Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? be tfMattjjmau anfa ?ontbron. WKDNKSDAY, Sh PI 26.1000. - - The Sumter HaUMnan was foundco it lHnO aod tho True Southron in 1866 The H/rttrAman und <S?ou(aron dow has lie oombioeu circulation uo i influence Of both of the old papers, nod is mani? festly tbe beat advertising medium iu 8? so tor ???_____ 1IOTIC1B TO 8UBS0RIBBB8. p. - It is Dot necessary for us to seod a em? Dt to each individual sub acriber who ia indebted to us for eobscription, aa the label shows the tiros to which escb one baa paid Examine the label on your paper and if you are in arreara please call and settle at your earliest convenience. If it ia not convenient to call io per aon send tbe money by bank draft, registered letter or post office or ex press money order The amount due jy each one ia Jl, but the aggregate amount due ia large, and this is tbe reason at we expeot our subscribers to a settlements We have carried some of these subscription accounts ar from year to year as an accom odation to opr subscribers, but we nnot do so longer bs there is now excuse for non payment with cot a eelliog for ten cents and over Samter, as a cotton market, ia a mmtr. Mark Henna ia getting scared and will send his man McKinley ont on a apeaking tour. The drummers ire all for Bryan, aad they aay ba la ataoat sure to be elected. Four yeara ago they were for McKinley MsKialev is up sfaiast a hard pro post (loo \o respect to Chios, and bs lade it eaorr. difficult to run with tbe hare, sad boat with tbe bounds as a world power tbao to sooeessfoliy oover up eonbelesed beef soaudsls aod bam* booile the Asssneao people io respect la treads io (Jobs aod steolsges by bis sppoiotees The wheat growers of Sooth Caro lioa will bo fewer io numbera next year if ootton remains at ten ceota or thtreaboota. The dispensary is the determining factor in Sooth Carolioo politico, ond ooleao it io overthrown ood thee oprootod, root ond bre'icb, it will continue to control elections ond decide who shall fill the offices in tb s State Cotton mills ore excellent things to have io a town, but diversified en? terprises are better. The cotton mills io tbe upper part of the State are ahulliog down and tbe bands are thrown out of employment, but the two telephone factor -a, the coffin and furniture factory, the golf stick tact ry. the cotton oil mill and the yarn mill are running full time and bands receive full wagea every pay day. Pointer would be glad to have a few big ootton mills, but at tbe asm* time we would prefer to see tbe other manufacturing enterprises mul tiply in number and increase in im portanoe ?cvei'.r TUfmati is making speeches io h Northwest to support of Bryao, as" st re euoeeede as well there as ho _id la ?>??? 8?aie sod isnds Bryao as safei? ss ho did McHersecoy, there are many aoti dispeoeary d*coooreis in tbis 8fe who w ll forgive k in, for bis uo salis I tor interference in the (juben.a lonai flgh IIjojaojtn ia not tbe boss elsewhere thai he is to Sooth Carolioa aod it is an opso qicstioo whether be will do more food tbao barm. Kariy io the year the Charleston aod Philadelphia paper* bad a good deal to say about establishing a steamship lino botweso the two eitiss. Nothing was done, however, aod Friday it was aoooaooed that a lioo bad bceo estab? lish to Saveooah and that tbe first t: igut aod passeoger steamer would sail from Philadelphia oo Uotober 1st. The establishment of tbe Philadelphia Charleston lioa is aow aot at all probable. 8a?aaoah hoiioeia men taw that tbs proposed lite from Philadelphia to the Sooth woald ha a good thiog ood tfctf fcsosidsd it oeptirs it. Tb? Hute Ft.tr this year will be the beet for a dceado. More aod larger pre? miums are offered &od more effort is beiog made to ioorease the number of exhibits. Tbe races will bo better, more aod better horses have bceo enter ed and the purees to be raced for are more ibao double \ hat they bavo beco io rseeot years. With greater attrao tioos the orowd will be greater and tbe fair will be in all respects more repre? sentative of the whole State than it has heeo. The Fair will be held Oot. 29th to Nov. 2d, inclusive. The plans of tbe State Cotton Grow* era Association aro business like aod so olear oot tbat they should appeal to tho business judgment of every farmer io the State. President Wilboro bas call ed a meeting in Columbia on October 31st aod asks tbat county organizations be formed aod delegates be sent to this meeting from evary county. We pub? lish today Preeideot Wilboro's oall and an outline of the plans of the Cotton Growers Association, aod we entertain ?he hopo tbat a sufficient number of tbe ootton growers cf Sumter County will interest themselves in tho matter to organise a oouutv association and sood a delegation to th ? meetiog to be held io Colombia. If there was ever i* propitioos timo for the ootton growers to organise for the purpose of bettering their oooditioo oow is the time There have beeo two short ootton crops, tbe big surplus that bas been carried over from year to year aod that bas been tbe lever that the oottco oooeumers have used to keep dowo the price and force it down below toe oost of production, has been wiped out aod today, with oot setioieut ootton in sight to supply the mill uotil tbe next orop oso be made, i the eotton growers are masters of tbe < situation, if they but take advantage of the opportunity Aogosts, Ga , is having a monkey 1 aod parrot time over the municipal ' sloetioo. To rssd a report of ooe of 1 the mass mcetiogs sow boiog held oarries oos back to tbs ?aas* meetings aod oouoty oooveotiooi in this Stste ' too yesrs sgo, when tbe favorite argu- ' meot was to howl dowo tbe opposition. 1 Tbe riotooa striking cotton pickers of Ktstover odopted tbo best possible plao ( to swell tbs population of ths neighbor- , hood grave yards ood reduce tbs oom- , her of ootton piokers. < At least ooe half tbs farmers, white aod oolored, of Sumter Coonty coold rates sooogh wboat to supply them with 1 fl)ur aod oever feel tbat tbe crop was 1 so additional expeose while they would see tbe saving when they did not have 1 to boy floor A few acres of good 1 land pleated io wheat aod well manured on eaoh farm would keep thousaods of dollars at home and st the same time reduce tbe cotton orop of the State materially, thus saving money aod making tbe ootton orop more valuable This is tbe year to plant wheat aod oats to mako up tho deficiency io iho ooro crop and keep the runoey now here from going West next summer to pay for floor and oats. Tbe day of cheap horses aod mules ban passed Tbe supply of good steck of all classes is not r'pal to the demaod aod the borie and muie dealers all say that there is no prospeot of a obaoge io present conditions for several years to come Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S C , Sept 25, 1900 The week ending 8 a. in , Mooday. Sept 24 b was much o loler than u-.ua! daring tbe opeoiog day.*, aod hotter tbao asual during the latter portion. Tho minimum tompjrature for the week was 47 at. Spartsnburg, and tho maxi mum was 04 at three places A good rain was reported fron lower L.'Xiogtoo County oo tbo 22J, whioh was th* only rainfall reported in tho sotire State. The surfaoo of tho soil is again very dry. nave rthelosr) tho gr>uud it in fin" oudition for plowing, plant intf truck, sowing oats and turnips, tho latter bciog the third attompt to scouro staods| of turnips this season. Tbo eootinuous fair weather watt extremely favorable for gathering orops, and os pcoially so for harvesting rice, which is nearly fioished eiovpt of Juno plsutiogn wbioh will ripen in October. Upland rico is a failuro Some ooro is boing housed, and tho previoosiy estimated yiolds of less than half an average orop are being con? firmed Cotton is nearly all open and piokiug made rapid progress to the extent tbat from tome fields sll has beso gat bored. Tbo bulk of tbe orop has bceu picked Yields have not improvod, although the prospects for a small top crop arc good in a few localities, if ?n early frot-1 docs oot kill it Sea island rot' on im proved slightly, aod in B.'autort C^uuty will yield an averago orop Blight cou tiuues in tbo Charleston distriots Peas arc poor and but few will be made Swoet potatoes, sugar oane aud pastures aro io butter condition as a result of last week'ii ratet, A large orop of fine bay is being saved io Oco'iee and Piokens Couotios CORRESPONDENTS* REPORTS. Abbeville?Cedar Springs : No ohaogo in orop conditions since last report ; weather favorablo for pickiog ootton ; warm during the daytime, cool at nights ; poa blooms ebeddiog. and last obaoce for that orop is gone.? Thomas P Thomson. Barowell?Blaokville : Cotton about two-thirds picked ; reoeot raios beue fitted tbe sugar oaoc, sweet potato and rice orops, aud slightly helped peas ; turnip orop a failure ?G D C Linge Clarendon?Clarendon : Fair and warm this woek ; too dry to plant turnips ; still in need of rain ; very few peas makiog ; cotton about two thirds of a crop ; most of it picked ? J R Griffin Colleton?White Hall : Fioo weath or for harvesting ritt, which is nearly finished ; Juoe rice wiil oot be ripe for ten days ; hay and p?a orops very poor ; not enou2h rain to germinate turnips ; corn beiog housed, oot a half srop -VV E Haskell. Darlicgtoo?Darlington : Good week for pickiog cottoo aod saving forage ; ao rain ; ootton picking nearly ftohhed, unless top orop matures ; peas bearing fairly well ; raios last wecu improved jrops although short yields inevitable -W J Rodgers Florenoe?Effingbam : Cotton is (fielding about two-thirds an averago srop : fine staple ; nearly all picked ; )eas improved aod in places will make Sir yields ; potatoes poor.?A J How ird Oraogeburg?Cameron : Still very Iry, oausing all top bolls of ootton to >pen ; tbe orop is all open and nearly til pioked ; rice almost a oomplete failure ; too dry for peas, sod few wiil Do made.?J W Summers, M D Kcrshaw?Camden : Weather ci .remely favorable for harvesting, aod tdvaotage has been taken of it ; pota ;oes aod peas look well ; no turnips up i ret, aod now too late for tbem ?B Ammoos Sumter?Stateburg : Potatoes, peas, postures aod gardens were muoh bene itted by last week's raios ; ootton wss io doubt helped by the raios snd eooler weather, as the plsnts revived and mmatore bolls have oeased to dry up tod op.mi prematurely ; rain is again much needed?W W Anderson, M D. ?wsss* - Jones 18 Cheerful New York, Sept 19 ?Seostor James K Jones left for Chicago this evenin Before be loft he s?id : "The situation in tbe east is very favorable for tbe 9leotioo of Mr Bryan. It has improved wonderfully since I last was bore. Tbe situation in this Stato is excellent so far as tbe olnotion of Mr Bryan and iho State ticket is coooeroed. Tbe situation io tbo Statos of Connecticut aod New Jersey exceed tbe expectations I had before tbis, my last visit, and I am hopeful that Mr Bryan will carry these States. I am sure that he will carry Went Virginia and Maryland and I might say that Delaware can safely be placed io the democratic column." Senator Jooes does oot expeot to return to tbis sity before cleotion day Tbo sub oommittee will have full charge of tho campaign in tbo oast. Aooordiog to information given out at headquarters, cx Secretary of State Olney will speak before tbo Iroquois club of Chioago soon for Bryan. Judge Duooo of Chioago aod a member of the club, returned from Europe last Satur? day. Oo his arrival a Mr. MoNeal telegraphed him to await him in this city They met and went to Boston, where an invitation was given Mr Olney and hu aoocpted Tbe date was not named. Raw cotton and cotton goodb have parted company as to prices this work The rush of buyers to secure stocks lias advanced print cloths, ginghams, blenched goods, prints and in fact nearly all classes of cottons, while materially reducing stocks in hands of commission men and job? bers Most inanufiiclurers ore refus? ing to take orders ahrad except "at value," based upon the cost of raw mati rial Southern yarn spinners aro reported curtailing operation! and the English Spionen are in an eope cirtlly bud situation owing to small supplies and high prices of raw ma terial - ???? -m)mmmm??~ Itr* 4'n?1v'* Uoadttlow r?:?M?MH ro junt whiit I homo need* whori in bad eon dition. Tonic, blood pttfifcr und vermifuge They ure not food hut medicine, und tbe hunt to use tu put a home in prime condition. Price 26 coot* per package. Kor sulu by L>r A, .1 China. Dec 30- o THE V\LUE OF COTTON FIGURES SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OP SMALL AND LARGE CROPS Baltimore, Sept 20 ?Bankers in the country towns of the south come in clone contact with their local agr'mul tural, industrial and busioess interests, and arc in a position, therefore, to judge accurately of those conditiros and to reflect the sentiment of their rospeotivo communities Recognizing that fact and believing that just at present conditions are most interesting in the soutb, tbo Manufacturers' Record recently sent a letter to a hank in every county seat in the soutb asking for information ss to present faots and as to the outlook for the fall and winter. In reply many letters have been received. The majority of them, oomiog from the oottoo growing sections, point out that whilo tbo orop is shorr, the very high prioes now prevailing will m* re than offset the small orop and give to the farmers greater profits on cotton than for many years. Some of the letters from other ? portions of the ?">nth are less hopeful by reason of the ^all oorn crop doe to the sever* ,/outh In coo. oeotioo with the cotton situation, it seems probable that the crop will be at least 9,000.000 bale-, and possibly more, though some able experts antici? pate that the yield will be considerably less. Even nhould the orop reach 9,500,000 bales, the grea'. shortage io the world's supply will probably main? tain prices at not muoh below the present level of about lOo a pound, or, roughly speaking, say, {150 a bale, and if if should fall below this figure prices ought to correspondingly ndvaooe On the basis of 9,500,000 bales this would give a valuation of $475,000,000, whiob would be by far tbo most valua ble oottoo crop raisod io this ooontry. That of 1865-66 raised just after the oloso of the war, when oottoo was com? manding an average of oearly $200 a bale and when the orop was 2,200.000 bales.yielded $432,00'\000,and the next was the crop of 1890 91, of 8.600.000 bales, whiob was worth $430,000,000 The average value of tbo cotton orop of the six years from 1893 94 to 1898 99 was $300,000,000. the lowest io that period beiog $282,000,000 for the orop of 1898 99, wbioh was 11,274, 000 bales. Last year's orop of 9,400, 000 bales yielded $363 000,000 or $81,000,000 more thar, ibe preceding orop. On the basis of a possible valua? tion of $475,000,000 for this year's erop, tbo difference to tbe soutb as compared with the orop of 1898 99 wcoid be over $190,000 000 Taking last year's orop and this orop together sod the total valoatioo on the basis of an estimate of $465 000.000 for this year's will be $838,000 000 for tbe two years, against $602,000,000 for tbe two proceeding years, showing a difference in favor of tbe cotton plant ers of the south of $236,000 000 for tbe two small crops sgaiost tbe two preeeding crops eaeb of which exceeded 11 000,000 bales. It is, of ooorse, possible that the yield will not ooly fall below 9,500, 000 bales, but below 9 000,000, but, if this should be true, the price would probably advanoe to a point sufficient to make up tbe difference But with even 9,000.000 bales at the present selling price of $50 a bale, tbe value would be $450,000,000. wbiob would still be tbe most valuable cotton orop whiob tbe south ever produced With a probable valuation of $450. 000.000 this year, and possibly a still higher value, the south will doubtless be in better financial sbope than for many years. In 1890-91 a orop of 8,650.00 bales, the average price per pound cf mid? dling uplands in Now York for tbe year beiog 9 03 cents, brought $430. 000,000, and from this figure there was a rapid decline to $284 000,000 io 1892 93. Tetter, Salt-Khcnm and Enema, The intense itching and smarting incident to these diseases, is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad oasos have been perinunetly cured by it. It id equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipples, chapped bands, chilblains, trust bites and chronic sort eyes. 25ots per r >x. For tale by Dr. A J. China. l>ec IS?n A Strong Fortification Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly Wheel of Life" Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills arc the fly wheel of life. 1 shall ever be grateful for the accident that I i rough t them to my notice. 1 leel as il l had a new lease ol Hie. ). I;airleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. Tutt's Liver Pilfls Kstat? ol' John Marlin, Dccc'd* II rK WILL apply to the Judeeof Probate ^ \ of Banter County ou October 12ih, 1900, for O Final Discharge as Executors nf aforesaid Estate. JAMBS D. MARTIN, ISAAC II MARTIN, JOB JACKSON. v 8ept 12, 1900?4t There is no Uncertainty About the Pop? ularity of this Store. The Palace Dry Goods Emporium We announce for Monday our Opening for Fall 1900. An event eagerly awaited by the ladies; who thoroughly ap? preciate the advantage and importance of "Correct Styles." The price part too, deserves a word or two, for we unquestion? ably sell cheaper than any store in this city. evaafl \ *aa a nmt y-'-tccxcc W TJ V ) < x ver ?n m t k. i m 11- > *? Can it be that it just seems to happen by accident ? Not at all There are reasons for it?Good reasons, powerful reasons, which you will appreciate : Unparalleled Collections oi Silksand Dress Goods. This immense, comprehensive collection was bought from first hands, bought right. From it we announce the strongest values ever offered EVEN BY US. It will give additional prestige to this store, well known for unusual offerings at all times. Take a Look at our North Window. Just a lew Fpecimer.P from our ' Ladies' Ready to-Wear Department " Tailor Suits $5 to $25 Rainy day Skirts $2 29 to $5?Garments that are well tailored, garments that 6t An Obvious Bargain in Ladies' and Jlisses Shoes. $1 25 and $1 49'for the better than $1 50 and $1 75 kinds We believe this to be the best lot of Shoes ever offered at this price. Tbey will astonish even those who know our Shoes best They are in Lace and Button, Heel and Spting Hi-el. Kid and Patent Tips They will make new friende tor this shoe store. New Lines for the Several Departments just Received: Ladiea' Fur Garment*, Collarettes, Yokes aod Pel!erine6, Ladies' Muslin -nl Kmi I'nder we?r, Ladies', Misses ana Children's Fi ie Shoes, Carpet?, Mattings and Oil Clotbs, Ladies' Cloaks and Capes, Misse? Jackets a*id Grethens Child's Reefers and Short Cloaks, Iafant's Long and Short Ooaks Rugs aod Art Sqoares. NEW IDEAS IN LADIES' NECKWEAR Come to our opening Next Monday. Schwartz Bros. Sumter's Dry Goods Leaders. Do Ton Wear a Hat as good as the i Howard Hat HOWARD.M PINE. HOWARD STYLE. They are the Best Made for the Money, ^?i ti&o ik^fe ipot tjpOw tjpou Our line of Strouse & Bros, celebrated "high art" Clothing; is the largest we have ever shown. We have them in all the latest cuts Don't fail to ask to be shown their close fitting Military Cut Coat. It is something new. PRICES RIG-HT. Our line of cheap and medium priced Clothing is complete in every detail. An inspection of them will convince you of their superiority over all others.