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THE 1ANNG TIlME WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1885. B. S. 0Il$KINS, Editor. DEATH OF VICE-PRES1IlENT HENDRI0KS. Thanksgiving festivities of las Thursday were rudely disturbed bi the announcement of this Nationia ealamity, which occurred on the even ing of the425th ult.-, at his residenc In the city of Indianapolis. Possess ng a eharactef irreproachable an( eminent attainments, Mr. Hendrick *as respected by even his politica enimies. He -vas perhaps the onl, 3!w ni his countrys history who eve: feached his . cotspicuous positio with a reputation unassailed by thi political slanderer. The nation has lost a trust-worth; servant sa the, Democratic party istingu'e fepresentative. The ast Congress failed to elect Presidentprotem of the Senate, an, should any-accidnt befal the Execu tive before the meeting- of that body the United Sb4s would be in a pe euliar -dilemma. THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE. The mesage' of the Governor a sent to the Legislature-a condense report of'which will be found in ou columns this week--is a lengthy doe ument, and in the main, replete ivit] good coundeland good sense; an< bears the impress of having been pre pared with thoughtful care. Some measures have been urged a: practicable and expedient, whil others have been introduced wit earnestess and zeal. We concin fully, with him excepting, in the pre ference given to an increase of th Circ-uit Judges, instead of havin County Courts. The only reason as signed by His Excellency, in our judg inentweighing with any degree o prepokderance against the latter, a a substitute for the the Trial Justic system, is the probability of numer ons appeals going up to the Circui Courts. Admitting. this, everythin! still, remains greatly to the advantag< of the..County Court, There is ni earthly reason, why, a Judge of thi P ronerly selected and full; wlrmed with authority of law, coul< tot command as much respect and or der as a Circuit Judge-besides th purpose aimed at would be more full, ittained,and at a farless.cost to th< Countv.~ We still hold th latter to b the only true solution, to the nov troublesome and vexatious s-stem. It is encouraging to iind the Stati still elimbing the hill of prosperiy and we have, as a- people, just caus to be satisedL The Governor ha taker up the cause of the' poor, dis Uabled soldiers in a waty most eom~ mendable; and we hope and believ Nthat 'our General Assembly will suffe these Guardiadisf our honor and ou - cuse, to no- kahger hobble througl life, as livinginnonuments of the li grtude-oakee. iant 4saken a frant ran] -among the Ehyfsby-the~re mabaleakhaltconsated victor: s won in the recent election held il Tho oetrulyagmat ene, an< tho~ Nnecause 'hould fe greatly encouraged.s They need on ~Jy post afew senitnda-now it th< ealiexd points and march on to fur-tb SThe Presidency of the Senate. 7:By0 -election of Grover.Cevelan< ro be Pr'esident and Thomas-A. Hen -dricks to be Vice-President of th< UIniteWSfates, th yople of this coun try diardher 's that thie Deme ocratic party should administer th< national Government from March 4 . 885/t0 rebA 1889.. I it ~w 'resident of the Senat< is a eican, the death or disabili ty of Mw. Cleveland would defeat th< opular illias4thus expressed. We rejoice in :tlie iconvidtion tha afo mischance is likely to deprive the nation of Mr. Cleveland's services lNevertheless, in common with th< greathody of the Democratic party wehg i to-see the Pieidentia sumccession so -arranged that wheneve: gvae oceurs the offcer designat ed to act asPiesideritwill belong t< the party inpower. In~othy3 wordaiitought to be im possiblbjg the death ,'r disability o a Presidert to restore to power hi: goliticals adeieares. If thp.LRepublican Senators in Con gress wefe -large-minded men, the: 1would choose a Democrat for Presi dent of the Senate.-K. Y. Sun. QMEX~.WiADlI MANURES. 'The fo~owing extract from the Wt~ch txan and Southiron of- a-meeting of th< N-umter Agriculturaf Association o1 the 21st of;November is aninstructivt -as well as interesting explanation fron Mr .H. DesChamnpsof his. remark able suiccess in farming: "After a short time spent in finish ing ugdld4 uhiness, the main featur< of the'day--reports on vaous sub jects-was entered upon, Mr. L. H DesChamps, of Clarendon, led off wit! a Report on loxx xMAD ~IXURES, 'which-wasver-y instreective and enter taining. Mr.-Des~hamps said that he was a retired mfchanic, and had beei "patching," not farming only fifteer years.. When he first began he mad< three liundred bashels eorn on 5( acres; now he makest 1,000 bushel eorn on 30 acres. He did not statt this year lie made 32,000 pounds seed cotton on 20 acres, with the worms in- it on Aug. 3d Used only $2.72 1 2 worth of commercial fertilizer per acre. Ho has made 28 bales cotton on this 20 acres duriig average years. Mr. DesChamos uses ten cords of home made manure per acre. He prepares deeply, putting his manure so low that it never interferes with cultivation. He believes in drawiun the cotton roots down so that they ma; be v~cll supplied with moisture. [Returns all of his cotton seed to the - same land. "How does lie make so much man ~ ure ?" "He always lays by Jiy 12th, 1 whether ready or not." From ther s to fodder-pilling time he is hauling I in pino leaves, etc. Has had sucb piles in his lot that a cow once fell from one and broke her neck: and can not put the straw near the fence oi 2 .the stock will jump o1t. In January after breaking cotton laud as deep as a good animal (and a farmer should have no other) can pitill long, narroNN plows, he strikes out a -ircle in his -;lot; on this spreads stable manure scvo eral inches deep, then cotton seed, or i this acid phosphate and kainit, and over this a foot to 18 inches of lo manure. This is continued until the pile is ten to twelve feet high; ovei this the fine lot manure and rich eartil - is spread so deep that no steam es capes during fermentation. He con siders that those heavy applications ol compost act upon the land like leaven making it spongy and very retentivt 5 of moisture. In reply to the questior I "What have been your net yearly re r ceipts?" he said, "I cannot now sa' - exactly for each year; but siuce I hav been patching, I have invested eighi or ten thousand dollars in lands. An. - not meaning to boast, I do not ow( any man a dollar." SThe above is a very imperfect out line of Mr. DesChamps' report, mani 2 parts of which were roundly applaud ed. Every farmer in Clarendon anc - Sumter Counties ought to have heard him. Mr. DesChamps has made success of farming on a home-mad basis, and his methods are worthy oJ f careful study." PROF. ALLEN ON THE KINNGSTREI EXAMINATION. t The editor of the Clarirdon Erderprise, i newspaper published at Manning, 8. C., ir his issue of 22nd Oct. last, charged me, a a one of the examiners, with "imprudent ir regularities," and, by necessary implication with direct partiality, in the examination 0: applicants from Williamsburg County foi i the Citadel Beneficiary Cadetship. Feelini I that his charges. so far as they referred t - me,'were wholly unfounded, and therefor needed explanation and modification. I have used every means in my power. consist F ent with a proper sdf respect, to induce thi a author of the charges to do me the simpl< justice the circumstances seemIed to demand. Thus far he has declined to do so. I therc fore ask the indulgence of the pub!Ic in th< publication of this card. a The duy appointed for the examinatior referred to I was in bed, sick. Mr. H. J Haynesworth, at my request, kindly con sented to act with Mr. E. G. (andler, the s other examiner, in conducting the examina. tion, but distinctly stated at the time that h would leave the grading of the papers, whici were to f.e wri.ten, to Mr. Chandler and my. self. If this arrangememt and understand. ing was not entirely satihfactory to the ap. r plicants thiy made no objection. When the a written examination was presented to, m< - or inspection no complaint was made, ar.i jI did not open the seals antil, in compan' with Mr. Chaindler, I had retired to a plac< of quiet. We then scrutinized each pape: patiently, carefully exa'mining all that was written by each, comparing with the stand ard furnished us from the Academy, and. grading thereby, according to the merits o: each, as uniformly as our judgmnent enabled. FNot until we had completed the exaLmnationr 2 and grading of the papers, dk we open the envelope containing the sips with the nami a nd number of each applicant, Uy whieb Ithe'author of each paper was to be identi fied. Up to this time I was absolutely ig - norant as to whose labors I wais pron zoune a ing judgment upon. After this I prepared ..a statement of what had-been done. (whieb statement I enclosed to Gen. Hanood, Chair: man Board of Visitors, as I ha- been re-. quested to do,) giving the grades of each applicant, without any award by us., or sug I gestion from us. - In the above statement I fail to see, so fe: as I am concern ed, any "'irregularities,' prudent or imptrudenit, or the slighust sug - gestion of partiality with which I am charge. -by necessary ingplica.tion. I therefore here. a by pronounce the charges of the editor oi the Enterprise, so far as they refer to me. '~ unqualifdly faise, and challenge him to the proof. The editor commences his attack b' Ssaying : "We have had soime little observa. .tioin in public examinations, and the con. viction forces itself on our mind that al men are not born examiners. * We have a very pointed case in andthe: t County, *** showing that the fanlt lie not always on the side of the examiined, bul freqnently on the side of the examuiners. I make no apology for remnding imz thai I too have had some experience and obser ,-~ vation in teaching, and the conviction is 1fided in my mind that all men are not bor: teachers. A very pointed case has recently -conie within my observation, showing that -the fr~ult lies not always on the sida of the ) taught, but fregnently on the side of the teacher. If the above reminder is tos point 6ed for the editor of the E?.t.-rrse to accept jupo~r my ipsolixit I will inform~ him that] have in my possession wrrit;ten evidcece that SI feel assured would extort from a discrim-i mating public the same verdict. The editor . f the Entegprise caused copies of his paper :containirig his attrack upon me to be liberal ly distributta throughout this comnmunity, - and I know not where else ; but of the issue containing my statemetit I neither received a copv myself, .ior have I heard of an extra copy sent to this odice. Does such conduct savor of Christian chiarity ?~ 1)es it show any desire for justice ? Is it even'consistent establish and build up a school at hi place has jaundiced the disposition of .dr Nettles jtowards e, and the objct* of his unp~ro y oked attack is to east upon me suich odiumj as wvillipple any little edort I may make 1in that direction, let me assure himi that his .apprehensions are altogether .oo prev iouis. I will here state for his delectation and sat isfaction that present indient ons give no .promise whatever that my little m~sleill Ot at Seminary here will ever loo'm up imoc ' uhgadpoprin st bsenire the - manfcneo hsmut~no a Rugby. I a~m not surprised that 'dr. Nettles should feel an interest in his- former pupils ; nor even that he should feel a pride in one who has been a conspwico pup~il of his school for so long a time. I would cordiaily co.u mend himf in this, as well as in anyv reason able effort he miight make for their p~romio ton ;but lie should beware how he allows pride, vanity, or coneift to hurry him into such s*eeping and unqualified declarations, based solely upon the statements of an in terested party, who, however sincere his motives, is only too liable to reach erroneous conclusions. I hereby, for the pz(esen;t. bid w-li-n to the editor of th'e Ci-whn E.d'r~w r;. and to Mr. S. A. Nettis. hopnag that the sober second thought will l him to repenitance, and that.he may yet show hiis-elf entitled to my forgiveness, and worthy of my confidence and respect. NAT. ALLEN. Kingstree. S. C., Nov. 14th 1885. JORDAiN PENCILINGS. Jolusn, S. C., Nov. 23d 188.x ir. L'vi!:j: The ancient long-ago worn out., and now oft' repeated ex pression, "Jordan is a hard road to travel," is manifestly inapplicable to our -ordan Jordain is a remarkably healthy place, with excellent water, and suir roundled by fertile farming and lineh timbered ltnds, well watered and drained by numerous stre-amns. Much of these lands can be rented or pur chaseL at low prices, and no place in the whole countrY oiffers greater in dulce-ments to settlers. There is, now, an excellent and tlourishin- school here u-nder the charge of our promising young frienI J. Harry Lesesne, who lately grad. luated with ditinction at the Man ning Academy. Now for the crops. Corn that has been Properly cultivated p-roduced 2 full averagc yield, and those who la bored industriously have the satisfac tion of knowing they have harvested enough for "man and beast." The vield of cotton-ah! here comes the rub-is much less than last year, and this coupled with very low prices has somewhat discouraged the otherwise happy farmers, and greatly disappoint ed the expectations of the merchants. A full crop of rice ism made, but pease and pot atoes are both less than an average in point of yield. However, no other crop is so disastrously short as cotton. Some of our farmers have finished phanting oats, while others have just commenced to prepare their land. Most of those who planted early are they who, wisely, saved their own seed-oats. The game law, it seems, has notice ably increased the game birds of this section, as well as those regarded use ful from an entomological standpoint. Bear, deer, and turkeys, for the samE reason, have rapidly multiplied ir Santee swamp, a few miles from here within the last few years. Pinckney Tindall. a negro, killed a bear, a few nights since, near San tee swamp, which weighed .nearlv five hundred pounds. Pinckney had seer many tracks under a persimmnon tret ard that night climbed it to watch fo2 Pruin. He found an o'possum up it that weighed fifteen pounds, after se curi- wbir-h, he resumed his watcb and when the old growler app and commenced to eat the fallen per simmons, he shot and killed him. A lar-ge buck approached very near Mh. J. R. Auld's school house, a few days ago, and stood at the spring where M7r. Auld and his students get driuking water, 'till he saw Mr. Auld in the door when he scampered. Mir. J A. Sprott has a pair of bhogs as fie as I ever saw. They are thor og-rdYorkshiires purchased ol a celebrated breeder of Phila., and, although only nine months old, one of them looks as if it will weigh at least two hundred and iifty pounds. That pestiferous class of swindlers. pedlers and traveling agents, have in fested this section this year and, in multifarious wvays, have fleeced some people in obtaining exorbitant price -prices out of all p~ropor-tion to cost and 'falue-for their articles. I am heartily opposed to these glib-tong. ued talkers with their committed to memory speeches, and believe they are just as vile humbhugs and perfide ous frauds- as the hocturnal seed cot. Iton buyers, the "pop skull" whiskey .*venders, who are tihe bane of ourlaind. sEACAME PEETRATIVE. POI1ELY BURNS - o crude petroicm, suphur~g.Ryeter or ex ~ ~ p..sives, but is a comn p~ und, vbhih. If put In thLe stumip and set firo n o, wiliburnai, - CREENCDRY. -- oeer v to rn1 taed circular, &c. Acnts Wanted. 'Address ~ F.E. Fross &Co. AFFLICTED SUFFER NO MORE. Dr. Howard's Faily Medicines are now for sale by J. G. Dinkins & Co., at Manning. Iiver, Kidnecy and Dyspcpsia P~ow ders. cures chills, pains in~ the back~ and side, Liver complaint, dyspepsia, retention or suppression of urine, con stipation, nervous and sick headache price, per box 50 ets. D)r. Howard's Infallible remedy for Worms. Ex pelled 319 large worms from four children in Clarendon County, after using second dose. Try this greal worm medicine, it is pleasant to take and perfectly hmarml]ess. Price per box 25 ets. A(GENTS WANTED To sell these great medicines. Address, D~r. J. Mnwri-: Howaruo, 3Mt. Olive, N. C. PATENTS. CAVEATS,-TRADE MARKS AND COPYRiSRTS UObtied, and --2] other business in the U. *. ate-nt O'i~ attended to for .1c0L31. Senid '19 0 EL 11" 1i TikWx';. We ad vis &s to p aabity free- of charge :and T3 I X P TEXT. WAS E B We refer here to th P-Iostmnaster, the Supt. of Money Order- Div, and to officials of the U. S. Patent Ortic-e. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State or County. write to C. A. SNOW & Co., On-sit 1'a..nt Offc. wasin-t n. n. C. A.LWAYS AHJEAD ! AT. MOS E.S L-EVI' S GRAND EMPORIUM! MAGNIFICENT C F'all and Winter StoolC. THE LADIES DEPARTMENT Shows the finest Assortment ever offered in this part of the State, and consists ill part of English Dress Goods, Changeable Dress Goods, Wool Cash meres, French Dress Goods, Latest Novelty Dress Goods. Berbci Cloths, Flannel Suitings, Shudah Cloths, Silk nr- Snitings, Handsome Comnination Suits. Black Silks. Dress Surah Silks, Colored and Surah Satins, Black Dress Goods. Ladies Hats. -Prints-of a kmdas,: Fall Sateen Chintz, Fine Ginghams, Cretonnes, New Style Calicoes, White and Red Flannels, Canton Flannels, Long Cloths, Gingliams. Pillow Casings. White and Colored Zephyr Shlals. Linen Table Damask, Doylies, Towels, Napkins, Sheetings, Shirtings I Full line of Laces, Embroideries, Collars, Ruchings, hosiery, Gloves Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, and a plendid line of Jerseys and Corsets, ~EI2EGA1TT SHO.ES That will prove Durable and COMFORTABLE. made' purposely to suit my lady friends, and stamped with my .Name and Guarantee. Gentlemen, I Thought oyott, and ti Purchased before the recent rise in goods, and knowing that tihe- Crops of P Cotton afe short of you." expectations, and that the price may rule Low, I inteud to aeil you Cbeap ! CHEAPER than you ever bonghte not only your own and your Bors READY MADE OLOTHING 01 Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, of which I have an immense stock, carefully h selected, but I will Sell yola Cheaper than you can buy in CbaAeston, Anftbing you need from a tooth pick up. Look at my B)ouble and single sets Harness, Saddies, Bridles, Collars, Hames, Chains, axes, Knives, Locks, .Hinges, Plantation iUm plements of all kinds, Splendid Razors, Cutlery, Pot ware, Watch es, Chains, Clocks, Guns, Pistols, [ STOVES and SEWING MIACHINES' AND 1 WILL AS ON S Y U WITP; TIE IIICS Andl quality of iny oF BOOTS, SHOES, and" RUBBERS. I had almost forzotton to tell you of' some i very FINE BROAD CLOTHS and Dress Goods. LOOK AT THEM. *Be Sure to Co .1 An yu il eea penidlieUP STAll~t And ou illseea slenid ineof Overcoats, Trunks, *Valises, Blankets, ~Umbrellas, Carpets, Mats and Rogs, all bought to be sold Lowma than you would imagine. A N I M-MENSE- S TO0CK OFK GROCERIES! Best and Cheapest flour, Bacon,-Coffee, Sugar, Rice, Syruaps,- M<51sses,[ Tea, and every kind of CANNED GOODS, Right Fresh, bought for CASH, will be -sold at living priccs. Splendid Line of Crockery. DsePlates, Cups and Saucers, Trimbiers, Goblets, Molasses Pitchers;. Cream Pitchers, Water Pitchers, iand all sorts TIN WARE, Tubs, Buckets, all sorts of H ARDWARE. TI-IE IhT EST A2~ C'EMA ES FUIRNITURE ! 1Bed Room Sets, Rocking Chairs, Lounges, Mattresses, all Sorts of Chairs Picture Frames, Looking (lasses, Ha~t Racks, Tables, Buffets, Closets, Cases, Desks, and all et VERY LOW I'RJ(CES. '00 F :\;S y411 j lsy'es anfd bizes cou.taftlg onl aad IT IS A FAC'T r Mv aoods were bought before the recent rise inl prices, and I will sell them as Low as the same can be bought in any Town E W. S*T 0 R E.r CHEAP GOODS! A.UCTION STORE. GENTLEMEN'S Firinishin Goml. TRUNKS .ATS APS, call be fal at the 1RON STORE, BRooKs nREFT. opposite LEGG & BEILUS Livery Stable, at LOWEfM rices fthan tiy cain l ibo, elh ew'h:C1 ere inl 1mENNIN. Cal (i SIE. stera Cf eint o , -ILIUY . c. Sept. 16. ROBERTSON, TAYLOR & C., CHARLESTON, S. C. Corner HAYNE An CHURCH Sreets. COO T T O N F A C T.O R S, k.T-D w :.O -i A T -r C -oC>C.Sg-g 49Liberal Advances made on Consignments of Cotton.six GENERAL AGENTS PPOF ASHEP0 PHOSPHATE COMPANY Eutaw-Aslepoo Fertilizers, Ashepoo Palmetto Acids, Kainit. Cotton Seed Meal. ;ottom Figures, and First-class Goods., Sept. 16th DON'T READTHIS., -:0: WE WARR ANT LONG MAN & MA RTINE'S GUARANTEE PREPARED PAINTS o last LONGER than any other Prepared Paint or any PainC [i xe 1 b y Pure White' 10 e m o s t Lead, Pure sperinced~ Linseed Oil ainter from and Pure TI I pentine. If after any reasonable length of time it should be pr6ver therwise than guaranteed, we agree to repaint such property as as been painted with it, at our expcnse, with such White' ead or other Paint as the property owner may select. S. WEISKOPF, Sole Agent. Dealer ini PAINTS, OILS, GLASS &c. 325 King St. Cn ret n S9. (3. N. B. Constantly on hand a full. supply of striefly pure' 'ARIS GREEN. WITH BUTTON-HOLE -l ~~ cOMPLE7 )RUQS, MEDI.NES, AND CHEMICALS Of E-very Description. ALSO 'ainits, Oils, Winidow Glass, Varnishes, and Putty. TOILE~T .A.1TICLES F every kind. Also a Complete and Full Assortment of Lamps, Lanterns, Soaps, Perfumery, Stationary Paint, Brushes, Etc. rrPrescriptions and Family Receipts carefully Compounded :any hour. W. E. BROWN & C0 SApr 15 Manning. S. C. THE PALACE SALOON, ROE0R &~ C0., Propre~rs. sum..ter, s. C. Foreign and Domestic Liquors, Wines, Ale~ nd Beer. The lnest Liquors and Sega~rs, dispensed over the "The Palace" Bar by lite Bartenders. Billiards and Pool on First-Class Tables. "THE PALACE" is locited innthe NewBuilding, adjoining Cour ouse'