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f^e Mimait m? S?i?jnm WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. By Capt. CHASLES KTJ?G, U. S. A. Jk.vthor of "Dunravea Ranch," "The Colo nels Daughteryn ' ' Marion's Faith? Etc., Etc piopyrt?ht, by J. . Lippincott Company, Phila delphia, and published by special arrangeiaeat with them.] rCOXTIXUED.l CHAPTER XIIL uWeH, sir, I should say it teas a young iceman.1* Two nights after this, as Capt. Buxton was sulkily going the rounds of the sen tries, he made a discovery which greatly enlivened an otherwise uneventful tour as officer of the day. It had been his general custom on such occasions to take the shortest way across the parade to the guard house, make brief and perfunctory inspection there, then go on down the Mil to the creek valley and successively visit the sentries around the stables. If the night were wet or cold, he went back the same way, ignoring the sentries at the coal and store sheds along Prairie avenue. This was a sharply cold night and very dark, but equally still. It was between 13 and 1 o'clock?nearer 1 than 12?as he climbed the hill on his home ward way, and, instead of taking the short cut, turned northward and struck for the gloomy mass of sheds dimly dis cernible some forty yards from the crest He had heard other officers speak of the fact that Mr. Eayne's lights were burn ing until long after midnight, and that dropping in there, they had found him seated at his desk with a green shade over his eyes, studying by the ak? of two student lumps: "boning to be a general, probably," was the comment of captains of Buxton's caliber, who, having grown old in the service and in their own igno rance, were fiercely intolerant of lieu tenants who strove to improve in pro fessional reading instead of spending their time making out the company mus ter rolls and cloi&ing accounts, as they. should da Buxton wanted to see for himself what the night lights meant, and was plunging heavily ahead through the darkness, when suddenly brought to a stand by the sharp challenge of the sentry at the coal shed. He whispered the mystic countersign over the leveled bayonet of ? the infantryman,- sv* earing to himself at the regulation which puts an officer in each a "stand-and-deliver" attitude for the time, being, and then, by way of get ting square with the soklier for the sharply military way in which bis duty as sentry had been performed, the cap tain proceeded to catechise him as to his orders. The soldier had been well taught, and knew all his "responses" by rote?far better than Buxton, for that matter, as the latter was anything but an exemplar of perfection in tactics or sen try duty; but this did not prevent Bux ton'8 snappishly telling him he was wrong in several points and contemptu ously inquiring where he had learned such trash. The soldier promptly but respectfully responded that those were the exact instructions he had received at the adjutant's school, and Buxton knew from experience that be was getting on dangerous ground. He would have stuck to his point, however, in default of some thing else to find fault with, but that the crack of a whip, the crunching of hoofs and a rattieof wheels out in the darkness quickly diverted his attention. "What's tliat, sentry?" he sharply in quired. **A carriage, sir. Leastwise, I think it-must be." Why don*t you know, sir? It must have been on your post." **No, sir; it was 'way off my post. It drove up to Lieut. Hayne's about half an hour aga" "Wbere'd it come from from?" asked captain, eagerly. **From town, sir, I supposa" And. leaving the sentry to his own reflections, which, on the whole, were not compli mentary to his superior officer, Capt Buxton strode rapidly through the dark ness to Lieut. Hayne's quarters. Bright lights were still burning within, both on the ground floor and in a room above. The sentries were just beginning the call of 1 o'clock when he reached the gate and halted, gazing inquisitively at tht house front. Then he turned and listened to the rattle of wheels growing faint in the distance as the team drove away towards the prairie town. If Hayne had gone to town at that hour of the night it was a most unusual proceeding, and he had not the colonel's permission to ab sent himself from the pose, of that the officer of the day was certain. Then, again, he would not have gone and left all his lights burning. No; that vehicle ! whatever it was, had brought somebody j out to see him?somebody who proposed j to remai a several hours; otherwise the carriage would not have driven away. | In confirmation of this theory lie heard j voices, cheery voices, in laughing talk j and one of them made him prick up his j ears. He heard the piano crisply trilling a response to light, skillful lingers. He longed for a peep within, and regretted that he had dropped Mr. Hayne from the list of his acquaintance. He recognized Hayne's shadow presently thrown by the lamp upon the curtained window, and wished that his visitor would come similarly into view. He heard the clink of glasses and saw the shadow raise a j wine glass to the lips, and Sam's Mon- I golia? shape flitted across the screen, j bearing a "tray with similar suggestive j objects. What meant this unheard of j conviviality on the part of the ascetic, | the hermit, the midnight oil burner, the j scholarly recluse of the garrison? Iiux- j ton starei with all his eyes and listened | with all his ears, starting guiltily when ! he heard a martial footstep coming j quickly up the path, and faced the in- j trader rather unsteadily. It was only j the corporal of the guard, and he glanced j at his superior, brought his fur gauntiet ed hand in salute to the rifle on his shoul der and passed on. The next moment Buxton fairly gasped j with amaze; he stared an instant at the window as though transfixed, then ran after the corporal, called to him in low, } stealthy tone to come back noiselessly, drew him by the sleeve to the front Df Hayne's quarters, and pointed to the parlor window. Two shadows were there now?one easily recognizable as that of the young officer in his snugly fitting undress uniform, the other slen der, graceful, feminine. "What do you make that other shadow to be, corporal?" he whispered, hoarsely and hurriedly. "Look!" And with that exclamation a shadowed arm seemed to encircle the slender form, the mustached image to bend low and mingle with the outlined luxuriance, of tress that decked the other's head, and then, together, with clasping arms, the shadows moved from view. "What was the other, corporal?" he repeated. "Well, sir, I should say it was a young woman." Buxton could hardly wait until morn ing to see Kayner. When ha passed the latter's quarters half an hour later all was darkness, though, had he but known it, Rayner was not asleep. . He was at the house before guard mounting and had a conlidential and evidently exciting talk with the captain; and when lie went, just as the trumpets were sounding, these words were heard at the frontdoor: "She never left until after daylight, when the same rig drove her back to town. There was a stranger with her then." Tliat morning both Rayner and Buxton looked hard &z Sir. Hayne when ho came in to the matinee; but he was just as calm and quiet as ever, and having sa luted the commanding officer took a seat by Capt. Gregg and was soon occupied in conversation with him. Not a word was said by the officer of the day about the mysterious visitor to the garrison the previous night. With Capt. Hayner, however, he was again in conversation much of the day, and to him, not to his successor as officer of the day, did he . communicate ail the details of the pre vious night's adventure and his theories thereanent Late tliat night, having occasion to step to his front door, convinced that he heard stealthy footsteps on his piazza, Mr. Hayne could see nobody in the dark ness, but found his front rate open. He walked around his little house, but not a man was visible. His r^art was full of a new and strange excitement that night, and, as before, he threw on his overcoat and furs and took a rapid walk around the garrison, gazing up into the starry heavens and drinking in great draughts of the pare, bracing air. Re turning, he camev down along the front of officers' row, and as he approached Rayners quarters his eyes rested long ingly upon the window he knew to be hers now; but all was darkness. As he rapidly neared the house, however, he became aware of two bulky figures at the gate, and, as he walked briskly past, recognized the overcoats as those of offi cers. One man was doubtless Rayner, the other he could not teli; for both, the instant they recognized his step, seemed to avert their heads. Once home again, he soon sought his room and pillow; but, long before he could sleep, again and again a sweet vision seemed to come to him: he could not shut out the thought of Nellie Travers?of how she looked and what she said that very after noon. He had gone to call at Mrs. Waldron's soon after dark. He was at the piano, playing for her, when he became con scious that another lady had entered the room, and, turning, saw Nellie Travers. He rose and bowed to her. extending his hand as he did so, and knowing that his heart was thumping and his color rising as he felt the soft, warm touch of her slender fingers in his grasp.' She, too, had flushed?any one could see it, though the lamps were not turned high, nor was the firelight strong. "Miss Travers has come to take tea very quietly with me, Mr Hayne?she is so soon to return to the east?and now I want you to stay and join us. No one will be here but the major; and we will ? have a lovely time with our music. You will, won't you?" "So soon to return to the east!" How harsh, how strange and unwelcome the words sounded! How they seemed to op press him and prevent his reply! He stood a moment dazed and vaguely wor ried: he could not explain it He looked from Mrs. Waldron's kind face to the sweet flushed, lovely features there so near him. and something told him that he could never let them go and find even hope or content in life again. Eow, why had she so strangely come into his lonely life, radiant, beautiful, bewildering as some suddenly blazing star in the darkest corner of the heavens? Whence had come this strange power that enthralled him? He gazed into her sweet face, with its downcast, troubled eyes, and then, in bewilderment, turned to Mrs. Waldron: "I?I had no idea Miss Travers was go ing east again just now It seems only a few days since she came." "It is over a month; but all the same thi3 is a sudden decision. I knew noth ing of it until yesterday. You said Mrs Rayner was better today, Nellie?" "Yes. a little: but she is far from well I think the captain will go, too, just as soon as he can arrange for leave of a<> sence," was the low toned answer. He had released, or rather she had with drawn, her hand, and he still stood there, fascinated. His eyes could not quit their gaze. She going away??She? Oh, it could not Ix;! What?what would life become without the sight of that radiant face, that pleader, graceful, girlish form? "Is not this very unexpected?" he struggled to say. "1 thought?I heard you were to spend several months here.'' j "It w^s so intended, Mr. Hayne; but j my sister's health requires speedy change j She h:is been growing worse ever since we came, and she will not get well here.'* j "And when do you go?" he asked blankly. "Just as soon as wo can pack; though ' we may wait two or three days for a? for a telegram." There was a com piote break in the con ! versation for a full quarter of a minute ?not surh a long time m itself, but un cen v?ntionally lon g under such circum stances. Then Mrs. Waldron suddenly a^id remarkably arose: " 1 leave you to entertain Mr. Hayne a few moments. Neli?e. 1 am the slave j of mv cook and che knows nothing of : Mr. Hayne's being here to tea with us. j so I must tell her and avert disaster." | And with this barefaced?statement ou ! her lips and conscience, where it rested ? with equal lightness, that exemplary lady j quitted the room. In the sanctity of the connubial chamber that evening, some hours later, she thus explained her ac tion to her silent spouse: "Right or wrong, 1 meant that those j two young people should have a chance to know eacii other i have been con vinced for three weeks that she is being forced into tms New York match, and i for the last week that she is wretchedly i unhappy. You say you believe him a ' wronged and injured man. only you can't prove it. and you have said that i nothing could be too good for him hi this | life as a reward for all his bravery and i fortitude under fearful trials. Then ! Neliie Travers isn't too good for him. ; sweet as she is, and I don't care who j calls me a matchmaker." But with Mrs. Waldron away the two ! appeared to have made hut halting pro- j gross towards friendship. With ah her ; utspoken pluck at school and at borne, i Miss Travers vv-as strangely ill at ease i and embarrassed now. Mr. Hayne was the first to gain self control and to en deavor to bring the conversation back to ' a natural channel. Tt was a struggle; but he had grown accustomed to strug gles. He could not imagine that a girl whom he had met only once or twice should have for him anything more than the vaguest and most casual interest j He well knew by this time how deep and vehement was the interest she had aroused in his heart; but it would never do to betray himself so soon. He strove to interest her in reference to the music she would hear, and to learn from her where they were going. This she an swered. They would go no further east than St. Louis or Chicago. They might go south as far as Nashville until mid-May. As for the summer it would depend on the captain and his leave of absence. It was all vague and unset i tied. Mrs. Rayner was so wretched that j her husband was convinced that she { ought to leave for the states as soon as ' possible, and of course "she" must go with her. All the gladdess, brightness, vivacity he had seen and heard of as her marked characteristics seemed gone; and yet she wanted to speak with him? wanted to be with him. What could be wrong? he asked himself. It was not until Mrs. Waldrous step was heard re turning that she nerved herse'f to sud den, almost desperate effort. SLiO start ed him with her vehemence: "Mr. Hayne, there is something I must tell you before I go. If no opportunity occur, 11 write it." And those were the words that had been haunting him all the evening, for they were not again alone, and he had no chance to ask a question. What could she mean? For years he bad been living a life of stern self denial; but long before his promotion the last penny of the obli gation that, justly or otherwise, had been laid upon his shoulders was paid with interest. He was a man free and self respecting, strong, resciate, and pos sessed of an independence that never would have been Iiis had his life run on in the same easy, trusting, happy-go lucky style in which he had spent the first two years of his army career. But in his isolation he had allowed himself no thought of anything that could for a moment distract him from the stern pur pose to which he had devoted every energy. He would win back, command, compel, the respect of his comrades? would bring to confusion those who had sought to pull Mm down; and until that stood accomplished he would know no other claim. In the exile of the moun tain station he saw no women but the wives of his senior officers; and they merely bowed when they happened to meet him; some did not even do that. Now at last he had met and yielded to the first of two conquerors before whom even the bravest and the strongest go down infallibly?Love and Death. Suddenly, but irresistibly, the sweet face and thrilling tones of that young girl had seized and filled his heart, to the utter exclusion of every other pas sion; and just in proportion to the empti ness and yearning of his life before their meeting was the intensity of the love and longing that possessed him now. It was useless to try and analyze the suddenness and subtilty of its approach; the power of love had overmastered him. He could only realize that it was here and he must obey. Late into the morning hours he lay there, his brain whirling with its varied and bewildering emotions. Win her he must, or the blackness and des? lation of the past five years would be as nothing compared with the misery of the years to come. Woo her he would, and not without hope, if ever woman's eyes gave proof of sympathy and trust. But now at last he realized that the time had come when for her sake?not for his ?he must adopt a new course. Hitherto he had scorned and repelled all overtures that were not prefaced by an expression of belief in his utter innocence in the past. Hitherto lie had chosen to live the life of an anchorite, and had abjured the society of women. Hitherto he had re fused the half extended proffers of com rades who had sought to continue the in vestigation of a chain of circumstances that, complete, might have proved him a wronged and defrauded man. The missing links were not beyond re covery in skillful hands; butin the shock and horror which he felt on realizing that it was not only possible but certain that a jury of bis comrade officers could deem him guilty cf a low crime, he hid his face and turned from all. Now the time had come to reopen the case. He well knew that a revulsion of feeling had set in which nothing but his own stub bornness held in cheek. He knew that he iiad friends and sympathizers among officers high in rank. He had only a few days before heard from Maj. 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STATE AGENTS FOR LIDDELL & CO.'S Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, &c. Deering Harvesting Machinery, Thomas Rakes, Wind Mills, Ice Plants, Cane Mills and Evaporators, Wood-working Machinery. Io fact anything, from a Plow Point to a Cotton Seed Oil Mill AT BOTTOM PRICES. A fair price allowed for old engines in exchange for new outfits. W. M. BEID, Maycsville, S. C. Agent for Sumter and Kersbaw Co.s and Clarendon, F.^t of Central R. li, Mav 7? Summer Tours. Palace SItzamers. Low Rates. Pour Trips por VTccti Between DETR05T, MAG ? ft AC ISLAND P?tcskay. Tho Sco. Horquotte. ?-1 L?\c Eures Por?. Every Evening 3c-tvrscn DETROIT SuJiJay Trips d::r>n* CLEVELAND n<\ Jal", Au;u3* abet Oniy. 0(J3 ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLETS, Hates and Excursion Tickot3 -will '?? furniahsd by j our Ticket ?sent, or aad.css E. B. WH1TCOMB, G. P. A., Ditroit, Mich., (HE DETROITS C!.F:,'R.;r:n Sir/!Y ?W. CO. A CARD SINCE WITHDRAWING FROM TBE finn of A. P. Levy & Co , and at the Solicitation of numerous friends I bave de cided lo open a ?irsi-cla>'S saloon on Liberty Street opposite J. Rettenberg a Sons' grocery, end I can hereafter be found there at nil hours, having just Opened up ;is line a stock of Liquors und Segare us has ever been brought to Suinter. I extend a cordial invi tation to all of my friends and patrons to call. Rcspectfullv, Jan. 22. A.*P. LEVY. ?HkJL?lXi?A Cl \>A??-5 ?Od ? BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, S UM TER, S. C. IS PREPARED TO DO ALL WORK entrusted to his care, either in the niako up of new work, or mending line and guaran tees satisfaction. Terms low. Call and see me at Shop, next door to Mois?s & Lee's law oftVe. D.C 4. CHARLESTON, SDMTER ?ND NORTHERN RAILROAD. M. 5 10 6 47 6 56 7 14 7 19 7 31 7 41 8 0 8 24 8 GS 8 43 8 52 9 01 9 12 9 25 P. M. IN EFFECT MAY 5, North. MAIN LINE. J 1 A. M. 1890. South. 4 P. M. 6 00 7 45 8 co 8 30 8 55 9 OS 9 18 9 34 9 47 10 12 10 32 10 42 11 19 11 39 12 01 12 30 P. M. Charleston Pregna'Is Ilarley ville Pecks Holly Bill Connors Eutawville Bulls Vanees Morriam St. Paul Suramerton Silver Packsville Tindal Sumter 2 A. M. 11 03 ? 30 9 18 9 00 8 55 8 45 8 35 8 20 7 56 7 44 7 37 7 28 7 19 7 08 6 55 A, M. 9 30 8 05 7 45 7 15 7 04 6 50 6 33 6 18 S 13 43 ) 25 5 12 4 55 4 43 4 22 4 CO P. M. H AR LIN CITY BRANCH. P. M. 8 10 8 23 8 29 8 42 North. 5 A.M. 9 50 10 05 10 20 10 35 South. 6 A. M. S 05 7 50 7 44 7 30 8 A M: 11 32 11 19 11 13 11 00 Vanees Snells Parlers Rarlin City Trains 2, 3, 6 and 7 ruu daily ; other trains daily except Sunday. Trains do not stop where time is omitted. Bulls, Merriam and Snells are flag stations. Trains 2 and 3 have through cars between Charleston and Sumter. I. W. FOWLER, General Manager. Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDE?>?ED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dat d April 20, 1390. |Xo. 23jN?>. 27|No. 15 L've Wilmington Leave Marion. Arrive Florence.-. Leave Florence. Ar've Sumter. Leave Sumter. Ar've Columbia. . No. 52 runs through ircui Charleston via Central R. R. Leaving Lanes 9:15 A. M., Manning 9:56 A. M. Train en C. ? D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 5S._ TRAINS GOING NORTH. I No. 51 ! No. 59iNo. 53 Leave Columbia.... Ar've Sumter. Leave Sumter. Arrive Florence.... Len ve Flercr.ce..... Leave Marion. Arr. Wilmington .. M *I0 35 11 ?8 11 5S 1 15 A M So. 78 4 35 5 20 8 35 M 6 37 7 50 M * 5 20 6 32 No 14 * S 15 8 55 11 45 *L>:u!y. f Daily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston. S C, via Central R R . arriving Manning 7:04 P. M., Lanes 7:42 P. M., Charleston 9:30 P. M. No. 59 connects at Florence Tith C. and D, train for Cheraw and Wadesboro. Nor.. 7S and 14 make close connection at Wilmington with W. & W. R. R. for all points North. Train on Florence It. R. haves Pee Dee rni?y exrept Sunday 4.40 p. M.,?rrive Rowland P. M. Returning le.iv* Rowland 6 30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee s.50 A.M. ? 1 rain on Manchester <t Augusta R. R. leaves Sumter daiiy except So day, 10:50 A M. ar rive Rimini 12.01. Returning ic:ve Rimini 12:15, P. M., arrive Sumter 1:30 P. M. JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't. J. R. EKNLY, Assistant ?.?en'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Gen. Passenger Ag't. Atlantic Coast Line. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. of CONDENSED SCHEDULE, TRAINS COING SOUTH. S. C. Dated April 20, 1830 Le Florence. " Kingstree. Ar. Lanes. Le. Lanes. Ar. Cha's'n.. Train on C. & D. R. R. connects at enee with No. 23 Train. Flor T RAINS GOING NORTH. |No. 78|No. 14jNo. 52 Le. Cha's'n ... Ar. Lanes. Le Lane?. " Kingstree... Ar Florence... A. M. ? 1 20 3 00 3 00 3 17 4 20 A. M. P. M. *4 30 G 29 G 29 6 4g: 7 55: P. M A.M. *7 00 8 27 A. M. * Daiiy. t Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R R. of S. C Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N. C, making close connection with W. ? W. R. R. for all points north. J. R. KENLY, J. F. DIVINE, Ass't Gen'l Manager. Gen'! Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'! Pass. Agent. South Carolina Railway Co, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. Receiver. Commencing April 30th. l?&O, at 1 30 p. m.j Eastern Time, trains will run as follows: MAIN LINE TO AUGUSTA. VEST?DAILY. A.M. P.M. Leave Charleston, 6.UU 6 00 u Summemiie, 6 53 6.40 " Pregnall's 7.40 7.16 " Branchville, 8 55 8.25 Arrive Augusta, 12 01 11.25 MAIN LINE AUGUSTA TO CHARLESTON. east?daily. A. M. Leave Augusta, " Branchville, " Pregnall's, " Summerville, 8.05 1C 50 11.44 12.32 P. M. 1.15 P. M. 4.40 7 58 8 39 9.15 10 00 Arrive Charleston, MAIN LINE AND COLUMBIA DIVISION. DAILY. Leave Charleston, " Pregnall's, " Branchville, Arrive Columbia, " Camden, A. M. 7 00 8 05 8 35 10.43 il.30 P. M. 5 10 t? 44 7 45 10 (?5 * 10 50 COLUMBIA DIVISION AND MAIN LINE east?daily. A. M. P. M. Lenve Camden, * 5.5o 4 45 ? Cola, C i.'? 5 25 " Branchville, 8 55 7.45 " ProgQAlUs, 9 37 8.21 Arrive Charleston. 11 03 9.30 * D;iily except Sunday. Connections at Pregnall's to an : horn C. S & . R. R , with through coach between Charleston and Harlin City. Connections on train leaving Pregnall's for Charleston at 9.37 a. m., and k-uvi:;g Charleston for Preg nall's at 5.10 P. M. Connections at Augusta fur all points in Georgia and the West and at Columbia for North and West. tl?lO? GB TRAIN SEu\ iCE. Angusta Division?Through Trains be twceo Charleston and Angusta, both direc tions, Through Sleepers between Charleston and Atlanta, leaving Charleston at 6 P. M.? arriving !:: Atlanta at 30 A. M., and leav ing Atlanta at 11.15 P. M.?arriving in Charleston 1 15 P. M. Sleepers between Au gusta and Macon connecting with same trains daily. Columbia Division?Through Trains be tween Charleston and Columbia, both direc tions. S. B. PICKENS, C. M. Ward, Gcn'l Pass. Agent. Gen'l Maugcr. Si MM m WORK at bottom prices^ WATCHM* INO Sd??HROS ?8 OFFICE. IT ?Ve, (?ilMV i* ?. Ys > bEhUi?ffl?u. ? ?OiLET SOAPS, E ? AND ALL KINDS CF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. FoMccOs Snuff und Segars, ? ??\ O-E^D?IQ Crii -ALSO Paints, Oils, Tarnishes, ?Ji?SS, PUTTY, &c. DYE STUFFS. -o Physician's Prescriptions carefully soiopocnded, and orders answered with carp and dispatch. The public will find ray stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu ine, and of the best quality; Call and see for yourselves. 9 Wheelwright and Blacksmith SUMTER, s. c. AM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND Rebuild, :?.s well as to build outright, all kinds of Vehicles. * HORSE-SHOSING A SPECIALTY. Also repair all parts of broken Machinery. Keep on baud a stock of Check and Globe Valves and Fittings. Aleo keep Pumps on band and put them down. I handle the SMITH'S SONS 131 PROVED GIN, which is as <rood as any on the murket, and gives entire satisfaction. Aug 21_ Second-Hand Gins and ffla eninery, OS SALE AT A BASBAIN. One SIXTY-SAW WINSHIP GIN ?Latest improved. One SIXTY-SAW and one FORTY-SAW PRATT GIN. One CENTENNIAL COTTON PRESS. One WINSHIP COTTON PRESS. One EIGHT-HORSE ECLIPSE ENGINE. A lot of SHAFTING, PULLEYS, Ac. The above will be sold separately or in lots to suit, and on favorable terms to approved purchasers. Can be seen at my place at Elliott's, Sum ter County, ou Bishopville, R. R. A. F. BYRD, April 9 Elliott's, S. C. O?iD KEJL??BI-E. m ifim HONEST WORKMANSHIP. NO PINCHING. All werk executed in accordance with desiar g selected. No blow-bard agents is the field. ALL STYLS? CS2?ST2BY 05 , As cheap as the cheapest, and as coed as the best. Also ?11 Stylos Sroa Fsaciag. tea sa 5 5 ? S g|? 3 $? | t f.M Oct. 2 SUMTER, S. C. WILLI ? EE & . Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET. Next door io Earle ? Pardy's Law Office. S V .'-i Ti'-i.i, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of Siimfer and vicinity that I have opened business on n:v own account at the above ol? stand, and that with competent and po?ite assistants, I will be pleased to serve them ic any branch of my bu3ines3 in the best style cf 'he art. Give me a call. Wli. KENNEDY. Oct. 19._ ^^? ^^^^^ WatrhS BSfingni 'V*M?*$?*U ^BS?S^?watchin the world. Perfect '&!&^?&S/ ?s7?'P? timekeeper. Warramcdaeavjr. ?iKAxted'^SSS^, . .ir? frce, All :!.?' wo* von need d > i> to show what ? '.,? send you t-> those wIk> call?yoci friend* r.ixl neurhbors and those about ycu?tlia' always resulti in valuable trad* fur ws.which h.jlde?oryeeiswheaonccstan? J, and thus we ari- repaid. We oav all express, ?rtk'ht, etc After ? a know nil, i: v'oa w.wil1 ?k? to CO to wo* for US, you can earn :'rur.i $?0* to iv/.O per week and upwards. AJdrwa, ! ?titl*o:i -~ Co.. ?ox. i*ert?ivaii, SxUiu*. f ti ? ? m m Eppccia??y aged inedictna! uro. M EDUCATED BLACK B?RBY BSAHST. Imported Pert Wins, a preventative for Sprin* asd Sommer complaints. Call early, secura a ?o? tle ri ti ti convince yourself. Try Strauss' Electric, the host 5 cent. Segar in the Siate. Very respectful y, L STRAUSS. Prcprietcr, AL ACE SALOON, M".:?..;/'" r , ? ? t??S ?.' ?"?? ..?..*,.*.'' - . > ?I ; f .? .?; ??. i:v ::i.i.u..v.'re *< I'':?.?*; . . >' . '; J ;. .' ?? :..-r. .??.!??.?,?? f jS :~ v.- : J ?..., ... : ?0* tve will mnlFCSS ^ - ! , 5?as?SS v, <- . . ; - . - m ;c S'jr* ot Tt? t ;- '?" ?. ' ?-? ? i: .. ??. ?' :.'.V4-!.? !? in r- -\ ?~~ ?. .... '?, ?? .?. ; , ..? Vf o:?r te " i ?** '?" " * * ;* . ? . v. -:r ;.' '. ? mi u ? 7 .??? . . .. . ... ? .,,. A ' ^' ?\ *? '? ' - " . ' ^ , ?.;?.?.?:?uent k. ' .??.? ?- .'.? '-.? .?::?! ??:' t?:r t? !e .. ?: .. .,.-?-? . : pgggpl^ ' ~ i-ViSTi^ .?,.,... t?... f.Aj, .j, ,.f 1 : ^. !: i.. :i ?.-: I! '.. ' ubl? ?SC t?-j? ..?.?,?"...'?.?..' ea*i*ta>ytoc?rry.V.- ??::?:-.? how you how ycu .-an mil ? fro i ?K5 * ? d?y ??< ????"'? ir.-::; Ine >:?'.?.??. oc.,- ... ;.: ?? .?:;??? ivr?reatoitce \V*p?yitUe*prc*schjiry*?. . '.?-.?. !...-..t.. ? v.?v.. A.m. oot?. i u.i.*:.i'. v:.n?. BSET ASB CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. (ill). I, TOALE & CO, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN DOORS, Ml, lilS, MOULDING, ?AND? GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hajne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 c COLUMBIA, S. C. mn & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Frenoli an? Amsricaii Window Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders hy Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 C. WULBSEI ? CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Pro , Liburs, lacco, k 167 and 169 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2 6 TEBS, WHOLESALE Bit ^5 slS id Liqiior De OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 133 East Ba?, Charleston, S? C, Nov. 7 o \xm? ?. ? Iii? jji'.ij Gc Luii, Established 1S47. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Auction and Commission Merchants and Liquor Poalers. AGENTS FOS The Phi?p Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer, and the "Best" Torre, a concentrated isquid extract of M ilt ar.d K<?ps. The Pulest Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer. 197 EAST BAY and and 52 STATE Sts., (Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. G. Consignments Solicited. Jan. 23._o OHAS. C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FISH, GAMS, OYSTERS, TURTLES, TERRAPINS, POULTRY, EGGS, &c. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office and Fish House. !S and 20 Market St. East of East Baj, CHARLESTON, S. C. All orders promptly attended to. Terms cash or city acceptance. Oct. 3_ GEO. L COOK, PHOTOGRAPHER,. 265 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug 10_o WAVERLYI??Sl, IN T:IE BEND OF KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Rates, $2 and ?2.50 per day. G. T. ALFORD, Mar 2-0_PROPRIETOR^ WRIGKET'S COLUMBIA, S. C. -o TT^HIS NEW AND ELEGANT P.OCSE jg_ with all modern improvements, is now ov-enfor the reception ofgnests. S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Proprietors. t i l?mM?&?\ ?ff Obtained and sii .'?.;. /-. 0??>/AAfiS at tended :<> fo: MODERATE FEES Oui <.:??ce is opposite the t'-S. intent office, and we can ob tain i':i:.-?r< :n toss time than lh?s remote from ??ASHlSt?TOS. Send 3K'!>EL. / .V : ! / ; or VUOTO ->f invention. V.'e sdvbe a^ !<> patent ability mv of charge a:id we mak? <> iliAliGE t'.v;./?" FATEST IS SE<:i lliliK For circular. advice. u-r;::s. and references to actual clients U: yom own State. ? Sonmv ? ?\\ or ?* <?? W^MSESMEi Opposite Paient Office, Washington,!) C Rull ? S u tili ?mut t I? We ':ave CHEAPEST and Ses! S3 ^ WOV?Si W?SE FSSCINC s ?^V-?*^ 5 Wire Kepe So; vage. 50 INCHES HIGH AT 60 CE?iTS FES EOD. Lawn. Garden. Poultry and Stoc?e Feccinjr. al! sizes and widths. Gates tomatch. Prices lew. Sold ?v dealer?. Frctsrht 5*a!d. :" ;nd for circulars. rUS XeXCXLEX WOVEN WIRE FKSCK CO., CHICA60. Ill* I?. S.-All-Stci ? LAWN a-d CEMSTE8Y ?":uco