been
of service to Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo in launching his plan
for relieving the money stringency
of this part of the country. -Mr.
Johnson has been deeply Interested
in this matter for weeks.
Mr. Johnson is representing his dis
trict in congress and he is taking his
place among the men who are doing
most to make the democratic admin
istration serve the people.?The Spar
tanburg Herald.
FARM PRODUCTS
TO BE EXHIBITED
Southern Railway and Other Lines
To IMace Advantages of The South
liefere The People of The West und
The Middle West To Encourage De
velopment.
Washington, l>. C, August 5.?
Splendid exhibits of Southern farm
products, showing the alluring agri
cultural opi<o||tuni4los awaiting in
dustrious settlers in the territory
along their lines, will be made by the
Southern Railway and affiliated com
panies, (including the Mobile &. Ohio,
the Georgia, Southen & Florida, the
Alabama Great Southern, the Cincin
nati, New Orleans, and Texas. Pacific,
and the Virginia & Southwestern) at
three great expositions and thirty-five
district and county lairs in tho North
lind Middle West during tho late sum
mer and fall. This is the most exten
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 211 to September 8, the
attendance of Iowa, in November, and
the International Live Stock Exposi
tion in Chicago (luring November and
December. Exhibits at district and
county fairs in New York, Connec ticut,
Pensylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minne
sota, hale been arranged In four cir
cuits, running from August 5 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
iines of the Southern System, there
have come most representative col
lections of agricultural products, In
cluding grains, graces, vege?al^es,
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
ind booklets have been prepared and
several hundred thousand will he
placed in tho hands of prospective
settlers.
These exhibits are being made en
tirely at the expense of the Southern
Railway vand affiliated lines. The ter
ritory served by them and the whole
Southeast will be given wide adver
tising which should be productive of
much good for the section.
Ih 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.
Minister Praises this Lnxative
Rev. H. Stubenvoll of Allison, la.,
In praising Or. King's New Life Pills
for constipation, writes: "Dr. King's
New Life Pills arc such perfect pills
no home should be without them." No
better regulator for the liver and bow
els. Every pill guaranteed. Try them
Price 2?c at Laurens Drug Co. and
Palmetto Drug Co.
TKl MTV - KI IXJE NEWS.
Trlnlty-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. It was by close
scores however. The Trinity-Ridge
boys were very enthusiastic over tho
cordial treatment they received at the
hands of the Waterloo people and most
especially of the Waterloo girls.
Quite a number of our people at
tended the old soldiers reunion at old
Quaker, or perhaps better known as
Union, church last Saturday.
Mrs. Q. A. Fuller and one or two
others chaperoned quite a delightful
wagon load of youngsters over for the
day. Mrs. Fuller Is one of the favor
ites of the young people of the com
munity.
The local Farmers Union had quite
a delightful time.on Saturday evening.
Mr. J. D. W. Watts kindly furnished
all the necessaries for a 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
have ours. We have a large and zealous
membership and it is doing a great
good In the community, it is a great
pity all of our rural communities have
not just such organizations.
Mrs. (i. A. Fuller, Miss Besle Smith.
Mr. Carroll Smith, and Mrs. J. R. El
lis made a brief visit to Waterloo the
early part of the week.
Misses Annie Huff and OIHe Cox, of
Slmpsonville, returned to their homes
from a visit at Mr. .1. S. Medlock's
Sunday.
Miss Ada Taylor of Clinton, is visit
ing Miss Nannie May Williams.
I SPECIAL NOTICES. |
For Sale.?A pair of healthy and
strong bay horses for drjving or
fipun purposes. Will work anywhere.
For further information write or see
me. .1. II. Cunningham, Lanfords, S.
C 3-St-Pd.
Wojt? Light Housekeeping?A couple
desrring to do light house-keeping can
secure desirable rooms on South Har
per street. Mrs. A. Dial Cray. 3-lt
For'Kent?Three nice upstair rooms
mi/South Harper street. Would be
fW/ed for Ideal light house-keeping.
Add less Hox 303. 3-lt
U\iy Saw Repairer?Owners of cot
tan gins can have their saws sharpen
edj/aud gins overhauled in a first class
manner by calling on me. Price rea
sonable. J. E. Ledford, Ijaurens, S. C.
3-5t-pd
For Sale?111 acres of fairly good
land Mllh two very good houses and
good barn on same, this laud can be
bought at a bargain. It lays seven
miles north of Glenwood court house
and is close to school and churches.
Good white neighborhood. Address
P. O. box 42, Greenwood, S. C.
Lost.?Red Irish setter, answers to
namt/of "Mike". A reward will be paid
foL/nls return or any information as
to his whereabouts. J. P. Tolbert, Lau
rens, S. C.
Yo& Sale?l registered Jersey bull;
1 (o?istered Jersey milch cow, 3 milch
cows, 2 brood mares, and 1 stud colt,
2 years old April 10th. C. H. Pottus.
Harris Springs, S. C. 52-tf
flPcas, Tens, Peas?For sale, price
and sample sent on application.
Ifattaway & Co., Spartanbnrg, S. C.
33-tf
OLD AUTO TIRES!
I buy worn out automobile tires at
fair prices.
Always/In the market for Hides,
Tallow, JificHwax, Scrap Iron, Scrap
Rubber/ Metal and Burlap, and Bur
lap Bags.
Write for Further Information.
E. ^OGGERO,
Greenwood, S.C.
SPECIAL RUBBER GOODS WEEK
Beginning to-day and continuing for one week,
I we will make a special display of Rubber Goods
I of every description. We take a particular care
i in buying the very highest grade of Rubber Goods,
I paying special attention to getting the select
I grades at best prices.
Our line of Hot Water Bottles, Fountain
I Syringes,Ice Caps, Atomizers,Nursing Bottles, etc.
$ is equal in quality and variety to that of any store
?; in this section. We will take pride in showing it.
| The best is none too good for our customers.
Ask us to show you are Star absolutely seam
$ less water bottle.
We delight in producing the Goods.
1 POWE DRUG COMPANY
vi: On The Sqxiare Laurens, South Carolina
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