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i?b?ttaHan?iSofi?iffsa. THE POWER OF MONEY MV. THOMAS DiX?N'S SERMON ON THE ALM?GHTY DOLLAR. fte Sex* CasfftaJ ef the twited State? I? Waafefagtoa, kai Wall Street. New fc-SBaoey gestion? to Predooiimtcr fro? Many Years-Art Awffel Force. &ES CfetAftLfS, Va., Jilly 2-Kev. ffcwmi i Dixon, Jr., has closed his cot fctfi te* Ser July and August' and re? moved, with bl? family, to Cobb's is iaad, on t?? seaside. Cobb's island is ft* Sett island to the south from Broad r, the favorite resort of President : on the Virginia coast. It is a strip of sand, with the ocesc on * side and Broadwater bay on the oth? er. It has been a faisons resort for 3 fot?g number of years for hunters and for fishermen. It is the center of the feunt&g and-fishing district of the east ?a?KJJP&of Yngtnia, Mr. Dixon bq*an today a series of ser? te^ fee contmued throGgh July and tho question of "Money and ityi or, The Modern Problem of t?ie Almighty Dollar.0 Tnemtroduction te ttk?erieB was delivered this morning fe t?? Methodist church at Cobb's island. C ?hroe gh tbs months of July and August ti? hotel and cottage are crowded with nests from every part of the country. Th? audience -was a representative one, otmpuattl cf men of every class and sta? tion in life, but included a larg? number of country peopl?3 in Northampton coun? ty who have grown to know Mr. Dixon daring Ids residence on tue cape*t-hrough ?? past spring months. tie text chosen was Exodus xxiii, 8, fe "And all the people b?ake oaf the aoi?en rings which were in their e?rs ^Sa?texigit them unto Aaron. And he j jfaceipedthemattr^hand and fa^ioned ' a graving tool and made it a taite* calf, end they said, These be thy gods, ? Israel, which brought thee np ' eat of the land of Egypt." ?ODEEJISRAELITES. ^^ine^MSren of Israel, if they were ?be ?rat to make a golden calf and worship ft, certainly have not been the last peo pie gst?ty of this desertion -of the true Goi for the image made with human fends. The problem of money is the problem of the latter days of ?te nine i&a&M^entury!., The problem of money Iwntetti? problem of modern life. It iefhecne question with ?Bach we are ?U mtimste?y concerned from the very be glinwtig of life to its close. It costs money to be born into the world, and under present tarn? schedules it costs moret? die. ??om the beginning to the 1 ?c ls this everlasting money question mortal man is confronted, is the ene magnet _which all other problems at last do center. Man's interest in money ito!? the power by which fee can bom physically and morally . ??n?h roverement uses?bJs magnet r^e?erD>>^n?h man'scapaci^y for army islrequem^ v ?ested. Whennen jaie summoned to entev the army, they ?pe often afflicted with v?^ous distases otsodden development. Men ?re strit ken ?dumban?l deaf in most unaccountable rjFays. A deaf man appears before t\he tPrench tribum? as a possible army : re? cruit Hoof course can hear not hin Jg. The loudesi word of command makes t ?o impression on him. Sa declares through signs that he cannot hear it thunder. After the examination is completed arid <fev&a?beec discharged as unfit for ser v ice, as he departs-Jrom the tribunal 1 tn officer follows Sim to the street arid drops a gold coin behind him on the pavement. Instantly he turns, attracted by the magic ring of the coin, to pick ft np. He is at once arrested and force jd ?atp the army rank?. Itis- a test of mar s tchsracter in a thousand ways. It is ja jtea^ofamation's character. It is the tat ?of .the .nature: of society as well as of in ^ridnaij and nations. i W?B^??>WSSODSB? JXUI?SCE. ^pur own nation is most intimately jconcerned jus?; now with this tremen ?kps problem and its possible develop We are in the throes of a possv 1 > panic that will be an epoch making ; in our history. Men are studying ;the money problem as never before, and ?bey are studying it from the bottom to ti? top. The question of money involved m fl? problem of gold or of silver as a ?standard opens finally the broader ques tion.of the right of money to exjgfc, "y?e Ste brought face $??a?e witji th?^eo rtes promulgated by Ste great" Frenen &?? -German socialists of the past cen? tury. In the theories of the fermera' ADiaoee and -its allied parties we sure jbrought face io face with the reincar? nated doctrines of Karl Marx and Rod These problems .of % money standard and of the question of intrinsic value go to the very heart of the social problem of ?:e century. They will not bo settled in 4 day. Tney will not be settled in one administration or in two. This money problem is destined to make and unmake ries and statesmen for the nest quar of a century. It is the problem of fj?e hour. In the world of politics it is the problem of the future for the pro? foundest statssaan. In our introduction to t?as study we ?Lc not propose to enter upon the discussion cf these prof ound as? pects of thc money problem We shall discuss rather money as tho unit of com? mercial value, and therefore the stand? ard of measurement for economic pow? er-or, in other words, the standard of measurement for wealth. . Personally J ?o not decry wealth or ' fte accumulation. I do believe that it is $ crime fof any man to rear a family in the world and not provide for them. I believe that there is a sin which a man may be guilty of ?bai is worse than the attempt to get money-is is the Yice of tl? spendthrift, and it is a vice of which the preacher is often most guilty. I confess that it is one of my sins. With me, personally, the jnpney problem has been always about thc sr.mo. Six years tago I was pastor of a Httle church in $fowh Carolina, and I ha4 a salary of $00 a month. At t?e end of the month, as ?ou may well imagine, I had nothing, fow, $n New York. I have a salary of about $30Q a month, and at the end of the month I am in debt. I do not believe ^hat thia is right. 1 have never believed it to be right. I have promised and jn'omiseo; to reform. ? am trying tc itudy the subject $hat ? may lead my? self into the fcgb.t, certainly in this feet of the ease. GREATEST PQWE3 03 EARTH. Wealth, in fact, has its deep spiritual significance when accumulated by prop? er ways and sought in the proper spirit. The fact of wealth does no: signify tho jaaterialand the brutal As a nation we are the richest people in the world. We are not therefore for that reason the coarsest. We have vast piles of build? ings, vast systems of railroads, whose Yery vastness, our foreign critics have told us, indicate a coarse view of \ife. The greatest piles of brick and mortar, stone and cement and iron and steel bave "bac1* ?f the matter we see their deeper spiritual meaning. They are tho incarnation of grea^ hopes, noble faiths. They may be crude efforts. They are great, sot for what they are, but for what they promise, for the ideal ot w$?h they axe thg^dim outline. As a nation we should study the m ey problem, and wo should be am< the- first, if not the first, to? solve God has given wealth to us as to no c er people born* on the earth. By Censo? of 3 SSO America had more moi than Great Britain, on whose empire son never sets, whose flag floate fer ev sba and whose* ships ride proudly their anchors in every harbor of World. We had in 1880 Wealth enc* io buy one-half the known world-ian houses, kingdoms, ? .epters, empii Bot after we had bought a hemisph and paid for it we would have mot enough to carve a new nation out of i taderve?opect west. One of the first things that strikes 1 student of economics and of the relat of religion to the great social prob! is the fact that money is the might! power that move? today upon tho s face of modem civilization. We obsei this fact: WASHINGTON NOT TSE FATION'S CAPITA First-In the- power manifested in i making and unmaking of the history governments. Tho center of govei ment of this century is not the politii capital. It is the commercial, the mc ey capital. If we imagine that thf>? ital of America is at' Washington. ' make a ead mistaba. Washington ii very beautiful town. It is handsome laid off. It has some grand boulevan some beautiful streets. It has acres beautiful homes. It is pleasing to t eye. We have located there son elegant buildings. We hove a ve handsome capitol building, of whi some very excellent photographs ha been made by various photographe: It has a handsome dome, with the figu of Liberty on its summit. We have soi other exceedingly handsome buildin that cost millions of dollars. We ha an executive mansion in which the pre dent of the United States lives. It commonly supposed that the seat of go eminent is at Washington or thereabout This is a popular superstition. Asama ter of fact the center of government nl>t at Washington. If you wish to fii the neuter of government in Americ you should walk down Broadway uni you reaoh Trinity church and tum in a narrow lane to the left. Walk dcm this naxroV lane, between those mon tainous biddings that rise toward ti sky, andras sou walk the length of Wa street yomhsl-ye traversed the main co ridor of thiv nanon's capital. Wall stre is^ie center\of rte government of Ame ?ea. {fe naff been* so for a generatioi and ?here nev&r veas a time that it wi more so than to?aj', You may say that we elected M Cleveland presiden t ?of the United Stat by a majority con\monly termed a p Ktical cyclone. Tm? enough. All th* happened, and Mr. Cleveland is in tl pr?siderai chair, wit\ i bis cabinet, au thego^xnment is mmiing along its us? ai cousse. That does iv t alter the si ti ation. if Mr. Cleveland, had dared t stand oj* before the wot: 4 before th election and say ia so manyWords the he was opposed to? the momW policy c the governing tings of Wali% street, h would ?ow ber practicing kfw in fh Mill* building, in th* city ofl Nfew Yor? as a pri vdt? citizen, and the aneares bm ?ens of tho executive ofi^o-worid no*i be on ot&er shoulders. No presicfent ha been elected in this nation within* a gen eration who has not been in perfect ac cord with the kings of Wall street on th money question. Any naran vAo know anything about tho history of this na tion knows enough not to discuss tha proposition. PANIC IN WALL STREET. A short time ago there was an ap proach to a serious panic in Wall street Money rose to IS? per cent. You felt i here. - It was felt throughout the mitten and felt instantaneously. What was th< matter? There was nothing the matte: with the government at Washington The secretary of the treasury was there The money waa all there in the treasury. Nobody had broken open the strongbox The gold reserve was untouched. Tin secretary of the treasury came over tc Wall street, spluttered around for a few days liko a bee in a tar bucket and went back to Washington. The government was all right. It was running with its usual regularity-. The fact is, it could not do otherwise. We have ?n astro? nomical government. It is wound up to run four years. It cannot stop. It ram by the moon, and the sun, and the stars. When the four seasons have passed, tho four years ar3 complete, there is a change of administration, not before. Our government wa? ir. ???rfect run? ning order^bjjt t?lo government had nothjnir v? creation -to do with the real Ste oj \ha people at that time. Finan? cial ruin stared tl?e ?nation in tho face, and for 24 hours we held our breath to know if the Crash would come. What was tho troubler ; Simply that a firm of private bankers in London were about to fail. It was whispered in Wall street on tho day of this panic that Baring Bros. in London, a firm of private bankers, were about to collapse. The money market at once was in a state of wild deKrmm. That nicht ?n the lobby of the Windsor hotel a group of excited money brokers gathered and were discussing the situa? tion. Aman rushed up and had news direct from London that the failure of Baring Bros. would be announced next day. A man leaped from the group, the perspiration standing in great beads on his forehead, his face livid with excite? ment, while he fairly shrieked in reply: **My God, man, it is impossible! Baring Bros. fail? If they fail, tho Bank of Eng? land goes down, and the financial world must collapse. * He could not believe it. It meant with him life and death. And yet tine rumor was confirmed tho next day. How were we saved from finan? cial ruin? It was announced wjth tho announcement of their failure that tho Bank of England-that is, the govern? ment of Great Briiain-^with all its matchless resources, had coma to tho rescue of Baring Bros. and saved them from collapse, Thus was the ^greatest financial disaster of this century averted by the interposition of all the resources ?f tho next greatest money empire to curs in the world. Wo were threatened with ruin in our financial center by whom, by what? England, was threatened by whom? A firm of private bankers had been specu? lat mg in Argentine securities in south America. The money speculations of a firm of private bankers had brought the English speaking world to tho verge of fcnancial ruin. The only thing that po? litical government was in for in that hour was simply ta bring t" e resources of tho empire of Great Britain to tba res? Cue of this private firm of bankers. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. The money center is the center of government. It lias been so through the past centuries. It is m 0t true to? day than at any time within u hundred rears. Thc southern confederacy failed long beforo Appomattox. The south? ern confederacy failed long before a fing?a brigadier general had surren? dered. The southern oonfefleracy had already failed when ti ?ost $100 to buy a pair of cowhideboote, The southe ern confederacy failed fer a very ?mpte reason-not because they had i not soldiers, had not generals, had not $ght&?? genins and were oct desperate, ? They had all theso powers. They had j the inspiration of home, society-tho very foundation of the social life at i stake, Tho sonth failed in its attempt j to establish a nation because they had ; E0 money. Tho center of a nation's \ government in this age is its moi center. This is the one resistless pox of the closing days of the nineteei century, Second-Money is tire greatest po* that moves upon the surface of theeoc world today? There was a time wi ancestry counted, when the pride of J cestry was tho basis of organization lo called high society. Today that pov is money. The power that makes dal prestige-the power that organ!; social cliques and classes-is the mot power. Money can buy its way into* s social order of this century-from 1 honors at the disposal of the queen England down to an entree into Wi McAllister's Four Hundred. It does 1 matter where a man made his money how he made it so he has it. The spi of this social struggle has as its stands of measurement the question of poss sion, the question of brutal succe Nothing succeeds like success is one their vital mottoes. The whisky mai facturer, the brewer, the ward politici who has stolen his money, the Napole of finance who has wrecked a thoosa homes by his gambling schemes, the m who kills pigs m Chicago and them who owns real estate in New York, ? take their seat in the same banquet ha There is no aristocracy of brains and moral worth today in the regnant eire! ot modera society. Money is the mag power that dominates the social sets the present century, THE MAGIC WAND. Third-Money, when properly used, today one of the mightiest powers f good in the world of philanthropy ai of real charity in our century. Mon? is the magic king whose wand opens the human race new empires, new kin doma. It is the power that explores u known seas and gives to humanity tl results for an inheritance even forge: erations yet unborn. It Is the pow* that tunnels the mountains, opens une plored continents, crosses unknow seas and binds the nations of the earl in the banda of commercial if not fr ternal unity. It is the pioneer po wi in this age which leads the vanguai in the army of human progres It is the power that develops ac gives to the world thousands of b Tentions and that has stimulated invei lions to a point at which the progress < the race is the miracle before which tl philosopher stands tn increasing wende: It is the power today that is being use by a thousand ready hands for the sa vation of the race. It is the power th* crosses the seas with thousands of mi chines as messengers of light to work that sit in darkness. It is the power thf prints millions of Bibles and sends thei around the world upon their mission c truth and of life. It is the power thc builds our churches and orphan asylum: hospitals and homes, that builds our pa' .Sees for the poor, and the lame, and th halt, and the blind, and crowns the civil zatiou of the century with its real honors THREE MILLION DOLLARS. A man passing along the streets-c Baltimore hears the cry of a sick chil< and draws his check for $3,000,000 an< builds the great hospital and university with ita 83 magnificent buildings, whos central dome is set with a coronet a tho?gh God had blessed it with his owi hands from the skies. Last summer a I went out of the city on a hot Jub night I heard the patter of hundreds o children's feet in the great ferryhonse I heard their prattle, and their hoister ons laughter filled the building. I asked what it meant? The people in chargt said they were taking the little waif? from the back alleys and crowded tene ments out into the mountains of Penn gylyania for two weeks of life, for tw< weeks of $eld and meadow, of sunlight .Jnatur?ani ?f nature's God. Itmeani SaTuun?fei of httl*W^n faces, grown pale and wrinkled with u?3a?r and with bad food and msufficient c??tnil^ ah<3 hard tasks, would grow young and child? like again; that they would be given life instead of death, strength for weakness, health instead of disease. I saw them with the great bundles of tickets. It costs hundreds, even thousands, of dol? lars to do this work of love. Wh<m Russia sat in her starving hov? els and stretched her helpless hands across her cold waters, it was rich Amer? ica that loaded her vessels to tho water's line with bread and grain, and on swift wings, with tireless lungs of steel driven by steam, we sent our messengers on their mission of love and mercy. And it *5c? f;?msands upon thousands of dollars to send this greeting. Money properly used is the king whoso magic wand transforms the desert into the garden, clothes the orphan, feeds tho poor, dries the tear of the widow and makes the world a place for man to live in. It is this power, properly used, that has milda some names an inspiration to tho rac? in this latter end of the nine? teenth century. There are millionaires today who are making the history of humar? society by preaching in life through tho sacrifice of their wealth in the cause of humanity tho real gospel of Jes as Christ. I know millionaires who aro giving their entire income to the cause of humanity. ?Ind as the multitude passed before the bier of Peter Cooper, with tear stained eyes, and as they cherish his memory today as the friend of humanity, so will they cherish the possession of men of money who havo learned its power and. have conse? crated that power to the cause of hu? manity, which is the highest service of God. The Scarcity of Money. Just now it ts impossible to get mon ey from the Batiks at AhbevilHe, DO matter how good the collaterals may be. While we make no pretense ata know? ledge of nuances, we venture to sug? gest that such times as we now have might be avoided. In our opinion oar banks assume too much the rule, of 'Loan Association/' and seem too anxious to get the money ont of their vaults at the ear? liest possible moment, regarding the days that it may bc locked up as just that much lost to the interest account. Doing almost entirely the business of "Loan A8i!Ociailou8/, they charge a low rate of interest and allow tho mon? ey to re m ai u in the same hands indefi? nitely 'According to our way of think? ing thc business of a bank and that of a loan association is Quite different-? a luan assooiation is always io a burry to get its money oat, it may be, at a low rate of interest, but a bank should always have money with which to do any busi? ness that may be presented, and should charge for the accommodation accord. in? to oircumstauccs By charging a higher rate of discount the money wit) bo left ou hand until such times that great necessities arise and when people in straightened circumstances may bc accutntuodated-^if they are willing to pay for it. Before the establishment of our banks money ia the summor time readily com? manded two per cent., and it could generally bc had. but now we have none and it cannot be had at any price, For short accommodations liberal charges should bc made, aud those wbo object to paying a fair discount, need not get the money, but those who want it and are willing to pay for it, should get it when they want it -Press and Banner. Tbe Philadelphia Record, rn an edi? torial, brings out some statistics Worth aotiog. In lfc90, there were 5,033,650 bales of eottoo exported. The average price was u little above 10 cents a pound. In 1891, the number exported was 5,927,851-average price a little above 9 cents. In 1891, the exporta tis? fell to 5,155,528-average price 8 cents. Th os far for current year ex? portation is 3.978,978 and average 8?. That is not so bad. Yon see in January and February it went op from 7 cents to 10 cents. Bot it fell to 7 cents ?s soon as it was apparent that another big erop was pitching. There is a lesson here if a fellow has gumption enough to leam it. - ? i mmm* The Laurens Advertiser expresses a preference, if the next Governor is to be euch a man as Capt. Tillman, that a third term shall be granted to the incumbent, as it wants the pure stuff and not an imitation. In this preference we most heartily Concor, while not hankering after the particu? lar pattern of a Governor such as fills the office now. But it will be far better for the State and the Demo? cratic party if the reformers insist upon a third term for Governor Till? man, instead of trying to find a counterpart in their own ranks, as they will fail to get his equal in many respects, and the imitation would chiefly consist in perpetuating the most irritating features of his ad ministration, without his ability to keep the reformers together and in? side the party lines. Of coarse, we prefer a different type of man for the office oi Governor, but give us another term of Tillman rather than a resort lo be counterfeit resemblance. The reformers will act wisely* in choosing a more moderate and conciliatory candidate, but the element in thc saddle does not want such a man, for he would be apt to cement the dis? cordant factions to a iarge degree, and then ''Othella's occupation would be gone."-Greenville Mountaineer. -- ? ? mmm? A modest young man who registered at an Island Heights (N. J ) hotel as "Mr. Stevenson, of Chicago," remained there for ten days before it was discov? ered ; and then quite by accident, that he wai the Vice President's soo. '/ Buclilen's Arnica Salve Tbe Best Salve in the world for Cats, Bruises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Uanda Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Emptions, and positively cures Pile?, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. .nrice 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. F. W. JJe Lorme. Par-a-sitri-cide. Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4m If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS DO YOU EXPECT TO BECOME A MOTHER ? "MOTHERS9 FRIEND" MAKES CHILD BIRTH ggf, Assists Nature, Lfss?ps Danger, and Shortens Labor. " My wife Sufferer mor? <U ten minut?e with her other children tn?3 sh? did aU together with her last, after havi?? use* four bottles of MOTHER'S FEIEND,"* says a customer. HENDERSON DALE, Druggist, Carun, BL Sent by express on receipt of price, flaper bot? tle. Book u To Mothers ^mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., FOR SALE BY AU. DRUGGISTS. ATLAHTAg QA. CURE A New and Complete Treatment, . conni:-ting of SUPPOSITORIES, Cepsule? ot Ointment and two Boxf?8 of Ointment. A never-foiling Cure for Piles of overy nature und degree. It makes an operation with the knife or Injections of carbolic aeid, which ore painful and seldom a permanent cure, and often resulting in death, unaeooseary. Why endure this terrible dtaeaa?? Wt, gu?rante*.6 boxe? to cure any ease? You only pay for benefits received, fl a box, 6 for $5. Sent by mall. Guarantee? la*ncd by our agents. CONSTIPATION SS?uS? the great LIVER and STOM ACH REGULATOR and BLOOD PURIFIER. Small, mild and pleasant to take, especially adapted for children's use, sODoeee & cents. GUARANTEES Issued only by DR. A. J. CH IX A, SUMTJER, S. C, NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the p?rpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing M?iffi?its, T?i?s, Etc, And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop has been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone IC. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to inform the public that he ia fully (quipped and prepared to do TIN ROOFING. PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, and aiijibiiin usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS and CRATES. Makes a specially of putting in Electric Belle, Annunciators, Speaking Tubes, kc ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communication? left at Wal6b& Co's Shoe Store or through post o?ice will receive prompt attention. Oct -G- o^ Jos" FTRHAMKT WM. C. DAVIS. KU A AIE k DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Attend to business in any part of the State, Practice in ?. S. Cotrt*. Sept. 21- X,_| DIU. ALVA WHOM DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN & {BROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Rctween Brown & Brown aad Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29. When Baby was sick, gat? Ber Castoria. When she' was a ChiSd, she cried for Castoria. When she became &?6s, she clung to Castoria. Wien she had Cfr?dre?, she g?vsihexu Castoria, SCRATCHED TEN MONTHS. A troublesome skin disease caused me to scratch for ten months, and has been Bg^KB cured by a few days' use of M. H. WOLFF, Upper Marlboro, Md* SWIFT'SpEOiFIC I was cored several years ago ot -white swelling In my leg by using KjRgjg and have had no Symptoms of re P??^y>1y turn of the dis? ease. Many prominent physicians attended me and all failed, but S. S. S. did the -work. FAUX, W. KIEKPAXEICK, Johnson City, Tenn. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis? eases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Kipans Tabules cure the blues. C. 0. BROWN I BRO. COLUMBIA, S. C. DOORS, SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR Ireiehs?McaiiWMofGte PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Of cr? by Mail. C. 0. BROWN k BRO Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, ?. C. Oct 5-0 Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO., 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA AGENTS FOR THE "DENSMORE," TIJO Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for al) kinds of Typewriter novelties and supplies for all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neostylcs. The DENSMORE is the latest achievement of the Densmore family, by whom its predecessor, the Remington, Was developed. It.has fixed type-bar hangers and non-vibrating-two points which iosure lasti?g aligomeot. It is the most modern and practical machine on the market. The DENSMORE is used by the famous Carnegie Steel Company, the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, the Rapid Addressing Company of New York, which exhibits 16 Densmorea in operation at the World's Fair, tbe New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, R. G. Bun & Co's Mercantile Agency. Some of the U3ers of the Densmore in Columbia, are : The Evening Journal, Jones ? Mixson's Business College and Typewriting School, Richmond and Danville Railroad, Master of Trains' Omeo, Judge S. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insoraoce Company, Benedict Institute and others. We can supply dealers at good discount. City Dru- Store. ^^^^^^ain St. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Urags and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair* Brushes Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kals?ffline. all colors for rooms, Artists' Paints and Brusher Luster' Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, lanterns, Shades, Wicks, Chimneys, &c. TOBACCO AND CxSARS. Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." SepSO FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. "TBE SI 00 HOVE." WELL ! NOW ! ! Whether the Sun do move, or do not move, we are not here to discuss-but will leave that to our more lear . friends-but we are here to say that we have a LINE OF SHOES that must move, and that at once. And if PRICES and QUALITY will move them, then they will be walking-and that at once. We have a Gents' Satin Finish Shoe, in Bals and Congress, for $2.00, that can't be sold by any other house for less than $2.50 to $3.00. It's just the finest in town. Our Ladies' Button Shoes at $1.25, Are Beauties. Just come in and examine these Shoes before you buy. They are all guaranteed to be "ALL SOLID LEATHER," or money returned. Buy your shoes from us and save from 50 cents'to ?1.00 per pair. KINGMAN & CO. Glenn Springs Water, ls unsurpassed and invalids find sure and speedy relief by its U9e Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver and General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hcmorroid.s Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Homaturia, Rheumatism, Catamenial Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. For circulars containing certificates, etc., apply to Paul Simpson, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. -FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr. McKagen, J. S. Hughson & Co., J. F. W. DeLarme and W. R. Dslgar, Jr. for Infants and Children " Caa tori a Issn well adapted ter children tha? I recommend it as superior to any prescription Lnows to me/'' IL A. AKCHEK, 3?. D.T 111 So, Oxford Ztr Erooklyn, K Y. **?he uso of 'Casioria is'so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse ii. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castorfs, vrithia easy reach.** CAEUS ?AHTTN, D. D_, Kew York City. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MLXRAT STREET, NEW YO?K CITY. Castor?a cures Colic, Const?pct?oo. Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea, Eructation; Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes? di? gestion, Without injurious- medication* "For several years I hare exxxnumeru?e? your 'Castoria,'' and shall always continue to do so as lt has iavariably produced beneficial results.'* Enwnr F. PARDEE, 3L 125th Street and?ti?. Ave., New York City, J. F. W. DeLORJf E, -DEALER IN Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds'of Druggist'? Sundries Usually Kept; in a First Class 3D ir LIS Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, &c, also Paints, Oils, Van?sne^ Glass Patty, &c, Dye Staflb. Physician's Prescriptions carefallj compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will Bud my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. LUMBER YARD. I am prepared'to furnish at shortest notice, Lumber of all Grades, Delivered in any part of the City, at LOWEST LUMBER Prices. E. H. HOLMAN. ESTABLISHED 1868. Watches, Diamonds, Sterling Silver, Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. HEADQUARTERS FOR WATCHES. JAMES ALLAN & CO? Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specter oles, Drawing Instruments THE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE. RELIABLE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief Inspectors of Watches for South Caro? ma Railway, Atlantic Coast Linc and Southern Division of Three Cs Rail Road? JAMES ALLAN & CO., jv?w g 285 King St., Sign of P-sm Clock. Charleston. S. C. SUMTER Iron Works* W. E. & J.? BRONSON^ ^PROPRIETORS. Efl ffillCS Boilers aD<* machinery of all kinds and description? repaired. Circular SaWS hammered and gummed. 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. TT. E. & J. I. Brimson, Proprietors, Sumter, S. C. t^g=*North Main Street. Aug 3 Ii. JE. JLeCrRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Engraver, At C. E. Stubbs' office, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. ATTENTION,COTTON GINNERS ! IAM PREPARED, with the best appli? ances -o far known to renovate Gio Saw Teeth, Stripped and Broken Teeth cut in with stamp and die, Short and Misshaped Teeth gummed out and shaped with reciprocating file gummer, awd ail teelb pointed ?vith Duplex tiler, making the round or needle point. Eleven years experience warrants me in guaranteeing satisfaction. Telegraph and P. 0. address, St. Charles, Sumter Countv, S. C. J. MERRICK REID. May H. I Livery, Feed and Dray Statte. WE desire to state that we are now better prepared than ever to famish first* ciass Livery and Drays. Thankful for patronage in the past, which has exceeded cur most sanguine expectations, we hope by close personal attention to merit a continuance of same. Hauling of all kinds solicited. Your's to please, W. J. HERRON k CO: If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDINGr Road Cart, AT A REASONALE PRICE, GET A< Geiieseo-, GEO. 1 WM & SON, Wholesale Agents,. Charleston, S. CL WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Ear ber. MAIN STREET, Next door to Earle * Purdy's Law Gffietw SUMTER, S. ?. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of Sumter and vicinity that I have opened business on my owe accou J tat the above ?ld stand, and that with competent and polit? assistants, I will be pleased to serve thea in any branc?* of cay business in the beat style of the art. Give me a cati. WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19. liiuans Tabules cure headache* Ripans Tabules cure jaundice.