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THE MANNING -TIMES. 1EIDIS OF SVBSCRIPiIN: One Yvar. in Advance $1.50, or q2 t:.) the Expi t*i- n of six Jonth. Aavertisements. -R7 rSquare, first n se&rtion, $1.00. rateO. Advcrtising in Local CAian, 10c. Iwr line. Local In1telligen0ce. Town election next Iouday. The sales of MIonday attracted very little interest. The tracts of land ad vertised for sale were all purchased by the mortgages. Mr. W. T. Lesesne who now has his home in Florida, is visiting his re atives here. He expects to return again at an early day. "Nothing is superficial to a deep observer! It is trifles that the mind betravs itself." We were pleased to meet at the ag ricultural meeting, Dr. I. M. N oods of Salem. The Dr. is still suffering from his recent severe attack of pntu monia, but his energy is in no wise! abated. Ambition is a lotteiy, where. how ever uneven the chances, there are some prizes; but in dissipation, every one draws a blank.-Stephen Aon ague. The practical jokes of "all fool's day" were the innocent cause of the unweary victim forgetting the cate chismal vocabulary. 1rs. Sallic 31. Clark, wife of MIr. W. H. Clark, died at her home in Lake City, on Saturday, the 3rd inst., of consumption. 'Mrs. Clark, nee M1iss McMillan, once lived in this town where she has many friends who will mourn her early death. Miss Mimie Wise, an old lady who has been living in Manning in seeus ion for a number of years, died on the evening of the 3rd. Miss Mi-mie Lad her faults, but whoever knew her rec ognized her as a woman of flue im pulses and exalted character. A large! number of reople attended her funer-1 al obsequies at the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon. "He who esteems trifles for them-' selves is a trifler--he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher." 'The members of the colored Meth odist Church have recently bilt a neat steeple to their church, and fror this lofty dome their bell, which is one of tie best in town, peals forth the hour of service. The Wilmington S/ar says if South ern farmers will take care of hog and homony, hog and homony will take care of Southern farmers. What has become of the petiti'on for a money order at this place? When we last saw it a big array of names was attached thereto, still 3fr Wolkoviskie, who had the matter in charge, informs us that the petition has never left Manning. Will he please give a curious public the reas On Friday, Saturday, and Stanaay, services were conducted inl the' Meth odist and Presbyterian Churches by the Rev. A. J. Stokes, Presiding elder and the R1ev. Mr. Dunlop. On buni .day evening a union service of all the churches wvas held at the Presby teian1 Church at which Mr. Dunlop preach ed a short but effective sermon. Mfr. D. . Legg brought to thej Tns office yestcrday, the largest Plymoth Rock hen's egg we have ev er seen. It weighs three and three fourths ounces, and can be seen on a visit to this office. Nelson Tindal, colored,-living near Jordan, lost his dwelling with the greater part of his furniture eby tire, last Friday morning. Tindal says it was the work of an incendiary. The thanks of the Tinrs oflice-ed itor and compositors-to the ladies in charge of the recent festival at Sum merton, for a delicious piece of fruit ake which reached us on Thursday. Even the eyes of our little devil (fur a devil is not above gratitude when the appetite is in question) spoke volumes as he beheld the tempting parcel. FrN.-A Company of travecling showmen with a maebine we heard called a "Flying Jinny" are in town. The peculiar thing consists of a nuzm er of wooden images of horses ar ranged in a circle, to wvhich is attch ed a real horse and dr-iver wiha whip. The equestrian pays his faire, mounts his trusty steed, then the winu is applied to the animal horse, ati away they go. The juveniles are en chanted, and the charm has votaries even among the older generation. In s. iW race Monday -afternoon could be seen a representative of theology, wita baby in his arms, law, medicine, den tal surgery, and a County Commis sioner rac'ing with va hip and spur like mad Indians. We looked to see the man of the other paper with gilded plume, spur and lance, but he wasn't there. Hurrah!2 RIER~iATION roR INTENDANT.-The question of providing a salary for the Intendant of Manning has frequently been discussed among the citizens. The idea is a good one. The ofiee of Intendant is important and arder ous, and to properly discharge the du ties of the oifice it reqmjures a saerimee of time. It is highly proper that some. remuneration be given for this labor. The sum of one hundred and fiity or two hundred dollars should be allow ed. If by any chance a peas*n unpa triotic or careless, should occupy the office, unless there is some compensa-. tion allowed the inteiests of the town: would be uncared for. At the elect ion next Monday the question should 1e snmitted to the pco~ie. Conveirs. our School Comissioner. has shown us a letter from the School Commissioner of Sumter, inviting Clare;Ion to unite with Sumter, in holding a Teachers' Institute. Capt. CInvers savs he has declined the in vit ation for the reason that he believes Manniug wouhl be more Convefnient tnan Sumter to the teachers of this County, but at the saue time he gives Sumter a cordial invitation to come to lanning. There is no doubt but that a union of the teachers of the two Counties for this purpose would be a mutual advantage, but the Capt. is right; the teachers hcre are too poor and times are too hard for them to bear the expenses of a two weeks stay in Sumter. Hrr num ir Srn':zrox ! !-The pros pect is that this quaint little village will soon hear the snort of the steam engine and the rattle of the cars. We saiw last Monday a letter from the President of the Eutawville Railroad, to Capt 1k. R. Briggs, telling him that the lRoad in contemplation from No 41 to Sumter, would be completed to Summerton before the end of the ear. The letter says that the bridge over Santee River where the road is to cross is now being built. We learn also that "Mr. T. Wilson, of Ida, is builiing a Railroad to connect Sum iuerton with the Central Road. This is fattering news for our neighbor. The terminus of one Road, a promi nent station on the first. Sumerton bids fair to become the metropolis of the County. That is to rob Manning of the honor belonging to the position at nresent. Are the people of this place going to stand idle and see the trade and capital of the town go else where? Our business and moneyed men lack enterprise and energy. Something must be done or the day of Manning's greatness will soon be no more. TowN AFF.ins.- -The term of the present Intendant and wardens of Manning ends on the 22nd inst. heir administration has been emi nectly successful, and merits for them the highest praise of every appreciat ive citizen. The town is out of debt, and under their judicious manage ment is growing and pro-pering. Our streets are an example of neatniess, andr the new thoroughfare to the depot, recently opened and put in traveling order is of incalculable convenience. During the past yca1 a judgment for 212,50, long standing against theI town, has been paid, and a hook and ladder truck purchased for a protec tion against the ravages of fire. Bet tcr than anything else our town. which at one time was debauched by brawls and drunken revels, is now quiet and orderly. Peace, prosperity, and protection are the result of the wise government of the present Coun Cil. It is not known that they will allow themselves re-elected; if they ,o a second term would be highly ad-! vantaeous to the town. ross-Roads, Farmers, Etc. rroN, S. C., April 4, 1886. MIn. Eniron.: Somebody once said hat the lower regions were paved ith good intentions --and if he is ight, I guess I must have put a whole yavement down there within the last oth, for since that time I have been usuccessfully attempting to send you conui~mfcationi. As usual, newsl round Fulton is searce-the two pre lominting I thing's are :fa strangver can go a mile away from L uhon and get back without losingj i a a hlf dozen times, "he's the~ est m' a"I never heard of its being ue, "nd I'll bet the fellow who does t w'ill follow Hop-o-my-thumb's plan, >r get left. As to woorl'sfires .' .' Gol v man! if you never saw one, come i some hot day and we'll have one arnou beeft A queer fact about he arnthigs i, that they never rak out except on warm days in vitr When a fellow has such a' reczc to go through as we have been avig, anid when a cellar in "sheol" ~vould be a God-send, you couldn't ct fire to one of these pieces of woods -ther. woulin't burn. But just wvait ill it gets warm enough for a fellow o sit in his shirt sleeves out in the iazza, and play with mosquitoes, and .f the woods don't catch afire in half hour, T'll eat all the fish an editor. an catch in' a week, leaving out the suckers." By the way, talking about ashing, its getting about time for suchI ~port-when a crowd of fellows go off o ath trout andI come back with .a ~hort string of ininnows and a long~ rigr of lies. The old saw "that the ca has just as 9"ow? fish in it, as was ~aught out," ought to be changed. If~ t has not got -//."r what's become of hse that sipped eth thbe hook ? I ne r did see or heaLr of a fellow brinmging some a fish half as big as thie one he h'oppd back. But let the poor' fishx i~s rip-if .;"' of the tribe did as i~le harm with iTeir fabrications as this class, we'd be akht more happy than v e are. Aomert'.Trn: The farmner's hereabouts are yer msy nowx phautinIg corn, wvhich has >een dlayd tis earbythe cold, at [east ten days, andLpreparing their cot tn land. The oat crop, which was s mntirely killed during the late severe freeze, but wvhi'h in many' instance~s vs replanted, will yield a very scan harvest. It is a fact worthy of note,: that the farmers of this section are using this year less guano than last, nd are using home manures instead. This is a step: towards xiruprovinxg the araer's condition2, which will do more good than half a dozen conventions; ;vhich instead of helping the farmer, -their ostensible object--serve to ive~ proie'unece to two or three darkdi horse politicians, who are taking this poliical by-p1athl to the gubernatorial an and other oflices. Talking about (rw' on 'iile I see by your last iue, that amass-meeting of the farm er of th's~ county, who desire repre senttion in the Agricultural Conven temion ome in Columbia. on the 29th of April, has been .calied to meet iii Manning on the 5th prox. This sub ject is one which has been little dis Cussed in this neighborhood, and o e which seems - -t to have aroused the enthusiasm i_ its favor in this section, which has met it lower down the coitv; notwithstanding, great inter est is felt in the movements and re sults of the coming assembly in Col unbia. - After the elaborate and ex Laustive discussion of this measure in the press of the State, I little like the idea of expressing my humble views on it, but Mr. Editor, I beg leave to make one observation, and ask one question, and the latter I hope some of the delegates will answer be fore April 219th. M1y observation is this: I notice that nearly all the arti eles I have seen in favor of this move m;ent, have advanced as an argument for its consummation, the fact that the farmers are the only class of busi ness men who are not organized-the reasons for this state of affairs, we need not here discuss; but the fact that such is the case, is certainly a sound argument in favor of this con vention, IF ITS OBJECT BE THAT OF oTH ER BUsINEss oRGANIZATIoNs-this objot i Is always to improve the standards of' their respective vocations. Now comes my question. Is the above the object of this convention of farmers ? If so, then I would like to know why the advocates of this assembly are al ways talking about turning out the present State officers, and putting in men who are favorable to the farmer's interests. Business organizations, representing whatever profession, trade or occupation they may, are not organized for political advancement. Now if there is no political significance about this convention, why do these men attempt such a crusade in their articles against the State government? I ask these questions for informali'm, and wish them answered, but I don't want the man who attempts to do so, end up by cussing me out for oppos ing a "convention of farmers," for such is not so, if its object be that of other "trades-unions" and class-or organ gaizations; but if this convention has political objects in view, I am oppos ed to it, "tooth and toe nail." I don't believe in one class of business men being opposed as a class to any other. But this talk may be after all useless, for I hope and believe that our farm ers have more foresight than to allow such a state of affairs to come about. Mrs. A. M. Brailsford has just re turned from a visit to Columbia, where she went to see her daughter, Miss Brailisford, who is at Miss Elmore's Academy. Ex Gov. Manning has also been off on a visit to his friend, Mr. Sinkler, at Eutawville, but has returned. Mr. R. M. Welch, the Post-master at Fulton, has lately moved into his newly built post-oflice, and erected a ery handsome fence around his dwell og. Mrs. Dr. Robert Brailsford has been absent for some days, attending her daughter, M~rs. Briggs, who has been suffering from acute rheumatism for some time. PHI ALPA. A Piece of History. Twenty-six years ago to-day on the 1st of April, 1805, an incident took place oil' Galveston harbor in which Capt. Sim Adkins the Nestor of Charleston harbor, then the daring commander of a dashing blockade runner, the For, bore a prominent part. The story is best told by John F. MIackey, then a sergeant in the ma rine corps, and doing duty on the United States Steamer Seminole, one >f the blockading squadron off Gal eston harbor. Mr. Mackey relates how the Foz was discovered about 10 o'clock in the morning "right abeam," how all hands a were called to quarters and the Semit- 5 'le started in pursuit of her prey, a long, low steamer about eight miles I to the eastward, burning black smoke, a steaming rapidly to the northward nd ~westward. The stranger sightedI the Seninol and changedl her course . nstantly from west to northwest, and steamedi diretly for the Texan shore, it distant about eight miles, which t trends rapidly to the northeast above s alveston. By this course the stran ger would strike the shore in about 3 n hour, unless prevented by us from e o doing. If successful, she could a make an inner channel which runs between the shore and a sandbar t which runs along the Texan coast, distant about half a mile fromi thea ainland; but on this bar there is on- - v about ten feet of water; inside there t is twelve, and sometimes fifteen feet. The Soninole overhauled be rey 1 radually and prepared to open fire. When within two miles of her we op-f ened fire on her from our eleven inch pivot, exploding a shell right under her bow and nearly deluging the ship with wvater, but doing no further harm, while we were reloading the pivot she put her helm "hard a-starboard" an 1 ran across our bow, heading directlyt fo the shore-distant about a miilet and a half-apparautiy intending to run herself ashore. While thi~s was being done we were not idle; the< change, of course, compelled us to i "shorten sail."1 As soon as the last man reached the I deck Capt. Charey shouted: "Put your: hard a-starboard, sir." "Hard a-star board, sir," answered the oflicer at the wheel the same moment, putting the4 wheel sharply about, and the ship turned on her heel as if she knew what' was expected of her and started dIi rety for the shore, with the stranger, now'right abeam, star board side about a mile off, bringing our whole battery of five guns to bear on her. 'The cap- 1 taii cried out to forward rifle: "Fire I as soon as you are red an ihut 1 further orders, only don't waste the ammunition. Pivot there, sir; fire carefully, and aim at the wheel* house and at no other place. Sink her, if possle, go ahead and show us what o can do. Quarter-deck battery (sI eight inch guns) take good aini and j wheel-house; don't let her get away from us." All this was done in less time than it takes to describe it, and as we were now nearing her rapidly it seemed im possible that she could escape us. A shell from t.he rifle exploded over her; a shell from the eleven inch burst close beside her, and the three and eight inch shell guns were sending their compliments thick and fast, but strange to say not a single shot had struck her. She seemed to bear a charmed life. We were about half a mile dis tant from each other and about a mile from the shore when she suddenly changed her course to southwest and started to run down along the coast, heading directly for us. It was now nip and tuck. The stranger was going to run for it, and had the bar betveen us. Our only chance was to sink her before she got in. Nothing now could save her, a the steamer Peaguia, which had been after the other sail, which, by the way, was a passing friend, now joined us in the chase, and opened upon the flying 4eamer with no better success than before, her shots flying wide of the mark. The most tremendous excite ment prevailed on board each vessel, Capt. Clarey raved and swore and tamped in an intense but subdued tone, but all to no effect. Shot after hot went over and exploded beyond >n the shore; some exploded short mnd covered the steamer with spray, ome in the air, others cut the water ust ahead, some grazed the stern, but aot one tou.ched her apparently. It seemed impossible to strike her. The men worked their guns as if they were only toys in their excitement, and .oaded and fired as if their lives de ended on the accuracy of each shot. 3o rapidly did we fire that we had to wait for the smoke to lift before we yould see for the next shot. We were now rapidly approaching 3alveston harbor, and it seemed as if ihe was going to get away in spite of is. Since changing our course last ime we were both sailing, or steam ng rather, dead on windward, but ;he being the lightest draught was naking better time than we; and slowly but surely getting away from is. Her captain for the last hour iad been walking the bridge between he wheel-houses, with both hands in he pockets oi his pea-jacket smoking t cigar very unconcernedly; but that :here was a feeling that their lives td property hung only on a single bread was manifest in the way those theels flew around, leaving a track of >oiling, foamy sea far astern, and the hick, huge volumes of black smoke r hat poured out of the funnels told a tory that did not need a trumpet to nnounce. The channel now began I o widen, and if she could only hold ier own for twenty minutes she would scape. What must have been the houghts of that captain as he walked o and fro on that bridge, with the air all of flying missiles, now hid in their moke, the next minute drenched with heir spray; again, in a second or two ater one fly ing a few feet above his iend ! He never flinched an inch or :hanged his manner, but kept quietly >n as though it was an everyday af air. Fate, say~s Mr. Mackie, decided in avor of that tdying steamer. In spite >f every effort that could be made to. revent her she reached the Bay of ialveston, which is nearly th'ree miles vide, and the channel is very danger- g >us to vessels drawing more than ten eet of water, and a~s we were getting ] nto three fathoms again, with irtese hagrin we gave up the chase, send ng as a parting compliment an elev n-inch shell with our regards. As the flying stranger passed out of 'ange her captain hoisted the Confed- c rate flag and dipped it three times, ~ t the same time taking off his cap raved it towards us and bowed grace- I ally in ouar direction his adieu, teamed in under the guns of the fort ,t Galveston and dropped his anchor,. afe at last. We returned the salute .nd went back to our station for the ight, as it was now nearly sundown, fter one of the most exciting days I hat wve ever spent, with less credit o ourselves than could possibly be upposed under the circumstances. The Galveston Ne-3 of April 14, 865, published an account of the es ape of the Fox. Shot, shell, grape, harpnel, says the Netcs every ingen ity which Satan and his children, he Yankees, have invented, were brown with the rapidity of lightning ad the abundance of hail at, around~ nd over, and in the water beneath he doomed victim; elongated shot and hell shrieked before, behind and over er, or struck the water and ricochet ed over her decks like-well, like a tok of sheep over a pair of bars. trange to say, although hundreds of hots were fired, but four took efiect. Ln ugly shell, a foot and a half long :ploded a few yards from the ship .nd a portioni of it burst the sheet late two feet above the water, but he missile rebounded and fell into he sea. A ten-inch shell, nearly spent, came ver the rail on one side and passed ut beneath it on the other without !oing any harm, though the wind fan ed a couple of persons who stood mar. The shrouds were cut beneath nother as he ascended, but this Dan el was as little hurt as his namesake mong the lions. A piece of shell ut the 'scapepipe above deck, but obody was hurt and no one scared. here'were some old veterans-Mor an's men and others-who had es aped from Fort Douglas, on board,i ho looked the whole affair as a very. mall one, or being only passengers| ook no interest in it, and the officers nd crew seemed to take it as a mat-u er of course. They received three I ~heers as they steamed gaily into port|I vith the utmost composure and did it appear like a man answering a~ ulsome toast to regard it as the ]~ roudest moment of their 'lives; in act, they did not seem at all proud, hough they fill the bill for an. old "'Official Analyses Prove Our Goods to be above their Guarantee." WANDO AMMONIATED FERTILIZER, (TIE OLD RELIABLE.) &cid Phosphate Dissolved Bone, Kainit, and all Fertilizer Supplies. FOE S.L]E. i BT' Wando Phosphate Company, I-I.ARLJESTON, S. O. FRANCIS B. HACKER, PREs'T. & G'. AGT. ran13 4mo ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Vlarine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw 1ill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gms, Railroad, Steam )oat, MIachinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. i-Rpairs executed with promptnes ard Diatch. &ndfor price' ist. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., a ICharleston, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, Wholesale Grocer. WHOLESALE dealer in Wines, Liquors and Segars. No. 181 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. CALL ON OR WRITE TO FALK & C0., King street, opposite Hasel Charleston, S. C. FOR YOUR Clothing, Furnishing Goods and X Ta.Ts. Samples sent on application. C. 0. D. shipped subject to approvaL Manning High School. Select an d Limited. REV. L. D. BASS, Principals. ISS 1A'JTIE E. RUTLEDGE. Opens JAN. 11th, closes JUNE 1886. Will afford boys and girls superior advantages for prosecuting thorough course of study in English, Greek, Latin, Hebrew .nd Mathematics. No sectarianism. Prices reasonable, for >articulars address, Rev L. D. Bass, DON'T READ THIS. WE WARRANT LONG MAN & MARTINEZS GUARANTEE PREPARED PAINTS o last LONGER than any other Prepared Paint or any Paint I i xed b yPure White hm o s t -Lead,. Pure Nperinced .Linseed Oil ainter from and Pure - Tnrpentine. If after any reasonable length of time it should be proven therwise than guaranteed,. we agree to repaint such property as as been p)ainted with it, at our expense, with such White 1ead or other Paint as the property owner may select. S. WEISKOPF, Sole Agent. Dealer in PAINTS, OILS, GLASS &c. 325 King St. C11arest~ii, S. C. N. B. Constantly on hand a fall supply of strictly pur 'AIS GREEN. C ATTACHMENT. - 3"10H-NO??fnU HilM Stono Phosphate Company,. cm r.r m S. C. ESTABLISHED 1870 MLGUFACTURIE Soluble Guano, (HIGHLT A3IoNIATED.) Leid Phosphate.. Dissolved Bone, Ash Element, Floats. Keep a(lways ond for sale Genuine German Inported direct from Germany,. for the Company. A high r'rade~ of Dried Blood, Groiuiu. Eish.Scrap, South Carolina Marl, Cotton Seed Meal. FOR SALE BY M. ILevi,. 31ANNTNG, S. C. F. J. PELZE, Presient. F. S. RoDGERs, Treasurer. ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE CO3IPANY, OF CHJARLESTON, ?. C.. Manufacturers. of Sta~ndard Feriixrs and Jnip'n-ers <f PURE G ERMAN EA TNIT. PELZER RODGERS & Co., .Gen. Agents Jan. 13. Bron's llBarf C H AR LEST ON, S.C TRUMBO, HINSON & COMPANY,. 'actors. and. Comimission 31erchants,. Cotton and Nava STORES, BRO.WN'S WIfARF JAN 13.. C'fTILR IESTON S..C. . IKERS WHARF, CILA'LENTOY,.8. V. Fadtor and General Commission' r(arIrt Dealer in Fertilizers, Grain, Hay, Et. Follih. Brothers, Commission Merchants. Manufac turers' Agents for the sale of Tobacco, Segars, Pipes, Etc., NO. 173 Eaist Bay, -Jan. 13. ClL1RLESTo5, & (" BOLLMANN &-Bros. Wholesale Grocers, &,. D DI!AIM Wines, Liouorsy Tobac co, Segars, &c. No. 153 & 155 EAST BAY, (IARLESTOI\ S. C. Aug, M.-Schvrartz's SALOON, M~xx\nr, S.- C I drink my bear I'don't at Schwartz's. GEO. S.HACKER & SON MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS,. SASH, BLINDS, iIOTJLDING BUILDING:~AD~IJ Office and Waerooins, King,. opposite Ca-nnon ~Street, Charleston, S. C. Sept. 16th. LEGG & BELL, Liveri, Feed arid Sale Stables, .SACALrL..rr s. . NES$EE, UPRGTN&SQaRnd! UNSURPASSED IN Tone and Durability. 885-New Orleans Exposition-Two Goldi - MIedals for Upright and Square. 881- Boston (31ass.) Exposition--irsts Prize for Square Grand. 878-Paris Exposition-For Square anda. Upright Pianos. 876-Philadelphia Centennial-For Squarer. Upright and Grand. And also over 200 FIRST PREMIUMS at State and County Fairs. ave the endorsement of over 100 different:. olleges and Schools as to their durabilitys. A large assorment of SECoND-HA~NDPa s always on hand. General wholesale - agentb for Palace, New EngLimd and Bor et organs. Pianos and organs. sold on easy monthly nstalments, , Pianos taken in ae~xhange, also thorough ly repaired. Send for flustrated Piano or: .rgan Cata logue. CHAS. M. STIEFF, 9 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore, Ma. THIS PAPER5oWL'9 ot Ncws-ape Ad'cnis n < ira 10 sprnce S.p, ='ta!Sm NEW YORK, OLD Newspapers For sale at this onie..