The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 26, 1902, Image 8
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? of LACE
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fCopyriffht, 1901, by John J. a'Es cket. 9
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Therwaid did not altogether like the
request, but Prince Murianoffsky ivas
a good fellow and had been such a help
to him in Paris he felt that he must
comply with it. After all, it was only
the government that would suffer, and
that was weil able to put up with a
slight less.
So Thorwald found himself speeding
toward the realm of the great white
czar, with the intention of defrauding
it In one of the last stages of the
journey his sole companion in the rail?
road carriage was a woman, quietly
dressed, with an air of high breeding.
He was worrying as they approached
the frontier and would have been glad
of a companion to talk to. At last op?
portunity was afforded him of accost?
ing the lady. She was trying to ar?
range something in the network brack?
et for parcels. He approached and
with great politeness offered his serv?
ices. As he again turned his eyes to
-"aiABAME," SAID THE OFFICIAI?.
avard her he saw she was removing her
index finger from her bodice. After?
ward she smoothed out the bosom of
lier gown.
Could it be? She looked like a lady
So did he loo!; like a gentleman. Ho
seated himself and began a conversa?
tion. They exchanged a few remarks
"Very pleasantly for some time, when
suddenly he asked: "Pardon me! Is
dat a piece of toce?"
-'Her hands and eyes went at once to
the buttoning of her bodice. Then sb3
replied coldly, '-You are mistaken, sir!"
"Madame," he answered smilingly,
"you need not fear -that I would be
* Scandalized by your smuggling a little
lace into Russia. Thc government
takes such immense precautions against
evasion of the duties that one need not
"scruple at deceiving it, if possible. I
^should regard it as a bit of amusing
cleverness."
* ""You think it is one of those things
that are only wicked when found out?"
she returned, eying him, with a faint
smile.
"Precisely."
"And you are possibiy so gallant that
you would even help a lady in such an
attempt."
"If the lady was nice," he laughed
tock.
She turned her face to him with a
captivating smile and said archly, "Do
yon think ? am 'nice?' "
"Most assuredly, madame."
"Then i will throw myself upon your
mercy!" she exclaimed, with a lovely
air cf candor. "The fact is, I am smug?
glings-she made a little face-"a
scrap of lace. There is not much, but
it is choice, and I want it for a certain
purpose. Xow I have put myself in
your hands."
"The hands of a gentleman," replied
Thorwald. "How can I help you?"
"You might take the keys of my
trunks and act as if we were together.
You could tell them you had nothing
to declare. I shrink from saying fiatly
that I have nothing to declare when I
know I have. You will not have that
difficulty to disturb you, and if you
can give the man the idea that you
have both our things in charge they
-will say nothing to me."
"Madame, leave the matter entirely
to me."
When they reached the frontier and
the ordeal was at hand, Thorwald
walked up to the most prominent func?
tionary and, taking him aside, had a
few words with him. The lady in thc
meantime gnnntered .slowly, uo, and
down the platform with~a~ pleasant aTr
of waiting till the mere form had been
complied with.
Suddenly her heart fell. The officer
TWith whom the young man had been
talking left him and advanced toward
lier with a determined air.
"Madame," said the official. "I have
certain information that you are at?
tempting to smuggle something
through. My informant saw what led
iiin to think you h.-d lace concealed
aitout your person. It rests with yon
to deliver it up or to be subjected to
thorough examination."
She gasped with indiguat^n._What
aifld??T ~s5e"~k?cT "been to~"betray Tier
self to a stranger!
With a blazing countenance, but a
dignity that impressed even the hard?
ened official, she retired and unwound
the dainty lace she had so carefully
concealed about the upper part of her
person. It was silently confiscated
and a stiff fine imposed, which she
paid without half the regret she felt
at parting with her precious lace. The
odious informer was walking about on
the platform with an air of conscious
rectitude and carefully abstained from
even glancing in her direction.
The train had gone some miles on the
journey toward St. Petersburg. Some
one paused at her side. She looked up
and beheld the young man who had so
neatly tricked her. He had an apolo?
getic ai?.
"Do not presume to speak to me."
she exclaimed hotly. "You have done
all the evil 3-ou can. I wish you were
a gentleman, that it might be possible
to make you feel the contempt you de?
serve."
"Madame," he said very gently, "I
only ask one word of explanation. Be?
lieve me, I think I can dispel the mean
/ opinion of me which I admit you have
every right to entertain. You told me
you had a 'scrap of lace; not much,
but <Jhoice.' Around my legs-pardon
me for alluding to them-are a hun?
dred yards of a very expensive lace.
Not that alone, but there is a senti?
mental reason attaching to its safe
delivery by me which would have*
ade its seizure the keenest disap?
pointment The officer showed such a
suspicious and implacable attitude that
I saved my lace at the cost of yours. I
shall be glad to give you as much of
this as you lost-you said you had J
only 'a scrap'-and defray all expense
you were put to."
The lady was somewhat mollified by
this respectful and reasonable explana?
tion.
"I said a scrap. It was really ten
yards. As a matter of fact, it was ex- j
ceedingly expensive."
He laughed heartily. "A mere baga?
telle. Just so my friend is satisfied."
"Who is your friend?" she inquired
impulsively.
"Oh, pardon me! I have a sense of
honor."
As soon as he arrived at his friend's
in St. Petersburg he told him he had
been able to bring him only ninety
yards of the lace he had specified.
Prince Murianoffsky laughingly said
that there was no doubt that would be
enough. He unwound it with gleeful
care from his guest's legs and they
chuckled over the duties that had been
dodged.
When Thorwald was dressing for
dinner that evening, the prince looked
in on him and said with mock solemni?
ty: "My aunt will dine with us to?
night Don't say a word about the
trick with the lace. Her husband is at
the head of the customs, and she would
be terribly scandalized. I don't know
that she would not feel constrained to
report it, although she is so fond of
Olga that she would not like to spoil
her wedding present, and she knows 1
couldn't comfortably afford the money
for it and the duties."
Thorwald smilingly promised not to
breathe a word about it
When Prince Murianoffsky went to
the salon, his sister ran up to him and
exclaimed:
"Isn't it odd! Aunt Feodorovna has
sent me some lace, and it is just the
same kind you got for mc! And I
measured it and it just makes a hun?
dred yards with the Other. You tried
to get a hundred yards, you know, and
Mr. Thcrwald could only get ninety."
Just then the Countess X. was an?
nounced,
"Not a word about the smuggling,"
whispered Olga to Mr. Thorwald, "be?
fore Aunt Feodorovna. Mon Dieu! She
would be horrified." .
Thorwald nodded his head, and as he
turned his eyes to the redoubtable
aunt who was entering the room in a
magnificent toilet he recognized his
companion in crime of the railway. She
gave a half start as he was presented
to her, but instantly rallied and, fixing
her bright eyes on him, said meaning?
ly, "I am glad to know you. Mr. Thor
wald."
As he was taking her into dinner she
put up her fan and whispered impres?
sively:
"Not a syllable about the lace! They
would be awfully scandalized."
"Xot a word, countess," murmured
Thcrwald. "Only-my lace was for
your niece too."
Balefnl Ismtrance.
Little Willie-Paw. where is th' isth?
mus uv Panama?
Father-Th' isthmus of Panama? !
Willie, do you mean to tell me that you
have been studying grammar two
years and you don't know where the
isthmus of Panama is? If you ain't
able to conjugate the isthmus of Pan?
ama for me by tomorrow night. I'll
make you go to bed at G o'clock!-Ohio
.State Journal.
Exception.
Teacher-As i have been telling you.
there are two general classes of work?
ers. Tommy, does your father make
his living by using his brains or by
using his muscles?
Tommy-Neither one, ma'am. He's a
policeman.-Chicago Tribune.
Stimulating Contribution?.
Mrs. Von Blumer-The minister
preached the most touching sermon I
ever heard.
Yon Blumer-I2ow much did he
aise?-Judge.
Weight for weight oriental rubies
are valued ten to twenty fold the prico
of diamonds. The best come from
China. Ceylon -*nd India.
Warm hearted persons ?re not the
ones who complain that this is a cold,
cold wcrld.-National Magazine.
Young folks grow mo*t when they
are In love. It increases their sighs
wonderfully.
LEGAL BOOKS BY THE YARD
Contents Are Wsste Paper. h~t the
E?ndinprs Inpress Clients.
"Legal fillings at all pricer., in sheep?
skin or calf." That is an advertise^
ment that you may occasionally sse Ln
the catalogue of dealers in legal Looks.
The term "legal fillings." says a
writer in Stray Stories, is applied to
well hound volumes that con.::::? i b
lng but an odd assortment cf wor.h
less price lists, uki reports ano sr?:::?
times cut newspaper rages. lue
ers are handsome, but the pages ar?.'
merely* so much waste paper.
The volumes are sold io young solic?
itors who wish to impress their clients
by a formidable looking library, and,
as they have a studied legal appear
ance, they have their effect upon thc
visitor.
A cheaper line of these ''hooks.*'
made of blocks of wood co vere.: wi tb
cloth or calf, handsomely tooled and
Dearing a title in gold, can be bough?
at prices varying from $2.00 to $4 per
dozen.
One secondhand bookseller ir. Lon?
don has made a small fortuna l y hav?
ing old books* of all kines :ha: might
be worth about a penny cr twopence
apiece rebound in handsome style. Ill
has a title printed in gold on the bark,
indicating that the book is some learn?
ed work upon medicine or chemistry.
These he sells to young doctors ::t
about 20 cents each, which leaves him
a good profit
The books make a good show in the
consulting room and help to give the
Impression that the young medico is a
deeply read man.
Three Curious Bells.
There is a curious legend connected
witb the bells cf Messmghain church
It is said that a long, lornr time ago a
traveler was passing through Missing?
ham when ue noticed three men satins
on ? s-?! .n the churchyard and say?
ing, "Come to church, Thompson: come
to cL -eh, Brown." and so on. Being
very L &. surprised, he asked what it
meant u . . was told that, having no
bells, they called folks to church in
this way. The traveler remarked that
it was a pity s> ?ne a church should
be without bells and at the same time
asked the men if they could make
three for the church, promising to pay
for them himself.
They undertook to do this. They
were respectively a tinker, a carpenter
and a shoemaker. When next the trav
eler passed that way. he found tho
three men ringing three bells which
said. "Tin?:, tong, plufi." being made
respectively of tin, wocd and ?eather!
London Tit-Bits,
ITfcMS OF INTEREST.
Alaska has the smallest population
of any possessio? of the United States.
It is within bounds to say that this
country spends at least $15.000,000 a
year on golf.
Eleven thousand people are engaged
In making lamp chimneys throughout
the United Stares.
It is interesting to know that there
are enough negro bankers in the Unit?
ed States to hold a convention in Buf?
falo in late September.
The annual gold medal awarded bf
the Royal Astronomical Society of Lon?
don, the highest honor in the world of
its kind, has been awarded to Ameri?
can astronomers eight times in the last
25 year.?.
N?*V Jersey has been called the Gar?
den State from the fact that a large
proportion of the farming land in ita
boundaries is given up to growing veg?
etables for the markets of New York
and Philadelphia.
Apropos cf the fact that the TVhito
House has just been painted again it
is stated that the mansion has never
been scraped and that far underneath
the additions of a century there is the
original coat cf paint.
It is stated that 29.S72 persons per?
ished at the hands of homicides in the
United States during the five years
ending with 1900. The figures of pun?
ishment for the crime are not made un.
but are known to be st^*r*rri^Iy small.
Stevenson's Ccp of Misery.
R. L. Stevenson, writing in 1S93 to
George Meredith, in an epistle quoted
in a new edition of his "Letters," says,
with heart touching pathos:
"For 14 years I have not had a day's
real health. 1 have wakened sick and
gone to bed weary, and I have done my
work unflinchingly. I have written in
bed and written out of it. written in
hemorrhages, written in sickness, writ?
ten torn by coughing, written when my j
head swam fer weakness, and for so j
long, it seems to me, I have won my
wager and recovered my glove. I am
better now-have been, rightly speak?
ing, since first I came to the Pacific
and still few are the days when I am !
not in some physical distress. And the
battle goes on- ill or well is a trifle so
that it goes. I was made for a contest
and the powers have so willed that my
battlefield should oe this dingy, inglori?
ous one of the bed and the physic bot- j
tie. At least. I have not failed, but I ]
would have preferred a place of trum- j
petings and the open air over my j
head." ?
i
Tlie Life Line In One's Hand.
There are three prominent lines in
j the palm-the line of life, that of the
I head and the heart line.
The line of life begins on the inner
I boundary of the palm, about midway
! between the thumb and the forefinger.
! If we imagine the left hand to be a
I map. with the fingers pointing north,
! this line runs toward the southeast
then curves toward the south and in
; some hands curves finally toward the
j southwest. It thus skirts the base or
"uprise" of the thumb, known as the
uprise of Venus. If it is deep, broad,
of good color and extends nearly or
: quite to the wrist and if the rest of tb'/
; hand indicates vitality and cheerful'
i ness, the subject may be expected to liv?
to a green old age: he has a good dispo?
sition ard the qualities which good
, health and eood temper usually creates.
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Your attention is invited to our fine line of
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Sept 18-x
ATLANTIC COAST IM
?orth-Eastern R. E. of 8
CONDENSED SCBED?L1
TRAINS GOING SOUTB
Dated No. No. No So
fan 14, 1901 35* 23? 53a 5J
a m p m an:
ue Florene* 2 Hi I 46 9 4C
.s c.ing8tr<x 8 40
ir Lacea ; 2S 9 04 . J-. lt 2
.e Lanes 3 33 9 3U ? 45 .'12
ir Charlean 5 04 IQ 55 3 30 Ie
TRAINS GOING NORT"
No. No Hi
73? 32? 52*
am pm an Cu
Lie Charleston 6 33 ? 49 7 00 < 0(
\r Lanes 3 iG 615 * 23 5 Sf
.ie Lanes S16 5 15 i> 3?
,c Kingetre* 3 32
' r Florence 9 25 7 2i> ? 01
? Ol pm ... D .':
?Daily ^Daily except Sondar
N'o. 52 r?D9 tbrongh io Ctofambfc vi? Ger
:?l R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nop. 78 ard.32 ran via Wilson anr
fayetteville-Sbort Line-and raak? C!OK
?onnecti?D for all pointa Nor?b.
T-e?ne on C. JE D R. R. leave Florence
Jai'v except Sand&y 9 50 a m, arrive Darling?
ton 9 15 a ru, Hartville 9 15 a rn, Cher? m
ll 30 a rn, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leav<
florence daily except Snnday 7 55 p rn, ar?
rive Darlington S 20 p ns, Bennettaville 9 1?
? m, Gibsdo 9 45 p ra LCSTS Florene?
Saoday enly 9 30 a m. arrive Dar?ingtor
l? $5 am
Leave Gibeos daily except San^ay 6 0C
; m, Benoettsvillf 7 CO a ra, arrive Darling
.x>o 8 00 a si, leavj Dariio^ton 8 50 a m, a:
ire Florence 9 15 a ra. Le?ve Wr-desbo'C
!a:iy ezcept Snnday 3 00 p ra. Cbc^T? 4 <l
) c, Hartville 7 00 a m, Darlington ? ii
: m, *rrivc Florence 7 00 p m. L^.7? Ca?,
icgica Ssc!?* only 8 50 a LT., nrrivr "J-' .
no 9 15 a a.
J. R ESN LS i JNG .f. tiffi S ?.
Geo'l Kanagd. Gen'! Sn;." -?
R 3 SS?ERSO??, Traffic acnagrr
Northwestern Railroad:
T: '3 TABLE NO i
jhfii&sfi fig gfegjSg^
fWL^^^g?g^^^g^_ZS i:
?n Effect Wednep?ay, J;?L< 15, 1901
BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTE:
?&atbboaod Daily ex Scod&v Nor:bb:ao:
73 Mixed 72
P u STATIONS r *
3 00 1? Scmter 1145
3 05 3nra Jeactbr ll 4i
3 17 tindal 12 1
3 30 Pasksvil?e I "? 4
i Qfj .Jiiver I; 20
Siward '^00
4 -Oj i
5 00 Suotnertcc 3 2i
5 45 Ctr;* ? ' 0
6 00 Jorcan 8 47
6 45 Ar Wiieonfl MU! L\ 8 3(
BETWEEN MILLARD AND St PAUL
73 75 Daily ns Snn<*?j 72 74
PM A .ii Mimd LU P *
4 ir> 0 30 Lr Hilliard Ar 10 Ou J. 4
4 20 ;,9 40 Ar ?t Paul 9 :-0 4 3v
BETWEEN SUMTER AND 'MSiDRS
89 71 Mixed 63 70
PU AM Dduy KS Snnday ? s: A *.
6 25 9 45 Lv ' rVimfrr Ar I ?5 9 CO
:> 27 9 C?? K IV JancOoc f> 43 S k
6 47 10 (-7 D ii zeil b 13 8 2
7 05 IC 17 Bordea 4 ! 8 i 0<
7 2i 10 35 B? :??srt5 4 43 7 40
1 ?\ JO 40 f?.;erbf-e 4 30 7 3?
7 *0 ll O? Soa K.. Jnaciio:< 4 2J 7 C
g CO ;I 15 Ai Oakden Lv 4jl5 7 Cf
p H A (S O k G Ex Depor) pa .> v
TH OS Ali.Ki?V ?ot;/>^"
FEflliVeOVAl PiL.
UQ -/?^V Orfi?lnal nn?J Only i?c-nuJric.
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j ??. Kampa for Pfirttoulnru, Tcatlmotnulfi
*v* CV cad "Zieltet for Larfle?,** rn ieffer. bj pc
furn y.nll. 10.0<K?Totitnoc?al?. S?: i t,r
mil r>ru?:s:?;?. <hlohc?tfr Ch lfm leal Cn.',
Kotioa tils j a; er. M&dlnou S^u^ro, I'UIJLA.. I'A.
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r OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON. D. C.
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I have f ->T sale a few
Barred Plymouth Rock
Cockerels, from the fin?
est strains.
Also, Eggs from a pen
of pure bred and se?
lect Barred Plymouth
Rocks. Orders will be
filled promptly if book?
ed now. Price for sit?
ting of 13, $1.00.
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Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the.
digestants and digests all kinds of
food. It gives instant relief and never
fails to cure. It allows you to "eat all
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stomachs can take it. By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. It
prevents formation of gason the stom?
ach, relieving all distress after eating.
Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take?
lt can't help
but do you good
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The SI. bottle contains 2*4 times the 50c size
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Boy kin's E*gie Phosphate,
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Always on hand :
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SUMTER. S 0
Df>c ll
TURNIP SEED,
Onion t?ets--ieadine
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars.
Large line of fine Havana
Segars.
Toilet Articles.
A choice line of Toilet and
Fancy Goods to which atten?
tion is invited at
DeLorme's Drug Store.
Mil Carolina al GM?
tension i E. Ci
S -keduif No 4-In effect 12.01
Jane 15, ISO'.
Rp?? dowo Reac? ?p.
*3? 33 t??3t?r- t:u.<- 32
am pr STATION ;
8 20 12 50 CPSI- ?? ?:
8 50 lie Dekali i 2 <>i i, - }
9 20 1 27 ?'$e;v.:: j, , a. >
10 50 2 00 ?2er=L,a'. j ? 3 >
11 20 2 12 etetitn SD???.. Ii 2?
12 20 2 37 Late: ste io . 2 7
12 40 2 PC RiverBid? iO 4? o:
2 30 3 10 C?tawoa Jo.-- IO 2: .35
4 00 3 4;; Rock Bl : 0 J Q
4 45 4 05 Tir?:-v. ? * S t5r
5 20 4 18 7ork7:? 3 i: 1?}
? 45 4 24 J?bara. 9 Gt 8 0
C 05 4 60 ?ickory lateo 8 4 7 .?}
6 20 5 00 Scyroa S3? 7 )
6 50 5 26 Slacssfcur^ Si 7 1 ?
P ra pm_ * :? j
Between
Blacsrsbnr? S. C , a J Manot N ?
R^o govri; _ Read ap
?ll 33 gasten, ot?e ?32 1 :
am Dm STATION a ;
6 45 5 25 - Blacksbar;. 7 4> 3
7 32 5 49 Earls 7 3
7 4* 5 43 Patterson ty. - ?
8 20 6 00 Sbelh;. j
9 00 6 21 Lfttl!D3i
9 10 6 30 Moore? .-c: ? . }
9 25 6 41 Sanfet;! 3 3 }
9 55 6 59 Forest Ch 3 2
IC 30 7 15 Rutherfords 3 <
12 0C 7 50 Tb?rrca! City 3 36 :?
12 25 8 10 Glenwood 5 if 5
I 00 8 30 ??ario- 5 Ot f:
p ta p m 6 rr.
Gaffney Divinion.
Reo?1 dnwn Re d nj?
iSA^'iiSR? TIMS"
* I 13 STATINS
p m a m
1 00 6 00 Blacksbarp 3 0
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Fa?s 7 30 2 IO
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 1 2 2
p m a m r
*Dany except Sunday
J 20 arantes for cinor:
Trains Nos 32 and S3 aro operare : daily
Trains Nos 2S. 35, ll. 12. 13 14, 15 ?nd 1&
?re eperated daily except Sunday
CONFECTIONS.
At Camden with Southern Ry; S A ?.r.i
A C Line.
At Lancaster with L ? CR R.
At Carawha Jct with Seaboard Air Lia?
A? Rock Hill with Southern Railway
At Yorkville with Carolina A * orth '??>>.
ern R K.
At Blacksburg with S- u tat rn Railway
At Shelby and Rutherfords, with S A
At Marion with ootbern Railway.
SAM?BL HUN PT?.
S. TRIPP, Superintendent
E. H. SHAW. ?W Pa?P*.
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AND THE
TWIOE-A-WEEK COURIER-JOURNAL
Both one year for only
2 OO.
This is for cash subscriptions only. Al?,
subscriptions under this combination offer
must be sent through the Watchman and*
Southron office. nov 20
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STAT?} CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, s/c.
p.:i<! ap Coi:?.' $ 75,0 C 00
Surplus ?nd Profits - - - 25.000 00"
add?tiooal Liability of Siock
boi<i"r- ir excecs of' their
stock - . . 75,000 00
Total ;i'-o?ectioo to depositors, $175 . ?-0 00"
Trati?acr? e Ge; er*t Banking BOSK .-?>
Special attention ci*ep ?? ccilecuo"
SITINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 a??d upwu-ds recetved Ic
Cerent aisowed Ht the rate ot per ce t per
annora, on amounti ibove $5 ?*uri not exceed?
ing $3Cu, payable quarterly, cc first days of
Januar v. April, Jaiy ned Onecer.
P. M WALLACE
ft. L. EDMUNDS, Pree?c??oi
Csshipr
I am offering Eggs
from a yard of extra
fine, large, pure bred
Eggs in season $1.00
per sitting of 13. Or?
ders filled promptly.
W. B. MURRAY,
Sumter, S. C.
Feb 5