Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. The Saunter Watchman was founded in 185j) andtbe True, Southron iu 1866. The^rfafo/Kiuaii and Southron cow has tue combioed circulation and influence of bola of the old papers, and is mani? festly tbe best advertising medium ia Sumter T&ADE REVIEW .07 SUMTER. ..'-J?fe propose to make the last issae of tbe- Watchman' and Southron in this mooth a review of the trade, resources, a-nd prospects of the city of Sum er. It W??1 be a thorough and elaborate ex? hibit of the commercial, indastrial and fiaancial advantages and prospects of j oar progressive little city, and the only j complete review of the kind ever pub- j lishecl h?re!-. Tais entire month will be ! devoted1 to its preparation, a-nd no pains J or expense will be spared to secare as J full^ueajpieiean^ accurate statistics of tbe^xaricws. branches of trade, business, proTessions and enterprises of all kinds, as tbe nature of our work will require. Oar publication will not be confined to merely statistical information, but will oontaia - the history with full j and interesting, accounts of. all the j manufacturing and business" eater- j prises, tbe public institutions, schools j and colleges, churches and social insti- f tattoos of the city, their .present condi tioa and future prospects, together with a g?nerai "write ap" of the city of Sumterj containing numerous engrav? ings from photographs of views, scenery, j buildings and prominent men. We j wiri'-endeavor to make tho proposed j Review interesting -reading, graphic j apd ptctaresqne ia style, and with this vifcfc will ^engage thc services of the ablest-.writers in the city. .We'wish to make oar work creditable ajike to oarselve^ and to the Game-cock j City, and, of course, to satisfactorily accomplish this, we will be pat to great expens?. Issuing, as it is in? tended to do, more tban 2,500 copies of tbe Keview, we will present to the ? petffrle of Sumter the best advertising ; medium that bas ever been offered them, j and to save ourselves from any great loes by reasoa of our enterprise, we will ! baye to rely upon our business men and Other public spirited citizens to "come ; over info Macedonia and Le lp ns. n By reference to another column it will be j seen that the Board of Trade bas airea- | dy.given ns the friendly touch of its ; elbow, and by its laudatory resolutions : cordially commends. our scheme Fer j their kind word? and the substantial I aid - extended us by this body, reprc- : aeuiias the business interests of our city, we are .truly grateful, and prom-1 ise not "to disappoint their expectations. . " : j The Watchman and Southron has ? never fabled i Q any Journalistic, enter- j prise it bas undertaken, and wo beg > thai oar successes of thc psst may be j taken aa an indication of the efficiency j of our work in the enterprise now ia t band. . ? representative cf the paper will cali 00 Oar business men individually, ex plain our plans, and obtain from them, we..covalently hope, a substantial carn- ! est cf their practical sympathy. j -nraa-iw? -? i *?yu i JUDGE HUESCN A STD THE j JURY SYSTEM. j At the opening of the General Ses .ion? Court Orangelurg a few weeks ago, in bis charge to the Grand Jury, j ? Judge Hudson took, occasion to say something, or repeat what he had ai-i ready said, on the subject of the Amer- [ ican Jury System and thc evils arising from the enforcement of the rule of una? nimity in the finding of ve.diets. A local newspap?r makes the following re- j port of that portion of the Judge's charge : The Judge took the ground that thc popular criticism of juries and the sys? tem of trial by jury was often unjust, \ and that the evils of the law's de-lay, expensive litigatioo, end the faiiure to obtain justice in criminal and civil case? could be invariably traced ?o the en? forcement of the rule <>f unanimity in ? the finding of the verdicts, and thc con- 1 etiturionai provisions forbidding the : Judge to render the jury any assistance by charging them upon the fact?, [u concluding he quoted a? follows from an article by Judge Henry (J Caldwell, of Arkansas, cn the American jury pysrem: "To sum up. Tiie rulo of unanim? ity encourages crime, lt is the hope of the guilty, and the trust of dishonest and litigatious :>uitors, it obstructs and delays justice; i& multiplies lawyers'1 fees and burdens suitors with costs and the citizen with taxes; it degrades and ; dishonors the citizen by treating him worse than the felon he is called to try : it makes jury service disagreeable and dangerous : it ofren enables criminals in cities, where that class abounds, to escape conviction by smuggling one of their num?er on the jury ; it \s an in? centive to bribery and corruption ; it is a fertile source of false verdicts, and a relie of barbarism and superstition ?ha? ought to be abolished. It does not prevail outside of England a:;<l the countries deriving their jurisprudence from her. and does not obtain in Scot? land ^ Judge Hudson said that he thor? oughly endorsed the words of Judge Caidwcii. Thc rule, in Iiis opinion, was retained simply (J3 accent of i!; antiquity, but ?-is th ? reasons which railed i; int-? lifo hr..] lo^rj j ^i,,] awar. Th? Judge gu?s cn with specious ar g u tuen ts tending to strengthen th words of Judge Caldwell, citing thc rules that obtain in Suprema Courts and other high tribunals, where only majority and not a unanimity is required. Thc trial by jury is as old as Mayiia Charta, and the rule so far back as the reported decisions are used as precedents, bas always boca unanimity in the anding of verdicts. While we are not disposed to be conservative wiien the exigencies and changed con di??os incident to our modern advance? ment and general progress render in? novations either expedient or desirable, yet we regard the preseut jury system as one of the most sacred in>titutions o? our liberties, and weald regard any chaoges from its present status in our jurisprudence as productive of much mischief aod^ possibly the beginning of a disruption that might finally sweep away the institution altogether. The jury system, as it now stands, come? down to us with the sanction of the cumulative test and experiences of cen? turies. It is true that the rule requir? ing unanimity is often the means of flagrant miscarriage of justice, a^d is often fruitful of the evils pointed out by thc learned Judge, but we have it from a source higher than the courts of this earth, that it is better that ninety and nine guilty men escape than that one innocent should suffer. It is remembered with grateful hearts in many homes in South Carolina that in those recent, times which are burned into our memories, when some of the best men in our State were indicted before the Federal Courts at Charles? ton, this requirement-that the verdict j should bo unanimous-was ail that ! saved them. It served, then, as the ! breakwater against the tide of tyranny i and ruthless partisan oppression that j threatened the invasion of our homes j and our freedom. In the times of the j Kuklux trials this rule kept from Sing Sing many of the best of our tand. On j these occasions the jury was indeed the palladium of our liberties. But when we use the words jury sys tem in a comprehensive sense, not meant by Judge Hudson, so as to in- j elude not only the panel but the test of j qr-?lificatio?i for service as a juryman, and the officers who administer the law j as well as the manner cf selecting the panel, then we, too, say that there is | ample room for reform. We consider the office of Jury Commissioner oue of | the most important in the County, aud j we regret to say that this office in some j of the counties is nos?so regarded, but j is often held bv men whose character i and antecedents are not calculated to in spire much confidence or respect for the office or impress the people with the j idea that the incumbent is beyond the | influence cf selfish confederations. The j personnel of ?.he juries are not always ; what it might be, and there Hes the dan- : ger. The system is all right but its j operatious are sometimes ail wrong. The gentlemen cf thc jury arc coll ec- j tively one-a uuit-and has always j been so regarded. A division among j them destroys that unity which is essen- j ti&l for any action or legal results from j tts deliberation. Any change would ; be making the jury a mere board of ar- j bitrators. All rights are specific and j definite, not conjectural and dependent OQ majority 70tes, and twelve men are i as weil able to discern them as seven. j It is cot becoming in a Judge to be i everlastingly preaching against coe of the institutions of thc laws he is ap- I pointed to administer. I bis kind of i talk can be expected from disappointed j litigants, but it comes with bad form j and taste from the hench. ? The learned Judge implies, too, that ? it would bc; well for thc jury to take the facts from the bench. This is simply sugar-coa,i;ig the pill. It means thc same thing virtually a3 aa entire abro? gation of the jury system, a?d would be inversive of all the rights and privi? leges of the parties to actions, reducing the jury from twelve to one-not into one-withou: reducing the cost. Oa?y the respectability of its source entitles this latter remarkable proposi? tion to any attention or comment. The cods of ju>tice are often defeated, but the fault must be looked for else? where than io the jury system. Often the Judges are not blameless If the source is pure the current is not apt to bc defiled. Don't let us attempt the ?ain task of purging the panel after it is selected, but rather begin the refor? mat >n at the driving wheel ot thc jurv machinery. TII3 NSGRO IM THE CHURCH. At thc recent conference of thc col? ored clergy of the Protestant Kpiscopal Church, held in Nev; York, closing on the UT1 !? ult., among many other t'-i pers read was a lett er from IL v. John Kershaw. ttecror of the Church <>f the Holy Comforter, of this city, not "a white clergyman among thc colored people at Sumter, S. C.," as stated wy the New York papers. The Sun givea the following account of the reading of this letter: The secretary read the paper, and when he had finished the first page the Re/ Mr. Cain ju m ped I . bi.s feet und tf?!u ililli tO Stop anil fcCtid tho. T ? :-?. j - I* back to Mr. Kershaw, 'i ae secretary read ir through wi:!i many noisy inter ruptious. When he fi - s -1 finished it was voted to return the document to lhe reverend gent?cmau with the explana? tion that il was not in ace.;; d wiri: the ......I.,,-...... ?.f ?!... /' . r . .i si niiuiCBts ;i ttic v >c*eroucc, anu ??;.;? tue gentreaian ?si-? not know exactly what tie was talking about. Mr. Kershaw wrote: "It m iy also b<i sald that the gift of ?he suffrage by tuc country to ihe then j of the genius of the Church a ful ! in the government ot and in si the destinies nf the Church, wc to commit a similar blunder, an fraught possibly with danger, disaster, if one may judge of wh? be in the Church by what has fc the State. At any rate this cause of the apprehension. If y< to that, instinctive race antipath a cerfaio unsurmountable prejudtc have, in my judgment, the key situation at the South amoDg our < j people - white, I mean," j At the same conf?rence the foll memorial was prepared to be pre: to the Geueral Convention c Church which convenes next w j thc same city : j To our right reverend Fat he j God. the Bishops, and to the re\ j clergy and honorable lay delegi ! thc House of Deputies assembl general convention in New York, jber, A D. 1389 At a conference of colored c?erg J other workers for the Church a i colored people held in New York, I ternber 25, 2G and 27, 1889, thc ; iowiog resolution was moved j adopted : j licsolved, That it is the sense c j Conference that tho geueral conve of the church be memorialized rc; ing the position of colored people i i church. ! We would respectfully ye* most I estly represent to your honorable ies, that we, as ciergy and lait; gaged in the v?ork of the church ar ! colored people, have been traine the P. B Church or have entered communion with the understanding First, That it was a valid bran? God's Holy Catholic Chttrch, brio to us all the verities of Christ's reli and animated by His spirit. Second, That, as such, the Cb knew no difference of race or condi Third, That it is the doctrine of Church that its priesthood is one, that it is not her intention to disc icate io her legislative capacity on sole ground cf color. Yet action has been taken in var parts of the Church which has ei already deprived the colored clerg rights which wc supposed they poss ed by virtue of their apostolic ord ?ion, or which is likely to result such deprivation, as, for example, movement which has been made more than cae diocese looking towai separate organization for colored ; pie. in consequence of these fa and others which we shall not i mention, we believe that the con6de of many among us, and of most in ligpnt colored people generally, been greatly shaken respecting reality of the Church's catholicity ; of her profession of interest iu spiritual welfare of the colored race. in view of ail this, although we bi not felt that due consideration has b given to colored churchmen in thc ci siltation and practical working of th agencies which the last General 0 vention in ali good purpose set in ope tion. and in spite of the fact t there are other grievances about m ters in which we think that in her tempt to evangelize and educate I ? iored people the Church bas i availed herself of the intelligence a insight of colored clergy and laity matters concerning our own peep still it is our belief that ali these rn; tors are subordinate to and sink it insignificance in the presence of o grt-at question, which we believe mt have a satisfactory answer before t work of converting the colored pecj can proceed with any prospect of st cess. The question which wc wcu a>k of thc Protestant Kpiscopal Ch ur of the United States as represented her General Convention is this : What is tho position of the color man io this Church ? Is it in accor ance with the real doctrine taught 1 this Church that when men have on been admitted to this sacred ministry communion in the Church, any restri tion should be made in the spiritual legislative rights of a colored man whi< would not be made in these of a whi man ? Does the action which h recently been taken in two dioceses the Church represent thc true spirit this Church ? We a>k thc General Convention thc Church to give an emphatic ar unequivocal answer to this, our came and almost despairing inquiry. j The action referred to as haring r j cently been taken in two diceses, is ? I passing of canons in Virginia and Soul Carolina restricting the power and prii j ileges of the colored clergy, i It is not unlikely that Mr. Kershaw whole letter will be given to thc publ j in a few days, so that all interested ma i have the opportunity of judging whethe I or no it ought to have caused such i ?-tir iu the Convocation which reqneste ; him to express his views on the sui je< ? which they met to discuss j SUMTE?i VS. CHARLESTON. j In Sumter, on Friday last, cotto i graded middling, sold on the streets i ? Sumter at l?j and 10 5 16, while th same grade in Charleston on the sam ' day was bringing only 10 3 IG and 1(!] j These figures speak for themselves . i 1?re, no insurance, no breakage, n ! storage, no drayage, no freight aud u commission an- charged, to be deductei from the t.-,ta! proceeds of sale. Al this speaks el qucntly for Sumter, am :!.'.::. be but <::..: moral to tire stor -bring your c')?'< ;? I" Sumter. THE CITY CF COLUMBIA. The .Yf /'S anil <'i.i:ri>r nf to daj ; comes <.:> brimming full of a wonder ; fui story of thc progress cf our capita ! city itt business, and manufacturing lt is snell an exhibit as reflects lasting credii alike upon thc city whose tra.Ic it reviews, the accompli"h<:d chief. Mr. X. '?. !> .;/.'!' s of the Ne irs and ('.,./? riir Columbia Bureau, and the paper : lt-,-;f. The pt ide we naturally feel in the C ty of C-dumbin h gr? at!y cn banca-] ny [his Oatt ci in;? sad substantial show it;;: ;-f Si prosperity, ? A :-!;;ru^---Th^ ;.ropric!?n of Hr. j ? \ :?. pitrc:i?'v a rt*n;?*d_> inyrc e'livciive I r?r.?:?;i> o.,h?i'i.;ii \):\ ?0 M! .! S. !" t^caifr; ! -..lit. :?'I.W ..<.:.> (i. ,....> ? , c. v V EDITORIAL ITEMS. Liverpool despatches' announce the collapse on the oOth ult , of the cotton corner. Ou the report that Mr. Steen? sband, who engineered the corner, was selling,, prices for September delivery fell thirty points and are still falling. It is the general opinion that this gigan? tic cotton corner is utterly smashed and that cotton will take a still lower tum? ble. This corner in cotton is the only one that has ever helped the planters of thc South and it lasted only thirty days. It has always heretofore been the boast of Florida that the State enjoyed a wonderful exemption from the three modern curses, cyclones, mad dogs aod sun strokes, but the recent cyclone which visited Pablo Beach and the su? burban villages ou the South of Jack? sonville has convinced the people of that State in a manner frightfully impres? sive, that cyclones are not impossible there. The storm was ODe of terrific force, completely destroying the hotels and cottages of Pablo Beach, a resort for the business people of Jacksonville in the summer, and doing great damage to the latter city. In thc death of Gen. Daniel H. Hill another hero of the lost cause has "pass? ed over the river to rest uuder the shade cf the trees," there to join the immortal spirits of Jackson and Lee. He was true unto death to the cause he had so valiantly fought to uphold. With a character of adamant, tenacious of his convictions, a lover of truth, invincibly brave, with a great and noble heart j wholly dedicated to the South that he loved so well, a devout and humble soldier and disciple of Christ's Church militant, loyal to everything he loved, unswerving in integrity, with a charac? ter as opeu and transparent as the day, the elements were so commingled in him as to make up a grand and unique character. Believing that the great principle of war was to kill or whip the enemy, he was eminently a fighting General, and wherever he swept the field with his legions there the carnage was greatest. The Southern Confed- j eracy produced many great men, but 1 none of a purer, more heroic and lion? hearted cast than D. H Hill. At the close of term of Court at Lau? rens, on the 25th in>t., Judge Aldrich addressed a few farewell words to the Bar, saying that he would not allow his name to be presented for re-election, aud that his term wouid soon expire.- Judge Aldrich has been one of the most famil? iar figures in public life in this State for a great number of years. For what he has been, for that dignity and un fiinching moral courage with which he asserted and attempted to uphold the rights and laws of South Carolina, whose ermine he wore, under the very shadow of the Federal bayonet, becom? ing at last a martyr to his unswerving principles, he has the grateful acknowl? edgments of his countrymen. But we cannot help thinking that Judge Aldrich, like another, in even a higher public station, has remained a little too long in office, and, hy the continued indulgence of an unfortunate habit, has dimmed somewhat the Iustre of his name and impaired that high esteem with which he was universally regarded. The course of that higher cf::jial referred to in the way of comparison, is ten times worse and of a totally different nature. The political campaign in Virginia is waxing warm and exceedingly interest? ing. The defection of a great number of ieadiag Republicans from Maboneism, and their determination to support thc Democratic nominee, promise a sweep? ing victory to thc Democrats. At Abington there was presented on the Iwrd inst, a scene very familiar in this State in the trying times of '76. Two meetings, one by each political party, were being held at the same time and place. Excitement ran high. The Republicans refused to divide time and tCe Democrats organized a meeting of their own in sight and hearing of the Mahone crowd, drawing off great num? bers of the latter. Mahone made a speoch in his usual vein, advocating the total abolition of internal revenue, and favored the Blair Bill and protection. He ridiculed the idea that thc presence of the negro is a menace to our civili? zation. Mahone is the pioneer of that political departure ia the South known hy different names in the different Siares, having as its basis everywhere thc ambitious and spiteful animosities of disappointed and unscrupulous white politicians. It is a hybrid assuming different forms in different localities, catching up all local dissatisfactions, ? hut recognized everywhere hy its oppo I sition to decency and its antagonism to j the supremacy of the white man's party. All of l!ie latest school books can he had at Schwerin'.?. p?RIERLY STATEMENT OK TH S CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF Ending Sept-. 20, 1880, published in con? formity with act of General Assembly : ASSETS. Loans and Discounts; SluS.Sl!? 84 Furniture and Fixtures, 1,327 -Ja Due from Un.ks aud Bankers, and cash ?>:? hand, 51 ,815 24 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, ?.r><) OOO 00 ? 'idivided profits, (IM1!} 3.313 hG Individu? Deposits, $?jo,805 00 ) - . ., ? Savings Deposits, 1.:.-li?i 78 j -IU ,,s Rediscounts, ;:4 080 Due other li n.ks, :;<".u un Si Cl 062 5.1 I. A. WHITE, .'a , ('..shier of The Bank of S:;m?Pi*, ?." solemnly sv.'.-a: lli.il thc above s!a'ctnenl is to the best ot" my knowl ed-e .:ad belief. A. WHITE, J:;., Cashier. Subscribed ?nd sworn tu before nie t!i?? ?rid dav Cd ? tv '!'?;.;., 1830; W. ALLST??N I'litXGLE, .hi.. Notarv Public. Correct-A t'est. W. F. i; HAY.VS WORTH. ] President! ? . . R, iv tfON.u;;?A.\'., ; h-r?ct';n* MONEY TO LOAN. ON" IMPROVED FARM LANDS, insures of S300 and upwards. Loans re-paya? ble in small annual installments through a peiiod of five years. Apply to MOISES k LEE, Attorneys, Oct 2 x Sumter, S. C. FOR SALE. npHE TRACT OF LAND below Mayesville, JL known as the MILTON CO O I'KR Pi ace. lt contains 312 ?cres, with {rood dwelling house and outbuildings. Applv to MOISES k LEfc, Oct 2 2m Attorneys nt LHW. JTR. HARVIN, Attorney at Law, HEAL ESTATE AGENT, SUMTER, S. C. Oct 2 8 NOTICE. A PPLrCATION will be made at the next session of thc Legislature for IIIP charter of a Railroad from the City of Sumter to Cheruw, S. C. September 1SS9. 3ai HONEST WORKMANSHIP. NO PINCHING. All work executed in accordance witii design selected. No blow-hard agents in the ?eld. MONUMENTS, -A KD ALL STYLES CEMETERY WOEK, As cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best. Also All Styles Iron Fencing:. SMITH, Oct. 2 SUMTER, S. C. C. BAUT & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in !F" XT S ^ 2 CHARLESTON, S. C, Are receiving by steamer and rail from the North and West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEM UN'S, POTATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS OF ALL KINDS, j ETC., ETC. Orders solicited and promptly filled. Oct. 2. _' ?&-/LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FISH, GAME, OYSTERS, TURTLES, TERRAPINS, POULTRY, EGGS', &C j Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. ] Office and Fish House. IS and 20 Market St.. : Hast iii" East Bay, CHARLESTON. S. C. j All orders promptly attended to. j Terms cash or city acceptance, j Oct. 3 ! FALL AMO Willie ! I MILLINERY. We would invite our friends and the ladies generally to call and examine our FLOWERS, FANCY FEATHERS, BIRDS AND RIBBONS, TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED Hats and Bonnets. Children's Silk and Plush BONNETS. ZEPHYRS IN ALL COLORS AND SHADES. Orders intrusted to our care will receive j prompt attention. MRS. WHITE ? MISS MILLER. ! Oct. 2. Es?a?e, Jasper Wayne Galloway, DECEASED. A LL PERSONS having claims against J_\_ said Esta'.e will prient the same duly attested, and }>er3cns indebted in anyway to said Estate will make pavaient to ARGENT L. GALLOWAY, Sept 25-St. Administrator. THE MACS SALOON, . V $ A, P, LEVY & G0,3 Proprietors. (S'.icctssors to Rosendorf ? Co.) We alway? have a complete Hoe of im? ported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars, and desire to call especial attention to our PUKE NORTH CAROLINA COAX WHISKIES, especially selected for Medicinal purposes. A complete line of CHEWING AND SMOKING TO? BACCO, PIPES, &c. Sept. 20^ _ _ C. I. HOYT. H. A. HOYT C. I. HOYT & BRO., Gold and Silver Watches, Clccfcs, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb I_ CALL ON Who has opened at thc Olll'S OLD STAID With a full line of fancy and Staple tOCERIES, and after a trial of his goods you will be convinced that he is selling as cheaply as is con? sistent with quality, his motto being "BEST 8??SS FOR LEAST POSSIBLE VALUES." He is keeping among his va? ried stock the celebrated Cross & Blackville Jams. Grofs & Blackville Potted Meats. Cross ? Blackville Pickles. Cross & Blackville Orange Marma? lade. Shrcwsbcrry Tomato Catsup. Leggett's Oat Flake and Oat Meal. Brunswick, Maguolia and Jumbo Hams, &c, &c. Just received, a fresh line of Holmes & Coutts' Biscuits. Mr. M. J. M ich au is with him and would bc glad to see his many friends. Sept. 18 FOU THE LADIES, NEW WfeUKRT ST?HE IN SUMTER. Misses TJ. C. LOHSE and M. T. DAVIS Announce that they have opened a Millinery Business on Liberty Street, second door west of Main, where they display a carefully selected stock of HATS AND BOrj"JXrE3T3 in all the newest styles and most poplar materials. RIBBONS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, LACES, RUCH IN G'S, AND EVERYTHING PER? TAINING TO A FIRST CLASS MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT. An examination of stock and prices is solicited, which we think will compare I with that of any other market. j it-*** Careful attention given to orders. Oct '2 IV The summer is past. Harvest time is upon us. A good crop lms been made and cotton is bringing better prices than for years. T AN & BRO. PROPRIETORS OF "The Sumter Shoe Store inform us that the yield tu thc Shoe crop this season is IMMENSE, but in prices j ^-a?=w^~?^? (unlike cotton) they are cheaper than ever before. If you will drop in and look at j their stock, and let them tjuote prices, you will be impressed with the idea that "SHOES MUST GE0W ON THEES." j This old Brm does not need anv intro-! * i duction to the old residents of our City and j County, but tho population and busiucss houses* having increased so rapidly they deemed ir wise to use a small space here j to inform people that they have not ben crowtld out, hut arc thoroughly pre? pared to meet all competition in the BOOT AND SHOE TRADE at wholesale or retail. They sell thc L'ght Running WL i \ e Sewii ax Machine cn eas? terms, and keep always in stock a complete assortment of Trunks, Valises and Traveling Bags. P rrj TM A IV & Rit'f) Ov*l 2 Opposite North side o? Court House Square. DRYGOODS.GROCE?lES -AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. "We are not only the LEADING GROCERY HOUSE in this city, but for several seasons have LED IN LOW PRICES on many staple articles in our DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. Vre. now request the attention of the trade and solicit buyers to call and sec our line of DRESS GOODS AND NOTIONS. Wc are showing all the latest and popular shades in plain and staple goods, Cashmeres, Serges, Henriettas, plaids and. striped suitings. &c. Beautiful suits with rich combinations which are the very newest effects out. BLACK DRESS GOODS. This line is, as usual, replete, and all marked at prices ivhich command the attention of close buyers. A large and elegant line of Ladies7. Gent's and Children's Underwear. Brown and Check Homespuns, Bleach and Cambric jroods, Double Faced Canton Flannels, in fact everything to be .bund in a general stock. BLANKETS, FLANNELS, COMFORTS, SHAWLS, Ladies' and Misses* Wraps, Newmarkets, and Walking Jackets. OUR SHOE STOCF js complete in all styles for Gents', Ladies' and Children's wear it rock bottom prices. No goods misrepresented. We invite the ladies especially to come in and inspect our *oods and thereby save money. Heavy and Fancy Groceries. In this line we always give the best article for the lea?t money. We call special attention this week to Choice Sugar Cured Hams, all fresh and desirable sizes. Choice Smoked Tongues and Breakfast Bacon. I lb. can Brook Trout, 25c. Genuine French Sardines. I lb. can Lobstors, best brands. 20c. Domestic Saru.ii^. ? I lb. can ''Photo" Salmon, 20c. Sardines in Mustara, * -d Sardines. Colombia River Salmon, 17c, Si.85 doz. 1, 2 and 3 lb. cans of Brawnr.Oorned Beef, Shrimp, extra fine, 30c, Roast Beef, Ox Tongue, Patented Rolled Lunch Tongue, 30c. Chickeo Soup, Minced Steak, Oyster.. Ac Deviled Ham and Tongue, 10c. Bologna, Imported Cheese. '?. i lb. can Tripe, 25c. Extra Fancy Cream Cheese. 1 lb. can Chipped Beef, 20c. Finest Creamery Butter. Try our Health Biscuits, oniy 15c lb., and Fancy Tea Cakes, 20 and 25c. lb., received weekly. They are light, easily digested and exceedingly nutritious. We have always made a specialty in TEAS AND COFFEES and it is a f-tct that we lead them all iu our prices on SUGARS. Samples furnished, and free and prompt delivery. We carry the largest assortment and the very best brands in Canned Goods, Pickles, Sauces, Jellies. Jams, Preserves, Extracts, &c. Puddine, assorted flavors, 10c., Raisins, Currants, Citrons, Spices, &c. Our warerooms are now crowded with Heavy Groceries. Smaller figures on larger quantities. You will not send any orders from home if joa'll only get prices from the first class ana reliable house of ULTMAN. Oct. 2 aaa-a a HT Thc subscribers feeling very grateful for the hearty support accorded them during their mercantile career in the City of Sumter, come again to the front, and offer this season an unusually large and varied stock of General Merchandise, and it is useless to attempt an enumeration ; suffice it then, when we assure you that it far surpasses our usual efforts. There arc so many new styles and varieties tiiat we are forced to invito personal inspection. Our ?LACK DRESS GOODS Department is replete with all that is necessary to make up a first class Mourning Goods Department, and all marked at prices which command the attention of close buyers. FALL FASHION IN FULL FORCE IN OUR LOT PARTMENT. Magnificent wearings, rich patterns, artistic cut and expert workman? ship are in the make-up of every suit and garment. The school season calls for SCHOOL SUITS for the rising generation, ar^d happy will you be in mind and pocket if you come to us, where you will meet with grace and tone in every suit, and at prices that wit! please every purse. Remember we had over 200 DOZEN HATS, and our stock is somewhat depleted, yet we have still a large number to select from. Call and make your selections. Ladies', Misses', Gents', Boys' and Children's in all stylos and qualities, among them Messrs. E. P. Reed & Co.'s cele? brated Kid and Goat ?litton Boots for Ladies air? Misses at $2 50, every pair warranted. Also, Dixon's renowned ?3.00 Shoes for Genfs wear. Both makes have a national reputation. Groceries. Groceries. Wo handle Staple Groceries by the Car Load, which enables us to give our patrons ROOK BOTTOM PRICES. lt is our intention to meet all honorable competition, and wc ask our friends throughout the County to price our goods IN ALL LINES, before a making their purchases. Respectfully, Sept. lb