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~Sold b 'h 'P' Sold everyhe re in can, Made by Standard Oil Conpany CANGL-,ER Sufferers from this horrible malady nearly always inherit it -not necessarily from the parents, but may be from some remote ancestor, for Cancer often runs through several generations. This deadl poison may lay dormant in the blood fo: years, or until you reach middle life, the! the first little sore or ulcer makes its ap pearance-or a swollen gland in 'the breast, or some other part of . body gives the first warning. To cure Cancer thoroughly and perma nently all the poisonous virus must be diminated from the blood-every vestage :f it driven out. This S. S. S. does, an< is the only medicine that can reach deep seated, obstinate blood troubles like this When all the poison has been forced ou of the system the Cancer heals, and the disease never returns. Cancer beginsoften in a small way, asth< following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows A small pimple came on my jaw about an mcl below the earon the left side ot my face. It gav4 me no pain or inconven eince. and I should hav: forgotten about it bad it not beunto inflame and itch; it would bleed a little, then scab over, but would not heal. This continued for some time, nhen my jaw began to swell, be c o m ing very I painful. The Cancer be gan to eat and spread, until it was as large asa half dollar,when I heard of S. S. S. and determin ed to give it a fair tria nnd it was xemarkable what a wonderful effect ithad from the very beginning; the sorebegan tc heal andafter taking a few bottles disappeare< entirely. Tbiswas two years ago; thet e are stil no signs of the Cancer, and my general heatlb .ontinues good.-MRS. R. sEIRER, La Plata, Mc Sis the greatest of all blood purifiers, and th< only one guarantee< purely vegetable. Sen< for our free book or Cancer, containing valuable and interest ing information about this disease, an write our physicians about your case. W make no charge for medical advice.' THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA. THE BRnk of Manning MANNING, S. C. Trnisacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and. special attention give! to depositors residing out oif town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tion,. Business hours from 9 a. m. to i p. nu. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DllREcTOBS. J. W. MCLEOD, Vn. E. Buowis, S. M. NEISEN, JOSEPH SPROTT A. LEV. Buggies, Wagon.s, Road arsand Oarriages REPAIRE3D With -Neatness and Despatch --AT R. A. W HITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run watei pipes, or I will put down a new Pumi cheap. If you need any soldering done. givE me a call. LAME. My horse is lame. Why? Because)] did ~not have it shod by R1. A. White, the man that puts Qfn such neat shoei and makes horses travel with so muel ease. We Make Them Look New We are making a specialty of re. painting old Buggies, Carriages, Roac Carts and Wagons cheap. Come and see me. My prices wil: please you. and-I guarantee all of m) work. Shop on corner below R. M. Dean's. R. A. W HIT E, MANNING, S. C. A DORN YOUR PERSON DORN YOUR HOME. Fine Jewelry, Fine Silver ware, Cut Glass, China, Bric-a-Brac, Pict ures, Mirrors, LAMPS AND ELEGANT NOVELTIES, Watches of the Best flanufacturers. All goods handled are sold with a guarantee. I do not handle an-~y plated ware, therefore everytbing bought from me can be relied upon as being of the best. All goods bought from mte *will be Engraved F RE E O F C HA RG E. My repairing department is under my personal supervis ion and I guarantee all work entrusted to me. Come to see me. -Earnest A. Buitman, SU IlTERD C. C. The Courier t Of the Czar By JULES VERNE 0 [cosrNum]. the pr oiis of t be kibitka. they were not exhausted. and each one took his share. Then. after having knelt be fore a modest picture of the Panaghia that w as hanging on the wall and which the last lame of a lamp still lit up, Nicholas and the young girl fell asleep, while Michael Strogoff remain ed awake. his anxiety driving away all sleep. The next day. 26th of August. before daybreak the kibitka was traversing the park of birch trees to reach the banks of the Yenisei, which was cross i ed by the little party on an improvised raft. Michael Strogoff could at length be lieve that the route was free as far as Irkutsk. le had outstripped the Tar tars, and when the soldiers of the emir should arrive at Krasnoiarsk they would only find an abandoned town there and no means of immediate com iunication between the two banks of the Yenisei; hence a delay of some days until a bridge of boats, difficult to con 1 struct, should open a passage to them. For the first time since the unlucky meeting with Ivan Ogareiz at Omsk the courier of the czar felt himself less uneasy and could hope that no new obstacle would arise to the accomplish ment of his plans. The kibitka, after having proceeded about fifteen versts toward the south east, came to and retook the long high road across the steppe. On the 2Sth of August the travelers had passed the town of Balaisk, which was eigbty versts from Krasnoiarsk, and by the 20th that of Ribinsk. forty versts from Balaisk. The next day, after traveling more than thirty-five versts, they arrived at Kamsk, a more considerable town, wa tered by the river of the same name. a small affluent of the Yenisei, which descends from the mountains of Sa yansk. On going out from Kamsk Michael informed Nadia and Nicholas that they would find only one little town of some importance, Nijni Oudinsk, before Ir kutsk. Nicholas answered that he knew that there was a telegraphic sta tion in that town. Therefore if Nijni Oudinsk had been abandoned like Kamsk he would certainly be oblig;ed to seek for some occupation in the cap ital of eastern Siberia. From Kamsk to the neighboring town was very long, about a hundred and thirty versts. After having crossed the little river of Biriousa the kibitka reached Biriou sinsk on the morning of tha 4t~h of Sep tember. There, v-ery fortunately, Nich alas, who saw his provisions becoming exhausted, found in an abandon~ed bake house a dozen cakes, prepared with mutton fat, and a large supply of boil ed rice. After a reasonable halt they contin ned their journey once more on the aft. ernoon of the Stha of September- The distance to Irkutsk was not more than 500 versts. Nothing in their rear sig naled the advance guard of the Tar tars. Michael Strogoff had ther-efore settled down to think that his journey would not again be interrupted and that in eight days or in ten at the most he would be in the presencee of tue grand duke. In coming out of Biriousinsk a hare crossed the road about thirty paces in front of the kibitka. "Ah!I" said Nicholas. "What is the matter, friend?" asked Michael Strogoff eagerly, as a blind man whom the least noise held on the watch. "Did you not see?" said Nicholas., whose smiling face suddenly became cloudy. - Then he added: "Ahnoyoucould' not see, and it is Apy no, you, good father!" h"ppy Io yove seen nothIng," said Na din.I "So much the better! So much the better! Eut I-I have seen!" "What was it. then?" asked Miehael Strogoff. "A hare that came across our path!" answered Nicholas. In Russia when a hare crosses the path of-a traveler popular belief loks upon it as a sign of approaching ev-il. Nicholas. superstitious as are the greater pa-t of the Russians, had stop ped the kibitka. Michael Strogoff understood the lies Itation of his companion, although aie did not share his credulity regarding hares crossing the path. and he- wished to reassure him. - "We have nothing to fear, friend." he said to him. "Nothing for you nor for her, I know,I good father," answered Nicholas, "but for me!" And, continuing, said he: "I is my destiny." And hie again put his horse to the trot. Meanwhile, in spite of the sad prog nostications, the day passed by with out any accident. Next day. Sept. 9, at noon the kibitka ~halted at the town of Alsalevsk. as do-; serted as was the surrounding country. There on the threshold of a house Nadia found two of those knives with long, sharp blades used by ,Siberian hunters. She gave one of them to Mi chael Strogoff, who hid it under his coat, and she kept the other for her self. The kibitka was not more than sixty-five versts from Nijni Oudinsk. Nicholas during the last two dayvs had not been able to regain his usual: good humor. The evil ome~n had affect ed him more than one could have be lieved, and he who up to that time had never remained an hoar without talk ig had now long spells of silence', from which even Nadia could with difficulty withdraw him. In spite of all his somewhat fataiistic resignation he wvould not believe him self safe except within the walls of Irkutsk. Many Ilussians would have thought like Nicholas, and moire thiau one, pulling the bridle of his hor-se, would have turned back after seeing a hare cross their pathl. The next day, toward 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Nicholas descried on tihe horizon the high belfries of the church es of Nijni Oudinsk. They were ct-owu ed with thick columns of vaplor which could not be clouds. Nicholas and Nadia looked and comt municated to Michael StrogoY lihe ire sut of their observations. They must decide their course of action at once. If the town had been abandoned. theyv could pass through it wit nout any risk. but if by a movement that they3 could Inot explain the Tartars -alreadly occu -Let us advance prudently," said Mi chael Strogoff, "but let us advance!" Another verst was made. He was about to propose to Nicholas to leave the route and in case of neces sity only to regain it after having turn ed Nijul Oudinsk, when the sound of a gun was heard on the right. A ball hissed, and the horse in the kibitka, struck in the head, fell dead. At the same instant, a dozen horse men threw themselves on the road, and the kibitka was surrounded. Michael Strogoff, Nadia and Nicholas, without having had timie to recover themselves, were prisoners and being led rapidly toward Nijni Oudinsk. The next day, 11th of September, the detachment passed through the town of Chibarlinskoe. At that time an incident occurred which was to have very serious conse quences. The nig!t had come. The Tartar horsemen, having had a halt, were more or less drunk. They were about to continue their journey. Nadia, who up to that time, as though by a miracle, had been respected by those soldiers. was iusulted by oue of them. Michael StrogofE had been able to see neither the insult nor the insulting per son, but Nicholas had seen for him. Then quietly, without having reflect ed, without perhaps having any con sciousness of his action, Nicholas made straight for the soldier, and before the latter could make any movement to stop him, snatching a pistol from the pommel-of his saddle, he discharged it full at his breast. The officer who had command of the detachment ran up immediately at the sound of the pistol. The horsemen were about to cut Nich *las in pieces, but at a sign from the officer they bound him fast with cords, they flung him across a horse, and the detachment set off at a gallop. The cord which tied Michael Strogoff, gnawed by him, broke at an unexpect ed dash of the horse, and its rider, half drunk, carried away in a quick run, did not even perceive it. Michael Strogoff and Nadia found themselves .lone on the road. [To BE coNTINUED.] Calling the Hours. There is one place in London, and only one, where the ancient custom of keeping a watchman to call out the hours is still maintained. This Is at New inn, which in spite of its name is one of the oldest inns of court. The servants there are quite proud of the age of the place, and it was one of them who said one day: "Why, sir, this inn was here in the time of Charles I." After a long pause, to allow this stun ing fact to percolate through the brain Of the hearer, he extended his arm and added with emphasis: "And it was here in the time of Charles II.!" Some vague notion of the disturb ances which intervened between the t two reigns had probably been floating through the man's mind, but how an xisting institution could possibly have ated from the reign of Charles I. with ut coming dtown through the reign of Chmrles II. he failed to explain. Beginning at the stroke of 10 o'clock very night, the watchman in the yard f New inn "calls the hour" in a sten orian but musical voice: "Ten o'clock, and all's well" The words are heard in the adjioin' t ng chambers and offices. Tenants in Clement's inn, whose rcoms look into he pretty yard and garden of New inn. may hear these words every hour hrough the night if awake. - New ork Times. - The Indian Duck Trick. A little tin or earthen pan or some imes half a cocoanut shell supported n three stones is filled with water on which is sprinkled a red p)owder'. ren ering it practically opaque. A little uck of wood or' porcelain is placed1 upon the surface, where it at first loats, but at the command of the per former suddenly dives, remuaining sub merged until again ordered to rise. This very ingenious trick depends upon the fact that in the bottom of the ~ vessel there is a minute hole thr~ough which passes a hair. One end of this Is attached to the duck; the other r-e mains at the dispos'al of the perform er nd Is attached, by means of a pellet I f wax, to his tomitom or to one of the ands with which he beat~s it. When e wishes the duck to dive, he pulls the hair. When he desires it to rise. be relaxes the pull. There is naturally some amount of ekage through the pinhole, and to over this the performer takes care, when filling the pan. to accidentally (?) spill a little water. The ground being thus already wetted, the fact that it gets a little more is not noticed. Chambers' Journal. The Thing to Rin Awa' WI' Sillar. Wealth is a relative term. One man may be passing rich on ?40 a year. and nother may be miserably poor on ?00. This was beautifully Illustrated o me the other day, when, driving past popular Ayrshire "place of dr'inks," I I was hailed from the roadside by a man who claimed friendship on the strength C f "living next door when we were ys." He was getting married, he aid, and on that, I suppose. was feel Ing unusually happy. "Man, come on in and let me staun ou something," he said. "Don't thir' I've nae money. There's a pound note. Would you believe it, no' a week sin' had hale ?3; but, what wi' buyinga furniture and things. I've spent the jt ither twa. Aye, and afore the wad en's ower I believe that pouml'll be elted tae. By gore, gettin' married's a the thing to rn awa' wi' sillar. But ome on in and hae a drink."-Glasgow a imes. s His Three Good Deeds. A certain business man noted for his rasping methods came into his office ne day and told his partner that he as v'ery happy because he had done three good deeds that morning. "In the first place," he said, "I met a poor oman who was weeping bitterly be- a ause she had lost the $4 with which she had intended to pay for the bap. tism of her baby. I gave her a ten dollar bill, telling her to have the clild d aptized and give me the change as I ame from my club. Charity was one good deed. Saving the child's soul was the second." "And what was the third?" asked the partner. "Oh, the third was that I got six good dollars for my green goods ten." A City of Padlocks. Irkutsk, Siberia, is a city of padlocks. here are more padlocks on the shut ters and doors of an Irkutsk shop than can be found in utn English city of c 200,000. There ai'e as many as three r adlocks on some shop dooi's. and ev ery lower story shutter bears fi'om onet to fire. The padlocks weigh from one to fifteen pounds. The popular size is five pounds and two and one-half inch-s -L BATTERY ./OYC E ENG.Co ~4 i8'SLAND F. W. WAGENER, PR STORY OF TWO FLAGS. lo a Man's Life Was Saved at the Very Last Moment. The following stirring incident of the wo flags happened at Valparaiso, ~le, and was related at Montreal In I by the Rev. Dr. J1. 0. Pck. Dr. ~k said: "he man who gave me the facts 1 mabout to relate was Mr. Hdiskins, nAmerican sailor who had sailed to ort in Chile. On going ashore, he a, to enjoy his day of liberty he ak a little andl became hilarious. nof the police otficers, Instead of -ning him not to make a noise in estreet, drew his sword and, strik ghim a blow, knocked him down. nthat the Americana sailor got up nknocked the policeman down in ern. He was on that arrested and d and condemned to be shot in the aning of the following day. "r. Loring. the American consul, ex :ulated with the authorities that It ld be monstrous to shoot the man rsuch an offense, but they paid no tnton to him, so he thereupon made frmal protest in the name of the nted States government against the barous act. Mr. Haskins, the stail .was In the morning brought out ioned to be shot. "s the English consul was prepar gto hoist the union jack he saw the rod in the field opposite, where the eution of the American sailor, of hch he had heard, was to take place. uhing over the American consul, he i, 'Loring, you're not going to let ne shoot that man!' 'What can I do?' he said. 'I have :ested against it. I can do no more.' "uck as thought the English con fshouted. 'Give me your flng!' And t trice the stars and stripes were ded to the English representative. t nce, taking his own union jack in shand, he hastened across the field, Iwed his way through the crowd dsoldiery, and, running up to the omed man, he folded the American garound him and then laid the un nack over it. Standing a few paces c, he faced the officers and soldiers dshouted defiantly, 'Now, shoot, if ndare, through the heart of Eng d and America!' And they dared not do' it, for they erd the consequences, so the man sat once released. In'telling me," dDr. Peck. "Mr. Haskins said to with tears streaming down his eks eien then, 'They loosed me e, and, oh, how I Icnged to embrace oe two flags!' "-Anglo-American. POULTRYPOINTERS. safe rule In feeding Is to give ogh to satisfy and no more. Droppings should not be a''lowed to* emulate in the poultry house longer :n a week. Bone dust supplies an abundance of emaking material and counteracts nytendency to diarrhea. When possible, give the poultry house sthern exposure and furnish that ewith an abundance of light. While wheat is one of the best grains feed to fowls, it should not be fed to ~css or It may cause diarrhea, Feed with other grains. Loss of feathers is generally caused ywant of greet food or want o1f a s bath. Supply both, and, as a local plication, use mercurial ointment. Breed the beet flesh formers for mar t;hen feed them up to as great :L eiht as possible. Well fattened, well resed poultry bring the best prices. Impressive Condemnation. Speaking with a farmer about one of isneighbors, I said, "So-and-so Is a o man." He looked at me steadily itout making any reply. "So-and-so is a good man," I repeated a louder tone, fancying he must be 'Ten the farmer answered, "I heard ht you said."-New York Herald. Terrible Effect of Eloquence. J1 A unfortunate man has obtained ac esto rich Baron Rtapineau. He de- I ics his misfortunes, his misery, in so oing a~ manner that the baron, with1 ~s in his eyes and his voice choked -it sobs, calls to his servant: "ean, put this p'oor fellow out in the -ODUNT PLEASAN1~ LE PINCKNEY ~RPLEY LT. ~PENING DEC. 18T 19 CLOSING JUNE IDENT. JNO. H. AVEF - Poi:2ted Paragraphs. Brimful is always a popular measure. True love doesn't cut much congealed a qua pura in a divorce case. You- never really know a man unless you allow yourself to owe him money. A theatrical angel is probably so-called because his money has wings and fies. The name' on an umbrella doesn't necessarily belong to the man who has the umbrella. Many a woman who knows how to dress herself knows very little about dressing a tur key. It is a good physician who administers medicine to the heart in the shape of wit and humor. A man may be willing to ad mit that his wife knows more than he does, but just the same he objects to her running his business. Time is occasionally grasped by the forelock, but the mnajori ty of us are lucky if we succeed in grabbing him by the back hair. Know Tour Own Uspaceny. If the people about you are carrying n their business or their benevolence t a pace which draws the life out of you, resolutely take a slower pace; be aled a laggard. make less money. ae complsh less work than they, but be what you are meant to be and can be. You have your natural limit ot power is much as an engine-ten horsepower r twenty or a hundred. You are fit to do certain kinds of work, and you eed a ertain kind and amount of fuel and a certaln kind of handling. George S. M1erriam. A Good Name. Tess--Oh, yes, she married a man with a highly honored name. Jess-Whati I never considered Sedds a highly honored name. Tes--Well, you should see the way it's honored at the bank.-Phla~delphia Press. 3TATE OF SOUTH CAROUINA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. aroline B. Salinas, C. Ed ward Sali nas and Anthony J. Salinas. co partners, trading under the firm name of A. J. Salhnas & Sons, and S. A. Rigby, Plaintiffs. against saac Rhiame, Hiram Rhamne, other. wise called Hiram Tension, David Rhame, Henry Rhamne and oth ers, D)efendants. udgment for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A udgment Order of the Court of Coin non Pleas, in the above stated ae :ion, to mue directed, bearing date of November 26, 1901, I will sell at pub ic auction, to the highest bidder for ash, at Clarendon Court House, at ~anning, in said count'y, within the egal hours for judicial sales, on Mon lay, the 6th day of January, 1002, eing salesday, the following de ;cribed real estate:. All that tract or parcel of land sit 2ated in the said county in -said state, containing one hundred acres, nore or less, and bounded as follows: )n the north. by lands now or for nerly of Dr. William E. Dinkins and >e of the public roads of said coun ;y; on the east, by lands nowv or for nerly of said Dr. William E. Dinkins nd lands of the estate of P. M. Bat-' er: on tihe south, by lands of the aid estate of the said P. M. Butler mnd Nat's branch and by lands of the *state of Obediah Rhamne, now lands >f John W. Rhame; on the wvest, by* he public :road, Nat's branch and ands of the estate of Obediah Rhame, he said premises being the same( hich were conveyed to tihe said Jo eph Rhame by William WV. Rich-. ourg. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. 0.. November 6, 1901. 119-4t 1E 1902. ILL, DIRECTOR GENERAL_-. senator Cclops. Senator Tillman called a page to him the other day and asked him the name of a new senator who was sitting on the Repub lican side of the chamber. The Ipage, being one of this -session's appointees, was not only igno rant of the new senator's name but did not even know Senator Tillman. In his.. dilemma, he went to Journal Clerk MacDon ald. is "Who isthe man with one eye?" he asked, referring to Mr. Tillman.' "Cyclops," replied MacDonald without looking up from his book and thinking of the gentle man who figures in ancien mythology. - n The boy rushed back to Till man. "Now, Senator Cyclops," he~said triumphantly, "I will go E and find out the other senator's E name."-Washington Post. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLUNA, County of Clarendon, COURT OF COMiMON PLEAS. Jane WV. Tobias, Mary C. Welch, Margarette A. Tobias, Lula V. M. Player, Benjamin T. Tobias, Henry L. Tobias and Matilda To-= bias, Plaintiffs, against Mary Tobias, Henry' Tobias, Eliza beth Tobias, Sarah Tobias, C. M. Mason and A. Levi and D. Levi, i Executors of the last will and - testament of M. Levi. deceased. Defendants. Decree for Partition and Sale., UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com-. mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date November 20, 1901, I will sell at pub lic auction, for cash, to the highest bidder, at ClarendonCourt House, at Manning,i in said county, within the, legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon da'y, the 6th day of January, 1902, being salesday, the following de scribed real estate: All that plantation or tract of land lying, being and situated in the 9 county of Clarendon and State afore said, containing two hundred and thirty-six (2.36) acres, more or less, and bounded on the north by~ lands of the estate of M. Levi and lands of Esther Watt; east, by lands formerly of C. S. Land, now said to belong to E. L. Wilkins; south, by lands of J. J. Holladay, and west by lands of Thomas Wilson. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheif Clredo [Count Sann iff S C.aDecembe County0. Mannng. . C. Decmber11[1901. STATE OF SO UTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. H. P. Spear and A. H. Silcox, as Ad ministrators, with the will an-1 nexed, of F. A. Silcox, deceased, Plaintiffs, agrainst William G. Frierson, Defendant. Decree Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF Al Judgment Order of the Court ofCoin mon Pleas, in the above stated ac-1 tion, to me directed, bearing date No vemnber 20, 1901, I will sell at public1 auction, for cash, to the highest bid der, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the~ legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon- . day, the 6th day of January, 1902, be ing salesday, the following described real estate: All that certain plantation or tract of land in Clarendon county, State aforesaid, measuring and containingj nine hundred acres, more or less, butting and bounding to the north by edge of Potato creek; east, by Wyboo swamp; South, by Santee river swamp, and wvest by* lands no w owned by J. A. Quackenibush, an d being the land allotted to the defend ant in the division of his father's es tate. Purchaser to pay for papers. I J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., December 11, 1901.. r19-t e lay 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 'u r growing and expanding business, *ere forced to seek more commodious Inarters. Accordingly we contracted for and leased the old J. T. Solomon %tore next to the court house, and after an expenditure of considerable 2ioney we have now one of the handsomest and best equipped stores in the ,ity, 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 niot pay full market price, and having the very best facilities for handling otton we can guarantee prices to those favoring us with their patronage. ~.lVYVYInYViVTTVYYViVinyvyyVTT yynnvyTn this season is advancing, but we have a magnificently selected stock, con. 'D ry 0 Ls ' tracted for early. and ahead of any ad uunnnnunuuununnununvance, that we think will be of'inter est to the people 'to examine before buying elsewhere. LIVITVITIivVITI ITTYTTITIY Tillinny1 are our fLvorite stock and we believe that we have as large and as complete 3 line, from the best factories in the unuunnuunh~AnAuinhA nnuunh United States as any house away from wholesale trade; in fact we do a-large jobbing trade in Dry Goods and Shoes. JViv7!yyYYiyyynni yVyyyJtyviti n can only be properly selected by ex perts and we have had the advantage Cloth m g of an expert who makes a thorough nuunununnnaanuunansastudy of the styles to select this stoeli, and we want everybody to come. nd and see how well an'd cheaply we can dike them out. - n is a line that we defy competition in style, shapes, qnality and prices. No at Smatter who you want a Hat for or - nnnnnnsinuawhat price you want to pay for it; we can suit yon in every respect.. We . have.a fall line of Boys' Hats also. iiyvvyy~yyywyywiryvivyyvny~ bon'ght altogether in car load lots and with a view of competing with job G roceries I hers. A farmer can secure from us. anything in the' Grocery line, either Fancy or Heavy goods, at pricest can .only produce profits by the o me of business done. - Our store will continue to be headquarters for the farmers of Claren [on, and in our new quarters we can give our friends more attention be anse we have more room to do business. We want you to come to see us, next 'door to the court house and you iave our guarantee that your wants will be supplied regardle's of compe ition. 3 rig TYcott. COt k~a. SUMTER, S C. 'PAINTS | OILS Write Us for Prices t 'Scales.____ WI~LAM M. BIRD & CO, 8LJFRFrISINGC, :o~Yg ~LTereaemn people surprLsda wha the EJ.~. uralvalu at a aru-gvng store, i s wort 3 ilenable you to have a prize at your own rIt yu ar oigto teExpstonts a will find the largest stock of Clothing, (lent's Fur nishing Goods and Hats in this city. SUITS and OVERCOATS made to order fo........................s o00tose O ET WE GUARANTEE A FIT.,.. S TROUSERS,8 of 0 to 50 er pair.DUHS OUNG'S HATS-the best 33 00 union Hat made. and HAMLILTON-GARHART1T OVERALLS, Special .: lesman attends to all mail orders. We hire him specially for that purpose. NOBR W p GRANITE . C E~ O T HI IN 0 224 KING ST., Opp. Academy of MusIc, O1 A R T.' TOW - - S. 0. ~(Southern Fruit Co. W. H. IISON, Manager. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUITand PRODUCE. e .......iuiactuvers' Agents fore ...... IBARRELS, BASKETS, CRATES, Etc. High Grade Vegetable Seeds. GilALESON, - - - - - S. C. Nm. E. H olmes & Co., 209 East .Bay, - CHARLESTON, S. C. ---Dealers in PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH AND BRUSHES, LANTERNS, TAR PAPER AND BUILDING PAPER. Headquarters foi the Celebrated Palmetto Brand of Cylinder, Planing, En