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A GENERAL CLEAN-UP SALE OF ALL SUITS, OVERCOATS, RAINCOATS AND TROUSERS An Opportunity For The Man With The =Money = $30.00 Suite, Overcoats, Raincoats. $20.00 22.50 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, 15.00 18.00 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, 12.00 13.50 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, 9.00 10.00 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, 6.67 $8.50 Boys Suits 7.50 Boy's Suits 5.00 Boy's Suits 4.00 Boy's Suits 3.00 Boy's Suits 2.50 Boy's Suits Men's Trousers, $5.67 Men's Trousers, 5.00 Men's Trousers, 3.34 Men's Trousers, 2 67 Men's Trousers, 2.33 Men's Trousers, 1.67 THE PRICES ON ALL 800DS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, THE SOONER YOU CALL, THE BET 1 ER YOU'LL FARE. The D. J. Chandler Clothing l)o. 0 U ?'''"-"Ml Wednesday nml Saturday. ?BT? OSTIEM PUBLISHING COMPANY SU MTEH, S. C |).'S snnum?In advance. Advertisement*: Dm Sjuare flrat Insert? >n.$1.08 BKaag auSaeeuent Insertion .IS awtffjSSl for three m?nCh?. or *\V o* enade at r? isoes ?tiea. All cesasn animations sdalrfc sufc ewi v pneats later seta will fee charged t*9f M- advertisements. otouaries and trthutca mi res I will i ^ eaarfled far. : ?. am tor .Vatchman t *? ' ISM and the True I .1. .1 Inj ) ? Hi* Watt hmm ana .-euthron !???? 1 ?? ?h> o?>" ittSS and In u ?* a f tioth f ?n.? ? t pn?>?r*. iv. aj manifestly the best advertising 1 r ? -<>init??r rtf. man who wants to come to Surnter to establish a shoe factory la now the manag? r. aaj a SsJSfv, of a successful factory that does a buei n..?s ??( more thun a half million doiiHra a year and 1? paying the owners handsome dividends, fie haa ao financial Interest In the factory and ' itt tbtaln none, hence, hla de? sire t<. ?stabilst* a fietory from which he will derive a share of the profits. He la ma knie; good and m?kln* mon? ey for hh employees where he la, and It atands to reason he can do aa well In Bumter. ? ? 1 A gr?-at many furmors are planning to plant s large acreage In oats and raduce the strenge of next year'a cotton crop. This Is an ?nc.,m ag? ing algn. but, as wu polntod out hy a successful farmer a few days ago. the farmer who neglects the thorough preparation of the land to ha sown In onts Is Inviting failure and loss. It Is I prepare ten acr> 1 properly then to plant twice that much land to a hap hasard manner. More oata can be made on ton acres properly | prepared than on twenty-five acres that Is not thoroughly broken, disked and harrowed before the oats are sown. aas If Detective Hums proves his charge that Samuel Gompers and other la? bor leaders were fully cognizant of the guilt of J. B." and J. J. McNa mara months before they confessed In Los Angeles and yet went ahead raising an Immense fund for the de? fense of tho dynamiters. It would seem that an Indictment would He against Oompers as an accessory af r the facL s a s Th? farmer who has hogs to kill ? i gsjppl* his own meat, few beef cat llfj to sell, plenty of poultry. home Hi H%m molasses, potatoes and a barn ( full of eorn and hay is better off than 1 those who have a hundred bales of otton unpleked In the fields. Tb< man who took the position, when planting this year's crop, that cotton Is a natural Southern monopoly and the farmers who failed to take ad? vantage of this monopoly was a fool, has received a terrlfflc Jolt and Is ling the disastrous results of put? ting ail h.s ?*Kgs in ono haeast. There In such a thing as overdoing a I aapohjTI since \ monopoly is a go ? thing for the producer of the m< oh/ed arth le only so hue; as th. t>i\ is ie??s than the Immedlai ni nd; so lOB| as the pr<>n > caa eoatrol the marketing and fix I the selling pra ??. This year the IUP? ply Is greater than the demand and the prodqoef has absolutely no voice in fixing the selling price, eat It aas just i- eked out that the 1 indit p/he robbed lbs mall car In the luborbt of Columbia was a mls gsjided creature who a n induced to go to Columbia by the "square meal" I myth and after squandering hi* patrimony In ih.< f'ongaree hash houaea was driven to brigandage by famine. ? ? ? P..or old BW Taft . the To I f the U< but he does not seem to realize that he |l reaping what Teddy sowed. Even Roosevelt and his cronies have turned their backs on Taft and crying OH! against the corruption of the Re? publican party. The Republican party was a model of political probaty and the leaders angels of light, so long as the combination was winning, but now that it is losing out, and cor? rupt practices and machine method! fail to turn the trick, the Albert Shaws. Lyman Abbotts and all that ilk are deserting the disreputable and discredited old pirate craft. aos The preachers of Charleston have not given up the fight against race track gambling and the South Caro Itna Methodist Conference? at its re cent meeting in Bennettsvllls, placed itself on record In opposition to the tahllehment of the Charleston race track and endorsed the actions of the Charleston Ministerial Association. The CharlsetOQ preachers are making ? lone tight, the newspapers having been partially, at least, converted to the business view of the race track enterprise, The preachers have our best Wichel and It is to he hoped that a majority of their congregations have in t become proselytes of the belief that tie race meet will help business more than it will hurt morals. It it ncouraglng sign that all Charles ns, the preachers included, have lot acquiesced i" the assertion that Charleston is already so infested With blind tigers, policy shops nnd gambling deni that it has no morals t., be hurt. The Men ami Religion Forward Movement, of which Char? leston is the headquarters for the Carollnaa hai a great field for mis slonari endeavor right at hand. i ? e? llll EQUITABLE PLAN. The Seaboard survey is prec? tieall) completed, two lines having [been located between Rlshopvllle and this city, one of w1 eh will be select? ed within the next ? u or two as the - ,,f ". .i 'pi,,, next steo is way from a point two miles south of Biahopville to a point two miles south of Sumter. The people of Sumter have pledged themselves to furnish the necessary terminals in this city and to secure the rights of way. The promoters of the railroad have gone forward with their part of the work and are now ready to begin construc? tion. They can do no more until the committee representing Sumter makes good the pledge to secure the rights of way and furnish the terminal site. To do this, a considerable sum of money is required, but less than first estimated, and It must be raised In one of two ways: Either by direct contributions by Individuals or by ap? propriations by the County and City of Sumter. Of the two methods we favor the latter. It is the fairest, most equi? table and will not be 1 iirdenoome I tax upon any Individual, where*! If j the money mult >e releed by the oth | er method the burden will fall upon a comparatively few public spirited citizens who will be no more benefited by the building of the new railroad | than hundreds of others. Further-] more, the construction Of the new railroad will increase the taxable and income producing property of the County in an amount exceeding two hundred to two hundred and fifty thousand dollar*, or more. The taxes that will be paid into the county and city treasuries will, in a few years, j more than repay all that may be ap? propriated to secure the rights of way and terminals, and the railroad will remain a permanent and constantly Increasing taxable asset of the coun? ty ami city. It the money is not raised by some means t<> provide the terminal and rights of way, the road cannot be built and the county and city win lose an assured Increase 'it taxable property and will, also, forfeit the opportunity to secure for this coun i t\ a railroad will that will be a de I I veloper at.>i wealth producer for this entite section. Kv< i> acre of farming I hmd within five to ten mllps of the and the City of Sumter will have in it another very valuable trade builder that will open up and make tributary a large and productive terri? tory with which we now have no trade relations. For the County and City of Surnter to appropriate the neeesary money, a fair and equitable basis of division of the amount to be appropriated being agreed upon, would not be in anywise a gift or bonus, but an investment that would repay the original outlay many-fold in the Immediate future. It would be good business, good policy and in the line of progress, and we cannot un? derstand why there should be any hesitancy or reluctance so to do by the county and city officials. The ap? propriation can be validated by ap? propriate legislation, and we feel a reasonable assurance that a majority , of the taxpayers will approve this j action, if It shall he referred to them j for their endorsement. If the county and city appropriate the money, no individual will have to pay more than a few dollars in additional taxes for a year or two at most, while the very large majority will pay only a few cents?so little, in fact, that they will never feel that they are paying any? thing. And, furthermore, when the road is in operation the tax^s it will pay and the taxes paid by the other taxable property that will be created by the coming Of the road will share the burden and reduce the taxes that we are not paying. The time for decisive action on this matter is at hand and the county and City official! who represent the peo? ple should make Known their views. There was very little cotton on the streets Thursday. The price for the best brought In is still about 9:25. M. Moody, a white boy, 17 years old, shot a negro named White Sun? day afternoon |q Darlington county. Mr. c. J, Williams, who resign< d his position on the police force sev? eral days ago, will engage In f irm? ing during the coming year, John \V. Sims was run over and a Stni lesdaj Tragedy at Hot Supper. There was a hot supper tragedy ^ Silver last Saturday night at the house of Jim Conyers who lives on the Briggs place. The niggers had a dance, and no doubt had a lot of fire water which is one of the essentials for a coon frolic, during the dance Conyers joined in and had for h*? partner Corrilla Lawson, who ai^ pears to be quite a popular damsel in the neighborhood. Harrison Wells, one of her many admirers took um? pr?ge at be host dancing with Co? ir a and made objection, this caused .he huckleberry blonde to assert h|c independ nee, and she quarreled srlf' Harrison, whereupon Conyers not Karins; ? ?? handy pulled a gun and fired, but instead of hitting Har? ri ?01 as Ln'ended, the ball struck Co? rn la :.? id killed her instantly. Bo Conyers and Wells lit a rag and le for parts unknown for the present, but the sheriff will, we have no doubt, get a line on both of them and bring them to answer in the court. Con? yers married the widow of Ned Mack, who was hung seven years ago fe_ the murder of Pave Conyers. the kilT ing was near the same place, and the Wednesday before the hanging. Ned Mack's wife married Jim Conyers, and brought to the iail. where her condemned husband v. as. a piece of her wedding cake and received his congratulations, now that her second, husband, if caught, be tried for mur der, she is again eligible for another matrimonial alliance, and like be? fore will not wait to don widow's w<ed. ^Manning Tiir.cs. 1 ?dies! "V d rTe Be iure end look at my up-to-urre millinery before buying, both for yourselves and ?hlldren. Come one and all. Yours to please. Mrs. W. G. Browne, N". " E. Liberty street up stairs. readies, gentlemen, boys and gir#r and all other shoppers, do your Christmas shopping early. There were two murders st negro