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A Terrible Explosion. PRICES KILLED. COMPETITORS HURT EVERY ONE SURPRISED AND PLEASED. During the month of February, the shortest month in the year, we will sell our entire stock of goods For Cask. At Cost, For Cash. Our contract with WV L. Douglass prohibits our selling his Shoes at less than fixed price, but all other Shoes go at cost. The secret of pur Success in Business Has been our ability to buy cheaper than others. We now j offer to sell our stock of Dress Goods, Dry Goods, Notion?, Laces. &c, Capes, Cloaks, Trunks, Carpets, Mattings, Blankets, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Furnishings, Hardware, Glassware, &c., for Cost. Everything in our immense store, groceries alone / excepted, will be sold at cost for cash. ISFnen we say Cost for Cash, we mean cash down with purchase. Goods sold on memorandum or charged will not be sold for cost. When we advertise at Cost, the public know that we sell as we ad vertiseo 3?o Bs???fy some skeptics we make this statement. We will positively sell to anyone presenting the cash during. the? month cf February any. article in our store, groceries alone excepted, at the actual cost of bringing to Sumter. %s we need the money, there wiil be no restrictions as to quantity. & mm. WEDNESDAY^ FEB. 2, 1898. i ; Th? S?smter Watchman was ioanded ; ?BLISSO mad the 2?*e Southron io 1866. 35? ffafcfanoft oa? Sentthrxm now has tie combined circulation and influence af bo?h ol the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium io _Li nfl Senator Meses has introduced a bil! in the Senate, to incorporate the I8omter and Wateree- Railroad Com |? pany. The great need of Scmter is another railroad giving connection with systems that compete with the Atlantic Coast Line We trust that the incorporation of the Sumter and Wafceree Railroad is bot the forerun ?er of lie prompt construction of an independent line, and we know that j the people of Sumter are ao unani measly in favor of another railroad ^outlet that they will join most ?eart? tjr with os io the wish 9 Bot t here Ia j store than a wish required, and if J Sumter is to have another roakthe business men of the city must unite in dorking for it They most spare ?o effort to promote and expedite she building of the road, end they should do everything possible to sustain it wheo it has been built m Bl fe v.. The proposai to establish a reform? atory for youthful criminals should not be permuted to evaporate io talk. There is need, a great need, for such ' au institution, and the State should not . postpone establishing it any' Tonger. We suggest that no better ose could be made of the net earnings of the State farms, concerning which so much has'been said, than to devote them to the creation, equipment and maintenance of a reformatory prison for the juvenile convicts. If the pen itentiary earns $10,000 per annum it could support a reformatory with . out asking the State for an appropri? ation.. $ Tho Next Cotton Crop. Many reports ooma in that the farm? ers are baying considerable quantities of fertilisers. This indicates that the acreage in cotton will be large. A* we have freqoeojfy said before, predictions as to tba pri?e of cotton are almost worthless, bat at this time it ap? pears almost certain that on lesa the. production of cotton for 1898 is very materially decreased the pri?e nest win tar will be very tow. In onr opinion toe prise of cotton will fall to four cents if taetiie of the crop prodaoed thia year reaches within half a million bales ' af what was produced last year. Cot? ton plantera eas do as they choose. They are supposed to know bow to man? age their nosiness but ir they depend OB cotton and "get left" it will not be baoaoae the. newspapers of the Sooth (ailed to warm them. They have been warned time and again. The farmer who prodoces all that he eonsames will probably be in. good eopditioo at the ead of the year.-Oreen ville News. When Mark Hanna after his elec? tion telegraphed McKinley "God reigns and the Republican party still lire*" be showed very little reverence for the Deity, when he mixed Him np m a dirty mess like that.-Wil otar* A Few Candidates. Sinte Seoator E. L. Archer, of Spartaoburg, bas aoodooced his candi? dacy for tba Governorship. Col. R. B. Watson, of Ridge Spring, ia said to be io the raoe for the Governorship Senator S. G. Mayfield, of Bamberg, will maki; the race for Governor and will have a strong following. Gov ii ll er be ia an avowed oandidate for re-election. 1 W. C. McGowan. Esq., of Abbe? ville, baa been spoken ef more than once, as a candidate for the Governor? ship. Aid there are others whose nasses have been mentioned to ? the same connection. Col. Knox Livingston is mentioned at a probable candidato Tor Governor or Atterney General. Mr. John T. Bronson, of Denmark, bas announced himself a candidate for tba office of Secretary of State. Secretary of State Thom pk io s is a eaodida*e to succeed himself. Col. J. W. Floyd is after ehe^ place John Gary Watta now has aod John Gary himself ia anxious to retain the title of Adjutant and Inspector Gen oral. J G. Doonan Bellinger, Esq., is a can? dida to for Attorney Geo era I. W. P Pollock, cf Chesterfield. H. H. Evana, of Newberry, C. L Wiokter, of Kershaw, aod C. P To wo send are alto said to be easting eyes io j the direction of the Attorney General's j office I . Mr. L. P. Edtoo will ask the voters of the State to elect him Comptroller General as a vindication of tbe kicking ont administered by tbe Legislators. Comptroller General Derbam will be a candidate for the isama position, as be is desiroos of serving a foll term. Net hi og has been said about the mat ter, bot it is tbe natural pr?somption that Lieutenant Governor McSwosney aod State Treasurer Timmermao will both be otndidates for re election. There maj be many other candidates, aod there, probably are. . This is not pot forward as a foll and complete list of those who will ask the suffrages of the voters of Sooth Carelios a? the next election, being compiled hurriedly from memory SMALLPOX IK TENNESSEE. It Breaks Oat st Cumberland Gap -IO Per Cent Vaccinated. Louisville, Ky-, Jan. 31 -A special tc The Courier-Joar asl from Com bor? land Gap. Tenn., says : -'Great exc?te? meos exists here oo account of small? pox The secretary of tbe board of health of Virginia is here, ?od health officer* from the boards of Kentocky and leooessee are expected to-morrow It is claimed (hat tbe mioicg districts are io ao alarmiog condition, Darner cos eases being reported to-day. There are aaid to be aboot 20 ease? io Middlesboro. It is also stated that many persons fieeiog from these points have been stopped, aod are oow dowo with tba disease at van?os stages along the railroads, particularly at Nortoo, Big Stone Gap, Litrell aod Pineville. Not 10 per oeot of the inhabitants have ever been vaccinated. It is claimed that the germ was rooght here from Alabama by negroes who came to work io the iron districts Loeal officers are doing all in their power, preparing pest booses io the different districts. A number of physi? cians have tendered their services aod the residents are now being rapidly v (?cc in a ted. Representative Green, of Nebraska, bas introduced a bill io Congress mak-1 ing tba formation of a trust or mono poly a felony. Tbe Outlook as Guy Sees lt. The Arabs have a saving : Life is of two parts ; that which is past-a dream ; that which is to come-a wish. The holidays, are numbered with the misty past and are but a dream now, and tbe future-well, the future is one large wish The boil and bubble of the merry, season has sub* sided, the gentle simmering of the after days has ceased and everything has resumed the even tenor of its monotonous way and the attention of everyone is directed to the stern ! (Julies and toil and struggles of an- ! other mysterious year The toot of horn and clang .cf the matin bell breaks the crisp *air of the earfy roorn ? and those gay and festive cusses ! V the nigger and the mule, " are ere j ating an activity in real estate that ; no financial move could accomplish, i Even the bird shooters have "ceased firing/' (tho' the pre fiend has ' com? menced firing") and the sharpshoot iog, skirmish combinions and fusi lades, which sometimes . carried us back to the days of "the late un? pleasantness/' have ceased, and the air and the partridges are again calm and ?erene We could bring down our own bird once in a while in the days gone by. bot it is astonishing what a prod- j igioos amount of vacant space sur j rounds a partridge now a days ; they j also fly faster and the light is not ; near so good as in the olden time, j We are soon satiated now with the sport, but ..have not succeeded inj satiating our appetite with "partridge ! on toast." The movers have disappeared from J the highways and the wagon trains transporting chaira, children and long collards are. no longer seen on the roads .There has been an anus na! number of moves thia season, and within a radius of three miles we Can count op over a dozen different fa m ilies who have changed domicile and yet. take it communions annis et commnnibus locis, this is as good a 2 place as any other, to-er-to die in Tbe wide, wet 7c. smile of the past spring no longer pervades the co no ter) anees of those you meet. The present wreathing of their phyeiog nomies is with a 4? too 5c wearied ef? fort which photographers.would term a long exposure, and which is on ly a shade or two less painful to behold than the genuiue dry grins, and into which, we fear, they will ultimately eventuate. The farmer's granges are very active this season, and the or? ganization has grown to proportions unprecedented in our county. We learn that there are eight, or ten or* gsnized and in active operation in the county. Upon the farmer de? pends the prosperity of the country, and tho* organizations have been of little benefit to him heretofore, it is no reason why be should" not continue the effort io educate himself up to an intelligent understanding of his faults ana failings as well as his wants and the causes that militate against him, and the remedy for both We be? lieve be is discovering the causes and will apply the remedy. What ia the outlook 1 Well, it would require a much higher eleva? tion than we occupy to say ; but we presume to venture the prediction j that there will be another crop of cotton made ; also more hominy and hog and other auxiliaries-much more-and that there will be a grad? ual reconciliation of everything to 5c. cotton Whenever there is an adjustment of taxes, salaries, land rents, doctor's bills, lawyer's fees, preacher's salaries, &c, &c , on an equitable gold standard 5c cotton basis, and mortgages and liens and "billy sales/' as Long calls them, are no more, there may be some chance for the prosperity of "the goose that lays the golden egg." Until then he ie apt to continue to remain-a goose. Farm and household supplies and necessaries are cheap enough now in all conscience, and everything we need to buy is cheap enough when-when you have the money. When you haven't,' there ie nothing cheap-nothing but "cold shoulder." Ooe can; always get more of that without money than with it, and tho' filling, it is not fattening, lt fills one with righteous wrath and con? tempt and indignation, but it's a mighty poor beverage-to fill the place that growls the most for filling. Jan 24, 1898 Guv. A blizsard ia prevailing in the Cos? tra! Atlantic States and there bas been much sufferiog arno-g the poor people already. The Tennessee senatorial rleadioek remains uobrokto The d?mocratie ornons teok seveo bail?te last night The vote stood, McMillen, 36; Turley, 27 ; Taylor. 27. the dread of the cotton grower, can be prevented. Trials at Experiment Stations and the experience of leading growers prove positively that is the only remedy. We will be glad to send, free of charge, interesting and useful pamphlets which treat of the matter in detail. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nanaa St? New Yaric ft NOTICE. OFFICE OF Comly Superintendent Escalios, SuMTaa, S C., Ja? 22, 1898. f J*1HE DATE 6zed for the next regaler tx J_ aminatioo of applicant! for Teachers' Conntr Certificates, is February 18 (third Frida?.) For whitfs at Office Co Soperfnteodeot. For colorea at Coori Boose. w J DURANT,. County Sept. Education. Jan 22-it. Freeman and Herald copy. Estate of St Robt* Spans, Jr., MINOR. IWILL APPLY to the Jnd?e o? Probate of Sumter Cono ty on Feb. loth, 1898, fora final discharge as the General Guar? dian of said Minor. FRANK M. SPANN, Guardiao. Jan 12-4'. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO, f. STEFFENS & SH Wholesale Agents, Ctoleston, S C -Agenta for MOTT'S CIDER BED SEAL CIG?BS, AND DOVE HAMS L mm A SON. Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, amoag other Companies : LIVERPOOL * LONDON * GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH * MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,600,000. Feb 2S DR. IL ALVA SOLOMON8, DENTIST. office OVIS STORE OF SUMTER OBY GOODS COMPANY ? Kntrance on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant ? Son OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to fi o'clock. ; April 9. 2 ? PWRE FLO il9H. ''Br3ad is tba staff of life'7 and floor being its principal ingredient, every ons, rieb aod poor ongbt to be iaterested in knowing the character of the food that constitutes a large percentage of their daily meal; therefore it will pay yon to read carefully what the American Journal of Health, of December 30, hat to say about the goods man? ufactured by The Millbourne Mills, Of wbieh we are the sole agents. Evils Inflicted by Inferior Flour. The series of articles upon food adulteration which have appeared ia these columns, and which are being republished by.the newspapers tbroughoat the land, have served to impress upon the people the great necessity of care in the selection of articles which go upon their tables, for npon the quality of such depends the health of the entire family That the subject of floor is one of prime importance will scarcely be de? nied, for there is no meal but what this staple enters into its menu in one or more forms, heuce the election of this food product cannot fail to interest every reader of this journal who regards his own health and that of his fam? ily as the most important consideration As the word "adulterations" is generally understood, that is as the mix ing of inferior material with the genuine articles, hour cannot be said to be adulterated in the ordinary sense of the term However, the quality, grade and wholesomeness of flour vary as widely as do the characteristics of any other article bf food supply Flour varies in quality from the lowest "red dog" to the highest fancy patent, with values all the way from feed prices to the highest market quotations, and there is a wide difference in the bread making qualities of the various grades of flour and the amount of nutrition contained in each Poor floor is-dear at any price, for not unly does the unpalatableness of the family loaf and the domestic pastry reflect* it? inferiority, but many'* stomach troubl?e may be directly traced to thia source. The fermentativa processes engendered by a low grade product lead to functional disorders of the digestive system, which become chronic wheo the use of such infe? rior article is persisted in Again muscular strength and nerve force cannot be sustained by flour deficient in any of the constituents which aid in devel? oping dynamic force in the human body Tbe residents of any city may with a little care, always secure tbs high? est grade of flour, and no other should be allowed entrance into the house? hold. The "Millbourne" flour of the Millbourne Mills Co , Philadelphia, Pa., offers to the careful housekeeper a high class article io this line, and as it is easily obtainable there is no excuse for risking the health of its mem? bers by introducing into the dietary of the family any of the mediocre floor upon the market Any really first class retailer will obtain this flour for bis customers who insist upon having the beet Having purchased samples of this flour without indicating our purpose, and after submitting the same to thorough analytical' examinations, we un? hesitatingly endorse it and recommend it to our readers in the strongestfterms. * There are many reasons for the pre-eminent superiority of the floor offered by the Millbourne Mills Co , which we herewith enumerate First, it is rich in gluten, which renders it more valuable as far as nutrition is con? cerned. There is not in its constituents that excess of starch eo commonly found in other brands of flour aud which taxes the digestion beyond its 1 powers Second, it is always uniform, and its results may be always depended upon Third, beean se it makes the whitest and lightes; of bread and biscuits, and bas no trace of sourness, which renders it especially gratifying to those with impaired digestive functions The samples of flour which were made the subject of scientific inve.-tiga tion were purchased in open market, and were not obtained from any dealer interested in a certain brand The samples were also submitted to our chem ical test kitchen, with a result which leaves only one decision, and that is overwhelmingly in favor of the flour bearing tbe brand "Millbourne*" flour of the Millbourne Mills Co We have no more interest in this brand tbas in any other flour sold, but in the interest of readers who naturally seek these columns for information upon ail health matters we make this un? biased report From the standpoint of health alone we advise our readers who call for this flour not to be put off with a substitute, but to insist upon having goods branded by the Millbourne Mills Co , and we do not say this in the interest of the manufacturers, who have not been consulted in the preparation of this report, but solely for the protection of the readers of the American Journal of Health. A J. GRAY, M B With tbe exception of about 100 barrels, we hiva handled oo other in over twojyears, aod as stated in our advertisement last Fail, we have sold over 5.000 Barrels ' Of this brand, and not a package bas ever been returned or single eomplaiat made. Oar customers who formerly used Western patents are now using MILLBOURNE STRAIGHT, with more satisfaction and thereby Saving 50c per BarreL Bear io mind we deliver this Floor io aoy part of the county, freight prepaid, at Somter pri?e. It costs no more-Get the best-Millbourne* O'DONNELL, & CO., Sole Agents. A sams snre nr AFEICJL can indulge bis taste in a stylish rig, when he takes an airing, but the rest of the Kaffirs walk. Any man of moderate means can snit his fancy with one of our stylish and handsome buggies, phaetons, traps, or carriages, as we are selling fine carriages at a price that will astonish you. Respectfully, H. HARB!.