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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14.
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The Sumter Watchman was founded
in 1850 and the True Southron in ?8C6.
The Watchman and Southron now has
the combined circulation and influence
of both of the old papers, and is mani
? fest?y the best advertising medium in
Swsiter
AT.T, IS WEIiL THAT ENDS
WELL.
All sorts of opinions on Harrison's
:; election have been giren, and the coun
try is now flooded with them. The
great and the small have been inter
'Viewed and eolnmns npon columns of
their predictions are being published
du?y in newspapers of the country. If
only a small part of these prognostica
tions were to come to pass the United
States in general and the South io par
ticular would certainly be rained be
yoao ,-edemption.
The fact that Benjamin Harrison, the
Republican nominee for the Presidency,
hat been elected, cannot be viewed;
as a forerunner of bad govern
ment and general destruction. It is
*k true he and President Cleveland do not j
think alike on the tariff question, but
farther than t*Lis there is no reasonable
ground to suppose that his administra
te will be of a revolutionary char
. *D*er.
Here is the "solid South." That
most be dealt with somehow or other.
t The height of the Republicans' ambi
tion is to break up this long standing j
^ sofitt South." A wayfaring man
though a fool knows well enough that
extreme measures will never do it, and
the situation warrants the belief that a \
-orae?iatory policy toward the South |
:.- j*od her people will be proposed during j
Harrison's administration. i
Republicans may have been inclined
f-: to wave the bloody shirt for effect in cer
' tain quarters during tfee campaign, but
they have wen, and they are too shrewd
ferns ytfttag Kfce thst now. They re
alise fully that peace and good-will will
be their trump cards toward the South
und in the management of affairs con
cerning her and her interest they will
he governed by expediency and a whole
some policy. Therefore all these dark
-and gloomy pictures contained in these
tbnvsand and one opinions on the result
??f Harrison's election are rather prema
: 'ture and without a foundation to say
*be least about them. Take Attoraey
^General Garland's for example. "Be
is afraid that Harrison's advent means
the -restoration of carpet-bag govern
<at?tft to &e South." We would just
tan-soon believe that tfee man in the
tnooo will be elected to the Presidency
v
of the United States four years henc-,
. ... .
as that Harrison's administration, wilj
fcria-g about any such a diabolic/.! out
rage W?0& tlte South. Iu the first
W$ pkee the South would not submit to it,
and io the second place Harrison, as
President of the North, of the East, of
the West, as well as of the South,
:.f mould not allow it.
As a matter of course there will be
?banges in many of the offices now held
4>y Democrats up North, but Mr. Har- |
riaoo is more than apt to take into con- |
^deration that he is indebted very little j
to th? Republicans down South for his |
?feetsoo, and consequently it cannot be
?xpected, much less demanded of bim j
to make a wholesale sweep in the re- j
mo val of Democrats for the substitution
of republicans in all of the federal j
offices in the South. Many of our post- j
masters who have been eminently faith- j
ful in the discharge of their duty and
who have given universal satisfaction to
both black and white will nardly be
asked to step out simply because the i
Stan who wants his place is a Repub
lican.
To the victor belongs the spoils*' i?
poor policy for a statesman to follow,
and it has been repudiated by a Dem
ocratic President, though the Repab- i
licaos bad been in office for over a i
quarter of a century when he took
charge of affairs four years ago. To
adopt the poliey now, especially as far
us the South is concerned, would not
bring about what Harrison's adminis
tration will most earnestly endeavor to
accomplish.
Some of the most promiuent Repub
licans io South Carolina arc not so hon- i
gry for office as most people wight im-j
agi ne. Capt. T. R Johnston aud Mr. |
T. J. Tuomcy have positively stated j
that they are not seeking or in the j
least desirous of holding any chice, and
perhaps tbe effect of Harrison's election
S3 far as Sumter is concerned may not
be very marked. "Ali is weil that j
ends well K
??mmmmtwr??saw
TROUBLE BEGUN.
Tbo following from the Georgetown
Enquirer shows what iders the common
negro has about the resuit of the elec
tion, and how little they are fit to take
part io the government of this country
until they learn more than the most of
them will ever know iu the next twenty
five years :
One of tbe first-fruits of the Repub
lican victory in the recent national elec
tion made itself apparent on Saotee last \
Saturday. Trial Justice W. C Durant
was holding court, a colored man being
tried on a charge of a-sau't and battery, i
Mr. J. Birbaura was the prosecutor.
A large mob of excited negroes bad j
gathered around the building in which
the court was held. Suddenly they
^ burst like a torrent, as if by preconcert- j
ed arrangement, iuto the court room,!
Mixed the prisoner and carried bim forth :
W io triumph. The Justice, seeing the j
man thus forcibly taken from the custody
K of t'-e law and restored to lib^r y, was
forced to sospeud proceedings and leave
tbe *pot. The infuriated crowd, with I
pumtiou* fully aroused, seemed to lose :
ail fear of the law, and as they raided
the court room, the rioters shouted to
each other : "Go ahead ! It's all right
now! Harrison's elected.'' The igno
rant and deluded creators doubtless
think that a Republican president in
Washington means for them full license
to do as they please. Justice Detract
came to town on Sunday aod reported
the occurence to the authorites. This
outrageous defiance of law, in its auda
city aod iosoleoce, is the most flagrant
that has occurred in this county for
years, aod the ringleaders should be
arrested and punished at once. The
sooner such men are taught that the
law still reigns supreme and that it will
be enforced, the better it will be for
both races in the oounty.
P. S. Since the above was written
we learo that a warrant was issued on
Monday for the arrest of Dick Huger,
Ben Huger aod Stephen Green, three
of the rignicaders, charging them with
riot, assault and resisting ao officer.
Deputy Sheriff Davis found them in
Justice Anderson's office yesterday
morning and arrested them. They
were lodged in jail to await a prelinii
Dai y hearing, which will probably be
held to day.
BADLY SCARED^
The Charleston World on last Mon
day, coder the heading 4'The Horo
scope of the Future," recites the fact of
its conclusion on Wednesday morning,
Nov. 7th, that Harrison was elected,
and that on Thursday morning it came
forth "to bury Caesar," <feo., and pro
ceeds to say ;
"Gn Friday mo?nin?. beiog impress
ed with the responsibilities which ap
peared with the situation, we addressed
an earnest appeal to the elected mem
bers of the coming Legislature to con
sider, at their meeting, an important
matter.
"We bad no intention or desire to
pose as alarmists, but we believed th/it
it was best for the people of South Car
olina to calmly consider the situation
and its possible dangers.
"On Saturday morning, in the Phil
adelphia Times, was printed a special
from Washington, which take? ap al
most the entire Srst column of that
paper, and of which we herewith sub
I mit some of the salient points :
4< 'la casting the horoscope of the
! future the Republican managers are
! planning for a long leaso of power. It
has been the practice for the outgoing
President to call an extva session of the
Senate as tho presence of that body is
necessary to the proper fulfillment of
the formalities of induction of the Vice
President into thr. office of President of
tnat body and 'the inauguration of the
President of the United States. Its co
operation is also desirable in the organ
ization of the new administration in the
confirmation of the chiefs of the execu
tive departments, who constitute the
cabinet of the President; the confirma
tion of diplomatic ministers, who repre
sent bis flews on foreign policy, and
the confirmation of the civil administra
tive officers generally, who are supposed
to represent a reflex of bis views in the
management of the details of executive
aftairs. * * A general election law
regulating elections in States where the
i franchise is denied to citizens, and to
! prevent abuses and corrupt practices
will be passed.'
44We have no desire to weary our
readers with a lengthy review of our
appeal upoo this matter, but. on ac
count of this ominous shadow of possi
ble Federal legislation, we do ask all
Caroliuians to sink whatever differences
they may have, and to amend the eight
box law before the coming session of
Congress."
If the World continues from now
until the 4th of March to "horoscope''
and eat dirt with such ease aod facility
it will no doubt accomplish much?in
its own estimation. It will fiod that
a little grit mixed with its dirt will im
prove the complexion of its 4"horo
scope."
We publish on our first page some
extracts from the speech of Mr H. W.
Grady of Atlanta, delivered at the recent
State fair of Texas, and we direct atten
tion to the same as containing truth of
the greatest importance to the people
of the Southern States first, but likewise
to the whole nation. The problem of two
races in the same land, and upon a polit
ical equality bas been already much
discussed, but is still unsolved. Mr
Grady has, in our opinion given the
best advice based upon the souudest
logic and he agrees with the position
always held by os.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, ?. C, Nov. 9, 1888.
Mr. Cievciand has been defeated, but
under such a combination of circum
stances that the republican party as an
organization has reaily no right to claim }
credit for the victory, although the re
sult places i's candidate in the White
House for four years. Mr. Cleveland |
has been sacrificed to gratify the person- |
I al malice of Mayor Abraham S Hewitt j
j and to satisfy the greed of a gang of
I corrupt local politicians in New York !
I City. It i.s a reproach to our country j
i that ?ueh a thing could have been j
j possible, and it wiil remain a reproach
j as long as the vote of New York City
j can control a presidential election ;
j Few people here believe that Governor
! Hiii of N w York did not do his be*?
I to re-elect Mr Cleveland Col. Lament, j
! who doubtless reflects the sentiments of !
! Mr. Cleveland on thn subject, savs that
I . j
i he is fully sat!>S d that Governor mil
! has done all that he possibly could for j
: the national ticket, aod thut the votes j
I .. ?
j he got that Cleveland uid not got, wer? j
! ? ... !
i from the republican liipor interests, j
j and c?>uid not have been cou trolled by i
j any Oi.e
j Mr. Cleveland has so conducted him- I
\ self wnce the election a* to win the
! admiration of everybody, republicans
j as Wviil as democrats II. > is disapp mint
ed, of course. He would not be human j
: if he was not under the cir"umstanees. j
! hut he hides it well. 0 > Wednesday. !
1 with the *tre<'?s full of jubilant yelling j
republican-, and a battery of artillery
in the park ja.<t in the rear of :iie Whi:e j
House filing a salute to celebrate liar- j
risoiTs election, Mr. Cleveland was
holding his usual public reception, and '
quietly shaking hands with the large ;
ciowd in attendance, and exchanging I
smiled and pleasant words with each !
other. Most men would have suikevl
for somrf tiru^ after the election. j;
There is a great diversity of opinion I
among democratic offLialn as to the J
cause of the defeat. For instance, i
Secretary Whitney says that the loss of
New York was caused by the fact that
the workiogmen had not been properly
educated as to the tariff. The question
was not presented to them in the right
manner, and they were made to believe
the democrats were free traders instead
of tariff reductionists. Justice Lamar
is of the opinion that the tariff had
nothing whatever to do with the result.
Representative Foran, fresh from an
interview with the President, said : 'I
am not good on a postmortem. I can
diagnose the case, but there my skill
ends. Tariff and Civil Service reform
did it. Civil Service a little, aod tariff
a great deal. They President was
entirely right in all t^a*c he did, but he
was right too soon. The time was not
yet ready. But the manufacturers have
refused a small reduction. The result
will be that there will be an uprising of
the taxed people and they will be cut
deep. Everybody confesses that there
must be tariff revision. The democratic
party will be stroDger than ever four
years hence. There will be a re-action
from this intense selfishness.9 Repre
sentative Taulbee feels confident that
the responsibility now given the re
publicans will eventually prove their
destruction. And thus it goes on.
Columns might be filled with the dif
ferent opinions, but it is unnecessary.
Mr. Cleveland, in talking of the elec
tion, admits that his tariff message may
have lost him a good many votes,
enough probably to have caused his de
feat, but he still maintains, with a cour
age that does him honor, that if he had
the whole business to do over again, he
would not change his course in regard
to the tariff question by a hair's breadth,
as what Ue did was the result of his
honest conviction. Mr. Cleveland was
very much disappointed at the action of
the Republicans that he had kept in
office, who voted and worked against
hita with all their might. Mr. Cleve
land states in language that cannot be
misunderstood, that Bill and Tammany
Hall treated him squarely, but he makes
no such statement in regart to Hewitt
and his crowd, who, as stated in the
first paragraph of this letter, are the
parties that are responsible for the de
feat of the national Democratic ticket.
The loss of the House was particu
larly unfortunate just at this time, as it
will enable the Republicans to admit as
States all the territories that are Repub
lican in politics, which will give them
at least four more Senators and the vote
of two more States in the Electoral Col
lege of 1892. That they will admit
the Republican Territories and keep
ont the Democratic Territories, cannot
for a moment be doubted by any one at
all familiar with Republican methods.
Cotton Goes Up Nicely.
New York, Nov. 12. Huboard,
Price & Co. in their cotton circular to
day says : The market opened at an
advance and was assisted in its ascent
by rumors of frost in sundry places
throughout the South. Later advices
Irom Liverpool announcing that the
market had responded to the better
feeling here gave fresh encouragement
to buyers and a heavy long interest
began to accumulate, and under the in
fluence of such buying prices closed at
the highest point of the day.
Miller will Contest Col. Elliott's
Seat,
Tom Miller, the aspirant for Col.
Elliott's seat in Congress arrived in the
city yesterday. He has come, it is
said, to take preliminary steps towards
contesting that seat He was taken
charge .of by his Republican friends as
sooo as he reached the city, and hur
ried off to the "den." Colonel Elliott
arrived by the same train, but did not
go off with the Republicans.?Charles
ton World, 12th.
Cost of the Indiana Campaign.
Indianapolis. Nov. 10. It costs
money to run a campaign in Indiana.
Insiders give this estimate of the cost
to both parties :
Dem. Rep.
Clerk Hire, ? 3.600 $ 10.000
Postage, 6.000 8.000
Speakers. 2S.000 40.000
Telegraphing, 5,000 22,000
Printing Station
ery. 20,000 40,000
Distributed to Coun
ties. 80,000 130,000
?146.000 $250,000
The Republicans were at a disadvan
tage in using ineiperieuced men for
every thing, and usiag the telegraph and
express to the almost total exclusion of
the post office on fast matter.
In 1884 Cleveland had 219 electoral
votes and Blaiuc 182; In 1880 Gar
field had 214 and Hancock 1?? ; in
1876 Tilden had 196, Haves 173; in
1872 Grant had 286 out "of 366; io
1868 Grant had 214. Seymour 80.
The Election at Statebur?
St.atebt;p.g, 3. ^ . No* 8. 'S3.
Mr. Editor: I see by the IV und S. of yes
terdar thai Stateburp was the only township
in Sarnter County that gave a Republic*!]
majority. 1 am very sorry to say, we were
not only beaten, but we deserved to be. Of.
ihe hundred und ten or eleven members of our {
Demoeratic club only 43 showed prej cr reg
istration tickets. No one stayed around the
polls to notice if any negroes they knew of
having moved, tried to vote. YV*e (tbe man
agers) did not know many of the negroes,
but expected all of ttie whites to keep us I
pos'ed, and with one or two {exceptions, no- !
body troubled themselves about the matter.
Everybody Seemed to think we were l-ontid
to win. I, for one, was taken completely r?y
surprise. I never though; of such a ?i.inir a~
any considerable number of whites neglecting
sur!: h? important matter as getting registra
tion tickets. 1 know about She vuit we
r>u_'h: io poll; ami feel sure that with a strict
lor.koul on our colored friends, we would beat ,
th?'tn by a fair no?*jf?r?iy-, and mm stili sure we j
were only beaten by tin* unexpected cxrcVss
n*"?8 of 'be Democratic voters. ] hope they
may profit by the lesson of !ast Tuesday. We
manager* did our duty as we understood it.
Uxt! or the Managers.
- ?<a?- ? ^m^*?? - -
The combination of ingredients found in
A \ : r s Pills render them tonte and curative
? el I y. < cathartic. F.?r ?!:i?- reason th'-y
are 'he best it;. d:cine for peopteofcostive lm'.i t,
as 'hey restore t!i? natural action of the
bowels, without debilitating.
Brenkfasl Shawls, 25e. up; Wool and
7. 'pbyr Shaw!?, Si "o u|>: Ladies' n\A
?l:?<.-s' Jerseys. 5:;c. up. at Y. Levi's.
TliS MARKETS.
SU M TER, S. C Nov. 14, 1888.
COTTON ?Receipts 9???') bales The mar
ket firm We quote : G'?od middling t?l ;
Mid ii??i?? 6*5.
CHARLESTON. S. ('.. Nov. 13, 1888.
Cotton?Sales, lu(<<>. Quotations: inic?
J'iniT, i'l
WILMINGTON. N. C, Nov 13, IS3S j
Spiujts TuKPJiNTtJfE.?Sales ?t ?notation, j
Market opened <'ea.j\ at L'A cents per gallon.
Rosin ?firm at 7"k. lor Strained and
BO for Good Strained.
Crude Tctipentinr.?Yellow Dip, $2.10;
Virai? $2 !<>. H?rfi ?1.30.
Cotton.?.S*!e?, none. Market s'r?dy.
Q'lotaliuus aie : Saddling 9 7 ib.
A CARD.
To the Editor of the Watchman and Southron :
In reference to the recent personal encoun
ter between Mr. H. R. Thomas and myself, I
beg to submit a brief statement
It is true that being provoked by hie in
sults I assaulted him.
It is true that I struck him several blows
with my fist and continued to strike until the
bystanders interfered.
It is true that without retiring from the
spot, and withiu a f*w seconds after we were
separated, I picked op a stick or slat that was
lying on th? ground, and with it struck him
over the head. But I did not approach him
from the rear, but each time advanced and
struck him face to face.
1 confess that in view of the ot^lce I have
the honor to hold that my condnc* cannot be
justified ; that it was my duty to suffer wrong
rather than punish the wrong-doer by unlaw
ful means, and I have nothing to say by way
of palliation or excuse. I tru9t, however,
that a brave and generous public will concede
that there are limes when "forbearance ceases
to be a virtue."
Tbe severe illness of a member of my family
has prevented my earlier attention to this
matter.
Jos. H. Earlb.
TO 7mEUpiTBLIC.
We, the undersigned, having read the
statements published by Mr. H. R. Thomas in
the Sumter Advance oa last Saturday, con
cerning an encounter which previously took
place between himself and Col. Jos. H. Earle,
and being eye-witnesses of most of what was
said and done on the occasion referred to, for
good and sufficient reasons, submit the follow
ing account of the occurrence :
We, together with Mr. Frank Mellett, were
standing in front of the Court House, a few
feet from Col. Earle, when Mr. Thomas came
along and spoke to him. Col. Earle said,
''Since you have spoken to me, I will ask you
what you meant by saying (referring to an
article before that time published in the Ad
vance) that I had fiunked at the State Con
vention?"
To this Mr. Thomas repliod, "I mean to
say that at the eleventh hour you declined to
serve us as a candidate for Governor." Then
Col. Earle asked Mr. Thomas if he did not
remember that he, Mr. Thomas, came to bim
at the hotel in Columbia, not long before the
Convention assembled, and said to bim, that
he came as a committee of one to notify him
that the farmers had decided to run him for
Governor, and asked him to consent to allow
his name to be used in that connection, and
that he stated to him that they had enough
votes to elect bim ; and that to this be, Earle,
replied that he was not a candidate for tbe
office of Governor, and could notconseut to
be a candidate, and asked him to go back and
say as much to those who had sent bim, and
thank them for tbe honor done him ? To all
of this Mr. Ti:omas repbed "Yes." Col.
Earle remarked in reply, nTben you should
cot be the one to say that I fiunked."
Col. Earle then further said ''Leaving that
matter for the moment, what did you mean
by saying (in the article referred to) that I
was a'"slippery fish, a veritable eel ?" Mr.
Thomas replied "I will first ask you what
you meant by calling me a minnow?" (refer
ring to something that took place en the day
of the campaign speaking.) Col. Earle's re
ply to this was "you came to me at the hotel
that afternoon and apologized to me for your
langnage and conduct on the speaker's stand,
and the whole matter was settled." Mr.
Thomas rejoined that Capt. Til: man desired
him to make friends but that be, Thomas, did
not regard it as an apology. Col. Karle then
said, "I me?nt just what I said. A minnow
is a very small fisb, and you are one." Mr.
Thomas then remarked, "I just meant to hurl
back in your face what you said to me on
the stand." Col. Earle then said, "When
you wrote that article you wrote what was
false, and you knew it." The reply was, "1
believed at the time it was true." Col. Earle
then said, "To pnt it in good Anglo Saxon,
it is a l-i-e," spelling it. Tbe rejoinder was
"Do you mean to call me a liar?" Col.
Earle said "I do." Then Mr. Thomas said,
"Col. Earle, if you say I am a liar, you are a
d?n?d liar," whereupon Col. Earle struck
him. During this time we were within five
or six feet of both parties, and immediately
assisted in separating them, and we have
given in substance, what occurred. We did
not see what took place after that time, but
were near by ; but the whole occurrence from
beginning to final ending did not occupy ex
ceeding three minutes.
In his article under date of Nov. 7ib, Mr.
Thomas eaid be used the following language
during the controversy, viz : "If you say you
didnotslipus.it is false;" and again, "I
Lh^n said Gen. Earle, if you that say you did
not allow Dr. Furman to nominate you for
Governor, and did not say yon would serve
if the people wanted you, ihen you are a d?
liar." No such remarks as these were made
by Mr. Thomas.
(Signed,) John J. Bronson,
J. Dicgs Wilde a.
Sumter, S. C, Nov. 13, 1883
dr. htjghson s statement.
I was going to dinner about 2 o'clock, and
at Cardarelli's corner, the corner above the
Court House, was told that Attorney General
Earle and Mr. H R. Thorn*? wer* having a
fipbt. I hurried down. When I arrived at
the Court House Col. Earle was standing on
the step leading into the Treasurer's cilice,
lookiug towards the street. I walked up to
where he was. Just then he stepped down
and moved around the pillar nearest tbe
Treasurer's office door. Something seemed
to attract his attention to the ground, when
be stooped and picked up a slat. 1 immedi
ately started to him, but btf&re I get to bim,
he struck. I could not see who he struck.
The police stopped bim. Then I saw Mr.
Thomas standing on tba sidewalk some six or
eight feet oi?. Jno. S. Hsqhsox.
Nov. 13, 18S9.
capt. deloar 8 statement.
I did not reach the scene of the difficulty
until the first part of tbe fracas was over.
Col. Earle went with the police to a point
opposite the Treasurer's offne, and near the
oibce door, the money was put up, and Co!.
Earle remained standing 'here a few seconds,
and quite a crowd a!l around hiru. He walk
ed to the lower step of the office and turned,
looking toward the street, when he moved a
few steps towards the pillar nearest the door
of the Treasurer's office and stooped down
and picked up a pine slat in his right hand,
and struck at something. When I got
around the pillar I saw Mr. Thomas srar.diug
between the two pillars. l):d not see who
was struck. YV. K. Dzlgar
Nov. 13. 18?S.
?R. MtTCitZ?J. S STATEMENT.
I rnme up after the Gist part of tbe difficul
ty ietwten Col. Earle and Mr. Thomas had
taken place and was stmding near 'he Treas
ure:': offiee door with Col Karle when he
Started towards the street. He stepped upon
a piece of slat and stooped and picked it up,
and raised it and continued to advance to
wards the street. Mr. Thomas was Standing
on the side- walk beyond the pillar from me.
and I did not see the Mow when it v.as de
livered. From where the partis v. ere stand
ing Col. Kii le took the most direel route to
get at Mr. Thun..;*. Ii. I). MITCHELL.
Two Bottles Cure Rheumatism.
L'ou?miON, Ark . .Kne 4. 1837.
I cheerfully si the following facts in re
gard to the uSfot you: med sei ne i uni y faintly.
My little sur:, 14 years oi ajje, sttoVred from
nn acute atiac?s of rheunmifcui. caused by un
du* expt'.rore arid elsiMing of the tdood. I
heard .our remedy highly reronimiMided, and
purch i.>e:i ose bottle of Morcrief & Uro , Fres
cott, Ark. In about one mon : h. af'er using j
this bottle, he became so much better that I
tint ihei*cond bottle which is now bring used
and UtV Son is nearly well, and I think by
removing bias to a cooler summer climate
(which 1 will do) and continuing it.-i use, a
perfect eur< will ne effected. 1 consider !'. B.
i\. a most excellent biood purifier.
Ci?Afl. 11. Tin;*.
R R. Agt., Broughton. Aik.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTEK,
By T V. Walsh, K><i , Prolmfe Juffgc
\X THERE AS, ROBERT K. CARNBs,
Km,' made suit to me to yrant him
Letters ol administration of the K?tale and
effects of JAMES A. CARNES, Deed.
Tht se are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said .James A. Carnes, late of said County
and State, deceased, that they be and appear
before me, iu the Court of Probate, to be held
at Sumter Court House, on November 29tb,
1884, next, after publication hereof, at 11
o'clock iu the forenoon, to shew cause, if any
they have why the said administration should
not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 14tb day of
November, A. D ,1888.
THUS. V. WALSH,
3?cv. 14?2 Jui-e of Probate.
Use Your Own Eyes.
We continue to offer extra
ordinary inducements in all
DRESS GOODS
and also in all the latest novel
ties in
Dress Trimmings.
Sweeping reductions in prices
of Ladies' and Misses' and
Children's
Wraps of all Descriptions.
Special prices on all Domes
tics.
GREAT SLAUGHTER
in our
Clothing Department.
We have determined to sell
our large stock of clothing
REGARDLESS OF PRICE,
so it will pay all in need to in
spect our goods and prices ere
they buy, and save money.
Carpets and Rugs
of all descriptions at rock bot
tom prices.
We are determined to main
tain our reputation as "Leaders
of Popular Prices." I
Facts are stubborn things, but you'll
find them first class safeguards.
An ounce of fact is worth a ton uf
0
theory.
There are a few facts which we desire
to submit here and we want you to read
and re-read them and tag each fact to
the tablet of your memory.
Tf io q T?o^f Tliat J* RYTTENBERG & S0NS
II lu d J. dvL carry three times a larger stock than
any other store.
11 Fnnf That J- KATTENBERG & SONS'
lli lu Cl A (IUI prices are the lowest of any house in
Sumter.
K- "Fl 1 That J. RYTTENBERG & SONS
1U Cl X Civ I do, by far, the largest business of any
house in Sumter.
It is a Fae
That J. RYTTENBERG & SONS
have the best and most reliable class of
goods in the various departments of
their mammoth establishment.
These are facts and you can no more
falsify a fact than you can falsify truth,
for a fact is the basis of ail truth.
?MTER. s. c
Do YonrOwn Thmkisg,
We live in an age when per*
sons can do their own thinking,
and they ought to do it
The only way to
Get at the Truth of a Thiflg
is by Analysis.
The only way to get at
THE VALUE OF ANYTH??
is by Comparison?it is the
unerring rule by which to
MEASURE VALUE.
Crap the Size ef to M
with any other House in th?
city and draw your own cou?
elusions.
COMPARE OUR PRICK
(on the same grade) with the
prices of others, and draw your
own conclusions.
Compare the Business
we do with that of any other
House, and draw your own con
clusions.
Compare oar Methods
of dealing with the public witfc
the methods of others* and draw
your own conclusions^
Compare the Enormous ?asrease
of our business and draw your
own conclusions.
Sons.
We think we are justified in as
serting most positively that for ex
cellence and variety our display of
Clothing for Men, Boys and Child
ren, surpasses anything that has
ever been seen in Sumter. Both
floors of our large Store is well
stocked with
CLOTHING, HATS, PIECE GOODS,
AND
FURNISHING GOODS,
Including a full line of the famous
Patent Sparelolsr Perfect-Miii Suits.
Prince Albert Suits for Men and
Youths.
Cutaway Suits for Men and
Youths.
Square and Round Cut Sack
Suits for Men and Youths.
Square and Round Cut Sack
Suits for Boys.
School Suits, Long Pants, from
$2.50 to $6.00.
Knee Pants Suits from $1.00 up*
100 Boy's odd Vests at 25 and 50
cents.
100 Men's odd Vests at 50 and
75 cents.
800 extra Pants for Men and
Boys from 65 cents to $7.50,
W STORE,
Corner I
SUMTER, S. C.
Shirts ? Shirts ! I
LAUNDRIED SHIRTS.
UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS.
BICYCLE SHIRTS.
We are handling one of the very
best $1.00 TTnlaundried Shirts in
the market and claim that it is un
excelled by any other Shirt at that
price.
Wo also have a
GOOD SHIRT FOR 50 CENTS,
And an excellent one at 75 cents, or G for $4.00
WARRANTED PUKE LINEN BOSOMS.
NECKWEAR! NECKWEAR!
All the latest shapes in Scarfs,
Ties, and Bows, Mufliers, Suspen
ders, Cuffs and Collars.
A Beautiful line of Silk, Linen
and Cotton Handkerchiefe.
200 Pairs Sample Gloves at less
than wholesale prices.
A iar&? assortment of Silk, Glo
ria, Alpaca and Gingham Umbrel
las,