Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Jt We owe ?.?.*? O'DONNELL & CO. an apology to our patrons for being so late in making our Announcement tJJJJJJJJJJIJJJJJJL Bat the gentleman who has'charge of our advertising department has been so busy attending to other matters, that ho seems to have'slightly neglected this very important branch of our business. While we are firm beliehen 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 l?or every dollar they gave you are the best advertisers. howw 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 tU 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. ft 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 u;?play it, wa 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. Thio we n>enU, ? Qats Wo ootabliobed o reputation io this Ha? aoaaa yaora ago, that wa bare haeo ooootaotly add tog to Wa sop pi) a food osaoy dealers, who mast save nooejy by bay log fron na, or stay woftUI sot do to. Ootaide of oar ragalar Hoe wa booght 100 Dozen Froso a oaeonieeioo booae at about wlf ooata ao Iba dollar. * Wa hat* HWe and Boy a fur Han as 2ft and 50 oeota, and tba IkWo Baa ma gall at 75a would smar eiaap, If booght eieewhere lot ?1.16 Clothing. Tbia baa alwaya been a strong lioe with us, and we oao asaore those who bare favored ua with their pa tronage in tbia department formerly, that wa have never bad a better lioe to aaloot from Men's all wool Cheviots, $5, $7 50 and $10. Mod's Fancy Woratada, $5, $7 50, $10 sod $12 Meo'e all wool Caaeimera, $5, $6, $7 50, $10 aod $12 50 Men s Clsy Worsteds, io blsok aod colors, $5, $6, $7 50. $10, $12 k $15 BOYS' CLOTHING. 750 pairs Boy's Knee Paota, worth 35c, 40o aod 50c at 26c per pair, Wa bought the remnant of a msn ufaoturer's stock, tba qoaotity seems are going 4 Suits large, bnt the way they they won't last long. 250 Boy's Double Breasted at 75c and $1. These goods are worth 33*. to 50 per cent mote. 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 sod Domestic Goods as the needs of any housekeeper de mand Our DOMESTICS were bought on a baaia of 7 oeota cotton, and while we did not thiok at the time that cotton was goiog to 10 cents wa in? vested io 50.000 Yards Wo have 100 pieces of Outings at 5, 6J and 8Jc?as cheap as tbey were ever sold ] 50 pieces of Flannelettes at 8Jc? tuts is a very desirable fabric for Waists.and Wrappers, and is easily worth 10 to 12Jc. 50 Pairs Tar Heel Blankets. These are not in stock, but will be by the time this reaches you, as tbey are on the way. You know what tbey are, and no advance in price. We have 4 complete line of cheap Blankets from 75c to $150. A lioe of Oomforts from 75c to $2 . Our stock of Sheeting, Pillow cas? ing, Table Damask, Doylies aod Napkins is oomplete and prices right Shoes. If there is any one lioe io our bouse better tban another we believe this is it All our Shoes are bought direct from manufacturers, and in auob quantities, as to warrant us in getting Jobbers' prices, thereby sav* ] i?g the middle man's profit, and giv? ing the benefit of it to our customers ; If anything was needed to strengthen this department, we havo certainly succeeded in doing so by the addi tion of the BAY STATE 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, ss we bandied them with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction up to a few years ago, but for some res6on, they withdrew from this territory, and we feel assured their old patrons will be pleased to welcome tbem back. Reynolds', Bay State, E. P. Reed & Co. and Godman are Hard to Beat. In addition to these we carry a complete line of Men and Women's staple Shoes Shirts. We beeitste to ssy how msny of these we bought, as we might be accused of varying from the path of truthfulness, but we are safe in as sertiog not less tbsn 250 Dozen Jost think of it! 3,000 SHXBTS. You would naturally say, why do you buy so many ? If you saw what we are selling for 25 Cents You would ask no further question. You csnnot buy goods right uolees you buy quantities. iNNELL & CO 0D0NNELL & CO O'DONNELL & CO. BIG FIRE IN MARION. YOUR STORE8 AND CON TENTS DESTROYED Mar too. Doc 26 ?A fire occur ed 00 Meiio Street, io Ibo booioooo port of the town not long efter tbo middle of loot night, end destroyed foor oooree wltb oil tbelr oontooto oioopt to tbe enoo of Mr W 8 Foxwortb, who saved bio bookn nod pnpere Tbo origin of tbo flie in not known, bot to attributed to tbo oaretewa dis ?marge of. firuworku by Intw Obrist sane revelero It wno discovered owl ween 2 nod 8 o'clock io tbe build 1 eg owned by Joseph Herr ell All of two utruoturee were of wood end eery combost.ble, end Ibe flssaeo condc reoid end for n lime irreeietible bendwey Onr town in not provided witb nn eagioo or any organization fe>r combatting ire; but tbanke to Ibe usual good fortune tbat aeema to befriend the town in auob no emer geocy, tbe wind wan moderet? nnd blew from n favoreble quortor Tbe bnildlngn tbnt ley in Ibe pnlb of Ibe conflagration were comparatively iao lated. nnd tbere w*.o enongb npeoe between Fox wort b'e aod J. E Mid dletoo'e otoree to ennble tbe cit.zene, by diet of olrennous nnd untiring ex ottioon Io onve tbe Middleton build ing nnd obeck ibe progress of the devouring element The loanee. ao far an I have beeo nbtn lo necertaitt them, are ne fol Iowa I Jooefib Herrell, building valued at $700. mtvrwd for $600 Wootern Uuion Telegrepb oompa wy'o office, in tbe Harrell building; lone about $50 Niae Mabel Montgomery, photo? grapher, outfit io Hnrrell building; ?aloe $400, inauraooe $260 A P IIoz, merchant, occupying part of Ibe Harrell building ; atock $1,800, ioourance $1,200 Dr I A Gseqce, building occupied by J N Krieraon, colored, fusniture; enlne $300; ioeurance uot known. Friereon'a stock, about $100, caah $170, and personal cfTecte were a total loon Dr I A Garque. building occupied by 0 L Pace, merobant, value $700; ineornnce not elated Mr Pece' ?took $1,600; ioeurance $800 W I yoxworlh, afore .and ware bouav ? tt500, ioeurance $800 ; attack $4,000, ioauraoc* $3,000 J K Middleton, etore badly scoroh ed and otharwiae damaged. Thr plate gl?*e wimlowe in tb Htirchieon block on the oppoaite aid * of tbe street were badly cracked It is the purpose of the owners o ibe deveat' ?1 lota to put op brie structures J VV Complaints Against the Rail? road. To tho Editor of The State. The Southern Railway Company haa commenced ita usual bad treat mant of tba people of Edgefield by holding them over at Treoton for boora uotil tbey accommodate a few rich Yankeei by taking them to Aikan The afternoon oootbbound train at tbia aeaaon ia aeldom on time. Ofteo it fa boora late and peaeengere from all pointa to Edgefield are dumped off at Trentoyi aod kept there waiting oo the southbound train which had a eleaptr attached toil for Aikeo. After ite arrival tbe Edgefield train baa to take tbe aleeper to Aikeo and return, pick op tbe Edgefield passeo gers and come on bere in the night sometime It moat be remembered that it ia oniv six milea from bere to Trenton. Thd train ooold eaaily run up here and back in twenty minutee, but the Southern often aenda its train to Aiken with a pesaenger or two, a dog and a servant, while it keepe from six to a dozen Edgefield paeseo gere waiting at Treotoo for hours That ia a perfeot sbsme, aod it is sbsmeful that our railroad commis sioo will permit socb a thiog Tbe matter should receive immedi ate attention If the railroad com mission does not take up the matter at once, our people will take it up and try to find out what is tbe trouble with the commission Thio article ia written for the espe cial benefit of *he commission to call ita attention to the way the Southern ia acting an, perhaps, it is not aware of the roan/if r in which we are being treated by tbe Southern If Tbe State will print be (ore going in pica tvpe aud give it large headlines, it will earn the thanks of our people, who will also remember The Staif io their prayers. If tbe commission wants full information it will be furnished with the greatest pleasure W P C. Edgefield, S C . Dec 26 FROM MAYEsVILLR TOO To The Editor of The State The discrimination of the A C L. against our point cf shippiog has b*eii so ruinons that the people of this cntnmunits called a meeting to see what could be done Mr A A Stiatiss and myself w? >#a appointed a committee Io go to Wilmington to consult with tbe railroad company and also to look up all the informs tion we could on the subject. It sei ma lh.<t it is impossible to keep thrse rai "oads from running j our part of ;be country, so as to enable tbem to cot against each other at aorae competing points My opinion is that was one of the leading objects of the creation of the rail road commissioners to ao away with the discrimination inside the State. J. W Cooper Meyeaville, S 0 , Dee 26, 1900 - mm ? THE PANAMA CANAL. Paris, Deo 27?The oeaj Panama Caoal oompaoy at its anooal meeting today adopted tho report, during tbo coarse of which the Uoitrd States oammissioo's report, ssjs : "We think that a reasonable agree moot whereto the United States aod ! Colombian governments aod our com pany should ouito,is realisable aod might fiaaily determine the prefereooe of the United States io favor of Pan ems The president of the oompaoy is ods pursuing negotiations at Wash* iogtoo to that end. Should it be found impossible to arrive, within a reasooablo period, at ao rquttaolo un derstaodiog with the Uoited States we shall htve to seek aod sobmit to you the mesoe to actively earry oo our work It is neither possible nor per misstble to ssy ar>y more oo the eub jeet today." Des Moioes, Iowa , Deo 27 Tele pbooe m?86sge8 from What Cheer via Ottomwa o )cfirm the. reported drown? ing of forty oioa school children They were skating on the ioe when it gave way Tbs aoeideut ooourred ot 9 io tho eveoiog ?mmm?S>#????? Dreyfus Has Demanded Com plete Exoneration. Psrt*. Deo 27?Dreyfus bss written to the premier, M. Waldeok Koseeao olsssiog as another falsehood the recent statemeot ot M Heori Kochefort. io The lotrenaigeao', that he (Droyfu*) hsd m n? to Kuperor William of Ger? many, iu 1894. a letter stolen from the Germao embassy st Paris, sod wbiob, annotated by tho emperor, constituted formal proof of tho crime ''for whiob I havebeeo twice oojustly oondemood," aod adding : "My iuuooeooe is absolute, and legal recognition of this innooenoe by a ro visioo 1 will seek to my last breath I am not the author of tbo bordereau annotated by the emperor, whiob is a forgery ; eor of tho original authentic bordereau, written by Reterbisy t<? save Henry All tho pnnoipsl author* of my iniqaitOUS condemnation SfS ?tili alivn I *iu nor di-perned of all my right* I still r?tsle thut right of every man to dtfead bin hoi or and havo the tru h proo'stm^d I tberafote have the light to a*k you to older an itquiry." Uniform Divorce Laws. A bill has beeu introduced to con? gress to provide for uniform divoroe lews in tbe Suites of tho United States. Tbe bill ia in nosvrer to s very reasoa ?hie demand on tbe part of tbe country at large that there should be some sort of consistency on this subject in the diff-root parts of tbe eouotry Tbe laws io the different Stetes now are as variegated as the lives of some of tbe people wbo seek divorcee In some States tbe laws are very liberal towards persons who want to get rid of tbe marital bonds ; io other States it is a difficult tbiog to get a divoroe?in our State it is impossible. The great Dumber of divorces that ars oooorriog in many sections cf tbo oouutry baa caused a general alarm for tbe eauotity of marriage end the preservation of the American homo in its purity and good iiflaeooe Tbe bill for eecuriog some sort of uniformity is a good ooe ; but will be opposed of course by the old States rights sdvooates, wbo will oling to the ezploded notion that such legislation should bo left to tbe Stales This has been left to them ; and it is seen what a mess thoy have made of it. Now let the bation try it. We presume that aoy bill that congress might adopt oo this subjeot would be restrictive, ooly prohibiting divorces czoept on specified grounds and not sompslliog a State to allow tbem at all unless it should de-ire to do so ; in other words that a Slate may permit divorces fur specified reasons, but is not compelled to permit them for any reason South Carolina would be left to continue its unique position on the subjeot of oo divorce for any cause ?Greenville Newa - mm ? ?+ ? ? SJav Marriage by Foroe. Charleston, S C , Deo 26.--Magis? trate Stroheoker, of Red Top, a notorious negro settlement, gave orders today that all negroes Ii vi ag there wiuld have to marry. Since tbe notice was made several days ogo that suob orders would be issued by the magistrate, 75 couples, it is said, have been married. Magistrate Strobeoker maintains that a man would lirfht juioker for hia paramour (ban for his wife, and 10 stop the tuo of crime in that locality has directed tbe negroes to beoome legally mm and wife AuMin. Tel, Deo 26?Gov Bayers made epplicatiun to Gov Roosevelt, of New York, a few daya ago, for the ?x'radttion of John I) Rockefeller and other memteiH of the Standard Oil oomt any, <<n 'he charge of violation of I he TelaS aOti?trOSl law. Gov Roose? velt has declined to grant tho applica? tion. GBOWTH OP THE READ v ING HABIT. Was the reading habit ever no firmly fixed upon the people as at the pres? ent ? A glanoe at the publishers' announce* ment shows that the output of books this year has gone far above high water mark aod any book seller will tell you that the *ales have broken all previous records. In addition daily newspapers are larger and more numerous than ever before aod are read by more peo pie. Everybody must bave his daily paper nowadays Country folk who a few years ago considered themselves luoky to get a weskly ptper now get their daily paper regularly Improved mails aod cheap? er papers have done their part io bring* iod abou this result. This is a reading age. Everybody reads a metntng. either books or new* papers. It is ooo of the characteristics of e people who know one hour wbat the rest of the world did the h >or before. We discus this afternoon the London sensation of this morning A speech by the kaiser to Berlin bas ao instant echo all over the world Par a a id Lone1 oo arc no sooner talking about a new fad or fashion, a oew book or a oew play thao the people all over the United States take it up. Tbrongh the aotive. wide awake press we are kept in instant, intimate and constant toooh with all of tbe maiu centres of tbe world. This habit has aroused a deeper inter? est io general#reading. It leads o? to better inform ourselves oo foreign politic?, on distant peoples We become better acquainted with the great figures of contemporaneous history and learn more of their country We follow more closely tbe leading fiction of the day, not of our own country aiooe, but evon of Japan and Russia Thus we bave become slaves to rcid ing. We are, in a measure, dependent upon books and newspapers. The American people are keeping better abreast of tbe world's history and the world's fiction thau ever before. ?Atlanta Journal. Dean Shaier, of Iba Lawrence Scientific Sohool of Harvard College astonished tbe hearers 'he other nijjht by a defense of slavery To tbe aver age New Engl?nder, there seems to be oo defeooe for slavery Hv"?kiog of tbe whitn and black races fi ty 10 a hundred years ago, bo said : "Slavery was the best relation that COOld have existed beiween i-uch cultured and such uooultured people By that discipline hi several generations they were weii under way A: the clo-e of I be war, when we brolto the ohains and guv tbem the ballot, wc made a gnat blunder " Saluda County has bad a Good Roads Convention whiob eodorsed the proposi? tion to sell the State farms aod allow the several counties detiriog the privi? lege to hire oooviots at actual cost aod work them on the roads The conven? tion also recommended a special ooooty tax of ooe mill to be used oo the publio roads, a oommutstioo tsx of {1 50 to be imposed on all oersoos liable to road duty, this som slso to be used oo the highways ; that all fioes aod forfeitures go to the road food, aod that the ooooty supervisor, be empowered to boy an up to-date road maobine and keep it at work It is stated that the Ssloda delegation will ?eek to have the legisla? tive sotioo oecessary taken oo these recommendations We weloome this oooteotion aod it* work as very hopefwi icdioatiooe When the farmers tbem relves begin to hold road conventions aod dem 1 reforms it may be assumed th. 'be day of be'ter roads is oot far away. State. The Baruwell People says : ' Our esteemed exchanges stste that peo? ple are as far bebiud as usual in pay? ing taxes. That gees to show there is more talk than truth io the boast tbst f aimers are better off than tbey have been in many years'' No; it goes only to show that farmers aod other people hsve come to regard an extension of time for the payment of taxes as the rale end not the excep? tion and that they are in no hurry to pay up before they are required to do so These extensions.are demoraliz? ing in the .extreme and if they are * not definitely abandoned now the State can never expect to get it* taxes when tbey are due under the law There is reason to believe that many farmers ha>e deferred selling their cotton, or a part of it, in the hope that it will go higher ; and this accounts for the delay in the pay? ment of bills snd taxes Notes in bank snd fertilizer notes have been paid up rematkably well because there wss no reason to expect in? dulgence ?State Uncle Sam's census takers gsve Charlotte 18,091 The city has just had a census taken, which gives the city proper a thousand more and gives to the city and its suburbs a population of 27,752 Charlotte is one of the most progressive of south? ern cities -?mmmn> ? ? ? ? mrnum?? Wiehita Kan, Dro 27 ?Mrs Carrie Matioo, prettdeot cf Harber couaty W. 0. T U entered ihe Carey Hotel bsrrr? m udsy cid *itl: a stor.eroat* * a $3"0 renting an l a mirror valued at #100 Mrs N?t?on broke mirrors in two nsloons at Kiowa, wome months ago and declared ibere is no law under which ?>he can be pronecu'ed She was lodged in the county jail this wtternoon charged with malicious destruction of property.