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iAV YOUR DOLL RS
This you can do by seeing and buying from our large stock C
,Buggies, Wagons
and Harness4
of all styles and best quality. We have a house full of them an<
must make room for our fall stock.
If it is A MCE BUGGY you want at a right price we hay
it. If it is a serviceable FARM WAGON., we can supply you an<
guarantee prices and quality.
In HARNESS we bought the best assortment ever showi
here and have the
L Prices to Suit You.
F. We make good all we say, so you cannot afford to stay awa:
if in need of anything in our line.
We have
A Host of Satisfied Customers
and will make one of you if you but give us a chance.
Come to see us whether you buy or not, you will feel better.
W. P. HAWKINS & CO.
S. R. VENNING, Jeweler.
OEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, EYE CLASSES AND
ALL KINDS OF FANCY NOVELTIES.
I make a specialty of WEDDeING and HOLIDAY PRES
BHSTS and always carry a handsome line of
Silverware, Hiand.Painted China, Glassware
and numerous other articles suitable for Gifts of all kind.
COME AND SEE rHEM.
All Watch. Clock and Jewelry Repairing done promptly ani
guaranteed.
- LEvI BLoCK. - MANNING. S. 0.
Improve Your Homes.
I am making a specialty this season of putting within reach the material t<
make the HOMES ATTRACTIVE, and thereby increase the value of property
Theeiw.Era Ready Mnixed Painil
weighs IS pounds to the gallon and is noted for its durability and for the vas
amount of space it will cover.
THE IAMNIMAR BRAND
is another fine Paint, 1gallon of Oil added, makes 2 gallons of very heav,
Paint. I want my customers to use these Paints and I am m position to gmiv
thet my prices on Floor-and Lubricating OILS, VARNISHES, etc.
ELWXOOD) WIRE F'ENCING
For pastures and yards the best on the market. I buy by ca~ load and will sel
lays n hnabl pcthe best Rubber and Canvass Belting and Machinery Sup
MlSy store is headquarters for STOVES, RARDWARE, CUTLERY, EAR
NESS and SADDLERY, CARRIAGE and WAGON MATERIAL, ani
SPORTSMEN SUPPLIES.
When you want any thing in my line come to see or write to,
SL_. ES. DLJFRAN~T~
Sumter, S. C.
Lia uInnmnnnaanm
Avant
a Merantil
Wholesale
Grocers,
SummertonI
S. C. '
BRING YOUR
Job Wcrl
TO THE TIMES OFFICE.
AN UNCANANY SECRET.
GR;M MYSTERY THAT LURKS WITHIN
E AN OLD ENGL!SH CASTLE.
Three .'Eon Oniiy Know the Truth
About the Terrifyixng Curse Which
rests Upon the Ancient Habitation,
and Their Lips Are Scaled.
Near the border of two Scottish coun
ties, set in the middle of a broad and
Nrtilc strath and protected from the
northern blasts by a range of lofty
mountains. there stands and has stood
for generations an ancient feudal cas
tio.
Although the oldest wing dates from
the thirteenth century, the greater part
of it was built in Jacobean days and
1 with its numerous turrets, battlements,
corbels and pinnacles recalls the glo
ries of Chantiily and other French
chateaux of the same period. It be
longs, together with the surrounding
estate, to a wealthy peer, whose grand
father married a north of England
heiress with a dowry of over a million
sterling. During the greater part of
the year the castle is untenanted save
by a few servants and caretakers, for
the ovner spends his winters abroad
and his summers in the English seat
brought into the family by the above
mentioned heiress. But during the
autumn months it is full of life an,
gayety, for its kindly lord and lady,
who have many children and grand
children and a host of friends, keep
open house then in their old Scottish
home, and its halls and corridors, nar
row passages and winding staircases
echo with the sound of merry voices
and the tread of youthful feet from,
morning till night.
Cheerful, however, as the invited
guest finds the old castle and warm as
is the welcome extended to him within
its walls, he must be possessed of little
curiosity and less imagination if he
does not feel his pulse somewhat quick
ened and his sleep somewhat broken
during the period of his residence
there, for he has probably heard al
ready something of the weird associa
tions which cling to the house and its
owners and of the mysterious secret
said to be known only to the head of
the family, to his heir and to one other
person, a secret so grim and terrible as
to affect the whole lives of those who
learn it and make them different from
other men.
No clew to the mystery has ever been
given by any one of the three deposita
ries of It, but popular belief has long
connected it with a secret chamber in
the castle which rumor assigns as the
habitation of a strange half human
creature of terrifying aspect and fabu
lous age, the incarnate embodiment of
the curse which rests upon the house.
In the gayest moments enjoyed by
those who during the bright days of
early autumn throng the guest cham
bers of the castle there is always an
Andefinable feeling of some weird pres
ence within Its walls.
"My dear young lady," were the
words of the host to one who was pay
Ing him her first visit as he bade her
good night, "it is, I know, the custom
of ladies to sit up late in one another's
rooms chatting and so on. Now, that is
not allowed here. When you go to your
room tonight remain in it and lock the
door." Once on n wet summer's after
noon some young people were enjoying
a noisy game of billiard fives in the
-hall. While the merry din was at its
height the tall, bowed figure of the
host was suddenly observed to be
standing in the midst of the party. "i,
want to ask you all," he said in his
quiet, courteous tones, "to go up to
your rooms at once and to remain in
them until a bell rings, when you will
be quite at liberty to come down
again." Instantly, like the Arabs of
the poem, the players "silently stole
away" to their respective chambers.
After a lapse of some twenty minutes
a bell did ring. Down they all came
and resumed their game where It had
!been broken off. No allusion was made
by any one to the mysterious behest
they had received.
EIn a quiet corner of the o'ld castle
there is a quaint little chapel, dating
from the restoration. decorated by a
Dutch artist of the time and fitted up
in recent days with a rich altar and
other accessories by the present owner,
Ewho spends much time there engaged
in solitary devotions. A year or two
ago a young of~eer, who'se visit had
been shortened by a sudden summons
to rejoin his regiment, had arranged
to leave the castle at an early hour
in the morning. Quitting his chamber
about dawn, he took a wrong turning
in the uncertain light and, pushing
open a swing door, found himself in
the chapel, which he had not before
entered. At the far end he observed,
Iwith great surprise, a motioniess fig
ure kneeling near the altar and moved
noiselessly up to see who it was. He
recognized his) host, still in evening
dress, as he had parted from him some
seven hours previously.
A young medical man was not long
ago staying at the castle by invitation
of its owner, who had made his ac
quaintance abroad, and, being some
thing of an invalId, had 'asked him to
come and take a few weeks' holiday
in Scotland and at the same time to
giv~e him the benefit of his professional
skil1. A room was assigned to him in
one of the towers, and he was in the
full enjoyment of his visit when it
w as suddenly brought to an end In
a str-ange fashion.
Coming home unexpectedly early
one afternoon from shooting, leaving
most of his fellow guests still in the
stubbles, and mounting to his turret
chamber, he noticed a sIngular circum
stance. A stain which he had often
observed in the carpet under the win
dow was now visible exactly at the op
posite corner of the room. showing
that 'during his few hours' Absence the
whole of the furniture must have been
moved out of the apartment and the
carpet taken up.
The Impulse came upon him to re
peat the process. Out into the passage
accordingly went bed, chairs, tables,
wardrobe and everything -else; up came
the carpet, and there In the center of
the floor was the Inevitable trapdoor.
Lifting it, he descried a steep flight of
steps, which he descended, lighted can
dle In hand, and found at the bottom a
p arrow, winding passage, along which
- e cautiously made his way. Suddenly
he was brought up short by a dead
white plastered wall, barring his far
ther advance, and, putting out his hand
to touch it, his finger went half an inch
into the plaster, which was soft, wet
and evidently quite newly laid on.
Smoothing it over as best he could (not
an easy task wvithout a proper imple
ment), he quietly retraced his steps to
him room, rearranged carpet and fur
niture exactly as he had found them
and went down to tea, keeping his own
counsel and saying nothing to any one
of his adventure.
Next morning while he was still in
castle. It Inclosea a check 'and briefly
informed him that his services were no
longer required and that a carriage
would be in readiness to take him to
the railway station at the earliest hour
convenient to himself.-London Mall.
f
NERVE ON THE GALLOWS.- r
e
When the Hangman Quit, the Convict t
Promptly Ilanged Himself.
Some time ago a Russian criminal
was erecutcd in St. Petersburg. He
had during two years murdered twelve
persons, the last one being a priest. The
law did not show this monster any t
mercy, but speedily condemned him to a
ieath.
Stebljanski was the name of this
wholesale murderer, and he hoped to
the last for clemency. When the death
warrant was read and the keeper in
formed him that he had but six hours
to live he raged and swore to revenge
himself in the most horrible manner.
After being left alone in the cell the
first thing he did was to break his lamp,
and, procuring some matches, be se3t
fire to the oil. In a moment the flames ,
broke through the windows, and thte
entire building was for a time threat- I
ened with destruction. Fortunately the i
fire was discovered In time and got un- 1
der control before much damage had y
been done, but in the meantime a ter- a
rible struggle ensued between the keep- s
ers and the criminal, who had fortified t
himself with an iron bar taken from t
his bedstead. The irzft man to enter t
the cell was -knocked senseless, and It a
was only after being almost suffocated a
with smoke that the prisoner was b
finally overpowered. Next morning the Ij
execution took place. The condemned .
man ascended the scaffold with much y
bravado, made a thorough examination t
of the same and finally declared the a
rope was too short. 0
"I cannot get my head in the loop," s
he said, "and, though it will cause me l1
some inconvenience to wait, I will l
smoke a cigarette while you.are having e
it attended to."
He lighted a cigarette and, turning to d
the executioner, made a speech, point- V
ing out the detestable in his profession, d
and as a condemned criminal in Russia d
has certain rights no one dared to in- t:
terrupt him. 11
The executioner, who was really a o
tender hearted man, became visibly af
fected by the moralizing words -of the d
murderer and, turning to the crowd as- h
sembled before the scaffold, declared d
that his conscience did not allow him a
to proceed or to take a fellow man's t
life, and he then and there resigned his .
position and departed amid the shouts s,
of the assemblage.
This caused great confusion among t
the representatives of the law, for 1
where could they in a hurry get anoth- o
er executioner? The question was, a
however, solved by the condemned f
man, who declared that he would ex
ecute himself as soon as he got through d
smoking. Ile started an interesting t
conversation with the priest during b
the five minutes or so which he had b
left and recommended that he read t
Count Tolstoi's latest book, which con- a
tains striking remarks about the rela- A
tion of capital punishment to the teach- j
ings of Christianity. He then threw t]
a kiss to a pretty girl among the spec
tators, stuck his head in the loop and a
kicked away the trap beneath his feet
-Washington Star.
The Sling Among the Israeultes-. ti
The Inhabitants of Palestine made n
use In very ancient times of the sling, p
the most skillful in its use being the iL
tribe of Benjamin, whose boast It was 1
never to miss their aim. What makes j
their skill appear more surprising was
that they managed to sling with the left e
hand. The men who came to David's y
help at Ziklag were no less adroit t
They used at will cither the right hand t<
or the left. The sling was also the fa- t
vorite weapon of shepherds, who with
It drove away wild beats preying ont
their flocks. This makes David's vie- g
tory over the giant Gollath less sur- t
prising, as he had no doubt great prac- n
tie in the use of this instrument while r
guarding his father's sheep. C
The Loafing Business.
My son, follow now in the footsteps
of the loafer and make no example of
him who is born tired, for verily I say d
unto you his business is overstocked, y
the seats on the corner are all taken, e
and the whittling places are all occu- t
pied. It is better to saw wood at two
bits a cord than whittle at a whittling g
match and abuse the government My a
son, whilst thou hast in thy skull the
sense of a jaybird break away from
the cigarette habit, for, lo, thy mind is
ess intelligent than a store dummy. e
Yes; thou art a cipher with the rima
knocked off.--Roller Monthly.(
Obeyed Instructions. r
The city editor summoned the photog- s
gapher of his staff. "Colonel Welli- 5
~an's house is burning," he said, "and
I want a picture of the fire. Get out
there as quick as you can with your
camera and take a view of what's left z
of the building from the insIde of the a
fence corner." t
"But," said the photographer, "If"- a
"That's the point I want it taken t
from-right in the corner." t
"But I think there's"- I
"I don't care whether there's a bet- i<
ter point or' not. You know what I s
want Hurry up. You are losing time." s
The photographer took his camera y
and departed. A few hours later he 3
came in with the proof of a picture he
had taken from the desired point of
view.
"What is this?" said the city editor. a~
"That is a photograph of the ruins of t
Colonel Welligan's house from the in- I
side corner of the fence near the street" e
"I can't see anything of the house." t
"I couldn't, either," responded the d
photographer. "I tried to tell you there t
was a big tree standing between that S
corner and the house, but you wouldn't i
let me."
Fatal Precaution.
A farmer In Cumberland county wast
driving across a railroad track when a
train killed both his horses and
knocked him about ten reds off his
course. in the resulting suit for dam
ages the plaintiff was on the witness
stand, making out a good case, whenC
the defendant's lawyer asked him:
"Did you take any precaution before
driving upon the track?"
The witness seemed reluctant to an
swer, but, being pressed to do so, final
ly stammered out:
"Waal, squire, I took a little-just a
couple of s'wallers, that's all."
This started a new line of defense,
and it turned out that the couple of
swallows were the last in a pint flask
that had consoled the honest old farm
er along the road. This put a new face2
on the situatioD.-Lewiston Journal.2
Born Diplomat.
The famous portrait painter threw
down his brushes with a sigh.
"What Is the matter?" asked his
elderly blossom of a customer..
"It's no use!" he cried. "I can never
reproduce'your loveliness."-Clicinnati
Cmmerial Tribune.
ONE OF FIELD'S PRANKS.
'he Practical Joke the Humnorist
Played on a Denver Friend.
In his biography of Eugene Field
lason Thompson tells the story of ;
Ake Field played In Denver on his U.
riend, Mr. Londoner, during a cam- U
aign. As chairman of the Republican 0
ommittee Mr. Londoner was delegated
> work up enthusiasm among the col- n
red voters of Denver, and in an un- 0
uarded moment he took Field into his
onfidence and boasted of his flattering ti
rogress. The next morning the follow
0 ~ di
ig advertisement, displayed with all
ai
2e prominence of glaring scare heads, a
ppeared:
WANTED! e
Every Colored Man In the City to ti
Call at tr
WOLFE LONDONER'S STORE.
A Car Load of Georgia Watermelons b
Just Received For a Special
Distribution Among His a
Colored Friends. 1
Come Early and Get Your Melon!
-ka
It is needless to say that -when Mr. is
,ondoner's store opened in the morn- it
ig an ever increasing cloud of dusky li
umanity, with teeth that glistened si
rith the juice of anticipation, gathered a]
bout the entrance. Business in the W
tore was at a standstill, and travel on
ie street was blocked. No explana- a
on could appease the rising anger of "
at dark multitude. It was melons or V
riot-melons or that unheard of thing,
colored landslide to the Democracy. ts
Er. Londoner was at his wits' ends.
'here were no melons In th market "
nd none expected. Just as Londoner d]
-as preparing to abandon his store to 0
2e wrath of the justly incensed melon tl
ianiacs a car load of magnificent mel- tl
as dropped into one of the freight Il
dings, and Londoner and the Repub- t
can party were saved. Nobody ever I
new how or whence that pink heart- V
I manna came. The price was ex- r(
rbitant, but that did not matter. Lon
oner paid it with the air of a man Il
ho had ordered melons and was in- 7
igant that the railway company had a
isappointed him in not delivering them h
ie day before. There was not a crack fl
1 the solid black Republican column N
a election day. -
But Field was not through with Lon- V
ner. The colored brethren had to E
ld their ratification meeting to in- fl
orse the Republican nominations and
iore especially to render thanks for r(
le creation of watermelons and to the V
jan who had paid for them out of sea- f
>n. Of course Mr. Londoner was in- h
ited to attend, and when it came his fil
irn to address the meeting the chair- u]
ian, a colored deacon of the church n1
-ere "Possum Jim" worshiped by the b:
ame of Williams, introduced him as ft
lows: s(
"I now take great pleasure in Intro- tI
acing to you our friend and brother,
ie Hon. Mistah Wolfe Londoner, who n
as always been our true friend and P
rother, who always advises us to do NT
ie right thing, and stands ready at 0
I times to help us in the good fight
.lthough he has a white skin, his heart et
as black as any of ours. Brothers, is
ie Hon. Wolfe Londoner." S(
There was no mistaking the author- V
2p of this felicitous introduction. C
The Mania For Money.
A man whose cardinal goal in. life is
ymake money will steal. To such a
ian stealing is a fine art, upon the s<
ssession of which talent he congratn- s<
Ltes limself. Getting more than be- h
igs to him he considers thrift; caus- T[
ig one man to fail that he may rise he 13
nsiders self preservation. He is not o1
actly a highwayman-no, he lacks p<
ie criminal chivalry and physical dar- e:
ig of that class of robber. He prefers ce
>be a genteel scoundrel and so works
le wax of his egotism into a being h
-horn he esteems to be exempt from a:
2e Ten Commandments and immune a
om criticism. He is encouraged in rt
1s hallucination by his fellow towns- al
len, and as his wealth expands he 71
ses to a loftier plane in society, in ti
Imerce, in politics and In religion.-- d
choolmaster. 1
tl
Funny Old Signs. b:
One of the most notable of old Lon
on signs, "The Dog's Head In the
.on Pot," had its beginning In the
I.rly years of the reign of that same o
luff King Hal, says St Nicholas. It
ands out, a lonely figure on Black- te
'iars road at the corner of Charlotte a
reet, the sign of a W'holesale iron- si
onger's establishment. The dog Is iz
the act of eating out of a three tv
~gged iron pot which it has overturn- si
r There were also "The Black Dog" n
nd "The Dog and Duck." "The White tv
ereyhound" was the sign of John Har
ison in St. Paul's churchyard, a book- al
aller who published soxne of Shake- F
>eare's early works. 1
What Fashion Means.
The chief end of fashion Is not adorn
ient or tihe cultivation of beauty or
nything of that sort. It is the promo- f.
on of trade. The design is to make F
11 women who can possibly afford it n
brow aside, at least once a year, all di
e clothes they own and buy new ones. te
is realized, when this season's fash- a
>ns make last season's raiment look y
o conspicuously out of date, that no p
nsitive wor1an can wear her last tl
ear's gown without grief. - Collier's a
Feekly- _ _ _ _ _ _ _
bi
The Worship df Heavenly Bodies.
In central India .both sun and moon
re worshiped by many tribes, such as
be Korkus, Khonds, Tungeses and
urnetes. The Khonds adore the pow-y
rs of nature, as the gods of the bison,
iger, ill and cholera, but all these ~
eities occupy a far Inferior positionh
3 the heavenly bodies. In the Deccan
me of the aboriginal tribes also ac
nowledge the sun and moon by an acta
f reverence.-Londoni Standard.
The Tone of Machinery.
Engineers judge of the condition of
heir machinery by the tone It givesk
ut while running. Every engine,
hether stationary or locomotive, has
particular tone of Its own. The en
ineer becomes accustomed to that, a
d any departure from it at once ex- ft
its a suspicion that all is not right.
he engineer may not know what is tI
be matter. He may have no ear for ri
lusic, but the change in the tone of
is machine will be instantly percepti
c, will be instantly recognized and
ril start him on an immediate- investi
ation. -
Electriity Among the Japanese.
The Japanese understood electricity
t an attractive force, of which they
r'ere very secret. The Greeks and Ro
nans also knew something of the mag
iet as an attractive force known to
nodern science as an electrical attrac
ion, something like the loadstone of
he Chinese: They are supposed to be
gnorant of Its popularity, though in
heir secret records there are mentions
if sacred forces which none but God
:new and must not be tampered with
my mn.
LINCOLN REBELLED.
n Occasion When Stanton Did Not
Get His Papers Signed.
Robert Lincoln when minister to
ngland told a friend an incident of his
fildhood which was deeply impressed
?on his memory, so illustrative was it
his father's character.
He was with his father in his cabi
At one morning during the early years
the war when Secretary Stanton
'as announced. Scarcely replying to
te courteous greeting of the president,
:r. Stanton walked directly up to the
sk where Mr. Lincoln was sitting
ad said, "Mr. President, I have come
>r the papers that I brought you yes
rday to be signed.
"Well," said the president, with an
cpression in his face something like
iat of a convicted schoolboy, "the
uth is, Stanton, they are not ready."
"Well, then, those you had the day
fore."
"They are not ready either," was the
swer, with a somewhat quizzical
Ok.
"But you have had some of them for
whole week, and all I ask you to do
to put your .nme to them. Come, do
now! The whole batch will not take
ilf an hour. I will wait while you
gn. It is only a trifle I am asking,
ad it is not like you to hinder our
ork in this way."
"A trifle!" echoed Mr. Lincoln, with
deep gravity settling over his care
orn countenance. "Do you know
'hat these papers are?"
"Of .course I do," answered the secre
try. "They are death warrants."
"And you call signing a death war
Lnt a trifle? Look here!" And he
eew out from under his desk a basket
-erfowing with papers. "Here are
Le papers you have brought me during
ke last week and that you have been
,ging me to sign, and every one of
Lem will condemn a man to death if
put my name to it. How can I sign
hen I know so well what will be the
sult?"
"You must sign, Mr. President; you
ust sign them. You are clogging the
'heels of government We have been
a standstill for a week because you
ive picked out every death warrant
om the papers I have brought you.
o wonder they have accumulated
ut now we cannot wait any longer.
e must have those papers, and you
ust sign them." And, seizing a pen
-om the rack, he dipped It in the ink.
Back and forth, up and down the
>om, strode the tall form, as was his
ont when in perplexity. Suddenly his
tce cleared, and he approached the
marth, where there was a glowing coal
me. Taking up the poker, he stirred
a bright blaze. Then, almost run
ag across the room, he picked up the
isket of death warrants and tossed
em all on the coals. A tongue of fire
dzed them. and a puff of wind blew
Lem up the chimney.
"There, there; good riddance!" he
uttered as he saw the ashes disap
mr. Then he turned to Mr. Stanton,
ho stood aghast and speechless for
ice, and with a deprecating look said:
"I couldn't help it, Stanton; I really
uldn't. and I couldn't sign them. It
too beautiful a day to send so many
uls into eternity. I don't believe the
heels of government will be blocked.
ome, now, let us take a walk down
e avenue."-Youth's Companion.
Red Hair.
Nowadays people with red hair are
mewhat envied. It was not always
. In Egypt, for instance, the auburn
eaded were regarded with aversion.
he ancient Egyptians were so violent
Sopposed to hair of thig tone that
ace a year they burned a maiden who
assessed bright locks In the hope of
!termnating or lessening what they
msidered a curse.
Sentiment aside, people of the auburn
ead type have a vast advantage. They
re less liable to baldness than those
-ho own brown or black hair. The
ason thereof Is that one red hair is
s thick as three dark hairs. With
),000 red hairs the scalp Is well
itched. With the same number of
ark hairs a person is almost bald.
he average number of filaments that
ae brunette belle has to comb and
enash s 102,000.
Cocoanut Clocks.
In Malay the natives keep a record
time in the following way:.
Floating in a bucket filled with wa
r they place a cocoanut shell, having
small perforation, through which by
ow degrees the water finds its way
side. This opening is so proportioned
iat it takes just one hour for the
ell to fill and sink. Then a watch
ian cals out, the shell is emptied, and
iey begin again.
Such trifles as minutes and seconds
e rarely heeded on the peninsula.
ancy any one asking the time in Ma
.y and being told that the cocoanut
iell was halt full!
Country For Children.
There should be some sort of law
'amed whereby each boy, just as in
rance and Germany each ablebodied
an performs his term of military
aty, must spend at least three win
'rs of his boy time In the country,
rites Emery Potter in Outing. And
hen I say country I do not mean that
art refinement of the genteel pastoral,
le suburb. I believe it would act as
tonic to the race. There would be
-ider outlooks, freer, less crainaped
:ains and hardier souls.
Obviously.
Benevolent Old Gentleman - Don't
>u think fishing a cruel sport?
Fisherman-I should just think It
'as. I've been sitting here for five
yurs and never had a single bite, and
e got three wasp stings and been
Lten up with flies, and the sun's taken
.1 the skin off the back of nay necki
ick-Me-Up.
orthons & Berkshires.
We have never been so well prepared
handle the trade in Shorthorn Cattle
d Berkshire Pigs as now.
We have some fine Bulls about ready
r service for sale.
We can furnish you Pigs not ak-in of
te highest breeding and quality at
tasonable prices.
Write for what you want.
ldeman. Stock F'arm,
ALCOLU, S. C.
NSURANCE
FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT &
BURGLARY INSURANCE.
TailorMade Clothing.
FIT GUARANTEED.
A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES.
Also
eady-Made Suits, Mackin
toshes and Rain Coats.
J. L WILSON.
Dickson Hardware Company
We would have the FARMERS;of Clarendon County to under
stand that we are headquarters for all kinds of Farm Implements
such as
Plow Stocks the latest and most improved.
Guano Distributors.
Cotton Planters.
Collars, Traces and Bridals.
Farm.Bell.
Don't forget us when you need Shovels, Spades and Pitch
Forks.
We intend to make it to the interest of the FARMERS this
season to call to see us before buying as we have a large stock
and intend selling it.
Yours for business,
DICSON HAIIAR COMRiN1
Levi :Block.
First Opportunity for 1904.
We have still on hand a good assortment of.Fall and Winter Goods, in
fact-receiving some right along, namely:
Some very fine Ladies' Jackets just received of the latest style.
Also a new lot of Ladies' Sweaters in all colors and sizes. Don't fail to
get one as they are the rage. We are selling them cheaper than in any
city store.
A FULL.LINE OF
Dress Goods and Trimmings
TO SUIT.
Also some more Ready-Made Walking and Dress Skirts.
We promise to save you money by getting your Suit of Clothes here;'
also for your boy. Come and inspect them.
As to this line we are still maintaining our old reputation as we don't
tire of -giving full satisfaction in workmanship and prices.
We are also opening-a full line of Xmas goods which we wish you to
come and see.
We have again a beautiful line of Ladies' and Gent's fine Pure Linen
azd Fancy Handkerchiefs to be cheaper than elsewhere. Just the thing
for your Christmas gifts.
A full line of Fascinators.
OUR SHOiES
only want your examination. You will sure find them to your wish.
Thanking you for past favors, and-anticipatig your future wats7-.we
beg to remain
Yours very truly,
D: HIR SCH MAN.N,
* Next to Postoffice.
We Are It
Come to Piimee
We are here to do business -on a live and let live policy,.and~a
visit to our store will convince you that we propose :to build .up -.
our section of the county making it-an indacement to buy at home.
Come to see us and examine oui stock.of -
- WE ARE SELLING: AT
ACTUAL_ cO0ST
DRY GOODS,
Notions, Fancy Goods, Gent's
Furnishings,
-Sboes,
HATS, CLOTHING,
Farmers' Supplie~s & Groceriss
We keep everything you need at prices to meet competition.
We want you to take a look at our Furniture and the best line
of Buggies in the county. We keep the famous
Rock lHill Buggies.
We also carry a full line of Harness and Laprobes.
Come and let us show you some nice Horses and show you
how to save money. We mean business.
R. L FELDER, Pine"o*d'