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A TBIP THROUGH LAI KENS COUNTY. Mr. Thos. I?. Pearson, of Spartan burg, recently made a trip through this county, and following is an account of his travels written for the Spartanburg Journal: Then we got into Laurens county by way of Woodruff's bridge. We passed by Col. Alfred Park's old place, now owned by T. M. Nesbitt, formerly of Spartanburg county. He runs some ! even or eight pi ows. He had the mis fortune to lose his roller mill in May. He is not sure of rebuilding. We then arrived at my old friend and school mate's, Col. C. H. Wallace. I foui.d him in bed. He had quite an attack of neuralgia, but we found so much to talk of that he could not stay in bed. It had been some 25 or ?(> years since Wo had seen each other, so ho ju*t pulled himself together and e a; i d up the balance of our slay. He and his two sisters. Misses Lou and Mamie?, live together. They are fine housekeepers. Their eld cook.* old Aunt Ann, is still with them, living with the family for some 50 years. We had a royal wel come and met the late Col. Jonas Swlnk's widow and granddaughter, Miss Marion Cray. That was very pleasant company. We left early next morning with a pressing invitation to go by W. W. Wallace's and spend the day or night but as our trip was already planned we had to decline and pass on, with regrets that our time was so limited. After leaving we passed by the W. P. Harris place; that is quite a little town of it self. He has a very large farm and runs nearly 20 plows His cotton is fairly good. He has plenty of corn and a line lot of many acres of peas. He has the finest house in that section. Ii is of rock, two stories high, large and roomy. He has a wind mill to give him plenty of water for his work stock and tine Jersey cattle. He has a large fam ilyof interesting children. They have a good many of the comforts and pleas ures of a city home, a lawn tennis court and croquet grounds and so on. He is a line neighbor and citizen. His cattle was one of only two lots seen on I our entire trip. I stopped with our j friend, Willis Cheek, for a short while. He, too, has an interesting family of girls; six, one married. He is quite a goad farmer and runs ten plows and is getting on nicely. We passed on by and through Cray Court, on the Greenville & Laurens railroad. That is a nice little town and has several enterprises, an oil mill, etc. 1 rode on south through tho poorest sec tion of Laurens county. Cotton is the principal crop. No peas are sown. The land in this section is rented for so much cotton and servants pay no atten- | lion to improving the land. Hugh Wal lace is quite the best farmer in this section. He plants some 100 acres in cotton and had some very gocd corn, but said they had too much rain, conse quently the crop did not show up very well. We then crossed North and South Rahun creeks. The land is very rolling, much more so than any part of Spartanburg county that I have been over. Crops are fairly good in Hickory Tavern section. A lot of land is lying idle, very'few peas are sown. I stppped at Mr. Baldwin's place, watered and foil ami ate our lunch and then passed on some miles by way of Tumbling Shoals bridge, There the crop of cotton is :i.better. After passing Mr. Sulli- 1 van's place we traveled down a ridged lead by way of Poplar Springs church. Cotton and corn are the principal crops, not many peas are sown. Cotton is not very large, but fairly well fruited. [ then arrived at my destination, S. , B. Swilzer's, at about ?'{ p. m. He was glad lo have us, not having seen each other in several years, and we had a nice stay of two days and three nights. We took- a seining trip on Wednesday with some of the neighbor boys on the place and caught quite a mess of fish. The water was almost two high. Hood , Shoals is a noted place for catching fish. The hoys had quite a lot of fun bathing after seining for some two hours. They did (piite a lot oi grabbling, something new lo me; that is to say, run the fish from under the banks. The only regret of this trip was 1 lost my glasses. Al- ' together it was a very pleasant outing. On our rid urn trip we took in Col. J. j T. Johnson's lime kilns. That was In teresting to some of us who had never seen one. It is not worked now as the distance is loo great to haul to market. The Clinton orphanage buildings were built with this lime. It is, or seems to ' bo, of si good quality. Thursday morning was spent in going to see Ware Shoals col ton mills. On tili? way crops are fairly good. It seems as if this is a diamond in the desert. The buildings are of the very best, but with tin eye to comfort as well as busi ness. The company store is" supplied with everything that is needed in a cot - 1 Ion mill Store, a bank, postoflico, cold Storage apartment. The bank is man- 1 aged by Mr. Gamble, the millinery do partmcnt l>v Miss Minnie Sharp. She is very popular both with the eompany and customers. The postoihee is man aged by Joshua Young, who is very courteous. There is an R. P. I), route from this place that is a very great help I,, the sections passed through. This gtoro building is built of rock faced wit k concrete blocks that give it quite a city-like appearance. General Mann? gor Bradford had just gotten married and was on his wedding trip. He is manager of the whole business. Mr. (mines is the outside boss and looks af ter buying cotton and running the gin nery, which is of the best Mlinger sys tern, eight gins in all. They can gin a bale in eight minutes. Seed arrange in. ||ts are perfect. They can put seed in w agon or seed house or cars all by an automatic hand arrangement, all run by electricity. They have an oil mill, in fact they can handle the cotton in toto. The mill has some eight hundred hands and makes at this time some six differ ent kinds of goods and these are gold as fast as made. If I was correctly in formed the mill building is in Green wood county. The power plant is in I .aureus county. They have a power ful dam and canal for transmitting Hie water to the powerful dynamos of some four hundred horse powc f. The mill is large and roomy and the hands are paid good wages. Many thanks to the gen (lemon for courteous treatment. The capital In aomo $1,800,000. On the return we saw some nice litt le farms and good melons thrown In for (rood measure. Wo arrived for dinner iinl spent the rest of the day talking;ol (dd times and making the homeward journey. MAKE ICE CREAM FROM WATER and a small quantity of condensed milk, if fresh milk cannot be had. RECIPE. M pint condensed tnllk costs . . . .OGc. Add enough culd watot to inako ouo quart.00 Ono 18c. package JKIX-O ICK C'KKAM Powder.\\\c, **** Total. .lDc. Mix all together thoroughly and freeze. Don't heat or cook it ; don't add anything else. This makes two quarts of delicious ice cream in 10 minutes at very small cost. AND YOU KNOW IT'S PURE. Fivtkindst Chocolate, Vanilla, Straw berry, Lemon and Unflavored. 2 packages 25c at all grocers. Illustrated lt?-< i;.e Hook 1'roe. Tho Genesee Pure Food Co , tc Roy, N. Y Waterloo Personal Mention. Waterloo, Aug. 22. Dr. W. P. Tur ner, of Coronaca, was a Waterloo vis itor this week. Mrs. Clyde Fuller, of Greenwood, is visiting the family of Mr. J. M. Pearce. Mr. T. K. MeCullough, of Greenville, lue. boon in the city several days lodk ing after his farming interests. Miss Lois Fleming, of Augusta, is visiting Miss ( lara WhaiTon. Mrs. Carl Fuller and children, of Lau rens, are visiting the family of Mr. .). M. Smith. Mrs. Rex W. Lanford and little daughter, of Greenville, a:, with the family of Mr. W. II. Wharl r. for a few days. Mis* Lena Klliott, of St: iter. spent last week very pleasantly i Waterloo. Good rains have fallen this week and all crops are very much helped. Cot ton picking is now the older of the day. Mr. W. B. Boyd, of Greenville, came down this week and will spend some time with Ins family hero. Mrs. W. 1>. Davis, of Columbia, ar rived today and will spend some time with herpnrcnt8, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. L. Tcaguo. Messrs. James Heeks and Sam Lowe, j of Cross Hill, were in town today. A number of our people attended the campaign meeting in Lauren.; Satur day. The speaking was good, the bar bacuo was excellent and nobody got mad. A Common Error. The Same Mistake is Made by Many Latircns People. It's a common error To plaster the aching back, T?* nd) with liniments rheumatic joints, When the trouble comes from the , kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills, And are endorsed by l.aurens citizens. J, H, Nash, 225 Main St., l.aurens, S. C, says: "1 have given my name in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills in the hope that a few of the many who suffer from kidney trouldo may bo bene fited thereby. My kidneys were irreg ular in action and caused considerable pain about the stuo? of my back. 1 was told that Doa/vS Kidney Tills were good for such tr/niblos and dividing to , try them, 1 boffght a box at the Pal- : motto Drug Co. I had taken them but a short time when the pain disappeared 1 and my kidneys wore strengthened. Prom tho results I received I can say that Doan's Kidney Pills aro a most re liable kidney remedy.' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. "Strongest in I lie World lor tho South, and Strongest in tho South for tho World." A great investment, absolutely safe, brings ret inns that nothing else can; giving surplus earning power; securing comfort and health in your declining years. That's what llollisler's Rocky Mountain Tea docs, '?'>'> cents, Ton or Tablets.' Palmetto Drug Co. The terrific rainfall last Tuesday has no doubt worked great damage to the crops in l.aurens county, especially the corn crop. Cotton, it i- reported, has not been materially hurt. WOOD'S SEEDS. Best qualities obtainable. Winter or Hairy Vetch makes not only one of (ho largest yielding and best winter feed and forage crops you can grow, but is also one ol the l>esl of SOlldmptOV* eis adding more nItr?gen to tho sod than anyiother winter crop. Wood's Descriptive Fall Cat alogue gives full in format ion about this valuable crop; also P-^ahoul all other Farm 6 Garden Seeds Pfor Fall planting, Catalogue mailed free on request. Write for It. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, ? Riclimoud, V.l. Rural Carriers' Association. Mr. Allen D. Barksdalc, president of | the Laurens County Rural Letter Car riers' association, requests the an-1 nounceinent that a meeting of the as sociation will he held in the court house at 11 o'clock Monday, September 7th. All members of the association are| urged to attend. Young married people and old ones too, , That have no children to laugh and] coo, Kind their troubles will "littleones" be. If they take Rocky Mountain Tea. Palmetto Drug Co. Mrs. B. M. Weaver, of Augusta, Ga., spent a few days in the city the past | week with her brother, Mr. J. S. Ben nett. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has j been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure I is the only positive cure now known to j the medical fraternity. Catarrh being i a constitutional disease requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly , upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in do ing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ease that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To ledo, 0. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. 1857 1908 College OF Charleston. Charleston, S. C. 124th Year Begins Sept. 25. Entrance examinations will be held at the county court house on Friday, duly.'?, at 9 a. m. All candidates for admission can compete in September for vacant Boyce Scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Hoard and furnished room in dormitory. Tuition $40. For catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. We Want You to See ? THE ? New Veil Pins and to know what values we have to offer in this line. These pins can be used on the new style bows called the Merry Widow Bows or they can be used for Veil Pins or Belt Pins or for any similar purpose. Fleming Bros. JEWELERS. JU ?JW iftn' if-' nfti *% ill m%m ]Am 'JL I Nitrate | 1 of Soda i The finest Fertil 4 izer for Top Dres sing, beats cotton [Jl seed meal. Highly recommended in the "Williamson" plan. & We have Nitrate * of Soda in stock ? 2 and solicit your i trade. 25 (F * Kennedy | I Bros. I *. | L. A. McCORD The Piano and Organ Man A few words which you cannot help believing unless you are prejudiced. SELL AS RENOWNED PIANOS for tone, quality, elasticity of touch and skilled workmanship as are made. I have no schemes to sell a piano. When I sell a piano it is direct from the factory to the purchaser, there being no unnecessary ex pense. The price is 1 he very lowest possible and the profit shorter than of any dealer in this section. I do not have pianos drayed around and left on trial, which adds to the cost and the buyer pays it. [f yon know these facts and do not buy of me (for I sell for less) Hum you . imply prefer to pay from $75 to $150.00 more, which ia nothing but robbing one's self or of your loved ones. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THESE PIANOS The Starr McPhail Richmond Chase Peerless Electric And several makes of Player Pianos. With every Piano sold from this date I will jrive free of charge a twenty lesson piano course in music. L. A. McCORD The Piano and Organ Man. Laurens, S. C. Due West Female College. With tho liest modern conven iences and equipment, and high standards of teaching und living, this is an idoal place for prepara tion for tho great responsibilities of womanhood. TERMS RNASON?RLE. j For attractive catalog write j REV. JAMES ton i \ Dm- West, S. (! MONUMENTS. If you are in need of a nice Menu mcnt for loved ones I am | repar< d ." furnish it to you at very reasonable prices, See me. J. WADE ANDERSON, I.aureus, S. ('. Simpson, Cooper 6c Babb. Attorneys at Law. Will practico in nil stair Court Prompt attention given to all business 1)11. CLIFTON .N)Si:s Dentis) OFFICE IN SIMMONS lUHLDINd Phone: Ofllco No. 80; Residence :>]<.). J. L. M. IRBY 0IV1 L v, N U ! : : t: II Office over I.aureus Drug Co. T. C. TURNER, JR., ATTt ?kXi;,v,\T i, \\\\ Will practico In all state courts, Prompt attention given 11i :l! hu. im Offlco in Enterprise Rani H illtling, KILL thk CS ? y OH j ?no CURK tu? LONGS w,th Dr. !ii:^s \ New KSiscrorcr? fORC8Sf^6 > ? AND Atl THROAT ANftLUNGTROURLES. guaranteedb ^TISFA?TOR or money refunded Ribbons! Ribbons! I Plain Silk Taffeta, Satin Taffeta and Qros Grains in desira= ble shades and widths. HOSIERY. Ladies', Misses' and Children's plain I and drop stitch. ] MERCERIZED WHITE WAISTINOS In col ored wash fabrics; a complete line to select from. Also in Embroid eries and Laces at 8 W. Q. Wilson & Co. * vju v*z \ms s i I The First Principle | * Of the Salaried Man | ? Should be TO SAVE. I jj^ I is possible that luck may play an important pari in the uuick making <>f fortunes, lait it has nothing i<> do with fortunes accumula led from the savings of labor. jS^ A bank account, however, will be of assistance and tho young rj; man or woman who will lake, this method of saving from his or her TWi salary will eventually reach the desired goal. Tins hank welcomes tho accounts of those people who are working f^? on salary and haVO a desire, to save a part of it. IfjSk The Bank for Your Savings.