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THE LANNIa TE S. A. NETTLES, Editor. WEDNESDAY MARCH 2i, 1888. Our town is greatly in need of a town hall, and the suggestion made by."I" in this column is worthy of consideration. We hope the town council to be elected next month will take the matter in hand, and build a large and commodious town hall. There is not a hall of any size in this place, and it is very embarrassing to the town in a good many ways. Let us issue bonds, and build a large hall, with market and guard house below. The present town hall and guard house is an eye sore to the town. What say our citizens? And we must have a bank, too. 'We have begun the work of stop ping the papers of those subscribers whe pay no attention to our state nents. But we never stop a paper unless at the same time sending a letter stating tha~t fact, and the time when the name will be placed on the Black List, generally giving tean o fifteen days grace. We canno: send the Tros promiscuously on a credit. We do not desire to lose a single subscriber, but we cannot afford to give our paper to those who do not show any disposition to pay for it.1 Former newspaper experience has - -taught us that there are men in this Bounty, who will sponge their pa ers for years, and never say a word about pay. There are men in this county who owe us now more than twelve dolars for papers. It is such as those we are getting rid of. By April 1st, we hope to get our list righted; and wouldn't a published list of our delinquent subscribers look queer to . ome people? The two new dailies in Charleston, the Sua and the World, are unearth ing more rascality and devi!ry in that city than was ever supposed possible to exist in our great metropolis. New phases- of the Bond insurance swindle continue to be developed, and it is one of the foulest deeds on record. The last sensation is where one man, a tramp, boarded long enough at another man's house in Summer 'ile to win the affections of his wife an&daughter, aid to carry off said 'wife and daughter, and all his house Mho effects, to Charleston. This happened some time ago. A grown son of the injured man, instigated by the blication of the scandal in the w, shot his mother's Lothario in the mouth last Saturday, wounding Imm severely, but not killing him. The pople of Charleston approve the - son scourse. The mother and daugh f -er are completely wrapped up in the Iramp and have turned against their aatural protectors. The injured man's name is henne. The tramp's name - s Faulkner. The daughter is not fourteen, and Faulkner has been ar -ested for abduction of the little girl, Mina Henne. In cur private opin ion, a dress of tar and feathers, would beathe proper thing for Faulkner and both the female Hennes. RannsOpportunities adWns MR. Emron :-Let me congratu sMe you upon the recent marked im provement of your paper. It was cer -tainly well eonducted by your accom plished predecessor, Mr. B. S. Dinkiner whose editorial career, .though'sort, saebrilliant. The frieids of the enter ~ise~her- ared that it might not 'a~li in other hands, this high at '~tanment, but all are gratified arnd delighted to have demonstrated its higher development. The better portion of society is pleased with the independent mxanli ness of your sheet, which does not -truokle to the depraved instincts of the low and vulgar, but by a fearless course has the advancement of soefe ty as an ultimate end. There are two objects a good newspaper has in view, which harmonize, blend, and c oalesce in one, viz : the improve ment of the literary tastes, and the advancement of the morals of societv. Literature divorced from good mnor als, in any of the educational enter prises of the day, becomes a giant armed for mischief, and proves a withertu~g curse to society. There is no edn~ational means which reaches so many persons in a community as a newspaper, and with -strict integrity and purity, with literary culture, may be a rich inheritance. Our community is certainly to be congratulated in having two weekly sheets, which, as leave.s from the tree of life, are scattered for the heel. ing of the people. Our wants asc fully met by -these two papers. To have more, would be to glut the mar ket, to have less would be to destroy that healthy and generous rivalry which gives strength and force of character. Our community needs a town hail. This with us is a desideratum. We have no place well suited for publie gatherings but the court house and churches, and one is devoted sacredly and exclusively to religious purposes, and the other equally and sacredly and exclusively to justice, so neither are available. A town hall with a * market attachdd, and a pa.ir of public scales to weigh produce brought in from the country, would greatly add to the comfort of our community, aid by a reasonable rental, could be made to produce a small incomec to th& town. The social, educational, d literary wants of our people, dema?nd such a building, and surely the en .terprise of our mechanics, farmers, mercants, and professional men, can divise a feasible scheme by which such a building -can be erected and be made an ornamnt to the tova, without being burdensome toan A VERY STRA E.'E STORY. A M st y ii Wiiiaiiurg. Kincr.aZE, March 2.--?Mr. E H. Wil liams, the husband of the lady who disap pearcd last summer, arrived here last night and is stopping at the Coleman Hotel, where your Leporter had a conversation with him this morning in reference to his wile. In the outset Mr. Williams said that the fate of his wife was just as much a mystery as ever; that he firmly believe] that she was uurdered because of her knowledge of the LRme trage.y, but stated that there were certain facts coieica with the Rome trageadv tnot vct amde known to the public, which' convin:ed him of this beyond a doubt. These fhe:s he is t:inkinvt of pub lishing. but has not yet fally : :?mined whether to do so or not. The history of the ease is briefly as fol lows : Mrs. Williams left here last June to visit one Maude Beard, at Knoavilie, Tenn. an alleged cousin, whom she had casually met in the waiting-room at Rome, Ga., while reaturni from a visit to her home in Loui-1" siana. Tihere Miss Beard accosted her and excused herself by referring to the strik ing resemblance b-tween them, which Irs. William s at once iperc ived, and which she afterwards tohl Mr. Williams was almost complete. After a short interview Mrs. We this woman to be the daugts rof n aut o her. Ss. Williamis went to G .or c town where she left her little child v:ii Mr. W4 iiliams's relatives, she be ing in very poor hea -h at the time. She left her -.runk at Foreston until her return on the fdlowing dar. Dr. T. P ailey, his Wife and her sis ter. iss illa:u , . acermpanicd Mrs. illi ams as far as C'olnnibha. This nas' the last. s.een of her by any of her epeole. She left there for Atlanta, where. by Tire:ious ag~remeut, this Iaude Beard w as to meet her and accompany her to the latter's home in Knoxville. A. few days after this 3!r. Willias received a letter signed with hi; wife's initials, the hand writing being so similar to hers as to make him believc the letter to have been written by her own hmnd. This letter st ted that she had there been met by MIaude's broth er, a lad of about fomiteen, who informed her that his sister had been suddenly called back to the bedside of her sick ucle at Knoxville, with whom she resided, leaving this yourg man to accompany her. One expression ih this letter troubled-3ir. Wil liams considerably at the time. It was to the effeet that he should not be uneasy if he failed to hear from her for sohe time, as sh had been confronted by a new mystery which she was determined to unravel. This letter Mr. Williams now believes to have been written by Maude Beard for the pur pose of delaying search. The next heard from Mrs. Williams was a letter from Chat tanooga. written by Maude Beard. stating that his wife had been very ill, but assur ing him that she had the best medical at tention and was better, and that a chinge for the worse would be promptly telegraph ed. It further suggested that he write to his wife, but not to intimate that he knew of her illness, as she had exact'ed a promise from Maude not to tell him of it. He ac cordingly wrote both to his wife and to Maude Beard, thanking the latter for her attention to his wife, and begging her to telegraph or write immediately again. Both these letters have been returned to him from the department at Washington. Strange to say, the letter to Maude was ad vertised as "Minnie" Beard, which name Maude Beard has subsequently assumed. Stranger still, Mr. Southall, of the North eastern Railroad Company. tracing "Min nie" Beard, and Mr. Williams tracig "Maude," both arrived at Chattanooga, though neither knew that the other was on a similar errand. Here Mr. Williams's efforts were rendered futile by his arrest on his arrival there as one Cathcart, charged with obtaining money under false pre tences from several banks in South Caroli na. This arrest was made, notwithstand ing the fact that Mr. Williams had been in corresondence for some weeks with the mayor of that city in reference to his er rand. It appears that on Mrs. Williams's de parture from Columbia she got hold of the wrong check, ana consequently received the wrong trunk on arriving at Atlanta. The trunk~ that Mrs. Williams got, it seemis, belonged to a lady at Eastover, South Carolina. This lady, failing to get her trunk, complained to the railroad .au thorities, wvho proceded to invstigate the natter. The edicient anant''fn charge of the afar, Mr. SouthahiCwent to work and tre hetu checked for Mrs. Williams th:oghMnta, to Chattanooga. Here he founat it had been left at a hotel by a giing woman to piay for her board, ad had been sold by the proprikte-. Mr. Southahl saw a portion of the conterts *t this trunk and identified it as the trunk lost by the lady at Eastover. The clue that led to the discovery of that trunk was a letter furnish ed to the railroad authorities by the lady at Eastover. It was written, beyond doubt, by Mrs. Williams and signed by a differ ent person at a later date, with the name "Minnie Be~ard." This letter was taken by Mr. Soruthall to the Smithsonian Insti tute at Wa.hington, wvhere it was critically examined and found to have been written by one rartv and signed by anoth r so"e llw;s later. Mr. Soui-hall then found a trun'k which is believed to be that of 3Mrs. Williams. In this trunk was found a tag of a New York clothinit hoise. r. Southall took this lag to Now Tork and asked the sim if they had over received ay orders from "Minnie Beard," whose name was signed to the letter above men tioned, and several orders were found to be on thir ties The writin" oni the orders was~ a fac simile of the signature of the letter submited to the Institute. These orders wre ..''..ted a U'ah. Al.. at which placr' Sencale and well-to-(10 famuily by that rame' esids In ths ifamily there is, it sems un3e11 B'ard." On r:4urning hoeir. Soumthall visited 3Mr. Williams's 'faily at Geo:- to"n and inaae known ts facts abc'u te trunk and letter, and the family recognizcd the handwriting of te l'ete as Ir. Williams's, and pro noneed tlie si'natmre spurious. wiei Chtnoais an thmeeM ile. nis hs in h:is poss'ion a lett' fro'm the Recv. 'Dr. P.\ Sierr'n. atethod- minister of Ch"ttancga, to ths etctan it is corrob oae byth lieutenant of puhee( ture. S~e it te one timt ttmtd to eco'uit suci in Apil, before 3. Wl'm left Sit' 00 d'mage"s for f~td e imprisonment, ndis tin correspondeCe with Attorey std:r '- Fra1. ~o o that ciy m refer ,--ne.tol bri.',ut agains ch Cx.ttan He. fec.-.rterni to the Rev. D. . P. II. Ferrn -e:- i kindness and also to the rail road co pan" v.'na their' ideftgabl ' gent oi heir rtions in his behalf. He has opn fie onths searching in Tennessee and Alabama. notind his wife, ashe be ieved he- to have been murdered. but for her murrers. aid re st.i has detectives empi.ye at eve~a. points to ferrat out the r. ' iliams scesis to be coniiderably er ahaf w o, ith im, amni int.ndis to r 1:o he lf. e 1al some troublc tov~s.v:z, bu:t can not lear to.. have her wafr. L1.i. 1: isu!it .l~atheic to hear himrefer t.o lar as his "'little girl." He will continuew to practie: law at ti-is Bar. M. CLINTON GALLUCHA T, I-RacTr s iN CoCTaS OF CALE"TON "rIa CL.XRENDON. IN MP R' U . I have on band an immense and varied stock of GENER.AL MERCHANDISE, and am prepared to give SOME SLUGER IN LOW PRICES. Don't Buy Until You Visit My Store. In GRoeELES I am SUP'EULY e.qu ipped wvtith every grade of Flour, Molasses, Sugar, Coffe, Bacon, Lard, and all other kinds of Groceries. heavy or faney. that the people need. FLoun and TorAcco at low est figures. I defy any one to undersell me. New Goods Coming in by Every Train. 3My store is already full. and I must make roo)ni ur the ne oods already arrived and to arrive by every train. are invited to call and examine my stock oif ne goodi just ai y d. 1 haoe just what you want. and Will sell at prices that will b' sure to please y(o. t s : for me to attempt to mention all I keep in Dry Goods, Lai e s' DrIPess Goods M A:Illi!de ry,' et c. smsma merm re.-3-:I.'.;: I have the large:st and finest stock of GLOTHING, HATS, HT A C, AN TMKS, FURNTURE of all grades and at rock bottom mtiees. I guarantee that for the SPOT CASH I will sell as low as can be bought anywhere. MOSES L E VI, Cor, Boyce and Brooks Street, Manning, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, ~he M nigAaey Wholesale Grocer, s m m ,sc WHOLESALE Dealer in Wines, Liquors, and Cigars. A GRADED SOHOOL TOR. Boys AND GIRLS. No. 121 East B~ay, - - - - - - Charleston, S. C. NINETiENTHI SESSioN BEGiM, 310NDAT, JANUA~RY 2, 1887. S. A. NETTLES, A. B., PiuscrutL. T- Ma~s Josn: II. Mc'LI:N. 31xs. S. A. NETTLES, Assistants. - DEALER IN -______ :______ Iron, Slate, and Marble Mantels, Force and Lift Pumps. Iron and -Lead Th~e course of ir-struction embrac'ing ten years, is designed to furnish a lib Pipe, Plumbing matenjals, and Tin Roofing. erJ education suited to the ordinary vocations of life, or to fit stadents ic: 24S Meeting Street, - - - - - Charleston, S. C. the Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior class of colleges. __________________________________________TLAN OF INSTRL'cTION. W2. Jonssos, '' Josrvru Tno.~raes J.xw. fl. JoI::;os. T km t plrVdttbo sar us. Teblkoadscee a Importers arnd Deale in' Ay ~ _-ea ito anf 1 "Ei-y_-3reutofin r-yig..T Lawrens .Stre.et, UrnhYard., South East -ay, op. endo:..-roieta vr esn~clawi o itm c u Meetig Steetnear i~rkt, - . - (h::c:;ifl, .C, The mo~ st approvd te o oks dae toedy ree l b hebalr e .'ss e n of . LE' ch pupi . l or doo, in.hatevr.deprten...(, and teerth this end,- '" ~ we sall reqir thatvey .leson ....erned i ot i n ) fo h AtclassY recitation, then elewhere. n areanpogesscan. be. ma.. so.long. a reetig P Stet nea Makt -O ~ Chrtn S. C th ppi i aloe to gdo ~n nnytoda. re'ti..o.y.ha.-prfec.l.so. in~re".:Erv::I PE'l MoNTH achF FoU"l HES H, A. L tY, Agt EmHEAP "1CAT LilH STOOREX~3&N M~anning, S. C,'Ut4. -~( i~t....x~otn' fhvngtercudc tsho iancy and H ~eavyx G roceries, Can- ~~*' ~ ..t ~ t k s t a t n n hs ca s t a t e b ned Goods, Confectioneries, OfjaclC~sio Ly, '-ir' d coissrnwdefrstmaehesoowhtt Tobacco and Cigars, J T T " uiirp :iia.,sii r tauu Ade, at the lowest ~~IMnig .C CASH PRICES.Atoie atL . ______- D. . :ALLEN H G M i ,?cal:g u 11 of ph ant e : n d. ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ...o.f CPHILADELPHIAE SI-rGERsionAYfSWisonth,&inhadvnce,................. 2 Highrefo:11 _f ch::th g p e a vge NE . W. VE. LY 1. . d>Et aP . i - Th di ans t I~ 1e : ) importnc wot having (J~- theircide D atrcho promp!!y fue, n 7r.4 day :estdn woeterVlte laor unersriu ~.. -' - u i a e e ~ s m e e u t le h t s a d i i Ll. s -h a ot e wi eh JOSE ED . WLSI , wuhv t V T Ros 13rincsipalcl Choelstc WncgeSd atIteUherS, Bupr N th 3.nL- Em-RM IE.S inFC evrFrOeTHEBEE FIFTE~N DAYS' TRbA :Dt For fur;uratci~i ~ etheianesr, and forectge. Neddre'Wes IN YOUROWN HOUE BEFOanningPA OS. C. ])jiip~y giz ~5or~o.Lu :rd r ~c:lu.j s- O N tary Pu i vl.. l et . Keeps alasonhu inth THE C A. WOD CG17, Nrila h~Y, . F. HENswRY I;A,~ &m e S, j li l1Ig~ ;g 'd fW~sie 1 teMre.Klt~ek -- B. c~~i?,' . CD::a:Is, N e . S. C il ! Q LR. 3j.4 2N; iL & C. Ko lI: MVAit MLCHANTS. 139 METG STfLET, Charleston, S. C. Sole Agents For STARKE'S DIXIE PLOUGHS, WATT PLOUGHS, AVERY & SON'S PLOUGHS DOW LAW COTTON PLANTER AND GUANO DISTRIBUTORS Iro Age H-trrow an.1 Caltivators, Roman Pl:,ugh Stock, Washburne & Moem's Gah ani:ed Fence Wire, Cham pion Mowers and Keapers. AND WATSON'S TURPENTINE TOOLS Manufactured in Fayetteville, N. C. Every Tool absolutely warranted and if broken will be repiaced. Also Dealers In GENERAL HAnDWARE, AGRICULTURAL STEP Hoop Iron, Horse and Male Shoes, W ani Tinware, Coopers tools, Miners Tools, Cutlery, Guns and Sport ing Articles. Prices made on application. C. Wulbmer o., Wholesale Grocer. Flonr a Specialty. 171 and 173 East Bay, Charleston, S. O, pWo Order Direct from the Factory. Helis& Son, FURNITURE BD DIN WARE-ROOMS EstmnLIsar1854. Geese Feathers a Specialty. Tead-quarters for Mattresses. No. 377 c STREET, (Two Doors Below Calhoun.) C'acrlestun, S. C. GET THE BEST and Cheapest DRUGS AND MEDICINES By pur.:asing at the Popular and re liable Drug Store of 3. 3DININS & CO., DE.&izas - - Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals Paints, Oils, Glass, Per'fumecry. Stationery, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Fine Cigars and Tobacco, etc. Our stock of Patent Medicines is now complete in every particular. TRY CERASINE COUGH CURE. Cures Conghis, Colds, and all diseases of the Lungs& or Throat-never fails. 2.3 ceits . per bottle. PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT: Physicians Prescriptions accurately com pou:nded' a competent and experienced Phanumals at all hours day and night. J. G DINLINS & CO., PHAR MACEUTICAL CHEMISTS. [Sign of the Gold Mortar.] PEW STrORE. NEW GOODS. [2! Piic93,. Lo5#s8Prices. M. KALISKY, A GE NT, OPP'OSITE COURT HOUSE. Drx GOOiis, BOOts and Shoes, .TobaceO and Cigars, Best Family and Fancy G rO ceries. all New and Fresh, and all sold at lowest Cash prices. Am agent for a large Tannery, and wilbyat highest maktpieall tailow, etc. Give me a call and be convinced that it is to your interest to trade with me. M.L KALISKY, Agent, MXYING. S. C Mianning Shaving Parlor. Hlair Cutting Artistically~ Exe Cuted, and SlavnXg (lone v~ith best Razors. Spec ial attention paid to shampoooing ladies' bceads. I have had considerablo experience in several large ci ies. and guarantee satisfac tion to my custo~mers. Parlor next door to M.tuxiso TnuEs. E. D. HAMILTON. All kinds of law blanks-titles, mortgages. bonds, bills of sale, liens, etc. for sale at the Tun-s office..