The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-19
HINTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
WHERE TO BUT IND WHIT TO GET.

WHERE TO BUT IND WHIT TO GET.
The gift-buyers are now fairy in the mar
ket, and King street, from breakfast time Till
dark, is a moving mass OF gay and happy
shoppers Our advertising columns form an
excellent holiday directory, and we resume
below our notices of the latest advertisers,
and shall continue the same from day to day
as new advertisements are handed In.
Diamond Presents.
Whoever wishes to tempt Dame Fortune to
provide him with magnificent gift, at mere
| ly nominal cost, should by all means inspect
the diamonds, gold watches, jewery and plate
to be raffled on Saturday next by the Charles
ton Charitable Association. These splendid
prizes are on exhibition daily at Mr. Skrine's
drug store, No. $50 King street. The diamonds
consist OF sets Of earrings and breastplns, and
rings, bracelets, gold watches and opera
chains, gentlemen's tne gold watches (stem-
wInders) and chains. All the goods are war.
warranted to be of the first quality. The dia-
monds are rich and large, and set In the latest
style, and have just been imported for the as
sociaiion by Larmour & Co., of Baltimore.
When it is considered that chance in the
scheme in which oil these magnificent articles
are to be drawn may be had for only one dol
| lar, aud that the drawing will positively take
place on Saturday next, very few, We fancy,
will require second look at the splendid array
of prizes before securing ticket.
Good Cheer.
Tully, the caterer, Is parsonage whose I'm.
portance and value In the community can
only be properly understood By those Who en-
ioy and appreciate the mysteries aud triumphs
Of the art gastronomic. Especially at Christ
mas time do his superb cakes, his matchless
turkeys, and his unrlvalled mince pies loom
up in tempting proportions. Whoever dis
trusts the experience and qualification of his
marketman or cook may safely invoke the aid
Of Tully, in the full confidence that he will
thereby get through his Christmas dinner in
an emlnently satisfactory and credltable
Xmas Fi1ings.
Currants, raisins, jellles. &C., are indispen-
| sible at Christmas, aud Fitzgibbon, at the
corner of King and Cannon streets. is deter
| mined not to be surpassed in the quality of his
goods nor the scale of prices. To the Neck
folks his store Is most convenient, and 1t is no
longer necessary for the residents of that To-
cality to make trip down town to secure
first-class groceries, as they can be supplied by
Fltzgibbon at remarkably low prices.
The Pipe OF Peace.
"Let us have peace" is the most appropriate
thing man can say, in view Of The advent OF
the holidays, and Schroeder. the popular dealer
in smokables, holding forth to-day, offers 10
every body the "calumet of peace'-a meer-
schaum pipe, cigar-holder, tobacco pouch,
a box of cigars or bale of smoking tobacco;
these are some of the things he sells, and
either of them would be glorious present
from one young man to another, or from
lady to a gentleman. Schroeder keeps the
very best In his line, and ladies as we'll as gen.
tlemen will find him good man to deal with.
A good place, also, to get anything In the
tobacconlsts' line is at Lorenzt's, corner King
and Wentworth streets.
Furnishing Goods.
The shirt emporium, advertised 80 long and
successfully by Scott, on Meeting near Market
street, has become fixture of OR city, and
we cannot do better than call the attention OF
purchasers at this season of the year to his
handsome assortment of gentlemen's furnish.
Ing goods. Everything appertaning to a
gentleman's wardrobe may be had at this
establishment, and at prices quite as favorable
as those which are demanded In the City of
New York.
Hats and Caps.
We take pleasure Ia inviting all who desire
to purchase the latest style of hats and caps to
call at Plenge's new establishment, on King
expressly for the holidays, and will be found to
embrace the handsomest head-gear In Charles
ton.
Fruit! Fruit!
Luscious fruit OF all kinds. as we'll as nuts
of every description, are selling by Klein, In
King street. The bananas and oranges make
the mouth water, and the figs and ralsins are
necessary adjunct to Christmas dinner.
Our Chrisimas lDesserts.
Had every man his deserts South Carolina
would be rid OF some troublesome people, and
the only dessert that we can claim, without
fear of the consequences, is that which is fur
nished by C. Bart & Co. In the shape of bunches
of red bananas, cocoas, and pineapples with
out number
Foot Gear.
"There was an old woman who lived In
SHOE" says the nursery rhyme; but to this yarn
we can only say, ''shoo fly" When you come
to talk of modern boots and Shoes however,
we are posted, and always advise such of our
friends as want articles in that line to go to
Days cheap boot and shoe store, No. l2l
Meeting street. All kinds of ladies' and misses,
as well as gentlemen's boots and shoes, can be
found here at reasonable prices.
Chase Cutlino, new King street firm in
the same line, have also an excellent stock OF
shoes, &C., which deserves the attention of
purchasers.
Santa Claus's Headquarters.
Won Santen's Bazaar this year is Verltable
wonder, and to the average boy OF the period,
tine immense display of all sorts of toys made
OF wood, lead, papier-mache, blsque, glass,
brass and what not, with the inanity OF forms
and colors, presents bewlldering show, little,
ifany, short of the wonders evolved by the
lamp OF Aladdin. Little girls can purchase
dolls varying In price from one ecu. O. to