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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2S, 1895 Entered at the Post Ofice at Sumter. S C, as Second Class Matter NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. Barby-On hand. City of Sumter-Oidioance. Estate of Augustus Sanders-Citation. Personal. Hiss Kendrick, aunt of Mrs. J. Diggs Wilder, is very sick. Miss Beile Sanders left for Bennet tsvil le Monday oo a visit to Miss Alma Breeden. Miss Bessie Pittman is spending sometime with Miss Eliza Cooper. Geaeral Superintendent. Curtie Millard, of C. S. & N. R. R., bas returned from a trip NortjB; Mr. Sam Pringle has been very sick for the past week at his home in ibis city. Mr. Mood Smith, of Walterboro, who has been visiting iu the city has returned home. Mr. Richard S. Hood left for Tucson, Arizona, Sunday on a thirty days visit. Mr A. H. Ebberbart spent Sunday in the city and left for Bennettsviile last night. Mr. Milton Dargan, who has been spend? ing a few days here returned to Atlanta Mou- j day morning. Mr. Bartlett, of the firm of Aldstroff & Bartlett, of Baltimore, Md., ism the city. Mr. J. M. Richardson, of Panola. Claren? don County, is in the city to-day. Rev. H. M. Mood, of .Manning, is iu the city'visitiug his son, Dr, J. A. Mood. Mr. G. S. Maxwell, of Richmond, Va., or the Mason Telephone Co., is ip. the city. Deputy United Sutes Marshall Emanuel, has beets sent out io Texts for a prisoner, by United States Marshall Hunter. Mrs. E. C. Rotholtz of Darlington, daugh? ter of Mrs. Theo Phelps, is in the city oa a visit to relatives. Mr. J. Stuart Sooth left on Thursday for Lexington, Ky., to attend oostness col? lege. Miss Aonie Stubbs bas returned to Latta, S. C , after s. pleasant visit to her ao?t, Mrs. M. F. Pate. Mi?s Mand Lomax, who bas been visiting Mrs. R. H. Bakery left for home in Colom? bia on Monday. Mr. B. D. Mitchell and family removpd from this city to Kingstree last week. Sumter loses a good citizen in the removal of Mr Mitchell, and his friends hope to have bim back again in time. Ti? post office at Wilson, S. C., on Cen? tral R. R., was ordered discontinued, but the Post Office Department has reconsidered the matter and ordered it to be re-established, an*2 he old postmaster, Mr. W. L. Burgess, has been re-appointed. The subscribers' list to the Sumter Tele? phone Exchange is increasing of late. A telephone is a very convenient thing in a store, office or any place of business, or a residence. It saves many miles of walking aod lots of*1 time- The celebrated Mason Telephones are being pot in GOW. MesSrs. Eogene 0. Ingram and Frank K. Winn will shortly open a first class faucy grocery storev and will keep a select stock of groceries, confectionery, fro Us, etc., io the store now occupied ry Vir. Henry Weinberg next to the.old Simonds National Bank Office on Main Street. They are deserving young men and the writer trusts they will succeed. Messrs. John W. and Dan J. McKeiver, the well-known Sumter contractors, leave for Georgetown Monday afternoon to commence work on the handsome and costly residence of Mr. H. Kamhski. The poeple of Georgetown can depend upon it that they will have in their midst two gentlemen, who throughly understand their business and do honest and first-class work. It is the opinion of some of the police fore*, and citizens that horse setting on the public street by auction is a nuisance and should be stopped (except of coursc Sheriff and Master's sales.) The sale of horses by B. Clark & Co , on Liberty Street Saturday, blocked up the sidewalk and street, and it ts not right. The presence of the two only policemen on duty ii? - the day-time is required at these sales and the rest of the city is left without police protec? tion. -William Hudson, a colored switchman at the C. S. & N. R R. yards, died suddenly at his home Saturday. Be complained of a severe pain about the region of his heart and laid down on the bed. Before a doctor could reach him he was dead. Hudson is the switchman who had one of his feet so badly crushed under the wheels of a locomotive, int the injuries sustained at that time are not supposed to. have had anythiug to do with his death Mr. William M. Lewis, General State Secretary of Young Men's Christian Associa? tion was in the city las: Saturday. He is traveling in the interest of the Y. M. C. A. and arranging the progremme for the Y. M. C. A. State Convention, which meets at Aiken, February 14th. Mr. Lewis is arrang? ing the programme ?cd has Rev. C. C. Brown, D.D., and Rev. T. G. Herbert, both of Sumter, down on the programme for addresses He says that the members of the association are taking unusual interest in the State Convention, and the Covention of this year bids fair to oe large and enthusiastic. Justice Wells got on his dignity last week about spectators expectorating tobacco so promiscously upon the floor of his office, ile said be was not disposed to be picayunish but he wa3 tired of the filthy habit of people spitting all over the office floor, and he in? structed bis constable to arrest ?he first person who spit OH the floor and that he would fine the offender $5. This order had the desired effect and no more spitting was done at that iriai. The parties who h>id spit tobacco juice in puddles all over the floor come to the conclusion that S5 a chew was too expensive ''chawing" fur these times of 4j cent cotton. It would not be a bad idea for City Council to require hotel porters to stand off and let passengers getting off of the train decide for themselves wb&t hotel they wish to go to. Let the porters stand off and tf?Ik for their respective hotels and let the strangers give thfir baggage to the one they like. Both of the Sumter hotels are well-known by the average traveling mau. The practice of par? ties rushing up and seizing valises is nn pleasant'and unnecessary. It is all right tor the parties to drum for their hotels, but a great deal of confusion would b* avoided if passengers were permitted to quietly go to either of the hotels they know best or prefer. A large crowd of peop'e attended the great horse sale of Clark & Co., at J. W. Epperson & Co's stables on Liberty Street Saturday. Many horses were sold and knocked down to the highest bidder for cash. The horses were bought comparatively cheap. Mr. Clark, the horse-seller, and a white mau named Strictland, so it is said, were arrested by Assistant Chief of Police Weeks for cursing on the streets. Strictland resisted arrest and on the way to the guard, house started to run hi3 hand ic bis pants pocket, but the policeman was oo to bim, and struck him over the ann with h:3 stick. The blow was not severe. Both men put up money for their appearance before the Mayor Monday morning. The money wa3 refunded and the case dropped. MARRIED. - j Mr. Herbert Bryan, of Sumter, and Miss j Ella Caroline Yancey, of Richland County, ( . were married ?t tb" Church of the Holy Comforter at 5 o'clock Fr?day afternoon, ; Rev. John Kershaw officiating. RELIGIOUS NOTES. Rev. T. G. Herbert preached to the inmates ! at the poor house Sunday afternoon. Rev T. ft. Herbert preached to a crowded noose Sundiy night on the subject : "Who is my neighbor ?" The subject WMS tieated in a ciear uno impressive manner; Mr Herbert is growing rapidly in favor and it)fluern e and j a large house of worship ha* already fceeome a necessity, the preseut Chapel being too ?mall for the growing congregation. The singing there is Said to be the best iu the ci ty It has spirit and life in it. Tbe Methodist Church is making arrange? ments to have their building ligtred by elec? tricity. A side walk h as been built on the South side of Harvtn Street from Liberty Street to Dr. Boss*rd s. City Council is now very hard pressed for j money, and executions will be issued against : all delinquent taxpayers as soon as the time J of the notice expires-. \ There are a great many negroes loafing 1 around the city now doing nothing, hunting employment and fiuding none. Times must be very hard with them. How they live i9 a mystery. There nre said to bs a number of cases for selling whiskey without special ?. S. tax ? waiting the action of the Deputy U.S. Marsbai! upon his return. None are reported for Sumter Ci'y. We have heec requested to s'*te tba' the announcement thar ?here would be :ir> extra ! Communication of Claremont Lodge, No'. 64, ! A. F. M . next Thursday night, was a mi - I take There will t'e no Coinmuntctttori on J thai date. j Julius Wilson, colored, ebbet ?<?ven ye?rs j old, accidentally strueij 'he seven-year-old ! son of Martin Butler it- the ti^v.-i with the ?harp part of a hos. Ai o ti da \ ?>i u-moon, in flirting ?. severe and painful wound. The j injured boy wa* knocked senseless for some ! time. The two boys were piaying wit ti tue i hoe when it accidentally iel i upou the he-ii J of Martiu Butler's son. Messrs. J. \. Schwerin, H. M. Sander?, j Dr. E. Alva, Solomons, Dan J. McKiever, R. T. Carr, J. Diggs Wilder, L. E. L-Gr.nd j and Earnest Bnltman started to Wedgefield at 2 30 yesterday afternoon, on their wheels. I Messrs. Sanders and Wilder turned '-nek a? it looked so much like rain, but the others went oo aod returned about 5 ZO p. ra. A considerable number of negroes in Sum? ter are being evicted for non-payment ofret-t. In most cases the landlords nave been very indulgent with them, but the negroes being without employment cannot po tent. The condition for them is bar i. 0 ?e negio ex? pressed it during the recent severe cold weather by saying they were fteeziug and starving. A good maoy of them will be com? pelled to get away from here. Sumter's futare as regard railroads seem to be agitating tb" minds of Sumter people since the order of the United States Court for the sale of the C. S. & N. R. R. Every one, of course, knows that the Atlantic Coast Line wlli be theowuerof the C. S. & N , aod that Sumter will not have a competing line. Furthermore ir is ?eared that the railroad shops will be removed, and ?hat new lo omo tive9 engineer?, firemen ar.d train bands- will j be put on by itie A. 0. Line, and that would tb:ow lots of meo out of employment lu j j addition to this ir is feared that me head j quarters of ?he C S. & N , will be moved to ? J WilmingtonC . and ali of th" ofificeru ano clerks will be thrown out of work. These fears, however, may oe groundless 1 and the A. C. L . may conclude not only to keep the C. S. & N. shops here, but to ru-.ke : them larger. Sumter has a great many citizens in the C. S & N. R. R. offices, iu [ the shops and on the road that she would re- 1 j gret to ?ose, and lhere is scarcely a person iu j Sumter that would"??ot*be delighted to know ; ? that aii of the C. S. & N. officer?, clerks and j emplo\ees are to be retained and allowed to ; j make their horans in Sumter. ! Citv Council held a special meeting Monday , ! morning As complaint WdS made about an . noyance of travelers ai depots, by hotel por-? j ters, an ordinai.ee was* ordered drafted, the j ; substance of which will t>e that it shall be. j unlawtu! for any person or persons represent- ; j lng any hotel, or boarding house, or any ; line of business, or representing himself or j themselves in any Hoe of business to solicit i patronage of any passengers at auy of ?be d-j : pots. The penalty upon conviction for ! violation of said ordinance wiil be $5 or 20 ! duvs. i Council also ordered the laying of a brick j crossing on Liberty Street from Po?office to i J. Ryttenberg & Sons' sidewalk. Mr. Harry I Ryiteuberg furnished the brick for this j crossing free of charge. Council also ordered the ayir>!T of 4 brick crossing on Liberty ! Street, som-.where in the neighborhood of St, j Joseph's Academy, and ordered the Mayor to I purchase two car louds of suitable clay to be u?C'i on Liberty Street, between Karvin . Street and M. Moran's store at C. S. k N. de ' pot. Mr. E. E. Rembert, who has been nomioa j ted fer Alderman, was interviewed and a?ked '? it he had made up his mind to be a c11 i date. ID reply he said that he. had never I been a candidate for the cfTice. and while he ' sincerely appreciated the honor und confi I dence of his friends, who urged him to oe a : candidate, still he would 'nave to respectfully i decline. He said marty citizens had been to ' him and requested him to allow his name to ; be used as a candidate, but while be would i be willing to serve this city in any capacity i that was necessary, consistent with his busi ' ness, interest and citiz-nsbip, still he did not , care for the position and his name is now with ; drawn. Mr. Rembert would have made a fine alderman, and bis many friends regret ' that he will not be a candidate, but believe 1 that he is acting for what he thinks best The declination of Mr. E. B. Rembert to be n candidate for alderman leaves the race t?e ween Messrs. Herman Schwerin and J. E. Laugbrey. Theie are eight days, however, between now and the (lection on January 29. and there might be another candidate or two put in the field, but so far no other candi? dates have Leen announced. The city cf Sumter is assured of a good alderman in either of the above mentioned gentlemen, and thc contest will be friendly. --?av * ? ? * - Entertainments. The King's Daughters will give a Quaker Tea at the old Jervry House on Friday eve? ning, February 1st, at ? 30 o'clock. Ad? mission 15 cents ; refreshments free. There will bea Zoological Party in the S. L. I., Armory, Masonic Temple, on Thurs? day '-veiling, January Mist. Tbe pro-teds will be devoted to charitable purposes. There will be an Orgau ilecitaf and Con? cert in the Church of the Hoiy Comforter, on the evening of February Mb. The Ladies' Auxiliary, of the Y. M. C. A., wiil give an Oyster Supper to-morrow eve? ning. The proceeds will be used to advance i the work of the Association. The entertain : mern will be given in the Association hall. Rend Ayer's Almanac,which your druggist I wil!gladly band you, and note the wonderful* j cures of rheumatism, catarrh scrofula dyspep-. ! sia, eczema, debility, humors, and sores, by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the only sarsapa I rilla admitted to the World's fair. TEE COUNTY BOARD OF COM MISSIONESS. : The Couii ty Board of Commissioners rae1 ye day for the purpose of transacting business postponed from the meeting held recently, which wa3 the first tnetting of the | board. As soon aa the Board was called to order Mr. P E. Thomas introduced a resolution inviting the representatives of the newspapers : to attend the meetings of the board The . resolution was adopted and a committee np- j pointed to notify the newspaper men. Clerk of the Board, T V. Walsh, rend the ? last ret-ort of the County Treasurer, ' which j showed that $1,347 we e in his hands to the ; I credit of the B;>ard. The question, of dis j i nursing funds was then ta?en up It wa3 j suggested-that the custom of paying claims i j according to priority of date be continued, j j but was of the opinion that it would be ad- j j visable to pro rate the money among the j ! claims p-:sed and ordered paid by the old j j board. Other members gave '.heir opinion on ! the subject, and inquiry was made in regard j to the provisions ot the law. The law being j ii'ent in this particular, it was evident that j the Board would have to make its own regu lati?os. Mr R. C. Blanding moved that ali j claims outstanding ngaist old board be paid j as customary, as ibe money shall be reported j available by the Treasurer. When a'l these ? claims have been paid the Board will be in a | position to make other regulations. The i mo i ion was adopted. Mr. Thomas asked j that lae Board be informed what the claims I outstanding amount to. Col. Walsh suid that I j ne could give the information, but that it j j would require some time to put io shape He j j was rtqu.-sted to have a statement i;i readi- ! j ntss for the B-..ard at its next meeting. Mr. W. (J. Cain discussed the natter of j paying the claims and, in view of the f?it:t ; i that lie did cot thick it advisable io begin ; paying tnr dams until the Board was ' *wnre of the amount oursranding against : : me B-'.i'd, moved' :i::i! Mr. Blinding's ! j motion be iecunsiflered. Tb*s was adopted ; a'.d the mather referred nutty the next meet ! iog of the Bonni. An application of Mr. Henry J. Karby ' j for au option on the issue of county bonds ! j was reid K> desired the refusal of the I f.uire i>?i:e or' $15,000 >:t par f.>r a period , i of thirty days. The ?pplieutivti was re- ! ? ceived as !cf.>rmation The election of Superintendent of the '? ? Poor tlmiie was i^xi next taken up. i T?ere '.vere e^ot applicants: W. A. Spann, j R J. Copeland, B A. Hussey, J. T Deas,! ?C. J Jove, J. H. Cbewoing, R. W Jen-: I kins and Miss M. V. Durant. The bids ! ranged from lo cents a piece ??er day lor ; each pauper to 23 cetus ea-.:h. Miss Dum tit was selected o.*4 thc; first na Hoi Her bid ? was 19 cents per pf.iip'i-r. >-iiss Durant is a rjaugb'er of the Ure So perin tenden r, D Reest; Durant, and since r::* devin has bad | charge of jhe Poor House. Dr. H M. Stuckey tins eUs-red physician | j for ?he Jail and iV.>r House al $70 per year. ? i Dr. A. C. Dick was the ouiy other applicant. The payment of debts contracted by the J ? township boards was discussed at length j i The Board wa? divided in opinion. Several ! j thought mat no claims could be passed and j j ordered paid, except at a meeting of the j i County Board, while others tu.?ught that the j power to contract debts carried with it the j right to order them paid ; and that when tr.e I i work had been dons and accepted by a town ; ship board, th>.i the township board should ! : have the power to authorize the Supervisor ; to :ssue K certificate, and that the County i ; Board could at its regular meeting approve ! al! certificates thus issued. Tnere were gcod i reasons to support both position;. To re-j quire a person v: ho ?tari done work for the ' County to wait three months for the approval ; of his account, would oe a hardship. Yet it \ would be unsatisfactory to empower each township with authority to disburse the Count} funds. It was finally decided to empower tow::- j ship boards to iet out contracts not to pxceed $20: ?nd to ootain the opinion of the; Board's le^a! advisers. Maj Marion Moise came before the Board : 1 and stated that as the amended law h td not j yet bt;eu printed, a::d it was impossible to obtain a. copy of the law, he was not pre- ' pared to give an opinion, but advised the \ Board in genera! terms how to proceed. Reparing the bridges at Durant's Crossing ! on Lynches River was discussed and the clerk directed to communicate with the ? Supervisor of Florence Conni r, in regard toi it. The condition of the C<f<e Savannah road i was brought up. The township board of .Sumter Township, and the Supervisor were I directed to take steps to put tn,.- road ?ri con- [ diriou as soo? as possible. Messrs. R. M Cooper and W. K Cross ?veli, were directed to give out a contract tor repairing the Outlaw cros.-ing ou Scape O'er Swamp. The Board adjourned to meet nu February 22nd. - Organ Recital. The lovers of music and singing should ?.ear in mind The or?r?n recita! and concert at the Church of the Holy Comforter on Febru? ary 5th. The concert will bi? under the auspices and direction of Sumter's efficient and well kno?n music teacher, Mrs. Joh:; Kershaw, ' and the best talent of the ti tv will take Dart. The Independents Come to tho Serateh The following letter from a member cf Del? lar Reel Squad No. 3. of Sumter, appeared in The Statfot'ye*terd*y morning Below will :-e found a reply to Ibis Je*t'. r aiso taken from The Slate : SUMTER, J'U?. 17. 1305. To the Editor of The State: When the Del gar reel team ?quad of this city, was in Co? lumbia during fair week and won the ritces there entered, several of the members of the independent reel squad were very anxious for K contest with us and went so far as to put up a guarantee that the rate would be a: ranged. Now, we have waited patiently for some length of time to hear from these gentlemen in regard to the proposed race, und, not hearing anything we think the forfeit should be pfiid over tc the gentlemen ?rom our city who took the wager offered by some or" the Independent men. Wbatsayyou? (?. The following is the reply of the Indepen? dent Reel Team to thc inquiry of the Delgars, of Sumter, published yeterd.iy: To the Editor o? Thc St itt: In reply to an Krude signed "G"in Thc Slate of today, in reference to tnt' proposed reel contest between the De'gars. of Sumter, and the Independents, (if Coiurabiu, which was referred 'o the In de:.dents for answer. ! desire to inform ' (? ' and th ?.public that the wager was made, and 52(J a side placed with J L Mimnangh, stakeholder, with the following conditions: That the time and place of contest :.i oe se? lected by a committe appointed from cacti team. We have a committee appointed for thal purpose, which wiii be pleased to meer a committee from the Delgar team an.1 complete arrangements. As lo forfeit tog the money now in Mr. Mimnaugh'a banc's, we did not put it up. with that intention. The elgar team should have communie ' " the stakeholder about the matter. GEORGE B. RADCLIFFE, President Iud. F. Co. As the Independents were the challenging party it was their business and duty to notify Delgar No. 3 when their committee was ap? pointed, and a3 they never did notify the Sum? ter team the Delgar squad thought that the Independents did not waut to ruo. Florida on Wheels. The "Florida Roiling Exposition," which bas attracted so rouen attention all over the the conntry, is now making a tour of South Carolina, and will be at the Atlantic Const Line Depot in Sumter on next Wednesday, January 30, from 3 a m to 9 p. ra. It represents Florida in general. It con? tains a complete and marvelous state exhibit and 140 French pinte bevel glass mirrors, which produce ? charming effect. The car is built of Florida wood ; it cost $20,000; has traveled through 20 stales, ?nd bas been 8eeo by mure people than any other car on earth, and besides all this it contains live alligators (secured bj strong burs in a tank). Tbe car and exhibit is in chai ge of General Wanton S. Webb, who was a commissioner to the world's fair The visitor will r?e astonished to leam what a school of information concerning the land of flowers this "rolling pai?ce:' is. The car affords oue of the most complete exhibitions of the kind ever shown by MAJ state.-Asbue lor, Mass., Herald. The car will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m . and the admission is 10 ceote to defray inci? dental expenses. About 5 o'clock Friday afternooo an otu house on the old Richardson place, on Liberty Street, occupied hy Mr. R. T. Carr, was discovered lo be on fire. The fire alarm was rang and the Fire Department responded promptly, but the fire was extinguished with? out the aid of the firemen About seveu o'clock fir? was ?gain dis? covered. This time under Mr. Carr's dwell? ing. Mr. Carr extinguished the fire without help, lt was evidently the work of an in? cendiary. It was fortunate that the fire was discovered. The biiek for the street cross; ng to be pu down OB Liberty Street, from Postoffice io J. Ryt:en?-erg ? Sons' slots-, have tiren ?iven 'o ?he ciiy free ot charge by Itytfenberg's brick yard. Come aaatn Mr. Harry. Dr. Browne will only rem.iin here for this week, and from the evidednce or bia excellent professional work here, every person having defective e\es should avail ".themselves o? bis services. No charge for consultation or exam;: arion. Hood's Pilis 'act-easily, yet promptly and effectively, on the ?iver arni bowels. 25c. n>nx^(ii:3i:ii)i>i::;:::i!i;:ii:iiKCinii:ii.'it!i::i:r?i:i!:ii:ni::c Z I I When this disease gets hold of you | = -with all its accompanying tortures, = = vou require a rc:ncdy about which = ? there is no uncertainty-something = = that will quickly drive out the cold, | = restore thc blood to a normal condi- ? = tion, leave you free from aches and = I pains, and prevent any distressing | S after effects. That's ? = No other remedy so effective, none | = so certain of results. Teaspoonful ? 1 doses in hot milk or water, every | I 2 hours, will break it up in a sin- | 1 gie day if taken when first attacked. | I PERRY DA VIS & SON Providence, R. /. ? SuafiniuiiTjnuuini:iumiiE!ii;a:iU^i<uu??iuii]:!tcriiii? TS. A DVERTISEMEXTS of five lines or less I J'\. ^i'! v'e inserted under this head for 25 ' cents for each insertion. Additional lines . 5 cvn is Der line. N Kerosene Oil io our convenient pump cn. '.!'rv it or.ee. _CONSUMERS' OIL CO. TO TUP] FARMERS.-Just arrived a Car of Cotton Seed Meal. Will exchange Meal for Seed Will tie To the advantage of the farmers to see nie before buvinpr. Jan. 16. W. Y L MARSHALL. TTTASTE MEAT SALT for sale by the W ton Ge". I) Shore & Bro. Ja" l<j St HHO RENT-A Farm situated two milts I from this city. Eighty .-.cres of cleared land : al! necessary buildings. Apply to W. H. Commander, Sumter S. C. Jan.. lo TTfAXTKlJ TU SELL-'J4 shares of V\ Sumter Bi?fc Siocl;. Apply toT.J. Tuomey. Dec 19-4t. nnO RENT-House on Calhoun Street near JL C s. & N R R. Apply to W. F. B. Haynsworth Sept. 12. m^y - ' ---C- PM mi ? I -- mill -- HARB Y $ CO., (Successors to H. J. H::rby.) Brokers, COURT HOUSE SQUARE. SUMTER, S. C. OATS-Car, Choice T;-xas, jost arrived. FEED OATS-Car just received. WHEAT BRAN. COTTONSEED MEAL-Car just re? ceived. FLOUR-Car just received. LARD. M EAL-bolted-oo hand. GRITS A N D CORN-Constantly received. HAY- 2 car loads No. 1, home raised, (len lb. bale?) $12 per ton. ORDERS BY SAMPLE FOR COFFEE, SUGARS, SYRUPS, BUTTER, CHEESE, RICE, TOBACCO. 4C, SOLICITED. ST RICTLY WHO L FSA LE. Jan. 2. Claremont Loflge No. 64, A. F. M. rpHE REGULAR MONTHLY COM.MU JL NlCATiON of Claremont Lodge, No. o4, A. F. *' will be hald on Thursday Evening, Fe roary Tih, at 1h p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order, A.C. PHELPS, W. M. H. C. MOSES, Secretary. Cost ! Cost ! Commencing We offer our entire Stock, except Gro? ceries, at Cost until the 31st instant. if ? '?5 5 neil a Headline as this "used to" attract attention, "bot it aint so now." Want to tell SHOE BUYERS that they are not selling at Cost, but all of their large Stock of SHOES were bought 'with the TARIFF OFF, And they say they can sell you Shoes at a small, legitimate profit cheaper than some others will at Cost, # you buy SHOES made of LEATHER. Then, too, they have ^1A7 ASSORTMENT, full and complete, which you dornt find everywhere this Season. Hunters can be suited to Rubber Boots, or Waterproof Leather Boots. If you are looking for a MCE SLIPPER for a present, you will find them there. The Leaders, Monaghan Building Sumter, S. C. East Main Street, 4th door from Liberty St. Dec 19. The time has now come when you must think of FALL Ss WINTER PURCHASES, And we want yon to connect these thoughts with ir i nm ?imnrsn SJ If ? fe i I lili Our preparations have been made with a view to offering buyers great latitude choice in We are now ready to submit the STOCK winch represents our taste and judgment to the critical test of pub)ic opinion, and hope to hear your voice in the general verdict. It represents the best the Market affords both in MATERIALS AND STYLES, and the Prices are the Lowest that can possibly be made. Before you make your selections we respectfully ask an ex? amination of our Goods. We shall not request any one to buy, feeling that, if our Stock will not make Bu vers, nothing we can say will win custom. A half hour spent in looking over our ASSORTMENT will give you a fair idea of the Popular Styles, and we can only hope that it will be as much pleasure for you to see as for us to show our Goods. YTTENBIRG & SDNS, N. W. Cor. Main & Liberty Sts., Sumter, S. C. New York Office, 84, West Broadway.