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THE ADVKKTI9KR. Subscription Price-l* Mouths, fl.00 Payable In Adrauce. W. W. BALL, Editor. publi8hbd by advertiser printing company laurens. 8. c. Kates for advertising. ? Ordinary advertisements, per square, ono 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 the postoffice at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, JANUARY 8, 1908. A Til I NO TO CONSIDER. Several very excellent men are said to be considering the question of enter ing the race for the United States Sen ate, who probably could not be elected. WHY NOT INCREASE? The salaries of United States Sena tors and Congressmen having been raised from $5,000 to $7,500, why not increase the entrance fees of candidates for those offices in the primaries to about $150? WORTH THE MONEY. The handbook of South Carolina about to be published by the Commis sioner of Agriculture and Immigration will alone repay the State of South Carolina for maintaining the depart ment. _ Bid DIVIDENDS. Although the factories and bnnks of Laurens have declared dividends, the dividends of the farms have been larger. When a Laurens colored far mer can live on anothef man's land and come out at the end of the year with his debts paid and fifteen hundred dol lars' worth of cotton "to the good" it is proof positive that nothing pays equally with farming in Laurens. PAY THE GOVERNOR MORE. It is fully demonstrated that the Governor of South Carolina, if he have a family, cannot live decently on the salary of $3,000 a year. Gov. Ansel will recommend that the salary be raised, and the Legislature should adopt the suggestion. If the salary be not raised, we shall either have to elect bachelors or rich men in future. Were Governar Ansel without any property of his own he would retire from the Governor's office to go into bankruptcy. Gov. Heyward and Gov. McSweeney would have done the same thing. Each of them lost thousands of dollars by being Governor of South Carolina. MAKE HIM AMBASSADOR. Should a Democrat be elected Presi dent we shall urge him to appoint Sena tor Tillman ambassador to France. That post is one of the most desirable in the gift of the President. The salary is nearly $20,000. Senator Tillman is a born diplomat, as is proved by the manner in which he "stands in" with Aldrich, Foraker and other Republican leaders in the Senate. When plain old "Ben" Franklin was sent to France by the Continental Congress he was the pet of all the fashionable circles of Paris, and our "Ben" would bo re ceived in the same manner by the Parisians. THE OTHER SIDE. The cotton mills of South Carolina have agreed to curtail production about 25 per cent, for the present. A similar resolution was adopted by the New England mills two weeks ago. The rea son of this is that the prices of goods are low as the result of the piling up of heavy stocks. A few years ago, when the cotton producers insisted upon reducing the acreage of cotton, because the crop of the preceding year had been big and had caused a tremendous drop in prices, the organs of the Yankee manu facturers raised a dreadful howl and said that the Southern farmers were perpetrating a fearful sin against hu manity. _ THE ?'SEABOARD"tRECEIVERSHIP. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad has passed into the hands of receivers. Davies Warfield and John Skelton Wil liams have been named as receivers. Mr. Williams is the Richmond banker who did more than any other man to build up the railroad and Warfield rep resents the Thomas F. Ryan interests which snatched the control from the Williams and Middendorff crowd. Some of the newspapers are saying that the receivership follows from the anti-rail road policy pursued by the States of North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. For example, we find this in the Wash ington Post: "The Seaboard Air Line has gone into the hands of receivers and there must be great rejoicings going on in certain gubernatorial mansions of the South. A governor of North Carolina once re marked to a governor of South Carolina that it was a long time between drinks, but now the present governor may in vite his brother in arms, the governor of Alabama, over for a roand of egg noggs. and there need be no occasion for a long time between drinks now. "Flow on, ye foaming bowls; flow faster yet and faster! Let mirth bo wild and joy be uncontined! For an oc topus is prostrate; knocked in the head with a simple little rate law. Ono of those huge, grasping monsters whose tentacles thrust out like vampires' fangs to suck the people's blood has been smitten. Give thanks, ye cotton planters all, and sing the praises of your champion. Shout for joy, ye weavers of cloth whose money and en ergy helped make North Carolina the second State in the Union in the manu facture of cotton goods. For your dragon, he who breathed out the smoke and fire of industry as he carried your tfoods out to the world and brought you >ack your money, is laid low." That is smart writing but there is no truth in it. The Seaboard has been "hard up" for years. Nobody in formed of its affairs would have been surprised had it gene to the wall five or six years COST CLEARANCE SALE Our Great Cost Clearance Sale has been a wonderful success in moving goods, but we have piles of Merchandise yet which draws good crowds of customers. Come every day, rain or shine. You come this .week.or next and you won't be disappointed, The ear lier you come the greater number of bargains you will find. 0. B. SIMMONS COMPANY, k i ? ago. Nevertheless we believe that had it remained in the hands of the Wil liams crowd they would have pulled it through. While they were in charge of it the road had the sympathy and en couragement of Southern people and that would have helped it immensely. Ryan is a Virginian but he lives in New York and he has the reputation of a rather unscrupulous promoter and ma nipulator. The Seaboard runs across Laurena County. We hope that the receiver ship will end by the Williamses regain ing control. That is in the interest of our people. We can trust Mr. Williams. We do not believe that he is a financial freebooter. The building up of this great system was one of the boldest enterprises ever undertaken by a South ern man and we sincerely hope that his brave struggle against great odds will yet be rewarded. Meantime, we think that the policy of reducing passenger rates undertaken by State legislatures was a mistaken one. What the South needs is more railroads, better service, more comforts and con veniences, quicker and surer schedules for freight and passenger traffic and greater safety. The ignorant interfer ence by legislatures with the sources of a railroad's revenues cannot aid in these desirable improvements. Potatoes Without Guano. Mr. W. P. Harris of Youngs brought to Tun Advertiser office Monday a sample of what he terms his Fall pota toes. Fourteen of these potatoes se lected at randum weighed 16 pounds and were only taken out of the ground a few days ago. Mr. Harris states that this variety will not do at all for Spring planting but gathered in the Fall they will keep without difficulty until July (the time to plant them) and will yield a magnificent crop. He has gathered as high as two hundred bushels per acre on land that did not have a pound of commercial fertilizer on it but ot course it had been brought up to a very high state of cultivation. Mr. Harris also brought a sample of his rutabagas which were produced on land of like character and without the aid of com mercial fertilizer. When one sees re sults like this attained without the aid of commercial fertilizer we are con strained to wonder why others of us do not do better. Of course it is hardly to be expected that we all should attain the success of^Mr. W. P. Harris. Ho is a very unusual man, but we could at least profit by what he has found out for himself and follow more olosely af ter his methods. How is Your Bigestion? Mrs. Mary Dowling, of No. 228 8th avenue, San Francisco, recommends a remedy for stomach trouble. She says: "Gratitude for the wonderful effect of Klectrie Bitters in a case 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 system, purifies the blood, and is especially helpful in all forms of female weakness. 50c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co., druggists. A Negro Sues the Qovernment, New York, Dec. 27.?United States District Attorney Henry L. Stinson said today that he had been served with the papers filed in the United States dis trict court by counsel for Oscar W. Reid, a member of the battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry, which was dis banded by executivo order following the rioting at Brownsville, Texas. The plaintiff sues the government to re cover pay lost through his discharge from the army, but the attorneys in the case have admitted that they were retained by "wealthy gentlemen of New England," whose real object is to determine the legality of the presi dent's action. Mr. Stinson said that he had as yet given the complaint only a cursory examination, but that he did not think there was any evidence that President Roosvelt had violated his con stitutional rights in discharging the colored soldiers "without honor." The district attorney added that he had not decided what he would do in the matter. He might, he thought, de mur to the complaint; or, possibly, he might waive that right and, if he was right in accepting service of the pa pers, try the case upon its merits. Chase Mellen, of counsel for the plain! ill', said today: "I am not at liberty to tell who tho gentlemen back of this action are. They will disclose their identity at tho proper time, and somebody will be sur prised. They are all men of national prominence. They are banded together in an informal organization for the pur pose of seeing that poor individuals re ceive the rights guaranteed them by the constitution of the United States. They selected the cose of Reid because his dismissal appeared to them to be a particularly flagrant case of violation of the constitution. He is a very poor man and could not seek redress himself. They will help any other individual, black or white, who has been treated in the same manner. These gentlemen are withholding thoir namcp at present because they do not want the public to attach any political significance to their action. I can state positively for them that politics has nothing whatever to do with it. Their action is animated by something higher than that." Stomach Trouble Cured. If you have any trouble with your stomach you should take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. P. Klote, of Edina, Mo., says: "I have used a great many different medicines for stonrach trouble, but find Chamber I Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets more I beneficial than any other remedy I ever UBed." For sale r?y Laurens Drug Co. I?1- -' State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, CITY OF LAU It ENS. An Ordinance imposing ?.special Li cense Tax on occupations and business prosecuted or carried on within the cor porate limits of Tho City of Laurens. Be it ordained by the City Council of Laurens of the City of Laurens: Sec. 1. That no person, firm, com pany or corporation shall, after the first day of January, 1908, engage in, prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinafter named within the corporate limits of the city of Lau rens without having first paid a special license tax therefor. The amount of said special license tax shall be the amount placed opposite each occupation, business and profes sion hereinbelow named, and the said amount shall be the cost of said special tax per annum, unless otherwise speci fied; Auctioneer, per annum, $ 15 00 Auctioneer, per day, 2 00 Balls, or dances,- when admis sion fee is charged, 2 60 Boarding House, under 6 board ers, per annum, 5 00 Boarding House, over 5 board ers, per annum, 10 00 Beef Market, 25 00 Beef or hog retailing on wagon, each, per day. 75 Calf, mutton, snoat or kid re tailing on wagon, each, per day 40 Blacksmith Shop, one forge, per annum, 6 00 Blacksmith Shop, ' each addi tional forge, per annum, 2 00 Boot and Shoe Shop, per annum, 5 00 Boot and Shoeblack,per annum, 2 50 Barber Shop, each chair, per annum, 5 00 Building and Loan Associations, or their agents, for business done within this State, and not including that done with out the State, per annum, 15 00 Billposting, Distributing and Sign-Tacking, per annum, 15 00 Bonded Warehouses, each, per annum, 25 00 Broker, merchandise, per an num, 10 00 Billiard, Pool or Bagatelle, 3 tables, per annum, 100 00 Bach additional table per an num, 5 00 Tenpin Alley, per, annum, 35 00 Bank, for every $1,000 capital stock, per annum, 1 00 Brickyard, per annum, 10 00 Bicycles, dealer in, repairing and renting, per annum, 7 50 Bakery, per annum, 10 00 Bottling Works, per annum, 10 00 Banking, private individuals,for each $1,000 employed in busi ness, 1 00 Coal or Wood Yard, 10 00 Chiropodists, per day, 1 00 Clothes Cleaners and Pressers, per annum, 5 00 Contractors, for building $500 house, per annum, 5 00 Contractors, for building $1,000 house, per annum, 10 00 Contractors, for building over $1,000 house, per annum, 20 00 Cotton Seed Oil Mill, per an- ?. num, 106*001 Cotton Ginnery, each gin, per / * annum, 6 00 Cabinet and General Repair Shop, per annum, 5 00 Kerosene Oil Co., or agency,per annum, 25 00 Candy manufacturing, per an num, 10 00 Cotton Weighing, per annum, 10 00 Cotton Seed Buyer, per annum, 5 00 Dealers in Wagons and other vehicles, other than manufac turer, on $5,000, per annum, 10 00 Same, on each additional $1, 000, per annum, 5 00 Dealers or agents in the sale of Fertilizers,over 1,000 tons per annum, 20 00 Same, less than 1,000 tona per | annum, 10 00 Dealers in Pianos, Organs, Sew ing Machines, Iron Safes, Tombstones or Well Fixtures, per annum, 10 00 Dealers, transient, in Soaps, Jewelry, Patent Medicine or other goods, on the streets, per day, 10 00 Dealers i: Green Groceries grown outside the county of Laurens, each wagon,per day 50 Dealers in Green Groceries grown outside the county of Laurens, on Salesday and the week before Christmas and court week, each wagon, per day, 1 00 Dogs of all kinds, each, per an num, 1 00 Dinner House, per annum, 15 00 Dentist, per annum, 10 00 Express Companies,for business ? done within tho State, and not including that done with out the State, per annum, 25 00 Electric Light Power, per an num, 50 00 Exhibition Performances or Show of any kind, the license to be fixod by City Council, except Circuses trie license shall be per day not less than $100 nor more than $200. Electricians, 10 00 Foundry, per annum, 10 00 Fire, Life or Accident Insur ance Companies, each having an agency or doing business within the city, per annum, 10 00 Fresh Fish or Oyster Dealers, for first three months (Janu ary, February and March), and lt;st three months (Octo ber, November and December) 5 00 Grist or Flour Mills, or both, per annum, 35 00 Hotel, room, per annum, 1 50 Harness Shop, connected with store or separate, per annum, 5 00 Horse Traders, transient, per day, 1 00 Same, Salesday, 3 00 Same, per month, 10 00 Hog Drovers, who offer their stock for sale within the cor porate limits of the city, per day, 1 00 Hog Drovers, per month. 5 00 Ice Cream, Bonbons, Milkshake and Cold Drinks and Saloons, per annum, 10 00 Ice Dealers, per annum, 20 00 Lightning Rod Wagon, per month, 5 00 Same, per year, 20 00 Lumber Yards, per annum, 20 00 Laundry, run by hand, per an num, 10 00 Laundry, run by machinery,per annum, 25 00 Lawyers, per annum, 10 00 Merry-Go-Round, per day, 2 50 per week, 10 00 Money-Lending Shops, each, per annum, 15 00 Machine Shops, per annum. 10 00 Peddlers (or Hawkers) selling or offering for sale goods, wares or merchandise, per day, 10 00 Plumbers, per annum, 10 00 Photographer, or artist, per an num, 10 00 Same, per month, 5 00 Same, per day, 1 00 Physicians, each, per annum, 10 00 Physicians, Oculists and Opti cians, itinerant, per day, 2 00 Pawnshop, por annum, 26 00 Printing Office, per annum, (newspaper), . 10 00 Printing Office (job printing), per annum, 5 00 'Restaurants, per annum, 15 00 Real Estate Business, per an num, 15 00 Rnilroad Corporations, each, for businoss done in this Mate, and not including that done without, per annum, for first road, 100 00 Each additional railroad, 50 00 Skating Rink,per annum, each, 10 00 Soda Fount, connected with store or not, per annum, 5 00 Surveyor or architect, per an num, 5 00 Stable, feed only, per annum, 6 00 Stable, livery only, per annum, 15 00 Stable, sale only, per annum, 20 00 Stockyard, per annum, 6 00 Street Hack or Carriage, on* horse, per annum, 10 00 Same, two horses, per annum, 15 00 Street Wagon or Dray, two horses, per annum, 7 50 Same, one.horse, per annum, 5 00 Sign Painters, each, per annum, 10 00 Shooting Gallery, per annum, 25 00 " 44 per week, 6 00 Tailor Shoos, each, per annum, 5 00 Tin or Tinker Shop, per annum, 7 50 Telegraph Co. or agency for business done in this State, and not including that done without, per annum, 35 00 Telephone Co., per annum. 25 00 Telephone Co. or agency doing a toll line or long distance business within the city Of Laurens, and not including that done without,per annum, 35 00 Undertaker, per annum, 25 00 Woodyard, per annum, 5 00 Wholesale establishments, per annum, 50 00 Watch and Jewelry and Repair Shop, 10 00 Sec.. 2. Merchants or all persons, firms, companies or corporations buy ing or selling any article of I trade or merchandise, shall pay a license tax ac cording to the following schedule: Gross Sales under $500 per an . num, 5 00 Same from $500 to $1,000 per annum, 7 50 Same from $1,000 to $2,500 per annum, 12 50 Same from $2,500 to $6,000 per annum, 20 00 Same from $6,000 to $10,000 per annum, 30 00 Same from $10,000 to $15,000 per annum, 40 00 On each additional $1,000, per annum, I 00 Sec. 3 A. That every person, firm, company or corporation required by this Ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any trade, business or pro fession for wnich a license is required shall, at the time of applying for such license, make a statement under oath before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the Town Clerk, setting forth: First, his or her name, style of firm, name of company or corporation. Second, the trade, business or pro fession for which a license is required. Third, in those cases in which such information is required the amount of business the previous year upon which amount license shall be assessed, and in case where the business has not been carried on the previous year, then the amount of business expected to be car ried then during the current year, and upon said amount the license shall be jissGsscd Sec. 3 B. Town Clerk shall there upon assess the proper license tax as provided for in this Ordinance, and up on being paid said assessments, as herein required, shall issue the proper license. Sec. 3 D. For any business, occupa tion or profession not enumerated In the foregoing sections the license shall be fixed Dy the City Council. Sec. 4. That all licenses issued un *der and by virtue of this Ordinance shall be non-transferable and, except license for a day, a week or month, shall terminate and end on the 31st day of December of the year in which they were issued, but may be revoked at any time by the City Council of Lau rens of said city for satisfactory cause. Except license issued for a day, a week or a month, annual rates shall be charged for all licenses issued between January 1 and June 30 of each year. Three-fourths annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued between July 1 and September 30 of each year, and half-year rates shall be charged for all licenses issued between October 1 and December 31 of each year. Sec. 5. Any person, firm or corpora tion prosecuting or engaging in any business, occupation or profession, or kecplnpr any establishment named in this Ordinance without first having paid the special license tax imposed shall, upon conviction, be fined not ex ceeding one hundred dollars, or bo im prisoned not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the Mayor, and during said imprisonment shall, at the discre tion of said Mayor or City Council, be required to labor upon the atroets, high ways and other public works of the city of Laurens, under the supervision of said City Council. Sec. 6, The forgoing Ordinance shall go into effect Immediately, and all Or dinances inconsistent herewith are re pealed. Done and ratified by the City Council of Laurens, of the City of Laurens, this thirty-first day of "December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, nnd in the one hun dred and thirty-second year of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America. C. M. BABB, Mayor. W. H. GILKERSON, Clerk of Council. A tickling cough, from any cause, is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly harmless and safe that Dr. Shoop tells mothers everywhere to give it without hesita tion even to very young babes. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung-healing mountainous shrub furnish the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough and heals the sore and sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloroform, nothing harsh used to in jure or suppress. Simply a resinous plant extract that helps to heal aching lungs. The Spaniards call this shrub which the doctor uses "The Sacred Herb." Always demand Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Palmetto Drug Co. Harvie Jordan Issues Call. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2.?Presidont Har vie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton As sociation, has issued a call for the meeting of the national executive com mittee, to be held at Dallas, Texas, on February 1 next. The annual convention of the Asso ciation also will be held at Dallas on Fob 19 and 20. The regular annual meeting of the various Stato divisions of the Association will bo called to meet at their respective State capitals throughout the cotton belt on Feb. 5. The annual meeting of the State di visions and national executive commit tee on the dates named will be for the purpose of electing officers and map ping out a programme with reference to handling and marketing the cotton crop of 1908 and pressing forward tho work of the Association. President Jordan will give out the official programme for tho Convention in the near future.?State, 2d. CITATION. STA1E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County or Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Anna Workman and B. W. Wntkins mado suit to me to grant thorn Letters of Administration with the will annexed of the ostate and effects of A. C. Workman. Those are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of the said A. C. Workman, deceased, that they be and appear be fore me, in tho Court of Probate, to be held at Laurons C. H.. S. C, on the 13th day of January, 1908, next, after fuhlication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the orenoon. to show cause, if any thoy have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand this, 28th day of Decsmber, Anno Domini 1907. O. G. THOMPSON. J. P. L, C. N?TIGE -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 Office from October 16th., to December 81st., 1907. Those who prefer to do so can pay in | January, 1907, with one per cent addi tional. Those who prefer paying in I February, 1908, can do SO'with two per cent additional. Those who prefer to pay in March, 1908, -to tho 15th., of said month, can do so by paying seven per cent additional. After said date the Books will close. All persons owning property or pay-1 ing Taxes for others in mo. _ 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.4* mills County Ordinary,.3 mills Special County,.li mills Road Tax.2 mills School,.3 mills Survey of proposed County of Fairview,.Ofc mills Total. 141 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. 6 2 mills No. 7 4 mills Youngs Special No. 10 21-2 mills Ora " No. 12 2 mills Fountain Inn" No. 3b 4 mills Dials ?' No. 1 3 mills No. 3 2 mills No. 5 2 mills " " No. 6 2 mills Sullivan " No. 1 3 mills No. 6 21-2 mills No. 7 3 mills Waterloo " No. 14 3 mills No. 1 3 mills No. 2 2 mills No. 8 2 mills No. 6 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. 1G 2 1-2 mills Hunter " No. 5 3 mills Sullivan Township R. R. Bonds,.4 mills J 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 & Blakely BROKERS Real Estate Renting Stocks Bonds Burglary Theift and Fire Insurance Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St- Laurens, S. C. I* Why High Gloss Ji Is Not Stylish. ?->: High gloss finish is not a ??? 21 natural finish. Linen in its ? IW gt Like all artifical styles, it soon ^| lost in favor among particular people and when the new, natural Domestic finish was in- A a9 troduced?was discarded al- i? together. Our laundry furnishes the "simon pure" Domestic finish Jj^ ?not a gloss finish wiped off |J with a damp rag. ^ _ -"IS Laurens J? Steam < Laundry The Laundry that has Made ? Laurens Famous. ^ Phone 60. Laurens, S. C. ^ Notice. Tho state of my health iH such as to necessitate a change of climate. In leaving, my affairw nave been left in tho hands of John A. Franks. He is duly empowored to act as my agent. All who are indebted to me aro urgently requested to como at ouce and arrange matters. 17tf T. N. BARKSDALE. Notice. All persons holding claims against Laurens county, not .^previously pre sented, are hereby notified that same must be deposited with the clerk of the county board of commissioners on or before the 6th day of January, 1908, as required by law. . MESSER B?BB, 10-3t Clerk of County Board. Real Estate OFFERINGS Four acre lot with 10 room dwelling with cook room and pantry, bounded on north by C. & W. C. Ry. cast by north Harper street, south and west by Joe Wilhams and others. Has beautiful grove, good bam and outbuildings; one of the finest locations in the city. Price only $7,500.00. 84 acres near Friendship church, good dwelling and outbuildings. Bounded by lands of W. R. Cheek, D. Woods and others. Price $2,500.00. One lot with four room heuse on Gar lington at., nicely located. Price $1,650. 56 acres at Gray Court, 4-room house and out building, bounded by lands of E. T. Shell and M. H. Burdine. Price $60 per acre. 240 acres land, 2 miles of Fountain Inn known aB the Tom Harrison place, good dwelling, 2 tenant houses, barn and out buildings. Price $8,500.00. Seven room house and two acre lot in town of Gray Court, modern build. Price 2,500.00. ? 68 acres land 2J miles Gray Court, bounded by landsof J. H. Godfrey, John Armstrong and others. Price $1,650.00. 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 W. H. Wharton. Known as the Jim Allen place. Price, $1,500. 194 acres of land in Sullivan's town ship. Bounded by iand 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. 3-2 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. H, 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. H. Abercrombie and others. Price $2,000.00 263 acres, known as tho 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. 200 acres land, bounded by lands of Mrs. Jesse Teague, Jno. Watts, Dr. Fuller, dwelling and tennent houses, 4 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, 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 the Davenport place. Price $1,500.00. 810 acres, more or less, bounded on north by W. A. Simpson, east by IL H. 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 H. P. McGhee; known as tho Bramblett place; well improved. Price $25.00 per acre. 200 acres in Chesnut Ridge section, bounded by landsof 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 Converce 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 \vest by S. 0. Leak and Laurens R. K., 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 otii 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, 60 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 Laurens township, known as the Mat Finley 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. 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 per acre. 147 acres of land two miles east of Gray Court, known as the 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. 150 acres of land within the corporate limits of town of Gray Court, with dwelling and 3 tenant houses, barn and out buildings; also fino rock quarry in good working order, price $4,000. 15 acres of land, bounded by lands of Albert Ramage, Bee Blakely and others. Price $50 per acre. Laurens Trust Co. ? Laurens, S. C, or J. N. LEAK Mgr. Real Eat. Stocks and Bond Dept. GRAY COURT, S. C. , ? )/ We t^kte this method to thank our customers for their liberal patron age during the year 1907. Wishing all a happy and prosperous New Year. Respectfully, ^_I W. Q. Wilson &?& I R. A. COOPER, President. j. O. C. Fleming, E. P. Whahton, C. D. Moseley, H. K. AlKEN, S. M. WlLKES, C. W. TUNE, Sec'y and Treas. J. F. TOLBERT, Mgr. Ins. Depart. DIRECTORS: C. E. Kennedy J. W. Todd, S. j. Craio, D. A. Davis, J. W. DuPkee, M. J. OWINGS Vice-Pres. W. J. Fleming J. F. Tolbert, W. A. Watts, M. J. Owings, R. A. Cooper. Laurens Trust Cornpanj; Capita? Stock $25,000 Real Estate, Stocks an<i Bonds bo ir'it and sold. Loans negotiated on 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 Economical Man The man who figures his paint expense, not by the first cost, but on the broader basis)of conl per month or j'car? he is the man who cousidern nil the elcmouts entering into the paint question?he is the man \vh* Fitlur/os on Masiic Mitred Paint ??ini m?w?1 ii'in'imi'" f nmn?iHim mn "TkoKCnd TAst Laot*" It is a demonstrated fact that tfaslic paint, cover ing 300 square feet?two coats?is cheaper at 50 por cent higher prico than a paint covering 200 gquaro feet, to say nothing of its greater durability. So tho economical n>v.n can safely figure it is wiao economy to use Mastic paint. It lasts long after the prico is forgotten. Manu factur?u by PEASLEE-GAULRERT CO.. Incorporated. louisville. KENTUCKY FOR 8ale by Dodson=Edwards Drug Company Laurens, S. C. V^M/V/V/SS/V/M/SSXSA. ^ \J M/ VIZ M/ \i/ VI/ \?/ M / VI/ M/ M/ M/ M/ \l/ M ^ ttc/fs/Ts /fs /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /fs /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /T. /Ys /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /Vs /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts ^ Nothing is Better for j| ? a New Year Present % ^ Than a Piece of * Posey's Cut Glass * * at a Lower Price * Than Elsewhere. Dr. B. F. Posey Laurens, S. C. ^^i- Wi^?1? ?fc'?!)?'laftiiJUiiltf HLW??fc HZ\Af,KAiWM/Vfr / Js /*s 7f>" /?% /Is /'fs /Ts /'fs /Ts .T. / fs /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts /Ts Tffs /Ts /Ts 7W\ ? /W. JTs JTs /Ts 8 An Invitation to Inspect the ISafe in Which we Keep Your Money. We cordially extend to our friends, and all interested, an invitation to call at our temporary quarters and exam ine the modern Burglar-proof Safe which we have recently purchased, It is one of the latest models?made of Maganese Steel; has a Cannon Breech Screw Door, operated by a crank, and is locked and unlocked entirely by clocks. COME, before it is installed in the vault of our new banking house, as you will be better able to see how it is manipulated. Remember we pay interest on saving deposits. ENTERPRISE BANK laurens, s. c.