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Ck ^l?tyman Souita. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30. The Sumter Watchman was founded in lSdO and the True Southron ia 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the oesfc advertising mediana io Sumter. .imam IBj._1_ EDITORIAL ITEMS. The original of that old and popnlar sdng, ''Old Black ?oe," ?red a few days ago at Mt. Holly, N. J. His name was Joseph Queen and he enjoyed the additional distinction of ?being the oldest man in the State, his age being 112 year?. Born in Virginia, a stave, io 17?7, at the age of 5,0 he ran away and ?tent to New Jersey where fee has since Hved. Since hs became aged and herpes,.Some of the "kindhearted towns? people have kept him in comparative comfort, and will, it is said, erect a monument to iris memory. Ke was very patriarchal ia appearance, and bis form was bett nearly douMe witu the . weight of years-. It is alleged tnat a ?nan sam ed 1*. H. Hail, of Aurora, Illinois, has infected and tested a new cotton picker and that it is pronounced a decided sat? eens. A new and stronger machine is to be made and tested on tire present cotton crop in Mississippi. The only \ thins that cao be said about this an 'noancement is, that newspaper state? ments are not always reliable, and therefore this may be takes with several "~^ra?n\of salt. We do "cort count that such a ONkchine will be, if one has not already been, invented, for whenever such a demand exists as coe? now exist for a machine^b^tbis or any other-sort, it is always supplied sooner or later. We will watch the further developments of this latest picker with interest. On Sunday the marriage of the Prin- ! cess Sophie, of Prussia, and the Crown \ Prince of Greece was ?soletnnrted at j Athens. There were present the Em- j perot and Empress of Germany, tbe King and Queen of Denmark, the King I and Queen of Greece, the Prince of J Wales and 'bis two sous, Victor and j George, the Czarewitch of Kassie, Prince Waldemar, Count Herbart ?Bk- j marck, the Prince of Wales and many j other notabilities. We doubt if there ever has been such another gathering of Princes and ?Princesses, Kings, Queen's, Emperors -and ?Empresses in the history of motiern 4Darope. Oar lady readers will be interested to-know that Sonnie *n ade -ede ve ? match,, -a rare sort of thing sanoirg the reigning fam? ilies. The curiosity of mankind is only equaled by its love of the horrible. There is a family of nine cannibals now j on exhibition in London, who are au- j Bounced to bc fed three times a day io publie. These interesting aborigines ! are from "the land of fire,7' Terra del j Fuego. The question naturally arises, \ what do these man-eaters banquet our? t Do they eat one another ? Or has j Jack the Ripper a contract with the j authorities to privide the .pabulum;? They might be made to form ? valuable j adjunct to the scavenger -department, j when properly trained .dawn, so to j speak, and induced to -prefer .scraps of j beef, pork aod iao&. to man'stf?esh, by ; a long process of jndieionssemi starva- j tion. Anyhow, thc exhibition must be i a peculiarly ghastly one, .not calculated j to amuse or exhilarate, 'for once Bar- | Dum has _gGt left, though we do not ; doubt that>he will see the English and ? go them saver?! better .if .a little time da ? given iain. A suggestion even more horrible is I conveyed <U ?cigar-smokers by thc late ' dictum of a celebrated European spe- . cialieUu -diseases of throat, nose and ! cars. He states that the makers of j cigars are, in many dnstances, diseased i with .-scrofula, or tuberculoses, a form of : eontuuxpttion of the lungs, and that they j often "cough ?and give the Cuisbiug j touch .to a eigar with their dps.*' Xi... means that the germs of these diseases are imparted to smokers ,w.ho insert into their mouths that.end.of the cigar which thc scrofulous or consumptive makers ? have ^licked"' last. This opens up a ... i a fearful field of speculation and conjec? ture, and smokers will be com.pe.Hcd tc apply to. Congress to prevent the im? portation of such discjtse-bxeediag cigars, and-at the suato time appoint an inspector of oigar manufactur?es whose duty it shaU be to examine them and pronounce them free from disease. 'Mu only other alternative is to qa it smoking. The following paragraph whieh is going the sounds of the .pap-* ? is apt to unsettle .our views on -some subjects Speaking of Australia aftid bow many things are reversed there as compared ; with-herc, .we read, "?It is summer there while it as wiutar ia America." ! Thirls Uot so strange or upsettings but whoa it is alleged that "Trees shed their bark instead of ?their leaves," we wooder abat becomes of the spring and tutuma poet. Wheo it is said "fruit j has the stone or kernel outside/7 we are j forced-to wonder what they plant out j there to reproduce the fruit afte*~ its j kind. When we read that "?bere is a species of fi y that kills and eats the spider" we wooder how that ancient thyme and its accompanying melody MWill you walk into my parlor ? said the spider to the fly," manage to be resetted from the charge of insincerity. But wheo it is seriously affirmed that "a specie* o? fish walks deliberately out of the water, and, with the aid of its fins, climbs the adjacent trees after the ! insects :b*t infest them," we cannot help asking if the sportsmen out there 1 j ~o guuuing for fish, and use the rod ! ??>3 reel for birds? Baron Munchausen j must have moved ouk to Australia, or I some of his near relatives must be living j ont there. f GR AN ? tAE ME RS* CON VEN TION. The call for a grand convention of farmers and cotton exchange delegates te meet at St. Louis, Dec. 7th, next, I has been made. The object is to coo I tinue the ught against jute, by fixing the tare aol prescribing a standard bagging to which aH Alliance men are expected to adhere uncompromisingly. In another column republish an article from a St. Lou's paper, giving a good deal o* valaab'e information as to the jute bagging manufacturers, which we advise our farmer friends to rec'd. HOME-MADE SHtPS. The following paragraph is, wc hepe, pregnaut with promise and performance for Charleston. ?f the perceEtage of profits is anything near what has been stated in the prospectas of the company, a copy of which l?as been sent us, the investment will fee a very unusually ; prufitahre oce and there is no reason why Cfeferleston should not own her own fieet, and none why the people of r&e State who are interested ic Charles i ton should not aid io such a laudable enterprise whiie at the same time share such a profitable investment. But Charleston mea nave been so chary of ! investing in enterprises that are started j to bene?t ?harleston, that outsiders j evince a like unwillingness to invest. ! Perhaps if Charleston men are feuod j backing this enterprise heavily, out I siders will be found to help them oat. j 4'The"subscription books of the South j Carolina Naval 'Construction and Ship Owners' Association were opened yes? terday io the :First National bank. The subscription list is not yet complete, I bat a large percentage of the amount ^necessary to obtain the charter. ?100, 000, has been subscribed. The books are still open, and it is desired thal-all Who wish to subscribe do so at once, .tbat the association Tc;ry rproreed to wons. Tho shares are ?50-fixed ot that figure 60 that ell the young meu of thc state may enter the company." . MR. BLACKWELL'S BLAS? PHEMY. '.if the ten tribes of Israel are lost and dead, -God .is .a liar and the Bible isi&lse." >S*ch;is the announcement.of a pro? posed -6era2on by the Ear.?Calvin R. Blackwell,-cf Augusta, G-a., which, it is stated, was actually delivered there last Sundayrto ?an? immense ^audience. :Blasphemy?3 defiaad -by'Webster to be **An indignity offered to God by words or writing " Wc-'do not know what Mr. Blackwell said;-in his sermon, j but the subject as abave stated, comes ! . i entirely within litis definition. The j sermooiis said to have been "somewhat j sensational.'*' 'We may well believe it, butvwe -venture to say that any .mani; wto relies.on th&t sort of preaching to ? do-the legitimate work of a minister of; the-Gospel in the pulpit, is decidedly eif.iiis base. Such claptrap oill draw a ; crowd, but it is not preaching.the Gos- ! ipel. A brass Jn-od will also .draw a j crowd, but the object of preaching is to j turn men from darkness -,to .light and : from the Dower of Satan .un to ?God, not j to draw crowds. We also venture the ? assertion that not .one-third of tho?e who,weut.to ;hear the irreverent Slr. ?Blackwell, went for ?purgases of worship or of .hearing what iras good for their j seuls, batrfar the:purposc cf.heariog how ! this^cusationali^t would treat his sub- j ject. do other words, curiosity led j them there. A minister ought to be j ashamed of himself thus to pervert and j prostitute his calling and fonction as a j preacher, and there ?houid be -some j way of cal hag-his attention tc the fact \ that du thus appealing to the sensation- ! loving faculty of meo, he is doing ail j be can to bring true religion and undo- i filed into.disrepute. TiHAT PRIZE FIGHT.. .People he sc found it .hard to believe ?that a genuine fight after the pattur.c of ' the lato Sit?:vaa-??ilrato mill was to bc I fought-at or tear the old and hitherto; respectable city of Charleston, when it j wai "so announced iu the JXe'cx and ! C\n,r>e,- a few d:>y-n ago. They re? garded it as a colossal j >ke, a repor- 1 torial sell, a species of degenerate and woemeateo .* .chestnut."' But whoo ?rn tiie next day it was atm un need cha* a fight had actually taken place, a.;d .ihe whole thing described in detail, down to the horrible particulars of the ItM? and thirteenth round, incredulity wa-s mcrg- j cd into disgusted amazement, .li was further avouched that many tri those wlio attended the bruta! exhibition were meeihers of some ?rf Hie sno^t respect? able families in the city This we confess, was a still greater surprise to us. Wa knew tdiat these we:? ^r^ughs" j iu the city who would enjoy such a j scene, but we did net suspect that the tastes of respectable young men-gea Diemen. wo presume they consider -theui selvjsr- otf .Charleston had 'allen so hoy, much less bb at they would ?ct.ua Ihy pro? mote such a foul exhibition as a {nice ficht. We are, however, measurably relieved to note that some uf those who ; witnessed the sickening affair a-nc beart iiy ashamed of Lt and of themselves, j One of them, evidently a member of the State Legislature, says he intends to introduce a ?bill at ike approaching session, making prtz1! fighting a penal offence and a?ixing a heavy penalty. This man is alleged io have been the head and front of the enterprise, i. e , the fi"bt-its chief promoter and mover. ! Whoever be may be he deserves to be j retired to thc obscure shade? of private j life by his constituency, if th^y value ! respectability or have au atom of ir? respect left. The News nial Cutir: j has had very little to say. editorial! on this matter, but what it has said, to the point, Still, in our judgoioi it might and should have ?aid it on ? j sparingly. If this sort cf thing is ; j lowed to ?0 ot: in Charleston, she w ?soon have nothing to be proud ( J When Rome ran to gladiatorial d plays, she was on her last legs. A we to find history repeating itself no and is Charlton's respectable reor going to prize ?g?i?r- an indication th the hitherto prosd old city is totterii to her fall ? It wtrs said of the grat empire of the C&sars that its doom w fixed ere the feet of the Northern ba barian invadercressed the Rhine, in th internal and social corruption had set iu that the manhood of the Roma) as a .people was lost. Its degenera? ; and decay were tho things that mai j possible the indulgence of the people j brutal and bloody sports. A true, pu j and pristine virility would never ha^ sought such sports to gratify itself, this the case now with our people? Charleston ready to bear the stigma i a reproach like this ? a-eo-i^---ni THE BAGGING COMBINE. The Coming St. Locis Conventioi St. Louis, Mo., Repsoivc, <5ct. ?5. Mr. N. G. Kart, president of th Hart Bagging Co., of Brooklyn. 5 Y., was in the city yesterday. MJ ! Hart is well known here, having r( sided in St. Louis for 80 years, leavin about 9 years ago to establish his mat] ufacturing interests East. He est?t lished the Southern Mills Bagging Co. of this city and was its president for number of years. Mr. Hart was see by the Republic* representative yes j terday, and discussed the badging situ ation, the Jute Baggiug Trust, th Farmers Alliance revolt against th trust, originated by the Republic's es pose of the formation of the America: Manufacturing Co.. and kindred mat ters, very fully. Ile said : "To bogil with, I must state that your paper ha done my company an injustice in it article 'One Big Company,' by includ ing it among the companies for mi nj the American Manufacturing Co formerly known as the Jute Bagginj j Combination. We do not belong t ' tho trust. It is true that the liar Bagging plant was leased by the trus at the time of the latter's formation but wheu that was done I was ignoran I of toe move that was being con tem plated to secure control and inaugur?t? a jute bagging squeeze, and would no have leased my mill to them had J known how they proposed to run things The mill returns to our bauds Jan. 1 1S90, ?nd .will then be run outside th< I combination. .It has a single term ca I pacity-that is, running 12 hour's time-of G.OOO.OOO yards, and a double term capacity suSicieut to supply one fifth of the bagging used ia covering the crop." "The article y na refer to as appear? ing in the Jlepubtic under the heading 'One'Big Company' is, however, cor? rect, is it not ?" "Xes, so far as I observed. As tc the matter of the law involved in the articled can pay nothing. As to the fact of the formation of the American Manufacturing Co., I have heard it rumored that such a company had been formed, and this is the iirst official con? firmation cf it I have ssen. I know nothing of it. positively. At anv rate the Hart'Bagging Co. 4ias had nothing to do with it " ?'.In your judgment has the jute bag? ging combine had the effect of arbitra? rily rai>iog prices above a legitimate point V "Certainly it has. They certainly have demanded unreasonable prices." "What is the prospects as to reason? able .prices for Jute bagging during the coming year ?" "I think that in cons-quenco of our mill and others running outside the combination the tendency will he to lower prices to the nonna! condition cf supply and demand. 'The capacity of tl vese independent mills is as follows : The Ludlow Co , Beeton, 10.000.000 yards: the Hart Co..of Brooklyn, 6.OOMOO yards ; the Galveston Co.. 4,000,000 yards, and the St Louis Bagging Co, 3.500,000, giving a total of 23,500,000 .yards, or enough to cover ou o half the cotton crop. ?@f the mills you mentioned as being in the American Manufacturing Co., ia. Ju. Stevens, of Quiuneburg, Conn., is out of existence, but thc trust still'Controls machinery enough to sup? ply the demand f-.-r the whole (nop. Thc jute suppiy for this season is in thc hands of the trust, so that this year eh ey have control of thc situation ."Prices for next Season should ran?".' c from 7 to 7.1 cents, for pound bad? ging, and about 8 ceins for 2 pound bagging. I am willing to make con? tracts for largo deliveries for next June at those ?figures. I am making many alterations and additions to my mills, and will have a largely increased ca? pacity. I desire to cumplimcnl the l!< > -ri tt on its work in opposion rife Jute Bagging -Trust. I have been shown copres of the .paper all over the country containing irs ar?ic-s un baw ging matters, arni have always found them thoroughly &u?.heutic and reliable As to thearmers' Alliance-convention to be held in St. Louis, I-Jeeember 7, to formulate their opposition ?? the tru-r, I heartily i od oise it, a cul amr? favor of MI -h & move. '? he planters ?.;. ve been I made to ?pay ari unj-ust p?icc Cor jute ; bagging-, JNi'l ?. ' i - . ! r opposition lo the. trust is only natural '.{ do riot believe, Uovrevor. r?ha? the sii?jee22 or 'corner' .run in will ever bc reheat e-4* by tho hu*r. The in rention of its nmrutg-.Ts. j think, is to ] conduct it on rho .->;.;:?<- princijo-e a* j gains in the Standard Oil < .>., wi,nh is : to secure thorough control of the ?ute 1 bagging supply each season, ar?a" AW i? h : full power to rcguiate trie output td tlic manufactured product, maintain ilie ] monopoly on a j!ai. <>f modi rate pr li s lt is the only safe principle, rn mattel how powerful a corn Wi nc ?;ay be, tor thc masses will nM submit i < contin? uance of extortion, un.i any attempt a! Mich would inevitably result in d^asfcr to rho projectors of the schema. "in my opinion it will bc impossible i f<>r thc; trust t'> maintain a eon'rol of; tue Calcutta j?te supply. I was at?- ; preached this spring bv a 'leading Sr Louis merchao*, a wami personal frit-nd of mine, who urge;! upon me the ne? cessity of going into the jute bagging com bi te, stating th-it I could nor hope j .'o fight it successfully, .?s It pract ically i [had control of thc situation on both I sides, meaning that the trust could nt j .:?;y time corner bcd: thc jute supply I and tho baaing market. This I deny, ! act! anticipate that the result of the . . . ! cot ling season will support my position. j The Calcutta inte output is about ! :). LOO' OOO bales, of which about 1,4'dtj. j OOO bales arc used in Calcutta, and ; about 20 per cent of the entire output j is jute butts. To buy up thc output ! each season would compel thc trust to ? roll up a steadily in creasing stock of ?jute, that would reonire tho wealth of a Vanderbilt to carry in the course of a few seasons. They cannot dream of pursuing such a policy, and there will always be enough of the raw material ; to supply outside mills 44The question of the formation of the American Manufacturing Co , first arose last spring. ? was not approach? ed as to my willingness to put the Hart. Bagging Co., M.'O it, as my attitude on the subject was well known. Consequently ? have liad but scant in? formation regarding the progress of the deal, and the article in the Repub? lic was the first intelligence I received as to its completion. David Nevins of the bagrnni? manufacturing firm of Nevins & Co., of Boston, Mass., is president'of the company- Appleton Stnrgis of the Kagle Mills Co.. of New York secreta;;/, and Ander-on Gratz of thc St. Louis firm of Warren, Jones & Gratz general manager. As to Gratz being the brains of thc combine, I would say that he is an able, shrewd and brainy man, who bas devoted all his thought and euergy to the bagging trade for years, and, it may bc, has led largely in developing the trust, but there are several other gentlemen as? sociated with him who have also con? siderable voice in its management. It is a powerful company, comprising almost unlimited ability and capital, but I do Dot believe it will be able t*o maintain entire control of the jute bag? ging manufacture in this ee-entry. "The Republics list of the milis forming the Americas Manufacturing Co., would be complete with the ad? dition of the Empire Bagging Co., of Champaign, 111., owned by Messrs. Gratz, Graham & Tilley of St. Louis, and of course with the correction already made regarding my eui i i, which is most emphatically not in the combine. 'T have talked with man}' prominent New York cotton men roirarding the Farmers' Alliance opposition to the Jute Badging Trust, and amone others co o ~ with Mr. ll. il. 'Kountree. senior member of the hir<:e eettoti house of ll. II. Bonn free & Co He wae elected vice-president of the convention of American cotton exchanges held in New Orleans September ll, hist, to consider the equitable adjustment of tare on cotton, and is thoroughly familiar with the whole subject. Mr. Eourrtree believes that, no practicable su'bstrtute for jute bagging will be found, but recognizes the fact that the Southern planters are determined to break up the jute bagging trust, and expresses the opinion that they are in the G^ht to stay, if it costs them millions of dollars. It is the most remarkable instance of thc survival of a storm of public in? dignation aroused by imposition on record in this or any other country. The action of the convention meeting in St Louis December 7 will bc watched with intense and wide-spread interest. I hope to so arrange my bu>iness as to bc here at that time. As to thc posi? tion of the cotton exchanges and cotton receiving firms os the country, it is but natural io suppose that they arc in sympathy with the planter, and de? sirous of protecting his interest. I believe the Allen-West Commission Co. of Memphis and its Mobile and St. Louis houses have so far been more out? spoken as to their position than any other cotton firm, having nut themselves on record in their annual circular of October 1 as being opposed to the trust. The struggle now concentrates upon the focal point of the St. Lr?uis con? vention of December 7. Its action will sound the call for the general en? gagement for next season, and outline thc future policy of opposition to thc trus!.?> A great benefit lias been Secured to the poer hy the mtroducuori ot Dr. Unit's Cough ?Syrup ; for it now only takes 25 cen td to cure M eough or cul \. A nj. h ad y troubled with rheumatism, neu? ralgia, sti5*necfc, or any pain or ache should procure a bottle of Salvation Od at once. Price- 20 cents. Brown's hun Ritters is a speciSc in a!! cages of swamp fever, iratcrinitten' fever, and matan i or any name. Low marshy ground. Stagnant pools of wa'er, decavinjr vegetable matter, oha-n^s of climate while suffering holli ?rentrai debility, all produce malaria. Brown's iron Bitters cures all forms. Don't use quinine. Ji creates constipation, pre- j daces headache, arid not infrequently rheuma- . tism and neuralgia, Brown's Iron iS;:ters liefer does.-, lt will cure them. Plush Goods in endless variety at J. A. Sch n erin's. A Dutiful Son is a pleasure t*J any parent. He brings joy to thc nonie of the old people and in every way seeks : > make it cheerful and to make easy the faltering, feeble steps of age. This son was a wi one: V:KG?X?A, TESSKSSEK & GROSSES R. R . Office ol Western Ajen:. Atlanta. Ga. Gentlemen-My father, who is in the eighty second year of his agc. has been materially strengthened und relieved from suffering by the use of one bottle of Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic. Please forward to his ad? dress (Johnathan Welsh, High Point, N. C..) six bottles of thesame, and send bill for the amount to me. Very respectfully. M. M. WELSH, West. Agent. For sale by all druggists, and wholesale by Dr. A. J. China. Oct. 16 * WANTS. A D V E RTISEMENTS of five ?ines or less /A, wil' Se inserted under this head for 25 cen is fur each insertion. Additional iines 5 cents ?>'-r line. ^17000 WANTED -.Several cords of oak f Y and good sound pine. Small, round oak wood preferred. Apply to N. G. OSTF.K.W BUSINESS MEN, and others, should see v.lnit eau t>e done ai--fi?me before ginr g their oriiers for job .printing to parties away hom home. FinjB work and low prices can be had at the Watchman and Southron office. \TTAXTED, by man and wif? with one \ f child, two goo^-iinfuriihbed rooms, paud first class boarder, private family. Ad "dr^rv^ "Board,"/t?os; G , Sumter. Oct 23. CO??M BAGGING, O'DONNELL ?; CO. DESIRE US TO state tor the benefit of the Farmers' Al? liance that they have a large lol ot Cotton Bagging due in a few days, and all clubs are requested to report to them at once hew much more they will need, as this may be the last shipment they will receive this jenson. 1 FOR RENT. ONE FOUR ROOM DWELLING, WITH Servant's house and iranien. Situated iii desirable locality io town of Mayesvilie. Fur terms, apply to J. E. MAYES. Oct. 30-rn E*?a?e of Mrs. Sarah G. Relsberg DECEASED. XTTE WILL APPLY to the Judge of Pro \\ bate of Sumter County, on Nov. 30th, 1SS9, for a fin.-.i discharge as Executors of aforesaid Estate. ROBT. C. REM BERT, J. EDWIN REM BERT, Oct. 30th, 1-333.-4t Executors. ?s?a?e o? >lrs. Elizabeth J. Heriot, DECEASED, r WILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF J[ PROBATE for Sumter County on Nov. ? 3ot'n. 1SS?. for a Final Discharge as Administrator of said Estate. JAS. D. GRAHAM, C. C. C. P. and G S.. Oct. 30, ?SS0- lt. Administrator. Estele o? Joh? Thomson. Dec'd. j i XWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Slimier County on the 23rd day of Nov., 1839, fora fina! Discharge as Admin? istrator de honis non cum testamento annexa on ! said Estate. MARION MOISE, Adm'r dc bonis non, C. T. A. October 22. 1889-lt. FOR SALE. I C^HEAP FOR CASH, 250 ACRES OF j j Laud. 75 acres-aratde, 3 miles from City ot Sumter. Applv to i J. R. II A RY IN, Oct?. Agent. Es?a?e ef E. R. ChaiuIIer, Dec'd. | VLL PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS j against said E.-taie will present the j same, duly attested, and all persons in any | way indebted io said Estate, will make pay- j meet without delav to ll. RV TT EN BERG, Oct. lo. Qualified Exprutor. ' PRIVATEER EXPRESS, j rp iE UNDERSIGNED, contractor on tba ! g_ Privateer mail route, will take packages i io acd from any parties on the line of said ! rout?, ?it reasonable ::!*.?. Mail days, T<:e>- ? days, Thursdays an! Saturdays-leaving! Sumter at 7 A. M. and returning at 1.2 M. j orders left at the VJ?1 o?Sce will be attended lo A. W. BOYD. ! Sent 4 -im MASTER'S SALE. - State of South Carolina. | COUNTY OF SUMTER. Ix THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I Joseph E. Burnett-Plaintiff, against j S. D M Lacoste and oilier*-De- ! )enn"nf.f. )V VIRTUE of ? Decretal Order made in j y, the above entitled cause and dated May j _j:>::i, ISSO, I ?iii r-t i I at public auction in front ot thc Court House in the City of Sum ti r in said State, on Monday. November -lib, . ISS9.-leit'ir Salesday-between the hours i of II o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in j the afternoon, the following premises: "AH that tract of land situate in said ; County (Sumter) and Stale (South Carolina) ; containing rive Hundred and Fifty acres, j bounded on the North ny the public road j which separates it from the lands of Jesse ? Anderson and estate of S. N. Lacoste; on the East by lands of K. E. Wells; on the South ; bv iands fonoerly to A. F. Wilsoo, .and on j the West, of Mrs. A. A. Brearley." Terms of Sale -Cash Purchaser to pav for titles. JolIN S. RICHARDSON, (.<.:. S I8S0 Master for Sumter Co. j BIG GROCERY STOR Main Street, Near Jervey House, M KAT, LARI), COFFEE. SJ AI; G It I TS, S cn co tag s SOAP, STAUCH, nw:, il T ' g ?j CU A CK KUS. P ?^ ?? MOLASSES, ?/ ?<=D O A !- 1 . y ?^rrj .^1 Li. S FLOUR, M KAL, MATCH KS, CUL KS E . . 5 Near Jervey House. ex* JUST SHIITE!) FROM KENTUCKY, TWO CAI! LOADS WELL BROKE HOE SES AND MULES, W will arrive on or about ITU tE If you are needing Stock come and see them. We are sure we can please you. Oct 23, ?89. ?n the right direction if you will permit us; help you in the upward path so to speak-the path of plenty and pros? perity. Do you want to rise in the world? Remember that econ? omy is the parent of pros? perity, and become a prac? tical economist by TRADING WITH US. The heavy profits which some merchants make, like the in? terest on borrowed money, cat up the earnings and prevent saving. We make no such profits, and those who trade with us will find their savings increase with every trade. An honest profit and an honest price is our idea of price and profit making. Big prices and big profits are not honest. We have nothing to do with them. We will save you also in the goods we supply. Good grade goods go farther than low grade. Even at a higher price they are cheapest in the long run. But we put good grade articles on the same price-level as the low grade. That makes them cheapest in actual cash as well as cheapest in actual value. It takes us to make bargains ! We are old hands at it. We know how to buy and that's how we have the secret of selling. We are past masters in the ancient and honorable art of bargain-making and will convince you that we know our work if YOU sive us a call. G & SONS. ? EE AL SAL and Thursday, li and 7th* ?, 2. i, i, FOB THESE DAYS ONLY. Lot of handsome Combination Suits ?5 82, former price ?10 One lot single width Dress Goods at 12* aud 15c, former prices 20 to 35c. One lot G-4 Dress Goods at 12.\c. One lot oG inch Flaunei Dress Goods, stripe and plaids at 19c. 10 pieces Red Flannel ai. 12Jc, usual price 18c. 10 pieces Ked Flannel ai 21c, usual price 25c. 10 pieces lied Flannel at 15c, usual price 20c. li) pieces Bleach Cauton Flannel at 7c. 10 pieces Brown Canton Flannel at 6?'c. 50 d^-z^n Corsets at 10c, reduced from 75c. 00 dozen Corsets at 22c, good value at 40c. 50 dozen Ladies' Hose Fast Blacks and Colors at 21c, cheap at o5c. 75 dozeu Children's Heavy Ribbed Hose sizes G to 9| at 21c. 50 dozen Ladies' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs at 75c a do2cn, worth ?1.25. Another lot of Hand Sewed Shoes, broken sizes, at ?2 69, former prices ?5 00 to ?6.50. Another lot of Gent's Undershirts at. 49c. good value at 75c. 50 dozen Gent's Scarlet Undershirts at 49c, good value at 85c. j i i One lot of Hats at 50c on thc dollar. IX Ii! lilli IP.lllTl.Yr. GREAT OFFERINGS IX OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. G7 Boys' Long Pants Suits aces 9 to lo in all wool Cass, Diagonals and .Cheviots at ?3 89. good value tor double the price. 4U0 31'Mi's, Youth's, Boys and Children's Overcoats from $1 90 and upwards. This is positively the greatest s-ale of Overcoats ever offered in the City. We are determined to close out our entire line and at the price we offer them they are hound to go. Don't miss this chance for a good Winter Coat at *uch a small cost. Also 25 Men's Black Diagonal Suits, all wool imported fabrics at $9 00 for Sacks and ?9 25 for Cutaways Guaranteed the best at the price named in the City, also thc balance of our all wool Kersey Suits in Greys and Fancies at ?4 30 Our sales on Knee Pants Suits this season have been so large that we have been compelled to put in almost an entirely new stock. We have dosed out from thc manufacturers some lots at 25 per cent less than cost of production and we propose to give our trade the beneiit of same. Oar stock of Strouse & Bros Fine Tailor Made Suits and Patent Square Shoulder Garments for which we are sole agents is somewhat broken, but we .-till have some desirable styles and fabrics which we will sell at prices which will certainly astonish you. These arc facts and to prove it examine the goods and prices. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE STILL SELLING 10 lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1 00. 1") lbs. Brown Sogar for ?1.00. :'. lb Full Weight Tomatoes at ?1.00 dvzen. lbs. Good Kio Coffee for $1 00. ?j"Cakes Good Wrapped Soap for 5c. 1 lb. English Brawn Ile. 1 lh. Corned Beef He. 2 lb. Corned Beef 19c. 2 lb. Lunch L'ongue 39c. 11 lb. Caddies of Good Tobacco at 25e. All other goods at proportionately low price?. Don't forget the dates. C. I. HOTT. H. A. HOYT C. I. HCI7T & BRO-, Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &C. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 CALL ON T B. CURTIS Who has opened at the mm mwtrn With a full line of Fancy and Staple . GROCERIES, nnd after a trial of his goods you will be convinced that he "is selling as cheaply as is con? sistent with quality, his motto being "BEST GOODS FOR LEAST POSSIBLE VALUES." He is keeping among his va? ried stock the celebrated Cross & Blackville Jams. Cross & Blackville Potted Meats. Cross & Blackville Pickles. Cross & Blackville Orange Marma? lade. Shrewsberrv Tomato Catsup. Leggett's Oat Flake and Oat Meal. Brunswick, Magnolia and Jambo Hams, &c, &c. Just received, a fresh line of Holmes & Coutts1 Biscuits. Mr. M. J. Michau is with him and would be glad to see his many friends. Sept. IS _ ?LD RELIABLE. HONEST WORKMANSHIP. NO PINCHING. All work esccated in accordance witk design selected. No blow-hard agents in the field. MONUMENTS, -AND ALL STYLES CEMETERY WOBE, As cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best. Also ?12 Stries Iron Fencing. W. P. SMITH, Oct. 2 SUMTER, S. C. LANDS AND LOTS FOR SALE. The plantation known as the "Knox place" about 900 acres, about 600 acres tillable, ?9 tenants. Large residence with ail necessary outbuildings. May be sold in two or more tracts. Two tracts near Lynchburg. 103 acres unimproved, 3 miles North of Sumter. 25? acre farm, 2 miles North of Gaillard'f X Roads. 200 aere farsa 3 miies South of Sumter on Eutaw R. R. 50 acre a.sd 23 acre tracts on Camden R. R. and Rafting Creek. 40 acre tract, unimproved, North of Bishop? ville. Several small tracts near Sumter. Several acre iots and many small lots, some with buildings and others without, in differ? ent parts of the city. The residence of J. D. Blending may be rented to an approved tenant from 1 January next, and may be sold on long time. The I'pshur Residence on Haynsworth street for rent or sale on easv terras. B LANDING & WILSON, Oct. 6th. 1SS9. Attorneys at Law. FOR SALE. rpHE TRACT OF LAND below Mavesville, X known as the MILTON COOPER Place. It contains 312 acres, with good dwelling house ana outbuildings. Apply to MOISES k LEE*, Oct 2 2m Attorneys ?t Law. J. R. H AR VIN, Attorney at Law, -AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, SUMTER, S. C. Oct 2 8 NOTICE. OFFICE OF County Commissioners, SUMTER COUNTY. SCMTEB, S. C., Oct. 16tb, '89. A LL PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS l\. against Sumter County, will please pre? sent same io Clerk Board Co. Commissioners on or before the first day of November prox.t du Iv attested. THOS. V. WALSH, Clerk Bd. Co. Com. Advance publish twice. Oct. 1G. TO RENT. Land, Stock ana PrwisiQns. 1 ""A ACRES GOOD COTTON LAND iu lO\J the fork of McGirt and Scape O'er, one mile from Mechanicsville, 3 head Horses or Mules, 2 two-horse Philadelphia Wagons, and other implements, Use of new Blacksmith shop, Are offered for rent. From 500 to i 5O0 bushels cotton seed and 200 to 400 bushels of corn on loan or for sale. Apply to O. A. OUTLAW, Ovi23 Mechauicsvilie. S. C.