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Till; ADVERTISER. Snbscriptlou rrlce-12 Months, $1.00 Payable In Advance. Rates Tor Advertising.?Ordinary ad vertisements, per squaro, one mser tlon,$1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 oents. Llboral reduction made (or large a Ivortisements. Obltuarioa: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notos of thanks: Five conts tho line. W. W. Ball, PrOprlotor. Entered at the postofflos at Laureos, 8. C, as second class mall matter. I.AURENS, S. C, July 5, 1905. A Bennettsvillc Case. The Bamberg Herald contains the following remarkable story: "A short time ago a young white man entered the railroad de|>ot at Ben nettsvillc in the night time and stole over $200 and a number of checks from the safe. The young man had been working at the depot without salary to learn the business, and had access to the safe and knew where the money was kept. Suspicion attached to him at once and his room was searched and most of the money found. He had de stroyed the checks. He confessed the crime and was put in jail. The railroad company agreed not to prosecute him if the money he had spent was re turned, which was only $31. The boy's father wrote that he was not able to pay the money, or to come to see about it, so several of the prominent citizens of the town endorsed the young man's note, the money was returned, and he was released from jail. He then said he could not go back to his father, so he was given a position in the town and went to work. There is much food for thought in this incident, and we arc proud of Benncttsville, for it is our na tive town. The young fellow was not a hardened criminal, but he was a stranger there, having lived in the town only a few months. Yet the good people went to his rescue and gave him a chance to redeem himself and make a man. The action of those Bennettsvillc people is all the more commendable when one realizes that such a course would not have been followed in most towns, evtn in South Carolina. In most places no notice would have been taken of the young fellow and he would have gone to prison no doubt and came out a hardened criminal with all good impulses gone. All honor to the people of Bennettsvillc who gave the young fellow a chance to live down one bad act." This incident is suggestive. In the first place, it does not show the At lantic Coast Line Railway in a favora ble light. The Railway Company should have prosecuted or it should have refused money not to prosecute. To refrain from a criminal prosecution for a money consideration is to be guilty of the crime of compounding a felony. It would have been a merciful and praiseworthy thing for the com pany to refuse to press this boy and so give him an opportunity to redeem himself but it was inexcusable for the company to say in effect that it cared nothing for the enforcement of law provided it was not nothing. Not long ago a young man was prosecuted in this State on the charge of stealing many thousands of dollars from this same Company and the jury failed to convict him. If the Company's attitude is to prosecute only when it can't re cover the goods, how can it protest when the jury also fails to show a pro per regard for law and justice? Another suggestion that the incident brings to mind is that the State should have a reformatory for youthful crim inals, according to the wishes of the Women's Federation of Clubs. The Bennettsvillc people were generous and merciful?otherwise this young boy white boy would have gone into asso ciation wdth the hardened criminals of the chaingang. There is a good chance now that he may make a useful man. He would have been irretrievably and inevitably ruined had ho been con victed and punished for theft according to our ways of punishment. The State should not in such cases leave the only hope for an erring boy to turn upon the impulse of a commu nity. * Bonds for Sale. Some people know what's worth while, what's worth going in debt for and some do not. The citizens of Madi son county, Tennessee, arc wise. They applied to the Legislature for permis sion to issue three hundred thousand dollars worth of 4 per cent. 30 year bonds to be known as "Good Roads Bonds." Their request was granted. The population of Madison county is 40,000 and the assessed valuation in 1004 was six million dollars; estimated real value of all property, nine million. The figures would fit Laurens County fairly well. We should like to hear that our County had a similar issue to sell for a similar purpose. We could not go in debt for a better purpose > nor make an investment that would pay j larger returns. Kvcry taxpayer would be a stockholder in the enterprise. The dividends or benefits would come back in proportion to the amount of stock each individual was paying on. * Eyes on Ncwhcrry. The eyes of the State are upon New berry county. Because it is the home county of the Chairman of the State Board of Control and of the Dispen sary's most conspicuous defender the vote soon to be taken will be inter preted by the people as either an af firmation or repudiation of the charges which have been brought against the management. If Newberry county should vote to drive out the dispen saries, it will hurt Mr. If. If. Evans far mo-:. usly than any idle charges that unfriendly newspapers have made. Mr. Kvans and Mr. Blease should be able to save the Dispensary in Newberry with case, they should be able to obtain for it vindication by an overwhelming majority. Indeed we are surprised that they have not succeeded in stifling all opj>osition in this the very heart and home of Dispensary sen timent. A little life may be sacrificed to an hour's delay. Cholera infantum, dys entery, diarrhoea come suddenly. Only safe plan is to have Dr. Fowler's Ex tract of Wild Strawberry always on hand. Mr. Milliken's Charges. What the public will keep fixed in mind is that Mr. Milliken's endeavor to blacken and destroy W. E. Lucas's reputation as a mill man began only af ter the Milliken firm lost the business of Darlington and Laurens Mills. No whisper was raised against Lucas until the effort to besmirch his good name, perhaps ruin him, became necessary In order to put money in the pockets of the Milliken firm. Mr. Milliken has been a director of the mill, a trustee for the stockholders, for years. He found no fault until the pocket nerve of Deering, Milliken & Co. was touched. Then and then only began tho effort to assassinate the character of W. E. Lucas. These arc facts of record. Mr. Milli ken will not deny them. Director and Trustee Milliken comes into Court con fessing that he failed to suspect that the stockholders were suffering from the Lucas mismanagement until Agent Milliken lost the commissions. Or if he i suspected it, kept quiet about it. Mr. Milliken now makes a charge about a swimming pool. It was built more than four years ago. Since then the directors have unanimously reclected Mr. Lucas two or three times with S. M. Milliken, E. J. Hale, V. M. Mont-1 gomcry, J. O. C. Fleming, J. W. Fer guson and N. B. Dial members of the board, ? six of the nine. Within that time, we believe, the directors have endorsed Mr. Lucas by raising his salary. Now, in June j 1905, the $32,000 the year of commis sions having been lost to Deering, Milliken & Co., the building of the pool is alleged by Ex-Director Milliken as a reason for the ousting of Lucas. No, we are making no attack on Mr. Milliken. This picture of Mr. Milliken is in the court records. He drew it himself. Anybody can see it. * Necessary to Slander. After buying stock in the Laurens Mills, then publicly announcing that he wanted to oust W. E. Lucas from the management and intimating that it was j not true that the Mill was selling goods on a two per cent commission, Mr. S. 1 M. Milliken now objects to Mr. Lucas ; because the mill made no large profits ' last year. Mr. Milliken's first position in this ; controversy was so patently prepostcr , ous, so untenable and so well calculated to render himself odious that to make charges against Mr. Lucas with or with out foundation became absolutely ne . ccssary to the protection of his cause. If Mr. Milliken was not so advised he , had no shrewd friends. The motive of Mr. Milliken's charges is so plain that the charges become self-destructive and topple of their own j flimsiness. I Until Mr. Milliken made these charges, and he did not make them un I til after the annual meeting, May 19, his position was an openly avowed pur j pose to squeeze four per cent commis , sions out of Laurens Mills at any and all hazards. Failing to capture the mills on May 19, Mr. Milliken simply I had to find something more to rest his ; case upon than such a high-handed de claration of greed. By the way, the writer, in the meet ing of May 19 when suggesting an ad journment for a year openly and in plain language referrd to the fact that no j charges of mismanagement had been ? brought against Mr. Lucas. Mr Milliken's son and his son-in-law and all his friends sat still in their scats. Why did they not then deny that the management had been satisfactory? Why did they give assent to Mr. Ball's public endorsement of the management by their silence? Did they not then know of the swim ming pool and the stable? # A Tarheel Neighbor Aroused. Editor J. P. Caldwell of the Char lotte Observer has printed an editorial denouncing a preacher who edits a re ligious journal in North Carolina. His name is McKelway. Mr. Caldwell's editorial i3 savage, Mr. Caldwell being a man of great talent and a writer of uncommon force, even as among the leading editors of daily newspapers. It is not for us to pass upon the mcr i'-s of the affair or the truth or untruth of the charges. Mr. McKelway denies them. However, we know Mr. Cald well. He could not have been induced to handle a layman's name in the man ner of the editorial had not extreme ' provocation been offered. While good men are sometimes maligned, it does not look well that a minister of the Gospel should have excited such feeling in a gentle and sensitive but brave, true man such as those of us in South Carolina who have enjoyed the privil ege of Mr. Caldwell's acquaintance and friendship know him to be. It is impossible for us to conceive of Mr. Caldwell's assailing any citizen, much the less a minister, in terms of deliberate unrestrained but contempt uous insult except he had believed him self cruelly, unjustly and maliciously wronged. Mr. Caldwell was nagged and goaded beyond human toleration by his antago nist's resort to 'methods which should have no place in newspaper discussion, at least that is our opinion, and we are sure that it will be accepted generally as a sufficient explanation by all who know him. One Dollar Saved Represents Ten Dob lars Earned. The average man dn?s not save to exceed ten per cent of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars in living ex (>enses for every dollar saved. That >eing the case he cannot be too careful about unnecessary expenses. Very of ten a few cents properly invested, like buying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars outlay later on. It is the same in buying Chamberlain's Colic, Cl. !cra and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs but a few cents and a bottle of it in the house often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars. For sale by Laiv rens Drug Co. and Dr. B. F. Posey. Rev. Dr. Langston, Pastor of the Pendleton Street Baptist Church, has been granted a two weeks' vacaMon by his congregation, and will soon leave for an extended trip to the mountains of upper Greenville and Western North Carolina. During his absence, Rev. Mr. Lavender will supply his pulpit on the Sabbaths. Dr. Langston will bo accompanied by his excellent wife.? Greenville Mountaineer. LAUGH AND GROW FAT. the ruling passion. "I hear they are going to hang some Council mm in Philadelphia." "Well, if they are I'll bet some grafter has a monopoly of supplying the rope."?Town Topics. I aiding beauty. Richard: "They say he gave you a black eye." Robert: "That's the way people ex aggerate. I had the eye already. He merely laid on the color.?Tit Hits. too hot! Too hot for bickering and strife? Too hot to raise a row with Life; Too hot to think ?too hot to write, With burning, blazing skies in sight! Too hot for song, too hot to sigh; Too hot to live ?too hot to die! (And this is not a theme for laughter, Some hotter days may come hereaftorl) absent minded willie. Teacher: "Now, Willie, you may close your geography ami recite." Willie: "Suddenly, throwing off his disguise, the great detective cried: "Ha, villain! You little thought Dick Harter was on your track."--Puck. the knock out. ' My dear, I wish you could make bread like mother used to make. The bride smiled and answered in a voice that did not tremble: Well, dear, I wish you could make that father used to make. CHOLERA INFANTUM. Child Not Expected to Live, Cured by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Ruth, the little daughter of E. N. Dcwey of Agnewvillc, Va., was se riously ill of cholera infantum last sum mer. "We gave her up and did not ex pect her to live from one hour to an other," he says. "I happened to think of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and got a bottle of it from the store. In five hours 1 saw a change for the better. We kept on giving it and before she had taken the half of one small bottle she was well." This remedy is for sale by Dr. B. P. Tosey and Laurens Drug Co. 48?4t. WINTHROP COLLEGE Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, .July 7th, at 9 a. in. Appli cants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 7, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination provided they meet ' the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the exami nation for scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 20' 1905. For further infor mation and catalogue address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. "Turn Drugery Into Pastime" USE THE Wheeler <& Wilson Sewing Machine Number 9 The lightest running machine in the world. The Simplest Sewing Machine made. The easiest to manage and least liable to get out of order. Cannot start in the wrong direc tion, and is the only lock stitch machine so made. The only machine that has a needle that cannot be set the wrong way. Does not oil the work. The thread docs not come in contact with oiled parts, which is not true of other machines. Our salesman shall be pleased to call and show you more fully. A postal card will bring hint with a machine to you at once, CHAS. OAKLEY, Salesman Box 91. Laurens, S. C. 45-131 "Do You Launder Collars so that they wont wilt?" was what a man asked us the other day Well, not hardly that. No Laundry can promise so much. But we do try to make our Collars a little Stiffer during this hot weath er, and we find that our friends appreciate this little point.. Laurens Steam Laundry, Laurens, South Carolina THE HUB THE HUB 3* Ten Days More OF Bargain Giving wmmmmmmmm AT ?? THE HUB. The Hub has seldom presented a busier appearance than during the second week of our Special Reduction Sale of Summer Merchandise. Our store was constantly crowded with eager shopper whose appeciation was attested by their liberal purchases. Yet there are no doubt, many who have been unable to take advantage of this Money-Saving Opportunity. Therefore we have decided to continue the sale Ten Days Longer, or, until Saturday, July 15th. Come the last week of the Sale expecting just as great Bargains as were offered during the first week. Whenever a lot has been closed out its place has been supplied by something just as good or better. Lot Figured Batiste,all desirable patterns, ol n worth 10c, 12?c and 15c. This sale O3C Lot neat figured Batiste, 27-inches wide, f\A fast colors . vr Lot Yard-wide Percals, desirable Patterns AO fast colors, worth 10c, 121c, yours for ?vFO Lot Fancy Ginghams, worth 7 cents and 8 cents. Reduced to White Persian Lawn, worth 20 cts. This j c sale . ? Y O 20 pes Brown Dress Linen, the 15c, kind. This sale. 40-inch White Lawn during this sale only. Special 40-inch wide India Linon, you | f\ can't match it . ? I V Lot yard-wide Percales, short lengths. f\ e? this sale . >WO Good yard-wide Bleaching. Ladies' Bleached Vests, taped necks .05 Ladies' fine Batiste Corsets with hose sup- rA porters attached ' & " Lot Ladies' Shirt Waist Patterns, put up a Q with Trimming to match . ^^HrO Lot Cambric Embroideries and Insertions, the biggest values of the season 5c and 10c All Ladies', Misses' and Children's Oxfords go in this Sale at actual Cost. Sale Will Continue Until July the 15th. The Hub. The Hub. The Painter-Man with the Proper Can Pointers who use ready-mixed paints, and who have thoroughly tested them all without prejudice, readily locoiumeud Mastic Mixed Paint "Tho Klint That Lmuta." To be certain of getting the right kind seo that, like tho painter-man, you get the goods in tho proper can. That's tho only way to identif}* the paint before, using it. After you onco use Mastic paint the appearance of the work and tho durability of the paint will convince you that the painter-man was right in his recommendation. You will need no further proof and you will recommend Mastic paiut to your friends. Manufactured by rEASLEL-GAUUW.RT CO., Incorporated, LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY FOR SALE BY DodsorTs Drug Store. W. B. KNIGHT, Attorney at Law. .Strict attention to all business entrusted. Office hours fl a. m. to 5 p. m. Office second tloor Simmons' Block. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all Stale Courts. Prompt attention given lo all business. Keep Cool! A FULL LINK FANS AT W. G. Wilson & Co. Plain and Fancy Sheer White Lawns, White Mercerized Waist ings, Qood Designs in Printed Muslins, Embroideries, Laces and All-over. Ladies Sunshades at Low Prices W. G. Wilson & Co. W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law, Laurens, s. (j. DU. CLIFTON JONES Dentist OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phono: Oilier No. sc>; Residence 219. Straw Hats Customer's Shoes Shined Free mm AT' Less Than Cost We Have Your 5ize! COI*KI.ANlV Shoes, Hats and Men's Furnishings The One Price Store aoo Pompeian Massage Cream Cleanses Where Soap and Water Fail Washing with soap and water makes the face look clean, but it cleans the surface only. It does not clean out the impurities in the skin that make it muddy and sallow. Pompeian Massage Cream goes through the surface. It sinks into every pore reaches and loosens all foreign dirt and impu rities that lodge in the pores. It is the only facial cream free from grease'and that keeps the face free from it. Does not? cannot promote the growth of hair on the face. Price 50c and $1.00 per jar. For Sale Palmetto Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. (Schedule in effect April 10, 1905.) No. 2 Daily Lv Laursns 1:50pin Ar Greenwood 2-40 Ar Augusta 5: 20 " Ar Anderson V: 10 " No. 42 ! >aily Lv Augusta 2:1115 pin Ar Allendale 4:150 " Ar Fairfax 4: 41 " Ar Charleston 7:40 " Ar Beau ford (i: .'{0 " Ar Dort Royal 6: 40 " Ar Savannah 0: 45 " Ar Waycrosa 10:00" No. I Daily Lv Laurens ^:<>? pm Ar Spartanburg 30 " No. 52 " No. 87 Daily Ex. Sudday Lv Laurens 2:09 pm 8:00am Ar Greenville 3:25 " 10:20" ARRIVALS: Train No. 1, Daily, from Augusta and intermediate stations Is 45 pm; No. 52, daily, from Greenville and in termediate stations 1:35pm; No.87,daily, except Sunday, from Greenville and intermediate stations 6:40pm; train No. 2, daily, from Spartanburg and interm ediate stati' ns 1: :!?) p m. C. II. (Jas<|uc, Agt., Laurens, S. C. G. T. Bryan, OenTl Agt. GrenovllloS.C. Ernest Williams, den. Pass. Agt., Auguata, Ga, T. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager. r Hard, Soft or Shop COAL Brick and D raying Wan i i.D 1,000 Cards of Oak and Pino Wood on ears your station or delivered at Laurens. J. VV. Eichelberger. Laurens, S. C, 'Phone 11. Terry's - WE NOW HAVE THE LATEST SPRING STYLES IN wm\ < : fiMi]]iT| Hat Pins and Waist Pins Don't let Easter find you without one Fleming Bros. a V'.'-'''' T'.'.y HBOlt LOG beam SAW MILL with I MrAC?CK-KlNCl I'eeo WORKS 4P.MoiNr.ii v " I ?" Wo ? ?onKiNO j ?; v ?!! .r.. ? : nvo, UlUOK j ;mi;i:; v.b f ill ; ? < o Lath Maoiii'.i ky, c&.m Mim . Kto., Kto, oinuir.s n vc ksmjrry co., Co7 u mh ir . f?i C. Tufi Gifnsr. Si-ttNQLS Machine n. B. Dial, a. u. tood. DIAL & TO DD, Attorneys and Coun sellors at I .aw. Enterprise Dank and Todd <>lhce Build Injf. Lau k RN Si S. 0.