Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?k Ito?iuau aili) jsoaibraa. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27,1895. Entered at the Post Office at Sumter, S G., as Second Olas* Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C A. Ellerbe-M*re for S*U Harbv & Co.-Wholesale Brokers. The Sheriff's Snle of a $45,000 Stock. J. Ryttenberg & Sons-Don't Miss a Good Tbiog ... Brown, Cuttioo k Delgar-Clothing Em poriom. _ .""piTfiSONALT" Mr. E. 0. Ingram spent Sunday in the city. Mr T. 0. Sanders, of Hagood, was in the city Monday. Mr F. M. Beckham was in the city Son day. Dr. W. W. Sibert.has returned from At? lanta where he spent a week. Rev. Jantetr.McDowell, of Manning, was in town Monday. Mr. H. W. Hood went to Atlanta yes? terday morning via Augusta Mrs. D. Morris and danghter left this mor ai nz for Atlanta to spend several days. Mrs. E I. Reardon and daughter have gone to Charleston to visit relatives. There will ne services at the Presbyterian Church on Thanksgiving Day. Judge J. H. Earle spent last Thursday in eth city Mrs. J S. Har?8e!l, of Mt. Pleasant, id vis? iting at Mrs R M. Mike!!'? Mr. R P. Williams spent Sunday in the city. Mr Hort Stubbs left for AtUnta yes day morning. Messrs. B R. Sanders atid E. I Reardon are attending the U S Court now io session in Columbia. Maj. and Mrs. Marion Moise, Mrs.? E. W. Moise and Warren If oise went to AtUnta on the early train yesterday uiorumg. Mr. TOD? P. Warner, who has -been stop? ping in this'city for teveral mooths, left last week for Jacksonville, FU. Mr. Brainard Wilson,Ins gone to Clanton, Ala., where-he has been elected principal ot the school of that town. Miss Harriet Kershaw has returned from Camden, where she has been visiting friends and relatives. Mr. L. W. Cros*wclI and bride, of East over, were in the city last week visiting rela? tives. Mrs Creswell was Miss Meta Howie, nf Lydia, Darlington county. Mrs. H. Ryttenberg, Miss Fannie RyUen berg and Mr. Sol J. Ryttenberg left yesterday morning for Allant?. Mr J. E. McCutchen, of Mannville, was in the city to-day and will leave to-night for Atlanta. Capt. J ,H. Collins, of the Bishop ville Railroad is in the city to-dav. He will ieave in the morning for AtUnt? where he will Spend the remainder of the week. The Graded Schools wt!l ??ave holiday on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The In? stitute will have holiday on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. H C. Williams, who has been visit? ing Mrs. Neil O'Donnell, has gone to the Exposition, from whence she will return to ber home in Social Circle, Ga Mr. Beverley Stokes speot Sunday in the city. This is Mr Stokes' first visit to Sumter in several years and his numerous friends were glad to see him. Capt C. L. Williamson, wife and daugh? ter, Mr. J. Ed. Stuckey, *Mr. George G. Cooper, Mr. J. W. McCoy, Mr. W. T Brog dOQ and wife and a number of others from this county left on the 9.45 train for Atlanta. The party of Exposition visitors that left on the.early train yesterday morning was the largest that has yet goue from Sumter at one time. In the crowd were Mr. S. J. Ryt? tenberg, Mrs. H. Ryttenberg, Miss Fannie Ryttenberg, A. B. Stuckey, Esq , Miss'Lizzie Stuckey, Col. J. D. Blandiog, Geo. F. Epper? son and a >n, Mrs. H. Harby, Horace Harby, jr., Mrs. Jimmie Brennan, Miss Gertie Epper? son, Robert Wingate. M.A. Strauss, Meyer Mittle, Mrs. John M. Tindal and Miss Beulah Tindal. - i ? -i The office building of Purdy & Reynolds, in the rear of the Court House is undergoing thorough repair and will be refitted for oc? cupancy within H few weeks. Two horse sales were tn progress Saturday OGeat thestableof Weeks & Co., the other at H. Harby's stable. Some very good horsrs were sold. The auction sale ?f horses b?s knocked a big hole into the legitimate horse business. : Mrs. M. E. Law, of Elliotts who was in ?own Saturday morning received a telegram at 11:30 o'clock stating that her soi?. Zin, bad been accidently shot. The telegram con? tained no particulars but stated that the boy was seriously wounded. The Western Union Telegraph Company yes? terday posted a bulletin informing its patrons that all messages west and north of Tennes see and Kentucky are subject to indefinite I delay on account of a severe sleet storm new raging in the States of the Ohio Vnlley. A sudden fall of temperature may be anticipated. A hawk measuring 27 inches from lip to tip was killed Saturday near Mr. J. F. Pate's residence in this city, by Alic Zoole, a col? ored boy in Mr. Pate's employ. A remarka? ble thing about the killing is th??t it was done with a sling shot at a distance of about 75 yards. The hawk was on a b*y stack and the boy had a bullet in his sling, j There is a case of real destitution at the j factory that will appeal to the charity of the | charitable. George Cato, one of the factory j hands, bas been ill for more than a month with malarial fever, and now has a severe j case of pneumonia His mother, avery aged j woman, is bed-ridden and the entire family are in want of the necessities of life. The latest combination to raise prices is ! that of the celery growers and dealers The j celery men of Kalamazoo, Michigan, have combined and put up the price fifty per cent. I so that those who delight to tickle their j palates with the succulent weed will have to go down in their pockets a little deeper for j their Thanksgiving supply. Messrs. A. B. Stuckey, T. S. Stuckev, j W. W. Stuckey, Charles Stuckey, W. S ! Dinkins, R. L. Wright, Re?. C. C. Brown, j aod Capt. Brock, returnd last Ft ?day from a j deer bunt at Harpers, Williamsburg county, j They were quite successful, killing five deer, j several turkeys and other game. Deer are ; found in large numbers in that section, and ! all sorts of game abound to such an extent that it is a real paradise for sportsmen. The South Carolina Conference convenes at j Rock Hill on Dec. 4th. Bishop C. B. tallo way presides. Arrangements are about com- : pleted for the entertainment of this large I body of ministers and laymen. Fare from! Sumter is So.G5 for the round trip. Tickets j on sale from 2nd to 7th December, inclusive, | with final limit Dec. 13. agjessie Wilson and John Mack were arrested Monday afternoon for interfering with per? sons on the street. They were before the May- ? or Tuesday morning for trial and were found guilty. Jessie Wilson was given his choice i between $10 or 20 days, and John Mack wes ; sentenced to pay|$5 or serve 10 days. j DEATH. Mr. James Reynolds, of Stateburg, died this morning at 2 o'clock, after a lingering illness, aged about 32 years The funeral services will he held at the Church of the Holy Croas^ Stateburg, on Friday morning at IO o'clock. Mrs. Armita H Cohen, widow of the late Marx E. Coben, died at the home of her son in-law, Mr. A D. Moses, in this city, on Sunday morning about 3 o'clock, from pnr alysis with which she has been afflicted for several years Mrs. Cohen was a native of Charleston, and a daughter of the late Sura Harby, of tint city, but h*s resided in I.swwr ter since 1869. She was 75 years of age, and leaves.several daughters, two of whom, Mts. Altamont Moses aud Mrs. DeLeon Moses, live in Sumter Her only son was killed iu the Confederate Army. Mr. T. R. McCutchen, of Manville di?d Mon day morning about 1 o'clock, after an illness of less than a week, of pneumonia. Mr. McCutchen was a yonng man, not mote than 35 years of age, and his suden death was entirely unexpected. The funeral services were held that afternoon. Col. R M Seabrook, for many years clerk of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, died on last Sun? day at the home of bis daughter, Mrs. Jas. S Hamilton, in Atlanta, G?. Col Sea? brook resided with his family io Som'er for several years just nfter the war, at which time he Held tne office of Register in Bank? ruptcy. Col. Seabrook was a member of the weil known Seabrnok family of Edis'o Island and was an educated and cultured gentleman of the "old school," and will be remembered by many of our citiz-ris for dignified ap? pearance and gentlemanly courtesy to ail with whom he came in contact. MARRIED. Mr. Augustus T. Cooper and Miss Minnie McCutchen were united, in marriage at 5 o'clock list Thursday afternoon, Oc? tober 2l8t, at the residence of Mrs Hannah McCutchen, the bride's mother, near Wisackv. this county, Rev W. J. McKay, D.D. officiating The marriage ceremony wa- performed in the oarlor, which was tastefully decorated with flowers, and was witnessed by only the immediate family and a few intimate friends of the bridal couple. The guests were assembled it: the parldr, and promptly at the hour as the first chords of the Wedding March were struck by Miss Tenie Montgomery, the bridal couple, preceded by the bride's maids of honor, Misses Hannah McCutcheo, Mary Beck McCutchen, May Ervin and Rosa Cooper, came io. Dr. McKay performed the marriage ceremony brieflv, but in a particu? larly feeling a-d impressive manner. The bride was attired in stylish and be? coming travelling dress of liebt grey, Hnd during the ceremony, held in ber hand an exquisite bequet of wh.te chrysanthemums. Immediately alter the ceremony Mr. Cooper and his bride left for Mayesville to rake the train for Atlanta, where a .part of ?be honeymoon will be spent. Mr. Cooper and bis bride have many friends in this city, both hav? ing attended school here several years ago, the bride having been one of the most popular and lovely graduates of the Sumter Institute. Mr. Cooper is a graduate of the South Carolina Colleee in the class of '92, aod his many college friends through? out the State will unite in wishing him every happiness. Since leaving college be has de? voted himself to the management of his large plantation near Wisacky, and despite ibe unfavorable conditions existing during the 'ast few years, be bas by the exercise of energy and native business ability, been un? usually successful. Not a handsomer, nor a couple more deserving of every happiness have plighted their troth in many a day. May their future life be as bright as "loves' young dream," or better still, as clear, calm and beautiful as their marriage day, and as full of the sunshine cf happiness. On the evening of the 14th instant, at the residence of ?be bride's parents, Mtss Meta Heaner, of ?bis city was married to Mr. Thomas E. White, of Sumter. The morning after the wedding, the couple took the train for Atlant?, whence, after a few days at the Exposition, they left for Sumter for a short .visit to tbe relatives of the groom, after which they returned to the city and will tender a reception tonight-Orangeburg Times and Democrat, Nov. 20. Mr. E. B. Durant and Miss Hattie Wilson, second daughter of Mr. Joseph E. Wilson, of Magnolia, will be married this evening at the residence of the bride's parents. The con? tracting parties are two of the most popular young people of Magnolia and their many friends unite in extending congratulations and good wisher Religious. There will be services and a sermon at the Church of the Holy Comforter to morrow morning nt 11.30 o'clock by Rev. John Ker? shaw. There will be Thanksgiving services in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow at 12 o'clock. The Union Services will be held in the Presbyterian Cburch on Sunday night at the usual hour. Rev. J. W. Daniel will preach on that occasion. Rev. John Kershaw will preach and con? duct services at the Church of the Holy Cross, ! Stateburg, on Sunday morning at ll 30 o'clock. This will be the last visit that Mr. Kershaw will make to Stnteburg for the pur? pose of holding services before removing to Charleston. i _. , -_ Our Advertisers, Brown, Cuttino & Delgar announce a lot of Clothing to be sold at great bargains. Hav? ing bought a few lots at greatly reduced prices, they will sell them accordingly. Also holiday goods and Novelties. O'Donned & Co.'s Special Announcement, i to which reference was made last week, ap? pears to-day. Read it and see the great re? ductions made in prices of Carpets, Blank? ets and Capes. These prices are for every day, but the advice is to come quick as the j goods are moving. J. Rettenberg & Sons have a new adver- ! tisementof special sale and reduced prices, j Read it on third page. j "Seiz?d By the Sheriff' is the title of a i new advertisement to-? ay, aooouncing the I bringing to Sumter of a $45.000 stock of clothing and shoes to be sold on account of a Boston firm who seized these goods and are forcing the sale The goods will be opened on Saturday n?xt on Liberty street, in store ia rear of the store o: the Dry Goods Com- j nany. Harby & Co., Wholesale Brokers, have a ; new advertisement, announcing 500 tons j each of Guano, Acid and Kainit and a lot of i other goods in their Warehouse. Mule Sale. Twenty-five mules ranging from fourteen i to sixteen hands, four to seven years old, i wili arrive at Weeks and Co.'s stable on ' Thursday and Friday, and will be sold : cheap. FULLER BROS. & BRISTOW. Nov. 27. Celluloid sheets, various tints, for fancy : work, for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. THE LITTLE BED OX. JohD EUerbe Sold it But it Be loDged to Morris Green. Thursday just as day begun ?o break negro ro??n came into town driving a small red ox. The police immediately tonk him under surveillance and as soon as the at.i mal was cfiVred tor?ale, the negro WK* ques? tioned as to where he got the ox, etc He told a perfectly p'ausible S'ory, and Assistant Chief Weeks bought the ox himself and held it for some hours, expecting thnt some one would come to c airn th*; animal As no one came he sold the ox to Mr. Jacob Brad wei I. At ll o'clock Morris Green struck town and Mr. Week* soon knew his tale of wo*. And then the hunt for John Ellerby began, but he has not yet been found. There were three coaches filled w'th Ben rett8ville and Darlington people attached to the regular morning train for Columbia yesterday. They came down on tfce C. S. and N. train and were transferred to the Columbia train. At a meeting of the Board of School Com- j missioners held Monday night, Principal H. Pearson of the Lincoln Graded School handed in his resignation. The resignation was accept- j ed and J. C. Whittaker-was elected to fill 'he I vacancy. Prof. Pearson, prior to his accept- j ing the principalship of the Lincoln School | filled ? chair in CUflin College. Since he j has been in this city he has taugh' with a ! degree of success that was creditable to him? self and gratifying to the School Board He resigned to accept a more lucrative Dosifion in Georgia. His successor was principal of the school for two years immediately subse? quent to the organization of the Graded School system and gave thorough satisfac? tion The wife of Mr Leonard Wells, ot East Brimfield, M?ss , h?id teen suffering from neuralgia for two days, not being able to sleep or hardly keep still, when Mr. Holden, the merchant there, sent her a hottle of Cham? berlain's Pain Balm, and asked that, she give it a thorough trial. On meetiog Mr. Wells the next day be was told that she w?s all right, the pain had left her within two hours, and that the bottle of Pain Balm was worth $5 00 if it could not be had for less For sale at 50 cen's per bottle by Dr. A J. China. Mr. Dave Browder, of Broader A: Whitt's Monumental Works. 462, 464 and 466 Plum Street, Macon, Ga., will visit this section shortly with a large line of new and original designs Parties contemplating purchasing Marble or Granite Monuments ?.nd Iron Fencing will please examine designs and get ! our prices before placing their orders The highest grude of work and very best mate? rial guaranteed. Nov. 20-tf. The crowds going ro Atlanta this week surpass all expectations The trains this morning were filled *o the utmost limit ?nd SOT e of the coaches were =n crowded that standing room was at a premium. On Thanksgiving Day Atlanta will have more South Carolinians within her gates than any city in the State of South Carolina can boast of. The cry is now "On to Atlanta!" and the fy>uth Carolinians ate going hy thou? sands. Every town, Tillage f.nd hamlet i3 sending reptesentatives, aud the day will be "Carolina Day" in truth. Those who have not been to fee the Exposition, and do not fea?- a crowd had better go and take in the sights on Thanksgiving Day. Tie crowd itself will be a show worth seeing W.P. Durant and Peggy Johnson, colored, were committed to jailThursday night under a warrant issued by Trial Justice Parrott, of Bi8hopville Friday morning they ware arrest? ed uader a warrant issued by U. S. Commis? sioner Norris, and the trial has been fixed for Monday week. The arrest of these parties ciused considerable excitement io Bishop ville on Wednesday, and at one time trouble of a seri?os nature was* apprehended, but fortunately wiser counsel prevailed and the excitement subsided. The cause of the trouble was the writing by Durrnt of an offensive le?er to a lady and forging another man's name to it. Patrick H. Morgan was taken up for drunk and disorderly conduct on the streets Thurs? day night, but was dismissed Friday rooming. That night be was drunk again and was re-arrested. He wandered down in the vicinity of the depot and about dark was seen lying at the foot of an oak tree on the sidewalk's edge near Kennedy's store on the corner of Main Street. Later in the night Mr. R. L. Murrell passed the man vrho hailed him. Mr. Murrell took no notice of him, and Morgan commenced firing his pistol. None of the halls passed in close proximity to Mr. Murrell, and it is not known whether he was just too drunk to shoot straight or wa?? not j shooting at Mr. Murrell, with the intention j to hit bim. Morgan was arrested by E. F. I Soutberland the depot watchman, who turn- ; ed him over to the police Morgan was be force the Mayor this morning who sentenced him to twenty days in jail or to ps.y a fine of ?10. Morgan belongs to the Michigander gang from Rimini, which bas periodically painted Sumter red for several years past Morgan is in rather a bad plight having a very severe unhealed scalp wound, which he says he received by falling from a trestle. His bead looks more like some one bad been operating oe him with a hatchet. Good advice : Never leave home on a jour? ney without a bottle of Chamberlains' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 7or sale by Dr. A. J. China. The stockholders of the Sumter Manufac-i turing Company met in the Y. M. C. A. j Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock, pursuant to the j call of the committee appointed at a previous j rr ie ing to take charge of the preliminary arrangements for the organization of the company. There was considerable discus sion as to the line of manufacturing the com- j pany should undertake, but no decided j action was taken, it being deemed best to j leave this matter to the board of directors, j The organization of the company was per- : fected by the election of a board of directois j composed of the following gentlemen : W. M. Graham, J. S. Hugbson, H. Harby, Abe Ryttenberg, Marion Moise, R. P. Mona? ghan, C. G. Rowland, J. F. Laugbrey, N. O'Donnell. The officers of the company will he elected ? at the first meeting of the board of directors. J The capital stock of the company is being j paid in with promptness as each installment falls due, so that the men who have been the i promoters of the enterprise from its incep- j tion are very much gratified with the present i outlook. - mm .???. - A cup of muddy coffee is not wholesome, j neither is a hottle of muddy medicine. One j way to know a reliable and sk:llfully-pre- ; pared blood-purifier is by its freedom from sediment. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is always bright j and sparkling, oecause it is an extract ; and not a decoction. Christmas Goods. The first lot cf Christmas books, in the j newest and prettiest edition, none like them ever before seen in this city, hf.ve been re- 1 ceived by H. G. Osteen & Co. Thereare new i books and standard books, but all in new ? bindings. Ask to see the 50 cent edition- ; More books will be received at intervals be? tween this date and Christmas. - MMD- ill m - The novel, entitled "The Hand of Fate," by Miss Kate Lilly Blue, of Marion. 8. C., is 1 for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. x$ A Lot of Clothing ^ Y* to be sold at ?>/ \e\ s/ B Great 7 \o Bargains? % Read ! ?y 'S? -.- w \?> SUMTER, S. C. $?/ wm - 0 We have been successful in purchasing a few lots of Clothing at greatly reduced prices, therefore we are able to give you an elegant Black Cheviot, well worth $18, for $12. Five or six different patterns to select from. We can give you an all silk ini? tial handkerchief for 25 cents. Our Clothing we are selling very cheap. Don't forget us when you want to give pre? sents. We have the kind you want. ms -IN Neckwear. ff We Can fy Please You i? In Our Line. Visit The Clothing Emporium. % GL Lively Times have been the rule ir. business circles since TIMES the fall season opened and cotton jumped up from four to eight and a half cents. Sumter has been the liveliest place in the State, aud LEVI BROS. have had the BIG liveliest sort of time in their store Crowds flock there to get a few of the great Bargains They offer in all lines They have a LARGE and complete stock of GEN? ERAL MERCHADISE and the wants of all per? sons are supplied at the Lowest Prices ever heard of. In fine Dres3 Goods, Trimmings, Prints, and Domestics they can defy competition. The Shoe AT Slock is large and the prices right. Try a pair and the only trouble you will have will be in wearing them out. But it is use lees to attempt to enu? merate the bargains or to describe the stock. Lev Bro6 are well known. All who deal with them are sure to be satisfied. A large lot of new goods received this week ; see them before buying. Levi Bro$.3 Main Street, Sumter, S. C. Oct. 6 O'Donnell & Cu's SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ^Jjarpets 9 lankets and apes The demand for carpets has not been up to our expectations, and if price is any inducement, we are determined to move them, and quote the following reductions. Ingrains-former price 30c. now 17 l-2c. Ingrains-former price 40c. now 27 l-2c. Ingrains-former price 50c. now 37 l-2c. Ingrains-former price 65c. now 47 l-2c. The latter number is an all-wool 3-ply-and excellent value. In Body Brussels and Tapestry we are closing out our 65c and 75c. grades at 47Jc. We carry a complete line of samples of Velvets, Axminsters and Body Brussels, which we are selling at very close figures, and can guarantee the delivery of them in a week. Ill i A fil U \L ^M success nas **** exceeded our expectations. Our stock in this line has been H Aft P afk replenished weekly. Our prices have been the talk of the town and country. Iii r~Z %& etti Ar A JU w*Y addition to a large and varied stock already on hand, we have Just Received About 50 Garments, And they are such excellent values for the price, we cannot avoid making special mention of them: No. 801-A very neat double cape, trimmed with braid, well worth ?2.50, at SI.35 No. 826-Beautifully trimmed in braid and two rows of fur, good value for ?3.00, only $1.85 No. 81G-A black beaver cloth, handsomely trimmed in braid and . jet-a $5 garment our price, $2.10 We have a few of those Silk Velvet Capes left, that we will close out at $3.50-former price $5.00. ?H?0?RS llave been the wonder of every one who has seen them. Only one verdict-What excellent values. They are so superior to the goods of Northern manufacture, that we cannot sell the latter except at a sacrifice, which we have decided to make as follows: The $4 00 Grade at $3 00 250 " at 175 T?R?HEEL?BLANKETS ?? The 84 50 Grade at $3 50 " 3 50 " at 2 75 The $2 25 Grade at Si 50 We have DO special days for tbe sale of these goods. Our friend* are welcome to them as loDg as they last, but wc would urge early selections as they will not stay loog at prices quoted. While wc make this special announcement: of Carpets, Blankets and Capes, our friends must not forget the fact that our stock is comple:"! in every departmenr, and a large and competent force of salesmen ready to serve them. Nov, 27 SUMTER, S. ?.