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A POLITICAL MANIFESTO. JUDGE A. C. HASKELL DEFINES HIS DEMOCRACY. He Gives His IReasous Why lie Uanuot Vote for Captain Tillman and Why he Thinks the Straightout pemtioerats Should Nominate a Ticket. COLUmBIA, S.C., October 2.-The foL lowing letter was published in the News and Courier of last Tuesday: To the Editor of the News and Cou- i rier: Since the nomination of Mr. B. R. Tillman by the political body which assembled on the 10th instant at the State House under the title of the State Democratic Convention, my name has been somewhat freely, though generally with courtesy, handled by the press in connection with the office of Governor and opposition to the Tillman party. I have received letters from mnifc whose patriotic motives commanded my re spect and I have had the assistance of nearly a column of deprecatory editorial advice by the Atlanta Constitution. Difficult as it has been to refrain.from answering the letters of my friends. I have kept silent for the reason that, having presented my views to the con ferences held in July and Septeinuer. and not having been sustained, I deem ed it unfitting to continue to press them on the public, never mind how unchanged my judgment may remain. I disregarded the implications and the advice and the comments of the press because they were without authority. but I am now forced to speak in answer to the following publication because it claims authority: "WAsHNIGTON, Sept. 27.-Colonel John C. Haskell,in an interview with a local paper here, in speaking about his brother receiving the nomination for Governor, said: "'I am certain that this movement will receive no aid or encouragement from my brother and the other Demo cratic gentlemen on the ticket. Though they dislike Tillman, they are Demo crats. I had a talk with Judge Haskell recently, and if he had entertained any idea of allowing himself to be nomina ted by the opposition he would have taken me into his confidence. "'This scheme will not work. Of course the Republicans may go ahead and vote for this ticket, but it will not avail t'em. As much as I dislike Till man and his methods, I propose to vote for him. So does Senator Hamp ton. I consider it the bounden duty of all true Democrats to cast their votes for Tillman. So far as my brotheris con cerned you may state in the strongest terms that his nomination by the Re publicans was unsought by him, and that he is averse to any such coali tion." I am sure that Colonel Iaskell would not have used my name or claimed to speak for me unless he was confident it was my desi-e, or at leat that I had no objection, and unless he felt sure that lie understood my views, but we are all liable to mistake and misapprehension. While he has been entirely sincere and has not made statements that he did not think exactly represented me, nev erthelessthe interview makes an en tirely wrong impression on the public, so far as 1 am concerned, and while I would remain silent if I were the only thing at stake. I have too many friends who have stood by me to let my posi tion be-tor a moment misunderstood. it is this: I will not vote for Mr. Till man, and I contend that no Democrat should vote for him. For the reasons: First. (A.) That his "manifesto" was false and hostile to our Democratic 7party;(B.) That his speeches through out the canvass were slanderous and Smisrepresented the State and its people; (C.) Thathe charged- our government since control was acquired in 1876 by Sthe white people with dishonesty. cor ruption and perjury, all, of which he and his associates know to be untrue. Second. (A.) That the .Democratic SConvention in August willfully and Swantonly violated the written consti -tution and the spirit of the party. That the majority of that body by bold Sand open violation of the constitution expelled the duly elected delegates from 'Fairfield County, and finally forced the degtsfrom Charleston. Beaufort, Georgetown, Sumter and R'ichland to retire to avoid participation in further -ilegal pr'oceedings, whereby this Con ...vention was dissolved and had; no furt -ther powerto represent the Democracy, certaily not the Democracy of the ~six Counties that retired, for the Demo ~cratic Conventions of the Counties Srepresented ratified their action, there -by repudiating the subsequent pro Sceedings of the body. Byv the unlaw Sful body remaining, and in direct vio lation of the written law a new consti &tution was adopted and a new execu Stiv-committee elected. (B.) The Con -vention for the 10th of September had beem called by the lawful executive Scommittee a'nd could not, under the constitution, be organized for business .except by the chairman of that execu tive committee. The new executive comn mittee asserted their power. ratified the ccall for the September Convention, and 4claimed the right to organize the body. The legal executive committee, instead Sof asserting and maintaining its rights, made terms with the usurping comn mitte~, and it was agreed that the law ful chairman should first call the body to order, but that it should not be in order until the usurping chairman should also call it to order. The Con vention was thus surrendered to the illegal chairman, who practically did convene the body and control its or ganization. Protest was made, but without avail, but that protest spoke 'for a free people, who should not sub mit to partisan tyranny and gag law, whatever the struggle may cost. This body, thus called the Democratic Con vention, proceeded to business by thus expelling the duly elected Democratic delegtes from Fairfield, and seating -the Tillman faction, and then expellet the County of Sumter because the duly elected delegates were from the legal Democratic Convention, and the Till -man delegates claiming the seats had not a shadow of title. The Convertion took up the question of nominations, and at that stage, already having ap pealed for our legal rights, having pre sented a protest, but finding it void to call for truth and justice. myself, with some others. retired from the body and washed our hands of its proceedings. Technicaly, therefore, as atr ueDemi ocrat I1 cannot vote for Mr. Tillmnan. Legally I should not vote for Mr. Till man. From self respect I will not vote for him. Morally I cannot vote for him. Not only not vote for him, but a ticket should be run agamnst him. insthat are entangled by political office are warped by the importance of success. It is to the people who disregard of - fice and to the people who are broad enough and high enough in patriotism to work for the whole people and not for a class and section that we should appeal in an issue like this that in .volves all that is dear and sacred to those who love truth and virtue and 7piety, withont which no people can be .noble and happy. 7A bold stand would at any time have checked this down grade party. The fight is harder than in 1876 because we have waited too long. But it is never too late to do what is right. There are many good men who have been for "the change" as it is called, who would have affiliated under very different lead ers and on sound principles if the men .'whom we have honored and Mr. Till man has maligned-the men who have represented us and conducted the gov ernent since 1876. and the men who redemed the State in 1870 conul have hrown off the "race" terror an lisre- I arded the sine and vindicate(I the rinci plts of our trne Democracy. But the same timidity, h'nest, iut nistaken, which soi. nearly suppres-d sinl 1S70, : too unwhi power in t~ ceent canvass, and though heroic ef orts were mae b a fev, the mn:y yere silent and refusedto gird on their rmnor because it sveied, t -)he int rne inc war. Itetteor that thai to surren er principl and eiorse by : vote the lickest and most unfounded charges hat have ever beeni made against the tate. This brings me to the last point: "So ar as ny brother is .oncerned vou may tate in the stronges't terms that his mimuination by the lopublicans was sought by him, and that he is averse o any such coalition." No such nomination has been sought ior has it been made. The sentence aken by itself may be entirely correct, mt in conjunction with the preceding 1 )roduces a wrong impression. Of ourse, I cannot seek or accept a nomi tion by the 1epublican party, for I .m riot a Republican; no more could I cept a nomination by the Tillman >arty, because its platform is as anti )elnoeratic as is the Republican plat ormn. But I will not avoid the issue, and xill speak the truth as plainly as I can. Ko man more than myself deplores the xercise of suffrage, or I should say the ight ot suffrage, by the colored race. [t puts the weaker in conflict with the tronger. The inevitable result where he Anglo-Saxon race meets a weaker s subjugation. From 1868 to 1876 the eaker, led by white men, backed by irmed force, oppressed the stronger. n 1876 the position was reversed, and his State assumed the attitude held by >ther Southern States-the white race lominant and the colored ra'e with the uffrage majority passive. This condi ion is anomalous and can only be con Ainued by the preservation of two fae ors which have prevailed, but have teadily diminished from year to year until now. The first is a government which commands the approval and -onsent of the whofe white population. The other is such protection of person and property and all legal individual rights of the colored race as reasonably ompensates their surrender of suf frage and renders their condition bet er than one of antagonism. This was the appeal made by our no ble leader in 1876, and this was our plat form. The election was carried by the aid of from twelve to eighteen thous and colored votes, and our Governor was trusted by all and beloved by most of both races. Eight years of trial had strengthened the patriotism of a de voted people, and had purged their rea son. The nature of the new govern ment was then understood and accept ed by all. Concessions were made by representatives of all classes and all opinions were recognized and respect ed. In the State ticket of 1876 the lead ers of the opposition were given posi tions of rank and honor. The State was a united body. We will not trace the history. Take the results. The press denounces and the Representa tives of the people resent what is called the arbitrary and oppressive rulings ot the Speaker of the House of Represen sentatives in Congress, and perhaps properly. Take the conventions held in this State in August and September of this year and view the conduct of the president, sustained by his majori ty. Speaker Reed's rulings are but as child's play compared with the expul sion of delegations and the passing of resolutions by this Democratic presi dent. The unity is destroyed, and a party divided against itself it worse than no party. Therefore, though the truth be bitter, it is safer to recognize it and act promptly. I will not make any personal comn ment on the Tillman leaders or their records, or the claims they may have upon the hearts and minds of the peo ple who have adopted them as their guides. I simply say that their princi ples and their practices are alike inimi cal to the notions and actions of the ideal government of 1876, That ideal government was established,- and its continuation has so far contributed to a period of unexampled prosperity throughout the State. The party now seeking power denounces it in epithets that it is needless to repeat, as they have been heard in every county and corner in the State for six weary months. The issue is plainly before us. Shall we try to preserve those principles which'have been so dear to us and pro du~ctive of good to all, or shall we aban don them for we know not what, with much to fear and little to hope ? We have a responsibility, not of our own making perhaps, but it is on us, and what an all-ruling Providence has placed man cannot remove. We have our own race to preserve and we have another race to protect. Our govern ment is dual in its object, but single in its representation. The white man is to govern, but the black race is to be protected. This is not only our moral duty, but the violation of it is, and justly so, our temporal ruin. We feel no assurance that the Tillman govern ment, an unrestrained, powerful mino-. rity, will be other than reckless and op pressve in its execution as it has been in its incipiency. I therelore unequiv ocally advocate an opposition ticket, to organize a minority if we can do no more, but to control the government if possible. WXith this Democratic ticket in the field we should ask the support and mintain the rights of colored voters as we did in 1876. I would not mistake the colored people. The wvhite man controls the property and will con trol the government, but when the white race divides it is a question with the colored race which party will best govern the Stat e. On this their vote must depend. The wretched spectacle of purchase and bribery is almost sure to follow. Therefore I wish that the race could b~e disfranchised if we could have a guarantee of their protection. But thiat is impossible. Trheir right of sufrage is their nominal protection; the class of white people they support is their real protection. Friends may raise a great outcry against any allusion to colored voters. I ask them is it without precedent ? I ask them and some of the maost virulent to name the municipal elections, out side, perhaps. of Charleston and Colum bida. when this vote has not been called to the front. I ask for the ret urns on the elections held to impose the bonded debts for the construction of railroads and other purposes duiing the last twelve years. 'These returns will show that the D~emocrats whose interest were at stake did not hesitate to out vote the taxpayers by the aid of color ed voters. 1 would remind my friend from afar off, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who has been a consistent Tilmanite, to look at the scenes in his ov. n city, when the force :>f his paper was divided and wvorked on both sides of the prohibition question. What use ther then made of file colored vote at bis very door: And he prob~ably an ac tr in it. Facts are stronger than rhetoric. The denunciations may be ltter for political reasons, but the men who itter themi have asked for the col >red vote erc this for tlheir perhaps roper purposes. To end it in a word: It seems to my 'umble judgment more important at :his day to oppose the election of 3Mr. illman than it was to oppose the elec .ion of Mr. D. II. Chamberlain in 1S76. riends loved andl esteemedl charged ie then with folly or madness. I will e charged in liim manner now. 'The 7esults vindlicated my judgment then. ?od only knows the future; but my :onscence 1s my law, and no party will r race terror shall strip me of the right to say or do what my sense of Iuty dictates. A. C. IAsKELL. CArT. Wesley N. Smith, of Rich - 'nond, Va.. who has been a prommnent tepublican, announces in a letter dlated eptember 16 that he shall no longer xflHiate with the Rublihcan party . THE BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS. Ihe S:te Elections H(eld amd to lie Held Ilh is Year. .\lanama electedi State jllcers mUid .egislatuire .\ ti.ust 1: will 6lct. eight oigressmen Novei ber 4. Arkansas elected State o1licers and s ..ei1islature September 1: will elect live f 'ongressmen N ovember 4. t Califoriia will elect State olicers, e.gislature and six Congressmen No- i 7eImber 4. t Colorado will elect State officers, Leg slature and one Congressmnan Novem- I er 4. Connecticut will (lect State oltieers, .eg-islatiire and four (ongressmen No ei ber 1. )eleware will elect (overnor, Legis ature and one Congressman Novem )er 4. Florida will elect Supreme Court 1 lustice, comptroller, Legislature and wo Congressmen November 4. Georgia will elect State oflicers and .Aegislature October 1, and vote upon wo proposed amendments to the con titution of the State. one extending he benefits of the State pension to 'idows of the Confederate soldiers. and Ihe other allowing the reading and -eference of bills by title. when intlo ueed; will elect ten Congressmen No rember 4. Idaho will elect State officers, Legis ature and one Congressman October 1. Illinois will elect State treasurer, mperintendent of public instruction egislature and twenty Congressmen November 4. 1 udiana will elect minor State officers, Legislature and thirteen Congressmen November 4. Iowa will elect minor State officers mind eleven Congressmen November 4. Kansas will elect State officers, Legis lature, seven Congressmen and vote upon two proposed amendments to the State constitution November 4. One of these amendments increases the umber of Supreme Court Judges from three to seven, and the other lengthens the biennial session of the Legislature to ninety days and provides for the pay and mileage of members. Kentucky elected clerk of the Court of Appeals and delegates to a conven tion to revise the Constitution of the State August 4; will elect eleven Con gressmen November 4. Louisiana will elect six Congressmen November 4. Maine elected Governor, Legislature and four Congressmen September 8. Maryland will elect six Congressmen November 4. Massachusetts will elect State officers, Legislature and twelve Congressmen November 4. M1ichigan will elect State officers, Legislature and eleven Congressmen November 4. Minnesota will elect State officers, Legislature and live Congressmen No vember 4. Mississippi elected delegates to a con vention to revise the constitution of the State July 29; will elect seven Congress men November 4. Missouri will elect minor State officers, Legislature and fourteen Congressmen November 4. Montana wlll elect Legislature and one Congressman November 4. Nebraska will elect State officers, Legislature and three Congressmen, and vote up in four proposed amendments to the State constitution November 4. These amendments relate to prohibition and high license, provide for five Su preme Judges, and increase the Judges' salaries. Nevada will elect State officers, Leg islature, and one Congressman Novem ber 4. New Ihampshire will elect Governor, Legislature, and two Congressmen No vember 4. New Jersey will vote upon two pro posed amenalments to the State con stitution September 30. One of these amendments cancels the prohibition against special legislation regulating the internal affairs of towns and coun ties, and the other eliminates the clause in reference to the appointment of .Jdges of the Court of Common Pleas. Will elect Legislature and seven Con men November 4. New York will elect Judge of the Court of Appeals, two Judges of the Supreme Court. Assembly, and thirty four Congressmen November 4. North Carolina will elect Chief and Associate Judge of the Supreme Court, Legislature, and nine Congressmen No vember 4. North Dakota will elect state officers, Legislature and one Congressman No vember 4. Ohio will elect minor State oflicers and twenty-one Congressmen Novem ber 4. Oregon elected State officers, Legisla ture and one Congressman June 2. Pennsylvania will elect State officers, Legislature and twenty-eight Congress men November 4. Rhode Island elected State officers and Legislature April 2: will elect two Congressmen November 4. South Carolina will elect State of ficers. Legislature and seven Congress men November 4. South Dakota will elect State otticers, Legislature and two Congressmen No, vember 4. Tennessee elected Supreme Judge August 7; will elect Governor, Legisla ture and ten Congressmen November 4. Texas will elect State officers, Legis lature, and eleven Congressmen, and vote upon two proposed amendments to the constitution of the State Novem ber 4. One of these amendments. re lates to the State tax and the other authorizes the Legislature to create a commission to regulate railroad tratfic. Vermont elected State officers, Legis lature, and two Congressmen Septem ber 2. Virginia will elect ten Congressmen November 4. Washington will elect Legislature and one Congressman November 4. West Virginia will elect Judge of the Court of Appeals. Legislature, and four Congressmen November 4. Wisconsin wvill elect State officers, Legislature. and nine Congressmen No vember 4. Wyoming elected State officers, Leg. islature, and one C'ongressman Septem ber 14. _ _ _ _ MIesmerized1 by MJormanism. NEw OiRK, Oct. 2.-The authorities at the barge oflice this morning used an immense amount or moral suasion on thirty-two young women, who arrived yesterday on the steamer Wyoming. to induce them to forego their intention of becoming proselytes to the Mormon faith. The girls were separated from the rest of the passengers as they land ed, and placed in a room by themselves. Three female missionaries from the Emigrant Girls' Iome wvent among them and tried to convince thenm of the olly of the course they proposedj to follow.: It was a very hard undertaking. One f t~he girls, Karen Sylvester by name, who acted as spokeswoman for the party, frankly acknowledged that they were all willing to be one of seven or ight wives, and were fully aware of the principles of 31ormonismn. The ;irls are all young and pretty and the ttempt of the missionaries to infiu ?nce them proved an utter failure, and is all that the barge office authorities an do is to use persuasion, the entire arty will proceed on their journey to norrow by the Old Dominion Line via ewport News, Va. The party comprises, all told, twvo undred and two persons, of whom ~hirty-two are children. Among them s a marriedl English womatn who left er husband in England to take up he M1ormon faith. She said she was ~alled and comnpelled to go. She refused, o tell her name. THE National Democrat notes the act that in 1874 the RepublIcan party ~vent to the country on a record of pro ligacy and a force bill, and they were 1 eate~n out of sight. They aregoing to ;he country with the same record in 18910. It is the same country, and we mn,.cnate onfidntly thea ame rennits. THE FIRE IS LIGHTED. 'hiladelphia Repubitcans Fried to Save McKieuiy. 'l ILAi1Ee'in1A. Oct. 3.-The immor al process of fat frying is again in ac ive op(eration. The fire is h:t, the killet is red and the oleaginous juices i!s and splutter merrily. To carry he metaphor further, the air here .boits conveys the odor of the melting dipose of wealthy Republican protec ionists. The immediate occasion for the re rival of the party fry-kettle is the im >ending struggle in the Congressional )istrict of Ohio. in which the high riest of the advanced protectionists, ,m. McKinley, will be pitted against lolin G. Norwich. The defeat of Major JcKinley is altogether too deplorable in event for the advocates of a high ariff to consider calmly. Such a catas rophe'would be regarded they assume ,o believe as a heavy blow given the ause. If there is any one man, after he mighty Reed, whom the Republican eaders consider as necessary to the iext House it is the doughty Major. 'he election of McKinley can not be icomplished. There must be many -oters purchased in order to attain a najority on election day. No one is nware of this fact with a more realizing ;ense than Major McKinley himself. lut the knowledge does not deter him, lected he means to be if the ways and eans can be obtained. Why not start he fry kettle again? It has been started. The fry-master is one Walter Dhance, of Medine County, Ohio. In 'his city the following are among the principal victims who have been ex posed to the gradual heat of arguments and requests. The value of the pro luct of the fry in each individual instance is given : John Wanamaker.......... 500 homas Doian & Co...... ...... 500 W. H. Grund..................... 500 John & James Dobson............ 500 Justice Bateman & Co........... 500 Doats Bros....................... 250 Edward A Green & Co........... 250 has. A. Webb & Co.............. 100 U. L. Cooper..................... 25 otal............................$3,125 The sum of $3,125 is not a large one when the work to be done is consider ed, but it is only a portion of the cor ruption fund that has been raised to aid McKinley. The above-mentioned gentlemen who have been relieved of a portion of their adiposity are inter ested in wool, and they are among the contributors to the famous $5O,000 fund raised by Thomas Dolan and dis bursed by John Wanamaker in accord ance with the suggestions of States man Matthew Stanley Quay to elect President Harrison. Walter Chance has operated in the East as well as in Philadelphia, and while it is impossible at present to give the names of the con tributors and the amount that was ex torted, enough is known to warrant the present announcement that the McKin ey corruption fund is already large and that it bids fair to be larger. THE BISHOPVILLE POSTOFFICE. A Statement of th e Facts As to Why the Office Was Closed. BIsiiorVILLE, S. C., Oct. 2.-On Mon day last our postoffice was formally losed by a postal official sent here for that purpose, and our mail is now left at another office six miles away. Be cause, as John Wannamaker expressed it: "If the people of Bishopvilie will not stand a negro postmaster, they will have to do without a postoffice." Perhaps a statement of the facts lead ing up to this will be interesting. Some time ago Rev. I. R. Miller, a negro preacher, was appointed post master at this place. A few days after he assume d the discharge of the duties of the office he was arrested upon the street by the police of the to wn for carrying concealed deadly w eapons, there being an ordinaner of the town prohibiting the carrying of concealed deadly weapons upon the person. Mil ler was arraigned before the town council, tried, found guilty, and fined for the offense. After Miller was discharged by the town authorities, a citizen of the town went before a Trial Justice and swore out a warrant for the aforesaid offense under the statutes of the State. Mil-, ler, learning of this, proposed to this prosecutor if he would withdraw this prosecution he (Miller) would leave the place. This was agreed to. Accord ingly Miller appointed an assistant postmaster,-Mr. Scarborough. our for mer postmaster, tendered his resignar tion, and left here, and thus matters have remained until now. We have the spectacle of the United States government playing the game of spite" at a little country town, because a negro official violates State and mu nicipal laws, and is likely to get him self into serious trouble thterety, and to save himself the penalties, which he knows he justly deserves, abandons his appointment. The Postmaster General of a great and powerful government subjects all the citizens of a town and thickly set :ed community to the great incon venence of a want of mail facilities. We suppose if the "Rev." IL R. Miller had violated ever3 statue law of the State and every ordinance of the town the people should have stood mutely aghast and let him alone because he held a postmaster's commission from the great Sunday school lecturer, the Hon. John Wannamnaker. If it has come to that, that we must allow all manner of violation of law at the hands of some government pet, or be denied those rights and priyileges and advantages which under the con stitution and laws, and by virtue of our being tax paying subjects, we are entitled, then we say: "Sweet land of Liberty, Of thee I-" Don't sing. not now.-Eagle. A Teiegraph Operator's Blunder. WIKEBARE, PA,. September 29. Through the failure of a telegraph oper :itor on the ,Jersey Central Road to delh ver a train order to-night a piassenger train and a coal train came in collision. One engineer and two firemen were killed andl one engineer and two brakemen were badiy hurt. The passengers suffer d nothing worse than a fright and a few bruises. Game to Sumter ad inspect my large stock of Clothing, liats, Shoes, Gents= Furnisning Goods, Dry oods, Hardware, Groceries, Tinware, 3rokery, in fact everything that is kept in Sfirst class ENERAL. MERCHANDISE STORE. I will give my customers special bargains ma pay the highest prices for Hides, Furs, and all kinds of contry prodnp.ce I M. K AR E SH, Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C. WAVERLY HOUSE, In bend of King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, Newly furnished. Electric bells. Electric ights in all rooms and hallways. Rates, 2 and S2.50. G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. H A RLES C. L ESLIE WAholsalec & Retail Commission Dealer in Consignments of poultry, eggs, and all :inds of country produce are respectfully olicited. )ffice Nos. 18 & 20 Market St., E. of East Bay PEOPLE OF CLARENDON1 I have just returned from the North with the largest and best assorted stock of General Merchandise that has ever been offered by me since I hr.ve been ;n the busineas. I am prepared to compete with the largest merchan.ts in the town. My stock consists of DRESS GOODS. TRIMMINGS, HOME SPUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kinds, and in fact -verything that is kept in a Dry Goods Store. I also have the best assortment of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS in town, and my Clothing and Hats I can sell cheaper than any one else. If you want first class family and plantation GROCERIES, give me a trial, and I will convince yon that it is to your interest to buy from me. C. KARESH, Manning, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, IUMTER, S. C. First class acconmodations and excellent table. Convenient to the b.'siness portion of the town. 25 cents for dinner. J. H. DIXON, Proprietor. C. WULBERN & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS. Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 and 173 East Bay Street, -CHARLESTON, S. C. M. Drake & Son, -WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & TRUNKS. 235 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. LUrgest stock, best assortment, lowest prices. . T. MCGAHAN. A. S. BnowN. OBT. P. EvANs. McGAHAN, BROWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Clothing, Nos. 226, 228 & 230 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. S. THOMAS, J. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas,Jr,& Bro. WA.TOIm, .JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye6Ilasses &sFancy Goods. ..r"Watches and Jewelry repaired by competent workmen. 257 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S, C. ESTABLISHED 1836, Carrington, Thomas & Co., -DEALERS IN-. WA.TO'E-1, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. A. McCOBB, Jr. General.Commission Merchant, LME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE BRICKS, AND FIRE CLAY, LAND PLAS TER, AND EASTERN HAY. Agents for White's English Portland Cement. JoHN F. WERNER. L. H. QUInoLIro. JOHN F. WERNER & CG. Wholesale Grocers --AND Provision Dealers. l64 & I66 East Bay and 29 & 31 Vendue Range, OH A1R LESTON, . C. BOLLMAN1N BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CHIARILESTON, S. C. JOHN T. CONNOR, Cotton Factor --COMMISSION MERCHANT KERR's WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Solicits consignments of cotton on which ib1vao advances will be me "AROUND THE00ORNER" SALOON. Opposite .J. IEyttenberg 4: Sons' Grocery on LXBERTY STRE~ET, Give me a call when you come to Sumter, and I will guarantee satisfac tion to one and all. Fine liquors and pure North Carolina corn whiskey a specialty, also fancy drinks. A. P. LEVY. STALTLTION DEXTER. )EXTER, ONE OF THE FINEST ST AL lions in the county, will stand at Jdf dan the next two months, or will meet ,ep gagements in any part of te cunty Sep 16, 190. Jordan, S. C. 1 N. WILSON, 1 , AENT EQU)TABLE LIFE AS SURAYCE S)CIATY, MANNING. S. C. JUSEPH I . lll, ATTUll|EY .1'' LAW' ML\NNiN(, s. C. OjiN '-. WILSUN. Alffirnelj aid (oniwebo' at Lair, MANNING, S. C. A LEVI, AT7,77:NE'Y A T' LA WI MANNING, S. C. E, Notiry Public with seal. G ALLEN HUGGINS, D. 1). S., CIER|AU, S. 6. pT-Visits Mlanning every month ox two professionally. JOB PRINTING. T HE TIMES OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN a manner that warrants it in soliciting your patronage for job printing. Send us your orders which shall have prompt atten tion. Prices as low as the ciLies. Satisfac. tion guaranteed. Keep us in mind. FORESTON DRUS STORE, FORESTON, S. C.. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and- Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILE'I SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in n first class drug store. I have just added to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and am prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, in quantities to suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, M. D., Foreston, S. C. A. S. ;. PERr.Y. Ni. n. SrmoNS. nt. A. PrINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., --WHOLESALE - JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest Assets, $136,401,32..02, Surplus, $9,657,248.44. The oldest, strongest, largest, bes company in the world. It "Cmakes as surance doubly sure." . B. Canley, .Agent for Ker.haw am Clarendon, Camdena, .S. . ED. L. GERNAND, GENERIAL AGENT Columbia, S. C. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA. S. C. Is the largest hotel in the city, and has during the past year, been thorougbly reno vated, remodeled, and refitted with all mod ern improvements. Centrally located, ani offers inducements for the accommodatioz of its patrons. Has 6 spacious, light, ani airy sample rooms. Hot and cold baths, el evator, &c. Cuisine under supervision o; Mr. E. E. Post, late of Lookout Point Hotel Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The proprietot hopes by strict attention to the wvant~s of his patrons to ;uerit a shaie of patronage. F. W. sEEGERS, E. E. POST, Proprietor. Manager. .,LDW0'RK tA fCHM J -L5. 28 UNON SQUAREy sC sT.Louls.Ma. - . ALLAs.TEX. W,. E. BROWN & CO., Manning, S. C. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Lo Arm,Ar $28. $20. FIFTEEN DAYS' TRIAL IN YOUR OWN NOUSE BEFORE YOU PAY ONE CENT. Dons pay an agent 95 or 60, but rend for circular. THE C. A. WOOD C .,'I,"a I~' ht~una Revolvers, - Rifles, U. /Ua.eswragsa ~EINES, NETS, TENTS, AND SPORTING GOODS. Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, choke bored, $8 to $100. Single Breech Lead ing Shot Guns, $4 to $25. Every kind of Breech Loading and Repeating Rifles, $3 to $0. Muzzle Loading Double Shot Guns, 5 to $35. Single Shot Guns, $2.50) to $12. Revolvers. $1 to $20. Double Action Self Cockers, $2.50 to $I0. All kinds of Car tridges, Shells, Caps, Wads, Tool e, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Primers. Send 2 cents for Illustrated Catalogue. Address J. H. JOIINSTON, GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. Manning Shaving Parlor. HTAIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX 4ecuted, and shaving done with best rizors. Special attention paid to shampoo ing ladies' heads. I have hadl considerable experience in several large cities, and guar antec satisfacetion to my customers. Parlor next door to Manning 'Ii ics.xTTm J. ADGER SMYTH. F. J. PELZER, Special Partner. SMYTH & ADOER, Factors and Commission Merchanis, 1%Trtha Atlanatic W7barf, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Linuors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, C! HI YA RA L3 -B S T O l\, S. 0. F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, A-R a m-.-rCNq, S. c. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF.. ."PUire Crer.m3aa I! lilit. PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mn. M. LEVI, of Manning, -will be pleased to supply his frends and the public gen ally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. B. B. BRows, Pres. Joux P. HUTCsINSON, Manager. T. H. McCALL, Gen. Supt & Treas. Charleston Mattress M'Vg Company, INCORPORATED '1889. MANU .CTUEit'EDB.S OF High Grade Moss, Hair, and Wool ttesses. Wholesale Jobbers and Manufacturers in all Kinds of Capacity, 250 mattresses per day. Capacity, 500 pillows per day. Write for price list. Will pay highest prices for corn shucks. Office and Sales Room 552 and 554 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed. 244 & 246 Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. .TiContracts made for car load lots or less. W. E. HOLIES. LEIM&D MOOE. W. E. HOLMES & CO., White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, .Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and LANTERNS ofALL KINDS. OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. EVERYTHING IN THE PAINT, OILt, AND GLASS LINE. WM. M. BIR D & CO.J * CHARLESTON, S. C. STATE AG~ENTS FOR MARVIN'S SAFES AND HOWESC.ALES.__ ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and DealerS in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies, avRep~airs executed with promnptness and Di.sp.atcht. Sendfor price lKats. East Bay, Oor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale Balkery and Candy F'aCtory. AGENTS FOR HOLMES & COU T SE AFOAM WAFEiRS AND~ ENGLISE BISCUITS' 464 4nd 466 King St., CH ARLESTON, S. Q. PEJRCIVAL MF'G-. CO., S.\SU, DOOR~S, AND BLINDS. 478 to 48f6 Meeting St., CHARLESTON . C THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST, All goods gu iranteed. E.timates fornishe.1 by return mail. Large stock, promf: shipments. Onr gods do not shink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, 3MANVFACTUrERIS OF AND wHOLEsALE DEALE~hs IN Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Material. Otrice and S.-desroomus, 10 and 12 Hayne St., CHIARLESTrON, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NiE' SEND YOUR DYEINGy TO THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. 310 King St., CHARIL~STON, S. C, SMOKE HENO CIGAR, THE BEST NICKLE CIGAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent, Manning, S. C. SOL ISEiMA, Wholesale Grocer, State Agent, 1ma East Bayr, chaarlestoni, S. 0. Lilienthal & Blohm e, Succesor to F. J. Lilienthal & Son,. rpitgeo And dealer in Prepared F'lour, Gist and Me ~l, also Bayj, Griun, Flour, Mill Feed. etc. S,:nd 32, 34, and :u Bi :anofain St. CHARLESTON, S. C.