The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 12, 1891, Image 2
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~ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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At nil times, in all places, on ail occasions,
under all circumstances, tor all headaches, use
Brad \ oro ti ne univ.
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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