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then, If repulsed, they calmly resumed
their bombardments.
I'VE who came here to-day do not
know the terms of surrender suggested
by General Stoessel to General Nogi,
nor the answer to them, having left
Port Arthur even before the messenger
had been dispatched. The general I'M
preston, however. is that Stoessel has
proposed that the army shall go free
and that he alone be made a prisoner.
Even that concession seemed to wrench
the sturdy old mans heart
Whether or not the negotiations
terminate In an agreement on terms
of surrender, it is certain that Port
Arthur is doomed. We still have some
ammunition and some guns on Liaotl
Mountain. but that mountain is not
adapted for the best defense from the
land side. and the Japanese would find
its capture easier than the other tasks
they have attempted. Tigers Tail
Peninsula has to be similarly viewed,
and Gold Hill has been without am
munition for three months.
..Since reaching Chefu I have seen
that attempts have been made to make
1t appear that Stoessel alone wished to
surrender the other generals desiring
TO continue the fight. This is a lie, and
IT Is based solely on personal dislike of
Stoessel.
AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED.
Tt is a simple story. Had the am
munition held out, the fortress would
have held out indefinitely For months
we held Port Arthur by bayonets alone,
until flesh and blood could do no more.
When a man fell there was none other
to replace him. Thus the garrison was
gradually worn down. Two Hundred
and Three-Mete Hill alone cost us 5000
men. The capture of that hill was
the beginning of the end.
THE Japanese artillery was excel
lently served. They had 400 guns bear
ing ON Meter Hill. They advanced
their trenches while their artillery was
shelling the Russians out with show
er of metal and then occupied the Rus
sian positions.
In personal combat the Japanese
was greatly inferior to the Muscovite.
One Russian could take care of three
Japanese in a bayonet fight and some
of our soldiers have records vastly
higher than that. The japanese are
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wARsHIPs REACH MADAGAscAR.
ROjestvensky1s Division Anchors in
the ROadstead of Saint Marie.

ROjestvensky1s Division Anchors in
the Roadstead of Saint Marie.
TAMATAvE. Madagascar, Jan. g.
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's division
Of the Russian second Pacific squad
ron, consisting of five battleships,
three cruisers, the transports Kam-
chatka and Anadyr and the hospital
ship Orel, anchored in the roadstead
of Saint Marie to-day. The dispatch
boat Libau afterward visited Tama-
tave to file dispatches. She rejoined
the division this evening. The war
ships are in excellent condition de-
spite the severe storms they have en-
countered.
Tamatave is the chief port and cap
ital of the island of Madagascar. 1t
is situated on the east coast in about
Is degrees 10 minutes south.
Saint Marie is an island north Of
Tamatave and not farsfrom Madagas-
car. The chief town of the island is
also called Saint Marie. 1t has a good
harbor.
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PEACE NOT EXPECTED.
Count Cassini Says Russia Will Fight
Until Victorious,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Although
he had no official news regarding the
surrender of Port Arthur, Count Cas-
sini the Russian ambassador, had no
hesitation in reiterating what he has
repeatedly announced, that the loss of
Port Arthur would not have the slight
est effect on Russia's determination to
fight to the end. He said:
Russia will pursue the war to the
end and the temporary loss of Port
Arthur, after such a valiant defense,
can only spur Russia on to ultimate
victory
Kogoro Takahira, the Japanese Min
lister, was asked tonight whether in
his opinion the fall of Port Arthur
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consisted of rice, which ultimately
caused hundreds to fall sick of scorbut,
disease much like berri-berri. Last
month the rations were reduced forty
per cent.
Nothing was thought too great a
sacrifice in order to impress the enemy
that all was well inside the fortress.
This is the first potato l have tasted
for two months-and is this really,
truly steak7"
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DETAINs THE ARDIA.
United States Prevents Shipment of
Submarine Boats.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Jan. g.
The situation tonight indicates that
the predicted hold-up of the German
steamship Ardia, with two submarine
boats, reported to be destined ulti-
mately for the Russian navy, on board,
has occurred.
Just after a pilot had boarded the
steamship, which was scheduled to sail
at O'Clock, stranger, whose identity
was not learned, appeared at the ship
yard and few minutes later it was
announced that the vessel would not
sail.
Information as to the cause of the
change of programme, the destination
of the submarines and the identity
of the messenger is refused.
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FAMOUS GENERALS KILLED.
Kondratenko and Smyrnoff Die /
Port Arthur's Defense.

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 2.-Gen>
eral Stoessel. in dispatch to EN-
peror Nicholas. confirms the Port Ar
thur reports that Major General Kon>
dratenko, commander of the Seventh
East Siberian Rifle Brigade, was killed
on December 15.
General Stoessel also reported that
Major General Fock. commander of
the Fourth East Siberian Rifle Brig
ade, was seriously wounded. and GEN.
eral Smyrnoff, commander of the Port
Arthur fortress. killed.
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To Cure q Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo ouinins Tabists. All
druggists refund the money II Il falls 70 cure.
z. w. Groves signature 10 on each box 25c-s
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Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protrudinr PfJ~.
Your druggist will refund money II PAzo ONT
MENT fails to cure you In to II days toc.s
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SIGNING OF TERMS
OF CAPITULATION
ENDS WAR TRAGEDY
*MikadO Orders That StOeSSel Be
Accorded Full HOnOrS.
Garrison's Destruction of Warships De-
nounced by Toxic Press

the jar.
casualties during the of $4,000 OF
There $4,000 sick
In the Port
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of
by
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dispatch
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JAPANESE WILL MARCH INTO PORT ARTHU

OF
sat
% no Japanese
O d is
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A Guaranteed Cure for Pjle.

War News Continued on Page is.
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The Dead of tho Sen,

An inquiSitive Trcnchman has
thought it worth while To AJAX what be-
m of the bodies after death of the
numbcrlcss fish and other living crcn-
lures that FIJI the sea. or course they
all die, sooner Ut later, mud yet 1t is an
occurrence SO rarc as to he practically
unknown for anybody who lives beside
or OH the to come across the "re-
mains" of even a single victim OF the
fate that awaits all things mortal. In
the profoundcr depths putrcfnction can-
not take place, SO Il tho dead fish
once reaches tiioSc calm. chill abysscs
he would be preserved until the end of
time. Probably, howevc., no such
peaceful rcposc awaits more than an
inGnitcsimally small proportion OF the
nnny folk, and no great accumulation
of iifclcss bodies exists ut the bottom
Of the sea-. The living eat the dead be-
fore they can make the long, slow
Journey downward. AS Il matter of
fact, extremely few fish, and perhaps
none, cvcr meet what is known as n
natural death" Almost always they
are slain and dcvourcd and so put
definitely u Of the way.
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the Court
of Rex
By FANNIE HEAsLiP LEA
Copyright, 1908, BIZ Fannie Hoa,,.p Lea

II am lost" said the pretty maiden
with n quantity tragic air.
Shc stood back against the window
Of n big department store OH Canal
street md scanned the surging crowd
before her. 1t was Mardi Gras day In
New Orleans, and the pretty maiden
had been i'm town only three hours, two
of which had been spentEn u hotel.
IL AVE lost my mother she said
again as IL to impress the fact upon
herself-"and my father"-then she
added as an nftcrthought, land my
purse"
In the street the people crowded each
other for more room, and there was q
constant stream of maskers, gay dom.
inocd follows with tinkling bells and
swapping whips, and the pretty maiden
watched them from the entrance ia
the department store, and her ideas
quite lost their balance and toppled
over into the mad whirl OF carnival.
"Im glad I'm lost she said to her.
self; they'll know 1 was separated
from them by the crowd and they'll be
fearfully worried, but after awhile
eANJ ~ III ttNp hiiu hiculktlit1e Il Ittl us
II something We're going to happen-a
wild adventure perhaps. Oh, I love
carnival. I'm glad came"
A drum throbbcd subtly I'm the dis
lance, the crowd surged to the edge of
the banquette, then surged back again
with easy laughter, for no parade np-
peared.
"Ah," said some one at the pretty
maiden's elbow. II beg your pardon,
but I thought 1 was never going to
find YOU. The crowd is SO thick"
The pretty maiden stared. a young
man, clean shayen and eminently pre-
scntable, was regarding her, hat in
hand.
Tn afraid you don't remember me-"
he suggested, a tribe crestfallen. "Isn't
this Miss PrestonT"
The pretty maiden's eyes widened.
To herself she cried, THE adventurev'
but aloud she said quite coolly:
I'm afraid tho advantage Is yours"
I'm sorry" he answered stiGly.
But please don't think me an impcrti-
nent stranger. My cousin wrote me to
meet YOU here, you and your sister.
She asked me to show YOU around for
the parade. my name is Robert Ran
dolph," he finished awkwnrdly.
the pretty maiden hesitatcd n bare
moment, but the carnival spirit was
strong within her, and the trick that In
her natural environment would have
been impossible unfoldcd itself like
magic In this atmosphere.
The moment vas n bare one-thcn-
oh" she said. with the friendlicst
smile imaginable, you nrc Bobby Ran
dolph2"
.10f course he agreed ch%ecrfulIy.
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NIGHTS OF UNREST.
No Sleep, No Rest, No Peace for the
Sufferer from Kidney TroubIes.

No peace for the kidney sufferer
Pain and distress from morn to night.
Get up with a lame back,
Twinges and of backache bother YOU
all day,
Dull aching breakes your rest at night,
Urinary disoders add to your misery.
Get at the ~cause-cure tie kidneys.
Doans Kidney Pills will work the cure.
They're for the kidneys only
Have made great cures in Laurens.
ID. M. Stribbling, former proprietor
OF Dairy farm, says: ~ am highly
pleased with the results l obtained form
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills which /
used for backache and kidney trouble.
L suffered for some years with a dull
aching pain across the small of my back,
especially bad at night. At times it
was SO severe that l was totally unfit
to attend to my work. The kidney Sc
cretions were dark colored, full of brick
dust sediment and a very strong odor.
AT night L was obliged to rise frequent
~ which together with the constant
Dackache and loss of sleep caused my
general health to be very O O / used
any number of remedies and took doc
tors prescriptions but it was the same
old thing, very little if any relief. l
saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised and
went to the Palmetto Drug Co.'s store
and got box of them. To my delight
after taking them my back regained
its strength, did not ache and the kid
deys acted naturally and / could rest ut
nigh without being disturbed"
For sale by all dealers. Price 5Octs.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other.
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Will Use All the Power.

A correspondent writing from Wares
Shoals to the Greenwood Index says:
"All of the power is to be used at the
Shoals which will give us in the near
future a manufacturing city of 5000 or
10000 people. In a short time we will
realize the dream of our ancestors in
the development of this magnificent
1Hf power which will prove an ines
Nennable blessing to the entire surround
ing country. All honor to the progress
sive citizens who have contributed TO
the success of this enterprise. This Is
n of the most highly favored sections
of the Piedmont and we cordially invite
all good people to come at once and
share the solid wave of prosperity that
will soon spread all over the country"
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mering veil had melted down the street,
he swung her into the crowd again, her
checks pink with excitement and the
great purple yioiets nesting In the furs
under her pretty chin.
Now let's have that chocolate" said
Mr.. Randolph. They found q corner In
a pretty tea room, n he dispatched a
walter for their order, while the room
filled steadily.
DO you know" he said, you've
changed somehow
The pretty maiden camo back with
a start to the fact that Mr.. Randolph
was not a lifelong friend.
Have II" she asked safely.
YES" he repeated, somehow you've
changed. You always were pretty, you
know, and I always wes your abject
slave. but now
"Pvc., changedT asked the pretty
maiden ~mournfuliy.
you're $3.50 much more So" he ex-
planned lucidly.
You remember" asked Mr.. Ran
dolph presently, how we used to love
each other when you were ten and I
was fourteenf"
1--WE didn't" she said, with q start.
"Oh. nonsenseI You cried your eyes
out when I left for school. And you
said you'd marry me when you grew
up-and when we said goodby-you
kissed me-"
III did nothing Of the sort" cried the
pretty maiden. very pink and furious.
you've forgotten" said Mr.. Ran
dolph. There's no reason why you
should be ashamed Of Il. A childish
ahection is the most s~incere-and you
certainly were fond Of me-" he finished
tamely.
"rvo changed very much" said the
pretty maiden, thoughtfuily selecting
a macaroon from the plate Of cakes.
I'm sorry," said Mr.. Randolph sim
ply, because you're even nicer than
you used to be-"
II want to tell you something" she
said. I'm not Miss preston-I never
saw you before. I'm here for the car
nival, and 1 lost my people in the
crowd this morning; and then you
came and-I know it was horrid Of
me-"
We'll" said Mr.. Randolph stiGiy.
well. 1t a just n lark" she plead
ed defantly, "and won't you please go
-now--hurry, please" The pretty
maiden had seen her mother and father
across the room.
III o wish 1t, Of COURSE" said Mr..
Randolph with most unreasonable dig
nifty.
II think you better" she said, and
fairly pushed him away, and In a mo-
ment abe turned to her father and
mother with indignation in her v e
We'll, you lost me-" she said with
hypocrihcal anger. FOR two whole
hours, and I'm nearly starved"
The pretty maiden and her parents
dined with friends that night, and the
pretty maiden went In to dinner with
Mr.. Randolph, to her unbounded sur
prise. Mr.. Randolph looked a similar
feeling. Then they both laughed.
THE world isn't 80 large after OIL"
she said.
MY world" said Mr.. Randolph,
comes only just UP to my shoulder"
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25.CENT COLUMN.

BARBECUE-Messrs Bishop and Row
land will give a barbecue at Cy Moore's
spring, half mile from Watts Mill, Aug.
IL. Dinner at IL; Supper at 5. 25 and
35 cents.
. WAGONS:-Have Just received a car
load each of the celebrated Studebaker
and Hackney wagons, n and two horse.
L. N. B~arksdale, Laurens, S. C.
FOR RENT:-Two or three horse
farm 1 l-2 mile from Mountville on the
road leading from Cross Hill to Laurens
9; H.. Apply, Mrs. Lula Dendy, Mount
FOR SALE:-My Mountain Creek
plantation, about 100 acres, fine bottom
land, original forest, splendid pastures,
SIX room concrete residence, four ten
ant houses. barn, cotton house etc.
splendid well-water. Terms to suit you
G.. A. Fuller, Laurens, S. c..
r. f. d. No. s.
,BARBECUE:-We will give a first
class barbecue at Stomp Springs Friday
August IL, Everybody come. Ben +.
Copeland and Geo. F. Young. 1T
FOR SALE-219 acre farm in Chest
u Ridge neighborhood, seven miles
West of Laurens. Dwelling, two tenant
houses, we'll of good water and plenty
of running water. Ten acres in origi-
nal oak forest, 80 acres in cultivation.
balance in pines. Land slightly rolling.
= Terms reasonable.
crew JOS. A. MARTIN.
o2-3t Cross Hill, S. C.
WANTED-30 girls to run sewing
machines in overall factory, Nice clean
work, and Wen pay you while learning.
File your application now, as we Will
start up in a few weeks, with T. X.
Hudgens, Sec'y and Treas, Crescent
TO-, Laurens, .. q. Stiff
WANTED DETECTIVES, RESPONSE
BILE, Sharp, Daring Young Men every
where. Experience unnecessary. En-
close stamp for particulars. Grandell's
Detective Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa.
SEE me for Enlarged, Medallian,
Fancy and Religious Pictures. Charts
for any Lodge. Framing pictures a
speciality. Machine needles and oil.
Office by Express Office.
A. Ross Blakely.
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MyrtIe camp woodmen 70 Picnic.

EDrroR ADVERTISER The annual
picnic of Myrtle Camp No. 206, w. o. w
will be given Friday August Is al
Friendship Presbyterian Church, Sulli.
a township. Ali wooomen and the
public are cordially invited to come and
bring we'll filled baskets.
Messrs J.. j. M'Swain of Greenvills
and 0. p. Goodwin of Laurens have
accepted invitations to be present anG
deliver addresses on this occasion.
r. M. WATSON, clerk
Alma r. f. ID. No. l..
Herald please copy.
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GA - 10 E.E.A..
Bears the Tho Kind You Itaw AIMays Bought
Signature at &MzAzzW
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Its been a great while since we saw
ench other, but still
$50 1t has," said the pretty maidcn
cunningly. Let me see, just how long
exactly
Just ten years." said Mr.. Randolph;
ten years, three months, seven days,
two hours and, I think, twenty-scvcn
mlnutes.'
Dear me-" she murmured breath.
lessly.
And, by the way, where's your Sis
teri Didn't she conner"
My sister? said the pretty maiden,
quite astonlslicd. MY sister2 Oh-er
--ycs, of course she came. But she
had II fearful headache, and she dccid-
ell to stay at the hotel, and I hate to
miss the parade, You see."
"Of course. Too bad she won't see
It," said Mr.. Randolph regretrully.
"Thc trip was so long and tiresome,"
said the pretty maiden incautiously.
1.-TWO hours long! 1 like that. Why,
It's only forty-cight miles between here
and Pass Christian"
~"Dlstancc," said the pretty maiden
sententiously, is not n matter of miles
with me-, at least" she added pru.
IDENTIFY.
We'll, we can have n Jolly time by
ourselves, anyhow" Mr.. Randolph as
surcd her.
The pretty maiden hesltatcd-that is,
she would have hesltated, but Mr.. Ran
dolph's cheerful confidence left her no
room to do SO.
They walked on rather slowly, for
tho crowd waI dense, and Mr.. Ran
dolph's shoulders acted IA n buffer
more than once.
We'll have time to go and get some
hot chocolate before Rex gets hcre.'
he calculated chccrfully. Look out
there, will youI' This last to a line Of
college boys who were going through
the crowd like nm animated wedge.
The pretty maiden laughed deli
ciously. p.
"You looked so angry" she explain
ed between gasps, then stopped sud-
dcnly because n small red devil. with
battered mask, aimed Il shower OF con-
fctti Mt her laughing face.
There vas q bIare Of trumpets down
the street and tho long roll of n drum.
a. wave of excitement submerged the
people. Randolph used shoulders and
elbows with n skill that bespoke long
experience on the football field, and the
pretty maiden found herself in the
front Of the crowd. Mounted policemen
paced slowly past her, n band shrilling
forth "If Ever l Cease to Love-" and
then Rex and his cohorts.
The pretty maiden dimpled and blush.
ed from sheer delight Mt the gorgeous
spectacle, and the capering maskers on
the fantastic floats repaid her interest,
One threw her n great fragrant bunch
OF ~violets, which she ciasped witt, both
hands like an excited child; another
tossed an armlet of brass; a third q
box Of French sweets, until young Ran,
dolph was hugely proud Of her. Then,
when the last silver tower and shin.
GA R. la.
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Mr.. kImsEy HusKHY'S PLATFORM.
Has Split More Rails Than Lincoln and
Now Wants to 90 to the Legislature.

Now Wants to 80 to the Legislature.
In setting forth his platform, Mr..
Kimsey Huskey, candidate for the
Legislature in Cherokee County for the
~unexpired term of Mr.. Kirby, has this to
say of himself and his qualifications in
the Cherokee News:
First, l want to say a few words
about my own self as / am a young
man and not known by many of the
people in this county. Twas born Oct.
25th, and have worked on the farm
most of that time until q few years
ago. L have been teaching school for
the last four years and am going to
make that my life work so far as
know now. / have done a little of every
thing that a farmer boy could do. /
have plowed, hoed, ditched, cut cord
wood, split rails, clerked in a store
about. two years, and have taught
school about four years. We read
about how "Old Abe Lincoln" used to
split rails; he split enough rails one
winter for q ma to get him a spair of
pants.
Now, that is about what he did and
the whole world has made a big thing
of it. split nine hundred rails my
own self in one winter for an uncle of
mine. If l will try as hard as / ought
to l can do anything Abe Lincoln did
but be a Republican and a President. l
can't do that.
And this about the Dispensary:
First: The Whiskey Question; SO far
as this county is concerned it is settled;
but that will be the main question in
the next State campaign and i'm the
next Legislature. What will we do
about the Dispensary? / will say here
and now that l am we'll pleased with
the conditions in Cherokee county and
VIII do all in my power to make such
the condition in all of South Carolina.
| think Cherokee county is in much
better condition now than it was before
we voted out the ~dispensary. 1t will be
better still when Spartanburg and I'm
ion counties go dry. / am not like
some; l will tell the truth as | see it if
l lose votes by it. There is being some
whiskey sold and drunk in this county
now and will be just as long as baby
boys are borned into the world, and
Just as long as the mountains of North
Carolina stand. They will make it and
some people will drink it. But there is
not more than one third of the whiskey
drunk in this county now than there
was before the ~dispensary was voted
out. So | think one-third is better thar
three thirds"
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FOUNTAIN INN MAN IN TROUBLE.
L. p. Armstrong Arrested on a Very Seri.
GUS Charge.

l.. p. Armstrong, of Fountain Inn,
this county, was arrested in Anderson
County and brought before Magistrate
Stradiey by Deputy Sheriff Ballenger
yesterday afternoon, on a warrant
charging him with OBTAINING the charac-
ter of Pearl Armstrong, a young woman
of Fountain Inn, said to be the defen-
dant's daughter, although this fact does
not appear in the affidavit and warrant
of arrest.
Waving a preliminary examination,
Armstrong, who is said to be one of the
wealthiest men in that part of the
county, gave bond in the sum of 100.
for his appearance at the next term
of the Court of General Sessions.
1t is alleged that a letter striking at
the yirture of Pearl Armstrong, and adj
dressed to a young man of the neigh
borhood, Dave Andrews, who was visit
ing her at that time, was written by the
defendant and by him deposited in the
postofice at Fountain Inn, through which
channel it finally reached the hands of
Andrews. A number of people living
in the vicinity of Fountain Inn, are
mentioned as witnesses in behalf of the
prosecution. The contents of the let
ter cannot be printed.
The case is most remarkable. For
several weeks at least Armstrong has
not been at Fountain Inn, and he was
said to be living in Anderson, where he
was arrested yesterday. He is worth
considerable money, and that 8 man of
his stamp should be guilty of such an
awful crime annot be entertained for
Il moment by many who know him.
Scarcely a year ago Armstrong fig
ured in a suit for damages against him
in the Court of this county, a man
named Lawless demanding retribution
fer the loss of an y c, alleged to have
been destroyed by Armstrong. The jury
found for Armstrong, the defence be-
ing that Lawless, while intoxicated, had
been guilty of outrageous conduct in
the presence of Mrs. Armstrong;
Greenville News, Aug. 9th.