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J*j WE BUY AND SELL SffiS ? REAL ESTATE! | S3 List your property with us. We think we know values in City and County Property. JjT Business entrusted to us will re- Prl ceive expert and careful attention. K?| See us. Ijs We offer for sale brick house, and f%S IfiS lot on Jail street. Authorized to act as Agent, Trustee, Ws| Receiver, Guardian, Executors and Ad- Qj miniscrators. N. B. DIAL, C. H. ROPER, President. Sec. & Treas. Si Home Trust Co. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA 5C COAL! Did You Give Iis Your Order for Your Coal? If Not, We Want to Figure With You. REMEMBER We send a ticket with each and every load of J coal. This insures you against being charged with J coal which you do not get. We handle only one grade of coal the best. This t insures you against getting a cheap grade of coal. ? For there is a difference in coal. We give a small order the same attention that J { we do a large one. I J.W.&R.M. Eichelberger j The Coal Men of Experience Office Phone 33 Night Phone 276 if WANTED-A RIDER AGENT ridonnd ovltP.it a sampln Latest Model < Mir aifcnlsovety where uro maklug in EACH town and district I Ranger" buw elu furiiMicd I' S1J ?T***A* ?;?i?t // 'rill I ,r fullfitrtitml irtaml IMttaltitr of unit no money required mull yon receive and anprovo <>f your plcyclo, Wo ship to anyone anywhere In tho tJ. 8. without a <<m i,ntiti In advniiee.^rMjr/rricAi, and allow ten days' free trial during wblen time you may rld?> the bicycle, and put It to any test yon wish, ii um thou not perfectly sntUflod or do not wish to keep the. , *?**y.uJ~'.'h.LL.u;,'Al t'urcxneiisoand you will not b, <.?t on, <<?,. FAClO?y PRICFS v"' f' "" u 11 " 'dullest grado bicycles it I* actual f:'.?(..ry cost. N on save$10 to ? ..> middle.n's profits l>v buy ?1n?<VrecUi?\yJUf<Il,.'li'" manufacturer's guarunteo i>. iilnd your hli I-, do not ouv :. I.: >ycloor a n or of tires rrom at anf tritt Kin Ii .von receive our ciiin'ogiics und learn our unheard of tutor* \>>'\.and rimartut/t tfttlal oitn to ridor aeonts. OU WILL BE ASTONISHED ffi?a?^?j^auff^ />/f..r . < w,? onn ninko you this year Wo roll the lilgheal vrailo hloycloa for lour oiher factory. Woaroitatlallctl with 11,00 profit ?Ikh ?? factory pout, i ciui Ht'iiiiiir bivyclce under your own im.m-piuun?tti..ui>io mir price*. DICYCLE DEALCKD,' r>iMi-r? n Hi., tin v received. SECOND HAN O UlCYCLES. limber on hau.I tuken In tr...l i?3li. fll "i ?10 ? wvmul hand hlevelc. |.ut n?.ii?lly l.avo M 2?? 'li'lfY^'i.W* '??"' . ? 'u?rou?pr.Piiy.tpr.ee. CUAoTEn<*DnAKES) ?'">,[nv'*?el*\}'"('0.'t??.rc''-'?!reh*'n% n"'[ r-?daii, i>i?rtn. ro pa Ira ?nd ipinenc of all kludnat hat/tu* 51 ?k? Hcdgethorii Juncture-Proof $ M 1 II Self-healinsTires?,??K2EMS 4 tvi)l,tlt,o,i*i,i~,fl, fah for1 ft SQitiih uiihtrJrril Si HO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tack?, or Cl.ni. will not let the air out. A hundred i liousand pa Ich sold l:^t vcar DESCRIPTION: t ildimr. very durnlde and tined tllsldc with ii siKMilnl niudiiy of rublicr, Which never i.. coinos porous und widen, olosos im small ?iniiclliri s without a 11 on i n A t lie a lr to osen ne \\o have- hundreds of lelti rs ironi sntisfti d customers stating that their tires ha voony been pumped up once ortwien iiinuii.ilMhcaM.n. 'j'ftVi wclirli noinorothan up ordinary tire, tho puncture realst! ug nualltles being given hy several layi rs of (hin, specially prepared triad. Tho regular prico of these III 80 fabric on tin is fio.io ikt pair, hut for advertising' ImrposcVwo'nro Notico tho thick rubbortrosd "A" and punctu re strips "B" nnd "D" also rim strip "M" to prevent rim cutting. This tiro will outlast any other makc-SOFT, ELASTIC and) EASY RIDING. making a BPCClal factory on.-e to the rider of onlv ?i.S0p.<r nnlr. All nrdi-rs shlpiM d snmo day letter Is received. WeshlpC <? l>. on approval, Von Oo not pay a cent until you liavnrxumliii-d nnd found them strictly ns represented y WITH ORDE?'-^8r^I1.l,?C^U.?!.0r;'" '"' '' V'"V'?' "?"?'"^ Pr'CO ?4.85 per pair) If j-o.i W?.l FULL CASH r^r^ZtOU^ntni^t^l^ ri,^..,.?i. Vou run po rl k In lendlni u? ... order ..- I he tir>.? may I? miirnoi at uuk cipcn If f.r any r. ? .... fhey an. n..t ??t .f.i.i,.rv on examination Wn am i*>rf...-n? r.-.i.v.u. ?nd money Bent to u* Ihoh ?.foaa In a hank. l( y...| ..r.ler a pair ..f' tl??v. t ,r. , ? will I Id hat t , J wl ? it eaaler TOO farter, ?...r better. Ia;.t l..nreronl |....k lln.r than ?? tiro you h.voVvcr ae." or r^n at anV nrlra! Wo know that >-..u *ni?? ... well pi,??si that when rouwant ? i.icycio you win il"eus?our^o^V^J?wl2i yootoaend tjHa trial ortlerat oneo. hencethia ri-markai.io tiro<.ir. r. " youronier. Wo want tr YOU NEED TIRES'!'-'!'\':iv rvv ""? ?""??"???/nuaendforapalrof nedyethom j. l. mead cycle company, chicago, ill. ?FIELD ENGINES m BOILERS r- ? "Have Stood the Test of Time" ? They have no superior in point of DURABILITY and aro Best Adapted for Li aw Mill*, Oil Mills, Cotton Gins; in fact, whero Heavy Duty is required. Writejfor prices on Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. BOILERS. Wo carry for immcdiato shipment the Best Constructed Dozers, ranging from 12 H. P. to 150 H. P. Write today for our illustrated catalog. J. S. SCHOFIELD'S SONS CO.. Works and Head Office, MACON, OA. Branch Office. 307 West Trade Street. Charlotte, N. C. We Alte Manufacture Towers, Tank*, Slandpipee, Sell Supporting Steel Stacks, Plate and Sheel Iroa Work. MY REPLY. In reply to the editorial appearing In The Luurena Advertiser under date of June 2tst in which the writer scores tho city council for allowing the near beer to be sold here and brands ine for using poor Judgment In opening the near beer saloon, I have the following to say: Ono would think, who read the ar ticle that I bad run the lowest dive in the 8tutc and had disgraced the city for a century to come. 1 will ask the writer does he know of any one who has gotten intoxicated at my place? No he don't and 1 defy any man to come to my face and recall one instance, when a person has got in toxicated. 1 opened the near beer sa loon, not to disgrace the town or make the people drunk, but to try and earn a living for my family. I have run the place as moral as it could possibly be, the doors and windows being wide open so every one passing and those on the Inside could see Just what went on. Nothing has been concealed in any way. As I Bald, I opened the place not because I was green as to the laws governing same. I could tind no law against the sale of near beer In the Statute and did not think a city council could make a law which conflicted with the State laws, which It seems as if in some way they have done. Hut, in my opinion if a test case is made 1 will be upheld by the higher courts. Tho council tried hard enough to convict me on two different occasions but failed to do so. The writer goes on to say that the near beer should be stopped but he fails to give his rea son. Can he or anyone else prove that I have violated any law of the good old commonwealth. If so, do it. Does not tho State law read us follows: Any person who sells or gives away in the State of South Carolina any liquors or beers. If drunk to an ex cess will produce Intoxication?" So has the near beer produced intoxica tion? No. it has not, and a person could stand and drink it till it runs out of ills eyes and it would not hurt him. Yet it must be closed. It must be stopped. Show cause. If 1 did run a low dive along whisky drink ing, gambling, etc.. then 1 say close me at once, but I have not?there are far worse things going on in Lau rens than the near beer. Are not my wife and babies entitled to a living as well as any one else. If not. why. I have more sense than to offer some thing for sale that I know is in viola tion of the law. I can name a num ber of towns within a radius of 100 miles thai have near beer saloons. In Greenville tho grocery stores sell it as a cold drink, have any of them been disgraced any by it If so 1 have not heard of it. The council has admitted that they do not believe there is any harm in it. but yet want it stopped, Also the writer of the ar ticle referred to. says it should be stopped. I can't understand such ac tions. He also brands the council in his article, the council has not been the blame for one single thing that I can see. They tried hard enough to convict nie on two occasion but failed to do so. So they have been contin ually lighting mo ever since I opened. Tlie near beer stand and it's pro prietor have been the subject ot con versation, some persons going so far as to say that I was a low conteilip table cur and should be driven out of town and all such thiiiL's. That would have ;< tendency to lower, not me. but themselves in the eyes of oth ers in such as lending a helping hand to a fellow merchant. Do those who ate thong all they can to close the near boor saloon stop to consider that they are planning something that will deprive a mother and children of their daily bread. Possibly they do not but ever since 1 have boon in Laurens some one has been trying to kick nie down the hill, i am getting very tired of it. The man who will go behind another's back and kick him is a coward. If you have anything to say to mo. please come to my face and say it. The m ar beer is drunk most ly by the Country people, not two doz en bottles a week arc sold to persons actually living in this town and why. because they are not going to drink near beer when they can get straight beer at other places in I.aurens. which they can do. If you want a moral town made of I.aurens. then em 0\ll all the vice - its here -and can be easily found. I will bo o ily (oo glad to lend a helping hand to the council to make I.aurens a moral city if they will bring to justice these people who are selling real I.r and liquor right In the town but for Hod's sake don't wag" a war on my near beer when its not dolling any one any harm and al low other things to go on that worse. Right Is right and wrong is wrong. As to the council sleeping on their Job, 1 Can not vouch for that, but 1 do know that they are trying hard enough to stop me from selling near beer. The I.", days extOUtlon were gl'ant0(1 mo because they failed to con vict me on two occasions and forced me to close when I could have been open, therefore it was on these grounds that they gave me 15 days longer to keep open. As to notices on my store door, I put them there to simply state to my customers why closed, who expected nie to be open, and as it Is my place of business and I pay the rent I have the right to put anything there as long as It is not vulgar and in violation of the law. The council has shown no pity on me In any way, neither has the mayor They all have been fighting me and If I deem It necessary to keep my place open so as to earn a living for my wife and bnbles T will do so. Then Hs up to the council to take action against mo, However. I am not go ing to let them starve If I can make an honest dollar and Its surely not making a dishonest dollar to Sell near berr. I ;iave the P. S. license and the city has Issued me a cold drink li cense. Have not I the right to do bus iness? The State chemist. Prof. Durney. of Columbia, says near beer Is harmless, but In face of this I must not sell It. If the mayor ami council aie going to lei 0110 or two pei'SODS dictate to them and tell them how to run the town then they had better re sign, but all seven of them are V'ight minded, sensible men and 1 nm sure they will do what they think best without working a hardship on any one. No one knows but myself what It will mean to me to have to close my business although there is not a fortune in it, but enough for me to support my family on and if this is taken from me where will I be. There is not a more temperate man in this town than 1 am, but don't score me for selling near beer and knock the mayor and council for not stopping it when its not doing the town or Its Citizens any harm. I am willing to do ?vhat Is right and if 1 saw and knew that the sale of near beer was doing the town any harm then 1 would not sell it. but when I know that im moral things are going on then Its not right to stop me nnd allow others to keep on. Of course those I refer to, who are doing worse than the sale of near beer arc keeping under cover. Why? Because they know, if caught It will mean a heavy lino or Jail sentence, but, my dear brother, the day is not far away when it will all be made public and I.aurens will then be class ed as a moral town. Shall cease. Why the near beer saloon should be closed up?show that I am violating the law is 111 1 ask you tc do. Yours truly. II Sampson. THE COTTON .u.YRKET. * Dun's Review Saturday said that while dally advices concerning the progress of the cotton crop are In many cases extremely conflicting, there have been no complaints of se rious deterioration from any source and, on the whole, it a] pears that present conditions are distinctly prom ising. Even the continued drought n Texas and Oklahoma has not led to any very pessimistic talk regarding the outlook in those States, which suggests that the hot spell has not done a great deal of harm, and infor mation received from other sections of tlie belt indicates that recent rains have had a decidedly beneficial effect. In this connection the special dispatch es to the Journal of Commerce make interesting reading, the reports pub lished by that paper being almost unanimous in declaring that the crop is doing well and that prospects for a yield are bright. This applies par ticularly to Georgia and Alabama, where the situation evidently leaves little to be desired, since the plant Is strong and healthy, and freedom from insects is noticeable. The season, moreover, is early rather than back ward, so that many correspondents consider the general outlook the most favorable in years. Scarcely less sat isfactory conditions prevail in Miss issippi and Louisiana. although in those States the appearance of tho boll weevil is causing some apprehen sion. Astunl damage from this pest has been trlvnl, however, ami no aban donment of acreage is noted, while the crop is in considerably better Shape than a year ago. Wains in the Caro linas have afforded relief from the prolonged dought there, which tho plant stood well, and. as Insects are giving no trouble, farmers are enthu siastic over tho chances for a big yield All of these bearish statements from an acknowledged reliable source have served to change setiment regarding the character of the forthcoming Gov ernment report, to be issued on Mon day; and. whereas a short time ago then" seemed reason to anticipate a sharp falling off in condition from the 87.S per cent, officially estimated up to an average date of May 25, the impres sion is now quite general that little or no deterioration will be shown from last month. In fact, some* of the more optimistic arc pordicting an Improve ment of several points over the pre vious flguros but a small decline n percentage; would be more in keoping with the expectations of the trade as a whole, in the speculative market's the Improve d crop prospects have been reflected by a recession in prices to still lower levels, but the tendency was not all in one direction and the new crop options have ruled relative ly steady. The July delivery was again under spoclal pressure at the outset and fell to 1 1.38c, or below a parity witli August, and. while there was a quick recovery of over $1. per bale from that point, the market subse quently turned easier on a limited vol - ume of trading. Speculative Influences are dominating tho near positions whereas the crop and weather news is the main factor governing the course of the distant options. Spot values are ruling well below the basis prevailing a year ago at 11.80c., and early In the week the quotation fell below the 1f,e level for the lim time since the lat ter part of April. The Cause of Eczema. Is germ life that burrows under and feeds on the skin. Tho way to cure ECZEMA is to remove the causo by washing away with a clean, penetrat g liquid, the germ life and poisons that cause the trouble. We have a preparation that will do this. The first application will stop the itching and give prompt relief to an irritated, Itching or inflamed skin. If you are a sufferer from skin or scalp eruption in nny form, try ono bottle of this clean scientific prepara tion, we are confident you will bo pleased with teh results from the use of this standard preparation for eczema. Good for Infants as well as grown persons. Laurens Drug Co., I-aureno, S. C. WnYblVILETHR FR?ITS OFYOOR: If you can make money for somebody else, doesn't I it stand to reason that you would be better off by mak I ing it all for yourself? When it pays you to farm, even though you divide your produce won't it pay you still bet ter when it is ajl yours? We know it will and that we are safe in loaning ! >v i you money to do so. It is safe and wise for you to ; Jr I take advantage of it. Remember that it would not be j: ? to our interest to advise you to take any step that;? I would not be to your interest. ;: Perhaps you know of a farm you would like to ;; tbuy. If you do not, very likely we know of one. At V> vany rate, we will be glad to discuss it fully with you. t THE BANK3f LAU R ENS LAURENS, S.O. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts, prompt attention given to all business Pir. King's New Life Pills The best in the world. Stop ScratcHing Par-a-sit-i-cide cures itch and mange in 30 minutes. PimpJes and Ringworms quickly. Price 50c at LAURKNS DRUG CO. 60c by mail or express from Dr. L. J. Sharp & Co., Commerce, Ga. Guaranteed. "Take no substitute." mi ????Hianimiiiin.???? -.ffl Buyers Guide and Classified J* BUSINESS DIRECTORY Merchant Tailors! Compare Suits made by me with other suits' you see. Ask your buddy about it. D. ISACOFF Harness, Horse Goods and Vehicles! The difference between a rut and a grave is the length and the breadth of it. If yon deal with JOHN A. PRANKS there is no danger of falling into either. BLECTKIC SUPPLIES Come in ami sec about tin; West bouse Hugged Tungsten Lamps and let us reduce jour Light bill. W. P. HUDGENS Tinning, Roof fing and PLUMBING! ?V S. S. BOYD Plumber and Tinner Dealer in Plumber's and Tin ner's Supplies. Upstairs opposite City Hall. MONUMENTS! P. F. Baxter & Son Marble and Granite Dealers Georgia, Vermont and Italian MARBLES Winsboro Granite kept on yard all the time at Newberry, S. C. STEAA1 LAUNDRY! We wash everything but the Baby, Put your duds in my suds. The best combina tion in La 11 tens. Laurens Steam Laundry GROCERIES Delicacies of the Season For all the Delicacies of the season KENNEDY BROTHERS is the place to go. Laurens' Up-to-date Grocers BOTTLING WORKS! We are the sole bot tlers for Coca Cola, the famous drink. Coca Cola Bottling Works PRESSING CLUB! Call FERGUSON & CULBERTSGN Pressing Club for Cleaning, Piessing and Dyeing All Alterations promptly and neatly done Membership fee $1.00 per month. Telephone No. 254. Advertiser Printing Co. "The Quality Prlntshop" Specialist in Every Class of Job Work