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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Don't think that eruption of yours
can't be cured. Take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla-its virtue is It's power to cure.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23
What The Farmer Needs.

More than anything the Laurens
farmers need a fuller appreciation of
the attractions of their W calling.
The time has arrived when farming Of
fers more to the thrifty, Industrious
young than any business or profession.
Indications are plentiful that the price
OF cotton is not likely to drop below
seven or eight cents for years to m
well informed men think that 1t will
average ten cents this year. When
cotton dropped to four and three
ter cents the pound some years ago no
cody in this country starved. The re-
cords of the public Offices will show
that even then few tracts of land were
sold for debt and that practically none
were sold for taxes. In other words
the history OF that year is clear proof
that h farmer % live In this coun-
try under conditions that would seem
intolerable. Times were hard, men
a to deny themselves Injuries but
nobody actually suffered and everybody
had enough food to eat and clothes and
fuel enough to keep warm.
With cotton bringing more than dou-
ole that price, there should be some
thing handsome In the farming busi-
ness.
Moreover and still more important,
the farmers In Laurens county are not
dependant on cotton. The time has
come when thrifty, sharp-witted, think
ing farmer can live comfortably with
out planting an acre In cotton. In the
past fifteen years q great "homs mark
es' has grown up in this region. In
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23
Get the Best for the Asking.

When you order a sack of patent
flour from your grocer, do not tell him
to send you "a sack of good -four" but
tell him to send you a sack of "Clif-
ton" because "Clifton" is the best
patent. Every sack is sold with this
guarantee, and if it does not prove as
represented, your money will be re-
funded. "Clifton" is an all..ound
flour, and is as good for cake and pas
try as light rolls and biscuits.
Z. N. Barksdale,
M. III. Fowler.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Northern South Carolina more than
10000 0people have been added to the
town and village populations who have
ceased to produce I'D. These people
must be fed. Consequently every chick
en-, egg, pound of meat and basket OF
fruit and vegetables raised on the
farms finds ready sale al prices almost
double those of a few years ago. The
demand is far greater than the supply
and the opportunities are most excel
lent for farmers who are shrewd
enough to embrace them.
Meanwhile, fam life has been re-
lieved OF most Of the incidents that
have seemed 10 make il uninvitiug.
Free rural mail deliveries and tele-
phone systems have placed hundreds
Of families in easy communication
with the towns and railway stations
and the facilities are rapidly increas-
ing. The schools are better and the
school terms longer. The Introduction
of wire-fencing has made pasturage
and therefore cattle production prac.ic-
able and profitable. The one thing
lacking, good roads, is bound to
come.
This Piedmont country has, however,
two advantages that overshadow all
others from the farmers point of view.
The first Is that the region is healthy.
One IA live anywhere in Laurens the
year round. Probably no region is so
free of mild diseases or deadly pestI-
lences. In the second, acrop failure is
unknown. Sometimes the cotton or
grain crop is much less than in other
years but there Is never a failure in
the sense that they occur over vast
areas of the great West. In Louisiana
a freshet sometimes wipes u the SUI
gar cane plantations and years are re-
CURED for recuperatiou. The same dis
aster may como to the rice farms in
South Carolina. In the Piedmont,
something and something considerable
is always made and there is no limit to
the kinds OF things that may he pro-
duced.
The prices of lands are going up
rapidly. In sections OF Laurens county
they are already pretty high. In 9th
ers, lands that may be bought now for
five, six and eight dollars the acre
will in a few years, possibly in two or
three years, be worth in the market
ten, twelve and sixteen.
The mar with q capital of $4,000. or
$1,000 in q farm has a safer, pleasanter
and more money-making business than
the merchant with the The man
with 81, 1000 in q farm is incomparab'y
better off than the small shop-keeper.
The man who has nothing has a better
chance to accumulate money for "a
start" on the farm than he has in the
store-a bright boy can accomplish
more by hiring to a farmer than to a
st~ore-keeper. If there is anything in
him, no will o own q small farm Of
his own.
If the young men, native to Laurens,
now growing up on the farms, do not
stay on them and own the lands ,strang-
ers will come in and take their places
The men who own the farms in the
South, especially in this region, will
always be the independent, well-to-do
and governing class. The farmer boys
are already "in on the ground floor"
If they voluntarily get out of the way
for others, they will have only them.
selves to blame.
Sir Thomas Upton is threatened
with appendicitis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Sir Thomas Upton is threatened
with appendicitis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers = DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are
always at work. night and day, curing
Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation,
Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver
and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant,
safe, sure. Only 25 cents at Laurens
Drug Co. and w. W. Dodson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23
In Praise Of Chamberlaiu's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy.

"Allow me to give you a few word,
in praise of Chambsrlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy" says
MIR. John Hamlet, OF Eagle Pass,
Texas. 81 suffered one week with
bowel troubles and took all kinds Of
medicine without getting any relief,
when my friend, Mr.. G.. Johnson, q
merchant here, advised me to tax
this remedy. After taking one dose /
felt greatly relieved and when | had
taken the third dose was entirely cured.
| thank you from the bottom OF my
heart for putting this great remedy in
the hands of mankind" For sale by
Laurens Drug Go.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23
(To BE c%oNrINUED.)
1T SAVED HIS LEG.

Z. A. Danforth, of LAGRANGE, Ga.
suffered for six months with a fright
full running sore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured 1t in FIVE days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve la
the world. Cure guaranteed. ONLY
% cents. Sold by Laurens Drug 90.
and w. w. Dodson.
Every bottle of Our New Discovery
guaranteed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Our New Discovery is guaranteed 70
put your Stomach, Liver and Bowels In
o healthy condition. Write II. j.
Duckett, Sheriff OF Laurons county II
you doubt 1t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-23

Rates for Adycrtisings-Ordinary AID.
vertisements, per square, one Inser-
tion, $1.00; each decentralization,
90 cents. Liberal reduction made
for large Advertisements.
w. w. BALL,
Proprietor.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In Berlin a club of the "disengaged"
has been formed by young men who.
having broken with their sweethearts,
regard marriage as fated to be fail
ure.
Great Britain, Germany, Holland,
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Russia
have agreed together to form a COM
mission for purposes of sounding and
charting the seas around their coasts.
According to municipal statistics,
Paris boasts 1857 octogenarians and
531 nonagenarians, SIS of whom will be
centenarians in a few months time.
Of centenarians there are at present
FIVE
Vienna almost always holds worlds
record for suicide In the first nine
months of last year $50 men and %
women succeeded in killing themselves,
and another 367 made unsuccessful at
tempts.
The city of Christiania long go went
to law on the question of liability for
the support Of an aged woman. When
the case was settled recently it was
discovered that the old woman had
been dead for years.
The only ancient gold diggings yet
discovered which are of sufficient mag
nitude to be those of the Ophir of
David and Solomon are those of the
Zambesi region. The gold contrib
uted by David alone to the building of
the temple, being 1900 talents of the
gold of Ophir," would be in value over
Ss0, O0O, 900.
Russian state officials are endeavor-
ing to lessen the number of holidays,
chiefly of an ecclesiastical sort, but
also some of local origin having no
! other basis than custom, and all of
them tending to lessen theworking
time and earning capacity Of the peas
antry. The Orthodox church clergy
win cooperate in so far as the move.
ment does not affect ecclesiastical oh.
servances.
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CONSUMPTION OF COFFEE.
One Billion Pounds Annually Used by
the People of the United States
AIncreased Importation.

Coffee is now consumed. by the
people of the United States to the
amount of one billion pounds annual
ly. Since 1924 the imports have more
than doubled, and within the same
period the per capita consumption
has increased four pounds, the gain
being greater than that made by any
article: used as a beverage. A divi-
sion of this 1,OOO,O 100000 pounds among
the Inhabitants of the country gives
to each man, woman and child
about 141a pounds.
For a family of five persons this
would mean one pound each five
days, or 70 pounds year. A fair
average price for coffee of good
grade, at retail, is 20 cents per
pound, involving an annual ex-
penditure for this bean which
delights the palate, aids digestion
and makes the user thankful for the
pleasures of the table, to the amount
of $14.60. This would make the an
nual expenditure of the people of the
United States for coffee alone ex-
coed $2OO,OOO,OOO, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Imports for 1901 reach the grand
total of 1.o72, OO9. 1S2 pounds. In 1902
there was slight decrease, the
amount being 955,2s3.919 pounds, max
ing the annual average for the two
years ,O13,646.55o pounds. The source
of this supply, together with the per-
centage of the total import contrib
uted by each country. is shown in the
following table. The figures are Off
cial and were compiled from the gov
eminent records:
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10000. Within the past few gears

10000. Within the past few years
orange orchards have been mors ex-
tensively planted in northern Cali
which accounts for the increased crop.
Heretofore, it has been held that the
southern part of the state was the
citrus belt" but it has been demon
strated that citrus fruits Will grow
in the foothill sections-north as well
as south of the Tehachipi. the So
called belt range. The orange Is as
secure from frost in the northern
foothills as in those of the south.
And also just as liable to be nipped
in the bud. The orange crop from
the north was marketed last year be-
fore New Years day, and sent to the
south the first ripe oranges of the
season. This seems to be strange,
but it is owing, it is believed, to the
fact that the summers in the north
are not so long and dry, and that
there is more strength in the soil,
whether irrigated or not. Altitude,
and not latitude limits the growing
of citrus fruits, and until this fact
was learned the cultivation of these
fruits was limited to the lower levels
of southern California.
The lemon crop of 1902 was 1885
car loads. The crop was not profit
able, nor large, as our growers have
not reduced the cultivation of this
fruit to an ''exact SCIENCE" nor pro-
vided for it's necessary care and stor-
age. Most of the larger and more
experienced growers have made satls-
factory profits. While we supply the
markets west of Chicago, our growers
have not been able to profitably reach
the markets of the Atlantic states,
owing to the competition of the Sicily
San Francisco is more prosperous
than ever before in its history. This
is mainly because of the "open door"
to the east-China, the Philippines and
our acquisition of the Hawaiian is
lands. There is great and an increas-
ing demand for laborers, especially in
the building line. Within the past year
25 "sky-scrapers" have gone up, from
eight to IA stories. Until few years
ago, there were only half dozen tall
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about ten per cent, and an increase
of about 80 per cent. in the shipments
of Elums and prunes. The shipment
of grapes shows a slight increase in
the eastern demand.
The output of raisins is estimated
at 96,oOO,OOO pounds; that of 1901 was
150,0O0,O00, the largest of any crop
in the history of the state. The out
put of prunes is estimated at 100000
600 pounds; that of. 1901 was $780,
900 pounds-The prune crop of 1900
was 16O,O0O,oOo pounds. While the
raisin growers have received good
prices, and are working in harmony
with the wine makers, the Prune
Packers association has become dis
rupted, and growers closed out for
what they could get. The growers
had agreed to sell only to the original
packers, and the packers agreed to
buy only from the organized growers.
The growers were to fix the price,
and they attempted to organize 90
per cent. of the growers in the asso-
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SCARCITY OF LABOR.
It Has Been Disastrous to California
Fruit Growers.
Combination That Failed to Control
the Market-San Francfsco's
Famous Chinatown to
BE Moved.
Especial San Francisco letter.

l0PCSidl odH dHClsCO Aell6Tl
I ARGE fruit crops, of most all
varieties in this state, and a
scarcity of labor, and. large
crops throughout the country, have
been disastrous for the growers and
shippers of fruits during the past
season. Some of the fruit scarcely
repaid freights, and much of it did
not pay the cost of production, ex-
cepting the earliest shipments, and
the grapes, which commanded I'M
usually large pieces. Large quantities
were carried by the Gamers, conse-
quently they made a small pack, COM
paratively, and were very particular
as to quality and size. Dried fruits
averaged much smaller than the pre-
vious season, brought lower prices,
and the labor of harvesting and in
canning costmore. Grape growers have
been more fortunate, but those of
the latest districts lost part of their
crops by rain. Generally speaking,
the deciduous growers were not pros
porous last year. The output, how
ever, was larger than that of the pre-
7,141 car loads, while the shipments
of 1901 were 6,459 car loads. OF the
shipments in 1902 New York received
AIS car loads, and Chicago 1901 car
Goals. Pears were in greater demand
than any other variety of fresh de-
ciduous fruits, the total shipments
being 2,o11 car loads; peaches, LIT;
grapes, 1,033, and plums and prunes,
LAYS. The shipment of pears shows
an increase of about 25 per cent. over
that of the previous year. There is d
falling off in shipments of peaches of
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Pounds. Per ct.

It will be observed that from the
western continent alone came almost
o5 per cent. of the entire imports.
Brazil furnished over so per cent. of
the amount, while other South Amer
lean countries, Central America and
Mexico sent us about Is per cent. OF
the five per cent. coming from coffee
producing countries other than those
located in the western hemisphere.
the entire East Indies sent to us but
% per cent. The product of. the
island of Java, which is but fraction
of this % per cent, is considered the
hest of all coffees, and notwithstand-
ing the small amount reaching us it
can. thanks to the enterprise of the
American grocer, be obtained at any
and all stores selling coffee.
Coffee sells at wholesale at from
BIZ cents to 33 cents per pound for
the green or unroasted article, the
former being the lowest grade Of Rio
and the latter the best Java. A fair
average price is around Is to Is cents
= pound. The range of prices on the
roasted article is about the same as on
-tbe green and the average near the
same figure, perhaps two cents to
three cents higher. In roasting there
A. shrinkage of about Is per cent,
and Tor roasting q charge of about 50
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situation of industry order Not until the
instinct of the again basis fair
alike that the need be longer
feared But basis? What changes make
policy that will lead the peopzaton of the popretorshp Of the
country? Will the people the field of
ownership These practical inquiries that naturally to mind
The pending make noscange the basis OF
organization they provide for They exhibit
least controlling widen Proprohp The
publicity proposed confined the gathering and publication of ais
tics valuable possibly the spectator the trained investor but neect
i've and worthless the ordinary who seeking ownership What
chiefly nedfu the intervention of trustee
newgathere guarantee that when created
has that fairly organized statistics of hap
hazard which the comprehend In
short the pending sight of the prime mischief be
remeded and thus the remedies to be adopted
But though expect adequate legislation 1T WILL
COME The public mind is forming Unless greatly deceived
the madog policy treating corporations proposed by will be
jected THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NOT, IN BLIND
FURY, PULL DOWN ABOUT THEM THE INDUSTRIAL Ed
FICE Any calculated will be rejected There
will be public made up the diversion Of
political masquerade
And the public mind will in the end be made up! The Of the
United States will time face face with the full significance Of
the situation Such which obscure will clear sodd
interests that obuct will be brushed aside 1t will be made plain
that unless there be reaching reconstruction of
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buildings in the city, builders fearing
the effects of earthquakes. But as
lots became more, valuable, the build
ings rose higher and were put up much
stronger.
The city authorities are endeavoring
to Improve" the Chinese quarter out
of existence, or rather move it to the
suburbs. 1t is proposed to tear down
the rookeries and shanties and widen
the streets, after condemning the
property for thatpurpose. Chinatown
is about eight blocks square and is en-
croaching upon the American quarter
on three sides, and has absorbed part
of the Mexican quarter on the north
side. This was, originally, the busi-
ness part of the city, but as the city
extended toward the bay by filling in
lots, the merchants moved in that di-
rection, and the Chinese occupied the
deserted business houses, some Of
which have stood for half century.
In this quarter was built the first brick
house in the city, the bricks for which
were brought from New York on a
sailing vessel. 1t is now tenement
house, occupied by about 500 Chinese.
Property in this section has become so
valuable within the past year that it
looks as if the Chinese must go" to the
suburbs and there build another
chinatown" But they prefer their
present business location. They do
an immense trade with the Caucasians,
most of which they would lose if they
were pushed back out of the business
streets. Property owners who rent
to them will make legal fight against
| this Renaissance" and the Chinese
will aid them. 1t will be long and
stubborn legal battle.
The removal of these 10000
Celestials from the very business
| center would be great finan-
cial benefit to the city, and would
largely increase the values of adjacent
property, especially the residential
| property on the west. Dwellers in
that section must come through
| Chinatown to reach their places of
business, and so must those who live
in the southern and northern parts
| of the city. The Chinese quarter may
be called our Middle Kingdom" con-
| sidering its favorable and command
| ing location. If the movement shall
be successful, 81 will be the first in
stance of the kfnd-the removal of a
..colony" of about 10000 people from
the heart of a city 20 its suburbs. and
against their will. On the sites of
these rookeries will arise brick build
ings, with modern improvements. and
perhaps several ''sky-scrapers." From
the most thickly populated, filthiest
and most immoral quarter of the city,
it will be changed into one of the most
| beautiful and valuable. It will, in a
measure, do away with much of the
gambling and opium smoking among
the white people, for Chinatown will
not be so convenient to them. They
are largely instrumental in maintain
ling Chinatown and in its expansion.
J. n. sCANI4AND.
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cents per bag of $50 pounds. The ar
ticle is also sold ground or pulverized,
and in broken grains, siftings or
crushed. In whatever form desired
it is packed in bulk, cans or packages
to suit. the wishes of the retailer, who
finds it among the most profitable ar
ticles of merchandise. The profit va
ries from % per. cent. to 40 per cent,
and, like sugar, it is staple with a
regular and steady sale which yields
a handsome return.
AS a substitute for and adulterant
of coffee chicory easily leads the list.
1t is largely grown in European coun-
tries and in some localities takes the
place of the coffee bean entirely, In
other lands it is used in connection
with coffee for the preparati ton of the
decoction which so universally pleases
mankind. This latter is its almost
universal use in the United States, and
epicures claim that il imparts an agree
able flavor to the drink unattainable
without its presence. Chicory 10
known to be entirely harmless, wheth-
er used as an entire substitute for cof-
fee or in connection with it. Until
within comparatively few years all
chicory consumed in the United States
was imported, the main supplies COM
ing from Germany. It now is grown
in large quantities in several Of the
western states, Nebraska being the
principal producer, where its culture
and preparation for market occupies
the time of several thousand persons.
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What Everybody Says.

CHICAGO, ILL.
When I received the
sample Of Doan's
Kidney Pills I was
suffering terribly with
my back was sick and
unfit to do anything.
The several remedies
l had used, though
highly recommended,
did no good, but
rather irritated the
trouble and made mo
worse. Before I had
used up the sample I
was feeling so much
better that ! got more
from the drug store.
I could not sleep at
night. Had to get up
six or eight times, and
the urine was so red,
would almost. think
1t was part blood
there was athick sand,
like brick-dust sedi-
ment. l cannot tell
one-half that ! suf-
fered, nor how good
/ feel now that / am
cured by Doan's Kid
ney Pills ; but here I
am, sixty-six years
old, able to do my
own work, feeling
well as ! did twenty
years ago, for which I
thank Doan's Kidney
Pills ten thousand
times. Mrs. e. Z.
GOULD, 914 w. Lake
Street. Doan's Pils
cure when others
fa4 /:
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citation Growers not in the associa-
ton, and those in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho, sold for what they
could get, and then there was a gen
eral cutting" everywhere.
The output of other dried fruits is
as follows: Peaches (estimated) a.
OOO, 900 pounds, 100000 pounds less
than that of the previous year; april
cots, IL, oO0, 600, a falling off of near
" 100000 pounds; apples, $780,
600, a decrease of 10000 pounds;
pears, 5000, 900, decrease of 1,5oO,-
Gee pounds; plums, 100000, short
Yer product by 100000 pounds; nee
tarines, 100000, decrease of about
80 per cent; figs, 7,250,O00, an in
crease of 100000 pounds; and dried
grapes, 100000, an increase of 10000
pounds.
The orange crop for the season of
| 1902 was 19, $50 car loads of $50
boxes to the car. The crop for 19O2-03
| is estimated at $4,000 car loads. The
year has been prosperous for orange
growers, and the profits were larger
tthan those of the previous season OF