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LAUR?XS FOLKS AT ANNUAL REUNION Large Delegation In (ircenvillc Last Week?Some Chat About Various Ones. Following uro some items taken from The Greenville Newa relating to Lau rens people while in Greenville last week: "Next to Greenville, Laurens has per haps sent the largest delegation to the re-union. The fact is Laurons sent a very large proportion of her male pop ulation to the war, and the Laurens people live a long time,. Heading the Laurehs delegation is Col. T. B. Crews, commander of Camp Garlington. Col. Crews has a splendid war record and had the remarkable experience of hav ing come near losing bis life at the bands of Gen. Wade Hampton. He was a member of the Hampton Legion and one night the word came thai a considerable body of the enemy could be captured by a little strategy. It was near Frederieksburg, in Stafford county, Va. The company was divided into squails and sent out at intervals. Later (Jen. Hampton with a company were to fall in behind the main body of the scouts, but by mistake, instead of going far enough to the left they turned and found themselves facing tho men led by Col. Crews. It was dark and seeing the men approach each mistook the other and a free for all light fol lowed. The pass word that night was "Georgia." Many mistook this word for "Charge" and the more the pass word was given the hotter the lighting grew. Mr. Crews happened to come directly under the sabre stroke of Gen. Hampton just before the mistake was discovered. The sabre cut through the vizor of his cap and barely grazed the skin. Just as this happened W. W. Russell, of Anderson, had a pistol lev eled at Gen. Hampton when he was dis covered. Another I,aureus man who is min gling with the throng is J. W. (Chaney John) Little. Mr. Little is the only man in South Carolina who has been connected with the dispensary from the day it was established to the present moment, and there has never been the slightest taint attached to him. In view of the revelations in other quar ters this is somewhat remarkable. Col. J. II. Traynbam. of Laurens, who was a courier for Gen. Hampton and Gen. Gary during the war. spent a few hours with the veterans yesterday and will return today. Mr. C. I). Moseley, of Laurens, vis ited his sister, Mr.;. .J. I.. Killian, on Washington road yesterday. Samuel R. Todd, of Laurens, one of the prominent candidates for the legis lature, was in the city yesterday. Sheriff Duckctt, of Laurens, is not only an efficient and stern officer of the law when occasion requires, but he is very fond of singing and took a leading part yesterday afternoon when the old soldiers joined in the "Sweet Bye and Bye" ami other songs. Col. John 11. Wharti n of Waterloo, is here wearing his Confederate uni form. There is not a more gallant reb in the whole State, than he. He is run ning for the State senate from Laurens county and judging from all reports will make a good race. For six years he was railroad commissioner and filled the office with credit." Death of Mrs. Elvira Parks. Mrs. Elvira Parks died at the home of bor daughter, Mrs. T. M. Nesbilt, of Laurens county, on the Hth of Au gust, and was laid to rest in the old Bethel cemetery at Woodruff. She had been in ill health for three years. She leaves one son, W. A. Parks, of Clifton, and two daughters, Mrs. T. H, Ham mond, of Greenville, and Mrs. T. M. Nesbitt, of Laurens. She was in her 82nd year. Mrs. Croswoll, her oldest sister, pre ceded her to the grave only live days. Greenville News. Diarrhoea Cured. "My father has for years been trou bled with diarrhooa, and tried every means possible to effect a cure, without avail," writes John II. Zirkle, of Phil ippi, W. Va. "lie saw Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in tho Philippi Republican and decided to try it. The result is one bottle cured him and he has not suffered with tho disease for oightcon months. Bofore taking this remedy he was a constant sufferer. He is now sound and well, and although 60 years old, can do as much work as a young man." Sold by Laurens Drug Co. Only a Certain Amount of Work Can be Done in a \ear. Clifford Seminary discourages both the skimming and the craming method of study. The time-honored college curriculum is followed. English and mathematics stand first on the list. A thorough knowledge of these two branches is insisted on because they are of the greatest practical value in all life work and because they form the onlj solid solid foundation for good scholarship, On this foundation i ; based a thor ough business course thai Iiis a girl for successful office work as well as the broader courses of training that lead to the degrees of A. B, and B. S. Clifford Seminary has a full corps of college trained teachers, who are capa ble and enthusiastic workers, t horoughly in love with their work. They make every elforl to develop character and the highest type of womanhood. They are the- friends and sympathetic com panions of the pupils out of the school room and share their recreations and amusoments. No training can hi tter prepare teach ers fo>- the children of South Carolina than this. Schoo! Trustees who have tried them write: A Clifford Seminary graduate is our first choice always." Other special features of this institu tion are: Limited numbers, home-like atmosphere, ideal location and climate conditions, comfortable buildings and equipment, very low expenses. No school in the State gives you more Jfor your money. For catalogue address CLIFFORD SEMINARY, Union, S. C. Managers of Election. The following have been appointed to conduct the primary election in Laurens county August 25th: Clinton?J P Dillard, T F Milam, R P Adair. ? Clinton Mill?E Y McQuown, John A Smith, Calvin Templeton. Lydia Mill, Clinton?E F Anderson, Carl Barksdale, J B Scott. Hopewell-G C Hopkins. J L Craw ford, C V Monroe. Lanford Station John DeShields, J S Higgihs, J M Fleming? Youngs W P Harris, J M Gray, C R Wallace. Cook's Store?J B Cook, EW Patton, W R tiaston. Stewart's Store HR Prior, WC Stew art, Parks Coodwin. Dial Church?D B Godfrey, J H Cur ry, D 1) Harris. * Power V A White, R C Owings, J T Stoddard. Woodville-J E Wham, WR Putnam, W L Abercrombie. Shilon R C Wallace, W II Gray, J II Wolff, Gray Court C B Shell, D L Brooks, L 7, Wilson. Ekom L C Culbertson.T H Burts, A B Culbertson. Mt. Pleasant?W W Fowler,G Marion Moore, Mose Madden. Waterloo J E Henderson, 1)C Smith, W H Culbertson. Daniels Store?W. L. Cooper, J. P. Jones, J. C. Martin. W L Cooper. Tiptop- W A Anderson,John A Puck ett, W J Anderson. Langston Church ?Reed Todd, M M Pool, F L Donnon. Ora W E McClintock.W T Blakely, 0 L Hunter. Cross Hill-T M Pinson, E L Wells, R D Nance. Tumbling Shoals?J L Baldwin, R M Holt, W D Sullivan. Brewerton?J P Simmons, Earle El ledge, T T Wood. Princeton J M Wood, W 1 Freeman, A J Monroe. Sardis Thos L Johnson, Sr, R J Mc Grary, Hamp Stone. Udells?Watts Dcane.Joe Payne,Tom Dillard. Mountville P B Richardson, William Boyd, M B Brisp. Lwurens Mill W W Blakeley, C P Martie, J W Snoddy. Laurens No. 1 J B Brooks, James F Owings. L G Balle. Watts Mills M. A. Knight, J. P. Penland, W. W. Stone. Laurens No. 2?J. W. Thompson, Z. R. Traynham, W. M. Irby. BEST OF PROOF That Hyomei Will Cure All Forms of Catarrhal Diseases. Testimonials could be printed by the thousand, many of them fronv Laurens and nearby towns, saying that llyomei absolutely cures all catarrhal troubles. Tiie best proof of its unusual curative powers is the guarantee that Laurens Drug Co. give with every outfit they sell "Money back if Hyomei does not do all that is claimed lor it." Hyomei is not a secret remedy. Its formula is freely given to physicians who want to know-what they aro using when they prescribe Hyomei. It is guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Law by Serial No. M18. There is no dangerous stomach drug ging when llyomei is used. Its healing medication is breathed through a neat pocket inhaler, reaching every part of the air passages, destroying all ca tarrhal germs and curing the disease. Dixie's Land. Tho phraso "Dixie" or "Dixie's Land" Is supposed to be derived from one Dixy, a kind hearted slave owner on Manhattan Island In fhe latter part of tho eighteenth century. Ills treat ment of Ids negroes caused them to regard his plantation ("Dixy's") as lit tle short of an earthly paradise, and wlien any of tho slaves were taken away from their old homo they were always pining for "Dixy's" and singing and talking of its Joys. When slavery moved southward, the same Ideal of "Dixy's" was taken along, and In tho fourso of time, Its origin being forgot fen, It was applied to the southern homes of the negroes. ? New York American. The secret of fashionable beauty. I asked the question of a beauty special ist. In order to be round, rosy and very stylish, take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 36 cents, Tea or Tab lets. Palmetto Drug Co. Exasperating, Truly. Mrs. HIgsloy-Clara, I must Insist thai you send young Mr. Granley away earlier. It was long after 11 o'clock Ins' night when you closed the front door after him. Clara?I know, mam ma, and I havo mado up my mind a dozen different times to make him leave early, but he has n way somehow of always giving the Impression long aft er the shank of the evening has passed that he is just about (o wny something one has been waiting for. It's awful exasperating! St. Ixnils Republic. . A (iiand Family Medicine. "It gives me pleasure to speak a good word for Electric Bitters," writes Mr. Krank Conlan. of No. 43o Houston St., New York. "It's a grand family med icine for dyspepsia and livor complica tions, while for lame back and weak kidneys it cannot be too highly recom mended." Electric Bitters regulate thedigostlve functions, purify the blood and impart relieved vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at Lau roni Drug Co.'s and Palmetto Drug Co. 's drug stores. GOc. A WONDERLAND. Now Zealand's Belt of Geysem of Boiling Water. If ono can luinglno n furious and ac tive volcano with a crater a thousand miles In extent, sunk level with the earth and thinly covered w ith a screen of soil, ono has some idea of t lie a wo Inspiring "Wonderland"' or New 850ft laud's north Island. You cannot poke a Btlek Into the ground without start ing ? boil tug spring, and wtiorovcr younturo -the ground Is fairly alive w|jjh geysers of boiling wnter?steam Jots and blowholes, with quivering vol canoes and' gurgling "mud pots," nil colored fantastically with rainbow hues, ranging from brilliant sapphire to vivid scarlet Stranger still, tue entire faeo of this region Is constantly changing in shape and color, nod there aro hot springs hero stretching In a continuous chain for 300 miles. The ground throbs nud quivers with vol canic activity, and sot In the midst of it all are native Maori villages of sur passing interest, a strange race of magnificent savages, who, although they hnvo been cannibals within the memory of man, are now a highly In telligent raco and actually send rep resentatives to tho parliament In Wel lington. Tho native women, gorgeous In gar ments of crimson, green and purple, are forever puffing stolidly at big pipes and going hither and thither about their household work with the quatnteSt of babies slung across their backs. This reminds mo that domes tic work In this strango region Is made light Indeed for while house wives ns well as the Maori women. Every garden and back yard has Its hot water provided by nature. And when these easy going people grow hungry tho mother prepares a meat pudding or a joint aud drops it into n convenient pot of natural boiling water in the earth, and in a few minutes It is cooked. The same conveniences aro still more in evi dence on washing day. Stepping care fully through a tangle of boiling gey sers and gurgling mud pots, one sud denly comes upon a great collection of native women nnd girls doing their washing in a vast smoking lake big enough to hnvo steamers on lt.?W. T. Fltz-Gornld in St. Nicholas. LIVING PROOF OF IT. How Marriage Develops the Best Traits In a Man. "By tho way, Mary," said Mr. Win terbottom, "young Ascot asked for my advice today about getting mar ried." ? ? Mrs. Wlnterbotlom looked up from tho pile of socks that she was darn ing. "And what advice did you give him, John?" she said. "Er?hand mo them matches, will I you? My pipe's out," snld Wlnterbot tom. She transferred the mound of mend ing from her lap to a ehnlr, rose and, taking the matches to her husband, quietly resumed her work again. "Well," continued Mr. Winlerbottoin, , wallowing In his big ( hair, "i told Ascot to\ go ahead ami marry at once. I told him what I have always ht* lloved?uamcly, that nothing develops tho best traits in a man's character like matrimony. Nothing, I told him, so splendidly brings into blossom those seeds of unselfishness, of BOlf sacrifice, that lie dormant in oven the best of bachelors. The bachelor thinks only of himself. The married man forgets himself In the protecting caro that he must eternally lavish upon wife and babes. Coarse, selfish brutes of bachelors I have soon transmuted by marriage Into a fine gold of such self forgetftllucss and lender consider ation, such delicate solicitude and courtesy?or?ns"? Mr. Wlnterbotlom bad been slapping his pockets and frowning. Now ho stopped abruptly. "Here's my pipe out," he snld, "and I forgot to bring down thnt pouch again. Do you mind, Mary? It's on the dressing table In the fourth story front." Mrs. Winlerbottoin, with pleasant nlucrlty, hastened from tho room.? New York Press. Spoiled the Prayer. A west end man who had been out with a pnrly of friends sipping from tho bowl of Joy more than usual stag gered home, at a loss to know how to conduct himself to prevent Ids wife knowing he wns Intoxicated. After turning (he question over In his mind several limes ho decided that It would be well for him to kneel In prayer just before retiring, as he sometimes did. "What In the world aro you doing there, John?" asked his wife. "Praying." "Well, your prayer might have inoro effect If you took off that silk hat"? St. Louis Republic. Can We Pull Anything? Sir Oliver Lodge, tho eminent Eng lish scientist, snld In a lecture that thero 1b no such thing ns pulling. To speak of a horse pulling a cart was, bo said, Incorrect. Tho horse did not pull tho enrt. It pushed against Us collar nnd thereby produced motion In tho carl. .Similarly tho oarsman pushed the wnter, nnd tho mnn drawing a handcart had to clnsp tho handle, nnd the driving forco was caused by tho part which clasped the handle nnd was therefore behind It. Even if the cart was fastened to the man's cont tall he did not pull It He pushed against his clothes. Considerate. "And would you marry me If 1 wore a poor girl, working for a living?" ask ed tho heiress. "Darling," responded the accepted suitor, "It wouldn't bo fair. You'd be doing enough In supporting yourself."? Philadelphia Ledger. EDISON THE VICTOR. Ho Humbled the Pride of tho Fust Telegraph Operator. Edison mode his first record ns a telegraph operator In Memphis. A eon temporory says ho camo walking Into tho office ono morning looking like n veritable hayseed. He wanted a Job, and, although his appearance was not prepossessing, the ofllce was short handed, and ho was assigned a desk at tho St. Louis wire, the hardest In the ofllce. "At tlie end of the line was nn operator who was chain lightning and knew It," says Francis Arthur Jones' "Life of Edison." "Edison had hardly got Bented before St. Louis called. The newcomer re sponded, and St. Louis started on n long report which lie pumped In llko a house nil re. Edison threw his leg ovor the arm of his chair, leisurely transferred a wad of spruce gum from [ his iiocket to his mouth, took up n I pen, examined It critically and started In about fifty words behind, lie didn't stay there long, though. St. Louis let out another link of speed, and still nn other, and the Instrument on Edison's table hummed like an old style Singer sewing machine. Every man in tho olllce left his desk and gathered around the jay to seo what ho was doing with that electric cyclone. "Well, sir, lie was right on tho word and taking It dow>> 111 the prettiest cop pcrplnto hand you ever saw, even crossing his 'tV and dotting his 'I'H' and punctuating With as much care ns a man editing telegraph for printers. St. Louis got tired by and by and be gan to slow down. Then Edison open ed tho key and said: "'Hollo, there! When are you going to get a hustio on? This Is no primer class.' "Well, sir," said the gentleman in conclusion, "that broke St i/ouls all up. He had been rawhldlng Memphis for a long time, and wo were terribly sore, and to have a man In our olllco who could walk all over him made us feel like a man whose horse had won the Derby." THRILLING SPORT. Rafting Down the Canyons of an Un mapped Glacial River. With provisions for only ten days a party of explorers in Alaska found ono September tlint they must build rafts and take their chances of letting tho swift river carry them to settlements where food could bo obtained; other wise Ice ami snow would shut them In from all "hope of rescue. In "The Shameless Diary of an Explorer" Rob ert Dunn tells of the Journey on the roughly mode rafts. "At 11 o'clock today began tho most thrilling sport I know, rafting down the snaky canyons of an unmapped glacial river. "Fred and I captained the Mary Ann IL, the other three the Ethel May. We rasped and hauled them over the gravel shadows of our tributary, shot out between the main walls of the stream and seized upon that boiling curroid "Wo reached silently from cliff to cliff. Jammed pike poles Into the slate shelf overhead, twirled out of eddies. Wo bumped and grounded. Wo dashed overboard and on the run eased her across shallows. We tugged half an hour to make an inch at each shove through the gravel, suddenly plunged In to our necks, and she leaped free as we scrambled on. "Bowlders rose through white ruffs of water in mldehannel. Wo might or might not hang on them for a perpen dicular minute. "You must be very handy with a pole. You must have a hair lino eyo for moving angles, the strength of an eddy, the depth of foam milling over a stump. You must be surer of the length of your pole than a polo player of the roach of his mallet. You must he quicker than a Slwash dog. Von must know tho different weight of each log down to ounces, the balance of tho duffel piled high like n dais, covered with the tent and the boon pot, tho macklnaws and tho ox lashed to till tho lashings. It's a pretty game." A Risky Subject. "Do you think, sweetheart," queried tho young man with tho evenly divid ed hair, "that your father will con sent to our marriage?" "Well," replied tho fair one, "of course papa will bo sorry to lose me, but" "But," Interrupted tho rash youth, "I will remind bin) that instead of los ing 0 daughter ho will gain a son." "Dearest," rejoined tho wise maid, "if you really want mo you mustn't say anything of the klud. Papa has three such sous boarding with him now, and bo's a llttlo touchy on tho subject." Queer Milk. Many specimens of unconscious hu mor nro received by tho editors of that monumental work, tho "Imperial Gazet teer of India." A district was said to bo "nn extensive rolling plain, consist ing' of alternate ridges of baro stony hills and narrow fertile volleys." An Interesting item of natural history was afforded by tho remark, "The buffalo differs from tho cow in giving milk which Is richer in butter fat, in volco and in having no hump." ?London Oiobe. Poured. "I have poured every day this week at somo function or other," remarked the vivacious girl. "Well, welll" murmured tho old gen tleman who overheard her. "Now I know what Is meant by the term 'a reigning belle.'"- St. Louis Republic. No man prospers in this world by luck unless it be the luck of getting up early, working hard and maintaining honor ond lutegrlty.?Beecher. SAFETY AND SURETY Safety of principal and surety of interest are the two factors that make all investments, large or small, desirable. And that is what we offer every man, woman and child who opens a savings account with us. One dollar will make the beginning?and the best time to begin is right new. Enterprise Laurens, S. C. 3 B?k r Chicora College(! Ml HlLhE Owned and Controlled by the Presbyteries of the Synod of Sonlii Carolina, A High-Grade College for Women?A Christian Home School. Graduate courses in the Arts and Sciences,Music,Art, Expression, Gymnas tics and Business; Large and able Faculty; Beautiful Grounds; Lie ant Buildings; Modern Conveniences; Healthful Climate; Location in Pied out Section, and in city of 25,000. Fxpenses for the entire y< ji A. Tuition, board, room and fees : : : : $1 13.00 15. All included in proposition (A) and tuition in Music, Art or Expression $203.00 to : ::::::: 213.00 The next session opens September 17th. For catalogue and information <17-10t Address S. C. BYRD, D. D., President J Littleton Female College One of the most successful and best equipped boarding schools in the South with hot water heat, electric lights; other modern impr< vemei 258 boarding pupils last year. 27th annual session will begin }e|)t. 1< For catalogue address .1. M. RllODKS, President, 1 on, N. - . rpntfol A r orl^t-nir A high-grade Prepar; fl~U II /ALctUClIlJ' for boys and young men dustrial and agricultural equipment. Located <>n 700-aere farm um mil from Littleton College and under the management of the ante 11 of Trustees. For new, illustrated catalogue address J. B. AlKKN, Principal, Littleton, Kurth Carol a. NR-TABLETS Better Than Pills For Liver Ills NATURE'S REMEDY In hottor than pills, bocatllO It ncttl In tlio ri?-|it It itronRlhem tlio Btomiteh, oiii? Digestion, ouroa Dyapcpila etc 1,1 vi r mni Dowoln, cnrlng Constipation. Utunlly ono nr Tablot I? ?II timt In nocoRnary to corroet tin> nvoi bio. it Murin In tlio Stomach and learohot through tho I.tvor, Ki Int- -tit. . illnaolving ?ml toothing a< It rook, NR Tablot. nr.i ilwnv. pint rltflit ami BOlthor Btokoil, (,-rlinj nor harmful aftor offuct. OET a 28c BOX. For Sale by Palmetto Drug: Co. KRLSO DID YOU EVER TRY IT ON YOUR STOCK? Nothing like it to put them in good condition, free them from insect parasites and pro tect them from contagious dis KRES0 DIP KILLS LICE, TICKS, MITES AND FLEAS. Cures Mange, Scab, Ringworm and Other Skin Diseases. Disinfects, Cleanses and Purifies. Use it on Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Dogs, Goats and Poultry. FOR ?Alt BY Dodson-Edwards Drug Co. Laurens, S. C. call on waitc roil foff. 11... , ra 118) iN Kneuo oic.