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BIGAMY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Story of the Gaffney city Girl who )iarricd Two Hlusbands. -o From the (urlotte Chroniee. The Chronicle a few weeks ago cre ated a tremendous stir in Chester when it reached there with an account of the double marriage of Miss Flor ence Little, the belle of Gaffney. She bad only a few days before that reached Chester with her second hus band, Dr. D. C. Atkinson, and the news that she had married a man a few days before she was wedded to Dr. Atkinson fairly astounded the people. The story is probably fresh in the minds of our readers. Interest in the affair is now re newed, since Dr. Atkinson has been convinced, by his wife's own confes sion, and desires to make a free and full statement of the matter for the benefit of the public. Dr. Atkiusou's statement, received last night, is as follows: To the Editor of the Chronicle: I think it is due myself and friends for me to make a statement of my late matrimonial muddle, inasmuch as it has created such a sensation, and the different papers have had so much to say about it. About the first of June last, through the solicitation of friends and relatives, I met the young lady in question, Miss Florence Little, in Black's S. C. I found her to be very beautiful and fascinating, and the natural consequence was that I became engaged to her at once. We were to have been married in Novem ber. I visited her several times in the interim and found that I had a ri val in one Augustus Mintz, who cir culated, or caused to be circulated reports injurous to my character as a gentleman. At first I paid no atten tion to it whatever, and really consid ere I my relations toward the young lady as merely a flirtation until Mintz tried to injure me in her estimation. I found out the matter had become more serious to me, and concluded, inasmuch as the matter had gone as far as it had, I would carry out my part of the contract as any gentleman should do, and if it was not consum mated it would not be my fault. Well, the wedding day was put cf from day to day, and finally we were to be married on February 1st in Gaffney. I made all necessary pre parations for the coming nuptials, receiving communications of instruc tion from time to time from the lady, never dreaming that she was go ing to play me false until two days before the appoint ed time. I received a telegram signed M. Lockhart, stating that Miss Florence was sick and not to come until I heard from her. I became somewhat suspicious, but concluded I would go anyway, and sent a tele gram that I was sorry she was sick and would be in Galfney on time. I went the next day, found she was not sick, but out riding with Mintz. The consequence was that I boarded the first train and camne home. The next day I received a letter from her saying I treated her shame fully, and if I had remained in Gaff ney until the next day, the one ap pointed for our marriage, she could have explained why she was out rid inug, and would certainly have carrned -out her part of the contract. I paid fib attention to it whatever, for I con sidered that I was not to blame in the 'least, and became reconciled and sat isfied to go on in the even tenor of m.y baenmelar life, until, through hex solicitation, my uncle and . his wife and another aunt in Black's each -wrote me a letter, enclosing one from Miss Little, begging me to come to Black's and renew my relations with Miss Little, and that they thought I had acted too rashly in leaving Gaffney before the appointed time; that she seemed to be very much af fe'ted by the way I had treated her, and to come at once, as she was at their house. I answered by a tele *gram to my uncle to tell the lady) had not quite lost. my self-respect, and I would not see her. But never theless, I went that same nih, ac companied by my friend and lawyer W. A. Sanders, (who went .purely ox business of his own, and knew noth ing whatever of my mission) saw her and we were married on the night of 12th of February. But I knew nothing of her forne mnarriage to MintzU ul Isaw an ac count of it in your columns, and was dumfounded, suspended business anc took the paper and showed her the article an~asked 'her what it meant She denied it so bitterly that I be lieved her implicitly and thought thai Mintz was only trying to slander her I then went to work to find evidenci to substantiate her assertion, with the intention of vindicating her chiaractei to the bitter end. But alas! after spend ing a considerable amount of mone andi time in an earnest effort to fint ont, I found none ; however, I wa still satisfied of her innocence anc -treated her accordingly, unnil sh< finally confessed to me not long sin< that it was only too true. What ob. ject she nad in marryinig me unde the circumistanices I know not. What ever it might have been, i c-an om; say, that so far as I am concetuec, feel that I amt not to be cen~sured fo the part I took in the matter, and earnestly hope tuat a _enercus put lie and a kind irovidencue widl aet lightly with the poor unfortunat lady. D. C. Amrasos. CrmE, S. 0.. April 6th, 1888 Columbia's Victory. Well done, Columbia! The Dem ocrats of the State have been watch in- with keen interest the result of the attemipt to defeat a regularly and fairly chosn Democratic nominee in the Capital of the State, and there will be universal satisfaction with the result. After all the drumming and pressure and frantic efforts of the leading newspaper of the State, just eighty-two voters opposed the straight ticket. The result is very significant and reassuring. It proves that, notwith standing its errors and its sins, the Democratic party holds its power among the people of this State ; it is another evidence, and is a very strong one, that nowhere in South - Carolina has the bitter lesson of the past been forgotten ; that confidence in the Democratic organization as the hope and strength of the State is un shaken ; that no power or cunning inside the party, or out of it, can frighten or fool the people to their destruction, or change their fixed be lief that any evils the Democratic party may cause are better than the hideous disaster of a return to Radi cal rule. It will be well for the Xews and f meri:r to make this result the basis for some very serious thinking and wise conclusions. That newspaper is strong in this State, and deserves to be so. It has done magnificent ser vice, and its editorial ability and gen eral merit as a newspager make it valuable. Because of these things much has been forgiven it. But there is a limit to public toleration and power of forgiveness, and our contemporary approaches dangerous vl near that limit when it. undertakes to encourage and promote bolts from the lawful decisions of party prima ries and destruction of the party or ganization on any pretense. We give the warning in kindness, because we kiow that no power in this State is strong enough, no purse is long enough, no fertility of resource is sufficient to successfully defy and resist the aroused sentiment of its straight out, unterriied, irresistible Democracy.-GreenDille ews. "'Tis Pity 'Tis True." Sevcnteen criminals were sent from Marion last week to the State Peni tentiary in Columbia. Of these, fif teen were colored and two were white, the last being from the most ignorant white element of the County. It is a pitiable spectacle to see so many of this.class of people in our Courts from time to time. It is from the poor unlettered and despised classes that all our criminals are drawn. Very seldom. does it occur that persons of intelligence and re spectable social connections are brought before our courts and con victed of crime. This fact may prove either one of two things. It may prove that among the better classes of our pop ulation offenses against the law are entirely unknown and consequently that tbhere is no cause for the appear anee of one of them in a court of law. On the other band it may indicate a lamentable lack of uniformity in the operation and enforcement of the laws against crinme. This last explanation unfortunately . is obvi-ously more correct than tlie first one. The explanation is not that offenses against the law are not committed by persons who move in the higher cir le of society but that offenders of this class, by reason of their position Iand the influence of money and friends, escape the consequences of their crime. Crime does not prevail to the same extent, of course, among people of in telligence and means that it does in the lower strata of society, but the punishment meted out for crime in one class is not proportionate to the punishment meted out for crime in the other. There is no escape for the poor, ignorant, friendless boy whose moral sense has been stunted and dwarfed by his station in life and who can scarcely have an intelligent idea of right and wrong. One can but pity this class of peo ple. Their ignorance and their friendless condition touch a sympa thetic cbord in the heart of every one which their misdeeds and sins cannot always break and destroy.--Marion Indezc. Afraid of .Iarried Women. The bank at Abbeville has plenty of money now, and their accommodat ing way of loaning it out has done much to throw the money of private parties on their hands. Thousands of dollars are now here waiting for loans to acceptable borrowers. The bank loans its money for any Ishort time, and thus the borrower is benefited by short loans, and those of our citizens who have mouey seeking permanent investment find it almost Simpossible to get their money out at interest. There never was more idle money at Abbeville than at present, -and there never was less demand. This is accounted for because of rthe business of the bank, and because money-lenders are afraid of married property are very much withdrawn Lromi the market. and hence there is not so many borrowers who can give the desired security for the needed loans. Parties whto can give the proper security can get all the mon ey they want at Abbeville.---bbcdkl 're. an~d Banner. POISON IN THEASHES What the 31t. Lebanon Shakers Found-Incident in the His tory of a Quiet Community. The Mount Lebanon (New York) Shakers are a quiet com munity, secluded from the fret and worry of the outside world. They are widely known, how yer, for their strict honor and probity in business. The Shakers believe that na. ture has a remedy for every dis ease. A few have been found the rest are as yet unknown. Many were discovered by acci dent. Others came to light as the result of patient experiment and research. Nervous Dyspepsia is a com paratively new disease, growing out of the conditions of modern life. It is a joint affection of the digestive organs and of the nervous system. These two were formerly treated as sepa rate ailments, and it was left jfor the clear-sighted Shakers to prove that the basis of this terrible and often fatal compli cation lies chiefly in the disord ered and depraved functions of digestion and nutrition. They reasoned thus:-"If we can in duce the stomach to do its work, and stimulate the excre tive organs to drive out of the body the poisonous waste mat ters which remain after the.life giving elements of the food have been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous Dys pepsia and Nervous Exhaust ion. And they were right. Knowing the infallible power of Shaker Extract (Seigel's Syrup) in less complicated though s i m il a r diseases, they resolved to test it fully in this. To leave no ground for doubt they prescribed the remedy in hurdreus of case which had been pronounced in curable--with ;erfect success in every iistartce where their directions as to living and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Lyspeiasia and Ex haustion is a pecculiarly Ameri can disease. To a greater or less extent half the people of this country suffer from it both sexes and all ages. In no country in the worl'd are there so many insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resulting from this alarming disease. Its leading symptoms are these: Frequent or continual head ache; a dull pain at the' base of the brain; bad breath; nau seous eructations; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat; a sense of oppress ion and faintness at the pit of the stomach ; flatulence; wake fulness and loss of sleep; dis ust with food even when reak from the neced of it; sticky or slimy matter on the teeth or in the mnouth, especially on ris ing in the mrning; furred and coated tongue; dull eyes; cold hands and feet; constipation; dry or rough skin ; inability to fix the mind on any labor call ing for -continuous attention; and oppressive and sad fore bodingrs and fears. All this terrible -group Shaiger Extract (Seiger s Syrup) removes by its pos itive, powerful, direct yet painless and genitle action upon the functions of digestion and assimilation. Those elements of the food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon their mission, while all waste matters (the ashes of life's fire) which unremoved, poison and kill, are expelled from the body through the bowels, kid neys and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned and fed by the purified blood. As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings and power, returns to the suf ferer who had, perhaps, aband oned all hop of ever seemng All kinds of Law Blanks-titles mortgages, bills of sale, bonds, etc., a] ways on hand at the TuM~s office am form.l a Charleston priees. MOSES LI THE CHAMPION LOW PRICE LEADER, ] AND SUMMER. --- :0: GRAND BUSINESS ST Opening the season with a blaze of glory. All departments complete in exquisite styles in Dress Goods. Ladies we solicit your inspection. A wel and childrens dresses, with Torchon Trimming to suit. A nice line of heal thing. A tremendous line of colored Muslin from 5 to 12c. A beautiful lc of white goods, Marseils, Nainsooks, India Lawn, Persian Lawn, India Mull specialty, and iun from 7 to 35c. A large assortment of Seersuckers, both i of Ginghams, embracing all the finer qualities, such as Toile Du Nord Special bargains offered in the fine Dress Goods department. This line is market to undersell us. A nice line of Lace Curtains. A splendid assortmi tains. Hamburg Edging and Inserting in all styles. A fine assortment of I onr hand a very large and carefully selected stock of Shoes. We would call Shoes, and the celebrated Zeigler Shoe. A large lot of Children's Spring E Old ladies low-quartered Shoes. Clothing buyers will find just what they v Ready-made Clothing and of fine goods. It is needlesss for us to say any thing about our Grocery Depar It is fully supplied with everything needed, whether in the heavy or fancy I prices. We N ant to see you; we want to sell to you. T. CAMPBILL, DEALER IN Sttoves, E.azagems, Grates, Iron, Slate, and Marble Mantels, Force and Lift Pumps, Iron and Lea Pipe, Plumbing materials, and Tin Roofing. 248 Meeting Street, - - - - Charleston, S. C. THE NEW SAIGON! S.AMTJF LI 3. PoPIA.roil. Fresh and. Choicest WINES, LIQUORS, BRAN DIES etc. LAGER BEER DIRECT FROM THE BREWERY. Benedictine and Medicated Nectar Whiskies, The finest grade of Whiskies on the Market, kept in stock. . MACHINERY Cl. Hoyt & Bro. FOR SALE! To The People of Clarendon: Watches, I am the Agent for the Cel ebrated Clocks, REVOLVING HEAD PR A TT G IN, Jew*hy' LI>DEL, & Co-'s Engines and Boilers.Si e'~e -:o:- t I am sole agent in this county for e he COTONrl REPAIRINo A SPECIALTY. 9 .-:o: Corn Minls, Pulleys, Shaft -___________ ing, etc, ~ ag All this machinery is direct Idsr osaet h ulcta from the factory and will be sold at fothCAHIwilslatsc the Factory's Lowest Cash toe alcmtion Prices. It will be to the advantage of purchasers to call on me before wehri hretn ouba buying. W. SCOTT' HARVIN, Stt.WeIamogtthmne/ Manning, S. C. adtu ob beimdaeyt tain Sthieyt agi - ntom0er,?S 0 U N godesir and saai to mthe anbicther smalltheoCAS, Iy willosel ayc atfgees ase tha mey llrompitwiln, ~ sall. BringI amtet the money, s MANUFCTURES PRIES goods, and agaill stoprise yonot smyalow pricustmeregos mae We are selling our Fertilizer at the follow- hreee hog o hr Wil*oxGibbs & Co.'s Manipulated Guano, tiealmrcnshveoad less than 10 tons, per ton; 525.00; ten tons~ an pwards. per ton 2.0 smllprcnagte e frbok than 10 tons, per ton, $15.0 te- osan EI Ecelen ergia Standard Guano, less Mnig .C than 10 tons, per ton, $22.50; ten tons and _________________ at a eire ntR ra or Steamiboat Fn SI ~ P aCharleston, free of Drayage. OestCAKSCMETR, English Acid Phosphate.vouebudicaf German Kainit. Nitrate of Soda. Tost ACM' EMNf Nova Scotia Land Plaster, vlms Peruvian Guano. Teebos l fte ewl eS Ground Fish Scrap.aterlofiue.Apyo Cotton Seed Meal, S. A.NTTEbestfl, S. C nd Fertiizer supplies generally; albet 88-esdna Ya-8. quality at lowest marktet pneces. Cbmmunicte withi us before buying else-ThNE YOK EELHEA here.cotiigaimataeptmeahw T HE WILCOX & GIBBS GUANO 90, temvmet falpoiia at 138 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. te t'sorCadfmJue6hU )o Your Own Dyeing, at mome. - hee.Prcebe apaku. he hve~eU tobershl fri sae t r onets for St~down, and Itwill surpriset ynuPatk, orfo Eates o clo, r onfaifL~olt. myDu Stowres. ereood atreo They do nothcrogeor svut; though fororasslorb J. . Dnkns C.. 'ltnnogS.C. ie , lr fiechntshv o d :vi, EEADY FOR SPRING A RTERS. every detail. Grand accumulation of selected stock of Linens for ladies y Linen Duck for gents' and boys' do t India Lawn, 15c. A magnifioent line , and Victoria Lawn; these goods are a or ladies and gents. A complete line s, Corded Ginghams, Suitings, &c. complete and we defy any Southern mt of white and colored Scnm for our )riental and Torchon Lacs. We have special attention to our Commas-sense [eel Shoes, ladies and children Slip rant. We have an immense stock of tment. ne-and every thing- sold at botto'm Special Notice ! All persons in any way indebted to my husband, Joseph W. Alsbrook, at the time of his death, are requested to at once se the amounts due his estate. Sannsnta may be made with me. except in cases with which I am not familiar. These will be referred to my attorney, j. Registration Notice! T WILL BE IN THE COURT HOUSB, I(Clerk of Court's office), the first Mon dayin every month, to allow persons com ing of age since the last election to Register and to attend to other official business. S. P. HOLLADAY. Supervisor of n, C. C. P. O. address, Panola, .C DR. G. ALLEN HUGGINS, - ormcas - Manning and Kingstree. -OmDaiya Kingstree, from 1st to 12th of each month. Manning, from 12th to let of each month. -Oms Houa 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and 2 to 4 P. 3L MrniRng Shaisg Padi. Hair Cutting Artistically Exe cuted, and Shaving done with best Basors. Spee ial attention paid to shampooing ladies' heads. I have had considerable expeiees in several large cities, and garantee a=isac tion to my customers. Palor next door to MAsrso Tnus. E. D. HAMILTON. We have now at our Stables, Bob Taylor, a thorough bred Stallion, grand-epit of old Lexington, which any one desiring to aise colts will do well to call and see. Bob Tay. lor is a beautiful animnal, and is. a Ae sad - de and harness horse. LEGG & BELL. Manning, 8.0c. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counsellor at L.aw, wrnmnn-lng S. a. Feb. 25 A. Z2VZ2 Attorney at Law. Manning, 8.C. ap Notary Public withsaal W. F. B. HAY~IwoBTE, Sumter g, 0. B. 8. DNEIs, MawrNs, .0 IIAYNSWORTH & DNKIS. ATORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S.C. - jOSEPHl F. RilAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW MANNING, S. C. Valuable Florida Land for Sale. Ig've notice, that I am agent for the Land Department of the Florida Southern -Railway Compay, which owns lag bodies of valuale and choice lands in 'a .ious parts of the State ofFlorda, now on the market in quantities to suit purchasers. kAny information wanted concernmng these A lands can be obtained by applying tohlu i- dersigned. JSP .RAE til Msaning, 8. 0. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ..mcrreRS ri coarTs or 's CBABILESTON and CLABENDON. a- Address CommunnicationsU in care of Man