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? t BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IX? Western South Carolina. 0 RATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM 0 JOS PilUmG A SPECIALTY j GO TO i The Lexington Dispatch. I VOL, XXVI. LEXINGTON, S. C,. DECEMBER 25, 1895. NO. 0. ! -IL .M.?iu >1 || | IB || II???wri IIIIMII . . ?>????.wimii ???BMB?BMaiaaB?n ! >! tiHgMMBnnp<Br?i TA-u.u?jjr f piiilip mm. f TRUSTEE, FOR f > f ' ' I \ HATS, 1 GEIT'S FIRVISIIiKi I GOODS, .. TRUNKS AND VALISES, 180 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. CI. | ] Nov. 7?ly. t SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. Central Time shown between Jacksonville and Columbia. Eastern Time at other points. \Arlhbonn<!. | j X0.36; No 10 jXo38 wi. cm, icy-) j j .uany j ; a/oh/ \ Lv. Jacksonville ..! ! G 20 p; j 7 30a Lv. Savannah . ... 30 41 p 1150a Ar. Columbia I i 3 30 a |4 00p Lv. Charleston } 6 00 p J 7 20 a Ar. Columbia j ! 1015 p| jll 05 a Lv. Angus'* I i j 7 00 p 2 05 p ' ' Gntnitcville .. I ! 7 46 p 234 p 44 Trenton ! : 8 25 P 2 58 p 44 Johnstons ! 8 15 a 3 30 p Ar. Columbia .... j ! 11 20 p 4 41 p Lv. 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PISTOL CARTRIDGES FISHING TACKLE, and all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles, which he has now on exhibition and for ale at his store. Main Street, Near tlie Central Bank, Columbia, S. C. agent FOB HAZARD POWDER CO. | Repairing dens at short notice. ]7 WAUER^ MITCH ELL^ j ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATESBURG, - - S. G, j TTTILL practice in all the j W State Courts, offer his professional Services to the citizens of Lexington and ? lgefield conutieF, Special attention given to claims and settlement of estates. January 30 - 3m. far/ner Stebbips as Sar^ta Qaus. By WILL CAELETON. I [Copyright, 1895, by American Press Association.] We went to Pegtown visiting, my good old wife an1 me, An' thought that we would bathe ourselves in Chris'mas joy an' glee; For Sarah Ann, a buxom dame, an' daughter, too, of mine, I Resides there with her older half an' children eight or nine; An' so we gathered gifts enough to make 'eru all content An' took the train an' landed there the very day we went The children warmly greeted us au' crowded rouud tWith four a-perchin' on my kuees an' young uns still j An' asked about my spectacles, an' how I growed An' if my papa bought my teeth before I got so big, i An' how my whiskers come to bleach an' other quesTo make a mortal realize that younger days have An' if I ever looked it np how fur I was around, An' when I run if it would shake the whole adjacent ground, An' if the your-correct-weight box didn't think I was a lot, An' if I wouldn't have to put two pennies in the slot, With other questions well designed to givo a hint to mo That I was not a first class sylph so far as they could see.. An' when I told 'em fairy tales they wouldn't be- r \ lieve a word flffiL' An'said the Sin'bad sailor things could never havo ^ occurred; * An' all the pleasant little lies that used to cheer xny /k They set upon without delay as destitute of truth. VCV" An' when of Christmas mysteries in solemn tones I ^ jj They laughed an' said that Santa Clans was all "a J 'z**AI bloomin'fake." ^ So Christmas eve I slyly told my daughter Sarah Ann: "I'll show the tots a little sight to laugh at if they can. You rake the fireplace clear o' fire, not tellin' them the cause, An' I'll come down the chimney way dressod up as Santa Claua. It isn't very fur to climb?the weather's pretty mild, An' I would do three times as much to interest a child." I went an' clad in hairy garb, with whiskers long j .... . An' other things to paralyze the inexperienced sight, j 4020?^ j An' had some sleighbells bright an' new a-liangin' j -^u pockets full o' Christmas things to add unto my j J An' with the strongest ladder rope that I could find ; I entered in the chimney top an' clambered slowly - *T^; Aly goodness sakes! Who ever heard of such un- j timely luck: The chimney narrowed all to once, an' suddenly I stuck An' hung there like a roastiu' hen a-waitin' to be brown, For spite of all my effortin' I couldn't get up or down. An' then the chil'ren heard the noi.*e an' run distressin' fleet An' looked an' yelled: "It's Grun'pa Steb. Wc know him by his feet", i ' An' then their mother had to tell what I had tried to do, Whereat their little fancies sprung the subject to They asked me if I'd traveled far, if chimneys in- ~ jured coats, 7 An' where my span of reindeers was, an' if they'd like some oats, <^ j An' told me, with a childish greed for Christmas gathered pelf, | If I would throw the presents down, I needn't come i An' there I hung for quite awhile, with fury in my heart, FT?ti 1 t Uor? VlVAnnUf n A/-\l - *h A 1>vioL'C OTt'irf v/ul" U IJltlffUIJ 1IJ, WJJU IliC UlUi.l U|/U1 i I Au' though they made the children stop, an' sent 'em off to bed, I kuowed what they was thinkiu' of an' what they prob'ly said, An' when the mornin' did appear an' breakfast time occurred, They set around the table there forbid to say a word; ' I A-sufferin' so to laugh at me, afraid that I'd be | An' lougin' for their presents, too?I kuowed it well An' then a tear come in my eye, an' like a fond old | I went an' dug the presents out an' give 'cm all to j ^U? ^KU \ Sa^S' ^aUta ^ans *s Jou ca^ <a These pr'tty things he brought fur you is real an' no j q ^"u *^eu nP au' ^auce(* around an' kissed rae, one by one, An' hugged me harder than the blamed old chimney just had done, An' with a thousand locks of love incumbered me with thanks An' made me like 'em more an' more in spite of aJl their pranks. An' one, the prettiest of tho whole, who always took my part, She smiles an' says: "It's Gran'pa Steb. We know him by his heart!" i; A \ EPISODE rapidly gaining ground that Messrs. , Hustle and Hardup, proprietors and man agers of the Jollity theater, were "in a ceristmas of the jollity theater stock ? ,, i company. hole again. The pieco which occupied the hoards [Copyright, 1894, by Jam.-s L. Ford.] had Proved a flat failure, and receipts i Three weeks before the holidays, and at the box offico had falle" 111 cofc:* the outlook for a merry Christmas was quence to a piano never before reached a gloomy one, at least so far as the ,n tbe hls,tor.v of tho honf- Mcf.over' members of the stock company of the ?? Pla? bad M yet been put in reJollity theater were concerned. Salary I30,31?3 a" au at"Qosphero o unmis ^ day had come and gone, and as yet tho ^ab' 0 R aud apprehension ^ pf r - j ghost had shown no disposition to walk, vaded region behind t e oo 1 and it was because of the nonappearance aud weighed he.cvily on e spin s o j of that most welcome specter of stage-there, fivim Pearl Livingstone, , laud Unit the rumor had started and wustbo ta^uted emotumal^actress w p ?y 1 'CTgwf i0&r ed ihe leading female parts, down to little Kitt j Sullivan, who was only 7 years old and was in the depths of despair because for fully three weeks she had been cut cf the bill. In short, every inetnber of the company was in a condition of mingled uncertainty and cnriosity in regard to tho future cf the playhouse and the projects of its managers, who as yet had given 110 sign of their intentions and had, in fact, been invisible to the lnerubeus of their artistic staff ever since tho last day on which salaries becaniG due. On this particular night, v.Tiich happened to be one of storm and rain, two or three of the principal actors had gathered together for a serious talk about tho situation, when Tom, the programme boy, appeared suddenly before them in an almost breathless condition and exclaimed: "Mr. Freelance is back froir Chicago. He's in the office with Mr. Hustle. They've got both dcors locked." "Mr. Freelance!" cried Miss Livingstone, her face lighting up with joy, precisely as it does in her scene in the second act whero her lover comes back from India, or rather as it did light up in that scene beforo the business became so bad. "Are you sure it was Mr. Freelance, Tommy?" "Sure!" rejoined Tom,with emphasis. "I seen him meself when he come in." "Then, Tom, you bo suro and seo him vrhfii ho onmos nut nnd toll him that I am particularly anxious to seo him back here as soon as the curtain gees down en the second act. Here's a quarter for you, Torn, and ycu'd better keep it as a cariosity, for it's getting to be a very rare sort of bird in the Jollity theater preserves." "Thank yon, rnuru," said Tom as ho pocketed the coin, with a grin. "I fancy I seo a gleam of light on the distant horizon," remarked the venerable Mr. Borders in a tone similar tc that which he assumes in the great melodrama called "Tho Ocean Blue," in the scene in which he is discovered sitting on a raft in midocean on the lookout for a passing sail. "In the meantime," he added, "I think we had better wait and hear what Billy lias to say before we take any further action in the matter." Up to that moment they had taken no action whatever, but tho phrase sounded well, and so Mr Borders employed it. Now, Mr. William Freelance, called by his intimates Billy, was and is today one of tho best known figures in the theatrical affairs of the town, and, as every member of the stock company knew, lie had on moro than one previous occasion come 10 the rescue of his old friends, Messrs. Hustle and Hardup, and that, too, when they were in even more deplorable financial straits than they were at the present moment. It was his reputation as a mascot fully as much as his remarkable talents which caused the whole avant scene to bright en up at the news cf his presence in the theater, for playfolk ate notoriously superstitious and have an unbounded and childlike faith in the efficacy of a mascot as well as in the destructive qualities of a "jcuah." Just as the curtain fell on the second act Mr. Freelance appeared behind the scenes and received the rapturous greetings .of the company. Then Miss Livingstone took him by the arm, detached him from the little group which surrnimrlnd Mm Iprl liirn L'Plltlv htlt fil'Tlllv ivuuy*vw *vvt ? n v w into her dressing room, placed him on her zinc trunk, and standing before hint with folded arms said, "Billy, what's going to happen?" "My dear," replied Mr. Freelanc*. persuasively, "everything is all right-, and J. just left Hustle for live minutes to come back here and tell yon so. We are going to put on a new piece, and there's a part in it that's simply great ?out of sight, in fact. Wo are not quite sure who'll bo cast for the part because it's a very heavy emotional 0210, and if wo put a woman in it who didn't know how to read hues she would go all ti ^ I A? -V j-M ?$/ ?k r(A(h I Jr,// \<#S \ 7 J "MR. FREELANCE IS RACK." pieces and tho bottom would drop our ? 1. i. T< 1 1. of tho whole piaj- r wiougus i u spvaiv to yon about it because Haidup has caught a new 'angel' and said something tonic about Kitty Bracobridge"? "Jf that wolf puts her foot in this theater"? began Miss Livingstone, but Mr. Freelance interrupted her by placing his hand over her mouth and saying: "Wait for me after the curtain goes down, IVail, and I'll talk to yon about it. Hhadrach's waiting in tho office, and I've got to give him a 'jolly* so as to got the costumes out of him, but I'll bo back here aftoi the last act." In spite of the storm outside and the dispiriting atmosphere within the performance given that night by the Jollity stock company was a notably brilliant i cue, for the news liacl spread that tlierc was to bo a speedy change of bill, and hope was once more in every member's j breast. Mr. Freelance invited Miss Liv| ingstone ont to sapper just as sho was on the point of declaring that .-'he would ! not go on again unless she received every cent of the back salary that was duo her, and before they left the restaurant she had meekly agreed to study the great emotional role which had been intended for Miss Bracobridge and to say nothing more about back salary. The next morning, in accordance with a call posted in the stage entrance, the company assembled to hear the new play read by the gifted Mr. Freelance, and such was that goutlcman's elocutionary power that when he laid the manuscript aside expressions that ranged from mere satisfaction to rapturous enthusiasm wero heard on every hand, and there was scarcely an actor or actress present that did not feel confident of a personal success in the new production. The reading over, Mr. Freelance took Miss Livingstone, Mr. Borders and one or two other rebellious spirits aside, and, as he expressed it in a subsequent interview with Mr. Hustle, "stiffened their backbones" with the assurance that everything was all right and that tho piece was to be done on Christmas evo in order that they might have a really i merry Christmas on the prospects of its success. After that, ho assured them, | their back salaries would pour in upon | them in a perfect avalanche. As Mr. Freelance was leaving the theater he felt some ono tugging at his coat, and 0:1 looking down saw little Kitty Sullivan standing beside him and saying, in earnest tones, and with a sad, wistful face, "Billy, isn't there any part for me in the new piece?" The child called him by his first name because she had always heard him spoken to in that way by other members of tho company, and Billy rather encouraged her in the idea because itsounded funny to him to hear himself addressed in such familiar terms by an infant of her size. Kitty was a veritable child of the avaut scene, and had been an actress I from her very earliest infancy. She was now about 7 years of age, and was just beginning to comprehend tho difference between the real things of life, such as houses, trees and streets, and the painted imitations of stageland. And yet it was only two years and a half ago that she beheld the ocean for the first time, and it is related of her that on that occasion she stood with Billy's hand tightly clasped in hers, watching the waves as they broke upon the beach, and : finally turned to her companion and said in her serious way, "Billy, how do they work 'em?" And now she was here beside her eld ; friend, with her smail, pathetic face upturned, and inquiring earnestly if tberu were a role for her in "The Giant's Causeway." "See iiere, Kitty," exclaimed Mr. Freelance, touched by the child's grief, "I'll tell you what I'll do for you, and what's more, I wouldn't do it for any one else in the company. Arc you listening?" "Yes," said Kitty, turning her head around. "Well, I'll write in a part specially for you, and that's something that an author like Sardon or myself rarely does for any one except a Bernhardt or a Dus'. Now, run along and be hero tomorrow at 11 for rehearsal." The child darted away, wiping tho last tear from her cheek as she ran, and Barney said approvingly, "That's tho best deed you'll ever do in your life, Mr. Freelance, and, mark my words, the | child'11 bring good luck to the house." How Billy succeeded in persuading tho economical Hardup that the piece j would prove a failure unless a child ! were introduced into it and how he j contrived to write the part in for her ; that very night are matters that had ! best be left to conjecture, but the very next day Kitty received the typewritten copy of her lines, and rehearsals of "The Giant's Causeway" were carried forward under Mr. Freelance's direction with tho energy and spirit that mark all of that gentleman's undertakings. The opening night, Dec. 24, found j the house well filled with an audience j which made a favcrablo impression on t Hie venerable Mr. Borders as he looked ! out through the peephole in the curtain, j while behind the footlights feverish ex1 citoment and anticipation prevailed. As for Kitty, she had become so wrought up over her role?the longest one she had ever been intrusted with? that she seemed in danger of losing her balance and forgetting every ono of the lines that she had, by diligent study, crammed into her small head. She was standing in tlio lirst entrance, witn ner baud clasped in that of Mr. Free-lance, i when her cue came, and as she walked ! out 011 the stage, the ideal of childish loveliness, a murmur of delight ran through every part of the crowded house. 'They're going to foreclose the inort! gage on the old mill tomorrow night, i and if that child lives J am a beggar," j said the polished, cigarette smoking villain, and then a youngster in the parquet set up a pitiful howl of despair, which was followed by a general ripple of merriment that might have proved fatal to the piece had not Kitty gone on with her lines with the coolness and gravity of the born and experienced artist, which she was displaying there /"* Ij-Xx. VT \ , , i 5"^ \\ - <i j 9 (\ v//)\ by a prcseuco of mind which won for her, on her exit, the first real appiauso of the evening. Kitty Sullivan was, as the eminent dramatic critic had observed, an old hand at the business, despito tho fact that she was but 7 year; of age, for she had been born and brought up on the stago and was as much at homo in the presence of .? great audience as an ordinnrv child i? hefnre n jmrsprv. As tlio | piece went on she realized that slur was j making a hit?a far greater ono than she bad ever made before?and, young j HE KELT SOME ONE TUGGING AT HIS COAT. I as she was, slio was enough of an artist j to appreciate the importance of keeping j a restraint on herself and not overdoing I her role. Sho was looking forward to a certain ! sceno in tho last act?a scene which she had rehearsed with much delight, and i in which she firmly expected to mako a ! great impression. Billy, who had been j waiting with some anxiety for the same; I scene, came down ana took a seat in rt j proscenium box, and as tho child stood ; in the wings waiting for her cue sho ! saw him smiling encouragement to her. The scene represented a barren, wave j washed rock near the coast of IreJand, ! and on this rock was standing tho vir| tuous heroine, just where sbo had been. | left by the villain. Tho lights grew* j dim, the moon arose from beyond the! scene, and the Philadelphia quartet, j stationed behind tho scenes, warbled ! plaintive Irish melodies. "Must I die here alone:" moaned tho ; heroino as the tide rose higher and i higher about the rock on which she j stood and heavy clouds began to gather I above her head. And just at this mo~ ! ment, a rowboat, propelled b}' childish, j arms, camo swiftly around the rocky I point at the left of tho stage, and Kitty j Sullivan, throwing aside tho cars, stocd up in tho boat with her foot on the prow and exclaimed in a clear, infantile treble, "I have come to save you for the sako of old Ireland !" Commonplace as it was, with its old, I well worn melodramatic effects of sofr. j music and moonlight, nevertheless the situation had taken a strong hold on the j audience, and tho sudden appearance of ' the sweet faced child, who had charmed ! every ono during tho earlier portions of the play, sent a distinct thrill through ! the entire house, and then came such an 1 outburst cf spontaneous applause as had i not been heard in tho Jollity theater for j many a year. Even Billy Freelance folt a touch of a magnetic current with which the atj incsphere was charged, and might have i v M?lb I | ' KITTY MAKES ADIT. 1 been hoard to remark half audibly, "Tho ! kid's knocked 'em good this time, sure, for a thing's got to he good if it gets j mo." And as the audience dispersed that night it seemed to Mr. Freelance, as he ^stood aleri and watchful in the lobby, i that there was hut one name on every i tongue, and that Kittv's sweet face and j infantile art had made their way into I tho very heart of an always fickle public. "You were right about her, Billy," : said Har^np. j "I tola yon tlio young one would I bring us good luck," said old Barney at ; the stage door. "The idea of making such a fuss over ; a 7-year-old brat! That shows what art i is coming to in this country!" exclaim| ed Miss Livingstone as she swept j through the drafty passage, leaving an 1 odor of sealskin, tuberoses and sachet : powder behind berl I ~ The members of the stock company had their Christmas dinner in the wardrobe room between the matinee and the evening performance. Messrs. Hustle and Hnrdup footing the bill and Mr. Freelance presiding, with Miss Pearl Livingstone on his right hand and the venerable Mr. Borders on his left. And it is a matter of record that 110 toast offered j that evening was drunk with heartier I applause than was the one proposed by j Mr. Freelanco to Kitty Sullivan, "the mascot of the Jollity theater and the iounder of this feast." James L. Ford. Tcm to Sue and Sne to Tom. "Can you guess, my sweetheart, "queried Tom of See, "Can you fathom by love's art what I'll buy for you?" Droftr 1 swoA her head. made a r?rettv frown, j Then in accents sweet she said, opening eyes of brown: i "Why, certainly not. But I'm dying to have Christmas eve come so that I can find out. I know it will be something frightfully expensive?something that will cost lots more than you can afford. You men are so reckless with your money!" Poor Tom next day ran in debt for a diamond pin. And he hasn't paid up yet, for he's "shy of tin." And lie says that if he ever asks Sue such a question again it will be after be has arranged in advance for a year's beard in the nearest insane asylum. By the way, Sue gave Torn a piece of , neckwear that cost 75 cents. ! ? +? I Specimen Cases. j ( S. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was j troubled with Neuralgia and Rheu* matism, Lis Stomach was disordered, liis Liver was affected to an alarm { iug degree, appetite fell away, and ] he was terribly reduced in flesh and i strength. Three bottles of Electric ! Bitters cured him. t TM ronivl Sh^nhprd. TLirrisbnivr. ; 111., bad a running sore on bis leg of j eight jears' standing. Used three : bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and '( his leg is sound and well. John i Speaker, Catawba, O., had five large I Fever sores on his leg, doctors said \ ike was incurable. One bottle Eleci trie Hitters and one box Bucklen's i Arnica Salve cured him entirely, i Soid at the Bazaar. | Happening Along the Eivsr Side, i To the Editor of the Dispatch: Fine weather now though a little I too cold to be comfortable out of i doors. j Hcllidays are near at. hand. Have i already seen one man buy three | pounds of powder. I told you so, j Mr. Editor, wait until they get a i little nearer home: I have a circular j saw and musket engaged to serenade them with. 1 Mr. 0. D. Anderson is enjoving a | bachelor's life at present, as his ! XTvo TV ( 1 A Tulnvcnn ic r\r\ o Ii-1 yj C i-i VJ I ^ i. Q JJL. V. A -J vy i~i L4P visit to Lor sod, Mr. J. 1>. Oswalt, (but he can't bake biscuits.) Come up Mr. Editor, and will try ! our luck on rabbit hunting'. They | are plentiful. i A beautiful Xmas tree will be given in behalf of the Sunday school at Tiue Kidge on the evening cf the 2-Uh inst. It will be a lovely time for all who attend, as it is given in the remembrance of Christ's birth, a day which should be kept as holy as the Sabbath, for it is the day in which the Great Kedeemer came to save the world and bear our burdens # Thanks "'H. C.,"' those shot be ' longed to some one else I only fur; nished the powder, j I wish to inform the people that i i 1 1 . . 1 i . 3 iT. . no petition lias oeen circuiaieu in me i lower end of school district No. 10 to remove or tear down the Baptist i school house. As we have been ac- ! j cused of such a thing I emphatically j say it is false, but lam informed that i some one wishes to pull down a couple of stars, (say ain't you afraid to tinker with such planets, old pard?) I fear that you could not handle them after you would get them down Don't think because they look small i that you could carry them iu your ; pocket for play things. Mr. James Koon has swapped | horses, he now has an iron grey i which is the finest horse in this J vicinity. Mr. liufus Koon is going to keep ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the | rate of 73 cents per square of one inch | space for first insertion, and 10 centa per inch tor taeh subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 10 cents per line each inser ion Marriage notices inserted free. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word. Address G. M. HARMAN, Editor. bachelor's ball next year, (don't know how he will bake biscuits.) Christinas time is near at hand, One more year has rolled around; Lit us in a great and lovely band, Shout a hallelujah sound. A happy Christmas to the Dispatch. Andy. Ella, S. C., Dec. lGtb, 1895. ??? ? Dots from Brook. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Measles are over this section. The Brook Siting Band had a pleasant call on last Saturday night. Ths boys made seme melodious strains in Delmar which are always welcomed are listened to very attentively. Mr. W. H. Hare was well pleased with the music and asked ths bovs toccme again. f o The public are invited to attend the marriage of Mr. James T. Craps and Miss Sallie Meetze, at Cedar Grove on Christmas Eve at 4 o'clock. There will be a Xmas tree at Cedar Grove on Christmas day where we hope to see a large crowd. "We hope to see the Editor out with us on both days. Success to the Dispatch. J. S. C. Brook, S. C., Dec. 16, 1895. Free Pill. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co.. Chicago, and fret a free 7 O O " " sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Itegular size 25c. per box Sold at the Bazaar. Baptist Union Meeting. The next Union meeting of the lower division of the Lexington Baptist Association v. ill convene with the Florence church, Saturday before the oih Sunday in December, at 10 8. ra. Aod will spend one-half hour in devotional exercise, to be conducted by S. E. Berry. 10:30?Enrollment of Delegates. 11?Introductory sermon by W. H. Joyner. 12?Adjournment of one hour for dinner. 1?Duty of Deacons by C. Ii. Corbet t. 2?The men whom we should send to represent us in our Union meetings and Association by Daniel B. Sturkie. 3?Is it right to excommunicate a member simultaneously with the charge against? by D. J. Knotts. 1?Miscellaneous. Adjournment. Sunday. 10?Sunday school mass meeting by W. B. Fallaw. 11?Missionary sermon by Thomas F. Rivers. 12?Miscellaneous, announcement, adjournment. W. B. Fallaw, Clerk. Gaston, S. C., Dec. 2, 1805. Poisons engendered by food fermenting in a dyspeptic stomach are the direct cause of rheumatism, gout, bronchitis, liver and kidney complaints, asthma, pneumonia and many nervous ailments. These results are prevented by the use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial, a remedy discovered and prepared by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, N. Y. It is in itself a food and has power to digest other food taken with it. Thus it rests the diseased stomach and finally masters the worst cases of dyspepsia. It acts promptly and fresh strength and increase of weight soon follows. The first dose, taken immediately after eatiDg, abates the pain and distress so dreaded by dyspeptics. Trial bottles ?enough to prove its merit?10 cents. LAXOL is the best medicine for children. Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil. Alliance Picnic. There will be an Alliance picnic at Irmo, ou Decembei 31,1895. Prominent speakers will be present and discuss and explain the principles and demands of the Alliance. The public, especially Alliancemen, is invited to come and bring baskets. XT O o. IUUXSUXAUW Fruit Cake Ingredients. Ladies bake your fruit cakes in time for Christmas and the holidays, as age improves taste and flavor. You will find at the Bazaar nice, fresh, cleaned currents, seedless raisins, citron and spices. Powdered sugar and cake trimmings for icing and dressing cakes.