Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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25 per Cent Discount Sale. Just a few words by way of explanation, so that 'the people may understand the full meaning of our Clearance Sales: Twice in each year, January and July, we hold these Clearance Sales for the purpose of closing out the season's stock If we carry our heavy-weight Suits and Overcoats over to next Fall, we will probably have to sell them at a loss then, how much better it is to take our loss now?to get the money out of the goods and invest it in new goods, to keep our stock clean and fresh; so until FEBRUARY the. 1st, we will offer a uniform Discount of One-fourth off On all Men's, Boys' and Children's Winter Suits, Overcoats, Trousers and Woollen Underwear. This means a $20 Suit or Overcoat for $15 00 This means a $10 Suit or Overcoat for $7 50 This means a $15 Suit or Overcoat for $11 25 This means an $8 Suit or Overcoat for $6 00 This means a $12 Suit or Overcoat for $9 00 This means a $6 Suit or Overcoat for $4 50 This means a $4 Suit or Overcoat for $3 00 This means a $3 Suit of Underwear for $2 25 This means a $2 Suit of Underwear for $1 50, eta, etc. An early selection counts for much, as first comers fare best. It is needless for us to mention that this will be a cash sale: It wouldn't he business-like to sell goods at a sacrifice and charge them. D.J. CHANDLER, ?OwOwOwO On? Sort of Prosperity. Oktoego, Jan 8 ?The financial powiif controlling the destinies of too greet rettwey systems of the nation* ore reported to be planning eee of the biggeei economical re forme ie the hietory of Amerioeo roil rood operetiooc The intention it to diepenee with the v/eet ermy of travel apeeceeger end freight egeote other offloielo directly engaged io lb* ?olicitaiion of boeineee Shook, tfc* plea be oerried oat it ooti the dieoberge of more than 60,000 men Toe reeoit will be e anting annually of millions of dotiere to loo carry leg ooosoeelee. The intention of the railroedo to brief a boot toe mow reform comas as m reeolt of Coo recent big deele ?egiaeerod by J. Pierpoot Morgen, Jeeeee 4 ^11, John D Rockefeller aed oioere OES AT BAJLROAD PL AN fit Now York. Jeo ? -The If ail sod Ixpreea eaya: Wm K Vanderbilt's pjeo sot too welding together of toe Uesen Peoiic aed Ohloogo eod North weotero Railroeoo, which ho oooceiv ed more ihoc o yoor ego. ie now abeet lo be oerried eot Wheo it ie psejplslsd w will bo freed loot the YeodwfwUlo booo o kr^ee woooooo ? tieeetel HwTef toeir owe from the Atlantic te too foolto ooeoo The origveel sohsms wee to leeee too 'Ueioe Peeife to toe Northwest ere bot it ie eot yet oerteie whether this win bo done or not Too ooo Un of toe former ie to bo acquired tbroogh tbe poroheeo of e majority of Uetoo Peciie stock, and this ie being doee ie tbe open merket Too Veederbilte el ready have a ooueidembU reprseeetatioe ie tbe UeVee Peoiic directory . Il woo reported ie Well street to dey loot tbe oew Union Peoiic alii a eee wewtd bo still farther eelerged by loo ewdwioe of doer reilroede ie too control wool, iecladiog the Alloo eod Book lotend J AS J HILL'S IDKA New York. Jen 9 -Jsmee J Hill, ie an interview today outlined whet be eod hie eesooietee io the giant railroad "community of inter eete" ere trying to eocoopliah Ie ateed of e combination of greet reil roede under one system, be eeid he ?res tryieg to brieg eboot an egtee meol between oertein systems of tbe oorthwest by which "friction" woeld bo prevented, end operated more eoooooioally lie denied tbet he wee here to eee J P. Morgao eod Jobo D Rockefeller The supreme court Having taken under advisement the qnsotiou of tbe relations between tbe United States end Porto Rioo, President McKinley bee appointed the son of Justice Barlan of the supreme court, to be ettoreey geoerel for the colony of Porto Rico ?Charleston Post A Roomanieo pbotograpber bee discovered a process by whiob die teiee ean b* photogmpbed on tbe human skin, and having little pio leree printed on.the arms and wrist* is becoming a fad over there. It is seid tbe picioree are quite as good as tboee on plates, end that the prooeea doee oot iojore tbe skin ?Wilmiog ton Star TEA 1MDUSTRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 8trong Combination of Capi tallaU to Develop It. Chrrleotoo, Jao 9 ?Tbe sooeesofnl uxperimeuts of lb* -Uoited States Com naisuooer of Agriculture La Duo. I o'lowed bj Iba saeosssfol plaotiog aod manufacture of tea at tba Piaehnrst far tat. 5>ummerville, Bear tbie eUy, bat attraatad northern capitalists, who 'will go into tba bneioess oo a largo soale aad wbo sxpeot to raiaa 800,000 pounds esssally for tbe American market. Ool A. G Trier aad Msj R D Triable tf Loadoa. ?ono, aad Boroe J A. Voa liraaig, formerly of tba German logs* ttoa at W ashing too, are tba loaders of tba enterprise aad leave already bought 4.000 aeree of ptae load aloag tbe line of tbe Cbsrleetoa aad Savannah railroad, 16 mtlee from bora. Mosers Tyler ood Trimble wore ia oamp at 8ammsrtille dansg iba war with 8paia aad saw tbe susses* of tea eeltare at Piaebarst. Ma] Triable, will, it is said, be tbe entire bead of tbe eompaoy It is said tbat Dr 8bepard baa bad tbta year twiae aa saaay orders far Ma aa bo eoaid All. - A Company Beta* Formed With 060,000 Capital Colambta, Jar 12.?-Tba tea aaltare iadastry ia at laet fairly laaoebed io Baatb Oaroliaa, aad tbe propbaay of 8a>eretary of Agrieoltare Wilson is a bo oi to be ear tie J. Ha said tbaa lb at be did aot ses wby tss ooold aot be oalttvstcd ia tbie Mi ma to aad oo this soil as well aa ia foreign eoootries Yoetsrdsy tbe first real step was taken, lollowiog ap tbe predietioe of Tbs Associated Prsss, wbeo applieatioo was made to tbs secretary of stale for a obartsr for tbs Amsrisae Tea Grow iag Compeoy Tbe applisatioa sete fortb tbat it ie tbe parposs of tbe corporator.?Augostos C. Tjler aad Roewell D. Thimble, both of New Loodoo. Coao ?to establish aa exten sive tea farm at or oear Reotowlee, io Colletou Ooaoty, oo the lioe of tbe Charleston aod Savaooah Rsilroad. They saw tbat tbey will do tbs batioers of growiog tes. marketing aod selling it and .bar prodaota. aod desire to aeiaiaio anywhere in tbie State estab? lishments for tbe eoriog. bandliog aod shipping of this aod other products Tbs oapiul otoek is to be $60,000. Maeb ie to be expected from this expefimeot, wbiob ie one of tbe first of tbe Tweotistb Century io South Caro? lina -??^mm> ? ? ox a? NO MORE ARMY CAN? TEEN. Washington. Jan 9.?The army oan teen is to be tbolitbed, as tbe senate to day by a vory deeisive vote concurred io tbe boose proviaioo relative to tbe army oaotsen. Most nftbesesnioo was aeounted by Senator? T<*ll*r of Colora do, Pettigrew of Sooth Dakota, and Botler of North Carolina, who all opposed tho adaption of ihn prnatc committee's amendmonr. whiga provided for a ooctiou\ncf af tbe can teeo. It seems doubtful wheihea o final vote upon the army bill will be reached before Friday or Saturday CONVICT LABOR. For many years the question of how to employ penitentiary convicts has been a live one in this country, how to employ them and make them self supporting and useful at the name time without putting their labor in competition with labor outside of tbe prisons North Caroline has tried to molve tbe problem by working them on fctate farms, end hiring them out for reilroad construction, which is only a partial solution, for even in this way their labor comes somewhat into uom petition with other labor The Star baa repeatedly urged that the beat way to employ them is in road-building, end has illustrated it by citing Mecklenburg county, where oevoral thoosaod miles of admirable roods have been oonstruoted with tbe labor mainly of county convicts This idee is favored in other states, end is now attracting attention in the Stete of New York, where it has been tried by some of tbe cooutiee with aa satisfactory results as it bas been in Mecklenburg, in this State From there tbe Idea is spreading to other states aa will be seen by the following, which we clip from the Cleveland, Ohio, Leader : "The warden of the Kings county, N Y . penitentiary has succeed in nrousing interest in a road-building project whioh be is advocating, and if hit pinna can be oerried out e long ?tep will have been taken in tbe direction of thu solution of tbe prob? lem es to what eboold be done with conviot labor He proposes that a highway be oonstruoted from New York to Buffalo, a distance of more theo 400 miles, and the work be performed entirely by ooovioto. He thinks the road coold be completed ie ten years without expense to the Slate, in view of present conditions "There are several strong argu mento in favor of road building by convicts In tbe first place, it would take tbe oonvicto out of oompetitioo with free labor in industrial lines. In tbe second place, it would give the prisoners healthful outdoor em ployment In the third place, it would devote tbe labor of tbe con victs to improvements which woold be of benefit to the people "Many of the finest roads in Europe ere constructed and kspt in repair by convict Isbor, and in view of the con* staut agitation for good roads, and also against tbe lessing of convict labor to contractors engaged in the manufacture of goods sold in tbe open msrket in competition with the products of free labor, there is no reasou why tbe inauguration of such a plan in the United States should not be favored ' Experience has taught that it is bad policy to maiutain convicts in idleness?bad for tbe men as well as costly snd extravagant for the State ?and there is no doubt that the giv? ing of employment in the open air at road building or similar work would have a very beneficial reformatory effect upon a larg* percentage of tbe prisoners. We have in roini numbers twelve hundred penitentiary convicts iu this State Several hundred ol tlnm are I employed on the famis. others hired out The Slat'* derives no benefit from their labor, m?ve the redootion 1 it may make in the cost of keeping I ibem If those convicts, <;r as many of them as practicable, were put to j work upou the public roadt>, on some well organized plan, what an admir ablo system of roads we could have io ten or twelve years, and at an iosigoifioaot cost. There is so much to be said in favor of this way of employing con? victs the wonder is that it was not adopted long ago As developers and promoters of progress and pros perity good roads are tbe next thing to railroads, to which they would be? come valuable tributaries. ? Wilming ton N CStar _ ' NEWS ITEMS. Prof Loeb of Chicago University, claims he has discovered a process by which lifo can be reversed. Eight persons lost their lives in a hotel fire in Minneapolis last Sunday. The House egress to extend the time for payment of taxes until March 1 The ex-governor of Minnesota beat tbe editor of tbe St Pool Dispatch, on aocount of some political remarks. Tbe Sitka Indians have adopted tbe U. 8 flsg as their tribal emblem. Tbe kidnspping of Bass Fr?ser, of Atlanta, ie qot believed by detec? tives. They thiok he is offer on a wild trip. It is reported that Admiral Cervers is very ill near Cadis. James J. Corbett will now go on the vaudeville etsge sr. a talker. Atlaute baa another kidnapping story, that of a school boy He wee releaeed in a few hours Dsputy Carlin. of Walhalla, wee fired on from ambush near his resi? dence a few nights ago. He drove off the attacking psrty. In Greenville end Ooonee counties tbe retiring sheriffs have been sue oseded by their sons It is reported that all the gambling dens in Colombia have been elosed It is said that Agnioaldo is dead sgaio. President Wheeler, of tbe University of California, olaims that he hss heard it from a seorst souros. Jsmei Eads How, though bsir to a million dollars, is ssid to be a dsy laborsr at Copville. N C. He Isotores at oiight to the faotory haods on sooial oonditiass. The students of tbe senior claps of tbs Georgia Sehool of Tesboology, who j rebelled sgaiont authority, will not I rooeive tbeir diplomas ootil November. A oioe year old boy, named Thomas Cbiiester, shot his sister twioe, killing her instantly, near Marietta, Gs, Mou day Gov * Bob" Taylc , of Tennessee, is sick at Kooxvills with an attack nf bronchitis. Seoaror B R Tillonan spoke at the banquet of tb<> Jackiooian Club of Omaba, Neb. Monday night Ton Went Point investigation is still in progress and a large amount of testimony hss been tsken The "first baby of tho century," so far reported, was born in Cleve? land, Ohio, at 12:01 January 1 It was a boy and they have called tbe poor little fellow John Century Thomson Mr I) B ('Uike has taken charge of ibe superintendent of education's office for Kerebaw county. A Philadelphia priest was found (1? ad a few d;t\fl ng.> with bis pockets rifl.d A Wi*c( (iHiu town has been sold for SOU lo satisfy a moitgage. Felix Gobb, a lawyer and populist politician of Garroll County, Ga., has committed suicide. Tbe Booz caee has been closed and all tbe evidence sent to tbe Secre? tary of Wer It is said tbat the subscription list to Mr Bryan's Commoner fs growing; rapidly, aod extra clerks have had to be employed. A suicide in New York, tbe other dsy, left one dollar to pay the gas company for tbe gas he used in tak? ing his departure. A negro robber attempts to rob a young lady near tue governor's man eion in Atlanta, Ga Tbe senior clsss of tbe Georgia School of Technology may be re instated President McKinley is confined to bis room with a case of Is grippe. It is reported tbat the West Point coort of inquiry will put a stop to tbe practice of hazing at the Acsdemy. Mrs. Msry ? Weil, tbe actrees who is suing her busbsnd for divorce, baa refused so offer of $50.000 to absndon the csse in coort. William S Jennings is inaugurated governor of Florids He is s cousin of Willism Jennings Bryan. Tbe caee of tbe Atlantic Coast Line for undervaluation of property io North Carolina is still pending. Some of its officers are expected to be sobpoened to give testimony. It is claimed tbst *be State of North Garo line says tbe property is worth $25, 000,000 while it is assesed for $11, 000,000 Mr JA. Smith of the Gbsrleston Freight Bureau has resigned, lie will sccept a place on the New Orleans Bureau. The board of education and tbe board of health of Atlsnts seem to be having trouble over the sanirary conditions in some of the schools there The contest for tbe office of Judge of tbe Seventh Circuit now held by Judge D. A Townsend ie wsrming up Judge Townsend is, of course, stsnding for reelection snd his friends are confident of bis remaining on tbe bench A formidable opponent in Senator D E Hydrick of Spartan burg, whose friends ssy he will win. I Other candidates in the field are Mr Sanders of Spartanburg, Mr Fergu eon of Laurens and Mr Graydon of Abbeville Among 600,000 000 paeseogers ear? ned only 206 persons lost their lives cn steamboat vessels within the jsnsdio rioo of the United Staro* during the last ft>eal year, of wbiob 44 wero pas seogeri and 162 members of tbe orewe. During ?bo same year there were 383 boiler explosions oo land, which killed 298 persons and wounded 456 other*. ||A number of Italian counterfeits have been caught in New York, who have been placing quite a large amount of counterfeit money on the market mmm i i -mmm~? - The meeaage in on the whole a businesslike, nertflible and aatisfactory paper ; lacking in force, aa is natural, but evidently dedicated by a sincere desire for progre?8 and maiked by much breadth of thought There are few thitiga to oritioiae in it and many to approve It offVr?, as we naid at the beginning, a calm reflection of1 the peace and prospviity of the State t ?Tbe State i N?TICE TO TAXPAYERS o7fi0s 'or COUNTY TREASURERSUMTERCOUNTY. Sdmtbr, 8. C , Sept. 22, 1900. NOTICE is hereby giver, ibst I will be i? my office in the County Court House st Sumter from October 15th to December 31lt, 1900 inclusive, for tbe collection of ttxes for tbe fiscsl rear 1900. Tbe levy is ss follows : For Stute purposes, * mills. For Coootv porooset, 3} mills. For Scbool t orposes, 3 mills. Totsl levy, 111 mills. Also the followicf tpecislschool levies: Scbool District No. 1, 2 mills. School District No. 16, 2 mills. 8cbool District No. 18, 2 mills. Scbool District No. 20, 3 mills. Mt. Clio, 2 mills Concord, 2 mills Pri?steer, 2 mills. No. 5, 1 mill. No 17, 1 mid. Commutation Road Tax for If01 $1 00, psyable from Oct. 15th 1900 to Feb 1st 1901. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter Co. Sept '26?131 ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE MORE STIEFF PIANOS Used by people who know s good piano that any other make. Its because Stieff Pianos are better and coat lets than others. Moving, Tuning ?nd Repairing ; Accom? modating Terms. Catalogue sod book of suggestions cheerfully given. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, 9 North Liberty Strret. FaCtorv_Block of E. Lafayette Ave. Aiken and Lanvalestreets. BALTIMORE, IID. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially tiff**** the food and aide Nature in strengthening and recon? structing tbe exhausted digestive or* gans. It is tbe latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in? stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. Price 50c. and $1. Large size contains 2H times email sise. Book all about dyspepsia mailed ? res Prepared by E. C De WITT & CO.. Cbleago. JSHUG-HSON&OO Land Surveying. I WILL GIVE prompt atteotion to sll calls for surveying and olattir a lands. BANKS H BOYKIN, Oct 10?o Catcball, S C. Onion Sets-leading varieties. Also assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars? Large line of fine Havana Segara. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten? tion is invited at DeLorme's Drug Store. Tbe Lamest and lest Complete Establishment Ml Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS) SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can noo Street, CHARLESTON, 9. C, A ^Purchase our make, which we guaranti ^superior to any sold South, and thereby i?ave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16?o Life and Fire Insurance. flail on me, at my residence, Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu ranee Oniy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130, Aiidrciia Moses. Oct 26~o. ^