The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 05, 1905, Image 3
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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
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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.