Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i WEDItBSDAY. aCTOBEB 10. Oar State Contemporaries, .^?ff^ - ?? - What W?l Wa Do With It P Greenville Mies. . The latest briiliaot Republican idea for counteracting the effect of the Pres . ideat's Teto message is a movement to boy the Dominion of Canada from the - British government for $3 :G,4>00,000. Senator Sherman is the real estate agent who is negotiating this trade, r,u4 H is strictly in order for him to Inform the public at his earliest con . veaience ?hat ase wo hare for Canada j tod what we are to do with it when we get it. This country is abundantly supplied : *%?th weather now ; we have more of it than we know what to do with. Weath? er ia, we believe, the chief product and ..the leading industry of Canada, the * cold radtty feeing a specialty and Wig gto* feeiug the heaviest dealer. Next to weather that co m try is strong en polities, and we certainly have ali of that we need. We have sixty millioo people and more territory than they eau take care of. It weald be interesting to know what seed we hare for 500,000 square miles of sew territory, most of it nuder .sow during the greater part of the year, 4,000,000 aew white people and a large and/varied assortment of In? diana. We can easily foresee endless trouble, ecafa*io& and complications likely to rem?t from the proposed transaction. The Canadians. who have with mach difficulty got the hang of their own system of government weald find much difficulty io unlearning it all and ac? quiring an idea of our methods and af , fairs. We would have te open night schools to teach them United States pol? ities ; and what would become of the knights, baronets and other wearers of Dominion titles we do not know. A howl is going ap from every part ; 4? this country against the wholesale immigration here of foreigners, strang? ers to oar language, customs and instil lati?os. Yet the Republican Serators propose to reeeive an j. incorporate as part of this Republic four millions of people trained ander a monarchy, dif? fering from as in many respects, a large proportion of them speaking a language different from oars, and none of them ': eccaitomcd to the methods or principles of a republican form of government Thane people are not to be mingled with oar population as immigrants are, ao that they may become assimilated. They are to remain io their own coun? try, among their own people and with eerranndings and habits unchanged. They are io be with na, but not of os. The proposition is as ridiculous as it sa foolish. This country has no more Bead of Canada than it has of a slice of the great desert of Sahara. As a kind nf damping ground for ? that un desira? ble class of oar oitiienship afflicted with a tendency to being 'short* in the manipulation of trust funds it is now of some value to os. A parchase of the territory and people would destroy that taloa and bring apon as an endless abata of troubles. The Tax-Doggers College. Lowndcst?le Advertiser. The News and Courier notes the fact that the recent State Convention gave no expression of opinion as to what action the State should take in re? ference to the proposed Tax-Dodger's College in Oconee. Io their non-action we think the Convention acted wisely. When the people of (he State f onie to reflect upon toe matter we are quite sore that the apparent need for the amangal labor school will not be as real as is now supposed. The State of South Carolina gives free tuition to poor beys in the Sooth Carolina College. This is even better than allowing a boy to earn hts- tuition fees at work in the field. . There is, on general principles, more humbuggery about scientific farming than anything else on the face of the earth. If a scientific farmer baa" a five thousand dollar appartus it would then ' cost him from $150 to $500 to analyze * single clod of dirt. When ?re re . cember that there is no regularity of ior soil, it is easy to see that it would 3 -aire a great deal of money to get the beatific value of each separate clod on ?fas a very small farm. Syartanburg Herald. l'Lci? seems to bc a growing disposi? tion la this county to return to the con? vention ?y ste ID of making nominations. The Woodruff correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle writes: Our pri? maries are over, to the relief of all parties. It appears to your correspoo - Je?t that the whole system, while it bears upon its face the marks of geo oine Democracy, ia degenerating imo a species of combination that is without proper control, that encourages fraud and strife, and tends, remotely it may be, in the direction of communism and .monocracy. The people should rule, it> certainly a correct theory, but certain issues and principles can be managed and developed to much better advant? age in a solid, well selected convention Chan before the masses. For one. I should greatly perfer the convention pian of making our nominations, as giving better results and more solid eattsfacriou. How He Escaped the Gallows. 'There is a fellow/ remarked Station noose Keeper Carlisle, of Atlanta, to a Oonstitation reporter day before yester? day, poioting to a yoong mao passing, .that baa one of the most remarkable histories I ever heard of. His name is George W. Black. lu 1874 or 1875. dariog the famous Wade Hamp- on cam? paign, there was a negro named Henry C. Thompson that caused a great deal of trouble. Thompson was shot at on the day of election, and in the room where the voting was being done. He escaped unhart. The next day he was plowing in his field when young Black and a friend came by on their way to Lowndeaville. Black stopped suddenly and remarked as be saw the negro, 'I believe I'll kill that negro.' He called the negro to come to the fence, and the negro did so. Black stepped np to the fence and began shooting with a pistsL The negro dropped dead 'For several weeks after that the white people hid bim out from the Yankees and finally carried him through the country to the moantaios of North Carolina. T cere was a reward of $1000 for him. Leaving North Carolina be went ap in North Georgia aud hired himself as a farm bai.d. He drank too mach one day, and while in? toxicated he told bis? employer that there was a reward of $1000 rat for him. The farmer arrested him, deliver? ed bim to the proper authorities and received the reward. He was tried, The jury hung thirty-six hours, and fiually returoed a verdict of guilty with recommendatiou to mercy. He was sentenced for life. He stayed in jail until jost about a week before the term of Governor Moses "expired. Moses knew hts time was short, and was play? ing the place for all it wis worth. "We made up $250 and sent it to Moses with the petition. Black was pardoned, and that's the story of the luckiest mao I ever knew.*-Atlanta Constitution. Lieut William T. Howard. The death of Lieut. W. T How? ard, U. S. A., the son of the Hon. R. G. Howard, of Marion County, S. C, has already been announced. For some years he had been in fail? ing health, but he lived long enough in active service to win the respect and admiration of his comrades, in addition to the affection which he inspired 'among his old friends at home. Lieut. Col Langdon, com? manding the headquarters of the 2d artillery at Huntsville, Ala, issued a special order in which the career of the young officer is sketched, and the sentiments of the command are ex? pressed. The order is dated Septem? ber 14, and is as follows : "It beccmes the sad duty of the Lieutenant Colonel commanding to announce to tbe regiment th? death of 6rst Lieutenant William T. How? ard, 2d, artillery which occurred at Florence, S. C., on the 3d instant. Lieut. Howard entered the Nation? al Military Academy, from his native State, South Carolina, in 1872, and was graduated with distinction in 18V6. He was* appointed second lieuten? ant 2d artillery Jane 10, 1870, and first lieutenant 2d artillery October 16, 1884. He joined battery ?'T," 2d artil? lery, at Morgantou, N C., October 1, | 187?,* and was engaged in several expeditions to enforce the law against 1 illicit distillers in the rugged moun? tain of YVesterti North Carolina. During the labor riots on the Bal? timore and Ohio Railroad in 1877 he was assigned to the command of Bat? tery G, 2d Artillery (May 9, 1877 ;) serving at Martinsburg, Keyer and Sir John's Run, West Virginia, and at Cumberland, Md., and acquitted himself with satisfaction to his supe-j riors. He waa appointed acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Texas October 28, 1878, and aide-de-campe to Brig. Gen. E 0, C. Ord, ?. S. A. commanding the department of Texas, November 1, 1879. Relieved from duty as acting Judge Advocate of the department of Texas February, 1881 Again detailed as acting Judge Ad? vocate of the department of Texas from June 16 to October 25, 1881. ; In the performance of his duties as Judge Advocate, Lieut. Howard made'a most enviable record, but his health, never robust, was serious? ly impaired by a too intense appli? cation to his duties and he never regained the strength thus lost. In May, 1882, he was compelled, on ac? count of -sickness, to leave his post of duty, and never again rejoined his regiment. Lieut Howard was an accomplish? ed officer, of fine abilities and great promise-respected by his comrades and valued by his commanders. lt is safe to say that he had not au enemy iu the service, and that all who knew him will sinceiely mourn his early death and the untimely ter? mination of his career of honor and usefulness. Lieut Howard's family have the j sincere sympathy of the regiment in their bereavement. As a mark of respect for the mem? ory of Lieut. Howard the regimental colors will be draped, and the officers of the regiment will wear the usual badges of mourning for thirty days.' This is a high tribute to a n_.au 'of both performance and promise. It will be some consolation to Lieut. Howard's parents and friends in their sad bereavement, and be evidence besides of the fidelity with which j South Carolinians in these days of re-union serve their country under the old fiag. A Heal Romance. Last winter the People published an account of a phenomenal crop made by one of Capt. G. O. Riley's tenants. The article wa3 copied from paper to paper until it reached Texas. There it feil into the hands of his cousins, chi' dren of the late G. O. Riley, who was sheriff of Barnwell about fifty year? ago The similarity io names induced them to open a correspondence with our Capt. Owen Riley who is a nephew of the | former sheriff. Besides this pleasant introduction of kinfolks who were igno? rant of each others existence the Texas cousins have received the happy news from their Carolina relatives that there is a pretty interest for them in valuable real property belonging to their grand father's estate. Some of their heirs are expected to come East this winter. BarniceH People. - - ?i - - - South Carolina^ Credit Good. Through the instrumentality of the Loan and Exchange Bank of this city a loan of ?50 OOO has been negotiated for the State io New York city, at the favorable rate of interest of six per cent. This loan was rendered neces? sary by the lau ness of the taxes in coming iu and the extraordinary ex? penses of pensions, etc , for which ap? propriation was made by the last Legis? lature. This seems a direct contradic? tion of the claim from some quaners that a panic in relation to Southern loans exists in New York.-Columbia Run Ut cr. Statute of Fraud-Void Prom? ise. An oral promise made by a member ! of a firm whose partner had jost re- ; fused credit to an iofolvent person to ! see the latter's account paid, evrn j though the goods charged to the i usn] \ vent, was held by the Supreme Court : of this State (Ilobertson vs Hunter) to be void under the statute of frauds. ! Professor Gauthier, of Taris, states that ! certain vital processes of the body develop : putrefying1 su^stanc^s in th? tissues, which, if i not speedily eiimin-Uvd. product* disease, j Ayer's Sarsaparilla effects the reioovnl of j thesesubstances, and thereby preserves health, j _ -i - Nobbiest line of Gent's Stiff and Soft Hats j ever shown in Sumter can beseeu at J. Ryt- J teoberg & Sous. 1 A Good CMance for a Soun erner. The Government of Queensland, Aus? tralia, has offered ??750, having jnst iucreased a former offer of ?600 salary per year for an instructor in the Ameri? can system of agriculture. Applica? tion is made through the department of agriculture Commissioner Colman has received so far no application from the South for the position, and only one from tho West. All the applicants seem to come from the States of New York, New Jersey and Delaware. - ii -?<>. mmm The issue of the News and Courier announcing Tillman's victory in the recent convention, and containing an editorial comment thereon was publicly burned at Hamptou C. H. The seven Sou,th Carolina members of Congress hav? all been rend?ninated : viz. Sam'I Dibble, in the Int district; Geo. D. Tillman, iu the 2nd ; Jas. S. Co th rao, ?Q the 3rd; Wm. H. Perry, in the 4th ; John J. Hempbill, in the 5th ; Geo W. Dargan, in the 6th, Wm. Elliott, iu the 7 th. -- ? m . Richard Coleman, a prominent far? mer of Edgefield county, has recently been very despondent over the damage to the crops by the freshets. Thursday he arose from the dinner table, went Into an adjoining room, took bis gun, seated himself in a window, placed the muzzle of the gun against bis heart, pushed the trigger with a yard stick, killing %imself instantly. He - was fifty-three years old. ---?.*. - AKE YOU SKEPTICAL? If 50 we will convince you that Acker'* English Remedy for the lungs is superior to ail other preparations, and is a po-siiive cure for al! Throat and Lung troubles. Croup, Whooping Cough and Colds. We guarantee the prepara, tiou and will give jou a sample bottle free. Appl- at Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. -?mm*- -i CAUTION TO MOTHERS. -Every mother is cautioned against giving ber child laudanum or paregoric'; it creates an unnat? ural craving for stimulants which ' kills the mind or the child. Acker's* Baby Soother is specially prepared to benefit children and cure their pains. It is harmless and contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by J F. W. DeLonne. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE Confirm var statement when we say that Ack? er's EnglUb Remedy is in every wtry superior to any and all other preparations for the Thront aud Lungs. In Whooping Cuu^h and Croup it ts milgie and relievos at once. We offer you a ! parople bottle free. Remember, this Remedy is sold on positiv? guarantee by Dr. DeLurme. HO FOR Kingman & Co. -THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN THE CITY. We have just opened our Fall Stock of Dry Goods, HATS Al I0KS, And in these lines we defy compe? tition. We pay spot cash, for our goods, and in that way are enabled to OBTAIN MANY BARGAINS which are lost to those who buy on long time. We buy our of the Manufacturer thereby saving the 33J per cent, that the Jobber charges for handling, and we give the consumer the benefit of that per? centage. Call on us and be con? vinced of the assertion. WE GUARANTEE all goods as represented and refund money where goods do not come up to representation. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED a full and complete line of FANCY GROCERIES, which are composed of the finest brands on the market. Such a vari? ety of CANNED GOODS as we show never has been seen itt Sumter. We keep everything that is handled by a first class grocer. Our line of Fancy aid Bain Crackers are the celebrated "A. E." goods. There are none BO good as these. KINGMAN & CO. Main Street, next to C. E. Stubbs. Sept 5 SU MT KU PLANING MILLS1, James H. Sanders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN Door, Sash. Blinds,1 SCROLL AND TURNED BALUS? TERS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Laths, Shingles, &c i Sail! ana Dressed Lumber, i AIR DIMED. Plain and Fancy Ceiling, Flooring and Finishing Material. 'ard and O moe, Mary Street, East of R R Depot, Sumter 6. C. E. B. LOWRY, j ept 19 Jiusinop? Maunder. I JLook? Look? LOOK. LOOK. Af ihe G#at Offer of T. C. SCAFFE To secure either One or Two splendid ?COOKING STOVES FOR NOTHING. To ?oduce additional trade to my already large and extended one, I will, from this date, present to every person purchasing ONE DOLLAR of Goods in my establishment for CASH, a numbered Tieket entitling the holder to a chance at a SPLENDID COOKING STOVE, with ali utensils complete, valued at Thirty Dollars, and a beautiful HEATING- STOVE, complete, valued at Twenty Dollars; the Gift to take place at my store on the ist JANUARY, 1889, (New year's day,) the highest number drawn taking the choice of either Stove, and the low? est number the remaining one. SO COME ONE AND ALL ?ind buy your good? or send your order with the Cash-P. 0. order, draft, or by express. Remember, the more goods you purchase the more tickets you get. I ana-offering goods in my Une very low for Cash. My stock is now complete, consisting of Cooking and Healing Stoves, Ranges, Wood and Iron Pumps, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, AGATE AND IRON WARE, WOOD AND HOUSE? HOLD FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL KINDS. Gnus, Pistols, Cartrite Toys, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, STEAM MILL SUPPLIES OP ALL KINDS. Lamps at all prices. Chandeliers, Lan? terns, Christmas and New Year Presents, and other goods too numerous to mention. My Fall Stock bas just been received and is complete in every department. Remember, the more you purchase for cash the more chances you get. SO DON'T FAIL TO COME or send your orders, for you not only buy your goods at BOTTOM CASH PRICES, but you also procure a chance to secure for yourself a splendid Cooking Store. come one and all and buy your goods at T. C. SCAFFE, Main Streets Sumter, S. C. Sept. 19. Selected with great care and to meet the wants of all. No trouble to show goods. Prices Low Down. The stock is large in Fine, Medium, Business and Plantation Suits in all the leading fabrics of Foreign and Domestic Mills, made up in the best style and finish ! They cannot be excelled by any one. The Stock was bought to sell and all we ask is a careful examination of them? before buying elsewhere. The Stock of Youth's, Boys' and Children's Suits, Is larger than ever before, and you can get Bargains every day in this Department. Ask to see them when in warft. 'They ?rir very cheap. When you want an Overcoat, medium, fine or for Plantation use, remember I have a BIG LIISTE AND VERY CHEAP. Don't miss the bargains in our overcoats for men and boys. Nice line of fine Dress Suits. Good line of medium Dress and Business suits. Big line of low priced clothing for plantation wear? Extra Pants in great variety. Big job lot Vests, Dress Shirts, Underveats. Medicated Flannel Drawers, Cotton Flannel, and Flannel Suits for Men's Underwear. Travelling Valises, Bags, Buggy Robes, and a fine line of Collars, Cuffs, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Gloves. Umbrellas, Hats ia soft and stiff, Suspenders, Socks, <fec, &c. Everything to be found usually carried by us. If you want Real, Reliable Goods, something that will give satisfaction k* wear and looks, just come to my store and be supplied. ' Thanking you for the liberal trade of the past, I remain, Very truly yours, Main Street, Sumter, -S. C. October 3. RACKET STORE. CASH VS. CREDIT. SSE Wheo we came to Sumter we couid bear it was predicted for os that we would soon have out the red flag. It was also said that we could oot make a living in Sumter by selling goods for cash. Well, we are here yet, and from the looks of our large etock asd rapidly growing trade it seems we came here to stay. Not only to stay, but to lead with the best values for the least money. Sumter is good enough for us ; it is not at all the dull town it was represented to us when we came. We opened our business on the 7th day of July, io what is called the cull season and from the very hour we threw oaf doors open our house was C!#wded with customers anxious to spend what money they had and sorry they had no more to spend. Ever since we have seen no dall times. Thc Racket Store is a hive of industry, selling goods cheap for bright shining dollars. What a nice business it is when we compare it with a piece of paper marked hisX mark, which very often brings poor returns. To some people it seems mysterious bow we can sell goods so cheap, but to us it is very plain. When goods are bought right it is easy to sell them-there lies the whole secret of success. No matter whether it be in the mountains of North Carolina or io the great city of New York we hear of a merchant falling under the yoke of the credit system and wants to sell his stock at a reduced price, our buyers never fail to go and see them and very often purchases a fine stock of goods at from 30 to 50 cents on the dollar, below New York cost. There should be but little difficulty in selling goods when bought at such figures. Merchants who purchase goods through the regular channels of trade have to pay too .much for the honor to do so. We never look at the honor that comes to us by purchasing any article at $2 00 if we can buy the same and just as good for one dollar. What we glory in is to be able to sell goods cheap. We get the mastery when we buy, and keep it when we sell, by adding on our small profit and stop When you purchase goods out of the credit system and pay, your cash has to help to pay for the man that never pays. No wonder there are so many of ibe never paying clafjs looking like howling wolves seeking their prey. You see the whole system is wrong, it is a wheel within a wheel, a combination against the consumer. Look at it from the time the goods are manufactured, to the jobber, from the jobber to the merchant, from the merchant to you, io each and every transaction the tax of credit goes on, no country or no people can withstand it and be prosperous. It wili be the one aim of the Racket Store to try and induce as far as possible as many as they can out" of the credit system by selling them goods as cheap as we can for cash, instead of how high for credit. New goods rolling in every day from the slaughter pens of credit. Come and see us; we will prove what we say. I Millinery Department. I There is no reason why a lady should pay two prices for a hat or bonnet be cause it is an article of adornment. We sell the fiuest millinery at the Racket Store. Our milliner is just from New York, where she has been getting the latewt stylos. We will guarantee satisfaction to all wanting Hats, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons or anything in the millinery linc. See our Dress Goods at 12J cents a yard, Casi m ere 15 cents a yard. This department is very attractive. Shoes from 45 ceuts a pair to the best hand made Hess shoe for $3.50, regular price, $5.00. Gents' Furnishing Goods is complete. Pants at astonishingly low prices. Hats and Caps at unheard-of low prices. Lace for the world and very cheap. Towels, table cloths and damask, by thc yard, very cheap. Best Holts' plaids, G cts. a yard. Good plaids, 5 to 5? cts. a yard. TINWARE DEPARTMENT. This department is full to overflowing. Coffee Pots, 7, 8, 10, 13 cts. ; gal? lon pots, 15. Hand saws, 48 cts. ; chisels, files, monkey wrenches. See our Braces at 45 cents It is useless to quote prices. Our goods go so fast and our trade is growing *o rapidly we just cannot keep goods enough on hand to supply our wonderful trade. We will bo pleased to givo liberal terms to merchants who want to buy cheap goods. STQN & CO., Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C. Sept. 2G New York office, 4G6 Broadway, N. Y. The Subscribers, mindful of the patronage heretofore ex* tended them, with an assurance of appreciation, would again call the attention of the Trade in this and adjoining Counties to their large and varied supply of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. We occupy the large building of the late J. T. Solomons, North of Court House Square, and it is literally full? We desire to place this immense stock within the reach of all classes of purchasers, and to this end will be content with close profits. We are handling this season an unusual supply of BIM GRUS Hil SILK, BIM ?Hil! SILK, COLORED DIM SILK, BLACK AND COLORED SATINS. And a varied assortment of Silk Braids, Passamenterie Trimmings, Beaded Panels, Ornaments, &c. Also, full line of Worsted Braided Sets, Panels, Ornaments, &c. Our stock of Black Henrietta Cloths, Cashmeres and Tricots, are marked low down. Indeed, we will meet any competition in any line, and invite the public to inspect these goods for themselves. We venture the remark that we have the Largest Stock of Ladies5 and Misses" Cloaks? Wraps, Jackets, &c, of this season's purchase in the market, and offer them at HALF their REAL value, CLOTHING, CLOTHING, CLOTHING. HATS, HATS, HATS. Encouraged by our success in handling the above Goods, induced us to make a specialty of them this season, and we are handling the largest stock we ever carried. Last season we sold within sixty days about loo dozen Hats : this season our purchases extend to 200 Dozen, and we propose to oller them at from 25 cents to ?1.00, worth double the money. Those of our friends who have been using the celebrated "E. P* Reed & Go." Shoes, are reminded that our stock of them is complete, and every pair warranted. Also, a fine line of Gent's Hand Sewed Goods, which we also guarantee to give satisfaction. We are prepared to oller inducements to Merchants in the interior, and guarantee to save money for them. Sept 19 linell & SUMTER, S. O Co.,