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HP Alf Y, The Fall of 1901 promi?e? to be one of ilse nio?t active in the history of MERCe?JTTlLE ?OMPE TITI&JT \ In the City of Sumter. The lateness of the cotton crop means a short season, and every merchant will be forced to do a season's work in a few months. We do not believe there is any one better equipped for the emergency than we are. It is said by those who are familiar with mercantile houses in the State, that Our facilities are second to none-That our building is the most modern and convenient in South Carolina. If these statements of the knowing ones be true, then certainly ought we be satisfied-the only other requisite is DO THE BUSINESS. Our customers are responsible for the erection of our new stores The building formerly occupied by us became so inadequate to intelligently and satisfactorily meet the requirements of our steadily increasing trade, that, we felt it but justice to our friends to provide them with as "comfortable a place as our means could afford, in which to patronize us. The question was frequently asked us when building, if we expected to occupy both stores, and on being assured of the fact, the next inquiry was, "how do you expect to fill them?" ? glance at our present stock will answer that question. Our floor space is probably among the largest in the interior of'the State, and we can say truthfully ;that we haven't an inch to spare. We are actually crowded, and with clean, fresh stock, Bought as cheap as moue j and an experience of twenty years coeld buy them. Remember, all our old stock was sold at a sacrifice previous to our removal in the Spring. If our Fall trade increases in proportion as did the Spring and Summer, then we will have no regrets for the investment made,' and no doubt as to our ability TO DO THE BU OUR STOCK Will be found in keeping With Our building. Probably inj here. A boy's suit from 50c to $5. A youth's pant from 50c to $2.50. A youth's suit from , , , "4.T ;^^rr?w^+ +1,0? in /MIT.' $2 to ?8. Men's pants from 50c to ?7.50. Men's suits from $2.50 to ?18. HO department have we made greater improvement than m our; MR, ROBERT D PULGAR has charge of this department, and from his long experience in this Wfc?frr?fetffetfl?. r&i*Il?$?*?'llllPlii?' ^De' ouont t0 be as we^ qualified to supply your wants as anybody. If he can't fit you from 1/1 ?J5S WflfV"T "^F**1 1>MMIHL stock he will take your measure from our Order Department and guarantee you a fit from Here will be found Dress Fabrics from the cheapest to the Highest Clas3 Novelties. In con- ?15 to $35. Give him a call, ?ection with this department we have been forced to open a a ?flS it ir* VatAhiiehmpnt 8hoe?! &hoe? ! ! &hoe?!! ! vre?smaKing n.?iaoiisiiioeui # There are few exclusive Shoe houses in the State that carry a larger or more complete line rr * i J * . j r . r j u^u- -rTT "a ro?r? fa+naA tn m oleo than we /do. Our leaders for medium grade goods in Women's and Children's are the Heretofore our lady friends who wished to buy their ^^^%^r^r? GODMAN BRAND. The Children's start at 50c-the highest price being $1.25. They only where where hey could have them made-No excuse for that now Mrs. Kirk of Colum- and ^ $* ?d wg ^ th?Dk ? ^ b^aladyof long experience and established^reP?f^^ ever better value put in a shoe to sell at that price. vor - higher class ladies line we handle we unhesitatingly recommend her to our friends Her work wdl not be conhned to material CO'S. The price on these run from $2 io - ?-They are up-to-date in style, and bought from us, and her prices will be regulated to suit the character ot work required. -T ^ ? . f HT . A ^ TU? DT?V\TMTTV;3 AMni^v uvix8ui, iv/iox 0,0,^0 a none better for service. In Men s goods our leaders are ink KLYNOLD7? AND BAY Clothing Hats and Furnishing Goods STATE BRANDS-a team that is hard to beat. Bear in mind we guarantee every pair of This stock will interest any one who may need anything in that line. these brands we mention to give perfect satisfaction. We could probably fill an entire news BOY'S AND MEN'S PANTS-If you want a boy's pant from 25c to $1.00 you will find it paper with interesting reading matter for prospective purchasers, but enough for the present. Come and see us, and if you make your bill with us we guarantee absolute satisfaction, or refund your money. Our motto shall be : "Sell as cheap as we can, not as dear as we might." SPAIN'S KINE IS READY. Chicago Tribune. Precautions of the most unusual an extraordinary character were adopte for the protection of the young king c Spain and of his mother and siste when they left Madrid for San Sabas lian the other' day. Not only were th railroad stations all along the lin cleared of the public and occupieu by the police until the royal train ha' passed, but the entire route from th metropolis to San Sabastian wa lined on both sides of the track b sentinels, stationed at a distance o ten yards from one another, with or ders to shoot any stranger who per sisted in approaching the line after be ing challenged and called upon to halt These precautions were adopted ii deference to the queen's wishes. Ii proportion as the time draws near fo the surrender to the son of the rein: of government cn the attainment o his majority next spring the more ap prehensive does she become lest some thing untoward should happen to pre vent the fulfillment of the task whicl she took upon herself as a sacred dutj at the time of the birth of her boy namely : the preservation of his throne to Spain at the conclusion of he: regencv with a king qualified both ir body and in mind to assume the gov? ernment of the most sorely triec country in Europe. Unless some unforeseen catastrophe occurs between now and next sprinp she will be able to step aside with the knowledge that she has nobly fulfill? ed her arduous task, that she has steere J the Spanish ship of state foi sixteen years safely through every kind of dancrer and of difficulty, including a disascrous war, for which she was in no wise responsible, and she will be able zo feel that he has not only done; her ?uty toward the boy, bet that she has likewise fulfilled her trust toward the Spanish people. For no sovereign has ever assumed the reins of government in Spain who ^$ou?d~boast of bein? so well equipped for the task as Don Alphonso" XIII. He has been brought up among the most pure and healthy surroundings, whereas his father, his grandmother. Queen Isabella, and everyone of his predecessors on the throne were rear3-l in an atmosphere of profligacy and rice, to which they w^re initiated Ion? before they irrew up. Tho yo un ir k?nsr, instead of bein? spoilt, has been educatedwith a decree of Strictness altogether new in the an? nals of Spanish royalty, compelled to ^ submit to a discipline which would La ve been resented by many a lad of less exalted rank, and taught to ab? stain from posturing and from manifestations of conceit and of vanity, and remain modest, and above all frank and unaffected. Not only has he been most carefully instructed in the history of the past and of the present, so as to be able to form a sen? sible opinion of things around him, but he has likewise gone through such an excellent physical training that his former delicacy of health, which he inherited from his puny father, has disappeared, and he has developed into an unusually well set up, stalwart and tall lad, who bids fair to become in course of time as big as his mother's brothers, who are the tallest and stateliest princes of the reigning hon s 3 of Austria. He has a clear, frank eye, and a sym? pathetic manner, which are extremely engaging, and wins the good will and friendship of all with whom he comes in contact. He has, for instance, completely fascinated General Weyler, of Cuban fame, a soldier whose relentless cruel? ties in the Antilles won for him throughout the civilized world the ! unenviable nickname of "Butcher," and whom nobody believed to be burdened with any such thing as a heart. As governor general of Madrid he was brought into frequent contact with the young king, and the latter in some strange way developed such a strong liking for the general that the latter, moved by the manifestations of good will on the part of his young sovereign, has become deeply attach? ed to him, and imbued with a mix tur? of fatherly affection and loyal devotion to the young king of which I no one believed in the "butcher" of Cuba to be capable. j The winning over of Wey 1er is a fortunate thing for the young king to have achieved. For, with all his faults. Weyler is undoubtedly the most forceful and influential figure in the Spanish army today, and com j mands a following of both officers and I men which no other military leader j can boast in the peninsula. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert that I Don Alphonso, by winning over Gen ; eral Weyler to his cause, has virtually assured himself of the fidelity of the army and diminished by a hundred fold the chances of any military pro ; nunciamento in favor of a dictator ! ship of Don Carlos or of a republic. One little incident will show how ? carefully young Don Alphonso has j been brought up. Under all previous 1 reigns not merely sovereigns but even 1 royal princes were accustomed to wear the uniform of field marshal from their tenderest age-indeed, from. ^ their fifth year-on all official occa- j ! sions. The only uniform, however, i that King Alphonso wears is that of i the cadets of the military school of ? San Idalfonso, which is a sort of ' Spanish counterpart of West Point, j The uniform, while neat and natty, is ! exceedingly simple, being of dark ? blue, slightly trimmed and faced with i red, and without a bit of gold lace j about it. The king wears the uniform, ! nor. of an officer of the corps of cadets, i but merely of one of the rank and file, . and there is no indication of his rank ; except the miniature badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece which just I peeps forth from his collar. It is not only by his mother's desire, but likewise by his own wish that the ! young king restricts himself to this attire, and he wishes, in Iiis own words, to be a soldier before becoming an ollicer. Of course no one can admit that a boy attains the years of discretion on J his 16th birthday, or that ho has ac ! quired by then sufficient experience to ; qualify him for the rulership of so j turbulent a country as Spain. Still, ; since the Spanish constitution de ' mands that kings and queens should be considered as of age when 16 it must be admitted that no 16-year-old youth could be more splendidly equip? ped for the kingship than Don Alphonso XIII, thanks to his estima? ble and sagacious mother, Queen j Regent Christiana. ^..vu " ^ \ HISS BELEAGUER S CASE. She Will Be Admitted to the S C. Asylum. , It is nearly a fortnight since the be? ginning of the correspondence between the governor of Georgia and of South Carolina relative to the disposition i of Miss Concha Belaguer, the unfor? tunate young woman who has been confined in the police station in Atlan? ta on acount of her diseased mental condition. It has been decided to bring her to the hospital for the in? sane in this city, not because she is a citizen of South Carolina, but be? cause she is in need of care and atten? tion which the Georgia authorities will not give her. She has relatives in Charleston. The governor yester? day received a letter from Mr. James C. Gilliland of that city giving the information that Miss Belaguer's brother is auditor of the Charleston Consolidated Electric company. It is said that the young woman is in a de? plorable condition physically and mentally. Mr. Gilliland writes the governor that she was well educated and was highly regarded. Governor McSweeney wired Governor Candler that he had instructed the police of Atlanta to send the young woman here, and the following was sent by Gover? nor McSweeney to Chief Ball of At? lanta: "Have Miss Concha Belaguer sent to Columbia, S. C., under a care? ful and prudent guard to be delivered to Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent State hospital for the insane. Actual expenses assured." It is not.pleasant to give publicity to such a sad case as this, but it shows the deplorable amount of red tape nec? essary even in such emergencies.-The State". Gen. Funston Has Appendicitis. Manila, Sept,l 7.-Gen. Hughes has expelled the agents of Smith *fc Bell and Warner & Barnes from the island of Samar, for rendering aid to the in? surgents in Manila by buying hemp and other produce, knowing that the money was going to the insurgents. Gen. .bunston is in the hospital suffering from appendicitis. He will probably be operated upon. Aguinal? do has written to Civil Governor Taft and Military Governor Chaffee saying ! that he regrets, with the rest of the American nation, the great loss suffer? ed by thc people of the United States in the death of President Mc? Kinley. South Carolina at West Point. The first five cadets in the order of j merit in the fourth class at West Point j for the year ending in June last, ac cording to the official register just published were : Chas. R. Pet tis, of Mississippi: Robert P. Howell, nf j North Carolina: Robert M. Campbell, ? of Maryland: Henry H. Poliert, of Mississippi, and Robert C. Richard? son, Jr., of South Carolina. The class contains 154 members and the distinc- j tion won by the five boys entitle them to he placed on the army register. ?ia? .?.?.. i A bad complexion generally results froaj n .five liver and bo-v*-id. Ia al] such cu^, ?.-Witt's Early Ricers f^ace i;rjtiKyi?? r* euits. J S Hugbsoo & Co. The Census and Our School Sys? tem. To the Editor of The State. From your "South Carolina Census Revelations" in Saturday's State 11 send you the following figures that ? may be of interest to those of us who have been advocating compulsory education, and especially so since the State is beginning to see and feel its own interest in these matters. In your total of school age for whites, you give 218,323. I find in the superintendent of education's re? port for 1899 the number of white children enrolled to be 123,398 with an average attendance of 86,725. That would leave 94,925 white children not enrolled in any school ; consequently they are not attending any school. Perhaps the average attendance 86, 725, would more correctly represent those who are really deriving much benefit from the school fund. If that be at all correct we would be confront- j ed with the appalling fact that 131, 598 white children are not attending school, or, if attending at all, they can be doing so only at short intervals, or the average would not be so low as 36,725. If we admit that all of those who are enrolled are attending some school will not the fact that 95,925 of our white children are not attending any school be enough to startle us? Then is it not a grave question for us to ask ourselves, how are these children ever to be brought into the schools? The public schools have been in i operation now for about thirty years, j With voluntary attendance we find 94, 925 children with not even their names upon the school roll and not likely to be there. Then why not try the involuntary or compulsory system? W. A. Brown. Marion, Sept. 17. We had intended to direct attention specially to this matter, and are glad that the same thought has occurred ot Senator Brown. The revelation made by the census of the great number of white children in South Carolina growing up without attendance on the public schools is of a character demanding thought. Of course it was known that a great many children were not receiving the benefit of the public school fund, largely as that has been increased in the last few years, but it is safe to say that no one suspected that the number was nearly so great. Instead of solving the problem of public education it would seem from this that we have only be? gun to do so. But it would not be accurate to assume that as many as 04,025 white children receive no education whatever because they have not been enrolled in the public schools. In all of the cities and most of the towns of South Carolina there are private schools for children and youth, ranging in their scope from primary to collegiate in? struction, which are attended by children whose parents desire for I them a closer personal supervision than is possible in the crowed classes of the public schools and by thousands of girls and lads, young women and young men, who receive academic and collegiate education without aid from the State. How large these numbers may be in the aggregate can only be guessed, but they are quite considera ble, and it would not be fair to leave them ont of the account. There is another and more potential circumstance that must be taken into consideration, and it is this; The school age in South Carolina is from 6 to 21 years. The census states the entire number of whites and blacks within the range of these 15 years. But it by no means follows that there are, for instance, 94,000 whites ?be? tween the ages of 6 and 21 who, even without taking into account private schools, academies and colleges, can be classed as uninstructed. It is to be remembered that the school in? struction of a large majority of the youth of this State ceases before the age of 15 is reached, and thus those who have concluded their school-going at 15 must be considered as having already received an education-such as it is. How large a percentage of those enumerated as of school age belong to j this class it is impossible to say, but j it is certain that a very great deduction j must be made on their account from i the total of 94,000 white youth indi- | cated by the census as presumptively j illiterate. The scohol term was ex- I tended so as to embrace all minors j over six years in order that those youths of both sexes who had not re? ceived the benefits of the schools dur? ing the years usually devoted to study : might be privileged to attend them, j even to the verge of the voting age : ? but necessarily those between the j years of 16 and 21 actually in attend- j ance must constitute a very small proportion of the whole. Had the ? census given us an enumeration of I those between the ages of 6 and 16 we ; would have had a much better basis for estimating the numbers without ' public instruction. It is to be hoped that the State ! superintendent of education will be ? able to furnish some information on j this subject which will tend to show how large a number of actual chil? dren, white and colored, are receiving no instruction. This would relieve the impression made by these census figures, which on their face are shock? ing. But no matter how large the deductions from the list of those as? sumed to be growing up in ignorance, the remainder will certainly be enough to give a fresh stimulus to the cause of compulsorv education. If even 15,000 or 20,000 of the white youth of the State cannot be reached by the present system it will be desirable to resort to some measure of compulsion to assure them a fair start in the race of life and to elevate the standard of our population.-The State. A Raging, Hearing Floo? bashed down & telegraph line which Cha* C Ellis, of Lisbon Ia., had to repair. "Stand ing waist deep in icy water." be write*, "'gave me a terrible col i un 1 cju*h. lt -rew worse daily Finally tho In-.-; doctors in Oakland Neb . Sioux City and Omaha said I had con? sumption am* could not live. Th^n I beg:in using Dr King's New f?i?covery and was wholly cured by six bottle*." Positively gunr nntced <.?r Coughs, Co?d* and a!! Throat .?n<i Lung troubles by J F W De Lor me. Price 50c Huntington, Ind., September 17. Joseph A. Wildman, a United Breth? ren minister, was tarred and feathered by a crowd of one hundred last night for saying that McKinley was a demagogue. JL^i^^a^ A CARO. Sumter, & C., Aug. 22, 1901. Crosswell & Co. beg to an? nounce that their business af? ter September 1st will be con? fined entirely to the wholesale trade. We wish to thank the pub? lic and our many retail cus? tomers for their kind and gen? erous patronage, and assure them that should we ever enter into the retail business again that it will be our aim as in the past to serve them to the best of our ability. We invite merchants, here and in adjacent territory, to get our prices before making purchases, believing we can save them money. Tours truly, GROSSWELL & CO., PHONE 53. Aug 28_ FOR SALE AT A BAE&AIN. For Casi, or on Approved Papers. 2 60 Saw Lamm us G?DS wiib Feeders and Co Dd ec sera. 1 60 Saw Hall Gin with Feeder and Con? denser. 1 Extra heavy Winship Press, a fine one, complete. 40 feet of 2 inch Shafting. All io good repair Apply to W. W. DESCHAMPS & CO , W?sackv, S C. Or to A. A. STRAUSS, April 17-tf Mayesvilie, S. C. Estates of Mrs. Frances L. Din kins and Miss Williametta Din Mns, Deceased. I WILL apply to the Judge cf Probate of Sumter County on October 12th. 1901, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estates. ROBT. B. DINK1NS. Sept ll-4t Administrator. Vigor_of Men Easily, Quickly, Permanently Ee stored. ; HINDIPO, Dr Je*n O'Harra'a (Paris) Great French tonic and vitauzer is sold with written gu?rante? to cure Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Failing Memory, Fits, Dizzi? ness, Hysteria, et ipa ?ll drains on the ner? vous system caused by bad habits or excessive use of tobacco, opium, liquors, or "living the puce that Kills" It wards off insanity, consumption acd death It clears the blood and Druin, builds np the shattered nerves, restores tie fire of youth, and brings the pink glow to pale cheeks, and makes yon < oung and stroog again 50c, 12 boxes $5. 8v mail to any address. For sale in Sumter by Dr J F W LaDorme. 3