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WEST T. GREGORY WILL GO FREE Governor Blease Commutes Sentence of I.iiniens County Man Convicted Last September of Manslaughter. West T. Gregory, -white, who was convicted at the September term of Court of Common Pleas last year will be a free man within a few days. Gov ernor Blease has commuted Ms sen tence of two years to a sentence of one yeur. As ho already served all but a fe,w days of the one year sentence ho ?will walk out of the doors of the pen itentiary a free man within a few days Gregory, who is a young man about thirty years of ago, killed Cal Purr on the Btreets of Clinton. Doth were op eratives at the Lydia Cotton Mills. Gregory claimed that he shot Furr in defense of his home. I MADDEN NEWS | Madden, Sept. 12.?The New Pros pect School opened Monday morning. Mrs. M. Fadden gave the parents and pupils a very interesting talk. She Is especially anxious of building up a first class graded nchool here and she will certainly have the loyal sup port of trustees, patrons and pupils. We predict a prosperous school year with us. The many friends of Mr. Jim Finley who was reared near Waterloo but who a few years ago moved his family to Westminister, will be grieved to learn that he Is seriously 111 and grave doubts are entertained of his recov ery. Ills brother, Mr. John H. Finley left for his bedBide Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson who have been in California for the past two years or more are here on a visit to their father. Judge Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson talk very Inter estingly of their stay in "The land of the setting sun." .Mr. and Mrs. John Wogord and Mrs. Delia Cunningham spent a very pleas ant day recently with Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Finley. Judge Thompson and daughter, Miss Jessie, together with Miss Proffltt vis ited Dr. W. C. Thompson Sunday. Miss Julia Cunningham was the pleasant guest of Miss Kate Wofford Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Langston spent Sunday with their nephew Mr. Percy Finley and attended prayer meeting at Prospect In the afternoon. Mr. Claude Finley visited Mr. Henry Pitts near Ware Shoals Sunday. Misses Kate and Azlle Wofford were recent visitors to their aunt, Mrs. May Madden. Mrs. Jim Roper and children of Ka olin were down Saturday to see her daughter, Mrs Thad Moore. Little Joe Walker, the bright little girl of Mr. Will Walker has been quite sick . Mrs. W. T. Allison visited her grand sons, Messrs Clyde and Larry Martin of Laurens, last week. Mrs. Oxner who has been with her adughtor, Mrs. Clury Martin has gone to Laurens. Miss Edna Proflit and Masters John W. Wofford, Mabra, Krastus and A. B. Madden, entered the Laufens high school Monday. A. B. Martin, howev er, goes in the lower grades. More Stamps Necessary. From the number of letters dally deposited in the local postoffice with single one cent stamps nlllxed It is evident that some people do not know that there is no drop rate or special rate of one cent an ounce on letters for local delivery at City delivery of fices. All letters including the ones that have heretofore enjoyed the spe cial one cent rate must hereafter be fully prepaid two cents for each once or fraction of two ounces. If a letter is mailed bearing a single one cent stamp it will be returned for postage if the sender be known otherwise! the deficient postage will be collected from tin- addressee. Please bear this in mind and see that your letter bears the proper pos tage before deposited for mailing. Cecl* Rhodes' Good Sense. Although Cecil Rhodes was a busy man ho found time for a certain amount of reading. He made it a tu7*. jjfhox :gh very fond of good pic tures. ?'>ver to buy any for fear of ?levAt '.ag a craze for collecting ?woffcr t*. art, for with all bis wealth ho that he could not afford to spend so much money on a fad. The only famous painting that ho owned was one by Sir Joshua Reynolds, supposed to represent a young mar ried woman, which hung In the dining room over the fireplace. As a boy ho had taken u great fancy to tho pic t tur ar.d v/hen ho grew up and bo OnRame rich ho bought it. r. th\ , m?t K ? Deep Strategy. 'did the girls' anti-smoking fttoH out?" "It collapsed. The t of the town organized an *o crusade." ? Stray NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY How Elkins Helped Break Up a Gigantic Fraud. He It Was Who Plrtt Supplied the Information That Resulted In Uncovering the Huge 8tar Route Postal Swindles. BY E. J. EDWARDS. "Sometimes, when I have heard of the great sorvioo rendered by the late Senator Stephen 13. Elklna of West Virginia through the drafting of what is now known as the Elkins law, Uie most effective Instrument for the prevenUon of railroad robatlng, I have thought of another great service ren dered by Senator Elkins of which the public never had any knowledge. Tho timo has now come when I can tell Uie incident. "I think It waa on tho second day of March, 1881." couUnuod Thom&a L. I Jamos, postmaster general during the j Qarfleld administration, "that Mr. El kins, whom I had learned to know well when ho was a delegate to con | grese from tho territory of New Mexi co, called upon me at my offlco in I the New York postofflce. After the greeUngs of cordial friendship were over, Mr. Elkins explained that ho I wanted to send a telegram to James j O. Blaine, and ho presumed he would I recolvo an answer within an hour. He ! added that the telegram referred to somothing that concerned me. "When we returned to tho postoffioe I after luncheon, we found a telegram I there awaiting Mr. Elkitut' return* j HaaUly reading tho message, he said that he had telegraphed Mr. Blaine, \ who was to be secretary of state in the new administration, to know If there were any chango In General Garfleld's cabinet plans, and, Mr. Blaine had replied that ttiero nad been nono. Thon Elkins said to me: 'You are to have a groat opportunity, and a very difficult and perhaps dafigerous task beforo you, as soon as you enter th? postofflco department, " 'You doubtless havo seen in tho newspapers lately a good many vagu? intimations that tho government is be ing wronged by Uie star route con tractors. I fdl you, Mr. James, that those reports aro true. I know from personal observation in New Mexico that tho government is being robbed by star route contractors, and gov ernment officers aro being bribed by theso contractors. I can furnish you somo details. Tho first thing you do after you have got fairly well ac quainted with tho poBtofflce depart ment should be to make an Investiga tion of the contract department. Tear it up. The contract department is ex ploiting star route service to the amount of millions a year, when no service is given, and men tho contrac tors aro whacking up with some of the postofflce authorities. You will run counter to somo very Influential politicians. I am here to tell you. however, that you will have absolute support from Uie president, from Mr. Blaino as secretary of state, and from Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, who is to b? attorney general.' "Mr. Elkins thereupon gave me I some Information regarding th? frauds. Upon Uiat Information I was able to base tho investigation of the ; contract department of tho postofflce department. We speedily uncovered I huge swindles. I havo esUmated that the government was robbed of some i where between six million and eight million dollars by theso frauds. "We prosecuted criminally tho lead ing conspirators, but wo found it im i possible to obtain a Jury at Washing j ton which would convict. But wo ! broke up for good and all the star ' route swindle?a service that was duo In the first Instanco to the Information given to us by Stephen B. Elkins. It was one of the greatest services ren- j dered to tho government of which I have any personal recollection. But until now. President Garfleld and his cabinet were the only ones, excepting Mr. Elkins himself, who knew that It was through tho initiative of Mr. J Elkins that this work of reformation was begun." (Copyright, 1911. by E). J. Edwards. Alt Rights Resorved.) Curious Old English Custom. Some strange old customs aro still observed In England. Somo seven . hundred and fifty peoplo assembled the other Saturday afternoon in tho i village of Tlchborne, near Alresford, , 1 In Hampshlro, to receive among them 700 gallons of flour?the historic Tlch borne "dole." Before tho distribution I Rev. Father O'Flynn, chaplain to the ' family, blessed the flour and explained j the history of the "dole." The origin of the custom, ho said, was some i what vague. An old ballad related j how in the time of the "wys and ? VOrtUOUS Prlns Henrye II." the Lady of ; Tlchborne Just before she died ! crawled round a square of land, still j marked out, which she snld should be devoted to the needs of the poor. There Was Some Chance. "Have you ever supported Booth?" ? the manager askod. "No," tho applicant replied. "I nov or saw Booth act." "How about McCullough?" "McCullough died before I went on tho stage." "Of eourso you were with Mans field?" "No, sir; I nm sorry to ,ny that Mansfield never had a place for mo in any of his companies." "Hin. Have you ever been Mrs. Flske's leading man?" "Not yet." "I guess I'll give you a chance. You may be able to learn somothing" ' i MOI?T OLIVE. Mt .Olive, ^ept. 2.?Quite a number of our young people are off for school this week. Misses Lula Mae and Bertha Bolt have gone to Llnwood College, Gas tonla, N. C; Miss Sarah Cooper to the Laurens graded school; Miss Eula Mae Knight to tfre graded school In Greenville, S. C; Mr. Paul Washing ton to North Greenville high school at Tlgersvllle, S. C; Mr. Eugene Jones to Cleuison and Master Manning Bolt leaves Tuesday for Piedmont, S. C, where he enters the graded school. Miss Bessie Hudgens of Laurens, Is visiting her sister .Mrs. J. B. Hill. Mesdames Minerva Hill and Aman da Washington are visiting relatives at Pelzer and Piedmont. Mr .W. E. Washington of Mountain Rest is at home for a two weeks' va cation. Mr. W. O. Martin Is building on his farm adjoining his fathers'. Mft Herbert Cooper has gone to Curthbert, Ga., where he has accept ed a position with the Moore Drug Co. The farmers of this section are about through with the fodder and some are busy with the cotton. Statement of the Condition of the ENTERPRISE BANK. Located at Lnurens, S. ('., at the Close of ffusincss September L lull. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts .. ..$33-1,327.70 Overdrafts.#S,378.30 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank. 0,633.43 Furniture and Fixtures .... 4,900.00 Banking House. 22,466.16 Due from Banks and Bank ers . 15.977.32 Currency. 5.S4S.00 Gold. 5.00 Silver and other Coin .... 3,491.43 Checks and Cash Items . . 353.66 Total.$402,3SL00 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock Paid In .. ..$100,000.00 Surplus Fund. 20,000.00 Undivided Profits, Less Cur rent Expensee and Taxes Paid. 11.S07.35 Due to Banks and Bankers 1,036.34 Dividends Unpaid ?. 17S.00 Individual Deposits subject to Check .. . .$G6,649.S0 Savings -Deposits 44,960.26 Time Certificates of Deposit . 49,145.25 Total Deposits. 160,755.31 Cashier's Checks. 104.00 Notes and Bills Redlscount ed. 2,500.00 Bills Payable, Including Cer tificates for Money Bor rowed . 106,000.00 Total.$402.381.00 State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. ss. Before me came C. H. Roper, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condi tion of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. C. H. ROPER.* Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of September, 1911. W. G. Lancaster. Notary Public. S. C. Correct?Attest: N. B. Dial. C. E. Kennedy. S. M. Wilkes, Directors. TRADE WITH SI! IF YOU DON'T NOW. WHY? To Know Us is to Like Us We carry a Full Stock of Goods and can Please You. White Satin Flour ground at Dan Valley Mills, out of good home grown Virginia wheat. Try a sack and be come a sntislled customer. One of those good fresh Hams on the rack for you?send for it. Phone for Cotton Seed Meal, Bran. Shorts. Milko Cow Food and Chicken Feed?delivered within the city. Buy Seed Rye, aBrley, Red Rust Proof Oats, Home Raised Seed Oats. Crimson Clever, Vetch and Turt.lp Seed to grow. Figure with us on Paging and Ties. 2 pound and 2 1-3 pound good piec ed Bnkking, full weight and good val ue. 2 1-3 pound and 3 pound new Bagging, nt the rgilit price. Pieced Cotton Ties, new pieced Ties and new Arrow Ties, worth all we ask tor them, Use good Bagging and Ties and get the full market value for your cotton. Trade vtith us anil uc will sine yon money. J. H. SULLIVAN Laurens, S. C. More Important. Pair Girl?My father made his for tune when he was a young man. Would you like to know how he did It? Gallant Youth?Not particularly; but I would like to know If he still has it Littleton College has a limited num ber of $100 scholarships for accepta ble applicants who wish to make spe cial preparation for Christian work and teaching and who are without means with which to secure this pre paration elsewhere. For further in formation, address J. M. Rhodes. Lit tleton. N. C, Notice of Final Settlement. All persons holding claims against the estate of H. A .Mills, deceased, are hereby notified to present and prove the same before O. G. Thompson, Pro bate Judge for the County of Laurens. In said State at his ollico at Laurens C. H., s. C. at ten o'clock a. m. on the 6th day of October, 1911, or they will be forever barred. joiix d. Mills. Sept 5 1911.?1 mo. Administrator. lam) sale. Pursuant to the decree of the Court of Common Pleas in the case of J. G. Brown, et al., against Goldie G. Brown, et al., I will sell at public outcry at Laurens, C. H., South Carolina, to the highest bidder during legal hours on Salesday in October 1911, being the' 2nd. day of the month, all that tract of land in Laurens county. State of South Carolina, containing seventy-eight (78) acres, more or less known as the lend of Mrs. Elizabeth E. Brown, deceased, bounded on the north by lands of W. B. Bozeman, east by It. s. Griffin, south by W. P. Turner, and west by R. W. Brown; Terms, one-half of the pur chase money cash, balance due at twelve months with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of the pur chaser and mortgage of the premises, with leave to puichaser to pay all cash, purchaser to pay for papers. JOHN F. BOLT, C. C. C. P. Stop ScratcHing Par-a-sit-i-cide cures itch and mange in 30 minutes. Pimples and Ringworms quickly. Price 50c at LAURENS DRUG CO. 60c by mail or express from Dr. Iy. J. Sharp & Co., Commerce, Ga. Guaranteed. "Take no substitute." When you feel SKKJ? vous, tired, worred or despondent it is a sure sign you need MOTT'S NERVERINE PILLS. They renew tho normal vigor and make life worth living. lie ?uro and ask for Mitt's Nerverine Pills gfcJiift WII1 IA MS MFG. CO., Prop... Cleveland. Ohio LAUKEJid DRUG CO. Laurens, N. C. OPERA HOUSE GEO. L. WILSON, Manager A Big Sensation Next Week L ICENSED pHOTO |>R0PERLY SELECTED ICENSEDI LAYS I ROPERLY PROJECTED WATCH FOR OUR ADS ???S??????????????????????????????? Time Is Extended ON MAIL BOX OFFER Offer Expires Next Tuesday Night, Sept. 19th. REMEMBER THE FIRST OFFER: To Every Person who Brings Four New Yearly Subscriptions to The Advertiser, or to Every Person who Brings Five Old Yearly Subscriptions to The Advertiser we will give Free One of these Mail Boxes. HERE IS ANOTHER We have also arranged for a few of the smaller boxes during the coming week. Anyone bringing to this Office Three Old Subscriptions or Two New Subscriptions will be given one of the small boxes. They are beauties and are sold for Fifty Cents. Try and Qet One. The Children will enjoy Doing the Work Write to Distant Friends Who ought to have The Advertiser Don't get it Confused with a Popularity Contest. Don't Let Your Neigh bor Next Door Get Ahead of You. Start now. Work one-half an hour and the Mail Box will be Yours. Advertiser Printing Co. Laurens, South Carolina