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WE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely thxre THERE JS NO SUBSTITUTE SIX HUNDRED KILIB BY FIRE. Awful Disaster V "hicagol Theator. WORST ON RBCOlll). Great City Turned Into Mourning* The Theater Was Crowded With 2,500 People, Mostly Women a* ' Chil dren at Time of Dlaa On Hie afternoon of December 30 tbo mo3t disastrous loss of life by fire ever known In America occnrred in Cnloago when the new Irequois theater was burned. The tboater was said to be Uro proof. It was crowded with women acd children at a matinee of the spectacular play, Mr. Bluebird, when the fire broke out on the stage. Nearly all of tbo victims were asphyxiated, trampled or burned to death within ten minutes and tbo number is supposed to bo about 692. The asbestos fire curtain, which might have cut off the fire which started on the stago refused to work. Over tweuty-one hnndred persons, mostly women and children were in the audience. The theatre employees, with a few exceptions, lied from their post of duty, many not even attempting to open the oxiis. Scores of families are in mourning today, while the frant'.o mother* and fathers and other relatives besiege the morgues all over the city seeking their dear dead. Two hundred and ninety two aro missing. The authorities have started a rigid examination to place the blame for the calamity. The city is filled with gloom. One hundred and fifty-seven people ) are in hcspitals and hoto's aud proba bly one-third of them will die. It is likely that a general funeral will be held and tho unidentified victims will bo buried in one plot and then a monu ment .will bo erected over the grave. Tho lateit reports up to noon place I the numb. v of dead at 090. Hope-) are held out ibac many of tho missing will be found all right, or if Injured, but | slightly. New Paper Born. The town of Con way is the capital seat of the Independent Republic of llorry, a couuty in this state distant from all parts of the state, and it is also the beat of a newspaper called The Field which has for its editor James Henry KRe,phl!osopher,poet and news paper man, native of Ninety Six and citizen of the world. The Field will be devoted to the industrial development of Horry and the regions roundabout. Th faoMty with which Mr. Rice writes luscious language is a caution. He is a man of mind. For a time he edited the ColumbH State and he is a sobolar | to a degree that few editors aspire to. The F.e'd will be fertile in ideas. Horry County will find it a hlesslng. In most communities, a newspaper that is characteristically stupid may earn as many dollars as one that^is not. The people care little about clever editorials. Nothing can be hired so cheap as newspaper brains. Let us trust that the people of Horry will show a rial appreciation of the fact that they have no common place writer in charge of thoir newspaper. Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of California, Md., suffered for years from rheuma tism and lumbago. He was final'y ad vised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, wbloh bo did and it effected a complete cure. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. TWO million Americans suffer tbo torturing pangs of dyspopsia. No need to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At| any drug store. Impossible to foresee an accident. Not j Impossible to be prepared for it. Dr. Thomas1 Electric Oil. Monaroh over] pain. WHY RENT? Je When you can own your own home with the same money? The Piedmont Savings and Invest ment Company will enable you to do this. Instead of Paying Rent for years and owning nothing at the end of the term the property is yours, Meanwhile, you have had the home from the first?with the motive to im prove it. Owning one's home does more to make an independent man than any thing else. A man with little or no property finds it bard to borrow and build. Suoh men this company provides | crodit for. Thero aro hundreds of working men In this town paying rent on houses that aro not cosy and comforta ble, they have no conveniences, that aro not kept np and that are not im proving in value. Lots in Laurens are cheap. These same men, with the rent money they are paying, can all own homes in which they will take prldo and which will grow more valuable each year. The Piedmont Savings and Invest ment Company is not a building and { loan association. Why? Because the contract Is certain and definite. The borrower knows i** a day when h's debt will be due. Moreover the rate of Interest is lower. W. BALL and M. L. COPELAND, AMUNO OUR FBIENDS. ?8888)8x88 5s5w5s?5!r5> OTjHf.?wXT.v City Editor Flke, of the Spartanburg Herald, was in the oity Monday. Mr. J. E. Sirrlne, architect of Waits Mill?, and Mrs. Sirrlne of Greenville, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lucas, Has Been Promoted. Mr. W. Albert Todd has been pro moted to tho position of road-master of the C. & W. C. Railway Company. His headquarters will be hero. Mr. Todd's promotion has been rapid and de served. Heisa hard-working and in telligent young man'who wasn't afraid to go 'o work at the bottom. Now his p >8ltl n Is an important one. Gave Delightful Tea. Mr and Mrs. H Fleming Jones gave a very dolightful tea at their beautiful home oa Chestnut Street on Wednes day oven'ng complimentary to Mis' Lucy Darlington, of Allendale. Tho^e present wore Col. and Mrs. T. D. Dar lington, Misses Emma Hudgens, Lyl lian lrby.MariegeneCaine, Dr. Char'os A. Eilett, Mr. U. V. Irby and Mr. John Y. Garllngtoo. Old Hickory. A drink for "a gentleman of the old school." Pure old Kentucky Whiskey? wholesome and invigorating, In sick ness or tealth. On salo at all dispen saries, Adv. DINNER TO MISS HORTON. Ono of tho Pleasant Social Events of the Holiday Season. On Monday ovenlng Miss Nellie Bolt gave a very elegant course dinner in I honor of her guest, Miss Addio Horton of Clinton. The decorations were very artistically arranged and a charming musioal program was rondered. The following couples were present: Mr. Thomas Switzer with Miss 1 ouise Rlobey, Mr. Yancey Gllkorson with Miss Pearl Sullivan, Mr. E. O. Ander son with Miss Mary Boweu, Dr. Chas. A. Ellett with Miss Addie Horton, Mr. John Y. Garlington with Miss Marie geue Calne, Mr. Nathaniel^ Richardson with Miss Annie Gllkosson, Mr." W. R. RIchey, Jr., with Miss Nelllo Bolt, Mr. McFarlan Irby with MUs Claud Crows, Mr. R. G. Franks with Miss Sarah Bolt and Mr. Robert Adams with Miss Jes sie Bolt. A Prisoner in Her Own House. Mrs. W. H L-^yha, of 1001 Agnes Avo., Kansas City, Mo., has for several years been troubled with severe hoarse ness and at times a hard codgh, which she says, "Would keep me in doors for days. I was prescribed for by phy sicians with no noticeable results. A frierd gavo mo part of a bottle of Ohamberla'n's Cough Remedy with in structions to closoly follow the direc tions and I wish to state that after tho first day I could notioe a decided ohange for the bettor, and at this time after using it for two weeks, have no hesitation in saying I realize that I am emtirely cured." This remedy is for sale by Tho Laurens Drug Co. CHARMING EUCHRE PARTY. It Was Given by Miss Harris to Visit ing Ladies. One of the most delightful affair* of tho Holiday season was trie progres sive Euchre Party given by Mi.-s Lyl Harris at tho home of Mrs. W. E. Lu cas on Wednesday afternoon. The party was complimentary to Mrs. M. C, Heath and MtfS Kittle Tennant, of Columbia, who are Mrs. Lucas' guests and to Mrs. Robert W. Davis, of Foun tain Inn. Tho first prize, an exquisite laco handkerchief, was won by Miss Tennant and the second, a beautiful heart-shape stick-pin cushion, was won by Miss Lyl Vanco. The refreshments were salads? stuffed olive sandwiches, stufful dates and coffee. Those present were: Mrs. Mary Prontlss, Mrs. Alex. Long, Miss Emmie Meng, Mrs. Robert W. Davis, Mrs. Rolfe Hughes, Miss Mary Long, Miss Lola Anderson, Mrs. Wm. Banks, Miss Lyl Vanco, Miss Mamie Cummlngs, Miss Leize Ho'raes, Miss Julia Irby, Miss Mary Simpson, Miss Louise, RIchey, Miss Caro Adam.,, Miss Young, Miss Josle Mintor, Miss Irene Ray, Mrs. Jack Davis, Mrs. Ash more Davis, Mrs. Chesley Lucas, Mra. Claude Fuller, Mrs. Connor. Fuller, Mrs. M. C. Heath, Dr. Charles A. El lett, Mr'. W. W. Ball and Mr. Jno. Y. Garlington. 1000 Claims. Equal not a Single Fact. Laurens Endorsement Makes This Claim a Fact. Endorsed by scores of Laurons citi zens who cheerfully make a public statement of their experience, is tho proof we have to back our claims that Doan's Kidney Pills cure overy form of kidney ills, from a common baokacbo to serious urinary troubles. Here Is ono local example. We havo many moro like it. J. II. Odell, of Factory Hill, mill hand, says: ul have been suffering from backache for a long while. At times I could not work on account of the ach ing across the small of my baok and the dull pain gave me no rest day or night. I could not stand-straight and If I sat for a bit and attempted to arise I had to oatch hold of something to pull my self up. The secretions from tho kid neys woro very red, full of sodiment and got like a lolly after they stood for a while. I could not retalo them any length of time and had to rise often at night. I tried several highly recom mended remedies and used liniments, but nothing did me any good until I Pyl a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at the almelto Drug Co. and used them ac cording to directions. They gave re lief almost at once and since using them the kidney secretions have gotton olear and natural and I do Hot havo to get up at nights as I used to, while tho r^okacbo has all left me." For salo by all dealers. Price 60 nts. Foster-Milburn Oo., Buffalo! 5r.t sole agents for the Uniteo Remember the name?Doan's and I e no substitute. Jlching Joints In tho Angers, toes, arms, and other parts of tho body, are joints that arc inflamed and swollen by rheumatism? that acid condition <>f the blood which affects the muscle? also. Sufferers dread to move, especially after sitting or lying long, arid their condition in cpuunpnly worse in wet weather. "It hnB been n Ioiir llnio since wo havo been without Hood's Sarsaparllla. My father thinks ho could not do without It. Ho has been troubled with rheumatism since he was a boy, and Hood's Kursapa? rilla Is the only medicine he run take that will enable him to lake his place in the held." Miss Ada IJoty, Sidney, Iowa. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pitts Remove tho cause of rheumatism?no outward application can. Take them. WHITE IIAIiu5iTmEN SIT AT NOVEL FEAST. One Hundred and Twenty-one diesis Ovor 75 Years Old Dine Together in Springfield. Ex-May.or Q. S. Kolley last week celebrated his seventh-ninth anniver sary, in Springfield, Ohio, says the Telegram of that city. Mrs. Kelly died four years ago. Tho unique feature of the celebration was the character of the guests proscnt. Thero were 121 of them, and every ono was seventy-five or more years of age. Tho entire 121 woro from Springfield and vicinity. Mr. Kelly has lived in Springfield nearly all of his life. For years he was of two partners of William N. Whitoley, known as tho "reaper king." Tho dinner, which was a feature of the celebration, began at early candle light. It was an old tlmo sooial in every particular. Mr. Kelly, as chairman, (the word chairman being preferred to that of tnastmaeter), occupied a seat at the head of a long table. Arranged on ei-her side of him wero the white haired pioneers of the county. By agreement, the programme was devoted exclusively to pioneor days, and each dt the guests was called upon for rominiscences. A stenographer took a complete stenographic report of the remarks made, which will be pub lished in book form. "Llttlo Colds" neglected?thousands of lives sacrificed every year. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures lit tle colds?cures big colds loo, down to the very stages of consumption. Terrible plagues, those itching, pes toring diseases of the skin. Put an end to misery. Dunn's Ointment cures. At any drug store. AN ORDINANCE Imposing on annual tax on all taxable property in the City of Laurens, to raise supplies for said city for fiscal year, commencing January, 1, 1004. Sec. 1. Bo it ordained by the City Council of Lauren-, of tho City of Lau rons, that a tax of fifty ents on every one hundred dollars worth of tho as sessed value of all nroporty, real or personal, not exempt by law from taxa tion, situa ed within tho limits of the Olty of Laurens, bn and tho nume is hereby lovlecl for corporate purposes to defray tho current expenses of said City for fiscal year commencing January, 1st. 11)04 and to meot such other in dobtedn* ss as has bo- n contracted by said City for corporate purposes. That an additional tax of thirty cents on every one hundred dollars worth of the assessed valuo of all prop erly, real or personal, not oxempt by law from taxation, situated within t* o limits of tho ("itv of Laurons, bo and tho same is hereby levied t> moot the interest to becomo d eup<n tho thirty thousand dollar Bonds issued Apri< 1st, 185)7, for tho purpose of meeting the cost of tho building and equipping the Waterworks and Electric Light Plant for said City, and to pay at least one fortie'h part of the entire bonded debt into a Sinking Fund to bo used in aid of the retirement and payments of said Bonds. Skc. 2: That the Clerk of the sa'd City shall enter said levies and assess ments upon tho books of said City, and receive said taxes. That the said tixes heroin lovied shall bo paid to the said Clerk in lawful money of tho United State* on or before tho 1st day of March 1004, and any person failing to pay said taxes shall bo liablo to tho penalty now provid-d by law for the failuro to pay general State tax. Sec. 3: Done and ratified by tho City Council, of tho City of Laurons, at the City of Laurens and tho corporate seal of said City affixed, this tho 31st of De cember in the year of our Lord one thousand nino hundred and three, and in the one hundred and twenty-oighth year of the soveroigntv and Independ ence of tho United States of America. C. E, GBAY, m ay or. L. G. BAf.r.k, [t? S.] Clork Council. Jan. 4th,?8t. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought Study the Jewelry Questionl Don't buy Jewelry hap hazard. Look the ground over thoroughly, and buy when you find the place where you can get the very best, most stylish, most reliable Jewelry for your money. Of course, we think this is the place and want to convince you that we are right. 09? FIRST-CLASS Watch and Jewelry repairing by an expert workman. Fleming Bros. See our line of New Year novelties, before buying. We have got something for every body, young and old and at prices to suit your pocket book. LaurenS Drug Co, Goods Delivered Phone 75 . GESTION "I was troubled with, etom r.ch trouble. Thedford's Blaek Draught did me more good In ono weok than ?11 the doo tor's medicine, I took in ft year.'?MRS. SARAH B. KHIRFI ELD, RUetta7ille, Ind. Thedfofd 'a Black Draught quickly invigorates the ac tion of the stomach and cures oven chronic cases of indigestion. If you will take a small dose of Thed ford's l;lack Draught occa sionally you will keep your stomach and liver in per feet condition. THEDFORD'S -LACK-DRAUGHT More sickness in caused by constipation than by any other disease. Thedford's Black-Draught not only re lieves constipation butcures diarrhoea and dysentery and keeps tho bowels regular. All dreggtst* sell 25-ccnt package*. "Thedford's Black Draught is tho best medi cine to regulate the bowels 1 have ever used."? MRS. A. M. Gil A NT, Sneada Ferry, N. C. consTiPATior WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO CARRY FINE FURNITURE THE PEOPLE DEHAND IT! We Carry It 3C They Buy It 1 8CDJ3 HAVE WHAT YOU WANT S For Rvttrv Poom in the Hoii?p ? For Every Room in the House. Our Prices are Always the Lowest for the Best Goods. I Cash Bargain Store Wishes all a Happy New Year. J. L. HOPKINS, Proprietor. TAPP Wishes You a HAPPY NEW YEAR. We greet you with the best wishes of the season and hope that tho year 1004 will be a most prosperous year for you all. A Word to The Legislators. In less than two weeks you will bo assembled in Co'umbia for your legislative work. We will bo glad to have you call at any tirao If you have orders from home for any wearing apparel for the ladles or for home furnishings, let us fill them. And when your fmnilies come here to see you during the session, bring them up to Tapp's De partment Store. We have the newest goods and a9k you tho least money. And ro member, we prepay mall, express or freight on all purchases amounting to $5.00 or over shipped any whore within a radius of COO miles of Columbia. THE JAMES L. TAPP CO., Cor. Main and Blanding, Sis., Columbia, S. C. Why order a Sewing machine when you can buy this Drop-head from people you know for $18.00 with a TEN YEAR Guarantee? Same Machine with plain cover only $15.00. Remember we sell Needles for all Sewing Machines. Can furnish any part and piece for any Sewing Machine made. sJ. O. O. FLEMING St. CO. ; ?. .?"..- -VT*;- nl " SS?? CRACK GOES THE WHIP IN COME THE ORDERS 91 i i M II m i SELLS THE VERY BEST GRADES OF FERTILIZERS AT THE VERY LOWEST It pays to fertilize your lands w THE V1ROINIA-CAROL CHEMICAL COMPANY PRODUCTS. BOLD EVERYWHERE The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co, CHARLESTON. & C. THE YIRGInlHAROllllA HEMIGAL G0MP?8Y The Largest Manufacturer of Fertilizers on Earth" Forty odd Manufacturing plants Wholesale purchasers Largest importers Concentration of Management attention, farmers! I am now prepared to ship goods lor next year's crop, and we guarantee our goods to be delivered in good condition, and also to come up to analyses branded on sacks. Those farmers who are interested in reliable fer tilizers are requested to read the annexed certificate. A. HUFF, Agent, Laurent,, S. C, Clinton, S.. C, November, 23rd, 1903. Mr. A. Huff, Laurens. S. C, Agent for V. C. C. Co., Dear Sir: I report to you the result of the 8-4-4 goods purchased from you last year I tried on our experimental patch along side of a Competitor's 8-4-4 Roods with three (3) rows left between each sample used. Result Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s 115 lbs seed cot-?l ton 1 n ) i .it or's 82 pounds, and the Virginia-Carolina$| Chemical Co.'s goods were in a much better mechanical form and distributed to more satisfaction and the same amount ol goods were used in each row and same weighed Q and cultivated alike. J. H. Hunter. Witness, W. H. Gilkerson. Now is the Time to Dose Stock. .we mame a specialty of. International Stock Food Company's Products .which have a world-wide reputation! . International Stock Food, 25c and 50c; Colic cure, 50c; Gall Cure, 25c; Louse Killer, 25c; Poultry Food, 25c; Quick Cleaner, 25c; ilver Pine Healing Oil, 25c ?Use in Time! Prevent Diseases! A Small Investment May Save You Great Loss! OME OAR LOAD OF ABOVE JUST RECEIVED. Our Undertaker's Stockeis Complete. We cany a well selected stock of everything from JfiA$ $JLj$ % cneaPes* coffin to the best Me >ljv JS&^KtSnSBf la'ic cllses '" cloth goods we carry W&Sk^^&MBBL1 \WT^TWm the best?among them embossed BMnini n<*g> white plush goods; also black, full draped in cloth. A First-class Hearse when wanted. We can furnish white ' or black horses when desired. At night orSunday'Phone R. P. Milam's residence or call on J. MUli Hunter at the Balentinc House. Respectfully, R. P. MILAM & CO W. n. KNIQHT, R.B. BABB 3 KNIGHT & BABB, Attorneys at Law. 0* Will practice in all the State and Federal Courts. Strict attention to all business Intrusted to them, ,iH ceup>stalr e, Slmmona' Building. Office Days. Persons haying business with the Supervisor will And him or his \olerk in the Office Mondays and Fridays of eaoh week. H. B. Humbert, Sup. L 0? Jan. 39,1908? i a. _