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HERE ARE SOME BARGAIN DAY OFFERINGS II ===== 2o Per Cent Discount = IG Thursday, November 23rd is Bargain Day in Sumter, and for This Day Only and FOR CASH Only, we offer our Entire Stock of Men's and Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Pants at 20 Per Cent Discount Think a Moment What a Saving This is to You. $30 Suits and Overcoats $25 Suits and Overcoats $20 Suits and Overcoats $15 Suits and Overcoats $10 Suits and Overcoats $24.00 $20.00 $16.00 $12.00 $ 8.00 Meet Your Friends Here us.-.: THE SUMTER CLOTHING CO. SUMTER, S. C. .Hi uG?A?il . nuu?uiiioi pPLIT LOG BKA?. K? BK I SKI) ON ?% CTTt HTKKETS?STREETS ibm REPAIRED. | 0m m ? Chrk* r^-MKii?' to Hut Trash Out? on the Street**-?to Frame an *>rdinanoe Against Thtowing Trash ?in Streets ?Uute to be Cleaned for Rares on Bargain Bay. City Council mat Tuesday evening at eight o'clock in the Council Chamber for the considers? ton of foutlne matters and such business as same before them. All of th-* m- rn - bers of Council were present and a number of matters were atterded to. The chief matters of Interest which ?am* up during the evening was the pun ha*.- of hre aopanitus. found elsewhere In this paper, and the an? nouncement by the r t> engineer that a couple of split log drags were to be contracted and used on the city Streets In the near future. The Ctvk League offered t<> put trash cans on ?tr* rro rn which offer was ac OOpted and a resolution was passed to the effect that un ordlnane be drawn up prohibiting UM throwing Of bandbllls and papers on the stn > t | and in the v.ml* of private residen? ces, or ihs onforc mom of such an erdb r oiih |s already on the city steint?' The session of t'ouMcll began with the rending and appn**ej of the min? ute* of the previous m -etlng, nfleff which Mr. W. B. Boyle, who was present, mads a H .tOMlOM as to a lot in Um pooj of iht city hnl1 which the citv hid purchased on certain condition*. It se.ms that the lot w;is i as< 'I fr< >m Mr Bultman with the und? rwtamllng that a projecting portion should be soid to Mr. \V. B. Boyle i y the city for $Mn. This prop srty was not turned OVOf to the city until the past September. Mr. Boyl ? stated tbat the lot had never been turned ..v,t t? him. but that he MM ready at nrv time to complete the trnnso'tloii. \\. jrOfl willing to POJ the fr.ni) with Interest for the time sine?, th.- city purebnsed the land and he was willing |o allow the city a sufhVlent MMN) of left t > nuiko their lot run out even. 1? wss d?? elded t . sell th ? bind to Mr, BO] M with this understanding, the titles and me?sur?un*'n's to be i.ft to the e|ty att^rn^y and engineer. Mr. A. V. gn ll. ns ?oefotory of th* RetsiUrs' Association, under whose ausplr.-s Bargain Hav would be held, PgOjMSOsOd that Council allow the ? r ;ion ? f a gPgSjgSd POM on thS 0or? nrr f M iln and Liberty streets, the tu a i I i.f a. grased p'e n the streets and the bicycle and foot rac? es on Main street, which would be shut off from traffic while the races were k - lag on. Th*se requests were granted, but It was decided best not to allow the motor cycle races on Main street. A letter was rend In which it was requested that proper steps be taken to have all vagrants arrested. Mr. Wright stated that work along this line was being done with marked success. Mr. J. R. Llgon requested that the bouses in the block In which he liv? ed be numbered. He was given per? mission to number the house If he cared to do so. Mr. McLaurln asked that tht City Clerk follow the same system this year as was followed last year In the payment of taxes, enforcing a one per cent penalty after the first of December on all taxes not paid before that time. A number of Will WiTi read, ap? proved and orcered paid. Council requested that the com? mittee from Council to look after the Tourney Hospital fund, obtain Infor? mation and make a report concern? ing the erection of the Tourney Hps pltal. Mr. flooth for the public works re? ported through Major l.ee, the Citv Engineer, that the city gangs were now at work on the various StTit ts which needed repair. Several pits had j been dug in vatlous parts of town from Which clay for the repairing was be? ing secured. Among the streets be? ing repalrtd were North Main Street, H tafcell street and CalhoUS street. On llarvln street a drain pipe WSJ being pUV td from Kendrlck to Bartlette ?treot, when H would turn up to Main Ktr.et, thus completing the sys? lent of drainage commenced on Main and Harvin gtrootg when the pSV Ing work was commenced. Major Lee stated that hi had been to see Mr. Skinner about the con? struction Of IWO Split l<>g drags for ? on the streets. He thought thai it would bi u rood thing to have several of the drags in use m they could only bi ns.d when the streets were si a certain dampness. He osld to get the h.?st effect from t )| y\,\\\ I log drags It wa? necessary to begin operating them as iOOS as the stre I wss built tip Off repaired, Whifl b) proper ami constttenl use thi strsel could be kept In good condition. The Pul lie Works committee was In? structed le have two of. the drsgfl mnde afjd tried out on t ho streets. I It was stated that this OOSgmlttSC had now set to work to make re pairs on rtiv suee^ t'<?r ^'juic time und tnat nereuiier certains uinw would be given to the repairing of liit* streets, during which time no new I streets would be built. Mr. Booth stated that he had been requested by the Civic League to state that they would place trash cans on the street corners for trash if the city desired and the city would en? force the ordinance against throwing trash on the streets. This offer was i accepted. i Hi called attention to the fact that handbills were thrown on the- street and asked to have an ordinance for? bidding this, or, if there was one al- i ready, to have it enforced. A reso? lution to this effect was passed. Hi ( ailed attention to the fact that Ibers w re several wooden bridges from the Street to ths sidwalk at sari*-us places along Main streot. 'I liese bridges had been moved several timea lately during the work on Main street and the persons having to cross them aakel that they be al? lowed to Qut down the curbing so that the bridges could be dispensed with. Ac:'on to this effect wss taken, providing that the owners did the work at their own expense under the directions of the city engineer. Mr. Booth stated that he was now l*n| several hired mules at fifty cents a day which was rather expen? sive to the city. He thought that other mules ought to be purchased. Mr. Glenn thought that It was best I to dispense with so much sweeping of Main street. He thought B man should be put on this street to patrol it With a dump I art Into which he should plSCC all droppings during the dsy. This matter was discussed and it wss d kclded that steps to this ef? fect should be taken at onoe. Mr, Ito.uh stated that he I d he ird where he could get no 1 ir toms cheap snd bo was Ins ed to get those If he could do s -eu table prices Mr. Mason naked tli l!t< h on Calhoun street be closed and drainage pipe used In place of it. He stated thai it was intention to build on Cal? houn streei si this point in the near future snd he wanted the work done before he built. He uiso stated thai If thiv work was dom? an effort would be made to g?-t the citizens to sub? scribe to the claying of the streei on that block. The matter was referred to the city engineer for Investigation and report. The city engineer's reporl of ihe Main streei work was read and re? ceived as Informatton. The paying was discussed by Ihe members of I Council, some of whom seemed lo trank tha* it WAI done i1 md i th The Mayor stated that he thought that a maintenance bond should be kept up and Mr. McKeiver endorsed his statement. Mr. McLaurin did not believe in hurrying up the matter he made a motion that the paving committee with the city engineer inspect the work and report upon it at the next meeting of Council. This motion was carried. Mr. Wright made his report for the Police Committee. He stated that he had kept a man on the outskirts of the town during the past month and he had done good work. Mr. Mel-Aurin made the report for the finance committee showing the city to be In better financial condi tion than had neen reckoned on. After ths Council went into execu? tive .session over the purchase of fire apparatus. "MAKING A GOAT OF X RE TAR. IFF." "A good Republican said to us the other day: "If the tariff is respon? sible for the high cost of li\ ing, I am fur its reduction, and it can't come any too quickly to suit me. "it ha.s become a popular pastime to make a goat of the tariff. It is blamed for all the ills of life, from the jump in diamonds to an attack of the shingles, liut other things may have something to do with it. For instance: "Indolence and luxury have in? creased in this country out of all pro? portion to the Incomes of the people. Twenty years ago it was the rarest thing in the world to And a shoe shining 'parlor' outside of the largest Ities. They are now in ever) hamlet, and thousands of men and boys do nothing else There are probably not less than BO In the city <>f Des Moines, all doing a thriving business. Men are too laky or too proud to shine their own shoes and have hired S new Industry. "Nothing ust vi to be thought of It if a man or woman was seen with a bundle g<?ing to or from the mar? ket., Now everything must he deliver ed to the house, it is almost Impos Bible to persuade a pert young ihn oi- a pretty jirl to h seen on tie "-treets with i package, Bomcbod} else must do the w ? 11 k. and f?th? payi the freight. ''I Me tow ns and ei? |es are full o moving pltcure show-;, n kleodeons vaudeville 10, I md 30 cent 11.? r s. \r\ i ? n lies go, nlghl af ter night, and follow t' up with a 111 tie supper that consume a day* Uie ?Ucee Lai takes its toll. Nobody thinks of walking foi two blocks nowadays if he is anywhere near a car line. The old fashioned wife who used to press her husband's and chil? dren's clothes has gone out. Pan- I toriuma have sprung up and taken her place. The girl of 1890 who would expect to wear sillk stockings and petticoats and the boy who de? manded five or six suits of clothes a year would have been considered crazy, but now they are as common aa pinch bugs In June. Everything eatable must be dressed and trimmed j up nowadays. People want their j crackers in a pink box, with a pic I ture of a baTIet dancer or a pugilist on the cover, and they not only pay for the box when they buy the crack? ers, but they get fewer crackers. The g.ocery stores are filled with exp^n sr e novelties and confections, wni-h go like hot cakes. A few yean wo oysters and grapefruit and orange* out of the season and cantaloupes and ice cream were considered lux? uries. They are on every ?aide now every day. The young man who doesn't take his girl a 60 cent box of candy done up in curl papers and a pair of tongs is a tightwad. Father buys porterhouse steak where a pises off the neck used to look good to him. Nobody thinks of keeping his , own horse or cow or planting his <.wn garden <>r di ring his own potatoes. The m st popular song of the era is. ?Let Somebody Else Do The Work.' The automobile has cost Its thous? ands where the tariff has cost Its ten -v man can't ride a distance of ">o miles without patronizing the parlor car. Nobody thinks of carrying s lunch on the train if there is a dining car anywhere ?>n the division. The man who wears the same neckties two days in succession Is called aj Hube, ami the women who can't show up half a dosen party dresses csting from |40 to per, has! ! about as much show in the socle push as a shoaL Poop!,, used lo have ( their shoes half soled. Now they wear them until the gloss Is dlm med, then throw them into the at? tic. The $1,50 electric vacuum clean? er has pushed the broom off the map and the electric fan .'?ml ironer have put the palm leaf and the sad iron out of business. Thus ad Inflnttum.' While your neighbor is cussing ths | tariff for the high cost of living, re? mind him of these things and ssk bun if Jim ifid's definition, "the cost of 1 h v- '. lett'l rloser to it. No-j b, fly wants- to go hack to the old ways, ah of these things mean bet t- r, hspplsr living because, more more be* :iful homes. But is it fa r to shoulder onto the tariff the blame for ous own wastefulness and in? dolence?"?Manchester (la.) Press This is one way i f looking at iL But who and what is primarily re? sponsible for the desire fo?* ;ndol ence and extravagance that has be? come the characteristic of the Amer? ican people in many walks of life? The conditions complained of can be traced back to a cause. What is it? What has developed in our people a love of luxury and a distaste for hard work and plain living? Is it not due to the example of the "new rich" who constantly flaunt their riches in the face of the public? If these people could not .make a display of the.r riches and parade before the public the visible evidence of wealth, if they could not be i a^ant, In* dolent and vulgar, money would be valueless to them. Their less rich associates and the thousands of oth? ers, who are daily forced by thi3 vulgar Haunting of the power Of mon? ey to draw a comparison between their own condition and mannet1 ?f living and that of the silk sto<?;rt \g joy-riders, who make of life a money spending debauch, try to Imitate tl em with the result that the coun r lias become tilled with people who live beyond their means. Now to set back to tho tariff?where did the new indolent vulgar rich get their money? A very large percentage of them ac? quired it as the result of the tariff that enabled them to levy a burden? some and unjust tax on the public at large. A majority of the (reel for? tunes a?-e tariff built fortunes and thoy were quickly made. M ney easily made is easilv spent and the Pittsburg steel millionaires, thesugar, wool and other tariff made million? aires and their families and their associates have set an example of indolence and extrav igatice that has been imitated by all rlaasee and con? ditions of tuen and women to the lim? it of their ability. The tariff has not only made the favored few richer than they should be but it has taxed the public at large unjustly, thereby depriving; them of the product of their toil, and has created s spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction with a mode of life based upon regular work and plain living. The tariff beneficial hs have debased so< t\ by a vulgar and vlsclous extravagance, while the tnr ffl victims have been debased by 'he influence of this ? Inss of people and are wasting what little they hsvs hi irv ng t ? emulate those who squsadce a plethora of unearned Incn m< nt.