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?aump.? fjfthrrfh<rt\ j.e. GA HLiXd'fox, J:i)iron, LAURENS, OCT. ?1st, 188?. Subscription Pi leo--12 Months, $1.00. PAYA HI,K IN ADVANCE. Rates for Advert?a!np.- Ordinary A<1 vertlsewents, pomquaro, ono inser tlon, ft.00; each Sttlmcquoilt insor f iOII, 00 COllt?. Liberal reduction made for largo Ad? vortiHOinonls. J. C. DARLINGTON A- co., Proprietors. Cotton Seed Oil Mills. It is rather remarkable that amono; all the improvements that have been made here recently, nothing has been dene in the way of manufacturing enterprises. There are many such needed, and a little capital expended in this direction would tend materially to build up the town. If wo cannot have a cotton factory, weean at least have lill oil mill. Such an enterprise would not only be of the greatest benefit to the town; a great con venience to thc community ; hut it would directly benefit the farmers of tho county. ' "Chemical analysis shows that that the oil in cotton seed does not enter asa fertilizing property ; that after the oil is extruded the value of tho meal is notlcwoned. If this be true, and we must take it as true, there is surely a great waste to use this valuable oil as a ferti lizer. Again, a great many farmors pre fer to use commercial fertilizers, and make every year large quan tities of ditton seed for sale. We find that the cotton mills are now paying fancy prices for cotton seed. Columbia, for instance, offers IS cents per bushel. This is directly beneficial to the fanners. The cotton seed oil mills of the South, to-day ?ive paying larger dividends than the majority of the cotton factories, although high prices are paid for the seed. All cannot be successful mer chants. We must have diversity of industries, and (he sooner we turn our attention to factories, the sooner will prosperity come. If some live man would make the initial Step, it might lead to a manu facturing boom, in comparison with which our sister towns would bo insignificant. Let the right man try It, it will pay. Hut Ono Way Out. Now that it is too late, Charles ton realizes the fact flint she has lost the trade of upper-South Caro lina by means of the Georgia Cen tral's invasion. It is unfortunate for "tho city by thc sou," but in this aggressive age we must not depend too much on what has been, hut grasp opportunities as they rise. To sit quiet by and depend upon reputation, or anything else, in this day, will not do. It is simply a matter of business. The Georgia Central has shown its accustomed energy and foresight in pushing - l& lines further into this rich country. While Charleston was engaged in imaginary roads on paper, the spikes were being driven that bind us to Savannah. Now, if she would retrieve the loss, let her, instead of wasting more val uable time, enter Into some ar rangement with the Greenville & Columbia Railroad hy which she con ut least handle our cotton It seems that of late Charleston has shown a- remarkable bick of enterprise; golden opportunities have been allowed to pass without improvement, and it would be strange, if at this late day, she should do anything. We hope, however, that .something will be done. Tho unfortunate inhabitants of tho Celestial Km pi re appear to oc cupy rather a disngroablo place when they come to America to en gage in business. A potitiotl con taining tho signatures of some fifty or more small dealers in Augusta," was presented to the Council re questing that no more license be granted to Chinese in that city. By their cheap living, short weights and other tricks in trade, it is claimed that the heathen Chinese offer unfair competition. Tills is certainly a novel question and we will await tho notion of the city council with considerable interest. It is hard to see bow this can be a Just ground for withholding licen ses. ? Tho Abbeville Messenger Appears this weok greatly improved and enlarged; tt now has forty-eight columns, which makes lt ono of the largest weeklies in the State. Al tlfV'iigh a yoting paper, lt, show:, signs of abundant prosperity. Mr. T. i'. < <.'' <''. \ \. of tho editors and ' pn?pj1*rt>v ) has withdrawn, .uni ...u ?suM. is. iioM'KAM and .I s rt. s. ? i ?:<;IA will continue the publiention^ We wish all parties Thc Teachers* Meeting. Tho County Teachers1 Associa tion, which met on the Kith und 17th, wns, in ninny respects, un utter failure. Such un organiza tion, in owler to bo successful, must begin In earnest ; the teachers must nt least feel sufficiently interested in their work to attend the meet* inga, or it cannot accomplish any good. There ure some half-dozen teachers in the county who are thoroughly in earnest, and desire to promote the great cause of edu cation, hut it cannot advance as it should without the co-operation of the touchers throughout the county. The past decade shows a most wonderful Improvement In all tin? arts and sciences, hut in none has more progress been made than in the modes of teaching. Wo see the work accomplished more thoroughly and in half the time; the children are made to feel in terested in the school, and in many respects we lind the new methods an Improvement upon the old, and yet a great many teachers ore con tented to follow in the old ruts. Whether the old or the new he best, it will certainly prove bene ficial to all teachers to meet to gether and discuss the different modes. Let thom meet and Inter chango views. It will canto or thusitism and /.eui in this impor tant work, and establish a relation that will surely prove profitable as well as pleasant. The Normal Institute, recently conducted at this place, guvo a great impetus to education in our county. If wi1 would attain the greatest results, we should carry on the work thus inaugurated, by means of these Teachers' Associa tion. The meeting just closed was not well attended, and consequently failed to accomplish the good that was expected; yet if nothing more was accomplished, it has been the means of showing bow few teachers in the County appreciate such an institution. All present J seemed deeply interested in the work of the Association, and to them it was a pleasant occasion. The dis cussions were both instercstitlg and instructive, and it is earnestly hoped that ?it the next mooting, which will be on the Third Saturday in November, at Clinton, all the teach ers who have tin* cause of educa tion at heart, ami who have tho ambition to rise higher in the pro fession, will, if possible, attend. Clinton is alive in educational matters, and upon this occasion, we are sure, will extend a cordial welcome. All Important Issue. {From the Philadelphia Time*.) The Prohibitionists of Iowa have found themselves outwitted nguiu on a lelil? point and, as a result, have suffered the worst defeat ever administered io them. Prueood ings having been instituted ngaiust some liquor sellers in Dubuque, their counsel raised the hitherto unheard of point that the proceed ings were directly opposed to the civil rights bill and asked that the suit be transferred to the Federal courts. The Court granted the pe tition mid the whole question of prohibiting the sale of liquors is thus given a different turn from any it luis ever had. The section under which this ac tion has been taken is the follow ing from the hill of April 'lo, 1871: SUCTION 11)71). Kvcry person who, under color of any statute, or dinance, regulation, custom or usage of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States, or other person within the jurisdic tion thereof, to tho deprivation of any ri?rhis, privileges or immuni ties secured hy tho Constitution und laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law suit in equity, or other proper pro ceeding for redress. It was claimed by the defense that the state of Iowa had encour aged nun to settle within its boun daries, thus placing the manufac ture and sale of liquors anion"; the "rights, privileges and immunities" secured by thc Constitution and thc 11 ws. If this point be sustained in Fed eral courts the Prohibition people will learn something of the differ ence between hunting the tiger und being hunted by the ti^er. Such an interpretation would turn the tables completely. Under tho State law the liquor selling ls not only made a crime; it is absolutely prohibited. Under the construc tion maintained by the defense, ami now to he Judiciously determ ined, the State cannot destroy a bus!ness which it has permitted its citizens to follow ami build up with out compensating its victims. This is more than an interesting question of law. It luis a direct bearing upon the reciprocal rela tions and powers of the Federal ami Slate (J over Union ts, and the settlement of the issue w ill deter mine tn what extent tho late amend ments and the laws passed lu pur suance of them have changed the original or the ante-war construc tion of the Constitution. It is given a greater importance because the Supreme Court has already de clared unconstitutional those sec tions of the ci vii rights bill which were intended to secure to negroes equal accommodations al inns, pub lic conveyances and places of amusement. -Twenty-two prisoners against whom warrants had been Issued in the Culhrcuth case, were brought to Bdgofield on Thursday by Sreriff Ouzts ami committed to Jail. There were three who failed to report on account of Illness In their families. These have agreed to report to the Sheriff every two or throe days, -A Northern company has pur chased tlie Warm Springs on tho French llroud for % 100,000. They ex peet to build a line, and commo dious hotel. ?Th? Ini-KOHl hotels in Chicago now claim ni! the tip* by waiters, boll-boy's' porters, etc., ns n part of ?heir roi ltnilrotul Commissions. WASHINGTON, October 13.-The Supreme Court of the Cotted States to-day began hearing arguments upon tho "Mississippi railroad eon - missioners oases." These are three in number, having points of differ* euee, but similar in their main features, and they are being ar gued together. They involve a de cision upon the right of a State to tlx taritf rates, prescribo localities for depots, and make other regula tions for railroads which are built and operated under charters of other States of the United States. In ISSI, tin' Mississippi Legislature passed a railroad commission bill providing for the appointment of a bonni of commissioner author* i/.od and required to tlx tariff rates for railroads lying in and passing through the State, and to exercise certain other functions in the man agement of lines, and empowered the commiasission to demand nu der penalties for non-compliance such information from the roads as might be found desirable in the performance of its linties. The commissioners took stens to carry out the law, giving the roads no tice of the fact, whereupon the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, as trustees of tho Mobilt and Ohio Road, the Illinois Central and the New Orleans and Northeastern each attacked the law in the Fed eral courts, holding it to be uncon stitutional, and secured an injunc tion restraining the commissioners from carrying the State law into effect. The question comes before the Supreme Court upon appeal from the Court below.-News (tiul ( 'ourter. Advice to Newspaper Headers. Never borrow a paper. This is Important. Never believe anything you read in a newspaper that doesn't agree with what you think. This saves wear and tour on your convictions. Always speak slightingly of the newspaper you happen to read. This Impresses people who don't know you with the idea that you are a very superior sort of a per son. When a newspaper opposes your candidacy always accuse the editor of having a personal spite against you. That is the way you would act if you were the edito;', you know. When you finish reading the pa per throw it down contemptuously and remark loudly and impressive ly that "there's nothing in the pa pers nowadays." This carries weight with those people who over hear you and are unable to read themselves. Write frequent letters to tho editor telling him how to conduct his business. This is one of the things he enjoys most of anything. lt shows him that whatever disad vantages his work may have, he is much more to be envied than a bilious, dyspeptic, conceited, asi nino, ignorant, bumptious, bore some crank, lt makes him satis fied with his lot. Hut send your letter by mail. Why? The editor may be a larger man than you are. -Xe ie Vork (trophic. -"Do 1 keep a cyclone pit?" echoed the passenger from the West: "Yes I keep one not far from my house, but Lord bless you T ain't afraid of cyclones. The cy clone was never born that could scare me or make me run." "Hut what have you got the cy clone pit for ?" "Well, you see, my old woman has spells of temper when faint safe for a fellow to be around, es pecially wash days. On them oc casions I find my cyclone right smart handy." -"Old Si" Small, the "nigger" writer of the Atlanta Constitution, has confessed religion, and gone to preaching. TAKE NOTICE. AH persons indebted to us by note or account, are requested to settle same by l?th November, next. Our business must and will be closed up. All accounts not collected in due time, will neces sarily be enforced. HOV I), FL CSS & CO. THF. STATE OF SO FT 11 CARO UNA--LAURENS COUNTY IN PROBATE COURT. VVborons, O. \V. Shell, e. e. e. c., lias applied to mc for Letters of A (I m i ll int ra tion, on tho Kstnto of .Fohn V. Uodfroy, deceased. These an? therefore to cite and admon ish all and siiiiruhir the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and ap licar heforc me at a Court of Probate to IiO holden at Illy offloO at I.aureus <'. II., on tho 24th day of Novembor, lsK>, at lo o'clock, A. M., to show cause, if any thev can, why letters should not ho granted. OIVOI1 Ulldor Wy hand and seal this, the nth dnv of October, i ??>. A. NV. IJURNiSIDK. J. r. i.. e. Oct. ll, ISK? ll Ct, GEORGIA RAISED OATS! Red Rust Proof Oats, with and without vetch seed, (50 to 75 cents per bushels. Hurt oats, with or without vetch seed, 75 cents to $1.00 per bushel. Vetch largely increases the yield and quality of the Oafs for a forage crop. Reliable home grown. Cash or reference with orders. Address JAS. L. FLEMING. Augusta, Ga. Special Notice. All persons indebted to W. Ti. Boyd and W. L. Boyd & Co., either by note or account, are earnestly requested to settle same by Novene ber 1st, and save cost as we are compelled to raise money to carry on business. W. L. BOYDA CO. Stud. 0, V.? (I ?tu IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS ! -AT THE t inLE^nsrO ?SB 30'Wr3LiH?S, 8iW BROAD STREET AUOUSTA QA. The LARGEST HOUSE iii the City ! The Cheapest House in the South !! We buy for Cash and cant bo Undersold. PARLOR and CHAM HEH SUITS! n Quality and Quantity never before seen. SIDE-HOARDS, WARDROBES and BOOK-CASES by the hundred. BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS and TABLES hythe (cross. MIRRORS, PICTURES and BRACKETS In endless Variety. BABY CARRIAGES, LOUNGES and Everything to be hud inn First Class House. g.tSF~ Call and pee, or write for Cuts and Prices. W. ?. DELPH, 813 Broad Street, ~* Augusta, Ga. WHOLESALE amd RETAIL DEALER IN COOKING STOVES, "HEATING STOVES, ORATES, TINWARF Buy the EXCELSIOR COOK STOVE. Sovontcen different Sizes and Kinds in Stock. Heating Stoves in groat variety, for wood and coal Tinware at Dow figures for Cash. TIN-PLATE, SHEET IRON, SOLDER. W. I. DELPH. -*Mis. N. BRUM CLARK* Has oponcned an Elegant Lino of LA DIES' & CHILDREN'S HATS, CAFS, FTC. Her stock embraces all the Novelties of the Season, Velvets, fancy und plain, Velveteens, Flushes, Braids, Huttons; anti her usual >upply of Notions. Having secured the most competent assist ants, we have resumed tho business of DRESS AND CLOAK MAKING! Parties out of tho city can bu satisfactorily fitted by sending your cor ri et measure. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. M RS. N. BRUM CLARK, 819 Broad Street, Aug-u ta, Ga. -#Y0UNG, HACK & CO., WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL ? A *> TS J? D Ju/ XL v: 901 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Our Clothing is true when tried Our Loaders make our com i Petitors tremble whoo our prices are told. Now is the time to buy your Foll Clothing. Our Stock of Over Coats, Mens', Youths' and Boys Clothing is completo. Besides we aro ordering almost daily; and if you don't bellvo that we have the Largest and Best Stack of Clothing over brought *o Lurons, and sell thom as cheap as any to wu or city in tho State call in our Store andg give us a trial and we will convince you Wt? sell the John H. Stetson Hats, and manyj other brands, and will sell them as Cheap as anyone for sumo grade of goods. We keep the Chas. Halser, tho Best SHOES and BOOTS on tho face of the earth. We have never sohl any other Shoe, ex cept this, since our oommencomen in business throe years ago. Wo have a few goods loft from L. A. MeCord's last FalPStock, such as Flannels, Ladles' Dross Ooods, Velvets, and Ladles' Hats, which wo prosose to sell for Less money than anyone in our town' and will sell thom regardless of Cos}. This class of goods wo dont keep, and want .to close them out at any price within reason. Our Motto ls (}OOD OOODS You can buy shoddy if it looks cheap, hut let me warn you' that it dear in the long run. Buy good goods, it Is cheapest. $0~ Our terms aro Cash. LEAKE & PATTON. I RON. F 0 UN DR Y. All kinds of Machinery repaired. Iron and Bram Onstmo of every description, made on short notice. Work guaranty ns good, and prices Lower flinn cnn he lind nt any other Found We mean what wc say. Call or write for price?. MYERS & COLE, Laurens S. G LET UH ORGANIZE A NA TIONAL HANK. It is admitted that wo need a National Bank for Laurean. Wo Invito all who cnn ho induced to take an Interest in the project, to como up with their subscriptions, large and small. No subscription will be called for before the 1st of .January next. SAMUEL R. TODD, .INO. A. HA ll KSDA LE. ENOCH WEST, - UK ALK IHN - Watches, Clocks, Jew elry, Spectacle*, ?fcc. AP?RHFAmiNG A BFROLVLTY. /UTAH work Guaranteed ^jgjjf LAU It K N H, C. H., S. C. ZELJU c?t> Having great ly !!! m proved our pince of business In order to moot th demand? of our increased trade, wo now come to the front with tho largest and most comple-stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, CONFEC TIONERIES, AC, to bo found anywhere, which wo propose to soil at prices that #DEFY ?Sfl?PEflTON.? Being Kn our own house, having rn? rent to pay, and buying goods from.tho host houses, at lowest Cash prices, we propose to give the ad" vantage thus derived to our customers. Highest cash price paid for hides and furs. Top of the market paid for Cotton. LAURENS S. C. This Space belongs to MINTER & JAMIESON, -DEALERS IN - Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, Hats, ^Bootsj&jShoes^ FURNITURE A SPECIALTY! Satisfaction Guaranteed both as to Quality and Prices. COME ONE, COME ALL And see and feel and be convinced that GRAHAM & SPANKS Have one of the Largest and Best Assorted Stocks of GENERAL MERCHANDISE IN THE COUNTRY Call and examine our Stock of Ladies' and Gents' Hose, Gloves, Gents'Collars and (Hlffs, Eadie-' Jerseys, Walking Jackets, New Markets, Cloak's, Dios-, Uoods,tfSilks," Prints, Illeaebigs, Ticking, (ting lunns, Shirting, Sheeting, Cotton Checks,Tables Damask, Tow, els, Doylies, Dinseys, Jeans, Cassimores, and everything generally kept in a first-class store. CLOTH1M? Our Stock of (Mothing ls complete this Season. We uro now prepared to save you money in Ibis lino In this lim? it is useless for us to say anything, for our custom ors know that we always keep the best stock of shoes in town. HATS and CAPS-In this line we o>ku suit everybody. We wish to call your attention to our Stock of Shirts. Our $1.00 Shirt turns down anything on the bill. Groceries-Sugar, Coffee, Table-salt, Cheese, Crackers, Canned (mods, Soaps Starch, Soda, Pining, Pepper, Spice, ('hew lng Tob?ceo Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, AC. GRAHAM & SPARKS. Tlie Big Eagle! J. R. Cooper & Co. Haye removed their Stock of Fancy and Family Groceries, Confectioneries, Fruits, ?tc. Vegetables, Wooden-ware, Hoots, Shoes and Hats to the new store, Just completed, under the sign of tho-'Big Eagl*," East side of Public Square. Highest prices phid for Produce, Hides, Etc. f}W~ We thank our customers for past patronage, and solicit a con tinuance of the Hame. Call and st e us. J. Li. COOPER & CO. Tlx? 3LiSfu.i?eixe-vi.lle FEMALE COLL Re-opens Monday, September 141X . S8t Fully equipped in all Departments. Apply , .-cul I have on hand a Lol of FINE METALLIC, CEDAR WALNI and ROSEWOOD BURIAL ( ASES and CASKETS, also u Lot Chctip Coffins from $A.0O upwards. ' ?IT Hearse furnished on till occasions at small p. lee. , B. B. HUNTE