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T^e Advertiser I ./. O. f/A IILINO.TOS\ 'EDITOR. 1 . . . ? - - - LA I* ItKNS^' September 1, 1S8<?. i Bibtcrlptlon Prlce--12 tuontbp, $1.00. PAYAHLK IN A DVANOE. Raton fur Advertising. ?Orttimirv Ad vertisements, jMjr square, Oiielnsor- 1 Mon, $1.00; oaeh Hubseqwiu Inaor tlon, ">o cents. . Uhernl reduction Made for large A<1 vettiaemcnts. J. C. OAKLINGTON A CO., I'ronrietoTR. TO VOTKKS. A catechetical fever seems to have taken hotd of tho "(leur poo- ? pif," and candidates have, upon all i occasions boen presented with'quos tions to which they must answer yes or no. lt is right that ?1 candi- ! ?late should express himself freely, and let his views on the important j questions of State policy h? known; I but tho beauty and efficiency of u political campaign ls greatly im- 1 paired when voters, without argu ment or discussion, adopt certain measures and seek to make political j aspirants berni to their inflexible J way of thinking, lt is only after] all political measures have boon ! discussed; wh,'ll every side of alli Issue has been presented, that tho j voter, with these lights before him, can form un intelligent opio Intrus to the merits of the candi dato, -.However, as candidates have j hoon so thoroughly catechised, wo propose a few questions to tho voters of Laurens County, willoh we ask them to ponder well, and .give an answer on the T;h day of September: Do you fully understand your ob ligation w hen you cast a ballot for a mun to make laws for the Statt:? Will you vote for a tuan simply because you agree with tho views he expresses ? Did it ever occur to you that a candidate might not bo sincere in what he say? ? Is it possible that a man may turn and twist his platform from 'pofiey rather than principle? !.,y Borne, mon tell more than they know; others cannot tell what they 1 know; and others still, know noth ing to tell. Aro you willing to vote for such men ? Will you vote for a man who is deficient in moral character. Are you willing to put a man in a'position ?if honor, who will not re flect honor upon the State ? When a man becomes a candi date, do you blot-out his private character ? Is lt not the part of w isdom, to elect mon to the General Assembly ! wdio are honest, have .the. capacity ! to think and net for themselves, and the boldness to expro s them sefvos, even if you differ w ith them on minor issues ? i\ is amusing to hear some peorfiv talk, with faltering voice and tearful eyes, of the organized j opposition to tho farmers' move- I mont. l?vorybody in Lour OOH County, except those who are sock ing votes, knows that no such or- ' guui/.cd effort has been outdo to de feat tho fanners' movement in this j County. Thc fact is, no candi- ^ date who has taken the stump in '.thia campaign, has confined him-] ??OK to the platform of tho fanners' w>?>\*. .neut, as laid down hy Mr. Tl Vii'M AN in the resolutions adopted hy the Columbia Convention. AV id I?it 1* truo no one bas advo cated (hes* resolutions, UH a whole, no one ha*-'opposed thom as ,\ Wholi. Some candidates are in favor oT | some of the resolutions; others aro Opposed to some; but unless one can didate j s willing tt) advocate oi ery thing rdcomm?rtfded hy the conven tion of. fanners, which assembled in Columbia and gave shape to the movement, be cannot sfiy thal a candidate who differs from him,' ls opposed to tho movement. Ono of the moat frequent canses Ajf'^unpleasantness and bad'feelings lu.fc'jP/jmary Rlection, is thc negro *elemon/t, t*4Tb 'determine exactly . '^.w here t??e (?hfl.kh?dld he drawn ; to ' determine wk.; are democrats; to determine who should vouch for the record of pogroms, ls, indeed, a . delicate mutter. Not only .so, but 4^18 one which should \M settled by a positive, decided rule. J?et the executive committee meet and de ' t la'rV" timi ' only such negroes as j . voted for J|Aty|vrQN|.jn/7fLcan pow * participate In tim primary. lt ls presumed that an election of this kimi expresses the choice of good - ^qiiuJClMvtj;, .and all others should bo excluded. The Democratic and Republican candidate* for Governor of Tonnes, see are brothers, and it is thought fhftf .the prohibitionists, who haye a>?st05)n? J'<?l,Iow,ing in that Stute. * will nominate Ile v.' Mr. TAYLOR, the father of the other candidatos. As the old man is said to have neon a Staunch Republican all his life, this may Mean a Uepublicnn vic tory, fr? Tho action of thc Democratic Executive Committee in disregard* lng tho expressed will of tho Dem? Ocratlc Convention, in faili g to nominate thc second choice of tho Convention, to till the vacancy occasioned hy tho death of thc nominee, is a COtirso Which i innot be too severely condemned. Capt. Huon PAHI.KY was entitled tn thc place and should undoubtedly have received tho nomination. We congratulate Uro. BONHAM upon his nomination, and know ho is eminently fitted for tho dis charge of tho duties of the office (which are, however, not very oner ous,) but, inasmuch as this I-? not tho lirst time tho Executive Com mit-too bas disregarded the Conven tion, it has become a dangerous precedent-entirely ignoring tho will of tho people. I: i-> probable, If we tire to judge from the past, that on the day of tho Primary Election ?ill kinds of damaging rumors will bo afloat, circulated by tho friends of par ticular candidates to weaken other candidates. Now let overv man 1 do hi duty. Every candidate in the field is known, and every voter should turn a deaf eur to these vil lainous combinations that seek to besmirch thc character of a man, when be has no moans of defence, Vote against thc candidate who -eeks to gain favor by slandering his opponent, anti teach his friends thal honor should never bo lost ; sight of, even in heated political co nest*?. Hon. (IKO, 1>. TILLMAN bas been unanimously re-nominati tl for Con gress from tho Second District, lie made a speech to tho Conven tion, in which ho denounced in vigorous language, tho ci vii service and financial policy of the adminis tration. Tho Convention refused to endorse thc civil service policy of President CLKVL.LAND. The Knights of Labor have pro claimed their intention to organ ize n political party, to be known as the Workingmnns Party. This will be hu fled against the South With a hope of breaking its solidity Col. Butler's Reply to Some of of the CliargCH of Mr. Till man. Editor I.(turen* A tlrcrtiscr: Although I luivo several times answered Mr. Tillman's unwar ranted criticism of the South Caro lina Department of Agriculture, 1 will, with your permission, reply through the collims of your paper to some of his statements In'lils .speech at Laurens. it is almost impossible to answer charges of a general character, ami Mr. Tillman's mode of warfare is to say ono thing timi when pressed for definite statements, explain Hint be meant something else. Hut st ripped of all verbiage bis latest complain! against tho Agricultural Depart ment scents to be: "Thal it is a bot bed to hatch politiciansTimi it refused an oller from the South Car olina College lo have Its samples of fertilizers unnli/.cd al $0,00, each. ?ind expended a much buger sum for i he purpose. That ?tis not under tho control of farmers. Thal it fails to protect consumers of fertilizer*, been UKO it analyzes commercial fertilizers ?liter they have been put in the ground. 11 is charge thal tho 1 ?epa rt mont "is a bot bed to hatch politicians" is ?1 simple, unadulterated, unjustifiable ami malicious slander. I challenge bim to point to ?1 single instance whore an appointment to any posi tion ?d' any character, under tin- De partment VVllH made for political rcaso.u, or to ga in.pol i t ?eal i ntl ti euee. I defy him to show (lie expen diture of a single dollar of the Department fund for political purposes, I cal! upon him to show when any member of the Hoard, or any of its Executive or Clerical force, have done any single ?Md, of ficially, to advance their ow n or tiny one el.ses political aspirations. ?ind if he l'ai! to do this, be must acknowledge that bis charges are md only groundless, lint absolutely false. I assert that every employee of tlie Department has been sel ected solely wi tb regard to bis effi ciency in Iiis parti -ular part of thc work ?ind for no o thor reason what soever. As to thc charge thal the South Carolina College offered to make the analyses of tho Department for +;"?;-<M?, each;- Mr. Tillman made tho; sallie StntOmOtrtt ut Aiken some \Vbekfl since, and gave Professor Joy rles of the ( 'ol loge, ns lils author ity, 'l addressed Prof. Joynes a note'in regard to tho matter, and in reply bc denied positively that beevor made such 0 .statement or anything similar to it to Mr. Till man. 1 could md imagine that he bad done so for no such proposition hnti ever been made, Prof. Joynos denial was pub lished with ?1 denial from mo, s,nd Mr. Tillman ba- never questioned Prof. .loy nos' statement ; but I notice thal In Laurens be ?{ive Prof. Mf'Drydc und tho Chem ist as his authority. AM both of these gentlemen ure absent from the. city, l am unable tr; communi cate with either of thom, //nd it is unnessary to do HO, because, I am rosponslbla for the statement /hat no such proposition was ever rattle hy the College io Uo this work at a-ny such price, 1 lis .second charge, therefore, i? us groundless OS tho fir vt. Ho says tho Department of Agriculture Js noi under the cppjtroi of ''formers, it was created and established by the Lcg.i-i.iior.s of south Carolina, and i largo majority of that body are S farmers, ami its Executive officers i endeavor to carry out tho direc tions of that body. At the present time evcrj member of tho Hoard ' lues largo hirinin;,' interest, and none ol* thom have less financial . interest in Agriculture than Mr. : Tillman. None of them receive ' any compensation except a per diem of $3,00, and mileage when attending meetings of tho Board, and they cannot charge for moro than fifteen day-; in any one year. So that, besides their railroad fare, their annual compensation cannot exceed $40,00. Tho pecuniary in terests in the position cannot, there fore ho any Inducement to serve is . a member of tho Hoard. They ' can have hut one motive inholding the position, and that is tin? ad I vancement of tho Agricultural in ! forests of tho state. I assert posh I lively that the present members of this Board, and all who have ever been members since its croat! ni have labored tnlthiully to this end. In regard to my -elf, ? may be per mitted to say 1 have never known or followed any other occupation than that of farming, and I think Mr.Tillman, who is my neighbor, will hear out statement that 1 have been measurably suc cessful ie Hu- avocation. If flfty years of life ou a farm, doon not familiarize one with tho ueeds of farmers, thou I ani at a lost to know how he will ever gain this In formation. Certainly not within the walls of an Agricultural College, no matter how well lu- may hi' trained in sci entiflc fanning, after graduating from one of these Institutions. lu order to answer Mr. Tillman's objection to the method persuod by the Department in making An alyses of fertilizers, it i~ necessary for mo to explain tho method. To mako these analyse- before the fer tilizers are used, it would bo neces sary togo to the works for tho sam ples. Suppose we did thi-, would I any farmer in South Carolina have any faith in tho results? No mat ter if tho manufacturer is honest, would not tho farmers think that the goods at tin1 work- were bettor than those sold in the country'.' And suppose the nianufaetur rs aro dishonest, (and that is thc -oppo sition upon which tho ana'yses Wore based, because if they were always honest, analyses would I o useless,) then the works are COI t ai n ly not the place to draw samples that may ho manipulated and made to show any result. The system wo follow then is this: We wait j until tin- goods have boen shipped into the country and out of the bands of tho manufacturer, and be yond bis power to alter or chango in any w ay. We thou send tin In spector to tho railroad depots and draw samples, and these aro turned over to the Chemist to analyze. Of course in making 200 analyses n good long time i- consumed and the goods aro often bullied away before the atudy e< appear. Hut let us soo bow the purchaser bas hoon protected. The manufac turer did not know where the mm pie wa- to ho taken. Ou:- Iimpec I tors gu from ridgefield to Marl boro, from Beaufort io Greenville, and in order that his goods shall keep nj? to the guarantee, th:- man ufacturer has had to send tin- -nilli quality of fertilizers to every point in the state, for should ho do other wise ho runs the risk of detection. ! As a rule, the fanners do not pay for their fertilizers until tho rall, and the analyse- are published be ! lon- his hills aro due. so that he cnn ascertain if tm- guarantee hm In en ( maint.lined, and If not he cnn use ; our analyses to -how that he he hus I not had value received for his money. But tho./ear <>/ detection prevents the manufacturers from i attempting to soil spurious goods, i Tho publication of a deficiency in the goods in South Carolina not on j ly loses tho manufacturer tho trude : in our State, hut as our report- gu I all over the Union, he is damaged , elsewhere. In order to enforce the I strictest compliance with the law j the Department has for years pub lished tho manufacturer's guaran tee alongside of its own analyses, so that purchasers could see at a , glance which brands are deficient in any particular, and last year. I and this wo have printed all such j dofleiene.es in italics, Mr. Tillman I bas used these publications j to show that the manufacturers ; aro defrauding thc people, but ns a I matter of fact there was scarcely n I brand that was deficient to such 1 an extent as to amount to a fraud upon tho people. It would he nundi moro conclusive of tho dis honesty of tho manu facturer and the inefficiency of the Dnpartment of Agriculture if Mr.Tillman would give ono Instance of imposition up on thc farmers of tin- --date by manufacturers of fertilizers since tin' I?opartmut has been in thorough working order. In order to give i the fullest protection to consumers the Department not only analyzes the -ampios drawn hy its own agents, but offers to (and does) make analyses for any fanner in in the ^tate, free of cost, who will draw tho samples in accordance with its rules. Since its establish ment, six years ago, not including the present season, the Dapartmont hus inspected 689,059 tons of fertili zers, worth $17,1)011,000. In addition to the protecion af forded consumers of fertilizers by the official analyses, the Depnr ment cnn, with reason (daim that if bas, by these analyses, been of great benefit to the fanners in other ways. In 1880 the South Carolina compaules sold only ? 7 per cent, of tho fertilizers used in this State; und 1886 their sales bad in creased to 70 per cent, of tho total Const! ttl ptlohi The average cash price of am mon lated fertilizers in IMHO was $48.00, and of acid phos phates $81.60. Those prices had declined in I8K0 to $80 for aromo njuted fertilizers and $20 for acid phosphates; a decrease in the price of fertilizers of 80 per cent., and ot acid phosphates of 87 per cent. Before the analyses were mude the farmers purchased largely from foreign companies at high price , 0? tli? statcmonjt of prices show s, because thu claim was made thut they v ?ro superior to our home prod ictj bill when both ! wero subjected to analytical tests, j and it was then shown that there I was no difference in their ngrtcul ; tural value, the price of all declined 1 and tho sales of our home compa nies increased ; the total sales In? : creasing from 92,000 tons in 1880 to 110,000 tons in l?s.r>. Tho declino ' in prices cannot bo attributed to tiie lower price of cotton, because this (let line is only about 18 per cent., while the average decline ill the price of commercial fertilizers ' is 83 per cent. Neither is it duo to i competition? because, ns already , shown, the number <>f munufnetu , rors (hung busbies* in the State in i 188.") was les.? than In 1880. Carrying these ligures a little further: It is shown that ammo ; Hinted fertilizer.? av > $13.60 per ton ' lower titan in issn, and acid phos I photos $11.00 per ton. If tho sinai ! lest possible estimate of the effect 1 of thc 1 inpart mont's work in lower ' ing tho price-; is allowed-say $1 ; per ton-it represents an actual 1 annual saving of over $100,000 to ? tho farmers of the State, or $76,000 j a year ubovo the entire expenses . of the Department. When the Dc J partmcnt began Its work, there was a large number of dealers who shipped in ?mall lots of goods every season, nnd these manures ! were almost always fraudulent, j The sales are now practically con* \ flited to reliable manufacture rn who arc reponstblc for tin ir guarantees, I The Department hus, therefore, ' aided materially in building up a j groat home industry, while afford ing protection to tim consumers of ' fertilizers. It is an easy thing to critlclsCj it ; ls another to perform, lt ls easy to destroy, but difficult to build up. i Tl?e gentlemen engaged in the active work ?d' the Department ' have devoted all ol'their time and j energy and whatever of talent they 1 may have to milking it a benefit to the State. If they have failed of their purpose let the people say so, but not until they have examin ed it.- work, and it should certain ly not bc denounced upon the one j sided charges ?d' an interested in dividual. In conclusion Iel mo add that I cannot hen- enter into a discussion of the extra work ?d' the Depart ment, but wo have published a ? pamphlet fully setting this forth, ' anti I shall bo glad to mail a copy i of it to any of your readers. A. l\ BUTLER, Commissioner of Agriculture. Columbia, Aug. 27, ISM!. Examination for Military Acad emy at West Point. Fourth Congressional District of South t'<(rotiDa. A competitive examination will bo held at Greenville, 8. c., Sep tember 16th, 1886, for appointment of a cutlet to thc United states military academy af West Point, from the Fourth Congressional Dis ; tried of S-attb ( 'andina. j "Qualifications-The ag<-for the , admission of cadet-: to the academy j is between seventeen and twenty j two years. < !ai)didutes must be un ! ma t ried, at least five feet in height, free from any Infectious or moral I disorder, and generally, from any deformity, disenso, or infirmity ; which may routh >. them unfit for military service. They must lie wadi versed in reading, in writing, i including orthography, in arith nieilc, and bave u knowledge of ; the (dement- English grammar, of descriptive 'geography, (particu larly of our own country), and of I the history of thc United States." The following gentlemen have : kindly consented to act as a com mittee of examination: ('apt. .1. 1'.. ' Patrick, L, Iv. < 'lydia ICsq., and Dr. A ndrew Wallace. Tito successful candidato must be at \Ve<t Point not Inter than the loth (hiv of .lum*, 18s?7. W. II. PERRY, M. C. 1th Di?., s. C. Greenville, s. c., Aug. pi, issi;. Mr. Roil ll nm thc Man. Abbeville Secures the Vacaut Office. The State Democratic Executive Committee met at tho Hotel Je rome on tho 26th prov., with a full j attendance. General .). W. Moore, ; ?d' Hampton, wuselocted chairman The death of General Mnnlgaull , since his nomination on tho Statt ticket, devolved tho duty of sup. . plying his place upon tho commit tee. Col. McKissick, of Union ; Major Farley, of Spartanburg, Mr ! Holmes, of Charleston, Capt. Hon i ham, of Abbevlll , and Maj. Mills, j of Chester, were placed in nomina Hon before thc committee, Soven? 1 teen ballots were taken, and on 1 the next ballot M. L. Monham, Jr. of Abbeville, was nominated. Mr Bonham ls tim second son of ex Governor Bonham, ami is a dis tinguished momber of the Abbe ville bar. Ho is about .'in years ol age, and bas been for some yea ri (dooly identified with tho Htfttl military organisation. Majay Far ley's friends wore disappointed over his defeat, which, lt is said w a- due to bis Opposition of tho I Citadel Academy. Old Fool Lot H Hut Bite Him. NORWOOD H A., Aug 2.*?.-Dallas j Hill, colored, a man living about i three milos from Norwood, before retiring last night, made a fat meal poultice, which bo applied to a rising on bis perron. Ho retired with unwashed bands, and in the (leap hour ot mhlnight, w hile Dal las was enjoying the soothing of ! leets of the poultice-HO soothing that it had caused a deep sleep-a rat of unusual size ventured out. Bolflg attracted by tho smell of tho poultice, bo made bis woy towards Dallas. Ills hands wero the first things roached, and the rat, think ing this was tho thing sought, went to work and gnawed tho negro's and lacerated lils hands in a fright ful manner. Ho satiated his hun ger and retired to his place of tie posit without over riwakotlng the negro? Ho awoke this morning to find hh hand und' fl?ger* In u bad fix. For TUK ADVBRTIBBR. How About thc Canal? South Ga roi I aa never wits partial ' to u penitentiary, but it was insti ' tuted by our Northern friends, who \ brougbj down many things, ami ; fastened upon us in the tiny? of ? radical rule. It is now a fixture and I we must Ly and'make it pay its ! own expenses. To do this, we '\ must have motive power inside tho j walls of tho penltentlory to run till I kinds of machinery. Everyhody i know s that water is tho cheapest ' powor for driving machinery, and the question is, wliothertogoon and complete the Columbia (?anal, or abandon it and let the State lose ; all the work done on it. if it is de ! obied to quit tho work, what shall we do with the 1000 convicts now in tho penitentiary? our people will not submit t>> having the con victs hired upon farms and private works, thereby conting in couta t with free labor. Humanity says 1 not to biro them, if wo judge by i our ptt-t experience with contrac i tors in their treatment ol' convicts. It" wo get this ennui completed I manufacturera will como in and j lea.se tho water power, nod biro tho j convicts from the Btuto, and tho j bunds can be kept directly under ! tho supervision of tho Superin I tondent, and he can see that they j are treated as human beings, and ' not ns brutes. Idhort bas Just re newed his lease with the State for I the term of ten years, he to ho fur? I nished 250 cou viet s to work in thc I shoe shop. No doubt other eon : tractor.- will COIDO in when they j can get motive power for their ma ! chinory, and all tho convicts eau j he employed inside the walls of ! tho penitentiary. Hy all means let u< complete tlie canal! Hut let ' tho strictest economy be used in spending the money of tho State Upon this work. A ARON. Now Show Up? Ol' Drop lt. (('or. Augusta Chronicle.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug 20.-Al though Prof. Joy nos. has denied that he told Capt! Tillman that the South Carolina College offered to , make the analyses of commercial fertilizers for ?.? ouch, UH Capt. TilI ? milli bad represented, and although I Col. Butler has, over his owD signa ture, denied that any such propo sition Was ever made, Capt. Till man bas repeated the statement in his Laurens speech yesterday. Now, it would Seem to reasonable people that the arguments In favor of the establishment of an agricul tural col logo should be strong to cause its establishment without any misrepresentations, and wheth er Intentional or not Captain Till man is making an unfair and un true statement when he says that the Department of Agriculture re I jected such a proposition, as he ' declares was made hy thc South I Carolina College in regard to the ! analyses ol commercial fertilizers, j No .such propositon was ever made j and consequently could not have J boon rejected. -- -- South C arolina Military Acad emy. OFKICK OF J CU AI UMAX HOA 1< 1> OK V*JSiTOKS,> H.\ I:\WKI.I., S. C., Aug. fl, '80. ) The General Assembly at it- last session having reduced the appro ' priution for the state Military Academy, the Board of Visitors, ; conforming thereto, have resolved ' to admit ti number ?d' Beneficiary ? Cadets for tho ensuing year, which with these present will make the nu mino* sixty-three. Since tho recent, commencement there remain in the Academy tweu ty-two Beneficiaries. Vacancies aro announced from tho following counties: Aiken 1 Anderson 2, Barnwell 2, Beaufort -, Berkeley 2, Chorleston 4, Chestei 1, Chesterfield 1, Darlington 2 Edgcfleld J, fairfield 2, Greenvilh I, Hampton 1, I lorry l, Kershaw 1 Lancaster -, Laurens 2, Marlboro I, M arion Newberry 2, Orange burg 1, Pickens l, Spartanburg 1 Sumter I, I nion ?, Williamsburg 1 York 1. Forty-one in all. , These vacancies will, as hereto fore, be tilled by competitive ex animation. The County examining Hoard.' ' will convene for the purpose a their respective County seats 01 ! j Tuesday, 14th September. Appli .?cation for information and form: . j on which to apply for permissloi i to appear before these Examining I Hoards will bc made to the under signed on or before Saturday, At I September. '?'be Hoard of Visitors will pasi . upon these applications ami gran , permits to such as appear entitle* thereto at Columbia, OD Tuesday 7th September. The Hoard wil (.(insider no application not clearly and fully made out in accordance with prescribed regulations. It i: r desirable, therefore, that they Ix forwarded to Chairman as early a: , j practicable, to the end that thej may bo returned before the sessiot of the Hoard for amendment whei needed. ! County Examining Hoards wil re .cive their appointment ami in st meti?os from the State Bllpcrln tendent of Education, nod ropor the result of the examinations di reetly to the undersigned at Harn well. JOHNSON HAOOOD, Chairman Hoard Visitor-., South Carolina Military Academy Waat Purthur Tjatlmony Neadod. Kev. S. 'J'. Harman, Pomarla, H. C. Hays: "i unhesitatingly recommend Pel hams Chill Specific os a rollnhlo euro.' lt. K. MI hun. Clinton, H. Cl "IN ur. every time. lind twelve persons 011 HIV plano, and lt cured nil." Allen M. Nichols tONtlflOS, "That j half Dottie broke the chills on him." Pelham's Chill Spcellle is so well known that lt ls scarcely necessary to say much about lt. The people usc- lt, the ohlldron like lt, tho doelors pre scribe lt. It -,tuieli unrbaled. Cures evorv pop. MT For Halo hy B F Posey <v Uro. and J. K Wilkos, Laurens; Gray ?V Sui llvan, Dorroh's; Sullivan <tr Milnni, Mt, (iallagher; .1 II Hmtth A Co., Ooh|vilio? Culbertson ,v Smith. Waterloo. --Sice 1790 Pennsylvania has had sixteen Governors, eight of w hom ? ere Gorman.-. DOBROH I*. O. JOB PRINCE. I'm m- til?1 late war, I wan, ll DO 11 one occasion, forcibly Impressed by ? r<> mark inaile by H* sick soldier, tie wan suffering inteusely and complaining In cessantly, nod at length with u big muan, ho exclaimed, obi law, lawi i ?i<> wish 1 could got wollt I think I'd feel bettor" I have thought of the expres sion many times since thon, hut for the last two or titree months I have thought Of it oftener llian usual. I Bill Hick, and 1 have beoil sick n long time, and if I would only get weit, l firmly believo I would feel hotter, [have been sick so long, tind so badly sick, that I rookon I have become ? hotter man than I usod to be. In fact, I am reduced t<> such un OXtreinity that I fori perfectly wiMIng to forgive till my onomles that ls, except? lllg one. There i? one that I do ll'I think I eau tr*oly forgive, at least until he makes and apology. And lostsomoono should tOink I nm too stubborn, I w ill give the circumstances I Three or tour years ng<> a new preacher came Into our neighborhood preaching and organising Sundny-schoo's. NV? ll, when tho time came for him to prOHOh lit <>nr little schoolhouse. I went. Tito little house was crowded, and ail outside too, so tho proaoher took his stand at tho door, so as to preach In different directions. I got a seat just inside the door, ?dose to the preacher, and when ho knelt dow n to pray I knelt down OK?. Thou he I preached n very good SOrillOII, and I j warmed up with him, ??> thal when ho proposed another prayer, I ie>t down 1 quicker than before. There ho gave a boittiful talk on tho Sunday School'und ! 1 became oomplotcly enthused. Then I he said :*. bet us again unite in prayer. ? brother Tinker, will you lead us in pray er?" I was <?n Uty knees in an instant, ! and tlie next instant brother baker was on his f'cot with the remark. "I want to talk a little while before engaging in prayer." Itut you sec, I was alresuy <*n guged, ami in "presence ol'the whole au dience, both insole ami out ami hrother Bilker knew lt. Well I determined t?> light it out on that lin". hut it wu-* a terrible struggle brother baker talked for about one hour, an t then had th?* impudence lo any, "Let us nil unit?! in prayorl"- nuttings Btrong emphasis on thu all. His prayer was shout HU long as his talk. My knees n?vor K?>t over ihc ".i deal for a week, and my best pants were ruined for lifo and I dont think I ever can forgive brother baker that is Until he makes an apology. Now there is morn virtue in ntl apolo gy Ihltll s.une bilks might think t nele N'at Simmons i.-lls a joke illustration of tin*: Uncle Nat was eallod on, sev eral veurs ugo, to plwy the liddle fora danc ing part v, at thc house of a dui ch in an In Ibo lower part ol the state. Thc (hine in' was up stairs, and w hile it w as ut its height, thc dutchman came blunder ing np, drunk and in n towering pas. Mimi. Stumping his foot, ho exclaimed. "Stop dish i i ii ir py tam! Ihsh ling's not to be stopped I" * d' course there was qm et in an instant, and aouic ono enquired : "Whats thc mutter?" Matter enough, pv tam: Hero's Jim Schnitt down sutrs . iii do lounge hoggin my vifo, dish very minuit ; and she's buggil! him too, py tam!' Tim danc? r*? felt like crowding through auger holes, and thc dutchman, alter stumping a few times hy way of eu.plia nts, started huck lawn the steps, mut t iring as he went, "Matteronoughl mat ter enough by tami" Itut it was only a few moments till the dutchman came back nguiu, as calm and serene as a May morning! You cnn go on mil dc dance, bot lectio maller ?sh all right. Jim Schielt hi'sh done made 'polemics to mo? Kays ho did not know it vus my vlfo dot ho'vns duggin 1 lmt is voue good Joke on Jim Se ll ail I !" What L's?* Have Wc for n ( Ita li el? The militia is tho bulwark of a nation und every state nt list have a trained body of troops, and offi cers to command thom, to keep the peace :tn?l onforeo tho laws. : Tho old field muster : ure numbered j with tho things extinct, and tho titled gentry of South Carolina ure fast passing away. Soon wo will I have no captains, majors, colonels I and generals. Whore aro wo to I get o lucers to train our troops, build I mir forts, and |ny off ?air ennuis ' and railroads? (Jriiduates from our Citadel can fill all these posl ! tions. \\ hon a young man conics ! out from tho Citadel lie has a tho i rough education, and eau handle i all kinds of fire-arms, build all inan I nor of fortifient ions, and is profl ! clout in all kinds of drawings and : engravings, and if ntl emergency J should arise, ho is ready to handle j our raw tooops und defend thc j State against all enemies, internai : and extornal. Every graduate of ! the Citadel, who is a beneficiary ol j the State, bus to return to bis nu 1 i tlvo county and teach school two i years, so hist county gets some bene fit from his education. Young Harris, of our county, has josi graduated and will have to toaeli school two yours in I.aurons. No man deprecates wai mon than I do, and any niau who ha followed tho Confederate standard for four yours is not anxious to beat tho sound of tho druin and the fi ft I and the roar of musketry again still every nation must be pr?par?e t?* defend ber borders, hi the timi of peace preparo for war, ls a trio lind wiso adage. Look at tho otb oors who distinguished tbomsolvei in tho late civil uar. Whore (Iii the majority of them from Houtl Carolina get their education? It the Citadel. The South Carolina Citadel rank in importance to our State in Jus the same ratio of usefulness nt Wend Point does to the Uniter States. AARON. THE IOUTHKI A U G. 28. LOUISVILLE, KY.. JAPANE?B VILLAHS.-PROF. Wini's NATI'I TlOlt.-DA TTLE Of QKTTYSDURO.-D. FIREWORK!, and over Ono Th C. w~. Restaurai Over 886 Aug gt&- M'-.-ds fur ii i tbed at all hours, c cacW-w of the Monson. Kvor. thing ?er tre?poM?est ntt??ntlf>n -flvon.' Short hay crop? mc an cheap cat tlo in autumn. But the farnu? who ninkesjfull provision for keep i og can buy and turn bia fodder to good account not only in eales, but ti added value to th? manure pile. -< ?ood manners, says Swift, i* the art of making those people ea?y With whom we conver.se ; who ever makes the fewest persons, un easy, la the best bred mau in the company. REGISTRATION COMMITTEE The gentlenion named below will register all voters Included in the territory assigned them: I J. Harley Franks-All between Little Uiver, above Laurens C. H., and the old (?reenville road run I ning to It. H. Yourgins, via Capt i Albert Dial. James M. Hudgeiis will register all voters living South of tl\e old Greenville road, to road running from Laurens C. II. to McDaniel's Mills, vin Double Branches. Albert Rowland will register all living between the public road leading from Laurens C. II to San dy Ford, and Little River above Laurens C. IL W. L. Cunningham will register all from Culbertson Mill road, via Double Branches, to roud running from Laurens C. IL via Idsbon ( 'burch. J. Frank Ramage will register nil living within the roads running from Laurens C. H. to Li six m and thc public road leading from Lau rens C. IL to Newberry. K. O. Hairstoii will register all living between the rond leading from Laurens C. II. to Newberry and the road run ning from laurens C. IL to Sandy Ford. L. E. Irby und L. A. Langston will register ?ll living within the incorporation of the town of Lau rens. In making up the Registration t li tr rules prescribed by the Execu tive Committee should be closely observed, and the Registrars will make their returns on or before the Ith dav ol' Sept -, inst., nt Laurens C. Il . E X EC UTI V V, ( :< >M MITTBE NOTICE The Democratic Executivo Com mittee of Laurens County are re quested to meot at Laurens Court House on Saleday next, the 6th inst. 0. \\\ SHELL, Chairman. Change of Firm Mr A. P. SULLIVAN has bough t out the linn of A. R. SULLIVAN ?Y Co. and will continue business nt th .dr obi Ktand National Bank LAURENS. No. S540. Treasury Department, OFFICE OF COMI'TROLL- ; KR OF Til FCC RR ENCY, [ WASHINGTON, June 21,IrtStl.) Wu KU HAS, by satisfactory evi, ?lenee presented to the undersigned it bus boon made to npponr that "Tun NATION!, RANK OF L.M URNS," lu tho Town of Laurens, In I tlu> County of Laurens and the State of State of South Carolina, lins complied with nil the provisions of. tin? Statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence business of Bankir Now TIIRHRFORR I, William L Trenholm, Comptroller of the Ci i roney, do hereby certify that "Tu?. NATIONAL RANK OF LAT RB NS," III the Town of Laurens, in the County of Laurens and State of South Cur olina, is authorized to commence the business of Ranking ss provided in Section Fifty-one hundn?d and sixty niuo, of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 1N 'i' i'.ST i .WON Y wu KKRIIK witness my band and Seal of office the 24th, day ot July 1HHIL W. L. TREN HOLM, Comptroller of the Currency. Aug. ll, 1880 HOLMES' SURE CURE, MOUTH WASH AND DENTIFRICE f'lirea nioodlng Hums, t'locva, Hore Mont li. Sure Throat, Cleanse), tho Teeth and Purilles tho Breath. CHO?1 and ree onunonded by leading ?lontiat. Pre pared by l>rs. J. p. A w. R, lionMI?. Dontist, .Minim, (la. For anio hy ?ll ?Iriiugit ami ilentist, and in Laurena bj Pr. IT ll. CONNOR. aft-ly. t ' THE B B ND K L LA BARBER SHOP. I beg to inform tho public that I in> firepan ?I to aorvo thom aa Ton son I a I Ar tist, in my new quartora, under tho Ben ?h ila Hotel. !>. H. CANTBY. 23. (15 Acm under ons rw/Jatt?K* VTTK 4.CTXOH?. ur. niKTonr coLtscmon,-m ART COU** ?MROSCB OR GB BA TBA,-OA PPA' S BAB?X ouaand OT H afb WtW FIAYUKM HENSON at and Saloon, Broad Street, nata, (la I r onalatlng of all the ??bat infiel* ?n? n ?minie Iv ueat, the tient or ordrr kept.