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_L__-nii. i i ii i 'in iii- . THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price-12 Months, $1.50 Parable In Advance. II. W. ha Lb, Editor. Rates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per sq?are, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduotlon made for large Advertisements. W. V7. Ball, Proprietor. LAURENS, 8. C, Jan. 8,1902. ?EN. STABLING TUCKER. General Starling Tucker, whose name stands at the hoad of this ooluinn, was a prominent figure In Laurens Dlstriot in the early years of the century just closed. His home was near Lanford's Station, among the noble hills' of the Enoroe, and thero lie his remains among the people he so strenously and patriotically sewed In the days of our country's youth. An intolllgent friend of the editor of this papor has recently visited the spot on his old homestoad whore repose his remains, and sends us a copy of the inscription on the stone which marks his resting place. A granite wall twelve by fifteen feet enoloses this spot and within the enolosure is a monu ment with the following inscription: "In memory of General Starling Tucker, who departed this life the 3rd day of January, 1834, in the 64th year of his age. He was be loved in life and mourned In death for private worth and public use fulness as a man and a oitizen; the honost representative of his coun try for twenty-eight years in tho Legislature of South Carolina and in the Congress of the United States. His friends in Laurons District have caused this monu ment to bo erected to his memory and worth." On the obverse side, to his wife, who long survived him: "Sacred to tho memory of Lavlula Tucker who departed this life July 10th, 1855, in the eighty-sixth year of her age." The burial place is near what is still known as Tucker's Mill, now standing, about a century old, and now the prop erty of Capt. J. W. Lanford. The writer has endeavored to learn something of the nativity and early history of Genoral Tuoker, but with out avail. It is most probable, how ever, that as he was sixty-live years old at the time of his death, In 1834, his family must have been Virginians and that he was born on the Enoree during the Involution. General Tuck or loft no children and we are not ad vised of any collateral relatives of the name, tho Hlggins family, of which Mr. James Hlggins is a mombor, be ing connected through either his wife or a sistor of General Tucker. The memory of General Tucker is still fresh and green with the many descendants of his neighbors and his name is still venerated and honored among thorn. While wo have no re cord of his services in tho State Legis lature or in Congress, Judge O'Neal in his biography of Robert Stark, (Revo lutionary soldier, afterwards Speaker of the House of Representatives and State Solicitor), furnishes an interest ing episode in General Tucker's career. In 1814 the war was pending between the Unit-ad States and Great Britain. ' and Tucker was. Colonel of a Regiment of the Second Brigade. Qf State Militia. Under the orders of the Governor, com panies of Infantry, Cavalry and Arfcil: lery were ordered to rendezvous at Newberry and Col. Tuokor put in com mand; they were mustered into ser vice by Brigade?Major Thos. Wright, on the 1st., 2rd. and 3rd of March, 1814. Robert Wood and Samuel Can non woro the Majors, and Captain Wil liam Irby, a soldier of 1776, was Adju tant. On the 4th of the month they took up their maroh to Pocotaligo, through Lexington, Orangeburg and Barnwoll and arriving at Poootallgo, were orderod to relieve Col. Carter's regiment. Says O'Neal, who was a soldier of the Regiment: * On the way down, the Regiment below Barn well, began to meet the disoharged soldiers of Col. Carter's Regiment, to the relief of which we were marohing. Those first mot had beon disoharged on account of sickness. Tboy wero tho most squalid, emaciated croatures and were hardly able to walk. They de pleted to the soldiers of Col. Tucker's regiment the unnecessary hardships to which Col. Youngblood, who had ob tained the command in place of Col. Carter, had subjected them. As might have beon expected it created a feeling of indignation whioh could not be al layed." Seeing this state of things John Toubs, of Edgefleld, who belong ed to Capt. Caldwell's troop of cavalry, said to Col. Tuoker: "The day yon give up the command of your Regi ment I will shoot you." (They must have been a gay set of larks.) "At Pocotaligo the Regiment was met by Capt. Benjamin Frazier, of Edgefleld, and he said to Col. Tuoker: 'You are marching right into h?11'. Yesterday an order was published requiring a de tail of two Companies, to throw up a tote de pent on Port Royal Island, un der thedlreotlon of Col. Youngblood." Said he, "the object is thus by Compa nies to take your command from you." The order to construct the toto de pont(nn earthwork to protect a bridge) was published to Col. Tucker's Regi ment. A council of every officer of the Regiment was held and they unan imously voted to disobey this order, and from day to day tho work was post poned. On the 5th of April the Regi ment was disoharged and the Gover nor of the State ordered Col. Tuoker arrested and Court Martialed for not digging and constructing the toto de pont. He was charged with disobe dience of orders and the following con stituted the Court: CoJ. Adam MoWil 11?, Col. Evan Benbow, Maj. Abram Blanding, Maj, Jos. Miokle, and Maj. Benoni Robinson. James Dillett, Judge advocate. Solicitor Robert ^ Stark, and O'Neal, just admitted (1814,) '?.he bar, defended Tucker. lie was nvloted of disobedience of orders ''.fenced to be suspended from his land for ton months. ?ays: "There was fourteen nost of them were not prov says O'Neal: "Indeed, the madeSUrling Tuoker sub i brigadier of the 10U? Brigade, Major-General, 6th Division, and a member of Congross." Tuoker never refused to carry out the order but simply delayed.it and in a very short while, / "ii 6'.h, they were discharged, having taken up the march at Nowberry, March 4th. Ho could not have done otherwise, every officer in the company supporting him, and reaching home, ho was elected Brigadier, then Major-General (one half the State) and after to Congress. For fifty yours the writor has heard General Tuoker spoken of by suoh men as John Lanfor?, deceased, his neigh bor, and others, and never without the highest respect for his noble qualities and manhood. Discipline must prevail but unless the hoalth of tho soldier is regarded, as by soldiers like Hampton and Kershaw, who were no "Carpet Knights", there will be no men to tight on tho day of battle except suoh soare-orows as the men of Carter's Regiment mot on the maroh to Pocotaligo. If the story of this bravo and dis tinguished son of Laurens should stim ulate the rising youth of our county to noble effort and emulation, tbon wo have done well to ferret out the lifo of the subject and put it before them. Tucker may havo beon technica'ly at fault, but sometimes It is right to disobey orders. A French detail of five hundred men was made, and a Colonel ordorcd to take a certain point. Tho Colonel sug gested a reduction to a hundred. Asked for his reason he eald: "all will bo killed, not a man will return, and a hundred are enough to sacrifice." The order was revoked. It must be kept in mind that in the days of Tuoker tho high-road to posi tion and famo was tho militia. After tho return of tho regiment O'Neal be came a Captain and ran against Tucker for Major-General and was dofoated. He subsequently became Major-Gene ral and Judge and Chief Justice. Thos.Wright, tho Judge Advocate, be- I camo Lleut-Govornor. Capt. William Irby the Adjutant, was the father of tho late Lieut-Governor, James H. Irby, and tho grandfathor of tho late Senator Irby and Dr. W. C. Irby of this city. He must have been flfty yoars old when he took the Hold with TucKor. * * * "Most potent, grave and reverend signiere, My very noblo and approved good masters." The General Assembly convones by I the constltlon, on Tuesday next. The organization is complete without pre | liminary ado. Lieut. Govornor, James H. Tlllman of Edgelield, presides over the Senato, and Mr. Srevenson of Ches I terfleld, over the House. Committees will go at onco to work. Child-labor may occasion discussion, tho rovlsed Code must be approved : Congressional redistrictlng will bo effected. Judges are to be elected, but contests aro on only In two Distrlots. Burke, of Char I leston, and Dant /.lor, of Orangeburg, I contest for the Charleston District, and Purdy and Frazler of Sumter to sac {ceed Judge Buchanan. The Advertiser will aim to keep its roaders well advised of the doings of our Legislature and what they are likely to do. * * ? Senator MoLauren opened a law ofllce at Washington .and somebody suggested that ho would leave the State. Not at all; It Is not uncommon for prominent lawyers who aro Congressmen to have law oiiie.es at the Capitol. The Sena tor explains that he wants to keep his hand in as he may have to come back to the law. It only shows "that (liko Dame Gllpin) though on pleasure bent be has a frugal mind." #*? By resolution of the last session of the General Assembly, Attorney-Gen eral bellongor was instructed to inves tigate tho violation of tlio Autl-Ti nst Laws iu the State and report his aotion and result of his Investigation to the Legislature. His report is printed, on our desk, and ready for the General Assembly and evidences thorough and intelligent industry on the part of tho Attorney General and his assistant, Mr. Gunter. Congressman J. T. Johnson sends us paokage of Garden seed. If ho runs down here to his old home ?bout April 16th, we hope to thank him In luscious I strawberries about the size of ? horse I app'es. # * We are indebted to Senator MoLau I rln. for his speech in the Senate Deo. Oth, 1001, the subject being a "question of personal privilege." Southern Christian Advocate. Rev, W. R. Richardson, eleotod by the recent Conference, In very grace ful words, assumed editorial control I of the paper. *?* If our Supromo Court deeido our [ Jury laws unconstitutional, the Legis lature must amend them. A decision is dally looked for. _._^_ How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any oase of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Curo. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, having known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their Arm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, aotlng directly upon the blood, and mucous surfaoos of the system. Price 15o. per bottle. Sold by all Drug I gists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are, the best. Tax Time Extended. BY virtue of authority from the Comptroller-General, approved by the Governor, tho time for the payment of State and County Taxes has been extended, with out penalty, to Maroh 1, 1002. JOHN H. OOPKLAND, Treasurer L. C. Notice, Notice. Executors, Administrator Guardians and Trustees are re minded that the time for m&kin, returns begins with the 1st day o January of each year. Under tho amended law, failure to make re turns works a forfeiture of com missions. f O.G. THOMPSON, j \ j. p. i?. o. A CAKD. Wo wish to extend thanks to our friends for their liberal pat ronage during the past year. We hope to make this the best year of our business. YVith a larger stook and iuoreased facilities, we oau sell honest goods as oheap as they oau be sold in South Caro lina. Wishing all a happy Now Year, J, E. Minthr ?fe Bro. A DEEP MYSTERY. It is a mystery why women' endure Baokaoho, Headache, Nervousness Sleep lessness, Melancholy. Faiating and Dizzy Spoils when thousands havo proved that Elcotrio Bitters will quickly ouro ^suoh trouble "I suffered for years with kid ney troubles," writes Mrs. Phcbo Cher loy, of Peterson, la., uaad a lame] baok pained mo so I could uot dross myself, but Eleotrio Bitters wholly ourcd mo, and, although 73 yoars^old, I now am ablo to do all my housework." It] over comes Constipation, improves Apotito, gives perfect health. Only 50o at Lau ens Drug Co. Attraction Extraordinary. M-HIOU-OLASSJsrEClXLTlES-ja Guy Gaufnian'sJSoonio'Comedy Dra ma, "Tho Now Railroad Jack," carry ing an enormous blaek-mained African lion, tho largest in captivity. Tho most thrilling and hairbreadth ["climax ever produced^upon any stuge. Girl r.c'.ually thrown into a oagc with a largo and fe rocious lion, aud rescued from uudcr his very paws by tho tramp.1 Dono in full viow of tho audience. Tho lion will bo on exhibition at Palmetto Drug Co. on day of show. At City,'LOpera Housrt, one night, Tuesday, Jan. 14tb. An Ordinance Imposing an Aunual Tax on all Tax able Property In tho City of Lau* rem- to Raise Supplies for said City, for Fiscal Year, Com mencing January 1st.. 1002. Section I. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Laurens, of the City of Laurens, that a tax of Fifty Cents on every One Hundred Dollars worth of the assessed value of all property, Real or Personal, uot exempt by law from taxation, situated with the limits of the City of Laurens, be, and the same is hereby levied, for corpo rate purpose, to defray the current ex penses ot said City, for the Fiscal Year commencing January 1st, 1002, and to meet such other indebtedness, as has been contractod by said City for corpo rate purposes. That an additional tax of Thirty Cents on every One Hundred Dollars worth of tho assessed value of all property, roal or personal, not ex empt by law from taxation, situated within the limits of tho City of Lau rens, be, and tho same is hereby levied, to meet the interest to become due upon the Thirty Thousand Dollars Bonds, issued April 1st, 1807, for the purpose of meeting tho cost of build ing and equipping the Water Works and Electric Light Plants for said City, and to pay at least One-fortieth part of the entire bonded debt Into a sink ing fund, to be usod in aid of tho re tirement and payment of said bonds. Sec. II. That the Clerk of the said City, shall enter said levies and assess ments upon the books of said City and receive said taxes. That the said taxes herein levied shall bo paid to the said Clerk In lawful money of the United States, on or beforo the 1st day of March, 1002, and any person failing to pay said taxes, shall bs liable to the Jienalty now provided by law for the allure to pay the general Stato tax. Done and ratified by the City Coun cil of Laurens, of the City of Laurens, at the City of Laurens, and the Corpo rate (L.S.) seal of said City affixed, this the 1st day of January, in tho year of our Lord One Thousand and Nine Hun dred and Two, and In tho One Hun dred and Twenty-six year of the sov ereignty and Independence of the United States of America. C. E. GRAY, Mayor. L. G. Baixe, Clerk of Council. Something New Gold, Sterling Silver, and Pearl-handle Umbrellas? they are Beauties. Don't fail to see them ! Complete , and Select Sterling Silver, and plated Table ware, always the BEST and NEWEST designs. Cut Glass. We .are prepared to execute at short notice all kinds of Watch and Jewelry repairing in the best and proper style. Bring us your eyes to make new. FLEMING BROS. Laurens, S. O. Notice to Pensioners. The Laurens County Pension Board will meet as recpiirod by law, on tho third Monday iu Jan uary, and remain in session fivo days, for tho purpose of examin ing new applications of ex*-Oon fedorate soldiers and sailors and widows who are applioants for pension under Aot approved Feb ruary 19, lfcOO, and for the pur pose of revising the pension list of 1001, and transferring appli cants from ono county to another. All new applioants may obtain blanks from thoir Township rep resentative, to whom they should apply. Blanks may be obtained also by calling on Probate Judge O. G. Thompson or writing to the Chairman at Cedar Grove, stating olass wanted. Township representatives and all others interested are requestod to make a list of names of all who have diod or moved away since the last annual meeting of the Coun ty Board aud hand in same. Tho County Board will meet in the Grand Jury room on 20th inst. at ten o'clock a. m. W. P. COKER, Chm'n County Pou. Board. Jan. ir1002. Jlncient Foe Tto health and happiness is Scrofula? as ugly as ever since time immemorial. It canses bunches in the neck, dis figures tho skin, inflames th? mucous membrane, wastes the muscles, weak* ens the bones, reduces the power of resistance to disease and tho capacity for recovery, and dovelops Into con sumption. ?A bunch appeared on the left side of my neck. It caused gre<vt>puln, was lanced, and becanio a running sore. I went into a general decline. X was persuaded to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, and when I had taken sli bottles my neck was healed, and I have never had any troublo of tho kind since." Mrs. K. T. Snydk?, Troy> Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills will rid. you of it* radically and per nJUnuntly, as they have rid thousands. If You arc iu Doubt where to got your Garden Seed, romember we handel the best and freshest seed. We burn all of our old pa pers and buy now seed. See that tho papor is stamped looa. Palmetto Drug Co. Look for sign with the Tree. Three Papers a Week. FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. Mils Paper and the Atlanta Twlce-a-Wcek Jurnal for $1.50 Hore you get tho news of the world and all your local news while it is fresh, paying very little more than one papor costs. Either paper is well worth $1.00 but by special arrangement wo are en abled to put in both of them, giving three papers a week for this low price. You cannot equal this anywhere else, and this combination is THE BEST PREMIUM forthoso who want a great papor and a home paper. Take thoso and you will keep up with the times. The Semi-Weekly Journal makes common cause with the farmers and publishes hundreds of letters from them on farm topics, describing their experience in making crops, etc. It is a paper devoted to the develop ment of the roaources of the South and the welfare of its people. The Journal is the authorized medium for the publication of matter relating to the Cotton Growers' Protective As sociation, and has contributed largely to tho inoreased price paid for cotton this season. Besides general news the Twice-a Week Journal has much agricultural matter and other artlclos of speoial in terest to farmers. It has rogular con tributions by Sam Jones, Mrs. W. H. Folton, John Temple Graves, Hon. C. H. Jordan and othor distinguished writers. Gall at this ofllce and leave your sub scriptions for both papers. You oan get a samplo ^opy of either paper here on application. Too much housework wrecks wo men's nerves. And tho constant care of ohildren, day and night, is often too trying for oven a strong woman. A haggard face tells the story of tho overworked housowifo and mothor. Doranged monses, leucorrhooa nnd falling of the womb result from overwork. Every housowlfo noods a romody to regulato her mensos and to keep her sensitive femalo organs In perfect condition. , iWINE"CARDUI is doing this for thousands of Amerloan women to-day. It cured Mrs. Jones nnd that is why she writes this frank letter: Ql#ndeano, Ky., Fab. 10,1001. I Am so glad that your Wine of Cnrrtut I la nolpihg mo. I am fooling bolter than I have felt for years. I am doing my own work without any help, and I washed last week and was not one bit tired. That shows that tho Wine IS 1 doing me good. I am getting floshler than I ever wao before, aud sleep good and oat hearty. Rofore I began t?Jcln# Wine of Oardul, I used to have to lay down five or nix times every day, but now I do not thlnkof lying down through tho day. Mrs. Hiohahd Jonks. ?1.00 AT naVOOlSTH. For ?'Nie? ?ad literature, ?ddrau, ffivlai ?ttop tomf, "Th. L*Mf' A.lvl.orr ItepArfinonT", IM ChltUaoofft Medl.lo. Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Guano and Acid. I can supply Guano and Aold In any I quantity. The best grades that are mado and cheap as the oheapest. Call and see our gcods before purchasing elsewhere. Messrs Johnson & Godfrey havoGuano and Aold stored with us, also. S:i you see you can tret any kind by calling on J. Wade Andeison at the Morchants i and Farmers Bonded Warehouse. ('iii-cs Cancer. Blood Poison, Eating Sores, Ulcers.?Costs Nothing to Try. Blood poison and deadly cancer are the worst und most deep-seat ed blood diseases on earth, yet tho | easiest to cure w hen Botanic Blood Balm is used. It you havo blood poiaud, producing ulcers, bone pains, pimples, mucous patches, falling hair, itcbing skin, scrofula, old rheumatism or offensive form of catarrh, scabs end scalof?, deadly cancer, eating, bleeding, festering sore^, swellings, lumps, persistent wart or sore, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It will cure even the worst ease after everything else fail?. B. B. B. drains the poison out of the system and the blood, thon every sore heals, making the blood puro and rich, and building] up the broken-down body. Bot*nlc Blood Balm (B.B.B.) thoroughly tested for 80 years. Drug stores, $1 per large bottle. Trial treat ment free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Qa. Describe troublo and freu medical advice given un til cured. B.B.B, does not coutaln mineral poisons or mercury (as so many advertised remedies do), but is composed of Puro Botanic Ingrc-1 diente. Over 3,000 testimonials of | cures by taking Botanic Blood Balm (n. n.it) Our Clothing was never so cheap We have cut the prices to suit the! times. Give us a call. J. B. Minter & Bro. Why shiver with cold whon 08cts. I buys a heavy comfort or a pair of | blankets at Tho Hub. _ _, \ ASSESSORS NOTICE. Tho Auditor's Office will be opon from the 1st day of Januaay to the 20th day of February, 1902, to receive returns of Real Estate and Personal property for taxation in Laurens county. For tho convenience of Taxpay ers the Auditor will attend tho fol lowing named places to receive re turns for said year to -vit: Jacks Township, Dr. F. M. Set/.ler's, January (ith from 10 a m to 2 p m. Jaoks Township, Kenno, January 7, | from 10 a m to 2 p m. Hunter Township, Clinton, January sCh, from 10 a m to 2 pm. Hunter Township, residence of Duck Young, January 0oh, from 10apito2 p m. Cross Hill Township, Spring Grove, j January 10th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Cross 11111 Township, Cross Hill, Jan uary 11th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Waterloo Township, Waterloo, Jan uary 13th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Waterloo Township, Ekom, January 14th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Waterloo Township, Mt. Gallagher, Junu'ary 15th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Sullivan Township, Broworton, Jan uary 10th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Sullivan Township, Princeton, Jan uary 17th, from 0 a m to 12 m. Sullivan Township, Tumbling .Shoals, January 17th, from 1 p m to 4 p in. Dial Town-ship, Abnor Babb's, Janu ary 18th, from 0 a ra to 12 in. Dial Township, D. D. Harris', Janu ary 20th, from 10 a m to 4 pm. Dial Township, V. A. White's, Janu ary 2l8t, from 10 a m to 2 p m. Young's Township, Cook's Store, January 22d. from 10 a m to 2 pm. Young's Township, Young's Store, January 28d, from 10 a m to 2pm. Young's Township, Pleasant Mound January 24th, from 0 a m to 12 m. Young's Township, Lanford Station, January 24th, from 2 to 4 p in. Scuflletown Township, Tylersvillo January 25th, from 10 a m to 2 p m. It will save much time i . tax payers, also greatly facilitate| tho work of the Assessor, if ev ery porsou before leaving homol will mako out a complete list of ?very item of personal property iu tho following order : Horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, hogs, watcho?. organs and pian os, buggies, wagons and car riages, dogs, merchandise, ma chinery and engines, moneys, notes and accounts above indeb tedness, and all other property,| including household. It is always required that the Auditor get the first given name of the tax-payer iu full. Under the head of placo of residence on tax return,give the township. All male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, on the let of January, ex bept those who are incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, are deemod taxablo polls; Con federate veterans excepted. And all tax-payers are required to give number of their school district. Thoy are also request ed to state whether the property is situated in town or in the country. After tho 20th day of February noxt fifty per cent, ponnlty will bo ottaohed for failures to mako returns. Iu ovory community thore aro persons who cannot tread or that do not tako a nowspaper. Thoso tnoro fortunato may do suoh persons a great favor by tolling thorn of tho time, to mako returns or by returning for them. Tho assessing and collecting taxos is dono in tho samo year, and wo havo to aggrcgato tho number and valuo of all horses, mules, oattlo and other pieces of fiersooal property as well as tho aores of and, lots and buildings and tboir valuo that there aro in this county, and havo tho samo on file iu tho Comptroller Gen eral's (?fiioe by tho 30th of Juno of eaoh I year, and from that timo to tho first day of Ootobor tho Auditor's and Treasurer s! duplioate havo to be completed and an ab stract if tbo work in tho Comptroller Goncrai's offioo by that timo, whioh will show at a glance that tho Auditor has no timo to tako roturns, or anything els ? much, betweon the 1st day of Ootobor, but work on the books and tho blanks. Wo hope, therefore, that all taxpayers | will make their returns in timo. W. L. FERGUSON, Auditor. Deo. 5th, 1901.?tf. Wanted?You to order your whhv key for "personal uso" from Cooper Farming Distillery Co., Bievard. N. O. Corn whiskey from $1.05 to 92.00 per gallon*, vessel Included. Rye from $2 15 to 94.15. Poach brandy 92.65. Ap ple 92.15 per gallon. t ' VOTING CONTEST. VOTING CONTEST. The Most Popular School Ulrl and Boy. Bouud Trip Tickets to tho Exposition Offered. The Advertiser has decided to have another voting contest, this time for tho most popular school girl and boy in the county. Everybody remem bers the contest in the Spring for the "most popular young lady", and this contest will be conducted in the same way. Tho prizes offered are two round trip tickets to the Charleston Exposition, one for the most popular school girl tho other for the most popular school boy In Laurens county. The contest will last Novemb- r, December and January, and it w . close at 4 o'clook on Tuesday afternoon before the first Issue of tho paper in Fobruury. A more extenslvo explanation of tho plan is given below. Send in your votes at once. At the top of column appears print ed ballots with a blank spaoe in which the name of the girl and boy you wish to vote for may be written in Ink or pencil. Olip these ballots and hand them or send them to Tue Adver tiser office by mall. Any person may vote as many of the60 ballots as he ohooses and persons living out of the county may vote, but the girl and boy voted for must bo residents of the coun ty. Tho ballots can be saved and voted altogether or eaoh week as it suits the voter. Each week the names of tho girls and boys voted for and the number of votes will be publlshod. It will be'a good idea to begin your voting next weok. the voting contest: Frank Dorroh. 109 Lillian Burns. 85 Belle Madden,. 80 Hugh Fuller,. 35 Arthur Foucho,. 11 Charlie Kern,., 1 Ben Anderson, .. ?. 27 Wilma Barney,. 2 Marie Philpot,. 3 Jockey Murff,. 2 Ruth Crisp,. 90 Bera Bailey,. 28 Miller Smith. 26 Bruce Hellams,. 33 Hammond Adams. 18 Olle Adams. 14 Boy Simmons. 21 Gary Brown,. 1 Duncan Sullivan.> 148 Annie Caine Boyd,. 6 Hannah Tolbert. 168 Annie Rhodes, . 5 Atlantic Goast Line. Fast Lino between Charleston and Oolnmbia and Upper South Carolina and North Carolina. CONDENSEDSGUHDULB. In Effect Jan. 18th, 1901. Going Wsst. Going East No. 52.' No. 53. tA. M. tP. M. 6 25am Lv Charleston Ar 8 80pm 8 02am Lanes ?' 643pm 9 28am u Sumter 6 35pm 1100 am Ar Columbia Lv 4 16pm 1217 pm " Prosperity '* 249pm 12 30 p m '? Now berry " 2 34 p m 113 p m M Clinton 153 p m 135 p m " Laurens " 186 p m 3 10 p m ?? Greenville '? 1201 p m 3 10 p m " Spartanburg " 11 45 a m 7 13 p m " Winnsboro " 1018 a m 0 20pm M Obarlotte.N.O. " 810am (ill put " Hendersonville " 9 02am 7 15pm " A8heville " 8 00am tDaily. Nos.52 and 58 Solid trains between Charles ton and Greenville via the Atlantic Coas Line, Columbia, Newberry A Laurens R R. and Charleston A Western Carolina Railroad. H. M. EMRR80N, General Passenger Agent. J. R. KBNLY, T. M. EMERSON, Uen'l Manager. Traffic Manager Charlestwaad Western Garoliaa R. E. AUGUSTA and A8HKVILLE SHORT LINE. Schedule in Effect July 21,1901. hv Augusta. 10 05 am 3 CO pm Ar Greenwood.12 36 pm . Ar Anderson. 7 15 pm Ar Laurens.1 40 pm 5 85 am Greenville. 8 25 pm 9 00 am Glenn Springs. 4 45 pm . Spartanburg. 8 30 pm 9 00 am Saluda. 5 88 pm Hendersonville.... 6 11 pm Asuevllla......715 pm Lv Asheville. 7 05 am Lv Hendersonville. 8 05 am Lv Flat Rook.8 13 am Lv Baluda.. 8 88 am Lv Try on. 918 am Spartanburg.1100 am 3 30 pm Glenn Springs. 9 00 am Green vine.1110 am 1 40 pm Laurens.12 45 pm 63o pm Anderson. 7 25 am Greenwood.145 pm At Augusta.4 10 pm 11 35 am Lv Augusta. 4 16 pm Ar Allendale . 6 21 pm Ar Fairfax . 6 82 pm Ar Yemasee.9 00 am 7 25 pm Ar Beaufort.10 16 am 8 26 pm Ar Port Royal.10 30 am 8 86 pm Lv Port Royal. 1 00 pm . 6 40 am Lv Beaufort ........ 116 pm 6 60 am Lv Yemasee... 2 30 pm 6 40am Lv Fairfax. 7 44 am Lv Allendale.,, 7 65 am Ar Augusta.,. 10 00 am , Close connections at Greenwood for all points on S. A. L. and 0. A G. Rail way, and at Spartanburg with South ern Railway. For information relative to tickets rates, schedules, etc., address W. J. OR A IG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga. ARE YOU DEAF? ANY.. HEAD NOISES? 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