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BACHMAN CHAPEL LETUR. The Scarcity of Labor and the Cause of This Scarcity-Other Matters of In terest-Personal. Slighs. March 17.-A consider able hail storm passed through this section 1a;t 'Monday morning at ahnut 4 o clock. MIrs. 1-1. R. Epps has returned rm ong Lane atter a seven weks' stay with her daughter. NIr. N. 1. Gallnan. who has been clerking in Columbia for the past -ew months is now at home. Mr. E. S. Franklin has bee-n con fined to his room ior the past two weeks with grip. but is now consid erably improved. if -ou have anv husiness with the county board of supervisors of registration you will rnd then in the court house 0!n eVerV first _Mon day except during a term of court. when the\ will be in the clerk of c.urt's ofice. The chain gang investigation is like many other things-it only shows up the worngs that have been perpetrated and does not find a way to right those wrongs. I predict that this investigation will turn out iust abou- like the sewerage inves tigation; everything will he smooth ed and polished over. Surely the courts will get ashamed of th.em selves after awhile. I claim that the chain gang system is now one of the biggest impositions on the county. If the county continues to sell negroes. I say lef's do away with the gang at once. What's the use to convict a negro of crime when there's a white man ready to buy him before the shackles are put on. I never before knew such a scar citv of hands throughout the coun try. ''he fact is the white people have made fools of what few ne groes are left. They are continual lv on a strike to see how much they can get for their labor. One came to me to hire last week. or at least pretended he wanted to hire, and I never did find out everything he did want. HFle said that-he was look ing around for convenience. I confessed thac I was poor and couldn't furnish quite all that he would need and he passed on to the next man. There has been a g.reat deal of talk in favor of im migration. but what's the use to advocate anything of this kind when we've got enough contrari .ness in the country to contend with now The kind of people that we can get to come here are the kind that other people don't want. Everybody that knows anything at all knows that there is always a de mand for good material in the country where it is. I suppose that this great immigration fever orig inated in the towns and I hope that when the towvns bring these people here they will keep them in the towns', where they have a police force to make them behave. It .would be a good idea this summer for those fellowvs who are wanting to go down to make lawvs for us. and telling us what they are going to do, to tell us if they are in favor of a repeal, of the immigration measure. The Sunday School at Bashman Chapel was reorganized last Sun day afternoon. The following offi cers were elected: Superintendent. B. M. D. Liv ingston. 4ecretary and Treasurer. 1. No Ian Epps. Teacher of Bible Class. T. J. Wilson; Class Xo. 2. G. S. Living ston: Class No. 3. Mrs. Carrie Quattlebaum: Class No. 4, Mrs. Jimmie Epps: Class No. 5. R. N. Taylor. I am glad to say that the high price of cotton has not caused the farmers. of this section to neglect the planting of corn. About the usual amount of corn will be plant ed, with no increase in the acreage of cottor. T. J. WV. Thle Women Carry Their Half of The Load. The Japanese woman is not al lowved to hold property, but she is admitted to full equality with men when any hard work is to be done. Wherever you go, in cities, vil lages, or farming communities, you find the wife and mother working side by side with the husband and sons, plowing, planting, and reap ing, and at sunset taking home a portion of the harvest in a big bas ket on her back. Whenever you see a man between a pair of tiny haft tuggin to haul a heav ily loaded cart up hill. there always is a woman pushing from behind. and she is bare-headed. bare-footed -except for a pair of stray sandals -and wearing a pair of blne cotton 'egging like tight, extending from her wvaist to her ankle-. Sometimes the hab i, playng with a few rudT vk (?I t0P if the load. Some. tvie he is strap to her should ers. ;1d his he-ad drop . fr,i wn Side Its the shrwith, :ery -mot;on" <Il, ai ten. h tlk.wo chI-f Cx p"rtsI OfJp. are rai.-.ised al-mozt eitirel by the labir t womn. ! the- m-:mica arts she piarticip)ate-s eoually in thet labor. althogh sihe g little 'r nore of the credit. 11cr deft fingers fashion many or tle choice .t pi-ces of lace and oth 'Bakin AbSOLUT There is a quc cake and biscuit b, Powder which F This peculiarity of noted by physician ingly endorse and : Royal Baking I baking by the best ROYAL BAKNG POW We D( To remind our friends that w be bought. Lo6se Buckwheat. Figs. Dates. Grated Mince M DAVENPORT I FicrE 110. STOP AN W anted purcha'.ers at our store fo date furniture and house fu city. Room suits: Beds. D)ressers. ware, Crockery. Glassware, Lamp inches. Don't fail to see our stoc e a ther pillows. We will sell you in Newberry SHELLEY, DE4 Newberry Hardware C HUDGENS BROS., Foundry andI CANEj MILLS, ANVILS, S SHINGLE MILLS, C0TT( GRATE BARS, BRIDGE W @ @ *ENGINE COTTON M ILL CASE We carry a complete 11 Iplies-both who Mail orders receive H UDGENS -BROS.. er ine wares. She weaves mats and other articles of straw. she braids hamboo baskets and a thous and and one other articles that are ma11de Iro-. that useful tree. She oes with her hushand in fishing h,zats. and dries and salts the catch he brings home. She assists in hu.ebuiling, cabinet-makin(g. and in ;ius Other ,ccupationls which. i weSten co.untries. are iot con i ,itabie to her sex. She <es ah'ost e-erything men do (i::iie aelI and as raiU<ly as they. p ih:uh her wages are ,nly a lit ti mr th:m half of~ theirs. She alwy is present in shops and stits. uially as bookkeeper and CShier. SoIe of the largest stores are mana'ed by wolien anld a few are 1wned 1 tlem.-The YOung Lutheran. al .Powder ELY PURE Llity added to the r the Royal Baking romotes digestion. " Royal" has been s, and they accord ecommend it. >owder is used in people everywhere. DER CO., NEW YORK. .sire L carry the very best flour can Raisins. Nu Coco:anuts. Cranberries & CAVENAUGH Main Street. ~D R EAD. the cheapest line of new and up-Lo rnishing goods ever opened in this stores, pipe and all kinds of stove s. Window glass from 8x10 to 36 k of wall paper, feather beds and these goods cheaper than any one KN & SUMMER >'s. Old Stand. Main St. LAURENS, S. C. iachine Shops, ~URERS OF.m-.. TOVE PARTS, DERRICKS, N PRESSES, ANDIRONS, ASHERS, SASH WEIGHTS, REPAIRS.? @ @ @ @? INGS A SPECIA LTY. ne of fittings and sup lesale and retail. a prompt attention. .LAURENS. S. C. THE LOUD TALKER SAYS sIY E1&TK STAKE U1S THE NEW KIND OF Cl"IEW THAT WON ENOUGH CHEWERS IN A YEAR TO MAKE SWEEP-STAKES THE LARGEST COMPETITIVE BRAND OF SCHNAPPS TOBACCO. HAVE YOU GOT A KEY? Do You Need A Pair of Shoes? IF SO APPLY TO O..KLETTNER. Do You Want an Incubator and Brooder, Both for $2.50? If so send us $2.00 and we will send you by registered mail our Book of Plans and Diagrams by which any one who can use a saw and ham mer can make them both. It will cost you just 30 cts. to make the In cubator and 20 cts. to make the Rrooder. We have sold these plans to thousands and have never had a word of complaint. One man has already hatched out 2,192 chickens this season. Last 'year a lady hatched out 2,338 and raised 2,292 of them. A ten-year old boy's mother gave him four pullets. He bought our plans and raised 196 chickens from the four. Any one can make them. A lady made six and raised over 500 chickens. Remember, Your Money Back if Yoju Are Not Entirely Satisfied. Tlo every one who orders within ten days we will give $1.6o's v orth of our fine Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs and Book of Plans all for $r.oo. Address mail;:d no edsapMorris, Grundy Co,, Southern Agency, Columbia, S. C. Cigars, Smoking Tobacco, Chewing Tobacco, The Best Brands May be Found at * ....ALsoB.. 'A Full Line of STATIONERY, Beautiful and Up-to-Date.