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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANMING, S. 04 WEDNESDAY, DE-2, ThWJ DAST HIS LOT WITH BLACKS. . White Mtan Who Was Brought Up Among Slaves. Take the case of Rev. W. J. White, the editor of a Baptist weekly published at Augusta, Ga. White is a man of in telligence and integrity, and his ac count of his early life has Lever been disputed. Briefly this is the story: A few years before the war a dark faced boy made his appearance on a large Georgia plan tation. He was supposed to be a mulat to, and when the planter died the youngster was sold with the estate. After the war this alleged mulatto picked up aneducation and investigated his ancestr. He was not much sur prised to learn that he did not have a particle of negro blood in his veins. His mother was an Indian and his father was a white man. White was not long, in deciding to cast his lot with the blacks. He had al ways been eassed with them. It seemed to be the will of the Almighty that he should share the burdens of the negro race, and be made up his mind to stick to his old companions. - He -prospered and became a leader among the people. He has the respect and confidence of both races, but he has never attempted to rise above what he believes to be his divinely ordained sphere. It is easy to see at a glance that this man is not a mulatto or a qaad roon, for his mixed Indian and Cau casian blood cannot be mistaken; but he has no desire to cut loose from the ex slaves with whom he has spent' the best years of his life. Many of the white ministers of his denomination know the peculiar facts of his case, and they treat him with great consideration. Uncomplainingly he leads his life of self sacrifice, and his only object seems to be the advancement of his adopted race. He married a mu latto and submits to all the laws and social distinctions which separate the two races in the south. Few men similarly situated would have followed White's example. As a rule, people of Indian and white parent. age claim to be the social equals of the whites, and if they have a Pocahontas strain in- their blood they are proud of it.-Chicago Times-Herald. HOW ALLSPICE GROWS. Something About the Beautiful and Fra grant Pimento Tree. The pimento or allspice tree is culti 'vated in the West Indies and Jamaica. This beautiful tree usually grows to a height of about 30 feet. It has a straight trunk, much branched above, and cov ered with a v.ery smooth brown bark. The leaves vary in size and shape, but are always ~of a dark, shining green dqlor. During the months of July and Auguist the tree 'is in full bloom, the maconsisting of very fragrant, SWhen a- new'phanttierofisio trees is to be formed, no regular sowing or planting takes place, because it is next to impossible to propagate the *young plants or to raise them from seeds in parts of the country where they are not found growing spontaneously. Usually a piece of land is selected either close to.a plantation already formed or in apart of the wocodland where pimen -to trees are growing in a native state. -The chosen piece of land is then cleared of all wood except these trees, and the felled timber is allowed to remain on ~the ground for the purpose of protecting the very young pimento plants. At the end of two years the land is thoroughly cleared, and only the most vigorous pimento trees and plants are left standing. The plants come to ma turity iii about seven years. In favorable seasons the pimento crop -is enormous, a single tree often yielding a hundred or more pounds of the dried spice' The berries are picked while green, because if left on the tree until ripe they lose their pungent taste and are valueless. The green berries are ex posed to the sun for a week uir ten days, when they lose their green color and turn a reddish brown. When perfectly dry, they are put in bags and casks for exportation. " The odor and the taste of the pimento berries are thought to rese'mble a com bination of those of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; hence the familiar name "allspice. "-Philadelphia Times. " All Very Well For Wolseley." "Any complaints?" asked the orderly officer of some men who were about to begin their dinner in a certain barrack room. "Yes, sir," instantly exclaimed a raw recruit. "The beef an bacon in this 'ere Irish 'ash ain't fir the likes of us to eat, an I wish to report it." -The doctor was sent for to inspect the food. "So you think this meat isn't fit for a man in your position to eat?" said he. "Allow me to tell you that greater men than ever you will be have eaten it. Even Lord Wolseley, our present com mander in chief, wasn't above eating it in the Crimea and made many a hearty meal of i. "Oh, did he?" said our overnice re cruit. "Yes, he did, " replied the surgeon. "Oh, well," retorted the man, "it was all very wel for Wolseley, 'cause the meat would be fresh an good then. You see, sir, it's a long time since that 'ere Crimee job, an it can't be expected to keep good all these years. "-London Answers. An Anecdote of Jenny r~ind, . As an illustration of the constant anxiety of artists concerning their pow ers, Mrs. Reeves told me how one fa mous prima donna refused to sit down at all on a day when she was to sing. "No she wo.uld walk about the room, talking perhaps, singing perhaps, some times even busy with her needle and thread, but never sitting down the live long day until the performnance was over. Why, I remember well enough how cnc day, on the m-orning of a per formaee, Jenny Lind, Mr. Reeves, Mr. Otto Goldsmith and myself were in the room,,aud through the morning Jenny Lind and my husband were never still, aing one past the other, with music anti, singing and practicing. 'hy, Jenny ,' said Mr.. Goldsmith, ust have sung those songs many rly there is 2.0 need for all t this remons::me:e was in are a fine rmusician,' said quiet, decisive, manner, es and I are singers, what is best for our e.' "- Westminster MEN A"ND MONKEYS. THE DWARFS AND THE LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR. A People Who Average Ouly 3 Feet 6 Inches In Height-Queer Little Animals Which Are Considered Coninecting Links Between Monkeys and Lower orders. There are at least two distinct tribes of Malagasy dwarfs, who are among the smallest people in the world. The Kimos average only 3 feet 6 inches in height. --iey are rather light in color, have remarkably long arms and are bold in defending their territory, using spear and bow. Of pastoral habits,-they excel in certain handicrafts. They dwell in the southern center of the island, at a high elevation above the sea. Even more monkeylike are the Be hosy, who occupy a densely wooded country among the hills of Bemaraha. They jump from tree to tree just like monkeys and are not easily followed, inasmuch as their territory is exceed ingly rocky. They are very timid, and it is said that they die of fright wher captured. In the northern part of Mad agascar is the most remarkable natural fortress in the world. It is occupied by a tribe who call themselves the peop1C of the rocks. The fortress is a lofty and prccipitosis rock, of enormous size, 1,000 feet high and eight squaie nuleq in area. Its sides are so steep that it cannot be climbed without artificial means. Within it is hollow, and thc only entrance is by a subterranean passage, a portion of which is so narrow that only one person can pass at a time, while on either side of the path is deel water. There is plents of room for explora tion andfresh discovery in Madagaspar, which is the third largest island in the world. It is nearly four times the size of England and Wales, having an area of 280,000 square miles. The most re markable animals found there are the true lemurs, which exist nowhere else in the world, though related fornas nc ur in Africa and India. They are re garded by naturalists as links connect ing the monkeys with the lower mam mals. There are about 20 species, and the collection made by Dr. W. E. Ab bott contains one that is entirely new to science. The biggest are about three feet long. One of the most remarkable species is called tho "specter" because it is pure white, and in going about at night has a striking and ghostlike appearance, Other kinds are black, with bands of yellow and red-in fact, they are very striking looking animals. Roughly speaking, they are divided into two groups-the long tailed and the short tailed. The latter do not survive cap tivity for any length of time, but the long tailed ones have been brought to Europe and have been induced to breed in cages, especially a peculiar ring tail ed species. There used to be lemurs in North America long ages before man appeared on this continent. Professor Cope, the famous paleontologist, found the skull of one in Colorado a few years ago. He regards it as the most precious object in his great collection of fossils. The skull is not bigger than a squiri-el's. Anato mists classify animals by their teeth more accurately than in any other way. The jaws of this small lemur are pro vided with a dentition so surprisingly humanlike that one might actually im agine the teeth to ture man. ..Jt'~ithou t that the lemurs may have originated on the American centi nent and spread westward to Asia over a land route which has since disap peared. That is only a speculative the ory. It is practically certl'in that there was anciently a land connection between Madagascar and Africa. A great geo logical convulsion having separated the island from the mainland, the lemurs in Madagascar found conditions favorable for their survival, while elsewhere they disappeared. Thus it comes about that this strange group of mammals is re stricted to Madagascar today. They are very monkeylike. In fact, they might be called low down monkeys. They live in trees and feed on fruits and insects. The lemurs wandered about in flocks. By means of their strong hind legs they are able to leap from tree to tree dis tances of ten feet or more, so that they look as if they were flying. Occasionally Wey betako themselvcs to the ground, walking for short spaces erect and wav ing their arms over their heads in such a way as to present a remarkable effect. Toward nightfall the forests resound with their startled cries. They eat the eggs of birds when they can get them. Though disposed by nature to be shy, they are quite har~nk ss and tamable to some extent in captivity. At night the woods 6f Madagascar are vocal with the wailing cries of the lemurs, which sound like the lamenta tions of human beings in distress. These creatures have heads more ioxlike than monkeylike, with sharp muzzles and large, expressive eyes. The smallest species of lemur is about the size of a big rat. Another kind has white whisk ers, and yet another is provided with a bushy tail, which in repose is usually coiled around the animal's neck like a comforter. .Borrowing In India. -India is a nation of pawnshops, ac cording to General Booth. The people think the claverest man is he who de vises the largest number of ways by which to borrow money. They put in pledge their lands, oxen, jewelry, them selves, their children and their grand children, and cases have even been nown where a father, to obtain money to defray the expenses of his daughter's wedding, has pledged as collateral the irst child to be born of the union. And Expensive. He-.What a frank, open countenance Miss Murdy has. She-Yes. It's eternally open when I'm with her.-Detroit Free Press. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT GALLOWAY'S SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort of his customiers~... .. .. HAIR-CUJTTING IN ALL STYLES, S H AV IN G AND SH AMPOOING Done with neatne-S and dispatch.... .. .. .. A cordial.t irn-.itation A. 13. (iALLOATA. A7TURNEYS.4 2 LAW, CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS. They Suggest the Ceaseles- Activity of the Youthful Minds. Many of his questieo cannot be con nected with his readin:g, but appcar to result from reasoning or a recognized a. logy. "How do plants make them selves bigger when they grow?" lie ask ed when we were talking about plant ing his garden. I heard him saying to himself, "Wildless, wildless." I asked him what lie was talking about, and he replied: "About plants that are not wild. What are they called?" "Garden or cultivated plants," I answered. "What made you say wildless?" "Why," said he, "I knew that harm less means something that wouldn't d any harm, and so wilih .:s means plants that are not wild." He mentioned the fall, and I asked him wh-.t he meant by fall. He replied: "Tie winter at first; the first of it. Do they call it fall be cause everything is faling?" There was some talk about dressing him or putting on his dress, and, rea soning from analogy, he asked, "Whi u God puts the skin on people, is tliat skinning them?" I once read of the people in the moon being like graSshOp pers and told him about it. When I had finished the story, he said: "Whe.n we look up in the sky, we see the moon rolling on above us, and when the peo - ple in the moon look up in the sky they see the earth rolling dlong above them. What is the straie' puzzle atbout that " I told him that his specimen of nica was silicate of potash, and ho aiked: "Why is mica silicate of potash-be cause they put ashes in a pot?" These questions have been recorded to represent an innumerable nun ber un recorded and to show the wide range of thought and the variety of rer:scings that a child under 6 years of age may have. They show his natural method of acquiring know ledge, L-:r tiey c::l Cn. ly sugg(st the Ct.ch-ss activitv of his mind during all his v. aking ho-s. - Henry L. Clapp in Lq~ular acience Monthly. MISLEADING TELEGRAMS. Effrorts at Brevity often Ilcsnit In iidic ulous *Misunderstandings. A very ludicrous inciden toccurrcd at Vienna some time ago, when Max Hal be, the successipl playwright, who had come to clo:-e a contract with the man agers of a Vienna playhouse for the per formance of one of his dramas, found that his shoes had been stolen during the night just preceding his return home. Xn Vie.ma hotels it is the custom to place one's rhoes in front of the bed room door before retiring. The Lou t porter calls for them, cleans them and replaces them. On that particular day some sneak thief had entered the hotel and walked away with half a dozen pairs of shoes, among them Ealbe's. In Munich, Halbe's wife was anxious ly awaiting his return, and, to quiet her fears, since he could not arrive on time, Iialbe sent her the following dispatch: "Could not leave hotel; stole shoes. Max." An hour and a half later tele grams began pouring into Vienna to Halbe's friends, to the mtinager of the theater where he had just concluded arrangements to have his play pro duced and to the chief of police, with the request to help Mr. Halbe at once and to get him a good lawyer. The wife of Mr. Ealbe had misunder stood her .husband's telegram and be lieved that he could not leave Vienna should steal shoes, the poor woman be lieved that he had had a fit of klepto mania and had been caught in the act. After another ehange of telegrams the misunderstanding was exphtined away. -St. Louis Glo~e-Demiocrat. The Moon Will Nevr Change. The headline may give the reader the idea that something has gotten verong with our satellite and that in the fu ture Luna's fair fare will not get through the regular phases cf new moon, first quarter, full mcn and last quar ter, as has been her Wont ;dnce the time "when the mind of man ruulneth no$ to the contrary." But such, dear reader, is not the idca we mean to convey, but we do mean ex actly what the headline says, that under existing conditions (and the conditions which have existed on the surface of the moon for perhaps millions of ycars) it is a physical impassibility that the face of the moon should ebange one iota. There are neither outside nor inside in fluences that can be brought to bear to make a change in the configuration of "our-silvery sister world." Her inter, nal fires have long since died out and there is an utter absence of both air and water. Existing under such conditions it is utterly impossible that the face of the moon should undergo change or dis integration even in the course of a hun dred million years. -St. Louis Republic. Suro Preventive. "Professor," said the fair leader of the reform delegation to the reticent neighborhood philosopher who was sup posed to know everything, "we're try ing to make this world better and have taken the liberty of seeking your ad vice. What is the surest wvay to pre vent divorces in this country?" "Don't get married." And the delegation fied out.-De troit Free Press. We MIust Sail. I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction wveare moving. To reach the port of heaven we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but wve must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor. -Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alexander the Great was designated by his subjects the Conqueror, a title bestowed by his people on Alfonso of Port agal and Aurangzeb, the emperor of India. The same title has been given also to James I of Aragon; Osman I, sultan of Turkey; William the Con queror of England. - R~lifeHler The only machine that in one operahion will clean, hsill and polish rough rice, put tin it in merchantable condition, ready for table use. SIPLE AND EASY TO 3ANAGE. -AL'90 CORN MILLS, SAW MILLS, PLANING MACHINES, .t3all hinds of Wood-.Working Ma T hu~ I !( ILidd(ell V.C.BADHAM, General Agent. COLUMBIA, S. 0. F1IST MAIL COACH. IT MADE ITS APPEARANCF. IN ENG fLAND IN AU.GUST, 1784. John Palmer, a Theatrical Manager, Brought Out the Idea-P'!tt Helped Him to Put It Into Execution Against Pretty Strong Opposition. "To Trade Expedition and Pc _erty Protection." This was the legend on the mail coach halfpenny struck to com memorate the introduction of the, mail coach by John Palmer of the Bath thea ter on Aug. 2, 1784, an undertaking which is not without its effect today. The careful student of the "Postal Guide" will not fail to notice what fa cilities are opei to him for the trans mission of important letters. Over and above frequent collections and conven iently late hours for posting, he can hand his letter in at a railway station parcels office; he can post in late letter boxes at the station serving the district for which his clter is intended, while up to the last moment there hangs outside the sorting van a box into which letters may be dropped preparatory to being whirled away throughout the length and breadth of England at the rate of .50 miles an hour, and to be delivered next morning at inaiuy a distant breakfast table, To appreciate to the full the present state of postal facilities, one should look at the system under which mails were carried prior to the Palmer era. For two or three centuries before the first mail coach ran the post was carried by men or boys on horseback, but in 1720 Ralph Allen, from whom Fielding took his ideas for Squire Allworthy in "Tom Jones, " sent in a contract to farm the cross country posts and to carry the mails by what were sabsequently kaown rs '"Alen's Postboys, " vho were sup posed to travel en horseback at a pace averaging five miles an hour. Palme'r, in explaining his scheme for refor': to Pitt in 1783, thus criticised the then existing state of things: "The post," he said, "at present, instead of being the quickest, is almost the slow est conveyance in the country, and al though, from tho great improv-ements in our roads, other carriers have pro: portionately mended their speed, 'the post is as slow as ever." Palmer point ed out to the authorities that the system then in vogue was unsafe, "for, " said he, "the mails are generally intrusted to some idle boy without a character, mounted on a wornout hack, and who, so far from being able to defend himself or escape from a robber, is far more ikely to be in league with him." Wha wvas known as the robbery of the Brighton mail in 1792 was not by stopping of a mail coach by a well ounted highwayman, but the stopping of a lad of about 15 years old by a couple of loafing footpads named Rooke and Howell,-who were afterward hanged in due course, and the circumstance of the mother of Rooko going.night 'after night to the gibbet to collect the bones as they were blown down by the wind Sggeted the poem "3izpah." Those boys without characters and the wretched horses they bestrode were cheap labor, and the profits on the con tract enabled Allen te turn in about 12, 000 a year and to take up his resi dence at Prior Park, one of the finest Italian houses in England, and it is said that it was the sight of this grand pae0 gud thg lknggdg of how Allen's geted to Palmer the attempt to bring his scheme to the notice of the postal authorities. Jobn Palmer was lessee and manager of the Bath and Bristol theaters-it was at the old theater at Bath that actors like L'ee,..Crawford, Henderson, Siddons and Brunton smade some of their early appearances, while, thanks to the influence of friends, Bath New theater was the only patent thea ter out of Londion. Palmer always appears to have been a man of more or less horsy tastes; like the late Mr. Newcome of the Plymouth theater, and his business led him to travel a good deal about the country. With him time was money ; so, abjuring the slow, rumbling stagecoach, he went abut beating up actors, actresses and companies in postchaises, alwvays, of course, passing thc coaches on the road along which he was traveling. With the mail coach of the future in his eye he asked himself, remembering that a letter took three days to go from Bath to London, why letters should not be carried at tie same pace at which it was possible to travel in a chaise? Hk' kept a record of times and distances, and, havirg thought out all details and deeming his scheme ripe for adoption, he sought the good offices of Mr. John Pratt, afterward Lord Camden, by whom Palmer was introduced to Pitt, who warmly approved the idea. Lords Carteret and Tankerville, the joint postmasters general, besides not being experts were bound securely hand and foot by fetters of red tape, and so contented themselves with learning the opinions of the postoffice officials, who, it were almost needless to tell, were almost to a man against Palmer. The farsceing Pitt was not long in coming to the conclusion that more than half of the objections to the pro posed mail coach had their outcome in jealousy; so, calling together Palmer, the postmasters general and sundry hos tile officials, he decided that the system should have a trial. - London Tele graph. ________ Just Like Him. Arthur-You think I don't love you, darling? Why, I would die for you. Arethusa-Yes, and it would be just like you to do it so that your f-neral would come on a day when I had to give up a real nice engagement t- at tend it. Oh, you men are so selfish! Boston Transcript. Philippe II of France was surnaned Augustus, not because he bore any re semblace to the Roman emperor, but because he was born in August. The amo surname was bestowed on Sigis :und II of Poland for the same reason, NEW BEEF MARKET! Edwin Scott, Butcher. Fresh fat Beef and Pork evei-y day, butchered by one skilled in the business. SAUSAGES, BLOOD and LIVER PUDDINGS a Specialty. I (d0 not allow bangers-on to loaf around my market, and can guarantee cevthing lought from me to Le clE an. I will deliver to the~ bousw promptly. Mly market hous. is .0;p: Ilgys stoie and I ask fer a shiar. of tY patroniage, Piices g.uaranteted. ART11UR~ LuEY - IN . II.SON, Aitorney and Counselor at Law, U A2 NINT~S C LEVI BROTHERS! HERE WE ARE To tell the people of Clarendon that glib-tongued orators may kee) the country in a state of agitation about the financial problem, but what is more of interest to them now is to find the best place to buy goods cheap. Levi Brothers have.a good reason to feel proud of their success in business and to no people are they more indebted than to their old home folks in Clarendon. Goods are cheap and this season affords our farmers an opportunity of obtain ing a fair price for cotton and a chance to buy goods at a low cotton basis price. We have for years been acknowledged as leaders in the re spective lines that we handle any it is our purpose to contin ue leading. Dress Goods. This department has been selected with unusual care and our stock is not only varied and large, but a lady can find the very latest fabrics with the necessary trimmings to match. Wash Goods. There is no stoic in the city of Sumter that can excell us in this line, and we defy any house in eastern Carolina to show up a prettier line of prints. Cassirneres and Jeans. This line we carry in large quantities and can say with safety that no where south of Baltimore can you get a better value for your money. Notions, Hosiery, &C. Every buyer is invited to examine our line of Ladies' Misses' and Children's Hose. Handkerchiefs, Buttons, Tow els, Doilies and other articles too numerous to mention. Plaids and. .Brown G-oods, Long Oloths, and Saeetings. This stock was bought when cotton was at its lowest price and we took advantage of the depression. Clot hine Hats, and C ent's Furnishings. We can say without fear of successful contradiction that we have the most complete line that can be found anywhere. Trunks by the car load. Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. Every kind and style that is manufactured by first.class factories is handled by us and we take a special interest in this line. Groceries, Groceries. Our stock is up to dateand our farmers can save money by buying from us. Remember, we pay highest prices for cotton. Yours, &c,, LEVI BROTHERS, j Sirnmter, S. C. TFIoMAS WILSON, ' R. E. JAQUES, JOHN wILSON, Pr esiden t. Manager. - secretary and Treasurer. Tie Crolila Grocery Compaiiy SUCCESSORS OF BOYD BROTHERS, Wliolesale CG-oceis aid Colilliiissioii Me-clhalits, No. 195 EAST BAY, ] ARTHURBELITZER, Ille+--Furniiture+: IMani 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 floats on the breeze You are Compelled- to Shoe Yourself, Wife and Children, and there is no place in the State where you can be better suited in shoes than in Sumter, and No place in Sumter can compete with WALSH & SHAW. Now if you have 1 6. children or 1 it will pay you to call and see us. We make it a study, SHOES EXCLUTSITELY. WALSH & SHAW,I The Sumter Shoe Store, Sumter, S. C. Will accept notes for tuition, or can POSITIONS GUARANTEED. e~ireJfP-l tion. Enter at any time. Cheap board. Send for free illustrated catalogue. (Menton this paper) ~o - (--~?9,9 Nashille TeIn5, Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting, Telegrphy et.Te mst tkorSgh ndrsed by haner mech nts nsers,and others. Four weeks i oke ing wth usae eua to twelve weeks by the old plan. Their President, J. F. Draughnauh oofDa ho' e System of Bookkeng awhiy cannotee au in ay o ter school.vr neso e money in the itrsof or Employen De artmentaagr tha tos Bu e College tae iasu filled, an~ will ini the future fulfill, ou uarantee cona nd PeMaship.-Wrie har preared *aw'. *. .'a DLtGH4ashville.- now have a position as bokeeper and stenogrpe 189G MOSES LEVId896. Business is Business.. I extend a cordial invitation to every man, woman and child in Clar ,Mdon to visit my store where they can see one of rilE LAREST STOCKS. OF GOODS in Manning. I know that tl'ese goods were bought in first-class mar cets where the cash is an important purchasing factor. In buying goods or the cash it is to get the advantage of all tie discounts, whereby I can pive the benefit to my customers. I realize that to gain and hold trade he purchasing public must be satisfied. I claim there is no house in this section b-etter equipped to give values aild that my selections in DRY GOODS. and NOTIONS Can not be excelled. Families laying in a winter supply should bear mind that I make a specialty of selling .verything in the Dry Goods ine. My assortmeut of Dres ed ID Trinunngs BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, ETC, Is too large to itimize here. Come and. see.them. SHOES! SHOES! Everybody knows that this line is one of the most important in a General Nercan 1e establishment anti 1 will guarantee that I have not only a large stock, but the very est makes. Don't forget it, that I can satisfy you in shoes. Clothing, Hats, and Gents' Furnishings. Any man or boy can be fitted in this department. A large assortment to seledt row, and the prices are low. Oar Neckweat and under clothing is thebestwe have ver carried. HARDWARE, CROCKER! AND TINWARE. Tbis line was selected with great care and we can supply you with everytbing y u rish. Coiueand see our fine line of hdaess. Th Gocry C roce ries. TeGoeyDepartment is one-of the-best equippelin the State. My staple goods retoght Isuch quantities tat I can compete with any place i n th S rtt Snd Yours truly, MOSES LE~J FINE HORSES! THOMAS & BRADHAM Has just received a load of the -FINEST IORSES that ever, came to this town. D~RVERS, SADDLE HORSES AND WORK HORSES. If you want a nice horse be sure and see hem at once. They wil. be sold at prices to meet corn >etition. ]'HOMAS & BRADHAM. ~IOTEL CALHOULi On the American and Europearn Plan, L. DELIGHTFUL AND COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR COUNTRY VISITORS. BOW MA N & L EVIN,RPRET King Street (Business Centre of City.), c,1iarlestona, S. C. ates $2 and $3 Per Day. ESTAB$LISHED 18G. -) L. WT. ]FOLSQM, cig o the Big Watch, SUI T]. S. C. -- A BIGr I.E OF Birthday, Wedding and Christmas Presents -- WATCHES, DIAMONDS Fine Sterling Silver Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Enives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles and All repairing guaranteed.1