The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 26, 1900, Image 7
O'DONNELL & CO.
e owe an apology to our patrons for being so late in making our
Fall Announcement
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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
believers in newspapers as a means of Jmaking 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
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For every dollar they gave you are the be?t advertisers.
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
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.
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
it, we could 611 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.
Hats.
I Of o,
oddiei
Wo a^iMisjoirl o reputation lo this
lo, tbot we have
if to Wo sup
?soy doalora, who most
by boying from oo, or
eTeojseVoaa do oo. Outside of
str ffOfoJar lioo wo bought
o food
100 Dozen
house ot about
Of lbs dollar.
r# love If ee'e ood Boy o for
aft iS aod SO oeoto, ocd the
?Ii Bat wo soil at 75? would
obesp, if bought elsewhere
[tu*
Clothing.
This baa always been a strong line
with oa, and we can assure those
who have favored us with their pa
trooage in thia department formerly,
that wo have never hod o better line
to select from
Moo's oil wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50
sod $10.
Meo's Fsnoy Worsteds, $5. $7 50,
$10 and $12
Meo's oil wool Cassimers, $5, $6,
$7 SO, $10 aod $12 SO
Men s Clav Worsteds, in black ond
oolors, $5, $6, $7 SO. $10, $12 & $15
BOYS' CLOTHING-.
750 pairs
Boy's Knee Pants, worth 35of 40c
ood 50c ot
26c per pair.
Wo bought the remnont of o msn
ufsoturer's stock, the qoootity seems
Urge, but the way they ore going
they won't lost long.
250
Boy's Double Breasted Suits
at 75c and $1.
These goods sre worth 33} to 50 per
ceot more. Our line at
$1 50, $2, $2 50, $3 50 and $5
cannot be beaten.
Wry Goods*
Here will be found as complete a
line of Staple aod Domestic Goods
aa the needs of any housekeeper de
msnd
Our DOMESTICS were bought on
s bosis of 7 cents ootton, ond while
we did not think ot the time that
ootton woo going to 10 cents we in*
vested in
50.000 Yards
Wo hove
100 pieces of Outings ot 5, 6J ood
8Jo?an cheap as they were ever sold
50 pieces of Flannelettes st 8}c?
this is a very desirable fibrio for
Waists aod Wrappers, snd is easily
worth 10 to 12$c.
60 Pairs Tar Heel
Blankets.
These sre not in stock, but will be
by the time this reaches yon, as (bey
are on the way. You know what
they are, and no advance in price
We have o complete line of cheap
Blankets from 75c to $150.
A line of Comforta from 75c to $2
Our etock of Sheeting, Pi low cos
ing, Table Damask, Doylies snd
Napkins is complete snd prices right
Shoes*
If there is sny one line in our house
belter than another we believe this
is it All our Shoes are bought
direct from manufacturers, snd in
such quantities, as to warrant us in
getting Jobbers' prices, thereby ssv*
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 ,eo by the addi?
tion of the
BAY 8TATE LINE
and
E. P. REED & CO'S LINE
of Women's fine Shoes
This lstter line is no stranger to
tbe ladiea of Snrater County, as we
handled them with s great deal of
pleasure snd satisfaction up to a fow
years sgo, but for some reason, they
withdrew from this territory, and we
feel assured their old patrons will be
plessed to welcome them back.
Reynolds', Bay State, E. P.
Reed & Co. and Godman are
Hard "to Beat.
In addition to these we csrry a
complete line of Men and Women's
staple Shoes
Shirts.
We hesitate to r*y bow many of
these we bought, as we might be
accused of varying from the path of
truthfulness, but we are safe in as?
serting not less tbso
250 Dozen
Just think of it! 3,000 SHIRTS.
You would naturally say, why do
you buy so msny ? If you saw what
we are selling for
25 Cents
You would ssk no further question.
You cannot buy ?goode right unless
you buy qusntities.
ell & co
o'donnell & co
o'donnell & co
rNUpton"i Floe Roads.
latter of Mr 0. D Keaee, print
Teetday. eoaoerotog the reetot
imsjreVemoat ?I tee roedt io
lioftee, tftntu isformetioo aod
ef velee 10 the ooantiet
ball of the Slate, aod to
to stmseaeitiee in eaeh of
itooe aa art laekiag ia peblie
e,
ait ysert, say* Mr Kveea. 760
ef ''tooV' reeee ia tka ooo sty,
eeeey rtaeo, boot boa a aa y ta?
rnt aa soots tbam seay ?ata for
neXOf?a goad evidooe* of their
etat ; aod ao Iras thai atagooa
eVer tboai "make aa mooh
oeao reeeieg in the atraot of
goad etideee? of their bars'
Fofoaorry. "ooly light load?M
? towlid ator teem, aad with
.ley, at that ; eew 'twite aomaoH
WHO atst,'* a g*od
its af too velae of their improve
Ota toooj too oow baa) at mr^h
ooo of toots oa too toold heal
?hieb ettaee o eavieg of ao
to loo far a* er aod aaartbaat who
eey kiod of haoliag to do More
too baiter etedliioo of the draft
iaaale, berets aod melts, aa the roeolt
I hoar lighter o?rk oooou for som<
Moot of too improvement thai
tfattod ao deeirable aod feleablo
i. it ia toted, eoteietod eicoply ii
lieg iaod aod olsy" oa the road
aoo)d bee obliterated the mod
?edo tkaaa hard road, aad
etif ?o*d the eaod beds aad
good hard road. It la a
rood 00 to eipeoeive oot,bol
boa gieeo Der lief too better roede.
?re of tkrm?750 mi lea?thee ore
id by aoy other toooiy io Iba
r, or probably by aoy other eoooty
Booth AtUoiio aod Qolf Stelae,
Vtrgttia la Taiaa.
?o good work la goiag oa io iba
ty lie people koaw a good tbiog
tat? ate to, aod drive aod ride
It V.J 200 Bailee more beta beeo
'itd far early ?arb. wbieb will be
by lot people ibsmselvee. the
Ity aod tteroe btlpiog io their ooo
ood for their too toteren The
ebei? gaog la employed, bot the
io, it eppeer?, are aot willieg io
ll for good roade all over the ooooly
o fee trimiaelo tot bat Id them
low tot! of the work ibet baa
doae ie oae of tie aaoet ootablo
tree The eetimatee raoga from
a mile, okee alay ia at baed. in
a seilt ?bat it bee to be baaled
a tear der able ot?teaee ; at to
Igoree ll It tely etoreeery loeey
$3.000 to $4.000 a milt It about
eon of saebieg pormaatai smooth,
rd roodo, oo the olay tot la of the hill
Hry, io this aad etbtr States The
of lot ?hole matter ?- that
'Negate ooo dtmooetrated io ptaotiee
aw oa^et
rooo tob
eoplo ptv^i
tan be built ia all send? districts at the
mieimam ooet?bad a trifling eost,
wben the rcealte are considered?tod
all oiber eoooiies aad commuoities
wbiob p*>es*e* ire enterprise ceo got the
?mi bleoetoga io the ssme way, oo the
seme terms ?News end Courier
Tbe San Jose Scale.
The Sen Joee scale attacked tbe fruit
orchards in tbe Niagara district, io Oo
tario. e lit la more tbao two ytare a^o,
aad although tbe farmers of the dtstriot
I were (ally informed ia time es to the
I iejurtoat a-ork of tbe poet the* disre?
garded tba weroiogs addressed to tbcro
end have allowed it to lovode tbeir ter?
ritory aad ettaad its ravages ootil great
laaa bae brsa iafloted oa tbao Refet
riog to tlte prooeedioga of a reoeat
meeiteg of tbe Niagara Froit Growers'
8 otety tba St Catharine's Jooroal
"Wben I be sealo first attacked
Ootario fr? it trees, aad tbe dagger of
atijwiag it to spread waa msnifest, tbe
Uotsrio gt reromeot toob rsdical aetloo,
compelling tbe trees effected to be
deetroyed, io tbe hope of stamping not
tba pest aad preveotiog tbe roio of a
saoet importaot industry?fruit grow
tog?to btt> province Bot tbere was
a ary reteod tbst tba saeasare adopted
was too itsesrs. There are always
so ass wbo are disposed to miaimiat?
possible etil sod sbrtok from radioal
aeasare They objected to seeing tbeir
orebarde torn out by tbe roots sod
borotd. earn though tbey got partial
compensation from lbs goveromout for
it. A little mild dosing was eooogh
for them. Now it appears that oolooly
do th< so owosrs io aoms esses flod tbeir
orebarde u ratrier ably damaged aod
ibemaslees obliged to do the teariog oat
tbey objected to. bat tbey bare to do
tbia without aompeasetioo It is a pity
that tbe goverosnsat msrsares wsre in?
terfered with.*'
This is tbe tgperieaee of growers
who ware free from the pest tbrse or
fear years ago Tbe growere in South
Caroliaa may profit by it io several |
w?y# Tba best wey, however, is to !
leave ao atooe ootorasd to keep tbe I
seals out of tbo State "Radioal
measure/' matt be adopted, sooner or I
later, ie fightiog it. Tbey bad better
bo adopted at tbe outset tbao later,
oben tbey will bo more eiptosivo and
will bo Itss iffsetivs ?News aod Coo
rier
Bteiaarek'e iron Marva.
Wat tbe reault of bis spteadid health. Ie*
doealuble ?III aad u?mead?>ea erergy era not
found where Steasesa, Liver. KMnejs aad
B??relf sre oat ef order. If yoa want *he?e
eeellties aed the eoeeee* they erleg, ese Dr
Klag'* Naw Life PIIU Tbey develop evtry
power of ?rata aad body. Only flee at J. f.
W, Dote raw's Peng Piere. 1 - ?
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SHAKING UP NEEDED
Froui Atlanta Journal
Mr Harvie Jordan, president of
the Interstate Cotton Growers' Pro
tective association, charges that the
government agricultural department,
inetesd of being operated in the
intereats of the farmers, is being
used as s basis for the rankest kind
of speoulstion, to their serious in?
jury
He further svers tbst the sources
from which the government secures
its information is no longer reliable,
and declares tbst the fact that this
season's crop is short is too well
known for sttempts st deception on
lbs psrt of specolstors
Mr Jordsn made these chsrgos in
? atalement to the Journal, which is
aa follows :
''The recent report on the estimst
ed yield of the cotton crop for this
season by the agricultural depart?
ment at Washington only succeeded
i to temporarily depressing the price
of the stsple It hss been openly
cbsrged tbst advance information of
the bureau report was furnished
certain parties last Saturday, two
daya before the publication of the
report, and that auch partiea were
able to take advantage of the speou
lation market, by creating the im
pression thst s 'bullish' report would
be given out, when they knew the
contrsry to be the csse The New
Orleans and New York cotton ex
changes have demanded a rigid in?
vestigation of the statistical depart?
ment of the Washington bureau, and
it is to be hoped that the matter will
be probed to the bottom
"Twice this season the market has
been thunderstruck by these monthly
bureau reports and the prices forced
down 50 to 60 points within a few
hours sfler the news was flashed over
tbe wi?es This could not have
happened in either inatance had uot
tbe pnblic been misled
"It baa been presumed that the
agricultural department at Washing
ton was oporated in tbe interest of
tbe farmers, when, as a matter of
fact, theso monthly reports nro being
oaed as the basis of the rankest kind
of speculation and against tbe inter
eat of the producers Strange to
aay, tbe market has rallied iramedi
ately after these sudden drops caused
by 'bearish' bureau reports, which
proves conclusively that the public
places but little reliance on th?* cor
reotneaa of such information The
producer* are not to bo caught no
eaaily and the mills will aeon reelle?
that in order to lay in their snppliea
they meat come into the spot market
fairly end pay the true valne of the
ataple
I short is too well known for bolders
I to be deceived, sod if the source
from which the government secures
its informstion is no longer reliable s
change hsd better be msde in the
methods employed If it were poesi
hie* thst the yield should amount this
sesson to 10,000,000 bales the supply
would atill fsll short of demand for
oonaomption 1,000,000 bales, and
high prices should still continue to
prevail
"The European and eastern mills
must hsve cotton They can no
longer pursue temporsry policy, and
if the producera continue to stand
firm, they will receive the prices they
are demanding The fact is more
appsieut now thsn ever thst the pro
docers of the sooth must efl'ect some
system by wbicb concert snd reliable
informstion sbout the crop can be
placed in tbeir bunds They must
come together and perfect a method
baaed upon sound business principles,
which will gusrd snd proteot their
Interest from the merciless imposition
of the speculator
"The experience of this season will
hsve a powerful influence upon the
future. Tbe price of apot cotton for
the balance of thin aeason is absolute?
ly in tbe handa of the producers, snd
they should not be influenced to
sacrifice tbeir holdings upon a 'bear
ieh' market and thus plsy into tbe
hsnda of the foreign spinners
"Let tbe 'future' market continue
to fluctuate, but force tbe buyers in
tbe 'apot' market to pay not less than
10 cents per pound for your etsple
Harvie Jordan
"free Interstate Cot G-ro Pro
Aas'n "
MARRIED AND WORRIED
She wept ' Oh, you editor* are hor?
rid !" she nobbed.
"What is the trouble, madam ? ' in?
quired the editor.
"Why, I?boo?boo?I eent o an
obituary of my husband, aod?boo?
and said in it we bad been married for
20 year*, and you?oo?oo?boo?boo
?your printers set it op 'worried for
?20 yeere ? "
She wept Tbe editor grionod
Perhaps it wss all right. Woo
knownT
There are many kinds of tax-dodgers,
but perhaps the smallest ?peoimun is
tbo man who, not having any other tax
to p vy. dodge* his poll tax The State
of Mississippi give* i** P?H tax to tbe
eauet* of education It b?* adopted a
now eii>odiet?t for roping in tbe dogdtrs
by >ho pisairg of a law providing that
the m?n whn do*s not. pay hie poll tax
before F"bru*ry lu? ?ball have bin nau e
ptin'td to a row-paper auder a heading
I MtsMng that h< hen refused to contribute
i $2 toward the cduoaiino of hie owo
1 onietren ?Aiken Journal aod Rtiview.
ABSOLUTELY NO ESCAPE
FROM DUST.
Tbero is do escape from dust on this
moodeoe sphere A "dusty" ooem
highway. e?ys the Linden Shipping
World, pounds almost incredible. Yet
tboso who nro familiar with Railing
ships know that, oo matter bow care
folly tbe decks may be washed dowo in
the moroiog and bow little work of aoy
kiod may be done daring the day, dot
eriheless, if the decks are not swept st
nightfall au ooormoos amount of dust
will qaickly collect. Of coarse, on the
modero "liner'* tbe baroiug of bun
dreds of loos of eoal every 24 hours
and the myraide of footfalls daily would
account (or a considerable accumulation
of dost, but on a "wiod jammer,"
maooed with a docao hands or less, no
euoh dost prodooiog agencies are at
work And yet the records of sailing
ships show that they eolleot more sea
dust than does a steamer, wbioh is
probably soooaoted for by the fsot that
while tbe dust laden smoke blows clear
of the steamer tbe large area of canvas
spread by the sailer sots as a dost col?
lector. To qiote an iosttooe io sop
port of ins oonteotioj we msy mentioo
thst no lass than 24J barrels of fine
dust were swept from the decks of an
Amaricao ssiling ship during a 97 dayft'
voyage from New York to Sso Frto
oisoo The csptsio of this vessel, a
man of seieotifie tastes, msde careful
ob-erva:ioi i oo the mystery of sea dost,
but beyond the wear end tear of tbe
ssih sod rigging, a quite negligible
fac'or, he oould assign absolutely no
perceptible oause for tbo formation of
dust oo board bis ship. It has bceo
assorted that the dust which fall* on thu
decks of vessels emsoates from tbe in?
terstellar spaoes This sounds both
eoientitio and plausible, but it is at va?
riance win oertain known faots. Hits
of leather, oork, wood aod vegetable
6ber are almost always present in sea
dust.?Springfield Republican
Washington. Deo 19 ?Congress has
authorised the president to appoint
Representative Chas A Boutelle of
Maine to be a captain of tbo United
States navy on the retired list Today,
without a word of opposition, or even
of comment, ihe senate passed the
house resolution suthnnstog Mr Brn
tolle'e retiremont. It is expeoted that
the president will appprove tbe rosolu
lion and io acocrdanco with the author
ite'ioo nomineto bioi as a osptaio on
the rotirod list of the uavy. Mr.
Boutollo is a member of the present
bouse of reproaeotetivee and n member
elect of ihe new house li ia assummed
tbst hi will immediately tesign bis
membership in tbe house.
Christmas cards, caieodors booklets, art
edtiioos of famous poem* io gr*?t mrieir aod
exquisite designs at H. ^ Ostean Ac Co'a ,
book store ^^smmTsma.
Nixon Spreading Out
It was stated yesterday oo good au?
thority that the proprietor of the Co?
lombia hotel and arranged a hate with
Mr J Caidwell Robertson, the new
owner of the Wright's hotel property,
for that oapaoious buildiog. It is an?
nounced that it is Proprietor Nixon's
purpose to operate this hotel as an
annex to too Colombia Of ooorse
only the rooms will be used, tbe lease
raking io everything exoept the first
floor. The are maoy delightful rooms
in tbe boose, aod tboy eao be made
among tbe most aoeeptable that the
Colombia will bare to offer The ca?
pacity of tbe hotel will of coarse, be
greatiy increased ?Tbe State.
Is There Coal In Fairfiold
Tbe Winsboro News snd Herald re?
cently claimed that a deposit of eoal
bad been cisoovered in the eastern
part of the oouoty Tbe deposit wss
found on land beloaging to Mrs S. F.
DoBoso. A speoimen of tbe ooal was
taken to Wtooeboro aod. is said to bo a
good sample of sothraoite ooal. The
land was not thought to be valuable
Recently it beotmo oeoessary to dig a
well on the place. Tbe well digger
had formerly been a ooal miner After
getting down about 12 feet he struok a
layer of what seemed to be eoal and
further digging ooofirmed him in bis
view. Ho made exoavations through
the veio to tbo depth of 15^ feet, and
it is said that tbe ooal. or whatever
mioeral it may be, is of 6oe quality.
It is likely that the geologist of Clem*
son eoilego will be r?quested to go to
Fairfield to make sn examination.
There is no railroad runntog oearer the
place than Winnsboro, wbiob is 12
miles distant, but should it turn oat
that there is a deposit of eoal there, it
will lead to a great busiooss boom in
that seotioo
Laren P. Merrill of Paris tells the
story of a particular old woman, and
he makes her a resident of Livcrmore.
Sbe was not only old but she was of
tbe worrying, fretting species of anti?
quity. Sbe had fretted away ber
friends and relatives, until she wss at
length living alone in a email bouse in
tbo outskirts of tbo -town Just as
che was retiring one bitter oold night,
she discovered that one unlighted
matob remained in tbo house. She lay
awake until a'.moet daylight, Worrying
aod disturbing herself with wondering
if tbe match was good At last sbe got
up, aod hunted op tbe match aod strack
it to Fes if it would light her kiodllogs
in tb.t mornings ?Lewnton (Me.)
Journal.
Tbe books that ?II children should have,
tbe books tb*t will encourage ? love for good
literature can be obtained fron H. Q. Oiteao