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INOW OFPENING! THE NEW BON MARCHE, 0 A A. Shahid ND Brother, Watch this space for Big Drives in Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods and Novelties. This store will revolutionize the dry goods business of Sumter. May.not meet with a unanimous approval, but there are none who disap prove of Commercial expansion at home. The. LEVI BROTHERS of Sumter, in order to meet the demands of our growing and expanding business, were forced to seek more commodious quarters. Accordingly we contracted for and leased the old J. T. Solomon store next to the court house, and after an expenditure of considerable money we have now one of the handsomest and best equipped stores in the city, to which we extend a most cordial invitation to the readers of THE TimES, and in this connection we desire to express our gratitude to the people for the patronage and the manifestations of confidence reposed in us. The Sumter cotton market is one of the best in the State and we reckon ourselves among-the heaviest buyers; this we could not do if we did not pay full market price, and having the very best facilities for handling cotton we can guarantee prices to those favoring us with their patronage. this season is advancing, but we have a magnificently selected stock, con D ry G oods tracted for early and ahead of any ad vance, that we think will be of inter uAnUAnAA&annAAnAAA&A est to the people to examine before buying elsewhere. wwwvM are our fLvorite stock and we believe that we have as large and as complete Shoes line, from the best factories in the United States as any house away from -nn - wholesale trade; in fact we do a large jobbing trade in Dry Goods and Shoes. can only be properly selected by ex perts and we have had the advantage of an expert who makes a thorough study of the styles to select this stock, *Muunana"M"""'aanannnaand we want everybody to come and and see how well and cheaply we can dike them out. mY"wMywwwYYTTWWWWw YvvvYvW YYWIT is a line that we defy competition in style, shapes, quality and prices. No mt -atter who you want a Hat for or what price you want to pay for it, we nc can suit you in every respect. We have a full line of Boys' Hats also. w~wwm'wwwww',WWWwWYWWv"" bought altogether in car load lots and with a view of competing with job G roceries Z ers. A farmer can secure from us anything in the Grocery line, either ann IannanAan&AAnannAA Fancy or Heavy goods, at prices that can only produce profits by the vol ume of business done. Our store will continue to be headquarters for the farmers of Claren don, and in our new quarters we can give our friends more attention be cause we have more room to do business. We want you to come to see us, next door to the court house aud you have our guarantee that your wants will be supplied regardless of compe tition. 33rinig YouCXr Ctta. . LEVl DROTRERS, SLTMTEl, S. C. ROOSEVELT A r FORTY THEi Four Years Younger Than First Inal Agae at In President auguration. Washington... .............. J. Adams ..................... Jefferson ...... .............58 Madison .....................58 Monroe ......................59 J. Q., Adams.. .............. Jackson....... ...............52 Van Burn.... ............... Harrison ...... ..............8 Tyler.......... ............51 Polk .......... ............ Taylor ........ .............5 Fillmore........ ............50 Pierce.......... .............49 Buchanan...................(6 LINCOLN .... ............. Johnson....... ............ Grant ......... ............47 Haves...................... GARFIELD .. ..............49 Arthur........ .......... Cleveland ..... .............48 Harrison ....... ............ McK NLEY ..... .................58 Roosevelt....................5 Vice Presidents Promote Vice Presidents. Presi TYLER ' HAR FILL'Mor-E TAY' JOHNSO'N LIN( ARTHUR GARF The Political School. BY JACK THE GIANT KILLER. The "Summer Political School" as the recent debates by sena torial candidates is facetiously styled, has its amusing and. lu dicrous sides as well as serious sides. It is a well recognized rule in military operations and strategy to draw, if possible, the fife of your adversary for the two-fold purpose of finding out "wheee he is at," with it vjiew of attacking, moving by the flank, or retreatin.g to ground of your own selection, and secondly, to force hiim to exhaust his ammu nition. M..Laurin appears to have adopted this principle in his po litic.al manoeuvers. He fired one "big grun" at Gaffney, anoth er ay. Greenville and then got on top of Paris mountain. Tillman heard the echoes from these " big guns and supposing the line of battle had been drawn, went scurrying about drumming up reinforcements. H e nd e r s o n, Johnstone, Hemphill, Evans (he of Squ.edunc fame), Latimer and perhaps others volunteered to support the "chief." At Union they opo-ned fire, bu-.; McLaurin Chamterlain's Cough Remedy a Great Favorite. The soothingz aird hca.ing properties of thk remdy it pleas- t.:rte and prompt a.nd1 pr manen cur ..ha .em .d ......ge ...f ...it .wit R oopingl .....si awy afrd jic e lie n Psit deans Piu rootedm Vice dr.dts. bePieresinienl t TaYLERt a al. FosaebTh HALr FLLMRu E Str.TsacAY:rc. rp THREE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT, Grant at the Time of His iguration. Age at Cause of Death Death Pn-eumonia..........................67 Debility.............................90 Chronic diarrhoea...................83 Debility.............................85 Debility.................. ...........73 Paralysis............................80 Consumption ........................78 Asthmatic catarrh...................79 Bilious pleurisy...... ..........68 Bilious attack .......................71 Chronic diarrhoea...................53 Bilious fever........................65 Debility.............................74 Inflammation of stomach............61 Rheumatic gout............... ASSASSINATION .............56 Paralysis.....................66 Cancer .......................(63 Paralysis of heart..............70 ASSASSINATION.. ............49 Brights disease................56 .. ........Living Pneumonia.......... ..........6. ASSASSINATION .................58 .......................... Living By Death of Presidents. dents. Cause of Death. RISON NATURAL OR NATURAL OLN ASSASSINATION IELD ASSASSINATION didn't reply. He is supposed to have been on top of Paris moun tain sipping mint juleps and catching an occasional echo of the distant thunder, and is also said to have winked his eye while he took another quaff of the festive julep. "Little Mac," being absent, his antagonist, the "Grand Army," assembled by Tillman, fatally bent on spilling his ("Little Mac's") gore, had nothing left but to shell the woods," and right lustily did they "shell the woods," expos ing their strategic position and expending vast quantities of val uable ammunition and strength. The "army" then marched to Greenville, carrying their pon toon trains and siege guns with the advancing column. There they were joined by Mr. Ass bury Latimer, the chief's favor ite general. "Mac" still didn't coiie down off the mountain, but continued to wink between ju leps and jests, and laughed un til he grew fat. Tillman dotes on Ass-bury and has selected a seat for him in the United States Senate. Ass-bury's fire was too scattering to be effective. He trained his heaviest guns at The Greenville News but his shot ricochetted and landed at the foot of Paris mountani, Mac be ing on top, winking and julep ing. Boss Tillman's lieutenants expended more ammunition Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price *5 eents. and strength "shelling the woods." A fragment from one of the explosive bullets struck Ben in the eye and he had to be carried from the sanguinary field hors de combat. His lieu tenants, however, kept up the conflict by shooting in the air, except Ass-bury. All of his projectiles, except one, which hit the base of Paris mouatain, went into the mud and there lay harmlessly buried, drawing Ass-bury into the hole made by his round shot. Having vexed the atmosphere of Greenville sufficiently with sulphurous odors, the army moved on to Walhalla. Gener al George Johnstone having suc ceeded the disable "chief" in com mand of the allied forces, "Mac" declined to deploy in Jine of bat tle here, but a part of his forces were "hid out in the bushes," camped just under a ridge out of sight of the Tillman cohorts so that the fusilade of the latter went over their heads or explod ed in the air. "Thar or tharabouts," we be lieve it was, a council of war was held, when it was decided that, inasmuch as the commander-in chief was absent, suffering from wounds inflicted by a fragment from one of their explosive bul lets, and inasmuch as "Little Mac," as they assumed, and his army had either been destroyed by the shells they had thrown "into the woods," or had retreat ed across the mountain, or in to the fastnesses of Marlboro, and, inasmuch as their ammu nition and supplies were well nigh exhausted, it was not deem ed advisable to move further in their march of devastation than the next strategic point, Ander son. Accordingly they turned the head of the column towards Anderson, where it was suppos ed Ass-bury had prepared invu Inerable entrenchments. Ander son being his home. The am munition wagons were so near exhausted they had to bring up their reserve ordnance train, and Ass-bury was assigned the post of honor, command of the center, in the day's fighting. 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About the time they had pretty thoroughly "played out" "Little Mac" appeared on their -right and attacked so furiously with cavalry, infantry and artillery they were taken completely-: by surprise. The right flank. was "doubled back" on the center. Ass-bury fled incontinently: from the field and left General' John stone to continue the -.fight. The other Generals, Hemphill, Henderson. and Evans took- to the mountains and have not since been heard of. The crowd roar ed and a friend informs us he heard Josh's laugh over - -in "Georgy." The whole perfor manee was enough to make a "horse larf." Ass-bury is said to have looked like the fellow the calf ran over-got up, brush ed the seat of his pants, gave a long whistle and exclaimed, "Well, I'll be - " "Little Mac" cleaned up John stone and camped on the battle field. There were some other funny things brought out by the "Sum mer School," not the least laugh able of which is the "make up" entente cordial between the Columbia State and B. R. Till man. The latter never has a good word to say for anybody, except himself, and The State is tarred with very much the same kind of stick. Imagine N. G. G. and B. R. T. falling into, the arms of each other and giving each other one long, throbbing, gleeful, gushing hug! "Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" What a scene for the kodak fiend! How the picture wonld sell! We would like to wager a bunch of toothpicks that B. R. would call for "a rebate," be fore he lets N. G. go.-Green ville News. Many physicians are not prescribing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure .regularly hav ing found that it is the best pre cription they can write . because it is the one preparation which containm the elements necessary to digest not only some kinds of food but all. kind and it therefore cures indigestion and dyspep sia no matter what its cause. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Most Carlos* Thins. 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