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tw? Ncfotialions. VtMP IB efOMIBLE BTTLMMENT OF DIF Fwbie, Selms**?, Nev Je?Tbo body held e flnal meeting; tnorotag end eg reed opon the It of the preliminary treaty ?0? rsmttics exoept to live epprovel of toe reo pect ire rate before definite negotia witb live Ghiaeee peeoe commie ere began geeeiee tern of live eettle have eot yet beew eiede peb?o bet h te believed ootoide tbe lie eorpe tbel tee ?ein pointe la eabteeetiel eg reo moot with ooaieewwd in tbe Preeoh ooie powere, eeceely. pentehment geilty, iodemnity to govern eed iedtvideale, reteotioe of twietloa gejerde eed tbe oooo of certain pleeee between eed Take jperty of Asaerioen ear airy went te dmporee e iteod of beedite vitJagw }? emilee from Pokia viilege tree found etroegly bejt tbe Amerioene attacked it, killing seven Ubioeee. ?diet from Bian Fe to tbe viceroys aed govereore er to OBBoe tbe Btaoofeotore erase eed te revert te tbe type of tteepooa. beeeeee atodero proved etferry eeeleee raVTlOH AREA TO BE IN LA 10 BP. Mo?. SB.?"Tb? foreign been agreed to demand," aameeiel diepetob from Pekin, aTbaOJBtso of tbo legettoa eree eo ? BSwbtBBs evwyibieg froee tbe fl 'Mem gate to tbe Taioa Moa tbe weMe of tbe imperial Tftraar eitiee, a atrip of lead a leew emg a tbied of * mile wife aW Qiece, Roeeieo miniater, bee to yield ee the iodoeeeity aad eome tied of a verbal baa been arranged " Hwraiag Foal pnbiisbeo tbe from lie Febio oorreepoed eVted 8o4arday |^ ^amg Wea Ubeo, a oar a cabinet air, bam written*) Sir Reben M Mae Fa leal Emperor Be woald be gled lo return to. > bat that bie majeety weald Ma faoe" if foreign troope were Vale) eorreepoodent of! etwerte tbet ? tbe Roeoien Jbaw' detee ween toe eaar'a ill. aaotber batch of faawaTewe eooroee Among maabaeer thai the elliee bete ad fftl Hai Fa, 100 mi Ice etat Fi eod are proceeding weal Another fa that the Too Tai Oben Fa Id tbe province of! Clang, bee beee diamieaed, eod riegleedere of mieeionery ire beee been eaptared ? A eeya tbet e Cblneee official bee " at tV- cepital of (the proriooe Baoaa with ordere to orgeolae a ftoroe of 60.000 Boxern gaeogbai oorreepoodeot of Deity Kipreae wiree tbet tbe ere aeeoring tbe Obioeae tbe A mar maeeaeree were really it Co tbe Reeeiea offioere, bat carried oat eoder ordere of i roe Waldereee. )81 A RETAINS RAILROAD Not 26 ?Dr atorrlsoe _ to tbe Timee from Pekin 8at eoaflrma tbo report of Rojoie'o >e to retain the railway eetil troope ere w,indrawn from tbe rieee of Chi Li "Tata obenge," he eeye, "ie coin with the arrival of Piinoe aeky, wboe* mieeion avowedly raw) tbe railway Tbe Ohioeee re Roeeia'e aeaeranoe that ebe Ii retaining; tbe lioe in their internet "Tbe German expedition to Kalgan eeooontoriog no oppoeitioo Tbe expeditione which Cooot von ladder awe bee diapatcb to barraae neighborhood of Pebin are mainly Iftiona in aearcb of loot They ieoorreotly deaeribed by tbe Oer ee important military opera MILD SATISFACTION ONLY. London, Nov 26 ?Mild aatiafaotioo It ex pranced io tbe London pnpere able morning at the newa that tbe iota in Pebie beve arrived et a llminary understanding bot no confidence see ate to be felt tbet eery reel step bee been made in tbe ileee negotiations It ie reoog tbet there ie little for Germany aw) do bat to concede, wherever the Veiled Stateo and Roesia agree Tbe evseodard eeye : "It ie hardly poeeible for Oermaoy go) bold oat, deeply offended ee ahe la, if the United Steles, Russia, Freeoe and Japan ere diapoBed to leretioo Oar Berlin correspond believee the! Germany ie pre to waive the deetb penalty " CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. m KM Ym Han Always Benght re of BATTLE OF BAG?80N. Meoile, Mot to ? Partioolars have jnut boo* received fron Hollo of the bailie, Oot 80, ?I Bagosoa, Island of Paoey. wbeo 200 Bolomen tod 60 rrflecnea attacked tbo Amerioena, wbo tool three killed, Liwat H. M Koonte, Sergt Kitchen aod Oorpl Berne, nil of Company F, 44th in fnntrj. Oorpl barnn wan boloed while reeoonoitoring and Lieut Kooote nod Sergt Kitchen were pierced by epeere while going to relieve nn ontpont. When tbe gnrrinon In front attack? ed tbo rebele 49 of tbe letter were killed None of tbn other parties of attacking ostivee made much of* n ?tend end tbe inaorgente loot 108 killed nil told. SEVERAL ARS CONDEMNED TO DEATH. Manila, Not 26 ?Foor natives will bo banged at Dago pan, Lotoo, next Tbnreday Tbey em onder convic tlon for nrnon nnd morder, tbe vie time of tbe Inttnr crime including two American prison*re Tbe mili? tary courts nro now returning num erons deetb aentencee upon natives DmaUi of a Noted Gambler. "Billy*' Mask, tbe last of the g soi hi ere who found wealth aod fortooos in Charleston a quarter ef a esntnry sgo, is dead At the tins of bis bast wieaiegs tbe common story io the eiiy woe test be "eonld net got his reedy money in n barrel." bot like many of the people of bis elsss he disd io peeeriy. Hie lest deal waa to tbo oity hospital, where tbs gamblers ssnt him to be treated, aod tbe local sport ieg fraternity, of ?hieb be waa ao honorary member, buried him in Magnolia eemetery beside his dssd oomradsa who had soegbt fertnnos io tbo sdme games. Mask was n celebrated gem bier nnd was known in every gnmbling bonso ie tho Sooth. Ho belonged te that slass, howsvsr, wbieh has si most passed away, for ho did oot taks front rnnk with the gamhlera wbo are sesking easy eiotims nowadays. Meek io seid to have played io ovsry bonso of nots io Ike United Scales. Ho earns to Charles? ton years sgo from New York nnd it was said that bis borne wee In Albany, bnt he nover got a letter in hie lifo steopt from gamblers aed absolutely nothing eonld be learned of bis pest life Would Coat too Muoh London, Nof 26?"We oodarstood," tbe Dstly Express this moroiog. 4'that Lord Roberts rseently requested tbe go?crone91 to ssnd 20,000 regnlars to 8onth Atriea to relieve tbs same num bor in tthe laid, bnt that his request one deehasd oo the seors nf expense." London, Nov 26 ?After eondsmniog the government's rsfnsal as "ruioo economy," the Daily Express goes oo to describe Lord Kitobeoer'a "drastic plan of operations." "He siill oedsavcr te isslats tbs com u* endow," it soys, "aod to move sus? pected Boer fsmilise ieto gerrisooed towoa. Hs will elear tronblesomo dis? tricts, soeloiog tbe population in laa? gers, if. oeeessery, and will taks or ds stroy all food snppliss, punish treseb cry by deetb or trnnsportetioe, rsns ?iilage? guilty or treaeonabls eats aod destroy ell forms in lbs vioioity ef rail? way Ir telegraph cutting." 8EEKING TO PURCHA8E PHOSPHATE ROCK Beaufort. No? 26? Mr. 8. Y. Mori, of Tokio. Japan, who is a gnsst at tbs Sea Island hotel bars, is so smiosot sitiecn of the Buoset Empire, bsiog a tilliossirs aed proprietor of ao exten sive phosphate industry lossted ocar Tokio He bss be-n in America about tea days, oomieg ! its from Europe via New York. v% He hers Prssideot Mori will negotiate for the porehsse, by his firm, of a considers Die quantity of phosphate rock from tho various con? cerns aotivaly sogagsd io tbs industry ie this seatioo. Mr. Mori says Japao is hsoomiog Isrgsly iotsrestsd io tbs maonfaotore of fartiliasre from Amsriesn phosphate aod that the maoofaotorsd product there is both ooosomed by tbe farmers of his eooutry and exported to less enterprising countries io the orient. It wss ststsd io our Rateigb oorres poodeoss s few days sgo that leading crohaois of Franklin ooutity have re oently made earafal inquiries of farmers as to wbathsr tbsy base during lbs last fits yeara made mure moooy out of oot too or tobaeeo, aod that the farmers said oottoo had provsd the more profits ble erop. This suggests agsio the ques tioo. twice receotly touched upon io ibis pspsr, as to tbs future of N >rtb Carolioa as a toheoeo State Fraoklio ought to bo a good tobaoeo eouoty?it joios Oraovtlls, which is aooounted iho best tohaooo oouoty io the State. If the erop oaonot be grown profitably io that tiar of oooouss?aod we have oot heard that the Oreo?tile tohaooo growrre era getting rieb?it looks liko lobebod is the osmn of the business in North Csrolioa As giving emphasis to this sooslnsioo it is io be remembered tbst Wlthio lbs psriod o vered hy the inqui? ries es to the rslativa profitablsoess of these too crops eottoo bss besn ss lew aa 6 soots ? Charlotte Obssr?sr. McKinley Demabds a Big Army. Other Sobemet the Republi? cs oa are Hatching. , Washington, Not 26?14 W hi tew else it lelt undone, harry with the arm? bill." Tbet ie the earn eod eebeteooe of what Mr McKinley eeye to every prominent republican sena tor end repreeeotetive who goee to the white booee. Tbe reeson be wiibet the legioletioo for the iooreaee of the ermy harried is the! be bee received e hint that the decieioo of tbe United Statee eopreme court will be egaioet tbe oooetitationality of tbe Porto Rico eot, which would meen tbet tbe United State? woold beve to relinquish ownerebip of tbe Philippines, end would consequently have no ose for e large standing ermy He wiehee to get the big ermy provided for before the court bands down its decieioo, end it will not be earprising if tbe ettorney general eo manipulates tbe case aa to prevent its conclusion until efter tbe end of this ooogreae, aa Mr McKin ley might prefer not having ooogreae io session should tbe decision be averee. Tbie atery sounds inoredo loos, bat it ie being seriously talked abeot io political circles, eod there beve been other oesee in which edmioielretione heve been given ad? vance binle of important deoitiooe of the eopreme court. Any member of tbe couit can oeoetly make e pretty oeerly correct goeea of how hie oolleegeee will stand upon important decisions from their talk in a general way to each other. Whether tbe whole etoiy ie correot or not, it if ebeolotely certain tbet Mr McKinley Ie plelnly ahowiog hie anxiety of the epeedy peeaage by congress of tbo ermy bill Tbe Isthmian Canal commiasion bee handed Mr McKinley ite prelimi? nary report. Ae ezpeoted it favora the Nicaragua route for the canal. Tbe Panama company's lobbyists are moving Heeven and eerth to prevent legielatioo by ooogreee io favor of tbe Nioaragua oaoal N Aooordiog to Roprepreseutetive Hall, chairmen of tbe boose commit? tee on military affairs, wbioh ie oow tryiog to pnt together en ermy bill that will be supported by all the republicans, many of whom have publicly expressed widely differing opinione of wbet tbe bill should pro vide for, especially aa to tbe number of meu, the volunteers in tbe Philip? pines will not be broogbt home until legalere, enlisted ander tbe bill not eveo yet wtitten, can bo sent to take their pleoea At least, that ia a fair construction to plaoe upon Mr. Hull's own worde?"Tbe ermy now in tbe Philippines will have to be brought home in tbe summer, tbet is, those of the meu who do not oere to reenliei. The transports which go out for them should depart ladeo with tbe troope who ere to repleoe them." Representative Champ Clark, of Miaaoun, returned to Weehingtoo feeling as chippy as usual He ssid : "I am not downoaat or discoursged by tbe lickiog we got. Tbe moet oopleasant feature ia it will take us eix or eight years to get the senate As to the proposition to reorgenize the democratic party, it is a fact io natural history thst the tail cannot wag tbe dog ; and tbe same ie true in politics Tbe party does not need reorganizing to begin witb It is thoroughly organized, and eveo if it were to be reorganized, it woold not be from tbe outside. We wsot everybody to come io tbet feels like helping na, but we have e perfect organization of our own " Of tbe probable work of tbia session of congress Mr Clark eaid : "I think tbia will be an extremely busy ses? sion Tbe main thing tbe republicans will do will be to ratify the Hay Paunoefote treaty and pass a Nica? ragua canal bill, in accordance with it, eod to pass Mark Henna's ship subsidy bill If tbe supreme court decides tbe Porto Rioan act unconsti? tutional, then tbe republicans will run races with ua aa to which will drop the Philippines first but if it is decided to be constitutional, then this session of congress will have to pass some kind of a bill for tbe gov I ernment and control of tbe islands. Tbia, with the routine measures and tbe new appointmenta under tbe last cenaes will make it an exceedingly buey session " I The reception of tbe proposition advanced by tbe radical republicana to reduce the representation of the sootbero states which have restricted negro suffrage, has been of such general condemnation that it has been abandoned for tbe preaeot sea aioo and will not figure in tbe reap portiooment bill whjch will doubt less become a law iu the near future, bot some of its advocates hint their iotention to try to get tbe question before the long session of the next congress. ????>??.??? ? Ssys a Ssvanuab? Ga, dispatch to tbe New Yotk Commercial : The pro poeed formation of n new express company, to operate iu all tbe south ern states, where the Southern Ex? press company has held a lucrative field, unoppoaed for more than 30 years The Georgia legislature, now io session, is to be ssked to enact a law requiring railroads, as common carriers, to ecoept express from com* petiog lines It baa been known in Georgia for eome weeks that a new expreee oompaoy waa to be organized witb a oapital of aet leee than $5, 000,000 Mot* of the money ie to oome from Philedelphie. W A. Hewkine, of Cordele, io looking efter tbe interests of the new company in thie 8tete Every southern state, eeye Mr Htwkint, will hare tbe ! benefit of the competing company. i It it not propoted to mtke wer on the Soatbern or eny other express comptny, bot it is hoped to do e fair, legitimate basioess, with a profit to the promotere. In this city and at the prominent points in Georgia, attaches of tbe Sootbern Express oompeny, end tboee formerly with it, have been epproeobed by repretente tivee of tbe oew eoocern, in refer ence to accepting potitiont with tbe company now forming. A Remarkable Coincidence. ? ?? Greenville Mouteioeer. Mr T. R Lackie of Detroit, Mich, has eent oa tbe following interesting reminitcence of tbe Second Mtntettt, which normtet en incident of the bettle witb whiob eome of oar read? ers tre tlretdy fsmilitr : "Id the yeer 1858 four gentlmen entered their eoot et t botrding tchool tt Cokesbory in Sooth Ctroli at Tbey btd beeo for yetrt inti? mate frieedo, eod were olergymeo in tbe Methodist church Tbeee boye j remtioed et tbie school tt room mttet tnd classmates for two yetre end entered Wofford oollege, stand iug relatively firtt, eeoond, third end fourth io a large class. They remain ed in tbie institution four yeere tnd were room motet ell the time, gradu ating relatively firtt, teoond, third end fourth ' They entered e lew office in Spar tenburg end etudied lew under the ttme cbtnoellor. The wtr broke oat end tbey eotered Jenkins' Rifle regiment from South Oerohoe (Qapt Joe. Walker's compeny) eed'were metematee in the eame oompaoy Beiog oeer the tame height they etood together et comrades in btttle io thie regiment At tbe tecond bottle of Meotttttt e ehell from tbe federal battery fell io the ranks of thie oompaoy, killing these four boys and no othere in the company. "They ere buried oo tbe battle field eod sleep together in the eeme grave. Their names ere Capers, McSwaio, Smith eod Doootn, tnd they are the eooa of Bishop Capers, Rev. Dr McSwatn. Rev Dr White foord 8mith eod Rev Dr Duncan of Virginia Thie grove it mtrked by a grtnite crots enclosed with an iron fence." The writer was in command of Com pen? C, Palmetto Soarp 8hootere, whioh was on the right of the regiment, tod Comptoy K w?s tbe oezt to tbe right, commanded by tbe late Cept H. H Thompson, a brave soldier who died t few yetre tgo io bpartaabnrg. Tbe poeitioo oeeupied by tbe regiment was to a piece of>wood? tot far frem tbe edge, where it wee halted, ordered to lie down, ted rsmtioed under a most te-rifii firs of shot tod shell aa til Col Wvlksr gat* the eommtod to "change from front to retr oo 12th oompaoy," which woold plaee tbe regiment at a right angle from its first position in the woods When Csmpaoiee C eod K began tbe movement, it wee observed by the writer that eeveral men did oot riss whet the command was given to change froot, when be went to the piece where the men were lying, and found that five yoaog men were killed by tbe explosion of tbe sbsll in ths manner described Poor of them were Capers, MtSwsin, Smith and Duncan, who belongod to Company K, aod the fifth man wae V" M Keown of Company C, who wae raieed in Anderson oouoty Yoaog Keown had a narrow escape from death to the Piret Maoaesae, where a minoie ball went through bis hat aod grated hie hair, aod be went galiaotry through all other battles unhurt until be eat within 200 yards of ths spot where he so oarrowly ran the gauntlet io tbe First Msoassas. He was an excellent eoldier and remarkable for bis oativs wit and intelligence, although be did not bate tbe eduoatioo al advantages of the young men who met death witb him. Mr Laekie was a member of the Sixteenth Michigan, aod The Mono taineer printed last year an aeoount written by him of the famous encoun? ter of hit regiment with the Palmetto Sbarp Shooters at Gainea' Mill|oo Juoe 27, 1862 Tbie aeoount of the battle led to an extensiv* oorretpondeooe with Mr Laokie by tbe members of the sbarp shooters and othere Mr E. E Rankin, of Arlington, Texas, wae among the number who wrote to Mr Laokie, espe oially witb reference to the proposed reunion at Louisville, whioh unforta nately did not take plaoe. Mr Rankin discovered that two of the sharp shoot? ers livsd in thie town, aod they were much interested in tbe reminisoeooee of Gainee1 Mill. The names of those two soldiers are M.T. and A. W. Walker, who be longod to Company K, P S. S., and one of them sent tho clipping from an old D?wepaper which gave tho facts reoited about the remarkable eoiooi donoe at the Second Manassas. Com rade A W. Walker informed Mr Rinkio that ho helped to bury tho four boys helooging to Company K who are named in the article Tbc additional faotn will prove interesting to many of our readers, aod w thank Mr Lackie for hie courtesy and kindness in placing them at our disposal. - mm .????? ? FROM THE WIRES. Dobuque, Iowa, Not 28.?Aa order eame io all tobaeoo dealers here today, io ai oaea ab i p oat of the State lhair eotire atook of aigarsues aed eigaratte papen The order eaaae fron the Amerieao Tobaeoo Conpaoy aod ie aap* poied to be dae to tbe eigaratte eaae decision of tba supreme eonrt of tbe United States reeeotly. <?gm& t Constantinople,Nov 25.?A difficulty baa arisen between Qernaoy aod Tar key. The Ottoman government object! to Germany aaiog Far Sao Isiaod, ie the Red Boa, aa a aoaliog atation aod wishes to establish there a Turkish depot aeocssible to all tba powers. Germany, however, ioeisis thatsbs will oot abaodoo tbe island. Hsbaaa, No? 25 ?At a nestiog held io Habsoa teday by the oppooeots of Mgr Sharrett, bishop of Habana, Geo Gomec preseotsd a resolution thst all tho municipalities should seod tbe bishop telegrams ioformiog bin that he was oot intended by the Cabaos and asking bin to rei're in fsvor of a Gobao eooleeiastio AH the speakers afterward scoused Mgr Shsrrotti of being too rauch of ao Americto io this poiot of view aod of favoring annexa? tion to the Uoited States. Berlin, Nov 26 ?Tbe follow og spe oial dispatob dated St Petersbuj;, Nov 25, 8 49 a. m, has been received here : "It is persisteotly rumored io St Petersburg tbat tbs eonditioo of Em? peror Niokolas is eritieal. Well informed people here declared that the disease bos made far greater progress theo the esar's physicians have publicly admitted. A fatal issos is bow gravely feared " Every cotton planter should write for our valuable illustrated, pamphlet, "Cotton Culture." It is sent free. Send name aad address to GKRMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Ht N. Y. The Lamest and Most Complete Establishment South Geo. S. Hacker & Son. The town of Qrsfton, III, is afflicted with a spidsmis of blaek diptberie, aod tbe rabbits ere ehargsd with it. It seems that rabbits are unusually numer? ous around tbsrs this year, aod tbe paoplo bsve estco them freely. Mssy dead rabbits have beeo found in the woods aod investigation shoos that they died of diptberie Some strikiog proof of tbe close connection between pore drinking water nnd tbe health of tbe eommoni ty is afforded in tbe experience of Chicago. From 1865 ontil 1869 tbe average of deatba from typhoid fever in tbe month of November wee 70 Duriog tbe pest year tbe drainage canal baa been opened nnd people of the city no longer drink wnter con taining fever germs Tbe number of deaths from typhoid fever bee fallen to an overage of less than one a day and ie not likely to be more than 28 for tbe whole month. Tbe aunoal death rate of tbe city bee fallen to 10 56, if figured from the number of deatbs during tbo present month, abowiog Chicago now to be on beeltby ae any city in tbe world ? Augusta Chronicle Unwashed Fruits. <-MANUFACTURER* OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Gas non Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. maV- Poreaaaa our make, which we gneraatt superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16?o "All kiods of diseases may be traeed to tbe eatiog of unwashed fruit/' said a well known authority oo bacteriology, io commenting oo the spread of diaeass through uokoowo sources. Tbo result of a careful examination bss elearly shown tbe dsoger of eatiog fruit of any kind without washing it. Grapes kept for some tims io a basket oo a fruit staod were so covered with dost that the water io which they were washed was blaok. Tbe man of science, think iog that perhsps the water oontsined tubercle bsalto, iojeeted into three guinea pigs a smell quantity of it. Ooe animal died io two days, the others died io less thso tbreo weeks, both the latter presenting marked sigos of tuber oulous lssioos Tbe water aod vessel that contained it bad beeo sterilised be* fore the experiment was made so that without doubt the disease germs were i oo tho grapes "This," sstd tbe ex? perimenter, "illustrates the ionoeeot ways io whiob we uooooeoiously take into our systems dangerous as well as harmless germs."?Philadelphia He eord Mrs. L. Atkinson MILLINERY. She hss tbs largest and finest collect ion sbe has eeer exhibited, ieclndiag scores of rich novelties ia Imported Ron od Hats, Toques aod Bonnets, as wail as a choice va? riety of handsome designs from bsr work? room. Tbs assortment is large enough and varied enough to inanre a perfect choice to every ooe, while tbe priees will bs fannd mors tbso attractive. In tbe Untrimased Hat Department we are showing a most extensive assortment of the newest aad best shapes aed colors?at rea? sonable prices. Ia this department we are showing a particularly attractive essortmect of Ready to-Wear Turbans and Toquee in ? Velvets, Felis, Panne Velvets and Tacked Silks. A choice variety of Children's TrimmseV Bats, for school aod drees wear, at moderate prices Oct 3 The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF SUMTER By Tbos. V. Walsh, Btq., Probate Judge. WHBRBAS, SBKPARD NASH, as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said aounty, has made suit to me to grant bim Letters of Administration of the Bstate of aad effects of KD W ARD B MILLIR, deceased. These ere therefore to cue and admoalah all and alogular tbe kindred aud creditors of tbe laid Bdward B Miller, leas of aaid County and State, deceaeed, tbat tbey be and appear before me, ia tbe Oeart of ^Probate, te be beld at Sooster, C H , oo Decemscr 31et 1900, sent, sfter publication thereof, at 11 o'clock io tbe foreoooo, to ebow eeoae, if any tbey have, why tba laid Administration should not be granted Qifea under my band, tbie 21st day of November, A. D., 1900 THOS V WAL8H, Jad^e of Probate. Nov. at Estate of Mr?. Sarah B. dler, Dec'd. A1 Chai LL PERSONS baeiog elaims against said Bstate will preeent same daly ? nested, and all persons indebted to sail Estate will make pavment at ooee to ROBT. A CHANDLER, Not 21, 1800?3t* Administrator. Some Special Bargains 40-1 b boxes Starch, beet grade, at 2$o per lb Smoked Dried Herrings, 30c per box. New Mackerel, 14 eood fisb to kit, 90c 9 9' Faocy full cream Cheese, 22 to 24 Iba eaeb, at 13c par lb Best faocy Elgin Creamery Butter, 69 lb tubs at 24c per lb American Sardines?new pack?f3 85 per ca?e 100 ceos. 10 ox Tumbler Fruit Jelly, 3 dee vo case, 7ic per doa 3-lb stand. Tomatoes, 2 dos in case, 90c dos 2-lb stand. Tomatoes, 2 decio case, 70c dox J-pint bottles, assorted Pickles. 2 des io case, 75c dos. 1- lb caos Cove Oysieie, full weight, 2 aod 4 dos io case, COc dos 21b caos fancy Maine packed Sugar Coro Si.20 a dos. 2- lb caos fancy N Y. State packed Sogar Coro $1 a dos. CRACKERS. Lemons 6fC, Nie Nacs o?c per lb. Ginger Snaps 5c, Soda Cr. 5c per lb. Sugar Cr. 6c, Faocy Mixed 6}c per lb. Cream Luncft Biscuits, 7c per lb Oatflakee, 2-lb packages, 90c dos FLOUR. Best faocy patent, Best balf patent, Best birttigbt, Best family, Salt 100 lbs, $4 3% te 4.0 bbi 3 85 bbi 3 25 bbi 57e bag MEAL, GRITS, BACON AND LARD AT LOWEST PRICES. Cigars, Cheroots, Cigarettes and Tobacco. Dm mo id T Cigar, best 5c seller at $35 per I,COO. Succfrse, none tietter, $35 per 1,000. E L Royal Cigar, good smoke, $25 per 1,00.) Try our Leader, $10 60 per 1,006, 60cbox Old Virginia Cheroots, $3 16 per bCS of 250 Cberoei?, 3 lor be Old Glory Cheroots, $4.90 per Oox at '.400 Cheroots World's Beet Ctieroots. $3 25 per box of 250 Cheroot*, 3 for 6c. Duke's Cigarettes $3.90 per 1,000 Cycle Cigarettee $1 66 per 1 000. A BIG SUPPLY OF TOBACCO, namely, Scboapj, Rirty Bird, R. J. R , fable, Ulla Roobk, Little Faocy, Red Eye and ranous otber k-ode?prices ranging from 26c, 35c aad 45c per lb. Big Drives in Soap* OuTAGON, TIOTOKY, TIP TOP, KLBCTE10, sMPiRIAL. Sbos Blacking, Ink, Blaeieg, 4c. Sea ai, or gat oar prices before yoa hay. Cro??well & Co. Phone 53. Sumter, S. C.