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1 The I I Sable I I Lorcha | iV9f net a. m\ MBtfaty * tk?o Washed, scrubbed, shaved, shorn and clad In raiment put at his disposal by the Indefatigable Hartley. Cameron appeared wonderfully well looking. In? deed I was amased by bis appearance and by hie condition. I bad feared to find him a mental and physical ruin. I bad feared even for bis life. And he bad come to us, if wo might Judge by outward seeding, stronger, morn robust, less nervously relaxed than when be disappeared. "At first," be told us, as we sat at breakfast In a little upper room of the hotel, Evelyu ein? 0u bis right Dr. Addison at bis left, and I opposite him, "I suppose i am surer, whenever I ~as conscious, which, fortunately, I chink, waa comruistively seldom. They dosed mo almost continuously : wttb what I hellevo to have been some atlrlhsta of opium, so that even In my waking moments I was not wholly nor? mal. In this way, of course, I lost all count of time. And so, too, I am un? able to give events In sequenoe. My first conscious moment after being on Jhe deck of the Sibylla found mo etrapped In a narrow berth on a rapid, but rather rough riding craft of appar? ently much smaller dimension than too yscht, and with a Chinese boy sit? ting be*.ids me. You can fancy my stsrtlc'i amassment at the sudden tranrition. In vsln 1 asked questions. In vain I struggled to rise. Then I shouted, and the Chinese boy lighted wbst a?oeared to bo an ordinary Joss stlck on t stand at the head of my berth, and withdrew from the tiny cahln. Intenslbllity followed quickly. After that I have a vague, dreamy recollection of oatlng something with a strange, spicy flavor, which seemed only to add to my stupor. Once I dreamed?at least I think It must have been a dream?that I was in a dark bos, so cramped that my bones ached, and that fsr away above me were lit? tle boles througl which the light came In luminous fan like rays that glowed sgalnst the black." Tm Inclined tc think It was no ( dream," I put In. recalling the news? paper story I bid reed in my broker's office. In WM street. "The probablll tlee aro that you were shipped in that box from Fall River to New York, and a certain influential Chinaman,1 called Vup 81ng, knew all about It." "It's quite possible," Cameron went ( on. "I know that it was very difficult to distinguish, In those days, between dreams snd realities. Eventually, how over, I awoke to find myself on the Olsmorgsnshlre, quartered with the man In the forecastle, a beard well grown and my clothes the coarsest sort of mariner's outfit. For a while I waa far too 111 for labor. The reac? tion from the drugs which had been administered caused me the keenest Buffering Hut, gradually, 1 came about, and was set to work with psint pot snd brush. The humanity shown ire at this time was surprising. I couldn't comprehend it. But I realized eventually that my strength was being fostered for future torment." I "Why didn't you explain, dear, to the captain*" Evelyn asked, with one. of those hursts of nalvette that con? trasted so charmingly with her usual? ly abounding good Judgment. Cameron smiled. "I couldn't got near the captain, my child," he re? turned. Indulgently. "It wasn't be cauao I didn't try. Tho officers ridi? culed my assertions as pipe dreams, and when, st es h port, I pleaded to be allowed to communicate with our consul. I was only kept under stricter guard." And so his story continued. Inter? rupted at Intervals by questions from one or another of us, until ws had tho who!? wretched tsle of cruelty, In? cluding tho final chapter whlcb pre? ceded the rescue. When he learn**J that every stoker and trimmer, save himself, had be* B ordered on deck, stilt hoping against hope that the outside world had at length hf^n moved to Intercession In his behalf, ho demanded to Im? allowed to go with the reel. And when his de? mand was refused h* rebelled, fight? ing his way to liberty with an Iron bar from a cinder tub, which had purposely concealed for such emer? gency. I hav*? no Inclination to test paMcnoo by detailing all the events and record? ing all the dialogue of that happy day. Much th \? happened aad mu' h that was said I must leave to the Ima^lra tb>n off tho#e that rcsd. Hul I ennnot refrain from the statement that Cam? eron's meeting and re ?nrillatIon with his old fftnud Df, Addison was one of th* brightest spots In a d? h i tuMd eonstellatlog The meeting betweeg Evelyn and her unrl* wan tin episode, too. to toiKh th* senslhllby of the most apathetic And If there had lin? gered a sintrto doubt n* to I be wisdom or evpe-iieii- v of accepting th< ronv pai k ggjrip on ti?y expedition ol n ? ? ns It must have been dispelled by the emotional thrill *hh!i thant provoked. Our homeward voyage, which, all of us were anxious should not be de? layed, was by way of Naples. Hartley, who appeared to be able to go and come as he pleased, accompanied us that far, atic1 our farewells to him, on the deck of the Khenlg Albert, were combined with a fervdr of gratitude that exhausted our powers of expres? sion. Kvelyn begged me to be permitted to kiss him good-bye, but there I was forced to draw the line. Her caresses In my own direction had not, up to that momem, been so lavish that I felt I could spare any of them, even for this young Englishman, notwithstand? ing roy abundant appreciation of the Ineetimabl service he bad rendered, and that was precisely what I told her, wjaen on the first evening out, she had demanded to know my reasons for re? fusal. "You're a very selfish man," she re? torted, with a pout. "And I'm not at all sure, now, that I shall ever kiss you again. Besides?" And there she stopped. We had reached the after end of the deck In our post-dinner promenade, and had paused there, leaning on the rail, to watch the phosphorescent gleam and glitter among the turbulent white wake-waters. Cameron and Dr. Addison were talking over their cigars In steamer chairs amidships, and the girl and I were alone together for the first time since her uncle's restoration. "Besides?" I repeated, questioningly. The big blue eyes she tvrned to me were never more roguish. 1 "Besides," she said, iow-iolced and I with a Just perceptible quiver, "untr you keep your promise, I don't see i that you have any .ght to dictate to me.M 1 knew very well what she meant. Ever since Cameron had come running i backward around that deck-house cor- I ner?I think even at the minute IJ recognized his naked, smut-covered shoulders?I hsd had that promise in mind, and had longed for the moment of its fulfilment. But till now not even the "briefest opportunity had offered. Nevertheless, her present mood wss too entirely wlnsomely lov? able to be neglected, and the impulse to prolong it by teasing too strong for ? resistance. "Keep my promise?" I queried, min gllng with assumed perplexity a cer? tain suggestion of lujury. "Have I ever failed you In anything?" She turned away now, silently, and the eclipse of the eyes I lov *1 left nie suddenly repentsnt; still I persisted. ' "Have I ever failed you?" I asked again. Quickly her gaze came back, and her eyes had taken something of the cold,1 snapping fire of the phosphorus. "Since you don't remember," she 1 said, "It's of no consequence. Only you | were so sure that you couldn't for? get." j "Give me a hint," I begged, still ; cruel. "When did I promise?" "I couldn't be so unsaaidenly," was her retort, looking away again. "Was it before wo came over here, ' or since?" "Before," after a pause. "Long before V "Not very." "Where? At your house?" "Yes." "In the library?" I asked, with a glance behind for possible intruders. She turned quickly and found me laughing. "Oh, you dear, silly, lovable, delight? ful child!" I cried, and the echo of my words was carried far astern, as my arms went about her and held her close, and my kisses fell thick and fast on her ripe, tender little mouth. "What need had I to keep such a promise?" I asked, when in mercy 1 paused that she might get her breath. "Why should I ask you to tell me that you loved me, when I could read it in letters as long as your glances and as bright as your smile?" And If we left Cameron and Dr. Ad? dison much alone together during our homeward voyage, who that still re? members their own happy daye of young love dreaming can biame us? For a long while there remained in my mind as legacy from the strange case of Cameron and the Sable Lorcha conspiracy a seemingly Insoluble prob? lem. On our return to America, my friend, In spire of all my urging, re? fused, with stubborn persistency, it seemed to me, to sid in the prosecu? tion of thoee who. we knew positive? ly, were irr. dlrated in the a^ffair. Con? cerning Murphy, Yup Sing and a scoro or more of their satellites we could have produced evidence of the most damaging character. But Camer? on was not so minded. He even went so far as to discourage ray appear* anOi against the former for complicity in the plot to ta':e captive Evelyn and myself on the r ght of our Poll itr< et visit. Indeed l have always believed that through O'Hara he was Instru? mental in securing Murphy's, release Ami I know for a fact that he pro? vided so generously for the young French driver of the electric hrotlgh* am, who was so badly injured in ?'.??' Pell street Iventure. that the fellow returned to France a month before the trial of his assailant. All these Ihlnge, I say, continued to puzzle and dteoulot me. long after IhO sharp cd?es <?f rancorous rein? tu hranee had been WOrn away. Atid in variably at such times there would re? cur reeolloetloni of thong early dayi of tin- threatening letters and of that alualve aomethlng In Cameron's man? get which l *as nervo? quite aide to COmpr< bond or explain. The true Interpretation was re> nerved for the nlgjit preceding my marriage with Evelyn, which, by tho i I . , h di a? her guardian's wish, been delayed for nearly a yeai because of whal he cboee to regard as her tin* leemlj youth, The celebration was to i; t ? place .t. Cin holt and Ih< house v,: I /1 I) Mb with !>:? sf< III and intimate friends, Including most of the wedding party. It waa after midnight, and Cameron and I were alone together in hin ma? hogany and green study; he at hie writing table and I in the same adja? cent leather chair in which I had sat a twelvemonth ago while listening to the story of the incised portrait. As was not unusual we had reverted to that time and to certain of the In? cidents therewith connected; and I had been trying to make clear to Cam? eron, as I had already frequently tried to do, tho peculiar difference between McNlsh'l expression and his. "In individual feature," I said, warm? ing to my subject, "there never way In all the world before, I believe, such similarity. And In repose, the en? semble, I should say, was equally iden? tical. Put when It came to?" And there Cameron checked me. "Clyde," and his tone was strangely grave, It seemed to me, "you'll pardon my Interrupting you, I know. I un? derstand what you would say, proba? bly better than I could from your put? ting it lnfo words. And I want to tell you why I understand. Indeed Pre wanted to tell you for a long while, but whenever I*ve got to the verge of It, I havo balked." He paused here to shake the ash from his cigar, reaching across his desk for a receptacle, and somehow the gesture reminded me of that of McNish as he had thrown out his arm which held the letter, and so exposed the telltale tattooing. "I have never told you, Clyde," he resumed, his eyes turned on the glow? ing tobacco ember which he had just bared, "anything about my birth or my family. Hut now that you are to be? come one of us, in a way, it's only fair that you should know; for though Evelyn's mother was but my half-sis? ter, still the girl gets the same blood through her grandsire." "Yes," I said, "I know that. Evelyn told me that much. I know, too, that you were born in Scotland: and the very name of Cameron is a prelly good guarantee of family wortk." "My fataer belonged to a rather poor branch," he confessed, "and like many poor men he had a large number of cbildrea. Taore were ten, all told, and v ken my poor mother died, It be? came a serious problem how to take care of us little ones. I was smong tho youngest, not ovsr seven, and 1 had a twin brother." As be said this Camsron, who had bean deeultorily drawing figures on hit writing pad with ths ond of a pen? holder, abruptly shot hts gase to miss and caught the quick question of my eyes. "Yes," ke said, without change oi tone, "yes, you sss, now, don't you?" "McNlsb!" I murmured. "McNlsh," ke echoed. "Donald Mo Nisk." ; "But,M I began, "I don't quite?" and I tbeugkt of the letter from McNlsh'l motker. "Ok, It is clear enough," h* went on "Some of the children were put out tc live amongst neighbors, and oventu ally, my father and tho rest of us came to this country. The others he left behind, promising to send each month the money for their keep. Don? ald he left with a couple named Me Nlah, who had no bairns of their own and when the boy grew to be a bis lad, and my father, who in the mean? time had been successful here and married again, sent for him to come to America, word came back that he had been dead a twelvemonth." "And your father believed it?" "Oh, yes, for they returned the back pay he had forwarded, and sent a Iocs of my brother's hair, I think, and a trinket or two that had been his as a kiddle." "Afterwards, though, you learned that be was still alive?" "No," was Cameron's answer. "W< never heard. Hud it not been for that marked resemblance gathering me in? to the mat spread for him, I should probably never have known. And Clyde," he added, "ever since I learn? ed ol' his having been there, In town, 1 have been wondering. TV) you think it possible that he ever realized that he was in his brother's house?" "Hardly," I said. "It doesn't seem likely, though; unless the name and the?He must?Oh, certainly," I stum? bled, "he must have realized that wc mistook him for?yes, for some one named Cameron. He answered to it readily enough; he even insisted that he was Cameron. And if his mind was clear enough to put two and two to? gether, why, knowing that he had n twin brother in America, it would seem?" And there I stopped my floundering, for Cameron hud risen tc his feet, and smiling, tolerantly, was waving a hushing hand at me. "YeB, yes," he said, "I've argued it all out in Just the same way, dear friend. And yet WO never can be cer? tain, can we? Only T have thought, if be might have realised it, and have been able tO have played the part, and ?tayed, and taken up my life and lived it for the rest of his, I ml cht have gone on and taken bin punishment to some purpose, For I have bad mor< than my shure of the good tldngF, Clyde, and maybe if poor llt'lo Donnie bud bud ev? n half my chances, It would all have been so very, very dif? ferent." He Htill thought of htm as tho child brother he had parted from long yean ago in Scotland, und as such be would ever remember him. I was glad then that ho had stopped me when I had tried to draw for him the differ? ence ia their faces, For it was such a difference)] Looking at Cameron now with Ihe lamp of true greatness alight behind tho* plain features, 1 mar? yeled that ! could even have seen b Testlgs of likeness In the brutal, soul* less fuc*- of his twin brother. I) And then, for the first time, too, I paglly ui di i ? lood. THE END. GREENS DEFEAT THE WHITES. ! Ne\t Game, Monday Night, Will Probably Decide Championship. in the beginning of the laat round of the v. ML c. a. bowling tourney the Greens defeated the Whites Thurs? day night by a majority of eleven pine. The match w as an exciting one, the r?-suit being uncertain until tin I Very end Of the third game. This is J the laat time these two teams will bowl and consequently each one was eager for the victory. The result of the game leaves the Whites on the bottom with the Greens next to them on the ladder. The first game resulted in a victory for the Greens by r>7 pins. The second game went to the Whites by 32 pins and the third to the Whites by 14 pins, leaving the Greens the victors by a narrow margin. IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION. Passengers Complain of the Condi? tion of Yard at Station. "The condition is one to he deplor? ed," "It's a shame to put up with sueh conditions," were two expres? sions heard from persons as they were getting on trains at the Atlantic Coast Lint- passenger station Friday morn ins. The condition referred to is in deed one to be deplored and one which should not be put up with. The ground all around the station is muddy and little puddles of water and mud are formed inside- and out? side the Kate. Along the tracks and between the shed and the tracks "?slush" is the only word which will describe the condition of the ground in the passenger station yard. In the rear of the station the conditions are Just as bad, if not worse and are an eye-sore, although they do not call for such caustic comment from pas sengers as there is not the necessity of wading through this slush. It is understood that the officials at the station have repeatedly made re? ports of these conditions to higher officials of the road, but as far as Is known no notice has been taken of these reports and requests for Im? provements, at least no action with this end in view lias been noticeable. Board or com rete walks throughout the yard are badly needed, and should be Installed. At least the road would gain the popular favor of the travel? ing public, if it should make the needed changes, instead of losing it as it certainly is to a great extent by allowing present conditions to prevail MOORE FOR 1.11 I T. GOVERNOR. House Member from Abbeville Coun ty Announces Candidacy. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Mr. J. How? ard Moore, Representative from Ab? beville, definitely announced tonight that he would be a candidate for Lieutenant Governor next year hence. I 1,000 Buildings Burned in Japan. I - I Tokio, Feb. 20.?A great fire, which ! occurred in the center of Tokio to? day, destroyed a thousand buildings. These include several churches, the j Baptist Tabernacle, the Salvation Army Hall, the School of Foreign Languages and several other schools. The fire burned fiercely for five "hours and troops wore called out to ' guard the section. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars re? ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. I We, the undersigned, have known ; F, J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all j business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intcr 1 nally, acting directly upon the blood j find mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents , per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti , patlon.?Advt. A Freak Egg, A hen's e^g the shape of a ram's I , horn was brought to tin- office Thurs? day for the editor's Inspection. The egg a*as about three inches In length, being about three-quarters of an inch in diameter :it the larg< . end and gradually tapering down t?? a quarter inch diameter at the neck of the ? look, w lo n the size was again ex? panded. The eggs was exactly the (shape of species of squash, long with a d< cidedly crooked n ek. Tin j egg was laid by a Leghorn hen be? longing to .Mary Nelson No. 513 S. ! Main Street. M< itiotlisl Minister Kceommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. l;. v. James A. Lewis, Milaca, M inn . I writes: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem , dy baa bc< n 0 m ? dt ?1 and welcome guesi in our home for a number of ? j ,.ars. I highly r< comiw nd U to my fellows as being a m< licine worthy of trial in cast of colds, coughs and cfuup " Give I Jhamberlaln's ?fough Uemedy :< 11 11 and we are confident von will Und U vorj effectual and eon tlnue to es. if as occasion requires for years to come, as many others have ,l(,ie . For Bale b) all deab i's. - .\d\ t. A REAL STATE FAIR. SOCIETY TO NAME PERMANENT si ;< RETARY?( '<IN STIT1 - TION is AMENDED. M< miIm ?rship of Executive Committee IHxrreased from 11 to 9.?Other ? lattern < onsidcrod. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The effect of the constitutional changes made by the state Agricultural and Mechani? cal society at its meeting on Wed? nesday night Is to change entirely the system of administration of the so? ciety. One of tie; most important changes is that relating to tbe person? nel .it the executive committee. The beneficial results of the Corn exposition were clearly reflected in the attitude of the society on Wednesday night. W. W. Uruce's resolution thanking The State company for the part burne by it in securing the expo? sition showing the appreciation of the society in having the exposition held in South Carolina. Under the old section of the consti? tution relating to the committee, it was composed of 14 members, all ex presidents of the society and the o'.fi cers acting as members ex-oflicio. By the amendment adopted Wednesday night, the size of the committee is de? creased to nine members, one from each congressional district, together w.ih the president and vice president, of the society. The otfices of assist? ant secretary and general superintend? ent were abolished, the secretary in lieu of the latter oiiicer being author? ized to employ such assistance as might be necessary, with the consent of the executive committee. In tiie hands of the executive com? mittee is placed the authority to em? ploy a secretary of the society and to fix bis compensation. The secretary will be In the employ of the society for the entire year, working under the di? rection of the executive committee. The proposed amendments to the constitution and by-laws of tho society wer?> presented for the consideration of the organisation by a committee composed of P.. P, Taylor, chairman; Richard I. Manning, T. C. Hamer, S. J. Summers and G. A. Guignard. The comparative smallness of the executive committee renders it easier to secure a quorum for the transac? tion of business. Five members, ac? cording to the revised constitution, are sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The first important business that faces the new executive committee is the election of a secretary. The name of Gejrge H. Stevenson was sug? gested by Mr. Taylor, vice president of tlie society, who stated that his ser? vices were available, ins present sal? ary was $3,0u0 a year. Action on the matter, however, was deferred until the committee has a chance ?.o investi? gate the situation further. As published yesterday, the execu? tive committee now consists of J. A. Banks; president, and B. P. Taylor, vice president, ami the following com mitteemon from the respective con greesional districts: First" district, S. G. Btoney; Second district, T. B. Wat? son; Third district, T. J. Kinard; Fourth district, J. D. W. Watts; Fifth, district. B. H. Boy kin; Sixth district J. X. Kirvin: Seventh district, R. L Manning. Are Yon a Cold Sufferer? Take Dr. King's New Discovery. The best cough, cold, throat an 1 lung medicine made. Money refunded if it fails to cure you. Do not hesitate? take it at our risk. First dose helps. J. R. Wells, Floydada, Texas, writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery cured my terrible cough and cold. 1 gained 15 j pounds. * Buy it at Slbert's Drug Store. Ad\ t. ARRESTED FOR STORING LIQUOR C. C. Ratliflfc Pound Guilty of Unlaw? ful storing of Liquor. Claude C. Ratliffe, a young man w ho operates a pressing club in one of the roms at the Hotel Sumter, was arrested Friday morning on the charge of storing whiskey for unlawful pur? poses and upon ins trial before the ri corder he was found guilty and sentenced to pay a tine of |100 or serve 30 days in jail. Ratliffe is a young man fairly well known among the young men of the t.?wn. He has been here several months and in the pressing club busi? ness for oboul three months. The arrest was made Friday morning by OUlcers H. ?I McKagen and and A. l >. Owens and In the place at th?> time was found u box containing 89 h ill pints and I 7 pins. V not her liquor case was that i ii inst J< im i lopklns, port* r <>n t'1 "Shooily" train between Orangeburg nnd Florence. Hopkins was arrested for transporting liquor i"i unlawfu ' purposes, He put up a bond oi | 0 I which was forfeited upon I failun ? The Ih'M < 'ough M 'dU'liu*. ; "i have u led < ?humb< Haiti's I N ugl Keiucdy every sine? i i> iv been ko< 1 Im st rcm< ill* I ev< r iiai d. M> childrei 1 have all tal ? n it and it works like ; i charm, For ? old and a'.pins; . ougl it is exc< lb nt." I "i ? ah by all d< al I ? rs. Ad\ t. food i?\< K IGE LABELS. Senate passes Kill Requiring That Net Weight and Content? be Plainly Announced. Washington, Feb. Plain label? ing "i food packages, with the net weight and contents before tiny are sold to the public, li required by a bill passed by ih,- senate today, which al? ready had passed in the house. Slight changes made in the senate bill re quire a conference committee of the two houses before the measure is s?-nt to President Taft for signature. The proposed law would require the net weight and measure of the food product to be conspicuously displayed on the outside of each package. It would not affect package goods sold for 18 months after the law becomes effective. A provision added by the senate would give the secretary of agricul? ture authority to establish rules for the regulation of certain variations in weight of certain package goods sell? ing for more than 6 cents. ?F. E. Walling, a farmer living near Yukon, Mo., strongly recommends Fo ley's Honey & Tar Compound and says: "I have been advised by my family doctor to use Foley's Honey & Tar Compound for my children when there was a cough medicine needed. It always gives the beet of satisfaction and I recommend it to others." Sibert'S Drug Store.?Advt. ?>ur idea of a frank Democrat is a nan who will confess that he can eat up the pie counter without half try? ing.?Wilmington Star. *W. S. Bkelton, a merchant at Stan? ley, Ind., says he would not take $100.00 for the relief a single box of Foley Kidney Pills gave him. "I had a severe attack of kidney trouble with sharp pams through my back and could hardly straighten up. A single box of Foley Kidney Pills entirely relieved me." Sihert's Drug Store.? Advt. A good citizen attends every meet? ing called in the interest of his city. The indifferent citizen stays home and wonders what the meeting will do. ?Wilmington Star. ?Conductor S. L. Miller, Norfolk, Nebr.. on Pom-steel Division of C. & N. W. Ky.. Co., recommends Foley Kidney Pills and says: "I have used Kidney Pills with very satisfactory re? sults and endorse their use for any one afflicted with kidney trouble. They are all right." Bibert's Drug Store.? Advt. It is not news to say that "sweet sixteen" la the same as it always was if not a little more so.?Wilmington Star. ?When Hurton Holmes recently gave his celebrated travelogue on "Panama" at Orchestra Hall, Chi? cago, he was seriously interrupted by continual coughing of the audience. No one annoys willingly and if people with coughs, colds, hoarseness and t'ckling in throat would use Foley s Honey & Tar Compound, they could quickly cure their coughs and colds and avoid this annoyance. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Marriage License ?ecofiL A license to marry was issued Thursday to s. F. Ferguson and Ellen Khame, colored, of Sumter. Health Warning. ?Chilled and wet feet result in con? gesting the internal organs, and inflam? mation of the kidneys and bladder, with rheumatic twinges and pain in back, generally follow. Use Foley Kidney Pills. They are the best med? icine made for all disorders of the kidneys, for bladder irregularities, and for backache and rheumatism. They do not contain habit forming drugs. Tonic in action, quick in re? sults. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Heal Estate Tran>fo:^. W. Krvin P.runson and Marion L. Brunson to The Sumter Trust Co., lot on Main Street, $5 and other consider? ations. ?Mrs. S. S. S.. Van Puren St., Kings? ton, N. Y., (full name furnished on application) had such decided bene? fit from using Foley's Honey & Tar Compound that she shares her good fortune with others. She writes: "Fo? ley's Honey & Tar Compound brought my voice back to me during a severe case of bronchitis and larynigitis. Oh, how many people i have recommend? ed it to." Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. If a man is a growler it doesn't make any difference if everybody rush? es him to the limit.?Wilmington Star So Seea to stop Work. When the doctor orders you t? stop work it staggers you. 1 can't, you say. You know you are weak, run down and failing in health day by day. but you must work as long as you can stand. What you nerd is Electric Bit? ters ;<? give ton?, strength and \in<>t to yowr system, to prevent break down and build you up Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when Electric Bitters will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their i lor ious health end strength. Try them Every bottle is guaranteed t.. satisfy. Only &0c at Sibert's Drug St< ? ?? i Advt - j There were many prsons who re? marked last week on the foresighted ness of the ground hog. calling him a "wise old fellow," bul what have they to s V about htm this a < k. Mother* * an Kafelj H'i> b? ipa \d\ t. A.