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.orlptlon Prloe-ia Months, 91.?? I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ,_&_: W. W. BALL. EDITOR. Altern tot Advertising.?Ordinary Ad* /?rMsomflnt* per square, one Inser tion, |t.00( each subsequent insertion, - oenm. Liberal reduotlon made for large Ad rilstmsnts. W.W.B ALL, Proprietor. f-.i ??:??... ,t. ,J,.U . . I. i; , -?? . i n ? -. LAURENS, B. C, Jan. 28, 180?. OUR LEGISLATORS Very little ?Legislation has as yot been accomplished. The less, the better of course. Many bills are pending, originating in the House and Senate and much work cut out. Little disposition is shown towards gas and buncombe, but thero Is a strong leauing towards the wildest kind of legislation, calculated, to drive capital out of the 8tate, pro vided always, that any should be found in it. The character of Iho legislation Is illustrated by the able debate on the Canine Bill. It pass ed the House allowing tho owner of a gun to inillet death on a dog found depredating on anothors' premises than his own, provided the dog was killing a sheep, pig, poultry, or was a mad dog and ? about to bite some child or ilhbe cilo person unable to protect itself unless by iuflictiug mortal injury. The y^UoWjdog at least secured a dog-fall. % CkjtySmittees have been appoint ed to Investigate Winthrop and Olemson Colleges; also tho conduct of the Penetentlary by Superinten dant Neal. This course will do no harm, yet wo do not apprehend that any corruption or incipient rottenness will be found. It is well euougb, however, for public offlcors to know that the public have an ' oye upon them. ? A Mr. Williams, of old Edge | field Is for cutting down salaries of l Associate Justices aud other ofll ! elals, but Mr. Williams will And that he Is in after the feast and that all the big officers have been eleotv ed beforo his law applies and that their salaries cannot be reduced during the terms for which they have been olocted. But Mr. Wil liams' intentions are good. ?The Bill to create two new cir cuits, (that economical arrangement we mentioned last week,) makes the seventh cirouit to consist of Spartanburg, Union and Laurens, Judges to have $2,700, Solicitors $1,200, and Stenographers $1,100. It will only tako $10,000 annually to pay the aggregation. There was great eloquence from a Mr. Floyd, a Mr. Harper, and others on a Bill to mako tbe birthday'of Gen. B. E. Leo a Iogal holiday, but how any man in sym pathy with any expression, act or environment of a Leo could have gotten into a Southern Legislature or any other position, at this day, will remain nu unexplained mira cle to the crack of doom. It can only be explained upon the fact that Lee has been dead somo twen ty years, and public men now-in sympathy with the times aro ut terly oblivious of Leo's feelings, ~~atM aspirations, if they ever had a dream of them. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, is certainly the man that Floyd and Harper ought to harp on and apotheosize, when they propose to set up objects df worship. Ninety-nine hundrcths of the proposed Legislation has reference to office, offices, and how to control them. So far as the codo of procedure is concerned, tho criminal law, or tho law of con tracts affecting the rights and prop erty of the citizen, little change seems to be proposed. This is tho status and the trend as we this moment write. We note as of old time, a tenden cy to legislate in the interest of shad, the sturgeon, and tho finny tribe; but this is a waste of public money; a second Dlogones may bo selected to spy out the land and give evidence against the fish fiends, but ho will be "bamboozled" and "debauched" by the tlmo he gots within a Sabbath days journej of Waccaraaw, and no native re siding above Columbia may expect to luxuriate on anything above the merit of a mud cat?much less a shad, except he pays at tho rato of a dime to every scale that glistons on his sides. Wo note that Mr. Townsend, from somewhere, a member of tho House, has held a thousand dollar position all tho year round in tho Attorney . ?enerai's department, and Mi. Duncan, of Newberry, nn office of big profit in the offico of Secretary of Slate, and some mem ber feebly, like a sucking dove, wants to know how such things can be in these days of Roforin. The inquirer should develope his lang power and make himself heard. MONDAY. In the Senate the dog law of the House was killed, as if It had hy drophobia in if, and tho yallbr dog !s free to roam by <^ay or night. As a rule tho Assembly is acting "*nt9lbJy, and especially tho Senate. .rom Horry (horrlblle i? every man, woman vvho has a garden, to build and one-half feet fonco to it against razor back shoats, the obstruction <?aog. oresentlvo, Df. rof IhoOub ..?,< <? JtSilt on , tho matter of school claims which passed tho House, and will becomo a l*?w und is convenient for our 6choo) teachers.) We observe with satisfaction, that our Imoaodiato representatives are not crowding the calendar with Oarnancho propositions. The election for Supreme Court Judges has not yet occurred. They wHl be merely perfunctory. Judge Pope will be elected to sue* ceed himself, and speaker Joues will be elected to the now place. Representative Frank Gary will be mado speaker. There is no reason for a protracted and costly session. *?? Our (Jrltlc. Our good friond Col. Hoyt, sinco ho loft Laurens, where he had good, hon est training as a boy has grown nlco and critical and here Is what ho says without any disguise of a facotlous turn, of The ADVERTISER'S spelling. Did tho constitutional convention al ter tho spoiling of the word "magis trate" when It was substituted for trial justice? It Is ugoodchaugo, and brings back tho custom of ye olden timos by having a 'Squire In every neighbor hood, but tho Laurens Advertiser styles him "majistrato." Perhaps that is old English. Tho editor of tho Ad vertiser Is very learned in tho law, and wo hesitate to question his spelling qualifications, but that was not tho stylo In Laurens when we woro a boy. The word is derived from tho Latin MAjis, majok, majister, was carried up to Normandy from Italy somo ten cen turies ago, thence by tho Iron Duke to England somo eight conturlos back, thenco around and about tho English speaking countries and has got wrong In its travels and meanderings. You aro right, brother, Wobstor and Wor cester should revise according to The Advertiser. There now. The Cotton Growers. Tho action of tho Memphis Cotton Growers Association, has beon wise, and their rocommondations to keep tho crop within seven millions balos should bo roall/.od. It Is a difficult matter, but wo trust tho delegation from this State will take stops to hold the crop within the bounds specified. It is mad ness to plant an overwhelming acre age, raise nlno or ten millions, at im mense cost, whon tho world don't want it and can't and won't pay for it. Hard horse sonso Is needed hero. * * * Mr. A. S. Farrow, a young man of first-class ability, and lato a member of tho constitutional convention from tho city of Charleston, died on tho 22d, at his homo in that city. Ho was a na tive of Virginia, born In 1803, had re cently settled In Charleston and was regarded as one of tho most promising young men in South Carolina. His death will be universally regretted. There may be an endless succession of propositions like thoso now ponding boforo the legislature Somebody will presently want an Andrew Jackson day aud a Calhoun day, and thon wo will have a proposition for a Bon TiUhian Wo aro surprised that some) roform brother has not suggested it/ already. It is cortain that UenTlllmgtn has done things that Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Andrew Jackson and Calhoun could not havedono?would not have dared do. If that day'is dedicated?and wc would rosp.ee'tfully suggest the first of April as'uio only appropriate one?the next rnovo would be a John Irby day aud tho roform clomont might even givo our friond Captain Shell a day? ?>ay tho 29th ofFcpruary, so that ho would bo remomborcd only once in four years. Tho above is according to the Green* dllo News. Irby Hits at Tillinnn. Sonator Irby says he has no in tention of bolting tho Democratic party to join forces with tho pro posed new free silver party. He Says ho is In favor of free silver and will yolo for it every timo he gets an opportunity, but will do so with in the ranks of the Democralic party In company with Senator Walthall, of Mississippi; Senator Bates, of Tennessee, and other dis tinguished Southern Senators, who have no intention of leaving the Democratic party to join A. J. Warner and auy combination of Republicans, Populists and socallod Democrats that may be formed.?? He says he accepted tho chairman ship of the Democratic partv in South Carolina in 1890, and "then nnd there promised ho would be the last to leave It. Ho has not lost faith in the Democratic party, al though some of tho prominent men in it may differ with him on the fi nancial question. Ho says there have been repeated efforts on the part of other mou in South Caro lina to go out of tho party into the ranks of the Populists, but he has thus far been able to restrain many from taking such a step. Ho is not ablo to say what, percentage of South Carolina Democrats are pre pared to leave tho old party ond go ovor to tho camp of the pro posed now party.?R. M. L. Wash ington correspondence Charleston News and Courier. H. Heineman, Milwaukee, writes: "One box Japanese Pile Cure lias cured me of a case of 28 years stand ing, after being treated by New York's best physicians." Sold by The Laurens Drug Co. Receiver's Notice In The Matter oe THJB LAURENS Railway Company. In pursuunco of tho docroo of tho United States Circuit Court for tho District of South Carolina, mado wttho inattor of tho Laurens Railway Com pany, on tho 30th day of Doccmbor, A. 1). 1H!?r>, all porsons holding any claims or accounts, for obllgtionsor Uabllitios of any kind, contracted or incurred during tho rocolvorshlp of tho under signed, are hereby nottfiod to prosont tho Hiimo to tho undersigned for allow im e, within tho period of sixty days aftor tho first publication of this 110 tloo, which pbrlod will expire on the 23rd day of March, A. 1). 18IMI. Any claims (or Stich obligations or liabili ties, so contracted or incurred, Which are no "d for allowance tvlthirn tho period named, will not bo enforcea ble ugrfinst, or payable oithor by tho Kocejvor, Or by the purchaser, of said Lauycns Railway Company. Ar.KX. C. HASKKI.fi, I \ Rocolver. Dee .Nil st, A. D. 1895; ' \ .?nUMIS' COLUMK. |. \. \! \l>l)kn , i:i?it()k. nkw prospect graded school. TiiH New Propped Graded Sobonl under tho management of Pi?f. 13. Y. Culhcrleon, is ono of the lead ing County Schools of tho Btate. Prof. Culbertson took charge of this School three years ago under very unfavorable circurnntance?, there being an average of about thirty pupils during the public term which lusted about two nr.d one half month?. And the house and seats to say the least of'thorn were very uncomfortable indeed. We might also mention the fact that at that timo there were thrto white schools located in this district. Although encumbered with these adverse circumstances this school was a success. Seeing this und realising that "in unity thsre 1* strong! h" the trustees called a meeting of the peopltPof tho whole tdistrioi who decided to unite the schools of this district at a contral location nour Boyd'a Cross Roads. At tho sauio meeting Prof^ Culbertson was elected to take charge of this sohoo), and Capt. John Moore was elected to superintend the building. All who know the public spirit and per severance of ?apt. Moore, know that success was assured. The houEo having been completed, and desks and other school furniture having been provided, the session was begun with a larger attendance than waa expected. To acoomrao dato this largo number of pupils another room has been added. And our young professor not contented with the idea of confining himself to our own district has gone out from time to timo and secured ihn attendance of several boarding pupils who go out glad to praise the name of their teacher and tho school at New Prospect But pro* grf S3 has not yet ceased. Several from High Point under the leader ship of Col. J, D. M. Shaw, have recently united with us. The Colonel and his friends have come with their hearts and purses open, and aro now taking a leading hand in building up our school. And sve aro glad to make special mention of fact that Col. Shaw has recently built upon the school house ground, a nice mueic house in which thero is now a large class being taught. Besides the District Trustees we have a Local Board and each Board are earnest and unanimous in their work. School meetings nie frequently held for the purpose of grasping new ideas and better plans of build ing up our school.0. In these meet ings many good speeches have been made, much zeal a ad interest mani fested and consequently a great deal of good accomplished. Our ?chool has been graded with ipecial regard for students who are prepar ing to enter college or to teach in our common schools. Our standard is high and we are always ready to welcome any one who wishes to enter our school. The teachers for tho present ses sion i3 as follows : Prof. B. Y. Culberteon, principal, Miss Saiah Sullivan, primary teacher and Mis M. S. Davenport, music teacher. Thoso teachers have registered more than eighty pupils for the present session. With tho above named leadeis, trustees and teachers, including our ellicient School Commissioner, we hops to be stilt more prosperous in the future. Let us hear from other schools that wo may with our different plans build up the common schools of our county. PATRON. Rabun Creek School. The following is the Honor Roll of Ra bun Creok School for tho month ending Jan. 3,1890. P. J. M. Osborne, Teacher : N. May Babb, C. Jerome Babb, D. Sloan Mahon, Georgo D. Babb, Eflio J, Owens, Luther Knight, Jimtnia Knight, Allie M. Babb, Nivio O. Abercrombio, Jonathan T. Abercrombie, Nottie M. Babb, J. Willie Suinerel, Boardman S. Owens, Alvin D. Owens, Willie A. Aber crombie, F. Houston Babb, Lauren? M. Mahon, A Hie O. Sutnerel, II. Nosbitt Mahon, Molvin Cheek, Mark L. Owens, J. Walter Owens, Corrie Mahon, J. Henry F. Mahon, Willie F. Bolt. Ekom High School. The following is the Honor Roll of Ekom High School for the month ending Dec. 20th, 1805. Miss Myrtle L, Cul bertson, Teacher: Irone McDanicl, Joe McNinch, John McNinch, Jennie Culbortson, Carl Cul bertson, Broadua .Cooper, Fraukie Cul bertson, Esther Phillips. NOTICE TO TRUSTEES. Each sot of District School Trustees are requestod to forward to tho under signed a list of the number of taxable polls in their respective School Districts. Also, tho number of. children between tho ages of six and twenty-ou? yeara. J. A. MADDEN, School Commissioner L. C. Jan. 14, 1890. " NOTICE. Tho officers of all tho dormant Alliances in this county ar6 re quested to meet ihe nt Laurens C. Hi on tho llrdt Monday in February, to consult on matters of intorest to tho order. " J. A. Jonks, President County Alliance. NOTICE Any person having buslnoss wlth tho County Suporvisoi\ 1 will bo in tho ofllce on Monday of oaoh wdok botwoon tho hours 10 a. m. to .'1 p. m. it. l'. A da in, Supervisor of Laurens County, 8. C Do you want an Organ; Do you want the best ; i represent the finest lino of O-gans In Vmerloa and at fair prices, nhd on easy terms. For Catalogues and/par tloulars addrosH? t M. A. Malonk, Columbia, B.C. i r ? > e?v C?mi/> V. T. t a meeting of the veterans of Witter* loo, 8. 0., on the 18th inst. to organize ^a "Camp of U. C. Vs.," the following officers were elected : It N Cunningham, commander. (J W Moore, first lieutenant. Q W L Teasue, eecot.d lieutenant. W J Anderson, third lieutenant. A K Nance, ndj'iiant. W JI Hendetson, treasurer. J Q Wilber, M D,.snrKeon. J A Pucket, color sergeant. M L Nelson, first guards W It till!, eecond guard. Tho camp was named by ballot "Charles Uullcdgo Holmis." Prof. W. T. McKlroy, by invitation, addrossed the "Vets" in an elegant and appropri ate mann r, List of Letlors Remaining In tho Post Olllco at Lau rens, S. C, unclaimed, for the week ending Jan. 27, 1890. II?Black, Perry; IiaUew, Alph. C?Cheek, Darfav. J ? Johnson, Miea Bei lie. K?lv.I. Melvin. M?Moore. Mis. Bettle; P?Pitts. Mise Mary S.; Pittp, Ji fler eon. \^ . 8 ? Shears, Allen. T?Tern pie ton, C. F. W?Workman, Charley ; Williams, Miea RelicUer. FOB T1IK WEBK BNOINQ JAN. 20, 1890, B?Blakely, Rccd. F?Franklin. Miss Evcrlunnio. H?Ilondorson, Laurens, col; Ilig gins. Miss Mittio; Hill, Joseph. J?Jcuus, Shed; Jackson, Bailoy, col.: Jonhson, M E. L?Laskoy, Pink. M?McDowoll, Jefferson. N?Nlto, Miss Mary. P~Park, Mrs. Minnie: Pitts, J., (butchor). S?Sims, W B; Sexton, Jess; Shep pard, Miss Emma; Smith, Will. W?Webb, Miss Sallio. Persons calling for any of abovo let ters will pleaso say, "Thoy aro adver tiso 1. T. B. Chkwb, P. M. The Rev. O. S. Stringfield, of Wakeiield, N.C.says: "Five boxes of Japanese Pile Cure cured me after is years' Buffering." The Laurens Drug Co. NOTICE All persons selling pistols and cartridges &c, in Laurens county must, pay their license at once.? Also parties selling sewing ma chines, clocks, &C.j must pay li cense. R. P. Adaiu, County Supervisor. t Jan. 28, 189G?20?3t. |25 REWARD. The above will be paid for the delivery of Arch Johnson, alias Chalmers, an escaped convict, to the Laurens chain gang, Laurene, S. C. He escaped Dec. 81, last. Johnson Is a negro, 45 years old , llye feet 10 inches high, ginger-cake color, nearly bald, upper eye teeth ivissing, hair inclined to be straight, turns his feet outward walking and lias a drawling ac cent, R. P. Ada in, County Supervisor. Jan. 13, 1895,?It. NOTICE. AT i\ regular meting of the County Board of "Commissionerp, h.ld I; I Monday in Januar,", 1896, ,it was ordered that the license for Peddltrd and Tankers will remain the same as iurelofore. By order of R. P. ADAIR, County Supervisor. Jan. 22, 1890 11 3t Notice Of Settlement and Application /or Final Discharge. Take notice that on the 2ist day of Fell. 1890,1 will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of Thomas VV. Traynliam, deceased, in the oflicc of Judge of Pro bate, for Laurens county at 11 o'clock A. M., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as such Ad ministator. All persons having demands against said estate will please pre sent them on or before that day proven and authenticated* or be for ever barred. J. H. TRAYNIIAM, Administrator. Jan. 18, 1896.-41 Of Settlement, and Application for Final Discharge. Take notice that on the 24th day of Feb., 189G, we will render a final account of our. acts and do ings as Executors of the estate of Wm. H. Bryson, dee'd, in the office of Judge of Probate for Lau rens county at 11 o'clock A. M., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as such Executors. All persons having demands against said estate will please pre sent them on or before that day proven and authenticated, or be for ever barred. W. C. BRYSON, J. M. BRYSON, Executors. Jan. 20, 189O-?4L Id mi us Negotiated To mo HKCUItKl) dv FIRST MORTGAGE ON Plantations ami Farms. Terms Easy-?Apply to SlMl'SON & BaUHHIMMC. LauronS) S. C. Attorneys at Law. WE HAVE NO AGENTS bat clilp froni our fantory at wliok*u?lo T>rlc*-3. Ship any i.licro for examination I pay nt botli ways If not uitlv factory, io? ntyles of ?ArriagM, S>o iiylr.? of 11 ? i m ? ? 8? nil ?loin. I:?r UOi'duc ctitnloj;ii<?. 1 I,KM im V I'AHKIAOH AJil) k iKm ??.1 arti. <?<>., VKi sac. ???7? *n*?Hi u?. w oman's ork Is never done, and it is especially wearing* and wearisome to those whose blood 1s Impure and unfit properly to tone, sus tain, and renew the wasting of nerve, muscle and tissue. It is more because of this condition of the blood that women are run down, Tired, Weak, Nervous, Than because of the work itself. Every physician says so, and that the only rem edy is in building up by taking a good nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalhter llko Hood's Sarsapar ilia. For the troubles Peculiar to Women at ohange of season, climate or life, or resulting from hard work, nervousness,. and impure blood, thousands have found relief and eure In Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. $1; six for $.\ Prepared only by O. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. . - j. ?-???, are the only pills to take nOOCl 8 PIUS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ti?e Undersigned Respectfully invite the public to call and examine their Stock of General Merchandise. We do not claim to haye better Goods or cheaper Goods than any one; but we do claim that we can sell as LOW as the for the same quality of Goods. Our constant aim will be to supply our customers with good honest Goods at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Our patrons may rest assured that they will not have to pay any profit for long time or bad debts ; as we will buy for spot cash?thereby getting the largest discounts, and sell for givingthc purchaser the benefit of our Cash Discounts. ?)*9 ~ Mr. Luther McCokd, the popular and courteous salesman, is with us and will be glad to see his many friends. J. R. IVIINTER & SON. Laurens C. H., S. C, Dec. 10, '5?301 At the Old Stand. S Look Out For ^ O DAVIS & ROPER'S H ^ ^ New j 8 Piedmont Savings and Investmottt Co. GREENVILLE, S. C. L. W. SIM KINS, Agent, Lauros, S. C. tiff* To Borrowers : Before borrowing; on the instalment plifn.De sure and examine the Loan Plan of this Company. It will money. j , Dec". 10, 1895-tl 18| CM^ISTlylflS |95. About ten days more and Christmas w4ll be here. The business tor 1895 will be over. I have just received a new lot of III Mi UMilft to be closed out at a BIG BARGAIN in next TEN DAYS. If you have a Cape or Cloak to buy see us before buying. Just arrived some beautiful Novelties in DRESS PATTERNS to be sold at a Big Bargain. If you yet have a SUit of Clothes to buy see us before buying and we will save you money. SHOES ! 1 will sell you good Shoes Cheap. See us for Shoes and we will save you money. LAURENS, S. C , Dec. 17, 1895 W. f-L Jafrjiesoi?. The best and purest Drugs in the world are of no service, or are dangerous, if they are not handled carefully. This is a matter which is always uppermost in our mind?carefulness, Care in choosing the right bottle?care in measuring or weighing the right dose. It is our constant aim to be the kind of Druggist to whom people can go with confidence when perhaps the lives of loved ones depend upon the care, accuracy and knowledge of the man who fixes the remedies used. The worn out phrase, "Prescriptions carefully compounded," looks as ludicrous upon some signs as would "God Bless Our Home" upon the walls of a cell in the County jail. "Do men gather grapes of thorns?" With care and I accuracy we endeavor to combine their twin cousins?Neatness and Fair Prices. Appreciating the confidence bestowed upon us in 1895 we shall strive to be more worthy of it during 1896, which for each and all we hope has man)' blessings in store, Gratefully yours, THE LAURENS DRUG CO Druggists and Stationers. W e Deliver all Goods to Your Depot Free from $10 an up anywhere in feouth Carolina. Extra Large, $2.25 Medium, $1.98 Ladies, if 1.75 Misses, $1.65 Childs, $1.50 f?ltf Don't wait or you will lose this chance. SUNNY SOUTH STOVE. S. M. &E. H. Wilkes & 0