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'S. C. EXPOSITION. Interest lo Industries And Resources to be Shown Up in Charleston. To the people of" Sooth Carolina : It is proposed to bold an exposition in the city of Charleston in 1901 which will be thoroughly representa live of the industrial and material resources of the State The gov? ernor and the General assembly, ihe senators and representatives from this State ia Congress, the mayor and the city Council of Charlestou and ali the local, commercial and busioes cr ganizations of this city have given their unqualified endorsement to the project In the performance of their duty as a committee charged with the or ganization of the preliminary work of the exposition, the undersigned iavite the earnest co operation of the mannfacturer8,merchants and farmers, and ail who are interested in the material development of South Caro lina The exposition will not however, be limited to material things only. The fine arts of everything pertaining to the advance of science and educa tion will be prominent features of it ; and the committee beg all who are directly working for the contributing to the progress of the State on these linee, to lend to the enterprise their invaluable support It is proposed that the South Caro? lina Exposition shall illustrate in all its departments the wonderful variety and wealth of the resources of the Sute A full display of the State's crude and manufactured products will advertise to the business and investing public the opportunities which it offers for the employment of capital, and the support of an ever increas ing population With the cordial co-operation of the people of the State, the exposition will be of in? calculable benefit to every section of South Carolina and the whole South The pi an s of the exposition cannot be fully determined at present, bot its scope apd purpose are outlined and conveyed io the following list of exhibits of which it would be con? stituted : AgriccUure-Cotton, tobacco, food and its accessories. Horticulture and floriculture Forestry and forest products Phosphate rock and its products Fisb.fisberies, fish products and ap? paratus for fishiog. Mines. Live stock. Manufactures Machinery of all kinds, including agricultural implements Transportation exhibits-Railways, ships, vehicles, automobiles, bicycles and electrical appliances. Graphic Arts-Typography, Lith? ography, steel and copper plate print ing, drawing, book binding, etc. Fine Arts-Painting, sculpture and decoration Liberal Arts-Engineering, public works, constructive architecture Education-Special exhibits from Clemson College, Winthrop Normaj and Industrial College and other State institutions County exhibits. Good Roads-Sections of roads, road .machinery, broad tired vehi Cl 68 Unitod States government exhib its Exhibits from Coba, Porto Rico and the Philippines The committees are prepared to work with all who will aid in making the proposed exposition complete in ! all its departments and creditable to the State Suggestions from all who are interested in the development of the material resources of the State and in the promotion of its progress in all directions will be gratefully received The committee would be particularly obliged for the informa? tion in regard to an^y exhibits that rm sr ht be made Your earnest cooperation is solicit ed. With the zealous aid of the people throughout the State, the committee confidently believe that an exposition can be projected ai?d carried through which will be of credit to the State, and one that will accomplish the great good for the different interests of the State that is hoped for and expected. Very respectfully yours, Nieblas S Hill, Chairman. E L Tessier, Jno A. Smith, * Jno H. Averil!, Corresponding Secretary. --?? ? . - New Fertilizer Works in Charleston. Charleston. S C , Feb. G.-Reports are current ber-e to the effect rhat two fertilizer deals are ab^ut to be carried tbroogh io this city, one of them a very large one. It was stated to day on very good authority that tbe Kiog'-ruan farts, a property on Charleston neck, had teen bought by Armour, of Chicago, and that a fertilizer plant to co-t ?100,000 will bc erected there. Armour's rr presenta'ive here declines to discuss the matter. It was abo reported 'tonight that the old Etiwan plant ba? beru bought by W7. J McCormack. r'pre seotiog Charleston capital, and tbat it will be renovated and enlarged at once. Five Mills State Levy. mt j_ j Ways and Means Committee Reports Supply Bi ?I : Columbia, S. C., Feb 7 -Tbe j State board of control met today and I transacted routine business The ! resignation of Douthit as commis ; stoner was accepted, but he was re I quested to act on until his successor j is chosen I Wnh little opposition the senate I passed the bili to establish a reforma I tory in connection with the peniten j tiary. The feature cf the debate was ? Senator Archer's 6irong speech in I favor o? the bili and his denunciation of i iuhumauity to convicts. The bili pro ; vides for the establishment ol" a re i forraatory on the Reed State farm for j convicts under lb' years o?d. ; The senate kilted the Kagsdale cot ! ton seed adulteration bili as well as a j commmittee substitute ior it The bouse speoi all the morning on ; the dispensary bili ? li was almost complete. The house voted to have members of the county board selected by the State board by and with the consent of members of the house and senate or a majority Several other schemes were suggested. The house took a recess to hear a magnificent address by Dr J L. M. Curry when it was considering the constable section. By a large vote the house voted down a proposition that the counties select their coastables. The bill baa practically gone through the house. The house declined to concur in the senate amendments on the Jim Crow car bill and it goes to a conference. If the bill pasees as amended in the senate it plays the mischief, the rail ! toad interest contend. New bilis cannot be presented in the house after today. The appropriation bill will be ready for consideration today FIVE MILLS LEVY THIS YEAR. Columbia, Feb 7.-The ways and and means committee today presented the "supply bill" fixing the levy for State purposes at five mills, no in crease over last year The commit? tee thinks that the levy will meet ap? propriations and leave a baiauce in the treasury The appropriation bill provides for an expediture of $858.963 for general purposes. In addition to this there is a provision for $20.000 to be 6et aside for the purpose of meeting the interest on bonds which may come due. This appropriation is made annually but is seldom expended. In addition to the two items mention ed above the "legislature supply biil will call for about $20,000 to meet the expenses of the legislature. These three item3 will amount to $898,693. the estimated expenses for the year The estimated receipts from the 5 mill levy aggregate $873,000 ; fees from licenses etc, $54,472 ; total $927, 472. This will ieavea balance of $28,509 in the treasury. There are several bilis pending which pro vide for appropriations and if enacted they will take up the balance, or a Dart of it. Effect of the Canal Treaty. Washington, Feb 7-It is learned thai the text of the Hay Pauncefote treaty was the work of the state de? partment ; the British government accepted the document just as it was drawn, so the responsibility for whatever is contained in the treaty and the form in which it is expressed is chargeable entirely to the depart? ment. Department officials are sur? prised at fhe amount of criticism that has been directed against tbe treaty, but feel confident that it will be con? summated, providing it is not amend ed, especially as to the fortification clause It is insisted by the officials that au amendment on that point would completely defeat the treaty, and it is intimated that the objection will be twofold, first, from the British government, and, second, from the president himself The president is said to regard the neutralization scheme as completely obviating the necessity for any fortifications for tbe canai. for by the terms of that ar rangemeut every one of the maritime powers will pledge itself to use its army and navy, if need be, to pre? serve the absolute neutrality of the canal, and foriifications will be un? necessary Attention has been called to the statement that no matter what dif? ferences of opinion may have existed up to this time as to the living force of the Claytou Bulwer treaty ali doubt upon that point has been dissi? pated by the signature of the Uay Puunceibte convention. By that act tue executive brunch of the United States government formally reco^niz ed the existence of a Clayton Bulwer treaty, lt is said to make no differ euee whether or not the Hay Faunce fote tieaty is ratified by the senate, the executive branch of the <rovern ment, to which alone foreign govern merits may look, has gone or; record. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Ha?e Always Bought Signature of BLAMES L AND N. R R. Henry Watterson, writing in the Courier Journal of the Kentucky po litical crisis, lays the biarae of all the trouble on the Louisville and Nash? ville railroad fie writes as follows : The head and front of our present j troubles in Kentucky, at ooce the source and the resource uf the revo lutionary proceeding by which Re publican government has been for the time being struck down and a mili? tary dictatorship set up in its place. I ie the Louisville and Nashville Rui! I way Company. ! In the recent State campaign it supplied material resources in euch abundance as to draw out all the dangerous eiement3 of societv and to put into activity ai' the forces of political adventure The two lead ing parties to the contract were as nothing- by compari?<r.i with its gi gantic machinery for corrupting the election Th?: hot des of desperate mountain men who were precipitated upon the State capital could never have got there except through its agency. ? It is at this moment the backbone of the movement to transfer the State capital from the city of Frankfort, its lawful" abode, to the little village ol London, in Laurei county, situated upon one of its branches in the heart of the vendetta region, whose turbu? lence has for years disgraced the State It is believed that the with? drawal of its support from the de facto government would stop dan? gerous and lawless proceedings. Six months ago. foreseeing some thing of this situation, the editor of the Courier Journal wrote earnestly to the financial head of the Louisville and Nashville Railway Company to protest against its intrusion into our party affairs, having in vain sought to dissuade Mr Milton H Smith, its local president He was then, and has been for thirty years, the friend of that great corporation. The finan? cier (whose name is mentioned) showed my letter the courtesy of submitting it to the executive board, and did Mr Watterson the honor to send him a copy of its deliberations, embracing the reasons of its refusal to consider bis appeal in the affirm ative. The sole purpose cf the Louisville and Nashville was at every ccst and haz.rd to defBat the election of Mr William Goebel to the Governorship of Kentucky. Mr. Giebel was a mao of unimpeached purity of ptivate lile aod of conceded profesional ability During teo yearn' service as a sena? tor in the State Legislature no act of his. excepting wbat is known cs the Goebei election hw, bad brought tbe least reproach upon bim. nor any un? clean dollar bad ever been charged against him, aithougb money bought legislation bas o;ten flowed as free as water at Frankfort Bot ia some way he bad given deadly offence to the management of the Louisvi?e and Nashville, aad this management felt that it aiu5t destroy bim It bas oertaie-ly done this Bat, in doing it, it has brougbi upco tbe p*opie of Kentucky tbe incalculable wrong and the dire disgrace of transactions unexampled in thc history cf rcpubli can go?erameor. There is not at. this momeot, o r bas there been at any mo men?, tbe least disorder, cr menace of disorder, exoept fuch as ba.' emanated from tho band of the de facto GJV. Taylor. Tbe mountain men were brought tD Frankfort, if no* by bis express com? mand, yet by and with his knowledge and oocsfot. Their presence in Frank? fort could have but one meaoiog and parp?se, and, a.* if to auge . both their meaning and their purport, some of them, who cave been arrested by tbe local police (or carrying conceded weapons and for disorderly conduct, were, in advacce of trial, pardoned by the de faoto Governor. The t-hot that killed Mr. Goobel was fired from au upper window of the exe cutivc offices, which swarmed witb tho armed ad?erentsof the de facto Gover? nor Admission to this building was at once denied the civil authorises ; a cordoo of troops was thrown about it, and there, under the pretenoe of being in a state of siese, tbe de faoto Gov ernor bas ever since held himself a voluntary prisoner, though purrounded by the State militia, called out by bim self, and issuing tbence proolamations disbanding the General Aseembly and transferring the seat of governmeot of the Commonwealth All this wbile tbe contestants before the "legislature were proceeding stricrly in accordance w;th iaW6 ot oontests. as weil as tbe constitution of the State, ?iib not the lea^r threat of violence or show of disorder. There were posi t i A ? I y no thoughts of insurrection, outside the imagination of the gov? ernor. By his orders the general assembly of toe commonwealth has bets denied access to its chambers i;i thc Stz'-c capitol, closely guarded by troops ; by his orders tts members hav>- Leen chased through the streets of Frank? furt from noe place to another, seeking a legislative abiding place, r.:>? by bi? orders the precesses of tho courts of law, including ;ho writ or habeas corpus, aro denied service, and thc lawful precedents of tho peace rfficers havi^ bern put, at deSa^cc?. while marris! ?nw bas taken tho place of th? civil i'-iw, and oo other lines an armed conflict i* incited This is an ex*ct statement ol the situation in Kentucky. At the present mOEcui the Courier Journal makes it as ao aot of duty to the people of the commonwealth aod of information of the people or* the whole country We have DO party toteieif to serve One mutioD of tbe bead of the Louisville sad Nashville Railway aod the whole lawless Taylor faDrie fallt? to tbe earth, tho unsubstantial figmGot of a drears. ? ? II i mn "I bad bruscr.iti? e?>ry winter for yt-ars and r.o medicizzve rt.e i^rman*-:?? relief til! I besa-, to lake Orje Minuto Cough Cure. I know ii is iba ^est c-"?i?!i m^dicin? rTi-?de.M says J. Kio- ?2, C -rry, pa ?; quickly ceres coagbs, c.)'?.?, croup, asthma, grippe- mid throat and inng tron&'es it 13 the cbiiareD's favorite remedy. Cures ojjirkly. J. S. 3u?ha-Du ? Oo KRS>SIIUAL HUI! irOR HEIL FREE y BIMI tu i FI ff nf nw O~O *'0 r^DfiCY. >7- new revise?! scientific rtur?. t;-'.tt;r.a on ?very weaknessund dip&:i.se ;>e c2 tar to mani* josefrom the press. Every ir-ua, r.-. : i .;-.T r hieoccapation or position in lifi\ II end this wor'? unlike anything ever published, ?. i?o?vi?a! inter?-st to the married or cnmarried; zo tee healthy and throne or to t?ie weak and broken-down. While the edition lasts I will esnd n-copy socsreljr-sealed in a plain wrapper, post* e-?* prorai?, to every nmn whe writes for it. 'J hi* ?-.lition is limited nn<i tho?? desiring a copy raa?t write .promptly: Ami ress B. M. Ros*. M. ii.. Puo ??Mng Cspar:.T.ont O. 173 Clark St.. N. JJ. Cor. ?u:::t.-e. Cin^nco, ?lhuois. Walsh's Shoe $toi*e Again in "full blast," NEW SHOES ARRIVING EVERY WEEK FROM HEADQUARTERS All shoes that were on shelves August 1st sold regardless of | what they cost. Walsh's Shoe Store Under City Clock. Sep 27-r 3 a .S fc U?T\ /\L>U? ? g SIE: G This psper ?nd ?lie Ai!^nta f Twicer w'c ck Jourraal for i I $2.00. ? % Here you get the news of g s the world and all vour local <r a ff a news w?i?e it is iresh, paving g if very little more than one Z I paper costs. Either paper is | ?2 well worth $?.00, but byspe- g I cial arrangement we are en- | J abled to put in both "i" thom, | giving three napers a week g J for this low price. You can- Z x not equal tins anywhere else, % a and this combination is the c J best premium for those who % if want a great paper and a f" a home paper. Take those and g J vou will keep up with the ^ f times. 5 a Besides general news, the g I Twicc-a-Week ? Journal has | ~ much agricultural matter ? a and other articles 01 special s? I interest to f-irmers. it has ? ? regular contributions by :~am jr ? Jones, Mr.-. W. ii. Felton, s 5 John Temple Graves, Lion. ? I C. Ii. Jordan and other dis- I a tinguished writers. j| Call at this office and leave ycur k a subscriptions fer beth pacers. You & ^ can get a sample copy of cither pa- |: }? per here on application. g. a ? DR. W. B. ALFORD, DENTAL SURGEON, SUMTER. S. C. OFF?CS He URS-S ? ai. to 2:30 p. m ; 3:16 to 6:30 f> tn. OG;?- over tbe Sumter Dry Good? C" May 2 -6m ?Cavcdts, a::d Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat {tnt business conducts^ for MOD?RATE FEES, tO'jp. 0~ricc is OPPOSITE U. S. PATENironice ?and wccansccurc Datent ia less tine taaa ?ausej ? {retno;.* ?rorn Washington. Send n-.odct, drawing or photo., vrith descrip ?tion. V/e advise, it patentable or not, free of *chur;re. Ocr fee r.^i d:.c till parent is secured. A PAMPHLET, ** How to Obtain Patents," with ?cost ot tame "in* thc U. S. and icrcijja countries {sent free. Address, :CB?.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OrficE, WASHINGTON,. D. C. 6(Vv\vww4vvvwv*vww W mega? I have on hand a lot of j Some-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be h.ad. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. G. ?STEJSJV MR. EDITOR : You may have had us in 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 it did not pay.'*7 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. Io Dry Goods We bought a very heavy stock of staples, a fair percentage of which we still have on hand and - re selling at old prices, Those Tur Heel BSankei? 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 Soutiiern Wool, By Southern Men and there are none better. They are improving on the finish every year. We are selling at the same price 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 oil* buying, or you may get left. 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 lo per cent more for the same class of goods, but those o : hand will go at the old prices while they last. In our write-up about Shoes last Fall we had something spe? cial to sav about i The H. C. Godman 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 THEW AND GUARANTEE EVERY FAIR THE L. M. REYNOLDS LINE OF MEN'S SHOES, sold exclusively by us, are trade-winners. The prices range from ?1.75 to S3.50, 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 cur 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 De found some values that compare favora? bly with the balance ol'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 saving about all that is necessary tor it. Our M1LLBURNE 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. - ... . *