The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 31, 1900, Image 4
CITY OOUIICIL Id KKTING.
Council n e- et ? f.'cid :: p m Wrlnee
day, Jaeoon 21 Preten? Mttnr Hi... ion,
A Idar men Ippaiaou, Stuck*;, Fioo Flowers
aod Merst.
Miou'ea of January 10th aod 16th were
re?d and at pro trad
Cooonl cooetdered nqsmt of the Sumter
Tobacco Co , for renewal of tbeir leaie for a
tatsa of yeara at a oooai'.al rent. 1 waa da
tereeioed to aaa he the lease, aad the (lark wai
directed to eorretpoud with ibe A 0 L eu
tbf'iM to obtain pe mirsion for the coro
peer to build aa additioo tu ?H? n ? rehouse
Tbe Fioa oca Coaoainee reported ?pproval
of bill* referred to thtaa at laat meet up ; aod
that they aad eiaaitoed tba Clerk and Tieee
arar'a acoooata for October, November aod
Dtcaasber, wbieb wert found correct
Mr Fian reported that Iba ^neater Cottoo
Mil la would out oootaat to pay a greater
aaaa tbaa previously offered on tittoaioo of
wator eeaia* 10 their property, aad moved
tbel Um citeeeloo ba aaado oo Ureas offered.
Hat saellea waa adopted
Mr. Fla? reported that ao inspection of tba
Otty Mall abowad tba roof to bo ha a leaky
ewadtiiee, aod It eboold bo repaired without
waaay. Oo baa aaouon it waa decided to ra
awpat vlih pa par, ta# aad aaad aa ongtaaliy
aw aw. Tbe eeerk waa directed to call for bide
la* twa wata
Mr. Fioe at a tad tbat bo bad baa* i aforaeed
Vbe* twaao of tba oily llwatt marks bad eeeo
?aojsiii aad bo tboogbt aoaaa aaoaaa of ao
?bar? eg too targete abooid bo adopt s. Oo
aaaitoa of Mr. Flowora tbla was referred to
twa OoeaaaJttea oo PobUe Hawks.
Mr. Flowora erporttd tbat tba earvlees of
law edjpeiy tool a gao? ooald aot bo eecored
aa wFiao wort aa Fee'ory braacb, or aa
aaaob of it aa lay wttbla tba citv l|a Ita
Mr Fwatbaj soggotttd tbat too eoeassittet
bp ober** of tbat aaattoe aboald fraaaa a bill
aar taw ligtaaaiaM which woold givt ta etitee
to waa a fair aroportioo of ebela gaag
freea tba Oily Board of
Meehb waa road Mb lag eoeeeii ta adopt aa
aa erdiaoeee tbeir Rai? 4ft, prohibiting tba
awoptag af bewe wktbto Iba elty llaitts. Tbe
rwie waa aaeeteoeetly adopted aad ordered
ewbltebad
Tba etorb road a lot tor frees Mr. I Borden,
Bopart a toe4?' af Treeeeortettoa af tba
Attaatt? Oaast Lle?, Io wblcb ha promised to
saa tbat ire lee ao aot stop oo croe*?ege aa bas
aeaa aabjeaa of aoojplalat. Mr. Finn stated
tbat aa today a train bad blocked a atroat
eraeeteg far aa aaioatoa.
Aa atdlaaaas prohibit itg tba tbrowiog of
baaaaa aad eraoge poola aad watoraaaloo
rlada aa tba aldawalka or atroaia waa adopt*
ad.
Mr. B B Bloom etated ibal be bad aa
afar for pa rebate of oao of tbe old band ire
aaginea, arid detired eoooeil to bat? photo?
graph* af It aaado aad to flt a pnct on It
referred ta Ira department committee with
power io act ?*
B>ds far btildiog two boat eowjpaoy bouse,
wert reeetved froaa a C Kaveoaaeb at
fl aps aacb aod W. H Ippereoo at 11,624
oaab Oa aaoiioo af I r Fioa a aereial baeet
i?f waa oailtd for Joe. 15tb, 6 p a , to coo
sidor iboa* ?tat
Mr Fioa reported tbat drala pipo is great
ly etcdsd oa Repebltoan aaa Weebiogtoo
etreate. Twa pipe was ordered pat down.
Baal House Contract Awarded.
Tba Ouy Ooaecil bold e special wet ting last
Tbaroday aigbt to cor eider :be bids fur erect
lag tba i wo atatloa booet* for tba lr? depart*
aaoot. Tat aaaiiov was diaeaastd tally froaa
eterv aoiat of view aod a resolution was
?oaily adopted providing for ibt immediate
eveetlea af ibe two boaeee as provided for io
taw pi aaa aad saorttaaliaos drawn by Con?
tractor J W Mclwtor onder ibe direction
af taa eoi saittaa of ooaacii Tbo contract
Waa lata awarded to M 0 Keveoeogb, bis
bvd boiog tat laweat aabrol'.:*4 Bis bid was
$1,808 for each bo oat? $1,218 tor ike two.
Be will bt required io gut bond for tbo per
of iba work as apectfted in the
MUH1CIPAL LAW BRKAKBBS
Abwtraot From tba Ma jot's Court
Dookat for 1890
Tba feMowiog to aa ebetreet froaa tb?
rooorda of tba Mayor's Court for 1899 It
Ottawa 'bat tbare ware 254 arrasis aod iriale
daring taa year and also tba nature of ibe
?ia?n far which ibe arrtata wtr? made :
Uvaeke, dloorearltjee, profane aad
eher? a e la- goagt, Ac , ? 10
White aaa let, 10
Oolorod walta ' 41
Colored few. lee, 12
Dialavaaoot af peace, q .errelleg,
?gbiiag, be , 111
Wbiteeaaiee, 4
Colored waits. 13
Colored feme lei 21
Oeaeblt-tg. .... n
Wbitt aaalre, 8
Colored avalee, 8
1 a ?ddi, t ioo ta tbo a bo vt t here vere
8 aoaaa af dtaordorlita io wblcb
gaaabliog waa a part of tbo
obarge
Oa a taa ltd wtapooa, ... 8
Wbiio saalas, 2
Colored aaa Ita, a
la ?ddti.o.? ta 'be ?bot? there
ware 4 oataa included io other
cbt rgtt
Diaebarglog firearm*, 8
ffblta saalee, 1
Colored aaa let, 1
Violatioo of Huaday law, - 2
Wb?i? saalea, 2
Rtckltas dritiea of boraat, aod
v violation of bkycl? law, ? 36
Wbil? a>tl?a, 22
Calortd aaa aa, 12
Ooior?d fem ?let, 1
Rifatol ta aarfoiaa etreet doty, 4
Colored aaaltt. 4
Violence Hoard or Healib rulea, 1
Colored saaite, 1
Blowing sieaoi wbiiilrs aooecae
SarHj, ? 4
White reales, 1
Colored aaaiea, 3
Baerdleg iraios ? 6
Wh'te eiaiaa, 1
Oolorod saalea. b
Total, .... 2*4
?ta> ?*>?? -aaw????
Mupreme Jourt ?aoieioo.
A. Brook? Stucke? . aa edi>lui8'retnr, ap
pallaal, vs. tbt Atlaonc Co.at Liot Kaihoad
Cowpaey, rtapoedeot Urdar granted die
aaieeieg ibie appeal
awaa88w aae ?aTeiaaaa
Mayeeville e Big book Beoord
Maytavllie, Jaa 25?Tbtrt baa r>eeo con
tidorable eei?i lata y about big e*ecke S rto
far aatioo Wall, Matt villt Ihir hs It cao
aa "oee bttttr ' Last week Mr M. P
Neves, boytr for J B Hloa , gave Mr J. |
Baratil, e ebtcb for $18,286 for about 600
balee, while on leet Pefjrd*v, the 20'b, Mr
M M MrOel*. r^preteoiing A es Hurunt A
Hoe, paid $32.998 93 by rbtck for e lot from
Mr A A Mtrtu-a It it eatkma'ed hat ovtr
$dV00O have changed band? here lor cotton
etoce Jan lai
Take I>r Bul.'a t'ou|b .Sypa}? for all tboae
deogeroe* ?ffeciioos, bbeevi colda, pleunty
etd gnp^t,? which fail end winter bring
tioeg It te ibe grttiett cart for broocbiti*
ead eil ibroet eed loog aflectlooa.
TUR PUBLIC 8 HOOL8.
Several Questions That Require
Answers
Mr. Editor | A few days si er? I met Mr
J. KJwin Rembert, our efficient county su?
perintendent of education, ou a visit to cer
taio icbool districts which needed his atten?
tion. He tn* a way of laying aside any
work that he might have in hind, and goto**
at once to '.ny part of the county where bis
prtteoce is required He informed me that
up to this time every chec'i presented at bis
office has been promptly cashed This is a
very creditable state of affairs He also tells
me that several school districts nave already
closed tbeir schools for lack of funds. They
acted wisely io doieg so But, think of it,
schools closed the middle of January What
tbo cbildrso lose by this early closiog is
lost Oy them forever It is oot possible that
they can ever regain it. Whose fault is it ?
Some districts roo tbeir schools seven
Booths aod leave a surplus; others roo three
or fear months aod leave a debt. Why this
ditU.eoc* ? 1 do oot know of aoj sufficient
reason why there should ho a etffjroaee. A
school district io debt is at a great disadvan?
tage
Allow sac to direct atteotloo to the follow?
ing eatraet faom the School Law of Sooth
Carolina: "Provided, That all coo tracts
which hoards of trosteas may make io excess
of the feeds apportioned to their district shall
he void
This law has oaver been enforced io this
eoooty. Oooety 80perleleodcotc always ad
vi#od Its observance, hat It is frequently dis?
regarded I thiak the time has come to eo
force It. Mr. McMahao deeiree it, aod it Is so
evideotly for the good of all, I hope oor pres
eat Boperioteodeat will see to it that it is
obeyed la future; and I fee) qolte sure that
he will he sostaiaed by public seoUmcnt Tt
asaj work a little hardship at first, hut not
teetcarlly.
I wish now to aak another qoestioo. If
any board of trustees is this eoooty have oot
enough money to roo tbeir schools six or
seven months, whose fault la It? I unhesi?
tatingly aay that such beard has failed 10 its
d< ty If tt baa oot given tbe taxpayers aa op?
portunity of votlog 00 tbe qoestioo of a spe?
cial levy This is easily done Aoy board
caa get op a writleo request wi h six oames,
aod order ao election If the voters rejsct it
theo the Hostet* may enjoy tbe pleaeiog
consciousness of duty faithfully done and tbe
children most continue to sotfjr tbe privation
of their dearest privilege. Taosvaa.
saap ? i ??
Dr. Ball's Cough *4yrop, the people's
fneod, has been 10 ose over fifty years It
cures the severest affections of the throat and
luogs ; sueb as, bronchitis, grlpp, laryngitis
aod incipient consumption. Price ooly 15
cents a bottle.
? ?
PI8QAH NKW8.
Piegah, Jao. 30 ?farm labor is scarce
throogh this section, aod some farmers arc
quite troohled eboot it We have a distinct
recollection of heerlog or reading that some
time ie the dim ana misty past oor forefa?
thers oaed to plow aod hoe, reap aod mow,
tor their living, hut we presume the thing
baa about gone oot of fashioo.
Some of oor people are oot so upset by the
price ot cottoo as to make them lose their
heads, especially that class that do aod in
I toad to pay 100 cents 00 the dollar.
The me?cbaote ere aoxleus to supply all
good people aod take some oot so good, bop
log that their latter days will be tbe best of
the.. Ii res. so far as debt-pay iog is concerned
There is oothiag like hope.
The iniquitous financial hill now before tbe
Uaited State? seoate, when it becomes a
law, will sap the financial Ufa aod liberties
of oor people. We have oot seen a single
protest from a 8omter paper against its
passage, hoi wo presume they thiok it would
ho a wasted argoaseot
While the papers are advoeatlog the build?
ing of coitoo mills is oar State, aod the
soutb, a floe one could he built at Swimming
Poos, this con-nty. at the rtsider.ee of dipt.
N.8. MeLeod. No dooht he would maks it
easy for a company 10 build ooe there, aod
it would pay aod be a sueb a help to all.
Tbe goaao wagoos have commenced tbe
trade for the year. ,
Oats eod wheat are small yet.
A good deal of sickoeas is about
Marriage fees are goiog from 25 cents to
91. If they keep at these figures, it will be
ie tbe power of the average mao to pay the
preacher.
Tne adoptioo of the maj >rity repnrt by
congress, in the Robert's case, has established
a most daogeroos precedent Uoder its
action, a partieaa small majority could keei
00'. indefinitely a minority Tbe minority
report wee tbe safe ooe to adopt, for it pro?
vided for tbo right of tbe State, aad tbe
expulsion of the unworthy member and no
b?d precedent could be established It is
wrong to Infi? with the rights of the States
io sueb matters.
A report is oirrent here that the white
mao found dead io Wateree Swamp re eotly,
it that of Vir Wyles DaBose, of Camdeo
He disappeared io the sammer aod baa never
beerf heard from Tbe clothing, shoes aod
aise poiot to this Mr. DoBoee disappeared,
it is said, io a frame of miod calculated to do
injury to himself
Lewie De ?eis, Salem, lod , says, "Kodol
Oyapeps a Cure did me toore good than any.
thing I ever took It digests what you eat
aod cao oot help but cure dyspepsia and
stomach troubles ? JSHughaon k Co
CUBAN REUEF cuivs Colic,
Neuralgia and Toothaeht; in
five minutes. Sour Stomuch und
Summer Complaint*. Price 25c.
Hold bv Hogbsoo Ligoo Co.
a Frlghftpl Blander
Will often CatjCS a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut
or Hruise. Burklen'a Arnica Balve, tho bent in
tbe world will kill tbe pain ami promptly heal
It. Cure* OM Sorea. K?ver S.r?n, IMccra,
B??iU, Pelnta. C< rna, ell Skin BfBptleaa He?t
Pile Cure nn earth. Only 2 > ate, a box. Cure
gu tra-ilee I. Sold by J. K W. DeLorme, I'rug
gist. lb
SOME SUGGESTIONS
ABOUT GOOD ROADS.
Prof. Holmes' Valuable Ad?
dress to Legislators.
Tbs Huf J*u. 26.
The legislature of South Carolina1
last uight listened to an enjoyable
and much enjoyed common sense
talk on the subject of good roads
This theme did not occupy the entire
time of Prof J A Holmes of the
University of North Carolina and
State geologist, but he referred briefly
to many latent resources which
should be developed, fostered and
maintained
Mr Holmes ia a native of South
Carolina, and though a young man,
ia among the foremost of those
who are devoting time aud
brain to tbe upbuilding of tbe south
in tbe development of natural riobea.
He is a self made man, and the moat
forcible illustration of the cost of bad
roads whioh he used last night waa
taken from bia own life He recited
bow when a boy be bad made three
balea of ootton to aid in obtaining an
education To haul that ootton from
Laurens to Newberry coat him $15,
and consumed five dsye, on aooouot
of the horrible roads?as much an
ezpenae aa a trip to New York on
the cars.
Mr Holmes began hie leoture by
referring to the eplendid growth of
South Carolina in her ootton mill
industries, aud illustrated with bia
atereoptioon tbe water power of Pel
ear aod of tbe Columbia oanal Rap
idly running from water power to
water itself, he gave good advice
about the sinking o{ welia ao aa to
escape typhoid germa
Forestry waa beautifully illustrated
and ably discussed He showed on
the canvas the splendid pine forests
of North Carolina in their virgin
atate, and deplored the fact that tbia
great source of reveuue waa nearly
eztinot on account of forest fires.
Tbe loss to North Caroliaa had been
$1,000,000 annually on this account
South Carolina's pine forests are not
eo much ruined The oausea of this
devaatation are sometimes careless
ness and sometimes cussedness, and
in North Carolina the forests have
been killed, the eeed germs destroy
ed and the land made a deaert by
these fiiea. He appealed to the leg
ialature to throw safeguards around
the pine foreata and also to protect
the gum and the cypress in the
ewampe, where the land ia being aold
to foreign lumbering corporations for
a pittance.
He apoke of tbe good which the
bureau of geological survey was
effecting in causing diveraity of
farming in North Carolina, and eaid
that the farmers were not complain
ing of the coat of this bureau, for it
bad brought $10,000,000 of foreign
oapital into the State and bad helped
the farmere to practice economy
There ia no use, he eaid, for South
Carolina to try to get appropriations
from congress to help in such work
unless the State does something
itaelf Our representatives in con?
gress are crying "paternalism run
mad " and the weetern and eastern
men are saying, "give us appropria
tiona for our waste placee and we
will do aomethiog ourselves."
Be then came to the aubject upon
which he was to address the general
aaaembly by invitation?good roads
He laid down tbe proposition that
thoae people who have not good rosda
are paying a "mud, sand and bill
tax," and for tbia they get no bene
fit No oreature in the animal or
vegetable kiogdom ie benefitted by
bad roads, not even tadpolee. for
they die in dry weather From
lettere written to 10,000 farmers, he
hsd been able to estimate that the
"mud tax" baa ooat North Carolina
$10,000,000 yearly, and tbo cost in
South Carolina ia half as great
With bia atereopticon he showed how
in other eeotiooa of this country hills
wore graded and tbe roads made
smooth and firm
In California convict labor is used to
prepare tho maoadam at a oost of about
'25 oeots a day, agaiost 75 oents in
North Carolina for free labor He
suggested that a State rock crushing
plant oould be established at or in con
oeotiou with the South Carolina
peoiceotiary aod by oonvict labor the
oost reduced to a minimum. Tbe
oounties oould arrange with tbo rail
roads for a nominal rate of transporta?
tion Tbo poorer oounties might say
that it was very well tor Greenville.
Spartanburg, Anderson, etc , to
undertake this work, but they
themselves o uld not Prof Holmes
said there was as much common scdso
in that statement as there would bo in
tho plaint of a oouotry merchant that
he could not keep his storo opeo
because bo was not ablo to do as tvuob
business as a wbolesalo store in Colum
bia
II? advised moderatioo and common
soono iu the undertaking Some sec?
tions do not nerd as much expense as
others Ho theo complimented tho
roods of Riohland County leading out
of Columbia. Tho county supervisor
bad accomplished, so easily that he
hardly realizd tho value of his work,
tho building of roads that arc a* easily
traveled as thofe celebrated roads of
Mecklenburg County. North Carolina,
and at a cost ot $1U0 p*r mile, while
ihn latter bad ripen (led $!>.(H>0 a mile
He orged tho legislature to advt^o their
people to experiment with sand and
el ay, mixed to tbe proper constituency. >
He oould give do formula as to (he
composition, aa o'ay differs io th"
several sections of the Sfa^e. But
ordinarily a sand rond for a belli, with
a surfaco o! tour inches of o!ay, is tbe
proner constituency
In the laying of maoidam be urged
system The substrata of larger rock
should be enrefully packed, and ir ip
^eoooomy to have heavy rotler Eich
upper stratum should be packed oo
oarefully.
Throughout his talk ha showed the
exa-perating difficulties and actual
eztravagaoco of bad road-, and by
comparison argued that the perpetual
tax for bad roads would be far greater
than a tax for perpetual good roads.
Several good arguments for wide-tire
wagons were advanced throughout tbe
address. It may be that an individual
io a community has a hard time with a
broad tire vehiole wbeo tbe narrow
tires out the road and make tbe broad
tire appear at an unnatural disadvan?
tage. In 15 counties io North Carolina
they have tbe broad tire wag jo law
aud propose to have it io the others
when the proposed constitutional
amendment is adopted. It bad struck
him forcibly that the narrow tue would
always follow the bard r.u faoe peeked
by tbe broad tire. H< abowed that
under equal conditions the narrow tire
out nine inches into tbe ground while
the broad tire sank but two inches and
found itself a sorfaoe.
i He illustrated with attraotivo views
I tbe difference in carrying oapaoity of a
I wagon ten times laden oo bard roads
and one with a flimsy load oo soft,
sticky roads. He claimed that one of
the items of mud tax was aocounted
j for io tbe foot that grain oould be
shipped here from tbo Mississippi
valley as ebeaply aa it oould be baoled
over bad oouotry roads to market
At tbe conclusion of bis leoture.
Prof Holmes was applauded and public
ly thanked. He answered a number of
questions plied bim Tbe large aodi
enoe was wonderfully quiet and very
deeply interested throughout tbe entire
leoture.
Meteorologie al Becard,
The following is a report of obs?rvatiQns
of the weather taken at Stateburp, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for tbe 28 days ending Sun?
day, January 28, 1000:
Temneratnre.
a:
m
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Condition.
I 4
1
16
II
18
19
2
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22
2i
24
25
2n
27
2e
39
35
52
55
62
64
60
66
58
51
68
66
55
67
60
71
66
62
58
57
63
65
68
61
64
52
41
44
21
14
19
28
31
35
31
43
39
42
48
46
i 38
! 38
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i 50
! 49
I 49
45
I 33
40
43
41
47
30
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31
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24.5
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53.5
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46.5
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?Cloudy.
Tbe new year opened very clear aod bright,
bot very cold, Tuesday, tbe 2d day of Janu?
ary, having been the coldest dav that we
bad this winter so far. Oo tbe 27th a light
soow fell, bot melted rapidly.
Bine birds have been seen in numbers in
this vicinity recently
A correspondent of a Connecticut
paper thinks that the Boere are really
fighting Ireland, inetead of England ;
judging from the nativity of the
British army aod navy officiate :
"Lord Charles Bereeford, head of the
British navy, born in Waterford ;
Lord Wolseley, head of the British
army, born iu Dublin ; Lord Kitch
ener, born in Kerry ; Lord Roberts,
born in Waterford ; Lord Lansdowne,
minister of war ; Gen Methuen and
Mr Windham, under secretary, born
in Ireland ; Gen White, born in An
trim ; Gen Clery, born in Cork ; Gen
French, born in Roscoromon ; Gen
Butler, who wss superseded by Gen
Butler for telling the truth about the
Boers' strength, was also born in
Ireland ; Gen Kelly Kenney, now
with Lord Roberts, and who has
command of the Sixth division, was
born in Kilrush. near the mouth of
the Shannon. A number of other
South African colonial officials who
were born in Ireland could be men
tioned There are 11 Irish regi
ments either in South Africa or on
their way there, besides many Irish
men in the Scotch and English regi
ments "
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTKR.
By T. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHIM A 8, BKNJ F KILLY, K v .
m*?de suit to me to grant him Lettern,of
Administration of the Estate of and effects of
Mrs Klla Huford H..r^ees, late of said Coun?
ty and Siate, deceased
These are therptore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
the Raid Mn KiIh Kuford Burgess a* atorej*id.
deceased, thatjthey be aud appear before mem
the Court of Piobete, to ?>e held at Sum
ter 0 H , on February 16. 1900, iext, after
publication thereof, at 11 o'clock ?n ihe. fore?
noon, to show cause, if any ibei have, why
the Slid Adtmnistrat on should no' tie grant*
e.i.
(Jifeii under my band h s 3!pt day of Jan?
uar?, A. I) , .'900
TIICS V WALSH,
Judge of Probate
Jan 31 ? 21
-TO 008 FRIENDS.
MR. EDITOR:
You may have had us iti mind when referring in a recent
issue of your paper to the peculiarity of merchants in regard
to advertising, in which you quoted them as saying that "in
good times it was not necessary to advertise, and in hard times
did not pay." While we have always found that advertising
paid us, we must confess that for the past sixty days any in?
crease of business that we might secure by that means, could
not have been satisfactorily waited on, as our clerical force has
been taxed to its utmost capacity.
Now that the rush of cotton is over and we have an
opportunity to say a few words to our friends in the country,
we desire to acknowledge, through the columns of the Watch?
man and Southron, our grateful thanks to them for the liberal
patronage bestowed upon us, for which we can offer nothing in
return except our promise that their interests will be as care?
fully guarded by us in the future as they have been in the past.
It is particularly gratifying to us to acknowledge a very
liberal trade during the months of September and October from
our farming friends, to whom it was our pleasure to extend a
credit during the summer. It proves to us that they appreciate
our endeavor to be just and reasonable with them, when they
need assistance, as we have always tried to be?our motto
being
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Although we tried to anticipate this season's wants by
buying a heavier stock than ever before, our trade has so far
exceeded our expectations, that we have been obliged to re?
plenish frequently and freely every department of our store.
In Dry Goods
We bought a very heavy stock of staples, a fair percentage
of which we still have on hand and are selling at old prices,
Those
Tar Heel Blankets
Which you have been waiting for so long have come at
last. It was not our fault that they were not here sooner as
our contracts were made in May for September delivery, but
the mill has been so crowded with orders it was impossible to
deliver them sooner. These goods are made in
A Southern Mill
From Sout?ern Wool,
By Southern Men
and there are none better. They are improving on the finish
every year. We are selling at the same rice as last year: but
if we have to duplicate we will be obliged to charge an advance.
We only have about
FIFTY PAIRS,
so don't put off buying, or you may get left.
SHOES.
Why the advance in cotton should have affected the price of
shoes, but strange to say they too have gone up. We don't
know whether it was judgment or luck, but our purchases for
Fall were nearly double our usual contracts. We are buying
now for Spring and paying 10 to 16 per cent more for the same
class of goods, but those 03 hand will go at the old prices while
they last.
In our write-up about Shoes last Fall we had something spe?
cial to say about
The H. 0. Godnian Line for Women and Children.
Our increased sales for these goods prove that we told the truth.
Bear in mind we are still the Sole Agents for them and
Guarantee every Pair
THE L. M. REYNOLDS LINE OF MEN'S SHOES, sold
exclusively by us, are trade-winners. The prices range from
$1.75 to So 50. and every pair warranted. If you want the
best $3 00 shoe buy a Reynolds.
CLOTHING.
This has certainly been our banner season in the clothing
business, and if there are any of the men or boys in the county
who have not bought a suit, it has not been our fault ; but fear?
ing there still may be a few unprovided, we are keeping up our
stock by telegraphing orders for shipment by express.
if you need an overcoat see us before buying, as we have
some great values.
In our Hat and Furnishing Goods De?
partment will be found some values that compare favora?
bly with the balance of our stock.
This announcement would not be complete without a
word about our
GROCERY STOCK.
This department is up to the usual standard, and that is
saying about all that is necessary for it. Our IIILLBUKNB
FLOUR, of which wo believe there is more sold in this county
than other brand, is pronounced by those who use it, unsur?
passed.
O'Donnell & Co.