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BANDED FOR BLOOD SHiE-D. an fo A HORRIBLE ORGANIZATION THAT th cl, HAS TAKEN ROOT HERE. W1 Murder its Purposo and Cardiinal Prin- in T] ciple-Its Awful Power at Hiome--Somo w Facts of its origin. Composition and Methods-How it Has Worked in this th re County. The Cincinnati Enquirer of Sunday hz last gives the followiiig interesting 01 sketch of the dread Mafia organization, T1 to which the assassination of Sauerm- o tendent Hennessy is attributed : f. The La Mafia is a secret organization . composed almost entirely of Sicilians, ix and was founded by an Italian cut throat named Mafia at Palermo a hun dred years ago. The members are for the most part criminals and counter feiters. and hesitate at no atrocity. The inhuman cruelty of some of the Mafia agents is almost beyond human I credence. and savors of the brutal bar barity of the middle ages. Vincenzo L Arditi ourned a victim's house in New Orleans, hoping to burn the owner , the same time. Ile was sent to the' penitentiary, organized a branch of the Mafia-for house breaking purposes only-among his fellow prisoners, got out, went to St. Louis and murdered a'01 foe of the Mafia there. la He went to Chicago, onrenedasaloon', enticed an obnoxious f.-low country man into it and stabbed him in ile back with a knife so long that it stuck out on both sides of the dying man as he fell to the floor. He came to New N York, opened a store, tired it to get t he insurance and was unsuccessful. Ile vowed vengeance and La Malia on a fellow countryman whom he believed fr instrumantal in causing his defeat. lIe Ie invited his victim to a private apart- I ment to have a glass of beer, offered a e, beaker with one hand, and with the c( other, by one stroke of the razor, laid o the poor wretch's face open from his e forehead to the point of his chin. W.hen b the wounded man, almost by a miracle, 3 recovered. and was able to leave the Chambers Street Hospital, he was afraid to complain against Arditi, who went ' scott free. In October, 1888. Antonio Flaccomio ti was assassinated in the shadow of the ) Cooper Union building, in New York h city. Flaccomio had been adjudged a t! traitor to the organization, of which at o one time he was a prominent member, b and it was said that Carmello Farach. e who was murdered in the Staten Island woods four years before, had been en rolled in the same socilety. The un justifiable killing of Farach was one of h the causes that led to Flaccomio's re moval, but the cause of his assassina- r( tion was the testimony that he gave a .shortly before his assassination against c some of his countrymen, who were t< counterfeiters, as well as brother mem- ai bers of La Mafia. Flaccomio was sen- fa tenced to death. and two brothers, Carlo ir and Vincenzo Quarrara, were selected L to kill him. The former plunaed the I stiletto into the doomed man's heart. b Signor Rafflo, of New York city, the b Italian consul, is authority for the ti statement that the first that was really f known of the order was at the begin ning of the present century in the town of Silini, Sicily, where a family of nine, R named Giavanni, of considerable social ! position, were murdered in as many cl weeks. The father went first, being T found at his very doorstep. Seven days s( later the mother followed. Her dead d body was found in almost the same lo- o cation as that of her husband. The authorities were unsuccessful in trac- ~ ing the murderers, and several (days afterw~ard the bodies of the two eldest.l children were found dead in bed. The ~others followed in regular order, until the family-was completely annihilated.~ A tough character of the town. named iCbpoli, was arrested on suspicion an i t( confessed. He revealed the existence 1 of the order, and said that Glavanni tc and his family had incurred the anger of the band by betraying a criminal, who was a Mafia, to the authorities. -Sipoli had been instructed, among others, to commit the murder. He was tried, and although the best counsel was o0 employed to defend him on a plea of in- ti Ssanity by the Mafia he was convicted m' and sent to prison for life. Ie Several witnesses for the prosecution ti were afterward murdered by the Manla. w ~The government beccming aware of the lo lawless nature of the organization, at a once took measures to have it suppress- og *d, but the efforts proved futile. La T SMafia continued to grow. A police t edoficer in 1863, in Milan, discovered a mark by which a member of La Matia tt could be known. It consisted of a small gi scar immediately under the ear, caused st by burning. In this way a great num- el ber of criminals were afterward run w down and brought to justice. The so- D2 ~ciety- then gave up the mark, and the h< police officer one year after was found of dead, stabbed to the heart. kt La Mafia is a modern organization di based on medieval sentiment. It is re -lated to the Camorra, of Naples. It is a society confined not to Italians, but ? to Sicilians, the baser kind of Greeks," C.who bring their national customs their a! secret societies and traditions of t.aur- lii der with them. If a Sicilian believes fu that be can provide for the protection w: dig his person and property without th: havring recourse to law that person is a th SMaflosa. He may be a bully, a black- m mailer, a murderer, but in whatever he se does the public opinion of Sicily sup- fr ports him still. The code of ethics ur which maintains him mis called "omerta," or manlines Not 1pg agoawealthy proprietorm Czed by him. None of them hit him. No *complaint was made to the police. Yet -within a few months everybody who c Ihad taken part in the attempted assas-c sination was himself assassinated, A W Mafia had attacked a Mafiosa. He wvas ci more powerful than his assailant. Sici- al lans justify these crimes. Everybody m3 knows the authors, yet nobody inter- th feres. Said a guide of a recent t~aveler &i in Sicily : "Yonder home belongs to ie w most respectable man-a highly respec- ju table man, sir. The other day he killed m his cook. One of the most respectable ed men in these parts, sir."'i Murder is the corner-stone of the so-h; *cial fabric of Sicily. A Sicilian wishes to sell a farm. A Copo Mafia wishes tom buy it. Nobody dares to bid against him. If anybody is so foolhardy he would be shot next day from behind a te: wall or the corner of a house-.g If aCopo Mafia runs for the mtay oral- th ity of a village nobody runs against of him. He invariably has a unanimous at election. His hands may be red with a st dozen murders, and his pockets tilled sti with blackmail. Not a servant can be to discharged without reference to the un seen Mafia. The Matiosi rule their dis tricts as despots. If they have rivalries tr 'theknife decides it. The Camorrista of ha Naples live in Italy and thrive, just as 0 the Mafiori of Sicily. ch The political power of the Cammorals 'W is broken, yet it maintains an unider- ed ground existence, and has three grades. se A novice in the first garde is called re: "Gazzone di Malavita."(a youth of bad mi life). The more advanced pupil is e styled, 'Piccotto di Sgarra." The fin. ished scholar is the Comorrista. The novice-marks out the victims, folows - him and plays detective on him. The IK< Piciotto is initiated into the secrets of of the fraternity. Hec merely gets a han'l- Iso: ful of sous from the Comorista. ie pc lives in hopes of reaching the third t grade, and some day, by means of an a artistic stab or unusually long term in t prison, he is advanced to the sacred hI band. lie takes the oath on crowned knives with his hainds immersed in his th own blood. He is then licensed to mnur- cO der whomsoever he pleeses. TJhe Com- Ithl orista has two degrees of punishment- 23 one is the spreggio or slash from a razor, w( the orther is the collettatti or stab rng witn a knife. [n old days the police delegated their thority to the Camorrista. Just be ce the advent of Victor Emmanuel e ey were placed in charge of the whole y. For a time they did their work ,ll. The thieves being well paid crime s ainished. After a while their old : stiicts were too strong for them. f le customs of Naples which were >rth 40.000 ducats to the State,return- 1 their fostering care barely 1,00) du ts. The collectors of internal revenue ought they were doing well when they turned 20 per cent, into the treasury. c The secret service of the United States s been aware for several years of the erations of La Mafia in this country. ieir counterfeiting, which is their version as well as a part of the duties their profession of crime, could not . il sooner or later to bring them before e eye of the government's detective reel. Sabastino Lanza, who held meet gs with a regular group at 95 Thomp t n Street, New York City, sold MI tia unterfeits at forty cents on the dollar colored people, boys. girls, his own untrymen, and any American he could d simple minded enough to buy. Each counterfeit distributer organizes group around him and turns his rev m:es into the general Mafia treasury. uiza was watched and arrested on the Lrge of counterfeiting. A stean en ne couldn't pull from him an admis on of his connection with the Mafia indeed an admissin that such an or mization existed. Shrewd men like mza are well aware how grave an h-nse counterfriting is against the ws of the United States. But the erage Mafia counterfeiter pretends e most dense innocence and ignor WINNIE DAVIS'S HERO. >thing of a Mercenary Character in a Broken Engazenent. SYRACUSE. N. Y.. October 22.-Al d Wilkinson, who was until recently igaged to be married to Miss Winnie aivis, the "Daughter of the Confed acv." has came out in a card which >mnpletely sets at rest the financial phase 'the broken engagement. The general eling here is that the situation resem es the relations of an Orlando ant a osalind rather then those of a Romeo id a Juliet. The card of Mr. Wilkin )m is as follows: "Having seen in a local paper of yes rday a somewhat long report from ew York in regard to the breaking of er engagement by Miss Davis, I take ie liberty of asking a correction of somie the statements therein. What issaid F Miss Davis is, of course, correct in cry particular; but there are some i;estions at the end of the report in estion that would be annoying to any ie were they not so absurd. She broke r engagement with me for personal asons only, as she is reported to state, d it 1s ridiculous to suppose that pnliti il or financial reasons had anything > do with it. The imputation of v mercenary motive to her is se, and would be dignified by call g it unjust. Any one who knows [iss Davis, or who has ever known Mr. avis or any of his family, knows that V no possibility could they be influenced ' a mercenary motive. I am certain Lat the same is true of all their intimate iends. "Furthermore, Miss Davis has known r a year or two, if not longer, that I as poor, and within the last year my rcumstances have been much improved. he burning of our house, though a xrious loss, had nothing to do with her 4cision, for she had decided to terminate ir engagement be fore that happened. "When a lady decides to break her en gement the gentleman has nothing to >but submit, and I feel that any inquiry to Miss Davis's motives is impertinent. :y only reason, therefore, for this state ent is the silly and unjust report which ive been circulated-some purporting come from my friends-imputing to iss Davis motives entirely foreign >one ot her high birth and character. Alfred Wilkinson." A Heroic Southern Girl. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Oct. 29.-Judge ies T. McTeer, a member of the bar 'Virginma, and who happened to be on Le Louisville and Nashville train comn g to this city tonight, furnishes the fol wing. "I was a passenger today on Le Louisville and Nashville train, which as five hours late. Before reaching the ng bridge beyond Biloxi the engineer. nning at full speed, observed a negro ithe trestlework near the north end. he negro, observing the approaching ai and hearing the warning signals, rned and clung for a moment to a tele aph pole. He then leit his place of fety and ran for the next pole, in his :citement forgetting to jump to the ater, a distance of perhaps fifteen feet. espite the engineer's warning singals, stopped, bowed his head, and the pilot the engine crushed his skull and ocked him into the water. where lie undered and struggled about for some nutes. The water was two and a half t deep, and five or six big, stalwart< groes stood by and refused to run in d try to save the unfortunate man's1 e. "From a house near by a beauti I irl ot I8 summers was seen to run, Eth all possible speed. She dashed into e water and pulled the dying man to e shore, where he died in a few mo ents. This daring, heroic deed was ob rved by a train full of passengers, who, >m their position on the bridge, were table to render help." Panic in a Church. JoNESBORO Ga., Oct. 29.-Sunday oning at 11:45 o'clock. a severe wind orm struck this place from the north ast, stirring things up generally. No particular damage was done, ex ~t to the Baptist church. Services are going on at the time, and when the urch began to crack the congregation most stampeded. People rushed poll ll in every direction to escape. and in 1 e rush Mr. N. R. Haimrick fell to the lor, bruising himself quite badly. It is a miracle that he escaped serious in r', as the crowd went wvild for a few intes. The church is so badly dlamag that it will not he safe to use until it I repaired. It will be torn down and re lt from the ground, with all modern provements. Eighteen Babies in Fourteen Years. CICAO, Oct. 24.-Mrs. Jacob Os ling, residing im Roseland, a suburb, e birth yesterday to a female child, t e eighteenth offspring of a married life I fourteen years. Mrs. Osterling is out 33 years of age and of robust con tution. Her husband is a mechanic, a cdy man of 35. Osterling gave birth her first child ten months after her irriage. Then followed twins andC plts at appropriate intervals. She given birth to live pairs of twins and e set of triplets, and of the eighteen ildren fourteen are yet alive. Dr. P. . Holman, the physician who attend- ~ Mrs. Osterling at the last birth, andc veral previous ones, says there is no son why she should not continue to ltiply. ~The father, however, is nota thusiastic. Attacked by Two Angry Bucks. iED BANK, N. J1., Oct. 25.-Edward imp, of New York, has a fine heard deer at his summer place on the lRuin- e a road. Thomas Breen went into thei a to feedl them, and was attacked by e o larue bucks, which wvere angered byi log. Breen tried to climb the fenice, I t one of the bucks got its antlers in y clothing, and threw him heavily to ground, and while in this helpiess I adition both bucks struck him withi anr autlers, and had it not been for the ~ival of one of. the gardeners, Breen ,ui no doubt have been killed. HI~sI lt knee-cap was dislocated andi hisc A Cotton Seed War. The ('narlotte News says: A relort omes from along the line of the oil llls louth of us, tiat the old cotion aed war has broken out again ahili romises to be worse iham ever-the armuers against the oil milis. TLC cot :n seed oil matnufacturers lost money st year. They attribute this largel D the Conger Compound Lard bil. ;hich, although it did not pass Con ress, yet caused such agitationi against otton'seed oil that it depressed prices. 1r L still more important cause (f the 5sses of the mills. however. was the igh price paid for seed. some 514 to 11; a ton. The competition between he American Oil Trust mills and the adependent mills sent up the price of eed higher than was ever known be ore. and the result was that, although he productionl was greater than ever here were heavy losses all along the ine: indeed. the more oil made, the :reater the loss. With this experience the cotton seed il men resolved to avoid a similar loss his year, and early last month met and esolved to act together. The trust and he independents combined so as to re lice and fix the price of seed. Th t-y lecided on :. or 9 a ton for the seed, little more than half the aumount paid I ast year. This has naturally aroused t reat opposition. and hals brought on he same old war waged between the I armers and the mills three years ago., l'he low price offered has naturally cut own the supply of seed for the mills. Kot half as iuch has been received as it this time. last year. although the eot on itself is pouring in very fast. TIhe -hances are that the war will grow even varmer, and the cotton seed oil product )f the country be materialiv reduced in onsequence. In many of the parishes farmers' or ranizations have been formed to fight he mills. The planters are pledgin hemselves to hold their cotton seed and ise it as fertilizers rather than sell it at >resent prices. They also propose to idopt the plan successfully pursued in 4outh Carolina of putting up and work ng small co-operative oil mills of their nn, and thus freezing out the big mills. 'hey seem determined not to sacrifice :heir seed. and have already greatly re luced the supply for the New Orleans mnd other mills. The Work of the Alliance. An "Allianceman," in the Southern ultivator says "the character of the purposes of the Alliance was fully em phasized in the fundamental organism )f the organization. The honor and ntegrity of the order was ple'lted to ach member that there should be no :onflict with their political or religious iews. The base of -the organization was to render the lives of farmers and laborers more attractive, country life Less lonely and more social, and to bet ter their financial condition. There are two theories as to the cause of agricultural depression. One theory held by politicians largely) is that the depression is due solely to legislation, and to remedy the evil legislation must be controlled, and to control legislation the farmers must forma political party. The other theory is that the depression is caused jointly by bad legislation by the political parties on one sides and want of economy on the part of the farmers on the other, and that the rem edy lies in reform on both sides moving in parallel lines. The last theory is the foundation stone of the Alliance move ment. Their work lies in educating the farmers in the economical conduct of their own affairs, in the proper un derstanding of the science of govern ment, and in bringing all classes to gether in harmony and good will. Not theirs to inculcate the spirit of hostili ty to any class; not theirs to impute dishonesty to any class; not theirs to breed dlissension and sow discord among the people; not theirs to enter the political arena and disrupt all par ties that new parties may be created. Higher: Nobler: Grander: are the aims of the Alliance. Write in letters of living light this quoitation from their leclaration of purpose: "Its laws are reason and equity; its cardinal doe rines inspire purity of thought and tte; its intention is 'Teace on earth and ~ood will toward men." He wvho would prevent this purpose would de ~rade the organization by destroying he honor and integrity ot the brother iood solemnly pledged to each mem er. Brothers let us "protect the prm ~iples of the Alliance unto death." Removal of the Alliance Exchange. Coimun A, S. C., Oct. 30.-The stock iolders of the State Alliance Exchange net yesterday in Agricultural Ilall and, fter some discussions, decided to move he State Exchange from Greernville toI olumbia January Ist. It was also ~oncluded to establish a farmers' bank1 n this city. A committee was ap ointed to memorialize the Legisla ure at its comning sess on to obtain the se of Agricultural llall for the bank. rhis move was taken as the resulti >f a meeting of the County trustees >f the shareholders of the state Al iance Exchange held in this city Tiles-I lay evening, twenty-three Counties eing represented. It w~as suggestedt hat the exchange be located at Green ille, Blackville, Charleston and Co umbia, but the latter place was finally lecded on yesterday. It was vote dti s the sense of the meeting that the I ~tock of $50,000 subscribed to the State c xchange be used as the capital stock 1 > an Alliance bank, and this bans, it s proposed,. will do the business of the lliances of the State. The arrange nents for the bank will be perfected at tmeeting to be held the second Tues ly in December.-Register. A Cat and Diptherla. DoDGEVILLE, Wis., Oct. 29.-Thec amily of Robert Paul at Middletont ave been afliicted by di phtheria, which vas brought into the house in a singu ar manner. A~bout four weeks ago a I tray cat came to their home and one >f the children handled and played with t. Although it was noticed at the ,ine that it discharged at the nose and nouth. nothing wvas thought of it uintil oon after, .when the little boy came!S lown with black diphtheri a-one of the nost malignant kind-that the doctorn aid lhe had caught irom the cat. Thea >oy died. -Then the second took the isease and died. The father, mother Ind daughter were also stricken dowii md recovered. Albert, the only remain ng son and support of his parents, ared for them all through their terri- I le sickness, holding one of the boys hen dying and preparing them for!t heir last resting place with his owna ands. When the others were recover ng ie was taken down and died. Hard Times in Western Kansas. The exodus of people from the West n part of the State, wvhere the corn op) was a total failure. continues. The ost of the inhabitants are poor, and all rho can are leaving the country. In ddition, miany are going who have iroperty, although they must sacrifice heir possession to get away. An Atch son railroad man, who is just from the ountry which inl~udes the Fifth ('on ressional D~istrict, says peop~le are leav ag by train and wagon, and so many re getting ready to leave before winter 'i ets in that the railroads have agents orking among them to carry them. )ne man who lives about twenty-miles outh of Superior told the Gliobe's in ormant that lhe was offering for i83,(.00 .iine farm which lhe had lived upon and Luproved for twenty years. and if lie ould not dispose of it lhe would put it a the hands of an agent and leave. Ile ~s not had complete crops for five ears, and he ;vill go to Louisiana nere ne can raise two crops of rice a ear. Louisiana is the lanid of promise i most of the people, but a great many re going to Oregon-Atchison Globe. IT is a pity for a man like Judge s, askell to read himself out of the Dem cratic party, but that is just what he Las dne.C HE KILLED SEVENTY MEN. leath of One1 of the Wild West's Most Deperie Out V:ws. Mi omm, L. T. Oct. 26.-11ld Tom 0"irr" one of the most remarkable des wrad-ti in this country, is dead. lIle vas a Cherohee Indian, six feet four nces in height. straight as an arrow, nId at the time of his death nearly igh ty years of age. This retuirkable man caine West with is father. when the Cherokees were emoved to this part of the country. A itter feud aroso over the sale of the ose of the red inan. East of the M is issipi. 1tween two factions known s the ilidge and 1oss parties. "Old ILom's" father belonged to the Ridges. Ie was shot down in his own door by a artv of the enemvy. Tom killed three if the party on the spot. and then lie )ign a war on the enemy in which eventy people, as estimated by the 'herokee Couicil. were slain by him. \bout fifteen years ago the Cherokee :ouncil entered into a treaty with Tom, ne with compromise he has lived a iiet and exemplary life. During the days of his warfare .:dst his Indi;m foe there were many !i desperate daring placel to his redit. y bis atax colector in Craw . Couintv, Ark., was vertaken in iw nmontains, nmrdered and robbed i f10,000 W att Grayson, a Cherokee, a's robb of:332.00, and asubsequent uit against the government to recover he money developed "(11d Tom" as the >rains of the gang who did toe neat oh in a most romantic way, aided by jie cuini g of Bill Reled. After the -bbery Reed went to Texas, where he no-t a tragic de::th. and Belle and Tom iuarreled over the Grayson booty. lelle married Sam, Tom's pet son, to rite "Old Tom" and his wife. Three ears azo Sam Starr and Bill West, ouins~ killed each other in a duel over amily matters, and a little later Belle tarr ws shot while on horsebaci, near ier homc in "Younger's Bend." pre mnably by friends of her husband, ,vho believed she conspiried with West o kill Sam. Old Tom -would talk free yof his deeds in revenge of his fath ,r's<death, but he rarely spoke of his )ther exploits. __ Manager Against Editor. ATLANTA, Oct. 23.-The loii. W. A. [emphill, the well-known business manager of the Constitution, in a ;pee-cl before the Confederate Veterans' Issociation a night or two ago. alluded :o the fight being made on Governor ,ordon as a blow at the Confederate -ause. Ile said he indorsed everything :he farmers had done except that fight. To-day the other end of the Constitu ion-the Livingston end-took issue ,vith Business Manager Hemphill in an xtremely long editorial, in which it ,vas claimed that the alliance was mak ng no fight on Gordon and that to fight im politically did not mean to fight im as a Confederate soldier. When Mr. Iemphill saw the editorial, als first idea was, he says, to publish a yard in answer to it, but this plan he ibandoned. Butwithout receding from lis position in the slightest, to-day he ;aid: "I think that the old Confederate sol Hers are with me, and they certainly ?ndorsed my views at the meeting the >ther night. I stand by what I said. nd believe that a fight is being made on ieneral Gordon, and without a just ause: and I reiterate, that a blow at John B. Gordon is a blow at the sacred ause of which he is to-day the greatest iving representative. To strike at Iordon means to strike at every Con ederate soldier." So the business end of the Constitu :ion and the Livingston end seem to be ist as far from reaching an understand Ing as ever. _____ Exciting Adventure. P~Aims, Oct. 26.-The Aeronauts, Val es, Lelice, Truelle met with an exciting dventure, which nearly terminated fa :ally. They left the gas works at La Villette at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon n the balloon Mozart intending to make i brief ascent. When in an altitude of hree thousand yards, a hurricane drove he balloon Northeast, the wind violent y rocking the car, and the occupants linging to the sides. When over the iliage of Bourey, one hundred and fif y miles from P'aris, grappling irons vere thrown out and broken. The vind tore the covering off the balloon, md sank the car, which struck the tround so forcibly that it rebounded, hrowing Lelice on the telegraph wires mnd companions on the g'round. All vere injured. ___ she Remembered the Revolution. BA1;rTIOR E, Oct. 24.-Mrs. Mary Jane NIills died at Snow IHill, Md., aged 102 rears and six months. Mrs. Mills was >orn in Delaware June 15th, 1788, and ived tl.e greater portion of her life in :hat state. Her family were noted for heir ioaugevity, her mother living to the ige of i'). and an aunt died at the age >f 102. Her father wvas killed during me of the engagements with the British n the war of l812, whlile serving as a >rivate soldier -in one of the Delaware niitia companies. Mrs. Mills distinctly -emembered the battle of North Point, iaving heard the cannonading, as at that ime shue was living near Baltimore. An Awful Death. MAcoN GA.. Oct. 29.-There was balloon ascension at the State fair ere this afternoon. An immense rowd had gathered to witness the per ormance, and in the vicinity of the g gas bag was a mass of people. When the aernonaut was ready to tart, the ordcr was given to close the opes. The balloon was a hot air yes cl, and was upheld during the intiation rocess by tall poles. As the air ship as released everybody shouted "Look lut," as the great poles, having released he balloon, fell to the earth. Among those who ericd -'Look out," as J. W. Robertson. a former state nator from Talbot county, but while iving the warning to others the old aan failed to look out for himself, and .s one of the tall timbers descended, to he horror of the gazing thousands. it truck him full on the head, crushing tim to the ground and crushing his body .ato a shapeless mass. The allhir threw gloom over the whole (Jay's program. Gome to Sumter d inspect my larae stock of Clothing, fats, Shoes, Gents Furnisuting Goods, Dry oods. Hardwaire, Groceries, Tinware, irockery, in fact everything that is- kept in GENERAL -MERCHANDISE STORE. I w ill givem cus~ imtomners special bariains a pay the highest price s for Hides, Furs, ndl all kinds of country produce. I M. K AR E SH, Liberty Street, Smter, S. C. WAVERLY HOUSE, In benad of King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Newlv furnished. Electric belis. Electric .L ts- in ai! ron na hallwaysdi. lla tes, 2 ad '-2.5(. G. T. ALFOllD, Prtoprietor. ~HARLES C. LESLIE Wi\ 1ah &. letaii Coinunii-..on Dealer ian Cnsignmntts of poultry, eggs, and all id.; of counltry pr~oduce are respentfully licited. ilice Nes. 18 & 20 MIarket St., E. of East Bay PEOPLE OF I have just returned from the North with the largest and best assorted stock of General Merchandise that has ever been offered by ine since I have been in the business. I am prepared to compete with the largest merchants in the town. My stock consists of DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, HOME SPUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kinds, and in fact everything 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 you that it is to your interest to buy from me. C. KARESH, Manning, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, SUMTER, S. C. First class accomnimodations and excellent table. Convenient to the business portion of the town. 25 cents for dinner. J. H. DIXON. Proprietor. C. WuLBRN & 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. L'rgest stock, best assortment, lowest prices. It. T. MCGAIHAN. A. S. BRoWN. ROBT. 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, Jr. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr. & Bro. wrar a tuniurno irrn s, n JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. .Watches and Jewelry repaired by competent workmen. 257 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C.. ESTABLISHED 1836. Carrington, Thomas & Co., -DEALERS IN WA.TorrS, JEWELRY, SIL.VERWARE AND FANCY 6OODS, No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. A. Mc COBB, Jr. General Commission Merchant, AND DEALER IN .IME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE BRICKS, AND FIRE CLAY, LAND PLAS TEA, AND EASTERN HAY. Agents for White's English Portland Cement. 194 & 196 East Bay, Charleston, S. C: JouN~ F. WERiNER. L. H. QUIzotto. JOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholesale Grocers --AND Provision Dealers, 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & 31 Vendue Range, CIHARLESTON. S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CHARLESTEON, S. C. JOHN T. CONNOR, Cotton Factor ---AD -- --COMMISSION MERCHANT Kmin's WHAiF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Solicits consignments of cotton on which liberail aidvances will be made. "AROUND THE CORNER' SALOON. Opposite J1. Rlyttenberg & Sons' Grocery on LIBERTY STREET. 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 s specialty. also fancy drinks. A. P. LEVY. STALLION DEXTER. IEXTERL, ONE OF THE FINEST ST AL lions in the county, will stand at Jor dan the next two mionths, or will meet en Igagements in any part of te onty I Sep 16n190 Jordan, S. C. SAGENT EQUITABLE LIFE AS SUl|AIYCESOCIATY, MANNING. S. C. OSEPII F. RtHAME, ATTUX.h'T AT LA 11-, MANNING, S. C.* OHN S. WILSON, Aflo'ne|I a1d 0m seor at Law, MANNING, S. C. A LEVI, * ATTlE AT L.-i, MANNING, S. C. 4frNotary Public with seal. ALLEN HUGGINS, D. 1). ., G CHEJIER. A, S. 2-Visits Manning every month or 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 cities. Satisfac tion gnaranteed. Keep iis in mind. FORESTON DRUG STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TO]LET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in a 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. J. PERRY. l. R. SIoXNS. R. A. PRINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., -WHOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets CHARLESTON, S. C. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO0 OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest Assets, $136,401,328.02. Surplus, $9,657,248.44. The oldest, strongest, largest, bes company in the world. It "maies as surance doubly sure.". .E. B. Cantey, Agent for- Ker.dham an Clarendon, Camden, S. C - ED. L. GERNAND), GENERAL AG1:~Tr Columbia, S. C. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. Is the largest hotel in the city, and has during the past year, been thoroughly reno. vated, remodeled, and refitted with all mod. ern improvements. Centrally loceated, anc offers inducements for the acccmmodatioz of its patrons. Has 6 spacious, light, and 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 proprieto hopes by strict attention to the wants of hi: patrons to merit a share of patronage. F. W. 6EEGERS, E. E. POST, Proprietor. Manager. HI 'M F ANA AI C1 High Lo FIF EENDAS'TRA THW. . BRWND C.,Maingr, S.*C SE INES, ETSTENSA SRINGECROD rmhLaigadReetn ils $20t 82. Mzlodn obeSo us 85toS3. inl ShtGus U250t 5$2 Revlves.sl o $0.Doule cton el Cockr.4 $2.0 t $10 Al kins o C triges Shlls CasWad, Tols Pode -5 - 0 i lais ed.Ihvehdcnieal experienc iserallrevtiesangr chex bcore, to ann ingeAMIcLOad J. ADGER SM.YTf.. J. P1ELZER, Specia! Partner. SMYT &f S ADGER, Facier's an d 10 0M Mi Ssioa Meras, CHARHLESTON. S. C. ___ OTTO F. WIETERS, WIHOLESA LE GOCER, Wholesale Dealer in Winas, Liuors and Cigars, No. 121. East Bay, Ciarleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision reaiers; 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, Icu ie s ToN s. c. F. J. PELZER, President. F. :. lODIGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, CmX AJ STom, a. C. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHALRLESTON, S. C. Mn. M. Lzvi, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and the public gen ally, with any of the above brands of Fertiliz-rs. B. B. Bnows, Pres. JoHN P. HUTCHINsoN, Manager. T. H. MCCALL, Gen. Supt & Tress Charleston Mattress M'Pg Company. INCORPORATED 1889. -MrA TJF.AT UE S O)F High Grade Moss, Hair, and Wool Mattresses. Wholesale Jobbers and Manufacturers in all Kinds of F U RL N I T U R E, E 'I C. Capacity, 250 mattresses per day. Capacity, 500 pillows per day. Write for price list. Will pay highest prices fQr 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 3eeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. *Contracts made for car load lots or W. E. HoLMEs. LELAND MOORE. W. E. HO"LMES &^CO. --DEALErS IN White Lead and Colors, Oils anid Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and L ANTERNS ofALL KINDS. OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY. CH.iRLESTON. S. C. EVERYTHINO IN THE PAINT, OILt, AND CLASS LINE. CHARLESTON, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR MARVIN'S SAFES AND ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manuf 'seturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Porta ble Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Ginis, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. MiRepairs executed with promptess am Dispatch. Sendfor price~ hits. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale Bakery and Candy Factory. AGENTS FOR HOLMES & COUTTS [fEALFOAXM WA~ERS AtND ENGLISH BISCUITS' 464 and 400 King~ St. CHARLESTON S. C. 1>EROIVA MF'G. 00. ~ DO~'. AI) ~ll).~ 73 to B '. a~ . l\G~i i i') , THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST. All goods guara nk Lteed Es ites fanisLe1 i~ rturn mail Largestock, promip; shipments. Our goods' do not shrink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, MA~rFACTUREIs OF AND w ioL~sAL.E DEALE~ns IN oors, Sash, Binds, Moulding, and General Building Material. 0O1icc and- Salesroomis, 10 and 12 Hlayn St.. CHAl:LLESTON. S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW. SEND YOUR DYEING TO THlE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteecd.: En t.H\LETNS.. SMOKE HENO CIGAR, THE BEST NiCKLE CIGAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agentl, Manuning~, S. O. 1:58EJast Bay, cGarlestonh..c Lilienthal ih e C AJ. O C I.. . INC a I ...= ]L- 9, And dlealers in Prepared Flour. Gt ia l Mu- "N. ;::- L:~'. i:-;oac.r, 3il1l Feed, etc. Send for pric s.s u -a: ~usnS HR ETN .C