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tk t?lait batau Staate. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ?1,1892. . The Sumter Watchman was founded in ?8W and the True Southron in 1866. The rfaichman and Soxdhron now has tltj Combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani festly the best advertising medium in Sam ter. EDITORIAL NOTES. Now look out for the Third Party. The State campaign is over and the Third Party men, having nothing more to expect from the democracy will show their hands. Cholera is spreading all over Europe, and it is now conceded that an outbreak in London is inevitable. With cholera prevalent in England, it is but a step to this country. We may expect its appearance in New York at any day. Worms have materially damaged tobacco within the past three weeks, bat ?otwithstaoding that the crop will be both large and of fine quality. Next season we may expect to see the crop doubled or trebled in Sumter County. It seems that Main Street is destined to remain a cotton yard. The property owners on Main and Liberty streets within the fire limits, are willing to pay the increased insurance rates for the pleasure of looking at cotton bales piled upon the streets. They may have the additional pleasure of witness lug a big cotton fire. We trust a kind Providence will continue to protect us, as He is said to cast an especial care about fools and little children. The fight between John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett, for $45,000, which will take place at the Olympic Club, New Orleans, on September, 7th, is exciting widespread comment and in terest. It will be the greatest prize fight ever held, and an immense amount of money will change hands. Both men have been training for several months and will be in the best fighting condition. Sullivan seems to be the favorite. The article of Mr. E. W. Dabbs, published last week, giving directions for curing pea-vine hay sftould be preserved by every farmer. Mr. Dabbs was himself very successful in curing this crop, and his method is the result of practical experience and observation. This crop is one of the most valuable that we have, and while yielding a profitable return on the immediate investment, yields a return of greater "value to the planter in the improvement -of the land upon which it is planted. It is capable of great development and we have heard of no one with a surplus on hand last season who did not find ready sale at remunerative prices. Thomas Watson, the Georgia Third Party Congressman, the same individual whom Tiiliman brought over here to speak for him not more than a year ago, is appealing to the negro. He is telling -them that party lines are broken down, that a negro is as good as a white man, etc., and has induced several negro -leaders to make speeches for him. One day last week a negro after hearing Watson speak, concluded that he was as good as a white man and walked into a hotel dining room and demanded din Tier. He said that Col. Watson told him that a negro was as good as a white man, but a policeman was called in and the colored social-equality Third-Party ite was marched off, Col. Watson's dic tum to the contary notwithstanding. THE BANKS. If we are to believe some of the pub lic speakers of the present campaign, tho banks, both great and small, are unmitigated evils, against which all honest men are in duty bound to wage unceasing warfare. They would have . albtheir hearers believe that the banks arc the direct enemies of the farming interests, and that all the power of capi tal which they wield is exerted to op press the farmers, and cripple and depress the agricultural industry. This is a broad proposition and it has been laid down from numberless platforms, both in plain language and by unmis takable insinuations. Do the facts exist to bear out the proposition ? If the facts do not exist, then it is proven that banks are not j enemies of the farmers, and it is but a j step further to prove that local banks j arc a benefit to all industries, and the J increase in the number of banks is a certain indication of the increased pros perity of the section in which the banks exist. Before banks were established in this section of the State farmers, who were unable to pay cash for supplies, although able to furnish the best col lateral, bad no means of obtaining money to pay for fertilizers and neces sary supplies to produce a crop unless they went to the cotton factors of Charleston. It is well known that the rate of interest charged by the factors was higher than any of the banks have charged, and that in addition to this interest the farmer had to agree to ship his cotton to the factor accommodating htm, a bale for so mmy dollars worth of supplies furnished. From the pro ceeds from the sale of the cotton was , taken commission for selling it, dray age, insurance and other fees that materially reduced the amount remain- j iog to the credit of the farmer. The j farmers were not the only ouch who j j were dependant upon the faccors for t accommodation. Many merchants et the } j interior towns, without banking facil- ; j ities, had to make the same ferms with | the factors that the farmers did with ! With the establishment of banks in Sumter ail this was changed. Farmers j with good collateral, or those who who could secure reliable endorsers read ily obtained all the money they needed, and with this money they bought their supplies for cash, saving commissions and the difference between cash and credit prices by the transaction. The merchants will all tell you how much they have been bencfitted by the banks. It is true that a man without collateral, or reliability cannot go to the bank and get money, neither can he get money from a private individual who may have money to lend, or dois any reasonable ! person expect either a bank or money- ! lender to lend to such persons. During the past two years of unfavor- ; able seasons when it was impossible for those who bad borrowed to pay, the banks have not wantonly forced any debtor to the wall. To the contrary they have afforded their creditors every indulgence within their power. There are many even in Sumter Couuty today, who, when they could not meet their obligations to the banks, have had their notes extended. We have not heard of an instance wt-ero either of the Sumter | banks defrauded or oppressed any one, while we do know of their leuiency to creditors. They pay taxes on every dollar's worth of property at its full market value, which is more than can be said fcr those who abuse the banks. A bank is a business enterprise and is run as such, and all the abuse of them and objections to the busiuess is based on nothing more substantial than envy and enmity. And this crusade against banks, and corporations in general, ha9 at its root a socialistic ?eed which if fully devloped would be communism pure and simple. It is but a fore runner of a demand for the universal division of property. PROHIBITION AND THE LEG ISLATURE. The extra box device has kept the prohibition question out of politics, to a great extout, and in its proper sphere as a moral question. The question is , voted upon by the people as an abstract moral issue, apart from any entangle ment with national, State, or local poli tics. Neither had the personal views of the candidates for the Legislature any rightful place in the consideration of the question, as presented at this election. The question was presented in this form : Do you favor a State prohibitory law ? if you do, vote to instruct your members of the Legislature, whoever they may be, whether your personal choice or not, to vote for such a law ; if you are opposed to such law, vote to instruct the members of the Legislature to vote against izs passage. Under such conditions the duty of the members elected is plain?they must obey the will of the people as expressed at the polls. If this county goes for prohibition and all the others against it, the representatives elected from this county, as such, must vote for a prohib itory law ; if it should go against pro hibition and all the other counties for it, we take it that they are still bound by the will of the county they represent. If a prohibitory law is enacted it should be one that will prohibit. We would greatly prefer to see do law pass ed, than to have one so full of loop holes as to be inoperative. If we are to have a law, let us have one that h?.s definite provisions for its enforcement. It should treat the sale of liquor as a crime and make it the duty, under penal ty, of certain officers to arrest and prose cute any one violating the law. If we are to bave a law that leaves its enforce ment to anybody, it will be violated by everybody and enforced by nobody. Give us a stringent law, severe in its penalties, clrar in its provisions, with definite provisions for its enforcement, or no prohibitory law at all ; for a loose law, full of loop holes to escapo its penalties, puts a premium on violat ing it, and encourages law-breaking. Knocked Out In a Single Round. The Cotton Plant, an Orangeburg paper owned and edited by Mr. J Wil liam Stokes, contains the following paragraph : Will Mr. R. G. Ward, roadmastcr of the South Carolina Railway, at pres ent at Charleston, but lately of some where up ISast, inform the public if he is a Democrat, aud if so how long of that faith ? Humor has it that he has j always been a Republican, and in principle is h Republican today. His relationship to a certain United States Judge, as weil as his nativity aud pres ent engagements, give color to this rumor. Will Mr. Ward set himself right. The above was yesterday shown to Mr. Ward, who made the following statement in reply thereto : "Mr. R.G. Ward, road master of the South Carolina Railroad." takes pleasure J in replying to Dr. J. Win Stokes, the presumptive author of the above ! paragraph, to the effect that he wa- born I near Warsaw, Richmond County, j Virginia, May 21, W?\>, of parents; wiio for four generations, ou his mater- j rial, and six on bis paternal side, had j been natives of that State. His father I was a major itj the Confederate army, | two of his br<>:hcrn, one a captain and I the other a private in the Confederate army, were killed and are buried in a Confederate cemetery at Richmond, j He inherited the principles of Demo cracy and has both preached and practiced them to the beat of his under- ( standing. So far ?.< he knows, he is ; not related to anyone who i* or ever i was a * United Siates Judge." and he i fa;is to see how hi.s ''preseat engage- ! meets give color * >"' any l'rumor" j douching h:s political fai'h. tic be- j icves that this "rumor*' sprung from I :hc same sou:ce which has of Lac I proven itseif su prolific to manufacturing ' O j nuendo, falsehood and slander. FI is J democracy is untainted with the shadow j fRepub?eaitisiM ami u::tou.cb< d with the USptVim; r?f Third r.-f'y: .j, ... \ :W ? ' 'o't it r One curious feature of the present Stale campaign is that while Tillman and his immediate followers could find no denuncia tions too severe for those democrats who sup ported Haskell in 1890, they went hand in glove with men who were Radicals in Re construction days, and remained Radicals until they saw a chance of obtaining office by swinging on to Tillman'? coat-tails. An Address by Gen. Edward McCrady. I _ The following address by Gen. Edward Mc Crady to his fellow citizens is commended to their e?rne9t consideration as a plain and truthful statement of certain facts of politic::! doctrine too often overlooked. Fellow Citizens : Having had much to do with tho movement which inaugurated the present canvass for State officer?, my name bending the signatmes of the thirteen who ventured to call the Convention of March, 1882, a position which I esteem it a great honor that my friends who joined me in the call assigned to it; and it having been upon my motion in that Convention that nomina tions were made by the Conservative party, I hope thftt'I will not be intruding if I venture to address you upon the close of the canvass. There is a reason, too, why I should be heard to say something in regard to the National Democratic party and of the plat form of the State Maj Convention. A word which fell from me od the night we met in Charleston to rejoice at the nomination of Grover Cleveland for the Presidency bas, I see, been made the text of rorae of Governor Tillraan's speeches, and I am told he has honored me, iu consequence, with some of his bitterest denunciations. Dr. Stokes, too, who runs on the same sheet, the "Cotton Piant," for the Third Party and a canvass for himself, has seen it likewise necessary to pay his compliment and to say, I am told, some hard things of me. As I conceive that the present campaign in volves both State and national issues I shall proceed to discuss them as if they were the same. I shall limit myself, however, in this paper to the consideration of the Ocala platform, adopted by the Convention which met in Co lumbia in May last, and shall reserve for one or more pipers the discussion of one or two other issues. Both Governor Tillman and Dr. Stokes complain of me that npon tae occasion alluded to I said : "For one ? cannot recognize any man who supports the Ocala platform as a Democrat. You may as well call a State's Rights Free Trader a Republican as to call a man who stands upon the platform adopted by the May Convention in Colvibia a Democrat." This statement I adhere to and repeat. What are the pri iciples which divide the Democratic and Republican parties? Are they not these? The main principle of the Republican party is centralization, the maintenance of a strong national Government which shall work upon and be felt by the individual chizen and not through the State Government. A paternal Government which shall concern itself with the private affairs of the cit;zens of the several States?setting up one and pulling down another?offering rewards and bounties on tbe one hand and threatening force and punish ment on the other ; building up one set of industries at the expense of others : imposing taxes not for revenue ow!y, but avowedly for protection. This principle manifests itself today in two measures?Protection and tbe Force bill. The principle of the Democratic party is the opposite of all this. It denies that the Gen eral Government hag anothing to do with the private aft\irs of citizens or with their local government. It would restrict tbe General Government of the United States to foreign affairs, and to such matters as are specially committed to its care by the Constitution. Tbe Democratic party maintains that the State Government should be left in sole con trol of all matters not specifically committed, to the General Government. The text of the Republican party is found in the clause of tbe Constitution empowering Congress to provide for the common defence "and g?terai welfare'1 of the United States (Art i, Pec S ) That ot the Democratic p*?r!} in the 10th amendment to the Constitu tor:, adopted at the same ;ime as the Constitu tion itself wk3, to wit : That "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Costitn tion nor prohibited to the Statrs are reserved to the Stetes respectively or to the people." All this is familiar enough, une would sup pose. It is necessary, however, to recall these principles and to keep these theories of the Government distinctly before us when we j come to examiue these new doctrines pro pounded at Ocala aud adopted by theConven- I tion of the State, which sent delegates to the late National Democratic Convention at Chi cago.* What, then, is the famoas Ocala platform, now, too, the platform of the Third Party ? Tbe Cotton Plant charges that I take my ideas of the Ocala demands from The News and Courier, and that hence I am not suffi ciently iniormed upon the subject to have an opinion. Waiving that imputation I shall quote the platform from an authority which, I assume, the Cotton Piant will recognize, to wit: 1 The Hand-book of Facts and Aiiance Information," issued by the National Econo mist, January, 1891, immediately after the adjournment of that Convention. From this book I find that a resolution was adopted on the second day of the session pro testing against the Lodge force bill. But this resolution, though adopted, forms no part of the demands of the Convention. It is an ex pression of opinion and a wish ; b'lt its sub ject is not found in the list of the demands of the party. Here are the demands : OCAT.a piatf? RM. We demand the abolition of national banks. We demand that the Government shall estab lish sub treasut Us or depositories in il > several States, which shall loan money direct to the peo ple at a loio rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per centpter annnm, on non-perishable form products, andolso upon real estate, with proper lim\.f.itions -, upon the quantity of land and amount of money. (c) We demand that the amount of the cir culating medium be speedily iucreasesed to not less than $50 per capita. 2. That tec demand that Congress shall pass such laws as will effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural and mechanical productions, providing a stringent system of procedure in trials that will secure the prompt conviction and imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance ivith the law. 3. We condemn tho silver bill recently pas*ed by Congress aud demand in lieu thereof the free and unlimited coinage of silver. 4. We demand the passage of laws prohibit ing alien ownership of land and that Congress take prompt action to devise some pianvto obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as is actually used and ueeded by them he reclaimed by trie Government and held for actual settlers only 5. Bfiieving iu the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we de mand : (a) That our legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. (b) We further demand a removal of the existing heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life, that the poor man ot our land must have. (c) We further demand a just and equitable System of grad uated tax on incomes. (d) We believe that the money of the coun try ?t)ou!d be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all national and State revenue? shall be iimired to the necessary expenses of the Gov ernment economically and honestly adminis tered f]. We (km ind the mo*t rigi !. honest and just Slate and nafio?tal goecrnnreniul control and supervision oj the mean? nj public communication <ni<l transportation, and ij this control and supervision does not remote the abuse now exist ing, we demand the Government ownership oj such ni"i7is "J communication and transportation 7. We dntiand thai the Congress of the United Stales submit an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election uj the United States Senators by the direct vole ot the people of each Stole. OCALA AND JKFKKRSON 1>0 SOT HO TOGETHER. Novv it is plain no Democrat can accept tine platform and maintain the principles of his party, it is useless to attempt to conceal the obnoxious principles it contains by the coat- [ iug of resolutions passed in Columbia declar- j lug that the parties adopting them also j 'end #:.-e the principles as enunciated by i Thomas Jefferson and reiterated by such j staiesmen as John C Calhotin and At.drew j Jackson." The Ocala principles and those of '< Thomas J? ffersoa ?r* diametrically opposed.,] The whole claim ol the Ocala platform is an | appeal ro Congress to exercise powers Jeffer- j sonian Democrats have constantly denied toit. | Putting aside (1) the monetary questions as '. > the currency, t>ut even in which tin re lurks . disi'f iminntioii in f ;v.>r <?t certain States and : Ua?itt J 't rriwy t?v., rh? i--: ol lia Uutted ri"a"/;S; '}. '} \ f) a'iei. o-.Vi.trsbip o? bind which, in this State, is a barren theory with out practical application?the platform is an appeal for legislation by Congress in favor of staple agricultural products ?3 against all other products?against even the great and growing industry of truck farming in the South. Cotton and grain are to he protected ?th. t is the word?and made the lasis of a ficitious credit against vegetables and fruits. The truck farmer on Ch.irle?ton Neck and the sea islands and elsewhere, and the orange growers of Florida have no place in this agri cultural scheme. Then conies the demand as to dealing in fu tares. This is a demand that Congress shall interfere to regulate dealings between man and roan in business ; to prohibit dealing in contracts and futures, and to erect Courts which shall summarily punish all who do so. Then going a step, and a long step, still fur ther, it demands the governmental control of railroads?that is that the United States shall take possession of thpra Did anyone of the May Convention who voted for this pause for a moment to consider what it means? A committee of the Democratic House of Cougres3 bave just unanimously leported upon the Ocnla sub treasury scheme. The following summary of this report is taken from the New York Herald : "The committee of ways and means, through Mr. McMillan, today made a unani mous report adverse to the Fanners' Alliance sub-treasury bill. The report is a long docu ment and discusses all phases of the question in comprehensive style. It begins by defer ring for a time the question of the constitu tionality of the bill and proceeds to state the objections that occur to the committee. They are briefly stated as follows : t(lf there should be a reduction in value of goods after they are stored below 80 per cent the Government would lose; if the value in creased the Government would get none of the profits. "The jurisdiction of the Federal Courts would be increased so as to make them an in strument of oppression to the people. The hill tends strongly toward centralization and interferes with individual freedom. Great fluctuation in currency will follow its enact ment. The operations of the bill would not be confined tc farmers, but the iron man, the lumber man and the manufacturers generally would complain until the Government fixed a limit to possible loss at 20 per cent to them and so on. Tbe government would be usurp ing the functions of the citizens and attend ing to everybody's business but its own. "The inauguration of the scheme would be the speculasOr's delight; he could carry $470,000 worth of wheat with les3 than $05, 000 cash at:d pay the Government only 1 per cent interest. The great increase in the num ber of Federal official-j would make it almost impossible to dislodge a corrupt administra tion. No provision is made for the redemp tion of the many millio1 s to be issued under the bill and banks would have the power to force a destruction of any part of tbe Gov ernment's money. ' The biil is class legislation and it would be unjust to the day laborer and other toilers. People having a particular kind of property to deposit could get money at 1 per cent from the Government and lend it at a higher rate to other persons. Lastly it is, violative of the Constitution, as is shown by citations from the highest judicial tribunals in the land." In the face of this unanimous report of the committee of ways and means of tbe Demo cratic House of Congress, what have the Cot ton Plant and Governor Tillmar. got to say as to the sub-treagury as a Democratic measure ? Is it Democratic to increase the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts so as to make it an instru ment of oppression to the p-iopie? Is it Democratic to support a measure which tends thoroughly towards centralization and inter feres with individual freedom? Is it D"rao cratic to provide that the Government should usurp the functions of citizens and attend to everybody's business bn! its own ? Vet these are tbe things which the committee of the Democratic House of Congress tell us that the scheme will bring about. Have our people already forgotten what the oppression of the Federal Courts may mean ? If they have 1 for one, who was, without fee or reward, engaced in every election case, while Governor Tiilman was quiet'j at home resung there in security because the Dar of j the State was standing between him as one of the Ellenton rioters ami that power, warn him to beware. The Cotton Pinnt had not then sprung up, and so perhaps is not familiar with that page of our history. What has been said by the committee of Congress in regard to the sub-treasury scheme applies with still greater force to the Ocala demands a3 to dealings in futures and the con trol of the railroads by the Government of the United States. Think for a moment of the time when every railroad employee shall be a Government official, and imagine the contest it would take to overthrow tbe party that had such machinery in its bunds Give the Federal Government the power and authority to set up this great agricultural bank?for it is nothing else?give it power to interfere with the dealings between private individuals; give it the control of tbe rail roads, and the force bill follows as the easy and natural consequence. What argument cap be opposed to the force bill when all these powers have been conceded to the General Government? Having acknowledged the right of the Federal Government to interfere with our private ?t;d local affairs why should they not control our elections as well as our contracts ? Why should they not take charge of our polls as well as our railroads ? As I have said, one of the cardinal princi ples of the Democratic faith is the main tenance of the integrity of the States, and the maintenance of them as indestructible, as the union of them has been declared indissoluble. True Democrats, therefore, jealously guard whatever relates to them, and seek to advance rather than impair their influence. Indeed. ? pon these essential principles is the United States Senate based. The people are repre sented in the House of Representatives in Congress?tbe States are represented in the Senate. The little State of Delaware, with one Representative, and the great State of New York, with thirty four, having equal repre sentation in the Senate. But now comes the Columbia Covention claiming to represent the Democracy of South Carolina, and, as Democrats, not only proposes, but demand, that the Congres of the United States x-'bmit an amendment to the Constitution providing for t^e election of the United Stat s Senators by direct vote of the people of each State. Mr. Cai houn, in whose name they dare make this demand, regarded "the Senate as the repre sentative of tbeSfat(S in their corpora?ed char acter." These parties claiming to be Demo crats would do away with this aud have the Senate as well as the House of Repre sentatives to be the representatives of the peo ple. And for what ? What argument h~s been advanced for so great and fundamental a change ? What evil is to be corrected ? What good attained thereby? Upon all these radical demands tbe National Democratic Convention at Chicago h:i3put its foot, ami the honest believers in the support ers of them have gone, where they should go, into the Third Partv, which has adopted them all. No, fellow citizens ! The truth is that no man can serve two masters. No one can be a Democrat and an O calai te at the same time. Col. Dargan, brave and honest man as he is, recognized this difficulty, and though as we deeply regret to say, his convictions have caused him to support these demands, he fol lows them and openlv announces that he is no longer a democrat. This is the trank and honest course for one who, as we think, is so erievonsly mistaken. Wc cannot approve his judgment, but we applaud and honor his manhood. Hut for tho?e who, having obtain ed possession of the machinery of the Demo cratic party, endeavor thereby to enforce upon Republican doctrines, we have no hand of fellowship to extend. They <ire pirates. They shipped on the Democratic man-of-war as democrats?have mutinied I and ^ono over to the enemy ! and with the true Democrats, bound as they think by th? fetters of the May resolutions?flying at the mainmast the Democratic fl-ig, are sailing the ship for delivery with all her pre cious cargo into the bauds of the Rcpublicau party 1 Fellow Democrats ! arise and throw these mutineers overboard ! Edward McCrady, Jr. The above address was issued about a week ago as a contribution to the curent campaign literature. We were unxble to pub!iah it before the primary, but as it contains 8Q much that is true at all times, and is now especially interesting, owing to the political condition ot the Statt, we publish it at this time. Glenn Springs water for sale at l?ughson & Co's drug store in any quantity wanted. There is no use talking, rurthcr Harrison or : Cleveland will be elected unless they take De Wit t'a Little Early Risers. They Lave a "get there" qnaljtv possessed bv no other ;.;!!. J. S. Hughson & Co. j Driak ?.vus. Springs Water fui bcadavLe, : ' U.digc#t'Ou -iwi get.v!:il ?ivb?'ty. This space is reserved for the advertisemement of MISS SALUE E. M'DONALD, who will succeed Miss McElhose, in the Milli nery business, on Oct. 1, SUMTER W. E. & J. I. BRUNSON PROPRIETORS. BngillGS, Boilers an(l machinery of all kinds and descriptions repaired. CirClll?LI* S ?LWS hammered and gammed. IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS made to order; and any work usually done in a first class machine shop or foundry executed in a workmanlike manner PRICES REASONABLE and satisfaction guaranteed by good work. Estimates will be furnished on application. Sumter Iron Works, W. E. & J. I. Brunson, Proprietors, Sumter, S. C. Aug 3 II. S. SIMPSON. A. 0. SIMPSON CJ-leim Springs floteh Spartanburg Co., S. C. Open to visitors MAY 1st. Accessible from the city of Spartanburg by a newly equipped line of comfortable convey ances which meet all trains. For rates of Board, what the mineral water will cure, or other particulars, address, SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, May 11. Glenn Springs, S. C. SumteRj S. C, April 15, 1892. Horses and Mules for sale or hire. Special attention given to the Liv ery and Teaming branch of the business. Good teams and attentive Drivers. :o: Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, Wagons and Harness. :o: Corn, Oats, Hay, Ship Stuff and Peas. All Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Rosendale and | Portland Cement, Fire Bricks, Fire Clay, Fine Pipes, Hoods and Bottoms. FOR SALE BY April 15. Cor. Sumter and Liberty Sts. We beg to say to the trade that, as heretofore, MF Sumter Mouse Will remain open in charge of Mr. H. B. Bloom. The Raving of money is more of an object than ever in hard years, and to those contemplating tho purchase of machinery we offer the opportunity of saving money by dealing direct with manufacturers. With men of ex perience and ability in all departments, and a thoroughly equipped shop at your doors we are able to offer High grades at Low Prices. We furnish competent machinists free of charge to erect all machinery we sell. Call on or address CHERAW MACHINE WORKS, - Engineers, Founders and Machinists, Sumter, S. C, and Cheraw, S. C. KING-MAN & CO. THE GROCERS. 9 We always keep the best CANNED MEATS, FRUITS and VEGE TABLES and sell them at rock bottom prices. We will quote here only a few articles and will be pleased to furnish prices on anything in our line, not here quoted, on application. We handle KINGAN & CO'S CELEBRATED "RELIABLE" HAMS AND STRIP BACON uncanvassed. Martin's Butter and Cheese, Van Derver and Holmes' Crackers, and Heinzs's pickles : 2 lb. Tripe, the best goods, 15c. per can. 2 lb. Roast Beef, the best goods, 15c. per can. 2 lb. Corned Beef, the best goods, 20c. per can. 1 lb. Lunch Tongue, the best goods, 20c. per can. 3 lb. cans Pie Peaches, only 10c per can. We sell the best TEA, Green and Mixed, ever brought to this city at 50c per pound. We deliver all goods bought of us, promptly. KINGMAN & CO. May 4. Wliole?aIe and Retail Grocers* GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Will keep on hand a full stock. We will not be undersold, Give us a call. Save Money. Corner Main and Republican Streets. April 15. _ Howard Fleming^ 276 EAST BAY STREET, .SST IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN CEMENT Lime, Cements, Plaster, Hair, Terra Cotta Pipe, &c, and all Building Material. Orders Given Prompt Attention. Correspondence Solicited Lowest Prices. Best Satisfaciion. Oct 21 o _____ THE SUMTES INSTITUTE. Mas. LAURA A. BROWN, hav ing withdrawn from the Summer Institute, H. FRANK WILSON has been ?ssoriated witli .Miss ELIZA E. COOPER, one of the former Principals, and will under the terms of agreement, assume the control and the ui?n agunirnt of the Institute. "The Twenty-Fifth Coileeinte Year will begin THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 1892, and close on the Second Wednesday in JUNE. 1803 For catafougue nnd terms, apply to either of the undersigned. H. FRANK WILSON, Miss E. E. COOPER, June 27?3m. WOf FORD COLLEGE, SPARTANBURG, S. C. JAS. H. CARLISLE, LLD. PRESIDENT. Founded 1851. Wofford College offers to students in the four college classes two parallel courses of study, each leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in one of which Modern Languages are substituted for Greek. Expenses?Board, tuition, matriculation, washing, lights, fuel, books and stationery the necessary College expenses for the year can be met with One Hundred and Fifty Dol lars. The advantages offered by Wightman and Alumni Halls enable students to meet their collpge expenses with this very small amount. The next session begins the 31 day of Oc tober, 1892. J. A. G A M E W ELL, Secretary of Faculty. Wofford College Fitting School SPARTANBURG, S. C. The Sixth Session begins October 3d, 1392. Boys prepared for College. Expenses covered by $150 a year. Supervision careful and constant. A. G. HEM BERT, A. M., Aug. 3 Head Master. SPECIAL NOTICE. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SUMTER COUNTY. Sumte?, S. C, Aug. 2, 1^92. IN compliance with recommendation Grand Jury, June Term, 1892, the County Com missioners will receive bids to be opened at their office on Thursday, Sept. 1st, prox., for the proper indexing and filing of the Equity Records of S uni ter District and county from A. I). ^?s;o to ls7o, or up to year code enroll ment began. The Clerk of Court ha? kindly consented to exhihit the work that is to be done to aoy one actually desiring to bid ou it. The right, is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of Board. TIIOS. V. WAMSH, Clerk. HONEY FOS SALE. I have on hand a fine lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, for sale by tho gallon or les? quan*.ity. ALSO, HONEY IN Till': COMB. Orders filled at residence, on Republican Street. 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