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MANY ACCIDENTS TO SAME FAMILY. Detail? of the Death of J. L. Pitla~ His Father Hart Walle HaadHag an Axe. Poplar Sprikos, March 9.?This community was shocked on hearing of the death ot Mr . J. I. Pit's, residing in the Friendship section, which oc curred Saturday near his home. It seems that Mr. Pitts had ho-m to Lau ren? that day, and on, returnirg bad gone to the flold where bis hands were at;work,'cleaning oft' a field. On reaoh leg the place he f und thtt they had set a tree on fire and were working nearby. He protested that thero was danger of the tree falling and to get farther away. In the meantime, Mr. Pitts himself, walked as be thought, out of danger of the tree and at that moment the tree broke off, strik ing Mr. Pitts on the head, crushing it in a horrible manner. He expired al most instantly. Mr Pit's was an en ergetic and industrious man, useful to his community In whioh be lived, as was evidenced by the long cortege that followed the body to the Friendship cemetery, where it was interred with honors by Myrtle Lodge, W. O. W., of whioh he was an active adherent. Religious services were also held over the body, conducted by Rev. Hay Anderson of Laurens. The deceased was about S3 years old and is survived by a sorrowing wife and four small children, who have the sympathy of a large circle1 of relatives and friends. Mr. W. H. Pitts, father of the de ceased, living in this seitlon, whi'e at work last week with an axe inflicted a severe cut on his forehead. Just as he was making a blow with the tool, It be came entangled in a wire or vine be hind him. The axe coming over on his head dealt him a terrible gash. The wound is painful, but not regarded as eerious. Murphy, a small son of Mr. W. E. Pitts, after extracting the shot from a loaded shell, was handling it carelessly with fire and it exploded, burning his face painfully. It Is not thought that his eyes are hurt. A snail ohild of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bolt, living near Rib in Church, also met with a misfortune last week by falling in the fire and sustaining some painful burns. It is hoped thtt the child is not burned seriously. It Is a strange co incidence that all of these misfortunes occurred practically In tho same community, the same week and ail in tho same family connection. Yexam. PLEASED WITH PLORODORA. Dr. F. M. Setaler Writes of His Ex perience With It. Editob, The Advertiser, Sir: Ac cording to promise made sometime ago that if I did not give my experience with Florodora cotton personally, I would do so through the mail: I prepared land as ordinarily for common kind of cotton, using about 300 lbs. of fertilizers to the acre, consist ing of 200 lbs. DK Bone, 100 lbs. C. S. meal and 103 Kalnlt. Planted seed by dropping in drill about 2 feet apart ..bout the last ot May. It was a long time coming up, in fact never got a ?'ood stand. I cultivated as usual with the ordinary kind, except that I only ^ave one hoeing and left all that amo up, from 1 to 5 stalks in thi hill. planted the seed you sent me on >bout two acres of good ordinary land -Ith less expense in making than any otton crop I ever male, I gathered H ?les of cotton and if I could have got good season the latter part of August /ouid have made two good heavy ales. I have the cotton on hand for ..io and making enquiry where I can it 3 or 4 cents more per pound than ">mmon staple Also I have what I call ut Pomaria cotton, long limb, but not much as Florodora, a mixed limby nl cluster cotton that I am well pl? a?ed ? th nnd which made 11 bales of cotton . same soil, hut poorer land. The orodora cotton seed was mixed slight as I thought, for I found occasional'y .luster stalk and sometimes a stalk Ith small black seed with scarcely <y lint on them. But I am greatly ased with It anl herewith return j my sincere thanks for your kind is in sending me the seed. My seed ??? not for sale, even if I should not nt them this year, because I think it > Mr. Stoney that if parties wanting i should buy from him. forgot to say that one bale of Floro one-half Pomaria was ginned on ist improved gin run by electricity ihe Glonn-Lowery Manufacturing Company at Whitmlre and the other Pomaria bale was ginned by Mr. W. J. Duffle on a 60 or 70 saw gin making half revolutions according to Mr. Stoney. Now, Mr. Elltor, I will close by say ing please excuse this hurriedly and badly written communication and make the best you can out of it, an I had to answer already two communications in reference to my experience with Floro dora cotton, etc, one from Vienna Oil Co., Georgia and one from Caldwoll, Ward & Co., Montgomery, Alabama. I hope to get to Laurens next week and will call In to see you. Yours truly, F. M. SfiTZLBR, Whitmlre, S. C. CLIMATIC CURES. The influence of climatic conditions In theonre of consumption is very much overdrawn. The poor pat'ent. and the rieh patient, too, oan do much better at home by proper attention to food diges tion, and a reguUr use of German Sy rup. Free expectoration in the morn ing is made certain by German Syrup, so la a good night's r?. st and the ab sence of that weakening cough and de bilitating night sweat Restless nights and the exhaustion due to coughing, the greatest danger and dread of the consumptive, can be prevente 1 or stopped by taking German Hyrup lib erally and regularly. Should you bs able to go to a warmer clime, you will find thai of the tboutands of consump tives theiv, the few who are benefited and regain strength are those wh? use German Syrup. Trial bottles, 25 cents*, regular size, 75 cents. Lahrens Drug Co. A household necessity?Dr. Thomas' Ecleotric Oil.Heals burns, cuts.wounds currssore throat, croup, catarrh, as fjunjk, aster fails. -* PEOPLE SHOULD COME SOUTH. Northern Cltj In Which Tjphold Mor tality Is Dreadful. A valued*subscriber of The Adveu tiber living lo Pittsburg, Ponn.,' for merly a resident hero, sends the fol lowing paragraph from a Pittsburg newspaper, together wbh his own comment: "An East street butcher secured the cleaning of that section of Alleghany by throwing a sack containing a pole oat onto the street car track, where a car ran over it. Residents compelled Superintendent Charles Striepke to or der out his street cleaners." Th's is way things are done here, the filthiest and worst governed town in the United States?Pittsburg and sub urbs. Of 10,00o deaths 2'0 are from typhoid. In Savaunab, Ga , the ra'e is only 0 7 10. No wonder these people love to go South. Letter to Machen & Martin. Laurens, S. C. Dear Sirs: Three gallons saved is $12 to $15 earned. Mr. Hsnford Platt of Bridgeport, Conn, ordered 15gallons Deyoe to paint his house, and returned :'? gallon?. His painter said it would take 15; a lead aud-oil painter. Hubbell A Wad* Co. sold it. They say everybody has the same exper ience there. The reason Is of course; (hey are used to poor paint. What is poor paint? Anything not Devoe; fome worse than others. Besides paints wear about as they cover. Double the $12 to $15. Yours truly, F. W. DeVoe & Co. P. S. Moseley & Roland soil our paint. FREAK HOUSES. Dwelling* In Which Ladder* Took the 1'lnce of SIhIimviivh. Years ago a story was told of a naval officer who wanted a house built to lUcasc his own taste In every detail. He drew the plans himself, placed them in the hands of a builder and instructed htm to see that they were carried out in every detail. Then he went to sea for a year's cruise. When he returned home the house had been completed With the utmost regard for the plans and specifications left by the officer. He was taken through the first floor and* expressed the utmost pleasure in everything he saw. "Now," he said, "we will go upstairs and see the second floor." "Come right out this way wlyre wc have a ladder," replied the builder. The seafaring man was astonished. He had planned the house with the greatest care, but forgot to provide for a stairway. The story of the naval officer has never had a certificate of genuineness attached to It, but an actual case In which a house has been built without a stairway Is on record In Washington. It finally became the home of the late John Boyle, who was for many years chief clerk of the navy department and who died In 1854, leaving a large es tate. The house in question stood on the site now occupied by a brewery be low the naval observatory. It was a pretentious old mansion, located in what was a very stylish section during the days of the elder John Boyle, who came to this country in the early years of the nineteenth century. The record Is not clear as to why the house was constructed without a staircase, but there is no doubt about tho fact,? Washington Star. All In the KxpreHftlon. Hnmfatte?When I asked Brown how he liked my Othello he said It was all that one could wish. Hamlettc?Yes; he told me Mic snmo thing, only ho expressed it differently. Hnmfatte-How's that? Hamlettc?Well, when I asked him how he liked It he said he certainly got all he wanted of It,--Indianapolis Sun. When KnlRlitliond Wim In Flower. Citizen?Here, slop fighting that littlr boy. Chlmmlo?Wot, an' mo goll look In' out dc window? She'd take ino foi a quitter.?Butte Inter-Mountain. "If there were no eating without htm ger and no drinking without thirst.' raid Herbert Spencer, "then would th< system bo but seldom out of order" IF YOU ARE UP-TO-DATE AND TRUST WORTHY, YOU CAN MARK AN EXCELLENT AGENCY CONTRACT WITH The New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Boston, Mass. For Agency apply to John Y. Garlington, Department Manager. I,aureus, S. C. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, Offers his services to the pep pie Of Lauren's County. SPREAD THE NEWS. Laurens Citizens Assist ing in the Wood Work. Day by day aud hour by hour the ?'Little Conqueror" become? bettor known and more resp~e ed by the pub lic Nothing iu modern lime* has reached the high pinnacle of popular favor in so short a time; pooplo talk about it and they have reason to I 'hey tell their experience for the good of their follow b l"g* anl through grati tude. To publish thoir expression* is to show you that tho t amo experience awaits you. W. II. Smith, procor, at 825 Wash ington St.. Columb'a, S. t?., resiel'iig tit 823 Washington, St . says: "1 hud whopping cough when 1 was ilvo years old, strained m\s-lf coughing and havo never been w l'sluceaud bave always had kidney and bladder trouble, some tinics much more severe than at others. This year I h d a spell of typhoid fe ver and lay in bod tbreo months. 1 had such pain* iu my kidneys that every breath I drow cu* to the quick. It felt like a knife being thrust iu right through tho bladdor. 1 had a doctor examine mo and ho gavo mo medicine but it did not do any good. I tried proprietary medicines and used plas ers and rubbed my back with a dozen different liniments but nothing reliovod the pain. This has been my condition for forty years and It both ered mo at night so that J could not get a night's rest The iseoretions many a t me were almost like blocd. Remedies that helped other people would not help mo at all, and I never expected to get well. 1 saw the testi monials of people who had used Doan's Kidney Pills and had bpcn cured by them and I began taking them. Tho soreness in my bladder has disap peared, I do not havo to get up at all during the night and 1 feel batter in eve y way. I have used two boxes of them antl havo had no pains since tak ing them. The treatment has made me feel so much better that 1 know that It Is a wonderful remedy. Just such emphatic proof is given by Laurens people. Ask tho Palmetto Drug Co. to let their customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster-Milburn Co., so!o agents for tho United States. Remember the name?Doan's and take no substitute. APHORISMS. Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.? Plutarch. To read without reflecting Is like eat ing without digesting.?Rurkc. Bettel' a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.- Shakespeare. Repentance is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.?Milton. A straight line is the shortest in mor als as in mathematics.?Maria Edge worth. Think twice before?you speak or net once, and you will speak or act the more wisely for lt.?Kr-nnklln. There Is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every haz ard. The tearful are the failing.?S. J. Utile. There never was it person who did anything worth doing that did not re ceive more than ho gave.?IL W. Moodier. Refinement creates beauty every where. It Is the grossnoss of the spec tator that discovers anything like grossucss in the object.?Uazlitt. Drain. Tho brain is an Important organ, serving ns it eloes to keep tho head from collapsing. Almost all styles of doing the hair call for a head of some sort. Again, there is nothing like a head to set o'Y'n flue nock. Finally, wc should foci rather foolish without our heads. For a long lime scientists were una ble to discover why It Is that the brain is divided into white and gray matter, it remained for a clovor French savant to solve the difficulty. "Quite likely," said ho, "the loud col or;? had not yet come in when man was created." Psychology deals with tho organic aspect of thought To psychology we owe the knowledge that calf's brain makes good soup.?Puck, Method t<? Hec?vor it. "if Bonic scheme could bo devised.'' s.-h a Sllllwntcr (Minn.) man. "by which tin- sunken K-.^s which Oil the beds of rivers und creeks in the k>g ging bp< ticus ( t i!;is country could only bo recovered. Immense fortunes would bo made, ai ,ng the st. Crolx waters it is estlmutcd that lo-s euougb are hn bedded in the sand of river bottoms to keep mills iimning for years. Under present conditions the loss is total, for no BUCCessful method !;as ever beim de vised to effect this saving. "Occasionally logs cut years ago are forced by the washings of Hoods from their s;iimI beds and driven upon the Bhorcs, where- the action of sun and wind dries Iheiu out sulllciontiy so that they will (lout down stream, but the percentage of logs recovered is small, and millions of dollars' worth of .prop erty Is lost beyond recovery until some enterprising genius invents a inuchino or process to recover the timber. "At Stlllwntcr logs occasionally come to the sorting booms bearing marks iu use half a century ago, and when they appear tho old lumbermen grow remi niscent of men who have been long forgotten, but who were important operators in tho pioneer logging days of Wisconsin and Minnesota. "No possible estimate can bo made of the amount of timber thus lost, but lumbermen estimate that the rivers of Wisconsin, in the value of the logs buried In their sands, have fortunes of millions of dollars If the logs could be recovered. Wisconsin has been one of the big pine states, and your Chip* pewa, Wisconsin, St. Crolx and Me nominee rivers and their tributaries contain fortunes in sunken timber. "Strange as it may appear, the value of the timber* is not lessened, even after It has been submerged for half or qunrtcr.of a century, Efforts have been occasionally made to recover sunken logs. At one time a company was or? ganlzcd at Stillwater to dredge streams and thus recover some of tho timber, but the plan did not work with any great degree of success, this method being found too expensive. Some one will come .".long some day with a plan, and this immensely valuable product, now lost, will bo recovered."?Milwau kee Sentinel. Old Time Carving Term*. in an old number of a magazine is hucd more than a century ago wc light id upon a list of different terms used at "tables of elegance" in tho days when Queen Charlotte came as the bride of the young and handsome king, b'rom this list it would appear that nothing in tho way of game was to be carved. Tho correct phrase was to "eul up" a turkey, to '"rear" a goose, to ? unlace'' a hare or rabbit, to "wing" a partridge or a quail, to "allay" a pheasant, to "dismember" a heron, to "thigh" u woodcock, to "display" a crane and to "lift" a swan. Beef and mutton wore "carved." of course, and the sporting moil prided themselves by using appropriate sporting terms when the spoil of their morning's work made its dual appearance on the table.?Mod ern Society. if it wer?: not for bores it would bo very difficult for us to realize what (?unity Is.?Now Orleans Tlmcs-Dcmo r ?. Wo Stahe Our Claim Of Flour excollonce upon tho flour itself- -it's the very hosf. kind of evi dence. We know that if you will just try our flour once Tor yourself, you will nover want to go back to tho inferior kinds. [6 will prove everything we claim for it. Bo sure you get ''Clifton" Hour, it you want tho best. T. N. Barkedale, M. H. Fowler. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of PICTORIAL PUZZLE. FIND HIDDEN HUNTER, HUNTING BAG AND POWDER HORN. CATARRH, Which usually commences with cold in head. Hay Fevor, rapidly infects the mucous membrane of the throat, and leads to graver complications, unless promptly attended to. Wo rocommond King's Sarsaparilla internally lo purify the blood, and direct troatmen*. with Dr. King's Catarrh Remedy (a douoho comos with each bottlo). It gains a foothold from which it is hard to dis lodge, With treatment of theso two medicines any ordinary caso will yiold quickly?the very worst cases will bo greatly relieved. The prico, $1.00; three for $2.50, and guaranteed. Solu by Palmetto Drug Company, Laurcns, 8. C Final Settlement. Take notice that on the 18th day of April, 1004, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Admin istrator of the estate of Dr. John R. Smith, deceased, in tho Oflloe of the Judge of Probate for Iviurens County, at 11 o'clock a.m., and on the samo day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. All persons having demands against said estate will please present them on or before that day, proven and authen ticated, or bo forover barred. WILMOT S. SMITH, Administrator? March 7, 1904?1 m. MEN CAPABLE OF EARNING $1000 TO $5000 A YEAR. TRAVELING SALESMAN, CLERK, MERCHANT. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ' BUSINESS. A complete reorganization of the producing department of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in this soctlon affords a chanoe for a few good men; eight vacancies on the agency force remain open for men of onarae'er and ability; you cau find out by writing whether it will be worth whilo for you t) mako a change* no previous experience is necessary. A conrso of' professional Instruction ? given free. THE MUTUAL LIFE 1NSUR ANCK CO., NEW YORK. Ulchurd A. MoCurdy, President. HAS PAID POLICY HOLDERS OVER 630 MILLION DOLLARS. Addross, GEORGE T. DEXTER, Su perintendent of Domestic Agencies, 32 Nassa? Si., New York City, N. Y. CURES CANCER AND BLOOD POI SON. If you have- blood p-rfson produolng eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands, bumps and risings, burning, Honing, copper colored spots or rash on the skiu, mucous patches in mouth or throat, falling bair, bone pains, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, take Bo tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) It kills the poison in the blood; soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swellings subside, uches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst cases of Blood Poison. For cancer, tumore, swo'lings, eating sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples of all kinds, take B. B. B, It destroys the cancer poison in tho blood, heals cancer of all kinds, cures the worst humors or suppurating swellings.? Thousands cured by B. B. B. aftor oil else fail*. B. B. B. is composed of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the dl eestioB, makes tho blood pure and rich, stopf, the awful itching and all sharp, shooting pains. Thoroughly tosttd for thirtv years. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with complete direc tions for homo cure. Pampin free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. Sold in Laurens by B. F. Po soy. FEARFUL, ODDS AGAINST HIM. Bedrlddon, alono and destitute.? Such, in brief was tho condition of an old soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Versailles. O. For years ho was trou bled with Kidney disease and neither doctors nor imdicincs gavo him relief. At length he tried Electric Bitters. It P'?t him on his feet In short order and now bo tostliies: "I'm on the road to complete recovery." Best on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles and all forms of Stomach and Bowol Com plaints. Only 60 conts. Guaranteed by Laurons Drug Co. and Pahnetto Drug Co. WAKEFUL CHILDREN. For a long time the two year old child of Mr. P. L. McPhorsou, 59 N. Tenth St., Harrlsburg, Pa., would sleep bat two or throe hours In the early part of tho night, which made it very hard for her parents. Her mother concludod that the child had stomach troublo and gave her half of ono of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets,which quieted her stomach and she siopt the whole night through. Two boxes of these tablets have effected a wonderful cure and sho is now well and strong. For salo by Laurons Drug Co. INFLAM M ATOR V RHEU M ATIS M CURED. Wi'liam Shaffer, a brakoman of Den nison, Ohio, was conliued to his bed for Bsveral weeks with inflammatory rheumatism. "I used many remodie?," ho says. "Finally I sent to McCaw's drug stora for a bo'tie oi Chamberlain's Pain Balm, at wo loh time T wus una ble to use hand or foot, and In ono week's time was ab'e to go to work as happy as a clam." For sale by Lau rens Drug Co. "Better out thai in"?that humor that you notice. To ho sure it's out and all out, tako Hood's Sarsaparilla. TAKEOFFYOUR HAT You certainly need a Hair Tonic, niul tho best on tho market, regardless of cost, is HAIRINE It feeds the hair, cleanses the scalp and rankes tho hair grow. Also makes the hair soft, light and fluffy. NoKronse or injurious Ingredients In its compo sition. A clear tonic, without coloring matter and soils for only 15 CENTS A BOTTLE 15 Cents, 40 Cents and 75 Cents a Bottle (By mail 5 cents extra for postage.) BEAL-STREIT CO., 79 81 Corflamlt St., NEW YORK Dnig Sales Co., Chicago, General Sales Agents. For salo locally by Laurens Drug Store. HEALTH "I doa't think wo could keop house without Thedford'a mack Draught. Wo have used ft in the family forever two years with, tha best of results. I have- not had n dootor In the houno for thnt longth of time. It In iv doctor in itself and always ready to make a pcrion well and happy."?JAMKH IIALL, Jack sonville, III. _ ' Becauso this great medicine relieves stomach pains, frees the constipated bowels and invigor atea tho torpid liver and weak ened kidneys No Doctor is necessary in tho homo where Thedford'a Block-Draught is kept. Families living in the country, miles from any physi cian, havo been ko.pt in health for years with this medicine as their only doctor. Thedford'a Black-Draught cures bilious ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and fever, bad blood, headaches, diarrhoea, constipation, colic and almost every other nilment because tho stomach, bowels liver and kidneys so nearly con trol the health, THEDFORD'5 BLACK Money to Lend. On first mortgage of improved farms. Easy terms. No commission. Borrower pays only aotual expenses of loan. C. D. BARKSDALE, Attorney, Laurens, S. O. October, 2?, 1903. Office Days. Persons having business with the Supervisor will find him or his olerk in tho Oflioo Mondays and Fridays of each week. H. B. Humbbbt, Sap. L O. usi soiaier w nur - Vigorous at 107. Edward Noyes, a Drummer Boy Under Andrew Jackson, Who Also Served in the Civil War, the Oldest Living1 Veteran, Says DUFFY'S PURE flALT WHISKEY Has Kept Him Strong and Healthy Past the Century Hark. ;.v: ^ Mr. Noyos, tho hero of two wars, a soldier whoso Ufo has boon written up all over the country, although 107 ycara of age, 6tatos that ho feels as will and et \>ng today as ho did 40 years ago, and roceully mudo a trip from Unity Corners, N. H., to Chicago without suffering any hardships. A drummer boy iu tho war of 1812 and a toaiustor in tho civil war, as ho was even then too old to sorvo in tho ranks, Mr. Noyes has hod a most eventual lifo. He remembers with great vividuoss many of tho historical figures of tho last century, and gratefully attributes his marvelcua vitality and won dorf ul old ago to DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY* m Ho says:?"An old man's lifo can bo a happy ono if ho is well, and I have been just as activo uud strong up to a few years ago as 1 was during the War in tho Bouth. My family and friends uro all g?llO, but I am cheerful and hopo to livo some timo yet. I was born iu what is now Unity Corners, N. II., in 17U7. I hud been pretty well all my lifo, but sickness came upon mo during tho last 20 yours. My doctor told mo it was elu ago, aud gavo me Daily's l'uro Mult Whiskey. I am taking that medicine now, aud it is both medicine and nourishment to mo. I cannot cut a hearty meul the way I used to, but Duffy's keeps me up and going. 1 would not bo alive without it," EDV/AUD NOYES. Old ago is happy whe-u it goes hand in band with health. Hundreds of men and women who havo passed tho century murk are kept alivo and well today by tho ueo of Duffy's l'uro Mult w hi .key. It was HIS ONLY ?E0I6INE P^'tt^S HIV u ?B?piarH\j*BBnBs) by the government ns a modicino. This is a guurontoe. It is a tonio-stimulaut recommended by physicians of every school, a boon to tho weak und worn, to the wo.iry und depressed, it arrests tho progress of physical de cay, strengthens thy heart, relieves tho aching head, gives to tho limbs their old timo vigor and clears the bruin, It enriches tho blood and nourishes tho vital forces, and in this way drives out disease and promotes health and longevity. Doctors call it "a form of food already digested," as It agrees with tho most delicato str.mueh. If you -wish to keep strong und well in old n^o take a tnblespoonful throe times a day In milk or wator. Duffy's l'uro Malb Whiskey cures coughs, OOldP, oynutunptiou, bronchitis, grip, catarrh, asthma, pneumonia and till diseases of the throat and lungs; indigestion, dyspep* slu und all forms of stomach trouble; nervouauoa:', malaria end all low fevers. Used exclusively in ovar 2,000 hospitals. Bo ?uro you auk for DUFFY'S rUKK MAtT WHISKEY. It In the only abso lutely Pure Malt WhUUoy which contains modlcal, health-giving qualities and mo only [Unit Wblp.koy recognised l>y tbo government BS n medicine. DUFFY'S PUKE MALT WHISKEY Is Sold In sealed bottles only, never In fla*k or bulk. Look for tho trade-mark?the old chemist?on tho label and soo that tho seal over tho cork is unbrokon. For sale at all Dispensaries in South Carolina, or direct, $1.00 u bottle, DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., ltochostor, N. Y. THE PROSPEROUS FARMER Never works with poor tools. His time is too val uable to waste it with worthless machinery. He uses the best, for it's the most economical aud productive. OUR Farm Implements are the best in every way. They are cheapest in the end because the best and cost no more than others. They are simple in construction and have no com plicated parts to break or go wrong. They are made from the best materials and give longest possible wear. They can always be relied upon to do good work. They are easily kept in condition and do not require constant repairing. Buy them?-they're most satisfactory. BROOKS & JONES, SIMMONS' BLOCK, SOUTH SIDE SQUARE. HOW IS~THE COTTON MARKET ? Throughout commercial circles for several months past this I has been an oft repeated question. There are those who are specially interested in the price of spot cotton ; others in the manufactured goods, and it is to the latter class that we attempt to make reply. There is a marked advance on certain standard makes in heavy Domestics, but the prices have not advauced in proportion to the figures paid for the raw material. Beside the light-weight wool goods just received, we open choice lines in White and Colored Cotton Fabrics, WHITE MER CERIZED WAIvSTINGS in exclusive designs, dainty colorings in various weaves in printed IyAWNS. On last September we bought our WHITE INDIA LINONS. These we offer far below present market value. The new lines of Hamburg, Lawn and Swiss Edgings must be seen to be appreciated. They are all open for this week. If you are not ready to purchase, come and inspect them for future consideration. Very respectfully, W. G. WILSON & CO. Phyiscian's Endorsement Is the lightest water on the market. We realize that this is claiming a groat doal, and we could not afford to make this assertion unless we knew that we could prove it to bo true. But it does not take an export to tost the softness of a Mineral Water. When carbonatlng a mineral water, If it Is a hard water the gases will not bo absorbed in the wator, and when tho bottle is opened, tho gas es eaoape, and the water is left Hat. and hard, while if it is a soft wator, like White Stone Lithia, it will retain its gases for hours after being unstopped. Read what some prominent persons you know havo to say of tho merits of the White Stone Lithia Wator: Chester, S. C, April 23, 1003. J. T. Harris, Esq., White Stone Spring, 3. C. Dear Sir?I do unhesitatingly stato that the efficacy of White Stone Lithia Water, not from Its splendid analytical analysis, but from my own personal ob servation, is a very valuable agent in eliminating the impurities of the blood through its marked diuretic effects, and In so doing rostoros the secretory and- excretory organs of tho body to their normal physiological stato. So In this proves its properties to be of great value in assisting digestion, assimila tion and inoroasmg the appetite. There fore wo can recognize it as a mineral water of powerful tonic properties and should bo highly recommonuod in stom ach and liver disorders, blood disturb ances, rheumatism, gout, diabetes, Bright's disease, and In all inactive conditions of the kidneys and convalos oing diseases. I feel myself, that I am justly due an acknowledgement of tho happy offects I derived from its use. B. Elmore Kell, M. D. Mulllns, S. C, April 22, 1903. Mr. J T. Harris. White Stone Springs, S. C. It is with pleasure that I wrlto of the merits of White Stone Lithia Water. I have several patients using it now with marked benoflt in kidney and stomach troubles. I havo known a urio acid calbulus to pas* aftor usln? tho water for only throe days. Respectfully Yours, A. M. Braileford, Jr., M. D. Macon, Qa., April 15, 1008. I have prescrlbad White Htouo Lithia Wator freely in my practice and am glad to report tho happy effects It gave as a diuretic anl urlo add solvent. I think its medicinal proportion are pe culiarly adaptable to urio aold diathe sis, rheumatism, gout, anosmia and all bladder and kidney diseases and liver and stomach troubles. I consider it is a minoral water of marvelous tonic properties. Head what Dr. L. J. Blake, Presi dent Board of Health of the City of Spartanbug, has to say of the merits of White Stone Lithia Springs: Spartanburg, May 11th, 1903. J. T. Harris, Proprietor White Stone Spingu, Spartanburg Co, S. O. My Dear Sir:?I have used and pre scribed the White Stone Lithia water a great deal during the past two years. In all cases requiring renal stimulation I have obtained uniformly good re sults. In lithaemla and kindred affec tions from uric acid diathesis it meets the indications, and I am sure its free use will prove It the equal of any wa ter on the market. Yours very truly, L. J. Blake, M. D. We have the largest brick Hotel in the Carolinas or Georgia, with all mod ern Improvements. 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