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For the past year wa? the largest in its history, and we beg to thank the merchants of South Carolina foi eral share of patronage they have given us, and trust it was handled to theiJ
satisfaction. We also wish to thank the wearers of shoes for buying our weil Known brands in oreferen . others
The Cotton Growers7 Association, for two reasons, is in part resposiMe for ihe enormous increase in our ousidess. First-Their influence on the coi ton market enabled the farmers to
get a.good price throughout the season. This put .more money in circulation Second-A sentiment is being created in favor of patronizing home enterprises. Professional and business men
^ well as farmers, have' been invited to join the Association and are waking togeiher as a man. They realize that the success of the one contributes largely to the success of the other The
sentfinentis there now, and the shoe jobbers in the cotton belt sold moie goods las year by far than any year previous. There were four shoe jobbers in Charleston ten years ago-there are
four now. We sold more goods last year than the four sold ten years ago, and we believe there Ins been a large increase in the business of the other three. Charleston stands "today in the
iront rank as a shoe market. And we are in a large measure respons bie f <r this condition. Why? Because we have put out a line second to none in the United States, and do not allow a .
t>f our competitors to offer better values than'we do. The following celeorated brands are as well or better known than any other shoes handled in this State : Ki
FOR MEN.
FOR LADIES.
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
" ; Red Eye, Astoria, Consolidated, Sam Lichten,
* Southern King, Iron Age, Columbia Calf, Black Mingo,
Missing Link, Bates7 Ga. Special.
The < ouiitess, Ainslee,
Th? Queen, Golden Bell
inness7 Kangaroo Ruby,
White House Queen,
Blue Bell,
Gentry's Special.
Full Dress,
Red Eye,
Blue ?>tar,
Warrior,
The Queen,
Red Star,
Good Wear,
Blue Bell,
Klondyke.
FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST CLASS DEALERS. j
Leather is very high now, but it is our intention to keep the above brands up to the standard It has been <mr policy in the past and* will be our policy in ihe future to improve the quai itt
-of ^ shoe rather than to reduce it so as to be able to put out a sho at a price. Again thanking you for the liberal share of business given us the past year, and wishing you ?Merry Christmas
and Happy and Prosperous New Year. Yours very respectfully,
?fe ??imjji?M uni) Bmfy???u
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY *3, 1905.
The Sumter Watelunan -was rounded in
i?5C and the True Souihmn m 1S66. The
fFcrfdtoura and Southron now has the com?
bined circulation and influence of both of
She-o?d papeis/andis^canifestiy the best
medium in Sumter.
' :\ Superintendent 'S. EL Edmunds'
.' argument in favor of fixing upon S
years at th? time at which the .formal
education of a child should begin ap?
pears' sound, sane and conclusive.
Some ch8dren>are mentally and phy
sicaliy mature enough* to /enter school
at the age of 6 years; but they are ex?
ceptions, and exceptional children do
not flt in harmoniously with the preh?
eat system of public education, which
deigned: for the needs and capa
???itJes of " the average child. It is to
?e hoped that Mr. Edmunds' address
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?Ti be read and digested by all
school men in the . State, and that they
WEI unite in exerting their influence to
?ayev the school age changed from 6
-to S years.
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"-vviC; Ordinary farm ' mules com
aariding the prices that they now do
vv c; ... : understand why South
|H?karolina i .rmers persist in paying the
?ices rather than raise all they need
"?Orne a .id a few to sell. Mules can
" oe ra.:^:i in this county successfully
boon demonstrated at the State
Earea. A sound young mule of good
-size is worth from $200 to $250 and
.x has been asserted and uncontra
dicted that ihe cost of raising a mule
is not more than $75 at the maximum,
wld?e under favorable conditions the
*jost is less than $50.
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The Christmas killings, due t
liquor, appear to have been impar?
tially distributed amongst the dispen?
sary and the Brice Law prohibition
=c?unties. Reliable statistics on this
i
point are not yet available hui it seems
to t>e that whiskey and the devil got
ia. their" joint work just as success?
fully, where the dispensary had been
outlawed and the blind tigers given
tree hand as where that State presided
?3?er the distribution of the stuff that
sakes the devirs work easy.
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"With the New * Year it is to be
?ioped that the plan to build the rail
.road from this city to Bethune on the
^Seaboard Air Line wi:! be revivec
-SumtekT needs another outlet moi
"'V> v
Jhan any other one thing. A railroad
riving access to the Seaboard territoi
. ^vonld be invaluable to the wholesale
merchants of Sumter and of gr?at
benefit to the entire business commu?
nty.
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-A great furor has been aroused
Uiroughout the country over the diver
3^?n of water from Niagara -Falls by
?^e power companies and the legisla?
te of New York, congress and the
.nadian government are being iiood
with appeals to save the falls from
th? rapacious grasp of the promoters
- io would rob them of ali their beau
ana grandeur in order to enrich
emselves. It is a most worthy senti?
ent that has been aroused and the
-opie of America are. right in de?
luding that Niagara Falls be pre
.- rved in all their grandeur and beau
- . There is, however, another ques
n ot- ia:- rrreater magnitude that" af
its the welfare of millions of people
. -ectly about which little is heard.
TJ at is the preservation of the forests
tf the Appalachian watershed. If
th? d struction of the forests in the
-m ountaii? regions of the South con?
nues at the present rate in less than
. decade the region in which all of
r rivers take their rise will be strip?
ped bare by the lumbermen and the
suit will be disastrous to this en
e section. The people of the South
. ? states should unite rh demanding
'"at steps be taken at once to pre
rve the forests. It should be an
?istent demand and our congress
men should be forced to realize that
it is a matter of greater importance to
the South than the digging ? of the
Panama canal, the status of the
j Philippines or any other issue now
'before congress. The future pros?
perity of the agricultural and manu?
facturing interest of the South is in
j . - .Wv
?a large measure dependent upon the
i preservation of the forests in the
mountain regions.
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If all the property, real and person?
al, in the city of Sumter was returned
for taxation at its market value the
rate. of. the levy for municipal pur?
poses could be cut in half. Still we be?
lieve that, at the present market val?
ue x>f farming lands, the real estate
in the city is returned at a valuation
nearer the market value than in any
; other section of the county. Farming
land has enhanced more rapidly in
?value in ^recent years than city prop
j erty and a valuation that three or four
'years ago represented 25 to 60 pei
jcent, ot the^ actual value of farm
j lands now represent anywhere from 5
'to* 20 per cent, of the market value.
A reform iii the tax returns and valu?
ation is needed all along the line.
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; The . sentiment against lynching
j has grown and strengthened in South
I Carolina within the past year or two
I and we know of nothing of which we
?should all be prouder than this
j healthy growth of enlightened public
j sentiment'. We may point with grat
; ification to our agricultural prosperity
land the manufacturing development
j that has taken place in South Caro
j lina* but a respect for law and order
is a mark of higher development than
material prosperity.
TAX DODGING.
! The expose of tax-dodging that The
j Columbia State is making in its edito
j rials on the subject of the reforms pro
j posed by Comptroller General Jones
j should convince all fair minded men
j that reform in the assessment of
] property for taxation cannot come too
j soon. The absurdity, the inequality,
{the dishonesty of the present condi
j tion of affairs is too patent to necessi
j tate argument-a bare statement of
. the facts make out a clear case of
; tax dodging against the people of
j South Carolina.
! The inequality and dishonesty of
j the- system lies in the fact that some
j property owners are far more ex
j pert dodgers than others; some pay
! on a 60 per cent, valuation and others
i on a 10 per cent, basis on real estate
i while on visible personal property the
! valuation is still lower. The man whd
return cash on hand and in bank for
i taxation, or pays the tax on income, is
so rare that lis is a freak.
1 How the much to be desired reform
is to be brought about is a most per?
plexing problem, but it might tend to
improve conditions if a law should be
enacted to prevent the collection by
suit against an insurance- company of
any sum in excess of the relumed val?
uation of any dwelling bouse or other
building, merchandise, machinery, etc.,
that may be destroyed or daniaged by
fire. Such a law would have one of
; two effects-property owners would
either carry less insurance <>r they
would make honest returns to the au?
ditor. W-e are inclined to believe thal
the average property owner woulo
make honest returns.
No sjfnilar mensure or method of
forcing thc owners <>f reaj estate to
j make honest returns suggests itself
i just now, but there should be some
j means found to make the penalty suf
. ficiently heavy to force owners of
?land which has a market value o? ?50
j to $100 an acre return it for taxation
lat its value and not for less than the
i annual rental as farming land.
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Major W. B. Moore has practically
completed arrangements to establish
a $100,000 cotton mill in York county.
The first snow of the winter fell in
' Spantanburg sun day.
Sam Small on Chancellor Walter B.
Hill.
Atlanta, Ga., December 29.-The
death of Chancellor Hill caused a pro?
found sorrow in ali official and social
circles in the capital. He was thor
. oughiy acquainted .with and well es?
teemed by hundreds of the leaders in
all walks of State enterprise and they
sincerely mournn the loss of so strong,
erudite and effective an officer in the
educational life of the commonwealth.
Until the news of his demise came it
was hoped by all that his clean and
strenuous constitution would baffle
the strength of his disease. Now it
is felt that a forceful figure, whose
trained intellect and ripened powers
.promised great results in the univer?
sity expansion work, has been untime?
ly taken away, .
As a lawyer Mr. Hill was conspic?
uous for full equipment, judicious
spirit and fine powers of advocacy.
The bar esteemed him as an ex?
emplar of the high ethics and excel?
lencies of the profession, and often
signally preferred him to illustrative
positions. As a codifier of the
statutes of the State he easily ranked
next to the great Thomas R. R. Cobb,
whose genius in that field has proba?
bly never been suprassed.
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As a publicist Mr.i'Hill never fell be?
low the best standards of civic virtue
and unselfish patriotism. He was one
of those who imported his moral sen?
sibilities into his political thinking,
and no issue, measure or opinio? could
affect him unless he had-first decided
in his own judgment that it was "the
right thing." Had he been less the serf
of a good conscience and more a host
to opportunity, he might have won the
j best honors of politics in the State.
! And had he been less modest about
publicity, he would have been in 1S96
the presidential candidate of the Na?
tional Prohibition party and made bis
name familiar and honored by hun?
dreds of thousands of temperance re?
form men and women throughout
America.
1 As an educator, his latest and best
fame has been achieved. Called un?
expectedly to the head of the Unive.
sity of Ceorgia. following a long line
of ' illustrious men. such as Meigs. j
Mell, Lipscomb, Tucker and Beggs,
Mr. Hill, a layman and a lawyer, took*
up one of the most difficult roles in |
modern life. But with chracteristic I
energy and devotion, he set to work J
to master the details of his new office
and soon took rank among the chief
educational figures of the nation
welcomed into their guild and honored
for his sane scholarship and wise ad?
ministrative powers. He has in a few
years done splendid work for the uni?
versity and all his fe'.low citizens who
were gladdened by it will unite to
mourn the almost tragic conclusion
of his faithful labors.
The nayy y .rd machinery at Port
Royal will '. . transferred to the
Charleston ni ./ yardj
Deafness Cannot Bo Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only way to cure deafness,
and -that is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous Jilling- of the
p:ustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out ?ind this tube restored to it?v
.normal condition, hearing will bc de?
stroyed for ??ver: nine cases out of ten
j
are caused hy Catarrh, which is noth
jing but an Inflamed condition of the
; mucous surfaces.
j We will give One Hundred Dollars
j for any case of Deafness (caused by
?catarrh) tb*.i cannot be cured by
j Hali's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
i lars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. Ti5c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for consti
ipation. 12 IS-lm
SOUTil CAROLINA NEWS.
items of Interest Condensed and Par?
agraphed for Quick Reading.
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The Spartan Mills, of Sparenburg,
will, within the next few d?ys, pay
$34,000 into the city treasury in set?
tlement of back taxes from 1S97 to
1902. The case has been in the courts
for several ; years..
Three * cottages, owned by G. A.
Norwood, were burned in Greenville
Wednesday afternoom. There was a
clash during the fire between . firemen
and water works officials over the
deficient water pressure and Chief
Ligon of the fire department had a
water works employe arrested for
.tampering with the hydrant during
the fire. The water works people
claimed that the hydrant was not
open and that when properly openea
there was ample pressure.
TJae plan to build a railroad from
Donald's to Due West has fallen
through.
The Incorporated Farming Associa?
tion, of Aiken county, has been form?
ed as a result of the work of Com
j missioner Watson and his New York
.representative, Mr. Raymond ?. Grif
?fiss. The colony will settle 2,200
! acres in Aiken county with a number
j of families and a co-operative farm
j will be established in the course of the
?next few weeks.
Mert Young was shot with a gun
and seriously wounded in Spartan
i burg Wednesday night by Sam Adams,
j A coal famine threatens Greenville.
The price of coal has advanced more
, than $1 per ton during the last few
weeks.
The dispensary sales in Abbeville
were less this year during Christmas
week than -the pales during last
Christmas.
Mr. G. F. Freeman, an operative at
the Granby mill, Columbia, feil dead
Thursday morning while at work in
the mill. Heart disease was the
cause. He leaves a wife and family,
having amongst other relatives a
brother who works in the Olympia
mill.
John Boyd, a weil known white
farmer of Laurens county, was shot
in the neck and fatally wounded Sat?
urday night by Walter Thompson,
son of Judge of Probate Thompson.
The Actors' Society of America, will
defray the expenses incident to the
prosecution of George Hasty, who
killed . Milan Bennet and Abbot Da
visions at Gaffney.
Edward Carew Rice, managinb
agent of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi?
cal Company, office in Mobile, Ala.,
committed suicide in his office at an
early hour Thursday morning. The
only reason for his act is that he has
overdrawn his accounts. He was a na?
tive of Greenwood, S. C.. und ha J
been living ia Mobile only a few years.
J. P. Slattery; special agent of the
Unite.; Slates agricultural department,
is in Charleston looking after th.- mat?
ter of reviving the rice industry in the
lower part of the .State.
X negro boy named Jesse James
was burned to death today at tin- A.
C. L. shops by falling in a pit of
molten iron. He was playing around
the pit and accidentally lost his bal?
ance. Kis death was i:i<tant.. His
body was horribly burned.-Florence
Times, December 2S. *
Coroner Flowers held an inquest at
Mayesville on Sunday over ibo body
of William Gr'egg, a young negro who
was killed about a mile and a half
east of that town Saturday afternoon.
The evidence was that Gregg was
stealing a ride on the freight train
and when he jumped off near bis
home he was thrown under the wheels
and instantly killed.
It invigorates, st rv ngthens and
bulids up. It keeps you in condition
physically, menially and morally.
That's what Hollister's Rocky Moun?
tain Tea will do. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. China's Drug Store.
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We %re now engaged in our annual
work of taking an inventory of our
stock. It is possible as we proceed we
may find a few items of which we hav?
too much, or some that we are especially
anxious to dispose ot at a sacrifice. Ii1 sc
you will he advised of it. In the me van
time permit us to wish you the compli
ments of the season, and to express our
thanks for the liberal patronage bestow
ed upon us during the year about to
close, to which we will be forced, regret?
fully, to say.
FAREWELL !
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On February 1st, Durant's Pharmacy will give away a hand?
some Gold Watch worth 840.00, or its equivalent, to be se?
lected at Folsonrs Jewelry Store.
The watch will be awarded to the person who guesses
est the number of seed contained in the big pumpkin nc
exhibition. "
A disinterested committee will be appointed tn r??t the
pumpkin *-nd count the seed the day the contest ck
With each five (5) cents purchase one guess is < Ask
for a "Pumpkin guess" ticket, and record one guess
5 cents you spend.
AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING
COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BT?TNO T?FOTTT QT
