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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17
The ADVERTISER.

''1S11do3fSIGEGEE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The ADVERTISER will pay The rail
road expenses of the most popular
Confederate veteran who draws pen
SION, IN Laurens county, to the great
Onlederate reunion in Louisville,
Kentucky, which opens on the 10Th of
next May.
SeloW appears printed ballot with
a blank space on which the name of
the veteran for whom you wish to vote
may be written in ink or pencil. Clip
this ballot and hand it or send it to
lHE ADVERTISER Office by mail. ANY
person may vote as many Of these bal
lots as he chooses and persons living
out OF the county may vote.
The contest will be confined to pen
siorc;s, because The ADVERTISER de-
slres some veteran to have this trip
who would otherwise be unable to
week up to aud including May 23rd so
that every subscriber will be able to
vote about twenty times between this
and the end OF the contest. The ballots
can OF course be saved and voted alto
gether.
THE ADVERTISER prints each week
ho"C iIty papers which are for sale
and are not sent TO subscribers. These
papers may be bought for five cents
each now rs heretofore, but no order
FOR extra papers outside of these will
be received. Therefore the voting will
be practically confined to regular sub
scribers and the person who subscribes
now Will have that N any more oppor-
tunites to vote for one of his old
f'icnds. No one in any way connected
with the publication OF THE ADvER-
TISER will be allowed to vote
Each week the names OF the persons
voted for and the number of votes will
be published. 1t will be good idea to
begin your voting next week so that if
you have friend whom you wish to
get this trip the readers of TIE AID.
VERrISER will know that he is being
voted for.
Readers will understand that THE
ADVERTISER will pay all the railroad
expenses OF the veteran getting the
most votes to Louisville, md return.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17
What / say
/ will do. / do. do.

Competitors, you had as we'll Try
to lift yourself III a basket %, co un-
dersell me.
My desire IS to move goods, not to
get CASH. Shrewd buyers need no ar
EHng. Each and every claim made by
me at this sale is just as represented.
do not advertise something | haven't
got. | will sell in the next thirty
days, twenty Pianos at factory prices:
Sixty-live Organs; Forty-five Sowing
Machines: ten head Of horses: twelve
wagons; eighty head of fine Jersey
milch cows: twenty head OF thorough
bred Jersey heifer calves.
The Pianos will be sold at wholesale
price for cash.
$3.50 90 Pianos for $4,000: 1920 90
Pianos for $4,000; $250.O0 Pianos
$l45 90: $500 Organ for $500: $500
Organ for $500; $500 Sewing Ma
chine for $2S 90; M5.00 machine for
$lS CO.
VIII sell milch COWS on three months
note, and anyone buying a milch
COW from me, can pasture next
summer, free Ct charge, in the May.
berry pasture. six months, which
amounts to 5000. 1t is not so much
money that | want as to get rid Of the
Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines,
horses, wagons and COWS, that [ have
on hand. have rented store in CO.
lumbia, $. c., and will open up bust
ness there on January lst, 1900. The
goods have on hand must be sold re-
gardless OF the cost value to me. This
is no fake sale. | have these goods and
stock or hand, and they will be sold. If
you have the cash. show it to me, and
you will be surprised, what will buy a
Piano, Organ and Sewing Machine. A
chance in a lifetime to buy at whole
sale price. Piano at $1,000. Think
OF 1t! The agents commission, the
dealers profit, are all taken off, and
you get them at wholesalers profit.
Sewing machine needles at 20 cents
a doz.; 20 c. oil at c. per bottle. $8. 90
Guitars for $3.50: $500 Violns for
50. so. Everything else in the small
instrument line to go in proportion
Come while the goods are on hand.
Nj. L.. ALEXANDER.
GreenviIIe. s. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17

5ls.Sle, UnC CTIe Governor, nOuuuuu, had
1 in view to give our Legislators no OK
q cuse in providing suitable legislation
dor every emergency and all the wants
y Of the State. Nothing is presented to
provoke anita sonism, his idea to per-
petuate the Dispensary excepted There
may be some outside the General AS
sembly to combat his Excelency IS
position that the settled policy of the
State TO maintain Clemson, Winthrop
and other Stale educational institu-
tions, should be adhered to. But the
Governor will be sustained i'm these
views consOnant with the well cstab-
lished policy of the State in the pass
Ing as well as past decades. All In all
1T is most practical paper, showing
industrious investigation and cOnsid-
Grafton of public conditions and the
General Assembly, as well as the peo-
pie, should feel that the public inter
ests are In safe hands. AS to the Dis
pensary it will probably be allowed
to drift along and after awhile it will
sink OF its own weight. Nobody is car
ing about it, or bothering, except the
beneficiaries. 1t will not be question
In the ensuing campaign. RI prohibit
tion puts forth ticket, however, it
will have TO fight the thrice armed"
hosts of dispensary and anti dspen-
sary. Should the Governor be a can
didate to succeed himself he need ap
prehend no ,dispensary or anti-dispen-
sary Davids in his path. Gov. Nc
Sweeney Is very level-headed practi-
cal Statesman and is giving us a busi-
ness ikea sistratration. A gentle
man who believed in purgatory met
another who denied the proposition
butgot the answer: "You may go fur
fhnfs m n no
In the case OF our good Governor.
stSa Xxx
There has been severe criticism of a
lecture of Judge Buchanan to Jury
at Spartanburg which failed to agree
upon a verdict. OF course the Judge
and the Jury have different functions.
The Jury finds the facts. But the
Judge. might have occasion to say
tart thtngs-as where there could
be no hook upon which to hang a
doubt.
There Is much that transpires in the
Legislature that we can't give to our
readers@1it would require reams of
paper-but we will endeavor to keep
them advised OF all important matters.
!. - IL *s#
Fractional bitterness and strife are
things OF the past, and the people are
united for the upbuildng. progress
and development Of the entire State" :"
Governors Message.
Ma 81 s*.s,
Ex.Gov. Shepperd, of Edgefield, was
unanimously chosen President pro
TEN. of the Senate.
@a ,s ~ tG tEr
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17
NOT ICE

OF Settlement and Application
for Firal Discharge.
Take notice that on the 18th day
of March, 1900, ! will render
a final account of my acts and
doings as Executor of the es.
tate of c. w. Martin, deceased, in
the office Of Judge of Probate for
Laurens county at II n. m., ard
on the same day will apply for a
final discharge from my trust as
such Executor.
All persons having demands
against said estate will please
present them on or before that
day, proven and authenticated, or
be forever barrel.
w. II. DRUMMOND,
Executor.
jan 9th 1000 ~
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17


There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurablc For great
many years doctors pronouced it
= local disease, and prescribed To-
cal remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurablo.
Science has proved catarrh to be
n constitutional disease and there
fore requires constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
factured by f. j. Cheney IL Co.,
o., Is the only constitutional cure
on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops 30
a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
f. j. CHENEY e Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Is cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17
"DecdS are Fruits,

Words are but leaves" 1t is
not what we say, but Hoods
Sarsaparilla that tells the story.
The many wonderful cures effected
by this medicine are the fruits by
which 1T should be Judged. These
prove 1T to be the great, unequal
led remedy for dyspepsia, rhouma-
tlsm, scrofula, salt rhoum, ca
tarrh and all other blood ailments
Que to impure or impove, isbed
blood.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17

EH FOR SALE: n new twenty
horse power engine and new DpLoach
grist mill on easy terms at Harris
Springs. Also lot of shafting and
pulleys.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-17
TINE lAWREMS BAR.
w. ID. KNIGHT B. IL. ROPER.
KNIGHT & ROPER.

Attorneys and COunsellors at Law.
Will practice In all the Courts of the
State. Prompt attention to all bust.
ness entrusted to them.
\ Office, Laurens, O. a., McCord's new
building.
March IL, 1899.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
PRETTY HOMEMADE GIFTS
Here Are Directions For Preparing
Three Charming Holiday Presents.

New ways of using crepe paper IOF
decorative purposes are always Sug-
costing themselves to the imaginative
mind One of the latest is Irvine
holder made from a little doll dressed
in the figured paper. 1t makes very
pretty and useful Christmas gift, and
is at the same time inexpensive A
% cent doll. hajf roll of crepe paper,
a ball of Irvine and a couple of yards
of ribbon are the only requirements.
Remove the legs from the doll and
sew firmly to the end of the body
little silk bag just large enough to
hold the Irvine ball loosely. Then dress
the doll in a big full skirt and two
full capes. Fas-en the capes at the
neck with a long bow of ribbon A
jaunty little hat. made Of tufted crepe
paper and trimmed with ribbon bows
adds the finishing touch Sew the nat
TO the head and leave one long loop OF
ribbon by which to hang to the wall.
Dolls dressed in the crimson crepe
paper are very pretty, and look wei
with black ribbons Larger dolls made
with two Irvine bags, to hold string OF
two sizes are very useful These al
ways sell well at church fairs.
A pretty ribbon blotter, for lady S
writing table can be made by covering
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

ehamomile bed and asked its name. 1T
should be called the Rebel Flower. -
the lady answer. Why" asked the
officer. amazed. Because" quoth the
lady, the more it is trodden the more
it spreads"
THAT is a very nice story, as stories
20. But before Shakspeare's time
the plants unusual habit had been
noted-witness the prOverb: AS OBJ
stinste as chalB omile-the more you
tread 1t, the more you spread it So
far as l know this singular property of
nourishing in trampled earth is shared
by but two other things-walnuts and
danson trees. The walnuts habit has
likewise occasiOned proverb-a
rhymed one. Here it is:
a woman, a dog and a walnut tree,
The more they are trod on the better
they be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

YOU ueed-chamomiIe tea. and plenty
of il" the old doctor said cycling the
young w0man's muddy skin and lack
iustre eyes- Don't snia, - he went on.
IF I wanted to humbug you / would
prescribe it Iearnedly as Anthems no.
bills But ] have / hope. got beyond
humbugging people. Yes. it is an Old
woman's remedy-but let me tell You.
the only doctors nowadays who sneer
at old 7yOmen's remedies are those who
know so little they think they know
everything.
Back in the times OF your grand
mother young women drank Chamo-
mile "a as a matter of course. Not
every light, understand. but three
nights ! inning some time in the month,
either al the new moon or the full.
Making the tea was no haphazard proc
ess, either The flowers for it were
carefully picked, Just as they opened.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

but since the double weighs more after
driving the chamomiie farmers strive
to produce it.
THE flowers, gathered II O'Clock
in the morning. were spread thinly
upon a sheet and dried in he shade
Then they We're put into their own
special bag and kept dark and dry.
When chamOmile tea-time came around
a generous handful of dried flowers
was put into a china bowl, covered
with boiling water. then set to steep in
warm place for maybe three hours.
Just before bedtime the bowl was filled
with water a little below boiling. An
infusion. understand, is one thing. a
decoction another Sleeping makes the
infusion. The properties of it vary if
the water IS warm or cold. Boiling
makes a decOction-and brings out
very different properties from the same
substance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
Question Answered.

YES. August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mother and
grandmothers never thought of USING
ANYTHING else for Indigestion or Bill
io1lsness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of Appendicitis.
Nervous ProstratiOn or Heart failure,
etc They used August F lower to clean
ont the system and stop fermentation
Of lindigested foods regulate the action
of the liver. stimulate the nervous and
organic action of the system and that
Is all they took when feeling dull and
had with headaches and other aches
Won only need a few doses of Green S
August Flower in liquid form to make
Won satisfied there is nothing serious
The matter with you. For sale by
smith Drug Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

and dried separate from the mass of
the herb, kept for general medicament.
You see, it's a famous bitter and stom-
achic, as well as tonic. To this day it
is grown commercially at the pretty
English town OF Hitchin. and cult
Vators there have developed the plant
so the flowers are as double as the
neEE-gangIed China asters. The common
garden sort has white Tay-petaIS
around a, yellow center just like the
single wild asters. 1t is every bit as
good incidentally as the double sort,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

might. She had skin like velvet with
a peach blossom pink in the cheeks,
and eyes of the liveliest lustre. After
the third night she could bio defiance
TO headache, languoT and lassitude and
was ready 10 work all day and frolie
all night wherever she had the chance.
This for young women in ordinary
health. Those whom colds or fevers
had left weakened, sallOw and ENACT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

What was wanted for the chamo-
mile complexion was a gentle but
thorough rousing of every secretion
particularly the glands of the skin The
tea did this, and no more. tt was
slipped from the edge of the bowl as
hot as it could be swallowed. then the
slipper went to bed and slept the sleep
Of youth and happiness. She got up
in the morning feeling as fine as silk.
bathed her face and shoulders in fresh
spring water, and looked at herself
apprOvingly in the mirror. Wei she
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
AN AUTO ELoPEMENr.

Omaha Worid-Herald)
Weather cold,
Lover bold.
Maiden coy, bur fearful,
fapa's boots.
Lover SCOOts,
Maiden sad and fearful
Weather colder,
Lover holder,
Maiden sti1 much sOuGht-O;
P9na dO2eS,
4outh proposes,
They skip III an auto
Auto races.
Papa ChaSeS.
With a horse and carriage;
Ano though he strives,
He ne'cr arrives
TIL one hour after marriage
Papa mad.
Couple sad.
Then parental blessing.
Thanksgiving Day
They put away
A family turk with dressing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
The Curse of Womankind

is sick and nervous headaches Sher-
mans Headache Cure gives instant re
lief. One dose cures. Guaranteed per
fectly harmless. Immediate relief, z2c-
and 1Oc box. It cures neuralgia
Every box guaranteed. For sale by
Godbe-Pitts Drug company, salt Lake
CITY Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

"A piece of stiff cardboard the size
that the bl0tter is intended to be, with
silk or some prettily colored hlell.
Then cut six sheets of blotflng paper
fraction smaller than the pad and
fasten them to it with broad bands OF
satin ribbon embroidered IN some
dainty pattern. The ribbon should pe
firmly sewed down so that it VIII hold
the blotters, but must not be drawn
so tightly that soiled biOtters cannot
be removed. and new replaced. A Dig
bow of ribbon tied on one side ADDS 10
the RICHNESS of this gift
Frames are always welcome CHRIST
mas gifts. and they can be MADE III 80
many forms that they are almost sure
to suit all tastes A new and very
pretty one is made of japanese CRASH
and decorated with a design. cut from
a wall paper, and applied IN an
cases it is better when making nome
made frame to have the form cut by
a regular frame maker. 1t only costs
a few cents and is so much more salts
factory. as it is almost impossible to
get the edges regular. without the
proper machines, and nothing cOuio
look worse than an uneven frame.
Japanese crash costs about 81 yard
and one yard Will cover dozen frames
of cabinate size The large designs IN
the 7vau paper with a decided cOloring.
are the most effective for applying II
the flowers and leaves are carefully cut
out. they can be so arranged as to form
a very pretty spray, and If well done
they VIII look just like water-color-
Sometimes a wall paper IS found flch
enough no make the entire covering for
a frame. These are usually improved
by having the back washed IN with a
little water-cOlor. Blotters and scrap
baskets made IN the same way, are
equally effective. The frames, II m
tended for steady use should ali be
hound and g-Iassed They win last in
definitely and cannot be injured by
dust. u. II. q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

frr.s1u= and simple For instance.
ig-t a little fur and lace are employed
on even the handSumest Clodks. a pre-
ference being given To decorations of
yrIre.. iu coats of solid cOTdUrCw and
fa hooded cIuahs of the toughest dark
rrl Scotch Wacl A smart yiCuna cloak
in nalast fawu is showed in one of the
accompanying sketches. 1t is decorated
win brown velvet and another Capti-
Waiting Illustration Is given of the Friar
coats that small boys and girls wear
m Inc parks.
some off the cowled wraps are made
of Franciscan brow. or ITapplSt gray
cloth with an inside lining of cheerful
r-I agI a red leather belt draws in the
slight tgIless of the skirts just below
The six big buttons that fasten the
comfortable garment over the chest
When the cloak is of the FTiar shape,
bat made of vivid crimson corduroy
o- Venetian cloth. the Wearer dons
SMOOTH black leather leggins and wears
a leather belt To- match, and the child
all m white and loaded with furs prom
isas 90 Doe euuspicuuusly tsent from
raa sunday school class and play
grounds
Leading Features of Children's
Clothes.
BRIGHT goIors are indeed the height
o.. fashion for little girls dresses and
Very fine rwlNed serges and heavy
qualities nf cashmere are literally used
boy the cuilireu's dressmakers- Skirts
are short and full and it is odd to OBJ
serve with the frightening of the fem
Elne waist line. by means of the new
French stay. how the dresses for little
misses OF o. 10 and T. have been af-
.-.tel. Their waist bands are drawn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
Holiday Goods.

Dresser Scarfs, table covers and doilies
Imported jewel cases, pocketbOoks,
purses. novelty handbags. handkeC-
chiefs. neckwear hair ornaments,
jeWeiTy. sofa pillows, head rests. pin
cushions and fans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

ated. needed different treatment. Where
pronounced saIlOWness showed a very
torpid liver, dandeliOn root, boiled to a
strong decoction, was added to the
chamOmile tea. After drinking the
mixture-and it was a bitter one. you
may take my word for it-for every
night for week, the patient was put
upon bitterS compounded of thyme,
chamOmile, dandeliOn, and spice-woOd
bark. All were infused for twenty
four hours in hot water enough to
cover them well, then twice their &uIk
of good whisky was added. The dose
was a wine glass full three times
day, before meals. In cases of sleep
Iessness, hops were added to the bitters,
and the patient slept upon hop pill
low.
A Patriotic Plant.
mo doubt all other things helped.
but chamomile got the credit of the
cures 1t may interest you to know
that aside from its virtues it has a lit
tie bit of patriotic history tangled up
in its stalks It owns the curious prop
erty of fourishing most when 1rampled.
Hence. SAYS the tradition. its name, the
Rebel Flower. derived thus one day
during the revolution a British officer,
walking beside an American hostess
through her. garden spied a hourishing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
CANOMILE COMPLEXION.

avs Skin Lie Velvet With a
Peach Blossom Pink I'm the Cheeks
qua Eyes OF the LiveIiest Luster.
-Iamumlle- That's what
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

--- American child deservedly main
high reputation for tasteful
a...-...-- Sometimes our young Idea
r..'. .-.. 'l-rrfnfre sex IS a tritie over
Ell. --- considering her teuueE years
..1.antage of keeping the child
ana ,-.-r ara~t from the corrodlug
isA .. of this life. but for the most
van. ....... and taste and happy discrc-
Ia.. -.-.f. over the juvenile wardrobe.
i'.r season fh- children, in play day
-.rfer clothes. are delightfully."- pic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

An attractive woman thrives on
good food and sunshine, with plenty OF
exercise in the open air. Her form
glows with health and her face blooms
with its beauty When troubled with
a costive habit. she takes a few doses
of HERBINE to cleanse her system OF
all impurities Price, so cents van
Dykes drug store, corner Main and
Third South.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
Fashions in FurS.

Fur neckscarfs, latest styles, in great
variety. Well made, extra good lin
ings. At about One-ha1f cost A few
prices:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
cHTLDREN'S FASHIONS

Led Frfar Coats Of franciscan
90 - or Trappist Gray Cloth Are
- Nodish For Little Boys and
Girls.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
Umbrellas
For Holiday Presents.

A large variety of styles and prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02
Ribbons.

Fancy Taneta. Tafeta Satin, all colors.
worth 40c. so 99a
for -. .... ...... ..s..-.--...-- E~S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-02

Leading Features of Children's
Clothes.