The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 09, 1901, Image 2
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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.