University of South Carolina Libraries
Continued from First Page. '?Wnat do I do? Oh, not much of any? thing-that is what makes the place so very jolly, don't you know? They don't try to entertain one, which is the surest way of making one happy. It is such a very pretty place. See* down there, Mr. Blake, yon can see ever so many miles along the river. You are looking quite worn out-you ought to take your vacation. What do von men do with * yourselves in Kew York? Go up to i .Thomas'? Nothing else, I suppose? Run up into the country to see your friends? That's so good of you. You ought at . least to stay here long enough to find out what a nice place it is-and what nice people wo all are. Who is Mrs. Macken? zie, Mr. Blake?" Mr. Blake finds this coming to the point in a great hurry, but explains, to some extent, the mystery of Mrs. Mackenzie who she used to be principally. "Well," said the young lady, in her quietest manner, "she intends to be Mrs. Vanvoorst soon, that is quite evident. One can't blame her mnch, can one? Such a very pretty place, and such a nice old gentleman-and it would be rather a good speculation, too, wouldn't it?" As if to show what a good speculation ft is, the nice old gentleman at this mo? ment presents himself, and says good morning to Miss Stuart with that mixture of dd school gallantry and paternal affec? tion which make him deservedly the ad? miration of his friends, but which cause "Mr. Blake to say to himself irreverently, "Confound the" old fool! What does he want to hold the girl's "hand so long for?" The old man and^ tho young one form a striking contrast Mr. Vanvoorst meets ids age bravely, in an admirable gray wig; Sud whiskers which the typical English? man might envy, and a bind cravat, and a j white waistcoat, and c-aeck trousers; do wo not all know the conventional get up? He stands, erect and smiling, saying prettv little things to Miss Stuart about her similarity to morning, and to a rose, and ether agreeable objects; a very dif? f?rant being from the young man of the present day, who, in his easy gray clothes, and straw hat **tilted over his ?yes, leans languidly against a pillar, looking calm indifference to all things earthly. They are-much the same thing siter all; and "the elder, with his beauti- j tul politeness and cordiality, is inwardly I as easily bored as tho younger is out- i wardly. Enter Mrs. "Mackenzie. The young ; man looks feebly pleased, and remarks j disapprovingly about the weather. Again Mr. Vanvoorst produces his origi? nal similes about tho morning and the rose, and in tho conversation that follows shines with his accustomed brilliancy. The household begins to amuse itself each in his own way. Mrs. Mackenzie goes off with Mr. Vanvoorst and a yellow um? brella-though there is no sun-to look set the glass houses. Tho glass houses do not appear to be satisfactory; for when Blake, on his way with Vanvoorst junior to that natural" ha ven of the young male <jf our species' the' stables, meets the I happy pair coming baejj* the lady has cn ! upright and severe manner and a high j color, and her escort, who follows with a ; deprecating look, is absolutely with- ! out a complicated witticism for the i young men-% thing unprecedented. I Cur sstf^cions hero, in " the language j of Mr. Twain, "stan<J from under," and j S soon oblivious to care in a fascinating atmosphere of Horses, clean strew and Scotch terriers. The day grinds along, as days do at a country house, ibo women keep up an appearance of* doing something or read novels; the men make no pretense till tho New .York papers arrive, when they be? come animated enough to bewail the fu? lcra of their country. After lunch the tables ?ra turned; it is now the men who make the pretense, and assuming stu? diousness, fall- asleep over books and pa? cers in various uncomfortable chairs and places, while the feminine portion seclude themselves with the avowed purpose of ?umlrering. Oh, wretched hours of a somer afternoon, from 2 to O' Kow manx, things have wo all suffered m those three hours. It is better that the sexe3 should separate during that period,, for a man who once spent an August afternoon wiih the girl of his heart on a shady hotel piazza bas asstired me that he was never so near doubting liter graces of mind and person as when, for the tenth time, she asked bim whether ft was 5 o'clock yet. No one annoys Blake about the time; so, after Beading the -prospects for the Springfield regatta, he goes to sleep over a murder. After wearing his neck out in efforts to keep Iiis head from dragging Aim to the Soor, he returns to conscious? ness and to great discomfort and heat. It is still only half past 4, and he has had enough and more than enough of sleep. So, to pass the weary hours, he fiies to ibo athlete's never failing resource-exer? cise. He will take a walk. Tho clouds ara breaking up under the influence of a strong breeze, the sun has como out, and the long stretcli of clean gravel, which leads to. the road, looks peculiarly inviting. It will be better to tramp i through the mud than to lounge tho over- j lasting hours 4wav in the house. So ^banking, he finds his hat and stick, and ? taking a short cut out of a window near j by, nearly runs into Mrs, Mackenzie". fiat lady never looked worse than at ; present. It must be a very classic, not to say frigid style of beauty which will look well .in the middle of a hot after- i neon, and "Mrs. Mackenzie never looks ! well when angry, as she seems to be at j present. There is a certain tigerishness ? Of jaw about her on such an occasion, j which, is not altogether pleasant. She ! has been among tbe flowers, and she has | found it warm. She confronts BUke, and j Stands pulling roses to pieces and look- I ing at him in silence for a moment. Then i she breaks out with the uncomplimentary words: "Ton wretch!" "You wretckr Never has sho had less hold oe the young man than now. The cool, calm Deauty of that other girl is too fresh in his memory; and few men like to be vituper? ated in so Tinprovoked a manner as this. So it is in Iiis coolest, haziest manner that he answers: "Well, my dear Mrs. Mackenzie, what's tho row now?" **Why have you not done as you prom? ised me? You saw Mr. Vanvoorst this morning, and told him everything you ? $mew about me." "I beg your pardon; I did nothing of the sort. I have not exchanged confi? dences with your friend." "Do you mean to say that you haro not told him-any of them-that my-that Mackenzie was not dead':" "That is exactly what I mean to say. indeed, I haven't told anyone that there ever was any Mackenzie. Why under heaven should I meddle?** The lady manages to look a trifle molli? fied. Her eyes-always manageable- i take a softer expression, but her mouth j shows anything but good humor. "Forgive me," she .'ays, * i ought to ! nave believed in you better-but ? have so-few true friends. Tom, some one has i been telling Mr. Vanvoorst every- j thing. He told mc this morning that j %t was all over; that he had been | foolish; that he feared I had not confided j in him as I should have; that our lives : had been very different ; and a quantity of i such things. In fact," with a sudden j assumption of her hardest manner, "he ; declined the honor-in the most civil way, J i?S twfe-but still he declined it. If I j could have been a man for a moment I j would have killed him."_ "Being a .woman," says Blake, "I fsa yon contrived to hnrt Ins feelings, wjbi though not as thorough as man slang ht yet bas its advantages. " "And now you can make fun of mi you, the only friend I have in the pla Well," she says, turning -wearily into 1 house, "I deserve lt, I suppose. I mi go and" make myself presentable. I : going to drive-with the family-t! evening. Can you imagine what a jo party we will be? Good-by." And she sweeps into tho house, lei mg Tom, rather sorry for her and c< sicerabiy astonished, to start oit ai very good pace, which rather increa.' than otherwise as he gets out on i road. The simple rustic stands op mouthed and aghast at this unaccustom spectacle of a five-rniles-an-hour ga divers gentlemen, jogging alohg beul broken winded beasts, offer the pedestri a ''Hit;" but he strides steadily on, a as steadily back over the same road; a when he "slackens his pace under t lengthening shadows cf Mr. Vanvoors trees, ho is undoubtedly the better f the -walk. His face is "certainly rath dark, and as for collar, he cannot slu much; but his mind is made up a: peaceful. The house is as quiet as -when he lei A pampered menial informs him that "f family*hev gone a driving all but Mi Stuart." After receiving which satisfs tory information, as well as the anuounc ment that "there won't be no dinner n for an hour," Mr. Blake goes up staii and presently comes down again, cool ai trim in his evening dress-a concession the Anglican tastes of his entertaine which he ma?ces very willingly, kno^ lng. perhaps, that his chest and shou ders come out rather well in a dre: coat. In tho drawing room he finds Mi: Stuart, looking more than ever a thing i be petted, and made much of and a< mired. What is there in the world quil so pleasant and altogether delightful as girl with a clear, fresh, pure face? SI may not be exciting, she may even I stupid, but there is a certain atmosphei of purity and tranquillity about her whic every man feels and is the better for-? long as he does not disturb it by makiri love to her. Blake, when he comes thoroughly und? the influence of Miss Stuart's calm gra eyes and quiet presence; begins to fe? that he is very much in love with hei and revolves in his mind whether he sha longer let concealment prey on his damas cheek, or take his chances now. Thi question, however, is to be decided fe him. "Do you still have tho blues som< times. Mr. Blake? You used to tal nonsense to me about your being a fal ure-you, who are so popular, a failure! "Sorry I bored you with my complaints Miss Kate. I fancy every fellow has gc fits of that kind of thing, but I alway try not to whine about it." "Don't call it that; I know you mus get lonely sometimes, though I don' think you are sentimen* al. You are ver much alone, and 1 only wonder you don' confide more-only perhaps you confide i: some one else. I have fancied severa times lately, that you were rather dis trait. You must be-what is that charm ing name you have for it?-'fetched.' adore that word; it is so descriptive of ? passionate attachment." "That kind of thing I try to keep ou of, Miss Kate," says Tom, gazing intent!; at the leg of the table and trying to' shu out the vision of fair hair, and eames eyes looking at his brown face. "I'm ten poor a man to afford that luxury." "Did you never think that that was after ail, rather a selfish argument? Yoi may not be the only person who has an] feeling about it. Mr. Blake"-very earn estly and softly-"don't you ever expee' to meet anv one you will-care for ver> much?" He must be moro than mortal to stanc that. So he speaks out, as his manner is looking the difficulty-that is, the girl straight in the face. "Miss Kate, I never meant to say t word to you, but I must. Can't you see that there is no one in the world I can for as ! do for you? I'm a bad lot enough, but there's no man loves you better. " Now that the mischief is done, the girl rises with averted face, and say? ing faintly: "Oh-Mr. Blake-I nevoi thought!" tries to put off the evil day by leaving the room, but the young man, the crisis having come, faces it, mau like, and detains her, not unwill? ing. He holds both her hands in his big brown fist, and says, trying to look into her downcast eyes, "For heaven's sake don't go-tell me some? thing-whether I am to go on telling you what a darling you are, or whether it's all up with me. ? can't stand this kind of thing any more." She says nothing, but slowly, sweetly, with a delicious shyness, her eyes meet his-and then Certain events happen in every man's life which glorify their surroundings, so that the commonest things are ever after? ward made sacred. It may be a flower, or a tune, or a street even. Blake's pleas? antest association so far in life has been linked .J a common enough tune, which, especially if brayed out with much brass, will bring before him the little lake at Worcester-Quinsigamond. with its still waters quiet under the July sun, its wooded banks swarming with the roaring crowd, and the crew of the rival univer? sity three lengths behind as the boats sweep down the last half mile. But in future the freshness of a calm summer evening, after a recent rain, will fill him with foolish recollec? tions of the perfect bliss that was his for a moment just "because a certain fair haired giri lay in his arms, and hid hex face o.i his shoulder. But only for a mo? ment. Then she suddenly slips away from him. and stands motioning him away, and says quickly, "No-no-you must not say another word. For God's sake, don't tempt me. It can never, never be." There'is short t".me for explanation or entreaty, for the sound of wheels on the gravel gives warning of thc return of the driving party. "What do you mean?" demands Tom savagely. "Oh. Tom. forgive me! I didn't dream that this could happen. No; it can never be! I-I'm engaged." "Jilted, by G-d! I beg your pardon I forgot myself. I should say, I congrat? ulate the man very heartily. May I ask" "Oh. don't ask anything-don't say anything. Here comes the people. Tell them I have a headache." And Miss Stuart rushes up stairs, and Blake has to saunter quietly out to meet the others, and to hear what a delightful evening it is for driving, and wasn't it very warm walking, and he and Miss Stuart must have enjoyed quite a tete-a tete, and similar platitudes, which are anything but soo:.lng when one is hard Lut. Dinner at the Vis voorsts' is always a good thing considere i solely as dinner, but this evening there is a certain amount of gloom around the festive board. Mrs. Mackenzie does not trouble herself to be agreeable; Miss Stuart begs to be excused for the evening; the '?ld gentleman's most elaborate compliments and best turned periods fall flat, and ho evidently has something on bis mind; his son is more like an idiot than common, and only Mrs. Vanvoorst is in good spirits, for Blake luis very little to say, und has nearly lost the fine appetite he brought home from his walk. Every ono is glad when dinner is over, and every one is disturbed when Vanvoorst senior begs the ladies to re? main a moment, se:;d.s thc serrant out of the room, and is apparently about to make a speech. "My dear friends-Mr. Blake, will you be good enough to fill Mrs. Mackenzie s glass?-I feel that here in the privacy of ! the Sf-f ial circle, among my family and j among my friends. I am justified in an- ? nouncing to you what I trust you v. ill ? agree with me in saying is one of those j events which-rn fact, ? may say, winch should fill ti;?'-the mind with ibo most amiable emotions. You will, I trust, par? don me when I speak of myself; but ! among friends all false modesty should ' be-in fact, dismissed-yes. I am aware j that ? am not in my boyhood, but a kind j Providence has endowed mo with remark- i able vigor of neal*h. and I may say with a youthful buoyancy of spirit winch- in j fact, has encouraged me to take the j step which I am abort to speak of. j My children - my dear friends - I have great pleasure in announcing to you that I haye formed a mat rim?aial engagement wit?i a young lady, who, although considerably my ju? nior, unites in a rare degree those quali? ties of mind and person-good sense, amiability, beauty-which fit their pos? sessor to mako any man happy. You will, I trust, join me in drinking the health of the lady when I propose-Miss Katherine Stuart." The response is not unanimous. Young Vanvoorst drops his glass with a tinkle to the floor; his wife falls back speechless in her chair' Mrs. Mackenzie makes no sign, but sits still and tugs in a curious way at the broad gold bracelets she wears. Blake bursts into a roar of laughter, and reaching across the table, touches glasses with the astonished old gentleman, and drinks the toast with unpleasant hilarity. As his glass comes down on the table Mrs. Mackenzie dashes her bracelets with no gentle hand among the fruit dishes and decanters. Blake picks them up with a sneer and hands them back to her. "It's a wann night, I know, Mrs. Mackenzie, he says, "but you'll need them when you get cooler." She rises, and the bracelets roll?n the floor. "1 don't want them," she says. "That old man gave them to me, and he has deceived me and insulted me. When is the next train to New York? Mr. Blake, will you take me to the city-you are all the friend I have here?" And so Miss Stuart's engagement is announced. An early train brings Mrs. MacKenzie and Elalie-no congenial pair-to New York early on Sunday morning. Here they part-the lady to reappear like a meteor at Long Branch, the man to go on with his aimless life, a little wiser and a good deal sadder. It is not until the panic comes, and he sees the tottering fortunes of the house of Stuart propped up and carried through by the timely re? enforcement of the Vanvoorst credit, that he realizes how completely every one has been sold. THE E2?D. Best of All Cough medicines, Ayer's Cherry Pec? toral is in greater demand than ever. No preparation for Throat and Lung Troubles is so prompt in its effects, so agreeable to the taste, and so widely known as this. It is the family medi? cine in thousands of households. "I have suffered for years from a bronchial trouble that, whenever I take cold or am exposed to inclement weath? er, shows itself by a very annoying tickling sensation in the throat and by difficulty in breathing. I have tried a great many remedies, but none does so well as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral which always gives prompt relief in returns of my old complaint." - Ernest A. Hepler, Inspector of Public Koads, Parish Ter? re Bonne, La. " I consider Ayer's Cherry Pectoral a most important remedy ,_. For Home Use. I have tested its curative power, in my family, many times during the past thirty years, and have never known it to fail. It will relievo the most serious affections of the throat and lungs, whether in children or adults." - Mrs. E. tt. Edgerly, Council Bluffs, Iowa. "Twenty years ago I was troubled with a disease of the lungs. Doctors afforded me no relief and considered my case hopeless. I then begaii to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and, before I had finished one bottle, found relief. I continued to take this medicine until a cure was effected. I believe that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral saved my life." .Samuel Griggs, Waukegan, 111. M Six years ago I contracted a severe cold which settled on my lungs and soon developed all the alarming symp? toms of Consumption. I had a cough, night sweats, bleeding of the lungs, pains in ch^t and sides, and was so prostrated as to be confined to my bed most of the time. After trying various prescriptions, without benefit,? my physician finally determined to give rae. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I took it, and the effect was magical. I seemed to rally from the first dose of this medicine, and, after using only three bottles, am as well and sound as ever." - Rodney Johnson, Springfield, 111. * Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PBEPABED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; six-bottles, $5. CAUTION Beware of Fraud, as my name and the price are staining on the bottom o? all my advertised shoes before leaving the factory, which protect the wearers against high prices and inferior pood?. Il a dealer offers XV. L. Douglas shoes at a re? duced ;?rice, or says he has them without niv name and price stamped on the bottom, put him down as a fraud. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. GENTLEMEN. The onlv calf S3 SEAMLESS Shoe cmooth inside. S'O TACKS or WAX THREAD to hurt th?' feet, easy as hand-sewed and "WILL NOT RiP. W. L. DOUGLAS 84 SnOE, the ordinal and ouJy hand-sewed welt $4 shoe. Equals cus? tom-made slx>es costing from $6 to $i>. W. L. DOUGLAS 83.50 POLICE SHOE. Railroad M'en and Letter Carriers all wear them. Smooth Inside as a Hand-Sewed Shoe. No Tacks or Wax Thread t<> hurt the f*'Ct. XV. L. DOUGLAS 82.50 SHOE b unexcelled for heavy wear. Bert Calf Shoe fur tho price. W. L. DOUGLAS 82.25 WORKING? MAN'S SHOE is thc best in th?: world for. roiijrh wear: one pair omrht to wear a man a vear. XT. L. DOUGLAS 82 SHOE FOR BOXS is the best School shoe in the world. XV. L. DOUGLAS 81.75 YOUTH'S School Shoe Kives the small lioys a chauce to wear the best shoes in thc world. All inade in Congress, Button and Lace. If not 90?d l?v v<?ur dealer, write AV. L. IK>UGLA8, BROCKTON, MASS. J. Kyttenberg k Sons, Agents, Jan. 25 Sr.MTER, S. C. MASTER'S SALE- " State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Is THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Julia 1. Reynolds, as Executrix of thc j Estate of Muri: Reynolds, deceased, j Plaintiff, against Hardy Bowen. Ttaitrina Bowen, (Jznown 'ts ?iena?) j jyickolas F. Bowen, Tlen.ru Bowen, \ N Thomas Bateen, Etta (lenna n ax j Rink) Bowen, Benjamin Rowen, ? Clara Ramsey, John Bowen, Win j I). Blandhifj and The Ka'.ional \ Bank of Sumter, S. C., Defendants J Iy V VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in ? .}f the abo?e eu?lled cause and dated June j 7th, lis.ss, I will sell itt public auction in j front ol thc Court House tn the City <>f Sum ter in said State, on Monday, Nov. 5th, i 1888, - betug Snlesday-between tl.e hour? j of ll o'clock in the forenoon and f> o'clock in the afternoon, ti)?- following premises, situ- , ated in said County nod State, t<> wit : All thai piece, parcel or traci of land con- ? taining two hundred and fifty-seven acres more or less, situa'e lying and being in the County and Sr ne aforesaid, hounded on the ' North by lands of Dr. Mark fteynold^, dee'd.; East bv" Estate of W. W. Kees ; South bv j lands ?f Estate? of James Caldwell and S. J. Bradley and West by lands of Estate of S. ; J. Bradley and Deveaux, being more fully j represented by the plat of Thomas D Sumter ? I). S. dated Dec. 1st. 1857 for 20G 9-?0 acres, | less the forty acres thereof tut oil' by the ! red lines from the Northern portion of the tract and represented by the letters A. B. C, D. E. F. & C. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pav for title?. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Oct. 10, 1S33. Master for Sumter Cu. ri Colored Prophet Spreading Alarm. GUYTON, Ga., October 2.-There is i panic among the colored people of Gruyton, and negroes are praying who were never known to be devout be? fore. The village has a Wiggins in ;he person of Simmons, a tinner, who ;!aims that voices from heaven have ? ;old him to warn the people that Guy- j :on is shortly to be visited by an earthquake unless the people stop heir evil practice. Simmons has written out the waining in detail and joes from house to house reading it ;o both whites and colored. At the ifrican Methodist Church during the ;emporary absence of its pastor, Sim nons occupied the pulpit and took ;be predicted earthquakes as his text. The congregation was worked up to ;he highest pitch by the fervid ora ;ory of the speaker. The negroes lave taken Simmon's predictions as true, and their effect on the ignorant las been such as to demoralize them, ind many who are in services have .efused to perform their duties until Simmon's earthquake comes. - I mm A Woman's Discovery* "Another wonderful discovery hus been mr.do md that, too by a lady in tins county. Disease astened its clutches upon her and for seven rears she withstood its severest tests, but her rital organs were undermined and death seem ;d imminent. For three months she coughed ncess:intly and could not sleap. She bought of is a bottle of- Dr. King's New Disc- very for Don9umptioh and was so much relieved on aking first dose that she slept all night and rv it ii ono bottle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Luts." Thus write \V. C. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C.-Get a free :rial bottle at Dr. DeLorme's Drug Store. MASTER^ "SALE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Tohn Heid, Assignee, Plaintiff, vs. W. D. Blanding, Susan A. Lee, A. D. Witherspoon and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made ia the above entitled cause and dated June 7th, 1833. I will sell at public auction m "root of the Court House in the City of Sum? ter in said State, on Monday, Nov. 5th, 1888-being Salesday-between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the ifternoon, the following premises, to wit : All that tract of land described in the Com? plaint, situate in the incorporate limits of the City of Straiter, in the County of Sumter, ind State aforesaid, containing forty-five icres aud three-fifths of an acre, more or less, bounded as foliows : On the North-West by Rail Road avenue, North by lot lately of J. W. Dargan, East partly by Sumter Street, South-East by ?ands of T. V. \Valsh: South by lands of R F. Hoyt; the same to be sold in 31 parcels or lots as represented on the plat of Jas. D. Mell wain, D. S., filed with the proceedings io this . use, the original plat to be seen in the Clerk'* oifice, and & copy of the plat can be seen in toe office of Col. J. D. Blanding. Lot3 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. and 7 each containing one acre and being in shape a parallelogram, each having a front on Rail Road avenue of 104 feet, 3 inches, with a depth of 419 feet and 9 inches, No. 1 being ?ext to the residence on said premises. Lot No. 8, containing 1} acres, bounded North by Rail Road avenue and a ditch dividing said lot from a lot lately of J. W. Dargan, East by lots Nos. 9, 10, ll, 12, 13 and 14, Sou th-Wes: by lot No. 7. Lots Nos. 9. li?, ll. 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 17, 18, 19. 20 and 21, each being parallelograms 210 feet deep and having a front on ^uniter street of about 60 feet, more or less, and con? taining about ^ of an acre ettch, and Noa. 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16 having houses thereon. Lot No. 22, containing J of. an acre, more or less, and bounded North by land now or lately of Bank of Charleston,'South-East by lot of T. V. Walsh and West by Lots 23 and 24. Lot 23, containing one acre, bounded on the North by Sumter street and the right of way between it and Lot No. 21, East by Lot No" 22, South by Lot No. 24, and West by' Lot No. 31. Loi No. 241 containing one zee, bounded North by Lot No. 23, East by Lot No. 22, S?uth-Eait by lot of T. V. Walsh and West by Lot No. 31. Lot No. 25, containing 8 9 of an acre, bounded North by Lots Nos. 7 and 6, E?st by Lots Nos. 15rl6. 17, 18,19, 20 and 2-1, South by right of way leading from Sumter street West to Lot No. 27, and West by Lot No. 26. Lot No. 26, coutaing 8-9 of an acre, bound? ed North by Lots Nos. 6 aud 5, East by Lot No. 25, South by right of way from Sumter street, leading West to Lot No. 27. Lot No. 27, containidg 8-9 of an acre, bounded North-West by Lots Nos. 4; 3, 2 and 1, East by Lot No. 26, Souih by Lot No. 31. Lot No. 28, containing one and 1-13 of an acre, bounded on the North-West by Rail Road avenue, North-East by Lot No. 31, South-East by lands of R. French Hoyt, and South-West by Lot No. 29. Lot No. 29, containing | of an acre, bound? ed North-West by Rail Road avenue, North? east by Lot No. 28. S>ulh-East by land of R. French Hoyt, and South-West by Lot No. 30. Lot No. 30, containing ?of an acre, bound? ed North-West by Rail Ruad avenue, North East by Lot No. 29, South East by land of R. French Hoyt, affd South-West by Lot of Mary DeLane Lot No. 31, containing 26 4-10 acres, whereon is situated the resideuce and out? buildings, bounded North-West by Rail Road avenue, North-East by Lois No. 1, 27, and right of way from Sumter street, East by Lots 23 and 24, South-East by lot of T. V. Walsh, South by lands of R. French Hoyt and South-West by Lot No. 28. Terms of Sale-For Lots from 1 to 30, Cash ; and for Lot No. 31, one-half cash and balauceon 12 months credit from day of sale. The credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser, with interest from the day of 3ale, and mortgage of the premises. The dwelling house to be Insured and policy as? signed to the Master. The purchaser to have the option to pay his bid in cash. Purchas? es to pay ior all necessary papers and for recording mortgage. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, Oct. 9. Master for Sumter Co. ROYAL CICERO 8794. Won first prizes at South Carolina Stale Fair, 1834-1885. 3 ed hy F. J. DeGruchy, Trinity, Jersey. Born Januaru S, 13S3. inparted in Dam November 20, ?832-. DssCRif'Tiorr.-So!:d-gre; fawn, shading to black on belly ?nd leg:?. . ith black tongue and ?witch ; fine head with mild eyp, broad forehead, thi&y*llow horns, with well defined fillet ; long slim neck, straight back, with body of great depth, set low on line clean limbs; slim tail, with heavy black switch; <*kin exi ted ingly thin and mellow ?nd rich in color: false teats of unusual length', with ?..ri-at distance bet wer ri, rema: kable milk veins, and g^od escutcheon : mild disposition. His sire, CICERO, won fust prize overall Jersey!? in 2 year old class in 13S2 ; and was j sold at auction in New York tor ?3,100. His | gel ;:r* very uniform', and possessed of rich ? mellow skins, and all the pointa that usually accompany the high cia.-? dairy animal. As ? showing thc appreciation in which tiley are ! held by breeders, the thirty calves of his get, j imported and sold by Mr. T. S. Cooper at j auction in New York, realized an average of 1 5<;04 each; and his yearling son, on: of \oiin_' Carenne, has recently changed hands ? at $2,500: His dam, KHEDIVE'S VIRGINIA, was! "nt <>t ono ni the grandest dairy cows on the j Island of Jersey, and is regarded as one of j thc best daughters of Khedive, She was fiUrcbased by Mr. J. if U -^er, of Worcester, ! Mass., one of the most scientific Jersey judges j in the country, at auction in New York, in May, 1883, for $2,050. ! Royal (.'?coro will make the season at my j farm, three miles west of Sumter. Service ! fee $5.00. Aug. 8-3ro. J. I>. JONES FIBS! (USS JOB W?HR AT BOTTOM PRICES* wATcuun m minn m mm! A. Remarkable Showing for B- B. B. against other fiemedies. PCTJ?AK Co., April 29, 1897. I have been suiFermg for most thirty years with an itching and burning all over my face ind body. I took eighteen bottles of one blood medicine and it did me no good. I commenced last. January to use B. B. B., and *fter using five bottles I felt better and stouter than I have in thirty years, my health is better and I weigh more than ? ever did. The itching has nearly ceased, and T am oon fidenktbat a few more bottles of B. B K. will :ure me entirely. I am sixty-two years old ind can now do a good day's work in my field. I consider it the be3t medicioe I have iver seen, for it certainly did me more good than all the medicine I had ever taken. I had, in all, nearly a hundred risings on my 'ace, neck and body. JAMES PINKERTON. Breakfast Shawls, 25c. up ; Wool and Zephyr Shawls, $1.00 up: Ladies' and Misses' Jerseys, 50c. up, at F. Levi's. BARGAINS TO BE HAD AT BARNETT'S. Ladies' grain button dress Shoe for Si.00 per pair. Ladies' high cut button boots for $3 00, sold everywhere for $4.00. Gent's Congress, Gaiters, Balmoral?, and Button for $2.50 ; good value for $3.50. Gent's hand sewed Gaiters, every pair war? ranted, $4 50; sold elsewhere for $6 op Gent's Hats io ail styles and shapes from 25 cents up Ladies' Straw Hats for 25 and 35 cents, sold elsewhere for 50 and 75 cents. Big line of Plumes and Feathers offered at a sacrifice. My stock of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS is complete. In this department I am offer ing some great bargains. GROCERIES. Duryeas Laundry Starch, 4| cents. Concentrated Lye, Star brand, 8A cents. A good laundry Soap, 3 cakes for 5 cents. A good toilet Soap, 6 cakes for 10 cents. Good Rio Coffee, 16$ cents. Bagging and Tie3 at Charleston prices. R. R. P. Seed Oats at lowest market prices. Heavy Groceries at lowest possible prices. Space will not adroit me to give more prices, but bear in mind I will not be under? sold by any one. Give me a call and be convinced. B. J. BARNETT, Oct. 3 Main Street, in the Bend. ~"~ PUBLIC NOTICE. . THE UNDERSIGNED, who are commis? sioned as a Board of Corporators to open books of subscription of "THE BANK OF SUMTER" a proposed Corporation, the purpose of which is to carry on a general banking business, the principal place of which business shall be the City of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, hereby give notice that they will open books of subscrip? tion to thc said Capital Stock, at the law office of Hayoswortb & Cooper in said City, on the 6th day of October 1888; said books to remain open until the Capital Stock of Fifty Thousand Dollars shall have been sub? scribed. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. S. BROWN, E W. MOISE, J. D. BLANDING, R. P. MONAGHAN. Sumter, S. C., Sept. 28, I8S3. AN ORDINANCE Entitled an Ordinance to raise Sup? plies for the Fiscal year, commen? cing June 1st, 1888, and ending Mag dist, 1889. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sumter, in Council assembled and by the authority of the same, Ssc. I. That the following Annual Taxes as provided for and authorized by law, be and thesnraeare hereby levied for, the uses and purposes of said City for the fiscal year, com? mencing 1st dav of June A. D., 1888. To wit: Forty-five cents (45) on the value of each one hundred dollars of Real Estate, and forty-five cents (45) on the value of each one hundred dollars of Personal Property, within the corporatelimitsof said City, excepting such property as may be exempt from taxation under the constitution of this Slate, and the taxes paid and collected under this Ordinance shall not exempt any property upon which such taxes are paid, from taxalibu after the 30th day of September A*. D. 18S9. SEC. II. The phrase Kcal Estate as is used in this Ordinance is co-extensive with all lands, tenements and hereditaments, and the phrase, Personal Properly isinteuded to raeati and include, all money, goods, chattels, choses in action, and all evidences of debt. SEC III. That all persons liable to taxation under this Ordinance shall make payment to the Clerk ft Treasurer of City of Sumter dur? ing thc' month of November ?888 and upon failure to make such payment the person or persons, so in default, shall be subject to a penalty of twenty per centum upon the amount of taxes due by him, ber or them ; and it shall be the duty of the said Clerk & Treasurer to enforce the collection of all taxes and penalties due said "City of Sumter," and for this purpose he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue executions under the Corporate Seal nf said City, directed to the Sheriff of Sumter County S. C. requiring him to levy and sell of the property, Real or Personal of such person or persons, so in de? fault, sufficient to pay all such taxes, penalties charges and costs. SEC. IV. That this Ordinance shall go into effect on the 1st day of October i888 and all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting therewith are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council assembled and under the Corporate Seal of the City of Sum? ter, this 2nd day of October, A. P., 1888. [L.S.J J. A. MOOD, C. M. HURST, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. Oct. 3. & 0 il j PROPRIETORS OF THE SUMTER SHOE STORE. This Firm is too well known to our readers to require amy puff, but having been silent for the past two years, (doing their advertising by another method) they deem it best to announce' through this medium, that their shelvesare laden with as com-j ?p?ete a stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, as can be found in Tiny Retail Store in the State, and they are determined not to be undersold; but they will under-sole every? body, in any style, according to their respective tastes and pocket books. From the cheapest to the finest, all grades are] complete. Don't fail to call, if you want to walk on solid leather, and PERFECT FITTING SHOES. Remember they are Slioe-m?kers, and know their business: This is their Eighteenth Year in Sumter. BULTMAN & BRO., Proprietors of The Sumter Shoe Store. Oct. 3 CROSSWELL & CO. -DEALERS IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Southwest Corner Main and Liberty Ste. AN ENTIRELY FRESH STOCK . -OF Family and Fancy Groceries. It is OUT Honest Purpose to be able to* Com? pete with any House in the City. A Large Stock of Fancy G-rocef ies, Canned Goods and Delicacies of the Season now on hand.' Staple Goods Always in Stock. Prices Reduced to the Lowest Possible Limit. Orders Promptly Filled and Goods Delivered! Polite and attentive Clerks will aid the Proprietors intM?ir efforts to please all who trade wich us. Sept. 12. _ ffiFPALAOE?SA^OON, A. P. LEVY & GO., Proprietors. (Successors to Roseh?orf t? Coi) We have cocs?antlj on band a complete lf?edf WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. And desire to cull especial attention to the following : Imported. Domestic. FRENCH BRANDIES, SHERRY, PORT1, IRISH WHISKEY, CATAWBA WINE, . ' JAMAICA RUM-, BLACKBERRY WINE, HOLLAND GIN, <HN AND FINE SCOTCH WHISKEY, RYE WHISKEY. We call especial attention to oar Pure Cortil Carolina Cor? Whiskey, Sept. 26. Which we get direct from theatiH. New Advertisements. TO' ADVERTISERS A Hst of 1000 newspapers divided into STATES'A*ND.SECTIONS will be sent on application-FREE. To those wlio want theiradvertising to pay, weean offer no better' medium for thorough and effective work \ban the various sections of our Select Local List. GEO. P. ROW??L <? CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, Oct. 3 10 Spruce street. New York. CHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FISH, GAME, OYSTERS, TURTLES, TERRAPINS, POULTRY, EGGS, &c. Stalls No. l and 2 Fieh Market. Office and Fish House, 18 and 20 Market St., East of East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. All orders promptly attended to. Terms cash dr city acceptance. Oct. 3 LODGINGS. Cy DESIRABLE FURNISHED ROOtfS for ? gentlemen, or a married couple. Apply corner Sumter and Republican Street?. Sept 12. JOS. H. MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUMTER, S. C. Collections a specialty. Sept. 26.-0 Stier Cl?al, Comercial anil Harr Gif. CHURCH ST., SUMTER, S. C. II. ROYSTON, PRINCIPAL. DWELLING WITH FOUR" ROOMS, out bouse and stables in good repair, in the Western part of town. Apply to, Sept. 12. J. M. SPANN. WK ARK PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE LARGE ARRIVALS OP NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS, find we invite the attention of the public to a choice complete and care? fully selected assortment of new and fashionable effects in Colors and Fabrics and the best qualities in Dry Goods and Notions, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, &e< We are prepared to oiler our customers the advantages of a stock bought at the lowest, prices for cash. We have ONE PRICE. Goods arc marked in PLAIN FIGURES, so the purchasing public need not be deceived. Call and sec. D. .Sept 5 ?3* To i? mm M???&???? W?beg to State tir?t wel?friT engagea* the services of' r?k: X&ti?tf su?i??s:' ??r Mr. B???faf&f s?i ife ; Snares liare jxcat r?t?'r?r?d* from* the Nmti .za?1 KaVe? bought afin?1 liner of* thWr FlfiGS ffllt?ttftt?. '- ??tf l?o? com??ete; emtiftc?n g: Fancy Basked Cologne, ?itafe Toilet So?ps Gbr??tsi Cloates and Jao&ste, Dress GoodsV . Passam?ataries, Sateensand Stiramv P?amand F?aids. , Best' make Fr?ncfe-Henriett|tf in Black and Colors, wiii<? we^ guarantee to be sucl? ALSO CLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, lor A rgrtf a CAPS, Groceries as? Hardware, In t?ie past, as you ali wei! know, we have kept a fine se* lected stock of Groceries, and we* now prom?e to continue? the same. We will guarantee oui prices to be as low as first class gooda can be obtained in any large city. Polite clerks ra attendance and no goods misrepresented* Samples sent on application and ali orders by mail wi? reeer e prompt attention. Thanking the good people of this and adjoining Counties for their liberal patronage, we re? main, Very respectfully, rat I BIMI, Sept. 19. - i . f.