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$f*e Qduertiser Subscription Price -12 Montna, 91.60 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. i*._ W. W. BALL. EDITOR, Rate* for Advertising.?Ordinary Ad* vortlnouiontH, per square, one inner tlon, 81.00; eaoh subaequent Insertion, 80 oeuts. Liberal reduotlon made for lar?e Ad vertisements. W. W. BALL, Proprietor. LAUKENS, 8. C Mar. 24, 1890. As We See the Situation. The sun risen higher in the heavens .and the ides of May will assuredly come. Tillman knows that in the Demoeratio organization he is a feath er weight. He takes the chances and therefore wrote his letter to Bold, leaving the way open to the Populist's party, a silver party or any other party to bo hatohed from tho acoldonts of the next four months. A tame submission to the conservative non-revolutionary poiloy of a steady going old fashioned democratic machine, will stultify his past, blast the expectations ho has raised the dream of his future and tho hope of his following. What will he do? Ho will go to the State Demooratio Conventiou from old Edgefleld. He will havo the pro gramme ? tho resolutions in his breeches pockot?ho will movo thorn And they will go to tho committee of thirty-six, one from oach county. All Others will be referred to this commit tee without debate. Till man's resolu tions will be reported; a minority will report a substitute proposing instruc tions to stand by tho Chicago platform; it will promptly go to the table; die; and Tillman and a Tillman delegation go to Ohicago uninstructod with tho fate of the Democratic party of South Caro lina in their pookots. There are four months however for tho Democratic leaders to formulate a policy and get together as a party. Tn this contin gency the party in this State may hold together, otherwise to atoms and tho winds it goes. If the Chicago platform adopts silver, Tillman sticks; if it straddles he may stick; it is more pro bable howovor that he will see nothing for Tillman in tho old staid ranks and over the fence ho goes. As goes tho bell weather so goes tho flook and South Carolina is no longor in the democratic column. In that caso tho Simon pure democrats will organize, but will bo unable to savo tho vote for the Chicago ticket. Thus far wo proph esy and no farther. All will conclude that the steadfast, steady, unconquera ble but passive unaggressivo and help less conservatives (socalled) are and will not be responsible. ? * Not Materializing. One argument for a Constitutional Convention was tho promise of all white people In South Carolina getting together. One comment af ter the rising of that body was that euch had been the result. Tho fact however appears to bo that tho only eggs that hatched towards tho verification of tho promise were a few mugwumps here and there, in Charles ton, Columbia, Greenville, Abbeville, and old Edgefleld might bo included. Now after all it appears we are to havo a bitter campaign in the State with as much savagery and bitterness as has divided our people during the last five years. This is the conclusion of the whole matter as tho political weather flags indicato at this writing. Tho philosophy of tho whole thing lies in the fact that there aro fow heroes, few that are anxious to sacrifice their po litical hopes and prospects on the altar of their country for peace and harmony sake. Fortunately tho Indications now are that there will be little animosity growing out of the contest for county offices and the warring elements will be contestants for the high places as Governor, State offices, Senators and members of Congress. Ihere has been some recent com ment upon the pronunciation of tho word "clerk" by officials of our House Of Representatives and Judges of our Supreme and Circuit Courts. They are charged with pronouncing "clerk" "dark"?as, "will tho clark do so and so," "tho clark will call the roll." It is further stated that it was che rule with the ante-Tiollum Judges, Speakers and other presiding officers. The assortlon is in the category of allegations fre quently made, with llttlo or no ovi denoe to support them. A like state ment is made with reference to tho pronunciation of "either and neither" as "ither and nlthor" under the old regime. In both instances the allega tion is untrue in faot. Just as now, these pronunciations were regarded as fantastic, pure affectations, and when ever Indulged, furnished occasion for observation and criticism. Nobody ever hoard Harper, O'Neal, Wardlaw, MoDuffiow Orr speak of tho "Clark" of the Colkt This prpnuncHtlc.i was the exnWnion. regarded an affectation noJg#wsay tho affectation of small mon. ??rift this State, while not conclusive, it has always been held as prima facia of dimlnutlveness, putting the burden of proof on the other side. It is safo to say that those gentlemen who aro now . remarked for their pronunciation of the words noted will bo hereafter re membered for little or nothing else.? As matter of fact these little manner isms of pronunciation are -usually loft to men of smaller mould, just as a gon / tleman's man servant is oxpocted to be more nearly point-de-vice and up to date in the matter of oravats than his master. # # ? Mr. A. O. KoUook, retires from tho editorship of the Cheraw Reporter, and Mr. J. P. Dickson assumes the respon sible Position? which Mr. Kollock abdi cates. The Trustees of Clerason held their meeting during last week. Senator Tillman attended from Washington. The study of the French and German Languages was abolished, greater at tention to be given to the English. This was a mistake. CTemson, it is true, is primarily, to instruot in Agri culture and the mechanical arts; yet the men to come out of Olemson should be fitted to enter other fields than cot ton and corn fields. Many of them by force of intellect and general charac ter will bo worthy of ministerial and consular appointments and will bo hrndloapped for life by want of a knowledge of foreign tongues. French or German or both Bhould be taught in every academy. English, of course, should not bo ignored; but with the ed ucational advantages now o very where afforded it should not bo long when English pure and undefiled should be caught up at every fireside. *.* Ben Tillman is tho center of tho whole system. Everything revolves around Benjamin?or has to this sec ond?but there appears to bo some hysterics among the small political planets at this junoture. Some aro in apogee, some in perigee and some In opposition and in danger of imminent collision. But thore is no great reason for alarm. Tho law of gravitation throughout the material world and worlds, holds to the weight of a hair. Thero nood be no appro hension. Comots nor earthquakes as yet have disturbed the harmonious movoments of tho thousands lessor sphores. Benjamin is still the center around which the aerolite of three in ches diameter revolves. The sun gov erns. You may watch any littlo moon and planot by her phases, but there is no germination excopt by tho rays of Bonjamin?the milky way?the myriad little nameless stars shine by reflected light. Obey the injunction of Green ville's ,,soer"?watch?Benjamin. **? Our good friend Killingsworth is al ways thoughtful and considerate and being thoughtful and considerate, don't forget us. He sends us tho Now York Herald of last Sunday, with a charm ing story in it and piotures that mako "each separate hair stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcupine." We hope our young friend will continue to sond us these socalled metropolitan papors. There are some things how ovor, that should be kept In mind. Wo aro no longer rural?rustic?suburban ?rus In urbe?neither rus-in-Irby, Europe runs Asia and Africa too, ex copt when Africa runs Europo, tho United States runs Europo, Tillman and Irby run tho United States and Laurens and Edgefield run Irby and Tillman. Ergo-. # * # Our lordly House of Commons adopts Resolutions rebuking Minister Bayard for his anti-Protection Expressions it Europe. Praise from that quartet would scandalise a saint. Discussing tho Immigration Bill, Lodge, of Masschusetts, favorod ex cluding "illiterate and ignorant Immi grants." Then our "Ancestry" should be excluded. Vest and Tillman' now object to Cloveland, his home mission speeches and duck shooting. Tho ducks will bo objecting next. Woodruff Wants a Mill. Within tho noxt twolvo months if nothing happens Woodruff will bo tho sito of another cotton mill. Already $45,000 of the stock has boon raised.? Tho outlook is vory encouraging. Tho citizens of Woodruff aro livo and pro gressive. They generally succeed in their undertakings. ? Spartanburg Herald. Batesburg, March 21.?Tho Bates burer Cotton Mill was sold at public auction to-day, by W. A. Watts, re ceiver, of Laurens. Tho property was Eurchascd by the Georgia Railroad ank of Augusta, for $17,800, which sum will about pay off tho indebtedness of tho concern.?The State. THE M?T?AL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY President STATEMENT For tho year ending December SI 1805 Assets. $121,21.1,721 33 Liabilities .... 104,347,167 68 Snrplus. $20,800,603 75 Total Inroino .... $48,607,480 51 Totftl Paid rollcy.hol(!cr8 lu 18U5 . . . . . $28,120,728 46 Insurnnro aud Annuities In forco - - - - - $800,074,458 78 Net gain in 1805 . . . $01,047,045 30 Norn?Insurance merely writ/en Is discarded from tills Statement ns wholly misleading, and only insurance actually issued und ]> aid for in cash it included. I have carefully examined tho foregoing State ment and find tho samo 10 be correct Ciiaki.rs A. PHELLKR Auditor From tho Surplus a dividend will bo apportioned at usual Report of tho Examining Committee Office of Tho Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York February it, 1896 At n meeting of the Hoard of Trustees of thit Company, held on the 18th day of December last, tho undersigned wcro appointed n Committee to examine tho annual r.'.atcmcnt for the year ending December 31, 1895, and to verify the samo by comparison with tho assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned t > them, and hereby certify that the statement Is in all particulars correct and that the nssc'.s specified therein arc in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order, and accuracy with which the ac counts and vouchers have 1>ccn kept, and the business in general transacted. (?Knie) Hi C von Post nones.- Olvphant Chas. n. Henoihcom W?. P. Dixo<* James C. Hoiotii J. H. HtnniCK commutes ROBERT A. ORfcNNICS Vicc Prcsibcnt WALTTtn R. Gillette General Manager Isaac F. I.i.ovo ad Vice-I'residcnl Fhrdrbic Ckomwii.i. Trcaturer Kmokv McClimtocis Actuary <?>" P. H. Hyatt, General Agent for South Carol Ina,'Columbia, S. O. Do you want an Organ? Do .you want tho best? I represent tho finost lino of Organs in America and at fair prices, and on torms. For Catalogues and par ki/ONE, Columbia, S.O. 5 Sores In combination, proportion and process Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiar to itself, and unequalled in true merit. No other medicine ever possessed so much curative power, or reached such enormous sales, or made such won derful cures, as Hood's Sarsaparilla. It is undoubtedly the best medicine ever mado to purify, vitalize and cn rioh tho blood. That is tho secret of its success. ltcad this statement: " When my son was 7 years of age, he had rheumatic (ever and acute rheuraa tlsm, which settled in hia left hip. He was so sick that no one thought there was any help for him. Five sores broke out on his thigh, which the doctor said were Scrofula sores. Wo had three different doctors. Pieces of bone camo out of the sores. The last doctor said the leg would have to be cut open and tho bone scraped, before ho could got well. Howard>became so low that he would eat notching, and ono doc tor Bald thero wob no chance for him. "One day, a newspaper recommending Hood's Sarsaparilla was loft St our door. We decided to try this medicine. Howard commenced taking it tho laot of February, after having been sick for a year and a Cure half. Ho hadn't taken it a week beforo I saw that his appetite began to improve, and then he gained rapidly. I gavo him five bottles, whon the uorcs wcro nil hoaled and they nevor broko out agnin. Tho crutches ho had used for tour yearn woro laid aside, as he had no further uso for thorn. I give all tho credit to Hood's Sar saparilla." Mrs. Ada L. Moody, Fay Street, Lynn, Mass. This nnd many similar cures provo that Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One Truo Blood rurlfler. All druggists. $1. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. n,? euro Liver Ills; easy to flOOd S PlllS tako, easy to operate. 25c. STATE of SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Laurens, In Probate Court. WHEREAS, J. P. Simpson has made suit to mo to grant him Let ters of Administration, of the Es tate of and effects of Anna E. Simpson. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of said Anna E. Simpson, deeeused, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens, S. C, on the 31st day of March, 1896 next, after publi cation thereof, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the Administration, should not be granted. Qiven under my hand, this lGth day of March. O. g. THOMPSON, j.p.l.c. Mar. 10, 1896--2t. Notice Of Settlement and Application Jor Final Discharge. Take notice that on the 7th day of April, 1896, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Lanson Owens, deceased, in the office of Judge of Pro bate, for Laurens county at 11 o'clock A. M.t and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as such Ad ministator. All persons having demands against said estate will please pre sent them on or before that day proven and authenticated, or be for ever barred. ELLA OWENS, Administratrix, Feb. 29, 1896-4t ?JAPANESE* I A Now nnd Oomplot* Treatment, confuting o? BffPI^rfORIES. Capsules of Ointment and two Boxes of Ointment. A never faillnB Cure for Piles o. every mitnro nnd drnroo. It mukim an operation with tho knlfo or injootions of carbollo acid, which ce painful and Heidorn a permanent cure, and often rp ?uitinu in death, unnecessary. Why endure this terrible disease? We guarantee.0 boxes to cure any cnan. You only pay for benetlts re ceived. (I abox,6for$S. Sent by mall. 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Sheriff's Sale for April. The State of South Carolina against Claud A. Floyd. By virtue of a Tax Execution to me directed, I will sell at Laurens C. iL, S. C, on Salcsday In April, 1800, all that lot, piece or parcel of land, situated in the town of Wa terloo, Laurens County, S. C, con taining one Acre, more or less, bounded by lots of Dr. W. B. Har ris, Jane M. Smith and others, levied on and to be sold as the property of eland A. Floyd for taxes due for fiscal year beginning November 1st, 1893. Terms of sale cash. G. 8. McCkavv, Alar. 3, 1890?4t 8. L. O. STATE of SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY of LAURENS. In Court of Common Pleas. Perpetual Building and Loan As sociation, Plaintiff, against J. M. Vlsan3ka aud othors, Defendants. By virtue of a decree of the Court in the above stated case I will sell at Laurens C. H., S. C, on Salesday in April, 1800, during the lagal hours of sale, in front of the Court House door, all that lot or parcel of land situated in the city of Laureus, State of South Caro lina, containg one-half of one Acre more or less and bounded on the South by Main Street,on the West by lots of J. J. Roland and Mrs. Julia McGowan, on the East by Jail lot and lot of A. H. Martin, it being the J. M. Visanska home place. Terms of Sale?One-half cash the ballance on credit of twelve months, with interest on credit portion secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold, with leave to bidder to pay his entire bid in cash. If terms of sale are not complied with the lot will bo resold on same Sales day at risk of the former pur chaser. Purchaser to pay for papers. G. S. McChaw, Mar. 3, '9G-4t s. Ii. c. s. c. ^ undergo remarkable ? changes when. Dr. CLARK JOHNSON'S INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP is taken according to direc ? tions. A permanent cure ?not a mere disappearance of outward signs. It at tacks the impurities in the blood and soon the result is seen in the clear complexion, bright eyes, renewed energy and completely ?estoreo health. Easy to take and saves you many doctor's bills. Not a new discovery ?just a good old fashioned medicine, of which 20 MIL LION BOTTLES HAVE BEEN SOLD. It's a cure Prompt and sure* A remedy 30 years old. DRUGGISTS SELL IT We Employ Young Men _ to distribute {??<?<????????<?>??-<-,??.our advcrUso monts In pr-.rt. p&ytOO&t ter tt UtSU KVU'Ut Acme bicycle. w?:1cH Wp UOna ti'.r.iri o:\r.pproval. No work tiono until tue blcycVi arrives aud proves satisfactory. Young Ladies ???Lh0 rn>ovr.or ;1r!o nr/;))y tbny rnKOl t? veil vceoia* j laj.i ;? ? ;. wntoxorparticulaxi. i ACMH CYCU3 COHPANY, I BUCHA UT, ? ?<?>??'-.?<>(? v. I WOULD BURN IT INTO THE MINDS OF THEPEOPLK? That there is not a family anywhere to which money means so much? ten cents means so much?-that it can afford not to ex-r change ten cents a month for the art, the refinement, the pleasure, and the information that a copy of Munsey's Magazine will bring to the fireside. FRANK A. MUNSEY, 151 Fifth Avc, New York. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE^ Each set of District Bohool Trusteed are requested to forward to the unde/ signed a list of the number of taxable polls in their Respective School District*. Mho, the mi fiber of children betwee tho ages of sis and twenty-one years. J. A. MADDEN. ORN 1891. STILL ALIVE^ a 1896. tThe prices we sold goods at in the Fall, 1895, cre-J ated a great storm throughout the country, and people^ ^from everywhere came from far and near to get the bene-|8| Ifit of the Lou) iPirices $we sold Clothing, Hats and Shoes at. We are still here and have our Guns loaded heavy^| Hfor the Spring Trade. || THIST ? |? We have made a careful survey of the Clothing, Hat|y| p|and Shoe market. |t| j^j Through all the traveling salesmen with the largest^ ^wholesale houses, and also through our Special Buyer in^ New York city, and we are up to date on prices and qual-p| ity. And will be able to show you the prettiest and bestj& line of Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Gent's Furnishings*^' evpr shown in Laurens. All waApk is to come and see r yourself?get our prices ancTsee the goods. Thanking our Friends and Customers of this and^ m m surrounding Counties for their liberal patronage in thcjj| ^past, and heartily extending them an invitation to make^ |||our store their headquarters when in town we are your^ l^friends, NEW FIRM! NEW STORE! NEW GOODS Arriving Dailv and Will be sold at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES for SPOT CASH. J. R. Mintbr <fc Son. Goiptl l^mgwtac? Unten ol South Ctaoliiuu ? In God We Trust. # MEM?ERBHIP CAUD. Believing the liquor traffic to be one of the most prolific sources of misery and crime In our country, and standing directly in the way of the progress of the cause of Christ, we hereby unite unselves in organ ization "In His name0 for? Its suppression. Dr. I). L. Booker, President. T. J. LaMotte, Socrotary. B\ H. Hyatt, Treasurer. O. D. Stanley, Oh'rn Ex. Com. . Rev, L. L, Abbot, State Organiter. ai?et Setose. Use your sense and save your Dollars. DO^WE ?*? j give yoxx a Hi^h ^ra<*e Wheel at thiB Prict. For the first use your Reason. For the second examine the goods. ^ THE IDEAL k Made and Guaranteed by The Rambler People at $50.00 The Highest of High Grades at P. S.?Wc can furnish a few of the 1895 models at $65.00. jJfjaV" Bicycles sold on instalment or for Cash. S.M. &E.fi.Wilkes & CO. tt tt <? tt << tt tt ?? " << M ? <4 M New Pianos of All Grades On Installments. Easy payments? 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