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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7.. Our. State Contemporaries. Money for the Farmers. ^ Pickcns Sentinel. This is arj important question for the Farmer*' Alliance. It is expected that c the Alliance will" try its combined force Os the money market. They want and Should have the lowest possible rate of interest. If they are net in good enough * shaps to succeed in the foreign money markets this year, they can save more money than they have ever saved before, by making terms with the Greenville Savings Back. On good collateral it will advance money, as needed by the members of the Alliance at the rate ten per cent per annum. Those who did not need the money over six months, would thus only pay five per cent on the money they used. If the members of the Alliance eombioe their .credit, this is a good opportunity for them to -save money. ^ j Important to Farmers. Ncvberry Neice cad Hera14. The corn crop of this country is very short and it is therefore important to tile farmers to pi a at the crop which will take its place soonest. This in our judgment is barky, 1st. It will furnish the earliest spring food. 2nd, It ripens before oats, and weighing nearly twice as much, is much superior to that grain. 3rd, It produces gore bushels to the acre than any other grain. Land that will make 20 bushels of corn will make doable that amount in barley. On the Pacific coast, notably in California, it .is fed to horses in preference to core. It is chopped for feeding ; one peck of this grain being a full days feed per horse, and a liberal supply. We do not mean by this that farmers should sow ibis grain to the exclusion of oats and wheat or the planting of corn, but we seed diversity of crops. We need to ' sow liberally of all small grain. It is * great satisfaction to a farmer to have barns and cribs full and plenty of bread ?tuffa on hand. Trapped Again. Greenville Neva. Once more Republican smartness has been pitted against Grover Cleveland's ?! .. bard common sense and quiet shrewd ness and oace more there is a crushing .recoil and a serious entanglement. The Republican Senators rejected the ?isheries treaty and gave the President the opportunity for the ringing, sting ling message, calling for power to assert American strength and to defend Amer : tican rights. The power asked for. was jefes^d and Mr. Cleveland would prob ably bave been silent od the subject until after the election, for fear of hav ing his motives misunderstood if he prosecuted the matter farther. But the officious fools could not ' let !, bad enough alone. Ia their anxiety to recover lost ground and to set a clever ( trap for the administration they con- , cocted the Sack ville-West Murchison letter job. ( Now- how it- comes back to them ! , Bow beautifully they are snared in , .their <cwn trapl The "President was | jgiren the opportunity to make the ( .eagle scream on the verge of the elec tion a note which goes straight to every American heart to stir its patriotism I jand pride > tee Democratic adeicistra 4ion was given the task of asserting the /dignity and rights of these United States on a position, beyond criticism or question. The opportunity has been j used splendidly. !, The Republicans are trapped. Their j Reading campaign cry is stiSed-, the ' ?luster and falsehood of Blame are mashed dowo flat ; -they must approve what the President has done or stand ; ^committed to a policy of tame submis sion to any insult or interf?rence a for eign power may put upon us. The author of the brilliant scheme baa doubtless been congratulating h?m- j self on his success. Now he may well begin to consider whether he is not! Harrison's Burchard. Hard Times. Barnvotll People. **The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year." The cotton #rop of the Couay is practically gather Ad and gone The latter rains shortened j the yield and the money kings lowered j its prices. The bright promise of the summer has departed, leaving behind j bloeness among sellers on time and de- j ipondency on money buyers on credit. | "The fields look like broad grave yards .of dead great expectations and the ! problem to make both ends meet is a ! general perplexity. But this is no time to sit down in the ashes clothed in penitential sackcloth, and hugging sorrow to aching hearts. j[t is ratber the very season in which I men and women should investigate j themselves individually, aad so endeav- ' or to find out the cause of and the cure j for hard times. Human nature ist prone to hunt up 6cape goats for its sins of omission and of commission, and if the public were called upon to < sit in judgment upon the question, the : verdict would be a unanimous agreement ! that the sreathif clerk, the bacon j raisers apd corn growers aud wheat \ speculators of the 3fbrth-Vv"est, tue bulls ! and bears of Wall Street, t?;e bagging j trust and the great spread ea^lc Ameri can tariff had done the mischief, a;:.] ; that the innocent suSercrs were the ; periMc&od victims of all those divers and sundry conspirators. There is truth in that but seif examination ai.?;] proas examination would show that it is ! pot all the truth, and that much of the j blame for such a situation is borne n?a<Ic. The people bave deliberately Lut un though ted! y placed themselves at the i mercy of the everlasting Yankee Th?*ir intentions ha7e been the and their *t*dgrr.er.t the worst i? the ; world. It is rightly chimed that this is God's country, gifted with the most i genial climate, the most grateful soil, . th? widest range of production, and yet it is fast becoming the property of the cute New Engl?nder, whose c?mate is i too cruel and whose soil too niggard to j allow the right development of fall i grown Christian souls. Our people are ! slowly becoming his mon servants and l baud maidens and as his power grows greater and our resistance becomes less j capable with equal progress, he will I tighten tfce screws uutil the torture j becomes unendurable and the slavery beyond redemption. Kveo now, like t the Egyptian task master, he ia taking \ the straw without reducing the required i aud inexorable tale of bricks. the t years goby the struggle of life, a sort f of baud to mouth existence, coutinues i s s tread mill course, while the cancers t of care and debt continue to eat away hope and happiness with more voracious appetite. 4"The euro of credit V1 How many lives has it mined within the two last decades i How many homes have been stolen by its greedy grt'Sp from heart broken women and children out cast from the shelter of the roof tree that had covered so many years of hap py history ! How many sacred cham bers where the loved ones bade the last earthly farewells before they went into the great beyond have passed into stranger bands ! How many hapless men and women and tender babes has it started adrift upon the tender mercies of the world, perhaps to end a long line in shameful vagabondage or the bitter rest of a pauper's grave, unmoistened by a single tear, unbonored by the mute mark of marble ! And does not the manhood and womanhood of our people weakes and wear away in this downward avalanche? So the old, they whose memories of the old past are more vivid than their remembrances of the recent years, see, and are not serry that their spans of life will soon be measured to the end. But the younger plastic lives will keep step with the decadence of the times unless conservative influences shall rouse them to honor and be worthy of the traditions of the past and equal to the dangers and duties of the coming years. Of Doubtful Expediency. Abbeville Medium. The grand jury of Clarendon county has made a presentment Qf considerable length and interest. A number of sug gestions are made lookiog*to a reduction of expenses. Some of the recommen dations are proper but some in our opiuion are unwise. The grand jury thinks the pay of their School Commissioner is too high and recommends the -passage of a law by the legislature which will cut dowa his pay about one-half. To effect this purpose we do not see that any change of the law is necessary. Section 1003 of the General Statutes provides for the manner of paying the salaries of School Commissioners. The County Board of Examiners are to fix the com pensation provided the amount does not exceed three dollars per day for each day actually employed in the discharge of his duty. The account must be sworn to. The number of days shall not exceed two hundred in the year outside of Charleston County. The law does not say that the School Commis sioner shall be paid for two bnudred days but that in no event must he be paid for more. By the last report of the School Commissioner of Clarendon County it seems that the schools in that county were open but a little more than two months during the year. At three dollars per day the pay should not have been much over ?200. This salary does not strike us as too much for any soxt cf an officer. The grand jury also recommends : *' Giving the County Commissioners of Clarendon County the power to issue bonds to the amount of seven thousand dollars bearing interest at a rate not exceeding eight per cent, per annum for the purpose of placing the finances af the county on a cash basis. And ' that for the purpose of paying principal I and interest on these bonds, an annual levy of one mill on all texable .property af the county be made until said princi pal and interest is paid." This we regard as a very question able scheme. Aiken county asks that the law allowing that county to borrow money be repealed. It has not worked satisfactorily. The County Commission em already have the power to borrow j money for the purchase of real estate j for the erection of buildings or the pur- j chase of land farms. This power, how- | ever, is closely guarded. The County ! Commissioners must first notify the j General Assembly of the necessity therefor, authority must be granted j them by the Legislature to create such ; loan, then the question must be submit ted tG a vote of the peopie and a two i thirds majority must be secured before ' the loan is created. i When such safe guards are thrown around creating a loan for such necc3 sary purpose as above indicated it does seem unwise to give power to borrow money for current expanse. Bonds are j bad things. An annual tax would meet the emergency, and the people would j be relieved of the extra burden iu a few years. The people of Clarendon should consider carefully before entering upon any such scheme. The Legislatus. Abbeville Frees and Banner. The Abbeville members of the Gen- j eral Assembly from this county may possibly propose some legislation which will be of interest to the people. While | some of the measures may fail to become | laws, yet there can be no doubt that some changes arc needed. When the General Assembly meets ! we trust that Representative G ray don : will make another eiiort to pass a law ... \ i requiring insurance companies to pay what they promise and for what they j receive a premium. The combined in- j fiuenco of the insurance companies was ; suScient to defeat this law before a. previous legislature, j Representative C. A. C. Walker, we j learn. is contemplating a proposition j tor some important amendments to the I road -aw, but we Law; not learned : the particulars. If he can successfully j tuerie the kiiv will immorta?ze him self in one act. iiepreoCOta^ive J _\ tisng sri.i tactile : the bridge q:es?i:?n. i>-;nAf a practical bridge bU'ider. he \:::>-::< all about ihe subject. Not. having had interview with him, we ar<- nur informed a-> u> the eiaet i:Vi he wiii pursue. .Mr. K. K. (2111 wii! probably iu?ro- ; iluco a bill n; the Legislature making the trial justi^ of Abbeviiie County salaried ?S jers. Ile will a!;.^ introduce a bill amend- : ir.g the jury la.7 so t-; require thej juries t;> he drawn in open Court. Wo have seen draffs of these b\\U and c u Bider them both ; measure nv.\] >\u L'f'rcly trust that y may bvcime ! a w. Vie have always ;i; :::;>; lirai a :.;. ! :.: which made a judge's { ::;;; ;; > or fees contingent ??:. hi ; wn ::. ! n- ;? pernicious system which i, fruitful ??f evil conse??::;ncc3, <-f vv?;i:-!: :!. ?iub?;; bave little idea. With ti.;; nas-a-'o ...f the proposed amcudm :>t the i would be removed all p'>s-i';?iiity for grounds in the b< Y.c? that ii. ro < tuii . fraud iu tue action ei drawing our uries. Senator Hemphill has in contcmT?la ion a bill to establish an institution in which " to train pupils ii; the various ndustrial art;--, to widen and enlarge he opportunities of usefulness, prepare V>r the practical industries of trie ayo md make woman a significant factor in : he material progress of the State ; This institution will most likely absorb or take in the Winthrop Training School in Columbia. The Printing of Election Tickets. Ahbivil?e Press a:td Banner. A* some of the bretht j of the press have had something to say on this sub ject", and as we think the country press have been unjustly treated by the Dem ocratic party iu this State, we will make a remark or two on the subject of levy ing "assessments for campaign pur poses" and the printing of election tickets We believe the Executive Committee have consistently ignored the country press, except on such occasions, when their services were needeJ iu doing free advertising or in the free whooping-up of any particular idea which they may have wished to impress upon the public. On the other hand, we feel quite sure that a single newspaper bas received nearly all of the profitable work of the party. If any newspaper, save a single exception, has made a dollar by work for the party, let it speak out. We presume the Executive Committee care very little whether or not we may think that we are treated in a fair way. With the reigns tightly held over us, and with the constant threat of a return to Radical rule, if we no not believe like good children, they need not care to inquire either into so small * matter as the judicious expenditure of the campaign fund, or whether the country gress have been justly dealt with. The press of South Carolina, we believe, without exception, have labored earnest ly and. persistently to advance the in terests of Democracy, and we believe, as a rule, the newspapers have support ed and sustained the Executive Com mittee in whatever they have done. They did it generously and freely, even though the County Democracy and the State Executive Committee have reg ularly carted off all or nearly all of their printing to the News and Courier. The country press have no right to complain of any citizen who may choose to send bis own job printing to a city office, where he may pay double the price, but whan .a public officer sends the people's money off to a city and pays more for official or party work than it can be had for at home, he commits an act which is a proper subject for remark. As a rule, campaign funds should be spent among the people who contribute it, if tis .good service can be -bad at home and at as cheap rates, but when it costs from 50 to 100 per cent mere to pa^rouize a member of the Executive Corumit?ee than it does to have the I same work done at home, then those who contribute may complain. To i-ay j the least of it, it would seem impolitic j for the Executive Committee to. choose i one of their own number to do all of the party printing at an exorbitant price. To show that the Executive Committee undertook to fosce the dif ferent counties to give one of their own j number all of the State printing at his own price, we think it would only be | necessary to show their recent action i toward Abbeville county. Heretofore Abbeville county bas paid, j we believe, 75 cents a thousand for all of the tickets, but our County Chair man this year concluded not to give 75 j cents to the Charleston firm, when they could be printed at home for about half that price. Just as the forms were ready to go to press the County Chairman received the j following telegram : columdia, Oct 25. "To E. R. Gary : State Committee \ will furnish your county free Electoral, j State, Congressional and Solicitor . tickets. Write Dawson about tickets, j "Wiley Jones. Secretary.." j Doesn't it look like a job?or is it | bossism? When our County Chair man refused to order the Electoral, State, Congressional and Solicitor tickets, they propose to print them any how, and we presume will detjend upon assessing the peopie or the officers to pay "Dawson" 75 cents for tickets, which our County Chairman had contracted for at home at about half of fhe price which was to be paid to the Executive Committee printer. Another reason for the continuance of bossism and the holding on to the I printing by the Executive Committee j may be found in the manner of priotiug | ballots for the Constitutional amend- j ments. Will anybody assert that the j "Yes" and the "No'' tickets have been ! evenly divided ? Will anybody assert! that an equal number of "Yes'5 and | "No'7 tickets have been sent to the ! different counties ? if they have not, j can anybody give a reason, outside of i bossism, for denying equal advantages | to both sides of any questiou in the \ Democratic party ? It may not be uninteresting to show j the actual cost of printing the tickets j at, Abbeville, and for which Abbeville j couuty has generally naid $45 to a j member of the Executive Committee j | ever since Democratic reconstruction : j i 31J quires paper ol x 40 ? G 30 ! ; Setting type and making ready j, for press, 1 00 j Cutting paper, 5<> ; Rubber bands, 20 j ; Press work, 6.000 iixipressions, o 00 J i Total. ?1100 I The same number cf tickets, 5S.G00 ; at 70 Gents, would cost $43.50, bcoidcs ; express freight V The .same clay <>u y.!iich t}<e telegram ; | m reference t-> the fm*: tickets was re- ; ceived, the mails brought us a printed circular letter fron General lz!ar, ( iia.r man ot the Executive Committee, ask- ; tog u> to do th- party whooping-up i therein referred to. Thi-*, of course. , like all the oilier party printing which I < we have received, was ro l?e a "thank \i you*5 j"b. X > money in it. It it had i been a moooy job we * ? * - v^. ? : not that, :s I heretofore, a member -.f the Executive j Committee would have received the j , j, The <-. ;? t.:s-?..-.? : < l having ii remedy at ' : an 1 tor cro'i i r vi it;-; t; ; i, mhc I liront, ju-i li'i .jti ? i;?>: , is v ; . roM.-olin^ ?<? a parent. | lV ? ? Ii a Oo?lt! <?' Ayor a (*nerry ?Vc?ophI in i ho'i.-e < fee: -. in sueh tas? 3. a sense wi ? .*'.*?* .. * ' Don'l fail to r?*ad - - ?f-w story coimni need j ihis \vr?.k on our ?rrst p' ! -?.a^. .aeac??? ? Full iine Gaits', Lacks' aed Children's j Fall ,';: .? f/?dies' and (; :.:?' Collars and 1 at f>\r-. i I take Ii IN I I Mi-.. ' I'.?r Witn? "i .-i uni!, n .-;> ^;t< 1<.<; : fer ?- i,: < :' ;i .?! <>. :i !i- r ! ><:: U>r w.nit "i | * a i; > . :i rwler ? :i it s?." Xcr< r i ? i'lrrf strati iiii..::-. The ?lr>"! s . : - >! lnicu:il'>t?t:? und C?tn< ! n cau ??xltJc.J't \>v cticrfced ?>v Dr. ! /'" ! Ii U< ut.- iv i r Consumption, j Uly J i- tt. DfrUruw._ su;: is "??a j ? ? i i." ? ] .:. ( ! f.- : :n !:: ! ; i-irl by a prompt .- e ??f l>r .\'-!<-:'.- Kfji-ii i:<M--.iv ! r (> ?. j umioiW- M s Win. llarrii?*?. N-w i"t>rk. ' ^ "Ol : *'V -i. F. W. lAi.Mt U.V. ! " LOOK. LOOK. At the Great Offer Of To secure either Une or Two splendid COOKING STOVES FOR NOTHING. To induce additional ttade 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 Ticket entitling the Holder to a chance at a SPLENDID .C?0? STGTE, with all 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 1st 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 ! and buy jour {roods or send your order with the Cash?P. 0. order, draft, or by express. Remember, the more goods you purc.ase the more.tickets you get. I am offering goods in my line very low for Cash. My stock is now complete, consisting of Cooking and Heating Stoves. Hanges, Wood and Iron Pumps, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE. AGATE AND IRON WARE, WOOD AND HOUSE HOLD FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL KINDS. to, Pistols, Cartridges, Toys, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, STEAM MILL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS. I Lamps at all prices. Chandelier?, Lan terns, Christmas and New Year Presents, and other goods too numerous to mention. My P : 11 Stock hus just been received and is complete in every department. Remember, Uie more you purchase for cash the more I 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 j yourself a splendid Cooking Stove. So ccme one ar.d all and buy your goods at I T. C. SCAFFSi, j Main Street, Sumter, S. C. ! Sept. 19. Just be Sure and Examine the Line Carried by 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, 3Iedium, 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. Hie 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 clay in this Department. Ask to see them when in want. They very cheap. When you want an Overcoat, medium, fine or for Plantation use, remember I have a !BIGr XJOSrE AJSTD. VERY CHEAP. Doivt 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 w'e?rv. Extra Pants in great variety. Big job lot Yosts, Dress Shirts, Undervests. Medicated Flannel Drawers, Cotton Flannel, and Flannel Suits for Men's Underwear. Travelling Yalises, Bags, Buggy Robes, and a fine line of Collars, Cuffs, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Gloves. Umbrellas, H?ts in soft and stiff, Suspenders, Socks, &c, &c. Everything to be found usually carried by us. If you want Real, Reliable Goods, something that will give satisfaction ? wear and looks, just come to my store and be supplied. Thanking you for the liberal trade of the past, I remaiiiy Yery truly yours, Main Street, October 3. Sum ter, S. O. When we came to Sumtcr we could hear it was predicted for us that we would ?oon have out the red flag. It was also paid that we could not make a living in Sum ter fry selling <;oods for cash. Well, we are here j et, and from the looks of uur large fctoek and rapidly growing trade it seems we came here to stay. Not only Jo stay, but to lead with the best values fcr the least money. Su m ter is good enough for us ; it is not at aii the dull town it was represented to us when we came. We opened our business ou the 7th day *of July, in what is culled the dull season and from the very hour we threw our doors open our house was crowded with customers anxious to spend what money they had and sorry they had no more to spend. Ever since we have seen no dull times. The 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 how we can sell goods so cheap, but to us it is very plain. When goods are bought right jt is easy to sell them?there lies tho whole secret of success. No matter whether it be in the mountains of North Carolina or in the great city of New York we hear of a merchant falling under the- yoke of the credit system and wants to seil 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 Jollar, 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, ami keep it when we sell, by adding on our small profit md stop When you purchase goods out of the credit, system ami pay, your 2ash has to help to pay for the man that never pays. No wonder there are so many of the never paying class looking like howling wolves seeking their prey. You sec 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 3*011. in each ind every transaction the tax of credit goes ou, lo country or no people can withstand tt and be prosperous. If will be the one aim of the Racket Store to try and induce as far as possible j is. many as they can out of the credit system by selling them goods as cheap as j ive can for cash, instead cd how iii^h for credit. New goods rolling in every day "rota t!:.? slaughter pe.ua of credit Cotnc and see us; wc will prove what we say. There is no reason why a !a?]y should pny two prices f.?r a bat or bonnet be 1 :ause it is an article of adorum? nt. We s<!l the finest millinery at the [lacket ! Store. Our milliner is jot from New York, where she has been getting the I atest styles. We will guarantee satisfaction to all wanting H its, Feathers, j blowers. Ribbons or anything i:i the millinery line. Sec our Dress Cools :-t j'Jl c^nts a yard. Casimcre 1;? cents a yard. This lepartment i.- very attractive. Shoes from 45 cents a pair to the best baud ! nade lies?" sh sc for $^.50. regular p'ic\ S'") 00. liouts' Furnishing Goods is oinplete. Pants at astonishingly low rrr . liats and Gaps a' unheard of low prices-'. Lace f?r the wor! 1 and vr-ry nhenp. Towels, table cloths and damask, by the aru. very cheat). J?-^? I jolts' plaid", <i cts. a yard. Good plaids, y to o\ cts. j 1 yard. ! TINWARE DEPARTMENT. j i Th:s depar!m.-ni is full to overflowing. Coffee Tots, 7, 8, 1??, 13 cts.: gal on pots. 15. tja:>d saws.-IS ets : chisels, tiles, monkey wrenches. Sec our I >races a: ' "> cents ii n !ess to iiuotc prices. Our goods go so fast and our j rade is growing so rapi i!y v.e ; cannot keep goods enough on hand to supply : >ur wonderful trade. We will be pleased to give liberal terms to merchants j vho want to buy cheap goods. >epf. Z S Sa ! Hg Jllilil Liberty Streck Sumtcr, S. Ci New York office, IG? Broadway, N. Y. OF mi" ?u11 m OPA s as I Iii The Subscribers, mindful of the patronage heretofore ex tended them, with an assurance of appreciation, would again cal! the attention of the Trade in this and adjoining Counties to their large and varied supply of *EHtISMAjL merchandise. We occupy the large building of the late J. T. Solomons, North of Court House Square, and it is literally ML 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 BUCK tiHOS lllffi1 IK, BLICK HOIRS Jill, COLOR! DIB $111, 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 and Misses' Cloaks. Wraps, Jackets, &c., of this season's purchase in the market, and ofier them at HALF their REAL value, clothing, clothing, CLOTHING, :ats. ma Mneouraged by our .success in handling the above Goods, induce! us to make a specialty of them this season, and wc are handling the largest stock we over carried. Last season we sold within sLxty days about 135 dozen Hats : this season our purchases extend to 200 Dozen, and we propose to oiler them at from *J? cents to $ j .00, worth double the money. Those of our friends who have boon using the celebrated "E. P. Reed & Co." Shoes, reminded that our stock of them is complete, and every pair warranted. Also, a fine line of Ghent's Hand Sewed Goods, which we also guarantee to give satisfaction. We are prepared to oiler inducements to Merchants in the interior, and guarantee to save money for them. Sent 10