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THE ADVERTISER Subscription Prlcc-12 Mouths, $1.00 Payable in Advauce. _(_ W. W. BALL, Editor. 1'ubmshed by ADVERTISER printing company LAURENS. s. 0. Kates for advertising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, one inser tion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Liberal reduction made for large advertisements, ituaries: All over 50 words, one cent i word. Jotes of thanks: Five cents the line. Entered at the postofllce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, JANUARY I, 1908. P0ST0FFICK BUILDING FOR LAURENS. If hard work on the part of Senators Tillman and Latimer, Congressman Joseph T. Johnson and others of the South Carolina delegation in Congress can bring it about, a Federal postoflice building, and a handsome one at that, should be built in Laurens. Laurens deserves it. Ever since 1876 Laurens county has done more to elect Demo crats in South Carolina than any other county. This is not much of an argu ment for a Republican Congress, but .ve are not addressing it to Republicans; ve are speaking to Democratic Sena ?ors and Congressmen. In 1876 Lau ens was one of the two pivotal coun ties. In 1890 Captain Tillman would not have been elected Covcrnor but for the energy and ability displayed by the late Col. .1. L. M. Irby, and he had the issistance of the late Capt. G. W. Shell. Meantime, since 1876, Laurens has grown from a village of seven hun dred to a city of seven thousand peo ple. It has four banks, two great cot ton mills, numerous smaller industries and an admirable system of public schools. The city is the center of a county producing forty thousand bales of cotton, and its business is steadily and rapidly increasing. What have the Senators and Con gressmen done for Laurens? Nobody, except perhaps The Avertiser, has urged Laurens very strongly as the place for a Federal court house, and there is no hope of getting that. Con gressmen have boomed and boosted Greenwood, Chester, Rock Hill and other hamlets] Greenville, Spartan burg, Florence and other little places have been taken care of, but Laurens has gotten nothing. Pcihaps the time lias not been opportune, but the fact is that Laurens has been looked to as a voting and yelling county for 32 years, and nothing has been done for Laurens. Of course Laurens has free rural de 1 vary, but so has every other county in the district and most of the counties in thousands of other districts. In this Laurens has received no more than its ordinary rights, and we are under no special obligations to anybody on ac count of them. We haven't even had an appropriation for the improvement of navigation of the Saluda and Enoree rivers. We suppose now, at last, this move ment on the part of Congressman Jo seph T Johnson and Senator Asbury Churchhill Latimer for a postoflice hjuilding has begun in earnest. We are mich obliged to them. It is their duty ?id the duty of our noble leader, Sena tor Tillman, to coerce the Republican Congress to make this appropriation. They can do it if they arc in earnest. There isn't much of this kind of thing that Tillman, Johnson, Latimer and the rest can't do if they try hard enough, and when they go on the stump next summer the yelling voters of Laurens will hear thrilling and glorious ac counts of their achievements for the people. If they don't succeed in get ting the appropriations the people of Laurens will understand that they haven't struggled, worked, toiled, moiled, fought, bled and died enough for Laurens in the committee rooms of Congress. This we say because we be lieve we know a man who could get us this postofHco if he were in Congress. Congressman Johnson is striving also for a co.irt house for Union. That is al' right. We suppose that our represen tative thinks he can get postoflices for both towns, and we hope that he will do so; but if he can get only one at a time that one belongs to Laurens. Therefore, we lay down the law and the political gospel to these Congress men that, come what may, the post oflice for Laurens must be built, and built right away, or there will be such an upheaval, revolution and explosion in this county as will scare them into convulsions. Why should the people of Laurens vote, yell and "resolute" forever and incessantly, and got nothing? What j arc we here for, and what are the Con- ' gressrnen there for, anyhow? Seriously, if the Senators and the Representatives of this district mean business, the early erection of the post oflice in Laurens is a certainty. PROSPERITY FOR 1908. We wish our readers and subscribers a prosperous new year. Rut if the j new year, 1008, is to be a prosperous One we, all of us, have got to act with common sense. While there is a great quantity of cotton {and more com and provender than usual at the beginning of the year in the country, we had better keep in mind that "hard times" are felt throughout the country. New York is j short of money very - though they say I conditions are improving. New Eng land cotton mills are shutting down for : two days in the week. Ranks every ] where are reluctant to lend money and if this keeps up industry is going to Hag. Factories are built largely with borrowed money. This means that wages will be lower nndproduction cur tailed which in turn means lower prices for all producta. When the wage earners are out of employment who is to buy the goods? We think conditions are getting bet ter and that there is no danger of the price of cotton dropping, but we advise our people not to tali* too much for HOUSEKEEPERS, READ THIS! We will sturt Friday morning, next, u great Clearance Cost Sale. We have nevor before advertised a Cost Sale, and we want to say that it is no idle talk. We want to turn our large stock into money and wo assure the trade that there awaits all who visit us a great many surprising Bargains. Noth ing reaerved-but the entire stock goes on sale Friday morning. Read our large advertisement in this paper and see us Friday morning. 0. B. SIMMONS COMPANY, granted. If the price of cotton is sus tained, (and we think it wi'.l be if the farmers do not get scared and unload too much cotton at opce,) there should be sales of cotton every week until the next crop comes in which should keep trade healthy and easy in these parts. But no man should be over-confident. The thing to do in these times is to be careful about spending. Don't spend more than is reasonably necessary. Don't be stingy, don't hesitate to pay debts, but don't be extravagant and don't be persuaded to buy tilings which are really not needed. This is no time to indulge' in fancies. If our people will sit steady in the boat they will sus tain prosperity in this country no matter what happens for they were never gen erally so well fortified to endure a pe riod of money stringency. But the man who is reckless and extravagant, when the whole financial world is nervous is a fool. So don't be extravagant. Don't throw away a dollar. Don't even sub scribe for The Advertiser unless you think it is worth a dollar a year at least. Possibly the advice we have just given couldn't save you any money and, be sides, you might save the dollar by bor rowing your neighbor's paper. If we bad five hundred dollars to spare and wanted one of the new fangled, self-playing pianos we would put the money in the bank and wait until the storm is over before buying it. IF THE STATE IS FOR BRYAN. If the Democrats of South Carolina want Bryan to be the Democratic nomi nee for President they ought to send a Bryan delegation to Denver, not an in structed delegation, but a set of men who are sincerely in favor of William Jennings Bryan, the only great leader of the party who would be absolutely sui*e to be defeated. We do not believe in sending instructed delegates. It is better to choose honest and hard-headed men who can be depended on without tying them up with instructions. Of coerse the delegates ought to be John A. Johnson men. He is the man who can be elected. The son of a Swedish immigrant who was a black smith and of a Swedish woman who did her own washing, this man Johnson went to work when he was nothing but a "kid" to support his family and two years ago was re elected Governor of a State overwhelmingly Republican by a majority of 77,000 votes. He has al ways been a party man, is a friend of Bryan for that matter, he helped to bring about a two cent passenger rate in Minnesota, he is as smart as a man can be, has never made a fortune but has earned a living and pays his debts. He would get all the Swedish, Nor wegian and German votes in the great North Western States and would beat any Republican candidate, at least he would stand an excellent chance to be elected. As for Col. Bryan, nice gentleman and sweet-toned, melodious, oratorical prodigy as he is, he would carry the Solid South, not including Maryland and West Virginia and no other States, not even his own State of Nebraska. But if the people of South Carolina want Bryan nominated they should choose a Bryan delegation. People who cry for crow should get it and insist upon hav ing it. The Wreck of the Alaine. A New York man writes to the N. Y. Sun as follows: "I notice a petition has been pre sented to Congress by the surviving soldiers of the Spanish war, praying that the wreck of the ship Maine be raised, and for the proper sepulture of the dead now rotting in her hulk. It is surprising that any thoughtful person can expect anything of the kind to be done. "When our commission that investi gated the cause of the catastrophe re ported that the Maine was blown up from the outside the Spanish commis sion investigating at the same time re ported that she was blown up from the inside, and asked our government to have an impartial investigation made, to the end that if it were found that the Maine was blown up from the out side any demand our government might make upon Spain would be satisfied. The reply was that we bad no time for that, as we were going to war. "After the war was over, and the de tails of peace were settled in Paris the Spanish commission said to our repre sentatives that the United Stales had put a stigma on Spain in charging that Spaniards had wrecked the Maine, and they asked the privilege of raising the Maine and proving she was blown up from the inside. Our commission re plied that Spain would not be allowed to touch the wreck. "The United States government can go half around the world and raise Spanish hulks in Manila Bay, but the Maine, at our door, with scores of bod ies of our sailors rotting inside, with her bow fifteen feet out of water, must not be touched, even if Spain would raise her without cost to us. I am sur prised that anyone can be so deluded as to think that our government will ever allow that wreck to be raised unless it can be done without letting the world know the facts." How is Your Digestion? Mrp. Mary Dowling, of No. 228 8th avenue, San Francisco, recommends a remedy for stomach trouble. She says; "Gratitude for the wonderful effect of ICIectrie Bittern in a rase of acute indi gestion prompts this testimonial. I am fully convinced that for stomach and liver troubles Electric Bitters is the best remedy on the market today." This great tonic and alterative medi cine invigorates the eystem, purifies the blood, and ie especially helpful in all forms of female weakness. SOc at laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co., dwgglats. ROMANCE OF INN SIGNS. 8ome of tho Quaint Legends Still to De Found In England There would, Indeed, seem to be uo limit to the number of quaint inn signs in England. At King's I .yon, In Norfolk, for instance, is to be seed the Honest Lawyer. An old painting la fastened to the wall deplctlug a law yer carrying bis bead In bis baud, Im plying,, of course, that uo lawyer Is honest while his bead remains on his Shoulders. This Is a variation of the better known sign of the Silent Wo man, in which a headless woman Is represented. The Three Compasses Is a frequent slgu on French, German and Dutch ns well as English inns. Tbo Inn of that name in Orosvenor row, Pimllco, was formerly called the Goat and Compasses. Others have suggested that tho sign Is a corruption of tho puritanical phrase "God encouipasseth us." The goat, however, may liavo been the original sign, to which mine host add ed bis Masonic emblem of tbo com passes?a likely explanation, seeing that there Is a Salmon and Compasses at Petersborough. The sign of the Cat and tho Fiddle Is supposed to have originated with the nursery rhyme: Hey diddle diddle. The cat und tho fiddle. But other explanations have been of fered. Oue Is that It may have orig inated with certain Cntou fldole, a stanch Protestant, in the reign of Queen Mary, and only have been changed Into the cat and fiddle by cor ruption. If this Is so It must have lost its original appellation very early for In 1080 we And "Henry Carr, slgllO of tho Catte and Fldlo In tho Old Chauilge." The Hull and (Jate, in Elolborn, at: which Tom Jones alighted when be first came lo London, proba bly took Its name from Boulogne Gate. The Hull and Mouth?a frequent sign Is a corruption of Roulognc Mouth, and both no doubt were intended as compliments to Henry VIII., who took Boulogne in 1514. An Inn at Llnudaff onco had for Its sign the Cock. But, trade getting rather depressed, the landlord thought be would try the ef fect of a new sign. He accordingly put up a portrait of tho bishop of Llandnff and called the house by that name. A rival In tho neighborhood thought he saw bis way to make fresh customers by this change and straight way altered the sign of his inn to the Cock, with good results. Landlord No. 1. hearing of this, was greatly ex asperated, and by way of Checkmating bis adversary he had painted up un der the bishop's portrait, "This Is the Old Cock!" About a mile outside the little vil lage of Tintwlstle Is an Inn bearing the sign the Shepherd Is a Very Quiet Man. A former tenant of the house, which Is opposite the lower end of Torsidt? reservoir of the Manchester waterworks, Avas Joseph Brownhill, known ns the Shepherd of Woodhcnd. He died In 1830, and his portrait still bangs in the front room of the Inn, which Is locally known as the Quiet Shepherd. This inn can bo seen from the Great Central main line and Is the property of Lord Tolleinaehe of Hel mlnghnm. Near Prestwlch is the Same Yet. This was formerly known as the Seven Stars, but a bygone land lord decided to have his si?j;n repainted. When the painters asked what they were to put on the board he replied, "Same yet." And they took him at his word. At Old Turnford, In Worcestershire, there Is a sign which represents a ne gro in a tub. Two women in white aprons and caps are endeavoring to scrub him white, the whole represent ing the Labor In Vain. Yet another, In the main street of Dudley, has for a sign the Bound of Beef, while some where in the south of England is tbe Devil and Bag o' Nails. And with that I feel I must close my list?P. T. O. Weekly. A Clover Amerioan. A Frenchman, a German, an Eng lishman and an American were sitting before an open fire, each ono telling of the greatness of bis native country. while speaking the Frenchman took from bis wallet a dollar bill, rolled it up, touched it to the coals and lighted a cigar with It. The others were Impressed, and soon the German opened bis wallet, brought forth a ten dollar bill, rolled It up, touched it to the coals and lighted his cigar with it. The Englishman thought it very fool ish, but be could not be outdone nor have It appear that England was not, as ever, the richest of all, so be calm ly took a $100 bill and sacrificed It to light bis cigar. The American looked on in wonder. He hadn't even a dollar bill with him, and yet he knew be represented tho leading raco of all, which was never outwitted nor outdone by any one or any country, so he quietly drew forth a cheek book, wrote a check for $10, 000 on a prominent New York bank, duly signed It, rolled it up, touched R to the coals and lighted his cigar with it, while bis confreres watched him curiously and intently. Wanted?Another Victim. One day an agent of Fouquier Tin vllle came to the Luxembourg with a list of victims, drawn up by the nc CUSSteur, which contained eighteen names. He collected seventeen of these unfortunates, but could not find the eighteenth. A suspect was passing by, and tho agent asked his iiniuc, Tbo prisoner declined to give It, and the agent at once handed him over to tbo gendarmes. Next, day the man wns guillotined. Another day an agent sum moned a prisoner of fifty, but the man did not answer to bis name, and a lad of seventeen who was playing at ball was seized, taken to the conciergerle and put to death. Under tbe Rose. Sub rosa means literally "under tbe rose." The phraso dates from 477 B. ('.. when Pausanlas, the commander of tbe confederated fleet of Spartan* and Athenians, wns engaged In an In trigue with Xerxes to betray Greece to the Persian ruler and to obtain In marriage the band of the monarch's daughter. Tbo negotiations were car ried on under a roof which was cov ered With roses and were matured lit erally "under the rose." Pausanlns, however, was betrayed nnd to escape arrest tied to tho temple of Minerva. The sanctity of this place forbidding Intrusion for violence of any kind, the people walled up tho odlfleo with stones and Ipft the fugitive to die of Starvation, His own mother laid the first stone. It afterword became n custom among tbe Athenians to wear a rose when they had confidential compllineifts to make, the flower Im plying strict secrecy. It was also cus tomary Among tbo ancient Germans on ttio occasions of festivity to sus pend a rose above the table as a token that whatever was said during tho feast should be kept secret among themselves. In 152fl a rose was placed over confessionals In Roman Catholic churcbts. THE STUPID RHINOCEROS. Relics Principally on His Wonderful Sense of Smoll. Ho is u stupid beast?this rhino?ap parently not using his sight to any greut extent, but relying ou n wonder ful sense of smell and a very disturb ing ability to hear. Once he strikes a scent that Is irritating to his temper or bears a sound that dissatisfies him he takes uu instant to decide the direc tion, and then puttiug down his hugo ugly head so that his big horu is ready for business he charges at the top of his sliced hi a perfectly straight line, making a terrible rumpus over It. You only have to Jump a fow feet to oue side or the other, and be will go teur ing by and keep on going until he Is tired. I let one go by because condi tions did not admit of my stopping him nnd then climbed a -little tree aud fol lowed hlin with a field glass as ho tore along in a cloud of dust for over two miles. Auother time one of the men gavo a grunt, spoke the one word "klfaru" and pointed to a black spot half a mile away which under the glass turned out to be one of the strange, cumber some beasts we were looking for. He showed a very good front born, and the boys both agreed that bo was a reasonably good "man." It was only a few moments when wo could hear the rhino moving toward us dead to windward and snlfnug about in Ids own peculiar and rather appall ing fashion. Suddenly he came direct ly into the burned patch perhaps a hundred yards away. The first thing that I noticed now was there were six or seven brown birds perched in o row ou Ids back. These signal birds?some times white, sometimes brown?sit on their big companion's spine and relievo hlin of superlluous ticks. So long ns they sit (hero he knows that there Is no danger and cuts on in peace and quiet. The Instant they fly oft, as they do on the slightest warning, up conies his big snout, and he lets out a suc cession of snltTs or whistles, caused by his nttempt to scent the direction of the danger, for danger there is, he knows. On came the beast in a zigzag line until he was not over fifty yards away. Then the birds caught sight of me and flew off. Up came the big head, and the fun begun. All was ready except that he was too directly head on for me to get In a shot below the car, which was what I wonted. Then he turned Into the long grass, nnd we lost sight of hlin. I moved in to the long grass also, taking care to keep always to leeward. In a mo ment we could see the top of his back about twenty yards oft', and I covered the place where Ids head ought to be with the rifle. Then I got what seem ed to be the best sight I might have, especially as twenty yards was about ns close ns personal comfort and ease of mind allowed, and I fired. He was the first very large animal I had killed, and my first sensation was one of blank astonishment that one bullet could put him out of busi ness so suddenly nnd so completely. As a matter of fact he simply sank down in the grass nnd wns dend bo fore he wns L'alrly stretched on the ground. The two natives rnn nt him at once, being careful to approach him from behind, and, grabbing his tall, climbed up or his back, dancing a cancan and yelling and screaming like madmen, and then we went back nnd got ten porters to come and cut him up. The skull is so big and heavy thnt It Is not feasible to carry owoy tho whole head, nnd we therefore cut nwny tho horns, tnklng care to get the skin In* tact?Appleton's. Watch Jewela. Each watch jewel Is shaped to a cir cle and bored through the center, each boring l>elng Just n little less than the diameter of the pinion used in the fac tory where It Is finally to tie placed in the upper or lower plate of a wntch. Before the jewel gets to tho setter It has been put Into n hitho ond by means of a minute steel point covered with diamond dust nnd oil tho center hns been enlarged to fit the steel pinions which shall bo housed In It. In the hands of the setter the cylinder Is put Into a lathe. With a moistened finger the jewel is picked up and placed in side the cylinder as It rests on the tip of the revolving lathe shaft. With a pointed tool the setter presses nguinst the revolving cyllndor edge, forcing tho soft metal to overlap and close upon the sapphire or ruby till it Is Imbedded firmly in tho metal cushion. Then a pressure upon a follower at the other end of the lathe brings a cutter to bear upon the metal circumference, turning it to tho exact size of tho jewel hole In the ploto of tho watch, With the hole In tho center of the jewel exactly fn the center of the met al setting.?New York Times. This Serpent Out of the Hedge. When a man doth not directly or ex pressly charge his neighbor with faults, but yet so spenketh that he Is understood or reasonably presumed to do It, this Is a very cunning and very mischievous way of slandering, for therein the skulking calumniator keep 0th a reserve for himself nnd cutteth off from the person concerned the means of defense. If he gooth to clear himself from the matter of such asper sions, "What need," saltb this insidi ous speaker, "of thnt? Must I needs mean you? Did I niinio you? Why do you then assume it to yourself'/ Do you not prejudgo yourself guilty? I did not, but your own conscience, it seem eth, doth accuse you. You are so jeal ous and suspicious as persons overwlse or guilty uso to be." So meiineth this serpent out of the hedge securely and unavoidably to bite his neighbor and is In that espeot more baso aud moro hurtful than tho most flat aud positive slanderer.? Isaac Harrow. Convenient Banking. The bank examiners of the treasury department have some odd and amus ing experiences during their investiga tions of country banks. At one small and primitive institution an examiner found a deficiency of (100. Of course an explanation was demanded. The cashier made a brave attempt to look wise. Finally ho took $100 from R private money drawer. "There, that will fix it," he said. "How will you enter that to make good the balance?" asked tho exam iner. The cashier looked bewildered, but finally said he would not enter It at all. "You see," he remarked, "that draw er I just wont Into to make the bnl anee is what wo call tho 'outs and over' drawer. Whenever we'ro out of balance we go to 'outs ond over' to make things right. Then, again, when the sheet shows moro cash than wo ought to have the surplus goes to tho drawer. Funny the city banks novor thought of that schomo." ? Harper's Weekly. BucfeflesVa Arnica ?a?we The Best Salve In The World. NOTICE .-OF County Treasurer. The County Treasurer's Books will be open for collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for Fis cal Year, 1907, at the Treasurer's Ollice from October 15th., to December 31st., 1907. Those who prefer to do so can pay in January, 1907, with one per cent addi tional. Those who prefer paying in February, 1908, can do so with two per cent additional. Those who prefer to pay in March, 1908, to the 15th., of said month, can do so by paying seven per cent additional. After said date the Books v/ill close. All persons owning property or pay ing Taxes for others in more than one Township are requested to call for re ceipts in each of the several Townships in which they live. This is important as additional cost and penalty may be attached. Prompt attention will be given to those who wish to pay their Taxes through the mail by check, mon ey order, etc. Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are urged to send them early as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of Decem ber. The Tax Levy is as follows: State Tax.4i mills County Ordinary,.3 mills Special County,.l\ mills Road Tax.2 mills School.3 mills Survey of proposed County of Fairview,.0" mills Total,. 14* mills SPECIAL schools: Laurens Special No. 11 33-4 mills " " No. 1 4 mills " " No. 2 2 mills " No. 3 2 mills No. 4 2 mills No. 5 2 mills " " No. G 2 mills " " No. 7 4 mills Youngs Special No. 10 21-2 mills Ora " No. 12 2 mills Fountain Inn " No. 3? 4 mills Dials " No. 1 :i mills No. 3 2 mills No. 5 2 mills " No. 6 2 mills] Sullivan " No. 1 3 mills No. G 2 1-2 mills No. 7 3 mills Waterloo " No. 11 3 mills No. 1 3 mills No. 2 2 mills No. 3 2 mills No. G 2 mills Cross Hill " No. 13 3 mills Cross Hill Sinking fund, 2 1-4 mills Cross Hill Township High School,. 0 3-4 mills Mountville Special No. IG 2 1-2 mills Hunter " No. 5 3 mills Sullivan Township R. R. Bonds,.4 mills All able bodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 are liable to pay a Poll Tax of $1.00, except old soldiers who are exempt at 50 years. Commutation Road Tax $1.00. in lieu of Road duty. Road Tax to be paid by the 1st., day of March. 1908. Other Taxes to be paid at the time stated above. J. D. MOCK, County Treasurer. Oct. 9 1907 td. Anderson & BROKERS Real Estate Renting Stocks Bonds Burglary Theift and Fire Insurance Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St- LAURENS, S. C. ?ft ?2 Why High Gloss ?3 |l Is Not Stylish. ?8 ?2-eg ?0 High gloss Finish is not a ? natural finish. Linen in its ^jj natural state has no such shine. w^ ^gl Like all artifical styles; it soon lost in favor among particular f& u people and when the new, m A natural Domestic finish was in- A troduced ? was discarded al fi^ together. ?g| Our laundry furnishes the Sj? "simon pure" Domestic finish ^jji ?5| not a gloss finish wiped oil* fl5? with a damp rag. i< _ -_? 2 ?s Laurens s? ?2 Steam Jp (fi Laundry A The Laundry that has Made * Laurens Famous. g| ft IMioiic 60. Laurens, S. C. ?K Notice. The slate of my health is such as to necessitate a change of climate. In leaving, my affairs have been left in the hands of John A. Franks. He is duly empowered to act as my agent. All who are indebted to me are urgently requested to come at once and arrange matters. 17t.f T. N. HARK SI) ALF.. PUnty of Th?m. Mrs. Chatterton?I always weigh roy words before speaking. Mr. Chatter ton?Well, my dear, no oue can ac cuse you of giving short weight.?Kx 2ha.uge. Real Estate OFFERINGS Four aero lot with 10 room dwelling with cook room and pantry, bounded on north by C. & W. ('. Ry. east by north Harper street, south and west by Joe Williams and others.- Ha-; beautiful grove, good barn and outbuildings: one of the finest locations in the city, rl i< ' only $7,500.00. 84 acres near Friendship church, good dwelling and outbuildings. Bounded bj lands of W. R. Cheek, I). Woods and others. Price $2,500.00. One lot with four room h, use on Gar lington st., nicely located. I'rice$1,050. 5U acres at Cray Court, 4-room liousc and out building, bounded by lands of E. T. Shell and M. H. Burdino. I'r: $00 per acre. 240 acres land, 2 milesof Fountain Inn known as the Tom Harrison place, go< d dwelling, 2 tenant houses, barn and out buildings. Price $8,500.00. Seven room house and two acre I"! in town of Gray Court, modern build. Price 2,500.00. 08 acres land 2\ miles Cray Court, bounded by lands of J. H. Godfrey, John Armstrong and otl ers. Price$1,(550.00. 175 acres of laud near Cross Anchor, Spartanburg county. Bounded l>y hinds ol Mrs. Bobo, Ashmoro Tin-ley, Mrs. Harris and C. Yarbor. A part of the Louis Yarbor trad. Price, $3,500. 100 acres of land near Waterloo, hounded l>v land of Pal Anders? n, Dol ly Maden," T. A. Nichols and \V. H. Wharton, Known as the Jim Allen place. Price, $1,600. 101 acres of land in Sullivan's town ship. Bounded by land of Joe D. Sulli-j 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 Leo Langs ton, Will Saxon,' J. M. Pearco and the Widdy place. Price, $2,000. 3-4 acre lot, Fountain 1 nn, 5 room house and good out buildings, wired in with 1 good strong wire. Price $90 >. 488 acres land, bounded by .!. II, Abercrombie, Enoree River, J. P. Gray, (). C. Cox and others, known as the old Patterson home place. Price $7,500.00 112 acres land hounded by lands of W. P. Harris, Enoree river, .1. II. Abercrombie and others. Price $2,000.00 2(58 acres, known as the Bndgctl place, joining lands of Watts Mills. Can be divided to suit purchaser fr. one acre lots to 100 acres. Prices and terms made right. 07 acres land, hounded byCus Milum, Ed. Adair and L. C. Tribblc, dwellinj . one tenant house, good bai n and out building, price $2,250.no 200 acres land, Waterloo township, bounded by lands of estate of W. . Smith, .J. R. Anderson and Saluda riv er. Price $2,500.00. One lot in city of Laurens, nicely located, six room cottage, containiug 5-S acres. Price $2500.00. 2GS acres in Waterloo township, nice 1 dwelling, two tenant houses., good out building, bounded by lands of J. It. Anderson, 1). C. Smith and otlu known as the home plr.ee of tl In Dr. .). R. Smith. Prico $3,500.00. 2!)0 acres land, bounded by lands of Mrs. Jesse Teaguo, Jno, VVatl . Dr. Fuller, dwelling and leimen! hm ? ? ! horse farm in cultivation. Price $5,000.00. One lot. in city of Laurens, bounded by lands of Mrs. * Ball, 60 feet fronting public square, 335 feet deep, 2 store rooms. Price $4,250.00. 55 acres, dwelling, good well water, I mile.; north of Laurens, bounded by lands of Henry Mills, Lucy Mills, anil Ludy Mills. Prico $1,200.00. 48 1-2 acre.; of land, good dwoliiii] , one tenant house, barn and oul build ings, bounded by lands of Bill Irby, Billy Brown and Dr. Davis and l:n ..... as the Davenport place. Prico $1,500.1 0. Slu acres, more or loss,- bounded on 'north by W. A. Simpson, oasi by IL IL Mills, south by Ludy Mills, west by Burns and others; IIfteen horse farm in cultivation, 200 acres in forest, ten room dwelling, 8 tenant houses, good barns and out buildings. Prico $40.00 per acre. 200 acres near Ware Shoals, bounded on the north by J, M. Oulla, on tin east by Turkey creek, on the south by II. P. McGhce; known ns the Bramblott place; well improved. Trice $25.00 per acre. 200 acres in Chcsnut Ridge section, hounded by lands of Mrs. Jessie Marlin, Jno. Watts, Dr. Fuller and others. Dwelling and tenant house.-.. Four horse farm in cultivation. Known as the Fannie Hudgcns place. Price por acre, $25.00. Part of lots No. 8 and 0 Convci'CO Heights, City of Spartanburg, S. C. Price $1000.00. Ten acres in the town of L:\nford, bound by J. R. Franks, and others. Price $750. 30 1-2 acres bounded on the west by S. O. Leak ami Laurens K. U., on north by tin* railroad and others. Three ten ant houses, good well of water all in j cultivation. Price $2900. 2 acres land in tho City of Laurens, 1 on West Main Street, bounded by prop- I erty of Mrs. Catharine Holmes und oth- I ers. Price $1,300. 88 acres in Young's township, bound ed by lands of .lohn B?rdetle, S. T. Carroll, VV. P. Harris and others, 60 acres in cultivation, good dwelling, two tenant houses. Price $1,850, loi acros land, Young's township, near Martin's Cross Bonds, (food 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 Laurens township, i known as the Mat Finloy place, about I miles from Laurens, 7-rooin dwelling, \\ tenant houses, nil necessary outbuild ings, BIO 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 801, more or less, fron I ing on Sullivan si reed, adjoining lot of I .1. M. Philpot. Good six roon dwelling with city Water. A bargain. $2,250.00. Fight room dwelling and I acre lot, corner Academy and Irby streets, Latl rens. Modern Improvements. $l,600, 15:5 acres land, one-fourth mile of Warrior creek church, good (lw< Hing; 3 tenant houses, good out buildings, good pastures well watered. Price $31.00 an acre. Can make easy torms, 87 acres land in I limit r township, good improvements. Price $18 per i ere. 147 acres of land two mil< > eusd of Cray Court, known ns the Garrel I . ' ice. Price $2,000.00. 02 acres land, two dwellings and out buildings, one mile of Now Harmony Church. Price $35.00 per acre. 150 acres of land within tho corporate limits of town of Gray Couid, with dwelling and 8 tenant house , barn and out buildings; also tine reels quarry in good working order, price $1,000. 15 acres of land, bounded by lands of Albert Ramngo, Bee Blakely and Othoi'S. Price $50 per acre. Laurens Trust Co. Laurens, S. C, op J. N. LEAK Mgr. Real Eat. Stocks and Bond Dept. CRAY COTTRT, S. 0. We take this method to thank our customers for their liberal patron age during the year 1907. Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year. Respectfully W. Q. Wilson & Co. R. A. COOPER, C. VV. TUNE, J. F. TOLBERT, M. J. OWINGS President. Sec'y and Trees. Mgr. Ins. Depart. Vice-Pres. DIRECTORS: j. o. C. Fleming, c. E. Kennedy vv. J. Fleming E. P. Wharton, J. W. Toon, J, F. Tolbert, C. D. moseley, S. J. craig, W. a. WATTS, ii. k. Aiken, 1). A. Davis, m. .!. Owings, s. m. WlLKES, J. W. DUPREE, R. a. cooper. Laurens Trust Company Capital Stock $25,000 Ri al Estate, Stocks and Bonds bought and sold. Loans negotiated oh Real Es tate long time and easy payments. Our Insurance Manager, Mr. J. F. Tolbert, can give you the very best Life and Fire Insurance contracts. We also act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Receiver, Trustee, etc. Give Us Your Business and Help a Home Enterprise. * ... . _ - The man who flguro3 hli paint onnonsc, not* by tb.o Bra jjjt? c?st, but ?n iiio broatlot* basis of * :? ;'.. per month bv ye g# ho i; thn man who contitloiii all the element.- ontethi? into |ho W tel paint cpiei Uon?I.e. 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A POPULAR SONG One of the new songs that is attracting much attention in New York bears the unique title of k "Kvery Little Bit Added to What You Got Makes I .lust a Little Bit More." It is certainly a trite truism of the Savings Bank Account and the most nossimistic folks will admit no matter how little you put by each week if you persist in the "little" it requires only persistance and time for you to have an amount worth while. The 4 per cent, in terest we pay to all savers is also quite an item. Why don't you begin with a little bit right NOW? S $1.00 will start you. We Pa> 5 per cent on Time Certificates ENTERPRISE BANK LAURENS, S. C.