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HERE IS THE PROOF That the best body-building and str^rxrthenins' tonic for o o Delicate Ghildren IS YuTol ** My 9 year old daughter was weak, pale, and had no appetite. I gave her Vinol, and she began to thrive at onco. She gained rapidly in weight, color and strength." ? Mit. W. H. GILMORE, Durand, Mich. " My two children, who were puny and ailing, rapidly gained flesh and strength when I began to give them Vinol. I proved that Vinol is a splen did tonic for delicate children." ? Mrs. C. ALLEN, New Bedford, Mass. H 1 Vinol builds up healthy flesh and makes thin little limbs round and plump. Children love to take it. We return people's money without question 11 Vinol does not accomplish all we claim lor It. Try It, please. THE LAURENS DRUG CO., Laurens. CLINTON COLLEGE HAS FINE BALL TEA Series of Games Played With Charl ton Showed up Well for the Presbyterians. Clinton, April, 10.?The local bo ball fans are enthusiastic over team the college lias out this year, lias played four games so far t season, all with Charleston colic winning three of them. It is a mat of common belief that they lost second game In Charleston becai they spent the morning on the wa and in the surf and were not In pi sical condition to play in the aft noon. Hut he would be a poor exci for a man who would say that a sii of Forts Sumter and Moultrle ant battle with the surf are not chea bought with one baseball game. While tl??; Presbyterians clearly o Classed their visitors they gave a v< pretty exhibition of bas> ball on i home diamond Friday as ' Saturd especially Saturday when Charlesi pitched Levi, Their team work, tb earnestness and coolness, are being vorably commented on. These have heretofore been the w< points of the Presbyterian team. Fuller, Clinton has a batsman wo counting on. WInn is considered < of the best college catchers in i state. But there is not a weak man the line-up apparently. They go against Frskine next Friday. Mr. A. B. Galloway has coached I team this year and he has receii many compliments on the success his work. DRAUGHON PRACTICAL BUSIN L COLLEGE FOR GREENVILLE. On April 18th, Draughon's Practi Business College, number Tliir live, will Open in Greenville, S. This college was secured thron the efforts of the Greenville board trade, and Is another evidence of I good that can be accomplished by live business organization in a c thrtt has as many advantages as drei vllle. Drauglion's college In Greenvl will be under the direct supervis of Arthur C. Minter, general manai of the Southeastern division, and v be fitted up with the latest Impro incuts, just as his coHorcs in Atlati Macon, Montgomery and Knoxville a The local manager and faculty will up to the high standard set by I Minter in Iiis other colleges which is operating under a- royalty lei from the Drauglion's Practical Bu ness College Co. Bvery one who is familiar with I success with which Mr. Minter is me lug In his oilier colleges is sure tl the Greenville college will be of gr benefit to the young men and won of this section as the courses of sti are up-to-date in every respect, i teachers are specialists in their spectlvo departments, and the equ ment will include banking and who sale fixtures, Gammeter Multigrn Burroughs adding and listing machl cabinet letter tiles, card index syste and all other features of a mod* business odice so that students n have the benefit of actual office tra iui-'. When they are ready to go work, they will command a much li ter salary than students who do I have the advantage of such modi office appliances. The first fifty scholarships Drauglion's college In Greenville V be sold at a special price, so It WOi be well for you to write for full formation at once. You will then find out about cost of tuition, stationery and boa plan of guaranteeing position etc Address, Artbui C. Minter. Gen. Mi Dratighon's Practical Business C leg, Greenville, s. C. Bridge to Let. On Friday. April 16, 1910. at o'clock a. m. the board of county CO missioners of Laurens county. S. will let to the lowest responsible t: der the contract for rebuilding Mil bridge on Little River, ? letting to at the site. Contractor will bo reqi: ed to close written oontrnet -.,,,1 <? cvife satisfactory bond in one half contract price on the spot, or depr $26.00 as guarantee to close within 1 days nfter award Is mnde. The rli 1s reserved to reject any or all hi County will furnish material. H. B. Humbert. Supervisor March 28, 1910. Laurens. S. M cs Se the It his ige, ter the use ter hy er use ght I a ply ut r li the ny, ton elr fa mk In rth )iie the on up the ,'ed of :ss ral tj ('. igh of the ? a ity en lllc ion i?er .ill vo ita, ire. be Mr. he !iso isl the et liat eat ten uly the re lp .lo ph, ne, tns ?rn tay In to iOt not ?rn In i-ill aid in the rd. sr., ol % SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. fc# ** 5<* ******* Mrs. J .O. C. Fleming was host for the Henry Laurens chapter of A. H. Friday afternoon. A large tendance was present, and an lnl esting program enjoyed. Mrs. 1 Cray read a paper. "Carolina Front Life" giving graphically the strngt of the early settlers in the Carolii Mrs. Rufus Dunlap read an inter* ing paper, "The old South in Art lecture." A committee of ladies ti the Musgrove mills chapter of C ton represented by Mrs. W. J. Bai and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs was present dismiss the plans for replacing monument at Hays' Station, one of historical points in litis section. 1 chapter decided to unite with the Cl ton ladies in putting up this mo incut. After the business matters were 1 aside a pleasant social hour was joyod and .Mrs. Fleming served crc and cake. ooo Miss Minnie Lewis Hopkins cut tained at her home Thursday aft noon twenty-four of her little friei in honor of her ninth birthday. M ing pictures and pinning the donki tail In place were some of the mini ments. Martha Franks won the 11 prize and Isabella Sullivan the boo Ice cream was served on the \iv Many pretty gifts and good wishes t tify to the little hostess' popular ooo Little Miss Mary Blackwell ent tained at a birthday dinner Wedn day, among her guests were Mi Roper, Sara Bishop. Anna Sulllv Juanita Wilkes, and her teachers M Hattle Bronson and Mr. B. L. Joi ' ooo Mr. Marlon Wilkes gave a din: party to a few friends Friday event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wilkes. ooo Mrs. F. P. McGowan left Monday a visit to Spartanburg where she \ be the guest of Mrs. J. T. Boyd dur the Music Festival. coo The Civic. League will meet n Monday afternoon April the 18th at chamber of commerce rooms at 1 o'clock. A full attendance Is requ< ed on this occasion tis matters of : portnuce aro to be' dlsucssed. ooo The Wednesday club will hold meeting with Mrs. W. II. Dial t afternoon, and reports from the Fed atlon will be beard. ooo Saturday evening at 9 o'clock at residence of her brother, Mr. Harry Thames, No. 53 Went worth sir Miss Hallye R. Thames was married Mr. Charles L. Moore, of Atlanta. Rev. William Way, rector of On church, performing the ceremo Present among the guests were following from other towns: N Charles Moore, of Atlanta, mother the groom; Mrs. Hugh K. Alken, Laurens. sister of the bride; Miss . nie Moore Davis, of Fayetteville. N* Mr. and Mrs. Moore will make a t to Florida noxt week, aftm- which tl will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thames, on Wentwortr. Btroel Charleston Post. ooo The sixth made enjoyed a very llgbtful picnic Saturday at Rai Creek. Miss Stoney and Miss Brom accompanied the children. They w in a large roomy wagon and can lunch baskets whose c enjoyed to the fullest the shade of the trees wl hour came, ooo Mif?S Laura Barksdale left Mom for Charleston to be present at silver service presentation to "South Carolina." Miss ?nrksdalo \ present at the christening of the 1 tleship nt Philadelphia and receive special invitation to attend the p sentation in Charleston. ooo Mr. and Mrs. A. D. dray are attO inn the Music Festival In Spartanbi this week. Mrs. Cray is an old C verse girl and will enjoy meeting friends at the college during festl week. Well filled tents they tent under the dinner 11 >m c. .Id ton be ilr yo the )Slt Ive Kht Ids. Mrs. S. C. Todd who returned to United States several months ago fr China. Is expected to arrive In Latin this week from Macon, da., to sp< sometime at the home of her moth ln-law. Mrs. W. A. Clarke. Mrs. T< Hoent the winter nt her old home Oakland, Cal.. coming on to Macoi few weeks ago to visit friends tin Before returning from China she e fered a nervous breakdown, but i has. after a few months of rest, c< pletely recovered. Mr. Willie Bramhlett of Prince was In the city yesterday on his v to Carrolton, Ky.. to visit a spot friend. SCHOOL NEWS NOTES OE LAURENS COll The Schools, Teachers ai Pupils. The county superintendent of e< cation received last week checks mounting to $1,500. for the H: schools of the county. This mal $3,000 the county has received fr the High school fund, checks nmou lag to $1,500 having been received 1 fall. Of this amount Clinton gets $.rj Cross Hill $500, Gray Court $3 Green Pond $260. Laurens $450, Mou I ville $PJ0, Shiloh $200, Waterloo $3 State High School Inspector, W. Hand has called a meeting of all I State High school principals and HI school teachers for May 5 and 6. this meeting subjects of vital impo ance concerning the High school s, tern will be discussed. The princip of each of our eight High scho should attend this meeting. The preliminary contest Fric j uij, u ai me MountvIIIe High sob was well attended. Mr. Robert Tho ton was given the medal and v '*'* 1 represent his school in the final c< ess j test. R I Miss Sue Blackwell fi-cm the Sar ut ^e,. I school spent the week-end with re )ial I tlves in Laurens. tier I Miss Alma Wallace of the Pop Springs school will give an old fashi basket picnic on tin' church a school grounds next Friday the 15 om I The public is invited to be prese I Solic itor R. A. Cooper is among I speakers of the day. Miss Inez Dobbins has been elecl to teach the Odells school again m year. i ;les las JSt ?hi lley to the the rhe lin ii n aid en am er e I' ll ds ov >y'8 se irst iby. iv n. es Ity. er es ary an, liss ICS. ner ng H. for vill ing ext the five ist im ?t? his ler Tlie Call of the lilood for purification, finds voice in pimpl boils, sallow complexion, a jaundh look, moth patches and blotches on t skin.?all signs of liver trouble. 1 Dr. King's New Life Pills make rl red blood; Rive clear skin, rosy dice fine complexion, health. Try the 2.".e at 1,aureus Drug Co. and Palme Drug Co. the Ox nor Campbell, V. S. Navy. After an absence of four years a two months, Oxner Campbell is homo with his parents. Mr. and M W. A. Campbell. Oxner has seen mil of the world since he left Laurens February 1906. As a blue jacket the United States battleship. Rh< Island, to which he was assigned, made a cruise of the world in 190S and last fall and winter was spent and about Havana and other south* waters, lie has two medals receh on cruise around the world, one p sen ted by the "Commonwealth of Ai tralia." the other by the Navy of .Jap: Young Campbell arrived In l.aurc Saturday from Norfolk where on F day he received his discharge pape his enlistment having on that day < pi red. Of course Ills friends i mighty glad to see him back hoi and Oxner says he has enough of I navy. He will likely engage in r? road work after he gets adjusted the now order of things. He w ;reatly surprised to see bow Laurc bad grown In these four years. Terrible Croup. My little hoy, who is four years o has suffered a lot with croup. On si (,<'' oral occasions we thought he was go ' to I After trying all the old lime reined ,!,<>: and most of the new. I came home c i,<''' night at midnight, and my wife sa nv "The boy has the crop again suppt [he you get a bottle of Hyomel." "M? "'s' junk." I said, "hut we will circuit ?J our money so they all will get BOni <)f I hastened to an all night drug BtO brought it home, in five minutes j ? was breathing easier, in fifteen m n,> utes he was sound asleep. It broke t croup so quickly it scared mo. *" Anyone wishing to cure the croup L* a child I hope will give Hyomel a tri Wishing you the best of SUCCe ? which you surely deserve. I reina de-I Jos. E. Chirk, 204 Oth St. & E? Was ?un ; ington, D. C. Oct. 7. 1909. son Hyomel is a remarkably effect cut remedy incase of croup and it shot led be in every home where there is on- croupy child. Full Instructions h 6X- to cure crop comes with each outfit. len Complete Hyomel outfit Including baler costs $1.00 at druggists eve where and at Laurens Drug Co. It lay j guaranteed to cure catarrh, coughs a the' colds. the - vras Speaks for His Town. >at- Mr. E 11. Wilkes, of I.aurens, v l\ a I in the city for a few hours last Fi id ,,e I Mr. Wilkes is president of the I.; rens Furniture company and is a n,i- a member of the firm of S. M. & arg II. Wilkes. lie Is one or the cut j"1 prising business men of l.nurens a 1 always has something to say of I val the om ens and er ad d wonderful progress and dovelopnn of his town.?IInnen Path Chronic Worse than Bullets. Bullets have often caused less s ferlng to soldiers than the eczema W. Harriman, Burlington, Me., got in the rrniy, and suffered with It fo *n j years. "But ttucklen's Arnica Sa 1 a cured me when all else failed," ?ro. writes. Oreatost healer for Sores, 1 Mi" cers, Boils. Burns, Cuts, Woun she j itini, i? and Plies. 25c at Laurc >m- Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. ton How Is this, A Solid Oak, beautlf iray ly finished. Mantel for $3.25. Inves Jlal gate our line, It will save you tnon 8. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co i id iu-| a igh tes ! out nt ast 00,1 00. nt.| 00. H. tho i?h ' At I >rt ys-i als ols lay ool rn nll 311 (lts ha lat ion j ind th. nt. the led i?xt es. jed Ihe tut Ich ks. ira. tto Bridges to Let. On Thursday, April 21, 1910, at o'clock a. in., at the kH?\ I will let the lowest responsible bidder tho c tract for building a bridgo at Boj Mill on Reedy River, in the county I.nurpns, S. C. Certified check $100.00 will be required as guaran that bidder will execute written c tract with satisfactory bond in one 1 the contract price within ten days tor award Is made. Plans and sp? Qcatlons will be exhibited en day letting. The right is reserved to ject any or all bids. Also, at the same time and pit and subject to all tho conditions ab> set out I will let to the lowest bid the contract for building a bridge o Habun Creek In said county near residence of W. P. Caldwell. Bldd who cannot attend will be permit to file sealed bids, in both Instant at my oflloe until 12 o'clock m. of < previous to letting. II. 11. Humbert. Supervisor March 28, 1910. Lnurens, S 35-3t r\*? or11 ?k?s? ? nd at rs. ich in I on )de j he I 1-9. in ' ?m red re us nn. MIS 'ri rs, ax ire I ne, j he ill-I to ras i ?IIS ild, sv- I ne. ies 1110 id. ISC ?re iite e." re. he in he Of lal. ss. In, ill ive ild Too Late, Too Late, to think about taking out a policy on your house if it is already burning1. We take a risk but not a certainty. If you have taken time by the forelock, and insured your property against lire, you have the Absolute Certainty that the company Will pay all your losses. The race is to the swift, and you owe it to your family to protect them from all troubles. Do not be a laggard. E.H.W1LKES&S0N Stocks - Bonds - Insurance Enterprise Bank Building Laurens, S. C. Get Ready t( GARDEN and buy your SEED of US. We have a fresh lot o Garden Seeds of all kind of a good variety best a dapted to our Souther] soil. Yellow Danver and Sil ver Skin Onion Sets Irish Potatoes, Seet Corn, Field and Sna| Beans. Kennedy Bros Laurens, S. C. is lid ?as ay. ui Iso B. or nd :he ?nt :le. uf I, h! rty Ive he ri ds. !11S Hi Iti ey .-? -: ?? .i _ 5 -?l\\> i .. .'-.I. ..'^Aca.TTir.rjr'A A watch gift may mea: cv< rytl.ing?or nothing it (!cpcnt!? c;i the watch?no itcccfiftarilv on the price yoi pf,y f r '?' !..: 1'XCSt.SIOR is math f..ii'!e-I and adjusted afinr tudte/i' r.i a popular pricfl??4, jo to $1 l.oo. Aok us ior the &XCULSIOK WATC1 FLEMING BR0< Chamberlain's Cough Remeo Cures CoM... Croup nu? \\ in* .j.iuu Cough. MAXWELL The Car For Service?All Models. D. H. COUNTS, Jr., Agent. Laurens, - South Carolina Young Men are invited to call and inspect this line of Fashionable Clothing jj J. E. Minter & Bro. Laurens, S. C. GARDEN SEED of the BEST VARIETY All kinds in all size packages and in bulk Any way you want them Palmetto Drug Company, ? Laurens, S. C. I I'M BBPBMBMaBMMI B? Remember To see us for The best job of Electric Wiring, Electric Chandeliers, Electric heating devices of all kinds. How about a front door Bell? Swygert & Teague Agents "E. M. F." Automobiles