The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 25, 1888, Image 3
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Mr, NV. A. Jamieson, who has sillier, d
from n severo attack of pneumonia, is
Improving.
Capt lind Mis. Grill'. Williams spent
yesterday In (ho city, Tho Captain is
looking unusually well.
Tho flinton ?inlf?iprise lins suspended
publication.
"New Spring sty lou are lovely," 1M W li it
tin: ladies say who haVO visited timi ash
Company's Km por lu ni this week.
No furnier cnn alford to ho without
Capt. I'Otorkin'sbook on feilen culturo.
Trice ."(? cts., al this ellice.
Dr. Hnrksdalo wont to Now York in
stead of Charleston aa published last
week")
''Johnnie, stop throwing rooks, you
Ullght hit a candida.c " said ail anxious
inothor the ?thor dav.
Thesoda water nu II arc now ki ?pl busy,
and Kennedy ?ros. and J. ll, Odell tiru
Bur Vi Hg all .1 eli. arie s in the lino ol' frozen
Hoods.
Wo regret In learn that Mr. N. o Ken
nedy, who hus been extremely iii for nov.
oral mouths i., not Improving, and .;<?
rions doubts aro ont arta", nod for his re
covery.
C. T. Mason's Son, thojowollor, w ho is
a brother of tho inventor of l hu Coil i"
Harvester, has soiuetbiilg now in his
show winnow whi.h nt tract s t!i p isser.
Kvorybody is busy and our streets aro
more qulot than they have boen for
months, l'ohoo ollleors lind tittie lo In k
after thu streets.
It ia hoped thal the oxelling political
oat*palgn will not detract from thc in
terest In our County Ka lr. Hy tho way.
how about those hud.) in . ?
Hov. X. .1 Heimos has .-?-..-?..>:t an In
vitation to preach four montas in Spar
tanburg during th? ansenee of Mr. W i!
son, the pastor, who .viii ira ve I during
the summer lu Kuropo.
It is oneouraglug to note the fuel thal
hoth the bauronsvillo Kouuillo College
and thu Male Aeudemy show II larder nt
tondaneo this .session than at any limo
In the pas; twenty years.
From ih>.- amount ol lumber which
pusses this place dally, consigned lo tho
Georgia Consti notion company, ii seems
that dose connection with Knoxville is
no loilgor ll dream.
Inasmuch as thc clinton Anniversary
takes place on th.? Uth of May, ( hair
man Sho I requests us to say that tho
dato of tin, I lo. mucra I ie Convention has
hoon changrd lo Kriday, May lilli.
It la with pleasure wo noto thu growth
of Laurens In tho fact that tho business
of nur post olll ?o now entitles it to rank
as a presidential olllee. Thoolningo w ill
nut bo made however, lor t? year.
Col. <;. W. Croft of Orconvtllo, paid us
n coll lust wee!;, willie III tow n Oil . . 11 i . - i I
business. Col. Croft, bosidos hoing ono
of tho most cftlcicnt ollleors in '"linell
Suin'.i" Herviee, ranks al-i> as ono of
the handsomest.
Mr. W. !.. Harris, who has ?poi I thc
paat four y oars in Oca I a, Kia., and Miss
Juno, a charmin}* daughter ol Mr. s, K.
Taylor, wee united in marriage on
Tuesday last, gis lng a complet.- sui ).ri io
to their friends as weil as ibo young la
dy's pal outs.
Founded upon the pervading spl ri' of
this place, wi have an abiding faith lu
the future greatness of Laurens. With
S
in thu next lew years wo arc lo ha?, o ga .
works, water works, n cotton factory
and oil mili, ami spoke and handi - fae
lory, a canning establisblucill and Va
rious other huprovcuta, too Humorous lo
mention.
From the AVir.%- und Courier wo loam
that mu Congressmen aro ondoa vori n ??
lo secure a mail ronlo from t!ii-, placo t->
Newborry, lt ia said also, that lour new
post oWccs arc lo ho mude. This will
undoubtedly ho it great convonlonco i"
all persons ulong thc line, and snell a
ronlo should have boon established l n ...
?Ko
Aco Iden tal I Ire.
On Wednesday last, a tonomonl house
on the plantation ol Mr J. IL I lanka,
3 |?2 inih s nom lids placo on tho I Iroon*
ville road was destroyed with content?
by lire. Tho liOUSO was occupifld by ne
groes, nm! w UH within twenty stops of
tho railroad track, and tho lix- being dis
covered half un hour after a Ulah rilli
triiiII passed leads lo ibo bolleftluil it was
probably caused from n spark from tho
engine. The loss was considerably
over a lin nd rod dollars, No insurance.
A Had Accidental Shooting",
On Saturday laut, Mr. Mossor Mabb ac
cidentally ?hot his brother-in-law Chap
man, mar Dabbtowii, in this county,
Tho facts aro ns follows: babb, Chapman
and Martin Al ororoillblo had boon to tho
Post Office, and lu going homo discos or?
cd a haw k, which they tried to follow.
In go|ng through a fonee Mr. Mahn, who
WHS hist to got over, hud a lille lu hin
1 and, which caught On tho fence and
discharged. The bnll entered tho body
of Mr. Chapman just above the hip, from
the rear, ami caine out below Illa last rib,
passing through the stomach. Koill
physicians have nttoitdod tho w ounded
man since tho accidont, and hnvo little
hope for recovery.
Bosnance In it.-ni Lifo,
Ono day last week, Mis> Li/./.lo, a
daughter Of Mr. V, B. WllOllU Of Water
loo, toft honte to como to Laure vs to cfo
MOHO -dumping. As tho Hain r-MOlied
thia place, howover, a gentloinnn iroin
Waterloo, who happened t<> hoon board,
noticed that Mite Wilontt did not got off,
and on returning homo, reported this
faot to tho father of tho young lady. As
Misa Wllotttt failed to return home, tho
anxious parents beeanio nnaasy and In
atliut? d search. The first tidings came
from a telegram sent by Mr. K. C. Him*
kins Ht ti tl np* Hitit Miss Wiluutt mid ono
I Le li. Thompson wire at Melrose, ?I Hali
Malien on tho Spi\l'tanblll>gt& Ashville
railroad Just over tho N. c. itu?, Mr.
Wllt'lltt mid Mr. I), O. Smith, a relative,
weat lo Meir.,-,, m ni thbro found them.
Tho father ol' thoyoung lady instantly
domtimled that they he mudo husband
and wile. Thompson stated thai Hil
ceremony had already boon porformod,
hut could not glvo the ll niuo of the pol**
Son olliehuhnr. Mr. Wilciltt insisted
that it should nguiu he poi 'foi 'mod in tho
presence of wituossos, Accordingly an
Kphtcopnl minister wats ongagoduiid tho
Conductor promhiod to slop tho train tm
South Carolina soil long enough tor Hu
ceremony, i hey wa re married in the
pr?sem e of tho f.uher ol the young Indy
und other w ituon sea, and thoootiplo wore
loll nt a lllllo st dion and tho sorrowing
father returned homo, whore ho has thu
deep sympathy ortho cnliru community.
[Ito (J. Thompson ia a young man who
bought cotton at Waterloo during tie
winter, ami thoro mot Misa Wi lent t. Ile |
was not popular in Wntorloo, anil on no*
countof his reckless hiugungu ho foll it
imprudent to remain there longor. ile
la a [prout sporting mun, mut is yahl lo
ho Iii.tn I! good fuiuily.
Til? New S? lied ni".
the Lauren < railroad tlf.* following
changes too!. < Hool on A ju li 22nd:
sot' rtiUou.Nt).
1.1 ave (.aurons, ?:?O a m
" ('linton. 5:10 "
" (hdd\ ?ile, (It?H "
" Newberry, 7;. u "
A ri ive < .. hua'?:-.'. 0:15 "
NO UT 11 IIOUN l>.
i ,en\ b ('. iluinhi.i. Ii\ft p ni
" Nowborry, -kui *'
<..>!.:\ 111?? ir.il "
'. ( linton, roil "
Arrive at kau ron ?, 0:3-) .'
Inasmuch in two tra?na would prob
ably not ho j-, -lilied on this road darin
tin- sumiller i.e.allis, thin schedule ls
porlmps tiie bes( t "nat could bo arranged.
If OIll.V the ion neel inns nu I hu Nor I n and
West could Le h i ?td o with tito P. lt. A- W
i '. i omi, I .un rei ia would bil h a pp,).
ll l(j ll I- AX I) noni:.
wi rd i nt.yt.
Good Fooling Provan*. TiiT Young Folks
Fishing- A Fino Korso injuicd -many
Xatorosthi s IttJ?ie.
Thc reunion ni l>orroh's Wiks nil
(hui eon kl hedeslretl. A grodl -li
piny of put riot ism, un extrnnrdl n-1
idly good dinner, plenty ol' bru ve |
oten ami fair Women, and genera!
good feeling pi -vailed.
A grand fishing pnrty i- lo bc en
joyed hy the young people of thc
Shiloh community tn-duy. Tlutuk -
loth" Misses Monti rmi fur aa in
vitation.
Tiie ii.on which i- hauling rook
nu (his rond, CU used the ?'me animal
of Mr..). I,. I?, Shoi'kley, tu rm,
away with Hie plow-slue!, attached,
mi Wednesday last, um! is sn milch
Injured a tu lie (hough! worthless,
by competen! judges. Is there no
law for train - blowing, when lhere
is no cause, only the fun ? I il.
Mrs, Thomas A. .Met arley, who
has boen so -iel,, i-. now thought to
be much improve.I.
The condition of Mrs .John S wit*
/er, is ft bout 11 wu same.
We so much enjoyed n visit from
Misses Junie H ryson and Carrie
llrcwton (pillo recently. They
made themselves il sofid as well ns
ornamental in the way of ussi-ding
ni" With my hutldsomo waisted
imiik
Mrs, Willie li. i; irksdnle, has the
hnndsomesl lol of Lnld-work-quilts I
we know of, (hu ..I>lumc of Para
disc" (he "Hdcky Motihtiiihs,''iiud
movern I oilier-, hui Hie mosi cxqiti*
-ile piece of work yoi, i-> (hut love
ly counterpane, which she hus about
completed, it ls a crocheted design, ?
which mme hut her dept ll ligures ,
could execute Willi auch accuracy.
No news, farmers busy planting
collen, (larden-i promising, wea
ther good, altogether things Junk
encouraging.
Misa Alice llryson, of Ont, is vls
lllngnl her n n h s Mr, Medirlo,*)
this week.
DIA I.S.
n C usc j: i niSR
.Chnr.'i :t-:r ana Obaraotors" Death nf a
Pronttlont Young nair.- Dioia has a
strong Candidato In tho Field for
Legislativo Honors.
We went to Orcoiivlllo on the
2flth lo '?eur S un Jones, ho lectured
in tho ( hlreath < Iponi House, lon
large ana llttenllvo amiieiiee. Sam I
sitid a great, mniiv tunny things on
Hie ?ii bj cc ts ''('hnracler mid Char
actors." lin dit! i?"i tell us liny*
Ihlng though except what WO al
ready knew , but could not express
it in a i plain nnd nhloiiuhdi way ? -
jlO/di(l| h(! v. cul for every budy none
escaped, und (.upoelnlly lo thc ball*
room (huniers, und ns ho "mid thc
old red nosed devil drum drinker.
Sam Jones knows n great many bad
tricks Ol'ill least ho says Ulallie
dues.
Wats Owing : tn only sen of ? ?ii
Owlllgfl,diction Hie Killi inst. Wal ?
was a bligh 1 and promisingy?ijng
man, and esteemed by all M ho
knew him, ho WftH ? ymilii of nollie
cluii'itctor und bid fnlr to he a uso*
lui ami an upright citizen. I Io v, a
Just entering lipon mnnhood, mid j
the prime of life, when I hat mcsseti' ?
ger who ride - tho pule horso (louth,
came lo (Ii i! kappy Imme laid ila
cold ho 11(1 upon timi gentle form.
A large oongivgalion of mourn*
lng friends followed his remains to
New Ikiri oliy Church ftHd there
peacefully but sadly interred them
in their Inst resting pince. Tho Hov.
Mr. Blivlock delivered a vary feel
ing and appropria I o funeral sermon
Mr. Melmoth Willie, who niel tho
mislortuno sometime recently of
losing bis line mare, hu i now hough!
him a Oho young mole, which hui
duerna voy proud of.
Mr. ll. U O ray of Onty Court,
Bi onicd to enjoy his trip lo Orcen
vllle lo he ir Sum Jones very milch
indeed, ile did going up, und I
guess as much so coming back that
Is if ?die < :uiie huck willi him. I
gnons Tattler could tell us some
thing about it.
\V AT UK LOO,
DILL.
Va: loua Nowfl Paragraph! Picl;cd Up
Around Waterloo
Mi.-.; Bovslo Hook of Grccinvood
mid Mr i'.?l Soy mou ru of Hrndloy,
.-pen! Stiutluy ut Kev. Lt, \V? Hey?
monro's.
Mr. Ito IK* ri Lig?n, nf Orcen ville
county, visited Iii?Bister Mrs. A.E.
Carter, of llii? town, -onie time
since.
Miss Smile Carter, on ntiructlvo
mid ( harming y ?ung I ;<ly of Try?
ungle, la visiting relatives lie .
Tho town will ere lung hil vu a
new uppcurnncc, ii all improve
ments now contemplated uro cur?
ried out.
Mr, J>. C. Smith, i ; having Ids
stores mar tho depot neatly pain-;
I eil, while J. T. Harris, ls having
Greeted nour tho Haptist church a
neat cottage; will, when llnishod he :
ono of the liest ur randed houses in
town, nnd I hen comes tho remode
ling and painting of thu residence
ol Mr. lb A. Anderson, which will
ho ?mo >?!' the most beautiful places
in ! Iiis section.
Mr. T. N, Parks, bas in view Ute j
improvement of his cot Iago on Wal
ker streut, by painting and other
necessary Improvements.
Soaio nf thu nierohnnts and oth
er- are trying loorgiinls.cn Rand
ing and Loan Association ns a
means lo encourage tho building of
th.- town. 'I hts is no doubt one of tho
bes I anti surest way- lhalonecouul
invest th lr money, tts Ibero is no
possible way If carried out accor
ding to Ibo ml.- and regulations
governing such societies td* losing
their Investment, Lut one timi pays
ti larger per cent iban nhy other
Wny tliut one could invest. We
hope timi Ibo citizens will ta;.:t- hold
of it, us our I own it? great need
of dwelling houses. I'ho opportu
nity is olVeivd, Iel us keep up wiih
our sisti r town1, by building up our
(own, to encourage others IO conic
aiuongsl us, for wu havooncof Ibo
be: i h teat (al places in i Inc; up lamil
try, anil nil that is needed, i-' .'ni
all lo p.?II Irtgetber
N VSII V I LL.;.
Plowing ??o?ton.. \vi%h a Bulky Pin/r
1 weill lo ehurcli yederday and
step a? Mr. Messet Robbs to sod 1*M
(!lia|mlaii' Who gol .-ind by Mr.
ll .i.'.i na Satur.lay :.t I! o'clock IM.
Mi-- -er and Marlin Allerer- nibio j
wa--ont ii hunting and I hey was
. raw ling ihn.u ?j li a fence M r Rubh's
gun v, int oil' nod struck Kt I iii Hie
buck and ? nue out near li! - vos I
poe!; t. lia i i doing as wbil US
eotibi i?-- ( x. eel ; il,
Lost hy dca>li a lillie boy of Mr.
doe Hos-, oil Ibo 17, wa-: bari" d ?it
li ubini church on tho day follow
i n.t.
.?'armers aro In lino spirit going i
righi along planting cotton aced.!
S?nic a e done tin i some jttsi i:otu-1
nieneed. Whent looks promising, ?
oals look lin -.
Mr. Samuel Meares, ls plowing!
ids bottoms ni? wit h n Casada plow, ?
luit ho a;, s pr,-liv tiglit for Reck
mid Hump, tit i ; Sam t ry il?cin
again and pl I M ami ia- Ri ti In.
Mr. .1. I >. Adams,husn lino Iititn
iiIonian coll ? i his houso'aii ! I o kl ?
t iiiiil. - tlieio i . not !<i ti g liku i !. If tutti
it good Ducklo and you will soon
lui> o y ai a Hue Imrse.
s. T. Mc Kill rick hhs bought
mint her line ftirii-out. Look out ?
young ladies he will be ii rou ml and
give you a nico i i lu in lils now Co
lumbus.
M r, I ? t\\ ns Mnlioii, hlso hus
n nice ( 'olumbtis, and in* had her in
il Inst Sunday, lion'! deny ii
1 >ovi i, -, for she looked nice.
1 bear of it groiil many newling-'
glen lo bc bought yet. Hui rail li >y -
or Turner anti Downs Will get ;i
bead of yon.
W. A, W. .ays ht> h en rd Hie Tum
bling Shoal ii .tub Wo IniVo a ! (col
ored) bund up liere, and they come
around every once and n While
iintl give ti- music, does very well
for beginners,
Tl M DLINfj SIIOA i S.
\V . A . W
hit Farmorn bo not Discouraged, but
Blest Mon ol tk< RifhtStrlpii. -A Hon
For Unite,! Action.
I linvo henrti nu n who profess lt)
bo moil of brain and wisdom say
that Ibo farmers ela1 s nu l meet
ings were wind h I 'ssj and tillie spoil I ;
with them was time (blown ii Wu j j
timi that ll would be much bettor
and more pro (Rn ble lo sluy it home
ami work your corn an i colton, in
stead ni Idling away your valuable
time ni (end In j tin se m 'Cllxgs. And
that during tho lust campaign, tho
members of Ibo in r me rs movement
lind .-I.- do I lo (lie Senate and i< ;:
Islaturo iden whom they believed
thoroughly in sympathy willi the
farmers, and thal these men A'hom
they b ri elected promised to "puss"
such nod such lu wa lo lower the
I II xi -, ami in short to lighten the
burden i of tho funnel - ?:> many
way:-, but have hot lullllletl llielr
promise-, and bave left l!i" fumier
In ns bad fi -: a-? they found bim.
Now ihey siiy,''whai hus your hine
Mugs, your eltiba (Hui youl' inbor
uccomplishci i '.?'"
Now, while wi- mindi Mini a groni
deni of good lins uni l een ilobo "
lal', and (Ital Ibo (anning populace
linvo not been benoilttotl much yid,
still I wish lo a- k : VVhnl could wo
expect tb do in so short n period'.1
Nothing (hill will be ol' he n eilt to
the fanning people can be accom
plished hy ?ne Ol two men. We
must ho palien ' and eui ti nue in our
oiTorla io rnlse ourselves above lite
power of oppression. Suppose wo
be still and make no move al all tn
help ourselves, would wo nul bp as
tllO mau who stumbling into the
ri vor, made no effort to save him
self, and of course, ?auk to tho bot
tom ami drowned.
K very ol lier class of people have
formed themselves lulo nbc I ot Jos
.and Clllbs and nil work together for
their own good. Why can't thc far
mers have Hie sanie privilege?
The fanners are ibo back-bom? of
the country, und on their emcee
rJependH tin- other professions,
"ithcut tlie farmor, what would
(li?lawyer, (he merchant anti oth
ers do V
No w , If* (ho men you elected In
tho lust campai};!! hnvo aol pleased
you,and you think (lint they did
not do (heir full duty towards (ho
farmers'cu use, then discard (hem
und lill (ho vacant phiceu willi new
und betler met?. Men who will per
form tho ofllec of Bonnier or Legis?
lalor, moro lo your notion ami
feeling. Mon who have proven to
be wholly in sympathy with tho,
I farmer.1?, not by words only bul by
their actions. Ii" tiny, after (hey
obtain theotllce, (urn out lo he, us
j ono of i'm* A D vi. UTI A KU corres
pondent saya I hoy will do, then do j
nwny with tie io und lill their pl ie
os with more new mun and contin
ue lo ?io so, until you lind thc men ?
who will perform thc dutie Mo your j
netion, nod who aro lltvrougldy In
sympathy with the farmers,
Thou, when you succeed in find- \
?Hg them, keep them lu O til CO and
give them your earnest support. It '?
will not do to nive it]), bul bold on
to thc ropo though it he ovor so1
short, L'ucronso your meetings If
needs, ho, select thc men whom
yon widi to represent you und then
I?Ivo them your full and hearty '
support. Persuade your, neighbor, j
who lugs back, to uceonipany you j
a low times to tho meetings tuel
make ? interesting lo him, andi
soon he will join thc club nud loud
his nhl to further tho cause of the
farmers. Though Tillman lias de
serted u:?, siiil tho eitusc ls living
mid deeply planted in tho hearts
o<" many farmer . lt IM gaining
strength every day and will, I be*
iicVe, ?a a few years he tho i I rd ii g- !
est organ ix.nl ion known.
I
Isacthrough Tj'rn, A nv t: UT ps Ku
Omi Union luis, so far? only three
candidate . out, and that lill t In ce ?
aro for the ellice of Behool Commis
sioner. Thill ooo is ti red Loaded j
man, one u cripple nud Ibo otner ti i
wamali. This does seell! rallier j
backward for tho good people of
Union, hui suppose I hey Ihliilf
there i-: no uso in hurrying through
life. Halt - o.,:? tliey will begin lo
crowd ar?.ami Hie voter- liku hiing?
ry crows hov? Magowra corn field.
I low wide tho difference, helweon
thc two c. .iniic:, Laurena ima at !
ka-.! thirty ii trendy in the fe ld
II :! hurrah hr 'om all! i\. ep your
colors llylhg boys i,und win If you
eal). '
We : a. i ice (hi) I soinc of our ox ?sol t :
diet' ' a pt.li: a ( :? ns f il* pen doll-? !
we're rej et ed, among whom Wo seo
Mr, .1. K. NV di ids*? Now If ll ls io- .
(eud^ii io re.jeei nil sii'di men us
Kelsey's^ lt would be lietliT to rc-'
peal l ho net. Certainly no olio is'
more d -. rS'ingol the pension ihan .
Mr. \Vi i.
Pldll'Utlg is ptl a big boolli at ores- '
cut.
Wheal ao l ?.a! - an? looking ON?
t rao; (linn i ly \'. ? il.
I' d M I' l! Y , j
cater ful Parra, ra nani r.t Work A nora O ;
l.i.a3 A > . y tVvia v/iui ivind Tito
Toli-Tr-.l<> Tablo -Qulcldu l>y Rough j
on Rats Contcrvlllo flau n Run
it tv y School.
Tie- w ti rio rall* windin r und ?le- i
frequent ligiil showers combino ?o1
ellOer, US Well as ai.i, Hie larne ll*
Wie) is ninkillg CVer./ ea'ol't ?o gl t I
his see,I in Hie gl'OUUd.
luirniers uta-in thoiii ?dst of etd*
'.on ?.lan1 ?Og. ? ?00.1 -lands ari' IV
p ?rieil from ile- early planting of
corn. W'liea' ami oat crops ls look- .
Int? well, : Ito tail so\t lug make -, thc '
bel 1er sho\\ at ju e .-nt.
Lan Billilli, ii colored man living
on .Mr. W..L IJoxo's place, died last ;
Sunday night.
Dr, Mo ,re ami his (Wo sisters
wen! lo town tIto o,iicr day and
cami' hack minus a liol*.?: . and hug?
gy. Thc horse Itcuunic frightened
ai a whirlwind io iowa ami rilli
away, breaking thu buggy and In
juring it cp.u.ddernbly. Nobody
nun d? tiper 'imo the pocket-book,
Tito y?iing mon un i others tire
having some amusement willi what
they call (able-wrapping or table?
tnlklng. Bovernl sit an mid a umall
table for soioo limo with builds on
ii, wh -o ii v\ ill rospond to 11 j i y
question hy wrapping on tho door.
Among ot her ninu lug Illings ihe
iuhie was asked thu olhcr night
howman" sWccl-iumi'ls it cerluiii
yinni-- mau had. when il answered
by w 1 appiug t weniy-llvc times.
A- stindiiy ci?.a.? w :is organized
at Cehterylllou lew tv ce ks ago with
Haltering prospects),
? young mon, Mr. .(Irulniiu, on
the Abbeville sid -, COIilinilted sui
cide upi I nig inc hy Inking rough
?Oil rat-. Ile was m t sane al the
tilde, bal become so Indore he died.
? The slice ol Mr. I In rd? lek, al
Mullins, Marlon county, was brok
en - pen Inst l-'i Idny nighl and he
i ween f:.'?.i ami s ;. ? worth of good S 1
stolen, Including bacoih sugar, oof
fco, cologne and dry good ?j. Mr? I
ll. I . a young niau, uno had rut the
resal? Of la I your's labor in tills lil
li.- -torc, which ?o had recently op
oneil,
Th" woods ia Marion county ATO
nlready full or caterpillars, which
are chairing Ihe f ?ce- ol' ?,aves and
buds. Thc pests have al-o appear
ed at Florence, where they are do?
slroylug ila shade troes,
An incendiai y ll 1*0 ii (| Branchville
curly Wednesday morning destroy?
ed Hie aloro and I'CSidoneo of Mrs.
li. I 'ca 11st ino, h? s $7,000, insurance
?2,000; Joo Ilealons Store, los.
$l|000j Insurance ^tffc>0; IL III loy's
?toro and dwelling, loss 1)1,000j V.
W, fairley's sii.ro .and le:iemcnt,
hiss f oo-, Oeorgo Melt's shnutv,
loss jj^ntj.
j Ai Ho- (inuit ni reunion ol tho sur*
ol vors of tho sixth regimens to lie
held nt Chester, s. c., ?m the first
Thursday hi August, Captain IL
A. Gaillard will dclh er un historic*
j ni address ?m th,- part horne by
I that roglmepd in thu seven days
i lieiiliit}; around Hichniund.
I
Declination.
Friends from various portions of
tho Countyhuvosolicited moto bo
co m o acaud?llate for tl'.t? St ali' Son
ate. To somo of them I expressed
myself ns willing to comply with
their wUhcu. IStibsequont relict'.
flons however, satistloH nea that i
ought not mid cannot enter ibo con
test for the nomination. The rou
sons Influencing mc to thia course
uro purely of a prlvnto nature und
wholly foreign lo tin1 issues likely
t i obtain in t lie eau va ss.
In declining, 1 would sincerely
thank my frivnds for their kindness
nod ciicoiirugemt, and i assure
' them that Hi ic will ever he held 1
in grateful remembrance,
.lollN W. Pl?. HUDSON.
Dcmocvatic (.'loo Meetings.
I.Ai'it:.NS TOWNSII tr. I
Tho Democratic Miters of Lau- 1
rons Township will meet on thcoUi ?
o? May, al .". o'clock I'. M., to elect I
nine delegates lo tho County Con- '
I vention which meets mi the 12th of : 1
1 May ti? xt.
W. NVniCMlT. <
Town -hip ( inti rmi: n.
I ti: NT KU TOWN s 11 il?. j \
The members of the Democratic i
Chili of I tun ter Township will meei ?
at < "linton oil S d Ut'dn.N , the "dh day ; |
ol' May, at IO o'clock A. .M.. for the
purpose of electing nine delegates 1 <
to thc County Convention to ho hold ! i
at I.a tl noe. CoUI'l lloiISC ea the I'J th |
dav of Slay next.
S. NV*. VA NCF,
Township ('hairman.
!
- i ,
W A n:m.oo ToWNStl i e.
Tin- Democrats ot' Waterloo I
Township will neel at (?m. Moore's <
al :! I'. M , nu Satur.?av. thc util of I
May, for thc purpose ol cloding M
delegates to thoCouiity Con volition j i
to ho held nt Lauren ? Court House ?
on May 12th. i
J. IT. SN HARTON, '
Cono I v < 'hairman, . ;
! ?
Si I iM'liKTOW ..' loWNsll I e.
The 1 lemocriit- of ?icUllh lo . n ?
Township will mool ut LUM alon's
Church on Matu rd ny, May 5th, at .
.J o'clock I*. M, for thc purpose of .
el ctlug nine delegates to Ibo Conn- ?
ty Con vont hui tu be held til Lau
rens < Nnirt Hon <c on the I2lh of I -,
May. i ,
(J. W. DC YA LL, ; i
To wt i's hip i ihulrmnn. ?
C tn ?SS ?IN h ToWNsil ? e.
'The Cross HUI Democrats willi ,
mci t ni Cross i I ! il on .---ai urdhy,
.May Mil, a- 2 I". M., to rh cl dele. '
.jai. s h. the County Convention io ,
. ?e held at Laurens Court House on
May 121 li.
lt. N. ( T N ? N< ; ! i A M.
Pow n ddp Chairman.
Sun Ivors Associ?t iou.
At tl Stirvivors me. Ha;:' held ill ;
(Iray ('OM:-; on the i Uh inst, thc ,
billowing resolution was timmi.
toon dy adopt- .! :
Itosolvod: Tluit ti reunion of thc '
survivors of the {?rd S. C. It?glnient i
of Infantry and Ilnltidion (consoli
dated) will take place during the
coming Sam mer n t some con von lent
place lo ho determined iiy ri Coni
mitlee, which eoniniitteo will meet
al La li rons C. IL on nilednyln May.
Tho following named survivor'. ,
constitute lite cninntitlcc, and it is
Imped Unit they Will he pres,-nt lo
part ?cipa le in this Indelible net lon :
Third S. ( '. I let; 1 HM o nt.-< ?Onip my
A. J ?C Fleming, W l-l flarrctt;
r. .lohn Maddcii, W F Halley ; < ?.
!', W Lu ufo rid, W A Md ?lintoek ;
I. T .1 Ducket, <?' M Langston ; K.
.lohn Pear ion, ( ? W Ita <s.
.lane ; I lal talion. - A . \ A King,
Capt (.leo .>l<i iie; ll. J (? Williams,
W S Pitt? ; <'. Jas Downey. L Al
Heilder ?on? I?. Jas ll Shell, .1 il
Owing* j tl. W il Fowler. U L llcn
r v.
JOHN W. WA rvs,
( lia i noa ii.
The Anderson Wife iWui'dovoiv
Anderson, \?'iii '.>?..-Jnspor Da?
I vis who i under sen lc nco of death,
-eell'S to have HO llOpO Of 1*1 St iii
! eternity, ile recalls all (iie ninny i
opportunities v. Idell he lol pa ? - an- |
1 i in pro vi <i. mid now ho ls unable to ,
grasp even tho Inst chniico. Ills
1 repeated expressions are: "Cling to i
Josusj''"Never go haek oil Him.''I
He says ho will have to go down!
With the d< Vii and ail thc had peo- I
plo. and thad he deserve- il : "hui,"
lid adds, "it ls nwful-?awful." Ile
tells of 1 ho lenipta.ll ms lo kill Ids
wife,ami ho'.v he Weill out of the j
neighborhood ami spent about tun :
itny.H lo heep from lt, but tinnily he |
yielded ned took th np. of a good
Woman und n true wife, Ills story
lg ll ead one.
All Indianapolis man who had
been tobi that consistency wits a
jcWol, stopped hito n jewelry ?toro
und asked to look at -onie ''consist
ency bracelet..."
As a hair dressing ami renovator
Ayor's Hair Ylffof ls universally
commended. It eradicates dan
ilru(T, cures eruptions of the sculp,
Invlgoratos and bon ti tl (les tho hair
and prevent* ils fading and turning
gray.
The oxhagstod und drowsy feel
ings, common tospringtiiiie, J Indi
CtltO un impure ti nd sluggish COUtU?
llonjof Ute .blood, which may bo
remcoled by Ut" use of Ayer'.s Snr*
sa purilli. lt is tho most powerful
and at lite sa mo time, most coon o tn
loni blood i.iirili 'r kn .wn. ,
Out. in India it is "(he man or tho
ticer," but the mau got ahead of tho
tiger in india last year, Hunters
killed I, SO:) tiger-J, und tigers killed
only KKK) mon.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. I
[Prom our Itegulur Correspondent , ?
- j (J
Washington, April I At li. l ' -.
Tho l'iesldent is di gusted, und
hu luis sulllolo.nl eau i . t<> h.". Ten ! a
dnyn of precious limo wasted Sn tho ii
House, hy members of Ids own par- li
ty, thus playing right into t ho hands j tl
uf tho enemy, whoso mutti h??pe of c
ilcfontlng tho Mills tariff bill is by i h
delaying It? consideration, if any- \m
thing pol it kai I hail been nlstake,]
tho time might have hoon excused,
but there was n .t. Thc doini lora
was caused hy thc fillbu leriugof
?rom H Tty t<> seventy-live demo
eratic Congrcssiix u who w ?rc op
posed to th" passage of tho hill to
refund to the several Sl? t< nn 1
territories tho nmouuts p.Tul ?>y
them to the United Slates undi i
?lie direct tax levied hy Congress
in 1801.
For a v.ck thc filibusterer.'] re
fused to liston (nan,- (alic of com
promising iii nay wuy lo bleak tho'
lead look. They also refused to
lake pari ill ll (loilloerhtl? CUUCtlS
ni Hie hill. I i ut li milly tho filibus
terers havln^dls.'ovorod that n ma-1
jori ty of thc donn i ruts would give
np to them to Hie extent of po '
poniug the consideration of Hil- I .: I !
until next December, they agreed
to hold a caucus. In calton* tiley
tgrccdtopu tpono discussion of thc
Direct Tax hill nulli the (il !:. uf ! lo
.ember next, when I Vole is to Le
luke ?I on i!.
So thc dead lock end .<! Thurs
lay with a decided victory for thc
[Ministering minority, lt vas tho i Vj
nest that eould ho donn however, I j;'
for Hie lilibustororsillil not le dtate :;
li? say, tliey \yotikl continue lock
legislation for tia- remainder <>.' the ?j
session hu toro llioy would Mirren
iler. \*m
This fliibii! lering nf the pusl lon
lays has probably Injured Um (lem
Dcrntie party moro Mon th.- re j ide '
Hean party eould have done in (en
inouliis. Iles ld cs. absolutely Uoth-1
nu; lois been gained hy if, maia
In ii gc rout precedent has heidi set
io foro (he repu hi leans of tho Ila .
A hieb li\e;,- will liol bc slow tl? ? iki
ulMintnge of when nu opportunity
iresents itself. Thc country is n
hankful, however, that the dead- I
eek is over and thal needed I eg Ls- '
ation ? . ?ar-?ii? * foi ward,
Tue ilenioei'nl Kof tho Hon-e com- v
nilleee on pi ?i-ciii^ hu ve impt ov-! < H
al I lie Dependent pension bill, I
tvhich recently fais ed Tho Senatei I
Tiny agreed I" ;.u uinondiiient, *
A'hieh strikes cul the Second and
hird en [OHS tli.it gllVO ll
not11li to all Soldiers i>; lite reboil
iou who sol ved titree menUis und ! ifl
re nu [Vom i
? ; ?"il ' earnii
llppiU'l, i il
, i . . [-, soldier
died. Il .-?I
ior a pi . : ...
iy I lie I el HI
if Ol ill ba
. i r4 * i ? e ill tl... . . I . .-?>.#
Me ?. l??f .
and Iii. . .
-iii". . ' . ? . . :
Hie, , . .
ropu'dieu pjui
ia! I ie- ailtemline I.
While Senator I Mail, .of Conn, wits
makine; a prosy spooeli In fa vor of
hi:, bill to admit ?Si nih 1 itikota ?
Stale, Dei.-.;v.;e (?ii?prd, of ba kola,
who was t it I i .e.; Oh ono Of . h0 ? um- ?
fortab!'.; lounges hi the retir Of the c
Senate Chi) iii lil V, f i! hilt) deep i
deep snored audibly, nm wakliig
until i.. . .Senator liiid finished hi> ..
sp.voh. Mr. Clifford wasoho of tho i
viol i net of l he deadlock, and doubt- '
le.'-s needed fest sd badly Hint ho
was unable lo hom >r with his ul ten
(ion the speech widell ho had como .j
liver lo I ho Se?alo purposely lo '
hear. j.
lt ls now thought likely that any
legislation in rojpd'd to the admit
lance of any of the I er riler les its'
Stales will bo niadii'c'il hy pitssingl j<
holli lloiii-os at this d-ssioii of Coh
Ltre-s. Tlie Sonnie now luis hof?ro
ii n bill for ?lie nd ni i ssioii of Soul li \
Dakota, and il Will probably pa-- 1
Hiai body hy :: strict party vide,
hal llial is UH far ns ii is li!.i ly lo 'j
.-et, as Hie dei HOC ra t s of the H ou i o
have a,vii od in eatieu.-j thal thc only
terri lori.tl legisla (lou of f he session
will he the pussngo of tho Springer j vi
no ni bus ?iii, which provides for -
I he ivlmissloii of South Dakota, "
Monlanu, Washington and New
Mexico, hut there is iib hope that
Hie Senate will pass this hill. Th" | oj
people ol ibo territorios can blame'
ibo republicans for keeping tlio-m i
cut . i Statehood*
Mr. Stanford, the t'alii..mia mil?
llonaire h meir, a ?y-u |u lit? United ?
Statt . S itaie, ns many ol|icr.4 lind
[lone before ?lim, and he now pro
poses h. make some Invodigalioiis
in order to figure up tho probable
cost of haying Uv republican oem- ,
[nation for thc Presidency.
lix -lo pa 1 or \Vullaco, of Ponsyl- ,
vault., who wins in Wnshinglon ti.i
week, says tho democrats of this
State arc a unit for (he renontlna-j
Hon nf President ('loveland, I bo
President has received pressing in
viliiliou.4 I Ida week to visit Vii gin?
ia nod Pexus?
?POIUIN? AMD ATHLETIC.
Dnmlnkk Mccaffery Will hot make ?ny i
reatchra lu England.
Captain ht4! ? tito American champion j .
Uiot,'l dvU-alhg fill comer? In England.
Cl cr.il-, a. r thinks Techier dio best
cartmnn in (he wor! i. and Ito regarda f ?au- 11
ilnur ia-? daugi rans utan when it? coiulition, j ?
Mike ? il v will ie? to S:m Francisco In . (
Juno lo tnnlte n match with MoAulIffo, tho J.
heavy weight, who recently kiiockod J'?u!.iy {
itynn < old,
Porfor A* ' C?nllfornlrt tteblo will ?tart
ea?'. In a ' i Wooka. In it Will como tu^ |
ft-jear ?>ld koghrlrV, bf whom groot ti..nut*
nie OXpl eted.
The r?gulai' rai'lti^ oeason beginn with New ?
Orleans, April 9. From that nine on until ?
snow filos tho galloper*! will bo, chasing
Father Time around tho tracks. I
It lt? probable thiit. Charlie Bnniuel-., tha '
eraek Australian Bprlntar, who ima dofcate4 i i
Harry Hutchens and other fr.<;t en..-, will r.'? I,
to England lite coming suminov und ir.eo [\
Gent. tRomuvl-i U n black man, a nativo o? <
Auit,j-n\ia
Capt. Uogardus, tito ohampion wing sho? I
ot U?e world, will not again compote foi
ohamplonshlp bouora on uucount of odvauc
bjK year*. Ho baa lx?n champion of America
Mi ri ne r? In many paris nf ihe
( itt? reporta thu! thoro will be ?v
dr crop of netiehe.s nuil that tip
les j?eiiornlly will bc plentiful*
T. J. Ilentb of Mi. ?1 ''.?Milly, lind
feuful enc ni . ? ii .?.> lund dog
I Iii-; y:ti d hist i n ..y, in winch
o was severely bl i ?1 < 1 tho loft
lilgh and riKhl (ifni, Ho ffnnlly
liockotl Ibo uni ml oil' uni killed
lui witb un axe.
?VOYALW?JW^
t? ^ij-? \j Iv L
Absolutel ' "-'ure*
IS
This IViwrii . iii
!' i ?utily . ! ri ny : "i
i, i ?. 1 pbnomb'ui
Iud -, und etiim >t
on u il li til- Ul
nu t. wi h-ht nlitn
li I'S Wold ?>n Iv h
AI so Pow : . .,
A m.aryol
ii..- ordinary
i in coin pct 1
.
liosphiiLo pow
ItoYAt, HM;
;; s?oi t. N.Y
/ViNiNUl
ll linn tl
?till il
Otori.i ' i [.an
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'ron airitr
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Th
HIM S ,.! til
I1.111 or lor 1
ii j) 1 i ti il lil ?I
i<- Primar
ru J ly
.i t<?
: rospociiuii:
iiidiihdc b?r r
!? rill, RUb?? el
airy.
Pri
ll vc: l'i ell
r.udidato h
' would ri -.
di* hs 11 clmdhl
il' lor I.a iii rn
'ri iuai'V Kl .? . i
Cross li?U, H.
nor
tl?
V, n two au ii 1
?UOMAH : I)
i tin- Prbnarv
April 3, h .
apt,
ii lot
Vo.- County C'oinniisHioncr.
\V. Pr.-sion Tin nor is hereby an non n<
1! in II can Ililli fe . ,. lei of< 'oUiit
"nun: ?.st IUU* MI>>,| <.. lo ? ' . rc ?'.t i
!i . Primat. clo .:
l'l"i ' -S 1:11.1.
Thc citi/r:;-: "
? i 'I'oV. Iishl
i un. c Ibo ' :'i ?
I . P It H lt SI jil <
lu- cili/.cl.s Of 1,
lsd sure {':?<{ ti
POW N Si IIP.
H'S and \V?(?i'
ll ul Iv nu
i M ::i <'Alt
'i < u my < juin*
Wi 11 I. -. 11 lo
'ou ut y and wi?
lllUCOIUCUl uill
ncct with tb ppr?"?1 dion of thc velor*
r t ho t'oul.t.' ,
You will ti0tl hats (or men and boys
11 omi ie-s Vittloty and low prices at v,
filgroat on.
WM??ttmMitB* HS aeaat mmoun
.Jtate of S?r th Carolina.
COUNTY OK
IN PttOhATE ?OCHT-.
Wiirrcas. o. A. Vinn ha applied n?
no for Ko?',-rs of Administrai ion on the
state of Thomas S'ullor, tb <? . . ;
Those aro Ihpreforo tc? Oltr? rind ndmon
.h all HUM sin. ul .i- thc Kindred und
?rc ritters ot'Mld deeenscd, lo h arid ap
iOur before me at a L'onrt c Pro - , to?
?o holden ai my ojU? . st I . . ll.,
m tko - 1st day of Api ii. 1 - , at m
i'c'ork. a. un, tohhow cai H , if HU? [boy
ian, why loiters should uni he irrupted. ,
.Calven under niy baud and . ul this.
.U? '?Viii day da;, bf :..?..., i . . .??t?j&i
A. \V. 1:1 d.N J r-i'.
April ?lj lSftf - .ip