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$fie Qduertiser Subscription Frtoe?X3 Months, fl.&o. PA YABL.E IN AD V A NOK. / W. W. BALL. EDITOR. ( Rates for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad vortisements, per square, one inser tion, 11.00{ each subsequent insertlou, 50 csuts. Liberal redaction made for large Ad vortlsementa. W. W.BALL, Proprietor. LAUHENS. 8. C. Jan. 8, 1805. Cotton has become a problem since its price has fallen to the figure of five cents per pound. .Conventions havo as sembled in the South West, whoro the bulk of the crop is raised and resolu tions have been adopted by plautors and others looking to the solution of the financial troubles incident to this serious condition of things at the South. Not alone tho cotton producer, but every other Southern industry and business is affected vitally by the terrible depression in tho price of cot ton. Cotton spinning is a largo indus try; cotton seed mills, the phosphate output largely consumed in and do pendent on tho production and culti vation of tho cotton plant, como into prominence in connection with tho cotton problem now exciting so pftuoh attention throughout all tho country. It Is clear that an Immense .amount of capital, in phos^a^es, oil and cloth hiantttacturi'^j^T'concerned in the so lution of the cotton problem. If tho price of cotton is reduced below the cost of production it is clear that the remedy of reduction In production must affeot all these named dependent industries. Tho quostlon is most vital to the Sout^h in view of the faot that thus^ industries comprehend almost v the entire field of Southern industrial enterprise. We only now proposo to notice the apparently accepted sugges tion of reduolng tho aoreago in cotton and Incidentally increasing tho pro duction of what Is commonly denomi nated food crops. Should the cotton produot be reduced one-third in vol thojaot must largely revolution tho Industries named as largely de dent for their growth and de pment upon a vast acreago and uction of the staple. If this cours uld havo tho effect of bringing tb Is and spindles to the South uld bo a consummation devoutly wished and bo a happy solution If e question Evldontw, hpwovoya go reduction of acg0/ff^ft^ry^ow * of omplo^g^K' great volume of ^^jJjJsJ^RkhTlwror.s, now engaged vuting, gathering and manipu lating cotton. Corn, oats and tho grasses could employ but a small frac tion of the labor required to give cot ton to the world?an articlo requiring the entire year to grow and put upon the market. Already it appears that in the cotton belt some attention is being given to the production of moat and bread. Upon investigation wo bo llevo, however, that it will bo found that it is tho thrifty white man and small farmer who is trending in tho direction of tho self-supporting system of farming. The serious side of tho question grows out of tho presence of tho negro, an expert producor of cotton and nothing but cotton. It may be argued that the nogro being a moro laborer, it does not matter; this may bo Mounted, but there is a vast horde of s^rhite poople also at tho South, who will with difficulty omergo from tho condition of laborers and aro now in , the cotton fields. Unless tho condition of this laboring class is revolutionized the 8outh cannot prosper. Thoy must absorb at least ono-half tho crops raised at the South as tho prico of their labor. Not ono in a hundred at Christmas-tide can show a dollar, or a pound of bacon or a blade of grass. Thus one-half the proceeds of tho en tire crop goes to tho great West for flour, corn, lard, bacon and molasses, to tho impoverishment of our sootlon fid the building up of tho West. How to keep this money at homo to find profi^^i employment, is tho ques ^ tum^r^yyo havo only space to make a Suggestion. On the river lands m this Potato, which are boundless, groat crops of hay and corn might be raised, and horses, mules, cattle, hogs and shoop produced as cheaply as in the West, to supply the immense demand now going out f rdm our cotton fields to tho Impoverishment of the country. Again, a system of long tenure leases would givo to the tenantry a quasi interest in^tfee^son, which would in a fow years ?^wlth a concurrent system of homo ;-manufactured manures develop tho uplands to double their prosont grain nd grass capacity and in five years in Piedmont or hill region of tho the country would be self-sus independent and rich. The too, .being moro congonial and p tho cotton fields would largely flrd the richor soil and moro to farther South, and tho of our section dovolop pact white population of happy farmers, whose, homes and lands would soon be double in value the alluv ial cotton lands along tho groat Gulf. Tho road to success in our section is farming vice planting. Gov. Evans, tho story goos, will re duce tho State Constabulary to ono to each Couuty or thereabouts. Ho be liovos as things are now going that force will be equal to tho enforcomont Of the Dispensary law. That deponds; maybe so, and maybe not; the affirma tive squints towards the negative. Th There is talk that the President will convene Congress in extra session after March to have a Republican body tackle the currency puzzle. * * m It is swoot to complain, hut it is excep tional to find one who would exchange lots with one in ten of his neighbors. And here we have contentment with the delightful luxury of complaining. A Groat Battle Is continually going on In tho human system. Tho demon of'impuro blood I strives to gain victory over tho consti tution, to ruin health, to drag victims to tho grave. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the weapon with which to deiond one's self, drivo tho desperate enemy from the field, and restore bodily health for xany yoars. i's Pills eure nausea, siokness, location and biliousness. 2sc. Cross IWU Kotos. On Saturday nliht, 22d ult., in the still hours betweAn midnight and dav llght p o'clock)yfiur town wan aroused from its slurnbdrp by tho clanging of the church bells and firing of guns, proclaiming that tho fire fiend was at work. The lurid flames lit all the hori/.on about and around tho depot. The Are was ascertained to bo in tho , barn annd stables on the lot of Mrs. Annie Ellis. The building was used by Dr. E. M. Pinson. Tho building was soon consumed and all the forage which tho Doctor had laid in for win ter use. Dr. Pinson's fine Baddlo horse was rescued from tho burning building, but in so badly burnod and injured u condition as to be thought useless for tho future. The fire was conllned to this building thanks to its being a very still night and the brave and woll directed efforts of the oltl zons. It has been just two years since wo had a Are In our town and it created quite u sensation. * Mr. J. E. Goddard and family has moved into our town and ocoupy tho house near the depot. Mr. J. 0. Reeder, of Nowborry, has located in our town with his family. E. A. Nowlln, D. D. 8., of Alabama, has cast in his lot with us. He and his family are with Mrs. Matthews. We extend to all those persons a hearty welcome and wish (hem a long and prosperous stay with us. John Miller, Willie Puller and Gil lam Davenport, Clerason students, spent Christmas at homo. ' John McSwain, of S C. College, Miss Bortlo Turner, of Greonvillo Female Coliogo, and Joseph Owens of tho Charleston Medical Coliogo, were at home for tho holidays. It is reported that tho R. R. agont at this depot has boon removed. Wo will be sorry to lose Mr. Cooglor and his ploasant family. It gives us groat sorrow to note tho death of McGowan Mtllor, child of W. M. Miller. This interesting and sweot llttlo boy sank to roston tho 17th ult., after a sovoro illnossof only three days. The wholo community join in sympathy with tho afflicted family. Married at tho rosldonce of Mrs. E. E. Loaman, on tho 20th ult., Mr. Edwlu Winn ?nd Miss Clayton Hughes, Rev. J. B. Parrott officiating. Wo wish tho young couple much happiness. The legislature has adjourned and us to tho offoot that tho legislation done may havo on the Stato only tho futuro can toll. Wo look with forobodings of trouble to tho result. Sckiue. 'T WAIT For a Cold to Run into Bron chitis or Pneumonia. Check it at Once -WITH AVER'S Cherry Pectoral. "Early In the Winter, T took a severe cold which developed into an obstinate, hacking cough, very painful to endure arid troubling me day and night, for nine weeks, in spite of numerous remedies. Aycr'.s Cherry Pec toral being recommended me, I begun to take it, and inside of 24 hours, I was relieved of tho tickling in my throat. Before I finished the bottle, my cough was nearly gone 1 cannot speak too highly of Its excellence."? Mrs. E. BOSCH, Eaton, Ohio. OS o= o: o: S oi oi of oj o.i ?3 o; o! ?' o; o\ Oi OS o Ayer's Cherry Pectoral oj RocoK'ocl Highest Awards gij AT THE WORLD'S FAIROjj oooooopooooooooooooooooof mean 3 no nmcn more than yon imagine?serious and fatal diseases result from iTinii'i* ailnic its neglected. Don't play with .Nature's greatest gift?health. ' ij If yc u arc feeling fj, ul oi sour, weak ?mal generally ex I hauatod, nervous, Jliavo r.o appetite [land can't work, H begin at oncctak ]1 in? the most relia t lc Mreiigthcnhifr iiicalclnS.wnlch Is BrQwtt'S Iron Hit fers. A few bot lici cure?benefit JComes fron? the very first dose?// won't slain your t.'ttli, and It's pletftollt to take. It Cures Dyspepsln, Kidney and Liver Neuralgia, . Troubles, Constipation, B.id Blood Malaria, Nervous aliments Women's complaints. Get only the genuine?It has crossed red f lines on the wrapper. All others arc sub- *C I stltutes. (in receipt of two ac. stamps we \f r will send set of lei Beautiful World's 4 Fair View* and booh-frcc. BROWM CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO. % HAVING PURCHASED THE plant of tho Atlantic Phosphato Company, togothor with tho ontire stock, brands apd good-will, we take this method of thanking tho frionds and patrons of the Chlcora Fertilizer Company for their cordial support and patronage in tho past, and now solicit the patronage of-tho Atlantic Phos phate Company, as weil as the Chlcora brands, guaarantoeing that under the management of tho Chlcora tho impu tation earned by tho Atlantic brands will ho fully sustained. CAICORA FERTILIZER COMPANY. Charleston, 8. C. Gko. A. Waobnku. Genoral Mgr.1 DR. W. H. BALL DENTIST, OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK, LAIIRENS. Ovvioh Datb?Mondays und Tuesday* $1000 Worth Of Other Mediclnos Failed But Hood's Sarsaparllla cavo Por foct Health. Mr, Arthur SloConneU Peusucola, b'iorlda. "0.1. IIochI & Co., Lowell. Mass.: "Ono thousand dollars' worth of other medl eines, prescriptions, etc., havo failed to do for trie what Hood's Sarsaparllla has done. My home is In Forlda, but in 1884 I weut to Califor nia and lived thcro four years. I was taken slek in 1880 and had medical assistance, but found no relief. Tho doctors said I had chronic bronchi tis. I was in tho Marino Hospital at San Fran cisco several months mid at Rush Medical Col lege, Chicago, 11 mouths, but still did not get bettor, so enmo back to I'ensacola. My weight was then 139 pounds' with a heavy overcoat on. My Friends Did Not Know Me, I was so thin nud broken down. But the cll mato and being at homo gave me a little courago and I began trying various medicines. Ia Au gust, 1800, 1 was appointed to a position in the United States custom house. My friends urged my wife to have mo try Hood's Sarsaparllla. I took It thrco times a day Just to pleaso her. But to my surprise I commenced to feel differently after a week on nood's. I found I was hungry and that I could sleep better; that tired feeling also left me. So I continued taking Hood's Sar sapadlla; have- used nlno bottles and four boxes of Hood's Pills, with the result that I I am Now In Cood Health, s weigh 162 pounds, havo a good jj^elno, sleep well, and havo not lost a 4,ty:~, work since I bc gau to take tills.Jtr.tulclue. When evorythlng Hood's J?> Cures olso has failed, I found that Hood's Sarsaparllla euros." AiiTtiutt McConnkll, United States Bargo OITlco, rcnsacola, Florida._ HoOd'S PHIS act easily, yet promptly and offlclcutly, on tho liver and bowels. 2?c.? NOTICE. 1 want every man and woman in tho United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to havo one of ray books on those dis eases. Address I). M. Woolloy, Atlanta, On, Box 882, and ono will be sent you free. GRDVE5 TA5TELE5S CHILL TONIC 18 JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE SO cts. (i a i, ati,\, Ills., Nov. 1C, 1600. ParisSlcdlolno Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlomon:?Wo sokl lost year, 000 bottles of OllOVK'H TASTELESS CHILI.. TONIC nnd have boimht threo Kjroits nlrondy thla year. In nil our ex perlunco of 14 yoars, lu tho drua business, have novursold an nrticlo thatgavo such universalB?i'jt faction as your Tonic. xours truly, AUNVY.CAUIl [,C. For sale by Dr. Bt F. Posey, Laurens, S. C.1 Yes the world does move said Gallileo after the inquisitors had removed the thumb screws, and L. E. BURNS & CO. move with it in the onward march ot" LOW PRICES and BIG BARGAINS. We have moved our entire stock at Barksdale to Laurens, No. 503, Trayham & Dial's Sun Block, where we are to be found with a full line of Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Hatsj Woolen Goods, Sewing Machines, Hardware, Big Line ok Stoves and Furniture. New Goods arriving every day and we expect to sell them at a sacrafice. We are sole agents for Dobson's Carpets. Come see our samples and lec us quote you factory prices. L. E. BURNS & CO., Under Buyers and Under Sollors. J. C. Burns and .1. T. Garrott, Mgr's. Sopt. 14, 1801. SOUTHERN Jj?nd Advertising ^gency -and Real Estate Exchange. A Bureau of Informatlou nnd Exchange Central Oflico, Columbia, 8. C. O. D. STANLEY, Manacjeu. Real E'stoto Register and Descriptive Circulars Free. (Sond two cents to cover postage) I)ARTIES wishing to buy, soil, lease or oxchnngo lands should sond thoir address at once to this Agoncy and secure Register and DoscrFptivo circulars, giving valuable information of improved and unimproved farm lands and real estate of kinds for Bale, also the address of partios wishing to buy. Inquirors should state whether they wish to buy, sell or oxchango, and whothor for cash, lands or markotablo securities. Branch offices to ho estab lished In ovory County In tho South. 8. D. Garlington representing Lair* rens County Bureau, Laurons, S. 0. July 30, 1804?lv A PUZZLE. 'TRASH THE MOVERS," BEST LIVER PILLS ON EARTH. ?Oc A BOX. A Prize for the First Correct , Answer. Divide the above shaped space into four parts of same shava *;M equal area. Let the children work out this puzzle, and for the first correct answer v.ccived on or before February 8Mt 18'M, wc*X>ill give a substantial j>rize. To make the contest fair to all, no matter where i/o?* are, we will put the unopened answes, as rccci><cd, in a box and on day Named ilraw at ran dom from it. Write name and age. phjiniy, and if you want to ask further question enclose slump for reply. Adilreny advertising Department, L. ]). Co., liox 12, Laurens, S. C. ? ? , o.^u 1'?^. . ????"puzf.lo lor us more '.II 11icv.ilt thau the ubove is how to toll all wo would Hko to say In an advortisemont. However, we will tako things onoatatimoand mako this a PILL TALK. Everybody uses Pills. Nearly any niodiolno you havo to take can be givon, If preferred, lu a pill form. So general is the need of Pills that many pooplo make them. A nionif tboso boat known, wo sell Phonyo Caffeino Pills for Headache, La paotic Pills for Torpid Llvfcr, Tutt's Pills, Gildor'p, Bacot'e, Ayor's, Mottatt's, liron droth's, Ramon's, Hooper's Female Pills, B?orse's Indian Root, Co. Cathartic, Car ter's Little Liver, Plerce's Pellets, Jayne's, Cook's Harter's, McLean's, Blaud's Pills, Gross Neuralgic Pills, and. ninny more. Some of these are rocommonded for ono thing, somo for another, but many peoplo ofton feel tho need of a "good all round Pill when tbey reel "out of sorts." To meet this need wo make a Livor Pill called "Trash Movers," wbioh meets all indications better than anythiug yot pro duced. We put up "Trash Movors" in bottles of twonty-four. Tho bottle has a stopper that screws on, making It air tight, so that "Trash Movers" will keep longnr and bo fresbor than any pill on tho markot. The prioe is twenty cents per box. These are no patent or quaok medicine. If your physician wants to know the formula we will tako pleasure in giving It to him. "Trash Movors" are the stitch in time. Call for a Free sample at Ti?e LratiTer^s IDtiig Co. Next Door to Tin Shop. SALE. Our Stock must be reduced, and owing to the scarcity of money- and hard times people complain of generally, com t mencing Jetnoxetry 1st, 1895, we will offer JpQjF ^0g| g on\y, our im mense Stock of at COST for SPOT CAjSII only. No Goods charged exeep at regular prices. Remember this SALE lasts only 90 days from Januar the ist. First come gets first choice. Yours respectfully, SIMMONS BROS. Laurens, S. C. ?FOR THE? LIVER AND KIDNEYS Wards* off malaria. Is a pleasant and invigorating inedioino. Par ticularly effective in tho cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Nausea, sick Headache, Sour Stomaoh, etc. a valuable liver rogulator. Cor rects all disorders of the kidneys. Wondorfully beneficial in fomale complaints. Taken along with <iuinine, is an effectual cure for Chills. A groat appetizer when taken boforo moals. After meals aids digestion. In largo 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 bottles. Sold wholosale by The Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C. Sept. 24, 1804?ly. PURE DRUGS ~ Are very essential when a person is ill and adulterat ed medicines cannot possi bly have the curative powers like wholesome medicines but DR. B. F. FOSEY keeps nothing but the best and 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, Statienery, acca, Cigars, Colognes, Toilet and Laundry Soap and a hundred and one other things kept in a first-class Drug Store. I keen BARDEN SEEDS of reliable houses constantly on hand and sell them at i-easonable prices. Yours for mutual benefit, Q> ja O WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 9 DRUG6IS1 )WWir|(lWVm>V t.Vfc'S WEBSTER'S INTERNA TIONAL Successor of (he "Unabridged." Everybody Rhnuid own this Dictionary. It nn Hwors all questions concerning tho his tory, spelling, pro nunciation. Mini meaning of. words. A Library in Itself. It also pives tho often de sired information concerning eminent persons; facts concern ing tho countries, cities, towns, and nat ural features of thoglobo; {.articular* con cerning noted Hot it Ions persons and places; translation of foreign quotntious. ft is in valuable in tho home, olllcc, study, ami schoolroom. . The One Great fttantlard Authority. Hon. 1). J. ltrcnor, .lutulco of l". S. Supremo Court,writes i "Tho international nicUonaiyu tho iierrectlon of dictionaries. i commend It to nil ns tho ono great standard authority." m "WEBSTER'S b3b^Do not luiy clienp photo 1 INTERNATIONAL OtaphlorcpruiUoIouolunt \ DICTIONARY / G. ?Cr C. Mcrritint Co. Publishers, SjyrlngficUl, Mass )rcpru uftons. *s?nd tor free pamphlet. 00T TYPEWRITERS, |T MIMEOGRAPHS, g0T PHONOGRAPHS, M0T BICYCLES, SUNDRIES. Cash or Installments. New Machines traded for old ones. A well equipped Bicycle Repair SHOP. Gonzalks & Withers, ? Columbia, S. C. W. L. Douglas <C*? C? U/^LT IS THE BIST. tfc) niVkl NO SQUEAKING. *5. Cordovan, FRENCH&ENAMELLED CALF $4^3.5-0 FINECALF&K?N6AR01 $3.5P P0LICE.3 Soles. *2.*I7JBoyj?SchoolShoes. * lad ibs* *3' BESTD0NG?tA. j,SEND FOR CATALOGUE w-u'douclas, BROCKTON, MASS. You can save money by purchnbing- VV. L. lloualnn Hirnen. Because, we are the largest manufacturers of advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee the value by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protects you against hiffh prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom work in style, easy fitting and oaring qualities. We have them sold every where at lower prices for the value siven than auy other make. Take no substitute. If your dealer caunot supply you, we cau. Sold by For salo by Thk LAURENS Cash Co. Time Table of P. R. & W. 0? & S. A. L. cioino south. Lv Laurens, P R & W C, 11 50 A M Arrivo Greenwood, SAL, 2 41 P M " Abbeville, " 3 14 P M " Elborton, " 4 08 P M " Athens, " 5 08 1? M " Atlanta, " 7 45 P M cioino north. Leave Atlanta, HAL, 7 20 A M Arrivo Athens, " 10 00 A M " Elberton, " 11 0(5 A M " Abbovillo," 12 18 P M " Greenw'd " 12 40 P M " Laurens, P It & W C, 8 40 P M Train No. 40 on P. It. & W. 0., leav ing horo at 8.10 P. M?, makes close con nection at Greenwood witli North bound vestibule? riving Clinton 11 12 P M " Chester 12 23 P M " Monroe 1 50 A M " Southern Pines 4 20 A M " Raleigh 8 30 A M Itichmond 11 45 A M " Washington 3 40 P M " Baltimore 4 54 P M " Philadelphia 7 13 P M " Now York 0 05 P M This train rnns solid with Pullman Buffett Sleeping Cat'tt and Pullman Bnf and Parlor Caro botween Washington fett New York; Parlor Car, Woldon and Portsmouth. V. O. Smith, Jno. C. Winslkk, Traffic Manager. GenM Man'g. H. M. B. Glovjsb, j. N. Wright, d. p. a. s. r. a. A Cotton Fertilizer. Purchase only such fertilizers for cotton which contain at least 3 to 4^ actual potash. . v\ r*e*f^ For Corn, Fertilizers should contain 6* Potash, Poor results are due entirely to deficiency of Potash. We will gladly send you our pamphlets on the Use of Potash. They axo sent free. It w?l cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. cost Srii^e. Will move Jan. ist. to A. II. Martin's Store. Until then will sell entire Stock of Hardware and Stoves at actual cost. Come and see what Hardware cost and how you have been cheated in past." GEO. H. BOYD. Furniture, Carpeting, Oil Cloth, Matting;, Glass, China, Crockery, Tin Ware, Stoves, and Lots of Other Things* S. M. & E. H. WUkes & CO. ?k9~ Mintcr's New Buildim Khm Springs Tr This Favorite Resort for Health and Pleasure is now Open to Visitors. For Rates of Board apply to SIMPSON $- SIMPSON. Glei)i7 Sprigs u?atef. WILJL, OTTI^E Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hoptatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver, and general debility following upon malarial diseases. Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hcmoi rhoids, Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Hcamaturia and Catamanial derangements. ?FOR SALE BY? tiJkW* For Circulars giving certificates, etc., apply to PAUL SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C.