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THE HAlNING TIMESw Pulished Every Wednesday. WEDNESDA1 JAN. 251888. S. A. NETTLES, Editor. CAPITAL PUNISHIENT. There is with many persons a fool ish, sentimental objection to capital punishment, and a desire to substitute for the gravest offences a punishment less severe than loss of life. But by all governments capital punishment is deemed necessary, the only question with them being, what form shall be used.. The gallows, the guillotine, the sword are all in use; and in military cases shooting is the usual method. But to all these there are objections. ranging is frequently slow and terri ble, the culprit being choked to death. Shooting is bloody and not infrequent ly slow and agonizing. The guillo tine is bloody and sickening to the beholders and to the public mind. Of all these ways- hangino is probably the best, but a new an' less revolting method might advantageously be adopted. The desire in capital pun - ishment is not to inflict updn the pris oner unnecessary pain and distress, but as easily as possible to deprive him of his life. Eleetricity has of late made rapid advancement, and for cap ital punishment, where a painless and instantaneous death is desired, there is no known agent or means so potent, so certain, so instantaneous, so unat tended with outward and visible signs to shock the feelings, as electricity. The proper electric apparatus could be arranged, a comfortable chair with head rest and foot refi for the prison er to take his last seat in, a button is touched, and the prisoner is dead, in stantly and painlessly. A substitute of electricity for the gallows, and to have all capital punishment executed in the State penitentiary, would be a decidedly more humane and prefera ble way, than the bungling, tortuous, hideous gallows. A commission ap pointed by the New York legislature to inquire into the quickest and easi est method of inflicting capital pun ishment, has reported in favor of elec tricity, and it is very probable that State will adopt the method. The coldest weater known is re ported from Minnesota, the thermom eters showing from 48 to 68 degrees below zero. Senator E. B. Murray, editor of the Anderson Intelligencer has sold his in terestin that paper-to Mr. C. C. Langs ton, and will retire from journalism. Attention is called to the article on -first on lynch law. It is a clear, S'passionate discussion of this important subject, and is well worth a careful reading. Governor Hill has reprieved a con amned man for three days for the ayowed purpose of breaking up the practice of considering Friday as hang sas day. Abllhas been introduced into the Ohio Legislature, providing for the opening of theatres in Cincinati on Sunday evenings, and it is thought that it will become a law. Washington Territory has just pass -ed alaw giving the right of suffrage to the women of that territory. The question of female suffrage will now be poetically tested. Miss Winnie Davis, the "daughter -of the Confederacy," has contributed t o he Macon Sunday. Times an article, "Glimpses of a German Watering Place." it is said that she will make -literature her profession. A bitter war is being waged in Leeds county, Ontario, between the temperance people and their oppon - ents; a number of buildings have been burned, and many of the tem perance people have been assaulted and threatened with murder. Alarming reports come from Ashe ville concerning the severety and ex tent of the outbreak of cerebro spinal nmnigi',is in that city. The cases are said to be quite numerous and very fatal, and the duration of the at tacks unusually short. William Beverly Nash, one of the most prominent Rtepublican leaders in - I3adical times, died at his home in Columbia last Thursday. He amass ed quite a fortune during Radical rule, *which he managed to keep. He was -one of the Hays electors, and is said to have been offered very large bribes to vote for Tilden. The proprietors of the Cotton Plant announce that hereafter it will be is sued twice a month and that "extra ef forts will be nade to render the journ -al even more acceptable to the farmers of the State in future." The price is only one dollar per annum. Address Hoyt & ifeys, Greenville, S. 0. Charleston is to have a new daily paper, the World, to be published ev ery morning. It will be of the same size as the News and Courier, and pro poses to be the equal of any paper in the cotton belt. It will give telegraph ic dispatches. The price is to be seven dollars a year. The first num ber will be issued Feb. 7th. Columbia decided last Thursday by a vote of 1579 to 13 to guarantee the payment of interest on bonds to the maonta of92Onn to beh issued for the purpose of completing the Colum bia Canal. The State very properly stopped making appropriations for the completion of this canal, and now the city of Columbia has taken the matter in hand, with a determination to succeed. Much parade and talk has been made recently of the impoverished condition of General Longstreet, the Atlanta Constitutio. going so far as to say he was "broken in health, helpless from wounds, and sadly straightened in circumstances," and to call for con tributions for his relief. To this Mrs. Longstreet demurred, saying that while the Genera' was far from rich. vet he had sufficient to live in comfort the remainder of his life. Jeff Davis, also, a few years ago refused a simi lar offer of charity. Our noble South ern leaders are too proud to be recip ients of a cold charity thus bestowed, and we honor them all the more for it. The Terrible Blizzard. ST. PAUL, MNis., January 1S.-Re ports of suffering and death from freezing in the Northwest fill the col umns of the newspapers, and making allowance for exageration and repeti tion, the number of deaths a'ready reported exceeds two hundred. Dakota suffered most heavily, and a very large proportion of the deaths there are of school children an' their teachers, the blizzard having come on in full force within an hour after its tirst sign, and in the afternoon while schools were in session. In Bon Homme county, Dakota, nineteen deaths are reported, and from South Dakota 104 deaths are reported. In Bon Homme county 200 head of froz en cattle are counted in one place and 140 in anotner. Dead cattle and hogs may be seen along the road from Yankton to Springfield. The snow drifts are said to be thirty feet deep. In other places dead cattle are re ported as filling railroad cuts in which they had taken refuge from the winds and been buried in mingled drifts of mingled snow and sand. Almost 3iarried. The Salters correspondent of the Williamsburg Herald, under date of January 16th, gives the following ac count of a remantic marriage in that county: Salters has been in quite a flutter of excitement over an event, unusual anywhere, and unheard of in all the former history of our quiet communi ty. The marriage advertised in your paper to take place at Union church on the 18th of January, has been quashed by an elopement the details of which, if written out, would be unique and interesting, Mr. E. O. Rodgers and Miss Emma McCullough have been plighted and inseparable lovers,Iwith the full acqui escence of the families on either side, for two years or more. The time of marriage was fixed, Mr. R. made eve ry necessary arrangement for house keeping the present year, and Miss McCullough declared herself ready with trousseau and bridesmaids for te culmination. The minister was invited, the most trivial details ar ranged, and Hymen rubbed his hands gleefully over a job almost done. Like a shock to the community and the expectant bridesmaids and grooms men, came the news on last Friday morning-Married last night at Capt. J. A. Salters, Mr. J. B. Salters, and Miss Emma McCullough. It seems that the young lady has been engaged to both parties for some time past, and her family not favoring the suit of Mr..Salters she has used the preparations for her marriage with Mr. Rodgers to cover her intended elopement with his rival. No compulsion was used to make her marry Mr. Rodgers, and contin ed clandestine action on her part seems to have been wholly unneces sary. It may, however, have served to gratify romantic impulses. Sympathy with Mr. Rodgers is so great that people forget perhaps to give the united couple the customary congratulations and good wishes. The Situation. Charleston Sun, Demn. Cleveland and the Democratic Par tv: "Revise the tariff tax for the re lief o'f the people and the cheapening of the necessities of life, and the de crease of the surplus locked in the treasury." Sam Randall: "Hold on there ! You are hurting the chances of the Demo cratic party in Pennsylvania, which was only 75,000 behind in the last gener al election, and weakening My mortgage on My Philadelphia dis trict." Joe Brown, of Georgia: "I cannot sanction any national legislation which may weaken my hold on the moonshine vote of Georgia." Jim Blaine, of Maine: "Free tobac co forever! Nobody wants cheap food, clothing or blankets. Behold me, the magnetic man candidate for the Presidency." Blair, of New Hamshire: "Use the surplus to buy, corrupt, Republicanize and plunder the South with ! See how the gudgeonsbite at the g olden bait!" Edmunds: "D-n the surplus, let her grew ! Never mind the tariff, but down- with Lucius Quintius Curtius 'Lamar and the Southern Confederacy!" Bill Chandler: "Ku Kiinx ! Fraud ! The bloody shirt and the South Caro ln election laws are the living issues." Many Statesmen: "An accumulating Isurplus is a mighty handy thing for slicing out to prop falling fences and make us solid. Let her accumulate." The people will decide among all these this year. We are told that now in pclite life the word "drunk" or "intoxicated" is no longer used. "Overestimated his co-act" is the proper thing. In a New Role. The (in) Famous Judge Mackey, late of South Carolina, has acted in many a role. The latest role, howev er, ii which he has appeared, is that of abandoning his home and family and eloping with another man's wife. He is a man of genius, but always the villain of the play in whatever role he acted. A man without principle, and be could be nothing else but an unmitigated scoundrel. He seems to have sounded the depth of infamy at last, Mackey's career has been interest ing. First, a Mexican volunteer, then a teacher and divinity student, then a filibuster in Nicaragua, then a prison er in Cbarlestou jail, then a Confeder ate soldier, then a Federal Provost Marshal in Texas, then a radical Al derman and Trial Justice in Charles ton, then a radical Judge of the South Cart lina Circuit,. then a raging Dem ocrat, then an independent candidate in Chester, then a Greenbacker, then a "Shyster" in Washington, and lastly acts the role of a gay Lothario. What next ?-Suuter Adiem e. Some Pertinent Questions. Ma. EnrTon: As a citizen of Clr eudon who feels an unbounded inter est in her material prosperity, and who, without vaunting her developed resources, desires to place on record statistical facts, will you, as editor, through your paper make the follow ing queries, and publish for general information through your widely cir culated medium the answers thereto? 1. How many dogs, hogs, cattle, mules and horses (respectively) are taxed in Clarendon ? 2. How much money is returned? 3. How many bonds and mortgages are returned for taxation? 4. How much of returns in money from rents ? 5. How much has it cost to raise cotton this year? 6. How much has it cost to raise corn this year? The first four queries the tax officer and Clerk of Court can answer, I pre sume, if they will, and that they can and will, I have no doubt. Though lMr. Tillman has "left Col umbia" and the political arena, and retired into the paths of private life (sic transit gloria nwdi.') the Tillman clubs (his pet schemes for electing his henchmen) can of course give the in formation requested in two last que ries. If tbey can, it will be gratefully received by the public at this time. I presume that its members have turn ed into the clubs their year's opera tions, and the profits and losses have become a matter of record for future reference and ultimate improvement of their co-workers. If they cannot, what education has been imparted to the public by their organization, and what good have they done for agrculture ? The candidates have been made glad and will again rejoice in such a field to "blow," and privately "in their sleeves" will laugh at the ready gulli bility of the "'dear people" and "the poor uneducated farmers," until the South Carolina College annex turns out farmers (candidates) by the bush el, to redeem "these poor uneducated farmers" by cultivating their prejudic es and soliciting their votes. INQUIRER. The City of the Sand Hills. Justly merited is the praise and ad miration so universally bestowed upon the Concert and Lecture given at Col onel J. C. Manning's residence on Fri day evening in aid of the Episcopal Chapel at Darlington, of which the following is the PROGRAMMtE: Twenty-second Regiment March-Violins and Piano. Song-"Judith"-Mrs. Bacot. Magic Bells-Piano-Mrs. Kershaw. Song-Graham's Parewell-Maj.- H. B. Richardson. Sounds from Home-Tiolin and Piano. Dost Remember ?-Duet-Messrs. H. B. & R. C. Richardson. Song-Janie Dear-Mrs. Bacot. Lecture-Character and Character Build ing-Rev. John Kershaw. Trovatore-Ahi! I have, etc.-Mrs. J. C. Manning. Creole Song-Piano-Mrs. Kershaw. Song-The Bridge-Col. Ri. C. Richard Gavotte-Violins and Piano. Song- Pierrot-Mrs. Bacot. Caprice-Piano -Mrs'. Kershaw. Trio-Praise Ye (Attila)-M1rs. Manning and Messrs. Richar dson. The Concert was a delightful feast of melody, rapturously listened to and enthusiastically applauded and encored. Rev. Mr. Kershaw won his aud ience's interest from the outset, for his lecture was not only instructive andinspiring, but highly interesting. He showed a thorough acquaintance with his subject; matchless in origin ality of thought and .argument that did not suffer by comparison with the apposite quotations he introduced fromi the writings of Smiles, Ruskin, and Hughes upon the ethics of char acter. So fruitful are his thoughts of the beautiful and noble in character; in grace and skill of language; in ele vating, inspiring moral teachings, that no one can hear his lecture without being made better by its influence. It is the open sesame to attain charad! ter of priceless value, of which we can, no matter how humble, be the archi tects. Mi-. Kershaw has been invited to deliver this lecture at the Panola Academy and it is likely he will do so. Quite a force of hands are grading on the M. & A. R. R., near Fulton. The rumor that the road will branch from "Pine-log" in a direct line for Summerton is all bosh ! IAn event of considerable interest during the past week, at Fulton, was the Court of special examination or-. dered in the Pension claim of Nancy Montgomery, colored,---one of the most notable cases pending before the Pension office. The government was reprsented by A. B. Casselman, Esq., Special Examiner, Bureau of Pensions, an the caimant by Mecssrs. Bender]1 & Welch. A rge amount of testi mony was taken. ARGONAUT. Fulton, Jan. 23, 1888. An Avaricious Man. Why is an avaricious man like one with a short memory? He is always for-getting, but the wise parent never forgets Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mu! lein, the eroup b'reventivc, and cough and consumption cure. Notice! Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the Probate Judge of Clarendon County, on the 1Gth day of February next, at 12 n. for my final discharge as administrator of the estat- of John A. Lee, deceased. H. B. LEE, Administrator. Jan. 18. 1888. 4t. Notice of Discharge. Estate of F. W. Dickson, deceased ; I will apply for Dismissory Letters on the First day of February 1858. M. M. DAVID, Administrator. Jan. 10, 1888. CHARLLSTON , STEAM DYE WORKS, 326 KING S-raLL, sS ide, - - Near George Work Delivered Free of Charge. Wm. Burmester & Co. HAY AND GRAIN, Red Rust Proof Oats, a Spe cialty. Opposite Kerr's Wharf, CHARLESTON S. C. A. McCobb, Jr., General Commission Merchant, AND DEILEIt IN Leme, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Fire Bricks, and Fire Clay, Land Plaster and Eastern Hay. p7 Agent for WHITE'S ENGLISH PORTLAND 0 CEMENT. 198 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Mc~ahan, Brown & Evans, Jobbers of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, and Clothing. Nos. 224, 226 and 228 Meeting St. Charleston S. C. C, Wulbern&Co., Wholesale Grocers. Flour a Specialty. 171 and 173 East Bay, Charleston, S. C, JonN F. WEitNEE, L. H. QUInoLLo. JOHN F. WERNER & CO. WHoLESAI.E GROCERS, PROVISION DEALERS, 164 and 166 East Bay, and 29 and 31 Ven due Range, CHARLESTON. S. C. SEED POTATOES, Early Rose, Burbanks, Goodrich, Chili Reds. Direct Importations; Guaranteed Pur est on the Market. HENRY BAYER & SON, Charleston, S. C. GUANO at astonishingly MANUFACTURERS PRICES. We are selling our Fertilizer at the follow ing lo x prices : Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Manipulated Guano, less than 10 tons. per ton, $25.00; ten tons and upwards, per ton, $22.50: Wilcox, Gibbs & Co's Superphosphate, less than 10 tons, per ton, $15.50; ten tons and up wards, per ton, $14.00. Excellnt Georgia Standard Guano, less than 10 tons, per ton, $22.50; ten tons and upwards, per ton, s2'.00. "r Deliveredl to Railroad or Steamboat at Charleston, free of Drayage. English Acid Phosphate. German Kainit. Nitrate of Soda. Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Peruvian Guaino. Ground Fish Scrap. Cotton Seed Meal, and Fertihzer supplies generally; all best quality, at lowest miarket prices. Cbiunicate with us before buying else THE Wil.COX & GIBBS GUANO CO., 13 atBay, Charleston, b. C. . RARWAREMECHANTS. 139 MEETING STR.Err, Charleston, S. C. Sole Agents For ST ARE'S DIXIE PLoUGIIS, WATT PLOUGHS,. AVERY & SON'S PLOUGHS DOW LAW COTTON PLANTER AND (GUANO DISTRIBUTORtS Iro .A.e H eroVs and Cultivators, itunan Plough Stock, Washburne & Moenm's Galvanized Fence Wire, Cham -pion Mowers and Keapers. AND) WATSON'S TU;:: 1ENTINE TOOLS Manufactured in Faye'tteville, N. C. Every 'Tool absolutely warranted and if broken will be repiaced. Also Dealers Inl GENERAL IIARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL STEE Hoop Iron, IHorse and Mule Shoes, W and Tinware, Coopers tools, Miners Tools, Cutlery. Guns and Sport ing Articles. -rices mnae on application. COLUMBIA MARBLE GRANITE WORKS. C. MAYHEW & SON, W- Manufacturers of, and Dealers in all kinds of American Marble. Work. ALL KINDS Granite Monuments TO ORDER. go' Estimates furnished for all kinds of Railroad and other heavy Masonry. 52 Brick Machine and Brick for Sale. I have for sale one Steam Brick Press in good condition, which .:ill be sold very low. Also, 500.000 brick of good ouality. Terms cash. T. SCOTT HARVIN. Manning, S. C. Nov. 9th, 18S7 GET THE BEST and Cheapest DRUGS AND MEDICINES By purk. asing at the Popular and re liable Drug Store of J.GDINKINS& CO15 DLnLEs n Drngs, Medicines and Chemicals Paints, Oils, Glass, Perfumery, Stationery, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Fine Cigars and Tobacco, etc. Our stock of Patent Medicines is now complete in every particular. TRY C C.. CERASINE COUGH CURE. Cures Coughs. Colds, and all diseases of the Lungs or Throat-never fails. 25 cents per bottle. PRiEsCRIPTIoN DEPARTMENT: Physicians Prescriptions acenrately comn pond~ed by a comipetent and experienced Pharmacist at all hours day and night. J. U DINKINS & C0., PHAR MACEUTICAL CHEMISTS. [Sign of the Gold Mortar.] Special Notice to Colored Soldiers, BENDER & WELCH, GNEPAL CLIMi .YD CoLLEC'rloN AGEN'rS. St.oseph, Mo., Fulton, S. C.. Kansas City, - Mo. We have comiplcte rosters of deceased col ored soldiers belonging to 104th, 1'/.th, 35th, 33rd. and 21st Regimecnts United States Col ored Troops. Heirs are entitled to Bonnties and Back Pay, and in some cases. Pensions. Nearly all entitled. Bounties secnred for disch~rged soldiers, when such is due. Dis charges secured where same are lost. SPECIL: Claims of depositors in Freedman's Bank. Address allcomnmunicaitions to Fulton, 8. C. Dec. 7, tf. F. N. Wilson, INSURANCE AGENT MANNING, S. C. a 12 years experienced French Watch maker, will have 'the pleasure of open ing on or about the 15th of February in Manning, S. C. at the old Schwartz Stand, a first-class JEWELRY STORE, connected with repairing in Watches, Clocks, and .Jewelry. A ftne line of Solid Gold and Silver Jewelry. Plated Ware, Fancy Goods. Clocks, Watches. etc. will always be kept on hand. Mi All Work Warranted. BOLLANN BR~OTHERS, Wh oleale 17adGrocers, CHIARLESToN, S. C. Jan 1. 7 1v. Mrs. A. Edwards Keeps always on hand at the MANNIN BAKERY a full supply, and choice assortment, of Family and Fancy Groceries. Bread, Cake,Candy,Fruit,jEtc. I always give a full 100 cents worth of goods for the Dollar. Mrs. A. Edwards, 1A NNING . S. C. F. .. PLzER, President. F. S. RODGERs, Treasurer Atlantic Phosphate Company, of Charleston, S. C. MAN UFACTURERS OF S-tan1ard1 "ertil iers and Importers of PUR3DLE G-HMAINT IEAINI T Pelzer, Rodgers & Co., General Agents, BRoWN'S WHARF, - - - CHARLESTON. S. C. A. MII. M. LEvI, of Manning. will be pleased to supply his friends and the public generally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. The Manning Academy. A GRADED SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. NINETEENTH SESSION BEGINS, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1887. S. A. NETTLES, A. B., PRINCIPAL. Miss Jossii H. McLEAN, MRS. S. A. NErLES,. Assistants. :o: .&IM The course of instruction embracing ten years, is designed, to furnish a lib eral education suited to the ordinary vocations of life, or to fit students for the Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior class of colleges. PLAN OF INSTRUCTION. The most approved text books are used. The blackboard is deemed an essential in the class room. The meaning of an author is invariably required of each pupil. In all work done, in whatever department, and whatever tb extent of ground covered, our motto shall always be Thoroughness. T this end, we shall require that every lesson te learned, if not in time for th class recitation, then elsewhere. No real progress can be made so long a the pupil is allowed to go on from day to day reciting only hale-perfect lesson TERMS PER MONTH OF FOUR WEEKS; Primary Department (3 years course),........................ 51.00, $1.50, and $2.00 Intermediate Department (2 years course)............................... 2.50 Higher Department (2 years' course),........................ .$3.00 and 3.50 Collegiate Department (3 years' course), . ....................... $4.00 and 4.50 Music, including use of instrument..... ............................. 3.00 Contingent Fee, per session of 5 months, in advance.........................2.5 Board per month ............................................... 8.00 Board from Monday to Friday (per month)................................ 5. 0 - TO) P.AT ON S! ' E DESIRE ESPECIALLY TO- URGE UPON PARENTS AND Guardians the great importance of having their children at school promptly the first day. The stud-ent who enters late labors under serious disadvantages, and seldom takes that stand in- his class that otherwise he' would have taken. The Principal feels much encouraged at the hearty support' given the school heretofore, and promises renewed efforts to make the school what it should be-FIRST CLASS in every respect. For further particulars, send for catalogue. Address, S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. C. GROVE SCHOOL. MANNING, S. C., AL~rUST 1.5, 1887. A Graded School for Boys and Gis. PR:NCIPALS: MISS \TIRGINIA INGRAM, - .- - I. I. BAGNAL.. The Fourth year of the Manraing Grove School. will begin Sepkember 5th, 18857 It is the purpose of the Principals to give thorough instruction in the elementary branches, and then advance the pupils as rapidly as sound judgment will admit of. ~Board arnd lodging can be had upon very reasonable terms, and in good families.. Boys and young men desiring to prepare for college, will find the course of instruction. admirably adapted to that purpose, and special attention will be paid to that class of stun dents when desired. Special attention given to Calisthenics.. The school building-is in complete ogier for comfort and convenience, being well yen-. tilatdl and amply heated in winter. First grade.....................1.00 I Fifth grade.....................3,0:. Second grade................... 1 50| Sixth grade..................... 3.50, Third grade....................2.00|jSeventh andI Tighth grades....4.00 Fourth~grade.---*.................2.50 iDrawingand Painting.............2..50: For further particulars apply to either Principal. J. L. David & Bro., Men, BWys' and Childrens' OUJTFITTERS, AN -281 KING STREEr, . - - - COmmIr~oN, S.CO. C. I.Horr.H. A. Horr. C. T.Hoyt & Bro., THE DE..Ea1IN Watches, Sumtef Shoe Storea ' Clocks,. a mm Jewiry, -W- - Silverware, -mW%3 etc. 18' caratEngagement Rings. A TVery Good Watchi for $2.50. -_____ ag REP.uRING A SPrcI.'.L'r. ' -, Main Street, - - Sumter, S. C 8 31 fmi. 1s sWee1s . - ThePOLTrE GAZETrE will be mailed securely wrapped, to any address in the gy AN& B TER U~nited States for three months on receipt ofi MESSS UTAN&BOHR ONE DOLLAR. present their claims to the people of Claren Liberal disco.amt allowed to postmasters, don ani req t a continuation of the a agents and clubs. Sample copies m-led~ The s~olieaystowand in thePs fre d ress alord to FO, are all warranted as fully up to the nigh RICARD K.~i~E NO ~ stadard heretofore claimed for them.