The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 14, 1922, Image 8
&IT. J. B. HUMBERT
PASSES TO BEYOND
(Continued from Page Ono.) ,
was engaged in this duty when ('en
eral Johnston surrendered. At the
battle of Averasboro his lieutenant
colonel said of him: 'There stands
Humbert, as if the bullets were only
hall stones.' On tho following day
the adjutant general of the brigade
said to him: 'Captain, if I had the
authority. I would place a star upon
your' collar.' At lentonville he had
ochurge of part of 'lie picket line.
Someone remarked: 'The line will not
istand.' 'Yes, It will,' was the repuly;
"iiutnbert is there, and he will hold
it.' "
Atter the war Captain Humbert gave
his attention to farinitg, (evoting hi s
tnic to scientifIc and practical agri
culture with success. He was connect
ed with the State Agricultural and Me
sha nical society for a number of years,
iserving as president in 1887 and 1888.
'He served two ternis in the state leg
islatire. from 1876 to 1880, being a
memiber of the famous "Whilace
iouse." lie was also a candidate for
state ettice on the Shoppard and Off
ticket in 1892. lie was one of the
-chief promoters of the Atlantic, Green.
vilk' & Western railway, subseluently
kntow n as the Carolina, Knoxville &
Western. For three years or more
'e vas its president.
Calpt. -Ium inbei't was married Octo er
5, 18'.; to Miss Maargaret i'nuna
1ooser. of Orangeburg county, a dtaugh
der of -Ma.j. George 11. Pooser, a so[
diet of the Seminole war. Six ehildren
were bor'n to them, four of wlom with1
Mrs. lumbert survive as follows: It.
.B. Hluinhert, for several term:us super
vinor of -the county and now engineer
'of lthe .Wevilie cotity hig) way colt
anission: Johii 11. 'IItlliubert, of Ander
ison: Mirs. Frank Nash, Princeton:
Mrs. Al'ien J. Stll ivan, of Simpson
v*illv.
In al rtespects C'a'tain I ItumbertI
'a i manl of ideal ehtarnat(r. 11o.
-was de.votedly inietested in te Metho
-d1ist l 'i:scoipal faith and in the conduct
-of the affairs of his church, of which
le ws a stewa rd and tirtistee for imore
'than .1 years. lie sorved as superin
deti-dent of tie Sunday School in his
-'hurchtel' for more tlian half a oitury
-iad a unbroken record from 18-10
-to the tile Io was striekent with pa
ralysis some time last year. lPor a
'number of years he was a member of
the general conference and attended
'the meeting of that body held lit Bal
'timo(re l;ast year. The whole comimiu
nnity will mourn the loss of a citizen
oi the best. type antd, in general terms,
of one who was indeed a man among
men.
DON(iS MEASUIE.
M.EFORE SENATIE
eCumber (ets Bill it Night. One
lFfort Falls.
-Washington, June 8.-The soldiers
bonus bill was formally presented to
might to the senate after a first effort
by Chairman McCumber of the finance
committee to reo:ort it at the opening
of the session had beent blocked by
Bentator' Williams (Democrat) of Mis
BissippIi.
Senator W'illiamis was alment from
the senate whon Senator' McCumber
presented1 the measure for the see
endl time but camte into the chamber
a few minutes afterwairds.
Thhe bill automatically went ta thei
senate calendar'.
in attemptting to offer' the bill soon
after the sentate met at 11 a. in. to
day Senator McCumber' said that "In
tute very iteai' future I hope to be able
to lay asidle the tariff bill foi' a (lay
or so for' the putrpose of considering
and piassing, if possible, the compen
Satton bill,''
Senatoir 'Underwood of Alabama,
.Demociratic leader, said If it was prio
hlMose to pass the 1)1l1 at this session
it might as well be considered now
as ini .luly or' Atuguist,
"t should be vei'y glad," he said,
.."i the bill swent over until after' the
oeetions so that the American ipeople
-might have an opportunity to v'oice
theIr sentiments on thte subject."
,~ Senator' Underwood saidl he felt
"that, 'the bonus bill1, if .passed, wvill
uot work injiury to the mn ~whom it
:OPOses to help." Hie estimated the
ill1 would cost anywhere from $4,000,
44.00,000 to $7,000,000,000, and said it
:sWas lr'awnt in such a way that it
eigould have to he paid for in the fu
t4ure .and thus 'would become a bur'den
.*Mpon the formeor soldi ers theimsel ves.
as.,Informal canvasses of each Bide
*s.ave Sndiceated thtat the bontus legisla
*'.lMon has ,a sublstantial majority in the
111enate butt whether' the amended house
pMIlt will be approved is prioblematicai.
Inany event a long fight'on the mecas
gstre is ezpected.
-.'.hef'ore tunder'taking to present the
umbl to the senrate, Chairman 'McCutm
de -made ou blcloth its,,text and tho
q.1cC4ompanyinlg report fromn the finance
/1'0ommittee. The report estimpted that
.stie..otal Cost of the leg'islation .would
e $3,845,6'5,i8i, spread' over a period
o~1.f -43nya -from next- sJanuariy 1;
;ahendthe legislation would -become
11ruprative. This total '~ is250,('OQ,000
Je~ than the ,estimate under the -house
b. .o BERGOOLLIS
IN S!ITZERLAND
GOVERNMENT STILL IS DETER.
MINED THE DRAFT bODGER
SHALL BE PUNISHED.
AGENTS ARE, AT HIS HEELS
Case of This Arch-Slacker Makes a
Remarkable Melodrama - Many
of the Actors Have Disappeared
From Public Life.
-By EDWARD B. CLARK
Washington. - Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft dodg.
er, whom ex-service men love not a
bit, and who has been flaunting the
United States government from a safe
distance for a long time, Is now in
Switzerland. Secretary of War Weeks
Is on record as-saying that before his
term of office Is up he will have the
slacker in custody and that lie will be
given what a court decides is his due.
It the ex-soldiers could say what
Bergdoll's diue Is, lie probably would
get something rather harder in the
way of punishment than usually Is
meted out to any prisoner for what.
ever offense. The Bergdoll case still
is alive. It is understood there are
government agents in Switzerlnd
mAtching this inan and vaiting the
opportune mtoinent when soniething
may happenl w wlil Nvill eiable themi
to put onl his Ivrists whl. Eugene
Aram was supn ed to wear when -lie
walIod between his captors.
A fellow newspimper man has said
in treating of this case that the writer
of fiction Coul (10 worse thtutn to take
tle ca of ("rover ('leveliand llerg
doll as : subject for a story and that
by s, doing lie couli gratify his ldesire
for action, no imatter how strong the
desire tnight be, and still keep within
thatt ru'lith wlich is supposed to he
strianger than fletion.
There svens to he something in
tiis. The Itergdoll case has had ev
Pry kindl of til eletnlent inl It to tua.-lie
for interest -tr11nst1lire hunting, tht:
credllity (if thIe trasu re hiuiinter, aceu
sai tons of bribery, esenpes of tie kind
that 1 oudini naikes w'iti puzzling
ease. and a lot of otier things whlh
coimpl inter'est anl keel) ex'ltement
mtoving.
Many of Its Actors Disappear.
It is probable that in no o otr in
Stnn~ee ini a goata ad nyaii ye'ars llave so
many actors alppelared onl an11y of life's
sce'es as hiaive played theiri parts in
this liergtloll draimut, ielodrait, or
Whatever if may be. ''hiere aire some
ex-soldiie's wh-Io would not weelp tears
If the ilial scene was at tragedy. Per
haips this is brutaal, but it is true.
The arm1y otlicer wlko wits stationed
at (;iovernor's Island, New York, when
Iorgdoll witas at prisoner, and who
nmed tle gianrd which accompanied
the siacker Otn the huilt for tile pot
,f gold alt tle foot of the ra inbow, is
Ito longer Iln the military service. lie
is living the life of at fariier In one
lt, tie states of tills blessed union.
Another olllcer of the army, who ap
a'rovel til' request mta1de by one of
lt'ier'gadill's cotlinsel that le be allowed
to goa to Ilook for1 the gol wlh' never
glittered, has beten re't Ii'ea fromt the
serv'tlee antd is nuow~ somiewhvlere in Eu
r'oii(. ( 'ei'taIn miore distInguished gena
I lir'1n aot thet govei'minent service w~hc
luutd mor4 oi'ar Iless to do wi th thle gr'ant
ing~ (of lt'rmlission for the tip to dJig
tip thle Iddaben tren'astii'e are 10 retIre
ila ane ieir whio 11ue1 the slaceker on
hais arri via! ha P'hlildelphht antd as
)Oaned( iwr'aso nal r'esponsiility3 f'or' his
sai eturn' iat to hte cuistody of tihe
waray-eyeda alnd griping-handed oti
('iniIs, is dlead, mee'4ting his deathi uin'
the~ caise it an 1athloritativye positIOn
a atlaho, un1tluestilonably untjustly,
wtais accused('( of haaviing necepted a
lt lie, hais becen exceeingly ill, ie
wilU be retired1 frm the servlee before
long after iiaving spent somnethting
like six maonths in a h'ospital as 'a
gr'eiat suilferer' fromi an acute form of
rhieumtatistii.
Guilty Only of Great Credulity.
Rtepr'esenttatlve in Congress Peters
of Matine, who was the chairman of
thea'congressionaal contmtittee that cona
duiecd the investigation into the
ese'nle of Blergdoll andl who slgned1
the miuinority reptort wleh cleared
certiintmen of anythting in the nature
of a conspIracy to assist in the escape,
has taken himtself out of p~oiltleal lIfe..
He is now sitting upon the benfch.
Thecre never was any belief any
where except aumong a few of thoez
whoit wanted so to believe that the
men who were connected with thie
Biergdoil caise, ot' at least in thea pot
of-goild part of It, were guilty of any
thing except credtulity' In an exagger
atedl form. Therefore no one thinks
that because men have fallen ill or
have lost their jobs or have lad any
thIng else happen to them, they have
met with misfortune as a matter of
retribution. It simply Is clear that
many of these men have gone into
retiremuent.
The Bergdoll prop~ertles are still
tied up by the alien property custo
dian, Col. Thomas WV. Miller. Every
effort that thec mtother of thte refugee
and her attorneys htave mnade to r~e
cover the properties has proved fruit
less and~ it. is pretty well imnderstoodI
in ,Washington that moans wilt 'be
found to keep ,control of these proper
ties :at 1et'at until after the ladker
lhas been ~aught and.re urned t'o th~s
eountry, to be ~iv Wb t isem
[ONTIHLY MEETING
OF BUSINESS LEAGUJ
(Continued from age One.)
any committee was that of the jai
committee, this report being made b:
Mr. W. R. McCuen. The report. wai
"The Jail is down." The committes
was thankgd and discharged..
In new business, a message - fron
Mayor 'Dial was listened to with icee
Interest. Mayor Dial called the
league's attention to the work of thi
city council and 'bespoke- the help o
the league and the cooperatili. of al
citizens, particularly for the aid o
the bond issues now being asked for
Outlining the necessity of nioney h4
said that the city can well take cari
of the proposed issues and that th
:resent tax levy will 'be sufficient t<
carry -both the new and the old .bond
d iIndebtedness.
The subject of "Ice" ellicited consid
crable discussion from members o
the league who were present at th
neeting and all agreed that somethni
ought to be done to place 'Laurens o
a parity with other cities as regardi
the ,price and quality of ice. A lette
from an erector of ice plants was rea(
before the body and was received a:
A Little Be
With this thou,
greatt
DRES!
Our Entire
50 TAFF]
Values to $23
ALL
75 Garden
Values to $2.
$1.
ALL GOODS
SP
Ladies' Leatiner
Ladies' $1.50 an
Be sure
Ladies' Be
All colors,
White Satil
for tha
35c and
Red piamc
'at Unhec
24 inches ii
27 inches
LAD LA
Every womi
showing every st
Dr Posey's 01 3
Information. This owas followed by a
Inotion t-hat a committee be appointed
to confer with 'the mangers of the lee
I plant in an effort to obtain a reduc
r tion in the price of ice. The commit
tee was also to be instructed to se
cure, if possible, the placing of scales
on delivery wagons so that the ice-may
k .be weighed at the time of-del'Very.
Further instructions were that it in
vestigate regulations and ordinances
1 that are in effect In 6ther c)ties and
' towns relative to the sale and deliv
I ery of ,ice, and that the committee
r .handle the letter which was read at
'the meeting relative to the establish
ing of another ice plant in Laurens.
3 The following committer was later ap
pointed by 'Pres. Wright: 1r. W. 11.
> Gray, cha'rmani; 2Nlessrs. R. 1. Roper
- and J. 11. Powe
A suggestion that the Business
League consider the endorsement of
some form of mid-week holiday for
the stores in the city died in its in
fancy, no .action or discussion hav
ing been taken up on the suggestion.
In consideration of the reports that
the Order of the Easte'n Star is con
temiplating the erection of an orphan
age and that this city is being looked
tter than You Expec
the C
COH
ght in mind, we hear
bst showing of real v;
3ES-FOR QUICK
Stock of Ladies' Silk Dre
Therefore 1
"TA DRESSES
.75, to close out at
;7.50
MILLINERY PRICEI]
Hats and Sailors
50, to close out at
9 Each
ADVERTISED HERE A
'ECIAL
Vanity Boxes at 39c
ci $2.00 Leather Bags
Lt 98c
to see these.
droom Slippers
ribbon trimmed,
aPair
me for Petticoats
t Thin Dress
45c a.Yard
n4~ Diaper Cloth
ard of Prices
ride, 10 yard bolt
p1.29
ide, 10.yard bolt
p1.49
LSSIE CLOTH
mn knows what this cloth
ripe, checls and solid mad
19e~
Zor e look at this eoh;
upon.as a possible site, a motion was
made that a cbmmnittee be appointed
to cooperate with other committees of
other bodies aid that they render all
assistance they can in an effort to lo-g
eate the .orphanage in Laurens. The
committee appointed. consists. of Mr.
T. L., Monroe, chairman, and Msers.
Janfes Dunklin and Frank Caine. .
A PabIlc Forum
That 'plans -are being formulated for
the organization here of a public or
civic forum was announced yesterday
by Mr. Ralph T. Wilson. Although no
definite plan has yet :been determined
upon, tlie desire of those Interested in
the forum is that well informed speak
ers and lecturers be invited here at
regular intervals and also that debates
be 'held . between local intellectual
giants. Because.this city has a num
ber of such men, the success of a
forum can almost be assured.
Poets and the People.
The reputation of the great poets
has not been made by the scholarly
critics, chiefly. but rather by the plain
people of their own time or of the
years immediately following.--Brander
Matthews.
ted at the Price---Tl
xse at
EN'S
'tily welcome you t
dues to be seen any
CLEARANCE---DR
sses Must be Closed Out
'hese Prices
50 CANTON CRI
Values to $35.00,
$12.%9
FOR QUICK DISP
5 Dozen Midsuimme
White and all w
...Values to $5.95,'
RE THIS SEASON'S h5
SPECIALS JN B
Yard Wide B lack
Taffeta, worth $1
Ladies' Lisle Hose, I
* Black, white,
25ca ]
Ladies' Whit
Low and medium
also one-stri
$1.49 a
PEPPERELL 1
* 2'yards wide,
39c aj1
/ 2 1-4 yards wii
LA~ieL4Ssa
is ti guaraneked *asI
~ n thi cloth; 50 patiter
ou w*'.be teased to bu
Leguer- Hear Debate -
-emb-rs of the 0gworth League ,or
the Methodist church deviated from
their regular course of study last Sun
day night when they listened to a de
bate -by four of thom members, three
of whom. were introduced as able at
torneys and the fourth as a capable
lecturer. The query "ResoLved, That we
educate America instead of the Far
East," was welihandled iby both teams.
The affirmative ewap represented by R.
T. Wilson and 0. L. Long,. while X. .
Nickels and James H. Sullivan spoke
for the negative. The debate was
listened to with interest by a large
number of Leaguers, many of whom
later conceded that both teams' won.
Mr. Huminbert Announced
iMr. H. B. H umbert, forme' simner
visor of the county, Is announced by
a friend this week for the office again.
Mr. Humbert was in the city the first
of the week on account of the death
of his father, -but he was not asked for
an authoritative slatement as to
whether or not he would run. It has
-been currently reported that lie was
seriously considering th-e race.
aat's Always
D come see the
where.
ESSES
This Week,
IPE DRESSES
to close out at
;0
OSAL
r'rimmed Hats
anted colors;
to close out at
IERCHANDISE
LACK SILKS
Messaline and
.0a yard, at
'ard
Iighly Mercerized
and brown
Pair -
e Slippers
heel oxfords;
Lp Pumpa
Pair
SHEETING
bleached
(ard
Ie, bleacheid
(ard
CLOTH
colors We are
as to e loose fromn.
Laurens, 8.C