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S. L. I RASNOFF, W#00 Youg Huseeenes othi Are often in doubt as to the proper arrangements of their households. and the right place where to get the right goods for the proper arrangements of the house. It is very important for beginners to be careful in their selec tions. as mistakes are very costly, especially for people of small means. It has been our motto in all cases to give the inex perienced our best advice and furnish them with goods mostly needed for the least money. Being in the furni ture business for a number of years, and having done business with the most successful housekeepers in this community, has taught us many good lessons as to what is mostly needed for the comfort and good arrangement of a nice home, and being a mechanic by trade, of many years actual work at the bench, enables us to know the merits of good constructed furniture. The th6usands of satisfied customers will freely at test to the high grade of goods they are able to get here and the reasonable prices they have got it. We are.proud of the fact that since we have entered the furniture busi ness here it is not necessary to have to order goods from the larger cities, as we carry the most expensive goods in the State. We have sold many single pieces at $50 and $75, and suits up to $250, which is more than any town three times the size can boast of. We do not wish to gain your trade by high-fraized advertisements, we ask you to come and see for yourself, for it takes the-naked-eye to percive what language fails to express, and it will fully pay you to come an. look over our line before you buy. Hard times with you, make it hard with us, and to meet the emergencies we have reduced our prices consid erably, in order to enable you to buy, and us to raise money to meet our obligations, so we promise you good goods for cheap prices. !. L.R A SIN OFF, 8 THE FURNITURE MAN. "Uncle Billy's Favorite Blend" of Selected MVoyune, Ceylon and Gunpowder IS THE BEST ARTICLE AT THE PRICE EVER OFFERED OUR PATRONS. By a special arrangement we have purchased a fine stock of the above excellent varieties and through scientific blending we are enabled to offer a superior article of tea at Only 50c. Per Pound. We have it in two distinct blends-one for icing and the other for drinking hot. Enough said. A trial will do the rest. T?OU'LL FIND IT AT Purveyors of Palate Ticklers. WE AE daily receiving additions to our stock. and it is our intention to bring the herightest and most attractive goods to be had for the money, no matter where we may have to go get them. We want to call your attention to our ine stock of staple CROCKERY, 6LASSWAR E. TINWARE, AND AGATEWARE. We hav e eerything in open stock, no need to buy sets, you can get one piece or as many piees as youi want at the very lowest possible price. Our con tiuned sales of COOK STOVES AND RANGES is an evidence of the splendid values we are giving in these goods. The excel leut cooking qualities of the 0. K. Stove or Range, their handsome and massive appearance, their elegant proportions of their makeup, the favorable impression inde by tnem as compared with other stoves all go towards helping us make sales Anyone with a critical eye can readily judge when they once see our 0. K. Prince Stove at $12.50, or our 0. K. Duke at $15.50. Why they are so poular we will appreciate a call from any housekeeper who has never seen these stoves and will take pleasure in show~ing where they so far excell others. FARMERS: non't forget to harvest your hay crop this year the first favorable weather. If von have not got a Mower come and see us at once, we have Mowers and Rakes that do the work any where that machinery can be used, and often where others have failed. SYRACUSE TWO-HORSE PLOWS. We have all sizes of these well-known and popular pilows. AMERICAN FIELD FENCING. We have a large tock of this well-knowni feneing. Let us figure and .ow you how cheaply you can fence your pasture or farmt. and raise cattle and miake'money while yeu sleep. veytuyor. Manning Hardware Co. SEE THE DERBY ONCE. The Horse Race incident Is by Long Odds the Least of It. It is a matter of twenty odd miles from London to Epsom, in whose vi cinity the historie r:ce course lies, and samnples of tlmost every curious thing there is in ohl England are to he seen along the various roadways. if there were but one road to Epsom, half of the prxession that starts from Lon don on the morning of Derby day would be left struggling in the out skirts of the city long after the great race had been run. Eut there are many, though lone too many, since each is packed to the point of discom fort from early dawn until far into the night. The Derby is a thing for the foreign er to see once and ever afterward to hold in grateful memory, because it is an experience that could never repeat itself to the satisfaction of the mere onlooker. Primarily it is, of course, a horse race, but the race, which occu pies such a fleeting breath of time, is by long odds the least of it. Other wise it is an expression of Britishism such as may not be witnessed upon any other occasion. It is the one day in the year, I believe, on which Eng lish society levels itself out upon the first principle of the brotherhood of man. "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant. chief," without distinction and with perfect camaraderie, come together with the evident if unconscious pur pose of proving that to be merely Brit ish is all that any true Briton can rea sonably desire. The foreigners are the only specta tors. Everybody else is "in the cast," as it were, and it is difficult to judge whether the king. with his nobles and their bevy of brilliantly attired ladies, or the coster in his donkey cart, with "the missus and the kids." is the lead ing actor. Perhaps it would be bet ter to call it a variety show and to de cide that each in his "turn" is a star in his own particular performance. Leslie's Weekly. MOHAMMED'S BLOODY HAND istory of the Imprint on a Pillar In the Chrrch of St. Sophia. In the course of our exploration in Constantinople we visited a building in an obscure and poor quarter of Stamboul inhabited solely by Moham medans. It is called the Mosque Kahrie, but it is or was a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The beauty of the o'sque ceiling and walls not even cen turies of neglect have been able to ob iterate. When we returned to the great Church of St. Sophia, now a mosque, and saw again the print of the bloody hand of Mohammed, which is pointed out high up on the wall of that once Christian church, we understand its significance better than we had at first sight. Mohammed II. after advancing his outposts gradually and stealthily had finally, as if in a night, crossed the Bosporus from Asia and raised his forts on the European side of the stream. Just the day before, on a trip up the Bosporus, we had seen the uins of those fortifications. The rulers of the c'ty had protested in vain against this encroachment. hen the Moslems finally attacked the city the Christians fied in terror to St. Sophia. An ancient legend, firmly believed, promised that this sanctuary as absolutely safe. Mohammed proved the fallacy of their trust by breaking down the doors, urdering- those who had sought safe t there, men, women and children o many of them that finally, forcing his horse over the great pile of dead bodies, away up on the side of a pillar e planted his bloody hand on the lear wall in token of his victory over the Christians. That, gory hand still overshadows the fairest portion of southeastern Europe.--Rosary Maga Deaths Fromn Appendicitis decrease in the same ratio that the use f Dr. King's New Life Pills increases. They save you from danger and bring nick and painless release from consti pation and the ills growing out of it. strength and vigor always follow their ase. Guarnteed by Druggist. 25c. Try Lhem. Sold at The Arant Co.Drug store. TiRE IVORY MARKETI usks by the Acre Exhibited at the Big London Docks. One of the sights of London is the rreat ivory floor at the London docks, where previous to and during the pe riodical sales ivory may be seen liter lly by the acre, for the tusks are laid out in lots on the floor of one of the great warehouses for inspection by in tending purchasers. For weeks previ ous to the actual sale the special staff of the ivory department has been busy riaring the various consignments nd :trauging them according to the sizes and ouality and classing them into the various grades, each of which has some particular use for which it is especially adapted. There is practically no waste in the manufacturing of articles from ivory. The smallest chip is not thrown away, but carefully preserved to be utilized for some purpose. Even the shavings from the turning 'down of a billiard ball have a market value for use in in aid work. Consequently the lots in an ivory sale by no means consist of tusks and sections of tusks alone, but include the residue from mat~y previous sales. Buyers purchase the particular class that they require for their own individual industry and subsequently return what in most other materials would be waste to be resold to manu facturers of a different class of goods. Though there is "no waste," oddly enough the most important considera tion, from di buyer's point of view, is how much waste" will a certain lot produce in the course of transforming it into his own particular line. Thus a lot that would be dear to one would be a gift to another, and vice versa. The mos~t valuable class of ivory is that suitable for making billiard balls. To conform to the requirements the tusk must be perfectly sound and solid, without the slightest suspicion of a crack or flaw, and, moreover, they must measure only a trifle more than the T'eguation size billiard ball or they will cut to waste, from the manu facturers' point of view. On the arriv al of a consignment of unworked ele phant ivory from abroad the first prep aration for the sale floor consists of a thorough cleaning of the Interior or hollow part of the tusk. This Is done by means of wads attached to long sticks. The exact length of the hollow is thereby revealed, and In addition cracks and flaws that cannot be ob served on the exterior are at times dis losed. Soundness is the one thing tat sways every class of buyer; flaws mean waste; waste means resale at a lowe fin-r per'naud. ",LucKY" BALDWIN. Hi1s Whirlwind of Speculation In the 3ininx Rerions. In 1s53 a little party of gold seekers with a meager outfilt of horses and wagous started for California from the village of'Racine, Wis. in command of this adventurous expedition was a young mani who took with him his wife and infant daughter. His unme was E. J. Baldwin and he made a wise choice in shaking from his restless feet the dust of a tamer civilization. IIe needed a larger theater of act ion for his pent-up and surging activities. While trailing through the mountains of U1tah the pioneers were attacked by Indians, who were beaten off during a six hour fight in which young Baldwin killed their chief. After six months of hard ship the party reached Hangtown (later called Placerville), in California. Here Baldwin tarried and began placer mining. Ile appears to have been no more than an ordinary red shirted argonaut. meeting the ups and downs of mining luck until the dis covery of the Comstock lode at Virgin ia City. Thither he drifted and discov cred- that his natural bent was gam bling with the mines that other men had opened. Amid a whirlwind of speculation he fought his way with such success that he loomed from the smoke in a few months as "Lucky" Baldwin, the man who had cleaned up i,500,000 in the gigantic deals in the stock of the Ophir mines. . San Francisco va: the Mecca of those lucky sons or otune who were rearing a great city by the (lden Gate. As a stock and mining speCnla tor "Lucky" Baldwin shone respen dent, but he was also a loyal son of San Francisco. He built hotels and theaters and business blocks even while le was amazing that far from conservative community by madly freakish extravagances. In a very lucid interval he bought all the Spanish grants he could find near Los Angeles and there spent a million in making this ranch of his not only a splendidly productive property, but al so one of the most beautiful estates ever laid out in this or any other coun try. It was his hobby, his pet, and he planted miles of avenues with noble shade trees and made wonderful trop ical gardens, surrounding his home by a'paradise of vernal beauty.-Ralph D. Paine in Outing Magazine. "TELL IT TO THE MARINES." Pepys' Version of the Origin of the Expression by Charles IL The saying. "Tell it to the marines," is traced to Pepys, the author of the famous "Diary," and it is said by him to have originated with Charles II. of England. "It so befell," as the story goes, "that his light hearted majesty, with an exceedingly bored expression on his swarthy face, was strolling in the shade with the ingenious Mr. Pepys, secretary to the admiralty. "I had speech yester'en at Deptford,' said Mr. Pepys, 'with the captain of the Defryance, who hath lately returned from the Indies and who told me the two most wonderful things that ever, I think, I did hear in my life.' Among the stories told were of fish flying In the air. 'Fish flying in the air!' ex claimed his majesty. 'Ha, ha! A quaint :onceit, whieh 'twere too go'od to spoil WI' keeping. What ho, sir'-he turned ad l~eckoned the colonel, Sir William [iligrew of the newly raised mari tme regiment of foot, who was fol owing in close conversation with the Duke of York-'we would discourse with you on a matter touching your wn element What say you, colonel, to a man who swears he hath seen fishes to fly in the air?' "'I should say, sire," returned the sea soldier simply, 'that the man hath sailed in southern seas, for when your majesty's business carried me thither f late I did frequently observe more flying filush in one hour than the hairs f my head in number.' "Old Rowley glanced narrowly at the olonel's frank, weather beaten face. Then, with a laugh, he turned to the secretary. "'Mr. Pepys,' said he, 'from the very ature of their calling no class of our subjects can have so wide a knowledge f seas and lands as the officers and men of our loyal maritime regiment enceforth 'ere ever we cast doubts upon a tale that lacketh likelihood we will first tell it to the marines.'" Army and Navy Journal. Your stomach churns and digests the food you eat and if foul, or torpid, or out of order, your whole system suffers from blood poison. Hollister's Rocky ountain Tea keeps you well. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.' Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. BAD SLEEP!NG HABITS. Snoring~. Gr::i:.- te Teeth ar Man is4 tihe vi'tun1 or bad habits In his sleep as: well: ::s in his waking bous. So ti'e;::i. : are some o these bad e-aliti.: o:- see that they blige wife as:d !husbaid to occupy separate rooms,. e'veni :t thaces causing divorce. Snorhng is'~ c: .'wrs the commonest if not the wo.-d Ksee ;'s had habits. Snoring toay bv re:a'di:d. There are a dozen patetede acier tht. holding the mouth shiut tight., prevent the snore. Grinding the teeth is a disagreeable habit of sleep. It i.s ianpossible to sleep in the same room wvith any one who emits at irregular intervals this hide >us sound. The trick is said to be in :urable, but a rubber cap worn on the teeth renders the grinding almost noiseless. Nervous persons sometimes leap in their sleep a foot or more In the air, shakig the bed and the whole room. Te man who ;jives eight or nine of these leaps in the course of the night soon becomes an intolerable bedfellow. Nerve tonics and exercise should be prescribed for him. Nasal whistling is a habit less, easy to cure than snoring. The sleeper keeps his moutit closed, but breathes with a distressing sound through his nose. The sound resembles a low thistleanld, heard in the small hours, is guaraneed to madden. Great Men Who Drank. Cato was a hard drinker, while, in the language of one writer, old Ben Jonson wvas constantly "pickled." The poet Savage used to go on the hardest kinds of "tears," and Rogers observed, after seeing his own statue, "It is the first time I have seen him stand straigtfor many -years." Byron says of Prson, the gieat- classical scholar, "I can never ~recollect him except .as drunk or brutal, and. generally both." Ken~ts wvas on a spree once that last ed six months. Horace, Plrato, Aris tophanes, Euripides, Alcaeus, Socrates and Ta-sso of the old timers and Goethe, iSchiller, Addison, Pitt, Fox, Blakstone, Fielding, Sterne and Steele were all hard drinkers at interv'als. tbumerfimes A Bridge KCept In Repair by Mussels. The byssus, or silky beard, by which the mussel moors itself to.the stone, is a familiar object of our sea rocks. It is in its nature like the silk of the silk worm and exudes in a glutinous thread from an organ at the base of the foot. The following is an instance in which the mooring of the mussel was useful to effect a purpose which human skill could not accomplish: A large bridge, with twenty arches, in the town of Biddeford, in Devonshire, crosses the Torridge river near the spot of its junction with the Taw. The tide flows so very rapidly here that it was found impossible to keep the bridge in repair by means of mortar. The corporation therefore keeps boats employed in bringing mussels to it, and the inter stices of the bridges are filled by hand with these mussels. ' It is supported from being driven away by the tide entirely by the strong threads which these mussels fix to the stonework, and by an act or grant it is a crime liable to transportation for any person to re move the mussels unless in the pres ence and by the consent of the c'or porative trustees.-Scottish Nights. The Ruling Passion. No self respecting actor will admit that his show is not drawing full houses every night. One of the profes sion who plays juvenile parts recently met a leading man on the Rialto. The leading man was dressed in deep blp'J. There was a wide band of crape on his hat, and he had discarded the patent loather shoes an actor loves for others of a subdued polish that spoke of grief. "What's the matter?" asked the ju enile. "My father is dead," answered the leading man in a heartbroken voice. The juvenile expressed his sympathy. -When did he die?" he asked. "Last week. We buried him today a nice funeral," answered the heart broken one. "Large attendance?" asked the ju venile. A smile of enthusiastic delight flash ed over the mourner's face. "Large attendance!'' he cried. "My boy, we turned 'em away."-New York News. "Hail Columbia's" Fi-st Rendition. "Hail Columbia" was written in 1798 by Joseph Hopkinson when congress, in session at P.hiladelphia, was debat ing what attitude to assume in the struggle between France and England. Party feeling ran high, and the air was surcharged with patriotic enthusi asm. A young actor In the city .who was about to have a benefit came to Hopkinson in despair and said that twenty boxes remained unsold, and it looked as if the proposed benefit would prove a failure. If Hopkinson would write him'a patriotic song adapted to the tune of "The President's March," then popular, It would save the day. The following afternoon the song was ready. It was duly advertised, the house was packed, and in wild enthusi asm the song was encored and re-en cored. One Side of the Mouth. Did you ever meet a stranger who talked from one side of his mouth, usually in an undertone and with his eyes wandering while talking? The man's manner Is not an indication that e is weighing his words or has some thing important to tell. It is almost a sure sign that he has spent years in ail. This manner of talking is ac uired in prison, where conversation among prisoners is prohibited and where the men have to talk out of one side of their mouths in order to prevent the keeper from noticing that conversa tion is going on. The habit sticks to the convicts for years after -they get, out.-New York Press. One at a Time. Women do not mass as well as men do. They lose by aggregation. A street car full of women makes walking seem ttrative. A regiment of men is pleas ing. A regiment of women would be isturbing. So there are some flowers hat, although individually charming, o not bunch well. Taken in large roups, women are objectionable. It Is s individuals or in small squads that they are so incomparably interesting. Life. Two Points of View. On one occasion, at a party given by Sir John Millais, Lady Halle rose to play the violin, when to her intense amusement she heard Landseer ex claim: "Good .gracious! A woman playing the fiddle!" On the other hand, an old fashioned nobleman when he saw a gentleman sit down to the piano contemptuously remarked, "I wonder if the creature can sew." Going to a Lecture. Jaggsby (2 a. m.)-I shay, offisher, is thish-hic-Blanik street? Policeman Yes. Jaggsby-Wish you'd-hic-d'rect ie to 411. Goin' to-hic-'tend lecture there. Policeman-What! Attend a lecture at this hour of the morning? Iaggsby-Yes. Thashs where I-hic live, an' I'm married. Shee?-Chicago News. Hi. Size. Cholly Nowitt - D'ye know, Miss Smart, though I've only just met you, there seems to be a sort of intellectual sympathy between us. You know just how to appeal to my tastes, you see. Are you a literary woman? Dolly Smart-No; I'm a kindergarten teacher. Answer Easy. Nurse (to fond mother of celebrated musical prodigy)-Please, mum, is Mas ter Willy to 'ave 'Is morning sleep or go on wiv 'is Sixteenth Sympherny? Punch. If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.-Book of Prov Dancing Proves Fatal. Many men and women catch colds at dances which terminate in pneumonia nd consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey snd Tar is taken it will break up a cold and no serious results need be feared. Refuse any but a gen uine in a yellow package. Sold by The Arant Co. Drug store. They Lov-e Dante. A. magnificent upper chambers of the municipal palace (the Palazzo Vecchio) in Florence Is set apart -in memory'o the great poe t Dante. To it-each ofdthe sixtynine provinces and all of the lar ger cities and towns of united Italy have contribute&. a banner eli.Alsfn or. There arenover 300 ofijthese bani ners in all, and,the donors' in eage; emulation, hiave ti-ied to make each - feing inore beautIful than the others. The banners are of'the.'lifferinig colors of the provinces-and bear their arms in exquisite embroidery or in paintings by the first living artists. The fervor of the hiomage .pald here to the immor tal Italian poet stiranthe heart of 'even the passing stranger.W e pj'u rd tfi..td Tobacco the "National Flower." If the great republic must have a flower, why not adopt the tobaceo plant (Nicotiana tabacum)? It is a na tive of this country and was first found in Virginia. There is nothing sectional or local about the plant, be cause today it is grown in most of the states from Florida and Louisiana to Connecticut and is now used In every nation on the globe, civilized and bar barian, If it is possible to obtain it. It is not commonly known that the to bacco plant bears a very pretty pink blossom, which might come into the flower gardens but for its rank and disagreeable odor. The Indian corn, or maize, is another plant indigenous to the United States and was found in use as food by the Indians from Vir ginia to Massachusetts. But if we must have a flower that is esteemed as such without regard to any economic considerations or utilitarian qualities, 'why not adopt the laurel (Laurus lati folia), mountain laurel or broad leaf laurel?-New Orleans Picayune. Vegetables and Fruits. The term vegetable has reference to the whole or any part of a plant culti vated especially with reference to use at the table. But the use of the word vegetable doesn't always depend upon cooking, for celery is a vegetable and apples are fruit whether eaten raw or cooked. One would suppose the toma to to be entitled to the term fruit, for the method of its raising resembles that of fruit. But it is usually called vegetable, whether eaten raw or cook ed, in spite of its appearance. The quince is so fruitlike in appearance, so resembling apples, pears, etc., that it persists In being called fruit though eaten only when cooked. Sometimes the vegetable is a bud, as with cab bages and brussels sprouts; leaves, as spinach; stems above ground, as as. paragus; stems enlarged (tubers) un derground, as common potatoes, or roots, as sweet potatoes, turnips, beets and carrots.-St. Nicholas. The Women of Tehuatepec. The climate of the Tehuantepec isth mus compares most favorably with that of Panama, being mild and health ful, writes Rene Bache in Technical World Magazine. Coffee, cacao, to bacco, vanilla and sugar cane are grown in the region, which has a pop ulation of about 50,000. The inhabit ants are hardy and industrious, those of the plains on the Pacific side being descended from the ancient race of the Zapatecos and boasting that they were never conquered by the Spaniards. It is said that the women of this race have from time immemorial been able to maintain supremacy over the weak er male sex, leaving the men at home to take care of the house and children while they carry heavy burdens to market on their heads. They are very handsome, these women, and their na tive costume is most artistic, including, a picturesque headdress. Sick Headache Cored. Sick headache is caused by derange ment of the stomach and indigestion. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets correct these disorders and effect a cure. By taking these tablets as soon as the firrt indication of the disease appears, the attack may be warded off. For sale by The Arant Co. Drug store. THUNDERS OF OLD LONDON The Most Famous Storm of the Last Century Was In 1S46. The most notable thunderstorms on record in London have generally oc curred In the month of August. That which made the greatest impression on contemporary observers during the nineteenth century happened on the 1st of the month as long ago as the year 1846, and remarkable accounts of its ravages may be found in the jour nals of the day. A thunderstorm is not a .good subject for a picture, but there appeared In one of the Illustrated pa pers a vkew of "London daring the storm -- from Blaclcheath," which, whether a work of pure Imagination or actually drawn from nature, was ex ceedingly realistic and impressive. The special feature of the storm was the hail with which it was accompanied, though the thermometer stood at 93 degrees In the shade. The panes of glass which were broken by tlie icy shower were to be counted by hun dreds of millions, and so great was the damage inflicted upon the florists and nurserymen that a month or two after ward a charity fete was held at the Old Surrey zoological gardens for their relief. It. Is Impossible, we are told, to imagie- the aspect which the windows In London streets presented before the glaziers, whose services were for a long time at a premium, had repaired tie "destruction. It is a fact, indeed, anomalous though It appears,' that his torc hallstorms have usually coincided with periods of great heat, and; what ever may be the precise relations of' heat and' electricity-, a heavy fall of allIs sqldom noted except as the ad junct of a thunderstorm. -London Globe. Bearg hiTe K(ind You Have Always Bought Signature of L4V ' Meehanism of the Human Body. The human body is an epitome in na ture of all mechanics, all hydraulics, ll architecture, all machinery of every kind. There are more than 310 mechan ical movements known to mechanics today, and all of these are but modifi cations of those found in the human body. Here are found all the bars, levers, .joints, pulleys, pumps, pipes, wheels and axles, bail and socket movements, beams, girders, trusses, buffers, arches, columns, cables and supports known to science. At every point man's best mechanical work can be shown to be but adaptations of processes of the human body, a r-evela tion of first principles used in nature. The Trunkash The trunkflsh is one of the peculiar inhabitants of the ocean. It is called the trunkfish because its back is com pletely covered with bony plates- of a regular shape, forming a complete coat of mail. It is protected so completely that it can move only its tail, mouth and a small part of its gills, which pass through the armor. It Is quite a small fish and is found only lp, the warn waters of 'the southern fropical An Innocent Diversion. "Poor womanT' sighed the prison vis itor to the convicted murderess. "Does not the thought of your impending doom cause your mind to revert to the days of your innocent childhood? Do you not wish you could be playing again as you did then" "Why, yes," replied the poor woman. "I would like to skip the rope."-Phila lpia Press. SUMTER. S. C. InI extending our Annual Fall and Winter greetings to the readers of' TuI.TDm s, we cor dially extend to then an invitation to visit our store whenever they come to SuIiter. and make it their headqvuarters. We are better equipped to handle Cotton this season than ever before, for the reason. we hlave extended our delivery markets, al ways in close touch with the mills, it puts us -in position to keep above the market quota tions, and our patrons get the beneft of this advantage. Cotton is the product upon which our farmers must depend, and although the crop of this year is not so good as last year, by a mutual working together the farmer and merchant will come out on top. The various departments in our store are filled with New, Clean Goods and the pur chasing public can certainly supply its needs here. Come and inspect our full Line of Dry Goods. where we have a corps of experienced sales men who arc always anxious to show these goods, and prove that we are up-to-date in styles and prices. 8 SHOES, There is no store in the city of Sumter with a fuller or better stock of Shoes, and as we contract for these goods direct with - the factories we are prepared to make the "show down" that we can save you m6ney by 7f buying from us. .CROCERIES. 1 Our Grocery Department is the equal o any concern in the State. We handle both Heavy and Fancy Groceries to sell at whole-. sale and retail. We make a specialty of sup plying small dealers with everything in the grocery line. Come to see us, as we keep everything, and the best of- attention. guaranteed. Respectfully, L EVI BROSa Sumter, S. C. Headquarters for Paints and Oils. WE INVITE the public generally to come to Sumter and look in on our tremendous stock of Hardware of all kinds, tools of every S description. When you need anything in the Machinery supply line, we can furnish just what you wvant. We handle the best Beltings in the t country. Our Paint and Oil Departmeits are full. Try our famous Japalac. Farmers, you can save money by 2 -buying your Wire F~encing from us. ofWe arc headquarters for all kinds~ ofSporting Goods, and we can beat W them all in Harness and Saddles. Ladies, buy your new Stove or > Range from us. Let us show them to 0 you. E- Our long experience gives us an~ W advantage, and we can safely say that! we can please the trade. DuRant Hardware 09 * SUMTER, S. C. ]Yachinery Supplies, Belting, Etc. * Big Reduetlons SBuy now while t*he chance is i ere. We are offering Special Bargains that will open your purse. SShoes, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Clothing, Skirts, Jackets, Waists, Notions, Millinery,E at prices that wijl .will astonish you. Re member, buying~ right is money savmng. SDon't wait, come and see for yourself. Our - Goods: HIGHiEST QUALITY, BARGIAN ~PRICES. D. 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