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l itc 4.I i\ Xi f} . .. -I :K+ . .... .. . . . . :tate Leg.islat ure C.n \est' rda V at txwelvee obk and as th e (o ?nstitutional limit lo a-utha fort \ days with coml ::trt.. I eb I1 h w llpo' ]oi e i eso. rmaer wVhi -h have exhibitedi sympitoflns of probably appearing this ses sion,. we can think of nothing very radical or swVeepinig in its nature ctaluhtted to disturb the well be'aten and time tod den pie. and wllill will ent 'rtal l xt(ention of the General Asem-i 11'. In t1e run of a 'rl 'eI 11 sutlicient routine work ') umulates. whi'. can scr illy b con)latived of by peopl~e whluo hae ":t tkent+ w tub' t o:I th t l ook ua e le d i11 iti S l a llli d F ' !!:o "1' s:t eil. t :.eupytI tim ti o thel escon thi soethnothin thrt days pro)vided all miatters receive rastmblea caep aind cau tions consideration, so that whenever any m< asure of grave iiportance is introduced in order for it to rerrive any attention, the time imiiit is ab)out tlset. Wh!'.ever politics i novd or tir is a iis f hono or ende tic ilbe bestowed, there at g'1inOtl'(enerall moree thn1rinr interest displayed by the averag American citizen. and legishtto' e::leUlated&i to divert his attni' 0 from dry and laboriuus lgti1 ti in: which he is not sl1 ciailly :i'tersted. therefore the bod couldl searce do a more priatI enl i:i nI thIanl ~o set thl e tca piossbl <iny forathel scon ofa judges ith11e ito ircuis which will bttrec. Ve ant. and ting the other poit0ios at -er di. Ol'.lli. T''iwn the r in s will hon be lefCt fI'te to be devo*te to atual legislation. Of course the broad tire bill, whi'ic was lst championed by the late Senato~r S.Iauldin of HAaumiton,. will tind a new chain plon in the person perhaps of some yo)ung~ sagte who would like to winl famie upon01 tihe passage of such a measure. but in as much a.s the sa lne mleaIsure in different b~ills has been becfore thle 'Va>y continuously for the last three sessIons, and upon the further grounid that it is one theoretical in its nature and a reform which the people would take hold of themselves if they wanted it. we think that the bill this time will am1ount to little, and that when it comles up for passage it will gro the wiay of its usual fate. The re-districting bill, which was so ably advocated by the late Representative Patton, will also probably amount to naught this 5sssOns,. as pending~ legrisla tion in. Congr'ess regrardjing the re-apportionment of our repre sen~tation~ in that body, based upon the recent census, would seem to place an estoppe: upon any reasonable action in re-dis ticting~ the State at this time. The child labor queston is, in all uniportance, a serious one, which can only be appreciated by those who have seen the many woe be-gone and dwarfed counten a nces d children in factories. This is i. question~ which appeals more to the upper than the lower a subject upon which some sen sible legislation wouild not be out of place. Of course there will be' ininor amnendmi~ents otler ed to thle dispensary, but we scarcely think that measure will be subjected to) any miaterial changes at th is particular timle. The rw will be0 1 schlemle on foot, pr1obalyt1 conceived in the mindsm of some Colu111ma capialists. to sel the G overnor's Mansion andI p)urchase anlother, and while we lat rI earcel yet in position to we anotwe ie =u in it. li andtol Ws in liT i nl and( whih wc'e knowX that whIen you sayr~ h approrumI.' Icr i;txesi. vet willl it is considered that this is a state and not a local en terprse. ivean for the btnett of hth whole State as well as ('liar b-ston, it will only be a matter of public spirited h'eraiity and pat riotisi towards the whole State for the Legislature to make the appropriation if they can possi biv see their way to do so. 'ihere Will he attelipts to touch up tit' -coi\ty( gOverlmiiellt bill, as usual. and iyIilV otlier inilor lmetaslire's. b utt 'e think that in as lmlih is everyvbody seems to be in harloly and at peace with their r eiglibors. and the State is now in a period uf p ro sp-rity. such as she has nlot esj ter'iiued1 in eurs. and further. because tIlere is no crying need f aiiv treat or radical legislation. the best thing for the Legislature to do( Will be to do their routine wo )rk. do it well and carefully, wA-tihout sulch errors as the one wi dii crept into one of the re ee~nt conistitutionlal amlendmien1ts, and then return home and help wtor1k for the general upbuild iniu of the State. How's This? \Ve ,:'-r one Lt:ndred Dollar: Reward for :n"; c:s-e ei Catarrh that cannot be cured by ni- Catarrh Cure. F. J. CH ENEY & Co.. Prop:.. Toledo. 0. wVe. the utder :i;:ed. have known F. J. Cheney f"r th 1a-t 1.5 year-. and believe him perfectly honorable in all -ine- transactions and tinan el:ly :he to carry out any oblitnations made by their tirm. WAE rs &' TrXx. whlet'-aie d ists. Toledo. 0. wV ott. It K. 1 N &: MUivis. wholesale drug H an's Catarr h ture t taken internally. acting diretv'p tult"i h.! 0oo.i and mucous surfaces of he .ete:. :rice e. per bottle. Sold by all dw ics Tstimonials free. Ha!'. F'am i iPi!'- are the best. Now that we have wireless tel egraphy and horseless carriages. can't soilt one invent pull-less plitics. Stops the Congh and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromno-Quinine Tablets cure a l'd in one day. No ('ire. No Pay. Pice :5 cents. Perhaps the Boers are only hazing the British after all, in the hopes of teaching them to be soldiers. The best protection against fevers,. itneumtonia. diphtheria. etc . is in build ing up the system with Hood's Sarsap arilia. When Bryan gets started on that new paper he will have to deal with the poets. We wish him joy of them. You know What You Are Taking Whn Vou taike. Grove's Taisteles (hi!! Touje becauset-i the formula is lil pinitedi on every bottle showing li but it i~S simpt)v Troni and Quinine in a aseless form.' No Cure. No pay. 50k. Hanna still declares that his ship is still coming in. but to the country at large it looks as to( ugh it were going (Jut. I : '::!ed w.'ah a weat di.-es-tio n. iLelchinn. -,ui s:,ech. er i ou ft-cl dull after eatini. try h1:nmir:in'- s'oma~ch anid Liver Tablet'. Prc.Ocns. n s-utie fre- at The'. R. B. Lor If two or three mlore 80 pots are offered for the Omaha k idnapper01s. Criowe will1 be ever more sought after than turkey. Bas the bA1 Kind You Have Al ways Bought It is all nonsense to talk of tle Prince of Wales coining over to the Cup races. He won't dare to face Tod Sloan on his own ground. - To Cure A Cold In One Day Take Laxative Broimo Quinine~Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E-. W. Grove's sig nturtie iSn eachtl box. 2.x The last cenltury has left a good deal of untinished business to be cleaned up by the present one. We hope it will be got at while the broom is still new. A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks. Prof. Rloxa Tyler of Chica;;o. vice-President Ilinois wonman's Ailiancein speakingt of chain berlains Coua'h Remedy. says:" I suffered with a severe cold this winter which threatened to run into pneumonia. I tried different remedies but I seemed to L'row worse and the medicine upset my stomachel. A friend advised me to try L'hamberlans Cough Remedy and I found it wa. pasan.t to' take and it relieved me at once. I am now entirely recov'ered, saved a doctor's biilime and suiferingt. and I will never be withot this splendid mediine araini." For saie by The Ri. 13. Loryea Drug Store. Isaac M. L.'ry v'a. Prop. Since Grover has declared that e did not vote for McKinley. the returns arc being~ sc-anned to see whether any votes were cast for Ceelnd in - Ny .Lhis ear. The Best Prescription for Malaria Chillsi and Fever iS a h otitle- of Grove' Tasteless Chill Tonie. It is siimply i-on md Quinine is a tateless for-m.- - No :ureI-. no pay. P'ri(-e 5ule. \nothter- cominttationi otfer we arte iaking which we 'nope will prove ain n ~u-ieeet to make thle people take an net -asced itereSt inl keeping upi with e , l iu i aNx1N T.IMi-S. -T10 Yor-k \\orhi and The. F-armnd~ti. H-ome for 2 ai Viiar. leember that fo r - .25 w wiil -tnd io ai ii three of theSe ptper. Tun- Tims m-' ianagrement mleans- to le U th re.t of thle State see ha-t 'larentio n coilnmyiil~I 'upots a feai e - and upl-to-dit i-' 'y pap.r. a pa et thait voiclth -iew of it-i editor. tI te p-oe The' N--w YtrkWrl 3eezng is .e hen you see peopi e .2 _:edy, you must belc e i- I :er. o.2 aro::nd -;u. J'r.c::.:: r:..Yves, -:cria's Gr'cazcst .-ce'.:c c :c. .. C .ood of titir dc.r c::c .::.X .cy t.: tc : ma.sse to s-i- c:. I cre' : .'i: Like it in the r 3 ;:y in: U.c.. A Lost Line. "It may have beetn unprofessional conduct." said the civil angincer. "b:t I :w'ted Pe the spu ..f the iimient. and I hardly think that there was any harm dune. I was out in the country one day on an important piece of business, and as I was about to leave for the depot to catch a train fur the city two old falmer'is came to ie with a line fence dispute that they wanted me to settle for them. I had I-ar'ly time to catch ily train. and I told them that I did not care to bother with it. It was only a matter .:f six inc he: or so that was in dispute. and I advised them to split it niy between them. Lut they wouldn't listen to my advice. and one of them declared that if i didn't ind the line for them he wouldn't let his son drive ie to the station as he had promised. I As I had no other way of reaching the depot > unpacked my instruments with a sigh and a mental resolve to end the thing as soon as possible. 'Wul,' drawled both of the old men as I took my eye away from the instru ment, 'whar's the line?' " 'Gone,' said I solemnly. " 'What?' they both shouted. "'You can see for yourselves, gentle men.' said I. making way for them. "'By gosh. I can't see it!' said one of them as he squinted through the glass. "'I'll be darned if I kin either,' said the other one as he. too. squinted through the glass. "'It seems to have disappeared. gen tlemen.' said 1. 'Such cases are ex tremely rare, but they are known to happen.' "When I left, they were accusing each other of having stolen the line." Detroit Free Press. The Boatman's Tarn. A boatman in the north of England having been engaged to row a reverend gentleman over a rough part of a river, was very much annoyed at the manner he was addressed by the clergyman. the conversation commencing thus: Clergyman-My dear man. have you ever studied "geology'7" Boatman-No. sor; Aa hevn't. Clergyman-Well, my friend, that's part of a life lost, but you will proba bly know a little "theology?" Boatman (turning quite irritable No; Aa knaw nowt aboot that either. Clergyman-Well. that's another part of a life lost, my man. Nothing more was said. as the water was turning very boisterous and they were in great danger, when suddenly{ the boat gave a lurch and was cap Tld.he oatmlan, being an expert swim mr'. took the situation quite ('00113' while his conmpanion, who knew noth ing of the art of swimming. was stinug ling for life. Thme boatman. who w~as making good progress toward te'rra firma. accosted the clergyman with the following: "An say. mister. do ye know onny thing ahoot 'swimology''" "No. my man: I don't." "Wey, what a pity." said the boat man: "there's a whole life lost." Pearson's. Mistaken For Shafts. A story is toldl of a pair of feet that must have been objects of great regard in their (day One day a parnty of men. includIng Jakson, the manl1 of biig feet. were preparing to attend1 a political meeting. t was soon discovered that there was no wvay of conveying .Iackson. as all the vehicles were full. "Let me ride thant horse' over thiere?'" asked Jackson. "There isn't a man in the world that :an ride that animal. I1e'll work to am cart or am plow. but no one can stay on is back." "I'll try him. any way." And the deter' mined man instructed sev-eral mneni to atch and hold the horse. The animal plunged and kicked. but finally JIackson secured a seat in the saddle. Every one expected to see him (lash ed to the ground, hut the horse looked round. sawv the man's feet and walked1 peacefully away. IIe thought he wash between a pair of shafts.-Lonmdon Standard. His Birthday. Although unrivaled in the art of ross examination, on one occasion Lord Russell was distinctly heaten by witness. "What is your age?!" he ask-ed. "Is it may age you are asking?" re plied the witness. "Yes, sir. Now speak up and be ex "And be exact! Well, of all the" "The court does not desire to hear any comments of yours. T1ell the court your age." "Wel." said the man, "I celebrated my twelfth birthday last week." "Don't trifle wvith the court and re member you are on oath." "It's <quite true. I wvas born on F~eb. 20, in leap year. and my birthday only omes once in four years." Where the Danger Warn. A little beyond a certain Scotch vil lage the main road has a marked de civity, and this added to a sharp turn at the bottom decided tihe authorities to rect a danger hoard. The job was in trusted to an old wvorthy, who duly xed up the warning at the foot of the "What's wrang with the bottom of the brae, ye thundering Idiot?!" ex claimed a village dignitary angrily. "an, there's everything wrang," came the curt reply. "is it no there where a' tihe accidents take place?" Early Football layers. Football was for many years the na tional game of IFlorence. 'The season was from January to Mtuarcht. amnd the Indies atnd~ gentlemen of Florence and the populace as well were wvont to as emble on the l'iaxzza 8anta (ioce to ,witness the game, which waA called Calo." from tihe word mninllg "to kick." The last game was played in 73.-St. Louis GJlobe-D~emocrnt. More people die fronm he'ad failnu'e han from heart failure. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ehe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears h The Old Chutnut*. It is said that a curtain Cleveland lady whose handsome h: use is in an ultrafashionable section of the city was called east while her home was under going the renovating and refurnishing process. Ituring her absence a man was especially ingaged to hang the pic tures. Anwo tiihem were a number of excellent coiGes ,.f the world's greatest works of art. and the man, an artist, found his task a lhor of love. With great care he hung the more valuable copies in the roomy reception hall and had just finished his task when the lady returned. IHer eyes snaiped as she surveyed his work. "Who hung those old chestnuts there?" she cried. "Old masters. madam," said the star tIed artist. "Old chestnuts. I say; it's the same thing. If you hung them, take them down. I won't have them there. With new furniture and new decorations and new carpets and rugs I'll have new pictures too. Who ever heard of such old trumpery stuff in a strictly modern house?" "And what shall I do with the-the old chestnuts. madam?" the artist In quired. "Oh, dump them into the attic until I can get rid of them." replied the lady. And there the "chestnuts" lie, Ma donnas and cherubs and all, gathering dust and calmly awaiting the getting rid of process.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Renting Locomotives. Hundreds of locomotives are rented every year. Several corporations make their chief revenue this way. The Baldwins have many machines out on the rental form of payment-that is, the engines are rented in the same way that you would buy a stove on install ments-so much down, so much a month, the payments to apply on the Anal purchase money. It is seldom, however, that a railroad rents locomo tives. They are usually let out to con tractors who construct temporary rail ways for hauling dirt from excava tions. Contractors who hire the locomotives usually have their own names gilded on them so that the public may suppose that they belong to them. The engines, as a usual thing. are cast offs. They may have pulled express trains once, but now they are only fit to pull gravel cars. The engineers who work them are oftentimes also the cast offs of the profession. They may have operated express engines, but through careless ness or other Incapacity have been dis charged from one road after another until they are only fit to haul gravel or wood trains.-Philadelphia Record. Golf Before a Mirror. One of the chief teachings in the reli gion of style is that to attain to ortho doxy it is necessary or at least desira ble to practice daily in front of a look ing glass so as to make sure that all the motions of the true style are being cor rectly carried cut. This always appeared to me a very "hard saying" until I had consulted W. G. Grace. .ohn Roberts, C. B. Fry, K. S. Ranjitsinjhl. II. K. Foster, Kraenz 1in. E . Bredin and other champions of sport. All the above were unanimous in at triuting the high degree of skill to which they have attained In various games and sports to the fact of their having devoted many hours a day from a very, early stage of their careers to attitudinizing in front of looking glass es in their bedrooms.-Golf Illustrated. The Oldlent Viniting Card. The state ar-chives of V'enice are said to possess tihe oldest visiting card of which there is any record, of course leaving aside the probable use of such aticles for some thousands of years In China. G iacomo Coiltarin I. iprofessor at the University of Padua. sent the card in question as a curiosity to a Ve netian friend, saying that the German students who came to Italy had the ele gant and laudable customl of leaving suchl little cards, with their name and place of origin, at the houses of friends when they enlled and found them ab sent. The card refer'red to bears a coat of arms with the motto, "Espoir me confort." and beneath. '"Joannes Wes terhof Westph.alus scribebat Patavii 4 Martli 1500."-London Tablet. ' Hz~ Idea of an Alibi. A talesman who was called in a mur der trial in a certain state was asked whether he had any prejudice against an alibi plea on the part of a man ac cused of crime. The talesman replied that he had not. "Do you fully understand what is meant by the ter-m alibi?" he was asked. "I think I do; yes, sir." "What do you undlerstand by it?" The talesman reflected a moment and then, 'with a hesitancy indicative of' graveness, replied, "An alibi is when the fellow who did it wasn't there." "Tihe Blues." The origin of the term "blues" has been traced to the belief that persons in indigo dyeing establishments are pe uliarly subject to melancholy. An >ther belief is that the expression is de rived from the German blau, or lead. R lead by its heaviness has always been held to typify gloom and depres Sion. A Mean Slap. "Very well," exclaimed Dr. Quick after his quarrel with the undertaker; I'll make you sorry for this'" "What are you going to do," retorted te undertaker-"retire from practice?" -Piladelphia P'ress. "By hook and by crook" is an allu ion to an anclint manorial custom which permitted the neighboring poor o take all the wood that they could reach and pull down from the forest trees, using only their shepherds' rooks. OA.SuTO24.:.A.. 3ears the I8Kinld Yoi hats Always Bouight Of The sneeze Wood Tree. The re'markable sneeze w~oodl tree is a native of Natal and other parts of South Africa. It's funny name was given to it because one cannot saw it without sneezing violently. The dust of its wood has just the Same effect as the strongest snuff and Is so irritatinig to the nose that work' men are obliged to sneeze even when they are planting it. If a piece of the wood of this tree is put in the mouth, it is found to have a very bitter taste, and no doubt it is this bitterness which prevents insects of any kind from attacking the timber of the "sneeze wood" tree. The fact that insects find it so disa greeable makes its wood very valuable for work that is required to last a long time. Cut thuis out and take it to The Rt. 11. Loryvea )rtu store ana et a free s.ampl'e of Chamber ain\ Stomneih and Liver Tablets, the' best .hsi'.''h'vasocuedisorders of the stom A poet v.ith Vigor. The MeM illans of London published a booit of paoens by T. E. Brow:n. which tie EIgt I~ls critics lat:ded 1n'c te of the "vigor of the poet's descri tive sty!e.' Hiere is a little saminple of it re ferring to the sailing of a fishing sminek: So to the jitty gra-lual she was hauled; 'Then one the tiller took And chewed and spat upon his hand and bawled. And one the Canvas shook Forth like a moldy hat. and one, with rods And smiles. lay on the bowsprit end and eall.d And cursedl the harbor master by his gods. And, rotten fr>:n the gunwale to the keel. Rat riddled, bilge bestank. Slime slobbered. horrible. I saw her reel And drag her oozy flank And sprawl among the deft young waves that laughed And leapt and turned in many' sportive wheel As she thumped onward with her lumbering diaft. W\e believe this is a poet who could almost dot) justice to the Chicago stock yards. The rhythmnie swish of the pi; sticker's knife and the thrilling sidash of the hog in the sea hlirtg vilt ought to thrill such a !:aril to the very core of his itiuortal sottl. G;i ve us a call. lirowi.-('hit'agi T'iies-11eraldl. tAMON's NER\E AND l;uNE OIl still head tho li::t rn.1:ire acknowlelge'l by all to 1,.- t:"- g:reat conuerors of pamns, nilhs ttnd ise::se. for which they are recon:i.ende.. Ramen' fReliec will positively cure *ain of :11 h intls. .sneh as I eadacehe. 'ick IIeialnhe'. 'Toothnehe, Neuralgia, Cramp Coli'. Pains in the Stouma-h and Rowels, Diarrheu a. e.. mkt ino:anttly ati, uas a househoid renedy for thuese siulden sick tnesse. it hias no quatl' in the world. ".Once tried. always u. d." Price ,: atn .N cents. Sample bottles 10 ce t.'t. Ramaa'a Nervo & Bono Oil is the original an.1 only genuine Nerve ..nd Bone Oil mtade. I t is just what its uatne implies, and -Knetnting quickly to the nerve and lone, relieves pain. drives away disease anl efrcts a peaa:t:nt e(-ure. A specific for lhettiutSatism, .rs. lrnises. Sprains. Cuts. Burns, o td aUl injuries to the tiesh of either mant i or I .et. 'rie _ ant 5( cents. Sample bottles 1J cets. The genuine lia the name blown in the bottle. The Relief is put up in squiai' red cartootns anti the ilt in greetn cartoons. TAKE NO OTHER FOR SALE BY The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Questions for Women Are you nervous? Are you completely exhausted? Do you suffer every month? If you answer "yes"' to any of these questions, you have ills which Wine of Cardui cures. Do you appreciate what fect health would be to you? taking Wine of Cardui, thousands like you have real ized it. Nervous strain, loss of sleep, cold or indigestion starts menstrual disorders that are not noticeable at first, but day by day steadily grw intotroublesome co 'itos Wine of Cardui, used just 'eoethe men strual period, will he female system in perfect con'' Ti medrcine is takfen qu'l at home. There Is nothin lieit to help women enjoy dhah- It costs only $X to tet'rmdwhich is endorsed by 5,000,000) cured women. Mrs. Lena T. Friehurg, East St. Louis, Ill., says: '1 am physically a new woman, byreason of my use of Wine of. Cardui and Theaford's Black Draught." li cases requiring speci directions. ad-' dress.glving symptoms,"T'heLadies' A dvis ory Department." The C'hattanooga Medi clne Co., chattanooga, Tenn. dyspepsia biliousness I and the hundred and one simni lar ills caused by impure blood or inactive liver, quickly yield to the purifying and cleansing properties contained in SrsparI a QUART BorrL.. It cures permanently by acting naturally on all organs of the body. As a blood-cleanser, flesh builder, and health-restorer, it has no equal. Put us in Quart Bottles, and sold at $i each. 3DetroIt, Mich. I ake Liveretes for Liver Is. 25c. , M, BROCKIUTON, Manning, S:0 THE Dank of Manniog, MANNINO, 8. O. Transaets a general banking busi ness. Prompt anti speciial attention given to depositors residiing out ofi town. Deposits solicited. All collections hanve prompit at ten Business hours from 9 n. mi. to 3 p. m. JOSEPH SPROTT, . LEVi, Cashier. President. IOARtD OF DIRECTOBS. 1. W. McLEoD, XX. E. BitowN, . M. NEISEN. JosEH It PROTT, For Sale. Two Se'onid-Ha~nd Gi112. F'eeder5 anid Condensers. comh]dlete. will he sold heap. Thev are in good 'ondition3. A. L. LESESNE, Your Head Aches To-day. It is a small matter; but it ached two days ago, and again a week ago. You are acquiring Sa habit of headache. That must be stopped. The trouble is with your liver. You want a mild lax Sative, and then a tonic to stimulate the appetite and make the blood rich and pure. druFggist o:5AhTEAS 7NDTiC PELLETw. For sale by THE R. B. LORYEA DRUG STORE. Which Will You Choose, Goods at Cut Prices S. I. T7IDLT'S Goods at High Prices at Other Places? lrd wr'e - Illpleinleilts- Sto0V6e. L W DuRANT, Sumter, Being in close touch with the very best markets. I am better prepared to handle the trade than ever before, and I therefore invite aginspection f ny stock. ~eneinher I am in the Ducker-8nltnan Company building, opposite the Conrt House. Come to see me when you want Hardware, Stoves, House Furnishing Goods, Harness, Saddles, Leather, &c., &c. A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. My store is headquarters for Guns. Pistols, Powvder, ShotjgShells and I also handle lare quantities of Paints, Oils, and Window Glass. For Engine and Mill Supplies there is no better place to buy. Come and examine my large line of Cooking and Heating Stoves. Every Stova bought fromn me is warranted. L. B. DuR ANT, STMTER, - - S. 0. TH CAROLINA GROCERY COMPANY, THOMAS WILSON, President. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 59 East Bay - - Charleston, S. C. W We Wodd 3 S1a (th 10He 701 Write Uc foi fioe % JUTARRIVDD A fresh car load of Horses and Mules, with prices and qualities qalculated to suit every and anybody. All animials well broke andl sold on a .full guarantee to be sounid. That's the way I buy them and they must turn out so to my eustomers. My~ usual stock of GRIN. HAY. LIM. (CEMElNT. PLASTER HAIR.I F1RE~ BRICK.I LATHS.i TER COTT andl EWE~R PIPE on hand and I prepare to sell the same at very Our White Hickory Wagons l~zr iethem a trial. They are as chea.p as~ others aind IH. HRY 3 , \SUMTER. S. C.I BRING YOUR JOB WORK TO THE TIMES OFFICE. TAX RETURNS OFFICE ('OUNTY AUDITOI1. CLA:NDON ('OUNTY. Manning. S. <'.. Dece. 26. 1900u. The Auditor's oflice will be1 en from he tirst day of .January. 1901, to the wentieth day of February. 1901. to re 'eive returns of real estate and per ;onal property in Clarendon County for the year 1901. The Auditor will be at the following places in person on the dates mentioned to receive returns: Clarendoun. Monday. January 7th. 1901. Packsville, Tuesday. Januarv 8th, 1901. Panola. W\'ednesdocay. January 9th. 1901. David Levi's Store, Thursday. .Janu ary 10th. 1901. Summerton. Friday, January 11th. 1901. Davis X Roads. Saturday. January 12th, 1901. .Jordan. Monday, January 14th, 1901. Johnson's Store, in St. Mark's town ship, on Raccoon road, near D'atie's old store. Tuesday. January 15th. 1901. Foreston, Wednesday. January 16th, 1901. Wilson's. Thursday. January 17th, 1901. Alcolu, Friday. January 18th. 1901. W. M. Youmans', Saturday, .January 19th. 1901. Saul's Store, Monday. January 21st, 1901. New Zion, Tuesday. January 22d, 1901. S. C. Turbeville's Store, Wednesday, January 23rd, 1901. J. F. McFaddin's Store, Thursday, January 24th. 1901. McIntosh's Store, Midway township, Friday, January 25th, 1901. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1901. All real estate and personal property must be returned this year. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each party for the township the prop erty is in. and where the taxpayers owns realty, to insert the postoffice as their place of residence, and those who only own personal property, to give the party's name who owns the land they live on as their residence, which aids the taxpayer as well as the County Treasurer in making the collections and preventing errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January, 1901, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shali bc :"emed taxable polls. This does not apply to Confederate soldiers over fifty years of age. All the returns that are made after, the twentieth day of February will have a penalty of 50 per cent. added ther eto unless out of the county during the time of listing. Not knowing the time of listing is no excuse. The assessing and collecting of taxes is all done now in the same year, and we have to aggregate the number and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, etc.. and their value that there is in the county. and have same on file in the Comptroller General's office by the thirtieth day of June each year. And from that time to the first day of Octo ber each year the Auditor and Treas urer's duplicate has to be completed and an abstract of the work in the Comptroller's office by that time, which will show at a glance that the Auditor has no time to take in returns or do anything else much, between the first day of March and the first day of Octo ber each year but work on thee books and blanks. Therefore I hope that all taxpayers will do me the favor of mak ing their returns in time. E. C. DICKSON, 413]Auditor Clarendon County. 2. .o.o.o.*.... . ..o 3 FURNITURE -: -- CHINAWARE. ARTHUR BEUTIZER, SUMTER, - - S. C.. Direct from the factories I have now on hand the Smost complete stock of Fur niture I have ever carried. Bed Room and* Parlor Suits Attractive and cheap. S I am also handling a beautiful lot of CHINA AND GLASSWARE. + When in Sumter it will Spay you to visit my Furni-6 ture Parlors. Arthur Belitzer, i MONACHAN BLOCK, UM ERi. - S. C. ATOTICE. I have opened up aSewing~ Machine store next door to Mr. S. A. Rigby's general merchandise store August 1st. 1900. I will carry the The new ball-bearing "New Home," the best machine made: also "New Ideal" and "Climax." from $18 to $40. I sell on Instalment. Easy Payment Plan. I clean and replair any kind of machines foi' least money p)ossible. Call and see me. A. I. BARRON, Ag't. n k DESIGNS PATENT~ RAEMS ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY 'Notice in "Inventive Age" FRE Book "How to obtain Patents" Chzarges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. Letters strictly confidential. Adrss E. G.SIGGERS, Patent Lawyer, Washington, ).C. MONEY TO LOAN, I am prepared to negotiate loans >n good real estate security, on r'ea sonable terms. R. 0. PURDY, Sumter, S. C. YRD & THAR, PRiACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE - AND SURGERY. 2alls promptly answered day cir night CADnS, S. C