The Laurens advertiser., March 03, 1909, Image 1

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DISPENSARY STOCK
TO BE CLOSED OUT
Special Act Providing for
Winding up Business
MASH IS COMMISSIONER
The Kill Creating the Commission was
Introduced by Senator Wlutrtoii
nl Kecent Session.
Tin? Laurens county dispensary
board is no more! Nearly lour
months have gone by since the rum
simp caino to its death, and yet the
board lived on and oil. The clerks
et ai are no more! No more salaries
to pay. By an Aim. Introduced by
Senator Wharton. means for disposing
of the $35,000 worth of wet goods have
been provided by which the county
will no longer have to pay the heavy
expense of keeping it on hand. Un
der the Carey-Cothran law the board
could have- sold the stock out at re
tail, if had not so peremptorily closed
the dispensaries the morning after
the election. Then if there had been
any part of the stock still on hand the
board was authorized by law to sub
mit it in bids to other hoards in Hie
State. Why the board did not sell is
not known.
Now, there remains no excuse for
further delays since the passage of
the Wharton bill and the stock will
in all likelihood be sold very soon.
Mr. M. 1.. Nash, former bookkeeper
and secretary of the hoard has been
Commissioned at a salary of $600 to
act as agent ami sell the stock; that
it will be easily disposed of is beyond
(|uestion, since the new law requires
the other county boards to buy such
a stock provided its bid is the lowest,
and all these transactions cone- under
the eye of the Dispensary Auditor.
Tie re has been much comment on
tin- inability of lite Laurens county
board to get rid of the stock of goods,
both here and elsewhere in the State,
especially since it has cost the county
something like $.100 a month in salar
ies and other expenses to keep it on
hand. And now thai a settlement of
the difficulty is in sight, the news will
be received with much pleasure. The
board is now extinct and Mr. Nash has
sole control of the dispensary stock.
Following is the text of the bill pass
by the general assembly:
"A bill to provide for the creation
of a commission to take charge and
dispose of stock of liquors and other
property of the dlspensarJes in Clar
endon and LaureilS counties.
That the Governor shall also appoint
upon the recommendation of the Lau
rens delegation in the Heneral As
sembly, one person as commissioner
for Laurens county, who shall enter
into bond in the sum of live thousand
dollars, with sufficient surety, to he
approved by the clerk of court for
' I.aurens county, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties.
said bond to be Died with and kept by
the clerk of court for I.aurens county.
That the dispensary board is hereby
reou(red. upon the production of the
commission or cerllllcato of appoint
inont and qualification of the said
commissioner, to turn over to him all
stocks of liquors, moneys, books, re
cords, and other property of the I.an
rem-, county dlspeiisory now in their
possession, and take his receipt there
for.
That the said commissioner of Lau
rens county i* hereby authorized und
directed to sell and dispose of all li
quors, stock and other property be
longing to dm Laurens dispensary for
cash. or. upon approval, credit of not
more than ninety days: Provided, Stich
sales shall be to other county dispen
sary hoards in this Stale, and none of
said liquors shall bo sold to any in
dividuals, firms or corporations with
in this State nor by retail,
That the proceeds arising from the
sale of the property of the said l.nn
roils dispensary shall be turned over
to the county treasurer to be applied,
ns now required by law, after Aral pay
ing Hie commissioner provided for
herein the sum of six hundred dollars
as compensation for his services."
The hill is amended to provide for
the supervision of tim Dispensary
Auditor, who shall require a county
board to accept the I.aurens bid. pro
vided it is lower than any other sub
mitted.
MR. FEATHERSTOINE
EXPRESSES REGRET
Stnc-wldc Prohibition, However, is
Oiilj Delayed for a Short Time,
ll<> Thinks.
in view of the fact that Hon. C. ('.
Fentherstone of this city lias been
connected with the tight for prohibi
tion in South Carolina for many years
and is still interested therein, and that
he is already an avowed candidate foi
governor in 1910 as an advocate of
suite-wide prohibition, the Reporter
called upon Mr. Fentherstone Monday
morning for an opinion on the out
come of the liquor fight in the general
assembly, which was brought to a
close late Saturday night. While by
no means discouraged by the result.
Mr. Fentherstone made no effort to
conceal his disappointment that the
prohibition forces were compelled to
acpept a compromise. Mis opinion
was that while In* had Imped for more
yet this new law would result in the
acquisition of much more "dry" ter
ritory.
Continuing Mr. Featherstone said:
"1 must confess that I had hoped
for better things.
"My preference all along has been
lor a State-wide Referendum Act. re
ferring the whole question to the peo
ple, for settlement. This, in my opin
ion, would have heen better by a great
deal, than the plan adopted by the
General Assembly.
"Our trouble, all along, has heen
that there are in the General Assembly
a good many men who. at heart, are
prohibitionists, and some of them from
dry counties, who felt that they were
virtually instructed to stand by local
option. Some of these would, in an
ele ii I vote for State-wide prohibi
tion. All of them will vote for prohi
bition in an election in their own
counties. But they did not feel that
they were at liberty now to vote that
way in the General Assembly.
"There are others, throughout the
state, who are .lust as good prohibi
tionists as any of us. but who might
lie styled 'local option prohibitionists'
They vole that way in their county
elections, but they do not believe thai
the lime has come for a Slate-wide
law.
"Up to n year ago. 1 feit very mm I*.
the same way, but a close study of the
question has convinced nie otherwise.
I now think that the whole question
ought to be submitted to the people
mid let them settle it for the entire
State.
"However, that result can and will
lie brought about later. There is no
use to 'cry over spilt milk'.
"The th'ng for us to do is to niak"
the best of what we have.
"I am satislted that at least two
thirds of the wet counties can be vofoi'
dry next summer, if the proper effovi
is made. I expect to devote the big
gest part of my time this summer to
assisting the wet counties to vote
whiskey out. I am 'in for the war'.
"Another great work that we can
do is to organize for the enforcement
of the law in the counties that are al
ready dry.
"I have been in the work too long
to be discouraged by a failure to ac
complish what we had hoped in the
flenornl Assembly.
"Nearly a (punter of a century ago.
when I first Commenced to work for
prohibition, we couldn't have gotten
a half dozen men to espouse our cause
there. Now. we have only lost by a
narrow margin. In fact, we have not
lost at all. We are only delayed for
a short while. The sentiment against
Whiskey is growing daily and when the
people do get a lick at it they will
put it out Of business."
Auditor Met'rnvj to Vssuuic Billies
Mr. ('. W. McCrnvy, the newly coin
missioned county auditor, will take
charge of the Office tomorrow, suc
ceeding Mr. C. A. Power, who has Idl
ed this position for six years, having
made one of the most efllcletil officers
the COUtlty has ever had.
Armor) ItenoriilloiH Complete
The armory of the Traynhain Guards
is now well equipped and up-to-date
in every particular; repainting, new
pictures, additional rooms ami a
school-room for recruits. The third
floor work has been completed and
the OfhCO therein is a n at and cozy
place for the dispatch of business.
The other room is for the use of the
Guards in storing supplies ami In
structing recruits. Tin- drill room
on the second floor has been refitted
and is now one of the best in the State
both foi me company and for public
dances.
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES MEET
Some Impressions (mined bj tli<> Reil?
rcscututlvc from I.aureus.
To the Members of tbe Chamber of
Commerce:
Through the inability <>i" Secretary
McCuen to attend the meeting of the
Commercial Secretaries' Association
of the Carolinas held in Greenville on
Tuesday of last week, and through
deputation by him und President II. K.
Aiken, it was my pleasure to attend
the sessions of the association repre
senting tin* city of I.aurens, and her
commercial organization. Needless
to state that the trip to Greenville was
thoroughly enjoyable, that Secretary
Wood of the Greenville Hoard of Trade
and all the people of Greenville ex
tended all the courtesies possible, and
that the meeting was profitable in
every particular. To relate the en
tiro proceedings in one article is an
Impossibility; hence, it will he my
aim to give my impressions in a series
of articles time to time, with tin- hope
that not only the members of the
Chamber of Commerce will read there
from, hut that the matters discussed
will be of interest to all our business
men. and that some good may result.
The "raison d'etre" of the Commer
cial Secretaries" Association is for a
wider and more thorough organization
of "business men." In fact, "organi
zat: >n is the key-note of the body; it
is one stop above the local business
bodies, endeavoring to bring into
( lose relation the interests of commun
ities. Tho secretary is practically
the head of his own local board or
chamber or association, as the names
go; he stands for the centralizing of
his own town's interests. Then an
organization of secretaries means a
union of the interests of a number of
towns and cities. As years go by. the
towns aie1 cities of the Carolinas arc
COiniup more and more to realize the
necessity of commercial organizations
and arc forming I hem; the secretaries
realize the need of organizing the com
munities, hence the Commercial Sec
retaries' Association.
About eighteen towns and cities '
now have representation in the As
sociation, among them are; Charlotte,
Itnleigh, Wilmington. High Point,
Hickory, Weldou and Greensboro of
North Carolina; ami Groenville, Green
wood, I.aurens. Columbia. Darlington.
Georgetown and Basley. in attend
ance at the Greenville meeting were
Secretaries w. T. Corwlth of char
lotte. ('. W. .Moorman of Columbia,
.lohn Wood of Greenville, U. \V. Mc
Lure of Greenwood, Hurgoss of Bnslcy,
Michlo of Darlington. Smith of the
Southern Manufacturers' club of
Charlotte, and Hilbert of Hickory, N.
C. The meeting was held in the'
Greenville Hoard of Trade rooms,
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j where on Tuesday evening a banquet
? was served the visitors by the Green
; ville Hoard. The business sessions
were In the morning and afternoon,
at which time the officers for next
'year were elected; Mr. .lohn Wood
of Greenville was unanimously re
elected president, and Mr. C. W.
.Moorman of Columbia, as secretary.
At the business meeting Tuesday
all the secretaries present related
their experiences as secretaries and
gave the association the benefit of
their plans and experiences. In my
next article I will attempt to give von
the plan regarding the "Merchant's
Credit Association", as the first of
my impressions"' following this brief
introduction. S. B. Honey,
STATE-W MD: PROHIBITION.
For Fifteen Hays All Smith Carolina
Will He Dry.
Hate Saturday night the house of
representatives passed (he "senate
compromise" on the liquor question
and it becomes a law.
In brief, the bill Is as follows: Oil
tltO lirsl Tuesday in August every
county dispensary is to ?-lose; on the
third Tuesday in Almost all the "wet"
counties (those now having dlspensi
lies! will vole on the question of
whether or ma to re open them and
continue business as before. The
"wet" cunties that VOtO "against sab ''
will then reopen the dispensaries and
retail the stock of goods on hand, fi
nally closing up Hie business on Nov.
Huh. 1900.
The counties which have already
voted ( in the dispensaries are not af
fected by this new law. but a:: Under
Mm Ca rey-Cot bran law. may VOtO
every four years on the question.
Laurens cannot vote on the question
until November, 1912.
THE HAI I. HO AI) CON FF. Ith N CK.
Railroad Commissioners und officials
Here Last Wednesday.
According to appointment, the
South Carolina Railroad Commission,
together with President W. tl. Childs
of the Columbia. Newberry & Lauren8
railroad and Superintendent A. W.
Anderson of the Charleston & West
ern Carolina railroad were in Laureus
last Wednesday afternoon for a con
ference on the railroad situation in
this city- both regarding the separ
ation of the freight agencies and the
erection of a new passenger station.
There were about twenty citizens
of Laurens who met the officials and
commissioners at the station where
the conference was held, the rooms
of the eating house being granted for
that purpose. The petition, contain
ing the requests already noted in The
Advertiser, was read and discussed.
principally by Messrs. \V. L. Oray, II.
K. Aiken and w. II. Dial, who endeav
ored to show why and how Laureus
needed increased facilities and better
.accomodatIons, Messrs. Childs an?!
Anderson presented their side of the
question, while the Railroad Commis
sion were judge ami jury. All three
commissioners. Sullivan. Karle and
Caughmnn, were present. They
heard the arguments and the petitions
and will likely he heard from on the
subject at some early date,
The railroads1 position on the mat
ter was that if Laurens would just
wait a little while they would give it
something in the way of a depot that
would be a credit to tue city, but that
now they were unable to do what they
Would like. Very little was said about
separating the freight agencies, but
the Commission has this also under
considerat ion.
I,aureus Will (iet I'suai School Funds.
There was an effort made in the
legislature to cut off the larger towns
in sharing the $50,000 appropriation
to the public- schools of the State,
and have it so that only the smaller
rural districts would receive the bene
fits therefrom. The effort Was futile
and Laurens, together with I'll Ion ami
the other large towns will receive
its usual apportionment.
ItKSICN VI ION Mil W CK PTE IL
Pit) Clerk (?ilkerson >\ill Complete
PrcM lit I erm of Office.
Fa*pert Accountant I., c Matthews
of the Audit Company of New Vork
alter ten days of work reported
to the city council at a called meet
ing Friday night. This examination
was called for by City Clerk W II.
Clilkersoil, Sr. upon the occasion of
his resignation some weeks ago. At
the meeting Friday night it is under
stood that in Iiis report, Mr. Matthews
was very complimentary to Mr. Gllk
ersoil for his efficient and business
like manner of handling tin? city's
business. He was heard to state
that all he could do was "to add up
and approve." After hearing the re
port of Mr. Matthews the Council re
fused to accept the resignation of Mr.
0Ilkerson and he will consequently
Serve until the expiration of the
present term will be March 17l!:.
The llichnrd Silber Case.
The supreme court hr.s approved
the opinion of the el roil 11 court in the
case of the State \s. Richard Saber,
who was i??;???) on a charge of murder
in I.aureus < oillity and convicted of
manslaughter. On the night of Doe.
"Mb. lt'iiT. ;? number of persons wi re
standing around the railroad station
at Ooldvillc when several Phots wore
llrod and i >;?.?? Hunter v. as killed.
Suher was charged with murder.
Ifltlltcr lo Serve Sentence.
Wash Hunter will go to the peniten
tiary for eight years The Stijn'Cine
court has affirmed the opinion Of the
circuit court in the case <,f (he State
vs. 0. Wash Hunter, who was Indicted
in the Court of general sessions for
I.aureus county on the charge of the
murder of FJlbcrt r. Copclnnd in that
COUnty, An o;der was made chang
lllg He- \enu<- from Laurens county to
Greenwood county, which bti appeal,
was affirmed by the hu promo court.
Tin- trial in Greenwood county resulted
in the defendant being convicted of
the crime ot manslaughter end sen.
teneed to the pCtl i (Cllt id t'.V for the
term of eight years. From tin in le
nient, the defendnnt appealed his
Urs I position being tin.* the Green
wood general session- Court had no
jurisdiction over ah offense commit
ted in Laurens county. Brror Is
next imputed to th? circuit court
with respect to the admission of
i Imony.
CRIMINAL COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
Session l.ilsts Olli) Olli' Week. Num
ber of Prisoners in .tail ami Some
Handed Cases.
Next Monday morning tit 1"> o'elock
Judge Prince of Anderson will con
vene tlio spring term of Ueneral Ses
sions Court for this county. The
session will last only one week. With
IT prisoners in jail awaiting trial on
number of continued and bonded
eases, the week will be crowded with
business.
Three murder ease;; for this term
will bo of general interest, two of the
defendants being young white men.
of doss Hill township Wade Cothmil
Pinsou, charged with killing Thorn
well Uoyce last November, and Will
Goodman who is accused of shooting
and killing a negro on Sunday Febru
ary 21. The oilier ease is that of
.lohn Henry Anderson, the Waterloo
negro who will have to answer to the
charge of murdering hi-, aged father
in-law, .We h Cartel-, in the grave yard
at Cedar drove church, near Waterloo.
last September. Anderson was a
fugitive from justice for several
weeks. He has been in jail since
his cap! u re.
The rest of the jail cases follow:
Shaw Milaill, colored, assault and bat
tcry.
Wyatt Watson, colored, highway
robbery and larceny.
Albert lliley, white, grand larceny.
Will McCllllough, colored, attempt
ed criminal assault.
.Mm McCoy, colored, murder, the
killing of Sam Cob-man. also colored,
in Sullivan township last fall.
.lim Cllnkscales, and Will Crawford,
colored, grand larceny.
H. A, Poison, white, violation of
dispensary law.
liCUinilS Kllison. colored, burglary.
H. I., l-'rady. white, larceny,
Allthnr Copclnud, colored, arson.
Will Walts/ cidored. arson and rob
bery.
Tom Nash, and Dave Seaborn, color
ed, highway robbery.
Irby Hell, colored, robbery.
Item-til nf Slone Fit nil.
The management of the moving
picture shows, which by the way have
been resumed, gave On last Friday
evening a hcuolll performance the
proceeds of which were added to Ihe.
Stone fund. Tie- amount turned over
to Mrs. Stole- was something over
Messrs. Wallace and Swygel't, propri
etors, deserve credit for Ilm plan
Heath of Mrs. Joseph Jerrj
Mrs. Frances Jerry, wife of Mr. Jo
seph Jerry, tie- weil known German
farmer of near Madden, died at her
home Monday morning at II o'clock,
aged 7:!. The burial took place yes
terday at Prospect church. in addi
tion to lor husband. Mis. Jerry b
survived by several sons and daught
ers, all of whom are mown.
The Kurinim Glee Club.
The Km man Glee club and Quart
Otto were in I.aurens Saturday night
and appeared before a fair size audi
ence in their excellent musical pro
gram. The club organized among
Ihe students of lie- IIUlvorsK.V is a
fair exponent of the school's progress
and enterprise; it is by far the best the
university has yet sent <>ui. mid one
of which ? inu> well be proud. The
quartet (c< composed of Messrs. Ilmicy
CUtt, Poles!, Aibli and Hicks j:;i?.c a
number of plea dim selections, while
the song.- by tie- entire club, were
for the most part, thoroughly enjoy
ed by t he audience.
AppearlllK as it did on Saturday
evening, which is not a good "thea
tre; nicht" ii. I.aurens the house tVili
not as huge as it might have been
ami the club did not < 1 ar expenses.
However, ti.e Furman boys enjoyed
their visit to Lauren ; they wa re all
entertained by friends in the city who
endeavored to make their stiiy pleas
ant.
Prof. Thomas Here KrldllJ Mtflll
As announced before In The Adver.
User. Prof, Lev / Tl OIIUIS of Now
berry college will lecture in the city
opera liOUGC < :t Friday nicht of this
week i March, utlij on the subject:
? The Lit. Tri R?dy or Kdgnr Allan
I'oc" for the i;, hen't of the Hty school
library. The Iii ur is S o'clock a: d
the ad mission fen at) cents. Hv.ty
I. ody In Laui'-ns should hear this lect
ure. In n (Id it lot) to the 1 ctntv liiere
will be given several musical seh
lions by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, which
will add much to the pleasure of Li?
entertainment.
FORMER SEMINOLE
OFFICERS RETURN
Papers Served on Mr. (i<ir
liiKjion and Others
WERE IN CHATTANOOGA
Crlliniiul Proceedings Coiiimcuecii in
Columbia \uiiin-?! Promoters m'
Scmiiiolc Scciirlllos fottipan>.
The Colombia State nl Sum!.i. i-as
tho follow inc 11Olli nl ih! ?I' : l In ItlO
people ol' Laurens:
".lohn Y. (JurHtiglnii i i Lauren- lum
Itnnn arrested in ('? ilannngu us . re
sult of furlliiM' |irin I" dings in H.I
I'lti al i ll ease of the Scmiunlc Sei .;
lies company. Two requisitions Iiiivo
I.n issued ill tin ease by (Sow Ar -el
olio against (iurllngton nnil tin* otlioi'
against .1. S. Voting ami M. (I .loniics,
all being connected in some capacity
with ilio concern, Sheriff Colctnan
loaves Imlay for Nashville with llio re
quisition pa pet's.
Tbc case is familiar tu tin1 public.
Tho action lor a receivership aflei the
purchase of tin- SoillllOl'll Iii'- IllSUI'
ance company. Hie meeting of stock
holders, at which llino new ill rectors
won- elected; Ihf charges that the sale
of stock was at an exorbitant price
ami that ('?arlington ami his associates
took a part of tin- margins on the sale
of stock, have boon published ami cre
ated much comment at the time of tho
proceedings in the courts.
"it was announced when the litiga
tion ended that criminal proceedings
would ho commenced against Calling
ton and other directors, and the war
rants lor tin- arrests wi re issued yes
terday. The cluirgt against (iarllnglon
is obtaining money under false pre.
lenses and tie- charges against i'.ar
lington. .learn s and S'otllig are In. lieh
en of IrtlSI with Intention to defraud
"While (?arlillgloil is under a:
?In- others have not yel been served
with papers, although it is prol hie
that when niihouneeinonl is iiuuli ll at
criminal pro<.ilinys are pcmlhi all
will make ni'rnngeinei.ts to give Im I
Three Vrrosts Made,
Chattanooga, Fob, "v .lohn N Car
liliglou, forme:- presided! of tie Sein
Inole Securities Company, ol ? '?
Ida. S. ('.. was arrested in his of! ' in
this city this morning on liislriici ons
from Columbia.
The charge ngainsl him is. olealn
Ing money under false pretenses lie
' was released on bond immediately
following his arrest.
The other two defendants, M (I
.feaues ami .1. s Veiling voluiii 'Iy
surrendered and were released.
Arrived in Columbia.
According to the Columbia Sis' of
Tuesday morning, Messrs. (iurllngton,
Voting and .leimen arrived in Colutn
' Ida Monday afternoon and were I - ii -
terod at the Jerome hotel Monday
night, They Wore accompanied to
Columbia from Chattanooga by Deputy
Sheriff c. ,j. Wae. Mi (iarlll u on
denies that liO was arrested. : ding
that the papers wore ??? I'ved on hint at
his oftlco ami thai he ; t once >;o i'i'o
eommniiicai ion With Messrs. Voting'
and .leanes apprlsiiit: lli'dll Of Iho i'iiot
and that they (oj.u ||;oi tlecidoil in i i nie
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ing money under ud ? ? pretense;
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itbttlbU I ill at tl. s lime is to
loth C. c. Feather tone out ?
rovoriiorshlp. We don't lielli
?an succeed.?Anderson Mall.