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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