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rrrfumes. Civet is an aromatic substince of the consistence of honey and is ob tained from a pouch on the civet cat, an animal from two to three feet long ind about ten or twelve inches high. The best known of animal odors is musk. which is obtained from the musk deer. China furnishes the best quality. Twenty-five pods or sacks are packed in oblong boxes composed of plates of lead inclosed in a caddy made of pasteboard. Musk is obtain ed from Assam, Siberia, the Altai mountains and other parts of northern 'Asia. Ambergris is another animal odor. It is secreted in the intestines of the spermaceti whale. A very curi ous fact is that ambergris is only ac cumulated by disease-that is, it is only secreted in a sick whale. It is very hard, of a light gray color and is found in quantities varying from twen ty to fifty pounds. it is worth about 5G an ounce.-London Standard. He Told Her. "Why did I ever leave home and mother?' sobbed his wife. "Chiefly because your family was too stingy to take us In," he answered bltterly.--Life Of Interest to Teachers and Trustees. The State Teachers' Association meets in Columbia March 23rd-25th, in clusive. Requests haye been made by the State authorities that the trustees throughout the State permit their teache-'s to attend, giving them the two school days on full pay. These associa tion meetinas afford splendid oppor tunities for teachers to meet each other, and to become better acquainted with the various problems that affect the line of work in which they are engaged This contact brightens them and gives renewed energy and determination to do more and better work when they return to their various positions. I hereby extend the request to the trus tees throughout the county to permit their teachers this privilege. I also appeal to every white teacher to take up this matter with your board and thus avail yourselves of the advantages of this opportunity, feeling sure you and the community you serve will be more than repaid for the loss of time. E. -. BROWNE, County Supt. Education. Teacher's Examination, May 5, 1911. The next Teacher's Examination will be held at the court house in Manning on Friday, May 5th, 1911, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock. Every holder of a second or third grade certificate which has expired or about to expire, should stand this examination; as otherwise, they may fail in having them recog nized at a time which might be very embarrassing to the holder. The State Board of Eaucation will continue the questions on agriculture. These questions will be based on two bulletins: "School Lessons in Corn" and "School Exercises in Plant Produc tion." These bulletins will be mailed free to every teacher applying for them. Address card to the county superin tendent. All teachers or those expect ing to teach must qualify under the law, or give vlace to those who do take the pains to abide by the law. E. J. BROWNE, County Supt. Education. GOOD NEWS. Many ?'anning Readers Have Heard It and Profited Thereby. "LGood news travels fast," and the thousands of bad back sufferers in Maining are glad to learn that prompt relief is within their reach. Many a lame, weak and aching back is bad no more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our citizens are telling the good news of their experience with the Old Qgaker Remzdy. Here is an example worth reading: W. R. White, S. Boundery St., Manning. S. C., s9.ys: "I can confirm the statement I gave regarding Dean's Kidney Pills in March, 1908, and again say that this remedy acts just as represented. I use .Doan's Kidniey Pills occasionally when in need of them and they always help me: At one time my kidneys were so weak that I had but little control over the secretions. I sr'ffered con stantly from backache and pains across my loins and mornings. I was so lame and sore that it was hard for me to dress. If I sat down for a little while, I had to lift myself up by main force. Nothing ever helped me until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They restored my kidneys to a nor mal condition and corrected all the other symptoms of my complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name--Doan's -and take no other. The State of SouithCarolina, County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Probate Judge. W HEREAS, L. N. Barwick made suit to me to grant him letters of administration de bonis non of the estate and effects of A. L. Burkett. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said A. .L. Burkett, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate to be held at Manningon the 30th day of March next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under-my hand, this 8th day of March E. D. 1911. JAMES M. WINDHAM, fsEL.Judge of Probate. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon county on the 8th day of April, 1911, for letters of dis charge as administrator of the estate of Charles A. Ridgill, deceased. THOMAS B. MIMS, Administrator. Pinewood, S. C., March 8, 1911. W. K. TAVEL, Civil Engineer AND Land.Surveyor, Sumter, S. C. Office Over Bank of Sumter. LOAN~S NEOTIATDE! On First-Glass Real Estate! Mortgages. Pur.y & O'Bryan, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AL The Kind You Have Always IE in use for over 30 years, I and h sonal ~ Allow A1l Counterfeits, Imitations : Experiments that trifle witl Infants and Children-Expa What is C Castoria is a harmless subs gorie, Drops and Soothing contains neitlher Opinn, I'M substance. Its age is its gu1 and allays Feverishness. It Coic. It relieves Teething and Flatulency. It assimil $tomach and Bowels, givi4n The Children's Panacea-Th CENUINE CNI Bears the The Killd Yo Ha In Use For 0 TNC CENTAUR COMPANY. 7T MI The Word "Gaiters." Episcopal gaiters cannot date from a very remote antiquity. The very word "gaiters' is almost.a newcomer to the language. Johnson's Dictionary does not recognize its existence. It does not occur before 170, and even in 1802 a military dictionary had to define it as "a sort of spatterdashes." "Guetre," however, the French original, goes back at least to the fifteenth century, and the origin of that is lost, though etymologists compare all sorts of words in all sorts of languages, includ ing an old German word for a baby's christening cloth. The one certainty is that gaiters has nothing to do with gait in spite of the punning line in the "Rejected Addresses"-"Lax in their gaiters, laxer in their gait."-London Standard. The Self Sacrifice of Fadzeau. A fine historical dog story is recalled by Mr. Edwin Noble in "The Dog Lov er's Book." The incident is connected with the fight of William Wallace to the mountains after Erneside, accom panied by only sixteen followers, among whom was one named Fad zean. When the baying of the blood hounds was heard announcing the coming of the English Fadzeau refused to go any farther, affecting weariness, and Wallace, suspecting him of traitor ous intentions, killed him. When the English came up the hounds .stayed upon the dead body and refused to- fol low beyond the stains of blood. He .Beat Her. A woman said to the railway sta tion ticket agent angrily: "Look here, sir, I'ye been standing before this win'dow twenty-five min utes!" The agent, a gray, withered little man, answered gently: "Ah, madam, I've been standing be hind it twenty-five years." Evolution. Brown-Do you believe in the theory of evolution? Black-Sure thing. For six years a young fellow named Jones has been calling on my daughiter, and today she became Mrs. Jones.-Jnidge. Well Off. Fred-I proposed to Miss Dingley ast night. Joe-Don't believe I know her. Is she well off? Fred-Yes, I guess so. She refused me.-Stray Stories~. Similar Tastes. Bacon-Have you and your wife sim lar tastes? Egbert-I think so. I don't believe she likes her cooking either.-Yonkers Statesman. A Special Medicine for Kidney Ailments. Man-; elderly people have found in oley's Kidney Ramedy a quick relief ad permanent benefit from kidney and badder ailments and from annoying rinary irregularities due to advanc ig "ears. Isaac N. Regan, Farmer, o., says: "Foley's Kidney Remedy fected a complete cure in my case ad I want others to know of it-." W. . Brown & Co. He Got Valuable Information. The story is told of the times of A.retas Blood and the old Manchester ocomotive works that a stadent came to Mr. Blood once and wanted to study the business of locomotive building in his vacation days. The student came well recommended, and Mr. Blood, who never had much use for these tech" people, sent him down to the oiler shop and placed him in charge f the old foreman. The old man took the "tech" man around, and in the ourse of the inspection of the shop hey came across one boiler on the In side of which was a man at work. "How does that man get out?' in uired the "tech" man. "Oh," said the venerable pilot, "he oesn't get ont. We always count pon losing at least one man in build Ing a boiler."-Manchester Union. Napoleon Obeyed the Mob. In "The Corsican-A Diary of Na oleon's Life In His Own Words," Bonaparte tells how, as an obscure sol dier, h& witnessed some of the open ig scenes of the revolution: "I lodged Eue du Mal, Place des Victories. At the sound of the tocsin and at the ews that the-Tulleries were a'ttacked started for the Carousel. Before I and got there in the Rue des Petits hamps I was passed by a mob of hor ible looking fellows parading a head stuck on a pike. Think-.;. I looked too uch of a gentleman, they wanted me o shout 'Vive la nation!' which I did promptly, as may easily be imagined." Not a Word ot Scandal arred the call of a neizhbor on Mrs. . P. Spangh. of Man vile, Wyo., who said: "she told me Dr~ King's New Life Pills had cured her of obstinate kidney trouble. and made her feel like a new oman." Easy, but sure remedy for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. b - l e :ought, and which has been tas borne the signature of' t< zs been made under his per nypervision since its infancy. e e no one to deceive youin ths t mnd 'Just--as-good" are but .and endanger the health of t dence against Experiment. t 3 ASTORIA titute for Castor Oil, Pare i;yrurps. It is Pleasant. It t irphine nor other Narcotie b mantee. It destroys Worms t cures Diarrhoea and Wind Lroubles, cures Constipation 6tes the Food, regulates the healthy and natural sleep. e Mother's Friend. -IA -ALWAS Signature of b t b 11 t] o AlwayS Boulght ver 30 Years. pASTRCC.* W~CT * e b The Doctor's Joke. A physician who never goes out at night without leaving directions as to where to find him if -wanted profes sionally was at a theater near Forty second street recently with a frierd. Just before the curtain went up on d the second act an usher handed him a b note reading: "Come to the office at once. Don't telephone. Come." The note was signed by a colleague, and the doctor lost no time in obeying the peremptory summons. Arriving at his destination, he was confronted by sev eral friends, who coolly explained that he had been used to decide a bet as to the length of time it would take to cov er the distance which he had trav ersed. The victim's anger was only slightly appeased when he was assur ed that the perpetrators of the joke knew no one else who was good na tured enough to furnish the informa tion looked for.-New York Tribune. q A Dreadful Sihgt to H. J. Barnum, of Freeville, N. Y., f I was the ferer-sore that had plagued his a life for years in spite of many remedies A he tried. At last he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve and wrote: "it has en tirely healed with scarcelv a scar left." Heafs burns, boils, eczema, cuts,bruises, swellirgm, corns and piles like magic. Only M. at all druggists. Game to the Last.t Douglas MIacLonald and his old cro- i ny, Donald 312:e~ougal. were once op-c posed to each other in a famous curl-- t lug match, anad the last two st'ones to I finish the gamec were the two cronies'. t Donald 31acDou;:a . with enormous deliberation, thr-ew his stone. He threw it well. He mandewhat is called< a pat lid and jumped for joy. Then it was Douglas 3MacDonald's turn. His case seemed hopeless. but such a splen-1 did throw did he inake that the pat lid was knocked -.T. :mnd his stone lay at the side of the ree. winning the game. In his joy the old fellow jump ed sky high. He came down so hard r that he broke right through the ice. a He sank, but, hobbing up again, he a shouted from the cold water: I "Hi, lads, we've won, and if 1 dinna a come oot o' here aiv~e be sure ye pit b that stone on my gr-ave!"-Exchange. Dirt and Death. When a celebrated Paris physician ti was asked how the city could prevent c the coming of a plague then ravaging - other European places he answered, ~ "Boil your ice!" That tersely called attention to the necessity of utter clenliness and that even ice made from impure water carried disease. "elwfever," said Henry Ward p Beecher, "is God Almighty's opinion of dirt." The chief contributing cause toward modern efficiency in surgery isn that surgeons have learned to keep clean. Nothing is so spotless as a good hospital. Everything is boiled and sterilized-beds, instruments, clothing, washrags, floors, hands and finger ~ nails. That is why they save lives there. Nobody would die if he could t< keep perfectly clean. Death is the final triumph of dirt.-Chicago Trib une. He Understood the People. t One of Jay Gould's campaigns as a dealer in railways was with the Wa bash system of railroads. He got con rol and after effecting a reorganmza tion which increased the capital stock and also the bonded debt sold them out It is related of him at this time that an associate said to him, "Mr.g Gould, don't you think you are bond ig this much higher than the property a will stand?" "That may be," answer ed he, "but the American people are mighty partial to bonds." She Has Positive Proof. The Cook-Sure, an' ye don't mane it to tell me that ye think it's bad luck to break a mirror? The New Maid (earnestly)-I don't think; I know it. ti The Cook-Glory be! An' how do ye ti know it? The New Maid-Every time . I break one I lose my job.-New York Journal. p Part of the Role. "Shall we pose as millionaires or as foreign dukes at the hotel?" "As the latter, my boy. As million aires we might be expected to display some evidences of wealth, but as dukes nobody can possibly take it amiss if we skip."-Kansas City Jour-' it nal. ~. Currying No Favor. "Lend a hand, Hiram, and help ketch o the alderman's pig." "Let the alderman ketch his own pig. u I'm out of politics fer good."-Louis le Courier-Journal, ai F Taken at His Word. Creditor-Suppose I'll have to wait till the day of judgment for what you owe. Debtor--Yes; call late in..tI'e day, fr .Freed His Mind In His Will. Ainong curlotin' wills that of a cer tin Dr. Dunlap-, a Canadian, has often een quoted. It probably contained )me of the most maliciously express I bequests on record. To one broth r the doctor left his books so that ho iight learn to read and acquire com ion sense. To another brother he left is big silve-r watch that the said rother might know the hour at which ien ought to get up of a morning. To is brother-in-law he left his best pipe In gratitude that he married my sis r Maggie, whom no uman of taste rould ever have taken," and to the Idest son of a friend he left a silver inkard lest if he left it to the friend imself, who was a rabid teetotaler, ie latter might melt It down to cast =mperance medals.~ To one of his sis ?rs he left a silver drink cup, "for rea )ns best known to herself;" to anoth r the family Bible, so that she might arn as much of its spirit as she al ?ady knew of its letter and become a etter Christian, and toJiis eldest sis ?r a five acre field to console her for eing married to a man that she had > henpeck.-Chambers' Journal. A Pair of Cheerful Liars. The crowd in the little country store ras watching the rain when Deacon 71therspoon remarked that he'd seen : rain about as hard as anybody ever ad seen it rain. Somebody said: "Deacon, how hard did you ever see : rain?" "Well, sir," said the deacon, "once ' pon a time, when I was at home, we ad an old cider barrel laying out in ie yard with both ends out and the unghole up, and, would you believe It, : rained so hard Into that bunghole a uit water couldn't run out of both nds fast enough, and It swelled up nd busted!" Then Ileuben Henry spoke up. He aid he'd never seen it rain very.hard, ut he'd seen some mighty cold weath r. Somebody said, "Rube, how cold id you ever-see It get?" . He said, "Well, sir, one time when I ras living down in Pickaway county, i hog killing time, we had a kettle of oiling water setting on the stove, nd we took it out In the yard, and it , roze so doggone quick the Ice was ot"-National Monthly. Black Inhabitants of France. Lying so much off the beaten track, ae village of Port Lesne, In the Jura epartment of France, Is visited by 4 ut few from the outside world, and onsequently this tiny community of 2en and women of color is but little 4 nown. It is not a large village, for as inhabitants number only about a undred, but every one is either black r copper colored. It owes its origin 4 D the fact that about a century ago ae famous negro chief, Toussaint 'Ouverture,. was. brought from Haiti 4 nd imprisoned in Fort de Jour 4 fany of his friends, all negroes, fol ,wed. him and encamped near his rison on the bank of the little river 4 ,ue. From that encampment grew lie village of Port Lesne, and when 'oussaint L'Ouverture died more than 00 years ago his friends decided to 4 emain in France. The passing of ears and intermarriiges have trans ormed the settlement into a French illage of colored folk, all of Whom 4 re enfranchised. Poetry and Pleasure.4 The poet writes under one restriction 4 nly-namely, the necessity of giving mmediate pleasure- Nor let this ne essity of producing Immediate pleas tre be considered as a degradation of he poet's art. It is far otherwise. It s an acknowledgment of the beauty if the universe, an acknowledgment he more sincere because not formal, ut indirect; It is a task light and easy o him who looks at the world In the piit of love. Further, It is a homage aid to the native and naked dignity t man, to the grand elementary prin-e 'iple of pleasure, by which he feels d lives and moves.-William Words orth. Forced to Leave Home. Every year a large numiber of poor fferers, whose lungs are sore and acked with coughs, are urged to go to nother climate. But this is costly and ot always sure. There's a better way. ret Dr. King's New Discovery cure you t home. "It cured me of lung trou le," writes W. R. Nelson, of Calamine, rk., "when all else failed and I gained 7 pounds in weight. It's surely the ing of all cough and lung cures." 'nousands owe their lives and health > it. It's positively guaranteed for Dughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup -all throat and lung troubles. n0c. and 1.00. Trial bottle free at all druggists. GARBLED QUOTATIONS. 'opplar Passages That Are Frequently Rendered Incorrectly. Almost everybody who quotes at all lisquotes. Nothing is more common ian to hear: A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion stilL This is an impossible condition of g ind, for no one can be convinced of ie opinion and at the same time hold an opposite one. What Butler wroteJ 'as eminently sensible: He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. A famous passage of Scripture is of m misquoted thus: "He that'is with at sin among you let him cast the rst stone." It should be, "Let him est cast a stone." Sometimes we are told, "Behold, how reat a fire a little matter kindleth," hereas St. James said; "Behold, how reat a matter a little fire kindleth," a 'hich is quite a different thing. We also hear that "a miss is as good 0 s a mile." which is not as sensible forcible as the true proverb, "A a ds of an inch is as good as a mile." "Look before you leap" should be &nd look before you ere you leap." Pope is generally credited with hay tg written: Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense, iough it would puzzle any one to find ie verses in his writings. They were itten by the Earl of Roscommon, 'ho died before Pope was born. ' Franklin said, "Honesty is the best licy," but the maxim is of Spanish igin and may be found in "Don uiote."-Pearson's Weeki.. Warning to Railroad Men. Look Out for severe and even danger- g as kidney and bladder trouble result g from years of railroading. Geo. E. el, 639, Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind., as many years a conductor on the ickel Plate. He says: "Twenty years t railroading left my kidneys in ter ble condition. There was a contin 1 pain across my back and hips and y kidneys gave me much distress, and ie action of my bladder was frequeno~ id most painful. I got a supply of oley Kidney Pills and the first bottle cade a wonderful improvement and >us bottles cured me completely. Since sing cured I have recommended Foley idney Pills to many of my railroad ies. W E Brne & Co. SPRING AN SUMM ER 1911!1 'Imperial Skirt Comp'ny, Cleveland. Ohio. Ladies' Tailored Skirts, 50 Samples Now on Display at Our Store. VoilsPanamas and Mannish Cloths. all Colors and Styles. Prices from $5.00 to $15.00. Hand around waist ......... Hips ( inches bel low waist).......... ........ Front.......................... Z Left side................ Right side........ .... ..... Back................... t ~ I allowed for in ........... waist measure, NO...Yes .............. Remarks................ Add 10 per cent. extra on aill - specials, on sizes 30 and over. Fill out this Measurement and come in and select yours. IT PAYS TO TRADE AT Rigby Dry Goods Co. LEVI BLOCK. PROSPERI TY FARM IMPhBME~NTS. We carry the following Farm Implements and when ver they are used they bring prosperity; Chattanooga, No. 70, Light, One-horse Plow. Chattanooga, No. 72 1-2, Light. Two-horse Plow. Chattaneoga, No. 63, Heavy, Two-horse Plow. Chattanooga, No. 17, Middle Breaker and Subsoiler, Chattanooga, No. 18, Middle Breaker. Syracuse, No. 45.9, Light, One-horse Plow. Syracuse, No. 466, Light, Two-horse Plow. A new Steel Beam Dixie Plow. The McKay Famous Sulky Stalk Cutter. The above Farm Implements being especially adopted > our soil; out-class all others ever ussed in Clarendon county. The Incomparable 0, K, Stoves and Rauges. The Matchless for Strength, American Wire Fence. A full stock of everything in our line at prices that defy mpetition. Whether you come buy or not you will always t a hearty welcome at our place of business. 1HRMANNING HARDWARE COMPANY. d the Automobile people know it. I am selling the ly practical business Automobile on the market. I m offering The Brush Machine FOR $450.00. he most practical economical, and certain car made. GUARANTEED go over 20 miles of our worst road with just one allon of gasoline. We guarantee the springs not to break, no matter e load or the road. Write or ask us about this machine if you are iterested. D. M BRAHAM SON ~OUR SPRING LETTER. SUMMERTON. S. C., March 1, 1911: A buggy ride through the country with the blooming pa and the apple blossoms on each side, the common fence corner. briar bush budding forth, indicates that spring is nearly nere The tooting of a strange whistle and the rushing by of a train of cars on the Northwestern, the road which does for-us -what none other can do, brings us home each night, tells us that the guano extra is on, pressaging the early use of Fertilizer Distributors - The land is "flushed," only waiting to be worked. In passing I would like to mention that we have anticipated the wants of our friends and are prepared to offer them theip choice of the following Distributors: Cole, K. P. Gantt, Gem and. Rex. We also have the following Planterst Cole Combination Cotton and Corn, with and without the guano attachment; the Cox (there is nothing better), and the Old Reliable Dowlow, the one that has planted more acres than all others combined. Our prices will bear comparison with the surrounding markets. We are also in touch with the needs of our trade in the way of Straight Shovels, Sweeps or Scrapes, in all sizes. We also have an elegan 7N line of Farm Bridles. The number of high tenant houses being built shows the im proved condition of our country. 15c. cotton is gradually bring ing us into own. Brick chimneys and metal roofs seems to be the order of the day. While on this subject, will put in a word for the business. We are headquarters for this section for LUme7 Cement, Sash,,and Mental Roofing (both galvanized and painted). We usually have it when others are "just out." '9 he miles of Fencing and the fat barrows with the old sow and droves of suckling pigs in connection with the record oF Hannah Plowden. impresses one with the idea that the day of the western smoke house and barn for our people is past; merely spken of as "way back yonder," like the war or earthquake. Our shipment of Wire has arrived and the price is right. Try the markets and come and see us, you will buy. NokAyage to pay car unloaded in our warehouse. - Incidentally, would like to mention that we h.ve lost five or -six sets of wire stretchers some where in our surrounding countr.-.-. Any information in regard to them will be appreciated. Don't forget our Tin Smith. We are prepared to do, Metw work at once and in an up-to-date manner. We are grateful for the business, we have been getting and are showing our apprecia tion by keeping prices down to lowest point that our business,; safely will permit. SUMMERTON EARDWARE Co. Attent on Another Car l Pittsburg Welded Fence n all heights. Corn and Cotton Planters. Majestic and Ureka Ranges, and Cook Stoves in all sizes. Builders' Supplies Paints, Oils, Etc. Everything in First-class Hardware, ~and lowest prices. Yours for business, 'Truckers and Gardhers!t If you want a fine gardei and truck patch this year use our High-Grade ertilizer, Manufactured by us, esipec ially for vegetable crops. Put up in 100 pound bags which are much more easily handled than the regular 200 pound bag. Price, $1.50 per bag. Oii Mill.!