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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. The Sumter Watchman was founded io 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. Th? Watchman and Southron now has th? combined circulation sod influence of both of die old papen, ?od is mani? festly the beat advertising medium ib Seater. THE GRADED SCHOOL QUES? TION. The siiods of spme of oar citizens are exercised considerably is regard to the whole question of graded schools. The matter ta freshly brought vp by the ap? proaching election which shall deter? mine whether or no the city shall issue $12,000 of bonds, if so much be nee- J essary, to erect suitable buildings for the city graded schools now in op?ra? tion. We would say to our people : j 1. The question is no longer an open J OM as to public schools. They ere, by J the organic lew of the State, e part, of oar educational system. Unless and until the Constitution is changed, we will hav*. public school education. 2. Exp?rience having satisfied ns that the constitutional two mill tex dees not suffice to keep opeo the schools long enough tn any one yeer, many cities end towns, bare obtained the nee essary legislation to enable them to levy en additional tax, which would ?of? fice to ran the schools nine months. Swater ia ooe of these cities. I 3. In oar white school there are one hundred end sixty boys-the future men of Sumter-now receiving e good education. Io the colored school there ere almost if not quite as many colored boys. Is it et ell likely, end would it be righi, tn the mee of this fact, that j oor people, in annual meeting assem? bled, will ever again say to oor boys, j "Four months* schooling every yeer is enough for yon Do not pres?me to esk any more.** There is no parent who bas s soo attending the graded school, who will not testify to the ex? cellence ?nd efficiency of the instruction giren, nod to the met that the ambition of the children is aroused es it never was before. Will they, et the annual meeting, go back on ell this ? We do not believe it. i 4. The erection of ? settable build? ing will clinch the matter. If we ooee get that, oo town meeting will ever con? sent to let it remain closed. Hence the importance of having euch a build? ing. That it should Toe substantial, well ventilated; and reasonably free from danger by fire, renders it necessary that it should be built of brick. It is economy to have sooh a building, for if we pat np a good building now, it will be good fifty years hence. The Com? missioners have given all reasonable assurance that they will avoid extrav? agance and nae economy, by asking that a committee of citizens be appoint- j ed to co-operate with them, shook! the bonds be voted fqj. j 5. It is argued by some with some show of reason tass oor city being j already blessed with most excellent private seheets, graded schools are not a necessity. Thia amy be true with reference to oar schools for girls. With? out meaning io the least to reflect oo the private schools for boys, troth com? pels the statement that they have not been patronised by oor people generally, and therefore are, practically, oat of the question. Bat lot it be noted that, according to the report of tbe Superin? tendent of oor graded eehools, the av enge cost of tuition for each pupil is j 85J cents per mooth, or $7.70 for the school year of nine months. When it i? considered that the eost of tuition in oar private schools will average not lesa than four time* this amount, while the teaching itself is just as good in the J graded as in the private school, and the standard ss high, the immense advan? tage given to the parents sod children in the graded school system, will imme? diately appear. It shows the advan? tage of co-operation aod onion. It bears equally on all classes of oor peo? ple. Every one pays taxes on what they have, and in proportion to what they have. There is nothing unfair about it. 6. We say, therefore, to those who complain about the amount of their tsxes, that the man who owns five hun? dred or one hundred dollars worth pf property, pays as m neb in propcrtion, as the man who owns five thousand or fifty thousand dollars worth. If sach so one objects to his heavy taxes, let him onload some of bis property, and bis taxes will be lessened. This is an essy core for that sort of complaint No men should allow himself to be de? ceived by the argument that because A owns ten times as mooh property as B, therefore it is an unjust hardship on A that he bas to pay ten times the amennt ' of taxes that B pays. Both pay exactly the seme in proportion to ?hat they have. That is all there te in this ob? jection. A is ten times more able to pay than B. 7. The Commissioners have publicly stated that it is their intention, should the bonds be voted for, to erect a suitable building for the white graded school, and also to expend so much as may be necessary on the existing school fur colored children, to render it suitable, and capable of meeting every reasonable demand of whatever kind io a school building. This is fair and right. We know the Commissioners. We believe them te be men who will keep their promise, sod do what is fair to all oe*eereed. $ Tb? argument that a bonded debt is -of ADJ diaodeoatoge to o city of this size vii! cot hold water. Mao j a mao who is mortgaged op to seventy five pr cent of the value of bis prop? erty, eojoys excellent credit at the Bank, and while hampered, still man? ages to pay his way along, sod keep his head above water. This being BO. how caa it be argued that a debt of less tbao one per cent of tbe Usable value of property io this city, will io any way inj ure it, or affect its credit ? This erv of .-Wolfr' should not be heeded. Our people will look at this whole matter carefully, but they will not look only at one side. They will see to it that tbe great cause of popular ?ducation, endorsed by the leadiog governments of the civilized world, and so essential at this time to the im? poverished people of the South, shall not suffer for the waot of a suitable building to teach the youth of our city the road to learning aod success. SHELL'S MANIFESTO. G. W. Shell, President and ex-o?cio Chairman of the Farmers' Associatioo, has issued a manifesto to.the Democrats of the State, which we published last week. It is a loog document and looks imposing in print. Tbe name signed to it bears the initials of '-the father of his country.'' The surname is sugges? tive-Shell. It is a case, however, of comiog ont of the shell. The Farmers' movement stands uncovered. It ia now in the open. Ita purposes are declared, aod. its plans outlined. Tbe cat is out of thc bag, and the olam is out of its shell. For this, we admire the Farmers' Association. It is opeo io its antago? nism and avowed in its objects. We have no fight to make against it. There is no need for us to take sides. We prefer to say whatever we have to say from the standpoint of the historian and chronicler. The first thing that strikes os about the address is its manifest unfairness to those who are now dead and cannot de? fend themselves. It charges that from Colonial days South Carolina bas been ruled by an oligarchy. It is sufficient to reply un this point that the mode of election of public officials is essentially the same now as it ever was, and that if the people saw fit in the olden tims to elect ao oligarchy to office, they and not the oligarchy are to blame. The oligar? chy certainly did not elect themselves. 1 The people who elected them were either fools who could be and were led around, by the oligarchy at their pleasure, or they were sensible men who knew that the oligarchy were best fitted to exercise the functions of government. If the latter, no blame, but rather all praise attaches to the people. If the former no blame? bat all praise must be given to the oligarchy for Faying the State de? spite the multitude of fools who com? posed its voters. Besides., there is no sufficient evideoc^UrSt tbe traditional l4F?oUttttgP*has exterminated the breed., of fools, aod what has happened so often (according to Shell) may happen again. If so, the services of the oligarchy will have to be called again ioto requisition Mr. Shell is not complimentary to the mass of the people, nor, inferen? tially, to the farmers, who constitute that mass. If it be true that they have always been ruled by, and have submitted to tbe mle of, the oligarchy, what evidence ts there that they have been freed from that thraldom, and can they now be esteemed worthy to be entrusted with the distributioo of State offices T May it not be that they will oaly succeed io substituting one sort of oligarchy for another ? If it has required more than a century for the mass of the people to discover that they were ruled by ao oligarchy, may they uot require soother hundred years to discover that they have only succeeded in substituting an oligarchy of elect farmers for ao oligarchy of reprobate 4-aristocrats," as Mr. Shell generously terms them ? We are sorry to see words like these used by Mr. Shell. They are merely *'catch words." They have always been employed by profes? sional agitators aod demagogues. No seosible man should allow himself to be caught by such chaff. The history of the Clemson College Bill fight in the L?gislature, from the standpoint of Mr. Shell and bis col? leagues, occupies nearly two-thirds of the address. As that has passed into history, and the bill is now a law, ii was hardly worth while to give so much space to it. But it served its purpose of fornUhing a point of attack. It was a clever rune de guerre, on t he part of the Executive Committee, but the pur? pose of its employ men t is too plain to deceive or mislead any intelligent mao. 1 Tboee who opposed the Clemson College . are not kicking about their defeat. It \ would be good taste io those who advo? cated it, oot u crow so loud aud lustily over their victory. A? to the re-apportiooment of repre? sentation, our opinion is that it should have beeu doue long ago. We have always advocated that Of course Charleston will not and cannot give up j what it is entitled to in the matter of representation iu the legislature aod in the State Convention, until such re-ap? portionment shall be made. N >r is Charleston the only county that will be effected. Why then lay all the blame of the failure to re-apportion on Charleston? Have not others doue the same ? The very serious charges of corrup? tion, inefficiency aod general imbe? cility, against our State government, should be backed up by the necessary - proof. If these charges are true, let them be proven, and tbe guilty parties punished by being held up to the just , teem of all honorable tuen. Mr. Shell and bis colleagues have made tl charges, a od should prove them, seem to bear in these utterances echo of the strident voice of the < eyed Ben who'so industriously b bored the State government two y ago ou the stump. Hare the faro gone over to Ben's views ? Have t experienced a change of heart si the redoubtable Ben traversed length and breadth of the State, 8 iog the seeds of discord, and array class against class ? His was a vi crying tn the wilderness. He wai nothing. He merely desired to o the eyes of the blind. It seems i that he bas succeeded. At least he woo others over to the point of m ak essentially the same charges. ' great question is, are the charges tri Let the proofs be adduced. Let guilty be arraigned. Let the corr tionists, and the imbeciles, and panderers to popularity, be shown and all the rascals turned out. Ti on tbe light, and let all tbe people b the chance of seeing for themselves THE STATE UNIVERSITY. The opposition to this institut from various quarters still continu We no not feel that the Univers needs a champion, nor do we aspire that position. Still, we have an op ion on the general subject, and know no sufficient reason why we shot not expresa it. We have been an server of events for the last quarter a century, and as such, we fancy have gathered np an idea or two, whi may or may not be worthy of a place print. We are inclined to risk it, ai bow, and, like another Horner, of ill trious memory, to throat our thai in the pie, if, perchance, we may d cover and draw out to publio view s other plum. The raison d'etre of denominatioi colleges is to perpetuate the deoomit tions of which they are the exponen There is in the minds of the found* and perpetuators of such colleges, t belief, that the given denomination whose interest the institution is co ducted, will be strengthened and devi oped by means of such an institntio better than by any other meaos ; ai there is the wish also that such beli may be justified by tbe results of ti work done in the said institution, stands out before the public as a denoi i oation al institution ; it invites pa tro age on that very ground ; its agents a peal to the people who would natural be supposed to bave a preference for i by reason of their church affiliation to support it because it is the institute of their Church, and as such deservir of their patronage. It is designed ai iutended it make those who attend Baptists, Methodists, or Presbyterian as the case may be. The instructic given is given more or less with a vie to that end, and by men who are theo selves members of the denominatk whose name it bears. Conspicuous i its equipment or environment is Church edifice bearing the name of ti denomination whose influence tbere paramount, always with one of its ablei divines occupying its pulpit. . Now, what does all this array an paraphernalia mean except that the pai ties who found,and they who continu thh institution, believe and expect tb: the given denomination will thereby b enlarged, strengthened and increased Tbere is absolutely no other reason fe it. It woold be silly to allege an other. Al least it would be disiogen nous. It is because the founder be Heves that his special "mode of faith is the best, and the right one, that b endows it or otherwise gives it a start. We do not censure, we do not evei criticise, the action of the zealous de nomioationalift who inaugurates such movement. It is not oar province, no is it consonant with our sense of duty lt is true that Coleridge said, "He wbi begins by loving Christianity bette than the truth, will continue by loving bis own seot better than Christianity and end by loving himself better thai all.** It is true that Pope wrote For modes of faith, let zealous bigots fi>;bt, His cao't be wrong wboaeJife is in the right, but neither Coleridge nor Pope bax drunk at the fountain of infallibility nor can their epigrammatic or ?pho ristio utterances be taken as the fina word on this or aoy other subject Yet it must be conceded by the candie reader that to cast a mind in the moule of a given denomination is oecessarilj to narrow it, and that to accustom thc eye to look at things through the glassei of a given denomination is to restrict itc vision, and color the object looked at. We have oo objection to this course, and no reason to object, if the parent ol the ohild to be educated, or tbey whe stand loco parentie, shall conscientiously decide that he will be the better Chris? tian, and citizen, and man, for such t training. He or they must take that responsibility. Bat what of the chil? dren of them wbo bold to a contrary opinion ? M??-t they be restricted ic their choice to one of these denomina tiona! institutions or nothing ? ls it to be a case of "Ant Caesar, ant nullusf" We cannot so think. We believe that the State, as such, ought to provide for an institution where education shall be un tramelled by denominational prefer? ences, and uninfluenced by sectarian objects and designs. Such an institu? tion is the South Carolina University, [t occupies a field of its own. While competing with none of the denomina? tional colleges, however high their standard, however thorough their cur? riculum, except such competition as necessarily exists between educational institutions covering the same ground, in part, the University offers advantages which none cf the others bare to offer, and occupies a field which none of tl can hope or expect to fill. The same remarks apply to a sci like the Clemson Agricultural Coil? It proposes to occupy a special field teach a special industry. We have objection to its doing so, but wheo i i's advocates aspire to make it do work of the State University, we u say we think they have oot given subjeot due consideration. It ts e enough to raise a party cry and elei a partisan banner. Politicians are pl tiful. They are also clamorous : loud mouthed. What the State ne is statesmen ; men who can see b sides, a?d make provision for all reas able wants. Such men will neit seek unduly to puff denominational agricultural colleges, nor to crush grand institution like the State Univ sity, but looking at the needs of people, will encourage and foster i and all educational institutions wb object is to make men into whose hat the republic may safely be entrusted A HOLOCAUST IN WASHIN TON. Yesterday's papers contained full counts of a horror that occurred Washington, D. C., Monday mornit at the residence of the Secretary of I Navy, Mr. Traoy. The fire original in the parlor, and had attained gr* headway before it was discovered, about 7 o'clock io the morning, and I fore the members of the household wc astir. Mrs. Tracy jumped into an alley w adjoining ibe boose, a height of foi feet, and died within a few minot* Mrs. Wilmerding, the Secretar daughter, and Miss Wilmerdio jumped from the second story fro window. Mrs. W. broke her wrist ai was severely braised. Miss W. w badly injured about the lower li mk but DO bones were broken. Miss Tracy, the Secretary's ooma ried daughter, was found dead, fro suffocation, at the bead of the stairs, < the second floor. Her French maid body was found in ber room on the t< floor of house, horned beyond recoj nttion. The Secretary was found, by the fir men, in bis bed, overcome by tl smoke, aod helpless. He was remove to a neighbor's house and restorativ* applied, but he is still in a critical co: d it ion, and may die. The remains of Mrs. and Miss Trac were removed to the White House Tbe firemen performed prodigies i valor, but the greedy flames had the! owo way, spite of ali they could do. The whole country will sympathiz with Secretary Tracy io the great calan ity that has befallen him, and with tbo? who, though rescued alive, bave sus taiued a shock that is heart-rending an terrible. NOT ?0 BAD AS REPORTED. The report of Attorney General Earl is before us for the year ending Oct 31, 1889. It shows, at a glance, every case tba came before the courts of the State fo the year previous, and its disposition. Io this, the Third Circuit, 167 case went to the graod juries. Of these 5: were thrown out, leaving 115 wbicl were tried. Convictions were securec in 75 cases, or two-thirds of ali. That there are sonfetimes alarming miscarriages of justice must be admit ted, but so loo? as two-thirds of th? parties charged with crime are con victed, it cannot bc claimed that tb? courts are nothoing their doty. In vie* of the showing presented by this report, we doubt if tbere ever was a time whee a larger percentage of criminals.wen convicted io the coorts. This ought tc put a stop to the false sod unfounded belief to the contrary so often stated. (From our Regular Correspoodeot.) WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31, 1890. ..The Czar" is the title given Speak? er Reed siuce he, in accordance with his threats, ruled that a visible quorum was a constitutional quorum. Never has greater indignation been expressed by the democrats of the House than was contained iu the vigorous protests of Messrs Carlisle, Crisp, Brecken? ridge and others against this revolu? tionary proceeding on the part of Mr. Reed ; and never was the House iu a greater uproar than when it was seen that -the rights of the minority were being so ruthlessly taken from them. The only republican that possessed the moral courage to eveu indirectly dis approve of the proceeding was Butter? worth, of Ohio. Mr. Reed attempted to defend his action by quoting from de cisioos made in the State Legislatures of New York and Tennessee. The ruling was made for the purpose of taking up the contested case of Smith vs. Jackiou, which was opposed by the Democrats because the House had not yet adopted a code of Rules. Senators V ance and Hampton have replied to tbe speech of Senator lugalls on the race question. The administration silver bill, recent? ly introduced in the House, is meeting much opposition from republicans Sen? ator Teller in making an argument against it before the House committee characterized it as "a Wall street meas? ure," and Senator Morrill in introduc? ing it in the Senate took special pains to cay that be would ask to have it printed and referred, without commit ting either himself or any member of the Finance committee io its favor. The administration seems to lack influ? ence with its party iu Congress. One negro ia satined with Mr. Har? rison's views on tho negro problem. That is ex Senator Bruce, who bas been appointed Recorder of Deeds for this District. A very silly rumor was current here this week, to the effect that the repub? licans would not pass a tariff bill at the present session because they wished the ; question to remain open for the next campaign. They will pass a bill be? cause they hope to close the question, [knowing ve^r well that the tariff is their weakest point. No bill, however, that they will pass can close this im portant question. Tariff reform as preached by the democratic platform the last campaign, is daily making converts, and in tbe most uoezpected quarters, and the fact is apparent that if voted on by the people now it would sweep the country. It is rather early to expect Goo gre8smeo to express themselves as to the candidate in '92, bot the following shows tbe feel ling- io a portion of the South : Representative Blouut, of Georgia-"The people of Georgia are for Cleveland." Representative Crisp, of Georgia -"Cleveland and tariff reform are good enough for Georgia folks." Re? presentative Dockey, of Missoori "?s tariff reform is to be tbe issue of "92, we naturally look upon Cleveland as tbe man to lead us. Representative Davidson, of Florida-"Tbe sentiment of my state is now overwhelmingly for Cleveland." Representative Kilgore, of Texas-"Texas is for Cleveland against tbe world, the flesh and the devil." .-.-W Communication. SUIITKB, Feb. 6th. Mr. Editor : We see in tbe News and Courter tbat Col. John J. Dargan is nomi? nated for Congress in opposition to Colonel Elliot. We endorse this nomination io toto. The principles of Free Trade are right and altogether suitable to tbe wants of our agri? cultural people and the character of the man is 'ike refined gold. Let us have tbe discus? sion, that truth may live and I am confident we will, as the result, see the novelty of a farmer representing farmers, in tbe balls of Congress. FAIB PLAY. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, 8. C., Feb. 5, 1890 COTTON.-Receipts 75 bales. Middling 10 to 10$; Low Middling, ??. Market steady. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 4, 1890. Cotton-Sales, 500. Quotations: mid? dling, 10J. WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb 4, 1890. SPIRITS TURPBNTINB.-Sales at quotation. Market opened quiet at 40} cents per gallon. ROSIN.-Finn at 1.05 for Strained and $1 10 for Good Strained. Caooi TDRPKNTINB.-Yellow Dip, $2 20; Virgin $2 20, Hard $1.20. COTTON.-Sales, none. Market firm. Quotations are : Middling 10}. CLOSING OUT SALE. My entire stock is now offer? ed for sale J At Cost, For Cash. Call early and secure bar? gains. A. A. SOLOMONS. Feb'; 5.'90._ NOTICE. ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME by Note or Account, are requested to make settlement at an early day. r eb. 5 A. A. SOLOMONS. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Sundry Executions, to me directed, will be sold at Sumter C. H., on th? first MONDAY and day following ia MARCH next, 1890, and as many days thereafter as may be necessary, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property : All that tract of land containing 521 i acres more or less, which wnscorrve,} ed to the said Henry Hayosworth by C. C. Jackson, bound? ed on the North by laud now or formerly ol -Carson, and by hind formerly of - Vaughan, Soutb-eatt by land formerly of J. R. Pollard, West hy land formerly of Mrs. V. Bradford and South-west by land suppos? ed to have Leen formerly of Mrs. V. Bradford, levied upon as the property of Henry Hayns wortb under the execution of Anthony White against Henrv Havusworth. E. SCOTT CARSON, S. S. C. Sheriffs Office, Feb. 5, 1890._ MASTER'S SALE, State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COCRT OP COMMON PLEAS. Alexander F. Byrd, Assignee-Plain? tiff* against Wesley Montgomery, Katie Montgomery, and others, de? fendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated Jan u ry 29tb, 1890. I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in the City of Sumter in said Slate, on Monday, March 3rd, 1890,-being Salesday-between tbe hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ise?, to wit : "All that tract of land in Sumter County and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and four (104) acres, more or less lying on Hick's Branch and the Wilmington, Colum? bia and Augusta Rail Road, and adjoining lands now or formerly of Burrell Wilson, Hayward Folward, Mrs. J. F. Woodward, Estate of Hosea Wilson, W. E. Mille, and said Rail Road Company, and others, the same being the tract of fand conveyed to Pringle Montgomery by John W.Montgom? ery, by his deed dated May the 15th, 1875, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County, in Book V, at page 742. Terms of Sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for tides. JUHN S. RICHARDSON. Feb 4,1890. Master for Sumter Co. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge WHEREAS, ELIZA GALLUCHAT, made ?uit to nie to grant ber Letters of administration of the Estate and effects ot RICHARD BRADFORD, Dec'd. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Rchard Bradford, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the C<mrt of Probate, to be held at Sumter Court House, on Feb. 20tb, 1890, next, afier publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 5tb day of Feb.. A. D . 1850. THOS. V. WALSH, Feb. 5-2t. Judge of Probate. FOR RENT. AFARM (one-horss or two horse) in good condition, 3 miles East of Sumter, com? fortable house ?ow going up. J. R. HARVIN, Jin. 29. Agent. FRESH BREAD, CAKES, PIES AND FRENCH CONFECTIONERY Always on hand. Your Orders are respectfully solicited, which will receive prompt attention, by, M. L. MAJEWSKI) City Baker, Jun. 22-3in Main Street, Sumter, S. C. WANTS. TO SELL. A One-horse Covered Delivery Wagon, at reasonable prices. Apply at WatchmtD and Southron oflice. WANTED, TU SELL, a first class Pony, Road Cart and Harness. The pony is six years old, perfectly gentle, and works anywhere. Cart and Harness in good repair. CjP. Odteen, at W. and S. office. WANTED, People to know that they can get their burnt-out cooking stoves re? paired by A. G. Warren. Adjustable parts ou hand for all stoves. Hare it done before the damage is greater, and save money. BUSINESS MEN, and others, should see what can be done at home before giving their orders for job printing to parties away from home. Fine work and low prices can be had at the Watchman and Southron office NOTICE. THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certifi? cates of Registrar ion to all persons who have become twenty-one years of age since last general election. Als? trans? fers to those who have changed pla<e ot resi? dence. JAS. S FOLK, Jau 22 Supervisor Registration. FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA^ EREUMATISM, EPILEPSY AND OTHER troubles thai Medicines cannot cure, ap? ply for Hali's Health Pamphlet to Endorsed by Dr. Willard Parker, New York Indispensable to families and physi? cians. The man who lioasts that he does not need to buy a Pamphlet because his friend has one, publishes his friend to be a perjurer, and himself no better than a receiver of stolen goods. The Piedge of Honor is as solemn as an oath. H F. OLIVER, Sumter, S. C. ^SEf**Io my absence ?it aDy time, see Mr. J. J. Muller at Harness Store Jan. 8. A CARD. SINCE WITHDRAWING FROM THE firm of A. P. Levy & Co , and at the Solicitation of numerous friends I have de? cided to open a orst-class saloon on Liberty Street opposite J. Ry t tm berg k Sons' grocery, and I can hereafter be found there ai I all hours, having j ?st opeqed up as fine a stock of Liquors a;:d Sega rs as has ever be?n brought to Sunrer. I extend a cordial invi? tation to all of my friends and patrons to call. Respectful Iv, Jan. 22. * A 'Pl^EV_V-_ ll A TT HIT HUT Take no shoes unless I, A 11 I 111 IV w- T? Douglas' n"me R?d ll A \J A AUX? price are stamped on the bottom. If the dealer cannot supply rou, ?end direct to factory, enclosing advernted W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Fine Calf, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed moor Waterproof. , ., Best tn the world. Examinehl? 85.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE. 84.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. 83.50 POLICE AND FARM KEV SHOE. 82.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. 82.25 & 82 WOKKINGME^S SHOEfiL 82.00 and ?1.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. Ail made in Congress, Button anti Lace. $3 & $2 SHOES LAFO?,IS. 81.75 SHOE FOR MISSES. Best Material. Best Stylo. Best Fitting; W. IM Douglas, Brockton, MASS. Sold by FUR SALE BY J. Byttenberg & Sons, Agents, Jan. 1 SUMTER. S. 0 REMOVAL J.DuRantiSon PIONEERS OF THE HARDWARE BUSINESS Beg to announce to their friends of Sumter and adjacent counties that they have moved to their Large. Magnificent, New Store Adjoining A. A. Solomons, _ % Our increased business necessitated our leaving our former CRAMPED. QUARTERS. Now with LARGE;STOIBS AND LARGE S IOCK we are prepared the better to meet Sie want* of our friends. * ? The Ladies, too, are especially invited to call and see' us. We return thanks for past liberal patronage and solicit your future trade. We buy LARGELY FOR CASH and can pffer INDUCEMENTS. Always come and see us before buying your HA.RD W-ARE. Look! Read! Buy! We sell Agricultural Implements, Tools, WagOB aij? Buggy Material, Plantation and Household Supplies, Table arid Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Glassware, Tinware, Lamps, Potwarev Everything in the Hardware Line. Stores! Stoves ! I^xes ! Fine Cookers for wood or coal. Low prices, best make, guaranteed. See us always before buying either a Cooker or a Heater. OIL STOVES from $1.00 up. Ladies these arejhe very things for convenience ! Try one. ?i / ^ Guns! Guns! PistolsI - -C?e Best make and cheap. Guns from $2.25 tq:$65.00. Pistols from $1.00 up. . ^ - " ' SHELLS, CARTRIDGES, WADS, SHOT AND P?^SMti Rubber and Leather Belting, best mato?. Packing in Hemp and Rubber. Gin Bristles and Twine^ HOLLOWWARE-POTWABE. >}% We are POWDER AGENTS and can sell dealers cheaper than they can order it. Save freight by buying of us. - ~ Respectfully, R. W. DURANT & SON. Aug. 21 WE CAW BE POUND For the Next Few Days at STONO WAREHOUSE AT DEPOT; And from Next Monday at the Brick Store, Cor. Liberty and Har vin Streets. Good Stock and Low^Pri ces* WE ARE HERE TO S^^X Durant & Belitzer, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! CAN BE SAVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. U NOW IS THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ! ^^^^^^ Stores ! Stores ! Stores ! PUMPS! PUMPS ! PUMPS! "^^^iffO^^ HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. CROCKERY, GLASS* ^gm?^^^^S WARE, HARDWARE, WOOD EN WARE, CHINA, %1 ^^^^^^^1 FANCY GOODS, TOYS, TINWARE, ^d^^ Igy in fact our immense assortment of New Fall and "Winter Goods is now in stock and opened for inspection and offered at extremely low prices. While maintaining the uniform standard of quality and excellence by good management, careful buyio* ana* twtog content with SMALL PROFITS, we nave raised the standard and lowered our pr ice, until it is now a fact thatfh# ' nicest stock of goods in this section is now beinn offered for sale by us for the least money. . COMK AND CATCH ON. NEW GOODS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. ~ : Roofing, Tinning, Guttering and Repairing done at short notice. Pumps put down and takea up at lowest rates. Sole agent for the Safety Tether Machine for grazing stock. ' ' V-M Thanking thc public for their past kind patronage and soliciting a continuance of the same, I remain, respectfully^ :* T. C. SCAFFE, .. Aug. 28 . ?umter, Sf. Q, J