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* ********* it * ??* #?*<|4 ' * * #4 ? AMONG THE EXCHANGES i n f.-r ?. x |i * ? k f: if.? ? ,.f i, g,. x.j,. f. ?;. * Gun is "llonorubl) Discharged." In sentencing a young man who had committed n crime in Laurens (? mty while under the influence of whiskey, tho presiding Judge remark ed that, inasmuch as the comity had BOld the man whiskey, it seems hard thai the county should hold mm re sponsible for the crime. But. sup I1 ting that the crime was done with II pistol, it seems thai the pistol should share the blame with the liquor. One notable result of the "prohibition wave" has been the com. ph to, exoneration of the "gui!." it Ik "honorably discharged," so to say. -N'eWS am! Courier. The State Hero Fund. The fund tor the widow of Police man Stone of Laurens. has been cloned, and the cashier of The Slate company i^ forwarding to Mr. s .13. Honey, editor of The Advertiser, a check for the amount sent direct to this newspaper six hundred and forty-live dollars and sixty cents. Many contributions have been made to Dr. Aiken, cashier of the bank (U' Laurens, and some also to Mr. Money, nnd we hope the total is sufficient to do that for which subscriptions were asked?lift a mortgage that is on the home of the widow of the officer killed In the discharge of his duty.?The State. 3lind Our Own Business. The Laurens Advertiser is mistak en. The News and Courier merely holds that the enforcement of prohib ition in Laurens is no sign whatever that it Will be enforced in Charleston Of In Savannah. The News and Co rier does not object to the abolit ion of saloons and dispensaries in Laurens; it is content that the people ol Laurens attend to their own affairs, and believe them capable of attend in;.: to them properly,?News and Co-.! r ier. Maj Soon be Out of Fashion. One man found guilty of murder and :? tenccd i<> bang; another of fine rat: ily ami influence who pleaded that the killing was accidental given vcr dlcl of manslaughter; and these re in Laurens county! Killing in So lb C'nrollnn will soon he out of rashi m, Darlington News and Press. Local Option in Kissing. / a Ohio minister says kissing is intoxicating. Maybe hi the course of lime we will be having local option elections on the question of kissing.? Honen Path Chronicle. . .tin Pat Wise says there is already local option In Newberry on this subject, and thai it takes only one vote to elect. And he knows because ?well, he is a law student.-?New berry Observer. Mr. W. W Hudson In Abbeville. f)r. Dodson, druggist nl Laurens, v.:;--. in town yesterday morning. The Press and Banner asked him to allow us to quote him on the subject of the dispensary, or no dispensary. i|i thought it was a difficult question to answer. There were two sides to it. While those who gave tho mat ter Utile though! could readily give a decided opinion one way Or another, yel if the question was seriously con sidered, it was mine d illicit It to give tin u not i u I vocal judgment. lie did Hol BOO bow trade had been affected, one way or another, by Iho closing of tho dispensary. lie didn't know how much liquor has been drunk. Add be bad iiftlo definite information as to tb ? work of the blind (igcr.1. ??i ? blind liger has :>? en ct tight, ami. lie did hot say sd, but the prcsump iioh IS, thai ;.n oculist bad operated on Ills eve,., nnd that his sight is > er> ile Worship of ttunhorriiry. lie rials of ram id r< I dally I"-. :ni how. when and w i li by bralnlei'.s won. it, full d.e Sptlon of every gtuiitqhi, Including hp embroidered and It ears i Itched clo'itt's. prepared before hand for the tinhorn brtits nil iholr fulsome i Scotts Muff, drool od out dull; hi the big papers -by (lie column and bj the* whole pace sort of gross pandering to riches ti sorvlllc worship of sltol ocracyj n putting of lite forehead to the ground when the money moloeli passes down tho Btrool <h?'s more to stir up ti.\H in a nian than nil elSO Combined. This sort Of man worship may go nil I'lghl in countries where one man Is acknowledged to be better than another, but it will never go ill this land Of free and the homo Of tho brave, and the sooner the big papers let up Oil this daily Houting of money In the faces of de cent people, the quicker all sorts of devilIshness win oeaso to be h men ance to our government. Mxohnngo. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEET ING OF WATTS MILLS. Notice is hereby given that, pursu ant to a call of the Directors, made on March fifth (5th), Nineteen Hundred ami Nine (1900), a meeting of the Stockholders of the Watts Mills. S. ('.. will be held at the office of the Com pany, at Watts Mills. Lanrens. S. (*.. on the Seventh tTtlu day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Nine (1909), at four (I) o'clock. P. M.. lor the fol low inn purposes: ? FIRST: For the purpose of deter mining whether or ItOt they will re scind their action of the Twelfth (12th) day of January, Nineteen Hun dred and Nine (1909), by which the Capital Stock wat increased to the extent of One I. Hired Thousand ($100,000.) Dollars. SEICOND: For the purpose of de termining whether or not the WATTS MILLS shall issue Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000.) Dollars of Pre ferred Stock, in the usual form, sub ject to preferences, liabilities and conditio . ? forth in the Resolution of the ... if Directors adopted on the Fifth . lay of March. Nine teen Hundred md Nine (1909),?a copy of which ha .eon mailed to each of the stock ho! is. J. A DO 1311 SMYTH. JR., President aiitl Treasurer. Watts Mills. Lauren:-. South Caro lina, March 5th, 1909. 32-lt NOTICE OK ItHlUUE LETTING, Notice Is hereby given that County Commissioners of the counties of Lan rens and Greenwood, S. C will receive sealed bids to be flletl with T. C. Rur nett. County Supervisor, at Greenwood. S. ('., until 9:30 o'clock, a. in.., on Tues day. March 23rd, 1909. fo building the following joint bridges, to wit: A steel Bridge over Saluda River on the road from Cross Mill to Ninety Six. S. C, better known a.s "Watts Bridge." Also, a Bridge over the same stream at a point near the town of Hodges, S. C better known as "Smith's Bridge." Regular bids will he for furnishing material and erection of Bridge com plete; irregular bids, however, for . either the material or the erection sep arately will be considered. Bids to be accompanied by certified cheek for $200.00 as guarantee that bidder will, if successful, execute written contract and bond in sum of one-half the con- \ tract price within ten days. Work to be completed within ;! months. Plans and specifications will be on file at the Supervisor's Office of each county ten days prior to letting. Bids will be opened at the aboved named date, at Office of County Supervisor. Greenwood, s. C and contract will hi' awarded to the lowest responsible bid der. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. II. P. HUMBERT. County Supervisor L. C. March I. 19C9. 32 3t There's another thing about Taft: should he lind it necessary to sit i down on anything, the thing will he effectuaiiy squelchod.?Elberton star. PORTLAND, MAINE, CHILD 111, Weak and Emaciated, Re stored to Health, by Vinol "Our little daughter, six years of age, after a ucvero attack of the. measles, which developed into pneumonia, was left pitifully thin, weak and emaciat ed. She had no appetite, and her stom ach was so weak it could not retain food. She- lay in this condition for Weeks, and nothing the doctor pre scribed did a bit of good, und we wore beginning to think she would never re cover. "At this time we commenced to give her Vinol, and the effect was marvel ous. The doctor was amazed nt her progress, and when wo told him wo were, giving her Vinol, ho replied, 'It is a tine remedy, keep it up.' Wo did so, and she recovered her health and strength months beforo the doctor thought she could." J. W. Flagg, Portland, Me. Vinol cur? ?? coTulltlnnn like this ho eausc in a natural manner It. Increases the appetite, tones up the digestive organs, makes rich, rod blood, ami fctreugtheuS every on;a:i in tho body. VINOL i> sold in Lauren* in The LA I'RUNS ?Kl'G COMPANY. Well, at any hate, Mr. ltoosevelt hasn't threatened to go on the lecture' platform -yet. Driui vvlck Journal. Xlglil on Bald .Mount.tin. on a lonely night Ab ;. Bonton of Fori Kdward, N. v.. climbed Dab! Mountain to the homo of n holghbor, tortured by Asthma, beul on curing 111 til With Dr. Uillg'X New I 'i.-c.ive ??>?. thai had cured lilniselt' of asthma. Tills tvtnitl'.'rful medicine Kooh rellev* ? il ; n i quickly cur <i his neighbor. l.:,ter i< cured ins non's wife of a se vere 1 ins rouble. Millions believe on ??: tii. Cough.-, edlils, croup, i I who' ? . : ; si.t 0. Trial boll! ? fr< t I luahltb teed by Lanrens Drug Cd. and the ih ? pb .e ni tusk of ('Imaging the Itt? s|de. t,;' iho White |loin * from a curio shop tou residence. Homo I rlbuue, (.'on ! Co null Medlclnr for Clilhlren. The season for coughs and colds Is now at hand and loo much cars can not be used to protect the children, \ child is much more Hkoly to con tract dlptherlfl Ol' scarlet fever when he has a cold. The quicker you cure his cold the loss the risk, chamber lain's Cough Remedy is tho sole re liance of many mothers, and few of those who. have tried il are willing to use any other. Mrs. F. F. Starchor, of Rlpley, W. Va.. say:-: "I have never used anything other than Chamber Iain's COUgh Remedy for my children, and it has always given good satis faction." This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a child as to Ion adult. For rtnle by Lnurens Drug , Company. SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Pencils, Inks, Pencil Tablets, Ink Tablets Writing Pens, Rulers, Erasers, Sponge, etc. If you want a school book come here for it. A nice line of Box Pa pel* und Envelopes. Choice line of Cold Cream, Perfumery and Toilet Soaps. Dr. Posey's The Old Reliable. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Merchants of Laurens County We arc glad t<> be able to say that we were perfectly delighted with the amount of business that you gave us during the month just past and we are equally pleased to have so mane of von say that you were satisfied with your purchases from us. Hut Listen! We have made- heavy purchases for February delivery, and have :^<'t everything bought at Rock Bottom prices before the recent advances, and we want to strongly urge that von call on us lor any commodity what-so-cver you may need. We positively know that we can save you money on anything in our line. As for quality- vou know yourself that we bandit, nothing but the very best. Quality is long remem bered after price is forgotten. Remember that. Yours truly J. S. Machen & Co. Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter. ?)'.' acres land near OwlllgS Station bounded by land of John Jones and Toni Brnmlett with dwelling and out buildings price 00 per acre. 100 acres land near l.anford Stat ion bounded by lands of Duff Patter son, .lames Paterson and othOI'S with dwelling and '?'< Tenant houses Price $:{.">.mi per acre. ip.t acres land near the Incorporated limits of the Town of Fountain Inn hounded by lands of Robt. Taylor, T. B. Nelson. Jim Adams and others: dwellings ami out buildings. Price $75.00 per acre. C? acres of land, with dwelling, good barn ami out-buildings, near Owings. Price $3,500; terms made easy. inn acres of land, with live room dwelling. 3-room tenant home, good out buildings, near Hickory Tavern. Sullivan township. Price $15.00 per acre. '_. acres of land In town of Lan ford, with five-room dwelling. Price $1,500. .".'.! acres of land in town of l.anford. with tenant bous, at $??.???? per acre. 52 acres of land in town of Cray Court. dwelling au 1 outbuildings. Price per acre. 80 acres of land in One mile of the tow: of Cray Court. Wltli two dwell ings. Price $|n per acre. acres of land near Itabun Creek church, 8-rooin dwelling, throe tenant houses. Price $32.50 per acre, :. ! ; ::cri of tun ! in Hunter town s'iip. hounded by liitidn <>i ItUl'tlS Dnii. I tip, Rebecca Christian and Ceo. Craw ? lb r town-; ;p, boundCd liv lauds 115 acres of land Dial's township, known as the old W ham's homestead, with dwelling and out-buildings. Price S'27.50 per acre. I 200 acres of land one mile of Dial's] church; 5 tenant houses $30 per acre. Terms made easy. 205 acres in Pair view township Green ville county, near Cedar Falls, bounded by .lohn Terry, Clyde Willis, John Red en and others, three dwellings ( lose to church and line school. Price $18.001 per acre. 7 lots suitable for building purposes, in the town of Simpsojivillc; prices made right. 127 acres land in Sullivan township, 0 room dwelling, good out buildings, 1 tenant house. Price $30 per acre. 30 acres land bounded by lands of Thomas Armstrong and John Draydon. ' Dwelling and outbuildings. Price $35 per acre. ?12 acres bounded by lands of tie Padgett faiin. .1. <). ('. Fleming, W. .1. Copcland, one dwelling; and out-build ing. Price $2,250.00 ?d acres at Cray Court, 'l-room hotlSO and out building, bounded I v hinds of Ri T. Shell and .\i. il. llurtlinc. Price $00 per acre. Seven room house ami two acre lot in town id' Cray Com:, modern build. Price 2,500.00! 500 acres of land within six miles of Lauren*, live miles it Clttitotl, with d wed I big and four tenant houses, SiaO acres in cultivation, balance in wood lata!. Terms made easy;.; $20pi r adv. 200 acres land, botmiiod bV lands i f Mrs. Jesse league, Jiio. W.itt.<, 1)1?, Fuller, dwi i.ing ami tennent i. niscs, ; bor.? <? farm in c . : r. al ? n. .*'.',.'"on. ? by lauds of Pink i leilams, laidy Roll hltd Ui C. Wallace. Price >!.::un. 1 acre-; land an! nine room dwelling, servant's house, in,town of Gray Court. Price $2000. S10 acres in Lauren-' township, bound* ed by lands of W. A. Mills, W. A. Simpson latdy Mills and others, nice dwellings, well supplied with tenant houses. This farm will be divider) into 50 acre lots if SO desired, ranging in price from $25 to $50 per acre or will sell the whole for $32,000.00 151 acres land bounded by lands of w. It. Cheek. Jno. Smith. I>". Woods and Others; has good dwelling and out build ings. Price $1,300. ? bounded by lands Mr.-. Ih'rgos^, jloh Rrov.n. Jno, Maddell and othi I' : l! - an: houses; t horse fnrtn i*. cultivation, Will be etil into lots Of 100 hero; each, Price $20 per acre, 12? .acres land 2',. miles fr >m Barks* dale station with dwelling and <ut Ig.tidings; 2-horse farm in cultivation; line pasture and well limbered. Price $3,000, 1 12 acres of land, bounded by estate of J. R. Switzer and Simpson estate, with dwelling. 2 tenement hotises and good outbuildings. Price $20 per acre. J. N. Leak Real Estate, Stocks arid Bonds. Gray Court, S. C. Seed Time! We have a full line of the very best Seeds-=Seeds that we can re commend to our customers. We have them in papers and in bulk. Let us fill your seed orders. <r Co? -^500000000000000000000^ /(! We are located in Greenwood to manufacture1*^ q and sell Marble and Granite Monuments, and all kinds of cemetery work. It will be to your inter est to see us before placing your order. Owen BrotKers fa MARBLE COMPANY vft '^jfc. Greenwood, S. C ^?CK^CXkKDOOOOOOOOO^ Now it's Ham and E^^s Not any kind of eggs?bill fresh eggs?fresh from the nest. That's our kind. And >o:i want ham that's tender, juicy, sweet ? Armour's "Star" 1}Iam. We sell them?and,too,they arcU.S.Govt. Inspected. Just received a large lot of Hams, while this lot last only 1 'cts. per lb. $ Competition J ?t . ^ _fc? (s the lite <>'. trade, we not onlv compete hut i?o one h tier. _H ^ We set the pace, and let others follow it's perfect 1 natural fi ir u> to lead. ?lO \'isit out Studio, see how we are fixed, the high-class m work v.t- htm "ut and the prominent and ?^ jf* thcie that testily t?> 0111 claim that the nf* the best I,aureus and v % JM)?fe ftttlblO S *<} & /: a ft a jl a /.2 a <3 tfi r. f)d p a /t t a /i a a .?* a << tjh> .v y ty y 1/ t/ *> F v v 3- P(J 1/ y c? ./ 3? tv y ,?? t- p v ?;?^ u/p q & c, & & -.1 if a jsi ^ & * c; ja /.1 ,/i <t" 4 a a, ? *a S 9 & y p y 17 p . 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