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Cte Stockman ait? J^on?koi. ? WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. 1896. Evttre? at the Post Ofice at Sumter. S (?., as Second Glass Matter. SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Soutb C-irolioa College-Fall Session. Candidates-A D Moses for Coroner. H&rby & Co.-3,000 Bushels Coro at 45c. D. Jas. Winn, Agect-Columbia Bicycles. I Johnson Hagood, Chairman-Citadel Va? cancies. PERSONAL. Mr. Phil Miller was in town Mondar. JJiwJ?iUie D Barrett ;* visiting friends at ^JfViaacky.^v * Mr. E. W. Dabcs, of Salem, epent Monday in the city. tfri Frank K. Winn bas returned from Charleston. Ber. W. J! Dowell, of Hagood, spent Moo day in this city. Miss Edna Flowers bas gone to Bisbopville to visit relatives. Mr. E. 0. logram returned from Charles? ton Monday morning. Mr. E. Manley Btadham, of Packsvilie, is visiting Mrs. B. J. Grier. Jtfiss Addie Auld has returoed from a visit ?tofriends io Darlington. Mr. A. B Stuckey, who b?sbeen quite sick for several weeks is out again. Mrs. J. D. Joye and children, of Lamar, %are visiting relatives in this city. Mr. aud Mrs. B. W Butler have gone to Florence to speDd several weeks. Miss Jessie Folsom has returned from a * to friends io Clarendon County. Mr. Marx Cobeo is nt home from Clemson oliege to spend two week's noliday. Mr. aod Mrs. C. G. Rowland have gooe to Henderson, N. C , to spend several weeks. MifS-'Eleaoor Thomson is visiting Miss Mamie Du Bese at her home m the country. L Mies Paulice Michel aod Miss Blake of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. Ella Beweon. i ? Mr. W. A Mcilwaine hag gone to New York to spend several weeks of bis summer vacation. Mrs. E. A. Branson aod M&sr-r Raymond Dick, ot Camden are sheading sometime io this city. Miss Clenmie Fort, who b?s been visiting relatives at Eastover returned home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. George F. Eppersoo and children a^jie gone to Columbia tospeud several weeks with relatives Messrs. W. W. Sieert and A. M. Fauntler? oy have gone to New York to spend ten days or two weeks. y The family of Mr. D. Morris left on Saturday for Baltimore, where Mr. Morris has opened business i?r. and Mrs. O R. McCallum left Thursday morning for Chick Springs, where they will spend two weeks. ^ Mr Eldredge Baskin, of Bisbopville, spent ^Monday io this city and went to Columbia on the evening traio. Mr. Willie White acd Mis3 Marv White have gone to New York, where they will visit Mr. A. White, Jr. *-??rs. A. J. China returned Monday morning from Benaettsville where she bas been visit? ing Mrs. B. K. DeLorme. Messrs F. E Winn and E O Ingram are spending sometime on Sullivan's Island for the benefit of their health Miss Lillian Moses, of Providence, arrived in the city Monday afternoon to go with the Pinafore company to Darling ton. W. C. Clack, who has been on a visit To his borne in Henderson, N. C.. bas return? ed to bis duty at the A. C. L. depot. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chandler bave returned from Williamsburg county, where they have been visiting relatives for two weeks past. Mr. Frank F. Teicber, First Register Clerk io the Charleston Postoffice, spent Monday in the city with bi* family. Mr. Teicber's summer vacation commences in August, wben boeill spend about fifteen days io ibis city. Mr. McDonald Forman was in town Firday en route to Bisbopville to attend the picnic at that place to-morrow. Mr. Forman is a candi? date for tbe Legislature, but is not asking any? body to vote tor bim. He deserves a big vote on this account, alone, apart from other considerations * Miss Addie Newman, of Concord, is visit? ing her uncle, Mr. C. H. Newman, A.C. L. road master. Mrs. Annie Bradwell Roberts, of Tallehas see, Fla., is visiting ber brother, R. S. Brad well, on Washington 3treet. Tbe blind tiger is kept on the run in Sum . ter just at present. The Sumter ball players have organized a t?am to go to Orangeburg. There will be a dance at the old Jervey ? House ou Thursday evening. The new prize bouses at the Planter's Warehouse have been completed. The local freight between this city and Co? lumbia hereafter will not carry passengers. Mr. George P. McKagan took charge of tue Sheriff's office last Wednesday morning. William Leonard, colored, was sent to jail Friday morning for ten days by Mayor Bossard. Eggs and chickens are brought to this mar? ket io quantities sufficient to supply the de Tbe cut rates over the Sou tbern Kail way and Seaboard Air Line causes many to wish that Sumter bad a competing line. The street bands have been at work clearing away tbe weeds and grass on some of tbe streets that were seriously needing attention. There is no prospect of the Sumter Cotton Mills resuming work io tbe near future. Ai majority of the bands have gene to other places where they could obtain employment in mills. Mr. A. D. Moses bas decided to enter politics and will be a candidate for ?lection to the office of coroner. The colonel is a his tier aad will make an active canvass for the place. The ice factory people are tbe single excep? tion to tbe general kick against tbe bot weather. They would be glad to bare tbe present tempereatart continue for two or three months longer. .?~?? The bear? rain? during the last two weeks bare "damaged cotton to a serious exteot in some sections of the county, and tbe outlook for ? fairly good crop ie not encouraging at present, especially as the indications are that there will he much more rain. Tobacco samples of this year's crop are beicg brought to town by quite a number of farmers. The samples are pretty fair for the ?rsi curing and the prospect is that a great deal of fine tobacco will oe sold in tbis city etween tbis date and Christmas. The survivors of Company D bad the an "nual re-union and barbecue at Burkett's Grove yesterday. The veterans who live in this vicinity were nearly all pr?sent?t the re-uoion, and the day was no exception to the role ia so far as the pleasure sod good fellowship that always attend tbs gathering of tbe old .veterans of this company. . i MARRIED. ; Mr. W. 0. Turner, of Cowpens, Spartan ! burg County, ?nd Mi*s Jessie Smith, eldest I daughter of Mr W. P. Smith of this city, j were united in marriage on the 15fh, Ht the i home of the bride's parents, Rev. J. W. Daniel officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Turner left ; the same day for their home at Cowpens. \ DEATHS. Mr Joe McLeod, who has been overseer on j Mr R. P. Monaghan's farm about two miles ; from this city, died Sunday night of fever after ? an illness cf several weeks. His wife, who j has also had fever for several weeks, is still j so critically ill that her recovery is con?ider i ed doubfcl. Mrs. J. B. White, of the Z>ar neighbor? hood, died Sunday morning. She had been sick but a short time and while her drafb was not unexpected it was nevertheless ! a great shock and erivf to her large circle of friends. Mrs. White was a daughter of Mr J M. N Wilder. Mr. T. H. Reinsert, one of the best known citizens of the Manville neighborhood, died Wt Friday morning vrry soddenly and unexpect? edly He had been feeling slightly unwell for several days bot was not at all sick and did not go to bed. A short time before bis death be went to his room and threw him? self across the oed without taking off his clothes, and within less than an boor life w> . extinct. The funeral services were held at Bisbopviile Saturday morning and tberemair s laid at rest by bis friends, who knew bim in life and will miss him now that he is no more He was at>out sixty years of age ?nd leaves a widow and two young children, besides seve? ral children by a prievous marriage who baye attained their majority. Mrs.Lina Collins, mother of that genial and popular geatleman, Capt. C. N. Collin?, died her home in Bisbopviile three o'clock Satur? day morning, July 11th Funeral service was held in the Baptist Church by Rev T. W Scruggs The body was laid away in the Piedmont Baptist burying ground two miles south of Bisbopviile, at six o'clock Saturday evening. A large concourse of friends were the mourners to shed tears over the grave of the deceased. Mrs. Collins had for many years been a great sufferer. She leaves three sons and four daughters and a large nnmher ot friends to mourn their loss -Bisbopvilie j Mirror. Religious. A protracted meeting will begin at Jordan Church, Wedep6eld circuit, next Sunday, July 26th, at ll a. m , and continue through the week following. Services daily at 10 30 ? a. m., and 5.30 p. m. The meeting will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. J. Dowell, assisted by Rev J. W. Arial, of Vf ullin?, S C. The public cordially invited. Be-unlon of Co. "E," P B. L. A , Will be held at Hastings Park, Carterville, Florence county, on Saturday, the 1st day of | August, prox. Ali comrades are urged to at? tend with basket. W. D. SCARBOROUGH, Surviving Commanding Officer. Scarboro, S. C , July 17, 1896. Births and deaths reported to office of Health Officer Reardon for past week, euding July I7tb, 1896, are : Births-White-Ore male, two female*. Colored-One male Deaths-Colored-Females, one 98 years old, one 1 year and seven months old, and one 3 years old. White-one male three months old. The Sumter Tobacco Warehouse will re? open and the Planer's Tobacco Warehouse will open for the season with a big break on August 19th Buyers are coming from far and near and it is the purpose of all interested to make it the biggest ''break" to be held in the state this season. Rev J. \v. Daniel is continuing with in? creased vigor the crusade against blind tigers, gambling hells and kindred evils that be inaugurated at the union meeting held ia the Baptist Church on the night of the first Sunday of this moath. At the regular prayer meeting on Wednesday he took op the subject again and bandied it with gloves off and announced bis determination to con? tinue the fight until some decided result was accomplished. Jim Wakefield was given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Wells yesterd y on the charge of assault and battery with in? tent to kill. He was committed for trial at the next term of court. The assault, which was committed on the 16th instant, was on the person of Hampton Carr. Wakefield shot at Carr, but did him no bodily injury; a bul? let bole was plugged in Carr'3 Koodav tro'is ers, however, and bis escape from serious in? jury was narrow. The Item is an advertising medium that I pays-large returns for every cent invested. I This is the testimony of every mao who has ' ever made use of its columns. When all of j the business men of the city realize that ad- ? vertising pays and that it pays best when put in The Item, then will it be possible to make the improvements io the paper and in the news service that are needed The Item could be made a much better paper, but to do so would require the expenditure of considerable more money, and it is now a netter paper than j Sumter is willing to pay for. The side track to the site of the cotton seed oil mill bas been completed and Contractor McKiever began work on the ginn<ry Wednes? day.. The building for the ginnery will be 20x52 feet, two stories high. Three gins will be operated from the start and others added as needed. All of the latest improved ma j cbinery for equipping a ginnery bas been purchased and it will be a model of ita kind. A seed bouse 50x 100 feet will be erected. The building for the oil mill be 40x80 andi the power house 26x52. The two buildings last mentioned will be built of brick, while ! the others will be substantial frame ouiidiogs i The sisters of St. Joseph's Academy have decided to erect a new chapel. The building will face on Liberty Street aud the dimen j sioti8 will be 62x30 feet. The chapel will be ; j a neat frame structure and the interior will ! \ be finished in yellow pine and bard oil The I j contract has been awarded Mr. J. W. j I McKei?er, who will begin work in a short j I time. The Sisters have contemplated the j erection of a chapel for a number of years, ! j as tbe present chapel is too small to accom- i ; modate the congregation that usually attends ? I the service. The Sisters are to* be congratu? lated tbat tbey have succeeded in this under? taking and that within a short time the completed chapel will stand a monument io their labors. Woodmen of the World on a Boom. At a regular meeting of Holly-Wood Camp, W. of W., held Wednesday night, nine new members were elected, and at a previous : meeting seventeen were elected, making a I total increase of twenty-six new members j within thirty days. This camp was organized with fourteeo ; members, while now it has about sixty-one. j The cheap insurance and sick benefits, andi the clause wbicb renders your insurance cer liScate absolutely non forfeitable in case of j sickness or disability is a great inducement j to join. The increase of the order in the : Uuited States and Canada for 1895 was j 134.6 per cent. One year since there were j three camps in this State, now there are j thirty-eight, five of which are in Charleston. ' - i ? i Dr. Henry M. Stuckey ha? removed from the offices in the Masonic Temple occupied by ! bim for the last two years to new quarters in : the Watchman and Soutbi on building. The two front rooms on the second floor werai fitted np especially for him,and betook posses- ! sion several days ago. i Council Meeting. Tri? City Council did not meet on Wednes? day night, as H quorum could not beobtained The meeting was therefore postponed until Thursday night Bills were audited and ordered raid to the amount of $1,739 74. Of this $1,222 50 is for the half year water rent, due on the first instant; $358.70 for the monthly rent for electric lights, and the remainder miscellane? ous bills. Citv Attorney Fraser, to whom the matter of ordering a second election for a member of the City Board of Health was referred, sub? mitted an opinion to the effect that Council had no authority to order another election; that a vacancy existed in the Board, and that it was the duty of the Council, under the law, to select a man to fill the vacancy. The council than went into an election and chose Mr D. W. Cuttino. The duty of drafting the licence ordinance for tbe next year was imposed on a commit t e consisting of Alderman Harby, Shore and Fraser. Dr. Archie China,chairman of the committee of arrangements for the Citadel Encampment made a report and returned to council $73.02 of the amount appropriated for the exi-enses of the encampment. On motion of Alderman Fraser a resolution of thanks to the commit? tee was adopted. A contract with Mr. H. Harby was entered into for a three years' lease of a bouse to be erected on Main street for the ose of Delgar Reel Squad. The house will have the first floor fitted up for the bose reel and horse, and the second floor will cootatn rooms for the driver and members of tbe squad wbo will be on duty at night. Hunting The Tiger. Constables Nunnamaker and Newman pro? cured search warrants from Magistrate Wells yesterday, and went out on a hunt for blind tigers in the afternoon. The Srst place search? ed was the house of H. Manheim. Here they discovered a five trallon keg that contained about a pint of whiskey. This was seized but no arrests were made. There' were other warrants issued, but searches were not made that day except in the case of a negro woman, but in ber house nothing was found. Y. M. C. A. Election. The Young Men's Christian Association held a business meeting Thursdny afternoon for the purposp of electing offieer9 and trans? acting general business. The eiection result? ed as follows : President, S. H. Edmunds. First Yiee President, R 0. Purdy. Second Vice President, A G. Flowers. Third Vice President, T. W. McCollum. Treasurer., Jno. R. Havnswortb. Secretary, B. J. Rhame Bicycle Meet in Charlotte. The Charlotte Cycle Club of Charlotte, N. C , will have a great meet on July 31st. and all of the foremost wheelmen of the South will be present. Schade, the champion of the South, is now at Charlotte training for the races, ard George Adams, of Jackson ville, Fla , will be on hand for the pupose of making the attempt to recover the champion? ship. The mees will be held under the L. A. W. roles. For full information, racing men should address Geo. Fitzsimmons, Charlotte, N. C It has long been a question as to which kind of pneumatic tires enable the rider to make the best time in a race. Thousands of dollars have been paid by tire makers ii ad? vertising and promoting to prove tbe matter. Many makers have maintaing racing teams at large expense, and by some it is thought that this great exDeose is in tbe line of rank extravagance. At same time these same ad? vertisers have done much to make the sport of bicycle ridiog attractive, and have done more than all other influences put together to show the possibilities of the bicycle, and have poved it to be one of the moat healthy and consequently the most useful of all forms of out of door sport. The Bi8hopvi?le Pic Nie. The new county pic nie at Bisbopville on Saturday was a ereat success, both in point of attendance and the pleasure derived by the large number of persons who were present. The crowd was estimated to number not less than 1,500 persons, who came from Sumter, Kershaw and Darlington counties The pic nie and barbecue was held in Cou sar's Grove, which furnished ample roora for the entire crowd, and the wide spreading trees gave a grateful shade. The dinner was spread in the greatest abundance, and not only were those present feasted on the variety of good things, but hundreds of others could have been fed. After dinner the crowd assembled around the speakers' stand and heard addresses by the following gentlemen: S. D. M. LaCoste, Thos. G. McLeod, H. E. L. Peebles, E. D Smith, D E. Keels, and S. W. Stith, of La? mar. All of.the speakers were enthusiastic in their advocacy of the new county, and in fact, the entire crowd was apparently in hearty sympathy with the new county idea. Wben the speeches had been concluded the new county advocates adjourned to the Opera House and orgaized a new county exe? cutive committee composed of representatives from each township in the proposed new county. Mr. J L. Parrott was elected chair? man of this committee. Active work in favor of establishing the new county will be continued Wy this committee with renewed vigor, aou .! is confidently predicted that, the proposition will go through with a rush. Mr. R. E. Carnes, under whose direction all arrangements were made and executed, discharged bis duties in an admirable man? ner-the success of the.pic nie and the en? joyment of all who were present is the high? est compliment that could have oeen paid his management. The rooms of the Sumter Club have been furnished and fitted up and were opened Thursday. The rooms are tastefully and comfortably furnished and the members will have a place where they can spend their lei sure hours pleasantly, and where they can entertain their friends who come to the city on a visit. The reading room will be kept sup? plied with the leading papers and periodicals, and in time a library of selected books will be accumulated. The sitting room and smok? ing room are very tastefully furnished and it is in these rooms that many of the members will spend theereater part of their time while in the club. In the old armory ball the two pool tables have been placed, so that tbe devo? tees of tbi? fascinating game may have an abundance of room. The club has rented the entire second floor of the Masonic Temple and has as spacious and well arranged quarters a3 any club in the State. The constitution and by-laws of the club were drawn so that good order and good conduct must be observ? ed in tbe club rooms by all members,else tbe offenders will be expelled from the club in j short order. All games of chance for money are positively prohibited, and it was on this condition that a large number of the members agreed to join. The day that the rule pro? hibiting gambling in any form within the club room3 is violated, that day will the club go to pelees. There has been more or less opposition to the club in some quarters, but this opposittion was evidently the outgrowth of ignorance. There will be nothing object-i ionable in the Sumter Club, so far as the writer can ascertain, for neither drinking nor gambling will be permitted. Soda served in a jiffy at China's fountain. I CATCHING THE PETTY GAM ? BLEES. Crap Shooting and the Noble Game of Skin Must Go-Faro Bank and Poker Next ? Sam Garner, colored, wno runs a barber I j shop for negroes, and Frederick Hill, Bor> ' i Brailsford and-Dave Milligan were arrested i j on Sunday by Policeman Smith for gambling ! : in Garner's shop on Liberty Street When I the arrests were made the parties^mentioned were in the back room of Garner's shop and were playing cards. Policeman Smith says that there wasmoNey on the table, bu' all the the negroes swear tua.: they had no money and were playing for amusement They were brought to trial before Mayor Bossard Monday morning unoer the charge of disorderly conduct and gambling in violation of an ordinance, and though there was no direct evidence to prove thar they wfre gambling, thev were foutid guilty and fines imposed as follows: Sam Garner, $25; Dave Milligan, Bob Brailsford and Fred Hill, $10 each. Mark Reynolds, Ei-q , who repre? sented the accused entered notice of appeal, and all of them have been bound over to the higher court. A Handsome Tribute to a Gallant Son of tho Old Game Cock County. Capt. Chas. H. Jogleaby in his "Historical Sketch of the First Regiment of South Caro? lina Artillery" says "'When the surrender came at Greensboro, N. C., April 27th, 1865, there were only eleven officers and about one hundred and twenty-five men to be p?roled In bad gone into the field two months before wi'.h forty-five officers and over one thousand men " "Sergt. David H Wplcb, of Company 'E,'a native of Sumter County, S. C., had been the color bearer throughout the whole march and in both fights." (Avensboro and Bentonville.) He was ns brave and splendid moldier as ever ''wore the gray." In the charges, the regimental battle flag was always to the front and enabled the regiment to preserve its allument by closing in and dressing on the color?. When the arms were stacked for the la?; time to be turned over to the Federals the flag which Sergt. Welch had so nohlv borne through storms of shot- and shell was taken from its staff and the empty staff wa? placed upon one of the stacks to be presented to G*n. Sherman. After the officers and men b*d been paroled and th? command disbanded, the officers held a meet? ing. We had honored the flig. The ques? tion arose, what shall we do with it I who shall have it ? Some one sug? gested that no one was so much entitled to it HS rhe heroic, riruve man who had borne it ; with one voice every officer said : "Ajre!" Sergt Welch was called for. He had eone. Lieut William F Colcock was forthwith mounted on a horse, and directed to take the flag, ride after Sergt. Welch, and in the name of the officers of tbe 1st South Carolina Artillery present it to him " "I well remember Lieut Colcock's report upon his return an hour or two later. He had overtaken Sergt. Welch, informed him of this action of the officers and handed him the pledge. Tbe gallant soldier took it into his hands, tenderly kissed it aod burst into tears, unbuttoned his* coat, and placed the flag next to his heart. He was unable in h is condition to say a word, but his action was more eloquent than wonld have been anv words which be could have spoken " It ?3 related of this brave man that during the terrific bombardment of Battery Wagner a fifteen inch mortar shell with a burning fuse penetrated the bomb proof; everyone except Sergt Welch prostrated themselves upon the ground, expecting momentarily to be blown into eternity ; but his nerve and presence of mind was equal to the occasion coolv walkiog to the door be picked up a coffee pot and with its contents extinguished the burning fuse, thereby saving the lives of his comrades and rendering his own name immortal._T. E. R NOTICE. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY Democratic Executive Committee are hereby reminded that the said Committee adjourned to meet in the Court House in Sumter, on the first Monday in August, at ll o'clock a. m They will please take due notice theteof, and be present at that time R. 0. PURDY, J. M KNIGHT, County Chairman. Secretary. July 21-2t HARB Y S? CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWJV OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, For Cash with order will sell 3,000 bushels Prime White Corn sacked at 45c per bushel, in lots of one sack or upwards, at Harby & Co?s Warehouse Respectfully. HARBY & CO. I July 22. A WHOLE LIBRARY OF STANDARD OF THE WORLD $ ? ^\jf\ Your knowledge of bicycle 1 ? IS m making will grow by read? A ing this interesting, beanti ro ALL ALIKE inI book- Free if y?u CAl1 SECOND HAND WHEELS, 4 $20.00 UP. D. JAS. WINN, Agent. SUMTER, S. C. July 22 Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and repaired at the Sumter Music House. Ball players supplied at catalogue prices by j H. G. Osteen & Co. Buy from them and j s*ve monev PAIN? KILLER THE GREAT Family Medicine of the Age. Taken Internally, It Cures Diarrhoea, Cramp, and Pain in the Stomach, Sore Throat, Sudden Colds, Coughs, &c, &c. 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Sold everywhere* Urge bottles, 2? and Kc ic f?0gb. ^^^^^^ This goes to ?bow that OUR DRINKS ARE FIT FOR THE ROYALTY. COME AND GIVK US A TRIAL. Whole and Shredded Fruits Used in Our Ices. J. S. Hiighson & Co. Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. May 27. BIG CORSET FACTORY. Daily Output SOO Dozen. -PH TARGE PLANT OF BIRDSEY, SOMERS & CO. DE? SCRIBED. AGENCIES MAINTAINED IN ALL THE LABGE CITIES. From the Bridgeport (Conn.) Morning Tel? egram, June 16. Ooe of Bridgeport's most jactive manufac? turerez is the corset factory of Birdsey, Somers & Co Notwithstanding the extreme depression in business affecting almost every line, a visit to the factory shows that this depression has not caused them to limit their production in any way, and it is only until recently that they have been able to supply the demand for their goods without working the factory at night, the latter hav? ing been the rule during the spring season. Thefactory is now running its fullest capacity and ten hours a day. Their brands of corsets must certainly be popular with the people or otherwise they would not have been so favored with aD amount of business which has pushed their plant to its utmost capacity, lt has been one of the cheerful sights of the city to see each window of their immense buildings rfflecting the light and activity within. Our city is certainly fortunate to have an industry furnishing employment to so many of her people. The manufacture of corsets has bad quite a his?ory The old-fashioned stays in which the grandmothers of the present generation were won't to lace themselves up m compli ance with ?he dictates of dame fashion, when compared with the easy fitting, fiext'de and gracefully curved corbets of the present day appear almost like instruments of torture and owe can only wonder how they were ever worn with any degree ot' comfort, not to say pleasure There are many kinds ?ind varie? ties of corsets on the market to-day, each maker claiming certain points of excellence for his br?neb. It is reasonably certain, however, that no corset manufactured io this or any other country combine so many good features as those of Birdsey, Somers & Co. These corsets are known and worn through? out the United States and Canada and theij sale is constantly on the increase. The plant is located on Burroughs street, where it oc? cupies a floor space of 75,000 square feet. The business was founded in 1865 and from a very mode6t beginning bas grown to vast proportions. To-day five hundred persons are engaged in this factory and even this large force is not sufficient to always keep up wirti the demand. The Armorside, Tncora and F P. corset are the special brands man? ufactured and their superiority is univei6ally admitted by the hundreds of thousands of women who wear them. The compauy has an elaborately fitted stere tor the sale of its goods at Nb. 85 Leonard street, New York. Agencies are also maintained in Boston, Chi? cago, San Francisco and New Orleans. There is also a branch establishment at Bir? mingham, this State, known as the Birming? ham Corset company and the combined out? put of the two factories, together with what they are compelled to have made by outside manufactories is over 800 dozen a day. Both companies are owned and managed by Bird? sey, Somers & Co. Both Mr. Birdsey aDd Mr. Somers are business meo and practical in every sense of the word thoroughly fa? miliar with every branch of ?he business. It ia to their able and intelligent management that the company enjoys such a prosperous and continually expanding business. Highly esteemed in business circles, they are held in equal regard by their fellow-citizens gene? rally. O DONNELL & GO. ARE THE Authorized Agents for Sumter County For these Corsets, (cuts of which are here? with attached.) Every pair being guaranteed to tbe ex? tent that any lady not being satisfied with the wear at the expiration of four months, may return tbe corset and bave the money refunded. Iflusic in the Air Is most delightful when it's made on a STIEFF piano. This instrument is made in a thoroughly scientific manner, by careful experts. A good piano is a lifelong friend. It's a tonic-an in? spiration-an elevation and refinement to the whole household. But be very sure it is good* Avoid chance-buy a STIEFF. Liberal Term*. Send for Catalogue. CHARLES M. STIEFF 9 N. Liberty St. Baltimore, Md,