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Only Three Weeks Left Before We Move. Our Removal Sale will close in the next few weeks and we call your attention to the fact that we are going to move shortly and would like to sell off our stock as much as possible in order to save freight expenses. We would rather give our patrons the benefit and sell for cost, less freight, than to move the goods and pay freight on same. NO UR CHANCE! Don't miss the opportunity to buy your goods at half the regular price. We will be in your neighborhood in the future but not at the present location, so we are not trying to mis guide you, as we want your confidence. Come and give us a chance to demonstrate to your satisfaction our faith in your good judgment. Respectfully yours, SElTON S. C. THE RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE CO, PITTSBURG, PENN., Has complied with the State laws of 44 different States, confines its operation to the United States. Issues every conceivable form of insurance and has a number of attractive features that have never been embodied in any other con tract. Is the Only Company that Issues the Famous Self-Sustaining Policy. 1st. It provides for cash loans; 2d. Cash values; 3d. Incontestible after one year; 4th. Paid up values; 5th. Thirty days' grace after the first premium is paid; 6th. Extended values; 7th. The paid up values participate in dividends; th. It has a Total and Permanent Disability Clause, That is if the insured becomes totally disabled by disease or accident the pre mium ceases and the policy is automatically paid up for face value, the privilege and benefit remaining the same as if the premiums had been regularly paid by the insured. 9th. -It also provides that if the policy-holder should make ten payments on the 20-payment plan and cease paying premiums the company will pay his estate $1,000 for every $1,000 applied for should the insured death occur during the second 10-year period and will not deduct a single premium from the face-of the policy. 10th. Should the insured continue to pay his premiums dur ing the second 10-year period and if death should occur during the second 0 years the company will add every premium to the face of the policy that has been paid during this period and pay it in cash plus the face of the policy. 11th. This policy can only belobtained from Reliance Life of Pittsburg, the company having the LARGEST ORIGINAL SURPLUS to policy-holders of any COMPANY IN THE WORLD-A SURPLUS OVER THE RESERVE AND ALL OTHER LIABILITIES OF OVER ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Its Board of Directors is composect of recognized financial ability and busi ness integrity, it is officered by practical and experienced insurance men. The right man can secure a position by applying to JAMES H. REED, President Reliance Life Insurance Co., Pittsburg, Penn. 5. L. KRASNOFF. Undertaker, L. W. COX, Funeral Director. Open day and night to meet the demands of the needy. Our Un- : dertaking Establishment is complete in every respect. We carry : Coffins from $2.00 to 25.00; Caskets from $10.00 to $300., finished and : draped in the most artistic manner. We have Hearses for both white and colored people. Residences, halls, rooms and contents disinfected by the most ap proved methods of modern science, destroying all contagious and in C fectious germs of every nature. Respectfully, flnning, S. C. E3 . 1<:r EILS r1Dff.I WE HAVE in stock the best assorted lot of BUGGIES ever brought to this market, from 45. up to $85., and feel as sured we can please anyone who wants a good, comfortable Buggy. We have also PHEATONS two seats, for one or two horses; also the best lot of we have ever handled before. The PIEDMONT WAGONS is a leader with us. We have a large lot on hand, and will guaran tee satisfaction to those who place their trade us. We have passed now into our seveath year, and to see small periods like the past before we quit the trade with the people of Clarendon and adjoining counties. W. P. HAWKNS & COMPANY HOLIDAYS IN MEXICO. They Are Numerous, but Are Not All Local Celebrations. The visitor in 31exico is apt to be surprised at the number of holidays celebrated here and made the occasion of rejoicing, with accumpanying music and decoration, and is likely to think that the Mexican does nothing but celebrate. With his religious and national feast days, the Mexican does have many holidays of more or less general im portance, and when he is not celebrat Ing these he may be celebrating the day of his patron saint or of that of some member of his family, so that it seems to require little inducement for him to celebrate. If a member of the family goes out of town for a few days or '7eeks, his return is celebrat ed in some mild way and his welcome home made pleasant. But not all of the celebrations which take place in the capital are Mexican,. as the foreign colonies contribute their share of feast days. The Americans celebrate their day of independence on the glorious Fourth of ,uly, and ten days later the French celebrate the fall of the Bastille, and so it goes, the British celebrating the birthday of their king, the Italians the entry into I Rome of the troops of united Italy, the Germans the birthday of the kaiser, the Swiss the day of the formation of the confederation. The-Spanish cele brate the birthday of their king, and in September their feast of Corvodon ga is important enough to last three days. No doubt there are other cele brations not so publie or prominent, such as the Chinese New Year and others, but the above goes to show that not all the feasting in the capital is done by natives. An Interesting point, however, is that foreigners who come to Mexico are soon the keenest for the coming of the various holidays, and Mexican. religious or their own, are jealously demanded as leisure days from all houses of business or com merce.-Modern Mexico. How to Avoid Appendicitis. Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores the natural ac tion of the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nausaate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Re fuse substitutes. The Arant Drug Co. Scott's Narrow Escape. The world had a narrow escape of never having known a Sir Walter Scott. When a tiny babe he was left: in charge of a maid, but the girl's heart was in Edinburgh, whither she wanted to go to rejoin her lover. She was, however, compelled to stay and look after the Infant at Sandy Knowe. The girl regarded her charge as an obstacle to be removed and afterward confess ed that she carried young Scott up to the Craigs (under a strong temptation of the devil, as she expressed it), fully intending to cut his throat with her scissors and bury him under the moss. Historic Grapevines. The celebrated "king's vines" at Fon tainebleau, planted under the reign of Henry IV., grow against a wall in the, park not far from the castle, and the grapes are highly esteemed by gour mets. Since the republic was estab lished the grapes have always been sold by auction, the proceeds going into the coffers of the minister of finance. THE BLAST FURNACE. In Cleaning One It is Necessary to Use D-ynamnite. The functiou of a blast furnace is the reduction of ores to metallile iron. The iron ore, like stone and coke, is put in at the top and the iron and slag are drawn off at the base. The tem perature of the interior of a blast fur nace when in operation varies accord ing to cirL-. tances, but the molten iron when drawn off is about 1,500 de grees F., indicating a much higher temperature inside. To withstand such terrific heat, which is maintained by a powerful blast of air which acts much In the same manner as a forced draft on a boiler, the furnace is lined on the in side with a fine grade of fire brick, thoroughly burned. This wall of non combustible material is about four feet thick, outside of which is the steel jacket of the furnace, about one-quar ter of an inch thick. The lining of a furnace will last from two to six years, according to the nature of the material smelted, the furnace being in continuous operation during that time. It takes about six weeks to reline a furnace. After a furnace is "blown 'out," or ceases to be used, there is a quantity of iron which cools and solidifies at the base of the furnace. This is called salamander, and it is necessary to use dynamite to loosen this material and get It out of the furnace so that re pairs can be consummated. Salaman der has a ready sale, as it is a fine grade of pig iron. As a rule, when trade conditions are good a blast furnace Is never allowed to cool down or be taken out of blast except at intervals of several years for relining.-Baltimore Sun. How to Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy freedom from chilblains," writes John Kemp, East' Ottisfield, Me., "I apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with excellent results." Guaranteed cure fo. fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin dis eases. 25c at The Arant Drug Co. "Sing a Song of Sixpence." The old nursery rhyme of "Sing & Song of Sixpence" is an ancient alle gory and a very pretty one. The earth is represented by the bottom of the pie, while the sky is the upper crust. The clouds are the clothes which the maid -who is daybreak-is hanging on the line before the king or sun Is up. The money which the "king counts in his counting house" are the sunbeams which slip through the sun's fingers. The blackbird, which nips off the maid's nose so unceremoniously and thus ends the song, is the sunset or end of day. The moon and moonbeams are represented by the queen and her honey, and thus we have the whole day amply accounted for. The Fee Simple. Patrick Murphy, while passing down Tremont street, was hit on the head by a brick which fell from a building In process of construction. One of the first things lie did after being taken home and put to bed was to send for a lawyer. A few days later he received word to call, as his lawyer bad settled the case. lie called and received five crisp new $100 bills. "How much did you geti" he asked. "Two thousand dollars," answered the lawyer. "Two thousand, and you give me $00? Say, who got hit by that brick, anu nr.n?"-Boston Heald. An Abrapt Finale. Joaquin Miiier had just won recogni tion as the oe:. of the Sierras and was working. on zi paper in Oregon. He had been c:>r.:iting verses and'short stories and L.,l jusi beguu a tale about the soldiers on the frontier who suf fered with seur vy. The editor wanted the scurvy sry for the morning pub lication, but Jo du' *i Miller could not concentrate up:>u :s%. work. His mind leaped to the Untcipa ted joy of a great social function oecnrrinag that evening, for at this time he was a social -lion. However, he had proceeded in his story up to the po:nt of the conditional cure for the disease where all the soldiers suffering with scurvy had been buried, with only their heads exposed to view. The editor was yelling "Copy!" The poet's mind refused to work. He could not finish the tale, leaving his soldiers in such a plight. Suddenly an Inspira tion came to him. He grabbed his pencil and wrote rapidly the following words: "And a she wolf came along and ate off all their heads." Then he made a bee line for the door and was not seen again until the next day. His story ,was not published. A Cause of Divorce. "What Is the most frequent cause of divorce?" the lawyer was asked. "It is nearly Incredible," he said. "but a thing that causes divorce often er than you'd Imagine Is married peo ple's quarreling over their right to open one another's letters. The hus band will claim that he Is entitled to open the wife's mail. The wife will claim that she Is entitled to open the husband's. In the letters of neither will there be anything of a private or compromising nature, but nevertheless they both want to get their mail In violate-it enrages them to have It opened and read. Quarrels over this letter opening question vex, I suppose, 90 per cent of married couples. Of this 90 per cent a distressingly large proportion go on from bad to worse till they wind up in the divorce court So, young man, when you come to mar ry, leave your wife's mail alone, no matter how she may pry into yours." New York Press. Quick Wit Saved His Life. "The strangest and most thrilling piece of swordsmanship I ever saw," said the fencing master, "was in Ver mont. I was spending the autumn In a mountainous part of the state, and there was a military encampment near my hotel. One morning an officer's horse started to bolt with the man during parade and made at breakneck speed toward a precipice. The offi cer tried to stop the horse, tried to turn his head-no use. On dashed the frantic animal straight for the abyss. We all held our breaths. In another Instant we expected to see horse and rider go over the cliff. But the officer when within fifty feet of the edge drew his sword and plunged It twice deep into the horse. The horse stag gered, slowed, keeled ever, dying. The man had sacrificed the animal's life to save his own." Her Stolen Jewels. "Yes, Mrs. Swellman has been rob bed of her jewels, and Mrs. Sneeker Is the guilty party." "What? You don't mean to say she1 stole"-I "What else can you call ft? She of 'ered the cook $6 and the maid $5 a week, and now she's got them."-Ex-| A Famous Bell. The emperor's great bell in the Ca thedral of Cologne was. consecrated - with great pomp. Twenty-two cannon taken from the French were assigned by the Emperor William for its manu facture. It was cast by Andreas Hamm of Frankenthal, and more than $20,000 was paid for the casting. It bears an inscription recording that "William, the most august em peror of the Germans and king of the Prussians, mindful of the heavenly help granted to -him whereby he con ducted the late French war to a pros perous issue and restored the German empire, caused cannon taken from the French to be dev6ted to founding a bell to be hung in the wonderful ca thedral then approaching completion." A likeness of St. Peter, the name patron of the church, Is on the side, beneath which Is a quatrain in the style of the mediaeval conceits, pray ing that as devout hearts rise heaven ward at hearlhg the sound of the bell so may the doorkeeper of heaven open wide the gates of the celestial mansion. On the opposite side Is Inscribed a sex tet In German. A. Foxy Tenant. At one time there lived in Worcester, Mass., an old negro who had a tre mendous Influence, religious and politi cal, in the settlement where he lived. He occupied a little house owned by a prominent banker, but had successful ly evaded the payment of rent for many years. No trouble came, how ever, until the banker was nominated to run for a political office. The next day the old negro came hobbling into his office. "Well, Sam," said the banker, "I sup pose you've come in to pay me some rent." "Oh, no, boss," replied the old man. "rs just come in to say I's glad yo' is nominated and will tell de res' of dese no 'count niggersto vote fo' yo' and to mention to yo' at de same time dat de roof of my house is a-leakln', an' if 'tain't fixed I'll have to move out di rectly."-Llppincott's. Where New England In Pre-eminent. From the standpoint of mental eth nology New England is as different from the rest of the United States as Brittany or Provence from the rest of France, Piedmont from the rest of It aly, Bavaria from the rest of Ger many. Those features the existence of which can be scientifically proved and the extent of which can be readily measured are a high birth rate of gen ius, a passion for reading, a high di vorce rate, a low natality, a high death rate from diseases of the nervous sys tem. The correlation between some of these traits is obvious. Between others it is obscure. But we must re member that mental ethnology is a science born yesterday. Today it gath ers facts. Tomorrow It will compare these and from them derive laws. Gustave Michaud In Putnam's Month Only Resting. Allessandro Is an adorable Infant-to his parents. One day his mother, to punish him, deprived him of his fruit t dinner. He yelled at the top of his oice for two hours and then stopped "Well," said his mother, "are you go lg to be good? Have you finished cry ng?" "No," replied the boy; "I have not flnahed.~ I'm only resting."--Il Motto pe Iladre. - Headquarters for Paints and Oils. WE INVITE, the public generally to come to Sumter and look in on our tremendous stock' of Hardware of all kinds, tools of every description. When-you need anything in the Machinery supply line, we can furnish just what you want. We handle the best Beltings in the country. Our Paint and Oil Departments are full. Try our famous Japalac. Farmers, you can save. money by' . buying your Wire Fencing from us. We are headquarters. for all kinds of Sporting Goods, and we can beat & them all in Hartiess and Saddles. Ladies, buy your new Stove oi P> Range from us. Let us show them to o you. Our long -experience gives us an W advantage, and we can safely say that we can please the trade. DuRant Hardware Co., SUMTER, S. C. Machinery Supplies, belting, Etc. SBara in ale Big Reductions. j Buy now while the chance is here. We are offering Special Bargains that will open your purse. Shoes, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Clothing, Skirts, Jackets, Waists, Notions, Millineiy at prices that will will astonish you. Re member, buying right is money saving. Don't wait, come and see for yourself. Our Goods: HIGHEST QUALITY, BARGIAN PRICES. D. HIRSCHMANN. NEXT TO POSTOFFICE. E01IEY03HERt&IfA Kodol Dyspepsia Care Gnien Ootdsa Prevents Pamonla Digests What yOU 63t.