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Will Not Run at a Loss. COTTON SEED OIL MEN COMPLAIN. Manufacturers of cotton seed oii are i:u:> against" a proposition tba: ha3 already doc? ed four or more of tbs largest ir ills ic the State and will likely e^use xore mills to cloeedowu. At the ?ecir.aing ot the season the market price of seed was $12 por on. The quotation later io tbs teasofi wa3 set *t $?7 by tbe Atiaatic Conon Oil Company, which operates four of the largest rniiis in the State. The price has bounded r.a?t ice .quotation and is now $20 per ton. Manu? facturers claim tbat when the seed is bought for $20, anywhere from $2 to S3 is lest per ton. There is no expected advaoce in the price of crude or relined oil and ail mills which are nov buying at $20 are engaging in the wildest speculation. In this connec? tion ? gentleman who understands the busi? ness thoroughly said yesterday : "I bad a great deal rather buy eil on tbe .New York Exchange aod bold it with bones of aa advance. ReSced oil," he 9aid, "can ?ow be bought io New York $2 cheaper than it can be manufactured by mills paying $20 per toa for seed. "Tbe situation is a serious oue. The pol? icy that 8oroe of the mills are pursuing by paying $20 for seed is a very destructive one The causes of the advaoce are two-fold. First, the late season and the opening of ten or more mills tn the State. The new mill3 are anxious to get down to business, and most of them are baying at $20 or thereabout. The demand and price of the products of the seed, viz, bails, meal, oil, linters, are not of such a nature to warrant the safe baying of seed at $20. The mil's are simply cutting each other's throats. It seems impossible to reach ao agreement whereby a uniform price can be established and maintained " The trouble, however, this season seems to be with tbe mills Every mi?1 is at logger? heads witb the others. The conditico is somewhat similar to the cotton mills when new cotton is coming in. Mr. A. C. Phelp?, secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Cotton Oil Company, wa3 in the city yesterday looking ever ibe cotton seed situation and inspecting the new work being done at the plant of the old Mutual Refining Company. "The Atlantic Company own3 and controls four of the finest cotton seed mills in the State, and not ono of them ?3 rnuoing, ewing to the high price of seed " Mr. Pbe'ps said : .'Two cf our mills ran for a time at tbe firs; of the seasoo, bot we have closed all of them iowa LOW and I do not know wheo we will be able to start again. I issued instructions yesterday to over 300 of cur buyers to bold off until the price came down to $17. I -bave figured it in every way possible to buy seed at $20 and make morey. Wheo tte season first opened I set the limit at S17, little thinking ai the time tbat it woaid ever get there, but, to my sarrr.se, it has gone beyond. The only thing for us to do is to shut dow. We cannot run and lose money. The mills that buy at $20 are sure to lose. The ooly way that ? can see that they iotend making mo Dey is for oil to rise, and oil isn't going to do that, lt's speculation, and if I waoted to speculate Pd go to New York and do it legitimately. No, I am sorry I do not know what the rsm edy is. I cannot say either bow many mills have closed nor bow many are going to close. . The new mills, of course, have a small supply of seed on hand. The seed were bonght at the opening of the seasoo. Wheo they give oat I suppose they will take a sensible view of the situation aod shutdown. I pronounce the condition very serious"" ? Mr. Phelps is every much ocouraged with the progress of the work on the o.d Mutual Refinery. The refinery was bought some months ago by the Atlantic Cotton Oil Com pasy aod at once a force of meo was set te work oo improvements The capacity has been increased to 700 barrels per day, almost doable the former capacity, and tbe storage capacity has been increased to 20,000 barels. Tbs mill will be. put ioto operatioo very -soon. Mr. Phelps was accompanied to the city by Mr. C. S. McCullough, president and treasurer of Pee-Dee Oil and Ice Company, Darling? ton. The Pee-Dee mill is a oew one and bas not yet been completed. Mr. McCullough said that be bad been buying seed up to toe time that the price reached $20. He con eiders it suicidal to boy at that orice. Mr McCullough is an experienced mill mau and understands the situation thoroughly. Mr. A. C McFali, manager of the oil mill ia tbis city under the course of construction, could not be seen yesterday, as be was slight? ly indisposed. It is understood, however, that he is not boyiog at $20. Another matter wnich brought Mr. Phelps to tbe city was that cf exporting the product of the refinery. He bad very little to say in regard to the matter other tuan that he was forced to ship every barrel o.v eil to New York and thee expert it. He had hoped to get ?hipping room here for aooui 23,000 barrels wiihin the oex: three or four month-, oct i* was impossible to do so. The com? pany which he represents is * lar^e ?ne a-d has agents in England. G^riaa;, Fraoc-", Scotland, Holland ?ind 3avera! o;her coon tries. Last year the export business of tee Atlantic Company was about 2:,000 bar? rels af d this yt*ar ihe business will be almost doubled.-News and Courier, Sept. 28 mm -?-?-???? - Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foo: f?r ye;<rs by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery .Seorge D. Williams, of Manchester, Mich , tells how such a flare was made free. ?le ?ays: "My wife bas been so helpless for five years that sirs could r;ut turn over ia bed alone. After using two bettles of Electric Hitters, .?he :s wonderfully improved and able t.? do ber iwa work.*' This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cure* ne?vou?nei?p, sleepless ^ess, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting acd dizzy spells. This miracle working medi? cine is a godseud to weak, si-.kly, run down 7?eop!e. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c. ?ojd by J. F. W- Del.orme, Druggist. 6 Fields' Minstrels AI G. Fields long ago es'auligbed himself as the king of minstrelsy and has beld that place securely against ali competitors for public favor, but tbis year be bus surpassed himself, and his company under the direction cf Dan Q Jtol&a, is the mest euoerb minstrel company tbat has? ever delighted a Sumter audience. The costumes are as handsome as money could nov or good taste devise and the performance from first to last left nothing to be desired. Tbs specialties were exceedingly fioe. oar ricalarly the acrobatic work of the Zoust family. The singing of Aubrey Pringle, bats; Handel Hastiogg, baritone: Will Wall? ing, tf-nor, aod Archie Hood was exquisite and each of them was encored. The company was well balanced as to voices and the over :ure by the whole corapaoy and tbe various chorusses were exceptionally good. The bouse was crowded and if a weil pleased audience and & good business at the ?or office are inducements the Al G. Fields 3;e Minstrels will yisit Sumter *gaio, and they will be very welcome. War correspondiez these da76 is somewhat worse tban soldiering. Twenty-one correspondents have bern killed or have died of disease during ibe Boer war. Homicide in Timmonsvilb. J M. Truelack S ti ot by Amos TimzocnsviUe, Sept 25.-Last sight j at about 10 o'slock Mr. J. M Trae j ?tick, ii prominent young liveryman ! of this place, was shot and danger ! ously wounded by a negro, Ames Sinzleterrv bv name The wound is O mt ml in the abdomen, and the doctors i have been unable to locate it It is considered as being very dangerous. The shooting took place near the stables of Messrs. Purvis and True luck, and the following are the facts in the case. Mr. Millard Purvis, a brother of Mr. Trueluck's partner, had a difficulty with the negro in tbe afternoon in which the negro was lightly punished for having given offense to Mr. Purvis some time ago. The trouble was considered settled aod Mr' Purvis had gone home. At the hour named above, Mr Trueiuck met the negro at the stables and the negro cursed bim. Mr Trueiuck ran for the negro and the latter shot him as above described Mr. True luck followed bim to the rear of the stables and eccffled with bim, taking the pistol from him Being very weak from the shock of the wound, the negro broke loose and made his escape. The sheriff was notified and came with dogs, but the negro has not been captured The shooting created great excitement among the friends of Mr. Trueiuck, and earnest efforts are being made to arrest the negro Mr. Trueiuck is a very pop? ular young man and the town is shocked. Michael Davitt Disappointed m Boers. London, Sept 18.-The Pretoria correspondent of the Standard in a recent dispatch throws and entirely new light upon Michael Davitt:s experience in the Transvaal and his feeiiugs towards the Boers. In view of Mr Davin's contributions to the American press during and subse quent to his visit to the seat of war, the Standard's dispatch is of interest. It is as follows : "Mr Michael Davitt ieft Pretoria on the 15th of May, broken and sick of heart, according to the words he himself used on the railway platform Rev H J. Batts, Baptist minis?er. bas recorded them and they are testified to by Rev Henry W Good win, congregational minister. 'He told me/ says Mr Batts, 'that be had that morning advised the Transvaal government if they would commend themselves io the eyes of the world and obtain the sympathy of European nations, that they should treat at once with Lord Roberts to this effect: 'Now that the Free State is conquer? ed and we are quite unable to resist alone the might of England, in the interests of humanity and to prevent further bloodshed we will surren? der.' ** 'instead of doing this/ said Mr Davitt, 'they have sent a message of a threatening character, telling Lord Roberts that they wiil blow up the mines or destroy Johannesburg if some terms are not made What the terms are they do not state, and they do not really mean to carry out the threat Their whole action will cover them with ignominy and con I tempt before the civilized world, j They purpose prolonging the bust* j ness, without seriously meaning to I figbt, for the one object of heaping . up tbe bars of gold they are taking I !rom the mines and of accumulating j nnd hoarding them in obedience to j tbe dictation ofthat cM man Kruger j '* 'That old man Paul Kruger,' j continued Mr Davitt, 'is engaged in i a sort of spiritualist seance business with some blind boy predicting events tba- were to happen on some day. I came out here at my own expense. It cost me 30? pounds I was full of enthusiasm for these peo pie. They know me, they know my feelings, but they never trusted me Today they refused to give me any information for my papers and I go away broken and sick at heart I am thoroughly disillusion ed For me to remain in this atmos phere is no longer possible I can? not endure it.' '7 HEAVY FIGHTING Londou, Sept 26 -The Daiiy Mail has the iollowing dispatch from Lor? enzo Marques : '.Heavy fighting is reported across the Sabi river This means that the British are intercepting Steyu and Re:tz who with their forces arr-*! at tempting to push norlhward and effect a junction A command is said to be surrounded near Petersburg " HOW HE GOT IT. Io one of Chauncey M Depew's 6tcrie* be told of meetiog as funoy a man as himself. ' One day." Faid Mr Depew, "I met a soldier who bad been wounded io tbe face He was a union man, and I ask ed bim in wbioh battle he had been in jured .. .Io thc first battle of Hull Run, sir,' bc replied. " "Bi>t how could you ge- bi' in (he \ fsce at l'ai] Rac?' I asb.d .' 'Weil sir ' said tbe mao baif apol- j ogeticaliy, 'after I had ruo a mile.or j two I got careless and looked back.* " I An Appeal to Democrats Senator Ti?rn?o. thc member ?V?'n Sourh Garo??Da ?f the national Demo : eranie cornmi*tcjt*, has a^aio telegraphed fo 0-'^ Wilie Jf-ncs. chairman of ?bo j South Carolina Democracy, urging him to raise a fund for the empioyraenr of j Brya." s pe a kr.-;.. In respondo io this j appeal. Col Jones bas issued tho follow j 102 letter to thc chairmen of the o-^ur, j ty Democratic executive committees : I Dear Sir : I have just received a telegram from Senator Tillman, cur rational cornruittecman, who is with the national committee in Chicago, earnestly requesting me to cali en the j people in the State for contributions ia j ; aid of the Datiooai Democratic party The money is to be used to defray the I expenses of speakers io the doubtful ! States. While we all realize that South i Carolina will go for Bryan, it is cer ! taioly our duty to do what, we can to help our Democratic friends ia tne doubtful States I will thank you to take op this very important matter at oace 8nd oall upon all club presidents in your county, and Ibo people generally, to rake up a col Seetion among the faithful, aod please remit sums so collected to Col U. X. Gunter, Jr, secretary, or to me as chairman, and the sme will be remitted to the chairman of the national Demo? cratic committee . Wilie Jones, Chairmao. Col Jones earnestly hopes the county cbairmeo will make vigorous efforts to raise money for this purpose Senator Tillman expects South Carolina to con? tribute ?4,000, cr an average ol ?100 to the county It takes work to raise such a sum. The first coGtributioo came in this morning and was from Marion Cousty. P. B. Hamer remitted a check for ?80 I for the Dcmo2rats of that county. i_ . ,_: , .wm . -fm ? - FLOODS IN TEXAS _ Fort Worth, Tex. Sept 28 -The Trinity river continued to rise all day and is fuily 95 feet at this point. The overflow reaches out more than a mile, resembling a big lake, and is from three to six feet deep Much of the Cottoo Belt Railroad traok bas beeu carried away. The Co'toa Belt depot is surrounded with water three or four feet deep and all business is suspended temporarily, as trains caonot get into the yards or eveD within a mile ot them. As yet no loss of iife bas bon reported, but it is believed that some people have perished below this city in the Trinity river bottoms by ?he overflow. Riobmcod, Va, Sept 25 -Mrs Ei;z abeth Van Lew, who, during the war between tbe States, furnished tbe Union forces with valuable information against the Confederate government, assisted prisoners in escaping from Libby prison and who afterward was rewarded by Geo Graot with the postmastership at Richmond, died at ber residence here this morning at an advanced age - . - - A PINE IMPOSED Yesterday Mr. Harley, the man in ! whose place Howard Allen was killed Last Sunday night, was brought before the police court on the charge of main tainiog a gambling resort. He was given ibe maximum fine which he paid -The State Lorenzo Marques, Sept 26 -The German steamer Herzog, which sail? ed for Europe today, bad among her passenger the Transvaal postmaster general. Van Alphen ; the assistant secretary of state, Grobler : the stale treasurer, Mallerbe. and a large qii??tity of bar gold The railroad from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria is ex pected to be open for traffic tomor row I Mr Carnegie ?tid Rocae time ago that I the iron and Steel Trust contributed I $S.000.000 to Hanna's ca'mpaign fond 1 in 1896 The probabilities are that it wili not throw io quite so liberally this . time The Hon Geo. E Prince, of Ander, son, with Steveneon, of Chesterfield, and Weston, of Richland, are spoken of as candidates for ppeaker of the State house of representatives. "Uncle Tom," an old negro of Lex iuj?ton, Va., who saw a great deal of Geo Lee durin*tbe civil war, having been employed as a cook at headquar? ters, confessed that only once bad he beard anything disrespectful said about the idol of tbe south In relation the incident, he said : "Ooe night erbout de middle ob de ?car. 1 seed a curi'us man go inter de gen'l's tent. He cum out, en whin bc got ter wbar I wuz he woz er rippio' en er roario?' en er sro tin' 'Wbuta de trabble ?' I sez t-r'im 'Trubbte,7 sez hr, 'I jes got orders ter ride forty miles ter night wid er messidge, en here' tis er soowin' en er blowin, en er Meena* like all perseas ed. I m darned ef I know what Gio'! Lee's ertbiokin' erbout ' Well, sir, I jtiy' looked at Mm fer a minit en then srz ter 'im: *Fo Gawd. ? doao recktn y?T does know whut Gin'l Le>s er I rbuokic erbout. Man, sir. ef one er Gin'l Lee's thought* wuz ter get ioter yer baid 'twould bus' it open 7 v CASTOR IA ! For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought j Bears the Signature of i Many women 'lose their girlish forms after ?hey become mothers. This is due to neg? lect. The figure can be preserved beyond _ question if the c:c f\ perlant mother w??! W 5 constantly use IffofDer's fl friend ^ during the whole period of pregnancy. The earlier its use is begun, the more per? fectly will 'the shape mother's friend not only softens and relaxes the muscles during the great strain beface birth, but helps the skin to contract naturally afterward. It keeps unsightly wrinkles away, and the muscles tmdemeath retain their pliability. I?lC??)Cr'$ friend is that famous external liniment which banishes morning sickness and nervousness during pregnancy ; shortens labor and makes it nearly painless ; builds up the patient's constitutional strength, so that she emerges from the ordeal without danger. The little one, too,, shows the effects of mother's rrkn? by its robustness and vigor. Sold ci dru? stores for ?1 a bottle. Send for o::r ilecly ii'ustratcd boo'-: for ex? pectant mothers. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. QA. .4. werri ft si, Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866 Kepreseot, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000 Feh 28 _ CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in FIS 3EX Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Cco8teoment8 of Couniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, &c, are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fish packe! in barred and boxes for tte country trade a specalty. Dec 6 x THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid io, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, , 75,000 00 Tra.'.?acte ft general bankiog bu?iue=a ; also has a Cavings Bank Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received Interest allowed a; the rate o? 4 J er cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President MARION MOISE, W F. RHA?IE, Vice-P.esidrDt. Cashier. Jae 31. FIRST MTIOSil BANK OF SUMTER, STATS, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Cipi?a!.S 75,0:'Y> CO Surplus a"d Profit - - - - 2?,0C0 CC I Additional Liability cf Stock? holders in excess cf tt:eir stock. 75,000 00 Torsi prosee i -n to depositors, $175*500 00 Trurisp.ctj i General Sonkine Bus!r;r?s. Spec:*l a;te.i:io:j ?iven fo co!ie:;tioi;o. S IV IX G S DE PA RT M EN T. Deposits of $1 and upwrtrdi? received. ID terest aliow^d ??t the rare ot 4 per cec.t per annum, on amounts nbove $5 mid oo; exceed? ing $300, payab1* quarterly, or: first days of January. Aoril, Juiv ?cd October. R M. WALLACE. L. S. CARSON, President. Cdeai' r SURVEYING. OCRVEYING and Civil RngiD:>enrg work promptly urd accorat??v doce Wi LO RING LEE, Cml Eogr. li*y 23-6 ii Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. lt artificially digests the food and aid9 Nature ia strengthening and recon? structing the exhausted digestive or? gans. It isthe latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in? stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand all other results of imperfect digestion. Price50c. and fl. Large size contains 2 Vi times small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailedfret) Prepared by E. C. DcWITT ft CO.. CblCQflO. J S HTJG-HSON & CO Estale ol John J. Uedding?, i)ec'd. j 7"t? WILL aiip?T to'he Judye o- Pro* a?e o! SoroterConn") ?>:? (>o-t; 'JS'n. lyOo, i r H Fif?ai DscbVg? Exccircis of j Kforr-Said Rotate, j F '/.'<{ K P. GEDDING ?, .v vt S? AL LA CE tt?D friNGS. .Sepf. 26-4' Executors j /a H 7-< *. . o H-i O b?3 P t? O X & ? o? CQ > O CG i? OIT i^O 9 With the exception of a few crates of imported China which we are expecting every day. Our Success is Due to High Quality of our Goods, tlie Lowness of Price. 10-piece Toilet Set, $4 50 kind. ?3 00 3-piece Tin Set, ?1 50 kind, 1 25 3-piece Galvanized Iron Set. $2 kind, 1 50 Large Clock Spring Library Lamp, ?G kind, 4 50 Hail Lamps, ?5 kind, 3 00 Stand Lamps, ?3 kind, 1 50 Cleveland Cook Stoves, with 18 pieces of Hollowware, cheap at $8 50, now 7 50 We expect a carload of Iron King, Elmo and Liber? ty Stoves, and will be in position to give you whole? sale price on this lot. We will give you some testimonials next week. One stand and 4 Shoe Lasts for 35c. Cut this out and save 5 per ct. discount Tc C. SCAFFE, The old reliable Stove Dealer, 398| M MM We have made large contracts for Bag I ging and Ties, and feel that we are in a better position than ever to supply our customers in this line. For some years we have been buying largely of second hand Bagging and Ties from mills in the upper part of the State, and fortunately our contracts were made with them this year in the early Spring, or we could not have gotten them-owing to the high price of new goods they were eagerly sought. Some people object to use this class of Bagging because it is a little ragged, but we think that should make but very little difference as the best of it looks pretty tough from sampling very soon after it passes out of the farmers hands. Based upon the price of new goods there is a saving to the farmers of nearly 50 per cent. By buying that which was used before and why not reap the benefit of it, as it makes no diff?rence in the price of your cotton. We have all grades, and if you doirt want the old we will be glad to sell you the new, but feel that it is our duty to recommend that which will pay you best. Alliance and Grange Clubs would do weil to see us before buying. ein That Mayesville is the best Tobacco Mar? ket in the State. SALES ARE GOING ON DAILY. We have a large corps of buyers and plenty of money with which to pay for tobaccos and we guar? antee good prices and sat? isfactory treatment. Bring us jour tobacco* THE PUDOING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE COMPANY, JOHN W. MILLS, Manager.