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k? we buy and sell sAf B REAL ESTATE! | kjm Nice house and lot on Martin Street near South Harper Street. jsjL? Nice house and lot on Sullivan Street jJU for $1,500. Quick sale. Rl We offer for sale brick house and lot on Jail Street. List your property with us. We TVl think we know values in City and rtS County Property: JJU kM Business entrusted to us will re- lX\ ?Q ceive expert and careful attention. tflS\ $ Home Trust Co. j$j JJs| N. B. DIAL, C. H. ROTER, f4N President. Sec. & Treaa. J/i^* LAUREN'S, SOUTH CAROLINA TJ{ NEW ARRIVALS We are receiving daily our Fall and Winter Stock of Dry Goods, Clothing Shoes and Millinery and inspection is invited. These goods are the Highest Grade Merchandise that can be bought and the prices are the very best. We are better prepared than ever this year to handle your trade, for we have the largest and best selected stock ever put in our store. OUR BUYERS SELECTED THE BEST And we are going to give the best at the very lowest prices. We invite you to call at our store. S. POLIAKOFF Next Door to Post Office Laurens, South Carolina Every Day! We are receiving goods now every day, and expect to have our stock ready for| the Fall business very soon, and if you will give us a fair chance we are going to try mighty hard to sell you. We think we know something about when and how to buy, and as we keep our expenses down to the lowest point possible, we think we can sell as cheap as the cheap est and we invite you to come and see us| with this understanding. We do no catch penny business. That is, sell our customers common chairs, a rocker, a rug or some thing else at cost, and then make it back two or three times over before they get through. It wont cost you anything to call and see us and we will appreciate your doingso. Respectfully, THE CAINE S PITTS FURNITURE CO. Laurens, South Carolina NO FAULT FOUND WlfH HOSIERY MILL / - KkhUnd Grand Jur> Dlftagr*** with the State Board of Health en Health fulne?? of the Institution. Columbia. September IL- A tetter ventilating syste mon the third floor is all that the grand Jury of Rich land county can recommend for the improvement of conditions at the hos ; iery mill. The presentment to Judge Wilton today, made during the after noon session of the court, comes as a very mild ending to the rather tem p??tuous controversy which has aris en 'n connection with the hosiery mill Flnee the investigation was .request ed by Governor Dlease. "In our opin ion, the sanitary condition of the hos iery mill are good, and just as nearly perfect as possible, the floors, ma chinery, fixtures and other depart ments being neatly and cleanly kept, and we do not find any condition exist ing which are injurious, either to the health of the convicts or to the public at large, or any facts warranting us Jn finding a true bill charging the maintenance of a nuisance at said hos iery mill." This is the gist of the result of the investigation which the grand jury has been making at the hosiery mill durin" the past week. The presentment w read to the court this afternoon about 4 o'clock. Thorough IiMc?.tigation. After covering a number of matters in regard to the county government, the grand jury makes a full report upon the hosiery mill matter. "At the beginning of this term of court," says ; the solicitor, "we were instructed by your Honor, at the request of the so I licltor, to make an immediate and I thorough investigation of the alleged , nuisance at the State Penitentiary. [ caused by reason of the operation at ' said penitentiary of the hosiery mill I by use of convict labor therein, by I reason of which employment and con | flnement of said convicts and the I unsanitary conditions of the mill and ! the class of work carried on, the ' health said convicts was impaired and ' the health and welfare not only of j said convicts, but of the public at I large, were seriously endangered by I reason of the fact that this class ol i convicts, after their release from the I penitentiary, returned to their va ' rlous homes in a diseased state ol t health, and transmitted diseases con } traded therein. I "t'nderstanding that if the class ol work carried on at the hosiery mil! and the unsanitary conditions therein were such as to be injurious to th< health of the public that an indictrnenl against the party operating It coulc be maintained, and Its further con tinuance abated, we undertook thh investigation to ascertain if a proba ble case could be made out charging the maintenance of the same, so that Its further continuance and existence I might be properly abated. "In accordance with your Honor'.' ; instruction .and In the performance of what we conceived to be our gen Iera, duties, and within the authority vested in us, we have made a most careful and exhaustive investigation and examination of the alleged nuis ance existing at the hosiery mill, de voting much of our time at this ses sion of the court to this particular matter. Witnesses Examined. "We beg to report that we first made a personal examination of the hosiery mill, inspecting each of the depart ments therein, and also the hospitals and other buildings at the peniten tiary. "Ther<after we summoned before us and examined the following witness es' Col. .1. I). Griffith, superintendent State Penitentiary; Robert Wilson, Jr., chairman State medical board; Dr. Jennings, the present physician of the penitentiary; the Rev. Mr. Abney, the chaplain of tin? penitentiary, and Mr. J ,M, Graham, who operates the hos iery mill; also Dr. Royd. the health Officer of the city of Columbia, and Drs. Pope, Harmon and Butler, for mer physicians at the penitentiary. "We (lad that many of the convicts worked in the hosiery mill are those who cannot be wo 'ked either upon the public highways or upon the State farms ,and we also find thnt quite a number of convicts are sent to the penitentiary from the County jails and chain gangs, who are sick and frequently horribly diseased and are unfit for work on the county chain gangs or elsewhere. heaths on Decrease. "We mado especial Inquiry as to the number of deaths from consump tion and were agreeably surprised to find thnt the mortality from this dread ed dlscaso had greatly decrensed. We found that ttio number of deaths from consumption from 1000 to 190;'?. Inclu sive was 58, from 1905 to 1910, it was 22, and during the year 1911 and up to the present time only three had died of consumption and two of these had tho disease when they were brought to the pontlontiary this year. "We beg further to report thnt in our opinion the sanitary conditions Of Uns hosiery mill are good and just as nearly perfect as possible; the floors, aehlnery, fixtures and other I -1-?-? departments being neatly and cleanly kept, and we do not find any condi tions existing which are injurious, either to the health of the convicts or the public at large, or any facta warranting us in finding a true bill, charging the maintenance of a nuis ance at said hosiery mill. Prisoners Well Treated. '"The only improvement we think could be made would be the install ment on the third floor of exhaust fans and ceilint ventilation, and we would recommend that proper authortles be requested to look after these altera tions and Improvements. In our er amlnation of the penitentiary build ings we were shown every courtesy by the superintendent. Col. Griffith, and we find that he is rendering the State valuable services iu the dis charge of his duties, and that the pris oners are humanely treated and are as well kept as could be expected un der the circumstances." Among other recommendations made by the grand jury Is that the board of commissioners have published in ' a newspaper every quarter a list of ' fines reported by the magistrates. This i is aimed to afford a. check upon the ! records kept by the magistrates of j the Ines imposed by them. .?o Need to Stop Work. When your doctor orders you to stop work, it staggers you, "I can't" you say. You know you are weak, run-down and failing in health, day by day, but you must work as long as you can stand. What you need is Electric Bitters to give tone, strength, and vigor to your system, to prevent breakdown and build you up. Don't b, weak, sickly or ailing when Elec tric Bitters will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their glorious health md strength. Try them. Every bottle I? "narnnteed to satisfy. Only 50c at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. * ? ? SUPPORTING THEIR SCHOOL. * .The Laurens Advertiser, in an edi torial article about the public schools of its city, say*: "in this connection it might not be amiss to suggest that Superintendent Jones is anticipating the support which he received last year In his activities in connection with nisi-!?: money for the school. It will be re membered that Mr. Jones cleared over |T00 last year out of the lyceum course and other attractions. The entertainments were enjoyed by those who attended and doubtless much of 1 good was gotton from them. It is to ! be hoped, therefore, that inasmuch as the cause is a good one, and en ' tertainments are well worth the small charges made for them, that he will 1 be enthusiastically supported during the coming year." The Laurens schools are supported, ? of course, by taxation, as are those ! In other towns, and that the superin tendent, through a lyceum course 1 that has contributed to the entertain ment and instruction of the people, cleared $700 in a year to be devoted to the embellishment of the interior of the school building and other im provements rot provided from the public funds, is an unusual achieve ment. It is creditable, too. to the people of Laurens that they second the efforts of Superintendent Jones and a fine evidence is furnished of their interest In the schools.?The State. Forced to Leave Home. Every year a large number of poor sufferers, whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs, are urged to go to another flimate. But this is cost ly and not always sure. There s a bet ter way. Let Dr. King's New Discov ery cure you at home. "It cured me of lung toruble," writes W. R, Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., "when all else fail ed and I gained 17 pounds In weight. Its surely the king of all cough and lung cures." Thousands owe their lives and health to it. It's positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds. Ln Orlppe, Asthma, Croup?all Throat and Lung troubles. 50c and $L00. Trial bottle free at Laur*. s Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. FINAL SETTLEMENT, Take notice that on the 6th day of October. I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administra tor of the estate of II. A. Mills, deceas ed, in the ollico of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens county, at 11 o'clock, u .m., and ct. the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any persons Indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment on that date- and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date duly proven, or be forever barred. JOHN D. MILLS. Sept. 5, 101 L? 1 mo. Administrator FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 20th day of October, I will render a final account of my nct? find doings as Arminls* trator of the estate of Nancy M. Bryson, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at II o'clock, a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final disCharge from my trust as Administrator. Any persons indebted to Bald es tate are notified and required i > make payment on that date and all persons having Cli Ims against fiald estate will present 'hem on or before said date duly proven, or be forever barred. W. J. BRYSON Sept 20, 1011 ? 1 mo. Admit is- ? it )r. MICHELIN Anti-Skids Keeps On Growing Copyticht 1 ?ir.-, Ij C. E. ZimmeiniD Co.--.No. 16 Take all the beautiful things in life. The flowers?they wither away and die?youth departs, and our joys vanish. But there is one thing upon which time leaves no corroding mark?money. Let's have some growing. THE BANKS*" LAU RENS LAUR^NS, S.C I WANTED YOUR COTTON SEED! I am going to make theLaurens Market pay as much for cotton seed as any place in the county. The market here has al ways been iust a little below other places. But this season bring your seed to Laurens and you will always get the highest market price. FREE! I will also unload your seed off your wagon free. R. M. EICHELBERGER Laurens, South Carolina ion. OUR bay Kentucky Stalli< 16 hands, combination horse will make the season at Childress Stables. Registration papers can also be seen at their stable. 9