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?u??jiimijnm DAT, AUGUST ?. Hl DESERTER. % C&?t OEARLES KLUG, U S. A. Jk.*?xor of ' Dunrawn B nch?"T?e Colo t %eP* Daughter," "Marion's Faith" Etc, Etc ?po?might, by J. . Li^ptocott Company, Phfla del'ohia, an ? published by special arrangement ? them.} - - rCOJfIINUSD.l CHAPTER XVIL The nx>rning report of the following day showe d some items linder the bead of **A?teratioasw that involved several of the soldier characters of this story. Ex Sergeant i?ancy had been dropped from the column of present "on daily duty" and taken u?i on that of absent without leave. Lieut Hayne was also reported absent. Dr. Pease and Lieut. Billings drove into the garrison from town just beforethe cavalry t umpets were sound ing first call for guard.mounting, and the adjutant sent one of the musicians to give his compliments to Mr.1 Royce and ask him to mount the guard for lim, as he had just returned and had important business with the coJoneL Tbe doctor and the adjutant together went into the colonel's quarters, and for -tho first time on record the commanding officer wa3 not?t the desk in his office when the shoulder straps began to gather forine matinee. "Never v?ndi Dont fireT Ten minutes after the usual time the adjutant darted in and plunged with -Ins characteristic impetuosity irto the p?e of passes and other pape*s stacked up by the sergeant major at his table. To all questions as to where he had been a jd what was the matter with the colonel he replied, with more than usual asperity of manner?the asperity en gendered of some years of haying to answer th? host of questions propound ed by vacant minds at his own busiest hour of the day?that the colonel would tell them all about it himself; he had ;?o time for a word. The evident man ner of suppressed excitement, however, .was something few failed to note, and every man in the room felt certain that when the colonel came there would be a ret elation. It was with something bordering on indignation, therefore, that ??- Jthe. assemblage heard the words that intimated to them that all might retire. The colonel had come in very quietly, received the report of the officer of the day, relieved him, and dismissed the new ofncer of the day with the brief formula, "Usual ordere, sir,*" then glan ced quickly around the silent circle of grave, bearded or boyish faces. His eyes rested for an instant with soxne . thing ?ke shock and trouble upon one face, pale, haggard, with almost blood less lips, and yet full.of. fierce deter mination?a face that haunted him long afterwards, it was so full of agony, of suspense, almost of pleading?the face cCCapt. Rayner. Then, dispensing with the customary talk, he quietly spoke the disappointing words: **1 am somewhat late this morning, gentlemen, and several matters will oc cupy my attention; so I will not detain you further.** . The crowd seemed to find their feet i very slowly. There was visible disincli nation to go. Every man in some inex plicable way appeared to know that there was a new mystery hanging over the garrison, and that the colonel held the key. Every man felt that Billings had given kirn the right to expect to be told ail about it when the colonel came. Some looked reproachfully at Billings, as though to remind hiui of their expecta tions. Stannard, his old stand by, passed him with a gruff "Thought you said the colonel liad something to tell us," and went out with an air of injured and de frauded dignity. Bayner arose, and seemed to be mak ing pr?parations to depart with the others, and some of the number, connect * ing him unerringly with the prevailing sensation, appeared to hold back and wait for him to precede them and so . secure to themselves the satisfaction of knowing that, if it was a matter con nected with Rayner, they "had him along" and nothing could take place ' without their bearing iL These men were very few, however; but Buxton was one of them. Rayner's eyes were fixed upon the colonel and searching for & sign, and it came?a little motion of the hand and a nod of the head that sig nified "Stay." Then, as Buxtou and one . or two of his stamp still dallied irreso lute, the colonel turned somewhat sharp ly to them: "Was there any matter on which you wished to see me, gentlemen?" and, as there was none, they had to go. Then Rayner was alone with the colonel; for Mr. Billings quietly arosCj and, with a significant glance at his commander, -left the room and closed the door. Mrs. Rayner, gazing from her parlor windows, saw that all the officers had come out except one?her husband?and with a moan of misery she covered her face with her hands and sank upon the sofa. With cheeks as white as her sis ter's, with eyes full of trouble and per plexity, but tearless, Nellie Travers stepped quickly into the room and put a trembling white hand upon the other s shoulder: "Kate, it is no time for so bitter an es trangement as this. I have done simply what our soldier father would have done had he been here. I am fully aware of what it must cost me. I knew when I did it that you would never again wel come me to your home. Once east again, you and 1 can go our ways; I won't bur den you longer: but is it not better that you should tell me in what way your husband or you can have been injured by what I have done?* Mrs. Rayner impatiently shook away the hand. "I don't want to talk to you," was the blunt answer. "You have carried out your threat and?rtuned us; that's all.'* "What can you mean? Do you want m *r> think that because Mr. Hayne s ?? xjence may be established your hus band was the guilty man? Certainly your manner leads to that inference, though his does not, by any means." ?*I don't want to talk, I tell you. You've had your way?done your work. YouH see soon enough the hideous web of trouble you've entangled about my husband Don't you dare say?don't you dare think*"?and now she rose with uddea fury?"thathe was the?that he lost the money! But that's what all oth think." JL ?LJ_ - "If that were true, Kate, there would be this difference between his trouble and Mr. Hayne's: Capt. Rayner would have wife, wealth and friends to help him hear the cross; Mr. Hayne has borne it five long years unaided. I pray God the truth has been brought tc light.'* What fierce reply Mrs. Rayner might have given, who knows? but at that in stant a quick step was heard on the piazza, the door opened suddenly, and Capt. Rayner entered with a rush. The pallor ha4 gone; a light of eager, half incredulous joy beamed from his eyes, he threw his cap upon the floor, and his wife had risen and thrown her arms about his neck. "Have they found him?' was her breathless question. What has hap pened? You look so different." "Found him? Yes; and he has told everything.'' "Told?what?" "Told that he and Gower were the men. They took it all." "Clancy?and Gower! The thieves, do you mean? Is that?is that what he confessed?" she asked, in wild wonder ment, in almost stupefied amaze, releas ing him from her arms and stepping back, her eyes searching his face. "Nothing eise in the world, Kate. I don't understand it at all. I'm all a tremble yet. It clears Hayne utterly. It at least explains how I was mistaken. But what?what could she have meant?" Mrs. Rayner stood like one in a dream, her eyes staring, her lips quivering; and Nellie, with throbbing puises and clasp ing hands, looked eagerly from husband to wife, as though beseeching some ex planation. "What did she mean? What did she mean? I say again," asked Rayner, pressing his hand to his forehead and gazing fixedly at his wife. A moment longer she stood there, as though a light?a long hidden truth were slowly forcing itself upon her mind. Then, with impulsive move ment she hurried through the dining room, threw open the kitchen door, and startled the domestics at their late break fast. "Ryan," she called to the soldier ser vant who rose hastily from the table, "go and tell Mrs. Clancy I want her instantly. Do you understand? Instant ly!" And Syan seized his forage cap and vanished. It was perhaps ten minutes before he returned. When he did so it was ap parent that Mrs. Rayner had been crying copiously, and that Miss Travers, too, was much affected. The captain was pacing the room with nervous stride in mingled relief and agitation. All looked up expectant as the soldier re-entered. He had the air of a man who knew he bore tidings of vivid and mysterious interest, but he curbed the excitement of his manner until it shone only through his snapping eyes, saluted, and reported with professional gravity: "Mrs. Clancy's clean gone, sir." "Gone where?" "Nobody knows, sir. She's just lit out with her trunk and best clothes some time last night" "Gone to her husband in town, may- ? ber j "No, sir. Clancy's all right; he was j caught last evening, and hadn't time to get mor'n half drunk before they lodged him. Lootenant Hayne got him, sir. They had him afore a justice of the peace early this morning" "Yes, I know all that. What I want is Mrs. Clancy. What has become of her?". "Faith, I don't know, sir, but the wo men in Sudsville they all say she's run away, sir?taken her money and gone. She's afraid of Clancy's peaching on her." "By heavens! the thing is clearing itself exclaimed Ray ner to his gasping and wild eyed wife. "I must, go to the colonel at once with his news." And away he went. And then again, as theorderly retired, and the sisters were left alone, Nellie Travers with trembling lips asked the question: "Have I done so much harm, after all, Kater "Oh, Nellie! Nellie! forgive me, for I have been nearly mad with misery!" was Mrs. Rayner's answer, as she burst into a fresh paroxysm of tears. "That ?that woman has?has told me fearful lies." There was a strange scene that day at Warrener when, towards noon, two car riages drove out from town and, enter ing the east gate, rolled over towards the guard house. The soldiers clustered about the barrack porches and stared at the occupants. In the first?a livery hack from town?were two sheriff's offi cers, while cowering on the back seat, his hat pulled down over his eyes, was poor old Clancy, to whom clung faithful little Kate. In the rear carriage?Maj. Waldron's?were Mr. Hayne, the major, and a civilian whom some of the men had no difficulty in recognizing as the official charged with the administration of justice towards offenders against the peace. Many of the soldiers strolled slowly up the road, in hopes of hearing all about the arrest, and what it meant, from straggling members of the guard. All knevtp it meant something more than amero "break" on the part of Clancy; all felt that it had some connection with the long continued mystery that hung about the name of Lieut. Eayne. Then, too, it was being noised abroad that Mrs. Clancy had "skipped," and be tween two suns had fled for parts un known. She could be overhauled by tel egraph if she had left on either of the night freights or gone down towards Denver by the early morning passenger train; it would be easy enough to cap ture her if she were "wanted," said the garrison; but what did it mean that Clancy was pursued by officers cf the post and brought back under charge of officers of the law? He had had trouble enough, poor fellow! T??e officer cf the guard looked won deringly at the carrii.ges and their oc cupants. He saluted Maj. Waklron as the lutter stepped briskly down. "You will take charge of Clancy, Mr. Graham," said the major. "His dis charge vili be recalled: at least it will not tako effect today. You will be in terested in knowing that his voluntary confession fully establishes Mr. Hayne's innocence of the charges on which he was tried." Mr. Graham's face turned all manner of colors. He glanced at Hayne, who, still seated in the carriage, was as calmly indiifereut to him as ever: he was gazing across the wide parade at the windows in officers' row. Little Kate's sobs as the soldiers were helping lier father from the carriage suddenly recalled his wandering thoughts, tie sprang to the ground, stepped quickly to the child and put his arms about ber. "Clancy, toll her to come with us. Mrs. Waldron will take loving care of her, and she shall come to see you every day. The guard house is no place for her to follow you. Tell her so, man, and she will go with us. Come, Katie, child!" And he bent tenderly over the sobbing little waif. "Thank ye, sir. I know ye'll be good to her. Go with the lootenant, Kate, darlin', go. Shure I'll be happier then." And, trembling, he bent and kissed her wet cheeks. She threw her arms around his neck and clung to him in an agony of grief. Gently they strove to disengage her clasping arms, but she shrieked and struggled, and poor old Clancy broke down. There were sturdy soldiers standing by who turned their heads away to hide the unbidden tears, and with a quiver in his kind voice the major interposed: "Let her stay awhile; it will be better for both. Don't put him in the prison room, Graham. Keep them by them selves for a while. We will come for her by and by." And then, before them all, he held forth his hand and gave Clancy's a cordial grasp. "Cheer up, man. You've taken the right step at last. You are a free man today, even if you are a prisoner for the time being. Better this ? thousand times than what you were." Hayne, too, spoke a few kind words in a low tone, and gave the old soldier his hand at parting. Then the guard closed the door, and father and daughter were left alone. As the groups around the guard house began to break up and move away, and the officers, re-entering the carriages, drove over to headquar ters, a rollicking Irishman called to the sergeant of the guard: "Does he know the ould woman's skipped, sargent? Shure, you'd better tell him. 'Twill cheer him, like." But when, a few moments after, the news was imparted to Clancy, the effect was electric and startling. With one bound and a savage cry he sprang to the door. The sergeant threw himself upon him and strove to hold him back, but was no match for the frenzied man. Deaf to Kate's entreaties and the ser geant's commands, he hurled him aside, leaped through the doorway, shot like a deer past the lolling guardsmen on the porch, and, turning sharply, went at the top of his speed down the hill towards Sndsville before man could lay hand on him. The sentry on Number One cocked his rifle and looked mquiringly at the officer of the guard, who came running out. With a wild shriek little Kate threw herself upon the sentry, clasping his knees and imploring him not to shoot The lieutenant and sergeant both shouted, "Never mind! Don't fire!" and with others of the guard rushed in pur suit But, old and feeble as he was, poor Clancy kept the lead, never swerv ing, never flagging, until he reached the doorway of his abandoned cot; this he burst in, threw himself upon his knees by the bedside, and dragged to light a little wooden chest that stood by an open trap in the floor. One look sufficed; the mere fact that the trap was open and the box exposed was enough. With a wild cry of rage, despair and baffled hatred, he , clinched his hands above his head, rose to his full height, and with a curse upon his white hps, with glaring eyes and gasping breath, turned upon his pur suers as they came running in, and hurled his fists at the foremost. "Let me follow her, I sayl She's gone with it all?his money I Let me go!" ho shrieked; and then his eyes t?rnod ' stony, a gasp, a clutch at his throat, and, plunging headlong, he fell upon his face at their feet Poor little Kate! The old man was in deed free at last [to be continued J PORTIERES AND POPPING. Curtained I>oorways Are Serious Obstacles In the "Way of IVTatrlmony. A few evenings ago I said to my friend I Dareal: "Joseph, why haven't you mar ! ried?" The question seemed abrupt, I admit, but the moment was most propi tious. As we sat in the coziest corner of the club room testing a new and recom pensing brand of cigars we talked awhile at random, and finally we, too, drifted to the subject of marriage in Buffalo. We spoke of the apparent reluctance of cer tain young men to do anything but dawdle about the objects; of their adora tion, and when Joseph said, "Do not blame them, perhaps it is not their fault," I put to him the startling question, "Joseph, why don't you marry?0 Joseph took several long pulls at his cigar before replying, but finally said, his eyes fixed on the ascending smoke: "If you wish to know what has kept me from matrimony I will tell you. It is the portiere. " I stared. Joseph went on: "In other words, it is because parlors have no doors?because our modern houses are one vast whisper ing gallery in which the slightest sound is heard from one end to another. It is years since I have felt sure that I was absolutely alone with a girl?an environ ment necessary for sentimental demon strations. But to particularize. It is not long since I became unusually interested in a young woman of my acquaintance. Perhaps I was in love with her. If not, I know that I might have become so. I paid her rather marked attention for nearly a year, but in my numerous visits to her house there was never an oppor tunity for anything but the most formal conversation. Usually her father sat in the library across the hall in full hearing ?if not in view?of us. No chance to shut a door. At the parlor door?portieres; at the library door?portieres; at the dining room door?portieres; and never an opportunity for that sense of private tete-a-tete which gives a man inspiration for sentimental deeds. "Now, it is my idea that the time when mutual love is first acknowledged should be a supreme moment in life?one to be made the most of, and not to be thrown away by any such insensate proceeding as a proposal by letter, or even to be risked at unpropitious seasons, when in terruption is probable or possible. There fore, I did not tell my love with jv.pa reading his paper in the adjoining room, or with the servant fumbling at the side- I board in the dining room, with only a thickness of curtain between lier and us. I did not tell my love while all the doors were wide open and the sisters were act ive in the upper halls, and I could hear the brother in his room overhead dress ing to go out. No; I waited for some moment of assured privacy. It never came." There was a long silence. "Well?" I said at last. "That is all. Last summer the young woman in question made a visit to a provincial town, where she could shut the parlor door. While there she became engaged and was married last autumn." "And that is courtship as she is con ducted in Buffalo," I sighed. "That is the state of things in nine houses out of ten where I pay social visits," said Joseph Dareal. 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Evory Evoninff Between DETROIT AND CLEVELAND Susday Tripe daring June. July, August aad Sej.u-inh?r Only. Our Illustrated Pamphlets, Batee and Excursion" Tickets win be furnished by your Ticket A^ect, or address E. B. WHITCOMB, G. P. A., Detro:t, Mich., ?HE DETROIT & CLEVELAND STEA?;1 N?'J. CO. A CARD. SINCE WITHDRAWING FROM THE firm of A. P. Levy ? Co., and at the solicitation of numerous friends I have de cided to open a first-class saloon on Liberty Street opposite J. Rettenberg & Sons' grocery, and I can hereafter be found there at all hours, having just opened up as fine a stock of Liquors and Segars as has ever been brought to Snuiter. I extend a cvrdial invi tation to all of my friends and patrons to call. Respectfully, Jan. 22. A. P. LEVY. CHARLESTON SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD. IN EFFECT MAY 5, North. 1 A. M. 6 00 7 45 8 00 8 30 8 55 9 08 9 IS 9 34 9 47 10 i2 10 32 10 42 11 19 11 39 12 01 12 30 P. M. P. M. 3 P. M. 5 10 6 47 6 56 7 14 7 19 7 31 7 41 8 05 8 24 8 38 8 43 8 52 9 01 9 12 9 25 MAIN LINE. Charleston Pregnalls Harley ville Pecks Holly Hill Connors Eutawville Bulls Vanees Merriara St. Paul Sumrnerton Silver Packsville Tindal Sumter 1890. South. 2 A. M. 11 03 9 30 9 18 9 00 8 55 8 45 8 35 8 20 7 56 7 44 7 37 28 19 7 7 7 08 6 55 4 P. M. 9 30 8 05 7 45 7 15 7 04 6 50 6 33 6 18 6 13 5 43 5 25 5 12 4 55 4 43 4 22 4 00 A, . P. M. North. HARLIN BRANCH. South. 7 P. M. 8 10 8 23 8 29 8 42 5 A. M. 9 50 10 05 10 20 10 35 6 A. M. 8 05 7 50 7 44 7 30 8 A. M. 11 32 11 19 11 13 11 00 Vanees Snells Pnrler3 Harlin City Trains 2, 3, 6 and 7 run daily ; other trains daily except Sunday. Trains do not stop where time is omitted. Bulls, Merriam and Snells are flag stations. Trains 2 and 3 have through cars between Charleston and Sumter. I. W. FOWLER, General Manager. Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSE!) SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated April 20, 1S90. |No. 23|No. 27|No. 15 L've Wilmington. Leave Marion... . Arrive Florence..* Leave Florence. Ar've Suinter... Leave Sumter. Ar've Columbia. P. M. * 6 16 9 3?, 10 20 No. 50 A. M 3 20 4 35 4 3? 6 15 P. M *10 10 12 40 1 20 A M A. M. No. 58 fS 25 9 35 No 52 f? 45 10 551 No. 52 ruus through from Charleston via Central R. R. Leaving Lanes 9:15 A. M., Manning 9:56 A. M. Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 58. TRAINS GOING NORTH. I No. 51 ?No. 59|No. 53 Leave Colombia. Ar've Sumter. Leave Sumter.. Arrive Florence. Leave Florence Leave Marion M *?0 35 11 58 11 5S 1 15 A M . 78 4 3?> 5 20 Arr. Wilmington.' 8 35 M t 6 37 7 50 M 5 20 6 32 No 14 * 8 15 8 55 11 45 *L?iily. f Daily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C, via Central R. R , arriving Manning 7:04 P. M., Lanes 7:42 P. M., Charleston 9:30 P. M. No. 59 connects at Florence with C and D, train for Cheraw and Wadesboro. Nos- 78 and 14 rxake close connection at Wilmington with W. & W. R. R. for all points North. Train on Florence R. R. leaves Pee Dee daily except Sunday 4.40 P. M., arrivo Rowland 7 0 P. ?VI. Returning leav? Rowland 6 30 A. M., j arrive Pee Dee $.50 A.M. Train on Manchester <fc Augusta R. R. leaves j Sumter daily except Sunday, 10:50 A. M., ar- j rive Rimini 12.01. Returning leave Rimini j 12:15, P. M.f arrive Sumter 1:30 P. M. JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't. j J. R. KENLY, Assistant Gen'l Manager. I T. M. EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Ag't. Atlantic Coast Line. j300cojc i^rww^^ra tnar-_Sdsf NORTH-EASTERN R. R. of S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated April 20, 1890 |No. 27?No. 23|No. 53 I A.M. Le Florence.I *1 35 " Kingstree. Ar. Lanes... Le. Lanes... Ar.Cha's'n. 2 29 2 50l 10 07 2 50 5 00 A. M. Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at Flor ence with No. 23 Train. TRAINS GOING NORTH. |No. 78|No. 14|N6. 5? Le. Cha's'n Ar. Lanes.. Le Lanes.., <? Kingstree, Ar Florence, A. M. * 1 20 3 00 3 00 3 17 4 20 A. M. P. M *4 30 6 29 6 29 6 46 7 55 P. M. A. M. *7 00 8 27 A. M. * Daily, f Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R R. of S. C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N. C, making close connection with W. ? W. R. R. for all points north. J. R. KENLY, J. F. DIVINE, Ass't Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pas3. Agent. South Carolina Railway Co, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. Receiver. Commencing April 30th, IsSO, at 1 30 p. m., Eastern Time, trains will run as follows: MAIN LINE TO AUGUSTA. west?daily. A. M. P. M. Leave Charleston, 6.00 6.00 " Summerville, 6 53 6.40 " PregnalPs 7.40 7.16 " Branchville, 8 55 8.26 Arrive Augusta, 12 01 11.25 MAIN LINE AUGUSTA TO CHARLESTON. east?daily. A. M. Leave Augusta, " Branchville, " Pregnall's, " Surumerville, Arrive Charleston, 8.05 10.50 11.44 12 32 P. M. 1.15 P. M. 4.40 7.53 8.39 9.15 10.00 MAIN LINE AND COLUMBIA DIVISION. daily. Leave Charleston, " Pregnall's, " Brr. neh ville, Arrive Columbia, " Camdeo, A. M. 7 00 8 05 835 10.43 11.30 P. M. 5 10 6 44 7.45 10.05 * 10 50 COLUMBIA DIVISION AND MAIN LINE east?daily. A. M. Leave Camden, * 5.50 P. M. 4 45 5.25 7.45 8.21 9.30 Cola, 6 43 " Branchville, 8 55 " Pregnall's, 9 37 Arrive Charleston, 11 03 * Daily except Sunday. Connections at Pregnall's to and from ?. S. & N. R. R., with through coach between Charleston and Harlin City. Connections on train leaving Pregnall's for Charleston at y.37 a. nr., and leaving Charleston for Preg nall's at 5.10 P. M. Connections at August? for all points in Georgia and the West and at Columbia for North and West. THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE. Augusta Divisiou?Through Trains be tween Charleston and Augusta, both direc tions, Through Sleepers between Charleston and Atlanta, leaving Charleston at 6 P. M.? arriving in Atlanta at 6.30 A. M., and leav ing Atlanta at 11.15 P. M.?driving in Chanson 1.15 P. M. Sleepers between Au gusta and Macon connecting with same trains daily. Columbia Division?Through Trains be tween Charleston and Columbia, both direc tions. S. B. PICKENS, C. Ward, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Gen'l Manger._ SOMETHING NICE FREE. Send your address to B. V.Wrcnn, Gen. Pass. Agent, East Tenn. Virginia & Georgia Lines, Knoxville, Teno., and he will send you a handsome lithograpaic map, postage paid. _1 1 F. W. DeLOKME, DEALER IN Agent? ? 4 ??l TOILET SQAFS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &C, -ALSO Faints, O?3, Varnishes, GLASS. PUTTY, 4c. AND DYK STUFFS. -o Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Wheelwright and Blacksmith SUMTER, S. C. AM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND Rebuild, as well as to build outright, all kinds of Vehicles. HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Also repair all parts of broken Machinery. Keep en hand a stock of Check and Globe Valves and Fittings. Also keep Pumps on band and put th?m down. I handle the SMITH'S SONS IMPROVED GIN, which is as good as any on the market, and gives entire satisfaction. Aus 21 ! fi bli ?i ?? S a ? Sat S r y CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, SUMTER, S. C. Prompt attention given to all work entrusted to his care. Estimates furnished on all buildings and repairs. May 14 PLUMMER JOHNSON. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, SUMTER, S. C. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL WORK entrusted to his care, either in the make up of new work, or mending line and guaran tees satisfaction. Terns low. Call and see me at Shop, next door to Mois?s & Lee's law office. Dec 4._ ?LS> RELIABLE. HONEST WORKMANSHIP. NO PINCHING. AU werk executed in accordance with design selected. No blow-hard agents in the field. MONUMENTS, ?AND? ALL STYLES C3MBT3EY WQEE, As cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best. Also ?11 Styles Iron Fsncing. Oct. 2 SUMTER, S. C. WILLIAM KENNEDY. Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Next door to EarleA Purdy's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. DESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of Sumter and vicinity that I have opened business on my own account at the above old stand, and that with competent and polite assistants. I will be pleased to serve them in any branch of ray business in the bc?t style of the art. Give me a call. W.M. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. _ .OUB KEWi ?S*.1? Solidi fOold Watc&L .WorthSlOO.Oi Swatch in the world. Perfect jtimekeeper. Warranted heavy, jjSOUD cold hunting casos. IBoth ladies' and gent's sizes, with works and caaes of iT /equal value. ?E person in f/yWch locality can secure one i ffreo, together with our largo "and valuable liucof Household _'Samples. These samples, as well *a7the watch, are free. All the work you need do is to show wh.it we send you to those who call?your friends and neighbors and those about you?thitalw.iys resulta in valuable trade foros. which holds foryears when once stared, and thus we are repaid. We pay all exprese, freight, etc After you know nil. it roa would like to go to work for us. you can earn from S'ZO' to iS?iO rcr week and upwards. Address, Stinson As Co., Sox 81?, Portland, .Alailie. VERY OLD AND PURE COBff WHISKEY, Especially aged for medicinal use. MEDICATED BUCK BERRY BRANDY. Imported Port Wine, a preventative for Spring asd Summer complaints. C"1I early, secure a bot tle and convince yourself. Try Strauss' Electric, the best 5 cent. Segar in the State. Very respectfully, I STRAUSS, Proprietor, PALACE SALOON, SUMTER. S. C. June 4. MILES ^S?te&f Sm. 3 ?m ? f?fc&if?? scope. The follow cut give! tht' r'- i. Our facilitiesare (jn? ? . and :. introduceout kU] erio: ponds wc.will sendFREK to?>.VE : : !.???% ineach locality, as above. Only those who write to csat oncecsu make sure of the chance. Ali you have to do in rct'tm rs to s!i v.v oi:r go.>d* to t".i who call?your neighbors and those around you. The be? pfnofcg of this advertisement ivs small e:;.l of the tele. ? :!. : ; j ? -rsacc ?fit reduced to about the fiftieth part of its bulk. It in a grand, double ftizc tele scope, as large.! > i- -aisy to carry. We will also sin w you how you can make from $.'5 to'SlO a day at least, from the surt.with out experience. B< iter write at once. We pay all expresa charges. ddrexs. U. T.KTT 4 CO.. Box ??O. E , JlAUt??. BSET AND CHEAPEST. ?LL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. HI ?. MB & CO, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN oes, in, eras, MOULDING, ?and? GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 HayneSt., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jao 25 o 1 a a mm & beo COLUMBIA, S. C. 5 1 IDOOIFLS, SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. French anil American WMew &lass, PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRC Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 C. WULBEEN & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTONS. C. Dec. 2 " " 6 OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7 o _ S . ?S? & soT Established 1847. WHOLESALE GROCEBS, Auction and Commission . Merchants and Liquor Dealers. agents FOB The Philip Best Brewing Co:, Milwankee Beer, and the "Best" Tonic, a concentrated liquid extract of Malt and Hops. * The Pulest Brewing Co., Milwankee Beer. 197 EAST BAY and 50 and 52 STATB Sw., (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. ^S" Consignments Solicited. Jan. 23._ _ CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FISH, GAME, OYSTERS. TURTLES, TERRAPINS, POULTRY, EGGS, &c Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office and Fish House, 18 and 20 Market St. East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. All orders promptly attended to. Terms cash or city acceptance. Oct.3_ GEO. L. COOK, H?T00HAPHER, 265 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, *S. C. Aug 10_o WAVERLYIO?^i IN THE BEND OF KING STREET, " ^ CHARLESTON, S. C. Rates, $2 and $2.50 per day. G. T. ALFORD, \ Mav 2-0_PROPRIETOR. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, Si C. -o- - THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE m with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Proorietors. Obtained, and nil PArj&T.J&St&i?SS at tended U? for MODERA TE FEES Our office is opj>.>si;e the I'.S. Patent-Office, ami we can ob tain Patents in less time than IhoSe remote fron? WASHIXGTOX. Situi M?DDEL I'RA or PHOTO of invention. We advise ?<> i?itent ahilitv free of charco ami we make < li RGB USLESS PATENT IS .SE'WRED. For circular, advice, terms and references to. actual clients in vourown State.<V>umy. Citv or * * *** "^SiMffl Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D C -$ ffll FENCE? Wc have the CHEAPEST and Best WOVEN WIRE FENCING Vitq Rope Selvage. 1 50 INCHES HIGH AT 60 CENTS PER BOB. Lawn. Garden, Pcnltry and Stock Fencing. aB sizes and widths. Gates toraacco. Prices low. Soli1 bv dealers. Frel*ht Paid. Send for circalaw. THE Se?CLLF.S WOY?LN WIRE FESCE CO.. CHICAGO, ? F. S.-AU-Stecl LAWS aad CESUiTEBY