Failed in Health "My mother died six years ago," writes Miss Ruth Ward, of Jerseyville. 111., ' and left me to care for six children. I had never been strong; and this, with the shock of her death, was too much for me. "I failed in health. I was tired all the time and did not want to go anywhere, nor care for company. 1 had the headache all the time and such bearing-down pains. "A very dear friend advised me to take Cardui, as it had done her so much good, so 1 commenced to use it and now I am in ,rood health." Take CARDUI J44 The Woman's Tonic Women's pains arc relieved or prevented and women's strength is quickly restored, by Cardui, the woman's tonic. You yourself know best if you need it, or not. If you do need it, do not delay, but commence to use it at once, livery day of delay, only lets you slide further down the hill. Don't wait, then, but bc^in to take Cardui today, for its use, no matter how prolonged, cannot harm you and will surely do you good. Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept., Chatt.inooca Medicine Co., CliiUnnoorn. Tcnn., (or Spccml Instructions, and64-pane book, "Home Treatment lor Women." sent tree. < If You Cannot Steal Ti nie S to order your conl in person, send us word by 'phono or pos tal. Von ( :u! rely on getting us good clean, full woijrht coal in thai way US it" you stood here tind selected every lump. Have enough for a little while yet? What of it'.' A wise man orders bis conl before he runs out, not after. Coal Also phone us when you need a dray, we will ^ give you prompt reliable service. ^ The best brick, lime, cement, plaster and ^ crushed stone at reasonable prices. Now is the 2 time to pave your walks. We will furnish all the & material. I JAV.& R. M. Eichelberger ^ Long Distance Phone,-33. Marlborough Prolific Corn! GROWN BY GEORGE M. DAVIS, Purchased Direct From TINDELL'S PRIZE CROP of 186 bushels to the acre! ?See Sample in Window.? Palmetto Drug Company, Laurens, S. C. Good-bye to the "Stock" or "Scooter"! A man can do double the amount B of work with Blount's "True Blue" Middle-Breaker that he can with a little Stock or Scooter. Don't be behind the Point FREE ^8&>Do all your planting and culti vating with a Blount's "True Blue" Middle-Breaker Used from bedding the land to laying by the crop! The greatest labor-saving invention for Planters since the cotton gin. Thousands in constant use throughout the South. On Exhibition Every Day at J. H. SULLIVAN I .aureus, S. C. Km i i Light Enough for ONE Mule STRONG Enough for TWOS HOW TO MANAGE FARM LABOR Following is an Interesting article on the matter or farm labor, written by Mr. W. P. Hani., of Laurens county, which appeared in n recent issue of Tho Southern Cultivator^ JUst now it appears to us that an article on farm labor and tho employ ing of the laborer would be timely. We employ the most Intelligent and reliable help that we can got, be It white or black. We prefer to have about the same number of each. Then, should there happen to be a negro burying or something of the kind dur ing our busiest season, we will have enough whites left at home to carry on the most important work. We lind the whites more prompt about being on time to begin work, which has its In fluence on the negroes. The whites are liable to become discouraged, then dis satisfied, reatly to give up their crops and go to the mills. When such is tin case, we always try to make satisfac tory settlement and let them go. Often they como back and gather this same crop thai they began in the spring. Many of our tenants have been with us for years, others go and come. This roving, unsatisllable labor is a great drawback to farming. If circumstances would admit we would employ only "wngo hands," have all of our work done directly under our own supervision or that of a su pnrintendent. Cut. as that can not he done we employ only a pari of our; hands for wages. We prefer men with families. We allow so much nn hour for wages. Darin;; iho winter the wag-I es only amount to about two-thirds as much as they do during the summer months. We rive ten per cent, addi tional nt the i xplrution of tho contract for faithful fulliliment, We make we. kiy settlements. To ke-op ih;> time we haye ?i conveniently arranged time book. At niulit wo put opposite each m m's nemo the number of hours that he has worked i!:;>t day. The women j and children have a third crop, that Is. they hoe ami pick n crop of cotton, re ceiving for their labor one-third of lint i cotton made, less one-third the guano bill. We gel the seed. They pay no IXSPKCTION (H Itt'lLDINGS. Comments On Commissioner Whar ton's Vuiiiial licport. One of tho most Interesting and In structive chapters In the second an nual report of the insurance depart ment of South Carolina is the detailed report compiled by Deputy Insurance Commissioner II. A. Whnrton on build ing inspections. His report refers in the matter of Are hazard. In twen accumulalions In basements and in! back lots, such a.-- empty boxes, svaste paper, excelsior, etc.. materials which are very combustible, and therefore to be taken into serious consideration In the matter of lire hazaard. In twen ty-four out of eighty towns which were inspected the conditions are reported as "bad." Non-standard and defective Hues are numerous, many of them be Ing described as "brick-on-edge Hues." Dllapltated buildings, known as "flre tiaps" are allowed to stand in many of the towns, a perpetual menace to other buildings which would be Ii ist - class risks but for the liability which is ever present from such exposures. It is encouraging to note that, while gome few towns are reported as being is only reasonably good condition, a bOUl half of the total number which were Inspected ate claimed to be in good condition, clean streets, no dl lapltated buildings, and no appreciable accumulations of waste matter in base ments and bard; lots ((institute what are regarded as good conditions. What are known as ground Hues in buildings predominate in all the towns rated in the report as "good." '-Insurance Her ald. Ml eyes are mat centered on North i aureus, whore the hiir auction sale of tine building lots taken place next Thursday, h'vhy, -I. As already an nomired in The Idvorflsor columns for the past five necks, (here will be a grand balloon ascension lij I'rof. Switrlz, ami a free lot will be given away (o tiie person holding the dupli cate lo (he lucky number selected In Dr. Alken, ami now secure!) scaled and locked awai in the vault of (he Hank of I.aureus. This will he a big day for Laurens, All opportunity to make men p) al a small outlay, The proposed Intertnrhnn trolley line, over whic h so much enthusiasm is now being dis played, will pass right along side this valuable property, hence \nines there are bound to change VCrj materially "If hin the next four months. Should Thursday the next mriiln prove inclem ent, the promoters of this Mir sale have organised n weather bureau of their own and will hold their hit; sale on the tirst fair day after (he 24th. with all (he big attractions! It will pay yon lo attend this money, making-opportunity lot sale at North Lauren*. Don't miss It. Itrlng the kid along too to see the iniin jump from his big nlrshlp. A" on n mnnth--about 17 cents a day will amount to $?00.00 in a little over ?>ix years If Invested In the Merchants MiUdlo'* and Loan Association. See .1. J. Adams. other expenses. We advance very little on this crop. The wages of the man feed the family. We "also employ cropper, giving one half of the crops made for labor, the croppers paying one-half the guano bill, Wo specify In the contract thai all crops arc to !> more to do with them until work time again. We furnish croppers with so much cash per month for supplies, or we furnish supplies to them at cash prlce8. These they net i weekly. .Nearly all of them prefer to >;et their supplies from us. We have each man to keep a hook of his own which we post weekly to tally with our ledger. This takes time, bill we llnd that it pays. We never make a mis take in an account, ns one hook cor rects the other. Each man knows ex actly how his account stands. We furnish homes, garden patches and wood free. We try to keep the homes comfort - ahie ami sanitary. We encoruogo all to try lo nccumu Salt some personal property. We insist that all of the whites send their children to school. The lluvkej goes ii' ho has a chance. If you would have the laborer satis lied manage to keep him out <>i' debt. No trouble t<> .net the cropper to gather \\< < crop If lie believes there Is money in it lor him. i>> some planning for another year. Study farming as you would any oilier vocation. You often pay dearly, very dearly* for work, because of the Inefficiency of the workman. Von shoe 1 he able tu teach him the proper way ? > do things. You should, by actual experience, j know that you know how. As our lit tie son proudly exclaimed after plow in;; his llrel furrow, "Ale can plow; me knows me can plow, 'cause me I plowed.'' XKWS ITEMS KKOM OAK<}VIU.K.. Shnrl Personal Mention Concerning People of Oakvllll1 Section. Oakvillc, Feb. -1st. Miss Amanda Burls spent Saturday ami Sunday with Misses Mammie ami Nannie Fowler of Ml. Pleasant section. Mr. Tobe McDaniel of l'kom has gone to the Clumbla hospital. Mr. ICdgar Hurts of Ware Shoals have moved near his father at Kkom. Miss Pornh Heid of Oakville spent the night with relatives near Mt. Pleasanl last Wednesday. The, people of Ml. Pleasant are] building a Woodman hall and repair im; tllO school house. Mr. .lohn Williams spent the night with Mrs. Oscar Eltnnre near Center Point Mr. Charlie Mundy visited his teach er. Mrs. Boyd, some few weeks ago. A few minutes delay in treating some] cases of croup, even the length Of time it takes to no for a doctor often proves dangerous. The safest way is to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house, and at the first Indica tion of CI'OUp give the child a dose. Pleasant to take and always cures. Sold by Laurens Drug Co. The McCord Studio will copy any Photo, en large any picture and make High Grade Pho tographs for you at the very lowest prices. No photographer can do more nor offer any more special inducement than the 8 HcCord Studio \i has always done. | I The HcCord Studio's motto is "Best Pictures, Lowest Prices" Come to see us. | % Your Interest Begins at Once Our Certificates of Deposit draw in terest from date of deposit. On sums deposited for six months or more, we pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. This affords a c mvenient and absolute ly safe investment for idle funds. LAURENS, S>C. ^ The Bank for Your Savings. How You Your Cfobs? O VOT' KNOW just what your cotton and corn need, and are yon furnishing it in such quantities as required and in such shape that the pla.it can uMe it ? Suppose you should put tire food for your stock in a box, nail il up and place it in their trough?would you ex pect them to thrive and grow fat? Hardly ! Will, did it ever occur to you that when you use lumpy, badly mixed fertilizers you are putting this same proposi tion iii> to your crops?offering them plant food in such shape that they can't get to it ? Fertilizers, to do your crops any good must dissolve in the soil waters. These are constantly in motion, rising to the surface during the day and sinking at night?passing ?nd repassing the roots of the plant, which absorb the food contained in the water?and this is the only way in which the plant can feed. Therefore, when you buy fertilizer, you should do so with the idea of furnishing food for your crop and on the same principle that you should purchase food for your slock. It should not only contain the necessary Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid and Potash, but above all else these should be In soluble form?the mechanical condition of the fertilizer should be such as to permit the plant to absorb every particle of it, and the goods should be manu factured from materials that will not give up their plant food at one time, but furnish a steady supply throughout the entire growing season. This is the fertilizer you should have and can |$et? in only one way. It is impossible to produce a goods like this by the dry-mixing of raw materials, whether you do this at home with a shovel and a serein or buy it from someone who has made it the same way?the on)/ differ ence being in the quantity. These materials must be ground to a powder, and it re quins machinery costing thousands of dollars to do it properly. They must then be so manipulated that w hen complete, you have a compound, each ounce of which is exactly like every other ounce, and not a mixture, one part of which would contain too much Ammonia and too little Potash, while another part would be exactly the opposite?and all of it contain plant food locked up and not available, Remember that the chemical analysis of a fertilizer is no test of its crop growing qualities. The chemist can pul verize lumps and by the use of various means search out the plant food ; your crop can't. Von can take an axe, break open the box and gut the corn ; your mule can't* Don't risk a crop failure ! Insure your peace of mind as well as your crop by using Armour's Animal Ammoniated Fertilizers Manufactured by Armour Fertilizer Works ATLANTA, GEORGIA