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NOTIONS. This department** contains more ar ticles?more of the little things re quired in every household, more of the better class?the reliable grades of no tions than is usually seen in a single store New Felt Hats?they're new as can be?these felt hats for women's autumn wear, and are by far the most stylish creations shown this year. There is a greatly varied assortment of them now on display in the millinery room. It is useless7 to attempt descriptions. You must see them to appreciate their un usual style. Ready to "VSTeetr*. In this great Ready to Wear department of ours where the^newest fall produc tions are daily arriving, you can find the garment of your crioice, and you car rely on it being correctly tailored of the best materials, and, too, each and every garment is marked with a price that will stimulate the cozy corners of your purse. CORSETS. The new lines of Corsets are fast fill ing up the shelves. We are carrying all the best makes. Made of the best ma terial and have the best workmanship cn each one. SILKS. What a wonderful array of beauty they represent Novel ties in the most elaborate pat-, terns?neat designs that are sedate and effective?plain colors that are plainly plain. All fresh from the best for eign artd domestic looms. "Quality the Maximum, Price the Minimum" Changing conditions, changing the prices, changing everything?Recapitalizing, rebuild ing, restocking #nd reorganising. All of this has been taking place in this store, and now we stand boldly in the front with a Price Power and Prestige on the great markets of the East, surpassed by no house in the State. It pressages a new order of things?a change of momentous importance to the smart shoppers of this vicinity, as evidenced by the men- ! tioning of a few of the many good things this store contains. T3he SUMTER. DR.Y GOODS COMPANY. DRESS GOODS. In the wide range of Dress Goods are many beautiful weaves full of individuality and characteristic for their strength and the foundation of their excellence. Fashion has scattered rays of inspira tion in every nook and cor ner of this Department' SILK WAIST. Why should a woman make a silk waist when ehe has such a collection as we show to. select from. They are the smartest, freshest that the cleverest de feigners have made. ' They are smartly underpriced. Your happiness, health and appearance depend greatly on your shoes. The Shoes we sell are nr ue to fit the feet. If you wear shoes bought here your feet will be comforts*. "<s and attractive. Our prices in this Department are unmatch able. Generous stocks of every fashionable and wanted sort of dress trimmings are here. They are fresh from Paris, and represent the best of the Frenchman's charming conceits for the modiste's manipulation in gowning fair women. HOSIERY. i The stockings we sell are built to \ wear?and the fact that they do wear ; longer than the ordinary stocking is ? proof of their value. m city council ee What Was Done at the Regalar Sem? Mo?thiy Meeting. City Council held a regular meeting at S pi m. Wednesday with Mayor. Stnckey and Aldermen Boyle, Chand, 1er, Dick, W. H. Epperson and Hurst present; Aldermen-G. F. Epperson and Finn absent. ? L. D. Jennings, Esq., representing John Wesberry presented, an appeal I from a fine of $25 imposed in the j Mayor's cou?t June 28th for disturb- j ance of the peace. Mr. Jennings ; argued that the fine was excessive ! and out of proportion to the offence. After hearing a synopsis of the evi dence council reduced the fine to $15 on motion of Messrs." Dick and Schwerin. Mr. Schwerin-called attention to the nuisance maintained by fishmongers with their wheelbarrows of fish in the business part of Main and - Liberty streets and on his motion a resolution was adopted : , t That fish sellers shall not be permit ted, to stop on the streets, but shall be kept moving, except^ while actually selling and delivering fish, particular ly at the corner of Main, and Liberty streets, or within one block thereof. Messrs. Schwerin, Boyle and Chand ler were appoited a committee to con sider the advisability of establishing a fish market and report at nest meet ing. The finance committee was requested to prepare a license ordinance for the year 1503, to be adopted and published ?n October as required by law. The appeal of John Mack from i;he 5?ayor*s court was postponed on Mt ; Schwerin's request. Alderman W. EL Eppesson reported ; that the roof of the Opera House is in a leaky condition, and th? committee of public works was requested to ms.ke the necessary repairs. \ An offer to rrent the city dog house i was received from H. L. B. Wells, ? Esq. The matter was referred to Messrs. Schwerin, Chandler and Boyle. A letter was read from the Postal Telegraph Co. in reference to the license tax on their business and sug gesting that it beabolisbed. No action was taken. A a ordinance to regulate the carry ing of pistols in conformity with, the State law was presented and read for ^the first time. Mr. Ufaandler called up she petition of citizens requesting council to change the name of Republican street to Hampton 'Avenue. Messrs. Chandler ad W. H. Epperson were appointed to ascertain and report on the advisabil ity of granting the petition. Tfee Clerk and Treasurer 's report for: August was referred to the finance: core m it-tee and council adjourned. tgm,"the penham. i ? A White Kan Committed to iati for for gery. W. M. Thomas, white, who has been selling lisrh'ining rods in this county for some time, was arrested last Wed nesday and committed to jail for for gery on the complaint of Mr. Horace Harby. Thomas discounted notes signed by Messrs. Peter Jones, Sumter Richard son and other citizens of this county, but an investigation brought to light the fact that the notes were forgeries. Thomas when arrested was anxious to keep the matter' quiet and settle up the case, but it is stated ttiat no com promise will be made and that Thomas will be prosecuted and made an exam ple of as a warning to bogus note shavers. The Sumter firemen are not talking of taking part in the proposed fire mens' tournament to be held in Char leston next month. It is difficult for the members of the two sqaads to get off from business at this ses.son, and it is quite probable that Sumter will be without a racing team to represent her in Charleston. It is related as a fact, and the writer has reason to accept the statement as gospel truth, that when Mr. George Evans of Edgefield, a brother of John GaryEvanp, was in the citySaturday be fore the secondprimary, for.the purpose ofarranging forelection day workers for the aforementioned John Gary Evans, three times a candidate for she United States Senate and three times defeat ed, that he drifted into one of the county offices at the Court House and commenced to talk politics with an outspoken resident of Sumter. After beating around the bush awhile he undertook to find out something about, the prevailing sentiment as i;o the race between Evans and Latimer. The reply he received was: "It's a case of buzzard and crow and I'll be if I vote for either." And George Evans never introduced himself to this candid citizen. ' " ??*? ? Base ball bats, mitts, gloves and masks for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. te6dy a? asheville It gives me great pleasure to .repre sent the Daily Item on this momentous occasion, and to tell the truth, as see it, for the benefit of your lordly pa trons. Teddy has come, and is now about to go. I have both seen and heard him, and am prepared to give to the public Che impressions resulting from this passing privilege. First of ail,.let us get his name Jcor I rectly. It is spelled Roosevelt, but is pronounced Ko-sa-velt. Ashevillews? laid out for a country village, in an unambitious way. The Court House is in the centre of the square, and the stores are on the four sides. This was in the banning. From this, square the streets brauch out, Patton going west, College going east and Main street going north and south. Just in front of the Qourt House, which faces west, is the monu-y ment to Senator Vance. At the foot of this monument, a platform ? was set up to seat 200 persons, and around three sides of this the multitude gath ered. The speech which we were told would be delivered at 9:30 really began at W :40 and the impatient crowd increased in restlessness. The chron ic wag was on hand, however, and kept the multitude in a good humor. After an hour's delay music was heard far away down Patton Avenue, and the jocose wag cried out "The barr hunter is ? coming!" The whole crowd of thousands turned about face and strove to peer down the avenue : but it was down hill and no one could see any thing. We had merely to wait until Mr. Bo-sa-velt ascended the platform. This he-soon did. A big bunch of red flowers on a table was his sign post and he made for it. A venerable bid lady sitting in his rear sought aa introduction and for five minutes, I while conversing with her, he kept his back to the multitude. After he was emancipated from her clutches, Senator Pritchard brought his son and ! daughter, and introduced them to him. I The chairman?the mayor, I presume, arose and said: **The Hon. Hezekiah um-um-um will now deliver an ad- ! dress of welcome to the president." Who this Hezekiah was, I never found out. Let us be satisfied that it was j Hezekiah. It is an evil and noxious habit people have of calling your name. and omitting the other fellow's in gir- j ing an introduction. Hezekiah gave a brief, patriotic deliverance, and took : his seat. The mayor then arose and | said, "I present the President of the; United States. ' 9 With this the muiti- i tude cried out, though I am free to say ' the yelling never did at any time come np to that heard at a Tillman cam paign meeting. Teddy then arose. Now, then, how does Teddy look? What is he like? Or j whom does be resemble? He is ai brawny Dutchman, weighing 240; pounds, and Is a threefold combina-' tion of Dr. Clifton, Dr. Montague, .; lately of Furman University, and our: former honored townsman, Mr. Stack,. the shoemaker. A misanthropic friend | of mine once said to me, "Whenever; you come upon a man florid in the ; face, with sandy hair, and thick lips, : set him down as a first class liar." ; Teddy fits this description, but I am ? not prepared to say that my friend aforenamed was correct in his diag- : nosis of face and feature. Teddy be lieves in the ' strenuous life, ' ' he is ? fond of display, and loves to be wor-1 shipped, but ? have no reason to be-1 lieve he ever tells what is untrue. Teddy was plainly dressed in dark ! coat and vest and black and gray or ; pepper and salt, pants. His vest was ] a trifle abort in front. His right check anc^ehin bore the marks made by his attempt to knock a trolley car ?rom the track. He may have much check, but cannot contend with a trolley. He j has beautiful teeth, white and perfect- j iy aligned, and when he speaks, he i throws both upper and lower lips far 1 out of place in ord?r to reveal these teeth. His features are coarse and heavy, but his voice is, rather small and sharp. He spoke slowly and with deliberation. It was manifest that he ! was speaking to the whole United States, and not merely to the few thou- j sands gathered about him, and conse quently he gave the reporters ample time to get down evory word he utter ed. How many reporters were on ! hand, I cannot say ; but the kodak fiends abounded. Three fellows with kodaks sat near the reporter's table, and every time Teddy raised a hand, or ! winked an extra eye, or showed his teeth, they snapped their machines at him. All through the crowd, the j kodak folk were snapping away, and in a second-story window, fronting the speaker's stand, a photographer had planted his camera, and took many views of the first man of our nation. JJTeddy's speech was on the question of citizenship, and he told us that character was the one thing to be desired above all others, and character was made up, among other things, of I courage, manhood and general integrity. I concluded that he had given us a very good description of, character, but no definition at al?* Here and there he threw in a striking aphorism, but the only thing that gaye charm to his speech was the fact that .he was the President of the United States, the greatest country in the world. If the. editor of the Item will memorize and repeat this same speech at some Pythian banquet, he will have the experience of Bill .*Nye, who said he lectured, once in the west," and "There was loud applause in the gal lery, with repeated cries Offling him out! fling him..out!" The truth is, Teddy has a har#row to hoe. Every body wants to hear him speak, and the unwritten law of politics is that he mnst speak without saying anything. If, on some unguarded moment, he should chance to say anything, it will \oe used against him in his race for the presi ''ency. For this reason his critics should" show all possiible mercy. May be I myself have been too caustic inwhat I have said. I t>elieve I'll ta*ke it all back, if the editor will allow me. jTbe fellow that is down is always pelting the man above him. If there were no one above us, some of us would be out of a job. Mr. Cleve land said, "Public office is a public trust,", and want to add, a public officer is a public cuss. By this time?12:50?Te4dy has boarded his train at Biltmore, and set out for his humble home at Washing ton. He told us that, to have good laws, we must have good citizens, and there is no patent device for getting a good government. '"You and 1 are the people," he said. When he came to this, and put all of us in the same class with himself, a manifest wave of self-satisfaction rolled over the assem bled :multitude. It is rolling over me yet. If you and I and Teddy and eyerybody'else will be good and honest citizens, and elect only good and I honest men to office, we shall have a good and honest government of the people, by the people, for the people. I move, Mr. Editor, that we begin at once to have this sort of government. Please see that the rest of our people are enrolled at once alongside of me and Teddy. ? G. C. Brown. Asheviile, N. C. Ruminating in the High Places. Mrs. Partington had a way of say ing, " Some people is jest as curious as anybody, " and I bave" come to agree with the superannuated and obsolete sister. These "curious" .cr?atures, it seems, make. up a large part of the summer tourists, and being one of the number, I have sought to get. as much out of my surroundings as possible. want to tell about some of my com rades in a kindly way, without doing de ted ment to any of them. " VANCE. THE HORSE MAN. Vance was a portly fellow, with pendant jowls and red face. From, him we hired a team new and then. One day, while sitting beside him on a bench, together with others, a kid eame up and begged his father for a nickel, saying, "Mama says yon must give it to me." "Give it to biinV ex claimed Vance; "I don't knew? with er his mama said anything to him about it or not. My children does me the same way. It's just as natur'i'for a boy to tie as it is for a goose to go barefooted." Possibly Vanee had reference only to mountain boys, and not to those -about Smuter. | CHICKENS HAS BACKS. Among the tourists was a smart atad. sprightly young widow?not grass but sod, according to the distinction drawn, by Jas. Whitcomb Riley between the. woman who had quit her husband and the woman who fead buried him. She was given to making complaints about both bed and board, and had a bad habit of helping herself to the breast and second joints from a dish of fried chicken, and then, when desirous of more, she would ask to have another dish handed to her. Her purpose was to make a second sweep of the choice pieces. One day, it chanced that our house-keeper was waiting on the table. " Please hand me that dish of fried chicken," said the comely little widow "There's a dish right in front of you," said the matron. "These are all backs and legs," demnrrded th? widow.. I can't help it," rejoined the matron; "chickens has backs, and somebody must eat'em." And so it came to pass that the querulous sister had to take back or nothing. THE WOMAN WITH A GOOD HUSBAND. It was in a stranger's parlor, whither we had gone to make a callona friend from Georgia. Before the fire, there stood a tall and well-proportioned woman of about twenty-six or eight years of age. Whether she was a boarder or a caller, I never ascertain ed ; but she was entertaining an aged sister with an account of how things stood at home. She kept her stand ing position, and moved about before us in manifest self-satisfaction, an swering one question after another put to" her by the woman with th? gray hairs. By and by, making towards the door, she gave us all a parting shot with? 'You know I've got a good husband and a good home. " I was greatly moved, and wanted to give her a mild and modest pat on the back. The woman who has a good husband and has actually found it out, and is not afraid to make public avow al of it, is a creature to be admired and adored. I do sincerely hope this sister was telling the truth, and was not talking merely for buncombe; But I have my doubts. US REPUBLICANS. While waiting in front of the plat form where Teddy was to speak, we had to rub against all manner of na tionalities. Behind us were three very uncouth negroes and a whit? man. Their fellowship, however, seemed perfect. By and by, the white man remarked, " Us Republicans has a good place here where we can see and hear. " When the speech was over and the crowd dispersed, I asked a citizen, "Are many of these white men actual ly Republicans?" "Now /and then you'll find one, " he replied ; ' ' but they are all Republicans for revenue, except now and then, you'll find a fool who don't know any better." All this may be true ; but when we read in the pa ? pers about the awful struggle that men make for office, I am half way disposed to. believe that there are Dmocrats for revenue also. "Patriot ism is the last resort of the coward," said Victor Hugo ; but it is the first appeal of the latter-day politician* SHINOLA. I had to come to the mountains to learn how to black my shoes. Our boarding place being only a cheap, mountain home, I did not have the ' pleasure of having my shoes shined daily by dusky hands. I found that I must shine them if any shining was to be done. But I hadvno equipment. In ? little store I found a good-look ing, ruddy-cheeked mountain girl, and to her I made known my wants. She told me that Sitinola was the best thing she had ever seen. "How is it used?" I asked. "Rub it on with one rag, : and rub it off with another, and noth ing is left on your shoes but the shine." Thereupon I invested a dime in a box of Shinola, and I am now prepared to recommend it to all friends and constituents of every name and nature. It is necessary to apply it only "two or three times a week. A few strokes with a rag each^morning brings back the shine by removing the dust, nor does water seem to dull it in the least. The polish is made by th? Shi nola Company, Rochester, N. Y. It is to be hoped that several of our progressive Sum ter merchants will keep the articles on hand henceforth and advertise the fact in the Daily Item. To use it once will make a convert of almost any one. About one minute to each shoe will guarantee a shine for the day, and it is good for all leath ers. My vacation is drawing to a period now, and I shall soon have to vacate my high piade as special correspondent of ?he Item. On Wednesday next, the llt?i, I shall set out for home, and hope arrive on Thursday morning. Meanwhile I send warm regards and other like things to all my cherished frieeds who have survived the heat of the fiommer now so tardily drawing to a close. C. CL Brown. Asheville, N. C. P. S. I made it my duty on Monday last to visit the home kept up by our Suinter .citizens on the Asheville sub urbs. found Booth, Ligon and Nash with their feet high and lifted up on the piazza railing. Mr. NaslTs com plaint is that he only needs Ligon's digestion in order to get well. He says Ligce can eat anything, at any time, and in any qnantity, and then go to sleep in perfect peace and inno I eeney. The party, however, is about to dissolve. Ligon?weighing now 150 pounds?has gone to Philadelphia, Dr. Booth will leave for Sumter about the 16th or 17th, and Mr. Nash will doubt less come down as soon as he is assured of the return of 'cool weather. Mr. Ligon expects to resume his work on the road for Wampole & Co. about Oct. h These gentlemen tell me that they can get in Snmter everything necessary for the treatment of lung troubles, except the rarified mountain air. If some low-country genius will invent a process for producing the above-named air, we may count our town rich. The Asheville people?doctors, merchants and ranchmen?have no other indus try than that of cultivating and then scalping the summer tourist and the invalids from the four ends of the earth. We too can live upon the same sort of robbery and rapine, if some man will just furnish the right kind of air. I beg you, Mr. Editor, to look into these things, and see if we can't solve the problem. The air needed is thin and light and full of "mountatin dew." The last named ingredient we can get, doubtless. How about tho others? GREGORY'S BISCUIT BAKING CONTEST. Miss Mabel Parrot! Made the Best Bis cuits and Won the Buck's Range. The biscuit baking contest given by T. S. Gregory last Friday was a contest from start to finish and one long to be Temembered [by the little girls wno participated, and also by those who uwere present and saw the work going on. The judges were : Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Strauss, Mrs. Stubbs and* Mrs. Joy. ' Little Miss Mabel Parrott, age 11 years was the winner in the contest. The flour used in contest was furnished by V. H. Phelps, the pop ular Main street grocer, and was the celebrated " Pansy" btand. The room in which the contest was conducted was crowded from 10 a. m., until 3.30 p. m, by prospective buyers and lit tle biscuit bakers. Mr. Gregory is a wide awake adver tiser and up-to-date house furnisher. Everyone reported an excell?nt time and it is undoubtedly a great adver tising scheme and is sure to put Mr. Gregory in fche top notch in that line. The biscuit were baked in three and four minutes in one ?of Buck's Great White Enamel lined cooks stoves. The following.little &iris took part in the contest: Gaynell Collins, Miriam Mellett, May Baxter, Lula Baxter, Louise Thames, Jennie Chandler, Mary Belle Scott, Lucile Stern, Edna Randall, Lucile Retten berg, Louise Lenoir, Edna Phillips, Miller Moore, Carrie Hyman, Mabel Parrott, Mae Parrott, Madge McDow ell, Vera Clarke, Daisy Burgess, Wil lie Tribble, Thelma Williams, Lese Richardson, Essie Murray, Lois Cain, Willie Brunson, Laural Carr, Camilla Kilgore, Anna Smith, Edna Grier. Lynn, Mass., Sept. 15.?Justice Horace Gray, who retired from the United States supreme bench recently, died at his residence in Nahant this morning of paralysis. He had been in poor health for some time. Since. his retirement he had been staying at his summer home. The Hague, .September 15.? The hearing of the claim of the United States against Mexico, growing out of the "pious fund" of California, com menced here today before the Interna tional Court of Arbitration. At the opening of Court the foreign minister, Dr. R. Melvil, Baron Van Linden, heartily congratulated the two over sea republics on taking the initiative and hoped the outcome and experience of the Court would contribute power fully to the maintenance of the peace i ?f the world. Birmingh^n, Ala., Sept. 15.-?The Republican executive committee has J refused the admittance o? negro dele- j gates to the State convention which meets tomorrow. This action was. the j result of several hours'-struggle today ? between - those of the new regime | known as the Lilly Whites, and those n?t in favor of. barring out the negroes. Washington, Sept. 15.?The state de partment has received a cablegram from Minister Hart at Bogota, Colom bia, which says that the revolutionary Gen. Carrazo, who has been operating with a strong force on the great plains east of Bogota, has surrendered. They regarded this as assuring the pacifica tion of the whole eastern region. The Colombian government has also an nounced the repulse by a government war vessel of -a revolutionary attack some days ago on the Magdalena river. A Mississippi doctor is quoted as saying that if one drinks plenty of whiskey and eats plenty of raw onions, j he need never fear malaria. We should think not. No ordinary mala ria would ever Jackie a combination ? like that.? PISGAH COMMENTS ANO NEWS. Our Correspondent Appears to Believe That the Press Should Not Express Opinions. Pisgah, Sept. .?The most pleas ing people I see these days, are future office holders, and tobacco planters. That picure of a man sitting in a chair leaning back, cross-legged, thumbs in his vest-coat arm pits,' smoking a cigar, a broad smile on his face, and a package of ?ncle Sams' precious paper by his side represents the tobac-' co man. His mind is th?t of the girl that-carried the pail of " milk on her head, which is found in Webster's old spelling book. My heart goes out re joicing with them in their happiness, and I will reserve my sympathy for them, next year. The cotton men smile every time they get 8 cents. Poor fellows, they know what it is to be scorched and burnt financially, and a little ease, from their burns.and hurts makes them so happy. Our colored friends have caught the infection, and it makes them/slow in their movements towards getting the cotton out. Wonderful that a little knowledge and wealth makes us wise and happy. There are a lot of men in our State so precious of their franchise that they never show it. Their citizenship is only exercised when the State orders them to do certain things, or pay a penalty, such astjury duty, paying of taxes, etc. When the road from shot pouch to Sum ter is finished every man and beast that travels it will be thankful, for it is now a miserable sand bed. If we had no convicts the road would" not have been improved?an object lesson that good has come out of evil-doing. Now let Mr. Seale redouble his efforts and give the county the best roads of any county in the State, and his fellow citizens will sustain him in his work. The last primary has sent some of the best men of our State to the rear. It would have been pleasing to give the old veterans what they asked for, but the majority decided otherwise, and to their decision we all must yield. Disappointment comes to ali through life, and it is true manhood to bear it without complaint. Some of the press has not conducted the campaign on as high a plane as they should have done. Whenever an editor feels that he knows more than anybody else, and all who oppose him are wrong, telling others what to do and not to do, he is not a moulder of public opinion, and is in the wrong place. A newspaper, to command the respect of the people should be impar tially fair in all public matters, leav ing to the judgment of the people which to accept. Partisanship, where there is only one party is siliy. Dic tation, will ever be resented just as our forefathers did when they freed us ?rom the galling yoke of Great Britain. Rev. M. Phil?ips, of Bishopville, is expected to aid in a meeting at Swift. Creek church soon. That will close the protracted meetings in this section for this year. These meetings have changed in all the . country churches, from fall to summer, so, ? presume, not to conflict with work. STRAYED?Bob-tail Brindle Bull Terrier, white mark on chest, about S ve months old, answers to name of "Bunch." Reward will be paid if brought to Item office. Sept. 16 -2t* GLENN SPRINGS WATER BestRemedy.for^StoroachiTroebles. For sale by A. J. China, J. F W. DeLorme. SES II HE i Fresh Carload just arrived, and from now on I will keep them constantly on hand. Give me a call and I'll try to please you. AUfSLEY D. H A RBI . Sept 17