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OPERA HOUSE COMING WEEK SHOWS OF MERIT. THURSDAY, JAN. 2 "THE TWO OEPHANS" Featuring Theda Bara. 10and 1 F IDAY, JAN 3 "TRE BONDMAN" With William Farnum in the leading role. 10C and Wac SATUIljDAY, JAN 4 "TIE WOMAN IN THE WEll" Episode Number 18 -and "CANPON ROMANCE" Two-reel Western play. -also "iNELWSPA PEi1I CLIPPINGS" A Triangle Comtedy. .\IONI)\Y, .lAN 6 ('11.\ iti 'll \ 'LI in "S 1101,'1,1- :{ .\ lci S" also- - T ' 15 e all(t -orand Tl' CSiA\\, .I.AN. 7 (' U11AN1 ( TR AER.T in. "A eit',Derli A t l S" -also "1.\Al ill A~ (A F 3M.ADE" the a m ..oc ' Wi01)NICSI) Y, .1 . 8 Eilsode ' . 18. -and "TH'IE HlUMAN TlIGAER" A .Western story ---also "A WA1T'ElIS HALL" A Triangle Comedy 10C and 15c CLIP THIS PROGRAM OUT FOR YOUR GUIDE. Our Motto-"Nothing Too Good For Laurens. FEEL MISERABLE FROM -THAT COLD? Colds and coughs are quickly relieved by Dr. King's New Disco y Nobody should fee "perfectly nit erable" from a cold, c ugh or bron at attack for very long. 'or it tak onl a little while to rehec e 't an et bac~ on the road to re very ien Dr. King's New Disco cry s faithfully us8ed. It SOOnl loose s e phlegmree lieves irritation, soo es the parched, sore throat, brings comfort. Half a century old and mnore popular today than ever. At all druggists. Make Your Bowels Behave Make them function with gratifying precision. If regulation of the diet docs not relieve their torpidity Dr. King's New Life Pills will. They are perfect bowel trainers, cleanse the system surely, comfortably. This Is Better Than Laaive~s Ono NiR Tatlet Cach N'ightFo A Wook Will Corrcot Ycur Ccnotipstoa and Mako Coneteant Doinig Unnocos., isry. Try It. P'oor digestioni radt assimliationt mfean n* ptorly noutrish I hody anal clogged bowels, fernwn, tilon, patr~I factjin andtt the formiation1 o' po.io.. a, gases whieh tar ab~sorbe~d by tihe lod anti carriled thirou:Th, thto >y. The result ita weal:ncss haeadach.eo, diSzzinessl, coa ted tonaguo, 1- '1ctI-; hiv , builous attacks, io:s of ot argy, nrv OUsness,:? ptoor appotite, 1: poverti~he blood, saillow comnp1loxion, p ztples :-: dihseaseo, and oftLen times orlou.t 11' Ordinnry laxativeus, purge. and c thartken--sal ta, o;!:t, caicaci and m. like-many rcellevo fcr a fewv hi ur, >.at real, lasting bonoflt can ot c >m:o through Uno of' medicine tha onen utp ail strongtheini the di--st o ta well as the eliminativo organt. Cot a 230 b)ox of Naturo o Reamcc!: (Nit Tobleto) . n:1 tal:o onto te'let. e:e nilght for a wVe<! . 1Relief wi]l fo'.ow the very first dose, but a few dayn wvill elapso before you feel andi realiiua tho fullest benefit. Vihen you giL stralghitened (out and feel jtust rigt asaI ft you need niot tv-ke medcinot~ every day-an occasion-.1 Nit T: !c. will tihen keep your syst:,.. in goodi cotndltion anti yout will n'.wayn feel your best. Rlemnember, kenping well i.t eantior antd ceaper thaun gettintg well. Naturo's Flemrnuy (Nit Tablets) nro 51old guarntendt~t( and recomniudedi by youI dr'" L A URENS DRUG CO. LETTER FRC Laurens, S. C., December, 30, 1918. To the Public: The contract between the City of Laurens and Reedy River Power.Com pany will expire on' the 8th of Janu ary. The City and Power. Co. have disciussed making a new contract and the editor of this paper has been kind enough to offer us his columns for any statement we might desire to make: and for this we thank him. It Is a long story and somewhat technical, but I will be as brief as possible. Let's everyone get posted and un derstand the facts and there will re main no ground for criticism. The great trouble is that the public does not got possession of all the facts. For example, it is stated Iin the paper that.M r. Philpot said power could be generated from $17.00 to $1S.00 per 11. P.. hut that he did not know ,what this inctlided. .\ r. Phil pot Iad ref erenceo to ntionl lidlis opet -aling.. 10 hmimrs pei day: Ibesidef that, li-, riate w S om indefiino it amou,: ha use it a ii leni led hs w w h ir th t '' ",w r P'. Tlhis referis to) 21 htour lun, of' r. \ihout fear (of ctl Iiltict lon 1 ray tle (ity has made handsome pro fit out of tile contract every. year if are light a h( yildralnt prot ection i counted, Now, soletimlle since, the City re (tlested the Power ''o. to make a pro poIti; on. We told tihe ofilelals we pre fer 1d thle City to make its one, and, if they woild inak, theit ftlgre3 right, wlie Would accept tem. We ate In formed that they hair been operating a s'talli engile ilere for Some ilme to run one lum1p at. cost of over $600.00 per month and, no doubt, knew about what. it would cost to operate the plant. At that time tile Power Co. was furnishing current for one elec triC pump, all arn anid invandeseent lhs. ''lev saild they r'ered for us to 'nake a proresition; I went be fore theni and told theim I .d not gotten all the information , l.estred, and that by way of prelliminary, suig gested that our price would not 1b x ceeding e per, K. WV. hoiur and $1,200.10 inllimuml. I explained to them tiat Pcrbaps this looked a little high and probably v.as, but I glve it as a basis. I'ley askedI m1e to write out a con Iract. which I (lid, leaving a' pric v 1b1:111k They later iade nw v propo. fition of $700.00 minimum and 2c per K. W. hour and lreqiested that we turn rvel to the City our motor business till to 12 11. P. Nwas to ther mfotor' bus1iness, we beg to state'we ihave examined the Con Itltution of tile State anid are of opin Ion tihat tile City has 110 Constitutionai rigiht to go into tile power business. Mlany years ago citIes did( not have a righlt to even seil lighlt and -water to Individuals. Later, tile ConstitutIon was changed inl tis resplect, and thley were givent tihe rigiht to Seil lighlt and water, bumt were not aulthorized to sell Power, it will be saidi thlat some townls do meii power. Tis is triue, andt a great many' thlings arc dlone by3 ac 'luiescence or conlsent whii'h are nlot strlictiy iegal. Furltheormore, tile Pow er' Co. having ('reced '( its mlotor' ine an~d bOuighlt trlanlsformers andl( inlstalled ('lst omer0s, etc., and~ hav'in g mlade 00on tcs, anad th Ibe)-'injg stri'(tly3 witfhill Its line0 of ibusilles's, WEf1(1 hugilt in juls liee to ail Pariels we( 'ould n ot. giv( tip tis par t of OurI 115 buiness. lieslides, a1s tile City3 is figuing l wlth the Power (o. Oil a meter blasis, and not1 uipon a peaik lead, it coildit r'e'etve not benelflit fr'oml that kind of a eontrmact, uless it OX) lected to ('arge tilt culstonmrs m/ r'e. Theme's no ist' 1(0111ompliente( 94 at ters, ihaving the C'ity to htuy ipower1 rlom the i~ower Coimany an ld turn'l Ilround( anti retali ft to cuIstomlers, es iel!aly wh ~ien It ihas no0 ('onsf tIttional righlt to dho 50. It wVouldl be necessary ror tile City to make Connlectlonl wvithI the inlcand~esenlt. line0 anld tis ilfne is blelng conlstantiy worked on andt iouild 1not give as conitinuous piower to tile culstomeri aIs we give. Now as to tihe milnium, thlis woldt make10 1( n atei'ial dilfference, lprovidted tile pliant is operated in its usuai norlll1 or(ldinlary way; tbult som11 Conneil milghlt not use tile ar'e lIghts anti, thei'efore, tile P'ower Company wouldi tbe ,withlout protection. A fall' way would be to get tile average lbe tween a wInter and a summerl~l mlonlth. The reasoni that I su~ggested tihe figui'e thlat I did~ wasll to arous tihe town and encourlage it to extend its systent, con nect upl mlOre houses anti give the cit izens a nlew rate for cooking, heating, ironing. washing and kindreti Ppros es. 'At Spartanhulrg th1is r'ate 1s 4e per' K. W. hour. I am to1ld thlere tihat the bili of nan ordinnary amily in ahnut IM MR. DIAL $4.00 to $5.00 -er month; the Cleve land Hote'l uses the current at this figure, hence, it would seem to me that this is a fair price. If the Power Co. makes a contract with the City, its future prosperity would depend very much upon the at titude of the City officials. We did not ask the town to inbrease its rate for light, and do not think it should do so, notwithstanding the present rate is much under the average in the coun try at -large, .but we wanted the town to use more current and accommodate more people. A graduated schedule might be more encouraging and satis factory. Greenwood collects over $500 per month from cooking alone. Green Wood has a cheap contract with a pow er Co. however, for the reason that it was m1iade some twelve years ago. Now as to the trice per K. W. hour. I ami1 told by soilt the best posted men in the count11ry, that a piai, of Ihe sizo niecessary here caln not -oeneratei S Illh,] four it fi k.. %V. :11'd1. i N l ('. itho Vt. . jr the r ':tiling it: (1rr1 l l t 1 - pI r 1. \\. w ,esoll i wollld h t vI' ilittll. 141(n1 - peolet wanit 10 r ('eti for haildling gnods, otiers think 2.~ per cet goo profit and still otlers would like to get 100 Ilir cenlt, and it occuirs to mle if th(, (iy Is getting over 300 ter cen it ought to be satisfied. Certainly there's not mi1uch0 left at the other end of the 'line for the Power Co. In, buyIng current I will be glad for the citizens to consider that on a ietel basis to the custoier who uses at dif feren-t intervals duriig 21 hotrs 1A ilite different fromli a ('ustolliel' who uses it contlninsly. Size of plant, location, local surroundings an( man aging have all to do with the cost of generating power. I have taken the trouble to investigate the cost of gen erating plower by soie municipal owned stean plants and I lind none that are making money and selling Current at thw icle It Is hiere; onl thle Other hand. I hear' of several who are trying to disiose of Iiteir plants to poWet comn tllies, and Ithis is ocu rinug Poinstantly. There are sone inior details that t'e not very Iimportant; will take too mich space to discuss. I will Ie glad to meet the citizens at any tine and Yo Over and give any furtler Inforia ion within my powayqV. There are many risks and uncertalinties in all power 'lants. Ve would not accept a contract of xessive price, and all we ask is what a i'easonable and eqluital'e uinder' all be circumstances. We desire every me1( lposted, so as to act intelligenitly. N. B. DI , For Reedy Ilver Power Co. GIRLS! LEMON JUICE IS SKIN WHITENER iHowi to maitke a creamny beauty lotion for a few eents. Thle juice of' two fresh lemons st rain od into a bottle contaIning thr'ee ounc es of orchard white niakes a ~yhole liuarter pinlt of the nost r'en kabile lemon skIn beautiilel at ah the cost ane must pay for sn' Jar' of the or'd inary col4(d creat 5. 'are'( shoulId lhe takenu to straaini the ton ju ice tltroulghi t Ine cloth s no emon101 pll gets ini, theni thtis lot Ion villI keep fresh for mionths. l';ver'y woman knowvs that tlmon~l j tice Is used to bleach anld re mioive such bl em ishies as fr'ecklIes, sal low ness a nd 1tha and is 'the ideal skint softentetr, wIt enter and beaut ifIer. .1tIst try' It! Get thr 1ee ouncl(es of 1)recharid whItit e at any dru'tg stole and10 two I tmonls from thIe grocer antI make Ill) a tluar'terl pint of this sweolly fra t'atit lemon lot Ion anad niassage It Iail 'Into t he face, nieck,* arms andl 'Itat Ion for' LettIers of Admnnistration11 State oif Soth ('artolhlia, CounllIity of laturens. H y 0. (. i'Tomipson. Probla te J udge: WVher'eas .\igare't Mtot te imade sutit o mie, to grtant her lket ters of AdmIiin lstr'atilon of thle l0state ntiid effcct s of W. 13. .\lotte. Tihese ate I eorefor'e, to clle anti admnonish all a d sintgula',.kh( kindrted antd creditor's f the( - WV. It. Mot te dleeasedl, tha lth ie and a ppear lie fore tme. ' In Court of Prh'loat e, to be held at I rents C'out tIIlouse, 12aut rens, S. C., oni the 10th tday of .1 lnu a ry, 1919 ne x t, afteri pl Iicat ion haere of, at 1I o'clock it thle foirenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why thle saidl Adminitrat in shtould not be granted. GiIve uinder my hand th s27th (lay of D~ecemnber Anno Domini 1918. 0 . (1. TloMP'SON, 2-1-2t J. P. L,. C. TiA 1toND IIRANDA Sn.ete ai o tsgyEr nif l'ills In ied and (old meitaile''J yeSsknownlS~t,t.Safest, Aiway~Scelibe SOLD BY DRUOGGISTS EVERYWHERE To Our Friends and Customers Everywhere We are truly very grateful for the wonderful business given us during the past year, and especially during the Holiday season, and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for it. We hopc this Christnmas has been a n erry one for y11ou, and that it hasI brougtyou 111 tle b ',j promise you tl best goods the u. V affords, and the .)est service we know how to give. Again thanking you for your pc ronage, and hoping to merit at least a large portion of yo business this year, we are Very s nce Minter Company Department Store ON CASH BA SIS On account of shortage of cler ical help and the high prices we are having to pay for cotton seed and labor, we are forced to turn our products into cash as quick as possible. So we are selling meal and hulls FOR CASH ONLY. PRICES ON HULLS AND MEAL Hulls . . . . . $1.00 per hundred Meal . . . . . . $2.75 per sack Llaurens Oil Mill