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^jJTOn the Lookout For Business * " |U Fire, Life, Accident and Sickness Insurance J. Y. Gahmnoton & Co. VOL. XVIII. LAURENS, S. O.. WEDNESDAY. DEO. lO. 1902 Form a New Habit, I ><>n't give your trade to any drug store] simply through habit. \V?> think there are good reasons why wo should nave your trade. 'Try us llu> uext timo you want drugs und sco whether it will not pay to ooino here again. Come only as long] as you can find reasons for coming. HUDSON'S DIU'O STOKE, Under Urn-Delia Hotel. NO TR NEXT WEEK IS THE CARNIVAL. Big Times to be Had in Laurens. EXCELLEST SHOWS. Great Crowjjg Are Expect ed Here. Fine Program of Attractions Is Prom ised and Visitors will bo Sure to Enjoy it Fully. The Carnival opens next Monday and lasts throughout the week. The Layton Carnival Company, with its twelve or tlftcen splendid shows, and its five free shows, will furnish a world of amusement. This Company was in Charleston for Gala Week, and everywhere it has been highly praised. The shows are of a kind that every lady and child can attend. The chil dren especially should come to the Car nival. Delightful musio will bo fur nished during the weok. The Knights of Pythias have Invited Governor-Elect Hey ward, Grand Chan cellor Mowor and Grand Prelate Sum mersott to attend the crowning of the Queen on Thursday night. The voting for the Queen will bogin next Friday. APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED. Who Will Fill Methodist Pulpits for the Coming Year. Monday night Bishop Duncan an nounced the appointments of preachers at tho Newberry conference and the following are of local interest: Presiding elder, Spartanburg dis trict, J. W. Kilgo; Laurene, W. B. Duncan; Laurens Mills, J. G. Uuggin; Clinton, G. M. BoyJ; North Laurens, J. K. McCain; Fountain Inn, K. R. Dagnall; Princeton, S. W. Henry. The following are the appointments of preachers well known here; J. L. Daniel, Summerville; J. L. Harley, Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County; D. P. Boyd, Newberry Circuit; J. B. Tray wick, Lamar; R. A. Child, presiding elder, Greonville; W. P. Meadows, pre siding elder, Rock Hill; E. P. Taylor, presiding elder, Marion; J. M. Friday, Chester Circuit; W. C. Winn, Fort Mill; J. W, Shel', Reidville; T. E. Morris, Union, J. W. Daniel, Trinity, Charleston. Wet the Best for Your Money. Did your grocer ever' tell you when you ordered "Clifton" flour that he had "something just as good?" Do you know why no teils you this? It lo because ho buys some Inferior Hour for less money and Is trying to word this off on you and get a few cents more profit on it. This is a perfectly legiti mate thing for (he grocer to do, but you ought to see that you get the best value for your money. And to do this Insist upon his sending you ' Clifton," the finest patent flour. If your grocer does not keep it, he or you can get it of M. H. Fowler or T. N. Barksdale. At Church of the Epiphany. There will be a special service held in the Episcopal Church of the Epiph any on Friday night, 12th instant, at 7:30, for young people, when the Rev. Alexander Mitchell, of Greenville, will be present and will preach on the sub ject of Force of Habit. After the service proper, the Holy Communion will be celebrated, to which all who are communicants of other de nominations, and who may be present, are oordially invited to commune with 118. Please be to read this notice and tell your friends to do the same. W. Edward Callender, Minister in Charge. NOTICE STOCKHOLDERS MEETINM. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders in The National Bank of Laurens 8. C, for the election of Di rectors will be held at their Banking House on Tuesday, January 13, 1003. Jno. A. Barkbdals, President. MERCHANTS NEWS. We have on our sample floor more different styles of solidgpak, well fin ished sideboard*, with Frenoh plate mirrors ever shown in upper Carolina. At prices that are right. 8. M. & E. H. Wdkes. ^ Ladles' and children's shoes that fit and wear are the kind wo keep. Quick moving prices prevail. The Hub. Talk Is choap but if you see what our buyors "scooped" you will think that oor prices on reliablo merchandise Is as cheap. Come quick. Davis, Roper & Co. Case North Carolina blankets to go at a sacrifice. Theao blankets have more warmth to the square inch than any blanket on the marker-. Why aleep cold? The Hub. We are headquarters for'Christmas presents. Now is the to make youa se lection before the stock is picked over. Oome early and avoid the roth. 8. M. & E. H. Wilkes. Want a nice Jacket? Thea see ours. We are determined to sell them. The Hub. Give ua your subscription to maga Einoa^r next year. Palmotto Drug Co. P.uy a Buck's Heater. Why? Be* -cause they are oa?y to operate and will leas fuel than any other heater* 4$? brought to this market. 0. M. & K. H. Wilkei. AMONG Ol IK FRIENDS. Mrs. W. E. Lucas Is visiting friend* in Darlington. Miss Agatha Davis paid a brief visit to the city last week. Mr. J D Watts and family will occupy Mrs. Frierson's home in Hampton 8trcct next year. Mrs. 3. S. Farrow and Miss Perrl will spend the holidays with Misa Sue Farrow, in Georgetown. The sale of the Goldvllle Manufac turing Company property has beon postponed to January 12. See adver tisement elsewhere in this papor. Dr. I. Crimtn, tho oculis', is In the city and may be consulted at the Ben Delia Hotel. Ho will be here until tho 20th of December. Was Amputated. Wister White, a negro, had his foot mashed by au engino on the O. & W. C. Railway here Monday morning and it had je amputated. Moved to Pacolet. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Wright and their daughter, Miss Luolle, have gono to Pacolot, which will bo their future home. Their departure from Laurons is regretted by a large circle of friends. Kates for Cards. Cards for nomination for Mayor and Alderman, seven names, will bo pub lished until the municipal election for six dollars. Announcements of can didates for Mayor alono will bo pub lished until then for 93. Nominations for Alderman, one year, $1.50. Christmas Is Coming. And everybody wants the best the market affords for the holiday festiv ities. "Clifton" flour makes the light est and wbitiat bread, cake and pastry. Ask your grocer for it. T. N. Barks dale and M. II. Fowler keep it. Putin nn-Woods. At the home of Mr. R. J. Woods, the bride's father, on Nov. 30. Mr. Willis Putman and Miss Anna Woods were married, Rev. T. B. Craig officiating, Mr. Putman is a prominent and sub stantial young citizen and ho has won a charming young lady for his wife. Gave Beautiful Party. Miss Lyl Harris entertained a num ber of friends last Wednesday evening with a progressive flinch party. The parlors were exquisitely decorated with pink carnations and roses, aud the dining-room with crimson carna tions. Dainty refreshments wore served. The Clifton Flour. Thft Clifton Flour?you want the best Flour ior Christmas?and Clifton is the bead For Christmas cakes there is none like it. We make a specilty of this reliable brand and recommend it to our friends. M. II. Fowler. Who'll Deny Itl If the Laurens ADVERTISER Job Of fice gave its customers stationery as rotten as the paper used by the United States government for two cents post age stamps, it would bo not only driven out of business but driven out of the town. Mr. Crouier to Lecture. President G. B. Cromer, of Newberry College, will address the people of Laurens in the oity school chapel next Friday evening at 7-30 p. m., on educa tion. This distinguished speaker and scholar should have a large audience. THOMAS B. REED DEAD. Passing of the Great Republican States man and Lawyer. Hon. T.iB. Reod. formorly of Maine, recently of New York, ox-speaker of the lower house of congress, died in Washington Saturday night of kidney disease. In the opinion of The Advertiser he was tho ablest man in tho Republi can party. Ho was a'partisan Repub lican but personally a gentleman and a man of incorruptible honesty. MR. HOLMES TO RETURN. He Will Again be Rector or the Epis copal Church. Rev. Wilmot S. Holmes, ofCo'um bia, has accepted a call of the Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, and will become its rector on Jan. 1st. He was rector of this church until about one year ago* He and his mother and sis ter will reside here, but one-half of his time will bo given to the Newberry parish. Services will be held here two Sundays in the month. Until Mr. Holmes' arrival Rev. W. E. Callender will continue to hold services each Sunday. MUN HARGROVE ARRESTED., Negro Implicated' Illm lu Robbery Claims an Alibi. Mun Hargrove, a young white man, was arrested hore yesterday by Con stable Sharpe of Coronaca and taken to Greenwood, oharged with aiding and abetting in the robbery of a white farmer named Wells at Wares Shoals on Nov. W. Jim East, a negro, was ar rested as a principal and a negro wo man was also arrested. It Is said that 160 and a watch were taken from Wells. Hargrove was a volunteer in the war with Spain. The story is that Wells was allured to a private place and that robbers held him and rifled his pockets. Hargrove claims that he was not In or near Wares Shoals at the time. i COUNTY LINE IS IN DOUBT. (Question Between Laurens and Newberry. OLD ROABGONE. Matter Came up in a Suit at Law. Mistrial in Case of Building Associa tion against Young -Larger Questions May Arise?Town of Whit mires. In the case of the Equitable Building and Loan Association, of Augusta, against O. F. Young, a mistrial re sulted in the Conrt of Common Pleas Monday. The question Involved part of the "Brick House" tract. Mr. Young conveyed to tho Association that part of the tract in Laurens. He claims that the house stands in Newberry. The county line is the old road fixed by law a hundred years ago and more from Island Ford, on Saluda, to Odell's Ferry, on Enoroe, but the road has been chanced. The question is whether It was changed at the point where the old brick Calmes house stands. Mr, Y'oung rotains possession of that and the Association is trying to recover It, claiming it in Laurens. Old residents of tho neighborhood testified that it had been regarded as it: Newberry, but there was some testimony tho other way. It wa6 testified that in the fifties Dr. Calmes ran for the senato in New berry, and it was also testified that ho ran for office In Lauren?. He owned the house in thoso days. It stands on the north side of the present road. Judge Caroy ruled that a change of the road would not change tho county line. If It is In Newberry it will be loDg to Mr. Young. In 1807 a commis sion was appointed to establish tho county line botween Newberry and Laurens, so it must have beon ihjdoubt even then. No report of the commis sion Is on record. A new survey of the whole line may be found necessary, and It is said that possibly the lively town of Whit.mires with its cotton mill and bank, may be found to be in LaurenB. Newberry claims it now. Is Yonr Flour Sticky J Is the flour you have been using sticky? Docs it make poor broad and heavy cake and pastry? If so, try a saok of ''Clifton" next time. No dam aged wheat used in making this flour. For sale by M. H. Fowler and T. N. Barksdale. ALLIANCE REORGANIZED. Members of LaosTllla arc! Enthusiastic aud In Earnest, A goodly number of the Leesville Al liance met at Oak Grove school house last Saturday evening and reorganized. The following officers were elected : R. O. Halrston, President; J. W. Blakely, Vice-President; 3. F. God frey, Secretary; J. S. Cunningham, Treasurer; L. T. Benjamin, Chaplain; E. M. Cunningham, Steward; G. R. Milam, Lecturer and Organizer; J. H. 8. Hipp, Doorkeeper; E, Y. Cunning ham, Assistant Doorkeeper; T. Reid Blakeley, Sergeant-at-Arms. The Alliance will meet again at the same place next Saturday, Dec. 18, at 2 o'clock p. m. All old members are urged to come and enlist at once, and we hope that every subordinate Alliance in the connty will meet and reorganize at an early date, and let us arouse the old slumbering Alliances and go to work with renewed energy. The Farmers' Alliance is by no means dead; it has only been taking a short nap, in order to get refreshed, so that it will be able tp live long and accom plish much good for the farmers of our country. So let every Alliancemen in Lau rens County go to work and reorgan ize their respective Unions,as we have done, with earnestness and full deter mination to "stick." By order R. O. Hairhton, B, F. Godfrey, 8eo'y. President. Sale of Real Estate By virtue of authority vested In us as Executors of tho last will and testa ment of B. W. Ball, deceased, we will soli at public outcry to the highest bid der on Monday, Salesday in January, 1903, being the 5th day of the month, in front of the Court Houso, in Laurens. 8. C, thp lollowing doscribed real estate: That tract of land in tho city of Lau rens known as the residence of the late B. W. Ball, containing from 70 to 80 acres, more or less, bounded on the east by the Greenville and Laurens branch of tho Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, on tho south by Hampton street, lands of H. Y. Simp son. Sam Fowler and others, on tho west by lands of H. Y. Simpson, Jim Brock man and othpra and on the north by lands of Mrs. N. J. Holmos and T. E Todd, on the waters of North Fork ('reck. The improvements include 10 room brick, stone and cement house, three two-room tonant houses, one brick servants' house, brick two room storage house, large two story frame barn and smallor outhouses, garden, flower gar den and orchard. Considerable portion of the land is wooded. Terms: Not less than $2,500 cash, balance in four equal annual install ments secured by bond and mortgage of purchase? at seyen per cent annual in terest: or purchaser may pay entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If bid is not paid in caan, mortgagor must insure house for benefit of mort <f*'g?08'' Kllea Ball, $? Executors r Street p air Knights of Pythias Carnival, Laurens.S. C. At?l? ^ ^ VtA1 iji mtw mt% mKm ? Irl umm mA '< ONE SOLID WEEK FUN AND AMUSEMENT. JCTtn Mammoth Attractions^ Music by Excellent Band. iJ^i iAV iAI iff^ ?ii!^ w\jyNg/ ^\f/ suz ^/ \a/ ?jt/ \m/ "iA/ K_iy^m<" \*/ yms ^ ?x' The services of the Layton Car nival Company have been secured for this occasion. Their midway is un surpassed in this country. " . - Let everybody come and bring the children and have a royal g^Hptime, All attractions are strictly moral such as any woman W child may attend. HOW THE BATTLE WAS LOST. Or tho Story of a Town that Went Sulpo Huutiirg. Laurons longed for knowledge so sho tried to get a college. She appointed a committee who ransacked the city. They had a littlo list and for money they'd insist. Down would go your name for your last, lonely dollar and you'd boldly bite off more than you pos sibly could swallow. They had a little song and they sang It loud and long. Greenwood would be beat and victory would bo sweet. Tho college proud would sit and with pride we'd look at It adorning some big hill. Then we'd laugh lit to kill. (This was in our mind. Now let us bo resigned.) We offered several sites; each of numerous do lights. Then wo raised 'cm. As for Greenwood, that dazed 'em. Down went tho committee to Newberry ?well, bent to get tho dewberry. Poor old Aikon, how he sweated! While Na than Dial ogled and petted Methodist preachers till his featuros took on an air of early piety?ho kept such society. Brother William Gray was in the thick of tho fray and came back as gay as though ho had carried the day. Now Johnnie Bolt was quite at home, for though he doesn't like to roam, all the time ho was pretty nigh merry thinking ho had struck a primary. Another there was THE Advertiskr. (But as we grow oldor wo grow wiser.) All Lau rens arrived later?and then came homo somewhat sedator. A train load early Thursday eve from Laurens took Its happy leavo. Full twenty of our heaviest men wore in tho party. But at ten tho laboriug locomotive fails to further pull so many whales. For nine long hours then they wait with ample time to meditate upon the glory of the day when they would suro'y bring away Columbia's college of renown to our own incomparable town. Tho morn has come and Conference meets. Bold Greenwood scorns talk of dofcats. But Laurens makes another dash to Jive and forty thousand cash. Tho battlo ragos thick and fast, tho prize Is in our grip at last.Brave Feath erstono makes a powerful speech: the boys all say "Ain't he a peach?" Alas! The voting has begun. Alas! In sorrow ends the fun. The college stays where it is stuck and Laurens is left in the ruck. Moral?if you really want a college you first hud better gain the knowledge, before tho movo you do approve, that the college is going to movo. GRAY COURT NEWS. Thanksgiving Services?Need of Good Roads Illustrated. Gray Court, Dec. 5th?Mr. II. Ta hir, who has been our courteous and efficient depot agom for the past ton years has resigned his position and is going elsewhere, much to tho regret of everybody here. Thanksgiving service was held In the Methodist church on last Thursday night. Short talks were made by Rev. J. K. McCain, Rev . C. L McCain, Prof. T. F. Jones and Prof. A. Q. Rice. Rev. Chas. L. McCain Of Plckens spent several days with his uncle, Rev. J. K. McCain. Ho was on his way to tho annual conference at Newberry. The new desks for tho school build ing havo arrived and whon they are placed wo will havo an up-to-date sohool In every respect. Mr. Hunter Arnold, acting special agent, was hero last week with a view to establishing anothor R. F. D. route from this olllco, but on account of an unbridged stream ho has not yet fully decided whether or not he will put in tho service. Mr. O. F. Cannon is occupying Mrs. Margarot Tat ton's house. Messrs. M. A. Knight and G. IT. Gar rison went oq a visit to Piedmont and Pelzer last week, More wheat has boon sown in this neighborhood than usual and it has boen well put in too. ONE CENT A WORD. WANTED ?FAITHFUL PERSON to travel for well established bouso In a few counties, calling oa retail mer chants and agent*. Local territory. Salary $1.024 a year and expenses, payable $111.70 a woek in rash and ex penses advanced. Position permanent. Business successful and rushing. Stand ard House, 334 Dearborn SN, Chloago. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAURENS. In the Court of Common Pleas. By virtue.of the decree of the Court of Common Pleas for said county and state, In the eie u of Heliums and Gray against H. G. Prior and others? I will soli at public outory to the highest biddor at Laurens Court House, South Carolina, on talesdsy in Jan uary next, during the legal hours of sale, all that tract or parcel of land containing One Hundred and Thirty Qve ae.res, more or leas, situate in tho county of Laurens, State aforesaid, bounded by lands of Fi, S. Patterson, n. K. a^id W. 8. Gray, baing the tract wherein H. G. Prior res des, Terns?One-half of the purohase money cash, the balance with interest from day of sale, on a credit of 12 monthp, secured by a bond of the pur chaser and mortgage of the premises, with leave to purohaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, Thomas J, Duckett, Sherirt'L G. Dec. 6, 1908?4$. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, Offerp hjs sei vires to. the peo ple of Laurens Oounty. Address: Gray Cour/i, S. C ? JUST A WORD. 1 $ I The Opportunity for new subscriber* to get The Adveptisers free, or the Twice A Week News and Courier free, is still open. The News and Courier will print all the legislative proceeding*? In detail. Tho new subscribers to THE ADVER TISER will get this for nothing, for The News and Courior, twice a week, costs a dollar a year. The Advertiser costs a dollar a year. You save the price of one. Tnis oiler, both for a dollar, cannot bo kept open very long. It will not be repeated next winter. Tue Advertiser's sole purpose is to mako a large and quick Increase to its list of subscribers. That is why this unusual offer is made. Of course it can only be temporary. We could not afford these price* eqcopt for a short time. Therefore, if you want to take ad vantage of It, you must act quick. TIUIN FOR MILLIONAIRES. Is to Run Between Chicago and Florida Resort??. ( hicago, Nov. 28.?Chicago is to have a millionaire's train between this City, Jacksonville and other Florida resorts, which will be as fine in equipment and as fast lu time as the famous train run ring over the Atlantic Coast L?ne from New York to Florida points. Tho new train will bo p'aeod in service by the Eastern Illinois soon after the first of ? he year, and will make the trip from hero to Jacksonville in thirty hours, in stead of thirty-one as heretofore. All tho equipment to be used is to be new and is now in course of construc tion by the Pullman company. The eost of tho necessary equipoment will bo be tween $700,000 and $1,000,000. This elegant new train from the West will be operated via Evansville, Nash ville, Atlanta, Albany and the Atlantic Coast Line to Jacksonville, thence to St. Augustine, Fla. It will be seon that tho Atlantic Coast Lino will maintain its reputation for perfect passenger service from tho West, as well as from the East. United States of America, District of South Carolina. In tho District Court?In Bankruptcy. In Ro The Goldvllle Manufacturing Company of Goldvllle, South Caro lina, Ex parte, The South Carolina Loan & Trust Company, ot al. Under and by virtue of a Decretal Order of the United States District Court for the District of South Caro lina, in the above entitled case, dated and filed November 24th, 1902, I will ofl'or for sale at pubho auction before the Court House in the cliy of L turons, between the hours of 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. on Janmry 12lh, 1008, all and singu lar tho following property, to wit: 1, Ail that tract or parcel of land situate in the County of Laurens. in , tho State of South Carolina, containing One Thousand Three Hundred and Six ty-five ae.ets (1,1105) and known ns the "James Flaee." being bounded on the north by ) J-i of D. T. Copeland, on the east b lndsofJehn Pitts, James Adalr an j:hers, on the BOUtb by land of L. W. C. Blalock.and on tho west by lunda of James S. Blaluck. 2. Also all that tract or pare 1 of land situate in said County and Si ate, containing One Hundred and Nine teen (110) acres, being bounded on the north, south and west by lands of J. S. Blaloek and L. W. C, Hlalock, on the east by the said "James Place," to ft ther with all the buildings and im provements Situate00 said promiges:con sisting in part of one eo'ton mill buil ) ing, 280x75 feet, with boiler room 88x35 feet, and engine room 38x35 feet attach ed; one twenty-ton oil mill building, one ginnery building, twenty operatives' houses and other buildings; also all machinery, shafting, engines, boilors, tools and applitnces belongirg to the. said, T he Goldvi le Manufacturing Com pany of Goldvllle, S. ('..and used \n itn cotton mill aDd cotton oil and i lnnery business,consisting in partof A. T. Ath ertpn <V Co's piokers and intermediate ; Saco ft Pettee's cards,spoolers and draw ors; Providence npindleH, Kales & Jonks' twisters, Fall River spinning frttmcs, Atlaa ongines nnd boilers, interna tional sprinklers, General Electric, Co.'s dynamo, Climax ongine, Cumber land Iron iV Machine Co.'s shafting and pulleys, bolting, mill supplies, etc.; also one Cardwell Machine Co.'s twenty ton cotton mill outfit, one Daniel IVatt Gin Co.'s ginnery, consisting of three gins, one power press and other arti cles," The premises above deFcrlbod as the "James Place" and numbered ? 1," will be sold separate and apart from i he remainder of tho property abovo described, on the following torim, to wit: Cash, or one-third caBh, remain der of the purchase money in one and two years from day of sale, with inter est from day ol sale at the rate of Seven (7) per cent per annum, payable an. mini I \: the deferred portion to be se cured by bond and mortgage of the premise*, executed to the undorsl^ne?1 as special Master. The romainderof the property above described and designated as "No. 2 ' will be sold as one property for oatb, Before accepting any bid, tho un dersigned an speoial Master, will re quire of. eaoh bidder a certified check to the order of the undersigned; in the oase of the "James Place," In the sum of One Thousand Dollars (t1,000), and In the case of remaining property, In (he sum of Fivo Thonsand Dollars, which checks will bo returned to all unsuccessful bidders, and in the oaso of successful bidder, will be applied to the payment of the purohase money; and should the bidder without lawful reason, fall to comply with his bid, will bo retained by the undersigned aa li quidated damages for such breach of contracti C. 0. FBATII ERS'rON E, Special Master. WON BY MISS ROSA BALENTINE. Captured Tlie Advertiser's Composition Prize. A CLEVER STORY. It Has Been Very Gener ally Praised. Successful' Young Lady Daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. D. P, Balcntlnc? Pupil of City Schools. Tho writer of the Story of a Lead Pencil and tho winner of THE ADVER TISER'S prize for composition by pupils between 14 and 10 years old was Miss Rosa Baleutlno. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Balentino of this city and is just 15 years old . She is a member of tho Seventh Grade in the city schools, of which Miss Me Swain is the teacher. The composition has been generally praised. It was bright und original and the grammar and the spoiling were faultless. The composition about tho Philip pines, which was among tho best, wao written by Miss Bruce Hollame, daugh ter of Mr. J. U. Uellams. She attends Miss Maud Cely's school. Attention is called to tho third prize olTered. It is hoped that there will bo many contestants for this one. ?h ? a a . . oco .> .> .> .> .> ... ... ... . * .... ... ... *.k..v .> *> *M . ?\*\ r\r\S\?* jr. .... .. kOcococ. > v..V.>.5ct* y? I THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA. ? J.v *.v."v.v o. % .> *>...... .> .>.... . v........ * v d \.. ... % Vt ?X>x0<0(.y.V. F.V.V.V.V.V.V. ....... CK, ...... r. r%?SA Tho grand jury in Spartanbu?-g aev ( rely handled the railroads for working employee?. General E. W. Moiae died at his homo in Rumter Monday. Ho was elected adjutant gcnoral on tho Hamp ton ticket iu 1S7U and was one of the state's best men. TIIANKSUIVINU REFLECTIONS. The Day Observed by the People' of Orn. It is well for US sometime to draw ourselves aloft from the busy scenes and undertakings of American iifo and with deep reflections meditate upon the things that were, are and are to b3. Now, while wo sit around the hearth stone, what could bo moro suggestive than to take Thanksgiving for a fow moments for our deliberations. Grati tude Is Indeed tho "milk of human kindness," It is verily the noblest emotion of tho heart. It is tho trtio and manly expression which tho re cjivor fretly gives to the giver. The little band of worshippers on the bleak shores of the new world, offering their thanks and gratitude, will ever bo honored for their true devotional grat itude. How many really appreciate tho In tent of this national holiday? Our President and Governor in their pro clamation would direct our mind* to a few among many reasons why wo as a nation should consecrate this day, but how few ever read this! Outside of this being a holiday, many never ox press any gratitude, though there are but few who could well say, surely the linos have fall JU to mo in pleasant places. Miss Mary Jean?, a beautiful former resident of Ora, enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends here. Rev. H. II. Grior, our much-beloved pas*or, conducted most becoming ser vice In the A. H. P. Church for Thanks giving. Miss 1211a Lee, of Due Wett, Is visit ing her sister, Mrs. B. H. Grier. Miss O'a Devlin, o' Due West, is on a vhlt to her tister, Mrs. J. E. McOlln tock. J. Y. Citizens' Ticket. FOR MA YOU: C. E. GRA Y. ALDERMF.N: 1st, Ward K. W. Martin. 2nd Ward?.lohn Y. Garlington. 3rd Ward Dr. T. C. Lucas. 4th Ward?Clarence Bahb. 5th Ward Dr. (i. 0. Albrlgot. flth Ward -W R. Kiehoy. AN IDEAL GIFT THAT COSTS LITTLE. It keeps time, pleases the eye and leans lighty on the pocket book. A Black-wood CLOCK that look like marble, strikes the hours on a musical gong-bell and the half hoars on a tinkling cup bell; is tastefully decorated m gilt scrolls, and has a face that rellects the beauty and worth of the movement behind it. ONLY $4.00 R$M?MDB&L We have some $2.50 to $25.00. Call and see them and get your choice before the line is broken. A Unique and Inexpensive Mantle Adornment. Fleming Bros. j Jewelers and Opticians,.