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WEDNESDAY, OCT. SI, 1900. The Sumter Wdtcnman was roundeo. . in 1850 and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and. Southron cow has . the combined circulation and influence of both of the did papers, and is mani? festly the beat advertising medium io Samter. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. It is not necessary for us to seed a statement to each individual sub? scriber who ia indebted to us for subscription, as tho label shows tbe time to which each one bas paid. Examine the labe! on' your paper and . if you are in arrears please cal! and settle at your earliest convenience. If it is not.convenient to cali in per? son send the money by bank draft, registered letter or. post office cr ex? press money order. The amount due by each one is small, but the aggregate amount doe ns is large, .and this is the reason jj that we expect our subscribers to make settlements We have carried some of these subscription accounts over from year to year as an accom modation to our subscribers, but we . cannot do so ionger as there is now , no excuse for non payment with cot . ton selling formen cents and over. Liens Gov Jim Tillman's explanation is the seri of explanation that does not explain anything. While the Chi o ese are in the suicide business it would be a geed thing if the emperess dowager, who is? aooosed of ' being at the bottom of ail the devil? ment, eould be purscaded to eat gold leaf. The enthusiasm and the im mease crowds that greet Bryan io New York City indicate that be will receive a large vote. If it is. only large enoogb to overcome the republican majority in the res; of the State the democracy of the balsnee of the country will think better of Riobard Croker than they have heretofore. Charleston ie throwing aside some of I her traditional exclusiveness, aod the strange sigbt of a thousand or more ?harlestooians will be seen in Columbia doriog the fair. This will be the greatest and most unique of thc maDy exhibits. Connecticut is jealoos of Rhode Island and refused to' have a United States monitor named ''Connecticut" because s battleship had been named for Little ? Rhode Island f? _ Thc Philippine commissioners have made ao u'ter failure of tho mo*t important duty reqnire? of tnem by McKinley . Tbc Filipino leaders have not be ea pacifiai, and ?ghtiog continues in al.' mrte ct thc- archipelago witb the greatest activity, it was expected that ! the commission wocld succeed in patch- j ing up some *crt cf troc- ucti! after j 'the ei?Cttoc. If Br*&D \.< a rcc^h a?d an anarchist and Roosevelt is a geatlemic aod a sta te s aod :be bigbest tyne of American cinziOhhip cf this cay and tim.-, here bas beez a tea:fe; cbaoE?.- io Stands da within a hundred ?ears I W-;e ;f- possible to roil bick inc j year- sod place Bryan and Roosevelt ip the yea? 1779, which cse would j be a patriot ti^btiog wi:h Wa>htng:co j a>nd winch f. Tory d-ncuueiog tbe ! traitos and rebels against King j George? Wno would be detonnoiog the rabble and oailiog OL- "respectable" j *f people to leave welt eocagl alone V'7 j Cotton Movement and Fluctuations We have received by mali, tos twenty sev? enth edition of Latham. Aicxacder ? Co's "Conon Movement and Ficctuatioos,'' wbicb has becoiue a standard cottoc book of refer? ence. The? 9pecia! features of tbe nook tbia year are : The review of tba Cotton Trade cf the World, written expressly for this edition by the distinguished statistician, Mr. Tboaa3 Ellison, of Liverpool, the illustrations and a history of tbe Liverpool Cotton Exchange. Beside3 the usual Tables ct Receipts, Stocks, Exports, Consumption, Acreage, total visi? ble supply and fluctuations, there is much interesting original matter that cannot be found elsewhere ia such a concise form. The book also contains the Annual Review of the Cotton Trade for tbs past season. This pub? lication is issued for gratuitous distribution among the friends and customers of the firm of latham, Alexander ? Co. and is valued by all who receive it. We have for years kept the book on onr desk and have fon od it invaluable.] GROWTH OF THE COTTON MILL INDUSTRY Graphic evidence of the rapid growth of the oottoo oil! mdut-try io thc South is famished by a comparison of the cotton consumption, says thc New York Post. Daring thc year ended August SI, last, thc Northern mills purchased 2,OGS,OOO. bales, against 2, 027,000 io 1891, while the taking? of the Southern mills were 1,597,000, against 604,00 io 1891. This would seem to indicate that Northern con gumption remained stationary as com? pared with ten years ago, while Sooth ero consumption in the same period much more than doubled But, great ss has been the increase io thc South, the growth in the near future will b?. even mere rapid. Last year 800,000 oew-spindles were put io operation in the South, and 1,418,000 spiodles are io course of erection. This means that vrttnin a year the South will have ID operation 28 per cent more spindles than it now has, and 55 per cent more than it had a year ago. And this in turo means-assuming that the new mills will spin yarns of the present average cumber-that in another year the South will be consuming approxi mately as touch co eton as the North. The Southern Farm Maga? zine. In its November issue the Southern Farm Magazine makes an offer that anyone who subscribes to it before December 31, 1900, will receive it for one year at the nominal cost of 25 cents. This offer is made in a desire that every farmer in the south, and, in fact, every farmer in the conntry who wants to know of southern opportunities and eouthern prospects should read the Magazine, and that it may be in the hands of every man and every woman interested in the upbuilding of thG eouth and aiming to keep abreaet of the advancement of that section in agriculture and manufacturing The aim of the Magazine is to be an exponent of the best that is in the south, an inspira? tion to healthy growth in all lines of activity and a source of entertain? ment for the family on the farm or in the town. Southern farmers have bright prospects at the turn of the century. They will be better fixed to enjoy the good thingB coming to them in 1901 if they start the year and the century with the knowledge that the Southern Farm Magazine will be a regular monthly visitor to their homes The November issue contains, among a variety of interesting papers, one by Elias Edmonds of Texas on the growth of truck raising in that State, which is full of sugges lions for truck-raisers in other parts of the south ; one by J. G Pratt, urging the south to enter broadly upon the cultivation of flax for seed and Cher as a winter crop : one by Coi J B Killebrew on trees, indi? cative of the kinds of soil, and one by A Saxon, sketching recent mani festatioDS of the negro race as bear ing upon the south's labor problem The editoiiai, the literary and family departments are full of good things The Southern Faim Magazine is published monthly by the Manufac turere' Record Publishing Co, Balti? more, M J Price $1 a year For new subscribers between Oct 27 aud Dec ol, 25 cents a year To Your Tents, O Igrael. Some of the most forcible appeals fer the defeat of McKinley and elec j tion of Bryan are uttered by Jewish ! rabbis One of the most remarkably cf U.ese statements, short, sharp and decisive, comes from Rabbi Charles Fleischer, cf Boston, one of toe most prominent Jewish preachers in the United ?tares. Rabbi Fleischer j said : in taking the position I have 1 feel i that I have not espoused the cause of I Bryan so much as the cause of my country and cf demccracy Four years ago 1 voted for Mc Kinley, aud I have spent some part ! of these last four years in regretting 1 that - vote. When that culminated ! what to me seems an cpen, high banded abandonment of America's fundamental principies, no choice was 'eft to me except to join those who pretested against such undemo eratic proceedings, and who pledged themselves to bring America back, to Americans Every other consideration must be subordinated to the absolute and immediate necessity of maintaining America as a consistent, constitution al republic !t is sheer folly to fear, or to pre i tend to fear, the ruin of this country j in the event of Bryan's election Hard limes Vvill come during the ? next four years, even if McKinley is ; reelected And belter times will come again even under President Bryan. In any case, give me a decade of material hardship and suf? fering, with our country's democracy i untainted, rather than a century of; unbounded prosperity under an im- j perialistic republic Buy the celebrated Old Hickory Wagon from Vi .li. Grabara " Oct 17 The Monday train? for C< lumbla w*s crowded with foiks ??ointf :o 'he f*'r. Trie Capital City will be crowded the entire wet* : and on Wednesday a'.d Thur.-dav ihpr? wi?l ? be tbe biggest crowds Columbia hus evet entertained during tbe fair. Go to Graham for fine harness Horses. Oct 17 You can get the best grade Bnggtea aod ? Carriages from Graham. Oct 17 Tried Friends Bast* For thirty years Tutt s Pills have proven a blessing to the invalid. Are truly the sick man':; friend. A Known Fact For bilious headache, dyspepsia sour stomach, malaria.constipa tion and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AH ABSOLUTE CUBE. Ito of Fetal Electi. For Presidential Electors and Representatives in the 57th Congress of the United States. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held at the several precincts established by law in Sumter County on Tuesday. November otb, 1900, for nine Presi? dential Electors, and for a Represen? tative in the Fifty-seventh Congress of the United States, Seventh Con gresssionai District. Polls at each voting precinct will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p.m. The following named persons have been appointed MANAGERS OF ELECTION. Sumter, Ward 1.-J. A. Ren no. W. A. Weathers, Geo. W. Reardon. Sumter. Ward 2.-H. M. Spann, J. H. Ebeihart, Geo. D. Shore. Sumter. Ward 3.-John H. Bur? kett, H. Todd Folsom, Ned Peterson. Sumter, Ward 4-Peter M. Pitts. Vivian M. Moses, H. W. Waites. Mayesvill?.-Peter Thomas, J. A. Foxworth, W. H. Hudson. Stateburg.-W. W. Mellett. Burrel Moody, J. T. Frierson, Jr. Providence.-John B. Raffield, J. A. Boykin.Mar*cus Spann. Rafting Creek.-Jas. E. DuPre, R. M. James, J. L. Gillis. Bishopville.-A. B. Baskin. John G. Shaw, W. L. Dennis. Mann ville.-L. R. Dixon. W. J. Barrett, A. S. Beasley. Bossard.-W. R. DuBose. S. B. Jenkins. W. S. Dinkins. Lynchburg.-J. A. Rhame, H. S. Nesbitt, L. A. Wheeler. Shiloh.-R. E. McElveen, A. Smith, J. A. M. Carraway. Concord.-J. B. White, A. W. Newman, L. W. Gordon. Bloom Hill.-Geo. T. Geddings, R. Rufus Ardis, Elijah Ragin. Smithville.-J. M. Belvin. Henry Strange, T. AV. Munnerlyn. Wedgefield.-J. B. Crouch. Frean Meiler. T. L. Strange. Reed's Mill.-D. W. Josev. E. B. McCutchen, J. M. Reed. Privateer.-Marion Cain, S. D. Richardson. Richard Campbell. St. Charles.-Furman Smith, L. B. Hudson. Sam Shaw. The ballot boxes in tho precincts must be so located as to he in view of persons outside the polling place dur? ing the time of the election. A space or enclosure separate and distinct from that used hy the managers of the State election must be railed of F or otherwise provided at each pre? cinct, under direction of the under? signed. But one voter must be al? lowed to euler any voting place at a time, and no one except the man? agers must he allowed to speak to the voter while in the voting place casting his vote. For further instructions see notice of Commissioners of State election. One of the managers at each pre? cinct named above must call upon the Board of Commissioners for the Federal election at the store ol' Messrs. Knight Bros.. on or before Saturday. November ord, lix JU- to re? ceive ha Hot boxes, poll lists and in? structions, and in be qualified. J. I\ KI LG ORE, YY. .1. DINKINS. F. D. KNIGHT. Corns, -if Federal Election. Sumter. S. C.. October 17th, 190?. Life and Fire ID swanee* Call on me, at my residence. Liberty Street, ior both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Oaiy reliable Companies rep? resenten. Phone No !o0. Ai2*ls*eiia Closes. Oct 25-0 New York Life Insurance Gempany. OLDEST "as.1 largest Iaieroational Life l:i-urHt:ce Company in the world Up erndon under toe control of 82 covernrueoto No ?hart bolders. Assets over $236 COO 0J? All profits paid tu policy holders Life Ordi? nary. Accumulation Policies Te?, Fif leen, Twcmv Payment Accumulation Poli? cies. Ten, Fifteeo, Twenty-year Endowment Accumulator) Poicies Policies non torfeila ole, incontestable. Ii FRANK WILSON, Agect, Sept 12 -3ta Sumter, S C. Onion Sets-leading varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Se^ars* Large line of fine Havana Sega rs. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLonue's Dws Store. JXTotio? Of Election -FJR State aifl Comity Officers: awl fer DMS to Elate GoMtitft STATIC O y .SOUTH CAROLINA.) \ COUNTY OF SUMTFlt, j NOTICE is hcreb} given ;b:tt ?ri clecrien : will be belo" at the several precincts establish ! eii by iaw in Sumter County, cn 1TJESDAY, NOVEMBEK fi. Win, For the toileting s?cers to wit : Governor. ' Lieutenant Gove.nor. Secretary cf ?tare. At j torney General. Comptroller Genera!, Adjutant i and Inspecter Genera:. Sra?o Trea;-ur?r, State ' Superin'endcnt of Education, ose Railroad Commissioner, one Circuit Soliciter, five Repre. seotatives in the General Assembly.Supervisor, Sheriff, Cierk of Court. Coroner, County Su perintendent of Education. Pursuant to the Constitution of South Car I olina, and the terms of Joint Resolutions No. .-?40 and 341. approved February I9:h, A D 19?)0, [Acts of South Carolina, pp. 57U anti 571j. an ! election will also 'oe held at the same Hu e and I place for amendments to the Constitution ot" I South Carolina, as roll?os : j Amend Section 7, of Article VIII, of the Constitution of South Carolina, a.? follows : Add at the end thereof the following ?ords, .'Provided, That thc limitation imposed by fitts j Section and by Section 5. Article IV. of this ? Constitution shall not apply to bonded indent* j edne?3 incurred by the cities of Columbia, j Rock Iliil. Charle.-tcn and Florence, where the | proceeds of said bonds are applied solely ?or the purchase, establishment, maintenance or increase of water works plant or sewerage sys? tem ; and by ihecity of Georgetown, when the proceeds cf said bonds arc applied soielj' fur the purchase, establishment, maintenance or increase of waterworks plant, sewerage system, gas and electric light plants, where the entire revenue arising from : ii s operation <,f such plants or systems shall be devoted s"!ely and exclufivclv to thc maintenance and operation of the same, and where the question of incur ring such indebtedness is subinitttd to the freeholders and qualified voters of such munici j pa.?ty, as provided in tr-e Constitution, upon I the question ot" other bonded indebtedress." Amend the Constitution of South Carolina by adding thereto the following to be known as I "Article I ? f Amendments to ihe Constitution". ? "Thc General Assembly shall provide Wy law for the condemnation, through proper official channels, of ail land.-- necessary fer the proper drainage of the swamp and low lands of this State : and shall also provide for the equitable assessment of ail lands so drained, for the purpose of paving the expen-es of such con detonation and drainage." The said Amendments shall be submitted in such manner that the electors qualifier to vote f? r Members of the House of Representa, tives shall vote for or against each of such amendments separately. Amendments should bo on separate tickets. Ballots in favor uf the r.doption of an au-ead ffient should contain the amendment voted upon in fill, followed by the werd 'Tes'', ballots opposed to the adoption ol' an amendment should contain the amendment voted upon, followed by the word "No." Poll? at each voting place wili bo opened at 7 o'clock A M, anc1 closed at 4 o'clock P .M. The following named persons h.? vc been appointed .MANAGERS OF ELECTION for State and County offices, and for Amend? ments to State Constitution, to wit: Sumter Court House, No 1-C L Cuttino. W C Yenning, A A Bradham. Sumter Court House. No 2-L I Parrot', M li Moore. Jno S Richardson. Sumter Court Heuse, No 3-Jnu Clifton. A D Moses. J :s Hatchet]. Sumte: "ourt House, No 4-T M Keels, D W Owen> J W Atkins. Statei'ii!-,-- W D Frierson. D V Nel.-on. F P ? Burgess. Provide..-d-R M Brown, il A Kaffield, A j W Weldon. Rafting <>?.ek-J no \Y Young, D V Keels. Ellison Barfield. Eisbopville-W H Dickson. J 0 Durant. J D Stuckey. Mannville-II \V Itembert. S M Bramlett, ? Sam Scarborough. Bussards-M .) Michau. J R Bracy. T J Du Bose Mayesvi?e-W B Cooper. R F DesChamps, J F McElveen. Lvncbturg-J W McCoy, J W Wilson. B A Keels. Shiloh-Silas Truluck, Av J Keels. Dozier Frierson. Concord-.1 W Mahoney, IV L Branson, W W Kinney. Privateer Sutton-W 0 Cain, M E Rivers ll II Wclis. M Ross. L Smithville-J Evans. Wedgefield - 1 James Caldwell. A Whit?, J D B Bradford, E L Duccm. Reeds Mill-Vt M Cooper. A A Brearley, V,' Moultrie Recd. St Charles-W E Green, K E Web's, A Flinn I Shaw. Bloom Hill-E W Nettles, 0 D Har vin, .J II Christmas If any of the alo.vc cannot serve they will please notify .Mr ll A Moses immediate! v. i On dav < f Election the Managers mu.-t or- j ganize by the election ?>;' a Chairman and a ' Clerk. The Constitution.-.! oath must bc taken ! by each Manager before he can act and also by thu Clerk The Chairman elected is empowered i to administer oaths. Thc .Manager-- have 'he poner to lill a vacancy. Mid if none of ?he Managers attend, tii<? citizens can appoint from among the qa?l ified voters the Managers, who, after being sworn, eau conduct thc election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly io open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, ar.d iliaco a statement of the resuit for each office and sign the same. Within three dav.-, thereafter, the Chairman of the Bea t d, or some one designated by th? Board, must deliver thc Cointni.-sioners of Election the poll li ts, the boxes containing the ballots Mid written statements of the re? sult of the election. One cf the above named. Managers at each precinct must call upon the Board ol' ('?tumis- . sioners at Sumter on or befare Saturday. No- j vctnber the third. 1900, to receive ballot boxes, j poll lists and instruct) .ns, and to be qualified. ' W. E. KOL li. E B. M TLD ROW. H. A. .MOSES. Commissioners of Ele*"lion. ! Oct 17-Mt mm Caveat:., and Trade-Marks obtained md all Pat? ent ba ?ness Conducton for MODERATE FEES. - OUR Orr:cE rsOPPOS:TE U. S. PATENTO?ncc? and vc can secare paient ia less time thv-a those* remote ?rom \V?sb?n?:on. Scad rncdet, drawing or photo?, trith dc^rrip-. tion. Wc advise, if patentable or not; tree oij th.-.r^c. Our icc n^t dac ti.'l paient i, secured, i A PAMPHLET. " How to Obtain Patents," with, cost ot same in the U. S. aad iorciga countries! |scnt free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. 5 OPP. PATENT OrnCE, WASHINGTON. D. C THE SUCCESS OE OUR EAST as even greater than e have the confidence of the people, and they know that our advertisements are the truth, pure and simple. Our motto to advertise only that which we have, is an established fact. Specials we advertise are as we represent them to be at all times ? call on us when in need of any of the many lines we carry will be a convincer once for all that we are the real money savers to you. Below are a few specials we place before you for this week's offerings : Just in-Two new lots of ladies' rainy day skirts. As they are very desirable just at this time we think the prices placed on them will bri?g you in to look and then to buy. Our $5 50 Skirts $4 67 Oar p 50 Skirts $2 89 Just in-A special lot of fane}' wTool mixture, elegant for childrens7 school dresses, which are greatly in demand just now. To make yon better acquainted with our dress goods depart? ment the price will be 23c. The value Tc a yard more. Just in-Another lot of children's ribbed hose. The good kind. The kind we have been selling for years, always a 10c stocking. Just so you can lay in a supply the price will be 3 pairs for 25c. Just in-Twenty-five mercerized underskirts. Black, Cerise, Dark Heliotrope. Our regular $2 75 skirt, and Well worth the price. This week the price will be $2 19. Just in-A small lot only of Dotted Swiss Curtains, ruffle edge, intended for $1 85 retailing. This week price while they last $1 59. Just in-A small lot of children's wool reefers, tan and grey, 4 and 6 years only. Regular $1 50 value. For this week $119. Just in-Our second lot of children's school shoes for boys and girls at $1 and $1 25. They are crack-a-jacks. Just in-Ten doz Men's Black Alpines, all sizes in this lot. Would make fast selling at 75c. To make faster Belling the price for the week will be 50c. Just in-Another lot of our celebrated knockabout suits for boys, Double breasted coats, sizes 6 to 15. Really $1 25 value. This week's price 87c. * Just in-About 20 gents' Mackintoshes at less than New York cost. A chance for you while we have them. J. Rettenberg & Sons. Cot 24 0 a u O ? o? ? ? ? ? > O +? CG Our Full Stock is JVow Complete. DON'T WATCH THIS SPACE. O fe* CuO ? .r-I M T. C. SCAFFE The old reliable Stove Dealer. THE OSBORNE RIVAL DISC Has Xever Been lui nailed as a Pulverizer. I sell these Harrows ou so little margin that my greatest comfort is in the satisfaction they give rather than the profit I make. My doossjare open to all-My stock is ready for inspection. Come and see me in my new quarters, corner of Liberty and Harvin Street*. FIRST GLASS LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES. Jul; ll W. B. BOYLE, Sumter, S. C.