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(L'?jt Mailman w? 3mt W EJD N ES DA Y ?NOV. 7, ii The Sumter Watcnman was toi j0 1850 and too True Southron in The Watchman and Southron no the ces?bicco circulation and in? of both of the old papers, and is ; fest?y the besi advertising media 8umter.. NOriCE TO SUBS CRIB EJE It is not necessary for us to 8( statement to each individual scriber who is indebted to m subscription, as the label show time to which each one bas i Examine the label on your papei if you are ia arrears please cali settle at your earliest convenie If it is -not convenient to call ia son send the money by bank d registered letter or post office oi press money order. The amount due by each on small, but the aggregate amount us is large, and this is the re? that we expect our subscriber ? make settlements We have car some of tbes? subscription accoi over from year to year as an ace modatioc to our subscribers, but cannot do so longer as there is i no excuse for non payment with ? ton selling for tea cents and over. We are informed by the Soutb C oiina representative of ?he B. Johnson Publishing Co.. that the i calar io reference to the exchange school books, recently issued by St Snperioteodea-t of Education McB han, is misleading ic some parti* lars The contract with the p Hebers requires them to take up a exchange at half price all text-bo< displaced by the newly adopted li This is con? I ru ed by the pu blieb? to mean that they are to take up ? the exchange price the standa books now in* use, and only su bocks'. That is to say, in Sumt . County where; Holmes' Readers ai Appleton's Readers are now ip u in the public schools, these reader only, will be taken up io exebanj for Johnson's Readers Montgoi ery's Beginners American Histor Honsell's Sphco! History and Hoi seli'f. Higher History ste the etan< ard text-bocks on this subject no in use and the? will be taken up i exchange prices for Lee's Historie* No other histories will be exchangee even though in use in some of th public schools Under Supt Mc Maharc's constriction of the contrae any and a*! school books, no matte how old or how many years out c date, could b? exchanged for the nev books ; under the publishers con strcction o?ly the standard text book *of the list displaced by the recen adoption can be exchanged, and the^ xviii take up only the books specified The book di alers and county deposi tories that accept Supt McMshan't construction of the contract anc accept lu exchange any and all book, brought to tberr. wiii 5nd themselves :'n ? hole when the publishers refuse to take them eff their hands. The crrii- cf politisa %??il.rs in thii C5Q3?ry is ?Otting rapide? towards the alisnment of toe ma.-rvib against the the c'a?ses, labor agates: capital Io the campaign jost closed (his fact was maje mere apparent than ever before, and * he, lice of chango became ci?:i?ot?7 mark- d. Life ioug democrats. m=?n? c.f thots S3iitherac:8 cf thu striated* sec*, hsve cu: themselves loose from the democratic faith., ?sc turned their hacks on rbe Drta'cspies tc which they bad owned a ?ezianoe ac? ha7e ir.ricd ?hem seit?* to tho Republican party, for the coo fe.?ed reason toa: their ?nanci*! interests lie with that party-the party that ixhau!:? the dollar aod fosto-s the growth of immense fortune? ia the hands ot thc few at the expend cf the many Maa^ life loo* republicans have likewise ahaodooed their party, because their eyos have been opsoed to the menace that the oca tin caa ci' in power of thc republican party h to ali except the capitalists and mooopol.es. As long as good crop9 and other nat ural conditions cootioue to produce prosperity and the monopolies aro not too oppressive ic their exactions there will be oo hope of overthrowing the Republican party which is the creature of the monopolies aod moneyed ioter eEts, but if there should be several years of short crops, low prices, de? pressed trade conditions or should the monopolies beoome drunken with power and oppress the laboring classes beyond the power of endnranoe there will bc a reaction aod a day of retribution would be the portion of the people now io I Republicans Ciaini 305 Electoral Votes. Few of tue Doubtful States Have Been Carried by Ery 3D, and Nebraska is in Danger. Heavy Increase Indicated in the Popular Vote for W. J. Bryan. - New York, Nov. 6 -Midnight - It* became evident at a very early hour this evening that the election of McKinley and Roosevelt was assured. At half past 8 o'clock re turns from nearly two thirds of the election districts of Greater New York had been received, indicating beyond question that Bryan and Stevenson could not expect more than 25,000 or 30,000 plurality in this Democratic stronghold, and un? less there was a landslide io evidence beyond ail reasonable expectation the State of New York had declared in unmistakable terms, although by a greatly reduced majority, for the Republican candidates As tbe night progressed it only served to confirm this judgment The returns from illinois betrayed a like condition The Republican plurality, of 189G was greatly re? duced, but it was still far too large to be overcome On the other hand, the returns from Indiana, Michigan, the two Dakotas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as Nebraska, seemed to indicate strong Republican gains over 1896. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia had given decisive Republi? can pluralities. The count in several of the far western States was naturally so delayed as to give little indication of the outcome there, but they had ceased to have a determining effect, and before 10 o'clock the Demcrats had given up the contest, and it was announced that Mr. Bryan had gooe to bed and was sound asleep. The whole story wa3 easily and briefly told. The Republican ticket would have a larger electoral vote than lour years ago, but in the larger States of the middle west the pluralities hnd been greatly reduced Massachusetts had fallen from 174.000 to 50,000 ; New York from 268,000 to 150,000 and Illinois from 142,000 to 100,000. The roll call of States at this hour is apparently as follows : McKinley-California 9, Connecti cut 6, Delaware 3, Illinois 24, In diana 15, Iowa, 13. Maine 6, Mary land 8, Massachusetts 15, Michigan 14, Minnesota 9, New Hampshire 4, New Jersey 10, New York 36, North Dakota 3, Ohio 23, Pennsylvania 32, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 4, West Virginia 6, Wisconsin 12, Wyoming 3.-Total 259 Bryan-Alabama ll, Arkansas 8, Colorado 4, Florida 4, Georgia 13, Louisiana 3. Mississippi 9, Missouri IT, Montana 3, North Carolina ll. South Carolina 9, Tennessee i 2, Texas 15, Utah 3, Virginia 12 - Total 139. Unreported-Idaho 3, Kansas 10, Kentucky 13, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3, Oregon 4, South Dakota 4, Wash ington 4 -Total 49. If all o? thc uaroported States shoald tur? out as Democratic, a highly im pro?able oootingeuoy, it would not change ihe result. The latest returns from Nebraska ic* ?icate a Republican plurality. The fifty seventh congress seems to bc Republican t?y a substantial work? ing mrjority. The'gubeinaloriai tickets have appa? rently followed thc national, and O'D-li ts elected io New York and Yatea io i I li cois New York, Nov 6 -Ex Gov Stooe at midnight made the following an oouocemoat : "I give up. ,;The returns telegraphed thesee headcuarters from New York, New Jersey and Conoeoticnt show that these States have gont Kepublican Returns from Maryland and West Virginia are incomplete. My information from toe middle and western States is so indefi? nite that I caoDOt form an opioioo as to thc result Aa I do oot know the fa:ts I will wait before I say finally what I think is the result." Mr Stone then closed the Democratic national headquarters in New York for the night. j -- i New York, Nov 7.-At 12 30 tb is morning National Committeemen Mau? ley, Bliss and Gibbs held a ooofereoce at tbe conducion of which the followu etatemeot was given out. *'Oo the returns received at republ can headquarters up to ibis hour t! republican oaticaai committee ciaiai have eiccted MeKioley and Roosev? by ao electoral vote cf 284. wi?h ?! pDsstbiil y cf 21 votes io addi:!-.?: j making a total of 305 These 21 vo; j consist of the 13 vote*? io Kectuc-ky ar S 8 in Nebraska. The Stages we sure j claim for McKinley aod Roosevelt a: California, Coonectieui, Delaware, Iii uois, indiana, Maryland, lows, EUasa Maine, Massachusetts, Michigao, Mit oe80ta, New Hampshire, New Jerstv New York, North Dakota, Ohii Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Islam Sooth Dakota, Utah, Vermoot, Was! ingtou, West Virginia, Wisconsin an Wyoming.'' The committeemen theo closed the desks and left for their homes Nsw York, Nov 6 -At ll o'cloc the iodicationa are that President }U Kinley has carried New York State b a' majority over Bryan of aboat 150 OOO, compared with a Republioa majority io the last presidential olet tion of 268.469 The total vete i the city of New York is approximate: 60,000 larger than it was io 1896, an np thc S'ate the increase is abeu 30.000. Io the city Bryan wipe out the plurality of 60,^00 whiel McK?oley bad four years ago and tooi on a plurality for himself of aboa 25,000 Up thc State McKiole; barely held tho vote which be had t? 189?, the addsd vote goto? to Bryan The vote for B B. O'Dell, Jr., (Rep. nomioee for governor, is oonsiderabl; larger than that for McKioley. Ii Brooklyn, particularly the Democratic nominee for govornor, Mr Sfaaohfie'd appears to have beco scratched The election passed off quietly both in tho city aod State. There was nc more than the usual number of arreste of men accused of attempting illegal votjeg at city precincts, aod shere the accused made it cicar that they were innocent they were permitted to return to the poliiog places and v?te without f?rther molestation. mm ~^mm The usual uncertainty as to tbe yield of American cotton prevents Ellison, the English authority, from yet making &ny estimate as to the probable snppiy of cotton from this country, but it is interesting lo note that he looks for a largely increased yield in India, with the probable im? ports into Europe of 800,000 bales, against 315,000 bales last year Egyptian prospecta are less brilliant, and he Looks for a supply of only 750,000 bales, against 834,000 bales last season, while from other sources about the same amount as last year is looked for. As to coneumpiion, he expects that the United States, Japan, etc , wii! lose the increase gained last BeasoD, and that the quantity con? sumed will not exceed 3,900,000 bales of 500 pounds, against 4,278, 000 bales, or a decrease of 063,000 bales. A full rate of consumption for Great Britain would be 3,536, 000 bales of 500 pounds, or 68,000 bales per week for fifty two weeks ; but about two weeks consumption (136,000 bales) will probably be saved hy short time in October and later on, leaving 3.400,000 bales, against 3,334,000 bales last season aud 3,519,000 bales in the season before. The continent will probably use about 4,600,000 bales, against 4,576,000 bales last season aud 4,784, 000 bales the season before, making for Europe, America, etc.. ll 900, 000 bales, against 12,188,000 bales last season and 12,21S,000 bales the season before Ile places the amount of American cotton actually needed at 10,382,000 bales, and he "looks for uo plethora of cotton even if the crop equals 10,750,000 bales. A crop of less than 10,250,000 bales, he says, would be a calamity, and thinks a crop of 11,000,000 to 11,500,000 bales is actually needed. As usual, therefore, the key to the situation will be found in the outturn of the American cotton crop, and, despite the improvement in condition recent? ly noted as a result of the holding ofi' of frost, the situation at present prices is not such as to tempt or re? ward bearish manipulation-Brad streets London, Nov 6.-Dr Morrison, wiring to the Times from Pekin yes torda}', say? : "Vice Admiral Alex j 1 efl" has addreesed a communication j to Li Hung Chang asking China's I intentions regarding Manchuria and inviting ber to resume the govern- . ment of that territory under Russian j protection, which, be say6, will be of! -mutual advantage to China and j Clemson 52. Carolina 0 : The foot rif?!' 2flm? be***???! Ctm-T. ?rd j Carolina w!i ch look pkce in Coombia i*-^ ! Tbur3l*y wis io i*alin v.u /^car-. >:e Giea i COT eleven re riv ouipin'.iac tire <j?roi.T!. ' tioys st ever, r-'.'irit lr w?u9 oor :r.?r-r ! est nz. Tb* ?ore 52 io 0 te;l> inc whufe story. 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DEST asd largest international Life ! ?o-urance Company in The world (Jp- ! g under the con:roi of 82 e'<verr?n:eu:s. j .?rt-bo.'ders As>Ks ov*r $236 OOO OOO orit3 pM;>J to poney hoHers Life Ordi- j Aceuunlnrion Policies, l'en, Fif- . Se:? Tweti?v p.tyn.fot' AccurauinUoa Poli Ten, Fifteen, Tventy-_ve*r Enaowmea: cuiaMoo Poicirs Polices u?o-ferfeita? contestable. H FRANK WILSON, Agent, 12-3QJ Su rare:. S C. Estate o? Miss Mattie M. Stuckey, j DECEASED. ?WILL APPLY to the Judes of Probate of j Sumter County on November 17ib, 1900, j tor a Firjal Discharge HS Aduiiostrator of' aforesaid Esta'e GEORGE M. STUCK EV, Administrator, j Oct 17-41 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF j SUMTER, j STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE- j POSITOKY. SUMTER, S. C. j Paid at> Ctpitai.$ 75,000 CO i Surplus ?od Profits ... - 25,000 00 Additional Li.ioility of Stock? holder? in excels cf their stock. 75,000 00 j Total protection to depositors, $175 000 00 Transacts a General 3a o ki Bueinres. Special attention citen to collections. Si VINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposna of $1 ar>d upwards received. In terost allowed at the rHie or \ per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 nnd not exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days of January. April, Julv nod Ortooer. R M. WALLACE. L. S. CARSON, President. Ca?hi?r Land Surveying. WILL GIVE prompt attention to all culls for surveying ?fui slat'i lat de. KAN KS H ?JOYKIN, Oct 10-o Ca?cb-U!. S C. T?| CURESiV/HERE ALL ELSEF AILsJ mm Best < "cu?ti Syrup. Tames Good. Use LTJ in time. Sold by drupKiists. cf THE SUCCESS OF OUR LAST as even greater than Ve have the confidence of the people, and they know that our advertisements are the truth, pure and simple. Our motto to advertise only that which we have, is an established fact. Specials we advertise are as we represent them to be at all times A call on us when in need of any of the many lines we carry will be a convincer once for all that we are the real money savers to you. Below are a few specials we place before you for this week's offerings : Just in-Two new lots of ladies' rainy day skirts. As they are very desirable just at this time we think the prices placed on them, will bring you in to look and then to buy. Our $5 50 Sk:rrs ?4 67 Our ?3 50 Skirts $2 89 Just in-A special lot of fancy wool mixture, elegant for childrens'" school dresses, which are greatly in demand just now. To make you better acquainted with* our dress goods depart? ment the price will be 23c. The value 7c a yard more. Just in-Another lot of children's ribbed hose. The good kind. The kind we have been selling for years, always a 10c stocking. Just so you can Jay in a supply the price will be 3 pairs for 25c. Just in-Twenty-five-mercerized underskirts. Black, Cerise, Dark Heliotrope. Our regular $2 75 skirt, and well worth the price. This week the price will be S2 19. Just in-A small lot only of Dotted Swiss Curtains, ruffle edge, intended for $1 85 retailing. This week price while they last $1 59. Just in-A small lot of children's wool reefers, tan and grey, 4 and 6 years only. Regular $1 50 value. For this week $119>. Just in-Our second lot of children's school shoes for boys and girls at $1 and $1 25. They are crack-a-jacks. Just in-Ten doz Men's Black Alpines, all sizes in this lot. Would make fast selling at 75c. To make faster selling the price for the week will be 50c. Just in-Another lot of our celebrated knockabout suits for boys, Double breasted coats, sizes 6 to 15. Really $1 25 value. This week's price 87c. Justin-About 20 gents' Mackintoshes at less than JSTew York cost. A chance for you while we have them. J. Ryttesibers: & SODS? Oe 24 i Our Fall Stack is I Jf*ow Complete. o CJD t? o3 rd O <D T$ t? 03 co CD > O CC O SH t? O bc t? .rH m DON'T WATCH THIS SPACE. T. C. SCAFFE, The old reliable Stove Dealer. THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Has Never Been Equalled as a Pulverizer. I sell these Harrows on so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the satisfaction they give rather than the profit 1 make. My doossjarc open to all-My stock is ready for inspection. Como and see me in roy oew quarters, corner of Liberty ?nd Harvin Streets. FIRST CLASS LIVERY. FEED AND SALE STABLES. W. B. BOYLE, Sumter, S. C.