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ine ciisi ur LiYinu SOARING SKY-HIGH Statement By Local Butch ers On Conditions. CAUSE OF ADVANCE In These Days Poor People Musi Live On Sun mid Pepper Pro Ills On M en is. Tho cosl <>t living! Oh. ilon'l nun ti?;.> it. li Iiuh t:-Iv?? 11 !i balloon ascen sion ami is still in HlO air. In facl it is reported that some cannol Keep tb<! pace and have decided to quit living or at least to t|llll eating. It's a safe bet that there will bo more gardens in this part (if the world this year, that people will raise moro chickens and that there will be general economy In ? ?very line. What is the cause of the high cosl of living? A writer says that there are three; the tariff, the trusts and extravagance, and the greatest of those is extravagance, which The Advertis er firmly endorses, Every article of household necessity has advanced ma terially hi price except salt and pep per. Moral: eat salt and pepper. Lard and Hour, just common lard, and flOUr that you buy in sack:; and regard i as such common things, even to the; extent of having them sent around to your back door, are such luxuries now that one feels like mee' ig the delivery l)oy at the front doo.. bringing the goods into the parlor and holding a ' family consultation over the purchas es. Oh. rats! Hut on the meat question, fresh in, at. common cow and pig. People are paying 20 cents the pound for pork and pork sausage, and li? cents for steaks. Some are inclined to blame tho local market men. but they are really not to blame; it Is not thotr fault. The Advertiser r< porter has made lt)(|Ulrios a bold the meat busi ness and he duds that the local mar ket men make in clear profits of only about (<uts a pound on beef and just about Ilic same on pork. They pay 3 1-2 cents for beef; in the killing and cutting there is a waste of about .".."> per cent, making the cost about 7 1-2 and for this they get an average price of about 10 to 11 cents the pound. Hogs cost them 10 cents the pound and there is a waste there of 1-3 per cent. So the local butchers are not at fault. Asked why he thought meat had gone up so. Mr. S. (1. McDaniel said yesterday: "It is not our fault: the hogs that we buy in Tennessee have gone way up. They say that the pack ing house people bought up all the big bogs early in the year, and the sup ply has not equalled the demand and the price is just forced up on us. We get nearly all our pork from Tennes see; in fact, we can't got them locally." Mr. McDaniel said that he bought about 10 per cent of bis beef cattle from foreign markets. Extravagance is the principle cause for high cost of living. The rich have just gotten too rich and they don't mind paying any old price for what they wnnt. Their luxuries living has forced up the prices to almost beyond the reach of the poorer people. How to remedy things The Advertiser doesn't know. Ask Tom Law son; fi nances are In too "frenzied" a condi tion for the reporter to give a sane opinion right now. WAHL SHOALS HOYS ACQUITTED. Alleged Gamblers Are Tried By Jury And Found .Not Guilty. Two weeks ago Tho Advertiser had an article concerning the arrest of twenty-two young men of Ware Shoals on the baurens side of the line, charg ed with gambling on Sunday after Boon, it seems that some of the young ten took great offence at the publica tion of the fact that they as "alleged" gamblers were arrested, for this office has received two communications on tho matter, replying somewhat to the charge, but of such a nature as to make th"lr publication impossible. The letters state that the trial was held that they were represented by At torney McDowell of Greenwood, and that the jury empanelled by Magis trate Kellott acquitted them of the charge. The young men should stop to think that the word "alleged" was used and that does not mean that they really are gamblers, but that that Is the charge agalnm them, upon which they were arrested. Slnco they have been ac quitted, the matter Is ended, at least .so far as the newspaper accounts of it are concerned. An attack of the grip Is often follow ed by a persistent cough, which to many proves a grejit annoyance. Cham berlain's (lough Remedy has been ex tensively used and with good success for the relief and cure of this cough. Many cases have been cured after all other remedies had failed. Sold by Laurens Drug Co. Remember we have the largest and best line of enameled war-' to be found In the county, our prices are right. ii. hi. & E. H. Wllkes K Co More Apt to Kill Chicken* and Bird* Than Rat*. Many nn Innocent hawk, skunk, owl and weasel bus been shot for the deeds of tliat sleek highwayman, the house cnt. It Is safe lo say that this ma rauder, which enjoys all the comforts mid protWtlOII of n homo, destroys in the aggregate more wild birds und young poultry than nil the native mit ural I'liemies combined. A cat has been Known to kill a whole brood ol chickens in a day. a lent uiie(|iialed by any pmlliceous animal, with (he pos ! Bible exception of the mink, tubers in the course of a season have practically destroyed whole coveys ol quail or grouse or nests full of young song ster.s. A well known naturalist estl unites that in (he New England stales Blone 1.000.1 KK) birds are destroyed an iiually by cuts. The offender Is not so often the well fed household pet as It is the aban doned und neglected outcast. In l'.KC the Society Kor the Prevention of Cm elty to Animals in New York city killed monthly an average of U.tXX? sick, injured or homeless cats?il total for the year of over 70.0O0. A con siderable proportion of these were pets abandoned by people who hail gone to the country for the summer. Moreover, summer visitors lo I be mountains or seashore sometimes lake with them their cats, which, on their return home, are too often left behind lo swell the local overflow ami make serious inroads on the birds of the re gion. It Is safe to assume thai in the rest of the state outside of New York city as many cats follow a nomadic life as In the city, and If we assume (hat each cat kills one bird a week we have a grand total of over .1..r>00.000 birds destroyed annually. In the milder parts of our country, as In (he chapar ral region of California, where bird life Is abundant, cats often revert to a semiwild state .-ml never revisit their old homes except for plunder. Sports mem and bird lovers should be ever watchful and whenever possible re move marauding cuts from the coverts The principal reasons given for keep ing cats are their attractiveness as house pets, their usefulness as com pan Ions lor children and their alleged value as rat and mouse killers. It is Impossible at present to obtain correct figures on the subject, but It Is safe to say that few persons during a nor mal lifetime run across more than half n dozen cats that habitually attack rats. Occasionally a hunter cnt Is found which seems to delight In catch ing rats, gophers or ground squirrels. It Is a common experience to find prem ises that are well supplied with cats overrun with rnts and mice. At a cer tain ranch In the west a member of the agricultural department In Wash ington trapped eight mice in his bed. although there were eight cats on the ranch. Facts About the Potato. An authority tells us that the potato hns a large and unique relationship Tobacco, tomatoes, eggplant and pep pers belong |o the family. Probably that Is why the potato bug Is so often destructive lo these crops. It Is asked. "How cau a potato grow other potato vines from the eves since It Is not a root, fruit or seed?" That is answered by way of illustration: A stein of al most any plant will produce another plant from the place where the leaves come out on it. If one will break off a piece of rosebush ami plant it in a favorable place it will produce another rosebush, Just as a potato will produce another vine. In a wild stale the potato vine Is very hardy and will grow to a consid erable height. It is said that the In A WELL SUACKU HKKD POTATO. dlnns did not eultivnte the potato ex- >? cept for Its leaves, which became known na their tobacco; hence the leaves and stalks of tobacco are large, but there are no signs.of potatoes at the roots. So much for cultivation. On account of the starch they con tain, potatoes are valuable as food. The potato tuber consists mainly of n mass of cells filled with starch and encircled by a thin, corky rind. As slated, the chief value of the poiato as an article of diet consists In Ibe starch It contains and. to n less ex tent, in Ibe potash and other salts. The quantity of nitrogen in Us com position Is small. Treatment of Sick Fowls. In the majority of cases tho sick fowl should be killed, according to an authority. Cenerally It does not pay to doctor sick fowls, nnd often the slide fowl that recovers is not the one that amounts to anything afterward. This Is particularly the case with fowls sick with the roup. This disease seems to perinea to every fiber of the birds, and If they recover at all they sre of little vnlue for a long time. It Is doubtful If they ever fully recover their old vigor. If one owns o high priced bird 1? may prove to be profit able to cure It for the sake of the eggs that it may produce, which eggs may be used for hatching other high priced birds. Itut a fowl Hint has been sick and hns been cured should not be sold to an unsuspecting customer. The fowls that are to be doctored should be given good food and good surround ings rather than anything else. Their native vigor will help them to recover when medicine wouId bo a detriment. Sunshine is nn Invlgorntor nnd may veil be considered a great help in tho doeiorlng of fowl*. l AMONG THE EXCHANGES | Tlie Logical Candidate. Some friends of Hon. ('. C. Featber stono seem to think a strong motive hack of the attempt to pass a State wid prohibltion bill this year is be ? ??<< .. <jn doing would discredit his claims somewhat as the logical pro hibition candidate for governor. This will hardly bo of any weight, how ever, with those who would vote* for "tho" prohibition candidate. Mr. Pcnthcrslono Is tho logical candidate of tho prohibitionists, no matter who enlors tlio race. His memorable race as the Ii is t prohibition candidate has not boon forgotten so soon. And he Is an able man besides. Ho will get many votes in this section and indeed, the man who heats him will he the next governor of South Carolina. Greenwood Index. A I.aureus Itllhc. Some of the members of tho legisla ture who drink branch water mostly at home >;et so tony when they go to Co lumbia that nothing will do them but Glonn springs water. Exchange. Which calls to mind the 1.aureus county man who went to Charleston oil an excursion and stopped at a ho ld The waiter asked him what sort of tea he would have, and ho replied. Store tea, you fool. you. Think I'd come : " tho way down here to Char leston lo drink sassafras?" -Xewberry Observer. The Same Principle. The Advertiser pays for its passes: they are not free. Some newspapers Eldvertlso for a clothing house and ac cept a suit of clothes in payment of the hill: the suit is not a gift. ? l.aureus Advert iser. lie "accepts a suit of clothes In pay ment of the bill." Hut he doesn't ac cept the whole stock of suits, and Im would not be permitted to "accept" ? ny more suits than 'the bill" comes Lo. The cases arc not similar.?Xewber ry Observer. The llnco For Governor* Of course there is Mayor Hlease, of Xewberry, Mr. Fentherstone. of Lau rens, and Mr. Manning, of Sumter, all announced as candidates for gov ernor. 1 am not authorized by any of the gentlemen named above to state that they are candidates. It seems to be understood that Mr. Lyon will not run for governor this year. I had heard some time ago thai he made the statement that he would be a candi date if he was successful in convicting any one in the graft casses, and if It is true he is not going to run. it may be that be does not consider the plea of Mr, Fnrnum a BufTlclent victory to warrant Ins entering the race. Hut he has another court yet before the campaign opens and he may have bet ter success.?-B. II. Anil in Xewberry Herald and News. In anothor part of this Issue the fact Is noted of Mr. E. H. Machen's return several days ago from Colum bia hospital. However, on Sunday Mr. Machen experienced a relapse, and on Tuesday he was taken back t<> Colum bia for another examination and pos sible operation. His friends exceed ingly regn-t this ' hange in Ills condi tion but one and all hope for him a complete restoration to health ulti mately. - if troubled with Indigestion, consti pation, no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial and you will be pleased with the result. Those tablets lnvlg-1 orate the stomach and liver and ; strengthen tho digestion. Sold by I.aureus Drug Co. I TribbleClothingCo. j ? Is the Place for Bargains J ? in Shoes and Clothing > C I Tribble Clothing Company | I Auction Sale I 1 Of City Property will be I I sold to the highest J Ibidder on I Salesday in Feb. 7? One 9 room cottage on corner of East Hain and Holmes street, fronting East Main 140 feet and Holmes street 364 feet and 50 feet deep at rear on Holmes street. Known as the Hudgens prop= erty. Electric lights, water works, sewerage, bath and toilet. Good barn on premises. 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