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THE LAST CHANCE1 EzIN I TERRY'S I BJG Bargain Event! Our Semi-annual Sale closes next Saturday and as a special inducement for the last days we have prepared for you some EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IhIrWinter Goods and also in our New Spring Arrivals. Come to the Bargain Feast. H.. TERRY I LAURENS, S. C. W. E. Bramlett E. T. Babb W. B. BRAMLETT'S SONS: Wood Work and Blacksmithing S "0 * WAGONS BUILT TO ORDER S *GENERAL REPAIRING. Wagons -S)iat.made to order. H-orseshoeing a spcaly * B U G G Y T 0 P S A full line always on hand. g *T O P S C OV ER E D Don't throw away theold, S S top we can repair and cover the,.m as good as new. P A I N T I N G If you are thinking of having yourg bulggy pamited, Come look at tihe work we are doing, wve 5 Scani give you satisfaction. * W. B. BRAMLETT'S SONS S * REPAIR SHOP GOOD REPAIRING' Ia cheaper and better than buy ing a now cheaply built buggy. You can have no Idea how we can restore an old1 buggy or oth e r carrIag'o to newnes$. (et our(* estiinate &mr repairing yours and keep the difference between that and the cost of a new oneO in you r pocket. LAURENS, S. C. SO WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS ~ Coe ab laveya'ou*" ov '*r*'or*", ou n ervonuooer&Bab Joins, alde, a k~e and imadder? Have yo fa~b agpaai otetaco and,""; Attorneys at Law. rne? yo sou Prlico f K ney Pills will WILIAMS MF CO.. Prop . Cleveland. Ohio W patc nal tt ors Laurena. 8. 0. I-ixmni attntnk g miv n ll . bie a. ATTORNEY GENERAL FLAYS CORPORATIONS Thomas. 11. Peoples Strikes at Tole. phone and Telegraph Companlos. Mill Mergers Are Contrary to Law. Columbia, Feb. 15.-Attorney Gener al Thomas H. Peeples in his report to the general assembly flays a number of corporations in this State and makes at special exainiiationi into "trusts and monopolies". le takes the telephone and telegraph companies, calling at tention to "the aprangement between the Western Union and the American Telephone Company with regard to the handling of business for the exclusion of the Postal Telegraph colupatiy," which Mr. Peeples pointed out was a discrimination in favor of the Western Union against the citizens of this State. The attorney general nmade in quiry into the history of the telephone business in this State and reached the conclusion that it is deemed important to immediately bring the necessary proceedings to enforce anti-trust laws in this State with regard to the tele phone and telegraph situation. Mr. Peeples attacks the Southern Power Company and its merger of the wa!ter power n 11 points nit, "It hos been cunrrenty reported that further large ac(uilsition of the powers of this and the neighboring State of North' Carolina has been acquired by this company. Mr. Peeples asks for en aetment of laws with regard to water powers. The attorney general deciares that the merger of cotton mills in this state is contrary to law and says that South Carolina is "a dumping ground of the evil combinations and machinations of people who are engaged in such illegi timate enterprises, and which in effect and policy is denounced by our law. "In conclusion I beg to say that with regard to the matters thus brought to your attention the inves tigations suggested will entail a vast amount of labor, trouble and care. lPor such work the State necessarily -:nust prop ide, and if our citizens are to be 'protected, if our laws are to be enforced, if our liberties are to be preserved, I can not and do not hesi tate to say to the people of South M.r olina who have ever been willing to sacrifice both blood and treasure in their protection and the prevention of such wrong that the general assem bly of this state will appropriate such reasonal)le) amounts for such necessary expenditure as will enable the law of ficers of tile state, charged with such duty and who are willing to perform their duty, to proceed at once with the energ y and <lispia tci with the proper financial means to see that these things do not. and shall not take place and be fostered within the limits of this :tate." - - __ _ * NEWS FROM YOUNGS. * Youngs, Fob. 16.-Mr. .1. J. Manly and children have mease, 111s danughiter, Mrs. Wingo, is seriousty ilt withi it. Messrs. Au.dtin Abercrombie, Jno. Burdett, N. C. Smith and Roy Smith called to see 'Mr. Manly yesterday af ternoon. * Several pu pita have stoipped school oni account or measles-some for hay inF it, others forgear of being exi)osed to the disease. Mr. Rlobt Stewart andh 'family of Lanford, spent yesterday with Mrs. Stewart's mother, Mrs. M. A. Aber' Miss Oti5 Glenn spent Thursday night with Miss Arzonie Bobo.. Miss Arzonie Bobo visited the Miss . Glenn Saturday. Mrs. Austin Abercromble visited Mrs. W. 0. Sutton Thursday. Miss JTessie flurdett spent yesterday with Miss Erin Abercrombie. There was a party at Mr. E. Mi. Cox's Saturday night. A nice time was reportedi. The following young peolte were present: Messrs. DeWyatt Glenn, Clyde Gltenn, Raymond Cox, Frank Cox, Roy Smith, W. WV. TBurdett, Irving anld .Jasper Owens, Carroll and Gaston Abercrombie, Alvin' Riddle andI Lewis H-ammett; Misses Lucite andit ,Jenness C'ox, Erin andl Mande Aber cromlie, Lee and Otis Glenn, Emma May and .Jessie flurdett, andt Arzonie hobo. Also Mr. and Mrs. E. h. Garrett. Little Clara Abercrombie is sick at this writing. IhEAD) WIEi"ED UP? Ilyarmel Oives Instant lBetlef If suffering from cold -or catarrh causing dull headaches or an itchin~g and burning sensation in the nostrils, surely 'try Hy mei. It gives quick- ef fective atidpy rmianent reliqf or mhoney roffinded ~yflaurens Drug Co It goes right to ti spot--you feel better in five minuteW. No roundabout mebhod of stomach dosing with Hlyomei--youl breathe it. This health-giving mediciltion goes di rectly to the inflamed membrane, all irritation and congestion is quickly re lieved, the delicate tissues healed and vitalized Hlyomeci should tie in every house hold. IJruggist everywhere sell it. Ask for tihe compllete ouitfit-$.00 size. 'Watch for thle serial story beginning next week "The Vallamnts of Virginia." e o * * * * * . *- *e e * * * " - * Ferti jer Prices and Their * * ClIangr. * " .. " * *" " " . " " To the 'Editor of The State: I have been making a quiet investi gation of fertilizer prices and think the time is ripe to make public some of the facts as I find them and to con ment on them. First, I am reliably in fonmed that no quotations on mixed fertilizers would be made by any man ufacturer until a certain date, when all of ithem in the Carolinas and Gedr gia put out the same prices. Hoping to be able to buy cheaper direct from the manufacturers, I asked for prices from reputable firms in Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington. There was not a variation of a nickel a ton on anything from nitrate of soda down to acid phosphate. All had a Novepi ber 1 and 15 and December 1 price with 6 per cent. off for orders of 40 tons or more, and 5 per cent. off for cash May 1, with 7 per cent, for cash before May 1. Two salesmen came to my house to sell me and two 'not me in Sumter. hlut as all had the same -prices and dis counts, it was not a question of price, but of .which brand adr salesman one liked -best. It was stated by each that the prices named me were as low as any merchant or dealer anywhere could secure. It made no difference as to quantity, so it 'was more than 40 tons. Last Friday I met a sales man to try to make a purchase for the Farmers' union, but when these facts were explained to the members and corroborated by others in the meeting we decided as there was nothing to be gained by a consolidation of business each man would buy where It suited him best. That night, after I left Sulm ter, I was told by a reliable jobber that there had been a cut of a dollar or two on the ammoniated mixtures and 50 cents a ton on acid phosphates. This was again reaffirmed to me to night. lie states that irices are up $1 to $1.50 per ton above last year on the ammoniated mixi tres, and that he told the manufacturers' a.vents at the be ginning of the sea'son that they would have to cut. Another very into:esting phase of the matter is that 16 per cent acid is quoted at $8.50 f. o. b. Charleston, Sa vannah or Wilmington, and $9.50 for 12 per cent kainit for cash, while the cash prices of the fei'tilizer compan ies are much more. One salesman said lie did not see how it could be done. Taking the ver best time prices .undo me by a dealer, better than the ;:ices by the manufacturers, I found that on a hill of 15 tons.kainit, iS tons reid phosphate and six tons nitrato of ,'asla the farmer for whom I wa figu.r ing had traded seed for meal he would sive $95.-10 to borrow the money at the" bank at X per (cnt. ami pay cash for his kainit, acid and soda. On h1is - Id he would save $37.50, or $2.50 per t'n, on his kainit $22.50, or $1.50 per ton, and on his soda $35.40, or nearly ,6.00 per ton. But ale could not make any such sayvi9 by paying cash to the manufacturers, unless price cutting gets to be geneAti and active. I see that the farmers around Cedar Springs, in Spartanburg county, have made a careful investigation of the fertilizer situation and their conclu sions are the same~s mine, viz., that if there is not a trust there certainly is a gentleman's agreement to make an abnormal profit on fertilizers, mod. ifleb only 'by the dlemand of the farm era to dlo without unless prices are made more nearly to correspond with the prices of the ra'v material. In one way the farmers and the fertilizer meon are antagonistic, but in the broader sense their intcrcsts are mutual. , Prosperous fertilizer manufacturers do not mean prosper ouis farmers, if extortionate -prices of fertilizers, make the manufacturers' prosperity. But prosperous farmers do make for a prosperous fertilizer trade on a smaller margin of profit. The intrest~s of the many farmers are of more importance to the county at large than the exorbitant profits of thme few wuho are In the fertilizer~ trade. It is important that this inatter be looked into right a'way, and I would suggest that you invite the giving of information b~y every one . who can throw lidht on the subject, for farm ers are nowv making their cottracts andi while a few big farmers may se cure sonmc robates, the great mass of the farmers, who are l'ess able to af fords the loss, will be made to pay too mu6h'' for their fertilizers. As it seems to be well nigh impossible to organize the farmers to meet these very condi tions in the cotton and fertilizer trade, the niext best thing is piublicly anid an open discussion of the merits of the situation in the newsp'apers. E. W. Dabbs, President South Carolina F'armers' Union. Prontion. W. Ei. Burns, formerly section hand, is now second hand in carding at the Watts Mills, of Lauretys. 'The position was made vacant when D. L. Boul ware was madle overjmeey of carding. ~.Aniot-hern Teaxtlen Bulletin.* There's SHot Time D In the Old Town of Laurens Now. Sungby J. C. Burns & Company to the Tune of Red Hot Prices. We admit it's a little warm for the other fellois buit we are singing just the same. RED HOT SALE PRICES . $1.00 bottle 3 B. B. B. for the Blood .. ......... ...79 0 $1.00 bottle 3 S. '. S. for the Blood .. ........ .. .79 $1.00 bottle Electric Bitters (build you up) .... .... .79 $1.00 bottle Squaw Vine for Women .... .... ..79" D $1.00 bottle Cod River O il (build you up)..........79 $1.00 bottle MElorees Wine of Cardui, for ,women .... .79 $1.00 bottle Beef Wine and Iron( best tonic) .... .... .79 $1.00 bottle Hoods Sarsaparilla (for the Blood) .... .. .79 $1.00 bottle Warner Safe Cur. .... .... ......... .....79 $1.00 bottle :Mystic Wine of Life (dyspepsia and catarrh) .79 $1.00 bottle Paines Celery Compound (nerves) .... .. .79 * $1.00 bottle Stuarts Biuchu and Juniper (kidneys) .... .79 $1.00 bottig Brad fields Female Regulator .. .... .. .. .79 50c bottle 1)r. King's New Discovery (coughs) .... .. .39 50e bottle 1)r: Cheneys Expectorant .... .... .... .. .39 50c hot tle Electric Bitters .... .... .... .... .... . . .39 50e bottle Swamp Root (kidneysi .... .... .... .... .39 5 101e bottle Sloan's Liniment, kills liain ......... .... .39 I I 50e bottle W arners Saf'e Cure .... .... .... .... .. .39 50e bottle Groves Chill Tonis ................... .. .39 5D e holie Tyners 1)yspepsia lenedy .... .... .... .. .39 0c bottle Lemon Elixir, laxative .... .. ............ .39 50c bottle California Fig Syrup .... .... .... ....... .39 50c bottle 1)odsons Liver Tone .... .... .... .... .. .39. N 35 bottle Fletchers Castoria .... .... .. ...... .... .29 25e bottle healing Oil .... .... .... .... ........ .19 25( bottile Goose Grease liniment (cures all aches and p~ains) .... ......... .... .... .... .... ..........190 25c, hot tle Mothers Joy Salve (cures croup and pneu monia) .................................. .19 25e bottle Chamberlains Cough Remedy .... .... .... .19 25e bottle Chamberlains Pain Balm .... .... .... .. .19 25c bottle Chamberlains Diarrhoea Remedy .... .. .. .19 25c bottle Winslows Soothing Syrup .... .... ..... .. .19, 25e bottle Stuarts Baby Colic Remedy .... .... .... .19 25e bottle Bells Pine Tar and IHoney, cough .... .... .19 25e package Black Draught .... .... ............. .15 25e bottle Cheneys Expectorant, whooping cough~. .... .15 $1.00 package Black Draught......... .... .... .... .69 250 package Kelleys Egg Producier .... .......... ...19 25e package Barkers Ilorse and Cattle Powder .... .. .15 25e package Simmons -Liver Regulator,........... .19 fl25 p~ackage'lBucklins liidney Pills .... .........-......19-N 25e package 'Tutts Pills ... . .. .... .... .... .... .19 25e package Compound Cathartie Pills .... .... .. .19 25c package Pinkhams Liver Pills .... .... .... .... .19 2 packages (Se) Chewing Gum .... .... .... .... .. .05 lNine Candies (worth 15e to 20e lb) .... .... .... .. .10 1 0c plub S. & (3. and Red Jay Tobaco .... .... .... .08 5 Lord Calvert. Cigars for .... .... .... ...... .10 0 Pl iedmont and Sovereign Cigarettes .... .... ........ .04 15e plug Tobacco, Sullivans T. C. D. .... .... .... ...10 1. plug Tobacco, Sullivans No. 1 .... .... .... .... .10 10 t hot t le Lemon, and Vanilla Extracts .... .... .... .07 0 3 eckes (Se) Toilet Soap for .. .... .... .... .... .. -.10 1 nkes (5c) Toilet Soap. Buttermilk .... .... ....10 D ar 10e (Ca ke Toilet Soa p ........ .... .... .07 10e box Shoe I'olish .... .... ...... .... ...... . .07 7 packages (S ) W ashing I'owler .... .... .... .. .25 10 boxes (Se) Mlatehes .... .... .... .... .... .... .25 1 inn Pink Salmon .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .08 cae kes best L~aunilry Soap .... .... .... .... .... .25 4 packages (Sc) Lump Starch .... .... .... .... ...15 4 packages (Se) Celluloid Starch .... .... .... .... .15 3Sc Brooms, elean sweep sale .... .... .... .... .... .25 25e Buggy Whip .... ......--............ .... .2 50c Buggy Whip ......... .....y....... ...........35 75e Buiggy Whip.-..--.--......./. .... ............57 $1.00 Buggy Whip ................ ..... .... .....75 24) Nutmegs.----.---.----.-....... ......... .......05 12 cakes Polo Soap -- --.... ...... . ..... .25 08 balls Sewing Thread.----..--........... ...........05 10 packages (full 1 lb p~kgs.) Soda ......... .... .....25 c ans Good Luck lBaking Powder.---. ... .. .. .. ....15 10e can Good Luck Baking Powder ......... .... ..,.7 13 'atisfaction Sox ..........,............ .......08 25eMisesand1 Boys Black Cat Hose..... .... .... .. .13 1, lo Men'es Suit Vest, worth 75e to $1.50, chaice ......25N D Umbrellas, sale.-.--.-.-.-..--.......... ......25 to 1.19 1 lot Children 's Knit Pants, worth 25e a pair .... .. .10 I I lot Men 's Leggings, worth 50e a pair, sale ...........15 I 10e special lot Tin and Agate Ware, sale price .. .. .....08 I 25e Agate Ware, your choice of the lot, sale price ......19 I $1.00 Alarm Clock, sale price .... .. ...... 5 $1 .00 Watch, sale price..--..-.--.-.-.-...........63...... D Spciail, one table fpil of Shoes, worth $2.00 up to $3.50, f -(elean sweep............'---------..----.......148 lac LmnenisCellars.....-.'.-''.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-1.. 1 25e Rubber Collars ...... .... ......... .... ..'....15 Se cake Soap...............--- --- ... ........03 $1.001 pair Jicd Blankets ..........,........ .... ..'8 N $1.50 parr Bed Blanigets, heavy.-..-..-..-..-.. ......1.0 10e bottile Machine .OilI----.----.----.----.... .....0 144 Shirt Buttons...---.----.----.----...... .... 0 0 35 Eih Di Clock .... ......... ......... ....'.1.903 10lep plug Tobae~o .... ......... ... ..,. ,... ... -0 II ~ Buy Now---Big February Sale f N ~ ONLY 10 MORE DAYS N J.C.Burns &Copn ~210West Laurens St. Lauren., South Carolina Time For Cleaning Streams In Lan- law, digring the period beginning the rens County. .lrst day of February and ending the State of South Carolina, last dqgy of Marclr, and that they shall County of Laurens. ' again be cldaned within the period be Pursuant to an Act of the Oe%'ral ginning the fifteenth day of July n sAssembly of South Carolina th efor endihg the thirty-first day of Augut. Beo it resolved, by the B rd of charge of and es ae 'hers otin County Commissioners of I urens and'requiredJ to crea herb nted Coluwty, In the State afo1'esa , that within the above namedheiosram the following periods b~e and tjl same Done at Laurens S. C, in '~gu are hereby fixed for the ele ning of aamtal mleeting this 8th "day o Jan streams within said county for and nary, A. D. 1914. during thre year A. D. 191w, to wit: Attest: H. D. HIUMDICRT, That all streams within said county J. D. MOCK, Suevi shall be ceaoned out, as required by Clerk of the Board. 28pr -sQt