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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
DiseipIfne.

"That child mus be taught that it can't
have everything itwants," said Mr.. Blykins,
sternly...
Eyes" said the mother, "but l don't
think we ought to devote too much atten-
ton to that part Of his education. After he
grows up it problbly won't be many years
before he realizes as most people do, that
he's lucky to get anything he wants. IN. Y.
World.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

A Cowardly Stab.-"These are remark.
ably fine biscuits of yours, my DEAR" said
Mr.. Northsde, as he balanced specimen
on the tips of his fingers. Mrs. Northside
flushed with pride. 1T is so good of you
to say so" she murmured. eyes, indeed,
the wicked man went on; 81 have rarely
seen any so heavy for their size."-Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Hin Lnst Proud Right.

Mrs. Henpeck-Do you dare to look me
in the face and say that?
Mr.. Henpeck-Not on your life. ] pro-
pose to always reserve the right to dodge
whenever / make remark to you.
The rolling pin struck corner of the
mantel and fell harmlessly to the floor.
Cleveland Leader,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Lynched by n Masked UTob.

Harmony Grove, Ca, Dec. 27.-Jeff
Bolton, colored, was lynched near
here by masked mob Saturday night
while being taken to Jail. He was
charged with burning barn and
shooting at the owner.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
n. rnormous Goa Product Of lsos.

The Enormous Gdd Product OF 1893.
This will be the geatest gold year in his
tory. From South africa, the Klondike and
Australia the precioU metal is being shipped
In large quantities. II is believed that this
years output will Marty double that of any
previous twelve moths. The sales Of Hos
letters Stomach Biters are also increasing
very fast, and this year that famous remedy
will cure more people of dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, constipation, nervousness and weak
ness than ever before
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Mr.. Deadbroke-" How are you, old MANI"
Mr.. Racout-''Bad, very bad. Came near
leaving this earth. Why, I've kept my room
for over three months" Mr.. Deadbroke-
"Cal that bad? Why, man, had to give
up mine the first time the landlady struck
me for t."-Harlem Life.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

What makes you say you think there is
going to be another war;" 81 didn't say
thought SO" replied the mild man. 81 only
said was afraid so. merely draw my con
clusions by observing people better informed
tEan myself. Magazine people used to wait
Is or 20 years before writing up war. The
way they are rushing copy on this one GER.
tainly looks to me as if they saw more busi,
ness ahead. ."-Washngton Star.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

'I think that the prospect for peace is
very good, remarked one European. "Yes,"
answered the other, unless the czar and the
kaiser get to quarreling over who deserves
credit for bringing it about. Washington
Star
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
One Way to Try.

The Impressario-Of course, you can't
please everybody.
Friend-No? Suppose you give Wagner
opera with coon songs between the acts
Puck
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
The Affirmative wins.

No one can deny that in the matter of the
Cyrano de Bergerac "fad" the play-going
public is allowing itself to be led by the
nose.-St. Louis Republic.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Lanes FnmiIy Medicine,

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Price 25 and SOC,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Everyone who gets up an amateur enter
tainment says that he will never get up ap.
other. He has a harder time than the man
who gets up picnic that is rained on
Atchison Globe.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma medicine.-W. R. Williams, An
tioch. ILL.,, April IL, 1894.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

knowledge is power only up to the point
where person knows it ah-Town Topics.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Oddly enough, London cyclists are COM
PEELED to ride slowly through Fleet street.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

The best efforts of the chairmaker are
constantly being sat upon.-Golden Days.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Getting at the Facts.-lnsurance Agent.
Pardon me, madam, but what is your age
Miss Antiquate-"I have seen % summers
Insurance Agent-"Yes, of course; but no "
many times did yor see hem?"-Chicago
Daily News.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Soldiers sweethearts should wear their
hair in "bangs. u. A. w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

The nickel-in-t -the-slot music box "can't
play for cent."-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
F. O. HAMMER,
- II. VI II4A4I4HI1IVJ
Notary Public. Ramsey Co.. MINI.

When a man is always telling about how
he doesn't want to cheat folks we get sus-
picious at once.-Washington (Ia.) Demo
crat
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Divers Don,ts.

Don't expect to shine in society if your
clothes do.
Don't strain your eyes looking for faults
in your neighbor.
Don't get into the habit of Judging book
by the criticisms.
Don't forget that you injure your own
character when you attack that of another,
Don't carry barrel of flour on your head
in order to acquire graceful carriage.
Don't forget that it is wicked to bet and
lose; no man has the moral right to be
wrong.
Don't scold your wife in the presence Of
others; they may think you are afraid to do
it when alone with her.-Chicago Evening
News.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Thinking over our own faults makes us
talk less about those of others.-Ram's
Horn.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Slipped and fell; bad sprain. Never
Mind. st. Jacobs Oil will cure it.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Any ache, from toothache to backache,
st. Jacobs Oil will cure.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Our street cars are all personally con.
ductored.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Made worse by cold Neuralgia needs
St. Jacobs Oil to cure. 1t cures.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Blood tells in the way boys saw wood
Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

Years Of rheumatism have ended with
Cure by St. Jacobs Oil. Cures promptly.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
To Cure a Cold In one nav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

There are many subjects on which you
have no. right to have an opinion, for the
reason that you know nothing about them.
-Atchison Globe.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

A stomach Of undigested food is
about as unhealthy a mass as one
can we'll imagine.
What can be done with it?
There it stays. 1t won't di-
gest. 1t churns up, ferments and
decays; becomes poisonous (as all
Putrid matter does) and causes
great pain and d~eep.seated disor-
dels.
In order to change all this, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial.
II stops fermentation and deca
at once, SO that no more poisons
ale created.
1t clears the stomach of D ,ison !,
already there. 1t helps t, turn
the food that remains into health
fnl nourishment. 1t strengthens the
stomach for the next meal.
Here's the whole philosophy and
cure of indigestion in a few words.
And what's more, it's all true,
Try it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is fol
sale by druggists, price 10 cents tc
500 a bottle.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
REWERTON

Old Aunt Patsey Gaines, (the
widow of Billie Gaines, deceased,
the former owner of the Ware
Shoals on Saluda,) is now lying at
the point Of death at her SON
Wesley's with Pneumonia.
John Duvall has a very sick
child.
d. S. Jones and wife, of Hodges,
were visiting Mr.. j. II. Murn's
family last week.
w. Sanford Knight and wife
visited their daughter Mrs. w. d.
Washington, of Owensville, last
Saturday and Sunday.
The champion board-splitter has
been in this section the past week
(Gabo Williams the one-leged man
and old Confederate veteran.
A considerable wind storm
passed through the lower part Of
Greenville on Saturday night the
22d ult, doing some damage on
j. Ed Knights place, blew
down his gin house and killed 3
COWS ana TORE up n wagon.
The brethren of Mt. Gallagher
Baptist Church, at a special meet
ing on Sunday the 23rd ult., called
DR.. James O.. Martin, of Ovens
vile, to preach for them the re-
mainder of this year in place Of
ID. A. Swindler who resigned to
serve another church for a bigger
salary.
Beaverton can boast of having
the largest school in the country,
81 pupils.
Just as / go to close | have
learned that the school house at
Poplar Spring Church got burned
down this morning about 4 o'clock,
this Thursday morning Feb. 3D..
And | have also heard that old
Mrs. Gaines is dead and will be
buried this evening, February 3rd,
at 2 o'clock, p. m, at Poplar
Spring, beside her husband.
On Dir.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
Notice! Assessor

The Auditors Office will be open
from the lst day of January to the
goth day of February, 1898, to re.
celve returns OF Real and Personal
property fol taxation in Laurens
County.
Real property to be returned
this year.
1t will save much time to tax
payers, also greatly facilitate the
work of the Assessor, if every per-
son before leaving home will make
out n complete list Of every item
of personal property in the follow
ing order: Horses, cattle, mules,
sheep and goats, hogs, watches,
organs and pianos, buggies,
wagons and carriages, dogs, mer-
chandlse, machinery and engines,
moneys, notes and accounts above
Indebtedness, and all other prop
erty including household.
1t is always required that the
Auditor get the first given name
Of the taxpayer in full.
Under the head of place of resi-
dence on tax returns give the
township.
All male citizens between the
ages Of twcnty-ona and sixty
years, on the lst of January, ex-
cept those who are incapable of
earning a support from being
MANNED or from other causes are
deemed taxable polls Confederate
veterans cXcepted).
And every taxpayer is required
to give the number of their school
district.
After the Goth day Of February
next, fifty per cent. penalty will
be attached for failures to make
returns.
In every community there are
persons who cannot read or chat
do not take q newspaper. Those
more fortunate may do such per-
sons q great favor by telling them
of the time to make returns or by
returning for them.
The assessing and collecting
taxes is all done in the same year,
and we have to aggregate the num-
Der and value of all horses, mules,
cattle and other pieces of personal
property, as well as the acres of
land, lots and buildings and their
value that there is in this county,
and have the same on file in the
Comptroller Generals office by the
Both of June ofeach year, and from
that time to the first day of Oc-
tober the Auditor and Treasurer's
duplicate have to be completed
end an abstract of the work in the
Compt roller Generals office by
that time, which will show at a
glance that the Auditor has no
time to take returns or anything
else much between the 1st day of
March and the 1st day of October
but work on the books and the
blanks. We hope therefore that
all taxpayers will make their re-
turns in time.
JOHN r.. FINLEY,
Auditor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
SIS REWARD.

Fifteen Dollars reward will be
paid for the capture of one Tom
Beasley, colored, who escaped from
the chaingang on the 28th day of
December, 1897. Said Tom Beas-
ley to be delivered to the guards
of the chaingang in L%aurens coun-
ty. r. +. ADAIR,
Jan. 2O-14-4t. Supervisor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
NOTICE

To Executors and Administra-
tors. The attention of Executors,
Administrators and Guardians is
called to the law requiring them
to make their annual returns from
lst January to last day of Febru-
airy. O. G. THOMPSON,
l'cc. 10, lS3i-td. J.P.L.C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
''s'as|''& <MzAIz<m + s!;;S
NOTICE
OF Settlement and Application
for Final Discharge.

Take notice that on the 10th day
of March, 1898, I will render a
final account Of my acts and do.
ings as Administrator with will
annexed, Of the estate Of r.
A. Jones, deceased, in the office
of Judge Of Probate for Lau.
rens county at II o'clock A. NJ,
and on the same day will apply for
a-final discharge from my trust as
such Administrator with will an
nexed.
All persons having demands
against said estate will please pre-.
sent them on or before that day
proven and authenticated, or be for.
ever barred. &c
P. B. "COPPER"; =
Administrator with will annexed.
Feb. s, 1898.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
LONG BRANCH.

Representative O. p. Goodwin
made II flying visit home last
week from the law manufactury.
Neighbor Hairston is making a
great effort to get us all to haul
rock to macadamizc our public
roads. And We suggest that if he
could get enough of us to occupy
the proper pew in Court next
week we might get Il Job of that
sort with board and clothes
thrown in.
Mr.. f. 7. Taylor has more farm
work done than any one else in
this community.
Misses Octave and jamie Nc
Quown IRE spending a few weeks
in Grcenvllle county.
And now dear Telephone you
just plant as much pinders, pop
corn and sorghum as you like, and
let the rest of us make the cotton,
and don't be too hard on the poll
tlclans for We old scribe might
want a woe bit of Il Office. What
say you?
We sympathIze with Mr.. Joseph
Weeks in the death of his father,
who died at his home at Ora last
week.
Wheat and oats are looking fine.
The health of the community is
very good. SLooUM gibson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
ioloNo, w..
RHf Sold by Druggists, Use.

To heal the broken and diseased It's
sues, TO soothe the irritated surfaces,
to instantly relieve the irritated sur
faces, to instantly relieve and to per-
mancntly cur is the mission Of De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. B. F. Posey,
Wholesale and retail drmprist.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
For Sale

The Methodist Parsonage aud church
property-within 400 yards public
square South side Main Street. Hand
some new dwelling, three acres Of land.
One of the most valuable and desira-
BILE lot or lots in the city Of Lauren5,
For further information and terms APP
ply to DR.. w. TX. Dial or O.. b. Sim
mons, Laurcns, $, G.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years have been
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it Il local dis
ease. and prescribed local reme-
dies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease, and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by f. J.. Cheney 81 Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only const-
itutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case
1T fails TO cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address
F. j. CHENEY, e CO.,
Toledo, O..
MA
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

III you have ever seen a little child in a
paroxysm OF whooping cough, or if you
have been annoyed by a constant tickling
In the throat, yeu can appreciate the value
OF One Minute Cough Cure, which gives
quick relief. b. +. Posey, Wholesale and
retail druggist.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF LAURENS.
Court Of Probate.

copy Smmmons for Relief Complatnt
not SerUed.
Matte A.. McDufie, PlaintiG, against
II. Morgan Leake, Foster Brown,
Willis G.. f, Brown, John Henry
Brown, Mary Crowdor, Sallie B.
Fleming, Minnie f.. Chandler, j.. f.
Brown, Hattie T. Boyd, Defendants.
10 the Defendants above named
You are hereby summoned II required
To answer the complaint in his action,
of which Il cOpy is herewith served upon
you, and to serve n copy of your answer to
the said complaint on the subscribers at
the Office of N. Is. Dial, Laureps Court
House, South Carolina, within twen.
ty lays after the service hereof, exclusive
OF tho day of such service; and If YOU fail
to answer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiif in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded
in the complaint.
w. ii. MARTIN,
o. l.. SCHUMPERT,
N. b. DIAL,
Planting Attorney.
10 Sallie b. Fleming and Minnie f.
Chandler, nonresident, Defendants:
Please take notice that tho COM
plant in The above stated cause was
filed In the Office of Judge of Probate
for Laurens County, at Laurens, S. G..
November 20, 1897.
w. III. MARTIN,
o. l.. SCHUMPERT,
N. B. DIAL,
Plaintihs' ATTORNEY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
JOhnSOn's
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.

Running sores, indolent ulcers and sim
liar troubles, even though OF many years
standing. may ba cured by using De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t soothes, strength.
ems and heals. 1t is the great pile cure b.
f. Posey, wholesale and retail druggist.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

Strong, steady nerves
Are needed for success
Everywhere, Nerves
Depend simply, solely,
Upon the blood.
Pure, rich, nourishing
Blood feeds the nerves
And makes them strong.
The great nerve tonic is
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Because it makes
The blood rich and
Pure, giving it power
To feed the nerves.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Cures nervousness,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh, scrofula,
And all forms of
Impure blood.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

Certainly you don't want to suffer this
dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache, sal
never tried DeWitts Little Early Risers
for these complaints or YOU would have
been cured. They are small pills bat great
reeulators y. ~. Posey, wholesale and re.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
This Is the Time to Give Attention
to Your Physica! Condition.
The warmer weather which will
come VIII, the approaching spring
months should find you strong aud
In robust health, your blood pure
and your appetite good. Otherwise
you will be in danger Of serious
illness. Purify and enrich your
blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla and
thus "prepare for spring" This
medicine makes rich, red blood and
gives vigor and vitality. IT will
guard you against the danger from
the changes which will soon take
place.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
NOTICE., NOTICE.

Parties having business with the
County Supervisor will find him
in his office on Monday of each
week, between the hours of ten
o'clock a. M. and 4 o'clock p. m.
r. p. ADAIR,
Jan. 20, lS90-ly. Supervisor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

copy S~mmons for Relief COMPLAINT
not SerUed.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-07-28
CITY OF SAN JUAN.
United states viii Land Troops on
Three Sides of Porto Rico.
The Third Expedition VIII Land on the
North Coast Gen. I'Iruvcr'- Conn
mind WIN Join Miles at Gu
anico-Troops Embark.

NEW IoRK. July at is said here
that the government intends To fit out
three Porto Eican expeditions, which
will land on three sides of the island
and form Circle around san Juan,
and that within few weeks after
landing zen. Miles will control the
entire country. The first expedition
under Gen. Miles will, it is cx-
pectcd, land in Guanico, and will
proceed To Jocs. From there they will
go to Ponce 10y rail. and from Ponce to
San Juan on a road which is good in
either the rainy or the dry season.
The expedition commanded directly
10y ten. Miles will await the Porto
kican representatives. under command
of ten. L'Lruvcrs. who will Join Gen.
Miles at Guanico.
The next expedition will land at Ia
jardu. a port south of san Juan, and
the third will land on one of the small
places ON the north coast. From here
they will bcsicgc and cut off the re
treat of the Spanish forces.
In Guanico there are telegraph facil-
tiles, hut not cable facilities. The ca
bile runs from Ponce directly To Santo.
mas. II ten. Miles has control of the
cable in Ponce he can communicate
directly with the nited States via
Galveston. This cable, however. has
no communication with the San Juan
line.
WA~nINGToN, July "5.-Thc brigade
commanded 10y Gen. Fred Grant, con-
sisting of the LIST and 3rd Kentucky
and the 9Th Illinois, was Saturday
ordered Ia Porto Rico. II will sail
from Newport News, and will leave
Chickamauga as loon as railroad ac-
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-07-28
THE CANNY SCOT.
Some Examples Of His Unconscious
IIumOr.

On his first visit TO Aberdeen an Eng
lish commercial traveller, having re-
ceived some marks of kindness from
one of its inhabitants, exclaimed, in
an offhand way, or his departure:
IF at any time you or any of your
people come up 10 London, don't put
up at a hotel, but come to U.S.
"Oh, thank ye." replied the Scot, la.
conically, and away the southron went.
Six months passed, and the English
man had long forgotten the incident,
| when, to his surprise, he received one
morning the following note:
"My Dear Friend: As myself, my wife
and four children are coming up to Lon
don for fortnight, we will be glad to
avail ourselves of your kind invitation"
Facing the situation with unquestion-
able courage, the soutEerncr put him
self TO unutterable inconvenience to ac-
commodate his guests. He took them
everywhere. paid for everything, and,
AT the end of the stipulated time, they
aLnounced their departure. The host
accompanied them to the station. and in
the fullness of his gratitude at the ex-
odus, invited the father to have part
ing drink.
"Come along. old fellow. What is
II to be? Whisky and soda. as usual?
Two Scotches and soda, please, mis- u"
Ma, nal" replied the Scot, solemnly.
name O. that! we've been vera guild TO
me and mine durin' the last furtnio hit
-hae ta'en us everywhere and paid FOR
everything! Ma, ma. Wen hae a tt IS
for the last!"