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14 PAGES. PART 1, PAGES 1 TO 10 NUMBER 15 ? I Tillman Thinks Old Oppo nent Equal to Situation. ISSUES LETTER ON M'LAURIN STATEMENT _ Tillman Disclaims Paternity of Hlease- \ ism and Charges flint Mease has .Stolen from Him the 'Mild Time Till, man Thunder". Says Sims has Knd ed an An are hist. Washington, Nov. 2.?Discussing the announcement made a day or two i ago by Former Senator .lohn L. Mc- 1 Laurin that he would not become a | candidate for governor of South Car-1 oline in the primary of next year, and' denominating this statement as thei "swan song" of a very brilliant man | who failed to be a very great man, ? and declaring further that he disowns being the father of Blenseisin, Sena tor B. R. Tillman today gave the press an interesing story concerning these matter:;. "I read in the South Carolina papers tills, morning," said Senator Tillman. "McLaurin's farewell address or state ment withdrawing from the governor's race and bidding adieu to politics for ever, it is a pathetic utterance?pa thetic because1 it is the swan song of a very brilliant man, who failed to bo a very great man because lie lacked Die moral fibre to always bo true to himself and bis conviction of right rather than allow ambition and selfish ness to warp him. His life, In a way, is a sermon which young men every where ought to take to heart. Noth in the s.:;.to's history is more la mentable. If he had only been true to the Tiilmnnism to which he says ho was converted in 1S00. ho would bo in the United States senate now and would be an ornacnent to it. Two Things He Denies. "McLaurln says. 'It is the irony of fate that I who suffered most injustice from Tillman personally should now he the solo defender of Till maoism.' "There are two things about this statement upon which I desire to conn mont. 1 never did have any personal ill will towards John L. McLaurln, and have none now. I denounced him in the senate because I believed he wn-s a traitor to the people of the State who had sent, him there. The people were convinced that my charge was true and have sustained it when ever they had an opportunity. "When he says he is 'the sole de fender of Tillmanism' be means among those Bleaseltes to whom he was speaking. He, of course, knows there are tens of thousands of Till manltes, some of whom voted for and some against. Gov. Blcase last year, who have never wavered In their ad herence, to Tillmanism as they under stand it, and as he now understands It. "Mr. Charles Carroll Sims out heroded Herod in this Rlcaseism, pro claiming that it is higher than Tiil mnnism. He Illustrates Byron's coup let: "'Ho stood a foe with all the zeal Which young and fiery converts feel.' "Ho is no doubt as sincere in his Rleaseism now as he was in his Has kellism In 1800. He never under stood Tillmanism at all. Inheriting a grand name, ho thought ho was an aristocrat and has ended by becom ing an anarchist and wants to run into the governor'*) ofllce on dema gogy. Truly, 'politics docs make Strange bedfellows,' and if the Till rmvnitcs who desortcd mo last year on account of Please vole for Sims for governor it will be a remarkable trans formation. It will only show how little wisdom or reason governs their ac tions. Something to Admire. "There are some things about !\fc LaUTin's statement that are very ad mirable, and I say now that 1 for the first time since 1 denounced him on the floor of the senate believe he has at last become a patriot and wants to do the Slate all the service lie can during the balance of his life. Of i course ho ' ; played politics so long r.nd used diplomacy so much thai even now ho can not drop the role all at once. 1 have fell heretofore thai he was trying to 'come back' into poli (Continucd. on Page Four.) LAND SALES MONDAY DREW LARGE CROWDS A Large Amount of Land Changed Hands at Fairly Good Prices. Monday was legal salesday and a very large number of people were in town to bid and witness the salts. November sales day being one of the i most important of the year, quite a large bit of property went on the block for the settlement of estates, judg ments, etc. Several tracts of land Which had been advertised to go on sale were not put up because of the cases being compromised. The fol lowing sab s were imado: Judge of Probate Sales. In the case of .lames M. DoShlolds of the estate of \V. F. Lawson, Vs Mrs. Elizabeth M. Lawson, the following lam' were sold: Tract No. 1. 2.">1 1-2 acres, sold to Eddie Lawson for $1,732.50. Tract No. 2, 58 1-2 acres, sold to Eddie Lawson for $055.00. In the case of A. H. Setzler, as ad ministrator of the estate of Dr. VY. H. Ball, vs Mrs. Mary Ball, the follow ing tracts In Dials township: Tract No. I. 89 acres, sold to II. T. and R. L. Cook. Jr., for $4,450. Tract No. 2, 71 acres, sold to Mrs. Mary Ball for $2,000. Tract No. 50 3-4 acres, sold to Cook Henderson for $2,050, Sheriffs Stiles, in the c:,s.' of Charles F. Brooks and L. R. Brooks, ot al.. vs Mrs. Julin Childless, ot al., which ease involved the settlement of the estate of the late .lohn B. Brooks, the sheriff sold the following: tract: One third of an acre on Jail alley, bounded by lots of J. J. Roland, C. D. j Barksdale and Black well Printing ( Shop, this being located across the street from the King Hotel, bought by C. F. Brooks for $1,400. Also in the same ease: I-iOls Nos. 1, 2, 7 and !> on South j IJarper street next, to property of Mrs. ( Rosa I. Caino, sold to C. F. Brooks for $300. Also in the sumo ensn the t'ollow , ing several tracts near the Watts Mills: Lot No. 7 of Block K, by C. P. Brooks for $115. Lot No. S. of Block 12, by C. F. Brooks for $io:>. Lot No. 2 of Block C, by C. P. Brooks for $110. \a)1 No. 13, of Block C, by C. F. Brooks for $100. Lot No. 4, of Block C, by C. F. Brooks for $7.~>. Also lot fronting 7? feet on Parley avenue, hounded by lots of S. R. Todd, T. Mac Roper and Mrs. Clara II. Babb, sold to C. F. Brooks for $:100. Also five lots of sub-division of S. P. Todd lands, to wit: Ix>t No. .">. fronting on Main street, to C. F. Brooks for $1,250. I*ot No. (*>. fronting on Madden road, to C. F. Brooks for $250. Tx)t No. 7, fronting on Madden road, to C. P. Brooks for $2X0. IjOt No. 7.">, fronting on Madden road, to Albert Dial for $GX. Lot No. 70, fronting on Madden road, to Albert Dial for $?2.?(). Also three lots on Con way street, as follows: Lot No. 2, to 'C. F. Brooks for $.",00. Lot No. to c. F. Brooks for $130. Lot No. I to C. F. Brooks for $100. in the.same case: 1-2 acre of land known as the O. L. Irby lot, sold to C. P. Brooks for $10U. In the asme case; 100 acres between Waterloo and Harris Springs, sold to S. L. Moore for $G0?. Boss I). Young. Treasurer, vs Timothy Ball, execution for taxes, f.l acres, five miles west of Cross Hill, sold for $2:i?. In the "aso of Lanrons Trust Com pany vs Mrs. S. M. Roberts, ot al., 53 2-1'. acres of land, formerly the Roberts land, bought by R. C. Olllbort son for $">.">.*>. Clerk or Court Sales. In the ease of W. II. Bailey vs W. C. Wharton et al., 211 acres of land near Waterloo, sold to .1. B. Park, attorney, for $:i.ooo. In the ease o' T. L. W. Bailey, et al., by their guardian ad Htom, T. L. W. Bailey,' vs Mrs. Lura Walker Mc Neill: Lot in town of Clinton, sold to T. L. W. Bailey for $2,700: 1(10 acres in Laurens township known as the Ben I .lones o'd place, sold to T. L. \V. Bniloy for $2.050; 06 1-2 acres about three miles northwest of Clinton, sold (Continued on Page Four.) DEATH OF MKS. JOHN EDWARDS. Sister of the Messrs. Chlldress, of this City, Died at her Home in Fountain Inn. Mrs. John Edwards, Of Fountain I mi, ' died at her home there Tuesday morn ing at five o'clock after a lingering illness. For several weeks she had been very ill. so her death was not unexpected, she is to be burled in: the cemetery at Fountain Inn today at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Edwards was an estimable, Christian woman, a member of the Methodist church and highly esteem ed by all who knew her. She is sur vived by her husband and four chtl- ? dren. Ethel, Ralph, Kathleen and liar-' ry. Mesides these she leaves four brothers and two sisters. Messrs. Wll-I Ham P., Thos. El., .lohn 1).. and Ft. O. Chlldress, all of I.aureus and vicinity, Miss Sallie Childless and Mrs. It. A. .lonos. both of Fountain Inn. .1. 13. Park, Ks(|.. and E. s. P. Giles, Esq., of Greenwood, attended the sales here Monday. J, J. McSwain, Esq., of Greenville, attended the sales Monday. Miss Addie Shealy, who has been sick for several months, is now con valescing and on the road to recovery. II. 13. Po8ley, Esq., of Spartanburg, was a visitor in the city Monday. HLEASE'S STEPMOTHER DEAD. Mrs. Elizabeth B lease Passes A wit) at Home in Newberry. Columbia. November 2. Mrs. Eliza beth Dloasc, stepmother of Governor Blcaso, died in Nowborry tonight at 0 o'clock. Tlicr funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Mrs. Blouse was the relict cf the late Henry 11. Blease, and was about 73 years of age. She is survived by the following children: Eugene s. Bloase, Sheriff Cameron G. Blcaso and Mrs. J. H. Eison, all of Newberry, and the following step children: Governor Colo D. Blease, II. il. Blease and Mrs. T. G. Williams, the latter two ol New berry, The deceased was a loyal and de voted member of the Methoidst church, of NcWborry. The funeral and burial will probably be in Newberry tomor row. Governor Blcaso wont to Newberry this morning in response to news of the serious illness of his mother, her condition having been grave for the last several days following a stroke of paralysis. News of the death of Mrs. Blease was received in Columbia to night by telephone from Newberry. Clothing Specials. Attention is called to the two ad vertisements of the Hod Iron Backet that appear in The Adverts.': this weak. They are having a special win ter clothing sale and are giving some excellent bargains in men arid boy* suits and pants. STREET V WING PROGRESSING. First Section of West Main Street to be Opened Latter Fart of the Week.1 The work of paving West Main street, which is being done under the supervision of the city oillcials rath er than by contract. Is going steadily forward. Mayor Babb stated Monday' that he hoped to have the present ', section of the Jtrec't, between the post oilier and the Baptist church, op ened for trafllc by Thursday after noon, if not earlier, and that imme diate work would be started on the' next section between the Baptist and Presbyterian churches. This is but a short link and will take hut a few days to finish. The covering of granite and tar Is giving tlie street a splendid appear ance and is apparently very substan tial. I.aureus is one of the first cities of its size in the state to try this kind of paving and from present In dications the results will be entirely satisfactory, Monday afternoon the working force bad a set-back of about half a day because of a lire in the tar or ' tail'' kettle. In some way, the boil ing tar caught afire and It was very difllcult to put it out. In fact, it was necessary to let it take Its course af ter a large part of the tar had keen drained OUt and saved and before tho fires could be started again it was night-fall. There was but little actual damage, only about half a barrel ot tar being lost. INCREASE IN COTTON ?INNINGS. Report of Government Agent Shows an Increase of VhoutihOOO Males in I.aureus Count) to October 18th. Mr. Charlie McCravy, government agent for this county, lias received from the con s department n confirm ation of his earlier report on the cot ton ginning of this county. It shows that 1 S,09f> bales of cotton were uin nod In tliis county up to October 1Mb. against 1 1,9.10 for the same period last year. This is a gain of a little over ,{,000. Another ?inner) Burned, The three saw ginning outlll and Min house, belonging to It. It. and M. K. M< Daniel, located at McDaniol's mill about eight'miles southwest of the city, was totally destroyed by fire Friday af ternoon. It is supposed thai the blaze started from a ma tell Igniting between the saws of the gins. The plant was valued at about $1,20(1. This makes the hfth cotton gin, fire in the county since the cotton season opened. Dnm Wardlaw, the negro who re cently broke Into the home of Mr. II. L. Jones, near Mountvillc was caught last week in Abbeville by Deputy Held. He i.s now in the county jail awaiting trial at the next term of court. Housebreaker Camrhf. COMMON PLEAS COURT j NOW BEING HELD Large Nlimber <?f Cases on Hie K?ster mid Term \% til Last Two Weeks. Court of Common Pious convened Monday afternoon with Judge S. W, G, Sihlpp presiding. All of the othei officers of the court were at their re spective stations. .lohn M. Cannon. Ksq., a tnoinbor of Ihe bar is contlned to his homo because of broken hones in one of his legs and will not bo able to appear for his clients at this term. The cases in which he i^ interested will lie postponed. The court was occupied all or the first and second days with three eas es Involving a strip of land alongside the S. A. L. railroad at Clinton. The merits til' all ttie eases being similar they are being tried together and it is thought they will be finished today. These cases are Williams vs the S. A L. Ky., Martin vs S. A. L. Ilv., ami Whltmtre vs s. A. L. Ry, In each case the plaintiffs are sueing for damag s ami for the possession of property al I leged t?> be their own hut now occu pied by the defendant. Two oases of considerable Interest are set for Friday. In each case the plaintiffs arc slicing the '['. <i W. C. By. for damages in the amount of nun because of injuries claimed to have been Indicted upon thorn because of a wreck on tin- defendant company's railroad near Cold Point a feu months ago. The plaintiffs are \. Boss Blakely and T. A. MoAllstor. Kthvurds (?ranted Pail. Cornelius ICdwards, who shot and hilled Kniest and Munt Sharps in the public lUghway m ar Barksdalc station last Monday morning, appeared before Associate Justice Watts Friday and was granted bail in the sum of $1,000. He was liberated the same afternoon by Sheriff Owings. His trial will most probably come off at the March term of court. I ire in Martin ttulldillg. ' Quite a little excitement was call? I Monday afternoon when the alarm ol lire was given and it was found that the hltr/.e was in the Martin building. 110X1 to the enterprise Bank. The lire had started in the pressing club of W. II. Roddick, colored, caused by a bot tle of gasoline turning over -i id he I coining ignited. Before the lire do partmenl could throw any water into j the building, the blaze was extltl guished through "heroic" work of the i workers in the pressing club assisted by several citizens. The damage was very small. Italian Creek. It is desirable that all 'members of Rablin Creek be present next Sunday morning The assoeiation.il secretary, Lev. B. P. Mitchell Will be there to preach, His bubjeel will be ''Home 1 and Mothers." i TRADE IN LAURENS WITH THESE MERCHANTS AND OBTAIN VOTES IN THE ADVERTISER CONTEST For Each Dollar Spent You Get 100 Votes in The Laurens Advertiser Childrens' $500.00 Voting Contest. These Coupons Will Help you to Win Your Share of the Gold. The Merchants Who Are Represented Here Give Dependable Merchandise That is Worth One Hundred Cents on The Dollar and Service That is no More Efficient Any Where. J. C. BURNS & COMPANY (Red Iron Racket) Next to Bramlett's Shop. J. C. SHELL & COMPANY Fancy Groceries RAYS PHARMACY Drugs, Stationery, Toilet Articles and Druggists Sundries LEVERET FURNITURE COMPANY Furniture and Stoves PRESIDENT MJERTA MUST STEP DOWN So Says President Wilson in Ultimatum MEXICAN USURPER President Wilson Popes to Itrintr \t?oill SnGsfnolorj Settlement b> Mural Siiuslon mid RxpoetH to \iohl Coullict m? \rins. Mexico 'City. Nov. President llucrtu has lieen tolil hi- must resign the presidency of Mexico without Iosh of l im? , and thai he 111 lint not leave as his successor Gonornl Iturcliuno HI m quot, Iiis minister of war. or any other member of his oftlciiil family or of tho unolllehil eotorle whom ho might ho expected to control. This ultimatum from Washington was conveyed to President lluorta through his private secretary. Sonor llllbago, by Nelson O'Shauglinessy, the American ohnrgu d'alfalres, acting under instructions from the Slate departuuent. S-Vnor Itahago presented the inemor ' amlnin to his chief late Sunday, hut up to this evening President lluorta had returned no linawui ami as far as could be learned, had guarded Its eon tents rroni almost all ot Ills olllclal and intim it. c?unsclloi s. Those who learned ol the Washing ton note regarded Gen. Iluerta's po i lion a> one in which he will he forced to give one of (wo answi rs refusal 'point blank to comply w t!i the do maud, possibly ; olng so far as to ban I the diplomatic representative his pass port . or the elimination 01 himself olllclally. Those iiiokI it.tit 1m1 wit.li tho pres ident in s i> 1 ihal il.i latter 'course ?\iii not bet taken for inanj reasons, ohioC .ait oug which Is that ; a h in ion would he (autaihiount t<> sulunl sloii to t the rebels. Official V< xlco i no loii|t er in ilotlbi 1 sat t lie Wat llillgton ' mini ; ral ion favot s the rel el can ;>? ami is convinced thai litis is tin means adopted by President Wilson ami Secretary Drylin to assist Carraiii /a to win. SJorj from Washington. \\a hlngtou, Nov. A well define report tonight was eiirrenl in olllcJa circles to tho effect that the 1,'nltoi States had communicated anew to tlx lluorta government its views concern lag the necessity of Iluerta's retire men) from the presidency. While House olllcials would neltho confirm nor deny Ihe report and S?-e rotary llryan was o<|iinl|y reticent. Tli admin ist t a; ion is ende.1 vot ing to worl out its plans in the qulcl realm o diplomacy and to clothe in seere< any negotiations it may undertake compose the situation. Outwardly administration olllciu view the situation calm)) and soni of tin .!, express :i feeling of optimist over the ire. It was evident from canvass of administration olllcials thji published stories predicting arme | It terventlon at this time were not Juki lied. Persons close lo the Willi Houso de? late lhal both Pre dent Wilson and SeerMary Drya still were hopeful tint their po icy of moral suasion would sip Coed and midi (I that any a sumption that plans for Intervent!? were being laid was unwarranted. So far a;; tin- plans of 1'"' adininl (ration can be ox pressed in gene ?< rm<. tht course that is hi Ing pui n Is subject to chajige with tie- hil ing developments of c,v h day, ai high olllcials admit that daily d iff ore phases of the situation crop op wh|i make it Impossible to predict ovi their own CoUl'SO tar in the fit Ml! There is a disposition io handle t present diplomatic f l!i.i (v. by COlllIni 'the discussion to inform;.! parley Vera Grus? and Mexico City unc bari'asKod by the publication of a documents which In 1 ho Mud '? boa correspondence drew Into 1 negotiations the public opinion bot h count l ie ? i s an i a pofta j|1 f< ' MUSI VACATE circle for many do? ? 1