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THE ADVERTISER Subscription Price-12 Months, $1.60 Payable in Advance. 1). W. HA Mi, Editor. BttM tor AdreH Ising. Ordinary Ad TertlsoniHiits, nor square, onn inser tion , $1 .00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents Liberal reduction made for largo Advertisements. W. w. ?Ai.r., Proorletor. LAURENH. S. C, JAN. 0, 1001. Our Solans. Tb< General Assembly convened yes terday at noon and the members are chosen because they are supposed to know (be needs of the people of the State and what legislation is wanted to socuro those needs. The body consists of 40 Senators and 124 members of tbe Lower Mouse. With fifty oftlcials, tire, light and (water), they will cost the State $1,om) pi r day. Laurens sends down two farmers and two lawyers and we are satisfied that they Will not let the t: ass grow under their feet, but go diligently to work. There Should I ?? adjournment in thirty dms The oleetions should ho gotten olT hands promptly, as little can be done until that sort of thing is out of the way. As TlIK \OVEttTlSER has hitherto suggest'd there is nothing of grave consequeuoe to call for elaborate debate. The bost time to do the work efficiently is at the hegining of the ses sion, avoiding busty and crude legisla tion li tin- closing days. Make baste slowly by beginning early I* a safe rule. Legislation Is not difficult if the Legis lator has a clear cut idea of what he wants and that which ho understands clearly ho can make as clear as crystal to others in a few sentences. Members, fortunately,soon tiro of tho long-winded lloor bolder. ? * A President to ho Elected. On next Monday I'residential o'eetors will at noon at Columbia, organize and cast tho vole of the State for President and Vice Prosldon*. For this State the following compose tbe F.lectoral Hoard: It. D. Leo, B. II. Moss, M. W. Sim mons, Colo L Bleaso, W. McB. Sloan, Wi P. Pollock, M. S. Cantey, I). H. Behre. They get the pay and mileage of members of the Legislature. Four copies of the vote is made and sent to various officials and a special messen ger carries a copy to Washington and puts It iu the hands of the President of the Senate taking his receipt for the same. Ho gets big pay as a courier and the plum is much sought after. Our Electors will vote for Bryan and Adlst Stevenson. The votes are opened in February, in the pros nee of Congress, the choice declared, and the elect in augurated March 4th There is no in stMiiee of an elector failing to vote for his party candidate. * * A new silken gown is making for Lieut. Governor Tillman, ho being, like Saul of old, too big for the MoSweeney robe. ATT F. NTI0N1 A TTENTI0N1I Teachers and Scholars of Lanrens County. Wishing to save you money, as well as to supply you with tho latest books, we have put in stock Johnson's Head ers, Loo's Histories, Ginu's Arithme tics and Prey's Geographies. Glad to havo you call. Palmetto Drug Co. Notice to Pensioners. All applicants for pensions are notified t<? call at the office of John M. Lludgons, Friday and Satur day, January lllh and 12th, 1901, i?-> m i tq.> necessary blanks, These blanks nr.' Ihon to bo filled by Ihe applicants nnd by Hum brought before tho County Pension Board, which moots a? Lnurons Court House on tho following days for the respective Townships, to wit: Youngs, Hcufflletown und Hunter on Monday. January 21*t; Diah ami Jacks on Tuesday, January 22nd; Cross 'ill und Sullivan on Wednesday, 23rd of January; W? - torloo on Thursday, 24'h of Jan uary; Laureus on Friday, 25th of January. Jno. m. Hudgens, Chairman County Board. RHEUMATISM ? CATARRH, ARE lii.ooi) DISEASES?CURE FREE. It is the deep-seatod obstinate eases of Catarrah or Rheumatism that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Halm) cures. If doc tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers havo failed B. B. B. drains out the speclic poison in tho blood that causes Rheumatism or Ca tarrh, making a perfect euro If you have pains or aches in bones, joint*, or back, swollen glands, tainted breath, noises in the head, discbarges of mueuous, ulceratlon of the membranes, blood th'n, get easily tired, a treatment with B. B. H. will stop every symptom by making the blood puro and rich Druggists 41.00. Trial troatmont froo by addressing BLOOD BALM Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and froo medical advice given. Real Estate. Houses and Lots and Farms for sale Tonants placed and Rents Collected. Terms reasonable. KENNEDY & G0QGAN3, Real Kd a to Agents, Siuth side Publ'o Square Laurens, S. C, Jan. 3, 1001?(im. NOTICE, NOTICE! All persons wanting the Coroner are requested to notifv 'Phono 80, Clinton. S. C W. I) Watts, Coroner. Notice to The Dear People! One car of Fine white, Btrong, Li mo. Ono car of No. 1 and 2 Shingles, havo to day arrived and roady for salo. ('all to see and get what you need and commence the New Year with the best of building material. Respectfully, n. Pi, GRAY. A NEW LAW FIRM. Tho undersigned luve this day en tered into a partnership for tho practice of law in the Courts of tb Is State, under the name sf Simpson &. Cooper and will promptly attend to all business en trusted to them. H. Y. SlMt'nON, U A. C'OOPKR. JACKSONVILLE PEOPLE Of the Year '2000 Talk of Old Times and '201 Ii Century Progress. In tho twentieth century edition of The Jacksonville Times-Union and Citizen appeared an imaginative arti cle pictuing lifo in Jacksonville in tho year 2 KJO, written by Mr. \V. \V. Hall. We reproduce the article for our read t'i-f: Tltft world is getting old, and so am I," observed young John Smith, and added; "On the tirst day of January, three months hence, I shall enter rny twenty-first year, and the Christian era its twenty first century . "Yes," said his ninetoen-ycar-obl sis ter, "you both show your age, too " '*] fancy that's so Carry. One lives so fast in those e'osing days of the century that ono is old in reality at twenty ?one." ' Hot," interposed Grandmother Brown, "in tny early days, a person of eighty was venerable. I was born in lb2o, but modern medical science gives mo the hope of at least twenty years more of activity. Why, children, when I was your ago old people would have rldicu'ed the notion of an eighty-year old dame dr'.ving a ?andern team of ostriches from' H< gan and Hay Streets -t venteen miles down the boulevard to 1 'ablo 1 Ma/.a." "Now, Cranny,don't you get reminis cent," pouted the girl. "Y'os, Orunny, go on, I'll listen,"said the * oy, "1 like to hear stories o' our semi-burl arous ancestors." "Shame on you, John," rep'if d tho eld lady, "your ancestors were dis tinguished people. My father, sir, was a leu tenant in tho war with Spain.? Moreover, ho w08 an intimate friend of General Andrew Jackson and General Roosevelt, as well as Chief Hilly How logs. UARUABOUS TOBACCO HABIT. "That may bo true, grandma, but I have been told that the old savage actual y chewed tobacco" suggested (any. ' Hut, say, grandma, I got mixed upon American history: I wish , wo could forgot it all and begin over. Now, I can't help confusing theso '*? asblngtous, for instance . Was it Hooker Washington, or Georgo Wash | ington, who was called the 'Father of His Country?' "?Voll, ?'OU are an ignoramus, little girl. Hooker Washington was a colored man, 1 think. George Washington was President of the United States when tho country was at war with Kngland just before the war between the Mates." "Grandma, sa'd John, "how big was Jacksonville when you first remember it?" "Why, son, it was a little village of not more than 200,000 people in tho thirt'es. When your grandfather was a young man the Federal building stood on the corner of Forsyth and llogan strocts. so I have heard him say, and one little house was sutlicient for postohice. customhouse, revenue oflices and courthouse. Whon, in 15)47, air ni vag djlon began to get common, tho city grow tremendously. You can see that the climate is the only tiling that husnt' changed in tho past onejhundred years, and as soon as it became practica ble for a Mihvaukee man, for i> stance, to tlop down bore in half an hour, Jack sonville's population doubled in a de cade. In mi childhood, New Y'ork was still far and away larger than either San Francisco or Jacksonville, and it has only been in tho last twenty years that the threedties have boon of about the same si/.o. To tell you tho truth, Jacksonville has grown beyond any body's wildest dreams. Why,even when I was a girl, whero wo are now was a distant suburb and seasido resort, and now it is in tho heart of tho residence section of the city. I can romember whon a locality about a mile from the Clyde wharves was kDown as Fast Jacksonville, and was looked upon as surburban, and in Ihoso days what is now Baldwin Squaro was a country vil lage." PACE THAT JACKSONVILLE BET. ?' \N ell," said John, "it is not strange after air navigation became cheap and common that Jacksonville outstripped other neighboring cities. As you just said, Granny, the climate hasn't changed. Jacksenvllle was the first big town in the South to got promi nence as a winter resort, and, when tho time came that one could come here from Chicago In forty minutes it was natura that new residents should flock hero by tens of thninands. There had lo be one great city on this part of the continent, and Jacksonville had the combination of all tho advantages'' "It must have beon horrible to live In Jacksonville a hundred yoars ago," observed Miss Carry. "Now, The Times-Union and Citizen reproduced this morning some matter published in papers of November and D eember, 1000, and it is awful to cont'-mplato the crimes, the murders, robberies and lighting that was done in those times. I don't see how ono dared to go on the streets " "J3y the way," said John, "I see the Times-Union and Citizen reports a murder in North Carolina yesterday. How did it happen? I haven't heard of one before in tho United States in a year." "Why," replied Carry, tho explana tion of this morning's London papor is that the crlmlnalomotor noedod dusting,and had a bit of dirt in it when It was applied to the man, and ho was released. It is a curious story. It seems that when he arrived in Richmond last year It was suspected that ho was mor ally diseased. He was subjected to tho instrument, and it failed to dlscloso that he had criminal tendencies. The examiners were doubtful, but the in strument had never failed in accuracy, and so they discharged him Instead of sending him to tho colony of surveil lance in tho Philippines. Now it ap pears that the man did have predilec tions for crime, and yostorday tho in strument was examined, and the spock of dirt was found." PRIOHTF0L FOR THK POLICE. "Well, it is a great pity that thoro wore no crimlnalometors in Jackson ville a hundred years ago. It must have been frightful for the pollco not to be i. ble to detect a criminal until af tor the orlmo had been perpetrated.? But I must go now." "Arn you going to Berlin, to-night, John?" "Yes, but I shall bo home to-morrow evening for tho Jonos party." ' Goodby, hope you'll have a nico trip, but I don't envy you a two-hours journey ovor water. I dotest traveling when there's no scenery but wator." "I guess I'll take the tube to tho air wharf,"' John said, and strecbed him self in the cartridge-like case, which projected from a holo in ono of tho walls in tho room, and, pressing a but ton, disappeared. *Tn my young days, Carry, it would havo taken at least five minutes to go that ton miles by automobile," grand mothor remarked. "Gracious, Granny! How could you stand it? What was an automobile like anyhow?" "It waB a self-propelling buggy, that was all. It didn't koep its vogue through moro than thirty years. It was nico enough in its way, nut noth ing that went on wheels could enduro against winged vehicles. "Grandma, did you ever rldo on a steam-ship?" STEAMSHIPS ah RELICS. "Certainly. It has not been long since thoy were abondoned for passen enger.<. I think they will bo aban doned for freight trafilc In ten years.It looks that way now." "And just when we havo got fifty feet of water from the wharvos and aoross the bar, too," said tho girl, sadly. A slight thumping sound was heard on the wall, aud the young lady pulled back tho sliding door Tho tubo cace raised itself to upright and Lucy Davis Stepped on the carpi t. After they had duly and enthusiastically kissed Carry Inquired: ' How are things in Baltimore?" "Oil, it was snowing when I li ft this morning. The captain of our airship Baid ho counted 200 airships comlug South. I heard that 100 acres of hotel room space was engaged by tourists hero )a-t night. There's going to bo a crus'-, as usual, in Jacksonville. Hut come. I want you to Bee my now team. You know, lather has k'vou in?* a now ostrich four-in-hand, and they uro waiting at the door I'm going to take you for a drive In Panama Park." "Lucyi you are the sweetest thlngl" "Now arcnt't they beauties?" Lucy said when they reached the entrance to the street, Papa says that they are all thoroughbreds and come from the original Oliver W. strain." "Lucy, isn't it strange that hoiso9 wore ever used fo- anything but pleas ure?" "Were they?" CURIOUS ANIMALS. "Oh, yes: grandma remembers wbou they had them to haul freight with, right hero In Jacksonville. Wasn't that hard on the poor things? And grandma says they had mule.-!" "What, those long-cured things we saw in tho circus parade along w'th the giraffes?" "Yes. Grandma says they were splendid things to plow with. Sho says they made ulce pot*, too, though they wero mostly colored pets, in tho coun try. " "Thoio wore funny times, sure, Carry!" " l ney must havo been." There was a live minute's silence as the birds How along with the light drag. "Carry?" "Yes, Lucy." "If I toll you something will you never, never, any time, tell anybody?" "Why, of course not, dear. ' "Declare you won't." "I declare." "Then," slid Lucy, bending close to Carry's ear, I'm engaged 1" Carry fell almost from tho buggy, but caught herself. "Goodness me, who to?" "Willie Ilohonzollorn, tho dearest, sweoto9t thing you must meet him." "Willie Uohonzollern! 1 never ho:u-d of him." A NICK, SWEET HOY. "You nevor? Well, that's because you havon't been out in s ctety this winter. Why, he's the sweetest, dear est thing, and ho has such a nice posi tion as head clerk at tho Jackso.iville Bonibsy-as-the-Crow-KUcs Line offices. He's a tiarllng, und besides,comes from one of the nicest families in Jackson ville. Why, his preat-grand-father was an emperor somowhero in Asia in old times when they had emrorors. And,Oh, Carry Alexis Romanoff Is to bo his liest man, and ho is such a nice young fel low too. Ills great-grand-father owned some mlnos in Siberia, and both of them are members of the Society of 8ons of Emperors." "And, Lucy, am I to bo a brides maid?" "Why, of course dearie, you and Mol Li Lung and Papoosa Creeka and two or three other girls that I haven't chosen yet. I want id Mol and Papoosa because their families are as old as Willie's. Mol is going to lend me a brouch that belonged to ono of l.er fa ther's aunts in Pokin, an old lady named Tse \n, who, thoy say, was an awful creature and gossiped terribly In her day about the missionaries. And Papooea's ancestors wero connected with the Powhatan8 and OBS.vwatom ies." "Are you going to marry in tho church, Lucy?" "Yes, dear, I ihink we shall, in the building at 2332d Avenue. By tho way, Carry, did yon ever read that they used to have different sort of Christians? Willie fays his father told him they did and they called them 'denomina tions.' It seems so queer now." 4 Indeed, it does." wreckkd in midair. "Say, that was a dreadful tlrng about that air-hip being wrecked on its way from Mars last night, wasn't It?" "What was it, Lucy?" "Why, the Times-Union and Cui.in said that it was a party of Jacksonville peoplp who tried to come back from Mars You see, Ca ry, while ships can go safely from here to Mare In three weeks, none of them have succeeded :n getting through the earth's utmos phero on the return trip. The ships always catch lire, or the passengers freeze, or something happens The messago was flashed down two nights ago that the ship had started all right, but it seems that those poor barbarians on that planet havo no well-equipped docks for the air-ships, and something is always wrong whon tho ships ttart back." "Lucy, do you believe that story about old people getting younger when thoy go to Mars?" "Why, of course it's true. Willie and I are going down to Augustine Park to see an nlr-traln-load of old folk. start up there to-morrow. Hut It's tor ribly sail. These poor old folks know that thoy can nevor como back, and I'd rather dio bore on earth, among my friends, than gu up there, even if It would give mo thirty or forty years longer. AN ANCIENT FABLE. '?Well, Lucy, I believe it's all a fake. It sounds to mo just liko that novol that came out the other day, founded on a fable about a Mongolian named l'on Tha Da Lon. I don't swallow a word of It. It's only boon two years 6lnco anybody landed in Mars alive. As Shakespoaro says, 'The American poo plo lovo to bo gulled,' and they always will." "At any rate,wo shan't dispute about It, Carry. It won't be long boforo peo ple can get back from Mars safe, any how, I gtio.'B. In this ago of Inven tion wonderful changes take place. Say, did you see that joke tho Times Union and Citizen reproduced from it* old t wentieth century edition?'' "What was it?" "I am sure I couldn't see tho point. It seems that a man ii9ked his friend ? rotnember, this was 100 years ago?if ho could como bnek in tho year 20(H), how would ho fe 1 with all the eh tnges that would come ahmt by this time? And his friend said:" Why, I goes I'd like a Chinaman when he comes to Jacksonville for tho first time now." "Why, Carry, that's plain onough. Don't you know the Chinese wero Ig norant and unclvizod in thoao days?" "No; I thought thoy were all artists, and tho tinest artists in clothos polish ing in tho world." LAUNDERING A FINE AKT. "Yesjthat's so. But -ah! maybe laun dering wasn't considered a lino art in those times." "Woll, I guoss It wasn't." "Won't you spend tho night, with me. buoy?'' askod Carry as the os triclioa stopped at the door of .tho bit tor'a homo again. "No, thank you. I'am going to take tea with Ihe Joneses, at Tampa, and I havo an engagemont to go with Will'.e to the Greens reception, at Key Wost, so I'll iust loavo tho team hero and go on the local Atmospheric." "Good night Lucy. 1 have had a de lightful rido. I novor had boon on One Hundred and Nlnoty-Sevonth Stroot be fore, or, Indeod, In any of that part of tho city more than eleven miles from hore." "Good night, dearest." "Good night, my love to Willie, and brine him to seo me right away!" A groom appoarod and took the birds, the sound of a alight concussion was heard as tho two girls faces mot, and Lucy slid up tho tubo to the Mid Air-Terminal Station. Catarrh Cannot he Cured With local applications, as they can not reach tho seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood Of constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you mist lake internal rt medics. Hall's Ci tarrh Cure is taken internally, ai d acts directly on the blood and muCOUS S ir facrs Hall's Catarrh Curo Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this coun try for years, and is a regular pro scription. It is oomposod of the best tonics known, combined with lue bist blood purifiers, acting diroet'y on tho rauc im surfaces. The perfect com bination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results it curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. P. .1. CHENEY & CO., Crops., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price "."> cents. Hall's Family Pills are the b ?-?. STATEMENT OF THE COMMTIION -(OF THE)? People's Loan and Exchange Bank Of I,aureus, In the State of South Car olina, at the Close of Business, December ?1st, 1000. IlKSOURCES. Loans and Discounts, Overdrafts, Stocks and Bonds, Due from Hanks, Real Estate, F. and F., Expenses pa d, Revenue stamps, Cash and cash items, Total, liabilities. Capital Stock, 910o.noo.on Surplus, 20,1)110.0(1 Deposits, 12?,540.2r Dividends Unpaid, 057.00 Due Hanks, 1(30.90 Reserved for taxes, 1,320.00 Undivided Profits, 50,321 10 Hills Fayable, 10,000.00 Total, *3is 7h .ii>.? STATIC ok SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Laukkns. Personally appeared before mo, .1. W. Todd, who boing duly Bworn says: That he is Cashier of the above named Hank and that the foregoing statement is true to tho best of bis knowedgo and belief. .1. W. todd, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of Jan. 1901. C. w. tunk, N. p. S. C Attest: ,1. O. C. Fleming, 1 W. H. Martin, > Directors. W. L. Gray, ) Did it Ever Occur to YOU how easily a mistake could he made? There fore to keep you from making a mistake, bring us your prescription. We use the Purest Drugs and Chemicals, filling it as written by the Docter. with our prices you can lind no fault. Dear Docter :?Remember we can save you money if you will give us a trial. Palmetto Drug Co. Tho Entering Wedge To your consideration is gen erally the coat, though cost, should always bo relative to value to bo a fair test. Tho 1 timber wr> soil may not, always he the cheapest in ju ice, but it's always cheapest in the long run, because we give tho beet value. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro perly sawed and planed, you'll find it "matches" woll, and will ho a lifo-long sourco of satisfac tion, R.H.Hudgens& Son. HALL, SIMKINH & It A LL, Attorneys lit LllW, Laurknh, South Carolina. We practice in all State and United States Courts. Special attention given nolleotlon*. Sevoral town lots for salo. Salos of lots on montlily Installments nego tiated. w. w. Ball. Dr. llolfe E. Hughes, ?ronicein Dial Hlock over Pal metto Drug Storo. Specially proparod for Examin ing and Treating diseases of Bye, Ear, Throat and Noso. Moal?al riah. Many fish can produce musical Rounds. The trlglo can produce long drawn notes ranging over uearly uu octave, others, notably two species of ophldutn. have sound producing appa ratus, consisting of small movable bones, wblcb can be made to produce a sharp rattle. The curious "drum ming"' made by the species called um brivas can be beard from a depth of 20 fathoms. To Hide it. Hewitt ?What arc you raising whis kers for? Jewelt Well, 1 don't mind telling you that l am wearing a necktie my wife gave me. Harper's Bazar. We are all Inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a privat?1 chart of which there Is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension wait ing to be struck. The Dnnynn Tree. In tho frultiug season tho banyan tree Is an arbor for the feathered orea tlou, and a rude temple Is often set up under or close to Us shade, at which the waylarer stops to c< ok a meal more frequently than to offer a pruyer. These sacred trees, with their grateful shade, are common In every part of Iudia, and are couliued to the tropical zone. As timber they aro of no value, but gumlao is obtained from their Juice, and the bark is used by tho Hin doos medicinally. For Sale Real Estate in and Near the City of Laurens. House and one-naif Aero lot on Main Street, one-half mile from public square House has seven rooms. House and Fifty Acres, on Main Street, one mile from public square. House has seven rooms, Will sell as a whole or in lots. < >n t ? is property there are six lots of about two acres each, fronting on Mu'n Street, ranging in price from $150.00 to $500.00 Cottage and one-half Acre; lot, and ton ono-half Acre vacant lots on Fast Main and Hohnos Streets, and C. N. & 1j. Ii. H, near Cotton Mills. Small lot on Main Street, West of and adjoining Chlldress' stables. One Hundred and Sixty Acres with front on Main Street one mile from square. Ono Hundred and Sixty-six Acres on Greenville road partly within City limits. Four Hundred Acres at Lisbon, Lau rons County, set in bermuda grass and will make a line Stock Farm. SIMPSON .v COOPER, Attorneys at Law, Laurens. S. <', Assessor's Notice! 'I be Auditor's Olllce will be open from the l-t day of January to the 20th day of Febrnry [001, to receive rc turnsof Forsonal property for taxation in.I.aureus ('onnty. For the convenience of taxpayers, tho Auditor wiil attend tho following named plaoes to receive return: for said year, to wit: Jacks Township, Dr. V, M. Sctzler's, .January 7, from In a. in. to 2 p. in. Jacks Township, Kenne, January S, from 10 it m io 2 p? in. Hunter Township, Clinton, January 0, from 10 a. in. to 2 p. in. tluntor Township. Ilesidenco of Duck Young, January 10, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Cross Hill Township, spring Grove, January M, from 10 a. in to 2 p. m. Cross .Hill Township Cross Hill, January 12, from 10 a. m. to 2p in. Waterloo rownship, Waterloo, Jan uary 14, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. in. Waterloo Township, Ekom, January 15, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. in. Waterloo Township, Mt. Gallagher, January 10, from 10 a m. to 2 p. m. Sullivan Township, Hreworton, Jan uary I", from io it. m. to 2. p. m. Sullivan Township, Princeton, Jan nary 18, from !> a. in. to 12 in. Sullivan Township/fumbling shoals, January Is, from 1 p in. to I p. m. Dial Township, Abner Babb's, Jan uary 10, from 0 a. in. to 12 m, Dial Township, l). d. Harris,' Jan uary 21, from 10 a. m. to I p. in. Dial Township, V. A. White's, Jan uary 22, from 10 h. m. to 2 p. in. Young'.-. Township, Cook's Store, January 23, from 10 a. m to 2 p. m. Young's Township, Young's Store, January 21, from 10 a. in. to 2 p. m. Young's Township, Pleasant Mound, January 20, from 0 a. in. to 12 m. Young's 'Township. I.anford Station, J anuary 20, from 2 to I p. m, 3cofllotown 'Township, Tylersvillo, January 20, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. 111. It will save much time to taxpayer-;, also greatly facilitate the work of tho Assessor, if every person before leav ing home will make out a complete 11 fit of every item of personal property In tho following order: Horses, oattlo, in des, sheep and goats, hogs, watches, organs and pianos, buggies, wagons and carriages, dogs, merohandll 10, ma - chinery and engines, moneys, noli s a d accounts abov > indebtedness, ami all oilier properly including lion ; hold. It i- always required that the An ii torget the (1 ret given name of the t'i\ payer in full. Under the head of plaoo of rosidt ico on tix return, rive the township. All male Citizens between the, ages Of twtnty-ono and sixty years. 0:1 the l^l of January, except those, who :. ... in.-a ible of OUTnilig a support from bt in^ maimed, or from other can ftr ? in clued taxable polls (Confederate vcti ra us excepted. And all tax-payers aro required to giyc tho number of their school dis trict. After tho 20th day of Pchrunry next fifty percent, penalty will he attached for failures to make returns. In evory community there are per rons who cannot, rend or that do not. take a newspaper. 'Those more fortu nate may do such persons a great favor by telling them ol the time to make returns or by returning for them. The a88088ing and collecting taxes Is done in the same year, and we have to Aggregate the number and value of all horses, mulos, cattle and other pieces of personal prop rly, as w oil as the acre , of land, lots and buildings iui . their value that there are in this county, and have the same Oil lile in tho Comptroller Gonoral's office by t he .{nib of June of each year, and from that timo to tho llrsfc day of October the Auditor's and Treasurer's dupli cate have, to he completed and an ab stract of the work In t he Comptroller General's ofllco by that time, which will BllOW at a glance that the Auditor has no lime to take retai ns, or Any thing olso much, betwoon tho 1st day of October, but werken the books and the blanks. We hope, therefore, that all taxpayers will make their returns in time. W. L. FERGUSON, Auditor. Dec. nth, ItHW.?tf. AN ORDINANCE -TO Raise Supplies BY TAXATION FOR THE CITY OF LAURENS, FOR THE FIS CAL YEAR COMM ISNCINCI JAN UARY I, 1901. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CODNCIL o. LAURENS? Si e. L That a Tax of Fifty Cents on ovory one hundred dollars' worth of tho assessed value of all property, rea' and personal, not exempt by law from taxa tion, situate within the limits of the City of Laurens be, and tho 8amo is hereby levied, for corporate purposes to defray tbe tho current expenses of said City for the fiscal year commencing Jan liary 1st, 1901, and to meet such other indebtedness as has teen contracted by naid City for corporate purposes. That an additional tax of th'rty cent on every ono hundred dollars' worth of the assessed value of alt prop erty, real ami personal, not exempt by law from taxation, situate within tin limits of tho City of Laurens bo, and tbe same ia hereby levied to meet the interest to become due upon tbe Thirty Tll0U8and Dollars of Bonds issued April l-t, I s?.)7, for the purpose of meeting tbe cost of building and equipping tbe \Va ter Works and Electric Light Plants for said City, and to pay at least one-for tieth part of tho entire bonded debt for a sinking fund in aid of the retirement and payment of said bonds. That the City Clerk s'rull enter said levies and assessmen* ? up >n the books ?,f naid City, and t" receive the said 'axes. And that ih ? said Taxe heroin levied, shall bo paid to tho City Clerk of said CiL, in lawful money of the United States, on or before the 1st day of March, 1901, rn 1 nny person fail ing to pay said taxes l>y said date shall be liable to the penally now provided by law for the failur< t a the gener al State tax . Done and r.vtilied by the City Conor i ^ ^.i n( Laurens, of the city of Lau SKAi. ?>? tens, at tin city of Laurens / ?~~<?) and the corporate seal of sail City l.t reto affixed ibis the 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord One Thousand and Nine Hundred and in the one hundred and twenty lifth year of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America. W. R. RICHEY, Mavor. L. G Doc. Bali.e 20. 1900 Clerk. -St. C, IM. & L. R. R. Ua senger Schedule in effect November ?_'5, 1900. Subject to change without notice. East ern Standard Time. RR tU DOWN. RBAO UP. Leave. Arrive. Atlanta, (S.A.L.) 7 45 a in. Athens, 10 11 Klhcrtnn, 11 10 Abbeville, 12 23 pm (Irconwood, 12 48 p m Ar Clinton, din'r, 1 35 p in C. & W. C. Leave. 10 00 a m 11.45 12 01 12 62 p m s oo p m T> 28 ?l IS :i 15 2 48 2 00 (Bonn Springs, Spartanbnrg, < ireenville, Waterloo 11.Spring Ar Laurens dinner Laurens, Parks, Clinton, i ioldvillo, Kinnrds, Gary, Jalaps, Newbei tv , Prosperity, Sligbs, Little Mountain, Chapin, Hilton, White Rock, Balentine, I rmo, I .eaphart, Ar. Columbia, Laurens, I 'arks, Clinton, Goldville, Kinards, Gary, Jalaps, Newberry, Prosperity, Littlo Mountain, Chapin, ilton, White Rock, Balentine, [rmo, I.eaphart, ('olnmbia, Arrive. 4 00 p m. :i Hi 3 00 2 00 1 10 p. Lv 1 38 No. ;>;{. No. 52, Leave. Arrive, l 36 p m 1 35 a m 1 II 1 27 1 55 2 05 2 12 2 17 ? > oo 2 ?7 2 r>2 3 02 3 00 :; mi :5 25 :$ 29 3 34 :\ i:i :; 49 i 06 Lv No. 22. Leave. 1 30 a m 7 10 0 00 9 25 9 40 it 50 Hi (HI 10 .">0 1! 20 12 25 1 00 I 10 1 so 2 00 2 <ir> :; 00 \\ 25 . 0. L. Leave. ?I 16 5 25 8 30 1 Hi 1 02 12 55 12 -is 12 43 12 ?0 12 17 12 07 12 0:1 11 49 11 43 11 10 11 :I5 11 27 11 20 11 OS No. 21. Arrive. 6 30 p m 5 20 5 00 :: 55 :i :io ;{ 16 :; 05 2 37 l 10 12 25 11 40 11 15 10 58 10 10 10 15 9 lo 9 20 Arrive. 11 00 ?I 10 7 00 Columbia, Milliter, (lliarloston, For rates, lime fables, or further in formation call on any Agent, or write to? VV. <L CHILDS. President. T. M. Emerson,Tralllc Mgr. J F. Livingston, Sol. Ag't?, Columbia, s. C. II. M. Einoreou, Gen. Freight and Passenger AgL, Wi minglon, N. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All porsons having claims against t ho estato of tho lute Katie L. White ford will present them to tho undersigned, duly authenti cated on or l>y the 15th of Jan uary, 1901, nnxt or bo forovor liarrod. John C. Roodor, Executor. W. B. KNIGHT, attorney at Law. Sf4?' Will practice in all the Ktato nnd Federal Courts. Strict attention to all business intrusted to him Office up-stairs. Simmons' Building. NOTICE OF SetUementof Estate H.v leave of tho Probate Court for Laurens County, S. C, tho undorsigned gives notice that thev will settle at 10 a. m., January 17th, 1901, in the Pro bate ofilce for said County, tho ostate of the late John Lanford, deceased. All persons having claims against said estato will present them to tho undersigned, duly authenticated, on or by that day or thoy will barred. At tho same date they will apply to tho court for an order discharging thorn from tholr trust as Executors. B.W. Lanford, J. W. Lanford, Executors. Two Thousand Bushels, white and mixed, Corn arriving and to arrive in a lew days at Prices that Will Please You. Three Hundred barrels !? lour uow in our Ware House. Corn and Wheat both have advanced since these purchases were made, and in all pro bability will go higher. Whether You Buy from Us or some one else, we advise that you do so as early as convenient. Our prices shall be right. Laurens Cotton Mills Store. D. H. WADS WORTH, Manager. Are You IntereDted? Will Offer this Week 50 pairs heavy 11-4 white Blankets at $1.50 a pair. 100 dozen children's heavy small rib black Hose [Man ufacturers seconds | slightly imperfect, worth 15 cts. at 10 cents a pair. 75 dozen ladies black hose sold anywhere at 15 cents this week here at 10 cents. 25 dozen ladies heavy white ribbed fleeced Undervests at 50 cents a pair. Misses white and gray Union Suits?all sizes. One lot Outing cloths, the 10 cents quality, at 8^ cents per yard. See these goods whether you buy here or elsewhere. One Price to ALL at Laurous, S. C, Sept 18, 1900. W. U. WILSON & CO. It COST Yoti J^otJ7if)^T A lifo-si2e Portrait of yoursolf or any mombor of your family FREE with $25.00 in trado. Many havo already availed themsolvos of this raro offer. Why don't you? Samplo portraits may be seen in our windows. l^ourJ is THE Titpe to secure some of tho raro End of tho Season Bargains wo aro olToring in every dopartment. Lot of Men's me dium and cheap hats go at COST. Special Bargains in Millinory. Ladies' and Children's shoos at pricos that ploase. Oomo and see us. Wo won't compel you to buy?hut our prices will. Rospootfully, -* THE HUB Under Ben Delia Hotel crrirr.Firc'inri^nciii.Tr.r.r.r.nr.BD VERCOaT - Wo have just roooivod tho handsomosfc lino of Overooats ovor shown in Laurens. Wo have thorn in all tho latest stylos, and host materials. Wo can aavo you from $1.00 to $2.50 on every Overooat. at $ 5.00 at $ 8.00 at $10.00 at $12.00 at $15.00 You cannot afford to lot this opportunity pass to got a flno Overcoat at a low prioo. Wo will take pleasure in showing thorn to you. Rospoci, fully, J. E. Minier & Bro. Laurous, S. C, Deo. 4, 1900.