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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price-12 Months, 11.00 Payable In Advance. Hates for Advertising.?Ordinary ad vertisements, por square, odr ioser tlon, 11.00; eaoh subsequentinsertion, JO eon's. Liberal reduction made (or large aIverligements. Obituaries: Al! ovrr 60 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. Entered at the postofllce at Laurens, 8. C, as sreond class mall matter. LAURENS, S. C, Nov. 22, 1905. AN EXPLODED EFFORT. The effort of S. M. Milliken of New York to destroy the reputation of W. E. Lucas as a cotton mill operator by means of an affidavit in which he repudiated his own acta and adv'ces in regard to the Laurens Cot ton Mills may now be said to have been exploded again. Two or three of fers have been made, at different times by different parties, to buy the Milliken stock, leaving to the Millikens the op tion of naming a price. Of course everybody knows that W. E. Lucas in dividually could not buy the stock. He is comparatively a poor man. No man who is not an idiot will main tain that a man who has not an excep tional reputation for ability and hon eaty could attract to his support cap italists who are eager to back him with three or four or five hundred thousand dollars and more at any time. Let the men here in Laurens who criticize Mr. Lucas, some of them in dividually worth in money two or three tirr.es what ho is worth, step out into the open and try to buy or build a few cotton mills. Mark what we say?it's a mogul engine to a monkey wrench that the Millikens won't back them for a punched quarter. The Millikens are using them for other purposes. When j the Millikens are done with tham, the Millikens who laugh at them now, will j dump them into the trash basket. More than all, the Laurens Cotton Mills, built under the direction of Mr. Lucas, who to our personal knowledge used to got up before daylight to see it built well and economically, is here with its record to say whether or not the great confidence he enjoys has been fairly earned. Mr. S. M. Milliken has said under oath in the course of the Laurens Mills litigation that his house could not do the services that it had been doing for less than the four and three per cent rate that it had been charging. The leading financial authority in America, the New York Journal of Com merce, reports that the mill agents gen erally in New York admit that it is only a matter of time when the Southern Mills in sound financial condition will cease to pay four per cent and that at present a general breaking up of the four per cent system is impending. We could name at least five South Carolina mills, including several with which Mr. Lucas has no connection, which since his rebellion against the methods of the Millikens, have suc ceeded in getting their commission rate reduced to two per cent and many more which are now paying three per cent. Mr. Lucas has won his fight?though it may be that the Millikens will be able to wreak their private vengeance upon him. Taking Mr. Milliken's sworn state ment in his answer to the Lucas com plaint as true, it seems his house will have trouble in doing business in the South in future ?with such mills as the house does not control by buyiny a ma jority of the stock. * ABOUT COTTON. Everybody knows that the profits are good in eleven cents cotton. The South ern Cotton Growers knew that when they made eleven the minimum for selling. The Advertiser has said for 15 years that all men are infants in pre dicting cotton prices. We do not say now that cotton will not bring fifteen cents in a few weeks. But if we had cotton, we would take no risks, because we could sell now and salt down a com fortable profit with prices at the pres ent notch. If Mr. Jordan means to elevate his sights each time that cot ton moves to a slightly higher level, his advice will come to be disregarded, for the public will deny its sincerity. Meanwhile, the present prices are based upon the expectation in the North of a small crop. In South Carolina a good crop has been made?not the s emormous crop that was made last year but a very fair crop. A man who owes no money and has cotton may keep it, if he likes. That is speculation and speculation in itself is not not an offence. It is merely dangerous. The man who is out of debt can afford to lose five dollars the bale and he may gain five dollars the bale. At all events he may have the pleasure that a mild speculation brings. But the advice of Mr. Harvie Jordan to hold for 15 cents is worth about as much as any Laurens farmer's opinion and no more. * MRS. MARTHA ORR PATTERSON. In the death in California of Mrs. Martha Orr Patterson the people of South Carolina have suffered a pro found loss. She was a gifted woman, lovable, full of tact, accomplished and endowed with rare intellectual talents. These talents she unstintedly gave to the service of her people. In late years she had been working assiduously for the establishment by the state of a re formatory for youthful criminals?an institution to which The Advertiser has heretofore referred as being greatly needed. It is not unlikely, that had she lived, at the coming session of the Gen eral Assembly her efforts would have been realized. We still hope that her plans will be carried into effect. Mrs. Patterson has been active in the Woman's Federation of Clubs and she hai been perhaps more helpful in tho direction of its work upon lines of real improvement than any other South Carolina woman. Mrs. Patterson was a daughter of the late Governor Jumes L. Orr and a sis ter of the lato Col. J. L. Orr, president of Piedmont Mills. JUDGE MEMMINQER'S ORDER. Declining to Hear Motto? to Dissolve Judge Klugh's Injunction. In declining to hear argumenta on the motion to dissolve Judge Klugh's re cent order enjoining the Milliken fac tion from holding a stockholders' meet ing for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the management of the Laurens Cotton Mills, Judge R. W. Memrninger, before whom the motion was made at Saluda lost Monday, issued the following order: "This is a motion on notice to dissolve an injunction granted by Judge Klugh at Abbeville un Oct. 28, 1905, on va rious grounds set out with the notice of motion. "Judge Klugh's order enjoins the de fendants against performing sundry acts and gives the plaintiffs leave to apply for a modification or revocation of the same after eight days notice be fore me at my chambers. "The preliminary question is made upon my right to hear this motion. I have been cited to various sections of the code and decisions of our courts in support of this latter motion and the main ground taken is that the order is practically a rule to show cause re turnable, strictly according to its ex press wordings before Judge Klugh himself, and that I cannot, although the new presiding judge in this circuit, hear the motion and grant the relief sought thereunder without entirely ig noring Judge Klugh's order and prac tically undertaking to determiue an ap peal therefrom and violating the clearly written law which prohibits one circuit judge from reviewing or reversing the actions of another. "As against this preliminary motion ?nd cn behalf of the defendants it is urged that Judge Klugh's order is merely a temporary injunction or an injunction granted without notice and under section 246 of the code may upon notice before me, as the presiding judge of this circuit, be considered, revoked or modified as sought in the motion, paper herein, and that words 'before me at my chambers' in Judge Klugh's order cannot restrict the rights given generally by law undor said section of the code. "It seems to be a fact in the case that Judge Klugh is now at Abbeville at his home between the actual sitting of courts in the seventh circuit, in which he is now presiding judge. Both views of this question, however antag onistic they may be, have strong, logical and earnest support in the ar guments of the lawyers who have pre sented them. I carefully deliberated the matter over night after the hearing and would be glad to weigh even more carefully and longer except that the exigencies of the situation seem to de mand an immediate decision this morn ing. "What special reason Judge Klugh had foi so expressing distinctly his own personal control over this order, I do not know and cannot attempt to ascer tain. AU I can say is that it is written in his order and unless the right for me to ignore the same most clearly ap peared, I am not willing to strain the point to do so. "Upon consideration of the matter generally therefore, I must sustain the preliminary motion and hold that I cannot proceed with the consideration of the motion to dissolve Judge Klugh's order of Oct. 28, 1905, and it is so or dered." Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a space that fire can't cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on so long, you feel as if nothing but dyna mite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Cal houn, Ga., writes: "My wife had a very aggravated cough, which kept her awake at nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured her. Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis and La Grippe. At Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co., price 0 cents and $1.00. Trial bo ttles free. Medical Society Meets Nov. 25. The annual meeting of the Laurens | County Medical Society will be held at | Laurens, on Monday, the 25th of Nov. inst. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and other matters of great j importance to the profession will be considered. It is hoped that every phys ician in the county, who is a wellwisher of his profession, will be on hand promptly at 11 o'clock, a. m. Job J. Boozer, R. E. Hughes, President Secretary. L. & M. Paint. Lead and zinc non chalkable. Wears and covers like gold. Sold by W. L. Boyd, Laurens, S. C. 14-13t. feuath* ^Ilw Kind ftu Haw Always Bwtft Bifnatvn United States of America, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In the District Court?In Bankruptcy. In the matter of J. R. Hamilton, Bank rupt. Pursuant to an order of Julius H. Heyward, Referee in Bankruptcy, in the above stated matter, dated Oct. 27, 1905, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public outcry, before the door of the County Courthouse, in the City of Laurens, South Carolina, on the First Monday in December, A. D. 1905, be ing the 4th day of the month, the fol lowing described real estate: "All that certain tract, piece or par col of land, situate, lying and being in Laurens county, South Carolina, con taining Five Hundred and Fifty (560) Acres more or less, bounded by lands of J. II. Sullivan, estate of Harrison McDaniel, estate of Thomas Coats, Union Church, John Hamilton, the Cald well tract, and lands of Andy Philips, known as the 'Government Lands' be longing to James R. Hamilton;" on the following terms, to wit: One-half of the purchase money to be paid in cash on tho day of sale, with in terest on the credit pertion at the rate of eight (8) per cent, per annum until I paid, said credit portion to be secured by the bond of tne purchaser and a mortgage of the 'premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to pay all cash on the day of sale if he should desire to do ?<o; the purchaser to pay for all pa pers. The said lands will he sold in five separate tracts, the plats of which may be seen at the office of Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Laurens, South Carolina. R. A. COOPER, Trustee. Dated I5th November, 1905. Plaas to Hold 3,000,000 Bales. New Orleans. Nov. 15.?Following the arrival of President Harvie Jordan, the Southern Cotton Association today perfected planB for taking off the mar ket 3,000,000 bales of cotton by means of a series of pledges which the farm ers will sign themselves, stating their name and address and the amount of cotton they will thus hold. The cotton held will not be sold for less than 15 cents according to the pledges. A representative of tho association is to be sent into every one of the 817 cot ton producing counties of the ctftton belt at once. When the pledges are Bigned they will be sent to tho central office of tho association in Atlanta. President Jordan says that half of the crop has already been sold at an average of 10 cents and the spinners must have all the remainder. He be lieves that 16 cents for the remainder is a fair price and it will only average the spinners 12 1-2 cents while they have based all their calculations on 14 cents cotton. Cleared for Action. When the body iB cleared for action, by Dr. King's New Life Pills, you can tell it by the bloom of health on the cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the firmness of the flesh and muscles; the buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Price 25 cents. For Sale 41 Acres just outside incorporated limits of city of Laurens, beautiful cot tage, servant house and good out build ings at a bargain. One seven room house in the city of Laurens. 400 acres at Madden Station, 250 in cultivation and balance in forest, with good 7 room dwelling, good outbuildings and six tenant houses. 400 acres one mile from Madden, good dwelling, three tenant houses and out buildings. 178 acres, 7-room dwelling, good out buildings, mineral spring on place, two j miles of Ora, S. C. Three lots, 32 acres, 85 acres and 58 acres within the incorporated limits of the town of Laurens. Will sell lots separately or the three as a whole. Terms made easy. 446 acres, beautiful 8-room dwelling, good outbuildings, 5 tenant houses; 160 acres in cultivation, fine bottom lands, balance in forest; within 2 1-2 miles of Lanford Station; a beautiful county home; easy terms. 500 acres in four miles of the city of Abbeville Court House with good im provements and a fine brick yard, at a bargain. 55 acres of land near town of Foun tain Inn. One house and lot, 4$ acres land in town of Fountain Inn. Also lot of 12 acres. Nice residence in town of Fountain Inn, 4 acres of land and out buildings. House and lot of 2 acres in Fountain Inn. 602 acres of land, beautiful residence and eight tenant houses, with 20 acres within the incorporated limits of town of Woodruff. 140 acres in one mile of town of Woodruff. One modern residence, on Peachtree St., in town of Woodruff. One dwelling and two acres of land in town of Woodruff. Beautiful eight room house on Main Street of Woodruff. One dwelling, on Main Street, with nine bed rooms, parlor, cook room, dining room and closets, 70 acres of land, good outbuildings in town of Woodruff. One gin outfit, 20-horse power engine, two 60-saw Pratt gins, and press suc tion elevator. $600.00. 17 1-2 acres on Beaverdam Creek, near Lanford half mile from rail road, with corn and wheat mill in good runn ing order, casacity 200 bushels a day; good rock quarry, and survey for yarn mill has been made on place. 247 acres with good 4 room house, good out buildings, 125 acres in cultiva tion, lot of oak and 1500 cords of pine, two miles Enorce M'F'G. Co. 2 lots 1-4 acres each, dwelling on lot no. 1, in town of Fountain Inn. 178 acres of land with two good dwell ings and splendid well of water near Mt. Olive Church, Waterloo township. 2 acres suitable building lots, located in Jersey, city of Laurens. 1 lot acre, granite store house, town of Milton. 3 acres land dwelling and store house on Sloan street, town of Clinton. 1 six room house and 3-4 acre lot, main street Clinton. 1 five room house, 3 1-2 acres land on sloan street, Clinton. One 2 acre lot, suitable for building lots, on East Main street, in Laurens at a bargain. One house and lot, 4 acres, in town of Woodruff, on Sawmill Street. 112 acres, with dwelling and out buildings, 70 acres in cultivation, 10 acres fine bottoms on Reedy River, near Rabun Creek Church. 20 acres on North Rabun Creek, 20 horse water power, with wheat and corn mill, gin house and outfit; known as Nash's Old Mill place, at a bargain. 2 acre lot and nice 5 room house, at a bargain on Conway Avenue, Laurens, One nice six room dwelling, good building, 2 acres, 1 acre front on Peach tree street, in Woodruff. 2 1-4 acres, suitable for building lots, on Sullivan street, City of Laurens. 424 acres at Hobbyville, Spartanburg county, good dwelling, tenant houses, store and post office, at a bargain. A beautiful 5-room house and 4 acres of land in Gray Court. J. N. LEAK Gray Court, S. C. The "Modern Method" system of high-grade tailoring introduced by I- E. Hay* & Co., of Cincinnati, O., satisfies good dressers everywhere. All Garment* Made Strictly to Your Mensur? at moderate price*. 500 itvle* of foreign and domettic fabric* from which to choose. Ask your dealer to ?how you our line, or tf not represented, wrlto to us for particulars. I~ E. HAYS <& CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO. THE HUB THE HUB The Reason Why The Reason Why Our Business shows a steady increase month by month is not far to seek. Thrifty people buy where money has the greatest Purchasing Power, provided the Goods are satisfactory. Our reputation guarantees the QUALITY, Our Prices speak for themselves. DRESS GOODS 54. inch wide, Broad Cloth, Black and Colors, - - $1.00 50-inch wide, Ladies Cloth, Black, Navy and Green, .75 52-inch wide, Sicilians, nothing better for skirts, - .50 27-inch wide, Flanklin Tweed, a heavy fabric for Walking Skirts only, .25 36-inch wide, Henrietta, Black and Colors, .25 Double width Dress Goods, .... 121c. and. 15 Our Millinery Department Is right up-to-date. The Season's latest showings in both Ready-to-wear and Made-to-order Hats. Prices to suit. Underwear and Hosiery Ladies Heavy Fleeced Vests and Pants, - 25 cts and 50 cents Ladies Heavy Fleeced Union Suits, 50 cents Hisses Heavy Fleeced Union Suits, 25 cents Extra Heavy Ribbed Hose, - - - - = 15 cents Boys' Bicycle Hose, ------ 25 cents Ask to see Fay Stockings for Women, Boys and Girls. A FEW SPECIALS. All Wool Red Flannel, : 15c. to 25 cts I Heavy Outing, : : 5c, 8c. and 10 cts Lovely Flannelette, : 8c. and 10 cts Big Line of Golf Gloves, 15c, 25c, 50 cts Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 5 cents to 25 cents. Come and see us. Prompt and courteous attention whether you buy or not. THE HUB A Man Well Satisfied is Not a Standing Ad But a Walking and Talking One. _WE HAVE MANY SUCH._ Moore, S. C, Nov. 3rd, 1905. Spartanburg Fertilizer Company, Spartanburg, S. C. Gentlemen: ?It gives me pleasure to state that I have had dealings with your company in the fertilizer business for quite a number of years. The fertilizer has given me entire satisfaction, and my business transactions have been entirely satisfactory. Yours truly, A. J. MONTGOMERY, Spartanburg, No. a. Spartanburg, S. C, Route No. 2, Nov. 6th, 1905. Spartanburg Fertilizer Company, Spartanburg, S. C Dear Sirs:?I am satisfied that your fertilizers are the best on the market. Yours very truly, _E. F. WALL. SPARTANBURQ FERTILIZER CO., P. t>. Draw 78. SPARTANBURO, S. C. ( ^mi i^WimY rnmi )uVi 'jtf itlm" Nif \mV\ "VY ^ilf ^t"* ^mYi 'bYi *m? "if? "ift* Km\( Vft! ^tt' * /^^rs!^^R^R^r>^K^rs^r>^>^w^?ls^^^^rT^K^R^K^s^^^rT^K^rs^r/ Notice to Planters * At this Bcason of the year all eyes are turned to sowing, for therein lies the success or fail ure of every Planter. Poor seed will never make a good crop, hence we have expended every effort to secure the best that money can buy, and have on hand seed that we are justly proud of and can rcconmmend, such as Wheat, Rye, Barley, Rape, Lucerne, Vetches ^ Red Rust Proof Oats, and Red and Crimson Clover, and also a great variety Garden Seeds ^ If you want seed that will yield results and increase your Bank account, try these. PRICES are right for small or large buyers at Kennedy Bros. ' W W SA i|? mm\ W m\Yi N*/ s*/ say * THE TYPEWRITER ? Some of the largest and most critical users of typewrit ers in this country, use Fox Typewriters ex clusively. Here are a few of them: Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Fairbanks, Morse & Co . Chicago, 111. Fred Macey & Co., Ltd., Grand Rapids, Mich. Regina Music Box Co., New York, N. Y. National Sewing Machine Co., Belvidere, 111. C. G. Conn, Elkhart, Ind. C. B. & Q. Railway, Chicago, II!. These people have only purchased the Fox after a most careful investigation. We wouid be pleased to place one in your office on free trial. Other machines taken in part payment. FOX TYPEWRITER CO. Executive Office and Factory Grand Rapids, Mich. Branch Office* ana Dealcrc In Principal eitle*. 125 SOUTHERN SCALE & FIXTURE CO, State Agents, Columbia, S. C. W. P. HUDQENS, Local Agent, Laurens, S. C. Dr. H. T. Ball, j DENTIST. Will be in Office Every Day Room No, 2?Cannon Building. Fountain Inn, - - - S. C. N. B. Dial. A. U. Todd. DIAL & TODD, Attorneys and Coun sellors at Law. Enterprise Bank and Todd OfHoe Build lng. L* A TT ft KN 8 ? S. O. There Are Styles In Watches As well as in clothes. The lat est in women's watches arc ,iow here, including some daintily beautiful chatelaine styles. In wo men's watch and lorgnette chains, we are showing a fine variety of Artistic Patterns -OF THE Simmons Chains. Although they are what are called Gold-FILLKD chains, they are in every essential particular as good as the more costly all-gold. Your inspection of these is especially invited. : : : : : : : Fleming Bros, See Our Stock OF BOOKS For New and Second hand School Books see our line, we have a large stock this year, there are over 2,000 pounds of se cond hand books at the Palmetto Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. Notice of County Treasurer. The County Treasurer'} Books will be open for collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for fiscal year 1904 at the Treasurer's Office, from October 15th to December 31st 1905. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January. 1906, with one per cent, addi I tional; those who prefer paying in Feb ruary, 1906, can do so with 2 per cent, additional; those who prefer to pay in March, 1906 to the 15th of said month can do so by paying an additional 7 per cent. After said date the books will close. All persons owning property or pay ing taxes for others in more than one Township are requested to call for re ceipts in each township in which they live. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may not be attached. Prompt attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by checks, money orders, etc. Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off, are urged to send them early as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of December. The Tax Levy is as follows: State Tax, 5's mills County Ordinary, 3 mills Special County, 2 mills Public Road, 2 mills School, 3 mills Total, 15)* mills Laurens Special School 3} mills Gray Court-Owings, 2 mills Fountain Inn, 4 mills Ekom, 2 mills Waterloo, 2 mills Cross Hill, 3 mills Mountville, 24 mills Clinton, 3 mills All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at 50 years. Commutation Road Tax $1.00, in lieu of working the public roads, to be paid at the time as atated above. J. H. COPELAND, County Treasurer. Laurens, S. C, Sept. 26, 1905?td. j Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. (Schedule in effect April 16, 1905.) No. 2 Daily Lv Laursns 1:50 pm Ar Greenwood 2- 46 " Ar Augusta 5: 20 " Ar Anderson 7:10 " No. 42 i a Daily Lv Augusta 2:36 pm Ar Allcndalc 4:30 " Ar Fairfax 4: 41 ?? Ar Charleston 7: 40 " Ar Reauford 6: 30 " Ar Port Royal 6: 40 " Ar Savannah 6:45 " Ar Waycross 10:00 " No.l Daily Lv Laurens 2:07pirVJ Ar Spartanburg 3:30 " No. 52 No. 87 , . Daily Ex. Sudday Lv Laurens 2:09 pm 8:00nm Ar Greenville 3:25 " 10:20 *' AaniVAl.s:-Train No. 1, Daily, from Augusta and intermediate stations 1: 45 pm; No. 52, daily, from Greenville and in termediate stations 1:35pm; No.SY.daily. except Sunday, from Greenville and intermediate stations 6: 40pm; train No. 2, daily, from Spartanburg and interm ediate stations 1: 30 p m. C. H. Gasque, Agt., Laurens. S. C. G. T. Bryan, GenM Agt. Greneville S.C. Ernest Williams, Gen. Pass. Agt., Augunta, Ga, T. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager.