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Subscription Prloo 12 Mouths, fl.SO. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. W. W. BALL. EDITOR. is for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad isoments, per square, one lnsor *LO0{ each subsequent Insertion, otion made for lar?o Ad W.W.BALL, Proprietor. ?ENS, S.C., May 8, 181M. Ooxeytsin. neu Tillmanism mado its advent r four years ago or moro a promi Iti/eu of South Carolina declared 'i I' nun a symptom. Mado at so early junoturo it was a happy hit. It will bo remembered that tho Governor had nothing to suggest as a remedy for the evils that bosot and threatened us but an agricultural college of which ho wanted to bo trustee. Tho matter was strenuously urged, flagged and was \ about doud when old man Clomson dlod willing about four thousand annually for such u college, which vlvlsocted Tlllman's Idea and tho thing took form and became an accomplished fact. Wo have it now with flvo hundred boys in uniform and studying chomistry and tho usoful arts and notably agriculture. At the sumo time overboard Into tho tumbling billows the aristocratic In stitutions of South Carolina, of two centuries' growth with its olrcumum ?hulatlng? rings, woro buried. Since that timo wo have had threo yoars of good government. Now, honestly and Squarely look at the situation. South Carolina, Ceorgia, Mississippi, Toxus, and every state beyond tho Mississippi where agriculture is tho predominant interest sends up a discontouted wail in chorus with tho Edgolicld cry. The trans-Mississippi farmor foods his swine and Hocks upon wheat and erics aloud for a market for his surplus and over plus and furnishes 4iis thousands of re cruits for the vagabond army of Coxoy, whose cry is on to Washington Instead of on to Richmond as in 18<?2-ti*l. Tho unrest, the discontent?tho causo of that discontent appertains to tho _ ^'^?^faiiM itiiMsiiot, to the. small domain of South Carolina where tho Columbia Club dominated. Hogg, Walto and Kolb are a thousand miles from us, vociferous In their distress and refuse to bo comforted. Tho wheat growers of tho West, tho swine growers of tho West, the beef producors of the West havo failed to find a market and they are in the soup; they havo no money to buy our line spun cotton fabrics; cotton drugs on the world's markets and wo are in the soup; wo aro unablo to buy tho products of tho great manufactur ing establishments; thoy are in the soup, and hence and thence strikes, shutdowns, armies of unemployed, Coxoy, unrest, tramps, want of confi dence, and the absence of prosperity that emphasizes the signs of the times. So if wo are right, tho advent of Hen Tillman was truly described as a symp tom, but a symptom of a diseaso not confined to this little district of South Carolina. It is everywhoro. "The times aro out of joint." No ono man will find out the remedy. No dozen nor ten thousand men will discover an antidote. Tho cause or causes that work social disturbances move silently and darkly as vegotation grows and are unobserved; tho causes that rcstoro i.oalth and lifo and a normal condition work in like manner unseen and are not recognized until in another ora tho historian and philosopher como along dispassionately to diag nose thein^0 Let us tlioreforo be calm and dispas sionate; bo patient and wait results. We are not going to get out of the woods except by putting money in our purses: wo aro not going to put money in our purses oxcopt wo find people in the world who want our products and who are able to give good prices for thorn. Wo aro not going to be better off by abusing one another. So lot us be at peace and bide events. The South is probably bettor off to-day than any other section of the United States. She furnishes not a man of tho ragged army that tho West and North aro called upon to feed to-day. No man nor set of men in South Caro lina can help the causo in this State, oxcopt as he can help tho Democratic party to stand strongly upon Its legs to uphold Donioeratie principles, a low tariff and an economic administra tion of the government. in an altercation Editor Thompson, of tho Advocate, shot Editor Rowell. of tho Leader, both of Groenwood. Thk Advertiser has been in a peace vein for two weoks and regrets to hear of warlike demonstrations. In deed, the arming of so many martial companies In the tho State "gives us pauso." Gunpowder has a most villainous smell and a propelling force inhospi table to knee, elbow and ankle joints. Lot our contemporaries turn to Tris tram Shandy and study his humanizing philosophy as when ho captures his littlo annoy or and raises tho sash with: "Go, little 11 y; thero's room enough in the world for you and me." In tho midst of' war the laws aro sj ' iont; In tlmo of peace the guns should bo spiked. Our contemporary, tho Cotton IMant, inqulros why tho Democratic Execu tive Committee don't mcotand arrange a campaign. Our friend is behind tho timos. A convention has settled all that and tho candidates will bo fixed in duo time. A campaign would be superfluous, a work of supororogution, In tho nature of a surplus, a sort of sur plusage A surplus would bo stale. Don't Insist upon tho perfunctory. Ho patlont and your candidates will bo duly sorved to you with your ogg, ap ploand coffee. Please, no oxhibition of tho "gorge," but takoyour mediclno like a swoot good boy. Coxoy's mon who violated tho law at Washington got off with a fow bruises. And McClondon looso. ? it is David D. Hill, who can't swallow tho Wilson Tariff Bill and tho Incomo Pill. Things aro very much mixed just at this juncturo. Tho Democrats do not kuow whore thoy aro at at Washington; Gov. Tillman was kissing hands with tho Pops at Birmingham; Tho dispen sary don't understand itsolf in South Carolina; Tho Supreme Court is in darkness visible, as .Milton would say; tho reform factious seo each other as in a glass darkly: Nobody knows tho turn things will take; The turn things havo taken. A case in poiut feads: "It wired In and wired out, And loft tho matter still indoubt, Whether thosnake that made the track, Was travelling South, or coining buck!" * * + Throe United States Senators have died In a month. One of tho Napoleon's Generals had his log shattered by a cannon shot. Amputation was neces sary at once and tho Surgeons told him to bo proparcd for the worst, when he exclaimed: What, lot a marshal of Franco die! * * * Tho- Hon. Frank Hatten, editor of tho Washington Post, and formerly of President Arthur's Cabinet, died at Washington of paralysis. He conduct ed his journal on independent linos, Ho dies universally respected. So much for honesty and independence * * * An International conference on the Metalle Money question is sitting in London, presided over by the Lord Mayor of that city. To Qx the ratio of Silver to Gold and restore both to the currency of the world is tho goal aimed at. * * * Gov. Tillman is lighting hard to keep tho liquor question out of court until July when Associate Justice Gary steps into tho No. 11 shoes of Judge McGowan. * * * The Atlanta Constitution says we may look for immigration to the South. There are waste places in South Caro lina but new comers arc advertised to be chary of the waist places. * * * A case has gone up to tho State Su preme Court from the town of Florence to test the Status of liquor in South Carolina. The clouds will soon have rolled by. * * * The great church organs of the State urge upon our factions, peace and charity. * * 10x-Prosident Harrison says he Is not a candidate for the Presidency. Rheumatism originates In tho mor bid condition of tho blood. Hood's Sarsapariila cures rheumatism. Get only Hood's. Low Bates to Dallas Texas. Arrangements aro now being made by the Lonisviilo and Nashville Railroad lor its regular Baptist Train from tho Southeast lo the meeting of lho South ern Bapti.it Convention, which this year is at Dallas, Texas. The rate will likely bo same as usual, one fore for fho round trip and will allow a liberal time for ro turn. Tho train will start lrom Atlanta about May 8th, running by way of West Point, Montgomery, Mobile, the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. At Mont gomery the train will be joined by oth ers from Birmingham, Decntur, Nash ville and Louisville. If you are going you should at once Bond your name und number in your party to Fred 1). lUinii, Districtjl'nssenirer Agent, 80 Wall St., Atlanta, Ga , who will see that accom modations aro reserved for you. S. A. Ii. One-half rate to Dallas, Tex., on ac count Southern Baptist Convention. May llth, '04; Great opportunity to visit the Lone Star State, via P. R. & W. C. and S. A. L. to Atlanta, there connecting with the magnificent Bap tist train composed of sleepers and conches solid and special to destination by the Montgomery and N. O. route. Tickets cri Milo May 7th. 8th and 0th. For further information apply to, T. J. Anderson, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va.; B. A. Nowland, T. P. A., Char lotte, N. C; or J. N. Wright, S. P. A., Laurons, S. Co. EiAOIBS Needing a tome, or children who wont build 11>K up. should tnk? ? BROWN'S IKON 1UTTKHS. It li pleasant; cures Malaria, Indigestion, Biliousness. Liver Complaints und Neuralgie* UNDER BUY ? -and UNDER SELL IS OUR MOTTO ?Wo keep a full line of? Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, Hats, Millinery, Jeans, Cal icoes, Cotton fl (IC8, Woolen Suitings, Hardware, Stoves, and BIG LINE of Tiittiittxte just arrived and they arc Bargain.', lor you to share. We have nlao a full line of St. Josephs' Family Medicines which wc guarantee to be the best in the Land. *Afe can give you bargains in Stoves % ?<( AND }? Sewing Machines New Goods arriving weekly. Call and see them, for seeing is be lieving. We remain your faithful and obedient servants, L. E. BURNS & CO. ?tF' J. T. Garrett, Manager of Store nt Burksdalc, S. C. 00 L. E. Burns, Manager r-t Store at Little Knob, S. C. DR. W. H. BALL, DENTIST, OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK, LAUREN Best I V.r:;M The Jud| ? -.? ;\t on Hood'a Pro nounced by 0C)Ulfo Pogg, The following tentlmonfiil comes fromT.Hi Fogg, Ksq., wlio Is well-known throughout Ken tucky hs court Justice ami Justice ot the peace (or Bath county. Ills words should lavoko the confidence of all who read his letter: "0. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "I will say for HooTs Sarsaparille I believe it to be tho best medicine In the world. In the winter of '89 I bad a bad case of tho grip which loft my system In very bad shape. I tried every thing I could find and got no relief. In the fall of tho same year I bought a bottle of Hood's Sarsupai lllu. Tho first doso 1 took Made a Decided Change for tho better. When 1 began taking tho Aral bottle my weight "-as 127 pounds, tho lightest sluco manhood, liy tho time tho second bottle had been used Illy weight was ICO pounds. I owe all this n> Hood's Sarsaparille und I gladly recommend it to all sufferers." T. M. Foao, Justice of the i'i ace, Sharp iburg, Kentucky. HOOfl'O PlHo v re liver Ills, constipation, blltousiK i, jaundice, sick hoailacho, bidlgcstton, STATE OK so urn CAUOUNA, OoUNTY OF LAURENS. Probate Comt. II. G. Colenuin, as Administrator of tho Estate o( P.D. Coloman, Plain till" against Othello I). Coloiuan and W. H. Coloman, ot. al. All persons holding claims against the estate of P. D. Coloman, deceased, are rcqirod to establish them at a ref erence to he holden in this Court. May llth. IS!)I. at 10 o'clock, a. m. JNO. M. Cl.AHDY, April 10. 'SU-Ii _j^i?. Ii. c. $3,000700 A YEAR FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS. If you want work thai Is pleasant and profitable, scud us your address Immediately. Wo teach mcu und women how to cam IVom 95.00 per day io S3,0(K) per year wllhoul having had previous experience, and furnish the employment ul which I they can make that amount. Notullia diflicillt lo learn or ili.it requires much lime, The work is easy, healthy, ami honorable, and can bedottc dur lag tlaylimcor ovouiiigs, right in your own local ity, wherever you llvo. The result of n fow hours' work often equals a wi'ck'e wnirrs, We have taught thousands "I both eexe.s and all ages, and many liavo laid foundations that will surely bring (hem rlclios. Some of tho smartest i.M-n in ', l.i country owe their trorcss in life to the start given them while in our employ years ago. Yon, reader, may do as well; try It. You cannot fail. No capital necessary. Wo fit you out with something that is now, solid, and sure. A book brimful of advice is frei- to nil. Help your, pelf by willing for it to-day ?not to morrow. Delays are costly. E. C. ALLEN & CO., BOX 420, AUGUSTA, MAINE. TYPEWRITERS, MIMEOGRAPHS, PHONOGRAPHS, BICYCLES, SUNDRIES. Cash or Installments. New Machines traded for old ones. A well equipped Bicycle Repair SHOP. Gonzalks & Withers, Columbia, S. C. PURE DRUGS Are very essential when a person is ill and adulterat ed medicines cannot po& My have the curative powers like wholesome medicines but ?OJE?/? |0b JEPd ^TO. .^r?*" 'AS Ucej)s nothing but the la st ami purest Drugs and Medicines and people wanting anything in my line will do well to call. I also carry a large stock of Teilet Articles, SUticncry, Tcbacca, gars, Colognes, Toilet and Laundry Soap and a hundred and one other things kept i:i a lii^t-class Drug Store. I keen BARSEN 8Ei??8 of reliable houses constantly on band and sell them at reasonable prices. Yours for mutual benefit, SS* Fo P?E?9 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGuiST WToticc Parties wanting Guano and Acid de lived anywhere in Laurens County will save money by seeing or Wl'itill to V. D. HOLT, Alma, S. C. k'--:V f. sell six dl (Toren t bra nds. tf WE WE W G (ho earth at ntul la-low cost. I A V IP XT AT 1,10 Sleatest nffgrignlion of mor Lxjk t & .1 Li \J Jl chandise ever shown on the A.mcr icnn Continent. n low leading lines to bait you with and in this way induce you to buy a general 1 >i 11 in which \\e can burn you up w Ith profit > ft h We Have We Have We have we think a line of goods not equaled in c\ cclcncy of quality ami reasonableness' of value in I,aureus County. we know the good opinion ol the trading public. not gained the confidence of the trade by practicing deception and palming oil'goods of inferior quality at the price of first-class merchandise determined that our Stock shall lie the lar gest and our prices'as low as the lowest. If you want good Goods and not trash, if you want the Lowest prices money and judgment cm l>uy, if you want polite attention we will be pleased to have you inspect our throe big rooms and let us name you a few prices. SIMMON DRY GOODS PALACE, Invite Laurens and vicinity to call and examine their grand display of Nobby Spring Clothing, Lovely Scarfs, Ties, Bows, also a magnificent display of Dress Shirt,*., Negligee Shirts, Collars, CtitVs, Bells, etc. Our ?took is "limxieri.se And our prices are lower than ever. Some people talk of ttJitne Sales" and **Slang'/tler Sa les " but when we talk the whole com munity knows it means something. We fay CASH for all we l>uy, and know thai none undersell us. Men's Suits from ^.j.oo to .^30.00; Boys' Suits from 5ocls to $15 : Boys' Knee Punts' from 15c. to $1.50. The finest line of Ladies and Misses Sboes and Slippers that can be fount!, at prices that will please. Our line of Men's Shoes a* d Hats are well selected and ?beap. We have built up oar trade by pulling down prices, and the singe? ing, scorching red hot demand for cash makes the sale at our store a lively event. Come one, Come all, and see what we can c!o for you. Respectfully, DAVIS, IIOPEB, & ?C, The People's Clothiers. w"-j?-y . ^?Jk'...-. ? <.:.<? W. ,lk. DOUCtAd Shoes arc stylish, cry filll and give bet satisfaction, at llio prlccrt advertised than any other make. Try mo nah" and bo c VI need. The stamping of W. L. Douglas' name rind price cm the bottom, whi guarantees their value, 6n"cs thonsarflls of dollars nnnualh '0 l! who wenr the Dealers who posh (ho sale ?f W, I . Douglan Shoos whi h hel Increase tho sales on tholr n'Mino of goods. n??y can nffutd ta ncli ai 1 ???; proli nail wo belloVfl ?011 cna bavo 1 loney by litiytnr; : i va .1wni.ro <?? . ndvt U?.od nolow. OAUtloguo mo upon application. W. X*l?OUUi > Brookton, Moos. For Sale by Tl 115 LA URIONS CASH COMPANY. Laufens, S. C. For Sale, Valuable property in tlio oity ol Lumens. Tho old L*roabytcrian onueli and lot containing about throo acroa, Tin.- oliuroh builtliuff is of brick) and In tllO very bosl condition am! cat! booon* vortcd into a splondid residence loti Also a vary dosirablo building lot no.tl to t ho now Ilaplist church, with a front on Main strool and on CoUogo Btroot. l5ot.li of those lob. ai'O very COUVOIlloilt to tho business portion of town and ail tho churches and Ihogradodscho* l. This is a ?00(1 opportunity for inves tors ami porsona doslring i<? Bocuro u home in the Ihl'lvlnu olty of I/mi ens. Communicate with J, ?. O. DMoiuifi or Ii. Y, Simpson, commlttoo. E. J. O'OONNOIi -(dkaleh in)-? Pure Liquors? 008 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. 0 HOICK OLD Wil 18K1 i:s, DIIANDIKS, ?.l as, HUMS, 'VINES AND LIQUORS OV ALL K.?,t>s. Th > Largest Liquor House in the South. U?F~ Mail orders receive prompt attention. Hammer Away "nil You Wake 'Bin Up. I^ijockii^T Wl)o is Tfjef e? J. 0. ('.. FLEMING & CO. l,loase ?i,cn >m'r door and let us in. \\ e are knocking at the doors of every house within a radius of ttwenty miles, with greater" inducements than it ever before has been our privilege t:> oiler, and wo feel safe in claiming the "middle ol the road.. Other 'merchants will find it dilKcult to step to our low prices. \\ v> have t ut the prices, and "cut them deep." On some articles we have cut the prices in the middle?-some on one side and $ some on the othc.*. Somethings arc chine from necessity and some from choice. In this case we act from both. We have the goods and must sell them?that's necessity. The first loss is alwavs the host?that's choice. Turn a deaf oar to this announcement and you allow gain to turn to loss. We are Erring I Bappiftg! Loud aiid Long1. Da Y<m Hear? i I? ! Sr CH\ GaiVt '1&AK i ^ &> f Meie VCry iCUi .: f.o see y Oi'l feil?. O'UuJS Wto? Pne?^w?l ,o ill * RAM BJL !.:k: \ make of i rice, I ,u niture. Carpeting, Chinavv re, Stoves and House Furnish! a Goods. g boons, 5.M. and If, ? WILKE8 & CO. Mi liter's New Building, Giei)l) Sprigs Water "WI'JLiili C O RE Dyspepsia, Livoi Complnlnt, Chronic Moplalitis, Jaundice, Torpof of Liver,-And general dobility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhcon, Dysca^ory.Con.slipAtion, Hcmouhoids, Uterine, Kcnal ami Cystic Diseases, lUam.itmi.i and Catamanial derange.)