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PUBLIC SALES. Th? following is a summary of the sales for next saleday, advertised elsewhere tba?; ia thia paper : Sneriff's Sales. Tract of land containing fifty acres, bound ad by lands now or lately of Marion Moise, B M Jenkins, estate of John K Brown, de? creased, and others. Levied apon and to be ?ld as the property of F Louses Brown at the snit of O'Donnell & Co. Tract of land in Mayesrille township con? aning fifty acres and bounded by lands of M L Logan, Mary Keels and others. Levied upon and to be sold as tbe property of W S IpLogaD at the snit of the State for taxes. One lot ic the tows of Mayesviile, bound? ed by lands of T D Fox worth, and by Froot Street of said town. Levied upon and to be sold aa toe property of G B Barrett at tee snit of tba State for taxes. One lot in the town, of Magnolia, as tbe property of Estate of Nettie J. Peeningtoa at the snit of the Stat for taxes. Matter7* Sales. Ia tbe case of The Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, plaintiff, against Francis D Josey, D Wilson Josey and A Sydney Smith, defendants-Three tracts of land, vis : 1st, 70 acres bounded by lands o^ E O Scarborough and F D Josey ; 2d, 180 acres bounded by lands of M B Mathis, A S Smith, S B Josey aod others ; 3d, 40 acres bounded by lands of Elias Allen, Bris ter Stephenson and above described land. Terms, oae-balf cash, balance one year credit -or option to pay all cash. In the case of Christina 6. Bnltman, The First National Bank of Snmter, and Mary Boxier Lee, plaintiffs, against The Masonic Te? pie Company of Sumter, S. C, Clare meat Lodge, No. 64, Ancient Free Masons, and the Sumter Club, d?fendants-Tbe lot on ^Ltbertj Street in city of Snmter, baving a front of 73 feet and containing ibe building known as tbe.Masonic Temple. Terms, one half cash and balance on credit of ooe and ith interest semi-annually at ? percent., with provision for Mortgage, in? surance, attorneys* fees and cost of foreclos? ure if neo?ssary. Option of paying all cash. In the ease of Cornelia S. Lucas, Lola Wingman in ber own right and as Executrix of John Kingm&n, deceased ; Philip P. Grail lard and 'Charles L. Williamson as Executors of John langman, deceased ; Emily Lucille Eingman, Cornelia Kiogmao, and Margaret Eingman, by Lola J. Eingman, their guar? dian ad li tem, Plaintiffs, against Charles W Krugman ia his own right and as Executor and Tragtee nader the will of Henrietta S. Eingman, deceased ; Marion A. Eingman and Howard S. Eingman, defendants-7? . seres sear the toa them boundary of the city of Sumter on the Manning road, adjoining lands of Barwick, Webb, Vaughan and Net . ties. Terms, bali cash, balance on credit of one y eat,- or ali cash. In the case of The Citizens Building and Loan Association, plaintiff, against William Cooin, defendant-Lot in city of Sumter on Liberty street, adjoining land of W M ^"Graham and others. Terms cash. In tba case of Lee & Moise, plaintiffs, against James Robinson, defendant-Fourteen asd one-half scree, bounded by tbe old track of the W. C. & A. B. B., and lands of Rob: Black, Charles Dick and Moses and Moise Terms cash. In tbs case of Arther E Sanders as ad? ministrator cum testamento annexoofMrs. Harriet B Sannders, deceased, Plaintiff, against George M Saunders, William L Saunders, Caroline L Hopkins, M Louise Manning, and others, defendants.-Isl. The Jim Dixon tract, containing 3? acres, adjoin? ing lands of Gabriel Dinkins, Eit Biggins and others; 2d, Tbe Taft or Wallace Alston tract, containing 30 acres, adjoining landa of Anderson Nunnery, Laboo Sanders, Estate Bembert and others; 3d. Tho im. ht> containing sixteen and one eighth av.-, adjoining lands of Estate of WCS Sllerbe, Estate of Marion Sanders and others; 4th, Tbe Moseley tract, containing 113 acres, adjoining lands of Thomas Cato, Estate cf Dr. E. J. Rem bert, Isaac Cato, and .there; 5th, The tract known as Sumter's Mount, containing 201 acres, bounded by landa now or formerly of W H Capel!, Estate of L M Spann aad others. Terms, cash for all, except tbe Mosely tract, No. 4, for which one-half cash and balance credit of one year. Ia tba case of J M Miller, plaintiff, against W G F ri erse n and D O'Neill & Sous, de? fendants-Ten acres in city of Sumter bound? ed on tbe north by Calhoun Street, on tbe east by Winn Street, on tbe south by Repub? lican Street and on the west by Richardson Street. Terms cash. Ie the case of Isaac C Strauss, plaintiff, against W M Keels, D W Logan, A A Strauss, Mary Ann Johnson, Marion Lafayette Logan and others, defendants-1st. Tbe land of Sarah Ana Huggins contaieg one hundred acres, hounded by land of D W Logan, J G Logan, B C McFadiin and others ; and the land? now in possession of Albert J Logan, 75 acres, bounded by lands of Mary Ann Johnson, B A Pool and others ; and 100 acres belonging to tbe heirs of Louis S Lo gao, bounded by lands of H Herby, S E Nee* bit and others ; 2d. 25 acres now in posses? sion of heirs of Ida Owens bounded by lands of W M Eesls, T B Jobos'on and others ; 3d. 50 acres, formerly of W S Logan, now Mary E Keels; 4th. 50 acres, the land of Mary Ann Johnson, bounded by land of Logan, Eeels and T B Johnston; 5th, 50 acres, land of Marion L. Logan; 6th, 100 acres, land of D W Logan, bounded by land of J G Logan, B A Pool and others; 7th, 100 acres, land of J G Logan, bounded by land of Walker, Logan and Sarah Huggins; 8lb, 50 acres, the land of Mary E Keels, bounded by abofe lands aod T B Johnston's land. Terms cash. Under Foreclosure of Mortgage, Richard Brown to John T. Hurst-Six ?cres in Sumter township bounded by lands formerly of R P Monaghan, Stephen Mack, iii;s Weeks and Moses James - - - Learn to say "No" when a dealer offers you something "just as good" in place of Hood's Sarsaparilla. There can be no sub? stitute for America's Greatest Medicine. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache, biliousness and all liver ills. Price 25 cents. The Smallpox Beport. Health Officer Reardon has completed bis report on tte smallpox epidemic in this city and it will be forwarded to the State Board of Health. The report is a lengthy docomeot and goes into the details of the outbreak of smallpox in Sumter, and tells of the course adopted by the local Board of Health in treatioj the disease and the methods employ* eo\to prevent a general epidemic. The disease first appeared in Sumter on January 10th, when several negroes, who bad been attending the Sttte colored college in Oraogebcrg and had there contracted the disease, returned borne. Efforts were made to capture these negroes and place them in a camp of detention, but tbey either secreted themselves or left the city. Several negroes who came io contact with them contracted the disease, but as it was of a mild type and none of those who bad it were seriously sick no physicians were called in and no report was made of the cases until April 17th wheo a suspicions case was reported to the Board of Health by Dr. Mood, who had been called in to see a negro sick with aa eruptive dis ease. The case proved to be a typical one of smallpox, and the next day a white man was reported to have the disease. Tue Board of Health immediately removed the negro to the pest house and quarantined the residence of the white man, which was isolated frpra other booses, and every person living in the neigh? borhood was vaccinated. Between April 17 and Jone 10th there were 28 cases of smallpox and 63 suspects nuder guard Betweeo Angust 6th aod September 24th there were 9 cases of smallpox and three suspects ander guard near the limits of the city, and as the outbreak was so near the city that there was danger of it spreading in the city the Board of Health took charge of the eases and enforced tbe same regulations that were adopted daring the prevalence of the disease in the city between April 17th and Jase 10th. This outbreak was promptly stamped oat and was confined to the single family io which it appeared. The duration of the epidemic in the city wits from April 17th to June lOcb, and the fact that it was stamped ont so speedily and that there were so few cases is doe entirely to the vigorous measures adopted by tbe; Board of Health. The pest bouse was located one-half mile beyond the city limits ia an isolated locality and the camp of detention was in the suburbs of the city. Every precaution was adopted to prevent the spread of the disease attd every house where the disease appeared wns thor? oughly disinfected with formaldybide.? Bsd clothing used by those suffering with the disease was barned and their clothing boiled in a sclotion of corrosive sublimate The saepects were required to take a bath in a dilated solution of corrosive sublimate and warm water when they were committed to the camp of detention and again before being discharged, and their clothing was disinfect? ed by boiling in a similar solution. A general vaccination was enforced and every person of 6 months of age and over was vaccinate!, unless proof was furnished of successful vaccination within six years. Sev? eral .thousand persons bad bad themselves vaccinated voluntarily prior to the enforce? ment of the compulsory vaccination ordi? nance, bat nevertheless 5,000 persons were vaccinated by tbs physicians employed by the Board of Health. The itemized, statement of the coat of the epidemic is as follows : Buildings, rest, lamber, teats, etc., $ 335 75 Physicians, 430 85 Medicines aod disinfectants, 101 95 Guards, etc., 242 25 Vaccination aod.vaccine vims, 676 30 Supplies, groceries and incidental ex? penses, 426 39 Total, $2,213 49 AH persons who remained at home paid all expenses for guards and attendance, while the etty paid only the expenses of maintaining the pest house and camp of detention. Dr. Archie China and theo Dr. A. 0. Dick had charge of the pest boase. Dr. Jesse A. Clifton had charge of the camp of detention. Dr. S O. Baker, as president of the Board of Health, and Dr. H. M. Stackey, es a mem? ber of the board, gave a great deal of time and attention to the enforcement of the rules and regulations adopted to stamp out the disease, and the strict enforcement thus secured made the regulations not only effect? ive bat successful. 'History of the Spanish-American War," by Henry Watterson. The above is the title of a superbly illus? trated, richly bound volume, issued by The Werner Company, Akron. Ohio. It is the only authentic history of the Span tab-Amer? icas War that has so far come to oar ootice. All the others have, ia the main, been merely revamped histories of the Cabar; War, with some illustrations aod a few chapters abeut the Spanish-American War. Of coarse any? thing written by Henry Watterson would be readable. He, above all other mea ia Amer? ica, is fitted by training and experience to write a history of this war, which bas brought world-wide renown aod glory to oar arms. Every Hoe of the book breathes an enthusiastic spirit of patriotism that is exhilarating and inspiring. The work contains'over 650 pages, a large number of fall-page half-tones, together with many rich doable-page illustrations in ten colors. It is sold by subscription, and will undoubtedly prove a money-maker to every intelligent salesman. If voa have cotton seed to sell, call oo me. I will" pay you the highest market place. W. B. Boyle. Wanted :-Cotton seed. Highest prices paid. W. B. Boyle. Meteorological Becord. The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for 21 days from Nov. 14 to Nov. 27 : Temperature, 9 M s 1 1 ? B Di Condition 65 61 48 63 56 65 64 69 70 59 55 51 55 47 63 43 42 44 49 52 41 42 54 39 38 27 36 55 59 52. 45. 48.5 52 5 58.5 52.5 55.5 62. 49. 48.5 39 45.5 SW K ENS I I w HW s r SB-va HB-TS NS-va S w-va 36. I w-va .02 Cloudy .00 *Cloody 1.63 Cloudy .00 Cloudy 1.06 Cloudy .00 Clear .00 Clear .00 Clear .06- Cloudy .CO *Cloudy .00 Clear .00 *Cloodv .33 ?Cloudy .00 1 Clear * Partly cloudy. Wind variable on 22d, 23d, 24th, 26th aod 27th. Killing frosts general, with freez? ing temperatures, on the 25tb and 27th. The amount of rain between 14th and 20th was unusual for the month of November. When you ask for De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve don't accept a counterfeit or imitation. There are more cases of Piles being cured bj this, than all others combined.-Hugbson Ligon Co. For Cow Feed of various kinds call on W. B. Boyle. CHAOTIC CONDITION IN LEE COUNTY. It is Caused by AuemptS to Upset the Election. Affairs in Lee county are fast be coming confusion worse confounded. And the longer the Supreme court withholds its decision the more so do they get As Monday, December 5, has been fixed for the hearing as to whether or not Lee county was legal ly established, the condition of affairs is likely to soon be bettered. The trouble all lies in the fact that everything depends upon the decis? ion. The act of the legislature cre? ating Lee county provided that, until the county government machinery had been put into S operation, the treasurers of the three old counties, from, which Lee was formed, should collect the taxes in the cut off parts. These taxes were to be kept separate and when the county treasurer of Lee should have become qualified, they were to be turned over to him. Now it is an open question whether he will ever become qualified. In the meantime schools in the cut off por tions of the old counties have to be kept up, magistrates must administer justice and bridges built. But there is no money at band Ito pay for all these things. The treasurers of ?he old counties cannot pay it out of the funds which they have collected for Lee county. The treasurer of Lee county cannot pay it for it bas not yet been turned over to bim and will not be until the Supreme court de? cides that Lee county has been prop? erly formed. With this chaotic state of things existing the attorney general bas been appealed to for a decision. His advice to the treasurers of the old counties is that the law is emphatic in saying; this fond shall not be touched until paid over to tbe Lee county treasurer Another interesting question pre? sents itself as to whether the newly elected State senator and representa? tives from that county can be seated. Until the election creating the county is declared illegal they will bold their seats. lt is this state of affaire which makes the Supreme court's decision anxiously awaited. The court has already, in referring the case to a special referee to take testimony, committed itsetf to the extent of saying the questions at issue are whether proper election returns were made to the secretary of State and if so, was a two thirds vote given for the county. The referee has found that no election returns as re? quired by law were made and hence it is useless to investigate the second question. With this being the case, the opponents of the county claim that the court will decide the election to have been illegal and consequently that there is nb Lee county.-State, Nov. 26. CUT OPP"FRO]S BOSTON. New York, Nov. 28.-AU commun? ication with Boston is severed. All details of the damage done by the storm to shipping is lacking. The harbor is full of wreckage. It is known that fifteen lives are lost, and it feared many more will be discovered when the storm abates. ? i- ???-ll NEGRO SONGS. Tho Baltimore American says that "modern negro songs do not by any means represent the negro race/7 How could they do so, wheo they are written by white persons ? However the songs come much nearer to being representative of the negro than do the vast majority of the impersonations of negro character whieb are seen on the stage, by white persons born and bred in northern oities, where the natural negro character is unknown. They are having a little color-line question in Wood ba ry, N. J. The pastor of one of the churches there wants to extend to a oolored congre? gation the privilege of using the bap? tismal pool in his church, to which many of the congregation objeot as too severe a strain on fraternal courtesy. Would Argue in Rhyme. Anderson* Ind., Nov. 27.-The attorneys for the defendant in a case in the circuit court here served notice yesterday that they would present their argument in rhyme. The at? torneys for the plaintiffs protested and the judge said that he would not admit poetical arguments The matter led to an argument about the right to employ poetry in law. It was found there vrere no precedents or statutes against such method, and the poetical attorney was obdurate. The court refused to let the case proceed on this basis, and it was postponed until January 2. The attorneys for the defendant insist that they will present and argue their case in rhyme, and there seems to be no way to head them off. Successful Physicians. i Wo heartily recommend Dr. Hathaway & Co. I pf 22'>4 S Broad St., Atlanta, (?a., aa bwing per I feet ly reliable and remarkably snccesefa] in tho treatment of chronic diseasesof men and women. They cure when others fail. Our readers if in need of medical help should certainly write these eminent doctore and you will receive a freo and expert opinion of your case by return mai/ without cost. A Tricky Batcher. **The greatest business mind I 6763 ran up against was possessed by the former proprietor of a meat market out in Germantown," said a street car con? ductor the other day as his car was waiting on Front street. "This butcher had a fine, squeaky voice, which you could hear a block away. Tricky? Yee, that's just v> hat you would cali it. I used to wai m him sometimes when he was waiting on customers, and it was positively amusing to see the ap? parent ease with which he would make a two pound steak weigh apparently three or more pounds. "He would take a couple of pounds of meat and throw it on the scales, so that the pointer would show four pounds and then take it off before the scales could register the true weight. 'There's just four pounds exactly, ' he would say to the customer in that squeaky voice of his, and then continue with the state? ment quickly made: 'Four times 12 is 58. Call it 60, ' and unless the customer was watching him closely he would al? ways get even change. "He was in the meat business only a few years and amassed a competency. Then he left it. What worries me is how he is going to get along now. I un? derstand he is in the real estate business, and I wonder how he works it when he sells a piece of land. The scales won't. *?elp him much there."-Philadelphia >?ecord. Tho Only Time There Was. The necessity that there shall be only one man who "has the say" in a mili? tary command is thoroughly recognized in the United States army. A story is told of General Shaffer which illus? trates the punctilio of the regulars in this regard. At a certain frontier post at which Shafter, who then held an inferior rank, was commander many years ago, a dis? cussion arose among several officers as to the exact time of day. A captain, with his watch in his hand, said: "It is now exactly 3 o'clock." "Oh, no!"si,id a lieutenant. "By my time it's eight minutes past 3. " A third young officer drew his watch out bf his pocket "I know my time is exactly right, " he said, "and my watch says two minutes pase 3." At this juncture Major Shafter looked at his silver watch. "I don't know what your watches say," he remarked, "but I wish you to understand that; in this command it is five minutes past 3." Then the young officers remembered that the authority of the commanding officer extended even to the time of day.-Youth's Companion. A Useful Coffin. It may not be generally known that the Dutch Boers at the Cape, especially those living in remote districts where material is expensive and labor difficult to obtain, frequently purchase at least one coffin beforehand which is plaoed in a conspicuous position in the "voor kamer" or principal sitting room and utilized as an article of furniture, for ornament or as a receptacle for clothing and other oddments. One farmer well known to the writer possesses a beautifully finished article of this sort which he purchased about 80 years agc. .During that period he has buried three wives each of whom had to be ccrutent with coffins of the com? monest material and roughest work? manship while his own awaiting its possessor stands in all its luster of pol? ished teak and silver mountings. For the present the old gentleman uses it as a couch for his midday nap in order, as he sometimes remarks with grave humor, that he may get accustom? ed to it.-Cape Times. A German Word Serpent* A German correspondent comes to the rescue of his countrymen, concerning whom we expressed surprise that they should prefer to use a word of four syl? lables when another word expressing the same thing in 40 syllables was available. He sends us a copy of The Kolnische Volkszeitung, in which oc? curs a sentence of 607 words, occupy? ing 69 lines of the newspaper. This word serpent occurs in a legal judgment, and even the printers got to hate it after setting up about 450 words of it. So they put in a full stop, which, like a rifle bullet in the spine of a boa constrictor, killed the whole sentence. But it must really be nice to have news? papers in which you can begin to read a sentence at breakfast, continue it in the train and triumphantly reach the verb at office.-London Globe. Experienced. "Have you made up your mind just what qualities you expect to find in a husband?" asked the matron. "Why, o::* course," answered the maid. "Toobad," commented the matron with a sigh. "Why do you say that?" demanded the maiden. "Oh, I always hate to see young girls disappointed. " answered the matron. Chicago Post. So Kindly Considerate. "Why is it," the daring young man asked, "that your daughter still wears such short dresses?" "Oh, I keep her dressed that way," MM. Giddibns answered, with a beauti? ful blush, ' because if she had long skirts on people would think she was my sister when they saw us together. I have no wish to conceal the fact that I have a daughter who is as tall as I am."-Cleveland Leader. The Transformed Pythagorean. Some undergraduates once wished to play a practical joke upon a man who was a discip !e of Pythagoras, so one day when he was a little sleepy by reason of the amount nf brandy and soda that he had imbibed his friends smeared him with honey and rolled him in the in? side of a feat her bed. When the disciple of Pythagoras got up m the morning, he looked in thc looking glass at him? self and said slowly, wich a whistle, "Bird, by Jove!"-London Figaro. J THE COOL GAMBLER. HOW HE SETS, WINS AND LOSES AT MONTE CARLO. I A Scene by Night In the Great Gilded Den at Monaco-Tempting Fickle For? tune as a Cold Blooded Business Trans? action-A Lucky English Couple. Not to see the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo by night would be to missi the grand show of the place. There are not people enough in the town to make up the crowds that press through the big corridor and the atrinm in the even? ing. They come in trains from all the neighboring places-from Cannes, Nice, San Remo, Mentone, sometimes from as far as Genoa. People ride down from Paris, 20 hours in the rapide, just for a little "shy:' at the tables. All outside is as bright as day, though chilly. When I set out for the casino, I came upon a young English couple standing near the big fountain, discussing some? thing with great earnestness. They were good looking, -well dressed, with something of an air of a bridal couple. What became of them at the moment I did not notice, and inside I stood for a few minutes watching the roulette ta? bles. Ten minutes later I went into the trente et quarante room and met them just inside the big arched doorway. They were on their way out Her rosy cheeks were rosier than before, and her face was wreathed in smiles. He was fairly radiant and looked "very fit," as the Londoners say. In one hand he held a great bundle cf French notes, all stretched out at full length, just as they came from th6 tables. It took no great shrewdness to see that for ten minutes they had been leading active, industri? ous lives and had reaped the reward of industry and virtue and were getting out of the place before they were tempt? ed to try again and lose. One elderly gentleman was at the moment doing the leading business in that room and attracting the most at? tention by risking ten 1, OOO franc notes ($2,000) at every dealing of the cards. He was particularly interesting to me, because he was beyond doubt an Ameri? can. He was a fine looking man, "with gray hair, iron gray beard, well trim? med, a shrewd eye tnat watched every move the dealer made, and of course in the regulation black evening clothes. His face showed him to be a man who had made his money, not inherited it I think that lumber was the foundation of his fortune in the northwest some? where, but long enough ago to give him time to have the sawdust brushed out of his clothes, for he was very smooth and well groomed. Not a word was said around the table, so there was no chance to hear what language he spoke. He was one of those men who would not look at all out of place leading a prayer meeting, but who might be de? pended upon for a ready revolver if he caught the dealer at any foul play. The notes came out of one of his vest pockets, but not carelessly. There was none of the usual effort to look as if risking ?2,000 every three minutes was an everyday affair with him. He did everything with caution, always delib? erating over what square he should lay his money upon, and sometimes chang? ing it to some other square after he had laid it down. But whether he won or lost he showed no emotion whatever. Ho won oftener than he lost while 1 watched him, putting the winnings al? ways into the same vest pocket. At one time the banker made a mistake in du? plicating a pile of his notes that had won, but this did not bring a word from him. His eyes were open, and instead of picking up the pile he merely pushed it back toward the banker, which was a sufficient hint for a recount. When the mistake was corrected and the miss? ing note supplied, he added the pile to the big lump iq his pocket Like almost every player around the trente et quarante tables, he was there strictly for business. It was not a few dollars laid on for the novelty of the thing, but a deliberate speculation in the hope of winning. My experience of gambling houses is fortunately rather limited, but I have seen the big places of Saratoga and Long Branch and one or two in New York and some very large ones in Cuba and Mexico. Never have I seen such a businesslike air in any gambling room as there is here. You may not be wicked enough to know that generally a great deal of smoking and drinking and some eating go with fashionable gambling, but that is the case. The sideboard is almost as neces? sary as the tables, and George and Sam? bo and Henry are kept busy carrying champagne and cocktails to the thirsty players. This is pure business with "the house, " even where these things are not charged for, for does not a man become the more reckless the more al? cohol he absorbs? But there is none of that here. There is no smoking in the rooms, and no drinks are served at the tables. As far as I have seen, there is no place in the casino building where drinks can be had, though possibly there may be some cozy corners that I have not discovered. It is as much a business house as a wholesale dry goods store, and the profits are larger for the firm. This gives it a very cold blooded atmosphere, for there is not a particle of interest in either of the games outside of the finan? cial risks involved. They are stupid games of doctored chance that a navvy can play as well as at arithmetician. New York Times. A Swelled Head. A typical English woman, when som<j one spoke the other day of a certain man having a "swelled head, " looked dazed. "Really! You don't mean it!" cried the English woman. "I'm very sorry. " A day or so later tho English woman, happening to meet the wife of the mau in question, observed that she was so sorry to hear that Mr. Blank was ill. "But ho isn't!" cried, tho wife. "He was never better in his life." "Is that so:" said tho English woman. "Why, what could Mrs. Dash have meant the other day when she said he was suffering from a swelled head?" Prince George Appointed. A theos, Nov. 26 -The ministers of tbe four powers interested in tbe proceeding, Great Britain, France. Russia and Italy, went at noon to-day in royal carriages to the palace -<,. d formally announced to Ki?g George m the presence of the royal family <?f Greece, the appointment of his t-ji , Prince George, to be high commission? er of the powers in Crete. The print o later received the congratulations of tte ministers. The crowds in the streets cheered the announcement of Prince George's ap? pointment, which bas relieved the popular anxiety which had arisen on account of the delay .io making the announcement. SULTAN'S PROTESTS DISRE? GARDED. Constantinople.Nov 26.-The sultan bas telegraphed to the czar entreating bim to abandon his intention off sending Prince George of Greece to Crete aa high commissioners of the powers in that island. Turkham Pasha recently went on a special mission to L.vidia, with the same object in view, but was unsuccess? ful. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. Wa mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bittets. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts ag a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, i* a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Con? stipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleep? lessness and Melancholy. It is purely vege? table, a mild laxative, and restores the -tem to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitter .?nd be convinced tnat they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a bottle a J. F. W. DeLorme'a Drug Store. 3 GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE ! Bnt the Same Old Standard Quality, Tes, there has been a great reduction in price and you can now begin to realize it when you see tbat we are offering 1897 Victors at $35 1898 " at 40 1899 " at 50 All these models are the highest gr?df8 made in their respective-years. THE MONARCH is also a splendid mcunt at an amazing price. Good bargains in second baud wheels Building and repairine a specialty. Sun? dries of all kinds, and the best grade G ?fO lioe for sale. Yours to tbe finish, Jenkins Brothers, "THE OVER-ALL KIDS"' Next door to Express office, Sumter. S. C. STANDARD BRED WLW, Modoc. Will Stand the Season in Somier -AT Boyle's Stables. Chestnut Stallion, foaled May 1892 j bred by Maj. Campbell Brown, Ewell Stock Farm, Tennessee. "MODOC," sired by McEween, 2.18} ; P st dam Lady Radawa; registered in Vu? 12. American Stud Book. He is one of <be fi **? bred stallions in the ?tate: bred tor ???-. style, beauty and speed. He is of k?oa md gentle disposition. A sure foal getter. Vinegar Home-iTIade Vinegar Superior Vinegar. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very iine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. G. OSTEEL.