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&\t ?itcpffi w? i out jpn. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. The Sumter Watchman was founded io 1850 aod the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and SoiUhron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium in Sumter. EDITORIAL ITEMS. The Independents nee Radicals of this State seem to be faring well at the hands of the present administration. The last recipient of a share of the loaves aod fishes is one Clayton, a quack physician and some sort of a preacher, who has been given the fat office of postmaster at Columbia. It is an open question with the old time Radicals whether it be not better to take on a little varnish and pose as inde? pendents. The ends of that kind of politics are always clearly defined office-but the means to the ends are sometimes rather risky and always mere expedints and not principle. President Harrison has proclaimed Thursday the 28th inst., as the National Thanksgiving Day. Weil, we have a great deal to be thankful for. Har? rison might have been Blaine. Tancer has been bounced. Our nation is grow? ing bigger and greater every day ?D spite of "untoward curcumstances," and-we have the Electric Lights in Sumter. Yesterday the Australian Ballot sys? tem was tried in Massachusetts aod the results are being watched with consid? erable interest by other States where ballot reform has become an issue sod where the Australian system is being alvocated. It has been tested in a modified form before in Conneticut and Montanna and in local elections in some other States, bot io Massachusetts it will be given a decisive test. There are no less than four tickets in the field I and voters of many nationalities and of various grades of intelligence. If it pass muster there it will probably prove satisfactory elsewhere and be adopted by other States. 2Z-GOV. JOHN L. MANNING. 11 The death of this distinguished cit izen, though expected, is poignantly j felt in our community, where he was so well and affectionately known. His life and infiucsce amongst us deserve a lengthier notice than the prtss of bus i less will permit us to give iu this issue, but in our next, will receive that at ten - , tion which our readers expect and j j which it will be a pleasant, though mel- j ( ancholy, task to bestow. The deceased j , was a grand and unique character, ! | whether we consider the virtues and ! : < distinguished accomplishments of his ? private and social life or regard bim as j { a fragment of the history of the past I ? projected into the present and connect- i i * ing us with those stirring times in ! which he played so conspicuous and honorable a part. t His character viewed in any light ! presents a lesson it would be well to ! j study. In his death an historic land- ! i < mark has been swt?pt away and the j > State has lost a citizen eminently pa- ! triotte. j j The sod that Lides his noble form I i * will ever be a sacred spot with Caro- ; < linians. ! ? THE LIGHTS OF SUMTER. j ' On Friday night last the rays of the j i electric light chased away the shades of j 1 bight from the streets of Sumter. The i bright glare, almost rivaling the noon- \ . day sun, illumined all the nooks and j crannies about the city, and with the j darkness of night rolled back the city's past and lighted the way to a future as bright for Sumter, we trust, as these ; ! lights which mark an era in her history. ; . An eloquent divine of this city said iu ? his sermou on Sunday last : , f ' ."On Friday night, for the first time, our city was illumined by the rays of , the electric light. It is safe to say that ; i)9 IOU of all our people, young and old, witnessed the. stiange and novel ' snectaele. owing to the fact that for ; months they have been >eeing the prep? ! arations makins, have heard the sub- : ject discussed in ail ifs bearings ; the j newspapers, those prophets of modern : life, have given notice of the day on which the event so lon? prepared for, would be an accomplished fact, and at the time appointed the n< w light fi.ished i s mystetiou*, bluish-white beams upon : the expectant town. Al! f-.-lt that some- ? how, with the coming of the new light, a new era had dawned on the city, a change subtle and indefinable, perhaps, j but certain and lasting, has come over us-farmer things have in a measure passed away-the old Sumter is behind us, the new Sumter is before-weare to make it-it gives promise of growth. : vigor and material prosperity. May we never have cause to fear that the right? eous judgment of God shall come upon us for our love of darkness rather than of light. ***** *'As in all new enterprises siuce the world began, there have been some who looked with uneasy apprehension upon the proposal to abandon the old for the new method of illumination ; who have said that the old was good enough for ; them, besides being safer and less ex? pensive. It is characteristic of many minds that they prefer the old to the ; new, are averse to change of any kind, j and are unable to adjust themselves to i unaccustomed conditions. These rep? resent the conservative element tn the body social, they preserve and illustrate the unbroken connection of :he past and the present, and they force upon UK the knowledge of the fact that the new is not always better than the old, just be? cause it is new, and that ail movement j ' i- not progress, simply because it moves. But there is this danger in conservatism and clinging to old things, that its ten? dency, perhaps, is to make one content r|:h things as they are when they might be I7V--?C far better by judicious ef?ort. ;;: :,: "Then there are those who would prefer to see the streets wholly un? lighted, who feel a certain rescntuaeut to the moon when she turns more than half her bright face upon us. * * * "Then there are those who will never be satisfied, probably not eveu with the light of heaven ; who will watch for every chance of fioding fault with the uew light, and make every possible ob? jection to it, and forgetting or ignoriog its; advantages, will say on the occasion of every mischance or accident, "I told you so! Don't yon see! was right? Are you not satisfied now that this new? fangled invention is a fraud and a hum beg? that the town is paying too dearly for its whistle ? that it is taxing us to death for almost nothing, except to ben e6t the few men who are stockholders in this company?" But they would not see it so if they were stockholders and the investment were a paying one They forget that as many people in proportion, probably more, die from suffocation by gas or are buroed to death by kerosene, as are killed by electric fight wires ; and that there are as many fatal accideuts caused by run? away horses as by railway collisions or other casualties. These are the ob? structionists, the Bourbons of mankind, who learn nothing even if sometime* they forget or rather omit to mention, many things that teil on the other side They are the naturally antagonistic, op ? pos?d to everything that does not orig? inals with themselves, the discontented and dissatisfied by reason of something hopelessly wrong and angular in their own nature ; a fact which they do not recognize, but are always attributing the blame to others who are. in reality, blameless of offence, and far more rea? sonable than they who censure them. These would, if heeded, render any progress impossible, and from pure, even if unconscious and unsuspected, perversity, would keep everything in a rile and wrangle, sometimes with the best intentions, and sincerely convinced that they are right, though they may be profoundly mistaken. "All these classes of men and more are to be found among us-those, for exam ole, who cheerfully and gladly accep;; the new light, and are more than willing to see it succeed; aud those who having got this, wish to see every other needed or desired enterprise im? mediately set afoot, even anticipating in maay instances the demand for such improvetneots." Although this was said "to point a moral7' yet it is capable of another ap plication. The past of Sumter, until quite re? cently has not been more nor less than the past of any other respectable inte? rior ci?y of the State. lier euvirjn meuts and the splendid character of the surrounding agricultural country may have contributed to make her solidly ind substantially prosperous beyond some of her less fortunate sisters, but these adjuncts were fortuitous and in spite of any lack of enterprise on the part of Sumter. Our people have done little in the way of wooing fickle for? tune anti are indebted for the material worth of the city to agencies not created bj them, but actually existing in spite rfthem. The e'ectric lights are not much in ihernselves, but become important when riewed as a symptom showing the gen ?ral improvement which is beginning to set in. There is every encouragement in the >ast to h ape for a subtantial increase in ;he business and size of Sumter, even ay the process of natural accretion, but >ur people are for the first time becom? ing thoroughly imbued with that ?pir?t of enterprise and thrift character? istic of the most advanced and enlight- i ?ned sect?ous of our County. The new Sumter is heralded by the electric I tghts, her birth is attended by a blaze j if glory and may she ever walk in a aew aud brilliant light that shall re? main undimmed as long as time shall last. We are under anew dispensation and let us make the most of it. TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS. Virginia all right! Election returns already in from all patts of Virginia show the State Demo? cratic beyond a doubt, by a greatly io creased majority over the last election The majority is estimated at 40,000. In New York the Democrats have gained ao assured victory. ?o X ew Jersey Abbett, the Demo eratic candidate for Governor i.s elect? d und probably a Democratic majority in the House. Maryland, as usual, is Democratic, as is also Mississippi, and ir is now elaiii?cd that Foraker is defeated in Ohio by Campbell, D?moCrar. Liter returns, however, may change this. CEOP ESTIMATES AND PEIZi ACHES. Crop estimaros are the roost mislead? ing of all gue-.^es. They ure always fallacious a:?d Ufually extravagant. A good illustration <?f this is io bc found tn the matter of tlie many Prize Acres of corn throughout this State. The yields of fh"se as reported by the pa? pers are sadly disappointing The highest }iei'i is repor'ed fr??.rn Barn well County. lol bushels. The crop of Geo. E. W. Moise was a little above fifty bushels, when the lowest estimate placed upon ir before it wa* harvested was eighry bushels. Acres, whft*e yields, weie otimatcd at figures reach? ing as high in many instances as two hundred bushels did not when harvested yield more than half as in ?ch. We sec th u the reports sent out. from Columbia, estimate the grand total of the corn crop of South Carolina this year at over twenty million* bushels. The estimate is based on local estimates of the correspondents ot the bureau in different sections of the State It these correspondents are as wildly erratic as the guessers of South Carolina have proveu in reference to the Prize Acres, they will probably bring the bureau, who are directly responsible, iuto con? tempt. Prices of this staple product arc usually ai?Jc upou those estimates, and wheo it is discovered that the esti? mates are wroog, prices go up, but uever down. The same extravagant guesses have been made with regard to the cotton crop, whose yield this year will fall short fully one fourth cf the amount at which it has been estimated. The frequent aud rapid fluctuation in prices of these products can be thus easily accounted for without the inter vention of trust combination and other equally reprehensible agencies. As to cotton, many people tell us that their crops will fall short from one third to one-half of last years crops. This i.i owing in a great measure to the lateness of the crop-many bolls not maturing at all. We fear ihat many farmers of the State are still in the woods. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1, 1889. Mr. Harrison's blow below the belt, which he administered to Senator Quay hy appoint? ing Mr. Wanamaker's man, Field, postmaster of Philadelphia, was the political event of the week. As this is not the first nor the iecoud time that Mr. Harrison bas seen fit to go contrary to the wishes of Mr. Quay, there is much conjecture as to whether the latter gentleman will quietly swallow it al!, or whether he will attempt to fight back by op? posing in the Senate the confirmation of some of Mr. Harrison's appointments. Your correspondent had a very interesting talk to? day, with a democratic Senator on the sub? ject. He said : "It's a republican row, and 1 don't wish my name connected with it, but my opinion is that if Quay finds that he can obtain the assistance of a sufficient number of Senators, republican or democratic, to defeat certain nominations, he will do it ; but if on the contiary he Muds himself in the minority, he will keep quiet and bide his time for his revenge upon Harrison. One thing you may be certain of he will get even with Harrison, unless one or the other of them dies bef?te the next Presidential campaign. Republi? cans are net disposed to talk about the matter, except among themselves. One Congressman was asked hts opinion of it. He said: "Oh, it's the Hayes administration repeated. He is willing to accept the result, but not willing to recognize the men who brought it about." The Civil Service Commission now has an opportunity to show its metal. In the face of its threat to prosecute the members of the Old Dominion League, a republican club, of thia city, for sending circulars to all Virginia office holders asking contributions to the Mahone campaign fund, the club has a man at every department to day to receive the contributions, and they got them too. The members of this club openly defy the Civil Sei vice Commission, and say they will fight j the c se to the United States Supreme Court j J if necessary. Commissioner Thompson says ? j they will certainly be prosecuted but his j j republican colleagues have not yet been heard j ? from. The public will anxiously watcli the j outcome of this case. I Nothing has yet been done about the em j plores of the Pension Office who had their j pensions rerated, alt?ough Commissioner j Raum and Sectetary Noble had a long con J ference on the subject this week. One result j j of this conference w?8 the issuing of an ; order by the Commissioner, which show? j what a "limited confidence the Secretary has ! in the employes of the Pension Bureau, j The order directs that all claims involving j any considerable amount of money shall be j submitted to the Commissioner for his ap- i prova! before the pension certificate is issued. The new Commissioner has already gained the name of being completely owned by Sec? retary Noble. Senator Barbour laughs at the idea of his being frightened at the prospect in Virginia. Ile Says that Mahone is as ceitaiu to be de? feated next Tuesday as the sun is to rise on that day. It's an old trick of the democra? tic leaders in Virginia to get up a little scare among the rank and fi'.e of the party just ! before eleciion. It makes the boys work, j and brings out the free vote. The Cattle men who have been doing their j best to put obstacles iu the way of the Com? mission now negotiating with the Cherokee Indians for the purchase of their lands by the Government, in order to open the Cheto kee outlet to settlement, have been brought' up short by a notice froto the Jnteiior De? partment to the effect that they w.ll not bc allowed under any circtiinstances to renew ? their lease of these lands, and that they must remove all their cattle from the same on or I before the first day of next June. This show ! mg of Government authority will doubtless ? enable the Commission tobring its negotii*? i lions to a speedy and successful close. It ' will also show the cattle men that they CHU- j j not run this country to suit their convenience The new squadron of United States ! cruisers will visit Ruston before sailing for j ! European waters, h will remain in B iston ! j harbor three day3 while the Interna'" mnl i j Maritime exhibition is going on. j Representan ve Bynunt, of Indiana, thicks ! the House should go slow in adopting any i set of rules that does not protect the nyhts of I the minority to as great an extent as those ! which governed the last House. In fact, he j does not see auy good reason why those same ! rules should not be adopted by the new House. He thinks they hare received a good deal of abuse which they did not deserve. The friends of the present civil service j law are bringing great pressure to bear on Mr. Harrison, for the purpose of getting him to take such a strong stand in his annual j message to Congress in favor of the present ? law, that it will scare off those republican ; members of Congress who have threat* ued to j make a deadly attnek upon it. -t- mm i mi? - - Clarendon News. Fran the Erder^'rist. Rev. A. E. Torrence, minister of the color? ed Presbyterian Church, recet.tly killed a j targe alligator about LO feet lung, in Black l?ivcr tirar the cau-^uay. He fishes and hunts tn the swamp and keeps several traps j ..jet. He says he was going to one of his traps j when his dog treed a raccoon, and lie waded in ritMier boats across a sinai! I ike io the tr?e, I when th;' coon jumped out. Tue aug follow- j cd the cona through the water, and asl they both wont out on the lard the alligator ! followed right out after the dog. He ?;r\s he had no ?desi there was an alligator in the neighborhood, or he would not ?.ave been wading promiscuously around in t!e water. When the alligator got out of ?he water it wa? so near the doy that the dog. which is ui x-d willi bail, (j-iit iii" coen and tut ucl t., take cue of himself. The dog attempted to c-tich tlie alligator and held him nt bay un? til Rev. Torrence caine np near enough to shoo! it in a vi tn! place with a load ol buck shot. IU- says ii was very poor -.w:] up pearenMy hungry, and he thinks was Hie Canse of its being so bold He killed it jur-t above the trri^u"' on the first stream this way, ami it is Said thal an alligator has been Catching hoyS near lhere fur VeaiS. ! h ive suffered with rheumatism for quite a numb* r years, and Miter Irving Salvation ' ??il pronoiitict- ii the i < <\ reine?l* I have ever i ti ..<! Mrs. J. /. mm :::a ?, Wethvredvilie, Md. : Caution inmres safety, and A.] cautious I.plec!i:e ?heir -olds with Dr. Bull's Ci ugh Sv run l'eu ts. A Lovely Complexion Is Snrnethiny desired by every ?adv in the j ?and. The easies! Way to y? t (lott beautiful color to the skin is to first make the blood pure. The impurities must be removed iv | the administration of some remedial ;tgi nt : which cont.?ins the most thorwuyh ni lei ali ve properties combined web iiio.-e ingredients which tend not only t>. remove impurities nt the blood, but also build up mal in vigora lc j (?ie s\stem. Such a remedy is Dr. West- j moreland's CaUsai a Tonie, which not onlv ' thorouyhlv cleanses the blood, btu ?tko in? vigorates the system .uni leaves ihe patient in . .i 'horonybly improved and healthy rotuli lion. The prite is within t!.e reach ot all. fin e.-nts :. f. <i SI .00 a bottle Kui" sale by all druggists, and whole?: le by Dr. A. .1. China. Ucl, iii At i Paris ll.i'.l. Frunc?? D un : (in Pari 1 Otu. oui, dat KiiT?d tower < ? ? can: o oil* ?J - ? ? * -1 rstot ur, it ces so lii'-.b. Vi? Imf many d' '/cm lately. Hear! Dere is anozzer. I Ivar zoo terrifi.'ok n> >\ ?e. Friend (listening) A incest ak e. Z.i*. iszi.v Am?ricain in z< ??. next nen? |n..l< iu? over 1: eu byard bill. -?w Vor;: Wcck?v, Amateur Photography'* Growth. "The ranks of amateur photographer* are being swelled with a rapidity that ii simply marvelous," remarked a clerk ir, a well known photographers' supplie* store the other day. I had left a camera there for repair and was complaining al its non-appearance on the day promised. To convince me of the pressure upon thc factory, where not only cameras bul plate holders, shutters, negative boxes and many other appliances utilized in the dry plate process are turnet out, the clerk proceeded to exhibit his order book. It showed that amateui photography is indeed making rapic strides in public favor. There were orders for all kinds of om of tho way appliances, such as huge portrait cameras far beyond the largest size in general use, peculiar plate hold? ers, designed by some inventive and am bitious amateur, and lots of other photo graphic monstrosities, from the trader** point of view. In addition to these, however, were applications for appli? ances in unusual quantities, a few being from out of town agents, but the majori? ty from wealthy amateurs, who like tc have sufficient cf everything to obviate any possible inconvenience. One mar wanted no less than thirty plate holders, presumably wishing to avoid the annoy? ance of frequent trips to a dark room foi tho purpose of changing exposed plates for fresh ones.-New York Herald. Newspaper Stories. "Oli that's only a newspaper story," ii an expression that falls with special dis? favor upon the ears of tho journalist. It is thc voicing of a sentiment that linds its growth and development in the in? creasing recklessness ot* the effervescent reporter and the laxity of the average editor and proprietor of tiie daily paper. To get the news iirst, and to estimate its truth afterwards, is the dominant ides in modern journalism to entirely toe great a degree. To such an extent ha* this evil grown, that, to stamp a state? ment with the taint of improbability, tc give it tho cloud of doubtfulness, it ii only necessary for it to appear in a daily paper. Our brethren of the diurnal press must curb their reportorial Ana niases lest they put their papera in th* posilion occupied by j-EsopVs young man who cried "Wolf! wolf!" when there was no wolf.-Pittsburg Bulletin. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., Nov. 6, 1889. COTTON*.-Receipts 050 bale3. Milling 9j} to 9 7-16 ; Low'.Middling, 9j to 9 3-16. .Market firm. CHARLESTON. S. C., Nov. 5, 1889. Cotton-Suies, 125. Quotations : mid? dling, 9j._ WILMINGTON. X. C., Nov 5, 1889. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales at quotation. Market opened quiet at 44i cents per gallon. ? Rosix -Firm at 85c. tor Strained and 90 tor Good Strained. CROOK TURPENTINE.-Yellow Dip, $2 25; Virgin $2 25, Hard Si.20. WANTS. VDVERTISEMENTS of fire lines or less will k-e inserted under this head for 25 cen is for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. "ITTANTED. Position in family to instruct Y V small children. Trrms moderate. Ad? dress Box 50, Sumter, S. C. WANTED. A few more pupils at my private select school. All English branches ?nd French, Laiin, Greek and the Higher Mathematics thoroughly taught. My pupils compete successfully with those of any other school iu the State. J. J. FLEMING, A. M. J'^'Jil SAL'S. Residence with six rooms, J stove room and pantry, in good repair, and six acres land with good well water and shade trees, in the City of Sumter. Apply io j S. F. FLOWERS, Sumter, S. C. rr\? SELL, one or two Milch Cows. Apply I to J. R. HAYNSWOUTH, Sumter, S. C. j WCOD WANTED-Several cords of oak and good sound pine. Small, round oak wood preferred. Apply to N. G. OSTKKN IyUSINKSS MEN, and others, should see ? ) what can be done ai home before giving Uieir orders for job priming to parties away from home. Fine work and low prices can he had at the Watchman and Southron office. "STTANTED, by man and wife with one y y child. two good unfurnished rooms, and first class board in private family. Ad? dress, "Hoard," IS'-x G., Sumter. Oct 23. MONEY TO LOAN. IN SUMS OF $300 AND UPWARDS. Former loans renewed and new loans j mnde. Apply to II. I). LEE, Attorney for British Land Loau Companies. Nov G. NOTICE. VLL PERSONS having demands against the Estnte of the late William F. Des Chuinps. deceased, will present the same to me properly attested, and all persons indebted to said Esiate. will make payment to me. HATTIE E. DESCHAMPS, Nov. 6. Administratrix. TOWING MACHINES " H EP AIRED , INNOVATED, REBUILT. Glass Lamps mended. Satisfaction Guaranteed. MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C., ? Opposite Court House, i e\i door to Rickers, j Second-hand Machines in good order for j S ile. Nov 6-3 m. ?20F?Yori?eSilloer %p> &m %J Sewing Machine, j jot HIGH ARM $25.00. Knell Machine has a drop leaf, J ^iwV^J?? fo'U7 cover, two large drawers, j /AI/*M with nickel rings and a full sct j ?^U2JH of Attachments, equal to any Sin ' ger Machine sold fm-n $40 to $50 Ly Canvassers. Atrial in \<>ur home-lie- j fore payment is asked. Ruy direct of the Manu factur?is and saveagents' profits besides getting j certiiicites of warrantee for Jive years. Semi for j t. >;in. ': ?:>:^ to Co-operative Sewing Machine CO., 269 S. nth S:.. Philadelphia, Pa. ??wi: IM Y riiEiuMT.-?a ! FOR RENT. ONE Ki ?CR IH?()M DWELLING, WITH S rvatil s liou.-e a d narden. Situated j in desirable locality in !<>?M ct' Macsville. F?ir tenn.*, apply lo J. E. MAYES. < >. t 30-m i Estate o? E. 15. Chandler^ Dec'd. j VLL PERSONS HOLDING CLAIMS | against <:ti.) Estate nil! present the: snuie, duly attested, mid all persons itt any ; ww ir,(i.iiicd to SHU! Estate, will make pay? ment ll itiiolil deial lo ll. RYTTENBERG, (),-t. ]i,i.i lilli?! Execu'or. PRIVATEER EXPRESS, j K ("NDKRSK?NED, contractor on tba J Privateer mail ionic, .viii lake packages j i<. .uni tr?.ni any parties on I he linc ot said route, m reason nb ie rat-g. Mad day 5, Tue?- i da_\s, Thursdays and Saturdays-leaving Suinter ai T A. M. and returning at 1 '_' M. Orders left at the post office will be attended to A. W. ROYD. j Sc ?it -1 - 4m nm ra JOB WOKE }? AT JiOTTOM PRICES. IVATCIDM AM) MIH I!RON IOC OFFICE i OF WHAT? Of Prices of Dress Goods, Cloaks, Jackets, Shawls, Blankets, and Flannels at REID'S. An examination will convince buyers that the above are offered at Absoutelyl the Lowest Prices O THE CITY 9 Yours, anxious to Please, Nov. 6. DEALERS IX DRYG00DS,GR0CERIES -AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. We are now showing all the latest and popular shades in Dress Goods, including a full and beautiful line of black and colored Henriettas and Cashmeres, also plaid and striped Suit? ings, Dress Flannels, &c, Sec., with a new and elegant line of Trimmings to match. Before purchasing just call and see our large and well selected stock, and get our surprisingly low prices. We will, from now on, make special low prices iii our Gents', Ladies' and Children's Underwear; also, in Bleach Goods, Cambrics, Drillings, double-faced colored Canton Flannels, Lambrequin Fringes, &c, Breakfast Shawls, Cashmere and Opera Shawls, extra large, all-wool Shawls, all in pretty colors and patterns, Ladies' and Misses' Wraps, Newmarkets and Walking Jackets. All garments represented at just what they are and no more. Hight nov/ we call special attention to. a large and beautiful job lot of Jerseys just received, to be sold at half their real value. Come and get a bargain-newest and prettiest styles. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, VALISES. In our Shoe Department we are the second most popular in the city, and handle all styles and grades in Gents', Ladies' and Children's wear, at rock bottom prices. No goods misrep? resented. Bight here you are informed that we carry everything to be found in a general stock, and the many who patronize us j say they do so because they are served attentively and politely. ? and that, they always save money. There is scarcely a grown person in Sumter, or Sumter ' county, who has not seen and traded at, or at least heard some-j thing of, D?CKERS GROCERY. From the iirst we led, have J always led, and are still leading in this line. Why? Because we always give the best articles for the least money, and keep a full and fresh assortment of seasonable goods and delicacies. We eall special attention this week, to a few NEW ARRIVALS. Pureede Poie Grus. (Goose Liver) per box ;;3c ! MISCELLANEOUS. Truffles, (Mushrooms) p**r bottle. 4f>c. : Genuine French Sardines. ? lb. CH ns Consomme de Volaillis, (Chicken Sardines in Moutarde, arid Spiced. Soup! 25c. Domestic Sardines. Patented <xt'a line Shrimp, 30c. Pickle?! Salmon. Pickled Beef, 1 lt?. Arme ('hipped Beef, 20c. American and Imported Bologna Sausage. I Boiled Lunch Tongue, 30c. Dill Pickles by the dozen. Potted Meat and (Jaine, 10c. Saner Kraut. 2 lb. can Boast Beef, 25c. ; Exira Fancy Cream Cheese. 3 ll), can Ti ?ce Libby's, 25c. Sweitzer Ease. 1 lb. can Lobsters, best brands, 20c. Sausage and Xeufchatcl. 1 lb. can '-photo" Salmon. 20c. Household Ammonia, J ll), eau Photo Salmon. 37c. Gelatin li lb. Mime Beefsteak, 20c. | Puddine, assorted, 10c. i Choice Sugar Cured Hams, all fresh and desirable sizes. Breakfast Strips and Smoked Tongues. Health Biscuits only 15?*. per lb., and a full assortment of plain and sweet crackers received weekly. Teas, TeaSj Teas, Roasted and Raw Coffees, We carry the largest assortment and the very best brands tn Canned Goods Pickles. Sances, Jellies, Jams Preserves, Extracts, icc. New Nuts, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Spices, kv. Tapioca, Oatmeal, Wheat Granules. Big ?Stock of Heavy Groceries. Smaller figures on larger'qiiantities. V<?u will not send any orders from home if you'll j Only get prices fi om the iirst class and reliable house of j Nov G WE WILL A LIFT In the right direction if you will permit us; help you in the upward path so to speak-the path of plenty and pros? perity. Do you want to rise in the world? Remember that econ? omy is the parent of pros? perity, and become a prac? tical economist by TRADING WITH US. The heavy profits which some merchants make, like the in? terest on borrowed moue}', eat up the earnings and prevent saving. We make no such profits, and those who trade with us will find their savings increase with every trade. An honest profit and an honest price is cur idea of price and profit making. Big prices and big profits aie not honest. We have nothing to do with them. We will save you also in the goods we supply. Good grade goods go farther than low grade. Even at a higher price they are cheapest in the long run. But we put good grade articles on the same price-level as the low grade. That makes them cheapest in actual cash as well as cheapest in actual value. It takes us to make bargains! We arc old hands at it. We know how to buy and that's how we have the secret of selling. We are past masters in the ancient and honorable art of bargain-making and will convince you that we know our work if 3 ou give us a call. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS. OUR FAIR WEEK For our next Special Sales we have made prices that will sink high priced dealers into the depths of melancholy. Recollect that we show what we advertise, that we have the goods, make the prices and mean all we advertise. No one talked to death. No misrepresentation of goods. No matter what prices others ma}- make we will beat them, and you are not restricted to buying a couple of }Tards. Do not be misled by dealers who shout big things and claim to show what they cannot produce. Wednesday and Thursday, Woy. 13 and 14. 4 4 Fruit of the Loom at 7c. 2 cases Standard Prints at 5;[c. 500 pieces Dress Ginghams at (5?c. A lot Walkiog Jacke'ts at $1 25, ?1.75 and $2 30 worth $2.00, ?3 00 and ?4 00. Seal Plush Jackets quilted satin lining at ?8.95, $11 00, ?14.00, usual prices ?14 00. $20 00 and ?25.00 A lot of Newmarket* at $4.99 worth ?7 50. See our Blankets at ?1 89. We have received another case of those Fast Black Ladies* Hose at 21c, other dealers ask 50c for same. 100 dozeo Heavy Ribbed School Hos? at 21c. 100 dozeo Handkerchiefs, plain and colored borders at 40c dozeo. Another lot colored border Handkerchiefs at 75c, cheap at $1 25. A few more of those 22-- and 49? Corsets left. This week we will give a drive on Shawls: Lot 1 at 49c, worth 75c ; Lot 2 at 93e worth ?1 50 ; Lot 3 at ?1.37, worth ?2.00 ; Lot 4 at $1 87, worth ?2 50. 1 lot of Black Kid Gloves at 47c. 1 lot of Kid Gloves at 73c, worth $1.00. A few more of those Hand Sowed Shoes at ?2 69, former prices ?5 to $6.50. Another lot of Hats at 50c ou the dollar. Polo Caps at 9c. 25 dozen Gents Scarlet Undershirts at 49c. OUR CLOTHING DEPART3IENT has been seized with another fit of reduction. The declining prices will give strength to our trade and add fresh laurels to our enormous wreath of popularity. The fleeting inducements we offer are : Boys' School Suits, long pants, agis 9 to 12 at $3.73, to close, former prices $5 00 to ?9 00. Positively no such inducements ever before offered to buyers. Boys' two piece Suits, knee pant*, ages 4 to 12 at ?1 25, usual price $2.00; at $1 50, usual price $2 50; at ?2 00. usual price $3.00; at $2 50. usual price $3 50; at ?3 00, usual price ?4.00; at ?3.50, usual price ?4.50; at $4.00, usual price $5 00; at ?4.50 usual price $6 00. Men's and Youths' Fine Cassimere Diagonal and Cheviot Sack and Cutaway Suits made io fault?oss style and perfect fitting, reduced from J?2 50 to ?9 50 $15 00 to $12 00. $18.00 to ?14 50, ?23 00 to $17.50, ?27.00 to $20.0o| ?30.CO to $22 50. The people cry for the good work to on. In tones of solid business we say it must be done. Overcoats again marked down. Reduced to a mere shadow of a price. You want our bargaius and we want your patronage. GROCERY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE STILL SELLING 13 lbs. Granulated Sugar for $1 00. 15 lbs. Brown Sugar for ?1.00. 3 lb Full Weight Tomatoes at ?1.00 dozen. f>J, lbs. Good Kio Coffee for $1 00. 3 Cakes Good Wrapped Soap for 5c. 1 lb. English Brawo Ile. 1 lb. Corned Beef Ile. 2 lb. Corned Beef 19c. 2 lb. Lunch Tongue 39c. ll lb. Caddies of Good Tobacco at 25J. All other goods at proportionately low prices. Don't forget the dates.