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WEDNESDAY, APBIL13, '92. The Columbus of History. How his Character Appears Under the Search-Light of Mtxlern Investiga tion. The Columbus of history is one of j its least pleasing characters. lie was evidently a eearover and a buc caneer. He sold his services to Rene of Anjou or Charles of France indifferently. A rude uneducated seaman, he joined in the barbarous sea-fight off St. Vincent, and aided in the massacre of honest traders and "Useful men. Time somewhat soften ed Iiis harsher traits, but his early impulses never left him. He became ?amiliar with the slave trade its Portu gal, and introduced it to the New World. He treated the natives of tfe? new land with pitiless severity, lie threw them into chains, cut off | their hands and feet, or s <ld them as -cannibals to misery and death. He fm&ably luven ted the fiction of the ?foribs only to destroy them. Las "Casas thought that the judgments of ? Heaven had fallen upon the merciless discoverer, in almost every trait of | moral excellence Columbus seems Ijfc wanting. To the Spanish settle:s in Hispan i ola he was a hated tyrant, a eruel usurper. He threw ?toxica over the walls of his Tort with his own hands, and spurned him as 'he fell. His victims, hung by the neck, shocked the humanity of Boba dilla. It was believed that Colum bus and his brothers planned a new empire in the Indies, and hoped to throw off the yoke of Spain ; in later years Columbus engaged in a .treasonable correspondence with t??ttoa. His ingratitude to the Pin zous, hie betrayal of Beatrix En riquez,his falsehoods, his fierce bursts of rage, his avarice, his revenge, his wild ambition, his pions frauds, his fanatical faith, can never be forgot ten ; they may be forgiven. Harsh, fierce, severe, the features of Colum bus look down upon us over the ?ght of four centuries, the simbol of his cruel age.. Columbas found the natives of America ful! of the passion for gold The glittering particles had for them an irresistible attraction, as to so many of what are called the educated races They searched in the ri veis and sands for gold, and when they liad fornai it hung it in their ears and Doses. Sometimes the more highly cultivated beat it into plates, which they fastened around their necks It was their chief and almost only ornament, almost their only dress ; they used, too, paint, feathers, and strings of peails. The universality of this strange passion for the ductile metal iu civilized and savage man is without an explanation ; it is natural. We are told that there are ants that heap together glittering particles of precious or colored stones; it is their instinct. In Columbus this passion raged with a violence seldom known, He dreamed of golden palaces, heaps of treasure, and mines teeming with endless wealth His cry was every *^he??r for, _ gold. Every moment, inj Iiis fierce avarice, he would fancy iimeeif on the btink of boundless opdpbuce ; he was always about to eeizetihe treasures of the East paint -ed 03^Marco Polo and Mandevifle. j -"? ^ he wrote to the king and i queen, "is the most valuable thing in the world ; it rescues souls from pur gatory and restores them to the joys of paradise." It was something of his early pi life that stirred him in his plans ?covery He was always the r ; he was always a slave trader ^%JJe selected the port of Cavidad because it seemed a conven ient harbor for slaveships. lie made ?laves wherever lie went. In his fierce averice, when he found the tiaked Indians had little gold, he pro posed lo ?eli them, and thus establish A wide source of profit. Gold he tfljfcgt make by some moans. lie ?rg^ upon th? king aud queen his infaii?me project. They seemed at first to^idisapprove, aud atterward countenanced it. They could scarce ly faH to see that hunting the help less natives through the islands and the continent to sell them into sla very was not a Christlike trade. They gently rebuked the discoverer, but soon after we find them lending him their approval. "Let hirn be informed," they wrote, "of what haH transpired respecting the cannibals that came to Spain. He has done well," etc Soon every Spaniard who sailed to America became a slave trader. Ojeda and Americus Veepncius filled their ships with "cannibals/' and the brothers of Co iumbus followed the example of the admiral. A boundless In rror settled ?pon the new-discovered lands La? Casas thought the sickness and pains that fell upon Columbus a judgment for the woes be had inflicted upon the helpless Indians.? From "The Mystery of (Ylumbus,*' by Eugene Lawrence, in Harper's Magazine for April. Liutless CuttOQ. Mr. II. T. Ferguson, of S<-nth Car olina, claims to be the one that intr<> duced the lint?ess c tton by grafting, and is the only man that Iras any seed. lie claims that it will make from 6mV to ?00 bushels of Reed tu the acre. This is hard to believe If it makes 200 bushels 1 consider it a good tiling. I have seen the stalks of cotton, and I know that there is such a thing Are his statements correct??C. S. W., Franklinton, X. C. Answer.?Lintless cotton is a long way below what! is claimed fur it We had almost said a humbug In deed, we will so call it We tried it last year, and have seed of it It is a fact that it is entirely lintless, not a particle of lint on the seed. It grows like ordinary cotton, ft?ot*< like ordinary cotton, ami makes about as many seed per acie as ordinary cotton, niii?no lint. The claim that it will produce 600 to 890 bushels of seed i.? simply pre p it?rons, or sublimely ridiculous. On land that would make one baie of lint per acre by planting in ordinary c tton, tilie "lintles*" cotton would produce about thirty, possibly futy bushels of seed pei acre, or 900 to J.200 pounds, iuctead ot 600 to SUO iusht Is. ^Moreover, the seed fal! out as so^n as the bolls open, and it would be necessary to go over the crop and gather the bolls as fast as they show a disposition to crack open, or they will shed the seed. Moreover, "Mr. F., of South Caro lina/' is not the only one who has this wonderful seed, if he did intro duce it. We got seed of it from Texas (a gift,) and declined the offer of more fmm the same quarter as a gift, or otherwise?because we had as many as we wanted to enable us to brand it as a fake. The idea of introducing (originat ing) the variety by grafting, is re freshing. What was grafted, and into what ? Common sense ought to restrain a man from making such a preposterous claim?600 to 800 bushels of cotton seed per acre?every bushel of which takes from the soil as much as a half bushel of corn or of wheat. It is a pure humbug, and a very transparent one ou its face, even ii we were not prepared to speak from a year's experience.?Southern Culti vator. Disfranchising Voters Columbia, April 6 ?Governor Till - mao has had aoother novel question propounded to biiu, which will doubt less iuvolve another lawsuit before the matter is settled. Assistant Attorney General Towusend, to whom the matter has been referred, fays that no one who was of age in 1882, aud who has failed to take out a registration ticket can now do so. and that those who subse quently became of age and did not take out their registration certificates in the same year can not do so now. The decisoc will debar a very great many voters, and especially a class whom it was especially intended to affect. The complaints cow being received by Governor Tillman come chiefly from Suinter County, where some white men are being declined registra tion certificates in accordance with the law as construed by As*istaot4Attorney General McLaurin. Today Governor Tillman received the following direct opinion with regard to the law : Colombia, April 6. 1892. To his Kxceileu -y, B. R. Ttllman, Governor of S?:utb Carolina, Columbia. S. C?Dear Sir: The letter of W. J. Shaw, of Sumter, S. C , asking whether a person who was qaalificd to register at the first call for registration, and who did not register then, can now register, has been referred by your Excellency to the Attorney General for his opinion, aud I have the houor to state to your Excel lency that such person cannot now register, nor is there any provision for his registration. The Act of Registration, approved 9ih February, 1882, provided that the books of registration should be opened in May aGd June thereafter, after due notice of the time, piace, etc. It also provided that after the completion of the registration then, or down to the months of May and June thereafter, the books should be closed and not be reopened until after the next general election, and then to register only such a?- bsd b?come qualified after said ele.ton. There is no provision for registering a perhon who wat? so careioss as to allow the proper time to elapse without r?gis- j tering. I have the h-juor to be yenr obedient servant, D A. Townsend, Assistant Attorney Geueral. Governor Tillman has taken the matter under advisemeut, and w?l pro bably refer to the matter in his next message to tb Legislature ?News aud C^Uii 1er. Heroes of the Lost Cause. New Orleans, April 6 ?Veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee. Confederate cavai.-}*, Washington Artillery. Con- j tinenta! Guard-, Henry St Paul j battalion and visiting ex-soldiers, to gether with friend!}' and sympathizing delegations from the Louisiana Sute militia, are assembled this afternoon in the picturesque M?tairie Cemetery doing homage to the memory of their comrades who fought so gallantly on the side of the "Lust Cause " Floral offerings in profusion adorn the grounds and the entablatures of -monumental tombs of each veteran association. An address by Comrade T. J Dimitry and the benediction by the Rev. A Gordon Backwell were among the notable features of the pro gramme of ceremonies -?w?- \mi - W. C. Benet, E?4 , of Abbeville, th'nks the recent March Convention would be properly named if it waR call ed the "peace and unity and another opportunity" Convention If so, Mr Benet should not have deficited that party, for no man in the State wants "another opportunity quite so bad as he, and no man ?o earnestly "sighs for, nearly cries for ; almost dieR for" the "rppoitunity'' that would laud him in an office.?Anderson Intelli The Stare ha.? come out of the Coo *aw law ??uit with onlv a lo*?? ami ex pense account of $175,000, or some thing like that, to pay {Jar governor :* notsa'is?ed with that, huwxVer. Ii is announced now thai he prop >ses t<. *ue the 0 )o.-aw co/npaoy on if* indetti ti! y bond Tfcu? :s a good scheme foi putting a few more thousands of the "ax payers' dollars in 'he packets of the Uwyrts Meanwhile it is an open rries'ion? and h very witie op one?whethei Coo^aw or anyt'Oilt e>e w?l work it' the disputed territery and whether i wiil y?eid th?j ?State a dolitr ?Green ville News Ir look? ?ke C eveiand ano Harris ?giin. The Norfolk, Wilmington and Char leston Railroad company, eeentiy or g?nized. has established IU lenita! office in Wilmington, X 0 Bright j?**:?f?lt? ?re tht*qO<ke$i to recojrn;Z'> a good hi t: if ami b?r, ','. We se lote ot bright p*H>t>lt> the Lotit-ivvriv Riser? If voi. are not brighi >; ese pills wiij m*ke you -<>. J S. Hugh*on & ' "o For Ovr-r b'lfiy if^ars. ifrs. W???3Jotv's Suo:'.*.?? Svrup !?m? h pei. ii-fd fur children ifetnjrg. |; southed tin Ct?id. ?o.teas tiie ?:.:?,i>, a?five ail ?? :?, cure wind colic, And is .,? i.^-t remedy fo? [>i?rrbc?ii. Twe:tty-5?v cents a Hoole. If d;j!:, *{?"? it .?.-.- aud s?t?jed ; i.'' tour \>\.<, ' ?3 thick and tltijijiis?i : if' your aprente * ?;.";;-!.;!]* KH'i ttocert?!t?, \<?n r?*-t-.: S.ir.-M paritl*. F<?: b ?t resal?s uk* ?e ?Vitt'?. J. S. Hu-rhson A Co. POR mSPF.PSM, Li'?i^e-Mon, a::? .-?s-^acb disorders, uso BR'HVSV. ??TTili?S. AU dealers keep if. Si f^r boitte. -Pennine has ttade-auak aiid ^rested red iiLeb on wrapper. ?The Original Steam Engine. An immense wooden box, bound in iron, wae recently found at 11 el sinfors, in Finland, by workmen engaged in excavating in the cellar of an old house. Upon opening the box the men found that it contained a large parchment and a quantity of pieces of iron of odd shapes. Being unable to make out the contents of the parchment, they carried it to Mr. Kizeif, the nearest magistrate, who found that it was written by Father Snger, one time minister to Louis the Seventh of France, it was an elaborately written treatise upon the use of steam as a motive power, and futher examination revealed that the bits of iron were numbered parts of a rudimental but complete steam engine. It is proposed to fit the parts together and to exhibit this pioneer steam engine at the Ex position. Chinese Wives 2,000 Years ago. A recent translation of a curious Chinese volume in 318 chapters gives an account of how Chinese women were obliged to deport ihemeelf two thousand years ago : According to some portions of this lengthy manuaL the first duty of a Chinese wife in those uncivilized times was to "reverence her husband as heaven." If his life was in danger, she must not hesi tate to die for him. Among the many little stories told in the book is one of a peasant who, during a severe famine, was seized one day by some starving soldiers, who intended to make a meal of him. He wife plead ed for him. "My husband is very lean," she said. "lie will scarcely be a mouthful for you. I am fleshy and of dark complexion, and they-say the flesh of such persons is excellent eating." The hungry soIdierR, we aie told, were convinced by this sound argument, and ate her instead of her husband. As to deportment, "in the presence of her parents or parents in law a woman may not sneeze or cough; neither stretch, yawn, or loll about when tired, nor may she presume to stare at them. She should wear a happy face and a mild, pleasant deportment in serving them, in orderte soothe them " The wife of a certain Lin LungTseh comes in for a l?ge share of praise dimply because "fir three years after her marriage nobody had ever seen her smile " The news and Courier publishes a statement in reference to a herd of ten caule recently sent to Charleston by the Greenwood oil company. The cat tle hud been kept from 77 to 93 days and fed exclusively on cotton seed meal and hulls. The cattle had been weighed when they were bought and again when they were shipped. The aggregate increase in weight was 2 130 pounds. The daily ration.", consisted of a quart of meal aud a peck to a half bushel of hulls, mixed dry and fed night and mornir-g, the cost being 12 cents a head per day. We have all heard- of the "ruiin<* passion streng in death," b?t in the lives of most women there is another moment which supplies almost as severe a test of the dominant purpose. The New York Sun says that a far mer entered a telegraph c ffice in central New York, and sent this message to a woman iu Canada : "Will you be my wife*? Pitase an swer at once by telegraph', Thru he sit down waited, No an swer came He waited till late iu the evening ; still no answer. Early :he next morning ho came in a2a?n, -?cd was ha;:ded a despatch?an affir(native reply. The operator expressed his sympathy. "'Twas a lit tie rough to keep you so Ion* in t-uspeui-e." "Look hern, young feiler,"' said the farmer, 4 stand all the suspense A woman that'll hold back her auswet to a proposal of marriage all day so as to seod it by uigbt rates is jent. the economical womau that l's been a-wait ia' for. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. Is it not worth the stun 11 price -of 75e to free yourself of every symptom o? these dis tressing complaints, if you ihihk 3o call at our store aud g?-t a bottle of Shlloh'a Vi talizar, every bottle Ins pr?med guarantee ott it, use accordi njjly audit* it does you no good it wiil e.o?;i tou nothing. Solvi by Dr. A. J. Cht:?*, Suinter S C. ft Mrs L. r.Patton, Kockford, Iii , writes: "Front personal experience ! can recommeuri De Witt's Sarsapattila, a cure for impure blood aud geuurnl debility." J. ?S. Hughsoo & Co. - ?. ? UM - "Late to t-ed mid early to ri^e wiil shorten the road to tour house in the skie?," Bui early to bed *nd a "L-tile Etrly Riser," the pli I that uptkes life longer mid better and better and wi.-er. J S. Hue: hson & Co. We h-ive a speedy and usi live cure for catarrh, diphtheria, canker inoutti and head ache, iu Saitoh's C-itarri) Remedy. A tihS:i! injector free with each bottle. Use it if ;ou de-ure ; -.ilth ?nd ?? ?! breath. Price 50c. Soli by Dr. A. J China, Sttiu'er S. C. 5 Whrn Baby was sick, we fravc h*?r Castoria. When shevras a ChiW.she cr?cJ for Casioria. When she becamr- Miss, she clung to C'istoria. "When she had Children, bhe gave them Castor"* ON BITTERS BROWN'S IR Cures Dyspepsia., In digestion & Debility. :-7T^?'T? ' ' "f \f??.'malMl1 S??wu his Opportunity? l?OVT Ml" isim Vwkx-m, IC^ader. !'.?.? majority .-nejeieettheir o? portnnilH-a, and ii > l?:tl ...? i-iii ! . . * iuji "? i< .-k ?' ?' k (>?l ?i?t. ?! ?: ? ?:??? ! ? ? ti :t. lio i] > ??? uro in pov?i ly and <ii? ii . l.ii fif i'.ihiiv they l?.rtu?ity. I.ilV-ifc i?:?>s. - ? -^:?. .?y.itir ??; .? '.:. ..?: ?:> <>;* ;.; ?<?,<? <? . ;;??.'; ? ?\ |???. ? >. ?l\v.,?s:i?.: ?? pl ????>? it- r. tita' "Xiic iio?'itfia of r""i n??i oiV:? ? ;??l:lv:i\ <?? i'vt ;i::iity ?? e.n li }? ? >??: n; S"i>:- : - "? ??' ?' 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J," free: VdrU.% *" >. ? ??,.?? > i?lltiSiNew lo. Lity. ESTABLISHED 1S68. ?tehes, Diamonds, Sterling Silver, Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. POLSOM. SIGN OF IIE BIG WATCH. Sumier?, 8? C?., Feh. 26. Tl?t>?e Mules referred last week have come. ?:?: Look out for a ear load of horses about arch 4th or 5th. Cor. Sumter and Liberty Sts. SUITER, s. c ? March 2 Howard Ftemln - 276 EAST BAY STREET, - m 9 - IMPORTER OF - AND DEALER IN ?S?B Lime, Cements, Plaster, Hair, Terra Cotta Pipe,&c, and all Building Material. Orders Given Prompt Attention. Correspondence Solicited. Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaction. Oct 21 o CRAIG*) Furniture Dealers Undertaker FULL SUPPLY OP First Class Goods in all Departments -AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES, and See, and Satisfy Yourselves. Come 9 rpHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES TO vJj_ inform the public that be ie now pre pumi to reunir GUNS. PISTOLS, LOCKS. KEYS. TRUNKS, BIOYLES, SEWING MACHINES, &c. He will make and fit keys to any kind o? locks; a;;d is ?-!$<; prepared 'o do ELECTRO-PLATING IN SILVER GOLD, &C, Which be guarantees to be b.-autiful, durable and it prices within the reach of a:'. Sp?ci tut*!!.-; Of his plating i;.mi be s -t :i Ht hi? shop or S?xi:b Wash ini; ion Street, Second door South of Dr. Mood's residence. R. S. BB?OWtLL SS, ..Vieh 10 ?3? . FIRST CL?SS BO?RCINQ M US. M. A. EPPERSON is prepared to JlIJL entertain boarders, both regular and transzot wirb lie beat acco'iimudntions. Persons troni the country sue rifiniti any time in the ci'y will be entertained in the best manner. Table supplied with the best the market .-.fiords. Li ber tv Street near Sr. Joseph's Academy Marrb ltf ? o. le State ci Sonili Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. * Cou ut of Common Plicas. R. C. Wimberhj, Plaintiff, against AMail- Wimberhj, Isabella E Whitlow, Easter S. Whitlow, Wil liam J. Loicrrif awl Ann D. Lowerij, his v'fe. and Minnie A. Sander - son, D?fenditnts. (Summons for Relief.) Complaint not Served. To the Defendant's af?ove named ; Vo*j a;t; hereby summoned .und required to answer the complaint in tin- action, which h ? s been this day filed in the office (if the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the Said County, and to rerve a copy of your an swer ro rt:*> ??*:d complaint on riie subtcrineis at their offi-e in the city of Sumter in said County and Stale within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such j Servtce ; ar d if job tail to a swer the com- : plair.l within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated at Sumter, S. C, March 9, A. D., 1892. HAYNSW?RTHS <fe COOPER, M ch. 9 ? 6'. Plaintiff's A'torne vs. DEALER IN '5 A K?n-t. Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and! all Kinds of Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a ^ & Class J3j?ul& Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigar?, Grardeo Seeds, & >.. also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Putty, &3., Dye Stuffs. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with*care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted penuiue, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Ca?is Promptly Attended To. City Drug Store, Main St. Sumter, S. C. ?^ Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes Tooth brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kalsomitae, 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 AXD CIGARS. Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." Sep30 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Cut Mate. Double-width Figured Dress Goods, 33 inches iu all shades a: the remarkable low price of 20o per yard, worth anytime 25c per yard. Double-width Cashmere 33 inch, in all shades at 18e. worth 23c. per yard. Dress Ginghams in all colors and styles at 8c worth 10c. per yard. All Wool White Flannels at 18;?., 21c, 23?. and 3-c worth 25c , 30c. and 40c All Wool Medicated Twill Flannels at ISc, 23c, 25c. and 27c, worth 22c 28c, oOc and 37c per yard. Just Think of It! LAWRENCE "A" COTTON FLANNEL at 10c, 6oe value for 12|c per yard. The above goods are bargains not often seen in this market. CALL AND EXAMINE FOR YOURSELF. We have a full line of WHITE BLANKETS, marked down to close out. A beautiful line of CHANTILLY MUSLINS, at 6W. worth 8c per yard. 1 rJ Jan. G. MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. IIEA D QUA LITERS FOR WATCHES. JAMES A & L? CO. Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specta cles, Drawing Instruments THE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE. RELIABLE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief Inspectors of Watches for South (/aro ina Railway, Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Divisiou of Three Cs Rail Road. JAMES ALLAN & CO., Feb. 8 2S5 Ki::Lr St., Sien <=f Dram Clock. Charleston, S. C. liiHvfilll'C f ?ir? BW HaSFk%g BS ? 3? Sa HB %?f i t?' CHERAW AND SUMTER. EH aB?gg 8 gggSBBH? I ? BW Manufacturers of and Dealers in MacMnery and Supplies, High Grades. Low Prices. Feb. 10, it is made of the best leather produced in this country. It is a caif Shoe, made seamless, best dongola tops. It is as smooth inside as a hand-sewed Shoe. It is equal to other makes costing from $4 to ?5. it is stylish, durable and comfortable to the feet. The Best Shoe in the World for the Price. FOR GENTLEMEN. $5 ? _ genuini: hand b SEWED. It equals im ported French s li o c s cos? in?- from $8 $12, and cannot ne duplicated at this price. _ 00 HAND-SE W EI ) a WELT. The finest calf, stylish, comfortable and durable,and the host dress .shoe in the country for the price; same jrraJe as custom made shoes costing from $0 to 5C* POLICE SHOE, for <vjbOn farmers, railroad men, ' Ac Best calf, seamless, smooth inside, tiiree heavy soles with extension edge. -One pair will do for a year. $ 50 FIXE CALF. No hotter or more service able Shoe was ever of fered at this price. One trial will convince. $<T% 25 and $2.00 WORK ?alX (r A ' S Shoes. Equal those of other makes costing from $2.50 to $:j.OO, andare the best in the world for the price. VV. L. DOUGLAS' S?.75 BRO C?f-J. the best Broman for the pri-<' cm? ?*'.:u ! 0 \ f :?c market. SoVul leather through* o:tt, Ferj ? ironsrly i:\-?u?\ aria vili not rip. %*m\% * sora FOR SALS BY TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES. These Shoes are made and miarantee.d by the mannt 3 1'?.?? price and name of W. L. DOUGLAS stampe-.l o inferior articles', and carefully examine bottom oi ea act jurer bott< shoe W FOR LADIES. MIIAXD-SEWED SHOE, is made of the best Dongola; stylish, durable and easy fitting. Equals imported French shoes costing- ?rom $4.00 to $G.OO. BEST DONGOLA, per fect in every way. Success has attended our efforts produce a first class shoe at this popular price. LOW IX PRICE, hut ?Ui not in quality. >To shoe at this price has given better satisfaction. f FOR MISSES, combines style with the hygienic principles so necessary in the footwear of misses and young ladies. FOR BOYS. 00 and SUSIS arc made of the best mate rial throughout; will not rip, and will stand more hard usage than any other shoes sold at these prices. SPECIAL. w. r.noi(a.As' ss.oocaxfshoi: for i,AI?IESand $1.75 CALF shoe for gtuls have just been perfected. They are made seamless, of selected calf,-trit?i kangaroo c^lf to;>j. and spe cially suitable for outdoor wear and >< Itool shoes. ?5e< the foot dry, with out tho xi-c of rubbers. to l>e price-worthv goods, and all have >m. ?* sure you are not docci veti by : i\?r stanili before purchasing. L. DOUGLAS, Erockton, Mass. M Ils SUMTES, s. a BEST AND CHEAPEST ALL GOODS GUARANTEES Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARGE STOCK, PROMPT SHIPMENTS* GBL I TOME i i, MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN MS, mi Bill, MOULDING-, ?and? GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL Officeand Salesrooms, 10 aud 12 HayneSt. CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o ? 0- BROWN & BRO, COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER. AND HAIR. FreihB?mericaifM?i Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES. CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orderi by Mail. C. O. BROWN & BRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH A MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb. 12 OTTO F. WESTERS, WHOLESALE GROCEB And Liquor Dealer. OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 133 East Bay, Charleston, S. C, ?f. STEFFENS &S?N, Established 1847. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Auction and Commission Merchants and Liqncr Dealers, AGENTS KOS The P!::!ip ?.\>; Bravine Co.. Milwaukee Beer, and the "Best" Tonic, a concentrated liquid extract of M*lt and Hop*. The Palest 8tewin.? Co , Milwaukee Beer. 197 EAST BAY and 50 and 52 STATE Swn (Auction Room Xinm Street.) CHARLESTON, S. 0/ ?3S* Consignments Solicited. Ja?. 23. ' _O_ FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS? FERTILIZERS! Having bought largely, Futt cash, a full as sort men: of, Fertilizers, Aoi?s aM otter Gooes, We are prepared to fill orders for such at low figures and on reasonable terms. C. VVULBKRN & CO., W holrsalr Grocers, 171 an \ 173 Kast Bay, Nov. 19. Charleston, S. 0 WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Barber. MA?N STREET, Next door to Earle & Purdy's Law Offiee. SUMTKll, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of Suinter and vicinity that I have opened business on my own account at the above eld stand, e d that with competent and polite assistants, I will be pleased to serve them a any branch of my business in the best stvle of thf art. Give me a call WM. KENNEDY. Oct 19. _ SHAVING DONE BY ELECTRICITY ?AT? 0. G. REDIG'S, Next door te T. C. Scaffe. Jan 1 iUanwl. and alt i'A'lkM fit>4MiSt at ? ii.if? t<? !>>r ) > A . FEES <?ir office is >t>?wiv!.v ii?.? . S l'nu-iit ofl?re. ?'"I ? ?? call ob tftin Patontsin less liwavthttti '. ??.? r. mote from w .isti \v?yy>.v. ? ? vm>E!.. / /.-? if/.ve or / fioro <?f invention. Ws jk?vi's?- as ? patent Rbiiily ?;?.?,. <>! Hi ? ?? an.? w?- m:.?.. " t li UH ! M ?>< l'i'! EST ?S SH . i: > t: ..?? < ' ,?: ?.! r??lv:r?\ t.-nus Tvf? ri?tiCOS tO actuai?-lifi:is iti y-nmun Sta!??. <'.unity, nty or Tow li, \\ : Kc t- l^^-^^^l^^j^^^mQ OfiposJlc Notait Office. Washington, D g MANSION HOUSE. (CORNER LIBERTY AND HARVINSTS., j is prepared 1?> entertain boarders, bot?l regular and transient, with first class accom mod.Htions. Mas. M. F. MILLER, Sep. 16. Sumter, S. C. STIEFF PIANOS. THE ARTISTS FAVORITE. UNSURPASSED IN TOUCH, TONS, workmanship and durability. Palace Organs, a strictly first class instrument at exceedingly low prices. Don't purchase be fore sfinir our catalogues and prices. JOHN A. HOLLAND. Ninety Six, S.O. Pleases.iy where you saw this advertise* u.ciu. March 25 ?