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jjmaii raii Jkn? bran WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, ?91. Marrying a Stranger. A correspondent of the News and Courier^ writing from Cypress, in Darlington county, on the 23d in? stant, says : Onite a romantic marriage took placev*t this place on last Tuesday. Mrs. L E. Witherspoon, ? yoong wid? ow at this place, received a m/urirao nial paper about about a year ago, and in it ?t? saw the card of a gen? tleman a?vv.. .ieing for a wife. His same waa Dr. Winstrau ft and he lived in New Mexico. She immedi? ately answered his advertisement and they have been keeping up a reg? ular correspondence ever since, and finally became engaged to marry. On last Monday Mrs. Witherspoon received a telegram from the gentle? man, saying that he was on bis way io marry her. He arrived here early on Ttwsd'ay morning and they were immediately married. Mrs. Wither? spoon lad some property Lt this place, ?nd her husband is trying to r*ersnade her to sell ber property and i ii ra the rooney over to him. He wants her to go to h;s home in NeW* Mexico. !lis ; wife refuses to self her property. This is the first time that a marriage like this has ever happened in this community. Tbe Strike Spreading. A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., dated October ist; says: The wharf laborers' strike is unbro leen and is gradually extending to all branches of colored labor. The situ? ation on wharves is particularly un I changed About two^hundred hands are at work on the Central Railroad wharves and as many more en other railroad and steamship wharves out of 1^00 to 1,500 usually employed. The st eamship City of Macon of the Savanaaii ?nd Boston line salle?) to? night with half a cargo. The Ale gheny of the Baltimore Hue, sched? uled to sail Wednesday, is still at ber dock. New hands are being brought ^ in by every train to take the places of the strikers, but they desert in a few h ours to join them. The only j remedy seems to be the employment ? .of watte labor which is being secured wherever possible. The strike, be ??<t sides including colored wharf labor? ers, is taking tu car drivers, lumber mill frauds, store porters and messen - gera. The city- scavengers depart? ment bauds struck to-day. A g?ner ?I strike of ali colored labor is feared .outside of the wharf hands. The ?trike is one of sympathy, the gener =ai purpose being to force the railroad corporations to accede to the strikers' ?tenia:;-is for an increase in wages. All new hands are paid 12 1-2 cents a? hour, the increase recommended as a compromise by the Cotton Ex? change and Board of Trade Commit? tee, which the strikers refuse to ac? cepts The strike sp far has been (Without any disorder. As a precau? tionary measure, however, the May or, trader advice of the City Council, bas ordered an increase ?sf the police force to four hundred men. One hun? dred special police were sworn in to ?--^^-Trfght. Military, armories and store hoasea are guarded by details of sol? diers to prevent an ai tack should an effort be made to take possepsion of armories or destroy arms business of the city ts at a stand still. Money is tied op in cotton, which is piled op . ia the yards and sidetracked along the Iii: es of the railroads. Banks are unable "to accommodate their patrons. The'strikers have held several meet? ings to-day^ but are quiet and orderly. To Grow Large Onions and Large Crops . A correspondent of Farm and Fire? side gives the following method of doing this. Maka plant boxea of uniform sise, say 13x20 inches nod 2? or 3 inches ?daep For ma king them, the thin iu*iter which eater* into the make of inmny dry-goods hoses answers very w?U. For good drainage, instead of a .board bottom, nail on narrow strips one tenth of au ioch apart. When the time comes for sowing-between the middle o? Jul 7 and middle of September, ac .eordiug to climate-fill a box with well prepared earth. Carefully strike off purples filling with a straightedge so as ? the box may just be eren, level full Press ?his earth down . one quarter of an inca. Do this with a quarter inch board cut to fit loseiy in inside of the box and nailed to a board one half inch larger all around. Scatter one quar? ter of an ounce of seed of any ot the approved mammoth varieties evenly over tlie compressed earth, or put it ia d-41Is, the drills only one inch apart. Again fill the box with earth and ase the -straight-edge - carefully: (and the knack of doing nia to move the straight edge back and forth endways while striking forward) and then every seed * ' b_ covered j ist ooe quarter of an inca deep. Then press this last filling down one quarter of an ioch to com? pact the earth to the seeds ali alike. Now fill op the box with clean washed sand, sifted through a mealsieve. and sse straight-edge without further pressing. The sand is a moloh, and prevents crusting cf the earth and the plants from doubling op and raising in the crust in broken sections. This manner of planting places all the seed on an equal Mart, but at the end of their fall growth, one, two, or possibly three of the sets in every ten will be decidedly small, and quite evidently so because of feeble vital power in the seed, and they can be . rejected, for there can be bat little hope. if planted they would produce market? able onions. If th us one set in ten is poor, and we spend equal time ?D its cultivation with the good set*, it is as the loss of a hundred bushels on a thousand, and if two such sets, two hundred bushels. Next, plant the box ont in the open garden, down io mellow earth till the top is level with the surrounding soil. Make the earth undrr and around the box almost soaking wet Then en the sand of the box sprinkle a quart of water, and afterward every evening a pint, mare er less--more in dry, hot weather and less or nose in cool, damp weather. It is not abso Vi'ely n?e?ssaFy, bot it will be well for the 6rst sev<?n days except, wher* sprink? ling, to keep one or two thickness*- s of white cloth (old she?t)spread on the Sind and held there by weights on the oataiie earth With favorable weather thc plants will all be up by or on the ninth day. From the eighth to the twelfth or fifteenth day, if the weather is hot, shade the yoong plants with a board so fixed it will torn off rain. Then, as a role, let catare take its course, except to regulate the sopply of water. Too much water promotes growth of tops instead of bottoms, Use just enough water to keep the tops io fair color, and less aa the time approaches for going into winter quar? ters. When the sets are ripe-tops dead or nearly so-take the boxes io to a cool place under shelter where the earth will dry out, then into a cellar not warm and muggy nor freezing cold, though a moderate freeze does no hurt. If the sets are only partially ripe when freez? ing weather is near at hand, pursue a similar course, only first take them into the house to finish ripening.. But if the sets show oo sign of ripening, theo preserve them io the green state, as cabbage plants from autumn sown seed, by puttiog the boxes into cold-frames Io the absence of cold-frames we may confidently do.as well, if not better, by placing the boxes end to eod io a shallow trench, or on top of the ground, and in addition may include the boxes of ripe, dry sets, puttiog these oo . top of a board th U they may keep dry. ai d theo cover the boxes of greeo and ripe sets with two wide boards nailed to? gether like a V shaped pig-trough apside dowo. At the ends fi'l and pack iin earth around a tube (it may be a joint of four-inch stove-pipe) laid high and level with :be inoer end uoder ti e ; arch of the inverted trough. To serve for eariy winter, close the tubes and cover the structure moderately with straw and some earth*, and when bard winter sets in add more straw or straw and earth. The plants will be entirely secure against sudden freezes and thaws. Occasionally open the tubes for a few minutes for cold air to blow through. With a thermo-e^sr in band we can.reach to the inside air ?tod get the temperature. By such a structure for preserving green sets, oo boxes need be used ; simply sow the seed to long, harrow beds where the plants are tobe win? tered. But DO tests of sets cao be made without ho xs. Testing, however, would be oo particular object to those who want to raise onions only for home consumption. ' To make a good test of the sets, their roots most oct be disturbed by pulling up weeds and grass. Therefore, cook the earth. For only a few boxes cook io a pot oo the stove. Add BO water, but keep the pot closely covered. Io a few minutes the pot wiH be foil of scalding steam, and in half an hoor kill all grass and -seeds, and insects and their eggs. ~ The writer commenced this cooking a few years ago to avoid disturbance of flower seeds of slow ger? mination, and now cooks in a pan made as for boiling sap. That there may be oo difference io the size of the sets from rich and poor streaks of earth, it must be intimately mixed by screening, and lastly by sift? ing through a meal seive. For onion sets, select only moderately rich, mellow loam and sand as makes good coro so'1 Wheo sowing the seed, let the earth be just so- moist as not to clog a . meal sea ve io sifting. A box of plants will produce from eight to twelve bushels. Large growers will make boxes about 2x6 feet, with side pieces projecting at the ends six inches as handles for two men-weight of box filled, about 220 pounds. For planting, take the sets oat of the earth, fin-t soaked till soft so as to break no rootlets. Reject the poor, and plant the good ones four iocbes apart io rows twelve inches apart. Struck a Snag. Wheo Judge Braoham was attend? ing superior court at Oedartowo, one of the lawyers was examining a witness who was net the brightest individual in the world. The question arose as to whether the witness was competent to testify. So the lawyer thought he would make a test. He looked at the man. 44Who made you ?' be said. . .Moses," answered the witness, r This satisfied the lawyer as to the incompetency of the witness, and be so argued. Theo the witness turned to Judge Janes and asked : "Judge, may I ask the lawyer a question V* . .'Certainly," said Judge Janes. .'Well Mr. Lawyer, who made you ?" The lawyer thought he would still further test the witness' competency and promptly aoswered : "Aaron made me." The witness was delighted at the answer and pointiog his finger at the lawyer, drawled out : "Well, I've read that Aaron once made a calf, but I didn't ever expect to see bit a practicin* at thc law in this yere court." The lawyer blobbed, the court laughed and the question of the compe? tency of the witness was affirmatively settled. - -Iii- i An I'ndertaker's Ad. Catchy phrases are the rage of the day with "advertising writers." lt began with "We press the button,'* and you know the rest Bnt it has reached a cli? max Ont in Candelaria, Nev., an un? dertaker has pnt out a sign: "Yon kick the bucket We do the rest."-Printers' Ink. _ Surprise an Klement of Wit An advertisement to be good should have originality Surprise is an element of wit The unexpected attracts atten? tion and makes an impression The im? pression created by the advertisement should bc a favorable ono, however, or harm rather than good is accomplished. -Printers* Ink Better Than Drummers. One of the great powers in advertising is that it produces the results imme? diately Twenty salesmen traveling widely and working industriously can? not accomplish in a year what a good advertising agent couM bring about by the insertion of one week's advertising. Mutual Friends. Without the newspaper great adver? tisers cannot exist Without the adver? tisers, great and small (brit mainly the small advertisers) the newspaper of t<> day would be impossible, -James H Beads. Jr. _ More Reliable Thau Matrimony. Marriage and other things may prove failures - judicious advertising never does.-Si. Joseph (Mo.; Herald Catarrh, neu?aig?a, rheumatism aod most ! (?i.-ea?es originate from impure Mood, j Cleanse it, improve it, purify it with I>e j Witt's Sarsaparilla and health is restored, | stength regained. Sold by NV. H. Gilfitaad \ k Co. WILLIAM WANAMAKER'S WAY. He Th*n&s the People Cannot Be Humbugged. Mr. William H. Wanamaker, a mem? ber of the Philadelphia firm of Wana? maker & Brown, on a brief business trip to louisville, where the firm has a flour? ishing branch establishment, has been giving his views on the general subject of advertising in the Louisville Commer? cial. His opinion and experience will be read with interest. He says: "There are no people anywhere that can be hum? bugged or deceived more than once. Your customer, while he may not know the intrinsic merit of what you offer, can form a pretty fair idea of quality, and once you mislead him his confidence in you is gone forever, and besides ?bat he will influence a portion of his circle of friends against you. "If there is any one thing I would offer as a maxim to advertisers it is this, 'The truth pays.' Some years we have spent over a quarter of a million dollars in ad? vertising, and you can readily sea that we have given the subject very much practical trial, and have studied it theo? retically as a science, in all these years we have watched the returns carefully from every Standpoint we have taken, and are now prepared to give our un? qualified oj>in_ion that more and better returns are gi risa to us through the news? papers than alt the other means ever tried. "We advertise every day in the year,* said Mr. W.. "except Sunday. There is always some trade doing, even in tile" dullest season, and we strive to divert the floating or transient trade to our place. Again, when business ordinarily is dull, people who see our invitations in the newspapers are more apt to read them, for the reason that they have more time to read, and there are fewer adver? tisements then. Man}" merchants who have been in business for a certain num? ber of years will say, "Oh, we are so well known it is no use for ns to advertise.' rhere never was a greater mistake. We would as soon think of canceling our in? surance policies as our advertising con? tracts. We spend more money with newspapers each year that goes by; there aro more people who want goods, and new trade is always coming to the sur? face. "Advertising that is well done is cu? mulative in its character. It is iike the compounding of interest An adver? tisement inserted in a daily paper one day will, m all probability, make a good return to the merchant who has the goods the people want at the right prices. Each successive advertisement that he puts in gains an impetus and influence from the original one, and so it coan ts up uutd- the name of the iirm gets what is equivalent to the 'good will* of a suc? cessful business, besides deriving the direct profit from immediate sales caused by the advertising. "To advertise well a merchant should give as much care to his- newspaper space as he does to any other department of the business. As a general thing a merchant can well afford to spend in newspaper advertising from one-third to one-fifth the amonnt of all his other total expenses. If a nan in business talks as earnestly through his newspaper when he is addressing one or two hun? dred thousand people simultaneously as when he is talking to one customer, he cannot fail to make a success of news? paper advertising." Methods of Advertising. An organization known as the "Busi? ness Writers* Association" met in Cin? cinnati and canvassed tho merits of the different mediums afforded for gaining publicity. It was the unanimous opin? ion of those present that the newspapers gave the retailers the best and most di? rect returns, and that well established trade jonrnals and magazines were of worth for the wholesalers and manu? facturers of wearing apparel, toilet ad proprietary articles. Snap publications were condemued.-Albany Press, Dullness Beget? Dullness. . Do you tell us, O candidate for the custom of the community, that you can't afford to advertise because your business is dull? Listen! it is dull because you don't advertise, and you don't advertise because it is doll, so the vacant circle is complete. We tell you if you are doing j ill to advertise that you may do well, j and if you are doing well advertise that you may do better.-Prentice. _ i Constipation, blood-poison, fever I Doc? tors' hills and funeral expenses cost about two hundred dollars; De Wilt's Little Early Risers cost a quarter. Take your choice. W. H. Gillilaod ?Co. It is quite the fashion now to take De Witt's Little Early Risers for liver, stomach ' and bowel disorders. They arr small pills, but mighty good ooe3 W.H. Gillilaod ? Ca. sells them. If food sours on the stomach, digestion is defective. De Witt's Little Early Risers will i remedy this. The famous little pills that never gripe and never disappoint. W. H. Gilliland & Co. Absolutely Pure? A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.-Latest U. S Government Food Report. Nov. 12. MONEY TO LEND ON IMPROVED FARMING LANDS fat 8 per cent, interest and a Ci>mmis.-ion. LEE k MOISE. Rppt. 16 x._ TO RENT. AMRST CLASS FARM suitable foreither the truck or dairy business. Situated nt corporate limits of the city, and con? venient to two railroads. There is ?good six room house and all necessary out buildings. The land is clear of stumps and roots. Eighty acres cleared-the balance wood land, but suitable for pasture. Apply to, T. J TOOMEY, or Au? 26 v R. P. MONAGHAN. fl, Sumter, S, C. Firs M Aceit? Insurance Agent. FOR German American of New York. Haftusurg Bremen of Hamburg, Germany, ('lient of Hartford, Conn. Liberty ot New Vork. Atlanta Home of Atlanta, Ga. Hfklaof St. Paul, Minnesota. Commercial of Montgomery, Ala. American Accident of Louisville, Ky. Sep. 23 Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kal8omine, 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. Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." Sep30 FRESH GARDEN SEED. ' Prescriptions carefully compouoded. Save Your Money -AND BUY WHERE YOU CAN BUY CHEAPEST. J. E. MAYES, MATESVILLE, S. C.. Feed, Livery & Sale Stables. The Best Equipped Stables in the Town. Look ! Look I Take care you don't faint when you get my prices on HORSES, MULES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, CARTS & HARNESS. Am getting in new stock now, and while they are new they have got to be sold, Quick Sales and Short Profits. Come see for yourself. \ J. p? MAYES, Lafayette St., Mayesville, S. C. "HARDWARE" (OLD RELIABLE) 5 Offer a full line of goods consisting of nearly everything needed For Household, Plantation and Mechanical Use, And at prices to suit the times. We buy largely for ;CASH and sell close. Come in and see the Prettiest and Largest Stock Outside of the Large Cities. Carriage and Wagon Material, Wheels, &c. TABLE CUTLERY, POCKET CUTLERY, GUNS, P?STOLS, SHELLS, AMMUNITION, TOOLS, ENGINE FIXTURES, PIPING, PUMPS IN WOOD AND IROxV, CROCKERY AND TINWARE, Ac, &c. RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, PACKING, LACING, ETC. OH ! YES, COOK STOVES, COOK STOVES, ALL WARRANTED. HEATING STOVES ALL KINDS. OIL STOVES FROM $100 UP. HARNESS A JL IJ KINDS. Out of breath, can't tell you all we have. Everybody, COME AND SEE. Main Street, Sumter. S. C. (CHINE WORKS. (SUMTER BRANCH.) OUR ELLIOTS, Sumter Co., S. C. Gentlemen-I ara very much pleased with the "Acme" Cotton Press. It is what I wanted. Your? trulv, J. McD. LAW. GOODS HAVE BOSSARDS, Sumter Cc, S. C. Cheraw Machine Works, Gentlemen: After using several kind3 of gins I purcha?ed a "Hall," and can say that it is the best I have ever seen or used. N. s. MCLEOD. BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN THE BEST. STATEB?RG, S. C. Cheraw Mftchine Works : Getlemen-Yours received, and in reply CRO say that I hnve been using oi e of Walter A. Wood Mowers for sixteen years, and it has not cost rae more than S20 during this length of time for repairs. I consider it the best muchioe I have; seen. Very trulr, W.*R. FLUD. EEMBERTS, S. C. Cberaw Machine Works : Gentlemen-The "Acme" Cotton Pres9, purchased from you last season, has perform? ed i ts work to my entire satisfaction. 1 pre? fer it to the Boss, or any other press on the market. Yours respectfully, EDWARD E. REMBERT. REMEMBER THIS: The Best Machinery and Lowest Prices. Estimates made upon ANY STANDARD MACHINERY in the market. Gail on or Address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, Office one door North of the Jervey House, Sumter, S. C, July 8 TELEGRAPHY Thorough. Practical Instruction. Gradu? ates assisted to positions. Catalogue FREE. Write to Bryant i Stratton Business Colle?, ' UOUISViLLE, KY. 9 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 manufactured for this market. Orders left with H. Harby will re? ceive prompt attention. HENRY J. HARRY, July l. Sumter, S. C. J? Think We Know the Wants of the People. Depression in the Money Market, Low Price of cotton. Plenty of capital, Spot cash purcha?es9 Light Expenses, ENABLE ME TO SELL GOODS LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE. An Examination is Solicited. Maim Si. SITMTER, S. C. - YOU HEAR MANY UNFLATTERING REMARKS EVERY DAY fi ABOUT THE TELEPHONE LINES, BUT FOR THE MANY NEW LINES OPENED BY DESCHAMPS BROS. YOU HEAR NOTHING BUT PRAISE ; AND THEIR LOW PRICES EXCITE WONDER. THEIR SPECIAL LINES ARE NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS AND Men'?5 JBoy?9 and Children's Hats? In the first and last named they have the largest stocks ever brought to Sumter. In Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Shoes And DOMESTICS they can meet any and all competition. Their Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries IS AS SELECT AND COMPLETE AS ANY IN THE CITY. If you wish convincing proof just call in at that stylish looking store on Main Street two doors from Republican, and see MAIN ST. Sept 16 !>esOianip? Bros., SUMTER, S. C. LOOM: AT OUR AND Sept. 2-x. Engravings! Oil Paintings! We have purchased an imraeD&e Hoe of PICTURES from a Factory going out of busioess aod have marked them At Prices that Will Startle You, Fine Engravings, ?1.10 to $2.40 Large Oil Paintings, 26x40 $1.40 Imported Oleographs, 75c. to 80c :ELITZER & SPAWW, Furniture and Coffins. .an (>? iorii,-il at mi .x'.'JTjncoi ?vi.fr., rapidly and honorably, by those of cith.<-f'?",T, yoiioc or old, and in llt.-ir ^1 ll! KU H B own l.".i!tti'.wh<T"vert'hi'ylivc Any ? I %r ? ? KS B one t on do the tvork. Ka*y to I.am. We famish everything. Wo Mart you. No ri?k. You can devote ronr?pnre moment., oral! yonr time to th?! work. ThN i? an entirely new laidland bringa vrordortut auveess to every wi iker. fcejriniiers aro earning from $25 to $50 perv.eekand upward?, and more altera litt]? exptrifne.;. We can furnish yon the em? ployment and teach you KKKK. So spacoto explain here. Full iuforuiatioa FttKK. TKl'E A CO.? AllilSTA, JUINS. \IXAKESIS " prives instan?, relief and is an infallible Cure for Tiles. Price$1. Ky Druggists or mail. Samples free. Addrcss"ANAK EsIS," Box 2416.7'o\r York City. NEW LUMBER YARD, IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public generally that my ?Saw Mill located on the C. S. & N. R. R.. just back of my residence, is now in full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow I Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible c North side of residence. J. Ii. ROACH. Feb 18. STIEFF PIANOS. THE ARTISTS FAVORITE. UNSURPASSED IN TOCCH, TONK, workmanship aod durability. Palace Organs, a strictly first class instrument at exceedingly low prices. Don't purchase be? fore seeing our catalogues and prices. JOHN A. HOLLAND, Nioety Six, S.C. Please say where you Baw thi* adTerti&?. March 25