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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Price--12 Months, $1.60 ramble in Advance. ?. W. HALL, Editor. Bates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for large Advertisements. W. w. Ball, Proprietor. LAU KENS, 8. C, Feb. 1?, 1002. Our Solous. The fight was hard during hist weok to mako up for lost time. The appropriates were up on Wed nesday and went through without much scotching. Higher education gave somo trouble, citizen Ashloy leading the obstruc tionists, with his motions, but ho raro ly gave a reason "for the faith that was in him " Rut ho knocked down Winthrop (tho Woman's College) from $60,000 to $50,000, and this seems to have met tho good sense of the House. All parties wore generous in praise of the conduct of the old South Carolina College, cho officials of which account ed in detail for every penny that tho State glvos. Thore are (3) big items?$200,000 for Stato Pensions; Interest on Public Debt $285,000; Insane Hospital $160,000. It would bo usoless to add tho many other smaller items, which mako an ag gregate close on to a million. In many places there could be a saving,?that is to say $500, in probably fifty places. To instance, there is a phosphate In spector at $1,200. lie should go quick ly. At Winthrop thoy havo a little vegetable farm to ruiso peas aud ber ries for th? girls (the sweet darlings), a Super-lntendent at a good big salary and an Assistant. Now this Assistant Is clearly a Super and he should go quickly. Wo feftr there are too many soop-ers in every department?with too many type-writers aud stenograph ers. The militia are growing luxurious and the health department is getting its hand deep Into tho grub bag. Lo cal communities should learn to com bat diseases as they como. We havo not space to particularise, but thrift is a good word for Legisla tors to sraoko with their Spanish to bacco. The Bill as it swung through the House will likely without material alteration go through tho Senate. Many Legislators have wheels in their noggins nnd feel that the Stato is all right if tho Stato levy is not inoreaeed and this it seems will bo the ease with the present levyi But it should be less. We havo all just been Hinging up our caps and hurrahing ourselves hoarse at the statement that tho otate assessment has- gained about cloven Millions. But to what good end, to bo sure? We are not criticising the ac tion generally of tho a-sembly?gene rally they have done well?especially in killing a ream of?of?fool bills. Some of tho work was admirably done and promptly?notably tho Jury and tho county salary laws, which were In confusion run mad. The Renate killed the bi-ennial ses sions bill?all wrong?the assembly should only mout onco in two years, as Is tho case with five sixths of the States. A session costs $50,000 and $25,000 should bo annually saved and we would havo better Legislation. Nevermind! A newsetwlll "gltthar" (thanks to Citi/.eu Ashley) after awhile, who will not be so considerate of Co lumbia?boarding house keepers and laundry mamas. Representative Theus, of Hamp'.oo, died last week of pneumonia. The ?'chicken" bill got it in the neck In tho Senate. A'so the Bill to put tho State Into manufacturing fertilizers. Pelham, the manufacturing villugo just North of tho Eooree stays with Greenville and is lost to Spartanburg, (Spartanburg is a whale all the snmo.) The McQowan redlstrloting bi'l is law, and our Di3t-ict is Laurons, Spar tanburg, Greenville and Union. It is the great District of tho State. We have the men, we have tho money, we have tho mentality, we have tho (beau tiful) maids, wo havo the matrons, wo have Lho morality. The Houso shied for ten days Mr. Johnson's (alias Bellinger's) anti-trust bill. Wo bought a black pony fifteen years ago from the tail end of a Bun combe wagon and named him Router Johnnie, after Burn's blacksmith in Tarn O'Shantor. Laurons lies in a valley like tho vale of Tcmpe and as we rodo this pony home to our soup, he could spy a Buncombe bow-covered wagon a mllo onTodd's Hill and would budge no further. Whon tho wagon oarae near and he got a whiff of the apples, chostnuts, cabbage, and cab bage seed ho wa9 satisfied, bowed his head and meokly boro his master homeward. We always suspected this pony of being moonnyod. Johnson finally got his antl trust wagon up in the Houso on Thursday last, and the statesmen, smelling no brimstone or dynamite, voted it almost to a man. A new road law for the whole State will be enacted. It Is like one of United States Sonator Morgan's speeches and too long to read or quoto. Representative Nichols madoa brave fight to liolp out Sullivan Township ?gainst tho Iiailroad Ta.\? it Is yet un settled. Laurons is asking for a 4th term of Court to hold in tho month of May. MoQowan wants a section of broken Granlto column for U. D. C. of Lau rons. Senator Goodwin is pushing his Bill for a sinking fund Commission for Lanrens. Somebody wants $20,000 to paint the State House, and Representative B& cot wants to know why the Now Stato Houso is so filthy';* (To get an appro priation.) ('-hakosparo has something about tho maw of the suit sea shark. He wants our little Stato Houso.) Clnoinnatl had a great party of dis Jlnguishod citizens who had been to pflnfleetou to opon tholr building. They*isitod our Legislature and when the oltbons of rloh Porkopoles, that great city on tho Ohio, laud of hog and hominy, saw the Speaker and tho President 0( UieSunate and tho Clerks of the two houses clad in $1,000 robes of royal orimson and pjtplo, they stood like statues in amazement. They were shown tho old silver mace, and two edged sword of State, about which so much historic reiearoh has been made and eaoh man and woman stood like Macbeth at the ghost of tho blood battered Banquo. Fifty dollars has been voted to rub up the venerated Mace. Ashley vot ed?No. ?*. MeLaurlu and Lincoln. McLaurin addressed a Republican club at Chicago on Lincoln's birthday I the 12th instant. Ho went to praise Lincoln and he di& lt and to that ex tent, no more, wo jjM&fthl. McLaurin. The argument wa#'lMI2|l?l?ttcoln had lived it had been.better for the South. Hut Lincoln was at tho head of the government whioh armed the slaves against their masters, their mlstrossos aud daughters. If he had had the spirit of a Jackson it could not'nave happened. Lincoln had his good traits, but he wanted in courage and man hood, and was dominated by Yahoos like Staunton and Thad Stevens. ThlB sldo of Lincoln's character should havo been presented, always provided that -the speaker knew it. ? * it The Montagus and the Capulets. On tho Oth instant, at Washington, a son of W. C. Whitney, Secretary of ] Stato in Cleveland's Cabinet, married Miss Hay, daughter of the present Bopublican Secretary of State. But, litten: "Presents almost without number havo been pouring into the Hay homo for tho last fortnight. It is believed their number exceeds 400, Including houEes and lands, a yacht and jewels of great va!uo." The bridal tour, it is thought, Is to] Thomasville, Ga. Thomasville is In the midst of the great pines, and the roses are ready to blow and tho mock bird to air his vooabulary?Ed. Ad vertiser. Must the Negro Got We clip the following from the News and Courier, a dispatch from Mom phis: "Mr. Kuniz is louring the Stato of Arkausas in search of a spot whore he proposes to launch a scheine which, if successful, will revolutionize the cot ton-picking industry of tho South. "Kuntz and his companions are trav eling on a special train, composed of three vestibule sleepers. Kunts pro poses to colonize a largo number of monkeys from Africa and South Amer ica, which, ho says, mako excellent cotton-pickers. He is looking for a large tract of land, which will be bought in and a stock company formed from the number of capitalists now with him. He then proposes to embark for Africa and bring back two ship loads of monkeys. He sayB he has I (riven the subject much study and has| spent many days in the African jun g'es, and understands monkey talk as well as the Ethiopian language." Then what becomes of the negro | cotton picker? What 6ort of a greet ing will he give Jocko? A body of Southern Christians built just after the war when they were very poor a college at Sewanee, Tenn., in the midst | of tho mountains for the economical education of their children. About 400 boys attend. Until recently tho wives of the Mountaineers did their launderine, when for economy a steam laundry was established. And now tho free and independent mountaineers threaten to dynamite and blow to atoms tho college, destroy the Professors and have driven two of them out of tho State. And there could bo found com pla'.ners against the Bulgarian banditti captors of Miss Stone 1 The Bill in the United States Senate, to creato a National Park in the moun tains of North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina, has the favorable report of the committee. It approprintcs fivo Million Dollars and it is thought the lands can be purchas ed at two and three Dollars per acre. It is about as good Democratic doctrine (poor indued) as clearing rivers and harbors and building dikes, and as the measure may conserve the timber, and prevent sudden floods In the great rivers that rush through our State, we hope our Representatives may sustain the measure. Col. J. R. Easterling returned on Trlday to God's country, after a busi ness trip through the 6nowy, sleety, slippery East. He stopped several days la Washington, and gave Senators and Representatives some eye opening in formation. He expects a prosperous Summer and Is preparing to plant a thousand acres in cantaloupes, and three-quarters of that area in water melons. His praise will be in the mouths of all Yankeedom next Sum mer.?Barnwell People. / This at least smells like diversifica tion. South Carolina at Chickamanga. This office has reeeived a neat and Interesting pamphlet of fifty pages, containing an account of the ceremo nies at tho unveiling of tho South Car olina monument on the Chiokamauga battle field, May 27, 1001. Veterans and others can seoure copies on appli cation to the E. H.Aull Publishing Co., Newberry, S. C, by enolosing a two cent stamp with the request for the pamphlet. Congressman Johnson is hopeful of a 9200,000 publlo building for Spartan burg. Spartanburg sends two of her prominent citizens to Washington who appeared boforo the Public Building Committee. The time to strike If you hope to make an Impression, is when the iron Is hot. There is a briof sur plus now on hand and Senator Tillinau's Idea Is to get our share, The money Is bound to go. *?? Charleston has "laid out" a good deal of monoy and has bad a deal of work to do, but she Is we'l repaid in the visit of the Cook County Democ racy of Chicago to the "city by the Sea." * f ?. * * Big barrels of Irish potatoes now bo gin to adorn Green Grocer's fronts, and from now on they may be planted. Plant two varieties?an early and a late. By the way, at the South the potato is our "sweet tater," elsewhere the. potato is tho Irish potato and our ??sweet tater" Is a yam. And when we speak of 'possum and tater, a simon pure Southern monopoly, we mean the yam In the combination. *?* The superstition is that the ground hog crawls out from his hole on tho 2d February, und if he see3 his shadow he retires, until April, satUfL'd that there Is to be a cold late Spring. The ground-hog is a oommon name for tho woodohuck, burrows in tho ground and is dormant during winter. It is ex tinct In this State. It seems that Hobson wants to be "retired" from active Navy service. Schley has been retirod, but he don't retire. Coventry is a city in England where tho citizens have immemorially refused to associate with Military men and so when ono is ostracised socially ho Is said to be "sent to Coventry." There should bo some quietjretroat for these two Southern heroes. A despatch from Washington read? : "Senator Till man has gone to Provi dence, R I., to speak on tho 'Solution of tho Negro Problem' " It depends op how long the Southern cotlontot, the Kentucky grunter, and the possum and tater hold out. But why should these bluenose downeasters bother about it? Tho 1.aureus Lyceum Course. Mr. Editor:?Pleaso allow mo space for a few words upon, an important matter. Tho Laurcns Lyceum Course for tho season closes with tho next lecture, which, I understand, is to bo given in the near future. Tho thanks of the en tire community aro eminently duo Dr. Washington, T. C. Lucas, and auy others who may have aided thorn in the prcse oution of the plan, for tho entertaining and elevating courso of attractions. But whilo wo sincerely thank them for tho past, wo must at tho samo timo look to the futuro and plau for tho coming season. Let mo exhort tho entiro community to tako an active interest in this great educational institution, for suoh it is. Laurens cannot afford to bo bohind her neighboring cities in suoh enterprises. Let me urge tho young people, who lam persuaded realize that I am their friend, to take an active interest in tho work. If all would support the cause, the cost would bo very light. I would suggest tho following plan : Let us, on the evening of tho next lecture, meet a half-hour before it is to begin, talk over the subjeot, aud elect a com mittee to arrange for tho next season. Of course I would suggest tho election of tho:!0 who havo served us so faithfully in the past as this Committee. With best wishes for every enterprise that looks to tho betterment of tbc com munity, I am, Very sincerely, Watson B. Duncan. February 18,1902. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wo, tho undorslgned, having known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and bellevo him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. i I all's Catarrh Curo is taken inter nally, aoting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Prlco75o.per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pllla are tho best. C. & W. 0. 1000 Mllo Books tiood Over Plant System. Tho Charleston and Western Caroli na Railway heg to announce that ar rangements have been perfected, effec tive at once, whereby 1000 mile books of their Issue will bo honored over all parts of tho Plant System of Railways. This arrangement will no doubt be of interest to the travolling publlo. W. J. Craig, General Passengor Agent. Trjese Goods at First Cost, with Freight. Oije Ifoi? Bedsteads (A Beauty) Offe Cottoi} lylattiress (Double Section?Best Quality.) OJSfE Set of Sf>fii?gs. These goods are nicer quality than we gene rally keep in stock. They were ordered for a special customer who didn't tako them. Henoe there is a rare bargain in them. Laurens Cotton Mills Store. ^ T. 0. LUCAS, Manager. Speaking of politics, and everybody speaks of polities, isn't this a nice compact, homogeneous congressional district, under t>.o McGowcn redistrlot* ing bill?Spartanburg, Greenyille, I,aureus and Union. Joe Jhonson can hold ?he office about as long as ho wants it under this arrangement. He has Spartanburg solid and if he gets the fiubllo building it will be copper-riAeted or him. He has Laurons solid and there Is not a man in Greenville can beat him in that county. One of my neighbors, In speaking of Johnson, 6atd that it would be foolish for anybody else to run against him, for he has already gotten all of the seed to be had end there Is nothing else for a congress man to do. I don't think Joo willhave any serious opposition. But If anybody wants to run, may the Lord havo mercy on them.?Isom Gari er in Spartanburg Herald. This Will Interest Many. To quickly introduce B. B. B. (Botan ic Blood Balm), the famous Southern blood cure, into new homes, we will send, absolutely free, 10.0i)0 trial treat ments. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) quickly cures old ulcers, sorofula, ec zema, itohing skin and blood humors, cancer, eating, ? festering sores, boils, carbuncle^ pimples or offensive erup tions, pains in bones or joints, rheuma tism, catarrh, or any blood or skin trouble. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) heals every sore or pimple, makes the blood pure and rich and stops all aches and pains. Botanic Blood B ilm (B. B. B.) thoroughly tested for 30 years in hospital and private practice, and has cured thousands of cases given up as hopelest?. Sold at drug stores, $1 per large bottle. For free treatment write to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Med icine sent at once, prepaid. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gives life, vigor and strength to the blood. Thellnest Blood Purifier made. Bo tan io Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gives a healthy Blood supply to the skin and entire system, Grato Fenders at 98 cents. Fire place Fendors at 95 cents, $1.00 and $1.10 at S. M. & E. H. Wllkes. Tho World's Greatest Fever Medicine Johnson's Tonic does in a day what slow Quinine cannot do in ten days. Its splendid cures are in striking con trast with the feeble cures made by Quinine. If you aro utterly wretched, take a thorough course of Johnson's Tonic and drive out ?very trace of Malarial poisoning. Tho wise Insure their lives and the wlsor lusure their health by using Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. It costs 50 cents if it cures; not one cent if It does not. See our line 1902 Model Baby Car riages?they are the prettiest we have evor shown. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes. Teachers' Examination. Tho Regular Spring Examination of Teachers for the purpose of granting certificates of qualification, will be held by tho County Board of Educa tion, at Lsnirens Court House, on Fri day February 21st, 1902, beginning at 10 o'clock, a. m. 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Abu, Obcr's Guano, whioh has an es tablished reputation. Parties vtishing to pnrchaso, can find mo at Palmetto Drug Company, where I will be pleasod to glvo them prlcea, oto. W. 0. IRBY, 8iu Jan. 23, loX)2? 3m. ?fflee H>aS8. Whilo visiting schools during Feb ruary and March I will bo found in my office on Saturdays and Salesday. CHAS. F. BROOKS, C. S. B. L. C. Feb. 0, 1902. tnftr.rinecr). COCAINE^WmSKV ri/iMt* Oprad At tnM^inntor tcm, In ao lli nilir.l" r? r, Mtt?Ilnok mi Mom* T.-*iit.niKMt . flit PR?'.)'., \ ? ? ? B. r.1. WOOLLEY, U? All?.:u... C,i An Ancient Foe Tte health and happiness is Scrofula? as ugly as ever sinco time immemorial. It causes uuuuhe&.in the neck, dis figures tko skin, inflames the mucous membrane, wastei the muscles, weak ens the bones, reduced tho power of resistance to disease and tho capacity for recovery, and dovelops into coV sumption. "A bunch appeared on ttio loft side of my neck. It caused grcivfcpain, was lanced, and becmno a running sore. I went into n general decltjio. I was persuaded to try Hood's Sursaparilla, and when I had taken si* bottles iny ncek was healed, and I havo never had any trouble of tho kind since." Mrs. K. T. Snydki?, Troy* Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparitla and Pills will rid. you of it-, radically and per nrhneutly, as they have rid thousands. Three Papers a Week. FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. This Paper and tho Atlanta Twieo-n-Wcek Jurnal for $1.75 Hero you got tho news of tho ..world and all your local nows while it is fresh, paying very llttlo more than one paper costs. Either paper is well worth $100 but by special arrangement wo are en abled to put in both of them, giving three pa per a a week for this low price. You cannot equal this unywhere else, and this combination is THE BEST PREMIUM forthose who want a great papor and n home papor. Tako these and you will keep up with the times. The Somi-Weekly Journal makes common cause ?jvi t h tho farmers and publish03 hundreds of letters from them on farm topic?, describing their experleuco in making crops, etc. It is a paper devoted to the develop ment of tho resources of tho 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 the increased price paid for cotton this season. Besides general news the Twice-a Week Journal has much agricultural matter and other articles of special In terest to farmers. It has regular con tributions by Sam Jonos, Mrs. W. II. Felton, John Temple Graves, Hon. C. H. Jordan and other distinguished writers. Any of the following premiums or papers are given with a year's sub scription to The Laurens Adver tiser and tho Semi-weekly Journal for $1.75: Wall Map of tho State of Georgia. Tho McKlnloy Pictures. Southern Cultivator, Atlanta; Ga. 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It roinforces the nervous system, acts directly on tho geni tal organs and is tho finest tonic for women known. Ask your druggist for a $1.00 bottlo of Wino of Cardui. Batosvillo, Ala., July 11.1000. I am using Wine or Cnrdui and Thed ford's Black-Draught and I feel like a different woman already. Several la dies boro keep tho medicines In their homos all tho timo. I have thiee girls and thoy are using It with rao. Mrs. KATE BROWDKR. For advloo and literature, rwldrew, Hiring Ryniptom*, "Tlio Ijxdle*' Advlnory Dopart iiu-nt", Tlio CliAttunooga Modlclno Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. NOTICE ?of Final Settlement. TAKE notice that on the 13th day of March 1902, I will render a final account of my acte and doings as Ad ministrator of tho estate of B. A.Martin, dee'd., in tho Oflico of Judge of Probate for Laurens County, at 11 o'clock, a. m., and on tho samo date will apply for a fl nftl diseho.rge from my trust as admin istrator. All peivons having demands against said estate will ploase present them on or beforo that day, proven and authen ticated, or be forever barred. J. D. MILLS, Feb. 10, 1902?4t Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement TAKE notion that on tho Ltth day of March, 1902, wo will render a final account of our acts and do ings as Executors of tho estate of Toliver Robertson, deceased, in the oilico of Judgo of Probate for Laurons county, at 11 o'clock, a. in., and on tho same dato will ap ply for a final disohargo from our trust as such Exocutors. All persons having demands against said estate will pleaso present them on or before that day, proven and authenticated, or he forever barred. W. C. P. Robertson, A. M. Owings, Niyea B. Patton, ? t Fx ecu tors. Feb. 10, 1002.--.4t South Cofoliru Inter-State and West In dian Exposition. Tickets aro now on sale. The fare from Laurons to Charleston and return will be as follows: Youoanbuya ticket on Tues days aud Thursdays at $4.60 for the round trip, ticket good for seven days in addition to day of sale. For $9.20 you can buy a round trip ticket any day, good until June 8rd. For $6.76 you can buy a round trip ticket any day, good for ten days in addition to dato of sale. J. R. NOLAN, Agent. FINDS WAY TO LIVE LONG. Tho startling announcemont of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by Editor O. H. Downey, of Ohurubusco, Ind., "I wish to state ho writes, "that Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption is tho most in fallible remedy that I have ever known for Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's Invaluable to people with weak lungs. Having this wonderful medi cine no one need dread Pneumonia or Consumption. Its relief Is Instant and cure certain." Laurens Drug Co., guarantee every 50c and $1.00 bottle, and give trial bottles free. If You are in Doubt where to got your Garden Seed, romembor wo handel tho best and freshest seed. Wc burn all of our old pa pers and buy now seed. See that tho papor is stamped 1002. Palmetto Drug Co. Look for sign with the Tree. ASSESSOR'? NOTICE. The Auditor's Office will be open from tho 1st day of Januaay to the 20th day of February, 1902, to receivo returns of Real Estate and Personal property for taxation in Lnurens county. It will save much time to tax payers, albo greatly facilitate tho work of the Assessor, if ev ery person before leaving homo will make out a comploto list of every item of personal property in tho following order : Horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, hogs, watches, organs and pian os, buggies, wagons and car riages, dogs, merchandise, ma chinery and caging, moneys, notes and accounts abovo indeb tedness, and all other property, including household. It is always required that the Auditor get the first given namo of tho tax-payer in full. Under the head of place of reuidence on tax return, give the township. All male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, on the 1st of January, ox bept those who aro incapable of earning a support from b^ing maimed, er from other causes, are deemed toxablo polls, Con federate veterans excepted. And all tax-payers are required to give number of their school district. They are also request ed to state whothor tho property is situated in town or in the couutry. After the 20lh day of February next fifty per cent, penalty will bo attached for failures to make returns. In ovcry community thcro aro persons who cannot read or that do not take a newspaper. Thoso moro fortunate may do *uch persona a great favor by telling tlicm of tho time to make returns or by returning for them. Tho assessing and colleoting taxes is done in tho samo year, "and W6 have to aggregate tho number and valuo of all horses, mules, oattlo and other piooes of ftorsonal property as well as tho aorca of and, lots and buildings and their valuo that there aro in this county, and havo tho samo on filo in tho Comptroller Gon oral's ofnoo by tho 30th of Juno of caoh year, and from that timo to tho first day of October the Auditor's and Treasurer's duplioato havo to be completed and an ab stract of the work in tho Comptroller General's offioe by that timo, whioh will I show at a glance that tho Auditor has no timo to tako returns, or anything else much, bclwcon tho 1st day of October, but work on tho books and tho blanks. Wo hope, therefore, that all taxpayers will make thoir returns in time. W. L. FERGUSON, Auditor. Deo. 5th, 1901.?tf. This alfcnatur?? Is on every box of tho genuine Laxative Bromo*Qtiinine t.mcu. itbe remedy thai mm ?mUI? ?m ?eqr -o CHAIN so FOR TtN w, YEARS rjEEEBEBBBBEl ? n n n a a Asthmalene Brings Instant Relief and Permanent Cure in all Ca8e80 -o- 5 a Sent Absolutely Free on Receipt of Postal,. a a n a 3 r.l B B B ? B D n H - B r> n There Is nothing Hko Asthmalono. It brlngsg instant relief, oven in the worst eases. It curesn when all else fails. g The Rov. C. P. Wells, of Villa Ridge, 1\\.M says: "Your trial bottle of Asthmalaue received^ in good condition. I cannot tell you how Uiank-B ful I feel for tho good derived from it. I was ag slave chained, with putrid sore throat and astbmaB for ten year**. I despaired of ever being cured .g I saw your advertisement for the cure of thi^n dreadful and tormenting disease, asthma, andfl thought you had overspokou yourselves, but re-BJ solved to glvo it a trial. To my astonishment, theg ? trial acted like a charm. Sond.me a full size bothle. ri Wo want to send to every sufferer a trial treatment of Asihnia-n line similar to the one that cured Mr. Wells. We'll send it byg n mail Postpaid, Absoiotely Free of Charge, to any sufferer whoo I will write for it, even on a postal. Never mind, though you arog dosnairinir, however bad your case, tho more glad we are to send lt.n S Do not delay, write at snco, addressing DR. TAFT BROS.' MKDJ.g a CINE CO., 79 East 120th St., N. Y. City. Sold by nil Druggists. g tanGEGBGBQ beeebeeb annnnanaEaBanuaanHEEBEBEEBEGEBi*]BCB b -OF Embroidery and White Goods, which closed on Saturday, was a most Gratifying Success, and we wish to thank the many fiionds and customors who visited our store dining this sale, for their liberal patronage, and to assure them that we shall continue to put forth our best efforts to please, and that wc shall have many more good things to offer as the Season advanoes. Prompt and courteous attention at all times, and your money back if not satisfied. Watch these columns. For the next 15 Days we willoffer our entire line of One Dollar, fine wide all-wool, Ve netian and Broadcloths at 90c. These goods are all this seasons purchase rnd embrace the most desirable shades. Those who are on the look out for a ncce Black Dress of la test weave, fast dye and perfect finish at a moderate cost, here end your quest at W. 6. Wilson & Co. Hi E. GRAY J. C, 8H:0 vl.Y. GEAY & SHEALY, DRESSED and UNDRESSED LUMBER in both states for Lumber Buyors. Bettor than avorago quality at loss than avorago prices. Material for the Builder Contractor, Oarpenter, Farmer or Householder, at Agares below regular. LUMBER. of all kinds, grades and dimensions. All reliablo, well-seasoned stock. Tell us your needs and we will quote prices. Mantels, Odumiis, Scroll Work a Specialty. ?RA* & SHEALY, Laur^ns, S. C. g0T Eleven-room briok house, in rear of store to fam* x> given 1st of January, 1902. ' reut' Po"os?ion