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Put jYour Money In a New Home this year and make it earn you happiness and content ment. Can't get away from the fact that the home is the mainstay of this great country of ours and never will there he a time you can buy the kind of lumber we are selling fer/ less money. Betters start planning eatly so as to get jflic ground bro ken before the frost is out. We're ready any time to talk about your lumber/ needs. Come in. / Augusta Lumber Co. Augusta, Ga. "Buy of the Maker." f?GE 1 (THEY'REAM SUPREME) BE GOOD TO YOUR COMPLEXION Keep the face attractively young. Use Nyal's Face Cream (with per oxide), it's antiseptic nnd being greaselcns is readily absorbed by the ekln. Tlmuj.li Nyal'a Face Cream ia vastly superior tu all others, it costs no more than the rest. Yes, it's just the right thing for chapped skin, cracked lips, freckles, tan and tun. burn. Particular people inoist on getting Nyal'a Face Cream?it's bet ter than tho rest. Then, too?the odor of Nyal'sFace Cream is dainty and delicately refined. Nyal's Face Cream cleanses the pores, nourishes the akin and leaves it soft and velvety. Thousands of women and men who know through experi ence, say: "For your complexion's sake use?Nyal's Face Cream." It's ?old in two aizea?25 and 50 cents. Get this delightful cream at our store. Wo ?v have the Nyal agency. Take home a jar with you to Men u?e. NvhI's Face Crenm offer the slmve, ,' it * iinnthiiiii to the tkin. night LAURENS DRUG CO. f CONDENSED PASSENGER SCHEDULES. Betwocn Grconvlllc, Andorson and Greenwood. l?fTectlvo Thursday, May 16tta, 1913. Trains leave and arrive corner Main and Washington Sts. Leave Arrive No. Time No. Time 1 6.00 A.M. 2 8.10 A. M 3 7.50 A.M. 4 10.26 A. M. r> 10.00 A.M. 6 12.20 P. M. 7 11.4f> A.M. 8 1.40 P.M. 9 1.46 P. M. 10 3.65 P. M. 11 3.40 P. M. 12 6.25 P.M. 36 fi.00 P. M. 16 8.10 P. M. 17 7.0!> P. M. 18 9.20 P. M. 19 10.00 P.M. 20 12.10 A.M. Tickets on ?ale G. R & A. Terminal 104 North Main street. R Thomnson, Gen. Mgr. C. 8. Allon, Gen. Paas. Agent. BRICK! BRICK!! For First-class Building Brick get in\ touch with me at once. \ J, L. PINSON Greenwood, South Carolina Five Charred Bodies in Lit tle Mount.mi Home. NO CLUES LEFT TO CLEAR MYSTERY Parents mid Three Children, Consti tutum1 an hiitlrc Family, Wiped out of Existence in a Wn ythe .Mister) of Which I snot Solved. Idttle Mountain, June .8.?Tho dis covery of six yodles In a half burned farm houso two miles from Peak dis closes what seems to have been whole sale murder committed late last night or early this morning . Tho family of John I). Jocobs a well known farm er, has been wiped out. The husband, wife and four children lost their lives. The dead are John 1). Jacobs, I!?; Mrs. John 1). Jacobs, 40; Miss Glien Jacobs, 22; Leslie Jacobs, IS; Hugh Jacobs, 16; Orin Jacobs, 12. At 4: HO o'clock this morning neigh bors saw the Jacob's home, in the Dutch Fork section of Lexington coun ty, in Haines and hurrying to the scene found te home burning but no evi dence of the family. When the tire had spent lself the six chared bodies were Tound in the ushes and debris. Examination of the bodies disclosed that the skulls of three were crushed and in moving tho bodies blood was found under and upon the murdered persons. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Jacobs and tho youngest son were found on the spring mattresses of their beds, indicating that they were murdered as they slcrpt an dthat the house was subsequently bred. One of the boys was found beside his mat tress and the other in the dining rom which adjoins the boy's room. Four guns and ail axe were found in the bouse. One of the guns had Shells in both barrels. One shell had ben tired while the other was loaded. Magistrate Frlck held an Inquest at noon. A jury of which W. M. Wil son of Poak was foreman cound reach 110 conclusion other than thai: "The deceased came to Cud I'dcnth at the hands of parties unknown to this jury." Sheriff Miller of Lexington county was early on the SC0U0 and with the assistance of bloodhounds brought With him from the county seat ex erted exhausting but unavailing ef forts to secure a clue to identity of the murderer. Sheriff Blcaso came from Nowiborry to assist in the investiga tion. No tracks were found and there is nothing thus far to guide the offi cers In their search. Mr. Jacobs was a highly respected farmer who had succeeded in his life's work. Mrs. JacoKs before marriage was Miss Elizabeth Counts. The eld est child. Miss Ellen Jacobs, was grad uated front Winthrop college in the class of 111 10 and for two years had been assistant at. the Little Mountain high school. Leslie Jacobs, the 18 year-old son, was a student in the Lit tle Mountain High School, 418 were the two younger lads. The home was situated in the Dutch Fork Section of Lexington coun ty, three miles from I'eak and seven ?nviles from Little Mountain. The funeral and interment will take place tomorrow afternoon at I o'clock at the family burying ground on the Jacobs plantation. Seen By Traveller. Newberry, June 28.?The news of the horrible death of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs and their children near Peak this morning shocked and sad dened the people here. Mr. Jacobs has a brother living here, O. Walter Jacobs ,and a sister, Mrs. Mary Moof, and the family have many relatives and friends In the county. Mrs Jacobs was a daughter of the late Charley Counts and a granddaughter of George W. Chapman. The daughter. Miss Ki lle spent several years In Newberry staying with hrr aunt and attending the city schools She was a very bright and attractive girl and grew up to be a fine woman, going from the school here to Winthrop college where she graduated two years ago. For the past two years she has been a teacher hi the Little Mountain school. W. A. Drown a veterinarian, who makes his borne at Newberry, saw the fire that burned the Jacobs home, but did not know what it WAjj till he reached Newberry this morning. He had ben to Augusta and was returning home by way of Columbia, leaving that city about 8 o'clock last night, trav eling at night because it was so much cooler than tho day. He was riding In his buggy and had his saddle horse and two or three othe rhorsos with him. When near Peak this morning he noticed, some distance away on his right, two or three miles, he Judged, a light like the light of a largo lantern. It was then just 3:45 o'clock. He thought to himself that somebody is getting up very early, As he rodo slowly along ho watched the light, which seemed to grow larger. In a litle while the doctor came to the head of tho road that leads down to the Jacobs place. He stopped his buggy, and It was In his mind to mount his salddlo horoe and hurry down there to see what was the matter but did not In a little wihlo what had appeared to bo a lantern became a large blaze, spreading very rapidly, an dthe doctor thought to himself that somebody bad lost his barn, lie says he would have had time, if he had gone when it first occurre dto him, to raech the place before the lire burst into a big blaze. Some miles this side of Peak Dr. Brown met G. W. Jacobs and othols in an automobile traveling at a rapid rate, but did not learn of the tragedy till he reached Newberry. Mr. Jacobs had been called up by telephone by Joseph Eargle, one of his brothers neighbors, an! left at once for the scene. Sheriff Please left here at 9 o'elockKgoIng in his automobile and carrying R. . Perry and Richard Burton, reaching the scene In an hour and a half. He returned to Newberry at 12:30 this afternoon. He said that ho found a large crowd of persons present, including Sheriff Miller of Lexington, who was doing all that was possible to get the facts in the case. Sheriff Please said bloodhounds were trlod, but did not follow any trail. Ho further said that the first theory that tho house was set on Are by lightening was without foundation. Dr. Brown, who saw the fire, as above stated, says there was no light ning at all at the time, nor anywhere near the time. The charred bone of the bodies were found on the springs of what had been their beds. There were no tracks, no clue, nothing to throw any light on tho terrible tragody. LANFORD NEWS. Lanford, June 28.?We are having too much rain through this section. Farmers are getting anxious about their crops. Tho smal grain turned out real well. Capt. Lanford has til) Improved variety of wheat which measured two hundred to aero. Miss NolLo Wolborn has returned from it very oieasan: visit lo Miss Luoilo ("amp .ii Spaa.'tiinburg. Miss Allice Nelson am: little daugh ter Est ell, are spendng the week at Mr. L. Nelson's, of Laurens. Mr. Palmer Thomas and wife ate at .1. K. Prank' for a few days. Mrs. .1. s. Higgins spent Thursday and Thursday night In Laurens. Miss Lill Crews visited at T. R. Wolfis last week, Miss Ruth Patterson came home from the hospital Friday, where she had an operation for appendicts. iMrs. O. P. Fowler Is well enough to be up again. Mr. M. Fleming and Miss Nellie Wcl born will leave Tuesday for Leesvillo, where they will visit Mrs. T. P. Crouch. Mrs. Lena Moore Is sick at this writing. M rs. P. F. Homer spent the week end with her parents here. Mr. L. M. Cannon and family spent Sunday in Laurens with Mr. J. m. Cannon. Miss Maude Miller and sister are visiting at II. C. Shore's Miss Lottie Lanford spent Sunday with Miss Carrie Ix>u Hlgglns. Mrs. J. W. Johnson was the guest of Mrs. H. M. Johnson Sunday. Mr. O. L. Lanford attended the union meeting at Durbin creek church Saturday. Mr. J. Lee Langston and wife visit ed at Mr. Jlmmle Patterson's Sun day. Mrs. Lula Cox was in Laurens Sat \trday on business. Mr. Clyde De'shields is at home from Hendersonvillo for a few days. Mr. Fred Walker was In town Sun day. Mr. J. M. Fleming was In Woodruff Saturday on business. Miss Minnie Lanford and Miss Othella Johnson spent Sunday at Mr. J. D. Johnson's. Capt. J. W. Lanford and Mr. Meli Fleming spent Sunday In the Cray Court neighborhood. Rid Your Children of Worms. You can change fretful. 111-tcmpered children into healthy, happy young sters, b yriddlng them of worms. Tos sing, rolling, grinding of teeth, cry ing oat w.hiM alseep, acc.ompnnled with intense tdiirst, pains in the stom ach and bOWeiSj ti verishness and bad breath, are symptoms that Indicate worms. Kbikapoo "Worm Killer, la pleasant candy lozenge, expels the worms, regulates the bowelsfi restores vour children to health and happiness. Mrs. J. A. Brlsbln. of Elgin, 111., says: "I have used Kickapoo Worm Killer for years, and entlroly rid my children of worms. I would not bo without it." Guaranteed. All druggists, or by mall. Prlco 25 cents. Kickapoo Indian Medi cine Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis. For sale by The Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. 1 full size umbrella for 25 cents at J. C. Burns & Co. That Little Girl Of Yours?she'll soor- be having her hair ' 'done up/' and too, she will be out growing her childish ways ?and you haven't had her picture taken since she was in long dresses. You don't exactly want to keep her as she is?but you do want to keep the memory. Make the appointment to day with ! OLIVER At The McCord Studio. Hridge to Lot. On Tuesday the fifteenth of July A. D., 1913 at 1 o'clock P. M., the Board of County Commissioners of Laurens County will let to the lowest respon sible bidder the contract for building a bridge over Reedy River at Tumb ling Shoals, in said county according to plans and specifications to be ex hibited at the letting. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check of $100.00 as guarantee of good faith that bidder will iK /warded contract execute written corf tract and satis factory bond, for performance of same within ten days after award. The right is explicitly reserved to reject any or all bids, letting to be at the site. If. R. HUMBERT, 4S-3t. Co. Supervisor. Notice of Election. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Whereas, petitions signed by a legal number of the qualified electors and free-holders residing in Laurens school district No. 2 Laurens county, South Carolina, asking for an election upon the question of voting an addi tional 2 mill tax upon the property in said school district to bo used for school purposes, have been filed with the county board of education, an eleotlon is hereby ordered upon said question, said election to bo held on tho 12th day of July, 1913, at Pros pect School House in said district, under the management of tiie trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and reg istration certificates as required in the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 2 mill addition al tax shall vote a ballot containing ing the word "Y10S" written or print ed thereon Those against the 2 mill additional tax shall vote a ballot con taining the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at tho hour of 8 o'clock In tho forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of four o'clock In the afternoon when they shall be closed, and the ballots counted. Tho trustees shall report the result of the election to the county auditor and county superintendent of educa tion within ten days thereafter. GBO. L. PITTS, 48-2t By order of County Board. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 18th day of July, I will render a final account of my nets and doings as Administrator of tho estate of Mary L. Curry, de ceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens coutny at 11 o'clock, a. m., and c/n the same day will apply for e^ An art discharge from my trusts as Administrator. Any persons indebted to said ostatc arc notified and required to make pay ment on that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will 1 resent them on or before snid date, duly proven, or be forever barred. J. C. GRANT, Administrator. Juno 18. 1013.?1 mo. FINAL SETTLh.dK NT. Tako notice that on the 11th day of July, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of A. W.Soase, deceased, in the ofnee of the Jlulgc of Probate of Lau'rons county at 11 o'clock, a. m., and in the same dky will apply for a final discharge from my trusts as Administrator. 1 Any porson indebtftl 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 ho forovor barred. Brooks Swygert. Administrator. Juno 11, 1913.?1 mo. PROCLAMATION. State of Soutli Carolina. Executive Department. Whereas, petitions have heretofore been llled with me and signed by more than one-third of the qualified electors of those portions of Spartan burg and Laurens Counties proposed to be cut off to form the new county, and (unbraced in the following lines, to wit: Boginning at o point where Fair Forest Creek intersects the Union and Spartanburg county line; thence the run of said Creek the line In a north westerly direction to a point where a public, road crosses Fair Forest Creek at Foster's Mill; thence tho road to Glenn Springs the line to the incorporate limits of the town of Glenn Springs; thence the said in corporate limits In a southeasterly direction to Its Intersection with the Glenn Springs railroad; thence said railroad the lino to its Intersection with the public cross roads near Phila delphia 'church; thence tho public road in a southerly direction to the Burnt Factory road; thence a straight line in a northerly direction to a point where a branch crosses the public road near the "old B. 1 lammet place"' thence a straight line In a northerly direction to the fork of the roads near J N. Collln's house on the Glenn Springs public road; thence said Glenn Springs public road the line to a point eight miles from the court bousa building of Spartanburg Coun ty; thence the arc of a circle, with the same number of miles as its ra dius and the said building as its cen ter, the line in a westerly direction to its intersection with a road leading from Lanford's bridge towards Fair mont Mill; thence the said road to Its Intersection with a road about one half mile south of Fairmont School; thence a straight line to a point on a public road one-half mile south west of a bridge at Fairmont Mills; thence due north a straight line to Middle Tyger Itlver; thence up Mid dle Tyger River to its Intersection with the National Highway near Tyger River Mills; thence said National Highway in a westerly direction to its intersection with a road near the house of H. I. Cannon and J. A. Had den; thence a straight line (s-57 Vj w) to a bridge over South Tyger* River; thence up South Tyger River to Maple Creek the line, with its va rious courses and distances, to a branch of said Creek which heads at or near Victor Mills; thence said branch to Its intersection with a road west of Maple Swamp School House; thence said road to Its intersection With a road at the Spartanburg-Grcon ? VlllO county line; thence the said county line in a southerly direction to Enoree River; thence the said F.n oreo Itlver, with its various courses and distances to the Groenville-Lau rens County line; thence the said Groonville-Laurons county line to a stake N. N. 13200 feet east of the C. &.W. C. Railroad; thence a line parallel to the C. &. W. C. Railroad in a southerly direction for a distance of 1'?> miles; thence a straight line (S 20 Va W) to a point one-half mile from the C. & W. C. Railroad; thence a lint; parallel to the said C. & W. C. Rail road in a southerly direction to its in tersection with the incorporate limits of the town of Gray Court; thence tho said incorporate limits the lino in a southeasterly direction to a point one-half mile from the C. & W. C. railroad; thence a line parallel to the C. & W. C. Railroad in a southerly direction to a point eight miles from the court hous" building of Laurens County, thence the arc of a circle, with said number of miles as Its ra dius and with said building as Its cen ter, the line in a southeasterly direc tion to Its intersection with the town ship line between Scullletown and Jacks townships, in Laurens County; thence the said township line the line to its intersection with the Laurens and Union county line; thence the said county line the line to a point where the Stpartanburg and Union county line intersects the same: thence the said Spartanburg-Unlon county line to the beginning point. And whereas, the boundaries of the proposed new county, the number of Inhabitants, the taxable property, as shown by the last tax returns, and that the proposed lines do not run nearer than eight miles to any court house building now established, are as set forth In said petition. And whereas, the report of the Com mission appointed by me to ascertain the facts as provided for In the Act of 1905, now known as sections 636, 637, 638, and 639 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, Volume I, as to whether the requirements of the Con stitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, ot cetra, have been com plied with, has been filed, stating that the law has been fully complied with, and the number of square miles in the nroposed new county is four hun dre ^Vid seven square miles, leaving to County of Spartanburg more thui. five hundred square miles and to the County of Laurens more than five hundred square miles. Now, therefore, I, Cole L. Please, ns Governor of the State of Soutn Carolina, by virtue of the power con ferred upon me by the Constitution and laws of this State do hereby or der: 1. That an election be held in the territory embraced within the pro posed new county on the 29th day of July A. I). 1913, upon the question of creating the said new county and that at such election the qualified electors within the proposed area shall vote Upon said question, those favoring the proposed new county to vote "Yes", those opposed to vote "No". 2. That the Commissioners of the State and County Flections of tho Counties of Spartanburg and Laurens respectively shall make all necessary arrangements for holding said elec tion and shall appoint managers and do all other things necessary for the holding of the same. 3. That tho County Supervisors of tho said Counties respectively shall nave prepared printed tickets as per tho following form, and as provided for in section 236 of the Code of Laws, 1912, Volumo I, and furnish the same to the Commissioners of Election to bo sent by them to the Managers of Election for the use of the voters, to wit: (Form of Ballot.) Special Election upon the question of the formation of a new county out of parts of Spartanburg and Laurens Counties, hold July 29th, 1913. Shall the New County be Formed? Where shall the County Seat be lo cated? What shall its name- be? 4. That at said election the ques tion of a name and a county seat for said proposed new county shall also be submitted to the said qualified electors. 5. That said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are provided for by law for regu lar general elections: that tho man agers shall bo appointed as provided In section 641, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I, and be sworn before en tering upon the discharge of their duties, and they shall open the polls at seven o'clock In the morning and keep the same open until four o'clock In the afternoon, whereupon the polls . shall be closed, the votes counted, a written return of the number of votes cast for and against the formation of the proposed new county, also the name thereof and the location of the county seat therein, shall be made, signed, and certified to by the Mana gers of Election, and, together with the ballot box, ballots, and poll list shall be turned over to the Commis sioners of Election as required by law; that the Commissioners of Elec tion shall then tabulate the votes and mnko return thereof as required- by law to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary or State, and also file a copy of the same in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for each of said counties of Spartanburg and Laurens. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Soal of tho State to be affixed, at Columbia, this 26th day of (SEAL) May, in the year of our Ix>rd One Thousand Nine I Hundred and Thirteen, of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh. (Signed) COLE L. BLEASE, By the Governor: Governor. R. M. McCOWN, Secretary of State. Notice of Election. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Persuant to tho proclamation of His Excellency, Cole L. Blease, Gov ernor of South Carolina, and in ac cordance with the terms and provi sions thereof;? We, the undersigned Commissioners of County and State elections, for the County of Laurens, in the State of South Carolina, do hereby order an election on July 29th, 1913. for tho pin pose of voting on a New County to be formed from certain territory to b(> taken from the Counties of lau rens and Spartanburg, a full and com plete description of which is set forth in said proclamation. Now, therefore, we, tho said Com missioners of County and State elec tions, for the said County and State, do hereby appoint the following Man agers of election at che precincts herein below named: Lanford Station J. M. Fleming B, H. Moore, W. H. Drummond. Cooks Store. J. B. Cook w. P, Patton A. G. Edwards. j Grays Store. B. B. Oossett E. F. Fincher Will Irby. Gray Court. Zeno Wilson W. W. Yeargin J. H. Ball. Pleasant Mound. W. P. Little W. C. Crow Izzle Pryor. Youngs Store. C. It. Wallace l J. It. Dial Jess Cheek. Stewart's Store. C. B. Leonard C. c. Jones I Cook Henderson. Power Shop. I S. E. Oentry S. c. Hill ( Brooks Cooper. Langston Church. W. M. Meyers A. E. Cleveland F. L Donnon. That only the qualified electors re siding within that portion of Dials Township within the proposed area of the sola New County shall be allowed to voto at Gray Court and Power Shop, and that such electors shall vote at the place at which their Registra tion Certificates entitles them to voto; That only the qualified electors who reside within that portion of Scufile town Township within tho proposed area of the said New County shall be entitled to voto at Langston's Church; And that only the qualified electors who reside within that portion of Youngs Township within the proposed area of said New County shall bo en titled to vote at the place which their Registration Certificate entitles them to vote. The Managers of the election shall require of any elector offering to vote at this election, and before allowing him to vote, to comply with the ' oral election laws of this State The polls shall open at 'seven o clock A. m. and close at four o'clock P. M. Jno. m. cannon, J. C McDANlEL, L. B. BLEASE, Commissioners of County and State Elections for Laurens County, South Carolina. ww*m Cores Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure The worst cases, no matter of how Ion* stnmlin* are cured by the wonderful, old ?I lahfs ifl' rortera Antiseptic Heallntr Oil uSm r??n and Heol. at the aame f.ro?."- 2K,?"llZ