The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 06, 1904, Image 5
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 $15.00. Remember we sell Needles for all Sewing
Machines. Can furnish any part and piece for any Sewing Machine made.
sJ. O. O. FLEMING St. CO.
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CRACK GOES THE WHIP
IN COME THE ORDERS
91 i i M II m i
SELLS THE VERY BEST GRADES OF
FERTILIZERS
AT THE VERY LOWEST
It pays to fertilize your lands w
THE V1ROINIA-CAROL
CHEMICAL COMPANY
PRODUCTS.
BOLD EVERYWHERE
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co,
CHARLESTON. & C.
THE YIRGInlHAROllllA
HEMIGAL G0MP?8Y
The Largest
Manufacturer of
Fertilizers on Earth"
Forty odd
Manufacturing plants
Wholesale purchasers
Largest importers
Concentration of
Management
attention, farmers!
I am now prepared to ship goods lor next year's
crop, and we guarantee our goods to be delivered in good
condition, and also to come up to analyses branded on
sacks. Those farmers who are interested in reliable fer
tilizers are requested to read the annexed certificate.
A. HUFF, Agent,
Laurent,, S. C,
Clinton, S.. C, November, 23rd, 1903.
Mr. A. Huff, Laurens. S. C, Agent for V. C. C. Co.,
Dear Sir: I report to you the result of the 8-4-4 goods
purchased from you last year I tried on our experimental
patch along side of a Competitor's 8-4-4 Roods with three
(3) rows left between each sample used. Result
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.'s 115 lbs seed cot-?l
ton 1 n ) i .it or's 82 pounds, and the Virginia-Carolina$|
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?
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