Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BIG STAKE RACfc? AT STATE FAIR For the First Time South Caro lina Gets Stak? Races-Big Entries. Columbia, a. C.?(Special.)?In all the life of the stute Pair?forty year* tli re have never been anything like the races that are .scheduled for tills year. The fair opens October 26th and ? loses October 30th. There will be four days of racing. Already live stake races have been arranged for trotters and pacers. Purses will be offered for both harness and running horses. Between (6.000.00 and J/.ooo.O? has been offered us prizes for the -.e races, rue attractive prises, together with the fact that so many of the Northern and Kastern tracks have hud trouble with the racers, will make the entries here fair week the best aggregation or fast horses ever seen anywhere In the South. Strings of hors.s from the most re nowned Stahles in the country will be here fair week. With the races m arly two months off, the entiles tor the stake races counted up to ninety-three, and it Is expected that more than a hundred of. America's finest racers will he entered tor the stake races. The purse races will be much above tile average tills year. .More money Is offered and better horses will he raced. The track has been put in apple pie order and the grandstands enlarged and reworked. This was necessary to accommodate the immense crowds that will witness all of tb?" races during fair week, this being tbu first of the series in the Virginia-Carolina circuit. There will he other sports. Davidson College plays Clcmson on Wednesday, and the University of South Carolina plays Davidson College on Thursday. Mr. R. C. Kecnan will have the races in charge, and he knows his business. President Mobl?y expects the ra s this year to hrln? people to the fair from every part of the state and from many surrounding fltntea. Off for the Philippines. Mr. Sam II. Shorard of Greenwood was in the city last week visiting the family of Mr. W. II. Oilkerson, leaving Sunday for home. On yesterday Mr. Shcrard left Greenwood by an overland journey to San Francisco whence ho goes to the Philippine Islands in the government employ. Mr. Shcrard is a grandson of Mrs. A. F. Shorard of this' city. UIT A TTTTTfl niTin11 You'll be suited to your entire satis faction if you come here to place your order for that buggy. The Babcock Buggy rcpresr the acme of perfection in v m hip, both in construction, do;' i. It is the aristocrat of the " w If you are desirous of securing real durability, the kind that will stand the worst kind of wear and tear, be sure you investigate the merits of the Bab cock before you buy. Barksdale & Franks Laurens, S. C. ************* I Wilkinson's! I i Matchless Mineral Water Nature's iron tonic, insuring rapid convalescence from any illness which has weakened or lowered the vitality. While this is purely a medicinal wa ter, it is a' delightful drink, and one drink will frequently cure a severe headache, heart burn, fullness and oppression of the stomach, following a hearty meal. For sale at Dr. Posey's Drug Store A Fresh display of Seed._ The Princess RubberGloves Pure and Seamless. For general household use, Surgeons, Physicians, Under takers, Photographers, Ladies Toilet, Electricians, etc. Try a pair and keep your hands in good condition. FOR SALE AT I Posey's K. j ************ Chamberlain s Cough Remedy Cure? Colds, Cioitpand Whooping Cough. /W\ /W\ /f\ /T^ W\ /?\ /?\ . 1\ . W\ /W\ /ws^^ I Nitrate | I of Soda I The finest Fertil- * izer for Top Dres- 21 sing, beats cotton re seed meal. Highly ^ recommended in the "Williamson" plan. We have Nitrate & of Soda in stock H? and solicit your 3* trade. 1 Kennedy I Bros. Anderson & Blakely BROKERS Real Estate Renting Stocks Bonds 100 Town Lots and 75 Farms for sale on short notice. We have several city lots to ex change for farm property, see us about these. s Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St. LAURBNS. S. C No new Hands at the I Bellows. We have on hand fresh from the long-leaf piney woods the best line of Siding, Ceil ing and Flooring ever brought to Laurens for the money?from $1 to $2.50. Call and see us on this subject and see the ma terial and we can size you up in both qual ity and prices. For Lime, Hard Plaster, Cement, Laths, Shingles, Paryoid Roof ing, Sash, Doors and Blinds, call to see us and we can satify you also. We thank our friends of every race and color for their patronage in the past, and hope to merit your continued favors. Respectfully, I H. E. Gray & Son| \\fe Welcome Small Deposits It matters not what amount of money you have to deposit?we will accept it at this bank. We welcome the small depositor, we extend to him the same consideration and courtesies accorded all our patrons. Our customers all know this. lXurens, s.c. The Bank for Your Savings. Better Than Pills For Liver His. Natur?'* remedy U Imltnr limn pill*, beCM?4 11 Itetl ill tli.i rltflit w?jr. It?trenflhoiii tin- rUnmnclii rtldt IMgoMloiii cur?? DftpAptU, rleftniei th? j.iver ft ml BowoU, curing Coiifttipatlon. Uhu it 11 y fino nr Tablet N nil tbAl u rtMaaiary in correct um n\>-mc- Iron.. Mo. it start* In Ihn Bioinacli aikI ftoarctioa through llio l.iwr. Ki<liu>y ?mi IuloKtin?, dUtolving fthil aootlilng n? it goosi nr TftMftla a,ro ?Iwiiih jiiHt right fttld nHUirr ilokAlti crlpo nur h?vo any harmful ftftor offix-t. GET A 2Bo BOX. For Sale by Palmetto Drug Co. 1 1 ? O. B.SIMMONS & SON'S g Fall and Winter Opening! f THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST. Simmons' Dress Goods and Millinery Opening will take place Thursday, October 1st. We invite the ladies of Laurens and the county at large to a display of Dress Ooods and Milli= nery that has never been excelled in the city. Never have hats been more elaborate and more graceful, never have materials been handsomer than this year. Each year we have tried harder to please, and each year have added new customers to the hundreds who will have only "That Hat at Simmons'." This season we have tried harder than ever before and our Millinery Department is filled to overflowing with stylish Hats, Hats that we know will please you. We have left nothing undone to make our display the handsomest ever offered to the women of Laurens. Come view our opening THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST. We are sure your visit will not be disappointing. O. B. Simmons ?L Son.