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FARM Kffil Before You Buy or Sell any Kind ol lloal Estate, or Business, Write us your wants. J. Y. Gaulington & Co., Laurens , S. C. NEW GARDEN SEED. We Mean Every Seed New. Not one seed carried from last year. PALMETTO DRUG CO. Laurens, S. C. NO. 42 MILLIKENS FAIL TO OUST LUCAS. Arc Enjoined from Voting Their Stock. THE NEW DIRECTORY. Mill Controversy Now in The Courts and Mr. Lucas in Possession of the Mill Which He Made a Success. An nijunction served at the moment after nominations had been made for nine directors in the Laurens Cotton Mills stockholders' meeting Friday afternoon prevented the most of the Milliken in terests from voting their stock. Most of the Milliken men left the meeting and the Lucas stockholders proceeded to elect a board of directors. This board, after the meeting, re elected W. E. Lucas president and treasurer for the ensuing year at his present salary. It unanimously ratified contract made by Mr. Lucas for the mill and J. P. Stevens & Co., of New York by which the latter's firm con tracted to sell the goods for five years at 2 per cent, commissions. They have the option of renewing the contract for another five years. The mill has the option of selling goods directly. The mill has been paying Dcering, Milliken & Co., four per cent, on most of its output and three per cent, on a part. The new board of directors consists of W. E. Lucas, C. C. Featherstone, J. D. M. Shaw and Alexander Long, of Laurens; W. M. Bird, F. J. Pelzer and W. W. Ball, of Charleston, and J. Wil kins Norwood and Joseph E. Sirrine of Greenville. All were present except Messrs. Pelzer and Shaw. The latter was sick. Mr. Shaw is a Laurens farmer who refused to sell his stock to the opposition at any price. About 3,405 of 3,500 votes were represented. C. C. Featherstone was elected chairman of the stockholders' meeting, William Banks of Columbia, secretary, and M. L. Copeland, assistant secretary. Af ter routine business, including the reading of the president's report, which showed a small profit for the year, Augustine T. Smythe of Charles ton moved to go into an election of nine directors. He-then nominated a ticket. Young G. H. Milliken rose to nomi nate a ticket and at that moment Dep uty Sheriff A. R. Sullivan entered the crowded mill office and served the in junction on him and also on W. M. Bird*, the latter as representative of the mill. Apparently the Millikens were tak en by surprise. They asked for a recess of 15 minutes and retired. Returning, John B. Cleveland asked on behalf of the Millikens an adjournment for two weeks. This was voted down by a viva voce vote of 20 to 13, the Milliken party participating in this vote. Mr. Cleve land stated then that the Milliken party would withdraw and asked for the re turn of their proxies. Chajrman Featherstone ruled that the proxies were a part of the record and could not be withdrawn. Mr. Smythe gave notice before this withdrawal that the meeting would pro ceed to elect directors. J. O. C. Fleming, one of the Laurens directors who sold part of his stock and is allied with the Mil liken party also withdrew, as did N. B. Dial and one or two others. Mr. Dial has sold no stock and is not allied with either party. Mr. Smythe's ticket was then elected by a vote of 1,293 shares of stock. Mr. Hatch, S. M. Milliken's son in law, remained in the meeting and was one of the tellers. Mr. Messerve, Mr. Milliken's nephew and R. K. Carson of Spartanburg, one of their attorneys also remained. The Lucas element hold that a majority of the stock was re presented in the meeting exclusive of the enjoined stock. The meeting was free of excitement, but the serving of the injunction was a dramatic episode. Who the Milikens intended as Mr. Lucas' successor is not known, but one of their party said privately that W. S. Montgomery, who was present was the man. He is now president of the Spar tan Mills and is a director of the Watts Mills, of which Mr. Lucas is president. His brother, Mr. V. M. Montgomery was until today a director of the Lau rens Mi!!:; and the relations between Mr. Lucas and the Montgomerys, it is said, have been of warm friend ship. The injunction is based on a suit brought by Mr. Lucas against Mr. Milliken alleging substantially that Mr. ''?ken some weeks or more agreed to sell him his 500 shares of Laurens stock if he would arrange to pay the debt of the Darlington mills within 30 days. Mr. Lucas settled the debts of the Darling ton mills, sending Mr. Milliken's firm checks and asking him to send the Lau rens stock certificates to the City Na tional Bank of Greenville, where they would be paid for. Mr. Lucas made the financial arrangements to meet Mr. Milliken's draft. Mr. Milliken's firm accepted the checks for Darlington's debts, but did not send the Laurens stock. The suit further alleged that other shares were bought to enable the Millikens to dispose of Lucas so that their commission house would continue to receive four per cent, commissions from a management of their naming. There is considerable feeling here. Two of the former directors are with the Millikens, Mr. Fleming and Col. J. W. Ferguson. The latter waa formerly an attorney of the mill. It is said that ho sold stock, but he was represented by proxy by the Millikens. He was ' not in the meeting. Somo days ago Charlie Ducket, a negro carpent'- .as offered$400.00for his two shares by Milliken's broker. He advised with his attorney who told him why such a price was offered. The negro then declared that no price would buy his stock and the Lucas party voted his proxy to-day. The old board of directors met before the stockholders assembled and declared the usual six per cent, semi annual div idend, payable July 1st. In this community and throughout the state the sympathy is unanimously with Lucas, except among those who are interested with the Millikens in one way or other. But it is not the popu larity of Mr. Lucas, it is the strength of his cause. The proposition to pay Deering, Milliken & Company twice as much to sell the Mill's output as Stevens & Company is selling it for makes friends for Lucas in this fight of his bitterest enemies. More Than the Presidency at Stake. The genuine satisfaction which will be universally expressed over the re-election of President Lucas, of the Laurens Cotton Mills, is not due to the fact that his friends are delighted be cause he retains his position. There is more at stake than that. Had the Milliken element won its fight it would have robbed some Southern mills of their independence and the right of self-government, without which they could not hope to operate successfully and to the best interest of the stock holders. The result of yesterday's elec tion is important and significant. It means that the Laurens Mill will not be controlled by a selling agent in New York. It means that dividends will not be cut down in order to pay exorbitant rates to the commission men, and it means, moreover, that the brains of the South will continue to manage the properties in which thousands and thous ands of dollars have been invested by Southern people. An unfortunate con dition of affairs has been made public, and it may force investors to believe that mill securities are unsafe. Such an idea is erroneous. All mill are not under the control of Mr. Milliken, and what happened in Laurens, even if it should be duplicated elsewhere, will not be hurtful, especially when it is re membered that the friendly offices of the courts were invoked to right a grievous wrong. If Mr. Milliken had won his fight, the stock would certainly have depreciated in value, but that will not be the case now that he has been deposed. There is no desire on the part of any body to take from Mr. Milliken the. credit due him for financing cotton mill properties in the early stage of their development. But it would not have been the part of wisdom to permit him to throttle them, thereby depriving stockholders of the profits of which they were justly entitled that he might increase his income by outrageous com missions. He may not be able to ex plain why it is that of the nine mills over which he has more or less control, the stock of only three of them is sell ing above par. It is possible, however, to find the proper explanation in that Laurens wrangle. Mr. Lucas, by bend ing and kneeling to Mr. Milliken, might have secured big increases in his salary, but that would not have been fair to his friends who invested in the mill be cause they had every confidence in his honesty and integrity. Hereafter, the product of the plant will be sold in the open markets, by independent commis sion dealers, and at much less expense than if it was disposed of by Mr. Milli ken, while the profits will come back to the South and to the people who might have been ruined eventually had the Eastern method prevailed. ?Greenville News, May 20th. Mr. Lucas' Mill Fhjht. Mr. Milliken, of the New York Com mission house, did not succeed in oust ing Mr. Lucas as President of the Lau rens Cotton Mill yesterday, owing to an injuction preventing him from voting 500 shares of stock which he had, it is alleged, obligated himself to sell to Mr. Lucas, who stood ready to pay for them, delivery being refused. Mr. Lucas' victory may be only temporary, for even if he wins in this particular legal phase of the case, it may be still possible for Mr. Milliken to buy enough stock to control the mill. Neverthe less, the stand Mr. Lucas has taken and the advantage he has won on the first round will have its good moral effect. It will doubtless encourage other mill men to revolt against the domineering attitude of the commission houses and to refuse longer to submit to giving them exorbitant percentage for the sale of goods. It was this economic thraldom, this absolute dependence upon the will ? f another in disposing of the products of his own mill, that Mr. Lucas protested i;;orously and practically against. He j took his own goods, found his own market, disposed of them at a certain cost and saved his mill thousands of dollars. This is why so much general interest was taken in the outcome of the Lau rens mill election yesterday, not only by mill men and shockholdcrs, but by the people generally. It appears that some local men and some cotton mill men in that section of the state were on the Milliken side. We do not know the reason for this, because it seems to us that if the Lucas principle can be es tablished throughout the state ?that the mills pay less commission for the sale of theirgoods- it will be of great ad vantage to the stockholders and the peo ple generally. There may be some inside workings in the business that we do not know of or understand, but on the face of it Mr. Lucas has right on his side, and we think popular sentiment is entirely with him. ?Columbia Record. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Mrs. J. R. Watson of Richmond, Va., is visiting Mrs. Mattic Owings. Mr. G. W. Long of Waterloo was in the city Saturday. Mr. Lafayette Moore of Maddens was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Crisp of Cross Hill were visitors in the city Saturday. Mr. Hervy Blakcly of tho Holly Grove section was in town last week. Mrs. J. D. Chaney from near Friend ship was in the city on Monday. Miss Majorie Sullivan of Tumbling Shoals was in the city this week. Mrs. Margaret Todd of Longbranch was in the city on Monday. Mr. W. A. Poole of Longbranch was in the city this week. Miss Sara Copeland of Clinton visited in the city last week. Mrs. Nathan Richardson left Thurs day for Cash's Station. Miss Mamie Clardy is visiting in the city. Mr. A. H. Sanders of Renno was in the city Friday and Saturday. Miss Kate Wright of Lisbon is visit ing relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carlisle of Green wood are in the city for a few days. Mrs. W. H. Anderson entertained the Social Club Tuesday morning. Mr. R. P. Milam and son spent Fri day in Spartanburg. Miss Mary Allen of Princeton visited in the city Friday and Saturday. Messrs. Ford Franks and Tom Switzer spent Sunday in Clinton. Mr. Ben Leonard and daughter of Durban were in the city last week. Mr. W. B. Wright of the Warrior Creek section was in town on Friday. Coroner W. D. Watts of Clinton was in the city yesterday. Mr. J. T. Peden of Gray Court was here Monday. Mr. J. A. Arnold of Clark's Hill who has been visiting friends in the city, re turned home last week. Dr. and Mrs. Clifton Jones spent Sunday with Mr. John H. Jones of Fountain Inn. Rev. Jodie Martin and Misses Maud and Eva Martin of Cross Hill were in the city last week. Miss Ella Roland is expected home this week from Conway where she has been teaching. Mrs. J. F. Bolt will leave for Rock Hill Saturday to visit Mrs. W. B. Dun can. In the teachers' examination on Fri day there were fifteen applications, six of whom were white and nine colored. Mrs. T. Mc. Roper of Tumbling Shoals was among the visitors in the city Mon day. Messrs. R. P. Cole and Lander Reeder of Cross Hill were in the city on busi ness yesterday. Messrs. P. L. Abrams, Eugene Fer guson and W. R. Power of Scufflotown were in town this week. Mrs. S. R. Ray and daughter, Miss Crystal Ray, are now visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gore of Cross Keys. Mrs. Corrie Donnon of the Sandy Springs section was in the city last week. The next General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church will meet next year at Greenville, S. C. The adjourned meeting was at Fori Worth Texas. Mr. Ed Adair, a popular young busi ness man of Clinton was in the city on yesterday. Mr. W. M. Stone and daughter, Miss Nettie, of Mcrna wei'e in the city last week. Mrs. Mary Chane/ of tho Leesville section visited Mrs. R. W. Nichols this week. Mr. L. M. Langslon of Greenville is in the city on business. Mr. Lnngston is a Confederate veteran and is blind. He is in his nintieth year. Miss Emma Robertson, the charming little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Robertson of Clinton visited in the city last week. Mrs. Cart who has been visiting Mrs. Prentiss will leave for her home in Or angeburg Tuesday, accompanied by her nieces, A unit. Pauline, and Wilma Prentiss. Mr. and Mrs. Sitgreaves have return ed to their home in Bristol, Tenn., af ter spending a little more than a year in this city with their daughter, Mrs. W. H. Martin. Mr. G. S. Harp of Chattanooga, Tenn. arrived in the city this week. Mr. Harp will work the balance of the summer on the farm with Mr. Callic Langston near the city. Mrs. K. A. Nash nnd Mr. W. F. Med lock and daughter, Miss Madge Mod lock, attended the Missionary assembly in Asheville, N. C, last week as dele gates from the Princeton circuit. Mr. G. H. Puckett and Miss Bessie Koon were married May 21, at 3:30 p. m. at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Charles Koon of the Laurens Mills; Rev. Henry Thomas, Rector of the Episcopal church officiating. Master John Barksdale, the son of Mr. Jno. Aug. Barksdale who received a powder burn while practicing at tar ret shooting, returned from Spartan burg Friday. After an examination, Dr. Heintish, an eye specialist, thinks his eyes were not seriously injured. Business Failure. The business house of Fuller, Dar lington Co., wholesale grocers of this city have failed. Mr. C. H. Roper, Cashier of the En terprise bank has been appointed re ceiver. There has as yet been no schedule made of the assets and liabilities. Deaths at Cross Hill. Cross Hill, May 23?Little Edwin, tho two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Leaman, died on Monday after noon. Mrs. Eugenia Dukes, wife of Mr. Jas. Dukes, died at her home in this place on Sunday morning. She leaves a husband and four children. The de ceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Anderson of this place. Mrs. Lucy Rasor, wife of Mr. J. C. Rasor, died at her homo here on Mon day, aged 79 years. Mrs. Rasor was a Miss Agnew, a native of what is now Greenwood County. She is survived by a husband, Mr. J. C. Rasor, who was at one time County Commissioner, six daughters and three sons, Mrs. J. J. Richey of Donalds, Mrs. Joe Anderson of Coronaca, Mrs. J. M. Clardy of Lau rens, Mrs. Ida Daniel of Spartanburg, Mrs. Ella Martin of Cross Hill, Mrs. J. Pylcs of Greenwood, Messrs. W. C. Rasor of Cross Hill, S. J. Rasor of Mountvillo and J. B. Rasor of Mullins. Camp Gnrliugton Sons Admitted to Mem* bership. Laurens, S. C, May 10, 1905. An adjourned meeting of Camp Gar lington No. 501 was held at the Court House to-day Commander T. B. Crews presiding. It being Memorial Day there was an unusually large attendance, quite a number paid their annual dues. A resolution was unanimously adopted to so amend the Constitution of the camp as to admit to membership all sons of veterans who may apply pro vided that they are members of some organized camp of United Sons of Vet erans, and provided further that they are to be received with all the privileges of the order except the right to vote. A committee consisting of J. P. Dil lard, John M. Hudgens, W. C. Irby, and O. G. Thompson, was appointed to prepare resolutions in memory of those comrades who have died since our last annual roll call. T. B. Crews. Commander. B. W. Lanford, Adjutant. Notice. I have sold my interest in the busi ness of Clarey, Adams, & Company, Laurens, S. C, to J. J. Adams and S. R. Todd who will continue the business and who have assumed all liabilities. J. E. Clarey. j: THE DEPARTURE J By Lord Tennyson ?j. fujy'JLjU'?iij"J1 on her lover's arm she leant, T fev '-/a. a And round l.er waist bUo felt It fold, J* Y Jz ? pJ\ :% And far across the hills they went V t Am?^ * lM lli:it now wor^ which Is the old; V \ A* Across the hills and fur away X ?fY7rrff)lMT^1s Hoyond their utmost purple rim, JJ ?j* ^j^jjt?miUdtHUUt^ And deep into the dying day, X The happy princess follow'd him. \ * * ? * J. "I'd sleep another hundred years, T (Hi luxe, fur such another kiss; ?? * Oh wake forever, love," she hears, ** Y "Oh love, 'twas sueli as this and this," a And o'er them many a sliding star, I* V And many a merry wind was home, ?? *. And, streain'd thro' many a golden bar, T Tho twilight died Into the dark. jffib "Oh eyes Ionic laid in happy sleep!"? f'r\fy X "Oh happy sleep, that lightly lied:" - X T "Oh happy kiss, that woke thy sleep I*'? ^>Cj ** * "Oh love, thy kiss would wake the dead!" ?-?^P^C* T And o'er them many a Hewing range ?? of vapor bnoy'd tin? crescent-bark, ??) '.. JJ And rapt thro' many a rosy change, (M V The twilight died into the dark. '* "A hundred summer! can It ho? **' And whlthor goest thou, tell me whorot' xVU1? \\ "oh seek my fnther'.s court w iili me, """^Vil^**. \\ For there are gren er wonders there." "'^VV \\ And o'er the hills, am. far away Js/ Beyond their utmost purple rim. vT ** Beyond the night, aerors the day, Thro' all the world bhe follow'd him. | T An Enjoyable Card Party. On Thursday evening Miss Alma Shell entertained delightfully at cards. Four handed euchre was played until eleven o'clock when ices and coffee were served. Those who enjoyed this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. An derson, Miss Mary Bowen and Mr. R. E. Copeland, Miss Pauline Anderson and Dr. Charles Ellett, Mrs. Mary Prentiss and Mr. B. L. Clardy, Miss Ursula Childre3s and Mr. Earlc Wilson, Miss Olivia Ingram and Mr. J. W. Dunklin, Mr. Jesse Vance. Teachers Elected. At a meeting of the Board of Trust ees of the City Schools held yesterday, the following teachers were elected, the last five being new: Misses Bertha Wells, Lillier Stevens, Helen Goggans, Emmie Meng, Mary Miller, Ida Patrick, Rosa Lee Burton, Hattie Roland, Bishopville; Clara Riley, Bamberg; Meta Allen, Anderson; Sal lie Heyward, Euharlee, Ga. Serious Loss by Fire. Last week Mr. William Bolt, who lives near Rabun Church, had the mis fortune to have his barn and cotton house burned. Beside the buildings, he lost all his roughness, part of a bale of cotton, a new buggy ond other things. The fire was caused by his little boy playing with some matches. A Charming I.aureus Curl to Wed. Mrs. Earlc Monteith Caine announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Eliza Thompson, to Dr. Carlisle Lamar Nottingham of Virginia, the wedding to take place August 23rd. Miss Caine is a charming girl, a beau tiful and acknowledged belle. Her father was the late Dr. E. M. Caine and she is a granddaughter of Col. James II. Irby, an honored and distinguished citi zen of Laurens fifty years ago. Dr. Nottingham is a first honor graduate of the University of Marylsjnd and a mem ber of a distinguished Virginia family. On account of the social position and popularity of both of the young people the announcement of the engagement and approaching wedding is of decided interest in society here and elsewhere. -The State, May 20. Masonic Meeting. Laurens Lodge U. D. A. F. M. will hold extra communication Tuesday night May 30th, 1905, at 8:30 o'clock for work in third degree. Visiting brethren cordially welcome. IL B. Humbert, W. M, C. A. Power, Sec'y. A Request that Should be Granted. The undersigned has not received all the aid he should have in preparing a "Life Sketch" of the physicians that have lived in Laurens county during the past century. He hopes and earnestly desires that all friends who have been asked to aid in filling out blanks, which have been sent, will attend to this mat ter at their earnest convenience, and return to Jon J. Boozer, M. D. Laurens, S. C. May 22, 1905. One of the greatest blessings a mod est man can wish for is a good, reliable set of bowels. If you are not the hap py possessor of such an outfit you can greatly improve the efficiency of those you have by the judicious use of Cham berlains Stomach and Liver Tablets.? They are pleasant to take and ngree able in effect. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. and Dr. B. F. Poscy. 39-3t 25-CENT COLUMN. STRAYED - From premises of Dr. Albright, a brown and white spotted male goat. Any informatioa concern ing it will be appreciated by G. C. Al bright, Jr. FOR SALE-Choicc lot Thoroughbred Berkshire Pigs. Will be ready to de liver in four weeks. James Wham. 41-2t Laurens, R. F. D. No. 5 THE HUB THE HUB Investigation Invites Investment. There isn't a bit of extravagance in saying that an investigation of almost any of The Hub's offerings will lead yon to invest your money here, rather than go somewhere else?provided, of course, that yor arc ready to make the pur chase at once. The more you study HUB styles and HUB prices, the more you compare them with what is to be had elsewhere, the surer we are you'll buy here in the end. Our vStock is the realization of every woman's wishes. Specially nice and New and pretty things pervade this whole store, and specially pleasing values. Summer Stuffs in Great Profusion. We arc stocked with excellent assortments of almost everything any woman can need for Summer Wear, from Ribbons and Belts and Lace Collars and all such smaller things up to the most beautiful of light weight ?Summer Silks and Dress Goods, and of the lovely Trimmings that will set off their beauty in just the proper way. Of course, there arc hosts of Piques, Dimities, Lawns and other dainty Summer Goods, but we have no room here to tell you of them. Nor of the Woolen Dress Goods, cither, except to say that wc arc showing ally magnificent line of Dress Goods at the popular price of 50 cents a yard, including the very latest effects in li Fabrics as Voiles, Sicilians, Melrosc Cloth and Nun's Veilings. The Hat that Suits the Season. As Summer arrives, Millinery needs assume a differ ent form. The Hats that will be mostly, wanted from now on are of the light cool type, trimmed in a dainty, sum mery way?in a way that will appropriately harmonize with dainty Summer-time Dresse.-. Our Milliners arc very skilful in the creation of Hats of this character. The Ready-to-Wear ones that wc show arc as pretty and jaunty as need be; and the ones we make to order arc revelations of Millinery art. Conic in and talk over the Summer Hat question. It's Oxford Time. You need them; we have them: Ladies' Patent Leather, Plain Opera toe, $3.00 value at $2.50 Ladies' 5-strap Vici, French heel, #2.50 value at $2.19 Ladies' Vici Oxford, Patent Tip, $2.00 value at $1.79 Ladies' Southern Tie, Medium Heel, #1.50 value at $1.15 Misses' 3-strap Sandal, Vici and Patent, $1.00 and $1.25 THE HUB. LAUBENS MILL HELP OFFER TESTIMONIAL. They Approve of Stand Taken by Mr. Lucas-.-Chair Presented by Dr. Schayer A Pleasant Evening at the Home of the President. The operatives of the Laurens Cotton Mills Saturday night presented Mr. W. E. Lucas, the president and .treasurer, with the handsomest chair they could buy in the city of Laurens, as a token of their approval of the course he has taken as to the commission question, and as a testimonial of their loyalty to him. The testimonial was suggested in the mill village Saturday afternoon. It was, of course, a spontaneous movement, and practically all the people in the mill village were contributors. Mr. Lu cas had his first intimation of it in the afternoon. The people arrived at the Lucas house a little after night fall, about 300 men and about 50 women and children. The ladies and the elderly men were seated in the parlors, and the younger people remained on the piazza. Dr. Isadore Schayer, the mill village physician, pre sented the chair in a graceful little speech in which he related that, two or three days ago ono of the room fore men, hearing of the controversy, said: "If Mr. Lucas is put out, I'm ready to throw up this job, and go with him to help him build another mill, wherever he chooses, if I have to roll bricks in a wheel-barrow." "That Mr, Lucas," said Dr. Shayer, "illustrates how your people feel toward you in this trouble, and they give you this chair with the hope that, as was said of the character in mythology who drew new strength from every contact with Mother Earth, you, when you have rested in it, may each time rise strengthened and re freshed for this righteous contest you arc maintaining. Replying Mr. Lucas said: "I thank you. my friends, for this evidence of your approval, which is worth more to me than the approval of anybody else'' ? and that was his whole speech. Then the stringed band, which the people had brought, played several airs, and brief remarks were made by one or two of the men representing operatives and stockholders. At the request of some of the young men, who work in the mill, Mrs. Lucas, who is an accom plished pianist and who is a favorite with everybody in the village played. Meanwhile ices and cakes were served by the ladies of Mr. Lucas's household, and one or two gentlemen visitors who were here for the stockholders' and di rectors' meeting. Half an hour was then spent in a social way, everybody enjoying the music and chatting. Then the guests departed, the three hundred" men, some of them old warriors, giving what sounded rather more like the "re bel yell" of defiance than three cheers. These people had come from the looms and the spindles in the afternoon, but they were at home with their presi dent and he was at home with them, and in feeling and sympathy there was no gulf separating them. They know that Mr. Lucas was not moved by his personal financial interest in making this contest, they knew, as everybody knows that it would have paid him handsomely to have fallen in line with the commission house's wishes, and be lieving that he is right, they took this way of publicly aligning themselves with him. True such demonstrations do not buy mill shares and from the viewpoint of a foreign capitalist per haps seem absurd, but they arc never theless of serious significance. The fact is that the people who run the spindles are just as important as the. men, behind the guns. A (io<ul Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wainwright of Lemon city Fla.,has written the manufacturers that much better results are obtained from the use of Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach, colic and cholera mor bus by taking it in water as hot as can be drank. Inat when taken in this way the effect is double in rapidity. "ft seems to get at the right spot instant ly," he says. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. and Dr. B. F. Posey. 39 -3t _. The Kind of Conservatism That Counts. A man is conservative, not merely when and because he halts and timidly hesitates at every new and untried ven ture. Such are the characteristics rather of the doubting and weak-kneed person who takes fright at his own shadow, and whose indecisive and vacil lating policy never commands the con fidence nor inspires the faith of others. One would better make a few mistakes and possess the ability to see them, the courages to correct them, and gain profit by the experience, than, through fear of risk, fail to seize the oppor tunity which by the exercise of courage might have led to fortune. Conservatism in business is rather that sterling quality of mind which carefully plans the future, counts the cost, weighs do probabilities of success, cdhsiders the chances of failure, re jects the speculative, limits the hazar dous, husbands the resources, makes sure of being right and then goes reso lutely on to the accomplishment of well considered purpose, undaunted by obsta cles, undismayed by disappointments, compelling and achieving success through consciousness of innate strength.?James H. Eckels, in System. A Disastrous Calamity. It is a disastrous calamity, when you lose your health, because indigestion and constipation have sapped it away. Prompt relief can be had in Dr. King's New Life Pills. They build up your di gestive organs, and cure headache, diz ziness, colic, constipation, etc. Guaran teed at Palmetto and Laurens Drug. Co. price 25 cts. 39- ;>t CITY SCHOOLS COMMENCEMENT Address to Graduates by Pi of.Bowers of Newbcry. THE HONOR ROLL. The Medals and Those Who Received Them-Honorable Mentions-Unroll incnt-Atiendancc. The Opera House was filled on Friday night with a bouyant audience made up of released scholars, happy patrons, and faithful teachers. The class grad uated this year consisted of Mr. Charles Simpson, Jno. Wells Todd, and Misses Beth Shell, Lilly Armstrong, Olio Adams and Zclcnc Gray. The address to the graduates was de livered by Prof. A. J. Bowers of New berry College. It was well timed, well delivered, and enjoyed by all. Dr. Bowers had not previously ap peared before a Laurens audience, and our people were delighted with his cul tured bearing, ease of diction and the modest manner that attend t rue merit. B. L. Jones in relinquishing control, transmits to his successor a well discip lined student body that is the highest testimonial to his patient endeavor, in telligent direction and consciencious la bors of the past four yerrs. At the conclusion of his farewell he was taken by surprise when in a few very happy impromptu remarks, Rev. Henry Thomas presented him with a Morris chair, the gift of his pupils and a Masonic signet ring, from his crops of teachers. At the beginning of the session med als were offered by three citizens of the town to the pupils making the high est average scholarship during the ses sion. The medals were presented by Dr. H. K. Aiken i<> the following. 1st Grade?Hattie Gray, with honora ble mention of Virginia Simpson and Elizabeth Mosoley. 2nd Grade?Gussie Miller, with men tion of Henry Lawrence, Hattie Simp son and Mary Wilkcs. 3rd Grade ? Theresa Shayer, with mention of Anna Prcntiss. 4th Grade - Mary Posey; second, Sa rah Shayer, 5th Grade - Rebecca Dial; second, Margaret Tolbert. 6th Grado Clara Davenport; second, Emogenc Wilkcs, Hcttie Lake, Addio Shealey. 7th Grade ?Mary Lake; second, Mamie Crews. 8th (Jrado Bessie Brown; second, Sadie Sullivan. 9tb Qvodc Roioo Cloi'dy) oooond, Ethel Simmons, Lucia Simpson. 10th Grade? Olio Adams; second, John Wells Todd. Gussie Miller, of tho Second Grade, has not missed a word in spoiling dur ing the entire session. According to his custom Supt. Jones gave a handsome souvenir button to each pupil on the roll below: Perfect attendance. Not absent, tardy nor dismissed. 1st Grade David Childless. Charles Franks, Hattie Gray, Elizabeth Mose ley. 2nd Grade?Bruicie Owings, Carol Roper, Pauline Prentiss, Mary Wilkcs. 3rd Grade Willie Crisp, Edwin Mose loy, Clarence Nelson, Nannie Kate Armstrong, Mildred Gasque, Anna Prentiss, Kathleen Wilkcs. 4th Grade - Nell Payne. Marguerite Simpson, .Julia Childrcss, Eveline Aus tin, Hai ry GasqUC, Tommic Owings. 5th tirade Roland Moseloy, Shell McDaniel, Osoc Sitgreaves, Marguerite Tolbert. 6th Grade- Clam Davenport, Emma Dor roh, Willie Dorroh, Roberta Dor rob, Samuel Austin, Allconc Franks, Nannie Burns. 7th Grado?Carlos Moselcy. 8th Grade Annie Huff, Lillian Mill er, Mamie Tolbert. 9th Grade Samuel Fleming, Calhoun McGowan, Ethel Simmons. 10th Grade Beth Shell. John Wells Todd. These names have been on tho Per fect Attendance Roll for two sessions continuously: Pauline Prentiss, Edwin Moseloy, Nell Payne, Marguerite Simpson, Ro land Moselcy, Osee Site reaves, Samuel Austin, Carlos Moselcy, Annie Huff, Lillian Miller, Samuel Fleming, .lohn Wells Todd. These names have been on the Per sect Attendance Roll for three sessions continuously: Carlos Mosoloy, Osee Sitgreaves, An nie Huff. Since ll>i>2 enrollment has increased 22 per cent. 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