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The "just as good" as ours are not as cheap as ours "QUALITY TELLS.?OUR PRICE SELLS." The "just as cheap" as ours are not as good as our s I 8 ROPER We have just finished taking stock and balancing our books for 1905, and we want to thank our friends and the public generally for their very liberal patronage and for helping us to make the past year the Biggest of our mercantile Life. In doing this you have helped yourselves as well as ourselves. Because by your liberal support it enables us to do a much larger business and to buy in larger quantities, thereby saving money in buying and of course selling cheaper than we could do if we did not get these advantages. Bear in mind that Merit in the quality we sell is onr biggest asset. Good advertising does not make good clothes, good dress goods or good anything. But the name of Davis, Roper & Co. stands for all that is good in the quality we sell, as we are back of every assertion we make and stand ready to make good all our claims. Then our long experience in buying enables us to detect the shoddy from the good. So remember that anybody can make speils in advertising in the papers, but not every one sells goods that you get your money's worth.?This we guarantee to do. We have Lots of thing's that will keep you interested until all of our New Spring Stock arrives dents' Department. A few more Overcoats left. Will come in all right for February and March. Price way down. Our line of Men's Suits are up-to-date in every respect. Prices $7.50 to $25.00. Come here for your Shoes and Oxfords. Swell lines arriving every day. Beautiful Weaves in Neckwear. Ladies' Department. A few odds and ends still on hand from the Big Mill End Sale. Come before they are all sold. A beautiful assortment of White Waistings for Early Spring, prices from 10c to 25 cents. New Laces and Embroideries, the best line in Laurens. Come and inspect them. New Lot of A. F. C. Ginghams in beautiful Dress Styles. Price 10 cents. Our Mr. Davis and Mr. Anderson leave for New York, Saturday, February 17th, and you can rest assured that we will have the right things at the right prices for Spring and Summer. 1 Fresh Arrival of Trunks and Suit Cases. Call and See them. Famous Outfitters for All Mankind. Newest Things in Spring Neckwear just Arrived HOUSE INCREASES THE PENSION FUND. liaised From $200,000 to $250,000. APPROPRIATION BILL. The General Appropriation Measure as Passed by the House and Sent to the Senate. The House of Representatives has passed the general appropriation bill for the various departments and the measure has been sent to the Senate. The bill includes the amount appro priated to the pension department which is increased from $200,000 to $250,000. Following are the items carried in the bill: Special courts, $ 13,550.00 Office of secretary of state, 5,750.00 Office of comptroller general, 10,350.00 Office of state treasurer, 7,810.00 Office of superintendent of ed ucation. 11,070.00] Office of adjutant and inspec tor general, 19,960.00 Office of attorney general, 5,500.00 Office of state librarian, 1,400.00 Pension department, 250,000.00 Railroad commission, 9,130.00 Indexing and codifying acts, 400.00 Keeper of state house and grouuds, 3,180.00 St\te electrician and engineer, 2,175.00 Judicial department, 77,550.00 State geologist, 3,000,00 Historical commission, 1,300.00 State penitentiary, 6,100.00 Health department, 16,325.00 Tax department, 67,084.28 South Carolina College, 41,919.25 Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechan ical College, 6,000.00 South Carolina Military Acad emy, 26,250.00] Winthrop Normal and Indus trial College, 70,784.50 State Hospital for Insane, 180,177.00 Deaf, Dumb and Blind asy lum, 24,500.00 Catawha Indian, . 1,700.00 Legislative expenses, 45,000.00 Election expenses, 30,000.00 Examining committees, 1,950.00 Public printing, 15,000.00 Completion state house, 20,000.00 Commissioner of immigration, 6,750.00 MISCELLANEOUS. Columbia waterworks, 2,000.00 Salaries supervisors registra tion, 12,300,00 Expense phosphate commis sion, 300.00 Rapairs and improvements of governor's mansion, 400.00 Fuel for mansion, 860.00 Insurance on mansion, 27.09 For lighting public buildings, including basement state house, 6,000.00 State board of medical exam iners, 500.00 Secretary of board of examin ers, 100.00 Metal cases for office of sec retary of state, 2,600.00 Metal cases for office of his torical commission, 1,500.00 South Carolina room Confed erate museum, Richmond, Va., 100.00 Claims passed, 8,000.00 Advance sheets aets of gen eral assembly, M0.00 Metal cases for the office of comptroller general, 2,500.00 $ 3(5,717.00 INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT. On R. B. C. at 4 1-2, $5, 435.20 $252,005.80 On Blue $-100,000,00 at 4 1-2 18,000.00 On Agricultural college stock, $101,800 11,508.00 On $58,539.30 Clemson College perpetual stock, 3,512.00 Interest like to accrue, 5,000.00 $290,025.80 Total $1,252,584.08 THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. Why Itn IlonHrn Were Unlit Upon the 111 vor Bank. Wellington once declared that the most exciting moment of his life Avas not in any of his great battles, but that In which ho bad to forbid William IV. to attend a public banquet in the city during a time of great national excite ment. Of the millions of people who every year see tho English houses of parliament, how many imagine that their position was determined by Stra tegie considerations? No one nowadays can think of the palace of Westmin ster In any other position than that which it occupies. Hut when the old houses were burned down and the task of rebuilding faced there was a propo sition to establish them on or near the site of St. James' palace. Wellington resolutely put down his foot on the proposal. The slto suggested, Its advocates pointed out, would bo better ns regards centrallty and convenience than any other. But to the argument of the duke there could then be no answer. "With a vast and growing population, such as yours in Ix>ndon," he said, "you must never make It possible that you can be surrounded. You must build your houses of parliament upon the river, so that tho means of ingress and egress are safe and that tho popu lace cannot exact their demands by sitting down around you." Sir William Prasor, In whose memoirs tho story Is recalled, mentioned it to Napoleon III. Just beforo the death of tho latter. "What wisdom!" ho said. "What wis dom!" And it sot him musing upon tho different turn which tho history of France might have taken if in other ways as great precautions had been observed in his own case.?St. James' Gazette. Hard Lack. "Las' night I dreamed I died an' went tor heaben," said Toot. "Hi, Fe ter met me at de gate, an' I ax him ef I could come in. lie nez he hatter weigh ino 'glnst malt sins fus\ an' wld dat be git out a big pair ob balunces an' put me In one pan ftn' a great big bag In do udder. De bag outweigh me way yondah, so he sez I can't come In. I ax him foh ter teh me whut's In dat bag, an' ho bus' it open fo' me. Well, suh, It wuz plumb full ob watahmil Hons an' chickens! An' X sez, sez I, 'Ef yo'U leabo man sins out yere wld me,* sez I, 'I won't ax ter come In.' Sez he, 'All right.' But, doggono mah akin, I wake up 'fo' I could git ter dem fingst"- Judge. 'Wonderful Mlulatnre Dook. The smallest bouud book In the groat collection of miniature books owned by tbo New York Library society la a cam paign document Issued In 1K5'^. It bears not only the distinction of being the smallest volume lu the groat col lection referred to, but has been pro nounced by experts in booklore to be oue of the tiniest books lu existence. It contains but fourteen leaves, each of which Is closely printed ou both sides In microscopic type. Ench leaf is one and one-half Inches In length and seven-eighths of an Inch In width. The tltlo page bears the following in scription: "Life and Fubllc Services of General Pierce. Respectfully Dedicat ed to General Lewis Cass. Concord Press, 1852." A Cheerful View. Walter's mamma was very sick with rheumatism, and he was rubbing her1 arms when she said, "Walter, It Is too bad that mamma Is such a trouble to you." Walter replied cheerfully: "Never mind, mamma. If yon are only Just alive we don't core how much you suf fer." l/ned to Desmine. Graspit (angrily)?What! More mon ey? If you keep on you'll bankrupt me. Then, after I'm dead, you will bo a beggar. Mrs. Graspit (calmly)?Ob, well, I'd be a great deal better off than some poor woman who never had any experience In that lino. The Vnmo Fooled Him. "Are you fond of smelts?" "Never tasted It." "Eh! Smelts are llshes." "Fishes! I thought they were uomo kind of cheese." Cleveland Plain Deoler. it's the WATTliM? Closet Bowl and it means health. A departure from the old method of construction an invention in Sanitary Plumbing that will pre serve health and remove some of the necessities for the Physician. The Inclined Seat is the feature ? and there is nothing else like it. If you are interested in Plumbing improvements? drop in and we'll tell you about this new bowl ? the S. S. BOYD, Sil' Plumber. Tough. "You should have hoard Bangs roast luf? Goodloy lnst night. He used some pretty hard words." "Yes, but they didn't seem so hurd to Bangs last night as they did this morn lug." "How do you mean?" "Ho had to eat them this morning."? Philadelphia Press. I) I ?. .'ii ii i n !?, I ii Gaston ? I toll you, old man, Miss Watkyns Is n mighty sensible girl -the most sensible girl, I think, I over knew. Alphonse?I think you're right, my boy. I wouldn't advise you to pro pose to her.?Somerville Journal. 1 M'ful In One Wny, "Did Bkrlhbler ever make anything out of that book he wrote?" "Nothing except fires In the grate."? Milwaukee Sentinel. The End of the World Of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe, of Hear Grove, la., of all usefulness, came when he began taking Electric Bitters. "Two years ago Kidney trou ble caused me great suffering which I would never have survived had I not taken Electric Bitters. They also cured me of General Debility." Sure cure for all Stomach, Liver and Kidney complaints, blood diseases, Headache, Dizziness and Weakness or bodily de cline. Price 50 cents. Guaranteed by Eaurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. A Qne?r Kentlvul. A queer festival la celebrated in Ma lacca every ten or twelve years. The opening of the festival is signalized by u grand procession, in which huge piles of eatables take a large share. At the end of the third driy the viands are burned. On the last occasion the piles of food were placed In a specially con structed boat which was towed out to sea and there consumed by fire, togeth er with all the contents. A largo sum of money, amounting to several thou sands of dollars, was subscribed, large ly In Singapore, for the proper observ ance of the festival. The. I'otnt of View. "Henry, if I were a young man llko you and expected to have to make my own way in the world some day I should try to make my expenses come within my income." "Father, If I were as rich as you are and bad only one son I'd try to bring his income up to his expenses."?Chi cago Tribune. In Self Defense Major Hamm, editor and manager of the Constitutionalist, Eminence, Ky., when he was fiercely attacked, four years, by Piles, bought a box of Huck lon's Arnica Salve, of which he says: "It cured me in ten days arid no trouble since." Quickest healer of Hums, Sores, Cuts and Wounds. 25 cents at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. N. 13. Dial. A. (!. TOOL). DIAL & TO DD, Attorneys and Coun sellors at Law. Enterprise Bank ami Todd Olllco Build lug. I. A U U RN s , S . C. Whiskey, Morphine and othev DRUGS, and nervous diseases treated. Charges more -easonable than other like institutions. $26.00 per week pays for treatment, remedies and hoard. Result absolutely the same. L. (!. CORBETT, M. 1). TH,* CAROLINA SANITARIUM, Greenville, S. C. IM. CLIFTOS JONl?S Dentist OFFICIO IN SIMMONS BUILDING Phone: Oflicc No. 8(5; Residence 210. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will pcflotleo In all State Courts. Prompc attention given to nil buslneos Proved the Best Fertilizer By a Record of Twenty Years1 Success You are banking on experience when yon fertilize will? Farmers' Bone. No other fertilizer is so well balanced in the plant food supplied from sowing time to harvest. Don't take a substitute. Farmers' Bone has no equal for any kind of crop. It is the leading fertilizer of the South. 53 It has been proven by over twenty-one years of successive use that Fish and Animal nmtter is superior to any other known ammoniate for growing cotton. Farmers' Bone is the fertilizer F. S. ROYST5?R GUANO CO? Norfolk, Va. Columbia, 8. C. 1005 260 TONS 1890 1,600 TONS 1805?12,000 TONS 1900 -58,455 TONS 1905-130,091 TONS 1U.CAUSI3 IT (iROWS CROPS Tarboro, N. C. Maoon, Ca. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOO o o ?Qet it Repaired at| Blakeley's Repair Shop. "You break it I mend it." Guns, Pistols, Clocks, Locks, Automobiles, Q Pictures and Picture Frames made to Order. 0 u 5 % ? A. Ross Blakel g Next to Express Office Laurens, S. C. ^ OOOOOOOOOOCXJOOOOOOODOOOOOO Seed Irish Potatoes I 35 I Burbank's Peerless, 1 Red Bliss, 1 Early Rose. COME AND GET OUR PRICES ON Obelisk and Roller King Flour. We carry a complete line of * Fresh Groceries. ^Our Cut=Price Saie On Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Un derwear is still going on. 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