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J > - . - -1- ?M -.-. ? - -... C|t Plait bisa a ?ufa ?ni|r? WBPNBSDAY.APBIL 22,1893 FOOT Months Under a Dictator. A Scathing Review of the Refer: Administration. The "One Man Fewer*9 of "the Rt . of the People*' Contrasted With t. Impotence of the "Aristocratic Ot garehy." . _ Written for The State. iSsop has a fable that the frogs CD tired of a life of ease and inaction ai petitioned Jupiter to give them a kin He threw down to them a log ; at fin fright at the appearance of this hu? monster caused them to dive down u der water, bat seeing that their kit lay motionless they became familiar at ut last moa o ted ou bis back without ai fear. Disgusted with so slug eis h ruler, they raised their voices to J up it again to give them another king mo lively and enterprising than the firs he sent them a stork, who at once pr ceeded to devour them with bis lot bill. 1 very much fear this fable wi!? pro> an apt illustration of the condition the farmers, who, not coo-eut with condition of unexampled political ha] piness, hav8 elected a king in B. 1 'fi lint an, and he is about to desire them and their material prosperity He has-been but fear months in offic yet from the outset he has shown i voracious an app?tit? for power as tl v stork exhibited for the frogs, and a ta enc for oppression, tyranny and cootel ti on unequalled by any executive offi?< who ever lived under free institution He said in the campaign last summ< that the people of South Carolina ba never been a free people, had been rule by aristocrats, etc. One might so] pose that this was merely the sham den agogaeism of the stump, but it wi more, it was gross ignorance-for M Tillman is a very ignorant man. fl has never seen the constitution of 179 aod its amendments, to find out ho much freer we were under that instrt ment than under the constitution ( 1868. I will compare for his enlighi en ment the powers conferred upon th Governors before the war, and thos possessed at the preseut day. I go a far back as 1832 and come np to 1865 The acts of the General Assembly wer passed as now by going through bot! houses, ' under certain rules of prece dore adopted by the respective houses they were signed by the President o the Senate and Speaker of the House and ratified in the Senate-House From that instant, without the approve of the Governor, an act became law The then G ?vernor did not sign it much less had he a right to veto it The only appointment within his gif was that of-his private secretary, wb< received the magnificent salary of $450 He had the power to pardon criminals which, there being little crime in thos days, was ra ely exercised; This i - all-this is the sum of that great powe which, according to Tillman, made th people of South Carolina slaves fron the time of John Itutlege down to 1865 We did Bot have the right to elect ou GoveraoT by the people, was his cry A Legislature fresh from the people dit elect him. This our new master con stdered as the main crime of a hundrec years or more, which threw our Stan into the hands of an aristocracy. Bu the Governor was not eligible then foi re-election, as is the case now. Let ?s now see what power B. R Tillman, exercises as Governor, anc how much he bas increased it by hit >own machinations with a Legislatun . eompletley subservient to his will. In the first place, no act of the Gen ?ral Assembly can become law unless .signed by him. And more than that after it has passed both houses, he may if he please, interpose bis veto, or, in. .other words, say, I forbid this act tc become law, and it cannot be written io the statute law unless passed ovei .. bis veto by a two thirds vote of both houses lt may as well be remarked here that this extraordinary and soni? : day. dangerous power was (as I recol ? lee*) never on -e exercised by those ter? ribie liberty-destroying aristocrats, -Hampton, Simpson, Jeter, Thompson or Richardson. Tillman had not been in office a month when, in a spirit ol ; unbridled license of power and tyranny, . he vetoed the Railroad Commission bill. . But of that more anon. - Look at his power of appointment under the la? as it now stands It ie simply enormous, He appoints thirty four county treasurers and the same nunber of auditors during his term, a great many masters, thirty-five jury commissioners and eight court stenogra? phers, besides about th.ee hundred trial justices, and bas the additional power to fill vacancies in as high place* as United States Senator, Chief or AR sociate Justice of the Supreme Coan and all other State officers as prescribed by law. This would ?>eeuj tu any rea tenable mau to he auf hot it v enough for one executive <-fiL-er, but it has not proved in his case su 5 o ie nt to satisfy his lust of power. Let us see what boards he is on: The Sinking Fund Commission, the Board of Directors of the State Penitentiary, the Trustees the South Carolina University and the Board of Visitors of the Military Acad erny * No person whHe Governor shall hold any other office or commission (ex? cept iu the militia) under this State, or any other power at one and tbe same time.'* So says section 3, article 3, of the constitution. Now he is not re? sponsive for bis connection with the various boards and commissions above named, although wholly ?Ilegal. He found those powers granted as far back as the days of Scott and Moses, and they seem to have become by acquies? cence, imbedded iu our $ vote m. We never expected of him any supeihu mao exertion to throw off executive power not warranted by the constitu? tion. Only we asked of him to remain quiet and carry on the functions of his office in the ordinary way. If Le had done this, criticism would have been silent. Let us se , however, if he has shown any disposition to increase his power or to exercise that given bim in an arbi? trary way. Has be piled on the execu? tive office additional functions noe war? ranted by law ? I take up the acts of 1890, and I find that he bas had himself made chairman of a board, with the ..Comptroller ami Treasurer, to invest the funds coming from the Clemson beqiK 9*. He h chairman of the Board of Phosphate Commissioners, by an act which he claims the credit of having drawn himself, and altogether the m arbitrary, tysalloicai and illegal m sure ever p?t opon the statute bo< He hts invaded the educational burt and procured-ni mself to be at the ht of a spe-?fei commission upon t< boote" folf^euools. In a like spirit iatermeddl?Dg, be has entered i Adjutant General's office in order tl be may get ordnance a?d ordnaj stores from the war office io Washii ton, presumably for the purpose blowing the dredges aud other vess of the Coosaw Company out of water. The great genius of this individi is evidenced by his transcendent tah for contention, intermeddling and nj chief making. His conceit is boundle and he is sure be can do everything law, science, agriculture aud pub and private economy, better than a other person known or unkoo? Upon no other principle can it be i cono ted for (as one paper said) that milks bis own cow night and moroi at the executive mansion. With th< great powers let us see bow he has us them. He seems to have, from the outs* considered it his special duty to fly all the great institutions, corporatio aud industries in the State, and to se to cripple or destroy them, if possib His first attack was npon the railroac in the bili to amend the general ra road law, in that the most extraor( nary powers to 6x rates were con ferr on the Railroad Commission, and t railroads were to be deprived of ? rights of appeal from the fiodiugs the Commission, however outrageo the exactions might be. Frederick tl Great, King of Prussia, was a consi erabie tyraut in his day; nevertbeles when he came to make his Code Laws, called the Code Frederique, 1 says this of the right of appeal : 'There must likewise be allowed s hordioate tribunals and a power appeal. No judge is so skillful arid a teutive as not sometimes to err. Fe are so honest as not sometimes to I partial. Petty judges would becon unsopportably tyrannical if they we not restrained by a superior judicatur and their decisions would be neglige! or arbitrary if they were not iu daogi of seeing them examined and cancelled When the Senate amended the bil striking out that odious feature, ac gave to those corporations the right appeal, it is said he-Tillman, n* Frederick-flew into a violent rage ac vetoed the entire measure. Wise rule indeed, to seek to injure one of tl largest tax paying institutions in tl State. His next contention was through h Comptroller General with the baoki He bas no doubt gained by it the se tied hostility of every financial man i the State, and yet it is by their aid an assistance, if ever, we must replace ou public debt. Coming after, and no before the public, is his criminal folly < the Coosaw Company, growing out ( the iniquitous act of which he himse was the author. He neither looked t rigbt or left, but allying himself wit certain other phosphate companies, h became their bitter partisan and th implacable foe of the greatest revenue producing industry in the country What mattered it to him that the Coo saw Company had spent a million t turn the useless and lifeless rocks io th bed of Coosaw Uiver into gold for th benefit of the State, and made by th skill, invention and outlay of that grea organization a revenue for its treasnr a possibility-what boots it to this reek less and unstatesmaulike Chief M agis trate, if the State has received a miilioi and a quarter from that company-he i determined to Hil the goose that lai< the golden egg. In his foolish and in temperate act to capture the Coosav territory in defiance of law, he bas in volved the State in a judicial war wit! the United States. He was check matee in his very first move against this cor noration in what may be designated ai his sinker-dropping expedition. Hit second blunder as his ridiculous sui before Judge Aldrich for a receiver which simply showed impotence anc paucity of invention by all concerneo on the part of the State. But this w a very costly proceeding, this quarrel with the Coosaw Company. I understand that it paid last year inte the coffers of the State $107*000-a? much as all the other companies put together. The present suits and couu ter suits will deprive the State of so much revenue this year, and it is likely the litigation carried to the Supreme Court of the United States will not be determined iu tour years. So that the loss in sight approaches a half million If Gov. Tillman had ehown a spark of statesmanship he should never have used his pen in the drawing of the bill to make a Phosphate Commission at all. A simple a<t to raise the royalty to a reasonable figure was the proper thing to be done. If that had been, never a murmur would have been heard from the Coosaw Company. The loss the coming year will foot up as follows : Actual iVs in royalty . . ?107,000 Further lops if the royalty had beeu j ut at ?2 . . 107,000 $214,000 The heft thing for Gov. Tillman or any mau of sense in the same situation to do is to beat a retreat at once-stop all lawsuits and rai.se the royalty But the extreme folly of his act e6tab!i>hing a Phosphate Commission puts him in this ridiculous fix : he cannot retreat, and he cannot advance. What ?8 more, in this controversy. mere bluff, such as he has been practicing for some years, will avail him nothing against a United States Martial backed by the Circuit Court of the United States. There will be then surely a d< fieiency of ?107 000 to face the General A.-sem bly. Every dollar of thia amount has been already appropriated. The levy of about one mill more of Stafe tax will be required next fall. As ?-oon as these losses, eau-ed by his own intemperate action, are cl? arly demonstrated to the people, his downfall is near af hand, and will be mure rapid than his phe? nomenal rise iii'o place ard p >jver His Clemson folly, for want of money will, pending hi* wars, hang like a mill stone around his ce k He has, with his usual facili y in (bat line, gotten into a quarrel wirh Secretaay Nobb?, of the Interior Department, at Washing? ton; about the interest on the agricul? tural scrip fund, $11 OOO -we will lack that sum each year for all time. We have never had any difficulty in col? lecting it befoie His foo)i>b mesrsjie on the suhject was thc cause of the trouble. What a record for four months ? i There is no person known to history ! hot Charles ?. who compares with him. ; L'ke him. Tillman should i;e beheaded by the people for rbe tyrannical u>urpa tioo of power in the executive, and his cocsequent encroachment upon the liberties of the people. GRENOUILLE EXPIRANTE. The following is the State's comment on thc above article ; "A correspondent of the State, who did not belong to the ''Ring" of which we heard so much a few months ago, contributes a very scathing review of the first four months' work of the new Administration. It will be read wi?h much interest and will open new lines of thought. The State does not agr^e with its correspondent in all that he writes. It considers that io the controversy with Secretary Noble Governor Tillman took the correct position, and held it in a manner not discreditable to South Carolina. In the Coosaw matter, and in the matter of tax assessments, the position of this paper is that the Ad? ministration is to be judged by what is accomplishes, and that the proper time for summing up results has net arrived. The very forcible and direct language of the correspondent might, in defereuoe to the high office held by the subject of his criticisms, be modi? fied materially. Still, there are strong and suggestive statements in the article, and many of its points are well taken. There is especial force in the comparison between the so-called "undemocratic" form of government South Carolina had in the olden times and the equally so called "rule of the people" at the present day. The centralizing process inaugurated by the constitution under which we live bas been carried forward very greatly by the "one-man power" of the pre? sent Administration. It used to be an old taunt that "South Carolina always required a master." If that were true, the State should be abundantly satisfied. She has a master-ooe who has vast and impregnable confidence in himself, and who will not spurn any crowns of added power which may be offered to him, or which may be had for the tak? ing. There can be no possible doubt that Governor Tillman, as be declared that he would be, is the Head of his Ad? ministration. The rest of it, indeed, is scarcely in sight, except when a re? flected ray from tlie blazing Crown glances athwart their shadowy frames. To degrade the simile, imagine "the Head of his Administration"-with due reverence be it written-a head of cab? bage. The flavor of it permeates all the minor vegetables boiling with it in the same political pot. The strongest is.supreme. We have no doubt that Governor Tillman-having been as he has fre? quently declared, a student of State history-knows that during the Re? volutionary war one of his predecessors in the Executive office, John Rutledge by name, was given extraordinary powers to save the patriot cause ; and that his Excellency will point to that example and ask the public if he is not as worthy of supreme power as an aristocrat like John Rutledge ; whether he does not represent the "patriot cause" of 1891, and whether he is not the only proper ?'dictator" io this era, being, indeed, the "only mau who has the brain, the oerve aud the ability" for the position. Tl)3se questions, of course, the peo? ple will have to decide the next time they have the cppoitunity. Since we have a dictatorship, however, it is proper for us to give it a fair trial. It is iu the course of the fair trial which this paper is according the dictatorship that it gives space to-day to the indict? ment brought against it. The pleading may follow u n Too Happy for Anything. It isn't often that, the man who takes up the contribution in a church is non? plussed and forgets his business, but such was the case recently, and this is how it happened: Before singing the doxology the minister had announced that a collection would be taken up for the foreign missionary work. A young married couple were sitting in the body of the church. When the colleciion plate came round the groom, thinking himself doubl v blessed, felt quire liberal. He put a five-dollar bill in it. The man who wa? taking up the collec? tion seemed dumbfounded. Ile first looked at thc five dollars and then at the giver; then whirling around, walk? ed rapidly up the aisle to the pulpit. Ile halted there for a moment, took an? other glance at the bill, scratched his head, and came back to the groom. He touched the youug man ou the shoulder and whispered in his ear. ' How much change do you want?" "Not a darned cent/' said the happy groom. - ita- -cam A Good Servant Spoiled. Ouida begins work at 5 o'clock in the morning. If she were not a favorite author, she could make a hiv as a servant. But a greater servant is known ; one that is reHdy for service at all hours and in all places; one that minisiers to the ailing, soothes the distressed and smoothes the wrinkles of pain from the knit brow. Ic is the Calisaya Tonic j of Dr. Westmoreland, prepared at Augusta, j Ga., and containing in its potent formula those ingredients most powerful to eiadicate malaria from the system, tone np the stomach, cure dyspepsia and invigorate a disordered liver. Nervous exhaustion, heart? burn, jaundice and general debility ar? quickly cured by its use. Impure blood and general derangement of the kidneys an quickly remedied by this wonderful tonic and a'rerative, which is for sale by all diuggistf and wholesale by Dr. A. J. China. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highes^ of a ! in leavening strength.-Latest C. S Government Fooi Report. Nov. ?2. BOARDING, MRS. M. A. EPPERSON is pr?paie! to entertain boarders, boll] regular and transient, with first fl a SS accom? modations. TABLE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST. Liberty .Street, near St Joseph's Academy Ft b. 2:> - 3m. Sumter, S. C. Southern Developments. BALTIMORE, April 14.-The 3Ianu-\ facturers' Record will publish extracts | from the lefer of an English correspou- j dent holding very intimate relations to the iron and steel and the financial circles of Great Britain, which states that the British company which has purchased property in Sequachee Val? ley, East Tennessee, has ?2,500,OC ) capital and the strongest English direc? tory yet organized for operations in the South. The American representatives are John H. Inman, John C. Calhoun and Gen. Chamberlain, of the Southern Iron Compaoy, of Chattanooga. Another syndicate with a capital stock of ?6,000,000, is being organized to make exteusive purchases in the South, for which negotiations are now in progress. This company expects to secure its property in time to begin work next autumn. The same writer says that the recent rumors that the British syndicate behind the Kimball Town Company, of Tennessee, has purchased also the properties of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company in the State, and will unite all its acquisitions under one management, are correct, This re? ported purchase does not include the Alabama properties of the Tennessee Coal, Iron ard Railway Company. ??rn- - The ladies of Winnsboro have started a canning factory of their own, in which all the officers and directors are ladies, and ail the employees are to be young ladies, except in that portiou of the work which is too rough for feminine hands to do. We are agents for Bradley's Sea Fowl and | Eagle Guano. LEVI BROS. ? They Didn't Suit Him. Corporals Joel Benbow, of Clarendon, and A. C. Alexander, of Spartaobarg, were yesterday given their walking papers as members of the penitentiary guards, which positions they have held for ten years. ?Mr. Benbow was in? formed that he had the alternative of being reduced to ranks or leaving. As Mr. Benbow had heard that Superin? tendent Talbert bad stated to one of the guards that he would "rather pull a bell cord over a mule than be a peni? tentiary guard,'' be naturally concluded that the idea was to get rid of him. These gentlemen state that no fault had been found with their services, but that others could be found who would suit Captain Talbert better. Privates \V. C. Dye, of Kershaw, and C. T. Hamer, of Marlboro, learned that they would be dismissed, so they tendered their resignations to the Super? intendent. Mr. Dye states that when heresigDed Capt. Talbert's remark was : "That's all right. I am glad of it. I had to make a change anyway." Mr. Dye says also that the bell-cord re? marks was made to him.-State, April 14th. The United States government has detailed an army cfBeer, a graduate of West Point, to act as drill master for the*Patrick Military Institute at An? derson. It is said that there are more pay cadets at this institute than there are at the Citadel Academy. --^mwt>~ ? i mum* DO NOT SUFFER ANY LONG KR. Koowing that a cough can be checked in a day, and ihe first stages of consumption broken ir? a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Acker's English Cough Remedy, and wili refund the money to all who buy, take it as per directions, and do not find our statement correct. 1 Just so! ho! ho! why yes, indeed! I see! I see: 'tis this I need To cleanse my blood, this S. S. S. This SWIFT'S" SPECIFIC, I confess The faux pas made was rather huge, "Whv! I have been tckin^ vermifuge! A HEM ARK ABLE CASE Flt OM ILLINOIS. I raOrcd for five yearsTvith Mercurial Rheumatism, which was the result of Potash and Mercurial treatment by physicians, for Constitutional Blood Poison. They not only fail ed to cure me but made me a physical wreck, and my life a burden. 1 then commenced taking SWIFT'SSPSC??IC (S. S. S.), and after using a few bottle.! ivas entirely cared of the Rheumatism, which thc doctors brought on by their rem? edies, and the Blood Toison they failed to cure. I cheerfully commend S. S.S. to every one similarly afflicted. JOHN II. Ll"LES, Sarento, 111. Jg-g* Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Copyrighted by S. .9. S. Co. TUE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA. C. S. MATTHIESSEW, Manufacturers' Agent and Dealers in Machinery, Railroad, Mill, Engineers1, Contractors' and General Sxxi3^>lies Walter A. Wood's Mowers and Reapers, Bar Iron, Acme and Boss Press Repairs, Gin Repairs, Boilers, Engines, Saw Mills, CORN MILLS, CANE MILLS, EVAPORATORS, COTTON GINS, Cotton Presses, Inspirators, Injectors, Hand and Steam Pumps, Pipe, Valves, Fittings, Rubber Belting, Leather Belting, ENGINE OILS AND BURNING OIL; Pipe cut and threaded to order. Write for prices on Engines, Boilers, Gins and Presses. ?. S. xTOATTHIESSEfli. Mch 25. Sumter, S. C. We have in stock and constantly receiving THE LATEST STYLES IX WW MD IMPORTED FABRICS -IS Spring and Summer Goods FOR THE SEASON OF 1891. Cash buying, latest goods and best quality, combined with low prices, will fill the expectations of the public. We have complied with these conditions and challenge any one to beat us in QUALITY, STYLE AND PRICES. A call will convince that we can save you money. Samples sent on application S5. O, Marci) 18 WlliSOW & SPAMS, INSURANCE AGENTS, SI .TITER, S. C. Representing some of the best Fire Insurance Companies doiDg business in the United States, for Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, we beg to solicit a share of thc patronage of our friends in these counties. FRANK K. WILSON, Manning. J. M. SPANN, Sumter, S. C. July 10-x_ .A.. ?F. CHINA, Vity f>rng Store? DEALER IN Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes Tooth Brushes. Tooth Powder, Also, Faints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kalsoniine, all colors for rooms, Artists' Paints and Brushes, Luster Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, Lanterns, Shades, Wicks, Chimneys, &c. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. I Keep thc following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." I juuc .1 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. u REMOVAL -AND To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi? ness, I have removed to the handsome and commodious new Brick Store next to John Reid's, opposite my old stand, where J can now be found with a stock of DIAMONDS, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, SPECTACLES, &c surpassing in brilliancy, extent and variety any stock of the kind ever shown in this city, with daily additions of new at tractions. Thaoking my friends and the public generally for the very liberal patronage bestowed on meat my old stand, I hope to merit a continuance of the same, and I hereby extend to all a cordial invita? tion to pay me a visit at my new gland, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities in every way 1 am better pre? pared than ever to eater to their wants. Don't forget the place, REID'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., SUMTER, IS. C. Yours, anxious to please, L. W. FOLSOM. Everything in the line of repairing done as heretofore. Oct 8 H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT & BRO. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, ka REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 SUNNY SIDE POULTRY YARDS. EGGS FOR SETTING IN SEASON from the following thoroughbred strains; LIGHT BRAHMAS. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. B?FF COCHINS. BLACK MINORCAS. SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Price of Eggs ; ?1.50 for 15 ; $2.50 for 30. A guide to poultry raising with valuable receipt tor cure of Cholera and Roup given with each purchase of eggs. N. B.-Li-Thorns and Black Minorcas have no equals as layers. Address or call on W. B. MURRAY, Dec 24 Sumter, S. C. FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS! ^ FOUTzlj No HOP.SK will 'lie- of CO?.IC POTS or Lo'G FE VXE. it Fontus Powder? arc used in tune. Four/.v Voxe?st? will enre :\n<\ prevent Hoc CITO LEE*. Fottrz's Pon-tars will prevent CAPH- IN FOWLS. Ponce's Powt?rs will im-rca.**? the quantity or milk and cream twenty per cent., and make the butter firm %nil sweet. Foti ta's Powders will enre or prevent almost EVKEV ?KIKA.SK to which Horses and < af fie are subject. Forrz's POWPKES WILL civs SATISFACTION. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. F0XJT2. Proprietor 3ALTIMORE. MD. A pamphlet of information and at>-/jj A.?tractOf the laws. Showing How lo/t , R Obtain Patents, Caveats. Tradf f&SsiS*Marks, t'opyricbts, .Audre? MUNN &. CO. ? v361 Broadway."^ New York. VERY OLD AND PURE COU* WHISKEY, Especially aged for medicinal use. MEDICATED BLACK BERRY BRANDY. Imported Port Wine, a preventative for Spring and Summer complaints. Call early, secure a bot? tle and convince yourself. Try Strauss' Electric, the best 5 cent. Segar in tlie State. Very respectfully, I STRAUSS, Proprietor, June 4, PALACE SALOON, SUMTER, S. C. Grand Display of ring: Novelties, GOOD VALUES, CONSTANT ATTRACTIONS, POPULAR PRICES, With never-ceasing attractions are better than mere display- Each day sees MI GOODS 151 ML OUR D1PMTMI??, Sees constant changes of NOVELTIES AND STAPLES at prices that quickly sell. Your own interests can not be better served than by familiar? izing yourself with these goods and prices. Recollect, no matter what prices others may ask, we are determined to beat them. NO MISREPRESENTATION. Everything as represented or money refunded. We mean business and plenty of it. FINE GOOD? -AND LOW PRICES WILL DO THE WORK. Xo one talked to death. Xo one urged to buy. Study your own interests. You cannot make any mistake. You know what we have done in the past. Come and see what we can do for you now. J. RETTENBERG & SONS. Samples sent on application. Mail orders will receive prompt attention5 March 25