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FARM LANDS. LOANS. Before You Buy or Sell any Kind ol Hoal Estate, or Business, Write us your wants. J. Y. Gaklington & Co., Lauruns, S- C. JA ALL KINDS OF TURNIP SEED ?AT? PaJmetto Drug Co. Get them while stock is complete. NO 52. TM Ii CKIMIXAL COIJKT Ufe Keutonco for Will Mod's, Slayer of John Tat o. The Couu of General Sessions ad journed Satu-d^y morning at half past ton o'clock. The jurors were discharged t'Yidiy afternoon. Saturday morning the Conrt after he aring arguments on the varlors motions f >r new ..trials, passed roatenco on tho following, all colored. M*>ck Smith, violation tf the dispensary law, C.rue months Or $100 fine; Fred Ifillodgo, a 12 year old boy, larceny, s'x months; Pick Johnson, houso-br aking and larceny, ciuht months; Will Koppel, grand larceny, olghteen mentis; w ill Motes, murder, with a recommendation to mercy, life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary; Jim Walkor, h-uso-hrraking and lar ceny, eight mouths; Joo Harns, Isroeny of 11 ye stock tluvo year*; Henry Hamil ton and John 0.ving<?, ten years; A. P. Miller and Albert Thompson, currying concealed weapons, $100. fine, each. Eugene Davenport convicted of man slaughter with a recomm9ndation to the Court for mercy, was granted anew tria', but H's Honor, Sp"o'at Judge Gary, overruled a motion lor a new hearing in the caso of the St*te vs. Will Motes, who woa c nvlcted of the murder of John Tato at Cro^s Hill in ^ May 1003. The mercy recommendation tho Court saved his neck. B' Oadus and Lmnie Lo'l's, tried on a charge of ar*on and Will Bia/.ze'l, larceny, wore acquitted. A few cases were continued, among them two charges oT as* au It* and bat tery and attempt to ki>l Kg'kinst Leek Sullivan, a negro, ot this city. THE CHILL AND PKVKR SEASON* Is hardest of the yeur. Ths system run down, blood impovishtd?in no con dition to withstand the assaul's of ma laria and malaqua?'t*s thou *e faU easy victims. Dr. King's Improved Chill Tonic will poaitivoly c.tru iho w r^C case ?>f Chills and Fever. M my so-called ch'il cures will stop chills, bu*. only King's .Will cure. Sold by The Palme.t > Drug 'Co. Presentment of Grand Jury. To His Honor, Frank B. Gary, provid ing over tho July Term of C urt of General Session?, A. D., 1001: '^Tho Grand Jury beg to submit the flowing as their linal protcntment 2^ or this term: 1st. We have parsed on all Dille handed us by tho Solicitor. 2nd. Wo reoommend that articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 in oar last presentment, at the lanuary Term of Court of General Sessions b3 nttendo I to at onco. 3rd. Our Committee visltod tho County Homo for tho Poor and report the houses in good shape and condition, except tho houso in which Mr. Carr lives . We recommend that the Super visor make nocdod repairs at o. ce, es pecially on lloors and doors. 4th. Our Committee visited tho chain-gang and Hod every thing iu good shape. ;" 6th. Our Committee Appointed to examine the Magistrate's books will meet at some c nveniont ti|n& before next term of CoufjM^0aH[0Fossions and present their n5$?t aTsWj^ Court. tith. Gur Committee visited the Coun ty Olfices ar.d report same neatly kept. Especially was our attenti<!nr*nt'i\i< ted to tho books and papers in the Vault in the Clerk's Oflice. They aiv securely and neatly kept and conv. nlen'ly ar ranged so that the public's acctss to them is greatly facilitated. Als), to the neatness and other improvements j made in the Sheriff's ofllo-3 an i lind ev^ry 'hing in good shape. In conclusion wo de.siro to thank ur Honor, the Solicitor and o ber of .ritpf the Court for various cou-toti?,R hown^t's during this Seseion. Also, ' ask th?t we h<j dhchargod from further attendance upon this Court. Respectfully submitted, L. A?EROROMUIE, Foreman of the Grand Jury. IT MADK HIM SHAKE 1 wish to Eay a word in praise ol Dr. King's Improved Chill and Fever Ton ic. I had chills for one year coitinu aily, and tried all the chill tonics 1 could get and also dtctor'a prescrip tions, but a'l failed to cure. Part of one bottle on'irely cured mo, und have not had chilis since. I recommend only King's. T. F- HOW A Hi). Sold by The Palmetto Drug Co. .1?. rs. T. H. Nelson Hostess at llraulifitl Itecoptlon. In compliment to her sister and ?use guest, Mr??. O. G. Sandberg of iviioxville, Tenn., Mrs. T. H. N.Uon entertained from fix to right, on last' Wednesday oveniog at her charming home on Hampton streot. Mrs; Nelson and Mrs. Sandborg received in pa-dors exquisitely decorated in palms and ferns of every variety. The rooms were lighted with tiny wax candies m unt*-d in handsome candolabras. Th'? enter tainment wa9 marked by every dainty, tasteful appointment which could ren der it the more beautiful and complpte. Refreshments were served by Miss Mary Saudberg and Master Thomas i Nelson, a doliclous silsdcourso coming ? first, followed by cakes, punch and bon if bons. Mrs. Sandberg has vhlted re f psatotlly in Laurons and is always warmly welcomed. ^ Among those who had the oleasuro of meeting her on Wednesday were: Meedames T. F. Hlmppon, P. A. Simp PO?, B. C. Crisp, J. 10. i'hilpot, W. It. Ktohey, K. H. Wilkes, W. L. Gray, \'. Grlfctdfe, A. D. Gray, Piorco C?inc, j. a. O. Fleming, J. O. I'hilpot, Miss ^Clara Swilzer. {. When you want a physic that Is mild * and gentle, easy to take and ce tain to pet, always use Chsmberlaim's Sunn 's, ach ann Liver Tablets. For sals by , vLaurens Drug Co. TOWNSHIP ?ONUS MUST BE PAID Judge Pritchard's Decis sion in Favor of the ^Bondholders. TOWNSHIPS WILL APPEAL. Recapitulation of tho Case by Mr. C. C. Fcathorstoiir*. Mrt. Editou: I desire through your columns to make a statement io lofer* ouco to tho litigation now goiug on io tho United States Courts, touohiug tho Township loud question. I do this for tho reason that Suhlvan Township, in our county, is vitally interested io the question, and in view of the fact tbat Judge Pritchard, the uewly appointed Federal Judge, has just filed a deorco in the Ninety Six case, concerning one phase of the question. U is not necessary to go into a history of the bonds wore, for with tbat our people are entirely familiar. Tho bond was issued by the County Commissioners, as agents for the Town ship, under tho authority given by tho Legislature. The ro*d was novor com pleted. The"" pooplo In tho Township never dorivod one cent of b'.nf lit from th* bonds. Soon after the bonds were i sued, our Supreme Court, in the cuse of Floyd vs. Pcrrln. held that the bonds wer-s invalid and could never bo col lected. Liater on, cert tin persons re siding in the State of Tennossee, sued in the United States Court, .-?od that Court hold that tho bonds were valid obligations, and where they were in the hands of innocout h-jldors must be pad. Sullivan Township was sued in tho Unit'd States Court on the coupons ?hat were then duo. The Township de cided io :i ?. I> t tho mntttr to a finish and Ferguson & Ftatherstone were em ployed to make tho light. The light was successful to tho ex tent of about $1,200, ih a many of the coupons beiug held to bo barrtd by the s'atute (f limitations, but judgment w= nt e gainst the Township to tho amouut of about $1,000. Af .er the judgment was recovered, the question aro-e as to how the money was to be mado. Tho Township, as a Town>hip, bad no money. The Lsgistature was appealed to and various Ac" s were passed for the pur pose of giving relief to the Township. The ben I-holders brought an aotion to ooropi 1 the Auditor and Treasurer to lew end collect a tax levy suffloient to p?y Ibe judgment. Th:s aclon was defended und carried by appeal to the Appeal Court at Richmond, but the Court ordered tho Auditor and Treasu rer to levy the tax and collect the money. Tho Attorneys for tho Townships thou brought an action in the Supreme Court of the State ti ODjoin these offi cers from collecting said tax. Again the Townships lost. We then went to ?ork and got a con stitutional amendment through, de stroying the corporate existence of the Townships?something which we then thon;h'. ( .nd which we still think) will defeat the bond-ho'ders. After Ibis, the boud-holdors brought suit ogalnst the counties, alleging that tho Townships had been destroyed, end that therefore the counties wore liable. Jud^o Rrawloy hoard this case in Charleston a fnw months ago, and the or.nlies won?the flrrt victory won by th?i Townships in the United States Court. Judge Brawloy held, in substance that tho destruction of tho corporate existence of the Townships, wou'.d de feat the bond-holders, and that the only remedy they had left was to ap peal to tho Legislature for relief. Tho bond-holders, realizing that Brawley was agninat them In his views of tho law, then went before Jndge Prltohard, seeking to onforce tho judg ment already recovered by them against the Townships?before Its c^r poivto existence was destroyed. Judge Prlthcard takns a different view of the ma ter from that taken by Judge Brawley and has ordered the Auditor and Treasurer in the Ninety Six case to levy anJ collect tho tax. An appeal will be taken, and If ne ccosary, tbo question will ba car.ied to the Supreme Court of the United States. Tho Attorneys for the various Town ships interested bolieve tbat they are going to win tho light, and lhat tho tax-} ayors will not have the money to piy. The litigation has already been long 1 and fierce and it niny extend over tho period of tho next ten ytars, but tho bond-hold jrs will he fought at cvory point, and tho light will not bo given up until the last ditch has been crossed. The tax-payers in the townships are advised not to become demoralized or frightened, but to keep up their cour age, to tho slicking point. ?. O. Fk/.thkrstonk ' TEETUINA"always ocothos and then it also oures tho baby wh^n ,\ll else has failod ; and '.is true It i ft ii saves a life for \ou ?'TEETHIN A" cures Cholera-Infan tim, Overcomes and Coun orac.ts the Fffocts of the Summer's limit, Aid* DU go-tiou, Regulates tho Bowels and costs 25 cunts at Druggists. Dr. John 0. Wlllson At the Greenville dislr'ot conference last week Dr John O. Willson, presid ing elder of the Cokesbury dlstriot, wa* chosen i r^aidrntof Willlamston Female Collogo at Oreenwood, to succeed tho late Dr. Samuel Lander. O A. IB* V O 5=1. X Jl. ? ?e?ri tb? Ito K'n(l You \\m Always Bought AN AIKEN AFFAIR. N. W. Hudgens Shoots a Stranger at Ills Homo for Queer Conduct. A young white man, named Bud Maddhon McLeod, of Star, N? C, was shot fa'u'ly "By hi. W. Hudgons, a former Laurens oitiz ri. Saturday, Ju'y 23, at Eureka, A ikon county. McLeod seems to have been a tramp. Be went to the borne of Mr, Uudgens and asked Mrs. Hudgens the whereabouts of her husband. Sue bold him that he was in the orchard. McI>od went to the or chard but immediately returned and said to Mrs. Hudgons that ab? knew her husband was not out there und de manded something to eat. Mrs. Hudg ocs set about preparing somethiog for the tramp, but soon got a chauoo to es cape from tho house and taking her two children, she went to a neighbor's. Mr. Uudgens, who was at Eureka was notified of the stranger's conduct. He hurretf homo, borrowings gun from a neighbor, before roachlng the bouse. The tramp was slt'ing in tho front door, and when Uudgens demanded why ho was there lie j<.imp'd up and got behind the door. Hudgmi firod on bim, shooting him in tho leg. Tho fel 1 >w turned to run b.?ok through the hall, when Hudgon* shot him again, this tlnio iu the back. He fell after going a fow stops. Mr. Hudgons dragged him out in iheyard and placed bim in tho shade of a tree. Assisted by a friend, who was a witness to tho af fair, Mr. Hudgens put the man in a buggy and carried bim to the s'ation, where ho could rbceive medical treat ment. Sunday MoLeod was taken to Aiken. He lived until Tuesday. Mr. Hudgens went at once and gave hi in self up to the sheriff He expresses great regret at the occurronce, but un dor tho clrcuras'ancos bo feels th.it ho was only defending his faml'y and pro tecting his home. YOUNG AGAIN. Mr. J. L Gtimes, Thomasvi'.le, said: "After recovering from it sp -11 of fovor my syrtem was rundown, and (or three months I did not work I be first bo lie of Dr. King's K.dney aid Livor Remedy tot mo to going. 1 used threo bottl':8,ard am now ai ftout as when a youug man." bee Tho t^aluwtt > Drug C >. about it. ?'All About Kate.? At her pleasant and hospitable homo on Sullivan Street, Mias Lillian Peter son was the charming hostess, July 30, from 6 to 8 p m. to thecotorieof young people assembled in honor of her 16th birthday. Tbe decorations wcro cx qulsi e; everywhere thu gold und brown of tbe rogal sun llower, together with palms and ferns and dain y 'rail ing vinesln hall and parlor. The merry party puzzled their bralos over the amusing game''All About Kato " Miss Lucia Simptoa was best Informed about "Kate" and to bor was givon the prize, a handsome bat pin. Miss Battle Kate Eisterby Was consoled with a bottle of "Ca'ch-up.'' On tho Houth veran la, shaded b7 clti?tciiog v'ne.*. Hnd soft'y draped curta'np. pretty tables were spread, carrying tho cob r scheme ot gold and brown. Hero rio'icious cream and cak?s Wtro served. The invited guests wore: Misses llobin Arthur cf Wolford, Ethel Simmons, Ruth Payne, Helen Hix, E iza Sulli van, Lucia Simpson, Sara Habb, Susie Gray, Addle Shea y, Battie K. Kas' erhy, Mario Pbilpot, Lydie and Mattie B.-ll Petersen, M*ry Leverett; Messrs. Itlchard and Albert Simpson, Walter Gray, Boyco Clardy. Earnest Easterby, Marvin Scruggs, Galboun McGowan. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Tho National Diseas * is nervous pros tration. VN hat is to be tho result of all this hurry, woiry and work, some times over?sometimes under-e.p.tirg, always undor sleeping, brain and brawn in constant stato of agitation and un? rest?sleeping badly, dreaming, toss ing, waking? Dr. King has devised a remedy if used aright. King's Iron Ton'c Bitters steadies tho nerves, builds up the was'e, gives now s?.art Sold under guarantee by Tbe Palmetto Drug Co. ( nlher 1 son RnSOr. At ten thirty last Thu sday morning Mh-8 Blanche Culbertion, tlie uco m plished daughtor of Prof, and Mr*, VV. P. Culbertson of Moun'ville and Mr. 8am J. Kasor, a rising young mer chont of tho same town, were united in murriage, at tbe home of tho bride, Rev. J. A. Martin, ollloiat'ng. Mr. and Mrs Rasor immediately b ft for a visit t) the various moun'ain resorts of North Carolina. ' E N D OF BITTER VW, I IT. "Two physicians bad a long and stub born tight with an av cess on my right lung" wrl'.es J. F. Hughes of DnPont Ga., "and gave me up. Everybody thought my time had c >me. A* a last roaort I tried D-. King's New D seov erv for Consumption. Tho benefit I re ceived was striking and I was < n my foot in a fow days. Now I've mtlreiy regained my health." it erneuern all coughs, colds and throat and lung trou bles. Guaranteed by Laur. ns Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Price 60 cents aoal *!.00. Trial bottles froe. Withdraws from Race. Editor Advertiser: Circumstances unexpected by me have developed, and while I am in dying love with the good people of Laurens, and no one appreciates the kindness and res pect shown me socially, political ly and religiously, more, I am under the circumstances forced to decline to run the race further for Coroner. Accept my humble prayers and best wishes and love for Iiaurens people. Your humble servant, M. H. Ferguson. Herald and CHuton papers please copy. CHOLERAINFANTUM. ^ This disease has lost its terrors since Chamberla'n's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy came Into gO"oral use. The uniform success which attends the urn of this remedy in all esse? of b ?wel complaints in children has made it a favorite wherever its value h s be come known. For sale by Laurons Pre,; Co. SOCIETY AT CMSTO.V. Hiss Mcl'a8lflu Entertains ? Personal Paragraphs of Interest. Clinton, August i.?Mr. and Mrs. Robertson of Equality are visitiug Mr. John T. Robertson. A number of Clinton people took advantage of the cheap rates to Atlanta last. week. Some of those going were Mrs. Phinney, Misses An lie Copeland, Amelia Vance, Ina Vance, Messrs. R J. Peake, Ebb Stone, Loyd Mc Crary, J. W. Copeland, A. B. Galloway, Hervey Rantin and Bob Bailey. Miss Marie Smith of Glenn Springsaud Miss May Thomas of Ridgeway, who have been visit ing Miss Ellene McCaslan for the past two weeks leave on Wed nesday for Ridgeway. Dr. J. J. Boozer and family will join Mr. Ran Litt'e's party from Laurens and camp for sev eral weeks at ?Stomp Springs. Mrs. Rivers and Miss Janie Rivers of Spartanburg are the guests of Mrs. Joe Vance. Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Jacobs of Nashville are in town for a visit of several weeks. Mrs. W. A. vShands was called to Brevard, N. C, Friday, by the illness of her neice, Miss Beezie Bell. ? Mrs. C. M. Bailey has returned from a visit to Hendersonville. On Friday evening Miss El lene McCaslan entertained in honor of her guests, Miss Marie Smith and Miss May Thomas. Cards and other games were en joyed until a late hour. Those present were: Misses Anna Booz er, Sallie Wright, Allen Lcake, Sallie Hamp Copeland, Rosa Bai ley, Addie Horton, Clara Duck ett and Mrs. J. E. Adair; Messrs. Bob Philson, W. D. and T. I). Copeland, Frank Boland, Chancy and Ebb Stone, Loyd McGrary, Beaty Farr, T. J. Pcnkc, Larry Dillard, J. K. Adair, J. L. Young and W. F. Smith of Glenn Springs. Mrs. W. S. Bean leaves this week for Cartersville, Ga., where she will join Dr. Bean and spend the month of August. Mrs. R. Z. Wright and Miss Sallie Wright are at home after a pleasant visit to Pawley's Island. Mr. W. E. Owens and family, Mrs. W. B. Owens, Mrs. Hale Shands, Mrs. J. W. Adair and others returned on Saturday from a two weeks stay at Stomp Springs. Mr. William F. Smith, Jr., of Glenn Springs came down Fri day to attend Miss McCaslan's "at home," returning on Sunday. Work is progressing rapidly on the handsome home of Mrs. R. B. Vance, next lo M. S. Bailey's, and Mr. W. J. Bailey is having extensive additions made to his beautiful home on Broad .Streets. Mr. W. D. Copeland leaves Tuesday for a visit to Charleston, Hendersonville and other points. Mr. Ben Parrott was one of the visitors to Clinton last week. Dr. George Griffin of Colum bia is visiting his brother, Mr. Paul Griffin, Mrs. Charles Moody and little daughter will arrive this week from Florida to spend sometime with Mrs. Leake. SUTOIDK PREVENTED. The it.irtling announcement that a provoutlve of suicide, had been dircnv oro.l will interest many. A run down system or despondency invariably pro o de suicide and scnjotl.ing h?s b eu found that will prevent that eonditon which makes suicide Ihely. At tlio first thought of se'f dosfuetb n t-iko Eloctr'c Bitto-e. It being a great t mic and nervine vvl 1 s rongthon tho nerves and build up the s stem. It's a great Mtoinaoh, Liver anji Kidney regnla'or. Only SO cents. Satisfaction guaranteed by The 1 aureus Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Pension Notice. - In conformity to the Pension Laws of this .State, the Confeder ate Veterans of Lanrcns County ' arc hereby requested to meet ;il the usual places of holding these Township meetings, on .Saturday the 6th day of Aug. at IO o'clock, a. ill., and organize by electing a Chairman and Secretary; then proceed to elect by ballot an ex confederate soldier, not a holder nor applicant for a pension, as the representative of the veterans of said Township. The Township representatives so elected will meet at Latums Court House on the first Monday in .September, following, for the purpose of electing a County Pension Board. The representatives so elected will please notify me at Cedar Grove, S. C, of their election. W, P. COKttR, Chairman Co, Pension Board. The Slate runners' Institute. The Annual .State Farmers' Institute will open at Clcnison College, next Tuesday, August 9th. A number of Lanrcns farm ers expect to attend. 1 AMONG OUK FKIKNDH. K I ? Mr J. M. Golden of Cross Hill was in to \ n Monday. Dr. VV. U. Washington made a short Vials to Greenville last Thursday. Mis* Abbio Mahnffoy D visiting a.t B-rk-.dulo and Fountain Inn. MIps H' sali? FraVks is r pending this week ?.t Alma with Mbs Ruohla Wolff. Miss Ft d'a Duckett of Fountain Inn is the guest of Miss Eleanor Duckett. Mr. .hums S. Druinmond spent 1 st wook al( Storno Spring!?. Mr. James Drummond of Fountain Inn !s visiting in tho city, The County Board of Registration wes In session Monday. M-h. I... Meng ha* returned home from Bat Cave. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Thomason, Jr., e^ont Sunday, at Alma. Mrs. W. F., Harroll and children are spending this wiox at Prlncoton. Muj.ir r.ud Mre. W. VV. Klugh of Clomnoa C>d'o?e aro visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cr es w.-11 tiarllugton. Mrs. J. H Havis isspondin;; this woek wl.h the family of Vr. John C. Davis at C'lnton, Miss I ellii tVlikes, littlo Misses Mary and Juanltn rVilkes are at Atlantic City for a in >t.th. Mr. John \V. ForgUSOa, Jr., and fiiaiiy of Hartsville, ate visiting at Col. J. W. Forguson's. Mrs. I). A. Davis and Mis. J, ll. Da vis have returned from a st>y in tho mountain*. Mrs. A e\- Long and children will gi to Rook ll ll the last of this weok to visit relatives. Mrs . Be-s Grant is visiting Mrs. C. M Su llvan,>Mra Maria Boulw. re and otli"v frlo < s i the city Mr. R. f. P,i4 y, who I; on.' of Ho Magistrat ? <4 the city of S;?arlonbnrg, w*s In Laure/.s 3i turday. Miss Je s o Bix has accepted/theI ppsl'.i n if Bttnrg riipher and typo writer a S. M. iV E H. W likes & Co Miss Conic LiPoir return d to Hen nettbvlllo Monday, ;?lier a visit to Mis Nan Ma-1 in Miss G.ini ? Dor,r.i h of Gr. onvI le paid abrief, bot very plcasan1 v;sii to Liu ren? frb'tds 1 w ek. Rev. J. E QarlisJo and family of Con wav will arrive tod y t> vliit Mrs J J. Roland. Mr. Hon Taylor of Greenwood was In the city Saturday. He Is spending a .-hoi t vacation at Brine ton. Mr. W. M. Hobo and wifo of Cross Keys wore in t'.eclty last Ihtirsday and Friday, Mrs. 11. VV. A oder sou is spoodifg awhile with tho family of Congressman J, T. Johnson at Spartanburg, Misses NVli Bolt and Claude Crews ?i\ ont last w ek very pleasantly with Mrs. Bess league. Master Tho*. 0 Bolt h:.s returned to the city from a week's visit to Mas'.ers Barlo, Sam and John Mills. Mr. ar.d rvli-d. S. M. Wright of Wood ruff wero tho guests last weok of M1 ? William Dor roh. Mr. and Mn. R P, Cole of Cross Hill we.ro in the city Wednesday of last week. M.s. John A. Jones ol Fountain Inn after a vis't to Dr. end Mrs. 01 If ton Jones.returned home fbursday. John T. Danipl ol Mt. Gallaghor was in tho city yestorday on his way to Cros i lllll. Tin regular monthly mooting of tho Laurons County R F. D Carriers will bo ho'd Saturday. It will bo an im port mt meeting. Mrs. Rolfe Ei Hughes und children of this oily, and Mrs. Hobt. W. Davis of Fountain Inn left Monday for Rieh? mond, Va , for a v sit of several weeks. Mr.'. Ella Hudgons und daughter, Miss Maggie R?dgens of Honea Path, aro visiting relatives in tho ei'y this weok. Mr and Mrs. W. I.. Jackson of Ar cher, Fla., ?Ire.visiting Mr. J. O C. Klcming an 1 other roletlvesin the < i y. They will a'so vi-it at ')r,t and Wood ruff." Mcss-s. A. C. Todd, L G. Ihi le, Jr., Gus Babb and J. VV. Dunkln left yes terday by privato conveyance for a trip toToxnwayand o.ber polutiof Inter est in the mountains. Mr. J, W. Polorscnof Tyle.svllle loft Monday f<?r a month's visit lo his brother, Mr. J. R. Poterson, Rosedalo, Miss. Mrs. Wilmots, Holm s of Grenada, Mi-s , i- expeoud lo arrive In the olty OOXt Wodnetday to Visit bor parent-, Rev. and Mrs- Hohei t Adam.-. Dr. II, A MoLeod Is expected to day from Bish?pvlllo, (VI ? s. Mel.cod has been 'u the olty 111rt-,? wi cks, visit* Hing her mother, Mrs. Roland apd othor relativos. MitSOS Ursula and VVili.; May Chll drcss and Mary B.ll Babb visited rela tives at K-d^n and vicit^^ the past week. ?in^y t iftrWbi Mlupre Mrs. Martha Babb afto^fher lifY granddaughter, Ml?a Miijicd Babb, aro visiting Mr. and Mrs.JJlifford Babb at Try on, N. C. ^ i Miss E?tellc Stewart oft I'm-p rlty and Miss Louiso Wharton ofaColuinhui havo boen tho guests tho past weok of Mrs. Mattlo < Iwlnf/s, Messrs. Willis Burton and Will A 11 80n, geod eUf/ons and prOgroi sivo farm* er* of tlio Trinity soctlon, wero In lown Thursday. ? CROSS uIl.l, NKWS. Revival Mooting?, Hun'lug Parly, Personals. Rev. J,L. Pliarr Is in McDonoiiKh, ?la.) carrying on a scries of meatlnga. Mr. 11. J Wells, who has for several terms sucoo sfully taught tho Conway graded school is at liome. Mr. J. C. Iiang8ton is visiting rela lives here. Mr. W. ?, RcWOr a'.toud A Riaor wedding at Mou-itville Thursday. Misses lllanoho and Janio Pinson have returned from a vioit to re<tves in Greenwood. Moisrs. Ulli, l\n*on and Boyoe, In oomp.ny with some from Mouutville, went on a big inmth.g trip this wock be'ow Olirrtbrj, and Ire port plenty of game und n good t'ine. Mrs. Daniel, of McDonovigh, Ga., is vis'ting her daughter, Mrs. 1'huT, Mr. .John Henry Nanc3 was in town this week. A protracted mooting began last night at the M..E. oh j roh. R>v. Mr. Guthrie! ol North Oarolina, is assist ing Rev. It R. Dagnall, the p ?St?r. THEJ DEATH PENALTY. A liltlejfthing somotimes results in d H - ii. Tl?pis a 'i ere scratch, lusiun'li c;<iit cuts Or puny boils have paid the do t'? penally, it is wise to liave Huck len'.-i Arnica Salvo ever bandy. It's the best palve oncaith and wld pro vent fata'lty, when burns, sores, ulcers and pi.es threaten. Only 2.0 cents at Laurens Drug (Jo. and Palmetto Drug Co. Hich Rosamond Captured. Deputy Sheriff Owings has gone to Palmetto, Ga., to bring Rich Rosamond to the Laurens jail. Rich is wanted for dispos ing of crop under lien, amount ing to four or five hundred dol lars. PUTS AN END TO ,T ALL. A g.-bvou* wall oftimes comes as a result of unbearable pa'n from over tixed or gm?. Di/./.'ness, baokiobe, L'vor complaint and Oonstlpaion. But ibanks to Dr. King's New Life ! I the? p t an end to .t all. I'l oy sre get r 'e, but thorough. Try i hem Oolj 25 o nts. Guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co. a- 1 Palmetto Drug Co, Awarded Scholarships. The County Board of Educa tion has recommended the ap pointment of Hugh Fuller of I i Hill," Fttnik Crisp of Lau rens, Hen Reeves of Eden, a.-. Laurens' successful competitors for the Clemson College scholar ships. The alternates are C. L. While of Rapley, J. W. M. Sulli van, of Laurens, B. R. Todd of Barksdale; violent ATTACK OF Dl AR? rhoea cured. "A short tlme ago 1 was taken with a \ i/out attack of diarrhoea and bo Hove I WOU'd have died if I had not gotlon i e'ief," says John J. Patton, n hading cltlzon of Cation, Ala. "A frionl roooromondtd Cbamb .Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diorrhoca ft<m dy. 1 bought a twenty-live cent bottle and after taking three do-es of it was eu tire'y cured I consider it the best remedy in tho world for bowel com plaints. For sale by the Laurens Drug Co. ( heap Kate; to Little Mountain. On account of re-union New berry College at Little Mountain, S. C, August 5th, we will sell round trip tickets good to return day of sale at following rates: From Laurens and Clinton, $i.oo; Goldville and Kiuards, 75 cents; Ncwbcrry, 50 cents; Prosperity, 30 cents: Chapin, 30 cents; Inno, 50 cents; Columbia, $ 1.00. No special trains will be run. C. H. Gasquk, Agent. Mrs. Mollio Allen, of South Pork, Ky., s:\ys fho has prevented attacks of choice 1 morbus by taking Chamber lain's Btomsoh and Liver Tablets wl.cn she. felt an attack coining on. Such at tacks aro usually caused by indig< s ion and the e Tablets ato just what is needed to dense the stomach und win d <>ii tho approaching attack, Attacks of bilious colic may b.'prevented In the .?:imo ,vay. For talo by Laurrns Drug Co. Mr. w. J. Benjamin loft Monday for Sumter, where ho goo* to take a po-i ti >n with a largo wholesale and r. t. ii dry goods store. Through Cul'raan Sleeping Cars fiom Laurens for tho C. N. & L. Annual Seashore excursion, August 17th. See schedule and ratos . Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C?, Tftjlorof Abbe ville spot a few days In the city the pa t we; k, visit 1 g relatives. They wee returning from a vitit to Mr. Tay lor's parent?, Vr. and Mrs. John \Y, Taylor at Princeton, Miss Rosa Wright has returned from a visit to Ncwbcrry. Miss Leonic Hunter of Colum bia will arrive to-morrow t<> visit her friend, Miss Emma Moseley. Mr. 1). F. Bajlentiiie, accom panied by his daughter and son, Miss Matlie and Homer Bnllctl tinc, has returned from Caniag liey, Cuba, where he has been en gaged for the past seven and a half months, supervising the con stuiction of churches and chap els, under lite direction of the Northern Baptist Missionary Board. Mills Balleiitinc, auolhei son did 110I return, but will come in September. THROUGH THE STATE. At a meetlng,held in Greenville last Tuesday by Southern cotton mill men It was agreol to curtail production dur ing the months of August acd Septem her 25 per cent. There were 2,280,148 spmdlcs represented at the conference, 2,183,052 voting for the adoption of the resolution to make the production 75 por cent of normal in August and Sep tember. I'i ?Appoint men I la love is Said to have been the oatiso of Chas. Fte'elo, a young white man 23 yoars old, of Van clu e, Alken county, shooting himsolf through the head with u revolver last Sunday at tho homo of his brother. Arot.i:er reason advance! for the rash act wa? that bis brain had probably been effected by c'garette smoking. Dr. T. B. McDow, tho man who killed ?apt. P, W. Dawson, editor of tho Newt ami Courier, Mapoh 12th 188!), was found dead In his bed at his residence in Charles-ton last Tuesday morning by a re'.at vo and a servant, who forced an oulranco to McDow's room. Ho had evidently been dead two or threo days, b't as his family were absent from the city no ono gave any attention to the fact that the house bad been closed several day*. Honce tho delay in making tho discovery. Mr. H. LI. Crum, former State liquor commissioner, dlod of apoplexy at his homo at Denmark last Tuesday. Threo nogroes were killed in Grcon vil'o county last Tbutslay, all vicMms of the nimble pistol and the ptrlor ri llo. Press Foster was shot by C. E Stroud at Marietta; Barney llous'.on w:i3 killed by Raymond White near the city limits of Greenville and a* Lender man tho 11 fo of danie Aguev was snuffed out by Annie MoDanlel MERCHANTS NEWS. Messrs S. M. & e 11 Wilkes ? Co , Dam-ens, S. 0. Goot?emoi>: Tr>o Buok'd Stav* pur? chased from you ahmt lif eon months ago has proved what \ou reommendctl in every respect. It consumes less wood than any S*ovo I have used and th'i bi-.king is prefect. Yours Truly, Walter A. Baldwin. We have just received paitof our Im port G icd-, <ons'.st,!ng of a bountiful ? in i of Dinner Sets in different styles and d ooratlons ami nt prices that will be to your i-jtercct to eeo tbcm before you buy. S. M. & e. H. Wilkes & Co. A good home entertainer for your f-imilj and friends is one of Edison's latest Improved Graphophoncs which we carry in three dilT..-rent sizes my} wo have a largo stock of records for* you to select from. S. M. & E. H. Wi kos & Co. We are now showing a beautiful lino of Statuary, consisting of figure-of peo ple and animals in dtlTjrjnt styles and decorations. S. M. it E, If. Wilkos & Co. II; .-uro 'o get ono of the large size tin buckets and di h pans on our ten cents counter. S. M. A E. H. Wilkes & Co. The great Mill End Sale at Davis, Roper & Co. closed Mon day night, August the ist' This has been their most successful sale. Thousands of dollars worth of reliable merchandise melted away like snow from a July sun. Rut they come again with an August Sale of what is left in Summer goods. Everything that smacks of summer in Gent's Clothing, Hats, Furnishings, Dry Goods, Millinery, etc., will be knifed during August, prepara tory for the reception of the big gest, grandest and best stock of reliable Clothing, Shoes, Hats, ever brought to Lanrcns. So let everybody come?it matters not how small or large their wants may be, it will pay them to visit Davis, Roper & Co. during the August Sale?as prices arc made that can't Jielp but save them money. " 25-CENT COLUluF WaNTBD?A b?y to loam printer's trade. Mustb) indu?lrlo is, quick and anxious to learn. Small salary at llrst, Increased as deserved. Apply at this oflloe. Wantkd?The people of Su'llvan Town-hip to kno-v that I am a candi date for Magistrate. Faul J. Ropo'. WANTED?To buy four mulen weigh ing abou^ eleven ho ad red pounds from 6 to 8 j oars old. H?ing a little off In flesh no objection. Give pr'ce, ag > and weight Add rets F. D. Hunter, Simp sonvilla, S. C. Wanted-?-The people of Youngs Township te> know that I am a candidate for Magistrate. Geo. T. Cook. FOR SALE?Two good milch cows. Some thoroughbred O. I. C. Pigs. I,. C. Dorroh, . Gray Court, S. C. M .\s< ins Fruit Jars are the best. 55c per dozen quarts1 75c per doz. half gallon. Toeld, Simpson & Co. July 30, 1904, 1785 Hl1><)4 College of Charleston, Charleston, S. (J. Letters, Solonce, Engineering, One scholar.-hip, giving free tuition, tOOaoh county Of South Carolina Tuition $10. Board and f?rnUhed rjom in Dorml to*y. flOamonth. All candidates for aeloal slo t are permitted to compete for s pant Boy op jcholarsblpa which pay $100 a year; For*catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, , president. The News at Maddens* The protracted meeting at New Prospect, conducted by Rev. J. D. Pitts closed Sunday night. Miss Lee Wharton, who has been spending the past week with her cousin, Miss Eliza Hudgens, has returned home. Dr. Arthur Madden and family have been visiting- his uncle, Mr. John A. Madden. Mr. H. M. Allison of Abbc vills is spending awhile with his mother, Mrs. M. T. Allison. Miss May Madden has returned home, after an extended visit at Anderson. Mrs. America Madden is spend ing this week with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Cunningham. Miss Mattie Moore spent last week with Miss Bessie Moore. Mrs. Ruf us Dunlap visited her mother, Mrs. Ella Hudgens last week. Miss Nannie May Hudgens is spending the week with Miss Rosa Belle Moore. Miss Janine Brown has been spending a few days with her cousin, Mrs. Georgia Martin. Mrs. Hogan Walker of Water loo has been spending a while with her father, Mr. Thad Mar tin. BLOTTING PAPER. It Wiin Known und l ?od nn Fnr IIkoIc nit (he Ycnr 107K. There la a pretty prevalent belief that blotting paper is a modern, inventions that a hundred years ago It was un known, whlto sand being used in its stead. Hunting paper, ns a matter of fact, was a recognized convenience of tbe writing desk as far back as 1075. In that year there was Issued a book called "Townsend's Preparative tcu^Meading," a copy of which Is In the possession of a Chicago antiquary, and urre volume contains on page 8 the following para graph: -"Let the dusting or sanding in books bo Avoided, rather using line brown pa per to prevent blotting if tlmo of the ink's drying cannot be allowed, for sand takes away the good color of the ink, and, getting into tho backs of books, makes them break their bind-, ing." The sand that was used for blotting in tho past was, the Chicago antiquary says, very clean and white and fine, and it was called silver sand. It was kept In a cruet with a perforated lid, like a salt cruet, and thence It was sifted over the wet writing. An odd tiling about it was that the ink never seemed to stain It. It could be used over and over and i* remained to the end ns white ns snow. BATTLE STANDARDS. . J So Ancient Tlmt Their Vae la Men tioned In tbe Bible. Tho custom of carrying flags or stand ards In buttlo dates back at least to 1400 B. O. Wo And in Numbers ii, 2, that "every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by hts own standard With the ensign of hts father's bouse." Each standard of the twelve tribes thus distinguished was supposed to have been of a color to correspond with the stone in Aaron's breastplate which bore the name of that tribe. Under the generic name banner uro included many, species, such as standard, ensign, pen non, flag. etc. These have been used? from earliest times and in nil countries to direct movements jpf troops. The earliest Hornau standard WOW a bundle of straw fixed to the top of a spear. This was succeeded by fig ures of animals, such as the horse and the boar, which soon gave placo to the eagle, the chief ltoman ensign, after ward assumed by the German and French emperors. By every warlike people the banner has been regarded ns nn emblem of national honor, in de fense of which each soldier wns at all times ready to die, while banners and flags taken from the enemy have al ways boon special trophies of/ victory to which places of honor in public; buildings have been assigned. , BOOTS AND SPURS. ?Imtliit ArfOiint of lluiinnrliiu Cnv nlry In Olden Dnjr*. A contemporary manuscript nccount of the diet of. llntlsbon, held In inao by the Emperor Ferdinand II. on the oc-* cnsioii of ttie landing of (iustavua Adolphus of Sweden in Germany, men tions rs a remarkable fact that tho Hungarian cavalry who rodo through the streets to the ceremonial wore their spurs on their bool soles. It Is difficult to credit thnt theso spurs were fixed on the flat of tbe boot, for thus shod the horsemen could nei ther walk nor stand, especially when the large size of (ho spurs worn at rao period Is considered. Probably tho writer Intended to Indicate thnt In Stead of being fastened to the heel In tin- usual fashion they were made to project from tin? fore part of- the mili tary bout, which Is a portion of tho sole. r'roderlck von Rntuner, who (juotes tbl; in bis "History of tbe Sixteenth mid Seventeenth Centuries, illustrated by Original Documents," pnsses tho matter over Without comment. Tho same manuscript ndds that the Hunga rian horses had their manes, tails and feet painted red. Ancient Orlnklnir Onlld?. It in gravely said <>y nn authority that tbO lunch guilds, tbe most ancient of work hitmen's organizations, had tuOh' origin In the drinking guilds, which, although they did not, as in tho case of the Creeks and Romans, exalt drink to the rank of a deity, made it a kind of civic dignitary. These drink guilds nnd drink brethren existed from the earliest times until tho latter part of (ho sixteenth century, when their excesses led to their suppression. It is held that men who worked together drank together and thus formed tbe primitive club which developed into the I guild. Notes and queries.