The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 05, 1889, Image 2

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. The Sumter Watchman was founded in 1850 and the True Souikro7i io 1866. The Watchman and Southron now bas the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising mediain in S am ter. EDITORIAL ITEMST" Col. John C. Haskell, of Colombia, Has been chosen to represent the State upon the National Democratic Execu? tive Committee, in place of Capt. F. WjyDawaoo, deceased. The Yorkcifk Enterprise says*: We learned from the County Treasurer on yesterday that ali the special scVool tax had been collected, except about five dollars. The lota! amoact -collected amounts to something over eleven hun? dred dollars. The ret?giows order of the King's Daughters, which has just held its meeting in New York city, bas grown j to rapidly during the fowr ye&rs of its j existence that it new -has 'eetxly 100, 000 members, mostly young women, who are devoted lo the works of charity ?nd religion. Rev. John M. Lander, -of Williams ton, has decided to treed the urgent call of the church to go to Juiz de Fora, Brasil, to fourd a school for the chris? tian education of boys and young men preparing for the Protestant ministry. He expects to sail from New York to? day, with Rev. J. M. Mattison, who; goes as a missionary. \ The Missouri Legislature has pessed ??aw directed against 4-trusts'* so ?broad that it may *be found to interfere with the transaoKon of perfectly legitimate business. It invalidates and declares illegal any combination 'to "fix vaines on commodities or merchandise, makes the officers of "trusts" personally liable, - and declares all contracts with *,t^ust,, organizations null and void. j Rev. John Jasper, the famous col? ored preacher who is the author'of the theory that "de ?un do BOve,*T, says that he had a dream in which the fear? ful storms that have been devastating the North were clearly foreshadowed. Strange ss'b.rne -coincidence, iiev. ?rl. j . Hicks, the weather prophet of St. Louis, in a publication made two weeks . ago, indicated the date -and location of the storms. Charleston "bas organized an associa- , tion for an roter-*State drill to he held-in " the fal!.' at -which handsome mosey prizes will be Offered for successfully j competing companies. No city in the world can manage sada an sgair better than Charleston; she knows how fro entertain and any Tromber of visiting companies may feel assured df a cordial . welcome, good treatment and fair -play. ? The newspapers of tho State are < already beginning to tark of the 'Gov? ernor to be elected :in ?890, -probably ? because they have very Htfie else to i talk of. Let us wait, 'brethren, until . after the next session of the Legislature, i Then will be the rime for the making i I tod completion of records on living issues and we will be better able to i know what we are doing..- Greenville j News. , The Pittsburg Tribune, organ of the ' Amalgamated Association of Iron and i Steel Workers, calls the duty of ?17 on steel rails "a howling sarcasm and ? sa outrageous fraud.n There is no -, material difference, vt says, h etwees ?j American and British wages, amd if fhe 4 still owners arc successful in their i present plan to reduce wages a Pitts- i borg, American workmen will bc paid -\ ..considerably less fer -toa than English wages/' I The United State? Supreme C<>ort < has recently made ?onie important de- < citions, among which we note the fol? lowing : In s ea*e from the Supreme . Court of Weet Virginia, it has rendered j ft decision ''that parties can not bc held responsible for seizures of property ? committed as acts of the legitimate i j warfare during the recent rebellion " !, Io another case the Court held "that j i the original stock holders io a financial j?| institution are liable for the amount of j j their subscriptions regardless of whether j i or not they have transferred their hold- < ?og?." !, The county commissioners of Darling- , ton met last Thursday and awarded the !, contract for the new jail to the Paw ley j Jail Co., of St. Louis, for ?9,097, with j j ft credit of ?500 for the remains of the j j old jail. The jail will be fitted up j j with all the recent improvements aud j j built entirely oo mode- ? style. It will ! j be forty feet in front, ruuning back ; , sixty feet, with an easy prison capacity ; < of thirty-two, which can at any time bc j < increased to forty. The building is to j, be turned over to the proper authorities j | on or before October 15, n<xt, and j work will be commenced Mon The thirteen Southern States, in- ? ( eluding Kentucky and Missouri, have , funded debts aggregating ?95,858,64'>, I ( besides an unfunded debt amounting to j , $20,000,000 more. Of the Southern j | States Kentucky alone has a sinking ; , fund, and io her case it nearly covers the < small debt of the State. Three-quar? ters of the debt of Texas and about the j ? whole of Mississippi's are due to the < school funds of those States, so that the j ? net debt is insignificant in each case. ! ? In round figures, ?110,000,000 isp the aggregate of the debts of the South- > ern States including the unfunded debt, The remaining tweuty-five States, , composing ail those of the North, the j Northwest and the Pacific slope, owe ? less than ?48,000,000, funded and un j, funded, if the amounts in the several ' ( sinking funds are subtracted from the ' i day. nom iota aggregate. It appears ten Southern States are loaded more than two-thirds of all the ? debts of the Union. This heavy enormously disproportionate bord? mainly due to the years of misgo\ ment and plunder which the S endured under Republican carpet rule. And yet President Harrison is ing to organize a respectable Kepi can party in the South. If thar any item ot respectability with w we can dispense more readily than other it is this proposed Republ party. ' ~ ? ?. . , . - ~~ SAT3ES~ The Sumter Advance of June bas the following : Air. Editor: The WtXchman and 8?ut has declined to publish the following i munication and at the request of the c members of the City Council I ask that give it space io your columns. Mr. Editor:-As your editorial on 22nd inst concerning the posting of ordina by City -Council is somewhat misleading I leave fe aaake the following statement : It has always been the custom of the C< ci!, on or about the first day of June io t year to contract with one or more of the 1 newspapers for the publication of such ports, ordinances or notices as maj be m sa-ry during the following twelve mon this way of making them public being quired by the charter of the town. I t not taken the pains to examine the rea farther back than 1881. Since that ti however the following has been paid printing ordinances, notices, &c. For the year 1884 contract with Sumter Watehr.cm, $6; For 1882 with Sumter Advance, 3( For 1883 with Sumter Advance, 3( For 1884 with Sumter Advance, 31 At this time these papers formed a corabi tion and "agreed to divide the pay equally for 128*5 there was paid $35.00 each $7C For rSS6-both papers, 7C For 1887-both papers, 125 ?Last Jane Sr. Osteen appeared bel C?fancii io response to the invitation for b to do the public printing and stated t "$1-95.00 was the lowest igure at which could do it. His proposition was regan ag unreasonably high in view of the amou paid io other years for the same work a the council (declined to contract ?with hi The Advance refused to make any bid at t The council determined therefore to pnbl such ordinances and notices as we*e?ecessi at advertising rates ?nd in the meantime guested the Legislature to amend the char so that the payment of excessive charges c not be forced upon the city by a combmati of the two papers. This "was ?one -cmd fff spending ^C0 ??7-in tne publication ?of or nances and notices during the year it w. thought best to post the two last as they w< a'?ready familiar and their re-enactment u necessary. Your failure to get the ordinaot to print isl suppose the cause of your d satisfaction. Tour statement that the Council "had ma a contract with the Watchman and Soutar which it'had -violated is a mistake which y< might ba-vi avoided had you made more cai ful inquiry, as no such contract exists. 'Respectfully, J. A. Moon. The writer of this communication mistaken when he says it was refuse by the Wcfiohman an? Southron. Tl piece as originally written, containe a 'paragraph altogether at varian: with the writer's usual style, -en for bis sake, as well as our own, w suggested an alteration '(as the ''copy in the Advance office will show) Th suggested change was made prior t publication, and the article, as abov ?ritten, would never btwre been dsoKn sd by this paper. We feel that all par :ies interested will share our satisfac :ion that our suggestion was received i? so pleasant a spirit. ?For the fake of history we will mak< i little addition to Mayor Moodys stab meuti In 1881 when the contract wa >iven to the Watchman for ^65, tha was the lowest bid between the paper: :hen published in the :town, and th< Advance was not one of'them. In "Si the competition was such that tb ii paper offered to dollie work for nothing ind was "stood aside'' as no bidder r-be otjfaer ?poper bid $10 and was giver the wort at ?30. From that time thc Wa/oiiman and Southron declined tc make any bids, and in 1885 the Ooun erl voluntarily offered to double thc price paid the year before to the Ad vance and pay each paper $35 to do the publishing. The '.combination" was therefore formed at the instance of the Council, and not by the papers. The Watchman and Southron accepted the DtTer, and thus both papers did the stork for three years, at a nominal sum, equally divided. The work of the town increased each pear, under the arrangement for a fixed price without limit as to thc quantity. When the price was agreed upon for the year 1887-?125.00 for both pa? pers-it was upon a baais of the amount if work and the price paid therefor at the time of the formation of the ..com? bination," and which averaged 8S cts. per inch for two insertions. The Council declined to be limited, but jlaimed that the work would not be in ?reased during the year. It did in ?rea?e, as can be 5een from the books A this office, to such an extent that last June when Mr. Osteen appeared before Council he showed to Council that the work done during the year pa*t ha:l amounted to $105.00 at thc rate of 88 ct*, per inch for two ins?r? ions, and for that reason he declined to make a new contract without limit to Council, at a le>s sum ; but offered tu 10 what work thc Council might have, it thc 6aaie rate per incl?-SS cts. fer :wo inset tiens-whether much or little. 11 nd st that pi ice ali work has been charged during the year just now clos? ed, by either paper to which the work pra3 carried. We fail io see in this ti-e "unreasonably high'4 and "execs- i sive charges" complained of. That j it was not the ''.-ame work*' is cliown by 1 the reduction in expenditure winn Council paid by space. As stated in a Ute issue, the Mayor \ (?as assured us it was not the policy of ! Council to post new ordinances. This j assurance is, Ly implication, repeated tn the communication quoted above, and there is ?utid:.g left except to re- j capitulate : We have shown the utter folly of . posting ordinances. We know that the j people agree with us on that point. We . have proven and stand ready to verify sur proof, that the papers have not charged unreasonable rates for public 1 printirg. In conclusion, we predict that should j Council attempt to collect the penalty for failure to make tax return this month, the payment of such penalty will be at the option of the taxpayer. It is a grave question whether or not legal notice of assessment has been given. AMERIOA'S GREATEST FLOOD. The most disastrous storm of wind, rain and snow that has visited this country spread devastation and ruin from Indiana to New England last Friday. The most appalling loss of life and property was iu the valley of the Conemaugh river, Pennsylvania, across this valley was an enormous dam, 110 feet high which formed the waters of the river into a lake many miles in extent. This was owned by a sporting club which used the lake as a fishing ground. The heavy rains caus? ed this <dam to break and the resistless body of water rushed down the valley killing 8,000 people and destroying property valued at ?20,000,000. Following are a fow particulars of the disaster : Soire HOLLOW, PA., June 1.-The first re? ports of the loss of life were entirely too low. It is believed that fully 8,000 persons have perished. -Of these ?00 or 800 were burned in the fiery furnace at the viaduct. Two thousand coffins have been ordered for bodies already rescued. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 2.-The situation here bas not changed and yesterday's esti? mates of the loss of life do not seem to be ex? aggerated. Six hundred bodies are now lying in Johnstown. A large number have already been buried. Four immense relief trains arrived last night and the survivors are being well cared for. A portion of the police force of Pittsburg and Allegheny are on duty and better order is maintained than prevailed yesterday. There is an absence of pillaging. ROASTED IN THE RUINS. The most awful culmination of the awful night wasche roasting of a hundred or more persons in the midst of the flood. The ruins of houses, outbuildings and other structures were^?wept against the new railroad bridge at Johnstown, and from an overturned stove or some such cause the upper part of the wreck? age caught'fire. There were crowds of men, women and children on the wreckage, and their screams were soon added to the awful chorus of horror. They weceliterally roasted in the-flood. Soon after tfirfire burned itself out other materials were thrown against the mass. There were some fifty people in sight when :tbe ruins suddenly parted and broke up, and the 'unfortunates were swept under the bridge into pitchy darkness. SCENES OF HORROR. Oh the horror and infinite pity of it all ! What ajourner has been that of the last hour 1 Swollen corpses lay here acd there, in piles of crossties, or on the river banks, among the tangled greenery. It was about 9 o'clock when the "first passenger train since Friday came to the Kew Florence depot with its load of-eager passengers, There were no idle trav? elers, but each had a mission. Here and there men ?were staring out of the windows with ?red eyes, and among them were tough lodking Hungarians and Italians, who had lost friends near Ninevah, while women were weeping on all sides. Two of the passengers onthe train were a man and his wife from Johnstown. From every new-comer and pos? sible source of information she sought news. "Ours is a big new brick," said she. with a brarve trent, but her loving brown eyes moist and red lips trembling. "It's a three-story house, and I don't think there's any trouble, do you ?" she asked me, and, without wait? ing for my answer, she continued with a sob ; "There are my four children in the house and their nurse, and I gue$3 father and mother will go over to the house, don't you?'' In a few moments all in the car knew the story of the pair, and man}* a pity? ing glance WHS cast at them. Their house was one of the first to go. PITIFUL STORIES OF THE Ff.COD. Just before reaching Song Hollow, the end of the main line of the Pennsylvania Road, ts an "S" signal tower, and the men in it told stories of what they saw so piteous I j could not "listen to half of it and command j my feelings. IK-re are some little odds and i eads they told tue of : A beautiful girl came down on the roof of a building which was swung in near to the tower. She screamed to th? operators to save her, and one big, brawny, brave fellow walked as fiar into the river as he could and ehou'.ei to her to try to guide herself into the shore with a bit of plank. She was a plucky girl, full of nerve and energy, and stood upon hpr frail suppoit in evident obedience to the command of the operator. She made two or three bold strokes and actually stopped the course of the raft for an instant. Then it swerved and went out from under her. She tried to 6wim ashore, hut in a few minutes she was lost in the swirling water. Something hit her, for she lay on her back with her face pallid and ex? pression 1 ?-ss. Men and -romen by dozens, io pairs, singly, children, boys, big and little, and wee babies were there in atnong the awful confusion of water, drowning gasping, strug? gling and fighting desperately for life. Two men on a tiny raff shot into the swiftest part of the curent. They crouched stolidly, look? ing at the shares, while between them, dressed tu white, and kneeling with her face turned heavenward, was a girl t> or 7 years old. She seemed striken with paralysis until ehe came opposite the tower, ?nd then ?he turned her face to the operator. She was so close they could see the big tears on her face. The hapeless men on shore shouted to her to keep up ber courage nnd she resumed her devout attitude and disappeared. A REGULAS DEATH TRAP. "Do you sec that fringe of trees?" said the operator, pointing to the place where the little girl had gone out of sight. "Well, we saw scores of children swept in the:e. I believe that when the time comes they will find almost a hundred bodies of children lhere among the bushes." TUE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVAH. Just above New Florence is the town of Ninevah. It was here that I found the first charnel house. t>ne hundred and nine dead were here, the largest portion of whom were women. Here it was that the awful work of the freshet could he realized. What h ?ve been fertile 'arms, look iii%e wornout brick yards. Great trees have been twisted and toni like weeds, and the broken household goods <d' hundreds ot bowses line the shores j for miles. Thieves of the vilest Bort, those who steal from thc dead and the unfortunate, haye been busily at work, robbing the trunks ' and ?'OXeS, articles of furniture, and there is ' nothing worth taking left, except lu inner Every now and then gh.ns:!}- outlines muid 'ne I ;.*?en in the water, being swept do wu the j stream. Latest advices aro that about 15,000 j people perished in this crowning horror of the century Lick of space forbids cur giving the awful details of this i uuipreccdcnted calamity Let it suffice J to say that want and wretchedness are ! abroad in their cruelest shapes. From j 8? parts of the country money and sup- ; plies are being furnished, in large j quantities: but the need is great and1 immediate, and any who desire to con- I tribute maj* do so with perfect safety through Drexel <fe Co., Philadelphia. ??chitid this great misfortune stands : thc spectre of pestilence. Thousands ' of bodies will never be recovered, and they will pollute thy water from Pennsylvania to New Orleans. The st or iii of Friday extended over many States resulting in great loss of life and property, but all the rest pales into insignificance before the horror of j thc Conemaugh valley. "My daughter was greatly troubled with! Scrofula, :t;;l. al one ia:-*, it waa feared she would lose her sipht. Ayer's Sarsaparilla j has completely r* situ *-d 1er health, and her M t-s ir?- ys well as ever, w ith not a trace of scrofula in her s\stem." - G. King, Killingly, ! - OJ O .1 I Lout). A NUISANCE. The cigarette young man has spread his presence over the country until, like the English sparrow, he is now ubiqui? tous. Like the sparrow he is a filthy and unprofitable nuisance, and like the sparrow you cannot get rid of him. He has not sufficient sense to appreciate sarcasm, and his self-conceit is such that he is heedless of reproof. By the cigarette young man, we do oot mean the man who smokes ciga? rettes simply. Any gentleman may smoke a cigarette if so inclined, with? out offense to the most fastidious taste. Similarly, any gentleman may cat a dish of raw onions, but he does not then distribute himself over the community creating incipient convulsions among thc populace and stopping clocks by an unnecessary display of his breath. The cigarette young man is one who makes the cigarette a necessary part of his toilet and of his company manners. He steps up to a young lady on the street, thumps the brim of his tile, "See you home," strikes a match on the scat of bis pants and forthwith com? mences an exhibition of artistic smoking to the intense disgust of everybody within sight. He goes to Church on Sunday, rushes out at the close of ser? vice, lights as he goes, arranges him? self on either side of the entrance and fills the vicinity with that peculiar odor which distinguishes his presence from that of other kinds of pigs. Ladies are compelled to make their exit through a dense and nauseous fog, and between a double row of smoking nostrils. Sumter is becoming infested with cigarette young Dien. It is almost dangerous to turn a street corner sud? denly, for one is liable to have a cloud of filthy, medicated smoke blown into his face. Of course this does not trouble us, for we are so full of tobacco a flea will not bite us. But more than one sufferer has asked us to say some? thing on the subject. We have done so without the slightest idea that any? thing except a policeman, armed with proper authority, will have any effect upon such a creature as the cigarette young man. A thing that will stand up io front of a person, man or woman, and deliberately cover him or her with a cloud of stale smoke from tobacco and opium, knows nothing of the amenities of life, but he should be taught to re? gard them in such public places as the doors of churches, theatres, waiting rooms, and the like. Tourists, Whether on pleasure bent or business, should luke on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasnntlv and effectuality ou the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms ot"sickness. For sale in 50c. and $1.00 bottles by all lead? ing druggists. Why is it so many suffer from rheumatism, aches, pains, kidney diseases, liver complaints, heart affection, &c ? It is simply because tiiey will not come and be healed. All dis? eases begin from a want of iron in the blood. This want of iron makes the blood thin, watery and impure, impure blood carries weakness and distress to every part of the body. Supply this bick of iron by uving Brown's iron Bitters, at:d you'wtll soon find yourself enjoying perfect freedom from aches, pains and genera! ill-health. MMini IM LI,M.L itamm.i i r?m iiwwc? mi?.uwu Hew Advertisements. I? na il Harts I EVERYTHING Ten per cent, cheaper T? HA. A-J A o | than anybody. DllggUM ?3"Don't buy before getting*our prices and cataloeues. THE CEO. W. STOCKEM, CO., Name this puper. Nashville, Tenn. PICTURES, MIRRORS THE BEST Picture Frames of all kinds. All the "Rogers' Groups," Card and Cabinet sizes of frames, choice Etchings and Engrav? ings, from one of the largest and best selected stocksin the country. Established 1831. JAMES S. EARLE Sc SONS? PHILADELPHIA, PA. f?S* Catalogue on receipt of stamp. NOTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETING of Lot Owners of the Sumter Cemeterv Association, will be held at the office of Col T. V. Walsh mi Monday, June 10th, at 4 o'clock. A full attendance is desired. J. B. ROACH, President. W. H. YATES, ?Sec. and Ttea*. May 5-lt FOR RENT. rpHE STORE now occupied by Messrs. R. j[ W. Do Rant k Son asa hardware store will be for rent on Sept. 1st. A fine stand. For terms, ?fcc, apply to June 5_D. J. WINN. FOR RENT. POSSESSION GIVEN AT ONCE. HE STORE lately occupied by the Inte F. J. O'Connor, on Main Street, known a? i he Crane Store. Applv to June 5 D. J WINN. Executor. SHERIFF'S SALES. )V virtue of Sundry Executions, to me y directed, will besohl at Sumter C. H., on lbs first MONDAY and day following in i JULY next, 1889, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : That lot of land and buildings thereon tn the City of Sumter, hounded on the South by Liberty Street and measuring thereon one hundred (lou) feet, EMM by lot of C. F. H. Bul!man. North and West by lot of George W. Reardon. levied upon and lo be poid as the property of James T. Flowers, under the sep? arate executions of Junes 1>. Branding, and th?! Gi'y cf Sumter for city Uxes. against Janies T Flowers. t lin? lol of l?nd i" the City of Sumter, con? taining one and ? acres mote or le.*!1, bounded MI the North by old cemeterv lot. South by a street of said town known as Republican Street, ]]'<' l>v a street of ?aid tuan known as tireen reet, and West bv a lot belonging to James Gair.iey. levied upon and to te sold as the propel iv ol John P. Moran. Jr., m.der iheseparate executions of E. Il Frost ?fe Co., otto F. Weiter:?, Weinman & Co. and the Eagle & Ph?nix M ? nu fact u ring Co. against John P. Moran Jr. That stock of goods, wares and merchan? dise, consisting of boo ? and shu?.?, heavy groceries, can and shelf goods, paper hags and wrapping paper, pistols and amuuition, general assortment of hardware, tinware glass ware, wooden ware, crockery, chewing and smoking tobacco, cigars, show case, tc, kc. levied upon and to besohl as thc property of John P. Moran, Jr.funder the separate executions of Otto F. Welters, E. H. Frost k Cv?., Weinman .fc Co., The Eagle and Ph?nix Manufacturing Co., and The City of Sumter against Jonn P. Moran, Jr. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriff's Office, June 5, 1883. STILL IN THE LEAD WITH LOW PRICES. We have in store for the spring and sum? mer an elegant display of NEW DRESS FABRICS in the latest shades with trimmings to match? We realize th? scarcity of money and offer bargains in all lines. Absolutely tire Lowest-Priced House in Sumter. We lead in this respect. An examination of our prices will be convincing proof of this fact. Samples sent on application. JOHN REID. April 17. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., May 6, 1889. THE FOLLOWING ACT IS PUBLISHED in accordance with Section 3 : An Act to allow unimproved land? which have not been on the tax books since 1875 to be listed without penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senateifhd House of Representatives of the Sta?? of South Carolina, now met and sitting ip Gea eral Assembly, and by the authority^ of tba san4e. That in all cases where unimproved land which has not been upon the tax boor?s tine? the fiscal year commencing November 1<, 18?5, and which are not on the forfeited li?t, shall at any time before the 1st day of October, 18S8, be returned to the County Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be, and is hereby instructed, to assess the same and to eater it upon the duplicate of the fiscal year '<OB? mencing November 1, 1887, with the simple taxes ot' that year. \ Section 2. That all such lands as va*j(b* returned to the Auditor for taxation betwec^Btt the first day of October, 1838, and thefirsfV day of October, 1889, shall be assessed and ^ charged with the simple taxes of the two fiscal years commeucing. respectively, on tho._ first d*y of Novem^r. 1888. Section 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, the Comptroller Gen? eral is directed to furnish a copy of the same to each Auditor in the State, and the Andi tors are required to puhiish the same in each of their County papers, once a week for three months during the year 1888, and for the same period of time during the year 1889; and the cost of such publication shall be paid by the County Treasurer, upen the order of the County Commissioners, out of the ordi? nary county tax last collected. Approved December 19, 1887. W. R. DELGAR, May 8-3m. Auditor Sumter County. , Fiiis?cys?j??M AT BOTTOM PRICES. . WATCHUA* AND SOUTHRON J68 0FFIC3 AT THIS TIME HORSES AND MULES MAY BE SCARCE, But I am still in the ring with Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Road Carts, Corn, Hay Oats, Bran, Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair and Fire Brick. Shorts, TO ARRIVE: 2 Car Loads No. 1 Timothy Hay. Respectfully, May 8, J89. SAVE YOUR MONEY.! SLINGS OEPABTMEMT - j Bank of Sumter. ON and after Mar Ist, 1S89, THE j - - SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK of Sum- ; ^\N MAY 1st, next a SAVINGS DEPART 1er, will establish j ment will he opened in connection with ! '.The Bank of Sumter," interest at 4 ?HT cent. A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT ! F?"*?w?i P*7?We quarterly, according to : regulations which will be furnished depos-. i to rs. in connection with their present business, and j In addition to the regular daily banking will pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per j hours, the Savings Department will be open lonura, payable quarterly upon such sums ot" j for receiving deposits oa Saturday evenings money as may be deposited. siujVct to the ; from 6 to 9 o'clock, -ules'and regulations, usually adopted by i W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, Savings' Banks. j A. WHITB, JB., President. % Vf. ALSTON PRINGLE. JR., Cashier. Apr. 24-v. Cashier, j April 24. TO THE FARMERS. FARMERS WISHING TO BUY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MA? CHINERY : HARVESTERS AND BINDERS, REAP? ERS, MOWERS, GRASS RAKES, &c, Will do well to call on me before baying elsewhere. I am handling the MCCORMICK MACHINERY, and it is not surpassed by any manufactured io the United States. It is very simple, light, strong and easy draught. My Prices are Low and Terms easy, Write to me for catalogue and prices, which will be scot free. Hoping to hear from the farmers of the country, I am, respectfully, GEO. F. EPPERSON, Agt: May 1-v-m-a-s. Office at Epperson's Stables, Sumter, S. C-. A NEW ENTERPRISE, NEWLY OPENED BY E. CARDARELLI. CORNER OF MAIN AND REPUBLICAN STREETS, MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE AND LAMPS OF ALL KINDS. Roofing and Guttering, Cornice Sheet-Iron, Metal Work, Pumps, &c. t^Sr8* Prompt attention given to all parties. "^^^T -ALSO ICE! ICE! ICE! To bo had at E. CardarelH's all the season at the usual price. Respectfully, E. CARDARELLI, April 17. I AEE XOW SHOWING THEIR OF SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN , SILKS, DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOODS, LACES, fte. We Court Comparison of Qualities and Prices. ? A FEW BARGAINS IX OUR I X-i A. O 113 ?3. fm fl il il ^ ?PP?RTI?FNIT ! ^c are now displaying the latest novelties in Laces and Nets, Vii Edd UUUUa if Cl ?tffl I SflLll I I Chantilly, Guipure, Venetian Flouncings with nets to match. 36-incli Beige Mixtures at 20 cents. Hading Veilings, something new. An immense line of 6-4 Side-band Suitings at 20 cents. rtim/xtriniiiiin 36-inch French Serges at 12A cts., good value at 20 cents. ?31I?I10IDKillKS. Mohair Brilliantines, plain and striped, at 25 cents. . -ni . ? Crt o o . in i * /or J or \. J I ? ? or ??J CA, 4o-incli rlounciners from 50 cents up. 38-mcli Cashmeres at 2o and oOc, good value at oo and 50c. 0 . TT ? x. . , . r tT . a . nu ^ ,i i-/-? r T or +~ ei nn See the new Hemstiched jMouncmgs. Henriettas ra all shades and qualities from io cents to Jpl.UU ? per yard. No better values can be found. Parasols to please the most fastidious, in all shades, sizes and India and China Silks in all the new colorings. qualities. A big drive in Black Silks. fiT A|f| M TtT/^ See our Black Goods and we will show you the most com- VU V JL Jd X 431 WT? ? p?ete line in the State and at prices that will astonish you. ! T ni . T, , -, . t i. 1 ^ , rj . -n -nMi i? i n m *L In our Clothing Department care and good taste have been Cashmeres, Henriettas, Drap Ir Alma, french Crepe Cloth, 3 . , . f. , ?, . , ^. ... -t-v ? T . Tr JO. " . n r*:?? i used in the selection of our stock. Ihe fabrics are new, the Sicilian, Diagonal, Armures, Venetian and berges in all qualities. ; . . , , c . XT . . - . ? v. rP! . . ' i - 11a . n * ,,,? cuts artistic, and the ht perfection. JNowhere in the city can be lhere is nothing more desirable for summer wear thank IT.! 4 *\ ?. U1 ? * vr .? A n, iv Ar T : ,i n, ay -, 0i n- or found a better assortment of fashionable attire tor Men, Youths, Uhallies. We have them at u*, iii, lo ana io cents. n Jn,.n 9 9 Boys and Children. ry ? I C3r Sf ? Emancipate yourself from high priced Clothiers. Let no one Our Trimmings were selected with great care, each shade of lay away; an inspection of our stock incurs no obligation to Dress Goods being matched with the newest and most stylish l)mc.ias0 trimmings exclusive control of Strouse & Bros. Square-shoul PersiaV Bands in all colors and combinations at 25, 35, 40, deTd ^?or-made garments. They can not be surpassed. 50 and 75 cents Rlvet >'our ?Ptl0S on thesc barSains : Passamcntaries, Silk Gimps, Girdles, &c, at prices too nu- , Meu?s ail T?L*ndi8? Blue Flannel Suits at ?9-00' ^ tnerous to mention, in ^^K^' 10 # nn ^_L_ Children's Suits, 5 to 13 years, from 90 cts. and upwards, IKJWT^S CJOQXIS Children's Knee-Pants from 25 cents and upwards. WAT^ For Jobbing trade we have pants from $6.00 per dozen and We have a beautiful line of India and^Persian Lawns, Milanere, upwards. Also a large line of cheap suits. Louisine, Lorella and Devon suitings. Plaids and stripes from In our CUSTOM DEPARTMENT we have an immense line Gi cents up, and immy new patterns. of samples of Foreign and Domestic Goods. Suits made to Some phenomenal values in our ; (mjer an(j gt guaranteed. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. HATS. HATS. French Sateens, all colors and designs at 121. to 25cts. I Thc latcst blocks in Stiff, Fur, and Wool Hats. " A beautiful Sateen I renell pattern at 10 cents. ; p u t0 see the most lete line of gtmw A nice line of Chai on Cloths at 12, cents =Gver display^ in the city. Outing Cloth at lbj cents, Something entirely new. Dress Ginghams from 7 cents to 12A cents. Samples sent on application; ail mail orders will receive A handsome Line of Zephyr Ginghams. prompt and careful attention. Respectfully, erg ?on??