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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription l'rlce-12 Months, $1.00 Payable in Advance. Bates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, nor square, one inser tion, 11.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprlotor. LAUBENS, H. C, Aug. 87, 1002. The Origin of tho Primary. During tho campaign just over some of tho speakers had to say something concerning tho blessings of tho pri mary and in tho exuberance of their feollngs they betrayed dense ignorance concerning it. For tho sake of history it is just as well to recall that Laurens has had the primary system for some 22 years for county offices. For ten years before the advent of Captain Tillman to public life the primary was hringing to the front numbers of Lau rens men who havo figured conspic uously since 181)0. Tho lato Congress man Shell and Col. Wharton as well as numerous others were olected to public office in Laurens be furo 1800. One of tho candidates for Congress, Mr. Wil son, had a good deal to say about the primary in his recent speeches. This district had the primary to nominate congressmen before tho days of reform ?as early as 1888. Tho resolution for S congressional primary was adopted i ? the Laurens county convention upon motion of a gentleman afterwards op posed to tho reform movement. This resolution instructed the Laurens dele gation and when the congressional con vention mot the late Major D. R. Dun can could havo boon nominated but for the fidelity of tho Laurens men, among whom were tho late Aaron Cannon and William L. Gray, to the primary idea, although they desired Major Duncan's election. Col. Perry was elected in tho primary that followed. The fact is that the up-country with such men as Orr and Mauldin as lead ers had bebn striving to obtain a stato primary for years before 1890. Captain Tillman in 1890 did not adopt the pri mary plan, much as he advocated it by word, but first came before the people as the nominee of a factional conven tion. In 1892 the Conservatives in their convention that nominated Shep pard, led by Orr and Mauldin and Hum bert, Munroe, Murray and others strenuously demanded tho primary but the stato convention, dominated by Captain Tillman, refused a direct pri mary for state officers. Tho primary idea had its birth in the up-country, not in the brain of an Edgefield maa, and it was only by tho persevering in 'sistence of the up-country Democrats that it was finally obtained. It was not obtained in its purity until after Cap tain Tillman's retirement from the governorship. Whatever increased freedom, if any, the people have gained in choosing their servants in recont years has been solely due to the pri mary. It is truo that Captain Tillman was the first successful leader to win promotion to an office as great as Sena tor in the primary but ho was rath er tho creature than the creator of the system, which had became inevitable long before his day of prominence.? Many pcoplo think and will continue to think that Captain Tillman was tholr deliverer In political affairs but those who study the history of tho times and do not ignore facts are aware that ho was merely ono of tho incidents and beneficiaries of what other men had done far more to accomplish than ho. For example,the steadfastness with which Messrs. Cannon, Gray and oth ers adhered to the instructions of tho Lauren's county convention, when it lay in their power to elect their own favor ite by convention and later ended in that favorite's dcfeat,did more to fix in the public mind the popularity of the primary than anything Captain Till man ever did. The people won the pri mary system for themselves, tho peo ple of both the old factions won by fighting hard for it, and it is foldcrol to attributo the honor to Captain Till man or any other man. These observa tions are made, not to change any body's mind, but because it is worth while to declare the plain truth of his tory. Of courso people from time to timo go wild over somo fellow. That is always the case?there will forever be a man whom freemen, forgetting them selves, will carry on their shoulders and almost deify, but the fact remains that in a country like this where men aro all politically equal it rarely hap pens that a politician deserves such adulation. Captain Tillman is a man_of unquestionable ability,a Btumr>?peaker of uncommon power, a man. of* learning and an industrious fft?dont. He has earned real distinction in the country but, while it may require'a fow genera tions, South Carolinians will ono day discover and recognize that he was not even the instrument of the larger re forms, such as tho primary, with which his name has been skillfully and per se ve ring ly associated, k _V_ Food Adulteration. "In a pure food case that was taken Up from Philadelphia to the supremo court of Pennsylvania," says Public Policy, "the plea was made that the f law is not violated uoless the quanlty of foreign substance in a food staple is sufficient to injure health." The su preme court decision is that any poi sonous ingredient, whether in quanity to injure health or not is a violation of the statute. The ory goos up that this "will affect 20 per cent of the stock of the average dealer." If ono-fifth of the merchandise sold for food contains poi sonous Ingredients there is a startling necessity for active measures. The stupid plea that the poison is not enough In any one, article to hurt the consumer indicates that the vendors ' never give enough thought to any as pect of the question, but the pursuit of 'the nimble dime and nickel to learn the effect of the cumulative poisoning. ? Certainly when we hear from the trade Itself that the praotlce of mixing poi son in food has attained a 20 per cent prevalence, It is timo for strenuous suppression aimed with the most vigor at the manufacturers of such- articles. In view of the above, bad you not better buy Clifton flour, a flour guar anteed by the Anti-Adultoratlon League? Bransford Mills, _ Owensboro, Ky. Ifotle$--I want every man and woman in the United States interested in the cure of the Opium and Whisky habits to have one of my books on theso dis eases. Address Dr. B. M. Woolley, ^^tlanta, Ga., Box 387, and ono will be g&jt^-ou free. How to Farm. The reason that we claim to know how to farm Is that the same business principles underlie it that underlie the printing business. The first ques tion that we must determine in running this healthy newspaper is, what does it cost to make the newspaper? Once a week we take a certain number ol pounds of white paper that costs about three cents a pound, applying a certain amount of labor turn It Into printed sheets. These sheets are for oalo at a dollar a year, that is a dollar for 52 pa pers. Meanwhile, we have sold a part of each paper's space to advertisers. The first principle of the publishing business is to know what It costs to publish,?what the paper costs, what to add for freight, how much to add for insurance, taxes, rent, lights, wear and tear of machinery, interest on In vestment, labor, ink and a dozen other Items. It requires a little arithmetic to put these together and cipher out to the fraotion of a cent what eaoh one of tho articles we manufacture, those ar ticles being newspapers, have cost. The calculation being correct, it is then easy to know what the paper can be sold for and what is necessary to chargo for advertising space in order that the publisher may earn a reasona ble amount of money. No man oan make newspapers or make crops or cloth or axe-handles or anything else to sell and make them successfully without mastering this cost proposi tion. He may succeed for awhile by "going it blind" but in the long run he will come to grief, unless ho all the while knows "where he Ib at." The successful farmer will always know what he is doing. He will calcu late what it costs to raiso a bale of cot ton?figuring in the seed, the labor, the land, the fertilizer, the cost of stock and machinery and so on. Hav ing done this, it is easy for him to know what he can aiford to spend. He will know whether or not it pays to raise cotton and he will know so well that he will quit trying to raise it whenever he discover positively that it costs more to produce than it will bring. Now this is a fairly difficult piece of calculation. It is not every farmer who can make itright.lt requires some years even for the successful farmer to solve it. ' Then he lives up to it. The money making farmor has a pretty fair idea of the cost of a bale of cotton and of a bushel of corn,?but more especially of the bale of cotton because the cotton Is what he sells and the corn Is usually merely one of the Incidental factors that help to make the cotton. If the president and superintendent of a cot ton mill did not know what it costs to make cloth of a certain weight and quality by the yard, that cotton mill would stumble into bankruptcy in a few months. They could not hope to keep the "cost of production" down without first knowing the cost of pro duction. Because farmers so often try to make cotton without knowing what it is costing them to make it is why so many fail. The farmer cannot be ex cepted from the great rule that con trols all correct business methods; he must know what he is doing. Here's an illustration. Borne farm ers say that it pays them to buy corn from the merchant at seventy-five cents a bushel because they cannot raise corn in competition with the Kan sas farmer. The latter raises 30 bush els to the acre, they say, and they oan raise but ten. The Kansas farmer gets but thirty cents a bushel and they cun't make it for Jess than thirty cents a bushel. Therefore they will not plant corn. Their reasoning looks straight but to act upon it will ruin the average farmer. Wherein, then is the reasoning false? The fallacy lies in this ?tho corn that the South Caro linian makes is produced from what would otherwise be for the most part waste ? wasted land, labor, stock and time. The cotton farmer cannot culti vate all his land in cotton because, at hoeing and harvest he would lack la bor. There are seasons when his mules cannot be employed in the cotton fields. There are seasons when he cannot find work for himself and his help in the cotton fields. Having the Idle land, the idle stock aud idle labor at times, all this would be wasted unless be finds some other crop, like corn,., Some other direction for his energies and the energies of his hand and^hfs stock. If then he makes but flye-'bushols to the acre and they are. made without inter firing with the" cotton crop, they have really coa*> nothing, and they are made at CO'st with which the Kansas farmer oannot compete. This then points out the reason which makes "diversifica tion of crops" so important. By hav ing several crops, the farmer is able to find something to do and the waste ol time and labor and Interest on invest ment Is checked. A man in a manu factory working 11 hours a day 810 days (all the week days except two or three) in the year, Is laboring twice as hard as the average farmer. If he la bored half as lnoessantly on the farm, he would earn more in the year. Then why not stay on the farm? Farm life Is more pleasant, assuredly. The rea son is this: Farm management re quires more sorts of knowledge. Most of our farmers are willing to work. When tho cotton needs plowing they plow, and so with the corn and oats. Thero come, In the course of the 865, days when there is no plowing and no hoeing necessary. The farmer sees nothing at hand to do and so he does nothing. in the factory one man at the head is directing and he finds some thing all che while for all bis employ ees to work at. He knows that when the faotory shuts down, many expenses will go right along, suoh as interest on cost of the plant. Thus a day's stop costs a big cotton mill several hundred dollars. Now the farmer must be his own president and board of directors, secretary and treasurer and laboring force besides. When he shuts down for a day, expenses go onaa in the case of the mill; the mules and the men and the babies are all eating and for that day nothing la belog produoed. The day. Is lost. The farmer thus loses many days in the course of the year, espec ially In winter, when hit "plant" Is idle. Some farmers find something to d> nearly all the time, because they think, they watoh for chances to work. They are handy farmers and they are mending harneasa or machinery, or breaka in fences or tenement houses, or they are making manures. A factory engine will develop so many hundred thousand horse-power in a year and the president tries to utilize It all in pro ducing olotb, losing just aa little as possible. The farmer, his laborers, and his stock will dovelop so many thou sand horse-power in the year. The in telligent farmer uses his wits to em ploy It all, losing as little as possible. It is because so many farmers are una ble to be their own presidents and di rectors that they are working for somebody else rather than for them selves In the most satisfactory business on earth?farming. Such schools as Olemson are teaching young farmers how to think, how to manage for them selves and so are doing mighty work for th? people- Wo hope that in time the first principles of farming, of car pentering, and other of the simpler trades, which in our judgment overy man Including newspaper men and prenohcrs should know, will bo taught even in the common sohoo's. ?' ? PLEASED WITH t'LEMSON. Brother Bob Tells of the Great Farm ers' Institute. Editor Advertiser, Sir: A visit to tho Farmers Institute at Clomson last week disclosed the fact that I had hitherto been missing some splendid opportunities for a season of pleasure and profit. En-route I met up with Messrs. Todd, Byrd, Shell and Dr. Dial at Fountain Inn. At Greonvillo we were joined by Wm. P. Harris and others. We found hacks and wagons awaiting us at Calhoun Falls which conveyed us without charge over tho graded road of one mile to tho campus. Being my first visit I was happily struck with the hugeness and magnifi cence of tho general make-up of tho placo and of the magnanimity of the people. Wo were supplied with .jnty of ico water, commodious rooms and clean comfortablo cots, with ample means of transportation to all points of interest "free gratis." Substantial board in tho spacious dining hall was served with courteous attention for fifty conts per day. It is a visit that counts largely to tho interest of the farmer. The social feature of the occa sion is worth several times tho cost of the trip. Everyono makes himself at home and plods leisurely over tho grounds with nis coat off, taking things "in the cool." It was a delight to visit the different appointments of the farm and view the broad acres of bottom land corn which was estimated by different spectators to promise a yield of all the way up from 30 to 100 bushels per aero. The experimental portion, of the farm which is a test of the relative value of the different varieties of cot ton, corn, etc., and of the different con stituents of fertilizers is a source of much valuable information to the farmer. Tho lectures arc dolivored from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., 4 to 0 P. M., and 8 to 10 P. M. These are highly interesting and instructive and calculated to im part information of much valuo to the farming fraternity. The importation of knowledge, tho awakening of thought, the intensifying of interest growing out of theso lectures offer to the farmers of this State an advantage that no ambitious man of the plow can well afford to ignore. Brother Bon. CROSS HILL NEWS. Protracted meeting is now going on at tho Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. Potter, of Gaffney, is helping Rev. C. B. Ratchford. Dr. J. H. Miller and W. M. Miller left last Tuesday for New York to spend eight or ten days. Dr. J. N. Payne spent a few days with his brother, N. V. Payne last week. Mrs. John Penny and children of Ab beville, have been visiting relatives in town. Hugh and Austin Lcatnan left Friday to visit relatives in Abbeville. Miss Janie Miller and Miss Sara Black, of Greenwood, aro visiting Miss Sara Austin. Mr. J. E. Leaman is having a beauti ful home bnllt on Main street. Mr. W. V. Payne is building a new brick store, which will be finished in a few days and others arc being com pleted. The knitting mill will soon be at work. The mill will start about the first of September. Cross Hilt should bo proud of her mills. Miss Lllla Day, of Newberry, Is fhe guest of Mrs. Alice McGowan. Miss Turner, of Denmark, after two weeks stay with Miss Mary Nance, left last week. Miss Irene Rice, of Coronacu, is vis iting relatives in town. Mr. J. E. Leaman has been sick, but is able to be out again. Mr. John Miller, of Whltmlre's, spent a few days with relatives horo last week. John is a jolly old boy and we all enjoy seeing him. Misses Mamio Parks and Allio An derson were tho guests of Miss Lizzie Carter last week. Lucius McSwain, one of Cross Hill's old boys, but now of Clinton, was in town Junday. Ho is always welcomed in town. Ho surely finds some charm here, (only from observation ) J Mr. Warren Tinsloy, of Georgia, spent last week In town with relatives ? and friends. Mrs. Nannie Golden has beon quite l ill, but is a little bettor to-day. Puella. JUST LOOK AT HEIL Whenee came that sprightly step, faultless skin, rich, rosy complexion, smiling face. She looks good, foels good. Here's her secret. 8he usos Dr. King's New Life Pills. Result,? all organs active, digestion good, no hondaches, no chance for "biuos." Try them jourself. Only 26o at Lau rens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. THE KYLE HAY PRESS. Farmers take care of what you make. There is as muoh in oaving as there is in making, and if you bale your hay, fodder, Oats, shucks etc., at the proper time you not only save room and time, but you save 33 per cent of the nutrl olous matter that evaporates when it is not ba!ed. Tho Kyle Hay Press fills a long felt want with farmers. It is the best yet made. The opinion seems to be unanimous that the KYLE HAY PRESS la unexcelled by any press on the market. It Is going to the front, already a great number of them have been sold, you only need to try it to be pleased.. It is easy oper ated by 2 men and 1 horse. It Is cheap, durable, simple in construction and easily mounted. It is the only press that can be made or repaired on tho farm, It haa no casting to break and cause long delay. No other press has this advantage. It is the only press that the farmer oan afford to buy, it pays for itself out of the first crop. Evary farmer can own his owo press, and bale his hay at the proper time. A. L. HUDGRN0, Laurena, g. C, -. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Tho Ufo und Character of the Lntc ' MIkh Ida Holmes. At a meeting of tho Ladies' Aid So cioty of tho Presbyterian Church the following tribute to the late Miss Ida Holmes was presented by Mrs. F. P. McCowan. This afternoon as we come togethor for our monthly meeting, there is a va cant seat among us and we look long ingly for a face that comes no more. Another of our members bus crossed the Shadowy River, and with saddened hearts wo aro hero to pay this last tri bute of love and respect to her mem ory, la tho doath of Miss Ida Holmes, tue Ladles' Aid Society has suffered an irreparable los?, a loss that will be more keenly folt when wo fully realize as the years go by that wo look in vain for another to take up the work that she has laid down. Quiet and reserved by nature, only those who know her bost aud 6aw her as sho was in her home-lifo can cstl mato her real worth. In the school room, the family circle, the church she loved so well, -yea In every sphere of life, sho had the highest, noblest eon ception of duty, and as she conceived It, so sho fulfilled it. What her hands found to do, sho did with characteristic /.oal and earnestness, and true to tho example of her Master, she "went about doing good." Entirely forgetful of self, hor time, means and talents were at tho command of those who needed them most. Modest and retir ing in disposition, she was a woman who talked little of self, but proved her faith by her works. To her, lifo was a grand opportunity for good, and she did it faithfully even unto tho end. Christianity as shfl understood it was no vague abstraction or meaningless system of tonet?, but a potent reality, a princlplo to bo embodied in every day life. Religion meant not theory but action, and deeds not words, allowed tho faith within her. Gontloness, mod esty, self-sacrllico for others and sin cerity were not merely attribute?, but fundamental principles of her char acter. A woman of firm and strong convictions, yet never obtrusivo in her views, sho was unusually tolerant of the opin'ons of others, and with truo Chri8tiau sympathy sho entered into the joy8 and sorrowa of those about her. Truly of her It may be said as of tho woman of old, "Sho hath done what she Icould", and nineteen centuriea havo failed to evolve a higher plaudit. To us who "aeo through a gla=s darkly" It seems a myaterioua Provi dence that has stricken her down In the midst of a life of such great useful ness, but "His ways are not our ways," and wo bow in humblo sorrowing sub mls8ion to His will for Ho dooth ail things well. With tho bereaved family wo mingle our tears, and especially do our hearts go out to tho aged mother in whoso declining years she was a constant stay and support. In the darkness of thoir afllction may tho dlvlno light broak In upoi them, and may thoy liavo that peaco and comfort which "the world cannot give and the world cannot tako away." Thoir sorrow is our sorrow for wo too shall miss her. Wo shall miss her kindly presonco at our meet ings and hor /.oal In our work. But tho darkest shadow has a light beyond it, and to us she has left as a rich hcrit* ago, tho examplo of a beautiful lifo with tho hopo that when our work is done, wo shall moot her in that land where onrs will be tho fulfillment of His promise "We shall see Him as Ho is." If you aro losing appetite, lying awake at nights, take Hood's Sarsapufilla? it's just the tonic "you need. HOW THE VOTE STANDS. The Contest Has Now Ucon Practically Decided. The following is tho voto up to noon yesterday in the Converse Business Col logo contest. Sovoral contestants have asked that thoir uamea bo omitted: Ellwood Billard,. 758 D. L. Brooks,. 5t> Below appears tho ballot to bo voted for in the Convorao Commorcial Col logo Scholarship. * k 4i i * k i * k > * *??? *. ? Aug. 27th. T SCHOLARSHIP AT. iwM (Jon verse Commercial College: ? I VOTE FOR ?r * t 1. 1/ *.if sf ? ?JMrtl K lr)M hM \ M * * -i ' ' \ i '.n Our buyer, Mr. S. M. Wilkos, is on to market purchasing a full and com plete line of fall goods for our well known houaefurnishing establishments and we havo put a low price on every thing In our store to move thom. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes. Wo will deliver cotton seed meal anywhere in town at $1.-10 per eack. Laurens Cotton Mill Store. Just arrivod several now electric lights globes. Only 20 cont8 each. Cost you 25 conls anywhere olse. S. M. & E. H. Wilkos. Wo aro closing out all our ladios, M if sea and children's Sllppora at coat. Seo them. Tho Hub. Messrs. 8. M. & E. H. Wilkes, Laurens S. C. Gents?Tho Buck's Stove bought of you rocelved. It is cortalnly u good cooking stovo, and I would not give it for any stovo I over saw. It cooks quick and takes loss wood. Yours truly. G C. Young, Clinton, S. C. August 22nd 1002. A small amount of monoy to loud on easy terma, provided tho security is particularly good. W. W. Ball. Messrs. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes, Laurens. 8. O.S Gents?The cooking sfovo bought of you two years ago Is giving me porfect satisfaction, and I am highly pleased with it, Yours truly, Jarnos I. Adalr, Clinton, S. C, August 23rd 1002. Special values in Embroideries this week at Tho Hub. We aro making special pricos on all summer goods, we must ?move them before our fall goods arrive, anything that you may nocd in this lino remem ber that you can save monoy. 8. M. <fe E. 11. Wilkes. GLENN SPRINGS WATER The Kidney Cure. Pol" salo by Laurens Drug Co Pal motto Drug Co., Dr. B. F, Posey, W. W. Dodson and J. 8. Bonnott. Uli flUUIIPf O tutors of morphin?, PAINLESS opium, laudanum, I_ elixir of opium, co ib ? ? ? cnlrm or whlskoy, a B.JB IIB Hfl '?w book or |>i\, I I EHI tlculara on homn or 1 1 &J III sanatorium treat " m7zL. mont- Address, It. EIGHTEEN PRESENT. } He-union oi* the "Bees" Held Last Week. The Company's Services In the Late War (hillnnt Officers Who Fell lu Battle- Itosolutious Passed. [Communicated.] On tho morning of the 19th inst., when we awoke ami found that tho day promised fair, our hearts beat with joy to know that wo were to have one more big re union of that noblo old Com pany l'\ of the 14th 8. C. V., known as the Carolina lieoj. We started out just forty-one yoars ago, on that day under the leadership ot Capt. R. S. Owone, of Clinton, for the war. Wo remained on the coast until tho following April when wo wore transferred to tho army of Northern Virginia. In tho battles around Rich mond our gallant Captain was killed, or died of wounds on Juno ."10th, 1802. During tho Valley campaign wo were under command of Ij'out. J. M. Dunlap, who was promoted to Captain, and let me Bay here, thore neve.1 were two braver men than tbose, who gavo their lives to their country. Captain Dunlap remained in command of tho Company until ho fell dead on September 20th, in tho fame year 1802. Liout. Jas. M. MoCarlcy was then promoted to Captain and commanded the Company until he was disabled by wounds and was retired on May 12th, 1804, and still lives In Laurens. He too, Uko the others, was as bravo as the bravest. He has ono arm hanging by his side with half tho bono broken out, disabled for life. Lieut. J. 1'. Sloan was then promoted to Captain, was left wounded on the ba'tlotield of Gettysburg, July 1803 and was iu prison tho b.ilanco of the war. The Company was commanded after tho Gettysburg light by Dr. \V. A. Shacd and H. M. Hunter, who were both Lieutenants. The writer wus captured at Deep Bottom on Ju'y 2s, 18(il, and liko Capt. Sloan remained in prison during tho remainder of the war. We have held seven re-unions in the last seven years, but tho last one at Yarborough's Mill was the biggest ono of all, eighteen answering to roll call. The day was lino and everybody was happy and in a good humor. It was tho first roll call for some of them slnco they left Appomattox, but they expect to bo at overy re-union from now on. Tho only sad feature of the day was the reading of some resolutions on the death of Comrado J W. Clark. It was unanimously agreed that tbeso resolu tions bo published in tho Laurens county papers. tuk resolutions. Company F's, 14th Regiment, S. C. V. tribute to the memory of Jno. W. Clark, who died March 2nd 11)02 When Co. I"s last rc-uniou came to a close and comrades were saying g? od bye until wo meet again, none among us seemed more cheerful and happy, or had greater promise ot* many yoars to como than Comrade John W. Clark, but to-day when the roll was called we learn that bo is no more, his name has been transferred from the roll of tho living to that of the dead. Ills happy spirit has gone to tho Great Ucyond to which wo are all hasting. Ills old comrades boro tho lifeless body to its last earthly home, there to rest until the Resurrection morning. To-day wo mourn tbe absence of a friend and comrade, one wo could trust at all times, and In all places, a model husband and father, a good and usoful oitlzen, a brave and fearless sol dier, his work is ended. We extend to the bereaved ones our heartfelt sym pathy. In peace may ho rest; to glory may ho riso. J. O. TlCMPLETON, W. J, COPELAND, j. i *. Sloan, Committee Co. F. DO YOU NEED A Clock, Watch, Hing, Watch Chain, (.'harm, Droach, Sol Silver Forks, Knives or Spoons{ Or anything in (ho Jewelry Linol Come (o US and we will Give you the best of lioods and Prices. (fov Repairing a S'pocialty. Fleming Bros* Tho Jowclry People. Laurens, S. c. Mrs. Laura. S. Webb, VIce-lT.-NlUciit Womnn'M Dein? crnllcClubH of Nor?tu?rii Ohio. "I dreaded tbe change of life which was fa.it approaching. I noticed Wine of Cardui, and decided to try a bot tle. I experienced tome relief the first month, so I kept on taking H for three months and now I menstruate with no pain and I shall take it off and on now until I have passed the climax." Female weakness, disordered monses, falling of the womb and ovarian troubles do not wear off. They follow a woman tothechango of lifo. Do not wait luittako Wino of Cardui now and avoid tho trou ble. Wino of Cardui never fails to benefit a suffering woman of any age. Wino of Cardui relieved Mrs. Webb when sho was in dan ger. When you conic to the change ?f lifo Mrs. Webb's letter will mean moro to yon than it docs now. But you may now avoid tho suffering she epdurod. Druggists sell $1 hollies of Wino of Cardui. What ts the use of telling tho rheumntlO that he feels as if bis Joints were being dis located 7 He knows that bis sufferings aro very much like tho tortures of the rack. What he wants to know la what will per manently cure his disease. That, according to thousands of grateful testimonials, is Hood's Sarsaparilla It promptly neutralizes the acid In tho blood on which tho disease depends, com pletely eliminates It, and strengthens tho system agalust Its return. Try Hood's. SCHOOL BOOKS, TABLETS, INK and PENCILS. The County Depository. Our Stock larger this year and more complete. Palmetto Drug Co. Look for sign with the Tree. WOFFORD COLLEGE, SPARTAN BURG, S. C. H. N. snydkk, m. a. President, Full College Courses. Favorable surroundings. The best Influences. Necessary expenses from $100 to $175 for tho year. For catalogue or other information, apply to J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary, Wofford College Fitting School SPARTAN BURG, S. C. Elegant new building. Careful at tention to individual student. Board and tuition for year $110. All infor mation given by A. M. DuPRE, Head Master. South Carolina Military Academy Ono vacancy In the Stato Beneficiary Scholarship is to be awarded on com petitive examinations, for this Laurens County. Blank forms of application should be appliod for at onco to Col. C. S. Gads den, Chairman Board of Visitor?. These applications, fully made out, must bo in the hadns of tho Chairman on tho Illst July in ordor to receive at tention. C. S. GADSDEN, hairmtu Board Visitors. July 1, 1902. CLEMSON COLLEGE. FULL COURSES IN sat Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Textile Engineering 500 students last session. Expenses for ono year for free tuition students $100.12. Send for illustrated catalogue. Henry s. Hartzoo, President. Clemson College, s. C. A NEW LAW FIRM. The undersigned havo this day en terod Into a partnership for tho practico of law in tho Courts of this Stato, undor tho name of Simpson & Cooper and will promptly attend to all business en trusted to thorn. H. Y.Simpson, R. A. Cooper. Dr. W. II. DIAL, NO. 110 W. Main St. Special Attontion Given Women and Children. Ofllco hours in the olty from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. 'Phono?Residence No. 44; Ofllco No. 81). MONEY TO LOAN On Improved farms. Long time. Easy payments. Small cost. No com mission. Apply to C. ?. Barksdalk, Atty , Laurens, S. C. June 24th, 1902?3ra. Furman University, GREENVILLE, S. C. Will bogin the next sosslon on Sep tember 17th, 1002. Location convenlont and healthful. Courses of study eloc tiveor leading to the B. A. and M. A. degrees. Full corps of . instructors and ample mess arrangements for re duced cost of boarding. For details apply to the President, A. Pi MONTAGUE, L. L. I >., Greenville, S. C. SEEDS FOR YOUR FALL SOWING? We avo Full Stock of Wheat, Barley, Rye, Vetch, Rape; Red, Crimson and Burr Clover. Burr Clovor Is tho unsurpassed Winter pasturage. Try it. I Complete Line of Undertaker's Supplies M M?tt" Wo sell Mason's, half Gallons, Fruit Jars at "5 cents per /IN dozen, KENNEDY BROS. \ CONVERSE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, 8 ? Spartanburg, S. C. X ?5 An Honest School doing an Honest Q Business at Honest Prices, A IF YOU THINK OF ATTENDING A <&zmnvna fiS 8 Business College, 8 S^h Write Tor our handsome now catalogue JK? just, out. It gives much valuable infor- J(F mat ion. Q Address, 3W Box 105. 13. W. GET SINGER, JlJ Spartanhurg, s. C. Manager, jgg &QOOOOOOOOOOOOOO& Summer Is Waning and, by the Calendar we should be making ready for Fall, but the temperature still keeps our thoughts riveted upon Summer and Summer Goods. We are de= termined to carry over nothing in Summer Goods if Price cuts any figure. Everything in Lawns,Organdies, Batistes, and Summer Fabrics of every kind must go at same price. We are also closing out all Ladies Hisses and Childrens' slipper at aiu below cost. Come and see us. vite mm mj WF~ Dial's Corner. Skirting Crash. The very artiele for warm and dusty weather, price Sets, per yard. White Indian Linens at 10c., I2ic, 15c, 20c, 25c. per yard. These are the finest numbers we have ever shown at these prices. Hamburg, Lawn and Swiss Embroideries and Insertions from Sets up. Solid and Fancy Lawns and Organdies. The solid Linen colored Lwens are much in demand, we have open ed the second shipment this season. Price 10 cents per yard W. G. Wilson & Co. J9o You Wai)t to Bay a lyIoi)tLtt>ei?t? If you do we have what you want in cithor Marble or Gfauito. We soil all kinds of Marblo and Granite known to tho trade. Best Material , First-class work at Lowest Prices. Write ub and we will send a man to boo you. WHITE & CO., Anderson, S.C.