Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MAXWELL The Car For Service?All Models. jj D. H. COUNTS, Jr., j Agent. :: Laurens, - South Carolina ; What Bank Does Most Good For Its Home Town? The bank most helpful to its community is not necessarily the one with the largest volume of deposits. It may be and often is a smaller institution, but with a larger number of depositors. The bank most beneficial to its locality is the one that induces the LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE to regularly bank'a portion of their earnings. It brings the small hoards out of their hiding places and combines them into an active financial force for the upbuilding of the town's industries. Such a bank gives to many their first impetus an incentive to save. It in fluences many to adopt thrifty habits and make them better citizens. Just such a bank is the Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. FRESH LOT OF GARDEN SEED THAT WILL GROW D. LANDRETH'S SEED IRISH ROTA TOES AT THE OLD RELIABLE Dr. Posey's Drugstore HIDES! COW HIDES! HIDES How about your bides? Are you satisfied with the present prices you art receiving? THE CLINTON HIDE AND SKIN CO., established and managet by a practlal tanner and hide man, Mr. S. M, Watson, who has had U. S. wide experience in manufacturing leather and dealing In hides, is now open to tin public and will welcome any and all communications In this line. You cat: ship your hides by freight or express and get your money by tho noxt mall satisfaction guaranteed always or goods refunded. Try us, we pay the freight and express. Write for shipping tags and prices. This week we will pay the following prioes: Oreen hides, per lb.7Vfc to 8c Green salt hides, per lb.8V4 to 9c Dry salt hides, per lb.10 to 14< Dry flint hides, per lb.10 to 15c Try us once and It will mean a continuance of business. THE CLINTON HIDE <* SKIN CO. CLINTON. 3. C. GROCERIES j I quote the following prices for this < week's cash purchases. $i.oo can Coffee, 5 lbs. 86c 1 , r 1 Lotiziaun Coffee, per pound 20c ( Laundry Soap, 6 cakes for 20c 1 Lump Starch 5c pound, 6 pounds for 25c 1 Dr. Price's Celery Food, per package 08c , Wheat Hearts, per package 15c 1 Heinz Preserves, 30c can for 25c 2 quart jars Pickles for 25c Fancy Lemon Cling Peaches, 25c can 20c Pink Alaska Salmon, per dozen 95c Nice sound Irish Potatoes, peck 30c I have a lot of other goods to offer cheap. Call and see us. J. S. BENNETT LAURENS. S. O. MEANING OF THE BOYS' CORN CLUBS Over Three Thousand Young Men F.n listed In Campaign for More Intelligent Farming. The question has been asked b> many during the past several week* as to the significance of the boys' com clubs which are being organized in all sections of the state. A boys' con: club has been organized in a majority of the counties of the stale and in sev eral Instances a club for the girls luu been organized. First of ull the organization of these corn clubs moans that over 3,001 young men of the rural districts of tlu State will this year plant each one acre of corn. This acre will be espe cially attended to and each young mar will try to excel every other young man In the amount of corn produced on the acre. Of great significance Is the fact thai 3,000 young farmers of the state, none of them over 18 years of age, will farm Intelligently. The planting of the oik acre will be on a systematic basis anc this work will stimulate interest in all lines of agriculture. One of the most important provi sions of the rules of the corn clubs b that every member shall keep a cor rect, systematic account of bis wort during the entire your and shall fib a certified report, sworn to by wit nesses, with the Judges in the respec tive counties. There will be more farming on paper, at least the results of the actual work will bo recorded. Cash Prizes Offered. In the severul counties prizes ng grogatlng over $3,000 will bo offeree by the merchants, bankers and bus iness men for the best results showi on ono acre of land by a member o the corn club. Tbo average prlzi for each county will be about $250 Besides the prizes to be offered in tin counties the members of the clubs Will be eligible to contest for the priz es in the state corn contest and ii the national corn contest. Dascombi Usher last year won tbo prize offeree by Marlon county, the second prize li the state contest and the first prize for this state in the national contest The boys' corn club work has reall: been made a part of the departmen of education. This Is in a way leadin; on to an improvement of the agrlcul tural courses In all of the schools o the state. Besides the many prizes state Superintendent of Educatioi and (lov. Ansel have decided to offe certificates of merit to the young mei producing so many bushels of corn oi one acre, the number of bushels to b decided upon at n later date. In tb counties where the corn clubs. havi been organized, the county superln tendents of education have Immedlat charge of the work. Ira W. Williams who bus charge o the United States farm demonstratio! work In this state, is at the head o tbo boys' corn clubs and the succes of these organizations is due to Ml Williams and his corps of denionstra tlon agents throughout the state. The boys' corn clubs mean more am better corn, for the young men that th trnlning now. will bo the farmers o the future. The growing of a pi en I; of corn will protect the price of cottoi by making the farmers of the slat more Independent. The growing o f corn Intelligently makes for the farm i er one of the most valuable crops. Th ' present Intelligent methods of con I growing that are being taught th i youth of the state mean that it wil I not be many years until South Cam 5 Una will not havo to depend oh tin West for her corn. Should the pro ductlon be so incrensed it would meat that millions of dollars annually wouli bo saved to the farmers. For More Live Stock. At the meeting of the Live Stocl association held In Columbia recentl; the fact was brought out that to hav< more and better live stock that It wa necessary to imve plenty of corn. Tbl Is shown most strikingly in the Wes A state that produces a large amoun of corn also produces live stock. Tin members of the Live Stock assoclatlot urged that the farmers grow mon corn In that tbo Industry would In Incrensod and several million dollar; sent to tbo West annually for horses cowb. bogs, mules would be saved t( tbo farmers. Tho organization of the boys' con clubs Is tbo first step toward a great er production. The statement has beei made that the land In South Carolin) Is the best of any state in tbo country for corn, and this statement has beei proved by the past enormous yields A well known farmer of tho stati said the other day that it was t healthy sign to see the young men o the rural districts taking so much In terest in the production of corn one that It was sure to have a material effect upon the agricultural interest O. B. Martin, former state superin tendent of education, is at the head ol the boys' corn club In the south, 11< has a great school of 30,000 boys froir every southern state. Fach ono ol theao boys will plant a prize acre ol corn. A prize will bo offered by the government for each state. It is the intention of Ira W. William j to hold a state corn show In Columbia . during the coming fall when the ex * hlblts of all the corn clubs will be on exhibition. It is possible that th( ' i corn show of the county associations will be held ut the same timo with ; tho South Atlantic Corn exposition ' . which will bo given by tho Corn Breed 5 ers' association of South Carolina.? 1 The State. I _ i TICK ERADICATION WOBK. - . State and Federal Agents lltive Been , ; Assigned to this Section. Clemsou college, March 28?The , state and federal agents In tick erad ) I ication work are now being placed In , the Meld for the summer's campaign . and by April 1st the entire fo.oe will . i be at work in the northwestern coun { j ties of this state: Abbeville, Green r wood, Laurens, Union, Cherokee, Spar 1 tanburg, Chester and York. Every ??ffoi i will be made io completely fret t this area from ticks and place It above > ', the federal quarantine line this year 1 ! On December (5. 1009, the countlei ; of Oconec, Plckens, Qreenvllle ami j Anderson were released from federal I quarantine and cattle can now be ship. VOd fro!!* Hitu nrofl ? o pny tw*rt{oi> r\\ . the United States without restrlctlem < This has already greatly stimulated In . terest in the feeding of beef cattle, at c cattle in this area can now be pluceel j on the market without restrlctlem nnel . consequently bring more than cattle . feel in other portions of the stute. j Tick eradication work in South Car j olina has been in progress since July 1, 1907, when Oconee, Bickens, Green Ville and Anderson counties were first . quarantined against cattle from othei 1 portions of the state. In these conn . tle?s over 800 tick Infested premises , were found on first Inspection and f with the exception e>f a small uumbe! j of farm, these premises have been en tirely freed from ticks. , In Abbeville. Greenwood, Laurens j Union, Spartanburg, Chere>kee, dies . ter and York counties, which were j quarantined in June 19ns, about 2,00( 3 tick infesteel premises were found ane j nearly half of these have already beet j freed from ticks. The remainder wll 3 be freed this summer and these coun ties will then be in conditlem for re f lease from federal quarantine. Thli I work Is being conducted by the statt , In co-operation with the U. S. Du real . of Animal Industry under an Act o f the general assembly which author i izes the board e>f trustees of Clemsoi , college to appropriate funds and adop r necessary regulations for the execu u tlon of this work. The approprlatloi i, bill recently passed by the genera i. assembly dlrectes the appropriation o e $f>,ooo out e>f the ciemson college fund: B for tick eradication work, but the a . mount expended for the present Us e cal year will reach $10.000 while tin federal appropriation for the preset) f fiscal year will be in the nelghborhooe ? of $20,000. Agents in tick eradlcatloi f work are directed by the Federal In s spector at. Spartanburg and by tin . state veterinarian at ciemson col logo . The pre>gress of this work will now hi more rapid as the people of the stat< I are beginning to realize that tin; cattle ? lick causes an enormous le>ss whlel I can he easily prevented. The estlmal y j ed Itiss to the people of the southeri .. slate, which can he attributed to thll " i e dangerous parasite, is about $10,000, f 000 each year while an estimate o $900,000 annual loss to the people 0 p Siulh Carolina would llOl be excessive Sluhhorn As Mules are liver and bowels sometimes; seen l to balk without cause. Then there') trouble Loss of Appetite?Indlgestloi e Nervousness, Despondency, Headache . But sue-h troubles fly before Dr. King's " New Life IMIlS, the world's best stom ii i ach and Liver remedy. So easy, 25i j at Laurens Drug Co. and rulmette Drug Co. - Culling Deivin a Tree. k The little' story below was wrlttei y I by Wlnnlfred Black in the New Vorl e American: s "The people next demr cut down i ? tie,- this morning, t j "A meat, magnificent tree?tha t shaded the children all summer long i' and told thom stories all night whei i the winter wind sang in Its ban B branches. e "Such a splendid, noble, old tree I u was?an elm that, looked as If It hae i, been standing when Christopher Co 3 IlimbllS sailed over the unknown seas "It bad a great, strong trunk ane" i broad, generous branches, and it - the summer it was just a living i bunch of waving plumes. i "The birds loved the eilel Iree am r I built their nests In Its branches i j And tbo crocuses seemed to le>ve it . for they always blossomed first In the ? little circle at tbo rOOl of the gloriom i | old elm. f| "And this morning a little hollow . 1 chested, peaked.faced man took a I sharp axe and cut the splendid troc I down. "lie couldn't make another one - grow there like mat ono ir no lived f a hundred years ami watered it day ? and night with bis tears. But he cut i It down. It only took him about twej f hours to do it, and he whistled all the f time he was chopping. ? "I wonder if he really thinks he's half as much account In the world i ns the tree he BO carelessly cut down." PAGE ELEVEN An Investment Bearing Four Per Cent. Available always, absolute security, is an ideal disposition of individual savings or trust funds. This bank accepts deposits in any amounts from One Dollar up, and pays interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, compounded every six mouths. We also issue Certificates of Deposit, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, if left six months or longer, if desired. Therefore, no Government Bond or high grade railroad security will yield as great returns on an actual investment as a .Savings Account with this bank. THE BAN K 3? LAU RENS LAUR^NS, S.C. The Bank for Your Savings. Ready forthe Needle eached Linen Goods Table Damask, I,inen .Sheeting and Pillow Casing, Skirting Linen, Wash Linen and Linen Lawns? all guaranteed pure flux. Bleached Cotton Goods In all Weaves, Plain and Fancy. Here is shown the Kilkenney Suiting, a plain texture, while sheer, shows up a round thread, a guarantee for service. With the return of the season India Linon is still a strong com petitor among summer textures, having always passed the laundry test satisfactory. Special numbers are shown here at atractive prices with pretty designs in Val. Edges and Insertions to match for trimmings. A limited quan tity of 27-inch Colored Figured .Silks, the 50c quality, at 35c, while they last. Plain and Striped Cotton Pop lins with Mercerized Finish, in desirable colorings. "Hydegrade"?This is a double fold printed goods, prominently advertised in the fashion magazines. A durable fabric of sufficient weight to make a comfort able spring suit. New Neckwear and the latest craze in Hair Fixings, at W. Q. Wilson & Co. ^AAtAA CORTRIGHTs? ARE FIRE PROOF H^IIEV will not burn. Will not split or curl like wood shingles. * Will not crack and roll oil like slate. W ill not rip at the senms like plain tin. Neither will they rattle during high wind storms. They never need repairs and last as long as the building. And last of all, they make the handsomest roof and are not expensive. Appl) to Local Dealer or C0HTH1GHT METAL ROOFING CO., Philadelphia, Pa. =WELL= Invested Money is a good thing, and we are now offering some good values in Real Kstalc. We b':? lieve they will j>n.\r good investments and solicit your investigation. If you have any property to sell list it with us, we will do our best to make quick sales for you. If you want to bu\ any real estate let us know what you want, and we will see if we can't fit you up. Could handle about 3 well im proved .jo or 50 acte farms, conveniently located, at reasonable prices Laurens Trust Co. C. A. Power, Mgr. Real Instate Department.