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Dbe Mm kum aft ?o ni kim WEDNESDAY. FBBv 3, '92. Tho Sumter Watchman was founded fy 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Kate?aum ana Southron DOW has Afc? combined circulation and mficence of both of the old papers, aad .is mani feaily the best advertising, m&t?uiu io Sumter. 2., J - li-- ' -? I ' * BD?TORlALr NOTBS.* . Cf we should elect views^statesmen to ofcoe,7 the whole go ver cm eat would BOCO he oat of sight. v- , w hould elect men toiiftua oo ac f their pr?vate record^ ao? intr?n? sic m. rit; not on aeconot of aa y views that they say announce as beiog enter? tained by them. ^ When men are given office for dec ur-. lag themselves in favor of any parti?j&r fiews, theo the demagogued year of j obi lee has 'come- Methinks I hear them chao ting: *'The-year-of-j? -bi-Iee-has-come.'' We wast a man for Governor whose record is clean. who has cot a host of coat-tail swingers to reward, who is ao honest mao in private life, aod does oot brand every mao except himself as a rascal. Such a mao will make an honest Governor. By >the change of schedule on the Coast Line thc people of Sumter are deprived of reading the State until it is a .day old. Ii is a deprivation that they do cot greatly appreciate. The Pee' Dee Index credits the Watchman and.Sovihron with some of the Freeman** thunder. Don't, Bro. Hamer, don't. Credit to whom credit tribute to whom tribute. The article on the Canoing Iodustry srfiich is published to-day, written espe emily for this p?p*r by ? man thoroughly familar with the business, gives notable facts for . consideration. A caooiog factory would pay well in S am ter, aod now is the time to build one to be ready to work np the next crop. The morde? of Miss Ward by Miss Mitchell in Memphis last week was one of the most horrible affairs recently added to the catalogue of crime. The two yoong women had been intimate friends and no one can frame a hypo? thesis to account for the deed. Per? haps there may be a man at the bottom ?of it this time. We publish a notice from the pastor <of the M ethodist Church relative to the lien's Prayer Meetings' which have rbeen inaugurated io that Church,: aod ; wish to ?all especial attention to it. The. suggestion that the idea be taken up bj members of the other churches is good? and if followed ont and a union .of the prayer meeting? 'formed great - .good wHl undoubtedly follow. Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of London England, whose fame ts as wide as the -world's ex-tent, died at ll 05 o'clock ?00 the night of January 31st. Mr -Spurgeon was the ?est famous minister of England and the most distinguised ??iiir*ue of the Baptist denomination. Hts loss wHI be felt aod his death morned in every part?an of the civilized world.. ; The Holly Hill caooiog factory paid a dividend of ll J per eeat. on the capi? tal invested last year. A caooiog factory in Sumter would he in a posi? tion to do, at least, as well. Aod we see no reason why it would not pay -better, as the location is mere favorable ?od ~ihe' freight rates, oo account of competition, would be Jess. There ts room io the county for a half-doz?o or .?uore canning factories. An **appeat to Caj*arM-the Demo ?ratie .party, Bishop vii le Eagle would be very moch like Paul's appeal : you could find DO ooe to decide the appeal, for no one in authority wants to believe the .truth concerning Sumter County. Some of them have been "al? most persuaded," but alag ; they have put it off until some more convenient day, whee the Tillman ring won't need the machinery io Sumter County as badly as they do oow. We call attention to the clipping from the Kingstree Record, headed "Jos?pbvH. Earle." it is a timely and deserved tribute to thc services of Col. Earle io the last campado. The point, that Gel. Earle is better fir ted tbao any other mao to meet Tillman on the Stomp again, inasmuch as hs heard all the promises of candidate Tillman, is well taken. No man could better speak of the -promises aod performances of Tillman. The Chilean war fever is over, and Harrison and Blaine fiad themselves io a position not enviable. They stand accused of attempting to manufacture political capital out of the incident by bullying Gaile wheo there was no ne? cessity of it. The ready apology of Chile ir. compliance with the demands of the Uni:ed States and the manner in w.'.icb it was made show that there was no end of jtogostm in the ca-e. We are heartily glad that war was averted for it would have meant the expenditure of millions during its continuance end hundreds of millions io peosions after it was over. . THE COTTON GROWERS' CON? VENTION. The call to the people of Sumter county to meet in this city on the 15:b inst, to consider the propriety of send? ing delegates to the Cotton Growers' Convention, which will be held ic Montgomery, Alabama, oo March 9:b, is sigoed by some of the most represeu- j tative farmers of the county, and oo that account sboold receive attention. I It is a hopeful sign that the farmers j themselves have become aroused to the necessity of curtailing the production of ! cotton and of increasing tbe production of supplies. We trust the convention bere will be largely attended and that wisdom will mark its deliberations. This country has a great future be? fore it, and it is only the one crop heresy that is retarding its rapid pro? gress. When every farmer raises bis own provisions and lives at borne, this country will be prosper?os, and not be fore. As long as the farmers attempt to sell cotton for less than the cost of prod uer ion, just so long may they expect to grow poorer each year. A PLAN OP SETTLEMENT. The bone of contention between the two factions in this county is neither the chairmanship of the connty execu? tive committee nor the member of the kState executive committee. It is the possession of the committee on creden? tials to which will be referred all cases *-of irregularities. It is evident that as the matter now stands, it will be impossible to organize tbe party in this county on a fair and equitable basis ander former precedents. Therefore we suggest the following plan which would be just to both sides, snd would prove which is the stronger fac? tion. Let the chairman of each faction ap? point a committee of three and let these committees jointly select a seventh man. Let this committee meet and nomioate tickets for a committee on credentials to be made np of twenty one members. Let there be two tickets selected, one to consist of eleven straigbtouts and ten Tillmaurres, the other to consist of eleven Tillmauites and ten straightonts. Lst them also decide on candidates for the chairmanship and for the member of tbe State executive committee. Let these tickets go before a primary. Let tbe joint committee selecting these tickets also make rules to govern tbe primary. [f each faction will accept this plan and act on it in the spirit of concilia? tion and harmony, of which we hear so much, peace and harmony would be se? cured witbont the sacrifice of any part of the right of either faction. All doubt* of which side has the majority would be forever set at rest, and this paper would support tbe victorious side, for then we would know that we were supporting the side entitled by numeri? cal strength, to rule. Since we published what Mr. Thomas said to our Junior last week we now publish what Mr ingram has to sa;. He thicks that the proposition of Mr. Thomas, to compromise, was all right as far as it went, but that the whole truth had not been told. He said that be expressed himself in favor of a compromise -but on the basis of numbers, not clubs,ai,d was still willing to agree to give Mr. Hains? worth complete control in tbe matter of a settlement. Hesavsthat the Watchman and Southron is mistaken about his promise io furnish a copy of his Bpeech before tbe Committee-be posi? tively refuse* to do so-believing that the best way out of the trouble is to stop stirring things up -Freeman. Mr. Ingram is not in the city to-day, and it is impossible to see him before going to press, concerning the state? ment above given. We will bri? fly state oar recollection of bow the mistake occurred: Mr Ingram was in this office ou Wednes? day, January 13th. and we said to him that Mr. Thomas's speech before the Executive Committee would be published the next week, and that we would bc glad to have his speech so as to give both sides. Ile replied that the News and Courier had also asked him for it, but that he did not have it in writing, and had not had time to pat It in shape. We understood bim to say that he would bave no time to do so until Sun? day, and we replied that if be would give it to os on Monday morning that it would be in time for the next issue. On Monday morning Mr Ingram did not bring in the article. That after? noon as we passed down Main Street, in front of the Court House, he called to os from the opposite side, saying that be had not had time to see us io the morning, but would be around after awhile, ile did not come, and the next morning wheo we went to his office we found a notice that he would be out of the eity during the " remainder of thc week. As we had announced in the issue of the 13h that wi would give both the argument of Mr. Thomas and the argument of the other side before the State Executive Committee, we felt called upon to state why we failed to do BO. We are sorry the mistake occurred, and regret that Mr. Ingram did not come to us to correct it,which we would have done with pleasure when we fouod it to be a mistake, iustead of goiog to another paper. To the contrary. Mr. Ingram has never said a word to us about the mistake. THEORY AND PRACTICE. A newspaper joke, that we saw some? time ago, afforded great amusement and at tbe same time gave rise to a chato of thought. It related that a mao applied to a justice of p'iace for permission to carry a weapon of defeuse. and upou being asked if his l:f; was in danger from any one, replied that he did not know ; bot that he had married a woman whose husband had left her aud gone west, and was supposed to have bte:? dead, that nothing had been heard of him until a few days previous, when a letter was received from the missing husband, stating that he wag not dead, that he had heard that his wife was married sgain, and that he was comiug back, and she and her new bashand had better look oat, as he W3S none of the Enoch Ardeu kind ; hence his fright. The j te, while amusing, is replete with the essence of everyday human nature. The runaway husband was more of a man than the hero of Tenny? son's beautiful poem whose woes arouse thc sympathy of the most callous, lu . reading Eu ooh Arden, again aud again we have inquired where the mao could be found who would act as he did under similar circumstances. And the answer has ever been, not among our acquain? tances. Self-sacrifice is a beautiful theory and a most attractive spectacle to behold - in the mind's eye. In Enoch, Arden, Tennyson, that master crafts? man in the use of the English language, clothed in garments of the chastest and at the same time the most seductive drapery, that theory. We would ven? ture the assertion that since the publi? cation of Enoch Arden there have been ten men, to one before, that have sacri? ficed, or rather put to death, their nat? ural human inclinations and have fol? lowed after the theoretical man, known as Enoch Arden. Man is prone to de? ceit, and no one does be deceive more than himself. Self-analysis is among the rarest of accomplishments, and without this, all acts, whether placed in the category as a virtue, or as a vice, are the result of mere impulse. He is also more easily impressed than a waxen tablet. The story of Enoch Arden and his woes is most impressive. All the lights are so disposed as to throw the shadows from around Enoch Arden and place him in a strongly lighted foreground. Then hs stands in impressive outline with the shadows of a rained hope, of blasted anticipations, of a life run to waste, of premature age, of a cheerless death and a self-sacrifice, theoretically, most glorious, making up a darkling background. And here stands mankind ready to receive the impress of the imagery, and deceive itself into believ? ing that to imitate Enoch Arden would be both easy and glorious. In contrast to this we have the man of the joke, a mac of real life and obedi? ent to human inclination. The one is theory, the other practice. There is a sturdiness about the practical mac that compels a certain degree of admiration, bot be never receives the sentimental sympathy that the follower of a theory does. If Enoch Arden had claimed his wife, his story would receive little at? tention and the verdict would be, "It is what might have been expected p lt is the impossible, unusual, or the theoretically beautiful or sublime, that attracts attention or arouses sentimental enthusiasm. The practical is relegated to the realm of dollars and cents, or to politics. THE BISHOPVTLLE EAGLE EX? PLAINS, The WatcJiman and Southron lightly places the stnumen 13 made byjits political opponents iu the list of statements not based upon facts, and we might add that il delights io so do? ing. ile quotes himself of 13 months ago as evi? dence, seemingly not realizing that he was as badly biased then as now. We will for the benefit of the Hornet tell what we know of our first attempt to hold a convention, and respectfully nominate The Freeman as one q laiitied to tell of oar second attempt. At the outset we would say, it is useless and harmful to pro over the ground aeain, but that irreconcilable slraightout the Watchman and Sou?iTon having seen fit to reopen the question we will not remain silent, we would be glad if the straightouts would come in natural like, and take their position in the party, and it they are as they claim, in the m%j>rity, they will only have to submit, for a few minutes to the authority of the farmers movement fiction, but if they choose to pur sue the narrow quibbling, hairsplitting pol icy of the Watchman aud Soutlarofi, they might peradventure, in time, be called tone count by Ceasar, i e the Democratic party which they have already. appealed to, and their organ is now on the verge of advising them to disregard tts decidion. When we arrived at Sumter on the 25th of July 1890 we were told that the Tillmayites had caucussed the day before and had cunde upa delegation ticket, chairman of conven? tion, and a committee to take care of the fac? tion on the floor of the convention, and that we would have to go to the secretary of the Co. Executive Committee for tickets of admis Mon, which we did, when we entered the Court House we noticed on one side were all Antis and Tili inanit?s on the other. The convention was called to order Wy the chairman of the Ex. Committee, C*p't P. P. dillard, the rolls by clubs were called by the secretary of the Ex. Committee Mr. Fraser, after which a motion Jrom the Anti side was made authorzing the chairman to appoint a committee on credentials, bat was almost in? stantly changed to a motion to organize with only the old clubs as member, the Antis of course would then have a large majority, aud then the new club delegates were to be pass? ed on by a committee on credentials created by a convention composed of the delegates from the old clubs, we were all the time clamoring for the election of a temporary chairman. Thing were getting quite warmj for the chair hud ordered the door opened and the Anti side of the ball quickly filled up with their sympathizers, at this juncture Col. Dargan made a pacific proposition, which afterwards crysnilized into the resolution ofivred by Col. Blanding. The committee a appointed by the caucus to look after the interest of the TiUnaan faction decided to support the resolution, as it seem? ed to be the only plat? upon which the de? mocracy could be organized and it was adopted. We then retired to Firemen's Hall selected our delegates and alternates and leturned to the Court House, not dreaming that organization was going to be opposed, now since the delegate question had been dis? posed of, but to our surprise and bewilderment a motiou to enter into permanent organiza? tion was set aside for the consideration of a motion to ratify the action of the caucuses, which we held could not be done until the convention had been organized but it was done all the same, a^ain we presed the elec? tion of a temporary chairman, but every at? tempt to catch the eye of the ciiairman failed he seemed to be waiting for something, and it soon came, when an Anti made a motion to adjourn, and not waiting for a second, helput the affirmative. About one half of the Antis voted yea, then he instantly exclaimed-I's have it, so ordered, struck tho board with his garel and walked down. Up to and through this attempted con? vention, we say emphatically that (lie Autis were the buiidosers and mistake makers. And again who ever heard of a record be? ing kept of a political convention much less a roll The new club rolls had been in the hauds of the Executive Committee as long as the old ones. Up to tiiat time no new Club had ever neen questioned by a ijumtt-r County Cos vent iou. In conclusion .Mr Homet, we would say that you were very righteous in not dividing up your club, thereby increasing your repre? sentation on the other hand you were very Cztr like in not allowing those.who j>ined th; Laborers and Mechanics clu*> to take | their names o if your dun roil-?isltopville f Etty le. j The preceding article from the last is^uc of the Bi th op vi lie Eagle, on ac count of the har:.') it might do if left uncontradicted to bc accepted as a fact, calls for no ic? from us. It purports to be written mainly for the information of the Watchman and ] e Southron, but we can assure bim that I a there is not a fae* io it that was un- v known to us-?xccpt one, that the ii Tillcuauites were clamoring for the ?lectioQ of a temporary chairman. W beard the clamor, but uotil DOW hav Qever known what it was all about. T >ur unaffiliated ears, the hubbub of yell ind screams, was unintelligible. W thank our esteemed contemporary fo the most lucid elicidation. We shal recommend him to Prof. Garner, th Simian investigator, as an arxiliar translator of unintelligible sounds. We plead guilty of the Eagle's accu satioo of being prejudiced-we actuall despise sharp practice, deceit and fraud But when he says that we are biasei against any man or clas3 of men, 01 account of his or their political views right there he makes a statement that i not borne out by a single act or fact ii connection with the course of this paper Every man or faction bas had the us af the columns of this paper at any tim and as ofteo as he desired, solong as h used the privilege as agentlemaa should and did not descend to personal abuse of this paper or other parties. Reverting to the first attempt to holi a county convention on July 25th,1890 he admits that the Tillmanites had lah all their plans to run the convention to sait themselves, if possible, when b states that a chairman, delegatiot ticket, and a committee to take car of their faction on the floor bad been nominated io caucus tb* previous day. It bad this appear ance to a mere onlooker,and it ia refresh ing to have tbe admission from such ! shining light in the faction as the edito of the Eagh was. When be says that the roll of club; was called and then a motion to appoin i committee on credentials was made be makes a mistake. In the first place the roll of clubs was called, but what clubs? Only the clubs that were in ex stence in the iast previous campaign, [n his opening address the chairman stated that the convention knew Doth? og of any new clubs, and that until the convention was organized and a com? mittee on credentials appointed, the del? egates of the new clubs would not be 'ecognized, as the club rolls would have o be submitted to the committee on credentials for revision. It was also ?tated that wherever a protest was filed tgainst the delegation of any old club hat the rolls of that club would be ex imined by the committee on creden? tials. Buring the calling of the roll )f the old club? there were several at empts to enter protects, but they were ?uled out of order uotil the rolls had )een called. When the rolls of the old clubs bad been ailed, R. D. Lee entered a protest, by request, igainst the seating of the delegation cf the Jishopville club, siid duo reporting ten del rates, whereas only eight had been elected at he regular club meeting. Q joting from myself of eighteen aonths ago again. Can you explain low Bishopville brought ten men to thc onvention, when only eight were eiect d at the regular club meeting? If I B?&take not, Mr. Jame3, you were one ?f the Bishopville delegation. Again, Mr. Lee, still having the floor, moved that , committee on credentials be appointed to in estigate and report oe the admission of new luhs, and entered a contest against said lubs, on grounds of confusion and fraud in heir club rolls of membership. Col J J. Dargan obtaioed the floor and roceeded to sp^ak in favor of admitting: del? ations from ail new clubs not specifically nd specially charged with fraud and con ested. Col. Dargan was ruled out of order, s he was a delegate from one of the Dew lubs. whose name had not even been entered n the roll of the convention. Again there fas great confusion, af?er which a mettou ras made by C<>1. J. D Graham, and carried, o grant Col. Dargan fifteen ruiuutes io which 3 address the convention. Col. Dargan was granted -the privi 3ge and made a speech, stating that he epre8ented no faction and proposed, in he spirit of conciliation, that the del? ation be equally divided between the 'illmanites and the opposition. R D. Lee, Esq , replied to Col. Dargan, pposing the suggestion, and made a forcible rgument in favor of proceeding in the usual launer to a regular organization of the con ention. Before taking his seat he stiled nat. by request, he would withdraw the gen ral protest ol all new clubs, and would sub lit special protests iu each case at the proper ;me. Maj. Marion Moise spoke in favor of lol Dargan's proposition; Col, W. D. (Carborough in opposition. After the speeches were concluded nd partial quiet restored the chairtoan irected the secretary to call for the en olltnent of the new clubs. (And : h is .as the mistake of the day, he should ave adhered to his original decidion, ecognize no new clubs until a commit ?C on credentials had examined aud re orted on their rolls.) The question coming up while this was eing proceeded with, the Chairman ruled th?: nless new clubs presented their club rolls ieir delegates would not be admitted to the onvention. When the Mechanics and Lahorers club was ac'ied R D. Lee gave notice ot' ptotest on ie ground of fraud and irregularities. H. '. Thomas immediately jumped upon a chair nd crifd out; "Go on with the rolloall, 'tt are tired Of hair-splitting nod lawyer.--," ihich seemed to please his followers pre.-itly, nd for some time there w*e so much <:on ision that nothing could be heard, and a ghi seemed imminent. After sometime and amid great con? cision (from which side of the Court louse did the most noise come-hooest f now Mr. Eigle?) the roll call was omplcted. And almost immediately, loi. Blanding offered a resolution em odying Col. Dargan's suggestion. Col. Dargan made a few rem irks in furor f t be motion. D. E. Keels, VV. A. Jaai?e, r., H. R Thomas, and J. D.Shaw, urged heir faction to accept it in the spirit in which t was offered, and for the pood name of ?Hinter County, to refrain frym bavinij a isturbauce. Does this look like the Anti-Til 1 13 inites were "tho balldosers" 1 which action required ?he exhortation of its enders to prevent a row? If the enm iromise was offered by "bulldosers" ;hy did tho present editor of the Ea gie irge his faction to accept it. in the pi ri t in which it was offered ? If the luti-Tilltuan faction was attempting to aise a row why did it not need the xhortation of its leaders to abstain from row ? B-causo none of that faction r ?re acing in a manner to beget the lea that they wished a row. Thc compromise suggested by Coi. Dargan, and formulated by Col. BlaDd ing wa9 accepted by tbe Anti-Tillman faction not because they believed that tbe Tillmanites were entitled to equal representation but to avoid a row. There were numbers who were oppo8ed to the compromise on principle, and we are of those who still believe that it was a great mistake. If the convention had been organized, and in it a fair test of strength of the two factions made, i one side would have been victorious and all subsequent dissensions would have been avoided. After the convention reassembled to ratify tne nominations made by the factions at their respective caucuses, the same difficulty in the way of organ 12a tion was present as before the recess ; the selection of a committee on creden? tials to act on all protested cases, and to .examine, and, if necessary, revise the rolls of the new clubs. Every move in this direction was greeted with yells and threats from the Tillmanites. Why was the appointment of a com? mittee on credentials opposed so bitte:? ly by this faction. Tbe opposition could have been aroused only by the fear of discovery of something crooked io the rolls of the new clubs. Uuder the original ruling of the chairman, the committee 00 credentials would have been selected from the twenty-five old clubs, excepting those whose delegations had been contested. Among these twenty-five clubs a number, eleven or twelve we think, were controlled by the Tillmanites; and these clubs would have been represented on the credential com? mittee, so that nothing could have been done in secrecy if the Tillmanites feared fraud at the hands of the anti-Tillman ites. There were delegations from twenty new clubs, eight, we think, being anti Tillman delegations. These delegations would have had to submit to tbe same in? vestigation at the hands of the creden? tial committee, and if there had been anything fraudulent in the club rolls the Tillmanites on the committee would have been there to point it out and have the rolls revised. No, the Tillman? ites would not submit to any such in? dignity (?) It was, we suppose, an insult to suggest that their clubs might need investigation! So they refused to submit. The motion to adjourn was made in sheer desperation, for there seemed to be no hope of perfecting an organization on a fair basis, for the Tilllmanites in? sisted upon baving all their clubs recog? nized whether they were contested or not. This would have enabled the del? egations from clubs accused of having committed fraud to sit in judgment on their own crime, which, as a proposition is too absurd for consideration. Finally, not only did the Sumter Club not divide up as the country clubs did, but every mau who left the club to join any other club bad his name stricken from the club rolls. Every man who joined the Mechanics and Laborers Club had his name stricken from the rolis of the Sumter Club. And when the Eagle insinuates that the names were not stricken from the roi's it declares itself guilty of having been imposed upon by an untruth, or having made a wilful misstatement. On the roll of the Mechanics and Laborers Club there were fifty names all in the same handwriting, vet purporting to be the signatures of the men themselves. At c a meeting of the Sumter Club a list of names were handed in from the Me? chanics and Laborers Club with tbe re? quest that the said names be taken from the roll of the Sumter Club as they were on the roll of the Mechanics and Laborers Club. When this list was read a num? ber of meD present whose names were 00 the list got up and said that they were not members of that Club and did not know that their names were on its roll, and that they intended to remain members of the Sumter Club. There were at least a dozen of these. Now bow many names were on the roll of the Mechanics aud Laborers Club that were put there without authority of the men themselves no man not in the secret knows unto this day. Now unless there is some new fact developed, we are done with the case, for we are not in favor of shaking up the bones of a skeleton. But when even a skeleton has mis tatemo nts made con? cerning it, we feel it our duty to come forward in defence of truth and jus? tice. The office-seeker who believes like you do is a bold, manly statesman ; but the one who differs with you is a schemer who will bear watching. That's the way too many look at it.-Orangeburg Enterprise - MIHI) -- By the terms of the new agreement between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Misouri Pacific Hallway, f-witch engineers get ?90 per month, and "pusher'' engineers ?100. Other employees arc also benefited by the new contract, which is very satisfac? tory to local railroad men generally. ^s=^*>>^ .?g*^^. Token away ^ ^?c\fyj^^ "^S sick headache, fsd^ 'Jjy^ bilious headache, zS" j \f~dizziness, consti ?.\ys. ^y*?a'\>V nation, indiges l^Jy v f j tion, bilious at (( rangements of L tho liver, stomach and bowels. It's a large contract, but the smallest things in the world do tho business Dr. Pierce s Pleasant Pellets. They're the smallest, but the most effective. They go to work in the right way. They cleanse and renovate thc system thoroughly-but they do it mildly and gently. You feel the good they do-but you don't'feel thom doing it. As a Liver P?l, they're unequaled. Sugar-coated, easy to take, and put up in vials, and her? metically sealed, and thus always fresh and reliable. A perfect vest-pocket remedy, in small vials, and only one necessary foi- a laxative or three for a cathartic. They're the cheapest pill you cnn buy, be? cause they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You only pay for the good you get Can yon ask more? That's tho peculiar plan all Dr. Pierce's medicines aro ?old on, through druggists. f fa in IPI ers! We are in the Held offering great bar? gains rn to make r our lines this month for Spring stock? e Prevents our giving particulars but still we have time to tell you that we are handling large quantities of At exceedingly Reasonable Rates. Look for our advertise? ment next week. Advances in Farmers supplies and fertilizers can be arranged for on good paper. SIGN OF THE BIG- HAND. SUMTER and Jill! i 8. C. Call and look through our er. Large lot of remnants at half value. Germantown Wool in following colors at actual cost : Garnet, Scarlet, White, Blue, Black and Brown. Saxony Yarn : Black, Scarlet, White, Gray and Blue. Ladies9 Wool Vests at Cost, ne Lot Heavy Shawls at Cost. All CLOAKS, WRAPS AND JACKETS at actual cost. Fine Blankets at #10, formerly $12,50, and other blankets fr<m $>o\00 up, at same reduction. Other bargains we cannot enumerate. Respectfully URDY. S&VMTEM, M C?