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8UMTRK WATCHMAN, Established April, IS51). kBe Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be ihy Country's, thy God's and Truth's Consolidated Ang. 2, 1881.1 . CHAPTER XIiI?COXTiKDKD. * By bis lantern the young officer read ?van's extended pass half aloud: Please permit bearer to board and leave HR trains, at any point, for public >lax Pinkerton.' Um! that's aU right. Let me see your railroad For a single second Evan felt hi s heart np> in his-throat and a chill creep down fei* ?pine. The next, his presence o? aladeare promptly to the front, and h* drawled, insolentir: am not a soldier. Dont ride ob ^flsea. We buy our tickets!" And, pocketing his permit, the rebel coolly anntered past the guard, and loudly demanded at the window a ticket for Washington. Insolent young guy, that!" F?tzhugh wnsoled the wrathful sub. "What causes this unusual care?" **A prisoner escaped. We got oneri ?fcem but the other fellow cut. We are %o search every train. Say, Pinkerton," Ite called suddenly, "I impress .you into service to search this train with us." The red eye of a locomotive peered around the curve, as it puffed up to the station and stopped. The soldiers, de ployed along the platform, sprang Aboard every car, Evan calling to the QSeutenant's squad: He'd never hide in the baggage, Search the first-class." And i a- Pnflman alecper, search forloSnse?f. ' - chapter xiv. "riexing ?hb bloc" Kever, since Othello made his to lis tening Desdemona, had recital * Of hair-breadth 'scapes the Imminent dead ly breach, tOt being tatttfcxrfep the insolent foe," mo> moved a maiden, as when Evan ?Eaunilersqy *old the details.of his story Ilo Carolyn Clay. She sat motionless, herejes fixed upon the glowing coals, her ears catching ever/ detail, \W5pich '?ore sach strange and /double meaning t?lier. Faithful to the pledge ; given Fitz ?hugh, Evan nev? inted at the name of this rescuer, though he wondered much (that his cousin expressed no curiosity topon that, point. He* iace was turned ~ ^lafrfr from him; and the excitement of .Irring over those stfrrfag scenes pre wented close scrutiny of it; but even in jrull light he could have read little in "those changes sweeping across it? doubt, wonder, pain, contempt, each in turn dominated by admiration?as the the keen wit and dauntless traitor ehe had loved loved? 'As she questioned her heart in the quiet of that mid Carolyn Clay could scarce re ih*; impr?se to cry out aloud her ?tlffhgfr e*M*egryt lor herself! For over every mixed and warring- element within her breast?spite of reason, of eelf-respect, of certainty?swept the memory of that past, when she had not withdrawn her hand from his?when JterHifel**! jd<4?i to trust him unto death went softly to his ear on the of banner's "Romantiker." ?'s a theme fora novelist!" Evan as he ended his story?"danger 1 romance enough for three volumes ladartg the love! We must have love, you know. Now, if I could ?aia^ine^Btty l?iLuer 4o be my "sa ?perior officer,' Capt. Charlton ?" > ' Silence, Evan!" the girl cried, sud denly rising and striding to the door. **T believe you would jest over a ^fraveT" **Over his? Possibly, fair coz," he laughed. "But! beg pardoii, btnnbly, for selfishness preventing question About your own escape." She turned full to him in the fire light, warring elements within making ^ jber face hard and stern, as she HI -nn^irnrj, slowly, half absently: I 9| **Toi|fi?ve no TDoed. You know all -^ -<haT,-J?ecking,iheisel?, asa vivid blush uose to her face, and adding; quickly? **from Bessie Westchester." .... Apjttzzisd, doubling expression came 10 the boy's frank face. Then silence; ? which she broke: But look! The moon is nearly Sown. We must get to the creek. It is ?nxAAg important now that we get **And doubly dangerous for you, Caro. liad I known in time that you were here, I should have crossed above." > Konsense! we have shared dangers together before: and this is not great. The river is clear. Come." And, collecting their light, but most precious, baggage, the pair moved swift ly through the night?now grown in tensely cold?to the rush-lined banks of the creek, where old Pete waited with the boat. The negro stared at Evan only an in stant, then said, calmly: "Goin* 'cross long o' you, missy?" "Y?s; my cousin, Pete. Just escaped i from prison." "You's fort'nit, bossy, sholy!" the : black said, gravely. "Does dein dress ? * all alaike. up dar in dcy's prison?" ; And, as Evan's laugh at his own absurd costume rang out lightly, the negro ; addedr ^"''Time's np, missy. You and de circus bossy better git aboa'd." He had filled the boat deep, amid ships, with ?lean hay: and, motioning I them to sit in it on cither side, Pete pulled his oil cloths well about them, lolling the ends loosely, ready to his tianoV ^ Ice Tfned the banks of the creek, stif fening the rushes into bayonets; and the heavy oars crackled in the rowlocks at first. But the midstream was clear, and the slow-nnoving boat soon turned into a broad, black inlet that showed them, straight ahead, the broad Poto mac, waveless and barely touched by last rays of the sinking moon. Warily and slow Pete hugged the darker shore, posing his light, flat-botfcomed skiff against the bank, biding his time. Then all listened intently; but the negro, dropping his great hand from his ear, spoke first: "Da's do patrol boat, missy. Ef she come up.t*udder side I's gwine lay low. Ef she come dis we's gwine out ter meet *cr." "Why, that's folly, Pete! We can't be seen here?" Evan began; but Miss Clay broke in: ''Hush, Evan! We're only passen gers, and Pete is captain. I've crossed with him only to learn that he knows best." "Reck'n yo's "bout right, missy," the black replied, quietly. "Da circus I bossy better do all de talk he got *fo' I we's outen de creek. Ile boun' ter keep pow'ful shet den, sholy." The ?con went down behind the river heights with a sudden dip, an blackness fclj Ifke a cloak over tho bosom of the broad stream. The shore lipe, just at hand, was barely discerni ble; fifty feet ahead was as inky and and shapeless as Acheron's pit. But peddles were clearly heard now?o propeller turnir.T rapidly; and the sounds indicated close" approach to the northern shore. Then Pete ordered, quietly: "Lay low! Bofe yo* lay in de hay; an', min'I keep still. Ef yo* moobes, dis game dun loss, sholy." Used to strange perils, both whites lay close in the hay. Then Pete struck a match and touched the light wood knots piled on an earthen mound in the bow, by their flicker pulling the oil cloths smoothly above them, leaving scant space open fox necessary air. Then, lighting his black corncob pipe, se grasped his paddle and shot the skiff straight ont into the stream, as the patrol boat came abreast the creek. "Boat ahoy!" rang over the water, as the bell clicked twice and the propel ler almost stopped. "Patrol Tioyf* was Pete's return haiL "It's only me, boss, Fishmun Pete." "Where away?" came the hail again. "Fur de flats 'low de bend," was the answer. "Ts gwine Cre-fishin', 'pendin' on de ice in 'hind de p'int." "All right, Pete," the bailing officer answered, recognizing the familiar voice of the unsuspected negro. "Go ahead, and good luck! We'll be down after day; so have a good mess of fish for ns.'r "Sholy, Mars' Patrol, ef I hab eny luck; ef sum o' de transput boats doan' boddcr me." "They won't bother yon," came the answer. "But there's many a one com ing up. They'll run yon down, if yon don't keep your fire bright." "Ts gavine ter keep 'er bright, sholy,** ! Pete called, as he paddled down-stream. I " 'Night, Mars' Patrol!" ? The propeller. was churning the : black water once more, Pete fast draw j ing away, aided by the current.. He i turned in shore, pulled back the oil cloths, as he re ir? Jed the point and dumped his torch overboard. "Wipe yo* face, missy,'* he cautioned, thoughtfully. "De presferation mought freeze, an' yo's warm in da hay." "Bather," cried Evan; but he shivered as he sat bolt upright, from sudden change. "He said many transports were in the river?" the girl queried, anxiously. ! "He saved it. sholy, missy," was the I calm reply. "We's got ter run 'em. Bossy, kin you pull?" **That 1 can," Evan answeredf**where do we cross?" "Straight from dis p'int. De ribber's ciar now," the black replied, pausing to listen as he got out the sweeps. Ef we kin cross de chainil 'thout meetin* dem transputs, de shoal water'll sabe us." They bent to their oars with a will, the light boat skimming the water bird like into the darkness, and headed straight across. Even the boatman's hardened old muscles were taxed to keep her head even, against the strong, regular stroke of the young scout. I But, just on the edge of the channel, I Pete suddenly cried: "Lift! Dem's com I in'!" And softly on the night broke j the sound of a churning propeller, j growing clearer as she rounded the { point just below. "Let us keep on," urged Evan, rest ing on his oar. "Bossy, you jes' do wot I says,** Pete replied "We can't mek fass nun* time, 'gin' de current, ter git outen sight . 'fore dem comes. We mus' leff 'er driff, Iteli dem passes." The night-hush over the river was cut by asigna! whistle, near, below, an swered by another close behind. - then still a third, far away. **There are several," the girl said, anxiously. "Can we not cross before them?" "Not 'thout rowin* hard," the negro answered "Den dem ud hear us an' shoot, sholy. We's got ter driff an* wait. Be reddy ter kiver w'en Pete gibs de motion." He unshipped and packed the oars, his broad-bladed paddle turning the boat's nose to the slack, as she slowly drifted down-stream. Then he fished from the seat well-oiled woolen rags, securely muffling the rowlocks. The propeller's splash grew louder rapidly; soon a great steamer's lights gleamed sickly through the gloom, and she was abreast of them, moving slowly up-stream, when from her farther side suddenly flashed her signal light. It was promptly answered by one?two three, out of the dense gloom, beyond the channel, towards the Virginia shore. They had struck a fleet of an chored transports; and only Pete's quiok decision had saved their rowing straight, into them. Not a sound aboard the skiff. AH three knew the peril, but that comment would not mend it. Perfectly still they sat, until the lights had died away and the first steamer had passed up, the lights of the second well in view. Then the girl whispered: "How long before dawn?" "Less'n two hours, missy," Pete whis pered hack. "Those anchored ones, across the channel, will wait for day? We must pass them?" she sr.id. "Sholy, missy. Ef dem wont leebe, we's gol to run dey," he answered, gravely. "Lay low! she's a-cominT* Again the pair nestled low in the straw, Pete backing the skiff slowly as he lay flat along the gunwale, watching the second transport pass. Again the signal-lights, again the answers of the anchored transports. Then through the gloom the boatman's trained sight took in three huge black hulls beyond the cbanncl, their positions fixing on his brain. The second steamer had passed, the third not yet in sight; and the skiff, Pete judged, had drifted down a half mile. "Now, bossy," he said, simply, "we's gwine tor cross da chainil, sholy. Den we'll resk do transputs, furwunst! Pull long an' slow!"* Again the skiff flew over the water, headed straight for Virginia. Aerosi1 lift, bossy! lfff 'ft? driff! 1 % quick!"' the channel, well into the slack below, and well?Pete hoped?below the an chored ships, he glanced over his shoul der. With that glance the black lifted his oar, Evan's stroke spinning the boat's head up-stream, as he caught the quick whisper: "Lift, bossy* Leff 'er driff! Kiver, quick!" For either had thedarkness made Pete miscalculate the drift, or Evan's quicker stroke had headed the boat diagonally across, not straight. For?not twenty yards ahead?into the eyes Pete confi dently iurned, gleamed the stern-light of a vessel, its height proving her a big one. Then, as he spoke and turned, he glanced below, and dimly through the gloom shone the lights of a second! No time for speculation now. They were almost beneath the towering hull, well within hail or easy pistol-range! Only careless security, or untried ears, had - failed to catch the plash of oars, the breathless trio waiting for a hail,? probably a volley. But neither came; and silence as of death covered what might have been a phantom ship. Meanwhile, the skiff, in slack from the current, began to drift slowly to wards the second light; and Pete, low crouched in the stem, noiselessly shipped his paddle and turned her head shore ward Intuitively the others had stretched In the hay, drawing the oilcloths well over them, breathlessly expecting the whirr of a bullet or the glare of a ben gola. Flat on the water, no head showing above her sides, the light craft an swered well the feather of Pete's strong, slow wrist. Inch by inch she bore away, passed under the dim-looming stern, almost grazing the still blades of the propeller. But, spite of the black's strength, the skiff drifted fast; and he dared not quicken his paddle, fearing noise. For now on his quick ear sounded the dull tramp of the deck watch on the second transport, and the dim gleam of her consort's stern-light fell on the low black skiff drifting be tween twin dangers! So the steersman let her swing closer in, beyond the light,?almost too close,?before he softly turned her shoreward For high above him loomed the sec ond bow; and a biscuit dropping from it had fallen in the skiff. And the muf fed tread above now sounded clear even to the two beneath the oil-cloths. But to neither o? the three did thought of capture come, the reckless daring of the boy relying on his tried, trust-to-luck theory, the calmer courage of the girl upheld by nearness to the goal she must reach now, the peril-hardened ne gro crouched quiet and cool, his body motionless, his strong wrist barely feel ing the noiseless paddle. Under the very nose of the tall ship drifted the skiff, quick-turned into the gloomy shadow of her great sides, car ried slowly downward by the slack. They were through the barrier, the enemy well behind them! They were safe! And Pete, toning the boat's head to shore, wore away cautiously, but faster. Just then, out from the black shadow astern, came the calls: "Boat astern, sir!"?"Where away?**?''Port, quarter, sir!"?so rapidly as to merge in one. All three could hear the officer run aft, and his gruff reply, as he lowered his night-glass: "Nonsense, Keefel I see nothing." NO time to lose now! Quicker, but still noiselessly, the brawny black wrist twisted the paddle, the boat answering as a live thing and gliding swiftly away, but not before the ghostly blue bengal-light gleamed ominous across the water. And just within its radius, scarcely visible, floated on the low, black boat. "There she lays, sir!" the watch cried, pointing. "Pshaw, man! that's only an old log. But give her a shot, anyway." Pete heard the shrill hiss of a bullet close-, above his head, and a splash as it struck the water well beyond But he did not even wince; and no sound or movement showed the dim, log-like ob ject floating there to be anything more suspicious. But at the shot the first ship flashed her lights, and, still beyond, the third answered the signal, lighting the water so brightly that the boat?gliding swift ly almost out of radius now?showed clearly. And, with the sights rifles cracked from the nearest ship, bullets cutting the water all around, and one striking dull into the stern of the bold blockade-runner. Then, rearing his tall form as the boat glided again be yond the lights, Pete swung his oar, crying: "Lay low, missy!?Row, bossy, row!" Another volley came, some bullets hissing very near, as Evan bent to his oar and cried, cheerily: "Pull, Pete! It's run or hang, now!** But the light boat, as though in relief from imposed sloth, shot through the darkness like a racer, under the desper ate pull of four strong arms. Behind on the nearest ship were scur rying feet, mixed oaths and orders, the boatswain's whistle piping the boat's crew, as the davits creaked, lowering the launch. Onward the quarry sped, faster and faster, not one word spoken by the trio, until the splash of fallen oars, then their regular beat, told that the pursuit was up. Then Evan asked, through se* teeth: "How far to shore, Fete?" "Lcss'n half-mile, bossy." "Can we beat them in?" "No, bossy; not ef th1 water*d hold." This as calmly as the negro had asked for a "chaw;" but he added: "Dey's eight oars ud oberhaul our two." "Can you shoot, Pete?" There was a breezy ring in the boy's question, but the answer came: "Yes, bossy; but I's not gwine ter. Pete's gwine ter lan' de missy a-runnin* dis time!" "But you say they*ll catch us?" A this through desperate pulling, pursuing oar-beats sounding clearer, clearer still. "Ef de water'd hold. Ef we keeps cl'ar de lumps, we strikes de flats, an* dem can't foller, sholy!" Straight on after them came the heavy ship's boat, guided by their oars. And now another benzol a flashed up in her, not reaching the quarry, but showing the pursuer plainly. Eight sailors bent strongly to their oars, a knot of sailors standing aft, their rifles at "ready," an officer in the bow holding aloft the glaring torch. "How f;tr off is that boat?" Miss Clay asked, calmly, sitting in the hay. "A hundred yards?" "Hundred and fifty," Evan answered. "Pull away, Pete!" " 'Bout three hun'erd. bossy." the black corrected, "'lowin' fur de water distunce. But she's a gainin', an* fass, too!" On still, with oars strained as though for very life, swept pursuer and pur surd, sweat dripping from Evan's every pore, while the trained black seemed pool and fresh as if there were no strain upon him. And the Yankee crew gained with every null! Suddenly a soft jar, ?another, harder; and the black gave a great sweep, cry ing: "Back! Lift. bossy! Quick! We's dun streck dem flats," ho added, as the b'>at"?i henil swung to his pull and she glided on again. "Pull slower. liossy. De lumps is dan'jus.*' And ho bent low over the water, striving to scans the shore-line behind him. But t>>? pause had brought tbe pur suit dangerously near, the" glare of a fresh bengola showing her prey well within its gleam. Raising the torch high above his head, the officer pot?t?? .to the slower moving craft; and with his order rang out a dozen shots, bullets cutting the water all around, ere the red flash ran along the muzzles. "Catch my oar, quick!" Evan cried; but it was Carolyn Clay's hand?even quicker than Pete's?that grasped it, aB the boy slipped out his long revolver, steadying the barrel on his left arm and aiming just above the torch. Before its report rang out, the bengal-light whirled in air, falling fast into the water. But, as it fell, they saw the officer's arm drop, as he staggered back among the rowers. Then all was blacker than before, for awhile; and then came faintly in the low east a pale, grayish haze that waa ."back! lift, bossy! quick! wk* D?? stbeck dem flats." not light, but soft whisper of the Om> nipotent's command to make it! "Now for life!" Evan cried, taking his oar. "Have we water enough?" "Lots, bossy, outen de lumps," Pete replied, bending his broad back to the pull. And again the skiff flew onward, the sounds in the pursuing boat fainter in the distance. On, for minutes more, reckoned only by their heart-beats and regular plash of oars. Then that eastern haze, fast growing into semblance of light, made the shore-line visible, Pete rested on his oar; and a quick turn shot the skiff around a point and into a creek, black and tree-arched. Gliding swiftly up this, until its windings stopped the oars, Pete shipped his paddle, as he said: "Dem's dun loss us, sholy! Dis sho's onbeknown ter dey. Ya' we isi" The light craft shot through over* hanging foliage, as the gray dawn touched the cold face of all nature. And its wan light fell upon the face of Carolyn Clay, quiet, solemn, but glorified with joy, as she knelt in the wet straw and sent her heart up in thanksgiving to the Throne's foot TO CONTINUED. Some time ago an exchange sug gested that telephone lines be run from the State house to the homes of every taxpayer in order that each one might vote, or not, as he pleased, on every important question that came op i? the legislature. The suggestion was only intended as a jest, but it would seem that some of our legis lators are now disposed to take it seriously. This is what we inter ?rom their positions on the prohibi tion question. Notwithstanding the explicit instruct ions given them in ? the late primary, they want again to ? refer the whole matter back to the ! people. Ai >re than anything eise, j (his looks ?ke lack of backbone. The people elected their lepresentatives the l?gislature to make laws, and by all m ans let the representative* make them. If they belive prohibi tion wise, let them parts laws to en force it; if not, let them decline to do so. Kill er way, they cannot do any serious harm. No matter what they do, the people have a way of protect ing themselves if they don't ?ke it. In view of their instructions, we think it is clear!}' the duty of the legislature to pass a prohibition law, and if they fail todo so, instead of holding another election on the qnes tion in August, the people should simply wait until the next general election and then choose representa* lives who know how to do what they are told Jo do ?York ville Enquirer. - ? - >> ?.. Peach and Honey. There is a combination made by meo and christened by the gods, say Pleas Stovall in the Savannah Press. It floats io ice and brings hack the sum mer in its breath lr holds io its depths the fragrance of fruit and sun hi tie?the biu.-[> of the peach-blow and the sweetness sipped from all the flowers. In high Olympus it is named lire tar?men call it **prach and honey " It is beet brewed in November when iimbs aie bare and hills are brown It calls the summer back agaii ; the bretz is flower-laden and the bum of bees is in the air. It makes thanks giving last a week?it intense* Democratic victory, it crowds the imagination with torchlights and jubi lees. Woo it again and the cotton market bounds up io )our favor and he jingling ice sounds like tioker tell ing of twenty points a minute to your credit. Fields of opening bolls ripen and enrich you at y< ur feet. Deeper into the *atiu depths and the heavens glow with radiant cornei; meteore fiare and flower and rainbows gild the ores cent of Diana. Earth, air and sky are warm with the aroma of the peach and fragrance of the hive of Hymtnetus. There is a mild milleoium io this charmed decoction. ? ???-??? .^n? Itch on Immun and horses and all animata cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'e Sanitarj tot on. This never fails. Sold by a.^j. Ci i.ia, Drn^yist, Suinter S. C When Dal>y was sick, we ga^e ber Castorio. When she vu? s Child, che orini for Castoria. \\"! *? she became Miss, slio clung to Castoria. When s?in bad Children, she gave ?tem Castoria. If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Y. M. a A. Until further notice, tbe Reading Room of the Y. M 0. A. will be open daily from 8 30 to 10 P. M. Dailies, weeklies, mouthlies, will be found there. Also, rhe Library from the S. L. I has been removed to the rooms of the Y. M. G. A. An earnest invitation is extended to all to visit the rooms and take advan tage of tbe reading matter. Wry Goods FILL OPENING -OF Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Groceries and House Purnishing Goods. Our stock this season is the most complete we have ever carried and will bear inspection in every department. In our Dry Goods and No tion Stock We have desirable bargains for close buyers. Particularly do we cali attention to One Lot Undressed Kid Gloves at 50c. per paira i? all shades. IN OUR Clothing Stock Will be found a great many novelties and desirable bargains. Particularly is this the case in our line of Children's Clothing, EVERY GARMENT OF WEIGH IS GUARANTEED NOT TO RJP Uh der an obligation that we will re fund Hie money for each garment failing to carry out our guarantee. ' Hats. Our reputation in this line is too well established to require much comment. We will say, however, that we have about our usual stock 1,000 Samples, In prices ranging from 50c. to $1.50 Call early and make your selection before they are picked over. SHOES. In addition to a complete stock in this department, we are still the sole Agents of E. P. REED & CO'S. Fine Shoes for Ladies. We cannot impress too forci bly upon our female friends the merits of these goods. We sell them under a guarantee, and any pair failing to give sat isfaction will be taken back and the money refunded. Bear in mind the price is Only $2.50 per pair. IN OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Will be found a complete stock embracing all the neces sities from table delicacies to the necessities of the cotton patch and at prices at whicl} \ve vili oo.t be. undersold. HOES! UCCESS ! HOES! SHOES are articles of apparel which one must have. SUCCESS is what we all strive * to obtain. Co. Have kept Shoes to suit everybody and at prices to suit their "pocketbooks," hence success has crowned their efforts. Com mencing in '91" which everyone said was a "bad year" we sold more shoes tban we might have expected even in a good year, and now in u?92," which every one says is a worse year, we are selling more than in 791. Here is the Secret: We opened with the confidence of the public, we have returned that confidence by giving GOOD SOLID SHOES, At reasonable prices .Our customers of '9i were satisfied, have come again and recommended us to their friends. We pride ourselves on the style and fit of our Ladies' and Gents7 shoes, and we are in a position to meet any competition. Ladies' Shoes at $2 and Gents' at $3 will surprise you. Come and see. Walsh & Co. MOSAGHAN BLOCK,_SUMTEB, S. C. We beg to say to the trade that, as heretofore, Our Suinter House Will remain open in charge of Mr. H. B. Bloom. The saving of money is more of an object than ever in hard years, and to those contemplating the purchase of machinery we offer the opportunity of saving money by dealing direct with manufacturers. With men of ex perience and ability in all departments, and a thoroughly equipped shop at yoEir doors we are able to offer High grades at Low Prices. We furnish competent machinists free of charge to erect all machinery we sell. Call on or address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, Founders and Machinists, Sumter, S. C, and Cheraw, S. C. .engineers, SUM TER Iron Works* W. E. & J. I, BRUNSON, PROPRIETORS. Engines, Boilers ana* machinery of all kinds and descriptions repaired. & SStWS h^amered ?od gammed. IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS made to order; and any work usually done io a first class machine shop or foundry executed in a workmanlike manner. * PRICES REASONABLE and satisfaction guaranteed by good work. Estimates will be famished oo application. Sumter Iron Works, W. E. & J. I. Brunson, Proprietors, Sumter, S. C. t?g=*North Main Streer. An2 3 HARDWARE. R. W. DURANT & SON SELL HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS. Macbioery Supplies, Boggy and Wagoo Material, Cooking and Heating Stoves, Potware, Wooden ware, Crockery and Glassware, T?o ware. ?? irdware and Sadlery, Cutlery?Pocket and Table, Seise ore, GUiN?, PISTOLS aod CARTRIDGES, Powder aod Shot, Shells?Loaded and Empty, Belting, Lacing, Packing, Bristles, Whips, Robes, &o., &c. Prices to suit the times. Sept 14? J. F. W. DeLORME, -DEALER IN Agent. Toilet Soaps, Perfumery andjall Kinds ot? Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept; in * First Class I>ru.? Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, &3., also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Putty, &c, Dye Staffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call aod see for jourseWes.^ NijSrht Calls Promptly Attended To. POLSO M . ESTABLISHED 1868. Watches, Diamonds, Sterling Silver, Clocks, Optica Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors. Machine Needles, &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH._ HEADQUARTERS FOR WATCHES. JAMES ALLAN & CO. Diamonds, Jeweiry, Silverware, Specta cles, Drawing Instruments THE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE. RELIABLE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief Inspectors of Watches for South Caro ina Railway, Atlantic Coas* Line and Southern Division of Three Cs Kail Road. JAMES ALLAN & CO., a 395 King St., ?>\$n of Clock. Charleston., S. C. BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED E timates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. m i, me i co, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALESS IN DOORS, s.ii, bunds, MOULDING, ?ano? GENESAL BUILDUP MATERIAL Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hay ce St. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Jan 25 o c. 0- brown & COLUMBIA, & a SASH & BLINDS, LA TBS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Fnaieiii?ir? PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Ordern by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO, Opposite Post 05w^7 COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 A. WHITE ft SON, Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies: LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, . Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb. 12_ ?TT? F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER And Liquor Dealer. OFFTCB AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C, Not. 7 o Bicycle?! COLUMBIA, HARTFORD & WESTERN WHEELS. AH ball bearing sod guaranteed. Cushion Tires and Pneumatics. Also a few second hand wheele. For prices apply to W. S. ALLAN, 285 King St. CHARLESTON, S. C. Nov 9? FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS I Hating bought largely, roa cash, a foil as sortment of, Fertilizers, Aci ani ?er ta. We are prepa.ed to fiit orders for such at low figures and on reasonable termE. 9 C. WULBKRN k CO., Wholesale Grocer*, _ . 171 an A 173 East Baj,? Not. 19. Charleston, S. C; WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Next door to Earle k Purdy's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citisene of Sumter and vicinity that ? bare opened business on my own account at tbe above old stand, and that with competent and polite assistants, I will be pleased to serve them in any branch of my business in the best style of tbe art. Give me a call. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. IS Obtained, ntid ail PATENT HVSiNES? at tended to for MODERATE FEES Our office Is opposite tite I!-S. ratifie onice, an?! ?e can ot> tahi Piitciits in tess time tttau thusr n*m?tc from ?l ASlUSt?'tOS. Nfid MODICI.. URA H7AYJ off VUOTO of invention. W? advise as i?? r*tenr> ability freeof cliars?**??! we make NO t 1?ARGB UNLESS PATENT ts SE''i'REJK For . niWce. terms nn<I refifificre to actual clients iti y.wir own State. <<-uiuy. Ot??8 Town, write to G.A, SNOW S CO Opposite Patent O?ke. Washington, D. C SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Co?poMnK?g PreswtptioM. FIRST I LASS M WIRK AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATG?Wl m SOU!EKOJ JOB 0FFIC?