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The Laurens Advertiser $1,50 per Year in Advance. ..JFKL/IX..* Six o'clock I And as tho mill boll an nounced the fact the whir and claug of machinery died away and was suc ceeded by the shouts of Btnall boys who came trooping from the doors of the great factory. Soon a wide stream of humanity was surging toward the en trance gates. Following tho boys came the young mon with long strides, and after them the women and girln and groat mass of operatives, and, lastly, hobbling along with tho aid ot canes, the voterans of the mill?men and women who had almost outlived their usefulness, but who wero still kept on tho payroll of tho company. A few minutes and tho smoko hov ering over tho red chimney lost itself in the clouds, tho night watchman camo out with bis lantern, the gates were closed, and another day's work was finished. For all but the bookeeper. In his office he still bent over long columus . of figures. Up and down, up and down his fingers moved until at last he raised his head wearily. It was toe dark to see. Taking his hat from its nail in the corner he mado a movement to ward the door, but instead - >f going out he suddenly raised . his hand to his chest with a low ?r,iwp of pain. For a moment he groped blindly for a chair, then nank upon tho. tloor. Half an houj>hitor ho rose slowly and went out, ? can-fully locking the door bohlud him. As he went down tho steps he looked like an old mau, bis figure was so bent. But gradually his walk grew tumor, and by the time ho had reachod tho tittle house at the end of tho villago ho cgained bis customary upright ?j. \ are late, Felix," said a com U voico aa ho entered tho small ? room; " tea has been waiting an hour." i; Yes, mother, I know," he answer ed, as he stooped and kissed her wrinkled forehead; "but I could not possibly got away sooner. There is a press of work at tho office, and-" But the thin bauds were raised np pealiugly. " Spare me, Felix! Your father never used to speak about bus'uess. That was left to the agont. if ho had lived we Avould never have como to this," and she glanced about the baro room piteously. "Poorlittlo mothorl" his voice was very tender as he rested his hand for a moment on her gray hair. " It is hard, but perhaps it will bo all right sometime." Something in his voico caused her hps to tremble a little. " I do not moan to be cross, Folix," she said, wistfully, " but everything is so different. Your fathor should have left a man in charge of the property. You are not to blame. You were only a boy and did what you thought was best." He had heard tho complaint many times before, but he answered simply: " Yes, mother. I have done what I thought was best." At this moment, a tall, fair girl en tered the room. " Come, Felix," she said, brightly. " I shall not wait any Monger. You must eat supper so I can wash the dishes. After that you and I will take a walk down by tho canal. I want to talk." " A reasonable want," he laughed, as he followed her into tho dining room. Exoept in age they woro very much alike, this brother and sister; tall and fair, with warm eyes and quick, sunny smiles. Only about tho temples of tho young man?ho was not yet forty?tho brown hair was beginning to turn. While he was eating the girl watched him anxiously. Suddenly sho broke out with: "I spent tho afternoon with Dr. Broen's wife." " Yes." "And?and she said that her hus band had been talking about you?that you ought to leave tho office." M Yes, he told mo something to that effect nearly a year ago, and I believe has mentioned it several times since." He spoke lightly and helped himself to another biscuit. M And you never told us?" reproach fully. " What was the use? I was not ready to leave tho ollico." Then he added, whimsically: " I have arrang ed for a grand apreo in August. Harry and Bess will be homo from achool and the four of us will go for a month's jollification among tho Maino lakes. ' 'ui Betty will come and stay with er." ? a moment sho looked at him to lie were in earnest, then in spite twenty-two years, promptly .muted a chair and whirled a napkin above her head. Then sho indulged in an energetic pantomime of a war whoop. Felix watched her appreciatively. ? That's tho way I feel," ho said. ?? The mere thought of a vacation aftor I fifteen years of office werk is like a tonic. Now, suppose I help you with the dishes, and thou we will go out and let you free yourself of tho 'talk.' " " Felix," she said a little later, as they were walking along the canal. "Dr. Breen'a cousin arrived from Dcnner today. He said he would call on you soon, and seemed very much surprised to learn that you were only a bookkeeper. He said that you had been one of the brilliant men at col lege and that great things had boen expected from you." Felix laughed a little. " Bob was my classmate," he said, " and naturally over-sangutno about hls'friend. It is the brilliant mon who usually make failures." He spoke lightly, something in his voice caused her to draw nearor. " Folix," she said, aftor a long pause. " I want you to tell me all about papa's affairs. Wo were mere babies when he died nod you came home from col lege to look after things. But Hairy and Bess and I are now old enough to . take our share of the burden. It is our right to know." She spoke enrnostly and as thoy reaohed a belt of moonlight looked up into his face It was very gravo. " Father was careless," ho said, " nothing more. We will not speak about him. Tho rest is vory simple. 1 got a position as bookkeeper and? that is all." They walked on awhile, in silence. Then she said: " You have not told me all, Felix. Something has been troubling you all these years. I have felt it evor since I was old enough tojobservo. You i have a good salary, andftnake as much \ more by your nmgaid? articles, and yet you never indulge yourself in any thing. Mamma's talk used to make me think that papa bad left constderublo property, and Harry and Bess und 1 always thought that our school money came out of thin. Hut lately L have doubted it." Theu abruptly: "Did papa leave anything?above his debts, 1 mean?" 44 No." 44 Aud?was thero enough to pay his debts?" 44 No." "I suspected it. Now Felix," eponk ing firmly and letting her liaud reel catessingly on his, " you must be open with mo. I am a woman now, nnd want to bo a hel instead of a burden. Harry aud Bess will graduate uext mouth nnd thuy fuel just us 1 do. Papa's dobts must bo paid, and it will bo ao much easier for the four of us, working together, than for you alono." Thon, hesitatingly: " Is it very much?" " No," smiling. " And you will lot us help you?" " Gladly. You are already doing that?more thau you imagine." Then laughingly, ?? I am very proud of my Children, Margaret. Not muny bach olors have brought up such a promis ing trio." ?? Boshl You are trying to escapo the subject. I want your opinion of my taking the Ridge bcIiooI. Ross can turn housekeeper." " Well, seriously, then, 1 think you would botlor stick to your drawing. Your talent lies in that direction, and the Ridge school means hard work nnd poor wages. As to tho debts, they are all paid und wo havo a small sum in the bank. ? Felix I" " Yes. The last was paid six months ago. Did you think I could arrange for a jollification with nnvthing like that banging over us? Now if the Mnino woods do their duty 1 shall come back a now man aud be ready for the fall campaign." ? The fall?what?" ** Campaign, my dcir," ho said, coolly, enjoying her amazement. "You did not know that my name was up for Senator. It has beou kept secret for certain reasons, hut to-day I had inti mation that they wero ready to go uhend, and with cvory prospect of 8ucc088." " Rut?I did not know that you took any interest in politics?" she said, her voico ttembling with caguniess aud wonder. ?* Nor have I?much," ho replied, gravely. u 1 nevor dreamed of such a thing until 1 was appioachcd on the subject. 1 thought my ambition was dead, but it seems I was mistaken. I folt almost frightened at tho tumult the possibility awoke in me. And it pleases you, too, Murgaret?" he asked after a moment's silence. " More than I can tell," sho replied, with a glad light iu her eyes. *? I havo felt worried about you lately. It seemed so hard that after nil these years there could he no future for you but tho musty otlice. It seems almost like tho ending of ono of your stories. It is rather late, but you are not very old." Not very old I The words rang in his ears long after he had gone to his room. He had nlmost come to regard himself ns an old man, but, after all, he was not very old. He was scarcely iu his prime. A long future was be fore him?and it was very bright. Per haps? From the open window the sky pre sented a picture of rare beauty and brilliancy in contrast with the dark groupings of hills and forests. Millions of stars looked down, nnd away in the northeast could ho traced the path of the Porseids. Somewhere under the line of shooting meteors he imagined was a country mansion, and in the mansion a fair girl with deep, tender eyes. This was one of the (beams he hnd left behind. But the past few weeks hns been restoring much which he hnd thought was lost, and this came up with tho rest. If there was to be a fu ture for him this should form a part, and a deep (loud of thanksgivig welled up from his heart as his eyes ga/.ed mto the majesty of tho niglft. Thinking of the sweet possibilities that parting on the bridge grow very near. Re could fcol the soft touch on his arm and hear the quiet voice as it said: " Felix, your work is at homo?nnd we are very young. When it is right you may come for mo. I will be wait ing." And during all these fifteen years sho bad kept her word. Even now he had a letter in his pocket on which tho ink was scarcely dry. They had lost their youth, hut tho summer and autumn would be richer for the waiting. It was not until he heard the mill boll strike threo that he left tho win dow. But even then it was not to sleep. His nerves were not ready for that. Over and ho reviewed tho past and made plans for the future, and when tho fir.-t summons of the factory bell brought him down to breakfast he told Margaret that he bed decided to give in his resignation during the day. " I think 1 can do it and still be able to keep the wolf from the door," ho said, with a smile. " And I think so, too," she returned Yoong Girls Are often engaged in doing the work of a home under tfic most trying condi tions. Nattyrc cries out against the stooping and lifting, the running up mid down stairs at times when labor should be ns light as possi ble. It is owing to overstrain or self neglect under these conditions that the foundation is laid for serious woman ly disease. Irregu larity is the first step to impaired womanly health. Perfect regularity may be established by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It will heal Inflamma tion and ulcerntiou and cure female .weakness. It makes weak wom en strong aud sick women well. "It gives me much pleasure," wrlies Miss Kiln 8?PPi ?l James town, Oullfdrd County. N. C, "to thank Or. Pierce lor the great good received from the use of hts ' Favorite Prescrip tion' and 'Oolden Medical Discovery.' I hnd suffered for three years or more at monthly pe riods. It aeemed ns though I would die with pain* In my bnck nnd stomach. I could not stand nt all without fainting. Had given up all hope of ever being cured, when one of my friends Insisted upon my trying Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With but little faith I tried It, and before I had taken halt a bottle I felt better. Now I have taken two bottles of ?Favorite Prescription' aud one of 'Oolden Medical Discovery,' nnd I am entirelycurrj. nid in two months' time when all other medicines bad failed." Dr. PiercVa Common Sense Medical Adviser, paper covers, sent free on re ceipt of at one-cent stamps, to pay ex Fuse of mailing only. Addresa Dt V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Poorly? ** For two years I suffered ter ribly from dyspepsia, with great depression, and was always feeling poorly. I then tried Ayer's Sarsa parille, and in one week I was a new man."?John McDonald, Philadelphia, Pa. Don't forget that it's "Ayer's" Sarsaparilla that will make you strong and hopeful. Don't waste your time and money by trying some other kind. Use the old, tested, tried, and true Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. tl.00 a bottle. All dmuUU. Auk your doctor what ho thinks of Ayer's Rariaparllla. II? kuows all about thlt grand old family modlclno. Follow his advlco aud Wo will bo satisfied. J. O. A v rat Co.. Lowell, Mass. heartily. " Boeidcs, wo will all have moro courago for work if wo know you aro out of that horriblo olllco." Several times duriug the meal she saw a sudden light omo iuto his faco, and fancied his tone i wero cvon moro j tender than usual. At length she spoke. "Your thoughts aro pleasant. Folix." " Yes," thoughtfully, " they aro pleasant?very plcisant. I will toll you about thorn sometime." ilefore ho went out ho stopped and kissed hor fondly. Sho watched' him down tho path with a curious smilo. ?? If ho wero not so old, and if I did not know bettor," sho thought. " 1 would say ho was iu love." HIM, AR I* OKOWSPOKTICAb. He Writes A bout the Flowers of Spring and the Birds tliut Slutf. Atlanta Constitution, It is not quite time to indulge iu spring poetry. I tried it somo years ago and strained my mind and shall uot try it again. Ono poom is enough to make u man famous and 1 have never soon mino improvod upon: The bull frog bellors in tho ditchos, llo's shuttled off his wintor brltchos. Tho hawk for infant chickens watchoth And 'fore you know it ono ho cotchoth, Tho lizzard is suunin' himBolf on a rail, The lamb is shaking his now born tail, King'cotton has unfurled his baunor And Bconts tho air with swoot guan uer, Tho darky is plowing his suhborn mulo And jorks tho lino with "Gto, you fool," Adown tho crock and round tho ponde Aro gentloraou and vagabonds, And all our little dirty sinuorB Aro digging bait and catching min ners. That is classic and oxprcssive. It rhymes well and measures woll and is considered tho champion spring poem. But 1 will vonture to make a fow re marks about llowora, for as Solomon saith, " The winter is past; the rain ia ovor and gouo. The llowers appear on the earth, tho time for the singiug of birds is come and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in the laud." It is au old story that when God made man and gave him hearing and seeing and taste and smelling, He created birds to sing for him and please his cars and grass to grow and herbs and trees to joar him fruit, but Adam wa-n't very happy and said these are all very good, but they cannot love me nor talk to mo nor comfort mo when I am sick and sad. 1 am bore alone and not even your angels visit mo. And bo God look pity on him and created woman and then he was happy. But woman didn't caro to bo digging and booing and planting and looking after tho sheep and the cows, and so tho Lord created llowers especially for her enjoyment. He also taught her to siug and make music on tho harp, and hence came the old tradition that wo man and music and tlowors wore God's best gilts to man. You seo that neith er tlowors nor music is mentioned in tho Mosaic account of tho creation and tradition says that they were not made until woman was. It is singular that in some of the ancient languages the same word that means woman means tlowors too. Among the ancient Greeks, I ten nans, Persians and Egyptians t here was great reverence for and even idolatry of llowers. Tho lotus or sacred lily was worshiped as a god in Egypt. In Japan tho chrysanthemum is equally sacred and nearly all of their female children aro named for some Dower. In all countries every temple service, every festival or banquet or sacred day? every birth or marriage or death or funeral ceremony calls for a profusion of llowers. When soldiors went out to fight and when thoy returned thoy wore crowned with wreaths and gar lands; strangers wore given llowers when they came to see you. Every (lower had its meaning and its senti ment, as for instance a red rose meant ?*?/ lovoyou;" a white rose "I will marry you." The Chinese make tho most lavish use of (lowers aud havo a Chinese alphabot of flowers. No modern nation has such love aud taste for them nor such beautiful gardens and Japan comes noxt. China is called the Flowery Kingdom. Almost all of tho civilized nations have a national flower. Egypt, Turkoy and India havo the lotus. Japan tho chrysanthemum. Spain the pomegra nate. France the iris or Hour do 11s of Ix>uis VII. Napoleon I tried to abolish it and put the honey bee' instead, but the people robolled and it is still the iris. Scotland has tho thistle, Ireland tho shamrock, Wales the leek, Mexico i thft caqtus, Uormauy the corn flower, England the rose, and the United States noue at all, In 1889 wo tried to mako it tho golden rod, but failed. The North voted for the trailing arbu tus and tbo rose and some green house flowers, and there was no flower elect ed. That trailing arbutus don't trail in this part of the country. Well, of course, the rose is by uni versal auffrage tho queen of nil the flowers. About six hundred yoars ago the duke of Lancaster chose a red rose for his emblem. His brother, the duke of York, ckoso a white rose. The descendants of these two princes got to fighting for tho crown and it was called the war of the roses. But after while the son of ono married tho daughter of tho other and stopped the war, and the two roses were united in to one and called the Tudor roso. In the eleventh century the Danes made war upon Scotland, and one dark night planned an attack upon a fortress that was the key to the whole country. They took off Ihoir shoes and breeches so as to swim across a moat that sur rounded the fortress, thinking that the moat wae deep and full of water. But Small crops, unsalable veg etables, result from want of Potash. Vegetables arc especially fond oT "Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. , GERMAN KAI.I WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. the Scotch had nearly filled tho moat with thistle, and it stuck the IXmos bo terribly that they yelled in agony and got out quickly and the Scotch took them unawares and killed nearly all of them boforo they could put on their shoos aud breeches. The thistlo Baved Scotlaud, and so they took it for their national ilower. A way back in tho centurios, when good St. Patrick went to Ireland as a missionary, ho preached to them about tho Trinity and how thorc were threo persons is ouo Ciod, and tho peoplo laughed at him aud Baid it. was impos sible aud they didn't believe it. So tho saint picked up a shamrock stem with its threo leaves growing out of it and exclaimed: "Why not? Why not? If this litllo plant can make three from ouo, why can't (Jod do it?" So ho convinced and converted all that people, and thoy took tho clovor or shamrock plaut for tho national llower. In tho sixth century tho Normans invaded Wales, and just boforo a great battle one dark, cloudy evouing tho Welsh went through a field where tho leeks or wild onions were in bloom, and every mau plucked one and stuck it in his hat so as to distinguish their soldiers from the enemy, and by this moans they whipped tho fight aud saved their country. After that they took the look for their uatioual llowor. When Napoleon iiouaparte overran Germany and tho emperor and his family had to lly from Herlin and con coal thomaelves, ho was awfully dis tressed and they liked to have perished. Hut his old mother made garlands' of a little wild llower, known as the corn (lower or kaisorhlumo, and put them on him and cheered him up, and when Bonaparte was vanquished the em peror adopted that little wild llower as the national emblem. When Louis VII started out on tho Crusades he chosothe iris as his badge, ami when he roturned with his army it was adopted as the nation's llower. This is enough of nationul llowers. I wish W3 had one for oui nntion, and we will have ouo when this Federation of Women's Clubs takes hold of the matter, and I hope it will ho the golden rod. It grows from Maine to Mexico and bends its graceful head in field and forest. Tho reason I got to rummatiug about llowers was because our good ladies gave an enfertuinmcnt tho other night which was quito original and peculiar. It was called the enchanted garden. There wore twelve pretty llowers paii ted on a long curtain and in front of hem was au old gardener teaching a pretty little girl her first lesson in (lowers. He told her their origin and how they got their names and whenever he mentioned oue of tho llowers that was on the curtain aud pointed to it, that (lower disappeared as if by enchaulment and in its place there appeared the face of a pretty girl or woman, who sang a song that fitted tho llower?such songs as " Only a Pansy Blossom," " The Last Jtoso of Summer," "Pond Lilies," " A Hunch of Daises," etc. At intervals between the songs, the old gardener lold his pupil how Clyta fell in love with Apollo, the god of tho sun, and she gazed upon him so continually that he got tired of it and tutucd her into a heliotrope, for this Greek word means turned by the sun. And how Apollo's cup-beaier was a very handsome boy and Apollo loved hini so much that another hoy killed him through envy and his dead body was changed into a hyacinth. The Greek spelling is Yacinthus and Apollo stamped tho Greek letter Y on every petal, and it is there yet. And how a very vain and handsome youth spent all of his time looking at him self in a fountain of clear water and one day he fell in and was drowned and Apollo chauged his body into a narcissus. And how tho carnation was always a pink or lleah color for the Greek word carnosmean llcsb,but now it is of all colors. Aud how dandelion means a lion's tooth from tho shape of its leave-, and tho tulip means n turban and the geranium means a crane's hill from the shape of its seed pods, and the nasturtium means a noso twister, for when you smell it or taste tho seed tho pungent odor and taste make you draw up your face and curl up your noBO. And the old man told about many olheiB, and it seems that wo not only got the names of tho days and tho months and the stars from ancient my thology, but wo have even kept tho names of their tlowors. If (lowers woro as scarce ns diamonds and pearls they would bring a much higher price, for they uro really more beautiful. A kind Providence made the best and most beautiful things tho most abundant so that the poor might hnvo i hem as well as tho rich. It does not lake money to buy sunsliino nor showor nor tho greon grass nor tho songs of birds nor tho daisies and lilies that adorn the Holds and meadows. The great poets' books arc full of beautiful thoughts about lluwers. Shakespeare's lament over the death of Imogen is full of tears and Mowers. Horace Smith in his odo to llowcis says: 11 Your voiceless lips, oh flowors ! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit and each leaf a honk." Mrs. Hornaus says: ?'Brig llowors, fresh flowors, for tho bride to wear; Thoy wcro bora i.. blush in her 0l.i1.iuK hair." And Wordsworth says: ** It is my faith that overy flowor that blooms en Joys the nil it 'meatlies and is conscious of its own beauty." Christians that when Mary, the mothor of Jesus, fled with her child in to Egypt beautiful roses and lilies sprang up and bloomed along her pathway ns she Journeyed through tho plains of Sharon and Jericho. Women and flowors are always found togothor, both In fact and in fancy. Some men like flowors, too, especially young men who are in lovo, but with many men dogfennel and jimpson weed are as sweet and pretty as roses and violets. Bill, Ari\ ! CUBA HAS WON A VICTORY. The Sugar Trust is Struck und Republican Rosses Are Reuten. Tbo Washington correspondent of the News und Courier gives the fol lowing account of the victory over tho Republican bosses iu tho Huueo of He prusentalives in favor of reciprocity with Cuba, in which Ihirly-suvcu Re publican members j -ined ' tho Demo crats in dealing a heavy blow at tho Sugar Trust, the first it has ever re ceived at tho hands of Congress: Some possibility of lolief for Cuba, a sovero blow at the Sugar Trust, demoralization for tho Republican loaders?thoic llnod things are writ'en in tho ai tion of tho House upon the Cuban reciprocity bill. Only " some possibility " of relief, for, although the lcciprocily bill passed tho Houso, there is no certainty of it I evor getting through the Souaio. It passed tho Houso only alter there had boon lacked to it an amendment ab-1 olishing the diffe ential duty upon ro Qnod sugar. Tho real tlglit was upon | this amendment. It was mount as a j blow at tho Sugar Trust, which has, through this difforoutial, grown into a giant at the oxponeo of tho sugar con sumers of America, and tho Democrats of tho House, acling in lino with their decision at last night's caucus, pre sented a solid front in opposition to tho trust. Joined with thorn wore tho boot sugar " iusurgents " and a sufficient number of other indnpondout Republi cans to muko a clear and decisivo ma jority of tho House. On the other sido, the Speaker and all tho leaders of the oligarchy which runs the mujority sido were arrayod iu defence of the trust. Tho battle was llercely waged aud as j the climax approached to day tho ex I citcment, not on the tloor alone, but in the galleries and throughout tbo city, was greater than has boon manifosLcd siucc the day of tho adoption of the Spanish war resolution. Most of the mem hers of the Senate were on the tloor as interested specta tors aud thousands were unable to get seats iu the galleries. The Houso lead ership died hard in its fight for tho trust and thoro was much rejoicing over its death. Tho 'fact that tho amended bill was finally passed by a vote of '247 to 52 means but little. Tho ouo great feature of tho contest was the struggle made by the majority of tbo Republicans to save to tho sugar trust tho differential, which Is its very life. Britlly told, the story is this: Tho chairman of tho committee of tho wholo ruled that amendment not ger mane to tho bill. All tho power of the Republican organization was exorcised to bold Republicans in Hue to sustain the ruling of tho chair, but by a vote of 171 to 130 the chair was overruled. There was another test vote on this amendment after tho bill came from the committre of tho whole to tho I louse, this time it being adopted by a vote of 100 to 105. This was upon a roll-call, and a num ber of Republicans, who had followed the leaders before could not stund going on record in support of the trust. The Republican leaders were beaten I upon every tost. In addition they suf fered tho humiliation ot serum tho Democrats present an absolutely united front in making war upon a trust whose burdens are felt more strongly by tho people than those put upon them by any other trust. It was a square test upon the trust question, with the Dem ocrats on tbo side of the people; a dis tinct political victory for the Democrats and a personal victory for those Re publicans whom tho leaders havo at tempted to bulldoze and browbeat as insurgents. Tim Republicans aro more demoralized than they have been at any time in years. The defeated crowd is fighting mad. All sorts of threats are being made. There is much uncertainty about tho ultimato fate of tho bill, with tho chances against its passage in nuy shape. The plan of the Administra tion leaders is to increase the percent age of relief, to strike out tho time limit and labor restrictions, and then to strike out the differential amend ment, restoring tbo Sugar Trust's pro tection. They talk of their ability to put this Bort of a bill through tho Son ate and roly upon tho ability of the Ad ministration to evcntally whip tho beet Biigar people of the Houso iu line in its support. Iu this programme thoy show no realization of tho situ ation in tho Senate. The'Democrats there will make a uni ted fight for tho bill as it passed the House., that is for tho tho retention of the differential amendment, and in this thoy will havo tho support of at least twenty Republicans. There are indications of a contest between tbo Cuban and finance committees for tbo possession of the bill. A majority of tho Cuban committee is against this hill and any other form of rqlicf to Cuba at this time. Tho majority of tho linanco com mittee is expected to voto to retain tho differential amendment. If the bill is not hold up in tho committco to which it is referred, it can hardly get through tho Senate A majority of tho Republicans will not let tho bill pass with the differential amendment, but tho indications arc thoy cannot get enough votes to strike it out in view of tho combination between tbo Domo, crnls and tho boot sugar Republicans, undor tho leadership of Senators Mc Millan and Rurrows, of Michigan. The present outlook is that no relief bill will pass, solely because of tho de termination of tho Republican lendors to protect tho Sugar Trust at all haz ards. MONUMENT TO HAMPTON. A Central Committee to Have Charge of the Work llegun by Camp Humpton. The State. April 17. The movement for the erection of a splondld monument to Gen. Wade Hampton, to bo aurmountod by an eques trian statuo, has now been launched, and it is in good hands. The Daughters of the Confederacy, uiumbeia of the Wade Hampton chapter, met yesterday and docided to leavo tho matter to Camp Hampton, U C. V. Last night Oamp Hampton mot in extra session and after ilno tributes to the dead chieftain had been passod, adopted a plan in short order, and put the ball rolling. After tho adoption of the resolutions the commander stated that tho next busi ness was tho formulation of some plan for tho erection of the monument to Gen. Hampton. Comrado Brooks addressod the camp giving a running account of the war life of Gon. Hampton, relating many In cidents of daring deeds connected with the battles fought and raids made into tho Federal lines and camps. Comrado C. M. Douglas submitted tho following resolutions: Resolved, That for the purpose of erecting in the olty of Columbia an cques Irian statue of the illustrious citizen and soldior, Gon. Wade Hampton, Camp Hampton, U- C. V., invites subscriptions from all of the citizens of South Caro lina, such subscriptions to bo sent to all of the daily papors of tho State, to bo by them acknowledged from tlmo to time as rocolved, and thon forwarded to the treasurer of tho central committeo hero in provided for. That the following named, survivors of the Confodorato States army, aro re quested to act as " Tho Hampton Statue Central Committee," who sh . 1 bo clothed with power to receive the funds subscribed for said statuo, select tho site for It in the city of Columbia, appoint sub-committees and do all bucu oilier business as may be noccss:iry for the furthoranco of tho ond in view : PirBt Congressional District?Thoo doro G. Barker, Charleston Second?Jas. W. Moore, Hampton. Third?D. H. Russell Anderson. Fourth?Jas. A. Hoj'. Grecuvillo. Fifth?Jas. F. Hart, Yorkville. Sixth?W. F. James, Darlington. Sovonth?A. O. Haskcll, Columbia. That tho Daughters of tho Confed eracy and all other organizations of ladies in sympathy with tho movement throughout tho State, bo and they aro horoby requested to appoint auxiliary committees to co-operate in this sacred work of raising a fitting memorial to our illustrious and lamented chieftain. Tho resolutions wore unanimously adopted. Adjutant Flonnlkon road tho follow ing communication : Tho Wade Hampton chapter, U. D. C, unanimously adopted tho following : Resolved, That tho members of the Wado Hampton chaptor stand ready with the women of tho Stato in aiding the men of the State in the movement in augurated by Camp Hampton, namoly, to erect an equestrian statuo to our horo, Gun. Wado Hampton. M us S. Ram Stonry, Recording Socretary Wado Hampton Chapter. This on motion was receivod with thanks. Comrade Douglas offorod tho follow ing, which was adopted : Resolved, That tho commandor of Camp Hampton appoint a committeo of live survivors to acknowledge the receipt of tho communication from tho Wado Hampton chapter, U. D. C , aud to con for with them as to tho best moans of promoting tho orection of tho Hampton monument, and that tho commander bo ex-olllclo member of the committee. Tho commander appointod tho follow ing comrades on tho committeo: Bishop Ellison Capers, W. A. Clark. R. W. Shand, T. J. Llpscomb and D. R. Flen nikon. A writer in the New York Observer makes some interesting suggestions for improving our Sunday schools. In stead of calling it Sunday school les son she would call it the Bible story, to avoid tho words " lesson," "school" and "study," which are depressing to some. Also, instead of haviug many and inexperienced teachers, sho would have tho Sunday school divided into four divisions and placed under four of the best obtainable teachers. More emphasis would be placed on tho re peating of Scripture verses, tho Psalms and the singing of the best sacred hymus. About fifteen years ago the Hawaiian government undertook forest work, and very soon the hills back of Hono lulu wero clothed with a dense, and luxuriant growth of eucalyptus of several varieties, the Australian wattlo and other trees of that character. These trees have already exercised a noticeable influence in conservative rainfall and rendering the climate in tho vicinity more agreeable. Visitors to Groccoaro always amazed at tho criminal statistics, particularly at tho number of murders. Ordinary crimes?dishonesty and the vices that prevail in other countries?arc not goneral, but murders occur almost daily. Homicides in tho province in which Athens is located average an nually almost, 1 to I ,01 Ml of the popula tion. The causes lie mostly in poli tics. To shako about 200,000 peach trees aud fiO.OOO plum trees for tho purposo of dislodging injurious insects is a formidable task, yet it was success fully accomplished several times be tween April 18 and Juno 1,1001, by tho Hide, Georgia, Orchard Company, at Port Valley, in Georgia. The in sect against which this action was taken was the curculio beetle. The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. KT ^Uft?!""" If '?ver take JOHNSON'S OH ILL and KJOVKU TONIC It Is 100 times better than quinine and doea iu a single day what slow out tanas s& Wf&dt?,p,endw cureb aro iA^^?iis COSTS 50 CENTS 1IF IT CURBS. Miss Maud Donnison, of Chicago, is said to be tho only woman harness maker in tlie United States. She has joinod i im United Brotherhood of Lea ther Workers on Horse floods, and is Um only woman in the union, which has a membership of 10,000. Miss Don nison is 28 y ears old, was born in Louisville and has worked at tho trade four yoars. The first " croamory " in tho United States was built in 1801 at Wallkill, Orange County, Now York. This es tablishment has utilized tho milk lrom three hundred and seventy-live COWS daily. o. Bears the Bjgiifituro Of 0TOHXA. > The Kind You Haw Always Bnalneae Chance?. DO Y?l! want to make 14,000 between now and March 1, 1903? If bo, send ten rente (silver) for our specialty and receive freo coupon which entities you to one guess; capital prize $4,000 tract of land lo? cnted in Laurens County. South Carolina; bank references Riven. Address TWIN-NICKL.E Co., hanrens, B. G. MONEY TO LOAN On farm lands. Rasy payments. No com missions charged, Borrower nays actual cost of perfecting loan. For information write JNO. B. PALM KB A BOM, Columbia. 8. a ?mahaii Cured In thirty to elxy days. irnnPlf Ten days treatment FKKK. I II Hill I Would f>o glad to have names Ul Upvj of ftn Buffering with Dropsy O. E. COLLUM DROPSY MEDI CINE CO., 312-18 Lnwndes Hulldln/, Atlanta, Ga. Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has boon in use for over 30 years, has borne tho Signatare of and has boon made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy* Allow no one to deceive you in this* AH Counterfeits, Imitations and ?? Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment* What is CASTORIA Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relievos Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the Stomach and Vowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?Tho Mother's Friend* CSNUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CCNTAUM OOMMNV, TT MURHAV STRICT, NOT* VOITK CITV. Charleston, Greenville, Columbia, Atlanta SHOUT LINK. Schedule in effect April, 13th, 1902. kahtrkn standard tim K. ltead Down. Kead Up Leave. Atlanta SAL. 8 40am Ar 8 GO pm Athens.10 tiOam (i 1!) pm Klberton.11 5*am 6 17 pm Abbeville .12 57pm 4 Oft pm Greenwood.1 22pm 3 35 pm Ar Clinton_Dinner... 2 16pm 2 46 pm C. A W. C. Leave. Gienn Springs.,0<fc W C.10 00amAr4 00pm Spartanburg. . 12 15pm a 3U Ureonville.12 22pm 3 25 Ar Laurens.Dinner.. 1 42 2 06 SOUTHBOUND. ?No. 22 Lv Laurens.0 00am Parks..... 0 10 Clinton. 0 40 Goldville.0 58 Kinard.7 0S Gary.7 17 Jalapa.7 20 Newberry.8 00 Frosperity. 8 26 Blifhs . 8 42 Little Mountain.8 55 Chapiu.0 15 Hilton. 0 24 White Rock.0 2!) Union line. 0 37 irmo.9 62 Leaphart.10 02 Ar Columbia.10 30 ?Daily. Freight except Sunday. No. 53. 2 00pm 2 08 2 22 2 31 2 43 2 49 2 51 3 10 3?4 S 84 3 30 3 51 3 1.7 4 01 4 07 4 17 4 23 4 45 NORTH HO UN I). ?No. 85 No. 52 Lv Columbia.12 30am 11 10am Leaphart.12 48 11 30 Irmo. 1 00 11 37 Halentine . 1 15 11 41 White Hock.1 24 11 61 Hilton .1 20 115-1 Chapin. 18!) 12 02 Little Mountain. 1 Ml 12 12pm Slighe_ . 2 02 12 Hi Prosperity. 2 22 12 26 Newberry. 3 oo 12 3!) Jalapa. 3 22 12 51 Gary. 3 31 12 5!) Kinard. 3 40 1 00 Goldville. 8 51 115 Clinton. . . 4 30 1 27 Parks.4 50 13!) Ar Laurens. 5 00 1 47 A. C. L, Lcavo Columbia. 4 55pm Ar 10 60 tin in tor. 6 20 0 26 , Ar yjnarlestou. 9 20_Lv o ou Trains 63 and (2 arrive and depart from new union depot. Trains Nos. 22 and 85 from AOL freight depot, West Gervais street. For Kates, Time Tables, or further in formation call on any Agent, or write to H. M. Kmkkson, Gen. Freight and Pas senger Agt? T. M. Kmrkson, Tratlic M'gr. Wilmington, N. C. J. F. Livinuston, Sol. Ag't, Hank of Columbia, W. ?. Childs. President, Columbia, 8. C The Entering Wedge To your consideration in gen erally the cost, though cost should always bo relative to value to be a fair test. The lumber we sell may not always bo the ohoapost in price, but it's always ehoapest in the long run, because wo givo tho best valuo. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro perly sawod and planed, you'll find it "matches" well, and will be a life-long source of satisfac tion R.H.Hudgens & Son. Why Not Save The Middle-Man'sPr?fiF? The McPhall Piano or Kindergarten Organ dlroot to the buyer from fac tory. Write ma If you wish to buy an Organ or Piano, for I can gave you rr.oney. I travel South Carol lua, and would be pleased to oall and show you my Pianos and Organs. A postal card will bring me to you. L. A. McCORD, Laurent, ? ? South Carolin BUUTHERM sHORTHAnd 8,000 Graduates. Receives from 1 to 6 ap plications dally for bookkeepers and ste nographer*. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Telegraphy taught. Refers to Atlanta's Lusinens men and banker*. NY rite for oat alogtie. Address A, 0. HR180OE, Pre*, or L. W, ARNOLD, Vlee-V''*,, Atlanta, ?a Vestibuu? _ IIMITED trains Double Daily Service CAPITAL CITY ROUTE, short cat lino between all principal citie North, East, 8outh and West. 8chkdui.es In Ekfkct Due. 1, 1901. most ii HOUND. No. 66. No. 3 Lv Savannah, Central T. ..1130pm 156pm Fairlax .1 09am 3 40pm Denmark. 1 50am 4 irtpm Columbia, Eastern T... 4 10am 7 05pm Camden. ?07am 800pm Choraw.16 30am 0 40pm Ar Hamlet .7;05am 10 15pm Lv Calhoun Falls. 1 00pm 4221pm Abbeville. 184pm 4 54am Greenwood. 1 60am 6?.!9am Clinton . .... ...... 2 45am 0,08am Carlisle. 3.3 !am 0 53am Chester . 4 00am 7 2uam Catawl a Junction.4 3Jam 7 Mam Ar Hamlet.7 00am lO.lBam Lv Hamlet . 7 25am 1040pm ArKaleigh.10 16am 1 3 Jam Petersburg. 2 26pm 6 54am Richmond. 3 05pm 6 35am Washington. 6 86pm. 10 10am 11 kliimore.11 26pm li;25am Philadelphia.866am t stipm New Yor.(. 6 30am 4 l'Spm Portsmouth-Norfolk.. 6 25pm 7 15am local atlanta to clinton. No. Lv Calhoun Falls. 12 2 Abbeville.12 67pm Greenwood.? 122pm Clinton.2 16pm houtubound. Daily. Daily. No. 31. No. 27. Lv Cheraw, Eastern T... 7 11am 11 00pm Camden.8 34am 12 5.3am Columbia, Central T.. 8 40am 1 05am Denmark. 9 52am, Fairfax .10 30am Ar Savannah.12 05pm Jacksonville. 8 60pm Tampa. 6 00am Lv Catawba. Eastern T.. 9 07am (Diester . 9 45am Carlisle.10 15am Clinton.11 COam Greenwood.1162am Abbovillo .12 21pm Calhoun Falls.1225pm Ar Athene.2.21pm Atlanta.4.55pm local clinton to atlanta. NO 63 Lv Clinton. 2 45pm Greenwood. 3 35pm Abbeville . 4 07pm Calhoun Falls. 4 46pm Ar Athens.6 19pm Atlanta. 8 60pm Columbia, Nowberry & Laurens Rail way train No. 52, leaving Columbia, Union station, at 11.20 am daily, connects at Clin ton with S A L Ry No 63, affording short est and quickest route by sovural hours to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville,8t. Louis, Chicago and all points West. Close connection at Petersburg, Rich mond, Washington. Portsmonth-Noitolk, Columbia, savannah, Jacksonville and Altana with diverge ng lines. Magnificent vestibule trains carrying through Pullman sleeping oars betweun all principal points. For reduced rates, Pullman reservations, etc, apply to W. P. BOruooSjT.P. a.,Savannah,Ga, J. M. Hak?, 1st. V. P. and O. m., KB L Hunch, (1 P A, Portsmouth, Va. equalled Schedules to Pan-American ion at Buffalo. Charleston and Western Carolina R. B auol'hxa AND a KM K VIM.K shout LlNB. In effect April 13, 1902. Lv Aiken.8 00 a . August?. .10 06 a 2 16 p Ar Greenwood.1. 39 p . Waterloo. 1 12 p . " Anderson. 7 16 p " Laurens .140p 5 35 a ?' Greenville.3 26p 1 > 30 a " Glenn Hprings.4 45p |. " Spartanhurg.3 30 p 9 00 a ' Saluda. 6 33 p " Hendersonvllle. 6111 p " Asheville. 7 15 p Lv Asheville. 7 05 a ?' Bpartanhurg.12 15 a 4 00 p " IGreenville.12 22a 1 <6.p " Laurens..???.1 46 p 4 40 p Ar Waterloo.2 32 p . Lv Annurson .. . .. 7 26 a Greenwood.,. ?,,..807 p . Ar Animate.6 40 p 11 35 a , Alken . 7 ;?) Lv Greenville . 12 22pm Ar Clinton. 2 22pm ^ewborry. 3 00pm Preapeiity. 820pm Ar Aliendale. ? 20 v ?J Fairfax. 0 32 p '!. Yemassee.10 2i a 7 86 p I Beaufort.11 40 a 8 38 p ?? Port Royal. .11 66 a 8 16 p Lv Port Royal .1 00>p 0 40 a Beaufort.....1 l%p ? &o a Yeinaaiee.2 30 p 7 40 a Fairfax. 8 48 a Allendate. 8 68 a Ar Augusta.. n 00 a Close connections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and O. & G. Railway, and at spartanburg with Southern Rail way. For any Information relative to ticket-, ra?,B? ;one<1"'??. etc., address W. J. Oraiq, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augus THE YQUNQBLOQD LUMBEK OOMPANY AUUUBTA. OA Of f 101 ARD WOBEfl, NOBTH AOUOBTA, B. 0 ?)oor?, 8uh, Blinds and Builder'* Bard war?. FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND INSIDE FINISHING LUMUKK IN GEORGIA PINE. All Correspondence RWon prompt at tantion*