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Wie Advertiser, LAURENS, .lune 1st, 1887. .AftoGal an? Special, fe Mail Bulletin. Korthorst (Closes i P. M. ft nd < Greenville. (Arrives 1 I?. M. Bouthorn, j ?dosi's o |>. M /Arrives 1 :!KJ P. M. Nowbcrry (Closes 8: 18 A. M. Yrrives5:IO I'. M. English Sparrows aro aLout to take tt?iH town. GroeilVillO Will have a graml halt on the 17th pr OX. Tho ieO-llOUSCS have ?lone a rattling bus!noss dm lng ihe past few dnys. Alter June lftth Augusta will have an other morning paper called thc Gazette. Tlio ?ifToreneo bctwoon n ?log ond a dent ist is, I he dog inserts teeth free of charge A groat ninny deaths Inivo occured Among tho negroes in this vicinity dur ing tho past week. We WOro slightly in error Inst week Thoro wore not GO excursionists to Wash ington front this place, hut six . Hov. Mr. M i i.MMi of ( linton, has re turned from Augusta, where he had a dillleult surgical operntion por for ni od on ld? foot. He is (loin-; quito w ell. A party composed ot about a (io/.Oll men camped hero last week. They wei? on tito way to birmingham, Ala., trav eling through tho country in wagons. Mr. LailSOtl owens, aged 77, anil Miss Ella Garrett, aged 3t>, were married at tho residence of tho bride's father, /,. 0. Garrott on Thursday 20th inst, hy Key. H. F. (Jarrott. Hov. J. M. Carlisle, wo aro pieasod to ?tat??, has recovered from his recent ll 1 nnss, so aa to bo able to till his appoint ment in Hu' Methodist church here on Sunday last. ___ _ I During Commoncomont week excur sion ratorv to Greenville will be given. Four couts for round trip. Will not the railroad authorities do ns imu-h for I.au rons during Commoiiooutont week. Of course business mon ni an ago their ?wn afJulrfl as they see proper, hut it does seem that tho request of the clerks of this place, for a few boura recreation (luring tho heated torm, is both roason ahl o and just, and should he granted. At tho olose of tho school In Anderson to-day, we'notieo that Mr. S. C. Tono of Laurens, will present tho arguments lu favor of extending tho elective franchise to WOtllOU. IL* luis tho wrong side of the debuto,but will doubtless mnko a strong ploa. A little girl, n few evenings ago was Haying her prayers, when ber mother told lier to ask tho Lord to make her a l,ood girl. "Dear Dod" said the little thing, "piontli try nnd make me n dood girl and if at llrft yoe don't succeed, try, try, again," uhc linexpootodly nd dcd. In regard to tho publlo school nt this pince, lust wook Tun AnvBRTlHRR wns in error. Sonic tttne ?go wo called tin? attention ot tho sohool trustees to the fact that WO had no froo Behool, which WM nt that time true, hut di Justlco to tho town and sil partios oonoemod, we will state th at there aro now two free NCIIOOI.H nt this place. Wo neglected to mention last week, a much esteemed visit from Mr J. M. MoQuown af Columbus, Mi??, who was visiting! j tamil v of his brother, Gen. E.V. MOQUOWN Of this county. Ile gnvo ussoino valuable Information, and oupooially conoornlng tho Mississippi Ag rlculttiral College mid tho Stato school for girls ut ( lolll m bus. Tvro whit? women wore lodged In Jail at thisplaoe last it??k Ly Trial Jusllco W. II. Stoddard, charged with a viola tlon of oontraot. l lo ro appears to be groat syinpathy for tho women among tho n<d*hbora, who i ti . 1 ti t that they are not guilty. An appeal will ho takan au,?, the defendants will bo roloaaed on bond. It la also whispered that a heavy ault for damages is thieatoind tho proseou tor School Commissioner bullock imi ro eeivodnotice from Mon. Jas, H. Itioo, that ho will address tho oitl/.ons of ( 'lin ton on the Hiibjoot of Common Schools on Juno 29thi ?nd on ibo evening ol' the OOlh will talk Comm >a Bahoolfl at Ltu 1 ons. Mr. Kice ls an Interesting talker and always draw? a orowd. Lut tho poo plo of Laurena ahow aa Interest In this matter of education by turning out en mnaea to hoar him. The well known and popular ("aah Co., como forward thia woek wltk another batch ofatartltng figures. When trade le dull this house cuts pi Iowa and DOV er fella to tell tito puelio through Tm ADvaaTieaa how doep the cut ls made. And constituent! v thia atoro ia Oiled with tiuyore, while those who "go on the old plan" ure drumming their boola on dry Cootia boxee. When hsigains aro ofl'or od you can alway* Omi tho announce ment in tho nowapapers. Mountain Hlioala Hold. At 1.??t (hal valunhlo properly known as Mountain Hlmals, ene of tho finest water powers lu tho South, on BnoroO Uiver in this County, has been auld. Mr Coffin ol Charleston, ns agent for n com pany, closed tho trade on Wednosdny last pay'ng <?),000 cash. Seo further particulars els..where. DCRtllA. Hewlett Htllllvin,a Wealthy citizen of 11 reen ville cou lily, died on Monday, 80th. Inst. Dledon Frldiy, Miy ifftli Reuben G. Hall, an ?ged und highly esteemed Olli? cen, Nt Ida homo, near Haifa Mill In thia county. Died 00 Monday. May .'loth at 12 M., Mrs. Urilla Taylor, ?t her homo about four miles from this piteo and wes bur led at Kooky Springs church 00 Tuesday following. Comniencomont? Friday ovonlng next will l>o <iovotc<l to tho Art roccption M th? Fotnnlo Col lege. Mis Jackson, tho accomplished toucher, will receive tho friends and pa trons ol'tho school at 8 I*. M. On Sunday Kov. J. V.Fair will pronoli tho llaconluuronto Kormoiii and on Mon? dav appropriate exoreisos will bo given, Monday Morning W. I,. MillorKsq, Ol' Allanville, Will dolivor tllO address. At 830 tho "sweet girl (rraduatos" will appear to receive tin ir d Momas. Our > OW Hank. Tlie Stock holders of the new hank for bau rons, of which Mr. M. s. Hailey will he Prosidont) mot hero on Monthly mid transacted busbies* of importance Al te"'tho mostcnroful Investigation, lt was dccldod lo make ii n Statt? .institution instead of a National Hank. "1'eo ples Loan and ICxchango Hank of Laurens," is tho name agroed upon, and .1 COIII III i tl 00 ol' three; of tho stockhold ers was appointed to obtain tho necessa ry papers for organization mid report at an adjourned mooting Oil Monday, dune (Uh, Tito number of stockholders in this bank are Fifi)'*two, represent inj; a capi tal stock of Fifty throe thousand ono h u nd rod mid fl tty dollars, every dollars of which is subscribed by citizens of I.aureus County. l*t* l'Honni. MrS. II, Slierard has gonn Wost. Mrs bowen is visiting in Sumter. Mrs. JANIE Tonn is visiting relatives in Andorson. Mrs. M. T. Simpson of Cross Hill, is visit inj; at this placo. Mr li, I* Davenport has returned from Uatcsvlllo, Tex, cc. IT: AT lt HUSTON n Kstj,wns visiting in Anderson last week. J. T. .JOHNSON BSQ. has boen rusticat ing in tho llrcworton neighborhood.! Mrs. Dr. (Jibbon of Charlotte, ls visit ing the family of I 'ob Traiiyham. Col. H. t>- <'u ningham has roturuod from a few days visit to Itoseniont. Mrs. Kn.MAN mid her little (htughlcr Lot'ISK of Cl reenvido, are visiting at ( lol MosKI.KV's, Wo aro iiHtebtodto Mr. W, CP. itob crtsnn, who has Just returned with tho excursionists from tho National Drill, for late Washington pupers contain lng detailed accounts of tho military move ments. We were truly pleased to rno-dvo ? e?n lu our sanctum from Mr, J. W. Todd, youngest eon of our old* ti mo true frioud, the venerable s. lt. Todd of I.aureus, lt does un good to inr-et and talk \vith old friondfl or the non? and ibtuuhtoin of those old friends who made many yearn of ?mr lifo no pleasant and hsppv In good old Laurens District. Culon Timi?, dov. Hill of Now York, bus sign ed the beer mid music, bill so Hitit mull anti melody harmonize in tho metr?polis, ita previous to tho blue law fi'vi val. nrsiNF.ss LOCALS. Pasi urngn, Porsons who desire tho use of a line pasta re lor slock, cull Oil S . I >. U.\ Itl.lXOTO.V. Strayed! From my promises, ono dove col oreti maro mule n bo ti I lol bunds high, .scar limier lefl eyelid. Liber al reward will bo poid for her re turn. J. W. PA VN h\ Muy t. Mount ville, S. C Typhoid, SoAi'lct ?ntl Vollnw Fevers Menslos, Dipthor! , Small Fox, Cliolorn, ste Darbys Prophylactic Fluid will de stroy lim infection of all fevers and ali eontagioiis und in feet lons disensos. Will koop tho atliiOMpheru ol' any sick room pure and whole-.une, nhsoi hill|* and do Htroylng unhealthy eltluvia and conta gion, NN"ill neutralize nnv bail smell whatovor, not disguising it, but hy de stroving lt, t'se Darbys Prordiybjyulic. binni in every sick room. Sale ol'thc Shoals to a Syndicate. MOUNTAIN SHOALS IN THE HANDS OF A I.IVF. CORPORATION. $30.00 CACH INVERTED. A Cotton Factory to bo Eullt Woith Haifa Million. But Spartan burg anti not Lau rena to Get tho Factory .--Sound Advice To tho Town ol Laurcuu-and All the Nows from Ora. We un? gbul lo report tim sale of Mountain Shoals, to Northern cap italist which w is Anally closod on tho 20th Inst. vr MeC?ntock und Mr Orango 8. Collin, have been ne gotiating for somo time past, and upon tho arrival here of Mr Coffin, the trtldo was made with very little delay. The consideration we ure reliably informed, wns|20,000. The company Will start to work nt once, and build tine among the largest equipped cotton factories in thc South. The main building is to be 225 fool h>ng, by 100 feet wide and several -torie . high, The picking room 8? foot by lot) feet, stororoom about 125 fcc* bmg by 100 feet w ide, and other necessary buildings ad jacent, will be of brick and fdttiuti d Oil thc Spat daubing side of the riv er. Tho tenement houses, number ing 100 or moil- will bc situa ted on tho Laurens ?id.. Thc de pot and ware hotiso will possibly bo on the Laurens sitie. Wc loom that haifa million dollars will be expended III tills gigantic scheine, and feel that there is a brighter and more prosperous tl mos coming, for thc people in this vicinity, The lund joining ami owned by l>r Pool was al.-osohl, ami a part of (hat belonging t<> M r Jim HUI, to tho Company. In all, making In the neighborhood of 130,000. An Iron bridge will span the river nud cor ned tenement house?with factory, .Mr Coffin, left for Charleston <?n Friday Morning, and Will return boro next week to complete necessa ry legal papei -1, ami a once proceed to arrange pinna for Ibo Immediate building o tho Cotton Mills. We had tho pleasure of meeting Mr Collin, while here, und WO fourni him to boa very pleasant, and uff able gentlemen. We set; in our Imagination > thousands ol bales of our staple ag across tho river to this huge mill, and while w ? liai thc prospect with delight, we would ask our frionds In Laurella, where, oh whore, is thy cotton fuc tory. Wilt thou bc a drone, while Our pricoo went (lashing boforn favor. If men aro mcnsnrcil Tine _A"i Should bo considered 'X'JE?EL! ' remarkable. It ls easily explained however, from first hands and importers and Selections, St' Our now figures this week coin). --LOOK, Ii 1?O0 yds w lute chock Muillsock ul .">.. per yard, 1300 yds white Victoria Lil M 'tl 30 Inch w ide nt ."><. per yard . 15 pieces crinkled seersucker at ?ic per yard. Slioes, Our Shoe trade is immense, an I?0 etlH es lu W -hoes juf ? < .100 pair ladies hand mad .One Ounce of h We never lldvortiso wllftl w e htlVl Our statements aro always worth H season cannot bo duplicated clsewh dependent, and remember that ot Til K AUG I thy sister cities ure marching forw ard with pluck, and seo thy proud litt o town dwindle into insignifi cance. A cotton factory i-; your only hope, and many are surprised, to MT your grand enterprise ?lying so young, SO tinnier, when a few woeks since, it gave much pro m Iso and hope. | j Put your means and purses toge th-j | or with determination, an oro an-j ? other year, you may SCO the grandi, towers, in which your poor may I | earn bread, your farmers with morel] money, and your merchants with ' > a bright smile, and improved busi- ? noss. 4 Delay, means disaster. Think not i Hint capitalist will bring money i lo invest with you unless you show the willingness and appreciation. The editor of TIM: ADVKHTIHKUL deserves Hie thanks of tho county j ? for tho manlier in which lie has i point?, d mil her Immediate need - ? and we feel proud of hint for hi.t Iruu interest, and work In thus ? "booming," bis bovetl couuty an i Stale. Little II unter, toe infant son of Mr and Mrs IL l?\ McDonuld, died [, of the 17t!i Inst. Thc devoted par- . ents have the sympathy of tho en- , tire community in this lh*dr great , loss. Two young ladies aro vi-it lng in our midst, .\i i-s Mel 'I in tock, 1 and Mi-s Hinkley. Miss Carri" llrutou, and Miss llryson, have returned from ibo "Land of flowers." Our friend. Dr .). IL fow ler, who has boen ?lek, i> WO ure glad to I learn fully recover? d. i Annie, the little daughter of Hov. | J. L. Barnet is sick with Typhoid fever. Their will bo il fishing party ut Millsohl Mill to-morrow. We hope WO will he able to attend. Mr lt. P. Mllam, has returned from n visit to relatives and friends over on "Boody" and report? ? rops good in that vicinity. Wo aro still in need of a dog | slayer, and we have the promise <>i om?, wit li his little gun. Keepyour dogs ut home. We would like to make mention of other necessities but time and -.paco forbid-. r: IG i.A. A "Joe Darter" from "Joe haue." A Disciulsitlo.u on Fools, Mineral Water? and Patont Medicines ail to Relievo ou Humorist. He iteada "Tallahascea' Tempor?neo Locture. -By aa Anecdot tho XXX Mulray Bill 1B Illustrated. A Number ot Dcacim. Johnson ind Garrick traveled to gether through england mid other pince.*, Johnson PH a pliilosplier darrick asa fool. Garrick inndti money Oil OVOry occasion, while Johnson WOlll have starved had il not been for Garrick generosity. ( )n tho oilier band Dean Swift was accustomed to saying that he and his brother had rovorsed de laws ol na I uro, his brother had rose by his gravity, w hile lu? himself had been kept down by his levity. I don't know which side ls the saf est Iii general, but I am inclined to think that a flrst-clUSS fool Stands I about in good a chance to g?d -moodily through this world as any other character, still I don't like to assume tho rolo al this time ns my friends ?ita distance will doubt loss think I have either got Well or that I am engaged in very poor business f??r a sick man. Well I can a-.ure thom that I nm notjwoll and that there ls very little pros peel of my over hoing anything better than a (IrstclnSS invalid. I have tried the most celebrated Mineral water of this state and < bergin, they are splendid things on paper. 1 have ul ?0 tried several of the mos I prom!nont Patent Mod* ?Cines, They tOO are magnificent Comedios,in tho new s -papers. And ?ho Doctors nil around have bei n to see mo. God 1)1038* them every one, they would cure mo if they OOUlcl. And my fi lends have all been very kind and have given me ft great UOUl of good advice which tho public view, Mid as they ab l>y (lu ir success ULgXXStSt Cc LE.A.IDH'T^IS, II? their ?I Our syndicate buys Lu larger lots < our long experience in thu buslnosr fies, ---Quality ai .rises lines luden with beauty and > EAD AND M .iii j i ei s 1 ndia lawn worth \'<\ marked down to I Oe per yard. 800 pair Ludios striped hose -ic ncr pair. 750 pair gents half luxe 2.1c pair. 2000 y rd M printed lawn lc per yard. .12 doy. (lents unhiundricd shirts IncretiH \ of ">0 per cent in our sales ?pened, in line hand linnie goods for e slippers and Newport lies Just o] .ard facts is worth, a Pou i not got and do not waste money on coirs on tho dolla!, ami tho bargi ere. Iluy your goods spot cindi, li IVS i-- the only real etisll store in iii STA CASH i Ol CT AT ? unfortunately, like tho case of tho Horners, is generally beyond my roach. A great many years ngo lhere >\ ns au old negro hin d in I his leighborhood by thc name of Lill. ?no Sunday Hill went with his young master Jack to lin? ere k for purpose of fishing, Hy s<nn<; miss mp Jack fell into the stream. It was sw.ihm by recent rains and lack Heated down as helpless as ii inimpkin. "Old Lill" began nul ling along the Waul; to koop up willi him, gesticulating mildly anti dunning at the top nf ?ii- voice, sw im up thc crock Jack, swim up tho creek! you will never gel out >y swimming down dat away". VVIiy don't J you ? wini up t lu- crook v Alter while, hy th i merest accident, lack caught hold bf an overhang* ng limb, :inil v ?th n little li "si.. lance from LUI dumb redout. Lill thou proceeded lo give him a very -torn lecture, telling him in very impressive language that ifhc over mt t with such an accident nguiu to bc certain to remember t<> "swim up the ero; !;'' where.thc water gets ?diullbw anti not swim down the freck likt! a foi I where ii get deep en* nuil di ? per. I hopi? Jack profit .ti l?y i Im advice. .Senne people in <>!;io want to mau.- U. L. Hays President of thc Slate University. Why don't they ?list count him in ? ..'I 'lassoo" in your Inst issue ippe: tn bo ....ri atly troubled ut Ibo pi .-?net of not getting whiskey for sickness. I would like to culm Iiis tear- us well as I can, hy toll ing him that the most loamed Phy sicians in thu world hiivc decided long ago that whiskey has no len iency to cure any disease known to humanity, So m'y friends if you ijet had sick and lind thal you aro ?bilged to tilo without thc nid of win-key. you hud us well lo make your arrangements accordingly, for I assure you that whiskey will nhl javo you. Whiskey, In addition lo doing the greatest cur'' is nlso the 'iratest humbug, fraud and cheat. lt is thc nearest a totally Worthh -I i rt Kele to he fotir.d ?>n thu globe lt lins humbug-d il grout many good people, but thc world ls becoming too enlightened lobe blinded hy the fraud much longer. A good many years ago there was m nhl quack, in this community, who professed io cure rheumatism, ui<l other chronic discuses. W hen inlled toa patient, his ll rs I demand would bo for ii quart of whiskey, with tho assurance tittil he could lo nothing until i! came. When bo whiskey arri s od, tho ipiiicK would pour out n tumbler-full, which he himself would proceed to bink willi th rec distinct and peen* ?ar motions, 1 lo would then per form some wonderful gyrations uni incantations around Hie pu llout. Then another tumbler <>l iv li I sk ey for himself, more gyra tions around the patient, each per 'nrmnncc devlded Into I h rec mo tions. This wits continued until he whole amounted tu three times, bree all around. Ly this time thc piuek was so drunk that ho (mag ued that his patient was well, and legan to turn his attention tu try? ng to gel bo k home. I make no ipplicution, rho argument against the Murry Dill reminds me er lill anecdote I mee ll CU rd about ll man and bi> wife quarrelling. It was a Very ?ubi night and the obi man tinnily ?cenme so ogrivatod that ho swore lils wife was a misery to him, nod lie intend to ito out mid end il by free/Jug todouth, And out ho went. In n very --hort time lie came back silvering nml shaking with cold. Ills wife taunted him hastily: I though you lind gone out to free/.e lo (loath? "Yes said the old man" ii ii il I nm dotermlned to do it yet, but 1 can't 'dan.I it siU'b il Hight IIS lids, 1 will have to wait for ii w ar mer night. There IS HO use foran lippi I cut lon ''ore. Married tm tho 20th, last by the Lev. IS. 1\ Oarrett, Mr Lamum ( )we ns, to M isa Bl loll < Jarrett. The little child of Dr Drummond, mentioned hist week, dicp oil thc iViivB do, mot with apprfc?Ativii iccesshas hoon unprecedented and [han any house in tho State, all i nuts us ut tho hoad in id Quantity. inning \\ ?iii cheapness. [AK V ? L!t: at ir>e. .?;?<ioy. Gents uninundricd shirt? at wort li ?M ?0. 2? yds shh ting for Hoc s yds eottonude for HOe 2*Vyds good calico for hue An eic; int corset -."?<? ill this depart nient, ladies, children and nil ll, pened. nd of soft talk.. printers ink to indulge in lille talk, tin i we will turn loose this pre; eui ly doing so you ?s ill bc Cree und iu ds com i u ti nit, . '"'O MP ANY, ?H5 OF LOW PRIDES, 2.')rd, Inst,at tho residence of .1. P. Gray. A negro man ami a negro chilli, died en thc same night, all v Ullin a few hour-; of eaeh other, and within au area of two hundred yards. Picken- Parks and his wife had the misfortune to lose their little sou, Sum, twenty months old, <>n thc2fStll. lt died of dysentery, nt lin-residence of Its Grandfather, I Samuel Holt, where its parents had I gone ,?n n visit. John Mattock , was found (load in Iiis Held where he had boen plowing about 12 M. on yesterday, (Friday.) I le was supposed to have died In stantly ns lhereWas no indication 0 trug.;! .. Tho line \v?\s dill Wrap ped around Ilia ,hand when found lund the horse stan lin:; quietly in I tho gears. Ile w as au unmarried man, perhaps forty years old, son of tho lalo Joel Mattock-, and was purl owner of thc old plantation upon which I o die I in Youngs Town hip, near Babb P.O. Trial Justice NVedo Anderson hold an inquest la -1 night and a verdict w as rendered of death from heart dis [ease. ; Joli n 1 ii moll ii, aged about sixty 1 years, will be buried nt tlie War rior Crook .bundi to dav, Cst h. Itenbeii G. Hall died yoslcixlny, ; (27th) of dysentery. Ile was about ? i ;ht i -f< >ur yea rs ol I, und was wide ly iv n. >w n and esteemed, having liv ed nearly nil bl . long life at hin old I homestead near Ha ohs I*. < >. in . Votings Township. In fact the ; l\>d < lillee w a- int -nde ! to he nain I eil for him, bul hy a mistake ol some of thc (Merks al thu Depart an nt, Itali was mistaken for Hub! . ; During tho present year he has i been living on tho little mill ?\?jiee j ab. ut two miles above (irtiycotirl, , belonging to his son Df, William Hall. ' Jot? PnixcK. Waterloo's Model Stock Farm. . Au Experiment that baa Duvcoipcd into a Profitable Buttners. Tt.c newspaper Maa Piokfi up aGood Joke on tho Boy. A s? i JO Shop ami House-warming t ho la tost in lively little Waterloo. in cur hist "dots" wc made men tion of thc Stock farm of M r. I ?. C. Smith, since then wo huve bad tho pleasure of seeing it und Its [ operation ?iud will give your read ers un idea as to how it i i c?ndilo tod. Ile bas two pastures, tho first on? contains about ?100 acres, an I tho oilier 200 acres. Ile turn- hi< entile on one nibil it is pretty well ; calen down and then they aro 'changed to tho other. In order to keep these pastures up and have hissto.k ill ended to, he employs four or live bands whose duty it ls to liri vd tho.p < . -ry n'ght and keep tin* p dures m repair, Ko sides this they help cultivate one J hundred acre-- in cotton and thc same amount lu corn. Those lands 1 arc tho lines! for grazing purposes thal WO have seen in this section of thc county. They Ho mainly on i Iteody river and Kahlin creek, and I arc (Hied With Cline and grasses. Mr. Smith commenced this htisl j ness Inst fall mendy as nu experi ment, hut after being in Ibo busi ness fora short while, he saw thal there was smoothing In it and be gan to givo it more attention un til h.- lin- ono of the lim d stock farms in the up country. Ho bas on hand at present abott! seventy hcild Ol cit t ie, and among the lol I bohns some of Ibo linos! milkers wc have ever Si en. While stand ing near the gate as lite cows were I hoing driven up to bc milked, wc noticed on ! w hich we took qilllo a laney to, ami upon asking what bri Cd of Cllttle she wa s WC were in formed i>y Mr. Smith thal ?ho wits a llolsteoil, and would give live gallons of milk a day. Thia we doubted of course, but as the milk? ors wore bog!nnlng we went up to see hOW milch slie Would give, 011(1 to our intense surprise we found that two and ono half gallons was thc amount Ju t milked. This is m not tho only P.no (ow ho lins by any nu (ins. Wo nilly mention this onojbocnuso wo were struck by her appearance. He luis others e pially as line ns this one. Mr. Smith his (ought ti lui sold this ?pring, somo lour or live car loads of entile, which ho has ship lied Jo Charleston mid Augusta. Hehns another ear loud that he will ship in a few days from this point, und w ill continuo to clo so th" remainder of tho season. lils idea ls to keep Jon hand about 70 or eighty heel nil the time, and in tiic munn time beep the town sup plied willi beef. Tnis ls no doubt a profitable bus iness where ono is situated as Mr. Smith is, with good pastures and everything convenient, ami one that will give better interest with so small a capital invested than any thing we know of. The ditllculty is that w i cannot getour farmers out of their old mode of farming, as most of them would think the world was coming to an end If they didn't plant cotton. They are like sin-op. if you can got one to try a.ul then another, they will finally all jump into it. Some years ago you could hear them say, "Oh, I'll plant all cotton and buy my corn, as lean make cotton .*<? much tho cheaper!" Hut before ?ono; they found their mistake. Snit is with beef raising; they can buy what tiley want. Sonic of tho young mon who vis ited here from I.aarons a short j timo ugo, bud quito :i hard time of I it, If wc have been reliably inform ed Ono of them came down by ?private con voyance, tin' others cann1 later by rail. It seems that one of thom hud not traveled thc reads in this neighborhood for sonic lime, and hud forgotten which road his sw -etheart lived on. Af ter stopping and getting tho desir ed information, he journeyed on and finally rea? lc d Ins destination. After staying until rat'ier a lute hour he conctlldud that thc boys up in town who were waiting fur him would;cl uneasy about him and perhaps como in search of him. Ile look his leave und started for home. Ile journeyed along very well until his horse became fright ened ut something. lt at once caused him lo think he was being waylaid by :i I nial of robbers. Ile jumped to Hie ground, knowing that he could best defend himself if snell was tho case. As hu Jumped lo the ground thu horse commenc?e to run and gave a quick turn, when horse und buggy plunged headlong into a deep ditch. The buggy turned upside down and tho horse ! with feet in the air. Oar hero rushed t<? tito scene of disaster ami immediately jumped astraddle of thc poor boast and commenced to ' call for help and at thc same time to extricate tho animal from his perilous condition. Finally the, lice.loil help cunio, ?md "young! America" was found with scissors in hand cut ting away for dear life. When asked why ho didn't lake his knife, his reidy w as that ho was cutting with it, and begged thom not to tell any otto that he Used bis SC?SSO.S instead o? his knife, for lin had boon thinking of something that he intended to tell his girl ami had forget ton todo so. We had the pleasure of mooting : Dr. J. lt. Smith while in town some i timi:since. Tho Doctor i-? looking well and i> In good spirits, lr. A. IO. Nunc ls cD.rking for j Mr. .1.1'. I larri-, where he Will bc pleased lo i rve his friends. Mr. .lack Kl more has opened out ii shoo shop, Something wo have been greatly in need of for some time, as Laurens lin? been our near est shoo shop. Now w illi Jask to mend our shoes, wc have one more w?sh gratified. Dr. I J. M. Henderson has moved int?? oneof the Smith stores. Mr. Harris will, a- ho eilis it, brooke open a keg of nails, and have a horseshoe pitching to day, (Saturday) in honor of tho comple tion of his now buildings, which v ill bc largely attended by thc sur rounding country. Our Power Pat kl. Thc Sick on the M'-nd. Farmers at Work Flourishing Eabb.Uh Behool, Fount Quilty bj a Jury. An Ar;recai>lo Chango la the Schedule, of 0. ic L. Flailing Pa ty. Wo still have some sickness ul and near this place. Mr. Lewis Power, Sr., and Trial Justice Stod dard's wife .have been quito sick. They oro improving slow ly. Old undo Monbon Ibill is very sick with dy-cntery, he is thought to bc a little better. Not om-of our people attended tho National Drill in Washington. Suppose the causo may be attribu ted to want of interest in the mat ter, and scarcity of money, which ls indesponsablo on such occasions. banners are working bard ami croi) prospects are good, The show er- of ruin resemble tho old time May SOIlSCns, lt ?he s seem like wo ought to bo happy especially those who are eating strawberry pie, spring chickens and new vege tables. Wc have n nourishing Sunday School Itt our school house every Sunday, superintended by Dev. ,i. T. (?wyn, and preaching by the same oil every third Sunday ut 1 I o'clock. With all these blessings and privileges WO have some trouble. A few (lays ago Mrs. Abigail Ila ll back and children, .Lino and An drew, committed n breach of con tract with Mrs. Kl i zn bet h Dramlet. After r> failure of Trial Justice Stoddard ond constnblc to offed n compromise, tho purtles demand ed trial by a jury which found Mrs. I ?aub,;ek and children guilty. In default of paying cosl and line Mrs. llanback nilli JllIlO WClll to jail to spent twelve and twenty llveMnys. Andrew being a minor was left to hoe cot toll for 11. Drown. The chango of schedule <-n the (?.?.- ?J. road is .quito agreeable to many people about here, ns they can goto I atti rons Oil the first down train and return Oil tho second up train, liefere tho chungo tho time WOfl so short between thc twelve ?ami threooclock trains that ny 1 ono could not attend lo man, cr rands without running; a risk of getting left. Tho young folks uro jotting up a fishing party to bo nt stoddard'* old mill un Saturday evening, 28th inst. If tho darkies have caught all tho H*h In the creek, the young people cnn tish under the largo? trees and perhaps catch somo that will he large and to then? nuvet, INCOLA. Highland Home Happenings. Two-thirds of a Wheat orop ma?Jo.--Cottoa ana Corn L00klS3 Weil.--Tall Oats Fair. Turo 3 Burial i at Warrien on Saturday. We have boen too busy of late to ret any dots from our neighborhood, but have not forgotten our promise to send yon an occasional commu nication. We suppose a report of tito crops will be most Interesting to your many appr?ciative readers. Wheat is only tolerably good. It bas not come up to what is promis ed earlier in the season. Wo ?ce Mr A V Coleman bas his wheat cut down and .Mr.I W Shock says he will commence cutting lu earnest this week. Perhaps ?We would be justified in saying lhere Will l>e two-thirds (d a crop made The fall gowing of on*? is good where there is a s? md, but we have seen very few Hehl? lind have any thing like a stand, another good shower tb'' spring sowing will bo good. Wo assure yoi; lhe? aro very much needed by tho farmers. The corn ?md colton crops aro looking very \v<dl at tin. time, .Mr it T Heliums, has one of tho best Heids of corn wu have soon, Mr li. II. Vonrgin, alsohas some very tine corn. There are some very Hue Heids of cotton up lime, and the farmer.") Iinveit all in good condition. In fart we do not think we ever saw as much work (lone, (and it bas * 0 n Wi ll done,) tis b s been don? this spring. Every ono wo eon verso with seems to be enthused with the idea of making good orop this year. Wc li eur of some - ickness around bon- mostly ilyse ute ry, No dan gerous cases thu! we have lieu rd of. We hoard lhere were three bur ials at Warier Creek on Saturday, A, M. Maddox, Heubcn Hahn, and John Tumhlin. Thu latter resided at Piedmont Factory. The families of the deceased have our sympathy. We are g!nd to seo 'that "Joe Prince" is able to send tm 0 !C?S Oil? ulcomniuni ".ilion. Wu always en Joy anything- from Ids facile port and hope lie may live long to Wi?lu it. Hythe way wo soo in a rom tn uni ty from Dorroh's over the signature I of " I >" lh.it M r Gideon Veargln ha I boon buying corn for the fir>-1 time I in forty years, ?cul that ho wasso ashamed ofit that he hauled i' h uno after night. Perhaps if "D'' bad tried bo could have told why the old gentleman did not get home till after night Mr. Veargln snys he went to < ? ray Court to get a few bushels of corn for bis ba nds and those Depot boy s did not talk to please him, so he just step ped Into bis wagon and drove on lo Laurens,and thal is t he cause of his being after night getting home. Wo learn that Mr lt. If. Veargln and ?S. IO. Henderson aro preparing to run a thresher and w ill bo ready at an early day to < eminence opera tions. o esr. uv Kit. Absolutely Pure Th'.* powih r n< \ or varies. 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