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..OU1.IS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1899. PUBLISHED EVERZY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION )ATES: One Year...... ......- ..........-1.0 Six Months........ ..........-- - Four Months.................. 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time. $1; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obitraries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications mn5t be accoipanied by the raat r:aie ari address of the writer in ordgr to receive attention. No comninnication of a personal char acter will be published except as an adver tisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. z %WRESS HAS ADJOURNED. The Fifty-Fifth Coogress has pass ed into historyand its record, he it considered good or bad, is now a sealed book for all time. It was an historical Congress-the Spanish War Congress. While there are some blotches and blemishes upon its re cord, its good deeds out number its bad ones. In its last hours, it did some neble and unexpected deeds of fairness and even-handed justice. Among these, the rivival of the grade of Admiral for George Dewey, and the refusal to sanction the conspiracy of the Navy Department against com modore W. S. Schley come in for honorable mention. George Dewey is now the full fledged Admiral of the American Navy-The first one we have had since the office lapsed with the death of Admiral Porter; and Rear Admiral Schley was confirmed with a rank two numbers ahead of his would-be robber, Rear Admiral Sampson, who was compelled to take his place (where he properly belong ed) two numbers below. So that Schley now ranks with a major-gea eral of the army while Sampson ranks with a brigadier-general. This leaves these two officers in the same relative positions to each other that they had when the Spanish-American war be gan. No one objected to Secretary Long having his brother-in-law Cap tain W. T. Sampson, promoted; but nearly everybody objected to his working a most flagrant and palpa ble injustice upon another officer to that end. Next to Admiral Dewey himself, there was no other man who came out of the war with as firm a hold upon the admiration and affec tion of the whole body of the Ameri can public mind as did Admiral Win feld Scott Schiay. Admiral Dewey is now our highest officer in either the American army or Navy, with the comfortable income of $14,600 a year; but our highest *officer in the Army is only a major general, Nelson A. Miles. It is no fault of General Miles himself that Congress did not feel itself called up on to revive the grade of General of the Army; for he was not given any chance whatever of winning golden laurels for himself. The determina tion and steady purpose of the Sec retary of war was to see to it that General Miles did not come out of the war with any additional honors over what naturally came~to him by virtue of his position as the nominal head of the army. The word nomi nal is vsed advisedly; for Gen. Miles' position was that of a subordinate during the recent war. Mr Alger made Gen. Corbin (Gen. Miles junior) practically hfs official superior throughout the war; and not only did so but actually aided and prom pt ed measures which were calculated and expressly intended to make the position of the ranking major-general any thing but comfortable. There is one thing for which the Fifty-Fifth Congress was distinguish ed above all of its predecessors, and that is the totai amount of money ap propriated by it. The totals to the credit of the last five Congresses fol low: the Fifty'-First appropriated the handsome sum of $1,035,680,109, and won distinction as the first billion dollar Congress; the Fifty-Second reached the billion-mark wvith $1,027, 104,547, hut fell a lil tie short of its predecessor; the Fiftyv-Third (being a Democratic) Congress fell a little short of the billion mark with $989), 239,205; the Fifty-Fourth beat all of its predecessors with $1,043,437,018 leaving the Fifty-Fifth Congress to break all previous records with the astounding sum of $1,570,349,578 over a billion and a half. If the ex cess of this last Congress over its imn mediate predecessor be set down as the total cost of the Spanish-Ameri can war, we find that the war cost us fully a half billion dollars. Some of the most important foot notes to the last hours of this last Con gress are interesting: the Democratic leader Bailey, seeing that he was a leader only in name and not in fact bowed himself downt and out and gave up the empty honor in conse quence of his failure to get the major itv of his democratic colleages to sus tain him in an erfort to declare the seats of Gen. Joseph Wheeler and other memb ers who accepted comnmis CHARLESTON'S MYShTERY. ~ That mysterious (?) murder in Charleston last week, whereby a Mr. Thomas Pinckney was shot down on the streets of a thickly populated por tion of the city, is not being laid at the door of the dispensary for a won der. We wonder whV? The News and Courier has not, as it did in the Phoenix affair, undertake to place the responsibility upon the State admin istration. We wonder why? When a reputable citizen was shot down zat the ballot box at Phoenix and the people rose to avenge the cruel mur der, it was the News and Courier that said. "The State admiListration has demonstrated utter incapacity or bru tal indifference to a condition of things which will excite the conden nation of the world." Does the News and Courier think the Charleston mystery (?) now that it has home rule, and a thorough sys tem of local self government will ex cite the condemnatibn of the world? If not, we wonder why? Thomas Pinckney was murdered, and somebody murdered him; who did it? Why did the weeping lady want the man whom she was talking to bind himself with an oath? "Will you swear it?" says this distressed lady. "Swear to what, and what for?" Who was that man in the church yard? where did he go? The whole coun try is interested in this mystery. If Charlestan is so unsafe that a man walking the streets on a bright moon light night can be shot down, sur rounded by occupied residences, un der the glare of electric lights, and people passing all times of night, without the murderer being detected, then we would advise people when they visit that city not to venture out at night. If Mr. Pinckney had been murdered in New York somebody would have been behind the bars long before now, and family prestige would not have been of any avail. But Charleston is not New York and it is exceedingly difficult to run do-vn murderers there, if they are well connected. Poor Pinckney knew full well who shot him (two negros) of course, but the cause has never leaked out, and the name of the white man in the church yard has not come to light so far. McFall's testimony so thorough ly links with that of Mr. Logan's "cry ing lady," together with her exactiog "Will vou swear it" from the man, presumbly Mr. Barnwell,that the bur din of proof now, as far as public opinion is concerned, lies with the "champaign party at the Bardin home to say who killed Pinckney and what for. The News and Courier in teaching its city readers, that the "State ad ministration has demonstrated utter incapacity or brutal indifference to a condition of things which will excite the condemnation of the world," has reaped more than it intended when it sowed its baneful seed, and as a possible result the harvest comes nearer home. By inculcating into the minds of its readers a doctrine that the State administration demon states utter "incapacity," it embold ens those who are lawlessly inclined, and makes them tearless of a subor dinate power--the city administra tion, even with its well organized po lice and detective force. "Whbatso ever a man soweth that shall he also reap" may be applicable to newspa pers that sow seeds of lawlessness when they advise or encourage the violation of any of the laws on our statue books, or attempt to weaken the induence of the government by saying that the "State administra tion bas demonstrated utter "incapac ity," &c. When such is the case can we wonder that a man leaves a Bacca nalean feast, to enter the chamber of death, and a 38 calibre death-angel (two negroes of course) crawls off un der the trolley car tracks and "evan esced with space." The speech recently delivered in the United States Senate by Senator Tillman is in great demand all over the Union. It is at strong and chaste presentation, and one which puts the Senior Senator forward as om'e of the ablest debaters in that high tribu nal. The press of the State with one ac cord are loud in their praises of Sen ator Tillman for the services he ren dered South Carolina in the recent Congress, and such newspapers as have heretofore been unabie to see any good in Tillmnan,and would "damn him if he did, and damn him if lhe didn't" are now vieing with eachn other to praise him loudest. How anxious some of Senator Mc Laurin's enemies are, to loosen his hold upon the people of South Caro lina, can be seen in efforts that are being rmade to create the suspicion that McLaurin voted for the peace treaty with the understanding that President McKinley would appoint him Circuit Judge in the place of Judge Sinmonton, who is expected to rtire at any eatrly daite, on occount of ill health. We have no idea that Senator McLaurin has any aspira tions to go upon the bench, as he is too young and useful to he shelvedl. MLauriu has a fututre before hinm which wilredound to the glory of SouthCrla and the little whipper snapper, who are criticising his every step from jealous motives will niot be astraw in his pathwvay. The only opportunity offered Lieut Governor McSweeney to cast a vote in 1 the recent session, was a bill to permit domestic wines to be sold without li cense and without cowing under the dispensary law. The measure, to the surprise of the Senators met with a tie vote and ai presiding officer the easting vote was cast by Governor McSweeney whose vote killed the bill. Had that measure become a law, the whole country would have been infested with liquor dens under the guise of dealing in domestic wines. One of the best laws enacted in the recent General Assembly was the act to prevent double pay of witnesses in State cases. It has been ascer tained that in every court magistrates, constables and deputies have appear ed as witnesses in numbers of cases and drew pay for each cape while at the same time they aie drawing sal aries from tieState. Under the new law, no officer drawing ray from the State either salary or per diem shall receive pay as a wit ness. The same law applies to town oficials alo. This will have the effect of saving money to the counties and it will also see fewer officials on the witness stand. Senator Tillman, with Congresmen Latimer and Norton are with a Cou gresional party touring South C iro lina, Georgia and Florida. The par ty will be entertained in Columbia to day and tomorrow night they will be in Charleston. The whole paity will attend a banquet given in honor of Senator Tilluian by the business men of Columbia for his successful efforts in pushing through Congress a $250, 000 appropriation for Congaree river. Columbians expect to have good wa ter transportation in the near future. Now if they will go down into the earth for artesian wells they will put in another attractive feature to invite investments. Col. T. L. Gantt, one of the most fluent writers in the State has been forced by failing health, to give up editorial work. Gantt will be great ly missed not only by the readers of the Spartanburg Headlight, but the newspaper craft will miss his quaint and humorous pen. We regret ex ceedingly that so able a writer must discontinue the work, Gantt was a useful man; in politics he was a hard fighter fur the cause he advocated, at the same time he fought openly. His pen was ever ready to woik for the interests of the people of Spartanburg county and the city of Spartanburg should never forget Gantt for his val uable services. The Edgefield papers are booming Ion. John C. Shepperd for Governor to succeed thet present incumbent; while it seems rather darly to be launching booms, yet as one has been launched we see no harm in taking a peep at it. No one can be associated with Governor Shepperd long, and not be convinced that he is a man of ability and ambition. His constitu tents elected him to the State Senate and in that body he has served one whole session, without .having done a single thing to entitle him to any more distinction thani the rest of the Senators. It is true he has served in that body before, and at one time oc cupied the gubernatorial chair, but notwithstanding all this, in our opin ion the people went to vote for a gov ernor who has done something to merit the honor since a new order of things set in. The old timers have been relegated, and we do not think there is much of a disposition with ~the people to go down into the cellar and drag out any' relics that were put away ' ears ago. These are times re quiring new ideas; new blood is to be infused into our body politic. Governor Shepperd is not an old man but he belongs to a repudiated school of politicians, and hence he is reckoned along with them. We do not imean because Shepperd belongs to what was known as the Coniserva tive faction, is wvhat operates against him, no, there are thousandls oif C->n servatives who are unwilling to sup-. port tile old set~of politicians, because they feel that tile old set hadl t beir day and were laid away forever. We honestly believe there are mimb.ers of met], even] in tile Conservative faction who would receive stronger support than ex-Governor Shepperd, notwith standing the fact that we hlave a high personal regard for himu, and our as sociation with him, was very pleasant, bt wve believe in frankness, and this is our frank Opinion. STATE OF OHto. CITY OF TOLED) , LVcas COrNTY. FRs -T. CHENEY tuke oaith that he is the s.-nior partner of tbhe firna of F. J1 < E EY & Co , doing bnstness in tne C.ty of Toeoi connty andt State afore.idI, atil t hat saiud tirn wil pay~i the suru of One Hundred Dlau.,~ tr teh aund every case o catarrh that cannot be~ enried byv the use of Hal,'s Catarrb Ciire. FRASE .J CUENEY Sw Orn to befot. re ;e tal sntbscirb.-d in irny prm,.thi Geh .lay of Dee,.bi-r. A. D. A . w. (x.EAsoN, s -~ E! Noit.ry Public. lilall Cat:, rrh ( ure i< taken interalis and A i.t girlitsses twe-ntyV-Ilve, shte tuighat as well miarry ; she w.ill fad!e amzt way. er . aThen Kindi You Have Always Bnugf Washington Letter. (From or.r R-gular Correspondent.) Washington, Mar-h 3.-Nothing more significant occurred during the closing days of this Congress than Mr. McKinley's recognition of the rapidly increasing sentiment against an indefinite continuation of the no b o d v-knows-what-we're-going-to-do policy towards the Philippines, which has been waking rapid headway among prominent members of his own party and which is practically held by all Democrats in Congress. Heretofore he has acted as tbough it were treason to even hint that the whole business should not be left to his discretion. This week he took another tack and talked of the neces sity for Congressional action on the Philippine question and intimated, alt hough Le took particular pains not to definitely promise that an extra sessioni of the fifty-sixth Congress would be called to deal with it soon after the treaty of peace goes into of ticill effect. Of course he may have been talking for fear that Congres sional sentiment would force an im mediate extra session, in order to settle the matter quickly. (z:ir Reed didn't succeed in his eff.-rt to kill the Nicaragua caiial amnendiment to the riv:-r and harbor bill, but he scotehed it. The new army bill, with which the Democratic Senators called the extra session bluff of 31r. McKiuley, which gives the administration the iumber of men asked for, but limite their service to two years fro.w the first of next July, was a bitter pill to many of the imperialists in Congress, but they had to obey orders from the White House and swallow it. Mr. McKinley still lacks the nerve to follow the iilvice of some of his hest frienas awl demand the resigua lion of Secretary Alger, but he had enough to couipel Alger to announce the abandonment of his intended junket to Cuba and Porto Rico at public expense. It is creditable to the Democratic members of the House and Senate military commit te(s that almost without exception they declined Alger's invitation to themselves and family to accompany him on the junket before they knew that it had been called off. He haA figured that Democratic criticism could be silenced if ho could carry a few prominent Democrats with him, but they were not to be caught in such a palpable trap. Secretary Allen didn't throw any bouquets at the Senate in a little farewall speech he made. He told the Senators that any single State in the Union could easily produce ninety men who were their peers in ability. The inpression in Congressional circles is that the administration did much more hurrabing than there wits any occasion for over the action of the German government in announc ing that it had ordered the single warship it had at Manila away and its request that this government take all German citizens in the Philip pines under its protection. It is a good guess that this move on the part. of Germany was actuated by a desire to make it easy for its citizens in the Philippines to collect money from the United States for damage done to their property by the Fili pinos. Representatives Chainp Clark of Missouri, J. Hamilton Lewis of Washington, Jerry Simpson of Kar sas, and James G. Maguire of Cali fornia, were among the speakers at a public meeting held under the aus pices of the Washington Single Tax clut. It was a sort of farewell so far as Simpson and Lewis were con cerned, as they will retire from pub lie life at noon tomorrow. The Democratic members of the Senate committee on privileges and elections-Turley, Pettus and Caf fre-declined to join in the Scotch verdict of "not proven" rendered by the majority of the committee on the charge of bribery brought against Senator Hanna and submitted a mi nority report, taking the ground that further investigation should be made, as one attempted case of bribery had been fully proven. Of that case the report says: "$1,750 was paid in cash to Boyce Campbell as attorney for Otis. Boyce agreed to pay $1.750 more when Otis reached Columbus, and a balance of $6,500 if Hanna was elected." The situation wvas very near to be ig presented in a sentence wvhen Senator Cafferry asked in the course of a speech against allowing the President to govern the Philippines uder a military despotism after the formal proclamation of peace with Spain has been wade, "Are the Amer ican peop~le going to tolerate for any length of time the usurpation of civil authority cii t lie part of the President of the Unitedl Sta'es?" Mr. Cafferey contents that as soon as the treaty of peace goes into effect the Filipinos will become A merican citizens and that the President will have no0 more anuthor-ity to keep them under mili tarv cotnrttl thatn be would have to put. Oklahoma or New Mexico under mnlit ary rule. Must of the testimony taken by the military court of inquiry this week as supported the charge of Gen. Miles that beef ubfit to eat was is sued to the soldiers. The anti-expansion r es oiu t i on adopted hy the Democratic House caucus was offered in the House and refered to thbe committee on foreign tiffirs. It had no chance to get re ported to the House either fivorably ,,r uifavorably, as thle chairman of te com mittee-Hitt of Illinois-de cied to call a meeting to consider it, but it puts the party on record. We have- saved many doctor bills since we begani using Chamberlain's Congh Rem dy in tur home. Wc keep a bottle open al the time tlt an wh'never any of moy fato il or myelf btegin to catch cold we begin to us- th- cngh remiedy anid as a resuilt we nevr have to senud alway ftr a doctor and incir a bzirge docto'r bill, for Chanmberhiin's '.tn.eh i~teed ne-ver fails to ctire. It is crtinly a miedicine of great umerit antd wrth D. K .Me tarkil, ge-neral nmerchant nti tme-r, Bed-lordI county, Pa. For sale Woman's inhumanit y to man makes coundes1-ts thousands die old bache los. ilucklenm's Armnicat Salve. Tim- best salve in the world for cuts, brise-s, sores5, ideetrs, salt rhteum, fever sores-. ttrueLr, ebappedict bttaos, chilblins, crs antid b uo eru ptions, and positively cure-s pile-s,or no ptay requjired. It is guar auteed to give perfect satisfaiction or mionev r--onls-d. I'rice 25-. per hox. For sale by IL 1 T- Lo..na CASTOR IA For Infants and ChUldren. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of YV4 *:ztl4 " J R Hill, Packsvil-, S C. write-,: "I luan used D 31' A S;immnnws liver in- i'iiet. for dyspepsia with better resnlts tha I had fromi i long trial of Ztili's regn!Ltor.w hi' Ii I fo:;rind not so good. Never badi any soh good result4 froni bhick dratught usd Sold by Dr W 1 Brockinton NOTICE OF SALE Under Chattel Mort gage. W HERE AS, E. CONYERS HOR-I TON, by his Chattel Mortgage bearing date 28th day of September, 1898, executed to W. B. Wilson to se cure the payment of two thousand five hundred dollars advanced to said E. Conyers Horton by the said V. 1.' Wilson, the said indebtedness being evidenced by the promissory note of the former to the latter, hearing even date with said Chattel Mortgage and payable on demand. with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. per annuui, granted. bargained and sold unto the said W. B. Wilson: All of the stock of goods and general merchandise consisting of groceries. dry goods, clothing, notions, hats, shoes, hardware and so forth, located at the store in Manning, S. C., then occupied by the said E. Conyers Hor ton in carrying on his general mer chandise business; and Whereas demand has been duly made upon the said E. Conyers Hor ton for payment of the said sum of money, which demand has not been complied with, and default having been made in the payment of the said indebtedness whereby the condition of said Chattel Mortgage has been broken: Now, therefore, I, the said W. B. Wilson, mortgagee, aforesaid, will, in person or by agent, on the seven teenth day of March, A. D. 1899, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the said store, in Manning aforesaid, of fer for sale and sell at public vendue, to the highest bidder or bidders, for cash, all the Chattels hereinbefore mentioned and referred to, in such lots or parcels as may appear best calculated to realize the highest price therefor. That the said sale will be contin ued, adjourned and resumed from time to time, if necessary, until the said stock of general merchandise, or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise the full amount of said debt, interest and expenses of sale, is dis posed of; the said mortgagee reserv ing the right to resell any or all of the said Chattels as often as may be necessary to insure compliance with said sale. The said Chattel Mortgage will be found of record in the office of the Court of Common Pleas for the Coun ty of Clarendon, in Book Z. Z., pages 63 and 64. W. B. WILSON, 35-3t] Mortgagee. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Probate Judge for Carendon county on April 1st, 1899, for letters of discharge as administratrix of the estate of Williamn P. Peagler, d.-ceased. M1Bs. T1. L. PEAGLER. Jordan, s. C., March 4, 1899. [36-4t Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Probate Judge for Clarendon county on April 1st, 1899. for letters discharze as administratrix of the estate of J. J. Boyd. deceased. KATE B. GAILLARD. DnRants, S. C., SIarch 1, 1899. r364t Discharge Notice. I will apply to the Judge or Piobate for Carendon County on the l'7th day of Mlarch, 1899, for letters of discharge as executor of the estate of C R Boyd. A. D. RHAME. Silver, S. C., Febrnary 29. 1899. [34-4t Discharge Notice. .On the 30th day of March, 1899, I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Claren don county for letters dismiissory as guar dian for E. Fant Epps and H. Van Epps. J. S. EVAN. \Vorkmian, S. C.. Feb. 23, 1899. [35-4t TO WEALTH, PAEN *GET UI U PATENTED; fut remember that the vital parts of patents are their claims and speciflcations, which should ~e drawn with great accuracy and ski'l, or they mr~y prove worthless. send descriptive sketch and rough drawing. or photograph, for preliminary examination and opinion on patentability-free, in cases deemed patentable. SPECIAL.TIES: GUARANTIES: American and Foreign Satisfactory references, laent. Trade Marks, Prompt and efficient Labels. Caveats, Copy- service. Conscientious rihts and Deign, and work, Professional in the laws r eIa ti ng tegrity and Moderate thereto. fees. Correspondence with Inventors solicited. URTON T. DOYLE & CO., PATENT ATTORNEYS, WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A. COUHS & Rhame's White Pine Balsam. "THE BEST IS NONE TOO 0000." Guaranteed by D. 0. R H AME, Summerton, S. C. J. L. WILSON, Notary Public and Insurance Agent. Will p!ace Fire Insurance in THE PALA TINE INMUtRANCEL COM PANY. of En - land and~ the 81UN IU ['AL, of New Orleans Also repre-sent TH E PRUDEN TIAL Life Insuance Com pany oft Aneri ca, one of the .,trongest anad best com pa nis. Call on meI be-fore taking out your insnr OFFICE AT TOBACCO WAREHOUSE MANNING, S. C. W HEN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted n p with an eve to the. comfn ort of his custotuers... .. .. HAlIR-C UTTIY G IN ALL STYLES, S HAVI NG AMD S811.\M l'o(i NU A cordial invitation iextended. . . J. L. W ELLS. Bring yonr Joh Work to The Times office. CHAUNCEY DEPEW The greatest after-dinner orator of any country says: "What people want to know is the facts about anything." Below we print a few facts regarding Manning: THE MANNING TIMES prints the best account of current events transpiring in Clarendoun County; it prints the news. Read article "Does Tobacco Culture Pay?" in last week's issue. Manning.: is the best market in which to buy merchandise be tween Columbia and Charleston. Better returns can be had for the money than anywhere else. The very best professional advice can be had in Manning. Agricultural Implements, Machine Supplies, Hardware, Roof Paint, Blacksmith Coal, Stoves, Wagon Repair Material and To bacco Barn Flues can be bought at the Manning Hardware Co.s place of business to better advantage than elsewhere; they only ask a trial. MANNING HARDWARE CO. EFFECTED BY Gerstle's Female Panacea. One Bottle Cured Where Physician Failed. I sold Your GERSTLE's FEMALE PANACEA (G. F.iP.) _to a young lady' customer whom our Physician had given - up as hopeless, and told her if it did her no good she need not pay for it. After taking one bottle she was entirely '~ ~,cured and has been in iiood health ever since. Moore's Bridge. Ala. J. R. GILLILAND. t N Health Restored. I was weak and in very bad Iii. - health and unable to do my work. I used one bottle of GERSTLE'S FEMALE PANA [ -- -cEA (G. F. P.) and it did b3 me more good than anything I If there Is any Cos- - ever used. I am now in good tiveness, use St. Jo- I health and can domy work. Xns. S. E. CHANDLEE. seph's Liver Regula- Gin, Ark. tor until the Bowels i,- -k become regular. (et It from your druggist, or send us 25 cents and we will send you a package, prepaid. Suffered from Change of Life. MY wife was sick for seven Years. suffering from the ~I Change of Life. We tried everything we could get from the doctors and paid out a considerable sum for treat mnent without any good result. We then began using GIRSYL 5- FEMALf PANACE~A (G. F. P.) and itsdid IV moregoo than all e se we had used for six Years. itis the greatest remedy for suffering females ever placed on the market. J. D. BORDEN. Colmesneil. 'fe. If your druggist does not keep it, send us $r.co and will send you a bottle, all charges paid. 'L. GERSTLE & CO., Chattanooga, Tenn. For sale by RE. B. T..ORTEL. Take Care of Your Eyes. We take this method of informing our friends and the public generally that we have just received a nice assortment of the best Glasses made, and are prepared to furnish our customers with accurate and scientific aids to vision. Our prices are on the "Live and Let Live" plan; hence you can, with a small sum, buy from us a pf.ir of good glasses. We have Spectacles and Eye Glasses of all styles, grades and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. M. BROCKINTON. hARD FACTS ABOUT.. - HA RDWA RE. WVe are in this busines; know no other; think we understand it, and that our expe rience of years will be of b~enefit to you; we know where and what to buy so as to sup ply your needs in the Hardware line satisfactorily. We have a reputation for First guality Table and Pocket Cutlery, which we sustain, and as the years go by niore and more people come t. us for Knives, Forks. Spoons, Ladles, Pocket Knives, Razors and other goods in this ine than ever hefore. Suppose you do the samne. We can interest yon. For bright and <i ATTRACTIVE -:- PAINTS t> ou need to see us. Use our Paint, which is glossy andl'reliable, and which will :righten up everything on your pre.mises. We ha-ulle HARN-88 And the best will permit no better. If skill, experience and facilities count, our Har ness is better than any other AX -orts of Farm Implements we always keep in stock. STOVES AND RANGES are a specialty of onrs, a.'1 we invite yan to call and inspect the large stock we have on hand. Cooking is a pleasaht ocenpation if you use o'.e of them. There's comfort and satisfaction to he fona in them". Othier things we will tell yon later on. L_. EB. EDLJRANT.~ (Successor to R. W. Dr'R N T & SON.) Headquarters for everything in Hardware, SmTeIa, - - - S- 0. ~AVegetabePreparationforAs siliating tidodndegea in testoahs andBowelsoi er Promnotes~igestion,Cheerful-l nessandpest.Conltains neither Opin,Morphine stor MiDEral. The indYouhe S~Always Bought. NOAT NARY CF OTIC. AC NerfectORemed. Nor Constipa ATLANTIC COAST LINE, CHAELESTON, S. C., Feb. 16, 1899. On and after th:s late the following passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILHOAV. Sonth Bound. '35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 438 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. t Daily 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 conneAinn for all points North. Trains on C. & D. . I. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, a'rive Dar lington 10.28 a in, Cheraw, 11.40 a M, Wadeshoro 12.35 p in. Leave Florence daily txcept Sunday, 8 00 p w, arrive Dar lington, 8 25 p in, Hartsville 9.20 p m, Bnuetsville 9.21 p in, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27. Hattsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.35 a mo, Bennettsville 6.59 am, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a i. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept bunday 7.00 a mi, arrive Dariington 7.45 a in, lr-ave Darlington 8.55 a un, arrivo Florenoce 9 20 a w. Leave Wadaboro daily except Sunday 4.25 p mi, Cheraw 5 15 p m, Darlington G.29 p in, arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville sanday only S.15a m J)arlinLgton 9.00 a n, arrive Forence 9.20 a mn. J. 1.. KENL.Y, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen't Manager. Gen' Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.. H M. iNIERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C. &A. South-Bound. 55. 35 . 52. Lv Wi;inington,*3.45 R. Lv 3tarion, 6.34 , Ar Florence, 7.15 Lv Florence, *7.45 *3.2.5 A. Ar Sumter, . 8.57 4.29 Lv Sumter, 857 *9 40 A. Ar Columbia, 10 20 11.00 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a in, Lanes 8.34 a m, Manning 9 09 a mu. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, *6.50 A. *4.00 P. Ar Sumter, 8.15 5.13 Lv :'inter, 8.15 '6.06 P. Ar Florence, 9 30 7.20 Lv Florence, 10.00 Lv .vlarion, 10.40 Ar Wilmington, 1.25 *Daily. No. 53 rnns through to Charleston, S. C., via Cential R. f., arriving Manning 5.41 p mi, Lanes, 6.17 p m, Charleston 8.00 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad-. bourn 5.35 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m. returning leave Conway 8.30 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11.20 a m, leave Cbadbouin 11.50 a in,arrive at Rub 12.25 pm,returnit g leave Hub 3.00 p m, arrive at Chadbouta 3.35 p w. 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. 52 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.34 Lv Greeleyville, 8.46 Lv Foreston, 8.55 Lv Wilson's Mill, 9.01 Lv Manning, 9.09 " Lv Alcolo, 9.16 " Lv Brogdon, 9.25 " Lv W. & S- Junet., 9.38$ Lv Sumter, 9.40 " Ar Columbia, 11.00 " No. 53 - Lv Columbia, 4 00 P. M. Lv Sumter, 513 " Lv W. &S. Jnect. 5 15 Lv Brogdon, 5.27 " Lv Alcoln, 5.35 " Lv Manning,.- 5.41 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 5.50 Lv Foreston, 5.57 " Lv Greeleyville, 6.05 " Ar Lanes, 6.17 " Ar Charleston, 8.00 " MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA B. 11. -No. 35. Lv Sumter, 4.29 A. M - Ar Creston, 5.17 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.40" Ar Denmark, 6.12 " No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.17 P. M Lv Orangeburg, 4.50" Lv Creston, 5.13 " Ar Sumter, 6.03 " Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping cars betweeti New York anid Macon via Augusta. Geo1,8,Hacker &Sea Doors, ash,3 Blids Doorsght Sah, Blindsan Builders' Hardware. Window and Fancy Glass a SpeiaIty. PROTECTION. Send model, sketch, orphoto. for free examiation and advice. BOOK ON PATENTE o woAasNOW &CO. Patent Lawyers. WASH!I NGTON, D.C. Land Surveying and Leveling, I will do Snrveying. etc., in Clarendon and adjoining Counties. Call at office or address at Samter, S. C., P 0. Box 101. JOHN R. HAYNESWORTH. J. s. wnLsoN. w. c. D7AJTa. 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