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Telegraphic Briefs. April 20. The entire business portion of the town of Ardmore, I. T., was destroyed by fire yesterday morniog. The loss will aggregate $500,000. One woman was fatally barned. Morris Deitsch, the Southern Mana? ger, at Savannah, Ga., of the firm of Bennett, Sloan & Co., _f New York, committed suicide in New York last I night. Business troub1O8 is supposed to be the cause which led to the act A ?275,000 fire occurred in Phila j delpbia, Pa., yesterday morning. The New York Biscuit Company and the ; candle aod soap factory of William j Draydopple were the heaviest losers. Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt, when asked j what truth there was in the report that she was about to marry Mr. O. H. P. Belmont, of New Y'ork, would not an sw?r the question. The Soldiers, Colooy Company of Indianapolis bas bought 100,000 acres cf land in a block in South Georgia. Twelve thousand colonists will settle on the land next fall. The Seaboard Air Line announces that it will carry the boycoytte case in to the United States Supreme Court. Fred Nix, the prominent negro politi? cian of Barnwell County, was shot and mortally wounded at Blackville yester? day by B. R. Carroll. The price of petroleum fell to ?2.20 a barrel yesterday-a decline of 20 cents. April 22. Five negroes were lyoched near But- j 1erSpriogs, Ala., on Saturday. They! were the murderers of Watts Murphy, ! a prominent young man aod a nephew of ex-Governor Watts. The elopement of Sol Goodwin aod Miss Elia Jones of Bamberg, was frustrated yesterday by the mother of the would-be bride. Mrs. Jones drew a revolver on Goodwin aod ordered him to leave in a hurry. O. E. Spalding, a Salvation Army leader, bas been arrested at Butte, Mont., for counterfeiting. A lot of the money has beeu found and several j other persons arrested. The scale of wages io the Fall j River, Mass., cotton mills has been increased. Twenty-four thousand per- ! SODS will be benefitted. Telegrams from Birmingham, Ala., state that the railroads have commenced cutting rates to the Confederate Re? union io Houston, Tex., aod that a general rate war is imminent. Spain is alarmed for the safety of her possessions-in the East lodies and will send large bodies of troops to the \ Philippine Islands. The success of Japan is causing great uneasiness in j Europe. April 23. The silver men of Texas are organ? izing aod will make the most vigorous campaign that state has witnessed in years. The London Times is opposed to j European ioterfereoce with the Chino Japaoese treaty of peace. The Chinese government is negotiat? ing at 6 per cent, loan for ?125,000, 000 io Europe. The Tennessee Legislature has adopted a resolution declaring for the free coinage of silver at the rate of 16 to 1. The Pennsylvaoia Railroad rao a traio from Philadelphia to Atlaotic City, a distance of 58 miles in 45 minutes, breaking the record for fast time. Five thousaod omnibus-drivers have struck for higher wages io Paris, and 'bus trafile is almost stopped. Charles S. Wilcox, of Sanford, Fla., committed suicide yesterday. He was depressed on acccuot of his losses dur? ing the freeze. Rabbi H: M. Bieo of Vicksburg, Miss., committed suicide io Birming? ham, Ala.,'yesterday. Cleveland Goes Back on His 'Civil Service Record. The Great Army of Office Holders Expected to Aggressively Fight For the Gold Standard and Against Unlimited Silver Coinage. WASHINGTON, Apnl 22.-A strong and vigorous light against the free and uoiimited coinage of silver independent of international agreement, is to Le made by the administration. With that end in view officers of the various executive departments appointed under the present administration are being urged to orgauize systematically for the purpose of conducting the contest along the iines laid down tn the President's message. Many of the higher oilicials, who enjoy reputations at home as stump speakers, will probably take to the field early in the summer and others are even DOW engaged in writing letters to their local papers or personal friends, impressing upon them the importance of sustaining the administration in the position it has outlined. Federal offi? cers in the several States will be organ? ized as a nucleus about which all who uphold the administration or rather, who are opposed to the free and un? limited coioage of silver, will be ex? pected to rally. There are nearly 200,000 govern? ment officers, postmasters, internal reveuue officets, custom* officers, trict at?orue\K and innumerable tractors scat!' ipd t nroughour the c try. T-'i'-s.- expected to dc aggressive ?^biiag ?u trie Ueld and be amply furnished with documents the necessary sinews of war Washington Nearly all the cal officers will take the stump for ot more speeches. Secretary Carlisle certainly make two or more speech the Kentucky campaign Secrc Morton will deliver an address in cago and perhaps one iu St. L( Secretary Herbert and Congress Clarke will probably speak in Alab; Postmaster General Wilson is b urged to go West and speak in Uli and indiana and may find time to d late in the summer. The President is represented as bi thoroughly ia earnest io the prop crusade against free and unlim coinage of silver, and will leave stone unturned to prevent the free ver sentiment from gaining bead and to crush it out if possible, tariff reform was the test ot party fe in his campaign for the presider nomination, active support of demand for the repeal of the Sheri purchasing clause the test of p fealty in 1894, so in 1?95 the tes party fealty will be uocompromi: 1 opposition to the free and unlim ! coinage of silver by the United St independent of international arg ment. Perfected State organizad with this end io view are now be formed and these organizations will extended to the counties. The North" Can "Compe The South's Superior A?v? tages for Manufacture of Cotton Goods. j Superintendent Walter R. B. WI j tier of the Whittier Cotton Mills i Lowell, Mass, recently returr from a month's tour among; South? cotton mills, with the opinion tba* ! Massachusetts capital is to be inve i ed in a coarse goods mill, that n ? should not be located in the Nor In summing up the results of his vestigation, Mr. Whittier says : "In the first place, it must be : membered that there must be a d tinction between price and cost labor. The payrolls show'that i I average price of labor per day. j eleven hours is about 65 cents in t i South, while in the North it is frc ! SI.10 to $115 per day of ten houi In a corse mill it takes about a hi dred hands South to do what eisrht eight hands'do in the North, b allowing this the saving in cost labor is tremendous. Coal vari from 75 cents to ?3 40. according distance from the mines. Coal Lowell is $4 50. While the rate taxation is fair, the corporations a assessed very low. In one case corporation valued at $500,000 w; taxed on $50,000. Freight on cott< to Lowell is about 70 cents, whi freight on yarn is from 50 to ( cents, and when shipping yarn < cloth we pay 85 per cent as cor pared with 100 per cent paid on cc ton. "While cotton was selling for cents here mills were paying but j cents in the South. There was or mill where the average price paid w; 4 3-4 cents for 1894 For *:iis prie they also got a better handled 3ti ? better colored cotton. In using th ? above figures it must be remembere I that the mills run in the South 1 ! per cent, longer than in Massachi ! setts. Their machinery runs at th ! same speed, and their production i therefore 14 per cent larger, j "The temper of these America I people in the South will brook n ? interference from labor agitators fror New Engkfd, and while the price c ! labor may advance until the net ii come of the operative, above th ; cost of living is as much there as i New England, it wiii be becaus they have become skilled, and whe that time comes New England wi; have to fear competition not only oi coarse goods, but on fine counts : The Southern laborer will becom just as skilled in the use of hi fingers as the Northern after lie ha j had the same practice. The low cos . of living will also tend to kee] wages down. Our laborer here is ai extremist, but there is no such per son in the South, and they are a con tented, happy lot of citizens, j "It is stated that the ?outh cannu compete on account of old ma chinery, but there is more old ma cbinery North than South ; ami how will it be when the Dwight, Massa chusetts, Boott and Merrimack have their mills running South under th( management o? Northern men, and built and equipped with the best talent New England alfords in manu? facturing circles '. Poor management should not be considered in this con? nection, either North or South. "The phenomenal success ol' the well-managed mil's of the South for the past ten years has demonstrated the luci beyond a doubt that thc North cannot compete ::i coarse counts. It is a notable fact that hi the period of depression, while the cotton m:i?s ot New England were shutting down, those <>l the South were running full time, arid instead of passing dividends <>r cutting the same to - or 3 per cent., they con? tinued not only to declare their usual 6 to 1" per cent, dividend, but also to erect additions to their plants, ! and in some cases paid for this in : whole or in part with their surplus. "New England will be obliged to change from coarse to fine counts in the near future, and to save a valu? able trademark coarse mills will be put up in the South by the same capi? talists that own the coarse mills now running in New England. And if ? the labor cost and taxes advance in ; the next few years as they have in the past ten years bere in New Eng land, the fine mid will surely follow the example of the coarse mill, and go South." - ? ? mmw Japan's Wise Euler. The Mikado Issues a Proclamation cf a Highj Statesmanlike Order. LONDON, April 22.-The Central j Xeics correspondent in Tokio telegraphs the summary of an imperial proclama? tion issued to-day to the Japanese peo? ple. The Emperor sajs he is con? vinced that the peace concluded at Shimonoski will promote the national prosperity, w.bicb h?s e~ ? been bis nighest aim. The e .o result of the war had beeu acnieved by the harmonious efforts of the whole nation. The mioister, the navy and the people's representatives in the Diet had done everything in their power to make Japan strong and ready to realize the Emperor's aspiration. They had omitted nothing in perfecting the plans of national defense. The soldiers and sailors of the empire bad won everlast? ing giory by their behavior abroad. They had advanced and fought, un? mindful of winter^ cold or summer's blazing beat, aod they had triumphed everywhere. They had earned a world-wide reputation for discipline and humanity. No praise was too high for their loyalty and valor and the glory both had added to the empire. At the same time, much remained to be done in the march toward higher civiliza? tion. It was to be hoped that the loyal subjects of the empire would realize this and would guard against the dan? gers of vanity and conceit. They should cultivate a spirit of modesty and humiliation and strive to perfect their military defenses, without going to the extreme of national armament. They should promote education and seek to know the refinements, but not the effeminacy, of life. The Emperor rebukes sharply those who in the intoxication of victory seem inclined to insult friendly powers and complicate the empire's foreign re? lations. Now that the breeches of faith bad been repented the exchange of the treaty ratifications should inagurate a period of forgiveness and friendship. Every endeavor should be made to live io peace and good will with the nations of the earth. The Emperor closes the proclamation with the statement that strict obedience to his wishes, as indi? cated iu this document, will be exacted from ali bis subjects. An Experimental Blow Up Accident in the "Dangerous Room" in Patent Office. WASHINGTON, April 22.-The Uoited States Patent Office was for the third time visited by fire about 1:15 o'clock this afternoon. ' The scene of toe blaze was in the southwest cor uer of the basement in the photo? graphic blue print room, close to a crowded public thoroughfare. Mr. Flint, chief of this room, was pouriog ether into a five-gallou bottle when the bottle fell to the slate floor and broke. Mr. Flint began sweeping it toward the door, remarking to those about to be careful with lamps, etc. Some of the fluid reached the stove, and there was an explosion which was quickly followed by a second with considerable force, blowing up about seventy-five bottles Mr. Flint was blown through the door, his head strik? ing a mass of papers io the hallway. ? He arose, his clothing in a flame, and ' rushed for the area, calling for help. Besides Mr. Flint, there were in the room at the time cf the explosion, As? sistant Photographer Theiikill, J. B. Wheat, Jr , J. E. Latimer and Mr. Balckage, assistants. Mr. Wheat was standiug near Mr. Flint and was also blown through the door, his hair ablaze and his clothing icm. He received no permanent in? juries and attended to Mr. Flint. Mr. Latimer was blown through the open window and on to the lawn, and was followed through the adjoining window by Mr. Balckage. who was in the dark room at the time. Mr. Thielkill was blown across the room by the first explosion, and was blown through the window by the sec? ond. His escape from injury was a miracle. His apron was on fire, his head singed, his hat blown into frag mcnts and his coat torn in numerous places. Srorcd iu the room were eighteen galions of collodion, 20'J r?lions of uiher and I (JU pounds of gun cotton. Uf cours?; tliest; and everything else in the room were totally destroyed. By o o'clock ijuict was restored iii the building, and the panic-stricken clerks, marjy ul" whom had rushed our of the building screaming, resumed their work. 'iii.- loss was about ?1,000, principal? ly in Photographie apnaratus M ist ?-i the original drawings were saved, and of those destroyed, a good many can be replaced Along thc halls in thc vi chatty were stored a number of (iles, which contain records of the "{lier aud Other papers, and a great number of these were damaged by water. Public attention has frequently been called to th:; danger to human life aud also Lo public property occasioned by the ex? amination of explosives and by other dangerous avofations, and the storage of great quantities of chemical* iu the Pateut Office. The Patent Office has twice preciously been on fire. lu 1887 a fire occurred there which burned for twenty hours and totally destroyed the museum of the Patent Office, necessi? tating the entire reconstruction of that portion of the Interior Department building. Reports From Cuba. Affairs of the Insurgents Said to be Very Gloomy. From the Staff Cor. of the United Press. Santiago de Cuba, April 21.-Your j correspondent visited many places in the province of Puerto Principe and found everything quiet. No disturb? ances occurred anywhere in the pro? vince during bis visit. Ile then pro ! ceeded to Gibara, where he found j everything quiet and business going on ! as * jal. From Gibara he went to Baracoa, where he learned that the alarm which followed the landing of Maceo had quickly subsided. The town of Santiago is guarded at present by 1,000 troops and four Spanish war : ships are lying in the harbor. Besides these there are 4,000 troops in the vicinity of the town. The total num? ber of the insurgent forces does not ex? ceed 3,000 men, all of whom are con? fined to the interior of the province. The report that Gen. Crombet has been killed is confirmed. Four of his commaad have been made prisoners. It is reported that Maceo is sur? rounded by government troops. The British warship Mohawk is coaling here. Gen. Martinez Campos arrived outside the harbor to-day and returned to Manzanillo after a consultation with Gens. Garich Saledo and La Chambre on board the steamer Villaverbe. Gen. Campos' ultimate destination is probably in Guantanamo. At the urgeot request of United States Consul Hyatt, the authorities have hastened the inquiry in the cases of August Bolton and Gustave Rich lieu, American sailors, who were im? prisoned weeks ago on the suspicion of aiding the insurgents. They have found both men innocent and have decided to release them to-morrow. (Signed) J. FRANK CLARK. Grand Lodge K. of H. I Messrs. Harry Ryttenberg and H. Clare ? mont Moses, who attended the Grand Lodge ; meeting of Knights of Hocor al Columbia, re? lumed to Sumter Thursday evening. Mr. Ryt j tenberg was present as the representative of j Sumter Lodge, No. 1077, and Mr. Moses j acted as Assistant Grand Reporter. ! Among the officers at the Grand Lodge elect ! ed, Mr. H. Ryttenberg was eiected a member i of the Committee on Finance, a responsible ! and an honorable position. ; The following are the new officers elected : Grand dictator, J. E. Holmes, of Spartan burg. Grand vice dictator, L. H. WaDnamaker, Orangeburg. Grand assistant dictator, P. F. Dunne, Charleston. Grand reporter, Rev. G. W. Holland, New? berry. Grand chaplain, A. Buist, Blackville. Grand guide-, J. W. Toid, Seneca. Grand guardian, J. J. Vernon, Wellford. Grand sentinel, J. B. Lewis. Anderson. Grand trustees-G. E. T. Sparkman, j Georgetown ; J. G. Tompkins, Edgefield. j and 8. M. Lebby, Charleston. Representative to supreme lodge (two ! years)-John E. Holmes, grand dictator : : alternate, Rev. G. W. Holland. I A resolution taboring the admission of '? women to membership in the order wai! : adopted and will be'presented to the supreme lodge at its session next month in New York. The question elicited a spirited discussion, many favoring the admission of women to . the insurance feature only and debarring j them from "the ousiness meetings of the j subordinate lodges, while other representatives favored their admission to full aod complete membership. The resolution, as adopted, leaves these matters of detail, should the supreme lodge decide to admit women at all, to that body. THE INSURANCE RATES. How a Reduction of Rates May be Obtained for Sumter. A meeting of the Board of fire Masters wits held on the 17th, at which Mr. Mar? burg, a special representative of the South? eastern Tariff Association, was present. . The insurance rates in force in this city were thoroughly discussed, and the requirements that would have to be met in order to obtain a lower rate. At present no revision can be made and no definite information could be given by Mr. Marburg, as the association has uader consid?ration a general revision of rates throughout the territory in which the association does business. This new tariff will come up before the meeting of the asso? ciation which is to be held during May or June. When the new rates have . a adopted and published tfjerr will be an op? portunity o? obtaining a reduction if the city will make certain changes io the fire depart? ment that will increase its efficiency, give grenier protection and reduce the risk on property. The city is now rated in the. third class, but with a few improvements in the tire de? partment could be placed in the second class. Mr Marburg intimated the changes that would be necessary, and as the expense would not be large the Board of" fire Masters is favorably disposed towards making the changes, lt would be necessary to bave a partly ? :iid department with a few men on daly day and night, horses to pull the hose reeii ?nd aa electric fir- alarm system. Tue ol insurance that would b>- uii !?..)..fi? i v this change in the make i.j? of the ti t .. ii.-:.>, rt ' v."t) ii I ti <-,Vf stananlly mort; than twice ns much ?> the to'rv! additional ex perse-io the cost ot maintaining the de l>-.:< rrnent. li ii estimated that the reduction in i-it?".-* would be not less liiari fifteen to t.wentv per ceo!, on >ii! classes <?* risks. Taking this as a basis che saving io property owners in the city would amount to mort* than $4,000 per vear Tins <nt:r would warrant the needed improvements, ar?d if the Fir** Malters decide that it ts advisable to re? organize the department on the :i *w pian they should, and doubtless will have the support of ttiv City Council and the property owners ot the city. Wedgefield Letter WEDGEFIELD, April 23, ld95. At the school house OD next Friday evening 26th inst., there will he an entertainment consisting of music, tableaux, recitations, etc. etc. It promises to be the best thing of its kind the Wedgefield people ev?r had the pleasure of witnessing. Doors opea at 8 o'clock, acting commencing about 8:30. Ad mission fee only 15c. Children 10c. It will be high grade in every particular, except the price, and that is made low to suit the times, proceeds to be applied towards building an Episcopal Chapel. Besides getting your money's worth it is for a good cause, and a crowd is boped for and expected. Besides the local talent, able assistance will appear from Summerton and Sumter. Farmers are progressing finely with their work. Stands of corn seem verr good, no complaint beard at all. Corn is being plowed. Misses Fannie Brailsford and Caro Belser of Summerton, are visiting the family of Mr. Robt. Broun. Mr. Alva Meliett returned home a few daj9 ago from the Williston High School, where bebas been studving book keeping. Mrs. John C. Singleton bas returned from Columbia, after a two weeks visit there to relatives. Miss Kate Lebby of Charleston, is on a visit to Mrs. D. B. McLaarin. Miss Helen McLaurin of Sumter, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Ryan. Dr. Chas. M. Rees of Charleston, came up this a. m. to visit his family on bis way to the State Medical Association which meets in Columbia to-morrow. -mm < i - Points From Privateer. PRITATEER, S. C., April 22, 1895. Privateer probably has one of the youngest teachers in Sumter County. She is a pleas? ant, bright little girl of thirteen, aDd teaches some of the younger members of ber family. She deserves praise for ber undertaking. By request, Mr. Hiott will preach at the New Bethel Baptist Church (colored) next Sunday night. Tbe congregation will be pleased to see any white friends who may choose to attend. A unique marriage occurred in the town? ship a while back. A Degro wished Trial .Justice Nettles to marry him, and agreed to pay for the ceremony by ditching, which be did. He was married in bis work clothes the bride was dressed up. After the cere? mony was over, the couple walked off eating out of the same tin bucket. There is a ditch by one of our public roads which was dug at the time of the Harrison flood in 1S4G. It didn't bold water again until 1862 and was dry from that year until the las" three years. McD. F. Shiloh Letter. SHILOH, S. C., April 20, 1895. ! About one-third of the farmers in this sec ! tion have planted cotton, and the balance will j commence as soon as the ground is again in a j favorable condition for planting. The recent j heavy rains have set us back considerably, j Rice culture is receiving especial attention | ' this season. The rice machinerv is the stim I alus. j Mr. Daniel Keels having been annoyed so I much of late by half-starved dogs which are ! ! worthless to their owners, but hunt up and ; j destroy every hen-nest in their reach, put : J strychnine in a piece of bread and put it in a . j nest on the ^ight of the 15th inst. The next , j morning finding the bread undisturbed he ? ' took it to the house and placed it on a shelf I for safe keeping, but by some suddeu jAr i which is bard to explain, the bread feil off! and his little '2 ye?.r-old boy, Joseph, got hold ? of it, and child-like, commenced to eat it, but ; before he swallowed any of it. Mrs. Keels', the mother, discovered what he was eating, and : with a quickness only characteristic of a ? thoughtful mother, freed the child's mouth : of the bread containing the deadly poison, and gave an emetic, which had the desued effect; but their little dog ran up and ate the balance of the bread and died in less than ten minutes. The child bas not seemed as well: as usual since its narrow escape from death. | Mrs. Keels is certainly a lady of great pres? ence of mind. Truly, truly, Gen. McCrady's letter in your last issue, "is well worth the large amount of space devo ted to it." OUR GRADED SCHOOL. What a Visitor Thinks of lt. Mr. Editor: Recently I attended, for the first time, the exercises at the Sumter Graded School and having only a limited time, did not visit all tbe rooms, but I saw enough to make me feel proud that the white peoule of Sumter have such an institution. ? was impressed with the decorum of the pupils. All of them are so well behaved and under perfect command. I saw some of them (the smaller one) going through the calis? thenic exercises and all the motions were made in perfect time-clock work coul? not have been more regular. I was astonished at the knowledge the small pupils (aged about 6 and 7) hare of our State's geography. They not only know the counties in alphabetical order, but know their tjxact location on .he map. This knowledge is taught them orally and they know more about South Carolina geography than I did when 1 was eleven years old. 1 was so much pleased with what 1 saw that I thought I would briefly give your reader; my impression. In conclusion 1 will say that the teachers show themselves deeply in earrie?-: about their work, and their courtesy to strangers makes the visitor tee! entirely at home. VISITOR. Preparing For the Grand Lodge. Game Cock Lodge, No. ?7. K of P., of Sumter, will entertain th-* delegates to ihe K. nt P. Grand Lodge meeting, at Sumter, :n May in royal style. A grand banquet and bal! are tu be given, i he follywing com? mittees ?lave beeo appointed : ? Reception Committee-i>. J. Auld. D. (Jove, ii. K. Wilder, .1. A. Schwerin; A. D. Mi-s-s. i". .'I. ?paan, A. Flowers, 2: .M. Stuckey, lt. Davis. .). M. Knight. Toa?i CHM 'ni;" e -.;. S. Hu^bson, T. L\ Richardson, li. ?. Mosvs Supper; Comm i ? tee- U. M. Wallace, G. W. Dick, j . ?. Mai . il. B Blbnio. Finance Co~i:m:te<-?!. F. Wilson, it Schwerin; \>. Wnish, J. H. Levy Ball Com o? i tte?-A. Moses. H. t?. ingram D. Ch mn, 1. ii. .Meses, I.A. Ryt'euberg, !.. Lyons. J. I', (?reen, Jr . L. S. Carson. Typewriter s\ippiies4.at H. G. Osteen s Co's , Liberty street. TIRED, WEAK, NERVOUS, Could Not Sleep. Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Proston. Idaho, says: ;I was all run dow;., weak, nervous and irritable through overwork. I supered from bruin fa? tigue, mental depression, etc. I be? came so weak and nervous that I could not sleep. I would arise tiree, discouraged and blue. Ibecran taking Dr. Miles' Nervine and now everything is changed. I sleep soundly, I feel bright, active and ambitious. I can do more in one day now than I used to do in a week. For this great good I give T>r. Miles' Restorative Nervine the sole credit. lt Cures." Dr. Mile?' Nervine is sold on a positive guarantee That the first bottle will benefit. All druggists sell it at SI, 6 bottles for 85, or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Sumter. S. C. At Cost* FOR CASH ONLY. Ziegler Bros. and Krippendorf & Pitman, Ladies and Misses Shoes. ALSO 30 pairs Misses High Cut Shoes Reduced From $2.50 to $1.25. BULTMAN & BRO. Mch 19-1-52 BARB Y 4r CO., (Successors to K. J. Harby.) Brokers, COURT HOUSE SQUARE. SUMTER. S. C. OATS-Car, Choice Texas, just arrived. FEED OATS-C*r just receiver. WHEAT BRAN. COTTON SEED MEAL-Car just re? ceived. FLOUR-Car just received. LARD. MEAL-bolted-en hand. GRITS AND CORN-Constantly receired. HAY-2 car loads No. 1, home raised, (100 lb. bales) $13 per ton. ORDERS BY SAMPLE FOR COFFEE, SUGARS, SYRUPS, BUTTER, CHEESE, RICE, TOBACCO, kc, ! SOLICITED. STRICTLY WHOLESALE. Jan.2. _ T. C. Scsiffe Would inform his friends <iri ct customers that he is prepared to manufacture TOBACCO FLUES, Any dimension or thickness, more reasonable than any cf his competitors : having manv advantages over them : having 20 vears experience in this kind of sheet metal work. moira Y LOA.* ED. Do yon want to borrow money on equita? ble terms? Do you desire to pay o:T a mortgage arc. re-borrow the money at 5 per cent, inter?s: annually ? Would you care to be so situate'! that you could reduce the mortgage against your home by paying off a small amount monthly . and at the end ot'each year receive credit tor all paid? With interest being charged only or remaining portion of loan. Would you like to buy your family a hont:? Ii" so read the following : 1 represent a Company thar has embodied in its plan all the textures enumerated above ard many more. Gan you se-3 ^ny reason why you should pay a iar?:e interest t.-r money when you have good security? Can you present any good reason uhr i: ?s not *s well to receive profits yearly as to wait from 7 to 10 years as one dots in rae ny o? the .Associations ? Is not the reduction of interest yearly liefer than waiting macy rears ?or profits? Borrowers under tl e plan represented hy me assume absolutely no rt?!< as every dollar paid or. tho loan ts credited on the mortgage, thereby reducing it ia pro? portion to tee amount paid. Bi??idia^r Association? b*v?? t>eh?Sx*c? huiuln ds of" thousands, so did the o?d cars thal w?ie propelled hy horses. is :>s tar superior to Building Associations as tue trolle} cars are to thc old an tic aa ted horse car system. My time is too :v.h occupied tb answer questions u r ''. e cprio .s. hot those seeking information for ?he termer, t of their condition will receive in:i information promptly. We oft r an investment t.". those who bave.a sms i nm^uul -o Mie month-y that "lois no supei ?or : s to safety and seldom equaled for profits Call or write. li KN KV L. B. WELLS, J>ir. 30. Attorney, Sumter, C. H. S.tC.