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
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* 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."
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* Ferti jer Prices and Their *
* ClIangr. *
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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