Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LYON STILL AFTER 'EM. ATTOHM ) GEN KRAL IN NIW Bl RR1 i on w S|hmiI Morning In Consultation With Solicitor iintl <.i nii<I Jur> Tohl lo Merl l lil- Mtcrnoon?Indictment* In l?l?*| m-mi \ Case* I \|h?(?mI. c.dumida. June l?.?Attorney 0#? ?eral Ly??n ls in Newberry today and has been In mftfHfl all the morn? ing with Solicitor C 'o|?? r. The grand Jury was told to re - ass m hi* this af? ternoon. It is rumored several In? dictment* In the dispensary cases may Issue this afternoon. BOARD ol in uvra \<>i I - Now Is the Time lo Wage War on the Mosultoqc*. Now is the accepted time for tiV ?city health officer to do his very best ?work putting down oil and disinfec? tants In low places; drains, and open ditches, drains and branches have Heretofore moat of the low places. Idtches. drains and branches have been dry as a chip, but the present heavy rainfall has tided many places heretofore without water. And by the same token now is the accepted time for city council to fur? nish that horse and buggy to the health office-, which the city Board of Health unanimously recomemnded more than one month ago. No one can expect an officer to carry enough oil and disinfectants In his pocket to keep up the fight aaglnst mosqultos. The health officer should be properly equipped for his work. The Board of Health has done its duty; the health officer has done all that he can do. If the city Is raided by mosqultos without the sanitary official being properly equipped as has been asked for .the burden and the blame will rest, not upon the health officer; and anonymous communications to the newspapers criticising the health of? ficer will be out of order. Remember this. TMs week should be "cleaning up we " In order to make the entire clt> Jook bright and clean during Firemen's Week. The tournament starts next week. Lets ail get busv right away and then let us all be merry, next week. Put your grouches away "until after the ball." \ Reluctant Candidate. Punng i legal election la a G< man \ pen only one man appeared ai the nominal a n d-sk. "Whom do you nominate?" inquir? ed the official. "Myself." was the answer. "Do you accept the nomination?" "Well, no." The officer laughed and said: "Then we must try again. Whom do you nominate?" "Myself." "Tou accept the nomination?" "No." A subdued "Donnerwetter-" escap ?d* the lips of the perplexed official, >ut he went on: "Kor the third time, whom do you lomlnate?" "Myself," came the invariable re? ly. Do you accept the nomination?" The man rose up, and a smile of itlsfactlon spread over his face as r 9 answered proudly: "Having been three times solicited ' my fellow citizens to accept the ?mlnatlon. I can no longer decline aee#?de to their wishes." He then tired. The latest smuggler Is a Mlnneapo s millionaire, and it Is almost a sure et that he Is a standpatter.?Roches ?r Herald. President Taft may discover In due m? that those who contend that irty pledges ought to be redeemed e not necessarily Socialists.?Kan s City Star. \(T QTICKLY. mj Hi Been IMHSjretaeji ta Inner, >o the right thing nt tbe right time. ?ct quickly In tin- times of danger, tackache Is kidney danger, ?onn's Kidney Pllla act quickly, uro all distressing, dangerous kid Ills. lenty of evidence to pfOVt this, rs. Charles? Bfonrnlag, If] I fa? st Sumter. S. C, says: 'or some lime my kidneys who fggtSg and tho secretion from Tgans became unnatural. I ?i Bared from dull, nagging back? ?? and had distressing pains || h my hdns. My lo ad ached mtly. 1 could not rest well and morning I felt tired und lan Siie e using Dsgg'l Kehny Plllfl r-d at China's Drug Store, J be- n free from backache, am to r> st well und tho kidiuy St c is uiu regular in passage. The ches have gtBSSd and 1 fSSl b t ?very way. I give Douu's Kid ?ills tho credit ror tills ISSSSSVS? sale by all dealers. Price &0 ter-MUburn Co., Buffalo, i rk, solo agents fat ?ho L'nlted ??mber the name?Doan's?and .o other. No. -0. OIL I OK KOMIS. Kevin Donra wvar to Buch Extent m to Make Application ChcHpW Than Repair. Supervisor .1. s. Clafhorn has been putting a emds oll siid Mphaltum mixture dresalnfl on the surfacs ol the road from th?- town boundary to the depot as en experiment in eost< ami wearing qualities over tho old method of keeping the shell roads in repair by putting new shells in the S i!> places and ( rushing th?*m with a roller. The cost of the <>ii method is about $102 per mile for a two track width road, and it is claimed there is no doubt that the oil dress? ing, which lasts six months on heav? ily traveled roads, is more economi? cal than the continuous work neces? sary to keep shell roads in good ?hape in the old way. to say nothing of abating the dust nuisance. A number of Bay street merchants and property owners have been in? quiring into the cost of oiling the ?tree! In front of their placei of business, and the Gazette is now I able to give an approximate estimate of tho cost of such a dressing. The material put <>n the street, if tho town should furnish tho labor, would < <>st about $15 to a 300 foot block. | The supervisor says the cost of dress- 1 ing an equally wide road approxi? mated $17 i>or noo feet, Including labor. I Bay street with such a dressing1 would be a great deal less dusty in dry weather and much drier in wet' weather, would wear better and be ' much more satisfactory all round.? Beaufort Gasette. Mr. K. I. Manning was seen on his return from Clcmson. He stated that he had been there to at? tend the met ting of the Finance Com? mittee, and particularly in the mat? ter of insurance on the property, and that tliis matter would be acted on early in July; and that it was desired that those insurance agencies in South Carolina that were interested in this matter would communicate with him at Sumter, as the commit- j tee desired to have offers of the i lowest rates and best terms from the | different agencies. NOTICE. On Tuesday, the l?th day of July, 1910, the Supervisors of Registration >vill open their Books of Registration from I a. m. to 5 p. m. at Mayesville, B. C, for the purpose of Registering, transferring and renewing iost certifi? cates. T. D. DuBOSB, S. J. WHITE. W. B. DINKIN8. Roard Bup'v's Registration. 0-11-1 taw?5t Stock Now Selling at 60 cents per share EVERY day you are reading about that great California product, Oil. Do you know what it is ? Why. it is the greatest money-maker in the country today. It isn't too late to enjoy soi.ie of the profits to be derived from oil. Just read fur? ther and you will see how it can be done easily. A few days ago the following letter was received in Lot Angeles from a resident of the Middle Wist: Dear Nephew ; Friends of mine?some of whom you know \ery well before leaving for California as well as myself ha\e, re? cently become very much interested in the reports recently received from California regarding the great im? petus given to the oil business in your state. mainly due 1 understand through the discovery of new oil lands; consequently knowing that at one time you lived in one of the big California Oil Districts, Bakerstown, I think you called It?the place you said where the natives were so .fond of Crude oil that they spread it on their bread when shy on molasses? well, anyhow, you ought to know something about this great California oil business concerning which we read and hear so much, but as a matter very little of, so the "?e to write you and find igs. our earliest convenience ?vriu ai tully as you can and let us have some general 'facts, as for in? stance: Is it true, as a dispatch reads, "California produced during the past year 60,000,000 barrels of oil; how, why and for goodness sake, what did they do with such an im? mense quantity? The figures, I guess, must be right, because they are made up by the government. By the way, when answering and giving what general news you can will you give some specific informa? tion regardlnr what particular Cali? fornia Hehl you consider to be the best. We want the facts, because we are talking about clubbing together and making an Investment in Cali? fornia. You might also give us the right "dope," which I know will be O. K. because YOU wrote it and know WHY WE WANT IT. What kind of a company we should invest in? (live us the name of one which you consider offers the best opening now and why you think so; also tell us where they are. what they have, and what their prospects are; In fact, to shorten a long story, give us about ten reasons if you can, showing why in your opinion California oil is a good thing to get in on now. A box of cigars will signify that a satisfactory answer to this letter has been received by your Affectionate Uncle, Till: ANSWl.lt. Los Angeles. Cel., April 29, 1910. My dear Uncle: four "affectionate" epistle just re? ceived arid contents noted. Also duly noted the supreme Ignorance you ex? hibit regarding the great California I ?il Industry, which ignorance 1 re? gret to state is very prevalent and must be excused in your goodself be? cause from personal contact with some business people I know It exists right here in California to I certain extent. Now, Uncle, just make a note of this feet H it will by way of explanation help you out ? great deal when you have advanced further in my letter it is this Ignorance of the magnitude, the wonderful preaenl statue, and the outlook for the future, that mikes the oil business in Call? lornia the vert table gold mine it now 1 for the Stockholder. My tin- statement I me.in that the preaenl or exlal ng conditions whic h -how auch a tremendous difference between the price of landi In the great oil belts ol California and the nvt rage immense returns upon same after developments In other words. the great difference between cost of production and returns thereon, will continue to be a rich harvest for the investor just so long as you Middle West and Eastern people?you 4 per cent, or 5 per cent, per annum folk? remain in ignoranc e as to the actual c onditions, the safe and profitable op? portunity offered through an invest? ment in California oil; just so long as you are held in ignorance and fail to grasp the situation, just so long, and no Jonger. will the present favor? able condition for the investor exist. Uncle, does it appear right in these days of keen competition and small profits that land in an oil-hearing dis? trict can he purchased for a few hun? dred or a few thousand dollars per acre in view of the fact that a single well?and the average allotment in this state is about one well to the acre? has produced during the past month California oil to the net value of over one-half million dollars. You will say this is an exceptional? ly good well; granted, so it is. At present it is the largest producer in the great state of California, but rem? ember we have had the largest pro? ducer before and logically we will have it again because we have the oil. It has been there for ages, ac? cording to scientists, hut it is only recently that man's ingenuity has suc? ceeded in turning out the heavy dril? ling machinery and casing for the wells that were absolutely essential in order to go after the oil properly in California. The present big well may truth? fully be called an accident or drillers' well, because the men who owned the property decided that they had gone deep enough and ordered the work stopped, as they had already gone through a sufficiently large quantity of oil sand to make a good well, hut the drillers, the "men behind the gun," went about 40 feet deeper and struck the large body of sand which "brought In" the present large gush? er. We aiso have wells from which the oil is pumped, such as those operated in the Kern River field, which dis? trict has during the past ten years produced 1 should judge about 100 million barrels of California oil. Of course you must remember that I am now referring to the oldest large producing field in the state. Another field, which has been actively develop? ed much more recently and is pro? ducing a greate r quantity of oil from B much less number of wells, is the Coallnga held, which you will note on the map I am enclosing, is located northwest of the Kern River, which at present, in point <>f production, is the greatest producer of them all. In fact it is called the Wonderfleld. How? ever, i w in refer to Coallnga later. You must bear in mind, Uncle, that it is not at all necessary for a company to bring in or strike a big well in older to make a handsome return to the stockholder upon his investment. If the striking of a big well were necessary it would place the oil business on the same level as K'obl mining or any other kind "f mining that is In the chance or haz? ard class, but when you understand the subject fully you will agree with no- thai the r. turns to the Investor arc just as sure and regular to say nothing about being much better than arc tliose from your store. As a case in point to show what even the .mall walls can do for the stockholder I know of one company with weiis thai do not average 40 barrels of oil per day which tied up its produ i tor a term of years with a large oil distributing concern at the low price of twenty-two cents a bar? rel (say, Cncle, that is just like sell? ing coal at 56 cents per ton). How? ever, this company has seldom failed to pay a regular 2 per cent, per month dividend to its stockholders and make all necessary allowance, for mainten? ance and improvements, and mind you, the stockholders paid only 50c per share for this stock. Now you can do some figuring for yourself with th-> present price of oil netting over fifty cents per barrel and with good producing wells such as they have in the Coalinga field, what will be the return to the stockholders. Now, Uncle, up to the present I have endeavored to answer your letter in a general way, and also gave you my reasons for believing that an investment made NOW in California oil, is without exception the best and safest known today in the industrial or, to be more correct, in the mineral world, for oil you must know is classed as mineral. "Mining for Oil," is the oil operator's business, hut so sure is he of his returns upon his labor and investment, it is called an Industry, and it does actually com Ixine all the allurement and big profit making of mining with the sureness and safety of an industry. The oil business is also solid, it is in California; and an investment to be good must have behind it solidity, and that in more forms than one. Primarily it should show all the ear? marks of being a staying one. In? vest in a commodity and choose one that MUST BE USED; you cannot get along in your state without coal, can you? We have no coal in Cali? fornia. Nature, however, always gen? erous to this great state, has provid? ed us with something better than coal, and that is oil, which moves our trains and trolly cars, lights and heats our buildings, hoists the elevators, and to make a long story short/ fur? nishes our gas and cooks our meals; in fact, in California, in some form or another, we pay tribute to the product of our great oil industry every hour in the twenty-four. And yet this great industry with its prese nt development (and greater demand) of over sixty million barrels per year, is but an infant; we have but scratc hed the surface as yet, hut oh what a healthy child it is. what it has already developed into is known, what it will develop into, if comparison may be used as a criter? ion, is at present beyond human com? prehension. Now it is getting late, so I must get down to turkey and give as you request, the tic Id and company which most appeals to me, from the stand? point of an investor, and that brings me to the California National Crude Oil Company. Regarding the Wonder Field, as Coalinga is c alled. I say but very little; it would he unnecessary as T have al? ready Informed you that it is now and has been for about a year or more the Banner Oil Producing Dis? trict or Field of California which means of the world. I must, how? ever, go still further and inform you that: "Its monthly average production per well, according to authentic fig? ures furnished for last month, is con? siderably in excess of the average of all the producing wells in Kern Coun? ty?which is saying a good deal, as one of the fields so included would take in the immense product of the present big well from the time it was brought in and averaged at least 30, 000 barrels per day. Incidentally, I may mention that the Coalinga field is wonderfully well hooked up in so far as transportation facilities are concerned. For in ad? dition to the usual Tank Car Rail? road service (to which this hiref ref? erence is ample), it has connection through five great through or trunk pipe lines to tidewater. And now, Uncle, for your particular edification I must tell you why I choose the California Xational Crude Oil Company as the means or agent,A if you wish, through which I would make an investment in California oil. Because they are a big concern in? somuch as they have something big to offer the investor. To be able to secure an interest in, and "hook-up" with a reliable concern which has and absolutely controls thousands of acres of oil lands in the Coalinga Oil District, is an opportunity you can hardly afford to let go by the board, for when one considers what they have, and is further informed that the total capital stock of the concern which includes all their holdings is but five million shares at a par avlue of $1.00 each, I honestly know of no similar offer or any opportunity to make an investment that is so sound and attractive." Now, dear Uncle, you wrote me to give you about ten reasons showing why you should invest in the oil busi? ness, in return for which you promis , ed to send me a box of cigars. I found it too much of a task when writing on the subject to limit my? self to hut ten reasons. Now, there? fore, I will expect to receive about twelve boxes of cigars, as I have al? ready given you about one hundred and ten good reasons why you should invest now in California oil and The California Crude Oil Company. Yours, RUBE. Stock in the company referred to ab.,\e is selling at 60 cents per share. You have watched this stock advance from time to time until it has reach? ed a price of 50 per cent above what it was selling for four weeks ago. You will see it advance still higher inside of four weeks more. Why wait for a higher price? Mail your order to? day using the attached coupon. California National Crude Oil Co. BUMCBIPTTON BLANK I. W. HELLMAN BLIXJ., Los Angelea, Cal. Gentlenn n. Enclosed find-Dollars for which please issue me-Shares of the Treasury Stock of the above Corporation. Address_-_ California National Crude Oil Company I. W. HELLMAN BUILDING, Los Angeles, California.