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isjjsjssjjjjssjjjs. tJJJJJJJJJtlJJJJJJL O'DONNELL & ?0. We owe an apology to our patron* for being ?o late in making our vmmmsm?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 tm 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 best advertisers. *e hava 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? ments, or curiosity, would go mto other stories, 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 Ukes years to build a reputation'Qf 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 4Uplay it we could fill a store twics 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. Hats. Wo eotaWisbed ft reputation in this ooojo yearn ago. that we bete ooaotantly adding to We sop n good niaoy dealera. who must money by buying from ne, or ?bey would not do an. Ootside of onr regnUr line wo bought 100 Dozen Prom a oooMnissioo house at about 60 coots on tbo dollar. Wo turoo Men's and Boy a for ?la a4 26 aod 50 ceots, and tha Moo's Bot wo sell at 75o would afp tar oboap, if booght elsowbere *? $1 Clothing. This hsa slwsys been a strong tine itb os, aod wo can assure those who have favored ua with their pa troosge in this department formerly, thst wa base never bsd a better line to select from. Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50 aod $10. Men's Fanoy Worsteds, $5. $7 50, $10 sod $12 Men's all wool Osssimere, $5, $6, $7 60, $10 and $12 50 Men s Clay Worsteds, in black and colors, $5, $6, $7 50, $10, $12 k $15 BOYS' CLOTHING. 750 pairs ? Boy's Knee Pants, worth 35c, 40o and 50o at 26o per pair. We bought tbe remnant of a man? ufacturer's stock, the quantity aeems 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 33J to 50 per cent more. Our line at $1 50, $2, $2 50, $3 50 sod $5 cannot be besten. Dry Goods. Here will be found ss complete a line of Stsple snd Domestic Goods ss the needs of soy housekeeper de msnd. Our DOMESTICS were bought on a basis of 7 cents cotton, and while we did not think at tbe time thst cotton wss going to 10 cents we in? vested in 50.000 Yards We have 100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6\ and S J-c?as Cbesp as they were ever sold { 50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8Jc? this is a very desirable fabric for Waists and Wrappers, snd ife easily worth 10 to 12Jo. 60 Pairs Tar Heel Blankets. These sre not io stock, but will be by tbe time this resches you, ss tbey are on tbe way. You know what they sie, snd uo sdvsnce in price We have a complete line of cheap Blanket? from 75c to $150. A lice of Comforts from 75c to $2 Our stock of Sheeting, Pillow ess ing, Table Damask, Doylies and Napkins is complete snd prices right If there is any one line in our bouse better than another we believe this is it All our Shoes are bought direct from manufscturers, and in such quantities, as to warrant us in getting Jobbers* prices, thereby sav ing tbe middle man's profit, and giv? ing tbe benefit of it to our customers If anything was needed to strengthen this department, we have certainly succeeded in doing so by the addi? tion 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 bandied them with a great desl of pleasure and satisfaction up to a few years sgo, but for some reason, tbey withdrew from this territory, aod we feel assured their old patrons will be plessed to welcome them back. Reynolds', Bay State, E. P. Reed & Co. and Godmau are Hard to Beat. In addition to these we csrry a complete line of Men and Women's stsple Shoes Shirts. We hesitate to say how many of these we booght, ss we might be accused of varying from tbe psth of truthfulness, but we are ssfe in as? serting not less than 250 Dozen Just think of it 1 3,000 SH1ETS. You would naturally say, why do you boy so many ? If you saw what we are selling for 25 Cents You would ssk no fortber question. You csnnot buy goods right unless you buy quantities. ODONNELL & GO. O DONNELL & CO 0'DONNELL & CO. A Ku Klox Ramloitoenoe ' The) reoeat trial at Yjrkville of Jot* 8 aad *Paal R Brattoo oo tbe Obergs of murder, reoalla aa affair thai datalopaJ laternatiooal import* ktai ia whioh two brothero, tba falber aad aeole of thoao jooog men, wave involved 19 years ago. Doehtfleea tba diplooiala of tboaa trees a aroold base lo refer to tba rewords to rafraeb their memorise about a vary thrilling incident botwsao Iba Called Statee and Oraal Britain, tba issue of whioh eras watched by tba people of tbia "B#oe4reeeM Butt with tba keeoeel toteres* Boftaad demsoded tbe return to bia temporary home io Canada of a Soetb Caroliniao who, fleeing tba State, bad aoagbt aa aeylom oadar Iba Britlab tag ; bad been kidnapped aad broogbt book to face a atera Uoitad Biota* jodge. ll waa ao tiaee for falaa pride ; an offene? bad been committed by over taaloaa United States officera, and tbia govt nment frankly aokoowl edged tbat fact by qoiokly comply log wilb tba British deraande Or J. Rafoe Brattoo aod Jobn S Brattoo were gentlemen of large eetatee ia York ooooty, where their faaaily bad lived for generations Tbey ware graadaona of Col William Brattoo, who waa a dietingoiehed Whig loader io tbe Revolutionary wae At tba outbreak of tbe oivil war, both brothers ootored the army Dr Brattoo weal ioto the medical deport event aod won diatiootioo aa ao army aorgeoo At the cloao of boetilttiee tbe brothers returned to tkeir home* io York ooonty and attempted to reetoro their f rtunee Many etoriee have been published about Iba Ko Klux organisation of tbat time, but moot of them have baten pietored from fancy Beoaase il gave a cartaio irresponsible and aatorally lawleaa olaaa an opportunity to indulge pereoeal grodgea and viodictivsneea whi.e falsely repre aooliog themselves ro bo Ku Klux. tke organisation gaiot d moat of tbe diarepote attached to iu aame Il ia difficult, even at this time, to ebtaia from ooe known to have been a member of tbat organisation a deloite jtalement of ih?ir actions "ll may be impoeeible for those in ?Iber parte of tbe country, who had aot to face the oonditiou wo did to realise the necessity for aooh an organ a ?i i >i. by the better rlement of tbe vrhilee," remarked an ex member of tbo 1 klen" a few days ago "We ware at the mrrey,'' he oontimier?, ?of former eUvee and a hos'.ile gov emment Th- negroes were irr? eponeible and knowing we ware ^oaverieee to reseat opsoly overbear iog insolence they indulged their jew opportunities "A powerful teeret organization in i wbiob it wee proposed to bete only I men of reaponsibility end reliability at members became a neoeeeity It I waa a success and when it ceased to be neceesary it c?esed to exist Tbe porpoae waa oot to murder or burn, bot to terror ite tbe oegroee io general and either aobduo into quietness their leaders, wbo were urging them to excesses, or force them to leete Of I course, in some esses extreme 1 meesoree became oeoeasary for self* protection. And in tbe end, tbe Ko Klox prevooted many bloody en? counters and poaaibly massacres tbat would bate followed had not some loadera of tbe negroee been checked. "Tbe superstitions of the negroes made the methods of the Ku Klox especially effective and it ia oow laogbable to tbiok of the simple plena resorted to. A etriog of horsemen riding through the coootry by high waye and byways, at night, dressed io white from bead to heel, and mak ing ao sound, save tbe tramp of tbe boraea' boofs, seat night prowlers scamping to their cabins Tbe signs of skull snd crossed bones on fenoe or door osrried a warning to the occupants of tbe hoase tbat required them to mend their ways When the sopernatoral failed, then other plans were resorted to sod more drss tio measures used till the object wss attained For, it most be borne in mind, tbeae were oot boys or idle men, tbey were serious snd sober and realised that onder the prevail ing conditions tbey carried theit lives in their hsnds "It ean be reedily oaderetood tbat with toeh rieke to eaooooter, tba or geoist'iooe bad to bava tbe best die o piine and tbe most roliable members They ware bound by terrible oatbe. bot rewarda {or information agaiost ihem would have tempted maoy men It is ootable tbat tbe leaders were Free Maeooe of high standing, and it ie probable tbat e? ry member of tbat ordor io tho smsiler tnwns and rural distriots wbsrs tbe Ku Klux ware most aetive were on ite rolle "With complaints from oiaoy quar? ters aod demaoda tbat tbe Ku-Kiox organisation be suppressed by the mili? tary authoring tben io South Carolina, it is not surprising that strenuous effor a wars made to oipture and oooviot mem? bers of tbe organisstioo particular y Ike leaders It wae known in a geoe ral way tbat Dr J Rufus Brattoo was Ike bead of the Ku Klux organ lelieo ia upper 8 <u?h Carolina, and h's br tb er, John 8 Brattoo. wae alee eopt>'?ed to belong to tbe eeeret order Tbey were sioglsd oot for arrest br Major Merrill, iseo eommsndiog tbe Uoited fetette forsse io York district 4 Dr Brstioa wse a thirty third de gree Mmoo aod there ie no doubt tbia foot censed Lid to be aroaeed at the dead cf night at bie home to Yorkville by ao unknown horseman, whose steod wae spent, aad giveo eo important mil itary secret Thirty minutes leter the IKu Klux leader wee riding out of town, headed oortbward and leaving hie wife aod three little ebildreo behind. Later io tbe oigbt a detachment of eavalry eorrouoded tbe Brettoo borne Pursuit wae made in every direetioo, but with a good horse, ample foods aod tbe frieode he eoold eommaod wherever tbe secrets of Meeoory were known, tbe fugitive made hie way safely ioto Gaoa da, taking up hie residence io Montreal io tbe fall of 1871 "Dr Brattoo opened ao office io tbe Canadian oity, where he began tbe prao tiee of medteine Hie whereabouts bcoame known as soio aa be wrote to bie family io Yorkville. aod be wae soon being shadowed by agents of this government He waa joined by hie family a few months after reaching Canada and tbey arranged to make tbat country their home uotil their native State became safer Bat tbey were uot tj remain in security "No offense on wbicb Dr Batton oould ba extradited wae obargcd, so be aotieipated oo further trooble from the military authorities io this Slate who bad been on bis trsok. and the idea of being kidnapped never ooonrrod to bim But ooe eveoiog, io tbe early spring of 1872, the dootor wae called professionally He wae gottoo into a oarriege aod driven hurriedly out of the oity Three meo bad him io oharge aod during the night tbey got bim ioto a boat aod aoroes the St Lawreooe rifer, The oaptore immediately brought tbei* prison :r baok to tbe old jail at Yorkville, where be was tooar oeratad pending the eooveotion of a eoort specially arraoged to try Ku Klux oasee But tbe dootor was for fortunate in having powerful friends io all quarters of tbe country The faots of nia forcible abdootion for an alleged political cfTtoae were promptly laid before the British government, and ihn? was followed by a demand by tbe government that be bo released aod returned under safe oonduot to tho domicilo of Canada from whiob ho had beeo taken. This demand was imme? diately complied with ''Dr Bratton remained an exile io Canada uotil 1878, a year after thn lam of iho Unit?'ti Sia'es troop*, had bean withdrawn from Snath Carolina. Then receiv og an ionmaiioo that the oaae i ?gaioe' bim would not b> pushed, he renmifd n m* old home, whero ho ?-eaumed 'he pramioe of nvdetoo He ? ifttltifj d Iware unmolested until bis death in 181)7 Fir a number of y?era before hie <!??? h he was president of the 4 >u h Caroline Medical Aseoeieuon and of (be Stats board of health 1 Joke 8 Braitoa, who was a gestle man of large mean*, left bit home at the fame time as bis brother to avoid arrest, end remained abroad two years. Daring his absenee many witnesses in Ka-Klux etsss from York Goanty were examined to couoeot John Bratton with the organisation. The only evi denoe obtained against him was that parties of Klu Klax after an all night's ride, could find at a certain spot, nesr bit home appedting lonohet, which ihev, io their habitnal silence, ate. So on his return to Yorkville, Jobo Brat ton was troubled oo more." Markham'a New Poem Edwin Markham contributes to the Ohristmas number of "Success" the most remsrksble doem he has written since "The Msn With the Hoe " His new work is entitled, "The Mighty Hundred Years," snd it is a story in forcible, yet grscefol and elegant verse, of the world during the past century In Markham's poem, the Muses stsnd before the Norns, the gods of mythology, tbst gave all men birth snd tell tbe wonderful history. The following are a few stanzas from this great pieoe, illustrating tbe growth af tbe world from tbe death of tbe dark ages : THE MIGHTY HUNDRED YEARS. "One mighty gieam, and old borisoas brokft AH tbe vast, ghmmeriog outline of tbe Whole Swam on tbe viaion, shifting at one stroke, Tbe aoc'ent gravitation of tbe tout. "All thmea came circling io ooe cosmic dance, Oca motioo o'dsr tbao tbe aaes are ; Swung by ooe L?w, ooe Purpose, ooe Ad? vance, Serene and steadfaat as tbe morning star. "Men trace tbe spacious orbirs of tbe Law, And ?od it is ibeir shelter and their friend; For there, behind its mystery and awe, God's lure hand presses to a blessed end. "And so man pu9bes toward tbe Secret Vast? Up tbrough tbe storm of stars, skies upon skies ; And down through tbe circling atoms, seer* ing f*st The brink of things, beyond which Chaos lira. "Yea in the shaping of a grain of sand, He sees the law that made the epberes to be? Sen* atom worlds *{ un by the Hidden Hand, To whirl about tt air small Alcjooe. '?With epHI af w rtvd Sitienca o ? his eves, An argument r t his arm, he proves thr ?ugh teaoa , Or pushes r??c* th* low, Qofitandlf skies, To feel tha wiod ol Sa'urn on his face. "He walks ahroad npjn the ft >di?c. To w?igh the word * in SaianSS, to fuse Hons to hH crurih e, and astrj "ark Tha spheral mu*itf and the ro?rcic news," -??^ata*- ? DeWm's Little Kirly Risers ar? dainty lit? tle pills, but thej never fail to cleanse the liver, remove obstructions and invigorate tbe sytttm. i 8 Hugoaoa 4 Oo. Mr C. Liodslev, seoretary of the Coooeetioat Stete Board of Health, io hie moothly report, iesned October 16, say? : "The authorities of El Peso, io Texas, ere e judicious sod s considerate body. Tbey objeot to the practice, eo much io ose by tbe gentle eex, of wiping tbe eidewaiks with their trailiog dresses and earryiog accumulated microbes, mad, spittle end other filth ioto habitations and oeoopied places, to be dried and sbakeo off io the air and ao reoder respiration tbereio disgusting and dangerous Tbey hare proeeeded to tbo extent of their authority by prohibiting the admission of teachers within tbe public ehools exeeptin 'short skirts ' Their example ongbt to be imitated throughout the United States/ Lisbon, Deo 7.?Tbe minister of the Netherlands to Portugal aod Portuguese minister at Tbe Hague, havo left tbeir respective, posts. It is believed that a difference has arisen on the sobjeot of the exe quator to (b<* Dutob consul at Loreoio Larqnis, which tbe Portuguese govern? ment has withdrawn. Atlanta, Deo 4.?Commissioner of Agriculture Steveos, who returned today from a trip over the State, said the oottoo eoerage oext year would not be any larger tbao tbat planted this year. "Diversified crops are beginning to tell," eaid Mr Stevens. "1 find the farmers arc p anting large quantities of wh'at, more tbao ever before. This I regard as a good sign. "Tbe oottoo io Georgia has beeo nearly all picked and now there are bat a few hundred bales left io tbe fields." Land Surveying. IWILL GIVE prompt attention to all calls for surveying and platting lards. BANKS H riOYKIN, Oct 10?o * Catchall, 8. C. Onion Sets-leading varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars. Large line of fine Havana Regars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. _ ? office op COUNTY TREASURER8?MTERCOUNTY. Sumtes, S. C, Sept. 22, 1900. 'VfOTICE is hereby given that I will be in my office in tbe Coooty Court House at domter from October 15tb to December 31st, 1900 inclusive, for tbe collectioo of taxes for tbe fiscal year 1900. Tbe levy is ae follows : For State purposes, * mills For Cour.tv puruosts, 3} mills. For School purposes, 3 mills. Total levy, 11} mills. Also tbe following special school levies : School (>istrict No 1, 2 mills. School Distnc; No 16. 2 mills. School District No 18, 2 mills. School D stnct No. 2J, 3 mills. Mt Clio, 2 ro..l. Concord, 2 roilU Privateer, J mills. No 5, ^ 1 Kill. Mo 17, 1 mill Comrxutatian Road Tai for 1 CO 1 $1.0C, payable from Oct. 15tb 1900 to Feb 1st 1801. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Su after Co Sept 26? 13t ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FISO THAT THKRK ARE MORE Csed by per pie wb^? know a mpo4 p??no that any other make Pa because S'trff Pianos are better and coat ieea than others. Moving, Turing -no Repairing ; Accom? modating Terms. 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