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THE WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON. OCTOBER 24, 1900. We owe an ?1 or CSP ilSlISJSJlSJJISIJJ. But the gentleman who has charge of our advertising department has been so busy attending to other matters, that he seems to hate slightly neglected this very important branch of our business While we are Firm believers in newspapers as a means of making known the good things you have to offer, our experience is, that the people with whom yon have been dealing and who have always gotten ONE HUNDRED CENTS WORTH For every dollar they gave you are the best ailvertiser?* This we have proven beyond all doubt during the past month, in which our business has been the largest ever recorded in September. Some cf our friends attracted by newspaper advertise? ments or curiosity would go into other stores, and after looking through to their entire satisfaction would return and make their bili with us, admitting frankly that we were offering BETTER VALUES THAN OUR COMPETITORS. j large, but the woy they are going Sic-as cheap as they were ever sold ' getting Jobbers prices, thereby sav -- tf^l Achino* ! t?ey WO?),t last ?0Dg 50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8Jc- jng the middle man's profit, and giv _VlVlUlUSt O Ti l?iS 18 8 V6ry de8iraD,e fabric for ing the benefit of it to cur customers. ' I -, - Waists and Wrappers, and is easily If anvthing was needed to strengthen -- Thls bas alway8 been a fitr0MS 1,ne ? Boy:S Double Breasted Suits worth IO to 12-k. this department, we have certainly " \ ? tt^tlZtT^LtZ at 75c and $1. 60 pairsTar Heel 1? dob, .0 * ,h. ?ld? Hats. r8ge",bi9 ^rri/rf7* Tbese^TwootK per Blankets. BAY STATE LIXE that we dave never bad a better line cent mo.e. uur une ai "'-'^ We established a reputation in this to seleci from $150, $2, $2 50, ?3 50 and $5 These are not in stock, but will be [ and line Borne years ago, that we have Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50 cannot be beaten. by the time this reaches you, as they E. P REED & CO'S LINE been constantly adding to We sup- and $10. .- aure on ?be way Yon know what of Women's fine Shoes Dly a good many dealers, who must Men's Fancy Worsteds, $5. $7 50, WTfcT.^ AA lb^rke' and D0 *d7*"cf! 10 p/lcf Thifl ,flttpr Hno io n, , Uve money b/buying from us, or $10 and $12 \ UVJ ?*OOCl$* T> ? ^ f ^ J?" mt ? ?bey would not do so. Outside of Men's ali wool Cassimers, $o, $6, * Blankets irom 750 M ?l.50. hannie ?hom T;th ? ? A I i v our regular line we bought ?7 50, $10 and $12 50. . Here will be found as complete a A ,(ne of Comforts from 75c to $2 ifTT llT.JlrLt g * * ^ -r^ Men's Clav Worsteds in black and line-of Staple and Domestic Goods * pleasure and satisfaction up to a few 100 DOZeil. colora *k 50 *io *1'> & $15 P8 tbe needs of any housekeeper de Our stocK of Sheeting. Pillow eas years ago, but for some reason, they SVom a commission bouse at about '* ' ?* ' ' ~ maud Table Damask, Doylies and withdrew from this territory, and we 60 cents on the dollar. BOYS' CLOTHING". Our DOMESTICS were bought on Napkins is complete and prices right feel assured their old patrons will be We have Men's and Boys fur 7RO noire: a basie of 7 cems cotton, and while---- p!ea?ed to welcome them back Hats at 25 and 50 cents, and the / OU yali a * we dld not thi?k at the time that rellftPS* Reynolds', Bay State, E. P. Man's Hat we sell at 75c would Boy's Knee Pants, worth 35c, 40c cotton was going to 10 cents we in- >JWVV>3l p j appear cheap, if bought elsewhere and 50c at j vested in If there is any one line in our bouse rr J tt0Taii are for $1.25 ORn r\or noir DOO VQHC better than another we believe this Hard to Beat _;_ ?oe per pair. | ou.uou xdiub , {% An 0UIV Sboe8 are bougbt In addjtjon to tbege we carrya _!_We bought fbe remnant of a man-j ^e Dave direct from manufacturers, and in complete line of Men and Women V _ufacturer's stock, the quantity seems ? 100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6-J and j such quantities, as to warrant us in staple Shoes i Shirts. We hesitate to say how many of these we bought, as we might be accused of varying from the path of truthfulness, bot we are safe in as? serting not less than 250 Dozen Just think of it ! 3,000 SHIETS. You would naturally say, why do you buy so many ? if you saw what we are selling'for 25 Cents You would ask DO further question. You cannot buy goods right unless you buy quantities. O'DONNELL & CO. O'DONNELL & 00. O'DONNELL & GO. Chinese Peace Negotiations. Li Hong Chang and Prince Cnrog Outline What They are Willing to Do. Paris, Oct 19.-The Haves agency has received the following dispatch from Pekin : *'T?e diplomatic corps hae receiv? ed a joint note from Li Hong Chang and Prince Ching, saying that it is time to end the present situation and treat for peace and that the princes who were accomplices of the.Boxers will be handed over to the courts to be judged and punished according to ' Chinese law. "In their quality of plenipotentia? ries, Li Bung Chang and Prince Ching offer to treat for peace and accept the principle of indemnities for the lega tiens destroyed The iosses are to be estimated by delegates of the powers "European nations can be accorded fresh commercial advantages on the old treaties modified ; but as the re quirements of the powers vary, each power must formulate its own wishes "The plenipotentiaries demand an immediate cessation of hostilities be cause of their offer and request an in terview with iaung ii yaraec for Octo? ber I5th ?' Replying to the note, M. Pich?n, the French minister, said that China, having recognized that she had vio? lated the law of nations, was boend to accept for that very reason the re sponsibiiitiee involved Consequent ij he demanded that exemplary punishment be inflicted upon the principals guilty, namely, Prioce Tuan, Prince ?cbwaog, Kang Ki and Tang Fu Ilsiang, adding that so long as their heads had not fallen it was impossible io cease hostilities "M Pich?n has been confined to his bed for several days with a slight j attack of typhus, but hi3 condition | is not grave "Owing to the arrival of Count von I Waldersee, Gen Veronyn. the com mander of the French forces, will prolong his stay in Pekin until he j receives fresh orders " _ NEW INSTRUCTIONS CA- j BLED TO CONGER Washington. Oat 19 -The Chinese j government has made a request of ? Secretary Hay tbat negotiations begin I tonscrrow at Pekin lookiog to a settle- ; raent of tb-e Chinese question. 1' is said at the state department. that Mr ? Conger's instruct! os are sufficieat in breadth to enable him to proceed with ! n?gociations tomorrow without further j ord*T from thc department However, as the Chinese counter J proposais received yesterday throngb Mr Cocger appear to warrant farther instructs cs frota the president aed Secretary Hay. Mr Conger was wired today an ontiine of the coarse be is to porgue io furtherance of the plans ai ready cocomitted to his care. For ob? vious reasons th? state department has j decided not to make public the text of I these supplementary instructions But it tus? be stated that our government does not regard the Chinese tender as sufficient to meet the necessities of the case It is not indicated in what res? pect they fall 6bort-the Chinese agree? ing, according te their note, to express j regret, admit liabilities for iudemoity j and yield anything in the way of treat i tes, in consideration of the withdrawal . of the trocps aod an armistice. It is j inferred that ocr objection is based on j ja lack ot guarantees for the present! ?-ifety of American citizens and the j ?egation in China, as well as for the i j protection of missionary and trade j j interests ia the future. It cannot bc ? ; gathered that the matter of the sum I j cie&cy of the punishments to be | I meted cut to the Chinese c ?T ? c d i o g of- ! i ?sials enters into this objection The alleged edict setting out the j \ puoishmfiTirs allotted to Prince Tuan ! I and hi? fellow conspirators is sa?roane- . ?cd with doubt Mr Cocger bas advis- ? j ed the state department that the au- | I tbeoticitv of the edic? is calico j in qaes'ioc io Pckio, bat. nowhere h:s ' j the state dopartmeot been able to secure j j any oficial statement as to the ? j character of thc edict. j : Tne state dtpartment bas so far madG : ; no answer to thc Chinese proposal and, j jas already icdicat^d, will return th's j j probably through Mr Conger A TRAGEDY IN CUBA - . i Habana, Oct 18.--Maj Peterson, thc ! chief commissary cf Cuba, died vester day of yellow fever Mrs Peterson, : his wife, who r.rrivi'd here lan Monday j from Ciocinrati to nurse him shot her eelf in the read with a revolver coe ? hour airer tbs msjor's death and died j instantly. The remains of Maj Peterson and his ; wife were interred this afternoon with | military honors The fl-iss at El Moro and on all th" public buildings were at half mast The tragic occurrence ha? greatly depressed the who!? military community io Habana . I Lauren?, Oct 19 -Wade H Godfrey one of thc proprietors of the ' Bee [ Hive*' Fiore, ?hot nr.? killed Ei Wert: man. a y> ung negro farm iaborr-r. on thc public cq?jare about 2 o'clock tbt< afternoon. They w?re rn gar ed in a difficulty and had come to blows wh*n ! Godfrey drew bis pistol on-i shot his ] acragonist. Tbc wound resulted fatally ; a half hoar later. Godfrey ga7e bim [ self ap and went to ja.il. India Famine Report. Stupendous Relief Measures $85,000,000 Expended 2,000,000 People Still Being Ped. , Simla. Oct 19 -The *viceroy. , Lord Cuizon, in a speech before the council today said the famine bad affected a quarter of the population of India and that even now two millions of people were receiving re j lief. fie expressed the hope, how i ever, that in a month these would ! return to their homes. His lordship '? farther said that half a million deaths i were traceable to the famine and that the loss of the crops involved the loss j of fifty raillions sterling, plus some millions for the loss of cattle It will never be known how many were j affected by the calamity among the hill people and wandering tribes, while the alms distributed were un ? precedented j At the end of August S54 lakhs o? j rupees ($42,500,000) bad been ex pended and the government further I expected to spend 150 lakhs $7,500,- j OOO) up to March next . Besides this; 258 lakhs (?11 900,000) of laud i taxes had been advanced to cultiva ! tors, many lakhs of land taxes had been remitted, 3 12 crores ($35,U00, OOO rupees) had been lent to the j native States, and nearly a iniiiion ; sterling had been contributed by! private charity The viceroy complimented the' relief committees, alluding to many j instances of native chivalry and devi) j tion and to E'.-glisu miiit3ty and civil j servants dying at their posts Ile said the cotton crop was worth 13,- ! 000,000 pounds stcriing on the j ground Alluding to (he ?-hocking mortality j in the native States, LoidCutzjn; said that, broadly speaking, no relief; system iu the world could counteract the effects of reduced fond, the cessa j lion of wages, high prices and the ! breaking up of the homos of mi?ions, i (jr prevent pestilence following j famine. The Hanaption Legion. To the Editor of The News and i Courier : I was not prisent at the re eent reunion of the Confederate Veterans at Greenwood 8. C., and ! wan, until recently, away from here j Hence the delay. At that reunion ? thc members of tho Hampton Le-j gion-cavalry, artillery and infantry - present met and passed a tesolu j tion that a meeting of ali the ^arviv-i ors o? the Hampton Legion. C S A , be called to meet and form them? selves into au organization, at Coirjm ! bia, S. 0 , at the State Fair (ensuing) j at 2 p ra on Wednesday of the week j of said Stale Fair. The members present elected me chairman of the committee and I will be in Colum? bia, at Wright's Hotel (in person or by representative) to advise survivors I of the place of meeting Call at 9 p m , upon arrival at Columbia I And I beg space of your paper to publish this call and ask every county paper to publish a copy thereof. The following constitute the com? mittee, who extend the call to meet and organize and provide for a meet ing everv year at some place B II "Teague, W H. Still, S M Walton, W. P Gresham, G W Hamilton, G E Dom,W 0. Sturkey: Rufus Dom, iredell Jones, J. B Satterfie?d, W L Talbert, James Carley, Joe Davenport, D P. Bouk night, D P. Sturkey : P A Emanuel, Chairman Committee Aiken, S. C , October 15 Kershaw's SfceriiF, Camden, Oct 17-The second contest in the sheriff's race resulted in favor of Mr. J ?3 Trantham On the second pri . ary Sheriff Williams had a small majority, bot some irregu larities were charged on beth sides and a r.ew primary ordered On the third primaiy Mr Trantham had a small majotity. and again irregulari? ties were charged, including fraud at one of the boxes At Salt Pond box sixteen ballots in excess of the names enrolled on the poll list were found Mr. Williams produced the j affidavits of twenty six voters who j swore they voted for him, but only j seventeen vote3 were counted for him A majority of the committee, however, decided not to interfere with the returns and proceeded to declare Mr Trantham the :.on?inee upon the face of the returns ns sent j in by the managers W D Traut J ham and C. G. Moore represented j Mr. .1 S. Trantham and P H Nelson, of the Columbia Bar, and J T Hay, of the Camden Bar. represented Mr Williams The contest will probably end here, Sheriff Williams having about abandoned the idea of contend? ing for the nomination any further. Elk!on, KT, Oct 18 -Erastus War fi-id, a negro, was lynched here after ( midnight by a mob who took him from ( the county jail,' where he had been j ? placed for attempting to break into a j j farm house wheo Hu* farmer's wife and J j child were tho only oucapacis ? | ?) -wo in Southern Missouri a preach- c cr announced t h K. i in :he near future bo j 1 would discours*- on "Hell and who will | - go there " The mao ha* been some? what p:;zz'ec on receiving several letters from pardoners threatening all kinds of veogeance if their names are mentioned io the forthcoming sermon. Hester's Weekly Statement Showing Cotton in Sight, Mill Takings Movement and Exports. New Ojeaos. Oot 19.-Secretary Hester's Weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement ig ; Today hhow? an increase io the movement inro fright compared with the <-evco days ending this dare last year in round figures of 94,000 For the 19 days of October the totals show an increase 07er last year cf 240, O0O The 49 days cf season that have e!ap?cd, the aggregate is ahead of 49 days cf fast year 1.000 Toe ?mount brough: into sight duriog the past week bas bee--; 495,853. against 401,737 for the seven caje ecdiog O^cber 19, ?as; year. Tte crOT.mt-C't. since September 1 j ..?bews receipts at eil Uoiten r rates perts j 1,600 393..against 1,492 363 last year? ' :o Northan mills ced Canada 106,241, ag??tsr 191.761 last yrar. Southern mill t a fe : r gd 209 805, sgaiost 223,953 iirt year. Foreign rxports for rbe wee-k have been t:G3 1SS, a?uics' 199,229 last j Northern mill takings and Carada ! daring the past ssv^n days show a de? crease cf 42.401, as compared with the corresponding period lass year Total taking of American OJ i i is. norrh &cd j south ato Canada tbas far for the sea- j son bave been 384.647. against 524 858 ? lest year. - ? mi, MI ? - Hubbard Bros & Co's Cotton I New York. Oct l? -A light, frost j ??a* reported in North Carolina aed i SoUib C-?rclina along the line o? the j Ooa?t Linc Railroad, which stimulated j Liverpool aner the opening, while thc nearby p?fi?icns in Liverpool were j advanced on the moc;hiy manipulation j Oar matkft cpsned s.caoy zt 6 to 7 points advance and then brok1 ?T?OW'V to j 7 points below iasi evening on Sou hern ! selling from ail oibcr sec ions ot i he I :o!ton belt. October was especially week j . ;u T/verpoo! pelling cut their holdings h >f ih s position, which they wore ?xpfcr<"d to receive. Heavy rc-ccipts \ md tbi* Southern sailing were more j ban ?he local trade C'-uid digest they j' )ought on tho frost dispatches Witn j he t sceptics of tho.-e frost rope ts j ?ron (voce on rs from all sections shown an j mnrevt-meot. T3 CURtS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ~ Ed j Bj Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Cse WE VD intime. Sold by droguista. gi BE3gEElalgiESliil Gen Lee Talks About Conditions in Cuba. I There Will Be Strong Radical Element in ComiDg Con? vention, Washington, Oct 19-Gen Fitzbugh Lee, of Virginia who is here on leave of absence, paid hi* respects to the pres? ident today. Gen L?e will return to Cuba at the end cf the mooth. He says that the constitutional convention of tho Cuban people, to which delegates have besa elected, wiil be held Nov 5 to establish "the free acd independent republic of Cuba." ! Gen Lee says there is likely to be a great deal of friction in the cocveotios, acd the resnit is problematical The foreigners-French, English and Amer icace and property holdiog Spaniards bo said, were in favor of some sort of American protectorate, which weald icsnr-e the protection cf life sod prop? erty, but the oid soldiers cf Gomez's army wanted to c<my cut the radical programme. They threatened to iaiftate the proceedir-gs in the cooveotion by the adoption of a resolution demandiez the immediate withdrawal cf the Amer? ican troops. Gen Lee espre??ed the opinion that the troon" could not be witbarawo until a stable government was set up which proved capable of furnishing the cecc>?ary guarantees as to life and property. In acy ?cal set? tlement, Gen L"-e said, some difficult problems wou'd nave to be adjusted. Gen L?e said the past year ia Coba bas been the worst, so far as yellow fever is c.'teeroed. io bis experience. Tee yeilow fever had been prevalent alli over the island and he said that some of the fac^s in connection with it seemed to completely explcde the th?orisa of American medical experts regarding the efficacy cf t-anitatioo zs a preventive. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SMITER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surplus and Profits - - - ; 25,000 00 Additional Liability or Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Fo'al protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Rankine Busio?ss. Special ?tie?iiioo ei^en to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In ereft allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per mooro, on amounts above $5 and not eiceed og $300, payable quarterly, on first days of lanuary. April, July and October. RM. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON,