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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
LAuRENs, s. G., Mar. "a, 1896.
As We See the Situation.

The sun rises higher in the heavens
and the ides of May will a~ssuredly
come. Tillman knows that in the
Democratic organization he is a feath-
or weight. He takes the chances and
therefore wrote his letter to Reid,
leaving the way open to the Populist's
party, a silver party or any other party
to be Matched from the accidents Of the
next four months. a tame submission
to the conservative non-revolutionary
policy Of q steady going old fashioned
democratic machine, will s~tultify his
past, blast the expectations he has
raised the dream Of his future and the
hope OF his following.
What will he do? He will go to the
State Democratic Convention from old
Edgefeld. He will have the pro-
gramme - the resolutions in his
brooches pocket-he will move them
and they will go to the committee of
thirty.six, one from each county. All
others will be referred to this commit
tee without debate. Tillman's resolu-
lions will be reported; q minority will
report q substitute proposing instruc-
tions to stand by the Chicago platform;
1t will promptly go to the table; die; and
Tillman and a Tillman delegation 90
to Chicago uninstructed with the fate
oil the Democratic party Of South Caro-
lima in their pockets. There are four
months however for the Democratic
leaders to formulate a policy and get
together as a party. In this contin-
gency the party in this State may hold
together, otherwise to atoms and the
winds it goes. If the Chicago platform
adopts silver, Tillman sticks; if it
straddles he may stick; it Is more pro-
bable however that he will see nothing
for Tillman in the old staid ranks and
over the fence he goes. AS goes the
bell weather so goes the flock and
South Carolina is no longer in the
democratic column. In that case the
simon pure democrats will organize,
but will be unable to save tho vote for
the Chicago ticket. Thus far we proph-
esy and no farther. All will conclude
that the steadfast, steady, unconquera-
BILE but passive unaggressive and help
less conservatives (socalled) are and
Will not be responsible.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LAURENS.

In Court of Common Pleas.
Perpetual Building and Loan AS
soclation, Plaintiff, against J. M.
Visanska and others, Defendants.
BY virtue of a decree of the
Court in the above stated case l
will sell at Laurens @. H., s. O., on
Salesday in April, 1896, during the
lagal hours Of sale, in front of the
Court House door, all that lot or
parcel of land situated in the city
of Laurens, State of South Caro-
lima, containg one-half of one Acre
more or less and bounded on the
South by Main Street, on the West
by lots of J. j. Roland and Mrs.
Julia MCGOWAN, on the East by
Jail lot and lot of A. FL. Martin, 1t
being the j. M. Visanska homo
place.
Terms Of Sale-One-half cash
the balance on credit of twelve
months, with interest on credit
portion secured by a bond of the
purchaser and q mortgage of the
premises sold, with leave to bidder
to pay his entire bid in cash. If
terms of sale are not complied with
the lot will be resold on same Sales
day at risk Of the former pur-
chaser. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
G.. s. MCCRAvY,
mar. ., '96-4t 8. L.. G.. 8. G..
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LAURENS,
In Probate Court.
In Probate Court.

WHEREAS, J. p. Simpson has
made suit to me to grant him Let.
ters Of Administration, of the Es-
tate of and effects of Anna e.
Simpson.
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors Of said Anna
q. Simpson, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the
Court of Probate, to be held at
Laurens, S. O., on the 31st day of
March, 1896. next, after publ
cation thereof, at 10 o'clock In the
forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 10th
day of March.
O. g. THOMPSON, J.p.L.c.
Mar. 1G, 1S96--2t.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
. Sores

In combination, proportion and
process Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiar
to itself, and unequalled in true merit.
No other medicine ever possessed SO
much curative power, OF reached such
enormous sales, or made such won
derful cures, as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
It is undoubtedly the best medicine
ever made to purify, yitalize and en-
rich the blood.
That is the secret of its uccess
Read this statement:
"When my son was 2 years OF age, he
had rheumatic fever and acute rheuma-
tism, which settled in his left hip. He
was SO sick that no one thought there was
any help for him. Five sores broke out
on his thigh, which the doctor said were
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
Sheriff's Sale for April.

The State of South Carolina against
Claud a. Floyd.
BY virtue Of a Tax Execution to
me directed, 1 will sell at Laurens
Q. H., s. c., on Salesday I'm April,
1896, all that lot, piece or parcel of
land, situated in the town of Wa
terloo, Laurens County, s. O., con-
tanning n Acre, more or less,
bounded by lots of DR.. w. r.. Har-
ris, Jane M. Smith and others,
levied on and to be sold as the
property of Glaud A. Floyd for
taxes due for fiscal year beginning
November LIST, 1893.
Terms of sale cash.
g.. s. MCURAvY,
Mar. 3, 1896-4t s. L.. G..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
Woodruff Wants a Mill.

Within the next twelve months if
nothing happens Woodruff will be the
site of another cotton mill. Already
$4,000 of the stock has been raised.--
The outlook is very encouraging. The
citizens of Woodruff are live and pro-
gressive. They generally succeed in
their undertakings. - Spartanburg
Herald. .
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
Not Materializing.

One argument for a Constitutional
Convention was the promise of all
white people in South Carolina
getting together. One comment af-
ter the rising of that body was that
suoh had been the result. The fact
however appears to be hat the
only eggs that Matched towards the
verification of the promise were a few
mugwumps here and there, in Charles
ton, Columbia, Greenville, Abbeville,
and old Edgefeld might be included.
Now after all it appears we are to have
q bitter campaign in the State with as
much savagery and bitterness as has
divided II people during the last five
years. This is the conclusion of the
whole matter as the political weather
flags indicate at this writing. The
philosophy of the whole thing lies in
the fact that there + few heroes, few
that are anxious to sacrifice their po-
litical hopes and prospects On the altar
OF their country for peace and harmony
sake. Fortunately the indications now
are that there will be little animosity
growing out of the contest for county
offices and the warning elements will
be contestants for the high places as
Governor, State offices, Senators and
members of Congress.
*x*
her has been some recent COM
ment upon the pronunciation of the
word ..'clerk" by officials of our House
OF Representatives and Judges of our
Supreme and Circuit Courts. They are
charged with ~pronouncing "clerk"
"clark"-as, twill the clark do so and
So" "the clark will call the roll" 1t is
further stated that it was the rule with
the apte-bellum Judges, Speakers and
other presiding officers. The assertion
Is in the category Of allegations fire.
quently made, with little or no evil
dence to support them. A like state
ment is made with reference to the
pronunciation of "either and neither"
as "ither and nither' under the old
regime. In both instances the allega-
ton is untrue in fact. Just as now,
ASoo phohuhSibUioho W5To rGRdTuSu us
fantastic, pure affectations, and when
ever INDUCED, furnished occasion for
observation and criticism. Nobody
ever heard Harper, o'Neal, Wardlaw,
McDufieNor Orr speak of the "Clark"
of the Cokst.- This pronunciation was
the exception, regarded an affectation
nQttbEsay the affectation of small men.
In this State, while not conclusive, it
has always been held as prima facia OF
diminutiveness, putting the burden of
proof on the other side. 1t is safe to
say that those gentlemen who are now
remarked for their pronunciation of
the words noted will be hereafter re-
membered for little or nothing else
AS matter of fact these little manner
isms Of pronunciation are usually left
to men Of smaller mould, just as q gem
tleman's man servant is expected to be
more nearly point-de-vice and up to
date In the matter of cravats than his
master.
VII
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Batesburg, March 21.-The Bates
burg Cotton Mill was sold at public
auction to-day, by w. A. Watts, re-
%ceiver, of Laurens. The property was
purchased by the Georgia Railroad
bank Of Augusta, for SIT, 800, which
sum will about pay off the indebtedness
of the concern.-The State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
Notice
V Settlement and application
for Final Discharge.

Take notice that on the 9TH day
of April, 1896, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Administrative of the estate of
Lanson Owens, deceased, in
the office Of Judge Of Pro-
bate, for Laurens county at II
o'clock A. NJ, and on the same
day will apply for a final dis.
charge from my trust as such Ad.
ministator.
All persons having demands
against said estate will please pre-.
sent them on or before that day
proven and authenticated, or be for
ever barred.
ELLA OWENS,
Administrative.
Feb. 20, 1S96.-4t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Ant lFtbb66S vi Cl6uSou ueiu Lueif
meeting during last week. Senator
Tillman attended from Washington.
The study OF the French and German
Languages was abolished, greater at
tention to be given to the English.
This was 6 mistake. Clemson, IL is
true, is primarily, to instruct in Agri-
culture and the mechanical arts; yet
the men to come out Of Clemson should
be fitted to enter other fields than cot
ton and corn fields. Many OF them by
force OF intellect and general charac-
ter will be worthy Of ministerial and
consular appointments and will be
handicapped for life by want of q
knowledge OF foreign tongues. French
or German or both should be taught In
every academy. English, of course,
should not be ignored; but with the ed
vocational advantages now everywhere
afforded it should not be long when
English pure and indebted should be
caught up at every fireside.
~
Ben Tillman Is the center OF the
whole system. Everything revolves
around Benjamin-or has to this Sec
ond-but there appears to be some
Mysteries among the small political
planets at this juncture. Some are in
apogee, some in perigee and some
In opposition and in danger of
imminent collision. But there is
no great reason for alarm. The law
of gravitation throughout the material
world and worlds, holds to the weight
OF a hair. There need be no appre-
hension. Comets nor earthquakes as
yet have disturbed the harmonious
movements OF the thousands lesser
spheres. Benjamin is still the center
around which the aerolite of three in
ches diameter revolves. The sun gov
ems. You may watch any little moon
and planet by her phases, but there is
no termination except by the rays OF
Benjamin-the milky way-the myriad
little nameless stars shine by reflected
light. Obey the injunction of Green
ville's observation-disclosures.
NV
Our good friend Killingsworth is al
ways thoughtful and considerate and
being thoughtful and considerable, don't
forget US. He sends us the New York
Herald Of last Sunday, with q charm
ing story in it and pictures that make
leach separate hair stand on end like
quilts upon the fretful %porcupine." We
hope u young friend will continue to
send us these socalled metropolitan
papers. There are some things how
ever, that should be kept in mind. We
are no longer ~rural-rustic suburban
rus in urbe-neither rus-iu-Irby.
Europe runs Asia and Africa too, ex
cept when Africa runs Europe, the
United States runs Europe, Tillman
and Irby run the United States and
Laurens and Edgefield run Irby and
Tillman. Ergo-.
#*x
Our lordly House Of Commons adopts
Resolutions rebuking Minister Bayard
for his anti-P Protection Expressions in
Europe. Praise from that quarter
would %scandalise O saint.
*x*
Discussing the immigration Bill,
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, favored ex-
Guiding 'illiterate and ignorant Immi-
grants" Then our Ancestry" should
be excluded.
**
Vest and Tillman' now object to
Cleveland, his home mission speeches
and duck shooting. The ducks will be
Directing next.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Rates for Adyertising.-Ordinary Adj
ton, Si.00; each subsequsnt insertion,
10 cents.
Liberal reduction made for large Adj
yertisements.
w. w. BALL,
Proprietor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

NoTE-1nsurance merely sprifien Is discarded
from this Statement as wholly mislcadinq. and
only Insurance, actually issued and paid for in
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

sores. We had three different doctors.
Pieces Of bone came out of the sores. The
last doctor said the leg would have to be
cut open and the bone scraped, before he
could get we'll. Howard became 80 low
that he would eat nothing, and one doc
tor said there was no chance for him.
Gone day, a newspaper recommending
Hoods Sarsaparilla was left at our door.
We decided to try this medicine. Howard
commenced taking it the last Of February,
after having been sick for O year and q
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

have carefully examined tho foregoing State
ment and find the same to be correct
CHARLES A.. PRELLER Auditor
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Gospel Tempseancs Union OF South Caroline,
~ In God We Trust. ~

MEMBERSHIP UAKD.
Believing the liquor traffic to be one OF the most prolific sources of
misery and crime In our country, and standing directly in the way of
the progress OF the cause Of Christ, we hereby unite unselves In organ
izadon "Tn His name" 6p Its suppression.
DIR. D. L. BooEER, President. s. 7. J LAMorrE. secretarv
~ F,H, HYATT, Treasurer. &BQs @. D. STANLEY Cbirn Ex' Com
@8&1~ REV, i. L., ABBOT, State Organizer.
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nv

Our lordly House OF Commons adopts
Resolutions rebuking Minister Bayard
for his multiplication Expressions in
Europe. Praise from that quarter
would scandalise q saint.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Report OF tno Examining Committee
Office of The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York
February II, 1896
At n meeting Of the Board Of Trustees of this
Company, held on the 18th day Of December last,
tho undersigned were appointed a Committee to
examine tho annual statement for the year ending
December 81, 1895, and to verify the Same by
comparison with the assets of the Company.
The Committee have carefully performed the
duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that
the statement is in all particulars correct and that
the assets specified therein arc in possession of the
Company.
In making this certificate the Committee bear
testimony to the high character of the investments
Of the Company and express their approval of the
system, order, and accuracy with which the ac-
counts and vouchers have been kept, and the
business in general transacted.
(snnto) n. @. Won Posr Roses. olypu,rr
CHh9. u. Henderson, WV. p. DWoV
JANIS @. HOLDEN J.H.H sRMcK
COHNlITEB
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Discussing the immigration Bill,
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, favored ex-
Guiding ''illiterate and ignorant Immi-
grants" Then our Ancestry" should
be excluded.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24
Report Of the Examining Committee
Office of Tho Mutual Life Insurance Comnany

From tho Surplus a dividend will be apportioned
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Vest and Tillman' now object to
Cleveland, his home mission speeches
and duck shooting. The ducks will be
Directing next.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-24

Mr.. A.. G.. Kollock, retires from the
editorship Of the Cheraw Reporter, and
Mr.. J.P. Dickson assumes the respon-
slble position, which Mr.. Kollock abdi-
Gates.
The cry freq the West and from the
South is neitSher still nor email, but
attll for-MoM niavg
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Total Paid POlicy.holdcrs In
lOOO S0&.1QQ.2
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
All In the Teaching.

Uncle Steve Melton is famous in
Jacksonville for his liberal dispensation
of charity and cuss words He does not
use cuss words i'll a profanc way, but
simply as . matter of economies. He
finds i'll his fishhouse that he can get
more work ont Of his cclored assistants
when he uses forcible expletives
Some months ago friend came to
him and said: "a friend of mine, a very
wealthy Cuban gentleman, is coming to
this country to start large cigar fac
tory. He does not speak word of Eng
lish, and his desire is to rent a room in
some family where English alone is
spoken in order that he may master the
language"
Let him come up to my house., :"
said Uncle Steve bluffiy, and SO the ar
rangcment was made
After having been there about a
month the foreign gentleman was in
trodnced to lady. He bowed low, with
his hat hand over his heart, and said:
Ah, sonora, I'm d-d if amt glad
to meet you"'-Florida Times Union
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
a. ..d Around 81. sa.lo.

1t is autumn, and already the New
foundland fishing boats are coming
back one by one. There is a saving
here that it is ''the wind of st. Fran
els that brings home the Terreneuvas,
and surely ON the 4th of October, the
fete of st. Francis d'Assisi, there is a
fair, strong wind blowing from the
west. In many Of the villages round St.
Malo and inland, where one can no lon
ger catch sight Of the sea, there will be
those who turn their faces westward to-
day to greet the wind that has filled the
returning sails In many of the cot
tages the good wife will look to her ci-
der and tell herself that it must be
ready against the gars come home.
Perhaps the gars is indeed boy, as the
word signifies; perhaps also he is a
gray haired man, but to the good wife
who waits for him at home he is ALWAYS
the gars. And she brings out the great
armchair from the corner, where it has
stood unused all the long summer, and
sets it by the fire. 1t is empty still, but
she fills it for the present with hope.
Outside the sun shines broadly golden
and the trees wave in the wind. One
hears the thud of falling apples, and the
ground beneath is variously yellow or
green or red with them. In the yard
there is a scented shining heap of fruit,
and the cider mill is at work. Every
where there is the rich, strong smell of
apples in the air. 1t is autumn, and the
Terreneuvas are coming home.
millan's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
Some Canadian Indians,

Some of these Canadian Indians are
not only civilized, but they are rapidly
reaching the point where the line di-
viding them from other citizens becomes
indistinct and gradually varishes. The
outward and visible signs of this are
numerous and emphatic. They live in
comfortable houses with flower gardens
and graveled walks They have adopt
ed the clothing, the dietary and many
OF the customs Of the whites. They
make for themselves reads, and they
build bridges. They have their own ag-
ricultural societies, with their annual
shows. They trade with acumen equal
to any of their neighbors, and whenever
they affect the occupations Of the pale
face they prove themselves equal, while
losing none of their skill at the voca
tions peculiarly their own. They are
thus expert as lumbermen, sawyers and
carpenters. fruitpickers, guides, pilots.
fax pickers, coopers, basket makers,
teamsters, meat canning, blacksniths,
miners, lime burners, etc. They have
even entered the learned professions
National Review.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
True Western Hospitality.

People in the eastern cities know not
the meaning of the word hospitality
as it is written in the dictionary of the
western ranchman.
"Why," said Senator Warren of Wy
oming, discussing some Of the charac-
teristics Of western people with q repre-
sentative of the Washington Post the
other day, 81 would regard it as per-
sonal insult if / went to a house ON any
ranch and found the door locked The
first impulse of the average western
man on such an occasion would be to
break the door down.
"But how about locking up when the
inmates go away:"
Senator Warren laughed. ''It would
make no difference at ALL" he said
1--WE all go on the general supposition
that a man travelling through the coun-
try is hungry. II he has any food in his
haversack and finds nobody at home, he
goes in tho house, takes possession of
the kitchen and cooks his meal If he
has nothing, he helps himself to what
he can find. He does it as q matter of
course. and the family would feel that
he was worse than dude if he declined
to share with them even the smallest
bit of food that they happened to have
In store. Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
Gui1ua'S Vilo Climate.

The climate of Guiana is not by any
means agreeable. Georgetown is within
six degrees of the equator, and the mer-
curry generally fingers around 30 and
100 degrees. The land is also low and
marshy in places, so that fevers are
prevalent at all seasons of the year, and
u white man cannot live there unless he
takes extreme precaution to observe
certain essential rules. Negroes, on the
contrary, can live anywhere and break
the health rules laid down for the white
settlers. Yellow fever is an annual
plague in Georgetown, but the negro
population gives little thought to it, and
it is uncommon to hear of one of their
number taking it. The coolies, who
compose about one-third the population,
are more susceptible to tho poor climate
than the negroes, hut are much hardier
than the whites. The coolies are a
lighter and more slender race than the
negroes, but they are industrious and
moderately faithful workers, while the
negroes are lazy and indolent. The real
hard and difficult work in the fields
that requires muscle is performed by the
negroes, but the steady, continuous,
light work is allotted to the coolies.
The two races are naturally hostile,
more SO than the Europeans and the ma
tives.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-07
Administrators Sale.
sTATI TAT. =, OF III ILLINOIS. LI,. ,ss.

In the county eosrt, May term, A. ID 1896
Catherine sehafer, aanini.trstrix Of the cstate
Of Christian schafcr, Dc ceased. pstoner, vs..
Mary Eo'do Z. Theodore Huldorf, George
schafsr. A ice Schsfer, Catherine kuSth, VIII
liam Kurth. John schas~r, Mary Schafcr, James
seh-fcr and Louise Schafcr, defendants.
Petition to sell real estate TO paw debts.
To whom II may concern: Notice IL hereby
given that by virtue OF an order aud decree Of
the county court Of Rock Island county. Illinois.
entered On the letisiou OF the undersigned.
Cstheruc schafer, as admiuistratrix of the es-
tate of Christian sehsfer, deceased, for leave to
sell the real estate of said deceased ~ said May
term A. II. fsgd, 90 paid court. the unde re ignrd
will IN The tth cay Gf June A. n. 1895. between
the hours ~ ten U0l o'elock in ths forenoon and
four 80 O'Clock In the afternoon Of said day. to-
Wit, az the hour of two %, o'clock p. m. cell NJ
public sa,c at the south door Of the court house
In tho city Of Rock island IN ssid county and
rts'c, to the highest and best bidder the real
tate described NJ follows, toait:
south half ~ of 10; i've Is, and the norih h
nuyCOl feet ~ ict eight (l in block seventy ,sOj
tn chicago or Lower addition to the city of koek
lsiard and lots one tn aud two ~ in bloch three
~ in BAILEY Dsvcnrort's addition tn tac city OF
Rock island, all in the city Of Rock Island. In the
sud sale io he Of -ah real estate eNon1rst 4 OF
all caim. ,ight or interes, therein on seeoan, OF
dowcr aud h Imc stead In favor Of the widow oi
the -atd Christ au sehafcr, deceased. Terms Of
salp cash.
Dated tbs 9Th day Of Nay. tses.
Ckr~rGiSr scuArrR.
hdmini-ifatr of IN. estate of christian Sehafcr,
deceased
q. =. =, ,Rts, Selection.