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CO KESPON ENCE AS TO THE CHARTS. SOME MORE LIGHT ON THE MUCH-TALKED-OF MATTER. The following correspondence bas been mailed to Gov. Eilerbe by R O- Evans & Co., of Chicago, and contains considerable information in regard to the mach talked of matter that has not heretofore come to light : Florence, 3 C., April 20, 90 B 0. Evans k Co., 211 and 212 E lg Madison St, Chicago, III. Gentlemen : Your letter to me aa a member of the state board of educa tion, of date April 14th 1899, has been received. From a careful perusal of your com munication, I deduce that yon think the state board should take some ac tion to protect innocent purchasers of paper, given yon and your agents, for charis and school supplies and calling my attention to an opinion rendered by Assistant Attorney Gen eral Gunter as to continuing con tracts, as overruling an opinion given by Assistant Attorney General Town send, upon -which latter opinion you acted in disposing of your goods The state board of education has some judicial powers but not of the . nature you speak of, the validity of the claims which you have assigned the banks and others comes under the jurisdiction of the courts Opin ions of the attorney general are promulgated for the guidance of ofS cials and no wieght in the courts, simply because they are the opiinions of that officer, but only so far as they concur with the law as laid down by the courts. Ton were given a per- ; mit by the state board to offer your wares to the county boards of educa , tion and if the county board of any county gave you a written permit to sell your goods in that county and i - you contracted with the trastee of j a school district in the county and j delivered them goods, corresponding j to the samples and prices as filed j with the state superintendent if < the board of itrasteeu approved and t signed your data, and the same was j countersigned by the county treas ur \ er to the credit of the diotrict, the i treasurer ic my opinion is bound to j pay the claim and if he refuses so to t do your remedy is though the courts, t If you bare complied with the law i at above laid down and the county superintendent; refuses to approve the < claim after having been approved by a majority of tho trustees, then and c SD that event I am of the opinion the i courts will give you redress in the \ proper action before them, aa in my t view the signature of the county \ superintendent ts eutirely ministe i rial. c As to a claim, part to be paid this i year nd part another, until the courte t decide to toe contrary, I hold the t views expressed io the opinion of t Assistant Attorney General C P. i .Townsend Io any event your rem g edy is through the courts and it ia 1 both ample and complete c Referring to your remarks ou t school libraries I have to say that if s there is any law allowing the par- < chase with public fonds of school t. libraries I have overlooked it and as c a member of the state board of edu t cation will most strenoosly oppose [ the purchase of school libraries. c Yours, cte , \ (Signed) fl F Clayton. N B You eau make euch use s of thia letter as you think proper i THE PUBLISHER'S SIDE c Chicago. Ill , April 25th, '99 I Hon W. F Clayton, Fioience, S C, 1 Pear-Sir : Replying to your favor ( of April 20&h will thank you for your courtesy and will say that our letter was prompted because it appeared to ] na that an attempt was being made i by some of the state officers to en c courage the repudiiiou of the obliga t tiona made by the school trustees for c charts, etc The proposition origi- t nally made to the state board of 1 education very distinctly specified i that we would give ote, two or even c three years' time m cases where the 1 trastees desired it This proponition was made by us io all good faith and < wa , we believe, considered to be a < favorable proposition by members of t the state board. We were fortified t by opinion of the former state super J intendent and attorney general in ( which it was stated that the trustees ( had authority to issue time warrants t or to anticipate funds that they were 1 c certain to receive This w 3 also e the opinion of our attorneys, and* is, 1 if we correctly interpret your letter, i also your opinion. From your letter t it would appear that you tbonght that 1 we were seeking to have some action i by the state board that would protect < our interests. Permit us to say that we are as nearly disinterested parties at the present time as you could find. We made a contract with Mr Tut wiler for the sale of our charts in South Carolina, and the charts that were sold there were purchased and paid for by him, and we did no busi ness whatever with the schools of . the State, excepting that we manu factured the goods and supplied them to 31r. Tutwiler. All business was done by him and agents employed by him and in bis own name. He has disposed of all the time paper received with the exception of a very fm warrants, the amount of which ! ia inconsequential, We mention this that you may know that the repudia tion of these warrants will not effect us, and as far as Mr Tutwiier is con cerned he could not be held respon sible for the paper as it is not negotiable and besides that he would be unable, we believe, to meet its payment if he were responsible for it. So far as the goods sold are con cerned, we wish to say that they are in every respect duplicates of the samples fi ed with the state superin - tendent and they were in all cases sold at precisely the prices agreed upon. Tfc ere is absolutely no reason for toe repudiation of any claim in the State unless they are illegal, as claimed by Mr. Gunter, excepting possibly a very few where the agents were over zealous to make sales, and we do not believe that there have been many cases of :his kind. If in any case the agents have used illegal or criminal method* we stand ready to do our -share toward giving them their just,, deserts. In conclu sion permit us to say that we are not tbe ones to seek redress in the courts for we do not hold a dollar's worth of the South Carolina paper. Allow us in conclusion to say that we admire your frankness with refer ence to school libraries. If your people do not want them, we have nothing to ssiy. If a majority of your board do want them, we are anxious to have our proposition given con sideration. Thanking you for your courtesy, we beg to remain Yery truly yours, R 0. Evans & Co. NO CIVIL GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICANS. Washington, May 4.-It is the in tention of the admioistratioo oot to ask of congress next winter any legisla tion looking to the establishment of a iivil government io Porto Rico The preliminary report of the .Porto Rican commission will be submitted to be president and the secretary of war in about ten days. It will deal with ;he questions which the committee has investigated aod which relates solely lo military admioistratioo. The matter it tariffs will be ignored, on the ground ihat it will present a subjec t for ooo .ressiooal action. It is the opio ion of nembera of the commission that it will >e at least two, od probably three, rears before Porto Rico eau be given a trritorial government. Io she mosa ste, it ts proposed to continue the s Unary administration which has been tstabltsbed sod ask no legislation from .o og ress This information is interesting be taute it was the distinct understanding .moog senators .and representatives ffben congress adjourned last March bat at the next session a code of laws ronld be devised fer Porto Etoo, and bat the omi government should sno tted the military as quickly as pos ible. Tbs contrary programme of be administration is not apt to >e received with complaisance by be Porto Ricans, who are very anx ons to bave a territorial form of 'overomeot under the laws of tbe jotted States with the least possible lelay lt will rest with ooogress, of tourse, to decide whether the military hdmioistrattoo shall be continued, but vito both houses in sympathy with the resident, tbe latter may be able to tarry-out his plans. At the same time, he Democrats are likely to make >oliticai capital out of the effort to icntinuc tbe military in control after sar has ended. Tbe members of thc commission ippointed by President McKinley to nvestigate and report upon matters tonneoted with our insular possession jeid their first meeting in this city Tuesday The commission consists of Jeneral Kennedy, Major Walkins and judge Curtis. They have just returned from Porto iico, wbere they spent over six weeks n an exhaustive investigation into the sooditions upon the island. While here there they visited the principal sities and towns and listened to sugges tions from ali classes of the population. Tbe commission will ocoupy the rooms n the Lemon building in which the war lommiseioo and the beef inquiry board reid their sessions. Louis Monos Rivera, former Premier >f Porto Rico, bas arrived herc to iscuss with the authorities the oondi ion of affairs on the islaod, particularly he depressed commercial conditions. Accompanied by Senor Gonzaia de ^aesada, he oalled yesterday on general Davis, who is about to assume he generalship of Porto Rioo, and jooferred on the remedies to be adopt >d Senor Rivera belongs to the ibera! element of Puerto Rioo politios, vbo warmly support the authority of he United States md are eeekiag to lave this authority so conformed as to inprove commercial and financial condi tions. Another Case of Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. My son was afflicted with rheumatism which contracted bis right limb until he wa3 unable to walk. After U3ing one and a half bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm he was able to be about agaiQ. I can heartily recom mend it to persots suffering from rbiuma tim -John Snider, Freed, Calhoun Co., W. Va. For sale by Dr. A. J China. Wisdom to-day means comfort to-morrow. To prove it ouy a White and use it. The Documents ia the S. C. & Ga. Lease Filed in Co lumbia. Yesterday the "operating agree ments" between the ' Southern and the South Carolina and Georgia Rail way companies, by whicb the South ern t8kes charge of the South Caroli na Georgia for 30 yeats-until May 1, 1929-was filed in the office of the secretary of state It is a very elaborate document, giving all the specifications as to the duties of the parties of both sides ; but to a lay man it tells practically nothing as to tbe amount of the annual lease. The most important stipulations are that the Southern undertakes to pay the interest on the first mortgage bonds of the South Carolina and Georgia amounting to $5,750,000, and the interest on tho first mortgage bonds of the Augusta Southern amounting to $400,000, both sets of bonds being of the 5 per cent, variety. The Southern is also to pay $500 annually for the maintenance of the organiza tion of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad company, and make any necessary advances upon the debt of the leased properties. The document is dated April 29. Another paper of some interest in the transfer was filed with the secre tary of state yesterday afternoon, it was "the report of the consent of the stockholders of guarantee of bonds of the Sumter and Wateree River Railroad company and increase of debt of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad company in accord ance with the provisions of Sec. 1510 revised statutes.;; lo the paper appears this statement : "The con sent of the stockholders of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad com pany was obtained to a proposition Lo guarantee the payment of the principal and interest of Hie bonds of the Sumter and Wateree River Raii road company of the par value of fl00,000." The document is signed JJ Francis A. Healey, chairman of the stockholders' meeting, and the late affixed is April 20 --The State, May 4 SLOWLY IS FALLEN JUS TICE RECOVERING STRENGTH IN FRANCE Paris, May 3. Slowly bot steadily he net is closing around the French general staff in tbe Dreyfus revision nquiry. Gen Mercier, who was ninitter of war at tbe time Dreyfus faa condemned, on being called ipoo by M. de Freycinet, the be present minister of war to pro loee the report regarding the secret lossier which Lieut Col. Do Paty de )Iam testified he bad tent to Mercier, eplied that be bad destroyed it, and ie called Gen. Gonae as a witness to be troth of this statement. Unfor unately for Mercier, Gen Goose bad already testified before tbe court of aesat on that, although Mercier lestroyed the original, be kept a :opy. Another anti-Dreyfus argument bas eceived its death blow Gen Zurlinden, military governor if Paris, and others, while testifying eforc the court of cassation, attach id great importance to the closing entence of the Bordereau. "I am tarting for the manoeuvres," as prov ng the gu'lt of Dreyfus and the inno cence of Esterhazy, inasmuch as the taff probationers were only notified ?n August 29th that they wonld not ie required to attend the man euvres It bas now been proved hat this notification was actually lated May 17. Therefore Dreyfus ould not nave written "I am start og for the manoeuvres" in thefollow og August, It is rumored that it was Lieut, lol Du Patty de Clam himself who ommunicated to Figaro the deposi ions made before the court of cassa ion. T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, la , write3 83 follows : "In the past eight ears, I hare BOIA more of Dr. Pitta' Jarminative than all the soothing syrups, olic drops, and other oaby medicines com >ined." Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. Call, see, and buy embossed or Soral Crepe aper. H. G Osteeo & Co. The example set by citizens of Dar iogtoo io opening a fund to replace Vade Hampton's burned cottage will io foliowed, we nope, all over the hate. Geo. (lampton is a very poor nan and this is tbe third time he has teen made houseless by fire He is ts rave io spirit as ever aod would be be last man to ask aid, so no effort bonld be made to secure his codorse nent of a subscription ; but if the fferiog of love and esteem so hand omely begun io Darlington ebould bs iompleted ho oouid not refuse this tosti DOnial of bis people's devotion. Lot sommittees be formed at once all over be State and let the Confederate ro inioD next week record the proffer of a lome to Wade Hampton.-Columbia State. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of The "White" ia the pride of home. "Spring Unlocks The Flowers To Faint the Laughing Soil/' And not even Nature would allow the flowers to grow and blossom to perfection without good soiL Now Nature and people are much alike; the former must have sunshine, latter must have pure blood in order to have perfect health. Hood's Sarsaparilla cares blood trou bles of all sorts. It is to the human system what sunshine is to Nature the destroyer o disease germs. It never disappoints. Poor Bk>Od-u The doctor said there were not seven drops of good blood in my body. Hood's Sarsaparilla built me up and made me strong and well." SUSIE E. BROWS, 16 Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass. Dyspepsia, etc.-" A complication of troubles, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh and inflammation of the stomach, rheumatism, etc., made me miserable. HadJ.no appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acted like magic. I am thoroughly cured." N. B. SEELEY, 1874 W. 14th Av., Denver, Col. Rheumatism - " My husband was obliged to give up work on account of rheu matism. No remedy helped until he used Hood's Sarsaparilla, which permanently cured him. It cured my daughter of ca tarrh. I give it to thc children with good results." MRS. J. S. MCMAIH, Stamford, Ct Hood's Pills cure liver ills, the non-irritating and only cathartic to take witli~H )od's Sarsaparilla. "Petts*-- I 9 Saved My Baby's Ufe." J frfr ) i LAMAR & RAMKIN DRUG CO.i $ $ I can not recommend Pitts' Car minative too strongly. 1 must say, ^ 9 I owe my baby's life to it. I earnestly ask all mothers who have sickly or delicate children just 5 $ to try one bottle and sei; what the $ result will be. Respectfully, ? MRS. LlZZIIi MURRAY, $ % Johnson's Station. Ga. I Pitts' Carminativo | . Im sold by mil Drugglmtm. PRSOE, zs oem's. $ Vr VWS* S &> Vr^ VHft W^V^V^ = gWroWyHB Is Highly Recom- = E 1 ffaJM w *1 AAMS mendeci for COUGHS, E - 15SMwJWK5?W COLDS, HOARSENESS, r : 1$ lim i K ul J y| SORKTHROAT,BRON- Z z iMBHiflflBwirWH CH i TIS, ASTHMA, = z IBHBa^BSiaM U WHOOPING COUGH, : - KSnBSfflBBSBSHI and All Diseases of = 5 the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes. = I r * POSITIVE SPZCIFIC FOR CROUP. lItlIttlIlNINIIIHIIIIIt tlINIIimiIMNIIIIItHHlIItlinB Everything in DRUGS, Soda Water. AND Cigars, -AT HUGHSON-LIGON CO. Successors to J. S. Hugbson & Co. MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD QUARTERS WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN. -CKX>0-CK>0^><><>0<><^^ Webster's Dictionary Successor ofihe" Uiutbriilgcd" The One Great Standard Authority, So writes Hon. J>. .T. Itrewcr, Justice I. s. Supreme Omi. Standard of Hie I'. S. ov' I*ririli:ij ( (flier. Hie I". >. Supreme Court, til thc Mille Su nrenie('otirts.andof near ly all Hie ScliooliHK>k$. Warmly Commended Q liv State Superintendents <i ot Schools, t'oIliTje 1'iesi- /, dents.nndotherKdncntors x almost il lion t number. Invaluable in Uic household, and to the teacher, scholar. pro. tensional man, ami self ediicaU-r. Hff^Sjicchncn jut yes sent on t'jytfiaUion to iG.&C. Merriam Co.,X ufoli**licrs, Springfield, Jfass._ 0 C^ITXIOX. I)o not ,)e deceived in -- buying small so-called "Webster's Dictionaries." All authentic L> abridgments of Webster's International ;>ie.tton arv in the varions si/es Instr onr tmde-niark on th frojil cover as shown I i ilw eiits. 0000-0<KXXKX>C-C^>C-CK^ SJ.QFS BUYS A $3.51) SUIT 3,000 CELEBRATED .'kjtXl EAKOr.T"<loubl B-at nnddonble knee. Repolir S3.S Boy ' 2 Fleer Knee-Pant Soil, goinp kt 1.95. A KEW 81'IT FREE for any of these suits which don't give satisfactory wear. 9 Send No Money.PSk &d&uS state ap* of bo ami say v hethe r large or email for age. a' d we will sendyou tho Jit by express. C.O.D.. subject toexamin on. "You eau examine it at your express ollice and if found perfectly satisfactory and equal to suits Bold in your town for S3.50, pay your express accnt c ir special offer prier. SI.95Bn<l exprr s cbaiftes. THESE KNEE-PANT SUIT'S are for boj from 4 to IS jrar of apr. aorta re retailed ei rywbere at r"..r>0. JIade nith double scat and knees. latest 1699alvie as illustrated, made from a special Tccar-resUllnr, bea y wcifth , ALL-WOOL Oak well cassimcr*, neat, handsome pat tern, line serp;o lining. Clayton patent interlining, pad ding, stayincr and reinforcinjr. silk and linen se'-i imr. ADO tailor-made throncbont. a suit anv hoy or parer t would be proud of. FOR FREE CLOTH SAJIPLES of Boys- Clolhintc (suits, overcoats or ulsters), for boys 4 TO 19 YEARS, write for Sample Book No. 90C, contains fashion plates, tape measure and full instructions howto order. Bin's Suits and Otertoata made to order from fS.OO np. Bamples sent free on application. Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, HL 1 Sears, Boebuek a Co. are thoroughly reliable- BdttS&u mE BUSQME DOLLAR~^g|gg cr ur.-, advert -edbyothers at Ber U.ioy, paytl.e freight agent our Q | ^^^s4 ^^W'?'l^ti^^M^ special 90 ardoffer cri e, $31. 5, less tiie l.or J0.73 and rrelBhtebar s . e > 8^ ",-':i: .1 ^>v; ifira^ giJ5jyMSPEOi L SGJAYS PRICE, S&|g; IBHBI^^BB Tj;C a^ C VirTa! is ono uftheaostdcrafcle end aweeiesttoned in- ^^^^^^^^" -:;4H8H^5 nt AU fi t Uottn .-r.r::::icntseverj2ade.Fromtheillussration YSi*:-^fe< ^:--jH ^Sra shown, which ii engraved direct from a photograph, you can form fig:? --.TV--::--. : iSSlr' > eme idea of its bcaniUul appearance. "Yiacie from Solici ^^jf^jl \ ~^~IZ~JL~ ~ '~J^^S^'^Tit^ Quarter^Sa^acJ 0>a^^^^qu c^:^ Sweet Jielodia Reeds, 1 Sot of 3 ^Charmingly Brilliant Ccle&te ,1"" " : -::--: i l fsRll ^ ?^ Meeds, ). bet cf 1 BtehHeilowSatooth Diapason Heed*, I SH of t : HMIIS T] v^^.-^^^^-pi^;"; *3:/ 24PleasingSoft 3 !cdIooaPrlaelpatReeds, e ; : "H*Th~\ ''^-^s^^^' r^^^SSgj ^f-J MAP MC fill Cf Ul action consist of the celebrated g& 8&Xl i'W'^^^MBB^ i ji AUMt y UL CH SenelKeeaa, which are only used 2 Rats- -1 % 1 3F &lflHfli I in the highest irrade instruments, ah:o fitted with liai ; i .' i P^wBiifc $ mood Couplers and Voz ttumaaa, also best flotee felts, leathers^^^^^pR: : ? ''teiBa ?'' etc., bellows of the best rubber cloth, 3-oly bellows stock PSHKI ; { K; f ' ; IfiiSSES and flnest leather in valves. THE ACME QUEEN U Kgfffi V . ... M6l t g finished with a 10x14 beveled plate French mirror, uickel ' ' | , S '.'.'.' iPiwSB & plated pedal frames and every modern improvement. W8 JWBR j ? :;:^::;^^^ .l! . '. -^flfflBimr I FURNISH FUEB a handsome organ stool and the best organ fififf . | '. ;>7 ^8%i 2j k ^ ': GUARANTEED 25 Y EARS ^m^^ ^^^^A:. M W MM icm? Qu pn Or aa v.e issue a written bindings') ^^n'r^^s^^fj^^rr^^^^^^^J^^!i [ '! ' ' ' /.^ffisfiHry^pTa guarantee, hythe terms ar.d conditions cf which if ^riy^^^ia-,^^f ^ ^-^^J JHS** ? U , <MBaS*!2i&Q&t part gives out we repair it free of charge. Try it ocr^^^^^^^^y^^feto^^-w ^^"^^^^ aionth and we will refund your money ii you are "QtH^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^BjB^^EI^^g^Si^^ perfectly satisfied. 500 of these Organe Iii be sold atg^^^j^^; ^ ^^g!^-^^^^^a8fe^^<g^^S^ Ol B'R H Ty IS ESTABLISHED f.5'V^S^^^^^^^^^S not dealt with us as s your neighbor about us, w ri te ^ ^^.p^^^^/^f^Sf^^> the publisher of this peper, or Metropolitan National ^- ^^-- ^s^-"-^-----^- ^e^=^?^- ^&^4sy<g^--.a?S^^ Bank, National Bank of the Itepublic, or hank of Commerce, Chicago; or German Exchange Bank New York, or A n v Tai }vr\nr ! /\T> .rnfase ( nrnnfi r>ir in CYi t/ o WA , . ? ~ -. * ... ' * .. I - *-. - n AAA AA _ . . * _ ' I and special organ, piano and musical instrument catalogue. Address, * freo SEARS,** ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). Fulton. Desplaines and Wayman Sts.. CHICAGO. ILL. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA R. R. CO. TIME TABLE |N0. 15. In effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday October 2d, 1898. West-First Class Daily. Leaves, am T 10 Charleston, Leaves, ara 6 20 Augusta, Leaves, am 9 20 Columbia, Leaves, am 10 10 Kiogville East-First Class Daily. 8 00 arrives p m 10 45 arrives p m 5 20 arrives p m 4 28 arrives p m West. North Carolina Division. East. 31 75 77 2i Clafs. A. M 2d i 1st Class Class A. M A.M. STATIONS. 78 j 74 ! 82 1st i 2d Class i Class Leave. Arrive, P.M. j P.M. 1 P.M. 7 40 8 00 8 10 9 00 9 35 9 48 10 10 10 35 11 00 11 46 12 10 12 35 P. M. 8 20 8 50; 9 05 10 IO] 10 30 10 40 11 50 12 15 1 50 3 10 3E0 4 40 5 10 5 30 5 45 6 20 P.M. 11 40 12 00 12 12 12 40 12 55 1 00 1 20 1 35 1 50 2 15 2 35 2 48 3 03 3 28 3 30 3 55 4 10 4 15 4 25 4 45 4 52 5 02 5 19 5 34 5 59 6 14 6 30 P.M. Camden DeKalb Westville, Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Bill Lancaster Riverside Catawba Jonction Rock Hill Tirzah York vii Ie Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna Blacksbnrg Earles Patterson Springs Shelby Lattimore Mooresboro Henrietta. Forest City Rutherford ton Thermal City Glenwood Marion 2d Class 1 05 12 50 12 25 12 05 ll 52 ll 37 ll 22 ll lo 6 50 6 30 9 00 A.M. A.M. P.M. WEST. GAFFNEY BRANCH. EAST. 85 Mixed. P. M. 4 10 4 35 5 00 83 Mixed. A. M. 5 30 5 50 6 20 Leave STATIONS. B aeksbnrg Cherokee Falls Gaffney Arrive 84 Mixed. ii. M. 7 36 7 05 6 40 88 Mixed. P.M. 6 30 6 05 i 40 Train No. 77, going west makes daylight connection at Lancaster with the L. k C. R. R , at Rock Hill with the Southern R. R. going north, at Blacksburg with the South ern. Train No. 78, going east makes connection at Marion, N. C., with the Southern'R. R , at Blacksburg with Southern and at Lancaster with L. k C. R. R. Train Ko. 81, (roiog east makes connection at Shelby, N. C. with the S. A. L R. R., going east. All local freight trains w:Ii carry passengers if provided with tickets. S. B. LUMPKIN, Division Passenger Agent. L. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. J. N. ROBSON & SOUS, Commission Merchants, And dealers in HAY, GRAIN AND COW FEED. Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm Produce Solicited. Weights and Goods Guaranteed* J* IS* Robson & Son 9 Feb I6~x Charleston, S, C. PATENTS ? Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat ient businessconducted for MODERATE FEES. OUR OFFICE is OPPOSITE U. S. PATEN TOTTICEJ and wc caa secure patent ia .less time thaa Chose] Iremotc from Washington. < Send model, drawing or p>hoto., with c*escrip-< ?tion. Wc advise, if patentable or not, free of! j charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. < > A PAMPHLET,4i How to Obtain Patents," withl cost of same in the U. S. aad foreign countiiesj (sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire and Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to offer liberal te.ms to those who are in oetd of a good safe. For prices nnd terms address Mrh 24. J. A. RENNO, Sumter, S. C. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALB are requested to put them in my bauds tor sale. I sm in constant receipt of so many letters of enquiry about lands from Northern and Western partir , tbat I may be able to effect sales for those who wi" give me accu rate detailed descriptions of what they have. No charce will be made unless satisfactory sales are made. Descriptions must be soca as can be guaranteed and must give: No. of acres, location, character of land, proximity to rs'lroads, post offices, schools, churches and tov.os, kind of improvements. Communications strictly confident, when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nov. 10. Cc'umbia, SC HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street c.cond door south of the Nixon House, I am prepared to accommodate a few jegular boarders, and also lodging and meals to transient customers. Terms reason*.V.e. MRS. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8 BOARDING.