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?I ftf UltijiUMU ilU? SiMIUlUli WtDMCSDAY. OCTOBER 23. I?l)7. I ' Ta*> snmlf M ii/rd . n, ?a* founded iu I AM ?nd the Tru* Southrvn in 1?4J?. ins MM ami OOHtkmn bow ha? th? ooui irooUutou and indusuce of both of She e* * papers, aud I* ntanifeetiy the best i*-arf mediana to Ha inter. The) historical address delivered by II. r. Wtleon at the dedication Wf ke C ? irt House Monday, was, in' a II oomp&M, (comparatively apeak tng, a satisfactory and comprehensive Of the Ben? h and Bar of Sum County It la so far aa we know, only accurate and connected ac aoeat of the oraaniaation of and sub It changes in Sumter county, for this reason the Issue of this containing It should he careful preeerved by all who are Inteoasted .gh a'story of the city and c ? t Sumter. MaJ. Wilson performed task assigned him with a thor and. srt Intelligence that pro* a result altogether admirable, tit* people of Sumter owe him a of thank a. ? e^ ? Quite a number of the public ashooU of Sumter county have estab Rshed school llbrsrlea. but the great* nun ber of the schools sre stlfl >ut this Important and valuable Kt to successful school woik. schools thst have libraries need hooka each year to keep alive the west In the libraries. Wo haye a in by which the teachers and pu ** of the schools that desire to raise Ida for establishing llbrnries or for Shane of new books msy do 40. By* plaa snfllcJent money to establish school library or to make a sub il addition to the ode now own aw the school can be raised In a tipas aad brlth little labor, pro the Interest aad co-operation of pupils and patrons of the schools he enlisted. We shall bo 1 ad to the plan to any teacher, true patron of a public school who snile for aa outilns of ths plan, see It Fusts* and Calvary townships, i?Jon county, rote for aaaexatloa Sumter county a cordial we looms i( hat if they prefer re li.g la Clarendon county no one ?uanter wltt criticise thsm. Clar? ke Is a good scaaty. but Sumter a netter, aad Sumter people think the cttisens of Folt^n mj Cal townships show good Judgment Waer'ng to get Into StianUr county. ? ? ? .b*r1nteiident of Kdjcstiog Mar-i furvlbly informs tk>v. A Sei that (Martin) will not* be a oaadldate re-election as State awpertntend of education. Does this mean chat Martin will Le a candidate f t vcr.ior In ppoeition to Mr. Ansel 1% umruer? ass II ver much vt may condemn ffar. :?*?' tin's caustic crttlelssn of Got. ?ai 11 condemastlon Is ?f the oe mployed arg not of the crltl aan if. Mr. Msrt*n Is altogeth r Ihi ght in sni rawtlcally pr ?t?st .ft th- g'?verr >r*s treatmert h.n %nd his ofUce. It sssn.a tr. 1? rnor ?s mor? de trou? of ?? -+. pe/s< lal political mac) In?- bv tv * \ ?d distribution of a; n Int MMMil n tb State *>?...rd of educe ?>. a the upbuild nr of th* edu cv.t ? ?nterc*te of ths state Mr Unr??? ay be* ss changed, mure of Ii h n n e iueator/biic he ?r >od Jaden ? t. since he sa off! e or superintendent of 1. SI oss his best efforts f> fha carefully \ considered <d guag. d educational pro irtltned by Mr. J. J. Me h*.i he held the office of ul nde' >f education. All he tb ? Mr Mart n ha? ero->n il si ? ???? he h*e Ke?n In office ahouM |tiri oted to hla r eogrltloa of ths 01? - n ? of Mr. VeMahan's pro Sjrs'-nr * \nt* not to anything thst* ih w.-elf ynm originated. Hence, while *ne> ret Mr. Martin's protest Swtvl'-at 'jv, AbkI'i polltlcsl manlpu I of *V- Stats b- ard of eJucation do ? endor** Mr. Martin him fag <rerd him aa a shrewd * ?seagod of the wladom to *?t!t 'e g ?od work of Mr. Mc Inh n nl not as s re an big enough ?; ? f.ll it- office he hold??sn offlc ? enor* Imj ?rtan? to the State than that ?sf sr?v n t. e ? ? ke Newa and Courier and other aaolosj;??s for Attorney General J. arts* 1 r I.v-?n m v be able to find good laer to support the contention that It !^ I ? ???? ( ut> o' the attorney gen 1? 1 proseeiiUi the ..t?te dispensary am? hut will aoiue of them kindly last a step further ami lull US Mr. Lyon really meant * agg said on the atump "Maks me ut %sm? y genersl snd I will put stripes ?an th? men " Not once, but many 'CJgnes during the campaign did ht? ajgi >rds to this effect In seeking to !n itce the peopU to vote fur hint, he mean anything or wm It mere Bar1 ? rote-catching device. ? ? ? The tie* ?papers <?f the South have Uly m igniHed the latest encapad? ni?>>< - P??tter <?f New York. If the gaVetd ui i'ork I l lion' l-.en* rem 1 lha 1 dred flmisi pleasure In the society of the negro Bishop of UaeHt It la hi.-* privilege to entertain him at dinner Of In any other manner he may see fit is >ii p|y a mateer of last', and tUshop Potter's sub-way saloon and "tlur i?oMsatlonal escapades should have convinced everybody that he is a gentleman of indifferent Judgment and execrable taste. ? ? ? In the early pnrt of the aeason the Impression was prevalent that the lo? cal banks would not lend money on cotton and some farmers are said to have sold on a declining market with? out ascertaining that they could ware? house their cotton and borrow on the receipt. The fact is the local banks are lending money on cotton and are in a position to take care of all that may be stored in the local warehouse. In view of the fact that, as far as hu? man foresight goes, cotton will sell for n p.?Ii Vaber pftfO* before the next crop 1* planted it seems to be foliy to tn\l now when tfca market is declining and every bale sold helps the speculators to succeed in the ef? fort to rob the farmer of his Just share of the profit. Remember that the cotton mills have their entire out? put sold months ahead at prices that leave them a satisfactory profit even though they pay 15 to 16 cents for middling cotton, and but for the folly of those farmers who, last spring, sold their crop for September and Oc? tober delivery at ten or eleven cents, the market price would now be some? where between thirteen and fifteen cent*. This folly has cost the South many millions and will cost still more perhaps, sixty to seventy millions all told, for the season, but the farmers who still own the cotton they grew this year, can recoup some of the ap? parent loss by holding until the price advance* ? ? ? Practically all the politicians whose fortunes were wrapped up in the State dispensary are now out and out prohibitionists and are as rabid agalnut the Carey-Cothran system as the antl-dispenaaryitee were against the State dispensary. Which teaches that politics Is a devious game. We eaaaot understand this sudden and furious enthusiasm over prohibition pure and undeftled (theoretically) that possesses some of the dyed-ln the-wooi dispensary people. We still believe that the State dispensary sys? tem, if It had been honestly adminis? tered by a commission composed of men of the same typo as those who are winding up the .State dispensary, wouM have been an Improvement on tho pouefj dispensary systee> and r.om profitable also, wo still believe that prohibition is impracticable un? der eaVittag coudUloat and when it come' to a choice between prohibition and a county dispensary we shall fa? vor the latter. If the time ever comes, however, when congress shall enact a law forbidding the shipment of liquors, into prohibition States, and we believe and hope the time Is not far distant, we will support a prohi? bition movement most sincerely, for ws are convinced that South Carolina wou'd be better off without liquor 'nan with It. v OVIS?; TO SUMTEIt. People of Fulton ami Calvary Sec? tions \vi-h to be Annexed to Sran? ter OoatHy?Manning Tliitco Tnkcs i wl n to/ m Text and Makes Sev? eral Item*.> Wanly Inaccurate state? ment.,. Th* folio, ig article, which is life en fron, the sinnnlng Times of tho 16th tnst-nt. Is reproduced ia a tn.it? ter oi c rent news and to show the I eople of Sumter how ignorant so near a neighbor and frequent ,a Ma* itor as the editor of the Manning Tlmep can be of Sum ter county's financial condition: "We arc Informed by a recent vta itor to ?'Inev ood that a petition nu? merously signed has) been secured to have **uiton and Calvary township.* cut off from Clarendon and joined to 8umter. We hope the petitioners will r? consider and remain in Clarendon. In the first place the promote** of the scheme have not acquainted them? selves of the area necessary for a county and rn our Judgment the cut? ting off of the two townships would hrlTtffithis connty below the limit fix? ed by the constitution; in the second place the circulators of the petition have not told the signers that Kumter county is tax-burdoned, loaded down with b< nd Issues, and more to be is su m! and if they vote themselves In? to 5?unuer they simply Jump out of low taxes Into a mountain of high tax??*, a whirl-pool of debt and be eprne contributors to debts they had eethraf I d > with contract.ng. We are satlsfh-u If a majority of the peo? ple In Cahrary would study the condi? tions aero rally they would iMtMate before severing their connection with this county; they will ui>on Investiga? tion find that the pr ?J.? tors of the < heme argue convenience to court hou*? as i roa.son for a ?hange, but we do not believe any such stuf. Our opinion Is that politics has a great deal ?o do with It. Convenience, fld tlft-.dicks! What business peoph have at the eouri house can be as easily traaaaaaed in Manning as in Sumter. The railroad runs by both places. No. ti.?re Is en ? lan?*ni n Ina trxvn of Pluswood Hi . >? ur In this ohaas*, iird without eoui ting ? cost thty k<> ahend. aecur< tisantiirea to a; petition and < y ? s! rn< r.< navan'l i,i\<>n ?i.v matter b isiioui thought n?>r haa it been ? xplal ted t<> thann< So far a< we are personally concerned, aad ho f..r as the county ssftl is ooucerned it makes, from a commercial standpoint, very littl" dif fen-nce to us, if tin* change is made; Clarendon to loso Fulton may be the trainer, but It would be a decided l??ss to have Calvai v leave us. If the pro? moters of this movement will send us a copy of that petition we will gladly publish It so the rest of the county can know some of those who are de? sirous of severing their county rela? tion with Clarendon. We have an Idea If the petition is published it will dis? close the names of *ome who receiv? ed honors and emoluments from Clar? endon. As we understand the propo ?ttlon, th? rectlr.n sought to be cut off and attached to Sumter runs irom the Punter line ,north t^ Coin Savan? nah road on the Bast, thence South from W. R. Davis' store to Santee River, making the river the western j boundry "Sumter has been looking with cov-! etous eyes for this silce of Clarendon ever since the formation of L,ee coun? ty, and now that Sumter has leaded .unt;, a.-d \> not, as- tho Manning ' , ei alleges, a aechme of Sumter people to Increase tb** areu of Sumter {county at the expense of Clarendon, Ithoy will he welcomed into Sumter county if tin> desire to con,.-. Many and clo ? ties now link thlt city to the Fulton and Calvary sections and the psople of Sumter appreciate and val? ue the friendship and business pa? tronage of these people and all other Clarendon county citizens weSoare fre? quent visitors to this city. They are good friends now and if they wish to jcast in their lot with Sumjj|r county, Sumter people will not be slow to ex? tend them a welcome back to the old Ihome county. If these people really and earnestly desire annexation *to Sumter county ithey cannot be frightened out of their I purpose by the Inaccurate statements i of the Manning Times. The most cur? sory investigation will prove the utter :.;t" ' ? the statement 'tha> s'nmter j county is tax-burdened leaded down j v> ii.a bond Issuee, and more to be Is? sued." A more groundless and reck? less assertion was never made. Sum? ter county has a bond issue of $30, ; 000 outstanding, this amount having , been authorized to complete the new i court house, wrhlch cost $131,000, and not $150.000 as asserted by the Times. Sumter county has no other herself down with debt; the hulldlng debt| except a loan from the sinking of a $150,000 court house, and the !?> I fusicl commission, which will be rc sulng of bonds for ott)er Improve-! pald oul of this year-s taxes. The ments, territory is wanted to help county is on a cash basis and there is cough up this money, and we urge | no nef>d for no, inU.ntion to issue our readers in the threatened section bonds. To the contrary, the present before casting their votes to weigh lncomP of tne COUnty is sufficient for well what they are doing, and ask current expenses and to provide a them.'^elves If tho additional burden sinking fund for the gradual retire they are asked to take will be com- ment of the court house bonds. As pensated for In convenience, and pos- to the county being tax-burdened, a sibly in the political preferment ol \ comparison of the tax levies of Sum some few citizens who Imagine they ter and Clarendon counties shows that are born to rule." I the total levy in Sumter county Is Just - '1-2 mill greater than the total levy in The above publication in the Man-! Clarendon county, and 1 mill of the nlng Times was news to the people of Sumter county levy is for repayment Sumter. So far as the writer has been of the sinking fund loan. Hence the able to ascertain by inquiry today few, j probability Is that next year the levy If any, Sumter people were aware of in Sumter county will be less than ths effort being made by the citizens i that in Clarendon. The tax levy is ~rf Fulton and Calvary townships to j as follows: have that section of Clarendon county j Sumter county: For State 4 1-2 annexed to Sumter county, until the mills; for county ordinary 2 3-4 mills; Msnnlng Times' article was called to j for slkinr fund loan 1 mill; for con thelr attention. A year ago a rumor stitutional school 3 mills; total 11 1-4 mills. Clarendon county: For State 4 1-2 mills; for county 2 3-4 mills, for was prevalent that the people of west? ern Clarendon were desirous of an? nexation to Sumter county, but nothing came of the report and Sumter folks I roads t-2 mill; constitutional school concluded that there was nothing it 3 mills; total 10 3?-ei mills it. While the movement for ?nnexa- | Hence the baleV assertion of the tinn to Sur.itar county originates with Sfanning Times that Bumter county is ai i rr fostered by ths peoply most vi? in "mountain u? high tax???, a whirl tally Interested- -the rltlSjWIS'hf Fulton upool Of debt " |* not borne out by the and Calvary townships, Clarendon <faci*. CLOTHING. There is no department of our business in which we take a greater interest than oar Clothing, and our efforts are being appreciated, for each year shows a decided increase over the previous one. This department is the special pet of our Mr. Chr.ndler, who has absoluta control over it, buying what he wai ts, and wherever he can get it to the best advantage, and from his experience of twenty years' association with us, he ought to be as well versed In the requirements of the \ eople of Sumter and surrounding counties as any man in the clothing business Were we in a pos tion to make the display of our Clothing stock that other nouses do. we could probably sell more, but spuce forbids that, however those who have been buying Olotbing Aom us for ytars do not object goiug to the back part of our Dry Groode Depaftttent to make their selections, for they know from experience that Our Guarantee is Back of Every Dollars Worth They Buy. Our leading line of Men's Clothing is the celebrated HORSE SHOE BRAN D. The Horse Shoe generally means good luck, but in this case we know it means GOOD WEAR AND PEREEGT FITTING. We are showing a complete line of these goods in black granites, thibets. black and blue serges, black unfinished worsteds and fancy worsteds in plaid stripes at (10.00. ?2.50, $15.00, $20.00 and 522.50. We are showing an excellent line of MEN'S GR?VENNETTE COATS AT $10.00 TO $16.50. Our line of -YOUTHS' AND BOYS' CLOTHING Will be found very attractive as to STYLE. QUALITY AND PRICE. 9'Donnell 6 Company SCHWARTZ BROTHERS. SCHWARTZ BROTHERS. Hrit to the Wants of 1. With eve?y cla?fc of g - merchandise it no other place can such perfect stocks tt>v- found 7 < Y'TT i'sr>t >n i i ": Tl)'% 1 laying allowR us to offer ull that is fine and sau? f 1 in H d nt 's >v iv a*, the most moderate prices. Di? Fxp k on Vieira - bw'ii'i't um $J? P T^lor Made Suits. We have prom o fit -d e ?b von In ih M re s . e ven swell models?one a Hazel Brown Vel \. ?a in at ciistingiiMied * o ? n In am ,4lx;>r >f bmi iv v . Models in Ladies' Long Cloaks, Tan, Castor, tantft, Rlaok (twill toe loa u t oo^howthem. W Ws THIS WEEK r>0 ew I i e ts ilk Waists, Kl ?: , >a \ aid Brown. The front is formed of bunches of fi kg ba?- in nick* " ? 'f ew d i^rn A $5 Waist, sale at $4 25 Our line of Entb-oHered Han?lwc^efs u ur Lin , ginning at 15 cents up to $150 is the finest <vl"' tioi. ver h on ht to um er 4? d zen alULiuen hem-stitched Whit H ndker chiefs at 10 cents. Can be matched i ov here. 5 Soften IsadW :h r (Jnders irt*~in cream White, light Blue and Pink Outing y a' 9 e.enis an U oe>>ti I ie>eeeen9( Hold Cotton! Mules and Horses. q tey * f Sun, ? ul a?.. . iaeBBaaswsaBBaaax ???? sa < Why s 'In in QAttoii r I' ha when you ran mo b it a .a borrow the receipt *o meei your ob i ;atio it ter Cottou Warehouse r eeiptfl ard collate-al and merohan m I exi? nd credit on them. : : :?: Why put your cotton out in the veather to deteriorate in grade and depreciate in pi ice from $2 to $5 a bale and run th ? risk or fire w? e . for 2Uc a hale \ er month (2r,c fo i i gle month) you cm be I'uily protected I V\i:h your cotton stored in the Sinuter Cotton Warehouse you are free of anxiety of dam? age by fire or weather ; and provided with good collateral for ihe bank?, if you need money, you can bold for higher prices. 8ee us at once and store your cotton. A m ? OArd j ust received. Assorted sizes. Come co -ee me. guarantee to satisfy the hardest, tr p.ja i young, sound and well broken, f b 3 carload is assorted for all purposes. The mules are ail ma1 es, and as good as money can buy I will ir ake the prices attractive. A full line Guaranteed Co. W agons, Buggies and Harness Always in stock. By all means see me before you buy. A. D. Harby. 10-23 Im R. I. HAYNSWORTH, Manager. Agent for Moyer Buggies. Agent for Milburn Wagons.