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.Canmm f?fttinlii?rr. - ./. V. (?A RLlNGTOXi KptTQjK, 1,.WRENS, AUGUST KG, I.880, Bubasrlptlon Prtce--12 Months, $1.00. PA YAIU.K IN ADVAX?'M. Raton for Advertising.-Ordinary Ad vortlsentouts, por square, OnelnHcr tlon, $1.00; ..arli subsequent Inser tion? ITO ccnls. (.literal rodUctlUll uiaile for largo A?l vortlHoinoittMt Kt.'C. t? A UL1XC?TOX A: co., Proprietors. Cleveland's Admlnlst ration A Correspondent writing from 1 Saratoga to tho New York ?SUM, ' says that President Cr.KVKi.Axn, according to Y\'oshington politi cians, is absorbed utterly in tho work ho has on hand, in scouring a true 'reformation in tho Civil Ser vice. CLEVELAND, ho says, recog nises no personal obligation to any human being. Ile liellovos that he is the man of destiny, und hoing snell, everybody who has helped him to where he lihw is, is simply n tool in the bunds of fate, and CU-., titled to no special consideration or gratitude. 1 ' This, thiuVgh doubtless intended as a fjlng at the Administra? i ir:-or not appointing moro demo crats to offices^ should only elevate abo President In the estimation of ll hones* and unbiased men. < Irntitudofes a star of the greatest magnitude when viewed in tho sexual or domestic horizon, yet lt would he bad policy, and a worse principio, if the distribution of pub lic unices should be based upon anything save genuino merit. , CTJKYK'JAXI) is not president of thc Democratic party, but of the 1 United States, and doubtless feels grateful to those who placed him in this position, yet he cannot so far forget tho sacred trust imposed upon liint by virtue of his ap pointing power, ns to use this : power for the elevation of personal 1 friends, or friends of his party, who present no higher claims than these, lt is only n strong mind that can discharge this delicate office under tho pressure of party and clamor of friends that have been brought tx? bear upon the first D?mocratie President in twenty five years. Have we forgotten the abuse heaped upon the Republi cans only a short while back, be cause publie offices were east ex clusively among the conquering hosts, as trophies of victory. Can we forget tho time when the only criterion of fitness was loyalty to party, and our State and County offices were tilled with Radicals. Experience hus taught us that loy alty to Party must be secondary to fitness for the position, and Presi dent CliKVKiiAxn is not a man who will be unjust to his friends when they have tho necessary qualifica tions. There is no uso trying to deny the fact that our country is in a bad condition financially. With several successive bad crops and a thousand other hindrances, our farmers have made very little progress in the last few years. However nundi we may desire a different state of affairs, yet the baldTact appears that our country is almost destitute of money. Re ginning with the Lien Law, almost every conceivable cause for this has been assigned. It is a notable fact that as soon as anything ls seen to go wrong, whether it be in thc social, moral, financial, politi cal or dornest ie sphere, tho very first cause assigned for the trouble is, a defect in thc laws. Xo one, we presume, Will for a moment question the fact that the Dieu Daw, aS lt exists, and ns lt is nhllijcd, ls a heavy burilen; still it will hot doto charge all our troubles to this. The truth of the mutter is this : w?> canpot expect the country to be highly prosperous that pays out more money than it makes. It Is Undoubtedly true that cotton must be depended on ns the main source of money in the Southern States, hut if our farmers give their whole time and attention, to this partic ular article und disregard utterly every other crop and industry, they will sundy timi that it costs more to make the cotton tbiin it is Worth. Wo must have diversity of industries, if we give the mutter close nttonHon, there are many tilings that can be successfully planted, without In the least inter fering with the cultivation of cot ton. In this way farms can, to some extent, lie made self-sustain ing, and in a short time, as a re .'i be seen that very few ll ho compelled to give > country will gu in an 'loretofore unknown, rind to seo that far lie COUP try are lw the importun?e of " s. Jt ls sundy , mont, and '.iged In ?net Carolina** Cirent Sdminci* Kosort. donn Singings ls Hist becoming tho favorite resort for all who aro in quest of oithor health or plea* sure. It ls useless to say anything in regard to tho medicinal qualities ofthe wntor. From the number of persons in this community who havo visited the Springs and used tile wator, it is well known to he a specific for a great number of dis eases. We have Just returned from a short visit to Cl len n's, and, from personal observation and conver sation with those who are there for health, We cnn sny, that the effect of the water is simply wonderful. To those who have nu tiered for years from diseases that have baf fled the skill of physicians, it sel dom fails to give speedy relief, and all who ure in a low state of health, And a visit to (Menu Springs highly beneficial. There aire now over one hundred und fifty persons (here, and lt is not uncommon to have from thirty to fifty arrivals in one day. The hotel, under the manage incut of Messrs. SIMPSON ? SIMP SON, is gradually growing in favor. Every comfort is provided for their guests, und those who simply (le slie rest und r?cr?ation will find unlimited amusements. GLKNN'S has no railroad yet, but it lias a daily mail, a daily buck-line from Spartanburg und Woodruff, und di rect communient ion with the out side world by^hicans of a telephone to Spurtanburg, which is certainly a great advantage. Capt. PKAUHON is now engaged ill surveying the route for the railroad, lt is boped that the Georgia Central will take this short line, which can be built from a station on the G. !.. A- S to (Menu Springs, a distance of only nine miles, without crossing any stream, and nt a Billilli cost. It would sundy prove a valuable feeder to the Central Hoad. The fare from passengers would amount to'more than $10,1100 each season, besides tlie fright. The proprietors of Glonn Springs have, during the past year, paid more than #1,000 in freight on empty bottles from the factory, in which to ship the water, besides that which ls paid by those who buy th?' water, which is being shipped to every part of the United States. Of course what attracted if? most during our stay at the springs was the young Indies, but for fear wc might write ad in Jin Hu ni, wv will touch lightly upon this subject. Suffice it to say, we cannot remem ber ever having met more chann ing young ladies, nor hnve we overbad a more pleasant visit, and only regret that it had to he so short. There will be a grand tourna ment nt (Menu's oil the 3rd of Sep tember, und we advise all who de sire to have n good tillie, to "take it in." Tine Stoek in the State. {/?'nun the Xv ir? mut Courier.) Tin' Indications are that the next annual exhibition of the State Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety at Columbia will bo the largest timi most successful in the history <d' the organization. Col. T. W. Holloway, Secretary of the Society, writes that already, three months before the fair will behold, twenty nine horse mid seventy cattle stalls hnve been engaged. Two hundred cnn be furnished with stall room on the fair grounds, and although this is so, exhibitors are already engaging stalls to get ahead of the rush that is mire to come as the time for holding the fair approaches, j lint however great the number of exhibitors tho society will ho pre pared to accommodate them if. timely notice is given. Among the special attractions of tlie fair in -?November will be an unusually fine display (d'colts. An derson, IMckcns and Oconeo Coun ties, formerly Pendleton District, have challenged thc rest of the 1 State to an exhibit of horse Mesh, from sucking colts to three-year olds. The society will give a special purse of -Jp 11 H > to tlu> successful com petitor in addition to the regular premium laid down in the premium list-the exhibits to be made singly. The competition of three counties against all the rest of the State should make the contest lively. The raising of stock in the old Pendleton District is not confined to blooded horses alone. There ure four herds of Jerrys and one of Holsteins bred in that section for sale; and the brooders propose to Inaugurate n public stock sale this Fall, on the same plan as in Ken tucky und elsewhere, lt is be lieved that the State, outside of the counties named, will not allow so small un urea to bent her in a con test of HO much interest to tlie country at targe. A Fuss About n. Fine. There ls trouble in Augugta be tween the city recorder and tho city eottnell. City Recorder Foster fined a liquor dealer $200 for keep ing lils bur-room open on Sunday. Connell remittedifl?Oofthe pennlty. The recorder lins requested the mayor to designate some one else to act in his pince until he eau as certain whether council has tho right to remit the penalties im posed by him. if lie hus he will nt once resign. If ho un* poi bc will ,co that his sentence ls enforced 'iirdiessof council. The recorder ?ed hy tlie council. ..//? ; V ' - S Full Plowing. .Inst now the pupers nre filled with long discussions of tho merits ami demerits of Full plowing. Wo uro ult too apt to look nt such questions solely from tho stand point of Individual experience. Ono funner, who owns u still'clay or a lonni soil, has learned from experience (lint ho cnn obtain the best results by plowing in Autumn, ami thus exposing thc upturned surfile?' to tho disintegrating In? Hue nco of frost; and straightway ho proclaims tho marvelous elM doney of Fall plowing. Ile does not stop to consider that there an? other hinds of different texture and different conditions of molture, of climate, location, ide. Ile will not hoar a word favoring any other method, no matter what the cir? euinstanoes of thc case may ho, or how sound thc arguments advanced. Another has u light, porous soil that washes and leaches badly. Ile hus learned from his experience that it ls hotter to leave his .mil in ns close and compact a condition as possible through Winter and spring, when the greatest wash occurs. He knows that in this way he can best retain the fertility of his soil, and that he saves much labor by turning up tho fresh mel low earth just before planting time. He bitterly opposes all those who advocate Fall plowing', and gives some very good reasons for so do ing. Other soils, between these extremes, offer still closer ground , for argument, and thus the conti . versy goes on. No one moth al eau be laid down for nil fuse. (Jener.:I rules may he given for the handling of different soils and the cultivator must possess the in telligence gained hy experience or otherwise, to modify them to suit Iiis individual circumstances. The arguments advanced by the farmer on a clay soil, nial a funner on a sandy soil, ure both correct when applied to conditions similar to those from which they have arisen; hut when applied trans? versely, they ?ire both entirely wrong. Fl lit, level hinds, compact or porous, can he hut little injured hy Fall plowing, ns the water runs oil'so slowly thnt there can be very little loss from washing. When there is undcrdrnimigc for such lands, everything is fuvorable to plowing in Autumn, which, under these circumstances, will benefit even a light, sundy soil. Hut If thc hind he hilly, no matter what tin1 texture, Fall plowing is sure to cause a loss of fertility, as thc melt ing snows and rains will wash little gullies through the loose up turned soil. Where a soil washes, the most valuable portion ls curried i away, being light, vegetable mut- | ter, thut readily diffuses through the flowing water.- AV. Forage Crops. It is hardly possible, just now, to urge too much, proper attention to forage crops. Tho long- and ex cessive winter through which we have passed, warns us to prepare for a similar emergency the coming season. A little extra attention will furnish an abundant supply to lie drawn upon by the demands that are sure to come to our barns sooner or hitor. Fanners are now pretty well agreed that stock will do equally well, and possibly better, if fur nished more nutritious forage um! less concent ruted food as in grain, sorghum, Milu li in i zu and the mil lets, coining into use for forage, combine fortunately, the grain ?md the roughness, ?mil the results of their cultivation for stock have been most gratifying. It may bc true that thc average fanner will not realize the abundant yield from these crops crops reported hy sonic; but we ure satisfied that farmers who follow the suggesting as to preparation und cultivation Huit have appeared from time to time in the Cultivator! will not regret the trouble with a few acres for this purpose. It is certainly not best to confine the forage crop to any one of thc pim.ts mentioned ; nor, indeed, to thlsclnssof plants alone. Berniudti and our native native grasses will pay handsomely tor the trouble in saving them. Wi- have found lt a good pinn lo build cheap burns ?it convenient places in thc Hehls for storing wheat und oat straw. Much advantage might bc gained by storing straw und tin' sorghufms in alternate lay ers under such shelter. Thc straw will improve and thc sorghum will bc welland easily cured.-Southern ( 'ult f valor. The Faith Cure. (.Yr ir hr rrj/ Herald and AVirs.) A correspondent writ! lg from Johnston's to the Columbia lieg inter says : I write this morning simply to confirm thc article copied in thc /tef/hter some time ago from thc Monitor in reference to thc faith cure in our town. I called to sec Mrs. Morgan yesterday und find her more (inproved than when that nrtlclo was written. I wish I could write her story ns she tells it, straightforward, plain yet con vincing. She says: "Do you de mand proof that I nm improved? Sec here!" und throws n hand over her head that has lain useless at her side for over three years ami a half, or again kicking out her foot which has been moved by nnothor for eqtfnlly ns long. Her spine was fearfully crooked, so much thnt she could put a pillow under her buck mid not touch It; now it is per fectly strnight. Mrs. Morgan has not walked a step for years until within the past few (lays, hut she fully expects to walk to church very soon, being able now to walk over the house by resting one finger on lier daughter. She remarked to us yesterdny that "I luck the weight of ono huger nf having per fect faith." Truly nil things ure possible to him thut believed. - -Rilan Haly, Hie Oroenbacker, hus announced himself us a candi date for Governor" <>f Iowa. iv** ?al i|jlfti*M **nmt$ 11 ,4| ? "Melon-Colored ?f uckfct?." A NEW DEVICE OF THE SR\V AD-' MIX IHT RATION FOI? H PK K1>1 LY UIIMMX? TIIK POSTAI) SICU VIl'K OF KO? F KS. \ - Tho chiefs ?f the molloy lorder ?ni?es itiiil ii no noes and thetehWlf special agent of the Poslofllee De partment hnve been insti neted to call the immcdintc attention nf the Postmaster General and on the Assistant Postmuster (Jenora! to all eases of delinquency on the wurt of postmasters which may come to their notice by reports of special agents or otherwise. A special jacket of "melon-colored" paper lis to be prepared for such eases, the color being designed to call atten tion at once to the enclosure from among the mass of papers which reach tho desks of the Postumster (?enernl and his assistants. Here* tofore cases of this kind have been! allowed to take tho routine course,; going with other correspondence to the correspondence clerk's office, and as a result many postmasters who have failed to keep up their deposits have been able to retain their offices after the delinquencies were reported on.- lieu Mei', Thc modern Hired Mail. "Yes, I come in after a hired man,"said the old farmer as he he sipped his root-beer on the mar ket yesterday; "hut I've got i'.ls gustcd and shan't try very hard to find one." "What's the matter with hired ?neil?" "Too high-toned and important* Why, I had one last spring who rigged up an umbrella over the plow so as not to get tanned, and lie refused to eat with the family because we stuck our knives in our mouths! At the end of n week lu? quit. Sad that labor was ennobling and soforth, but the landscape in that vicinity offended his taste." "Yes." "Wall, I took on an other, and lie put on cu\'['>i und polished his boots before going to work and be quit at tile end of a fortnight, because we didn't have u planner in the hot!Sis Why, that chap never got up till seven o'clock and he insisted ?ni going to the village to get shaved and perfumed nj? every evening. "The third nttcquit nie yesterday. Ile wanted stained glass in his bed room window. Ile wanted mc to buy him a guitar. Ile wanted to paint all thc roofs red mid put pen green on the corn cribs. Ile sug gested a hog pen with a parlor to lt and he spent two days of my time trying to? Ve a way for a windmill to ....... thc cows. I found him writing poetry in the corn Meld, and because I spoke up sharply, he quit the joh, polished up his hoots and sent for a coupay to bring him to thc city." -Several days ago a young man of this city who "banks" on his broad and ample brow went over to the Island. Hi' was very much flattered when a car driver--one nf the drivers on the Sullivilll's Island street railway-approached him and said: "Mr. Smith, you look like u scholar and I want to refer a question in grammar to you." Mr. Smith blushed and ottered to settle any question in grammar that the driver could ask him. Then fid lowed this very funny little little scene : Cur Driver: "Please tell me would you say, let's you ami mc take ii drink, or le'ts you und I take a drink ?" Mr. Smith, (promptly and as If burdened with his weight of schol arship:) "lad's you und I take n drink?" Car Driver: "Thank you, I don't care if I do." M r.Smith,(stunned hut impressed Viv the neut rejoinder:) "Well, come on-you deserve it." The man with thc scholarly air and the ear driver with his mouth stretched fr un ear to ear repair to the "soda water stand" together. Curtail!.- NeWS ami Courier. -There is a social reign of terror in langland, the society for the sup pression of vice and the salvation army having taken up the J ?ii 11 Mull Gatetie exposures und threat ened to reveal (he mimes of ail the men implicated. During the de bute lu the House of Commons on the bill to raise thc age of consent In minors, Mr. Callan accused Sir VernoiV Harcourt ofhavinX, while home secretary, designed to sup press the prosecution Mrs. Jef ferie*, and followed this statement by bringing into the lobby of tlu house, the former doorkeeper of M rs. .Ictl'eries' house, in order to identify niiy members who were habitues of that place. The doorkeeper, lt is reported, recognized Slr Vernon, the .Mar tinis of Hartington, Mr. Chaplin and many others. Mr. Callan hus given notie<" that at thc next ses sion he will make a motion to thc effect that the conduct of Sir Ver non Harcourt lu connection with the Mrs. Jctt'erics ease unfits him to again occupy the pu- hmo of home secretary. -The owner of (Irant's birth place has un enclosure nronnd lt, ami permits no one to enter the premises except on the payment of n fee of fifteen cents. Not long ago the old house was newly roofed, ami thi' old shingles were saved. These thc owner 1H turning into money hy selling them to visitors at five cents a shingle. Bricks picked up around tho yurd are sold at fifty cents apiece, und they find plenty of buyers. -Miss taila Hurst, now retired from the stage, laments the loss of of her magnetic power, hut all the same she saved $*>0,tHM) out of lier exhibition* of the same. -Mme. Aruuellus, who was l?orn nu Irish girl, is thc real mime of tho book-nuiker known v.s "The Duchess." -Mltterwonzer ls the lind name of a gooil Gorman actor who is coming to this country before long. \ -The cause of tho death of the Mahdi was at first stated to be small-pox, and certain Europeans w ho wt ro with Idia when lie was taken ?irk uro sahl to lui ve nnnlo this diagnosis of Iiis mnludy. lt is ce rte i tl that tho progress of the disenso fiann which ho died was very rnphl. From the descriptions of persons eon ii np; from the vicinity of Omdurman it is believed tlint In* died of spotted typhus caused hy tim neglect to inter the dead nf ter the full of Khartoum und not of sm all-pox. Tho conse quences of ins death may provo to be Important) though it would be ns much an error to assume thut his warfare against tho Christian world will bo ended hy that event ns lt would have boon in 082 to as sume that Mohammed's death was to lie the cud of Islam. Jt will lu* the recalled that sonic months ugo the Mahdi unpointed four Khalin*, thc first Abdullah, tho second Oil man Digna, the third u Soudanese, whoso linnie was not reported ut thc time, und tho fourth El Sen ouissi, who declined the honor. Ab dullah, who is doscrlbed ns "tho most aide and clever of the right build men of tho mahdi," luis now proclaimed himself ruler. Ho la bors, however, under thc disad vantage of being tho Sheikh of an insignificant tribe. Tho Sheikhs of tlic great tribes declino to recog nize liim ns tho Prophet's true suc cessor, and their refusal has lcd to disturbances. il lt g thc City ot' Atlanta. Utt tn the ?Yetes unit Courter^) WMLMI J n m ucl J. Itandnll came dowi to Atlanta last November to join in the great jubilation over tho eh ? timi of Cleveland und Hen dricks, there assembled in the city one of the greatest crowds ever seen herc. Mr. Randall and other orator.- of tin? occasions spoke from tlie liai''ony of tho opera House to 20,00(1 people. Among them was Mr. Thomas Beuuchump, who has to-day entered suit against thc city for ?jil0,U(MI damages received on the evening of the Jubilee. Mr. Benu elutmp says that the city had no right tu allow the streets to he blocked as they were. The politi cal authorities were further nt fault in permitting tho explosion ?if lire works in front of tile Capitol. Ile alleges that tine of thc rockets used us au expression of Demo cratic rejoicing, struck him in thu face and indicted painful und se rious injuries upon liim. Ile WHS Confined tu bed for weeks. For direct pecuniary losses, for physi cal suffering* and damage to health, he brings suit to recover 41o,oou. Thc Denominational c.?lieges. Thc conference of representa tives of thc Denominational Calv leges of Carolina will take place In the city of G reen ville on Thursday, August 27, at S o'clock I?. M. Thc following gentlemen were chosen to represent the several institu tions: Prof. \V. NV? Duncan and Hon. W. K. Blake, Wofford Col lege; Prof. William Hood and (lon. ll. lt. tlomphill. Erskine College; Prof. O. \V. Holland und Ihm. W, A. Bligh, Newberry College; Hon. E. ll. Murray and James A. Hoyt, Ku rina u I'ni ve rsi ty.-Greenville Xe tr*. - During a game between the Atlanta and Nashville base bull clubs at Atlanta, on Saturday, I lenckc, Hrsl baseman of the Atlan tas, knocked a hall and ran for first liase, lie collided on the base with the Nashville baseman who was reaching for tue ball. Ilonckc was struck In tho stomach by tho other's knee and died next morning, Iiis liver having been r if pt u rod. Ho was 2? years old and leaves a wife and two children. -The Washington correspondent of tho News und Courter, says: "Mr. T. Stoho Farrow, of South Carolina, is making a splendid record, as chief of a division in the Sixth's Auditor's office. Auditor Mcconville says, Mr. Furrow is one of Hie most able and efficient assistants." - Mists Cleveland has received an autograph letter from tho Em press of Russia asking her to have her book translated into Hessian for the benefit of tho Russian wo men. More than 120,000 copies of til?! book, have been sold. Capt. S. H. B?ck? recently ap pointed Postmaster of New Or leans, lias resigned tho Di rotor Generalship of the new exposition, but will remain Director-General of thc old company in liquidation. -The Dev. J. H. Speck, a Metho dist preacher, of Canton Ga., at tempted suiclchlc on Fritlay I>y uslng his knife. Ho was deranged on tho holiness question. -The other day a negro in At lanta jumped one hundred ami four feet from the top of a building to thc ground und escaped with trifling bruises -It is figured up that ut forty of the New York hotels there Were entertained on the day of Grant's funeral 8,4u*> guests, and the re ceipts were $ HM, 170. ' -The belled bu/./.jird that has been creating HO muon excitement of bite, was belled on Ocean Pond, in I ?.">!>, by Cnge Emerson. -Thc coal miners An Birming ham, Alu., ure on n st riki', 1111(12:1 Italian new-comers arel in Juli for currying concealed weiq^ons. -There were nearly ?J.0O0 cases of cholera in Spain in oitinny and 1,718 dentlis. A fatal eusflT hus in curred In Toulon. A -The Marlon Star thii\ks that Maj. J. H. White would blake a good superintendant nf the ?'Itudcl Academy, V The Williamsburg Sta,- is \>ooin ing Representative Dibble forlGov ernor. . ' IRON U N 1) R Y AU kinds of Much ?tut ypnired. Trim mu I Urana Castings, of every description, mmhl \ sliorl^iotice. Work gimrantecd .is good, und prices Lowerp a eau lie lind nt any other Foundry. We menu wlint we say. ClTl ^r write for prices. Mt EUS & COLE, Laurens S. C. August ?, ins.") ?m. This space belongs to J. H. COOPER & CO., Pettitts in PIIOIOE FAMILY andiFANOY GROCEtflE?, LAURENS J.. H., S. C. 00 TO GILKER SON'S " And seethe Red Batwithout feet ??r wings. bk Also, the Highaffln, Double Bufftn, Compound Pressing Squeezer. He has the i COMPRESSED?PRICES on his Stock of Staple and Fan cy Goods, Notions. Millinery, &c. limited to 40 days, and during this time will make special pr ices on Clothing, Gents* Straw Hats, Parasols ;u(id Millinery. Wc arr compelled to make room f??r thc lyMl Stuck ut thu Emporium of Fashion. 0} W. HjblLKERSON. BEGINS Tl Oil) AY THEY MUST (U)! WK proiMiHo to close out our entire h (loneta in thu next fill days, nlniost regard We Jinve nomo bountiful Hummer Drus toreo. Also, (lunts' and Linties LOW C? Cull ut once, fur we will Bell, ot flood IT SIP Burine omi Bummor nsf. whlOh v. Ill bo "laugh r:s Ac. Augu r>, iss? GrKAHAM M SPARKS' CHEAIP GASH STORE EMILE Cta. R?-opens Monday, Septen} Tully liiulpp d lu ?ll IM'imrtiiioiit.s. i, 1886. , Tur c?n uinr*.