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L-OUIS APPELT, EmITOn. M ANNING, S. C.: WEDN ESDAY, MARCH 2:,, 18S. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. sUESCIRIPTJON RATES: ono. Year....--.------ .-- .-.---- . $1.50 Six Months .... -- - -* Fonr M onths ...-.-.- ..-.- ..-.- .. ADVERTISING RATES: On. square. one time, S1; each subse ,Inent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tril)utes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve morths. Communications must be accoipanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal char acter will be pubbshed except as an adver tiqem .nt. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Secoud-Chass .Iatter. SOLI;ITOR NOT DETECTIVE. The Jury of inquest in the Lake City affair has concluded its labors, and on last Saturday they rendered a verdict that Post-master Baker and his child came to their death by gun shot wounds from the hands of, un known parties to the jury. Solicitor Wilson, United States District Attor ney Lathrop, and Post Office Inspec tor Bulla were present at the inquest and neither of them were able to fur nish evidence th.At would warrant the jury in charging an individual or a number of individuals with the crime. The News and Courier of last Monday labors very hard in the effort to play to the Northern galler ies, by indirectly charging Solicitor Wilson with lukewarmness in the matter, and not inclined to do his full duty. The people of the third judicial circuit know Solicitor Wilson and they know, there is no public official who is more conscientious in the discharge of his duties; they know also that in the discharge of his offi cial duties he is no respecter of per sons and absolutely fearless. The slightest intimatiCn to the contrary belies a public record of about twelve years. If the News and Cou rier would have Solicitor Wilson tramping through the swamps of Williamsburg, Florence and other counties to run down criminals, they must first get the law-making power to incorporate that kind of work in the law. The government has a se cret service for such work and we suppose it has made an effort through that channel to obtain a clue; we must infer that the secret agents or governm~ent detectives have so far failed in the effort to secure evidence, inasmuch as none was produced at the inquest. The jury of inquest could not fasten such a grave charge upon individuals without some evidence, and we do think that our esteemed contempora ry makes a grave mistake in criticis ing every step that is taken in this deplorable affair. Its editorials have played into the hands of the political capital-making north, and we have no doubt but that in the coming congressional elections, they will play an important part on the hustings. The News and Courier, in -words does not inlelligenily blame the Solic itor for the verdict,but it does not need extraordinary care in reading to see that it would like to fasten a part of the miscarraige of justice upon that officer. It might be so that in not assuming the role of detective, Solicitor Wilson has failed to gratify the "I am holier than thou" editor of the News and Courier. Perhaps it was not indif ference at all; it might have been the result of being incompetent, and as the editor of the greatest journal in the State is attempting to pose5 be fore psalm-singing Massachusetts, we would suggest that he put a little sincerity into his professions, go to Lake City and look for'the "nialefac tors." In this day of progressive journalism it has become a part of the profession to run down crime, and if this distinguished editor will breathe a little life into his work, he will not have to p)roclainm to his Northern auditors. "And yet with all this long delay the So licitor was not able to produce before the 'grand jury' a sin.gle wins whose evi deoce was sufficient., so far as it ha'. been reported, to cast even a suspicion on an one ot havin.: been iniplicated in the criue. But to the contrary he maty be able to send forth the glad tidings that after detectives, inspectors, United States Attorney and the Solicitor failed, he girded himself with the armor of justice and into the swamps lie went, and after much trial, strategy and tribulation the red handed demons were turned over to the courts with evidence to convict. ,Great newspapers often do detective work, and nmany a criminal has been landed behind prison walls through the energy of a newspaper, then why not the News and Courier get out 'of its old trodden path and arouse its readers fronm their monotony by fuir nishing evidence to convict the miur derers of Baker and his child. If you wvould enjoy your food, be good humored. An angry man doesn't know whether he is eating~ WHO BLEW UP THE MAIE The report of the court of inquiry, I investigating the cause of the des- 1 truction of the battle ship Maine, has ] been finished and is now on its way < to the President. At present the ( public will not have an opportunity i of seeing a publication of the report i and what it is can only be surmised. The only positive uncontradicted E information to have reached the pub- t lic so far, is that the battle ship Maine was blown up in Havana har- ( bor and that 253 brave souls were launched into eternity. The press < despatches quote Admiral Sicard as i saying last night: "rhe case of the Maine iq most peculiar. perhaps the most peculiar which has ever ozcurred in the history of the world." Fiom the general tone of his remarks it might be interred that the cou:t findings do not definitolv solve the mystery of the explosion. Tbis is further borne out by the Admiral's statement that even after the report had been sent to Washington the department way require further investiga tion. When General Wade Hampton of South Carolina, visited Lynchburg, Va., a few days ago, he was made the recipient of special honors. The city council called upon him in a body "in recognition of the services he rendered the city" during the war. We heartily agree with some of the newspapers that are protesting against a continuance of denuncia tion of the Lake City horror. The press of South Carolina with a uni nimity never before known condemn ed the affair, and their is no need to continue condemning it. Thesooner we forget the occurance the better. The prohibitionists have decided to call a convention to put out a full fledged State ticket. Where will they find an Adjutant and Inspector General? That is a military office, and no one ever heard of a first class military man who was not also a genius at a banquet. One of the qual ifications for the head of military is an ability to direct the fire that comes from a punch bowl. A Mr. C. B. Smith, from where we know not, nor do we recollect ever having seen him, comes out in the Columbia State to express an opin ion, contrary to the one we hold re garding Colonel George Tillman's physical condition. Mr. Smith gives Uncle George a certificate of health and assuming that he is competent to judge of such matters, we are grat ified to learn even through Mr. Smith that "Uncle George" is active and can make a strong race. A man of seventy-three years of age may, if al lowed to enjoy quiet, add several more years to his life, but when at that time of his life he is brought for ward toi take an active part ina polit ical campaign, through sunshine and rain, at a season of the year when the heat often prostrates young men, not to say the harrassing that he will be subjected to, we think it wvrong and an injustice done the man. There is no man in the State who has won our admiration more than Hon. George D. Tillman, we regard him an intellectual giant. His public career has been an honor to himself and to his State, but he has filled his mission, his race is run, and he should be permitted to enjoy a wvellI earned rest in the shades of private1 life, and we reiterate what we have said upon a former occasion that it is not at all creditable to those, who are resp'>nsible for Colonel Tiliman's. candidacy. The prohibitionists are organizing throughout the State and they pro pose to meet in convention and nom inate a full State ticket. Suppose they do nominate a ticket, how can a set of State officers enact a prohibi tion law? We are very much inclin ed to the opinion, that this prohibi tion move is nothing more nor less than a newv tack to promote the po ltica1 aspirations of a class of poli ticians that, either failed otherwise, or had no chance with either of two factions that have been holding the boards in the Democratic party in this State. It does not need any argument to~ convince the people that the theory of prohibition cannot be put to prac tical use, for if people want to drink liquor they will drink it and all the laws which may be enacted will not stop it. The dispensary comes nearer regulating the liquor traffic than any thing yet tried, and now that it is about to receive a fair trial, here comes another move to destroy it. o There are men connected with this prohibition movement who are sin-t cere, and are pushing it as a religous dluty, but there are others who are nt prohibitionists, either by precept or example and have only donned the prohibition cloak to further their individual political interests. Ifi there is a sincere desire to i.ive pro hibition a trial, the place to make a tight for the cause is in the counties when it comes to electing members a of the General Assembly, because ifI the majority in the General Assembly re opposedl to prohibition no prohi bit ion law could be enacted, even if everv State officer from Governor downi to the Adjutant and Inspector General were the most ardent teeto-1 ttlers. If you intend to drown yourself, alays remove your clothing. It~ Charleston's grand jury has again 'efused to find "true bills" against )lind tigers, and Chief of Police 3ovle is determined to fulfill his oath >f office. When Martin, the Reform r, was chief, the excuse for not find ng "true bills" was that Reformers vere unworthy of belief. Now the >olice administration is under a Con ervative, and the jurors still ignore heir oaths. Major Boyle says that very case he presented "was sustain A by creditable and sufficient testi nony." Notwithstanding this, every ase was thrown out. Is it surpris ng? Not at all, for the jury com nission are hand-in-glove with those vho oppose the liquor law, and of ourse they will see to it that men who regard their oaths are kept off he grand jury. The fact of the mat er is that some of the grand jurors tre "corner grocers" and ven Hans uns von grocery, de pisness von't )ay widout a Katrina,- who sells der ?eer in der pack room. There should >e something done, even in Charles on, that will rid that city of the ;pirit of lawlessness that exists. If Lfter the removal of the metropolitan ?olice, Charleston is determined to dllow the macaroni eaters and Fritz Lnd Hans, Pat and Moike to run ough ehod over law, the sooner the tate Legislature makes a change in he method of drawing juries in that ounty the better. Blind tigershave io more right in Charleston than lsewhere, and when an officer like "hief Boyle admits his inability to :>ring offenders to justice on account )f packed grand juries, it is time or the decent element of that city to ome forward and ask to be relieved rom such oppression. If Congress would adjourn and go ome jingoes might quit shaking red ags at Spain. It is right for the tdministration to put the United tates in a position to protect her ports from invasion, and all of our efenses should be as strong as pos iible, but we see no good reason to ?recipitate a war; it would be disas ;rous to the South, because the pro lucts of this section would be para yzed. We are cotton growers, and otton has its principal market on he other side of the Atlantic. If his country becomes involved in a var with a foreign power, our ports vould be blocked and a general stag ation would set in. The grain ;rowers of the West are differently jituated, and if war is declared, their roduce would be consumed and rices would go up with a bound. 'hen another view is, that should ostiities begin, our Southern ports re much nearer to the enemv than he ports of the North, East, and West and we will be the first to re ~eive the fire from the Spanish fleet. We therefore see no good sense in he Southern people rushing pell nell into a conflict which will make hem the breast-works for the North, West, and East. The North, with its trms and amunition factories, can see >ig money in a wvar; teWest, wt ts food supply, can see the prospect or a wave of financial prosperity hould there be a resort to arms, and he East with factories, ship yards, nd cool, calculating and scheming >eople, can well afford to pat the hot looded Southerner on the back and nourage him to stir up the row. Lhere is absolutely nothing in it for he Southerner, nothing but the glQ 'y of making history for future gen rations. leware of Omntments for Catarrli That Contain Mercury, s mercury will surely destroy the sense of mll anud completely derange the' whole vse when -entering it through the mut ~os surfaces. Such articles should never e used except on prescriptions from repu ble physicians, as the damage they will o is tenfold to the goiod you~t can possibly erive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, ,anufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., T1o do, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken nternally, actu~g directly upon tbe blood nd mucous surfaces of the system. In nying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get be genuine. It is taLken internally, and ade in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cbeney & :o. Tlestimnonials free'. Sold by druggists. price 75c. per bottle. Hadl's Family Pills are the best. A Northern exchange says: The murder by Sheriff Martin and his euies lof peaceful citizens in Pennsyl ania, beenuse they were laborers belong . to the commonl herd, has been declared twful in a sov'ereign State of this Union. Vhen this horrible assassination first oc nrred the statemnuts of both parties were ublied at length, which made it clear bat the shooting down of the miners for arching on the highway by an armed rce called deputies under Sheriff Martin rs cold-blooded murder, but at the recent rial creatures for the defense were found swear in effect that the deputies in shoot. ag the tleeing miners in the back were eting strictly in self-defense. Stories told v the assassinattors immediately after the eenrence, and the testimony they trump d1 up at the trial, are diametrically op osed to each other. TIhe shooting and de acquittal are equally outrageous, and. oth are a disgrace to the State of Pen nsyi an a. The silent man doesn't always ab reviate timber with a saw. Ihv. E. Edwards.,lpastor of the English aptist church at Minersville, Pa., when] nferirg with rheumatism. wa advised to vy Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He says: .i few aipplicationls of this liniment proved f great service to me. It subdued the in amaton and relieved the pain. Should nv sufferer profit by giving Pain Balm a a it will please mue." For sale by R. B. orya, druggist. CASTORlIA I he Kind You Have Alway Bought Bears the 3igature of Satan is always on hand to help a~ u put up a stovepipe. THEIR ONLY CHANCE. The Prohiibitionists 3wit Combine With the Local Option Men. Columbia, S. C., March 19.-The interest in politics seems to be cen tered in the prohibition movement and few if any developments are e pected until after the convention meets on April 14. The proposal of a combine between the prohibition ists and the local option men is still being discussed on every side, but many of the old-time prohibitionists are holding out for a straight fight on old lines and do not take kindly to anything that bears the semblance of concession. They maintain that their position is a strong one and that if the local option men care to support their principle they are at liberty to do so. On the other hand, those men versed in practical politics declare that without some concessions to the local option men there is no use going into the campaign. The strength of the old prohibition party has been weakened by the dispensary and without some new platform on which local optionists as well as prohibition ists can stand there is no hope of success. With this combination there would be only two tickets in the field, and the man that did not like the one could take the other. With out it there may be half a dozen tick ets and the result would be that things in South Carolina will remain as they are. In some counties conventions of prohibitionists have already been held and the work of organizing the forces has been begun. Reports come that in most cases the county conven tion are leaving the matter of a com bination with the local option men to a settlement at some subsequent meeting to be held before the time of the general convention in Colum bia. Others are of the opinion that this convention had best direct the affairs of the party in the -coming campaign. The whole State has been interest ed in the appointment of Lawson D. Melton as United States Marshal. Mr. Melton is a representative of the faction that has tried so long to make Republicanism less of an offense to the white men of the State, and which has been termed the "lily white" fac tion as opposed to the "black and tan," or the old-timers-the relics of 1876. Heretofore the President has ignored the "lily whites" in his dis tribution of patronage and that fac tion was likely to starve to deatb. The faithful were just about to stam pede back to the Democratic party, which with all its strictness is so big as to be good natured and disposed to forgive and forget. So these err ing sons of Carolina were about to put on sackcloth and ashes and sit, some of them have actually sat, before the doors of the house upon which they had turned their back. Had they been re-admitted there is no douibt but that the sackcloth and ashes would have soon been discard ed and they would have been asking for the purple robes of office and de manding that Lie fatted calf be killed for their return. This appointment made and presto change-stock in the "lily white" faction is beginning to mount up and the faint-hearted are taking strength and scattering back to their tents beyond the outer wall. How much the Lake City affair has had to do with this appointment no one can positively say, but it is thought that the administration is beginning to realize that the South is a white man's country as well as the North, and that politics is unwholesome for negroes in this section. At all events. we may expect to see the "lily white" ranks filling up with some of the dis satisfied politicians from the Demo cratic ranks, which are really so large that every man can't be a colonel or a major, and some have to carry the guns and knapsacks of the high pri vates. The Republicans promise to make it lively for us in the next elec tion. There really is no telling what fun there is ahead, but there certainly will be a large and varied assortment of sports in the political arena in the coming summer. The war talk continues to be of an exciting nature, but so far it has not visibly affected business and th3 ex tension of improvements and enter prises along the coast. It looks like everybody is ready to fight, and everybody is fully confident of the strength and ability of the Federal government to amply protect its coast ine. There is, h3owever, little pioba bility of a war. The war spirit in Spain is not sur prising, for the people of the old world cannot realize the immensity of the United States or its power. The people of Spain especially are ignorant and have an idea that they are the greatest people on the earth. They know nothing except what the government permits them to learn, but later indications seem to be to the effect that a slight glimmer of the truth is dawning upon the govern ent of Spain and there is a great deal less of blunder than formerly. Spain is really about two thirds the size of Texas, has a population of about 18,000,000 and can only pre pare itself for further war through iberal contributions of rich and pat riotic citizens, of whom thcre are many eager to help the government, both at home and abroad. Yet with all her combined resources Spain annot raise so much money as the business men of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dhio. As Secretary Herbert has ex pressed it, one tight might settle the uestion. The people of the United tates have always been ready for war, nd the government has always op posed it until yielding to popular oressure the nation has asserted her rights by declaring war. Governor Ellerbe has said that he .s ready to command the South Caro ia troops in the event of war, but :he chances are-that he will not be alled in to and expose his person to lisplay patiiotism. It is not at all alikely that the improbibility of war ias prompted many brave soldiers to >ffer the nation their services, while nany others are really itching for a ight, and it does look like people~ ave to go to war every generation r two to work off their accumulated ~team. HAEumvm. M. AYF. Look-look-go to Brockinton's for that ronderful Celery Compound, only $1. per otale Next to M_ Tevi's An easy lesson 31st day of Februar: don't lend them. Diseases of the Blood and Nerves. No one need suffer with neuralgia. This disease is quickly and permanently cured by Browns' Iron Bitters. Every disease of the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic or otherwise, succumbs to Browns' Iron Bitters. Known and used for nearly a quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore most among our most valued remedies. Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. Lazy men are dead to the worl. but they remain unburied. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza. It has become famous for its cures of these diseases, over a large part of the civilized world. The most flatt ring testimonibls have been receiverd, giving ac counts of its good works; of the -ggravat ing and persistent coughs it has cred: of severe colds that have yieiled promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerons attacks of croup it has enred, often saving the life of the chill. The extersive uze of it for whooping cough has shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous conse quences. SolO by I. B. Loryea, draggist. Money is useful as a servant, but tyrannical as a master. S. B. Moore of Greensburg, Ky., says: I was very bilious for a long time; hali fallen off and getting in had health. I had dys pepsia and spit up my fond. I began using Ramon's Liver Piils and 'onie Pellets ac cording to the Doctor's Book, and as a re suit I increased in weight 23 pounds. and feel like a new person. 25c. For sale by Dr. W. M. Brockinton, Manning, S. C. Woman is the fairest creature on earth-also the unfairest. We are anxious to do a litth- good in this world ani can think of no pleasant-r or better way to do it than by recomniending One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive of pneumonia. consimption and other seri ons lung troubles that follow neglected colds. R. D. Loryea. Man ning; H. L. Wil son, Jordan; L. W. Nettles, Foreston. You can't judge a man's character by the high standing of his collar. Bears the Iha Kind You Hane Always Bou0:t Signature of When a wife makes poor coffee her husband has good grounds for divorce. After years of untold suffering from piles, B. W. Pursell of Knitnersville. Pa.. was cured by using a single box cf DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Skin diseases, such as eczema, rash, pimples and obstinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy. R. B. Loryea, Manning; H. L. Wilson, Jordan; L. W. Nettles, Foreston. No man would be willing to swear to everything he says during court ship. Beats the Klondike. Mr. A. C. Thomas of Marysville, Tem., has found a more valuable discovery than has yet been made in the Kilondike. For years he suffered untold agony from con sumption, accompanied by hemorrhages; and was absolutely cured by Dr. King's hew Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. He declares that gold is of lit tle value in comparison with this marvel ous cure; would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, bron chitis and all throat and lung affections are positively cured by Dr. King's New Discov ery for consumption. Trial bottlos free at R. B. Loryea's drug store. Regular size 50 cents and S1. (Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. 2 The trouble market is easy and it can always be borrowed at low rates. The powder puff gets onto nearly all of the latest feminine wvrinkles. Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bought Signtr The hair on a horse's neck is his mane protection. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon, COURT OF COM.\ON PLEAS. S. W. Gowdy, plaintiff, against Timotby Baker, defandant.i Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER A ND BY VIRTUE OF A JUDG ment Order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the above stated action, to mue directed, bearing date 5th day of March, 1898, I will sell at pulic auction, to the highest bid der for cash, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Monday, the 4th day ot April, 188 being salesday, the following described real cstate: "All that certain tract of laud situate iu the County of Clarendon and State of South Carolina, containing fifty acres, bounded as follows: On the north by lands of J. C. Baker; on the east by lands of Joe Barrow; on the south by lands of Joe Barrow, and on the .west by lands of Rose Montgomi ery." Purchaser to pay for papers. D). J. BRADHIAM. Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., March 9, 1898. [33-4t GeoS.Hcke& Son mmmeF~~nEnmo OF Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sash Weights and Cords and Builders' Hardware. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty, Land Surveying and Leveling. I will do Surveying. etc., in Clarendon and adjoining Counties. Call at oflice or address at Samter, S. C., P . Box 101. JTOHN R. HAYNESWORTH. DR J. FRANK GEIGER, DENTIST, That we can sell you an All Wool, Well Made Suit at $5. Above goods in blue. black or fancy Cheviots. That we can sell you all wool black Clay Wolrstecd Suit at $7.50. In sack or frock suits. Remember and bear in mind that Surpasses all previous seasons, and they were purchased early in May, and we can Save You the Advance in Price. You should see our line of Tailor-Made Trousers AT $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6, $7, $7.50. You cannot resist them. they are too pretty. We Handle Earle & Wilson's Goods, and we will keep you posted on the correct styles in Collars an.ci C-u.ffs. Fast black and tan 1-2 Hose..... 5c. linen bosom at ... ............ 50c Linen Collars............... .... 5c. (A bargain.) Linen Cuffs.. ............... 15c. Job lot Boys' Knee Pants, 50c. All wool Undervest (sample)..... 25c. kind, at..................25c. Job lot Suspenders, worth 25c, All wool Knee Pants (a dandy, now ...... ..... ................,10c. worth 75c).. .. ................ 40c. Mother's Friend Shirt Waist.... 50c. Scrivens' P. E. S. Drawers, all The Best Unlaundried Shirt, sizes, first grade...... ........$1.00. Our Stock is complece. Keep your eye on us for prices. TU CAROLINA GROCERY COMPANY Successors of BOYD BROS. TEOMAS WILSON, Pr'esident. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 195 East Bay - - Charleston, S. C. WV H E N YOU COME 'iE OMS&C. TO TOWN CALL AT WAE LLS9 -209 EAST BAY, SHAVING SALOON Obarletn, S. C. Which is fitted up with an DEALERS IN eye to the comfort of his AN !IAI cnstomers. .. ..-. HAIR-CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, S H AV IN G AND Lanterns, Tar Paper S H AMPO OI NG and Bulding Paper. Done with neatness and dispatch. .. .. .......HaqatesfrteClbae A cordial invitationigMilanEgneOsadGr is extended. . ses J. L. WELLS. To Oonsumners of 1.ager Beer: SAEO OT AOIA ih emn Brewing Comnpany, of Cut fCaedn Charleston, S. C., have made arrangements CUTO OMNPES with the South Carolina State authoritiesErstCCoke.pinf. by which they are enabled to fill orders aift from consumers for shipments of beer inMay.DuotAn .DaiIaL any quantity at the following prices :akeJh .Cokc.Rbr J Pints. patent stopper, 60c. per dozen. Ele ow n.M iyC kr.Edt Four dozen pints in crate, S2.80 per crate. Csre.Oi Cory.A ieC kr, Eighth-kec, $1.25. Wn atrCsry ileCsry Quarter-keg. $2 25. Jlu .Sr~ aeaSrtKt Half-barrel. $4.50. Srt.Wlj pot let pctad parie orerng~at tat hebee i Hfo eDqrERs D the CITElerAteUd privte ~riump!U. e of,- s Pl~me t.rof tB r of Co onr Plas rats or hee s~pnet.Ths berising the l abestd acin, ome adireed andmal, ad i reommnde bythebiderountyhof Clarendonorus, order. gal hurnst o C. iCalsr e s, ntiff,. te 4tMay .Doft ApM. avis, IsadayL. th ke y .io hn e c.i okre . Rb~erstuJ. Eed n Pheodnty ofm Cokre , Statho BrekreygOlinnConyey Anni Csrey, thnrt by lspof Joseph Sprott Kate Charestox. S ~aprllother ies bprtt lbetptands ftesi J.ors Lits tWnLdOzNinbre9. Huh Sprott, de'~fenanr Ntar il bicand foDosmeso.udno Foecosr Badale. prvtShmt~. W te peilmn r- ro f t Cur do Conty.as nsratecehesAsgpents.Tisbe is nnin g abov state acion, to 8 me 3dire td Irnee pNurANe, MPA , of th hi e hosbr-dt d ein5trl, e and aland isrcm eddb the bidderLof Ne for ca Esh a2no LAWtHs, LILLf nu c ompanyr. Am th. day _ofApril,1898, _eingslesday &a o E A the strone0t nd=b"t einpa) ' ealesDtat*= Cal o m bfoe akngou yurAnur I'thatO trc Dorpantto fln iu ne.I an w ntyeih a lrsdb nedo )FI TTOACOWREOS allotrnsdes bland ft Laido Manning, S..C, MA rchN S, 18C. [3 ATLANTIC COAST LINE, CHaRLs.-o, S. C., Feb. 14, 1898. On and after this date the following passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAV. South-Bound. *35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A. 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 4 38 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charleston, 6.03 10.50 9.15 North-Bound. 78. *32. *52. Lv Charleston, 6.33 A. 5.17 P. 7.00 A. Ar Lanes. 8.18 6.45 8.32 Lv Lanes, 8.18 6.45 Lv Kingstree, 8.34 Ar Florence, 9.28 7.55 *Daily. tDoily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. & D. R. R. jeave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, arrive Dar lington 10.28 a in, Cheraw, 11.40 a m, Wadesboro 12.35 p m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p m, arrive Dar lington, 8.25 p m, Hartsville 9.20 p m, Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27. Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.35 a m, Bennettsville 6.59 a m, arrive Darling ton 7.50 a m. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 7.00 a m, arrive Darlington 7.45 a in, leave Darlington 8.55 a m, arrive Florence 9.20 a mi. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4.25 p m, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 0.29 p m, arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15 a m, Parlington 9.00 a m, arrive Florence 9.20 a m. J. It. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'i Manager. Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gcn' Pass. Agent. W.C.&A. South-Bound. 55. 35, 52. Lv Wilmington,*400 P. Lv Marion, 6.43 Ar Florence, 7.25 Lv Florence, *8.00 *3.25 A. Ar Sumter, 9.10 4.29 Lv Sumter, 9.13 *9.37 A. Ar Columbia, 10.30 10.55 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a m, Laues 8.32 a m, Manning 9.06 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, *6.45 A. *5.00 P. Ar Sumter, 8.08 6.20 Lv Sim ter, 8.12 *6.30 P. Ar Florence, 9.25 7.45 Lv Florence, 9.58 Lv Marion, 10.36 Ar Wilmington, 1.20 *Daily. No. 53 rnns through to Charleston, S. C., via Central R. R., arriving Manning 6.58 p m, Lanes, 7.36 p m, Charleston 9.15 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Cbad bourn 11.43 a w, arrive- Conway 2.03 p m returning leave Conway 2.45 p m, arrive Chadbourn 5.15 p in, leave Cbadbourn 5.45 p in, arrive at Hub 6.25 p m, returning leave Hub 8.30 a m, arrive at Chadbourn 9.15 a m. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. CENTRAL R. R. OF SO. CAROLINA. No. 51 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.26 a Lv Greeleyville, 8.40 " Lv Foreston, 8.49 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 8.56" Lv Manning, 9.05 " Lv Alcolu, 9.15 " Lv Brogdon, 9.21 " Lv WV. & 5. Junct., 9.32" Ar Sumter, 9.35 " Ar Columbia, 10.55 No. 53 Lv Columbia, 5.15 P. M. Lv Sumter, 6.42 " Lv WV. & S. Junct. 6.43 Lv Broadon, 6.56 " Lv Alcolo, 7.01 - Lv Manning, 6.58 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 7.19 Lv Foreston, 7.26 " Lv Greeleyville, 7.3G Ar Lanes, 7.48 Ar Charleston, 9.25 ." MANCHIESTER & AUGUSTA R.B. No. 35. Lv Sumter. 4.29 A. M. Ar Cre.ston, 5.17 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.40 - Ar Denmark, 6.12 " No. 3~2 Lv Denmark, 4.25 F. M. Lv Orangeburg, 5.03" Lv Creston, 5.30 " Ar Sumter, 6.25 " Trains 32 an d 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. - BROCUI~NTON - HAS A FULL LINE Soaps, Perfumes, Patent Medicines, Pure Drugs, Stationery, Vaseline. Ice Cold Soda Water and Mjlk Shakes UP TO DATE. AT BROCIGNTON'S. THE Bank of MannIng, MANNING, S. C. Transacts a general banking busi less. Prompt and special attention givemi o depositors residing out cf town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt o~e ion. Business hours from 9 a. mn. to p. in. JOSEPH SPIROTT, L LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIREcTOBS. F. W. McLECD, W. E. 3nows;. i. M. NHxSF, S RO, . Tav