Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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O'DONNELL & CO. We owe an apology to our patrons for being ?o late in making our 9 mmmsmm?v\\\ Announcement But the gentleman who has charge of our advertising department has been so busy attending to other matters, that he seems to have slightly neglected this very important branch of our business While we are iJJJJJJJJSJJJJ. mam Firin believers in newspapers as a means-of making known the good things you have to offer, our experience is, that the people with whom you have been dealing And who have always gotten ONE HUNDRED CENTS WORTH For every dollar they gave you are the hest advertisers. This we have proven beyond all doubt during the past month, in which our business has been the largest ever recorded in September. Some of our friends attracted by newspaper advertise? ment* 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. It takes years to build a reputation of this character and we feel 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. I Hat*. I We established a reputation io this !ioe some years ago, tbat we bave beeo ooostantly addiog to We sup? ply a good msny doslers, who most aava money by buying from us, or they would not do ao. Outside of oar regular line we bought 100 Dozen Frosa a commission house at about SO oeots on tbs dollar. We have Men's aod Boy a for Hata at 25 aod 50 cents, aod Iba Mao's Qat wa sell at 70c would spf*<r cheap, if bought eleewhere lor $1.35 Clothing. This baa always been a strong line itb us, aod we can assure those j who bave favored ua with their pa trooage in this department formerly, tbst we bave never hsd a better line to select from Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50 and $10. Men's Fancy Worsteds, $5, $7 50, $10 aod $12 Meu'e all wool Caesimers, $5, $6, $7 50, $10 and $12 50. Men s Clay Worsteds, io black aod colors, $5, $6, $7 50, $10, $12 & $15 BOYS' CLOTHING. 750 pairs Boy's Knee Pants, worth 35c, 40c and 50c at 26c per pair. Wa bought tbe remnant of ? man? ufacturer's stock, tbe quantity seems large, but the way they are going they won't last long 250 Boy's Double Breasted Suits at 75c and $1. These goods are worth 33to 50 per cent more. Our line at $1 50, $2, $2 50, $3 50 and $5 cannot be beaten Dry Goods. Here will be found as complete a line of Staple snd Domestic Goods ss tbe needs of any housekeeper de mand Our DOMESTICS were bought on a basis of 7 oents cotton, and while we did not thiok at the time that ootton was going to 10 cents we in? vested in 50.000 Yards We bave 100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6\ and 8Jc?as cheap as they were ever sold ] 50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8.',:c? this is a very desirable fabric for Waists and Wrappers, and is easily worth 10 to 12*c. 50 Pairs Tar Heel Blankets. These are not in stock, but will be by the time this reaches you, as tbey are on tbe way. You know what tbey are, and no advance in price. We bave a complete line of cheap Blankets from 75c to $1.50. A line of Comforts from 75c to $2 Our stock of Sheeting, Pillow cas? ing, Table Damask, Doylies and Napkins is complete snd prices right Shoes. If there is any one line in our bouse better than another we believe Ibis is it All our Shoes are bought direct from manufacturer*, and in such quantities, as to warrant us in getting Jobbers' prices, thereby sav ing the middle man's profit, and giv? ing the benefit of it to our customers If anything was needed to strengthen this department, we have certainly succeeded in doing so by the addi lion of the BAY 8TATE LINE . and E. P. REED & CO'S LINE of Women's fine Shoes This latter line is no stranger to the ladies of Sumter County, as we handled them with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction up to a few years ago, but for some reason, tbey withdrew from this territory, and we feel assured their old patrons will be pleased to welcome them back. Reynolds', Bay State, E. P. Reed & Co. and Godman are Hard to Beat. In addition to these wo carry a complete line of Men and Women's staple Shoes Shirts. We hesitate to say how many of theso we bought, as we might be accused of varying from tbe path of truthfulness, but we are safe in as? serting not less thso 250 Dozen Just tbink of it! 3,000 SHISIS. You would naturally ssy, why do you buy so many t 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. ODONNELL & CO 0D0NNELL & CO. O'DONNELL & CO. Cotton Business In China. i Some of oar cotton spinners expect, when tbe Cbineee situation comes lo so mi soiotioo tbit there will be greet gaitiM for them in tbe Orient Tbie expectation makes eoeie uf then look favorably upon tbe retention of the Pbilippioee aa a vassal oolony of the United States Tbe Baltimore Sun, tu a very inter 41 eating article presents some views about tbe roey eotioipationa of our cotton men worthy of their serious attention It eaya : ?it ie estimated that of the eigbt billion yards of cotton cloth used annually io China, 94 per cent of tbe entire quantity is made by the Chi ueee aluet of it ia made by people who reiee tbe raw material and apin aod weeve tbe cotton cloth with hand macbioee Nor ie China without mil'.u 1 At Shanghai there ie a faotory wb'.cl. employe 6,000 workmen and ia kept running day and night lie maehin ery ie ee modern and of ae high a olaee aa any in the Uoited States Tie eoterpriee ia conducted with Cbioeee capital exclusively, osee cotton raieed in China, and ita em* ployea are Chineae In Central China there are mills with an aggre gate of 878,000 apindlea already in operatiju, while factories witn 525, 000 apindlea have been projected Tbe aupply of labor in China ia inex laustible. ia of euperior quality and ie also very cheap The factory girla at Shanghai work 12 hours for tbe equivalent of 14 oects in American money, while those who do not inderstand tne work receive only 5 oeote a day "It costs muoh lees, therofore, to manufacture uotton goode io China than in the United Slatea and Great Britain Wh?n the industrial davel opasent of tne Chinese reachea normal proportions there will bo no demand lor the cotton goode made in Massachusetts or in Georgia, unless American manufacturers can ander eell tbe Cbioeee manufacturers Tbie ie wot probable, to eey ibe least With cheap bat efficient labor .avail able et all times with raw cotton almost at their very doors, the Cbi neee Mill owners oan defy oompeti tioa from sny quarter It ie not unreasonable to assume that if no ?bstacles are placed io tbe way of their industrial progress by Europe, tbe Chines* will io tbe text quarter of a oeatory manufacture all tbe cot too goode tbey oeed for borne coo aumptton It If not impossible, indeed, that tbey may invade tbe markets of tbe world sod undersell 1 toe American aod Kuropsau mauafac tarere. Tbie ie 'tbe yellow peril' which tbe world may * >me day And i ?twwtieg it China bee remarkable | i resource!. The Chinese ere intelli? gent and industrious Ooe day the awakening will come to them, as it came to Japan, and China will have to be reckoned with ee a great indue trial factor ?'China offers % tempting field to the world's capitalists aod some day they will spend their mooey freely io devel? oping the vast resouroes of tbe empire. The time will come, perhaps, very soon, when manufaotorits of every kind will be established in the empiro with foreign oapital, aod the home market will be supplied by home industries Capitalists will sooo discover, if they have not already dooo so, that larger profits oso be earned by manufacturing iu China what the Chinese oeed than by transporting European or Amerieso made articles thousands of miles across tbe ocean. Recent events in Chios will gt"e tbo nations which are seeking loreign trade a pretext for demandiog ? weeping oooocssioot from tbe govern moot of Chios in tbe way of commercial nnd industrial privileges The time is not fir diitant when tbe cheap but efficient labor of China will be utiliied te manufacturing enterprises either When that day oomes tbo construction of tbe Niosragua oanal aod American ownership of tb* Philippines will not ooooterbalaooe tbe advaotsges whiob the manufacturer io China will possess Tbe south will God it exeeedmgly hard Mi sell its ootton manufactures io tbe Far Etat, for it will have to meet not ooly Cbioese competition but tbat of tfapau as well 'Aod while the couth is now said to possess an advantage in tbe superiority of tbo raw eotton which it produces, it is quite prob%ble tbat the Chinese will learo to raise cotton of tbe same excel lent quality Consul General Goodnow was quotsd recently as authority for tbe statement that '(be south oao make itself tbe great clothing factory for tbe Cbioese of tbe future ' Mr Goodnow is ao optimist China will sooo possess all tbs facilities for making its own eletbing without outside assistance " Of aourse ws reeogoiie tbat lbs foro going oooditioos are ooly tbs opinion of tbe writer in the 800, aod while he daalarss Coosol Gsesral Qoodoow's pre diotioo to be op'imistie, his own may be pessimistic Tbs prssomptioo is that American manufactarers are earoast students of the Oriaetial sitoatioo. commercially, aod we 'oprodoee the foregoiog oncer ration by the Baltimore Sun as a side light that may be worthy of considera? tion ? Aogusta Chronicle New Y nk, Nov 2 ?The diraotora ?f the Southern I'aoifio Ralltead Com j% 1 >y u et hern today and elected Charles VI Hay to tbe presidency of tbe com >eny N> othtr bfsteese was trans idled altae meetiog BRTAN IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Nov 1.? Wm Jennings Bryan this afternoon begao his three days' itinerary of this city, address ing a vast concourse at Randolph street and Michigan avenue. Tbe speakers' stand wua at the side of the public library, and so dense was the throng ?round it that the presi dential candidate was literally drag ged to the platform by a squad of policemen, who acted under the personal supervision of Mayor Har rison, who had ridden with Col Bryan from the railway statatioo. Col Bryan was escorted from the Dearborn street station by the Cook county Democrats, through Dearborn street, Jackson Boulevard, Clark street, Madison, La Salle and Ran dolpb streets, which were lined with humanity The hour was especially auspicious, as thousands of working men and office employes had just completed their day's tasks and awaited tbe coming of the Democratic champion ??a* - DEMOCRATS WIN IN KEN j TUCKY. Frsokfort, Ky, Oct 31?In the Coat of Appeals today tbo jadgment of tbs lower Court io the oontests over the minor Sute offices was affirmed, tbu* establishing tbe title of the Demooratio incumbents of these offices Three R'publioau Judges disnented This oa"o applied to all of the State effises eioept Governor sod Lieut Governor, the contests ovor wbieh was settled by the L 'irUlature There is a ooloreri man, Daniel Har vio, a citizen of this county who bus paid all of his drbts, bas forty bales of cotton oo hsnd and $800 in bank How is that for good work and a show of what thrift, honesty and eoergy will do ? We are informed tbat a ooople of years ago thin same man finished paying for the plaoe oo whiob be lives and that be made his money by bard work aod jodieious management. He does oot lose time attending political gatherings and hot suppers ; bis whole time is devoted to bis business aod be is said to be ao excellent neighbor ? Maooiag Times New York, Nov *2?William L Stroug, the last mayor of the old city of New York, died suddenly shortly after midnight at his resi? dence in this city Mr Strong took an active patt in the present cam paign. and it is said that his politicsl labors, combined with his attempts to retain supervision over his busi oess affair* in tbe face of impsired health, brought about tbe illness that resulted in bis death. THE EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK. Tarrant and Co Can Collect do Insurance And Are Liable for Damages New York, Oot 31 ?A revisioo made tonight of thoso persons missing and thought to bate perished io the explosion end fire et Terrain's drug house shows 26 unaccounted for Of this number four are oot known at the addresses given by the persons report ing them es missiog. Out of the whole oumber *!gbt are put, dowo by the police as employes of Tarrant & Co Nut a single body bad up to 10 o'clock tonight been found in the ruins, though wh&t looked like parts of bodies, have been dog out. It begins to look as it what remains are in tbo maps of debris which still cumbers the place, will bo tott.lly unrecognizable as of human oompositiou. This is because of the tremc douo beat caused by the explosion aod the fire and the fusing of materials which tunning together form a mass cf all sorts of stuff For instance, what was supposed to be parts of bodies taken from the ruins lest night turned out on <xamioation at the morgue to bo blackened piece* of melted gum arabio The authorities* in the meantime are poshing the investigation ioto the amount of explosive* stored in the buildiog with a vi?w to prosecution?. Aloog this line, Seoretary Augustus F Dooberty of the fire department, in npAtking of the cause of the explosion, said : "Tbo combnstibloH carried by Tarrant ii Co wert* argely in exoess of what was allowed thorn under the law aod their permit granted by the fire depart? ment, aod io consequence of the fset they have violated toe law By viola? ting the terms of tbo permit they have oommittod a misdemeanor, wbiob not only vitiates tneir iosoraoce polioy but renders tbrm criminally liable aod responsible for tbo dsmago to life aod property as a result of the explosion. The fire iesuraoce companies oaonot be held for the damage " -??mnm> ? ? ? ? ?i - 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 i./orma lion that he had not used a 'urned [>ne of them ?Wilmington Star It Ii duid in Philadelphia that the Time* of that oity ban gaioed from 20,000 to 25.000 Minsenb? rs since it kbandoced imperialem and declared for tbe demssratie tiokei sod polioy. Bradstreel's Review. Summary of its Observation on the State of Business. Npw York, Nov 2?Bradstreel's to morrow vrill gay : Uoseaaooabiy warm whatber uootio MQi tbc leading directly unfavorable f isture of distributive trade because of the eh?ck given to retail distribution, and therefore to reorder business in most lines of dry goods, wearing ap? parels, Fhoes Conservatism, in view of the'near approach of the presidential election, if undoubtedly an element ex? ercising considerable iiflueocc, p&rtto ularly in otock speculation, but a con? spicuous exception to tbis is found in tbc reawakening of demand and the advances in prices shown in the iron trade 10 widely separated sections. This is really ooe of tbo most impor? tant-developments of the week and is taken as indicating not only the con- I fiienco in eleotioo results is felt, but thai oorsumer's stocks are dowo to a | minimum. ] SpeouUtion on the various exchanges has rolfd ratner slow In wbeat the moving feature has been the reitera? tion of stories of Argentine crop dam? age, wbioh was instrumental in indue ing some advance, much of which was lost later. Ic oottoo fear of frost dam age bas been the moving factor, and hero alao <>omc advance has been scored from the lowpoiot reached last week Loading authorities look for an active demand for the larger part of the year's Amerioan crop, and prediction* that 11 000.000 hales arc absolutely needtd are made. Farmern are slow to fi.llow the prioo downward and ara ro potted holding for better priocs. The export demaod for cotton is ap paremly undiminisbed, and tbis week witnesses the heaviest single day's exports from New Orleans ever record? ed Nine m onths' trado returns show a gain in manufactured goods exported ef per 22 cent over a year ago, while the increase in agriool oral producs waa only 9 5 per eent, tbis latter ie orease being entirely due to higher priors of oottoo as compared with last yoar The outlook is for ao aggregate export of maofaotored gofds this year of at least $440,000.000, a total oever heretofore approached A curious fea lure is that most of the iooreaso in im? port trade for the nine months is in pro? ducts designed to be used by Amerioan maoufaoturcrs so that tbo aoomally is presented of American manufacturers boing tbo largest importers of foreign producta Crepe tissue paper 8c * roll at H. G Osteen k Oo s. Oct 25-41 MMHM-MM-.-? --SB) Hester's Cotton Statement. New Orleans, Not 2.?Secretary Hester's New Orleans oottoo exchange statement issued today covers tba monthiy movement to Ost 31. Coos pared with last year, the month is ahead io round figures 429,000 bales. The total for Ootobcr 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 against 1,913,251 last year : net overiaod movement by railroad across the Mis? sissippi. Onio and Potomac rivers, 212,813, agaioat 299.430 last year. Southern mill takings exclusive of quantity cod urned at southern cutporte, 268.915, against 282,063 last year; and interior stocks in exoess of those bold at the commencement of the seaeoo 427,436 agaiast 35G 491 ia<?t year. These make the total &m;out of tb? cotton crop brought into sight for the i wo months ending Oct 31st, 3,053, 320, against 2 861.235 last year. Northern epinnera took during Osto ber 285,567 bales against 355,661 last I year. ! Foreign exports for the first two months of the season have been 1,427, 107 bales, ("bowing an increase ever (aet sea?on of 184,209 Stcoks at seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets at* the close of October were 1,147.836, against 1,473,681 the same date last year Including ports and interior rowos, etooks left over from the previous season aod the number of bales of tbs current crop brought into sight daring the two month*, the ?upplv has beca 3 173.854, agaioat 3,484,133 last year. Io additioo to the monthly figures. Secretary Htser issued a statement for the weekly movemeot for the sevea days coding Nov 2. ioolonvely, show tog' total brought iLto sight (or tbe week 470,146, against 376,227 for the same period last year. The Big Elephant Shot. Romeo, tbe big elephant io Riogling Brothers' show was killed hero tbie morning While tbe animals were beisg watered Romeo attacked his keeper, who saved himself by dodging among tbe other elephants Af'er a great deal of trouble Rome* was chained to another elephant and put baek io tne oar He bad beoosoe so vtoioof that the managemeot of tbe ibow decided to have him killed aod the jar was run oot no the Wichita Valley Railroad about cn<* mile from tbe towo There Romeo wan taken from tbe oar tod shot tbrc;e times with a rifle. It is laid that he has killed three keepers ia be past 15 years ?Wiehita Falls, Texas, Dispatoh.