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JAN. ?, 1897. :hman was founded Southron in 1866. id Southron now has freu la ti on and influence ?d papers, asd is maui Fadvertisiog medium in inks in the North have been so rapidlj daring the last two tat the Hanna-McKinley crowd up on their predictions of re prosperity. They are now kept Gaining why the modicum of and prosperity bas been knock* out of financial and business [by the election . of .a "sound President and Congress, which the con tin nance of the gold for at least four years longer. I middle classes?and by this mean those who are moderate >ro?ided with this world's goods, leither very poor nor ??ry rich tbc greatest sufferers during jur^years under the McKin iin is trat ion of the gold Stan ^The poor will suffer and be down into deeper depths of tion and poverty, bat they are ied to want and oppression ; they ting, and, having f become ab tneiled to their cosd ition, while >peare no probability of better tbey expect nothing and etnnot inch more than they have en Iiready. It is those who have og to lose that will safer ; they bn to end are the pangs of be* faced from competence to pever >rt to want. The very (ficmed sqneezing almost the >ot the poor, and are now teir attention to the middle id from them they will take in cents, chipped here and a day laborer's wages, bnt fds and thousands of dollars capitalists and minor ruent y rbo vainly imagined that i;hey the plutocratic classes, deh ?he free silver cranks and therefore loudly advo "bonest money'' gold stand? squeezed along with , the it can be truly said that they serve little sympathy. The who can control the finances country while the gold is maintained and a policy of )c pursued, evidently ^aim at irati0 3 .of the middle oliss. tave sense ecocgh to know ite?t menace to them. They licate that it is their desire to Iwo ciaf ses in ?merica?the and the very poor?the (he lords or creation, the lat senary evil that most be en r-elect W. H. Ellerbe will ice with not only tbe best a very large majority of >eople of the State, but f expectations on the part |dy that be will succeed in irrsony tmong the demo State by eu administra lind fair to *?! alike. On t^BO mtrch being expected Eiierbe will be forn ?d, if be satisfies exp?*o right to freely ship aims ition from this country to mee bas been materially md tbe war can be prose, [vigorously than ever. It |e strange, however, that lining tbe shipment of >t unearthed at an earlier fit bad been, the Cuban rould have been spared a \ of expense and untold j ^co acreage in Sumte* not be increased this >oor quality produced >n and .the low prices [vailed made it impossi >acco planters to realize Iits anticipated, and the alize lar^e profits by incurred considerable themselves for tobacco terred others from un 1There is one fact that ers should take into before deciding to experiment, that the of this year's crop of lis of ver poor quality, knand next season for (es must necessarily be as th^ sejye stock rill bee Bally ex THF, MAN CLEVELAND. Alfred Henry Lewis, the Washing ton correspondent of the New York Journal, in the iesure of the 4th in staut devotes a page to a review of the personal side of Cleveland's ad ministration It is one of the most scathing arraignments of public official that has appeared in print in years. He is accused of ignorance, intense egotism, treachery and in gratitude to personal and political friends, of a slavish love of money and subserviency to the the money power, of gaining riches by prostitu ting bis offce at the dictation of the monopolists, of a cowardice that causes him to surround himself with a force of twenty-sis secret service men, of tyranny and of a leaning toward monarchical ideas. The ar raignment isi not general and inde finite, bat relentlessly specific. A few paragraphs will give an idea of the vigor and vir?le-nce of the ar ticle. "Clereland ie not book taught, oeitber has be been taught by travel. He knows noth ing west of Beffalo, nor south of the North Pennsylvania line. He bas most of ali no imagination. He has beard of a West; be baa beard ot a'Soutb, bat the terms teli mo tales to Cleveland. He cao. no more picture j them than be -can form a conception of ! Asia Minor. He knows that silver comes ! from the West and Democratic majorities from tbe South ; that is ail be knows con cerning them:" i'ji * ? Jones, of Ne v.-.da, oc ce told me that of all whom be bad rret in high place, Cleveland was thetmoet widely ignorant and abundant ly dark. Wbeo be came to be President be bad tbe vaguest notion of government. He bad o ever read tba consti ration of tbe country. He hasa't yet." * * . * "Cleveland is by nature a Tory. He bas no instinctive conceptioc of republicanism ; no knowledge native or acquired of tbe iChool to which free America belongs He is a Tory. Had be lived in the smoke-blown day of Banker Bill bis substitute would bave worn & red coat and fought at tbe foot of that celebrated eminence against Warren and tbe others at the top." "His instinct is monarchia!. Three times within three years be aligned himself with a throne. a Samoa, Hawaii, and last m Brazil. He succeeded in Samoa, and this* country to-day, witb Boglaod and Germany, upholds a king a these far off lands. He failed in Hawaii witb bis clumsy King-making and public opiniou frightened bim away from Queen Lit. Mendonca drove him backward witb a laugb and a soeer in the case of Bra zil " "To-day bis toryism is at the brakes. Witb Cuba bleeding at our very door, witb a peo ple and a Congress deniaodtog her relief, Cleveland refuses. He sides witb Spain." * * * "To-day bis great reverence'is for money ; bis profound respect is reserved for those who have it. Poverty is synonymous witb ignorance.; wisdom, goes with wealth, nod the best citizen is-.tbe oest dre sed. citizen witb Cleveland. Gbme afoot to Washington and you c ?n't see bim ; come in private car and you caio Your honestly, yoar worth, tbe ?oo?aese o? your purpose, or tbe justice of your cau*e will not avail unless tb?*y come m a rivate rar Peopie are no hmg i o J3.ieyel;?nd ; property is everything He ; would turu from a nere n~en in a moment Spilt down a ?i i 11 ion dollars in gold, and the ! s'ght would suspend the actio? of bis u i u? ? and hold him spellbound for hours?c*8t him, t?s ;t wer?, iato a trance of riches." * * * "When Cleveland came in m 18&3 be found the Treasury ou tbe rocks. He has kept i' there ever since. He bas pounoed a hole m its bottom and stuffed the lenk with $240, 000,000 of bonds. He sells these at 104 acd tbe next da* tbey bri-g 120, ?od bring it as this is read " "Had a M-3 or of New York invoiced.him self in ibe bond antics ?bat bate been wit nessed in Washington during tbe !*st three years, a special Grand Jurv would have been on bis trail with born of law and honnd of iLquiry in a aoment." "But bonds go ar-d go aod go again, and as a by-play, and just to phow the ejmpittbt which exists between us millionaires, 'Car negie's fice, imposed for rotteo arc?or plaie is remitted." "There were oo">e durirg Harrison's reig/:. Cold be was; unsocial he was, an uolovely soul at best, but honest was Harrison aod clear as ics." "When Cleveland came in with Carlisle the bond wolves began to snap ?od ?narl aoout tbe cold Carlisle intended in tbe early summer of'93 to do as Maouing did in'85. Betold Vest and he told Coirkrell * a he told others that he woul i pay silver and en force the law as late a? ?b* afternoon of the day when Cleveland took his pronuueb'irento from him, wro'e it over, crossed out silver, and made Carlisle say that he would pay gold?nothing but cold?-while a dollar glit tered in bis till That was ail ihe bund ring wantid -Tbey have bled three bond issues out of the Government since then." - ?ti i ammi - Dwight L Moody, the great evan gelist, is conducting a great revival in New York City and has succeeded in arousing great interest in the work He now proposes to raise one million dollars to be expended during this year in. prosecuting the work throughout in every portion of Greater New York It is his pur pose to secure a sufficient number of trained religious workers and to make the fight against sin in every quarter of the city. It is his hope I that every sinner in the greatest city ? on the continent will be converted It is the greatest revival scheme ever projected and the result be watched with interest by church peo pie in all* quarters of the civilized world. "Hood's Sarsaparille has cured tre of a sore with which I have been troubled for a leug time and which the doctors say v. as a cancer. ? am iu my 74th year and my beai tu is good." J. R. Westmoreland, Woodruff, S. c. Hooa's Pills are purely vegetable do not purge. ?? -<gn? - Gold and Silver Papers for sale by B.G Osteen & Co. She Was Scuttled! Horrible Suspicion About the Commodore. Jacksonville. Jan. 3 ?All of tbe crew oi the Commodore were not saved, as reported last night. Twelve are io Jacksonville. Three alive and one dead are at Dayton*. Four are re ported to have ariived near Ormond, bat the report is uot confirmed, and eight are at sea on a lije raft. Captain Murphy, Sj?phen Crane, the novelist, 0. Montgomery, tbe cook; and William Higtrius, a Ptokrr, landed at Daytona this morning Their boat was turned over io the surf and Hig ?108 received a wound, which caused his death soon after getting ashore. The party on the raft are all Cuban* They left the boat before Captain Mur phy's party and nothing more has been heard of them J M. Barra requested the collector of customs to secure per mission for the Three Friends to go to tbe rescue of the Commodore immedi ately upon receipt of the news of the wreck Saturday afternoon. The col lector telegraphed to Secretary Cor lisle at oooe. but no reply was received until this afternoon. Permission was granted and the Three FneDds left to night. The beach is being patrolled from St. Augustine to New'Smyrna. It is reported that there was treach ery aboard the Commodore, but no de tails can be learned. The party laedrd at Daytona caooot get to this city aotii to-morrow, as there arc no Sunday trains on the East Coast rai'road. The party that landed last night and reach* ed bere are : Major Ricardo ?. Del gado, Paul Rojot Paquito Bencamo, Farnco Blanco, Miguel Condisbury, Ramon Hernandez, Gabriel Martinez, Santiago, Diaz, Emilio\?arquez. Jose 'Hernandez and BuenaVeoturo Livo noes. Commodore Goes Down. Jacksonville, Fla , Jan. 2?The steamer Commodore sank in 20 fathoms of water 20 miles northeast of Mosquito inlet at 8 o'clock this morning. All of the men on board were saved and 12 of them reached Jacksonville to-night The story of the accident as told by one of tthe men is as follows : The steamer crossed the St John's bar at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and at midnight was 100 miles down the coast One of tbe men went into the bold for something and found it bali full oj water Great excitement prevailed, but the pumps were start ed and every one on board put to work bailing The water gained steadily and at 3 o'clock the steamer was deserted, R A. Delgado taking command of one boat with 11 other men in it and Captain Murphy com manding the other The Delgado party landed on tbe beach near New Smyrna at 10.30 a. m , but Captain Murphy's boatload did not- land until 9 o'clock last night. The boat is said to have been overloaded with coal when it left here and it is thought that she sprung her seams when she grounded of Commodore's Point in going down the ?t John's. Stephen Crane, the novelist was on board and wa6 in ('apt. Murphy's boat The Cubans here are down heated over the accident, especially an the Commodore was expected to carry the men left by the Three Friends on No Name Key. Granby Cotton Mills. The elactric power was turned on Granby Cotton Mills Jan 1st and the wheels etarted. The mill has been waiting on power, and will now work regularly. At ten minutes of 6 the current was passed into the miil, and by invitation of President W Smith Whaley the connection ^wae made by Mr Robert W Shand, and the wheels of another of Co lamb?a's great industries were started. The Granby Mills are amone: the finest, yet cheapest, in the country. The mill was built under the personal direction of Mr Whaley, president of the company, and the books show that the building cost 38 cents per -square foot, and on the present basis, when the mill is full, the cost will be $13 per spindle. The capital stock of ?i<e mill is $200.000, and yet the Granby Mill is four stories high, 371 by 171 feet, equipped in every way with latest machinery and appliances, with stores and offices, fine water supply and heating ap paratus and plant The capacity of Granby is 53 376 spindles ana ?.600 looms ; at present 15,000 spin dles and 500 looms will be opera ted. The machinery is designed for making fine sheeting for bleaching, similar to the "Carnation cotton," and other products of the Richmond ? Mills There are a great ma?>y interesting details about the mill which will be wi itten about later on Today was the first tune electric power was turned on, and everything ran j smoothly Ali the machinery is of the be-s? make, being put in by the General Eleeuie Company One notable thing is the splendid supply of water arid fire protection. The mill will have a capacity of turning out 42,000 yards a ciay, and will em ploy~800 to 900 operatives, for whom neat homes have already been built ?Columbia cor News and Courier. Holiday go:u?^, nod Christmas jirrspu'.s now on fnll display ut The Sucater Chin* Hall. Dec 9-lm Destroyed by a Cyclone Shreveport, La., Jan 2.?? cy olooe from the southwest struck and almost literally demolished tbo town of MOoring Sport, jast north of ? h is ci'y, at 3.45 p. m to-day. Over 20 dwe'l iogs were blown down, only seven buildings being left iotaot Four per sona were killed and 20 wounded. The dead are Willie Goodman, Madge Goodman, Maud Goodman, Hill Goodman, infant daughter of Mr. Jesse Goodman. The injured are Jesse Goodman, Alice Goodman, Para Le Goodman, wife and two daughters of Jesse Good man ; his nephew, Ciyde Goodman ; Mrs Effie Morgan and infant baby io jured in back and foot. All the chil dren killed were Mrs. Head's gra?td children, Mrs. Milan and two children slightly injured Mr Aiken hurt in head, Mrs Eigin, arm broken ; Them as Elliott, injured iu bead ; D> J. Harris, head cut and left fide injured. Tom Yeat, head cut; Mrs Tom Yeat, intero?lly injured ; Miss Yeat. aged 1.4, and Alvin Yeat, 7 years of age, slightly injured. Three of tbe wound ed will probably die. The cyciooe came suddenly and lasted only about one minate. The only bouses left uninjured are Mrs C S. Croom's residence, J. S. Noel's itore and residence, Methodist ohuoh, Mrs. Caldwell'* r^idet-oe, W. . Croom's main store ind resi dence, and the depot. Physicians and a relief committee left at 6 30 oo a special traio and every possible attention is being given the wounded. It bas been decided to take tbe wounded to the hospital at day light in tbe morning. They oannot be moved to-night owing to the difficulty in getting them on the train. Tutf s Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Save Your Money. One box of Tutts Pills will save many doli?rs in doctors' bills They will surely cure all diseases of the stomach, liver or bpwels. No Reckless Assertion For sick headache, dyspepsia, malaria, constipation and bilio usness, a million people endorse TUTTS Liver PILLS i STRAIGHT STOEY STRAIGHT GOODS he'* *m ,0?' f?,* ui in readin* tSSS? **** we hOORS, SASH, BLINDS, IM0Ki" . :< - ellt,l woodwork tomber ani ornarne made by et? a? mide s0 - ^^antri^tthe. augusta lui?ber co.. alj augusta, ga. <BV Sterling^?** Informs his friends and tbe public ibut he ha3 opened basiness in the Tuomey Block, at tbe tate stand of Fra-.ik O'Donnell, with a | stock or. . ? GENERAI MERCHANDISE, and solicits patii n-ig?. Prices as Low as Anywhere Dac 23?it. QUARTERLY STATEMENT of thk condition and business op Tl8laiiiofSiiiter;'Siiit8r!S.C. At the close of the quarter ending December 31, 1S96, published in conformity with the Act of the General Assembly. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts, SlS.r),206 18 Furniture and Fixtures, and Vault 1.975 91 Over Drafts fecnred, 5,812 98 Bills Receivable, 615 67 Cash on hand and in other Banks and B-mkere, 50 638 37 Total, $244,299 11 LIABILITIES. Capital stock, $75,000 00 Deposits, . 149,126 64 DtvideuOS piVft' le on and ?fier Jan'y 2, 18?>7, 3.000 00 Undivided profits, 16 872 s7 Total, S2 ?4,299 11 State op South Carolina, \ gg Sumtes County. J I W. F. Rhame, Casuier of "The Bank of Sumter," do solemnly swear that tbe above statement is true, to the best of inj knowledge mid belief. W. F. RHAME. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d dav of January, 1S97. E C. M A.YKS WORTH, [l.s.J a Notary Public for S. C. Correct?Attest. W. Y. ',. HAYNS WORTH,] President, j ;. ? ? MARION MO?SE. S Directors. JNO. S. H?GHS?N, J Jan. 6. We have a few Ladies' Jackets in Black, Tm and Brown. A few Capes in Tan only. A few Children's Jackets in Navy, Brown and Tan. A few Tar Heel Blankets* A few Men's and Boy's Overcoats. I A few Rolls of Carpet in body BrusMs and Ingrain. And as we will be engaged in stock taking for the next few days These Goods can be had re gardless of cost. O'DONNELL & CO. Sept 23 E JANUARY TRADE 1 1 the repared to ' the ne car load ne car load fine Mules. 1-liorse Wagons. Two horses. Holl. This, Week. car loads extra j?hoic^ work Sumtcr, S. C., Deo. 23, 1896.