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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-23

Biloxi, Miss, again has a fever
epidemic.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-23
EVERGREEN HgycEsI

Millions fArbor Vitae, the best ever
green hedge plant known. one thous-
and plants by mail, post paid, 3 to !
inches, 81 90; / to 5 inches, $50; to u
inches, $500. Twenty-Five other va
rictics of EIycrgPeens, all sizes, and
all of the most desirable varieties Of
Timber Trees, Seedlings and larger
trees, at very Low Prices.
TREE SEEDS.
Of forty varieties of Evergreens and
Timber Trees, all fresh gathered ey-
pressly for my trade, and sold at lowest
living rates.
Flowers Shrubs And Plants
In good assortment and at low rates.
Especially favorab rates given on fall
orders. Full catalogue free Address
GEO. PINNEY,
Evergreen Nurseries, Door Co., Wis.
aug. 3O-4m.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-23

The Lcvcc Board let out sol 900
cubic yards Of leyce.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-23

r. C. WEIGETME-I, Editor c Prop.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1886-09-25
Cite Der Wreife:

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
Keep Out of Debt

Debt and interest are two things
that Keep many noses to the grind
stones. One Of the principal causes
Ot debt is cNtravagance; the Amcri-
cans as Il people are noted for living
beyond their means; pay day is
as sure to come as the tax collector,
and when it cOmcSthe debtor is un-
prepared and Il panic cnsues. We
never know, says the St. Louis Re
publican, how general the habit Of
extravaganza Is till n crash like
that of 1873 comes on the country.
These crashes are sharp p~cremptory
notices to pay up, addressed to
every person in debt. The demand
has to be complied with, and the
bankruptcies and brcakups in ev-
cry community that follow. reveals
the large number Of persons who
have been living on favor. In
prosperous times it is easy to get
credit, and the result is, many live
beyond their means and some make
use of credit to- secure a show Of
wealth, mortgage property which
they do not own, and the interest
charges on which swallow up a
large portion of their income.
Debts are inc xorabic and sooner or
later Nave to be paid, either during
life, or by selling the unfortunate
debtors mortgaged property, thus
stripping him and his family Of all
their imagined wealth, and leaving
them destitute. There is no class or
persons who can less afford to go
into debt than farmers-and this
because, when Once in debt, they
rarely get out In many counties
in Missouri, says the Republican,
the American farmers are being
gradually superseded by Germans
and the process is so complete as
to have entirely transformed the
community from what it was TWEEN
ty years ago. The explanation is
simple: Germans do not go in debt
or live beyond their means, but
they buy the farms Of Americans
who do. The moral is, keep out Of
debt.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
DR.. Talmage on High License

- FsNEss" e -
Do youtnat SEQ that this high IL
cense moXcment strikes ut the
heart ofthS besthomes in America?
That it proposes the latest lambs
for t~horShcrffipe g That it is at war,
,witham@st demesticated circles i'll
,AmeriG&2 Tell IT, to all the philan-
~thropists who arc trying to make
the world better, and let journalists
tell itst~ith peh'ahdHt type, that this
day in ltheipresence of my Maker
and my Judge, Mstamp this license
movement the MONOPOLY of domi-
nation. 1t proposes to pair with
"hon0r;!te pillar with splendor and
guard with munopolistic advantage
u business which has made the
ground hollow under England,
Scotland and America, with cata-
combs of slaughtered drunkards.
l nm opposed to high license be-
cause it is anti-American, it is anti
common sense, it Is anti-demOn-
stated fact, and it is anti-Christian.
first with pen and then in red ink,
that all men T. equal before the
law. Impartially written on the
Declaration. of Independence, on
the constitution of the United
States and over the door of State
and National capitals Now; now,
then, dare you propose for 5000 or
| $1,000 to let one man sell sweetened
dynamite while you deny to his
fellow the right because he cannot
raise more than 500 or more than
5000, or cannot raise anything ?
Are the small dealers in this festive
liquid to have no right? i plead
for equal rights, the first American
doctrine; l plead for the rights Of
these men, who III doing a small,
prudent economical business in
selling extract of logwood; blue
Vitriol andstrychnine. What right
have you -to'say to these wealthy
men who are standing beside their
great conflagratiOn of temptation,
Go ahead" While you deny the
poor fellow in the traffic SO much
as to strfk Q ,alucifer match.
|: Now. this high license movement
is the property qualification in the
most onchSiVc shape. Why do you
not carTy'it out in other things ?
FWhy.dGHS-ou not stop all baker
res lntm bne hakors can pay 81, 900 Ii
kcense2 Why do you not"shut up
all the butcher shops until the
butchers CAN pay $500 or $1,000?
Why'do you not stop these thread
mdTneediR' stores and small dry
Observation-Disclosures except that a
man pays $500, or $1,000?
ooh" you say, chat is different"
i How sc II I~iITnrnntp N\NnllD rpn
say, "he sale Of meats and clothes
does no damage" All! my brother
you have surrendered the whole
subject. If rum-sclling is right let
all have h bright, and if it is wrong
$500 or $%1,00Oarc only n bride to the
Government to give men privileges
which it denies to the masses Of the
people.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
The New Deal Again
"Get thee glass eyes;

"Get thee glass eyes;
And like a scurvy politician,
Seem to see the things thou dost not"
Many of our exchanges, without
advancing any definite reason, per-
sist in clamoring for q new deal in
the next election Of State officers.
Much has been said about the new
deal, and it is probable that as the
election draws near, it will be taken
up by dissatisfied politicians of a
low order, who desire to ride into
what they consider "fat Offices"
upon this hobby.
Unquestionably, the most impor-
tant consideration in electing Off
q GERS is their individual qualifica-
tions. Fitness for the discharge of
the duties should first be con-
sidered, and we have no sympathy
with those who seem toimagine that
because q mans grandfather per-
formed the State service, therefore
all his descendants should receive
the emuluments of q public Office,
as annuities. Nc n section of
the State is entitled to greater ia
vor than another. Good men can
be found all over the State, and as
they are but Representatives. OF the
people, they should be chosen from
the people of the State as such.
Perhaps the new deal idea arises
from the fact that great complaint
IL made against high taxes. I'M
less It can be shown that the State
officers have abused the trust re-
posed In them, we 9 noreason for
turning a man out ofofice who has
performed his duty, satisfied hfs
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

We sometimes SEQ parents who
arc the life of every company they
enter, dull, silent and embarrassing
at home among their children. If
they have not mental activity and
mental stores sufficient for both,
let them first use what they have
for their own households. A silent
home is a dull place for young peo-
plea place from which they will
escape If they can. How much
useful information on the other
hand, is often given in pleasant
family conversati ton, and what I'M
conscious but excellent mental
training in lively social argument.
Cultivate to the utmost the graces
of conversation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

constituents, and proven himself
worthy. 1t is folly to turn out q
good man simply to experiment
with anther. The State officers
have nothing to do with reducing
taxation. This evil, If it be one,
must be remedted by the legisla-
tors and County Commissioners.
Elect competent and trustworthy
County officers and you may be
sure no unnecessary expense will
be incurred.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
NOTICE.

BY virtue of a chattel mortgage
executed by Alonzo Il. Crawford
to Reab, OConnor & Bailey, on the
18th day of June 1885, andrecorded
In the. Office of Register of Mesne
Conveyancos for Laurens County,
October 9th, 1885, ] will sell at
Luurens G.. H., S. c., on Feb, 18th,
one Pool Table and Fixtures, to
satisfy the above stated mortgage.
N. ID. FRANKS
Agt't. for MORTGAGE.
. Feb. Sd, 1886. ..'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

The wish to succeed Is an ele-
mont In every undertaking without
which achievement is impossible.
The ambition to succeed is the
handspring of activity, the diving
wheel of industry, the spur To in
tellcctual and mGrtal progress. 1t
gives energy to the individual, en-
thusiasm to the many, push to the
nation. 1t makes the difference
between q people who move as a
stream andiW people who stand
like u pool 1ofal s.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
Property Qualification.

Few people realize the power that
Is welded by the great daily news
papers of the day, not only in sha-
shaping public opinions, but In CIV
ing expression to views and opin-
ions which the world at large
readily accepts as current in the
community in which they originate.
The Charleston NeWs and Courier
has done much to build up the
South, and is, so far as news is con-
cerned, without an equal in the
Southern States. But q recent edi-
torial in that paper, which has
caused considerable comment, and
to which Senator LOGAN referred,
in his speech on the admission Of
Dakota, if taken rs the sentiment
of the thinking people Of South
Carolina, is calculated to infiict Sc
rious injury upon the State. We
allude to the article which APP
peared some weeks ago advocating,
aproperty qualification for suffrage.
There may be some men in this
State, but we are glad to know
very few, who are so un-democrat-
ic as to desire to cast the whole
machinery of government upon the
rich and to disfranchise a man be-
cause Of his poverty. 1t seems hard
to convince some people that a
poor man can be either intelligent
or honest, but when a leading dem
ocratic newspaper gives utterance
to the idea that representation
should be based upon property,
well may we stop and reflect before
we allow the opinions it expresses,
to go out as the sentiment of the
South. Money can do many things,
but, bad indeed will be the state Of
offairs, when it alone can gain an
entrance into the sacred precincts
of the ballot-boX.
If it had been proposed that the
Constitution should be amended 81
as to require an educational quail
iication, there might be some show
Of reason in it, but we cannot allow
that the possession Of this worlds
goods confers such extraordinary
powers, as that only those who have
been so fortunate as to accumulate
a goodly portion, are competent to
decide who shall rule the nation.
Senator LOGAN says of South
Carolina: "It is the very State
where all the leading ideas Of Dem
ocracy have cropped out for fifty
years" OF this, the State should be
proud; but eve yet has South
Carolina attempted to pass proper
ty qualification, and 1t will be a
long time before the NeWs and Cou-
/, rier, or any other agency, can make
, the true sons of, South Carolina 80
I; far forget themselves and the prip-
ciples Of democracy as to pass such
an un-democratic measure.
We honor the democratic party,
not because it Is a party, but for
the principles embodied in its plat
form; because it gives equal pro-
lection to all and allows the hum
blest citizen an equal voice with
the millionaire in choosing men to
make and enforce the laws. This
is one of the leading ideas of DEM
ocracy, and to say that South Caro-
lima has attempted or desires a
change, is to grossly misrepresent
the facts.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta.
General Passenger Department,
CoLUMBIA, 8. g., July 10, 1885.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

To His Honor Ne Presiding Judge
Of the Court Of General Sessions
for LauremS County, February
Term. 1856:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
j. PLUss. j. w. FBR9UsC
NEW FIRM.

The old firm OF Boyd, Pluss & Co.
having dissolved by mutual con-
sent, the undersigned have formed
a co-parrnership and will keep II
full Stock of Family Groceries and
plantation Supplies.
We care also Agts. for Waudo Fer
tilizer and Aciu Phosphate.
RGF- Mr.. Phiss, in behalf of the
old Firm, takes this opportunity to
extend his thanks for past favors,
and now solicits for the new firm,
Il liberal patronage.
Our friends will please notice
that we occupy the handsome brick
building of Mr.. G. f. Little, OF the
corner of Main and Harper Streets,
where we will be glad to welcome
them.
PLUSS & FERGUSON.
L%aurcns, S. c., Jan. rs, 1886.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

1t is stated that the next gradu-
ating class of West Point cadets,
seventy-eight in number, is the
largest and highest In efficiency
which has ever been grauated from
the institution.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
NoTTCE1

The following gentlemen are APP
pointed as Supervisors of the Pub
lie Highways for the year 1886:
Young,s Township--Wash Fl.
Drummond.
Dials Township-Ludy Bolt.
Sullivans --Enoch Mitchell.
Waterloo j. e. Goddard.
Cross Hill Mcneil Simpson.
Hunter -Rhett Copeland.
Jacks &c. C. Young
Scufletown Ct. j. Little.
Laurens -Capers Hellams.
Said Supervisors will select over
seers Of all the public highways in
their Township, and direct said
overseers to call out all persons
liable for road working, and see
that their public highways are put
in good condition on or by the LIST
of April next, and each supervisor
make their report by the 9th day
of April next, tothe Boardof Coun-
.ty Commissioners, at Laurens C. H.,
otherwise the law will be enforced.
j. w. LITTLE, c. b. c. G. l.. g.
Feb. 10, $50. 2s 81.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
Photographer.

Having located in the Fowler
Building, over the stores Of John ID
Sheahan, for the purpose of taking
Photographs and Ferreotypes, and
also Copying and E%nlarging, l am
prepared to give you satisfaction,
having had ten years. experience.
Call and get a shadow before the
substance fades.
Pictures taken on n cloudy as we'll
rs a fair day.
j. n. GLAZENER.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17

The evil consequences Of smo-
king are illustrated by Mt. Vesu-
vius, which constantly suffers from
eruptions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23
IRELAND.
MORE RIOTING.

BELFAST, September 2l.-Desultorv rioting con
tinued throughout the city during all last night
Two policemen were severely wounded. mum
Der of citizens were injured. The Catholics evnct
more bitter spirit against the police and soldiers
The appearance of single constable in a troubled
district is greeted with yolley of stones The
aspect OF affairs this morning Is threatening.
LATER-3 p. m-Riotingw resumed at dinner
time at the junction of Northumberland street and
the Falls road by Catholic mill hands, strong
police force is on duty to keep Orange shipyard
men from coming in contact with mill hands. The
stoningwas so heavy and skillful that the police
had to retreat.
At Shank's Hill, the police reinforced and drove
the mob back, capturing number on the way.
While this battle was going on another mob, in a
different locality, attabked with stones the back
watch regiment of Welshmen. Although the sol
diers were fully armed and in fighting array, the
troops with fixed bayonets charged in double quick
time on the mob and drove them from the scene,
wounding great number of rioters and arresting
two.
Still another mob got into hight in tram car
stable, aud surging out into the street, threw a
passing car from the track and
with passengers. The mob that overturned this
car evidently had not intended to do it, They
were fighting purely religious fight, but the
locality was infested with rowdies. drawn thither
by the riot and when these oafers saw the car up
side down and filled with people, they fusiladed it
with stones. The terror-stricken passengers
crowded close under the seats and under one an.
other, and shielded themselves as best they could
with the floor mats and cushions. Several were
hurt. Their situation was dreadful and the mill.
tary rescued and escorted them to place of safety
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23

oeen IN session over week, and witnesses now
Oelng called disclose the fact that Sensational la
yelopments are being made ~
There has been much said about the prison run.
ning Denihu SSuV,OOO In lsS4-o, but 1t was attrib-
uted to change in systems and mismanaoement
bordering on imbecility. There have been several
hundred atdavits taken.
witnesses enough are summoned TO keen the
grand Jury busy for several weeks Some of The
witnesses are from different parts of the state. but
most OF them are Columbus people and prisoners
IL is said that Thousands of dollars worth OF goods
and material have been purchased that never came
10 the penltentiary, but were consigned elsewhere
and realized on by the officers, while state youch-
ers paid for the same. The cases of several OH.
GERS are cited who came here poor, but, after two
dences and had money TO loan
IN ADDITION TO the ordinary methods OF stealing
All sorts OF schemes were resOrted to for running
the prison for revenue only IL Is said that certain
conVlcts Will testify TO having been taken out AT
plight to burgarize stores and houses. ana that
shares of the booty were distributed. There ia
plenty OF evidence showing that easy places were
sold freely. III a convict In the blacksmith shop
wanted TO Re put In light place. or Job, he mt MI
accordingly, and letters have been apprehended
showing what conviots paid money for this pur-
pose
Also system of revenue, under which $4,000
was potent for release on good behavior These
are eucn OF many reports as can be traced 10 An.
thority on investigation If one half is true that IA
reported, there will soon be some well known men
arrested and the backest chapter In the history of
AT the same time 1t is learned, that contract
was taken to alter the returns at night In the
prison. Much evidence has already been submit.
ted, showing that the celebrated forgery by which
two hundred and eight votes were raised to sos on
one OF ihe tally sheets of Columbus, was done In
prison by forgers in confinement, who were paid
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23
A THRILLING INCIDENT.
TRAIN TOTTERING ON THE BRINK
OF AN ABYSS.

DENVER, September 20 The passengers who
arrived yesterday on the Salt Lake train report an
almost miraculous escape from fearful accident
in Black Canyon. Mr.. W. +. Wakeman, of San
Francisco, who was on the train thus describes the
accident AT about 1880 O'Clock, Saturday morn
ing our train, consisting of thirteen cars drawn by
two engines, coming through the Canyon at the
rate of about twenty miles per hour, | suddenly
felt shock then series OF bumps and jars, that
convinced me that the train was off the track. In
the rear of the Pullman car in which was sitting,
was private car of Cen Supt. Bancroft and attached
to his car was an observation car. Here nearly a
hundred passengeTe, en- route to Denver, were
gathered contemplating the beautiful scenery
through which we were passing. The first jolt
frightened everybody and instantly perfect panic
prevailed, Some of the ladies' fainted others be-
came hysterical, while men blanched with fear,
but compelled the ladies to remain quiet. Each
moment we expected to be dashed TO pieces against
the rocks or else be thrown into the canyon below
One young man named Barney, commercial
travelled, standing on the steps at the time when
the cars left the track, became SO frghtenud that
he jumped blindly forward and was thrown vio-
lently against the rocks aud kept bounding between
them and the cars until they were stopped. The
horrible jolting continued for distance of nearly
carried Barney into the cars and gave him every
possible attention. Fortunately, he sustained no
serious injury, and we patched up his bruises as
best we could. When the train reached Pueblo
he was turned over to the care of physician
Those of the cars off the track badly wrecked
and the escape of the train from being hurled into
the bottom of the canon was almost marvellous.
The nerve and presence of mind of the engineer
were all that prevented the train from being
wrecked on the rocks below, for, had the train
gone few feet further 1t could not have been
saved
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23
FELL FROM THE TRAIN.

BAIRD, September 21.-Last night, as passenger
train number was about two miles west of Baird
it was announced by the porter that there was
man overheard. Upon investigation it proved tC
be man whose name is supposed to be Chas
o Brien. He was badly bruised, his injuries being
pocket he had a railroad ticket from Deming, n
NJ, to New York. Also letter written at Chicago
from the train He was not conscious when found
ana nas been apparently asleep all the time 1t is
story of the accidnt.
The letter was signed (Your wife, Matte); also a
letter written by Il. A. Ray, agent Wells, Fargo &
Of the same company at New York city, concerning
some money order business. In this letter it was
stated that the orders referred to were payable
Mrs Annie o Brien, BOB East street, New York
The other pocket was torn and contained a lot OF
cigar stumps. There is some mystery about this
aud it is thought that he was robbed and thrown
from the train
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23
SUBTERRANEAN EXPLOS-
IONS.
DETONATIONS HEARD UNDER THE
EARTH Al SUMMERXILLE.

CHARLESTON, September 2l.-The condition of
Summeryille for the past three days in regard TO
the earthquake disturbances has been very reas-
suring, and the people strongly impressed with
the belief that the annoying tremors and detona
tiOns are about to cease. On Saturday last the
whole day passed without a single detonation.
There were only two scarcely audible explosions
on Saturday night, separated by interval of two
hOuis. ON Sunday about 9 o'clock a. M, there
was plainly audible an explosion, which was, how
ever, unaccompahied by the usual trembling of
the earth. At II O'Clock Sunday night there was
tremor which, as people have become accustomed
TO such manifestations, caused little comment. At
. o'clock this morning there was another slight
shock OF the same character. The detonatiOns
and tremors are now at very long intervals, and
are unheeded except by the most timorous.
The situatiOn.in Charleston is brighter and more
cheerng-a fact which Is largely due to the fayora-
bic weather, and escape from the West India hur-
ricane The death list from the effects Of exposure
is ~, as against 20 in the previous week. There
is still scarcity Of skilled brick layers and plas
terers, and wages are az earthquake prices. The
fright caused by the old shocks Is generally sub
siding, and refugees are returning to the city.