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Wie Advertiser LOCAL, Von will nevor regret calling fur a milk shako at Kennedy [iros. Genuino Blackwell's Durham Smok ing Tobacco Sim.ii,.ns Iti'OH. Mr. .1. Wade Anders?.M h UH a Iii," ? young hors? mid a mule Tor salo. ti. ? Roo chang* nf sehedulo on thc R. A ??. rntlroud. Tho Hector Piro Company have re-ol- ! coted tlie old officers for the ensuing i y ??ar. ("ol. David Johnston of Union, who is a candidato for Solicitor, was in town last week. NV? regret to learn ??ft-ie douthof Mrs. A. H. Byrdof Greenville, which occurred on S linday last. Ari: you out of soap? If so, go lo Sim? mons Bron, and gola whole bo N contain lng three large cakes for a nickel. A goo-J article. . Capt. Wron, tho celebrated^ phonogra pher has arrived in Laurens, and will open his gallery during tit?- uexl few day H. A negro brought t-> thia placo yester day a genuine short-tail wild eat, w hlch j ho captured nour Prospect Chun*!), about j four miles from Laurens. Mr. KIbort Howland placed on om ta ble on tho'2?lth nit., a specimen of his cotton, which measured 7 Inches, li? has a whole crop of the same sort. | Dr. W. It. Harris, a prominent physi- ! clan of Waterloo, and Miss Carrie XV. | Bonser, of Clinton, wore married on the ? '24th, nt tho r?sidence of tho ?rides roth* i er. An excursion under tho management . ofProi. O.C. Hodges of Grconwood, will i run from this place to Augusta next I'ri- i day. Faro $2, giving six hours in Augus ta. Thu Hairy Parin of Mr. J. Wade An dersen in now in a most flourishing eon ditton, and tho manager Is proparod lo furnish good milk and cream on short notieo and at the most reasonable ra tes, if, A new post office has hoon established at Milton, io tills county, with Mr. Ii au ston as post master. Milton will also bo mado a voting precinct heforo tho com-! ing primary. Tin- Kaunns Iron Foundry is engaged in manufacturing 100splendid enuc mills, which , owing to their superior quality and cheapness, sell more readily than I any now on the market. We acknowledge Bl) invitation to at tend an entertainment and picnic to bo to bo given by the pupils of Miss llosa i Fournira sahAol at Hooky Springs, Sat urday. May 6th, at 10:30 A M. Tho new passenger depot al tho Main street crossing ls finished, and while liol quite as imposing in appearance as was expected, KI rves i xccllondy Ibo purpose j and is a great Improve incut o\ ci the for* ! mo accommodations. A planto excursion has been arrange'! by tim school st "Wood ruff anil tho Sun day School at Fnorce to take place to day, (Tttosday ) to which tho editor ac? knowiedgus an in vi tatton to !><. present and procured to *'talk." \ delightful oVenrslon party compos ed of about thirty Of the young mon about town, lia ve arranged io spend a week on a camp fishing frolic lu a few weeks. The parly will drop anchor hoar Fort Iloy?lnnd th.?re deal death to tho ..finny trih . On Sunday last Itev. R. i). Frierson preached on the observance of tho Hai> bathj and at tho conclusion of the ser mon a i >.*-*? i i ii M i to Congress and the rail roads, telegraphs and other officials, ask? lng ihat employee s be not Compelled to work on the Fiord's dav was presented Ono hundred signatures were- obtained immediately. Delegates from this place who wore elected to tho Hot Springs Immigration Convention did not attend, as oolloo was given that they were liol Oil Ibo l?-( Laurena Is alive lo her opportunities an ) willing al all linus to do ber full share in forwarding plans for Improvement and progress. A number of persons along tho Uno ol the O. L. AS. and G. A L. railroad, aro Miguini* n petition to headquarters to give round trip tickets on thfSC roads good to return ?xi tho day issued. This will undoubtedly provo beneficial to this place and a groat COIIVOnionci to those who come here on business. Tho effect of giving Laurens equal freight rates -a Just and proper recog nition or our Hoard of Tr ade- will he felt tu stimulating tho Jobbing trado of thia place. Laurens has Hinno active mer? chants and they aro rapidly putting their goods in to new territory. In other w .>id? as a tow n, we are getting lhere. Aswtllbosoen elsewhere, Mr. N. .f. llolinos liai reslgnod hi-* position in president of the Agricultural Soelety .Ho was an effloionl and vigilant offloor, and will ia) missed f . m thc society, but hav ing decided upon tho ministry, lie ls un willing to allow anything wiso to claim n sh.uo ofhis attention, and heneo ?leoin i'd it proper to resign. Kor the firs? timo In yoais, tho gro.i t Iron doors ?rf our county Jail swings wid? open, and the dingy dungeon is as ?Hon I as the grave. Not a prisoner now Iles Within th? walls of this state Institution an expense to the county. To fittingly celebrate such sn auspicious day, th'' .Mberill' has ordered a posse of white Aashcrs upon theseeno. Oh Prldny morning st sn carly hour lust b?fofo daylight, lire w as discos en d In tho Robertson Block, North side of th? square. < kelley 4 Kiehardson'H 000? feoMonoty store was s<i full of smoko ns torendor rn'r:. imposslolc. A stream fronrth -engine w as turned on and in a few momontstiio fire was extinguished, .nd the damage proved slight. It is ?uppftsed th* fire originated Irom a bas kel of cotton samples left In tho stores. AltlOllg Hie pleasant social OVontH of thu week WUK tho murringo of Co): M. Y ?Simpson ?mil Miss Molli.- Wilkes,>t this plac,., willoh look place on Thursday, April 20th, Kev. li. o. Frtorson olncla llngi A lurgo circle ol' relatives and a lev. friends were present On Frlcluy QVcillngUll elegant reception was toil? lion ?I .it thc Inane ol'Ool. Simpson. A neut and oxeeeil bigly Interesting little piunplih i untitled, 'MJloiin Springs Discovered, or I io Lost Amulot." from tho pill of tim late? (?co. Lancaster, and also an < xoclloilt Hkololl by Mis. Means, of Sparluiiburg hus noon recul veil, This pamphlet is wi li worthy of porsevatiou ami will euriy a?.toad the advertisement of I his favorito Sont hern res..rt. Mr. Ililli.ml Mill .lie.l :,l Iiis hom., in this county suddenly on Sunday fist. He had Hillshot! eating dinner and just as he seated himself fell over, (loud. Mr. Hill was n victim nf (hal celebrated ex plosion at Petersburg during tho war, and w as completely bu rh il helical li tin; i nin .. |?'or two whole days he struggled lo freo hims, H, ?uni with the ai<| of a bayonet, ut lint close of tho second day, he was froc?. The elf*rt however caused Ililli Ililli h pain, and rendered him help less for twu years. |( ?s known that this ovoid load lo his (loath, as it is sup posed to lei ve Leen heart diseHse. Notice. A meet i ie/ ni the Kxeoiiti ve ('ouimittO'i of tho Laurens ('omi ty Agrieulttirnl and Moiditiliionl Soeiuty w ill ho held on Stile tlity In M ny to lake into consideration Iho resigtialioii of N.J. ll.dines, Presl dem and other matte's of Importance J, WASH I NOT? IN WATTS, Apr.l 20th, is-ss Vice-I'resldoul. ('linton, s. c., April 30th, isss, Karron L.\t IIKNS ADV KUTI SK III I send yon some specimens of my rye ..at-, wheal and red clover. As voil will se.', t he wheat is considerably i tl tesl od with mst. 'Tis ?he Kilpatrie variety, avd hus thc rust this your for tho first time slllOU I llUVO been sowing it, KlVO yours, i Tho ryo was grown on land thai was ouU'.vnleil Insl year in sorghum, and will make a line crop. The oats Were sown in Sept. Iss7. Spring oats are look ing well and with favorable season-, w ill make au average prop, stand-- of corn good o very whore I have seen, and looks well. Larger acreage planted in this locality than forxovcml yours. Cot ton plnnliug Inter than usual, timi M t v little up yet. ?md thal up looks disconso late from the otfoot of tho last lew cold nights. Kain is badly needed now. Yours t roly, ItOlPT.C. DAVIS. [Tho specimens of wheat mid oats ?ni' woll developed and mensures :p.J fl Kd. ( Ll NTON. et v Ks. Clinton's gala day is coming,-n fateful day for the barnyard fowls. Tho Anniversary celebration of tho Clinton Presbyterian Sebbnlh School will take place on the |2th of May. Millinery goods are in detuned; we have three millinery shops and all mi the boom. Lock boxes are -doll lo be ?.laced in Hie ( linton I'ost < ?Mice, and next year we will wonder how wo ever ?0t ulong without them. Three cheers for our new post master! The Memorial Hall at the Thom? well Orphanage, will be built of gr vu i le 11* stead of the old style con crete, lt ls believed Unit the gran ite i- as cheap a- brick. If this is satisfactorily demonstrated in tho huildihg of thc Memorial Hall, we may soon hope lo see .-onie line granite buildings in our town. Clinton knows ll good thing when sho.sees it] Me--, blakeley & Young will soon put their soda-water apparat us to work. Good new- to the sweltering public. Mes-. I triggs A Irby and Sumcrc) Bros. arc pu-hing foi ward thc wau k on Hour new block. Six months hence, w hen Laurens people vi-il Clinton, they will be eon fron ted by a blot k of linc concrete buildings instead Ibo old woollen rat pal ace whit h was ti prominent feature in former days. The laying of the cornerslono of the Monto: ?al Ililli will luke place oil the 28lh of May. Kev. Dr. Bruckett, of Charleston, ?viii bc present and assist in the services. White-wash und paint brushes are now on their annual rounds through the c ity. Some disreputa ble obi fences however, have resis ted their purifying inlltlCIICC, and -till bear the unenviable reputation of being eye-sore-1 to lite town and out of fashion. There is a saying among tho ladies, "Bet.er (ti bc oui of the world than out of the fash ion," we think applies exceedingly well to this case. Our town has had a great nflllc tlon within the past week. Mr. IL IL Blakeley, ene of our leading bus iness ne n, a friend to all. and uni versally loved, (ned Wednesday night, the 2/ith. Inst. He was a truly christian man not only in pre cept but in practice, and being a good financier, public spirited and liberal, he was one of the most use ful men in th?? town, both lo Ids church and lo the public generally, Iiis (lentil ls universally regretted, and the town b ids a henvj loss, There was un exceptionally large congregation at tin: funeral cervices and all were mourners. TIP TOI?. AO nico LA. Planting cottonscorns tobe thc order of the day. We ure having some Very dry weal lo r at present, which has been Very mUCh needed of late. Mrs. M. A. Smith, w ho has been quite SICK for some day.' past is im proving. Miss Anni" McFaddau, the ac complished young Instructress who luis had charge of the Tip Top High School for some time past, lias been engaged by Hie patrons for the spring lorin. Mr. I<. bi Taylor, tho popular young salesman of the Augusta Cash Company, visited relatives ai this place on last Sunday. Mr. .LIL Anderson and family b lt till* place ti few days ago; for Frvsn i, Cal., where (hey expect to make their future home. rs. Julia Smith of Hpurtanburg, .s visiting tit Mr. W. T.Smith's. TUM BIN (J SHOALS. NV . A. W Wo noticed frost on tin? morning of tlie 21st ult. Tho neighborhood is progressing finely in the woy of gardening and fanning. We have cotton up ?ind ready lo chop. Corn up. wheal and 01M8 headed, young english pens, hean vines ready to blossom and many other vegetables in excellent growing order, Ml*. Napoleon II. Wood, Hie prin cipio of tho Mt. Bethel Academy will give a picnic at the Long Shoals, next Saturday, May 5th for the pleasure of die c hildren. lt will he a basket ptc-nic. Tho chil dren have been studying hard for I many mouth-ami they should now j have some recrea*ion. l?\>r does not pleasure brighten life, And revive our spirit again? And does not custard make us grin, A nd sponge-cake keep us sane ? 1 see wheeo '*M" speaks of pre paring bottom-land with n sulky plow. My manner of preparing is this: First, break with a twister, then let settle and break cross-ways with a half twister. Then If very cloddy harrow wi I!. Next I break the third time which destruyes nil coat of weeds which may have galli eied, ?ind then I lay olT the rows l\ feet each way. Then I scatter my comport in the bill, timi drop lo each hill four or bee grains <>f corn 1 cover with tl doilblc-f? Ol plough ?md my land ls C li Oil ill ex cellent ortler und will not bo very troublesome during the remainder of tin' year. Voil must be very e ireful though anti do not plough your land too wet, for if you do it ! will injure the bimi timi crop both. Some ol out fanners continue to ! plant large crops of cotton notwith standing Hie decrease in price und unfavorable years, They have been warned from time to time to cease raising such large crops of cotton and to substitute eora, wheat oats ami other -mall grain. Will ? they not take w arning? I ><> they i not see the decline in tho price of cotton nod the increase in Hie price of bacon. ! They <ay thal they ure in debt i and must raise ?ill cotton to extri cate themselves. Hui right lure i they make a very sad mistake. In stead of lightening your debts you < become di ( per Involved. But, sup pose you should bc so fort ti ateas to raise enough cotton to cb ur your self oi' nil debts fur the presen I year, and do liol raise any corn or wheal, : then if you continue to farm next year you must buy ?ill your corn, all your Hour, bacon ami other ne cessaries anti you will lind when fall comes that you are as deep in debt as ever and that you must again go in debt for the ensuing year. Now if you raise corn and wheat enough for home consump tion then m arly all the cotton you may raise cnn go toward your deb;? j und you will not have to ask creel fl ! for the next year. Continue this eour-e ami in a few .vars you'll bo a free man ami your garners will be full. If you ure working n one horse farm, instead of planting ; twenty acre- in cotton urn! live In i corn, plant 'en in cotton ami li ft eon , in corn Work ii well and in a few ! yours you'll bo ul!-solid. The at ten! ion of thc County Com missioners i- called to (he fact 1 don't suppose i hoy have forgotten i.\ that the people Ol Sullivan Township made un appeal to them last slimmer and sent in a large pe tition wishing ?i bridge across Bee ; ily rivera! Long Shoals, lt i- much I needed and would be very conven ient to thc people in Ibis neighbor hood. Will you, or will you not bu i 1.1 it ? DIALS. ?ense lil UK lt Mr. Collier Curry has a line Held I of wheat sown in drills, w hich is looking wei!. This i- the llrst WC I have ever s-en sown that way. Judging from the kimi of machin ery WC StlW a lew days ago in or near tho yard of M r. Suttci'llcid, we suppose that he is undertaking to to invent perpetual motion. Wc took a look nt it und are not able to pronounce it any'hin^' else, ns there Wit- no one who could ex plain it to ns. Mr. A.C. ??wings planted water melons on Hie 2'lrd inst. Ho ?uys (hat it is now time lo plant, ami he never fails to raise line one-. Wo notice several far nfl'rs iii Dials through planting cotton ami a few plowing over cifl'n. Tho far mers in Dials ure always up to li::.e. (?ray Court, our Township sent, Is pu ti i UT ou city style, she now sports a 'own clock, or nt least wo suppose -neb, for while ?vcr lhere U few days ago about 12 O'clock, we I heard il ring. Croquet paf ties are getting t<> be la public nuisance over on thc Norlh side f;f Dial?, just as base bull was a year or so ugo. Gen. Green is going lo muster OUt Ills force be fore many week- humer, ami then Ave expect some of these young du des will have lo go to llglitin;.'. A. C. Ow ings has ll lol of as llnr thoroughbred pigs for sale as wc ever saw. Bum (iilliland, colored, one ol Youngs township vagabonds, in forms us 1 hat :i few nights ago a party visitad Iiis house ami tu ki lid ?lim out, made him a pre-cut ol some'hing t bal nc is likely lo re I member them for, Ile says lu I knows them, especially tho one wlio saluted him (he strongest Slim was accuse I cf tho larceny ol $100. Augustus < >w ings is ut Hie bonn of his brother, A. H., quite sick. Wt wish for Gll8 a speedy reo?.\ cry. Dials has om* men who has a it I nouneed himself ns tl eonilidute foi the legislature. Go it H. D. S Dials wauls to be represented ii , Columbia one time anyhow. A few notices regarding the fl>l law of South Carolina have beer posted up at some of the puhllt places In Dials for tho benefit o the people. Wo notice that it \t observed by some of the Ashing fm? I (emily. Wo like tliis law ol regar j ding dishing in South Carolina] and I hope that everybody will be inter ested enough to see that it is car j ried out, for several reasons. Ono , is that there is to our eel tain knowledge a sid of idlers who con sume a greater portion of four I months in the year doing nothing except fishing UpOII the lauds of other persons, destroying the grow ing crops along the creeks and branches. I f this law was en fore led once or twice, it would prove a great benefit. lt would slop so much hinting, - especialp with the negro, who consumes a great deal I of time from bis farms, which al that season of Iho year, need hi< at tention. This law is very much like tho law in regari! lo carrying concealed weapons, is never enforc ed, and thereby cause-, from a lack of a sense ol'duty ol* every law-abi ding citi/.en, a number of serious Accidents. We w ish the legislature : would so amend this concealed , weapon law as to make it a misde meanor for any person who sees j another and knowing him to bo carrying a concealed weapon, by line and imprisonment al hard la bor, Upon failure to prosecute the I person who currys the concealed weapon within bin certain knowl edge. WAT IC KLOO ni l.t.. Mr. W. K. (ioddard, formoly of Abbeville, has been visiting friends at this place. Mr. Ilawood Anderson and fain- j Ny of Tip Top, left here on Tuesday las! for <ialifornia. Mrs. lloyd of Clio S. C., wife of Rev G, W. lloyd, is spending some I Imo With relatives here. Mr. McKinley, the contractor for the bridge ?it Anderson's old mill, on Kainui creek, has finished it, and as nil other work thal Mr. Mc Kinley undertakes, ?t is done In ii rsl class workmanship. Mr. I tobe rf McDaniel ami wife, of Maddens, visited the family Of Dr. li. M. Henderson last week. Mrs .lane Smith of Spar tan burg, will vi<it relatives and friends in this vi.daily fora short while. Mrs. W. ll. (Jarrett, of I .aureus, visited Mrs. A, E. Carter, one day last week. M r. W. M. Dendy, has dooidjOd lo become :i citizen of our (own, and , has rented the Central Hotel, we welcome Mr. Dendy in our midst, ; and hope thal his sojourn a mongs I us will bc a profitable one. Mr. J. ?". liareis, ha pened to (pi i te a serious accident tho other day ? while moving some lumber, near his engine. Ile has a well a bou I (?or Sfeof deep. W hile he was moving j tho lumber willi hisfeack turned to the well, he seem- to have forgot ten all about it, when picking up one of the planks wilie ll WUS fasten ? in some way, he gave a jerk when ? he went headlong dow ll thowell, after being taken homo and exam- | ?ned by iho doctor it was found that one or two of his ribs wen' broken ' and lie sustained other bruises. At j i his wri I lng he Is able I o be out, and i w ill attend lo nil of his business. I:I>I:N, ON Ys I i s. Cents ol the week in cool w hite frosts, Kverybody through planting nearly, < 'oi n and cotton np. The Misses Mary Colonen and lilla Babb, of Bnbbtown, Mi<- Mary Colemuu, who is vlsi I lng her grand mother Mrs Anna Coleman, Miss j Kiln Babb, w ho has been visiting , her friends and relatives here for j the last week, llAVCj returned to their homes. Mrs .lohn franks, of your town, who has la-en Ulenia \ isit at the j Messes J. II.Wolff and II. I >. Ma- : li liffey, for some lime luis returned home. Me. fm uk Henderson, of Mt. IMeasanl neighborhood, was thc guests of Mr. J. ll. Wolff on last lourlli Saturday night. The young folks of Kdcn, mot af thc mill nf Mr. M. K. MahalVcy, on las! fourth Sunday, and hada ni?e fishing parts', 111<. s enjoyed the oc casion very milch. i Mrs W. M. Mahon,'vim has been quite ill from the effect ofilCOII jjostivo chill for thc last week or two is at this writing convalescent. A few more cases of mumps yet. Mr. Anderson Ahcreeombio, ?ind M rs. .lane Bolt, have been in a righi low condition from relaps, Imf are improving. I hope the young folks w ill keep their April] fool letter-. ?Ut of Hu mait hex, ns it bothers the mail rider ns ho isn't paid to carry tho April fool mail . A young gent loman showed me a most beautiful and loving april fool the oilier (lay thal he had.just rc ceived from his girl, these are some of thc word- thal were.writ fen in it. Semper felix (Kiells Idem paradis iSlcut aili patribus sil dena nobls ' con amore. Mr's. Balley Tumbling, w ho bas leen very low willi consumption lb." some time is nt (lils \\ fiting im proving. KdCII seems to be. on a boom as ' sb" cnn boast of more officers than any other around, as she har. two Ural class barbers, Messes H. A H. ? two first class Physicians, Kev l l. A K. two notable mi lusters, (dd Uti* '> i le Bunk Babb and Haywood Don? N llldsoil, one dentist. one dill? ' dldnte, who can bea tit. Wheat ?ml oafs around Rd en seems to be on a bonni. i] Charles p. Hoffman, postmaster > I at Blythewood, S, C., has been ar rested on (be charge cf detaining . and destroying mall mutter left for delivery. Work has boen commenced oil (tie <?., C. A- N, rail i uni between Chester and Broad Uiver. The Augusta Exposition lias np proprlatcd $ft,000 for (he races and ii 'argo sum also for music, ISM M A Al/rilOl si:\s LON Cl 8LKISP, The Strange Case of a Young-! Lntly that Puzzlesthc Doctors. ; April. 22.-Tho quorost Creaks of nature, if such they may he dilled, are the long sleeps of Canina Alt house, a young lady residing with her parents in Attica, Wyonilgg I County, N. V. She has just awak ened from hoi last one of thirty* 1 three days in a very exhausted con dition. This is tile longest of the many sleeps she has taken during tlie past three or four months. When she went into tins sleep she appeared tranquil and almost death like, hut there is strictly speaking, no trance. Her first in quiry on awakening was lor her sister Kate, ami silo begged the at tendants at ber bedside not lo al low ber to go ts sleep again or she would never wake up. Alter sub sisting on virtually nothing for over a monti), she was in a very (coblo condition. During her last sleep lier grand father died ii Mumford, N. Y. One i of her questions lo ber physicians was regarding him, and the doctor, ! fearing to diock her, said that he was worse, she rather energetic ally replied : "Why, he is dead ; I know he is dead.'' The members of the family are pusillvo that 110 reference was made to the death in lu i- presence. During her sleep her attitude is utmost rigid. She admits nf being sometimes voryflthirsty. The pe riods before lier awakening are usually marked hy bleeding at the nose, high temperature and strong pulse, Wit!) an audible whispering. The case is a strange one, and thc doctors hardly know whut to make ol' it. TH li rv mn: its ruc sr. How it Di deis from thc ( i range in its object. Walter N. Alh ii, I'roshlonl Kansas h'ur iniu's' Trust, In St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. I I have received letters from gen tlemen of the Northwestern states asking thc question : "in what re spect docs tho Farmers' Trust din er from 1 be < ? range ?" I can answer without prejudice, as i have boon II member of (he UrailgC for the past seventeen years. The < i range t ried tu regu late prices on what UK farmers had lo buy. The Farmers Trust undertakes to control lite prices on ? what tho farmers have lo sell. Tho ; 110 appoints agents to buy cheap; the other Will appoint ItgCllts to sell to the best advantage. Tho Cirungeis.il secrol social society; its members are bound (ogcthi r hy ; moral obligations; it sought to cf feet legisla I ion and accomplish po litical ends. lt excludes from' membership all persons who ure . not actual farmers. The Farmers'I Trust has no secrets, signs, pass- 1 word-, black ball-, and it- members arc bound together by pecuniary obligations-bas a pocket int?r?t t i anda business ead. l! seeks for thc best business talent ami invit es tlie co-operation ol' nil men of br ins, experience and busines in tegrity. A distinguished gentleman from Illinois, writes mt* suggesting "Far- j mers Pi otoo! ive Inion,'' as a sub* stilutu for tho mime Farmers' Trust. 1 am aware that there ls a prejudice against anything thal bas the name "trust," but this is owing to the frtCl thal the ohjeet of a (rust ls so little understood. A trust i-, a union of business in-titu lioiis ami ils obj eel is lo prevent ruinous competition in Irado,expe rience having demonstrated that competition is not the safe and honest way of doing business. To competition may lie traced 80 per cent of all business failures, and thc survival ol' the littest or strong est inc,une au oppressive monop oly. A trust is a compact between two ??r mule independent business (inns agreeing to do or not todo a ec rt ai n thing in (lie lille ol' their business, ami implies ti trustee to execute the trust, u lin ?- restricted I or limited to the specific ohjeet ol the trust By these modern insti tution- uniform grades of prices are estai lishetl, Utils protecting Hie ! weak against (lie strong, anti re serving lo each member of tho un? ion lill Hie right and power- not delegated to lite trust. A I rust, therefore, i- decentraliz ing in it- influence and a check up on monopoly, Hie latter being a consolidation ol' business power, ac ting under one supreme head, de riving ils nourishment and growth from tho failure timi ruin of com? Petitors in trade. When a combi nation In business assumes thi> character il censes to lie a trust, , and becomes ii nioiioply, The manufacturing and commer cial classes arc organized, bul thc i agriciiltui.il-the fundamental] in dust rio 1 class - is unorganized and ! At the mercy of the oilier two. The ! Farmers' Trusl movement lhere ' fore, has become a necessity in or? ' der to secure nn equitable exchange of products, and to restore Ibo nor? I inti) condition ol' trad(> or an equi? ! librium of production and con ! Rlimplhm. Anniversary of tho Laurens County Bible Hoelety. The (bird annual meeting of this . Society will be held at I.aureus i Cf II, In (ho Methodist Church,Hun? ? tiny, May (Ith, 1888. PROG HA M M K,-Introductory ser vico al 10:30 n. m. Address by Itev. T. H. Daw, District Sup?rlntendent American p.ibieSociety.nt 11 a.m., followed hy tho annual reports of oflk'ors of Hoelety, showing its op erations during tho past year. ID < i ss.-Addl es , hy Hov. J. D. Pitts at 8 p. m. Call for new mem bers,-election of officers. Collec tion in aid ot bible cause. Conclu ding services, AH milliliters throughout (he I county and tho public generally uro cordially Invited to bc present, and unite with tho congregations of the town ii: celebrating our an niversary. lOiiterlninuient will be provided for our visiting friends upon lint ?lying any of the ofllccrs Of Ibo Society. S. li. TODD, C. L. I*'i K R. President. Sec'y, pro teni. s ur vivers' Meeting. Tlie Survivors' Association of Laurens county, s. t !.( w ?il meet on .May 10th, 1*>>S, at ll A. M., in the Court House, A full attendance is very desirable as matters of im portance are to be discussed. It is also the day tor the annual election of ofHcer.s. H . NV. BA 1.1., D. P. (.'( KJGANS, Pre-iilent Secretary. Milking lt l ay. Voliipuk ia prono'inccd Volui>eek.-Ex chango. A boston Rlrl learned Volapuk, Ami no oi in r language ? oui I spuk. So Uicy pat ber, by gum, in tin' dime inusc-un>, Ami s!io"s earniug liol' hundred a wuk. -Bo inn Courter. lliiixlsoino IH n? Handsome Docs. Mis* Wabash (of Chicago)-XVho is that young gentleman, Clara, who took you into dinner Ins*, ninia '. Mi-.s Breezy-A Mr. Porcino, of Mi. ni gnu iivenue. Miss Wabash-1 thought In'was hand. Rome. Miss Breezy-Yc-esi hut to ti jwrson of re Qneil and r.onsitivo liist.es tho very awkward niunugr in which ho bundles Iiis knife whoa eating pl? i- distressing in tho extreme. Tid Bits. Hough on Creditor*. When burtleue 1 l.y our many billi), ? i|>|iii ms! by woe and sorrow, How I"! :i .on io recall Un- Incl We're Icavlufg low n to-tnorrow. . Nebraska siui- Journal. A Terrible Ordeal. "T think timi tint lew men could Survive an ordeal tay father passed through." "What \t as t liai !" ..Why bo was shipwrecked, and for four teen ila;..-. didn't bnvo n bit ti; eat." "That's nothing. My father bad several similar cxpcrii nccs lind lived through them."' "Was h.- a sailor.'-' ".No. Ile was un actor."-Nebraska Stato Journal. No Causo for Alarm. "Have 1 don? anything to offend you, .tarim:.'!' ho nsked brokenly. "Today jon passed m.- with mt liowing, und now voa sit ibero w ith such aa aa- of hauteur and prido that " "George," iulerritptot) the Kiri with the unbending .ur, hut in her voice theil' was a cadeneo sweeter than muslo in tho night, "I have a stiff neck." -Now York Sun. STATE OF SOL Til CAROLINA, L \ ll B rc NS CO V N T v, i N I'UoilA'l i: e.a. t: r. XX'horons, XX'. lt. (i wo ns mid XV. 13. Ow oas hitvi! applied tu mo for trotters <>t Administration on tho est nt o of lt. ll. Illnkoly. ih censed. These are therefore to elle and admon ish nil iiiifl singular ihe kindred mid on dit.ns nf s n.I deceased, to ho and np pour before meal ; court ol'Prohn le lo iie boldon nt my olllcc nt Laurens C. H., on tho lTtli day of May. IS&S, ai lu o'clock a. m.. to'show 01111*411 if an\ I hov ? an. why letters should not lu- gmnted. ( ? i "OM uniter 111 V band ano soul this, thc ?Wtll dav of April I8H8. A . vv . ll K N's imo. P roon tc .1 niloc. May ". I sss. Piedmont Air Line, Kielituotid ?V Danville li. lt., Columbia & < ? reen ville Division. Condensed Schedule in oiled April 1. I $87. (Trains run on 7?lh incridhin time.) soc I li Holt NI), No. .VJ. NO. 60. I.oavo Walhalla t7 ?o a ni I .olive \ nderson ti |2 a in I.0UV? Abhovillo 11 lu a m l.va\ o < ?reenvido i'? it in Leave Kreon wood lt! .".T p in I., ave Ninety s?* Min m Leave Laurens 5 O') II III Leave Clinton " lu Leave < lob! ville ? SO I.ouve No\vbcrr> 7 30 n m Leave Alston S 20 p in Leave Asheville I ..-av oHpiirta nh'tf I ion vc I nion Ar've Alston " I !olttuibhi '.' 07 a ni A umist ti li lu p m " ( hat levi.,u. via S C lt H '.' p in Charleston vi i A < ' I. 0 45 p in Savannah, via t A s v u: I ll HOI." N l> NO. V',. Leave I 'oltliuhli! 'Ill p in Leave Alston - tn p m Ar'vo Union " Kpnrtiinh'g Prosporlt \ S 30 p m Leave NewUovrv leap m Louve Ihihlvilhi ?". 11 p m Lo.ive Clinton ?- 33 p 111 Ar've Liol rees ll ?0 u ni Nhioty-Six ti20 p m " Oreen wood '?'> nj p m " Uroouvlilo <. 03 p m " Abhovillo I l > p m " A ndorsou ? ?H? p m Koneon ii 12 p ni " Walli.dla ll ftft p Ul '. Atlant.. Ul |U p m "Dally. I Dall., except Sunday I Having bought tho lino of drays heretofore run by .lohn H. Bowers and Max Zarex, I would inform Hie public that 1 will serve them w ith promptness ami haul packages from the depot at live cents each. li. c. A N'DKBSON, Laurens, S. C. niliy288ti I ' TO My Friends end : CUSTOMERS. 1 have Ibis day sold to Mr, L. C Anderson my draying business, tim I w ill not engage in t he draynge bus I ?ness hereafter, but w ill COI!Mutti lo run my b ed ami li .ery stubb Thanking my friends und custom ors for past patronado ami bc -peaking a liberal aliare for Mi Anderson in the draynge businos myself in the livery and sole s? hie. I om respectfully, MAX /.A?KX. . I Laurens, S. C. npr28* Mooting ortho Democrtic club. Tlie members of tho Democratic Club of Younga,Township will meet nt Youngs on Saturday, the ?th'day of May, at 10 o'clock ?. M., for the purpose of electing nine delegates to the ( 'ownly Convention to he held at Laurens Court House on the 12th day of May next. ().<;. Tl IO M P?ON, Township Chairman, WDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies, A marvel of purity strettuth und wholesomeness, Muli- economical than tlc ordinary kinds, and cannot he sohl in competi tion with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate now dors Sold only in CANS, Ko v A I, 1' AK RAINO Powder ., 100 Wall St root. N.Y ANNOUNCEMENTS. Poi* Senate. 1 am :i candidate for tho oilloo ot' sen ator tor Lunrens i 'oiinty. I a w is W. Si M KINS. Tor Probate .! inly .'. ('..I. A. W. I tl RN LIRE is respectfully illinolineed in* :i ciindidnte for ro-eloctlon toll.Hie?; ol Probate Judge, subject to the resuil ol' ile I'll mary election, I woutd ri.spf i>tfully announce to iii? VOtora of I,aureus County thal I am n candidato foi' Ibo otlleeof Probate Judge, subject to ?he Demaeratic Primary. .1' ll) .) . Ill .< i/.KK. 1 respectfully announce myself a can didate for the olllee of Probate Judge subj* et to the result of tho Primary Eloe t ion . J? il IN M. C LARDY. For Clerk ol' Co nfl. i would respect full v announce my sell a candidate tor the oflioo of <Mork nf thc ' 'on rt im- La II rena < 'minty, siinjool to tho Primai y Kl eel lon. I. WASHINGTON WATTS I respectfully announce myself as a .andiilato for re elcelii li for tic oftlco ol Klerk of Court, sttbjool lo tn. insult o i he Priimi i v elect lon. ?.. W. SHELL. du- \miltoi*. I ri spiel lulu ii II non nen myself ns a coiitthhilc '. i tin . lllee et County Audit or at lin- uppri a< Mm; cleSlli u, subject lo the ri suit ot tin Pi lum rv. C. M. PRANKS. 0. M La li JJ stell i . nu um i il ns a i an did Oe for ie-ehetion to Hie ellice o I County Atldiloi tor I min n> County siibjee'i lo tho action of tko Primary. I? or i censurer, W. sc* ITT K SKIRT respectfully puts himself before the voters of Laurens County .-isa candidate for the ollleo of L'OUIlly T'rensur, subject io the Primary election. *" 1 would rospoctfully auiiounco myself a Candidate foi" Hie' ollleo of Cou ht)* Trcasur.-r, snhjeel lo the priliiarv. . J. WAHI: AN PIERSON, I I would respectfully ptosont myself I for ro-eic el lon io the onion ot' County i Treasurer, subice ... the Primary. JOHN H.COPELAND. i Por School Commissioner. j I respectfully annottneo myself ns ? candidato for School Commissioner sub* I |cet to the primai v. I . P. RYRR. ! Tho friends of M, L, llnlloek hoing ful I ly sntisllod with lum in dbadiavgiliglhO I luiics oi Hie ollleo of School Commis sioner lor Laurena County respectfully I uouiinate liiiii toi re-election, subject tt> he I'riniary, I or Shell fr. I respectfully announce mysolf as a I candidato for ro-elcoHoii to tin ellice of I Sheriff, subject lo tho result of the Pri 1 mary, 1'.. K. RA IXEW. I respect fully aiiiiounec un ?ell ad . I candidate for the i niloc of sherill. .1. Y . 1. \ NT ')!{11. I would respectfully annonneo my self as a candidate for tho < Miloo of sher ill fm- Lamms County, subject to tb? Primais Klootion. Cross 1 lill. s,. ( . W.I,. Tl KH?rt, We are authot'l/.od loa mounce Capt. THOMAS ,L HICK UTI n candidato for the ollleo of ShoritV, subjeel t.. the result of ihr Primary elect tun, April 1883, * Por Cottntj Commissioner. w. Proston Turnor is nomby announc ed hs a eandhlato for the ollleo of Conn ly Commissioner subject t<? the rrsuii of t lie Prl ma rv cloel lon, lilli ?ss Hill, row NSHIP. The olli/cns of Sulliv ho's ami Water loo Town-hips would respectfully an? te .ii me 11,, mime of M,. ZIMRI OAK? TEK as a suitable mini for County Com missioner, Mr. ('arter la wot I known to tho citizens of I.aureus Counts and wo feel sure thai this announcement ?ni meet with tho approbation of tho volo re of the Count \ . State of South Carolina. COUNTY OK LACHIONS, I N I'lioHATK col UT. Whereas, O.A. Winn hw applied to me fm Petters of Administration OD th? cst ate of Thomfti Kuller, U00< nsod. ThoaO ai e therefore to oltfl and All Ul Oft? ish ail unit aingitiar the kindred and (.red I toi s of snid deceased, to he and ap .ear be fm e nie at A Court of Probate, lo JO holden at my albee nt Laurens C. H., on Hm 21st day ol' April, lsss, at IO o'clock, H. m., to show cause, if any they can, why letters should not be ?runted. Ulvon under my hand and aoal this, th?20 ti day day of Nov., lsss. A. \V. R CRN SIDE. Piel' it.- .lodge. April S, If?4