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THE ?WERTI8BR. Subscription Price--12 Months, $1,00 Parable In Advance. Rates for Advertising.?Ordinal y Ad vertisements, per square, on? inser tion , $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduotlon made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAU KENS, 8. C, April 22, 1908. That Charleston Dinner. The newspapers have written vastly I.bom the dluner to Senator Tillman and some of them unknowingly. The Advektisek observes that the people who gave the dinner were good, substantial people. That most prominent among them were about 20 men who were original followers of Konator Tillman. Among these were tho gentleman who pre sided and the gentleman who was the senator's host lu Charleston. That of 15 or 20 former Anti-Tillman men, men conspicuous in tho affairs of Charleston, thinkable reasons for the presence of several were evident. For example, the mayor, alderman and the candidates for mayor were not un naturally present. There were a'so present some very excellent gentlemen who represent some very big corporate interests. That of about 30 retail merchants, thero was a strikingly largo proportion of prominent and wealthy Jews?all good men. That about 30 others, ?ood men, were present whose names are unfamiliar to the public. That the most prominent merchant feels or ought to feel a sense of per sonal obligation to the 8enator for Congressional labors that saved him large monies. That wbilo the characters of the geutlemcn who gave tho dinner were 6uch as to make it highly complimen tary to the senator, for which he should be properly grateful, it was not such a gathering of Charlestonians, in num bers or Importance, as would a couple of years ago have greeted the late General Wade Hampton. There was an astonishing number of notable ab sentees. That the language of the senator which those prescht at tho dinner re garded as grossly insulting might with ordinary foresight have been scheduled and printed on the bills of fare. The Senator did his level best to be polite. * * * Your Mother's House! If three or four magistrate's consta bles, police officers or dispensary con stables should go to the house of a highly respectable widow woman, or to the house of a highly respectable man in his absence, in any township in Laurens, and search every room in it for liquor, against the protest of tho lady of the house, thero would be trou ble for the officers, orders or no orders, mistake or no mistake; whether the house invaded wore the homo of Till manites or Antie. An incident like the raid of Mrs. Trenho'.m s houso In Charleston, (Mrs. Trenholm is a highly respectable widow woman), would raise Old Harry In Lau rens. Put the case to yourselves. Suppose It were your mother's house? And no man present? ? A Wise Man. Grover Cleveland, Esq., delivered an address in tho interests of negro edu cation last week In New York City which showed clearly that the hard headed ev-president is sound on this subject as well as on othors. He told his Northern hearers plainly that what they called "prejudice" in the South might be a deep-seated race Instinct and that whatever of good might be done for the Southern negroes would depend chiefly upon the whito people of the South. Grovor Cleveland is a wise man. *?* Tho Society Colnmn. The society column of the daily pa pers is most entrancingly interesting. Even In Charleston It n making Its way. Some time ago The Charleston Post ventured to print society news. At first tho effort was not brilliant. Within the last few months, however, it has developed wonderfully One may find the socioty news of Charleston told in The Post in a style equally bright as that of the most prominent of Southern newspapers. The Post without Its socio ty column would bo the play of Hamlet with Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, and all except the ghost, the prince and the grave diggers left out. In short the story of life in Charleston would be eliminated. %* "Choosing A Wife." In and around LaurenB a good deal of marrying is going on now and more courting than marrying. Marry ing is an Important transaction. ? How to pick tho right sort of wife is almost as important as how to pick the right sort of husband. The advice of old Gorgon Graham, printed in an other column under the caption "Choosing A Wife" is in general sound. It is worth reading. The old man's belief in "short engagements and long marriages" will hold water. * * In Laurens Street. The Advertiser observes and ad vertises that tho street force is work ing in Laurens streot, on a side of Which lies part of Ward 2. V Good farmers tell The Advertiser that many people are "ploughing too wet." Wet ploughing is expensive nonsense. * An acre well cultivated pays better than three acres played with. A GREAT SENSATION. There was a big sensation In Lees vllle, Ind., wben W. H. Brown of that plaoe, who was expected to die, had his life saved by Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. He writes: "I endured insufferable agonies from Asthma, but your New Disoovery gave me immediate relief and soon thereaf ter effected a complete cure." Similar cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Grip are numerous. It's the peerless remedy for all throat and long troubles. Price 50 eta. and $1.00. Guaranteed by The Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Trial bottles free. NESTLES AMONG PIEDMONT HILLS. Col. Hoyton lvhlte Stone Lithia. GREAT DEVELOPMENT. The Achievements of a Laurens Man. Hotel With all Modern Conveniences? Tremendous Shipments of Water Constantly Increasing. The following is from the pen of Col. James A. Hoyt, in tho Greenville Mountaineer. .This is an age of rapid development and in no respect is this more per ceptible, so far as this seotlon of tho country is concerned, than in the num ber and variety of health and pleasure resorts. More than a half century 8go, at what is now known far and wide as the White Stone Lithia Springs, in Spartanburg oounty, thoro was a local interest in the ourative properties of the water, and a half dozen or more cabins were occupied every summer with families from the immediate nelghborhood,but there was no thought of inviting others to partake of the hen((its flowing from nature's fountain in great abundance. It was prior to the days of rapid transit, and the near est railroad point was Columbia, but the owners of the water did not Imag ine for a moment that it wa9 desirable to advertise extensively its remedial qualities. wonders wrought. All this is now changed, and in the last two years wonders have been wrought, until White Stone has bo come celebrated in all parts of the United StateB, and there has arisen a man of pluck, energy and enterprise whose plans and purposes would thrill and entrance the generations of the past. Mr. James T. Harris, the wizard of health resorts la this part of the country, is a native of Laurens county, and seems to have an intuition for the development of neglected spring?1, and thereby create the opportunity for hlesslngs untold upon suffering hu manity. His work at White Stone is really marvellous, and he Is just fairly bosinning to unfold and bring to per fection the plans be has in view to make this an attractive summer and winter resort. AMONG the BILLS. Nestled among the hills between the Pacolet and the Enoreo he has found an ideal spot for the fulfillment of his purposes, and crowning one of these hills he has built an extensive and at tractive modern hotel, which contains more than two hundred rooms, and has the most ample floor space to be found in any resort within my knowledge. The building Is three stories in height, and in the centre is the largest kind of a rotunda, whose circle on each floor will accommodate hundreds of specta tors. Every room In the houec is on the outride, and not a single guest can ask for a change of location on the ground of ventilation being Inade quate. Those who spent last summer here tell us that there was never an uncomfortable night or the slightest complaint of heat. the great hotel. The hotel will accommodate <'150 euests, and it was opened July 15th, 1002. It is lighted with electricity throughout, and has a complete system of waterworks, while in winter it is supplied with steam heat. The dining room will seat 209 people, and on the third floor U a ball room of like di mensions, which has more than a hun dred incandescent, lights grouped most artistically in the ceiling. On the hill upon which the hotel stands there Is a remarkable variety of trees, including tho maple, beech, ash, oak, nickory, pine, black gum, sweet gum, dog wood, persimmon, chestnut, poplar, ce dar and holly. The grounds are as yet In an unfinished state, but work begin* in a short time to render the vision more attractive, Across the ravine beyond the spring is another wooded hill where the growth Is chiefly pine, from whose summit there 1) a splendid view of the hotel and the surrounding country. A club house, billiard rooms, bowling alley, tennis grounds and pa vilion at the spring will diversify (ho enjoyment of the visitors and ronder more atti'active their sojourn. an electric line. An electric line is now being con structed from the railroad station, a distance of two and a half or three miles, upon which the grading has been completed and the cross-ties are being laid, and trolley oars are already on the track at the depot. White Stone station is only eight miles from Spar tanburg on the Asbevllle and Columbia division, and the electrio line is pro jected (or a connection to Spartanburg. a striking keaturk. One of the most striking features of this extraordinary development is the shipment of water from White Stone, which was begun less than two years ago, and has already reached enormous proportions. Mr. Harris Is a most per sistent and successful advertiser, and the fame of his excellent spring has gone abroad to the uttermost parts. It will not surprise us to learn that he has made a shipment to the Philippines or to Alaska in the near future, but for the present he is dividing his orders between New York and New Orleans, the gulf and the lakes. He is shipping about a oar load each day, and is bo hind with orders now to the value of $6,000 A large foroe of hands is at work day and night in trying to keep up with the orders, which are constantly inoreaslng in number and growing in quality. The water is shipped in oar* boys and in crates of half gallon, quart and pint bottles; the latter being ale or carbonated soda-water of different fla vors. Afri-cola is sold In near-by towns and Iron-brew Is shipped in cases. Mr. Harris is satisfied they are ship ping mors water than any spring In the South, wbioh speak* volumes for White Stone, as the w*t?r h*g been on the market only two season*. By the way, the name of the spring does not denote the color of the rocks la that vi cinity which might be more appropri ately termed B!ack Rock, but long ago Sht>k-.speare asked the question, "What's lu a name?" and the proprie tor of White Stone 1b beginning to rea lize the answer, for he is making a name familiar to the public in every portion of the country, from which he will derive much profit iu a few years. PRCVEUUIAL HOSPITALITY. The hospitality of Mr. Harris Is pro vorbtal, and his generous treatment of other organizations In the past has in duced several to accept his invitation for this year, wbioh includes the fol lowing: The State Dental Association will hold its annual meeting at White Stone on the 1st of June; the State Teacher's Association on the 17th of June, and tho State Press Association on the 7th of July. The dentists and teachers will have royal entertain ment at White Stooe, we are quite sure, but the fatted calf will bo re served for tho editors, who are noted for their prodigality aud oft-repent ance, and White Stone will make their 20th annive-sary nm^ng the most me morable In the histo.-y of the Associa tion. Cnrcs Cancer and Blood Poison. If you bave blood poison producing eouptlons, pimples, ulcers, swoolen glind?, im nips and risings, burning, Itching skin, eopper-colored spots or rash on the 6kin, mucous patches in mouth or throat, falling hair, bone paiop, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, take Hotan'ic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) It kilis the poison in the blood; soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swellings snbsido, aches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst cases of Blood Poison. For cancer, tumors, swellings, eating sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimp'ej of all kinds, take B. B. B. It destroys the cancer poison in the blood, heals cancer of all kinds, cures the worst humors or suppuratlne swo lings? Thousands cured by B. B. B. aftor all else falls. B. B. B. is composed of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the di gestion, makes the blood pure and rich, stops the awful itching and all sharp, shooting pains. Thoroughly tested for thirty years. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with complete directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Bilm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medi cal advlco also sent In sealed lette--. 8old In Laurens by B. F. Posey. State of houth Carolina. County of Laureue. Court of Probate Ex Parte Lula Dendy, Administratrix with Will annexed, In Re Estate of E. J. Dendy, Deceased. To M. W. Dendy, E. G. Dendy, Eliza Lipford, Emaline Adam?, Cornelia Crisp, Melisea Piorce, E. II. Watts, J. C. Watts, Elizabeth Donald, Kittle Nelson, S. D. Austin, Robert W. Gol den, Bonnie S. Cole, F. A. Goldan, C.W.Go'.den, Lilla Donald, M. L. Crisp, A. B. Crisp, Ruth Crisp, W. E. Crisp, E. M. Crisp, Eugenia Crisp, Sidney Crisp, Clara Watts, Ju'ia L'.ndsay, Richard Watts, Dallas Wat's, Alma Wat's, Walter Watts, Hugh Watts, Sidney Watt*, Virginia Watts and John Watts YOU aro hereby summoned and re quired to answer the petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Judgo of Probate for Laurens County, and to serve a cony of your answer to said petition on the subscribers at their office at Laurens, S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof; exclu sive of the day of such soi-v'ce; and if you fall to answer the petition within the time aforesaid, the petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the relief domanded in the petition, which is to have the will of E. J. Dendy, dee'd., proven in due form of law. SIMPSON & COOPER, Attorneys for Petitioner. Dated 13th. April, 1903. O. G. Thompson, J. P. L. C. To the Non-Kesideots?S. D. Austin, Robert W. Golden, Lilla Donald and B. H. Watts: Please take notice that the petition in this case was filed iu the office of the Judge of Probate for Laurens County, S. OT, on the 13th, day of April, 1903. SIMPSON & COOPER, Attorneys for Petitioner. The Bands that Bind Hearts To-gether seem to be in great demand just at this season of tha year. Yeur Ring is here, just what you want, backed up by our full guarantee. Our Ring stock has just been strengthened by a wide va riety of all that is latest and best. To buy before inspecting is to buy unwisely. Fleming Bros. High Class Fertilizer. The intelligent farmer Is careful to know what he is buying when he gets hi.-f Fertilizer Biipply. I am offering Royster's Guanos and Acids. It is a well known fact that Mr. Roy ster uses Fish Scrap entirely for am moniated goods. Ho uses no cotton seed meal. These goods have been used for several years in Laurens County and have given universal satis faction. Roystor'g acids are Second to NONE. I am also handling the celebrated Ober & Sons Oo.'s. guanos which are too well known to Lauruns farmers to need any recommendation. These goods a man can conscien tiously commend as being all that Is claimed for them. I shall be glad to have your orders and inquiries. W. O. 1RBY. I WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER Or, The Lot* Story of Charles Brandon and Nary Tudcr, the King's Sister, and Happening In tho Reign of Ilia August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Howritfoo *.m! Rendered Into Modern F.nrflUh From Sir Edwin C%akoden'a Memoir By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHAi Lf.S MAJOR] Copj/r*ffht, 1898 and 100t, by the, Uotetn-Merrill fonijxmy In her heart tho princess preferred, upon proper occusions, such as this, to abate her dignity, and often requested others to dispense with ceremony, us In fact sbo had done with us earlier in tho evening. Hut Brandon's easy manner, although perfectly respectful niul ele gantly polite, wus very different from anything she bad ever known. Sbo enjoyed it, but overy now and then the senso of her Importance and dignity? for you must remember she was the first princess of tho blood royal?would supersede even her lovo of onjoynient, and the girl went down and the prin cess entne up. HcBldcs, she half feared that Brandon wan amusing himself nt her expense, and that in fact this was a new sort of masculluo worm. Beally she sometimes doubted if it were a worm at nil, nud did not kuow what, to expect nor what sho ought to do. She was far more girl than princess, and would have preferred to remain morely girl and lot events tako tho course they were going, for she liked It. But there was the other part of her which was princess, and which kept saying, "Remember who you are," so sho wus plainly at a loss botwoen natural and artificial Inclinations con tending unconsciously within her. Replying to Mary's remark over Jane's shoulder, Brandon said: "Your highness asked us to lay aside ceremony for tho evening, and If I have offended I con but inake for my excuse my desire to ploaso you. Be suro I shall offend no more." This was said bo seriously that his meaning could not be misunderstood. Ho did not care whether ho pleased so capricious a per son or not. Mary made no reply, and it looked as If Brandon hod tho worst of It. We sat a few minutes talking, Mary wearing an air of dignity. Cards were proposed, and as the game progressed she gradually unbent agnin and be came affable aud familiar as earlier In the evening. Brandon, however, was frozen. He was polite, dignified and deferential to the ladies, but the spirit of the evening was gone since he had furnished it all with his free, offhand manner, full of life and brightness. After a abort time, Mary's warming mood falling to thaw our frozen fun maker, and In her heart inflniteiy pre ferring pleasure to dignity, she said: "Ob, this is wearisome! Your game is for loss entertaining than your new dance. Do something to make me laugh, Master Brandon." "I fear you must cull hi Will Som mers," ho replied, "If you wish to laugh. I cannot please you in both ways, bo will hold to the one which seems to suit the princess." Mary's eyes dashed, and sho said ironically: "That sounds very much as though you cured to please me In any .way." Her Hps parted, and Bho evidently had something unkind ready to say, but she held the breath she bad taken to speak it with and after one or two false starts In as many different lines continued: "But perhaps I deserve lt. I ask you to forgive mo, and hereafter desire you throe, upon all proper occasions, when we are by ourselves, to treat me as ono of you ?as a woman, a girl, I mean. Where is the virtuo of royalty if it only means being put upon n pinnacle above nil the real pleasures of life, like fool ish old Sty Utes on his column? Tho queen Is always prcachuig to me about the strict maintenance of my 'dignity royal,' as she calls it, and nerhops che Is right. But out upon 'dignity royal,' say Ii It Is a terrible nuisance. Ob, you don't know how dlffioult It Is to be a princess and not a fool. There!" And sho sighed in apparent relief. Then, turning to Brandon: "You havo taught me another good lesson, sir, and from this hour you ure my friend, if you will bo, so long as you are worthy?no, I do not mean that; I know you will always be worthy?bat forever. Now we aro at rights again. Lot us try to remain so?that Is, I will," and she laughingly gave iilm her hand, which he, rising to his feet, bowed low ovor and kissed, rather fer vently and lingerlngly, I thought. Hand kissing was new to us iu Eng land, excepting in case of the king and queen at public homage. It was a lit tle startllug to Mary, though she per I mitted him to hold her hand much longer than there was any sort of need ?a fact she recognized, as I could easily see from her telltale cheeks, which were rosy with tho thought of It. So It Is when a woman goes on the dofonslvo prematurely and without cause. It makes it harder to apply tho check when the real need comes. After a little card playing I express ed regret to Jane thnt I could not have a dance with her for lack of music. "I will play, if the ladles permit," said Brandon, and ho took Lady Jano's lute and played and sang some very pretty little love songs and some comic ones, too, in a stylo not often heard In England, so far away from the home of tho troubadour and iute. He was full of surprises, this Bplendid fellow, with his accomplishments and graces. When wo had danced ns long as we wished?thnt Is, ns Jane wished; ns for myself, I would have been dancing yet ?Mary again nsked is to bo seated. Jane having rested, Brandon offered to tench her the new dance, saying ho could whistle an nlr well enough to give her tho step. I at once grew un easy with Jealous suspense, for I did not wish Brandon to danco in that fashion with Jane, but to my groat relief sho replied: "No, thank you; not tonight." Then, shyly glancing toward me: "Perhaps Sir Edwin will teach mo when he learns. It Is his business, you know." Would I? If a month, night mid day, would conquer It, the new dnnco was as good as done for already. That was the first real mark of favor I ever hod from .Tono. ? We now had some songs from Mary and Jane; then I gave one, nnd Bran don sang again at Mary's request. We had duets and quartets nnd solos, and the songs wero nil sweet, for Uiey come from the heart of youth and went to the soul of youth, rich in Its God given fresh delight in everything. Then wo talked, und Mary and Jane, too, with a aly, shy, soft little word now nnd then, drew Brandon out to tell of his travols and adventures.' He was a pleasing talker and had a smooth, easy now of words, speaking alwaya in a low, clear voice and with perfect composure. He had a way of looking first one auditor and then another straight in the eyes with a magnetic effect that gave to ?very thing be said an added interest. Although at that tluio loss than twenty flvo yours old, he was really a learned man, havlug studied at Burcelona, Sal amanca and Paris. While there had been no system In his iHlucatlou, his mind wns a sort of knowledge Junkshop wherein he could tlnd nlmost anything ite wanted. He spoke Uerunn, French and Spanish and Beemed to know the literature of all tbeso languages. He told us he bad left borne at the early nge of sixteen as his uncle's es quire and bad fought In France, then down In Holland with the Dutcb, bad been captured by the Spanish and had Joined the Spanish army, as It muttered not where be fought so that thoro was a ehanco for honorable achievement and n fair ransom now and then. Ho told us how he had gone to Barcelona and Salamanca, where he had studied, and thence to Qraunda, among the Moors; of his lighting against the pi rates of lturbary, his capture by them, bis slavery and adventurous escape and hla regret that now drowsy peace kept him mowed up In a palace. "It is true," ho said, "there Is a pros pect of trouble with Scotland, but I "Sir, forgive mc." would rather light a pack of howling, starving wolves thnu the Scotch. They light like very devils, which, of courso, Is well, but you have nothing after you have beaten tbom, not even a good whole wolfskin." In an unfortunate moment Mary Bald, "Oh, Master Brandon, tell ns of your duel with Judsou." Thoughtful, considerate Jane frown ed nt the princes*? In tiurprise and put bcr linger on hor lips. "Your ladyship, I fear I cannot," he answered, and left his seat, going over to the window, where he stood, with bis back toward us, looking out Into the durkuess. Mary saw what she had done, and bcr eyes grew moist, for, with all her faults, she had a warm, tender heart and a quick, responsive sympathy. After a few seconds of painful silence she went softly over io the window where Brandon stootl. "Sir, forgive me," sho said, putting her hand prettily upon his arm. "I should have known. Believe me, I would not have hurt you Intentionally," "Ah, my lady, the word was thought lessly spoken and needs no forgiveness. But your heart shows itself In the ask ing, and I thank you. I wanted but a moment to throw off the thought of that terrible day." Then they came back together, and the princess, who had tact enough when she eared to use It, soon put matterri right hgain. I started to tell ono of my best sto rlo? In order to cheer Brandon, but In the midst of It Mary, who, I hnd no ticed, was restless and uneasy, full of blushes and hesitancy and with a man ner us new to hor as the dawn of the first day was to tho awakening world, abruptly asked Brandon to dance with her again. She had risen and wan standing by her chair, rondy to be led out. "Gladly," answered Brandon as he sprang to her side and took her band. "Which shall it be?La Gnlliard or tho new dance?" And Mary, standing there, the picture of waiting, willing modesty, lifted her free hand to his shoulder, tried to raise her eyes to biB, but fulled and softly said, "The new dance." This time the dancing was more so berly done, and when Mary stopped It wns with serious, thoughtful eyes, for she had felt the tingling of n new, strange force in Brandon's touch. A man, not n worm, but a real man, with all the irresistible, Infinite enactions that a man may hnvo for a woman? the subtle drawing of tho lodestone for the passive iron?had come Into her life. Doubly sweet It wns to her in tense young virgin soul in that It first revealed the dawning of that two edged bliss which makes a heaven or a hell of earth?of earth, which owes its very existence to love. I do not mean that Mary was in love, but that sho had met and for the first time felt the touch, yes, even the sub tle, unconscious, dominating force so sweet to woman, of the man she conld love, and hnd known tho rarest throb thnt pulses in that choicest of all Ood's perfect handiwork?a woman's heart? the throb that goes before, the John the Baptist, as it were, of coming love. It boiug after midnight. Mary filled two cups of wine, from each of wht?h4' sho took n sip, nnd banded them to Brandon nnd mo. She then paid me the 10 crowns, very soberly thanked us and said wo \vro nt liberty to go. The only words Brandon ever spoke concerning that evening were Just as< we retired: "Jesu, she Is perfectl But you wore wrong, Caskoden. I can still thank Qod I am not in love with her. I would fall upon my sword if I were." I was upon tho point of telling 'him she hnd never treated any other man as sho hnd treated him, but I thought best to leave it unsaid. Trouble was apt to come of its own accord soon enough. In truth, I may as well tell you that; when tho princess asked me to bring* Brandon to her that sho might have a little sport at his expense she looked for a Inugh, but found a sigh. Ordinary household accidents have no terrors when there's a bottle of Dr. Thomas's Eleotrlo Oil in the medioln chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises, ?pralns. Instant relief. The best of barley, hops and yeast, selected by one of our partners. Pure water, from six wells driven down to rock. Pure air, which has first passed through an air filter. Every drop of Schlitz Beer filtered by machin ery through masses of white wood pulp. Every bottle sterilized, so that it contains no germs. Thus we double the necessary cost of our brew ing to make purity certain?to make Schlitz Beer healthful. Will you drink common beer, and pay just as much for it, when Schlitz Beer can be had for the asking. Ask for the Brewery Bottling. For aalo at all dispensaries in the State, in quart and pint bottles. THE WEELITTLES ON MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. FIND THE HOTEL CLERK. Geo. Johnstone. K. H. Welch. A. C. Todd. Johiisone, Welch & Todd, LAWYERS. Will Practice in all Courts, State and Federal. Olllce, Law Range. Money to Loan at reasonable in terest. Laurkns, S. C. NEW Restaurant Opened, I have opened a Restaurant In the Babb Building for WHITE PEOPLE EXCLUSIVELY. Prompt and First class service assured. Meals, 2? cents at Rostaurant or sent to oflices. Fresh Oysters on hand. Harrison Hunter, on Harper Street. money Land and Hotises. Piedmont Savings and Investment Company, OF GREENVILLE, S. C. ' Represented in Lnurons by W. W. HALL and M. L. COPELAN?. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, ?fters his services to The peo ple of Laurens County. Address : Gray Court, S. C. Dr. W. 11. DIAL. No. 110 YV. Main St. Special Attention (Jivcn Women and Ii lldreu. Otlice hours in the city from lo a. m. to 4 p. m. 'Phone? Residence No. 44 OOico No. 89. THE KYLE hay Press Farmers take care of what yo.i mak ?. There is as much in saving as there is in making, and if you bale your bay, fodder, oats, shucks etc., at the proper time you not only tavo room :>nd time, but you save .'!.'! per cent of th'1 nutri clous matter that evapor?te3 when it is not ba'od. The Kyle Hay Press (Ills a lone felt want with farmer?. It is the best yet made. The opinion seems to be unanimous that the K"V 1>K HAY PRESS Is unexcelled by any pre^s on tbo market. It. Is {.'o ne lo the front, already a great number ol them have been sohl, you only need to try it to he pleased. It is easy opi r ated by 2 men nr.d 1 horse. It Is cheap, durable, simple in construction and easily mounted. It is the only press that can be made or repaired on the farm, it has no casting to break and cause long delay. No Other press has this advantage. It is the only press that the farmer can afford to buy, it pays for itso f out of the first crop. Every farmer can own his own prob-, and halo his hav at the proper time. A. L. HUDGENS, Laurens, S. C. A NEW LAW FIRM, The undersigned have this day en tered into a partnership for the practice of law iu the Courts of this State, under the name of Simpson A: Cooper and. will promptly attend to all business en trusted to them. H. Y.Simpson, R. a. coopek. FLORODORAoR hybrid COTTON PRIZES ALMOST DOUBLED. Sl.OOO IN CASH TO BIB AWARDED Seed Now Within Reach of Every Farmer.?Order To=day. Don't miss -this opportunity! Fortune (opportunity) is wondrous shy?it comes not often. As you read this, however, it approaches. Seize it! Welcome iti It's name is ''FLORODORA?' ' A Hybrid or Extra Staple Cotton, worth 12 to 14 cents per pound. -m m ? - "Flurodora" Is a cross batweon an extra staple cotton and an ordinary prolific variety, in will? h productiveness and characteristic \M to 2? inch staple are fixed, no deterioration having occurred, though years have elapsod since its introduction. In other words, it will not run out. On February 13, 1903. W. S. Wheeler, of Mayesville, S. C, reports: "Just sold two bales of your 'Plorodora' cot ton, the last of my crop, at 13} cents per pound, grown from seed bought of you last year " P. H. Allen, of Semlnole, 8. 0.| has just sold at 134 cents. I. B. Fonville, of Goldesboro, N. 0., made considerably over a bale per acre, though dry weather prevented ge mination till late, stand being poor, while later, excessive rains destroyed by rot a lar.se per cent of the lower b dls. George W. Keiley, of Swainsboro, Ga., though using only 200 pounds of fertilizers por acre on ordinary soils hav ing secured not over two-thirds of a stand, produced a heavy bale per acre, selling the lot in Swainsboro at 1-': oents per pound. W. II. Kerr, a reliable cotton buyer of eaino address, corroborates Kelly T. O. Sanders, Jr., of Haygood, S. C, reports most flattering results. J. Hurt Jones, a cotton export of Herndon, Gi , says my cotton is all 1 claim for it. It Is worth 12 to 14 cents pir pound and any man with half sense can make as much of It on an acre of land as he can of any other kind of cotton. Nicely prepared eotton, free from trash, should bring not loss than 15 cents per pound. T. P. Hunoicutt, manager of The Southern Cultivator, has seen reports from farmers of very satisfact jry yields and 13 to 14 cents per pound, and pronounces the 6eed cotton sample sent him by me the finest he has ever peon grown on upland. This cotton diil'ers in no espential from an ordinary prolific variety save in extra length of Btaple, being adapted to every eotton area, most flattening reports coming from upper and lower sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Areas north of Chatanooga, Tenn , being adapted to it. Lint covers the seed as in ordi nary cotton, common saw pins for shortstap'e b.'ing used successfully for ginning it. I gin this cotton on any ordinary (SO-saw irin. Such gins have a capacity of about ton bales per day of short staple, but in dellntlng my extra staple I sp< ed to not ovor live bales per day in order no*, to Injure staple by cutting it. Do likewise. Cotton of early maturity?plant any time in April or May?paying crops being common after oats in June. It is not only very prolific, but of early maturity, paying crops being commonly planted al tar oats in .1 une W i y do I plant this cotton to the exclusion of all other varieties, though farming in the heart of the short staple belt".' I never made moro with any othor varletVi while owine to extra length of staple an independent market Is open to It, it being used extensively in the manufacture of fine yarns, commanding never less than 12 to 15 cents per pound, when carefully gathered. Why are you planting common cotton? You have fallen in a rut and cannot see beyond its edges: then the New York and Liverpool speculators?the makers of prices, they who live by raising or lowering It at will ?teil you cotton is scarce, acreage reduced, less fertilizer bought, cotton will bring 10 cents next fall. What are the facts'- Don't be lieve me; read your paper. More cotton In sight than tho same time last year; sales of commercial fertilizers surpass those of any other period in the history of the world; never bofore such active preparations for an increased acreage Look out for 5 cents cotton! Did you ever get that price when everything pointed to 10 cents? No, you got :\\ cents, and bo did I, and I bostirred myself then for a substitute and found it in "Fiorodira." For most heavily fruited stalk, $100; second best, stalk, $75; third bast. $20; fourth best, $5. For best one-pound sample of "Florodora" lint, $50; second best sample of lint, $25; third best, $2): fourth, $5. As \\ is the opinion thai i he productive capacity of this cotton is almost limitless, throe to five bales por acre being possible, following an intensive system of farming, an additional prize of $403 in cash will be Riven for tho greatost yield of seed c ut in on on.- acre to be determined as follows: An acre planted 1 feet by 2 feet will give, say 5512 stalks per acre. Every contestant for tho prize must ship me five unpicked stalks. Assuming that 100 bolls will give one pound of seed cotton and that, average of five stalks represonts the yield of the 5512 stalks on an aero, the total production por aero raty thus be approximated, not accurately, but in perfect fairness to contestants. Every contestant must buy at least oni busu-il of seed and will b3 permitted to ontor for every prize. Unpicked stalks only will be accepted, as pickod cannot be distinguished from an ordinary proliH j varioty. Detached I) >l a will not be counted. Five stalks In one package well wrapped and tagged for tho $100 contest for largest yield par aero. Four stalks in one package with four samples of lint well packed and tagged for entry to the $('tOO contest. All stalks must be shipped, prepaid by express or freight to arrive at Allendale, S. C, not later than December I, 1038. If this cotton Is what I claim for it, It behooves every farmer in the cotton bolt to prove it by correspondence; if it Is not, it is equally imperative to.disprove and brand it as a fraud. Many contestants are suspicious; tho' remitting for the contest, a vein of unoasiness is evident in thoir lett Jrsj thereforo in order to guarantoe to evory one perfoct fairness, I shall allow free transportation with accommodation af ter arrival to their representatives from Atlanta, Ga., to Allendalo, S. C, constituting a committee upon which will devolve the responsibility for an honest awarding of prizes* One bushel of this cotton carefully planted should covor four acres, which treated intensively should yield a pos sible 8-bale crop, returning In seed a sunlolenoy to plant any ono-farm ?r's entire crop for another year. Southern Cultivator of Atlanta, Ga., hasconsentod to hold prl/.o money and name oommittoe to decide contest. PRICE OF SEED. l-Bnshei Lots, f. o. b. Allcndale, S. C, $2.00 per bu. 50 bu. lots, f. o. b. AUeiulale, S. C, $1.50 per biu Cash must accompany all orders. Remittance to be made by registered money letter, postofiice mouoy order, express order money or certified check. L. A. STONEY, Allendale, S. C. REFERENCES. G. Walter Mclver, manager Fertilizer Company, Charleston, S. C; J. E. Foster, salosmau Fertilizer Oo npiny, Charleston, 8. C; L. W. Haskell, vice president Southern Oil Company, 11 Broadway, Now York: 0. Fitzslmmons, eoeral manager Southern Oil Company, Columbia, S. C; J. L. Oswald, merchant, Allendalo, S. 0.; E. H. Oswald otel proprietor, Allendalo, S. C", O. B. Farmer, banker, Allendale, S. O.; O. F. Calhoun, president Bink of Bunwell 8. C; C. D. Jordan,assistant manager Oil Company, Savannah, Ga.; T. P. Hunnlcutt, manager Southern Cultivator' Atlanta, Ga. ' To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ^ (VLjb Seven ^Qfion boxes sold in po?t 12 months. ThlS Signature, fCyr mmm m Cures Crip in Two Days. on every box. 25c.