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Spring Millinery and Dress Goods Opening AT O. B. SIMMONS & S(.)N Thursday, : : : : : April 1st The public generally are well acquainted with our openings and of the class Hats We show. This season finds our displays larger and better selected than ever before, and we will make this the most attractive opening we have ever had. The assort assortment includes all distinctive styles, from the modish small hats to tho extra large impressive hats. Each and every department of our big store is overflowing with new spring goods. Owing to judicious buying we know we can supply your wants better than ever before. On this occasion we will also show new Imported and Domestic materials for spring and summer gowns in Linen, Lingerie. Silks, Wools and Satins. A variety of new Neckwear, Belts, Combs, Barret k-s and Dress Trimming. This is a personal invitation to every lady in Laurens and the surrounding country, and we hope that we may have the pleasure of showing you through our im mense and well selected stock. The Time April 1st. O. B. Simmons <! LAURFNS, SOUTH CAROLINA 3k. Son, Tl\e Place SIMMONS L??REINS-C?NTOIN ELECTRIC RAILWAY The Chamber of Commerce "Talks" up Enterprise COMMITTEES (NAMED Stock Sul)?crij?tious tu (Ho Amount of #110,000 V\;il Launch t!n Xen Project. At a business meeting <>i the i.au rens chnmbcr <>; commerce on last Thursday nigh! the matter of nu electric railway from this city to Clinton was made the subject of com. siderable discussion, which resulted in sonn; definite action on the part of the business men concerned. Three Committees were appointed to get the movement in shape, and from the conservative, business like enthusiasm evidenced that night and the personel of the committees in charge of the undertaking, one is warranted in believing in the early realization of the plan. As a com mittee on incorporation Messrs. it. A. Cooper. VV. it. Kiehey. Sr.. and A. <". Todd were appointed; committee on right of way Messrs. M. .1. OwingS, ?]'. Ii. Bailey and S. I). Childress; ways and means. Messrs. II. K. Alken, VV. A. Watts. .1. .1. IMuss. N. It. Dial and O. D, Simmons. Clinton is nine miles from I.aureus the road loading through a thickly .settled country, level and withal un usually suitable for the construction of a rail line. At Clinton is the Sea board railway, with which the pro pOSed trolley system would put Lau rena in good connection. The aim is to construct tie' line so as lo han dle freight as well as passenger traf fic and in a measure relieve the con gestion which (tilllots this city; then later, the logical extension of the line will be a beli in Cross Hill, then lo Waterloo ami back to Laurent*. The talks made by the business men Tuesday night were not hot air" exhibitions; bill sane, conservative, determined statements of what will be done. Messrs. W. L .Cray. .1. Ad-! gor Smyth. U. A. Cooper. W. II. Dial and II. K. Alken and others pai'tlCl l?al >d in tin discussion and figured on the cost. It is understood that stock subscriptions to the amount of $60,000 or $60,000 must, and will be secured, to launch the enterprise. The most conservative of Laurens business men do not doubt the success of this Initial effort. Representa tives of the business league of Clinton weie present at the meeting and as sured the Laurens people of their hearty co-operation. They were re quested to appoint similar committees With the Laurens representatives, to act jointly in the primary movements. Dr. Jacobs Approves. Clinton. S. C, Mar. 20/09. I MM rons Advert iser. Laurens. S. C. Gentlemen: I have noticed with deep est interest tllO proposition made at a recent meeting of the business lea gue of Laurens to move for a trolley line between Laurens and Clinton. There is. no doubt that BUCll a line could be made to pay from (he very stai t. That il is needed, goes with out saying. We have a tine railway between (he two cities and it gives splendid accommodations, but we need hourb communication between the two fillies which no sleam road could afford to rive, owing to the coal of moving cars. Hut ;t is HOI thai feature of the proposition thai I Call your attention to The two ( itlos need to see more of OBCll other Our people do not I mix enough. Hence. I suggest that I hallway hot ween Laurens and Clinton there should he a park of . or two hundred acres, [nil into good shape eventually and used as an outing I place In the afternoons with the at tractions of beautiful grounds, run. Hing brooks, with baseball grounds I ami music, and the beginning of a Zoo, ' with concessions for Ice-cream gar dona and the like. There the p??plo I would get together. I nder good 1 management It would be .1 blessing to i then), but under laid innnngeincul it would !>e the opposite. By Incorpor ating tin' same with the right sort of I managers the result would be all good and not evil. Of course, such j a scheino would help the railways to j pay and give Laurens and Clinton what both places need--a convenient ' park. But let us have the trolley. The other matter is a side issue. Very truly yours, \v. p. Jacobs. Chronicle Offers Suggestion. The Clinton Chronicle of last week has a suggestion regarding the trol- ' ley line, as follows : "We have suggested, from time to time, that a motor service be inaugur- j ated between Laurens and Clinton, j by the C. N. & L. railroad, pointing out the advantages to be derived by i the two cities, the increased valua- j lion of property lying along the line, \ and the manifold benefits to be en joyed by the railroad. "A movement is on foot, at present, to build a trolley line. This is com mendable, but not as practicable as the hist plan. The physical condi tion of the country would make the . building of a railroad an expensive luxury. (let your representatives together and lay the matter before Col. Childs. We guarantee a hearing and that he will "come across" if the proposition is intelligently handled. The ('. X. & L. is awake to any scheme thai will tend to the dcvelopeinent Of proper ties along its line. 'Hourly service would bring the I Cities of Laurens and Clinton together in a social and business way and would build up the farms between these points to a degree no! dreamed of by the average citizen." Stole Half a Cake. Entering through n window on the ground (loot', a burglar stole from the Drummond home on Monday morning one half a cake. He was rummag ing in the bed room of the Misses Drummond when one of the ladies awoke ami her call to her sister frightened the man. so that he ran down stairs and escaped. Thoro is no clue to his identity; the only arti cle missing Is the half cake. Watts Bridge Contract Let. The contract for the replacing of Walls steel bridge over Saluda river, between Laurens and Creenwood, was awarded last week by Supervisors Humbert of Laurens and Btiritetl of Greenwood, to the Southern Highway Bridge company of Greenwood. The contract was also let for the erection j of Smith's bridge over the Bflllie river. This was awarded to the Koauoke Bridge company of Virginia. House and hot to he Sold, The trustees of the city schools have decided t<> sell the house and lot lo cated on the school premises, in order to pay for the new desks and seats purchased last week. The house is at present occupied by the family of Mr. .1. M. Clord.V; with IhC bouse is a 'lot of almost one-hnlf acre, and the upset price is $2,f>00. People who live in glas:; houses shouldn't hold hands. Mr. ft. B. Hell won! to Atlanta Sal unlay to buy some stock for his farm. t'liivulr} in Teiiiiesco. Tin* Cooper trial continues to furn ish curious commentaries upon 111 ? i i manners customs and Institutions of' civil i'/od Tennessee. On Saturday ii was the sheriff of \ Davidson county Who look the Cen ter of the stand and proceeded to make "copy" and astonishment i<n newspaper readers. Attorney-t5en eral McCarn had said in the court room thai Sheriff Bo rum had allow ed Lho Coopers and Sharp unusual j privileges not accorded to ordinary I prisoners. lie made his charge and' sal down. Later he started to leave the COUI'I room, where he was "con fronted by the big sheriff." The sheriff proceeded to pass the lie in these words: "I understand. Ceneral. that you say I have accorded the Coopers ami ' Sharp privileges I do not extend to, other decent white prisoners. If you say that you told a falsehood." j There was no mistaking Horum s , meaning," says the press dispatch, "he is Known as one of the gamest men in the State." Hut fortunately or unfortunately, he hasn't a corner on the courage of Tennessee: "McCain, too. small in statue, has proved his courage in several instances" McCain was perfectly cool, and stepping up to the "big sheriff" advised, "He a little careful what you say Sam." It was the psychological moment -with two distinguished gentlemen about to come to blows or. maybe, shots. A friend of McCains stepped forward; "Remember,, general." he said "the sheriff is armed." Then "McCains friends hustled him away." Homi cide had been avoided for the time at least. Mr. Horum afterward explained: "He treated the Coopers as he always treated "gentlemen who are unfortun ate enough to be committed to my custody!" "he had told Sharp he must not go to Colonel Cooper's room and that he relied on Sharp as the ox Bheriff and a gentleman not to do so." lie could not find it in his tender heart to ueporate Robin Cooper from ? his father, for Robin was wounded and the old father has asked him not to take his son away from him. So what was the poor sheriff to d;>? lie l"t them stay together. Chivalry, mercy, magnanimity, and all Hie kindred virtues are rampant in Tennesse... .\ solid State of un- i terrified but kindly chlVlllriC gentle- , men in Tennessee. Mercy to tln> poor and Hie afflicted and the arrest ed, but for one who imputed the hon or of another the honorable and suffi cient "gun." Witness the case of ' sheriff Horum, kind but Inexorable i Sheriff Horum. Realizing that he was commission ed to keep the pence and to enforce flio law, he met an attorney who had (hired to Impugn his honor, met him With gun in his pocket, called him \ a liar, and proCOOded to wall anything that the attorney might choose to do abotll it. Fortunately the attorney's life was saved by the fact that his friends "hustled" him away before the Officer of the law could find an ex cuse for shooting him. This is re garded as a very lucky and. unex pected outcome of the "affair." Hut da not 1)0 misled by Ibis ex hibition of bloodthlrstlness on the part Of the Sheriff Horum, whose hap py thought for every day Is, "Mine honor and my life, both grow in one. Take honor from me and my life la done" or somebody el.-.e's is. The sheriff when not crossed, when Ills BftCrod honor is not at stake. Is one en the gentlest souls that ever put daylight through an attorney, Wit ness bow considerately he treated those poor prisoners in his Charge, witness bow ho could not refuse tho prayer Of that obi gentleman with ?he "crumpled lingers." who COttld not shoot a pistol to save him but who nevertheless carried one Just for the effect of the thing. And then what is there finer m the history of chivalric courtesy than Sheriff Hor ums statement thai he treated ?>x Shorlff Sharp as "an ex-sheriff and a gentlemen ?" There is something inspiring and rejuvenating in this : Mill (if thing! it makes us think Of the line old days of King Arthur, when every man was gentlemen in spite of his sins: gentlemen, as they say of the arnty ne u. "by acl of congress." j We like til.- kind of sheriff that Sheriff Horum is a gentleman first | and an olllcor of the law afterwards, i He is !i! for Tennessee, and for t'.iis! disgraceful trial The Stale. Inter-state Shipments. Washington. I), C. The light on in terstate shipments of liquor into ?.! ?>? States will ho continued with unabat ed zeal to tin- new congress. Having secured the adoption of a C. (). 1). bill, which went through as a rider to the penal code bill, the prohibition leaders have been ardently Stimulated. They will now pursue ' with redoubled eagerness the path that leads to more radical legislation. The bill of Representative Langley of Kentucky will he reint induced. This is practically the same bill which was fostered by Reprosentive Little field of Maine, and which the Amer ican Anti-Saloon League supported. It proposes to give to a dry state the right to prohibit absolutely all shipments of liquor into its border. Able constitutional lawyers of the house question whether this can be done without an amendment to the federal constitution making liquor a special class in IlltCI'StatCS commerce. The anti-saloon people argue that if the representatives now making up the congress cannot overcome these conscientious scruples, they will elect new representatives who will pass this legislation and lease it to the supreme court to declare it unconsti tutional if it must. The ailing legislative superintend ent of the American Anti-Saloon League, which maintains headquart ers In Washington, is William II. Anderson. In discussing the plans' now on foot by the league he said: "The IlumphrevMiller-Knox amend . incut to tile penal code, secured in the post session, while it is a long step: in advance and strikes at some of the most glaring evils arising out of the > qualification of state laws under the guise of Interstate commerce, by pro hibiting C. o. I), shipments and do livery to fictitious conslgness and re quiring that all packages of liquor shall he plainly branded so as to show the nature and amount of contents, is still not fundamental. Tin- league does not ask congress to do for the states what they can do for them selves, but does hold that congress ional power over interstate commerce should be so used as to help the states in the enforcement of their own police laws. I.ove'x Laws, Me sure you are right then lose your head. A ring on the hand is worth two al the door. The fool and his money nfl soon married. A little debutante Is a dangerous thing. I Proposals makes cowards of us all. | There's, no fool like ;( |>0ld fool. The longest way round Is the sweet est way home. Oho good kiss deserves another. "I is l?V? that undo s the man como "round. Kisses speak louder 'Irin Words. He loves best \\ hos ? love lasts. A lot of men who think they c;!n mnnngo the financed of the govern ment complain about the difficulty of financing a furnace. The Wi>/. monument* Bottled. This rain is ealCUlnlCd to BCttlO anything. - (!dlumbu j lit tiger. When you buy a ton of our Stover, you ?;ct 500 lbs of first-claSS Fodder; MOO lbs of Shucks; 1200 lbs Stalk, Pulp and Tassel. All nicely cared, shredded and baled. $10.00 per ton, in ton lots. $12.00 per ton delivered within 5 miles. Phone No. 44 Laurens, S. C. George & Cain Bros. i "My Young Sister" writes Mrs. Mary Hudson, of Eastman, Miss., "toolc my advice, which was, to take Cardui. She was staying with me and was in terrible misery, but Car dui helped her at once. It Will Help You j JO "Last spring," Mrs. Hudson continues, "T was in a rack of pain. The doctor did no good, so J. began to trke Cardui. The first dose helped me. Now I am in better health than in three years." livery girl and woman needs Cardui, to euro Irregularity, falling feelings, headache, backache and similar female troubles. Cardui is safe, reliable, scientific. Try Cardui. AT ALL DRUG STORES Tho Life of fir*. C. F. Oreen of Boston Saved by Dloodlne. P.i*ad what Mm. Green says I wish to write you to let you know that4 Bloodine' has saved my lifo and cured me from a long standing female weakness, from whi> h the leading Boston physh lani said f could never recover. I find for womb affei lions, periodical sufferings and the general lassitudo resulting, will quickly disappear aft'*r a few doses of * Blood* inc.' It has really done motu for me than I could express In a letter and I can recommend it to a'l women Suffering from female diseases, Bloodine costs but 60c a bottle. Bloodino Ointmenl cures itching and Bleeding Piles; 00c a box. Sold on a positive guarantee by DR. B. I: POSEY Laurens, S. C. Th.* Irisio of the house Ih not tho ll'UO incii. ur 6f the home. OwhCl'flhIp 6f money In vastly diff e .mi from ownership by money. A In' 01 Ml 'ii are always demanding license ::. the name rji liberty. The chun !i thai WlllS Ih :1k* church that goes in tend Of sending. Winter 1 always short to tho man who Is petting off his work until spring. Money may purcluu o pleasure, but it can not purchase hllpplticsH all tho By the time a man hits learned OtiO ? woman thoroughly bis memory failti iv ;,a;.; thorn would be |e*#) talk of equal rights if (lib w.o. ::. wer.* more equally endttred, There is sothCthing lost from a boy's life if be never n'.lowed the eo;u I pnnlonship of a dog,