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SPECIAL NOTICE. Now that the holiday season is over and everything has goue pros perous and happy; every one better off, and a bright fertile year ahead, at no period in the history of our business life have we be;n so thor oughly prepared to mact the wants of the trade and the requirements of the people, as we are now. We shall continue to place upon our counters from day to day, bargains in every department at LOWEST PRICKS, and shall always be found using our best endeavors to preveut ex to; tioh's nnd uphold the CASH SYSTEM. Our entire stock is now offered at. REDUCED PRICES. We ask 3 ou to call and inspect our goods. Wo guarantee to please as to quality and price. Look cajc fully over this list of a few articles mentioned : Gents J Hose, white, 5 and 10 c. " striped 12} " solid colors 12J double heel & toe 12* Ladies hose, white, 8, 10, 124. striped, 10 " solid colors. 121 " bal briggnn, 15 " " finest quali ty, 25 < hildren'a hose, colored, 5, 8, 10,123 Ladies Gauntlets, dark colors, 110 e. *? Berlin gloves, embroidered backs, 35 " kid gloves, 4 buttons, "best makers, 75 Gents buckskin gloves, lined 75 ?' driving " 30 Derby suiting, 10 figured, 12} Cashmeres, beautiful colors, 163 Merinos, beautiful colors, 16 Plannels, red, white and blue, 25 to 35 cents. 2<i.l ho-, cry prctiy,*30 c I adies Hoods, new styles, 40 booking Glasses, bureau size, SI " extra large SI.50 " oval frames U0 and 80 cents Silver plated tea spoons, SI 25. Table " 1.75 ,c Forks 1.75 " Knives 3.75 Glass Setts, hamlsome, 4 pieces, 50 Glass Preserve Stands, (50 Goblets, 75 ct per doz Tumblers, 60]et per doz Lamps from 25 to 75 cts Large asrwrtinent Ladies, Gents nnd Children's Shoes from the finest to the cheapest, Men nnd Boys Hats, 40, 60, 75, 1 00 1.25 to S3 Men and Boys Caps from 25 to 50 Fancy Box Paper, Envelopes and Stationery. Agent for the Largest Tobacco Factory in the United States, we offer bargains in this line. Agent for Manufacturers of Soaps and Conceu rated Lye, we defy coin petition. We have the Largest and Cheap est Stock of BROOMS AND BASKETS in the Market. Agent for the Celebrated Town Talk BAKING POWDERS. These Powders have stood the Test by the best Chemist, and pronounced PURE, when bought in cans. Prof. Mott, the Leading ( hemist of the World, says the worse adulterations occur when Powders are sold loose or in bulk. Remember this and get TOWN TALK from Headquarters Your attention is asked to the re duction in our CARPETING, put down to 25, 35, 40 cents. Pocket Knives from 5 cts. to S2.. Buggy Whips, 25, 50,75 cts., 61, $1 25 $2. our6 reBpectfuHy, C. D. KORTJOHN. *&? Always notice this COLUMN CHEAP GOODS. 11 Announces that he Iuir returned from NEW YORK and would call special notice to having the LA IUI EST, CHOICEST, MOST SELECT and COMPLETE ASSORTMENT DRY GOODS Specially'adnptcd for Spring and Summer .wear, of the Latest Importations, and all of the Real Novelties of the Season, all Selected with great Care as to Best Quality and LOW PRICKS Grand display of Novel tic* in DRESS GOODS At the well known popular -'EMPORIUM' Prices. ri flfi P*ucos "Limburg Embroideries At 3 cjUU evil im per yard and upward, the greatest variety ever offered. Torchen, Languidoc, Vermicelli, Breton Point D'Esprit, D'Alencon, Span ish and other Laces at Equally Low Prices. "17 LEG ANT NOVELTIES in made ep JLj Lace Goods, Fishus.' Ties, Rulues, Aprons, &e., ?fco., it will make you feel good to take a look at them. UNEXAMPLED profusion of the new est Styles in Fringes, (limps, T.nss ids Silk Girdles, Buttons. Ribbons, Cnrs ets Cloves, Ladies ;?nd Children's Hotscrj' Handkerchiefs, all new and Great Bar gains. Fnst Color and New Stylo Calico i> cts. Eine Yard Wide Figured Cambric-suet*. Beautiful Fast "olor Yard Wide Lawns Sets. QPECIAL Bargains in all kinds of Ilouse keeping Goods, s?ch as Toilet Quilts, Sheetings. Towels, Doilies, Table Damasks, Crashes, &e. THlLI'XtANT assortment of Fans, Para J^jj sols andSilK Umbrellas. SHOES for everybody in all the New and Handsome Styles for Summer wear. CLOTHING for Boys Youths ontl Men in all the Latest Styles, in Li rent Va riety and at the Lowest possible Prices. SHIRTS,' Underwear and 'Furnishing Oouds. An unequalled line of these Goods bought direct and only from the J/nmifuctiirers. A full linn of the Celebra ted Cosmopolitan Custom -Shirts, Collars and Culls. Boys Shirts, Men's Fine Neck wear, Silk Handkerchiefs, &c. The very Best llulnundered Shirts at 60, 76 ets and $L Special sixes made to order All sizes of FrauiCM for Pictures and Chromo.i. The Light Running ]>onii>Hlic Sewliiff Machine, Needles. Oil, Attachments and Parts ol every Machine in use. Ulme. DcmorcHl'M Reliable Paper Fashions.) i^LAIN, Checked and Fancy Malting J just as Low Priced as any in the United States. Rf*?T In short I guarantee that everybody shall he pleased, linyiiig the goods by the lens of thousands, and Styles by the score, have then for old and young, for rich and rich and poor, for pretty and plain. I am prepared to furnish every lady and gentle man with pi-4 what she or he wants, and at just the price thai stdts. COME AND SEE! The Bovs and Girls arc requested not to mit;s calling for New Cards for their Scrap Books and Collections 2HI0B?11 KOHH'S GREAT DRY GOODS EMPORIUM! [Written for the Ornngcbtug Tim Ed. "One Innige." We meet as others met heforo Like others we'll meet agnin? That mcetintr was long years ago, Yet oft it givrs no pain, I need not name the place we met U ether street or stately hull Hut niemory holds''one image" sweet And noblest of them all, Perhaps wc may not meet again Upon life's shifting,sea? Hut while a beating pulsej-emains I "still remember" thee. The years may pass?1 cannot tell How very dear to me My heart still holds -I know--full well ??One image" and it is she, Though shadows oft o'er east my path Ami things 1 vain would flee, Amid the toils und cares of life It cheers and com Ions me, It flitsbelore nie day and night And will Hot from me sever It points me lo that world of light Where dear hands "clasp forever," I bee<l its precious words -and luok To prayer and patience wait Will H'.cp across life's troubled brook And meet at the pearly gale. A Deplorable A flair. Last week wc mentioned among our editorial gleanings the terrible cutting of Dr. IL J. A vinger at Jetter son. Texas, by a colored man. We were not certain at the time that he was otic ?f the ?rnhgebui'g Avihgcrs, but wc have since learned that he is, it lit] as tic iias a targe number of friends and relatives in our County we give liui full particulars. lie is a member of the Legislature of Texas, and is highly respected in his adopt ed State. We clip the following from the .Jefferson Democrat: "The citi/.ens of this city were greatly shocked Saturday night by receiving the unwelcome intelligence, that Dr. II. .1. Avingcr, of Avinger station, on the East Line railroad, had beeil cut, u little after sundown, on that: evening, by a negro, and it was feared ?ah mortally wounded. It appears, from what we can learn, that the negro thai cue him was a farm hand. There wits sonic misundcr stft?rriing between him and Dr. A;, about business. The negro beeaVnc: very insulting. The Doctor, finally exasperated, knocked him down, when the negro, who hud a razor in his hand that he had brought along to shutpen, reachctl up and struck Dr. A. across the bowels, inflicting an eightinull wound, from which the entrails protruded. One of them was slightly cut. A train was dispatched immediately from Avinger station to this place for a physician, but it was fully eight hours before Dr. Terhtine, who went, got there. During all that time Dr. Avingcr's protruding bow ids had been exposed to the air, and had become dry and swollen. Dr. Clnpton, who could not leavet at the time on account of a sick pr.ltcnt. went to Avinger station au 1 return ed at 10 a. m. yesterday. Both yhy sicians represent Dr. Avingcr's posi tion as critical. Wc saw a party that left Avinger station at 10 o'clock this morning, but could learn nothing do finite as to Dr. A.'s condition. This is indeed a deplorable affair. Dr. Avinger is a gentleman univer sally esteemed; a man of warm heart ami liberal views, and full of enter prise. His death would bo an irre parable calamity. Our own personal reelings arc deeply enlisted in his fate, and wc shall look with anxiety lor the intelligence from him." Intelligence has since reached, us that Dr. Avinger is (lead. Our deep est sympathies arc extended to his relatives, both in Orangcburg and Texas. - ? ym> ? - ? i - ? - Long ContTsiurs.?Beyond a cer tain point there is no progress in courtship. When the parties to the a (lair have arrived at the conviction that they were "made for each other," and cannot be happy apart, the sooner they become "one and in separable" the better. Antenuptial affection id us mobile us quick-silver, and when it lias reached its highest point, the safest policy is to merge it into matrimonial bliss. Otherwise, j it may retrograde. Very long court ships often end in a backout on o it side or the other?the retiring party beiug in most cases "inconstant man." And we would hint to that unreliable being that, ho has no right to dangle .after an estimable woman for years without tiny fixed inten tion of marrying her. The best tiling a lady can do tinder such eireiim stances is to bring matters to a focus, by asking the point-no point gentle man what he means, arid when? She can either do that or dismiss him al together. Perhaps the latter plan would be the belter one; for a man who is alow to matrimony is general ly slow in all concerns of life. "What is the greatest of till conun drums? Life?because we must all give it up. Tue Friilt or I'arty Spirit. lie that hateth his brother has the germ of murder in Iiis heart. The evil principle may never mature in the concrete form, but this is its na ture and that is its legitimate re sult, j This teaching of the Divine revelation is confirmed by all human experience, and is attested on every page of history. A who c people stand apalicd at the attack upon the President. The national jubilee was at hand and thc holiday rejoicings had already begur when the blow came, and joy gave place to grief. And this is xpo ccm mon Borrow; the President was as sailed because of hjs liitrh position, and every loyal heart ft is the sting of the deadly wound. Whether the assassin was s:ine or unsettled in his intellect, General Gajfield had provoked no personal enmity by private word or deed, and alpthere is of significance in the das tartly attempt upon his life shows that it was directed against the'es tablished authority of the republic in i the pel son id" its recojgnize I head, ll^was the President and not the indi vidual whose life was sought, and this is treason itj purpose and act. if it were 'only t>he sorrow of a pri vate circle, the people would he ready with their tundcrest sympathies for a family so deeply atliiclcd. The wife had not fully recovered from a wast ing sickn s-i that met her almost at the threshold of the 'n'hite House, and it was to join1 the dear invalid who had sought for new strength at the seaside that the husband was hastening when he was pierced with the traitor's bullet. The hiving wife, the age- l mother and the young child ren, who hardly yet realize t be mean ing of these sad events will have all fejus .strength and consolation that nftllious of praying hearts can invoke for them in this tlyingliohr. Bu4 the people are called to some laifttiy^^W&'wca n notdisguise the shameful fuel thai the assassin'sMii* tent is the direct outcome of tin- bit terness and ianeor of pirty strife which has been carried l(; such ex tremes during the current year; The mail (tiiitenu hail been a trust ed speaker ail 1 worker for the Ke publiean p trty duringlhelate Presi dential can vans. Iiis titLrr:\ne6*i in otir own ghat City had been printed in pamphlet form and circulated as campaign docuniontsj and he had been promised lie reward usually math Iii shell zealous partisanship. The split ill his party bad left him for the moment on the losing side. We may grant that lie had tided his mind with sIo.hmoI" the oi l world methods of re I reusing popular gri ev tl nees; that he h id beea disappointed and disheartened at the failure of his personal an.bitions: thai he had become maddened by the rejection 6'.' his supposed claims for party servi ces, a lie i that Iiis political associates not on iy bad in i sliari what ever in the scheine Or its execution but wan id gladly h ive stayed his hand if ihey had known of his deadly purpose. All this may be true, but it still re mit ins patent to the tin lies', appre hension that but for Ih; controversy which has been carried to shell dis credit able lengths inside of t he d un inant party since the inauguration of the present Administration the President would have been in bis usual health this day. His assail ant, with the pistol h is but stefmded and perfected the assaults of tongue and pen which have been iriccsshh' since the hour he took his oath of ollice. There is too much bitterness in ordinary parly warelare while the canvass is going on and the election is yet to be determined. Washing ton foresaw "the baneful effects ol the spirit of party," and in his Fare well Address warned his countrymen against it as the greatest enemy of our-free iustilu ions. But whatever may be done as long as innourn.? s are opposed to each other, when tl.c election is decided, all such crimina tions ought certainty to cease. The chief of a great people especially ought to be respected for the sake 01 his position, if not out of regard for his personal character, and no foul tongue sin uld ut.cr its slanders against him. ITiifutunately t'ie President I.as he siifiubj ci to harsher censure.-, from members of bis own party since his accession to dlliee gthau he rico ved irotn bis oppon mts while upon the hustings. As c:\il wars are far mo: c bitter and cruel than the e<n-e.-ts that come through national aggres sion or foreign invasion, so the| ?eat cd struggles be.t ween factions within party lines are J lways more f nvuge and pitiless man Old n r,\ parly utri fcs. We do not any that the Preshleut and his advisers were tree from blame i.i the warfare that has kept the country in such a fever of excite ment, but wo must apportion the greater share oft he condemnation to those who were arrayed against him. These scenes that have been enacted at Washington and Albany, and have bad their counterpart of greater or less degree in other sections of the con n try j have disgusted every unpre judiced citizen of whatever party, and have created the most profound apprehension in thoughtful minds at the issue nnd its effect upon tin welfare of the country and the puri ty of our government. For the first time in our history the tender of ofiicc has been openly held to be a fitting argument to secure desired legislation; and this has both stimulated the greed lor place nnd multiplied the scandals connect ed with appointment und preferment. The act which has now ea?t a gloom over all the land is the legitimate fruit of this noxious growth?the embodiment of the spirit of party malignity in the self-constituted minister of vengeance. Those who shudder and shrink aghast at this incarnation of their evil passions and resentments will learn, wc hope, the lesson of the hour. The shadow of death points lis skeleton finger at the chief actors in this most disgraceful struggle. We hope the rebuke will be felt, and. those more especially addressed will heed the solemn warning. It lias not come a day too soon, and if it is not effective the people, irrespective of party, will rise in their might and make short work with the dema gogues who have carried their fac tional feuds to such a deplorable con ? elusion. If in the presence or under the threatening shadow of this great monitor they heed the lesson and shrink into the oblivion they'ought to covet, the peace may not be too dearly purchased even at such n costly price; and out of-the bitter (sacrifice may come the sweety fruits of; a renewed and lasting prosperity.? Ntto York Journal of Commerce. Forests and Rainfall. Whether the forests insure a great er rainfall in their vicinity than is received upon an equal area of open land has been disputed among seien lific men, though the preponderance of opinion now seems to favor the conclusion that the rainfall is most abundaut in wooded regions. This corresponds also with the prevalent belief of the common people, the un scientific but practical observer^. A special committee of the Royal Academy of Vienna, reporting in 1 j/l upon a "Memoir of Mr. 11of rath Wex upon the Diminution of the Water of Rivers and Streams," used the following language, upon this particular point: "Phis question of the influence of forests upon the amount of precipitation has lor so in e; time engaged the attention of natur alists. Such an influence has been asserted, partly . from theoretic con siderations, and partly on account oi the entire 'change presented by the climatic relations of the countries in which the forests have disappeared. * * * It is probable that such influence exists ; but w hile on the one hand its consequences may lie over estimated, on the other hand there is want of direct proof, inasmuch as the rain measurements have been con tinued for too-short a time, both at stations situated within the woods and outside of them in the open fields." The commission consequently con cluded that an influence of the woods upon the amount of rain deposited, and especially upon the yearly con tribution, is probable, although di rect observation docs not give sulli cieiit evidence to determine its ex tent, or positively its existence. Dr. Hogers, of Mauritius, gives this testimony: "So late as 18(5-1 the island was resorted to by invalids from India, as the'pearl' of the In dian Ocean?it being then one mass of verdt r ?. But, when the fores s were cleared to gain space for sugar cultivation, the rainfall diminished, the rivers dwindled down to muddy streams, the water became stagnant in cracks, crevices and natural hol lows, w hile the equable temperature of the island entirely changed, drou ght was experienced in the midst of the ocean, and thunder showers were rarely any longer witnessed. * * * The hills were subsequently planted with trees, and the rivers and streams resumed their former dimensions."? Ar. //. Kmflii.h in /'npnltir ?V, inwe A7< n'h f>t. Jainlfton Items, Jamison, S. C., July 1th 1881. Editor Orungebdry Time?: Quito a hcayy storm of wind and' rain passed through this vicinity on last Wednesday, doing damage alii o to trees and fencing, and in some places upsctiug houses. Iii the yard of ..Mr. J no. Vnwhan, near h?re, an out house and two large oaks, which for many u year had defied the 'im- . pressiou of the iilastwith pioud des, dain yielded their resistance to' the ' violence of the storm and.were'* blownio the ground. The storm is reported to have done considerable . damage to the fencing and trees iit thc(neighborhood of Mr. Juo. Datiiir'. lcr .and C. W. Houck. The eorrf house of Jake Treville, a colored nia'li ?( on Mr. C, W. Culler's place was also blown down and some of his stock' ' injured. Many of* he farmers have been busy during the last week re- '1 pairing and rebuilding their fences- } but they perform this imposed duty ? with exceeding cheerfulness, know* ing that while the storm has dam- r aged their fences it has been a blesBti . ing to the famishing crop. .i? A company of y oung men went out this morning on a piscatorial exeus- . sioii in honor of the Declamation of j Independence, this being the 4th ; July. May they be ns successful.,, in their undertaking as were our valiant forefathers jg through whoso..", bravery and love of. liberty, this of ail the brightest day in American history has been instituted. Moke Anox. A RkcEli'T rbit Making Scan pAiii?Take a grain of falsehood, a. handful of runabout, the same quan-n tity of nimble-tongue, n sprigof horb backbite, a teaspoouful of don't you-;[ tell-it, six drachms of malice, and a , few drops of envy. Stir well togeth er, and simmer half an hour. Add a little discontent and jealously* r then strain through a bag of miscon struction, cork it up iu a bottle of malevolence, *nud/hang- it npor(.''Af skei'u of-: stiectyarn. Shake.it occa-; signally.'for A. levy, days, and it^yillbo' lit for use. Lot a few ?drops be taken j before walking OuL and' the jrtesired' .result will follow; * ' ? - ?l|..*iTiNwM. I ? : jS"EU*srArEits;~Thcre vrtyjeertalnly no products of the nrts so elieap as the newspaper, and it is difUelllt to' imagine any other thing. Were it not a medium for thecommutiieation of the commercial needs of the com munity which form a part of its in come, but are not strictly one of ttfl journalistic functions, it would be impossible to furnish what it docs at the prices which it gets. That on the whole it does not pay like other fur nished products?the cake, the cigarv the oyster supper, the ribbon, the laces, the glass of beer-?can only be explained r.U the theory once ad vanced by the English philosopher who was asked why the manufac turers of ale were all millionaires and the authors all poor. 'Because,' he replied, "for one tntlii who has brains thirty have bowels.'?Detroit Free Pi CS S. SVisnoM koh Boys.?Do yott want to make your marks in the world? Do you wish to be men? Then ob serve the following rules: Hold integrity sacred. Observe good manners. Endure trials patiently. Be prompt in all things. Make few acquaintances. Yield not to discouragements, Dare to do right; fear to do wrong* Watch carefully over your passions Fight life's battle bravely, manful ly. Consider well, thou decide positive ly, Sacrifice money rather than priuci pie. Use all your leisure time for im? provementi Attend carefully to the details of vour business. A strong man is oue whose passions stimulate his reason and whose rea son controls his passions. Eli Perkins is down in Texas in terviewing the negro girls as to wheth er their mi eatresses "dip." EH has a nice sense of the amenities of life. He fully recognizes that the line must be drawn somewheaein the matter of prying into ladies' habits, nnd Mr. Perkins could not be had to go be yond an interview with a negro Wait in": mail.?Ex. An aged, inquisitive old gent pok ed his head into a printingollicc dohr in this city and asked 'Who is dead?' The man at the wheel answered, 'No body that I have heard of.' The old gentlemen then asked, 'What is this crape on the door for?' The.boss then went mit and found that the "devil" had hung the job cfllco towel on the door knob while he chased a lame pigeon up an alloy. -Vctivi: I'rcc