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ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RURAL POLICEMEN Full Text of tb? Special Bill Creating Position of .New Count} Officers. Mention wan made last week of the appointment of Messrs A. It. Sullivan and S. W. Lowe as rural policemen for Laurens county. Ilelow Is given the full text of the Act. under the provisions of which these special olll cora were named and will op; rate; Section I. He It enacted by the gener al assembly of the state of South Car olina. That Immediately after the ap proval of this act. the governor upon the recommendation of the members of the general assembly for the coun ty of 1.aureus, shall appoint, from the registered electors of said county two able-bodied men of good habits and known as men who are not addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors, and shall commission them as county po licemen for the term of two yours, sub ject always to removal by the governor for cause. Sec. 2. That the county board ol com missioners of Laurens county shall fix the salaries of said policemen which shall be seventy-live dollars per month, payable by the county treasurer upon the warrant of the county supervisor out of the ordinary county funds and shall be furnished each with two uni forms per year to he prescribed and approved by the county hoard of com missioners, provided, however that said policemen shall provide them selves with policomens' billets and such tire arms as may be prescribed by tho said county hoard of com missioners and with horses for regu lar use In riding over the county and performing duty a.-- mounted police, men and shall bear all the expenses In cident to their service. Sec. 'A, That it shall be the duty of said policemen under the general con trol and direction of the sheriff of the county of Laurens, to patrol and police the county especially In the rural dis tricts and to prevent or detect and prosecute for violations of the crimi nal law of every kind making arrests upon their own Initiative as well as upon complaint or information and to report all their acts and all known or suspected violations of the criminal law to the sheriff of the county once a week or offener If required, and they shall appear before the court of gen eral sessions on tho first day of each term thereof and report to the solici tor the conditions with reference to lawlessness In the county and during the term of the court to be subject to the direction of the solicitor. Sec. 4. The said policeman shall pa trol the entire county at least twice a week by sections assigned to each by the sheriff, remaining on duty at night when occasion or circumstances sug gest tho propriety thereof to prevent or detect crime or to make an arrest aud they shall always be on duty for not loss than ten hours a day except when granted occasional indulgences or leaves of absence by the sheriff. They shall frequent railroad depots, stores and other public places where people congregate or disorder is probable or vagrants may be loafing oralcohollc li quors may be sold, bartered < r given away, and they shall as often as prac ticable ride by bouses that are off the public highways and in lonely parts of the county, especially such as are with out male protectors aud shall use ev ery means to prevent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breashes of the peace, drunkenness, using obscene or profane language, boisterous conduct or discharging of firearms on the pub lic highways, or at any public place or gathering, carrying weapons con trary to law, gambling, vagrancy, set ting out fire, violation of the game and fish laws, cruelty to animals or child ren, violation of the child labor laws, lynching and for the violation of any and every law which Is detrimental to the pence, good order and good mor als of the community. Sec. 6. That said policemen shall have authority for any suspected fresh, ly committed crime whether upon view or upon prompt Information or com plaint to arrest without warrant and In pursuit of the criminal or suspected criminal to enter houses or break ihereln whether in their own county or In an adjoining county, and they shall have the right and authority to summon the posse comltntus to assist In enforcing the laws, and nny Citizen who shall fall to respond and render assistance when so summoned shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by im prisonment for thirty days or by a fine of not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Pro vided whero an arrest !.; made without warrant the person so arrested shall be forthwith carried before tho nearest magistrate and a warrant of arrest procured and disposed of us the magis trate shall direct. Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall before entering upon the dis charge of his duty enter Into bond In the sum of one thousand dollars with sufficient surety to be approved by the county board of commissioners of the county of Laurens conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties umi for auch damages as may be sustained by reason of his malfeasance In ofllce. or abuse of bis discretion and shall in addition t<? tho oath of olllce now pro Kcrlbcd i>y section 20 of nrtlclo III of the constitution and by aectlon 582 vol ume I. code of laws l'J02 take and sub scribe the following uath or atlliina llon, to wit. "I furthor solemnly swear tor ullinil) thai during my term of olllce uii county policeman I will study the Act creating my olllco and pro scribing my duties and will bo alert and vigilant to enforce the criminal laws of the stale and to detect and bring to punishment ovory violation of the same and will conduct tnysoll at all times with due consideration to all persons and will not be ililluuiiccd in any matter on account of personal bias or prejudice, so help lue (Jod." The said bond ami oaths shall he tiled and kepi with the clerk of court for I.aureus county. Sec. 7. That alter the appointment and (|iiulIdeation of the two policemen provide:! I::;- i:: :!.!: Ac! the prOHCn* dispensary constables appointed by the governor, under an Act known as the Carey-llothrail Act shall be dis continued in so fill as Lumens county is concerned. Sec. S. All Acts or parts of Acts in consistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved the I Nth day of February, A. I).. IlltO. Hen Good News Spreads. "I am To years old and travel most of the lime." writes U. F, Tolson, of 101 i/abet blown. Ky.( "livery where I go I recommend Kleclrlc (tutors, be cause I owe my excellent health and vitality to them. They effect a ctjiu every time.-' They never tall to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys und bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate the nerves and purify the blood. They work wonders for weak, run-down men and women, restoring strength. Vigor and health that's a daily joy. Try l hem. Only ?. Satisfaction Is positively guaranteed by Laurens Drug Co.. and Palmetto Drug Co. CHANGING AN ADVERTISEMENT DOES NOT CHANGE THE SUBJECT... I am still prepared to do all kinds of WATCH, CLOCK and JKWFJLRY Repairing at Moderate Prices, anil Guarantee all inj Work. A Full Line of EASTER GOODS .lust Received. WATCHES, CHAINS, BRACELETS, RINtiS, NECK-CHAINS, L04 KETS, AND NOVELTIES. Wm. Solomon The Reliable Jeweler. Next to Hotel, Lumens, S. C. Now is the time to buy the balance of the Coal You need Laurens Wholesale I Grocery Co. is the place to buy your GROCERIES I as cheap as they can be bought, We have on hand 80 Bbls. of Flour! He- sure and see us before yotl buy We have just received one j car of Corn that we can sell at 92 l-2c Meal, unbolted, and water ground, at 90c Salt at 55c Peas at $2.50 We have also one car of Meyers Molasses which we sell cheap. Come to see us before you buy Laurens Wholesale Grocery Company, 1,000,000 New lurms. Nearly one million new farms have been created in the United States dur , lug the past ton years, says the Amer ican Agriculturist, in an exhaustive census investigation of farm inter ests throughout the United States. Ill (he last ten years the total num ber or farms has increased IS per cent. In the older slates, from Ohio eastward there has been going on for twenty years a tendency toward the amalgamation of farms distant from market into larger holdings. There are now almost three times as many farms as in 1ST0 ami an un precedented Increase in the value of farm lauds ami live stock is tin* oven more momentous fact revealed by this inquiry. The hind in farms witli their buildings, improvements ami live stock is today almost $30,000, 000,000, a gain of II per cent, in ten years. Prosen! values arc two and one half times the farm values of thirty yearn ago. In the north centra! states, the Increase in the value of farms is III pei- cent; in the south central states, "?8 per cent; in the south At lantic, 31 per cent, ami in the north Atlantic 13 per cent. riant Trees. Some Dien always think they are too old to set out fruit trees. "I nev er will live to eat the fruit." they say. Hut will men cease to live af ter we are gone? Think of the men who collie tomorrow. Plant a tree for Ihetn, Hurry your selfishness deep in the l?de you dig. And al ways make up your mind that you will live to eat the fruit of those trees yourself. Nothing like grit to keep a man going. Any rough hilly land on the farm may he set out to trees of some kind. I'm i timber is getting so scarce that chestnut of locust trees come won derfully handy for farm use when large enough for fencing. They grow i|Ulto fast and are as durable as any timber we have for this purpose. I'lant. Do it now. The Furrow. Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Lini ment. Ctive it a trial. You are cer tain to be pleased with the quick re lief which it affords. Sold by Laurens mount's "True Blue" Middle-Breaker Light Enough for One Mule? Strong Enough for Two! x Greatest labor-saving invention since the cotton gin. Saves half the ex-' pense of planting and cultivating by oing the work in the time. Strong enough for breaking. Light enough for cultivating. Every plow guaranteed. Plant and Cultivate Cotton or Corn at a Saving of HALF in Time?Men?Mules No soil too stiff, no sod too tough, no growth of grass too rank for this "True Blue" wonder. Over 50,000 in use in Mississippi alone. Sold and M ?ised throughout the South for over forty years. ConiA |n and See These Great Plows I ?#J. H. SULLIVAN, Laurens, S. C. ?72 kl Beautiful Building Lots to be Sold AT PUBLIC AUCTION == ON Saturday, APRIL 2d., 1910. This property is situated right in the heart of the most desirable colored community?New Church and several nice homes just completed within stone's throw of this property to be sold. By small payments of $5.00 down and $2.00 twice a month any colored family can soon own a lot, and any Building and Loan Company will gladly loan them money to build a home. Be Independent OWN A HOME This is the first opportunity the colored People of Laurcns have had to buy Real Estate on such easy terms. Come to the Sale and buy a lot at your own price. Every lot to be sold. 4 $25.00 in Cash to be Given Away! >1 Don't fail to come Saturday, April 2d., 1910, to this Sale and buy you a 1 lot on easy terms. >1 Plats can be seen at my office, or on Square the day of sale where large plat can be seen. QEO. W. SHELL ti |j DIAL-GRAY BLOCK LAURENS, S. C. ^