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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.
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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
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suggestions cheerfully tfiven.
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Warerooms. 9 North blaset? Street.
F*ctorv?Block of R. Laim rite Ave.
Aiken and Lanv.ile streets
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