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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription l'rice-12 Months, 91.00 Payable in Advance. W. W. BALL, Editok. published by advertiser printing company laurens. s. c. Kates for Advertising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 60 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements. Obituaries: All over 50 words, one cent a word. Notes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at tho postofllce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, OCTOBER 30, 1907. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. Now, that we have an electrical day current,*it is the part of wisdom for people who own homes to install every electrical device that will tend to lessen the domestic labor. Our people should learn to use mechanical power for hu man labor evreywhere possible. Those who have tried electric lights, irons, and where it is cheap enough, elec tricity for cooking, arc delighted with its advantages. THE CONFIDENCE IN THE MILLIKENS. Great trouble has been experienced in banking circles in New York during the last ten days. Speculators in cop per mines and steamboats who had bought stock in banks and so became directors of them borrowed heavily from the banks?themselves being the directors. Their copper went down in value and so the people lost confidence in the banks, the copper stocks being the security for the loans of these men, made to themselves. One of the banks that was in danger was the "Mercan tile". It got in such deep water that its officials had to resign. They were, or some of them were, copper spcula tors and they were abusing their posi tions in the banks and taking advantage of the other stock, holders and of the depositors. Our old friend, Mr. Seth M. Milliken, is interested in this bank. He has a great name as a safe and sane merchant in New York and is look ed upon as the loftiest type of a high toned gentleman merchant, an opinion which is much hicghtened by the knowl edge of the people that his money-pile is about as high as the average man's potato bank. Thereupon Mr. Seth M. Milliken became the president of the bank, his son becoming a director and everybody has faith in it now on ac count of the faith that is had in the Millikcns. Two years ago the Laurens Cotton Mills was selling its goods through a gents who charged two per cent com mission, having abandoned the Milliken firm which charged 4 ?at one time 4J. The Millikens obtained control of the stock, bounced the management, gave the selling account to themselves again and now, though as directors of the mill they are trustees of the stock-hol ders, they are charging twice the com missions that the Watts Mills, the Warn Shoals Mills, the Grondel Mills, tho Belton Mills, the Ninety-Six Mill and a score of others mills perhaps are pay ing their agents. The Millikens aro doing this, in our opinion, not only in defiance of good morals but in defiance of law and could be stopped if any of the minority stockholders cared to spend the money necessary to test it in the courts. Now the Millikens, mind, are pat terns of mercantile goodness in New York and yet New York wonders why the South no longer consents to New York dictation in politics and business. A CONSERVATIVE BUSINESS SENATOR. We have been considerably impressed with tho accumulating strength of Senator-Latimer lately. There is no practical disagreement between the Senator and The Advertiser on the immigation question, for the simple reason that there is no objec tion to the Senator's opposing the ad mission of immigrants who won't come and whom we can't get. Therefore it is nothing but good politics for Sena tor Latimer, Congressman Patterson and Gen. Belton Watson and others to make all the capital out of an empty issue that they can, and the discussion of which is perfectly harmless. But there is much in Senator Lati mer that appeals to conservative peo ple of whom The Advertiser is one of the most radical spokesmen. The Sena tor is a highly successful business man, and it is a good thing for the state to have in the Senate a man who has a substantial property interest in the country. A Senator who has securi ties, who has lands and stocks, is not likely to vote for mad projects of Popu lists, and ho is not likely to indulge in the furious vituperation against vested interests that renders Senator Tillman a professional agitator, so dangerous not only to the prosperity of his own state, but of all the states. On the whole, Senator Latimer is an admira ble countercheck to the wild terror which Tillman spreads whenever he opens his mouth, and this is because the junior Senator knows the value of a dollar properly invested, and there fore has the ear of the monicd inter ests of the country. Thus the quiet, dignified Latimer, who rarely takes up the time of the Senate with appeals to tho galleries, but who skilfully works for appropriations for road building and swamp drainage, is just the kind of a man wo need to undo tho damage that the Tillmans are constantly work ing. This, we suppposc, is why Till man and Latimer aro not supposed to get on together as little birds should in tho same snug nest. Were it not for the junior Senator, we doubt if the cot ton mil's of South Carolina would have a sympathetic friend in the American Senate, and they are entitled to repre sentation as much as are other corpor ations. Another thing in favor of Senator Latimer is that he stands in with the President. Senator Tillman, be it re membered, docs not speak to President Theodore Roosevelt when the two meet in a Washington street car. A state without a Senator having the "entree" at the White House is in the dickens of a fix when one of its citizens wishes a White House* job. and must be intro duced to the President. The wisdom of Senator Latimer, as contrasted with the foolishness of Senator Tillman, was well illustrated in tho course of the two in regard to the President's dismissal of the negro troops who outraged the peace of Brownsville and murdered some of its citizens. Mr. Latimer sup ported the President in this, and Sena tor Tillman was the only Democratic Senator, we believe, who condemned him. If Brownsville had vbeen Clinton or Laurens, wo believe that every white man in Laurens would be a sup porter of Latimer, and would denounce Tillman for his conduct in the matter. But the main point is that Senator Latimer is a substantial citizen and business man who is a friend of the I common people, in whom he includes the cotton mill corporations, the far mers, the copper mines, the banks, the laborers, tho coal mines and the news papers, all of whom are entitled to be represented by a broad-minded and liberal statesman. As we have said be fore, there are five hundred men equally as well equipped for senatorial service I in Laurens county, not to mention the other counties; but so long as we have Latimer in the Senate we shall have a conservative business man, a success ful man, a man of common sense, who does not let personal animosities inter fere with helping his constituents, and who can be depended on to get all that is coming to them and to him. In time we believe that Senator Latimer will succeed in inducing Congress to build macadam roads through all South Caro lina, provided that he live long enough, and we wish that his days may be pro longed to the length of Methuselah's, for that and other reasons. On the whole, we think that Senator Latimer is a Senator far superior to Senator Tillman, and the main reason that we think so is that he is so seldom in agreement and sympathy with the latter. If there are any of the "old antis" left in Laurens who would like to sock it to Benjamin next year, one way of doing it will be to vote early and shout often for Asbury. The able manner in which the old an ti newspapers put the guffs in Tillman five years ago, when they supported Latimer against John Gary Evans, is gleefully remembered in certain quar ters, we suppose. Wofford College Journal. The Advertiser is in receipt of the October number of the Wofford College Journal, published by the Calhoun, Carlisle and Preston literary societies. Mr. J. LeRoy Dukes is editor-in-chief, and Mr. J. A. Willis business manager. Mr. Archie Willis, class poet, contrib utes the "Salutation to Class of 1908" Altogether the first number of the Jour nal is a worthy production of the new management and reflects credit upon the three societies and the college it self. The Price of Health. "The price of health in a malarious district is just 25 cents; the cost of a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills," writes Ella Slay ton, of Noland, Ark. New Life Pills dense gently and im part new life and vigor to the system. 25c. Satisfaction guaranteed at the Laurens Drug Co., and Palmetto Drug Co. ?'An Uneducated Educator." The war between Governor Ansel and State Superintendent of Education Martin, of South Carolina, has called in a pettish declaration by Mr. Martin that he will not be state superintendent of education any more. It seems that in our good old sister state they have a state board of educa tion; that the state superintendent of education is a member of the board, and that the governor has a right to fill vacancies on the board. Some time ago a vacancy occurred upon the board, and to fill it the gover nor made an appointment, whereupon Mr. Martin made quite an ill-tempered attack upon him, because his excel lency had not consulted him in the mat ter. In a courteous way tho governor informed Mr. Martin that the law de volved the duty of filling vacancies up on the executive, and in no wise re quired him to consult, anyone in the premises. This soft answer did not turn away the wrath of the superintendent, who continued to scold; but, as it takes two to make a quarrel, and the gover nor declined to scold back, that par ticular affair came to an end. Now another vacancy has occurred, and again Gov. Ansel, in pursuance of his duty, has filled it, and again State Superintendent of Education Martin has attacked the executive in a letter of much acerbity for presuming to act without consulting him. In point of literary execution this letter affords ample indication that the state superin tendent of education would be none the worse for some lessons in rhetoric and the rules of composition; but, passing over theso subjects, the great point it presents is that Mr. Martin shows him self hardly a proper person for the po sition he occupies. An unfailing respect for the law of tho land, and an unquestioning obedi ence to duly constituted authority, are the main pillars upon which public or der and good government rest, and when a state superintendent of educa tion, in an official communication, ns perses the governor of his stato as "small-minded, officious and perni cious," speaks of him as needing a mustard plaster, and denounces his ap pointee as "ambitious, amphibious, am bidextrous, ubiquitous and indetermin ate" such uncivil and incendiary con duct is of very ill example to the youth of the state. The great object of all public educators is to make good citi zens, but mutiny against and abuse of duly constituted authority is an ex tremely poor course of instruction to this end. Happily, however, Superintendent Martin, announces, as stated, that ho will not bo superintendent of education any more. With tho logic of a spoiled child, ho declares that, as he cannot "run" the state, he will not play in the stato's backyard. - Augusta Chronicle. Alice?Pimples and other blotches are supposed to be caused from acid Btomach A simple remedy and ono that gives you h fresh blooming complexion is Hoflis ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. 30 cents, Tea or Tablets. ROBERT SIEBERT. II BY W. D. 8. You often hear this expression used "There is as much in the man as in the land."'l will try and show this was true in the life work of my old friend Seibert. He got tired of running a shoo shop at Laurens C. H. and longed for the country. He bought the old Simmons land near Mt. Bethel church' James Simmons sold this place because when he farmed on it the land yielded only about a peck of corn to the acre. He said a man would perish to death cultivating this land, and he moved off to Abbe ville to make a living. Mr. Seibert moved and tried his hand at farming. The first year ho bought one ton of guano, and didn't make enough cotton to pay for it. He made up his mind that he would have to use something better than guano. He went to hauling leaves into his lot and stable, sowing peas and in a few years he had increased the fertility of his land so he made 12 to 14 bales of cotton, 22 bu shels of corn to the acer 98 bushels of I wheat on four acers of land with oats | and pea vines all on a one horse farm. This farm was considered one of the poorest places in the country and this industrious German brought it up to this high state of cultivation by mak ing plenty of homo made manures. He told me that he lost 17 head of horses in 18 years on his farm. Such a contin uance of bad luck would have ruined most men, still Sichert bought ?tock and paid for them, clothed and fed a large family of children. Who will say that all this prosperity was not in the good management of Robert Seibert? LAURENS FIRMS AND SALESPEOPLE. Full List of Mercantile Concerns and Names of Employees. Below is given a complete list of the business houses in Laurens, what each deals in and the names of their sales men and saleswomen. S.M.&E.H. Wakes & Co., furniture - Messrs. W. P. Thomason, M. R. Wilkes, B. L. Clardy, P. L. Monroe, E. D. Barksdale, Miss Jessie Hix, Mr. Henry Young. J. E. Minter & Bro., clothing and dry goods?Messrs T. E. Babb, J. E. Swit zcr, B. R. Clardy, Willie Owings, Mis ses Marie, Amelia, and Dee Drummond Helen Hix, Corrie Barksdale, Bettie Bramlett. Mosely & Roland, hardware?Mr. Ambrose Hudgens. J. O. C. Fleming &Co., general mer chandise Messrs. S. L. Saxon and D. R. Simpson. Fleming Brothers, Jewelry?Mr. E. U. Langston. W. P. Hudgens, hardware and repair shop. Oodson-Edwards Co., druggist -Mr. Claude Shell. Palmetto Drug Co.-Dr. W. H. Wash ington, Messrs. C. K. Ray and P. B. Irby. Red Iron Racket?Messrs. L.E.Burns, T. B. Crews, Jr., R. L. Simpson, R. E. Thompson, S. Y. Culbertson, W. A. Martin, G. H. Frady, Mrs.W. S. Knight, Misses Olive Culbertson, Bettie Ham mett, Leah Flanders. Brooks & Jones, Hardware?Mr. J. Arthur Taylor. J. M. Philpot, groceries?Messrs. R. K. llowell, L. L. Moore and Claude Bagwell. M. II. Fowler, groceries?Messrs. L. N. Owens and J. C. Henderson. J. II. Sullivan, groceries?Messrs. J. Lee Langston, J. G. Sullivan and M. H. Hunter. Owings & Owings, groceries ?Messrs, W. B. Sloan, A. L. Mahaffey and C. L. Hairs ton. J. H. Machen & Co., wholesale gro cers?Messrs. E. B. Machen and Willis Cooper. The F. K. Spratt Co. wholesale gro cers?F. K. Spratt and B. E. Wilson. J. S. Bennett, groceries? Messrs. J. C. Shell, F. W. Green and E. T. Babb. Dr. B. F. Posey, drugs-Dr. H. A. McLeod and Mr. T. E. Arnold. T. N. Barksdale, general merchandise -Messrs. J. A. Franks, H. D. Mahaf fey and C. T. Franks. J. L. Hopkins, dry goods, five and ten cent store?Miss Glennle Bolt and Mr. H. J. Armstrong. Kennedy Bros., groceries? Messrs. Wilmot Smith and Thos. Henderson. J. H. & M. L. Nash, hardware. Laurens Hardware Co.? Messrs. J. W. Dunklin and John Hudgens. II. Douglas Gray & Co., buggies. The Hub, dry goods -Messrs. Will M. Switzer, Rush Motes, Misses Clara Switzer, Fannie May Wright, Annie Sexton, Josie Hawkins. Todd, Simpson & Co., general mer chandise-Messrs. W. C. Winters and Clarence P. McDaniel, G. M. McDanicl. Laurens Drug Co.?Hugh K. Aiken, M. D., C. M. Miller, Phg., Messrs. J. E. Medlock and L. C. Barksdale. The Caine & Pitts Furniture Co.? Messrs. G. L. Pitts, B. K. Humphries and W. A. Moore. Davis-Roper Co., clothing, dry goods, etc.- Messrs. S. P. Babb, D. A. Davis, M. L. Roper, W. II. Anderson, John Crews, R. A. Babb, Gary Eichelberger, J. W. Henderson, I). M. Norwood, W. C. P. Robertson, H. M. Shell, C. W. Taylor, Misses Hattie Bentley, Mamie Arm strong, Bessie Crews, Nannie Dorroh, Rose Hudgens, Blanche Shell, Jennie Shealy. W. G. Wilson & Co., dry goods?Mr. Eugene Fooshe, Misses Margaret Barks dale and Sarah Dorroh. H. Terry,* dry goods Messrs. Y. S. Gilkerson, J. N. Richardson, J. F. Smith; Misses Lucia Barksdale and Edith Sexton. R. W. Willis, furniture-Mr. John Inman. O. B. Simmons Co,, dry goods, etc. Messrs. J. W. Payne, J. A. Simmons, J. A. Barksdale, J. II. Sprouse; Mrs. Thos. Downey, Misses Willie Thurston, Lizzie Switzer, Fannie Graham, Hatti Boulwaro, Hunter & Co., groceries ? Messrs. J. Mills Hunter and A. N. Bramlett. S. Diamond Estate, clothing, etc. Mrs. Diamond and Miss Annie Diamond. Dixie Clothing Co.- - Harry Switzer, Sam Miller, Carl Bramlett. S. Poliakoff, clothing. Candy Kitchen N.M. Falles, C. Falles. J. H. Thomason, groceries. The Day of the Bazar. Next Wednesday, the 6th, will be the day of the King's Daughters' Ba zar, which is to be held for the benefit of the hospital. A great deal of beau tiful fancy work will be on sale. A delicious turkey dinner will be served, and in the evening a 'possum supper. The Bazar will be much on the order of the Bazars which have been given by the ladies of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches for several seasons past, but will only last one day. A Certain Cure for Croup--Used for Ten Years Without a failure. -Mr. W. C. Bott, a Star City, Ind., hardware merchant, is enthusiastic in his praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. His children have all been subject to croup and he has used this remedy for the past ten years, and though they much feared the croup, his wife and he nlways felt safe upon retiring when a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was in the house. His oldest child was subject to severe at tacks of croup, but this remedy never ] failed to elTect a speedy cure. He has recommended it to friends and neigh bors and all who have used it say that it is unequaled for croup and whooping cough. For sale by Laurens Drug Co. D. C's Meet With Mrs. Gilkerson. The Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at the home of Mrs. W. H. Gilkerson next Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. All of the Daughters are urged to be present, as every meeting now is of great importance, on account | of the work being dono in behalf of the monument. Afflicted With Sore Eyes for 33 Years. I have been afllicted with sore eyes for thirty-three years. Thirteen years ago I hecamo totally blind and was blind for six years. My eyes we badly inflamed. One of my neighbors insisted upon my trying Chamberlain's Salve and gave mo naif a box of it. To | my surprise it healed my eyes and my sight came back to me.?-P. C. Earl, Cynthiana, Ky. Chamberlain's Salve] s for sale by Laurens Drug Co. AN ADDITIONAL POSTOFFICE CLERK. Postmaster Geo. S. McCravy has re ceived notice from the First Assistant Postmaster General authorizing him to appoint an additional clerk for tho Lau rens office. Mr. J. Y. Wallace who has been employed in the office sometime, has been given the appointment, which is effective November first. The Judge Uses Forceful Language. Judge W. B. Simmons of Fincastle, Va., told the reporter that L. & M. Paint was used on his residence in 1882, and held its color well for 21 years; he furthermore said that 3 years ago he was induced to use another paint and is sorry he did, because the other paint didn't make good. The Judge will now always use L. & M., because he knows if any defect exists in L. & M. Paint the house will be repainted for nothing. The L. & M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. Actual cost of L. & M. about .$1.20 per gallon. Aliss Nance to Visit Charleston. A meeting of the Charleston County School Improvement Association was held today, and arrangements were be gun for the reception and entertain ment of Miss Mary T. Nance, of Abbe ville, the president of the state asso ciation, who is to visit Charleston next month. The plan provides for a recep tion to Miss Nance at the Gibbes art building on Friday evening, Nov. 8, the date of her arrival here. On the fol lowing day she will address the Charles ton County Teachers' Association, and her time between this date and her de parture on Nov. 14 will be taken up with visiting various schools in the ru ral sections. A number of social enter tainments will be provided in her honor. -Charleston Cor. State, 27th. ??Pneumonia's Deadly Work had so seriously affected my right lung," writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of Rural Route 1. Georgetown, Tenn., "that I coughed continuously night and day and the neighbors' prediction? consumption?seemed inevitable, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, which in my case proved to be the only REAL cough cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs." When all other remedies utterly fail, you may still win in the battle against lung and throat troubles with New Discovery, the heal cure. Guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co., and Palmetto Drug Co. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. See our beautiful display of Swing ing and Vase Lamps, in different six.es, colors and decorations. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will praotlce in all State Courts Prompt attention given to all business Qloss Finish jL Ji Wears Out % $ Clothes ? 2s & ^IJ Gloss finish is hard upon ^IJ A your linen. To obtain a gloss A 5S| finish the goods are ironed upon J5j a machine which ruus them ^ ^ between two rolls. One of |gj these rolls runs faster than the other, thus producing a friction which with pressure and heat, ^jfc shines the starched goods. ^fc -w m W? Domestic finish requires no gl friction in fact if there is any |^ friction tho finish cannot be A obtained. A I? ?I* ? Our Domestic Finish is The * Jl Stylish Finish Jl js Laurens g? % Steam tg & Laundry & ?T Best IIy Test. m Phone 60. Laurens, S. C. Real Estate OFFERINGS 175 acres of land near Cross Anchor, Spartanburg county. Bounded by lands of Mrs. Bodo, Ashmore Tinsley, Mrs. Harris and C. Yarbor. A part of the Louis Yarbor tract. Price, $3,500. 100 acres of land near Waterloo, bounded by land of Pat Anderson, Dol ly Maden, T. A. Nichols and VV. H. Wharton. Known as the Jim Allen place. Price, $1,500. 55 1-2 acaes of land in the town of Gray Court. Bounded by the lands of S. M. Dorroh, Mrs. Nannie Garrison, E. T. Shell and J. T. Peden. Price, $2,500. 194 acres of land in Sullivan's town ship. Bounded by land of Joe D. Sulli van, Wash Sharp and others. Price, $2,250. 200 acres of land near Mt. Pleasant church, with two dwellings and out buildings. Bounded by lands of Lee Langston, Will Saxon, J. M. Pearce and the Widdy place. Price, $2,000. 3-4 acre lot, Fountain Inn, 5 room house and good out buildings, wired in with good strong wire. Price $900. 488 acres land, bounded by J. II, Abercrombie, Enoree River, J. P. Gray, O. C. Cox and others, known as the old Patterson home place. Price $7,500.00 112 acres land bounded by lands of W. P. Harris, Enoree river, J. II. Abercrombie and others. Price $2,000.00 2G3 acres, known as the Badgett place, joining lands of Watts Mills. Can be divided to suit purchaser from one acre lots to 100 acres. Prices and terms made right. 97 acres land, bounded by Gus Milam, Ed. Adair and L. C. Tribble, dwelling, one tenant house, good barn and out building, price $2,250.00 200 acres land, Waterloo township, bounded by lands of estate of W. T. Smith, J. R. Anderson and Saluda riv er. Price $2,500.00. One lot in city of Laurens, nicely located, six room cottage, containing 5-8 acres. Price $2500.00. 268 acres in Waterloo'township, nice dwelling, two tenant houses, good out building, bounded by lands of J. R. Anderson, D, C. Smith and others, known as the home place of the late Dr. J. R. Smith. Price $3,500.00. I 200 acres land, bounded by lands of Mrs. Jesse Teague, Jno. Watts, Dr. Fuller, dwelling and tennent houses, 4 horse farm in cultivation. Price I $5,000.00. One lotin city of Laurens, bounded by lands of Mrs. Ball, GO feet fronting public square, 335 feet deep, 2 store rooms. Price $4,250.00. 55 acres, dwelling, good well water, 4 miles north of Laurens, bounded by lands of Henry Mills, Lucy Mills, and Ludy Mills. Price $1,200.00. 48 1-2 acres of land, good dwelling, one tenant house, barn and out build ings, bounded by lands of Bill Irby, Billy Brown and Dr. Davis and known as tho Davenport place. Price $1,500.00. 810 acres, more or less, bounded on north by W. A. Simpson, east by H. II. Mills, south by Ludy Mills, west by Burns and others; fifteen horse farm in cultivation, 200 acres in forest, ten room dwelling, 8 tenant houses, good barns and out buildings. Price $40.00 per acre. 290 acres near Ware Shoals, bounded on the north by J. M. Oulla, on the east by Turkey creek, on the south by II. P. McGhee; known as the Bramblett place; well improved. Price $25.00 per acre. 200 acres in Chesnut Ridge section, bounded by lands of Mrs. Jessie Martin, Jno. Watts, Dr. Fuller and others. Dwelling and tenant houses. Four horse farm in cultivation. Known as the Fannie Hudgens place. Price per acre, $25.00. Part of lots No. 8 and 9 Convorce Heights, City of Spartanburg, S. C. Price $1000.00. Ten acres in the town of Lanford, bound by J. R. Franks, and others. Price $750. 39 1-2 acres bounded on the west by S. (). Leak and Laurens R. R., on north by the railroad and others. Three ten ant houses, good well of water all in cultivation. Price $2900. 2 acres land in the City of Laurens, on West Main Street, bounded by prop erty of Mrs. Catharine Holmes and oth ers. Price $1,300. 88 acres in Young's township, bound ed by lands of John Burdette, S. T. Garrett, W. P. Harris and others, GO acres in cultivation, good dwelling, two tenant houses. Price $1,850. 101 acres land, Young's township, near Martin's Cross Roads, good dwell ings and outbuildings. Price $2,500. 52 acres land, Young's township, near Martin's Cross Roads, good dwellings and outbuildings. Price $12.50 per acre. 189 acres land in Laureus township, known as the Mat Finloy place, about 4 miles from Laurens, 7-room dwelling, 3 tenant houses, all necessary outbuild ings, 130 acres in cultivation. Price $5,250. One 40x80 lot with two-story frame and metal roof store room thereon, in town of Owings, S. C. Price $650. One lot 71 x 304, more or less, front ing on Sullivan street, adjoining lot of J. M. Philpot. Good six room dwelling with city water. A bargain. $2,250.00. Eight room dwelling and 1 acre lot, corner Academy and Irby streets, Lau rens. Modern improvements. $1,600. 127 acres land, seven room dwelling, one tenant house, good out buildings, within two miles of Maddens Station. Price $1,200.00. 153 acres land, one-fourth mile of Warrior creek church, good dwelling; 3 tenant houses, good out buildings, good pastures well watered. Price $31.00 an acre. Can make easy terms. 87 acres land in Hunter township, good improvements. Price $18 por acre. 62 acres inside of Incorporate limits of the town of Gray Court. Good improve ments. Price $.'{() per acre. 147 acres of land two miles east of Gray Court, known as tho Garrett place. Price $2,000.00. 62 acres land, two dwellings and out buildings, one mile of New Harmony Church. Price $35.00 per acre. 33 Acres land with 6 room cottage in side corporal*' limits of town of Gray Court, a bargain at $1,600. 150 acres of land within the corporate limits of town of Gray Court, with dwelling and 3 tenant houses, barn and out buildings; also fine rock quarry in good working order, price $4,000. 15 acres of land, hounded by lands of Albert Ramage, Bee Ulakcly and others. Price $50 per acre. 3 acres of land in town of Fountain Inn, 6 room dwelling, barn and out buildings, price $3,000. 100 acres of located between Alma and the old Eden postofllco, with dwell ing and out buildings, price $2,250. 15 acres land in (own of Fountain Inn on Shaw street. Will he divided into 3 acre lots with one acre front. $200. per acre. Laurens Trust Co. Laurens, S. C, or J. N. LEAK Mgr. Real Est. Stocks and Bond Dept. GRAY COURT, S. C. in tho selection of your persona! effects, whether nppurel or Jewelry, you will appreciate the Ultka ExcLVSiVJaiEM of THE HOWARD WATCH Let us present the newest models for your inspection We also sell the Elgin, Wal tham, Rockford and South Bend Watches. Fleming Bros. Reliable Jewelers. BIG LOT; OF New Crop New Orleans Syrup M. H. FOWLER. Anderson & Blakely BROKERS Real Estate Renting * Stocks Bonds Burglary Theift and Fire Insurance Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St- Laukens. S. C. Or. King's New Life Pills The best in the world. The Ideal Family Medicine Chest. We carry a full and complete line of all the ?Standard Family Medicines. We make it our aim to carry only the best and those that are worthy of being in a First Class Hrug Store. If you have been wondering how to get that medicine you saw advertised, try this store. We never substitute. We have no "just as good," you get what you ask for here. Our prices will show you how to economize and save money. Dodson Edwards Drug Company Laurens, S. C. 1 'f NOW IS THE t _ ? TIME TO PLAINT ? Rye, Barley, % Vetch, Crim ? son Clover, jr4 ? Burr Clover, ? Rape, Lu= i ^ cerne, etc. ? . % g New Stock of j, ? these seeds & ? just receiv= y4 Kennedy >2 Bros. & >: :? ? Thanksgiving and Possum Dinner...... S Free Invitations to a big Possum dinner on I. Thanksgiving Day at the Lumber Yards and Vehicle Sheds of \ \ S \ H. E, GRAY & SON. s ^ Bring ycur Possum with you or send it the /jS day before and we will have it cooked and fur /|S nish the bread, taters and coffee and pure spring jj? water from Hudgens' spring. No joke about A this. We will have a Possum barbecue if the jL Possums get here and we hope they will come in JjS time to be well prepared and lots of them. ? <f|S Let us hear from you in time to get ready a /JS for this occasion. Come and let's have some fun /? jjj while we eat Possum and 'taters and return our Jg A thanks for good crops and big prices for cotton. A m Respectfully, W I H. E. GRAY & SON f Heat and Cold These are two extremes to be avoided. The dis carded fan lies motionless, the natural currents of air circulating on an October day justifies seeking a preventive from cold. Here is opened some warm numbers in Ladies' and Children's Underwear, they come in separate I Kieces. Knit Underskirts, Zephyr Shawls and | lufflers. HOSIERY Ladies' Hosiery in wool, plain and small rib bed cotton, and cotton fleece lined. FOR MISSES AND CHILDREN. In three grades hard to duplicate at these prices, 10c, 20c and 25c the pair. Test the value of this hosiery between finger and thumb before making a selection elsewhere. W. Q. Wilson & Co. ran School Books and Supplies. We call special attention to the extra thick pencil tablet for 5c. One good thick tablet for ink and two post cards only 5c. Get all your school needs filled here. Palmetto Drug Co. J *oooooooooooooooooooooooo That Essential Quality... While this bank adopts every desirable method of modern banking, it never loses sight of that essential quality: Absolute Safety. 8 The Bank of Laurens The Hank For ^our Savings. HHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* FOR AGENTS --- A SUCCESS "The Old World and Its Ways" ? BY ? Wm. Jennings Bryan 576 Imperial Octavo Pages. 251 Superb : Engravings from photographs taken by I Col. Bryan. 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