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2 (?ntuertiser. ?NS, 8, O., Feb. 19, 1898. jOOAL; A Short Story. rons drug company sell a >apor, a pint of ink, a dozen i, a dozen five cent ioad pen >ottlo of Boston Waterproof for a quarter. Laurens Boys. owing is the record of Lau at tho recont intermediate on in tho South Carolina an, J. W. Ferguson, dls 1 in Eugli8h, History and in IVenoh. ore; J. J. McSwain highly hod in Latin, Greek, English, fathematlos, chemistry, Pcd >per?l HoiUP Jjext Tuesday. Jkler, the strong man, will torosting little snow in tho lso, on Tuesday 20th inst.? ?< ?parod a squadron of ships \ engago in battle as natural 1 'ho naval confliot hotweon *vr and Merriraac will repre 1 tho most thrilling scones of nr. and tho othor features o be equally as interesting tor ic and instructive point of inoo for tho bonofit of tho ill be given in tho afternoon a. Admission 10 cents for rown people 26 conts. ?n for night ontertainniont 25 and 35 conts. The Factory. jsday last the Stockholders >sed Cotton Mill to ho built (1 in this city, met in the o with W. H. Martin Esq .? and Mr. T. D Lake acting y. Tho meeting was largoly mbraolng tho whole coramu mng clerks with just living kihg^fhen and those of more trengtm in our midst. All ontly \ earnest men with s purpose to unite In a busl o, not !so much In thoir own crest asVln tho interest and jut of ouir town und homes, dontly a | fooling that ought ivated, b?cuu8_o ns a commu nity we wilTrnake no" progress "tf"por-~ sonal and selfish motlvos are suffered to divido our resources and strength. Let every man strong or weak show himself ready to yield somothing of self interest and our town must grow, and its growth must accrue to tho ad vantage of ovory individual in the elty and extend its holp to all through out the county. A majority of the stock being ropro sented a committeo roported for Di rectors W. E. Lucas and V. M. Mont gomary of Spartanburer, and J. O. C. Fleming, Albert Dial, J. W. Ferguson, J. W. Todd and J. P. Simpson who were elected. Two other directors are to bo chosen by tho elected Direc tors and thoy will probably come from outside the State' A committee con sisting of Messrs. Lucas, Ferguson and W. L. Gray were appointed to roport suitable by laws. The meeting then adjournod subject to tho call of tho Chairman. Subsequently tho Direc tors elected M r. W. E. Lucas as Presi dent and Troasuror. Again wo urgo let all unlto to push this vonturo to complote success. The Court. Tho Court of Gonoral Sessions promptly opened at 10, a. m., yostor day. Judge James Aldritch presiding, Solicitor Sehumpert and Stenographer Campboll being prosont. Eighteen Grand Jurors, and thirty-six Petit Jurors, answered to thoir names, not a man falling, a thing unrocorded in tho annals of tho Court. His Honor charg ed tho Grand Jury brlfly as to thoir du 'tles. this being tho first term and thoy having to sorvo during tho year. His Honor particularly advortod to tho ed ucational interest of tho County as vi tal to tho wolfare of tho peoplo in this period of brain work, and various om ploymonts requiring education. The Solicitor submitted a number of bills for tho consideration of tho Grand Jury. Monday noxt was fixed by His Honor for tho trial of civil Jury cases. So tho Juries will bo discharged until that day after tho disposition of criminal trials, which will probably bo not be fore Thursday evonlng. Partlos and witnesses in jury cases nood not bo present until Monday next at 0:30, a.m. Tho trial of Mathew C. Cunningham charged with tho murdor of Wilson H. Boyd is fixed for to-day at 10 o'clock. During tho morning hours a nogro standing noar tho bar fell In an opiloc tlc fit and was promptly carried out. In the case of Wado Robortson and Joseph Barr, assault with intent to kill, Barr was acquitted and Wado Robert son convlctod with a rccommondatlon to morcy. Sontonco 4 months in Pen itentiary. John Sullivan pleaded guillty to stealing live stock. The following truo bills havo been returned; The Stato vs. Sam Fowler and Sam Griffith, murdor; Stato vs. Alford Carlislo, murder; Stato vs. Wash Parks, murder; Tho Stato vs. Peter Heath, breaking car to commit folony; Stato vs. Truss Philips, assault with intent to commit rape. At this writing tho probabilities are that tho sessions or criminal court will not conclude before Thursday aftor noon. Tho Stato vs. Wash Owens, murder, Frank Perry, white, houso breaking and larcony, . Business Notices. Troublo in getting school books and stationery of right kinds at tho right price is about over?tho Laurons Drug Co. did It. Lot us show you our Oil Hoaters, for heating your rooms. Got our prices. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. For Sale or Kent on Easy Terms?-Tho house lately occupied by Dr. J. T. Poolo. Apply to J. A. Bakbdale, President National Bank. Now hasn't thia snow been -bad.? Isn't it cold. We supposo you aro still eating, no mattor about tho woathor. Somotnlng usual for us to eat Isn't it? It's bad to have your wife try to cook on that worn out Stove. Lot us show you our Sunny South, with its guar antee and price. 8. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Can you think? Then what is your opinion of our homo mado ox tracts of Lemon Vanilla? Tho I .aureus Drug Co. Do you ovor got tired? Would you llko to savo your shoo soles? And wear out your pants? If you aro, wo arc of fering a Genuine Huttan (no willow) Rocking Chair $1.00. Soo thorn in front of our Storo. S. M. &E. H. WilkoB&Co. Fresh garden sood in bulk and pa pers at Dr. Poscy's Drug store, at rea aonable prices, and this means ho will not be undersold. ?> My Doar Friends: When we wrote you last fall wo the twin brothers were oolobrating the birth of our twin storos, the Furniture and China Stores. Since hen we have boon busy nursing them, nd they havo grown wonderfully.? 'ou would hardly know them. Thoy ?mprovod so much. X M. A' F. II. Wilkes & Co. PENCIL POINTS. In and About Laurens for the Week Gone By. ( Ol in DOINGS OF JUDGE AND JURY. Coming? and Goings of the People and Some Interesting Mews About Them. Judge Watts, of the 4th Circuit, is in tho city. Numbers of small birds are reported killed by the recent cold. Attorney 8. M. Pilgrim of Spartan burg, is attending the Court. Col. L. W. Perrin of the Abbeville Bar, is attcndfng tho Court on profes sional business. Seek the Opei*a House on Friday evening noxt and have several good wholesome smiles, During last week a convention of tho young mons ohristlan association of tho Stato was held at Alken. Mrs. T. F. Jones, of Curthbort, Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wright. Mr. George F. Young was a guest of tho Mansion House, Greenville, on Saturday. There was an old timo "Ingun hug" wrestling match on tho publlo square on Tuesday last. The boys not in it on joyod It. Tho marrigo of Mr. John T. Duncan of Nowborry to Miss Louise Thomp kins, daughter of Stato Secretary Thompkin8, is announced. Clinton is talking Cotton Factory and Clinton performs when she promises. Tho first thing anybody knows wo will bo a suburb of Clinton. The Spartanburg Herald spoaks of a roceptlon tendered Miss Luto Wright by Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Simpson on Friday evening last. Tho Newberry and Laurons R. R. did tho handsome thing Monday in sending a train to Clinton to bring parties and Jurors interested in tho Court. "Rfr. BttrTMrs. J.'T. Johnson oT^gpat* tonburg aro with relatives hore this weok. Mr. Johnson Is looking after client's interests, Court being in session here. Miss Elizabeth Watts and Mr. W. P. Hudgens aro to bo married at tho rosl donce of tho brido'a father, Col. J. Washington Watts, noar Mountvlllo, at 12 a. m. on Wodnosday. Miss May Dibblo camo down from Spartanburg, on Monday tc attend tho marriage of Miss Mary Garrett and Mr. W. O. Prenti8s, which is to take placo tomorrow. Young Bros. & Blakely havo com pleted a handsome and commodious hotel at Clinton. A Valentino ball gavo to -this elegant caravansary a pleasant warming on Thursday night last. Tho belles and boaux of Laurens attended. There is a vory good Canning Fac tory plant; in tho city and wo hope somo ono of our enterprising citizens will tako hold and oporato it this sum mer. It will givo remunorativo em ployment to needy persons and furnish a market for surplus vegetables and fruits. Now is tho timo to pitch a crop for tho cannery. Dr. William P. Jacobs Is on tho At lantic Main on route to tho far East. He will visit tho Holy Land and other points of interest in Asia and Europe. His friends throughout our land will bespeak for him a happy voyago and safe return to tho vory many at home to whoso happiness ho has 'devoted a life timo of loving devoted labor and zeal. Mr. James T. Bacon of Edgefield, will dollver his popular lecture, "An Old Man's Kranky Kaleidoscope," In tho Opera Houso Friday evening. The pPoss havo said many complimentary things of tho lecture and of Mr. Ba con's manner of delivering it and doubtless all who tako advantage of tho opportunity to hear him will congratu late thom8olvo8. Tho admission fee will bo for grown folks, 25 conts, for chil dren 15 cents. If you want to enjoy yourself go out on Friday evening. During the extreme woathor of tho last six weeks the. laboring population of tho town both white and colored, but largely tho colored people, those dependant upon continuous work, have beon hard put to avoid suffering. Char itable persons have largely contributed to thoir relief already. It would bo woll however for the Mayor to request a commltteo of three gentlemen, who could meet three evenings In tho weok, to whom applications for relief could bo made. Our citizens would readily contribute to tho commltteo to moot tho emergency. Tradition tolls about a cold Friday or a cold Saturday in the early days of tho century. But last Wednesday night takes tho cake so far as any re cord has boon kept for the present gen eration horoabouts. Early risers on Thursday morning found the mercury way down in tho column?threo de grees below zero. There seems to bo no doubt about tho figure as several reliable parties made observa tion. Somebody will be claiming that the seasons aro changing. But watch tho sun and he will have his usual alti tude about tho 20th of March. Our old friend tho blizzard struck homo with violence on the evening of Friday last and snow and sleet followed fast and furious until Saturday morn ing._ The Atlanta Woman's Suffrage Con ventlon. South Carolina's delegation consist ed of Mrs. Virginia Durant Young, of Fairfax, Mrs. Viola Neblett, of Groon vlllo, Mrs. Mary Putnam Gridley, of Greenville, Mrs. Annie Hemphlll Neuffor. of Abbevillo, and Robi. R. Homphill, editor of this paper.?Mary Hemphlll in Abbevillo Medium. Good for I,aureus. Tho Herald congratulates Laurens on her pluck and determination to keep paco with tho procession by building a cotton mill. There is additional cause for congratulation upon the oholco of a president and troasuror. W. E. Luoas is a young man, but his ability as a maim; er i. aSSUl'Cd. Ho - is bound tO succeed, and while wo regret that he did not soo his way el oar to build tho mill In Spartanburg wc aro glad that ho will still be in touch with us. Mr. Lucas possesses tho necessary qualifi cations for a groat mill man and ho will prove a very valuable acquisition to Laurens in many ways.?Spartan burg Herald. Pawn Office. I havo opened iu connection with my otbor business. In Robertson Building, (next to post offlco) a pawn office. Mon ey advanced on Jewcrly, Watches, Kings: Diamonds, Furniture, Buggies, Carriages and Household Articles for thirty days. If not redeemed in tho time will bo sold for loans. W. C. MVEKB. The Delineator fer March I* the great spring number, and In our opinion is the finest issue of this popular magazlno that has yet been published. All the departments are unusually well filled, and the fashions have an increased value though being the first authoritative pronouncement of the Spring. The chief feature of the literary matter is a most comprehen sive chapter on cards: their Uses and Etiquette, by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, this being the first of a series entitled the Social Code. There Is also a very Interesting first artlole on tho Exper iences of Life at a Training School ft r Nurses, with an introduction, by Mrs. Frederic Rhinelander Jones. Woman as a Musician is the subject of a "Con versation" between Edith M. Thomus and Dr. SR. Elliott, to which is ap pended a dolightful bit of verse by Miss Thomas. Mrs. Carrie M. Dearborn, ex-Principal of the Boston Cooking School, writes of the Teaehing of Cookery as an Employment for Women, and Josephine Adams Rathbone of A Girl'u Lifo and Work at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Longstreet has an instructive paper on tho Care of tho Hands and Feet, Mrs. Maude C. Mur ray contributes another ohapter to her interesting serios on the Relations of Mother and Son, and Mrs. Wltherspoon continues her entertaining gossip in Around tho Tea-Table. Pleasurable and profitable employment is found in Burnt Work?H. K. Fobes, Venetian Iron Work?J Harry Adams, and Crepe and Tissue Papers?Tllllo Roomo Lit toll. The housewife will find much of valuo In the Care of Silver, Cookery for tho Month and Hints on Serving Lem ons, and the faney workor will appre ciate tho new designs, in Knitting, Netting, Tatting, etc. Begin a sub scription with this number. n Dr. Porkhurst'8 first article to wo men in The Ladies Homo Journal has proved so popular that tho ontlro hugo edition of the February Issue of tho magazine was exhausted within ten days, and a second edition of 45,000 cop ies has been printed. Owliigsvillo. We aro having somo of tho coldost weather we havo had. William Spoon visited his son at Fork Shoals last weok. The Poplar Springs Church called Rev. A. C. Stopp to supply them this year on last second Saturday. Tho Church sent Mr. James Simpson and Mr. M. J. Owings to Inform Rov. A. C. Stopp of tho call. Thoy report that ho will bo at tho sold Church on Saturday before tho fourth Sunday In this month. Rabbits aro having a hard time of it ftt this writing. Some say. thoy havo killed as many as 35 in ono day. ' ^ Jim. "Bacteria do not occur in tho blood or in tho tissues of a healthy living body, either of man or tho lower an imals." So say8 the celebrated Dr. Koch. Other doctors say that tho best medlcino to rondor tho blood perfectly pure and healthy is Ayor's Sarsaparilla. A Card. I bog to withdraw my namo as a candidato for Alderman. Business ob ligations will prevent mo from serving if olected. L. S. Fuller. Laurens, S. C, Fob. 18th, '95. When so many people aro taking and deriving benefit from Hood's Sarsa parilla, why don't you try it yourself? It is highly recommended. of betters. Remaining in the Post Office at Lau rens, S. C, unclaimed, for the week end ing Feb. 18, 1895: A?Anderson, Mrs. (Barbor). B?Brown, J C; Biggs, J W; B?wdon, Robt. C?Craddock, Miss Cindy, col. D?Dunlap, James. E?Erby, Rush. G?Goforth, J D?2. H?Hudgons, Solomon, Humphris, Miss Francis. J?Jamos, Turner. M?McCnn, Dr. J M; McKimiell, W: Martin. Mrs. F B - O?Osburn, Mrs P G M; Osburn, Mrs E M; Poaroy, Rev. J H. R?Riddlo, EM: S?Streoter, T J; Simpson, Edwin. T?Todd Sc Wilkins. W?Wright, Miss Maggie. for tue webk ending feu. 11, 1895. B?Browning, Geo A; Blakoly: Liz C?Camp, William. G?Gaston, E G; Garrott, Miss Salova; Garrott, Carroll; Gones, Miss Estollor; Gasque, R K. J?Johson, L E. L?Lyles. Rev D R. M?Martin, Mrs Katie; Mosoloy, Charlotte. R?Rush, M W L; Rodgors, Jay. S?Shell, Miss Poggio; Simpson, G. W; Stewart, Mrs H D; Sumnor, E L. T?Todd, Jamos C. W?Workman, Jim, col. Persons calling for any of above let ters will please say, "They are adver tised." T. B. Crkws. P. M. Muoh of life's misory is duo to indi gostlon; for who can be happy with a pain In his stomach? As a corrective and strengthenor of tho alimentary or gans, Ayer's Pills aro Invaluable, their use bel?g always attended with marked bonefit. People's Ticket. For Mayor : N. B. Dial. Alderman : J. O. C. Fleming, Dr. W. C. Irby, W. P. Childress, Max Zarak, J. M. Robertson, Geo. F. Little. CITIZENS' TICKET. FOR MAYOR? W. R. R ICH E Y. Wardens ? J. J. Roland, \ J. C. Owings, B. C. Crisp, M. H. Fowler. The People's Ticket. FOR MAYOR: N. B. Dial. ALDERMAN: J. O. C. Fleming, M. H. Fowler, W. P. Childess, Dr. W. C. Irby, Dr. J. P. Simpson, J. J. Roland. School registers and blanks can be obtained by calling at the Com missioner's office, or at the An tor's ofiicc. COLUMBIA COMMENT. Bob Ingersoll and Susan B. Anthony Receive Chill Welcomes. A Campaign by the Woman Suffra gists? The Ordering of an Undent ocratic Primary?Destroying the Party?Corruption and Whiskey. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16th., '05 Some ten days ago Col. Bob Ingor Boll, tho infidel, lectured in tho opora house here but ho mot with a cold wel como. Not more than a hundred peo ple were out to hear him. His subject was "Shakespeare." He was a distinct disappointment to those who had read and hoard that Ingersoll was a groat orator,?a man of wondorful magotism and powor to "stir men's blood. On the contrary ho improsBod his small audl dicnco as a man who had a critical knowledge of tho rules and rocipes for declamation who lacked tho natural emotional temperainont to mako thorn effective. His facility for turning beautifully and rlohly oxpressed sen tences is romarkablo however and it Is hardly possiblo that ho has a rival in tho country in tho art of charming tho oar with tho music of rhetoric. an ancient miss. If thore is a spinstor in America it is Mi6s Susan B. Anthony, of New York. Sho lectured hero Tuesday night. Miss Susan's farao rests on her advocacy of female suffrage. Sho is ono of tho foromost exponents of that doctrine in America and has somo rep utation for ability. Sho has in connec tion with it a monotonous shrill voice, a twang, and a most disheartening per sonal appearance. She Is tali, bent n little, angular and thin, has prominent sharp featuros and gestures as though Bhe would cut her audionco in pieces with those long, bony arms and hands of hers. Miss Anthony is not young any inoro but it is oasy to soo that she nover was a sweet, tonder thing even in tho far off days when sho was talking abolition and firing tho Northern heart. But to return to hor locturo.? About half a hundred people heard It. Sho dovotcd horsolf to proving what a powerful instrument tho ballot is and illustrated it by roforring at longth to what suffrago had done for tho no gro. In this she manifested a fooling for tho colored brothor wMch Southern peoplo cannot sympathlzo with and thepxH-R-phiced?Jisroalf out of touch with her hoarers: Sho did not say any thing especially Offensive but alludqw to whites and blacks stopping at ttto sumo hotels and other such moetings of tho races on equal terms as though they ought as a mattor of course to oc cur horo and ovcry where else. Miss Anthony announced that at the femalo suffrage convention recently hold in Atlanta, (at which General Bob Hcmphill of Abbevillo. was ono of tho speakers, by tho way,) a committee had been appointed and lecturers ehoscn to discuss femalo suffrage in this Stato beforo tho assembling of the constitutional convent inn with tho viow of having it considered by tho convention. should the ladies vote? And if they should not, why should they not? Women as a rulo are cer tainly ns competont to vote ns men.? from a moral stand-point thoy aro far more worthy to vote and so far us I know not one reason exists why thoy should not have all the rights of cltiz onship,?tho ballot included, If they want it. But they don't want It. They know vory well that with the right to vote goes commonly the duty to' voto und that its performance has numerous unpleasant and altogether distasteful accompaniments. The truth is thai, the vast majority of Southern women rea li/.o that thoy are doing very well, that tho laws arc already just if not partial to their sox and they doubt if tho ac ceptance of additional political respon sibilities would bring a proportional gain in legislation. If tho white wo men of South Carolina wore invited to meet in convention and accept for thomsolvss tho power to voto on torms of thoir specifying, I boliove that they would turn up thoir handsome noses and decline without ovon a resolution of thanks. Horo and thoro in tho Stato aro a fow worthy and intelligent women who arc really anxious to enter actively into tho field of politics but thoy are only the exceptions proving tho rulo. ? SRNATOR IltBY'S primary. The stato democratic executive com mittee of which Senator Irby is tho body and soul lias ordered a primary, a democratic primary thoy call it, to bo hold in July to nominato candidates for tho constitutional convention. Now hero aro u fow facts. Sonator oloct Ben Tillman last month published a letter in which ho said that the democratic party is astonch in the nos trils of tho farmers of tho South,?his own nostrils not oxcoptod. Ho said it and ho said it without mincing words that tho timo had como for tho forma tion of a now party under a now name. To bo sure ho said that ho was still faithful to democratic principles but then ho invited tho republican and populist farmorsof tho West and North west to align themsoves with tho now party without abandoning their principles. Now Bon Tillman is not fool enough to fancy for one mo mont that sovoral million lifo-timo republicans aro ready to bo transform ed into Democrats in principles mere ly becauos ho bids thorn. Thore foro ho must favor a now party In Its doctrines as well as name or else ho cannot roasonably hopo or boliovo that It will draw strength from any other section than tho South. But to tho primary. When Senator Irby and his committoo mot it invited Tillman to moot with It. It wantod tho benefit of his advico and approval.? But It know that Tillman could no longor bo classed as a domocrat. It know that if Tlllman's letter meant anything that ho would resont boing called a "domocrat,"?a name which stinks in his nostrils and turns his stomach. Thoroforo by inviting Till man to moot with It it must havo on dorsod and practically did ondorso his formal withdrawal from tho democrat ic party. What in tho name of common sonso has it to do with tho domocratic party? Was ovor presumption of such colossal proportions oxhlblted beforo? I am not qulto ready to adviso that no democrat should go into this primary. I ontortain a vague, shadowy and un substantial hopo that thore will yot bo a coming togothcr of tho whito poople in the olection fordologatos to tho con vention with a complete ignoring of all party divisions. But I inaintuin that not tho slightost obligation rests upon any man who calls hiinsolf a domocrat to go into it, -not tho slightost moral, formal or technical and I db adviso that no man bo hasty to commit him self to it. A time has arrivod for a now alignment of partios. It Is too lute to moralize upon tho rightnoss or ex pediency of it. Capt. Tillman has made tho' issuo and tho stato executive com mittoo havo applaudod him. Men are yet loft who boliovo that tho Democrat ic party, tho sumo old democracy that elected Cleveland president and first successfully checked tho ravages of tho high tariff brigands, with all its humiliating display of temporary in capacity, is still alivo and that It Is to this domocracy that tho country and especially tho South must look to for safoty and prosperity. It is an audac ious and yot insidious offort that is boing mado to destroy this democracy; tho conspirators havo long boon laying tho trenches and digging tho mines; now the (uses and even tee match. Is ready and tho emergency :!s here when the faithful must stand firm. DI8PEN8ARY TROUBLES. Some days ago Governor Evans stated for publication that in some of the retail dispensers' accounts short ages had been found. They had been found in four out of six dispensaries whioh had then been inspected. The governor attributed tho irrogularitios to bunglesome book-kooplng and was of the opinion that the shortages were more apparent than real. Since thon one dispenser has been dlscovored a defaulter to the oxtont of nearly twenty three hundred dollars. No excuse Is attempted for htm and he is to bo prosecuted. It's a bad sign. Many dispensers aro, of courso, honest men. Some of them will be straight as long as they do businoss. But when tho dispensary system was instituted hundreds of peoplo said that it was not in human nature for a stato to manage such a business without it becoming corrupt. Tho opportunities for cor ruption and stealago were too many, thoy were too easy and It had boon tho history of nil attompts by states to usurp the functions of individuals that they degenerated into filthy, disgrace ful and mortifying failures. Was it not a daring, a fool-hardy thing for a state to launch itsolf Into a trade which in itself has a tondoncy to deaden and dostroy honor and conscience". If Mar tin Luther and MeLancthon Swingle, Calvin, Krasmus, Knox and others of thoir stamp could bo brought to lifo and placed In ehnrgo of tho dispensar ies it might bo that thoy would as a rule rellect upon tho stato as a dealer in whiskoy a reputation for common honosty but I do not boliovo it. W. W. Ball. TEACHERS' COLUMN. _B. Y. CULBKRT80K, Editor._ All communications for this column should he sent to B. Y. Culbertson Madden, S. C. Our Educator. Prof. Madden has been visiting the schools in Dial's Township this week, giving a day to each school. On Friday' ist instant, the teach ers of Dial's Township met with Commissioner Madden at Dial's Academy to discuss the arts of teaching. We were very glad to see him come and sorry to see him leave, especially at Dial's. It gives us pain to .say thai -8?' the teachers'werVnot present with us, knowing, as we do, that all need help. We feel sure that those who stayed away made a great mistake. Teachers can help each other in their manner of instructing. Wc were happy to sec so many out, and hear them tell how well they were pleased with their school. And above all, to show the School Commissioner and teachers our school of fifty-tw? bright boys and girls, who are marching in the grand school army toward success. The patrons, trustees and teacher, as well as pupils, are encouraged by the visits of the Commissioner and teachers of other schools. They see and feel the need of more and better education. We urge the trustees and patrons to visit their schools and help their teacher to bear the great responsi bility that is placed upon him in the Fchool room by those who know not the pain. Many and useful were the topics brougnt forth during that day by the teachers and honorable Com missionser. Remember our school is second to none in the county. Come again, Prof. Madden, and bring your hon orable board and all the teachers of the county to this, the garden spot of Laurens. On the night following, accord ing to the call of our noble School Commissioner, the trustees, teach ers and community in general met in Dial's church for the purpose of discussing the educational interest of the township. After singing, and prayer by W. C. Curry, the meeting was called to order by Prof. Madden; elected J. B. Hel lams chairman, D. E. Bcason secre tary. The chairman stated the ob ject of the meeting, after which Prof. C. B. Ingram, of Alabama, was introduced to the audience.? He addressed the crowd with much credit to himself on the subject be fore mentioned. Profs. Blackwell and Culbertson also handled the subject in a manner which shows that thoy are worthy of the name by which they are called. Look up ward and onward fellow workers. Several ol the trustees and pa trons expressed their ideas and com mented on their schools and teach ers; and also their desire to educate their children in such a way that they may be able to hold up the banner and beckon others on to the top where there is room for all those who have won the prize.? After some discussion as to time and place for next meeting, the meeting closed with an address by the honorable School Commissioner Madden. J. B. Hkllams, Chairman. D. E. Bkason, Secretary. Report From Byrd's Common School, Commencing Jan. the 7th, 1895. Mr. Editor:?As you have asked for reports from all the white Rchools, regardless of township, I feel it my duty to send in one. ?I wanted very much to attend the association on the 5th ult., but could not on account of the severity of the weather, and the distance being so great. I am very glad indeed to know that we have the teachers' associa tion, or a school for the improve ment of our teachers. I know from experience the worth of them. I attended several associations during the office time of Rev. Z. L. Holmes, D. Dial and C. L. Fike, from which was greatly encouraged and ben efit ted. Those were the infant days of my teaching. 1 taught lour years in succession during their terms* of ofiicc; have not taught any since eighty two, but have kept up with the new text books, from the fact that I have had children going to school who used the new books, and in helping them with their les sons I helped myself to keep up with them. I find the new book to be of great advantage to a school. I will answci the questions of the issue dated the nth. First. Name of school, Byrd's Common School. Second. Began January the 7th, Third. Length of term has not yet been fixed. Fourth. The number of pupils enrolled are twenty-seven. Fifth I use the new text books with the children who have them, but in my school is a class of chil dren who have not the means of buying new books, but have the old books; rather than turn them off I use the old books, but prefer the new text books. Sixth. I think a child should be gin mental arithmetic as soon as he is taught to count ten, but should be taught in a very simple manner by expressing numbers and their sums on the black board, and being taught the analysis. And written arithmetic when he understands the mode of carrying, which is best taught by the black board. Seventh. I think a child should begin geography (first step) before history or grammar, because they have the difficult words for a spell ing lesson, and geography is not as much complicated as grammar, and history has no spelling lessons laid down. Eighth. I think a pupil should begin Latin when he understands the second English Grammar, and Algebra after he becomes master of the Progressive Practical Arithme tic. Ninth. Six hours of school ses sion I think is enough. School should begin half-past eight and close at four o'clock; the other time taken up in play time and recesses; a very young pupil should be al lowed to go out between each les son. Literary societies in schools arc very good. Use all means of punishment before the rod; but when you find nothing else will do apply the rod by keeping the pupil in after school is dismissed and use it privately. I would suggest to the Constitu tional Convention that they fix a price for the teachers as cheap as will justify them for their work, and rnf th#? school* longer and .011 -..er with such books as .0 wanted in the school. At the present price of cotton teachers should not expect their usual wages, and when times get better financially they can give them better wages. Hoping to have Mr. Madden visit my school soon, and hoping to be present at the next meeting of teachers, I am your much interested friend of education, Dklla N. Anderson, Hunington P. O. Summer School for Teachers. We understand that some of the members of the County Board are thinking of making arrangements for a school during our vacation in the summer for the benefit of those who desire to become better pre pared in the profession of teaching. We also understand that if it is gotten up it will probably be upon a different plan to the institutes usually held. It is suggested that besides giving the teachers the advantage of learning the latest and best methods of teaching that they also be given the advantage of taking an advanced course in any special line of studies in which they may be deficient. Wc arc quite sure that just such a school as this would suit a large majority of the white teachers in Laurens Count}'. Some teachers arc almost willing to give up teach ing because they do not understand a certain study well enough to teach i t. Others become discouraged because they realize that other teachers know much better how to teach than they do. Such a school as this would exactly suit either class. Furthermore, we believe this kind of a school would meet the wants of every teacher who wishes to learn how to do something in the profession of teaching. Now, wc believe that this school could be carried on with very little expense to the teachers. We have been reliably informed that the board is allowed some public money to be used in this manner. Besides this, we have several teachers in our county who die qualified, and wc believe arc willing to woik in this way at a small salary; because teachers who fill these positions would probably learn almost enough in other ways to pay them for their work. ? Wc would also suggest that the term of this school be not less than six weeks or two months, beginning about the middle of June and clos ing about the ist of Agust. This would give the teachers the advan tage of a good rest and a good school in the meantime. This is exactly what wc have advocated for some time. And now that wc have a County Board that is perfectly willing and anxious to build up the educational interest in our county, let us as teachers come out and express ourselves upon thi.s question, that the board may know how to act. No matter how much the board may do very little can be accomplished without the co-opera tion of the teachers. Wake up ! teachers, and help ua. The teachers who send In their reports may also answer this ques tion: "What do you think, of es tablishing a Summer School? Every teacher should call atten tion of the District Trustees to the advertisement of School Commis sioner Madden, and have it attend ed to at once, as the proportionmcnt of public funds cannot be made un til every district is heard from. NOTICE I TRUSTEES. The Trustees of the several school districts will enroll the polls of their respective districts and the children between six and twenty one years, and report the same to the Commissioner by the 20th inst. JAMES A. MADDEN, School Commissioner. How's TI?u! We offer One Hundred Dollars Ho ward for any oaso of Catarrh that can not be curou by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo. O. We, tho undersigned, have known F. J. Chonoy for tho last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorablo in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholcsalo Druggists, Toledo, O.; Wauling, Kinnan & Mar vin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the systom. PPrlce, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. WANTEDx?Lady or Gentleman can vassers In each Township. At least $2.00 per day guaranteed. Address? Jno. F. Simmons, Fob. 11-2m Rowosville, S. C. REMEMBER That I am still hero and koop on hand a few Wagons, Bugoies and Har ness at Low Prices. I will sell Wheels as choap as thoy can bo bought, and all kinds of material for Wagons and Buir* glos. I will do work at tho lowest prices. C. T. W11 itt en. Laurons, S. C, Jan. 21, 1801. UOTIGEI Tho following licenso fees for Hawk ers and Peddlers as provided by Act of tho Legislature approved Dee. 20th, were adopted by tho County Supervisor of Laurons County Jan. loth, 1805 as follows: Peddlers on foot with Mer chandise or Modiclno,$10.00 " With team one horse 15 00 ?? M ?? two " 25.00 " " stovo rango,_50.00 " " lightning rods,.. 10.00 ?? " clocks. 25.00 M " sowing machines, pianos and or gans, .50.00 License must bo obtained from tho Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, J. H. Wharton. Said licenses are good until tho 31st day of Dec. 1895. It shall be the duty of each Trial Justice in Lau rous county to bco that the law is fully complied with and every offender bo brought to speedy trial. Also, any and all persons soiling Pistols, Cartridges, Etc , in Laurens county must pay their license at once. By order of R. P. ApAIR. County Supervisor Laurons Couiity. SOUTHERN Land Advertising ^gency -and Real Estate Exchange. A Bureau of Information and Exchange Central Ofiico, Columbia, S. C. C. D. STANLEY, Manager. Roal Estato Register and Descriptive Circulars Free. (Send two cents to cover postage.) 1PARTIES wishing to buy, sell, lease or exchange lands should send thoir address at onco to this Agency and secure Register and Descriptive circulars, giving valuable information of improved and unimproved farm lands and real estate of kinds for sale, also the address of parties wishing to buy. Inquirers should stato whether thoy wish to buy, sell or exchange, and whether for cash, lands or marketable securities. Branch olliccs to bo estab lished in every County in tho South. S. D. Garlington representing Lau rons County Bureau, Laurens, S. C. July 30, 1894?lv NOTICE. The attention of Executors, Guar dian--, Administrators and others acting in u fiduciary oapacity is again called to the fact that the time for making annual returns expires on Maroh 1st. In the ab? seoce of these returns it is Impos sible for purties interested to ascer tain the status of o-tatea unsettled in this office. A late amendment to tho law ut tho recent sesaion of the Legislature increasing the pen alties for no-return makes it in cumbent upon the Probate Court to cause a rule in every caso where no return is made. . O. G. THOMPSON, Feb. 6, 1895. Probate Judge. Hocuspocus And all sorts of tricks and humbugs are resorted to by some dealers to eat eh trade. T'-iey profess that YOU CAN GET HARDWARE and FARM IMPLEMENTS FOR NOTHING! Such absurd adver tisements are of no value, any more than cheap goods are. Oeoo Ho EEoyd DOESN'T MAKE SUCH OFFERS. Ho has been here too long to have to re sort to that sort of thing. Ilia trade is established and is reliable. Geo. II. Boyd SELLS GOODS AT FAIR PROFIT. You get what, fer and pay the least money consis tent with excellent values. In obedience to the provisions of the Charter of the City of Laurens? nn elec tion is hereby ordered to be held in said city on Tne-dav, the 12th of March, I8H5, ut the Citv Conned Chamber for the purpose of election ?> Mayor and six Al dermen, who are to hold office for two years, from tho Monday following such election, until their sm erssors thati have been elected and qualified. The polls to be o lened at 0 A. M. an-1 elo.sed at .r> P. M. No one W?I bo allow ed to cast his vote unh'ss lie presents to tho managers a certificate of registration. Notice is hereby given that a Hook of Registration will Ihj ready on Monday, February IStb inst., with the City Clerk, and will remain thereuntil 12 M. Satu^r day, March the 2d, for the purpose of registering all qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of tho coy. \iy order of the Citv Council. L. W. SlMKfNS, Mayor. L. G. B.VI.I.K, 01- rk. Ffott) Tfje School ?ook "?K-KV- A "O 77 m Special Dispatch No. 2, To. Parents and School Patrons: High Prices are apparently dead ! With a smooth, round pebble (in the shape of Printed prices to all) wo brought this Goliah down and are standing guard over his prostrate form. Were we to leave the field he would surely rise. If you are interested irr keeping 'em down join "hands all round" and keep watch. Some fishing is being done with a two cent bait. If you arc that kind of "<i sucker" swallow hook and all?your case is hopeless. Signed:? General Square Dealinij. Correct :? THE LAURENS DRUG CO., Hooks ano Drugs. WafT WafT Of) tfje Prices of School ?ooks. Now is the time to save your mony. The bottom has lallen entirely out of prices. Just think of it? Applelon's First Reader only. 16 cents. %< Second " " . 27 cents. Third ** " . 35 cents. " Fourth u " .(.5 cents. Fifth " " _. 85 cents. Swinton's Word Primer " . 13 cents. " " Book " . 16 cents. Robinson's Primary Arithmetic. 16 cents. 44 Written . 29 cents. Maury Elementery Geography . 50 cents. " Manuel " .$1^5 cts. " Physical " .$1.10 cts. Come right along and you can have what you need at thes prices* jJ. P.C. FLEMING ftCO