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YOUR LIVER DON'T NEED CALOMEL All your liver. Btomach and bowel troubiea will Bloodily vanish when you atari to tako BotBprLpgsLlvert Buttons from the famous Hot Springs, Ark. They never fail to banish dizzi ness, headaohe and malaria. Your bowels ?will bo regular and appetite line. Better tlmn CalomeL 25 cents at all druggists. Free sample MVBR BUTTONS and*8oklet about heJamous Hot SprinR?JHTeTimatisui KcmcUy nii(J Mot Snriiips IMuirirRcmeriy fror.? Hot Spnncs Chemical Co.rTlot Springs, Ark. LAURENS DltUti CO. Laurens, S. ('. HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS Wood's High-Grade Farm Seeds Bgst_QuaKtics Obtainable We are headquarters for Seed Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, Vetehes, Alfalfa and all Grasses &? Clovers. "Write for Wood's Crop Special giving prices and seasonable in formation about Seeds for Fall sowing. T. W. WOOD d SONS, Seedsmen, - Rirjjifnond, Va. Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalogue rjives prices nnd information about ull Garden Seeds for Fall Planting. Mailed free on request. That Little Girl Of Yours?she'll soon 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 McCorcCStudio. Ho/tyra/i/u r in you* tJottn SOW GRAIN More Grain?Sow Now. Sow Grain for the good of your land. Sow Grain for the benefit ef your stock. , Sow Grain for the betterment of yourself. Sow barley, rye, clover or vetch now in your cotton land that you intend to replant in cotton next year, as a rover and catch crop to keep the soil from Hashing and leeching during the winter months and turn under in tho spring adding humus to the soil for plant food. Sow oafs to be cat for your stock and follow With I'eas in order to keep np the fertility af your soil?rotate your crops. The fanners of Laurens county are spending each year thous ands of dollars In commercial ferti lizers and gradually exhausting the fertility of ilic soil by planting the same land in cotton year after year takintr from the seil wlthotil return. Ing plant fetid. Sen Grain and buy your seed from J.H. Sullivan Laurens, S. C. OVER SEYEN MILLION DOLLARS TAXABLE ' PROPERTY IN LAURENS COUNTY THIS YEAR Report off Auditor Thompson to Comptroller General Gives Valuation off Different Kinds off Property In the County?Almost Half Million Acres of Land, The report of Auditor J. W Thotnp- (Is derived from the ? mill constltu son. Hied with the Comptroller Gen-1 tlonul tax- $7,201.23 from the special eral's otlice sOme weeks ago. contain ing an abstract of the real and per 1 mill county tax for school purposes, and $33,577.26 represents the total amount of special taxes voted for sonnl taxable property in Laurens' Hv\\oo\ purposes by individual school county and other items as to taxation, j districts. Laurens township has a suggests in a very forceful manner larger extra school levy than any oth the actual wealth of the county. The er township and this levy produces report of tho auditor shows that the; more Income than the levies of Dials, total taxable wealth of the county Is ! Youngs. Sullivan. Waterloo. Cross $7,201,235 and as property is only re-111111, Jacks and Scufllctown combined, turned at a very small proportion of j As the renders of The Advertiser its valuation, tho actual wealth of the would doubtless be interested in a full county must ho very much larger. The j statement of the taxable property in total tax income of the county, in- the county, a compilation of these I chiding the 5 1-4 mill state tax. Is figures made from the report furnish* $176,104.09. Of this sum, $21,663.71 ed by Auditor Thompson follows: ' Iteal Estate. 134.73S acre] in tho county valued at . $2,2SS,315.00 3,553 buildings in tlie county valued at. 262,810.00 Value or lots In cities, towns, etc . 340,115.00 Value or buildings In cities, towns, etc. 6S0,33O.O0 'total of all taxable real estate. $3,577,570.00 Personal property . 2,706,383.00 R. R property. . 917,282.00 Total trxable property .$7,201,235.00 Tax Lovlcs. The following are the different tax levies and what they produce : State tax. "? 1-2 mills . $ 37,871.52 Ordinary county :? milts.$ 21,603.70 Court house 1 1-2, R. R. 1 (2 1-2) . 18,003.09 Public roads 3 mills. 21,?o:!.7l Speciol I mills, Sullivan township . 1,104.27 I Totvi for county purposes. $ 62,615.27 Three mills constitutional tax, schools .$ 21,603.71 One mill special tax. schools . 7,201.2:5 Total for school purposes . S 28,801.91 Special School Taxes. Laurens.$ 13,062.40. Youngs. .. 1,585.58 Dials. 2.5?0.M Sullivan . 1,780.35 Waterloo. 1,402.56 Cross Hill . 1,841.17 Hunter. 9,098.44 .Jacks. 1,115.97 Scu fib-town. 409.89 Total special taxes. . $ 33,57 7.26 Poll tax. 5,667 polls. $ 6,607.00 Dog tax. 3,306 dogs. . i.?'.s::.no Capitation road tax at $1,50 . 5,076.00 Grand total from all sources and for all purposes.$ 176,191.99 Hems Included in Taxable Property. Following ;;re some of the items Included in the taxable property <>r tho county: Hoi s. 2,005 .$ 86,716.00 Cattle 6,832 . 00,115.(1(1 Mules and asses, 4,947 . 229,506.00 Sheep and goats. 730 . 705.00 Hogs, 3,066 . 9,040.(10 (Jo'd and silver on watches and plate. 25:1 . 3,690.00 Pianos, etc. 630 . 23.320.00 Carriages, etc., 5,739 . 97,095.00 Value of manufactured articles on hand for one year or more and engines, tools etc. 1,316,978.00 Vslne of moneys. Including hank bills and circulating notes 56,600.00 Value of all credits . 22,450.00 Value or stocks of any company or corporation outside of tho state except national banks . 500.00 Hank returns . ::77,lfi.r..0(> 54 MINE VICTIMS' BODIES ARE FOUND Two Members of the Rescue Crew ore Killed. Union Funeral Service. Bodies SUI1 i.t Hlne^OO. Bawson. X. M.., Oct. 21.? Fifty-four bodies had 'been frecovored tonight from the chambers Of Stag ('anon mine Xo. 2, two deaths bad been ad ded to the mine's total and govern ment experts now in charge of the rescue work concede that 20r bodies arc still within the gas-tilled cham bers. Thirty-six bodies have already been buried, a union service for all taking place late today. The work of searching for bodies is still going on, but hope that more of the entombed miners will be rescued alive has been abondoned. The two deaths added to the list today were those of .lames Lurdl and William Poisi. members of a rescue squad which entered tho mine in the early morning. They did not return and it was only after the exports of the United states rescue car had searched six hours that tho bodies wore found. At the to ws of tho ad ded deaths the men who had been do ing tho rescue work refused '.a go back I into the mine, but their places wore taken by men from tho rescue car Which had UCOn rushed from tho Kan sas coal fields. The work of rescue is going for ward slowly under the leadership of J. C. Roberts. Simple Funeral Service. The funeral service ovor the recov ered bodies was simple. Father A. C. Collier, of Springer, N. M . read the service over the remains of iron of tho Roman Catholic faith, while for the others Uev. H. M. Shields, camp chaplain, read the Episcopal! burial service, Walter Douglas, general manager of Phelps, Dodge & Co., which controls tho Stag Canon Fuel company, to night orprossed his opinion as to the cause of the explosion. He said gas is known to have existed in a vein of coal just above the one In which the company was working and that has been known to enter the Stag Canon mine on occasions when part of the mine roof gave way. Mr, Doug las believes some time Wednesday a small part of tho roof dropped, per mitting methane gas fire damp?to penetrate into several rooms or cham bers of tho mine, and :!i;:t fill Roqtiont ly some person with an unprotected lamp entered the pocket in which the gas and dust had accntmulat Chief Roberts, of the government service, agrees with Mr. Douglas as to tho probable cause, but said i: was only a guess. Suffered Kcscinn Plftj Years Now Well. Seems a lonb Lltne to endure the awful burning,/Itching, smarting, skin-disease kuowu ? an other name fuf Eczema. Seems good to'realize, :.l*o. that i)R IIOBSOX'S I :(/:? MA OINTMENT has proven ;, perfect euro, Mrs. D. \j. Konncy writes-: "I can not mifllciently express my t::a',l<^ to you for your Dr. Ilohson's Eczema Ointment, it lias cured iny tetter, which has troubled tu? for over llfty vears." All druggists, or by mail 50c. PFEIFFER CHEMICAL CO. St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa. OK XOl BETTER SHOES! THERE will now be something doing at this Home of Good Shoes in the way of fitting out the Boys and Girls with Shoes for the Fall term! We're Schooled in the art of provid ing the Best School Shoes. We've learned our lesson by practical experience. We Offer Our Trade Exceptionally Good School Shoes. FOR THE BOYS! Button, Lace or Blucher Sinus. Regular r,..,jy~ '-1 or High Cut. Gun Metnl or Box Calf, Double Soles and Water-proofed. Nature shaped. $1.50, $2.00 to $3.00 According to size. 5 ? ? FOR THE GIRLS! Button, Lace or Blucher style. Medium or High Cut. Gun Metal, Patent Colt and Kid Skin. Oak soles, welted and stitched. Low heels. $1.50, $2.00 to $3.50 According to size. Our E>1^ert Fitters will fit every School Shoe carefully and correctly. Test our Good School Shoes! CLARDY & WILSON THE SHOE MEN :oi?-ion 1?? OK o GAINS IN REAL ESTATE J. W. Moore Place, near Ml. Pleasant, 75 acres at $20.00 per acre. The Coleman Place, six miles west of Laurens, 125 acres at a bargain. Dorroh Place, near BoytTs Mill, 220 acres at $12.50 per acre. Jno.Clardy Place,near Ml. Olive, L65 acres, 810 an acre. 45 acres one and one-half miles South-east of Laurens, $45.00 per acre. One house and lot near the Laurens Cotton Mill School building at ?1,000.00. 1,000 acres, three miles west of Waterloo, in several tracts, at a bargain. The Dr. Duvall Farm on Pea Ridge, 100 acres and splendid improvements, well located as to schools, churches and good neighbors. A 50 acre farm in same neighborhood at a reasonable price. One house and lot on West Main Street, now at a bar gain for a quick sale. 50 acres joining lands of J. M. Dean and Oeo. Brown. 175 acres in Sullivan Township, tho T. Wood Brown Farm. A bargain. Laurens Trust Company R. A. C?opkk, President. C. VV. Ti s-i- :?? ? . Tn Anderxon IMnkelcy, Mtimigerfl R?*al Esluto Sales. LA L BENS, S. ('.