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JFhe Advertiser. IJ O O .A. XJ . T.. i 1111 1.. . 11 Kor lino joli printing, call on Tn ri A n KUTIHKIt. Hov. H. P. Smith will prenoh at Beth* ny on next Sunday. A. slight ourthquuke shook waa Toll at ioorgclown last week. (..'apt. lion Tillman will address the trmors of Andoraon nt Sainty Springs o-dny. Tho resilience of Mr \V A Martin over n "Brooklyn" will ho well umlor way ii n few dnya. School Hook? will Hoon Po In dornend nguiu nnd Wilkes' Honk mid Drug store IK tho placo to lind them. Ill n shirl tillie Tin: AOVRUTIKUII ex pects to put io now typo and other wise greatly improve this pap' r. Trade nt this place is ex] ec ted to Po iniiHually heavy this fall, and mor dants will put in fud stocks ot' goods. Do yon w ant a ? ?inf II so pl nco your rdor with GEO. il. ANDKHSON nt nee. NOW ls thi tune. Ton HII.'H OS ol'the stock of the Nation l Hunk of Laurens recently sohl In 'hnrloston ntiovo par value, 10"> being id. It now trnns|>ires that Hie man who so conclusively eon s ids Dr Hawthorn of Atlanta, of wholesale plagiarism In his A icm st i speoeli, w as none ot lier ( han -loa W (' Bunni of Ahbovlllo. Mr. Bil r. McKtsslok of Union, is now n tho Nows oV Courier repot tonal alair, al ls un enthusiastic worker and in this ddo Hold, will soon roach un eminence. Vo wish him tillich success. Wo heai o a prominent mord?an! 10 nnrk HI?H in niling: "A marchant who loo? not advertise his business is like tho boy ? li? is winking al Ids girl in the d irk ; ho may k now ?vital ho is doing, but nob xiv olso does." Why was Ijiuirons alighted hy tho Churlo doll excursionists? This is n oiyullzed community and about a.? (rood place tO spend ihe.suiiiiner as Hie slate affords. Laurens should by all monalta hilVO been on the ll*t. A goodly number of our citizens al tunlert tho Bothel ('amp meeting on Bu nd ny and report a delightful tim?. The morning serVli'O was eon.Hided by j Presiding Kider Dickson mid .bo after noon by Hov A Coke Kill I th, The crowd tn attohdanco WAS ostliualod ut from Ave te ?ix thounnud. Work on tba experimental dations will be commenced nt on e. Tho $?O<H) appropriated bv tho legislature will lie ?pout in eroding buildings and pr?pa rai lons for experimenting willi winter crops. A supeilntcn letil has not yoi boen elected. Mr. Plummer of Spart anim rg. who ro contly was Hie non tro ot' a sensation cre ated bv a newspaper report ( bat he was ti .'elgirdt inuilblc," has proved that t^ero was no foundation lui Hu- charge. He simply bad lumbago nceompanlod with opiloptlfnrui con VIIIHIOIIS. Wo con ;ratiibdo Mr. S. I, Craig of (hts comry, upon hoing ono of ibo ano COShfiil a iplleants for the l\ia! ti ?!;> nehol alship iii the Normal College a' Nash ville, Tenn., had nc; passed I be ox am I na tion most ere litabl.v. Young Craig isa brlffllt boy, and w ill doilhtliMS lie heard from in al : er yt ar i. Panuara and elnora who hiivo n llttb leisure (Imo for th<> next few months will Hud il lo their inion.si lo write to ll P .lohn <on ,v Co, of Itlchmond, whoso act vor 11 se 111 e 111 appears in another col umn. They oflfor groat inducement* to peru no to work ?"or linen ill ur part of fit. ir time. JoilOS, t!ie triplo mur lei- r ol' KdgO Held, is out on bull, Tho .ale ni die kit ling of tho father ami two sons d loo fresh to he retold. Ho wan convicted mid sentenced to twenty live years in tho Penitentiary. Yesterday, howovoi,. b md ivns grail tod, pend big ii now trial. Great indignation ul tho action of the Pour) is felt in Hie Section whom tho murder was co'llilllttod, and considera ble talk of lynching has In en indulged in. It in proposed lc hold rt mooting ul Trinity, 5 milos ont, beginning on Sat ur luy bol'orolbe 1st Sunday in Saptem bo,. Also ii /Heeling al (ho Methodist clone h in town , begining the Saturday bOforO tllO 2nd Sunday in September. To thone meetings tho public ls Invited nnd especially members nf the oilier churches. Como hrftuthrou and frit ids mid lot UH unite thal God may b leas lia. J.M.CA It LIS (i?, Pasli.r. <'motai.ie Aiken, of Picken?, nrreatod John Qreon, color od, at Lauron*, on Wedueiidny for row stealing, and ?lo parted from (lint pince that night for thleulty wboro ho expootod t > commit ills prlaonor lo Juli. (?reen wus hand cuffed and (hid with ii mp? to a buggy In which tho constable and an assistant wore riding. Oroou trotted along behind I e buggy very quietly until they reach ed n point belo w Simpson ville, when ho untied the rope umlieft Un road. After awhile thu constables looked around nnd found their giime hail lied. Aiken th ll drove to the city and Deputy Sher Ifl'lHIrouth returned with bim nnd al though a faithful ?enroll wus n ado, lt waa Impossible to (llfcoover thc wluro .Inuits of Oreen, Tho deput y sherill ro tnriiod to Hm city yesterday afternoon Aiken wwi allll looking for bis man Oreen still wears tho hand-Cllffi bid noomato iiuvo made good uso of bis timo. Thero la ti warrant against bim In theahoriira nineo her.?, charging him with obtaining good? under fn Iso pr?" tense?.-Oreen vii lo Newa. free Trade. Tho rodeethci or Internal revenue and tho taking Off nf a revenue" stamps hom Proprietary Medicines, m.; nus largely he'uetuted the consumers, as well na relieving the binden ot horn? minutiatmeis. Knpoehillv latina thc . .ano with (?rcens August Plower and Hoahec'a (lornmu Myrup, na the reduct ion id thirty n?.x cent? per dor.en Ima been added to Increase Hie al/.o of tho botih s containing these routcdioH, Iherocy uly li.U one-IHtb ne re medicino in thc 7.? ctn ?lito. Tito August flower for Dyspepsia nnd liver complain!, and Ilm Gorman Myrup foi Congi, ami I ainu troubles, have perhaps ?Wo IniRest aale of any medicinesIn thc world. Tin ndvaulntto ol increased si/.e ol' Hie bottle* ?ill Itv ureiillv iipprceialed bv I he sick and ul llb tel, io every town ?od village in Uto ? i no./cd ecpetries. Hninplo bottles for HI cenia t'cnuiin tbe inliio sue Socnoitao |?f South Carolina Col'ogo In this issue \Vo coll tho intention ofour readers t<> the adven isoinout of tho Laurens Male Academy. This school ?snow III iv most ttliccosrfftil comlllion uml uti) ? t auporlor advantugos tu thoHo who dcslro pr?pa r?t lon'for college or who set h II lil> ral ami pr not leal preparation for tho busl* II..?soi'Ufo. Prof. I'.vuoH lu a tried In* htruotqr and oilers unoxccllctl opportu* lillies to tho young mm Of (his HCOtlOII. ItutQs aro low and hoard omi ho had lo re on tho most r< IlKonnblo torms. livery day I nd O gs woleonie news con cerning tho J.aurensville Female Col lege. Prof, MoCnshtll hus the assurance of moro than tWOIlty live hoarders and will in all probability open with 150 pu pils. A fortunate step was talo n when Mr McCnshin was plaeod nt (bo hoad of tills BcllOOl. Willi tho aid of Mrs Me ('asian, who is mcoglli/.ud as ono ol' thc most thorough and clHclont teachers In tho state, und u full corps ol' professors in each tloptirlmcnt, (live in nunibor) no college cnn oller greater Inducements to young ladies. Spot!blt euro is given lo lit?se who leave home to euler this col lege, mid parents eau bo assured that their daughters will not ooh bo in structed by lox! hooks amt lee tu rea, hut no pains will he spured lo give ?ill I hose accomplishments which a young lady must have lo I" como II light In the home, socie ty and eoinillliullV of which she is it part. For terms and particulars as to methods, cte, address (lie Presi dent, I'm mer ? complain that cotton is noi as heavily fruited as is desired, but III appearance it is unusually lino. I ? t ho Tollu. JttH Unveil port was lodged in jail IHHI week on tho charge of house breaking in Cross Hid township. John and Sam lly.yson wore commit ted fro tn Or? for hog?stonllng. Wadi* Robertson violation or contract, is servility out Ihirtv dava imposed by M nj flrl flin of Clinton. Poler Fair caine in on Tuesday to an swer for obtaining goods under falso [?reto?en. .laines Mitchell gl VOA lott days of his time tor violating contrant. H?ht Nelsen, white, weill up on Thurs day fir having a weapon concealed about his person. Two colored women who engaged in a tlstlcull on Saturday, complotes tho list Of additions to the county jail for tho week, I M c r 111 - ! 11 VU. LlltirAIIH. On Thursday last nil excursion party from Plum llrnneb, Kdgcflcld Co.. spent tho day boro. Mon, women und child ren spent tho day in sightseeing and partook of a picnic on the Collogo lawn whore they woreontortnlned by Prof. lu MeCaslan and the Laurens String Hand, the afternoon howover, HOIUO ol the men who had lnihlbod?loo freely o? our puro mountain waler, became -< unewhat ill ox lea ted and conclude;! to do something worthy of tho "Kdfrollold boy." Kind lng the et I (7.0ns disponed to o ver I iok nil insulin, ono young man concluded be would'"kill a ni ?or" and surely would have done so, but Cor the timely pres idien of Mr. A. Wt An.lonou ni tho <;., I, .V: N. depot. Policeman Martin was on hand In a Jiffy and determined was Im that no guilty mail Hhould escape. Thc crowd thought (I I lieront however ami for* A neon mt wir was imminent. Several of tho "boyH" swore tbev would :mt lcav om. of their number behind, but tinnily a deposit of(A00nstbo (ruin moved off, settled tho dlllleulty which threatened when (freck met ?ir,ck. From ??a ero! I to Cellar. Tho Pe?nalo College has indeed pul on a new appearance in thc pnsl two weeks, "Music, Howers and g r!-" seem to I e tho combination, The grand and impso lng old Collogo building has undergone snell a thorough ronovntion, from the massive steno Ktopa in trout t J t h . silver tongued bell lu tho dome, as lt has nev er before received. Inside, the (louis ..Old w alls liaVO Leen touched by the painters bruah, while iho'poiiKhod doors re (loci their beauts-. Ar.enid Ibo beautiful cannais a} nea plekot lenci is being placid, bul Ibo greatest improvement will bo noticed when tho hoarding house is ti ?died. Tills structure Willi Its fl escoed W alls Inside a new roof, porches iVC, and neat ly painted, will add mit a lillie to the ?ppoarailCC of tho col logo and that por tion of Main stree?.. We look with pride at everything that tubls to this institu tion, for il has a bright futuro as weil as a glorious past, Personal. Miss Perrin fl'nrroW is visiting in i Spnrtanhurg. i M IHM If at tie Jones ls visiting friends at Pendleton. Mr. W. A. Wharton will nell clothing at Patten's this Kali. Mrs I.. I?, i hihl" and ehildrou arc vis iting Mr W I) Canoon. W. I,, (?ray ind J, O, c. Fleming wont down lo Augusta last wick on btodnoas. M i SS Minnie Leo Puller left (lils mor ning for a few ?lays visit lo flreonvlllo. S. Me.(J. Slmkins, Ksq., of tidgoflold vi lied hero last weok with his family, HOV. K. Krloraon liaS returned from a visit to (llomi Springs much improved in health. Mr. Prank Shell is now employed m Miinnaughs establishment in Columbia ni salesman. M rs. Walker of Cedar Springs, Tspar tanbvrg county, Visited Mrs Mary F. Todd Inst wink. Sherilf llnllow and family aro off for H lew days to tim mountains of N. C. Capt. and Mrs. Prank P.vans uro ?po IVA ?ling the Summer al thc far-faiUOll Cash er'? Valley, M rand Mrs SitgronvM- and Mr J fl Martin hn\ o gnni North to muk* fal! purchases, Oar Building Hoom Boometti How Mechanic? aro Employ ed Hoie Whatl 1? Oolug on Around Town. y?fflardriy a rorMifier sinned out lr lind locals, ami stamllng iii tho door; ol Tntc AovKui'IHKII hniiding, win ntiraci Od a few slop* south hy tim ?OUnd of thc htuninoi and saw , eppt s.t? Ibo Cour ll. .u'o. Wo (blind a number ol' workmen en quired in one of the Crain buildings and tho wo k ?.f remodeling the store al most completed. This 1*001)1 ( with the latest drug-store shelving ami eouuters, ls being prepared for l>r. Posey. Then glancing noi'oss Ibo Htrool wboro busy workmen were also ongng.n, wa ?'onnd the People':; Loan nuil Kxobnngo Hank building almost completed. Todd's comor too, was alive with workmen giving Hie finishing ton? lu-s to his now doors and windows and put ting in neal guards. A lillie distance up Main Street op posite tho Episcopal church, thu tile of busy mechanics was again heard, and tho resilience of Mr, J J Howland, pala tial in proportions, greeted our Vision, A lillie further up this ot roe I we lind ho roshl?iieoof Mr Lewis. Koppel well under way bal still receiving th" atten tion of h U Hy workmen. Over tho dritneli/m the hill rises Ute nearly finished residence ot' .\?r \Y II Clllcci'SOll. Neat, modern style, ll mod el home, ul which Ibo iwnor will bo domiciled in a few week I. Hon.ld goes ii blast, and tho attention il (he reporter is itfroetod across tho town almost into the suburbs. Hero we lind ono ol (tm mos*, convenient ami host constructed as woll us one of ibo most elegant homes in the city, only awaiting n fow moro touches to rccjlvo ifs occu pants, Mr C H Harkstbtlo and family. That blast comes from his well where powder and dynamite have failed to bring tho desired ft 11 iii . A dept li Of OVO!' forty-five feet through granite luis been reached (ind it is expected that water will bo found in a fow days. Brooklyn too is looking up, Prank I' Mci.'owun Ks<|, is building a residence tn this llo.irishiug section of the town whiieMrWA Martin has tho lumber on Ibo ground foy a homo near bv I .aureus shows ci'ident sigan of life. Our people have an abiding eonlidoueo In tito futuro of tito ?town, and are ma king solid Investui*?nts lu real ostuto ami houses, Tho First Bale of now cotton, mentioned b" on Waterloo correspondent, sid ppod lo M Harris of Waterloo, is also the firs' ri (mrled in ' he Slate, and the second ro l this .acct ion of thc Mould Ifnotlnev ervthimr, lhere are some things in which l.aurrnti can conic Ural. A Gala WicK at Cross Hill. How the Young anti Old havo bonn Aimmod Peace, personal and Plenty of Kaia. This lins been :t notllblo week. ()n Wednesday afternoon WO Inwl un "Old Polks Kntertnlnment," nt tho Female Academy,managed, by the Indefatigable, Mr-.. Sue Simp-ion. Al? who know Mr.?, Smpson, know it was n success, is everything she undertakes. ( ii Thursday n Pou run m oui magulficen! Barbecue dinner, und in tho afternoon un <d<l time (lan der Pulling ul Mr. C. 1-. Puller's; -very Inigo crowd present. There was-onie splendid riding nt thc rings hy llfteen initnly knights. Mr. Jn::k Nickels won the tlrst pristo and crowned Miss Kiln Ful ler Queen of benuiy. Tho llrst gun tler suecumbeil t?? titi* giant-Uko .grip of |')r, Butler Itlehardson. The lithe und sinewy Wtuio Turner milde a successful role ut the sec ond. Tho crowd then retired to 1 bo mansion i?'' M r. C. L. Fuller, or tho young" folks, mid "tripped the light funtuslie" until tho "wee stiiul ibo'..'-." We notice niiiott^ the visitors io our little village; Miss < 'lar i Lind say and Mr. Wullaoe from nludu; Mr. Arthur Mndden, of Madden; Misses Currie ?nu! Ithodn Boozer, ?inti Miss Flornle Watts, ofCllnton, mid Miss Hettie Wu;; -, cf Laurens. Wo :i!l pul o'.? our 1". t loo'.;.-, when M Iss Hol lie 00:110-. l'lonty of ruin, ;.; aid ....io.. mid n pence ?iud goori-wlll feeling to all inen pt'ovading tho entire commu nity. Widi \\\ ike Waterloo. Tho "First Bale" Shipped. -Rev Loaoh tho Eviia.robst Preaching.--floetl Efleoi s of tho Now Uailroail lav. A protracted meeting will com mence hero Hundny tho 21st.nt the Methodist church, conducted by (he past sr in charge, Hov. Mr Clark. We also learn Hint Mr Leach the revivalist who hus been doing much good work in Abbeville county ls oxpoctod lo I.o here. This meeting it is hoped will contlnre ns others that have started from somocause or othi r havo boon bro ken up. Miss llosa Noyinotiro ?uni Mo s Bessie Hook, who havo been visit ing friends in Newbery have re turned, much to tho gratification of .some of tho young sports of Hie town. Miss Annie Wilber, ono of the young and ott mot i vc holy of this placo is visiting relatives near Ninety-six, Miss Lou Hims, un attractive and accomplished young Indy of Now? dory county is visiting tho fan ii ly of Hov. H W Rey moil re, Mr W IC Goddard, ls visiting rel ativos and friend noni Mt. Galla gher neighborhood. Col..I (I Winn ion, bus received un invitation to address tho far mers of Anderson this week at their encampment. Owing lo Ibo good prospect of n good crop, and the reduction in freight r;itos, our merchants ure making preparations for a good trado this full, n.-i they can sell at RO near taroon woori prices that it would not pay anyone to go, there lo traill*. This wo (bink is one of the good features of ibo inter-state commerce bill, It helps to build up towim nil over tho country, and ! lines away with s<? much rii.-erimi nation, ns lon been practiced here tofore. In shipping colton for in stance; :i cotion buyer ut Lunion^ could ship bis cotton li? Now York, havo it compressed nt Pori Boyal, 1 but if be ship from Ibis point be would first havo lo ship to Lau rens and then re-ship ho foro lu ( could get ii compressed, but as th? ! lau now ? , WO li <\ ?* Hu* sumo ?ol vantages that Laurens or any olhei , town lias, anil ero long Wo Wit have ono of (lie mint prosper,,m towns in th * upcountry. Mr W B Qu aries, ono of tho old batchelors of Pmksviiie, visited friends and relatives hero lost week. Dr Henderson, and family aro visiting relativos al Madden. Miss l.i/./ic Andorson, who lnis been spoiulillg 801110 limo with lier Grandfather al Sparttinhurg, rc (urned home soiliottllio since. Wo notice Prof. MeCnslun of Loitrcns und Purrott of Clinton In (own, in tho In to ros! of their respec tive schools. Wo wish those gen tlemen success in (heir undertak ing, and wo soo no reason why Laurens und Clinton could no} build uj> ix - good schools ns wc have in (ho state. Waterloo comes lo the front us ls her custom in ail things. Our young und energetic merchant ?uni farmer air .1 'I' Marris, shipped from (bis placo on tho 20th., the fli'Mt halo (d'now *?otton to Augusta On. consigned to Gpo. It Sibley. This is (he Urat now bale that wc have hoard ol' being shipped in up per Sont b ( 'an>lina. SIMPSONS MILL. The election is over and we hope there bo no prcdjudico left in any body's mimi. We hipo that there will bo apure Democratic principle in every man heart, that is to le I everyman vole as his condonen dictated, and i\ '? ide by tin; majority of Hie people. Crops are looking lino ju tho ra tion although bottom corn hus been badly Injured, yet the crops nre above the a vertigo for soveral years past. Cotton ls looking lieder nt (be presenl (hon wo have .seen for years. We know the AnVKKTIBKll w ill give UH space for the foll' wing from Union Baptist Church, the as signing houses for the dclgntns (o the Boody Bi vor Baptist Assm ia tiou to be held with tho Union Baptist Church, commend n : Tues day after 2nd. Sunday In Sup tum bar. Beulah ; Sanford Boyd, Durblns.Creek ; James Downey, Warrior Creek; Cl T Huberts, Laurens ; (' i mrk, Dun!, ins Creek ; Hov. J A Cooper, Friendship; L (' Culbertson, Now Prospect; V .1 Culbertson, Betharbra; Bow J A Cooper, 11 rrrlcan : J F 1 lendersou, Cross lilli; <? W Culbertson, Clinton ; Y .1 dilbert -on, Holly ( J rove; S M Cooper, Waterloo; T J Cooper, X Hoads; J M ( lar.lv. Fairview ; Y .1 ( looper, Dticans ?"r.; W A Trnynham, Hush Hiver; Joel T Moore, Newbery : D M M ?lam, Prosperity ; A Culbertson, Knoree ; W T Box, Bethel ; .Jamos X .Ion s, Kaban Creek: A Culbertson, Harmony; J ll Klledgo, 1 '< tplnr Spri ngs ; 11 I ' Hi ?land, Mt Pleasant ; T H Watkins, Beaver Dam: W A Trnynham, Mt. Zion; JamesOwings, ( 'host nul Bidge; Y .) Culb : ni, IIighlund Home; T J Cooper, Tho delagutcH urn all invited te go to tho places assigned them as above or any where in the neighbor hood ami we will warrant (lumia hearty welcome. Dur Power Packet, We ha ve . o much sicklies;! and s.? many religlotlH meetings round about, tluil i gol but little lime lo think or wrlfi n bou I anything else. Nearly all t ho eliurelies Pi Hil - soc- I Mon have had protracted mccting.H and most of them haye had some accessions it ad 11 greal many pen el.- mtinilestcd anxiety <>n the sd.) joel. Mr. Lewi- Power who han been in bad health far sometime, ls dan gerously ill. and without a speedy change will not live long. Luther, ?11 of M l\ Joe Brown, has been s(-r- | ously sick for several day- with fe vor, and there seems very little change for > he bel 1er. Mrs. Motes, of Maddon, i visit ing relatives at this place. Miss Mattie Neighbors, of the Warrior Creek neighborhood, bas been vis iting Mr. Lewis Power. Mrs. Mos eley, of Laurens, w Ito ha -?boen vis iting ber son Mr. T. I). Moseley, of this pince, has returned home. The people of Fountain hm are enjoying themselves Mib week ta king les-ons in vocal music given l?y M r. Tom < 'hildress. YOUNGS CROSS ROADS. We aro now having our quota ol ruin; most too nundi we fear. Tho corn crop is gone and (odder pulling in order. Tho cotton plant is unu sually large und tolerably well lili ed. The watermelon season bas been unprecedentedly ;ood mid we regret that it is drawing t<> a ( lose. Mr. .lohn L. Young han tho (Ines! up-land corn wo have scan. Pl.ini nti oil stubble land since the wheal was cut off, ii look > Uko tho best of bottom com. Vos, 11 ase, we may have s ur ri .mi nimi lo th . nat io. al forces, but the country Droops ure too weak for old Talla. Yes, we've got ll new hat. That's so; yes. Cap!. W. A. Stone of the Hurri cane side hus been quito .-?ck, but we arc glad tu know is improving. Howlong will a squirrel live? Until the scribe gets 11 shot at it. It must bo dog days now as our dog spends his time in barking. Mr. J. P. Hollingsworth, win? has been spending several weeks w il ll relatives and friends near hear, h.is returned to his home in the "land of Howers," Mr. E. to Pitts hus returned to his dutioo as teacher In north New berry, About two years ago we were oil board ene of those lino Coasting fttenmors tllftt ply tho wat.rs be tween ( 'harlestoi: and Paul ka. The Ocelli was ;i lillie sijiinlly, and our Pard, not being so loriUHale (If we, became sou-sick. Mid begun Vomit? lug violently, SVo. of cowine, hur ried to tho fllda of mir companion, und tenderly n iked, "are you sick, Callie ?" "Boo-lioo-bah > iir u't-helii, you don't think I'm doing all I lib for fun, dc you Tho good farmers uro sowing plenty ul Turnip setal und prepar ing to meet thy demands of the household during the chilly blast of winier. Tho serine hus ft poa that is new to us. They ure of the ordinary size, very hnl'd, und black in color; beats thom ail for vine ami will lie in the ground all win ter and emu? up ami be very pro lific. Will some ono who knows como forward with their propor mame. . Lightening badly Wl'0'ked a slut le tree in clo o proximity lo Mr. I. H. Compton's residence near lids place a few evenings -ince.1 The health of i!.e community ls very good; we now and then hear of a chill, a case of cold, ?ve. Well my friend-, you see that Wo hav'nt any thing scarcely to write (Ills week, so WC close willi SUCCOSS to you and yours. Wonderful if True. Paris, August i -Captain lion ard, chief of tho military balloon service in tho French crimp nt Chu lons-Sur-M urine, ha- invented ute ehanisni for .dei ring and propell ing balloons which will enable them I?) resist wind bl O'.' lng Ul tho velocity of ton mot ron per second. In order to preserve tho secret ol' his Invention Captain Lenard has the VlU'ior.S pare- of his device j matte at tii livrent places und pitts, them toge! ber himscl ?. A Terrible Thunder Storm. [News A Courier, lot lt inst.] For two hours to-night Columbia has been lit by electricity, Never has tho City been visited by undi H : storm and ni 8 o'clock the lighten ing bogan in tito west and north west and it became more frequent. By 0 o'clock tho darkness could not settle over the city for more (hun two seconds. The storm came nearer and tho thunder became au dlble. At $:30 lhere was a Hush ol' lightening at every second, and sometimes two and three from cliff ord)! quarters at the sanie time, A terrible rain began at !h I? accom panied hy a wind storm which drove the water through the rn.?l's of buildings mid made thc cars on incoming trains leak badly. The i rain poured for Ihree-tjtiurteiM of; au hour. 'I ii" storm lucren ed in ; fury until there was darkness over tlie city. Tin' thunder was deafen ing. A corresponden! ot" the News and Courier, while near (bo Union depot, was ii I mos! knocked down by one strobe id lightening which cr icked like a pistol. Before be had proceeded fifty yards farther he was twice brought to a stand dill by strokes which made thc ^aiiie pistol-like report. At ll o'clock Ute storm ls receeding, bat the lightening is continuous, Many! place.-, in tiii; city must have bean ? struck, but the lateness of thc hour prevents invest ?gat ion. Tho Western Unlo'i Telegraph ?Mee building was slruok on tho southeast corner, and brick- were; scattered over the street. Alioth- ! er stroke bit tie' -ame building about forty feet from tho fl rs t, sot j tile building on tire, but thc oj ora tora extinguished tin- bin/.e. A Biuike CliKriiu r Falls. lb- M I) maid, clnlniing to he a -nai.o charnu T from Michigan, trie ' his tungie u i 'ot i n serpent of tho vip erous kimi at Lu w rc nee burg on Friday. Ile offered len dollars f ?r (lu birges! a m ? mos! poisonous j snakes. A ?.um went into (he-wild swamps of Luwroncobtirg mid cup lured what looked lo bollo- king American poisoners. Ills snake ship NV II s forty-nine inches long, j atm hud cigliteoii hilliers, willi j horny cells full of poi on. T!ie -nake wa- turned over lo Mellon; bl, who took about a pint' <.: ?1 . it ?I, opened tlc box am! . entigl ' tb.' nake just back of the ; net !: .villi hL right hand, v. ben lin burie l iii- poisonous fangs in tho doctor's band bel ween the thumb mid fore-linger, tillite a crowd had gathered upon the .-cen,-, when nearly all scum pored away. l>r. Mi Donald dropped tho snake, Inti picked il up again and pul the iiead of tho reptile lu iii - mouth af ter coiling it round his m ck. The -nuke was said b> 1)0 a-mad asa hornet, and no sootier than the box lid wa- knocked otr with H hatchet t Lun he leaped out of tho box, when the charming doctor picked him up. .Some of tho bra vest of thc audi ence succeeded In killing it nfter the bitten man throNV il down. Medical llld NVUS called II), .Mc Donald i < said b> be in ti dangerous condition, thu poison so fatal lo mankind having Infect< ! his entire system. Ii ls said Hint grave npj prehensions are cntcituincd of his recovery, Ho grew deiidly sick soon after ho was bitten und has been having hemorrhages of tho lung since. J ADV KKTISKM KM', | A CADD FROM MU, 0BA V. Fd Uer Advert Igor i Allow mo space ?ti your pu per to reply to w hat lins boc;, said hy the Laiirensvitln Herald and Clinton Fnterpriso, concerning the elreul a s "Protest" mid "Anti-Prohibi tion.'' The idea w hich prompted me to Issue this "dohger" ns ii has been MI nicely called, by these two pa poi's AV as this* Tho religion ol such men as Fountain Martin, Hez ekiah Cray und' Rev Tolliver Rob ertson and tho host of church mem bers of their day, wa ; so much bel ier or more to my notion of pun ami undented religion, wlthoill pro hibition or revenue laws, that, by calling tbe.atleiii ion ol' tho people to timi wliolosomo tate of society ?hoy might soe (ho error of theil way. But the dodger is brandet nu insult to the memory of tin dead. Now if lhere is one 111111 ; which We could Oil mes Hy pta; lor, it ls for wisdom ami power ti control political preachers, am lion-lnw -leaders-id'-chri: t lani ly. So along this line we propose I? light Ullt If mell who publicly dec hire Hiern- el\ es leaders of chiuchi' am! expounders of Hie Gospel premiso that they will not seek t< array one niau against another it political warlarc, prohibition o Anything else outside ?he Bibb- am when Olby will promise not lo deni In liens mid mortgages, upon theil* sacred honor, while limy know be fore they go Into the business thnt many of their < ustoiners will be vi olently disturbed ut the settling lime. No such program would have been allowed or tolerated lo year- ugo. And, If 1 undei'sluud what the Ulsh ip of the Methodist church means, iii" preaching f prohibition ls not allowed by Idm. wo aro surprised thal iii." hw rued and honoid and democratic editors alluded to In lld? article, did liol call attention s> (ho fact th it lil di op I );:,::'?t ll b el rule:! (lill certain resolutions passed al the (Jroon Pond church ilurini; tho district coule renee. It i - astonishing lo the anti side of prohibition that When such mt . us <i--:i. J. 1J. Kershaw nu I JpllV>r> ; ion Davis, to say nothing of tie; !:'*>. nun Democrats in Tex a?, the 200!) white votes In the white man's county known as An larson, an?! tho ? 1*2 votes ns a majority In I. ne rolis count v, made by Issuing u few little dodgers, will pul their hat le red brains and seared conscien ces ngdust us. Thogroiil Issue Isl ono thut wo have hail experience IP til homo und abroad, und lind lu our humble opinion lt works (he same ruin everywhere. Divided churches, violated law by good men, perjured juries and witnes ses, etc., etc.; all of which has been so clearly demonstrated right tit home thal il i i useless lu barp un thi-i. Who, Oh! who, in Laurens county cnn cns! tin? llrst sb.ne ut" Hie seller of whiskey contrary to lew'.' I a m a ?'raid lo ask for fear (hat thc Judge on lils Hench, the Jury? wittie ?os In court, our citizen.' . d' town and county, would nil have to suv, I nm no! abie so to doj rani guilty L-.id. We how con: ludo Hi! . hy calling your nttoiiHon to tho fiu:? (hat Wo are Dciiioov?Hc ih oui' pi'ogronij If we know what Democratic menus. Hut perhaps nobody except Ibo ('rews family cxiiclly nuder Dand the delliiillon of tho word e moe rat. v It nppenred lo your humble ?er sinnt lind win n negro chun h . '.?. ore being organ i/.et I by white I men and great gatherings of the color.? I brethren wen? goth II tip, (hat Toni frews i';<'"ail of.Joe wm al Hie bend of the program. ! may bc mistaken. Tu! o the vole in any township in Laurens county whore the color ed man can hen! us two (<> one mid you Will see from returns thal Wo ure badly beulen. Thin we all poib d every w hite and colon d vote we could, there cut be ?|? dotlbl in my mind, alni .-ill should libido Hie result without ii i iv indignation meeting <>r hard fooling. We propose now louse the ma sonic ceremony over the d nilli of prohibition, und followers lol ip j throw-the viii! of charity over (lie faults of our dc. used brethren, whatever they nitty have been, mid iud with hold from lit ir memory thy praise that (heir virtues limy hihil. Tim Wise: t Iii M Wi il t lie best of men ha ve di ne Wrong. Your Idlest Obodii nt Servant'* lt. K. O ll AY, Cb tier upe r O end Old Ti mei lind I Protest. ' ".T it. IC m TO i : Allow nie thc uso of your columns I i ni contradict dime slalomants that 1 lui ye br en made bv Hie ii- ral! il its offspring the / 'uh rpvir ., again-< shose ho voled iigninSt the M ni rn . , Hill. In tho lirsl pince I h ey charge it of "nppohliug to tho political jireJU* dices;iitld passions of (he negro." Now to MI y ino l< asl of this ch urge, is thu I i ! ls false. 1 can't ?ny whiil Hie prohibiHo.nl tts appealed to. bul I do know (hui they have been working nindup the negroes uil (lie while mu? for nothing bill I heil* vole. TheyI ried speaking end preaching during Hie campaign te I draw them OVer, and tinnily di?! .succeed in turning ii few I suppose, I bul (hep gol sb uneasy on election ??lay that lltoy had t<> full oil some ?o'.bor plan, and that was, not lo h|. low Iheni io vole nt nil If they dbi I not vole fm* the lilli. This was (Kc Clinton trick, (hiltno niau who gave II lien wa allowed lo vote nt nil Ull ; less he voted dry, mid Hih nccounh j for Hie dry majority attlint box, lt wns ti caso of Iii"' or death with Sonie, they preferred lifo, mid i> > i (o vole dry to get <<. live without I .stealing, ?iud they did md want '?< 'do tlint. Ho much for ('Union, lin i place where Mr. ('revs Says done ...neb ?.rood w ot !:. Wei!, If you call intimidation g >od work (hoy surely deserve praise. Now says Mr. c. t here is another side to 1 his pie!uro. Mon of high .standing and roi p< (dil ! hill ty pro lessors of chris! in ni ty, high i o file i n I , Ac., walked delibertiloly to I to the polls and voted for whiskey, ? .tc. It ls st runge tl nt Mr. C. knows how these good men vote!. Don't you suppose thiit hewlslies tiiat he j had followed the'r example now since he sees Hint \, e are In the mn Jorlty, ? Mr. ('.should hnvokopl his mouth ! -bat nhotil ilii - (decI lon mile s h< I h|id been disposed lott !i (lie ?ruth, (he whole truth and nothing hut Hie truth ; for Ibis ls n free country ami n mau bus ft light under tin laws of South Carolin:) to cfit and drink what lie pienses just sola p:,,\< for thc '-ame, uml he can wor ship his Ood under i is own vim am! tig I t ee, ?iud it is mme of tin Colonel's business, ON KI i- TI n? A ? T's. Tylersvlllo, H. < '. X>TotIoe 1 1 will sell my < loods at . OOBT OE -1 M il, ? Til li I T OF OCTpBlCH IonCASIl Then my doro house ls to rent or M ll for the CASH, Call 01) ')'. BOliTCR I'SON, ho wi; glvo you tho prices. ; T. ROHl?tTSpN . I Ln II rons, s. c. niigtyb ! Si?tb of south Caroli LAURENS COUNTY. Statement of \TOTH? ?-A-C On tho 17(h i,f August, 18 7 QUESTION ol' PROHIBIT Total No. Voles Cast, 8208, u fellows: Pro? Ko I hlbitlon. hi ' Cross lilli SUW 70 Hoyiiosu B?U 172 Von ?J5 7'? J": hittite!'* Store. |l?? 8? Dial's, ?il !!>.$ IS? 'ruin -IinjiHki'!S?d? K'> ii ? .Mi. ;'i in ?ant, .SUI 201 100 I. uti! : MI'.N i 5i.,::? l -ls 20 .ni, .. *.' mis c. IL JOSH 17 i M ?J ?:!?;. ug-iitu.it I'l'Olilbitioi), 1 \vo, tho Ooinn?l??H?oi?or.s of Eb !:;;i foi' Lu ll re lin (Ju?lity, ?lo ho l>y .'(.iii y th::! tito ubow i-: (I C IVl't Ktlltl'tniMit of tho Vole ;'..-; ino lated 1'i'oni tho returns of Hie hm i",'".- ; of sui I cloe! ion, .!. II. SULLIVAN, T. li. ANDEKSON. .\ ueru i .' !. ? >7. "I * Oft f > '*.ROO M mo'itn ..... ns. Agent? preferred who eau furni their own horses an.I giyo their who;, limo to tho business, spiro mouton may li.> profitably employe I il lao, A 1" - vacun?los In iowna and eitles? M. I* KlIl.NStlN tV CO.. !"i ? Main Si.. Kiel: muiel. Vii. a : .'Jlr i Tl IE LAURENS ?Male Academy,* Properen hoya lor tho South Cu roi I un 1 'elli ge, lol't lie Citadel llltd tor Ihr pi ..<?. lleal business of lifo. Tn lt M : 1 to $<).00 per month, ncoor ding io grade. Next Messinn begins, MONDAY, Gili of .-?KI'TKM IJl-?ll. KRANK F. VA NS, PniNei TA i. SOUTH CAROLINA efT ll 1 ar\ ?r^,? I K^? VJ? I g? fe - I Sixteen Instruelora; oKclcntlfie, ?5 1.it el ? ry degri o e iura ia, ."> Shorter eon j l*oat-0 rad tuite ami Law oouraoa, Tull lon i I". Matrleabition, $1!?, Mooma I free. Table hoard VII ami $l!itVJ poi iiionlh. Kxpi uses nbou! .UH). Tuition free I\N Law to uppiloaid 111 Inp wit h College Ireiiaur.ir .. eoi'tti?oato of Inanilily to pay, algie i by lum < >f and guardi?n or paronl, v. Uh ?pinio i id Coiihly Cotninlssionors, or Ju;. i'l'i'baie, or Cl, ol' Coi::'., iii .[ tin alitemen! is true. Ker furl li or pnrtcii tura lippiv io PH li SID1CNT f. M. Mi DRY D1J, Columbia, ti. C. ui;'_M'l T0TXO! ./ft KtJi.Uuu tviiiAA Vt greatly red need .pri?e* and will de I;. >i4 thc i n nt, any depot in ile. . moly 'frailofoltufgo. IJoarsi sent whoii deslr I .'d. Night eal h pvomp?ly responded lo. "d ari in iV. ? 'ul; As Agont. VE CE NTH. - . l l VE CENTS. O w Soiiil Five couta In atantpn itt ?nob for our olera nt ly ill int fid ed Ctitiilotni . V E .KY Hoi ?\ D. .loluisoii ?v Soil., Main si., Lynchburg, Va. ooo- WHY JfOTf-oo* ATTENO I'.'.. /"?fc.J ? ? i.y'f hco:*r ATV! .?,?.< i aa . ii l.j I hi or y onlv> ('ntnlooi > lo i Al lull Mill tdt.||||ii>alt.ltl tn- . ..'. v A.,1'1 t ..I. ni, s.aunt ii, Vfi Cauu-.Mill> and all kinda of hiaehlhciy br salo at low c prieca by lit ? % ! i iV ANDKHSON, ;-:M. Lauren-. S. C. I Moment nuc? FINAL DISCHARGE. ! y pi nnlssloil i ; A. W. Dur iii-?ile, Probalit ludge, i win .'. tile tho Kaiate bf s tlHo H-> Igc-a, dOeeaaod, al thia OlT|co at l,iiiii'ens'.C,;lL eh Ibo 271 li, dav ol' AUgunt |s-..,:.: io o'clock, V. M., nnd al the tutu' linio .... ill njiply a linal dlseluirgo All persons having demanda against, inid . lat.- aro !?. ie!,y notillod to prcaout thc same, due form, on or hofofO sahl day. or i.. lo. ? 'i* burred, And allin! . i.tc i aro r piir : io make payment by i; \s SIM:I.!., <. c a P., .July "... li Settlement mi I F.?NA1, D.t^; .>!AHOfE. tty ; ermlssion of A \\" linrtifsido, Pro'< linio .fudge, I will soitlo the Kat ti to of 1***1 ly I'nwoll, tlctieaaod, nt tblaolllee at Laurena 0 IL, on (hu 27th^ day ol' Au oist l.tlT, al lUo'eloek, A. M. and al tho inuit t imi* will apply tor a llual dlRohargo All perso.is having, demanda ngaiuat ?nhl oslnto are linroby notillod t,v presont tho same, itt .lue form, on or before RP ld ilny, or bomrovor brtrrod. And all ii> dobfed aro reipured t<? inako pnynicnt hy Hold time. v; NV SIl KKK, ?. <? c e. .Inly 'SJ, Sottlctnent nnd Final Ki?okaro,e. Uv pormlosai m of'A'. W. Birnslilo, Prohn to .fudge, 1 will nofHe tuc jCa'UtU if ft. IL i.ci'f,., docoaaod, athis ooloo ai I.aureus C. I] ., 0*111|0 lOtll da.V ol DOtitlJor, l's.".:.', lo ?.'<:.i-1. A. M.. nnd nt .r aa mo time V. ill ap,?Iv for a m.... ... hinge. All pomona having denian..* ng.tb.nt 4id<| ca?ale ari* liort-by hitffled io nr. nt tho ion I" tlilo lorin, on or I? 'oro io ilaj . "i- : II illaro vi i- I.aired. And .... i ntl el ted aro I'VinifCd I" m al.o t>a,> mi n by s.dtt Ihne. 1". copr.KAN D, Admlid.>ti'.tlor .b bonis non.