Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^he Advertiser". LOCAL. rVho political cauldron is KOW ftdrty bolling in thia County? Tho It OHO OHboruo Company lina boon litrundod at Orangoburo;. Miss Ida Howley, ol'Andi non, is on a visit to bot' brothel1 ut this ii iee. Hw. and Mrs li O. FriorHon ?elton Saturday lor a visit to Anderson, H. C. Mrs? A. W. Anderson IH upending a low clays in ?.'loenville visiting hoi' parouts. We learn that Prof. Frank Hyalin COU tomphttes building a resilience lu a abort while. ('ol. J. Wash. Walls has boen ro ap? pointed Supervisor ol' Hoglstrutlon fer i his County. Mm. J. ll. Howley baa rolurnod from a visit io frionds and relatives near Nlnmy Six. Bpartanburg, Oroenvillo mid Charles ton oro still quarrelling over the sum iller Military Ki.campaient. Marriott, on Tuesday last, Mr. lt. \V Andorson of Spring Cl rove, ami Mi* Fan II lo Floyd, ol Prosperity, S. C. Rev. stewart, a missionary to China, stopped over in I,uni ons lor a few days whl lo on his way to Augusta last wcok. Tun Anvan't'iSKit la In lobed to Sena tor lintier fora timely supply of garden Hoods, fresh from thc Dopurltuoiit at Washington. Poplar Spring baptist Church has ad Justed all differences among thu mein hers, and on Saturday last extended ll call to Rev. J. I>. Pitts. Court of Sessions will bo unusually dull and uninteresting. Ko casu above grand larceny has bonn tried, and the calendar will ! i eloafotl today. Marri.'!, on tho 20lh of January, hy Rev. C. I., stewart. Mr. (.'alvin A iidorsoti of Lau rons County, and Miss I Tot I lo Sprouso, of Lick viih;, (In onvlllo i 'o. A billions or malarial looking boy, with mallee aforethought, did shoo) i leuden bullet from n slln : shot into oar sanctum door. Hoy, don't do Hint any more. Rev. A. Coke Smith, ol Nparlanbur;.', preached ono of Ids most eloquent ser mona boro ou S.iiidny o\ onlug. I le also lirgod upon our pi opie tho claims of Wollord ( 'ol logo. Prosidont Cleveland will visit Havan nah to-day (22d) on tho occasion of tho 1 unveiling of tho Jasper Monument. Round trip tickets are ?old for;'I. c. from this place, good for I h roo dav s. Tho Laurens Iron Manufacturing Co. have about completed their largo ma chino shop io d fournir; , and in a lew wooka hinger, thia great industry will tarnish work lor many sklh I WOJ'kthOll. If any momberoi'connell will lakolho trouble to walk inside ol the prison whi le offenders against the city ordi nances aro OOH (I lied, and there remain throe Boconds, wo foal sure that moro do cent quarters will ho pi nv hied. Laurens has hoon Invited to join tho Southern Society of Immigration and development, and will accept the invita tion. At tho next mooting wo will bo represented ami tho assessment will be forwarded at once. An P.kom gentleman convoyod i he un wolcoinod tidings lo Tiru AI>VKUTIHI:II last week Hud wo would have no peach es this yonr. 11 is informa I ion ls derived from the fact that on Ash Wednesday, tho wind carno from tho North Instead of East. Laut week t he telegraph lines of thu c. AG. railroad passed into tho hands of th? Western Hillel! Company, hoing loss od by thom for a lorin nfyonrs. This will provo a grout ad vant Ago to this place, as wo can now havo tho advantage of through ratea. Thoro ia evidently a dei line in hitor CHt lu tho 14th of Fobtiary. At this place tba number ol valentines was .small and mostly of tho cornie varitio*. which must bo regretted. Tho beautiful OUHloillfl in honor of tho good sn int. fosters a boah thy and ennobling spirit, andWO trust it will not bo forgo I ton, For real fine ombroidory cheap k'o to SITO RU AV HS New Yoi k Store We uro requested t? announce t hat tho aoclotloa Of tho Y. M. C. A. and W. C. T. U. will hold a joint meeting thiu (Tues day) evening for tho pur poso of devising moana for tho pur pose ol' raising a fund for a public library. The obj ?ot 'com mends Itself to the friends of young pooplo, and it is hoped thal a largo num ber will I urn ont. .On Meuday last (he Mail Agents throughout tho United Stntos were put on extra duty, being roqtlitod to weigh nil mattel which passes through their blinds, This regulation w ill be ouforei d for tho next thirty day. It ls dono in order that tho OVOragO weight may ho obtained for thu purpOSO of fixing tho amount to bo paid to (ho railroads fer transportation. La.d Saturday night a drunken negro on thu Laurens Railroad bred a pistol from tho train several timos Just aflOf leaving New berry. Conductor Fielding waa promptly at Ibo tallow's Hide de manding tho weapon i but this bc posh lively denied haying. Tho Conductor, howovor, thought differently, and forc ing tho nagrn Into another part of tho COIlOb, found tho pistol where ho had boon slttliiR upon it. Ile will probably be arroHtcd. Deaths. Mr?. Harriot J. Fleming died at her j roHhbmeu hero on Thursday, Kith, at 2.80 P.M., of pneumonia, after an illness pf only a f#w days. She was Tl yoars of ago. f Mr. Prosslay Jontry, a highly esteemed ?ld gent loman W ho .iVOd ill Dial l ow ll ship, slatted from his homo for thia plHCo. On arriving at Dm rob ho was taken slek, and leaving his buggy went Into tho atoro of DorroA A Peden, whore In a few moments ho dlod of apoploxy whim lying on tho counter. especially at SIT NO PLACE LIKE HOME. FACTS AND FANCIES TOLD OF TEX AS AND THE WEST. Wha' a Laurena Kau Baw and Experienced la tho Far Weat Tho Con tulon ot" tho country Compared With Tho South Ahe;' AT, "YOUUff Maa Como BOUtlt." Loaming that Mr Guy S. (Jarrott, of thia piuco, \v)t<> recently went lo Texan on u prospecting lour, with a view of lo caling, had roi urned, Tn u A nvinrriHKit MU! ght and n!?t a I ned tho follow lng pollita, whi<-h may hoof intcrost to olhor young men who muy bo similarly Inclined. "A fier V lui ting various towns large anil small, I landed in Northern Texas, ai Paris; a plt.ee ol'probably 11,nco inhabi tants. Hero I mot .several South Caro linians, ami sonio from this County, i slur tot I oui immediately in search oft? job, and. alter three days was Installed as HtilcHinaii lu a largo dry-goods hons". This was in the carly Pall, and positions were plentiful. I liked tho work-al though the dorks were mudo lo hustle, ami was satisfied with wages, being con siderably mole than such a position would command hero. After a few month';, tho liouso changed business and a n um her ol' us were thrown out of em ployment. The prod iud of that soot ton ls principally colton, and as tho cot lon season was about over, 1 lound ll diffi cult lo obtain a good place, although I found Koiuelbing lo do m long aa I stav - ed in tho Wost." "What ai.\' thc prospects for a man who m. ?.. ?s lo Texas from i Ids ( "ounlry," ask ed (?ie repo.ilcr. "Thal depends In a great measure on Ibo 'nan himsoif and his surroundings, One w ho Imsinonoy cnn do well. The land prod neos well and itt farming ho could probably make more. Parin lands away from town aro i a S( nable, while town lots bri ll JJ a small lortune. Farms aro worked a good dual by white labor and they are paid fair wag ? s, ranging from f 13.00 lo$20.< o per month. You lind a good many ll Og roi s, but they slay mostly lu towns, Hui a* for gol i i work al fani',V pri?es, it Issim ply a case of luck, and owing to elreuin itauci -. The professions aiKi crowded, more so probably than in this country, and sah nen usually find more appli cants than np? .ung*. Any man who bas ll Irado and ls proficient in any lincean <i,> w ell. The demand ls moro for skilled workmen than anything else. Hut he must have special experience and train ing SO IIS to 1 liable hil!) ttl lake the plaee ' I'nie v, ho luis le? . rpi al idea t ions. ICvory hody ls beni on making money. They work early and lalo, and win n u mau (loosgootl work, ho gets good pay, ami otherw ise, he gel's nothing. The Host ing population In those Wostorn towns ls bunions", livery train is loaded, both cuing and coining." "(inti thing I notl ed specially. When over a town grows lo more than 1000, she puts on moro style than our cities; and such towns have moro of tho modern Improvements than inauy of our largest elites. There ls a grouter dovorslty in Industries and consequently rower open ings m mw linos than wo bavo. livery HUI!! has competition, and no one need expect to go West ami start somelbilig HOW. I would say that South Carolina offers infinit Hy more openings for young men than Ibo West; hut when oncea man is established in business, he can make moro money Ibero. livorylhing is hlghi r pi iced, ami money is plentiful. "Mow about society ?" "I found soci ety ill Paris the very best. There are cultured and relined people, who delight in keeping up With tho styles and in making a due show. The merchants keep the liuest of goods and lind ready side fur them," '.I met Mr Park, a gentleman who moved Nears from this county. He was among the first settlors at Paris, and having grown up willi tho pluee, isnow wealthy, Mr. .lohn <'. Hunter loo, lives near lhere, and is doing well farming." Most of Hms,, whom I nut from this Slate BOOIII satisfied, an,I are making ll good living. "What are thc chances for the newspa por nian?" " That lou is full. Rvory town hus one or two and Paris, willi not oxcocdiug 11,00 inhabitants has two dai lies ?uni si v or eight v. ooklies, The Mureil of Procreas There is a kind of porsistont determi nation lihout this town, which will not L l up until thc full measure of siiccoss ls accomplished when oncea project is started. A few days ago the Idea of ma I'lidemi/ing Main Street was suggest*. 1 and Io-day a full force Of hands areal this work. Then it was suggested that the Sidewalks should be paved with granite, and au OtlorgCllo committee of the Council at once undertook (his imit ier, w hieb has resulted in un agreement nil tho part ol'real estate ow ners around tho publie arpiare, to pay tor tho work as soon unit is completed. This too will bogill Ill a few day?, 't he drat work w ill he placod in front of the Pimple's boan and lixchango Hank, and from this the boat and cheapest plan may bo devised. The value of a live progressive adminis tration in municipal affairs, toils on the progress of a town; and too iniioll praise cannot he given to (hose w ho are now at (lieb. Im in Palliens. i The li no roo Paetory is now fairly nuder w av, and w ill 1)0 ready for this year's cotton crop, only two Laurens Cnnl|ly min have stock In this enter prise Mon, \V. A. Mcclintock ami N. B, Dial liaq. TIP TOP. AGRICOLA. Tho Political Ftold li Ripening for tho Harvest A No-Tall Colt to Como On Exhibition Salos Day. Wo are having soino very warm Wea ther for this season of tho yoar. Pi om I he signs of tho tunes we think their will be a pretty good list of candi datos (his Henson. Well there's nothing like it tim more the mcrrior. MrA.W. Simms, who has been quite Biek ls, WC are glad to learn, a.do to get about again. Mr. W. T Smith, had tho misfortune to loose a line mule sometime ago. Mrs H. F> Wllont, and daughter of Waterloo, visited at Mr W. IL Wlmrton's a fow day* ago. Miss'Sallie Smith, of tho Mt. (lalla gber neighborhood visited nt Mr W.T. Nmltn's hist wook. Messrs (?olding & Andorson, of this section will exhibit st i.aurons C. IL, on s.d. , in y m-M II no-tail colt. All who wish to KOO it will do well to avail thom HIGH LAND IIOMl? w i ?.ni: i..M. Homo Again-Favmors Buoyant amt Bu??y .Schools Flourishing-A Diabolical Deed ami Other Hatters. "Homo, swept homo." What o mi onr men ts cluster around that spot. How sweet lo have a home, though humble, and return lo it after having been abaont for som:- (inii>. Wo have realized this pleasure ipilto roeentlyi Yea, homo is Hie ono placo in ?di tho world whore hearts aro ?uro of each other, lt is tho pltlCC whore wu tear ott" that mitch guardod and suspicions eoidnoss which tho world forces us lo wear in dolf de fense, ami whore wo pour out thc unre vorvid communication of full and con fidlng hearts, where expressions of ten derness gush without any sensation of awkward DOSS, and without any dread of ridicule. Leta person travel where ho will, homo is the place lo which his heart uni i ann led fondly turns. 11 is the single Spot of rest \\ iiieh a person has upon this earth for tho cultivation of their noblest sensibilities. our fartuors aro buoyant. Already the Voice of tin: plowman Is heard in our lamb Our school boys, loo, are speak ing of "their patch." This ls but righi, t'.o industrious ami solf-l'cliant boys, ami girls too. "Thorols gobi hero if you will only shovel it out." Tho want of em ployment is one of our most frequent cansos of vice. Kor vorllleallon of this, ltd us notice soma of our most import int foal m es through life. Wu lind it s start ing point under tho parental roof. The indulgent parents sutler their boys to grow up in idleuoss, give heed to every Imaginary deslio Huit fanciful youth In dulges in. withhold nothing from bim oxeeptftbu hood ful red ami stern rebuke. Mouoy is placed at his command, UlOliey Which causes Ibo broadest road to ruin, nnd having nothing to do, attend all places of enjoy monis, to rove the s?rcela nt large. Soon bis associates aro formed, whether good or bad. lu all probability he will leave his peaceful honm, maile dear by a fond m iller's smile, lo re! urn lo that bot ne and mother either in tim form of a murderer or a murdered mau. Thus we seo tho effect* of having to do wbllu everything com paratively ls being loft undone. Our uehool ls all thai could bc desired Il now number; ll fly-tb roe. Tho exor cises in declamation and '' imposition on hVldny cvoning last,would have done credit, in our opinion, to un Institution of in.>rc pr?tention. Tho re ls such a pleasure lu leaching lb uso Intelligent boya and girls, Asl walch them during recess in their games, picture after pic ture from Ibo pas! rises before me, and my heart mingles one,? again w ith ibo bright companions of my youth.- Ah! those buoyant earo-frco days. Those morning and livening walks -!?<?..!. (?ct in thc midst of \ tur glee a voleo wotdd come, "Tal;" your pleasure w bil . you may, lifo with ils troubles is Just be yond. Chango ami caro must nurdy come, even to these bright hearts. So il Will W it h I Ilise. VC) in tile III id si Of (Ills reverie, as wo gaze over the faces of our pupils, w o miss the familiar face of Sam uel , Sammie i Todd, w ho died in Sep tember last of typhus lover. During bis ' last illn.ss wo arc t?.ld Ito KU tiered in tensely, but bore ii with resignal ion, Sammie was a ie">d boy ono in whom I always felt that I lind ll friend in any emergency. Ho was my pupil for sev eral yours w hom we used lo meei daily, but who will never ?dicer another earthly s.-enc with the sunshine of his presence. We see him now, not as bo is, but as he was. lt is s td for thu parent i to bury their llrst born just in ibo blooming Kilon of childhood. Such an event I?attended with sorrow, and calculated to prod nco pensiv e thoughts and gloomy roiloction. lu Ibu words of another, "Would thai we could do something to lighten our friends of this blow. Alas; bow impo tent weare. Human sympathy, though sweet, is nuable, to sustain in such a sor row. We can but co,uiiieiid that nus. cn sympathizer whose sympathy ls both sweet and sustaining, w ho, while Ile pours the oil of comfort into tho bleeding wound with om: hand, at the samo time places the strong arm of support under neath thc sinking spirit, Ho is a present aid in lime of trouble. Miss Sallie Kennedy, un accomplished young lady from Duo West, is now in charge ol' I he < ?w ens Academy, and WO hear has quite a nourishing ichool. On tho Otb inst, some unknow n party entered ti e room ol Mrs. .1. 'P. OwoiiS and saturated the curtains w ith chloro form. Doubtless murder or robbery was the intent. Tho perpetrators of such a diabolical deed ? h.mid be sought by her friends and punished lo thu full extent of tin- law. Capt..). II. Met arley is Stocking his tish pond with carp from Dr. Kow der's pond. Mr. lt. H. Yeargln has been trying to move his machinery for thc past two weeks, bul still his numerous patrons al homo keep him busy, ll' You Have it h mi m at ism, Headache. Chills, Corns, dlarrluen, diaontory and want a cure get a bottle ol Kink's Magic <>il Hom W. A. Woods, Laurens t 'o., S. < '. Price 50 COIIIS, Slid if it bills to cure no pay is wanted, (iel it at once or von inav logrot it afterwards. Will appoint one Agent ni each Township. Apply to abovo. Tough Tall ol' a lint. A rather Incredible statement of facts Wita current on tim td reels this wookf says llie Anderson In telligencer, to (be oilVet that one Charlo Ilayine. colored, of Hock Mills township, bad found a live but in the middle of n hugo stock pinn while cutting thc tree down. Judging from the appearan ces, this little lonther-wlnged innm mnl hud boori con fl ned in tin* mid tile of this tree for seventy years without air, food or drink. Tho tree, when small, bud been chipped, nut! supposed that the bat look shel ton lor Hie winter in this pince when it was nearly covered wi.lh tho new groth, when spring came it was nimble to make its exit from tho crevice. Here it remained until found last week. Tho tren was sou ml every whore, except a littlo cavity in the middle where tho bat was. There were .seventy circles around outside of tho long homo of the bat. Ono circle grows each year, henel lt ls that we know tho bnt was lu tho tree seventy years. A BACKWOODS GIRL. WRITTEN FO?? THE ADVERTISER BY WILLIAM AVERY WOOD. Mirtillo Stokes, was tho lillie hluo-oy ed bhiek-halreo ihroe-.vbnrohl dungle tor of Andy Sto&ss. Tiioy lived away down in Ucorgi u, down in tho back woods it was ?ulled then. Sh? lind only one brolhor named tloiiry, younger than herself. Thu house that Un y lived In was a very small,one ntory lot;-eal?!II, that Mr Stokell had built himself when he lirst settled, tho small tract ol'land when they ?now live. Twenty or thlr ty yarda bob ind Ibo cabin ran a idem . OOol and sparkling crook, as ?I murmur ed ulong over thu pebbles and stones, winding its way on to tho great deep ocean. And in front stood a long row of beautiful overgroon (roes and shrub bushes. Altogether 1 think the place looked real lovely, , The trues, Moma wore tal! ami hightail, Others low mid s pl lo fi! I, because they'd taroyour clothes, ? ? you'd paaa dow ii thu rows. 1 was then only a poor traveling ped dler, trying to earn my living by bon ont trading. 1 halted near tho row of troos, meditating whether to ea . i r<> straight lo tho bouse, and while ?vi? thus purley in a beautiful little girl i out of thu house, and SOOlllg me Stoppod , and gaxod at ma in groat wonder ami aniaxonieiit. You see peddlers were not not very common then. "My dear," I naked "who lives hero," "I*?" ?ho answered meekly. "You mistake my moaning little girl,'' '.No sir, I ain't, aeon it." Hut, HIV dear, what ls your pa's namo "i di t hats Andy Stokes, ami ho is in the house now. Want te seo him?" "Yes if you please," l answered, and then fol low hoi to tho nabln. .V ?plaint looking place it was in thor??. Mr Andy Stoke? and his wife were both am?.king clay pipes and Mr .Stokes hilllHOlfwiiM pick ingouaiiold banjo. AH neither of thom seo/ned to noliee ins. 1 turned lo Hutt I worthy and romiirkal " Well obi man Can 1 sell you anythi ng to-?lay?" "Dun no, w hat vor got?" 1 thou showed thom everything I had fol' sale and among them were tWO old books, 0110 spoiling and ono fonding book. Little Minnie's bille eyes OOVOtod lllliltt al once Slid t > satisfy dor 1 gave her the reading book, little thinking that ii would be tho In strument of making In r ail educated and great woman. Aller ail hour pleas ant stay with them I departed, Tho last words I lieuril was dearliillo Mln nlo tolling me to como backagain some lime. Dut limo rolled on und I never relu rued. After Unit mooting I ?b?l not hear anything from timm for about t wei \ e years, until ono day while anting in my oiheo, ( I was then Ibo Fditorofu I leading Magaalno in New Orleans,) I rocolyed tho following letter which nt once awaken my mei.tory to Ibo ?>id cab illaud the bare-foot, ba ok-wo '.is girl. April ?ah, HS Dear Mr. IVddlor: My brother and myself urn In town, ami wo will ?'nil to nco you to-morrow, at 't o'clock r. M. I suppose you reinem bor giving a little girl a rum I i II g book long ugo; well I'm that suma little ghi, Your < ?bedient Little .M innie.st?? es. Well HUiO enough they calle.}, but ubi bow chunga! sbo ?.ax. She WHS HOW tull and beautiful, and well educated. "Well" I sahl at ln.it, "I uovor thought I would soo you as you now are." " The rending book did it all" Bho said ttH ll morry twinkle sparkled tn her eye* . Well, to muk4 a long .story short, Minnie at my roqtiost began writing for Illy Magazine and producod some of tho uicost stories 1 ever saw, for Wllicb I paid her woll. And now her mimi* is known by many families "all caused" a* she said "by tho old reading boole." So boys and girls dont spurn anyone hucauso they ar? poor and ignorant. I Tho least favor may help them lo resell [ Hie top of the ladder. Minnie was now just Sixteen and I must say that abo possessed wonderful literary talent for ?mo so young. she continued to writ?? stories, novels and poeto until sh?? became twenty-llvo years of ago whom she .married a young mau named Salbu . She lilied many honora ble placoS among tho educated ladies and in her oh! age lu r chihh'Oll und her grnnd-chtldron comlortod her, "all CailMCd by ail ?>hl l eading book," tho kindness of a poor tra vol lng peddler. Although Minnie had earned an edu cation by hard Studying still she had her trials and her troubles, ber sorrow mid hor merriment. but tboro never liss lived, nor nevor will live, a moro dili gent anti kind woman than Minnie. Hit OM. POM PMY. Earthquake at Ekom Various Noway Horns and intorcstlng Ohscrvatlons. Woathor continuos wet ami bad. but very little farm work hus yet been done. Two heavy ruins last wockiicconipanlod with thunder, which is a somewhat un usual thing at thlsHonson of your. A slight oarth-qiiako w as fell hore on t he night of tho lui h, inst. The bridge across Reedy river at Fish Dan., has been complote.I, and is Sahl to bc th?' best one bulli at that pla?'?'. Francis, a little daughter of Mr. Y..I. Culbertson, had a very severe attack of pneumonia a few days ugo, but we aro glad to state is up again. Several cast's of lilli mps in this com munity, but not very severe. Mr. .1. H. ICllodge, of Rnoroo Hpartau blirgcomity, Visited relatives here ladt week. Mr. J.R. Walkin, ol' (Joldvlllo, paid our suction a (lying business visit last week. Mr. Stacy Med lock and family have returned from Texas. A year or two lu Texas w ill, it seems, cure any cuse of Western fever, be it ever so severe. Mr. Y. J. Culbertson, raised three stalks of cotton last year Willoh yield six pounds of soed cotton. ( 'tilters iib- school ?sin n flourishing condition, about lilly is thc mimbi i en rolled. Commissioner bullock, ls on his an nual rounds, and Sponl a day willi us not long since. He isa very pleasant and accommodating man, us well us nu officiant officer. Wo observe: That some men know everything hut ono. That farmers w ill ralso cotton Instoad of grain. That tho mun was correct when he sahl "ho w ho bas no opposition or ene mies does hut little good." That industry and porsoivorauco Is a bollol' guido limn polillos. Tliot tip- AOVBUTISKU is gaining grouiul. That some people lovo lo exaggerate tho foulis of ot hora and noglect their own. Thal there is some oollon oil hand yoi. Thal sohool leaohurs have a bani limo, mid lltllo sympathy from others. That nowa ls acareo and money is ill tho bunk. This has boen a favorable winter on turnips. Wo hnvo soon and heard of nomo very lino patches of which Mr. (J. T. Polaris ha - (ho lllicst. Tho rc is n considorablo fall elfin the publie Keim?ls funds, in this district at least, We are informell that the schools Will run only two months this your. If .ann.'one w ill explain tho causo of this short n os-i in school fund it will he infor mation thankfully received. A Sunday School was organized last Sunday ut Union church w ith .Mr. Y. J. Culbertson as supermom lent. ION OR ci:. NIX. Tho Croat. Demand for Workuiou on the Factory Death ol a Vine Horse Marpe L?utern show. Wo paid our old Pan rons homo p visit last week and was -lad to lind tho gene ral health good, with tho exception of mumps. lt seems that tboy aro in al most OVOry family, and noun' s.\7 Hm woods are tull of them ; but never mind ww nover have had them, but wo dont expect to KO lo tho wood? after them if WO never take them. Wo bad a Magie Lantern show in town Wodnosday night, that furiiishod amuse ni tm I f. r several men, women ?out chil dren l\VO hours. Dr .Miles, lu-1 a lino horse Oil the 151 ll inst. Said to have died w uh colic; he hue our sympathy in his loss, it waua good horse, and a favorite? with tho Doe lor, anil to gel one to take its place will not ht, an easy task. The school al this place a!, present in a Mon ri-di i II'j condition, thora are l wen ty ono on thu roll, mid every wook brings some new scholars lo add lo the li-t. Wo aro glad to infolio our rrioudsovnr tho river; that tho factory al this place or near hore al loasl will he built, and that in the near future, and in order lo provo thia, wo cnn cito tn tho fuel that there aro seven or eight teams constant ly employed now hauling material tn build t ?ie tenant houses, and cord-wood to burn brick foi !!... factory, besides a number of hamil) a! otb ci work, and more hands wauled and (ho money i-> not to hunt oilllOl*. So tell thom ad thal vants work and ?ure pay to just step dov. II lo l he t'a plain's ollleo, and they eau gol lt and gel it now; and we reckon such new s will be we'eome to our sister town; as > hr too will he he no ll tot I by the factory, and the sooner lt's ilone tim helter for us both. Mr. Collin tho President of the factory company Spoilt a few ll ay H here last WOOk he sta ted that lin? work would ho pushed through as soon ns possible. So tho lon;!; delny seems to I . al an end. and the future prospects . orv Ihllt.Orillg. A Hellenic to bottle Charleston. Tin- capital .-lock of tho Carolina I Company hus increased to 000,000. [This ls tho last ?lay when sui bsc ri li lt ioilH were recei vaille, but th.) purtles Interested will probly be allowed tu ciuno in il' they desire to do ito, and Ibo capital stock can bo increased tn any amount. Tho prime object of the company ??* to obtain control ol' :i majority of tho stock of thc Routh Carolina Ituilwny Company and to -ecuro sulllcieiit funds to tnko thc Hooting debt, this hus nlrotldy been accom pli shed, ?md :ill doubts ns to the sid velicy of the Soul ii ( 'a roi i na Kail way Company uro thus removed. Tin' parties who ba ve subscribed to tho Carolina Company uro the sumo ns tho present owners of the Hallway company, and there will bo no einliefe of management so lar ns appears at present. There doc not seem to bo any likelihood of any chungo of control or nd m In is? t ret ion, and t ho now organization seems to have been directed main ly to secure this result. lt is possiblo that the concentrat ion of control in tho new company muy moko it easier hereafter for any purtles, so desiring to obtain tho control, but it docs not appear that there is mtv movement nt present looking to flint object. Prohibit ?on in Greenville. Thc executive conimlttoc of the Prohibitionists htVVC announced determination io make thc coining ?a in pa ?gu a tc i n pc rut o ?ind moi I ra te one. Kvory effort will of course be mudo to bring out tho Prohibition vote, but there will bo no general canvass, no public fuss and parade. Tho election comes off On Mn rh 14 und since the Anti pa rt y is not likely to enforce ;i demonstrative campaign, it,Is probable thal thu election will bo wanting in the de moralizing feat tiros (hat have char acterized simular elections in other counties. for the blood, use li. IS. lt. Kor scrofula, use II. P. P>. l'or< atari Ii, use P.. 15. P.. Por rheumatism, uso ll H. ll. Por kidney trouble, use Ii. H. H. Por skin disensos, use IJ. II. M. For eruptions, uso H.P. H. Pur all blood poison, usc P. P.. H. Ask your neighbor who has used ll. P.. tl, of its merit, l let our book free lilied with olrtlfleatOK of wondorful euros. ll LOO I) HA HM CO., Atlanta, (?a. Por .VnP. by TUA VN ii A M A DIAL. _ANNorXt'KMUN'fS. POI" Seiinle. I ?m a candidate for thc offlcoof Sen? alor for Laurens County . low i? NV. Ri MK I NS. Notice to bona fide Confederate SO LD IERS, Till1' application of sold ic for pen? alone? under an Act of tho General As sembly, approved 88d Doe., 1887, are no* tfflod that revised blanks cnn ho had hy calling at my ellice. This noeos-dtntoa a now beginning, and a different method lo the ilrst Hitggostod by tho Comptroller General. o. w, sn LU., Clork of Court. Patents. Caveats, Trade Marks and Copyrights Obtained, and all oilier business in tho I'. S. l'aient O fl lou attended to for .MOO KI t AT K KKHS. < Mir olHee is opposite tile I '. H. Patent O fHco, mu? wo ?an obtain Paton tu In los? time tlum tboso remote from Washing lon. Send Model or Prow lng. Wo advise as to patent ability tree of ellar go; and WO make no charge unless wo Obtulu Paient. We refer here to the Postimister, tho Supt. of Money Ordor Div., and thc offi cials ot thc r.s. Patont Orneo. Porolr culur, iitlvlco, torms und references to aetual clients in your own State or ( !oillll V, W rite lo <\ A. SNOW. Absolutely Pure. This Powder never '. aries. A marvel of purity strength and wholesomeness. Moto economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold in competi tion with tho multitude of low lest, short weight ilium or phosphate pow dors Sold only in CANS. ROYAL RAK INO Powder Co., HW Wall Street. N.Y Lunns on approved Farm Lands negotiated. Reasonable time and easy terms. Apply to C. 1>. BAItKSDALE, Attorney at 'Law. Laurens, ?S. C., Jun. 17, 1888-Om 1ST. 3- EC^.J^TLIfi ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS, S. C. jarT-Ofllco over sloro of W. L. Royd. r T 1 '. ^."gae- JJ g._c . -t o i' ll AVf NCI opened out a full Uno cf STAPLE ANO FANCY OHO CE Iv I ES in tho town of Lauren*, \.>. ?-?..pectfully invito tho buying public, to call and ste us. We propose to carry everything in the way of plantation supplies, such as Corn, Bacon, Flour, Meal, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Larc!, Rice, Grits, Plows, Plow Stock0, Plow Bolls, Single Trees, Hames, Traces, and everything usually carried in a first-class Grocery Store, all of w hich we propose lo soil al very close prices. We would call ipecial attention to our line of Laundry and Toilet Soaps. Having bough! in large (plantilles, wo cnn odor --peci.il induce*' incuts to dealers as well s consumers. Our lino of Toilet Soaps i* complete, prices ranging u\>m L.'"> cents a cake down to Circe cakes for .') cents. John M. ('lardy, salesman, would bo pleased to have bi.s friends and acquaintances tocal! and see him. K& iff A \ VJ) il MM VJ? 9 FOWLER BLOCK, SECOND DOOK BELOW GRAY <v SULLIVAN, I ? U RENS, S s C s Jan i" ly ls Floating to t?ie Breeze, but it will be a colder day in August when r p ? fr ? Is Tinder sol ci on Staple and Paney Groceries ! TO Ibo citizens of Laurens County I announce that my steer of goods, consisting of Flour, Meal, Corn, Bacon, Molasses, Grits, 'Sugar, Celfee, Bice, and everything usually kept in a first-class Grocery House, has just arrived frosh from tho great dealers. Cigars and Tob?ceo a specialty. All 1 ask is to give mo u trial. Tho goods aro hero and rauat be sold. Politest attention Will bc given to customers, and every article guar anteed as represented, at w. a p, Fowler's Block, - VJ Laurons, S- C. Jan. 17, 1 sss-fhn. RVIOUNY??1M BAR! WHEN YOUCOMETO LAURENS GO TO ? MOUNTAIN BAR.WHERE YOU WILL GET THE NORTH OAROLITSTA. SWEET MASH CORN WHISKEY. In TH? Bendena. Bar A. M. RHYNE & Co CLOSING OUT SAL ; OF CLOTHING! .:o: T_.. E p s t i n, In Columbia Hotel Bio ole WILL Offer groat burg.'.Ins in fino roady-mudo ('lol bing, flats ai,d (lent's Fur nishing doods mutti below <. lat in order to change my business. The (tootlamust iMi Holoregardless ol'co?t. H will pay everybody to write for juices. Hamplcu sent by Kxpress r. <>. M. with privilege to oxamfne the saino nod return at ship pers'oxponao. Matisi.'.'siion guaranteed. Don't IOHO thh< opportunity when you ?re in Columbia, fall and examine my goods for the Holidays before purchasing. L. EI>HT1N, Columbia, ti. C.