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01 ?A*, *>*N [^Advertiser. ti- i: .^^^?z^z^'^T^?^z---"-'--'^*' LAURF/NS, hw. f?, * sss. ?abtcrlritiar Prlcc--12 Montan, Ol.CO. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. KntoH for ?dyortlaina;.--Ordlnnry Ad vertidme o H. per square, <,"" hwcr tlon, fl.O?j euch subsequent .IM v tion. 60 couts. Liberal reduction made for .a.-;:<- Au vertir.ciriouls. j. O. OAKLINGTON A <"<?., Proprietor*. The Agricultural Dopurtmi al. Tho l?gislature? has neted wisely in re-electing Coi. A. r. m TI.KK Commissioner ol Agriculture, lt shows that the new deal idea luis not gained such complete control of the people as to make thom for- ! get that worth and fitness should bo rownrdod, nor arc they willing to sacrifice mon who have proved worthy of thoir position. A great many farmevs arc undi r the impression thai (be Agricultu ral Haroun should be abolished. This ts a mistake. A careful ex amination of (lie work accom plished in the past year, will show that it has been of'tho greatest ad vantage to Ibo farmers. Not only so, but it is absolutely es cntial for their protection. During tho past thirteen months, this Hoard hus been tho moans of stoppiug tho payment upon thousands of dol lars of worthless guano,.' be sides tho undoubted ftdvuhMigo ir has been in making mon'Ufo etti re rs keep up the standard fU?' their fer tilizers. But tho be^t pari thal it does not cost j .'nc ?State ?MI-? cent. Your tr.\es. {hat havo jus! been paid, may 'DO applied to many mi worthy objects, but not ono cent will g?" towards thc support of tho Agricultural Department, it ls argued that the firmer supports ihis institution by way of thc 25cls. per ton royalty which is charged on all fertilisers offered for salo in the Kt a te. Does any farmer in Laurens County believe that if Cos tax was removed, he could buy a ton of guano that now ('opts $.10.00 for 129.7.)T If so, be pays ii. (a ; if not, the manufacturer pays it. Hut .suppose it does come from thc farmer's pocket; suppose he pays it directly; is it not worth 25cts. per ton to know that v\ ant you buy contains the exact analysis inarki d upon each sack? Whatever bone fits fha farmer?, benefits the Whole community, and we would be sorry indeed to ace any legislation that tends to cripple this department. It is the ouly Institution timi (ends towards the improvement of Agvi eulture, and if farmers do not gain benefits from L, ' ls beean v they do not desire Improvement. Tho department stands ready to in spect your v ili/.er, analyze your soil, Rad it -ls nothing to have it done. Tho Constitutional Convention. it appears that In tho la-^t fow years there has beee. a growing de sire in this Sta(c, for a new consti tution. Without urging any ob .'jSctiotifl to . ur constitution ns it stands to-day, many seem to favor a constitutional convention, simply because tho Constitution of'cs was framed by tho Republican Party. It is of the utmost importance that the people look upon the organic law of the land with confidence and reaped. Without this, Insul)? ordination and lawlessness are thc inevitable results. Hut before we decide that a constitutional* con vention ir, needed, let consider well tho present condition of af fairs, ss well as tho hazard and expense of the proposed men? nure. Tb?? constitution 'if South Carolin*, albeit, a production of the Republican Party, is in many respects superior to the old one. It could be changed for tho better, by amendments, but WO fail to see the necessity for such radical changer?, that could not bo made in the usual mode. We are just now beginning to nee the beau.;, of our systwins; to understand tim con stitution, and do not believe that the people-are ready to undertake such a fundamental change in thc law of the land. ftlaee the turn of the tide, the Republican Party appears to de pend le-T upon the "monumental cheek" that has so long character ised that party. Hefore a caucus of Repu bu bl ?eau Senators a few days ago, Senator LOGAN modestly declined the unanimous nomina tion for tho position of Pr?sident pro tempor* of tho Senate. If JOHN BHKHMAN would go and do Likewise, we might hope that they hod really disgusted thomsolvos. i, vi] j )? ; i ' r ?j v . * / y - } *l \-*H Antl-Prohibio?h ' < in Atlanta are making a dep?rate fight and will probably succeed in having the recant election In that eily dc clarad ttltoMl. ?' \ v p v Thc Building ftud Loan. The DOO] lo t f Laurens, truc to tl vir Imputation for pluck und otwry.y, bave, infused lifo find n spirit oTontor?jtjl ?ft lu this Aaaoi in- , tlon, milch ls desttjNbd to makfe I lt a power H r good in building up ? our town. In two dtiyy, within tv few dol lars of the retiulroti amount was uhscrtbed, and it is * ncotiraghig to soO) that no! only tho money* london) and mon of moans, bul also the young mon have readily taken stock. . lt is undoubt't'.V.Iy n &n?e InVestfn?nt a'' every young mun, no matter how email hi* pointy, eau hpttro n fo\V dollar t ? nob month, and tbi?? money, which In usually wasted, eoubl bp InVostod In r.o bettor way. Now thu!- tho amount of ?tock already subscribed is sufficient to begin operations, nothing moro ;.<. mains t?> bc dono except tho selec tion of officers. Tho prosperity of tho Association depend* In a great measure upon this. Mon should he elected who have thc business tttCt, judgment and energy to make thc liest possible investment!? Wo predict for tit" enterprise n bright future. In a short whil . its cfioct upon thc material growth of our town will bc seen, und wj - y some fearful mistake i rain '. . t will not require year- t o bring Ibo stock above pur. t, . Ive toping Cabling . A "i'lrve .o lodonf >.:* Ibo C'outUv, fi'tcntlonii t> . ry.- : rri?i bet i ;i j !?r keeping cabbage Ulai l ever J U'tod w UH lo yV'c? > . gi , quite dry, h lid hi tho inn j mollow nnd eitsy to trench with spudo, or, it* a large number arc lu bo preserved, u- fi pl . . li and thou ? bc sp ob , o?' i ii : tl shhvol, t.- lib h >Ho> I sides, and of fcuillciohi Width timi I depth to receive i ho heads so tho} Wi.il uol i ?uch either hoi : nu ot sid<'< ??f fl o trench. Non take ?1 piece cf lu o by fcnir-inoh s c a 111 Mug ami piuco i*, edgewise over Ibo trench in such n position thal thc bond-, will liol (ouch oil bor side or bottom, nftor stripping oil' thc consor outside leaves; suspend tin heads nuder tho sounding, roots up, by putting 11 suitable nail through tho slump ol" tho cabbage, tho roots coming up n < ri fi . higher than the natural earth; then tal? some short pieces <-f board, or oilier suitable material, just long enough to make n '-..it of rafter reaching from tho edge of t he bank toth'- scantling, in such positioi ns to give a dight pitch; placea board on these rafters, longtliw i I Of course; scatter over it a suth- j oient <?uantity of straw, or other course material, to prevent thc I I earth from falling In; throw on n sufficient quantity of loose earth Which'ca nie, out oT thu trench, t< pr. vent too much freezing, and t will keep thc heads cool and suf?l ciontly moist. Delay placing tin hoads in position hs long ns thc woutltecwilltpcrniii. The trench* . may be in sect kins of ton or twelve foot, ns in opening in uprliig it .s ill Se bettor aol to Iel thc air conic to all at once. In?rense in Illicit Distilling. Tho Commissioners of Internal Rcvonuo still receive nd vices of thc Increase of illicit distilling und for cible resistance to law in ibo Stales of Georgia and Tennessee. Tho p -miliar feature of the matter is that tin- tronido now originates in counties which have heretofore boon exempt from such disturb ances. In Cl ci i . la, fi : in tame, t illicit s:i!ls huv ? recei .ly boen ' captured and dos troy od i'? tho lum j ber region, where those practices were heretofore not known. An impression seems to have boon spread itlx ut thal with Mic change of administration lhere would comen relaxation in tho enforce ment of tho revenue law s, and tho discovery now made that tho ofli eers appointed by Pr 'sidont Cleve land ure vigilant in seeing that tho laws aro obeyed bas brought j about turbulence, which ii will rc- : uuiro a considerable display of ?oreo and 11 large expenditure of ; money to repress, Dr. "Woodrow ns n Voting litan. ! AVy Orlccihit Ti tn? a* De moe ruf. Jamos Woodrow, who hat so dis? ! turbot] tho theological world by his evolution Ideas, was H profci ?< 1 in tho Oglethorpe University, in Mid way, mar M illedgev?l.-, Cn. ill ls;?:;-/>i. il" wa? n y >m?- tuan UHU just starting oil I i in, uni gave token ol' tho fiber bc lins sh cc shown- (to Was ta ll j slender, cler ical looking, urossod In regulation black, with slender limbs and i foot, w?lkjlng willi a swinging gal .. ! and going alon;.'; its noiseless mi : ? unossorvutivo a possible. Ho had j a quiet way about bi o full Of force, Ile, wldle always go nt lo,'wit?! plain spoken and positive J lo Was a close and Industrious student, methodical and preciso, smiled lilt le, talked les-, nevorjoked, iiev or laugliotl, und Was si rici ami puri tanical to au unbending degree' Vi i qaotured nnd married Ho* prot ?oAi girl in the plat e. -Careful examination shows thai in Massachusetts 82 per cent, of females in the laftbrlng classes and ll per cont, of males work on Kundny, in uddilion to their wee? ly service. -The liqifor and beor fialporis of London, if placcil in ii row, would extend a distance of seventy-eight miles. Tho esl?tn of Henry W. .Shaw, "Josh Hllllntrs," amounts to ?f?:i ')00 and ls divided equally between his wire, two daughters and two sons-in-law. An Aetiv? Mau (Chicago Bar ?ld.) "Grraiuflt ir?an to Jump Into a i ow ti amt Rot acquainted with folks I ever saw, Jap Johnson was," said a traveling mau. "Give Jap a night and a day in a country p a o and everybody there would cal' him hy his first name, and 1 o'd call everybody the same way.ov?. u the girls. Ir; forty-eight hours he'd know every man, woman, child, horse, tleg, anti ear in the to WD anti could tell who married who, who got drunk once in a while, and who had fits or rheumatics, (live him three days in a town anti he'd have ew-ry blt of the gossip and old musty scandals that ever wont over the back fences of that town flown flner'n silk. He was a wonderful man, Jap was, ami he tv-uld sell goods like a house afire. "The biggest tbirg ho ever did, though, was'bout four years ago. Ile bad four hours to spend in a little town out in Western Iowa. In that time be sold two bills of goods, waa invited to dinner by thc Mayor, decided four bett, was referee In a dog fight, proposed marriage and was accepted by the belle of the place, borrowed $6 from I lier pa, bt?at another man twp I games of billiards, and \t\ 'Happen ing tn bc election, ?';\\y, he capped tho mansar.', ?y sailing in and having...'-;,mself elected Town Clerk by^, majority of eleven votos." - A new York paper remarks j that "persons have doubtless re ; marked tba? tho mechanical get up of the now postal-card ls more elegant than the phraseology of its printed Inscription, which reads: "Nothing but thc address to be on this ide.' Tho fact io, that thin is n precise and correct statement of thc la ... and ba - boen roached only I after Kevern! ambiguous attempts, j Thc ?irsj postal card hat! it: 'Write I tho address only on this side,' ! which uiig!;i ho-and was, by cor* ? respondents who wanted to write all over fm- card-eontrued as ? mei tiing, do hot write the address j ':u i :'. sith i, Tin second nttompt i . i -::??- ii In : 'Kolbing but the nd 1 In ? can bo placed on thh si I".' il !.... possibility was plainly con- : ; mtuled with permissibility, and tito-correspondent aol Only could, bm did, plac? moro than tho nd drosf on the face ol* the card. Then ibero ls thc form of tho Canadian and English postal-card, which says: 'The address only to bc written on this side,' meaning, as ? -lands, that if the address be printed, or st t down In any other way than by writing, it must bc put on tho other side. Therefore, wc may congratulate ourself upon having nt last a perfoctly worded postal card, which means exactly what it says-namely, 'Nothing but tho uddress to be on this side.'" -The census of Kansas, just completed by tie- Btato board of agriculture, shows n p?pu hui f , 1,208,432, again of 372,-100 In tho I past fivt years. The great por tion of this increase is within thc [ pajt two years, during which time ; the almost depopulated western ; counties have nearly regained former numbers. NOTICE. THE County Board of Examiners will meet at Laurens C. H., for the purpose of examining colored teach er-", on [friday, tho first day of Jan uary, ls&tj, and on .Saturday, the second ?lay, for white teachers. Positively tmly one day for each class. Teachers wishing to bo ex amined will please take notice anti come eitrlv. H. 8. GRIFFIN, School Commissioner. Dec. 1885. IO it. Till'. STATE OF SOUTH CARO Ll NA--LAURENS COUNTY [JV PROBATE COURT. Whereon, Junien Taylor lu?? applied to mo for betters ot AtiininiHtrn t ion. on tho Estate ol lliiHOlline knight tlcccnsod. These ?ire therefore t<> ??te and admon ish ill mid singular tho kindred mid creditors of said tlucoost tl, to bo and iip peitr before me ut II Court of Prob?te to bo hohlen nt my ollleo at Lam? is c. II., un Ile- ITtli day of I?. ? tuber, IKS*, nt lu o'clock, A. M.. to allow ''.tuso, If any limy eau. why lol tera should not ho Krau Icu. (liven under my hand and Heal this. Hu- 1st ?btv nf No vein lier, I8S5. A. W. Ill UNHIDE, J. i?, i., e. Dec. 2, IS85 ls >?l SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COM PA N Y. t MMRNCIWI KUNDAT Nov KM nun 20, l>- ), ot O.'l'i A. M., PoHMcngor Traills will riiii as follows, "Mmlorn ll mei" TO il ND I ! :< ? M CHARLESTON. (. Asl I 1>.\ H Y.) 11 |)?irt (-ollinlbio 7 .*!'! a I?I h 27 p III Dt . Ol it ri es ton 12 IS p m vt? pm u i> i i n MI.v.) Deport Charleston " :?i * m A IO p rn Duo < 'olunihlH 10 4o u m 10 (NI p m TO / ND I'lM.M r.\.M HKS. (KA HI (DAli.V i:xi la-r-.ONO.Vv.) n. p'i < ol uni bl n V .'i am &05p m 627 p ni Duo ( 'arndell u 17 p in 7 4? p in 7 vi p in (WEM i-Ai:.i UXOKI-T SCNOAT.) Dop'l ('mndon fl 50 H III 7 a tn '-i Ifi p rn DUO ( 'oluii.bitl !? a m 10 40 n in lu j? ni TO AND KROM AUGUSTA. II AST (DAILY.) \ H pari i 'oluinbia ?*> 27 p .) i>?e A aguata is .1 Op ?> (VSST (HAii.v.) Depnrl Augusts 4 4.> p tn Duo Columbia looa p m CONNECTIONS Mude at Columbio with Columbia ami < reonvillo Railroad hy train arriving at 10.40 A. M. ?nd dopnrtlng?t 6.27 P. M. At Colufahja Junction with OH C. <* A. Railroad hy same train to and from nil points on liol li roads. Passengers toke supper nt Ilranch vllio. At charleston with atenmars for Nnw York; and With steamer for Jnek.ion villo and pointu on St. John's Jttver, Tunsdoyn mid Saturday*) with Charlca tpn md Savannah Railroad lo ami from Savannah ftnd poods in Florida, dally. At Augusta with (tcorgln nnd Cintrai Paflroi'ls to ?nd from nil pointa Wast and South. At Pluck villa to ?nd from points on barnwell Itollrnsd. Through tickets ertn he purohaa?d to all pointa South and Wost hy applying io I). M< <M KF.N, Ag't. Columbia, ?. C. JOHN lt. PKITK, Ornerai Mnnsa-er. D.C. Allen, <h P. and Tlokat A gant. IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS -AT THBL 1 FLEl^UISrO A BOWLES, 8S8 UKO AD STKKKT AUGUSTA OA. The LABGEST HOUSE in tho Cit The Cheapest House in the South; 1 !! We buy for Cash and cant be Undersold. PARLOR and CHAMBER SUITSin Quality and Quantily i beforo seen. SIDE-BOARDS, WARDROBES and BOOK-CASES by the hun drcd. BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS and TABLES hythe Groas. 1 MIRRORS, PICTURES and BRACKETS in endleu Variety} \ t BABY CARRIAGES, LOUNGES and Everything to bp ?ftjjft \n a First class House. Call and soo, or lUffitO/iof*huts and Prices. ?evor W. I. DELPH 813 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. WHOLESALE amd RETAIL DEALER IN COOKING STOVES, "HEATING STOVES, GRATES, TINWARE. lu: the EXCE??GR COOK STOVE. Seventeen different Sizes ami Kinds in Stock. Flouting Stoves in groat variety, for wood and coyd Tinware ,\t Low figures for Cash. TIN-PLATE, SHEET IKON, SOLDER. W. I. DELPH. """"..ivisOR? !TcLARK?r~ lies (.?.op.! M? Elegant Lino of LADIES'A CHILDREN'S FI ATS, CA I'S, ETC. I?? r tdook embraces ail 'io- Novelties of Hie Season. \ < I ve tn, fancy :?!? I t lain Velveted ?. i'ludu .? Druids, Button?:, an I hov usual supply nf Notions, Having ?eonred 'li* mo ? oiup?tlml .* ?dst? ant-!, wi. have r sumed l! e business "t D RESS A. N D C h 0 AK M AKIM O! Parties out d* thc etty cnn be satisfactorily fitted by ?etultng your cor* rf. t mensure. Y'otir putronnge i- respectfully solicited. MRS N. BUU ?; . ?.A UK, 819 Broad Street, Av^'x ta, # YOUNG, HACK&CO.,* WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL GROCERS, 901 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, OA. WILKES' Bool's: A, JDzruLg Store N KW ( ? OODS ! N E W S T Y L ES!! NEW PRISES ! ! Wo aro now receiving daily additions to our Stock, and will cotinue to inc rease the attractions, in 6of/j department*, until the holidays. Remember Wv rc not be undersold! OTJR BOOK ?EF^JE^TMHlIsrT Contains n largo assortment of Books, of all kinds. Books for Boys and Girls, Toy Books, Juvenile Books, Chatterbox Books of Fiction, History. Tra /els, Humor, Biography, Religi n, Science, Poetry, Music and Art, LOOK AT OU^ PRISES: The following largo, l2mo. books, well printed and handsomely bound in Cloth and Gold, only T?cts; each worth ?fcl.?o: Robinson Crusoe, Arabian Nlgl ts, Gulliver's Travel?, * (iii Bins, Jane Eyrie, And n hundred others. Thaddeus of Warsaw, History of England, French History, East Lynne, Don Quixote, Elegant editions of all the popular poets, inclu ding Tennyson, Whittler, Byron, Scott, Shakespeare, Meridith, Burns, Longfolli \y\ Wit'o fines! binding, gilt edge, only #1.25; worth *2.uo. BIBLES I BII331?H13 !! 3IBXJH!B! !) From Hirts to $10.00, A complote Sot of Dickens, in box, Iii Vol uno . ..*.. ; Cloth an Gilt, larg" print, $12.00 for Soi. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUI:/?i:, From SOcts. to fcs.OO-bound in loather an I plush, AUTOGRAPH ALB From lOcts. to $U.?I>-cloth, leather and plush. BEAUTIFUL SCRAP BOOKS from SW) cents to l2.Au. A full linc of WHITING DESKS, TOILET SETS, WORK-BOXES, ?cv., A-e., Av. Latest JSToveltiee in Stationery. Good Note Paper Wets, per ?jr.; White Envelopes Sets, per pkg. Lead Pen? ils, with rubber tips, 2f?cts. per doz; also, an assorted line of Pencils, Pons, Inks, inkstands', Curds, Papers, Pictures, Picture Frames, Picture Cord, Dominoes, Draught Boards, Stereoscopes, Richter's French Harps, Law Blanks, Shoot Mu sic, Ac, Ac, Ac. In fact, everything th ?it should be found in a First-Class Book and Drug Store. OUTR DRUG DHTPARTMENT Has boon replenished for the Fall and Winter /rude, and wo aro now prepared to furnish physicians,-and the public generally, the lieut goods at moderate prices. Give us a call and examine our goods before buy lng. Respectfully, J.E. WILKES. ? " ??. ?? ' .I Always on Hand. NEW LOT OF Dress Goods and Trimmings. NEW LOT OF STYLISH JERSEYS. NEW LOT OF f Boots & Shoes NEW LOT OF Embroidery Silks At ?i?pbrfuin of Fashion. W. H. GlLcKEiRS?M ?! vi mr greatly improved our place of business in order to moet th ,i? ;. > mir ii : trude, we no v como to Ibo front with the . fd.' stock if FAMILY GROCERIES, CON PEC IO \ FAX I , * 'i i anywhere, which wo propose to eel! at pt icos that .BBFY (MPMlTObU I;, in. ?j our own bouse, huving no r"nt to pay, and buying goods hom H-- I. ii ni' , ni lowvhl i ash pri?es, wo propose to giro tho ad' Vnntngo thus derived lo om customers. IC; ii . i ,ish ; ri . paid for bi Ii ; und '.or- Pop of tho market paid tAtm?N9 8. C. ??NEW * (i -COK B^-?^O-A-HSTS I2ST DRY-GOODS, TDress O-oocis, La.c5.ies ISTew-:t^aj~l?.'ta And Wraps of all (ptalltles and prices, Notions, Millinery, Boots etncl Srioos. F U K NIT TJ li E A S P E CIA LT Y ? ao rio MINTER & JAMIESONS Cheap Cash Store. They will sell tho Jam?n Moana $3.00 Hhoe. Minter A Jamieson'* |2.M Every' pair Warranted Call and gel prices before buying and ?fot* Moy KV. MINTEJR, cfc JAMIESON, Leaders OP LOW Prices From ?'?ri v morn to dewy ere Thc people como in orowda to neo The handsome ntook of M. it J. Thu goodi arc oboap yon must believe, When ??very tOWHsilIp gi VOM Che prulHO. Cotton I? low! tho farmers cry, Who will our winter stock Rtipplyf We cannot huy, no riot ai all, I nltM we buy from Minter A .laniienon. COME ONE, COME ALL And see and feel and be convinced that GRAHAM & SPARKS Have ono of tho Largest and Best Assorted Stocks of GENERAI. MERCHANDISE IN THE COUNTRY Call and examine our Stock of Ladles' and Gents' Hose, Gloves Gents1 Collars and Cuffs, Ladles' Jerseys, Walking Jackets, Now Markets. Cloak's, Dress Goods. Silks,' Prints. Hleachlgs, Ticking, (tinghams, Shirting, Sheeting, Cotton Cheeks, Tables Damask, Tow, els, Doylies, Lin se vs, Jeans, Cassi meres, and everything generally kept in a first-class store. C Hi OTHINOre Our .'..>. n ' ' hil -ls oom plot? this Henson. We aro now ive . M? I lonov in this lino. 3?ioes, Slioes. . . m *.i. m my anything, for our cuatouaere '?' 'hui . . . I ? ,'?. ke? ' i tock of shoes in town. J- !i .' 0/IV in i m u t ? un suit everybody. We l?o. v o ? ?r Snek .i? Shirts. Our $l.tO Snlfl *.if... down RI ythlbyon ie hill. Grocei . . Sui :.. Coffoi I uh . tit, Cheese, Crsclisrs, Canned Goods, S< I Stur li Soda, Siu ?Popper, Spica, Chewing Tobaece Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, xe. (?UAHAM & SPARKS.* Tlie Big Eagle! If you. wisli to see ?iim, and buy groceries low for Cash, oetll eut J. E. Cooper & Co's. Highest Prioes jpetid tor Ooujatry Produoe, Hides, 4?0., eut J.R. COOPEttfcGO.