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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
Gross HILL, S. @, Feb'y 1, '91,

WIVES I11In, T0U VI, JI'
MIR. j. II. HARRIS,
DEAR SIR:-For seve-
raj years my wife has suffered from
erysipelas, every two weeks she
was confined to her bed and tried,
many remedies, but nothing pre-
vented the eruption. She was dis
couraged and finally stopped all
medicines and began drinking your
IIithia Water. In two weeks the
disease was milder than it had
been for years. She continued to
use and since that time she has
not been troubled at all.
Very Respectfully,
JOHN w. TURNER.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

The projected cotton factory is
taking a summer siesta, Look out
for it when the leaves begin to
turn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

Suppose the banks of the Column
bia Canal should cave and the city
should fall in? Its name would be
"mud.n
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
mARRIs LIrmIA srRrNas
Testimonials.

h.MMeH
WATERLOO, s. Q. Apr. 10, 's1
MIR. j. 7. HARRIS,
DEAR Shiny en-
gagements are such that have not
time to call the attention of medi-
cal profession to the cases that
might be collected from the mass
that have accumulated during
tho thirty-eight (3S) years of
constant use of the waters of your
Lithia Spring. The waters of
the Lithia Spring are odorless and
colorless, free from salinary taste,
rather palatable. When taken in
a considerable quantity they do
not nauseate, purge or produce
any feeling of discomfort. 1 find
from an analy.G Sof the waters they
contain cloride sodium, carbonate
potash, carbonate soda, carbonate
lithia, carbonate iron and suIphatc
magnesia. The waters act directly
upon the mucous coates of the
stomach and alimentary canals
they are powerfully Alternative
and tonic. They are soothing to
inflamed or irritated surfaces.
They react upon the blood, chang
ingm it from acid to alkaline,
In indigestion. catarrh of stom-
ach and gastralgia, supplemented
with q proper diet they are n GER
tain cure. The action upon the
Kidneys is marked. The sodium,
potash, soda and lithia are the best
solvents of uric acid, all calculi of
an acid character, whether bileary
or ciptic are steadily dissolved, 1
am confident that the profession
will find it very useful in cases
where this class of water is re-
CURED. Respectfully,
j.. Q. WILBUR, M. d.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
MoUNTvILLE, S. c., Jan. 20. '91.
r.. 7. IT. HARRIS

MIR. j. II. HARRIS,
DEAR SIR:-About
six years ago my daughter became
afflicted with a cancer of the nose,
Nothing we did prevented it's
spreading. Physicians finally told
me they could do nothing further.
She had no appetite and was e
duced to a mere shadow. / conclu-
ded to try your LithIa Water and
to my surprise in 81 short time she
began TO improve in health and the
cancer ceased to spread. She is
now using your excellent water
constantly and is improving all
the time. Respectfully,
q. l.. WATTS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

Would courtesy" compel Gov.
Tillman to accept an invitation to
join the Columbia Club?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

Who "subsidized" the country
press Of South Carolina to inveigh
against free passes?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

The Governor no more than the
girls can stand the brass buttons of
the Citadel boys.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

eyotr" doxy. The densr
% IN South &arolins as surplus as
biackberries. Is forevef ringing lie
changes on Gle people,, meaning
himself aud those who shout ia
chorus with him. So With numbers
of editors In this State. They dis
covered Ben Tillman after he had
awaked a unanimous echo from
mountain to sea, and have never
ceased to shout his hosannahs.
Tillnan announced that there
should be nj more cakes and ale
because he was virtuons. He found
out that the democratic party in
South Carolina was as rotten as the
stable OF 8 Augeas; he would turn
the pure waters of Edgefield Demo-
cracy upon them and wash the filth
into the pure and briny deep. The
filth of the old Democracy was
swept from Coupons to Coo.
saw. The twelve labors OF Hercu-
les were done and he Is deiied,
as u ancient demi-G God, and his
chief prophets are the newspapers
who discovered Ben after he dis
covered the people.
Now 1t is found that he has his
breeches pockets crammed with
railroad passes and that his truck
from his Edgefield farm reaches
him at his free mansion on a hill
without charge by the greatest
monopoly or earth-the Southern
Express Company. His virtuous
organs are as dumb as oysters.
The spoils in this case are our
spoils-Our courtesies-our doXies
our cakes and ale,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
LAuRENs, s. G., July IT'D, 1891.

Are you officials who ride on free
passes in favor ofthe governments
al control of railroads?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
LAURENs, S. c., Mar. is. '91
1R. j, ~, HARRIS

MR.. j. ~. HARRIS,
DEAR SIR:-For some
time L suffered intensely with
gravel affection. / tried every
remedy that was o~btainable, but
without any relief, Had given up
hopes almost of being cured. Some
n recommended the Harris
Lithia Water and I tried it faith
fully and was cured. After using
n ase of the water passed Ave
or six gravels. 1 can not say too
much in its praise.
Yours Truly,
w. ID. BARKSDALE,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

MMmMRA YEhEi Iynastshs 70 egsn,
Sex, Who can read aud wrifc, ani ~lO,
sgsr lI'!.astisp win WORK inSd,iJousiS,
Year IN their own o nlitics, wherever ihcy liVci w!ilhI.n~.-.--
bs ttHshoh or cnllrymruiJa WHEN yohrsn earn InathInonnt.
70 mpney tT me ttnlgss snee.sNlpl as epoye. !trtlly and quickly
leaSned 4 desire Int one WoIkcI nom each disltict or county. I
have already taught and provided with employ mtnt a large
punLer, WIN sW mHkIna over $4,000 n year each. It's NEvV
~. q, ALLEN, 1ox AeO. Angustc, Maine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

ANDERSON, S. O., Feb. "a, '91.
MIR. j. II. HARRIS,
DEAR SIR:-I return
bottles to be filled with your Lithia
Water. Have used one crate and
feel much improved.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. e, T.. YOUNG.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07

A Charleston darkey kicked
another to death. 1t vas probably
not a "bootless" murder.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
~asysssr = S covs Report Aug
PURE
Tourists,

Whether on pleasure bent or
business, should take on every trip
a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts
most pleasantly and effectualDy on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, pre-
venting feyers, headaches and
other forms Of sickness. For sale
in SOC and $1.0O bottles by all lead
ing druggists.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
for infants and Children.

"csstoriais % wen adaptedto children that
recommend 1t as superior. to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARoHsx, N. D.,
Iii So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. X.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
JERSEY CROPs.

The crop bulletin just issued by
the State Board Of Agriculture
says that the average yield OF
wheat per acre IS high in some counties,
and for the State " Ill exceed fifteen bushels
per acre, or a total product, allowing for
reduced acreage, Of :, 1000, COO bushels in
round numbers. The qualify is unsur-
passed by any wheat crop Of recent years.
Rye is also a superior crop in yield and
quality. Oats is greatly in excess of two
or three preceding years, although not a
full crop. All late Summer and Fall con-
ditions have been favorable for corn, aad
the promise is good for a full crop of
sound, xell-matuTed grain. late-planted
and drought-injured excepted. Potatoes,
for the State, as indicated by reports
throughout the season, show a full yield.
Blight and ret in some sections, later, will
decrease the marketable quantity a little.
Sweets will yield 50 per cent. Early APP
pies were largely in excess OF an average,
say 10 per cent, total yield.
Pears were all prolific. Keiffefs over
bore to such an extent as TO be beyond
correct estimate. Orchards in favorable
locations, and where the fruit was not
thinued early, were crushed down to the
earth. broken aud split almost beyond
recovery. ne ca st&hdaFQ varieties gave
a large yield, and cold storage is not s1fi,
GENTLY general to have retained much Of
the crop for late markets. Grapes glad.
dened the vine makers of South jersey.
and thousands Of gallons Of the juice will
be, or has been, put up in various forms
While market garden crops have been Sc
abundant as to make the price too los
much of the time to pay for expenses in
Cured in gathering and marketing, and thu
same is true Of much Of the peach and ap
pie crop, Vet, taking the season through
for ali crops the State over, farmers ar
more prosperous. encouraged, and hopeful
than for a number of years past.
The yield peracre of v heat is -! bushels
rye, ~; oats 50 The prospective tota
yield, @stimated, Of wheat Is 100 per cent.
rye, 105; oats, 50; buckwheat, 50; corn, 50
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

at tire rate Of about twenty thousand dol
lors a day.
Postmaster General Wanamaker gets q
biz batch ef mail every day frem tie
county seat Postmaster. relating to his re-
quest that they would INSPECT the other
Offices IN the county ard make a report
upon their cordition. Many Of these let
tiers contain statements made in the most
matter.cf- fact style which contain humor
enough to make tie reputation Of a pro-
fessicnal"fonuy man, but nothing is made
public by the DepaItmentofieiaI that has
a tendency TO make the writer appear Iidi-
culons. An Illinois postmaster-a woman
reported the condition Of all the offices Wis
tied, including her own TO be bad. y
Mississippi girl postmaster asked to be ex-
eustd irem making tie inspections be
cause she vas too young to go around
aloue, and she had 10 enc 70 90 with her.
More thsn two thousand answers have so
far been received by the department.
The gossfps are cot SO positive that Com
missiouer Raum is to 60 since the resigna-
ten ef tie second oEe Of the three men
that he asked to have dismissed have been
aece Pied by Secretary Noble. WESTON.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
The Best Of cni.dren,s Magazines

TIE publishers Of 81. Nicholas, that
famous young folks magazine, are Offering
to send a sample copy. free of charge, to
any father or mother who would Ike to
consider the question Of taking the child
ren's magazine during the year to come.
Certainly if that question is up for dis
cussion ia any household 50. Nicholas will
be the magazine selected. From its first
number, in 1873, the pens of the greatest
writer's Of the English world. and the PEN
ellis Of tie most famous illustrators. have
been at its service. Tennysop, L0ngfellow,
Bryant. Thomas Hughes, Whittier, Bret
I~Iarte, Bayard. Taylor. Mrs. Burnett, Miss
Aicott, Donald G. MITCHELL George, Mae
donald, Mrs. Oiiphant, Professor Proctor.
are a few of tie many great names which
have been upon its list Of contributors.
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge is the editor.
Everything in it is illustrated.
u 1892.
there are to be serial stories by Brand
err Matthews, Lieutenant Robert H.
FletcheT(tb author Of that charming book,
"Msjoria aud her Papa, - Laura Il. Rich
ards, William o. %Stoddard, Charles E.
Carryl, (the author Of "Davy and the Cob
lin ard Frances Conrtenay Baylor.
There sill be short stories By Thomas Mel
son Page, Mary L. wilkins. Mary IIallock
Foote. Richard Malcolm Johnston, Octave
Thauet, General o. 0. Howard, and many
Others, with papers OF travel and adventure
by j. T. Tro*bridge and Lieutenant
SchNatka. aud useful articles on How
Columbus Reck0ned, - w illi&m the Con-
queror, . Volcanoes and Earthquakes"
straight Lines and Circles" etc. IN
Strange Corners Of Our Country" the
Great American Desert, the Clif-D@elIiugs
Of 4 %rizona, and other interesting places,
Will be described, and in "Honors to the
Flag" andaBoys and the National Guard
tbs patriotism Of the young readers will be
aroused ard stimulated. Julian Ralph is
to desetibe The Making of a Great News
paper, and the arc aud incandescent cleo
tic lights are to be clearly ex Explained.
APPLIED CHRISTIANITY.
is what ST. Nicholas teaches;-unselfsh-
ness. faithfulness, courage, truthfulness-
these things are taught ia a hundred ways
by stories, poems and pictures. Do you
need such IN assistant in your work with
your boys and girls9 Ii so, and If you are
not already familiar With 81. Nteh0tos. send
a postal card to The Century Co.. Union
Square. New York. n. y, and ask to see
a sample copy. A years subscription TO
81 Nicholas makes a splendid Christmas
present, for it brings Christmas twelve
times a year.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
NEW STORE UNDER THE
OPERA HOUSE.
E. B. HUMPHREYS & CO.

Our boot and shoe trade is en-
couraging, and the indications are
that we will largely increase it over
last year. We deserve to, as our
stock was never better or cheaper.
You don't need to buy-we won't
ask you to do that-but you'll save
money if you come in and see what
good goods VIZ are selling and how
little money we ask for them,
Everything in boys and mems boots
and shoes, both in leather and
rubber.
Mems hats. The new shapes in
dress hats for young men, and the
older men also, are in stock. You
can save 25cts. on the purchase of a
hat, and get the latest and best of us.
Our stock of clothing was never
SO large, and we shall make LOW
PRICES on it this season. This
means just as it reads. lfyou want
reliable goods at the lowest prices
you ever saw or heard of, come and
look at our stock. You will not 90
away disappointed.
Our own good make of panta-
looms and shirts, made in our own
factory, not skimped in cutting or
sighted in making. None better
made in this country. This is the
decision of those who are selling
them elsewhere.
In a word, if there is anything
you want in the clothing or outfit
ting line, come to our new store
under the Opera House and we will
do you good.
+. Il. HUMPHREYS
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
The HIsher Education

Miss Octayia W. Bates, B. A., said at the
Woman's Congress:
The question of women in Colleges, in
all its bearings, means much to the world.
1t means more than simply educating a
lew women for their own personal pleas
ure or profit. 1t means a new force sent
out into the world TO purify the fostering
slums and spots dangerous to the young
and the ignorant. 1t means cooperation
among women. and sacred friendships
among them. 1t means the development
Of women who will strengthen and foster
the noblest aspirations of men. 1t means
purer marriages, and better regulated
homes. It means more useful lives for
unmarried ONE 1t means the evolu-
ton OF a finer, stronger type of women, and
through her and hers a higher civilization
for the world.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06
Humphfevs' Store al the Corner

Our fall and winter stock repre-
sents a cost of nearly $4,000, and
buying as we do with an active eX-
perience of more than one-third OF
a century, we are prepared better
than ever to meet all general wants
for merchandise in our line, which
includes nearly every article OF
household needs, or for personal
comfort and adornment. 1t seems
needless to add that our selling
prices are as low or lower than else
where, as we have made ourselves
and the town famous by selling
goods at such figures as in our
opinion were as low, and mostly
lower than anywhere else in town
or country.
Ladies Coats and Wraps, Child
ren's Coats, Infants Coats, Caps and
Bonnet.-the incest and cheapest
stock to be found in this county.
Black and colored Henrietta at
25c to sI.oo; excellent all wool 38
inches wide at 50 cts, probably the
best you may find anywhere for the
price.
White shaker flannel, II inches
wide, at the remarkably low price
of s cts, worth more-only 5 pieces
$50 yards to sell.
Fancy striped skirting for child
rens skirts and suits, 10 cts. a yard,
made to sell for IS cts.
Canton hannels, all prices, from
&c. to 2Hc. Wool f%annels in the
usual variety. Good Shaker fan
nels &C., worth I2Hc.
Bed ticking-every good make.
Table linens from zoe. to 75c. for
the best.
Shifting and sheeting maslins, all
widths, both bleached and brown.
Hamburg edgings, 1ouncings and
embroideries. The best selected
stock il. town, and by far the best
we have ever owned. This branch
is in trained and experienced hands
now.
Ladies and children's underwear
from the cheapest to the best.
Hosiery Of all the popular makes
and qualities for children, misses,
boys and ladies'.
Our ladies and children's shoe
department is growing in favor all
the time. We have a good stock of
good qualities at fair prices.
Rag and ingram carpets, and the
largest stock Of floor oil cloths and
patterns in South Jersey, at prices
below all competition. There is no
three stocks in this vicinity of oil
cloths so large and cheap as we are
showing.
E. Z. HUMPHREYS & CO.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

1t does not seem in harmony with Christ
ianity that church members should need
to be converted to every reform. The an
tislayery reform wasignored by the church
and by church members for many years.
and that very thiug made more infdels
than the devil ever made in the same length
Of time, And bow the prohibition and
suffrage question, in the church and ont
Of it, is working the same way. There
were slave drivers ID the church then. and
there are saloon drivers and saloon sup
porters in It now, is the only explanation
that can be given-Ntw Republic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

by the author of THE Apglomaniacs, ;"
aud the magazine will contain a great deal
about the metropolis during the year.
among other things a series of illustrated
articles on ''The Jeas in New York" In
November is an illustrated description of
"The Players Club" founded by Edwin
Booth. and one of the features of the
sp)endidly illustrated Christmas (Decem'
ber) number is an article on The Bowery.'
To get the Century send the yearly sub
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06


AEIowaystoHn. Whatever induced any
ore or anybody 70 drop town in the
above and make it Alloway, We never
could understand. AlloHay, merely, With
town cut off, is certainly no prettier than
with it on, no more euphonious, no more
significant, no more nothing, unless it be
shorter. and saves some wear and tear OF
tongue and pencil. II Alloway had already
become a great city, or somebody could
see that it was about to become such, and
as a consequence the sufix town would
tie it down to dull earth and shut off its
growth. there would be some xcuse for
this looping eff the town Or if it was
going back and, from a respectable town
of seven or eight hundred inhabitants, lad
run down to three or -four hundred, then
'fhamlet,h perhaps, could have been tit
tipgly substituted for town, " or Allo%ay,
simply, would better express it.
But we can't see that either is the case
at present. Alloway is not much more a
city nor less a town that it was 90 or 10
| years age or at the time the reeves bros.
stirred up such a wonderful revival oftrade
in the place. The town stands now very
much as it did then, and ranks about the
same in population and commercial i'm
p~ortance. But it isn't likely this will al
ways continue, and there are already signs
of awakening prosperity. The new rail-
road through the tow may yet accomplish
wonders there. ard We can't see why it
should net. This branch, or spur of road,
puts Alloway at the very front as an III
viting spot for capitalists and manpfao-
turers, and We believe this class will not
be long in finding it ont. Many towns
and cities in the past have been built and
developed at the head Of tide water, and
this may yet be the good fortune Ct Allo-
way.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

A few facts about pensions, CLEANED
from the annual report Of Commissioner
Raum, may be of interest. AT the close
of the fiscal year. June 30th, there were
GIG, 100 pensioners on the rolls, a ret addi-
ton Of 138, 2t6 names during the year, the
gross addition being 158, Al. The pre-
yious years net addition was IS, 215, and
next years vii hardly fall short Of 300
600, In two years a round million pen
sioners will be reported by the commits
sioner. In 1873, eight years after the
close Of the war, there were but 238, Ali.
and the number steadily decreased there
after for five years. until the extTaysgant
pension legislation began. The disburse-
ments, which were $50. 600, 600 in 1874,
were $11s, 900, 600 last year, and will prob
ably be $50, DOC, 600 this year. Germany
spends about $50, 000, 900 for her magDif-
cent army, and We pity tina. tax ridden
country as it groans under It's heavy load.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

We are often told that the ReputH cau
party in New Jersey is a good enough
temperance party for all well-meaniug
temperance men. 1t looks to US as though
the run drinking and rum favoring ele-
ment of the party would at present seem
to be voting with the Democrats, as the
returns go to show, and when they all get
ont may leave nothing but the temperance
and moral element within the party lines.
How strong the party will be in numbers
if this should come to pass, time alone
will show.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

Among the ablest men of the Council are
several who make the question of temper
ance q hobby. The Rev. Mr.. Nichols, a
Dublin Irishman, in speaking of temper
ance said: Nothing in this beautiful city,
not even its magnificent buildings and
streets, has struck me SO forcibly as the
closing Of the saloons on Sunday. In Dab.
lin my usual sight in walking to church is
scores of drunken NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. so
drunk that they could not walk A pro-
hibition delegate, in reply to Mr. Nichols,
says that be has seen more drunken men on
the streets of Washington in the few days
he has been here han he has seen III the
whole State of Kansas in the five years
prohibition had held sway in that State.
He believes with Father Mathew, the fam
GUS Catholic temperance advocate, that
prohibition is the only remedy for drunk
enness. DR.. Whiteield, a delegate from
the prohibition State of Iowa, gave the FIVE
reason for being a prohibitionist as follows:
Because he was born in a prohibition state;
because his mother was a probibitionist;
because his wife was one, and he voted for
her; because he had three young sons and
he loved them, and wanted to look ont for
their future, and, lastly, because be loved
his country.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

Now that Germany and some other
European countries accord the American
hog the ~posthumous honor due his rank
among the other emigrants from this coun-
try, it is only right and proper that we re-
ceive at the Capitol at Washington ION an
equal footing) such Of the Berlin breed as
that country may send u.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

The Democrats say that it is due Gov.
Albeit the claim of saving our State from
tax this year, while the Republicans say
that had it not been for the $4,000 re-
ceived under the direct tax act, passed by
their party, a State tax would baye been
an absolute necessity. And so it goes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

According to a recent statement the sea
has been sounded to a depth of over five
miles. These soundings were made on the
coast of Africa, where 400-pound lead
struck bottom at the enormous depth of
&c, 700 feet.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

Render, if you are a property owner or
resident of Woodstown, read in another
column the account Of the great fire in
Clinton last Friday, and see if you don't
think we are taking great risk BY trying
to get along withou ut some protection from
fro
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-11-06

Leon Albeit has for a long time been a
thorn in New Jersey politics. Nov the
thorn seems likely to prick Leon A. even
worse thar it did the people of New Jef-
sey. Leon wants to be I. S. Senator.