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J alu i. ~.-*. /. c. OAltLlN(iT(K\\ KDfTOli, "LAritlONS, SEPT. doth, 1884. Subscription Price--12 'lonthn, Cl.00. l'A Y A IM .Ii IN ADVANC1C. Kates i'm- Ad 'tislng. Ordinary Ad vertisements, per square, < lue Inser tion, $1.00; eaeli subsequent Inser tion, 50 eeiits, l.ilieral reduction linnie for large Atl Vertisoiuents. J. l\ OAHLINfiTON vt CO., Proprietors. No mn. During tito prosont Torin of lite of tin'Court the (I rn ml Jury have failed to Hud true bills in a number of eases. Among thom uro some for retailing liquor, libel und as sault and battery. The facts connected with some of the ensos have been generally known and commented upon throughout Hie county for some time. Various and conflicting opin ions have been expressed as to what would be Hie verdict of tin jury upon ibo trial, but no one thought it possible that tho guilt or innocence of thc persons accused would not bc established because of il failure on the part of the <: rand Jury to find a true bill. We have no rig id tocritieiso this action, and we have no desire to do so, because it is impossible for us to know what evidence they hud be fore them. The deliberations of the G rand Jury arc not known to the public and we min t presume that they did their duty, and that sufficient evidence to establish a prima fade ease was Ilot before them. Whether the w itnesses for the Slate by any mean.- withheld evidence, or tho Jury misconceived their duty, it i- unfortunate that the cases referred to should have terminated in this manner. When over tho people are led to believe that them' is a strong probability of ti violation of law, and hy any means thc matter falls to bc tho roughly investigated, the accused person evades tho ordeal of a pub lic trial, or where any ein utnstan ces appear that savors ol'inequality, tho invariable tendency ls to cre ate distrust In the machinery of the courts, lt lends to lynch-law and disturbs the pea? c and good order of society generally. While Grand .Jurors act as con servators of Hie publie peace, and should protect till persons against w hom no primo facie case exists, against thc annoyance ?d' a trial, yet it should bc borne in mind Hint they have no suth discretionary powers as to decide upon the guilt nor innocence of the accused; nor ia it their province, after they arc satisfied as to a prima Jude case, to smother thc matter upon any other ground. As soon as the probability of Un offence ls established, then the dis cretionary powers of the ( ? rand .lu ry must end. The course which they should pursue is marked out by the law. If there arc circumstances which would excuse thc violation of law, it ls a matter which be longs to another brunell of Hie court, and with w hich thc ('rand Jury have nothing to do. As wc have said, We cannot know thc cause for Hie action of UUr Jury In the cases referred to, and wc arc bound to presunto they did their duty, us those who com pose tlii.-- Jury arc true men. They ure men of intelligence and doubt less need'no instructions as lo their duty; hut if au error is mad. , :! is far better it should 1)0 made in forcing'an innocent mau to undergo trial, than in allowing the guilty to escupe. Under our system of trial bj jury, it seldom happens that un innocent man is convicted bf crime. "F." and t!ie Koad Law. Two weeks ago we lind ll hort urtlcle on tho Hoad Law, and while we frankly admitted that we kn; w of no system by which tho w ork could be belier done, yet \VQ toil .. sidered tho result of the present system unsatisfactory, and there fore advocated a change, Last week a correspondent under the signature "1'." joined issue with US, . and in a lengthy article, attempted tri show that tm chango is needed, "IV says: "it seems to be a met-? a physical Impossibility that a man should discern defects in a sy.'tcin ami not be able to conceive of a better plan." lt appears to UH that anyone who travels our public roads can scarcely resist the Conclusion that they ure .not properly worked, and yet, per haps no fVpO tuen would agree as to the best way to have them worked. He says further: "Tho conception of a better plan would-bo tho ti cans, und the only modOs, by which you should nhl rm difficulties in tho system." This language appears rt little strange to say thc leustofll For years mir public roads have been worked-as they are now, and yet wc sec thom in a bad condition. Year after year the hand i perform the W.'iA' >t t apart by tfttf l VCl' < c; and yet no material improvement tn the roads can be -eon. Wo* ailinn that fh? pre rut sys tem Khouhl be ehnngod ; iiphjiocuuso we know of :i heiter, but because we know that tat? IHC(/KKI (h>e.-< not accomplish the rost?t intended. Common sense would (each us thal some better system eon!-! I>e de vised. UV do mu know the bes! method, nor ls it exactly ?".!,. prov i nee to figure the unit ter out. IT Wi' OOUhl suggest WO WOUld do so; bul ns it ls, we wiil leave Ibo ques tion ns to thc most available sys tem where it properly belongs, and only reiterate 'our opinion thnt the roads are not properly worked under the present: Kystom, und a change should be n?tido. lt appears thal ?MU- "metaphysi cal" friend ls determined to criti cise our whole artteio, mid news papers generally. When he says "newspapers aro not the only or gans to (Metate lo Hie Legislature,'' we entirely agree. I twas not out intention to dictate to anyone, but to give om* views for what I hey are worth. Surely he will allow th?> much. Ii is not righi that newspapers should dictate upon any siibjet t, but whenever we lind a system accomplishing no more than is dom under ibo present mode of working the roads, be may :i>> quito sure we will ! penh ont our convictions, V, hither Aro Wc Drifting : When we confront Ute fuel that every few days Hie horrible details of -omo tragedy, an account of soii:e high-handed act, ls Umist upon Ute community; whpu wo j see the low value (hat ls placed on human life, we utmost doubt whether ur not we are advancing in civilization. Tho news comes nov. from ridge field thal <>. T. t'ri.nuKATi!, des cribed as having been "a ga I lu ni Confcdrnto soldier, and for many years was esteemed un honornblc gentleman and :i worthy citl/.en," j was shot down by ti hotly of musked men, while in the ollicc of hi- law yer. It appears thal (V?/huRATH had separated from his wife. On the night of i!>e !:.'(li Inst., a young mun named HAMMOND wau shot ul Strs, t": i.nitEATii's house. While milny suppose that <>. T. CIJIIUHKATII committed the crime, or v. ;:-. Ihe principal agent in the nffair, ye!'it wns purely .< supposition. No evi dence could be found, nol oven cir cumstantial, yet the life-blood of :i citizen must be shed to Satisfy ah Infuriated mob. Tho perpetrator's of this vile and rockie.* - ucl di cl ii e that they sled Ci bu u KATI I ho* cause thc evidonce was nol sufll elenf to convict him In (.'ourt. liven Iii the darkest ages of Hie world's history, a psi nil Iel ensecan scarcely bc found, A man shot Uko ?i dog becnuse, forsooth, Ibo evidence was not strong enough to convict him. Whoso will such (liing.*- cudi Well niny innocent men tremole If such recklessness! be sanctioned by Hie com mun tty. Thc ridgefield Tragedy. (..Special tv tho AVanti Vottrlcp.) TUKNTON, September -.">.-The coroner's jury in the < hil brent lt case rons emblcd thi- morn:uv" al lu o'clock, their sessions growing moro deeply lnt< resting each ?lay and being attendod by Increased crowds of anxious .-?peel;!tors day by (Liv. Mr. I). ( >. I Ja rr, who lives nboul six milos from tho village on thc rond leading lo Antioch Church nm! (he(.'ulbreath Section, (estitled (hal n crow d of mounted men as sembled in his woods pu s turo, ly ing on the road, on Monthly even ing, linter in the evening he weat tohis pasture to drive home Iii. < :itile, his negroes refusing lo go on account of tho crowds of men UK y knew (o be lhere, and he came np with Wyatt L. Holmes, George Vance and Steve 11 um mond, willis! tb'y were drinking water at the brunch. Holme- told him lhere had been two hundred men along lu (be woods a lid thal this crowd wits ii demonstration <>n (he Ham mond side. Burr says ho shirted td go In ihe direction of (he crowd w hen Holmes udvlsed bim not to gb any further and lie returned ko.no. Thal night about io o'clock Darr was aroused and on going lo Ihe door saw three men, one of them being Holmes, bul the ?Iber., were masked. Holmes (old him (hut he, Uarr, must koop his mouth .-?in!. The three men then left and went in tho direction ol' Antioch Church. Mi Wood ti stifled <h:d 0U Mon day evening he saw .several mount ed men 111 the near vicinity of An tioch, and recognized among the number Ned Bus-ey. Collier Ham mond, l*a( Hussey, George Vern e,' I >. Hussey. Jasper Talbert iih.d three of the liol in 08 boys, not remember ing their names. Other wltn?ssoi* to-day testified tu recognizing (ho purl lea or most of thom .mentioned above? After un all-day scanlon the jury Ibis evening ri turned a verdict (hat O, T. Culbreath, thc decofua d, came to his death from a gunshot w ound at tin* hands of Win, Parkman, and flint Wyatt Holmes and oilier par ties unknown to the jury were uc ee.- s,?rios thercio. Arrests will ho next in order, und quito a ll uni bot! will be arrested. - rive prisoners under sentence from thc r. 8. Court for IllegaJ w hiskey soiling, broke jail ill Wal halla ort efunda V night hi il. Speech ol" linn. A. I*, lintier Be fore tho Lisbon Fnniiei*?' Club. J/"r. (tyaMekt Ladies alni (;< nf fe inen i '? . Kf? lt gives me grenf pleasure to be ! with you to-day und to learn <>r thc ! Nourishing condition of your Ciwb. j lu 1882 your Sec rc tn ry wrote nie j "we lip ve un our roll, I suppose, fifty mouther-. Our regular at* . tendance var?en from llfteen to . thirty. Wo have a good many I members who live some ?ii: tuno*' ! from place "of muet lng who ilo not attend regularly. Those members, however, nil take a deep*interest in thc club and Invariably apolo gize fur not attending moro rogu ? budy. We have not fulled to have a meeting of the club moro than half u Uo/oii timos since date of organ l/.ntioji-Mnrob INTO. ?We have oudotivotcd from time* to j time ti? induce our brother farmers all over thc county to organizo similar associations,.null are d< !< r mlncd, wltethor they do or not, thut we will keep ours alive. NVe think the intluor.ee of our olUb'ts being j felt all over our county, manic- dod , by the desire of farmers.< from all I parts of the enanty to join US. There ls a growing disposition ou ?? the pnrt of our members to. use '? improved Implements, hiipr?'w* live sioek mal make our farms self sustaining. Improved hiedes of culture are being adopted, Und more attention ls hoing paie! (M food crops fer nam ?md beast. Wo expected the past summer lp llave, an exhibit ol' farm anti gurdon products, household proditi t .?, stock Ac. Wo find the social features of ?>ur ob i) exceedingly plensanl, es pecially during < he summer months when we hilve the ladles with es. We fee! thal if our farmers all over the State would organ ixe into similar clubs wc would then be helter itbJo' to assisi Ibo -Agrlctih ; (ural Department In it- great ; work." This letter from your Secretary, written two years alter thc Organi zation of your club, satisfied mo ? that you hud (ho right spirit among yum and I am gi.ol of thc oppor i (unity to congrat?lale you upon : your decided sheet ss, Thc fact j that you lill ve maintained your or ' gtrnization so w t ll for six yours demonstrates conclusively that you value and fully appreciate the vast hctic.lt of such societies. To undertake, therefore, t<> talk to you about tho Importance of such As sociation, would bc like "carrying coal- to Newciistle." You have ; the proof of ii here lu your own ; club, und it- results ?a your own I efforts. At the suggestion of one ?d'your members 1 will speak to you to day of tho State department ol agri ulturo and how it-; work has been discharged. The Department is/charged with ? the m an agon teal of tho Phosphates of Hie Stn te j I he protection of the consumers of cutninercinl fertili zer.-; the tish inti rust of tie? State; the collection of agricultural sta tistics and luf< ruintion j the. inves tiga (ion of nil subjects relating to i agriculture anti -tock raising; and j generally tho development ol' tin mit ural resou recs of the State. Th-- phosphate territory of South j Carolina ts the most vahinble prop erly owned by the State. Tin value of tho M.?nial production ol South Cat'.?ina phosphate rock i len limos'as great ns the value ol all the gold and silver mined in ail tho Southern states. .\t this tttyi lhere arc en git ged ill mining, rock . fourteen companies, and eleven , companies are in operation i.tania fact tiring this rock i nb i com mon lal forttll/.< rs. They have Invested ll ht Ul I six million- of dollars anti employ about 8,000 hands. About four thousand lons of rock ls miser! every year from tile rivers ?ind lam! mines, and about uno hundred and (Iffy thousand tons of fertllls?ors an , manufactured. Foreign vessel.? nov. come to our ports loaded v iii . sulphur und take hack willi thoiii ! cargoes of our rock. Tho State re . celves annually alunit one hlllldrci ' and li fly thoiismul dollars royalty on the reek mined, or equivalentTi I lieittiy ono third Ofthe State taxes I You w ill readily perceive from titi ' brief statement bf fads that this i M very important hui fist ry mid rc quires a grout ced of Http nt lol , from the Department. Wisely en couraged and fostered, the benefit* froth it to ail oar popple will liv J creuse every year. Tho lu par! incut lifts II Special Assistant it inmediate chnrgeof this work nu dov Ino supervision of tho Douri and'Commissioner, and tho lai'tei makes an annual inspection ol' (hi phosphide mine- mid'reports Un results, w ith such rccoinmondai.ion. ns they niny deem proper, u> flu legislature, since this worn hm hcen done by tile Dcpurtinoht, Hu sum td'seven hundred fAvonty-fotu thous:.nd doll nrs in royalty Inn been paid Into thc State"Ircasurj by flic mining companies. The analyses of commercial fer tiii/.ers is Otto of the l/iosr, if no1 really thc most, important duly J? thc Department, liocotu u li poi Hie quality of litase mannie almost wholly (i?p6n<if| t.lu agricultural productions' of tin state, ff the standard df. thosi 'goods w as! lowered it would indie almost irreparable loss upon Hu farmers of jfhc State','.?iep?use thej would not only, lose tlie a motin c\pendi;d for for tillite ft! (Iud weil 'three ?ind f.uir millions, of dd] ta I every ,\ oar) but the crops also. I ls hecpasnry, thmvforo, that tXitil should be fully tested every season llllfl in order io (io this thoroughly tho Department lina established ; complete analytical laboratory tim put in (dung.' of it one of thc bes practical chenils! in tito South '/.very season w'V st nd out [lispee tor-; to every section of the State w ho are required to draw sample from every '?t <>f fertilizers lino may find and forward lo tho ehe tri 1st for analysis.- Ill order lo prc vent even a suspicion of eolliisioi between tho chemist and tho manu facturer, the . Inspector number the sample and the chem Isl ropoH tq tbO t.'oiunii -ioncr the resulto his analysis- of such a nuinbei Thc 111 a ii U f*C' I *i rc r i . required ti I ?11111 I !???.-Il Ililli I III WW I.I bram! on his bajr the amount of Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid, find Potash" that he may claim, and If our analyste shown any material deficiency in any nf these Ingre dients Illa gooda are liable to soi/. I ure ami condemnation, and tho re sults of our analysis Ure published I for tito benefit of consumers. This is dhe way in which oar OlHehvl i till a ly sea are made, but we will also make analyses for Individual , farmers w hen desired, under cer tain rules and restrictions, ami we are always ?vlad to have them soul us snell samples, li a farmer w ill ; draw a sample when he purchases i his tran no, seal il np in a (dean j bottle and have ll w itnessed hy a ; responsible party and som! it to us, i we will analyse it at the dose of : the season, If he lias reason to be lieve that it w as not w hat i! WUS 'guaranteed to him. Voil will all I understand thal we cannol under ' take lo make such uunlysos merely j for the gratification of the farmer, beean so it would vivo us mor?' w ork I h.'ii w e could possibly per ? Corm, but. If the farmer has reason fi? .h- li>. v.- tl Ut I he has been Impost d upon, w o will m'tt-ke the analysis for him. If it i-< necessary to sus pend all other work of the Labo ratory to'do it. Since tho Depart ment began work \Ve have made about six hundred and ninety analyses hf fertilizers. The impor tance of orllelid analyses are gener ally acknowledged, but I have re cently ?ead a communication in ti Northern Journal that show s this so .forcibly thal I repeat it here; . Tho ?:st aldis line n! of a Slate |)o> , pnrtiuent of-Agriculture ie Nor J h Carolina.dn 1877, (lid much i<? en courageai ml lo .extend the use ol commercial fertilizers. Previous lo1 this,-ehivlldenCe " was l>eing lost j in the vallie: of fort i ll xe ra put upon . the market, and thc sales had di j niloishod h> lesa than 4.0,000 tons Hut since their composition nm salo have been made subjects o State supervision, thc an.mal -ale luis steadily Increased to 100,000 a , present, a nd, ut lh>' ame time, fb< price has decreased and tho (puillt j improved." i The ? 'hem 1st of tho i lepa rt men gives Ids entire time to our worl ami is not permitted, without tie authority of the lb ard <>r Cominis stonor,'to do tiny other work, ll? I ls now prepared to make analyse of ores ami mineral waters, and ; invite you to send us anything o tili- kind thal you would like teat ed. Analyses of any kind mad; i for tho farmer- tire made wi thou ' cost lo ! hem. I Von all recognize and appreciate tho Importance of thc I'Msh Interest , ol'the State. Wo hoveondonvoree tn promote this interest (otho ex tent of our ability a nd Increase th supply of food fishes. The Depart ment now luis tl Imf ch I ng house i. Oconec County for propagathi] .ahnen, trout and such species, ll IK another on the 1*1??isto Ulvor, ii Coljctou County, for hatching shad Wc have- also broodi-llg ponds fo ( ('arpat Columbia, and, although no extensive, wo have obtained fin re bli- from them, This work i under thc imm?diate siipervisio of a practical Kish-culturlsl wit ? gives ids whole time to it. Shu? I the work v a- commenced we hov di (tributed in Hie streams of th j State, 7,?tl:|,000 Simd, '102,000 Sa I mon, I2,U00 Trout, and distribute : to iiwin rs . ?f pond s ? |,000 ( !nr| : The salmon planting was an OJ perimeiil willi all ihe Souther States, and ve an- not yet sat lalle ( that it will prove successful. Til results of the -had hatching ai . already .-cen in the Hdisn Hive i whore an Increase in thc n'a mix of these tish i-; reported, The sin I cess attending earp culture In ti Citato lins been remarkable mid ci Uroly satisfactory, Any fnr?u who desires lo faire these li-.il, wi . be supplied with enough to -tock pond without any cost, except tl express charges on the Uah, froi Columbia, w'hich amounts to u mei t rtile. The ?Superintendent of Pis i eries luis recently Inspected il st reit tua In lue upper coiiiltie where obst niel ions to the fri pit isngoof migratory fish exist, ai hali way- w ill be constructed ovi , the dams in those streams by il H rsi of e Ictober, and wc hope have lisli ways in all of them at I very early day. Th . ndvomsomont of tho r I sources of the State is another ii portant duty. To do this (borong j ly rorjuires an exte lislvo corr? pondi 'lu rc .. ad hu iaiUK-n.se anion j of lime and Work, bul wo have e ii' :".'nr. 1 to do it (is fully as po.-t! j ide. Since the organization of ll Deptlrtlll'onf WO have made t\ , exhibits of our resources nt N j (ional e.? hilii! :on>-ono at Allan , in l8SI and the other at New < , lean.- in 1881-188"?. Time w ill I permit mij to describe these e f hi bi ts. I'hud-mailed a number I copie.- of our report on flic exlil to your Secretary for dis'trlbuti' to your member-. Till.* report ce laina full d?scriptlons of our Nt Orleans exhibit, and I think Hi aile r reading I Wyon will agree wi those who sa.w it, that il was emu plc te exhibition of oil r resourt and hid nat rios, and that it w alike creditable to our gr??t Stt a nd'her patriotic people, Wehn advertised the State In other wa also, lu 1882 the department stied fyQOO Copies of a llandilo :conttiiUing a full and comple roy low of the Social, Agricultui Kineaf ional, Industria] and Ce? . m ere hil condition of the St,tte, a this book has been universa pronounced one of the best pul Cations ever issued by any Sta lu ti 1 lit ?on lottie Hand Hook t I>c mont has published 2">,< Annual reports, 220,000 Monti reports, and over 80,000 Itl?seol lieoilH publications. TllCfiO ?lo? incuts have gone to all clviilh portions of the world, The mon ly reports were chiefly distribu? .among our ow ii people ns they w i published, priii'-ipully to give rnmiatlon to our farmers. In order to perform lt? We sat i-taetorily, the Department I pureha-ed a ItUTgO building fO? nnrpo-H s. In this building is 1 laboratory and the oftt?es of i depart merni, and the large lu will be used for li permanent dilation of the re-otin-e ,.| I State. To this building wo extend il special invitation to all farmers, and hope that they will consider ? thal it has boen purchased ll) their I Interest and that they will come ami advice with us os to the best moans of advancing that interest. ll is tho earnest desire of the Hoard and Coniinisslonor. to estab lish nt) experimental farm ut nil early day. This would have been ! done long ago if other matters re quiring; nil expenditure of money ! bad not been more pressing. It I will be done as soon as tho funda nt j our disposal permit. You all reul ! izo that a department of this kind ? (.ikes tillie lo grow nilli develop, ? and we hope that its growth ami ; development will always be in tho I right iii root ion. In conclusion, 1 trust yon will ! pardon me for detaining you a few 'minutes to explain to yon bow tim Department is maintained, as this is so much misunderstood. No up j propria??<m Cor ils support is mude from the State Treasury. When i ! the Act creating il was passed, an I appropriai ion of $0,000 was made' j from the phosphate royalty, to be used until the tax on fertilizers be came available. This appropria tion was never touched, tun I at the ; end of the year was covered laiek ; into the Treasury, Tho law re I quires all manu fact tires of eommer I dal fertilizers to paya tax of twon ? ty-llvo cent- per ton oil every ton of fertilizers sold in ibo State. 'I he fund arl dug from the payment ; of this lax ls used exclusively for thc benefit of thc Department. So thal while the Department has charge ol' the phosphate territory , of tho State und looks after thc collection of the royalty, no part of j thal royally,'nor any part of the i state taxes are appropriated for its support. Corrcspoudcnh iron: the Agri cultural Societies, (1 muges and! I Clubs, and tho Department has hoon Warmly supported hy Hie pi ,;.!.? generally, and bas bad tho ! cordial endorsement of the farmers, I individually and collectively. ! n conclusion permit me to thank i you for the opportunity you linve ? a Horded nie of bringing tho work I of tho 1 >epartntent to you attention. I trad Unit Hie statements I have I made will satisfy you thal we lui ve . accomplished some good for our people, and that with the oxpo '; rience we have gained wo will lie able to do much moro En the future. - A dross does not make tho wo '? man bul often br?ales tin man. ' "flood [gracious," said the ben, w hen sho discovered the porcelain < gg in her nest, "1 -hall bo a bi iek Inyer noxfc." _ ! -Tho South Carolina Agricul : turu] Society w ill hold an indus ' trial exposition in Charleston on ! Hie ot" November. -Sam .lom ?, tho evangelist, has op 'ned a campaign to "save" Chi cago, Hin .'T -:d-grandchildren w ill ! curry on t ho I ti 'lucan at the old j stand. ! -Iva S. Davenport hus boen nom i hutted for Oovornor of New York ! by the Republicans. Ile is a weak ' man and Iii? nomina; ion is a sur I prise to everyone. - A glass hodslend has la en made al a Itirm.'nghntn, Kng., factory for il ( 'aient,??i millionaire. It is ?if solid glass, Ute b gs, rails, A,-., be ing richly ct.i. Tlie King of Dur I mah also int,-, one. j -Tho eas*? of Cluvorious, Hie Ilidimond murderer, will probably , be reached hi Hie Supreme Court sometime next mouth, The pris oner maintains his cheerfulness j and confidence. There bas been ? no chungo hr publie opinion as to bis guilt. "Say," said the editor's anuri . little son. as ho entered a Hlore,'"do you keep knives?" "Oil, yes," res '. ponde.I tho *torokoe|K>r, "we've ? kept them for .year-." "Well," res ponded (bi Iniy, as he -tarted for the doo.r, "you ought lo advertise, . and then you wouldn't keep 'em so long."--/;./-. i -Mr. Doney, Section Master on the Laurens Hallway, was arrested in Newberry .Satunlay afternoon by a Laurens constalde upon a ? warrant charging him with assault and bntery wit lt Intent to kill shooting lal Satterwhlte. colored, the day before it (I old >i 11 e. Sat ; terw bite was not much hurt. .\'fic!>< rt\i/ Obten tr. - Yesterday a Chinese store keeper who kept mik handkerchiefs sale was induced to soil one for UOe. which lie lia?! asked )|t2.?*i0 ba al first. "How much do you make on ibis, icio?" as asked after tho trude was made. ''Ob, Pue." wa the ronly. "Hut bow can you make Otic, when (hat i- all you get for lt ?" "Ob, nie ste MI uni," coolly re plied the Chinaman, as ho threw ] the money into the drawer. _,_. _ - No doubt romains tim t a lorri , ble lamine ia Impending in India. The crops in the Deccan have all I failed for want of rain, while in Henge I tho crop- are ruined by an excess of rain and llo.nl-. Tho country for Arty miles ubini! Cal j cutta is completely submerged. ! Nearly all the railways in tho provinces aro injured hy Hoods and landslides, The railway nt Lacker ? Sera has been completely swept away. Public HiyInscriptions have been opened in Calcutta, and in nil the large t?Wll all possible prcpa 1 rations ave hoing made U> provide uga i us I the famine whlc.li la now Inevitable, and to mitigate ita hor rors. LCT I'S OlftJAM/t.' A NA TIONAL BANK; lt is admitted that vcv need a National Hank for Laurens. WY invite all who can ho induced to take an Interest In the project, lo (onie up with their siuWi i pl ions, large and small. No suhaerlption will he called for I.cloie the lat of Jitrwury next SAM l l'.!, H. TODD, J SO. \. IVA H KS DA Li:. Sept. 20, 1885. (?j tfn Tixe Stoek of GENERAL MERCHANDISE OF T, B. AI2DBRS0N AT WATERLOO, S.G X^C'U.st be sold Swithin tie next thirty days. Thc Stoc k consist? largely of SOUND GOODS AT AND ?BELOW their BRIGID Ali GQST,* Those wishing to buy should examine this stock if they find anything tho)' want, it WILL BK as NO PROFIT on the goods is desired A. R. \.AX( i:r as Assignee*, L. W. SI M KINS, as Af?ent. 'V.V/UiL/ J S KPT KM UK lt 21st t SSA. Our IBio: Drive. IN order to make ROOM FOR OUR Mammoth Stock. Cali \\\ Shoe w Sl?o< c 4 WII2TER* GOODS + Ve aro i?ii;,- ;t! greatly reduced pri?es tho following gooda* ;os, Dross goutls, Kemnants of Dress good?, Table l>aii? aak, Towels, Hulks, lodging, Laces etc., and n Great Variety of g<aids too numerous to mention, call the special attention of the ladies to-our Stock of ?ine s, every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. <. als?? carr) a Large Stock of men's children and? Misse? S, which WO sell as low as thc lowest, onie one, come all, and sue for yourselves. GRAHAM & SPARKS. I R 0 N F 0 U N D R Y. All kinds of Machinery impaired, iron and Brass Casting** ol every description, uiadc "ii short notice. Work guaranteed as gooti, and prices Lower titan can he had at any other Found"]? We mean whal wc nay. Call or write l'or prices; MYERS & COLE, Laurens S. C. August .">, 188/? Tlie Sig Eagle! J. E. Cooper 8s Co. ??tive removed their Stock o? Fancy and Family Groceries,, Confectioneries, Fruits, ?fco, ^ S'egetahies, Wooden-warp, Hoots, Shoes and llHfs to tho now store, Jual completed, under tho alga of tho "Big Kagle," Kastt . ddo of Public Square. Highes! prices paid for Produce, Hides, Et?* gJXT Wo thank our customers for [nwt patronage, nwt goffet! aeon* (I mut nee of tho Hame. Call and ace ns, J. Iv. COOPER ft CO. (JLO'I 111 X< ? ! ?LO?HIN?l! O Hi O 1 M O Davy Crockett . Was on TOP when ho said, "Be sure y?>u aro right, then OO AHEAD. Tho vlehrtttod buyer, .1. NV. Leake, liitght (?14,000 worth of Clothing right ut I'OUURI) BALKS in New York and v e are going right ahead. ^a"> Suit* i'.-r Mon, ?it ">. 187 ? H ? at j |.H.->. 500 " " ? AtH.ftOO. .V.O. 600 t,? Tts? worth dibble, Fine Stylish Suits for Youths mid MoVf. KIO Sample lint.* at 73 cent? worth a cJLl??r, HlO Colt louted Stetson llatn and Heiser's Shoe?, on top. Plenty Shirt?, Collara and Draws for ?fr?ry tuxly. opra your Hearts and Pockets u lunion como lu our Store. PATTON.