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Has Put ills Knife to Work Again in the Racket Store. 1,000 yards Figured Lawn, worth 5c., for... ...... ..... ... c Percales, 81 and 10c, worth.................. ..10 and 12c R. & G. 75c Corset reduced to....................... ... 59c 1,000 yards Dimity, worth 1., for. ..................... c Mosquito Bars to go over fthe bed at........... 1.25 and $1.50 We carry a better line of Corsets than the R. & G. which we P A N T S 2,000 yards best Yellow Homespun at... ................4tc Just arrived. a beautiful line of Black Umbrellas.. 98c, $1.48, $1.98 sell at... ............................50 75 and 98c 2,000 yards best Check Homespun........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..5.We have about 600 pair of Pants that must be sold at once; to Others get 6J and 7c for the same. -x- -J- move these we have cut the price 25 per cent. -NAst arrived, 2,000 yards Fruit of the Loom Bleach, 1 yard It will do your purse good to come in and buy some Rugs We will sell you Pants from.................. .25c to $3 75 wide........................................ c while we have cut the price. 1,00 yards Trident Bleach. Also DOOR MATS, EASELS, PICTURES. We have 2,000 yards Bleach that has no name, but a better one than Fruit of the Loom.. .........................Mrt 1,000 yards light color Summer Outing, just the thing for boys' waists, worth 10c;- our price..................5 C We have cut every yard of our Calicoes to...............4 and 5 c We have a few Summer Suits, worth $6, reduced to..... ..$4 00 that are sold everywhere at 5 to 7c. Twenty-five Blue Serge Suits, worth $10, reduced to........ 7 50 3,000 yards Crash, worth 20c., for... .................12-tc A fine Black Cutaway Suit for $7.50, worth......... 10 00 Our 25c P. K. cut t ............................-....-19 eA few Black Worsted Suits, reduced from $6 to........... 5 00 White Goods that we have been getting 8, 10, 121 and 15c for, A lot of $12 Suits, in Blacks and Greys, reduced to.......... 8 50 reduced to.............. ...............5, 8 and 10 e A big reduction in Boys' Suits from 14 to 19. It will do you good to see these cheap White Goods. 1,000 yards White Lawn, worth 20c., for................ 10 c Shoe D epartm ent. N otions of 500 yards P. K. Remnants for.. .............. ..... ....... c p 20 pieces Mosquito Netting at.. 48C Scrim..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.44, 5 and 74c Ladies' Slippers, reduced from $1.0 to... ........1 25 You can save money, and no one ever had so much that they Also the Poles in all colors, with Trimming, for........... 5c 100 pair Ladies' $1.75 Slippers, reduced to.. ..... ......1 501 did not want to save it. 1,000 yards 4k-yard pieces Embroideries, worth 10 to 20c, only..6tc 500 pair Ladies' Button Shoes. every pair guaranteed solid Tan Polish for your shoes, Fans, Pins, Neckties Ladies' Bows, Summer LapRobes for......... .............. 5c to s1.00 leather, worth $1.73, for.... ...................1 25 Collars and Cuffs, Clocks, Bibles, Mirrors, Table and Tea Spoons, 1,000 yards Matting, worth 25c, for... .................15c 200 pair Men's Tan Shoes, reduced from $3 to.. .......... 50 Knives and Forks, Combs, Hair Brushes, Stationery. Come where you can see 500 Hats to select from-all styles You had better come quick while we have these bargains. 500 pair Men's $1.30 Shoes, reduced to..................1 25 Just received, a pretty line of pretty Belt Rings, Chair Bot- and when you get a Hat from our store it is up-to-date. First to come gets the best. 100 pair Men's Tan Shoes, worth $2.50 to $3, for only......2 00 toms, Tooth Brushes, Talcum Powder, Shaving Soap and Toilet You can tell at a glance in our Millinery room that it is the MEN'S SHIRTS.-We will show you the prettiest line youever Some cry, shoes have gone up, but in the face of all this, we Soap, Handkerchiefs, Hammocks, Bay Rum, Screens, Curling place to get pretty Hats from. and 89c give you a cut in the prices lower than you can buy elsewhere, and Irons. We have the most complete stock of any time during the sea 3 pieces Cottonade Pants Cloth, worth 15 to 20c, for .. 12;c 1it will pay you to come to see our stock of shoes while this cut sale All of the above articles we will save you 25 per cent by buy- son. 30~~~~1 piece Cottnad Patultsot.3to2c o See our new line of Lace Curtains, with ruffling on edge for.. $1.00 is goimg On ing from us. We have reduced all of 50-cent Sailors to 25 cents only. Come Just received, a nice line of Black and White Silk Gloves at.. .. 48c , R & G C O SET Remember we don't give away Matches any longer than today, while they last. We are not going to have any more this season Also Mitts, per pair................. ..............15 to2cl * but will sell you 2,500 for 12c. after they are sold. We have a job in Misses' Black Hose, well worth 25c, for .....15c Reduced from $1 to.. .. .. .. .......... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .... ....79c A big lot of Window Shades just received, from 10c to 50c. . We mean to sell you goods lower than any one else. C. W. KENDALL, PROPRIETOR The Yellow Front Racket Store. IOUSEKEEPERS We have Just received a lot of nice, seasonable goods which we know will interest you. Among other things are: TWO-G-LLON WATER COOLERS........................$1 60 WIRE DISH COVERS.............................8c and 10c each THREE PRONG ICE CHISELS........................15c WIRE FLY TRAPS......... ....................15c each ICE CREAM F.EEZERS-1-qt., $1.35; 2-qt., $1.75; 3-qt., $2.25; 4-qt., $2.75. STONE CHURNS............... ...........1-gal., 25c.; 2-gal., 35c POTATO MASHERS................... ............2c HAMMOCIS.....................................$I.25 TOOTHPICKS-large package........................ ....5c We have lately received a large consignment of STOVES, and can safely say tha we have the best assortment of them to choose from that has ever been shown in Clarendon County. Our prices, too, are so reasonable that they excite comment from every one. We can assure you that you can do as well with us in making purchases as you can anywhere. FARMERRS,, We still have a few of those cheap Orangeburg Sweeps and Cotton Hoes on hand. We have lately received a lot of Paris Green Distributors or Sprayers and will endeavor to have them on hand when wanted. Our One-Horse Harrows have been in great demand. We still have a few. HOUSEBUILDERS -. Will find our stock of Builders' Hardware in good shape. We have Valley Tin, Locks, Hinges, Nails in endless variety. Also White Lead. Oil and Colors for Painters. Remember our COLUMBIA & BICYCLES Have been tried and proven the best on earth. We have Bicycle Repairs at lowest prices. Very truly yours, Manning Hardware Co. CROSSWELL & CO. Did you know that we have the largest and most complete stock of Grocer ies of any house in Sumter, and always prepared to meet the demands in our ,,. line? Our trade has grown to such extent that we are forced to have more room. In addition to our large store and warehouse that we now have we are fitting up a 90-foot warehouse between the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern depots in order that we may be in better position to supply the demands. In addition to our large stock of goods on hand, we have lots of goods bought at factories that we can ship direct to you and save you money. We give you a FEW PRICES BELOW, but as we have not space to give you a full list of prices, will ask that you write or come and get our prices which we will furnish with pleasure. Best Large Lump Starch, 40-lb. boxes..................................... 3c lb Best Soda, 60-lb. boxes, 1-lb. packages, at ..............................2 per box Star Lye, $3 per case, 4 dozen. Delivered in 5 case lots. Rex Baking Powders i and 1-lb. cans. $3.60 per case of 100 1 and 50 lbs. Deliv ered in 5 case lots, with 1 case Rex Soda, 60 lbs., free. TEA.--Good Black and Green, 10-lb. caddies..... ........................35c lb DIME MILK.-Four dozen in case, at............................$3.50 per case OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS-Three for 5c. at............$12.50 per thousand OLD GLORY CHEROOTS-Five for 10c......................$14 per thousand CIGARS-The finest 5c Cigars on the market...................3 per thousand SCHNAPPS TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies........................ .35c per lb EARLY BIRD TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies...........................35c per lb SWEEP APPLE TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies.........................34c per lb LALLA ROOK TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies..........................32c per lb BIG WHISTLE TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies...........................36c per lb RED EYE TOBACCO-8 plugs to lb.. 10-lb. Caddies............ .2c per lb 4= { 'LOUR::S BACON M E L :::::::::::::G R ITS LARD:::MOLASSES) And other Goods at LOW EST PRICES. Ask for prices which we will furnish CROSSWELL & CO, Ther Took Their Turns. A young man residing in the north ern section of the city had been calling gor somb time on a young woman, in fact he thoroughly enjoyed the co'm pny of her whole family. One evening he called and of the father who an swered his ring he made his usual in quiry, "Are the folks In?" He was an swered in the affirmative and asked to "step In." He was ushered into the parlor, and after theold gentleman had engaged in conversation with him for about a quarter of an hour he excused himself, went out, and the eldest son next enter ed and entertained the young man for about a quarter of an hour. Then an ofher brother and sister, and the young wisn's suspicions were somewhat apused. when the mother took her turn. A little sister came next, follow ed in turn by the family cat, which rqbbedItself against the young man's newly pressed trousers. le gave a sigh of relief when, after an hour -spent in misery, his sweet heat made her appearance. Ile begged of her to "put him next" to the joke, and between her bursts of laughter she Informed him that "since he was try fng to court the whole family papa thought they had best take turns." It-is unnecessary to say that he failed to see the joke and has ceased his at tetions.-Reading Eagle. icknamed by Architeets. These young architects are merciless chaps ,when they are discussing the *ork.of some one else. The spire of one-of the new churches in Boston al ways attracts my attention. Away up aloft there are angels, gracefully poised, each with a trumpet at mouth and leaning far out on the air that swims around them. I have admired that group most mightily. I was com menting in that strain in the hearing of a Boston architect. "Of what church are you speaking?" queried the architett. I told him. "Oh, yes," said he carelessly, "the Church of the Holy Beanblowers. That's what comes of lack of sense of proportion. Those trumps are too slender." And now I can no longer admire that seraphic group on the spire. I strive to think of angels, and I fetch up by thinking of beanblowers. And another church in Boston is in architects' terms the "Church of the Holy Thermometer" on account of some decoration meant to be imposing. And another is the "Church of: the Kindergarten Steeples"-for there is one big spire surrounded by lots of lit tle kid spires-"waiting to grow," say the architectural Philistines.-Lewis ton Journal. "OR" For "Of." I always say "I bought it off Jones," and up to now, through so constantly hearing people, my late father includ ed (he always used to pronounce cof fee as corffee),talk in this way,thought it was right. Still this would be only n conversation. Writing to any one, saying I had bought anything, I should put "of Jones" or "from Jones." 1 suppose "from Jones" would be per fectly correct. I have heard this form of speech in many different parts of the country, but most frequently, I think, In and near LiverpooL The use of "off" for "of" and "off of" is common in the north of England. Notes and Queries. ATLANTIC COAST LINE, CBIrsoN, S. C., Jan. 14, 1900. On and after this date the following passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. South-Bound. e35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A. 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 438 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charleston, 6.03 10.50 9.15 North-Bound. *78 32. *52. Lv Charleston, 6.33 A. 5.17 P. 7.00 A. Ar Lanes. 8.18 6.45 8.32 Lv Lanes, 8.18 6.45 Lv Kingstree, 8.34 Ar Florence, 9.28 7.55 *Daily. Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, arrive Dar lington 10.28 a m, Cheraw, 11.40 a m, Wadesboro 12.35 p in. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p m, arrive Dar lington, 8.25 p w, Hartsville 9.20 p m, Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27, Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.35 a in, Bennettsville 6.59 a m, arrive Darling ton 7.50 a m. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 7.00 a m, arrive Darlington 7.45 a in, leave Darlington 8.55 a m, arrive Florence 9.20 a m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4.25 p in, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 6.29 p m, arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15 a m Darlington 9.00 a m, arrive Florence 9.2( a m. .J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. 11. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C. &A. South-Bound. 55. 35. 52. Lv Wilmington,'3.45 P. Lv Marion, 6.34 Ar Florence, 7.15 Lv Florence, *7.45 *2.34 A. Ar Sumter, 8.57 3.56 Lv Sumter, 8.57 *9.40 A. Ar Columbia, 10.20 11.00 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a m, Lanes 8.34 a m, Manning 9.09 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, '0.40 A. -4.15 P. Ar Sumter, 8.05 5.35 Lv Sumter, 8.05 *6.06 P. Ar Florence, !.20 7.20 Lv Florence, 9.50 Lv Marion, 10.34 ArWilmington, 1.15 *Daily. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Central R. R., arriving Manning 6.04 p m, Lanes, 6.43 p m, Charleston 8.30 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 5.35 p i, arrive Conway 7.40 p m, returning leave Conway 8.30 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11.50 a in, leave Chadbourn 11.50 a w,arrive at Hub 12.25 pm,returning leave Hub 3.00 p i, arrive at Chadbourn 3.35 p mn. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. CENTRAL R. R. OF SO. CAROLINA. No. 52 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.34 Lv Greeleyville, 8.46 Lv Foreston, 8.55 Lv Wilson's Mill, 9.01" Lv Manning, 9.09 " Lv Alcolu, 9.16 " Lv Brogdon, 9.25 " Lv WV. & S. Junct., 9.38" Ar Columbia, 11.00 No. 53 Lv Columbia, 4.00 P. M. Lv Sumter, 5.13 " Lv W. & S. Janct. 5.15 Lv Brogdon, 5.27 Lv Alcolu, 5.35 Lv Manning, 6.04 Lv Wilson's Mill, 5.50 Lv Foreston, 5.57 Lv Greeleyville, 6.05 Ar Lanes, 6.17 Ar Charleston, 8.00 MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA R. R. No. 35. Lv Sumter, 3.47 A. M. Ar Creston, 4.43 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.10 " Ar Denmark, 5.48 " No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.28 P. M. Lv Orangeburg, 5.02 Lv Creston, 5.27 Ar Sumter, 6.18 Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. Wilson and Summerton R. R. TIME TABLE No. 1, In effect Monday, June 13th, 1898. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills. SouthbouLd. Northbound. No. 73. Daily except Sunday No. 72. P M Stations. ' M 200 Le........Sumter........Ar 1230 203 ....W&SJnction.... 1227 220 ........ Tindal........ 1155 238 .......Packsville....... 1130 250 .........Silver......... 1110 335 ........Millard........ 11015 350 ......Summerton...... 1010 420 .........Davis......... 945 445 ........Jordan ... .... 935 515 Ar.....Wilson's Mills.....Le 9 05 P M A M Between Mlillard and St. Paul. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. PM AM Stations AM P3M 305 10 15 Le Millard Ar 10 45 335 315 1025 ArSt. PaulLe 1035 325 PM AM AM PM THOS. WILSON, President. THE |Bank of Mooning, MANNING, S. C. Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tion. Business hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIRECTOBs. J. W. McLEOD, W. E. BRowN, S. M. NEIsEN, JosEPH SPROTTr, A. LEVI. Arias' vnr !ah Wrr ta Tha TIm... faa THE BROOKLET. "Oh, silver brooklet, flowing clear, Forever speeding past me here, I stand and ponder on thy flow; Whence comest thou? Where dost thou go?" "From out the rock's deep heart I glide, O'er flowers and moss my course I guide. There floats upon my mirror true The picture of the heaven's blue. "So, like a child without a care, I bound along, I know not where; He will, I trust, my Leader be, Who from earth's bosom summoned me." -S. J. Underwood, From the German of Goethe. ROYAL NAMES A HOODOO. One of the Strongest Superstitions of the English Navy. One of the very strongest and most ineffaceable of all superstitions in the royal navy, a superstition that is al most as strong today as ever It was, is that vessels bearing the names of roy al personages are doomed to ill luck, and, strange as it may seem, there is an undeniable historic basis for this feeling. Some of the most terrible disasters ever known in connection with our na Ty have concerned war vessels with royal names. Two vessels called the Royal James came to disastrous ends. One of them exploded, and some 800 officers and seamen perished. The oth er ship so named was actually carried out of the mouth of the Thames by the Dutch Admiral de Ruyter under cir cumstances disgraceful to those in charge of the craft Then there is the forever memorable disaster to the Royal George, an un lucky ship previously, that turned over and sank in sight of crowds at Spit head, .over 1,000 souls, among whom were 300 women, being sacrificed. And second only to this hideous disaster is that which afterward befell the Royal Charlotte, which, after a career of much vicissitude, was consumed by fire off Leghorn, over 800 of the very flower of the navy perishing with her. When in 1893 the Victoria, a new vessel and the very triumph of modern invention so far as naval architecture went, was rammed and sank at once in sight of the whole fleet and when hundreds of lives were lost, there was not a sailor, however matter of fact he might be, who did not remember the dire fate of the royally named craft. These instances are only the greater ones. A score of smaller ones are reel ed off by every royal navy man.-Tit Bits. Sweled the Collection. A man came up to me one day after service In a frontier town and was pleased to address me in this manner: "Say, parson, that there service and sermon was grand. I wouldn't have missed 'em for $5." When I suggested that he hand me the difference between the amount he had put in the collection basket and the figure he mentioned for my mis sionary work, he stopped suddenly, looked at me with his mouth wide open and then slowly pulled from his pock et $4.90, which he handed to me with out a word.-Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady In Ladies' Home Journal. The Savage Bachelor. It is not often the savage bachelor descends to the use of a pun. It is be-I neath his dignity. But the sweet. young thing, the other half of thel sketch, asked him this morning what~ was his objection to woman In politics.j "Every single one of 'em Is a ring! cnana right now," said the avae Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you can be suited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry the Celebrated HAWKES Spectacles and Glasses, Which we are offering very cheap, from 25c to $2.50 and Gold Frames at $3 to $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKINTON. THE CAROLINA GROCERY COMPANY, THOMAS WILSON, President. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 159 East Bay - - Charleston, S. C. w We Wn1 Be IA to Lye You Write U for rices,, - The Percival Manufacturing Company, INCORPORATED. MEETING ST., near Line, - CHARLESTON, S. C. WE MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames, Mantels, Turning, Moulding, Scroll Work, Stair Work, And every description of house-finishingt wood work. We are prepared to compete with any establishment in the United States in prices and quality of work. Get an estimat- from us before purchasing else where. YC)i. VVWill Sa; C>e Mlcney 'E3y It )R. 0OFFET'S A Allays Irritation, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child. pF T 1, Makes Teething Easy. - A~ 6 (Teething Powders). LLTEE THINA Relieves the Bowed A ost oy25tst i Troubles of Chidrn of