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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
A NEW PEST FOR coToN.-rbe

NEW PEST FOR COTTON. The
Department. OF Agriculture has just
issued q circular to cotton planters
relative to u new and very destruc-
tive insect that has been brought
across the Rio Grande from Mexico into
the cotton belt Of Texas, and which
during 1894, seriously injured the cot
ton crop over II territory of about 1000
square miles. 1t is weevil which
attacks the cotton bolls. 1t punctures
the bolls with it beak and lays eggs in
the hole thus made. The grubs hatch
aud ruin both the seed and fiber, thus
destroying simultaneously both pro-
ducts OF the cotton plant.
The Texas Legislature, at the re-
commendatiOn OF the Agricultural
Department., is seriously considering
the question of quarantining cotton
from tho insect in tected district and of
protective legislation. as well as the
enforcement of remedial work by act
OF law. The Department of Agricul-
ture has appointed IL skilled agent who
Is located at Brownsville, lex, and
who will study the life, history and
habits Of the new pest and experiment
extensively at remedies during the
coming season under the direction of
MIR. l.. @. Howard, chief entomOlogist
OF the department. Inasmuch as the
insect is new to American cotton
planters thore is much yet to be learned
about its habits before practical
remedies can be suggested. This in
sect is now in Texas and threatens to
spread to the other cotton States, and
the entire South is therefore interest
ed in the problem now confronting the
Texas Legislature.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

DEATH OF a CONFEDERATE VETE-
RAN.-Among the travelling men few
years ago no one was more popular
than Maj. Ebert S. Hale, of Ninety
Six, and until he became afflicted he
was frequent visitor and welcome
guest in every part OF the State. After
II long siege of suffering he was released
from the ills of life, and u week ago he
passed away in quietness and peace.
The NinetySix correspondent of the
Abbbeville Press and Banner thus
speaks ofhim: Major Hale was one
of the most public spirited citizens
Ninety-Six ever had. a good neigh
Dor, trusted friend and Christian
gentleman. Could we say more I
Major Hale was born in Tennessee in
1887, and had just passed the 5Sth mile
stone. His boyhood days were spent
in Tennessee upon IL farm, but in about
1850 his father moved to Louisville,
KY. where he was educated. In 1861
he returned to Tennessee and enlisted
in the Confederate army. He was
wounded several times but finally sur
rendered in South Carolina in 1865,
where he has since lived. AS NOR
chant and commercial traveller he was
very popular. In 1888 he was stricken
with paralysis and has not been able
to do much business since. He was
buried on Sunday by the United Con-
federate Veterans. Major Hale was q
member OF tho Baptist church and at
the burial his pastor spoke OF him in
the most affectionate terms"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

CLEVELAND AND HIS CABINET
1t iH now certain that several members
OF the administration will take u
prominent part in the political cam
paignes over the money question that
will be carried on in different States.
The invitation OF tho Chicago business
mon to President Cleveland asking him
30 make an address in that city ron the
subject Of the currency has been fol-
lowed by invitations from other places
to that effect, that members of the Cabi-
net were wanted to make similar ad-
dresses in order that the position of
the administration may be placed be-
fore the country in most forcible
way. The President has Not vet an
swered the Chicago invitation. but If
he finds it impossible to go, it is ex-
pected that he will decline in letter
expressing clearly his views on the
subject of money.
The campaign in the Democratic
p:.iGy against the free coinage move
ment will no doubt take its keynote
from the Presidents letter and the
speeches which may be made by
members OF the Cabinet. The cam-
paign will be directed against the
free coinage of silver l6 to |, and the
assertion will be made that such coin
age would mean silver mono-metal-
lism and would be disastrous to the
business interest of the country, great
and small, and extend to every class
and condition, no matter in what pur-
suit engaged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Latest Items and Curious Notes from
Our Exchanges.

Latest Items and Curious Notes from
Our Exchanges.
Excluding rents from the income
tax will give a new boom to real estate
Investments.
-Forty-two factory companies have
been organized in the South in the last
three months.
Tho pennsylvania Legislature has
passed an act abOlishing the custom Of
kissing the Bible in taking an oath
w. Jennings Demorest, The we'll
known PrOhibitionist died the other
day in New York after u weeks Illness
An effort to establish the dispen-
sary system in Georgia viii be one of
the principal 4Phts before the lcrisla-
turc at its heXt session.
The country is on tho l,p grade
financially and in business pros perity,
if there is any faith to be put in the
testimony Of business mon all over tho
country
Ex-Governor James l.. kcmpcr
OF Virginia. died recently at his home
near Gordonsville, Va, aged -. He
was brigade commander in the Con
fcdcratc army during the late war.
The Kansas Legislature seems To
have furnished liberal patronage for
liquor sellers. 1T is stated that eight
saloons in Topeka closed their doors
the day after the Legislature ad iourn-
ed.
-tcv. Chas. Davis, pastor of the
colorcd Baptist Church at Harrods-
burg, Ky. broke all baptiZing records
when in twcnty-ninc minutes he i'm
mcrscd scventy-siX colorcd converts
Inc water was exceedingly cold.
No. J,,s,
sion has granted the recent request of
the Southern Railway Company that
in order to meet the cut in rates made
by the Seaboard Air Line, it is
authorized to charge less for long than
short haul passengers.
When the Federal troolv
Richmond during the late
for $3l, 900 made out in thu
the sinking fund commits
Virginia, was taken from OpB
Capitol. 1t has since been returned -,
tho commissioners by Gen. William
Malone, OF Virginia, to whom it was
sent by the executor Of the will of the
late Gen benjamin f.. Butler.
United States secret service oper-
atives in Washington and Chicago
| have discovered an extensive stamp
cOuntcrfeiting conspiracy in Chicago.
nc ulScoVcTy appears 10 nave been
| accidental. 1t is believed that the
gang has circulated several thousand
dollars worth Of these counterfeit
| stamps. Ten thousand ofthcse stamps
were seized in the Wells Fargo Office
in Chicago None of the gang has
bccn captured.
j. V. Curry ana II. w. Randall,
representing a Chicago syndicate, are
| negotiating for one hundred Thousand
acres of land in Montgomery County,
Va, on which culonists from the West
are to be settled. The sale will prob
ably be consummatcd. 1t is proposed
to locate many cx-Federal soldiers and
their families. The syndicate repre-.
sents subscriptions OF half million
dollars. Nebraska, Indiana Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa are to
furnish the colonists. Ex-Governor
Nortlen OF Georgia, is one of the
prime movers In the sales.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

CLEVELAND'S INCOME TAX.-Presi-
don't Cleveland has filled out his in
come tax blank and in it he has includ-
ed his salary of 800, 900 us chief cxecu-
tive on which the tax will be $500,
deciding to leave it to tho proper.
officers to determine whether the pay
ment OF the per cent. assessment will
be in violation of that provision Of tho
Federal constitution which says the
compensation of the President shall not
be increased nor diminished during the
term for which he shall have been
elected. AS to the payment nf the
tax, Mr.. Cleveland has until the first
of July to do it, and as the constitutional
question affecting his salary will un-
doubtcdly have been passed on before
that time, the Presidnent will wait
for the disposition Of the matter. The
tariff law directs that the income
tax shall be paid by individuals "to
the collector or deputy collector of the
district in which they reside" 1t is
said that MIR. Cleveland is uncertain
as to whether he should claim Buzzards
Bay or New York city us his place of
residence, and that for this reason, it
is not ualikcly that he will send in his
return u the deputy collector at
Washington.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
Tho city of Houston is maxim

The city of Houston is making
great preparations for tho encump-
ment Of Confederate and Federal
veterans the week beginning May 20.
1t is expected TO be not only the most
impoi tant week in the history Of
Houston. but rcd letter era the his
tory of Texas achievement. 1T is
expected to be tho largest encamp-
ment Of United States and Texas
troops ever held south OF the Ohio
river. and arrangements are being
perfected for handling $4,000 people
IL day to and from the encampment
grounds. ~ permanent auditorium Is
being erected in the city capable OF
which tho convention Of the Con-
federate Veterans and all public ex-
ercises will be held during the on
CamDment.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

POLL TAX DELINGUENTS.- Judging
from reports received from different
counties, the collection Of the poll tax
under the new law, making its non
payment punishable by fine or i'm
prisonment, has not been II bowling
success. Reports have been received
from only few counties, but they are
of a character to Indicate what is going
on all over the State.
For Collet0n county 100 blanks in
reference to such delinqucnts were
sent, but yesterday II requisition for
800 more was made upon the Comp
troller General, with hint that IL
good many more might be needed
In Sumter county there arc, Said to
be about 200 dclinguep!s. Some of
the trial Justices nave written to
the Comptroller General, asking per-
mission 10 stavc off the collection,
or prosecution, until next fail. Us
many of the dclinquents haven't got
f*Ae money to pay the TAX and the pen
1ics now.
ekfThe Comptroller General was not in
The city yesterday, but it is not likely
that the request will be granted, be-
cause everybody would then want an
extension. Columbia Register.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

truth. Cleveland is not in it, nor the
tariff, and neither will cut any figures
in the presidential election. The shib-
boleth will be, "Give us back the dol
lar of our daddies, and coin it free !"
The old alignment of parties will not
be in it, but the cry from the West
and the South will be: "Silver and
gold! One and inseparable, now and
forever:" BILL ARP
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

AT a recent meeting o. Hampton
Camp Uf Confederate Veterans, in
Columbia, the following was unani-
mously adopted Whereas IL c0nstitu-
tional convention Will b, held in this
State during the present year, and
whereas at the convention the ques-
tion OF the regulation Of the rights of
suffrage will be among tho matters to
be considered, therefore, be it Re-
solved, That this camp requests all
other camps of Confederate veterans,
and all Confederate survivors in this
State, to unite with it in memorable
ing tn; said convention and urging
that in the event of the adoption of
any pan Of qualified suffrage, provi-
sion shall be made that service In the
Confederate army or navy, or direct
descent from one who has served in
the Confederate army or navy, shall
be considered IL sufficient qualification.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
Tho st. Louis Globe Democrat

Tho st. Louis Globe Democrat
says: THE trilling shortage in March,
and the assurance which it conveys
that there will be no shortage at all
In April, constitutes the treasury's
declaration OF independence on the
income tax question. No more gold
or currency scares are possible. The
last cloud In the financial sky has
been dispersed. Henceforth the panic
OF 1893 and the business disaster which
1t projected into the two succeeding
years can be spoken of in the past
tense"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

CORRECT MEASUREMENT ---SOmo
years ago there lived in the city of
X - u rather eccentric old man, re-
Inarkable for his shrewdness, who
kept pork shop. Three young fell
lows, thinking to have some fun with
him, entered his shop and asked what
his pork was IL yard.
The old man promptly replied I:
"One dollar"
One OF the young men then said :
"I'Il take yard"
Where IN your money? said the
old man.
The dollar was laid down, which the
old man quickly pOcketod and then
produced three pigs feet, with the re.
mark: "Three feet make one yard
The fellow who robs hen roost Il
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16
a WILD PROPHET In an intnryin

a WILD PROPHET.--In an interview
upon eiections in the South in general
and elections in South Carolina in
particular, Chauncy Depew says
with Wade Hampton and NJ. G..
Butler and the aristocratic element
that they represent dcposed with the
negro uisfranchiscd and with Tillman
securely scuLcn III power, wuA: iuuLliod
will be taken to secure Justice? There
is only one place and that is the ma
tional convention. What is more
natural than that the better element
should appeal to the place that prom
ises relief? What more likely than
that Wade Hampton, Nj. G.. Butlcr and
other leaders Of this class in South
Carolina should come Knocking at the
door OF the next Republican National
convention | predict it. The only
way to secure relief is Through the
Republican party. The Solid South is
being broken up ana MIR. TIllIDan will
be be disposed Of upon this line of re-
construction"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-16

The fellow who robs q hen roost IL
naturally found Of poached eggs.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28
"A Piano at a Nominal Price.

Chicago's largest music house. Lyon &
Healy, has moved into a magnificent new
building. They have number of slightly
used and secondhand pianos returned from
Worlds Fair renting, ETC., ETC., which they
have determined to sacrifice rather than to
try TO make room for. These instruments
comprise Square pianos at $40, $65, $50,
$100 and $125 Upright pianos at $125. $40
$3.50, $165, $3.50. $500, $225, $240 and up
ward. Grand pianos at $500, $3.50, $500 aud
upward. Nearly all originally sold for from
two to four times their present price. Almost
all prominent makes Tin squares and up
rights, are represented, including among
numerous others Chickering, Knabe, Stein
way, Weber, Decker, Steck, Fisher, etc. This
is an opportunity that will not occur again,
as Lyon d Healy have not moved for tw snty
years. Immediate attention is therefore
necessary. good plan would be to order
piano, leaving the selection to Lyon &
Healy. However, they will send list and
full particulars upon application. Any piano
not proving satisfactory may be returned al
their expense. Address at their new sales
rooms, corner Wabash Avenue and Adams
s rect, Chicago. Distance is no obstacle in
taking advantage of this remarkable chance
to obtain piano. for in proportion to the
saving to be made the freight charges are
insignificant. If yon do not already know
them BY reputation any banker will assure
you of Lyon q Healy's entire responsibility
and record of over third Of century fol
honorable dealing. Write today 80 as te
avoid disappointment. al
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28
z,ne srokenole OF an ocean ..Flier..

A glare Of light breaks into our faces as
the iron wall Of bunkers, black and cold.
Before us ID wall of fire, 10 glowing
craters whose round red mouths, 2 feet in
diameter, open and close with automatic,
weighted doors as six stokers feed them.
They always seem to snap their jaws
for coal. The two walls are parallel and
stretch from port to starboard. They are
about 10 feet apart and form one Of the
streets in furnace land. The iron floor is
heaped with heaps Of ashes, Stag and fresh
coal, which latter keeps arriving in the
wagons. AT the mems feet lie iron ilnple-
ments, long bars and rakes, some of them
redhot at this ends
Suddenly man in the shadow puts a
whistle to his lips and sounds three calls.
The six stolers respond Instantly. Every
furnace door flies open. Two men at the
right and two at the left begin shoyeling
furiously, while two men in the middle
lift their 40 pound lances and thrust them
into the mass of fire. Having buried the
lances eight feet deep in the Goals, the men
throw their weights full upon the ends ae
levers and lift the whole bank Of fire sew
eral inches. Then they draw out the
lances, Leading black hole through the
fire into which the draft Is sucked with
an increasing roar. Three times they
thrust tho lances. Each time they break
up the fires, first at the right then at the
left and then down the center. When they
have finished. their grimy faces are
streaked with sweat, their bodies art
steaY,tfnu Tn tha uauses of their work
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28
THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.
How Were They Reared and How Was
the Material 6afhereds

- -"~"~""~ =" ~~~-"~~~~
, The pyramids Of Egypt. for long and
to this day included among the worlds
wonders. are to be regarded as marvel
ous triumphs Of mechanical skill. OF
these there are many scattered over the
Nile valley, some of brick, some Of stone
and Of varied height The two largest
are in the neighborhood of Cairo They
are and have boon for thousands Of
years the most colossal monuments In
the world.
The largest. that of Cheops, in its
original state is said to have been 500
feet high and the length of its base on
each side the same. 1t is bnilt of huge
stones ranging from 3 to feet in
height. 1t is now rugged and has the
character as we'll as the appearance of
four sided great stairway. The hollows
between the steps are believed to have
been filed in with white marble, which
would shine like snow under the bright
Egyptian sun. The pyramid is now
much reduced in height. not being more
than 500 feet. 1t is generally admitted
that the pyramids were built for tombs
and ON certain astronomical principles
There is an inner chamber where the
sarcophagus was placed. When a mon
arch began to reign, be commenced to
build his tomb When he died, his body
was placed in the sacred chamber pre-
pared for it, and the opening which led
to it was closed. The pyramid was
then completed If the monarch reign
was long, the pyramid was large If
short, tho pyramid was small.
How those great structures were
reared-how the huge masses were
brought together and put in their places
is question which has never been
satisfactorily answered. OF mechanical
forces some of the early peoples seem to
have had much more knowledge than
there is any direct record of.-Chicago
Record.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28
AWeallness of the slcnal.

II there Is one weakness more than
another which the Signal Is addicted
to, it is that Of grumbling and fault
finding. II is a characteristic the pa
per has always borne, but it grew up
on it during Bro. Russell's adinidis-
tratiOn in no small degree. Our Bro.
could not resist the old disease, so in
his farewell number last week, he
broke out in a strain, lamenting up
on the fact that it took more money
to run the affairs of Napoleon town
ship than it did any other township
in the county,
Just how the master mind Of Bro.
Russell centered upon Napoleon
township we are at a loss to conjec-
ture, unless it was nearest home. But
why did he not grumble at the ex-
pense of Napoleon corporation as
compared to the expense of running
the corporation of Hamlers 1t would
take another master mind to answer
that.
But we opine any fifteen-year old
school boy can tell the Signal why it
costs more to run Napoleon township
than any other township in the
county. The boy would tell you that
Napoleon township has four election
precincts to care for, which no other
township in the county has. That
Napoleon township has again as
many poor to provide for as any 9TH
er township in the county. That it
takes care of about 30 miles of gravel
roads, which no other township has.
That it takes care of all it's bridges
outside of the river and canal bridges.
Thatit is equipped with all the neces-
sary and latest improved tools and
implements, which but few other, if
any, townships in the county have.
And the boy might go on in this strain
still further, but he has already given
enough to make the Signal the laugh
ing stock Of the community. Napo-
leon township is in excellent condition
in all respects, for which it owes no
thanks to the fault-fnding Signal or
its allies.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28

The fact that the number OF sheep
In this country, has under the per
nicious Wilson tariff decreased fifty
per cent. shows what mischief il has
already done. Wauseon Republican.
What bolderdash is this. The VIII
son tariff bill has only been in force
for less than three months. Yet this
Republican editor has the gall to tell
his readers that the number Of sheep
has decreased SO per cent? AT that
rate, in 6 months there would not be
a sheep left in all the country. To
say nothing about how this Republi-
can editor found out or computed
this decrease, it is a fact patent to the
minds OF all sensible people that since
the Wilson bill took effect sheep have
become sheep again, and are com
manding high rate, in fact on ac-
count of the demand for sheep for
wool purposes it is the next thing to
animpossibility for butchers to secure
enough for consumption, and when
they do get them they are compelled
to give big price before the farmer
will sell.
If what the Republican says were
true, the butchers would be overrun
with sheep and mutton would be a
drug in the market.
Farmers know that wool is going
to command better price, and they
are holding on to their sheep.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-28
HOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Props. Toledo,
Ohio.
We the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transaction and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists. Testimonials free. I'm