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TUB AOVEUTISKll Subscription PrIco-13 Months, $1.00 Payable lu Advance. Uatbs fok Adveutising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion) $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large adveitisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. Entered at the postofhee at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C? July 4, 1906. COL. J. WASH WAITS. South Carolina lost one of her no blest patriots when Col. J. Wash Watts died last week. He was an old-time gentleman and no ever lived in I.aureus who loved his State more. He was always tho friend of the best men and movements and he was never afraid to speak out. His life was one of singular probity. If he was over profane we never heard of it and throughout his nearly 87 years of life we believe that he never drank a drop of intoxicating liquor unless in case of illness. We doubt if he drank it then. Yet he was about as far from a namby-pamby, milk-and-water citizen as any man we ever knew. The time never came when he did not have opinions of his own which he was willing to express on public questions and when he disagreed with a man, friend or foe, he did not hesitate to tell him as much. He rebuked wrong doing, he was ever on the side of virtue and with the intuition of the gentleman through and through that he was he could judge other men and separate the worthy from the unwor thy. ? He did not accumulate money but all his life he was full of energy and he gave to his neighbors ideas and infor mation about farming and stock raising that have greatly helped the conditions of the farmers generally, not only in Laurens, but elsewhere in the State. He reared a large family and he brought up his sons and daughters to live as godly men and women, he was true to his friends, and his word was better than gold. He belonged to an old-type, the kind that made South Carolina "loved at home, revered abroad;" he was not noisy, he was not given to vaunting, Ids influence was good and he left a name of which all of his family and his kindred arc justly proud. Captain Joseph B. Humbert is the only surviving member from Laurens of the "Wallace House." We wonder how many are left in the State of that his toric body of men? Remember, you Laurens readers, that when you throw up your hats and whoop 'em up for the State dispensary, the men who'will get the most out of it are the group of whole-sale liquor men who live outside of South Carolina and own most of the stock in the Richland Distilling Company. A vote for the Dispensary is practically a vote for Lanahan, Bornheimer, Blumenthal and a dozen others of unspellable names which we don't remember. You will find them in the testimony of the in vestigating committee. Every time you "holler' for the dispensary, they chuckle. ? It has come out in the dispensary in vestigation that Director Black up to eight months before his election to the . state board of control received a salary of $300. a month and expenses be sides for representing a wholesale li quor house. They used to tell us that the dispensary was not tobe run by the liquor men?in fact they said that the liquor men and the preachers were mostly flocking together. The blind tigers in Charl< .ton are as a rule strong backers of the dispensary. * There is no likelihood of an anti-dis pensary man being elected Governor, in asmuch as Mr. Ansel, though he is a prohibitionist, believes that liquor if sold at all should be sold under the dis pensary regulations. Mr. A. C. Jones Cavors local option between prohibition, high license and county dispensaries. There is no chance for high license though '.vc approve of it for the larger cities. . ? # Don't turn up your nose at the Chicago meat packer.--. Their meats are purer than the whiskies your own State sells. As long as the re is a State dispensary you and I are engaged in the criminal business of selling drugged and poi soned whiskies. Thai'- unpleasant to think about, but it's fact. The records prove it. * Senator Tillman's plan for keeping the dispensary clean provides that no case goods shall be bought. This means that the rich men will get their goods from beyond the borders of the State, and that the poor man who gets his liquor from the dispensary must buy only the cheap liquors that it will sell. * Take a hand primary and every hand that goes Up in the dispensary's favor is a vote in favor of the Richland Dis tilling Company and the Charleston blind tigers. The dispensary people may not believe this, but it's so. # If we have county dispensaries next year they should be run by good strong men as a board of control. We shall have independent county dispensaries if wo don't have prohibition?bet your hat on that, * Why la it thai the ladies of Laurens cannot do what the ladies of Ander son have done with tho public square of that town? Why is not our public square made a beautiful "piazza?" * What do you think your good name is worth? What docs it cost a man to take a good job in the State dispensary? It han caused more laughs and dried more teara, wiped away diseases and drivon away more fear.* than any other medicine in the world. Holliater's Rocky Mountain Tea. 86 cents, Tea.or Tablets. Ask your Druggist. A NEW COTTON ENTERPRISE. Another Waste Product of the Soutii to be Utilized. Mr. Harvie Jordan of Atlanta has been instrumental in organising a com pany for the utilization of qpttotl stalks. The company is incorporated as the Cotton Stalks Products Company. The capitalization is $15,000,000. Mr. Har vie Jordan will be president. He ex pects to resign tho presidency of the Southern Cotton Association at the an nual election of officers next January. It is announced that tho bulk of the stock is controlled by Southern captal. Tho directors are from New York, Maryland, Georgia and Alabamn.and are men of high standing in the busi ncst world. The products of the stalks will be alcohol, fertilizer salts, and paper. Is it possible that the time is coming when the farmer who once burned his cotton stalks will turn them into money with which to pay for a newspaper printed on cotton stalk paper? Harvie Jordan, in discussing the new enterprise, said: "The manufacture of paper from the liber of the cotton stalk is one of the latest and most interesting inventions of the new century. For many years expert inventorft have been busily en gaged experimenting with the cotton stalk, and now it appears from recent developments that their labors and ex penditures of money are to be rewarded with signal and striking success. Not only have these investigations passed the experimental stafto, but they are rapidly being shaped to be placed into practical operation. How this new enterprise will affect the present manufacturers of paper re mains to be seen. More than $278,000 000 now is invested in the 750 paper making establishments in existence in the United States, the value of the products of which is about $200,000,000 annually. In the first place, the practical ef fect of the manufacture of paper and alcohol from cotton stalk will be to in crease the present value of the South's cotton crop by about $100,000,000; it will revolutionize the handling of the cotton crop and save about 500,5)00,000 in freight charges; it will cheapen the price of paper, and by the elimination of the boll weevil pest save about $75, 000,00t) yearly to the cotton growers of the South. About 35 per cent, of the liber treated can be made into paper and about 0 per cent, into alcohol. The residue, after all by-products ait extracted from the cotton-stalks, be comes the best known quality of fer tilizer. The use of the cotton-stalks will save to the farmer the expense of gathering and give him a profit for bringing them to the mill, and also will absolutely eliminate the boll weevil, which is today the great pest of the South. This latter will be accomplished by the removal of the stalks from the fields in the early fall." Value of a Newspaper. I never took a paper that didn't pay me more than I paid for it. One time an old friend started a paper way down South and sent a copy to me and I sub scribed just to encourage him, and after awhile it published an order to sell a lot at public auction. So I enquired about the lot and told a friend to run it up to $50. He bid off the lot a. and it sold in less than a month for $100, so I made $??2 clear by tali ing that paper. My father told me that he was a young man ho saw a notice in a paper that a school teacher was wanted away off in a distant county, and he went and got the situation and a little girl was sent to him, and after awhile she grew up sweet and beautiful an4 he married her. Now if lie had not taken the paper what do you suppose would have become of me? I would have been some other fellow, or maybe I wouldn't have been at all.?Bill Arp. May Live 100 Years. The chances for living a full century are excellent in tho case of Mrs. Jen nie Duncan of Haynesvillc, Me,, now 70 years old. She writes: "Electric Hitters cured me of Chronic Dyspepsia of 20 years standing, and made me fee! as strong as a young girl." Electric Bitters cure Stomach and Liver dis eases, Blood disorders, General De bility and bodily weakness. Sold on a guarantee at Palmetto Drug Co. and Laurens Drug Co. Price 50 cents. Union Meeting. Tho Union of tho Second and Third Section of the Laurens Association will meet with the New Prospect Church Friday before the fifth Lord's day of July. Program: Friday, U a. in.?Introductory Ser mon? L\ C. Wajtson or J. H. Shell. afternoon queries: 1. Cur Great Need. How to Moot it. J, Oi Marlin, John M. Hudgens and ii. li. Mahon. 2. How to Develop the Missionary Spirit? ?M. C. Compton, Lewis Martin and B. C. Watson. Saturday, iUK) a. m. ?Prayer and praise .service. Jodie A. Martin. :i. What is Stewardship? (a) Why so Little Understood? (b*) Its Mean ing? (o) How to Develop It?-J. II. Shell, T. S. Langston andJ. 0. Martin. 4. How to Arouse to a Sense of Per sonal Responsibility??John M. Hud go i, John U. Finley and W. E. Wash ington. 5. Rev. 2:<1 Cause and Cure. ? E. C. W al ion, J. II. Machen and M. C. Comp ton. U. The Second Coming. What is It? Its Practical Results.-J. A. Martin, W. A. Garrett and C. B. Hobo. Sunday, 11 a. ni. .Missionary Ser mon -J. II. Machen and J. 0. Martin. .1. D. Pitts, ? For the Union. A (mod Wife for Somebody. A Kansas girl graduate to whom had been assigned the theme. "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy," wrote this essay: "I do not care a cent whether Italy lies beyond the Alps or in Missouri. I do not ex] ect to set the river on fire with, my future career. I am glad that I have a very good education, but I am not going t>> abuse it by writing poetry or essays <>n the future woman. It will enable me to correct the grammar of any lover I may have should he speak of 'dorgs* in my presence or 'seen a man.' It will also come handy when 1 want to figure how many pounds of soap a wo man can gel for three dozen eggs at the grocery, so I do not begrudge tho lime I spent in acquiring it. "But my ambitions do not fly so high. 1 just want to marry a man who can lid; anybody of Ids weight in the town ship, who can run an eight-acre farm, and has no femalo relatives to come around and try .to boss the ranch. I will agreo to ceo!; dinners for him that won't send him to an early grave, and lavish upon him a wholesome affection, and io see that his razor has not been used io cut broom wire when he wants to ?have. In view of all this, I do not care if ! get .". lilt!.' rusty on the rule of three and kindred things u? the years go by." The Smallest She (lad. A conductor on tho O'Fallon Park di vision of the S.. Louis and Suburban Railway bad such a good run of busi ness Sunday afternoon, relates the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, that he had difficulty is keeping himself supplied with small change. Many persons who patronise;! his.car handed him dollars and bills of larger denominations in payment of thoir faros. Tho conductor, however, managed to get along fairly well until a woman carrying a tiny infant, boarded his car. Wh< n he approached tho woman for her fare sho handed him a five-dollar bill. "Is that the smallest you have, madam?" queried tho conductor, fear ing another stringency in change. i ho woman looked at the conductor ami then al her baby, and made this surprising reply: "V' 3, I have been married only twelve months." "t never w is so sold while I have been working on tho road," said the conductor afterward in tolling the mo torman of the incident. ticafr, the Music Cure. "To keep the body in tune," writes Mrs. Mary Brown, 20 Lafayette Place, X. V. "1 lako Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are tho most reliable and pleasant laxativo t have found." Best for tho Stomach, Liver and Bowels. Guaranteed by Palmetto Drug Co. and Laurens Drug Co. 25 cents. If you are building a new house or think oi" getting any new Mantels it will bo to your interest to see our line and let us figure with you beforo you buy. ' S. M. & E. IL Wilkes & Co. PASSED BY THE SENATE. R. P. D. Carriers to Get Fifteen Days Vacation With Pay. A special to the News and Courier from Washington under date of June 28 say3: Representative Aiken has been receiving numerous inquiries whether rural free delivery carriers would be allowed fifteen days annual leave with pay. When this matter came up in the House recently it was knocked out on a point of order, but pressure was brought to bear on the Senate, which restored the item, and it became a law. Con sequently after July 1 of this year all rural free delivery carriers will be giv en fifteen days' leave with pay. Congress Has Adjourned. Congress adjourned Saturday night at ten o'clock. This was the first congress to adjourn exactly on the day closing the fiscal year. The president says that this was one of tho best sessions ever held and that men of genuine patriotism have a right to feel a pro found satisfaction in the entire course of this congress. Speaker Cannon made the following statement at the conclusion of the last session: "In my judgment the work done nnd the legislation enacted^ in the session just closed, exceeds in importance, for the best interests of all the people of the republic, the work of any session during my thirty years of public life. "I have not time to make a complete review of all the legislation. Suffice it to say that the legislation covering the appropriations and authorizing of public expenditures, has been most carefully considered and wisely enacted. "The legislation commonly referred to as the rate legislation, the pure food bills, the inspection feature of the agri cultural bill, are all measures that affect the interests of all the people and while nothing perfect can be enacted, I am satisfied that the operations of these laws will demonstrate their wisdom. "And I believe if nothing else had been accomplished than the enactment of these three measures, they alone would be sufficient to make the first session of the fifty-ninth congress a memorable one in the history of the republic. County Assessor Waylaid. .1. W. Coulter, of Leslie, S. D? As sessor of Stanley County, relates the following: "I was waylaid by a compli cation of throat and lung troubles, bronchitis, asthama and a terrible cough, which had affected me for years, when I was persuaded to try Dr. king's New Discovery. Relief came almost immediately, and in a short time a permanent cure resulted." No other medicine compares with it as a sure and quick cure for coughs and colds. It cures after all other remedies have failed. Every bottle guaranteed at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Price 50 cents and $1.00. Cot your Fruit Jars, extra Caps, Rub hers and Jelly Tumblers from S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. I7S5 1906 COLLEOE OF CHARLESTON, Charleston, S. C. Entrance examinations will be held in the County Court House on Friday, July G, at 9 a. m. One Free Tuition Scholarship to each county of South Carolina awarded by the County Super intendent of Education and Judge of Probate. Hoard and furnished room in Dormitory, $11. a month. All candi dates for admission arc permitted to compete for vacant Royce Scholarships which pay $100. a year. For catalogue and information, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. Sanders' Bottling Works. A. II. SANDERS, Puor. WHOLESALE ONLY! MANUFACTURER OF High Grade Ginger Ale and Soda Water. Celery Cola a Specialty. Prompt Attention Given all Orders. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. At the solicitation of many friends -I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the offico of County Commissioner of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Pri mary. D. F. BALENTINE. At the solicitation of friends. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re election for the office of County Com missioner, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. YV\ F. Bailey. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. I announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the House of Representa tives from Laurens County, subject to the Democratic primary election. j. ii. mIller, m. d. I respectfully announce myself to the citizens of Laurens county as a candi date for the lower house of the General Assembly, subject to the Democratic primary election. Clarence Cuningham. I hereby announce myself to the voters of Laurens county as a candidate for the Legislature, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. J. C. McDaniel. FOR CONGRESS. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Congress from the Fourth Congressional District, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. G. Heywakd Maiion. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Treasurer, subject to the rules of the Primary Election. A. S. Riddle. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. Ross D. Young. At the solicitation of friends I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary. J. D. Mock. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Treasurer Laurens County and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. Walter A. Baldwin. FOR SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself to the vot ers of Laurens County as a candidate for the office of county supervisor sub ject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. John D. Mills. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Super visor for Laurens County and pledge myself to abide the result of the Demo cratic Primary. J. B. cosby: I hereby announce myself as a candi date for re-election to the office of Coun ty Supervisor?subject to the rule of the Democratic Primary. Respectfully. H. B. Humbert. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Laurens County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary election. Jas. M". sumerel. FOR AUDITOR. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. c. a. Power. FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for reelection to tin- office of County Superintendent of Education of Laurens County, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. R. W. Nash. JUDGE OF PROBATE. I hereby announce myself for re-elec tion to the office of Judge of Probate, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. O. G. Thompson. Just received a beautiful line of Go Carts with umbrellas; running gears and upholstery in different colors. Be sure to see our line before you buy, as it will be money saved for you. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Dr. Chas. A. Ellett Dentist. Office, Law Range. 'Phone 189, Laurens, S. C. (IJ^AX KWKKl* SAUS DURING JULY! RH 1 Ii RACKET has now the most complete line of Merchandise ever shown under one roof. Come to the RED [RON RACKET for what you want, and rest assured that you will buy SAME GOODS FOR LESS MONEY than other houses ask for the same identical goods. You know us. We do not buy goods to keep. We Under Buy! We Under Sell! You will save time and make money. Don't spend a red cent until you get to the RACKET CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH! J. C. BURNS & CO., Originators of Lowest Prices in Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg, S. C. Remember Your Honey Back if You are not Delighted with Your Purchases. CI.KAX SWKlSl* SAU?] DURING JULY! BUY YOUR Property NOW! 415 acres of land in Youngs Town ship, known as the old Burnside place; will be devidcd into small farms or sold as a whole for $110, per acre. This farm lies mid-way between Gray Court and Lanford Station. It is a well improved and up-to-date farm; buy to-day if you want this property. One 50 h. p. boiler and engine com plete; Price $200.00 Do you know of a single instance of where property intelligently purchased can bo bought back at the price paid? Acre lot, with beautiful grove and well elevated, with six-room dwelling and good out-buildings, in town of Woodrulf-$2,000. Two lots at Watts Mill with seven room dwelling and two store rooms, price only $2,000. 18-room building, the Lealhei'wood House and 1-2 acre lot in town of Wood ruff. *Price $0,000. Gin and seed house, a complete Mun ger system, consisting of three 70 saw gins, revolving press, suction, one 40 h. p. engine, and half acre land at Good gion old mill. Price $1,500. 1 acre of land and gin house complete, with two 70 saw gins, one revolving j press, one 10 h. p. engine, located in one mile of Enoree. Price $2,000. 203 acres of land, 2} miles cast of the town of Laurens on road to Clinton. Price $40.00 per acre. 75 acres of land 1J miles east of the city of Laurens. Price $2,000. 82 acres land near Dial's church, well improved. $25 per acre. Two lots in the city of Laurens, Xos. 14 and 35 Simpson property the two for $125. 202 acres near Mt. Olive church, Waterloo township, well improved. $2,100. 3 acre lot, 7 room house good out builbings, well in yard in town, of Gray Court, $2,000. House and lot, two acres land, .r> room building, good barn in town of Gray Court $2,100. 400 acres at Madden Station, good dwelling and out buildings and other improvements. Price $25.00 per acre. 400 acres in one mile of Madden I5ta tion, good improvements. Price. $12.50 per acre. One house and lot in city of Laurens, between Laurens hotel and Merchants and Faamera Bonded Warehouse. Price $2,200. Five lots in town of New Cord'. II, Washita county, Oklahoma Territory, lots Nos. 4, 5, 6, !), 10, block !2. Price for all five lots $300.00 cash. 212 acres located on Jimmic creek, Spartanburg county, with good dwelling and one tenant house, price $1,250. 440 acres, with 8-room dwelling, ."> tenant houses, up-to-date farm, fine1 bottoms and timbered land; loc ated two miles from Lanford; $40 an acre, easy payments. 20 acres of land, wheat and corn mill, j gin house and saw mill complete; located in Greenville county and known as the old Nash Mill. Bargain at $1,500. 6-room house and 3-4-acro lot, good outbuildings, Main street, town of Clin ton, $3,000. 5-room house and 3 1-2-aarc lot, Sloan street, town of Clinton, $1,200. 178 acres, near Mt. Olive church, two good dwellings, fine farm land, $10 per acre. Two lots, l 1-8 acres each, town of Fountain Inn, $2.">0 per lot. 112 acres and dwelling, on Reedy River, cheap at $12.50 per acre. 178 acres, 7-room dwelling, mineral spring, one mile from Ora, $5,000, U-room residence, with waterworks, fronting on North Harper street, $3,500. 225 acres, 7-room dwelling, 4 tenant houses, near Durbin Creek church, $30 per acre. Granite store building in town of Mil ton. $3.r>(). 3-acro lot, store room and dwelling, on Sloan street, town of Clinton, $3,000. 2 1-4-acre lot on Sullivan street, in town of Laurens. $337.50, cash. 17 1-2 acres on Boavcrdam creek, 1-2 mile from Lanford. wheat and corn mill in perfect order, survey made for yarn mill, bargain at. $1,500.' Two acres specially suitable for build ing lots, East Main Street, City <>i' Laurens?$1,500. 40 acres, East. Main Street, town of Woodruff?$2,000. l-ncro lot, 8-rOOm house, reception hall, bath room, in town of Woodruff $2,500. 500 acres with splendid improvements and brickyard on place, 4 indes of town of Abbeville $l(),t)!)(). 1 1-2 acre lot, 7-rooni residence, hand some barn, in town of Fountain Inn $4,000. r>02 acres, beautiful dwelling, s tenant houses, up-to-date farm; improvements, including 20 acres of land, located in town of Woodruff $25 per acre. 4 1-2 acres, nice residence, in town of Fountain Inn?$2,500. 7-room house? and hall-acre lot in City of Laurens-$825. 12 12 acres in town of Fountain Inn-$400. Can locate two practicing physicians in very attractive localities. ? J.N.LEAK, Real Estate Dealer. Gray Court, S. C. 9L |BaIlard& Ballard'sj tils ?s as OS as tils I O o w w ? FAflOUS Obelisk Flour AT k as $5.00 per barrel. The Quality of this Flour is Known the World* Over. *5 Mills Store. 5?? Franklin Typewriter! The "Franklin" leads them all. Typewriter operators have pronounc ed it king of all visible writing ma chines.- It's a time-saver, simplicity itself, and for durability and speed it it has no equal. Price $75.00. Terms to Suit. FRANK H. TUXBURY, Southern Representative. Roanoke, Virginia. eg MS |$*, .".7 A'icrnlnrr Sfar?tiio Day Ster pftfi ?tbc /?vesting Sia? tm OW THE F3EST HOMES. & MJUSTE *TID gncpCC WHITE STAR GOFFi (prepr.red with care) is inndo from choicest berries, care fully selected and PERFECTLY BLENDFD. 'j TVcparrd {n different flnvorn, scltttip: from Mc to -10c per pound. The lending grocer in your city (8 the WHITE STA? distributor. He keens it In bulk nml WE guarantee that UM sloes Is ahvnya f rcsli. I Kennedy Brothers.! am About to Melt! This is an expression often heard by ladies who suffer from the high temperature. Having no framed parchment to indicate that we have a special pe rmit to alleviate the ills of suffe ring humanity, but take the liberty of suggesting a few articles to give im mediate relief: Wear one of our While India Linons or Sheer Persian nt nominal eosl; trim with White Yal Lace or Swiss Em broidery according to laste. Drop-Stitch Hosiery, black or white. Place in the right hand and keep steady i 11 motion a common palm or gauze silk Kan. If perspiration flows freely mop with either a plain Hemstitched or neat Kmbroidercd Handkerchief from W. 0. Wilson & Co.