Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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O'DONNELL & CC -IN OUR Dry (woods Department Wilt be found a complete stock of Dress Goods. Autumn Cloths, Astrakhans, Outings, Table Damask, &c Our Hoe of All wool Novelty Suitings at 25c per yard* Are ?aloes that cannot be duplicated elsewhere* Ask to see them. -HM CORSET Is an article that every lady wants the greatest amount of comfort out of for the least money, and we believe M?IMMMM. THE ARMORSIDE giMMMMML supplies the need. We guarantee this corset for.4 months Any customer Bot being satisfied with it oao have their money refunded at the expiration of that time. Price $1 per pair. -M Our Wotion Stock Is supplied with a full assortment of Hosiery, Gloves, Ribbons, Laces, Hand? kerchiefs and Toilet Articles. Our Ladies KidNGloves5 ia black and coiorsrxevery pair warranted at $1.00, Is ose ol the principal attractions of this department.. We have bandied this glove for many years, and the number returned would not exoed one per cent. Blankets, Capes and Cloaks. The present state of the weather hardly suggests the necessity of these articles, but we are liable to have a sudden change and it is well to be prepared. We are still sole agents for the celebrated Tar Heel Blankets, And having made our contracts with the mill before the tariff went into effect, we are prepared to sell them at last year's prices, namely: 10-4 #3.90, 11-4 $4.65, 12-4 #5.40. Ask your neighbor who bought these goods from us last year what he tbioka of them and act on his judgment, * Are going to be largely worn this M /\ j G^O I iilTlAiQ season, and for popular prices we be- t^kl IA .TA \yU>L/ VkJ lieve we have the largest stock that*-/^V *J/LJ _i_ ever came to Sumter, prices from _;_;_ Our line of > Misses and Children's Jackets io Ah-? ? AKQ medium weights for early Fall from qJM- ?? IO Are exceptionally good values. ?ll??5?? Every man, woman, boy Sll?C?* and girl most have a pair of shoes, before the cold weather strikes them, and we know of no place where their wants can be better supplied than witb os. Judg? ing from the o um ber of new shoe stores that are being opened one get? the im- j pression that there are large profits io this Hoe, bot o ot so with us Nearly all I of oar Shoes are bought for NET CASH and are sold on that basis, oor cos- ! tomers getting the benefit of the discounts. ' O DONNELL & CO. ~ An Open ^Letter to the Farmers? Fully Prepared for the Fall Trade in s Every Respect. In our long experience in merchandising we have never proeured goods in every line more satisfactory with a view to low and suitable prices than during our recent visit North. We allowed no opportunity looking to this most important end to pass us. These bargains we pledge ourselves to give our cus? tomers the full .benefit of, feeling sure that we could not give more practical shape to our sense of sympathy and gratitude to our country friends. We know by experience the special wants of our farmers, whose friendship we think we have a peculiar right in claiming, inasmuch as our firm it was which was the pioneer in this section to operate first with the various farmer Alliances, and that our dealings with these gentlemen were most satisfactory in every particular and were appreciated is clearly evinced by the present enormous increased volume of our business. We take much pride in this, and are determined by continued conscientious dealing, and the lowest possible prices to retain our hard earned popularity. Our store is fre? quently literally packed with customers during the busy season; and this fact can be verified by a visit, and certainly most em? phatically sustains the correctness of our statement. We have not of course the space to lay before the public all our offering stock, but can only refer to a limited portion. Probably much that is omitted will be found even more in? viting. MJIMMMMMMJIMM/&MM??lJ!*???*lflf O'DONNELL & CO. ODONNELL & cp. We are sole agents for tie H. C. Moan Co., of Ceinte, Olio, Makers of Women's and Children's Shoes, Aod we can furnish innumerable testimonials of ladies who are weariog the Goodman $1 50 Shoes with as much comfort and service as some other makes for wbicb tbey had been paying $2 and more, If your little girl can kick out her Shoes in two or three months try a pair of the Godman at $1. And we feel assured she will get five or six months kicking out of them. Oa prices on these commence at 50o in 4 to 8. For Men's Wear our REYNOLD'S SHOE I Bas stood tbe test for several years and it is our intention to retaio their agency so long aa they keep their gooda up to their present standard of merit. It some ! times happens that even in a shoe of this grade a pair may be found deficient, but in every such case, we satisfy the customer by giving a new pair of shoes or making due allowance. -H -OUR Clothing Department This is a kind of hobby with us. We cannot resist the temptation of buying, no matter what the quantity may be if the styles and prices are right, and it was our good fortune to secure a line of about fifteen styles of -ALL WOOL CHEVIOTS ANO CASHMERES j That were made by a Merchant Tailoring Establishment to sell from ?12.50 to $15.00, but we bought them to sell From to $8.50. You have tc see these goods to appreciate them. We also got io connection with this line of goods a lot of light weight Kersey and Beaver Overcoats, that were manufactured to sell from $12 50 to ?20. Our price WMMitlMlUL $10 to $13.50 MBMMMMMM. Toes; are merely a few of the attractions of our C?otb?Bg Stock You cao fiod anything from a boy's Knee Pants Suits at 50c to a man's suit at $20. -M HATS FOR MEN AND BOYS. In this connection we wiil only add that we are as well prepared to supply yonr wants as we have ever been, and that is sayiog a great deal, for we feel tbat our Hat Department has done more towards advertising our bosioess tban any other. We are carrying our usual Hoe of Harness and Saddlery, Hardware, Tinware, Crockery, Glassware and Groceries. We are exclusive agents for the Miilbourue Mills, of Philadelphia, and it would be an injustice to them to terminate this article without saying a word about their flour. WS HAVE SOLD 3,000 2AEBELS Of their goods in the past year and the best evidence of their merit is that we have never bsd a package returned, or complaint made. We have arranged with the mill to deliver this flour in any part of the county in 5 barrel lots on a basis of Sumter car load rates. Mr. Gibson is associated with us in the cotton business and will be pleased to see his old friends. ODONNELL & CO. Fiaest Hams Knowe. Where and How They are Produced. Most Luscious Hams Are Fur? nished by The Bazor-Back. t -- T?e razor-back hog of the South has been. aft*r years of sectional calumny and misrepresentation, viodicared su? perbly by tbs Uoited States govero meat The agricultoral department at Washington io its bulletin issues 12 sod 13, pays n&ble tribute to the re oowned Smithfield, Virginia barns, and, incidentally. - to the traditional razor back bog, from which they are manu aotured. Tbe fame of the Smithfield ham is well established, says the report.* its "only rival** bei os "the celebrated Westphalia barn, wbiob many consider to be inferior." Tbe came is derived from a pooali j towo on F*gan creek, about thirty miles from Norfolk, Ya. Its reputa* tioo began about one hundred years ago with' the hams cored by Mr. Todd of Smithfield. Its sale is extensive, extending to all tbe larger cities of the Union were good hams produced year? ly go to Europe to meet tbe demand of connoisseurs of tbe old world. Much of the prodoot ts sold io Eng? land and France to private parties, who order their barns "before the crop is cured.** "leis impossible," says tbe report, "to make a good barn from a Western bog.*9 It bas been tried. Western bama have been cured by the Smith? field process, but without good result Western pigs have been imported and fattened as well as cored at Smith? field, but ail to no purpose Tbe meat waa unsatisfactory, being coarse com? pared with tbe local product. Strange to say tba animal which produces the incomparable "Smithfield bam" is the "razor back*' hog. a semi-wild, friend? less, not to ?**y odious, variety which is found in the mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee This varie? ty is described as long-nosed, slab sided and like a race horse,'7 with legs of extraordinary length. It bas a bad name among farmers who breed fine stock, but for barn it has no eqaal. Much depends on the proper feediog and upon the curing of the hams. For a time in the youth of the "razor back" be is allowed in the summer te roo wild in tbe woods and gain (bus a gamey flavor, when be is turned into fields from which crops have been gathered, where be begins to fatten. Of this fattening process tbe report says: **Io the fall when tbe corn crop bas been gathered the bogs are terned into the corn fields. Io tbese fields every other row has beeo plaoted wirb h lack eyed peas and tbe boga are allowed to gather these aod the small coro that bas beeo left io the Seid. Wheo tamed into these fields they are very thin The feed they get there canses them to be gio to fatten rapidly As the potatoes are gathered the bogs are allowed to follow io these fields and get the 'small potatoes that are left. Io the district which produces the most Smithfield barns there are a great many sweet po tatoes and peanuts raised aod the hogs are allowed free access to these fields as soon as the crops are gathered Tbe potatoes aod particularly the peanuts, add fat with astounding rapidity, bat the fat is very soft. Peanut fat io par? ticular 1)38 a translucent, oily character, which from ito tendency to drip when the hams are hung op causes a great shrinkage in the weight." After the razor back has cleaoed np tbe fields the oexc s "pp is to pen bia) op and give bim corn and plenty of cleaD water. With this diet he fattens qoickly to the desir? ed estent. The curio g is with Liver? pool salt and saltpetre, after which the hams are washed olean and slowly smoked for forty days, with greeo hick? ory or red oak wood Many farmers raise the hogs, bot few cure them | They are sold to skilled corers, who j supply the market with abont 300,000 pound? of baw yearly. If the agricultural department in? spector who wrote these bolletios had investigated a little more closely he would have discovered not only that j the incomparable razor back hoe ex? ists plentifully io Georgia and Sooth Carolina as well as Virginia. Teones pee and Kentucky, but that men in these states understaod how to pro duce barns equal te the Smithfield brand. Cor Georgia and South Caro? tina ham makers are not as smart as Virginians in advertisieg their meat aod putting tt on the market, with skill and popularity, bot they might do so profitably. We have eaten hams of Georgia manipulation on the tables of several Augusta friends and they were equal to the Smithfield product io flavor and succuline. Virginia tries to get all the glory for Pickett'?* charge at Gettysburg, although Geor? gian? were on the forefront of that onset She has a paramount reputa tion for hams, but Georgia acd South Carolina can at least match her, in that respect, in the excellence , if not the repuation of their product. ?? ? Why take Johnson's Chill ? Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA K ENDING TBE WAR. European Countries Sound? ed as to American INTERVENTION IN CUBA Madrid, Sept. 22 -The corres? pondent here of the Associated Press ! learns on high authority that the much disco8sed interview of last Sat j orday between the United States ? minister to Spain, Gen Stewart ! Woodford, and the Spanish minister i for foreign affairs, the Duke of! Tetuan, was merely preliminary j Gen Woodford represented to the j duke the gravity of the condition of Cuba and requested, in behalf of the j United States, that Spain would find ! a method of speedily ending the war j and giving justice to the Cubans He ? offered the good offices of the United States in effecting a settlement of the j Cnban troubles, which practically give? Spain an opportunity of grace fully ending the war. if she does not embrace lt within a reasonable time, notice will be given that the United States roust interfere, though Gen Woodford has not said so yet Spain cannot expect the aid of Eu ropean po weis, as the United States ambassadors have ascertained that all tbe European countries, except Aus tria, recognize that the {interests of the United States justify the latter's interference in Cuba Austria, in this matter, is influenced by the re lationship between the two countries, the queen regent of i^'pain being an An8trian archduchess, but it is not likely that Austria will take any part in the question beyond possibly mak? ing a diplomatic protest against the intervention of the United States The Duke of Tetuan. the Spanish minister for foreign affairs, in the course of an interview to day with the correspondent of the Associated Press denied that the government had received an ultimatum from the United States with regard to Cuba, and said he had received a cablegram j from Senor de Lome, the Spanish ; minister to the United States, to the j same effect and also denying the ex j ?8tence of an ultimatum. Take JOHNSON'S The Southern Accent. (From the Washington Post; Apropos of some remarks of ours in this connection, we have received the following letter from a well-known citi? zen of Washington : "Editor Post : in yoor very inter? esting comments on the poor stuff pat into the mouths of the dramatis per? sonae of plays intended to represent or caricature Southern people, their dress, manners and language, you refer to their proouucation of such words as car. garden, guard, etc, as provincial? isms "if you will ?um to tbe word garden in Worcester's Reviled Editon of John? son's & Walker's Royal Octavo Pro? nouncing Dictionary (cetainly an emi nently respectable authority) you will find the following note as to its pronun? ciation : *' 'When the ' a in this aod similar words is preceded by a g, polite speakers interpose a sound like the con? sonant y, which coalesces witb both, and gives a mellowness to the sound : Thur, a garden pronounced in this man? ner is nearly similar to the two words egg and yarden. United into eggyar den, and a guard is almost like egg yard.' "B. L. Blackford. 3,026 Q street." No doubt the pronunciation is given by Worcester as Mr Blackford quotes. The fact is that most of our pecularities io ortbeopy come to us from England, and, such beiog the case, it is only natural that we should find them in tbe Sooth, where Ec-glish is spoken more nearly like the original tban elsewhere in this couotry. Nevertheless, we sti'l tbink that, so far as the United States is concerned, the custom is a provincial? ism, since it is not general, but merely identified with s few localities Wor? cester may be the authority on pronun? ciation for England, hut here the stan? dard is furnished by Webster. At any rate, the fact is that iu such words as ' car," "garden," "guard," and so on, the 60uod of "y" immediately after the initial letter ?6 given by only a very few people in a very few districts. Tbe pronunciation, therefore, is not gener?! at tbe South, but, as we say. local Whether it be correct or not depenos npoo the standard accepted by the country at large. '1 be fact remains that it is exceptional and confined with? in certain narrow limits As we have already said, however, neither the Southern accent, itself nor tbe absurd carica: ure* thereof perpe? trated by Northern actors and writtrs give u* any <?reat concern. We regard j them as we do the B:i*i.-o novelia's' a:- ? tempts to descrito the purely imaginary j id.om of Americans Io Hu!] Caine's j latc-t work, for it stance,, there is an America!) lady of ?r> ut wealth and of average culture whr> ha< ived in Lin? don for several years and mise;i wi;h the best society, aod yet Mr. Caine sees fit to make ber talk like a daugh? ter of the backwoods. Ail tbese things are harmless aod ?mosing enough, reflecting upon no ooe save those who really perpetrate them. We all know, of course, that educated and weil to-do people in this country use as good grainn;ar aod as felicitous rhetoric and know as much ab?u| the amenities of polite society as any class io England, and. knowing this, the biunders of British writers do not disconcert us in the very least. Oar protest is against the so-called "typical Southerner" of the New York journalist and the New York play-a truculent, scowrtog personage in a long black coat, a big black slouch bat, a white cambric necktie, and a pair of stump toed, bigb heeled boots-a half educated, quarrelsome ruffian wbo wears a revolver a? regularly as be does his trousers, ?od who dis^eruioates I tobacco joice af a sprinkling cart does water lt ajay be that the dramatic properties cali for this creature ; that, , having imagined the accent and the ! idiom, the Yankee writer must make the man to fit tbem ; but the result is very tiresome, and at. times exaspera? ting, and frequently offensive. Surely it most be posible to construct a story or a play of Southern life which would be interesting and at the same time in? telligent. Dr. Kandt, a German explorer, has started out to find the cltimate sources of the Nile. Having the promise of assistance from the Congo authorities when he reaches their territory, he bas set out from German East Africa, in? tending to make bis way to Urunda, Ubba, and Ruanda. There be will as? certain tbe size of Lake Akeojaru and measure the volume of water in the rivers Kagera, Ruvuru, Nyakiroogo, and Akeojaru in the dry and wet ses? e?os He will trace that having tbe greatest volume to its source. -^? Don't hurry. Take ti ree to exiro?De tbe labels and trade marka of poods you buy, and you will protect yourself from cheap and worthless substitutes. Johnson's Chill and . j Fever Tonic \ ? Cures Fever j In One Day. Woman's Diseases Are as peculiar as unavoidable, and cannot be discuss? ed or treated as we do those to which the entire human family are subject. , Menstruation sus- Jj1 tains such import? ant relations to her' health, that when Suppressed, Irregu? lar or Painful, she soon becomes languid, nervous and irritable, the bloom leaves her cheek and very grave complica? tions arise unless Regularity and Vigor are restored to these organs. Is a receipt ^ of one of the most noted Femal physicians _ s of the South, Regulator gf&gj; sort prevail more extensively than in any other section, and has never failed to correct disordered Men? struation. It restores health and strength to +he supering woman. ,4We have for the past thirty years handled Bradfiold's Female Regulator, both at whole? sale and retail, and in no instance has it filled to give satisfaction. We sell more of it than all other similar remedies combined." LAMAS, RAXEIX & LAMAR, Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. TK? BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sold by ail Druggists at $1.00 per Bottle. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. T^TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will J^j be in my office in tbe Court House at bumter from Octooer 15th to December 31st, ?ext, for ihe collection of taxes for the pres? cot fiscal year, and for collection of commu? tation road tax for 1898. It ta very important, for two reasons, that you should pay np earlier than usual. IQ the first place, my salary having been re? duced twenty per cent, hy tbe last Legista ture renders it irapoestrlt? for roe to employ roy usual clerks, hence with the usual rush toward the last, many will foil to get in. In the secocd pNce, the Auditor has never re? quired heretofore that the t-iX hooks be turn id over to him promptly for making up the penalty book. He has already notified me that on account of a change in the Law regu? lating the work of his office ih-a be would be compelled to have tbe books ss required by Law, so thai I ara compelled to close up oa Dec. 31st N. B In Tiew of thc above TLAPOOS don't not cif till the last asd then expect me to .rotcct von. It will be impossible H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Sept 22 Glenn Springs Water wiil cure Dypsepsia. For yale at Dr. A. J. China's.