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Wie Advertiser. 3Li OO .A. XJ . Humor tells of u big Wedding lu tow n next moni h. Mrs. Sproul, ol' Home, (?a., is visiting in town. Miss ellenor So I ho rt, of t he Tu m'tl lng ghouls neighborhood, is visiting friends in town. "Thorough HUHS" will timi ti h um in tliis ellice i?y culling A lillie green, hf ir ?111(1 their,- was tin? Ollly celebration of (ho good Saint Pat rick's day ill Laurens. Hov. Charles Todd, of Chill lotto, N. < '., visited his Histor, M rn J, < ? (.'.Heming, last w eek, Tho Greouvillo rond has a nen locoiuo Uve, in piuco ol tho one damaged by tho collision. Will tho Southern l?xprosn Company ovor gi*?-? us a delivery wagon, or un up lOWII oilier? Mr. NV. II. Pranks hus boen appointed Deputy f. S. Marshal al this pl ?ce. ami offenders against "lucie Sam's'' laws Will ?lo well to keep a sharp look-out. Mr. N. A. Voting was recommended by < 'ongroHsinnu ferry to bo Post Master nt Clinton, lo lill Ibo vacancy caused by the death ol' Mr. Hell. Mr. J. N. Wright has the linesl and fat test white ow I lo he lound. Ile is proud Of tllO bird tllld takes m eat pleasure ill showing ii to his friends. A negro in Kdgcllcld ixol II verdict inst week ngiihiHl I Ito Augusta A Knox ville Railroad for $1,000, tor injurie-; re eel veil while e rossi ng the track. M inter A Jamieson ure nover behind in bringing forwnril their btirgHiiiH. They are now running a mammoth stock . d'shoes at prices never equaled in this market. Mr. Willie Anderson, ol' Spartanburg County, is over ill Laurens with a view ? of localing. lt is Mr. Anderson's pur pose lo huy a lot in low ll and also a farm in this ( oimt v. TIM: A nv i: UTI s KU was in error last Week in stilting tittil Koppel Urns, had lost ono of their Texas ponies. The fact ls (hoy uro all hale lind hearty and ai r Working lik i veterans. Wu call tittontion to the etli'il of Dr. c. I.. Poole, w ho has just graduated from a Medical College with distinction, ami now oilers his services lo the citizens (d' this community. A genllomnn walked into lite store of Capt..I M. Philpot a few days ugo and ate HOVOU boxes ol'sard ines with crack ers in proportion, and it was not a good iluy lor outing sardines either Mr. .1. A. ( lardy, the omcicnl mail a?',-ii' on the Laurens A Colutubitl Poad, has secured a rest for a few (lays, which, after a continuous run of four months from 0:45 il, ut. to 10 p m. is much en joyed We call attention thia week to (he an nouncement ot t hal wide-awake Colum bia olothing uiorchnut, M. L. Kimmi, He carries a full stork and gtuiruiitccs (ho Lest of attention to customers. The Hpnrtnnhurg branch has c<piiil facilities and koeps fully nbroahl with tho nowosl styles, Complaint was hied in tho (MUri of Common Pleas on fri lav last hy Mr. lt I-'. Hill against I Ito Poi'. Royal and Western Car.dina railroad for HIO.O.HI for tho accident ol' gotitllg his log broken In u railroad crossing In this conn ty. lt is claimed 'hat thc road was improper ly constructed over th - highwny, and this neglige a (ai lcd lo his injuries. The claim will, no doubt he contested. Married. At the rosiilone i ol'tho bride, Mareil ht, ? 18SS, Mr. Charlie Work man, of Lamons county, and Mr.. I Inti lo ...ukin ol New berry county. "A Model Match." Tills was the subject of ono of Prof, A. Coko Smith's finest lectures, which ho delivered her?? on I'riday evening for thc bonoflt of tho Parsonage Aid Society, of tim Methodist Church. Thc lecture was well alten led and well received. Sum <fotlOH I'.M ursloil 'I'he (ll'conville A Laurens Railroad have arranged an excursion from this placo on Thursday ovonlng t.? hear (he loo turo of Ham Jones on "(lil There" Train will leave Ihodopol herc ai.r>:.c, p. m., und arr.vc in (Irocnvillo at 7. Leave Uroanvillo lOtau, arrive nt Lau rons 12. Tho fare from this place i? GOo., <?ra.v Court, lo,-., Pou n lal n Ino, :;. te., HI topsoil ville,dOe,, Mauldin, 2?o. A ptirty from Lotiront* v*. i 11 "UH 'I hern." V. M. <*. \. This organization has taken a deep and permanent hold in Laurens. Las! week (lie Association elected thc follow ing of ficers: N. J. Holmes, President; J. A, Crews, 1st vice-President ; T. |{. Wright, 2d Vieo-Pre?udcnt ; ( I. J. Kelly, Secretary and Treasurer. Itooms on the publie square, over store of .1. 11. James, have boen secured, and the furniture for fur? ulalling them, has 1)0011 ordered. A hnndsome sum has already Ix en sub oerlbed, and during tho iioxj fow days tho cnnvasslng commltleo will prosoeute their work with Vigor, and hope to real Izo a HUtHel0lll amount to supply good se lections nf literature, Insides making tho hall comfortable ltook'PIokorNon a ?trike. Last week tho twenty negroes who woroongngod in piling rook along tho Greenville ?v Laurens Railroad nour Fountain Inn concluded to strike, ami seventeen of the mt 11100r joined. The aovontcii strikers came bark to (own, ?ml later in the dav joined in a free Unlit among ihcinsclves and for a (?me there seemed a probability Of Usc Cily Cou n ell getting rook picked free The maller, however, WM stopped In Hs Incipiency by police, and Alhert Williams and Bil* hu Huber were Unod by tho Mayor. A full fore? of hands were immediately fcc-eurod io (uko the pince or tho strikers, and thus tho preparation for maendu tnlslng our street progrosso?. Oar Itcpol i of i Ito Mn?, it ls (ho desire of TUB AD VI-: UTI KKK t<? givo n riiillil'ul ?roport of.looul events. Our statement In I'Oglil'tl tn the lire last week, which . -:i11 ? ii lori h A cant from Prof. Pro uk P.vans, ('ii|iltilli, wnsobtalll od Ilium dliiloly'nlloi' Ibo Uro from au of lieer lu clim go of t hc engine. Mr. lOvnuii says it i< "nnt true," lind wo presume tho officer in ollUI'gO was mistaken. One 111 ist ilk0, howovor, \vi? lake pleasure in COlTCCtillg, IM tiltil tho Nelson tire was tho Ural work of tho engine. Thc tire at tho Hall building waa tho llrst, and tho ollleionl work of Ibo eoinpany was ro porteil in Tm; A nv ian is rai in an arl lelo In a (punter of a column. At this last liroit was evident thal Hie engine did not work aa a machino in good repair should. Not knowing the cause tho re porter sought those in ehai'go und from thom received Ihooxncl repm t published. If tills ia "liol trill ."then I he I ila nie must rest w here it belongs. lt would have af forded Til 10 A nv ia: usia: ni neb please ?o to sa?.- that the lireiuou succeeded In pul tlngoul the lire ul once, hui tho facts would hardly warrant auch n remark. They worked faithfully after Hulongine hogan playing, bul Hie fuel romulus that Um house was burnell by reason of i ho ilolay of tho oiivclne, Medio..'. (ho I'Jxecut Ive Com mil tee ol' I lie ?.amen- ( 'oil nt J III Ide Society, Pu ran an I lo a call of tho President the Kxeculivo t'uuimittco net the tot lt nf M ai Oh. The ma I ter of i ho unniveraary mool lug of the Laurens County Hilde Sooloty was taken up, amt on motion the 3d Sunday in April nc xl was selected aa tho day. On motion Hov. T. IL baw. District Suporiiilendaut of tho American Hilde Society, and President .Ins. IL Carlisle, ot WolUird CoHego, were Invited lo do livor addresses on that nee isslou. . ni motion Hie following programme for Hu-day was adopted. ( This will bo published nexl week.) lt Wils th elded lo hold the lllltlil crsary e (cre?aos in tho Methodist Church. l cordial invitntmu is extended to all pastors of elm relics and oiler ministers in the County lo meet willi us, ami to send del?galos to tho mooting, Wc w ill Kindly provide oulertaiiiuioul for nil w ho muy iiltuud. Send luimos to cither of i he u iideraigned. <?n motion it wnfordered thal these pr.cdings lie published in tho Count s papers. s. H. TODD, Pi os'l. CL ll Iv K, See., pro loni. Quoei' < 'oiiibiiiul lou, A o'tlored man who hulls fr?.m Wash ington, i? c -a curious combination of political sp aker, pren sher, and patent medicine peddler, i- in tow II. I >n Sid ur day evening he mounted the rostrum on Ibo public square, and dosed his hearers to some sound nd vi.m tin' political Is sues of the day, alVeetiiig to his race, ??o ex horn..I (beni lo hoed Ibo counsel ol' their real friends the white people, ami advised them lo se.-k Ollueittloil. Ile said thal the negroes hail been (old I Ititi Ibo Democratic party in powor incant II return io slavery, bm thai tho Cleveland Administration lind dispelled such ti thought if it evor obtained in tho minds of the ignorant. I m sunday he preached tho Cospel ami Mon lay medicine, while on Monday uluhl ho gave a slight-of lum I performance Wonderful negro he is. CU NTONi "J." Burial ot Mr Bell Had a Hand tn the Training of Mr Hannuh---Hr Workraae'n -Interesting Exercises by the Young Bukosnilans Many Newsy Paragraphs. The funeral of nur miieh esloeiued friend. W. H. I'.-ll, w a- holli oil Tuesday. iii ll o'clock. Ito*.. W. P. Jacobs soloed il for his tex; on the occasion Kal her, (Mb < 'linptcr, ia!ter < lan>?e of i he Bili verso! "Thus shnll it In- done lo the mau w hom the King delightoth lo honor." Titi illseoiirso was in the form of a blogrnphy and eulogy, touching upon the mani- no llie trull of character of our il.used brother. The congr? .:at ion uns (ho I a ru oSl 0VI r seen in Clinton on siieh au is'eil sioll, au I HlO fool i Hg Ol sa Ile s -i \ erv deep throughout the entire audience, 'flu Knights of Honor, ol which Mr. Hell was a prominent month ir,e inducted the cor ombilics al the ur.o e, According lo their rimal. Pros. (I, H, McCrayy, W. P. bai ley, D, T. Copeland, f, ll, Compton, P. lt. ferguson and .1. P, I'carson acted us pall beat ei s, Our eouiaiunit.v feels as If it wns in a void, ami Hint in ile- loss of auch a ellison na William ll, Hell, We lin ve sust ni nod ii los* willoh will be \ cry hard lo n pair. Hy the de.uh of Mr. Hell th post lillico hero ia loft vacant, mid "f i oni se Mero W ill be o? i arne a olforl made to HOCH rc a good lunn in his placo. Several persons have Keen spoken of ?ind IIIOI'O than Oll(i petition kn., already ni forward lo Hie propor depuiimeul ni Washington. lt si ems i min the papers thai our old friend iJco, 11 minali has reached high dis tinction us n cotton planter. Wo know a|l about Cleorgo mid his good Indy, bul Ci oss H ill must not claim lill of him. OUI Seulllelown chitins lo linvo had a hand ill Iiis I ruining, a.id presumes th.it h" knew a unod deni a bon I cotton raising before he loft her holders. Pri? lids in Cl i n Imi ure lu receipt of Into loiters from .LC. Copeland, who is spend ing some time in Florido, on nccotmi of his he.lilli. All will 1)0 pleased In kltow thal bc Instill illlproi iii";. M. S. bailey's new planer and mould cr arc in podlion and are doing JTOOil work. Mr .i.'f. bishop lats moved Into I Ito liouso recontly occupied by tl"' fruilly|of Mr. Wt T. Crows, and Mr, Crowa'a lani i Iv lune niOVOd tu Laurens. Mrs. J. liarles Wofi'. rd, ?>f Woodruff, Who has been visiting in ( linton for some tillie luis returned linnie Our yoting fiend T. J. ClrlfTliij who oc cupies an import.mt position as tele graph operator in Alabama, has been hOinO sick fbr sollie time bill luis li'l'iiV erod and gOllO back tO III W >rk tit Henty IHIoii. Mr. Thus. M. Workman, the original Inventur nf thc telephone, la in our SOO timi w ith his saw mill and traction on Kino and is doing tlrst-class work. Tho Eukosmlons, a young litcrnry so ciety of the Clinton Coll?ge, aided by thc Clinton Cornet Hand, aro nHording our uiliftona splendid pastime In tho ahupe of mixed literary and musical ont I moats on every (friday nvonlng. Tho lir.-t ortho Si flos Waa ?I lecture by Kev. .I. 15. Perrott, subject! "Tho Classics." Amt it ia but slight praise to ; ny that ov orybody was dolighlod. A debato i>.\' ll iel ul ie r Mil't he society fol lo weil r sub jcet : .?should tho negro he oducnt'id". Mr. s. c. I ty rd presided ?it thu d?balo ?iud de cided io (heatlirinativo. Theticeoud loo ture in tho series was hy Kev. \V. P. J11 eohs, subject: "Tho three great oitioH of tho world." Tiio lecturer Invine; seen with his own oyos bondon. Purls uad N-.'W York, WUK Of course ahle to pill ll I sollie magnificent word piotitrcs, as well as by the aid of u'sploiulid HlercHcopo, to H!IOW lo other oyes what Iii-* own hail seen. Al each of these rvcuillft enter- j taiiiincnts thc hand furnishes tho music. ; It ls contemplated lo eon t Inno t beso fri day oven i Hg lectures and ilobtltes, and as ('linton has ao much good lecture nude rial al homo she will liol goiihroutl for aid until sho hus exhausted her homo supply. IO I > ION, ON Vsl i s, Plourtsblng Sunday School An Improved Church Building- -Swapped n Horno for a Partridge Not. The Kubill) ('reek Sunday School is in n lloiu'lslilng.comlilion. Tho school has a' >ui sovontv scholurssupei'iutomlod by our lilgely esteeineil friend Mr. I?. Ma ha Hey. Messrs. T, .1. Wutkinu A Co., tho con iruetorsof Itubun ("reek Churcli, hnvo completed their job b\ civim; ii a now roof. So next lol us pul blinds nu thc windows und paint it and make a new one nut of an old one. Mr. .las. Ttiinbliu swapt II purl ridge net to Dr. (?ilkerson, of Tringle, for a ! horse and gol one and a-h ill* bushels ol' oula lo hoot, he then carried il n> I'recii J ville and sold it for twelve and a half dollars. |lr. lhere arc a few moro par- ( j (ridge nets mer here If y?u hnvo tho I horses lo swap for them. This ls gol m; n bule out ofiht\ lerrilo ! ry, bul Helton I Just want lo lol you I I;now that I know something about il, Mt ssra, J. Il A Willinm Ahcrerontble hnvo improved Illili* pl nco hy digging u well close lo their (11 il i ll a room. I The wheat and oula sow n in tho full are looking line. The heall ll ol' t he coll 1111 ll 11 i I V is very j gOOtl at I he present writing. WA TIO lt LOO. I*.11.h. I Mrs. Mah liv McDlllliol, of Maddons ia spending sonit) tiu.o with li ? daught er, Mrs. Dr. Henderson, of I Ills place. j Miss Rv a Cunningham, of Maddens, I \ isited friends herc ??ist w eek. I Mrs. T. N. Parks, who hus hoon visit ting relut! vos in lOdgolieid, lins returned bum i. j Mr.a d Mrs. C.,I. Hunt, of I,aurons, j are spend i Hg SOUK i nue with lte\ . U, W, ? Soy moor Mrs. S. lt. rToilllllg and Mrs. IO. s' (Mumd'or, ol* Augusta, (la,, visited Mrs. T, J. lloyd last week. A committee composed of IllCUlhi rs of the d?neront Mothodlsi churches ol this ' circuit md here tor tic purpose of loon i Hug a pino o lo build npiirsounge. After I some discussion over the ma (tor 'he , ooinmillee decided lo build upon the hu j tendered by Maj. T. 1? Aiidorson w hich j is the most suilahle place, as ?imple i ground fur t lie ince - arv pa's turi-, gurdon and ether patches are made in his oller, i while others hm e none of these neees si! los, The picture man from billi l'eus, wc hour, will give tho people of this town II ntl vicinity n chunco ere long in hive their piel ores taken. .\ s he \\ ill only bo here a few days thoso wishing pictures I siioiibt avail Ihumsol ves of I lie opportti I inly Coiniiieneo now, like some of the young men, ti split your hair in the middle and make other necessary ur-I la ll peinen l s so HO til i av will IM- ItCCOSSll ' ry. Wo learn of mumps and some other ; minor diaeasoa m this s.-et i ni, t thor wise i health is good. Tl al lt I,I Ntl SHOALS, NV. Ai NV. Interesting Neighborhood Nov; .i Notus Partners at Work A Painful Injury En dorsing Our Vlowa the Convlct^Qucatlon The people ure all v cry busy preparing (heir lauds for planting, and I think that theie will he a Inrgoorop planted. Tho farmers of lids iiolghhurhood aro buying as much guano this v. ar a^ i vor i before. Mr. c. M.Sullivan ls certainly wonder fully improving Ids Heida. Hu la ju-t literally covering them with manure. Koop on Mr. M. and you will Ind'uluio yen s he rowarded for your i iou hie. Mr. .lohn M. Wood, who received a painful injury lo his loga fe y wooka ugo is, iii the present Willing, si ll hnprov big. Mr. N. r. Wood is HOW (etehimra two j month's school ul the Mt. Pot bel aendc I my. Thu pulroiia are all w . ? 11 plonscd with him. Dr. W. H. Smith I? living with lil? fa (hi r in law, Kev. W. A.(Murk. Tho doc tor has a large practice. I heartily egree with v on Mr, (Iii rt lug toii ?is io working the convicts on Hu public ronda, Nothing moro useful could he done wit li thOIII, Homebody's suck-ogg-dog bas been ' prowlingnroiind m.i lol some lime. I went to the burn yesterday ami found twelve Ogg-ahells sucked as dry as a spoon. Look mit dog. bruit in this neighborhood is greatly damaged, if ito! all killed. Miss Sallie Modlock, of Ci rcouwood, is up visiting relativos, Wo oxtotid to her a hearty welcome. .d'bint your corn and plant your cot? tt ll. Plow your horse too, hut fcod him well: (.runt, groat! and swear, and get hot un' Mad, 'lill inn hear thc dinner hell. That's the way of 'em all. Many a flinn goes down under tilt; slings and arrows of an outra geous fortune, because if hit by one I Of tho arraw s lie lilis up willi thu I slings. "NVhat do you publish n paper for, I'd like to know ?"s:ireust i illy III? (piired an irate politician, tackling u country editor. "For Ifi a year, in advance," res ponded ibu Jod i tor, "und you owe for lour years." A Voit-?' l'riiiii Mt. PIOUKIUIt. Kdltor laurens Advertiser! As thc season has again rolled aroiind, whon Un? people shall exorcise their righi of franchise lu tho selection of r p r oso u I at i voa ol' < lovornmont and state an well as choose subord?nalo ofUccrs, wo deem il necessary and altogether ri^ht and propor thal tho merit and capacity of such should bo discussed. Ni? man should bo supported lor any position ho is not capable of lilling, ami no maa should aspiro to any position of honor or trust unless bo can iintlelpale thc need ol'tin' pooplo and de aide tu mouhl public op! v lon. Col. John W, Ferguson is tho onibodi nienl ol'thosa re.pii.sllos, mid IIIKCUIIli ly would ::;_>,: i i I. led hollOI'Oll willi him as their representative Konator. And to thai end wo appeal to him to allow bis lr ?em I s tho opportunity of nguiu express ing their eoillhlcnco and to .?how their appr?ciai ion ol' his services. Col. Ker KU son ls conservative mid not ti ii tn Incl 1*111 of the rights ol ibo people, and If elect ed to Ibo Senate would guard strictly the least ni torcst ol'his constitu ency. wc would not say anything disparag ing concerning (he candidacy ol' any other gen I lcm an, hui 'vu desire tho pub lic io Imvo an opportunity of judging for thomsclvcs of their repr?senla! i ve servnnls. MT. Pl,K ASA NT. PrnSONAL. Jules Veruo i-i jusl GO years old. (ivorgc W. Cable proiiouaces his nanto Caw hie. Col. Itoh rt Ingersoll isonoof tho closest Rttldeiil < of 1. H Dildo in the "Jil I tod States. (III.., thc j.r mail king of l.avuria, is ilowly dying, Incited np in tho solitary east lo ?if I'lll'stelire .1 Kx-Mayor Carter Harrison, o? Chicago, has made a collucl i?.ii of nearly it loll ol fans in Japan and Siam. Senator Parwell, et' Illinois, was once a poor man himself, hui he now makes fiona day. Sii< h is bruins. I ?ord Tennyson is tunk luge Billilli fortuno out of his ?luiry produce. "Poet Irfiurouto" butler ls ono of ile - joy s of tho Isle ..f Wi. ht. Kin,; I 'itlltcl'lo, ol' Hilly, is still crippled ill las private mean . owing to enormous arrears ?.! debts h.- is pnyiiig for his Into faili.r. Postmaster Meyers, ot* Harrisburg, l'a., was continued by the Renato early in Jan uary, hm hu 'Iel not learn of tho lac! until a few days a,;... Congress has four inciul>cr.i who part their hair in thu middle. Two, belmont mid Hayiii r, ai.- I?, moerats, ami two. Phelps and Koit^-, m e Hcpiiblicaiis, Tit" astoiiishing statement is recorded Hint Justice t!ray has drawn 1,01)0 Kreuch novels from thc Congressional librar) since his ac cession t>> th" supremo hench. busts of President .ind MIN. Cleveland, made ..r pulp, to which iffttl.OIH) ol' tattered euri, te y h is IKH-II redit, e l. are for sal" in the corridor* ..i ibo ? 'a pi lol ai Washington. The r. igllili:; Pl'tllCO "I' Monaco, wlio is HUH in, i. blind. Ile lives principally nt his chulcan of I..- Mai? hais, nn>I lie i ; rigidly careful in his expenditure, although lils for tuno is S'.IOO.IHKI \ . ar. Ainsworth lt. SjMiirord, the librarian ol congress, ts Oil years "l.t. ll*- is of slight physique and dark complexion, with iron (.lay whiskers. Ilia memory is tho most wonderful thing nlxuit the capital. Josef I lof luann, tho Infant prodigy, hus gained eight pounds white ho lms I.u in America and has given four eoiu-erts a week, thu average ni-eiplsof which, according to Manager Abbey's testimony, have hoon over fJ.?O.? a concert. Kx Prcsitlcnt MeCosh of Princeton college is now devoting himself lo literary work. H.- is ni wuri; on n volume tn he entitled "Kirsl or Kiiiidatneutul Principles," which ho thinks will h.- th<- most enduring of his achievements in philosophy. Jam.-. H IO ell Lowell was (ii) years of ugo on tho i. Washington's birthday, lu a i*o ( .-nt letter hu says; 'I had the misfortuno t.. IK) hoi n on iii . I, and (hus to ho brought hilo com? iel i timi "iee a your with the most llllglist Ivar, in our history." Over six feet lu height, with a manly face, straight ic ., bright blue eyes, anti a mouth of remarkably delicate slia|ie, fringed, not hidden, hy a brown mustache, skilled in all athletic ...ports, ami famous al !H -sn.-li i.-i a r.m description <>t Mr. K. Marion Craw ford. When tho K.in?H>ror William celebrates his til-; hirthdtij in March, every soldier in tho great Cerumii army will ho presented with th" Kaiser' biography. Tin.t >>i the work is t.. he defrayed bj pul.lie sii!>scrlplioii, and th liane , of thc suhsorlliers will all IM pr,..."lite.I. hoini.l. to tho cmiK-ror. J060pll I li Ullin I killi hu:, lilllie elli etioll ci orchids which i-i valued nt t.W,000. II? Inti I? en lulcri'stcd in orchids for Hie last twelve years, and is ns lea nie. I in llorlciilturo ii> h -is in tho ?letalis jiertainlng tiMHxKlsb. H. * orchid conservatory nt Highbury is lighted hy electricity nial tho Honrs aro hi I. o I w uh un ?aii-s. CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE. Mn. Jamos Posb'r, of Piuixstitawiioy, Pa., '.n a grandmother nt tho age of JW, John J. Wlntc, who ilitsl at (billin, Ha., was horn, iNtpti/cd. married and died ..n Hie Rovcntli daj ol th.- month, Ono thousand polrsof {(?lopcrn gloswsof. forcd for salo in Now York oitj wore found to have IHM i ju-i KOVOIItCOll cents per pair. Two Nashville mon went t>> law ni HUI) a job of work tl it was worth IIIKHII Roventy-ilvo ec a . and R|K'id $7,000 boforo tho matter waa Settled. A Harden City (Kan.l ?al, which is tho mollieroi Ihrco kittens, Ima rcoontly a<loptod two yoting rabbits ami threoyoung race.Hins, which she brought m from tho woods,and ia bringing Up thc whole lol in paths of feline propriety. Thc I'll t il cc ol'(he Soul h. Memphis Al al niche. With everything Hie ovorfull North lins, mid needs of n now world for enterprise und expansion, Hu re is t'i lc -nell M development te thc .south duringtlie next twen ty-il ve yours us tho world never be fore heard of. Tho rush and scram - ldc and overwhelming of I nd list rial waters niny not come iIii-, but what California saw a Mille ol'in 1840 ls to lie a mighty torrent nil down multi ibo valley- an.I thc plains of the Slates South of the Potomac und 4 Hilo. .lust About (he Si/.e ol' lt. \ DolaWArC II? raid.'; Tho neatest answer to tho charge thal revenue reform in ea ll S reduc ed wages for HID Liborcr, is repor ted by the Providence .lom uni as having been madobyan Irishman, to whom a mill owner said: "I\it, don't you vote thc Democratictick et. It is ?i free trade ticket. If that parly w ins, your wages will bo reduci d." "Devil trust yo now," exclaimed Put. "If that's si ye'd vote it yourself!" Puttrick ls cor ! reet. Homier r.nd lil* Contributor*. When I llrst wrote for iii?-' Ledger Funny Fern si ?ll lived, long before she hud helped to make ii [lopulnr, mid she wrote for it until th - day of her denth, tlhliosl literally, dictating win n sho could no longer UM- the |H>II. To-day u photo graph of the iK'uutIfni monuinenl whick Mr Donner erected over her grave hangs upon the lillico wall, Alice Cary used to come gliding in in those days with her poems in au envelope, dark eyed and ro mantic, with her oki love story written Upon a face that must once have been handsome. Sometimes I saw Mrs. South worth, a dignified elderly Indy, lier ' Hidden Hand'' lind been one of the great hits of The ledger in ils earliest days. Hen. Gran! used to enter ibo sanctum sometimes, I believe, and his lather wrote lihou) lihu. A picture cabed "Taking thc Heins.'" representing Gen, tirant ami .Mr. Hourn r lieh I nd Dexter, hangs on The I Ledger wall. A very impressive looking i man sometimes emerges from the inner ellice, lt ls Mr. Oliver Dyer, who once upon ti time made himself famous hy writing iibottl the wickedest man in New York. I liad almost forgotten two of tho old Ledger writers, .Mr. and Mrs, Frances Gorry Fairfield, They used to enter gayly linn i:i arin. 11 is inns;ache was waxed I and pointed. She wore gay gunin nts. i Ile l aii ied a cane; she a parasol. Fach i held a manuscript under (he arin. They ! looked as free from care ns a pair of 1 young Parisian lovers on a summer holi day. Aloin ten years ngo their clever j ontrihlitions and their natty ligures van I ?shed from Thc L< deer ollloc, and a little I w hile Kineo I icad id their double suicido. Knowing death must soon part them, ! they preferred lo die together.- Mary ! Kyle Dallas. The Singer ?>r Topical Kong*. There isa popular Impression that ii is thc singing comedians w ho make the top ical songs what they are, simply by their manner of rendering them, by ibo cross eyed look-; and the Inflections of voice which they originate and introduce. Hilt this isn't so. If il singer has goes I verses he ClUI make I hem go and get his lillie applause. lint if the verses are had he can look UH cross eyed ns be may please 'and can neal ter the most unique inficc [ lions from one end of the song to the [ other und turu himself Inside out and Hie Verses will never he anything hut the Hallest of failures. The lan dis don't Come, and he cali'l do anything except pray for bolter verses. Hui giving the authors three parts of the credit tor writing a brilliant verse, the remaining portion maybe safely given to a comedian who brings out the author's meaning in an unctuous manner, with good voice, dist incl ciiiuiciatIon and com ical facial ex pression j a had comedian without true sense ol humor might spoil a capital verse, whereas a good one w ould hiing out all thc points given lum hy the author and many innes even more hy the original individuality of his rendition. New N orie W orld. ladle I) rn ml fl in Mexico. K vcr y cattle owner in Mexico aas bis brand, niel these brands are registered and rigidly adhered lo. They arc the proofs ol' ownership, thc titles to the scat tered herds. When a man sella cat He he pills Oil tin nillo! salea facsimile of thc brand. Often Hie seller luis what be calls a selling brand, which lie puts on after his regular brand when bc delivers Hie cattle sold. Brand atna1 brand goes nu un! il lhere ari- some veli rans of Hie herds which have changed hands several limes, willi hides hike a pan- of hieroglyphics. Urinals ure recorded as much as laud deeds, and in sottie of the states lhere arc laws w hich require a herd moving ont to he inspected, and the proper ( bange of brands to bc verified h> government oin? cia ls.-l'm-, i Hobo-Democrat. The Mexican C.OVCrutlienl Loan. The .Mexican congress recently author ized Hu- issue of e in..Vin, ni in, to.secure a loan to pay oil' portion of the govern ment's burdensome Heuling debt. An oder made hv a German hanker lo take C'1,(500,Ol?u of i he bonds at in per eelit. ivas rejected at llr.-t, be cause ol' Hie simd! percentage of fered, mid he.-.msc the government did not wish to divide the loan. The govern ment has finally decided lo lake thc (?cr inan banker's idler, and has under con sideration a furl her proposition from him to take the remainder at HO percent. New Vork Tribune, I hotlglll she ( lilied foi- it. The -.niall kid had taken one of those "buzzers" to school with him and was having fun with it. when the teacher Caitglll him al his Dcildisll work. She called him Iii inly to t he front and spoke to hint with Hu- most dignified severity. ..W here is your sense ot moral recti tude"-'' she asked, and the very sound of t he words awed I he scholars, The small kill v. it hout a w old battled out the "buzzer" tremblingly und laid it on tho desk. Ile never knew what Raved lum from punishment.- San Francisco Chron icle "I Uder tones." At the Public r.c.-fplains. Mrs. Cleveland lins a remarkable mem ory of faces She recently said to .Mrs. Ma\naid, w ile of Hie assistant secretary ! of the treasury, thal she had noticed at thc public receptions that some women Wera presented (wo mid three times i'm saute evening. "I should think," she said, "thai ihey might ha\c a little con sideration for me" I think Mrs. Cleve land would he perfectly just I (lcd in re fusing to shake hands willi such ladies. Washington Cor. Nen York Graphic A Colored len.ale l.uw>cr. Mrs. Mnry A. S. Cary. Hie colored female lawyer of Washington, I?. C., Is u very Intelligent woman mid nu aide de bat?a" on politics, and is endowed with ex traordinary conversai ional ability, sho was the originator und editor of Tho Provincial Frcomnn, a temperance paper published in Canada about thirty years ugo. - Dctnorest's Mi milly. "Nashj's" First Honk. Dr. lt. Locke, who died in Toledo tho other dny worth $ I,ftOO.OOO, set the typo for the Hist edit ion of his "Nashy" letters, published itt Indianapolis in 1808, Tho hook was a yellow covered pamphlet of inn page* and brought thc author between $100 d $200.--Now York Fvotilng Worl I. _ 'lin- lloaitg-llo'rt I".irak. A syndicale of French engineers lins contrai dod to stop the breach of tho Huang Ho river, whose overflow caused thc great disaster a short time ago. Chicago Herald. Clara Louise Kellogg has the whooping COUgll, She evident ly hcllc\ es iii pcrpel liatiug our "infant industries.'" Olva Thom A Clinuccl That Is to say, your lungs. Also ali your lue illili g machinery. \ erv wun di rini maohlnorv it ls. Not only tho larger A lr-passages i hid the thousands ot lit.le lula s nie cavities buding from 'hem. . .... When these aro clogged ami choked With matter which ought not to bo there, your lungs cannot half (lo their work. And what they do, they cannot do well. call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, (...tnrih, consumption or any ol tho ram? |lv ol' throat ami nose and head and lung obstructions, ail are bad. All ought to bogot lid of. Thero is lust ono sum ? av to got rid ot them. That is to tako Boschee/s Herman Hvritp, which fiBy druggist will noll yon atTfteonts. a .bott tc. F.von if everything ela? hus failed yon, yflH.nniy depend upon HUH (or certain. EUROPEAN JOTTINGS. A putout fur driving vehicles by electricity ls Baili t<> have been sol?l for ?50,000. William Piuloy, of Glasgow, hus started to wheol n liai row to Home uiul back. Ho liopoH to ?lo it within n year. In 1885 thc United Kingdom built 151 iron steamships and ISO of steel, in 1887, 83 uow ships were of iron and ??50 ot stool. . tumblers uro lulvisod to go to Monto ( 'ario. Tho luck lias boon running dvud against tho bank for soinu time, and u Mr, Dumont is said to hav?- won |,?(X),000 trunos. An minions.-1.lolivohos ju t boon com Btructcd at u Taris foundry. Its builder pre dicts that ii M ill realize an approximate speed of ninety-three milos au hour, Tho a? . limai i/a tum of t lu- soco I lcd "Ameri can*1 trout in Norwegian waters haslieoii very successful. Attempts aro now about t<> be made t<> acclimatlsce black kiss ohed tn ?I from America. Tho ?log corps in tho Kreuch army [a being carefully trained at Uelfort. Largo ?logs aro chosen. Kvory day tlioy aro shown soldiers in GoriilUli uniforms and taught lo Hy at thom on sight. The manner in which tho spruce and plue forests ot Norway are hoing exterminated is becoming so serious that the government is culled upon t?> pul u stop, hy legislation, to tll?> deforest UtiOll of the COUUi l'\ . Tho details ar?- hoing Rottled for transform ing the Hollian Korain, tho Palatino and tho hal hs of Caracalla into a grand arch teologiciil proiiiouudo planted with groves of trees. Tho bill authorizing the scheme waa passed last summer. Franco has taken up the eenterhoanl ques tion, A nat ional nautical authority says in L' Yacht that "tho day ls approaching when tho Yacht Kneing association w ill be obliged to yield to Hu- pressure of facts, which have triumphantly shown tho real worth ot' those sadly underrated boats." Hero is a staggerer for Ignatius Donnelly. A playbill has hei n discovered of tho Kil kenny Theatre (loyal in *'...! announcing tho performaii.>i "Tho tragedy ??t '1111111101,' original!) written and composed hy tin- colo bruted Dan Hayes, of Limerick, ami inserted in (Shakespeare's works." Tlw Pnrmcv*' Alliance I'd' Dc In.lex . rho farmers' Alliance is an or-j ganization which bad ?is tullin in tin- State nf Texas ab tit ten years 1 ago. In Hutt ?State il has grown ra pidly and taken a deep and strong ! ?mid which augurs well for its fu ture success. Interest in it lias boen maintained from the begin- | liing, and alter tim lapse often .years it is ?bund lobe still growing in i numbers ami influence. It lins spread into other States nf tho | South, ami ?a Louisiana and North j Carolina it bas met willi unusual success. Tlic last-named stale bas been well organized and lias sove ral hundred sub-alliance.s which ' count their membership Ly tens cf Ihotismuls. In Sou I h Carolina, so fur, little bas bien dime lowui'ds tho estab lishment of the organization in the various counties. Ii: Marimi County several sub itllianccs have been established ?iud j a county alliance bas been perice- '? ted. " W illi thc exception of one sub alliance in 1 lorry no other branches nf thc organization have been plan ted in Hie Stale. The spread of the organization and its growing inflii ence In thc community give It a power and prominence t ai de mand and deserve more Iban a 1 insslllg lint icc. A careful study of the constitu tion of the (ionci'il Alliance will, fail tn reveal one thing to which j reasonable objection can he made, [ts abjects,aims and purposes are st riet ly legitimate. More (han this they are laudable, and it" they ure 1 carried nut in the manner and sp!- ! tit eomlemplated by tim original leaders nf thc urbanizat ion they can ; luit promote thc interest nf ngricttl- j taral class ?11 every community. Its members are banded logetli- ' er fur Hintual improvement for ed ucation, f?>r tin' cultivation nf ni non-partisan spirit and in .suppress personal, local, sectional and na tional prejudices and all unhealth ful rivalry and selfish ambition. There can be no more laudable ' purpose than tins In pu organiza tion of (his nature. There is no disposition to antagonize other elas ses of people, Tho spirit ol' tho Organization is friendly lo all pro fessions ?md vocations nf men. Its < primary object, of course, is to im prove thc condition of thc fanners ol' t bc conni ry and lo promote their interests as much ?ismay bc poss i . , ldc, lilli does not seek thc COIlSltm- ? mal ion of (his end by working harm and injury to others. It recognizes thc rights ?un? privileges of oilier classes of citizens ami inculcates ?ind seeks to enforce the respect j due to every class and individual ol society. , The Alliance deprecates and 1 seeks to minify Ht"' prejudice which ' exist-, or i- supposed tn exist, be tween Hie different finisses of men, , and w hile it seeks primarily thc good .if nne class ?i < ult linnie object 1 is (be good (d' all thc people with out respect lo cla<s or occupation There is no hostility to cither mer chant, lawyer or banker and no disposition ol' desire tn do (lUgllt that would injure lite legitimate business ol' (hese or oilier classes. One c i i Hi cully t?? bc anticipated in thc introduction of this organi zation is the number of similar or ganizations already in existence in Hie Slate. In our own county ibis difficulty lins not proved so great a barrier ns it will provo in other counties ? whore the Urangeand ibo Agricul tural and Mechanical Society have a strong and influential following. Here these societies In? ,'o nearly ?ill passed nut nf active existence ?ind the Alliance hus practically im opposition. In some of thc coun ties, however, Hie Grange la still fairly strong, leaving little room for the introduction of new organiza tions with practically Hie same ob jects and purposes in view. Thc separation of the farmers ; into a number of distinct organiza tions will naturally give them less Influence than they would wclhllf united in one grent body. The other farmers' organization*, how ever, have failod to stand the test of time; tiley have failed, In u mea sure, to accomplish what was ex pected of them, hence thc deslro tor an organization practical in it* nature, broad and liberal in Us pol j icy anti promising practical results 1 in all Hs operations. M__ POWDER Absolutely Piure This Powder never varies. \ marvel of purity atrenuth and wholes mcness. Mote economical than tin' ordinary kinda, and omi liol ho sold in conipoli (inn with (lie m II 11 i i m 11- <>r low li st, .short weight aluin or phosphate now lora .Sold only in <*AN.S. UOYAI, IIAK INO Powder Co., KM) NV a 11 St root, N.Y ANNOUNCEMENTS. For Senate. I am ?i candidate for tho ? lllceof Sen ator for Lam i ns < 'ounty . Li: wis W. Si M KI NS. Capt .1. lt, III M UK HT, b\ citizens of Sullivan ami Dial Towuships i- rospot* fully Huhiuitled n> 111 ? - voters ol' Laurens I'onnl v as a eid.ilidati tor (ho ollloo ol' Stute Senator, subjeet to the ai - linn of the Primai y, Por dork ol' ( 'on ri. I would respeelfull\ announce myself ii candidate for the ofliou of < 'lerk of tho i 'nun for 1 ititi rena County, sui y? -cl lo tho Primai y Klee I ion. .1. WASH I Nt SToN WATTS, l or Vuililor. I respect Cu I ly iinuouuec m> ..elf as ?i condldatc for tho ofit.i < 'minty Audit or ul t ho approaching i ;> Stlmi. subject lo Hie result of (he I Min ia r\. ti. Ni. I Mt AN kS. M. Langston ls inion need as a oap didate for re-eleelloli to Hie ollloo <>t' County Auditor for Laurena County, subject to thc action of txe Primary. Por Trou KI i ri r, W. St i ITT K NP . I ll' ri - et I'ull.N pills himself before the voters nf Laurens County as ii candidate for I he oflleo of County Treasiir, - it l ?_ : ? ?.; tolhe Primary ?lection. I would respectfully ann i im ? myself a Candidate for tho olll.i County Treasurer,snlijoel to the prim irv. J. \V \ DH vN PKItSON, I would respect lu I ly present myself for rc di ellon to the ulllee ol' County Treasurer, subject io the Prim iry. .i i ? ll N II.COPKLAND. Poi" ScllOOl < oiuinissioiK r. I respeel fully announce myself as a candidate for School Commissi mer >ub |eot to tbe primary . T, p. nv |ti>. 'The friends of M. L, Itu Hock boin? ful ly sal islled willi bon lu (Ilse h 'll'gl ll Wt hu dallos of tho ofllco ol' Schoo! Conimls siouor for Laurens County respectfully nominate him for re election, Hiihjoot lo he Primary . I 'oe Sh"i ill I roapcclfully nunouneo inysell as a uandidatc for re . loot lon lo I ho o 111 co of sherill', suhiecl lo tho result of the I'ri uiary. IL I'. IIA LL HW. I respectfully announce myself ns u .andidute for the otb co <>l Sherill, J. W LANI (HID. 1 would respectfully announce my self as a candidate for ile i lillee of Sher ill'for Lamins (Nullity, subject to ibu Prl marv Hied ion , Cross Hill, s. ( . W. L. Tl ltN Kit, l>r. V. L. POOlii: Otfora his profoaaional sow ices u> tho ?liz? ns ol Laurens a ml vicinity. Cal?a promptly attended lo night and (lay, lillee over llnrdv are Stoi'i ol .1. I''. Mar lin ?V Co. f&- All culls iii . r itt sh lld be loft nt tho residence ol Dr. . T. r< . , The l0M Reliable" Still To The Front We extend thanks lo OUI" ti lends for llieir generous support through tho tali mid winter, and propose, by close buyT lug, close selling, und llrsl (dasi ?_, i > merit a coiitiminueo of lIto HnillO. The "one-tenth" bas grown lurgelv, mid we propose to got our legitimate shave of tho trade by sticking close io I ho alun c precepts. Wo IlllVO .1 full Illili of goods usually found In a (Psi clnsa Hardware Store. Those in need ol a Ita? sot', pair So I aso rs or II pocket Kulin Hhoiild call on us and got one ot tho elec tric, Kvery farmer Should have a Penning ton Hide Harrow, He c urt no w ithout lt also tho Parn.ora Pct. Doublo foot plow. All ow nora of Uno Knots should call ami seo how their (dd roofs eau he made ns good as new and thc new ones can bo prevented from over growing old, nt u nominal cost, Inflict,ottr lino is complete, in Hard ware Agricultural Implements, l'oints. Oils, Putty, Class, Ac , and wc uiiiko lt tn tho advantage ni ali buyoi s to give us a call. ('allon inn before buying your cook stoves. Can m?kelt to your inVorost, TOBACCO A NPKCI A L i v. We aro .Wonts for D.ipnnts eelebrnXod Rlflo and masting powder, ('tm auppj j our mei chant friends at factory prh'ofi*. W, Hi. BOYD. Wholesale and Kulali Haid wi.re store Laurena H, (Ji p?h. mu, im