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IAURENS NEGRO ACCUSED OF CRIME Asheville, >'. C Officials Uet Strong Evidence Against Accused Murderer of Police Officer McConnell Last July. Negro Worked Here for Some Time. Attorney J. W. Haynes and Police Sergeant F. S. Condor, of Asheville. N. C. spent several days in Laurens last week on business connected with rounding up the murderer of Police Officer E. T. McConnell In their home towu last July. They were greatly elated over the excellent evidence ob tained hre against a negro, West Brower, alias John Huff whom they now have In Jail in Asheville. Brew er, who at the time of the murder, was being carried by Officer McCon nell to the lock-up for stealing sev eral head of cattle near Henderson ville, was at once suspected and ar rested for the crime. For several reasons It has been rath er hard for the officials to obtain suf ficient evidence against Brewer but the North Carolina officials who were here are confident now of the neces sary evidence for conviction. In Lau- , reus, where the accused negro worked I for some time just after the murder, i Mr. Haynes stated that they had got ten a sworn statement that Brewer confessed to another negro that he was the guilty party. These two of fi< lals have spent several months searching for the negro and later for evidence, their search being over three states. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In speaking to The Advertiser rep resentative, both Mr. Haynes and Of ficer Condor spoke fn the most com plimentary terms of the Laurens of ficers and especially struck with the efficiency and high intellegence of Sheriff Owlngs and Deputy Heid. They stated that in their trips through the three states they had not yet seen a better set of officials than In Laurens. _\ NEWS OF TIIK WEEK IN TOWN OF CLINTON (Continued from Page One.) on Friday afternor n. Miss Lucile Harris has accepted a position as stenographer with the Southern IJell company here. Miss Emmie Robertson was among the Cllntonians who enjoyed the Spar tanburg music festival. A large party from here attended the inter-collegiate oratorical contest In Rock Hill Friday to cheer Ellis Ful ler and the Presbyterian base ball team. They say they were proud of FuP.it and of the team although both play-d in hard luck. Miss Emma Adams' friends will re gret to hear that she Is In Columbia for surgical treatment from Dr. Whal ing. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Davis will visit their daughter, Mrs. Charles Akerman, In Macon during the reun ion. Miss Amelia Hastings, the charming Mexican girl who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Scalfe, has return ed to her home. She leaves many friends behind her here. Mrs. Reese Williams and three chil dren, of I^mcaster, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bailey for the past two weeks. Dr. D. M. Douglass is visiting in the North In the interests of the col lege. Miss Annie Lou Abell of Lnwryvllle, is visiting Mrs. George Young. Mr. A. M. Copelnnd Is In the Co lumbia hospital. He is doing well and will soon he able to return home. Miss Clara Duckett is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jones, in Petersburg, Va. Laurens Downs Presbyterians. The Laurens high school team play ed the Presbyterian college second team, on local grounds, Friday after noon, the Clinton boys going down to defeat by a score of 5 to 2. The Clln tonians were unable to connect with the twlrlers of "Slick" Dunlnp, while the Laurens boys were a little free with the walloper. Kennedy and Land was the battery for Clinton. Dunlap and Huff performed for Lau rens Another game will be nlayed between the two teams at Clinton Friday afternoon. FOR THE STOMACH. Here's an Offer Yon Should not Over look. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets remedy stomach troubles by aiding nature to supply the elements the adbsence of which In the Jastrlc Juices causes indi gestion and dyspepsia. They aid the stomach to digest food and to quick ly convert it Into rich red blood and material necessary for overcoming na tural body waste. Carry a package of Rexall Dyspep sia Tablets In your vest pocket, or keep them in your room. Take one after each heavy meal and prove our assertion that Indigestion will not bother you. We know what Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are and what they will do. We guarantee them to relieve Indiges tion and dyrpepsla. If they fall we will refund jour money. Three sizes: 25 cents, GO cents and $1.00. Remem ber, you can obtain Rexall Remedies only at our store?The Rexall Store. The Laurens Drug Co., 103 Main street <s MADDEN NEWS Madden. April 30.?Ye editor did the right thing last week when comment, exceedingly favorable, was expressed In the handsome showing made by tho high school boys of Gray Court-Ow lngs in the recent contest, physical and mental, held at the county seat. Of course Prof. Martin has a righ. to have that "pat yourself on the should er" feeling, for he has accomplished something worth while ar.d besides that what he has accomplished .up there could be duplicated elsewhere and Is therefore an Inspiration to all. Look at this space of country through here; look at the school districts that should be united and could be?Lisbon, Madden, Old Mountvllle and Mt. Pleas ant. Tell me why couldn't we have a central high school that would be a credit to any place, Can we not get a second from someone that such a movement be put on foot? It is the needed thing sure. No one Will dis pute that fact. Rev. J. A. Marlon was able to fill his appointment at Prospect Saturday af ternoon and Sunday and to an espec ially large crowd he preached Sunday an interesting sermon. The finance committee let out the contract for a wdre fence to enclose the Prospect cemetery, the fence to be completed within GO days. A firm from Greenwood was the successful bidder. Mrs. Turner, of Cross Hill, form erly Miss C. Madden, is on a visit to her old home and also to see her sis ter, Mrs. Martin, who still continues quite sick. Little Grace Finley recently reached her 11th birthday. Those who en joyed the splendid dinner with the lit tle maid were her cousins. Misses Mary, Allie, Elizabeth and Virgie Mar tin of Laurens and Mattle Sue \Vof ford and Margaret Finley of Madden. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones of Mt. Pli-asaut were up to preaching Sunday nmt were tue guests wh'l.i here of I Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Flnlev. Messrs. Cliff Cunningham, of Old Mountville and Hugh Cunningham of Clinton were callers recently to see J Mr. Watt Cunningham, latter con [ tinues about the same. The children met at the church Sun day afternoon?a goodly crowd of them?and got their speeches for "Children's Day" and the morning hours are now filled, In the various homes, with childish voices, melodious and otherwise, singing "Welcome". A Correction, In the papers sent out last week to the Laurens rural routes, the an nouncement of Mr. H. S. Blackwell for the house of representatives was signed "L. B. Blackwell." As it is a well known fact that Mr. L. B. Black well confines himself almost entirely to his excellent printing establish ment, the error was obvious to all, but we thought it best to make the correction so that there would he no doubt as to Mr. Blackwell's candidacy Of course everybody in the county knows that Mr. H. S. Blackwell is a popular young lawyer at the Lau rens bar and naturally leans more to wards politics than does Mr. L. B. Blackwell. For that reason the error possibly was not even noticed by many. Statement of the Condition of the ENTERPRISE RANK, Located at Laurens, S. C, at the ( lose of Business, April lSth, 1012. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts .. ..$212,706.37 Overdrafts. 10,501.58 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Hank. 6,633.43 Furniture and Fixtures .. 4,000.00 Hanking House. 22,466.16 Due from Banks and Bank ers .?. 24,016.10 Currency. 10.207.00 Gold. 80.00 Silver and other Coin .. .. 6.415.31 Checks and Cash Items .. 214.70 Total.$320,220.74 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock Paid in ..$100.000.00 Surplus Fund. 21,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid . 14.300.60 Due to Banks and Hankers, 810.60 Dividends Unpaid. 143.00 Individual Deposits subject to Check .. . .$101,577.13 Savings Deposits 45,757.71 Time Certificates of Deposit . .. 45,252.75 Total Deposits. 102,587.59 Certified Checks. 8.85 Cashier's Checks. 280.01 Total.$329,220.74 State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. ss. Before me came C. H. Roper, cash ier of the above named bank, who, be ing duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true con dition of said bank, as shown by tbo books of said bank. C. H. ROPER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of April. 1012. W. O. Lancaster, Notary Public. Correct Attest: N. B, Dial, S. M. Wilkes, C. E. Kennedy, Directors. We are showing a complete line of Refrigerators, they aro goods that will give you satisfaction and aro reason ably priced. 3. M. & E. H. Wilkes k Co. SCKAP OVER DELGATION. Roosevelt and Taft Claim Republican Delegates from this State and Scrap over Delegation. Washington, April 19.?The Roose velt and Taft campaign managers are scrapping over the possession of the "black and tan" element of the G. O. P. in South Carolina. Last night the Roosevelt manager claimed he hud it; today Manager McKinley of the Toft headquarters claimed ownership and Issued the following statement: "Ii has been announced through the Roosevelt headquarters that they have received a mssage from C. M. Eng lish, district chairman, First Congres sional district of South Carolina, that the delegates In that district would not vote for President Taft but would support Col. Roosevelt. The facts In that case shew the farcical nature of the Roosevelt claims and the contests Instituted by his managers. "English, who was chairman of the district committee, called the conven tion at Charleston for April 16. As serting whatever power he had as chairman, he tried to control the con vention and to dictate the names of the delegates without a roll call. But a roll call was demanded, which Eng lish refused, and then he announced that T. L. Grant and S. M. Walker were the delegates and were in structed for Roosevelt. He , was laughed at by the convention and walked out of the hall with three sup porters only, out of the total of 32 delegates present. The remaining 28 refused to recognize him In ?ny way and proceeded In regular order with the business of the convention. The secretary of the convention was elected chairman and two delegates were elected and Instructed to vote for President Taft first, last and all the time. This is a sample of the claims of Roosevelt's managers and of the character of the contests filed against legally elected Southern delgates.' Director McKinley's statement con tinues: "At least two of the men named hy Senator Dixon as changing their al legiance to any known convention yet held," and then goes on to observe that If Instructions be not binding In South Carolina "why are they more binding in Oklahoma, Illinois, Penn sylvania or Maine?" The statement also declares that Dlreotor McKinley does not believe Senator Dlxon's claim and says: "If Ormsby McHarg, now in the South, for no other purpose than to persuade men to dishonorable acts, can find any of that calibre in that section of the country, the sooner the country knows it the better."?The Sate. All Day Singing. We will have an all day singing with Bethany church, about 4 miles north east of Fountain Inn, on the 1st Sun day in May. We cordially Invite all good singers and nil interested in music to join us. Yours truly, W. C. Wllkle. Opening Books of Subscription. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Pursuant to a commission from the secretary of state, books of subscrip tion to the capital stock of the Mount vllle C51n Co., a corporation to be or ganized to do a ginning business at Mountvllle, S. C, will be opened at the store of J. M. Simmons on the 2nd day of May, 1912, at 10 o'clock, a. m. Authorized capital $4,000, to be divided Into 80 shares of the par value of $50 per share. P. R. Fuller. H. M. Bryson, .1. M. Simmons, Corporator:-. A Charitable Gift. A The foremen of the juries during 11J session of court last week showed a great deal of thoughtfulness In pre senting the dollars presented by the winning sides to Leon Young, a pa tient at the county hospital whose ex penses are being paid largely by the Baptist church. The gift was a very generous one and certainly will be ap preciated by the helpless patient. UNUSUAL VALUES IN Spring and Summer Necessities We have some extra special values in every department to offer during the month of May. We want you to come and see for yourself. It will mean a Money-Saving to you to inspect our stock before you make your Spring and Summer purchases. Our efforts are to make truthful statements about the kind of merchandise we have to offer. Our intentions are to only offer Merchandise of Quality. We want you to visit our store and see of what interest it will be to you. Ladies' Department! Ladies' Skirts Extra special values for the price in the very latest styles. Ladies' fine Panama Skirts in the very latest styles, worth $4.50, special value .$4.00 Ladies' all wool serge Skirts in blue and black, worth $G.00. special value.$5.00 Ladies' fine all wool serge Skirts in several styles, worth $7.00 and $7.50. special value.$6.00 and $6.50 Big assortment of Ladies' Skirts in all the popular colors at.$7.50 and $8.50 NEW LINE OF LADIES' LINEN Sl'ITS. We have some extra good styles in Ladies' Linen Suits that we air offering at.$7.50, $9.00 and $10.00 LADIES' LINEN DUSTERS. We have just what you should have for the lud summer months, special values at.$3.00, $5.00 and $7.50 Men's Department! We have a great many extra good values to offer in Men's Clothing. You can get just what you want and will save money by seeing our lino before you make your spring pur chases. Read these prices: $15.00 values al $15.00 values at $17.50 values at $20.00 values at $22.50 values at .$10.00 .$12.50 .$15.00 ?.?...$17.50 .$20.00 Big line of the newest designs in men's Shirts. Wc want you to see just what we have. No one will give you better styles and values than wc an- show ing at_$1.00 and $1.50 Now is your time to get the correct style in Men's and Hoys' Straw Hats. We arc showing the latest styles and at prices that will please you. Millinery Department! We have a great many Special Values to offer all Ladies who are interested in buying Summer Millinery. We try to keep up with the correct styles and feel sure that no one can give better values than we have to offer. You make up your mind just what you care to pay for your hat and we will give you the best value that you can find. Come let us show you. Davis-Roper Company OUTFITTERS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Laurens, 5. C.