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VELVETY SKINL WHITEN THAN SNOW IN SEVEN DAYS * New Preparation Known as a . Williams Superior Skin gl Whitener-W Clear up Your "w Skin, Keep It Soft And Fair. st to Will Positively Remove Tan Freekles In 7 Days. If It Fals el Your Money Will Be Refunded. ri This preparation is a now scientific et discovery guaranteed not to harm the ci most delicate skin. Williams Supor or Skin Whitener is the only ptepara tion of it:; kind on the market. It is ti quick and delightful in its effects and tr Will not harm the most delicate skin. er Be sure to specify Williams Super for Skin Whitener. You can secure t the genuine Williams Superior Skin W 'Vhitener at Laurens Drug Co. cc b< Colds Cause Grip and lfluenza Lit lAXATIVE BROMO QUININBTablets remove the t cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine." U I EW. GROVE'S sitature on boox SOc. q MAN'S EST AGEt A man is as old as his organs ; he t can be as vigorous and healthy at of 70 as at 35 if he aids his organs in (I' performing their functions. Keep re your vital organs healthy with GOLD MEDAL The world's standard remedy for kidney. F liver, bladder and uric acid troubles , since 1696; corrects disorders; stimulates vital organs. All druggists, three sizes. Vi Look for the namo Gol Medal on evry boa to nn' wcce.;t :5 imitation (14 fc r( tl tv at O( St al at 'pal Why We Are .11 Strong for Willard We've seen a lot of batteries, dI! but never another like the Willard Threaded Rubber Bat- l(' tery.1 thl 'Threaded Rubber insulates be the plates instead of separating ha them the way wood separators do.W shi No carbonizing, puncturing, de checking or cracking, because rec Threaded Rubber Insulation re tains all the valuable insulating e qualities of rubber and is not ci aiffected by acid. , ty That's one reason why we're strong for Willard Threaded ye Rubber Batteries. a 6 Laurens Storage .Battery Company* W, Laurenu St. Ph1one 446 i I kid Willard~ AST SEPTEMBER WARMEST TO DATE arolJna Sun Beats Down on Vegeta tion. Dries Up Cotton. Columbia, Oct. 10.-The month of sptember was the warmest of its rume on record in this section, accorC. g to the weather bureau, the month mean heat Intensity being 80 de eos or 5.8 degrees above normal hale preclipitation was not up to andard and uneven, causing do rioration of cotton. The deterioretion of the cotton 'op continued, incident to prolonged )t weather, lack of moisture, and wvages of the boll weevil, which 'were peclally Injurious to the younger 0op in northern counties, the report .ys. The expected crop was prac rally picked in the southern and con al counties, and the crop was all op to the extreme northern border dis iets at the close of the month. Corn is being harvested in the central unties at the close of the month, but, cause of prolonged hot, dry weather, e yield was below the earlier exipec Lions. hay harl esting progressed ider favorable conditions, and large auities of forage were secured. eld and garden vegetables leterior ed steadily, except in portions of the iddle coast districts, where rainfall is adequate. Syrup making was well ider way, with generally satisfac ry yields. The monthly mean temperature for e section, determined from reports 41 stations, was 80 degrees, or 5.2 grees above the normal, says the port. The highest temperature was _ degrees at Florence, on the 4th. dLs is 5 degrees below the Septem r maximum temperature record in 12. Fifteen previous Septemhersj tvc had maximum temper'ature reC ds in 100 degrees or higher. The west 'eixl1)crature was 55 degrees at e:-uson, Orangeburg county on the th. This is' higher than any pre otis September minimum toinpera .re record, with one exception, 55 grees in 1905. The monthly mean mperature was the highest on record r September, breaking the previous rcord, that of 1911, by 1.1 degrees. ally mean temperatures were from degrees to 12 degrees above normal roughout the month. Intense heat as practically continuous, with but ro short periods of relatively moder e temperature. The average precipitation for the ction, 51 stations reporting, was 48 inches, or 0.45 inch below nor al, according to the report. Rainfall curred in three fairly well defined riols over the western, but was ore or less intermittent over the cen al and eastern portions. Over a nail arear of the middle coastal plain td over the upper Piedmont, the nounts ranged from 4 inches to over 5 inches, while over large areas of e central and northeastern portions, e amounts ranged downward to less an .50 inch. The greatest local onthly amount was 7.57 inches at emson College; least local monthly nount, .4 i inch at Conway. The 'eatest 24-hour rainfall at any' sta >was :?.30 inches at Clemson Col ge on the 27th. TIhe number of rainy -ys was 14 per cent. h~elow normnal. Ligh~lt hail occurred at. Clemson Col ;e on the 27th. The number of the thi, at Liberty, Pickens county, oin e 27th and 30th, at Newbeiry, New .ry county, on the 15th, and at Wal .ha, Oconee county on the 26th. The prevailing wind for the month i.s from the southeast, the records ow. The average hourly velocity, termined from ni no anemometer cordis, was 5.5 miles. The highest 'erage velocity was 8.1 miles per uri at Savannah, (Ia., and in the otlon proper, 7.9 miles <per hour at tarleston; the lowest average veloci was 3 miles per hour at Charlotte, C., and in the section proper 4.5 ir hour at Col'umbia. The htighest lcly for any 5 minute period was miles per hour from the northwest G ranville on the 21st. * * . * * * * * * * * * * * ,JONEN NEWS* * * * A a * * S 4 * * * * Jlones, Oct. .-Mrs. Frank F~ulton, Andlrev..-, K : ating her parents, Dr. id Mr'. W. To ,vnes Jones. 'Those whio ittended the Association a' m .: at Poplar Springs were argcd with the gracious hospitalit-y that progressive community, Mr. Charlie Simpson has purchased part of the Carter place. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.'McGowan, of Way 'oss, Ga., are visiting the latter's -par its, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones. Mr. |W. S. Knight, of Anderson, re mtiy visited his (laughter, Mrs. Mad an, of Ware Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Bray, of Georgia ro visiting relatives and friends of uis section. SMasters Win. and Walter Jenkins, af 3r a 'prolonged visit to their grand arents, Dr. and Mrs. W. Tr. Jones, ave returned to Columbia. The Riley school opened on the 3rd mat., with Miss Pitts as principal. Mr. W. C. Manley and son, Marvin nd famil1. visited the former's son, Newton, in Idgefield recently. -Mrs. G. L. raham and son., Jas., Mrs. H. W. Moseley and Mrs. 0. B. Jenkins attended quarterly meeting at Mt. Bethel last Saturday, and heard a very able sermon by the presiding elder, Rev. Holler, of Anderson. 'We extend congratulations to 'Mr. Wm. Martin and Miss Olga Hopkins, who were recently married. We recently had the pleasure of spending a few very pleasant mo ments in the hospitable home of our good friends, ir. and Mrs. Joel Moore, of Ekom. Mr. Moore is in his 86th year and while he is suffering from the infirmities of age, I sincerely hope he may be spared a long time to his aged companion and loved ones. 'Born on the 7th inst., to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ,Hutson, a daughter. We recently made a short call at the hospitable home of our warm friend, Mr. 1Elihu Elmore. Dr. W. T. Jones is very grateful to all friends for Bind favors. We recently met the following McCord, Jas. Sproles, -Hon. 'W. J. McCord, Jasfi Sproles, Hon. W. J. Moore and son, Win. Preston Devore, and Leonard McNinch, of Greenwood, Austin 'Baldwin, of Rock Hill, Rev. J. M. Dallas, of Donalds, W. Y. Baldwin and Mr. and fMrs. A. R. Thome of Ilkom and Col. Jas. Machen, of Laurens. COTTON CONDITION 1IIIE IS 5i P. (. Crop in Laurens Holding Up Well. Con dition by Counties. According to report of B. B. Hare, agricultural statistician in South Carolina for the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, United States 'De partnent of agriculture, condition of t otton in he state on September 25 was 40 per cent of normal, against 50 pci' cent on August 25 and 62 per cent .luly 25, the indicated production be ing 64.1,000 bales. The total produc tion for the state last year Lpproxi mated 1,640,000 bales, while in 1919 it war 1,422,000 bales and 1,570,000 bales In 1918. Condition for the entire United States on Sept. 25 was 42.2 pe reent or normal, against 49.3 per cent August 25 and 61.7 on July 25. The forecast of production for the entire United States is 6,537,000 hales, the produc tion for 1920 being 13,365,000 bales. Condition August 25 and September 25 is shown in the table below, by counties: Condition Condition County Aug. 25 Sept. 25 Abbeville .. .. .. ..58 46 Aiken .. .. .. .. .. ..38 28 Allendale .. .. .. .. ..30 18 Anderson .. .. .. .. ..60 41 Bamberg .. .. ... .. ..31 17 Barnwell .. .. .. .. ..38 22 Beaufort .. .. .. .. ..20 15 Berkley .. .. .. .. ..32 20 Calhoun .. .. .. .. ..36 25 Charleston .. .. .. ..20 17 Cherokee .. .. .. .. ..79 65 Chester .. .. .. .. ....57 47 Clisteilield .. .. .. ..53 45 Clarendon .. . .. .. ..36 27 Colleton .. ........3 13 D~arlingtoni............50-6 Dillon.. ...........57 5 l~orchester .,...........0 16 ildgefieldi .. ... ..40 . :30 FPairfield ...........52 40 iFlorence ...........46 4 1 Georgetown .. ......22. G'reenville..............65 60 Greenwood .. .......50 38 'ilamnpton .. ..... .....25 15 hiorry .............. .50 40 Jamsper; .. ...... .....5 15 Kershaw ...........49 '40 Lancast~er .. .. ...... ..56 45 Laurens ...........60 61I Lee ............. ...52 41 ILexington.. ... ..... .39 32 McCormiek .. . ....1 Marion.... .. .........4 Marl boro-.. .. .....9 Newberry .. .. ..463 Oconee . ........69 Oran-gobueg . . . ....2 Pickens . ........7 Richland~ .......403 Saluda ...... .....,, 402 Spartanbrng .. .....67 Sumter .. .......4:1 Uniion ...... .. . ....6 Williamshurg .. ..3 1 Yor........... .. 9 80 bur Lae. .om.ni. .35 26f SpatabugOc. . ...67n Sc69g 34 ear 0(1.wa ..4wn0 in 30v lan Prklao ..i a..40on w29 lie avr' o .. ..66h howa7rd cladronwen Scrugge e eeinSartn hibo tEtenck Copato mnagedwty ra re-u c. 91-ggsAloanargds, reaife overte boatbt in wat i tngw'ingthoW ta. older, a pirec- oife timer trone or thmin byths men inthe watipedr. ohi naroitio es caedt downn hn cugseuh reah ho.Scran Caleonage t reohthmvetrne 'atldr but dnatd teomtn to takht hod Mopeco fom timer ton to himl by those22n PIes Cured in K to 14 Days hales pn Wd it t O u EN4T/t* h ON! 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