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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-10

"Good bye my dear friend, / am
going to leave you. [ am going to
Organ, and | shall probably never
come back" said an ingenious youth
shall never see you again "Never"
"I say, do me one last favor. Loan
me five dollars" ooh no, don't let
us do anything to increase the
pangs of our parting"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-10
Growing, But Not Grown.

Much has been said and written
about the great "boom" that seems
to have seized the old and dilapi-
dated town Of IaurenS and trans
formed ii into n Of the BRIGHTEST
and most progressive towns in the
State, but we have never seen or
heard an exaggerated account Of our
prosperity and prospects. 1t Is but
natural for one even living in the
midst Of prOspery, to comp lin oc-
~casionally at hard times; and it is
possible that those who live in Iall-
renS may after q timo forget our
advantages and Improvements. 1t
iS true that the last few years have
wrought a wonderful change upon
our town, yet, it is but the rGac-
ton incident to the lethargic spell
that has held lis back for 90 many
years. We are making improve
ments, but it is only bringing lis to
the plane we should have reached
years ago. To the most casual OH
servers, it is evident that we have
but made a beginning in the work
of Improvement that Will surely
follow. Our waste places IRE by
no mean5 built up, norarc our bust
ness enterprises all that the demand
will justify. We venture the aSscr-
ton, without hesitation, that no
town in South Carolina affords
such IN inviting field for capital
and labor. Those who will first see
u advantages and come, cast their
lot with us and grow up with our
growing town, will reap the great
est harvest. The town is alive and
growing, but as yet, only an infant
by no means grown.
1t is remarkable, that amid all
the enterprise that is so plainly
visible, the most important, and
certainly the most nccded,-manu-
featuring cntcrprises-havc been
almost totally neglected. Wcnccd
factories, not only for the manu-
facturc of cotton, but hundreds of
other kinds would flourish here rs
well as elsewhere. Let the world
see the great advantages we pos
sess, IL railroad facilities and the
rich country at our hack, and we
may expect II boom to bring It's
permanent results.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-10

All fair-mindcd men, of both po-
litical parties, regard the action of
the Republican Senators in de
handing the Presidents reasons
for removing public officials, asdis-
graceful. But the following OK
tract SHOWS that the stand which
these Senators have taken Is Il pre-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-10
GREEN VILE & COLUMBIA
RAILROAD.

On and after Jan. 10, 1885, Passenger
Trains will III as herewith indicated
upon this road and its branches.
Daily, except Sundays.
No h3-JP PASSENGER.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
WASHINGTON. JAN. 80, 1886.
THE ISSUE JOINED.

The President declines to occcdo to
the requests of the Senate. 1t is the
only position he can take consistently
with the dignity of his high office and
its unimpaired prerogatives.
The President is the agent of the
people, TO execute their trust, not the
servant of the Senate TO do its partisan
crrands.
The issue is apparently joined. 1t is
well, If it be So
The Senate must rcccde from its die
iatorial attitude or take up arms. 1t
should first consider, however as n
matter of timely and urgent prccaution,
in the interest of its own elf-prcscrva-
tion, on which side of the contest the
country will be enlisted.
AS the President is with the people,
is il not reasonable to suppose that the
people are with the President?
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
MIR. sHERMAN,s SILVER BILL.

Senator sherman silver bill is some
thing in the nature Of a compromise,
but will not meet with unqualified
favor at the hands of the silver men.
They will apparently be satisfied with
nothing less than the continuation of
the existing order Of things 50 far as
silver Is concerned.
The Senator from Ohio would sus-
pend the coinage of the standard sill.
Yer dollars, and instead of turning out
not less than two millions of those dol
lars month, would purchase at the
market rate from 1000, 600 to 4 900, 900
ounces of silver bullion each month, Is.
suing in payment therefor coin certit.
Gates in denominations of $40 each, the
bullion to be retained In the Treasury
as security for the certificates which
would be receivable for customs duties
and all public dues. Upon prcsenla-
tion for redemption the certificates
would be redeemed in coin. Coin
certificates would be issued to depositors
of gold and silver dollars or gold bull.
lion in the Treasury.
There Is one feature of this scheme
that will be fatty opposed by the ad-
yocates of the existing dollar. The
issuing Of certificates for bullion pur-
chased Is to be on the basis of the
ounce which contains 4s0 grains, and
not on the present basis of 4l2! grains,
or In other words the bullion would be
purchased at the gold standard,
Senator Sherman holds that there Is
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

ms said that Minister Cox intends tak
ing little iaunt into Egypt next month.
SENATOR j. D. CAMERON aud Mrs,
Cameron were registered yesterday at the
Clarendon Hotel, New York.
EX-SENATOR DAVIS of West Virginia has
given $4,000 for the establishment of high
school at Piedmont In that State.
"SENAroR BECK" and "Senator Evarts"
are the names given 10 two recently dis
covered mines in Rye Patch, New.
SENATOR CoLQuIrr of Georgia is an
nounccd to deliver a temperance address,
February 90, at New Britain, Conn.
JAMES GoRpoS BENNETT denies the ru-
mors in circulation that he intends to buy
in any Of the New York morning papers.
MR. VICTOR n. LAWSON, chief owner of
the Chicago Ndrs, will sail with his family on
Saturday for Europe intending an extended
tour abroad.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS has fine full
length portrait of Mr. Garfield and has
asked Mr., Blaine to sit to an artist for a
companion picture.
Mrs. LANGTRY assumed last evening the
lesseeshlp of the Princes Theatre, London,
ana nlhNcu lue heroine IN iHlfleS Cough
lan's comedy, "Enomies."
"MY son, why do you rattle the pennies
out Of your money-boX and then drop them
| back again ?" the railroad president asked
| his little boy. "l'm declaring q quarterly
dividend, papa" answered the innocent
| child.
The ELOQUENT w. BOURNE Cochran OF
| New York is authority for the statement
| which he made at n meeting Of the National
| League ON Wednesday evening that "lrish.
men are to-day lighting for the liberty OF
| Ireland who have never seen the land OF
| their biIth.N
| SAYS THE New York Telegram: "As Mr.
Wayne MacVeagh walked into the United
States Circuit Court this morning, almost
the first person whom he met was ox-Sena
tor Conkling. The two shook hands cor
daily and entered into an animated con
| vcrsaton.'
ONE OF CLARA LOUISE KELLoGG's most
treasured trophies is valuable brooch pre-
sentcd TO her by the father Of the present
Duke Of Newcastle In 1868. 1t is cut
cry sta with jockey in the Dukes colors
purple and white riding one of his famou,
horses that won the Derby stakes of $50,
600, surrounded with eight large orienta
amethysts, with eight clusters of fine dla
monds between them, in massive gol(
setting.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
The Water and the Snow,

EDITOR Critic: Now that Senator Butler
has come to the front on the subject of Po-
tomac water we hope that, like the angel in
Scripture who troubled the pool of Sloan,
he will keep the subject agltated. We do
not object to owning 'real estate" in Wash
ington, but do object to having it in our
stomachs, or on our person, or so much of it
at the bottom OF our pitchers, tea-kettles,
etc, And while we are on the road to
reformation would like to have another
subject agitatcd before the next snow. Why
do the City Fathers insist upon having the
snow shovelled off the sidewalks, making
them so slippery aud dangerous? 1t is
much easier and pleasanter to let the nat,
ural travel make a beaten path In the snow,
and so save trouble and annoyance
Rosa DARTLE.
WASHINGTON, January 20.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
The stirring DAVIS of Old,

a Windsor man has resurrected time
Worn, yellow poster Of the days of the war.
1t reads son, on, to the strife 500 bounty
for nine months men. Our cause is right.
Why longer delay? our country calls
Humanity calls our brothers on the battle
field call ! All that is noble an good
call upon you to take up arms for the de-
fense of our beloved country. Come on,
then, brave men and enlist in the excel
lent company now forming in the town of
Windsor, Look at the immense induce
mcnts offered TO volunteers. Pay from the
United States Government, $l3 per month,
Sly; pay from the State of Connecticut,
S22,50; to wife, $ji; to two children, S36
State bounty on being mustered into serv-
ice, 500; bounty from town of Windsor, $3.50
-Si39,50, T. n. Phelps.C. W. Bartlett, james
). llolcomb, recruiting officers. ~ Hartford
Times,
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
THE LITTLE CHAPLAIN.

Eall Richard, one Of Brltaln's peers,
Is lord of many mile
Otthriity English soil, and lives
In proud bnronial style.
He has his castle, famed I'm song,
His park ana gardens fair;
And every Sunday in his hail
Ills chaplain kneels in prayer.
No Earl am I; | have no lands;
4 man Of low degree.
No livcritd servants doff the hat
And bend the knee 10 me,
And yet, though boasting no estates,
And though my purse Is light,
nave my chaplain, too, and he
rays Tor me every night.
Heis n little falr.haircd boy
Ihat scarce FIVE years hath seen,
With dimpled check and melting eve,
Fond voice and winSome meln,
And when he dons his robe OF white.
Ere lying down TO sleep,
lie folds his sinless hands and mays
The Lord my soul to keep.
My little chaplalnl None but God
Knows how love the boy.
Each day that dawns, each night that falls
He floods my heart with Joy.
OH have been better man
Since he to me was given;
His simple trust and guileless ways
Have drawn me nearer heaven.
-lCharles Follen Lee, in Wide Awake.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
MIR EATON,s ANSWER.

Having published copious extracts
from Gail Hamilton's scrced dgainst
Civil. Service Reform, which appeared
in the January number of LippjHcoH,
ii is but fair that we should do the
same by Mr. Dorman T. Eaton's S article
in .tdcor of the Reform, which appears
in the February number of the same
magazine. The one, however, is
hardly a reply to the other. Mr.. Eaton
explains why. They are to be taken
rather as two independent efforts. Gail
Hamilton's premises are that no re.
form was necessary; her conclusions,
of course, that nothing can come of
nothing. Mr. Eaton goes on to show
with considerable elaboration that vast
corruptions did exist, which needed to
be reformed, and that much good in
that direction has been accomplished
by the law.
1t is the old story over again Of what
in the peculiar nomenclature of the
Civil.Scrvice Reformers is called the
"Spoils" system as contrasted with the
Merit system-thesc terms being
employed to fortify with falsehood
their assumed position that the one sys-
lem is the synonym aud embodiment Of
all that is greedy and meretricious, the
other of all that is pure disintcrcstcd
and just.
Both of the distinguished cssayists
are in error. Gail Hamilton, unduly
exasperated by her preiudices against
the hypocrisy of the System" makes
mistake in asserting that reforms
were wholly unnecessary. Mr.. Eaton,
upon the other hand, with an equal in
tensity of prejudice, but far less can
dor, affects to have discovered in the
system panacea for all the ills
with which the public service is af.
tlictcd.
Miss Abigail makes out better case
than Mr.. Eaton, because she deduces
logical conclusions from her premises,
such as they are. The ex-Commis.
sioner wanders entirely away from his
DlNhloSo w NOhSluolOhs thul dlC lDl
only illogical but false.
1t is useless to waste much time with
either. The question at issue is not of
spoils against merit To so state it is
10 state 1t with deliberate intention to
deceive. The question is simply
whether in the revolutions and rotations
of parties, 1t is not safer and better to
hold each to a strict accountability foi
its administration of public affairs wher
in power, depending upon the keer
and intelligent patriotism of the peo
pie as check upon abuses, than it Il
to hamper and handicap the principle
of free selection by which alone the
trustworthiness and capacity of an al
ministration can fairly be tested, anl
to instruct the President of this grea
country by petty and puerile rules wha
manner of men he shall designate a,
his subordinate agents.
The great work of reform will al
ways progress when there is disposi
tion on the part of the government tC
promote that work. 1t will always
retrograde when that disposition /,
wanting. A law like the Civil. Service
law is no help in the one case. 1t is nc
safeguard in the other
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
STORES AND OFFICES FOR RENT.
EDUCATIONAL.

GPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR.
- 9th and ID SITS n VA practical business
men to support themselves s'S and sue successfully
perform the active duties of life. Thorough
instruction given In rapid writing, the English
language, correspondence, rapid calculations,
book keeping, business practice, commercial
law, political economy, ,stenography and type
writing. Regular day and evening sessions re-.
sumed Tuesday, September, ], at q m and y
pm. Office open for arrangements by the
"a. A full corps Of teachers Illustrated cir
cular, giving full information, sent free on ap-
plication. >,
Mrs. SARA SPENCER, Vice-Principal.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

no necessity for the further coinage Of
silver dollars, but if more of them
should be needed the bullion that
would be ON hand could be utilized in
coming dollars that would contain one
hundred cents worth Of silver. As II
sort of compromise ON this point Mr..
sherman would remove in the ccrtitl-
Gates the distinction between gold aud
silver. The present silver certificates
are rcdeemablc only in silver, while
the proposed certificates would be re-
dccmablc in gold or silver bullion or
gold and silver coin. But this docs
not remove the objection that many
will have 10 the proposition that it is
based solely on a gold standard.
Another objection will be that while
the coin certificates will of course be
equivalent TO legal tender, yet in
reality they would not constitute such
tender. There are many fine dis
tinctions in the legislation proposed
too many, we fear, to render ii accept
able rs Il compromise measure.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

If SENATORS and Representatives are
not already convinced on the subject,
they certainly will be when the Century
for February is opened out before
them. The forthcoming number con
tains forty-fve pleas by forty-fve
American authors in favor of intcrna-
tional copyright.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

Nor to be behind Blaine, Logan and
other statesmen, it is said that John
Kelly has history of American poll
tics in course of preparation, enriched
with many personal "reminiscences. But
the Tammany chieftan' s book will have
one.advantage over all the rest. Every.
body will know that, being finally out
of politics, his history will not be in
the nature of campaign document.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

ABOUT the only thing that could add
TO the mixed up condition of the rela-
tions between the Administration and
the Senate would be the requirement
that the selection of an appointment
clerk for the Treasury Department
should be made "by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate"
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

JACOB BoIANDER of Cincinnati
named his baby boy after Senator John
Sherman, and has received an auto,
graph letter from that statesman, who
sends ''his kindcst regards to the
mother and kiss to the baby This
is one of the differences between the
Senator and his distinguished brother,
the General The latter would have
sent his kindest regards to the baby
and kiss to the mother, That's the
kind of a godfather General Sher.
man is.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

SPECIAL NOTICES..
nS@OUT TOMORROW.
FAMILY FICTION
The Largest ana Best American Story Paper.
Only = Cents.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
REAL ESTATE.

EOR SALE-The North Washington
IL Real Estate Company have large and
choice line of improved and unmproved prop.
erty for sale, offering rare chances for invest
ment. Parties desiring to purch ise or having
tion of the city will find IL TO their advantage
to do so through this company which gives
its whole attention and energy to the develop
ment of that part of the city. This company
Hampshire ave. at a bargain for Investment.
Also, 100000 acres Of improved farm lands
In Virginia for sale or exchange. $40 Il 81 n w.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

Property apd estates properly managed.
Houses for rent, furnished and unfurnished,
and rents promptly collected.
Money to loan on real estate security.
Large loans a speciality.
In preparation for distribution, q book con-
tanning complete list of improved and unim
proved property, valuable statistics, sugges
lions in House Building and Decoration, in
cludlng IA series of views of city and subur-
ban houses.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
FOR EXCHANGE.

w ANTED-TO EXCHANGE NEW STOVES
w for old ones at Buffers Stove Exchange,
corner 9th and X SITS. Smoky chimneys cured
or no pay; stoyes exchanged for groceries.
Old stoves bought.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
RuSIMESS CHANCES.

NXvANTED-To Buya House on Capt.
w tol Hill; Si,5O0 to $4,000; $50 down,
balance $40 monthly. Address Clerk, PO
box 5i2.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

THE question of local option is at
tracing a good deal of attention at the
hands of the Virginia Legislature, the
Republican membersas a rule favoring
it and the Democratic members oppos.
ing it, The friends Of local option are
very strong throughout the State, while
the liquor dealers have force at Rich
mond to torepresent their interests. Vir.
ginia, however, is not very likely to
become local option State for some
time yet. One of the arguments against
such a course Is full of force and will
appeal strongly to all of her people. 1t
is that Virginia's financial condition is
not sufficiently favorable to warrant in.
reference with any source of her rev.
enues.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

THERE was good deal Of generosity
shown towards two of the members of
the firm of Grant Il Ward when that
firm failed, and there was further cvi-
dence of that generosity yesterday.
Mr.. William c. Smith was the repre-.
sentative on the New York Stock EX
change of the firm which at the time
1t went under was Indebted to members
of the exchange in the sum of $3.50.
Geo. Mr.. Smith was suspended from
his membership and his scat was at
tachcd by his creditors. II has been
fully established that he knew nothing
of Ward fraudulent transactions and
his creditors have released him from
all liability of the Slj0,0OO indebted.
ness, and yesterday he was restored to
his membership in the exchange.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29
PERSONAL.

NO SUBSTITUTE for Malt and Hops
~ used in the standard Rochester and Our
extra pale Bohemian Beer; 75c per doz. +. ii.
Finley 1906 ID 81 n w.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

MONEY to Loan on Real Estate Se-
NI curity. HUFTY & DYER,
Real Estate, Insurance, Loans.
Thirteenth and II sts
The Washington critic., 1886-01-29

MONEY to Loan on Real Estate
Nl In sums to suit
BIZ WARNER, 91e + ST W.
I HAVE Money to Loan on Good Real
l. estate or collateral security at lowest
rates OF interest. No delay when security Is
good, O. q. GREEN, Room ], Firemen's 8
building, cor 7th st and La ave-
&10O TO $500 TO SIC, 900, AND LARGER
oallno WIN. +. HOLTZMAN, Attorney, 1891
y st. n. W,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

Ten months ago Sir Charles Dixie was,
next to Mr.. Gladstone, perhaps the most
popular statesman in Great Britain, and he
had even been designated to succeed the
Grand Old Man as chief of the Liberal
party. Now none so poor as to do him
reverence. The disclosures of the horrible
divorce suits the evidence offered in which
has turned the stomachs of large por-
ton Of the newspaper reading public on
both sides of the Atlantic, have killed
him politically and socially, and it can be
surprising to no one, that he has sold his
estates in England and flies from his coun-
try and from the sight of decent people.
The disgusting details of these suits can
scarcely be alluded to in the columns of Il
reputable journal. But one passage
in the Shiny course of sensual vice pur-
sued by the man, was, as the evidence
showed, the betrayal of a woman, Mrs
EuStace Smith (who was the mother of
- children, and of her daughter Mrs
Crawford. while he was enjoying the gen
erous hospitality of the husband and
father, who was one of his kindest friends
and supporters and whose house and purse
We're open to him at all times. The repu-
tation of both of these miserable women
he sacrificed in the attempt to preserve
his own, and they were but two of a
harem of married and unmarried mis-
tresses who shared the orgies conducted in
his house. That the course of justice
should make necessary the uncovering
of such a nest of vice, is most unfortu-
nate thing for the cause of decency and
good morals ; but nothing can excuse the
publication of such disgusting and deprav-
ing details, and respectable people every
where must be glad that the Crawford
Dixie trial is at last over.
Harsh purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects of
Carriers Little Liver Pills. If you try them
they will cert only please you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-30

Of them had hand in the primaries
which elected them delegates, viz: Dep
uty Collector of Customs Burleson, Gus
tom House Officer Billiard of SwantOn,
Postmaster Bond of Dandy, United
States Mars hal Robinson OF Bennington,
Postmaster Humphrey of Poultney, Dep
uty Collector Lillis of Brattleboro, Mail
Agent Bishop, Postmasters Orvis of Man
chester, Shepard of jamaica Curtis OF
Londonderry, Plimptom of Wardsboro,
KeddingtOn of Rutland, Ilulng of North
Bennington and Burt of Castleton. The
correspondent adds th.t the presence of
these officials creates much unfavorabe
comment among thoughtful citizens who
were pleased with the presidents recent
order, in which he said that the influence
of federal Office holders should not be felt
in the manipulation of political meetings
and nominating conventions" and that
1.-THE feeling of II large number of Demo
Gratis is one of deep chagrin that so many
of their party associates should be found
openly and, in some cases, boastingly
ignoring the presidents order The
lFOrld says editorially on the subject ::
"The Democratic party in Vermont is
small and the members are all active, but
in the face of the recent order from the
president the federal office holders were
certainly indiscreet Perhaps we shall
know in due time what the president will
do about it,"