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For Christmas Make Your Christ mas Doubly Happy his year by Having Us fill T.5 Your Orders FANCY RiU'ITS, NU'TS AND CANDIES. Apples.... .... .... .10 to .30 doz.; .40 to .60 peck Oi d igne , Iozen .... .... .... .10, .20, .30 and .40 i tia iint., <own .... .... .... .... .... .15 and .20 ('rape F'tit, en-h .... .... .... .... .07 1-2 to .10 .pe.. per lb. ............ .. .20 and .25 MuPaI-y b~iO ls, Pe dozen .... .... .... .... .20 'in -.y ('ranberries, per <uu -t .... .... .... .121-2 St i'andv, por 1) b .... .... .... .... .... .. .10 Bro-ken .l~l n'. per 11b .... .... . .. . .. .. . 121-2 1( 01n A n'e. per li .... .... .... .... . . . 12 1-2 P, 1 t nt., p r l1 .... .. .... .... .10 and .15 nn (' ty. pwr lb .... .... .... .... .. .20 h -( unIv. ner l .... .... .... .. .20 to .40 n sPi is , per 1b . ...1).. .12 1-2 - r lb .... .... .... .... .. . 12 1-2 'l. .... .... .... .... ......... .15 ........ .... .... ..... ... .... .... .20 - 10~ ......... .... .... .... .10 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510 \ ! lh .... .... . .... .. . .. .25 .u25 * ... ...... 23 to .25 . ..... .. ... ..... .20 h..... .... .... .25 :1 hk i .... .... .... .. . 20 0 0712. .10 .1n 121-2 IttL' '' ;I hd I~ arei P. S.---)on't forget our Fancy Fruit Cakes and Stone's Pound Cakes 10c each. Fresh Every Day DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR YOUR REBATE CHECKS J. C. Shell & Co. Telephone No. 183 JUST OPENED Delayed shipment in Underwear has just ar rived. We have re-ordered several times since the( commencement of the season for these special numbers that have been carried in stock and no better value can be had anywhere. As the gift season is at hand what more appropriate or lasting5 present can be given shan Table Linen. Notwith standing the advanced quotations on these goods you can secure here the same quality at former prices. The floral deaigns in mercerized cotton, up through the different grades of pure flax fibre un til you reach the choicest designs in fine double double damask. H-eavy Silk and Buirson Seamless Hosiery. Just opened a bale of Table Qilcioth in solid white and a range of fancy designs. W. 6. WILSON & CO. A Disordered Stomach Is causted by food which has fermented. To avoid a spell of sickness this impure matter should be dri 'ca out. You need DR. M. A. SIMMONS Vegetable Liver Medicine It Purifies the Stomach and Bowels It is a pure, wholesome medicine, made only of a choice selection of the best of nature's herbal remedies for correcting disorders in the liver, stomach and bowels. It is a fine cleansing medicine that acts mildly, yet it rids the system of every particle of disease-breeding impurity. It relieves biliousness, indigestion and constipation. Buy only the genuine in a lithographed tin box. Look (or tho picturo of Dr. M. A. Simmons oni the front panel. Ask for the Tin Box. Price 25 Cent. C. \". SM MQM M P!DI'IMP C'., Poreolrenen S. tLlIS M4t. SEVERAL DAYS FREEDOM FORl GEO. W. TIDWELL Famous Case ilii Likely Soon Drop Froimi the Pulie View. Defendant Did Not Perfect. Ills Last Aipeal. Greenville, IDee. l:.-Unless George W. Tid well places the necessary amount in the hands of his attorney, or the clerk of the court, with which amount. to seek to have his appeal re instated before the Supreme Court, he will have to begin his sentence of sev en years in the State penitentiary, for the slaying of Emmet Walker, March 12, 1913. Jas. 11. Price, who represented Tid well in both the first trial dnd also in his second, after al appeal had been sustained, stated that his client had never perfected the appeal, nor made the effort to do so. The cost of such a move is considerable and the attor ney did not feel like advancing tho 811111. Ti'ldwell has 10 days from the dis missal last week of his appeal before lie Supreme court, in which time to sulrreider himself to the county, Or State authorities and to beginI hIs sen tence of seven years in the peniten tiary, and defendant having chosen to he sent there rather than the county roads. If the defendant advances the sum neerssary to carry the appeal through Ihe Supreme Court, it is possible tha! that tribunal will allow tie apieal to heI re-instatedl herore it anI will thi rn viw ihe :-eoonid trial anld paSs u1pon the ca.o. ITideill1 i,, out um1iY ler bonld iln 1i1 -omIl of, S10'000 whi".h, w\ill be goo" 1:11ring the Iin days hel had from ti. dimistil of tlie ca:1 ! ly il Siuren: iur-i herai.-'i th appeal was not per feelkil. .\t the end of, that, time, if' he( hascz; nol volintarily slrrender.d. i-1 will bw arreitsted and carried to tl. 'il enti arty. Ti - seeminglyI wvill bi' the rni' I mry o the (onnliy. Ilhe 1acts het N-ily- fam:liar to tH:0 avrrolunty cilizenl. I wa- cat Oice norning of .\arch 12, 11:'. thlat Tiwlhired,4 a pulbile ;er-j vice ait oilobile and driving" out o Ili Carolina mill, where young Wlkir wS a Pay-master, entered thle oilice where tlie young m0anl was at work antd aftr 1 short talk, shot Walker (lead. Tidwell claimed that Walker had been the ruin of his daughter and he pleaded the unwritten law. Tidwell was tried the following spring and 'onvieted of manslaughter, receiving a sentence of 12 years and later this sentence was reduced by former Governor Cole L. Blease. An appeal was taken and sustained by the Sulreio court. 'idwell was again ilared on trial for his life and was again convicted of manslaughter and sinlltncled to serve sevent years. As this was a ballable vase aftet the coniviction of the jiury and setience of the c"ert, idwell was admitted to hall i' the sum of' $10,000 and has been at libeity, pending the otcttoie or the second tial i, ha ving return ed o is home in ('linitoin and r'etuitrniig to work. I Ie has been ouit du rintg the icast sttmmter', ort sintice thle se'cond tial an td wats in fact 1liberatedl earlletr when thdi senltetnce was first r'educed by Gov Illease. lie spient a year' ini the (Gr(enville coutity jail, however, pend lng thle outcome of the first appeal. it is highly impilrobable that lhe will perfect his a ppeal and will very prob ably sooni begin h1is sentence in the penittentiary.- -Greenville Xews. ('OLD)S NEED .\TTE''~NTlIO N, Intitertnal troat and~ chest troubles ptrodcle'' nfotlammt ion, iriitatlonl, sore ness; or s welIinug antd uniiless ch'ecked at onIce arme likely to) lad to seiouts triou bit. ('augh t in timoe Dr)c. I lel l's l'ine-Tar-l Ioney loosents lice chlegmi acnd dlestrocys lice germis wich have selltled Int the ticrcoa t or inc..;e. it is soothintg andI healinig. i'inie is anis5eV ie: honey Is soothI ing:- -hothI tethlert hossess exeilet. tmiediino al uaities for' figh ting ccldi germtis. Inisist on Dr'. Bl'sI~ c 'ie-Tari -ilontey. 2.ie all d rug gists. Comec to its fotr you r ChrIit tmas goods. We are shiowitig a sptlenid~i assortmet.t and everyIlting i'ced very low. S. M. & E. HT. Wilkes & Co. * 0 * POPL.UI SPRINOS NEWS, * * 0 Poplar Springs, Dec. 13.-We are hlaving some cold weather. It is be ginning to look like winter time. Mr. ,J. P. Sitmmonis went to Green ville Saturday to attend the flaptist convention. Mr. Geor'ge Seibert and family have moved into our comimunity. We are glad to welcome them back. Th'lere will be a box suppler' and~ at few exercises at Poplar Springs school house Thursday niighit, Dec. 23, All at'o cordhIally Invited. Come andi ling yourI purst w50 ell fill. Al.~i ic. E. Sitmpson left Sunday for C!harleston to attend11( the .\ason's mi)eetitng. cir's. Alary I ur cgens an d Mt's. Hlohcei South l antd chi ldrien havi e telturined tt'otc vis~iting Mlrs. Soth's sister at Nwhnerv'y GREAT DECREASE IN COTTON CROP Only 11,161,000 Bales, Report Says. lin. crement iII Value. Washington, Dec. 10..--The 1915 cotton cry amounts to 5,338,588,000 pounds exclusive of linters and is eq(uivalent to 11,161,000 500-pound bales, the department of agriculture announced today in its final estimate of the season. That is 2,300,000,000 pounds less than last year's record crop. The value of the lint this year, however, is approximately -$78,000,000 more than last year's great crop. Cotton was being sold by farmers on Decemn ber I at 11.3 cents a pound, while last year on that date they were get ting 6.8 cents a pound. At the higher prices this year the crop is worth $603,260,000, while last year's lint was worth $525,324,000. T-is year's crop of 11,161,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, com pares with 16,134,930 bales 'last year, 14,156,486 bales In 1913 and 13,033,235 bales, the average total production, exclusive of linters, for the five years, 1909-1913. The final official figures giving the exact size of this year's crop will be issued by the census bureau next .\March when complete statistics from the ginneries have been compiled. The estimated production, exclusive of' linters, by States, with coml par soil. follows: Average Stat(s 191. 191.1 1909-1:3 V . . . . . 11.1,00) 25,222 20,538 N. C. . . . 708,000 9:10.63 1 808,1.51 8. C. . . . 1,,000 i,5:1:-1,S10 1.29.1,-122 C..: .... I900,00't 2,7 18.:7 2,081;,5!1N '''. .... .i.0,000 81.25.5 1; 1 .\ h. .... 1,0.'m.0,0 1,17,37 i,:3 1.;7,79 .\ ; b-. . . !V10,1000 1, 2 .i,,:3 5 , .18 1,:22" ......|..0,00) -119, 0ra :;l0.7;, T.. ... . . .:.I7.,0010 -,~,!2,l12: :,7:30,705r 2;uo , 11 1 ,73 1)777-, rk- . . . .7 .0)0 M 1, ,170 8 f; 7.77, I (...........V (13 1.7,852........ All other C,000 15.-015 13,7 1:1 .t10 1tink, a prety sleeping doll wili Vlht Ilor (akl color, wavy hal, 01for only 10 cents. S. M. & Ill. 11. ViIml<EI. & CO. 'i'll)WL1, LOSES APPEAL liY lEFAULTr 31an Con icted in &rcenville of Man Slaughter 1ust Be Locked Up. Ap peal Papers Were Not Filed With the Court. Columbia, Dec. 9.--13ecause no at torneys for the appellants apleare(I and no appeal papers had been filed when the ease was called the Supreme Colirt this morning d ismllissed tihe ap peal in the cases of A. W. Gosnell and George W. Tidwell from r;i'cetnville cointy ad1(1 a11imed the setitence of the Green ill couit. Tid(Iwell iW undeA' s1entene of sevent yea's for man Siltailghter having beent convicted of SILyIig R. Emminett Walker, a pr'omti nent young white man of Gr'eenvillc several years ago. T1idwell was twice tied, having fir'st been convicted of manslaughter and sentencedi to iweive years andi this was cut down to seven years by the then Gover inor' llease. The Sutpreme Court afterwards gave iim a new trial atnd again lie was cotnvictedl and -etnced to seven years ini th~e State 9ecniten thary. An appleal was taken and i.e was teleased on bond. No papers were 1Jled and( 3no lawyer' appearing jot hitm when the case 'was (ailed befor'e th. Sutpr'eme (:ourtt thIs moruinug thaL t. hody On moltion of Assistantt Attorney Gun-i et'al Fred 11. Diominick dhisni s:s"d thte a ppeal and afilrmed( tihe sentence of the lower C'our't. Tidwell will tnow have to surrender himself andi begin serving his sentenco. Confer'ts Wi1th Mannting. Sheriff .1. Elmitor' Martini of (Chat' lestotn reached C',iumzbia thi~s after 1n00n 03n thle Carollita Special and held a conference wvitht Governtotr Manning. Fotrmer' Chief D~uncant of the New berry police fot'ce whlo has been ap poitnted head of the contstabulary op eratinig in Char'leston uinder Sheriff Marlin passedl tht'outgh CXumbia to day to begin his duites int thte City by the Sea. lie succeeds W,. C. Cathcart who assumed a position with the Southern Rallway a few weeks ago. Children's iron Wagons, strong and well made, priced from 75 cents up. 5. M. & 1E. H. WILIES & Co. Oyster Supper at MountvIlle. On FrIday night, D~ec. 17th the La dies School Improvemenit Association of Mountvillo will futrnish an oyster sutppert at the schoo0l building, to which the public Is cordially invited. The ladles promlise to spare nto p~aIns to see that all are wvell served. The men whto so kindly contr'ibulted to thle "Unle of Cotton" funid 'will he~ givenl comli..i mentary tiIcket s. Th'lere will be a shor1t prtogtrammi e of ittutsic attd r'eeltations flee. Siu Iperl wIll he served early for' the l.enefi t of t hose who come front a distance. 800 POUNDS lIEPAIING. MATE1i Member American C (Executive Ofices, C Phone S. M. & E. I. Wilkes & Co. . FREE EXAI 3RDJ WEEK ' Lauren, ENDOIESED BY Win. Knabe & Co., Baltimore and New York. Ludden & Bates, Atlanta. Parker-Gardner Co., Charlotte. Walter D. Moses & Co., Richmond. The above represent the KNA BE, STEINWAY and OIUCHERNQ PIANOS. Schulz & Co., Chicago. Weaver Co., York, Pa. Hallet & Davis Co., Boston. Williams & Co., Chicago. Christman Co., New York. HAVE YOUR PIANO EXAM INED FREE. Player-Piano Specialist CORRECT P & REPAIRIN OLD PIA Address a POSTA L (A 11.) to Ie, WIT I and Nake 'XA)IINATION How to Get Rid of Chronic Dandruff The oily sure way to get permuan (lntly rid of either oily or dry dandruff Is to reimve the condition. that. cause It. and t~hoe ee thle hair. and scalp) Inl a permianent, cleanl, healthly, vig o0rous sate so dandruff will never re tu11. Thls beats shailtoos or llead washes whIch merely drive away dan druttff for a few days at. most. The Laurens Drug Co. and a number of other letter drurgists tin thi1 vicinity are now stron',ly $econmending a harmless. Inexpensive and quick act ing preparation called Parisian Sage that they say Is guaranteed to act dI rectly on the cause of dandruff and which already has become known far and wide as a safe and eilleien tre imit which cannot possibly hju -e hair or scal). Ilore Is a test worth tiylng. Get a package of P'arisii s .. hub a lit Ile of it 11110 the scalp 1~v ith theIc finger ti1)s and see for yours f how the dan trlift disappearis, tile I air stops falling out, the Ilching vanishes, and a new and vigorously healthy appearance coies over tile hair. (Good lookmng hal Is half the battle in any man or wo miatn1's piersonal apipearalce and noth ing hu1rts the hair more tian (anirtiuff. Try a litle l'arislan Sage and begin at once to be rid of it. COUGHS AND) (OLDIS ARE D)ANOEII ()US. F'ew of us realize the danger of Coughs andl Colds. We consIder them c'ttommo anid hatrmlcss ailments. How ever statIstics tell us every third pcer son dies of a lung altment. D~anger'ous lironchial and Lung diseases followv a neoglectedl cold. As your' body strug gles against coldl germs, no better aId ennt be htad than Drt. King's New Dils covery. Its merit has been testedh by 0o(d andt young. In use0 over' 415 yeai's. Oet a bottle today. Avoid the t'isk of 'otgh Medlictne for Chtildrent. Mrst'. Ibgh Cook, Scottsville, N. Y., says: "Aboutt five y'ears tago when we wereO ltig Int ltnrbu~tt, N. Y., I d~oe tored t wo of my childtren suffeting fr'otim colds wi th Cpiatnborlaina's C'oughI Remedy anid found/ it just. ats repre' se'ntedl bi every way. It pr'ompitly checked their coughIng and cured theirm colds q ic (kert than anyi3thIingi I iver'i sed."' Obtaina ble teerywh'lere. .LAND) SALE. State otf South Caredia, Cotunty of Laurents, IN PROIIAT0 COlURT. .\rs. Lola lloyd, indivliually atnd as Admtnistratrix of the estate of M. C. lloyd, dlecased, P'laintlff, a galns t Virginia floyd et al, Defendants. By vlt'teu of a dlecree of the Court Ia this case, I will sell at pl)ilc outcrv at Laurens C. HI., S. C., on .Salesday In Janutary, 1916,; the 3rd day of the months, during 'the legal hours, of sale, all that p ece or tract of land, lyIng and situia e In Lmurens co'iuty, S. C., containilig one hundred andi seven (107) allres, more or less arnd bounded on t ie North by the Vance land, on the IEast by lands of Mrs. M. A. E~vans, on the South by land of Mrs.t M. I. Bloyd and on the WVest by Sitm mons Creek, separ'ating said lands from the Witherspoon landls, beIng the homestead tract of the said M. C. lloyd deceased. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaset' to pay for papers and stanipa. If the p~urchtaser falls to comply wIth the terms of sale, the prometises to be r'e siold en the same or sonmc subsequent saleeday, otn the same terms an'l at the rIsk of tihe for'mer put'chaiser 0. 0. TiIIOM PSON, Dcc. 11, 1915S. .L. P. L.. C. (both for ('on stipation. ('hambherlaini's Tablets ar'e excellent for' 'ontiplat ion. TIlfey arc pleasaint to take and mIld and gentle in effect. Ohbntinabl everywhere. IAL CARRIED ON ALL TRIPS. guild of Piano Tuners incillinati, Ohio.) or Mail Name on Postal Card for WINATION S C FOR A - -oFEW DAYS I X I W31'. 0. I1ARNWELL, lloie Oilce, Atlanta. Alaterial Stock Ioom, Charlotte. O TUNING REFELTING OS MADE OVER I VOUlIt NAM-: ON I' anti 1 Nill call an1d ESTl 31.1TI-:-l''l E LAND SAIJ. 1t inie (if South a(2roil1111, ('4nn11.y of 11111uren1s., IN COURT'lT O1 CO.\AON PiPCOAS 10nterprise National ltank and Ilome Truist Co., Plaint iffs against 1I(ld W. Marit in, .lrs. Essle W. Ala'tin, ct al, Deiendants. Pursuant to a Decree of The Court in the above stated case. I will sell at puhlic outcry to the highest bidder, at Laurens, C. II., S. C., on Salesday in lanuary next, being Monday the 3rd day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following de scribed property, to wit: All that certain lot, piece or parcel if land situate, lying and being on Sil ver street, in the City of Alurens, Couity and State aforesaid, known as Martin Stable lot, containing one half ran acre, more or less, and bounded on the North by lot of Al. .1. Owings, on the E'ast by lands of Albert Dial, on lihe South by lot of the En terprise Na tional 1ank and store houtse and lot of K. W. and Airs. 0ssic W. Martin and on the West by Silver Street. 2. Also all these seplarate ots, tracts, iieces or parcels of land sit tiate inl said Couity and State, known as lots Nas. 51, 52, 53, 5I, 10;, lot, c(onveyed tW the said N. W. Martin by S. It. Todd and more particularly de icribed on the plat of survey and sti) division of the property of S. it. Todd made by 1I. II. Iluminbert, sutrveyo)r, ref Lrence t hereunto being had. Said iots fronting on l'erley Avenue in the City Df haurens. - :i. Also gli that. other tract, piece ar Parcel qOf land lying, heing andl sit nate in sa II County and State contalin lng eidIi .en (18) acres, more or less, on life )ili c road from Laurens to .ladgte s Station by3 dlouble branches, knoft as alrin's farm, bounded by iam( of C. 13. lobo, Pratt Suber, T.' D., Lake and1( others, Il. Also all that certaIn lot, pIece or~ pa rcel of land sit uate, lying and being ina the City of Laurens, in said Countly .11nd State, on the WVest side of Laurel Rt reet, knowvn as thle residence lot of 10. W. and( Mtrs. 10ssie WV. Mart in andl known as a part of the J1. M. Robert son property and containing a frace lloal part of an acre, and bounded Onl he Nori th by lot of J1. Ii. Cununintghamn, an tile East by ILautrel St reet, on thle "0outh b.y lot of M. L. Nash andl on the West by Silver street. TJermis of Sn Ie: Ope-half cabh, bal ace to be paid twelve months from Iatec of sale; the credit portIon to be secured by bond and( mortgage of the pu1rehaser over' the saidI pr'emises, bearing interest from (late at rate of 8 per~ cent, with leave to pulrchaser to pay his entIre bid( in cash, Purchaser~ to pay for' p' era andI stamps. 10 lper 'tent attorneysa fee in ease of collec ion or' suit. li the terms of sale are riot comnplled wIth, the land to be re sold on same or seome suibsequent lalesday on same terms, at risk of roiriert purchaser, C. A, POWIDR, C. C. C. P. and 0. S., Laurens, S. C. D~ated, this D~ec. 13, 1915, 2l-St Pitati For Letters of Adinnistration Blate of South Carolina, County of 'Imurens. Bly 0. G. Thotnpson, Probate Judge: Whereas A. M. Itamtage made suit to moe, to grat him do bonls non Cumn testameon Vannexo Letters of Adminis t ration , the estate and effects of i~lizabe j J. Taylor, Thep aire therefore, to cite and ad mon! 1 all andl singular the kindred cind/creditors of the said Eilzabeth . Ta/lor deceased, that they lbe and tap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to 1)0 held at dLurens Court hlouse, Laurens, 8. C.,, en the 29th dlay of Decemnber, 1915, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In the for'enoon, to showv cause, if any they have, why the said administr'atlon should not lbe gi'anted. Given under my hand thIs 14th day if 'lDecember Anno~ D~ominit 1r,. 21..2t J n, L .Cn