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RED IRON RACKET ....Burns' Company, Originators of Selling.... More Goods for Same Money?Same Goods for Less Money. You can buy here for 15 to 35 per cent, less than elsewhere. All Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Dress Goods, flillinery, Notions, and Racket Goods. Don't miss seeing the Special Bargains in Our New Annex Cutlery, Tin, Glass, Crockery, Enameled Ware, Trunks, Rugs, Suit Cases, Clocks, Buggy Whips and Thousands of Racket Goods- Cigarettes, Tobacco, Cigars. All going at Red Hot Prices. Burns' Company 4 Underselling Stores RED IRON RACKET Laurens, Greenwood and Spartanburg, S. C. Burns' C?mpany 4 Und* Hing Stores ********* ** ****** * * ***** * CHRISTMAS TALK. | BY W. D. S. E ?-*-***********4*********** The mandate has gone" out for me to (|nit writing. The other night I retired early to bed and wife supposing I was asleep picked up The Advertiser to read to the children. She found the James article and after reading it com mented as follows: "I think pa had bet ter quit writing for the paper. If he can't find anything better to write about than an old woman's skirt he must be out of soap." I am so far behind the times that I get ashamed of myself. I beard daugh ter say, "Put the pacifier in Tommy's mouth." I did not know what in the world she was talking about till I saw Miem putting a rubber nipple in the aby's mouth. Pacifier indeed! An ther wrinkle for the old man. It's commendable in our people the rderly Chvistmas we had this year. I ;.ave not smelt the first whiff of whis vey during the holidays. We are hav g a lively Christmas at our bouse. :o daughters arc here with their baby .ys and they are demanding attention, no mother has the grip and wife is ?>king after her Tommy. Night and .y he calls on grandma and it tickles o to hear her singing and talking baby ?lk to him. She is twenty years out ?f practice on this line and ?he can't ? itch the right note in her songs. We are now blessed with twenty grandchildren. $100 Reward, $1*0. The readers of this paper will be leased to learn that there ib at least \e dreaded disease that science has ?i'ii able to cure in all its stages, and ist is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure the only positive cure now known to e medical fraternity. Catarrh being onstitutional disease, requires a con .utionsl treatment. Hall's Catarrh ire i.'i taken internally, acting di ctly upon the blood and mucous sur ges of the system, thereby destroy ; the foundation of the disease, and ving the patient strength by building > the constitution and attainting nature doing its work. The proprietors ?re so much faith in its curative pow that they offer One Hundred Dol ? s for any case that it fails to cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. stimoniata sent free. Price 75 cents bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills tor constipa Big Sale On. The Clearance Sale at O. B. Sim nons' has drawn good crowds, and the i idies of the city have shopped with much satisfaction and profit. Our mer chants put many good things on the market, and the January sales are an icipated by all prudent housewives as a time to get valuable bargains. Seven Years of Proof. "I have had seven years of proof that Dr. King's New Discovery is the best medicine to take for coughs and colds and for every diseased condition of throat, chest or lungs," says W. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world has had thirty-eight years of proof that Dr. King s New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, hay fevor, bronchitis, nemorrhBge of the lungs and the early stages of consumption. Its timely use always prevents the development of Eneumonia. Sold under guarantee at .aurens Drug Co. 's and Palmetto Drug Co.'s drug storo, 50c and $1. Trial bot tle free. John O. Edwards, treasurer of Berke .ey county, was suspended from office .i fow days ago by Gov. Ansel, on ac ount of charges preferred against him ?y Comptroller General Jones. The treasurer's books were recently exam ined by an expert, and revealed a short age amonting to $5,000. The finest Coffee Substitute ever made has recently been produced by Dr. Shoop, of Racme, Wis. You don t nave to boil it fifteen or twenty min utes. "Made in a minute." says the doctor. "Health Coffee" is really the closest coffee imitation ever yet pro duced. Not a grain of real coffee in it, ?ither. Health Coffee Imitation in made from pure toasted cereals or grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert, were he to unknowingly trink it for coffee. Sold by J. M. Phil x>t. MISS NANCE RE-ELECTED. Annual Meeting of the Rural School Improvement Association. Columbia, January 1.?The Rural School Improvement Association con cluded its annual convention last night, after a most successful and inspiring session. At the afternoon session the following officers were elected for the year: President, Miss Mary T. Nance, of Laurens. Vice President, Miss Katherine Ma j zyck, of James Island. Recording Secretary, Miss Lizzie Rogers, of Bennettsville. Corresponding Secretary, Miss Theo dosia Dargan, of Statesburg. Treasurer, Miss Mattie Covington, of Bennettsville. The executive committee will be an nounced later by the president. The re-election of Miss Nance as president was marked with enthusiasm, as well as unanimity in recognition of the splendid work she has done for the cause during the last year. In acknowl edging the honor paid her Miss Nance made a very graceful and inspiring talk. The morning session of the conven tion was opened with prayer by Rev. Kirkman Finlay, rector of Trinity church. The reports of the delegates took up the the larger partof the day's session, and these were very interest ing. They will furnish the basis for the year's work. The reports were made on printed blanks prepared by Miss Nance and consisted of answers to questions as to the organizations and work in each county, and suggestions as to the needs of the schools. These suggestions, for the most part, brought out the need for better trained teachers, and teachers with more earn est purpose in their profession. They also laid sti*ess on the necessity for better school equipment, for which the Association is working. Col. John J. Dargan, of Statesburg, made a talk to the meeting yesterday morning, and also Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, the presi dent of the Inter-State Association. The afternoon session was devoted to business entirely, and at this time re ports were made by tho following com mittees: On County Associations, Lo cal Associations, Membership, Articles for Newspapers, Necrology, President's Recommendations and Resolutions. The report of the Executive Commit tee, of which Miss Louisa B. Poppen heim, of Charleston, is chairman, was also submitted at this time. At the night session, which closed the Convention, an address was delivered by Superintendent E. S. Dreher, of the Columbia city schools, on "The Value of the Industrial Education to tho Ru ral Community." This was followed by an address by Superintendent Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, on "Twenty-five Years With Rural Schools." When the stomach, heart or kidney nerves get weak then these organs always fail. Don't drug the stomach, nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That is simply a makeshift. Get a pre scription known to druggists every where as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The restorative is propared expressly for these weak inside nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop's Restorative ?tablets or liquid? and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on request by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health is surely worth this simple test. Pal metto Drug Co. New Pastor From Chester. The Rev. C. W. Salter, of Lowry ville, Chester county, having accepted the pastorate of the Watts Mills Bap tist church, Bellview and Friendship churches, of the county, has moved to Laurens and is occupying the new par sonage at the Watts Mills. The Rev. Mr. Salter and family are cordially welcomed to this city and county. Builds up waste tissue, promotes ap petite, improves digestion, induces re areshing sleep, gives renewed strength nd health-that'b what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35c, Tea or Tablets. Ralmetto Drug Co. Some Oood Theater Dont's. The following editorial, which is ta ken from the News and Courier, con tains good advice to theatre-goers, and while it was written expressly for the Charleston playhouse attendants, the numerous suggestions might be applied with propriety and profit to every opera house audience in the country: "Madam Butterfly will appear at the Academy of Music in this town to morrow afternoon and night, as we have previously noted. Those who ar rive at the theater after the perform ance begins ought to be kept out in the lobby until the close of the first act and will be kept out if the managers of the theaters have any regard for the success of the performances or the pleasure and comfort of the audience. Several days ago we took occasion to advise the opera-goers of some things that they ought not to do, saying: Don't be late in getting to the Academy of Music. Don't swear at the managers of the theater and insist upon pushing forward to your seat, disturbing the punctual people, and displaying at the same time your own very bad manners. Don't go out between the acts. Don't applaud every singer on the stage, and don't insist that every sin ger shall come back and do it all over. These suggestions have touched a re sponsive chord in the heart of our es teemed contemporary, the Columbia State, which insists that while there may be more "Yaps" in Columbia than in Charleston, our "don'ts" don't cover : the field at the State capital, and it adds the following "don'ts" as not be ing altogether untimely: Don't talk in the theater for public consumption. What you say may be very valuable, but the people around you are getting full value for their ; money from the stage and your en lightening comments give them too much for too little. Again, the actors may not appreciate the competition. Don't applaud prematurely. Don't guffaw or giggle at pathetic periods. If it is necessary to do so or to cry-?cry. Don't eat peanuts. The cracking of the shells may cause misconception on the part of the artists on the stage, who may drop "Madam Butterfly" and take up a string of coon songs. Don't forget that it is just as rude to disturb a singer on the stage as a singer in a private parlor, and that the performer upon the stage, being more frequently an artist than the one in the parlor, is the more readily annoyed by a discordant note in the audience. The habit of eating peanuts has not yet, we believe, affected Charleston au diences, but otherwise the "dont's" of the Columbia State might very well be regarded by the theater-goers in this town. As to our suggestion that the people attending the opera tomorrow night wear their good clothes, we would say, for the benefit of our contemporary that what was meant by this counsel1 was contained in what we said. Prob ably it would have been clearer if, instead of saying "wear your good clothes," we had said "wear your best clothes." Some mon do not affect the spike-tail, and many women do not re gard with favor the decollete gown; but it will bo entirely proper for such to wear in the one case the frock or the cutaway coat, and in the other the high-necked gown; but whether the men wear spike-tails, or Tuxedoes, or cutaways, or frock coats, they ought to wear the best they have, and like wise the women. An audience so dressed would be almost as interesting to the audience itself as it would be en couraging to the people on the stage. The main point, however, is that the people ought to be in their seats when the first curtain goes up, and ought to stay in their scats until the last curtain goes down. That's the house the Doctor built, The biggest house you see; Thank goodness, ho don't get our money? For we take Hollister's Rocky Moun tain Tea. ?Palmetto Drug Co. New Year on the Farm. Farmers should have their plans all made, so as to be ready to start the plows as soon as the ground is dry enough. One day's plowing with two horses in January is worth two in April. Land should be subsoiled and bedded as early as possible for corn planting after the Williamson plan. The plows and harrows should run every day in Janu ary and February when the soil is dry enough. When too wet let ditches and terraces be trimmed and put in good shape. In many fields the terraces can be done away with. Deep plowing is better than terraces. Never has the first of January come on the county with such a small wheat acreage as we have this year. If sown and fertilized liberally up to the middle of January, a fair crop may be made. The excuse given for not sowing wheat is that cotton was in the way, and when that was picked the rains were frequent. A right rotation would give the opportunity to sow small grain at the right time. Use corn land and pea stubble for wheat and oats, and do not depend on cotton land. For various reasons there is less small grain sown in this county than has been up to this date in many years. If the ground gets dry enough to prepare well wheat may be sown up to the middle of January, with the expectation of a fair crop. On ordinary land 300 pounds of guano put in with the wheat, and 50 pounds of nitrate of soda just as the wheat begins to cover the ground well, and a .smoothing harrow run over it, twelve bushels to the acre may be made. The same application and treat ment will make 25 to 40 bushel* of oats to the acre. Or 200 pounds of 10 -4 acid, 100 pounds of cotton seed meal with 50 pounds of nitrate will also be a good application for oats. Peas planted in rows, or sown broadcast, should fol low the small grain. They will pay all expenses, and the wheat and straw will be clear gain.-From the "Farm and Fireside" Column in the Carolina Spar tan. Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are proving to the people?without a penny of cost-- the great value of this scien tific prescription, known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Palmetto Drug Co. An Address. Permit us through the columns of your paper to call the attention of our people to a movement to memorialize the General Assembly of our State at the approaching session for relief from the liquor dispensary system, on the lines indicated in the petitions which are now being presented throughout the city for signatures, reading as fol lows: "To the Honorable, the Senators and Representatives, the General Assembly of the State of South Caroline in regu lar session for the year 1908: The hum ble petition of tho undersigned respect fully shows: "That the dispensary system for the sale of liquors in the county of Charles ton, in said State, in which your peti tioners reside, is not desired by a large majority of the voters and residents of said county, as your petitioners verily believe. "That the same is not suited to the needs, circumstances and conditions of the people mostly affected thereby. | "That for these reasons the said sys tem is not supported by public senti ment, is difficult to enforce and not calculated to demand observance or re spect. "That your petitioners humbly pray that such legislation may be enacted as shall restore the license system to this community which was of force at the time of the original enactment of the State disponsary law in the year 1892 with the modifications required by the State Constitution of 1895; and your petitioners feel assured that thereby will be secured not only all the benefits that could possibly be expected from the dispensary system now in force, but the same would operate also for the well-being and upbuilding of our peo cle," At recent conferences in which a goodly number oi' our people partici pated, the undersigned were appointed a committee to look after the matter of giving the people an opportunity to sign the petitions, and then to present the same to the General Assembly through the proper channels. Firmly believing that a large ma jority of the people of Charleston will be in sympathy with this movement, we approach the performance of our duty with confidence. Our confidence is strong, because in principle our people are at heart op posed to the liquor dispensary system. In their opposition thereto they have bad ready and intelligent public support from the Charleston newspapers for the past fifteen years. It is further strengthened because we can refer to a law-abiding and law-re specting condition which obtained here for many, many years before the first establishment of the State dispensary ?a condition to which we verily believe the people of Charleston long to be re stored, and which car. afford as much revenue as that contemplated by the dispensary system. This confidence is strengthened also by the favor accorded the "home rule" doctrine in the last State election. And, finally, our confidence in the people of the State is strong that they will look into our true condition, see what is suited to our needs and circum stances, and favor our appeal through our Senator and Representatives to the Senators and Representatives of our sister counties for relief and for the enactment of a law that will give us peace, quiet, good order and happiness. All who desire to sign the memorial will find a copy with anyone of the un dersigned : John D. Cappelmann, 46-48 Broad street. O. G. W. Marjenhoff, 153 Church street. L. C. A. Roessler, 180-188 Meeting street. Ashley C. Tobias, 171-173 East Bay. George Lunz. King and Grove streets. W. F. Jordan, 190 East Bay. H. O. Strohecker, 287 King street. August W. Wieters, at the Consum ers' Ice Co., Woolfe street. Hy. B. Schroder, 147 East Bay. Julius D. Roster, 161-165 East Bay. Frank Burbidgc, 24 Broad street. Fever Sores. Fever sores and old chronic, sores should not be healed entirely, but they should be kept in healthy condition. I This can be done by applying Chamber lain's Salve. This salve has no su perior for this purpose. It is also most I excellent for chapped hands, sore nip fles, burns and diseases of the skin, or sale by Laurens Drug Co. McCarlcy-Crews. Mr. Thos. B. Crews, Jr., and Miss Louise McCarley,- popular young people of tins city, were"united in marriage December 29 at Fountain Inn, the Rev. G. W. Bussey, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating. Mr. Crews and Miss McCarley were accompanied to Foun tain Inn by several of their friends and others joined the bridal party at that place and witnessed the ceremony. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Crews and a grandson of Col. Thos. B. Crews, the veteran editor of The Herald, while the bride is the popularly known and accomplished daughter of Dr. J. A. McCarley. Mr. and Mrs. Crews are "at home" to their friends at the Barre boarding house. Watched Fifteen Years. "For fifteen years I have watched the working of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and it has never failed to cure any sore, boil, ulcer or burn to which it was ap plied. It has saved us many a doctor bill," says A. F. Hardy, of East Wil ton, Maine. 25c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roper are occu pying the cottage on Main street re cently vacated ny Mr. H. Terry. Possesses wonderful medicinal power over the human body, removing all dis orders from your system, is what Hoi- < lister's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. / Makes you well, keeps you well. 35c, | Tea or Tablets. Palmetto Drug Co. Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the co partnership heretofore existing between J. W. Todd, P. A. Simpson and T. E. Todd, deceased, under the firm name of Todd. Simpson & Company, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The busi ness will be continued by J. W. Todd and P. A. Simpson under the firm name <>f Todd & Simpson at the same stand. All persons indebted to the old firm are urged to make payment to I'. A. Simp son at once. J. W. TODD, P. A. SIMPSON and M. I,. TODD. Executrix of the last will and testa meat of T. E. Todd, deceased. 23-3t. Final Settlement. 'l ake notice that, on tho Sth day of February, 1908, 1 will render a final ac-1 count of my acts and doings as admin- ? istrator Of the estate of \V. R. Harris, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County at 11 o'clock a. m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as administrator. All persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date, and all persons hav ing claims against said estate will pre sent them on or before said dato, duly proven, or be forever barred. W. 11. WHARTON, Jan. 8, 1908. Administrator. 23-lm. Special Teachers' Examination. The State Board of Education has ar ranged to hold a Special Teachers' Ex amination at Laurens Court House on the third Friday in January, 1908, which is the 17th day of the month. All teachers will please take notice of this examination, as thev will be re quired to conform strictly to the law in \ regard to certificates. Respectfully yours, R. W. NASH, Countv Superintendent Education. 22-td Or. g?i??o?s f^ttw LSSe The best in the world, NONE Earllttt H-.sder. I Abo it t?n day? I Earliest Flat i'lt.c medium ?lro. I Inter tliun B. Jerwjr I Cabbala. A Utn Kxeellont ?hipper, I A (nil *ln larcer. jricldcr in a tood p i ,.i.f...,.->!.I.?. I A lii'mcy in.iVcr. I lliiplvr. | By the HU NDR ED, THOUSAND or MILLION of tho above three favorite varlctii .. Grown in theopen field and will stund revero cold without Injury. Let money accompany your orders othc-.-wiso plants will ho shippedC O. P., nnd j\u will ho rcUp'r\-':rTo. 1" YoVnK-H?8land. S. C.: GOO for $1.00: 1 to 4.000 nt tl.50 per 1.0C0; 5to8.C J nt 81.23 }-. r 1.000; 0 to TO.000 nt $1 00 per 1.000. Special prices on larg-erauftntitles. Full count mid satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Koldcr on Cabbage Ctultirc by C. M. Gibson mailed freo on application. Cheap express rates to all points. R:ail your orders to C. M. GIBSON, Young's Islam?*, C. ? ft" Mrs. Malinda Akers, of Basham, Va,, writes: "I had what doctors call 'prolapse,' and couldn't stand straight. I had pain in my back and shoulders, and was very irregular and profuse. Doctors said an operation was needed, but I couldn't bear the thought of the knife. After tak ing th.ee bottles of Wine of Cardui, I could walk around. Can now do my housework and am in splendid health." Cardui is a pure, vegetable, medicinal essence, especially adapted to cure women's diseases. It relieves excessive periodical pains, regulates irregularities, and-is a FREE ADVICE Write us a letter describing nil your symptoms, nnd ue will send you Tree Advire, In plain sealed envelope. Address: I ndies'Advisory Department, The Chattanooga .Medicine c lo., Chatta nooga, Tenn. safe, pleasant and re liable remedy for all sick women. In suc cessful use for over 70 years. Try it. At Every Drug Store in $1.00 Bottles. WINE OF 1 m \ Children's Shoes ICERTAINLY! - - - - We have them in all wanted styles! We are up in the Children's Shoe business and fit Children's feet perfectly. We've Shoes for the Little Man in all sizes, Lace or Button, Spring or Low heels. $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. Shoes for the Little Miss?Button or Lace, Spring or Low heels. $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. Our Children's Shoes are made of the best of leathers, and made to fit the feet as nature intended. We're Children's Shoe Specialists. COPELAND'S Shoes, Hats, Furnishings. The One Price Stone. Customers' Shoes Shined Free.