Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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 bill with us, admitting frankly that we were offering BETTER VALUES THAN OUR COMPETITORS. lt takes years to build a reputation of this character and we fee] very proud of it. Our stock for the present season is the largest and best assorted we have ever carried, and had we space to display it we could fill a store twice as large as the one we now occupy, our duplicate stock being larger than what we have on exhibition on the first floor. All this we hope will be reme? died after January 1st, when we move into our new store now being erected. ! large, but the way they are going 8Jc-as cheap as they were ever sold 1 getting Jobbers' prices, thereby sav ^ 1 Affe? ??l SI O* : they won't last long 50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8-Jc- icg the middle man's profit, and giv %y H^? lill II QB* . O^n t0?S ie 8 Very de8''rao,e faDric for ing the benefit of it to our customers K ?PJ-J _ " . Waists and Wrappers, and is easily If anvthing was needed to strengthen This bas always been a strong line | Boy's Double Breasted Suits j worth 10 to 12-^c. this department, we have certainly ^e^"^7\ at 75c and ?1. 5Q Tar Heel r^,odol.g.o^^ tronage in this department formerly, These goods are worth 33* to 50 per Blcmlrpfc ! V QT A TI? T ivr that we have never had a better line cent more. Our hue at -DiailKetS. BA^? STATE LINK to select from | ?1 50, $2, $2 50, ?3 50 and ?5 These are not in stock, but will be . and Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50 I cannot be beaten by the time this reaches you, as they E. P. REED & CO'S LINE and $10. I- 0D ?be way. Yon know what of Women's fine Shoes Men's Fancy Worsteds, $5, 87 50, g| f^OOd*. ^ ^S^? This latter line is nc stranger to $ Mru's$aliwoolCassimers, $5, $6, "* * Blankets from 75c to $1.50. ^J^/8^ County as we ft-An ZW\n? ft 12 50 Here will be found as complete a A ,ine of (Worta from 75c lo *o hand,ed them with a great deal of $ Men! Olav Worsteds in black and Hue of Staple and Domestic Goods A ,me ?f G?mf?rt8 fr0m 7?? l? $2 pleasure and satisfaction up to a few JEZv*k a7 *n tin. 419 v 41 ^ as the needs of any housekeeper de- Our stock of Sheeting, Pillow eas- years ago, but for some reason, they colors, $o, $7 oil, $1U, $1- <x ?io J r Table Damagkf j)oy]\es and withdrew from this territory, and we BOYS' CLOTHING Our DOMESTICS were bought on Napkins is complete and prices right feel assured their old patrons will be ?7^0 noire * a ba81"8 of 7 ceDt8 cotton' and whi,e- plea?ed to welcome them back. /ou pairs we djd not tbiDk at tbe time that w^ll04*$ Reynolds', Bay State, E. P. Boy's Knee **^o?h 35c, 40c cotton was going to 10 cents we in- R^ & ^ ^ ^ ana ouc at , veaieu m If there is any one line in our house TI A T> 25c per pair. 50.000 Yards beU" aD0tb" we beli"e ">? . pani to Beat r I is it All our Shoes are bought In addition to these we carry a We bought the remnant of a man- ! ^e ^ave direct from manufacturers, and in complete line of Men and Women's ufacturer's stock, the quantity seems j 100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6? and such quantities, as to warrant us in staple Shoes Hat*. V?e established a reputation in this line some years ago, that we have been constantly adding to. We sup i)1y a good many dealers, who must save money by buying from us, or they would not do so. Ootside of our regular line we bought 100 Dozen From a commission house at about 60 cents on the dollar. We bave Men's and Boys fur Hats at 25 aod 50 cents, and the Man's Hat we sell at 75c would appear cheap, if bought elsewhere for $1.25. Shirts We hesitate to say how many of these we bought, as we might be accused of varying from the path-of truthful ness, but we are safe in as? serting not less than 250 Dozen Just think of it ! 3,000 SHOS3. You would naturally say, wby do you buy so many ? If you saw what we are selling for 25 Cents You would ask no further question. You cannot buy goods right unless you buy quantities. O'DONNELL & GO O'DONNELL & CO. O'DONNELL & GO. Cotton Business in China. Some of our cotton spinners expect, wheo the Chinese situation comes to some solution that there will be great gains for them io the Orient This expectation makes some of them look favorably upon the retention of the Philippines as a j vassal colony of the United States, j The Baltimore Sun, ia a very inter ! ? , eating article presents some views j about the rosy anticipations of our j cotton men worthy of their serious j attention. It ssys : I "It is estimated that of the eight j billion yards of cotton cloth used ' auncally in China, 94 per cent of the estire quantity is made by the Chi j nese Most of it is made by people j who raise the raw material and spic ! asd weave the cotton cloth with hand machines Nor is China without mills ! At Shanghai there is a factory which employs C,^du workmen aod is kept j running day and night Its machin ery is as modern and of as high a j class as any in the United States j The enterprise is conducted with I Chinese capital exclusively, uses i cotton raised in China, and its em- ! ployes are Chinese In Central ? China there are mills with an aggre ! gate of 378,000 spindles already in ; operation, while factories with 525,- I OOO spindles have been projected j The supply of labor in China is inex ' haustible, is of superior quality and i ie also very cheap The factory girls j at Shanghai work 12 hours for the j equivalent of 14 cents in American ? money, white those who do not j understand th'e work receive only 5 j cents a day "It costs mush less, therefore, to j manufacture cotton goods io Chiua j than in the United States and Great j Britain When the industrial devel- ? opment of the Chinese reaches j normal proportions there will be no j demand for the cotton goods made io Massachusetts or in Georgia, unless American manufacturers can under j sell the Chinese manufacturers. This is not probable, to say the least With cheap but efficient labor .avail able at ali times with raw cottoo almost at their very doors, the Chi neae mill owners can defy compet? lion from any quarter. It is not unreasonable to assume that if no obstacles are placed in the way of! their industrial progress by Europe, the Chinese will io tbe $ext quarter of a Century manufacture all the cot ! rou goods they need for home con 1 sumption. It is not impossible, j indeed, that they may invade the markets of the world and undersell j the American and Europaau mai. jfac tarers. This is 'the yellow peril* j which the world may some day find j meoaeing it China has remarkable j resources. The Chinese are intel] gent and industrious One day tl awakening will come to them, as came to Japan, and China wiil hat to be reckoned with as a great indu trial factor .'China offers a tempting fieid to tl world's capitalists and some day the will spend their money freely in deve oping the vast resources of toe empir The time will come, perhaps, very eoot when manufactories of every kind wi be established io the empire wit j foreign capital, aod the home mark? I will be supplied by home industrie ! Capitalists will soco discover, if ?he j h&ve not already done so, that large ! prouts can he earned by maoufacturin j in China what tbe Chinese need tba I by transporting European or Americe marje articles thousands of miles aero-: the ocean. Recent evpnts io Chio will give tho nations which are soekic foreign trade a pretext for demandic ?weepieg concessions from the govern moot of China in the way r 3ommerc?3 ?nd industrial privileges The time i not fir distant when the cheap ba efficient labor of China will be nniizei in manufacturing enterprises eitbe under Chinese or foreign control When that day comes the coostruotio; of the Nicaragua canal and Amertcai ownership of the Philippines will no counterbalance the advantages whio: the mancfacturcr in China will possess The south will 6od it exceedingly hare to sell ita cotton manufactures ia tat Far Eist, for it will have to meet no oniy Chinese competition but that o ?ap&u as weil .'Aod wbiie tber-ou?h is now said tc possess an advantage in the luperioritj of the raw odtton which st produces, it is quite probable that the Chinese will learn to raise cotton of the same excel? lent quality Consul General Goodor-n was quoted recently as authority for the statement that 'che south can make itself the great clothinc factory for tbs Chinese of the future ' Mr Goodnow ia an optimist China will soon possess all the facilities for making it? own clothing without outside assistance " Of course we recognize that the fore going cocdi?o?? are only tbe opinion of the writer in the Sun, and while be declares Consul General Goodoow's pre diotioo to be op'imistie, bis own may be pessimistic The pres mptioo is that American manufacturers ara earnest students of the Oriential situation, commercially, aod we reproduce tba foregoing obf-or vatioo by the Btltimors Sun as a side? light that may be worthy of considera? tion - Augusta Chronicle II- -??? -mwmmm New Y>Jik, Nov 2 -The director* of the Southern Pacific ??lrokd Com? pany u et herc today and elected Charles M. Hay to the presidency of the com pany NJ other bast oe-s was trans acted at the meeting BRYAN IN CHICAGO. j Chicago, Nov 1.- Wm Jennings j Bryan this afternoou began his three days' itinerary of this city, address i ing a vast concourse at Randolph j street and Michigan avenue. The j speakers' stand was at the side of the public library, and so dense was ! the throng around it that the presi j dential candidate was literally drag ? ged to the platform by a squad of ! policemen, who acted under the j personal supervision of Mayor Har I rison, who had ridden with Col Bryan from the railway statation. Col Bryan was escorted from the Dearborn street station by the Cook county Democrats, through Dearborn street, Jsckson Boulevard, Clark street, Madison, La Salle and Ran ! dolph streets, which were lined with ! humanity The hour was especially j auspicious, as thousands of working j men and office employes hafj just ! completed their day's tasks and i awaited the comiDg of the Democratic ! champion j DE MOCRATS W IN IN KEN TUCKY. ! _ i j Frankfort, Ky, Oet 31 -in the Coat of Appeals today the judgment of the lower Court in the contests over the minor Sute offices was affirmed, thus j establishing the title of the Democratic j incumbents of shese offices Three j Rnpublican Judges dissented This ! ca^e applied to al! of the State offices ! except Governor aod Lieut Governor, thc contests over which wag settled by ! the L ^isiature ? There is a colored man, Daniel Har vin, a citizen of rbis county who baa i paid ail of his debts, bas forty bales of ! cotton on hand and $800 in bank. How is that for good work and a fbow of what thrift, honesty and energy will do ? We are informed that a couple of years ago this same man finished paying for the plaoe oe which be lives and that be made his money by bard work and judicious management. He does not lose time attending political gatherings and bot suppers ; bis whole rime is devoted to bis business and he is said to be an excellent neighbor - Maoniag Timrs N "ork, Nov 2-William L St. -ig, the last mayor of the old ci " of New York, died suddenly shortly after midnight at his resi? dence in this city Mr Strong tock j an active part in the present com i paign. and it is said that his political | labors, combine ' with his attempts to retain supervision over his busi? ness affairs in the face of impaired health, brought about the illness (hat resulted io bis death. THE EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK. Tarrant and Co Can Collect no Insurance And Are Liable for Damages Nsw York, Oct 31.-A revision made tonight of those persocs missing aod thought to have perished in the explosion and fire at Tarraut'e drug bouse 6bows 26 unaccounted for Of this number four are oot known at the j addresses given by the persons report j ing them os missing. Out of the I whole number eight are put, down by ? the police as employes of Tarrant & |COT j Not a single body had up to 10 o'clock tonight been found io the ruins, though whit looked like part* of bodies, have been dag cut. it begios to lock as if ?hat remains arc io tho ma.cs of j ! debris which still cumbers the place, j I wiil be totally unrecognizable as of ? human composition. Thia is becaose j of the trsme-douc heat caused by the ?xp?oMon acd tbe fire and the fusing of materials which tunoiog together form a mass cf all sorts of stuff For instance, what was supposed to be parts of bodies taken from the ruins hst night turned out on <xamiuat:on at the morgue to bo blackened pieces of i melted gum arabic The authorities io thc meantimo arc pushing the investigation into the amount of explosives stored in the ! building with a vi?w to prosecutions. ' Along this line. Secretary Augustus F Docherty of the fire department, in speaking of the cause of roe explosion, said : .'Tho combustibles carriad by Tarrant & Co were- largely in excess of what was allowed them under the law and their permit granted by the fire depart? ment, and in consequence of the fact they have violated tuc law By viola? ting the terms of tbe permit tbey have committed a misdemeanor, which not only vitiates their iosurance policy but renders tbrm criminally liable and responsible for the damago to life acd property as a recuit of tbe explosion. Tbe fire iosurance companies cannot be beld for the damage " --^^mwm> . ? ? ?? mw - A Missouri farmer who received a package of garden seed in an official envelope with the usual warning printed on the corner that the pen? alty for private use was $300, sent them back at once with the informa lion thst he had not used a durned one of them -Wilmington Star Ir i< ft:.id in Philadelphia that the Time? of that city has gained from 20,000 to 25.000 ?ubacribrrs sinee it abandooed imperialism and declared for the de ra eora tie ticket and policy. Bradstreet's Review. Summary of its Observation on tne State of Business. New York, Nov 2-Bradstreet's to marrow cill say : (Joseasonably warm whether contio i us* the leading directly unfavorable j f sature of distributive trade becanse of I I tb? chaek given to retail distribution. ! and therefore to reorder business in most lines of dry goods, wearing ap? parels, fhces. CDDservatism, in view or the'near approach of tbe presidentisl elecci?n, is undoubtedly an element ex- j j ercisiocr considerable iiflaence, partie ' I ul arly io stock speculation, but a con- j spicuoas exception to tbis is found in the reawakening of demand and the j advances in prices shown in the iron j trade io widely separated sections, j j Tbis is really ooe of tho most impor- j tact-developments 0f the week and is ! taken as indicating not only the con? fidence in election results is reit, but that corsum?r's stocks are down toa! I . . minimus. ! SpecuUtioo on the various exchanges has ml?d ratber slow Io wbeat the moving feature has been the reitera? tion of stories of Argentine crop dam? age, which was instrumental in indue iog some advance, much of which was J lost U'tr. Ic cotton fear of frost dem - J age baa bees the moving factor, and ? herc also ?omc advance has been scored j from the lowpoint reached last week. I Leading authorities look for an active j demand for the larger part of the j year's American crop, and predictions that ll 000,000 bales aro absolutely needtd are made. Farmers are slow to follow the prioo downward sad are re? potted holding for better prices. The export demand fer ootton is ap? parently undiminished, and tbis week witness^ tbe heaviest single day's exports from New Orleans ever record? ed Nine months' trade returns show a gain in manufactured goods experted cf per 22 cent over a year ago, while the increa?e in agricultural produotf waa only 9 5 per cent, this latter ie orease being entirely due to higher prions of ootton tis compared with last yoar Tbe outlook is for an aggregate export of manfaotured goads this year of at least $440,000,000. a tots] never heretofore approached A eurioua fea ture is that most of tbe increase in im? port trade for (be nioe moorba is io pro? ducts designed to be used by American maoufaoturers so (bat the aDomally is presented of American manufacturers being the isrgesl: importers of foreign products Crepe twaoe paper 8c & roll at H. G Osteen ? Co's. Oct 25-41 Hester's Cotton Statement. I New Orleans, Nov 2.-Secretary Hester's New Orleans oot?oo exchange statement, issued today covers ibm monthly movement to Oat 31. Com? pared with last year, the month is ahead ic round figures 429,000 bales. The total for October was 2,171,993, against 1,742 523 last year The movement from the first of Sep? tember shows receipts at all United States delivery ports 2,142.156 again* 1,913,251 last year : net overland moveroeot by railroad across the Mis? sissippi. Obio and Potomac rivers, 212,818, against 299.430 last year. Southern mill takings exclusive of quantity coccumed at southern cutporis, 268.915. agaicst 282,063 last year ; and interior stocks in esoess of those he'd at the commencement of the seasoo 427,436 ag?iast 356,491 hit year. These make the total ?m:nut of the cotton crop brought into sight for tbs t wo months ending Oct 31st, 3,051# 320, against 2 861,235 last year. Northern spinners took during Octo? ber 285,567 bales against 355,661 lass year. Foreign exports for the first two months of the season have been 1,427, 107 bales, ehowing an increase ever last season of 184,209 Stocks at seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets al* i:he close of October were 1,147,836, against 1,473,691 the same dare last year Including ports and interior towns, stocks ?eft over from the preview season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight doting the two months, the supply bas beera 3 173.854, against 3,484,133 last year. In addition to the monthly figures. Secretary Hee'er issued a statement for the weekly movement for the seven days ending Nov 2, inclusively, show? ing total brought it,to sight for tba week 470,146, agaiost 376,227 for the same period last year. The Big Elephant Shot. Romeo, the big elephant in Riogliog Brothers' show was killed here thia morning. While tbe animals were beiag watered Romeo attacked his keeper, who saved himself by dodging among the other elephants. Af'cr a great deal of trouble Romea was chained to another elephant and put back in tbe car He had become se viotoa* that the management of the show decided to have him killed and the oar was run out on the Wichita Valley Railroad about one mile from the town There Romeo was taken from tbe ear and shot three times with a rifle. It is said that he has killed three keepers ia the past 15 years -Wichita Falls, Texas, Dispatch.