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NOTICE OF TI E County Treasurer The Books of the County Treasurer will be opened for the collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for fiscal yoar, 1913, at the Treasurer's Ofice from October 15th. to December 31st, 1912. After Decem ber 31st, one per cent Will be added. After January 31st, .two per cent will be added, and after February 28th, seven per cent. will be added till the 15th day of March, 1914, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one Township are requested to call for receipts in each of the several Townships in which the property is located. This is important, as addition al cost and penalty may be attached, All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of 21 and 60 years of ago are liable to pay e. poll tax of $1.00 except old soldiers, who are exempt at 50 years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. The Tax levy is as follows: For State purposes ......5% mills For Constitutional School Tax 3 mills For Ordinary County purposes 3 milts For Interest on Railroad Bonds 1 miill For Road and Bridge Bonds 3 mills For Court house lionais .. ..1%1; mills For Special School Tax .. ..1 milly Total .. .. .. .. .. .. ..17 % mills Special Schools Laurens Township. liaurens No. 11 .. ... .. ....7 mills Trinity Ridge No. 1 .. .. ..8% mlls Maddens No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Narnie No. 3 .. .. .. .. .. 5 mills Baileys No. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .2 mills Mills No. 5 .. ... .. .. .. ..2 mills Oak Grove No. 6 .. .. .. .. ..2 .mills Ora No. 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Special Schools---Youngs Township. Youngs No. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Youngs No. 2 .. .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Youngs No. 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Youngs No. 5 .. .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Fountain Inn No. 311 .. .. .. II mills Lanford No. 10 ..!........6% mills Ora No. 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Youngs No. 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..3 mills Central No. 6 .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Special Schools---)i.lIs ''oWnslip. Green Ponda No. 1 .. .. .. .. ..4 mills Iials No. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..3 mills Shiloh No. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..- I m ills Gray Court-Owings Nc. 5 .. ..1 nulls llarkslale No. 1 .. .. .. .. .. mills Dials (hu rcl No. 7 .. .. .. ..2 mill. Fountain Inn No. 311 .. .. ..11 mills ,Morna No. t .. .. .. .. .. . .2 mills Dials No. 4i .. ...... ....4 mills Special Schools-Sull I van Township. Mt. Bethel No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..3 mnilla Princeton No. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 4 mills Poplar Springs No. 3 .. .. ..4 mills Iabiumn No. .1 .. .. .. .. .. 8!% mills I ender.sonviille No. 5 .. .. ..8% mills lFrienlship No. 6 .. .. .. ... ..7 mills Ilrewerton No. 7 .. ...... ..3 mills Sullivan Township R. 11. Bonds 1 mills Merna No. S .. .. .. .. .. ..2 mills Special Schools---Waterloo Township. Waterloo No. 1 1.. .. .. .. ..1 mtills Mt. Gallagher No. I .. .. .. ..3 mills Bethlehem No. 2. .. .. .. .. .2 mtills l'kon No. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..i .mills Centerpoint No. 4 .. .. .. ..2 mills Oakville No. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 3 mills Mt. Pleasant No. 6 .. .. .. .. 2 mills Mt. Olive No. 7 .. .. .. .. .. ..5 mills Reedy Grove No. 8 .. .. .. ..2 mills Special Schools-Cross Hill Township Cross 1111 No. 13 .. ......mills Cross 11111 No. 1 ...... .....2 mills Cross 11111 No. 2 .... .......2 mills Cross 11111 No. 4 .............2mills Oross 111l1 No. 5 .... .......4 mills Cross liill No. 6 .... .......2 mills Cross l11ll No. 3 .... .. ....2 mills Special Schools--Hunter Township. Mountville No. 16..... .. .. .. 9 mills Hunter No. 2 .. ........ ...4 mills Hunter No. 3 .... .........2 mills Clinton No. 5 .. ...........6 mills Htunter No. 8 .. ...........3 mills Wadsworth No. 4.. .........2 mills Hunter No. 1 .. ...........2 mills Special Schools-Jaclks Township. MOlls No. 6 .............3 mills lHurricano No. 153.. .........3 inills Shady Grove No. 2 .... .....3 mills Jacks No. 3 .. ...........5 mills special Schools-Seufmelown Township JAngston Clhuirch No. 3 .......3 mills Souffletown No. 1.... .....2 mills Tnnford No. 10.. .........6% mills Ora No. 12 .. ...........4 mills Scufhetown No. 2 .. .. .. ... imills Scuffletow n No. ... .. .. . .4 mills Prompt a ttenition will he given those vrhio w ishm to pay thm r Taxes thirough the mail by check, omoney order, etc. Pomrsons seunding in 1ir ts of names to be taken off areO reoinestedl to send thomn early; and give the TownshuipI of each, as the Treasmurer is ver~y busy dutrig the imonith of D~e~ember. ROSS D). YO UNG, County Treasurer. September 17, 1913.-td. A. W. lIerguson~ C. C. Foathorstone W. B. Knight PWR(USON, PEIA THBRSTONB & KNIWItT Attorneys at Law Laurenau, S. C, Pwomnpt and careful atten~ion gee~n to all business. Offloe Over Palnmetto Bank. Dr. T. L. Tim merman Dentist People's Bank Building Phione 882. Laurens. S.C. CROP SUP1itLACY THREATENED. Principal European Countries are Spending Millions in Trying to De. velop Cotton Industry. -Wahington, Jan. 1.-Warnling that American supremacy in cotton com merce may be wrested by foreign icountries unless t'his govlernment avails itself of the full measure of its resources, has been submitted to the house committee on rivers and harbors in advocacy of the pending bill for an immediate appropriation of $12, 000,000, the first -installment of the $48,000,000 'proposed by the Mississippi river commission for preventing floods on the Mississippi. The warning, voiced 'by U. F. Bush, president of the ,Missouri Pacific Rail road, sets forth that the principal European countries are spending mit lions of (lollars ill fostering cotton culture in their colonies. that the 1ng lish premier recently had a bill passed appropriating $15,000,000 for experi huenthng in growing ('ton in \t'he Sudan to make the Inglish spinner independent of the United States sup ply. Ar. Itoush asserted, 110wevel', that tihe 'ntiteid States, "if alive to its op portunities," had nothing to fear and that the nation should hasten to the resole of he Souith by meeting the control of the Mlississippi as a nation al problem. ie added that levee protection for the alluvial lands in the Mississippi delta would add I:5l000,000 acres of fertile Wealth producing area, whose cultivation in cotton, sugar cane or diIv(ersilied crops Wold yield many millions of dollars annally, investigation of the life history and habits of the parasites of the cotton boll Weevil in a more thorough and co0mprehensit v way than (ver before is prolosed by Secretary ilouston. lie wants 'more funds appropriated with which to emp~lloy e'xpert~s on this work in order to itndertak Ce a "com ninity expritnlent" ill controlling the holl weevil. Il to no(W tractieally all the efforts of the dtepartnenlt of agri clltur' h ia e en confined to assist ing indlividunal planter's. The efforts of the new corps of ex ilerts woiuld 1' levot,'ul to a standy of the bodl weevil, the clifirlent steps in the ono(01111l of the weevil, the piecking of the squares of the cotton plant., en I ('00ragmlent of the parasites, destruc tionm of tle co1ton plants in the field and to <ietermnine \w-hore the e(ll ciency of each step might be increased by somie vat'ition or new process. Rotation ill drops, changes in tile system of handling cotton and plant ing lilte cotton wider apart ha'e help edl in the filht. against the weevil, which hls caused Iillions of dollars of loss, but its ravages still continuIe andi no valrities of cotton are ill nlItne. .\NO''IEl (.S1'E OiF lii1lA((A. Had Selulre Now SNuLrstel ats One of ile Causes of Dreal Disease. Atlanta, .tan. 2.---T'hat pellagra hn feetioll lprobab11'ly esul ts froln bad sewerage wvas a thieorly advaniced in tile r'eplort todayl3 of' the Thompson5)1l .\('ieliden 11ellagr'a comm1ilssioni be fore thle AmIlerica n Association for the AdvaIlIlnceent of Science. TPhe repor~lt statedi that 110 defInlite r'elationt was11 observed between tile OC CuIrr'ence (If 11ellagr'a and1( tile usei of any13 iarticul a r food. -ill distrlic'ts coim plet1ely edit 1pped wit wlt1 ater' carrl'ige sysStemls of sewer'age disposal, tile re0 iort states, ver'y few (cases of pel lagra hIave beenl foundii anfd thir I originI has1 1been (loulbtul. it also wvas foulnd, ne cord(i ng to tile repor lt., that ne0w cases (f 110llagr'a developed forthe m10Rost par't ill tihe vicinity' of old onmes or after' association with1 thleil. Thei c rep'jort (ldcles tile exatl mode111 of Itransmission101 of lilagra still Is un ci'rtan I nd ur i i ges thle (conltillued'( study1 of inse(Cts as tranlsittiiing agenits, mual 0of ('los,' pers~ona l association11 a- Jios li(OSilIDS Olt(AI'lS For' Nic'k iilendarbe114, So iirS N(ilmneh, Gta Iin-celnt box. 'Palk' a ('ascarelt onight to ole'anse y'ourl l:vier, StomlaChl and1 loweis, Jil you1 will sirly3 fieel gre(at by3 mlorning. You men01 andi womlenl who have0 head1 achii, (coatied tongiue, cnn't sleep, are a sick, gassy3, d1isord(erIedi siomlach, or' flayve backachie anil feel all wornl i ou. Ar'e you keepinlg yourI b)owels ('lean wI ih Casdarlets -or mer0o'ily forlcing a1 plassageway' every3 few days withl saits, enthlartic vIils 0or 4astor' oil? Casearlets IimmeiOIat(ely c leaniiso and1( r'egla t:- tihe stonmachi, rem(love the sOiura, und(1igesited and11 fermentin g food and( foul gases; take the excess bile fromIl the livol anid carr'ly off the 'onsti pated wast C 11 mtter1 an p11Ioisonl fr'om the inl Iestint and(' b3 ilowels5. lI(ememnber', aL Caiscaret tonight will straightlen y'ou out bhy mornIng. A ')(entf box rmyu rugs(en 'lth lly bIJoe actoln:1 a clear' head( and chleerfuliness for months. D~on't forget thle chlldr'en. To Cure a Cold in One Day Trake L A XATIVE~ BlROMO Quinine, It stops the cough and JHeanche and works off the Cold. Driugisa refulld Inoney If It fails to cure. BOY ORATOlS TO MEET. Piedmont Oratorlcal Contest to be Held in Early Spring. Place Not yet Selected. Greenville, Jan. 4.-Announcement of a meeting here in April of the Pied imont Oratorical and Athletic Assocla tion was made last night by Superin tendent of City 1high Schools Brock man, president of the organization, who stated in connection with his an nouncement that every school in this section of the State would be repre sented. One of the purposes of the gathering, according to Mr. Brockman, will be to select a meeting place for 191-1. Greenville has for seven years been the place of meeting for the as soclation and will at the coining gath ('ring make a strong -bi for the 1914 m'et. The meeting in April will be one of much significance to Greenville, both in an educational -and athletic sense and the co-operation of the city in making the gathering a success is asked. The Chamber of Coimmerce, Y. M. C. A., Central high school, Fur ima n University and launman Fit intig school will furnish entertailn ment for visitors during the meeting. I'rincipals of 10 schools in the Pied mont section have announced their in tentions of attending the meet ng here, bringing with them stpident orators and athletes. An oratorical contest will be held during the meeting in the Greenville Female College auditorium, all school participatig and on the day following a track meet is to he held. The schools and principals of the association are given as follows: Walhalla, II. W. G asque, principal; WVstninster, W. C. Taylor, principal; Senaca, E. 1:. 1iramlett, principal; iie1hland, naite of principal not given; Central, S. C., Wm. Wallace, princcippal; asley, Mr. 1Benson, prini ('1lml: l'oun1tain inn, Nilr. Site, prin1 I(ipal;: iau'ens., W. A. ]carton, prin elml: lturni:tn laittin g school of (bireenville. It. C. Ilurts, headmlaste'r; ('ctral high school of ('reenville. \l. E. liroek'unan1, P'rinleiml. Salaries 'T'oo Low. Within the pmst itiontlh two of the most eflicient and competent county superintendents of education in the State, Nlr. W. It. Blradley. of Abbeville, and .\11' (George IL. Pitts, of Liaurens, Have resignedi their positions in order to engage in ot1Ir ibusiness. The tea son assigned is that the salary is in ade(Iun te. ''hiis only empijhasizes the fact that we do not pmy ou1r county stperintend (tils of education a suttliclent salary to (O:iimtandi the best talent unless these officers devote a1 pall of their time to other business. 'T'he duties of the of ftieers d dth:li lue entire attention and time of ev(en the( Most. competent ofi cers, bit the State could not. expect Ito secure this without paying a suf fielent salary for the work. 'There are only a few of the coun ties in the State in withichi a li vintg sal - ary is3 pa 10Id. Of cou:rse, if' the supier' iniI tndet of odducat Ion 0only looks up1 on -thie otfice as a disbu11rsing ollce and simtl a-1' P ro*ves climls and( hpays an (occasionlal visit to aisehool , lie can (de vote the greater part of his timle to othier work andi in that way makile a suftll(eient amoun1 t u ipon wh'iIch -ito live, but thle lieole should denmand the en tire service and tIme of their super initend~ent of ediucation, andI in order to (10 so, should pay him a sufticient salary to warranit a compeitenit man in giving hiis time to the work.-Newber ry IHerald land Newvs. WlEAK lHIDNEYS OF1TEN THlE itE. Ott several occasIons I have been unablihle to work and1( siufferedl sev'ert pains in the hack, dIte to tiy kIdneys. I ('al1led on a dloctor of Itiiion, Wis. but reeI ved no0 relief. II tried IDrt. Kil1met's Swanmp lloot wichI gave mte Iistanat telilef. I was thlen ablhie to resum te work. S wamipt Rooi~t IS thle otnly3 relIef I cani got frotm kidney' disease which I am siubject to ini thle spirinig of thei year'. I iam writ iiig thiis testlimonlal thtrough '0y3 own free will thaiit sitffer'ers of kid ney and( bladider dilseases wiii know of the woiiderful mritsh of SwiiilpI- Root.I recommiiiend 1)tr. K itmer's S witmit- oot whieniever I enai d aliillway3s halveT ai biottlIe of S wamiipi-Root ini miy hioime. I putrchased Swamnp- Itoot (if !d r. C. .1. Ittruside, Dru't'gist, of 202 AMaIn St., Very truly yours, ) Th'lomasli J. Lynch, 525 Newbury St., itipon, Wis. I hiave readc thle above statement that Thomas .1. Lynch boitght D~r. Kil mler's Swamip-Root lit miy store andl~ 'made oath thte a-bove statement is true In substances and fact. IM. J. Burnaide. Subscribed and1( sworn to 'before mne this~ 15th day of November, 1911. Letter to Dlr. llmer & Co., Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do. For Yoti. Send ten cente to Dir. Kilmer & Co., ilnghiamton, N. Y., for a saniple size bottle. it will conivince anyone. Yout wIll also receive a booklet of valuable Information, telling aboiut the kidneys andi bladdIer. When writing, lhe sure andl mention the Lauirens Weekly Ad vertisor. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all dIruig Imitators Take the Dust of ALWAYS IN THE LEA For Colds, Croup and Pneumonia. J t rub it on. Thousands of testimonials from those who have used it. Money back if not as represented. I have used Gowpns Preparation in a num tr of cases and have been agreeably surprised by results. It has always conic up) to expectations of it. W. II. CROCEFORD, M. D., Petersburg, Va. Ilave given Gowans Preparation a tnorough test and can Bay it is the best pr paration on the market for the relief of Pneumonia, Whooping Cough. i roup, cold in the head and chest. JAS. P. SMITH, M. D., Augusta, Ga. All Druggists sell Gowans. 3 sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00. GOWAN MEDICAL COMPANY Concord. N. C. Executors Sale OF PERSONAL PROPERTY By virtue of an order of the Probate Court for Laurens County, S. C., we will sell at Public Auction at the late residence of Samuel Bolt, de ceased, commencing at 10 o'clock, a. m. on Wednesday, January 14th, 1914" certain personal estate of the testator, consisting of one horse, one two-horse wagon, one buggy, farm implements, shop tools, household furniture, and other articles. Terms of sale---cash. W. F. BOLT, JOHN H. BOLT, Jan. 3d, 1914 Executors. BARGAINS INREAL 123 acres, four miles cast of Laurexi Clinton road, well improved at a baigain J. WV. Moore Place, near Mt. Pie $20.00 per acre. The Coleman Place, six miles west acres at a bargain. Dorroh Place, near Boyd's Mill, 22( per acr'e. Jno. Clardy IEace, neair Mt. Olive, 165 B 45 acres one and one-half miles Sou1 $45.00 per' acre. One house and1 lot near the Laur'ens building at $1,000.00. 1,000 acres, three miles west of Xi tracts, at a bargain. The Dr. Duvall iFarm on Pea Rid~ splendid improvements, well located as tV and good1 neighb~ors. A 50 acre farm in same neighb~orho price. One house and lot on West Main St gain for a quick sale. 175 acres in Sullivan Township, the Farm. A bar'gaiun. Laurens Trust Cc R. A. COOPE~R, President.C Anderson A Bllakeley, Managera Reoal Estate sLAURtENS, S. C. (Ki sommmmmmm mmmmmmmmmrm UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., Unde tkdrs and Embalmers Calls answered any hours, day or night. LAURENS, S. C. GHICH E?TER S PILLS T DIAMOND RAND. Uh~hspsI/ilamonlu Brand I'Ita I' B l ad 4oldmetlallic x meld with nloe Ribbon. no ithe. iai oR ek t. Ask fcwOIEI.OIIE8.TE s DIAi ND 11 JND l'l . t3. for M&' years knownas Dest,Safest,Always Reliable 0. BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 17thday of January, 1914, 1 will render a final account of any acts and doings as Ad ministratqr of the estate of William Mills Hunter, deceased, in the office of the J tdge of Probate of Imurens county, it 11 "o'lock, a. Im., and on the sat o-'ay will apply for a final discha go from my trust as Adminis trator. Any persons indebted to said estate are notified and required to make payment on that date; and all persona having claims against said estate wild present thema on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. William Melmoth Hunter, Administrator. Dec. 17, 1913.-1 mo. 40NORj CONDENSED PASSENGER SCHEDULES Between Anderson, Greenwood, Green ville and Greer, S. C., effective Sun day, December 7th, 1913. Trains leave and arrive corner Main and Washington Streets. Leave Arrive No. Time No. Time 1 6:00 A. M. 2 8:10 A. M. 3 7:50 A. M. 4 10:10 A. M. 5 10:00 A. M. 6 12:25 P. M. 7, 11:40 A. M. 8 1:40 P. M. i 1:45i P. M. 10 3:55 P'. M. 11 4 :25 P. M. 12 6:33 P. M. 15 7:30 P. M. 1 9: 10 P. M. letween Greenville and Greer No. Time No. 'l'ime 70 8:20 A. M. 71 7:40 A. M. 72 10:15 A. M. 73 9:55 A. M. 74 12:30 P. M. 75 11:40 A. Ml. 76 1:50 P. M. 77 1:45 P. M. 78 3:35 P. M. 79 3:15 P. M. 80 (;:20 P. M. 81 4:55 P. M. Tickets on sale G. S. &A. Terminal, 101 North Main Street. C. S. ALLEN, Gen'l Pass. Agent. (Greenville) ESTATE s Court House on Terms easy. aisant, 75 acres at of Laurenis, 125 ) acres at $12.50 acres, $10 an acre. h-east of Laurens, Dotton Mill School ~aterloo, in several e, 100 acres and [a schools, churches )d at a reasonable reet, flow at a bar T. Wood Brown mpany . W. TUNE, Sec. & Trreas.