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PROSPERITY SMILES ON LAURENS COUNTY Among the many contributions to The Stau-* "Prosperity Smiles- are the two letters from Waterloo and ' Cross Hill, both of whi. h are in Lau rens county. The correspondents, while by no means optimistic .state that I hero is plenty to live on. The Writer from Waterloo waxes quite l>oetic. Tim letters are as follows: L'outl l imes ||( Waterloo. Waterloo. Dec. 10.?If there is such a thing as financial depression in South Carolina it has not yei reached Waterloo and vicinity. The price of cotton, which is lower than it should be. has made il hard on some, perhaps Ibolr demands, but on the whole otll" people have money and are paying their debts. ()?,? f armers are putting their money in tlio banks to run them another year. Our mer chants are hard bit in some instances, but are gelling their pai | of Ihc "tail gihlo wherewith" without much dilti? culty. The merchants say they have sold more main for sowing purposes this year than ever before. W ith us (be vine and the olive grow in profusion and truly the great fields of yellow main oats. rye. barley and wheat bespeak a law of plenty. Our farmers are already preparing for another crop. Deep fall plowing is going on. ditches and new terraces being made. New grounds are beim,' cleared, the wood hauled to town and turned into money. Kggs and chick, ens bring a good price and turkeys are I.". ends per pound. Our fanners have porkers in tin pen and home made fat hacks and hams hanging in the smokehouse. Thus it will be seen that our people soine of them at least?art* begin ning to realize the value of home liv ing and to raise "hog and hominy". Wo have all learned to look upon them as the twins of South Carolina pro duets. Who has not fell Its Influence? Have you not quaffed the aromatic elixor ami seen visions and dreamed dreams more than mortal? In the nectarine depths of "hog and hominy" WO see pictures of gl'OCII fields and blossoming hedge rows and the blue smoke curling upward from hupp} collage homes. Away with the cry. hard limes! Prosper!!} nl Cross Mill. Cross Hill. Doc. iii.- Tln re is not exactly a "wave of prosperity" in this section, but on the other hand our people have plenty to run 01) for nnothi >? year. our merchants are got ting in their collections, and our farmers are paying their debts; our doctors are visiting the sick and col lecting I licit' money, and our children are going to school. What more. Iben, is needed? Is ibis not prospor i t y ? The low price of cotton, together With a Short corn crop, is account aide for the cry of "bard times" that is hoard in some sections. We have croakers and chronic grumblers here. of course, as elsewhere, but they are in a class eiitlrol} lo themselves and nobody pays any attention to i Item. Parins are being improved, fall plowing going on and new houses go ing up. Mr. W ('. Hasor has just completed a magnificent sin.oon hOllSC Oil Main hi reel, which Is indeed an ornament to the town. The cross Mill gnrded school, bull) through the efforts of some of our business men. Is OIlO of Hie prettiest in the Slate and bas all modern con \ Hiilouces, Mr. Henry ItllSOl' has just moved into Ills new liOIIIO Oil Main street. Mr .1. A. Cut brio's new cottage is neat ami attractive. Tho Hank of Cross Hill, though young. Is in splendid condition. How's Tlllal Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Ro wan! for ativ case of Catarrh that tan not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cur?'. K .1. CIIKNICY & Co.. Toledo, o we ibe undersigned, have known !?" .1 Choney for the last I? years, ami believe hill) perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and linanciall> able to carry mil any obligations made ?by his firm. Wnlding. Klnnnit ? Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. (). Hall's caiarrh Cure is taken Inter nnllv acting directly upon Hie blood and inuCOUfi surfaces of the system. TonllmonlnlH sent free Price. ,.,c. per bottle, Sold by all druggists. lake Hall's Family Pill? lor COII Sl ipal ion. Miij open IHspomuir). it is rumored here that the dlspon sary board Is e\peeling an order to open the dispensary. Mr. Sims, when here staled that he would seek a man damns compelling th<- board to open. pending Iho appeal. However, it is only a rumor Ilms far. HoU about a Dinner Set. Hooker. Tolle! Sei. Morris Chair. Uli? An Square, Ladies' Writing Desk, und mftiiv oilier articles t<> seleci Chrlrt mas'presents from, that will last and ho npnreelnted H. M. & B. H Wilkes & Co. '. \ Ware Shoals .*.? , v ttctli*?. Ware Shoals. Dee >.;. \,,-. c. l. Shnitli ..I Abbeville \ In .-. ,vv. '?ii business interests I ?i '\ To? ii.'s .1 nnoa made .t jno OKStonnl visit in \i, i.\i|!o last week. Mr. Henry llanihton ami family <>i Rosetnotlt have moved to Ware Shoals and will make this place their home. Dr. C. II Intrlou ol Ivo is expected here noxt week t?. spend the holidays. Mr. Edward Sim; Ion of Waterloo has moved t<> (his place. He expects to make this his horn - for the present. Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. IJenjainlll I), Relgol entertained 100 mill children at their handsome home here. .\ feasi of .nod things was provided lor the little folks ami it goes without saying thai the occasion was a very pleasant one indeed. The menu was a rich ami varied one and sounded all the keys in tho scale of toothsome harmony. Miss Prances KJmonslon, ol Wash Ingtoa. assisted Mrs. Iteigel In receiv ing the children and in making things pleasant for (hem. The waiters for Iho various tables consisted of ladles and gentlemen living in Ware Shoals. Mr. w. e Cobh mad.' u happy little speech which was ?le of Ihe hits of il.veiling, V oneii child bade good liighl a bag oi ornii:'.1 ;, apples, liana nas and candy was given tho little one to take koine. The little loll;.- have every reason lo remember tic o? easion with much joy and pleasure. Dentil of Mr. .1. K. lie; I. Mountvllle. Dee. 10. Mr. .1. I' IJoyd, an aged man of tho Ihltdl r'ver soctloil of the county died Mouda.v night after a protracted illness of several months, lie was well known in the county as an upright and useful citt/.OIl. The funeral and burial services wen1 held at 1 lopewell churc h Tuesday. Anderson & Blake BROKERS 100 acres near Park Station $50 per icre, terms easy. 76 acres I1 miles of Laurens ('. 11. on Milton read - 2,000. The Dr. Column house ar. ! lot on North Harper for sale or exchange for county property. T. K. 11Hilgens house and lot B, Main street at a bttrguin. House and !<?i on Hampton street. The prettiest oak lawn, well set in grass, with best up-to-date concrete dwelling with 15 rooms and hulls, very finely finished inside, can throw three rooms into one if d sired. The most comfortable house in Iho South, and most artistic and well adapted for any purpose. The Swil/.er farm. 230 acres, on easy terms. The.fames T. Llrownlcc tract 82 :$-?! acres. Fine livery stable on Mill street, very low and one half cash. 1(1 lots of 10 acres each in I I mile of Watts Mills at a bargain. Three hundred and fifty acres, miles from town, hall* in fine titulier, $15.00 per acre. Tho <;. B. Pulmnn or Roland place at a bargain. The prettiest place in Fountain Inn at a bargain. 95 acres near Watts Mills. Come ipiick or it will he '(one, S? acres known ns Olli Spoon farm. '.? miles west of Laurens C. II., $801! S01J acres in two tracts, on Duncan's creek, near Clarlington station. 146 acres near Ware Shoals, finely improved and in high stale cultivation. 92 3-'l acres near Tumi ding Shoals, high slate cultivation, With six-room dwelling. 132 acres between Laurens and Clin ton at a bargain. We have that magnificent farm known as the Van Robertson farm,near Waterloo, 2d I acres at a bargain, and very easy terms. 313 acres nein Waterloo, the Amanda Colt-man place 600 acres near Stomp springs, tin best bargain of the n all. One six-room house at I lot on Flem ing street at a bargain. 97 acres, the lloyd farm al Lloyd's Mill, $1000; one-half ? ?;? I). Complete ginning outiii 24 miles of town, guaranteed 25 per cent on in vest men I. 200 town lots. 50 houses and Ibl al a bargain, One lot on N. Hit rp h' I , ii'co biii d log lot. bei IVi Oil I i ? ' V. v loi V and .1. D So ton. For Sac all' K.vHilingO ' m e two story, nine room llOUKc W.I front find rear pln/.np. A good W -II of wat< r ami other hnpro' o<n . upon t e premises am! a lim- .-..?!< . ion pi StOlld aril fruits of ?Uff?- a* v , i I i . \ good ginn with a I I'gO lot of iileo cabbage goes with t ? ?? nr. :is. This lot COntailU LWO a T aad fronts on North Harper street, and extends back and front < !o '. ; i I. Will sell or exchange for improved county property Well located ami near the City, Tille.- porfoc! and terms easy. See us tlboill it Come and sec us for any kind of real estate city or count r\. Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St. LAURENS, S. C. u Hi surprise nur: With Something; that Will Last | And be Appreciated, I Before you select what you will give them be sure to see our line of Chi 1 dren's Wagons and Velocipedes made entirely of iron in dif= I ferent sizes. I fflMWMES Also a beautiful Sine * 3 of many other articles c 9 from which vou can select presents for any $ one. Don't buv before you see our line and H get our prices. M A Urn* $1 Bi? las Keystone Traction Water Well Drillers Are Honey Makers. Everybody uses water. A drilled well is the only means of obtaining a pure, cold and unfailing supply. Dug wells and springs are simply eess pools for collecting disease breeding surface drainage. 85 per cent, of Typhoid I-ever is contracted from bad water. A Keystone Drill will penetrate the bed rock and tap the pure, unfailing; streams below. All surface water is securely cased off. A drilled well rarely goes dry in the most protracted drouth. 11 is safe, There is more money in r. Keystone Drilling Outfit than in a Threshing Machine and you work all the year round instead Of three months out of twelve. Machine is the most complete on the market and must not be con founded with cheap and flimsy outfits, Drills a ('inch hole through any forma tion to any desired depth at the rate of Mi feet a day in ordinary formations. Costs $5.00 a day to run in fuel and labor. Will go anywhere under its own steam ami can be sol up ami put to work in ,'wl-minutes. Write for catalog No. !. Keystone Driller Company Reaver Falls, Pa. PORTLAND, MAINE, CHILD HI, Weak and Emaciated, Re stored to Health by Vinol "Our little daughter, six years of ago, after a severo attack of the measles, which developed Into pneumonia, was lefl pitifully thin, weak and emaciat ed. She had no appetite, and her stom ach was so weak It could not retain food. Sho lay in this condition for weeks, and nothing tho doctor pro scribed did a bit. of good, and we were , ? ginning to think i ho would never ro? co\ or. At this time we commenced to give her Vinol, and tho effect was marvel ous. The doctor was amazed at. her progress, and when wo told him wo wore giving her Vinol, he replied, 'It i a. fine remedy, keep it up.1 Wo did SO, and she recovered her health and titrongttl months before the doctor thought she could." J. w. Flagg, Tort land, Me, Vinol eines conditions like this be er ; In a natural manner It increases the appetite, tones up the digestive organ8, makes rich, red blond, and Strengthens every organ in the body. I he Laurens Drug Co. Ileforo you sei?et what you wil' glv< foi Chrlstrtiaa presents be sme 10 sec our line from Which you Can RolCCl presents for any one. S. M. & 13. II. \Yilkes ? Co. NOTICn COUNTY TREASURER. The UooUh ol i I'n'iin Treasurer Will Im nliell lOl' I lltl <?>:? ? ?.!: ? i ? .' ' County umi eoiitiuiitutiuii lion* I Tax?>' for fiscal ycnr, liM ? a UK'Tro i ??<>' r\.< Oiii?-t* '.mm Ucl. iTiil?, In i> coli ???? 31at, 10?S. AM T !<?' * Iii.? I' Olv per coat, win be aihied; after lannar. :!lsl, two per cent, will he a?I<l d; nh< after l?'elmnur.V usi .. seven p >? ee-ni will !.< add ti o;! iho l;>tb, iia> <?? Mercli, when '.'?? ?I ; r.lusoi All |ni^ ,,i - owning |.?yop ? rt> in inon- tlilip Olio lowlisiiip ti\"i i4t:<pn i< ii. call for receiptk ei each ' the oral I owns hi i>.. in h . ? pippei'ly Is located. i i is is I i ?rinnt, ja additional eosl and p< m ma> In utlaelied. AH iiblc-bodh'd tniih< Oh ii, . he tWOCil the ;?:<?. i.i : > ;....| ?.?? .' nr.* Si! ngc, an- liahle in pay ;i po'.' las o $1.00, except old soldi' who lire ciupl id f?0 years in hue. Co, niniuln Lion Itoad Tax $1.00 in lieu <>i urn duly. llond Tax lo he paid i?y ih? I si day ol Marth, I huh I er Ihm lo he pa id ?i i! i line ? ? 1 ahov< Proilipl iilieol ii.ii ill (? ? I hone who wMdi i<? pa} I tu '' through ihn mall h> <h.-?!;. irt n ordor, nie, I'ersoiiK si li'iiije. in list:; of mnif.es l< be taken on iii'vi reqiK' ln?l i? i I'n \\; them oariy, ;ii w . j. givliif.! theii ??>?? ships, ns the Treasurer Is vor> l??i . during i ho I pool !i of herein The TllX levy Is ;i I'ol iov Sliile Ta> Ordinary C0UUt.\ Tn ? 111,1 Specini UaiUrond Pa x _ i11 inlllti ROnd Ta.K . I ';: inili Com itil?ltoilril School Tax ? ni .; Paul Incleht dne.. I \<i i ? Special tfeliool*. Lauren i Town ii ,? Laurouh Xi i. i:.r mi1 Trinity Kin?;" Ntoi i . i mill ? : llalley's No. i . ij! i 11 ill hill Oro.o No. ii. 'tiill ' i lOUIlgn 2 . ounlni;-. fail .\ i.'!>.... !" >aufoI'd No, 10 . mill Dra Xo. 12 . i i i ? Ciroon I'ond No. I . Ihilotl Xo. 5!. Iray Conn ?<'?.?;>;.? . ?> '?. larkadal i >>. ?i. :? mil i'rlnClou Xo. : . nil! rumbllivj Shoal;- No. <; . mil Irewer' ' lilivy ii To\\ h hip i' 11 roil i vat? ii'loi) Xo. i ) . .. . hi III ? O'roill No. :'. . ;? nidi CroftH 11?I Xo. r; . ?.; mill (?r?aa inn s. i-. a? i n?in Cross Hill No, i. j. ::. i ITlah Hehool . ;:, mil! Ilunier Town?h(|i. Climen No, :>. :: mill Vfouiilvllle No, Mi mill i I). MOCK. ?> October s. i-.us ui ~ ^ & A M RL E OFFER 15 DAYS ONLY Uenutif'ul, Bright, SparKling*, Famous .ADZES' ov GENTLEMEN'S $5.00 Bo mot to jjamonc ri v liii every i'i inurement only '?!?<? 1 i ii'lk'lh (lie cost ? ndetful, . <-1111 illntine, j<m, isiblo, wo ;ii'- mal;ii}'; a ,i niti . 1 . |?io0o ol' man's i<< i i ami ilnshos wil Ii Drilliancy <-<]ii;t!s jtenu'iiic delorlinn bailies > <>!' iii<- mosi oxaoling ;><? !'.?? mosi j'a idiol of liii real diamond. A ? ?? neahs ?il" im rodueii'e; 11 *?mat ol and - .ii.-; as man" new friends as 1 ? ' l> spo< ndiiceinenl for the Ne\v Year. Waal you Lb wear Ibis beau fnl I'i. bum ruft, this simulation that .? 1 >.>> L' wil . all t o lire (if A GENUIN! DIAMOMO SVd want you to sliow it lb ybur frh ltd and (liko hrd< h for 11 a it tollt, .: 11 -soils al > i; lit ?and makes 100 PER CENT PROFIT t/oti, ub&o/titcly without oirorl on . > YVe'want good, h?hest rorprosonlut i ? everywhere, in every locality, city >r -. oiltitry. in fat in OVOl'V cotlliti'N I1 ? ?? i. ut world, both na n and wo 1 n, you'ni;' or obi, cbo will nol oil <? |>: .vn the Darnatto Simulation Dla IOOU?S under (l\0 )>ioUt,"'so thill they ?i'c ncmiine (reins, uch action with ruulili ion diamonds s?hiO'iinos leads to trouble oi\bmharrn nicht, If j'oti wiilil a simulate., diamond t ub I into !"!? ihc genuine DON'T V \ I 1 ii t.'T 'i'O^DA Y, as tlji. 'dvcrti. menl ma. hoi appear again. <mt Coupon Jo-low ..rid 11 .. I ,.?(>?--! irsl Eome**Firsl Served, ?i'i to hi-'ft> "totiV.- of |>:t|ioi* In which you nv? ? . ? monl 0? ISartn'tio bia.niond Co , Girant Aldg < bica| ( il v * Wagon Quality \ ,, fyb< dy knows what that 1: the slaunChosti best t lilt, ?? <? runninfifi best ? tt :i ' wagon on thu market. Kot nil (!? al< liki i > hnndi it b icausc it costs them a little mon ami tluyhuvu u sell it iot a little more than Other wa; 4 Ktf 0 ?h oose To Sell The Wacgoit of Quality. Wo bollovo wo know wlsat tho people of this community want, While ft costs a little noro thau others it is Worth a groat deal more. Every Milbu*:* fnVor th More Than It Costs. It's worllt while to buv 1 hi wliil? you am at lt. Od tho wagon that 1 not ? 1 1 both i'y tn \ it:, lit- oltlUgi breakdowns, etc. We havi! Ill it wti COAWlNANDL liV US TALK MlLliURN TO VOU, Douglas Gray & Co.