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?|t Matt jmutu w? S ont jp* W?BNR8DAY, DEC. 23, '91. The finale of the Fraud. Such a climax to the investigation Iff a public case aa occurred in the House of Representative* yesterday ? seldom reached. The State lus given td Hie public tie - various testdte that developed jn ?be success? ive stages of th? legislative iiiyjBst? ig? of the Circulation Jii?l?, and that remains to be told is the grated culmination in the drama bf this dark doing, as it took place be? fore the Legislature yesterday. TUS RESIGNATION OF RODGERS. Twice during the proceedings in. the House yesterday morning was assistant clerk Rodgers called from Iiis desk to appear before the iuves* ligation committee; and to those who were anticipating matters it was evi? dent that "something was going to drop." About 1 o'clock Chairman Tapper, of tfee committee, arose and said : "Mr. Speaker I wish to present the report of-the committee appointed to-" Jost at this juncture Mr. * Tupper was interrupted by some member who wished to put the .finishing touches to a bill that had just been disposed of. Then it was that' Mr. Rodgers saw what was coming, and his resignation vas quickly placed in the Speaker's hands. Ile immedi? acy retired, aud the Speaker read the resignation. Ou motion of Mr. Blease, the resignation was accepted. Mr. Blease then moved that a pay certificate be issued to Mr. Rodgers fur the time that he had served as assistant clerk. This was agreed to. RODGERS* ACTION CONDEMNED. The report of the committee was then read as follows: COLOMBIA, S. C , Dec. 16,1891. To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representan ves : Gentlemeu : The committee of the two Houses appointed ander concur? rent resolution to investigate the charges of fraud that have been made ia the public prints in the award of the advertisement for the public printing, respectfully report to your honorable bodies that they have ex? amined the general statutes of the State of South Carolina, and fiud that it is required of the clerks of the two bodies to advertise for the call Tor proposals for the public printing in a daily newspaper in Columbia and Charleston having the largest daily circulation, and that the said adver? tisements shalt be. published on the first day bf the session. They further Sud that the two ?lerks selected a practical printer to decide the question between the two Columbia papers, viz.* the Register and State, sud that no objection was ?ade to the appointment. Aud they further fiad that so far as the clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives are concerned,no fraud has been practiced by either of them in the appointment of their representative, or in the award of the advertisement. They have acted entirely upon the written report -of their appointee, that report being as follows : "COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 12, 1891. "Xo Dr. Sampson Pope, C. S., and ?Gen. J. W. Gray, C. H. R Gentlemen : As your special agent to. ascertain the circulation of the daily papers published in Columbia, I find from evidence given me th*t the. Columbia Register bas the largest circulation, and respectfully report. - > Respectfully, etc., . [Signed] W. M. RODGERS." Your committee further find that the above report of W. M. Rodgers was? false, and that from the evidence produced before your committee the daily circulation of The State on November 12th, 1891, wai 8,270 copies and that of the Register 1,044 .copies. And your committee condemn the action of *V\ M. Rodgers in pranc? ing fraud and deceit upon the clerks of the Senate and House of Repre? sentatives. And your committee respectfully ask tb be discharged from further consideration of the matter. Respectfully submitted. KIRBY S. TUPPER, Chairman. A. ll. WILLIAMS, Jl. T. ABBOTT, COLE L. BLEASE. Since tl>e above report was written and signed, Mr. \V. M. Rodgets requested a hearing aud submitted the following affidavit : STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) Richland C unty. J Personally appeared W. M. Rodg en?, who, b**ing duly sworn, says : The evidence submitted to me by Mr. C. ll Beard, bookkeeper of the Regist?-r, as to its circulation, were the subscription books of the daily and weekly and city route books and mail (lists. My attention was not called as tc whether the names upon the books were expired or unexpired subscribers, and 1, therefore, counted them all as bona fide subscribers lt there was any fraud or deception, it was not upon my part, and from the evidence furnished me I based my report. W. M. RODGERS. Sworn to before me this 16th day cd December, A D , 1891, KIRBY S. TUPPER, N P. Th?-report of the committee is typewritten and just after the words, *4?nd yonr committee condemn the action of W. M. Rodgers," is this ?n?ert|oiT, written in ink and after? wards scratched over : "And the managers of the Regis? ter." : THE REPORT ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. Durjng the leading of the report scarcely another sound could be he$: J , in the hall, so great was the attention of the. members and the interest of every-lintener. As so? ii as reading clerk Wiiborn ceased, Mr. Evans said : "'1 -nove that the report be incor- ! porated in the journal and. that the c? Mum it tee ' be discharged. ' ' t This was agreed to without dissent Just before the adjournment of the 01 ct nus* the Speaker ahuouneed that 'Mr. Samuel W. Yance, of Laurens, | l?ad been appointed assistant clerk of j th* I la nae.-State, Dec. 17. Col. W. C Kennedy, general manager of '. be v**t estate of John P Richardson, d. - at Rustan, M?s, vu Dec ?Otb. Speaker Crisp's Tariff Views. A study of Speaker Crisp's tariff views, as expressed in his speech in congress May 9, 1890, on the McKin? ley bill, is of exceptional interest at the present time. It appears from thia speech that a year and a half ago Mr. Crisp had decided convictions upon the question now at issue. Ile opposed the McKinley act, and advo? cated in Hen of it a reduction of tariff rat es. The tariff, he held, is a tax, and the consumer pays it, not "the foreigner nor the importer, as the tariff lords affect to believe. Its object and chief resuit is lo put up the prices of domestic articles pro? duced , bjp a favored class. As respecta 'farmers and laborers, the present tariff, Mr. Crisp declared, is ^?Tsouree-df injury. The advauce in prices, it produces is taken out of their products. Competition does not operate to relieve the strain upou the poor man's resources, for the reason that as soon as it begins to lower prices the manufacturers, under cover of the tariff, form trusts and combines of various sorts to keep prices and profits high. "The farmer of this country/' said Mr. Crisp last year, "ts taxed on almost every manufactured article he buys. The tariff forces him to pay more for his clothing, for his children's dresses, for his crockery and for his plow. Your argument is that he is furnished in return, a home market. Where is this home market for the Kansas com raiser orN for the Southern cotton ra's r? The price of our corn, wheat and cotton is ?xed by the price of the surplus which we must sell in Liverpool." The protective system as a system Mr. Crisp de? nounces unjust, since it is devised to help the manufacturer at the ex? pense of other people. Mr. Crisp suggested a remedy for j the evils* of the present system. can suggest," he said, "a plan of relief in five minutes Modify the existing tariff laws ; reduce taxation ; permit some reeonable competition in the markst8, destroy trusts ; accord j equal rights to all and special privi? leges to mme. Give the fanner free bagging, free cotton ties. Give him some redaction on hats, on woollen clothes and his cotton goods. You cannot increase the /rice of the product of the farmer by a protective tariff, but you can decrease to him the cost of production and of living by reducing the tai iff on articles used iu malting crops and on articles of necessity which all families must use I No amount of jnggl;?g:-if the j discussion goes on-will prevent the ! western and southern farmer from an* I derstaudiug what this protective I system really is ^ that its ? Sect is to j take from one man to give to another ; to take from the mass to give to a class."-Baltimore Sun. Jesse James's Exploits Out? done. CHICAGO, D?C. 15.-Jesso Jainps' exploits were outdone to night in Chi? cago. On one of the leading thor? oughfares, five daring highwaymen suddenly surrounded one of Uncle Sam's biggest mail wagons and at a revolver's point forced the postal em? ployees to throw out several sacks. The bulky vehicle was then sent fly? ing on its journey, its occupants be ing threatened with instant death if they made an outcry or stopped. So complete was the surprise ef fee ted by the bandits that the mail drivers failed tu utilize the services of a large bull dog which was beside them in their seat Near midnight the stolen mail sacks, slit open and rifled of their contents, were found on Superior street in the North divis iou of the city, fully three miles from the scene of the robbery. At that hour every available mau of the city detective force and the postoffice in? spector's staff were straining every nerve to obtain a clue to the i (iden? tity of the highwaymen or their whereabouts. The wagon was on its way to the. main postoffice with mail from the stockyards and Southwest stations lt was in charge of John Creighton, an experienced driver, who, after col? lecting his valuable freight drove down Blue Island avenue to Halstead street and then turned East on to Madison. Ile was half way to De spluin street when the five men sprang from the sidewalk. One seized the horses by the bit while the others covered Creighton with revol? vers aud commanded him to keep quiet. The team was then led to the alley extending North from Water street and there, while one of the men cov? ered Creighton with a revolver, the others forced open the door of the wag??n and hastily selecting the regis tered pouches from the others, made off through the alley. Creighton's guard kopi the captive covered for fivo minutes, and then left him. The thoroughly frightened driver whipping up his horses drove as rap? idly as possible to the main postoffice where he reported ih<* affair. An in? ventory was then made of the con? tents of the wagon and it was found that two registered mail pouches were missing. The value of the con? tents the officials were unable to determine, but it was known to be heavy. --? How to Make Good Bacon. I got it into my head that it is dampness not warmth that does the mischief. When, therefore, 1 built my smokehouse, I set it two feet from the ground, made the walls tight and dark with matched boxing and battens, floored it with matched, tongued and grooved 1 1 4 inch floor ing, sheeted the rafters solid with dress stuff and covered willi cypress shingles. Then put in a door that when shut left the interior as dark as midnight. In this room I placed a box (suffciently large to pack down a ton of pork) made of matched tongue and grooved ceiling with a lid on hinges fil fing perfectly. Thus pre- j pared I killed and dripped my poik j ei s in I he evening of a day promising ! a cold d?y night, hung the carcasses out iu the wind all night, cut up early next morning and salted down in a box, rarely using more than seventy five lbs. of salt to 1,000 lbs. of pork. Let it lie in a box three or four weeks, then took out joints and mid? dlings wanned in hot water and hung up in the dark roof and body of the smokehouse until peri? ct ly dry, say two or three weeks, took down again and packed in a box and let it lie until used. During the five years I never lost a piece of meat, never had any to drip, never found a gill of water in roy packing box, and never ate sweeter, fiuer meat in my life, I never cased or canvassed a joint and never saw a skipper.-Southern Cul? tivator. - ? ? - Green Goods-Green Geese. JERSEY CITY, N. J., December 16. -Michael C. Trisley and Garrison Perruth, both from Spartanburg County, S. C., were arrested by De? tective Kilcauley at the Central Rail? road station in Jersey City to day while they were waiting for a train that would take them home. They had with them a neat box filled with packages of green paper cut out to the exact size of batik notes, with ! good bills on the outside of each j package. They were taken to the police headquarters, where they told I the superintendent their story. Several mouths ago they got circu? lars signed "G. Watts, of No. 141 Mott Street, New York," telling them how a few dollars would buy lots of others, indistinguishable from those issued by Uncle Sam ; stolen plates were used to make the bills, and they were all right. The men sent on for some of the stutf and re? ceived word that it had been forward? ed by express, lt did not come to hand, and they reluctantly concluded that the express company had lost it. Then they sent for more. That, too, was lost in transit, they supposed, for Walts assured them that it had been expressed to them. They made up their minds to liust no longer to the express companies. They would go to New York them? selves. They wrote lo Watts and were instructed to go to the Colum? bia Hotel, No 111 North Broad street, Philadelphia, where they would be met by an agent of Watts. This they did and were met yesterday by a man called "Skip.'" He took them to a place on Mott street, where they n et one Harry Miner and a man named "Big Bill," whose name was Miner. They gave up $1,000 in good money for, as they supposed, ?20,000 of counterfeit and started for home by way of the New Jersey Central. When they saw the box opened and found that thete was only $30 in it they were as much disgusted as they were surprised. They were sure that the "goods" were there, as they had seen the box prepared and nailed down. They were anxious to punish the gang who had got so much of their money, and Superin? tendent Smith, remembering that the last batch of Southern countrymen arrested by Kilcauley had gone to Mott street and had been entertained by "Harry Miner" and Big Bill, sent them to Superintendent of Police Murray, in New York. Washington and Heaven. A Strange Thing Taught by an Indian Prophet-An Interesting Work. Baptist Courier. About 18(0 a new religion was introduced among the Iroquois by a half biecd Seneca sachem, known as Ga-ne o-di-yo, or "Handsomelake" -a religion which still prevails among some of the Indians living in New York State. This religion teaches much sound morality and its comer 8foue was temperance. We have, among other things, a descrip tion of hell, to which place Hand - semelak? said he had been conducted. The account of what he claimed to have seen there is horrible and rather unique. One of the persons he saw was a woman who had sold fire-water to the Indians and her arms and hands were nothing but bones. According to this Indian prophet General Washington was the only pale face that ever left the earth, and he was allowed to do so as he had been kind to the Indians and extend? ed his protection over them He was, however, never permitted to go into the presence of the Great Spirit, but walked about in an enclosure just outside of heaven. No words ever passed his lips, and although alone, he was represented as being perfectly happy. Handsonelake claimed to have seen him walking to and fro within the enclosure This Indian prophet died at Onon? daga in 1815. During the greater part of his life he was idle and dissi? pated, but there appears no reason to doubt that after his reformation he was a good man. He labored earn? estly among the Indians, and his preaching had a most elevating effect. Doubtless what he said about going to hell and seeing Washington walk? ing about outside of heaven were leally dreams which he had and believed them to be visions. Some account of this religion appeared in the New York Herald last year. A much ful'er account will be found in an historical work about the Six Na'ions, whicl. was written about 1SS0, by Mr. Elias Johnson, a native Tuscaiora chief, who (as I learned a few months ago) lives on the reservation ofthat tribe in New York State Besides au account of this religion, this interest? ing volume gives much other infor? mation about the Iroquois. A like uess of the author is given, with a copj? of his signature. From this work we learn that he joined the Congregational church when he was a boy. I bought a copy of Mr. Johnsons work last summer and am probab'y the only man in South Carolina who owns a weik about the Indians, written byan Indian chief. MCDONALD FUKMAF. Ramsey. S. C., Oct., 1891. County Officers Comply BENNETT.-VILLB. Dec. 1G.-Special. -The auditor of Marlboro bas complied with Judge Hudson*? order ?od made the required changes iu bis and tbe treasurer's tax duplicates. The Bank of Marlboro paid tax^s on the original assoupli eut today, a ii" took a receipt from the treasurer. Comptroller Gen? era! Ellerbe wired the treasurer today that he would hold him personally re? sponsible for the over-plus. Our peo? ple are supporting the treasurer iu his acts, aod are diametrically opposed to the dictatorship of the comptroller gen? eral. -mmmmwm- -?'lui- - It is An established fact that Dewitt's Lit? tle Early Risers have an enormous sale, and wh>? Simply because they are pleasant in taking and twppy in results. A pill for the multitude. W. H.Gilliland & Co. The executive co ID mit tee of the board of trastees of Clemson College have in? formally agreed that they will net at? tempt to opeo the college at the time fixed if the Legislature does not pass the appropriation of $65,000 for the institution. Improve Your Stock. I hare a fine lot of Brown and White Legbora, Buff Cochins and Black Minore? Cock reis that I wish to dispose of in tb? next thirty days, and will sell them Ter? much below their raine. These birds are from the best prize stock and will make a creditable showing at any exhibition. W. B. MURRAY, Sunny Side Poultry Yards. Yon may cough and cough and cough and cough ?nd couch but you will not, if you take Dewitt's Cough and Consumption Cure. W. H. Gilliland k Co. Itch on human and horses and all animals cured in 30 minutes by Woolfotd's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by ?. J. China, Druggist, Sumter, S. C. Ignorance of the merits of DeWitt's Little Early Risers is a misfortane. These little pills regulate the liver, cure headache, dyspepsia, bad breath, constipation and biliousness. W. H. Gilliland k Co. A trial convinces the most skeptical. Care? fully prepared, pleasant to the taste, DeWitt's Cough and Consumption Cure is a valable remedy. W. H Gilliland & Co. BROWN'S TUON BITTERS A&MAXAC For 189? Contains One Hundred Recipes for mak? ing delicious Candy- cheaply and quickly at home. This book ia given away at drug and general stores. FOR TI/E H0LiD.tr nmi A FULL LINE OF Seasonable Goods. Fancy Goods, Toys, Fire Works and Glassware. A large stock of the finest Confectionery, always fresh. FRESH FRUITS re? ceived daily. Remember that I make and keep on hand, BREAD, CAKE, PIES, ind everything usually found in a first clas nkery. Respectfully, M. L. Majewski. Nov. 25-v. J. M. SPANN, Sumter, S, ?. Fire and Aceit? taralee Apt FOR German American of New York. Hamburg Bremen of Hamburg, Germany. Orient of Hartford, Conn. Liberty of New York. Atlanta Home of Atlaota, Ga. Heklaof St. Paul, Minnesota. Commercial of Montgomery, Ala. American Accident of Louisville, Ky. Sep. 23. NEW LUMBER YARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND tbe public generally that my Saw .Mill located on the C. S. k N. R. R., just back of ray residence, is now io full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18._ 1892. Harper's Young People. An Illustrated Weekly: The Thirteenth Volume of il ARPKK'S YOUNO PEOPLE began on November 3, 1891. For the coining year this best and most comprehen pi ve weekly in tbe . world for youthful renders offers a varied and fascinating programme. In serin! fiction it will contain ''Diego Pinson," a ?rory of the first voyage of Columbus, by John K. Coryell : .'"Canoeinaias : A i-'forv of the Florida l?erf* ?nd Everglade?." by Kirk Mun? roe ; another story by one of the best knwwn nod ni? st popular of American authors ; and stories in throe and four t-arts by Thomas Nel HUI Page, E. ll. H?use. Angeline Teal. Kihi Kodinnn Church, and Mary S. McCobb More th:in two hundred short stories by favorite writers, articles on travel, out-of-door sports, in door gr. mes. ?md all subjects dear to the hearts of ineynun?r. besides hundreds of illus trations hy leading artist.?, will combine to make UAH PE n's YOUNG PEOPLE for 1892 an irresistible repository of pleasure and informa? tion for boys and girls. "The best weekly publication for yung people in exigence. It is edited with scrupu lou? c ?re and attention, and instruction and entertainment are mingled in its pages in just and right proportions to captivate the minds of the young, and at the same time to develop their tiiinki::g powers."-?V. Y Obierver. TERMS: POSTAGE PKEPAID, $2 A YEAR. Volurm-s V., VTII.. and XIL of HAI-PEII'S YOUNG PEOPLE bound in cloth will be sent by mail, |io>tage paid, on receipt of ?3-50 each. Ibo ether volumes are out of print. Specimen Copy sent on receipt of a two-cent sta mp. PINGLE NUMBERS. Five Cent? each. -MANUFACTURED BY ibe Wilcox & Gibbs Gnano Co. CHARLESTON, S. C., CHARTER NOTICE. ^[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the j_\ undersigned will apply io Hie General AsrvirtUy of this Slaie, n: irs next session, for a charter of a Railway Coiupany, to run from ibe city of Sumter io the Stale of South C?ro?na, through the County of Clarendon via the town of Be'hlehem, through the Coun? ty of Williamsburg via the town of Lake City and through the County of Horry to the town of Conway in this State. S?id Railway to he known as the Sumter, Lake City and Con? way Railway Company. H. W. MACKEY, J. B. EDWARDS, M. H. FIELDS, ADAM YOUNG, ADAM BOYD. Sept.l, 1891._ Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure 1892. Harper's Magazine. ILLUSTRATED. The Magazine will celebrate the fourth Cen? tenary of the Discovery of America by its re? discovery through articles giving a more thorough exposition than has heretofore been made of the Recent U preceden ted Development (.f our Connu y, ?nd especially in the great West, l ui ticular attention will also be giren to Dramatic Episodes of American History. The Field of the next European War will be described in a Series of Papers on the Danube "Frnm the Black Forent to the Block Sen," by P..ultney Bigelow and F. D. Millet, illustrated by Mr. Millet and Alfred Parsons. Articles ?Iso will be given cm the German, Austrian, and Italian Armies, illustrated by T. de Ttul. strap Mr W. D. 'Howells will contribute a new novel,' "A World of Chance," characterise cally American. Especial prominence will be given to short stories, which will be contributed by T. B. Aldrich, lt. II. Davin, A. Conan Doyle. Margaret Deland, Miss Woolson and eCLar popular writers. 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ARPKR A BROTHERS. Address HARPER k BROTHERS, New York. LIQUORS -AND Tobaccos AT WHOLESALE, AT PALAGE SALOON, Strauss & Weinberg, Proprietors, Main St. SUMTER, S. C. MANSION HOUSE. CORNER LIBERTY AND HARVIN STS-, is prepared to entertain boarders, both regular and transient, with first cla3s accom? modations. MHB. M. F. MILLER, Sep. 16. Sumter, S.C. STIEFF PIANOS. THE ARTISTS FAVORITE. UNSURPASSED IN TOUCH, TONE, workmanship and durability. Palace Organs, a strictly first clas3 instrument at exceedingly low prices. Don't purchase be? fore seeing our catalogues and prices. JOHN A. HOLLAND, Ninety Six, S. C. Pleasesiy where you saw this adrertise _March 25 WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -O rriHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE J_ with all modern improvements, is now open for the reception of guests. ?. L. WRIGHT k SON, Proorietors C. F. HEISER, PBOPRIETORSOP BARTOW WALSH, OP OP BOSTON, MASS. T II JE fli E W SUMTER, S. C. SHOE STORE, Are now offering this community as handsome an assoitment of Ladies9 and Gents9 Fine Shoes, As can he found in any market, and the experience of these gentlemen in the shoe business gives them a thorough knowledge of the various shapes and styles required for this section. We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the kind people who have so liberally patronized us in the infancy of our business, thus stimulating us to lay in even a larger stock, than we opened with. We commenced with the intention of PLEASING THE PEOPLE In every particular, and shall continue so to do. If you want PAPER BOTTOM: SHOES, PLEASE GO ELSEWHERE. -BUT FOR SOLID LEATHER, WE WANT TO SEE YOU, AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. We make a specialty in fitting children. SHOE-LY YOURS, HEISER & WAIiSH. Monaghan Block. Sumter, S. C. Nov. 9. JUST ARRIVED ! J Mice Driving Morses, AND ALSO A FULL LINE OF OLD HICKORY WAGONS, Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Road Carts and Harness, WM. M. GRAHAM, REPUBLICAN STREET, SUMTER S. C. Nov. 4 BRYANT & STRATTON Business College Boo K- K E E PI KO , SHORTHAND. TELEGRAPHY, &O. | MP% 1110 \9 fl fl I I? W " WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND FOLL INFORMATION. La %P+J IO V I ba Wi Cy IV 1 ? J. D. CRAIG, Furniture Dealer! Undertaker PULL SUPPLY OP First Class Goods in all Departments -AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. Come and See, and Satisfy Yourselves. CHERAW MACHINE WORKS. (SUMTER BRANCH.) OUR ^??J ^ HAVE GOODS BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN THE BEST. REMBERTS, S. C. STATEB?BG, S. C. Cberaw Machine Works : Getlemen-Yours received, and in reply can say that I have been using oie of Walter A. Wood Mowers for sixteen years, H nd it has not cost me moie than $20 during thi^ length of time for repairs. I consider it the best machine I have seen. Very truly, W. R. FLUD. Cheraw Machine Works Gentlemen-The "Acme" Cotton Press, purchased from you \.\s* season has perform? ed its work to my entire satisfaction. 1 pre? fer it to the Boss, or any ether press on the market. Yours respectfully, EDWARD 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 one door North of the Jervey House, Sumter, S. C, July 8. DO YOU WANT FURNITURE -AND COFFINS? TO rZER & SPANN, ter and Bishop ville. IS USUAL -WE ARE ro the Front. Pile on, there is always room br more, but they can't all tand at the head. We are on op and propose to stay there if :IRST CLASS GOODS, ROCK BOTTOM PRICES AND Full Weights, Can keep us there. t\re have been here for four years and during that time have sold many thousand? of dollars worth of goods which have given satisfaction, and we propose to sell many thou? sand more during this sea? son. Ail we ask is a look before you place your order. We carry a first class line of Dry Goods, Shoes and Hats, And you would be pleased with both the quality and prices if you will ALLOW US TO SHOW YOU. STAPLE -AND FANCY GROCERIES. ALL FRESH NEW GOODS. In the CANNED GOODS LINE we carry as large, if not the largest stock in the city. Goods of the best brands and low? est prices. Remember we don't sell at cost-(neith? er does any one else for that matter-it's a mis? take) all we ask is a small profit. We are well satis? fied to go slow. We deliver goods to any part of the city promptly. No trouble to show goods. Kingman & Co. Main St. Sumter, S. C. Sep. 30. M0.ll MB OF , FREE TONTINE POLICIES, IN TriB EQUITABLE LUE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Of 120 Broadway, Kev Tcrk. MATURING 1 URING THE YEAR EXAMPLE NO, 1. KIND OF POLICY, Ordinarv Life "Free Tontine. So. of Policy 66,825. Amt. $10,000. Age at issue 43. Annan] premium. $350 50. Amt. paid io Co. during 20 years, $7010.00. RESULTS. Twenty years of protection to the extent of $10,000 al? ready enjoyed. 001 of Settlement OM ii 1891. 1st. Surrender Policy and draw the cash value $9,703.30, (a return of $138,40 for each $100 paid to the Gompnny.) OR 2d. Take out a paid up Policy (payable at death) for $15, 000, and pay no more pre? miums. OR Bd. Draw the surplus (a cash dividend of) $5,817.60. (over four fifths of the money paid to the Co.) and continue the original Policy for $10,000, in force by the payment of the annual premiums $350.50 less annual dividends. OR 1th. Convert the surplus $5, 817.60 into paid up insurance payable at death for $9.230, and continue the original pol? icy in force by the payment of the same annual premiums, less annual dividends. By this last option the holder )f this policy can have his in? surance increased to $19,230 kV i tho ut additional cost. Certificates and other partic llars furnished on application. The "Twenty Payment Life" Policies cost a little more, but show much better results* THOS. E. RICHARDSON, Agent. SUMTER, S. C June 17. Plant Wheat. [HAVE ORDERED A WHEAT-MILL with the latest improvements, and will bc irepared to grind for tb? public. W. C. S. ELLERBE, Oct. 9. Hagood,^. C. m