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EAD Y CASH SALE. READY CASH SAEE. Just at this Season we are particularly in need of Ready Cash. Those possessing same can exchange it for rare bargains. WHITE GOODS. Fine Dotted Swiss, lax price 15c, ready cash ?ale 1 lc 44 I8e, " " " 15c ?? 20c, M " " 16c ? 30c, M " " 22c itra quality 35c Dotted Swiss, ready cash price 27c. 62-incb white Organdie, wo rth 30c, ready cash sale r 2 Jc 72-inch white Organdies, worth 35c,at2i?c TU inch extra quality 60c Organ <Ke, ready cash price 46c. Solid colored Organdies, all shades, worth 18c, ready cash price 13Jc 42-inch Madras Cloth for Shirts and shirt waists 15c-goods, ready cash price 12c. PARASOLS, PARASOLS. We have special inducements in this line. 60c Parasols, Ready Cash Price 48c 75c .* " " " 63c $125 " ?. M " 97c 1 50 41 44 44 " $133 2.50 44 " " 41 198 3.00 " 44 41 2 49 4 00 44 ? 44 - 44 3 49 $1 25 white silk Parasol. 98c 2 00 44 44 44 1 37 5 00 Tan Chiffon Parasol, 3 25 5 00 Dresden Silk Parasol, 3 37 4.00 Pongee Silk Parasol, 1.98 Ail styles, black and natural wood handles SHIRT WAISTS. A pore White Linen Waist-very swell and stylish, a $2.50 article, ready cash price $2 15 We make a specialty of $1 Shirt Waiata and have positively the best and nicest assortment on the market Our 50c Shirt Waists are all that they should be and more than you could reasonably expect for the price SUMMER NOVELTIES. Organdies a' Orleans, fancy and solid colors-10c goods, ready cash price 8Jc Organdie Lisse, a desirable sum? mer goods, selling everywhere at 15c, ready cash sale 12?c French Organdies, 25c is the reg? ular price, ready cash sale 18c DRESS GOODS. 1 lot Novelty Suitings, worth 25c at 19c yd 1 lot 30c Novelty Suitings, 22c yd 1 lot Covert Clothes, regular price 40c, ready cash sale 34c The most desirable goods for bicycle and out ing suits is the Covert Cloth 1 lot Novelty Weaves, 40c goods for 34c. Our entire line of 50c Dress Goods Novelties, for the ready cash sale 39c Wash Silks, ready cash price, 22c a yard. CHILDREN'S SAILOR HATS A choice line at 25c. 50c Child's Sailor, ready cash sale, 38c Extra quality Child's Sailor 48c Ladies' Sailors with black and white bands 25c A choice line of black and white sailors, that can't be beaten at 75c Ladies' mixed straw Sailors, worth 65c, ot 50c Ladies' Crash Bicycle Hats-A novelty, ask lo see them, 47c CLOTHING. Our line is too fxtensive to enum? erate prices, our line runs from $5 to $25, embracing thc celebrated Strouse & Bros., square sh oulder per feet fitting goods. We offer a special discount on ail clothing for this Ready Cash Sale. Children's Wash Suits. See the line we are offering MEN'S WEAR; Men's Negligee Shirts with sepa? rate cuffs, 50c Men's $1 Shirts, colored bosom, separate cuffs 87c Men's 85c Shir s, colored bosom, separate cuffs 67c Men's ?1 Shirts, colored all over, separate cuffs, 92c CRASH HATS. The leader for spring, est assortment in Sumter sale 45c Crash Alpine Hats 25c The larg For this ?J. RYTTENBERa & SONS J. RYTTENB ERG & SONS. f WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1SS8. gp- The Sumter Watctimcm was lound ed pg?n 1850 aod thc JVae Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has ihe combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is maui- j featly the best advertising coeciam in pl^fee Watchman and Southron is giv ?Pfeg*~?s full and as lats news from the g-'war. as any weekly paper published in ?Ej&eState and muoh fuller and laier then Hute large majority of weekly papers. E%K?eryth5ng of importance is covered in Kr telegraphic press reports up to noon HBpf r^ednesday-the day of publica g t?n. We held thc forms open to the r" very Ia* t m ic ate it ia possible to do no and catch the mails leaving this city ^between noon and 2 o'clock p. ai. ~We femare sparing neither expense nor trouble Bgo give our subscribers a first cl isa ser Hy*c&? and we are confident that taey ap : - prec?ate oar efforts to serve them There ^ /was never a better time to subscribe to >ihe Watchman and Southron than at ? ^present. We wart to know : Do ail who write or wire Governor Ellerbe offer ?peg their services against Spain expect r to receive officer's commissions ? If not why do they not wait ant il they g ean volunteer regularly ? : Spain has called cot the reserves. rt^Fhe United States has issued the ? <? C call for volunteers Spain baei bor --? every ceot possible and is ing upon ber patroitic citizens to ie to the rescue of the Govern mest with gifts of money for the : army and navy. The United States has not yet spent all the money in the treasury and is merely consider lng the- advisability of levying a % slightly haavier tax for war purposes Spain has trouble in keeping the riotous mobs,'anarchists and malcon tents in subjection The United States bas neither mobs nor aoar ebists Spain has a population of ; less than seventeen millions all told V The United States bas a population of seventy millions, and wealth and resources beyond estimation. Can there be but ono result of the irar ? In the Revolutionary War the dis trict that is now known as Sumter .County furnished a large number of patriot soldiers who served with Sum? ter ard Marion. At least two com . panie* ia Sumter's Brigade and one in Marion's were formed of Sumter County men. In the war of 1812 Sumter County had, according to ! some authorities five companies on duty. In 1836 Sumter County sent - one twelfth of the South Carolina contingent to the Florida War. In 1847 Sumter County was represented in Mexico by the Sumter Volun teers, ! Company A of the Palmetto Regi? ment, aad this company was one tenth of the troops furnished by South Carolina How many men Sumter County sent to the frc nt in the last war we know cot, but vre do know that five hundred were left dead on the field of battle. " This is a re? cord to be proud of, a history that does not belie the name of "Game Cocks/' but it belongs to the past, it was made by the men of departed and rapidly departing generations. What will the men of S am ter do to ooo ti nao this proud cij tory. Win taey volunteer ur wm m ey be content to perform "this duty" by serving in the militia, a service o f ab? solute safety at present and the future does not promise any great danger. John Jacob Astor is a millionaire, bet be bas lots of patriotism, along with bk dollars and he is spending bis money j freely io the service of the Dat The presa dispatches stated rbis mi tog: ' John Jacob Astor, of N?w Yi not content with ottering the Gov? ment free bis splendid yacht Norma and free transportation for troops supplies over tbe railroads in which is interested, has come forward * notice that be has raised and equip at his own expense a battery of ar lery, which he desires to offer to Government under his own plans service io Coba. This offer^ proba will be accepted, although the depa meat bas been deluged with offers raise volunteers ia this way to the i gregate number of at least 50,000.'' This shows that millionaire are OD after all and do. not hesitate to ms use of their vast wealth liber lally a patriotically. The expected has come to pass corn, wheat, meat acd provisions cf descriptions have advanced in price a result of the war with Spain. T price of cotton has declined and the e is not yet ; in all truth and earnestot we believe tbat we are as yet scarce at the beginning. Provisions' s Bure to become dearer and dea er every week so loo g as tl war continues, while cotton will gre cheaper each week Should the w ooo ti nue through the summer and io the fall and winter the effect oo the cc too market wilt be vastly more serioi than it oan be at the present time. Tl acreage estimated to be planted io co ton this year will produce, provide ordinary conditions prevail, ten an t>oe half to eleven million bale;. Tb eoormojas crop alone, following o the heels of the eleven million bale ere sf 1897, would be suffi eic nt to deprei the price twenty-five per cent belo the cost of production, and for the li' of us we oannot comprehend why th men who must bear this loss persist i increasing the cotton acreage Added to the evil of over produotic we now have this war with Spaio, tb effect of which will be to decrease tb consumption of American cotton to ai amount equal to the annual takings v Spanish cotton manufacturers, if no to an even greater extent. All cir co m stances and conditions are operatioj igaicst the ootton producers, and th prospect is that the crop ef 1898 wil oost more than the average crop ao< sell for less. Previsions are advanoioj in price and those farmers who find i oeoessary to make their crop OD Westert som, Wes'ern meat sod western flour will ?od that every pound of cotton wil sost them more than they estimated There is no escape from the ceriousnest sf tbe situation for those who have to buj provisions io order that they maj live until the present crop bat been harvested, but by forethought acd prudence they can make provision for tbe future The man who goes ahead making a large cotton crop to the neg leot of tbe food crops, expecting to pur? chase food with the proceeds of his cot? ton is recklessly courting financial dis aster and in it tog destruction and suf fer ing. No one can foretell how long the war will be protracted nor what the consequences wiil be, bot it ts a'ready apparent tbe oost of living will be ma? terially increased. Therefore the man who produces the necessaries of life is the wise mau, and he alone will be in? dependent of circumstances. The mao with empty corn houses will be desti? tute, indeed, even ibo' be has more cot? ton tbao ever before. Key W#?tf April 26.-The U. S. gunboat Mangrove has captured a large Spanish transport with troops aboard The Mangrove and prize ia coming into port now, but it cannot be discerned what boat she has cap tured It is thought to be either the Alfonso Thirteenth or the Montserat In either event it is a big ptize-the most important capture made since the war began U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, South Carolina Section. JPor th? Week Ending Monday, April 25, 1898. COLUMBIA, S C , April 2G The mean temperature for the week was normal bat over the weet ern, northern, and northwestern counties the nights were too cool for the growth of crops, while the day temp?ratures were sufficiently high to warm the ground and bring up seed recently planted The mean tempe? rature for the week was 65 which is also the nornal for the same period. There was a wide range of tem perature between the western and eastern portions, viz : between 91 on the 20th at Gillisonviile and 36 on the 21st at Greenville. Light frosts were observed on the mornings of the 20tb and 21st in Fickens, Greenville. Saluda, Union, Newberry, Lexington, York. Chester and Lancaster coun ties but nothing was injured The rainfall for the week was heavy and well distributed, and over the greater portion of the State was needed and will prove beneficial, while over limited areas in the west central counties the ground was pre viously^too wet aod farm work will be further delayed Over the southeast? ern, eastern, and northeastern coun? ties the rain was timely for oats and j for putting the soil iu condition for transplanting tobacco. Twenty five places, representing all portions of the State, reported amounts of rain? fall of one inch or more, four of which had over two inches, with ex? cessive falls of 4 73 and 4 25 at St. Paul and Ella respectively. The average of all reports is 119 and i he normal for the same period is approx? imately 0 82. Light hail fell on the 23d and Govan and Chet aw but did no damage The sunshine varied greatly over the State but averaged 86 per cent of the possible High winds accom? panied the thunderstorms over New? berry county destroying fruit trees and blowing down fences. The weather on the whole was favorable for farmwork, which pro gressed rapidly and is now well ad? vanced Corn planting made fair progress and upland corn in most counties is nearly all planted, some bottom lands have been planted Complaints of poor stands of corn j are general and include all portions I of the State Some of the earliest ! planted has been plowed up and re planted while replanting is neces saiy in many places owing to cut aDd bud worms and the poor germi- ? nation of seed. Early corn that was cut down by frost is coming out slow- ! ly. In general the nights have been too cool for corn to grow well Early j corn, in places, is large enough to ! plow. j The bulk of the cotton crop was planted during the week, and only in the extreme northwestern counties does any considerable area remain to be planted Early planting is com? ing up to irregular stands while later planting is comiDg up nicely. None has been chopped out yet. In the northeastern counties rain was need? ed but has been copiously supplied Oats are small and backward in Barnwell, Ilarnpton and Beaufort counties owing to the dry winter, but the recent rains will benefit them. In other portions of the State oats are very promising and are heading. The rains of the week will assure a full crop The reports on wheat are uniform? ly favotable and indicate a full crop Wheat is heading. The work of transplanting tobacco made rapid progress, although the ground was too dry in places during the first of the week, bot the weather cond tions were generally favorable. In the lower rice districts planting is nearing completion sind good staods are the rule throughout the entire rice rais? ing sections Irish potatoes are being dog in Charleston and Beaufort counties, but tbe yields are poor ; Safer planting looks more promising. Potato bugs have ap? peared in Charleston county. Sweet potato slips are coming up nicely in most places, although a few complaints are received of their not growing well. Moek melons are oom i pg up poorl; and are later than asnal. Watermel? ons have poor stands in E?gtfield, Barnwell, Orangebttrg, Florence and Williamsburg counties Gardens are generally late but recently have been doing well. Large shipments of strawberries, beans, peas, potatoe?. and cucumbers being made from tbe Southern track district, and cf strawberries from the | i Williamsburg and Florence district More coro aod other food crops, than j usual being planted in Sp ar tat burg ' county. Farmers are well cp with their work except io portions of LioreBS. and Sa? luda counties where it has been de layed by too much rain From the DnMy Item. The most despicable creature in existence is the man who expouscs the cause of the enemy of bis coun? try; and nota wbifi lees contempti? ble is be who claims to think that j every act of bis country is wrong and ? the acts of her enemies just and ad mirable and praiseworthy. The News and Courier has words of praise for the Spanish for their deter ruination to resist the purpose of tbe United States to end the Cuban butchery to the last bitter ex? tremity, but nothing but fault find ing8 with the policy of the Uni? ted States Government, which is merely the crystalized sentiment of th majority of toe people of this j, who, thank God, are not deaa to the claims of humanity nor destitute of patriotism. The edito? rial opinions of the News and Courier may meet with the approval and commendation of the "conservative" "business men" of the country who counts all things in dollars and cents, but there are many others who have been surprised and grieved that a native American should entertain tl e sentiments recorded day after day in the leading paper of the largest city of South Carolina The Powers to Spain-Tell your troublrs to the marines ; we hive troubles cf our own -Augusta Chrooi ole" ARE YOU1 BANKRUPTinhealth, constitution undermined by ex- j travagance in eating, by disre? garding the laws of nature, or physical capital all gone, if so, NEVER DESPAIR Tutt's Liver Pills will cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. j Tutt's Liver Pills an absolute cure. Kingston, Jamaica, April 24 -Fa gitives from Guantanamo, province of Santiago de Cuba, say Spanish troops are concentrating in principal sea coast cities and laying waste by fire interior towns and plantations. lt is feared devastation will be com plete before the Americans can occu? py that territory. OJ Board Flagship N.'w York, off Havana, April 24 -Noon.-During the early morning the Morro Castle batteries again opened fire on the fleet, but without tbe slightest effect There have been no casualties among our forces up to the hour of writing, and not a single shot bas been fired against the batteries. London, April 25 -The Times this morning protests editorially against the intention attributed to the United States to cut a cable belonging to sn English company, and expresses the hope that America wili not establish PO evil a precedent, which might be held by Spain to jushfy the cutting of any cable ?anding on American soil. I waa rending aa advertisement of Ch^m berlain's Co ie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kern? ed/ in ?he Worcester Enterprise recently, whi? vJ leeds me to write ?his. I c?n troth full? say I t.ever oued so? remedy fq?al to :t for colic aod diarrhoea ? hive riever bsd to u-e more ib-io <;ne or two doses to cur? 'he w?ws? ouse wi?h mvseif or child - VV. A. S'rouri; Po. omcke City, Md. For snle by A J. China Queenstown, April 25 -The 30 knot Spanish torpedo boat destroyer. Audaz, passed Roches' Point at 4 45 a m to day (Monday) going sea? ward, after three weeks in the Queenstown dry dock New York, April 24.-The steam? er City of Washington, from Ha? bana, arrived to day, bringing 95 Cuban passengers, twothitds of them women and children. >he was the last vessel to leave Havana be? fore the United States fleet establish? ed the blockade, having departed last Wednesday. She brought 1,050,000 francs of French gold and a geueral cargo Pitts' f Ca rm i native I Aids Digestion, I Regulates the Bowels, ?f I Cures Cholera Infantum, '? ? Cholera Morbus, ^ Diarrhoea, Dysentery, & \ Teething Children, lt . And all diseases o' ibo Stomach. $ abd Bowel?. It is ?iieastiiit J ' to the taste; and ! NEVER FAILS S to give ?n?!:fiar?ir>.i. (? h A rev Doses \yi!l D^ncior :lrate J E rts SupGria?ysVirtecf. Is Highly Rccom- Z mended for COUGHS, E COLDS.HOABSESESS, S SOBE THEO AT.Bnox- Z CHITIN. ASTHMA, 5 W'HOOriNG COI'GH.S and All Diseases of z r the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, z jj - * POSITIVE SPECIFIC FOE CROUP. = ?ilIlllHHIUIIIIIIIIIIIIlItlIlllIlllltUltDIIIIIIIttlUIIIIIR COUGH^CROUP: EXPECTORANT FOE BASTES SUNDAY SEE AZ FAST the customary Easter eggs could . have no better accompaniment than i a slice from our sugar cured ham or ' or dainty bacon In the meantime we have any delicacy to tempt the i Spring appetite-Spring lamb, Spring j broilers, beef and Polk Manofse^'er and shipper of Sau- ! sage, orilctu by mr.il or wire promptly attended to E. HOGAN, Telephone No. 26. TOOMEY BLOCS. j Oct 25 Master's Sale. ! State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Bank of Darlington, plaintiff against Mary J. Kelly, John 0. Kelly, David B. Kelly, Emma C Welch, heirs at law, and distributees of G. Ben Kelly, deceased, Olivia F Kelly, H. Baum and JU. Baum, co-part' ners, doing business u .der the firm name of Baum f '-os ; and Dana V. Hearon, doing business under the name of J. M. Hearon, Agent, Defendants. PURSUANT, to the jodjrmeot and order of tba Coo rt aforesaid, made io the Hoove entitled case, I wi!! offer for sale at Public Aucioo, before the Court House ;a the City of Sooner, County and Sute afore? said, on the First M ou day io May, next? 1898, (being tbe 2d day of said mooth) be? tween tbe hours of eleven o'clock io the fore no ? and five o'clock in the afterooon of said day, the following described property to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land.lyirg, being and sitoa?e n the County of tooter, and State of South Carolina, containing one bandr? ?nd ninety-eight acres, more or Uss, ard bounded ae follows to wit : North by the Nods of W. H Kelly, a: d M C Welch; South r.y Lyrcbes River ; East by lands of Mattie Harris and We-t by lands of W. W. Kelly ; neirig the same land de*cticed io the mortgage of G Ben Kelly to J A Kelly tbe I boundaries rarying slightly j Terns-One bal: cash, b?laoce in one year ! from the day of sale secured ny the bond j and mortgage of the purcbast-r, on the piem I i?es with interest from tbe day of sale. -- * j Purchaser to pty for oecessery papers sod j recotdmg W. B INGRAM, Master for Sumter County. ! Anri! 6 ? *_ WAR! WAR! WAR! ! But the "White" is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew? ing machines from ten dollars up. We have a few machines that are slightly used that we will sell cheap. We also have a nice line of Organs that we will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. Iff. B. B?NDLE. Manager, Sumter Music House. SUMTER, S. C. THINK OF li ! Vnere isn't a weak point anywhere about the They are a perfec? example cf Piaoo-butid ion, and tbe pric-s are richi. STANDARD ORGANS TUNING AND REPAIRING Pianos For E^nt- Terms to Suit CHAS. M. STUFF. BALTIMORE WASHINGTON NORFOLK VA , Charlo-te, N. C., 9 North Literrv S?. 521 ll TH ST. N W. HS MAIN ST. 213 N Tryon St THAT LOCAL GUARANTEE. We put a local guarantee on every guar? anteed bicyc'e we sel!. If you tay a guar? anteed wheel from us we keep it in repair one year free of charge. People wbo de?l with us will never know wbat it ls ?o pay out ex? press charge?. Cir plant is complete, if It did come by incoes. We build, fell, trt.de and repair. Jost a pe<?p at the interior of oar shop is all you want. Respectfully, JENKINS BBOS., "TSE OYEKALL SIDS." Next Door to Express Office. April 6