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AT UM ES. 0. Charleston's Aohr R Branch House The NewBonarche, MA.IN ST2REET, TEXT DOOR TO BANKT OF' STMTER. We will open our doors on the 5th of October, 1901, for the inspection of our large and well selected stock of VRY& FANCY QG; I. Our promises are always to serve the Sumter dry goods buying community with the newest and best goods the- dry goods markets can produce and at prices which are in the reach of everybody. 0ur flott Good Values for Little loney Ou t o Little noney for Big Valus Hoping and trusting to receive your liberal support or patronage, as we intend to do everything in our power to give full satisfaction in all respects, we remain, with confidence of a bright future before us, Yours respectfully, IHE NEW BON6H ~ Watch for our next ad., when we will give you special prices of every article we offer as a Bargain. S May not me.et 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 Tixs, 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. gnnwlynanuyflhTnyVV1TVVV YTYY YVu this season is advancing, but we have a magnificently selected stock, con *D ry G oods : tracted for early and ahead of any ad Y Dvance, that we think will be of inter ~AI&AAnnAnnA nnAAAAA i]AA est to the people to examine before buying elsewhere. "Iwwun InvyvWvyvv vy are our fF.vorite stock and we believe I that we have as large and as complete Shoes : line, from the best factories in the United States as any house away from ,AAAA~AApnUAAAAnALI anuA& wholesale trade; in fact we do a large jobbing trade in Dry Goods and Shoes. nn can only be properly selected by ex J perts and we have had the advantage Clothg of an expert who makes a thorough 9 - study of the styles to select this stock, and we want everybody to come and and see how well and cheaply we can dike them out. nnnmvyHnI~fl1VTuVYVVTtun nHTYVY is a line that we defy comfpetition in style, shapes, quality and prices. No SH atsmatter who you want a Hat for or Hats what price you want to pay for it, we muunAAAULnA nnununLuhIA&ilAn can suit you in every respect. We have a full line of Boys' Hats also. bought altogether in car load lots and with a view of competing with job. Groceries bers. A farmer can secure from us :4 anything in the Grocery line, either AAuAnu 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 and you, have our guarantee that your wants will be supplied regardless or compe tition. IM I B O T EIRP LEVI DHTR When Jackson Was Shot At.. Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Con verse, of this city, has a letter describing the attempt to ass assinate President J a c k son, written by Congressman Howell, of Steuben county, to her aunt, Mrs. Frances Cameron. Mrs. Converse's father, Thomas Max well, of Chemung county, was also a member of Congress at that time. Congressman Howell was a witness of the attempt to kill President Jackson. His letter is dated at Washington, Janua ry 30, 1835, on the evening of the day of the event. This is the letter: "I have been under a high de gree of excitement all the after noon at a most daring attempt to assassinate the President at the Capitol today. We had been at tending the funeral of a deceas; ed member, Congressman Davis, of South Carolina, and the Presi dent, as is usual on such occa sions, was present. After the religious services- in the hall. were concluded the corpse was removed from the hall through the rotunda by the grand plaza at the east to the hearse, follow ed by the Rrepresentatives, Senators, President, heads of departments and judiciary in procession. "As the President came out of the rotunda a man advanced toward him from the front, and when he approached within two yards presented a pistol and at tempted to discharge it at his breast. It was what is called a percussion lock, which is primed with a little copper cap contain ing percussion or detonating powder, a material the most combustible and constituting a means of firing any weapon with most fatal certainty. The cap ex ploded without discharging the pistol, which was instantly drop ped by the miscreant and anoth er drawn from his bosom and snapped at the President with a celerity that prevented all possi ble interference by the bystan ders and resistance by him. But he observed the attack and the lion was aroused at once. He raised his cane (the only weapon in his reach) and aimed a blow at the assassin. At the same time Captain Godney seized him and threw him down. Mr. Wood bury who had hold of the Presi dent's arm, immediately assisted It Happened in a Drug Store. One day last winter a lady came to my drug store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have in stock," says Mr. C. R. (Grandin, the popular druggist or Ontario, N. Y. She was dissappointed and wanted to know what cough preparation I could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Chamberlain's Coug Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bottle and I would ! refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in compat y with a* friend in need of a cough medicine andl advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlaires Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recom mendation for the remedy." It is for sale byI The T. B. Toryea D~rug Store. and he was disarmed and secur ed. 'The passions of the President were up and for a few minutes his frown was appalling. He is certainly the most extraordinary man of the age. No blenching, no misgiving even for a moment affected him. He saw the attempt upon his life was calculating. determined purpose, and he only thought of resistance, naked and unarmed as he was. Every trace of age had fled-he stood a giant in his youth and towered above all his attendants as the falcon towers above partridges in her swoop upon the quarry. "But, my dear madam, what an astonishing instance of the superintending care of Provi dence over a life so long devoted and so important to our country. The pistols were carefully ex amined and proved to have been heavily charged with the great est care and it is not perceivable *hy they did not go off. Such an instance of the failure of two such weapons so prepared never occured in the knowledge of any man. They were calculated for the greatest certainty that such weapons admit of and one would have been willing to rely on their fatal fidelity for his life; and yet they failed. Blessed be God for His mercy and that His arm is not shortened that He cannot save' "The monster was taken be fore the Judge and examined, but no light is thrown upon this mysterious transaction. It has only transpired that the name of the culprit is Lawrence, by trade a printer, raised in this city and hitherto of good charlacter, but all inducements to the perpetra tion of the dreadful crime is un discoverable. Strange surmises are afloat. By some it is regard ed as the effect of insanity which receive some countenance from the strange desperation of of the attempt that was so made as to render all hope of escape impossible, and also by the cir cumstance of his stating to the marshal while in his custody on his way to examination in answer to an inquiry why he had made such a nefarious attempt upon Cures Rheumatism or Catarrh in a Day. - Treatment Free. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood. Balm) cures the worst and most stubborn cases by draining the poison out of the blood and bones, and building up the broken down constitution. Aches and pains in the bones or joints, swollen glands, drop pings in the throat, hawking, spitting or bad breath, etc., all disappear promptly and permanently. B. B. B. cures where all else fails. Druggists, $1. Treatment of B. B. B. sent abso lutely free and rrepaid by writing to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe rouble and fre medical advice given ntil cured. B. B. B. puts new color. in y'our skin, and makes the blood red er and more nourishing, stopping all ches and pains. Over 3000 onres by B. B. B. Sol& by R. - rug the life of the President, that the President had killed his father, when the fact is that his father died in this city some years ago, which he well knew. Others think that they can discover in this daring villainy the consummation of the con spiracy which last winter occa sioned those letters to be sent to the President, threatening hin with assassination if he did not restore the Government deposit to the Bank of the United States. All is excitement. All is misery and wild conjecture. Time alone can solve the mystery. I am still so agitated as to be scarcely able to indite a single coherent paragraph, and my hand trembles so as hardly to write legibly, although the act occurred at 2 o'clock and it is now midnight. But I will dismiss this unpleas ant subject, if possible. "-N. Y. Sun. "I had long suffered from indiges tion," writes G. A. LeDeis, Cedar City, Mo. "Like others I tried many prepar ations but never found anything that did me good until I took Kodol Dyspep sia Cure. One bottle cured me. A friend who suffered similarly I put on the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Heis gaining fast and will soon be able to work. Be fore he used Kodol Dyspepsi a Cure in pigestion had made him a total wreck. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. The Way of the Usurer. Chester Lantern. A negro called on a lawyer last week and wanted advice. Here was his complaint: "Boss, I borried ten dollars from a man last spring, and I dun pay six teen dollars on de debt, and one of the lawyers got do mortgage and say dare's fifteen dollars more due on it. What I gwine do'bout it-' He had no money with which to pay the "balance" and hence he got no advice from the lawyer.-Greenwood Joura nal. It does not seem that it would have taken much of a lawyer. provided only he had a moder ate sense of justice, to have put the negro on a plan that would have made the usurious rascal glad to forfeit the "balance" and leave the country. There is reason to believe that this sort of thing is going on all over the state, and grand juries might do a good turn by giving the mat ther a little attention.-Newber ry Observer. WAETED-SEVERAL PERSONS OF CHAR acter and good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and adver tise old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary $18.00 weekly with expenses additional, all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head ofile. Horse and carriage furnished, when necessary. Re ference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en velope. Manager,216 Caxton Building. Chica Th idYou Have Always Bought Mrs. William McKinley. ' "And they twain," said God, shall be one flesh." Thou canst not separate Soul from its soul. Thou canst not in the web of life enmesh Fate's broken strands and call the fabric whole; The stream of life thou canst not drink afresh From out life's broken bowl. Star from its star may drift, suns separate Till times remorseless ended, Till stars shall die. But thou, predestined one, my end less mate Thy star from me shall not depart; for I , Am thine in thee, as thou in me, and wait Time's endless unity. Thou wert, when earth's hope fled, my closest friend, Thou calledst me from death To grateful life, A life, with thee, to see thee soar then bend Beneath th' unhallowed martyrdom of strife: To see thee fall, and die! to compre 'hend The mystery of wife. Yet fail I not, for love's heroic faith, Great in my woman's soul Sweet strength imparts. . When evening fans me with its sooth ing breath I see through night's dark arch Where morning darts Thy sainted face, and know the balm of death Heal's all earth's broken hearts. Rebecca Reavis Lee. Piedmont, S. C. The Best Prescription for Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and Quinine is a tasteless form.-No cure, no pay. Price 50c. It is said that strong pressure is being -brought to bear on Col. Willie Jones, of Columbia, to in duce him to run for governor. It is said further that Colonel Jones has been regarded as the strong est contestant for McLaurin's seat, but that the Colonel could not go to the Senate without great financial sacrifices which he is unwilling to make. We do1 not know what special qualifica tions Colonel Jones has for either the governorship or the senator ship. He appears to be immense ly popular with a little coterie about Columbia, but "the wool hat boys" will have to be con sulted before he can be elected to either of these high positions, and the name of "the wool hat boys" is legion. We think, how ever, that a man who cannot ac cept a salary of five thcusand dollars a year, with numb5erless perquisites attached, without great financial sacrifice had bet ter stay out of politics altogether or else offer his services gratui tously to his admiring - .o men.-Gaffney Ledger. Stops the Cough and Works os , Laxative Bromo-Quinine w . a cold in one day. No Cur Prier 25 cents. . Hardware, Tioware, Cuilry + L. B. DuRANT, I SXMter., S. C:. Headquarters for Machinery Supplies, Rub- + ber, Leather and Canvass + Stitch Belting. The grandest display of Stoves in the + State. Come and see them. All kinds of Sportsmen's Supplies. + I invite an inspection of my stock'of Sin gle and Bouble Harness and Saddles. + I yield to none in having as fine a selection +4. of Mechanical Tools as can be found any where. + I always keep a full stock of LUBRICAT- + ING OILS. + Come to see me. ++ L. B. DuRANT. I SUMTER 0 MILITARY W ACADEMY AND FEMALE SEI1INARY, (Chartered.) SUMTER, S. C. (Non-Sectarhi.) CLARENCE J. OWENS, A. M., President. OJECT-That our Young Men may be developed physically, mentally, morally, and "that ur Duhrs may be ornr stones, polished after the siiltudef a palace." CouRsEs-Literary (Regular. Scienific (Regular). Music. Vocal and Instrumental. Art, Charcoal and Cast Drawing, Pastel, Water Color. Crayon and Oil, Portraiture and China Paint ing. Commercial: Book-keeping. Stenography, Typewriting. Elocution, Oratory and Expres sion. Military: Drill, Physical and Bayonet Exercise Signaling and Military Science. DEGREEs-Two Degrees given, B. L. and A. B. EXPENSzs-Matriculton, z 30.; Board per month, $8.00; Tuition per month, S4.00; Surgeoa, for year. $3.00. POINTS oF ADVANTAGE-1. Accessible location-Sixteen passenger trains per day; 2.. Heal thfulness-Pure water, good drainage; 3. Beauty-Wide avenues, handsome buildings, majestic oaks; 4. Influence-Social, intellectual and religious; 5. Enterprise-Trade and manu facturing ctnter; 6. School Organizations-Literary societies, Y. .M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Colleg Journal; . Faculty-Six male and six female teachers representing leading colleges and univer sities. Apply for Illustrated Catalogue. CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT C0, 92-94 East Bay. CHARLESTON, S. C. W1 caTa * RE NEMET Acaw CLOVER LEAF OLD DOMRNON Bra;id Portland Cement. Brand Portland Cement. These two Brands are now being used in the very highest engineering ork in this country, also being used by the government at a great many ots ." avenothing, but OLD DOMINION or CLOVER LEAF, they are Bradiges Porandeso Ceme nia Lim. andT Otan Ceoame. p et-t our prices on carload lots and less carload lots..