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iEhr ga~nning (!ime. PUBLISHES ALL COUNTY AN]) TOW OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY. DEC. 2. 1896. ENGLISH RAILWAYS. THEY ARE SLOW TO ADOPT IMPROVE MENTS IN THE SERVICE. American Wrinkles Are Adopted In a Soi of Half Hearted Way, and Very Litt Effort h) "-Xade by the Managers to ror ularive Them. Two factors in English holiday trave are obvious from these great piles C passengers' baggage. One is that ther is no check system on the railrays an the other that if it cost as much to hir a cab in Liverpool or Manchester as i New York there would scon be a dimi nution in the number of packages, if nc in the weight of the baggage, whic English families take with them o: their holiday travels. Few big Saratog trunks are to be seen on the platform a Crewe Here and there may be seen trunk which it takes two men to lift but the address on it will almost ce7 tainly show it'to belong to an America visitor. English people will n.ot tak the trouble to pack all'their belonging into one or two large sized trunk, Neither is there any need why the - should so long as the railway companic will accept without demur 12 or 1 small trunks, hampers, Lundles an other miscellaneous packages as th baggage entitled to go with one set c railway tickets, and so long as an Enr lish cab driver will pile all this stu on the top or box seat of his cab an carry it and the family attached to i from their home to the railway statio: for half a crown. -Every now and again an Englishma who has been in Amrerica writbs to Th Times'conccrning the advantages cf th check systen as it is werked cn th American railways, but all these letter go'unhceded. English railway manager have a dread of innovations, especiall; if the innovation comes from America and the English people, who are accus tomed to the scramble for baggage a the railway stations, are quite satisfie with the existing system, or rather lac of system. On the whole, they save little money by it. English railwa companies allow a third class passenge 56 pounds of personal baggage. and first class passenger double that amount Any excess is supposed to be paid foi but a tip of threepence to a porter wil usually see the whole traveling impedi ments of a family carried straight from the cab to the train and insure that n questions as to weight are asked. It i usually the lack of a tip or a hostil hint from a cabman who is not satisfie with his fare that leads to a call at th weighing machine on the way from th - cab to the baggage van. Under the es isting system English people have a] ways to watch over their own baggag at every change, and sometimes t scramble and struggle for it at the en< -of the journey, and to tumble over othe pdople's-baggage as they fight their wa: into a crowded train. But then, as have sbown, it is a system under whic the passenger can nearly always get th -best of the railway company in the mat ter o xesof baggage, and nobod: - ~-f-reguent ugges ions that the American syshaoeeck should be adopted. In one or two directions the Englis] companies are now following the exam plo of the American railway companies After years of urging from-the board o trade and the government departmen which has the oversight of railway several of the lines are gradually intro ducing long cars for long distance travel They have not boldly adopted the Amer *ican car. The pattern of car now beini brought into use is a compromise be tween the American car and the Enug *lish compartment carriage. The com partment is retained, but each~ compart ment is connected with a corridor whici .runs not down 'the middle, but aloni one side of~ the car. This -has given thi name of corridor train to the train madt up of- carriages buit after this fashion. .On some of the trains all the -car .riages are connected with vestibule like those on American railways. C~t other trains these are two or three cor rider cars, while the rest of the carriages are -of the old fashioned style. It is characteristic of the English people thai there is seldom any scramblr for place! in the new cars. People seem to likt the old compartments better, a faci upon which the railway companies dlt nct'fail to lay stress when, af ter some outrage in a train, the companies art pressed by the board of trade to make the use of corridor cars more general. The corridor trains are principally ix use between London and Scotland. Ox .scores 'of the long distance runs in Eng land all the carriages are still of the old fashioned kind. -Another fact concerning the corridor trains is typical of the English char acter. Newsboys are not carried or them. The English railway newsboy is still kept solely to the platforms at the rdilway stations. And he is likely to be kept there, for English people would vote it a nuisance too great to be borne to be pestered to buy books and confec tionery they do not want. The newsboy who travels with the train has few friends among Englishmen who have been in America. People grumble at the prices charged~by the monopolists who control all the railway news and bookstalls in this countryv. But it is often put to the credit of the monopo lists that their newsboys are always at hand, but never mnake themselves a nuisance, nor worry passengers who do not want the books they are vending. One of the newest innovations from America in the English railway service concerns mileage books. These are now in use on the Northe'astern railway. They are being tried in a tentative f~bion, and so far are issued only to first class travelers. The reductions in fare are quite considerable, and the con ditions prescribed by the company are easy. If the experiment works satisfac torily, it will soon be extended to third class passengers on the Northeastern, und, once well established on one large trunk fine, the system will soon become genera.-Lon~don Letter. 'Conlar Bands. The collar bands on the new gowns c e t!:e special points of decora tiou, :.xd frills cf some sort are invaria bly set in -on tihe edge to stand up ared the neck, commencing & little di'mancee apart on either side of the e.A. .Tby are madec of knife plaited ', riibbon, lace or chiffon, and one in. m ver trimming is lace in van r.,out'ined wi th a tiny ruche ribbon and gathered into the [* velvet collars, with plait n set in fan shlape at the pretty, and collars made light velvet or satin, k, pearl edged ribbon anthe fanc. COLORS IN BATTLE. Why the Soldierw In the En;gish Army Arc Arrayed 1. yearn t. The scarlet uniform of til Lritiish i fantry has been greatly critici:d in re -ent years, chiefly on the ground that it exposes the men to ne, (less danger by disclosing their whereabouts to the en emy. The objection taken to the scarlet, however, is groundless, and scientific - reasons are given why the prevailing tolor is for all purposes the most suit able that could be selected. In the first place, scarlet affords the best attainable protection against the - extremes of heat and cold to which sol diers are liable to be exposed. The darker the color protecting a warm body the more rapidly radiation proceeds. White would be the best color to reduce radia 0 tion to a minimum, but white is barred by other considerations, as are also all the grays. Scarlet or red comes midway 1 between white and black or other dark f colors, while with reference to protec a tion from the sun scarlet takes a far bigher place than any of the blues, e greens or drabs and other shades often 2 ased for military clothing. Yellow and orange 'are excluded be t cause these colors are particularly con spicuous at a long distance. Although a scarlet or red is more conspicuous than a gray, when the sun shines directly on t the troops it blurs on the sight and is a consequently more difficult to hit. With existing rifles the actual rtsult of a fight is usually decided at a dis tance just outside the effective range of 0 the weapons. This distance lies between s 600 and 800 yards. Nearer than that it is impossible to close without replying to the eneny's fire, and as soon as the return fire whistles about the defend - Ors' heads the possibility of aiming rap i idly and accurately decreases. e Therefore, from this point cf view, f it is unimportant whether the object to be hit is conspicucus or not, but from a moral point of view it is a serious con I sideration. Within 700 yards each sub t sequent advance is conditioned by fire a superiority already achieved, the de fenders are shaken, the time for count a ing heads is past, and the mental im e pression conveyed by the sight of the e assaulting troops -becmcs the main 0 point. It is a distinct advantage that our men should bulk large in the decisive stages of an encounter, and there is no color which enables them to do this so effectively as scarlet. On the whole, t therefore, every scientific consideration justifies the reteution of scarlct as the best uniform for our troops.-Strand I Magazine. The Cause of RainfalL r Rain is, as we all know, the moisture a of the atmosphere condensed into drops iar;;e enough to fall with perceptible velocity to the earth. The variation in the sizes of the drops is dependent upon - the difference in the height from which 1 they have fallen and to the amount of ) atmospheric disturbance present at the s time. If they fall from great heights, the drops suffer gradual division into smaller and smaller partsuntil they are at last converted into mists. 'In calm 3 weather, with the clouds n'ar the earth's - surface, the drops are apt to' be large ~ and heavy. The formation of rain is in I general a continuation or an enlarge Sc2ent of the processes by which clouds and fogs are formesi. The deposition of Smoisture depends upon~ the cooling of the atmosphere, but concerning the pre cise process by which the cooling is ef fected various opinions areditertained even among those who hbave made me teorology a ' life study. In considering the matter we have deduced our reck onigfrom'what is considered the best authority on the subject. From this it appears that the temperature of a given mass of warm air is lowered in the or dinary course of atmnospheric phenomena byr one or the other of the processes mentioned in the following: By radia tion to the cold sky, by radiation to the neighboring masses of clouds or the cold ground, by mixture wtith cool air or by the absorption of heat in the ex pansion of ascending colum~ns of air. Whatever the process may be, one thing is sure-the cooling must take place be-i fore the moisture will collect into drops| of sufficient size to cause them to fall from the mass of vapor in which the constituent parts have been floating. St. Louis Republic. The Boring ,of Glass. Strong glass plates are bored through by means of rotating brass tubes of the neessary diameter, which are filled with water during bering. To the water there is added finely pulverized emery. It is said that thinner glass can be per forated with holes in an easier manner by pressing a disk of wet clay upon the glass and making a hole through the lay of the width desired, co that at that spot the glass is laid bare. Then molten lead is poured into the hole, and lead and glass drop down at qnce. This method is based upon the quick local heating of the glass,- whereby it obtains a circular crack, the outline of which corresponds to the outline of the hole made in the clay. The cutting of glass tubes, cylinders, etc., in factories is based upon the same principle.-New York Ledger. Sorry He Spoke. IHe-I'd like to know what enjoy ment you can find in going from store to store, looking at things you haven't the least idea of buying. She-I know I can't buy them, but there is a sort of melancholy pleasure in thinking that I could have bought them if I had miarriedI Gecr;:e Scads when I had the chance, instead of tak ing you-Cincinnati Enquirer. A Well Lighted Street. Fifth avenue is probably now the best lighted long street in the world. The magniicent new lamps are now in po sition and add to the beauty of the thor oughfare. The lamps are a foot square, of bronze and gold, while the face is of white ground glass, with the street names in letters eight inches high in a deep red or maroon.-New York Letter. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT GALLOWAY'S SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfrort of his t customers~... .. .. HAIR-CUTTING IN A LL STYLES, SH AVING AND S H A M POOINGi Done with neatness and dispatch.... ..... A cordia! invitation A. 11. (GALLOWAY. RHAME & DAVI$, A7TOKEYSA7 LAW, MANNING, S. C. OUt MILLIONAIRES. LIKE OTHERS BEFORE THEM SOME ARE DOOMED TO 03SCURITY. rhe Only Way to crnate iistinction b3 Wz:?th ;a t:) It -S01 Who Wil: Not I; Remembered Thirty Days Aftei They Are Dead. The London Spetator ouce published a list cf t.::c it called "obscure mil, lionairt s" who had iied within the pre. vious t n years. The list was a rathei long e'e. This age is a shopkeeping age it is tru-. It is upt, we say, to valu4 men according to their property. Grea wealth gives great consideration, an( yet, notwithstanding the exaggerate( importance of money and money get ting, it appears that wealth in the lar gest measure recens no man from ob scurity; that money in itself, by it; mere possession, confers no distinctioi which esen this age values. Its use, an< not its possession, is all that can nmak it a matter of distinction. In our ow country, ecvn ncre than inl Euro))e wealth exaggerates its own conscquence It is natural that it should, for here more than there, it is a x rsonal mat ter. The American millionaire ha "made," as he says, his own millions They represent his own shrewdnes, in dustry, tact, perseverance or "goo< luck." He is fond, it may be, of re minding us all that it is so. He is I "self mado man," and recurs to th< time when he was a barefoot boy, or penniless youth, with sonie pride, as proof of how bright a man he is in hav ing changed by his own unaided power the early poverty for the present wealth He feels in his heart he has done ; noble work and that he deserves th commendation of mankindl for doing it He is liable to disappointment, as w all know, and it is sonev.hat strang that, shrewd as lie is in monymatter. he is so blind in ethers. Ior the rest o the world is very busy, anl has littl time to trouble itself about his succes or his failure. Neither can other penpi see on exactly what grouiids a man cai claim its applause only for Laving takel good care of his own iterets. The consideration given to him f., his money is given only to 1is face b; those who expect to get somet"ing' b; it. The community v ould look coimpla cently upon the matt r if re vulsion should st hi n to * ig th streets tonmorrow, 7o itid: r himi indeed, quite as -i-- - L t. e La occupation eis in : heaps higher. in !r k, it is ih wealth itself that is i;:.:t, if th is any importance in 1he c .hm who owns it may bl -vcry unim.iortam In fact, if he is conte!t to be imerel it owner, he is sure to be so. The only way to create distinctioi with wealth'is by the use. What a m:, does with what lie has cterinnes t. question of his obscurity. The world i very just and forgets all Lut its bene factors. Tho millionairc, who uses hi: millions for his own benefit is like th officeholder who uses his oflico for hi own benefit, or the man of genius wh< exhaasts his genius for his own selfisJ ends, or, indeed, like any man who, en dowed with a trust, uses the trust for hi own exclusive use and behoof. Men possessed of other trusts are no as apt to make this mistake as the me: possessed of money. Genius, intellec tual power, high spiritual gifts, we ar all loud to claim are confem red eor__tJ good.fmrnariity. We stand ready t condemn relcutlessly the mnen who, en dwed with such gifts, use them mainl: for their own advantage. But grea wealth, especially if a man has himsel won it, is less apt to be considered trust. The greed for it is great. It i often sought not for itself, but for the supposed distinction it confers. Whie the young man of energy and ambitiom looks forward to the attainmnent of iC a the end cf his endeavors, he is not 1e< by 'any miserly desire for money in it self. Ho has rather the nebh-r desire o winning distinction and importance b: its possession. It is a means and no a end. Pity he should in the years o: hi pursuit so often change his notion for his first opinion is right.- WealtI can confer distinction, It can brint honor and high consideration. It eat make a man's memory fragrant witl blessings for centuries. But to do al this it must be used. There are millionaires in our owt country who will neither be remember ed nor cared for 30 days after their cost ly funerals. Their passage from amonj living men will leave no void, for th stocks and bends and shares which alon gave them their consequence remain Mankind has lest nothing, misses noth jg. There are others who will be nmiss ed in 1,000 places and by thousands o hearts, for though the millions remain the heart that made the amillions a bless ing is gone. The man in this case is los to us, aind he was gore than his money. There are again some few who so dis. pose of their thousands that their names and memories are linked for years, fo: centuries, to the monuments of benef icenee they leave behind them, famou: the land over, not for their wealth, bul for the gootd deeds their wealth was uset for. The millionaire is nothing, his im portance nothing, his consequence nothi ing. We want to know what he doe: with his millions before we care to re member his name. As a millionairt merely he is like the great poet whC never writes, the great orator who ha: never made a speech, the great invento: who has never invented anything. He ad grand opportunities. lie could have done so much with his money. lie did nothiig. Hei "died worth so many mil lions." That is all. We stand by hjil grave and think what a fool ho was, another "obscure millionaire!"-Phila: delphia Church Standard. Not a Case of Sympathy. "Do you know that your confounded dog barks all night?" "Yes, I suppose he does. But don't worry about him, Hie makes up for it by sleeping all day.-Cleveland Plait) Dealer. Enoleb erg 'he only machine that in one ope:atmor t'iI clean, hull and poish ronth ri ce, put in it in mriochanftab't cond ition, rea-h or tale use. EIPiL! AND EASY T( hIANAGE. - wo - CORN MILLS, SAW M!LLS, PLANING MACHINES, An al 1 is a! Woo.1- wrkin /.C.BADHAM General Agent, COLUMBIA. S. C. SOME COMMON NAMES. Fifty of the Most Nu:nerous In Great Brit ain and Ireland. These are the --A most common sur names of the babies .brn in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland, arranged in the order of their numerical importance: England and Wales. Scotland. Ireland. 1... .Smith......... :mith .........Murphy. 2... .Jones .........MvDonald.....Kelly. 3... .Wiliams...... ro'. ........Sullivan. 4....Taylor........ aiuomson......Walsh. 5.... D:vies........Robertson.....Smith. 6... .Brown........Stewart.......O'Brien. 7.... Thomas.......Campbell......Bryne. 8... Evanz.........Wilson.........Byrne. 9....Roberts ......Anderson .....Connor. 10.. .Johuson ......Scot t...........O'Neil. - 1 l... .Wilson........Miller .........Reilly. 12....<.Iinson .l..3k Nenzie.....Doyle. 13... .Wright........ eid...........McCarthy. 14... .Wood ..........R1- ...........Gallagher. 15....Thompson.....c!ay ........Doherty. 1.... Hall...........Joustou......Kennedy. I. Green....... Murray........Lynch. 18....Walker........ Ci:.rk..........Murray. 19.... lr.ghes .......Paterson ......Quinn. 20 .... Ed.vards......aY ungi.........Moore. 21.... Lewis.........Fraser.........McLaughlin. 22.... Wh-ite .........31eLean .......Carroll. 23.... Turner .......Ht uderson.. .Connolly. 24.....l ackson.......i. 1itchell......Daly. 25....111 ............3iurrison..... ConnelL 26. rris..........ron......Wilson. 27... .Clark .........Watson........Dunne. 26....Cooper........Walker.........Brennan. 3 29.... .arrio ...... T:Yl(r ........Burke. W0.... Ward.......... od....... Colling. 1....3Martin ........F rg:son.. CampbelL. Davis.........1 .e:a.........Clarke. 3.... B kr.........C 1ay ..........Johnston. 34.....irris........D.vidson......Hughes. 35.....Tnes .........11iter.......Farrll. 36 ....King..........IIamilton ......itzgerald. 37....3Morgan.......herr...........Brown. 38... .All .......... r t ........M1artin. 30....Moore..........felntosh......Maguire, 40... Paker ........Grham.......Nolan. 41.... Clarke.........White..........Flynn. 42... .Cook..........Alan. .. Thompson. 43.... Price...........i !Pso ......Callaghan. 44... .Phillips........eGregor...O'Donnell. 45....!haw......... Yunro.........Duffy. 46....D ett ........Sin lair ........Iahony. 47... Lee.............111............Gloyle. 3 4S.... Watson.........artin... Ikaly. 49....Grilm'ths ...... l se ........ . 50 .... .Cartei .........:rdu.....Nite. -Pal .1 Gazette. A FALSE TEACHING. That tIan's Clief $%nd Iii to Crucify Spon. taneity on the Cross of Drudgery. The Rev. Charks I. Parkhuirst writes of "The Young Man at Play" in The r..adies' Home Journal. IIe asserts that "it is play rather than toil that is most germano to our truo nature and that lies closest to the divine intention. The care needing to be exercised as to the qtulity of our amusemets must nevcr be construed into a verdict againas anusemems in themselves considered. With mcst of us the play impulse stands far more ili need cf encouralgenment than it (ices of restriction. The proverb, 'It is better to wear out than to rust out' IS true in form, but false in :-pirit.' The flowers do not wear cut, Lut neithcr do they rust out. "Oe rcason why so Iany people are asking whether life is worth living is that we are teachi:g cuiscives that man's chief end is to struggle and, to crucify spontanicty on a cross of drudg cry. W 4re Pot argjtaig icy ipdolence. Indolence is as distinct from play as a pocl is from a miountain brook. But we shall be greatly disappointed in heav en if it dces not give a great deal of opportunity fcr energy to issue in ac tivity that takes no t bought and is a jOy I to itself, and an cXperience that will be saintly in heaven can hardly with reason be criticised as limp and puerile if indirged in before wve enter heaven." He got. Judgment, A Washingtou attornbey is rather noted for tLe facility with vt hich he forgets ibJiancial obligaticns. Hec has owed a cert sin grocer $8 for a year or two. The other-daiy the mecrchalet con eluded to tiy a new course with him. Meeting him in his store, he said: "Judge, 1 have a customer who owes me small bill and has owed it for a leng time. He makes plcnty of nmoney', but wonr't pay. What would you dot" "I'd suc~ him,' " aid the laiwycr em phatically. "Well, 1 will put the aciunt ir. your hands," and the inerchant pre sented a statemwent, of the accourt agailnst himseif. "All right. I will attend to it," sa~d the disciple of Slackstoi.e. A few days later tLe merchant re: Iceived the following note from the law. yer: "In the case of -- against - I took judgment for full amount of your claim. Execution was issued and re turnied 'no property found.' Miy fee for obtamning judgment is $1 0, hr which amount please Fend chcek. Will be glad to serve you in an:y other maters in wvhich you may need an atrney." Washington Sitar. A Unique Village. Baucklaud-on-t hc-Moor, a secluded vil: lage of Devonshire, England, has no public house, parson, policceman or pau per. The squire owns :2] I e land. The farmns are small, but i .able. The farm laborers live in ti.i. .quire's cot tages. Whe-n they fall sick, tile squi pays their wages as5 usual, and whlen thley are too old to work an~y more t hey are continued on the pay li st and potter about, doing what they please. The Grewsonme Mahratta. The grewsome muahr:t ta wadkahz, the weapon of the Hilndco assassin, is shapegd like a tiger's claws and fastened to the fingers of the right hland by rings. With a treatcherous cmblrace thle murderer claps hlis victim and tears him openi, leav ing him mutilated iln a conxditionl thalt ha:ds thle discoverers of the Loudy to believe a tiger or sonme other wild beast has clawed the man to death. In 1861 MEndoza suffered from an earthqu~ake, which what tered many houses, and fire broke ot~t among the ruins, occasianing the most5 terrible con flagration the city had tver knownI. Over 10,000 lives were lost on this oe Casion. Wheat, in 100 parts, centains 14.4 of water; mineral eleme-.s, 2; albumi noids, 13; carbohydrates, 07.6; crude fiber, 3; fats, 1.5. NEW BEEF MARKET II :i- in~ii Scot G 13nt cher. FreLI f t 1.:if and Porkn every day, butlchere(d by3 one skilled in the businessC~. SAU.SAGES, BLOOD and LIVElt PUDD)INGS a Specialty. I do no't allo0w hlan,..e -on to enni guarantee every thing Loughlt irom) me to lbe chi an. I will deliver to) the houses promptly. My market hlouse isopot Rigby's store and I ask for at sharei of thle paitrona:.l, Prices gularanlteed. ARTH'iUR LUlT JOHN 8. WILsON. Attorney and Counselor at I. LEVI BROTHERSI HERE WE ARE ro tell the people of Clarendi that glib-tongued orators m keep th4 country in a state of agitation about the finanei problem. but. what is nore of int ecrest to them now is to 14 lie be.,t place to Iu'y goods cheap. Levi Brothers have a good reson to feel proud of the mecess in business and to no people are they more indebtc han to their old home folks in Cla rendon. Goods are che; 1 t1 his Seasoln aiords our f.rmers nll Opp1rtunity of obtaii hg a fair priCe for cotton :un at eimee t-o buy goodst a lo ot ton basis price. WXe have for years been ao'kinowledged as leaders in the r peciive lines that wC handle oll... it is our purpose to conth Dress Goods. This department has beeiselectel wvith unusual care an mr stock is not only va ried and large, but a lady can fit he very latest fabrics with the necessary t rimnuings to matel Wash Goods. There is no stole in the city of Sumter that can excell i n this line, an(] we defy any house in eastern Carolira t how ill) a prettier line of prints. Cassirneres and Jeans. This line we carry in large quantities and can say wit af'etv that no where south of Baltimore can you get a bette alue for your money. Notions, H-osiery, &C. Every buyer is invited to examine our line of Ladie., dIisses' and Children's Hose, Handkerchiefs, Buttons, Tov ,ls. Doilies and other articles too numerous to mention. Plaids and .Brown Goods, Long Cloths, and Sheetings This stock was bought when cotton was at its lowest pric mnd we took advantage of the depression. ~3.Dloth-ins I-Iats, and -0ent's Furnishings. We can sav without fear of successful contradiction that w ave the most complete lin'e that can be found anywhere. Trunks by the car load. Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Every kind and style that is manuftctur4l by first-claq actories is handled by us and we take a special interest i his line. Groceries, Groceries. Our stock is up to dateand onr farmers can save money b >uying from us. Remember, we pay highest prices for cotton. Yours, &ce LEVI BROTHERS, somlter, S. C. rloMAs wILsoN, It E- .JAQUES, JOHN WiLSON. P'resident. Manager. seretatry and1 Treisarer. Ele CRolilla Grocery Con0m)lpun SUJCCESSORS .0F? BOYD) HRQ TUHERS, 10l08RIOe Cl1'OCS '411 Cl(I00lllSSiOIl IMel'ellallS, No. 195 EASTi BAY, c-eIT ~.mE s wow -.- - S- C. ARTHURBELITZER, The +: Flwiure +: Mall At Sumter, S. C., Will Save You Money. 16 Sixteen to One, This is what is agitating, the minds of the people of the country, but whether this wins or the gold banner Boaits 0on the breeze You are Compelled to Shoe Youirseif, Wife and Children, and there is no place in the State where you ean be -better suited1 in shoes than in Sumter. and io place in Sumter can compete with WALSH & SHAW. Now if you have 1 6 children or 1 it will pay you to call and1 see us. We% ma;ke it a study, SIIOES E~XCLUSIV ELY, WALSH & SHAW, The Sumter Shoe Store, Sumter, S. C. POSIT110NS GUAR ANT EED. Wmpnoti fortu";on o tion. Enter at any time. Cheap board. Send for free illustrated catalogue. (Mention this paper tD wee soby o ('er - d tJ Dar hNsauthvlDe Tn., Sse ofBookkeep g wnhp Shrtha ught, T aertng Telrapy etlc.a t eo s t fo rbookk ersan $ 0d.o0se e bn ers ecets xnners nanothers orek inbokepn iusre ieue in the South, all "combind," can showy to have receid in thc past five yeas We expend mor especially for home study, books on Bookkteping, Shorthand and Pe~nmanship. Write for price i st 'THE SUMTER h DRY GOODS CO. id To Our Friends in Clarendon County who W Intend Visiting Sumter this Seasont We Desire to Say that We are Better Prepared than Ever to Give You all that a Dollar can Possibly Buy: d d Whether for the Purpose of Buying or not, Come -* in, Get Posted on the Prices and Styles, Then Suit Your Own Pleasure as to Whether You Will Buy or Not. O ____---e Here are Some Irresistibles: h Ladies' Capes from 75c to $20.00. Ladies' Jackets from $1.00 t6 $15.00. Novelty Suit Patterns in beautiful eff-cts from $3.75 to $10.00. Rugs' from 45c to $4.00. Mattings from 10c to 30c. Your choice from a job of Kid Gloves, 5 hooks, in six shades, all sizes, some worth $1.00 and $1.25, at 75c. Waist Silks,- in a:1 of the beautiful Two-toneand Ombre r effects, from 25c up to $1.25 per yard. Dress goods in every imaginable shade and quality, from 9c up. We refer to wool, remember. A stainless, seamless Hose for ladies and children at 10c. The best 50. Corset in the market (R. & G.) - 36-inch Sea Island, 4c. 36-inch Sea Island, 5c. 36 inch Sea Island, Gc. 36-inch nameless Bleach, 5e. 36 inch Fruit of the. Loom, 7c. e 10-4 Brown Sheetinr, 12 1-2c. 10-4 Bleached Sheeting, 16 2-3c. All-Wool Twill Red Flannel, 12 1-2c. Extra good quality White Flannel, 12 1-2c. rinen Doilies from 25c per iloz. up. 3 Table Damasks, full widths, from 20c per yard, up. Mattings from 10c per yard up to the best. Rugs, all kinds and qualities, from 45c up, for fireplace. Carpets from 15c, 36 inches wide, up to the elegant things e in Wiltons, Moquets, Velvets and Axminsters. We do Business by Business Methods and Our motto is: s "FAIR AND SQUARE" DEALING TO ALL n Very truly -yours; The Sumter Dry Goods Co. Corner Main and Liberty Sts., SUMTR - - - -- . FINE HORSES! 7.. THOMAS & BRADHAM Eas just received a load of the FINEST HORSES that ever came to this town. - DRIVERS,. SADDLE HORSES AND WORK HORSES. If you want a nice horse b6 sure and ee them at once. They wil be sold at prices to meet corn 'petition. ~ TH-IMAS & BRAD~HAM. - HOTEL CALHOIFN@4 On the Arnerican and European Plan. A DELIGHTFUL AND COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR COUJNTRY VISITORS. BO WMAN -& L EVIN, ""PRES, King Street (Business Centre of City), cmlaarieston, s. c. Rates $2 and $3 Per Day. L. WT. FOLSOM, Biwaydr Wsid christmas Presents -- WATCHES, DIAMONDS - Fin Staling Silma Oiccks, Dptical Goods, :'ine Knime. Essors tizd ,zo-, Maluiine Needle and