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HOT BISCUIT, 'y hot cakes, made with ROYAL Baking Powder are delicious, health ful and easily made* Mr. Eurle Calne spent Saturday here with homofolks. Miss Emmie Robertson was horo irom Clinton Wednesday. Capt. R. F. Fleming, of Greenwood, wan n visitor In the city yesterday. Mr. Charles Fleming Is at homo from Hampden-Sydncy college, Va. Mr. C. B. Leonard, of Youngs town ship, was in the city on business Tues day. Mr. L. O. Hlers has been spending several days with relatives in Braneh vllle. Mrs. H. L. Scaife and Mrs. W. B. Owens spent Sunday In the city with friends. Mr. John Wells Todd has returned to his work after a week with the measles. Mr. .lames Harney spent Sunday in Greenwood with Messrs Alison and Arthur Lee. Mr. S. Poliakoff, who is now living in Greenville, was a business visitor here Tuesday. Mr. R. M. Dry son, of Owings, was here Tuesday on his way to Woodruff to attend Presbytery. Mrs. B. W. Ball has been spending several days in Columbia with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ball. Miss Willie Mae Childless returned borne Tuesday after closing her school at Catawha .Inaction. Mr. L. A. McCord, who has been confined to his home for several weeks is still unable to be out. Mr. Kniest Machon, now a student at Furman university, spent several davs in the city last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Dorroh of Spar, tanburg, spent the week-end with the former's mother in this city. . The friends of Mr. John Boyd will be sorry to learn that be is quite sick at his borne near the city limits. ?Mr. W. G. Lancaster went to Spar tanburg Tuesday to visit his relatives, one of his sisters being very sick. . .Mr. L. K. King, a former citizen of Owings but now of Donalds, was a business visitor in the city Monday. Midi !o;,a Ycrk, Mrs. R. .\ Ada'r. and Mrs. Dr. Johnson came ;ii> from Clinton last Wednesday to spend the day. Mrs. W. K. Lucas will be among those who will attend the Southern Educational Conference at Richmond next week. Mrs. R. Z. Wright, Misses Sallie and Zee Wright of Clinton were here Wed nesday having come through the coun try In their auto. Rev. J. B. Branch, of Clinton, pass ed through the city Tuesday on his way Woodruff to attend the meet ing of Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Irby, Miss Lillian Wilson and visitor of Cross Anchor were in Laurens Wedne?dny. 1 Messrs. t. B. Wallace and Cliff Wal i laco and Misses Minnie and Mabel Wallace canic down from Greenville by aulo Saturday to wltnesB the Duneau Watts ball game. Miss Mary Todd left several days ago for Nownan, Ga., where her sl?ter, Miss Amelia Todd, has beer, detained at the home of Miss Nancy Jamloson whilo recovering from an attack of measles. calomel is unsafe. Local Brugglsl Who Sells Rodsrn's Liver Tone Guarantees It to Take the Place of Calomel. If your liver is not working just right, you do not need to tnke a chance on getting knocked all out by a dose of calomel. Go to Laurens Drug Co. who selis Dodson's Liver Tone, and pay HO cents for a large bottle. You will get a harmless vegetable remedy that will start your livor without vio lence, nnd 'f it does not give complete satisfaction the cihiggist will refund your money with *ft smile. If you buy a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for yourself r> ? your chil dren, you have insured your family relief from attacks of constipation, biliousness, lazy liver and headache. It Is as beneficial and safe for chil dren as for adults. A bottle of Dod son's Liver Tone is something every man or woman should keep In the house. Your money is safe because you can return the bottle if it fails to satisfy. PIANOS! PIANOS! PIANOS! I have a fine lot of Starr pianos at: the depot and being somewhat Inca pacitated on account oT my eyes, 1 will offer them at se/iarkahly low prices to close themy/mt. Anyone desiring a first class piano will please confer with me at once. Terms to satisfy. Respectfully, a7-11 L. A. McCord. hastens sali:. Staie of South Carolina, County of Greenwood, Court of Common Pleas. B. P. McKellar, .lr. vs. .lane McCoy. Forcclosu re. Pursuant to a judgment of the court and a decree of sale In the above en titled cause, 1 will sell at public auc tion on Salesday in May, 1913, (the same being the 6th day of May) in front of the court house door, in the County of Laurens and State aforesaid, during the legal hours of sale, on terms specified below, the following described real estate to wit: All that tract or plantation of land situate, lying and being in the county of I.aureus, StatBy6f South Carolina, containing twentyyflve (2f>) acres, more or less and hounped on the north-cast by Dora Watson, on the south-east by Plus Brown; on the south by J. Frank Ramage and on the west by Hiram Mc Coy and Dugar McCoy and Willis Liney Blakely?the said tract of land being conveyed to the said Jane Mc Coy by her late husband Lindrey Mc Coy, February lit, lit 10, deed recorded In office of clerk of court for Laurens county, Hook 28, page 20. Terms of sale: cash. Purchaser to pay for pa pers. 37-11 Everything in Building Material _ Aro matter what s style of archi aP tecture you con 1 template, you'll find here, the material needed. Our stock of sash, doors, blinds, screens, newel posts, ^*ss3t* ?-r-~ - -?columns, grilles, interior finish, is large, the designs varied. We have facili ties for producing anything your plans call for. We specialize on complete house bills. Get our estimates before you buy. Quality, quantity and prompt service are at your command. Write, phone or call. "Buy of the Maker" AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. AUGUSTA. GA. Waste In One-Teacher School. * Prof. W. H. Hand ? State High School Inspector. ? ? ? *?*****#*?**?*? * ? ? It Is easier to point out evils and shortcomings than It is to remedy them or evon prescribe remedies. Paradoxical as it may seem, H is more difficult to correct a generally admit, ted evil than one not so generally realised or admitted. When an evil becomes so common as to bo almost universal it attracts little attention, and people are not much concerned about either the evil or a remedy. An Illustration lies close at hand. So common It Is for one teacher to undertake to teach a school of 25 or 30 pupils ranging in gradation from beginners to algebra, geometry, and Latin that most people seem abso lutely unconcerned about the situa tion or a remedy. In the better organized clasB It has been demonstrated that one teacher can handle with reasonable success from 2f> to 30 pupils. The inevitable conclusion followed that any teacher ought to handle 30 pupils, regardless of their classification. Perhaps four out of five one-teacher schools in this State have as many as nine so-called grades. Not a few claim ten grade's and occasionally the eighth wonder of the world is found in the shape of a school of eleven grades taught by one teacher. Let us see how one teacher is going to handle 30 pupils in nine grades. At the outset It Is admitted that the grading is irregu lar and tli.it one or two grades may be entirely missing, leaving about seven distinct grades. We begin with the daily schedule, and we do Just what the average teacher does first?take care of the four or five pupils above the seventh grade. Each of these two higher grades will have daily recita tions, or a total of ten recitations. Those recitations will be about as follows: two in English, two In arithmetic, one in algebra, one In geometry* at least one In Latin, two in history, one in physical geogra phy. To these ten recitations we shall allot ridiculously short periods ?16 minutes each, a total of l.r>0 min utes, or two and one.half hours. Suppose the school day is six hours, exclusive of all recesses?a longer day than is usually found. At most 210 minutes (three and one-half hours! remain for teaching the re maining five grades. This is an aver age of 42 minutes for each grade, al lowing nothing for loss of time in changing classes, giving directions, and other necessary delays. Now, the pupils in these lower grades will have an average of live subjects or of five daily recitations, if they got what they need. Such subjects as English, geography, physiology, arithmetic, history, spelling and writing must be looked after. On an honest division of time each of these subjects will get just a fraction over eight minutes for daily recitation. A fow combi nations can be made bringing up tliese recitations to an average of ten min utes. Whal can such a school hope to accomplish? The children are in school, they are there long enough, hut they are not being taught. No body is being taught properly. The pupils In the higher grades are back ward, because they were neglected when in the lower grades. The pu pils now in the lower grades are be ing neglected and will be hackward when they reach the higher grades. The teaching Is the thing that counts. Are the trustees and the patrons and the taxpayers satisfied with the situ ation? Are they going to remain satisfied? The remedy Is take out the little handful of pupils above the 7th or the 8th grade In thees schools, and give their time, to these younger pu. pils before they are forced into idle habits of study. Not a pupil above itie Sth grade should be allowed In a one-teacher school. If such were followed, within five years the 8th grade pupils in the one-teacher schools would he In advance of the present ftO.called 10th grade pupils taught under such conditions as already out lined. What would become of the pupils above the 8th grades in tliese schools? Gather them from several small schools Into groups of 18 to 2". pu pils In order that they may he hetter I taught. Such a course would he the j beginning of consolidated schools, perhaps the most highly desirable i immediate single improvement that ! could be made In our school system W. 11. Hand. You will look a good while before you find a hetter medicine for courIis and colds than Chamberlain's Cotihg Remedy. It not only gives relief?it cures. Try it when you have a cough or cold, and you are certain to be pleased with the prompt cure which it will effect. For sale by all dealers. Ice f'ream Freezers in all sizes, Ihr very best quality and very lowest prlc e-t, call and see our line. s. M. & E H. Wllkes & Co. Special Showing of Fine Come and select your Refrigerator now while our stock is complete. Buy now and you get the use of your Refrigerator all the season. $8.90 I [olds 35 lbs Ice, stands 39-inch high, galvaniz ed Hning, solid oak case $19.90 Holds 80 lbs Ice, stands 46-inch zinc lined, solid oak case. $17.00 Holds 75 lbs Ice, stands .14-inch white enamel lined, solid ease. Buy an odorless Refrigerator, because they use less Ice, they preserve food perfectly, they are made of solid oak and perfectly insulated. You can have them lined with either porcelian, enamel or zinc. Our prices will save you money. Come and see what a great variety we have to offer you. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Laurens, South Carolina When you feel'?sarsS vour, tired, worried or despondent it is a sure sign you need MOTT'S NERVER1NF. PILUS. They renew tho normal virjor and make lifo worth living. Be sure and ask for M-Dtfs Nerverine Pills ?fcSfi! WUUAM3 MFG. CO.. Prop.., Cleveland. Ohio LAUUEA.S DRUG CO. Laurens. 8. C. Dr. T. L. Timmerman Dentist People's Bank Building Phone 882. Laurens, S. C. 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