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NEW PRESIDENT FOR WATTS MILLS In the Annual Meeting, Held Thursday, J. D. Hammett Was Chosen to Succeed Alex. Long. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Watts Cotton Mills was held at the offices of the company last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was presided over by Mr. W. R. Richey, Sr., and Mr. M. L. Copeland acted as secretary. Out of a total of 3,000 shares 2,400 were represented in the meeting. Tiie report of the president showed the affairs of the company to be in ex cellent condition and the usual four per cent, semi-annual dividend was declared, payable July 1st. The following hoard of directors was nominated and unanimously elected for another year: James D. Hammett, of Honea Path; M. C. Branch, of Rich mond, Va.; R. B. Hopkins, of Balti more; Alex. Long, of Rock Hill; .1. K. Sirrine, of Greenville; W. W. Ball, of Charleston; W. A. Watts, O. B. Sim mons and M. L. Copeland, ot Laurens. In the meeting of the directors, held immediately after the stockholders' meeting, Mr. .1. D. Hammett was elected president and treasurer of the company and Mr. M. L. Copeland, of Laurens, was re-elected as assistant treasurer. Mr. Hammett was chosen to succeed Mr. Alex. Long, who was elected last January io (ill out the term of the late President W. E. Lucas, Mr. Long hav ing announced some time ago that he would not stand for re-election at the annual meeting. In both the stock holders' meeting and that of the direc tors resolutions were adopted thanking Mr. Long for assuming the presidency of the mill and commending his efficient management of the same since January. The new president and treasurer, Mr. Hammett, is one of the most successful young manufacturers in the State. He lives at Honea Path, being the presi dent and treasurer of the Chiquola Cot ton Manufacturing Co., which ho or ganized about six years ago. This com pany is capitalized at nearly $400,000 and the mill is one of the most success fully operated plants in South Carolina. At present Mr. Hammett will continue to reside at Honea Path and will make frequent trips to Laurens, a distance of only 27 miles. Later he will probably remove to Greenville and from there divide his time between the two mills. The out-of-town directors present at Thursday's meeting were R. B. Hop kins, of Baltimore; J. E. Sirrine, of Greenville; W. W. Ball, of Charleston; Alex. Long, of Rock Hill, and J. D. Hammett, of Honea Path. A Resolution. The following resolution was unani mously adopted at the meeting of the .stockholders of Watts Mills held on May 21st, 1908: Watts Mills owes its existence, pri marily, to William Ernest Lucas. A large and highly successful manufac turing plant having been established in I .aureus under his direction and man agement in 1896 and the years suc ceeding, he suggested in 1902 that the time was opportune for the building of a plant for the manufacture of liner fabrics. The business men of Laurens, having great faith in his integrity, judgment and uncommon ability as a manufacturer, responded most heartily t<> t he suggest ion and under his guid anco and with him as the most influen tial agent in raising the necessary capi tal the Watts Mills company was or ganized and the plant constructed in pin;;. Subsequently in 1907 its number of spindles was increased by 25 per cent. Mr. Lucas was the presidentand treasurer of the corporation from its organization until his death January lllb, 1908, and the plant with its vil lage and the company with its excellent credit and record for profit earning are testimonials to his faithfulness, his ad ministrative taient and his manufac turing skill. Bo it, therefore, resolved by the shareholders in annual meeting, in token of their affection for the founder of this mill property: First. That in the death of William Ernest Lucas, at the early age of 44, this corporation has lost an ollicer of extraordinary and proved capacity, whose first aims were the shareholders' interests and the employees' well-being. They gratefully remember the zeal and diligence with which he labored even (luring the months that he suffered un ceasing pain and discomfort that the mill might not suffer. They will al ways recall him as a gentleman wit hout reproach, modest and considerate in so cial relations, manly in deed, generous in impulse, the secret friend of the poor, the open foe of the mean. Bow ing to the will of God they mourn their friend, thankful for the example that ho gave of keeping ever before him the resolve to do his work well. Second. That this proceeding be spread in the minute book, that a copy of it ho sent to his family and that it be published. vV. W. BALL, W. A. WATTS. J. E. SIRRINE, Committee. Good Calicoes were ty ,c. Cut price now I'.jC. Bed Iron Racket. An Invitation. An evening party for lads and lassies, VO?ng and old, will he given at Owings on the evening of Juno 6th, 190S, from 6 to II o'clock. Refreshments will bo served. Come. Porn burn or scald apply Chamber lain's Salve. It will allay the pain al most instantly and quickly heal the in jured parts. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. J. W. Wells. Jr., of Gray Court, was in the city Monday. Mr. Geo. A. Copeland, <<f Clinton, was in the city Saturday on business. Mrs. W. U. McDavid, of Greenville, visited relatives in Laurens last week. Miss Mabel Williamson of Nowberry is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Simpson. Mr. W. W. Mall, of Charleston, was in the city Thursday afternoon and Fri day. Mrs. J. W. Turner, of Clinton, was in the city Monday at the home of Mr. L. B. Blackwell. ' Misses Lula and Nora Taylor an?! Mr. Evart Taylor were in the city Saturday from Princeton. Messrs. E. E. Simpson and Eugene Mitchell were in the city Saturday from Princeton R. 1". 1 >. No.'2. Mrs. Janie Poole Bland, of Sum tor, is visiting her father, Mr. M. 1'. Poolo, who is quite sick at his home in the county. Mr. and Mrs. .1. ('. Burns anil Mas lor J. C. Burns, Jr., of Greenwood, are in the city at the home <?, dr. und Mrs. L. E. Bums. "Miss Lillie Peterson, who is at home from Winthrop, visited I ? r cousins the Misses Peterson, of Sandy Spring . tin first of the week. James Canslcr, tin- irrepressible "Cansler of Tirzah," struck Laurens Saturday on his biennial mission run ning for State railroad commissioner. The Sandy Springs school closed lasl Friday with a delightful picnic i i Hyrd Mill. The school was Uuighl tin by Miss Ella Peterson and it In very successful session. At a meeting last week of the board of directors of the Lauren LYust Com pany a '1 per cent semi-annual dividend was declared on the capital slot k of tin company, payable July 1st. Mr. James II. Shell ol Wilming ton, N. G., spent a few .. the city the past week. He returned to his home yesterday mornii accompanied by Mrs. Shelley, who has been spending several weeks with her mother, Mrs. H. B. Hix. The Rev. J. T. Taylor, ol Ware Shoals, has accepted an invitation to preach a special sermon nexl . unday on the occasion of their annual celebra tion by the "Red Men" ol V hito Oak, a suburb ol* Grecnstwro, X. C. The J. B. K jrshaw chapter, Daugh ters of the Confederacy, will meet Wednesday afternoon, .in;.* 3d, i home of Mrs. Warren Bolt for the pur pose of celebrating the anniversary of Jefferson Davis' birthday. BANK OF OR AY COURT ORGANIZED. Capitalized at $20,000 -Mr. ? K. Wallace Fleeted President. Gray Court, May 20. A meeting of the subscribers to the capital slock of the Bank of Cray Courl was hold hero on Saturday for the purpose of organ izing by the election of a board of di rectors and officers of the institution. The meeting was presided over by Mr. C. R. Wallace. Reports from the com mittees on subscription wer?' submitted showing that $17,000 of the proposed $20,000 capital stock had been sub scribed. The remainder will be raised within the next few da; The following board of din cloi was then chosen: C. R. Wall) Co, It, I . Gray, J. N. Leak. S. D. Martin, W. R, Cheek. C. F. Dor roll, Dr. .1. W. Bon son. Subsequently a mcclili ? tors was held when ('. ". v. ill was elected president und R. Cray 1 Ice president. Tho cashier will b< s ' ctod later. The board of dire, tor.- will nn el til an early date for tho purpose of Ic I ing and buying a lot On which tho bank building will be erected. 'I holders are doubtless well ; lea ? i w Itli all tho officers chosen to manage this new enterprise f,?r they are nmo the most successful and reprc inlutiVc business men the count , . . Lighting Up. "BJvor notice," asked a salesman for a grocery house that makes a business of supplying the big Now York hotels, "that if you stroll Uptown ar.d look at any of tho big hotels you will H< 0 thotn nil pretty well lighted lip? Plonty of rooms occupied apparently. Well, that's sometimes a bluff 1 lie help lias ?rdors to light up a nuiubor of the front rooms every c i that tho hotel won't look HLj a graveyard." ?New York Soo. PUT UP FRUIT M all sizes. The frill I crop bid r to be plentiful, so I have on htm I a 1 ? ;e lot of the celebrated Ml ? proved Jars to meet Hie doi ml, See me for Fruil Jars. The prici i right. Extra rubbers, too, M. IL Fowler, Laurens, S. C. It FOR SALE Tbl <.I co in milk for sale at 0 ban Geo. T. Little. Gray Court, S. C, lt. V. I>. N'o. ? ?. 43-21 WANTFD Three or four furni ht?l or unfurnished room , close In, nitablc for housekeeping. Call or /rit<.0C0 to Tho Advertiser) Lauren . . ' . C. I 43-It For Clothing, Hal slim Uippoi , ?Millinery, better BOO Red Iron Racket. ;J UNANSWERABLE ARQUMENT FOR | PROHIBITION. . . . Vri> . 1 , The following article was written by Clarence H. Poe, editor of "The Pro gressive Farmer," for the "Biblical Recorder," published at Raleigh, N. C.: "1 am going to vole against State prohibition because 1 believe in per sonal liberty." "I am going to voti' against Slate prohibition because 1 believe in local self-govern moot.'' "I am going to vote against Stale prohibition because prohibition docs, not prohibit." "1 am going to vote against State prohibition because the Slate and county need the tax money." I. SIGNIFICANCE OK THKSK AltGUMKNTS. These are the arguments that one hears from opponents of prohibition in the present contest in North Carolina, and the purpose of this article is to place such argument in the cold, clear light of reason and inquire into their justifi cation. And in the outset wo may note the highly significant fact that it is only arguments such as these just mention ed that the friends of temperance now have to face. The inherent evil of the whiskey traffic no one disputes, liven its friends must light it;; battles in dis guise and cloak themselves with some inch excuse as those at the In ad of i his article. In this very fact there is the proph ecy of victory. No tub that does not stand on its own bottom can long stand at all. When an 0V? becomes so potent thai oven its hirelings refuse to fight under its colors, the failure of even its disguised partisans is a thing fore doomed. Wo may well congratulate ourselves therefore that in the present campaign in North Carolina wo are quite possibly lighting the last great battle against che drink evil in our State. Boforo the 1 progress of enlightenment the world old doctrine of "the divine righl of kings" has now gone down; before the progress of enlightenment the curse of human slavery has now boon blotted out for all time to come. It does not seem too much to hope that now wo shall also put under our feet the an cient curse of drink. Certainly neither monarchy nor slavery was more inde fensible; certainly neither was more out of harmony with the spirit of our times; certainly neither was more far-reach ing in its evil effects than is intem perance. It is the pestilence that Walkolh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noonday. What man is there who has not seen the red ruin in its path wrecked lives and homes and hopes and hearts, and shame and sin withal too deep for words? What community does not remember some once brilliant son, the rose and expectancy of its citizen snip, by strong drink brought down to rags and to tho gutter? What country grave-yard whispers not Its melancholy talc of some once strong victim brought ! low by its awful power? What man is there among my readers whose hear! has not ached for some one in his own family, bone of his hone, blood of his blood, the knowledge of w hoso shnme | fill drink-slavery has burned li'. ? a white-hot brand? And in every neigh borhood, moreover, we know also the cruelly mistreated wife whom the drunkard has vowed to love and pro leet, the ragged children with lives 1 Ii fitted by a drunken father'.-; neglect, and even the midnight tears of some .iv-haired mother with lamentations liko those of another Rachel for <omc ei.ee promising son slain by the Uli ster evil against which wcnoW go forth to battle. Small wonder that its allies have no word to Say in its behalf, and must shield themselves behind tin- glittering generalities of "personal liberty' and ''local self-government." Let US H0? now how much of substance l!:< rO is even in these excuses. II. ivil\ Tiir. THEORY or "PERMONAIj MR Kin v" DOES NOT APPLY. "Personal liberty"? in nine cs esoul Ol ten this is the first rofiigo of the whiskey advocate. When France ran red with human j blood a hundred years ago, it was Mlldam Roland who exclaimed: "Oh, Liberty, Liberty, what crimes are com mitted in thy name!" And ;cl tho crimes against human life committed by mad France in the name of Liberty ' then are not to he compared with the crime, against body, mind and soul committed by strong drink in tin- name of Liberty now. The theory of liberty docs not apply to such cases. It was Burke who said, "Liberty must be limited in order tobe possessed," and Huxley who declared, "I have liberty to do right; I will thank any man to lake ftWay inv righl to do ; wrong." T'ne whole theory of our government I is that of the greatest possible libcrlj for the individual consistent with the welfare of others ami of tin- Stab-. Npt only does "a man's ||hcrt(N end Where thai liberty bocomofttlto curse of his neighbors," hut the State retire to recognize a man's "personal liberty" Bargains in Rockers... and Chairs WE HAVE Just received A SOLID CAR LOAD OF THE BEST . . . VALUES EVER OFFERED IN . . . Rockers and Chairs JYlacle of the best quality of material, made good and strong, beautifully finished, with Cobble and Cane Seats. On account of buying them in car load quantities we get them at prices that enable us to sell them for what you would have to pay for a cheaper quality at other places. W5io Uses liyomci ? 4 The liesi People in l.aureus Say !.aureus l)rag Co. No other remedy or treatment fori catarrh has ever boon as popular or made so manj r marl;ti*1?? euros in Lau-; tens as llyoihoi. The besl people attest its curative Virtues in ealarrh; ' troubles, say Lati rens Drug Co., wlioiir? tins localagonts. The fair way iti which tlyomei was sold, to refund the money Unless itgavo satisfaction, watt the besl proof when it was introduced that it possessed un usual curative ;> i\\ rs. I.aurons Drug Co. took all Um risl< of tho treatment giving satisfaction, and lefl it to the purchasers to be the' judge. The sales rapidlj grew ami today there is no oilier remedy in I.aureus Drug Co.'s si<ii !. that has such a large and staple sale. The first breath <<!' Mvomei's healing lair kills all cat) ? il poi on. Try ilyomoi 1 on I,aureus Drug Co. s oiler lo ret'in I 111 money if the treatment doe; n ? i satisfae lion. Final Sc iK muht. Take notice II on the "loth day of IJune, l'.ibs, I . i a linnl account I of !? y acts u". i ili iiigs a. idmihistralrix ' , de censed, in the ce id the Jiidgo of ('rebate of I. . .. itity at II O'clock | Ia. Hi. On 1 on;Hi Iii daj ivill apply for a filial Ii el I I'roia my trust a^ admmi.ura! rix. AH pill', oll i to said estate Iare notified and t< (juii'dd !<? make nny menl on thai i ? a!! persons liav | ihg claims a tutu will pro* sOnl t hem on 1 id date, duly pi'ON ell. i : A v, Adminislnnlrix. Mar M, I" I . 4il-:lm a miicll a Oriini as (nurder* ih th<! eyes of j i tho law and attempted suicide punish-! i l iven if tho damage wrought by drink !stopped with Hid drunkard himself} becomes tint pi Iii nable when w<i recall thai the injury o falls niost heavily not on lite drunkard hi nisei f? but oh his family, and tlilll the SlittO itself is damaged by h i action inipovorisliod because of his im llicioncj tis a worker, injured by i.is ili ?rder as a resident, menaced by his w nlthcM as a citizen in lime of pdnc tifid a> a soldiorin time of war. Our very tl or; ivornmcnt there fore rojoctH ; i?l< ? < [ "personal Hb? Orly" in uny< iruin d drinking (1) for protect iph to the individual himself, (2) i o his family. ? I I >) a I n thai '.er of self-porsorva . . stale llsolf* Men are nol nl lib . . to murder with the sword; ll ij il bo ;.l liberty to murder with the holt Id. Moii are not at liberty in d lro\ llOlncS with tire; they shall not he at liberty (o de i Htroy home., with t pong drink. I \'!(>l'T '*l.<>( ? ! ! KKWII.NT. " Tho pl<a f flocal golf govofhmont,is of course, bti another form of the plea for porsoiial liber I and (ho argument thai nnsweisor.e largely answers the <>!lu v. t >nc ist a ph< for license for the (Continue ! on page :) 1785 ?mos College OF Charleston. Charleston, S. C. 124th Year Begins Sept. 25. Entrance examinations will be held ;ii the county court house on Friday, July It, at Da. m. All candidates for admission can compete in September for vacant Boyee Scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Board and furnished room in dormitory. Tuition $40. For catalogue, address HARBISON RANDOLPH, President. Winthrop College Scholarship and En trance Examination. The examination for the award of va cant Scholarships in Wintcrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on FRIDAY, july 3 at '.? a. m. Ap plicants must not bo less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July :{, they will DO award ed to those making tlx; highest average at. this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the exam ination for Scholarship examination blanks, Scholarships are worth $100 and free 'nilion. The next session will Open September )<>, 1908. For further inter* ination and catalogue, address President 1). B. JOHNSON, 39-tf Rock Hill, S. C. Bad Attack of l>> sealer) Cured. "An honored citizen of ilii town was suffering from a sever*! attack of dy.; cnlcry. Ile Iold a friend if I.told obtain a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. ('hoi.mm and I Hurrl.ii Hein ? l.v ho foil confident of boihp, cure-1, hu having used this remedy in the West, lie was (old that I kepi it in loci au i lo il no time in obtaining it. an I v. i |>rompl I. cured, say; M. .1. Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, Vi. Kor lale by IlUiiren i I >rug I lo. We Want You to See ? THE New Vei! Pins and to know what values vvc have to oPiVr in this lino. Those pins can be ? ? it] on the new stylo bowscalledthe Merry Widow Hows or they can be u 10 I f< ?r Veil I Pins or Belt I'lns or Cor any similar purpose. Fleming Bros. JEWELUR5 White Linnenc a for an inexpensive and dural this material has no equal at the price l()c the yard. Another case jusl received. Ladies' bleached, ribbed gauze Vests, and gents1 brown Balbriggan Underweai are among the latest arrivals this week at W. Q. Wilson & Co.