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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5.
Trusts,
Whea government throws its man?
tle of eternal protection around any
particular form of business it thereby
offers a premium to ail who desire it, to
ester the promised land and pluck the
occupants. As a result of this protec?
tion, men rush into the various lines of
business so protected, and what at first
seemed to offer a grand field for Urge
and princely profits, by reason of com po?
tion dwindles down to what might be
termed a reasonable or living profit.
To prevent this diminishing of revenue,
to curb this competition, and to main?
tain a revenue which to the recipients
alone may seem fair (and the fairness J
or unfairness of which tee public know j
nothing of), the protected ones seek !
further protection; and thus a policy j
which at first was intended to insure j
protection to Americans by excluding
thsrfbreigoer, eventually results tn ex?
cluding Americans themselves. With
foreign competition excluded, the ques
tioQ?gjMropoanded is, how to perpetuate
grts??profits, by exektding home com?
petitiva ; and American ingennity has
io this, as in all thiags else, solved the
problem by organizing trusts. A trust
is a fcombioatien cf capitalists which
seels to maintain an article manufac?
tured^ them at the highest possible
artificial price, without regard tc the J
question of supply ?.ud demand: or j
which seeks to red-see or limit the wp- j
ply of articles re order to advance the
price : or which seeks to reduce and
?trangle competition fer the purpose of j
enhancing the price. Within a com- j
parj?ive?y recent period the success of |
trusts has been so great that they are
now increasing at an amazing rapidity.
fieiiew York Times and New York I
orid of February '20, 18SS, published j
a list of them, anions which were trusts !
for^kexosene oil, cotton seed eil, sugar, j
oatmeal; starch, pearled barley, coal, j
castor oil, linseed oil, lard, school slate, j
oil-cloth, salt, cattle, gas, street rail- j
w?^s; whiskey, rubber-steel rafts, steel, j
stg?l and iron beams, nails, wrought- j
ir?j? pipe, iroa nuts, stoves, copper, j
envelopes, paper bags, paving pitch,
cordage, coke, reaping, binding, and j
mowing machines, threshing machines, j
milk, sandstone, lead pencils, car- j
tridge3, wa?cb-cases, silver plate, j
clothes-wringers, undertakers, brewers, j
hog slaughterers, and, last ta order as t
well as last .en earth, coffins. The j
latest attempt at a trust is being made j
by the actors, and when they shall have
organized it will be in order for the
clergy, physicians, and lawyers to try
their hand at it. Aod then, with the
t?oTough organization of the Knights
^fJLibor in accordance with the scheme j ;
oT5fr. Povderly to exclude farther im- j !
migration, we shall be in a position to j >
be known as tho Coiled Trusts of ! j
America instead of the United States j :
of America. A trust, like other dis- i
eases with modern names, is an old j1
epidemic under a new came. in ? j
.Qaeen Elizabeth's- time tras ts raged ia \<
England under the name of monop?
olies. She, according to -Macaulay
(vol. i. p. 58), had granted monopolies . J
on iron, coal, oil, vinegar, lead, starch, j i
yam, leather, and glass, tnt the Com- ? i
mons threatened revolution and she j i
repealed the charters; aaa Charles I. j {
?paid the penalty for his favoritism of mo- ! t
nopoiies and his indifference to popular | <
demands, by the loss of "his head ?s welW ?
as his crown. The modern monopoly j t
differs from the ancient.in -that it works j c
quietly, secretly, systematically, and \ 1
with an artistic finesse that does credit . i
lo Yankee ingenuity. At the recent j {
trust trial before the New York Supreme U
Court the trust lawyers refused to pro- j e
duce the minutes or records of the i \
trustees. Many of thc trusts burn the i c
records of their proceeding?, and the j c
trust managers take no pains to conceal i i
tbe fact that neither the newspapers j j
nor the public car* be informed of the j t
true inwardness of these combination?, i ?
for the reason that the minutes of the j '
trust meetings cannot bc produced. In j.c
this manner the law and the people are
dened, and secret combination override
both. What justification is there for
?bia? "Seek none, conspiracy. Hide
it is smiles and affability/' It is use?
less fur these combinations to tell as I i
they organize to reduce prices, or that j <
their organizations result in the reduc- j i
lion of prices. Trusts are not ? (
conducted for the purpose cf j (
dispensing charity, except when charity ! i
begins at home with themselves. The ' i
avowed purpose of these tiusts is to Ft
curb competition cr.d to maintain what ? t
in the judgment cf the trusts themselves = i
?juay be considered a fair standard of | i
profits. Of ail trusts now organized ; i
not ene can p'-iut to a reduction of. <
prices as a res uh of inc trust except the :
. Standard Oil Company, and in its ea-e 1 t
the reduction was due to other causes, i
and would bc stiil lower if there were no j ?
trust. Since thc sugartru&t was found ' !
ed in October, IS8T, the production of i
refined sugar has decreased. By order e
of the trust two refineries iu I> ?st<-:i ;?:;>J $
two in New York have been closed, two :
others have bec: temporarily shut down,
others have had their production de- ?
creased one-fourth, and refined sugar j ?
has advanceuf in t rice f:om three
fuurths to one cent a pound. Thc \
average price of granulated sugar in
1887 was six cents, but tn January, ,
1888, W28 seven a;<i one-sixteenth ,
cents. Before the Senate investigating ,
committee of New York ?U object o? . j
this trust was stated io bc "to Limit
production," and Mr. i ia ve me ju
stated that refined sugar costs thc con?
sumer about two cents a pound more
than in En-ilan?, or about ten dollars a !
barrel.
Since thc organization of thc envelope ;,
trust in 1887 prices of envelopes have .
gone up twenty per cent. The income ,
of this trust fiom this advance alone is ,
about ?^00,000 a year. Since the or?
ganization of the glass trust in l '??l ! .
glass has advanced ten per ce tit. in j
price, and theie is a tariff of one hun- .
dred per cent, on common glass and
one hundred and fifty per cent, on plate
glass. The organization of the mi at
trust in New York has resulted in |
lowering the price paid to the farmer
for Lis meat and ruining the price to the
consumer who W:JIits to eat il li)
January, IS88, the warehousemen cf!.
New York and Brooklyn combined, and
raj^s on sugar storage advanced ten to
twenty per cent, a hogshead. One of j,
the combine said before the Senate j ,
committee, "Competition is a bad ?
thing ; we want to destroy it all we ,
can"-and they arc doing it with a ,
v ngeance.
From 15.000 to 10,000 cans of milk i
are consumed in New York city daily. <
Io 1882 thc dealers formed a trott. ?
I The farmer receives three cents for h
j quart of milk, and the consumer pa;
from seven to eight cents. The farme
of Orange County, New York, struc
a short time since? but having sun
$20,000 iu the strike gave it ap, fo
I as thc president of the milk trust say
"They don't like to tackle a trus
They are as afraid of it as they woul
I be of the devil."
j Thc oil cloth trust has advance
; prices from ten to fifteen per cent, t
? the consumer. Bat why continue
j The list is as long as Homer's cati
I logue of ships ; and the limits of a
I ordinary Magazine article will u<
; suiTioe to enter largely into details. !
j will be observed ifjui isis enumerator
I that the bitter sarcasm of Sir Joh
Culpepper io the House of Com moni
may be appropriately applied to the mc
nopolies of our times. "They are,
said he, "a nest of wasps ; pollers of th
i people ; a swarm of vermin which hav
I over-crept the laud. Like the frogs c
Egypt they have gotten possession c
our dwellings and we have scarce
room free from them. They sup in ou
cup, they dip in our dish, they sit b_
our fire. We find them in the dye-fat
wash-bowl, and powdering-tub. W
may not buy our clothes without thei
brokerage. These are the leeches tha
have sacked the commonwealth so har*
that it is almest hectical.'"
Senator John Sherman said, duriDj
the last Summer, in the Senate of thi
United States, "tbat combinations t<
prevent a reduction of price by com
petition may and ought to be met by ?
reduction of duty." Last spring tin
New York Tribune said: "Combina
tiuns to prevent competition are radi
cally hostile to and defeat the ven
object of the protective system.' Judg<
Cooley, one of the ablest jurists of OKI
day, in a speech at Boston last Januarj
said of them : "They are things to be
feared. They antagonize a leading
and mest valuable principle of indus?
trial life in their attempt to curb com?
petition and bring it under strict con?
trol. And when we witness the heart?
less manner in which some trusts have
closed manufactories and turned men
wiiiing to be industrious into the street
in order that they may increase profits
already reasonably large, we cannot
help asking ourselves whether the trust
as we see it is not a public enemy ;
whether it is not teaching the laborer
dangerous lessons : whether it is not
belpiug to breed anarchy " On his re
rura from Europe Mr James G. Blaine
set out to justify trusts by telling cs that
they were private affairs, and thai we
b^d nothing to do with them. We
Rnght have replied that the saloon, t-he
liquor traille, private property of all
kinds, and the transaction by which I
am relieved of my money by a footpad,
are all private affairs, but that we nev?
ertheless undertake to regulate, sup?
press, or abolish them when once we
feel that they invade the principle,
Sethisjpopuliest suprema lex; but the
people simply laughed at it, and Mr,
Blaine never repeated it, for, recogniz?
ing the vox jpoptdi against him, and
with his known versatility he set out to
>rove instead that trusts after all were
strolled by democrats, and therefore'
?ver-e unquestionably public affairs and a .
it subject for discussion, dissolution,
md destruction, if necessary for the
?estoration of Republican supremacy, j
?ot only are the legislatures of the ?
States, which are suppose*! to reibet j
rubiic sentiment, enacting iaws to crush j
hem, but the courts and judges through- ?
>ut the land declare them illegal when
?ver the question arises for judicial dc- j
emanation. in the famous leading j
;ase of "The Monopolies1' (2 Coke, 84) i
Lord Coke declared a monopoly illegal j
?nd void; that it lcd to three results: !
T) An increase bf price; (?) A dc-j
;rease in quality ; and (3) Tue impov- ?
irish ment of artisans, artificers and j
sorkmen. lu 1711 the King's Bench
leclared that to obtain the sole exercise 1
>f any known trade throughout England I
s a complete monopoly and against the j
)oltcy of the law.* A New York act of j
he legislature makes it a conspiracy j
br two or more persons te do any act \
.injurious to trade or commerce.7' Or- j
iinary laborers organizing a strike have
>cen prosecuted under the provisions of
his act. It remains to be seen how thc
rust managers will evade it.
In Central Ohio Salt Case (o5 Ohio
>tate Reports), a salt trust was organ
zed, and the court in declaring it il!e- !
*al said : "Public policy unquestion?
ably favors competition in trade to the j
md that its commodities may be afford- j
?d to toe customer as cheaply as pos- ;
?ble. The clear tendency of such au j
kgrectueot ts io establish competition in
rade. It is no answer u> s?y thai cornpc !
i?'ou was not in fact destroyed, or that :
:he price of ice commodity was uot '??
u fact advanced Courts will not stop to \
nquire ast<> the degreeof injury inflicted j
>u the public, li is enough to know that j
he invokable tendency of such con- !
rads ia injurious to thc public " Io a |
[y: nnsylvatita (ase five coal companies ;
?rganized to control tue output of a cer
"a?n district ?>f coal and in Morris Run '
;oal Cu. vs D A ?ey Ru;, Coal Co thc !
;ou7t decided thc arrangement a con- I
.piracy-.
lu Arnot vs. [>b*tOD Coal Co. the
Sew York Court of a [?neals declared
hat .-ucii a combination was outside <>t
he pale and protection of the law. lu |
Louisiana a pite bagging trust came up
for review beforo the courts in India'
<?:''''ii:g Co. vs. IC-- -k. and it was de- ?
.-lured to ho a<i agreement palpably und j
unequivocally in restraint ul tr .vie, con?
trary to public ord? r, and un en for?a ble
tn a coart of justice.
In illinois, inC.-i't vs. MeCoriOUghv
Le court said : "The 'our firms by a
>brewd, deep-laid secret combination]
?UeoiOted to con?roi rind monopolize the ;
?a?ire grain trade of th^ town and sur- i
rounding' country. That the effect of
: h is contract iva* to restrain the fr;id?; l
ind commerce of thh country is a prop
>.-;::?.n that eaunot successfully oe de?
nied 77 I
in New York, in five lim ? of
steam-boa's made a tru~t of the Steam?
boat business. Thc Snprcmc <'.ij-t
?aid : "'* is a fa:: : nr maxim flcif- com?
petition is th? i i fe t } trade. !i !' ?Mows ?
that wh.tt? V? r ?i? sfroj or ev. n relaxes :
competition ia traue is injurious if n?;? :
fatal to I:." The '/ urt <i Louisiana,
according tn th:- *V w York T-m. s. gave :
?hat that paper ea il?.* J :i clack eve to
ti.e oil trust, J'-." suit was brough* ro
compel a foi f> ;?u: c of it-; chart? r < ti thc ;
ground that it had amalgamated writ ti
the cotton-seed oil trust, and she co?irt
r-aid : "Corporations have no py.? r er
d?nai Hy and without express authority j
to consolidate or form pai?nership.s with
3th er corporations, s till less can
the7 make such combinait')! s in ord< r
Lo establish monopolies and unlawfully
restrain the n;ii??r;.l and legitimate
course of commerce/'
Thal these combinations -:rc a men
ace lo the liberties and material pros?
perity of the people seems unquestion?
able. Organized to control the very
arteries of popular subsistence ; in
league with one another : supported by
immense capital ; unscrupulous in their
modus operandi ; controlled by a bond
of secrecy based on mutual self-interest ;
ready to cast their in?uence, power,
and wealth with the political party
which may bid for its F'rength by sac?
rificing popular interests, they form a
tower of strength against popular in?
dignation. But the remedy is simple ;
without the encouragement of a pater?
nal government imposing taxes on Peter
to hand to Paul in order to assist him in
"his business, these monstrosities could
never exist a year in a free land. And
when once the system of legalized rob?
bery known as a protective tariff, which j
makes these things possible, shall be
! repealed, its protege, the trust, will fall
like the walls of Jericho before the
trumpet of foreign competition. "Trade
restrictions," says Herbert Spencer,
"are of the same race with irrespon?
sible government and slavery ; inter?
ferences with the freedom of exchange
are as certainly their progeny as are the
worst violations of human rights : they
are constantly found in the society of
these ; and although not popularly
classed as crimes, they are in both
origin and nature closely related to
them."-James F Mint&rn in Bel
ford1 s Magazine for June.
- i ????.?. ? a
The appointment of Abial Lathrop,
Esq., to the United States District At
torneyship for this State, is heartily
endorsed by our people. As we had to
Lave a Republican, we prefer to have
one that we kuow to be honest and
conscientious in ali the relations of
life, and euch is the character of the
gentleman to whom this office bas been
given.-Orangeburg Timen and Demo?
crat.
Xs Consumption Incurable?
Rend thc following: Mr. C. ll. Morris, New?
ark, Ark-, says.: .' Was down with Abscess of
Lungs, ?nd friends and physicians pronounced
:u? ha iccurab?o consumptive. Began taking
Dr. King's New Disc-very for consumption, am
non- nn my Urra bottle, ?nd able to oversee the
work rm my farm. It is the finest medicine
ever made.*'
Jesse Middle wa rt. Decatur. Ohio, cays : "Had
ii nor been lor Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption I would have died of ?ung troubles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in the best
of health." Try it. Sample bottles free at J.
F. V>\ DeLoruie's drug store. 5
Electric ??itters.
This remedy is becoming so well known and
so popuiar as to need no special mention. All
who have used l?lecrric Barers sine the same
song of praise. A purer medicine dies not ex?
ist and it is guaranteed to du all that is claim,
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liver and kidneys, will remove piiuple?, boils,
salt rheum and orker affection* caused by im
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vers Fi.r cure of headache, constipation and
indigestion try Electric Billers-entire satis?
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50 cents a-nd $1 per bottle at J. F, W. De?
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Sores. Ulcers. Salt K'neum. Fever Sore?, Tetter,
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25 cents per box. For sale by J. F. VV. De
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SPRING AND "SUMMER
Mn. flits ii fin Mer
invite their friends tnd the ladies generally to
cali and examine their stock.
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED
Hats and Bonnets.
?" LOWERS, RIBBONS, ic, IN VARIETY.
Children's and ?nfants's
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April 17.
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Dec. 21.
State of South Carolina.
SUMTER COUNTY.
OFFICE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
"ITTHEREAS an inquest of Escheat hath
W been returned iu?o this office whereby
it appeared thal Janus A Moree late of
Lynchburg, i -; Sumter County, who was born ;
near Spring ?ii:!, in the County of Sumter, j
State of Souti: Carolina, ano died on the ZOlh I
day of June. A. 1'. iSSd. was seized und pcs- J
?cssed at the time ot bis death o' a lot fd'land I
with three buildings thereon situ?t* in the j
town of Lynchburg, in Shi ?oh Township,
Sum*'-' County, State aforesaid, bounded on i
the North and East by the Lynches' Creek ;
Road and on tho South and \\'ez\ bj Undi ;
now or formerly of W. K ii. Fraser and the ?
Co'o red Methodist Church lol as will appear I
bv deed o! J.:oieS A. Graves, dated June 8;h, I
IMS. j
Also oro ?ut of about ! U (d'an acre with a [
store bouse thereon, situate in the town ol j
Lynchburg bounded on the North by ?
Lynches' Ricer Rond. on East hy-Keels1 ?
loi. South Ly-KM !.-;' I?.:, and ap. thc '
West hy ! nuls of Luckey and Hodge, without \
??tvir.M- ?.| his life-time made any disposition !
thereof, and without leaving any person who 1 (
c;it: legally claim :!.'. >?::.>>? :
Now, in pursuance of the directions of the :
Act of A'SiCffibiy, tn s'uch case mad.- and i?: :>- j
vided, the Heirs of the said Jam.s A. Moree
or those chinning mulei him (ifao\ there be) |
?rchereby r??pii:?d to appear and make claim
wi i ht ri eighteen mon-hs from ; be date hereof, j
Wir:.. - , toy band m Sumter, S. C , this I
l\-\'n day ot Mar? A. D ??tf'J.
J. 1? ii RA HAM,
A td. :t c }\ fi a s. j .
FOR BALE,
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t::IS SCi?SOt?' !;: kt-, fol' S..lc by lb',' gall n or j
less quantity. Als-?,
Ciders filled residence, t>n Republican j
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work eau bc do.tc for. Feb 8 '
Who advised her pupils to strengthen
their minds by the usc of Ayer's Sar?
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'.I have taken Ayer's Sarsaparilla
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- Miss Xhir?a L. Crerar, l'a!myra? Md
"My daughter, twelve years of age.
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General Debility.
A few weeks since, we hegnn io give
lier Ayer's Sars.!v;?r:i!.-i/ Her ht-alrh has
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Sarsaparilla as a j?medy h r debility
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PHIS, have great ly improved r.:y heabh.
I am now ;;!.!?. n> work,ano feel ??;it I
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".I suffered from
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?old under guarantee as to material Had
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PRICES 8RE?TLY REDUCED
ince last season, and several new styles of
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-o
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SUMTER, S. C.
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The celebrated Royal St John Sewing Ma?
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WEBSTER ?3 T-?ii STANDARD
Authority ia trie Cov't Priming Office, und with
t:ic U. S. Suprema Court. Iti? recommended
by the Stale Sup'ts cf Schools of 3? States, and
by leading College Pres'tsof tiio t '.b. and Canada.
SPECIMEN TESTIMONIALS.
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most universally conceded io Ix; i'n-: best.
The Boston Gioi?C -y- ? Webster is the ac?
knowledge I standard i:: lexicography.
Th? Atlanta SOBStit&fiO!! *ay* : Webster has
". '"'jong'bWn th?*taii<sS.* antin rite in our office.
The_CIiioaf;c Inter GoeaS fcays: webster*
Unabridged has-ahva: - been the standard.
The Neo- Orleans Ernes Democrat says:
Webster is standard authority ?a ourofhee.
The New York TriBTlSesays: Ii is recognised
as ibo i' ? i i v Misting "word-look" of
thc En lish language al! over tho world.
Soldbvall Do? kseli'-rs. ramnhletfree.
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THE EQUITABLE
Life Assurance Society of the United States.
ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 18S9,
LIABILITIES, JANUARY ?, 18S9, -
SURPLUS, JANUARY 1, 18S9, -
$05,0-12,022 96
74.248.207.81
20.794.715 15
FIRST, FOREMOST. LARGEST, BEST.
The Largest Amount Outstanding Business. The Largest
N?ew lousiness. The Largest Surplus. The Largest Income.
Issues all kinds of the most desirable forms of Insurance.
The Free Tontine Policies are unrestricted as to travel, resi?
lience and occupation after first year. Incontestible after two
fears, and Non-Forfeitabie after three years.
THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agt,
Jan. 2-0 Sinnier, S. C.
fKm*hm?sMFi co. *J>~-^3fc
?fe fV^^S^a &SH?^S?
i: ^iTVr? i& MsVSTAi Tg> fe
life lp ^^p""*^^^^^^^^
I??ADC??AKTERS FOll W ATCHED.
JAMES ALLAN & CO.
Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specta?
cles, Drawing Instruments
r 111 : FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE ILE! J AULE GOODS AT
REASONABLE PRICKS;
Walch RopairiII?; a specialty. Chief lnspcetbrs of Watches f.^r Smith Caro- ]
?na Railway, Atiantic C<?asi Lino and Southern ?)?. of Three C> Hail Road, j
JAMES ALLAN & CO.,
Feb. 8 - ?*> Kinii Sr., Sum of Di :mi <.';?>. CharU-ston, S. C. |
T?OP?LAOE SALOON, \
A. P. LEVY & CO., Proprietors.
(.Snc*e?S?>r? lo uoseimoti ^ ..;
V.'t Lave, constantly oa hand a complete I?;:?- of
WTX'KS. L?iUOKfe, Cii;.V?S A S ?> TOBACCO.
And desire to cali especial alkali!
Imported.
FRENCH BRANDIES,
IRISH WHISKEY,
JAMAICA HUM, RLACKBEitKY Wi NE,
HOLLAND GIN, (?IN AND EINE
SCOTCH WHISKEY, LUE WHISKEY.
We e;!l especial attention to our
Pure North i a roi inn Corn Whiskey,
;cpt. -C. Which wc ??ct direct fi om 'bc
io tm luiiov. ing :
I lonicstic.
SHERRY. PORT,
GATA Vv |>A WINE,
The largest and most complete establishment South
GEO. S. HACKER & SON,
tu ^if^if^m l? ii: iwma *
f ; ..
Manufacturc-rs of
Doors, Sa?, BMs, Me?|
AND BUILDING MATERIAL.
OFFiCE AND WARERoOMS,
Klug, opposite Cannon Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 1 o
BEST AND CHEAPEST
ALL GOODS GUARANTEED.
Estimates f^rnislie-l by return Mai!.
LARGE STOCK, PROMPT SHIPMENTS.
GEO. i mn & co.,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE?
SALE DEALERS IN
oooiis, SASH, enos,
MOULDING,
-AND
GENEEAL BUILDING- MATERIAL.
Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Mayne St.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 25 o
1 f
C. 0. BROUN & BRO.,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
SI SH & BLINDS,
LATHS, LIME,
CEMENT, PLASTER,
AND HAIR.
Frencli ani American ?Mow Kass,
PAINTS, OILS
AND TARNISHES.
CARTER WHITE LEAD,
The Best in the Market.
Special Attention Given to Or>/cr.< ?
hj Mail.
C. O. BROWN k BRO.,
Opposite Post Office,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Oct 5-0
FLAMM? Mili L?,
James H. Sanders,
PROPRIETOR.
DEALER IN
Door. Sash. Blinds.
SCROLL AND TURNED BALUS?
TERS, MOULDINGS,
Brackets, Laths, Shingles, &c
Roil ni Dressed. Lute,
AIR DRIED.
Plain and Fancy Ceiling, Flooring and
Finishing Material.
Yard and Oince, Mary Street, East of
R. R. Depot, Sumter S. C.
E. B. LOWRY,
Sept 19 Business Manager.
C. ?. HOYT. II. A. HOYT
C. I. HOYT & SRO..
:/' \\ -iii /,. - \
Gold and Silver Watches, |
Clocks, JcTTC-Jry, Spectacles,
MERIDEN BRITA N i A SILVERWARE, kc.
REPAIRING! A SPECIALTY.
SPORTING M AT KR I vL,
Shells, Wads and Kverything Pertain- j
tog to Breech-Loading (?uus.
Feb 1
PATRONIZE
HOME TALENT.
Life-Size Portraits: in Crayon,
MAD!-: FROM rnoTotatAPJis,
SUMTER, S. C.
MRS. E. J. DUNNE.
Also prepared to teach a class in
Drawing and Music
Jan. 30.
JNO. T. OREEN,
Attorney and Counsellor at
SUMTER, C. H., S. C.
Col lection o! claims a specialty.
June '.IQ.
G. S* S?IAXilT s
Drug St?re9
Under Music Hall,
SUMTER, S. C.
PURE DROSS ANO CHEMICALS
constanly on hand. A fine assortment of
TOILET ARTICLES, PATENT MEDI?
CINES, LADIES' REQUISITES,
and all articles kept hy fir?t class druggists.
Personal atfention given to the compound?
ing of physicians' prescriptions.
Cold, sparkling Soda Water, with choice
cream syrups, Sarsaparille Meade, and Milk
Shakes ;o suit the most fastidious.
G. S. SEALY,
Apr 13 Graduate of Pharmacy.
I F W. MJKME,
Agent?
-D KA LEK IN"
DBMS & mum
TOILET SSAFS, PERFUMERY
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggist's Sundries
USUALLY KEPI IN \ FIRST-CLASS DRUG
STOKE.
Tobacco, Snuff and Segars,
GARDEN SEEDS, &C,5
-ALSO
Paints, Oiis, Varnishes,
PUTTY, &c.
?AND
DYE STUFFS.
-o
Physician's Prescriptions carefully
compounded, and orders answered
with care and dispatch.
The public will find my stock of
Medicines complete, warranted genu?
ine, and of the best quality.
Call and see for yourselves.
IMPERIAL EGO FOOD,
FOR ALL VARIETIES OF POULTRY,
WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY !
It keeps fowls in nest condition, and makes
poultry the most profitable stock on the farm.
When the Imperial Egg cood is fed accord?
ing to directions, sick and drooping chicks
will never he seen. It supplies all the need?
ed material for forming bone, muscle, and
feathers, and by its gentle tonic effect strength?
ens thc digestive organs and lays the founda?
tion for vigorous, healthy, and therefore,
profitable fowls. They w ill also he fifed for
market a month enriier than by common
treatment. For sale bv
Dr. A. J. CHINA.
March 20.
MAYE S VILLE
DRUG STORE.
DR. GEO. IcELYEEN & CO.
M?YESYILLE, S. C.
HAYE OPENED A FIRST CLASS LINE
cf
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
And other goods usually found in a gen?
eral drug business, including
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, I) ve
Stuffs, See.
Perfumery, Soap?, Toilet
Articles, Combs and Brushes.
Stationery, kc.
A full line of Garden Seeds.
Fine Tobacco and Cigars. .
Prescriptions carefully compounded-day or
night.
- Patronage of the surrounding coaniry
solicited and prices guaranteed as low as in
any other market.
Calls for medicai attendance left at the
Drug Store will receive prompt attention.
DR. GEO. McELVEEN & CO.
Jan. 2-x
F. m HUSEIH?NN,
GUN-MAKER,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
DEALER IN
GUDS, Pistols and Fishing Tackle, j
Agent for Hazard and Atlas Powder Core (
panies, also Agent for Lefever Arms Co.
AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS.
Shells Loaded by Latest Improved Machine, j
Fir&t-Class Gun Work Guaranteed.
PRICES AS LOW AS THE LO WEST.
iSicT* Give me a call at Sportsman's Head?
quarters. Oct 26 o
? ff-^SSmfcEaia heri vvairh ia thaworld.P il h fl
1 Atf^'S^?I tertec? t:rr.e*.. Wax-1 lL?L!
v f/3w$it?Pin ?wed. Heavy ?C:U? oold
l^&wj&ff^ff??*S?*ii* CHM* of equal ?tue.
^^^^^5&f^.ji <'""^^ %Jg One Porsoii io each lo
oaVc lino of Household
'^????ZlTJSSiZ^^ ?Yee, ar. l ofter you t?vr hep*.
rVm in vour h.->me for ?E months and shovra tfe?n co thoso
v ?so :.: ?v'liavo called, they becorac y>--ur own property. Xhosa
who write nt once cm bc euri of nccivtnK til?? Writer*
end Samples. Wc_p9Y til fspre?. fr<-?c??t. etc. AoJrcsa
Stinsoa ?? Co., ii?x S12,i*?>rtlaadraia4ae?
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC
ls? entirely a venerable preparation cc-n:ainir??
nr. M< rcarr, Potash, Arsenic, oroiher poisonous
subit?neos.
SWIFTS SPECIFIC
Has cared lumen .!> cfcasea cf Epitlv -ioma or
Cancer? f iheSl?tuthocsandsofcasesof Eczema.
Blood Ilnmors ard Skin D?M-::^ <, and hun?
dr. Is <?r t'?? :>:?:: ls of c -cs ?.f Scrofula, Dlood
Poison, and Dlood Taint.
SWIFTS SPECIFIC
ll: < r ?.-v ! tl: :? :: !.* ff cases ef Mcrcnrial
Poh Kkcumatisri, and Stiffness of thc
WHAT PHYSIC: ws SAY or Tn:; SWIFT SrEcinc.
We anpend the statement <. ? a f. vi :
'i have used S. S. S. en patients convalescing
from fever: ?.ul fr- mi ;?-a>!cs wiiurhe Ivstresults
N. Cusxsr, M. P. Ellaville, Ga.
T>.. y-s i*\ -Willi.? White was afflicted with
gccluia s< vc s \ - ar =. ! prescribed & S. S., aad
to-dav ho isa fal au r >'?.: t boy.
G. W. PAKKES. 31. D.
RICTTMOKP, VA.. 1 c. '\ 1 >>.">.-.! have taken
tim hotta-V of . ; * S.-vcific, fc r secondary
blood p.*;- ri. 1- ?. ac'i latter than potash oe
anycthcrrcmedv I hav : overused.
!'.. F. WINFIELD, -I.D.
Book on Conta ::cus riood Poison mailed free.
All druggists ic"! -;. ? '. ?-. Tan SWIFT SrECirrc
CL. ]):?.. v.. r 3, Atlanta, Ca. New York, 756
broadway.
For Sale.
VNUMBER OF DESIRABLE BUILDING j
Lots in various portions of the city.
TU OS. E. RICHARDSON.
Jun. 2-If.
C. WTJLBEBN & CO.,
"WHOLESALE GROCERS,
?ND DEALERS IN
\Mm, ]?$m, T?test H
107 and 169 East-Bay.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Prc. 2 6
TO F. W?ETERS,
WHOLESALE
GER
And Liqnor Dealer.
OFFICE AND SALESROOM:
183 East Bay, Charleston, S- C,
! GEO. I, WIE? SON,
Established 1847.
WHOLESALE GROCEES,
Auction and Commission Merchante
and Liquor Boalers.
AG KS TS FOR
j Celebrated Dove Brnud Ham.
The Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwankee
Beer.
Marr land Hominy Mills.
Griffiths Bakery Co.
Motts Cider and Vinegar.
Banner Preserve Works.
Frank Packing Co.
197 EAST BAY AND 50 AND 52 STATE Sn.,
(Auction Room State Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Consignments Solicited.
Jan. 23. _ O
GEO. L. COOK,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
265 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Aug 10 o
CHAS. ~C7 LESLIE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FISH, GAME, OYSTERS,
TURTLES, TERRAPINS,
POULTRY, EGGS, kt.
Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market.
Office and Fish House. 18 and 20 Market St.,
East of East Bay,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
All orders promptly attended to.
Terms cash or city acceptance,
Oct. 3
PAVILION- HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
First Class in all its Appointment*.
Supplied with all Modern Improvements.
Excellent Cuisine. Large Airy Rooms,
Otis Passenger Elevator. Elec?
tric Bells and" Lights. Heat?
ed Rotonda.
RATES ?2 00, $2 50 AND $3.00.
Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph.
WATMLY HOUSE,
IN THE BEND OF KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Rates, $2 and ?2.50 per. day.
G. T. ALFORD,
May 2-0 PROPRIETOR.
WRIGHT'S HOTEL.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
-o
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT H O USS,
with ali modern i improvements, is now
open for the reception oi'zuests.
S. L. WRIGHT & SON,
ProDrietbrjP.,
Obtained, an?j at! I'ATKXT BiSISEsS ' afr
tended t?> for Mo DI'. KA TE FEES Our office tn
opposite the t". <. intent office, anti we cnn ob?
tain Patents JU less time than those remote from
WASHJXGTOy. Send MODEL. J'l.'.i IF/36 or
PHOTO of jirrenitoM. Wo advise ns lo patent
a!>i!itv free nf rii?irst?and we rna!;.- SO CHARGE
V.xj.kss PATE ST />' SK* n /.'/.;;>.
For circular, rtdviee. tenas ?nd references to
actual clients in yt?i:r-own Snste. ("minty. Oty ot
Town, write t?>
sgassifBwac?
Opposite Potent Office, Washington, D fi
WILLIAM KENNEDY.
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET, *
Next door to Earle & Pu rd y's Law CSrce.
SUMTER, J. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citrsens of
Sumter and vicinity that I have opened
business on roy own account at the above oH
stand, and that with competent and polite
assistants. I will be pleased to serve themis
any branch Of my business in the best style
of the art.
Give me a call.
WM. KENNEDY.
Oct. 19.
Our Favorite Singer
Drop L*af. Fancy C. ver. Lzrge Drawers.
Nickel Sings, Tucker, Ruffler. Binder.
Feu? Widths of Hemmers.
S^nt on enc week's trial. Delivered jn? your bose fret
< f freight char? .s. Lu,- only cf Manufacturers. Sav?
Canvassers' CoTnnvssior.s. O r New Machines.
Address ?ot circuUrs and Test:m< nuls,
Cc-operatlvo Sewing Machine Ca,
219 Quince Street, Philadelphia, 3?*.
Sewing. Machine!
To at once establish!
trade in All paru, by J
placing ose aachir
?nd ?roods where the
them, we will aeadt. ? "
'person in each locality?fi v-,
_ teat tewing-macaiae n??l?
thc world, with all the imitii meH
We will alto sendf reeVwSS
}ate of ocr cosily and "^hVttjrt
samples. IQ reta/n we ask. that rom
'show what we scad, to thea? Me
may cal: at y ocr home, ?od afier A
'.months all sha!l become your ?nm
?pmperry. This rrand raarhfcin ti
ms?!* after the Sinccr patenta,
which hare ran ont : b> fore pa&cjt*
run oat it 9old tor 993. with A*
??rsenments. a?d sow aeQs te
ii /?.?O. Beat,atiunseat,IWIBT sjasj
'tal machine in the world.. JtO-a?
?, . ,Z -,^!rfe- Xo capital reejeirrd. Kala,
oriel UKractMMM giren >ho?e who write 10 us ai ooot can ssw
care ?Vee the best eewinc-machhie in the world. Mad th?
^T?????Z???fib?h ARTIV" *o~* together in Amer*?.
X?UE ?lc CO., Box "MO. Ancua ta, TOf