The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 02, 1887, Image 2
The ?dvertisi
J. C. OA Ii TJ I AV? V CLY", EDITOR.
PAY A I? I J I. I N fU>VA Nt'IC.
Katoa for Advertislag. Ordinary A :
vortisemonls ??or siiuaro, Ol . Inser
tion, fi.00; each subacqueni Inner*
tin)!, 60 00!l?8.
Llboral roduelion mudo tor largo Ad?
rertiuemonts.
J. C. Ci A lt Ld N<. TON ?v CO.,
Proprietors.
TIN-; OAUSN OF LAAV IIKBSNK IS.
If wo oanuot clod members to
tho legislature who will como ( ut
boldly against local legislation, lot
tho people of tho s: iio '.ooh ah >;.'.
thom and soo If Un ,\:ui .> timi
a man for tho oiHai of f?ovcrnnr
who will act as Pu. : ION -
land did whiha < !o\ cram
York,-placo a prompt vol on
cry act passed by tho (JenoraI
Assembly of a gone -al nata . h
was local ?it Its opera! ion.
THK ADVKKTISKH has h al n rroal
deal to say against local legisla
lion, but we have m> ox< uso to ol 'er.
Tho growing toudcucy of legi hi toi ?.
to favor the passage of any a I th I
any mombor proposes if h 1 will
only add at tho fool of his bill thal
It only applies to his County, i
indifference Nvilh which such 1 ills
aro viewed by tho majority, is suffi
cient cause for ala.an. The very
stability of our institution:- and tx p
utation of our .Slate h mauds thal
this thins;- shnl? stop. Where can
you And a capitalist who will in
Invest Inn Slate with such a va' ' .
ty of laws? If every blockhead who
happens to dodge Issues and strad
dle tho fenco with suffleie tl tu lr
ness to secure n seat In the Cl ?ne al
Assembly, ran concoct a law for
lils Immediate constituents, which
the other members will allow to
pass, because their immediato con
stituents aro not affected, wc
may never expect South Carolina
to make any material progrc -.
We make too many laws, il often
shows moro statesman ship to rojee!
a ?mensure titan to originate one.
Senator Editor Murray appears
to have entered the Senate undi
the belief that ho was sent to Co
lumbia to legislate for the State of j
Anderson. Ile arose vvilh',se\ I
new fangled, buljingoniously coutri* j
veil measures, nail soelngat Raglan co
that they would bo killed u - gener
al laws, ho saddled them on Ander
son County. Ono of tho local laws
of Arr. Murray is n New I? id Li w
for Anderson County.*' We know
nothing of tho merits of t'.is IONV, j
but inasmuch as it Is local NV< con
demn it* It is violent to pr<
that the Senator from Anderson
knew bettor hov.- to work roads
than nil other Scnatois. Hui to
consider this road law NVO lind a
mooting called in Anderson Coun
ty, nt which tho following i
hie and resolutions wero unani
mously adopted.
WhoroaH tho general as omi '
Carolina, In its lato HOSS'U n .. 'inhlcd,
passed on not oiilitlod "T ie h v lb ad
Law," which wo doom holli unenllod for
unjust, unwise, opprosslvo :IM<I I yranio
al. thoroforo bo it
1st. Rosolved, that we heartily dis
approve of and will not hool suena Law
2nd. That wo will work oui i ?ads
thoretoforo -so long as may ho ni ci
-and no longer.
8rd. ihnt inasmuch tia wo deem Ihal
tho originators and supporters ol' tho
Raid law have manifi sled . adi i . >r
judgment ?is to who I is ?od au I hcsl
lor tho prosporitv nod Nvolfavo ol Ll
masa of tho pcoplo, that we vi i! osori
our most Rtronuoiia effort i n<>i toi ntried
to (hom tho privilege and hon? ri f : hi
ronroaonting our intor< .-1.
5 Aftoi olhor remarks und Kuvrgoslionr
iho following pren m bio and r'osoiui
waa submitted which was also nd' ?toil
Whereas, Wo now .-.?.>. timi wo ni ido
n groat mistake in placing our: nilV
in our hist olooi lon . and Nvhorons all ni ni
are llablo io mako mistakes, be it
Resolvod, Thal we seek forgiven is
lor having so erroneously orr? il, ;o(!>
that wo frooly pardon our honnrnblo S .
.tor and his worthy eo work ?.<* for hn -
Ingimposod upen ns so unroasonahhi ;i
law RH "tho now rood law," at'ri
thoir mistnko to nu error ol' I he head and
not of tho hoarti
It is of tho utmost importance'that
the dignity and majesty of tho law
be preserved, rf men do not re . cl
law, lawlessness folloNVs. And In
order to respect lt, men must not
only feel that the NVIU lo power of
tho State can enforce lt, bul thal
the legislature of tho stato bas de
cided that lt ought to be enforced.
Wo aro willing to sharo tho bh
of any law that tho roprosoiitatioi
from this county on ti ('roi: !:
it is good enough for Laurens, it la
good ellong!? for tho r?fate, lind If ?I
is not good enough for the State :i
is not good enough for Laurens.
Wc ask our nolghbors to protect us
from nil -neb lows an tho State < an
no share with us,
We hoiivo it was a citizen of Ls i
reus County who oneo said that
"there ought to bo bnl ono law and
everybody ought to follow lt" Thal
man may have had n "solid eye for
the general Interest," but bo could
about ns reasonably have o ip? I t< tl
tosco his iden.-; practically illustra
ted as Congress can hopo to estab
lish a uniform rate of freight [?er
mile, on railroads In tho Unit*
States,, This is Impracticable, but
In tet-Statos-Com moren I- tho gre ii
question to-day in national affairs,
und although it may not accomplish
much nt first, and may i vor do
some binni, it must come. The
general government must hold
railroads in cheek, and we may OX?
poet the law to reach a degree of
Iierfoctlon In the rem- future, which
ts most sanguine - apporter; dare
ri il lotlclpate,
^WOMANS1 moHTN"
Tho purposed an? ndmoufctotho
Constitution ol tin- United Statos,
relativo to Woman's light?, which
woo eo oarnoslly advocated by tho
woman's rights champion, Senator
l?lair, was of course ile foal oil. lint
tho rapid strides (hat tho rnovo
in< at i ; milking Is not eta miraging
ti? tho South. \Vhllo .( will require 1
many years of labor, ninny now
schemes and much "prOsoly tin . " lo !
ina!.vi ino women thomsclvo h dh ve
Ihcy noed ??ir hallett yot, from a
casual glance, it would appoai* that
? .vi a in tho Sou (li Ino mov< mehi
i-: gaining recruit.'! Thi i Iden conics
from tho fad that il!-.' Southern
Women have iciuliiy Joined tho W.
i'.'V. 1 . orgttii?'/.atrouf". A'though
thc platform bi llie Nation Woni ?n's
Christian Temperance Un ion bold
l;. uiivoc tie woman's suflVage,and
(ho pVeshleiil is ilise- a i?embor of
t!:.- ! Werna u'.i SuiTi'tigo A isooht
tton,V und favors a union Of tho two
Organization ; yot stich an orga r at
tie i c add uover gain favor in t',: i
section il* left lo its own merits.
Those who would bring discord to
ottr fair laud, haye conic ivs wolves
in i hood's clothing, They <'...'' us
. h ?i temperance is their mission,
that they would (each 'oinporaneo
asa uieaiis towards tho end-prohi
bition, ihit funning through the
literature thoy bring, underlying
the spooches they make , is the idea
of wo:.'.na's suflVage.
Al (Itf proper time,many honest
bra vi and lil orly loving domocrat ss
froni Lito mountains (<? tho sea, will
endorso Hun. T. J. Mooro of Spar
tanburg for the ofll?o of Oovi fin .
of Sou til Carolina'.
Dlntlntuhod Coat of Matul Worte.
Tho ??iin?nhh 1 coot of produc tion in
metal work waa illustrated recently hy
Dr. Jolui Percy, in un address to tho
British Iron hud Stool im iiui \ hy the
?talement tluit ii CTOSH of i-t-, ! pen?,
formerly costing $85, might now tx1 pro
duced for eight <. enta. Tho cost of mri!:
lng gold chines lula boon reduced to un
eighth of what it wita. -Arltansaw Trav
A Mlutafton Simhoi
A lx>a constrictor in n ideological gar
den in Au ititi lin hus hccii trying all i uni?
inor toaqueczo tho lift out ot ni >.'. , ny
log twelve f?ot long .".?'.1 eighteen hu I . ?.
thick, hut thc log Ul'fittfl 0 l.h. th Dild ..
hull* ahead iu\d brnvelj holding tl? own
The analto evidently wondon wind pori of
a ?nan it hos got hold of with . ni ll fil <
aa thou- Doiroit Free Pros.
Somehow II Bhiw s. i Elim.
S? ?.-nohow or ot hov it phocka a young
man's implicit trusting faith in ix ? i l to
have her voil him Incidentally th fcsho
hod a l*>x ut thc -i.? ah r when i h.: went
to BOO Langtry thc night lx'forb, and then
to learn fr?in iii" other young mun wh .
.?cok her there that lt wvin a box ol cur
ruola ho bought her o:> I ho woy to tho
?how,-Somerville Journal.
'.ho IIiiBhnod't) Authority.
A New* Orleans lawyer, In arguing n
divorce suit, hold that a husband had a
lo^al right to moko his wife stand in a
corner with a clothes pin onhoruoso.
"if such mild moans ot compelling obe
dience ere forbidden," ho -;iH, "what
ia to ITOCOUIO of thc husband'a authority
ao master of the household?" - Texas
Siftings,
Moivnmoutn ut Oottyslmr?.
Newly too monumento oro now
erected ou tho (hf si nr. ? battlefield, end
& commit too from Now York recently so
looted tho sitos to marl: tho position of
over i liioly organiz?iliona from that stnto
which participated ia tho bidtjo.-Kuxt
rna City Times.
London and itu vicinity < ?usuni <n ove r
8,000,000 p< unda <<f a year, worth
$050,000. Tito larger proportion of theso
c-i. !.< conies from Holland, only a small
quantity bi ?ag taken ha>m IJngli?h u atora?
--Chicago Nows.
Lisbon f '. miers' t Hob.
Ai regular mooting Of the Lis
bon Panne vs* Club, .la nu a ry I?'?-.,
lss7, (Ito subject for discussion w as:
"If farming does aol pay what 1.5
tho causo-? and what la thc reme
dy?" ft' was agreed that farming
was hoi paying, for various causes.
First, We plant too much cotton;
our crops aro net diversified
enough; thal if wo would raise on
(!;<. farm our bread and meat, and
food foi'ill! our ntoek, so ns to let
tho cotton crop bo a surplus. And
also, wo should raise a surplus of
all food crops for ?nan rind boast, so
Os to supply ni! [lorsons who do not
live On the farm, if wa ?. also agreed
that th?ro was too much ox tra va
ganoo on tho pari of tho farmers.
Wo should economizo at ovory
point. especially in the uso of com
mercial fort I lizers, lien eland study
i very pap T and book tipertnining
to our buslnes -. Informingourselvos
upon otu calling as all other pro fe ;
slous do. Stick closo to Our husl
III ., do ?air pari ; ( i*U>j( and lui. ci
faith, and (ill will be well with us,
Tho following proamhloiind ro <>'a
! iona wol'O adopted :
WM].:.!:.,.:, ai tho closing hour
f)f tho Legislature, a resolution
ramo from the house to tho Som te,
appointing ox-Cloy. Ifagood, ('!!,u!
cellor iTohnson and Capt? II. ll.Till
man to visit other Si ntes and n;
?ert titi os to tho practicability <?f
planting nn ngflculturnl college,
which resolution was ii it agreed to
iiy (ho Sonate
. l? *<J?-( l, That wo, t he member i -f
Lisbon uiuh condoin tho action of
liio majority of tho Sonate In rofui -
i ag to agree to the above ri solution.
Ret?lo} (/, -al, That WO o-p(cia!lv
condo? ii tho action of our next
ilooiMiofghbor Sonator, Capt, .fohn
\v. Woiford of Spartnoburg, who
professed to ho in full sympathy
With the mers. Convention In
April, 1880,11 rho waa < (?ctOtl (>.i Hie
[."armors, ticket,
f?caolvc4% 8d Tiiat (ho spirit of tho
majority of tho Sol?ate was to amend
?r postpono ovorythkig thai th,o
rearme rs' Oonventlonsof April un i
So vom her rocoinontlud,
ilfiln foy I. nj lon.
/.' solved, ill?, Tuft! wo imqunilfl-j
ed;y endorse Uv action ofHonotor
Hui t, o? Charitstoii. In supporting
ilu* resolution from tho Clou so np
point'ng llagood, .H'I?I?C:; ami Till
man n committee to liupt?ro hit? J
tho practicability of tho Agricul- j
tura! Collego.
Uesolved, "dh, That oar couti- !
dence in Capt, I'?, li. Tillman is un
shaken, and. wo endorse lils untir
ing and loarles i action ? << advance
il?" agricultura) interest of tho
State: and we call upon tho farmers
I'rom (ho mountain.'] to tho soo to
keep up tho elbow-touch until tho
agrti ul lara I interest i- recognized.
liesolvedi That the procoe dugs
of thb? nicol lug bo sont lo Hiv.? Lau
rons\ hie J fcrahl and A nv .?:LVriSKi;,
I publica!lon.
ii. U. Young,
Secretary.
OUR WASHINGTOI LfiTTBB.
ir ? . <.
Wi abington. Jan. ???s . - 7.
'iiu? present week In Congress
hus neon devoted tn mlscellan ..
qui stloits various subject s have had
ai t >nllon. and . noe ol Lin ni lui > .
boon disposed e.r. Pension br ve
boon pushed in both ends >>f tho
Capitol, Appropriation Hills and
Hie Agricultural Kxperintcul Sta
lion bill have been debated in tile
So-iato; the subject of the Conlon?
hlal < elObralion lia i ( onie iipj nial
tors of local interest have been dis
cussed* new bills 'nae booh pre
sented, and Pact tie P ?Pond mal
ters hilve commanded a coiisldera
bio ; 'jrtion of tho t ime of the House.
Tho purpose of tho Mouse of rep
resentativos in voting for an laves
tigation of Un ; Pacific Ita i I road
business ls not to prosecute
Stanford, the presiden I of these
roads, who occupies a -oat in Ila*
U. S. Senate, passes upo : legisla
tion for the county, and protects
his own Interest accordingly. Tho
(.?overnnieiit has a large int? rest in
this railroad property and it ?- a
daly of Congr? 'S te let the pi ?plo
kino.- what wont willi thoiso '? wo
m li 1 ions that w< re spout some way.
Tito fact that tho California Sena
tor says i! weal in th" right way,
that lie does not tare to e\phtin
how. ara! thill i! is nt)t the buslnoSs
of the public to know- is hot sails-!
factory. Thc people av not yi (
ready (<> a ''copi bid bery as au estab
lish ..] tn litullon. They have a
ri?; h I to ask by what process the
profits of the road are*<livei li*.! into
Ihe pockets of pri?vale individuals.
The answer 1 a re fi r< act both to
tho OovornmonPs business willi
the corporation, and t<> the right of
Mr. Stanford, one of the principal
Hlsbursors, to a seal lu the C S.
Senate.
Said i frh rid of 8. . ii*r Stanford,
[iv . ? ' I
ii ev er be . ble i" get anything ?au
of Mr. ; tan ford. lb keep? iai'li
willi Iii Ni
Congressman or ox*-Cncgcossman
need bc afra: i Ibo Senator Will
divulg? any I ran sac lion s lib has
? with tia hi.
lt was in ?his connection I Inti
who'>:?'>'.. o h". ;- 'i'.'' I le added
tliat hc would rather soe Itoscoc
Conkling eoip.c t a tho Senate tbaii
any olia ina!) from (he Stole ?.:'
New York, because lie could lie
eon ut ed en foran honesrvote upon
all questions, whether relating te
railroads or anything else, Mor
ton and Miller both h ive corpora
tion Inlolests,said Mr. Bock. Conk
J|ng hus none, anti though I recog?.
nl/.o lb" fuel ti ;;* beean bann Ibo
Honiocracy inore than any other
man ir tia .-'< onto, be bolong lo
himself.
ll ?a comforting lo Know that
i fon. S.S. Cox, \vhO h.a.-; hoon a
very auk nain for ?lia past two
weeks, ls now in ? '. ?air \ ay Inward .
rocovory. At the present tin ie
when Ci ugress is dally loshig< char
acter, win n lb" quaiflealioiis of
Senators, aro t? be found in ihoir
pookets Instead of their heads an?!
when corporations aro growing
bo?tier and bolder their Inti rf? r
once with legislation Hie services
o? a repre entative like Mr. Cox*.
Whoso Integrity P invincible, anti
who is the dread of (he lobby, can
not be overestimated;
iv plo all over the eon nt ry write
lo Mr, Cox? aboui matters ?atan-"
tod with tho administrai inn of the
Govern mont. H?ring bis lillies
his mad matter liad aeeniriulu?ld
to sneh formidable propotion that
ins privatesecroti ry a ki d repre
sentatives of the press to make the
condition Of tho popular Congress
man known t?> Iii'1 people as gen
erally as possible. Si nee (lea? t< lo
gi's inf: orsympatby have been coin
ing in place of business ! ?I ?
'!.!,<. Pi!I passed by tho Sen -li',
granting pensions ol'$2, eis) a year
to Ibo widows of Generals Logan
and Blair, and with opposition in
lite {''cnsiou Committee ?d' tho
Hons". ','!<.. maj >rify rf Ihn COM
mitte? are rel ac tali 1 to continuo tb"
policy of granting high pensions
io tiu? willows of olneori- who -ii i
not die from Injuries incurred in
tito service. Thci only nreeejionce
for such bills arc in IIa? eases ot
v/idov/rt and families ?d' Admiral
Farragut, and Honorais Hancock)
Thomas and (.'rant.
Tho majority of the committee
think it would Pc Inadvisable lo
follow thoso precedent in view ol
the fad that there are now about
one hundred surviving widows of
oilba rs who WOO ld tliOh Po entitle
cl to pensions who ars now exclu
ded by ? oe goill ral law.
When thai swooping pension bill
was ra ho 1 through tho I tongo pro?
viding for dependent parents, and
?allers ivhoroeived no Injuries dur
ing their tone of service, batan
simply too old or too feeble to work,
all reasonable people felt that tlc
matter had boen overdone lt'thc
Sonaje . a idsthl*? bill also ibo ne xl
.tcp win lie to pensi?n ? vcrybodjv
win) ever had anything (odo willi
any of thc wafsi < Pi" fourth of lin
national rovonuo ls already paid
out in pensions, rn rouhd nnmoi .?
eight ll tl lid fed millions bav?! laen
ia).? noni of tho s. Treastry foi
Ibis pni JIKC since Hte w ar. All
thc powers of |?ur< po cohrtbined
with their immense jinnies mid fm
?picul '.var-, do not pay out as inucli
Cor pensions ns does Hie Coital
^faics.
i For Tho Au\"oVuSOr. ]
Vt?Wfi oil Prohibit lou
Mr? Editor:
Knowing Huit tho columns of
Tira Ai)yuitTiKj5U aro opon for tho
discussion of all questions ol gom
era! in ?orttviico and tor tho pro
motion i pea e, harmony and mo
rality, I ventare to glvo sotve of the
reasons why lu August iioxi I \v"l
vote against tho Murray Bill,
l suppose you will give ail sides a
fair hocring, but I will not ask RM
much space as would l>o required
?i' I should attempt to give all
of my objections to t'ois mcasu/o.
Tt Is urged thu;, this ls u contest
bo ?ween morality anti immorality
but we think this unfa* . ii i> true
(hat Ministers of tho <>' ?spei and
many other good people aro making
a desperate effort t.? pass this law
Undo! tho delusive idea thtvt they
can, by a simple legisla tive enact
ment, f ru; h out tiri evil thai lies
hoon reco^Uiacd nfl nob foi' c.vs,
anil which lac conc?n tra te? I e.lori
of roll; i !'! ?(., inorulida and phil
ii i?hiopis?a, luis fulled io accom
plish,
Wa have heard from (he pulpit
timi.' long ns tuan hus an earthly
abode, ho must find tc o i pt ut lons,
and hi life work ls ? ? i'< I ?I them.
Tliif- is tho len : i$ of tho Bible.
( . d luis :,; crouted mun t hal ho
growl 'irons by resbAipg tempUv
i ion. A man who can got whiskey
luit abstains, ? n hero; bul ho vs il
occupy tho drunkards ?'. i' In'the
other world) I imagine, i. his ina
bility to ge! liquor is Ibo duly thing
that keeps him from tho gutter.
i e i? distinctly understood timi
I do not favor whlskoy, at tin?
same time 1 soo in this ofTort lo
lo banish it, ono of the most bitter
::n.i ilcmoraiixing contests that
Lu ureas County lias had .-imo tho
war. ll will divido tho best of
friends, if will make lasting one
mies1. And af tor all as in thc past,
will soe (hat men w ho want li
quor we can get it.
An alwise l-lod has i?udo the
felipe to leriUonl and trinke alco
hol, lie made the venomouss moc
ea dh, that hidos io t he grass, to
?ting an unsuspected t ravel ?or. Wo
cadnot know iii- reasons^ ?ai! a . he
placed an apple in the (.larden of
(.'don !'> tempi Mother live, ami no
legislative enact t neut eon ld remove
thc apple, nebo ha-- placed tempta
tions In man'-, pathway which wiii
remain unlit ile decides that mail
? hall hr no longer loiiipted.
But to conic mort- directly to tho
issue. What more will tb" Murray
XX.N iii!! do than the other prohi
bition jt.ws that have been passed V
Says one, ti i-; moro severe5 the
pi nally is heavier, it mn Ice moro,
offences* So it docs, di this ls true
thu! ii ls moro severe? and Iii this
only lt differs from tin; farer; thal
bas stood for law 00 ibo 1.!; of
many towns in South Carolina.
Take your own town tor insta ncc,
(and you cant get a better exam
ple) how did prohibition work for
yeti ! vo?.years past* 1 believe during
1 pr.t (o speak ol IbingH as they
Wu i bi
a success'-? 0 ubi belli vo. any
i ' ? . ;
Wi
itrg.uatcnt ia.ncoded lt? sib >\v t ha i
liqtioi WHS -?hl .ii tili place all the
time, ".or can itu y inuit tdiow ? per
son who tried to gel liquor, and ap
plied tbthe righi person and failed
to j.'.?t what h< wanted mid ns much
ns ho wanted. A lino of $300 was
... i stilUi lent to du:. 1 he sale of li
ipior. vViiyV '-'imply because
;l. ? 0 who ' i knov, that tho |a\v
lybhld not bc cn foi ced against
them. No man would sell liquor if
he knew thai fl would cost him
!}f)0 foi' euell offen ie. Tia- sanie le
gal pvt. thal cn force? I One law
naiitenforce thc.other. Were no)
offender-* brou gil I before the courir
.ia I acquited when Hie penalty wan
light V .Now by what system bf
? nsoning cab one arri vent the con
clusion that ? ls easier to convict n
man fort lie vioiotion of a law to
w ii i a heavy pe nu'ty i-- attached
than one which in Hie ts only a nom
iual punishment.
We would all 'oJoJee ' to see thc
tiny when drunkenness would no
longer bring desolation rind damna
tion to I bo mu 1M ludo that annually
lind IheniHclvt - in the ?1 iud* bf (his
monster. Wo would rejoice to nee
lb (imo w ia tt no man would duro
a :. an oath, bul I for one, do not be
lieve that h *, i ! lion cnn accom
plish I ho vie.- ii ..'..h. results,
Slncotho question ls before thc
pi plo of tho whole County, Ma j,..
1 !. cy will discuss ? In a calm, im?
passlontite, christian spirit. Since
(bc [>i<???? ir. und chun hes have
I'gnnl. edTor Ibo purp o'* a cain
l>algn ort this political question, i
hihope that they will not forgot
mtlrely their mission. 1 hopo (nat
diu relies will ri member while I hey
lisctiss the morltsof tho aol of the
Mate Legislature that they uro to
'each toniporaiioOj morality, chrl -
iaiiity also. Let them prac
!(.>' temperance In conducting
ho temperance campaign.
While they decido th1; policy
?f tho t lovermnent, Iel 1 hom not
orget that Hie great ??ead of thc
Jktirch established Ills Clmrch to
Klint men to I len vt ll, anti while ! lo
fave I Iis followors power i<> r< dst
ompttition, i ie did nol employ Mis
imo on earth in removing the
1 mptatlonsthal would besot thom.
In speaking of this iiill many
montions pro cid themselves widen
1 will md touch upon? I might
ipoak of tho right of tho citizens of
ho County at largo lo Intorforc
..ith municipal corporations. I
nlfht say thal those citizens
ihotild not eui off tho revendo of
i town unless they share in tho
vrponso,-(hut they should nol cut
>ff tiio money fhn: lm pro vos tho
itroots unless they aro willing
luau.-.- Ivi s to do this work. Hut
hose minor nuostlons I will not
oueii. They haveheeiigiven Dial
.'.rill by tb<> legislature, ami tue
picslion m W I ; lo uso it ns sonslblc
non.
rfyofl doini this url ide worthy,
?nblish il. d' Ubi lay it asido, und
vii oit ibo 11 w hus been ?n operation
Ix months, ! think you wdll give
no n hearing.
YOtirs trill'.-,
P. I?. T.
Drug1 Sion?.; la Italisas.
liil" Ny? thus ntiswarod ti yoting
friend who inquires ls Kansas a
(rood nineo for druggists; f? you
would like to j;'" to A flourishing
country ?uni put out n bigbnsswot !
mortar in iYont of youv shop in or
der to sell tho tinoluro of damna
tion through out bleeding Kansas,
now 's your golden opportunity
Now is tho accepted time. If it 's
tho groat bi;:- burning d"3?ro <>f
your henri I o go into a town of 2,< 90
poopleand opon the thlrtconth drug
utoro in orclor that you may stand
bollinda '.nil blade wainui proscrip
tion case illly in anti tiny out willi
a graduate in imo bund und a ball
cock ii: o extinguisher hi the othor,
niling orders for whiskey iiiudo of
slump water anti thojuico of fat uro
punishment, you will do wo'? lo go
i ? Kansas ll is a tempor?neo tdu^o
and no saloons nra niiowed tbevo.
Allisquiel and orderly, nod tho
drug bitsinoss !s n groat success..
N oa cun run a dummy drug storj
ibero w'.th two dozen dreary ?dd
glass i o iles on the sholvnsj punct
uated by tho hand of tbne and Hu?
Kan sn i liv '.(* the period, and with
a prohibitory law ad your back and
a iii rod burrel In tho back room,
tilled with ii mixture (hut w.:Il burn
groa! li?los hilo natures lieiiii lind
make the cemetery dossoiii as u
rose, und in a lew yours you eau
st d onough ;>i x his justly celebrated
properatio.ii for household, sclentif
io and experimental purposes only
lo :!U your Hubby pockets with
wouli'i and paint the puro air of
Kansas a brigid mi i inilammatory
red.
Prohibit iou Meeting.
A number ol' Citizens nsseinbled
in (be Court 1 louse, Ju unary 25th
according to previous appointment,
c. I,. Kike slated ibo object ol the
meet'ng lo bo tho holding of a con
ference ott thc prohibition law
recen i ly enacted. Hov. John IMtts
was elected chairman; Rev. T. H
Craig, Boen tu ry? lieV. Air. Carlisle
led Hie mooting in a fervent prayer.
At Ibo suggestion . f Dr. A.C. bul
ler, tiic Secretary read ti copy ?d'
tin' license law In Anderson and
Laurens Counties. After the rend
ing of the bill, remarks wero made
by Cr. A.c. inlier \y\v> discussed
the bill, explaining lt? supposed
obnoxious features und suggt ding
iii.ti ?ve luke the uoeessary steps to
organize tlio moral lind rolig'ous
elements in tho < omi try Into cam
paign for prohibition. Hov. Mr.
Ctirlisle declared his willingness to
do ?til ?ie could to further tho move
ment. Hov. Mr. Craig narlo ramo
i om 1 rks ip. roforcnoo to tho enforce
ment of prohibiter** laws. Mr.
Shell -?i i ?I wit* ibo duty of Chris?
lian people to enforce (his law,
Tlio following resolution was of
fered by Dr. I"'uller, und after
amendment seas on motion unani
mously adopted :
Ht ??.h-../, That steps be taken by
the friends of Prohibition In l.ati.
ft :. - i '.'linty, to imlitce .di ( 'Itris
linns und Tomp?riincc h-.ob rs of
Hie Conni,", und those whA ftlvor il
lo ot- : ia ifs lilt ON . t tllld to
list io that
( >n ';' dion :.'.. ! \ < tarlington n
com mittet off. ve i i each townshi p
lie ippoinl . .<. . licil dgnors on
j i tit ion : unanimously adopted.
Il was mo voil thal Dr. Puller and
('. L. Kike, with Hie Chairman of
lld . nu oting, appoinl the township
commissioners; ? tri ?eil. On mo
lion lt was resolved to appoint n
commit leo of fl ve < n organization
10 deviso n plan for n permnnenl
County organization, 'j*Do follow
ing ls 1 ho committee,
!>?.. A.C Puller, c. D, Pike, Dr.
Wm . Wright, B. lc Todd, Cl. IM il
ion.
il ivas moved Unit tho "colored
friends be invited to hem lily co
operate with u ; ;:. lid ? inovemenl,
im motion it wns carried that
abstract ? of tile minutos bo publish
ed in ?hi- county pupers and
complete minute < ho fu rn i sod to
Hie next ibeeting. Moved (bul
when wo ndjourn it lie lo moot
11 rsl Tia. -lav in March; carried.
Moved Cat tint eommittoi on Or
ganization report al tia- next meet
ing, On motion tho mooting
atlj'Mirni d.
J. I?. PITTS.
Ch ii; mun
T. 13. CHA 1< I, Sec'y,
NOTICE
All persons holding claims
ngainsttho o talo of Sarah Ann
Tumor, nra requested lo present
them to mo or my nt tor noys, Has
ki ll & Dial, on m ?adoro lue I?th,
day of t'obrunty, 138?
ADI.! I \i: DUN v.
re irv.: !
m AOH IUERY c
KNGTNE8
BPI nats
HAW MILLS
GRISTMILLS
('td!on Presses
SHA m Mi"
Sb ;tm & Wnter
iMp-> & Fitting
Drnsa Valves
SAWS
RL.E8
VVLhKYH
(OTl'?N'triXS
GEARING^
jNjwrroits^
?Wnter Wheels I
CASTINGS
li ras? nnd iron
A Foll Stock of Supplie?, chc?p and gooj.
BELTING, PACKING and OIL.
At BOTTOM PRICE8
i*r> iv iirooi f*o?
PltitvWl?* 1>X?I,IVF,KY.
a-TKRPAIRS PKOMITI.Y DONF.^j
HMHn OLW'^??LW????????l ta
I GEO. R, LOMBARD & GO.
Foundry, Maoldno and boller
Work!, AUGUSTA, QA.
AI.OVF. DEPOT.
T H JO NEW
KAMBER SHOP.
I bog to inform Hi? pobMa that I nm
prepared i<> sorvo thom RM Touso"ial Ar
lits? in my ~ ?w quarters, under iii? Kob
ortsonllotoi.
D. ll CATS Y.
3?T 0 T I G E .
All persons holding monty tl?-,
mauds n^ainst tho os t?,*e of Cob R.
I?. T< dd. doce? od, aro requeued to
picscn? 'bom io ibo unOo-'i-gnotl
j?.o;ir>"y nu u?cnted on orboforo
tho 20 th (hy o.'Jaiw. .'. I CSV, ami
all no'^ovs M'oi'.ti1 io b<tUl csiato
ii o . oqee- cd ?o nicko piiyinonfc at
once.
\V. i> MARTIN,
Ally, fov E?ccvtiiy.
Oo'w^io. Croup
OTT IT?. KS.
"llavo I'M 1 Colba'P**" "vV1 0 ?"1 Syrup
To sovot.il yt? i -, ar' ?' J Cl know hs
equal a ? an < tpo< " .'
JOH. '.. st; I M VAN,
I/O IfOUH, S. < '."
"Wo i'i> no. hts tn ? t-t > eec tr tu em I
Pelham's ?'cc o.'al My 'Ui>?'0'< augltH nail
Co'd . i? IMIH oui" hVari'y endorso noni
bf 'UH 10 O1' ! Ito '. '.?."I. !..?< (1 ."( in's do.IS ll
si : AS JOHNSTON K, Ma s r .
( HIS. \V. Kif ?KU, Act. al baw.. ?
Nowt ...ry, S. C." I
VL^-I i'? foi li ?I youi* I) u'jgish
salo ovd. y x l'< ?.
B, p. Bl )S.:v A B RI >&,
Solo Af?o.ita, Litre ts. S. C.
Probate Judge's
Sale.
I; by I) Putnam as 1
Adm'rjof wm Jw i complaint t<> seel
1 ntnaiii tloo'd !. reality in nhl of por
ra. I non ally.
IVvdoo PU am i
ot al j
Purauanl ?oun ordor In tho above stu
tod ouse, I viii noll at public outcry nt
Laurens: H., s.e.,on Bnloaduy In Fob
fuury noxt, tho following . Kcal estate
situated In tho County mid stat:? afore
said;
Tract No 1, I lomos toad, coutuintng
Ninety-two acros mon? or loss, Dotindoil
hy boni.? of M ur! in ?Kiddle, TllUiiiatt
Konnd V " ml ol hors.
j .- No. J, containing Sovonty-lhreo
acres n.oro or loss, bounded bylands of
!.' I) Martin, A Chook and others,
T K KM A': Ono half cash, halauco on a
credit of twolvo mont bs, w illi hilorosl
from tho day of anio, tb" credit |K>rtion
io bo Rccuroilby tb'- Inno! of ibo purch
aser, and ?i mot t': ij .. of tho promises
'lit.,' purchaser to pay for paper?.
A. w. itt KNSIPI:,
.l an |2,1S87 Judge of Probat?
1ST. ls A RI i A CK Ml I.K 1 ?lt
tiio ono holding tickets aggregul
bought during thoyoar IH87.
:.M>. ts an OVERCOAT, Val
aggregating thc next largest ninon
:Utl>. [a a HOLT OF B?AN1
47 00, lo ihr ono holding ticket? agf
goods bought during tho year 18871
ITU. A pair of LA nil's o,- <;
ono holding tickets uggrognting tb
bought during the your 1887,
Tickets not Issued for loss than
AT THE KM Po Kl CM
W, H.
.J. M. li 0 li
^ "f ?.
North side (if Public Squaro,
"Koop constantly on har
COPPIN am
Also Co (Tin hu ndlcto, Screws, Ta
Moderate Prsoos. Pitmlsnoxl at any bo
dosirod. J. M. Ko
: A'NBW I
IN addition to our stock ol bon
pilos, wc havo recoivod n CAIM.O.
WAGONS AA
Which we propose lo sell nt l?\
Ino domantl for strong and durable
fill to select tho very DOSI in Hie mn
Oki Hickor
Hy pun Irnsing in enr-hmd lots,
wo aro enabled to offer .superior adv
Hiram W 1),
Is thc best ot*, oarth for tho mo
Cull und OX?tmino our stock und i>ri<
Roipoel
Survivors'
M E E T T. N G .
Tho rogivlar qaortovly mooMn?r of
;in'sr-, ?rs As<ii(V'uo i will bo hold
0*1 Toost'ixy? tho Sth ?>i Folvuury,! ut LO
o'clock, n ni. . ,.
n. P.GOGGANS,
Soorotory
ll L BISHOPr
\V<>.-hi Inftvm his fronds and
tho . r ?: e geno-uhy, that ho has
one .< ti cut a fi,n lino c/vho choie
Wines
A M>
Liquors,
WHISKEY, BEEIi, AC,
which is ni Bolutcly puro and willoh
ho otTors ai tho lowe* i prico.
Call al ROI nor Main and Harper
Sis. .(!.... formerly occuplod l>y
lloyd.Phi s A Co.
Masters Sales.
STATIS SOUTH CAROLINA
CO I rNT yOF LAVIi ENS,
COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.
Martin M.! Teague,*!
Plaintiff,
against > Roliof.
William T. Kinley, (
Defendant,,)
ntrsunnt to ludjjmont for solo in (ho
ohovo Bloted ?oso, I will K?11 ot I.mirons
C. H., ol puhllo outcry, on Solosdoy In
Fohruorj next, hoi np; Monday tho 7tu
doy of tho month, during tho loftal
hours for sales, tho property doseoihod
:<s follows:
All Ulai traci of hind lying hoing
and di uni? in tho County and Hiato,
n forest! id, containing Throe hund
red and thirty throo acres moro or
loss, und hounded hy huit?n of Jus.
Finley, Groenbury Fuller and oth
! or
TEH MS-One-half of Hie pu reh
uso money to he paid cash and tho
balance on n credit of twt Ive
months wlih interest from tho day
of salo secured by tho bond of tho
purchaser and a mortgage of tho
prom! 'cs,
] urcha ter ft? pay for pupers.
C. I?. HA lt KS DA LE,
M astor, L.
January l ot H, ISS6. At
" ^5?Tear
EL^x?Jm ,-JL. *S3&&
ESS PATTERN, value $20 OO, to
ing il; largest amount of goods
ue$ia 00, to the ono holding tickets
nt of j,'ouds bought dnrlng 1887.
>AHX> BLEACHING, Valved ?4
rrcgtttlng tho uwxfe lnr^out ?uuitttri
KNTS 8H< >ES, Val nu M 00, to tho
,o next largost amount of goods
OIK dollar. This i < a grand offor.
GiT.-KE^SON,
I E li IA 8 0 N
?TAKE ?R>,
Lnurona H. O
id a largo assortment <>f
1 CASKETS,
cksand other trimming tor salent
ur* doy or night. Honrao sont whon
IHJUTSON, Huccosaorto II. H. Huntor
)EPARTUf(B I
vy fjroeerlos and plantation sup
Mi of
I) BUGGIES,
VCTORY PRICES. Appreciating
farm wagons, wo havo boon caro
rkot, tho CU bruted
y Wagon .
and soiling ut the shortost ?tint*
arUngos to our customers. T '
avis Buggy/
noy. Every vehicle gii/rant^qa
I'OH. \
tfally,