The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 17, 1896, Image 4

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I KD I4VEHY TfJKSDAY. SUBCKIPTION PKIl YEA 11 BILL AKP BKFOIlB TAKING. Interruption of the Nervoufl Syst? hi Cause? Paralyel? -Money i? I ho Same as ?Nerve. The dootore tell us that paralysis is the loss of tho function of motion from an interruption of nervous inlluonce. Trade, commerce and industrial pur suits have nerves, too, but they seem to bo paralyzod. Tbe spinal marrow Is diseased and muscular power has become stagnant. What has caused this unnatural condition wo knov not with any certainty, for the political doctors disagree, but it is believed by many that it is owing to the lack of circulation of tho blood?that is, of money, and that tho demonetization of silver Is at tho bottom of it. Whatever it lu, tho patient is in a bad fix. The othor day I rodo out with a lady friend in tho suburbs of Atlanta to look at some of tho cottage homos. Sho wanted to buy a home for herself, and we spent parts of throo days in examining and pricing properties. There were hun dreds of the in and they wero cheap enough, but what struck mo was that a building and loan company had more for sale than anybody. This company had loaned money four or five years ago to Improve suburban lotH. They loaned notexcoedlng one-half the value ot the vacant lot and have had to fore close their mortgages because tho bor rowor could no longer pay tho interest, and so thoy bid in tho proporty and have held it, hoping to got their money back, but thoy cun't and aro now seek ing buyers at Ices than the property cost them, and io sorao cases loss than the original loan. A lot tbat four or five years ago was worth $1,000 and has on it a houso that cost $G00 or $300 is offered for $1,200, and perhaps $1,000 would buy it. Tho company can stand it, but what has becomo of tho poor fellow and his family I know not. They had hopes and woro looking forward to the time whon their humble homo would be paid for, but this paralysis overtook thorn and swept their homo and their hopes away. Tho Merchants' Bank has long been regarded as one of tho solid, conservative institutions of Atlanta, but it advanced money on real estate and could not realize This is tho condition all ovor tho country. Trade is paralyzed, especially in real estate. Financiers toll us that there Is ub much money In the country as there ever wa*5, but It does not move. Tho stagnation not only continues, but gets worse. Throo years ago a man offered $1,500 for an eligible town lot in Oar* torsvlllo. A year later ho bought it for $800, and now ho could not get $500 for It If ho wished to soil. Is it any wonder that tho people havo lost conlldcncoand aro willing to mako any change that Is offered V Tho patient is awful sick and will ovon take strich mlno If It Is prescribed. But tho long agony is nearly ovor and we shall see what wo shall see. The people are ready for the ballot, and tho ballot will settle the nation's will. It is tbe masses against tho classes?the samo old story "And David fled from Saul to tho causo of Adullum and all >who were discontented or In debt or dl6trc$^?incd him there." That was a sorry loVtdfigucu Arl^,JiyJJn^ui so of time they wero victorious. But I don't believe that capital Is as much alarmed as it was a month ago. The banks havo hedged and aro pre pared for tho change if any comes. Oertain it is thoro will bo no collapse if Bryan is oleotcd and thero will be no relief If McKinley is. TIiIb govern ment cao't be ruined by a change of rulers". Tho civil war oleaned up the South protty well, but In ten years it bad rallied and in fifteen yeurs hardly a trace of tho warcould bo found. Then let us not bo alarmed at tho situation. If McKinley is elected and a Republi can Congress, and something is not done to rollevo tho pcoplo thoy will be ignomlniously hurled from power four years henco. Distress and discontent are growing things. Whilo capital ij all tho tlmo concentrating to tho few, debt and discontent Is spreading to the many. Capital will not turn a wheel as long as It can be loaned on mort gages at a good per cent. A few months ago some of our public spirited citizens determined to build a cotton mill that would give employment to the children of tho poor. Tho stock was all sub scribed, but boforo any contracts were mado the times got harder and money moro valuable, and 80 ono by one the stockholders dropped out and the mill died In childbirth. But why worry about theso things. Thoro is no good uonso in brooding over trouble. 1 had rnthor road a good book or plant out strawberries or play with a grandchild than to talx politics. 1 ? was in Atlanta yo&tcrday and was in troduced by a mutual friend to a mem ber of the legislature. Ho got tho idoa that I was an otllno soeker and asked me what I was running for. "Noth ing," said I, "nothing at all." Ho seemed relieved and said I was a curiosity and asked me for my picture. 1 will say this and can prove it: ? Thoro aro bettor men out than in and always will bo. When nigger Bob oauio back from tho penitentiary, after serving his tlmo, he declared that "dar was somo as bud folks in dar as dar was outen dar and dar was some as good pcoplo outon dar as dar was In dar." Thoro aro somo mighty clever mon holding offico and tho pcoplo were pleased to honor them, but it is a rare thing for a modest gentleman to bo elevated. Tho day of Cinctnnatus will never roturn. BlLr, A it P. BILiL A BP AFTEH TAKING. Ho is Tired or Eleotions anil Hays They Upset tho People and Brin/c on Mental Worry. It is a good timo to write somo mope "meditations among tho tombs," or "an ode to melancholy," or a fow verses like "This world is all a Hooting show." Tho election is ovor and the bad news keeps conti ng' and the heavens aro weeping and everything is going wrong. Very early this morning I was sweetly droamlng, when thero wnsagcntlo rap . at tho door and I thought tbat possibly some friond or nabor had come to toil i mo that Bryan was elected, but tbe voice spake and said "Mammy say sbe ean't como dis mornln'?sho sick." Ob, my poor, bleeding country. No cook and the rain pouring down. Mrs. Arp made no sign, so I slipped out of bed and drossea sad tiptoed out to tho culinary department. I firod up tho stove and put on tho hominy and the/ coffee and fed tho cow and brought in some more wood and got everything ready for fominino hands boforo I awak ed them. In course of tlmo thoy came and mado the blsouit and fried the sau sage and soramblod some eggs and wo bad a No. 1 breakfast and I felt better. Sorrow endureth for a night, but joy oometh in tho morning about breakfast time. I folt calm and sercno and did ltkoObadiah Oldbuek always did when bad luokovertook him. Iputonacloan shirt and wont down town to rejoice with those who wore rejoicing and to weep with thono who wopt. Soveral days ago I had proparod ray mind for a defeat. I had hedged so that tho dis appointing shook would not bo so shock ing when itoame.butfltill I socrotiy in dulged a hope that thero might bo a landslide, an avalanche, an interposi tion of providence In Bryan's favor. A man may think he is prepared for (ho worse, but ho can't cheat himself out of his wishes. My comfort now is In eym- j pathlzlug with our hero, in admiring ? frandour of the man wuooao now, like , exclaim "I have fought a and be'will rank with the great men of tb? nation. < )no thing I rojolco at, and that I? tho 1 election of a Republican Congress to co-operate with McKinley. Let thero bo no excuse for tho winning side and ! if thoy do not revive tho industries and prosperity of tho country within tho next fqur years then tbey must step down and out or. they will bo hurled from power as Jupiter hurled Vulcan from tbe Olympian heights. Vulcan was nino days falling and broke bis leg and is lame yot. Now let us bavo peace and rest. I sincerely wish that McKinley could stay in office for a term of ten yoars and thon bavo to retire for good. The presidential term is too abort. It takes all of one year to grease the machinery and got it in running order ; thon two years for work, and tho last year is do voted to monding fonuos and Qxing up for another eleotlon. It is the same way with our governor's election. Tho term is too short; and it looks like somo folks want to make it shorter still. Tho pcoplo are tired of elections ?wo got excited and got mad with one another, and by tho tlmo we got over it hero comes another oloctlon, and we get mad again. Wo men folks could stand it fairly well, but our women folks got excited too, and make some remarks tbat bocoino a circulating me dium and causo unhealthy agitation of the female mind. Bill, ARP. A G11AN1) RBUNION AT CON WAY. General Wnlker and Judge Hudson Address Old Comrades?The Tonili anil Twenty-Sixth Regiments of South Carolina. In spite of tho wind and rain of the day boforo, and tho threats of its re turn in tho morning, over 2,f>00 people were in the town of Conway on ttie?th ot November, many of them having driven ten to tlfteon and oven twcnty-llvo miles to participate in tho pleasures of the day. Thoy came from tho quiet of country homes to moot each other, the veterans to ronow old friendships, their sons and daughters to form now ones. Old mon camo from tho firesides to recall tho camp tires of army life, from tho plough handles to collect again tho memories of a conflict of arms. But ono could readily read in tho face and language of the veteran that tho man of war bed become en tirely a man of peace: that. In bis mind sectional animosities have died away as personal friendships of tho war havo grown tho stronger Iu peace. The comradeship that was incidental to the perfection of a machine of war has becomo in pcaco tho ceutrul idea of an organized fratoruity. A stand had been built for the speak ers, where tho veterans, their friends and attendants were grouped to listen to speeches from Gen. C. I. Walker, of Charleston, commandant of the South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, and lieutenant colonel of the old 10th S. C. V.; Judge J. U. Hudson, of Bennottsvllle, lieutenant colonel of the old 20th, both of which regiments contained companies from Ilorry. Hon. Jere Smith, president of the Confoderato Veterans' Association of Horry, Introduced Gen. Walker, who spoke In part as follows : Comrades and Fellow Citizens : It was at tho sounding of the first tocsin of war, when tho 10th South Carolina regiment assembled at Camp Marion, that I first h?d-Vue pleasure of meet iug-"& ?v,G?\y number of tho sons of Horry. During tho loug and intimate association of tho four years during whioh I had the privilege of being with them, I often heard warm and enthusiastic descriptions of tho beau ties and charms of Conway. They mado mo fool tbat I could not die peacefully without having visited their town on tho banks of tho Waccauiav/. Circumstances havo heretofore pre vented mo from carrying out my wish to visit your lovely and vcnorablo town. 1 havo boon a busy man, bur dencded with many business cares, so havo not had the leisure given by eithor wealth or poverty. Tho invita tion from tho Unitod Confederate Vet erans came at a time when 1 could, fortunately for me, accept it, and 1 am with you to enjoy your bountiful hospi tality. I am with you to grasp tho hands of those comrades of 1801-5 who havo honored mo with their coolidence, esteem and friendship. Thanks, com rades, thanks, for your most hearty and brotherly welcome. Are we strangers ? If such a feel ng found a moment's life in my heart your welcome would havo banished et once. But not for a moment can it bo said that the people of Horry and thow brother Carolinians were other than the nearest of kin and dearest of friends. Bavo we not worshipped and fought for our deur old State, our common mother? Has not ever pulsoof our heart boat in unison for bur welfare and glory V Bavo wo not a common heritage In the great deeds which havo illumined the proud escutcheon of South Carolina V Beyond all this, which so intimately unites all thq sons of South Carolina, thero is a stronger tie, which draws me closer and closer to you, tho good people of B?rry. By tho glorious deeds of your heroes of tho Confeder acy who were my comrades; by tho ten der caro of your fair daughters, who gently nursed to strength tho sick and wounded, my comrades; by the dan gers, the trials, tho victories and the defeats which tho gallant mon of Com panies B. C. G. and M. 10th South Carolina regiment, bravely met by my side; by my very blood, mingled with that of tho sons of Horry, shed in de fence of our firesides, our women and our God-givon rights, I can always claim myself not a stranger to anyono in Horry, but a friend, a eomraue, a brother. Feeling thus, my comrades, of the many thoughts which tho raero men tion of tho loth South Carolina regi ment brings to my mind, I can not re strain myself from giving utterance to a few of these glorious memories of a glorious past. Never can I forget the associations, the events, tho lifo, of those thrilling days. At (Jump Marion wo had our pluy boldierlng, however earnestly wo may bavo boon working, preparing ouoolvcs for au honorable and useful place in tbat bloody drama of war in which we UCted our part. It wai t hero good, brave old Captain A. H. Johnson drillet] his then und rilled and undisciplined m< n. There he and his officers worked hard to get thorn j into taotln.il s iap > and worko 1 under j tho greatest of dlDloultics?-they hud : llrst to learn what thoy had afterwards to teach their men. 1 here it was that Col. Manigault told him to chango tho direction of his company's inaroh, and, i not being up In tactical lore, ho quiet ly ordered, "Coujin Armidio, (all of j Company C wore, I believe, brothers j or cousins,) slant a lectio to tho right." I But, afterwards, when tho enemy was i In front, noUCapt. Johnson, not Cousin Armidlc, not a man of Company C wantod to '"slant," but thoy always marchod straight forward towards thoir foo. With Capt. W. J. Tolar and Com pany B on tho loft of tho regiment wo always folt absolutely sure that our left Hank would novor bo turned. Com panlos G and M as bravely maintained their part of tho lino when advancing or repulsing an attack. I'ardon mo, comrades, I namod Capt. W. J. Tolar. I canaot pass his namo without paying my tribute to so bril liant, reliable, stanch, fearless, intel ligent and vaInailie. an officer and so noblo a man. Truo as fctcol, always ready for duty, and tho greater tbe danger tho moro willing to undertake it, kiud, careful of and loving to his mon, his sterling character and loving den!? wo.i for blm the respoot and affection of every oomrade. You sent out many mon equally worthy of whatovor tribute I could pay thorn, but this day Is not long enough for mo to pay cvon a scant tribute to tbe deed* and tho lives of ull. Let modesty close the ears of my old comrades of the 10th regiment, for I propose to say one closing word with referenoo to tho gallant men of that command. I wa? wltb those men of that regiment from tbe very com mencement to tbo sad end of the war. Marched with thorn by day and by night, in the sohorchlng heat of suin mor and tho blasting cold of winter. I have Been them, many barefooted, I trudging over tbe snow-covered roads \ of Tennessee during Hood's fearful I campaign in tbe winter of 1864-65. I have seen them enjoying, what was i ofton a luxury, a good, solid meal of parched corn. I have seen them un murmuringly Btarvo without even this much. I bavo seen them siuk and wounded and dying. I bave soon them in tho heated battle charge rush up to the deadly oannon's mouth. But I havo yet. to bear of their faltering. I have yet to boar of their complaining. I bavo yet to hoar of their backing down boforo any danger which mortal man could overcome. 1 have yet to hoar of one who was not gloriously truo to himself and his country. You, sons, daughtors and wives, cherish this glorious heritage as tho grandest heirloom a noble father or husband could bestow upon you. I speak of those whoso dccdB I know of, but l um sun1, absolutely sure, that of every Confederate son of Horry, I. could say equally as much, and as truly as I havo said It of tho mon who follow ed Manigault and Presslcy. In closing Gen. Walkor very forcibly said: My comrades, the war was not with out its blessings, and hard, hard as It was, from it wob born a uation of free men, active, thoughtful, progressive, earnest, who are to-day?excuse my portion of tbo egotism?the grandest race over created by God, and built up by this very hard and bitter struggle. God gi ant that the prosperity which now beams in every part of our dearly loved aud earnestly defended South land may always lind Its brightest spot with you, my dear friends. Thoso aro only fragments of tho splendid spoooh Gen, Walker gave tbe Veterans. His strong presentment of tbo good results of the organization of tho United Confederate Veterans will BUrely havo their effect upon both our old soldiers and their sons; nor will thoy soon forget tho General's clear cut and terse presentation of tbo causes and effects of tho war. Even to tbo more thoughtful tho truth on these questions becomes clearer in tho purer and better influences of that peaceful and fraternal feeling which Confeder ate Veteran Associations fostor and dovclop. Tho second spoakor, Judgo J. H. Hudson, was most eloquently Introduc ed by Mr. It. B. Scarborough, who paid a high tribute to tbo worth and integrity of this distinguished gentle man. The Judgo was llcutonant colo nel of tho old 26th roglment. Ills ad dress was almost entirely historical and reminisccntial. Ho went over tbo last year of the war with his old com rades and gave the complete story of his regiment's part in tho battle at Plvo Forks and his own experlonco after being wounded. His description of the route >uf his meeting, while soro wounded, with Gon. Grant at Mrs. Pegram's house and the General's kinduess will remain vividly with tho audience who loved Viim. Old soldiers crow.de.ti oitiser around the stand as ho revived their already vivid memories of thoso bioody times when day aud night thoy remained under constant firo from tho onomy. One could seo a toar start in moro than one eye when the memory of a fallen comrade or a superbly gallant friend flitted through the mind. After the Bpeeohos dinner was serv ed to all the crowd. Four tables, each at least three hundred feet long, wore loaded by the generous citizens of Conway and Horry with a most tempting repast. The Veterans clear ed it as they had many a heated bat tlefield aud thoir families and friends profiling by tbo example, did their fml duty. Thero was enough and to spare. Aftor dinner tho largo crowd gradually dwindled away, carrying home each one vivified memories, re newed friendships and the pleasant knowledge that this wua the most suc cessful aud enjoyable of reunion days at Conway. THE SOLID NORTH IS BROKEN, Senator villmnn on the Election Re sults?The Democratic Party Would Not Have Carried a Single State on the Gold rial r?M in. Senator Tillman in an interview says that Bryan will bo tho nominco of tho Democratic party in 1900. " The battle has boon the most heated and hardest fought political contest in our history and tho Democratic party has novor shown to hotter advantage," said Senator Tillman. "Tho issuos havo boon clearly de fined and bravely sustained, while our great leader, Bryan, has covered him self with glory and (is tho idol of tbo Democratic masses." " To what causos do you attributo McKinley'e triumph ?" " There wore several causes, all of them making a combination that it was impossible to overcome. In tho first place, tho odium attaching to De mocracy from Cleveland is moro and all tbat it implies drove from us hun dreds of thousands of mon. Hard times ; tho issuo Of bonds in timo of peaco ; tbo so-called free trade tariff bill ; the loss of omployment; all these wero chargod to tho Democratic party and tho Democratic speakers and tho few Northern newspapers which roacb od tbo masses in the Northern cities woro poworlo88 to obliterate tho im pression. Tho Democratic party suf fered, although it had repudiated both Cleveland and his policy. " Then tho unblushing uso of money in unlimitod quantities controlled many thousands of the votes. Tbo campaign of tho Republicans was con ducted by tho Republicans with great vigor by a largu.corps of well trained Speakers, many of them mon of nation al repute, while tho Democracy, with out means, relied upon voluuteor speakers and these could not cover tue Hold thoroughly as tholr oppon ents. " A third factor was tho threat open or implied, by tbousanJs of ownors of manufactories and workshops that Bryan's election moant tho closing down of work. Tho army of tho Idle woro promised work if McKinley should triumph. Tho Republican masscB in tho country or agricultural districts woro promised a return of good prices and prosperous times unoor a Republi can tariff policy and with a restora tion of confidenco. Tho natural al liance of tho South and West, though not comploto, has rocolvcd an impetus which cannot bo stopped or prevented. Tho issuo of financial roform and tho restoration of tho monoy of tho Con stitution is not dead and will not down. " Wo havo broken tho solid North, whilo tho South Id practically solid. The tyranny of tho Podoral judiciary and tho greed of tho plutocrats will drivo the masses by the, million to our support In tbo next great btrugglo. Jef ferson lost his first battle in 1706, but won in 1800. Tho Republican party was over-wholmlngly dofoated in 1856 and Lincoln was defeated for tho Sonato in 1858, but ho was oleotod President In 18(10. Wo will win in 1000. McKinley cannot give relief or rostoro prosperity unless tho law of supply and demand, as it clTcclB money, has been ropoalod." " Will the policy of tho party load ers look to conciliating tho gold Demo orats ?' " No; thoy havo got in tho pat ty to which t hey belong and are a good rid dance. There can bo no stop back ward. The Southern people and the E intern Democrats are separated by -= no. impassible barrier. 'Xh"y ere our task-masters ftud'wo'know it. W? have turned to tho West and must look and worl ithat direction. If the Domo erat? afi put up a cold platform, we would not have carried a tingle State? Tho mon which- claimed to bo gold Democrats voted for McKinley almost solidly. Thero may be a spasmodic rleo in prices and a resumption of busi ness activity, but it cannot last." "What do you think of David B. Hill's future Tf "Hill's a dead duck and will novor again rise to the surface," was tho em phatic declaration of Senator Tillman. MR. CLEVELAND'S WORK. A Democratic Administration that Helped.to Elect a Republican, Pres ident. Columbia State. The defeat of Bryan is as much tbe work of Grovcr Cloveiand as of Mark Hanua. Not all the corrupting mil lions of the Republican fund could have prevailed against him had not an administration elected as Democratic sot itself to ruloor ruin the Democratic party. Tho purpose to do this manifested iteolf last year In tho promotion by Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle of tho defeat > tho free silver Democratic candidut for governor of Kentucky, and the prevention of Joe Blackburn's ro-oloction as United States Senator. The administration was bobiud tbo conspiracy to turn Kentucky ovor to tho Republicans rathor than permit tho Democrats to make effective their policy on tho coinage question. Ever since thon President Cloveiand aud hiscaoinot havo been doing liko work'for tho Republican party. They know tbat the masses of tho Demo cratic party were for bimetallism, and thoy must have forsecu what intelli gent outside observers coulu readily foresee, that tho party in its national convention would declare for tho free coinage of silver. But, rcali/.lng"this, thoy applied every official Influence possible to promoto an opposition which could only havo the effect of dividing tho party. Had thoy really been in doubt of the determination of tbo Democracy to insist upon making silver tho issue the result of tho early conventions must have satisfied them. But they continued tho strugglo long after tho hope'esBncss of stamping tboir financial policy upon tho party platform was made plain to them? thoy fought in tho final conventions as desperately as in the early ones. Fed eral olfieeholders, in violatiou of the civil service reform dootrines Mr. Cleveland had himself laid down so dogmatically, devoted themselves, with tho encouragoment of the administra tion, to thwarting, by fair means or foul, tho will of tho party. It cannot bo protended that thoso things wore dono in tho hopo of suc cess. Thero was no hopo of success for tho gold standard after tho Ken tucky and Tennesseo primaries. It is only conceivable' that tho fight wus continued in order to inllume tho feel ing between tho gold and silver ele ments and prepare tho former for tho further stop which was taken at Chicago and tho final action at Indian apolis. Tho light for gold corvometallisiu la tho Chicago ojnvention was, as wo be lieve, planned and promoted by the administration. It could not win, that was plain, but It would tend to empha size tho division and make acquies cence by ulio minority loss probable. Tho President's friends professed to bolievo that they coulu divert tho con vention from its purpose aud thus ex cited hopes among the gold men in the east which only served to make their disappointment more bitter and their rescntmont moro profound. Then came the lndianapo1 Is conven tion, tho final device of the same men to .vrcok tho party. It never would havo been held but for tho encourage ment given It by tho administration: it could not havo becu held save for tho t'-aln of preparation laid by the administration. A word of discourage ment from President Cloveiand would have prevented it, but, far from fear ing that, all who took part in it. felt that thoy were commending them selves to his highest favor. Tbo schcino worked well. Tens of thousands of Democrats in the doubt ful States, who, while preferring tbo gold standard, Would havo acquiesced hi tbo decision of the party and, at the most, refrained from voting, woro led on aud on, fed ou falsehood and fury, committed first to tno decoy ticket and then at tho hist moment delivered over to the Republicans. Trained in tho preparatory school of Republican ism and encouraged by the administra tion, thoy gave thoir votes to MuK'.nley and olectcd him. Thoro can bo no doubt that tho vote so stimulated was the deoidmg factor in tbe middle west. But for it the free silver and Populist accessions would have given the Democracy tho States needed for tho oloction of Bryan. For the result Mr. Cleveland, as much as Mark Hunnu, is responsi ble. Grover Cleveland has had the highest honors his party could bestow. Nominated for the presidency three times in succession and twico elected, supported In defeat as In victory while tho party thought hia heart was with the people, ho will go out 0f ollice with less of confidence or regard than any President since Van Buren. Ho has wreaked his vengeance on hid party for revolting against his mastership, but what ho has done will destroy his own fame. He has not gained the favor oven of tho Republicans bo has served. To a small class who regard moro their own privilegos than the welfare of tho people he will remain (or a timo an idol, but this sort of fame is not broad nor lasting. Posterity roqiurcH moro in a hero than service to tho rich and strong. Mr. Cleveland has thrown away an opportunity which comes to but. few men. The honors of his tariff light aro blotted out by his alliance with the very element from which that re form was wrested. Ho has turned against the people, and tho pcoplo will not forgive him. Such affootion as is held for the memories of Joffot'SOn and Jackson will never bo h's. Bryan's natno will livo with the. millions while his does with tue thousum ?-. ARMENIAN PERSECUTIONS. Steadfast Adherence to Their Puith Amid Tribulation. St. Louis Republic. In no country on earth, perhaps, haa tho Christian religion contended against such fearful odds (ib in Ar menia. Away back in tho fourth contury, lesd than 300 yours from the date upon which tho lust book of tho now lesta mont was finished, Tiridatestho Groat, the ruler of Armenia, was convorted by St. Gregory. Armenia was at that timo a Roman province, but its ruler wus a native prince, and his example was followed by thousands of tho nob' ity and common peoplo. From that tlmo down to tho proaont, a poriod of ovor l,f>00 yoars, Armonia has huon the bulwark of Christianity in Asia. But tbe standard of him who died on Calvary, and whoso teachings havo boon practiced " oven in tho uttermost onds of tho world" has not hold aloft by this determined people except under tho most advorso clroum Btanoes. Soon after tho death of Tiridates, aud when tho little band of Armenian Christians had hcon reduced to a mero handful by the incursions of the. pagan tribes, which surrounded them on all sldui?, their country w.n literally overrun by tho Persian lire-worship ors. Hardly had it reCOVCed f'o;n this {lagun raid bofofo its Christiuu popu atlon was agftls decimated?thia tlmo by the Mohammedan caliphs, who proceeded to put every man and wo- J man to the sword who would not! i publicly declare that " there is uo ?pd 1 out God, aud Mohammed is his pro ! phot." j Uut tbe Christian watch tires did I not entlroly drj out, oven during the j previrleu.ee of thu ;?>? at storm of ad versity. From the few sparks which were preserved through those perilous times ppraog tho movemont wh h nearly wholly christianized that iso lated Asiatic rogiou during tho ninth and tenth centuries. During the two centurioB mentioned Armenia was ruled by nativo princes and enjoyed groat prosperity. The 11th century inaugurated another era of massacro and devastation, tho almost defence less Armenian Christ inn.- beiog th's timo assailed by both the Greeks and tho Turks, who divided tho country between themselves, leaving but one or two tributary princes. They with stood this crucial test, as they had several others, however, and came out as tb3 " United Armenian Provinces " within less than a century. In tho 13th century the Mongols took their turn and almost wiped the Ar menians olT tho faco of tho earth, but they arose, and was quite prominent in Asiatic affairs until tbo middlo of the 15th o-mtury, when their country was divided between Persia aud Tur key. Then came a struggle between the two couuf.ries last mentioned for tho possession of the ancient provinco, In which, of course. Armenia was tho greatest sufferer. Exrly In the pres ent century the Rustan czar took a band, declaring himself to bu the " protector" of Christian rights in Ar menia. Tho British havo also pro claimed themselves champions of Christianity in the east, but tho massa cres of Armenian Christians by Turks. Kurds and pagans continue, just tbo same as they bavo except the short intervals of comparative quietude, for more than 1,501) years. Any people wiio for conscience sake will suffer ono constant nightmaro of war, blood i and general oppression surely deserves j ; ; . ?? :>.;.?. I y ?' nuld command the help aud support, oi ^ . ry Chris tian nation on tbo globe. IN TUE "ODD DOMINION.' The Loyalty of Virginia to the Mother Country? Tho Drinking Debits of Other Dave. Many of the old soldiers who cimpcd aud fought on the " Rapldao " while in the army of Northern Virginia will read the following article by R>v. Dr. J. C. l?den, of Richmond, Va., with peculiar interest: Tho Piedmont region of Virginia is a uotablo country from many points of view ; but ono of tho most striking things in its history is its pronounced loyalty to tbo mother country during the colonial days of the Old Domin ion." Tho very names of its rivers at test tbid loyalty. In accordance with popular custom, 1 write " Rapldan '"; hut the Hon. B. Johnson Barbour, who was excellent authority in such mat ters, used to say that this was a cor ruption of tbe " Rapid Anne." The ? river was named for Queen Anne. O .e of the counties along whose borders it llov/s is named Orange, for William, Pvlnoo -' Q#T*vget,ajQd not "on account of the red co'or oi j'??r "HK" l?u^<.^ 1 Aune must have been highly popular p here in tho colonial days ; for in this region wo have not only tbo Rapid Aune river but the North Anna, the South Anna, and the Rivanna, and one 1 of the countios is called Piuvanua. Why so many rivers should have been named "Anna," or "Aune," for a queen 1 who was notoriously not fond of water bu5 decidedly preferred something ' stronger, i& a question with which my antiquarian lore is not strong enough to grapple, and I must leave it to those who are curious aud expert in such matters. in tbo days of Queen Anne, how ever, " temperance :' had not been in ' vented. Nearly every one of the biographers ol that excellent man, Aduison, mentions tbo fact that this great writer was food of his glass, and sometimes drank too freely, lint, as ? Maoaulay very justly observes, tbi fauit, in that day, and even among serious people, was regarded r.s one of the smallest of peccadilloes; and he adds that it was almost as common for a " gentlemans' to drink too much as it wh- for him to wear a wig and a 1 sword. Really, and iu spite of the " pessimists," it docs seem tbat in our time we have "reformed that indif ferently ;" nor do we think it altogeth er wild to hope that WO shall, in time, 11 reform it altogether." Certainly it. is now no part of the character of a "line gentleman" to got drunk. To any American statesman it is now a decided disadvantage to bo known as a hard drinker. Fifty years ago, quite a considerable number of tii ^ anlest party leaders, Whigs aud Democrats, were nototiously and shamelessly in 1 tompcrato in thoir habits, and several of thorn were known to appear as speakers in thoSenato, in the "House," and on the "stump," so far gone in drink as tobe scarcely ab'e Instand. Nowadays we seldom hear of the mel ancholy exhibitions. Public senti menton this subject is growing healthi er, and it is now very gouorally desired that our legislators, judges, and other public officials should be sober men. Some forty years ugo, at a county court-house in Virginia, a friend of mill" was rcquosted to use his in tlnenoe to release a prisoner who had been committed to jail on tbe charge, "Drunk and disorderly." My friend undertook the task. In performing it, ho had to do with the "committing justice," the sheriff, the clerk of COU.'t, tho Commonwealth's attorney, and tbe jailer ; and every ono of these o?loials was found to bo drunk, a >d, upon reaching tbo jail, he found the prisoner drunk '. 1 do not believe that this case could now bo matched anywhere in Vir?, inia. Dnlr Resored to Naural Color. I Have used ninny preparations for restor ing hair to naturafcolor, but never had si. a factory rosults till I used Zulu Vullor; it will rostoro any hair or board t<> its natural color In three weeks. I fit does not tllOj return your money, so you take no risks. People who have never tried it. can Ket a sample package which contains enough 10 restore any one's hair to natural color, by sending itwo cent stamps, to pay nostago, etc., to Wilson ,* Co., New C'OllCOrd, Ohio. The regular price la$2.60 per package If It does not restore you? hair to natural color, or make any color of hair dark, r in I luce weeks thoy will return your stamps. This proposi tion is so fair that thousands uro using it. it is harmless, hut never fans. Why can't Iii? money bo made by selling Zulu vullor from house to house? ?Some electricians carry a smaU compuss In their pockets, and boforo they touch a wire hold tho compass near it. If the noodle is not delhoted, thoy know thero is no current in it, and that it is sufo to bandlo it. ?Growler, when asked what ho con sidered the saddest thing In life, said ho was always miserable whon he had a big ; npetite and nothing to oat, and Buffered terribly when ho had plenty to eat and no appetito. ?Tho cocoanut was thus named by tho Portuguese. The word means ghost, or bugbear, the, throo cyed-ilkt depressions at tho base of tho nut be ing supposed to bear some rosomblanco to a human countonance. A Dandy Thing to Sell! I have boon doing so well this Rummer solI Ing coinhlnatlnn dippers that I think It is my duty to toll othors about It. i have not made as much money as some I read about, but I nover make loss than S3, and Of ten V>a day; the dipper can lie iisyd hh a fruit jar llllor; a plain dipper; a linn strainer; a funnel; n Mtpiluor funnel: 11 sick room warming pan, Slfd a pint measure. These eight differ..nt uses make? tho dipper such a ncce.-snrv 11111 olo that It sells at nearly over.- house, M It Is SO cheap. You can get a sample by Bending, as 1 did, la t wo eei,t stainpj to pay postage, etc.. to W. 11. Halrd .V Co., BUttlOll X. lMltshurgh I'a.. and hey will rrmtl you a dip por, and you cun go ght to work. Any 0110 oan make fJ or tl a day anywhere. A Ukadmk. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest V. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Treatment of Burns. Central Christian Atlvocuto. Diimh Sturgis writes is Harper's Bazaar on "Minor Ills of the Fam ily." In regard to the treatment of burns she says: The usual house hold catastrophes iu burns come wit hin the two first grades of the surgeon's list?first,thoso that redden the surface merely and smart pain fully, and s coud, those that blister the surface burned iu one large or several little blisters. The sudden great rise in tempera ture of the portion of the skin that is exposed to steam or flame or a highly heated surface injures tho ex posed ends of the sensory nerves, hence the exquisite pain. The main thing to do is to at once protect the surface from the air, the skin being now supersensative to every breath. A homely but not-to-be-laughed-at remedy in a slight burn is to dredge the part with flour. Do not heap and pack the flour on, but sift it on lightly till the surface is well covered. Flour is always at hand, so should be remembered as at any rate an im mediate relief. Better still, spread a piece of linen (very soft and old) with vaseline enough to completely cover the service burned, and lay over it another covering of gutta Percha. One of the best applica tions for a burn is Carron-oil, so called from having been first used to dress burns at the Carron fur naces. It is made of equal purls of linseed oil and lime water. So ben eficial a remedy should be kept in the house, and it can be made at home very cheaply if the oil and a piece of quicklime can be had. Slake the lime by dropping it into water. A white powder will be precipitated; drain off the water, aud put the powder into somo cooled boiled water and shake; when the water has taken in solution all the lime that it will , hold, pour oil* the liquid into a clean bottle, und the lime water is ready for use. To dress a burn with Car ron-oil, wet a piece of linen in it, and lay on the wound, cover with gutta-percha tissue; as soon as the lineu dries, wet again, and continue to keep the burn wet till the "lire" 'r. of the wound. Protect the skin of a burn till it loses all.sen sitiveness, as if once abraded it heals very slowly. If the burn blisters and the blister is small, let it alone, as the skin will absorb the fluid in the blister in time. If there is a large blister or several small ones, open them very cuiefully on the lowest dependent point, never on top. Make a very small opening with a needle that has been steril ized before it is put into each blister, and is wise to introduce the point of the needle under a hit of uninjured skin next the blister, and then gently to express the fluid. Then cover with a moist dressing made of the Carron-oil. Exquisite care is neces sary to prevent carrying even micro scopic dirt into an open wound, since this external interference of germs is more apt than the original injury itself to make mischief. Some Pertinent Questions.? 1 took my boy off for a sail on a ?Sound steamer a short time :>go. Here is what he asked nie in the course of the day: " Do they call this a Sound steam er because it makes a noise ? " " Is that Witter down there any wetter than the water on the Atlan tic Ocean ? " " What makes the water wet, any how P " "How many men could be drown ed in water as deep as that?" " If a mamma fish couldn't get any worms in the water for the lit tle fish, would she go ashore and dig for them ? " " Suppose a whale came along and sat for three days on an oyster so that he eon Id n't, opon his shell, would it suffocate Hie oyster?" "Doesn't the dampness ever give calms malaria ? " " Does it hurt, to get drowned ? " " Is that big man with the gold buttons on his coat the papa of all those men who do whatever he tells them ? "?Life. ?Tho Japanese, hiteli their horses in tho street by tying their forologs together. A Wife Equal O a Gold Mine! win sonn' of j our renders ?Ivo m?' n (food ro olpe for making cold starch? I am Holling self-hcatlng Hai Irons n little at oven house and have to use some starch orory |>laeo and want to know how to make cold starch. My hnshand was in debt and I being anxious to help him thought I would BOllsoff he .ling Hat irons, and lam doing splendidly. A conl's worth of fuel will heat the iron for:! hours so von have a perfect ly . ven hea.. Von i an iron In half the t line and no danger of scorching the clothes as with tho old iron, and you can act the most beautiful gloss, f sell at every 'house, as the lion save; so much fliol every body wants one. I make $1.60on ouch iron and havo not sohl less than ten any diii i worked. My brother Is diring well niwillhlnk anyone can make lotsof monoi ..ny where selling irons. ThO J. F. CAtiiiY & CO., St Louis, Mo., will start anyone In tho business, as they did well if you will address them. Mrs. A. R?ssel'? ' ? TML.L1 .<i...<! L__ _. ?? Life's Reckoning. 1IY boith virginia bradt. Tho sweetest llowcrs arc the tlowers that bloom In tho busy haunts of life; That till tho air with their sweet per fume, In tho midst of the toil and strife. Tho sweetest songs are tho songs wo sing In the <?,.useless rounds of care; Whore sad hearts thrill with the cheer they bring To tho weary toilers there. Tho sweetest words arc the words we say To comfort an aching heart; The whisper of love cheers the loneliest way, And bids the shadows depart. The sweetest hope is the hope wo hold Of a glad ingathering day, When the Shepherd shall bring within tho fold The sheep that have gone astray. Tho sweetest joy is the joy to givo Of the best our lives afford, And just to trust each day wo live, In the fullness of the Lord. The Habit ok Courtesy.?Po liteness is always a mark of good breeding, and some of the greatest men have been noted for their cour tesy. Many years ago the errand boy employed by a publishing house was sent to procure, from Edward Everett, the proofsheets of a book which he had been examining. The boy entered the vast library, lined from floor to ceiling with books, in fear and trembling. But Mr. Everett, turning, received the hoy with reas suring courtesy, hade him sit down, chatted kindly as he looked for the proofsheets, and asked, "Shall 1 put a paper around them for you ?" as politely as if his visitor were the President. The boy departed in a very comfortable fram of mind. He had been raised, in his own estima tion, by Mr. Everett's kindness, aud has never forgotten the lesson it taught him. ?Somo one inquired of a colored man who was just beginning to read what progress he was making. "Oh,"' he exclaimed. " 1 am out of the Iiible, and into the newspaper." THE LAURENS BAR. II. Y. SIMPSON. O. D. BAR KS DALE SIMPSON ? BABKSDALIS, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, SOtJTfJ CAROLINA Special attention given to the Investi gation of titles aoo ooMectioo oT ola'uts B. W. ball. I.. W. SIMKINS. W. w. ball BALL, SIMKINS ?& BALL,, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, South Carolina. Will practice in all Stale and United Suh os Couit. Special attention given collections. W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laurens, - South Ca hoi.in a. Will practice In all Courts of this State a .Otiiion given to collections. J. T. johnson. W. II. riob BY JOHNSON A' KIC1IEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. O?fio?--Flomiajj 'Oo.*ner, No-?,io<t side of Public Square. I H?B i'Ii 1 i1 ? ?i? I We Desire K To Introduce our furniture business if- into ovory community in the Soutta > ?, orn Suites, ami in order to <lo so in 3 tho quickest lime, have concluded to I?. make some very liberal oilers in bed I room suites to secure at least one customer at every host-olllco in \>, the next I'M day.-. I'lease read this ' advert isemcnl caret ully and send at 17j once for one ol ourspooinl offers. I ( Our great oiler No. I consists of one Solid Oak liedroom Suite with largo dresser with W.\2\ bevol mirror, one large VVaslmtand, nvi i ii double door and drawer, one II loa liedstead lull width. This suite of furiiituro is vorth in any furniture store not less than (85. Do not t hink I or once t hat It is a little cheap suite, for we assure you it is not, hut a large, full size suite oqual to any thing out he market. In order to start the sale of llicsc suites and to keep our men busy and Introduce ourbusiness in your neigh borhood, wo agree to ship onomii'c only to each shipping point in the South for $!.">, when the cash comes with the order. This advertisement will possibly appear twice in this pa per, therefore If you are Interested, cut this out and send with $l.',and the suite will be shipped to you. If it is not just as represented you may ie liim tho suite at our expense and your $IS will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illustra tions id rare bargains and housoiur nishing goods wld lie sent to you up on application* The BllllO a wvo described Is a spec ml bargain and does not appear hi the catalogue, tiicrofoie It is useless to write i.ir Illustrations of this suite, and while- you are delaying writing some one else may get the bargain. We assure you that, we will not ship but one finite in your neighborhood at ties price. After one suite hasbOCIl Shipped in the neighborhood the 5?rl?M will go tout least ??>. i- L.. F. PADGETT Cj at? RR0AT) ST., AUOUSTA, CA. Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Outter and Shaver, ; """ " .*> ? f Uray Hair Matlo Dark. I saw la your paper a statement that Zulu Vuller would restore any hair to nati ral color in three week*. As I waa very an j I sent for a sample package, and iu less tian throe weeks my hair was perfectly restore l to natural color. My wife's hair was light ed, and lxy usiti> Zulu Vulier, her hah isn. v a beautiful auburn. Anyono can get a sail pla packlet) or /"in Vulier by sondiiiK two C mt stamps to.Wilson & Co., New Cor.oord, Onto., and IT It does not restore tho hair to natura eoior in rhiee weeks thoy *ih return your BtamiW; It not unit restores the hair to uacu ndcolor, but will stop the hair falling >ut [mtuudtatety audtsonool tho bort hair t >n ies made, uud >ou tike no risk, and if ltd.>es uot satisfy jou pcilootly they will rot iru your stamps. A Hbaueu. ?A lesson In language : "What i re wo waiting on. conductor, asked a U is BOOger fiotu Chicago, when tho tri in camo to astandstill. "We aro waltiag on tho track," replied tho conductor, , who was a Boston man. I ?in 1616 thor? were only 350 Bug lieh people in all North America. A Chanen to Make Money. I have made $1,C<0 clear money in 87 days and attended to my household duties besides, und 1 think this is doing splendid fora woman un experienced In business. Anyone can soli what everyone wants to buy. and every family wants a lush Washer. I don't canvass at iITj people come or send for the Washer, i.nd ovoy washer that goes out Bells two or tl reo more, as they do the work to perfection. You can wash and dry the dishes in twu mlliU'CS. 1 am going to devote my whole tlmctoliis business now and I am sure lean clear VvU) a year My sister and brother have sturie.. in business and are doing splendid. You can irot complete instructions ami hundreds ol testi monials by addressing the Iron City !>.tdi Washer Co., Station A, Pittsburg, Pa., and if you don't make lots if money it's yuur ? na fault. Mrs. W. H. ?TOE? Liquor, Morphine, Opium and Tobacco Habits. Thousands in the Throes of Torture Prompt, dee. sive action can save th Many already saved prove that there . i way. Are these the days of freedom? Is c.'i ry body out of bondage? Would that we could answer, Yes. everybody's free ! Put in this enlightened ago hundred! of thousands of men arc in the clutches . . a tyrant worse than any in history, unabl' to light their way to liberty, impotent to I r ak their fetters. When once the habit gets its grip en a man it destroys his nerve and will power, robs him of his only means of dclensc il is life is sapp d out of him. his mauhoo I de stroyed, his brain deadened, and he be comes a wreck ol a man?existence ts iv ing death, himself an object of disgin-t ill stead of love and affection to those who ire dear to him. Is (here no hope ? There is?even a or years of slavery a cure without fail' ro guaranteed. ? ome and he treated and if in a week or two you do not like gaining weight, feel ing new manly vigor and making yt u r loved ones happy,you can quit and there will he no charge. No cure -No pay! HEXT M. PERRY, M. D. pHARLKSTON ,t WESTERN CAFO v-* Una Railway Co. " Augusta and As .0 villo Short Lino." Schedule in cifect (. it. 1st, lS'.Hj. l.v Augusta. ?40 am 7 l? \ in Ar Greenwood.12 17 pm 11 3a i ra Anderson. 7 30pm ..... .. 1.aureus. 115 pm 7ii).m Greenville. 2 65 jun y 4"> r in Glenn (Springs. 4 05pm .... fSpartanburg. 3 00 pm 10 'JO r ra Saluda. 62> pm . Hendersonville. .. 6 5! pm . A she vi 11". 6 46 pm . Lv Ashcvillo.8 '.!<> am . Spartan burg.11 4r> am 4 00 j m Greenville.11 ft.r> am 4 no , in Laurens.. 1 ir> pm 7 00 \ ra Anderson.1025 am . Greenwood. 228 pm 6 (Mam Ar Augusta. 605 pm t) 35 a in Ar Aikcn. 0 50 pm TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POl N 'S WEST. Lv Greenville.11 55 am Ar Raleigh . 1 26 am Norfolk. 7 00 am Petersburg./(ion am Richmond. 6 40 am Lv Greenville. 1 uo pm Ar Elbcrton. 2 3(5 am Abbcville. 142 am Athens. 3 ?'!?< am Atlanta. Q 20 am Lv All an ta............ 01 (rp m~ Athens.-..II 10 pm Elberlon.12 l? am A hbcville.12 lf> am Ar Greenville. 945 am OlO.'.O connections at Greenwood [o! 1 I point" Oll S. A. L and V. A G. Hallway -? 1 at Spartan burg with t Southern llallwaj. For information relative lo tickets, ri 1 schedules, etc., address W..J. CiiAIG, Gon. Pass. Agouti Augusta, Ga T. 8.Gureton, Agont.C. H. Speight* < . i. Agent Greenville, S. f), South Carolina and Georgia Railroad I "THE CHARLESTON LINI) 8ohedulo in OlfOOt .March 10. 18J5. COLI Mill A DIVISION.?Bast Hound bv Columbia. 8 W A liranchvillo.>. ?oft u b\ liranchvillo.n& u 0 Ar Charleston.11 ;>< a a bv Columbia. 4 1 0 Ar Charleston. 8 4r p n Wost Hound. bv Charleston. 7 ? r a Ar Columbia.II V- ? a l.v Charleston. a:k p i Ar Hranchville. 8? \> l Lv Branchvlhe.>.?.8 if) i- e Ar Columbia. 10 it p'o AUGUSTA DIVISION.-West Houm Lv Columbia. 960 am 4 2<> i > Ar Hranchville. 7 .15 am fl;Wi a bv Hranchville. H-Vipm HU p-i A Augusta.1216pm 1046 jia East Hocnd. Lv Augusta. 8 40 III Ar liranohvillo. ??fi j u bv Hranchville. 7 if - n Ar Columbia.10 to pn OAMDRN BRANCH.?Rast Hound. Lv Columbia.or/ an ArCamdon.1206 11? West Bound. Lv Camdon.:no p . Ar Columbia.10 10 p | CONNECTION. At Columbia wth Southern Kailway to at from all points n upper South and Nor;. Carolina. Thron; h trains between Charles ton and Ashevillc, N. C. Any other information, folders, RMMM ot( Will be lurnlshcd nplicut.ev tu K. S. HOW EN Go Manager, Co.rmbl 8. 0. L. A. EMKHSON Manager. Chailos ton, s. c. O. II. PARKS, Trave Agent. Columbia r* Columbia, Laurens an 1 New berry R. K. BouUibound Nortlilioun in i 13 ?i |hj 8 ;> i 8 Hi :: 42 :; ::i 8 i i ;i21 :t 12 1 50 ?j n 2 44 2 in 3 35 2 2!) 2 25 nm Iii 30 Iii 02 !? III !? 27 !l 16 k ::i s 80 8 22 S Oll 15 ii .v. ? 46 ? 85, (1.22, H 15, Hiatlons, .. ( olumbin .. Lonobflrt ... . Bnlcnllno .. . WiiuO Rook .. .. Cbapln!n . . Utile Moi<ii<iiiii Sllgb? ... s. Proftno Uy,,, .. New uoi ry ... JnlnoM ..... . Gm) h Lnno.7117 hlnii-il .7 ,"m Qoldvillo .sjto Dover .s 28 Clinton .Mill) nm < *!0 1 55 4 o* f. 25 A 85 0 V? , it i.j ( 12 mi .1 OS 86 p. in 11 I. ii ii 11 ;r, ii i. 11 5i 12 Ov 12 r 12 1 12 2 12 4 12 AO i 0 i 1< 1 1 1 sift 1 IMI P K. SCUU.Nil'KUI.', Agent ct Prosperity