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A Terrible \ ??lotion 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 At Cost, For Cit When we advertise at Cost, the public know that we sell as we advertise. To satisfy some skeptics we make this statement. We will positively sell to anyone presenting the cash during the month ef February any article in our store, groceries alone excepted, at the actual cost of bringing to Sumter. ?s we need the money, there will be no restrictions as to quantity. At Cost, For Cash. Our contract with W. L. Douglass prohibits our selling his Shoes at less than fixed price, but all other Shoes go at cost. ft The secret of our Success in Business Has been oar ability to buy cheaper than others. We now offer to sell our stock of Dress Goods, Dry Go^^s, Notions, Laces. &c, Capes, Cloaks, Trunks, Carpets, Mattings, Blankets, Shoes, C?othing, Eats, Furnishings, Hardware, Glassware, &c, for Cost. Everything in our immense store, ?groceries alone excepted, will be sold at cost for cash. 'fien we say Cost for Cash, we mean cash down with purchase. Goods sold on memorandum or charged will not be sold for cost, J. ?TTTEMBEBC & % W??tfami at? S^nnt WEDNESDAY, FSB. 16, 189S The Sumter Watchman was rounded pa 1850 and the True Southron in l$6b*. The Watchman o?c? Southron now has the combined circulation and influence ?f bot? of the old papers, and is maoi the best advertising medium in WHY WAS IT EXEMPTED? Toe imposition of a license tax on manufacturing enterprises ia this .city %&s been productive of a great deal of comment, and the council bas been ?nfar?r?b?y criticised for requiring a tax of these enterprises by a majority of those who have investigated the ^matter, even those who have not ac -t?ve?y oppsed the license system con deming the action of council on the ground that it is calculated to drive away such enterprises, which are ^greatly needed and that should be en? couraged, rather than heavily taxed, factories are exempted from taxation all kinds in many cities, and it is j means of exemption from taxation other inducements that some of j most prosperous and important tnufacturing cities have been built ip It is a poor and short sighted that drives away any enter* >rise that will increase the business >f the city and furnish reunmerative' employment to the unemployed of the and also attract targe numbers of ? wage earners who will become resi? fts. An inspection of the license ordi? nance shows that all manufacturing terpriaes are required to pay a \ ficeofte for carrying on business with in the limite, of the city, in addition to the regular State, county and city taxes Thia is, as has been said, an nowise and suicidal policy and will not only prevent the establishment of new enterprises, but will, we fear, result in the removal these now es tablisbed here to other places where a more liberal treatment is accorded There ia no greater folly than killing the goose that lays the golden egg, and- thia exactly wbat the city coun? cil ts doing when manufacturing en terprises are required to pay the reg? ular taxes and a special license tax in addition, and'the city council should be careful what it does, unless they have no. wish for tbe growth and prosperity of Sumter. Along this line another action of th*? city council has been brought . into notice within the past few days that has excited surprise, as well as criticism. A short time ago the Telephone Manufacturing Company, an enterprise that has a payroll of nearly $400 per week, that ships 99 per cent, of its output, that is owned and controlled, to a large extent, by capitalists of other States and that can be car? ried on in any other city as advan? tageously as in Sumter, petitioned the City Council j for exemption from the license tax of $25 per year im? posed by the license- ordinance. The petition waa refused. This was thought to have ended the matter, but it did not. and the later develop monts are interesting. Au investigation of the precedents io simitar matters unearthed th3 fact tba) \e Independent Ice Manufacturing C*.*?any had been granted a specia exemption from all oity taxes and li cense for she period of tb ree years ; and now (be question arises, ''Why was snob partiality showo .oward ooly one of the three ice factories doing business io Sumter, aod why are other ice fac? tories and ail other manufacturing en terprises required to pay the regalar taxes and license tax as well ?" That is the question! Who cao answer it ? if one faotory is exempted from all tases, why oot ail the factories? If an ice factoty was exempted in March 1807, why was the petitioo cf tbe Tele? phone Manufacturing Company re? fused a short time ago ? Is one man's meat soother min's poison ? Does the city conncil confer benefits with ene band and lay on burdeos with the other ? The matter needs explanation, aod the min?tes of the council do oot supply the information needed to ex? plain its a dion. Wc have examined the miaute? and find the following : Extracts from Minutes, March 3, 1897 : **Petitioo of independent Ice MTg Co. presented by Mr. A M. Fauntleroy, Mgr., requesting council to exempt plant of said company from all taxa? tion for a term of years." was read aod discussed- Alderman Reid made ob? jection to granting exemption from cify j taxatioo to ooo factory aod not to all i factories. Aldermen H ar by and Moses j made remarks, Mayor Bovsard also < made statement in reiatioo to same and farther discussion by Aldermen Mo L'.urio, Shore and Reid. Aldermen Shore and Reid objeeted to exemption from taxation in special cases Alder- ! man Mclaurin favored exemption from taxation for a time-a limited number of years. Mayor called for a vote oo question: "Should the petition of the In dependent Ice Manufacturing Company for exemption frcoi city taxes be grant* ed." Vote resulted, *'Yea.'* without dissent, and ou motion of Alderman . McLanrin, the following resolution was adopted viz : Resolved. That the lode J pendent Ice M'Pg Co., be and tbe same is exempted .from taxation for the pe riod of three years, 1397, '98, '99, bat only io this particular case " That is the record. Does it not oeed explanation ? Wfe are satisfied the members of the cou ceil must have be? lieved that there were strong and sufi cteot reasons for granting a speoiai exemption to the Independent Ice Man? ufacturing Company; otherwise Alder mad Reid's well takeo objection to granting exemption to one factory aod not to all woold oot have beeo over? ruled. Reports from Shanghai say that in all sections of the Chinese empire at? tacks on foreigners are the order of the day. In Japan Buddhist and Shinto priests are instituting war against all things foreign. Gen. Lee ?3 about to found an or? phan asylum in Habana for destitute children. The Christian Herald of New York guarantees the expenses. Spartanbnrg, Feb 14.-Spartan burg had a ?10,000 fire this morning:, about half which was covered by in? surance. At 9 o'clock fire broke out iu the brick block just east of where the Sparenburg and Union railroad crosses Main street The block was two stories high and had five store? rooms fronting on Main street ia a recent letter from Washington, D. C., to an oid friecd, Mnjor G A. Studer, fer twenty jean Uni:ed States Consul ?t Siega pore, says : "While at Dea .Moines I bicarr? acquainted with a liniment known as Cham? berlain's Pain Bilm, which I four.d excellent against rheumatism es well as ?gaiost fore cess of the throat and cheat (giving me much easier breathmz) i had a touch of pneu? monia early this week, aad two applications freely applied to the throat ?nd chest relieved me of it at once. I would not ba withoot ii for any thing." For sale by Dr. A. J. China } Battleship Maine Has Been Destroyed. mt TERRIBLE DISASTER IN HARBOR OP HABANA. No Information as to Wheth? er Accident or Work of Ec ernies. MANY LIVES LOST. Habana, Feb 15.-At a quarter of ten this evening a terrible explosion took place on board the United States cruiser Maine in Habana harbor. Many are killed or wounded. All the boats of the Spanish cruiser AI fonse XIII are assisting A? yet the cause of the explosion is not appa rent The wounded sailors of the Maine are unable to explain it It is believed the croiser is totally de? stroyed The explosion shook the whole city The windows were broken in -all the houses The correspondent of the Associa? ted Press says he has conversed with several of the wounded sailors and understands from them that the ex? plosion took place while they were asleep, so that they cac give no par? ticulars as to the canse. Washington, Feb 15.-The secre tary of the navy received the follow? ing telegram from Capt. Sigsjbee : . "Maine blown-up in ?ll?bana har bor and destroyed Many wounded J and doubtless more killed and ! drowned Wounded and others on board Spanish man of war and Ward Line steamer. Send lighthouse ten? ders from Key West for crew and few pieces of equipment still above water. No one had other clothes than those upon them Public opin ion should be suspended until further report. All officers believe io be saved Jenkins and Merritt not yet accounted for Many Spanish offi cere, including representatives of Gen Blanco now with me and ex press sympathy. The officers refered to io the above dispatch are. Friend W. Jenkius and Assistant Eo2?nenr D?rwin li. Merritt. From the warding of the dispatoh the navy department thinks it is pos? sible tba? they were on shore at the time of ?he accid'ft'. The secretary of the navy received ?no!her dispatch from Key Wi??r. at the same titne with the shore, bai its con? tents were net ruado public. Thc orders for^be lighthouse tender wore at once sent to Key West in plain language, thus avoiding the delay that would have arisen from the use of cipher. Habana. Feb 16 -Thc wildest con? sternation prevails in Habana. The wharves are crowded with thousands of people It is believed the explosion occurred tn a small powder magazine. At a quarter of ll o'clock what re main* of the Maine is still barning. Capt. Sigsbee and the other ofScors have been saved. It is estimated that over 100 of tbe crew were killed, but it is impossible as jet to give exact de? tails. Admiral.Manterola bas ordered that boats of all kinds should go to the as sistence of the Maine and ber wounded The Habana firemen arc giving aid, tending carefully to the wounded as they are brought on shore. Geo. Solano and the other generals j bave be ordered by Capt. Gen Blanco j to take steps to help the Maine's crew j in every way possible. The oorrespoo- j dent of the Associated Press bas been ; near tbe Maine in one of tbe boats i-f j tbe croiser Alfonso Doce and seen others j J of tbe wounded who corroborate the i statement of those first interviewed that j i they were already asleep when the ex- j plosion occurred Captain Sigabee says the explosi?n occurred in the bow of the vessel. He received a wound in tbe bead Orders were given to tbe other < fhrers to save themselves as be&t tbey o JU ld. Tbe latter, who were literally thrown from their banks in thrir nigbt clothing, gave the necessary order? with great self-poBsessioo and bravery. At 11:30 the Maine continues barn? ing. Tbe first theory was that there had been a premature explosion in tbe San* ti Barbara (magazine) with powder or dynamite below the water. Admiral Manterola believes that the first explosion was of a grenado shell 1 that was burled over tbe navy yard. ^ -BK- ? i mm -- Took a Severe Cold af?9r the Big Fire. Atter the big fire io Cripple Creek, I took a very severe cold and tried roany remedies without help; tbe cold only becoming more 8*ttle<1. After u&ing three small bottles of Cb^mberlaios's Cough Remedy, t>oth the cold and cough left me, and in this hieb altitude it takes a meritorious congo remedy to do any gook-G ? EENDERSOW, Editor Daily Advertiser, Cripple Creek, Colo. Sold by A. J. China. responds readily to proper fer? tilization. Larger crops, fuller ears and larger grain are sure to result from a liberal use of fertilizers containing at least 7% actual Our books are free to farmers. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York NOTICE. OFFICE OF County Snperinten?ent Eiiatioii, SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 22, 1898. rHE DATE fixed for the next recular ox aminatim ot applicants for Teachers' fJountv Certificates, ia Feora-iry 18 (third Friday.) For whites at Office Co Superintendent. For colored at Court Hougp. w J DURANT, County Supt. Education. Jan. 22-4t. Freeman and Herald copy. 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