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* ? * ; ?|t Ma??^llip ??? J?0tt?j}? ~ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 The Sumter Watchman was fou ic 1850 ?nd the True Southron in ] The Watchman and Southron nov the oom bi osd circulation and infh of toth of the old papers, and is n fest1 y the beat advertising medial {fainter EDITORIAL HOTEST" 11M War Department has gi* \ can tract to tho Bethlehem Iron for one hundred guns of high po Tho? gus wt? cost $3,580,375. Senator Butler's term will expire long and some one wants his si but they will hard?y seen re them \ distorted obstruction of the Sew public ntteranees. Charleston hat received her first of cotton. v It waa received on Mox encl wet sold tor lOots per pound, wan raised on Gol M ike. Brown's B weil County plantation. Reporta bom the Western co Staten, Alanna*, Misai-sippi and Ti any dint the cotton worm has made appearance, and much damage to growing crop ia anticipated. Swarmaof grasshoppers hare DO their appearance in Ohio, and are in g eerie* damage to all growing ci jot . and even the shocks wh JSM randing in the fields. Fred Douglass bas resigned bis p ?lou aa Minister to Hay ti. It. ia no< stood that a white man will be selec to fill the place, aa the colored sta mea of tbe Black Republic object t< negro minister from this country. The hot spell of the last few days eaueed great suffering in the large cit of the North. On Monday there w gratt numbers of prostrations, t thia) persons went raving eraxy Now York city. There ia not enough money in Treasury to pay the next pension du Thia isa fine how-to-do; consider] the bat statement of Secretary Fosfc which showed a surplus of $50,00 OOO, but then figures are eurk things. Charleston baa had an exceeding proapero os year, aa tar aa cotton i ee?pta goes. So tar there have be ?56,381 Ules received against 344.1 last year. The cotton year still fa about three weeks to ruo and th? will be more of the old crop receiv before its dose. The Emperor of Chioa has issued decree ordering stringent measures be taken by all officers of the gover ment to protect foreign missionaries that country from further outrage Of late years the Chinese Govern me hrs done aQ in Hs power to prote foreign .residents. The August returns to the Depar ment of Agriculture make the eonditic - of cotton 88 9 the atme as last monti Taere has been an improvement i South Carolina, Georgia, Alaban? Mississippi and Arkansas. In oth< por?cusef the cotton belt there ha been a deeHne in condition. The pefwSHi fever ?a contagion A weaily eitiaem ef Omaha, who i said to be 'perfectly sane, bsa started ?rasado having for ita object the pen shoeing by -the Government of ever .negro wno waa a slave. - If this sort < thing ia to be kept up it ia only question et? time when the propositio fer the Government to take care c everybody will be earsonly made. Ose enthusiastic Georgia Alliance toan asserts that "We (the Alliance already hs ve a majority of the nex Congress, Senate and House, and cai nata any lawa we wish, without ask io j any edda of either of the old parties1 Ile also says that be believes Pres L F. Livingstone, of the Alliance of tba State, will be tne Speaker of the oes Hausa. Ho? does that strike yon fo: intelligent information ? J. O. Wynn", business agent of th< Georgia State Alliance Exchange ii $20,0u0 short in his accounts. Tb< Directors of the Exchange appointee W. A. Broughton, treasurer of th* Exchange to examine Wynne's boo ki ead he discovered the shortage. Wynne ia under $60,000 bond and his bonds? man wilt arrange to pay the shortage, which the Exchange claims to be a defalcation. Wynne claims tbst it ia due to clerical errors. The latest freak tn the speculative world ia that of the body of Spanish bears that attempted to raise a revolu? tion against the government so as to depress the secure tie? io which they were interested. They attacked a gar? rison and killed several of the sentries before they could be overpowered. A number of the rssh speculators were I; i lied in the me be and the rest cap tared and they will all, no doubt, be executed. The editor of the Cotton Plant at? tempts to distort a portion of Senator Butler's Prosperity ?peech so as to make bim say that a majority of the farmers are thieves and scoundrels. We ali know 0en. Butler too well to believe j anew a statement, and when we have i the speech in fol) to consult we readily perceive the willfulness of the misstate? ment. . . THE STATE UNIVEBSITY AND ITS HEW PRESIDENT. We congratulate the State I The unanimous election of Dr. James Woodrow to the Presidency of the Sooth Carolina University reflects eqoal credit opon the Trustees sod the distinguished gentleman who has so completely met the oeed of the hoar. Dr. Woodron is a learned man, oft unspotted character, and of perso attractiveness, seldom ever excelled. He bas passed through a fiery od of ecclesiastical censure, and perso criticism by and of those not nearly equals in mental force or scient learning, and whose christian charac is no better than his. He has ne forgotten to be a christian gentletn as be bas never ceased to be profoi scholar, and a devoted citizen, merits the respect and affection of good people sod he has it, as is abo bj his elevation to a place of wb ; every Sooth Carolinian might be proi That he is regarded by. the men and good men too-who represent t ! State and the Board of Trustees of I i University, as the man of all others the high office to which he has IM elected, is a wealth of credit to tb? meo, and, while it adds nothing to i character or his learning, should son ? be a gratification to him. j The new departure in the State 1 : had no better result than this. 1 ! youth of the State will have no bet instructor, and the University cot i have no better head than this mao, t result of whose troubles bas been t preservation of his own high place the State and bis complete vindicatio and distinguished recognition by t people, who know him well, respe him Highly, and confide in bim enonj ?o place their sons under his care at leave them to follow his high exampl We congratulate the State ? "WE ABE CORRECTED." The paragraph, in our editorial "Tl Coosaw Decision," to which Mr. DuP calls our attention this week, is s error viewing it'from Mr. DnPre standpoint, but we did not look at from bia stand point, and there are tv, sides to every question. First let it be distinctly understoc that this paper has always main taine from the beginning that the State legal position was sound and this hi been demonstrated by the opinion < two of the most learned and able juris! in the country. Oo the other band we have also hel that Governor Tillman's policy was ba in driving the Coosaw Company to tb wall, even though the legal right to d so existed and it would be discountin the future to say, at this stage, that w are ia error. 'Of course Section 10 of the Act re ferred to by our friend is mandatory a well as directory, but our position i that Governor Tillman is the maa wb made it mandatory. He was the aotbo and iastigator of the whole scheme His was the "mailed hand." .He wa the "brain and the nerve" of the whol< business. And the legislature in obe dien ce to his dictates, went through tb? form of passing the Act. Why did w< sa y Gov. Tillman did not choose, &c.' For the reason that he is Chairman o the Board of Phosphate Commissioners and because be Tillman himself has re? peatedly declared that he did not pro? pose to be the tail of the South Caro? lina government, but intended doing ali the wsggiog himself and we believe bc bas ''wagged1' in this instance. Therefore placing the responsibility of the passage of the act upon Gover? nor Tillman where it rightfully belongs we say his policy was wrong. In respect to the matter of the royalty, and our friend's assertion that the com? pany would have gone toto the court to settle it. We have oo means of know? ing whether such would hare been the case or not. It is a mere assumption on the ?part of Mr. DuPre, tn ; which we do not concur. -a-i-----MMBBD KEITT'3 SOMETHING BET? TER. Col. Ellison Kelti, in a letter to the Greenville Newt, which is given in foil on the outside, offers a substitute for the Sub-Treasury bili. The plan offered by Col. Keitt, while open to objection?, ?? a great improve? ment on the vicious measure that has come to be the shiboleth of many Al? li an ce m en. The two features that we would especially commend as improvements are the substitution of the State gov? ernments for the national government as money lenders, and the dispensing, with the need of ware-houses aud with them the horde of office holders neces? sary to attend to this factorage busi? ness. These provisions avoid two dangers that would result, should tbe original bill be enacted into a law First the centralization of the government ; second the indefinite control of the National government by the party that first got pos.-essiou after the bill became a law. By the immense patronage and the number of offices at the disposal of the exectt ve. it would be almost im? possible to dispossess the party that once secured a foot hold-witness the Republican party to day And then would come corruption aud the destruc? tion of ?he government. Col Kents plan is something better, but not the thing we are looking for. "BLOSSOMS GATHERED FOR THE TOMB." Among the many eccentricities of that great and gifted actress, Sarah Berhardt, is ber craze for making and j elaborating her mortuary preparations. She has selected the spot for her last resting place and has had erected there a beautiful mau?ol"Um. Upon ?this marble tablet of memory there is no court of arms, no armorial bearings to mark the grave of the greatest living exponent of Loman passion-simply the name "Bernhardt" in raised letters of marble. Often after come grand triumph of the evening before it is said a tail veiled figure of a woman may be seen alight iog from her carriage and makiog ber way to the lonely grave with her arms filled with the most magnificent flowers. lt is the graceful Sarah bearing the priceless tributes to her genius, to lay upon her tomb. How strange the melancholy of genuis! The lamented and unfortunate poet Keats used to love to think of the "daisies growing over" him. And now we have the great Bernhardt turning away from the bril? liant scenes of her histrionic triumphs, the glare, glitter and tinsel of the world's "fleeting show," to muse by .her grave opon dust and ashes. OUB PIBE DEPARTMENT. We are informed, whether correctly or not. that the Sumter Steam Fire En? gine Company has disbanded and the members of that company are now paying taxes. If this be so, the suggestion we made more than a year ago. has now more force than ever. The necessity of a paid fire department will be forced upon os and we will be compelled to meet it. The volunteer fireman have hereto? fore rendered valuable services to the community without expecting reward. The town has outgrown such a condi? tion of affairs. It is too great an un? dertaking to be accomplished by private individuals. The tims has come when the city authorities must take steps toward establishing a fire service that can, and will, furnish adea protec? tion to property owners. Did the Wedgefield Alliance do Right in Disbanding ? The following letter was received, and should have appeared iu last week's paper but was crowded out : SALEM, S. C., July 30, 1891. Watchman and Southron : I see by yester? day's W. $ S. that the Wedgefield Sub Alliance has disbanded. While fully appre? ciating the reasons given by ooe of the mem? bers and your editorial comment on the same, I am inclined to thinX their action was a mistake and differ wjih the conclusions you deduce. To make/my meaning clear, please give space for the following "declaration of intentions" -vrnich is the platform on which I stand, and the prostitution of which by tbe National, St te and County Alliances has brought about the action of the Wedgefield Alliance : PLATFORM OF TB7H ALLIANCE. Profoundly impressed that we, the Farmers' Alliance, united by the strong and faithful ties of financial and home interests, should set forth our declaration or intention : we, therefore, resol ve : 1. To labor for the education of the agri? cultural classes is the science of economical government in a strictly non-partisan spirit. 2. To endorse the motto : "In things essential, unity ; and in all things, charity." 3. To develop a better state, mentally, morally, socially and financially. 4. To create a better understanding for sustaining civil officers in maintaining law and order. 5. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony and good will among all mankind and brotherly love among ourselves. 6. To suppress personal, tocal, sectional and national prejudices; all unhealthy rivalry and all selfish ambition. 7. The brightest jewels which it garners are the tears of widows and orphans, and its inperative commands are to visit the bornes where lacerated hearts are bleeding; to assuage the sufferings of a brother or a sister, bury the dead ; care for tbe widows and educate the orphans ; to exercise charity towards offenders : to construe words and deeds in their most favorable light, granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others ; 8nd to protect the principles of the Alliance unto death. Its laws are reason and ?quity ; its cardinal doctrines inspire purity of thought and life; its intentions are "peace on earth and good will toward men." Add to this the second plank of the Na? tional Alliance platform adopted Dec. 7th, 1889, at St. Louis: "That we demand equal rights to all and special favors to none,"-and you har?, substantially, the fundamental principles cf the Alliance. Nor is there one word in either the national or State constitutione that would nullify or les? sen the force of a single declaration quoted above. And when any Alliance makes the acceptance of the Ucala demands in full, some of which are in direct conflict with the constitution, the test of membership, it is camping outside the coustiiution, and should be resisted by every true Allianceratn. The above is the platform to which we subscribed when we joined the order, with assurance that our obligation did not "conflict with oar political or religious views." This platform, Mr. Kidtor, is tbe essence of Democracy ?nd Christianity combined, aud ts good enough for every free citizen of this broad land. La6t year when some of our best men weie withdrawing from tbe order on aeeount of the course the Alliance was pursuing, I urged them to remain in tbe order and fight for its principles to the last ditch. Had they done so, the farcical scene of less than one-sixth of the farmers and one eighth of the white voters ot this county Attempting to dictate, not only how the balance shall vo'r, but how they shall 'think, would never have been enacted. Free thought, free speech and a free ballot are the inherent rights of American citizens, and I intend to exercise thom ag long as God spares breath in my body, regardless of what lecturers, preridents, county, State or National Alliance may eay or do. And Ii shall exercise them standing svuare on the j Alliance platform, vtheiherin or out of the Alliance. But to return to the action of the Wedge? field Alliance: If they could no longer affiliate with the "Dominant Element" in the organization, they should have withdrawn and formed an independ nt Alliance for mu? tual benefit and protection. And as others withdraw they should do likewise, until county and State organizations could be effected as farmers who stand square on the true Alliance platform. This is the course pursued by religious bodies when the dom? inant faction becomes intolerant, or is "blown about by every {wind of doctrine." Schisms in the Church have been condemned by a great many writers, and regretted by numbers of j^ood people, and regarded by infidels as proof of the fallacv of the Divine origin of religion ; but they are really only evidence of the force of evil ever ready to undermine the good, and have been the means of preserving "pure and undefiled religion'' in the world. What is true of the religious world is of equal force in the business and social world. The Alliance, where properly utilized, has done good and has proven beneficial in an educational, business and social way to its members. A?d I would urge the farmers of the State to have an Organization in every neighborhood, where they may meet at least once a month to discuss their ult'ti rs and to co-operate, wheiever practicable, in their business arrangements Call these organizations Alliances, grange?, farmers' clubs, or what? ever you please, but hace them and attend them, regularly, and they will prove of iucalculablegoud to the farming interests. E. W. DAB^S. - i mm -- Mr. DuPre Takes Exceptions. Mr. Editor : ? must confess that I do not tinders and a [?art of your editorial under the j head of "Thc Coosaw Decision" in your issue of the 5?h inst You say: "Kat wc e'ill maintain that Gov. Tillman did not ?fleet the most advisable course, or th? one calcu? lated to sive must to the taxpayers of the vState. Th?ire was no necessity for h'gal pro? ceedings, or for driving the Coosaw Company out of the territory it had improved The better, ensier and cheaper way would have I been for the Legislature to have raised the I royalty, lt this had teen done, we believe j the State would hnve heen saved all the need- i less expanse incurred in this suit." Why say j "Gov. Tillman did not select, kc" Why not the BOM rd of Phosphate Cemmi-sioners? I don't suppose (?uv. Tillman owns the board, j Now, Mr. Editor! am notaf era newspaper j controversy, hm I think yon are wrong, ami I wish .) correct y^;u. If 1 am wrong, i ? stao3 corrected. Now who drove Coosaw cut of the territory she had improved? (I used the pronoun "she" because the whole acts of the Company are like a whimsical woman.? No one. Let us see if your posi? tion is tenable. Section 10, of the Act creating the Board of Phosphate Commis? sioners, is not only directory but mandatory. This being the ca?e, the Board had no other course to pursue but to follow the law and take possession of Coosaw River after the first of March. Now if the Company bad have taken out a license all thia legal fight wonld not have been, and the State would have had her royalty, and the Company making money right on. But no, she would not obey the law of the State, and flies into the ?. S. Court to claim protection for ber rights after each eminent lawyers as Gen. James Connor, Attorney Gen. Pope and I think Col. J. H. Earle, said she had no legal rights to mine longer than the 1st of. March, 1891. Under the contract she held from the State claiming it gave ber a right to mine perpetually as long ,as she paid. $1 royalty to the State. Suppose the Stat? had have raised the royal? ty to $2, or the Board of Phosphate Com? missioners bad have levied the same upon Coosaw under Section 6 of the Act in ques? tion, would not the Company have resisted payment of the same and have gone into the U. S. JCourta-just the same, under their contract to pay $1"royalty ? Theo what muet the Commissioners do, except what they did do ? The State had the legal right to ?pen Coosaw after the 1st of March to general rigb ts or it bad not. Under the law, ene had, and the United States Circuit Court has sus? tained that law. Now Mr. Editor, I am no lawyer, and may not understand the techni? cal parts of your argument, but from a com? mon sense view of the whole matter, you hare no grounds for your argument, and you. should aid the whole Stats government in building up our common mother and not criticise when the facts do not warrant it. "Be critical in your criticisms, Afc," is au old saying. I hope I have corrected you. If I am incorrect, as before stated, in what I have written, I stand corrected. J. E. DCPBB. Pisgah, S. C , Aug. 8, 1891. mm tm - In Eastern Kentucky. Many of these who will see this have been in Kentucky, and so are familiar with the scenes and events which present themselves to one coming, into that country. The train three hours late, causing the traveler to be twelve hours behind time, is not an unknown thing to most of those who ride on the rail much. Although it is an old tale I will speak of the beautiful scenes which one enjoys just now in passing through the "Blue grass section" of Kentucky. From a magnificent field of corn, growiog luxuriantly, yet close together in the row and two stalks to the hill, you would be whirled on by a pasture where horses and mules of all ages and sizes were grazing. Shut your eyes a moment now and when you look out again you will see a splendid wheat field, the wheat all cut, but piled up in innumerable stacks all over the broad acres. Next yon may see great stacks of bay standing ont in the sunshine, looking so rich and yellow that a South Carolina farmer would turn green with envy, so to speak, and bis cow, pro? vided she could get at it, would stand on her bead for joy-that is she would if 6be were "a small boy." However, we must leave the bay with all its pleasant smell and pleasanter suggestions of abundance of butter-fresh and otherwise-and strike out for the moun? tains. So many of those who will see this, have traveled through the mountains on the train, that nothing 1 could say on that subject would be new The new experience with me began when I reached the point where the train could take me no further. There was still a distance of twenty-two miles to be made over mountains and tbroogh valleys. I found tbat the only practicable way was by wagon, and so I approached a wagoner who was going to the desired place. He, after a little, agreed to take me in place of an equivalent amount of freight. When I asked bim bis price be remarked that be hauled at the rate of "fifty cents a hundred." I told him I weighed about 150 lbs , so be said, "That'll be seventy-five cents." Now, I should like merely to remark here that I think it woald be ever so nice if the railroads would charge at so much a hundred ; only I should be sorry for some of my friends if they did, and I rather think I should envy some of my relations. When it was settled that I was to be hauled out I began to ponder over the question whether I came under "the short haul" or "the long haul, clause." After twenty-one miles bad passed, and ten hours and a balf had gone, my mind bad absolute rest on that question. Very long haul clause. At dinner time the advantage of traveling as freight became apparent again. The man bad provisions on board, which of course was freight, and of course I was freight too, so what was the odds if be merely shifted the position of some of his freight, it didn't make his load any heavier. Now tbat you may see the beauties of traveling as freight I will pot them down in terms of dollars and cents. Compare these two bills: 1. To one passenger, $5.00 To dinner of same, $1.00 Total $6.00 2. To 150 lbs. freight, '$ .75 To shifting position of two pieces of freight, S 00 Total $ .75 Bal. in favor of latter, $5.25 ? was told before I left the railroad town that there were more pistols ?R this county than in any other county in the United States. On the way I inquired of the driver what people shot here (in the way of game.) He said, "Birds and spots (on trees) and ment specially men." I partly believed this when we learned a little after this that there bad been a shooting spree on the road the day before, io which one man was killed and another wounded. I spent the night at the house of a wealthy gentleman cf ibis neighborhood ; in the morning I found three pistols lying on? a table in the room occupied by me and two sons of my hosts ; they were not toy pistols either. They say that the first questions they ask here about a young lady are: How old is she? Has she a pretty foot ? Does she dance? Now as to the second question I protest that my teachers were very remiss when I was younger and have placed me at a disadvan? tage. They taught me Geology, etc., but never Pediology and yet they claimed to be pedagogues. The questions I am asked are: ' Where are you from?" "How long will you be here?" "How old are jou ?" I have thought of printing my name and the answers to these questions on cards and handing one to each man I am introduced to. I am afraid, however, that having his questions already answered, ar?d being able to think of no other, be will lapse into silence and gloom. No more now. H. Darlington Neus. Dr. P. E. Griffin has removed to Dar? lington. His office ia located on the second floor of the NachmHii building and he will reside in Mr. G. J. McCown's house on Broad Street. His family will remove here about September 1. Lightning struck a tree on the premises of Mr. J W. O'Neill, who lives at Green Plains, on Tuesday afternoon. The tree was near the house and all the members of the family were stunned, hut Done were seriously hurt. (Jue of Mr. O'Neill's horses was knocked down by the shock. As the character of a thief is written in his countenance, so likewise do worms portray their ptesence in the child's features. Hasten to give Shriner's Indian Vermifuge to destroy and expel! the pests. -- i ?. - - At nil times, in all places, on ail occasions, under all circumstances, tor all headaches, use Brad \ oro ti ne univ. ADVERTISEMENTS of five lines or less will be inserted under this head for 25 cents for each insertion. Additional lines 5 cents per line. TT7ANT-LARGE NEW STORK FOR I V renl Kt Hagood. Good business stand. Apulv to Mrs. H. R Saunders, H.igood, S. C. Aug. 12-31. ITT ANTED - A SITUATION ; by a Vf teacher of ten year's experience. Good credent inls given. Ad ress Miss M. A. Wnrren, Mayesville, S. C. TT /"ANTED, Pupils. Miss Florence VY Hurst will re-open her private school ou Monday, Aug ,3i proximo,at her dwelling house on Liberty Street, and solicits pa? tronage. 4t. rho SELL-? tine grade heifer, \ Holstein J_ and \ Guernsey, soon to come in milk. Her dam a twenty-quart cow from registered stock. Apply to J. R. Haynsworth. July-i ? MACHINERY FOR SALE am. ONE 15 HORSE HOADLEY ENGINE. ~~ ONE 80 SAW HALL COTTON GIN COM? PLETE. ONE BOSS COTTON PRESS. SHAFTING, PULLEYS, &c. Very cheap to dispose of. Good reason for selling. A pp!- to ADGER, SMITH & SON, Charleston, S. C. OR H. L. B. WELLS, ACT., D. J. WINN, Aug. 12-3t. Sumter, S. C. NEW FERMIUM STORE. I am opening a large and well assorted stock of Mtire, Bally Carriaps, k, The publie, and especially the ladies are cordially invited to cali and exam? ine before purchasing. No tronble to show goods. W. D. Heape, At C. S MATTHIESSEN'S, Main Street, Sumter, S. C. Aug. 12. Dont5 Forget The Slaughter! The greatest mark down we have ever made in order to effect a rapid dis? posal of our stock of Spring and Summer goods In all Departments. We must have room to place new goods from New York and other lively spots on earth. Colored Lawns at 2 5 cents. Best Ginghams at 11J cents Wool Challies, 15c. Reduced from 20c. BROKEN LOT OF MEN'S SUITS, ODDS AND ENDS, BOY'S SUITS, AND PANTALOONS, Reduced to 75c. cents on the Dollar. $20 Suits for $15. $15 " " $11. $12 " " $9. Summer clothing lower than you have ever known it in your life. Men's Gingham Coats at 40 cents. Calico coats at 25 cents. Don't wait three weeks before you x want to buy. and then find everything pretty well closed out by Our entire stock of STRAW HATS Will be closed out at, and below cost, we are determined not to carry over one, if we can help it. We call the at? tention of the Jobbing Trade to the line of goods we are now opening suitable for coun? try trade, it will pay you to look at our goods and find our prices before placing your or? ders elsewhere. Respectfully, J. Ryttenberg & Sons. Aug. 12. Ask my agenta for YV. Ii. Donarlas Shoes. If not for sale in your place ask your dealer to send for catalogue, secure the agency, and set them for ron. PT TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.-iE! ^ WHY IS THE . L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY? It ls a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread to hurt the feet; made of the best tine calf, stylish and easy, and because tee make more ?hot* of this Crude than any other manufacturer, lt equals hand sewed shoes costing from $4.00 to $5.00. 0O<?cnainc Hand-sewed, tho il nest calf (Pvt shoe ever offered for $.">.<>0; equals French imported shoos which cost from $$.00 to $12.00. ?A OO Hand-Sewed Weir Shoe, fine calf, JP **? gtvlish, comfortable and durable. The best shoo ever offered at this price ; same grade os cus? tom-made shoes costing from $<!.<.) to $*?.0O. CO ?O Police Shoe; Farmers. Railroad Men 9vi and Letter Carriersall wear them; ?necnlf, seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten? sion edge. One pair will wear a year. ?A 30 fine calf? no Iwtter shoe ever offered at 9BI this price; one trial will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and service. *3 and $2.00 Workingman's shoes ?j/fc? are very strong and durable. Those who have given them a trial will wear no other make. Pnvc' S'i.OO nnd $1.73 school shoes are D ll J O worn by the IK?VS everywhere: they sell on their merits, as the increasing sales show. . I orlioe *3.()0 Hand-sewed shoe, best baUICD Dongola. vo-y stylish; equals French imported shoes costing from $i.?o to $6.01). Ladies' 2.30, S'2.00 and SI.75 *hoc for Misses are the best fine Dongola. Stylish and durable. Caution.-See that W. L. Douglas' name and price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mas?. FOR SALE BY J. Ryttenberg & S :ns, Agents, Jan. 1 SUMTER, 5. C. n the Track. many of our friends did not patronize ns the past Spring, owing to the fact that it cost them more to have their dresses made up if Not purchased in a Dressmaking Establishment* ABOUT THE 1st of September WE WILL OPEN A DRESSMAKING ESTABLISHMENT In connection with our store, which will be in charge of one of the best M ANT AUM AKERS That can be had, and our terms will be liberal, and no extra charge for making up goods purchased else? where. Respectfully, BROWNS & PURDY. SIMITER, Si C. Aug. 5. A. 0. Phelps. A. Rytteaberff. A. C. PHELPS & CO., GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS. WRITE Fire, Life, Accident Tornado, Lightning, Gin House and Steam Boiler Insurance, IN FIRST CLASS COMPANIES ONLY, Anil at Lof sst Board Sates. -o Resident Agents FOR LONDON k LANCASHIRE, of Liverpool. THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., of Hartford, Cooa. THE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INS. CO., of Providence, R. I. THE SECURITY INSURANCE CO.. of New Haven, Conn. THE ST. PAUL GERMAN INSURANCE CO., of St. Paul, Mino. THE GUARD?AN ASSURANCE COR PORATION, of London. GENERAL AGENTS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE Accident Department OF THE AMERICAN CASUALTY" taralee M Security Company, of Baltimore, Md., Cash Capital, $1,000,000. Assets, $1,775,000. Special Agents For MIDDLE AND EASTERN SOUTH CARO? LINA FUR THE Pei lull Life tame Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. ESTABLISHED IN 1847. Assets over $17;000,000. Surplus$2.875,000. The productireness of a human life, its money value in excess of that which is need? ed for personal support, should be preserved to those others to whom and through whom life is given. The responsibility of a father and husband cannot justly be evaded. Duty falls short of performance if he only protects those others during bis active and productive years. His death should be an endowment to some one, widow or children ; an evidence that he bas not lived vaiuiy and irresponsibly, whether bis departure be at the meridan of his powers, or as the evening shadows have closed around bim. Just men do this, know* ing the pressing need therefor, and by divers methods. Unless they embrace Life Insurance, statis? tics show that ninety per cent, fail of their purpose. And it must be true life insurauce that which ENDURES TO THE END, Whether death comes early or late. Such insurance the PENN MUTUAL issues, pre? senting an unassailable record extending through a period of 44 vears. Write to us for plans and rates, giving agc. Office at Messrs. J. Rettenberg k Sons, Corner Main k Liberty Streets. A. C. PHELPS & CO., AGENTS, SUMTER, S. C. June 17. CHERAW MACHINE WORKS. (SUMTER BRANCH.) OUR ElU0T3, Sumter Co., S. C. Gentlemen-I ara very murh pleased with the "Acme" Cotton Press. !t is what I wanted. Yours irulv, J. McD. LAW. GOODS HAVE Beatanos, Sumter Cb,, S,'?.' ' Gheraw Macbrae Works, Gentleman: After ?liing sererai kinds of. gins ? purchased a "Hall," ?od ran 3ay that it is the bett I bave fTw seen or nsed. N. s. MCLEOD. BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN THE BEST. ST?TBBCBG, S. C. Cheraw Machine Works : Getlemen-Yours received, and in reply can say that I have been using oi>e of Walter A. Wood Mowers for sixteen years, and it bas Dot cost me more than $20 during this length of time for repairs. I consider it the best machine I have seen. Very truly, W. R. FLUD. REXBIKTS, S. 0. Cheraw Machine Works : Gentlemen-The ''Acme" Cotton Pr*tf, purchased from yon last ?eagcn, has perform? ed its work to my entire satisfaction, i pre* fer it to tbe Boss, or any other press on th? market. Yours respectfallv, EE WA RD E. REM BERT. REMEMBER THIS: The Best Machinery and Lowest Prices. Estimates made upon ANY STANDARD MACHINERY in the market. Call on or Address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, Office in Monaghan Block, next to the Bank, Sumter, S. C July 8. SHORTHAND Thorough, Practical Instruction. Graduate?as? sisted to positions. Catalogne free. "Write to lit itt & STRATTON BOSHES COW LOUISVILLE, KY. E! BRICE!! Sumter Brick Manufacturing Company. 500,000 Brick now on hand, and a daily output of 25,000 to 30,000. I beg to solicit the patronage of the public in need of brick. Prices guaranteed as low as any. Brick as good as ever manufactnred for this market. Orders left with H. Harby will re? ceive prompt attention. HENRY J. HARBY, July 1. Sumter? S. (X