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Till!1. ADVERTISER. Subscription Price?12 Mouths, $1.00 1'aTablo In Advance. Kates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent Insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large Advertisements. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. LAUREN'S, S. Cm May 6, 1908. Grade Crossings Cost Life. With little expectation of accom plishing results, The Advertiser must put itself on record against the construction of a yrade crossing at the intersection of the Greenville and Lau rens railway track with South Harper street. Wo understand that the elevation of the street to the level of tbo tracks has already been determined. The en gineers of the railway company have, however, boen given time to inspect the place with tho view of proposing onothor plan which may satisfy the advocates of that now contemplated. What we object to is the grade cross ing If city council wishes to spend the money of the town in bridging tho valley ut the point named, we shall not entor any serious objection. If council should build a brldgo ovor the railway tracks at a cost twice that of a grado crossing, or more than twice or throo times its cost, tbo proposition might not bo unreasonable. Tho proposition to build a grade crossing Is unreasonable. No railway grade crossing can be constructed that is not unsafe and con stantly unsafe No railway grado crossings can be built that is not a perpetual menace to life. All over the world, tbo problem of abolishing theso grado crossings is be ing studied. In somo cities and coun tries they are prohibited by law. Now hero in Laurons we propose deliberately at a eost that will tem porarily embarrass the town to devise | a crossing that sooner or later is bound to kill people. The Advertiser is opposed to it. Three weeks ago The Advertiser called attention u>the dangerous grade crossings, live of them, already exist ing in this town. It is the duty of the city council to seo that tho law is ob served as to these and so deprive them of their dangers as far as possible. With a nice faco can the city council invoke the statutes against railways as to these crossings while engagod in the task of building unothor. Sooner or later all grado crossings kill people. If council wishes to spond twenty thousand dollars in tho construction of a safe crossing in Harper street, let it go ahead. The Advertiser will not lift a voice in murmur. But The Advertiser is opposed to tho folly of building a crossing that will, sooner or later, cause accidents and death. *?* Choosing a Profession. Tho opinions of a Self-Mado mer chant on "Boys and Pups" which are published elsewhere in this paper are to the point. If a boy has an aptitude for mechanics he should be started on a mechanical line. In these days me chanical lines otTer flno opDortunities to Southern boy?. It should not be forgotten, however, that a boy's wishes and his aptitudo do not always coin cide. Sometimes it happens that a boy with a fine head for building or farm ing wants to be a lawyer or a dootor and it should be Impressed by every parent that these so-called "learned professions" are really no more hon orable than tradeB that require skilled hands. Moreover, there Is no reason why a carpenter, farmer, or machinist should not be a well read,well Informed and "cultivated" man. For example, when Senator Tillman first came to the front the popular notion was that he was eomparatlvoly an ignorant and un educated person. Tho fact was that ho was one of tho best English scholars in tho state, thoroughly and widely read in English literature, familiar with the groat novelists and poets. Because bo had spent his life on a farm and had not been to college did not prove that ho was not educated?he was a far bet ter educated man than the average holder of a university diploma. There is, by the way, a world of sound, safe sense in the article that appears elsewhere on "Trading On Nothing," whicli Is also taken from the Letters of a Self-Mado Merchant. *?* School to be Prond Of. Elsewhere in this paper is an edito rial from Southern Education, pub lished in Knoxville, Tenn., referring to the Laurens city schools. We be lieve that most of tho people who live here are hardly awaro of the excellent sohools which tho city has. In Mr, Jones the city has a school superin tendent who, bes des administering the school system capably, is making it one of tho notable and model publio schools in this part of the South. Mr. .TrmnM in not a mere eonvfinttonal. hank school teachor; he is a man who is mas ter of the profession of teaching,?an expert in school making and school or ganizing. Laurens has been fortunate in obtaining his services, v Spnrtanbnrg has a mile or more of the best paved street in South Carolina, Vitrified briek is the material. In Spartanburg town taxes are high and Spartanburg also has 30 or 40 miles of streets not paved at all. ? * * A SURE THING. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not alto gether true. Dr. King's Now Discov ery for Consumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thous ands can testify to that. Mrs. O. B. VanMotre of Shepherdtown, W. Va., says: ''I had a severe case of Bron chitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no relief. One bot tlo of Dr. King's New Discovery then Icured me absolutely." It's infallible for Group, Whooping Cough, Grip, ? Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 60 cents and $1.00. What Objections? What would be the objections to al lowing eaoh county to vote whether it would have dispensaries or "prohibi tion"? What would be the objections to al lowing "dispensary" counties to run their own business?buying their own whiskies? What would be the objections to abolishing the state dispensary ? ex cept that a state polltic.il maohine wonld thereby also be abolished? If Lauren? County ran its own dis pensary, buying its own whiskeys, us ing its own profits for its own schools, the reform features would not be dis turbed. Whiskey oould only be sold In original packages in tho dispensary hours, and could not be consuraod on the premUrs. A county like Green wood which has no dispensary and and pays nothing to maintain the law would In that case derive no revenues from Laurens business for Greenwood schools. The state control feature is a burden on the dispensary system, adding noth ing to its reform features, saving notb ing in the expenses and is little more than a hatchery for scandals and a ma chine for political use. The Brooklyn Eagle has nominated Grover Cleveland for president of the United States and William J. Bryan for a aeries of spasms. *?* The presidency has made even | Theodore Roosevelt seem great to some | people. *** You can't have the conveniences of I a city of 75,000 peop'e in a vlllege of | ?1,500, THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA. V Col. James G. Gibbes, well known here and throughout the state, died last week In Columbia. The Spartanburg "May festival" of music attracted a large crowd last week and was the most successful yet held The race for mayor of Charleston between Edward Hughes and R. Rhett is warming up. Tho Rhett forces captured the majority of tho club or ganizations last week. The steamer Clarece was accident ally burred in Charleston Harbor last week. Dr. P. L. Parkor of Charleston has been appointed surgeon general Confederate vetoraas. Anniversary Saturday. In addition to Governor Heyward, Rev. Geo. H. Atkinson of Monroe, N. C , will speak at the Clinton Anniver sary Saturday und in the afternoon Clinton and Newberry Colleges will plav base ball. of Pirn [ Cures Eczema, Itching Humors, pies and Carbuncles. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is a certain cure for eczema, Itching tkin, humors, scab?, reales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, boils, carbunoles, prickling pain in the skin, old eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm cures the worst and most deep-seated cases by enriching, purify ing and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Heals every sore and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes tho blood red and nourishing. Espec ially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, patent medicine and hot springs fail to cure. Druggists, 91, with complete directions for home cure. To prove B. B. B. cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga ble and free medical sealed letter. Sold in P. Posey. Describe trou advice sent in Laurens by B. I have had occasion to use your| Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medl. cine and am pleased to say that I never used anything for stock that gave half a* good satisfaction. I heartily rccom* mend It to all owners of stock. J. B. BELSHER, St Louis, Mo. Sick stock or poultry should not cnt cheap stock food any more than sick persons should expect to be cured by food. When your stock and poultry aro sick give them med icine. Don't stuff them with worth less stock foods. Unload the bownla And stir up the torpid liver and the animal will be cured, if it be possi ble to cure it. Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine unloads tho bowels and stirs up the torpid- liver. It cures every malady of stock if taken in time. Secure a 26-ccnt can of Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine and it will pav for itself ten times over. Horses work better. Cows give more milk. Hogs gain flesh. And bent lay more eggs. It solves the Sroblem of making as much blood, esh and energy as possible out or tho smallest amount of food con I sumed. Buy a can from your dealer. Clothing Renovated. CLEANING AND DYEING DONE PROMPTLY. Cleaning and Dyeing Club up stairB over old Post Office. 'Phone No. 70. W.R. DOZIER. Office Hours. I will be at my Office every day du ring the week, except Thursday, and on that day also, if notified. O. G. THOMPSON, Probate Judge. Office Days. Persona having business with the (Supervisor will find him or his clerk in the Office Mondays and Fridays of eaoh week. H. B. Humbert, Sup. L. O, Jan. 29.1908. I WHEN KNIGHTHOOD I 1 WAS IN FLOWER I T Or, The Love Story of Chailea Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King's Sister, and ? Happening In the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Itanhlwi ?*nd Rendered Into Modern Entflieh From Sir Edwin wSt C?jkodrrv'? Memoir 3?T % By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] # ^ Cbpvrlont, IWStind J90/, Otf fAe IJoKYri^.VoT illr.>/ii|)fin|/ T CHAPTER VI. A RARE kiih. TO WINDSOR. HE princess knew her roynl brother. A mnn would re ceive quicker reward for in venting an amuseuvcut or a gaudy costume for the king thun by winning him n battle. Later hi life tho highroad to Ids favor was in ridding bhu of his wife nnd helping hlui to a new one, a dangerous way, though, aa Wolsey found, to his sorrow, when hn sank his glory in poor Anne Boleyn. Brandon took the hint and managed to let it be known to his play loving king that he know the latest French games. The French Due de Longuo vllle had for some time been an honor ed prisoner at the English court, held as a hostage from Louts XII., but Do Longueville was a blockhead, who could not keep his little black eyes oft >mi- fair ladles, who hated him, loug enough to tell the deuce of spades from the ace of hearts. So Brandon was taken from his duties, such as they were, and placed at the card table. This was fortunate at first, for, being the beat player, the king always chose him as Ids partner, and, as in every other gamo, tho king always won. If be lost, there would soon be no game, and the man who won from him too frequently was in danger at any mo ment of being rated guilty of the very highest sort of treason. I think many a man's fall under Henry VIII. was owing to the fact that he did not ol ways allow the king to win in some trivial matter of gamo or jouBt. Under these conditions ovcrybody was anx ious to be tho king's partner. It is truo ho frequently forgot to divide his win nlngs, but his partner had this ndvau tage at least?there was no danger of losing. That being tho case, Brandon's seat opposite tho king was very likely to excite envy, and the time soon came, Henry having learned the play, when Brandon had to face some one else, and the seat was too costly for n man with out a treasury. It took but a few days to put Brandon hors do combat tin an dally, and he would have been in a bad plight had not Wolsey como to his relief. After that he played and paid the king In his own coin. This great game of "honor and ruff" occupied Henry's mind day and night during a fortnight. He feasted upon it to satiety, as ho did with everything else, never having learned not to cloy his appetite by overfeeding. So wo saw little of Brandon while the king's fover lasted, and Mary said she wished she bad remained silent about the cards. You see, ?ho could enjoy this now plaything as well ns her brother, but the king, of course, must be oatls fled first. They both had enough oven tually, Henry in one way, Mary in an other. One day tho fancy struck the king that ho would rebuild a certain chapel at Windsor, so he took a number of tho court, including Mury, Jane, Brundou and myself, and went with us up to London, whoro wo lodged over night at Bridewell House. Tho next morning? as bright and beautiful a June day aa ever gladdcued tho heart of a rose?we took horse for Windsor, a delightful seven league rldo over a fair road. Mary and Jane traveled side by side, with an occasional companion or two, as the road permitted. I was angry with Jano, ns you know, so did not go near tho girls, and Brandon, without any apparont intention ono way or the other, allowed events to adjust them' solves and rode with Cavendish nnd me. Wo were perhaps forty yards behind tho girls, and I noticed after a time that tho Lady Mary kept looking back ward in our direction, as if fearing rain from the east. I ,was in hopes that Jane, too, would fear the rain, but you would have sworn her neck was stiff, so straight nhoad did she keep her face. We had ridden perhaps three leagues when tho princoss stopped her horso and turned in her saddle. I heard her voice, but did not understand what she said. In a moment some one called out, "Master Brandon is wanted!" So that gentloman rodo forward, and I fol lowed him. When we came up with tho girls, Mary said, "I fear my girth is loose." Brandon at once dismounted to tight en it, and tho others of our Immediate party began to cluster around. Brandon tried tho girth. "My lady, It is ns tight as the horse can well bear," he said. "It is loose, I say," Insisted tho prin cess, with a little irritation. "The sad dlo feels like it. Try the other." Then, turning impatiently to tho persons gathered around: "Does it require all of you, standing there like gaping bumpkins, to tighten my girth? Ride on. We can mnnago this without so much help." Upon this broad hint ev erybody rode ahead while I held the horso for Brandon, whs went on with his search for the loose girth. While ho was looking for it Mary leaned ever her horse's neck and asked: "Were you and Cavendish settling all tho philo sophical points now in dispute, that you found him so interesting?" "Not aii, auswerud Brarmvu, iiSU* ing. "You were so absorbed I supposed it could be nothing short of thai/' "No," replied Brandon again. "Bat the girth is not loose." "Perhnps I only imagined it," re turned Mnry carelessly, having lost interest in the girth. I locked toward Jane, whoso eyes were bright with a smile, and turned Brandon's horso over to him. Jane's ?mile gradually broadened into a laugh and sho said, "Edwin, I fear my girth is loose also," "As tho Lady Mary's was?" asked I, snablo to keop a straight face any longer. "Yes," answered Jane, with a vigor ous little nod of her head and a peal of laughter. ?Thou drop bnck with me," I re sponded. Tho princoss looked at us with a half smile, half frown, nnd remarked, "Now yon doubtless consider yourselves very brilliant and witty." "Yes," returned Jano maliciously, nodding her head in etnphnt'/? assent, as the princess and Brandon rode on before us. "I hope she Is satisfied now," said Jane setto voce to me. "So you want mo to ride with you?" I replied. "Yes," nodded Jan*. ! asked. i ''Because I want you to," was the enlightening response. "Then why did you not danco with nie the other evening?" "Because I dkl not want to." "Short, hut comprehensive," thought I, "hut a sufficient reason for n maid en." I said nothing, however, and after a time Jane spoke: "The danco was ono thing and riding with you is another. I did not wish to dance with you, but I do wish to ride with you. You are the only gentleman to whom I would ha vo said what I did about my girth helng loose. As to the now dance, I do not care to learn it, because I would not dance It with any man but you, and not even with you?yet." This made me glad, and coming from coy, modest Jane meant a great deal. It meant that she cared for me and would some day be mine, but It also meant that she would tako her own time and her own sweet way In helng won. This was comforting, If not satisfying, and loos ened my tongue. "Jane, you know my heart Is full of love for you"? "Will the unlverso crumble?" she cried, with tho most provoking llttlo laugh. Now, that sentence was my rock ahead whenever I tried to give Jano some Idea of the state of my af fections. It was a port of tho speech which I had prepared and delivered to Mary in Jane'B hearing, as you already know. I had said to the princess, "Tho universe w ill crumblo and tho heavens roll up as a scroll ere my love shall al ter or palo." It was a high sounding sentenco, bnt it was not true, as I was forced to admit, almost with tho samo breath that spoko it. Jane had hoard it and had stored it awny in that mem ory of hers, so tenacious in holding to everything it should forget. It Is won derful what a fund of useless Informa tion somo persons accumulnto and cling to with a persistent determination wor thy of a better cause. I thought Jane never would forgot that unfortunate, abominublo sentence spoken so gran diloquently to Mary. I wonder what she would have thought had she known that I bad said substantially the same thing to a dozon others. I never should have won her In that caBe. She does not know it yet and never shall if I can prevent. So Juno halted my effort to pour out my heart, as ehe always ttld. "There la something that greatly troubles me," she said. "What Is It?" I asked in some con cern. "My mistress," sho answered, nod ding In the direction of the two riding ahead of us. "I never saw her so much interested in any one as she la In your frlond, Master Brandon. Not that sho Is really in love with him as yet perhaps, bot I fear It Is coming, and I dread to see It. That Incident of the loose girth Is an Illustration. Did you ever know anything bo bold and trans parent? An)' ono could see through It, and tho worst of all Is sho soems not to caro if every ono does see. Now look at them ahead of ua! No girl is so happy riding besido a man unless sho Is Interested in him. Sho was dull enough until he Joined hor. Ho seemod In no hurry to come, so she resorted to the flimsy excuse of tho loose girth to bring him. I am surprised that she even sought the shadow of an excuse, but did not order him forward without nuy pretense of ono. Oh, I don't know what to do! It troubles mo greatly. Do you know tho state of his feel ings?" "No," I answered, "but I think he b? heart whole, or nearly so. He told mo ho was not fool enough to fall In love With the king's sister, and I really be hove he will keep his heart and head, oven at that dizzy height. He Is a cool fellow, if there ever was one." "He certainly Is different from other men," returned Jane. "I think he has nover spoken n word of love to her. no has said somo pretty things, which sho has repeated to me; has moralized to some extent, and has actually told her of some of her faults. I should like to see any one else take that lib erty. Sho seems to like it from him, and says he inspires her with higher, better motives and a yearning to be good, but I am sure he has made too love to her." "Perhaps it would be better if he did. It might cure her," I replied. "Oh, no, no! Not now! At first, per haps, but not now. What I fear is that if ho remains silent much longer she will tako matters in hand and speak hcrsolf. I don't llko to say that ?tt doesn't sound well?but she is a prin cess, and it would be different with her from what it would bo with an or dinary girl. She might have to speak first, or there might bo no speaking from one who thought bis position too far beneath her. She whose smallest desires drive her so will never forego so great a thing as the man she Icree only for tho want of a word or two." Then it was that Jane told mc of ths sceno with tho note, of the Itttlo whis pored confidences upon their pillows end a hundred other straws that showed only too plainly which way this worst of ill winds was blowing, with no good In It for any one. Now, who could havo foretold ibis? It wan easy uuuugh io prophesy that JV. iudon would learn to lovo Mary, excite a passing interest and como off crestfallen, as all othor men had done, but that Mary should love Brandon and he remain heart whole was an unlookcd for event, one Uiat would hardly have been predicted by the shrewdest prophet. What Lady Jane said troubled roe greatly, as it was but the confirmation of my own fears. Her opportunity to know wns far better than mine, but I had seen enough to set me thinking. Brandon, I believe, saw nothing of Mary's growing partiality at all. He could not help but And hor wonderful ly attractive and interesting, and per haps it needed only the thought that sho might love him to kindle a flame in his own breast. Bot at the time of our ride to Windsor Charles Brandon was not in lovo with Mary Tudor, however near It he may unconsciously have been. But another's trouble could not dim the sunlight In my own heart, and that ride to Windsor was the happiest day of my life up to that time. Even Jane ttirow off the little cloud our forebod ings had gathered and chatted and laughed like the creature of Joy and gladness she was. Ahead of us were the princess and Brandon. Every now and then her voice came back to us in a stave of a song, and her laughter, rich and low, Wafted on the wtoy? of tbf soft tptnb BiknstaVBWM wind, made the glad birds "hush to catch tt? silvery note. Wo all rode merrily on to Windsor, and when wo arrived it was curious to seo tho great nobles, Buckingham, both tho Howards, Seymour and a doz She teas but a trifle to hts strony arm?, en others stand back for pluin Charles Brandon to dismount the fairest maid en und the most renowned princess In Christendom. It was done most grace fully. She was but a trllle to his strong arms, and he lifted her to tho soil as gently as If she were a child. Tho nobles envied Brandon his evident favor with this unattainable Mary and huted him accordingly, but they kept their thoughts to themselves for two reasons: First, they knew not to what degree the king's favor, already mark ed, with the help of the princess might carry hhu, and, second, they did not cure to have a misunderstanding with tho man who had cut out Adam Jud son's eyes. We remained nt Windsor four or five days, during which time the king made several knights, lirandon would prob ably have boon one of them, as every body expected, had not Buckingham related to Henry tho episode of tho loose girth and adroitly poisoned his mind as to Mary's partiality. At this the king began to east a jealous eye on Brandon. His sister was his chief dip lomatic resource, and when she loved or married It should be for Henry's benefit, regardless of all else. Brundon and the Lady Mary saw a groat deal of each other during this lit tle stay at Windsor, as she always had some plan to bring about n meeting, and. although very delightful to him, it cost him much In royal favor. He could not trace this effect to its proper cause, and It troubled bim. I could have told him the reason in two words, but I feared to put into his mind the thought that the princess might lenrn to love him. As to tho ktng, be would not have eared if Brandon or every other man, for that matter, should go stark mad for love of bis sister, but when she began to show a preference bo grew Interested, and it was apt sooner or later to go hard with tho for tuuabi one. When we went back to Greenwich, Brandon was sent on a day ahead. [continued.] A STARTLING TEST. To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merrit', of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, "a patient was attacked with violent hemorrhages, caused by libera tion of tho stomach. I had often found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so I pre scribed them. The patient gained from the first, and has not had an at tack in 14 months." Electric Bitters are are positively guaranteed for Dys pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Only 50 cents at Laurcns Drug Co. and Pal metto Drug Co. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAU RENS. Court of Common Pleas. S. W. Simpson, Plaintiff, against Davo Simpson, Y. A. SimpBOn, Emma James, Otbella Davenport, Lillian Cunningham, Early Cunningham, Maxcy Cunningham and J. M. Simp son individually and as administra tor of Sonny Simpson and J. F Hicks, Defendants. To tho Defendants above namod: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which was filed in the ofllce of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, on August Oih 1002, and to serve a copy of your an swer to the said complaint on the sub scriber at bis ofllce at Laurens, South Carolins, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time afore said the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the complaint. Dated August 0th 1002. F. P. McGowan, Plaintiff's Attorney. April 8 1008?Ot. C.? N. & L. R. R. In effect Sunday, October tOth, 1002. No. 62. Columbia, Loaphart, Irmo, Baluntiue, White Rock, Hilton, Chapin, Little Mountain, Slighs Prosperity, Newberry,; Jalapa, Gary, Kinards, Goldville, Clinton, Parks, Ar Lanrecs, Laurens, Parks, Clinton, Goldville, Kinards,, Gary, Jalapa, Newberry, Prosperity, snghs,"--^: Little Mountain, Chapin,_ Hilton, 'ZTZZ White Rook, ?Balentine, Irmo, Loaphart, Ar. Columbia, Passenger. Leave. 11 20 a m 11 40 11 40 11 54 11 50 12 02 p?m 12 09 12 10 12 23 12 32 12 40 1 OOj 1 05j 1 10 1 1 7 1 80 1 42 1 50 No. 63 Pass. Leave. 2 02 p m 2 00 2 22 2 34 2 43 2 40 2 54 3 10 3 24 3 34 8 30 3 61 3 67 4 01 4 07 4.17 4 23 4 45 For rates, time tables, or fnrtherei formation call on any Agent, or writ to? W. G.Childs, President. James A. Summers*?,Train Master Ask Your Doctor He will tell you? That barley - malt is a half-digested food,as good as food can be. That hops are an ex cellent tonic. That the little alcohol in beer?only 8}4 Jkt cent? is an aid to digestion. But Purity is Essential But he will tell you that beer must be protected from germs, and brewed in absolute cleanliness. He'll say, too, that age is important, for age brings perfect f e r m e n t a t i o n. Without it, beer ferments on the stomach, causing biliousness. Schlitz beer is brewed with all precautions. It is the recog nized standard all the worl over, because of its purity. Ask/or the Brewery Bottling. - For ?ale at all dispensaries fa the State, io quart aud pint bottles. ?kl TBE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS Notice to Creditors. All persons holding claims against tho estate of L. W. Simkins, deceased, are notified and required to present them duly attested to the Jud^e of Probate of Laurens County at his of fice on or b foro the 22nd day of May. 1003. S. McGowan Simkins, Administrator. April 28, 1903.?4t. Geo. Johnstone. R. H. Welch. A. C. Todd. Johns one, Welch & Todd, LAWYERS. Will Pructico in all Courts, State and Federal. Office, Law Range. *W Money to Loan at reasonable in terest. Laurens, P. C. Notice to Creditors. All creditors of the estate of D. P. Goggans, deceased, are required to prove their claims before O. G. Thomp son, Esq., at his olllce at Laurens, South Carolina, on May tJOth, 15103, at eleven o'clock A. M., at which time 1 will apply for final discharge. J. vVade Anderson, Administrator of D. P. Goggans. April 24th, 1903-It. State of South Carolina. County of Laurens. Court of Probate Ex Parte Lula Dendy, Administratrix with Will annexed, In Ho Estate of E. J. Dendy, Deceased. To M. W. Dendy, E. O. Dendy, Eliza Llpford, Emallne Adam?, Cornelia Orisp, Melissa Pierce, E. H. Watts, J. C. Watts, Elizabeth Donald, Kittie Nelson, S. D. Austin, Robert W Gol den, Hennie S. Cole, P. A. Golden, C. W. Golden, Llllaor Lena Donald, M. L. Crisp, A. B. Orisp, Ruth Crisp, W. E. Crisp, E. M. Crisp, Eugenia Orisp, Sidney Crisp, Clara Watts, Julia Lindsay, Richard Watts, Dallas Watts, Alma Watts, Walter Watts, Hugh Watts, Sidney Watts, Virginia Watts, John Watts and Lllla Wells. YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Judge of Probate for Laurens County, and to serve a copy of your answer to said petition on the subscribers at their office at Laurens, S. C, witlrn twenty days after the service hereof; exclu sive of the day of such sorvice; and if you fail to answer the petition within the time aforesaid, the petitioner in this action will apply to tho Court for the roltef demanded In the petition, which is to have the will of E. J. Dendy, dec'd., proven In due form of law. SIMPSON A COOPER, Attorneys for Petitioner. Dated 13th. April, 1903. O. G. Thompson, J. P. L. C. To the Non-Resldonts?S. D. Austin, Robert W. Golden, Lilla or Lena Dona'd and E. II. Watts: Please tnko notice that the petition In this case was filed in the office of the Judge of Probate for Laurens County, S. O., onlthe 13th, day of April, 1903. SIMPSON & COOPER, Attorneys for Petitioner. ON THE SURFACE, thinly plated Silverware looks like the solid ware. You can tell the difference in the way it wears, but when the article you bought for solid or triple plated turns out to be thinly plated , what are you going to do about it? Goods bought of us are sure. We know what they are, and we tell you, fully and frankly all we know about everything you ask to see. Everything is protected by our full guarantee , " It's better to be sure than sorry." Fleming Bros. STATE OF SOUTH CAUOUNA, County of Laurens. In Court of Probate. Whoroas, Wilmot Smith has made unit to inn to grant him Loiters of Administra tion witli will umioxcil. on tho Estate and effects of John H. Smith, dec'd? These arc thorcforo to cito and admon ish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said John it- Smith dec'd, that they bo and appear before me in tho Court of Probate, to bo hold at Laurens C. H., 3. C. on tho Kith day of May 1U03, sftor publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the foronoou. to shovvoau.se, it any tlioy have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my Ham' Ibis 23rd day of April, 1003. O. G. THOMPSON, J. l\ L. 0, April 23rd, 1003?3t. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, ?fters his services to the peo ple of Laurens County. Address : Gray Court, S. C. Dr. W H. DIAL. No. 110 W. Main St. Special Attention Chen Women and Ii lldreu? Ofllce hours in tho city from 10 a. in. to 4 p.m. 'Phone -Residence No. II Ofllco No. 80. THE KYLE hay Press Farmers tako care of what you make. There is as much in saving as there is in making, and if you bale your hay, fodder, oats, shucks etc, at tho proper time you not only save room and time, but you pave 33 per cent of the nutt-i cious matter that evaporates when it, is not baled. Tho Kyle Hay Press fills a Ion? felt want with farmers. It. is tho best yet made. The opinion seems to be unanimous that tho KYLE HAY PRESS Is unexcelled by any press on tho market. [t la going to the front, already a great number of them have been sold, you only need to try it to bo pleased. It is easy oper ated by 2 men and 1 horse. It Is cheap, durable, simple in construction und easily mounted. It is tho only press that can bo made or repaired on tho farm, it has no castiug to break and cause long delay. No other press has this advantage. It is the only j>re>s that the farmer can ulTord to buy, it pays for itso'.f out of the first crop. Every farmer can own las own press, and bale his hay at tho proper time. A. L. HUDGENS, Laurens, S. C. A NEW LAW PI KM. Tho undersigned h ive this day en tered into a partnership for tho practice of law in the Courts of this State, under the name of Simpson & Cooper and will promptly attend to all business en trusted to them. H. Y.SlMl'SON, R. A. G?JIM?K? w. b. knight. r.e. i KNIGHT A BABB, Atorneys at Law. <sir Will practice In all the State and Federal Courts. Strict attention to al business Intrusted to them. Ofllce up-8tairs, Slmmoua' Building.1 1 PRIZES ALMOST DOUBLED. Sl.OOO IN CASH TO BE AWARDED. Don't miss this opportunity ! Fortune (opportunity) is wondrous shy?it comes not often. As you read this, however, it approaches. Seize it! Welcome it! It's name is "FLORO DORA." A Hybrid or Staple Cotton worth 12 to 14 cents per pound. Seed Now Within Reach of Every Farmer.==Order To=day. "Florodora" is a cross between an extra staple cotton and an ordinary prolific variety, in which productiveness and characteristic 1% to 2i inch staple are fixed, no deterioration having occurred, though years have elapsed since its introduction. In other words, it will not runout. On February 13, 1003. W. S. Wheeler, of Mayesville, S. C, reports: "Just sold two bales of your 'Florodora' cot ton, the last of my crop, at 131 cents per pound, grown from seed bought of you last year." P. H. Allen, of Somlnole, S. 0.j has just sold at 134 cents. I. B. Fonville, of ?oldesboro, N. C, made considerably over a bale per acre, though dry weather prevented gor? mlnation till late, stand b3lng poor, while later, excessive rains destroyed by rot a lar^e per cent of the lower b ?Iis. George W. Kelley, of Swalesboro, Ga , though using only 200 pounds of fertilizers per acre on ordinary soils b ly ing secured not over two-thirds of a stand, produced a heavy bale per acre, selling the lot In Swalnaboro at I'M cents per pound. W. II. Kerr, a reliable cotton buyer of same address, corroborates K*;lly T. O. Sanders, Jr., of Ilaygood, S. 0., reports most flattering results. J. Hurt Jones, a cotton export of Herndon, Ga., says my cotton is all I claim for it. It. is worth 12 to U cents par pound and any man with half senso can makn as much of It on an acre of land as he can of any other kind of oolton. Nicely prepared cotton, free from tr.ish, should bring not loss than 16 cents por pound. T. P. Hunnioutt, manager of The Southern Cultivator, has seen reports from farmers of very satisfact >ry yields and 13 to 14 cents per pound, and pronounces the seed cotton sample sent him by me the finest he has ever scon grown on upland. This cotton differs In no essential from an ordinary prolific variety save in extra length of staple, being adapted to every cotton aroa, most llattening reports coming from uppor and lower sections of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Areas north of Ohatanooga, Tenn , being adapted to it. Lint covers the seed as in ordi nary cotton, common saw gins for shortstaple bjing used successfully for ginning it. I gin this cotton on any ordinary H0-saw gin. Such gins havo a capacity of about, ten bales per day of short staple, but in dellnting my extra staple I speed to not over live bales por day in order not to injure staple by cutting it. Do likewlsa. Cotton of early maturity?plant any time in April or May?paying crops boing common aftar oats in June. It Is nol only very prolific, but of early maturity, paying crop* being commonly planted aftar oats in .June. Wn y do I plant this cotton to tho exclusion of nil other varieties, though farming in the heart of the short staple belt? 1 nevor made moro with any other variety, while owiner to oxtra iongth of staple an independent markot is open to It, it boing used extensively in tho manufacture of fino yarns, commanding never less than 12 to 15 cents per pound, when carefully gathored. Why aro you planting common cotton? You have fallen In a rut and cannot soo boyond Its ed^os: then tho New York and Liverpool speculators--the makers of prices, they who live by raising or lowering It at will?toll you cotton is soarce, acreage reduced, loss fertilizer bought, cotton will bring 10 conts next fall. What aro tho fusts? 1>o:i'g be lieve me; road your papor. More cotton In sight than tho sarao time last year; sales of commercial lortili/eiv, surpass those of any other period inj,he history of the world; never before^such active^ preparations for an increased aoreaj Look 1 so dl lUt.v v.- -,-,-r-- -- -'-1 T-.U- .V... V productive capacity of this cotton is almost limitless, three to five bales p jr acre being posslblo, following an intensive system of farming, an additional prize of $10,1 in oash will be given for tho greatest yiold of seed ojtton on one aero to be determined as follows: An acre planted i foet by 9. feet will give, say o?l2 stalks per aero. Every contestant'for th > prize must ship me flvo unpicked stalks. Assuming that 100 bolls will give one pouud of seed 0 jtton uad lav, ayerag i of five stalks reprosonts the yield of tho 5512 sulks on an acre, the total production pjr aero miy thus be approximated, not accurately, out In perfect fairness to contestants. Every contestant must buy at loast one bushel of seed and will ba permfttod to enter for overy pri/.e. Unpicked stalks only will be acoepted, as picked cannot be distinguished from an ordinary prolific variety. DdOaohed bolls will not be counted. Five stalks In one paokage well wrapped and tagged for the 1100 contest for largest yield par acre. Four stalks in one paokage with four samples of lint well packed and tagged for entry to tho $000 contest. All al ilk i must be shipped, prepaid by express or freight to arrive at Allendale, S. C, not later than December 1, 10)3. If this cotton Is what I claim /or it, It behooves evory farmer in the cotton bolt to proye it by correspondence: if it is not, it is equally Imperative to disprove and brand it as a fraud. Many contestants aro suspicious; tho' remitting for the contest, a vein of uneasiness is cvidont in thoir letters; therefore in order to gusrantoe to ovory one perfect fairness, I shall ullow free transportation with accommodation if ter arrival to tholr representatives from Atlanta, Ga., to Allendale, 8. C, constituting a committeo upan which will devolve the responsibility for an honest awarding of prizes. One bushel of this cotton carofully planted should cover four aores, which treated intensively should y ield a pas sible 8-bale orop, returning in seed a sufficiency to plant any one farmer's entire crop for another yoar Southern Cultivator of Atlanta, Ga., has consented to hold prize money and name commlttoo to decide contest PRICE OF SEED. 1-Bushel Lot*, f. 0.fo. Allendale, S. C, $2.00 per foil. ?O^fou. lots, f. o. h. Allendale, S. C, $1.50 per bu. \ V Cash must accompany all orders. Remittance to be made by registered money lottier nnitaflh express order money or certified check. ' """T ? 1 ?WUH L. A. STONEY, AlleiWle, REFERENCES. V J **u?Jn^ G. Walter Mclver, manager Fertilizer Company, Oharieston. S. 0.: J. E. Foster ?aina?L,, vf1* Q?Ut in **W8 Charleston^. OY] L. W. Haskell, vice president Southern Oil Company, U B^wal S^Y^?limf ^.'ff general manager Southern Oil Company, Columbia, 8. C; J. L. OavVald, merchant %i2^IfttoAV^^Mm : fiotel proprietor, Allendale, S. C; 0\ B. Farmer, banker, Allendale, S O.?'0 F Oalhonii, Zfe ZJ? ?' ?/?8 jo 1 * O. ; C. ft. Jordan, assistant manager Oil Company, Savannah, Ga.; T. P. ]H?iSutt i?y^