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SCHOOL NEWS NOTES ?E LAURENS COUNTY The Schools, Teachers and Pupils. It Is encouraging tO HOtO IlltOt'OSl tin* toachors und children over tho county uro taking in tin* librurios. Some fo\V weeks ago a prize was offer ed by Ibo superintendent of education to tho pupil who would contribute the largest amount, toward a library fund for bis or her school. Sov< n schools have already enlarged their libraryi und soven prizes have been sent out to these schools. Two other orders came in this week. This prize is still offered, livory lonelier should pill the little fellows to woil? and they Will soon raise the required amount. The teacher is asked to take the names and amounts each pupil hands in and the one who hands in the large!,! sum Will gel the prize. Their names and the amount the contribute will be pub lished in The Advert iser. Miss Ida Mae Tnylor of the Mortui school lias raised $10.00 to enlarge the library. To this atnotinl the trustees of the district ami the stati hoard will each contribute $5.00. The $10.00 sent in by Miss Taylor was raised by means of an entertainment. In this case the prize book will be sent to Miss Taylor, and will doubtless be placed in (ho school library. Miss Margaret Cunningham of the Sandy Springs school also sent in $10. This money was raised by the child ren. The trustees and state board will each gladly all $fi.00 to this sum. giving $2l.no with which to purchase books. As will be seen from tho fid I lowing list Master l.anhnin ('lardy con .trlblltod the largest amount, and the pV.ize wili go to him. I.anham ("lardy, $:<.2'>: Bessie Donnan,50c; Annie Don 11011 15c; Mary Little $2.00; Lit III Lit tle. 25c; Lucy Little. 2l>c; Finnin n I'oole, rue; Josh mi Poolo, 20c; Loydo Boole, ???"><?; Mary Maude I'oole. 0.*>c; Marvin Sanders. $2.10; Irene Wright, 10c; Annie Wright, 10c; llnlllo Wright. 10c; llaskell Wright, 25c; Byrdle Wright. 25c; Mattlo Leib' Peterson. 2,">e; William Peterson, 25n; Yancy Owens, lac; Karl Owens, lac; Ran dolph Owens, lee. Most of the schools over the county will close Wednesday for the holidays. Work will be resumed on the 3rd of January. We wish for all the teachers and children a merry Christmas and a happy Now Year. The t"acbers of the QrOOU Pond high school are preparing for an en tertainment on the night of the 23rd. Stlpt. Pitts was present at one of the rehearsals and can vouch for its suc cess. A large per con! of our .teachers will attend the meetings in Columbia during the holidays. A pleasant time and much information is in store for all who will attend. Sttpt. Pitts would like to sir every teachor in the county pr< sent. Tin' Lnurcns County Toachors a so elation tuet in (he courl house Last Saturday. Prof. I'.. L. Jones called the meeting to ord< r. Tin object of the nie. ting was to roorjL hnlz'o and eleel of ficers for the presold year. Mr. U. L. Parkinson was made president, Mr. M, Self, vice president, and Miss Bossle Iludgcus Secretary and treasurer. Short addresses wore made !>y is. L Jones, L. L. Parkinson and Goo; L. Pitts. Mr. s. 13. Boney, editor of Tho Advertiser was pros an I am! made an address which was enjoyed and ap preciated by the entire association, The president will announce tho ox ccutlvo committee later, The teachers present wore; lt. L. .lores. P.. L. Park inson. M. P.. Self. lt. v. Culbortson, L. l). Elledgo, s. .1. Martin, 0, P. Poden, C. B. Owens. Misses Besslo IllldgOUS, Minnie Wallace. Alma Wallace, Sue Blackwell, Laura Aull, Jennie Stoney. Marry Bronson, Sarah Copeland, Nellie Mellett, Made McCarloy, Alma Oar rett, Jessie May M.ihaffey. Mabel Suin orel, Jessie Trotter. Ida Muiler, Lucy Allen, Modena Bigby, Nlza Sullivan, Mamie Sliarape. Klhel Sharpe. Eula Winn, Fannie Sloan and Mary Alice Stokes. Tho executive committee of the South Carolina School Improvement association met Saturday in the ofllce of tho state board of education for t he purpose of awarding the prizes. Thirty five schools over the state showing the greatest improvement during the year were given prize: Five schools were each given $100 each and thirty schools were given $50 each. Friendship, the school school taught by Miss Maggie Garl ington, was given $50. So far as Is known this was the only school that made application for the prize. There ought to havo been others, but the teachers and trustees wore not as wide awake as they should have been. Early In tho new year an organiza tion known as the Laurenr. County Trusteed association will bo organ ized. The need of this organization is keenly felt by the superintendent of education and many of the wide awake trustees. HOW TO KEEP CHRISTMAS. By Henry Van Dyke. There is a better thing than the ob servance of Christmas Day ami this is. Keeping Christinas. Are yon willing to forget what yon have ?Inno for other people, and t<> remember what other people have done for you? Arc yon willing to stoop down and consider tho needs and the desires ?>f little children; lo remember the woakucss and loneliness of people who uro growing old; to stop asking how mm h your friends lovo you. and ask yourself whether you love them enough; to try to understand what those who live in the same house with you really want, without wait in;; for them to tell you; to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less SlUOko, and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall boh lud you; to make a grave for your ugly thoughts and a garden for your kindly feelings, with tin1 gate open are you willing to do these things oven for a day? Then you can keep Christmas. Are you v Illing to believe that love Is the strongest thing in tho world? stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death and that Bio blessod Life which began in Beth It ham nineteen hundred years ago is the Imago ami brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christinas. And if you can ke ip it for i day. wl.y nol always? But you can never kcop it ahme lion One Doctor Successful!) Trents Pneumonia. "In treat in;; Pneumonia," says Dr. w. .1. smith, of Sanders, Ala., "tin' only remedy I use for the lunus is Chain berlain's Cough Hcmody. While, of course, I would tronl oilier symptoms with different medicines, I have used this remedy many times in my medi cal practice ami have yet fulled to find a case where it has not controlled tho trouble. I have used i; myself, as has also my wife for coughs and colds repeatedly, an ! I most willingly and cheerfully recommend it as superior to any other cough remedy to my knowledge." For sale by Laurens Drug Co. Hille The World. Kings have waged warfare, armies lost and won. Tyrants their battlo-bolts l?>ng years have burled; But lo! tlu? Virgin and her little Son rule the world. Fur A La in?' Back. When you have pains or lameness j in the back bathe the parts with | Chamberlain's Liniment twice a day, massaging with the palm of the hand for live minutes at each application. Then dampen a piece of llannel slight ly with this liniment and hind it on over the seat of pain, ami yon may be surprised to see how quickly the lame. ' ness disappears. For sale by Lau rens Drug Co. Guess What Happened, As he net her in the darkened hull lie whispered: "I bring you some roses." What think you of this answer Irrel evant Sim said: "How cold your nose Is!" Rich Men's Gifts Are Pour besides this; "l want to go on record Baying that 1 regard Electric Hitters as one of the greatest gifts that God lias made to woman, writes Mrs. O. Rhinevault, of Vestal Center. :;. v., ? | can ftever forget what it has done lor me." This glorious m, ?beim- gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor of laxly ami jubilant health, it quickly cures Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancho ly, Headache, Backache, Fainting and Dizzy Spells; soon builds up the weak, .tiling and sickly. Try them, 60C at Laurens Dreg Co. & Palmetto Drug Co. Enllrel) Too Acs unite. Teacher: "What is your name?" First Pupil: "Tom." Teacher: "You should say Thomas." Teacher to second pupil: "What is your name?'" Socond Pupil: "Bilious." Looking One's Best. It's a woman's delight to look her best but pimples, skin eruptions, sores and boils rob life of joy. Listen! Buck len s Arnica Salve cures them; makes the skin soft and velvety. It glorifies . the face. Cures Pimples. Sores Byes, ' Cold Sores, Cracked Lips. Chapped Hands. Try it. Infallible for Piles. 26c at Laurens Drug Co. & Palmetto Drug Co._ Farm Lands For Sale 1 am now prepared to negotiate a sale for the lands in Laurens county '. belonging to the estnte of C. O. Witte, consisting of tho following tracts: About 650 acres near J. 1). W. Watts place, known as the Irby Place, About ? acres near Lisbon church, , joining land of W. W. Madden. About - acres near Boyd Cross i Roads. 1 About 80 acres near Waterloo (In the "Fork"). About 180 acres six miles from Wa terloo. Any parties wanting a good cheap farm call to see me. M. L. Copeland clerks sale The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. IX COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. II. Loo Hunter, <;. Wash Hunter, Mary K. Copclr.nd and 1311a s. Evans, IMaintlffs. vs. Myrtle A Hunter, John IL Hunter, Sarah Hunter. Herman \. Hunter, Cnlllo II. Turner. Hex Hunter, De fendants. Pursuant to a decree of Sale in the above stated case, I will sell tit nub ile outcry to tho highest bidder, at I.aureus. ('. IL, S. ('. on Salcsday in Januaray next, boing Monday the 3rd tiny of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following described property to wit: All that tract or plantation of laud situate, lying ami being in I.aureus county, stale of South Carolina, con taining live hundred acres, moro or li ss and hounded on the north by I mills of D. T. Copelnild and the Harris place, on the east by lands of the es tate of .1. S. P.laloek, deceased, and on the south & west by lands of J. Hhetl Copeland & C. C. Young. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal ance to he paid twelve months from date of sale, the credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser over I in* said premises, Imming legal interest from date, with leave to purchaser to pay bis entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If the terms of sale are not compled with, tho land to be resold on same or some subso iiioul Snlosday on snino terms, at risk of former pur chaser. .loll X F. HOLT, C. C. C. P. & 0. S.. 1,aureus. S. C. Dated, this Dec. I Ith. Ifen. ao-3t CLERKS SALE the State of South Carolina, Count) of I.aureus. IN (WUT OF COMMON IM E \K. M. s. HAI LEY & SON. Plaintiff, vs. .1. R. Vnderson, Defendant. Pursuant to decree of Foreclosure and Sale in the above sta:? d case, I will sell at public outcry to the I igh e-t bidder, at Laurens, C, II.. S. C. on Snlesday in Januaray next, b< ing Mon day the 3rd day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following described property to wit: All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being about sis miles wosl of Waterloo, South Caroli na, county and state aforesaid and known as a part of .1. It. Smith, estate iii(] purchased by and from D. C. Smith and containing flvo hundrt .1 and twenty live (525) acres, more or less and bounded on the north by lands of .1. C. Smith. Jr.: east by lands of W. A. Vnderson,. south by lauds of C. O. Witte of Charleston. S. ('.. and west by lands of James M. Smith deceased. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal ince to be paid twelve month from date of sale, the credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage of the pun baser over the said premises, bearing legal interest from date, with leave to purchaser to pay Ills entire bid In cash. Purchaser to pay for pa pers. If the terms of sale are not com plied with, the land to be resold on same or sonn- subsequent Snlosday on same terms, at risk of former purchas er. JOHN F. HOLT, c c. c. i*. a. 8., Lpurens, s. c. Dated. His 11 ?<? | nil, l!?00. 20-31 cij:kks salts The state of South Carolina, County of 1.aureus. IN ( Ol 1ST <>:?' COMMON PI.LAS. ENTERPRISE HANK. Puaintiff. vs o. P. GOODWIN, H. A. COOPER, as A: sign.f O. P. GOODWIN and F. P. McGowan as Agent of Creditors of o. I*. GOODWIN, Defendant. Pursuant to a decree of Foreclos ure & .?ale in the above stated, ca.se. 1 will soil :.t public outcry to the high est bidder, at Laurens, c. II.. S. C. on Salcsday in January next, being Mon day tin* 3rd <lay of the month, during die legal hours for such sales, tie* fol lowing described property to wit: All those lots, plec s or parcels of laud situate, lying and being in said county and state, described as follows, to wit: All that plcco, parcel or tract of land ci ntainlng 72 acres moro or b ss. known as tite llnirston Tract, bounded by lands of W. A. Skand, M. A. Sum me:.d ami others, also, all the right title and interest of said defendants (the same being a 2-'! undivided inter est therein) in and to all that tract, piece or parcel of land containing 124 acres, more or less, known as the O. P. Goodwin place, bounded by lands of W. A. Shnnd, M. A. Summerai and others. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal ance to be paid twelve months from tlate of stile, the Credit portion to be paid twelve months from date of sale, the credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser over the said premises, bearing legal Interest from date, with leave to pur chaser to pay his entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If the terms of sale are not complied with, tho land to be resold on same or some BUbsequent Salesday on saino terms, at risk of former purchaser. JOHN F. HOIT. C. C. C. P. & G. S., Laurens, S. C. Dated, this Dec. 13th, 11)09. 20-3t Excursion Rates for the Moll,lays ria Southern Railway. Account of the Christmas Holidays the Sounthern Hallway will sell Ex cursion tickets at vory low rates to !'ll points south of the Potomac and East of tho Misslssipol Rivers. Tick ets will bo on sale December 17, 18, 21, 22, 22, 24, 25, 27. and January 1st with final limit returning January 6th 1310. For further information apply to any ticket agent, Southern Hallway, or, J. L. Meek, A. O. P. .,A Atlanta, Ga. W. E. McGeo, T. P. A.. Augusta, Ga. ^ To select Xmas Presents ^ ^ From Our Line of ^ I 2' Mom/'" n0rr,s chairs | $ \xfvW\ CbailT I LADIES' WRITING DESKS and ? WffiSra^ FANCY ODD DR?SSERS, all ^ \ c^SSH^^^si^^ mac,e wt the Kest Materia,? Beau? \ Mfully Finished and at Prices that ^ v^r^^^^^^^^v/il ^liBafeff* make il to your interest to se= ^ ^ ^ ~ - I* ^jE? lect your Christmas Presents here. I laurens, s. c. | FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 8th (lay of Jan. 1910. We will render a final ac count (;f our acts and doings as Ad ministrators of the estate of 10. (1. Mitchell, deceased, in the oT.ce of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at II o'clock, a. in., and on the same day will apply for a discharge from our trust as Administrators. All persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims ngnillSt said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forovor barred. B. F. Simpson, 10. 10. Mitchell, Decs, '00--l mo. Administrators. Qr.King's New L25? Pills The bast in the world. I Automobiles! I According to the opinion of men who know I there will be a greater shortage of /Motor Cars I than ever before. "He who hesitates is lost" and "wise ones" who are not really wise to the present situa tion will surely be "stung." Place your order now for future delivery. Swygert & Teague 1 J ^ Agents Studebaker Automobiles g The Jerry Farm \ To the Highest Bidder MONDAY, w'*y> JAN. 3,1910 This is one of the best farms in the county, 209 acres, four miles of Laurens, has good dwelling and outbuildings; well supplied with ten= ant houses, has fine pasture. This farm is nicely located and is in a high state of cultivation, well adapted for grain and cotton, and lies well. ITHIS IS YOUR CHANCE to Get a Good Farm at Your Own Price. Will also sell the stocK, consisting of Mules, Cattle and Farming Tools, at Reduced Price to the purchaser of this farm, TERMS: One-half cash; balance in one, two and three years. The Real Estate Man Who divides the Earth To suit your Purse