The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-05-23
By MAIL AND WIRE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM THE
WORLD AT LARGE

The oldest tree on earth, so far a!
any one knows, is the "B0r tree il
the sacred city of AmarapOora
Burmah. 1t was plauted, SAYS tho
IimbeI IrdieS' JOUWni, in 2SS T. G..
and is, accordingly, 2,l7l years old
It's great age is proved by histOri,
documents, according to Sir james
Emmerson Tcnnct, who says: "Tc
it kings have dedicated their do
minionS, in testimony Of belief that
it is branch OF the identical fig
tree under which Buddha rcclincd
ut Urumclyu when ne underwent
his ap0thcOSiS." It's leaves arc car.
ried away as strcamcrs by pilgrims
but 1T is TOO sacred to touch with a
knife, and therefore they are OILY
gathered when they fall.
GREEEVILLE, May 10. = VIM.
Adams, colored, was shot and dam
gcrously wounded here to-day by
Deputy Sheriff NcSbit and G. II.
Willis, both the latter being white.
Adams had been arrested for as
saulting II boy and had been bailed
out by Willis. This morning Will
lis surrendered him to the Sheriff,
or attempted to do 50; but when
Willis and the deputy went to Adj
ANS house the latter opened fire
on them with u pistol, whcreupon
Willis and Ncsbit drew their pistols
and returned the fire, one of the
balls passing through Adams
head. His wound is dangrrOcs but
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The ouitotcd usbnrioa di.nntn !.
/. Whether thc ITnitrd s;t,tns h,vr
a RIGHT i'm thr British fisheries in
dcpcnbcnt of treaty nrnvi.ion. .
What are thc rirhts of thn An,ori.
can fishermen undnr thn conrrntinn
of 1878. and under thn laws of n,v.
iration ana trodro 3 Nm "hn,I .
lands" question. which is incidrn.
tai TO thc other two uucst,ous The
British hold that thr limo must Iva
drawn from hcadl,nd TO hrnIIond
three miles from shore. This inter.
prctation would cyclulc American
iishcrmcu from The BAYS which on.
dent the coast deeply and are ne
resort of fish. The .,mrricnus say
that three miles from shore means
n,.n ',,''n, "','n's ~ 'Nt'H Ppin''
- ,,;i'. ,,.;, ' ,,s D's Ivy ''iIu
do n,'ar ~ ''w , "u ','w 'Ho'" M"'''''
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students or or,;ou,,,ro ,r 8,
miIior win tho nynnrin,rnts n,I,
nv J,rnL l.lint IL IZI7 In nnn, :,
Innm n,rrnw v,rL into u,binh hi,
cattle were turnrd ot nimht Once
- month tho rnI fnnno. Hn,a t.,I,on
ont ana tho xhnIn u,,rr,nn nftLn
yard well nIowrI Thn nnd cnnrns
were thrn renlor,d ana thc r.,t,ln
turncd in ON tbc nInwnI rrnnnd
This w,s krnt thrn,rh no snnIn,nr
and in the fail thr haitian nfthn
ward was cortrd out ana snrn,d
upon the fields Whnn ,nv tirII
needed spccInl monurinr. this vnrI
,,as made as urnr tn il ~ nossihln
The system of Coldin~ shnnn on
plowci urouud and "rnw.nrnninm y
ns nroctircd in n,rts nr thn Snufh
are ut-nrowths nC this did evstnm
of spndinp noultrv yards rrnnnontiv
and c,rtinr ont tb@ surfncn soil fnr
use in farm practice,
The farmers of thr couptv have
formed nineteen sub.oIlinntrs ana
thcv met TODAY to orvnnizr Tho
County Alliance. There i some on
position to tho movcmert. or r,thrr
u few persons in tho conntv hnvn
objections tn tbr orrnn,y,tinn fn,r.
inc that notifies nav rron ont nfit
or That strikes viii ro.ult Mnnv
of the very hest man of thc county
have gone infoit, and their chornc-
ter is sufficient to uorantcn thot
thcy mean harm to nnvonc and
if the Alliance was to dGvrlop into
a political machine thnv wou,d
Withdraw fr,m IT. mo Countv
Alliance was ORGANIZED and thev
are now i'm workinr ordcr Thny
claim that they can buy fertilizers
heavy goods, wagons, bugpics. op.
ricnltnral machinery, engine. cnf.
ton gins and all such necessary
thinTS with Tho niddInnon,s nrniit