Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? . ?. r ' I.THC >ST pilent Shore J *i / the Myftery of ( SUamts'Park I JNO BIOWSELLE-BURTON \\ "T? 41* to U?4i?| on a illtat rtiri, ]| . Vkui MU*?i n?v*r Wt, ??r tfpwU r?nr." II try |di) grot a cluo to the muruerer. oUgerg, ho noticed one young nu who' waa particularly grlef-etrlckon. nod wan coaftgatly appealed to by tboseybo surrounded him; and, on asking | fellow-member who ho wan, he |parqt that ho wan a Mr. Stuart, the gegrntgry of hla dead brother. It happened that hp hod been brought Into the cltyb by a man who had know* Cundf)! yrell. "To-qiorrow," f?pplyh heard blm say, end hp started M h? heard It, "I am golpg; t? make a thorough Investigation of fll hiia papers. An far as I or his #ty pgroatn kaoy, ho hada't a relation in the world; but surely hlo corrjgpoafnco must give no some ldep of w^orn to comnvualcato with. And, uptfl this morutpg. I should hare sold ho had pot got pn enemy In the would flthcr." ">'ou think, then, that thin dastardly murder Is thp work of an enemy, and not for werf robbery?" tbe gentleman askpd who had brought him Into tbe clulj. , "I am aura of It! As to the workman who >h supposed to hare done It ?well, If he did do It, he was only a workman la disguise. No! he had pome enemy, perhaps some one who owpd him money, or whose path he 'Lad beeu enabled by his wsilth to cross, and that la the man who killed Lint. And. by the grace of Haar?a, I hm going to And that man out." Ppplym still sat there, and aa he heard Ktuart utter these words he felt upon what a precipice he stood. Suppose that, in the papors which were about to be ransacked, there hould be any that proved that Walter ,Cun<lall was his eldest brother, and that he. l*enlyn. had only learnt it two days before be was murdered. Would aot everything point to him as the Calg who hau slala his brother, and was he not msklng appearances worst against him by keeping' silence? I(# must tell some one, he could keep the horrible secret no longer. And ha must have the sympathy of some ona dear to him; he would confide In Ids', Surely, she would not believe him to be the murderer of his own brother! Yev. he would go down to Belmont and tell her all. Better It should come from him than that Stuart should dtscovar it, and publish it to tha World. * "1 hope you may ttnd him out," say( oral men said la aagwer to Stuart'g exciamauon. "in? ^bruto derervetf something wore# than hanging. If t'uadall's murderer gets off, It Is th? .Wickedest thing that ever happened," Then one said; "U there any clue likely to be got el through the Wound IT' "No," Htua* t answered. "I think not. Though the surgeon who his examined It says that It was made by no ordinary knife or dagger." "What does be think If was, then?" they asked. "1(6 says the wound in more like (hose h? has seen 1q the l?ast. The 4l?ggef, hp things, ft* us I ijfv* beet) semi- circular and of a kind the Aral)* often use, especially tlia Algerian Arabs," "1 never knew that!" one said: "but theu I have never been to Algiers. Who has? llere, 1'enlya. yeu were there once, weren't you?" "Yes," Penlya aald, and his tongue 6?emed to cleave to the root of b<a j _ _ * CLOT If you want to 1< have the new Spring PA i* < * / ? K1NAR P*1i< niae , WILL IMTKIKIT MANY. Every pesson should know thai Rood health it impossible if the kidneys art deranged. Foley's Kidney cure will cure kidney and bladder disease in every form, and will build up and strengthen these organs so they wilperform their functions properly. No danger of Bright's disease or diabetes if Foley's Kidney cure is tuken in time. Bold by Timinons Br? s. HEADACHE "Mj htktr had been a offerer from alek headache fee the laat twenty -rt re yeare and never fonnd any relief aaUl he hacaa taklas roar Caacaretr. Since he haa be ana taking Caacaretr ha haa never had U? kMtMk*. Th?T hftTt entirely eared him. CmraVtM do wkkl joo recommend them to do. I will |lr* joo the privilege of using his name." BJL Olekson, UK Heelner St., W.Indianapolis, lod. Plstssnk, PsIstable. Potent Taste Oood.Do Good. Hever Sleksn, Weaken or Grips, lSe. Itc.Uc. Never seM In balk. The genuine tablet stamped 000. Guana teed to earn or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.T. 99I BUBAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES The Advocate hits a full line of uI kinds of legrtl blanke. LIVER TROUBLES r"I find Thr<l ford's BlacV-Dranght a good medicine for ll'er disease. a It ou red my on after he had spent 1100 with doctors. It is all the med- 1 loin# I Uke."?MRS. CAROLINE MARTIN, Parkersburg, W. Va. M If jour liver does not act reg- I ularly go to your druggist and y secure a package of Tuedford's I Black-Draught and take a dose D tonight. This great family H medicine frees the constipated II bowels, stirs up the torpid liver and causes a nealthv secretion D of bile. H Thedford'a Black - Praught y will cleanse the bowels of im- B purities and strengthen the kid- H nevs. A torpid liver invites B eofds, biliousness, chills and I fever and all manner of sick- g ness and contagion. Weak kid neys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims I as consumption. A 2R-cent package of Thedford's Black Draught should always be kept I ia the house. I "I ??s4? Thsdford's piack- 1 Draught for ltrer *nd k>dn?y com plalnta and found nothing to excel 1 [t>-WILLIAM OOVYMAV, Mar- H blshsed, III. Q THEDFORD'S BLACK" DRAUGHTj NO GLOSS CARRIAGE TAINT MADE will wear as long as Devoe's No others are as heavy bodied, because Devoe's weigh 1) to 6 ounces more to the pint. Sold by Timmons Bros. ITTj* YOU WANT anything in / Mtn's Neckwear, Collars, x Cuffs, Shipt?, Underwear. IIos- f | iery or anything in Kitrnisliing3 / or a F.ne Flat and can't find it > at heme, writ? to j ; : : I WILL EVANS / Columbia, S- C. ? at d you will get it by uext mail. ( I i V HWI/^ ninu a [>ok as well dresser] c ; Suits to give you tin " to keep the lead in ionable Clothes foi and Boys. They mi best quality?best ) and the correct st Men's Businese Suits at $7 50, #10 " Fancy Worsted Suits, #S 50,#12 " " Casfimere Suits, #10,00. #11 *' I in ptil Fabric Suite, #15 00, flf Youths Fancy Suits, at #5.0') |? ^ Boys Fancy Suits, at #2 50, $3 ( j Men's Straw Hats, 50c , #1.00, Men's Felt Hats, #100, #2,50, Beautiful Line of Neckwear, 250., Summer Underwear, - 25c.,50c . ' Order anything you wi: if not satisfactory 1 do n itate to refund your i Call and see my immer.s rv Tun r i I 1 1IU W J 1525 Main Stre IHtY WILL moum an ne uttered the words; "but I never saw or heard of a knife or dag ger of that description." Stuart looked at Lord Penljrn as h? spoLe, and noticed the faltering waj In which he did so. Then, in a mo meat, the thought flashed into hit mind that this was the man who bad won the woman whom his geaerom friend and patron had loved. Could he?but no. _the idea was ridiculous lie was the winner. Cundall the locer \ Successful men had no reason to kill their unsucces ful rivals! CIIAIT 1-2 U IX. Alter a wretched night spent in toss ing about his bed. In dreaming of the murdered man. and in lying awake wondering how he should break th? news to Ida. Lord 1'cnlyn rose will the determination of going down t( Helraont.. Hut when the valet brought ! him his bath he told him that Mr ' Hmerdon had arrived from Ocvlevt Chase at six o'clock, and would meet r him at breakfast. So, when he heard t this, he dreaaed quickly and went tc | his friend. "Good Heavens!" Philip said, whet he saw him. hIIow ill you look! What la the matter1?" "Matter!" the other answered, "If there not matter enough to make mi look 111? I have told you that Cundai la dead, and you know how lie died.' "Yes, I know. Hut surely you mus' be aware of wliut it has freed yot from." "It has freed me from nothing Read this would that not have freed :n equally as well?" and he handed bin the letter that his brother had writte. a few hours before his death. The other's face darkened as h rend, and then he sa'.d: "He was a man of noble Impulrc but they were only impulses! \7oul<" you have felt sure while he lived that he might not alter his inlrd again at any moment?" 'Yep! Jle loved Ida, and I do not believe he was a muu who would have ever loved another woman. 1 should have been safe in his hands." Then they began to talk about the murder itself, and Smerdon asked who was Buspeeted, or if any one was?" "Js'o," Penlyn said, "no one Is suspected^M yi?t. \ laborer vvas seen following hini on that niguc, and suspicion naturally falls on him. becau e. if he did not do it himself, he must have been close at hand, anil would have helped hm or given an alarm. There is only one road through the park, which they must both have taken." "Is there any trace of this man?" "N'One whatever, up tP 'k-'t night Meanwhile his friend and secretary, Mr. Stuart, says that lie Is confident that tho murder was committed by some one who had reason to wish him put of the way. and lte U going through his papers today to see if any of them can throw any light on sucli an enemy." I "He cannot, I suppose, find anything that can do you any harm?" "Supposing he tlnds those certifiCatca he showed US? ' "Supposing lie dues! You are Lord * cuiju iiiiw, ai. any raie. Ann It would give you an opportunity of putting in * claim to hi* property. Yoq grc his heir, if he has loft no will." ' His heir-! T<? all his immense Wealth?" Certainly," ' J bIijI) never claim |t, gnri I hopq to flotl he tins destroyed every proof of our relationship." "Why?" ottru-t T> ... : 11 ..4 tV. #AMi n uj ; ncvausc mil iiuv ?tic ia\,t that I held a position which helonged to him, and was the heir to all his money?of whk-h I never thought fill this moment?givu the world cause for suspect ipg?V" "What?" "That I nip hi3 murderer." "NonscnieJ I support) >qu pouii) prove where you were at the time of his deatli?" "No. 1 i-ould not. I entered the hotel at two, but there was not a creature in the house aw^ke. I couhl hear the porter's snores on the lloor above. For SPRING nd SUMMER. is a New Yorker, we at effect. X propose fash- | ~~ * Men list be made / Y ? Jil 1 s 1.50, {13.50 mli \ .r>?, $ir..?? ij| fey|j 1.50, *16.30 ' -V 'H 1,50, 122.50 \ I V30, $8.50 I t.5'?, *5.00 11 : \V< , 1.1 i't, ! *8.50. ' I rac., *i.oo. la ^ I sh and ^VheUltrasac" ot hesmoney. V* e stock _____ LOTHIER, :ef, - - Columbia, C. C .TREAT YOU RIGHT.. 1 IOBMD TBI J4UVB. A startling incident, is narrated by John Olitcr of Philadelphia, as follows ' 44I was in an awful ooudition. My ' skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken - tongue coated, pain contioually io i back and side*, no appetite, growing I weaker day by day. Three phjraiciin* ( had given me up. Tben 1 was ad viced to . use Electric Biite<a; to toy great joy, | the lint bottle mi d? a decided iciprove ment. I continued the'r use for three weeks, and am now v well man I know I tbey robb-d the grave of another vie i ?iii. rtoune <n Mi hi initio try tluvn. Only 'iO cents, guaranteeb, ntO. J Harris, Batcsburg Drug Oo , Timmon> Bros, Batesourg and Crosbou Drug Co., Leesville. i CLUBBING OFFER. The Home and Farm, published twice i n month, und the Urtcahurg Advocate i both one year for $1.?5. Subscribe > now. The Home and Farm is a lb-page, 8 column up-to date farm paper, it is ' clearly printed and uolike the general 1 run of such papers offered in clubs ; Sample copies on request. SOFTCORE Like the running brook, the red blood that flows through the veins has to come from somewhere. The springs of red blood are found in the soft core of the bones called the marrow and some say red blood also comes from the spleen. Healthy bone marrow and healthy spleen aro full of fat, Scott's Emulsion makes new 1 blood by feeding the bone , marrow and the spleen with a. 1 - * 1 . f tne ricnest 01 an lats, the pure cod liver oil, For pale school girls and invalids and for all whose blood is thin and pale, Scott's Emulsion is a pleasant and rich, blood food. It not only feeds the blood-malcing organs but gives them strength to do their proper work. Send for free sample. SCOTT & DOWNS. Chemists, <09*15 Pearl Street. New York joc ami $1 no ; all druggists. The Batesburg Advocate and the Home and Farm?both one year (or ooiy $1.25. Cash in advance. UAUKH A CLEAN SWKF.p. There's nothing: like doing: a th ing , thoroughly Of all the Salve you ever heard of, Buckling Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps away and cures burns. 1 Soree, Utilises, Cuts. Boils, Ulcere, ' Skin Eruptions and Biles. It's only 25*, l and uuaiantevd to give satisfaction by O J Harris, Bnte-b >rg Drug Co.. | Tinimotis Bros., R *tesburg, and Cros- . son Drug Co., I.eesqille, S. C. Subscribe to tba Advocate, .L-JL-?-_UL 1 DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? I 1 Kidaejr Trouble MaHM You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the newspapers Is sure to know of the wonderful 1 j j' irx cures made by Dr. i ? '?11. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, \ * 111 \ -j hT* medl- i ] ^ 1 F kC t pHJ cal triumph of the nine- I ' 1 Vl > ft teenth century; dis|ly^= y, 1 ;l covered after years of i < 4 PiFn , ltlJ'i scientific reseaich by 3 Uj jjf 1 Dr. Kilmer, the emi- : 1 l] . _: -. " peitt kidney and blad- | ] ' der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles and Brlght's Disease, which is the worst 1 form of kidney trouble. I Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not recommended for everything but if you have kid- f ney, liver or bladder trouble it wjll bo found j just the remedy you need, It has been tested ^ ; tn-? ms"Jr wfjra? warn, in private ucactice, imortg the helpless too poor to pur- > 1 phase relief and has proved so successful in 1 tvery case that a special arrangement has t b???n made by whtch all readers of this paper ] who have not already tried it. may have a , sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book T telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. * When writing mention riding this generous after in this paper and 1 send your address to Dr. Kilmer St Co.. Eing- j' hamton, N. Y. The j _ regular fifty cent and Home or sw amp-Root. i dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists > Don't make any mistake, but mwcmbei the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kiimer'j Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on eyary bottle. w r,7T1 jtr 8 Eye - - a GLASSES. 8 Iff We ure pro pared to fff fff VIT E J ER fff I with Glasses from ttie fff I Mff cheapest to the most fas- MS j m*m tidinus. We handle the IIL 'fff "Jf.4W'KE'c" w j ^ PEBBLE GLASSES. see Every Pair Guaranteed ? III to give Perfect Sitisfac- III F ||r lion. TTf {fff CROSSON DRUG CO, ff? 1 ^ LEESVII.LE, S. C, 71 . I - !==" m * A GREAT 8KXSATIOS. There was a nig sensation in Leesville, Ird. when W. II. Brown of that place, who was expected to die, had Ids life saved by Dr. Hang's New I) scovery for Consumption He w riles : " I endured insufferable agonies front j Asthma, hut your New Discovery gave I me immediate relief ami soon tliar afI ter effected a complete cure." Similar I cure of consumption,'Pneumonia, Hrort* . eliitis and Qripp are numerons. It 'a l h? 1 peerless remedy for nil throat and lung troubles, PriceWc, antl fl 00. t.uaranleetl by O. J. Harris, Halesburg Drug Co., Timmons Bros., llntesburg, ami Crosron Drug Ce., Deesville, S. C. Trial boltles free. V ' * i and there Is not a living eoul to prove whether 1 was In at three or not." SK "Nor whether you were outl 2f they all asleep, what evidence could i tney prr n etteerimaer "Even though there should S be no ovlrtenco, liow could I go through life with the knowledge that every one regarded me as his unuroved murdar err "You look at the matter too seriously. gin wi '.j, afUr that letter he I wrote you, ho would very likely destroy oil proofs of his identity?" "lie had no ebiuco. lie was murdered. la all probability?Indeed must? have I t Cu?a quarter of an hour aftdr he pt>3leil St In Pull Mall." "lie m.lght have destroyed them before?when he made up his mind to write the letter." "Certainly, he might have done so. But 1 am not going to f'eoend upon bis having destroyed the-m. This secret must be told by me, and 1 ?m going to Belmont to-day to tell it to Ida." "You must be mnd, I think!" Smen don said, speaking almost angrily to him. "This secret, which only oamo to light a v/eek ago. is now buried for ever, and, since he is dead, can never be brought up again, l-'oi what earthly reason should you tell .Miss Ilnughton anything about it?" "Because she ought to know," the other answered weakly. "It is only right that she should know.'' "That you were uot I.ord Penlyn when you became engaged to her. but that you are now. And that Cundall being your brother, you must moi:rn him as a brother, and consequently your marriage muat lie postponed for at least a year. Is that what you mean?" Lord I'enlyn started /Th:s had never entered Into hi3 head, and was certainly not what he would have mean' or desired. Postponed for a year! when he was dying to make her his wife, when the very thought that his brother might ?tep in and interrupt ills marriage had been lie cause of his brutality of speech to him. It had uot been the impending ions cf lands and position that had made him speak ai lie had done, he had told himself many times of lite: it had been the fear of losing his beloved Idp. And, now that there was nothing to stand lo * :n them, lie was him-elf about to place an obstacle in the way. an obstacle that should endure for at least a year. Srcerdon was right, his quick mind had grasped what lie would never have thought of?quite right! h3 would do well to say nothing about his relationship to tho dead man. It remarkable .low easily we agree with those who show ua the way to Turther our own entla! "I never thought of that," he se.ld. "nnd i could not bear it. After r.ll," he went on weakly, "you are right! I do not see any necessity to say anything about it anil ha hiuyoU * _ ... ?- ..~ u.uiwu lummiq me to do so." "There is only one thin*, tboujrh," Smerdon said, "which is that, if you jlo net proclaim yourself his brother, I cannot see how you are to b""-^qe! possessed of hi? money." \ t h 1 tt Ir oKmtf 5f T i?>C1 ? -- - a? 1 hei-ome possessed of it. It may ko .toW any one hut me to some distant relac tlve, it any can L" fouc:Lor ;o_ \ lie' rrown. 6f fclfttte.veir fl fslhaTtakes a'| Hum's pfoney when he ,1s without fctns/ men but never to m\ I' was ripl c when he raid 'ha; I had hen .ir -ca Lo his l?jau ail my life, but 1 will tnWu so more from hiui, even thouph^ie Is lead." "Quixotic and ridiculous ideas'." ?merd?u said. "In fact you and he iau remarkably similar trans or c:;ar-) icter. Extremely quixotic, unless you rave some strong reason for not -laiming his millions. For instanco, if jrou had really murdered liim 1 could mderstand such a delermination! llut [ suppose you did not ?l-> tlio.t!" Lord l'enlyn looked up and saw his 'rltid's eyes lixed on him, with alnost an air of mockery In them. Then le said: "I want you to understand cne hing. Philip, There mud he no baner nor joking on this subject. Even hough I must hold my peace for ever, [ still regard It as an awful calamity hat has fallen upon mo. If I could do ?o. I would set every detective in [.ondon to work to try and tind tlia nan who killed him Indeed, if it wore rot for Ida's sake, I *hould proclaim nyself his brother to-morrow." t'Rat for Ida's sako you will not do K?V ' For Ida's sake, and for the reason Continued on Fourth Fatie. - = j I A Lovely Woman Is made especially so if she is becomingly gowne-L Oit line will enhance your - be uty. Ladies' Silk and Washable Shirtwaists. : : teady-to-wear hats, Walking Suits, Odd walking and Tailor made skirts. A beautiful Line of Neckwear. I. WILLIE LEVY 5 Outilttsrs to Men Women and Children. : : J44 Jtsroaa fet. Augusta - Ga. Susorihe it: th?> Advocate. ' BUCHU, G1M AN! II^K' I f .1^1 is not n 4,quacJ? no trum,'' tilt a ?vunl recommended nr?i pr> t<fby a 'noKitnJ flushes arid clean* the P'tamoi by rendering the urme Wcm'J, soothing nnd paiuful bladder ad merle. Ot ujiquestjomn lliaddcr disorders. Dropsy. Gravel, S.mvai Urination. Price $1.03. Guaranteed SU' isfactorj AT DRUG STOR! ^ Prepared by The Murray Drug Co ffiWNNWNNM.m W When in Co! iubid d that you owe your face THE JEROME HOTEL I Has the most comp 4Face tenders* in the Soi -firr I ' v;V^ Anything in tho General f can be fOund at the stnre o I ZED. X02& Every thine sold on merit. Give me a c i;uy voru Dry Goods an< JTBOM THE J. B. Hartley < THE Soda W ater Ss AT Tl' *2 Timmons jB Pharma jg&aaagf^v: $ qpIIIS IS TOjTvt ;>: ^ friends and pat vi-' V I ' ll O t'rt ?> ' ^ j 1 na* u JJ lirUi) cIN '* CI I1LG $ my brother, L. T. P< ^ Ceneral Merehandii c|> formerly c onducted new stock of good c8 placed upon the she w will ever be my des; 'b both town and counl v, y ;f: SHELOM L. P is Sly v ' r 'r> xx.'r ?*\> x r r f\~\\ r r * y, >x> r > vb W\ v TT7V\ DON'T ' DESPA i >' \ > !; : , Sf^i v " 1 V r- X * || i ^ ^ EVERY E-J7TLI G [WoRMiiR )AA/W^'VVNAy.AA A-> > A/WT v\, . (for aDYMMBr > &C-?*XS> M-7UJ.U DEil <. r ;-' n ii '**$ $'; ff|B ; .*> i _ . v mwmsmm ^ Tf <^< - - ? . vT-fc*^---=> .MMNaKiaii^ .. Ooluittbia, S. O. . :. ' ' ! 1^ 5 .!_ 'w ' , '''' ' \ ) v irui-via&S -91141 ,0- . 'i fall. Prices Flight d Notions Cash Co, ason is on interest of f|; jrry in the a???iWtmu v ^ se business *1; 1 4 r\: by us. A su is is being >; >lves ambit i ire to serve ? pry friends. O Iekry. I WILL HELP YOU cures MALARIA *"? CONSTIPATION A.t:o ALL LlVET> riLLTBKTP IARAJ4TEE3. rniCE SB CEOTts. " V ;Wcream"1 ?UCEI lajAto^naati.y. --_ fi?tjnjgu?^IT. i| <? >h !lk<a S > joaiaTS. i1 (U. ;^f?8 m Villi SciIAU -Set Tire Setter j|M . iio.iiue uiat uoe& itfigbt. an i better for many reasons. < <o Ore. No taking ykheeb* r.O; j)*r .< t.ut. Xem coat [than; - J j k.i v A\ p't p.ir? il to <1o acksmith Work. tine .set t,f new tods with work. t;'v, me a rail. i hi*.: \ 1LLF, S. C.