Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Farmers, Farmers! W. B. BOYLE, SUMTER, S. C., Livery, Sale and Feed Stables. ----DE.L E IN Horses and Mules; also Stock Food of All Kinds. hakes, mowers, Reapers, . a i 'f liaing MiachineLIy Lxtil' itcxcu' if. W. B. BOYLE, Liberty St., SUMTER, S. C. eo, S, Hacker&Son MA rRATURERS (F -AC3 it - LJj Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sash Weights and Cords and Builders' Hardware. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon rtructing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efliciency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Price5Oc. and $1. Large size contains 2% times smal size. Bookal about dyspepsiamailedfree Prepared by E. C. DeWITT 8 CO.. Clhicago. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, A Good Clothing Store Is where you get the right sort of Clothes without dan ger of mistake. Our Clothes are of ide right sort, and you will appreciate their excel kee and smallness of cost. We Make Clothes to Order for those who prefer them. Lasting Materials, proper fit and make and moderate pri ces. Tour orders will have our best attention. J. L DAVID & BRO S. W. Cor. King and Wentworth Sts., CHARLESTON, S. C._ _ p RESCRIPTIONS & .. ROM.. SPURE DRUGS o % Rhme'sDrug Store, 8 Summerton, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans on gooU real estate security, on rea sonabhle terms. R. 0. PURDY, Sumter, S. C. INSURANCE IRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT &' HURGC.LARiY INSURANCE. Tailor=Made Clothing. A FULL LINE OFI S.\MPL.ES. Carpets, Art Squares, Rec7s. DIZAPE RIES & lIED SET~S. nadFREE. J. L. WILSON. J SEPH F". RZHAME, ATTOIGNEY AT LAW, .\l.NNINC. S. C. \ILSON & DURIANT. M1'rW'/ omi C vuers n' w MANNING. S. (. SURVEYOR'S CARD. made~ will reCcve myV mfot careful anu a crG attemion. 1 01 upicai with improved instru Suu nnerton. S. C. "THERE ARE NO TRUSTS," Says Mark: Haiia. "TRADE FOLLOWS THE FLAG," Says McKinley. TH LEVI BROTHERSmter Haven't the time to investigate either of these assertions, they are too busy handling the tremendous amount of cotton that is flowing into Sumter by reason of the high prices paid. This firm is largely responsible for the great influx of the fleecy staple to Sumter, by utering a better price than the producers can get elsewhere. Their stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS & GROCERIES Is in keeping with their advanced methods of doing business. In this establishment everything is measured by business rules. and no customer is permitted to go away displeased. For many years the Clarendon farmers have made their headquarters with us and have given us a large share of pat ronage. aEMEMBER That we do not permit any house in Sumter to undersell-us, and that our stock of General Merchandise was never more complete. We ask our friends in Clarendon county, when they come to the Sumter market to buy, to make an inspection of .our immense stock which was selected with great care in the very best markets. WDon't forget that we pay the very top prices for cotton. Levi Bros., UNLIMITED BARGAINS Some of our competitors are in a dilemma, don't know we can SELL GOODS FOR LESS THAN THEY COST THEM. WVel. this is the way we do it. we have Four Large Stores, All well stocked. We go to headquarters to buy, and sometimes we buy from others. We buy in Great Quantities, no pile is too large for us. We have four stoes and divide the piles. When we don't buy at headquarters, we buy from one that needs it (Cash). Very often a large manufacturer or a big store needs the wherewith to meet a note, money must be raised: they know we buy the lot. or if need be, the whole store. We have the cash and he needs it. We take the lot-the whole lot-at our price, and he takes the cash. This is not swapping dollar for dollar, but we get Two Dollars Worth of Goods And Sometimes More FOR OUR One Dollar Cash. We have a regular buveri stationed in New York: he is well known as a "SCOOPER.'' he scoops the lot at one-half or one third of its value and sends on the goods. We divide the goods among our four stores, and that's the way we doi.Just received. 100 dozen Fleece-Lined Undershirts and Drawers, value A elec lot of Fany and Striped Negligee Shirts, worth 75c; we sell them at5cA good Coffee, kind 15e: we sell it at 121c per pound. Ladies' Jackets and Capes from 50c up: worth twice the money. Good Luck Baking Powder, 3 for 10c. Baking Soda, 3 lbs. for 10 cents. Genuine Hall's Star Lye, 10c size for 5' Genuine Octogon Soap only 3 cents in cents a box. lieu of 5 cents. Special Value ini LADIES' SHIOES. WE HAVE ALSO SOME SPECIALS IN Men's, Boys' & Children's CLOTHING. I have a dIl line of Goods of all kinds-regular Eye Openers. .Come and see me. You will soon be "tooth andl toe with me.' I am try ing to hit my comn petitors and want you to help me to do0 it. Xour's truly. A..A. Strauss, MAYESVILLE, S. C. .EranC]1 Stores, A. A. STRAUSS & CO., A. A. STRAUSS, W. W. DESCIIAMPS, AVERTED A SMASR UP HIS SCHEME WAS SIMPLE-AND THOR OUGHLY EFFECTIVE. A Safe Plan, Not Patented, That May -Be Followed by Railroad Telegraph Operators Who Must. Go to Sleep While on Duty. "However tired or overworked he -may be the railroad operator who al lows trains to smash into each other while he pounds his ear is a brainless idiot," said William James, an old timer. "When I was a youngster I was in ..charge of a station down ID Pennsylvania. I went to sleep oi duty because I couldn't keep awake. Trains met there every hour or so, and I was the only person to run the business at that point I went to sleep and slept six hours, and there wasn't any smash up or the slightest possibility of one so far as my station was concerned. "I was 15 years old when I applied for a job to Superintendent Pitcairn of the Philadelphia and Erie. He took me on immediately and sent me out to Kane. That was the place where Dr. Kane, the Arctic explorer, once lived. and it was named for him. Kane is on top of a mountain, with Wilcox at the bottom on one side and Wetmore on the other. Oil is the great product there now, but in 1S6G the traffic was in general freight. Big trains met at Kane, and for a small place the trafile was considerable. "I was met at the station by a big. wild eyed man, who said that he guess ed I was the kid that was going to re lieve him. He said he was glad to get out, but he guessed I'd like the work. "'You'll have the night trick,' said he, 'and you'll only have to be here from 6 p. m. to 7 a. M.' "I looked up with dismay, but he was striding ahead into the station. He Instructed me in my duties, told me of a country tavern about two miles away and then swung on to the train that had been waiting 20 minutes for lunch and was gone. "When the day man relieved me the next morning, I put for the hotel and found it after tramping about for two hours and made arrangements to stay there. The proprietor's wife seemed to take a motherly interest in me, and that afternoon when I started for work she had a bang up lunch of fried chick an and jam- and things. "Well, -that night about 11 o'clock I got hungry for that chicken and hauled out my lunch basket. I had just got things nicely spread out on the instru ment table when in come a fat engi neer. "'Hello, kid!'- said he. 'That's too good a feed for you. It'll give-you bel lyache, sure's the world.' "Whereupon he put me on a - bench, sat on my legs and ate my supper. Then he got up, sucking his teeth, and said: "'See them woods over there? point ing across the track. There wasn't anything else in sight. 'Well, them woods is 40 miles long an 15 miles wide an chuck full o' berries. Go'" eat y'uself t' death.' "He walked leisurely out to his en gine, and I went to the lunch shanty just below the station and ate up two days' salary before I discovered how determined the keeper was to have plenty of money to support his old age. "The next day I didn't go to the ho tel, but staid near the station and plotted revenge. It was the custom to telegraph up from Wilcox the number of passengers who wanted meals at the Kane lunch shanty, and when I got the nrst message ,that night after vainly cheming all day an idea struck me. The message read, 'Six suppers on 27.' I made it read 20 and carried it to the lunch keeper, who fairly danced with glee at the unexpected rush. Hie un doubtedly saw a Fifth avenue mansion for his old age. Just as 27 pulled in I rushed Into the shanty with a message purporting to have come from Wilcox saying that at the last moment 20 pas sengers had decided to stay there over night to take part in a local political celebration. Flynn was furious and went to the conductor for corrobora tion. The latter heard with a grin the story of the 20 prepared suppers and, remembering his own experiences with Flynn's prices on two or three occa sions, simply shrugged his shoulders and said: "'How e'n I help it? "Well, the loss of sleep that day and the excitement did me up, and about 11 o'clock I found I couldn't keep my eyes open. I took the red lantern and nail ed the tin bottom to a tie in the middle of the track and went to the edge of the woods and lay down. When I awoke, the day operator, who had been dragged out of bed two hours ahead of time, was getting the Philadelphia and Erie railroad system into operation again after a six hour suspension of service. "But there wasn't any smash up, and no lives had been lost, and I got a job two days afterward at Titusville." New York Sun. Gilbert's Satire, W. S. Gilbert meeting the editor of Punch one day remarked as he was leaving him: "By the bye, Burnand, I suppose a great number of funny stories are sent into your office?" "Oh, yes," said Mr. Burnand, "thou sands." "Then, my .dear fellow, why don't you publish them?" replied Mr. Gil bert as he put out his hand to say goodby.____ ___ Chinese Riddles. What -is-the fire that has no smoke and the water that has no fish? A glowworm's fire has no smoke, and well water has no fish. Mention the name of an object with two mouths which travels by night and ot by day. A lantern.-Chicago News. Chinese Superstition. When General Grant was visiting China, Chester Holcombe, for many years secretary of the American lega tion at Peking, secured for him a privi lege never before that time accorded to a foreigner, the privilege of admission Into the sacred precincts of the Temple of Heaven In Peking. Now, It is contrary to the settled be lief of the Chinese to admit a member of the female sex, old or young, even to the temple ground, under any circum stances. It is said that should a Chi nese guard venture even to carry a baby girl in his arms within the forbid den lines be would probably be punish ed with death. Not knowing of these restrictions, a number of ladies In Gen eral Grant's party ventured to follow him whenx he visited the sacred edifice. Realizing the seriousness of this ac tion, Mr. Holcombe afterward apolo gized to the emperor's representative for the conduct of his countrywomen and was Informed that the intrusion would be overlooked, but must be kept as secret as possible, for should the populace learn of it an antiforeign out break would be likely to follow. They would not forgive such a pollution of their most sacred building.-Leslie's Wekly. THE ENGAGEMENT RING. Peculiar Ways in Which It Causes a Young Womnan to Act. Did you ever have a chance to ob serve, unobserved, a young woman's conduct toward her newly aequired en gagement ring? It feels so strange upon her hand that she cannot refrain from eyarin ing it a dozen times an hour. always, however, on the sly. On the first night she sits up an hour later than usual to admire it boldly ,. the seclusion of her own apartment. A frequent kiss is ad ministered to the shining band and ito glittering gem, and during the night she dreams that it has fallen Into a stream and awakes clutching the fin ger to assure herself that the precious il dge is still secure. Then, on th" follow!ng day, she we.:. it only in secret. taking enre to tr:m!s fer it to her pocket at table and whin in the company of intimates. bnt ulace her among strangers or among casual acquaintances who cannot be Inquisi tive, and how bravely will she flaunt the token before their eyes. as one who should say: "I may not be the l'veliost creature iu the w.rld, but you will observe that I have landed my fish." Gradually it nssumas its place in her daily life, and her blushes grow less violent with each succeeding explhna tion of its significance ani each ex travagant description of its donor's at tributes. But before it finally becomes a part of herself, as it were, she must. of course, leave it a dozen times at least upon the washstand and suffer in consequence a dozen violent attacks of palpitation of the heart until it is re covered.-London answers. THEY DYE THEIR SCALPS For Beauty After the Head Ha' Been Sbaved Perfectly Smooth. A French explorer has discovered the vainest people in the world. By a curious coincidence they happen to be also the ugliest. They are the Pa houins, a savage tribe of the western coast of Africa. The main occupation of these people is the adornment of their persons. As the 'ahouin's cloth ing is of so light a character as not to incommode him be bestows a good share of his thought upon the adorn ment of his body, which he tattoos in elaborate designs done in red or blue. Or a more fanciful effect is obtained by tattooing in relief by injecting un derneath the skin the juice of P plant which produces a permanent swelling. Sometimes the face and body are also tinted with a dye, red being the color most in demand. The same methods are used in adorn ing the face, especial attention being given to the nose. Many of the Pa houins after tattooing or painting their noses pierce them with long, slender bones. Others after piercing the nose attach to it a string of colored pearls. Both men and women concentrate their efforts on their hair. Their inge nuity, which is shown in the construc tion of scores of different headdresses of bone and metal for the men of the tribe, chiefly the warriors. Is illustrated in a far greater degree by the coiffures of the women. The extreme of simplicity in the Pa houin women's method in making themselves beautiful is to shave the head till it is smpoth wind round as a ball and then to color it with a dye. Cincinnati Enquirer. Addressed the Jury. A man who had never seen the in side of a courtroom until he was intro duced as a witness in a case pending in one of the Scottish courts, on being sworn took a position with his back to the jury and began telling the story to the judge. The judge, in a bland and courteous manner, said: "Address yourself to the jiury, sir." The man made a short pause, but, notwithstanding what had been said to him, continued his narrative. The judlge was then more explicit and said to him: "Speak to the jury, sir, the men sitting behind you on the benches." The witness at once turned around and making an awkward bow said -with perfect gravity: "Good morning, gentlemen."-Buffalo Courier. An Arab's Parlor. A woman traveler In Egypt is amaz ed at the dearth of the natives' house hold goods, says a correspondent of the Chicago News. There is little furniture because the Arab needs little. Hias life is spent out of doors, and he can sleep in any handy gutter as peaceably and happily as a child, while most of his meals are eaten in the open air. In one exceptionally luxurious house. that of a charwoman, the traveler found a parlor. It was regarded as a sort of shrine by Fatima. She had maide it a fetich, devoting to its embel lishment all the money she could spare and sacrificing to it even her children's wants. The visitor was shown through a broken down doorway into a squalid passage, where two rooms at either end revealed perspectives of greater squalor beyond. Children teemed from every entrance. Arrived at the holy of holies, the door had to be unlocked. It was a brand new Birmingham lock. Distant Manchester had supplied a carpet blaz ing with roses and small creton cur tains of brilliancy to match. Such things are in Cairo called "fellah" (vul gar), as none but fellahin are tound to be purchasers of them, but poor Fa tima's horrors are not yet quite cata logued. From some common shop in the Muski she had captured two or three glass vases, and in them-the last touch of trIumph-were artinicial flow ers. A Secret of Youth, One night at a reception which Sen. ator Beveridge and I attended soon aft er his election the hostess said in mock surprise: "Are you. Senator Beveridge, the sen ator from Indiana?" The seator bowed modestly. "It hardly seems possible. Why, you are a mer-e beardless youth!" "Madam," replied M r. Beveridge with out a smile. "I shave."-Saturday Even ing Post Paraguay Tea. When the yerba mate, or native tea of Paraguay, is cultivated, the seeds are treated to an acid bath before planting. This softens the hard shell whIch surrounds the kernel of the seeds and enables them to sprout in three or four months. If planted in their natural state, it requires three or four years for the seeds to germni nate. The average man wIll pay 50 cents to see a show of fireworks and neglect to look at the sunset, which he can see almost every night for nothing. Louisville Journal. Something very similar to the tele phone was used in China 1,000 years ago. According to the ancient Chinese wrtrtechronology of that country gona back 2,26700 ye ars. .Hard ware-Impleients-Stoves. L B. DURANT, W Being in close touch With the very best markets. I :u better prepared to handle the trade than ever before, and I therefore invite an inspection of iny stock. Rtememixber I am in the Ducker-Bultman Company building, opposite the Court Hous. Come to see me when you want Hardware, Stoves, House Furnishing Goods, Harness, Saddles, Leather, &c., &c. A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF CROCKERY JAD GLASSWARE. My store is headquarters for Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Shells and the very latest in Sporting Goods-. I also handle large quantities of Paints, Oils, and Window Glass. For Engine and Mill Supplies there is no better place to buy. Come and examine my large line of Cooking and Heating Stoves. Every Stove bought from me is warranted. L. B. DuRANT, SULMTER, - - S. C. Some Special Bargains. 40-lb hoxes Starch, best grade, at.................... ...............................3ic per I Smoked Dried Herrings........................................................20ct~aper box Ne akrl.iIgo L-d to kit .. ........................................... 90c Fancy Full Cream Cheese. '22 to 24 Is each, at.... .... .............................13cper I Best Fancy Elgin Creamery Buster. 60-b tubs, at.............. ..............2-Ic per I American Sardines-new pack.................................................:3.85 per case 190 cans 10-oz Tumbler Fruit Jelly. 3 dos to case........... .... ..................................7-perdoz 3.b stand Tomatoes. 2 doz in case........ .......... ..........................90c doz 2-b stand Tomatoes. 2 doz in ease................. .......... ........................70c doz Half-pint bottles Assorted Pickles. 2 doz in case..............................................75c doz 1-lb cans Cove Oysters, full weight. 2 and 4 doz in case..........................90c doz 2-Thcans Fancy Maine packed Sugar Corn.... .......... .................................$1.20 doz 2-Th cans Fancy New York State packed Sugar Corn.................., $1 doz CRACKERS. FLOUR. Lemons. 5%c: Nic Nacts....... ...51c per ID Best Fancy Patent.......................4.45 bbl Ginger Snaps. Sc: Soda Crackers... c per T Best Half Patent...... .......... 4.10 bbl Sugar Crackers 6c; Fancy Mixed.....614c per 1b Best Straight..................... .9bbl Cream Lunch Biscuits...................7c per ID Best Family.............................. 3.25 bbl Oatflakes. 2-lb packages...........90c doz Salt. 100 Is...............................57c bag MEAL. GRITS, BACON AND LARD AT LOWESTPRICES. Ciga, Cheroots, Cigartes and Tobacco. Diamond T Cigar. best 5c seller. at....... ........................... ...........835 per 1,000 Success. none better....................................................................... 35 per 1.000 E. L. Royal Cigar, good smoke................................................. .. 25 per 1.000 Try our te-der .......................................................110. 01.000; 90c box Ola Virginia Cheroots,........................... .... .....83.15 per box of 250 Cheroots: 3 for Sc Old Glory Cheroots............ ......................$2.90 per-boz ot200 Cheroots World's Best Cheroots....................................8.25-per-box of 250 heroots4 3 forS Duke's Cigarettes.......................................................................35.90-er 1.000 Cicycle Cigarettes........................................................................82.66 per 1,000 A Big Supply of Tobacco, Namely Schnapps. Earl Fanc. Red Eve and various other kinds-prices ranging from 25c, 35c and 45c-per lb. Big Drives in Soap. OCTAGON, VICTORY, TIP-TOP, ELECTRIC, JMPERIAL. SHOE BLACKING. INK. BLUEING. Etc. See us. or get our prices before you buy. CROSSW E L L & CO, -WIEOa~mLATIaE C., CO S, sTrMT~il~t, - - . C Harris Lithia Waters. Contains more Lithia than other Lithia spring water in America, which is shown by the noted chemist, Dr. Doremus ot New York. Read what Dr. A. N. Talley, Sr., and Dr. J. M. Kibler have to say for HARRIS LITHIA WATER: After a long and varied experience Ihv rsrbd"arsLti in the use of mineral waters from Wtr nm rcie n md many sources, both foreign and do-lihewthtinhoecssnwih mestie, I am fully persuaded that the tosi hc hr sui cdi Harris Lithia Water possesses efficacy tessei ot n huai in the treatment of afflictions of thleditesncstisadnocri Kidney and the Bladder unequalled rnldos n yppidet by any other Water of which I have tri ie rcntpto.Ihv made trial,.on h etrslsfo hsmn Thsoiinis based upon obser- rlwtr neei a eue vation of its effects upon my patients fruamysgetislepcal for the past three years,during whichwhnLtiisndced Irco time I haye prescribed it freely and mn tt h ulc n eiv most uniformly with benefit in the teei ospro ihaWtri medical maladies above mentioned.thscury A. N. TALLEY, M. D.J.MKBLRM.D ColubiaS. C, Otobe S.89 I he psrberd . Sept. i 9, ith9 a ~~Vith all modernr" n myproeetEcriLghs and ticecand et theo Liti ats i te Hte. Cme t he Spingscated. get welltoecn HarrisLithn Wahter isu Cid.i FosleatThheB soysem, Dru toadremti eiti&SWZ sO, causipanfl turtoi 1t9Eatpiyd l ive o ecntpon, I. hav ~ WeWou1 3efoundav the est~ o resut frmtismn Watchestend Inwedlirmy.bue I wntmyfrind ad te uble enrayto kvantawen in nas of ahct Wedin, whena o CLitias ndraed.Isecom Tha inth fuur, wel s te ast lm eard itto upthem ublian belev Watces locsSerlng there ims eweprio uthi Gassi Fie hinot ew ow Speend Eye Glassts Isc t allmder itmplafrvemen, pletric s howtshnymca.etteo Seciaathnd theoHot Cometon gven prng and Repaiinginlyl.n ar isesLiohiui thteriCe. Atani CaTELAS LWILFOLrSOMent Watches an SUMeTry. bat broughtpsaIne>t'tdS O4lI~ki~ a of Cardui p4rfomd wumaitfel" in her case. shesesgid withth~ge' 9. niesof falling of the womb, uo and profuse menstruation. The weekly .r SppSaraflOeofthemenseefortuw~mb sadhervitalty until shewas aphys f wrak.Hernervous- sysem 3St way. Then came the trial of Wine of rdui and the cure. Mrs. MItehOeW experience ought to comamend. Wine 01 Csrdnito sufering women in words as burning eloquence. Is within thereehof al. Women who try it are relieved. Ask for ali batle of Wigecid not take a substitute if tndred you. Mrs. Wame gtehs, 5on~fs, Ros.C "Wins of Cardul and TbedAodtBsl withiof the womb sad leoab and m7 menses came every week for two-7 Re . and wre.vry-pinL E'us WHESELWE-msend' ad lsIk.Da h ad now the Puee Iho ned sand sadeigm t t-e BMggies, Wago , .B ei Cat = gas REPAIRED with atpus on shnat ch R. A. WI~fYE'S WnaEELWral wand BLA CK$ LI I-EOP. I repair~ Stoves;- Pmps'and:rm wat-r pipes, or I will -put 'down an6* Pump cheap. If you needany soldering .done, gi me a call. LAME. Myhorse t lame. Wh . ms dlii .notr have it shod- i. Whit. the man that puts on such neat she'., and makes hoses travel with so mnir ease. ~We Make Tii TOk Nez-,, We are -making a -speciaaty of painting old Buggies, :.Cmriages, 1k:" Carts and Wagom.aoaap. Come and see me. My prices w please you, and- I gunlntee aloof :: work. Shop-on corner below X. Dean'. R. A.WHITEI. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an oye to the comfort of his customers. .. .. HAIR CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, S HAVING AND SHAMPOOING Done with neatness -an dispateb... .. .... A cordial invitation is extended... J. L. WELL Manning Times Block. THE Bank of Mann 8. MANNINC, 8. C. Transacts a general banking I - ness. Prompt and special attentioi.4 to depositors residing out of tow Deposits-solicited. All collections have prompt a~ -- tion. Business hours from 9 a. mn. p. mi. JOSEPH SPROTTW, A. LEV1, Cashit: President. BOARD OF DIRECTOBs. J. W. McLEOD, W. E. BRo S. M. NEsEN, -JoSEPH SPR, - A. LEvI. For Sale &r Rent. The Lot anid Dvelling of Rev. Ja McDowell in Manning. Also two desirable Building Lots joining for sale. For terms apply t JOSEPH F. RHAME, Manning, S. ( The Times DOES- NEAT Job Printigs G.TVE TT- A TRT.ALT