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* * * * ** * * .. *.. , , ,* * * Local and Personal Mention. * * * * * * S * S 5 5o . . . . . . . Mr. J. 'C. Grant, of Mountville, was a visitor in the city Saturday. Dr. J. L. Fennell, of Waterloo, was here on business Saturday. I 'Mt. Joe "M. Pearce, of Waterloo, was a visitor in fihe city Saturday. Mr. Wr. (; Cek, of Prinecton, was a visitor In the city yesterday. Mr. S. J. Avery, agent for the Greenville News, is out. again after be in it ik [Ic I e've'ral II'ks. . hirs. R. .I I Be tzi spent several (h'Ys in tH! (.!lIv las't Week with her d r Y . illierson. Air.||. r 4 h ni ti f r En-, h v '.- 's to buy iprin 1 til ( 1 - - . I. r:: 'T i i ') I lalrl: ifh', xwro M1r. .." i h cepted ie p.a.. . . .f out id o - inl ()n]( (I! the- c. olln n il . \l.\\'ill ! )It, who Iw een wor0k ing at1 mnw I' 111 th g o rnm ent'l oencampl nmonts, is spllIdiig some time in, the eity wih h his atit, \Irs. Tucker. Miss Frances Davis returned to the city Sunday after spending a few days at Trenau College aid at Atlanta with her friend, .\iss tetrel Smith. Misses VirginfIa Barksdale and Jo sephine linight, )who are attending 0. W. C. at Greenville, spent the week-end at home with their parents. Messrs. M. L. Roper, T. 0. McAlister and Miss I3essie Crews leave this week for New York to buy spring stocks for the iDavis-Roper Company. Mr. J. N. Wright is again on the streets after having been confined to his home for several weeks on account of influenza. Dr. W. C. Thompson is reported very sick at his home in the Fork section of tho county. His many friends hope for his early recovery. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bennett enter tained the pastor and deacons of the First Baptist church at a beautlfull' appointed supper yesterday evening. -Mrs. It. A. McCraken and little daugliter, of Augusta, have returned home after a visit to ])Ir. and Mrs. R. R. Walker. 'Mrs. 1). G. tuekman has returned to her home at Staunton, Va., after spending several weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Machen andI other rela tives. Miiss Tiarriett Simpson wvent up to Greenville last Wednesday wher'e she .iotned se'verai other01 fr'iends11 and at tended the performance of "Pom lPom" at the theatre. MIr. C. E]. Wood, maniager ofi thle drvy goods dieia rtmen(l~t of the Wellis Cla rdy store, has bceen spendling several dhays at (Gastoniai, N. C., 01n aCCOunht or t he Seriouis iln~ess of hiis fat her. Thei' frienids oif .\1. WA. V. Sloani arte glad to see him out again after hiaviig been coin iced' to his home for se. tion upon01 lils eye5. 'I'r T irner and1( Earlt .\iaritin, Gilbert M. Tyler andI Alle Leo Ford ('d ovr to I I reen'Iliwoodi~i aturday15 and11 tpenit t' wee'k-nid'withtl ielat Ives anti fiend~s. MIiss F'ann to Beoulware has return red to her dthils at the p)0st hospital, Fort Ca welt, N. C., aifterI 1t iptndlng a fewv weeks' furlough with Mr'. and Mrs. V. M. Smith. The many friends of Mr'. C. W. Mc Cirav~y wer'e glad to see him out agalin last week iift'i lhe hiad been conflned to his home for some time on account of influenza. Trhe other members of his family weire still unable to be0 out. The many fiends of Mr. Fr'ank Chappell, former clerk at tihe Laurens Hotel, were glad to see him in the city again this week. Mr. CThappell huas recerntly received his discharge' from the army and has accepted a place ait the .Je'otne Hotel in Columbia. Lieut. D). H. Sullivan, who has been at Fort Sill in the "School of Fire" for tho past several months has received ris honorable discharge from the ser vice and is at home again with his piarents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Sullivan, On Soiuth Hlarper street. Lieut. Joe I". Smith has accepted a position wvith the Whlartoli Clotintg Company Iwhichi will open1 for bus1i ness here very shortty. Lieut. Smith will einter upon0' his dluties immledliate ly after he secures his dliehlargc, which lie thinks will take plo:'e in a very short whie, lie will be glad to have his friends call upon01 him iln his now place of husiness. 'D1. and Mrs. J. H. Teague entertain ed a few friends at dinner last Wed nesday in honor of Mr. Hugh Aiken who has. recently returned from Ni agara Falls, N. Y., where he .has been an inspector of chemicals in one of the large explosive, plants making shells for the use of Uncle Sam's sol diers in France. Mlss Kate Wofford, of Madden Sta tion, was a visitor in the city Satur lay. Miss Wofford, 'who has been at tached to the olllee of Itear Admirai M eG(owan in Wshingtonx for several 11o1ths, ha nec((1 ed a plice a" se retary tt slup eit rinitclient of sco ols inl Colmnihial il( expvets to eniter III on he". dItie c in a few das. st r 11m had clo d the SirrX.utlil s i iy d I ..... j. 1hinil h1:; 1u1 to 11 :1 ppeni . . tiguiI I i rli'(el. as i 1 was ex 1p l1(i wod11 1 I; hear'. befo w -i n sh1114ied il1s rav . 'I'ie pol icemi ei sat (Iitet ly at th eir post and- Na waited d Ievel opment Is. Ithe flgi "I eintered the coal hinl. whleh halpilenld not to be lockled. tilled a Sack full of coal, and 'arried it outside and piaced it. 11pon tlie ground. Here it .was left. bult not long. To be sire that nobody would see, the figure walked up the alley to the corner of the Enterprise National Bank and then, thinking that all was clear, returned and started home with the precious load. But, "Al"! As the detective story would run, something was due to happen and did happen. Policemen Sullivan and Pitts stepped out ilpon the scene, just as the gure was about to pass Counts's stable. "Whon andl what have we here," qioth they. "Methinks," says Policeman Sullivan, "I have seen thee before". And lie had. It was Will liTdgens on his way home with some of The Advertiscr's coal. Will was carried to the lock-up and at high noon was brought before Ills Honor iwhere lie plead guilty to a charge of Petit larceny and received a sentence of $15 or thirty days. COLD POINT NEWS. * ('old Point, F'eb. 10.-The tiu sItua.1 liIon Is imuich imprmoved here. Scarece 13y a famIly but what some) 01ne was1 is bk andl in mtan 11'(ases hineumon11ia dleve(loped,. but1 we are I hankfiul that there wvere bitt few dealths. Tw~o in dii stri'ous ne(grtoes, a fathIer and son, died -wthlin a few dars apart, Hlenry So' ton and i hi 'son d d. Nrarly ev i'ryouie in Mi'. .fob a euy Nelo''i' funiIly hiad the I! ui but we1 are glad toi r11l l ar up' ~ nowll. inr. Wle hopui he w. ll sooni lie In jaood, hca lth again. MisNitna liiin1nnt a ft er slentding a week wit h i, 'lvih I' Ne'wherry, Is at rome. Dr1. L. D. Bass Is back from flar wvell, whtere hte ha s been for01 some time1 on business. Mr's. E'i nna Leak e ki1110d a finte htog last sweek. It weilthed ovetr 300 lbs at eightt months old1. Miss jila Hornl. of Newherry, spent Iast week at the homett of Mr. 0. C. Duncan. Messrs.. Br111s Nelson and .James Muindy arme home from camps, htaving becen dischiarged. Mt'. John PD. Huntei. of Batrksdale, was htere on business Thursday. Mr'. Byon Nichols is at Boelton, put ting. up the "Libeirty Cotton Chtop Mr. HT. F. Wheeler was in Green iwoodl last week on bur'iness. Mr. T. M. Cuninghaml and Tom Dun can motored to (Greenw',ood Thursday. Mi';s Ethel Medde'n and little sisters, from Florida, are v'siting relatives here. Last ('nil (i'r irates. lEdltrr The Ad' w : ill y'ou piP'" ' 'j h e attentti ni ' your' 'eader" to I t'Ihiat the "' Dew' rt'lent or' ' Wi re htas or ''' ed I' time f ~ , for n!t r' of 550d 4 All c' ion or' 1 Feibr'i'ry iS "-"' - ited. Tlamorge' I' -t'ration A e COUNTY DELEGATION PROVIDES FOR ROADS (Continued from Page One.) Township ............ 250.00 Magistrates: City of INuirels, Laurens Tolwnshlip --........... 500.00 Town of Clinton, Iiunter' Townsrip ............ 400.00 Towl of Waterloo, Waterloo Twnship.. .. ............200.00 Fruffletowi Township .. .. 150.00 ",ross. IIill, Cr~oss I till Town hip.. .................... ii.0.0 Y 'sTownship Ii.. .. .. ...15.00 -1 Tlow nshi p. .. .. .. .. 105.01 n'd. Tow shi' 17.( T*1'a ol e- epi174 oluimbia. .'S. C................0 0 Intrest oliComt td;tdi-s flie.. ... ......... ..,00.0 Six lira1l P)oi(c(iei at $1.000.00 ea28......... ,000.00 iform ;l end, itipment for rural00 oiemen... ....417g iome ademons ra ion 'work . . 750.00 Interest on County Indebtedness: -fitr b on current loans, in a nticipation of collection of taxes.- --.........2,800.00 hridges, bonds, interest $22, 250.00, sinking fund $1 095.50.--.-.--............34750 TRailroad bonds.--.... .....5,777.50 Jail bonds, interest and sink ing fund, one-halt mill fixed by Act.--.--.. .......3690.00 To the Farm Demonstrator of Laurens.-.-.-. --.. .....200.00 Sec. 2. That this Act shall go Into effect immediately upon its approva' by the Governor. Gov. Cooper Here. Gov. R. A. Cooper spent the week end in the city with his family. The governol'r was looking well and ap peared to be standing up well under the strain of office. Ife had no par fieuilar interview to give out, for pub lieatIon except to urge all farmers and business men to be in Columblia Thursday to attendl the cotton confer ence. Suit Cases alhid I [andl (ips in gen tlne leather. S. .\. & TC. II. WILKTS & CO. White Sale. by l(ings I~uDagters. Th le local chi~Oof r of lihe 1 Ninags D):,ughters~ will hold a white sale in I he old fled Crao' room Saturi day, to wV~hih the pubihli( ii ('ordiailiy invitedl. In conniectioni with tih' sale sandl wiehos', ehocol'l rOd (offee1 will Ihe 11ih line of lIu andu Art Sqtuares to a rriv'' this w'eek. S. .\. & k. lI. \\lTKle & CO. GIrn-a's Tasteless chili Tonic ' rceos vitnllt y and '*n,-rgy br pusrifying and c.. ricing thet blood. Youenne sn feel itsi Stre'ngI h SIGH-T OF FOOD MAD)E H-IM SICK D)readeltd for maul time to comei' thouight of food naiuiseited lhim. D)re (c( hais relieved this serious (case of stoachel trouble. "I almost dlreaded for meal time to conme, the sight of food, the vmt thughat oif eating, nauiseatedl me," writes Mr. C. F. Shoaf of 709 Calhoun St., Columbia, S. C. "For montihs I have had a bad case of gastritis andl my stomach seemedl in ocapable of dligesting what I ate. I'd have pains and mty stomach would be come distended from gas. Severe head achies often attacked me, and consti pation was a sourco of daily annoy ance. I had tried'most of the popular ly advertised remedlies without much good result, but as soon as I began on Dreco, I knew it wasI different for I felt the effects immediately. It sooth ed my stomach and neutralized that acid gas condition. I now go to the table as regularly on anybody and en joy my meals thoroughly, and have no had offeets afterwards. The constipa tion is relieved and I haven't had a hondnehe since I finished the first hot tie. Dreco is a fine meiine and T erladly give a public endorsement of it.", Dreeo, made froni the juices of of roots, hierb'i barksu and beorries, Peems to corphine wvith the secretions ef thn stnre h "'nd produce remark o hle results. T t is now sold by all Food druiggiste' throughout the coun try and is hi~hly recommended in Tan aue by l'aur'ens nrug C. TRUNKS Hand Bags and Suit Cases Just Arrived---Splendid Quality---Low Prices. The Iline we arxe --hown ith best you will f ind a. nywhere and includes genuine Leathier Bags and Suit Cases, Fibre Covered Steamers~% and. Trns swlas the Lower Priced Styles. If you expect to purchase any of these articles you will do well to come now and make your selection from our present stock. S. M. & E. H. WILKES & COMPANY LAURENS, S. C. O. B. SIMMONS' MUSIC STORE Pianos, Organs and Talking Machines. This Harmograph Plays all Records. The price is only WILL T? \D7 R FBERTY BONDS Res pectfu'll , LAURENS, S. C. Meeting of U. 1). C. - Smhings Company (t al, D chairs, Iwo 'Te J. 11. Kevrshtawv ('lai)tcr, '. I). c. IM will hold a meeting Th u rsday after - and pilim's, piano, (I lmes il th 11ot ('II Iitle I (1 ie, datedI I)ec. stm-s 1 . hIigiit0' 151 ae l ntooni at tlree-thirtty o'clock with Mr. I will at plblic otcry board, knis, eo, tsoos, am Birooks Swygert. lo the i attest bidder, at the hot c, etc. Hia rris Fqp inugs, S. C., onl Feb. 201 b, Torlms of sale: Cash Pulrchlasers to Secou siecal ales1919, coinisenclug at 11 o'clock A. .1., remflove their ipoperty or I)urlimases it See our special values in Oak Buf- an continuing intil the sale shall once. fots. have been completed, the following dc- W. C. WIIAIITON, S. M. & 1.,. H-. WILKES &1O. 5(PhC llOlelty, to wit: Wyitorlo() F. C. oevr Beds, springs, mattresse, bureaus, .hlan. hast 1919. 29-3t FINAL SETTLEMENT.--u . sa rd e 'ake notracn that odr the Cth day of Mharc,, 1919, 1 rwiiil render a final ac-b eomrnt of. my actli and doings as Adiluin itratorof the estate of Ahanda Va t hE, eT Hazel deceried, In the oCice of tohefFNalO: EST re T Jutdge of, Probate of Laurens County,As th wio wohadr nfom erplcs at 11 o'clock, ar in., and op te samn romer olces (lay will. apply for a final discharge the profits that sweeten her tears and soften her from nmy trust as Administrator. da road; akher children who can feel in th1ose Any person Indebtedi to saiti estate haTs Is notified and required to make pay- profits the loving hand of a father still stretched nont on that date, and all personsthe s having claims -against said estate will ouopoet n i he ;'~ h huarpo preeent them on or before saidl date, good men Who pay their premi1u ms year af ter year duly proven or he forever barred. ri fe l the great peace and owmfort that follow RICITAUDI 1). HTlAA,,lvngaprto Administrator. 'ri bed footsteps of devotion ardlovn. ap'i Feb. 5, 1919, 29-5t r-a gs, m THEM if Life Insuran.3 is an investment Take_ noAtha as an inspiration. S NOTICE OF ender a fn ac State of South Csarolins as.Admin isstrtor;of te estte o AmaoreV County of gaurens Agent Jefferson ofLife D g COURT OF COmnON PthASame Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company ht alv Plaintiffs, against s aril