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Continued from First Fege. '-. courier's wife. The complete defeat of every attempt to trace the lost roan had been ac cepted as final byMrs. Ferrari. She had de* Kberatelygffrayed herself in widows nionrn i?sj and v^/earnius her livelihood in any employment which the unwearied kin?!nessi \ of Agnes had procured for her ia Lon ion. Tho last chinee of penetrating the mystery -of Ferraris disappearance ssemed to rest DOW on. what Ferrari's former fellow servant might be able to telL With highly wrought expectation*, Agnes followed her friend into . the room ia which Mrs. Rolland was waiting. A tall, bony woman, in the autumn of life, with sunken eyes and iron gray bair, rose , stiffly from ber chair and saluted the ladies j with stern submission as tbey opened tne | door* A -person of unblemished character, j evidently>--'but not without visible draw" j backs. Big bushy eyebrows, an awf ully deep j and solemn, voice, a hai-sb, unbending man- j ner, a complete absence in her figure of the j undulating lines characteristic of the sex, \ presented virtue in this excellent person j under its least alluring aspect. Strangers on a first introduction to her were accustomed ? to wonder why she was not a man. "Areyou.pretty well*. Mrs. Rolland?" .-I am as weil as 1 can expect to be, my lady, at my time of life." cIsthere anything I can do for your .Tour ladyship can do me a great favor if you4rBi pleas? speak to my character while I yras^^mrseprice. I am offered a place to j wai^?? an invalid lady who has lately come to live in this neighborhood" uAh^ yes-^I have heard of her. A Mrs. j Carbury, with a very pretty.niece. I am told, j But, Mrs. Rolland, you left my .service some j time ago. Mrs. Carbury will surely expect j you* "refer to the last mistress by whom i ? you were employed.'* A flash of virtuous indipmat io? irradiated Sirs. Rolland's sunken eve-. She e -<:?,bed before she answered, as if her-last m'stress'* j stack in her throat. aI have explained to Mrs. Carbury, my ; lady, that the person I last served-I really j cannovv^?aher title in your ladyships pres- j ence!-loas ie?t*t?"n?"i?nd for America. -Mrs. ? Carbury knows that I quitted the person of ? my own freewill and knows why, and ap- : proves of. my conduct so far. A word from j your ladyship win be amply sufficient to get : me the situation." ?Ye^weB, ?3fc?. Rolland, I have no objec? tion to be your reference, under the circum? stances. Mrs. Carbury will find nie at home to-morrow until 2 o'clock." "Mrs. Carbury is not well enough to leave the boase, my lady. Her niece, Miss Hal? dane,' will call and make the inquiries, if your ladyship has no objection." "I have not the least objection. The pretty niece carries her own welcome with her. "Wait a min?te, Mrs. Rolland This lady is Miss Lockwood-my husband's cousin, and my friend She is anxious to speak to you about the courier who was ia the ?ate Lord Montbarry's service at Venice.* Mrs. Rolland's bushy eyebrows frowned ia stern disapproval of the new topic of conver? sation^ **I regret to hear it, my lady," was ; all she said. ."Perhapsyon have not been informed of ; what happened after you left Venice?" Ag? nes ventured to add "Ferrari left the place secretly, and has never been heard of since." Mrs. Rolland mysteriously closed her eyes --asif to exclude some vision of the lost cou? rier, which was of a nature to disturb a re? spectable woman. ""Nothing that Mr. Ferrari could do would surprise me," she replied, in ber deepestbass tones. j ^^Jjjotf's^eat rather harshly of him," said S Acnes. ' Mrs. Rolland suddenly opened her eyes : again. "I speak haishly of nobody without reason,'* she said **Mr. Ferrari behaved to me, Miss Lockwood, as no man living has ever behaved-before or since." "What did he dor Mrs, Rolland answered with a stony stare of horror: "He took liberties with me." - Young Lady Mon toar ry suddenly turned5 j aside and put her handkerchief over her ! mouth in convulsions of suppressed laughter. { Mrs. Rolland went on, with a grim enjoy? j ment "of the bewilderment which her reply j had produced in Agnes. "And when I insisted j on aa apology, miss, he had the audacity to say "tiiatiheiue.at the palace was >l>^and be didn't know how else to ama&Tnimself :? "I am afraid I have hardly made myself understood," said A^ces.' "1 am not speak- ; ing to you out ofany interest in Ferrai-i. Are ; yoa aware that he is married?" *? pity his wife," said Mrs. Rolland **She is naturally in great grief about him," Agoea^jrooieded. "S&e oc&bt to thank God she is rid of him," '? Moreland interposed - Agnes, still persisted: "I have known Mrs. j Ferrari from herchddhood, and I am sin- ; cerely anxious to help her in this matter: Did j yon notice anything while you were at Ven- j fee-that 'woald account for her husband's ex- | traordibary disappearance? On what sort of terjnSjjfor instance, did he live with his mas ter and"rnistre?r "On terms Si familiarity with his mistress," ! said Mrs. Rolland, ~wbich -?vere simply sick? ening to a respectable English servant. She ?sed to encourage bini to talk to her about all his affairs-how he got on with his wife, I and how pressed he was for money, and such \ like-Just as if they were equal*. Contempt!- j ble-that's what I call it." "And his master?" Agnes continued "How did Ferrari get on witt; Lord Montbarry'i" "My lord used to live shut np with his ! studies and his sorrows," Mrs. Rolland an? swered, with a hard solemnity expressive of respect for bis lordship's memory. -Mr. Fer? rari got his money when it was due; and he cared for nothing else. 'If I could afford is I would leave the place, too; but I cant af? ford it.' Those were the hist words bc said to me on the morning when I left the palace. I made no reply. After what hail happened lon that other occasion) I was naturally not -on speaking terms with Mr. Ferrari." "Can you really tell me nothing which will throw any light cn this matter T "Nothing,'"said Mrs. Rolland, with an un? disguised relish of the.dissappointment that she wasiuf?c?ag. '-There wasauothf^meinber of the famiiy at Venice?" Agnes resumed, determined to sift the^juestioi) to the bottom while she had the chanced' "There was Baron Rrvar." Mrs. Roland lifted her large hands, cov? ered witi?ustyjblack gloves, in mute protest against toe mt?odnctiou.of Baron Ri var as a subject e^m<?ui?y..' "Are you aware, miss," ?be began, 4ituat I.left my place ia conse? quence of what I observed" Agnes stoppet! lier there. "I only wanted to ask," she exclaimed, "if anything was said or done by Baron Rivar which might account for Ferrari's strange conduct." "Nothing that I know of," said Mrs. Rol? land "The baron and Mr. Ferrari (if I may use such an expression) were 'birds of a feather,'so far asl could see-I mean ono was as unprincipled as the other. I am a just woman and I will give you an example. Only the day before I left I heard the I ?ron say (through the open door of his room while I was passing along the corridor) 'Ferrari, I want a thousand pounds. What would you do for a thousand pounds?* And I heard Mr. Ferrari answer, 'Anything, sir, as long as I was not found out' And then they both burst out laughing. I heard no more than that Judge for yourself, miss." Agnes reflected for a moment. A thousand pounds was the sum that bad been sent to Mrs. Ferrari in the anonymous letter. Was that inclosure in any way connected^ ns a re? sult, with the conversation bet wee:! th*? baron and Ferrari? It was useless to press any more inquiries on Mrs. Rolland. She c- -uki ve nc further information which was of tue slight? est Importance to the object in view. Tier? j was no alternative but to grant ber ber dis- j vnigga* Or.e more effort had been made te ! find a trace of the lost man, and once again ' the effort had failed 9-Are yotx> atoare, miss,, that lieft my placa 4n conseqztrnce of what I observed?" . : They were a family '"?arty at tho dinner table that day. The only guest left iii the j hons? was a nephew of tho new Lord Mont barry, the eldest son of bis sister, Lady Bar ville. Lady Mont barry could not resist- tell? ing the story of th? first (and last) -attack mad-1 on the virtue of Mrs. Rolland, with a comically exact imitation of Mrs. Rolland's deep and dismal voice. Being asked by her husband what was tho object which had brought that formidable person to the house, slie naturally mentioned the expected visit of 2l:ss Haldane. Arthur Barviilo, unusually silent and preoccupied so far, suddenly struck into the conversation with a burst of enthu? siasm. "Miss Haldane is the most charming girl in all Ireland," ho said. *'I caught sight of her yesterday, over the wall cf her gar? den as I was riding by. What time is she coming to-morrow? Before Til look into tao drawing* room by accident-I am dying to l>e introduced to her." Agues was amused by his cnthnsiasm. "Are voa ?a love with Mis ; Haldane already F she asked. Arthur answered grave'y, "It's no joking matter. Il*:vo boon nil ?ny at the garden wal i, waiting to soe her attain ! It depends on Miss Haldane to n:akc m*? the happiest or the wretchedest man livia;-." 4'You foolish boy! Eow can you talk such nonsense?" He was talking nonsense undoubtedly. Bat, if Agues had only known it, ho was doing something moro than tha'?. Ile was inno? cently leading ber another stage nearer on the way to Venice. . CHAPTER STV. A? tho summer months advanced, the tranformaron of tho Venetian palace into tho modern hotel pixx>e?ded rapidly toward completion. The outsido of the building, with its fine Palladiaa front looking on tho canal, wa* wi>ely lefc unaltered. Inside, a>; a matter of necessity, tue rooms wcro almost rebuilt-so far at least as the sin? and the arrangement of j ?hem were concerned. The vast saloons were pariirioned off into "apartments" containing three or four rooms each. The broad cor? ridors in tho upper regions afforded spare space enough for rows of little bed chambers, devoted to servants and to travelers of limited means. Nothing was spared but the solid-floors and the finely carved ceilings. These last, tu excellent preservation as to .workmanship, merely required cleaning and rog. icing here and there to add greatly to the beauty and importance of the best rooms in tho hotel. Tho only ettception to the com? pleto reorganisation of the interior was at o::e extremity cf the edifice on tho first and s "0:vi floors. Hero there happened in each case to be rooms of such comparatively moderato size, and so attractively decorated, that the architect suggested leaving them as they were. It was after? ward discovered' that these were no other than thc apartments "respectively occupied by L?>rd Montbarry (on the first il oo:} and by Baron El var (on the second). The room in which Montbarry had died was still fitted up as a bed room, and was now dis? tinguished as number fourteen. The room above it, m which tho baron slept, took its place cn the hotel register us number thirty eight. "Vnt.ii the C2*:ameuts on tho wall and Ceilings cleaned and bricjhtctied uj% and with . the heavy old fashioned beds, chairs, uud tables r glaced by bright, pretty and luxuri? ous modern furniture, these two promised to be ac once tho most attractive and most com? fortable bed chmnbers in tho hotel. As for the once deso?ate and disused ground floor cf thc- buhdm-, it v.-as now transformed", by means cf .splendid dining room?, reception j rooms, billiard rooms and smoking rooms, j into a palace by itself. Even the dungeon ! like walls beneath, now lighted and ventilated i on thc mos^approved plan, had been turned as if by magic into kitchens, servants' offices, ice rooms and wine cellars. Passing from the lapse of the summer months at Ven? ice to the lapse of the summer months in Ireland it-is next to be recorded that Mrs. j Rolland obtained th? Situation of attendant on the invalid, Mrs. Carbury, and that tho j fair Miss Haldane, like a fcmajo^X^*giy~| came, saw and conqnered_?a--fecr nrst day's j visit to theuey^J^t^^fcntbarrv's house. Tioe-irfteswere as loud in her praises as i "Arthur Barviilo himself? Lord Montbarry j declared that .'Ito was lue only perfectly pretty woman ho had ever seen who was really unconscious of her own attractions. The cid nura said she looked cs if she had just stepped out of a picture, and wanted nothing but a gilt frame round her to make her complete. Miss Haldane, cn her side, returned from her first visit to the Montbor rys,. charmed with her new acquaintances. Later on the sam? day Arthur called with au ! oiferhrg of fruit and flowers for Mrs. Car- j bury, und with instructions to ask if she was ! wei: enough io receive Lord and Lacy Mont- | barry and Miss Lockwood on the morrow, j Ia c week's timo tho two households were on ; the friendliest terms. Mrs. Carbury, confined ! to tho sofa by a spinal malady, had boen j hitherto dependent on her niece for one of tho few pleasures she could enjoy-the plea- j suro of having the best new novels read to her as they carno out. Discovering this, Arthur ? volunteered to relieve Miss Haldane at inter- i vals in tho office of reader. He was clever at mechanical contrivance of all sorts, and he introduced improvements ia Mrs. Carbury's couch and in the means of conveying her from thc bed chamber to thc drawing room, .which alleviated tho poor lady's smTeringi and brightened her gloomy life. "With these j claims on the gratitude of the aunt, aided by ! the personal advantages which he unques* tionnbly possessed, Arthur advanced rapidly in tuc favor of the channing niece. She was, it is needless to say, perfectly well aware that h^ was ia love with her, while he wa~ himself modestly reticent on tbs subj- ct - so far cz words went. But ? shw was not equally quick in penetrating j the nature of her own feelings toward Arthur, j Watching the two young people with keen j powers of observation, necessarily conc?n- j trated on them by the complete seclusion o? j her life, the invalid lady discovered signs ot j rous^ sensibiiity in Mis? Haldane whea j Arthur was pissent which had never yet j shown themselves in her social relations with j other admirers cager to pay their addresses to j her. Having drawn her own conclusions in ! private, Mrs. Carbury took the first favor- j ablo opportunity (ia Arthur's interests) of putting them to the test "I don't know what I shall do," she said ono day, "when Arthur goos away." Miss Haldane looked ap quickly from ber ! work. '.Surely ho is not going to leave usp j ?zo exclaimed. j "My dear! ho has already stayed ct his i uncle's house a month longer than he intended, j His father and mother naturally expect to se? him at borne again." Miss Haldane met this difficulty with a sus- [ gestion, which could only havo proceeded ? from a judgment already disturbed by thc j ravages of th? tender passion. **Why can't his father and mother go and see him at Lord j Mcntbarry'sF she asked. "Sir Theodore's i place is only thirty miles away, and Lady Barviilo is Lord Men-berry's sister. They ; needn't stand oa ceremony." They may bav? other engagements," Mrs. j Carbury remarked. "My dear aunt, we don't know that! Sup- I peso you ask Arthur?*' "Suppose you ask bira." Miss Haldane bent her head again over her ; work. Suddenly as it was done her aunt had : seen her face-and her face betrayed her. When Arthur came th? next day Mrs. Car? bury said a wo d to bim in private, while her j niece was in the garden. The la-t now novel : lay neglected on tho table. Arthur followed j Miss Haldane into the garden. The next day [ he wrote home, inclosing in his letter a photo- j graph of Miss Haldane. Befor" '. he end of ! the week Sir Theodore and Lady Burville ar- j rived at Lord Montbarry's, and formed their j own judgment of tho fidelity of the portrait. They had themselves married carly in life, i and, strange to say, they did not object on : principle to tho early marriages of other peo? ple. The question of aa;e being thus disposed j of. tho course- of true love had no other ob- ? stacies to encounter. *?ifs Haldane was an ; only child, and was . . seel of an ample ; fortune. Arthur's ca. -r at the university i had been creditable, but certainly not bril liant enough to present his withdiitwal in the light of a disaster. As Sir Theodore's eldest son, his position was already mudo for lum. He wits 22 years of age, and tho young lady was IS. There w:ts really no producible reason for keeping the lovers waiting, and" no excuse for deferring the wedding day beyond the first week i t September. In tho interval, while the bride and bridegroom would be necessarily absent on the inevitable tour abroad, a sister of Mrs. Carbury volunteered to stay wit h her during the temporary :>e] ora? tion from her nie<-e. On the conclusion of the j honeymoon the young couple wore to return j to Ireland, and were to establish themselves j in Mi"s. Carbury s spacious and comfortable ] house. These arrangements were decided upon ? early in th? month of August. About th? j same dato thc last alterations in the old pal : ace at Venice were completed. The rooms j were dried bj steam, tho cellars were stocked, tue manager collected around him his army of skilled servants, and tho new h?tel was advertised ail over Europo to open hi October. CHAPTER XV. JOSS AGNES LOCKWOOD TO MUS. FERUJUU. "I promised to give you some account, dear Emily, ofjthe marriage of Mr. Arthtfr Bar? viilo and.? Miss Haldane. It took placo ten days since. But I have had so many things . tc-"look after in the absence of the master and ' the mistress of this house that I am only abie 'to write to you today. "the invitations to the wedding were lim? ited to members of the families on eithcrside, j ia consideration of the ill health of Mis? Hal; { dane's aunt. On the sido of the Montbarry j family there were present, besides Lord and ? Lady Montbarry^ Sir Theodore and Lady I Burville, Mrs. Norbury (whom you may re j member as his lordship's second sister), and i M?*. Francis Westwick and Mr. Henry Wcst I wick. The three children and I attended the I ceremony as bridemaids. "We were joined by j two young ladies, cousins of the bride and j very agreeable girls. Our Aires? "-s were white, trimmed with given in honor of Ireland, and we each had a handsome gold bracelet given to us as a present from the bridegroom. If you add to the persons whom I have already mentioned the elder members of Mrs. Car bu: y's family, and the old servants in both houses-privileged to drink the healths of the married pair at the lower end of the room -you will have the list of the company at the wedding breakfast complete. . . "The weather was perfect, and the cere? mony (wi. h music) was beautifully performed. As for the bride, no words can describe how lovely she looked, or how well she went throught it all. We were very merry at the breakfast, and tho speeches went off, on the whole, quite well enough. The last speech;; ; before the party broke up was made by Mr.; . Henry Westwiek, and was the besS .of .all." I He made a happy suggestion at the end, j which has produced a very unexpected change in my life here. "As well as I remember, he concluded in these words: 'On one point we are all agreed -wc are sorry that the parting hour is near, and we should bo glad to meet again. .Why should we not meet again? This is the'au? tumn time of the year: we are most of us leaving home for the holidays. What do ycu say (if you have no engagements that will prevent it) to joining our young married friends before the close of their tour, and re? newing the social success of this delightful breakfast by another festival in honor of the honeymoon? The bride and bridegroom are going to Germany and the Tyrol, on their way to Italy. I propose that we allow them a month to themselves, and that we arrange to meet them afterward in the north of Italy-say at Venice.' '.This proposal was received with great ap? plause, which was changed into shouts of laughter by no less a person than my dear old nurse. Tho moment Mr. Westwick pro? nounced the word 'Venice,' she started up among tho servants at thc lower end of the room, and called out at the top of her voice: 'Go to om- hotel, ladies and gentlemen ! We get G per cent, on our money already, and if you will only crowd the place and call for the best of everything it will be 10 per cent in our pockets in no time. Ask Master Henry.' "Appealed to in this irresistible manner Mr. Westwick had no choice but to explain that he was concerned cs a shareholder in a new hotel company at Venice, and that he had invested a small sum "of money for the nurse-not very considerately, as I-think-on the speculation. Hearing this the ? company, by way of humoring the joke, drank a new toast: 'Success to tho Nurse's Hotel and a Speedy Rise in the Dividend.* "When the conversation returned in due time to the more serious question cf tho pro? posed meeting at Venice difficulties began to ' present themselves, caused, of course, by in? vitations for the autUE?*j which many of the guests had already, accepted. Only two -members of Mrs. Carbury's family were at liberty to keep the proposed appointment On om* side we were mere at leisure to do as we pleased. Mr. Henry Westwick decided to go to Venice in advance of the rest, to test the accommodation of the new hotel on the opening duy. Mrs. Norbury and Mr. Francis Wv st wick volunteered to follow Lim: and after some persuasion Lord and Lady Mont? barry consented to a species of compromise. His lordship could not conveniently spare time enough for tho journey to Venice, but he and Lady Montbarry arranged to accom- j pany Mrs. Norbury and Mr. Fianc's West- j wi:k :is far on their way to Italy as Paris. Five days since they took their departure to meet their traveling companions in London, leaving mo hero in charge of the three dear children. They begged hard, of course, to be taken with papa and mamma But it was thought better not to interrupt the progress of their education, and not to expose them- j especially the two younger girls-to the fa? tigues cf traveling. ' ' CI have had a charming letter frcm the bride this morning, dated Cologne. You cannot think how artlessly and prettily she assures me of her happiness. Some people, es they say in Ireland, are born to good luck -and I think Arthur Burville is one of thom. "When you next write I hope to hear that you are in better health and spirits, and that you continue to like your employment Be? lieve me, sincerely your friend, A. L." Agnes had just closed and directed her let? ter when the eldest of her three pupils entered the room with the startling announcement j that Lord Montbarry's traveling servant had arrived from Paris! Alarmed by the idea ?hat some misfortune had happened, she ran out to meet the man in the hall. Her faca ? told him how seriously ho had frightened j her, before she could speak. "Theres nothing i wrong, miss." he hastened to say. "My lord and my lady are enjoying themselves at Paris. They only want you and the young ladies to be with them." Saying these amaz? ing words, ho handed to Agnes a letter from Lady Montbarry; "Dearest Agnes"-she read-"I am so j charmed with thc delightful chango in my j lifo-it is six years, remember; siuce I last traveled on the continent-that I have ex? erted all my'fascinations to persaade Lord Montbarry to go on to Venice. And, what i? "more to the purpose, I have actually succeed- j ed! He has just gone to his room to write j the necessary letters of excuse in time for the | post to England. May yon have as good a husband, my dear, when your time comes! In thc meanwhile, tho one thing wantingnqjy to make my happiness complete is to have you and the darling children with us. Mont? barry is just as miserable without them as I am-though he doesn't confess it so freely. I You will hhve-hp'difficulties to trouble you. Louis will deliver these hurried lines and will take care of yon on the journey to Paris. SJSS the children for mo a thousand times and never mind their education for the pres? ent! Back up instantly, my dear, and I will be fonder of you than ever. Tour affection? ate friend, ADELA MovTBAitTtT." 1 Agnes folded np thc letter; and, feclingtbe need of composing herself^ took refuge fora; ! few minutes in her own room. j Her first natural sensations of surprise and I excitement at the prospect <>f roi;:?r to Venice-! ! were sttcceeded I<y impressions of a less agree- , able kind. With the recovery of her rus-' ; tomary composure, came tho unwelcome re- j membrance of the parting words spoken to j her by Montbarry's widow: "Wo shall meet i again-here in England, or thora in Venice, I where my husband died-and meet for the j last.time." It was an odd coincidence, to .say (he least j of it, that the march of events should bc un- j expectedly taking Agnes t<. Venice after ! those words had been spoken! Was the wo- j roan of thc mysterious warnings and the j wild, black eyes still thousands of miles away i in America? Or w-as tho march of events j taking her unexpectedly, too, on tho journey j to Venice? Agnes started out of her chair, j ashamed of even the momentary concession j to superstition which was implied by the mere presence of such question J AS these in j her mind. . .... I She rang th? bell and sent for ber little pu- ' pils, an<i announced their approaching de- ! parture to the household. The noisy delight j of tho children, the inspiriting effort cf pack- j ing up in a hurry, roused ail her energies. She dismissed her own absurd misgivings ? from consideration, with tho contempt that they deserved. She worked as only women i can work when their hearts are in what they ! do. The travelers reached Dublin that day, i in time for the boat to England. Two days \ later they were with Lord and Lady Mont- j barry at Paris. [TO BE CONTINUED.! Mr. Lamar was born in Georgia in I 1825. Mr. Vilas was born in Vermont io 1340. Mr. 0. M. Dickinson was j Lorn in Now York State in 1 SIG. - O'Connor has Santa Glaua m a glacs case, j Go and soe him. FOR THE BAL N AT There is Nothing More Appreciated by Man Than Cash! : . .. . - .. . - , ?'. ' ? : It's the power that moves the machinery of this great and busy world. It has been termed the "Root of all "evil", and yet everybody will acknowledge it is the source of much good. Investments frequently result in loss and disappointment- Sometimes, how? ever, the returns are decidedly profitable. Buyers who come to j. will realize there is no speculation in our offers. Everything will be square in the interest of purchasers. Never have we transacted such an enormous business in our various departments as during the present season. We ask every sensible man or woman -what does this wonderful increase mean if it does not evidence the practical truth that J. ons best serve the interest of their patrons, not only as regards the Quality of Goods but in the Quotation of Lowest Prices, It is totally unnecessary ta enumerate prices, for it has already become the household tal? of the entire community or we would do so. Neither are we soine to write a very lengthy advertisement this week: / mi SUMTER, S. C. Christmas is Coming and the Place for You to Buy Your Clothing, Furnishing Goods, &c, &c, is at the OLD RELIABLE CLOTHING HOUSE OF ?Je MAIN STREET, 3' til, s. c? 9 Fine and Medium Overcoats, Dress Suits, Business Suits, Medium and Plantation Suits, Extra Pants for Plantation Wear, and a lot of Boys5, Youths5 and Children's Suits, Over? coats and Extra Pants, also Extra Sized Suits and Pants for Stout Men GOING OFF DAILY AT A SACRIFICE. Big lot of Undershirts, 25 cts. up. Big lot Canton Flannel Drawers and the largest line of Piece Goads, Cassimeres, N. C. and Georgia Tweeds and Jeans in the Sumter Market. Gloves! Gloves! Job Lots at Less Than Cost! Socks, Shirts, Neckwear, Valises, Linen and Silk Hand? kerchiefs, Fine Wove and Scarlet Flannel Shirts and Draw? ers. Hats, soft and stiff, Boys' and Men's, &c, &c. All of the Above Goods Must be Closed Out and Will be -Sol? legardless o: nf ? A rare opportun ely is now offered you. Come and buy early before the sizes are broken, as we are going to sell these goods. Remember the place is at D. J. Winn's Clothing Establishment, Nov. 30. SUMTER, S. G. iL I!. MIKS ft lil?, CA?H DE A L HRS IN Genend Merchandise, LIBERTY STREET,. SUMTER, S. C. Mote 1 of Dili Samples, 2-ALSO-* Full Line Penitentiary Shoes, Oct. 5-v_ NOTICE. SUMTER. F. C., Nov. 15, 1887. IX ACCORDANCE WITH THE RE quir?ments of Section 5170. Revi-ed Stat? utes of ?He United Staffs, the following Ch?t ter of '-The Simonds National Bank of Sum? ter." is Miblisbed for the in format ion of all concerned. R. M. WALLACE, Vice Pres.d ot. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF TKK CCBRKXCY, WALKINGTON, November 8:h, 1887. "Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to tbe undersigned it has been rmide to api?e?r that "The dimonds National Hank of Sunx ter,'? in the Town of Sumter, in thcCountyof Sumter, and J?lale of South Carolica, has complied with al! the provisions of the Stat? utes of the United State?, required to he com? plied with before an association shall be au? thorized to commence the business of Bank? ing: Now therefore, 7, Jesse D. Abrahams. Deputy and acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The Simonds National Bank of Sumter," in the T?>wn of Sumter, in the County of Sumter, ?nd State of Scutfr ; Carolina, is authorized to commence the bush? iness of Banking ai provided in Section fifty? one hundred and sixf. -nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. hi testimony thereof witness tny hand und Sea! of office this 8th day of fL S.] November. 3887. ' J. D. ABRAHAMS, Deputy a nd.Acting Comptroller ot the Currenrr. No. 3809. Nov. 16 XWHiTE & SON, insurance A geiits. Offer in First Class Companies. FIRE INSURANCE, TORNADO INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, SURETYSHIP ON BONDS. April 6 LL. SPENCER, surveyor. -0 Laying off and Dividing Land. RE-SURVEYS OF OLD SURVEYS A SPECIALTY. Address M A YES VILLE, S. C. Jan 20. o MUSIC GIVEN AWAY 5PIECES FREE! FOB THE POSTAGE. 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