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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. s t 1l b PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. I PUBLISHEDBYb SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year..................--$1.50 Six Months.................... 75 Four Months..................... t ( ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $I; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer t in order to receive attention. of a personal char e r will be published except as an adver- t tisement. t Entered at the Post Office at Manning as I Second-Class Matter. M ANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1896. The United States Senate has passed a free coinage bill. Ben Till man did it with his little pitchfork. The effortron the part of some to create more court circuits is meeting with disapproval, we are glad to say. The people are not ready to be taxed to give a few aspiring lawyers a job. The gold-bug newspapers are vie ing with each other to see which can say the hardest things about Ben Tillman's speech. At the same time the masses throughout the Union are paying no attention to the abuse but are demanding the speech itself. The result is that Tillman's speech will be as widely read as Coin's Fi .nancial School and the other works of Harvey on finance. Greenville (Texas) Herald. DEMOCRATIC UNITY, Integrity and Success Para mount to Every Other Po litical Consideration. I am a democrat. Why? Because, fully convinced that the fundamental principles ol democracy constitute the very gospel of politics, and that their recognition, adoption and general application in political affairs are essential to the domestic peace and welfare, happiness and prosperity of our county. The prac tice of democratic principles will tend to harmonize all sections, all classes, all interests-to promote the good of all and to injure none-to maintain tbe rights of each without wronging any other. What are those principles? 1. Strict construction of the consti tution. 2. Equal rights, justice, privileges and opportunities to all. 3. Each man to bear his proper pr oportion of the public burdens, each dollar of property its just share of public expense. 4. Home rule. -5. Low taxes, and no permanent public debt to fatten parasites. 6. Public ecornomy. 7. Free elections .under home authority. 8. No bounties or protective tariff, but tariff for revenue only. 9. No trusts to vex or tax the peo ple.4 * 10. No class or sectional rule or distinctions. 11. The government of the people by themselves for the benefit of all, without distinction of section or class. 12. The majority should rule-not to oppress the minority but to pro tect both majority and minority by zealously guarding the rights of every individual and by giving equal op-. portunities to all. Democracy is the real party of the * people, and is the only truly national party of the country. It has respect table strength and following in every state and territory, in every county and city, at every ballot box. No other has.4 The republican party was begotten, born and bred in one section, and in hatred of another. It is, therefore, a sectional party; and, true to its ori gin, its views are gangrened, narrow, contracted, provincial. It has not produced a single leader of broad and liberal views, nor can it. From its parents, its nurses, its sponsors, its teachers, it has learned to sneer at the constitution and to appeal to hbighei law." It encamps outside the constitution, not under it. It fa vors sectional division, sectional jeal ousy, sectional prejudice, sectional su premacy and class rule. Its princi pies and prejudices tend to divide the country into a ruling section and a subject section-to divide our citi zenry into a ruling class and a sub ject class. Its prejudices are its *principles. And as the former are sectional the latter must be narrow, contracted, vicious -the very opposite of the principles of democracy. It, therefore, favors all that the national democratic party opposes, and op poses all that the national democratici party favors; and this because of its distinctively sectional origin, preju dices, habits, training and character. Democracy practically came into power on the accession of Jefferson C to the Presidency in 1801, and con tinued largely in control of national C afairs until the accession of Lincoln in 1861. During that long period ~ our country was extended from the' lakes to the gulf, from the Atlantic to 5 the Pacific, and made secure against ~ foreign aggression; the people gener- r ally were prosperous, contented and happy, our commerce was taking ~ possession of the seas, and our only a drawback was the strife engendered ti by the enemies of our constitution. The sectional republican partyd arose. In consequence of unfortu nate dissensions and divisions in thet national democratic party, and by virtue of that constitutional provision which makes it possible for a presi dent to be elected by a minority, the sectional republican party prevailed in the preidential election of 186.0, ad Mr. Lincoln became president [arch 4, 1861. Mr. Lincoln seemed ) be disposed to be moderate, con arvative and conciliatory towards ae states against which he headed is hostile sectional party; but he ould not quell the storm which he ad helped so much to raise, and his arty ran away with him. Sad were be consequences to the constitution, : the liberties of the people gener fly, and especially to the people and overnments of those states in hos ility to whom the sectional republi an party had been jorganized. Those onseqifences need not be here de ailed. May hand forgiving o'er their crimes be drawn! Their night is gone, and lo ! a glorious dawn! The worst of all was that a tryan ical sectional party was strongly in renched in all the high places of the government. For nearly thirty-two ears it held almost complete sway, rampling under foot the constitution, he rights of sections, states and peo )le, refusing a lawfully elected presi lent his seat, andjenacting a code of egislation and corruption that may equire generations to reform. What ionest man wants the return of those lays, the memory of which is as the oad of night-mare to the whole sountry? At length, after some partial demo :ratic successes which weakened the power of the sectional republican party, the country rejoiced in 1893 to ind itself once more with a truly na ional government-president and songress representing all the people Af all the states, (as did the executive n '85-89), and not merely a preja liced and sectional party. Although he democratic majority in the senate was but nominal, yet in less than two years democracy accomplished these results and others: 1. Rescued the country from finan eial panic into which the. iepublican legislation had plunged it. 2. Repealed the anti-home-rule fed aral-elections law passed by the sec tional republican party to retain itself in power. 3. Restored to taxation bythe states undreds of millions of dollars which republican class legislation had ex Dmpted from state authority. 4. Broke down in part the Chinese walltariff which the sectional repub lican administration of Harrison, Reed and McKinley had constructed to keep out foreign products. - 5. Opened the way for our people to find better access to foreign mar kets for their products. 6. Enlarged the free list of imports, ind made trade freer with the world. 7. Reduced the expenses of the overnment. 8 Purged the pension list of im posters and perjurers so as to make it a roll of honor. 9. Shattered the trusts built up by the sectional republican party to arass and plunder the people. 10. Destroyed the principle of pro ective tariffs and of bounties which hie sectional republican party had crporated in the law for corrup ion purposes. 11. Started the country upon a areer of renewed prosperity to the lisappointmnent of the sectional re publican party. 12. Checked sectionalism, promnot ad good feeling among the people svhom the sectional republican party ad succeeded in estranging from ach other, revived patriotism and -egard for the constitution, and re >uked the "communism of wealth" Ld all other forms of socialism. Let the people sustain and en ~ourage the national democratic par y in its labors for our redemption rom the evils of sectional republican nisrule, and soon will they become ble to recover their lost prosperity. )ur commerce will again cover the eas the hum of industry will ascend rom every hill and valley, and songs f contentment be heard in every iome. Upon the unity and integrity of )emocracy depend the existence and ficient usefulness of the party. )emocrats should, therefore, regard' be unity, integrity and success of heir party as paramount to every iomideration of personal choice for flice or of personal preference for olicy, and carefully guard against tissensions and divisions. "In union s strength;" in dissension and divis on, suicidal folly. Personal prefer ~nes as to nominees and lines of po itical action should always be held 1 subordination to the fundamental rinciples of the party. In selecting artv candidates we vote for persons, Lodshould always try to putL forward he best men; at the ballot-box we 'ote for principles. The best men d the best principles be.st fit to ~ether. But wvhether in selecting ~ominees or deciding upon lines of oliy, "the majority should rule." Every office is a "post of vantage." f held by a worthy democrat, the endency is to strengthen the party n that vicinity. Democrats have jut a single office to lose or give way, and should contest for every ne in sight. Party politics, state .nd federal, must enter every elec ion, however insignificant the office; or neither party will nor should lose ny opportunity to strengthen itself or he next coming congressional, u bernatorial, senatorial or presiden-1 al election, or for a possible guber atoial appointment in case of a enatrial vacancy. Democrats can Lot afford to lose a governor or leg slator or sheriff or bailiff in Texas, or lissouri, or Kentucky, or Maryland, r anywhere else; and in whatever tate there is a contest between Dem 'cracy and the sectional. and tyranni al republican party,the democrats of thr states should give their breth ren words of encouragement. Cheer, brethren of Kentucky and ary land, cheer. Be not discouraged t temporary disasters. Yield per nal preferences, silence dissensions, eal divisions, close ranks, rally und the flag and on to victory! ou know what republican misrule as been. Do you want it established gain? It cannot come if you make 2 unity, integrity and success of emocracy paramount to every other olitical consideration; for democrate success means success of right, :uth and justice. JOHN M. RrcauansoN. Daingerfield, Tex. SUBSCRIBE THE MANNTNG TIMES. PYTIIkN COLUM NTERESTING READING TO MEM BERS AND OTHERS. AT SET oF SUN. "If we sit down at set of sun And count the things that we have done, And counting, find One self-denying act, one word That eased the heart of him who heard; One glance most kind, That fell like sunshine where it went, Then we may count that day well-spent. But if through all the live-long day, We've eased no heart by yea or nay, If through it all, We've done no thing that we can trace That brought the sunshine to a face, No act most small, That helped some soul and nothing cost, Then count that day as worse the lost." BE AN HONOR TO YOUR ORDER. Despite whatever degree of natural depravity we admit in humankind, there is, in every sensible man's mind, an innate feeling of personal pride which may be denominated his sense of honor. The quality of this sense and the degree of its power are dependent both on the original bounty of its great Creator and upon the careful cultivation of it in the practical life of its possessor. God in his infinite wisdom has never overloaded an individual's capacity with any quality of -mind or soul; nor has He ever failed to endow him with characteristics that are capable of being trained and developed for his good. Whether He gives ten talents or five or one, He still bestows upon ev ery man those gifts of character that are specially appropriate and intend ed for him to increase in accordance with his ability. Take from a man his self-respect, his regard for his word, his sense of justice to others, and you at once place him on a level with the brute creation, lead him into crime, and land him in destruction. There is no hope for a dishonorable man here or hereafter. The most binding ob ligations of Pythianism appeal to a man's honor, and teach him that his word is as good as his bond. Trust and confidence are corner stones of the temple of fraternity in which ev ery true knight professes to dwell. Not only is it incumbent on every Pythian to guard his honor in his lodge, but to exemplify its power in all his daily walks and acts with his fellowmembers and with the wbole world. Pythianism is not intended simply to make a knight a true man to his fraternity, but it endeavors to engraft and develop in him those noble principles which will make bim a better man, true to his fellow citizens, his family, and his Creator. A knight without a conscience is like a tree without roots-he can't stand the test of time. He'll soon fall. How often it is, in the face of these facts, that a knight thought lessly or perhaps impetuously refers unkindly to a brother, or a member of a broth-, er's family,t sometimes creating an impression, whether true or false, that may becloud the life of an inno cent being, or retard the reformation of a repentant sinner! How many times are golden opportunities offered for a knight to aid, uphold or protect his fellow-man by a word, a look or an act, when his very silence or inac tion serves to push him on down in his trouble and sorrow ! A proper appreciation of the full meaning and force of Pythian obliga tions and teachings should exemplify to the world the nobleness of our tenets in their beautiful influences upon the life and acts of every knight. To be a true knight is to be the soul of honor-1 To help the weak, to cer the strong; To uphold the right, to crush the wrong. -Pythian Peli.>d. A strong mind leaves its imprint upon the features as surely as the mint stamps the virgin metal. It is fine thing to be fair and sweet to ook upon but it is finer to possess hat individuality that is the accom plishment of an active mientality. rake the similitude of the two seeds -the one an acorn, sown on the hill ide, and the other a sweet alyssum n a florist's pot. The storm and the winds and the scorching sun are de ~troyers of beauty, to be sure, but hey develop a fiber of which the pot .ed posy never dreams. Who, look g up into the gnarled and bitten branches of an oak tree, would de :ire the flimsy prettiness of an phemeral blossom ? Don't be dis :otrraged then if, looking into your uirrow frotu dlay to day, you see weather-beaten, time-scarred face. Do not mourn for the vanished color ud curves if couscious that the fibre af your soul has strengthened ar~d he oak principle has survived the jeason of summer verdue.-"Amber" n Chicago Times Herald. Every Knight who takes an active nterest in his Lodge should be post d on the laws and literature of the rder, and no means of information s more full and easily mastered than hat contained in a good K. of P. pa >er. To the orator and after-dinner peaker every number is worth the nice of a year's subscription. To e member who wvould know what is ;oing on in the Supreme Domain it s worth many times the cost. To be ignorant and conceited it is only vaste paper-little in it that fits his ~apacity, and to pay for it is money vasted. To some it is the price of ust so much gratification from the ousumption of so many cigars, and >tar indulgences. Such do not reed knowledge.-Exchange. Two angels were commissioned by he "heavenly host" to visit the earth Lnd report their findings. One came t midnight, and reported a "huge >all swinging wildly in space, with ut beauty, without form or comeli iess." The second came at midday, ,nd reported a "beautiful world, at ractive and desirable, even as their wn heavens." Do we, like the first .ngel, go to our lodges with our souls larkened, so we will see nothing to e desired, or like the second with1 ur souls aglow Evith heavenly light, nd our hearts open to all that is vely? It makes a difference. A SPARROW'S SILVER CASKET. Spaniards In Havana Raised $60,000 to Give the Bird a Funeral. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. What is a historical fact in Cuba and what appears to be a second edi tion of "Who Killed Cock Robin?" is an interesting story related by Col. Fernando Figueredo, a noted Cuban leader. It appears that years ago a Span iard with an idea of rendering a val uable service to the city of Havana, brought from Spain a large number of sparrows similar to the English variety, and which were thought to be useful as a city bird, in forming an army of diminutive city scaven gers. Imagine his surprise and an ger when, upon arriving at the city he was charged an excessive duty on the little birds. In a fit of passion he liberated all the birds and became involved in trouble for trying to evade the customs duties. The sparrows invaded the city, where they multiplied in a surpris ing manner. They proceeded to wage war upon a small city bird which they drove entirely out of the city limits. For this act the Cubans called them the Spanish bird, and in time began calling the Spaniards "gorrion," which means sparrow. On this trifling subject a very bitter feeling obtained a foundation. It was carried so far that the Spaniards recognized the sparrow as the em blematie bird, much as we Americans look upon the eagle, and they zeal ously guarded the welfare of the midget. After the outbreak of the revolu tion in 1868, the bitterness in this line as well as others became intensi fied. One day a sentinel on guard at the palace in Havana found the body of a dead sparrow, which had fallen from one of the trees in the park. With the greatest care and reverence he took the little body be fore a council of volunteers then be ing held. The volunteers deliberated over the death of the bird and on the impulse of the moment they passed resolutions of respect for the de ceased sparrow, and made an assess ment among the members of the vol unteers whereby they raised $60,000, the idea being to give the little Spanish sparrow an imposing funeral. A skillful silversmith was summoned before a committee and ordered to make a beautiful casket of silver, to be elaborately trimmed with gold for the bird. The handsomest hall in the city was obtained and the drapers put to work to prepare it for the reception of the sparrow, which was to lie in state. In the center of this hall a richly decorated' cata falque was erected, and on this the little casket containing the remains of the sparrow was placed. All the city and military officers visited the hall and paid homage to the bird. The volunteers appointed a strongly armed body to guard the remains. A Bishop was forced to of ficiate at the ceremonies. While the body was lying in state the occu pants of the houses on the streets on which the funeral procession was to march were ordered to have their houses draped. When the day of the funeral ar rived the volunteers were out in full force and the procession was one of the most imposing. During the march several p'-eons lost their lives. One was observed on the side walk laughing and presumably ridi culing the demonstration and one of the volunteers shot him down in his tracks. A house was passed that had not been draped for the occasion, and one of the inmates being seen by the volunteers was also shot. After. a lengthy march the casket was re turned to the starting point. About this time an unfortunate cat, presumably of Cuban inclination-as a Spanish cat would never have been guilty of such an act--was discovered on a house top eating one of these sparrows. The amazed feline was seized, tried, and after a speedy court-martial was brought out into the public square and four skilled marksmen were selected as execu tioners. After the criminal cat had been executed the body was buried in unconsecrated ground. STAE or Onro, CITY or TOLEDo, ~ Lucias CouN-rr. Fsais J. CEENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. 3.) CENY& Co.. d. ing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, an d that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARs for each and every cae of Catarrh that cainnot be cured by the ueof Hi.Ws CATRanas Cua. FR ANK J;. CHENEY. Sworn to before mc and subscribed in my presence, this 0th day of Decembe-r. A. D. 1886. [EA. A. W. GLEASON. Notary Pnbhec < Hal s Catanrrh Care is taken internally and I ac directly on the bloo.1 and mucous surfacs of the system. Send f.'r testi- 1 monials, free.] F. J. CHIENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. iSold by Druggists. 75c. WANTS A SUGGESTION. The Treasurer of The Clarendon Monumental Association Would Like to Get Rid of the Money on Hand. Editor The Manning Times:-Sev eral years ago a few patriotic citizens I conceived the idea of erecting on the court house square a Confederate monument. A call was made, a meeting was held in the court house, composed principally of ladies, and the meeting resulted in the organiza tion of The Clarendon Monumental Association, having as its aim thei raising of funds to erect the proposed monument. I was elected treasurer( of the association. These ladies in terested themselves in securing sub scriptions, and something over six hundred dollars was reported sub- I scribed, but the actual collections amounted to something in the neigh- ~ borhood of thirty dollars, twenty-five C dollars being contributed by a firm ~ in Richmond, Va. The association ~ went the way that many of its kind ~ do, for the want of sufficient patriot- I ism and fidelity to accomplish its ob ject. The thirty dollars of the asso- I eiation were left in my hands, and I after paying for some little inciden- a tals still have on hand between I $29.00 and $30.00, which I am tired of 'J having the responsibility for, and t would like to get rid of. I take this means of letting the r members of the old association know y that I still have this money. and t would like for some one to suggest i some suitable way for me to get rid 1: of it. I shall keep it a few weeks t longer, and if no other way is sug gested to which it might be appro priated and relieve me of its respon nibility, I shall refund it to thoser who gave it or turn it over to some other monumental assocition. Yours truly, J. HARRY LESESNE. DYSPEPSIA AND LIVER TROUBLE. C Merritts Bridge. S. C., Jan. 10. 1896. I t was very weak from an attack of the, grip st Winter and suffered with dyspepsia J mud liver trouble. I tried a bottle of t Eood's Sarsaparilla and felt so much bet- Jl :er that I have continued with it until I had a ;aken seven bottles aud I regard it as the yest medicine on the market." Mrs. Mary a [. Ready-. Hoo's ill cre iliusnss iaige- b SIMMONS REGULATOR 600DFOR EVERYBODY ind everyone needs it at all times of the year. Malaria is always about, and the Dnly preventive and relief is to keep the Liver active. You must help the Liver a bit, and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM KONS LIVER REGULATOR, the RED Z. Mr. C. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio, says: "SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR broke a case of Malarial Fever of three years' standing for me, and less tha3 one bottle did the business. I shall use it when in need, and recommend it." Be sure that you get it. Always look for the RED Z on the package. And don't forget the word REGULATOR. It is SIM MAONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is only one, and every one who takes it is sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for Biliousness and Sick Headache; both are caused by a sluggish Liver. J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia. TERSELY TOLD. The News of the Week From All Parts of the World. An Epitome of the South. Near Manning, Clarendon cor-uty, S. C., Henry Tindal mortally wounded his brother-in-law, Judson Chewing. The trials of three white men and Vne negro for incendiarism at Kingston, K. C., have ended in the acquittal of all the defendants. A man by the name of Tom Keaton, from Dothen, Ala., shot and killed Bill Lingo at the little town of Morgan, Calhoun county, Ga. Captain V. E. McBee has been ap painted general superintendent of the board Air Line railroad, with head quarters at Portsmouth. The light draught war vessel Helena and the Plant line merchant steamer La Grande Duchess were launched from the Newport News shipyard. Rev. T. B. Hargrove, pastor of the Methodist church at Coldwater, Miss., dropped dead in the pulpit Sunday. Heart disease was the supposed cause. Colonel Augustus R. McCurdy, the oldest and best known sporting man in Alabama, perhaps in the south, wa-s found dead in his bed at Montgomery. Katie Nicols, aged 19, shot and killed a 48-pound wildcat in Rowan county, N. C. She found it in her father's chick pn house, closed the door, got his gun and shot the beast dead. Eleven hundred dollars has been raised for the relief of the widows and children of the men killed by the Cumnock, N. C., mine explosion, and it is now armounced that no more funds are needed. The executive committee of the W. C. r. U., at their meeting in Lexington, Ey., drafted a protest against the use >f whisky or any intoxicating liquor in the christening of the new warship Eentucky. Some of the Farmers Alliancemen n-e expressing earnest disaplproval of the purchase by that order of buildings wd land at Hillsboro, N C., arnd say the rank and file had no voice in the seloc bion of a site. Congressman Settle, who introduced ;he bill to establish an army post at Raleigh, N. C., says the prospe::ts for its passagv are excellent; that if the post is ocated anywhere in North Carolina it will surely be Raleigh. A white man is in jail at Carthage, W. 0., charged with fastening the safety ralve of a boiler which explcded near sanford last week and killed two men. t is said that the evidence against the prisoner is overwhelming. At New Orieans, while a barrel of iar was being lowered into the hole of ;h steamship European, it slipped from ts fastenings and fell upon Joseph Sey nour, a screwman, breaking his neck Lud killing him instantly. Governor Carr has offered $100 re ward for the unknown persons who last )tober shot Harrison I. Barrett, a Jnited States commissioner, in Polk :ounty. The shooting was done from 1mbush near Tryon, N. C. S. L. Rogers, postmaster at Mountain >oro, Ala., was arrested by Inspector sosson on a charge of forging the sig rature of the late postmaster to a draft which he had cashed at Attalla. His rial will be held at Attalla Feb. 10. In a family quarrel at Kyle, W. Va., drs. Lizzie Savage was shot and in tantly killed by Thomas Burns, her tepson. After the shooting Burns went o the barn and fired a bullet through ds left breast, causing instant death. A prominent Matanzas lawyer writes o friends at Tampa, Fla.,. that most of he important Cuban families are leav ng the island for Mexico, South and forth America. The United railway t Havana has discharged 280 employes. The historic Liberty bell, which stood n the veranda of the Pennsylvania tate building during the Cotton States ,nd International exposition, and which ras one of the chief sights of the fair, tarted on its homeward journey Thuirs ay. Mr. Caesar Cone, president of the one Export and Commission company, ays that the selling offices cf the com any are to be removed from New York o Greensboro, 1N. C. Mr. Cone is now recting two large cotton mills in the atter city. A battery of six boilers in the saw rill of the Southern Pine company f Georgia at Offerman, a station 11 iles east of Blackshear, Ga., blew up, nd as a result five negroes, mill hc.nds, re now dead and two others are ox ected to die. A charge of gynamite exploded pre aaturely on sl/>pe No. 2 at the Henry |en coal mies, at Birmingham. Ala., nd Evan Mc/rgan of Ohio and George kard of Alabama were instantly killed. he accident occurred 1,000 feet under e ground. At Atlanta, Ga., Adolphus Duncan, a egro, convicted of rape, and Alex Carr, rhite, convicted of the murder of Cap. ain H. 0. King, were both brought be re Judge Lumpkin and sentenced to e hanged, the former on March 18 and e latter on March 21. At Swansea, Blount couty, Ala., 'rank Jones, superintenicent of the wansea Coal company's mines, quar alled with his wie of whom he was sanely jealous, and procuring his shot un, fired a load of buckshot into her reast, inflicting injuries believed to be atal. Joe Jowers and John Jldmonds, two f the defendants in the case involving he whitecapping and murder of the no. ro Williams, in Elmore county, Ala., st spring, were convicted and sen med to ten years in the penitentiary. ohn Morgan, the third defendant, was djudged not guilty. At Birmingham, Ala., Eugene Mosely, young man who wears a wooden leg, ad a quarrel with his sweetheart, Mary ifter knocrmng her down, stamped upofn her with his wooden peg. The girl was so badly injured that death resulted. The death of a bride and groom at Pisgar, Sumtq county, S. C., is the re sult of one of the most remarkable prac tical jokes oit record. There Mr and Mrs. Burkett were married about five weeks ago. Some one, to perpetrate a practical joke, gave them a dose of a rather dan gerous drug which weakened them very much and verore getting over the effects of the drug they contracted measles,from which they lied. Speaker Reed's edict with regard to the river and harbor bill has caused some little consternation in Savannah, as in the estimates fturnished by the secretary of war no mention was made of the Savannah river work, either for the contemplated work at Tybee roads or for maintenance of the harbor Work. Pearl and Freeland Harper, aged 15 and 18 years, sons of Cyrus Harper, a prominent contractor, left Huntington, W. Va., for Columbus, 0. Forty miles north of Huntington, on the Norfolk and Western railroad., Pearl fell be tween two cars and 20 box cars passed over his body, mangling it beyond re Cognition. Captain Joseph F. Johnston, candi date for the Democratic nomination for overnor of Alabama, who some days ago received a challenge from Mr. C arke to a joint discussion, has de clined. He is of the opinion that such discussion will not tend to harmonize the party or strengthen its lines for the August election. Captain John Screven is inspecting Brunswick's sewarage system at the lxi stance of the Savannah sewerage dom mission, who wish to adopt some of Brunswick's ideas, if practicable, in the improvements now being made in Sa vannah. After inspe ting, he stated that Brunswick's systm excelled Sa vinnah's in many respects. At Manly, N. C., a freight train on the Seaboard Air Line ran into an open switch on a line of freight cars. En ginecer Thad Pleasants of Raleigh was scalded, but not seriously. Fireman Walter Flanagan and Train Hand Isaac Bowen, both negroes, were instantly killed. The engine was wrecked and overturned and 16 freight cars smashed. The house committee on military af fairs decided to recommend the creation of a national military park on the Vicks burg battlefield. The park contemplated will embrace 1,200 acres where the op posing armies were lined at the siege of Vicksburg. The cost of the land is lim ited to $50,000, but the entire expense of the park, if the project is carried out, will be $500,000. Terms have been ~peed upon by which the Roanoke and Southern rail way will be absorbed in the reorganiza tion of the Norfolk and Western sys tem. The bonds of the Roanoke and Southern, which are principally held in Baltimore, were deposited with the Mercantile Trust and Deposit company. Negotiations for a settlement are being carried on by that company. Colonel John E. Brown, ever since thd war a prominent attorney of the Charlotte (N. C.) bc.r, and at present so licitor of the criminal court, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. He placed the revolver at the spot where he had received a gunshot wound during the war. His wound is fatal. His mind had been unsettled recently by ill health and the effects of his war wound. Notes From North, Et,West and Abroad. General Joseph H. Porter died in New York city. Mrs. Celeste E. Carleton, mother of Will Carleton, the poet, is dead. Russia is reported to be getting ready to occupy Armenia and Constantinople. Harvey Page, his wife and twvo young, sons were burned to death near Mar shall, Mich. Hon. Theodore Runyon, the United States ambassador to Germany, died at Berlin of heart failure. Sir Joseph Barnby, the well known musician and principal of the Guildhall school of music, is dead. At Minneapolis, George Baxter, a la borer, pounded his wife's brains out with a hammer and then cut his own throat. James Edwin Campbell of Chicago, dialect poet and story writer, is dead. His reputation extends over the United States Dr. W. H. F3urness, the oldest and most prominent Unitarian divine in the country, died at his home in Philadel phia, aged 96 years. The Farmers' Loan and Trust com pany. of New York, filed a bill in Chi cago to foreclose a mortgage for $7,775, 000 on the Lake Street Elevated road. -The name of Edwin F. Uhl, assistant secretary of state, has been mentioned prominently in the -gossip in regard to the appointment to the ambassadorship at Berlin. Work has been begun on the exposi tion which is scheduled to open in Gua temala next December. President Bar rios laid the cornerstone of the liberal arts building. The steamer Washtenow, from Pan ama, brings news that when she left the isthmus two weeks ago there wvas a prospect of a strike among thie employes of the Panama railway. A renewal of the massacre of Aintab, Amaissia and Van is feared and the ambassadors of the powers have called the attention of the porte to the alarm ing rumors in circulation. Lloyd B. Montgomery,who murdered his parents and D. McKeecher, a neigh bor, last December, was hanged at Al bany, Or. He exhibited wonderful pluck and died unflinchingly. Five persons were killed and nearly a score injured, some of them fatally, by an explcsion of the large :30-inch cylinder boiler at the works of Holli daysburg (Pa.) Iron and Nail company. Tire government of Managua has re established the normal internal condi tions of the country and the political crisis which has been a disturbing ele ment for some time past is now pro nounced to be over. The Brazilian government refuses to accept the boundary lines proposed by Bolivia in the territorial issues between the two countries. Bolivia suggests that the question be submitted to the presi dent of the United States. Plans are being arranged for the re funding of the floating debt of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad company, which may result in the formation of a new system to be known as the Balti more and Ohio Northwestern. The steamer J. W. Hawkins, with a Cubaig filibuster expedition, which sailed from New York Sunday midnight. was wrecked off the eastern end of Long Island Monday morning. Eighteen of the party are unaccounted for. Advices from Alaska state that the steamer Rustler picked up 14 starving men in a rowboat. The men were on the way from ~Seaward City to Juneau udhad not had food or water for two ys hyacted like wolves. At JTackscntown, 0., Elmer Orr found calf buried in a straw stack, alive and well. The calf was missed 84 days ago, mnd since that time has lived without pater. Straw falling in the passage ay prevented it from escaping. The estate of Mrs. A. Aspinwall of Pittsburg, who bequeathed $8,000,00 ;o the Protestant Episcopal hospital in Philadelphia, has dwindled to $500,000, mid her will is being contested by her aece, Mrs. flelaflid of New York. James J. Corbett assaulted a Phila clphia firemani, kicking him when lown, but not before the fireman split me of Corbett's lips. Corbett under ;ook to renew the fight, and the fireman rmA pid nA threw him down a HARD) R1 if. DIJRJ STMIM To Our Clarendon Friends We are now prepared to offer lower you want. Our Stock is complete. V hardware a large line of Paints, Oils, Etc. Harness, Saddles, Rubber and Great bargains in guns, pistols Headquarters for Powder, Shot Engine supplies, belting, etc. Headquarters for Cooking a!d The Terry Fih Company WHOLESALE SHIPPERS OF Freh Fish of all Sinds, Oystess lms, Our regular season for sbipmen ts of fresh fish (packed in ice) being now open, we are prepared to ship you any desired quantity. Charleston is the only market south that can offer a large variety of fish, and, being situated on the ocean, where they are caught, must be fresh. We solicit your patronage. Consignments of poultry, eggs, etc., so licited. Account sales and check mailed day of sae. 22 AND 24 MARKET ST., CHARLESTON, S. C, CET THE BEST dohen you are about to buy a SewingMachin do iiot be deceived by alluring z :vertisets and be led to think you can get the best made, finest finished and Most Popular For a mere song. See to it that vott buy from reliable manu tacturers that have gained a reputation by honest and square dealing, yo will then g'*t a Sew ng Machine that is noted thc world over for its dura bilitv. You want the one that Q is easiest to manage and is Light Running There is none in the world that can equal in mechanical con struction, d bi o wrking part1 fnenss f Snish, beauty in appearance, or has a many imiprovemients, as the NEW HOME It has Automatic Tension, Double Feed, alike on both sides of needle (patented), no other has it; New Stand (patente) driving wheel hinged on adjustable centers,thus reducing friction to the mmimum. WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. TIEEWHOESEWIMGCHIECO. QAAXGJI, XM BIST Osror.LES. 28 UVi1iC5QaARI, 2T.T CWLnIL.a LrS, oDsrs AB.1 'Ua& eSoT.c . riAsrs., d. FOR SALE BY E. JENKINSON, Manning, S C. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT GALLOWAY'S SHAVING sALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to. the comfort*, of his customers.... .. .. HAIR-CUTTING IN ALL STYL~ES, SHAVING AMD SHAMPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch.... .. .... A cordial invitation is extended... A. B. GALLOWAY. Wood's Packets of Vegetable and Flower Seeds Contain more High-Grade Seeds than any other packets sold. Don't bu y half-size, poorly filled packets and commission seeds, which arc not to be com pared, either in quality o r quantity to Wood's Packet Seeds. If your merchant does not handle Wood's High-Grade Seeds send your orders direct. We pay the p os ta ge, deliverng packets, ounces and quarter pounds of seeds free to your post-office at catalogue rates. MiDescriptive Catalogue and Guide to the Farm and Garden mailed free. Write for it. -T.W.WOOD & SON~S, SeedmenRICHMIOND,VA. Wood's Seeds -ron s.EE BY R. B. LORYEA, The DIuggist, Manning, S. C. jE. McELVEEN, CIVIL ENGINEER .ND SURVEYOR, avng an expeCriece of thirty seven years, oVrs bis professional services to the people f Carendon county. Satisfaction guaran P. O. KINGSTREE, S. C. A.LEVI. ATTORNEY AT LAW MANNING, S. C. losrs F. RHAr.. W . C. DAv-.s R UIAME & AVIS A TTORKNETS A'2 LA;W, MANNIN G, Ei. C. R. J. FRANK GEIGER, DENTIST, MANNING, 8. C. OFFICE IN MANNING HOTEL. OHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Ciounselor at Lauw, M7ANNITG . C. NARE! INT & SON >rices than ever. Call or write for w re have added to our immense stock of at Low Figures. Belting, Leather, Etc. , etc. and Shells (loaded and empty). Heating Stoves (Warranted), Geo. S Hackerim Son cm Mnfe o z W T W5 W SAEWIDOW ANDFAC GLASS A SPECIALTY. Pure Drugs I and Medicines ALWAYS ON HA AT Thie Well-Known and Reliable DRUG STORE OF In addition to a fall and complete stock of drugs, Medicines and Chemicanls, we keep a complete assortment of Patent Meclicines, T"oilet -Articles, Eye-G.1asses, T he el-Kon and oneiable Dr.ll Wfouinevrocfirstasn additiontoragulad cgsorete Chemi~l MANwekeep , S.mlet aor me t s evr irtadfhr Adthetosnd rgayand ompt-g wayd well-euaecrgoe. ONLY.F.RGT-CLAS FOUTAYOUN WANT A, . KNERIALHOUES OF Y.HIST Forsy Thursday nigtsee Ee u m our naetber reutd to . ab - o u tue re Url y d ro isavigorositidr ng brotersa spondswlto wielertlia tion On cor Wand the DIeld.C S7tatual Potash.4 A tialOfthis laa c*st t poi70Sytblef culturet~~ ee OusineamCpures arebot advertnisuing tiironr books and board. 93hNo assa t, ew'Yo. n Moepy gto 50eeuu Loadut. -10i anI o and C.0 O~c . 29, 1895e. IE havemad aranentyUisity broer awared Yourk Cidty, hrug whomc Ir am bl to pacte lon secur edbirtmrtaeo imp r e r f am for fietears t m, ay-rcALd olg ale tin intealmdens at telowrt o peWtineres pet annum. L Te brker age a teCg or src nd np tion. ar a r lans the eld h inceasen the s oillympsovimited. Potash.. Agralnst this pan ostsnin wilt little hand ise sur to th lead tos in atre ea heat o the s bjecty b ertain , ap arerealy elfultoCar erTe are Treasureefr. th ania f - OsL1