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$bt #?Utt|)man ai?t Soutbron. WKDNK8DAY OOT 3. 1800. Tb? Sumtcr Halt nman was loundeo Ii 1850 aod tbe fftM Southron in 1866 Tb? tfaroAsnan and Svmikron now bis Iba oombieeJ oiroolniion and influence of both of ine old papers, and if mani? festly too boat advertising on ..am in Ban tor IfOTICK TO BUB80RIBKR8. Ii li 004 a tannery for on to Mod ? lint to eecb individual onb ecriber wbo te indebted to no for sebecriptioe, an tbe label obows tbe too to wbiob eaob one ban p .id. Kxemieo toe label oo yoar paper nod If yon are la arrears please oall and ewttle nt yoer earlieat convenience. If It in not oonteuient to oall in per? son eend the money by bank draft, registered letter or poet office or ex* preen money order. Tbe nmowat doe by enoh one je ?mall, but tbe aggregate amount doe mi in large, end thio ie tbe reason tbet we expect oar sobecribers to make settlements We bsve carrisd of tbeee snbsoription ncooonts over from year to yser aa en nooom modal ion to oar sobecribers, bat we oennot do oo longer ne tbere is now bo exoaee for non payment witb cot ton selling for ten cents end over. A military earn pee? ie a eoeimoni.y m lbs oneee of prevention tbst is worth i peeed sf were. We direet spaniel atteetisn to tbe eetl for a sa set tog of the eottoe growers of Semter ooeety oo Ostobsr 17th. As has baee said heretofore the present issue is nVe beat opportunity the farmers of tn*s 8onth have erer had to orgseist asd make their power felt We treat thsro will be a ltrga aed repre seetative meetieg of soitoe growers oo the 17th met wet aed that a permanent ergeeisatioa will he the reeolt Ths esed for eherity ie Galrsston it iy graster than aver. Eight thou people are homtlars, and of ths ?,000,000 that ars needed to provids las with shelter lam theo three qnar of e still toe ha?s base contributed Semter oeeety will hs represented at 8tale Fair by heedreds of visitors, eenal, bet ths Bnmtsr eoaety thibitt, oafortnostol;, hate not bean lereoe of recent years. Ths best ity ie the stau shnnld hivs a mors Mpreseotetiv) exhibit this year. If rota or s are eerresi tha naxtssasioe of the Legislators will hs?s several io vsstigstioss oa its bends Joba 0 Carlisle, ths oae time load ieg Drmoerat, free trader aod free silver edvos?t3 has goos o?sr to tbe Republi? can* p i aod baggage As a trust lawyer, this movement any be a part of his professional torvioea Tbe Rspublicso's "fall dinner peil91 is ta the pies tee no of tha mint owners in Penasyltanis wblta ths down trodden earners ire on tbs verges of starvation This is the Republican'* idea uf prosperity. Philadelphia, Oet 2 ?No break has yst occurred in ths ranks of the strik? ing mine wotkers, although additional notices of the oftsr of an iu or esse of 10 per esat in wagea were posted through ths regios la fast tbere were maoy indications today of so intent on tbs part of the etrittere so insist oo otbsr eonesasions and to rsmaia out notil ths operator' its recognition to their oa lions! orgsnisatioa. Tbe featare of the dsy was the psrade and mass meet tog of mine workere at Wilkeebare arranged witb the orjeot of deaooerre? tiog tha efreagtb of the lfott*d M oe Workere. Two amdatite, mads by rssidsats of Cabal I County. W Va.. charge that Seoetor Klkiee hae defraoded the geteremeet oet of tha postal eharge oo 600,000 espies sf a epoesh delivered by btm at Charleston, W Va , Jaly 11, by nllnwing it to he sent through tbe nail, ths sntslopet beariug the prmted inseriptise : "United Statss senate. Part of tbe eongremional record--frss " Stomped with ti e freak : "Stephen B K.kios." Tbe ?peeeh was made epon the oeoaeioo of the West Virginia republican State ooofentioo, of whish Senator Klkios was ohairman. eeo month after tbe adjonrnment of eoegreea. The speech was no pert of Iba congressional reeord nod the sending of it through ths mail is direct ?[elation of law. LAST REPORT OF THE CROPS ISSUED. Director Bauer Summarizes the Situation. The following is tbs final report of tbe season of the weather and crops io South Carolina issued yesterday by Dirtetor Bauer of tbe Sooth Carolina section of the climate and erop service of the United States Weather Bureau : The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, Oat 1st, was again v*ry hot, tho tem? perature averaging o?er six degrees per day warmer than usual, and had a maximum of 98, and a minimum of 55 degrees, the former al BUoktillo, the latter at Oberaw. Tbe week was rainless. The ground hat again become too dry for plowing, and but little oats or wheat seediog his been done, the work awaiting more fa?orablo oooditioos for preparation and f ermioatioo The weather was unin? terruptedly favorable for gathering orope. Corn ie being housed, aod now it is eertain that lese than half a orop will bo gathered. Late eoro ie a oomplete failure. Ootton pioking made favorable pro* grass, aod from half to seven-eighths of tbe orop has been gathered. Yields ars estimated at from half to osarly three fourths an average orop Many oorreepondents etate that picking will be praetieally completed by Oot 15th, whieh is uouasually early, due to tbe continued abnormal beat and dryness. There will be no (op erop of aoy ae ooaot Sea island yields are also light, and half has been gsthered. Fees, sweel potatoes, upland rice, oaoe and hay erops are unusually poor, io many plaoes failures, exoept that s few localities report an abuodanoe of grass for hay. Early riee harvest is finished, and June riee is ripening. Tbe rice orop ie tbe only iuo one cultivated this year Birds are destructive in tbe Georgetown districts. Turnips are oomiog up poorly, and in many places no etands have behu eecured. 8tock water is soaroe io plates Tbe fall bean orop bide fair to be a partial failure Notion Ae tbe etaple orops bavs reaohed maturity, and minor eropa are either ripe or gathered, and tbe proba? ble yields no longer subjcet to weather ioloeoces, the ieaue of these bulletins will be suspsnded with this number until tbs spriog of 1901. Correspond? ents will please aooept the thanks of tbe weather bureau io appreeiatioo of their valuable weekly reports, i J>amasV*e>e> >^naaw* Heater's Monthly Statement New Orleans,Oot 2 ?Secretary Hcs ter's New Orleans cotton exohange statemeol issued today oovots tbe moothly movement to the olose of Sept 30. Compared with last year it shows a deorease for tbe month in round figures of 239,000 bales Tbe statement shows reeeipte at ports for the month, 619.986 against 788.428 last year; net ehipmsnte overland 22,532 against 63,283 laet year, aoutbern mill takings, exclusive of consumption at southern outports 113,737 against 130,356 last year ; interior stocks in sxoess of amounts bald Sept 1st, 123,071 against 136 645 last year Amerioao mills have taken during tbe month 155,200 bales against 236,454 last year, of whieh by northern apieoers and Canada, overland 38,738 against 102,792 Foreign exports for September were 846,973, ebowicg a deorease noder tbe same period last year of 100,842 Stocks at tbe seaboard aod tbo 29 leading southern interior markets at the olose of September were 499,688 against 1,053,341 last year Including stocks left over at ports aod interior towos from the last orop and tbe number of bales of tbo now erop brought into sight during Septem? ber tbe supply to date is 1,001,861 agaioit 1,787,610 last year. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Oct i?There will be a democratic majority of not less than ten in tho next house That ie the way the democratic congressional campaign oommittee figures it out, nnd in doing the figuring allowance has been made for every reasonable contingency Republicans privately admit that these figures are very conservative, and that they have almost given up hope of retaining control of tbe house, unless there is a change in public sentiment amout ing almost to a stampede before election day. Even the republican congressional committee has not been' patting out any claim, except in the most perfunctory way, of a republican majority in the house. On tbe contrary, its chairman, Rep resentative Babcock, has been pre* paring his petty for defeat. * Among the contingencies allowed for by tbe democratic oommittee are loss of seats in New York end Pennsylvania, which tbe party managers in those steten are confident of saving. Mad as the repoblioen lesdere are with tbe lost of power and conquest, end es determined ae they ere to try to turn this liberty loving republic into a world conquering empire founded oo no higher principles than that wbioh dominated the derk ages of youth?"might makes right"? they do not dare to pnblioly proclaim that purpose ee plainly as Ex Con? gressman Dongan, of Ohio, once e democrat, did in a speech made in Washington, in which he attempted to justify Mr McKinley end bis im? perialistic policy in the Philippines. The following sentence from Mr Doogen's speech reveals the true inwnrdnees of the republican policy, which they have been so anxiously trying to conceal by general talk about bettering tbe condition of tbe poor natives and improvement in Amerioan oommeroe : "In my opin ion, title is fixed only by the survival of tbe fittest, and that is why America is going to role the earth " In other words, no people's title to their own country is good against the greed end avarice of a stronger country. Surely e majority of Americans are not willing to enter the 20th Century championing auch e doooment Representative Livingston, of Georgia, thus sums up the ettitude of tbe two parties towards trusts : "In e reoent spsecb made by Senator Beveridge, this statesman says that tbs republican party, as well as the democratic party, is opposed to trosta, only the republican party proposed to limit end regulate trusts, while the demooretic party would do nothing. Now. this statement was msde to intelligent people If th\e is so, bow could Mark Henna go to Baltimore aod get from the troete of tbet city alone $80.000, while Bryan, even bed he tried, could nnt have got 80 oeota. Senator Banna ban ssid tbere ere no trusts lie knows nnd so does every thinking men or woman that this is false Here is evidence of tbe ttusts. This yeer it tekea 50 per cent more wheat to buy a plow than it did last yeer. It tekss 20 per cent more corn nnd it tekes from $4 to $4 50 e month more to live oow tbao it did a year ago. Why ia this ? It is because of tbe trusts " How desperste the repoblioan managers are getting may be judged from their having ordered the parly press to try to make political capital out of i'ae experience of Teddy iu Colorado Wheu tbe navy department reject ed tbe bids for armor for wawhips, put in by the armor trusts, and announced that Secretary Long would exercise the authority conferred upon him by congress to establish an armor making plant, if better bids were not submitted, it was predict? ed that the armor trusts would get tbe contracts, if they made a satis factory contribution to the republican campaign fund That prediction is iu a fair way to be verified Secte tary Long has been dickering with the agents of the trusts, sod it is offi cialy announced that he expects to mske a satisfactory contract with them for the armor, which doubtless means that Hanna has already made e satisfactory arrangement with them for campaign contributions The Chinese minister to tbe United States having succeeded so well in getting the administration to act io accordance with his private advice baa gone a step further and is now giving the administration public advice through tbe medium of news paper interviews He wants this government to set aa mediator be tween the powers and China, and says if it doesn't, it may in the end find itself shut out of China com mercially That "chink" has got nerve to thus threaten the man who has been as friendly to bim and bis government as Mr McKinley has beeu Lookout for preposterous republican claims Orders have gone out from republican national headquartera to the party newspapers to print con tinually and conspicuously during the three weeks previous to the election paragraphs claiming states enough to give McKinley 25 or 30 more clec torai votes than he had in 189b'. Tbe idea is said to be that such wholesale claims persistently made, will catch voters who wish to be on tho win? ning side _ Nu otber t>iilu osn squat OeWitt't Little j Btriy Rh m tor prompt'**?, certainty aod i efficiency J 8 Hughion ? Co. Perfect, Health. Keep the system in perfect or* ' t by the occasional use of utt's Liver Pills. They reg jlate the bowels and produce A Vigorous Body. "or sick headache, malaria, bil usncss, constipation and kin ed diseases, an absolute cure UTT'S Liver PILLS HOTICI ID TiXFAYlRS orvici or COUNTY TREASURERSUMTERCOUNTY. S?mteb, 8. 0., Sept. 22, 1900. "VTOTICE ie hereby given that I will be in W my office in the County Court House ?i Sumter from October 15th to December 31st, 1900 inclusive, for tbe collection of taxes for tbe fiscal year 1900. Tbe levy is ae follows: For Stete purposes, * mills For Count? puruoses, tj mills. For School (urposee, 3 mills. Total levy, 11^ mills. Also the following apecial school levies : School District No 1, 2 mills. School District No 16, 2 mills. School District No. 18, 2 mills. School District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 mills. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mtlls. No. t. 1 mill. No 17, 1 mill. Commutation Road Tax for 1901 $1 00, payable from Oct. 15th 1900 to Feb. 1st 1901. H L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter Co. Sept 26?13t_ Turnip Seed Full line of all desirable va? rieties, new crop seed just re? ceived. Havana Segars* Large line of 6ne' Havana Segars. Toilet Articles, A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLorme's Drug Store. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. , OFFICE OF GO SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. Sumter, S. C , Sept 19, 1900. rpHE REGULAR EXAMINATION FOR X teacbei'a oub j certificates will be held OO Friday, Oct 12, 1900 For whits?in Coanty Auditor's offica For colored?in my office J. EDWIN REM BERT. Sept .6?Jt Co. Sopt. Ei. Estate of Joan Marti*, ftece'd. WE A' 11>L apply to tbe Judge of Probate ol Sumter County on October 12th, 1900, for a Final Discbarge as Biecutors of aforesaid Estate. JAMES D MARTIN, ISAAC M MARTIN, JOB JACKSON. Sept 13, 1900?41 New Yorl Life Insurance Compani. OLDEST and largest International Life Insurance Company in tbe world Up eratiog under tba control of 82 governments No sbtreholders. Assets over $236 000,000 All profits f ad to policy holders Life Ordi? nary Accumulation Policies. Ten, Fif? teen, Tweotv Payment Accumulation Poli? cies. Teo, Fifteen, Twenty-year Endowment Accumulation Poicies Policies noo forfti'.a hle, incontestable. H. FRANK WILSON, Agent, Sept 12 ?3m Sumter, S C. I ?TENTS ? Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat? ent business conducts* for Moderate. Fees. Our Omer, is Opposite u . 8. Paten r Orrict and we can secure patent IS) ieae time uu-a ihoac remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip? tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Oar fee not due till patent is secured. A Pamphlet, " How to Obtain Patents," with cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries seat free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Opp. Patent Orricc. Wabhington. D. C. Tbe Land and Most Complete Establishment South Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office* sod 17 art rooms. King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Purchase our make, which we foaraotc superior to any sold South, and thrrchf >ave money. Window and Fancy Qiass a Specialty October 16 -o The Palace Schwartz Bros. ?O+O +O+O0O0O ?04O OOOO+O +O0O0O0O+O+O The Real Dry Goods Supremacy ?OtO ?O0OO+O+ +O+OO+ 4K>K>4<>4<X>K>4 A Word of the Opening. The Success of the Store is Cumulative. Every anniversary marks a progress, and yet success can only increase in proportion as we do deserve it Our merchandise must be truly worthy and truly represented. Our prices must be the lowest and bear comparison. Our styles, our ideas just a little different than others. Your appreciation is the electric force working through this store to your own advantage. There's been no time when we had such stocks to serve you, no time when we had more to show you of goods that can be found no where else. A Great Opening Day Was This?We Thank You. ? Our departments are ready. They greet you with new mer? chandise, more complete and more responsive to the demands of ever}' taste and service, and price than ever before in our history. JUST IN : Ladies "Rainy Day" (unlined) Tailor Suits. Made of fine double-texture materials, plaid backs. Shades? Navy, Oxford, Grey, Black. Finely tailored, and a very swell suit, see them! Also : See this Shoe Stock of ours. It will pay you, both as to style and price. Our New Furs are Here ) Q. , mt . Our New Cloaks, also \Styles 8tnctly excl*?lve' We take pleasure in showing you. Schwartz Bros. Sumter's Fashion Emporium, Dry Goods Leaders. Do You Wear a Hat as good as the . Howard Hat HOWARD STYLE. HOWARD ALPINE. They are the Best Made for the Money, 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 RIGHT. 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. J. RYTTENBERG & SONS.