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(j}t 8f?aKg an at? i?otujjrea. _ i ?- ? i -1. * -.? - - m ? WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. ?????????K ? The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Southron in ?8C6. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani ? fest?y the best advertising medium in Swsiter AT.T, IS WEIiL THAT ENDS WELL. All sorts of opinions on Harrison's :; election have been giren, and the coun try is now flooded with them. The great and the small have been inter 'Viewed and eolnmns npon columns of their predictions are being published du?y in newspapers of the country. If only a small part of these prognostica tions were to come to pass the United States in general and the South io par ticular would certainly be rained be yoao ,-edemption. The fact that Benjamin Harrison, the Republican nominee for the Presidency, hat been elected, cannot be viewed; as a forerunner of bad govern ment and general destruction. It is *k true he and President Cleveland do not j think alike on the tariff question, but farther than t*Lis there is no reasonable ground to suppose that his administra te will be of a revolutionary char . *D*er. Here is the "solid South." That most be dealt with somehow or other. t The height of the Republicans' ambi tion is to break up this long standing j ^ sofitt South." A wayfaring man though a fool knows well enough that extreme measures will never do it, and the situation warrants the belief that a \ -orae?iatory policy toward the South | :.- j*od her people will be proposed during j Harrison's administration. i Republicans may have been inclined f-: to wave the bloody shirt for effect in cer ' tain quarters during tfee campaign, but they have wen, and they are too shrewd ferns ytfttag Kfce thst now. They re alise fully that peace and good-will will be their trump cards toward the South und in the management of affairs con cerning her and her interest they will he governed by expediency and a whole some policy. Therefore all these dark -and gloomy pictures contained in these tbnvsand and one opinions on the result ??f Harrison's election are rather prema : 'ture and without a foundation to say *be least about them. Take Attoraey ^General Garland's for example. "Be is afraid that Harrison's advent means the -restoration of carpet-bag govern <at?tft to &e South." We would just tan-soon believe that tfee man in the tnooo will be elected to the Presidency v of the United States four years henc-, . ... . as that Harrison's administration, wilj fcria-g about any such a diabolic/.! out rage W?0& tlte South. Iu the first W$ pkee the South would not submit to it, and io the second place Harrison, as President of the North, of the East, of the West, as well as of the South, :.f mould not allow it. As a matter of course there will be ?banges in many of the offices now held 4>y Democrats up North, but Mr. Har- | riaoo is more than apt to take into con- | ^deration that he is indebted very little j to th? Republicans down South for his | ?feetsoo, and consequently it cannot be ?xpected, much less demanded of bim j to make a wholesale sweep in the re- j mo val of Democrats for the substitution of republicans in all of the federal j offices in the South. Many of our post- j masters who have been eminently faith- j ful in the discharge of their duty and who have given universal satisfaction to both black and white will nardly be asked to step out simply because the i Stan who wants his place is a Repub lican. To the victor belongs the spoils*' i? poor policy for a statesman to follow, and it has been repudiated by a Dem ocratic President, though the Repab- i licaos bad been in office for over a i quarter of a century when he took charge of affairs four years ago. To adopt the poliey now, especially as far us the South is concerned, would not bring about what Harrison's adminis tration will most earnestly endeavor to accomplish. Some of the most promiuent Repub licans io South Carolina arc not so hon- i gry for office as most people wight im-j agi ne. Capt. T. R Johnston aud Mr. | T. J. Tuomcy have positively stated j that they are not seeking or in the j least desirous of holding any chice, and perhaps tbe effect of Harrison's election S3 far as Sumter is concerned may not be very marked. "Ali is weil that j ends well K ??mmmmtwr??saw TROUBLE BEGUN. Tbo following from the Georgetown Enquirer shows what iders the common negro has about the resuit of the elec tion, and how little they are fit to take part io the government of this country until they learn more than the most of them will ever know iu the next twenty five years : One of tbe first-fruits of the Repub lican victory in the recent national elec tion made itself apparent on Saotee last \ Saturday. Trial Justice W. C Durant was holding court, a colored man being tried on a charge of a-sau't and battery, i Mr. J. Birbaura was the prosecutor. A large mob of excited negroes bad j gathered around the building in which the court was held. Suddenly they ^ burst like a torrent, as if by preconcert- j ed arrangement, iuto the court room,! Mixed the prisoner and carried bim forth : W io triumph. The Justice, seeing the j man thus forcibly taken from the custody K of t'-e law and restored to lib^r y, was forced to sospeud proceedings and leave tbe *pot. The infuriated crowd, with I pumtiou* fully aroused, seemed to lose : ail fear of the law, and as they raided the court room, the rioters shouted to each other : "Go ahead ! It's all right now! Harrison's elected.'' The igno rant and deluded creators doubtless think that a Republican president in Washington means for them full license to do as they please. Justice Detract came to town on Sunday aod reported the occurence to the authorites. This outrageous defiance of law, in its auda city aod iosoleoce, is the most flagrant that has occurred in this county for years, aod the ringleaders should be arrested and punished at once. The sooner such men are taught that the law still reigns supreme and that it will be enforced, the better it will be for both races in the oounty. P. S. Since the above was written we learo that a warrant was issued on Monday for the arrest of Dick Huger, Ben Huger aod Stephen Green, three of the rignicaders, charging them with riot, assault and resisting ao officer. Deputy Sheriff Davis found them in Justice Anderson's office yesterday morning and arrested them. They were lodged in jail to await a prelinii Dai y hearing, which will probably be held to day. BADLY SCARED^ The Charleston World on last Mon day, coder the heading 4'The Horo scope of the Future," recites the fact of its conclusion on Wednesday morning, Nov. 7th, that Harrison was elected, and that on Thursday morning it came forth "to bury Caesar," <feo., and pro ceeds to say ; "Gn Friday mo?nin?. beiog impress ed with the responsibilities which ap peared with the situation, we addressed an earnest appeal to the elected mem bers of the coming Legislature to con sider, at their meeting, an important matter. "We bad no intention or desire to pose as alarmists, but we believed th/it it was best for the people of South Car olina to calmly consider the situation and its possible dangers. "On Saturday morning, in the Phil adelphia Times, was printed a special from Washington, which take? ap al most the entire Srst column of that paper, and of which we herewith sub I mit some of the salient points : 4< 'la casting the horoscope of the ! future the Republican managers are ! planning for a long leaso of power. It has been the practice for the outgoing President to call an extva session of the Senate as tho presence of that body is necessary to the proper fulfillment of the formalities of induction of the Vice President into thr. office of President of tnat body and 'the inauguration of the President of the United States. Its co operation is also desirable in the organ ization of the new administration in the confirmation of the chiefs of the execu tive departments, who constitute the cabinet of the President; the confirma tion of diplomatic ministers, who repre sent bis flews on foreign policy, and the confirmation of the civil administra tive officers generally, who are supposed to represent a reflex of bis views in the management of the details of executive aftairs. * * A general election law regulating elections in States where the i franchise is denied to citizens, and to ! prevent abuses and corrupt practices will be passed.' 44We have no desire to weary our readers with a lengthy review of our appeal upoo this matter, but. on ac count of this ominous shadow of possi ble Federal legislation, we do ask all Caroliuians to sink whatever differences they may have, and to amend the eight box law before the coming session of Congress." If the World continues from now until the 4th of March to "horoscope'' and eat dirt with such ease aod facility it will no doubt accomplish much?in its own estimation. It will fiod that a little grit mixed with its dirt will im prove the complexion of its 4"horo scope." We publish on our first page some extracts from the speech of Mr H. W. Grady of Atlanta, delivered at the recent State fair of Texas, and we direct atten tion to the same as containing truth of the greatest importance to the people of the Southern States first, but likewise to the whole nation. The problem of two races in the same land, and upon a polit ical equality bas been already much discussed, but is still unsolved. Mr Grady has, in our opinion given the best advice based upon the souudest logic and he agrees with the position always held by os. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, ?. C, Nov. 9, 1888. Mr. Cievciand has been defeated, but under such a combination of circum stances that the republican party as an organization has reaily no right to claim } credit for the victory, although the re sult places i's candidate in the White House for four years. Mr. Cleveland | has been sacrificed to gratify the person- | I al malice of Mayor Abraham S Hewitt j j and to satisfy the greed of a gang of I corrupt local politicians in New York ! I City. It i.s a reproach to our country j i that ?ueh a thing could have been j j possible, and it wiil remain a reproach j as long as the vote of New York City j can control a presidential election ; j Few people here believe that Governor ! Hiii of N w York did not do his be*? I to re-elect Mr Cleveland Col. Lament, j ! who doubtless reflects the sentiments of ! ! Mr. Cleveland on thn subject, savs that I . j i he is fully sat!>S d that Governor mil ! has done all that he possibly could for j : the national ticket, aod thut the votes j I .. ? j he got that Cleveland uid not got, wer? j ! ? ... ! i from the republican liipor interests, j j and c?>uid not have been cou trolled by i j any Oi.e j Mr. Cleveland has so conducted him- I \ self wnce the election a* to win the ! admiration of everybody, republicans j as Wviil as democrats II. > is disapp mint ed, of course. He would not be human j : if he was not under the cir"umstanees. j ! hut he hides it well. 0 > Wednesday. ! 1 with the *tre<'?s full of jubilant yelling j republican-, and a battery of artillery in the park ja.<t in the rear of :iie Whi:e j House filing a salute to celebrate liar- j risoiTs election, Mr. Cleveland was holding his usual public reception, and ' quietly shaking hands with the large ; ciowd in attendance, and exchanging I smiled and pleasant words with each ! other. Most men would have suikevl for somrf tiru^ after the election. j; There is a great diversity of opinion I among democratic offLialn as to the J cause of the defeat. For instance, i Secretary Whitney says that the loss of New York was caused by the fact that the workiogmen had not been properly educated as to the tariff. The question was not presented to them in the right manner, and they were made to believe the democrats were free traders instead of tariff reductionists. Justice Lamar is of the opinion that the tariff had nothing whatever to do with the result. Representative Foran, fresh from an interview with the President, said : 'I am not good on a postmortem. I can diagnose the case, but there my skill ends. Tariff and Civil Service reform did it. Civil Service a little, aod tariff a great deal. They President was entirely right in all t^a*c he did, but he was right too soon. The time was not yet ready. But the manufacturers have refused a small reduction. The result will be that there will be an uprising of the taxed people and they will be cut deep. Everybody confesses that there must be tariff revision. The democratic party will be stroDger than ever four years hence. There will be a re-action from this intense selfishness.9 Repre sentative Taulbee feels confident that the responsibility now given the re publicans will eventually prove their destruction. And thus it goes on. Columns might be filled with the dif ferent opinions, but it is unnecessary. Mr. Cleveland, in talking of the elec tion, admits that his tariff message may have lost him a good many votes, enough probably to have caused his de feat, but he still maintains, with a cour age that does him honor, that if he had the whole business to do over again, he would not change his course in regard to the tariff question by a hair's breadth, as what Ue did was the result of his honest conviction. Mr. Cleveland was very much disappointed at the action of the Republicans that he had kept in office, who voted and worked against hita with all their might. Mr. Cleve land states in language that cannot be misunderstood, that Bill and Tammany Hall treated him squarely, but he makes no such statement in regart to Hewitt and his crowd, who, as stated in the first paragraph of this letter, are the parties that are responsible for the de feat of the national Democratic ticket. The loss of the House was particu larly unfortunate just at this time, as it will enable the Republicans to admit as States all the territories that are Repub lican in politics, which will give them at least four more Senators and the vote of two more States in the Electoral Col lege of 1892. That they will admit the Republican Territories and keep ont the Democratic Territories, cannot for a moment be doubted by any one at all familiar with Republican methods. Cotton Goes Up Nicely. New York, Nov. 12. Huboard, Price & Co. in their cotton circular to day says : The market opened at an advance and was assisted in its ascent by rumors of frost in sundry places throughout the South. Later advices Irom Liverpool announcing that the market had responded to the better feeling here gave fresh encouragement to buyers and a heavy long interest began to accumulate, and under the in fluence of such buying prices closed at the highest point of the day. Miller will Contest Col. Elliott's Seat, Tom Miller, the aspirant for Col. Elliott's seat in Congress arrived in the city yesterday. He has come, it is said, to take preliminary steps towards contesting that seat He was taken charge .of by his Republican friends as sooo as he reached the city, and hur ried off to the "den." Colonel Elliott arrived by the same train, but did not go off with the Republicans.?Charles ton World, 12th. Cost of the Indiana Campaign. Indianapolis. Nov. 10. It costs money to run a campaign in Indiana. Insiders give this estimate of the cost to both parties : Dem. Rep. Clerk Hire, ? 3.600 $ 10.000 Postage, 6.000 8.000 Speakers. 2S.000 40.000 Telegraphing, 5,000 22,000 Printing Station ery. 20,000 40,000 Distributed to Coun ties. 80,000 130,000 ?146.000 $250,000 The Republicans were at a disadvan tage in using ineiperieuced men for every thing, and usiag the telegraph and express to the almost total exclusion of the post office on fast matter. In 1884 Cleveland had 219 electoral votes and Blaiuc 182; In 1880 Gar field had 214 and Hancock 1?? ; in 1876 Tilden had 196, Haves 173; in 1872 Grant had 286 out "of 366; io 1868 Grant had 214. Seymour 80. The Election at Statebur? St.atebt;p.g, 3. ^ . No* 8. 'S3. Mr. Editor: I see by the IV und S. of yes terdar thai Stateburp was the only township in Sarnter County that gave a Republic*!] majority. 1 am very sorry to say, we were not only beaten, but we deserved to be. Of. ihe hundred und ten or eleven members of our { Demoeratic club only 43 showed prej cr reg istration tickets. No one stayed around the polls to notice if any negroes they knew of having moved, tried to vote. YV*e (tbe man agers) did not know many of the negroes, but expected all of ttie whites to keep us I pos'ed, and with one or two {exceptions, no- ! body troubled themselves about the matter. Everybody Seemed to think we were l-ontid to win. I, for one, was taken completely r?y surprise. I never though; of such a ?i.inir a~ any considerable number of whites neglecting sur!: h? important matter as getting registra tion tickets. 1 know about She vuit we r>u_'h: io poll; ami feel sure that with a strict lor.koul on our colored friends, we would beat , th?'tn by a fair no?*jf?r?iy-, and mm stili sure we j were only beaten by tin* unexpected cxrcVss n*"?8 of 'be Democratic voters. ] hope they may profit by the lesson of !ast Tuesday. We manager* did our duty as we understood it. Uxt! or the Managers. - ?<a?- ? ^m^*?? - - The combination of ingredients found in A \ : r s Pills render them tonte and curative ? el I y. < cathartic. F.?r ?!:i?- reason th'-y are 'he best it;. d:cine for peopteofcostive lm'.i t, as 'hey restore t!i? natural action of the bowels, without debilitating. Brenkfasl Shawls, 25e. up; Wool and 7. 'pbyr Shaw!?, Si "o u|>: Ladies' n\A ?l:?<.-s' Jerseys. 5:;c. up. at Y. Levi's. TliS MARKETS. SU M TER, S. C Nov. 14, 1888. COTTON ?Receipts 9???') bales The mar ket firm We quote : G'?od middling t?l ; Mid ii??i?? 6*5. CHARLESTON. S. ('.. Nov. 13, 1888. Cotton?Sales, lu(<<>. Quotations: inic? J'iniT, i'l WILMINGTON. N. C, Nov 13, IS3S j Spiujts TuKPJiNTtJfE.?Sales ?t ?notation, j Market opened <'ea.j\ at L'A cents per gallon. Rosin ?firm at 7"k. lor Strained and BO for Good Strained. Crude Tctipentinr.?Yellow Dip, $2.10; Virai? $2 !<>. H?rfi ?1.30. Cotton.?.S*!e?, none. Market s'r?dy. Q'lotaliuus aie : Saddling 9 7 ib. A CARD. To the Editor of the Watchman and Southron : In reference to the recent personal encoun ter between Mr. H. R. Thomas and myself, I beg to submit a brief statement It is true that being provoked by hie in sults I assaulted him. It is true that I struck him several blows with my fist and continued to strike until the bystanders interfered. It is true that without retiring from the spot, and withiu a f*w seconds after we were separated, I picked op a stick or slat that was lying on th? ground, and with it struck him over the head. But I did not approach him from the rear, but each time advanced and struck him face to face. 1 confess that in view of the ot^lce I have the honor to hold that my condnc* cannot be justified ; that it was my duty to suffer wrong rather than punish the wrong-doer by unlaw ful means, and I have nothing to say by way of palliation or excuse. I tru9t, however, that a brave and generous public will concede that there are limes when "forbearance ceases to be a virtue." Tbe severe illness of a member of my family has prevented my earlier attention to this matter. Jos. H. Earlb. TO 7mEUpiTBLIC. We, the undersigned, having read the statements published by Mr. H. R. Thomas in the Sumter Advance oa last Saturday, con cerning an encounter which previously took place between himself and Col. Jos. H. Earle, and being eye-witnesses of most of what was said and done on the occasion referred to, for good and sufficient reasons, submit the follow ing account of the occurrence : We, together with Mr. Frank Mellett, were standing in front of the Court House, a few feet from Col. Earle, when Mr. Thomas came along and spoke to him. Col. Earle said, ''Since you have spoken to me, I will ask you what you meant by saying (referring to an article before that time published in the Ad vance) that I had fiunked at the State Con vention?" To this Mr. Thomas repliod, "I mean to say that at the eleventh hour you declined to serve us as a candidate for Governor." Then Col. Earle asked Mr. Thomas if he did not remember that he, Mr. Thomas, came to bim at the hotel in Columbia, not long before the Convention assembled, and said to bim, that he came as a committee of one to notify him that the farmers had decided to run him for Governor, and asked him to consent to allow his name to be used in that connection, and that he stated to him that they had enough votes to elect bim ; and that to this be, Earle, replied that he was not a candidate for tbe office of Governor, and could notconseut to be a candidate, and asked him to go back and say as much to those who had sent bim, and thank them for tbe honor done him ? To all of this Mr. Ti:omas repbed "Yes." Col. Earle remarked in reply, nTben you should cot be the one to say that I fiunked." Col. Earle then further said ''Leaving that matter for the moment, what did you mean by saying (in the article referred to) that I was a'"slippery fish, a veritable eel ?" Mr. Thomas replied "I will first ask you what you meant by calling me a minnow?" (refer ring to something that took place en the day of the campaign speaking.) Col. Earle's re ply to this was "you came to me at the hotel that afternoon and apologized to me for your langnage and conduct on the speaker's stand, and the whole matter was settled." Mr. Thomas rejoined that Capt. Til: man desired him to make friends but that be, Thomas, did not regard it as an apology. Col. Karle then said, "I me?nt just what I said. A minnow is a very small fisb, and you are one." Mr. Thomas then remarked, "I just meant to hurl back in your face what you said to me on the stand." Col. Earle then said, "When you wrote that article you wrote what was false, and you knew it." The reply was, "1 believed at the time it was true." Col. Earle then said, "To pnt it in good Anglo Saxon, it is a l-i-e," spelling it. Tbe rejoinder was "Do you mean to call me a liar?" Col. Earle said "I do." Then Mr. Thomas said, "Col. Earle, if you say I am a liar, you are a d?n?d liar," whereupon Col. Earle struck him. During this time we were within five or six feet of both parties, and immediately assisted in separating them, and we have given in substance, what occurred. We did not see what took place after that time, but were near by ; but the whole occurrence from beginning to final ending did not occupy ex ceeding three minutes. In his article under date of Nov. 7ib, Mr. Thomas eaid be used the following language during the controversy, viz : "If you say you didnotslipus.it is false;" and again, "I Lh^n said Gen. Earle, if you that say you did not allow Dr. Furman to nominate you for Governor, and did not say yon would serve if the people wanted you, ihen you are a d? liar." No such remarks as these were made by Mr. Thomas. (Signed,) John J. Bronson, J. Dicgs Wilde a. Sumter, S. C, Nov. 13, 1883 dr. htjghson s statement. I was going to dinner about 2 o'clock, and at Cardarelli's corner, the corner above the Court House, was told that Attorney General Earle and Mr. H R. Thorn*? wer* having a fipbt. I hurried down. When I arrived at the Court House Col. Earle was standing on the step leading into the Treasurer's cilice, lookiug towards the street. I walked up to where he was. Just then he stepped down and moved around the pillar nearest tbe Treasurer's office door. Something seemed to attract his attention to the ground, when be stooped and picked up a slat. 1 immedi ately started to him, but btf&re I get to bim, he struck. I could not see who he struck. The police stopped bim. Then I saw Mr. Thomas standing on tba sidewalk some six or eight feet oi?. Jno. S. Hsqhsox. Nov. 13, 18S9. capt. deloar 8 statement. I did not reach the scene of the difficulty until the first part of tbe fracas was over. Col. Earle went with the police to a point opposite the Treasurer's offne, and near the oibce door, the money was put up, and Co!. Earle remained standing 'here a few seconds, and quite a crowd a!l around hiru. He walk ed to the lower step of the office and turned, looking toward the street, when he moved a few steps towards the pillar nearest the door of the Treasurer's office and stooped down and picked up a pine slat in his right hand, and struck at something. When I got around the pillar I saw Mr. Thomas srar.diug between the two pillars. l):d not see who was struck. YV. K. Dzlgar Nov. 13. 18?S. ?R. MtTCitZ?J. S STATEMENT. I rnme up after the Gist part of tbe difficul ty ietwten Col. Earle and Mr. Thomas had taken place and was stmding near 'he Treas ure:': offiee door with Col Karle when he Started towards the street. He stepped upon a piece of slat and stooped and picked it up, and raised it and continued to advance to wards the street. Mr. Thomas was Standing on the side- walk beyond the pillar from me. and I did not see the Mow when it v.as de livered. From where the partis v. ere stand ing Col. Kii le took the most direel route to get at Mr. Thun..;*. Ii. I). MITCHELL. Two Bottles Cure Rheumatism. L'ou?miON, Ark . .Kne 4. 1837. I cheerfully si the following facts in re gard to the uSfot you: med sei ne i uni y faintly. My little sur:, 14 years oi ajje, sttoVred from nn acute atiac?s of rheunmifcui. caused by un du* expt'.rore arid elsiMing of the tdood. I heard .our remedy highly reronimiMided, and purch i.>e:i ose bottle of Morcrief & Uro , Fres cott, Ark. In about one mon : h. af'er using j this bottle, he became so much better that I tint ihei*cond bottle which is now bring used and UtV Son is nearly well, and I think by removing bias to a cooler summer climate (which 1 will do) and continuing it.-i use, a perfect eur< will ne effected. 1 consider !'. B. i\. a most excellent biood purifier. Ci?Afl. 11. Tin;*. R R. Agt., Broughton. Aik. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTEK, By T V. Walsh, K><i , Prolmfe Juffgc \X THERE AS, ROBERT K. CARNBs, Km,' made suit to me to yrant him Letters ol administration of the K?tale and effects of JAMES A. CARNES, Deed. Tht se are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said .James A. Carnes, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, iu the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter Court House, on November 29tb, 1884, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock iu the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 14tb day of November, A. D ,1888. THUS. V. WALSH, 3?cv. 14?2 Jui-e of Probate. Use Your Own Eyes. We continue to offer extra ordinary inducements in all DRESS GOODS and also in all the latest novel ties in Dress Trimmings. Sweeping reductions in prices of Ladies' and Misses' and Children's Wraps of all Descriptions. Special prices on all Domes tics. GREAT SLAUGHTER in our Clothing Department. We have determined to sell our large stock of clothing REGARDLESS OF PRICE, so it will pay all in need to in spect our goods and prices ere they buy, and save money. Carpets and Rugs of all descriptions at rock bot tom prices. We are determined to main tain our reputation as "Leaders of Popular Prices." I Facts are stubborn things, but you'll find them first class safeguards. An ounce of fact is worth a ton uf 0 theory. There are a few facts which we desire to submit here and we want you to read and re-read them and tag each fact to the tablet of your memory. Tf io q T?o^f Tliat J* RYTTENBERG & S0NS II lu d J. dvL carry three times a larger stock than any other store. 11 Fnnf That J- KATTENBERG & SONS' lli lu Cl A (IUI prices are the lowest of any house in Sumter. K- "Fl 1 That J. RYTTENBERG & SONS 1U Cl X Civ I do, by far, the largest business of any house in Sumter. It is a Fae That J. RYTTENBERG & SONS have the best and most reliable class of goods in the various departments of their mammoth establishment. These are facts and you can no more falsify a fact than you can falsify truth, for a fact is the basis of ail truth. ?MTER. s. c Do YonrOwn Thmkisg, We live in an age when per* sons can do their own thinking, and they ought to do it The only way to Get at the Truth of a Thiflg is by Analysis. The only way to get at THE VALUE OF ANYTH?? is by Comparison?it is the unerring rule by which to MEASURE VALUE. Crap the Size ef to M with any other House in th? city and draw your own cou? elusions. COMPARE OUR PRICK (on the same grade) with the prices of others, and draw your own conclusions. Compare the Business we do with that of any other House, and draw your own con clusions. Compare oar Methods of dealing with the public witfc the methods of others* and draw your own conclusions^ Compare the Enormous ?asrease of our business and draw your own conclusions. Sons. We think we are justified in as serting most positively that for ex cellence and variety our display of Clothing for Men, Boys and Child ren, surpasses anything that has ever been seen in Sumter. Both floors of our large Store is well stocked with CLOTHING, HATS, PIECE GOODS, AND FURNISHING GOODS, Including a full line of the famous Patent Sparelolsr Perfect-Miii Suits. Prince Albert Suits for Men and Youths. Cutaway Suits for Men and Youths. Square and Round Cut Sack Suits for Men and Youths. Square and Round Cut Sack Suits for Boys. School Suits, Long Pants, from $2.50 to $6.00. Knee Pants Suits from $1.00 up* 100 Boy's odd Vests at 25 and 50 cents. 100 Men's odd Vests at 50 and 75 cents. 800 extra Pants for Men and Boys from 65 cents to $7.50, W STORE, Corner I SUMTER, S. C. Shirts ? Shirts ! I LAUNDRIED SHIRTS. UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS. BICYCLE SHIRTS. We are handling one of the very best $1.00 TTnlaundried Shirts in the market and claim that it is un excelled by any other Shirt at that price. Wo also have a GOOD SHIRT FOR 50 CENTS, And an excellent one at 75 cents, or G for $4.00 WARRANTED PUKE LINEN BOSOMS. NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR! All the latest shapes in Scarfs, Ties, and Bows, Mufliers, Suspen ders, Cuffs and Collars. A Beautiful line of Silk, Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefe. 200 Pairs Sample Gloves at less than wholesale prices. A iar&? assortment of Silk, Glo ria, Alpaca and Gingham Umbrel las,