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COMMENCEMENT WEEK MOUNTVILLE SCHOOL Program of Interesting Exercises Rendered?Annual Address Was Made by Rer. W. K Thayer. Mountville. May 9.?An important event of last week was the closing ex ercises of the Mountville school. On Thursday evening an entertainment was given at the school building by the pupils of the High school. This included a debate on the subject. Re salved, that the white people were justified in their treatment of the In dians. Affirmative, Watts Hudgens, Robert Thornton; negative. Lonnio Culbertson, Charley Thornton. Decid ed in favor of the affirmative. A play "Dr. Cureall," was rendered by a number of pupils with pleasing effect. On Friday morning the commence ment exercises proper were held at the Baptist church, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. Dr. J. C. Cook led in prayer. Pspers were read by Misses Louise Richardson and Mary Hoyd. and an ..Can delivered by Mr. Charles Thornton. These were all good and . veil rendered. The commencement ?Address was delivered by Rev. W. B. Thayer of Laurens. His subject was '?Character," and in his easy and im pressive style he unfolded an ideal life to a very attentive and delighted audience. It was a splendid speech and well received. Certificates of graduation were pre sented to Messrs. Charles Clough T) nrnton and William Abner Fellers, and Misses Louise McCullough Rich ardson and Mary Olivia Hoyd. Hon. R. A. Cooper, In behalf of the graduat ing class, presented the principal, Mr. W. P. Culbertson. with an appreciative and valuable present as a token ol their esteem and appreciation of his service to them. The morning exer < i-"s were closed with prayer led by K .. .1. A. Martin. A picnic dinner \\. - sp""ad in the park which all en joy d to toe fullest extent. In the afternoon a game of ball was played between Mountville and Cross Hill which resulted to the credit of the home boys by a score of U to 2. .Miss Hrndburn of Newberry was here fo. commencement, the guest of Miss Grace Cook. iiss Gladys Huff of Laurens was til'' guest of Miss Louise Richardson last week. ,'lrs. .1. L. Fellers has gone to Grover X. to see her daughter, Mrs. Lucy 'Crisp. Quite a number of visitors were here i for commencement. Catarrh Cannot be Cared with local applications, as they can no: reach the seat of the disease. Ca C rrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfac es. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one ol the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu cous surfaces. The perfect combina tion of the two Ingredients i what produces such wonderful result in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. .1. Cheney & Co.. Prop. Toledo. O., Sold by druggists, price 75c. Kkom News Notes? Ekom, May 10.?We have had some vi y hard rains within the last week. Aunt .lane Cooper is still quite fee. 1,1?. Mrs. .1. W. Moore is right sick at (his writing. On last Thursday afternoon the Woman's Missionary society met at ? ? home of Mrs. Allle Culbertson. At r 'he business of the afternoon, cake 1 fruit were served by the hostess. Misses Fate and .lesse Culbertson Of Fountain Inn visited Miss Pcarle Culbertson last week, Mrs. Lula Culbertson and children Waterloo spent Sunday with the family of Mr. L. C. Culbertson. Mrs. .1. K. Boyd of Greenville and Dr. Owlng8 of Greenwood, spent . few days here last week and attend ed the funeral of their brother, Mr. T. C. Mr Daniel. ohn D. Rockefeller would go broke if he should spend his entire income trying to prepare a better medicine n Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dys . ? lery or bowel complaints. It is sim ply impossible, and so says every one IhRl has used it. Sold by Laurens Di !g Co. Service at Rocky Spring? The sacramenl of the Lord's supper will be administered at Rocky Spring i hurcfi next Sabbath. A full attend once of the members is desired. Preaching at l'l o'clock A. M. by the pastor. A Regular Tom Boy was Susie?climbing trees and fences, jumping ditches. whitling, always get ting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruises, bumps, burns or scnlds. But laws' Her mother just appled Bucklen's Ar nica Salve and cured her quick, Heals . verythlng healable- Roils. Fleers. Ozoma. Old Sores, Corns or Piles. Try !Bo at Laurens Drug Co and Pal DP ttO Drug CO. LAURENS STOCK MEN HOLD SECOND MEETING. (Continued from page one.) along this line. I take it for granted ' you agree with me that the rail fence is a thing of the past. The kind pro vidence has so aranged that when one seeming necessity gives out. some thing else takes its place which is better und eheaper. 1 refer to wire fences. 1 first began buying 2(5 inch woven wire and putting barbed wire ! i above. Ordinarily, this seems alright and is very highly recommended, but ! my experience has been that 'tis poor economy. My objection, based on ex 1 perienee. is this: on the above fence, any woven wire sags eventually and ! in doing this, causes a very low fence, j ! and it will not be lonk after such is i the case before bogs will learn to ( jump over the woven wire. On the oth ! er hand, instead of getting the 26" j wire fencing and putting three strands I barb wire above, get a 49", 0" stays and with one strand of barb wire above you have a fence that is pig tight, , j mule high, goat and bull strong. The j ? cost of these two fences is practical ly the same, 1 should say not over 2 cents per rod difference. Of course there are movable fences but I have had no experience with this particular fence, hut it does not strike me as being practical for hogs or for other kinds of Stock. 1 will give you my experience as to the value of a lield being fenced later on in this talk. The next essential point In hog raising is the selection of the breed. Now this is to be left almost entirely to the fancy of the breeder. All ol the different breeds under proper management will make good, but we all have our preferences. I know some in this audience who have differ ent breeds, each thinking or believing his is good, If not the best. I am par tial tO the Berkshire. My experience lias been in raising hogs, unless the thoroughbreds have absolutely good attention. that they will not stand roughing it as well as a cross breed. When I say cross breed I do not mean the lowest type of "pine rooters," but the grades. By all means and un der all conditions have a thorough bred male. This will insure you a hog that you can kill at almost any age. especially if you have the com pact breeds. As to llluctrate: the Es sex, Poland and Berkshires. Some of the breeds will not take on fat or till out until they are a year or more old?which makes an unprofitable hog for keeping in this progressive age. The next question of importance is how to make the most pork at the least Cost. In order to do this, it is absolutely essential that hogs should not be fed the entire twelve months on corn alone. We. the Southern peo ple are exceedingly blessed and es pecially in this grand old State ol South Carolina. It is now acknowl edged by the government to he the leading corn producing State in the United States. We can raiso corn as cheaply here as can be raised in the great corn growing States of the West. The West, as is well known by all, has been considered the corn and pork producing section of the United States; hut as stated above South Carolina is now considered the leading corn pro j ducing State, and the time is fast ap 1 proachillg when she will be considered the cheapest pork producing State. The advantages we have over the West in the production of ( heap pork Is our excellent and mild climate. Our land is capable under proper manage ment of producing three crops per acre per year, and when we fall short of this we have failed to get the re turns we should have gotten. It Is almost useless for me to give you a list of the different profitable crops, for the government as well as all the leading farm journals of any Importance are laying great stress on these subjects in almost every issue. At every meeting of the farmers for the discussion of Improved methods Of agriculture, the subject of corn crops Is considered one of groat im portance for the Improvement of the soil, by supplying it with the much needed Vegetable matter. The most profitable cover crops are rye. vetch and Clover. The above crops make the very finest grazing for your hogs during the winter and spring months. Now these hogs on above crops should cost you scarcely anything, only Just a little corn to obtain best results. This carries you until your grain crop?oats and wheat should be In ,1111(1 also alfalfa and Kssex rape and along with these, I mention Irish po tatoes. Which can be raised very 1 Cheaply ami comes in just about this time and by cooking them with some ' ? grain, oats or wheat bran will renke Very nutritious food. Bast year I tried two acres in Irish potatoes on medium land as an experiment and I produced 70 bushels Irish potatoes. GO bushels corn. 10 bushels pens, not to say anything of the pea stubble?leav ing the land in better shape as all farmers should do. We should feel that we are not doing our full duty, when we produce crops and leave the land in worse condition. I mention I he above to show that Irish potatoes can be raised with other crops and : not cut off the yield of these crops. One of my neighbors tiled cotton, be tween the Irish potatoes and had che finest cotton I saw during the year, after he had produced a line yield' ol potatoes, thus proving that we are not dependent upon one crop during a year, but that we can grow several on the same land in the course of a year, something our Northern and Western farmers can't do. Some of the other crops that v ill supplement and can be raised to pro duce cheap pork are sorghum. Span ish peanuts, sweet potatoes, Soja and velvet beans. These crops can be planted so as to afford a succession of crops that will keep your hogs grow lug nicely for early spring until the regular crops are havested in the fall. Some other crops that can be raised j advantageously toward carrying your hogs through the winter are sugar beets, pumpkins ami turnips. 1 have mentioned the corn crop but said nothing about it other than this being the greatest corn producing State of the United States. South Carolina is not ranked now as the 8. 10, 12 bushel State but is getting to be known as the 30, 40, 50 i">w bushel State. Corn is one of the essentials of hog raising, therefore If we are the greatest corn producing State, why should wo not bo the greatest pork producing State? The two go hand in hand. The South, especially South Carolina, is aroused to the im portance of leguminous crops. es pecially cow peas. These are being sown to a great extent and planted in almost every row of corn, and ishould produce, under ordinary con ditions, from ?"? to 10 bushels per acre, .lust think of the unusual amount ol hog feed this means to the South. I intend planting pens in every other row of cotton this year. 1 will give you by wry of illustration the value of it held being fenced, as I mentioned in the Ii i st part of this talk. Cast year I bad a held of CO acres, wired in. planted in corn and peas. After shredding my corn and picking my peas fairly clean my work stock ol 20 mules and horses as well as the Idle stock of mule clots, numbering a do/en were turned in this held at night for two weeks, the work ani mals being fed at 12 o'clock. The idle horses and mule colts were allowed to remain until Christinas, boillg taken out during wet weather. I also turned in about 10 killing hogs and about the same number of pigs in the same held. Now these hogs and pigs did not cost me a cent while in this Held, and you should have no ticed the gain they made. Cows were fattened here also. The hogs were only put up for a week to ten days and fed corn, but some did not really need it. You can easilv see if these Stock had been fed out of it crib it would have cost me more than the wire that enclosed the Held, i men tion this to encourage the building of more wire fences. It is one of the best paying investments on the farm. Now you see the Wire lias been paid for. and is ready to do even better tin' coining year. I hope. I cannot too strongly urge upon you all the im portance and profit of wire fences. Then you are prepared to raise hogS cheap: not only bogs but horses, mules, COWS, sheep ami goats. The general complaint or scarery part in hog raising is cholera. I can't say I have had it at my place, if so. only one or two died One will ask what is good for it? To use the old adage: "a preventive is better than a cure." I will glvo you a very simple remedy that I have a great deal of faith in ami is very highly thought of. and that is plenty ol hickory ashes, salt and char coal and of course plenty of good wa ter. With the above always on hand I don't think you need be very appre hensive. I don'l mean to say I never lose any hy disease^, but occasionally do. Why one should raise more hogs than heretofore seems very plain to me. I have tried to impress upon you thai the crops to raise hogs on car be raised very cheaply. While a cow at three years old brings from $20 to $2?, a mule three years old from ?I7". to $300, a little , pig kept S lo 10 months, under ordi nary care, will bring $L'o at present prices. Now. if hogs bred singly as other animals, the proposition would no different, hut having litters from to 12, just see Wlint can be produced in a year with a small beginning. Cat tle are all rigid, to keep up the fer tility of the soil; mules are easily raised at about half what it costs to buy them, but more money is to he made from raising hogs than any oth er kind of live stock, but raise them all your wire fences will allow you. Hy the method mentioned above, pork can be raised from .'! to 1 cents the pound. Some claim a great deal less but I think these figures very conser vative. By raising our meat supply, our hay. Hour. corn, and then all tin* cotton we can. it will not be long be fore we will be the most Independent, prosperous State or section in the whole United States. Let us wake up and realize and appreciate what a country and what an opportunity we have In .becoming the known "garden spot" of the world. I Union Meiling. Tbe union of tho 4th division of the' Laurens association will meet with i Beaverdam church, Saturday. May \ 2Sth. 1910, at 11 O'clock .A. M. Program, it-.00?Sermon by Rev. B. P. Mit. i chell, or Rev. J. P. McC.ilI. Organization, election of officers. Intermission. 1:30?-The Scriptural demand an 1 plan for supporting missions. 1 A. Martin. \V. 1'. Brown. ,1. W. Fowler. .1. If. Wharton. 2:1.".?Our motto for 1910: "Co Ho ward," Ex. 14:15. Why, bow. and In what privileges? W. 1'. Turner. W. C. Wharton, C. Lewis Kowler. 3:00?The human sacrifices and un avoidable difficulties of entering f.nd walking the "Narrow way." Matt. 7:13-27. Brief heart talks on this1 BUbject by the brethren, led by the moderator. Sunday .Morning, May 29th. 10:30?Sunday school. <1> Prayer 'and song Bervlce led by Supt. .1. B.1 Benjamin. (2) Preparing the Sunday school lesson. Rev. .1. P. McGlll. (3) ! Teaching the Sunday school lesson. p,.y I? !> Vi(..t..%t! 11:30?Missionary sermon by Rev. C. Lewis Fowler, or Rev. J. A. Martin/; w. p. Culbertson, See. Union Meeting? The Second and Third divisions ol the Laurens association will hold their Union meeting with Beulah church, May 27-29. Program. Friday morning. II A. M. Intro ductory sermon by Rev. A. T. Rtouden mi re. Enrollment and organization. Recess. Friday afternoon First oucrry: The Importance end evidences of the now birth, t. s. Langston. w. a. Baldwin, G. lt. Boho, W. I). Hammen. Second topic "I low must a Chris tian he different from others? 2nd Cor. 0:11-18, t. P.. Brown, \V. w. Cul bertson, F. L. Brnmblelt, E. C. Wat-' j son. Third topic "Resist the devil How?" .lames 4:1-10. 1st peter, .",:S-9. w. I). Bammelt, II. II. Mahon. a. T. Stoudonmire, a. H. Moore. Fourlli topic "Money, men and prayer the three great missionary needs", .1. o. Martin. P, L. Bramblctt, John M. Iludgens, C. B. Boho. Sunday morning. II a. M. missionary sermon by George M. Sexton. Union Meeting, The 1st division Laurens associa tion meets with Harmony Itnptist Church on Saturday and Sunday. May 28 and 29. Saturday, .May 2*. 10:30?Devotional exercises by Rov. R. (5. Lee. Quorry: What relation should exist between Sunday school and church J. R. Martin and J. .1. Hi.Idle. Comment on 25th Chapter of Mat thew from :11st verse to end of chap ter, W. II. Drummond and R. A. Hel iums. Noon intermission. Music P. M. Bailes. Home the foundation stone of the nation, S. L. Watson and T. J. Hughes. Sunday, May 29. 11: on -Sunday school address by R. O. Lee. 11:30?Missionary sermon by a. T. Sloudenmlro; alternate, s. L. Watson. Penny Bros., twin auctioneers, look a like, lalk a like, act a like, both cry ing the hid at the same time, will con duct the land sale. May 13, Itrldge t<> Ltd. On Wednesday the 25th of May. 1910, at II o'clock A. M. at Woodruff. S. C the supervisors of Laurens and Spot' tnnburg counties, s. c. will receive sealed bids for the rc-bullding of Van Patton bridge on Enorcc river. All bids lo he nccompanled by certified check of $100.00 as guarantee that bid der, if successful, will execute writ ten contract and give bond for the per formance of same within ten days af ter award is made. The right is re served to reject *?ny or all bids. II. B. HUMBERT. ll-:'.l Supt. of Laurens County. See Penny Bros, at the Lam! Sale. AR F. YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR STOMACH? Do you want a better on ? one that Wont belch nas, or turn four, or (eel heavy or make you (eel miserable? MX-O-HA Cures indigestion It relieves stomach distress in five minutes. It turns old, unsali.factory, ret^llious stomachs into new oiicj, ever ready to digejt the hearti est meal. Wo guarantee) Mi-o-na tab let* to cure stomach diaeaae. Money back if they fail. 50 Cents a Large Box Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. Simpson, Cooper <& Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts, prompt attention given to all business HOW ABOUT That Coal Bin? % Have you got it ready for your Coal ? g We have your name on our list All we want now is for you to give us the number ^5 of tons vou will need We Buy Only the Best Grade of Coal Insuring you against inferior coal. I $ J. W. & R. M. Eichelberger Reliable Draymen - Phone 33 9 Clothing, Shoes, Hats Furnishings S ==The Best Selections ? One=Price Clothiers Tribble Clothing Co. Laureus ? ? O ?The ? I o X o i o i ? Luxury of Hot and Cold Water ? in your homo cannot be overestimated, when supplied ip through the medium of modem sanitary plumbing ap- Q pliances. We arc prepared to tit up your home with all the latest ideas in sanitary plumbing, steam and gas fitting, O and at prices that will enable the nan of moderate means O ^J"| to enjoy it. ^ Q J. II. BOY? ?N* COMPANY O ?Jj Electrical and I2*!!-!!^!^!!^^ Contractors j|j } S ?ummer is now on us, so do not forget to see our line ?-i Drtss (?oods ^ and Millinery. I have a well selected slock <<! Low Cut ^ Shoes foi Ladies and Men. Specials for Saturday -$2.oo Hoys' Low Cut Shoes, Saturday only, $1.50. Ju>t one day $ V Statement Jan. ist, 1910, to Conn. Ins. Dep'tni't National Fire Insurance Company | OF HARTFORD, CONN. Capital Stock all Cash, $1,000,000.10 Funds reserved to meet all Liabilities! Ke-lnsurance Reserve, Legal Stundard, 4,6S5,577.28 Unsettled Losses and Other Claims. S02.8.35.9U Net Surplus over Capital and Liabilities, 2,840,294.01 Total Assets January 1st, 1910, 9,328,707.25 J. J. ADAMS, Agent