The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 06, 1897, Image 6
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6,1897.
JSMeredatS&e Post Ofice at Sunder. S
G.* as Second Class Matter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. Barby-2d CM Load
W. H. Ingram, Master-Saie.
J. W: English, President-No?ice.
Tbe Docker & Salman Co-Groceries.
B*ck of Sa TO 1er-Qa arterl y Statement.
Schlatts Bros-Two Days Basicess in
One.
J. Rettenberg & Sons-Mammoth Special
Sale.
; .Estate of Hrs. Sarah E Bradley- Cha*ion
Notice.
PERSONAL.
Col. J. Harvey Wilson spent Monday in the
city.
Col. J. D. Bland)ag has retoraed from
Nashville, Teno.
' Mr. George Belier, of New York, is in the
city for a few days slay.
Mrs Guill, of. Mexico, is visiticg her.brolb
er, Mr. B. J. Donne.
Tbos. G McLeod, E*q , of Lynchburg, is
in ibe city attending court.
Mr. M. G Rytieaberj*. arrived in :tbecity
Friday morning from New York.
Dr. N. Y. Alford and Dr. H. W. Cooper,
of Wisacky, are ia the city attending court.
Mr. Kinney Foatec, after, spending a few
days ia xhe city, left Thursday afternoon ?or
: tba Citadel.
Mrs. 0. W. Buchanan acd children re
?l turned last week from W ian ?boro, wbere they
spent the somskr.
Mr. B. R. Tillman, Jr., of Edgefield was in
t^ecity last we?k vjsitiog his sister, Mrs. 0.
W. Boehacan.
The family of Mr. Mark Reynolds have re?
turned from Stateourg where tbey have spent
. the past six weeks. rs.
Miss Ella Fraxabes, who bas been visiting
Miss Selm* Nash during tbe past few weeks,
.will leave for Aucosta to-morrow.
i?apt. Jas H'. McLeod, of Rafting Creek,
one of tho oldest and best known citizens of
that section, was io *he city Monday.
Mr. Wiley J. McKaio returned Monday
Dight from New York, wbere be has been vis?
iting friends daring the past three weeks..
Mr. Yivi&o Mose? of this ci?y has been
elected business manager of the Carolinian,.
the cna?ezine cf the Sooth Carolina College
Messrs. Harmon Moise, Herbert Hayns
wortb and William Michau left Thursday
afternoon for tbe S. O. *. A. io Charleston.
Mr. J. W. TsHingbast baa gone to Rock
Hill, at the levitation of the Catawba Rifles,
to give bis opera, Tbe Pied ?c?er of Hame?
lin.
Mrs. W. G. Bark and chiidr?n, of Charles?
ton, who have been visiting her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. A S. WHleford, have muraed
booie. .
Miss Kitty Doer, of Summerville, 3pent last
Thursday io tba city w:tb Mrs. N. G. Osteen
' She has ta~k?n tfce Chandler school near
Mayesville
Mrs. Ans'ey C. Davis, of San Frauctico,
Cal., vrboJias been visiting ber parents, Geo.
and Ms? E W Moise for sever?.! months,
left 'or New York Thursday ai'ternocn.
Master R F. Wilieford, Jr , eon of C*pt.
BF Wilieford, wbo has been speodioc Mme
time with bis grandparents, Ber. aoc> Mrs.
A. S. Wilieford of this city, b*s returned to
his bosse in Millwood, Ga.
Dr. Walter Cheyne, of New York was in
.the c ty Friday morning on his way to St
Charles. Dr Cheyne was a resident of this
enanty for several years and b?; friends are
glad to see him ?gain.
Mr. H. B. BJoom has accepted a positioo as
general agent for a large machinery house,
and witt go on tbe road in the interest of bis
firm. Sumter will be his headquarters* and
be will spend a good deal of his time in this
city.
Mr. W. R. McLeod, of Lynchborg, hft on
. Monday for Baltimore, where be will enter
the Dental Department of the Ur iversity of
Maryland.
: Wiry will yon bay bitter nacse&ting tonio?
when Creveta Tasteless Cbifil 'Too* e is as
pleasant as Lemon Syrup. Your druggist is
authorised to ref and the money in every case
Where if; fails to cure. Price, SO cents. -
The dispensary constabulary is a thing of
the pas?, bat a dbpeosary detective bas been
in the city for several days.
Mr. ?I.B. White, .who was assistant clerk
in the dispensary last winter, bas been re?
appointed to toe same position.
We have the ''Champion of the South"
Air Tight Heater, the greatest fuel-saver on
eartb. Will burn knots, chips, chunks, and
anything that will burn and that will eo
into thc opening-at T. C. ScafirVs Sept. 23.
I* is reported that one of tbe o. p. est?n?
lisbments sod more liquor on Saturday than
the dispenanry What the other agencies did
is not known, but all the liquor es:*bl!8h
nients. tne dispensary included, did a rush?
ing business.
Remen ber we handle more Stoves than any
other dealer, and can afford to give ycu bet?
ter bargains. T. 8. Scaffe. Sept. 20
The last payment on the stock of the Peo?
ple's Butldiug and Loan Association was
made Friday, ?nd tbe corporation will now be
woo od np as rapidly as possible, io accord?
ance with tbe terms of a resolution adopted
at the Ust annual meeting.
The oaw license ordinance i8 in full force
and effect on and after Oct. 1. Tbe collec?
tion of the license witl be :be next thing in
order, and this will bring oo t height in the
courts. ^
Coi W.D.Evans, of Marlboro, bas pur?
chased thc Lamply pUce near Cain's Mill,
and wjll remove to this county to live, it is
said. It is not known positively, however,
that tbe report of bis intention to make
Sumter County bis borne is authentic.
Health Officer Reardon rrports births and
deaths for the past week as follows : Total
number births 9-3 white males, 4 white
female 4, 1 colored malts and I colored
fem?les. Total number deaths 4-1 wbite
male 71 years old, 1 white female ?9 years
old, 1 colored male 24 years old, 1 colored
female 21 years o'd.
The second production of tba opera, "Tbe
Pied Piper of Hamelin," was given
last Thursday evening in tbe Acad?
emy of Music before a small but
appreciative audience The chorus work
sod the individual wotk of those who sang
the important roles was decidedly mote ar?
tistic than at first performance, and those in
tbe audience wbo wete present on Tuesday
evening were aven better pleased with the
repetition than with the initial performance.
"Tbe Midnight Fire." is a new play that
will be acted in Sumter by loc*l talent, No?
vember 2d and 3d. Messrs Bertram & Wil?
lard wbo produced amateur plays here lest
season will belp the Daughters in Israel with
this drama. There are about n dozen actors
in the cast and soire of tbe best histrionic
talent io tbe city, will i?e pressei into ser?
vice. Me3sr8. Bertram & WiUard m??de a
great bi: with Captain Dick here last season,
and ?heir productions are popular with the
Sumter theatregoers. The Midnjgbi Fire
will prove no less so tba:* their others.
MARRIED.
Hr. L. Newton Barwick aod Miss Mollie
Cooyers were united io marriage Monda;
afternoon bj Rev T. G. Herbert The c? e
mooy wtkS performed at tbe boise of Mr
Barwick
l?ecture at Wedgefield.
Kev J W. Daniel, of Sumter, will deliver
a lecture in Wedgefield, Thursday, Oct. ]4<h,
at 8 o'clock, for the heoefit of the Methodist
parsonage. Refreshments will be served.
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FIRE.
Tbe Toomey Block bad a narrow escupe
Thursday afternoon from being burned again,
bat by quick work the fire department suc?
ceeded in preventing ? serious fi;e. Ti^e fire
started in the store occupied by tbe Sumter
Cycle Co , and was caused by a valve ona
gasoline brazer blowing off. The gasoline
was blown all over the store and becoming
ignited Instantly the place was ablaze in a
momeot Mr. Gas Beall, the manager, was
badly burned on one hand, and the stock of
goods was almost totally destroyed One
bicycle was badly damaged before it could
be removed, and the tools ia. tb? repair shop
were iriored by the intense beat. The lo?s
of Mr.* Beall was about $40 ) to $500, with
DO iosnrance. He had. just opened ?be pUce
and had not received all of his stock, so had
not placed an insurance policy on bis stock.
The/boilding was damaged a hundred or
two dfollars, by fire and water, but the own?
ers escaped witb a saali loss owing, to tbe
good work of the firemen.
Attention is directed to the quarterly state
j ment of tbe condition of tbe Bank of Sumter.
It shows a heavy volume of business, and tbe
deposit ?ccoant shows that the bank enjoys
i tbe confidence of our people to large extent.
Tbe colton receipts Saturday were very
heavy, but there was a good deal of inferior
grades in the lol. *
Harris' Show did not give a performance in
Bennettsv<lle, ss the county officials refased
to permit the performance until the licensa
W8S paid.
Health Officer Reardon has been issuing
health certificates in such large numbers that
be is kicking because no fee is> permitted to
be charged for them.
Mr. H. B. Bloom who has been Superinten?
dent of tbe Sumter Water Company ever
since the water system was established in this
city, bas resigned the position. His successor
bas not yet been appointed.
County Treasurer Scarborough is getting
everything in readiness to begin collecting
taxes on the 16ta instant, and will be in his
office on ard after ?hat date.
A negro named Jackson was brought into
ih?3Citj on the evening train Sunday io an
unconscious condition and WHS left here for
medical attention. He was injured by jump
tog from the train near Wateree station. His
bead and face were severely cut and bruised,
and at first it was thought that his injuries
were fatal, but next morning he regained con?
sciousness. He was sent home Tuesday and
bis speedy recovery is predicted.
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER
. The Baok of Sumter.
The report of Wilson & Edwards, fine
Columbia architects, oo the Court Bouse
improvements wan received Fiiday and
Messrs. Cain and Ryttenberg of the building
committee, couveyed to ?be contractors lr ?
purport of the report The contractors agreed
to make the few slight alterations sugges e i
io the repor'. The Cou try Board o et cn
Monday and tbe job was tuen formally ac?
cepted.
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL ?t FEVER
m nc mm
The experieace of two meo in selling cot?
ton, who live not a great distance from Sum?
ter, is instanced. Kennedy bad two bales
which be hauled to Camden and sold for
5 6H It took bim two days to make the
trip and when be reaebed home he was worn
out by the long trip ; Wilkins bis next door
neighbor, bad two bales also, which he
brought to this city and sold, receiving, tbere
for 5 75, and returned home before dark.
The cotton of the?e two men were of the
same grade. a<>d one lot was worth folly as
much as tbe other, yet o tie m*a baoled his
cotton four times the distance the other did
and received 12$ points less for it. This is
nota fictitious case, bot an actual occurrence
of this week, as can be proven.
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
m??
Main and Liberty S'reete r.ave been put
into mucb better condition ?ban they have
been for quite awhile
Freight receipts and trsnsfers at the depot
have been unusually heavy during the past
few days. The present condition is due in
part to tbe quarantine which has delayed
shipmen's from some n?aoes, and now it i?? all
coming io a lump.
D J. Chandler, toe clothier, bas another
artistic announcement of his fine clothing
and large stock of furnishing ""oods. His
advertisement always attracts the attention of
every reader of the paper, and the bargnin
pnces quoted on first class goods se: the
eaders to thinking.
Go to T. C Scaffe for S'ovew. He has the
largest line and latest sty ?es. Sept 29
The improvements now being rade on the
Court House square t-y the chain gang are
exactly what have been*needed since tbe old?
est inhabitant^ w?s a s&all boy.
The new hose for the fire department bas
been received an*? it wis tested Friday morn?
ing. The steamer was brought and fired up for
the purpose of making the test.
Aek to ?ee the Stove with fire luck gs:ar
anteed for 15 vears at T. C. Scaffe'd.
Sept. 29.
Horses at Auction.
25 bead of well t.red horses" will be ?old at
auction at Boyle's atables on Tuesday, Octo?
ber 12. If you wnnt a good horse, fully
guaranteed, be on band
W B. BOYLE, * Co .
FULLKR Bans. & BRISTOW.
"?ja "sisjASrijp .iq P?OS 'O'ii'yi tu Bj
Sa 'STIVJ 3313 nv mm gjgna gf
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Two ftp fi
That's just what every department u
m?MMmm Thursday,
ffiJEv?.D*---- C 0&
And if you choose buy. A natural seque
that recommend themselves, buying
of the offerings, fair sa
Prices for Thursday, Oct. 7.
Dcmeptic Department
Fruit of the Loom. 36* in 6-Jc Sea Island Tc quality 5c
Uobleach Sheeting IO 4, I2?c Bleach Sheeting, New York Mills 19c.
Bleach Sheeting. F<spperil J6c Shirting Calicoes, best, 4c
Fancy and Mournings, best made. 5c. 5 cases Outings, new styles 4c.
Merino Suitings, beautiful styles and sold regularly 8Jc, 6a!e price 6Jc.
1 case 36 in Bleach 4I-c. Lonsdale Cambric 9c
10 pieces turkey red Damask, full width, 16c
25 dca Huck Towels, 22 x 45 all liuen, 12c.
Blankets and Comforts.
10 4 white Blankets 45c.
Genuine jNorth Carolina and Kentucky, all wool Blankets, direct from mills.
10-4 4-lb blankets at $3 114 5-lb blankets at 3 88 12-4 6-lb blankets at 4 88
25 10-4 Comforts at 43c 25 114 Comforts at 59c 55 12 4 Comforts at 73c
UNDEEWJ3AB.
20 d^z Ladies' Vests, extra h?*avy ribbed ?atin fronts 19c
10 dGZ Ladies' wool ribbed Vests and Pant?, the 75J kind, at 50c
15*dcz Ladies' strictly all wool plain Vests and Pants, tbe 1 dollar kind, 75c.
A? our 1.25"and 1 50 Vents ai.d Pants-for Thurs^ y, 98c.
Dress Goods-We Lc< 1 them all.
15 pieces fancies and niaio Cashmeres, new goods 9o.
15 pieces 36 inch Henrietta, all shad's, new goods 17o
12 pieces fancy Mohairs 40 in 25o good.-, for Thursday only 16a.
25 pieces fanoy Drea* G ?ods 34 m the 20a kind, 14e.
35 pifc?^ fancy Novelty Dress Good*, direct from mills. Prices as follows I
for Thur.-daj: 50c go; ds. five ptyles 39c 55c good?;, pix styles, 34o. 40c j
^oods, etyht styles 29c 65o goods equal to the 1 dollar kind usually sold here- :
abouts. 54-3
Remember each, department of?e
Come, Look and if
Schwartz
BETTER THAN EVER,
-AND
BETTER THAN ELSEWHERE
-AT
This pleasing au-j f?lJl^*
nouncenient we are| *J
prepared to demon-1
strate to every one j L
who would look to;
their own int?restj o
when in search of| ^ *
the best bargains ^? n
their money can se- CQ<? V
To Our Lady Friends ?0**
Weare pleased to an-j
nounce the arrival of i 3$
the prettiest, most J of"^
stylish, and perhaps J ^
the most varied as-j r^l^^^
sortment of Novelties ? ;
in Dress Goods and ^
Trimmings ever ex-J .
hibited in Sumter, and f)V^
to show them is our "((fl?*
pleasure, whether you 'J-'"
purchase or not-Re- ?)lO^
member this. g
No advance in
prices on anything on! ^|lO^^*
account of change in i
in the Tariff.
How is this possi?
ble do you ask ? Va?
rious advantages over
others are at our com?
mand. A thorough
knowledge of the
Dry Goods business:
being in position to
j buy at close prices,
j and employing the
i
I
j same rule in selling.
In our Dress Mak
?
; ing Department the
I same high standard of
work will be main?
tained, and having
greatly enlarged our
facilities, we are ena?
bled to deliver work
as promptly as desir?
ed.
Take a Coupon
Card and get in line
for one of our beau?
tiful free gifts.
Regulators of Prices for Sumter, 3. O.
mine&s in One*
nder our roof is going to attempt on
> Oct. 7th. fiMmmriMm
WE.-Li O OM.
nee-Finding prices as quoted and goods
invariably results. We submit some
naples of many others?
Our store will be closed Wednesday, Oct 6.
Sere are Trade-Compelling Values for Thursday, Oct. 7.
Nore our offerings from each department are OD gooda that yoa Deed, mast
have, aod will appreciate the amouDt we save you.
Remember tlie Sale is for Thursday, October Ttli. /
Giving yo? 12 houri? if? wbicb to get these bargaios.
This Sale of Slack Dress foods
Will be a notable event io Sumter retaildom. It places before you the choicest
autumn fabrics irooo home and foreign markets. With an offer Tram oar Dress
Mating Department you will appreciate.
THIS OPFER ONLY FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 7th..
SKIRTS ?MADE FOR ?1 00.
All Black Goods, all Colored Goods, all Silk Goods bought at this sale for
Skirts will be made for $1 00.
Remember we handle only and exclusively the world renowned B. Priestly &
Co's (of England) line of Black goods. They stand alone as the peers in the
manufacture of black goods. Better goods, and at leas prices than their so called
competitors.
Capes and Cloaks.
100 far trimmed Capes 54c.
50 far and braid Double Capes, the one dollar and a quarter kind 84c.
40 extra fine Beaver Capes, fall sweep, can't be matched less than $2, $1.39.
200 sample Jackets,-all of doe qualities, for this sale at less than one-half of
manufacturer* cost-From 75o to ?1.99
40 doz Ladies' 6-hook Corsets io grey aod white-For this day only 39o.
rs you special prices for the day.
you choose buy.
?rOS? Palace Dry Goods Emporium*
eaflparters !
Is the place wide awake buyers naturally seek when in
search of bargains, the most and best for the least money.
CROSSWELL & CO.
are the recognized headquarters for anything in the
GROG ERY LZN"E.
Their business has increased so they have been compelled to
occupy an additional warehouse to store the heavy stocks they
have laid in before the STEEP ADVANCE. Their customers
will reap a rich harvest and help enjoy the inducements and
advantages which Cresswell & Co., will have to offer.
Their buyers are in the market ali the time; all the time posted in advance
of the market chaoges, aod with eyes wide open to take advaotage of the best
offerings made Sech articles as Flour, Butter, Cheese, Cakes and Crackers,
Canned Goods, &c, have made a marked ad vence. We have bought early and
hovght heavy. Enough said. We are not responsible if you pay more raooey
elsewhere. If yea will call and see as, or ask for our prices you will agree with
the others that we are headquarters fer GROCERIES.
Cresswell & Co*
The ^tt^Sfl?^^^. It makes
Premier ^!^f^^^^M more
Flour |SSP^ Loaves of
of ^^^'^^^^^^^ Bread than
America ^^^^^^^^^^r"" Flour.
Use the Old Reliable PATAPSC0 SUPELATIVE PATENT FLOUS,
Ground froL. the en-am of Maryland ?od Vireima wheat, stands in the lead not only at home
but it. foreign mulkas. For furity, strength and uniform quality it has no equal. If you
want the best be sure you get this brand For sale by
CROSSWELL & CO.
Sept 1.
BOARDING.
HAVING TAKEN ihe House on Main
Street secoi.d door south of the Nixon
House. I am ptepsred to accoa modate a lew
recular boarders, and also lodjziog and meals
tc transient customers.
Terms reasonable.
Mas. W. B SMITH.
Sept. 8.
DENTIST.
office
OVER 8TOBK OF ?XMTES DRY GOODS COMPANY
-miranee on Main Street,
Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock.
April 9. 2