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^he Advertiser, XJ O O >A. J_J . Mrs. Geo. F. Young is visiting is town. Trial Justice- Hunt will move over in Jorsoy tiiia wecjc. ? Tournament nt Crows Anchor is booked for 27th inst. Mr. W. A. Jamieson is moving into his recently pnrohasod place on Main Stroot. r>r. B. E. Martin,? J. Wuss nnd J. H. Cooper declined nomination? on tim mu nicipal tickets. ? Mr. Jockey Saxon, son ol* Dr. C. A. Saxon, ls clerking for Messrs. Trnytthaiu A Dial. Presidents Smythe, of Pci/.cr Factory, and Hammett, of Piedmont, woro in town last week. A Masquerade Ball at Woodruff, on tko evening of 27th inst., will l>o enjoyed by tho young people. Hov. T. E. Morris, the pastor of tho Methodist Church assigned lo this place, han arrived and entered upon Iiis work. Tho trade of jiaUroiis|dnrlng the past week baa been unusually hoary, and oar merchants aro wearing beaming counto nanees. Don't forget the mooting of tho Execu tlvo Commlttoo of tho D.C. A. A M. so ciety on Salo Day. Business of impor tance will como before the mooting, Mrs. Harriet "Weathers, of this County, whllo walking nour tho Mab? Academy, mot u painful nccldont on Wednesday last. A broken leg, Just above tho ankle, was tho result. An entertainment will ho given at tho Female College on Friday evening, con sisting of music, songs, cte. An exhibi tion In Calisthenics will he an interest ing foature in tho program. Tho public aro invited. Wo understand that Mr. vt. Wade An derson, of Mountain Shoals, will move into town and operate a dairy farm at Mr. Holmes' placo. This is doubtless a good opening, and we wish Mr. Ander son sueeoHB. Tho Senate adopted tho unfavorable report on Senator Crews' hill to abolish the otllce of Manier for Laurens County by a volo of 17 to IO. There is nome talk Of reconsidering tho mailor, but that is hardly probable Revivalists Leitch and Marshall have closed thoirtJnicOvine boro, winch lasted three wooks. They will soon begin a meeting in Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. A par-.- of about one hundred and forty dollars was presented to them. Rev Jone? is expected to return this A'eok. Traynbam A Dial had to turn off hun 4feds of custcuno) u last weak who clam ored at their counters eager for tho bar gains. A doubl? force of clerks could not have waited upon tin multitude. All this grows legitimately front the courso pursued by this firm. They cut deep into established prices and have let tim people know about it in Tnt: AnvKll TIHKK. Tho officers and Executive Comm lt toe Of the Laurens County Agricultural So ciety will meet at Laurens C. IL en Salo Dey in January. AARON CANNON. That live and enterprising tirm, Cooper A fSumaido Uros,, havo hart a grand rush for the past few days, but this in j.;.a what th ?y expected lo follow their start ling display in TitK AnVKRTIHKI?. Tho rush raino, but they wino prepared for it, and haVO ut 111 the best line of Christ nias Doods In tow n, and ondless lines of Staple Ql'OCOriCB. Mr. JllO. A. I ranks is Uow with thom and will be delighted to allow their drives io.his friends. .-Several wooks ago Mrs. Clark, w ife of \V. IL Clark, a Methodist preacher on Tumbling Shoals Circuit, was kicked by ahorse. Mor injuries were severe and painful, bul liol serious, ami after being con fl nod to bed for some weeks sim was able lo gel np and walk around. On Tuesday, however, ?bo experienced a ;.miden chango and new symptoms ap peared. She went to Bloop that day and slept Soundly through (lie night. In tho morning sh" failed lo awake and her slumbor con In nod long into the day, when tho family boeamo alarmed. Three physicians were called in, but thoy could do nothing to arouse tho woman from her heavy ropo $ho slept on for moro than twenty-four hours and at last died without awakening. Death ufa Prom! non t Gltlson. On Monday last tho and intoilignneo of tho death of ( laptaill QoorgO Washington Sullivan reached this pince. At 10 o'clock ho began to fee) unwell, and in QUO hour was dead. Appoplexy was tho immediate. oatlSC? Capt. Sullivnn lived to a ripe old age, and through lils event ful ife lins carried the loVO and estoom of his fellowmen. Ho was prominently idontifled willi every enterpriso that tended to promote tho intel.! .ts of tho O immunity, and w as always considered ono of the substantial and influential mon of tho County. Tho Waterloo Fire. On Wodnesday morning nt about 3 o'clock, tho di end alarm of uro was once more sounded lu tho (pilot town of Wa terloo. Examination dla dosed tho fact that tho lotion on tho platform of tho Port Royal and Western Carolina Rail road was on Uro. Every oflbrt was mai'o to arrest tho work of destruction, but without avail. Tho Dopot and goods flOll taino 1 therein, with the exception of a J?9W articles, together with 71 bale* o' cot ton, woro burned. The cotton belonged to Mesura. Eaatorby ami Lnno of this place, and was only pnrtla'ly insured. Borne snpposo the origin oftho lire the work of au Incendiary, whllo othors think lt caught from a passing engine. A Had Accident. On Thursday ovoning lillis Johnnie Murphy, about I"2 yrnr* of ago, son of Mi-, Alexander Murphy, who lives four Julies from this piuco, near Hooky '.^Springs, willi two llttlo companions,T Willie and Edgar Blakeley, sons of Mr. W. W. Blakeley wont out rabbit hunt . lug. Thoy had a platol, and when ?hey fWnid a rabbit W lille and Johnnlo at tempted tn romero the Cartridge sheila from the weapon when lt accidental ly 'Uncharged. Thai ball ?druck Johnnie Murphy on the righi sido, ri.r.fpub' down ward and Infill ting wh.it hi th night will provo a laird wound. This Bott . lueltjf baa cast a ftloom over ?? 0 andra r -mina T won ty ?one Bnlosfroiu Twentymiree Acres Without Guano. Mr. Ocorgo M. Hannah, <>f Cross Hill, I? ?no of tho mont auccossful farmors In the State, although ht- hi ii ? . : t '..<.*?. tts loud hi proclaiming tito fuet, nor dots ho make n great show ot" what he is doing. Ou twenty-three acres of land this your ho made twenty-one hoavy halos of cot ton v< Uhmit the niel of commercial fer tilisers, henkten corn, wheat and oats for homo consumption. Un work* two wagos hand* who are also making monoy? At lite emt of oacli year he pays thom the full amount promised in cash. This money they save to defray OXpeilSOS and pay cash for goods lu the sunimor, never calling Oil their landlord for "or dern." If Laurens County had moro sucb^mon working on this plan, thero would bo little need fur any ono to go farther foi- a home. The Shea lian Cane. Tho Local called upon Col. M. D. Cun ingham, of counsel in the can.? of Bish op's l'?xecutor \ s. Sheahan, and obtainod tho following information: Tho motions made before .Judge Wal lace al Union on last friday f..r tho ap pointment of a receiver, and to dissolve tho attachment in tho matter of .lohn P. Sheahan A Co., h uve boen refused, the Judge holding that he sees no reason or right for tin? appointment of a reeeivor or for vacating tho attachment, and that the Sheriff is the proper party to collect lite debts duo, and tho assets of John D, sheahan A Co., undorthc procood I ngs in stil ii ted, and under and by tho direction ol' Ihoofilcor who Issued tho attachment. H j uienenl. Married, nt 3 o'clock, 1*. M., Thursday, Docombor Kith, at thc roaidonco of s. K. Taylor, the bride's fat luir, Mr. J. !.'. Rob orison and Miss Dorothy Taylor, Lev. D. A. Todd officiating. Marriod, at tho residence of 'Squire Wharton, on Thursday, llth inst., his daughter,.MissOlive, and Mr. Hohn?, of Union, Rev. Martin officiating. Married, onThursdny, l lth inst., Mr. Mulhows, of Wllliamston, nud Mi..s Lou (lil!. Hilton by rx Mad-Dog. On Saturday last, a nogra child, bis years of a;-", wes bitten by a mad-dog on the place of Mr. W. I'. Wright, about si TC milos from this piuco. Seven oftbotoclli of the infuriated dog entered tho Heidi The wounds appear to be greatly In limned, and .cry Indication points toa c.. -i ot' h> drophohia. - . . . ... i. . - t j YOUNG'S CROSSING. TAM.AHAHKKK. Cotton thioves litado fi rai?! down on Ibis Sitio on tho night of tho Sib inst., and captured live or six hundred pounds of Ibo Hooey Maple belonging to Mrs. Lizzie You lift;, A HC'troh for the stolen cotton was Instituted, and probably sui - cosa crowned tho ellbrts of tho search ing party, as the suspected thief was found lu pos ?\?ion of unaoeounOvi .'er cotton, und ' .ik Mcclintock, the oap tur< d thief, wai preliminarily examined, ami iou .d guilty enough to register at tho hotel <ie Ballow, whore he awaiti Wis sentence at lue spring tenu <-t Court. Tn. many relatives r.nd friends o! Mrs. .Ludo Billard, relict ol tho Ide Wm. II. Dillard, will be pained to learn of her death, which occurred at her res IdoU' 0 on tho lilli inst W? are tilao called upon to ?brentelo] the doath of Mrs. Jane Pul HU r, a highly respecto.', and aged lady, at hor home in Newberry, on thc llth Inst. TUo re mains of both of tho above named la dies wero intorrod ia tba Hurricane Cvmetory on t he 12th, We b arn that a nogrV woman living on Mr.J. S. BlalookN placo, near Gold ville, was \ i;rued lo death a few day* ago hy b ?r clothing taking tiro while a: work iii tho Hold. Tho motion for a Christmas tree at Hurrieaiio Church on tho night of th -Ith, wtiH killed in the Senate, am! the lady's motion for a festival jubilee at samo plai e on tho evening of the . th was carried without debate. Como ono, eenie all, willi your shook los and hall ? heed; ICH. Will thal popular writ or, "J.," bo so | killi lind condescending a? lo obligo lb. readers ol' Tin: A hVKRTISBft willi sunni tiling from bbs feniln pen? WOOLFOLK TO HANG. The Terrible M?derer Iteccivcsi UH- Sentence Without Flint-bin.r. Atlante, Dee. 10. Tom Wool folk, tito greatest criminal in the world's history, will bang on Friday IO for the murder of niuo members of his family. The trial was concluded to-night, und tiie jury, after being out twelve minutes rendered n ver diet of viullty, 'l ite trial lusted cloven days. Woolfolk stood tho Verdict without {Hitching. When asked if ho loni anything to say, Woolfolk rose calmly and s ud that ho bail been tried by twelve hon est, competent and Intelligent men. Ile felt satisfied. They had dom' I their duty, but the prejudice had been so strong in the neighborhood : where tin? tragedy occurred that ! men wero witnesses who had lied about him, though tin y were bon- \ cst and intelligent men. Ho auld that the court had treated him well, but court and jury bad followed tho witnesses. Ile then hold up his hand, anti In the most solemn man ner nguiu protested his innocence. Tiie court then sentenced him to death on February 1 ot li, tho bang ing to be done in private. To Ills' sister who was weeping, Woolfolk said: "Don't cry and toke on in that way ; I'm aa woll off as I over was in my lifo." A T.nneh Oox N??4Hl. A prominent physician suya that chil dren s cb <-i luncheons should not bo placed ia the old fashioned lunch basket or tin hex, na bad odors always ding to a much used receptacle. What he rcc emmunds is n fresh, clean napkin wrapped neatly round the bread and butter or tither edibles, and a pasteboard box to hold it all. Tho box can Uien bo , thrown away whet Ihe meal ia dono. Tho good ficnso of this will strlko ovcry porson given to wholesome living, ?nd it will also delight Ihe box m min for tin ors, Jd imm?diat avigsWOttgyi II i iptittirMJOBmawtmrnummmmnm FOREST POLICY CF JAPAN. A. lliivnrlioi Invited to Illrect lt - Prep, aratlon Tor n Tliubei Supply. No! loilg ft'gOi without cuy flourish of announcement <>r di pui uro, a quiet, seit? I.?ri v gentleman m tho vigor of early manhood passed through this city on un important mission to Japan, whore he u io i?ivo Instruction in tho science and practice of forestry as known ht th?; lxvt Behool;- <v!" Europe, and to direct to a cer tain estent Ute forest policy of the em pire l)r. Itctnrich Ito yr IAH forest olli cor of the Bavarian government and lec turer on sylviculture In thc University o' Munich. Two years aj'.o he crossed the United States through Hie Lake region and Un* nor th wait lo Oregon, and now ho proposes lo study tho soul lier ti foresta, going through Ibo Allegheny region and crossing Texaa to California. 'Cds iain preparation for n report to Inn govern ment on American forotte. From s.u. Francisco Ito will tail to Japan, ?"hore ho will ho professor < .'' sylviculture and forest botany i*i the Univeraltj of Tokio, besides taking charge of tho actual for?at work of tho empire during an'extended leave o*1 aKiOllOO ft'OUl lib* post in Bavaria. In roply tosotuo i;, mirlos !>.. .1 reporter Pr. Mayr said th il although there was abundant liiu'.>cr in Japan mid a wonder ful richness in arborescent specie* whet) compared with the Bylvaof F.tiropo, still sor io ti u inroads bad been made up<in thc for Cdt v.. dih of the empire. During lim civil war ninny for?ats owned hy tho dklmioe woro destroyed, mi l Ibo govern ment intended t'> redtoro them. Besides thu many cf thu mountain slopos, al tbougb Ihiokly wooded, were clothed with ?pceiea not esteemed valuable. Thoro aro vuet ?trotebes of beechwood*, tho trees being apparently idonticui botnnically with the huropoau beech, al though tho wood is lighter in color. ; Beech is eont'ldered a uaeful wood in Etiro|Mi, but Ibero are many better kinds in Jap.01, und tho government proposes to substitute some of .these fer tho in- ? ferior species. Notable Muong tito valuable timber trees i t the cryptotuosia, a conifer, speci mens ol which are not rare in tho orna mutilai plantations of Ods country. A few of te? ni are growing in tb? Kumbia of Central Park. This tree ia closely allied to tho American sequoias, tho red wo id and tho big trees. Wilona traveler fiesh from tito Sierras first ?eos a forest of cryptotnosia ho will have no other thought than that they are identical with I!K> American trees. They have, too, nil the goo.I qualities of redwood light, straight grained, easily worked, durn (tlc. 1'? .ide; these a S|ieciC8 of planera, wine of tho oaks mid perhaps some olhor do ciMtuuiu Iroua will bo used to supplant tho beech. It will be a dolicato undnrtakiug to niako such a Bwoeping transformation in the forest growth over largo arcas without causing A-iol-ni diaturbanco in tho natural forceo which leave been ad justing tbanuiolvcs lulo hal.mee during ; centuries, lint tho Japanese governinoiit 1 o; predates this and is preparing for thc work lin ?<t thoroughly and cautiously, When asked if Japan had yet Buffered any of those physical disasters which have followed tho deforesting of high ki?.l? in otho*- countries, L)r. Ma jr aaid: '.Oh, y?w. lyrai ?j-a.?ou for a tim ber Mipply k* only OK* rt-anoii for the present Interest in forestry tn Japan. Hie growth of railroads opening up new market* for forest product.', and moana of transporting thom is an immediate ceca rion for this r.h.-.rp looking after their resources by a long sighted uusiuesa i<oo plo. But the countrj -..already suffer ii?K from torrents un.-io the wood bas 1 L'en stripped from tho high slopes. The ' Calamity i? Dot so serious as it is in other parts of the world, in Bout booster 11 France, for Inst ance, whore millions lit- 1 Orally OTC expended every year iu an ri most hopeless B-.rurrgle with devastating floods. "But what has happened y.nd ls plainly threatened hits decided the gorernui 10 tal:o prompt action ami recover rho bate heights. Near Kiola, for O.tamplo, within lo-iT. than fifty years the forest has boon 1'.oared from a portion of tho bi;;l. mountain i about the city and thc result 11 too evident. The j ivor flowing down froMi this deforested slope, and crossing a ; piala 'say fifteen miles to the sen, scon Logan to roll down more loosened stoncH and gravel and earth after the rainy sea , ROU had Swollen it. As the river bcd was lifted hy ? Iii.? do|>osit, tlu peo|.'lc, to restrain it from < vorflowing tis- plains < n cit'sor filde, I cgi n to build up barriers on its banka. Tlion ns more ???.?ls were felled the torrent becamo 1 midden and violont, owing to decrease i oNstruo tion. T ho waterway was gradually lilied in with washings from tho mountain, compelling another and another embank ment on either si.h* ?a tho bottom was raided, until now tho stream runs between artificial bunks on tho top of a lour, straight causeway fifty feet high.*' -New York Tribune. ('nltnn (linn for Chin?. O.i a visit a few days iy;o to Ningpo, I wari Informed that if tho Americana weald make a han l cotton gui for tho Chinese it would iciK-t With a r a ly and profitable Salo. There is a Jap .msc gin of thia kind worked by foot, but ii ?lo? s not pick tho seed well and ls but partially adapted for Its purpose, If tho Inventive genius Of our mechanics could Ix directed to thi.i they would mon make a suitablo gin. The Chinese cotton la coarse and very filiert staple Tho seed ls also small Tho machinery would bttVO to l>e adapted to these conditions. An American ghi, mich as M now used In tho routh, with a crank to turn by hand, could bo easily rintel to thia work. Anything not oper ated by manual labor would not bo taken by tho Chinese, whose conservatism in against Innovations of too pronounced a typo; beeilen, ihe-.r cotton planting is dono in Maali arcas by small farmers, and they ur? not accustomed to other (han tho gimpiest machinery, if any gin mala r wishes tho kiva elaborated, I could got tho detalla for him.-Consul General Kennedys report. The Catino of Tils Triumph. "It seems that young Hurley w quito a lion in cociety now'/" ''Tho'adored Of all ndoroni." "Whit's thoeausoof it? I sef' nothfhg particularly attractive e.l>out him." '.lloritruck a vein of coal on bis farm tho other day."-Lincoln Journal. A Dakota editor got mad at tko pc4t muter for culing bis papa* - VMond ulan aaaatvt" .100 bushels Texas Red Oats for salo by GU?Q, il. JOUDAN, Triangle, 8, C. Nov. 20, 1887- lm. K.J. Uni, M ?:s. IT. Y. HIMPSON hOUGF.S WITHOUT FENCE3. Romo of tli? li sui Results of FencelessnoM Homo Privacy. There ls :\ growing fashion of building llUUBVM without fences, und wn QVCU Hid j fences removed from houses uhvady pro vided willi th MI. Probably economy Ls nt the bottom of tho 'fashion, lad Ibero oro aLo many po'i?,;<> who admire it. ; "How pretty a street looks without I fe.iu.es" they way. "Hi.* like P. park." I Pcrhfcpa it is. hut do any of tu want to ! live in a park? Having one? lind a house in ono of ! thc?o fenceless communities, 1 wotdd like tu describe some of the peculiarities of tho system. Til? pr incl] ru troublo was : about children. It was impossihlo lo turn ! them out with nny safely to [day in their own yard, unless they lind n nura ' constant attendance. Most children caa ? be taught to Ltuy in u yard which has a fcucc and gate, but few are ?> obedient ; UH to remain w ground which bu? no boundary but a linc of turf. The conse quence v as that bi our neighborhood the middl' of tho Kliv.'t wits tho favorite play ground for children of ;d! Hj.m, t!io wry I little ones biking an especial delight, liko j hens, in tho depth of tho du d, and idao, j of (."'inn?, frequently running away. Tho id? a of hom?; Boomed lo have but half ila meaning lo these children, mid thu fact that "a man's house, is his castle," and that no ono bas a right to trespass ou other pcoptu's ground i, waa n iver guessed ?d liv most of lin.; members of (.air ri.-?III; generation. I have wat chet) tho children coming lvniic from school, and bavo noticed th;?t every child mudo a bee lino for homo without thu slightest reference to private grounds, which Ihey crossed at ovory anglo wltich was JC.OH convent eut. 1 even saw ono boy climb up and look into u whtdow of a house he was pa.-ii.jr. Not only childron, howovor, but grown pco[>le passed back and forth over each other's grounds, aa ti matter of course, going lu t wo< n a gentleman'H house und h? outhouses, and passing closo to tho windows, or to people hitting out on the luv. ;.. with haman beings, so with dogs, i In pi nt most of their tinto In their ie iglibors' yunto or on their piazzas, where they would sometimes prevent calli rd from ringing tho door bell. There Was one lady w ho was actually unable sometimes lo K? out upon her own piazza because tho immense dog of a quite dis tant neighbor had a fancy fer lying there, mid if silo tippo.ired, woultl threaten and growl at her. As lo dogs rolling and wrestling with each other in the llower beds, and turning up unexpectedly in tho cellar, Uuit waa quito a mutter of COU1M0, Then lhere wero COWA. TO bo turo they Mero not alli.?vo l ti) go loose, but every now and thru ono would null up tho str.be to which eho waa tied, so that twice I found footprints, which looked large enough for ibose of u mastodon, all over my dower bods und soft, newly mudo lawn. Then ono day I happened to glance oat of ono of my chamber win dows, and discovered a very largo bull foraging directly below it, with a la rd of attendant cows, They had all I ii ken out <rf their pa1? tu re, Tho same thing hap pened .oeai.ionsljy wadi hornea. 1 croce cvuuied ai-ia?, all posai ug vp fcc utrevt, with nothing between them .-cid the playing children and neatly kept (lower beds, buch inconveniences ?w llano do nol seem to lxi l danced by tho BUppceed beauly ?if Ibo fenceless system. In Europe th feeling that tho first CH sentiul of a refined booie ?a privacy is carried rather too far, for the nigh e. alla with which gentleuii n's houses aro BO often surrounded aro a sud drawback to the beauty of tho country in general; but I behove that Ibo principle a right one. A llOUCS wic.oh stun.h. os ii. were In tho fctn.s*'.. which is not separated cither by a |iedgo or fence from Ibo public thorough fare, L>. wanting, Lu u.y opinion, in ono of tLio most important elements of a true home,-Bo<:Lou Transcript. Ingenuity on ZSotll Side*, A gontlemun about to close h io summer house nt Nahant conceived what lie con sidered n brilliant idea to insure tilt liA?y personal inspection of every room in his villa during tho winter by ibo old man In whoso charge tho oct tib? i liment wa* lo IK> left* Accordingly, I o sui i lo tho old mun that ho should leave nil bia cli cks, one hi ?ad ice:.i. nt Nahant during Ibo winter, anil ?io desired Hint every ene should l>o woun I up ut a regular hour each day. Tho otc1 man concurred in the plan with all his heart, and promised be would not .r.i.l. The house waa closed, Tho owner bragged a >.'"d d?yl about Ilia scheme for having every room guarded against leaks, etc., during tin? winter, and carno to Bonton. A week or two (durward this gentleman thought he would take a run down to Nahant, mid seo how things were going. When he arrived there he foond his innn, who was vory glad to see him, und told him that ho lind wound each clock faithfully as Ito had directed. On , ent?rica tho house lite two \ rocoodod to tho rear drawing room, and Ibo astonish* mont of t i.e owner may ho better imagined than described whoa ho saw ranged along 1 iii a row hii thirteen clocks, which tho old man bad brought down to Save him self tho trouble of going all ovor tho house ? every day.- Boston' Gazette, Female* College. With a full corps of assistants the Lnurotisvillo Pe?nalo Col lego will reorganize ami begin fall session Sept. lilth. Hoi,?ns comfortable. :ta tain ni high. Hpoclltl ?lt tent ion to all I'YMIUIIOaccomplishments. New and splendid Pianos. Non-secta rian. Government parental. Voting huiles tinder tho Imm?diat? caro oi Mrs. nfcCaslan and Mrs. N. ? Jor dan. Pupils received "t any time and charged until end of quarter. Hoard fill nor mouth In advance. Tuition ?MU, *30, and with classical course $40 por Collegiate year, pay* tibie monthly, Wo solicit and hope to morit publie patronage. For any i ti format ion address, W. M. Me(. ASLAX, President. LA LTUENS, H. C., July !!0, 1887, ly. j.T. JOHNSON. w. m morney JOHNSON * HICHKY, ATTOHN .".YS AT LAW. OffICM -Vtentlng'fl Comer, Northwest nido of Public Square. LAU It ION S, < '. IL, - - - H.r, M. L. ? oi*i;i,.\M>, A T T O R N K Y AT Jj A W , LAT-m.NS C. H., H. C. t% t?pico tiver National Bunk, ,11 "A ALL persona Indebted to Wm. [ills'estate and M ills A Robort m are requested i'? eonic forward SPECIAL ?ARuAIfl COLUMN. Have Von Boen There? If not, don't fail to go to tho attractive ?torc of J. Eh Wilkes, under Hen-Dolla )Ii?iel. Ho has tho finest collection of Christmas presents over brought hi Lau rona, and gives free I leitet H lu i .'?zo? to his customers. Ask to soo the prb.-.K. K ICKOSKN IO (Ml; Fii'teou couts |ier Kallon ?' TKAYN ll AM V DJ \ : .*."'. Cht'lstniKM Cecils and. Christ IMUS l*rCHftltS. Christmas Card? nf all kinds, beauliful Kif? books, I Viet leal Works. Standard Works of ntl Hie favorito authors. Ju venile Ixioks. Chatterbox for I8S7. Ganios of ail kinda. Dolls, largo and small. Toys of every description. All eaii l.e found at Wilkes' Dook ami Dru j? Store, under llcn-Dclhi il .iel. If you want Ho- flnoHl K.isor in tho world don't besltuto, lo.' go lo W. I,, lloyd** um] got it. A cheap and elegant variety of ''rein ing < .?us. Toilet Sots, Scrap 'looks, Plush Autograph nod Photograph Al bum?, Pictures and Prmuoa, Writing Doaks, Whisk Hinom Holders, lok Rt ands, Vasos, Wall Pockets, Pasels, Ac., can bu bound at store of J. 1. Wilkes, under Don-Delta dulci. Tho ladlos are cordially* Invited to call un .!. ll. JAMES, aol ox nm i no li IH frosh arrivals of lau -y grecoi'los. Poekot :?:u! Table Cutlery at uutnnish lng figures al lloyd's llardwui store. For tho nicest assort inen t ol plain and fancy cundy, you will do well to price thom ano" 100 thom ut tho alora of J. ll. Juinas. ll lldny floods an well as Plowa and Paints at lloyd's Special aiton.; m ls callad t<> r> beauci lui hu of \ '2 a< . on tim "liri .??.;. .1 Hide." This lol > 'bl bo ?old cheap t o en-.h It ls partially improved and loin utiporior advantages, for particulars SCO J. M. HAMPTON, M ii ii tiger. Paints, < dis, < .lass and Putty al lloyd's store on . . -?.orner. For full ore! in choose yon will (iud ii al J. H. .lames. Don't forgot iii lloyd will not he uiv deraold when ii comes to Agricultural Implements. Log Cabin Soapisstill in the load also a nico lino of toilet soup eau be found at J H J amos. (?nos and Pistols in endless varioty al lloyd's f toro. For ....!! I n erodion ts to make a fruit eal*, o you will Und tit um ?il? .iv* frosh Ht the ?tore of J. H. Jumes. You will find uirn roasted eofl'oe ni J, fl. J nm ?s. >ii purity strength mid whelesoineiioaa. M010 economical than ibe ordinary kind 4, and cannot bo sold in competi tion with tho multitude of low twit, short w.<i?;ht alum or phosphate DOW j (O rs Sold only in CANS. POYAL IIAK ! INO Powder CO., 100 Wall Street, N.Y A Xi'H .p ii'i't- ?III.,?.?1 ting I'."- *' ?'...? ii?l?? ??' ?. I) a ni or ru cl?) .i?l??liit?H'i?ilou. PubU-he.l ?a b.o City of NtwYcrk. WILLIAM PO.?SHEIMER, Ki > i :v>i i. Daily. Wcekiy, and Sunday Editions. m WEEKLY STAR, An Elght'pngo Mowspapor, is eu -d ovo-* -Vodnostlny. A rlrnn, par, . l>rl*ht r.otl l.iti-rc.iiiij FAMILY PAPER. Ii contain* the lal eil new?, il urn io ihe hour of going tu pro.'?. Agricultural, Markot, Fashion, Houechold. Financio! nnd Commercial, Polttlonl, Poeticnl, Humorous and Fditcrlnl Pcpnrt.i no ?M pinier the direction of oaln'd Joirna,il*t> ho iiLiir* ability, lu rolnmnisill l.e rom nilli good thing* Ifom beginning lo ern. Origin ?I .' ile? h* <'l?!'.ngul?hcd American ?nd foreign Witten r notion. TERV.5 OF TUT. WfSCKLY STAU TO SURSCRIDER3. Free of Poriata In the t'nlttd nun * ?nil Canada, on. <l.lo ihO HnilM of Nctv Yolk City. ONE DOLLA? FOR OME YEAR. Chibi of lOlo tho (ame i*, o. n.ii'rc*?, with an additional cony 10 organtrer of Club, . . fWO FOR THUEE MONTHS, on tri.-.!, . 26 centi Spneliil lorn,? 1.1 I cvlfiinrillnnry iHdiiec. Mont* t'? Ri'iiO mu? cmivi%?"i?ra. linn; l'or Clreinlure THE DAILY STAR. Tua D.Ub* ST JIN eon taina r.I I Ihe nrwi of the day Ul an alli .?.Uro form. Ill ?pedal rorrer.pondeoce by eabtl from tandou, I'ailf, llcrlln, Vienna and Dublin, ba commendable feature. At Waalilnjrton, Albany. and other newt eeottr?. the ?Meit f ? nre ?(??.nd. r.l\ rperUUv retained by Tun STA?, fiirnMi the lalesl new? by lelerraph. Ita literary featnrui ara iiinorpaniod. Tho Financial and Market isevlcw? are unusually full and completo. .__ TERMS OF THE OA*'.*,' STAR TO SUBSCRIBERS. Free of Pc?laircl n the Cutt? ! r?ate? and Canada, ru? riile th elimino"* kew York etty. Rv^vjr Pity, far 00 e j var lind fdlog Sunday), |T 00 tinily, wttli?mt Sunday, O?;" vcir, . . . 6 00 fCvery Day, tlx month?,.1.50 Dntty, without Sn-iday, lix rn .-?o?l? ?, . , . 0.00 ??.ind?y, without bally, on? year, . . . 1.6C Droadway and Park Place, New York W.O. JtKSr.T, r. P. M'oiiTi'A!? Abbeville, i.r.nrana. I DliN I.T ? MU?OW A M, -Of LOOK TO YOU TRAYNHA. 4 s HB( AT AND lil?: Shoos that ?'out 83 cents j Mon'tt nico a! T.i couts. |>utl rt ? I Sa >. Shoes di.o cost fl.10 at i ul$1.50, nov $1.00. us m -jil. |f,. Dromons at 75, OD, $1.10 1 Ladies' flue and $l.lf?. t Int you ;> ; Coppor Tips at .'!"> couts. | wo uro HOI ll Wo mo .-oiling Dress Geo.ls below numerous other article* out down to time.'), In Drugs, Propriet; DRUa G IST - w J: i Wc buy direct from munufactuien best cindi discount*; therefore we cu you motley. Sui .M*rphino to-duy, 1*. X NV., por ; Dr., .",<) oe nt s. Baker's A. x. and chrystal port- Castor Oil for ineitieiuul purposes. -tn? known to tho drug triwrio al 25 couts poi , pilli. Ask tor Baker's Castor <>il amt, lako no oi ber. Warner's. Sharp A Hobin*, Lilly .V : McKlssen iiuii Kol.o*UH' c. C Pills ut 30 couts ;>'.!? Hw, t '. s. p. C. C. Pills, nnpr >VH I, at zr> -'is, p;>r 100. C. ''. Pills, por dozen, r> ..?nts. Tutt's I.Ivor Kills is (.cuts per box-j, you pay 20 or 'S> ci nts. S. s. s. at 85 cools -regular prico tl.00. ' i), IL B .. " " .?j' Lomon Elixir 40 els regular prico GO CtH. !< Kloetric Bitters 40 els -rcRulnr :>r!o? M) et?. Canadian Catarrh Curo sohl hy uy. Our prices on Drugs will di an KP aa the ?gy- Special attention given to the lilli II ii:tu. IS, The WAGON Busines I NT KN Down all C Wo will close cut ( supply the trade from C To arrive, a/t, 1 LOW X=>J One-llorso Wagon,. 2$ Thimble skein 2 llorac Wa;:i 2^ Thimble Skein 2 Horse \Vng< Solid and Hollow Iron Axle, in iii amine before buying. J. W. COPE] 0LHTT03. L>Nov 20 NO. 831 BROAD STREET, -Vfho'.esxle and Ii Cook Stoves and OF BKST P In ."stock, Fela, G I Car Lo? ?x ' ojni"^ * ? .-. ? >. 's?? fy 60) GRATE?, Plr.?) ?... ! ' * "d. I Or Loads FIEK lia CK. ?60 ilox? ' C'HAflCOAl." rt? BviifihO 100 B?ndle? Husar Ison. t Ca?ki Hsrr Zt.sc. GALVANIZED ICON, 3OLDC?, ETO., En Ti-MWAkjs, btauap.'d nod Pieced, In grt IST Buy tho "EXCELSIOR" COOK S for veer?, giving satlsfaetlon. t?THKATIN?i STOVKS-for COAL or tausend ?or Circular? and Prices. Augusta. Oa., S-pt. 38, ISSft. is hereby given that we will apply to A. IV. Hurnsido, indee of Probate,on [ho 25th day Ol' Juill! oj. lfcS8. for a ll lin) discharge as (executors of BeV. s. Knight, dee'd. Ali persina holding elation will pr?sent th. in on sai I day or hp rora vor barred. All indebted wi'l pay lip. J. M. HOLCOMBE, Wi H. KNIOHT, Executors, NOTICE. ALL partios Indebtod to J. !>. Fincaban Individually,or .J. l>. Showhnn >t. Co., are hereby noll lied to make payment to the undersigned, who is alono author ised by law io receive .oui r cool pt foi tho same, as declared by ail order of .Indee Walluee in the attaohUlont matter ol' .1. l>. "Sheahan. H. V. KALI.KW, Sheriff 1 .aurons County, fl. C. FOR SALE! I hsvo In my hands lor salo a llvo yoar old Ilorso, '?]\ yenr old Colt, two old M ulos, a second hand Crake and two old lluggiss. LEWIS JV. SI M KIN? ? ??? .i .-.i N Q T 1 C E ! Aid. peraOjlS indented to inn foi (jnanon)..si youle, hy Jxmuu 1st, oi tboir noiefc will ? R INTEREST! lr M & DIAL ??LINO LOW COST. lino I iturl , Ludo's" nico Itu tinned I hilt gull i Shoes th ?I you pjl.V r ottered by ? ?l.?O for, wo aro selling j al #1.1.}. .Chi fili?os I Othor Shoo* In propoi y ?2 :,t) for, i tioii. Hg at $1.75. I cos?. n:usut cost. Notions and] bottom prices to suit theso harri 3ry Medicines and S UND Ii i ES, <\ lt K - ri and largo* vr.cdesnle bouses willi o oller you .luceiuctits and su vc Diamond Di .h r> els- rotular price 10 O neill's Orteil Mountain Astlunn ?'uro thc great remedy tor ?Minna -only LO Major'-; Loath r Cement sohl by US. lTse our Ooldea Machinery (>i!, only ir. ctn pei' gallon. spirit-* Turpontin o,45 ets per gallon. Cse our Kavcn 111 ek oil tor your I.al iena, only ."-0 eta nor Int, Wizard Oil "only a dollar a bott;.?," we icll at rr, ets. Window O hiss a specialty. As!: tor r*n<---s on 1.-.allier of all kinds Von will he surprised. A fu sil Kupply "f Hod Clover Seed eloau) at ll tua per pound. All Proprietary Medicines, Tlneturo*, Kxlraets, Perfumarlos, ito., cut down to astonishingly low pi ices. market llucluatcs. ? ei ot' prescriptions at all hours, day ami ?S is OURS and We [ I) TO ompetitors ! 3ur present stock an 3. j AH LOADS LIT? iollowing .$?15 oo JUS at .$45 00 ?us at.$48 00 o samo proportion. Call and ox I A N D & CO, ?i-?"";*?" '? ?.???n--^ ar*.i. it ... g AUGUSTA, QA? stall Dealer Sn Heating Stoves AITERNS. rate? and Tinware, TO / ."Kl 3. mi varloty, vory Dow Prlcoa, at whole? TOVE, Thia Stove has beon sold by ua WOOD. W. I. DELPH. imo?J- ?amai ?'UHWAMC? ?II Pmitmimaamci.-re^q State of South Carolina, County of D a ii r e ri s , cor ur or COM.MOS IM.UA H. .James W. Copeland and Riobard IT. M ci ?rary, part nors tn Irado, dolnij busi ness nuder !!... style and linn name of .1. W. Copeland A- Co., Plaint itfs. ngallo*! Lucy A. Prathor, f,aurn <i?r l'otl-, Alberta .Iones, l'.dwnrd I!, Pf? thor, Thomas Prathor or his heirn at law, names and numbers unknown, Nuihauiel Prnlhor or hm heirs at law, names and numbera unknown, flatly Prot ber or hts hens at law. names H ml numbers unknown, and all other heirs at blV Of Salim A. C.. p*af?iAf, na,noa nod nomhors unknown, Defendants. To tho D?tendants above named Von aro ho;oby summoned and rc qnlred io answer tho complaint In this ucl bm, which is iliad in the orneo of tho dork <>r tba Court ol . 'ommon Plans for sj'ul County, ami io servo a coov of your answer to the dab' complaint on the aub* scriber, St his ellice at Lauron*(', H?t.H( <'., Within twenty flays liftoi the aervlco hereof, exclusiva of tho day of such ner vier; and if you fail to answer th? com plaint within tho time aforesaid, Iho Pl Ki ll tiffs io tili* action will apply t-? lb? Court lor tim rtdiof denianded In tho complaint. Dated Diuyunbef ?th, A. D. iss7. fioal- O. W, Hu KM., c. c. c. P. M. i.. co PEDANr>, PlaintllVa' Attorney*. To Tbornna Pratbfir or bl? heirs at law, none* und number unknown, Nu I daniel Pi utber or his boira nt lew, names and number unknown, Hally Prathor or bis heirs al law, naoma ami number unknown, Defendant:! abovo named You alli plo&so lako notice th.U th?