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GREENWOOD'S POSTMASTERSHIP. Two Former Laurens Utiiens la Race For the Position. The postoffice status in Greenwood? for a "status" has been created by re cent developments?has taken a rather interesting turn and there are now some several applicants for the position of postmaster of Greenwood. Up to yesterday morning all was quiet and se rene, but things got busy, and in a short while there were two petitions being circulated to secure endorsements for the position of postmaster. The gentlemen who are avowed can didates for the position are Dr. P. B. Connor, C. W. Garrett, Manor L. Rice of Ninety-Six, and the incumbent, L. M. Moore. The term of the present postmaster expires next February, and the politi cal pot is beginning to boil. The two petitions which were in circulation yes terday were being carried around by the friends of Mr. L. M. Moore and of Dr. P. B. Connor. The office of postmaster is an ap pointive one, confirmed by the Senate of the United States. The office holder is appointed by the President, which virtually means confirmation. The of fice at this place has become one of the most important in the State by virtue of many things, prominent among which is the large amount of through mail handled. The department at Washington has recently granted free delivery, which will be put on in a few weeks.?Greenwood Index. The Colonel's Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove. Texas, ne.irlv mpt. his Waterloo, from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a recent letter, he says: "I was nearly dead of these complaints, and although I tried my family doctor, he did me no good; so I got a 50 cents bottle of your frcat Electric Bitters, which cured me. consider them the best medicine on earth, and thank God who gave you the knowedge to make them." 'Sold and guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia, Bil iousness and Kidney Disease. by The Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. at 50 cents a bottle. For Sale 113 acres of land in Woodruff, with three buildings, 60 acres in cultivation, balance in forest. One 2 acre lot, suitable for building lots, on East Main street, in Laurens at a bargain. One lot of 26 acres one mile of Gray Court?a bargain. One house and lot( 4 acres, in town of Woodruff, on Sawmill Street. 1 lot of 16 acres, suitable for build ing lots, in Fountain Inn. 178 acres, 2 good dwellings, 4 miles North of Laurens, at a bargain. 112 acres, with dwelling and out buildings, 70 acres in cultivation, 10 acres fine bottoms on Reedy River, near Rabun Creek Church. 20 acres on North Rabun Creek, 20 horse water power, with wheat and corn mill, gin house and outfit; known as Nash's Old Mill place, at a bargain. 2 acre lot and nice 5 room house, at a bargain on Conway Avenue, Laurens, 40 acres in town of Woodruff suita ble for building lots; three room cottage on premises. 57 1-2 acres, 2 buildings, near Friend ship church, Dials township. One nice six room dwelling, good building, 2 acres, 1 acre front on Peach tree street, in Woodruff. 2 1-4 acres, suitable for building lots, on Sullivan street, City of Laurens. 107 acres adjoining lands Enoree Manufacturing Co., high state of culti vation, beautiful dwelling. 424 acres at Hobbyville, Spartanburg county, good dwelling, tenant houses, store and post office, at a bargain. 20-horse power engine, fixtures com plete, $350.00. A beautiful 5-room house and 4 acres of land in Gray Court. 170 acres of land in one mile of Gray Court. 67 acres of land with good buildings, in two miles of Gray Court. Fine Rock Quarry, of 10 acres in half mile of Gray Court. 75 acres of fine farming land half mile of Shiloh Church. One seven, and one five room house in the city of Laurens. 147 acres of land with two buildings in three miles of city of Laurens. 29 acres in three miles of Gray Court. 500 acres in four miles of the city of Abbeville Court House with good im Erovcments and a fine brick yard, at a argain. Beautiful dwelling in town of Foun tain Inn, one acre front, good barn and out buildings. 55 acres of land near town of Foun tain Inn. One house and lot, 4i acres land in town of Fountain Inn. Also lot of 12 acres. Nice residence in town of Fountain Inn, 4 acres of land and out buildings. 42 acres in suburbs of Fountain Inn. House and lot of 2 acres in Fountain Inn. 502 acres of land, beautiful residence and eight tenant houses, with 20 acres within the incorporated limits of town of Woodruff. 140 acres in one mile of town of Woodruff. One modern residence, on Peachtree St., in town of Woodruff. One dwelling and two acres of land in town of Woodruff. Beautiful eight room houst - Main Street of Woodruff. One dwelling, on Main Street, with nine bed rooms, parlor, cook room, dining room and closets, 70 acres of land, good outbuildings in town of Woodruff. One gin outfit, 20-horse power engine, two 60-saw Pratt gins, and press suc tion elevator. $600.00. 67 acres of land in half mile of Gray Court near school building, in high state of cultivation. 17 1-2 acres on Beaverdam Creek, near Lanford half mile from rail road, with corn and wheat mill in good runn ing order, casacity 200 bushels a day; good rock quarry, and survey for yarn mill has been made on place. 247 acres with good 4 room house, good out buildings, 125 acres in cultiva tion, lot of oak and 1500 cords of pine, two miles Enoree M'F'G. Co. 2 lots 1-4 acres each, dwelling on lot no. 1, in town of Fountain Inn. J. N. LEAK Gray Court, S. C. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Mrs. R. C. Richardson returned to Pinewood, Clarendon County, on Fri-J day. Mr. Broadus Clardy of Camdcn isj visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clardy. Mr. William C. Mitchell, of Mount ville, was in the city one day during the past week. Mrs. J. S. Machen and Mrs. R. A. Cooper attended Children's Day at | Princeton on Saturday. Mr. Manson Grcer and family have moved to Charleston where they will reside in the future. Miss Lynn Smith has accepted the position of stenographer in the offices of Simpson, Cooper & Babb. Col. Milton P. Tribble, of Anderson, was a visitor to the city a day or so last week. It is generally understood that he will be a candidate next year for Secretary of State. Messrs A. C. Workman and J. II. Hunter, of Hunter Township, were in the city on Friday, having business in the office of the County Superintendent on Education. Miss Marie Bee, of Charleston, and Miss Drucilla Means, of Moores, after a visit to the Misses Drummond on South Harper Street, returned to their respective homes on Friday. Gov. Heyward appointed Dr. A. C. Fuller and Prof. B. Y. Culbertson as delegates to the Farmers Alliance which met yesterday in Richmond ami will be in session until the 22d. Messrs G. P. Smith, J. S. Machen and M. L. Nash attended a meeting of the Greenville Commandery Friday night, being accompanied by Solicitor Cooper who was given the Knights | Templar degree. Startling Mortality. Statistics show startling mortality, from appendicitis and peritonitis. To | prevent and cure these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remedy, Dr. King's New Life Pills. M. Flannery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, says: "They have no equal for Constipation and Biliousness." 25 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Workday for the Orphans. A recent movement set on foot by Howard L. Crumb/ of the Decatur, (Ga.) Orphans Home, is likely to be of | very considerable service in the near future to our orphan children. The pro position is that every man in the State, every woman and every child should set apart Sept. 23 (Saturday) of this year, the proceeds of his labor on that day, or whatever he can make, if he be not in business to the support of the or phans in the institution he loves best. In this State Presbyterians will work for the Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton; the Methodists for the Epworth Or phanage, Columbia; The Baptists for the Connie Maxwell, Greenwood. Send promptly on the Monday following, the sum made or raised, to the institution of your choice. The help coming in at that time, will tide over these Institu tions till the Thanksgiving and Christ mas days. Send it, he it little or much. There are about six hundred orphans in these Institutions and there are others besides. The Lutheran Orphanage is at Salem, Va., the Hebrew Orphanage is at Atlanta, Ga. Draw your check or money order in favor of the Institution you prefer and mail it to the address given above. W. P. Jacobs. County Pension Board. At a recent meeting of the represen tatives from the township the follow ing County Pension Board was elected for the ensuing year: W. P. Coker, John M. Hudgens, J. P. Caldwell and P. H. Madden. Subsequently W. P. Coker was chosen chairman of the board; John M. Hudgcns, county pen sion commissioner; Dr. W. D. Fergu son, physician. Pension Commissioner Hudgens will be in the Auditors office every Saturday in January for the purpose of receiving applications. Proclamation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Executive Chamber. Whereas information has been re Iceivcd at this Department that on the 127th (twenty-seventh) day of July, A. D. 1905, the barn, all its contents, buggy and buggy house, belonging to Alien Shell were destroyed by fire. , And on August 27th, 1905 his dwelling [house, household and kitchen furniture were burned. On August 29th, 1905, Hilary Shell's barn and contents were also burned, in the County of Laurens, and there being reason to believe that the burning was an actof incendiarism. Now, therefore, I, D. C. Hey ward. Governor of the State of South Caro lina, in order that justice may be done and the majesty or the law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of Two Hun dred ($200.00) Dollars for the appre hension and conviction of the person or J persons who committed said act of in cendiarism. I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the [L. S.] Great Seal of the State to he affixed at Columbia, this sec ond of September, A. D. 1905, and in the 130th year of the Independence of the Uni ted States of America. D. C. HEYWARD. By the Governor: J. T. Gantt, Secretary of State. FOR SALE. 135 acres of land 1-2 mile of Wares I Shoals. 150 acres of lands of H, Y. Simpson, just out corporate limits of city of I-rfiurens, on west main public highway, in lots to suit purchaser. Three good tenement houses on place. Three lots fronting on main street, I containing two acres each, and twenty five lots in rear of the above, contain ing from one to ten acres each, of lands [of the estate of W. I;). Simpson, De'd. If not sold at private sale, the last named lots will be sold nt public outcry on sales day in October, 1905. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attys. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, Tbl Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the future of (^^/ffi&SZ&K VICTORIA CATARACT IT 18 ONE OF THE NOTABLfc WON DERS OF THE WORLD. There I? No Other Kalla on Knrth Jmt Like It. and There la ><> I?oa nlblllly of Cawpnrliiuii Detvreen It Rn<l Our Own .MHgiun. It was on the 22d of November, 1855, that the friendly natives with whom ho was traveling brought Dr. David JAv ingstouo for the first time within sight and sound of the wonderful cataract on tho Zambezi river, now known as tho Victoria falls, liefere rinding it, tho good missionary had Jouruoyed for nearly two years, and from his point of departure at Kurumun, In Cape Col ony, bad traversed quite 4,000 miles of hitherto unkuowu country. Today ouo takes tho train at Cape Town on Wednesday, passes through Klmberley on Thursday, reaches Bulu wayo on Saturday, and late In the aft ernoon of Sunday beglus to see In tho distance the rising pillar of mist from the great entaraet. The natives call it "Mosl-oatunl." meaning "the roaring smoke." Twenty miles away the spray thrown buck from the depths of the tremendous cav ern Into which tho river tumbles ap pears like a column of smoke rising from n burning village, and during the last mile of the railway Journey tho roar of the falling water becomes no ticeable. Finally, when the edge of the chasm Is reached, If the river is lu llood, the eye and ear are assailed by a e* mbluatlou of phenomena that prob ably cannot be duplicated as marvels anywhere else on the planet. The llrst question that Is asked of an American who has seen this African WOllder generally Is, "How does It com pare with Niagara?" Tbero is uo pos sibility of comparison. The two are as different as day and night Niagara Is a perfect picture In a lovely natural framework. Every point and Hue and curve of motionless rock, trembling verdure and gilding water Is a touch of majestic beauty. Victoria is simply a phenomenon, a terrlllc gash In the Soor of an apparently unending plain, which as one gazes simply swallows a rlvor lu a manner that produces almost a thrill of horror. The Zambezi valley for a hundred miles or more lu every direction from the cataract Is a rough and broken plateau covered with low brush and BtUUted trees, with here and there an outcrop of somber basaltic rock, all thoroughly uninteresting. The herbage Is but faintly green and the tropical sky only faintly blue. It Is a hazy half tone landscape, wanting In clear cut llmw In every direction and lacking, above everything else, that element we always unconsciously seel; in a nature picture- life. The absence of iMs produces In the mind n feeling of loneliness nnd often of fear. Across this solemn scene appears a river that in Hood time Is perhaps half a mile wide. If a deaf man were f< llowlug down one of Its banks bo would notice little but the quiet water nnd the odd looking column of smoke ahead. As this column was approached ho would expect to see the river banks bending and tho water tlowlng away to one side of the conflagration and might glance to the right und left to note the direction taken. But the panorama changes as he gazes. The river is no more, and there, where It should be. Is only the brown plain, as lonely, brush covered and monotonous as ever. One must go twenty miles farther be fore the vanished water and the sur face of tho land again commingle, be fore It will bo possible to walk along the bank In company with the river. So stuhlen Is the transformation. Meantime the pillar of smoke has re solved Itself into a dense mist forced upward In terrible puffs from a yawn ing gash stretching directly across tho bed of (he river. This fearful abyss is every second swallowing thousands of tons of green and while water and belching up blasts of mist that rlso hundreds of feel Into the air and hurry away with tho winds as If rojolclug at their escape from the Inferno bo low. And somowhere, nearly ?100 feet below, the entrapped river Is lighting its way between sheer walls of black rock toward a narrow cleft in tho eastern wall, whence It escapes, foam Ing and boiling, through tho zigzags and curves of a deep gorge leading off to the eastward. One goes to an edge of this delivering chasm nnd looks down upon tho tossing waters, over pressed from behind by other floods struggling out of the narrow black gateway, and perhaps the most prom inent meutal sensation Is that of thank fulness that even In stiel? 0 grim and ghastly way nature has provided a means by which the fearful silt of a throat above that has swallowed tho stream can disgorge It again without causing an overwhelming catastrophe. The Victoria cataract should bo visit ed at least twice beforo one Is compo tent to pass an opinion upon it. When the river is in flood (July) tho scene is simply terrible. One sees nothing but an enormous sheet of water disappear ing Into tho bowels of the earth with a nolso as of mountains falling upon one another, while from the awful gash comes back In fierce gusfs and swirls tho foaming breath of the tortured ele ntent below. Hut In December, when (be water Is low, the edge of the cata frnot shows as a long, creamy film of lovely lace; the rising mist flows soft ly awny through the little rain forest below tho cavern's lip; tho glgnntio vault Itself becomes a wonderful spec tacle, a dream of neutral tints, n cave of beauty. Far down in its dark depths tho waters, gilding along tho rocky walls and bonding gracefully around the corners toward tho narrow outlet pass gayly and laughingly to freedom. For a time the demon of the cataract is sleeping.- Theodore F. Van Wagenen In Century. (iocs to Washington, D. C. Rev. Henry Thomas, former rector of the Church of the Epiphany, this city, has accepted a call and will be come rector October 1st of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Wash ington, D. C. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The next regular Teachers' Examina tion will be held at the Court House, on Friday, September 15th, 1905. Teachers whose certificates are about to expire will please take notice. It. W. Nash, County Supt. of Education for I,aureus County. August 25th 1905. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the V7f^ y/fTA^JuT Signature of C^&rV^$?7&&<^ We Can Now Furnish j Our Friends With COAL For the ^ g e g\ Per Winter at 9O ? D V Ton. This is the Famous Regal Block Coal, and we advise you to buy before an ad vance in price. CLARY, ADAMS & CO. ?PHONE 107. Dr. H. T. Ball, DENTIST. Will be in Office Every Day Room No. 2-Cannon Building. Fountain Inn, - - - S. C. The Most Careful Dressers Are Wearing the Domestic Finish WHY NOT YOU TOO? If you will give our Domes tic Finish a fair and impar tial trial you will never be guilty of wearing anything that looks like "gloss" again. Insist on your next bundle be ing Domestic and send it to Laurens Steam Laundry, Laurens, South Carolina Dixie Flour and Grain Co. F. K. SPRATT Manager WHOLESALE GROCERS Office and Warehouse C. & W. C. Tracks. 'Phone 56. Jewelry For Summer Wear We've a fascinating dis play of Jewelry especi ally for wearing with Summer Waists and Dresses. Among them Pins, Buckles, Brooches, Pin Sets and Pretty Novelties of all sorts, and many of them are cptite inexpensive as well as beautiful. Besides these, we are showing a variety of particularly handsome patterns of Simmons Fobs that arc especially suited to both Men's and Women's Sum mer Dress. Fleming Bros. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice In all State Courts. Prompt attention given to all business. N. 13. Dial. A. (j. Todd. DIAL & TODD, Attorneys and Coun sellors at Law. Enterprise Bank and Todd Office Build ing. Laurens, S. 0. ^ ^ OABTOniA. Something You Ought to Know About a Buck's Oven It's large, roomy, thoroughly ventilated and has a fine WHITE ENAMEL lining to Oven Doors and Racks as easy to wash off as a china plate. Oven bottom is built m two pieces so' that warp ing is impossible and is bunt without rivets so that pans will not catch in taking to and from the Oven. - - - 9 THE CHEAPEST STORE IN TOWN ? FOR - Small Things! HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND KITCHEN WARE. Hand Basins, 05c. Zinc Tubs (large size), \ 60c. Tin Tubs for the bath, / 24c. Cooler's Outfit (complete), 70c. Mrs. Potts' Sao Irons 3-in., Per Set $1.00. 10-qt. Zinc Pailes, .20c. Kitchen Set 10c. Granite and Agate Ware at COST! Berlin Kettles and Sauce Tans, Coffee Pots and Dish Pans, and everything you can think of in this pretty ware. And Cheap, Cheap, Cheap, Cheap! Crockery of all kinds. Pitchers and Bowls, Etc. Hatchets and Hammers, 10c. Tin Ware "to beat the band." Window Shades 15c. Flowers Pots, Jardiniers, Etc. German Cooking Ware, New Stone Ware. The Cheapest and most Durable Pitchers, Bowls, Dishes, Jugs, Etc. Come and see them, ladies! KENNEDY'S RACKET STORE. Main St. Next to Post Offce. "Oh, I AM SO TIRED!" Is heard daily from old and young, rich and poor. Did'you ever stop and consider the cause of this remark? We will venture to say nine cases out of ten arc caused by improper digestion. This, or other symptoms of Indigestion such as nervousness, nausea, heart-burn, sour stomach, flatulency and despondency, should be a warning to you who arc in danger of having indigestion, the great est enemy of American health to-day, fasten its merciless fangs on your health. Remember, "A Stitch in time saves nine", and a l>ottle of the celebrated Kellum's Sure Cure for Indigestion has saved untold misery to people in many parts of this broad land, by curing them permanently of this miscranlc disease. Yes, not like the pepsin digestives that help for a time, but cures permanently by causing the digestive organs to perform their functions. Nature being such a great rectifier of its own ills, with the assistance of this powerful medicine, gives you a healthy stomach and removes indigestion and its symptoms perma nently Sold on a $5.00 guarantee. 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle at Laurens Drug Company. Your Invitation If you have never had any dealings with us, please consider this an invitation to give us a trial. We pay 4 per cent in our Savings Department. The Bank of Laurens O. B. SIMMONS, President. J. J. Pluss, CASHIER. W. P. Caine, ASST. CASHIER. % Some Wise Merchant |j Ig Is going to sell our Fertilizers in Laurens this sea- _f _9 son. We are quite sure of this. If you don't A * know the TIGER BRAND FERTILIZERS and * ? ACIDS get acquainted by asking your neighbors _f ?p. over in Spartanburg, what they think about the ? * stuff. It you find that your dealer does not sell $ f% the goods, write us and we'll send you some adver- _f ? tising matter that will inform you on the subject. ? * Remember, The Boll Buster, our pet mixture. ? *tti Drop us a card. 5tf tj Spartanburg Fertilizer Company, Jl P. 0. Drawer 78. Spartanburg, S. C. ^ Don't Let Your HORSES AND MULES Get Poor and Boney! Give Each One a Bottle of White's Purgative Medicine, This puts them in good or der to get the full benefit of White's Worm and Condition Powders Continue the Powders for eight days and you will be astonished at the results. Follow directions on the packages. White's olic and Kidney Curet The Great Combination Kidney and Colic Remedy for Stock* Directions on Package. White's Black Liniment! The only absolutely perfectly balanced sub-cutaneous counter irritant. Especially recommended for the human family. Fine for Stock also. 25 and 50 cents sizes. saiieby Dodson's Drug Store. 8 w % CASTOR IA Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has hccn In U80 for over 30 years. " as homo tho signature of as boon mado under his pcr Buporvlsion since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this, All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-ns-good" arc hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment. What Is CASTOrtIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ngo Is its guarantee. !( destroys Worms and allays Fovcrlshncss. it cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It. relievos Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Pood, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Boars the Signature of Fill* a in y In Use For Over 30 Years. [?8 Kind You Have Always Bought SCHEDULES C. N. & L. IlAllrond Co. Schedule in effect November 21st, 1004 I.v Columbia ar Newbcrry ar Clinton ar Lauren* I.v Laurent? ar Cl!ntoti ar Newbcrry No. 62 No. 21 UnMonKor Mix<><! ox Daily U 10 n in 12 80 p m 1 22 p m 1 42 p rn No. KS 2 02 pm 222 pm 8 10 pm 44? ?m cept Sun day 5 16 (> in 7 OS p m 8 1& p m ft 45 p m No. 22 7 00 am 7 30 a m K.V> am 10 80am No. 85 Freijrht. ex copt Run <lny 1 00 a m 3 45 a m 6 25 am ? 00 a m No. 84 .120 p m 0 00 pm vor. pm ? IV pm DK. CLIFTON JONES Dentist OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phone: Offlee No. 86; Residence 219. W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law, LAURBN8, 8. C.