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THE MANNIG TIMES. Published Every Wednesday. S. A. NETTLES, EDrrOR AND PROPRIrOR M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADVERTISING AoENr. Terms: SvsscaWIoN RATs.-One copy, one year - $1.50; one copy, six months, ii cents, one copy, three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. ADVERTISING RAms.-One square, first in sertion. $100; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise meats. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. CommUnscar JoNs must be accompanied by - the real name and address of the writer in - order to receive attention. No communi :cation of a personal character will be pub lished except as an advertisement. For further information address S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. C. Wednesday, December, 26,1888. Unassorted Items. The Jordan school Crigmas tree was a pleasant occasion. Rev. and Mrs. Leard are visiting Mrs. Geo. H. Huggins. Panola is to have a gala time Friday, the event of the season. The Knights of Pythias will elect officers to-morrow night. A full attendance is re quested. Rev-R. D. Perry will preadh at N'ew Harmony church, Sunday, Dec. 30th, at 11 o'clock. Mr. William E. Daniels and Miss Eva Plowden, daughter of Mrs. Callie Plowden, will be married to-night. Christmas threw the Taras a day late this year. Well, its all in a life time. Christmas comes but once a year. Mr. B. A. Johnson left to-day for Dar lington, to join his wife who is now visit ing her relatives in that town. He will be absent a week. Bright Christmas. - Christmas was a lovely day, bright, beau tiful, and balmy. and everybody appears to have enjoyed himself. Lots of liquor was destroyed, but good feeling generally pre va~ed. The vocal serenade by the colored folks Christmas evening was original, unique, unearthly, non-melodious, terrific, indescribable. Fine Farming. Our thanks to Mr. J. D. Holladay for samles of his turnip and potato crop. The turnip was of the purple top globe variety, and weighed six pounds. The potato was about as large. Mr. Holladay has a cow, about two and a half years old, that recently had two bull calves at one time. This is rather remark able, and of not common occurrence for a cow to have more than one calf at a time. Fires. Mr. J. Elbert Davis lost his cotton house last Friday night by fire. His loss is about $200. No insurance. Supposed to be in cendiary. Mr. David Levi, near Summerton, lost his gin house by fire last Thursday night. lie lost besides the house, fouf bales cotton, three ne gins, and a press, in all about $1500. No insurance. The ire was, acci dental, one of the gins .taking fire while i t was raning. . .Dr. W. H. Reynolds, a prominent physi eia of Packsville, left his home after bed une Saturday night, Dec. 15th, and has not since been heard of. His disappearance has -caused great uneasiness, and numerous ru mors of the cause of his leaving are rife. It is feared by some of his friends that he has eommiitted suicide. . Sad Death. - Mr. and Mrs. Seabrook, and their little infant, about two months old, of Edisgo Is land, arrived -in town Monday to spend Christmas with Rev. Jas. McDowell, Mrs. Seabrook's father. All ,was apparently brightness and hapiness; but Christmas morniug the little cld was suddenly strick en down, and in a few short hours died of peonvulsions. The grief stricken parenis left the same evening (Christmas) for their home in Edisto, where the body will be buried.__ _ _ _ *Merry Christmas. . It seems but as yesterday when the cheer ful cries of "aferry Christmas!" resounded on every side. But here they are. again, and all is gladness and brightness. The Toms wishes to each of its readers a Merry Christmas, with naught but brightness and beauty and love and health on every side. -And may the New Year bring to each hours of peaee and gladness, with only enough of sarow and sadness to make the sunhlght still brighter. * Quick Selling.' Mr. Charles McCafferty, the well known -Texas pony man, had one of his auction sales here last Saturday, just as advertised. He unloaded acar of mules and saddle po nies at about 9 o'clock in the morning, and before $ in the afternoon they were all sold, at prioes ranging from St0 to $90. The Mc Caffertys have won an enviable reputation. ~A prominent gentleman from the western 'part of the county says he go the Tzims just in time to come to the sae, and he pur chased two of the mules. 'Whenever the Menaffertys advertise a sale of horses, it 'draws a bi crowd, and the horses go off like hot caes. ..- Sumnnerton News. . SuMmrEroN, Dec. 17.-Our quiet little yillage was enlivono~.a - t ct.a in..+ hv the sound of wedding bells. Miss Sarah 'Ragin, daugter of Mrs. Doctor Ragin, was inarried to r. William Felder of Panola, by Rev. J. L. Shuford. Though .a select snd small party attended, the whole, affair piassed off very pleasantly. Capt. Cordes, Gen. Manager of S. C. Steamboat Company, spent a few days last week with us. He is looking after the interests of his eompany; several of their boats ply up and down the Santee River. The pros. pects of several railroads running through this country are q~uite bright, and will no doubt cut off considerable freight from the Boat Line. There is nothing like competi lion. "Let her roll!" -The Rev. R. D. Ferry, of the Presbyteri an church, preached two fine sermons in the Presbyterian church yesterday to appre eiative audiences. He will preach again in the same church on next Sunday, the 23rd, at 4 . x. Mrs. Mellette, wife of Mr. Rob: rt Mel lette, and daughter of Capt. R. B. Harvia, died very suddenly at her home on Thurs day evening, leaving five small children and hrhusband to lament her death. We all ynphathize with the afflicted family Mss Annie F. Caldwell of Newnan, Ga., and Mr. Elle Smyth of Charleston, are visit ing at Maj. R. R. Briggs's; Miss Ida Law of Darlington at Mrs. Dr. .itagin's; Mrs. Alice Bass at Mr. J. D. Rutledge's; Miss Lizzie Rembert at Mbr. E. A. Tindal's. Rev. T. E.Wannamakernhas commxencedl a new year's work as he has been returned w this circuit. Every thing is quit t C. C. C. C. Cherry Cough Cure. A certain cure for-coughs and colds, at Dinkins & Co.'s. Cheese and macaroni at M. Kalisky's, Mannin, S. C. ROBBERY AND FORGERY. A Lawyer Attempts Robbery and Com mits Forgery-Nobody's Business-No Attempt to Arrest-Allowed to Es cape. Our readers were made aware last week of the breakiug into the County Ti asar er's office, and the attempt tb rob the iron safe in that office. Suspicion even then pointed to Benjamin S. Dinkins as the guilty party, but we did not have it in shape to give our readers. The robbery was one of the most open-handed and bun gling affairs on record, and Dinkins seems to have gone into it careless of the conse quences. NO EFFORT TO ARREST HDi. It was generally known, common street talk, after Tuesday night, yet not an effort was made to arrest him. He passed along the street freely and openly. convers ed freely with policemen, intendant, sheriff, and other officers, and although these of ficers were morally certain he was the guilty party, yet not an effort was made to arrest him. Something is wrong; somebody is at fault;an ordinary every-day man would nev er have spent the next day out of jail. But B. S. Dinkins was allowed to walk the streets freely all day Monday; to go to Columbia Tuesday, to argue a case before the Supreme Court; to return that night, and quietly have that night and the next day to arrange his business; and to go to the depot Thurs day morning, as freely as he ever did, to take the train for "parts unknown." Com ment is unnecessary. This is but a fair sample of South Carolina law and justice, and the reason lynch law retains such a strong hold on the people. HISTORY OF THE ROBBERY. But a history of the robbery. Early Sun day night, while the church bells were call ing people to the house of worship, Din kins went to the Court House (as we believe, alone and without confederates or abettors), and, as we stated last week, after failing to break directly into the treasurer's office, forced open the clerk of court's office, and then cut a hole through the back of the chimney- Into the treasurer's office. He then crawled through this hole, and en deavored to open the large iron safo by manipulating the combination lock, but he failed in this project, and gave up the job. Thence he went to Henry Weinberg's bar room, between nine and ten o'clock, and bought a pint of whiskey. Mr. Jesse Hurst, the clerk of.the bar, seeing his drrty condi tion, said: "Great God, man, what's the matter? You are dirty from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet." Mr. Hurst says he was full of soot and ashes, and one side of his face was all blacked up. I HIS CEINEY FELL DGwN. Dinkins cooly and deliberately glanced at his condition, carelessly dusted off some of the dirt, end replied: "My chimney fell down this evening, and I have been trying to put it up." Two or three negroes were present, and one immediately went out and notified a policeman. The policeman and several other negroes saw Dinkins in his dirty condition as he gent towards his home. Mr. Hurst did not conceal the mat ter at all, but talked freely with a number of citizens about it. The following day Mr. Dinkins was to have gone to Columbia, to argue a case be fore the Supreme Court, but he did not go up till Tuesday. Tuesday he freely walked the streets of Columbia, and unmolested re turned to Manning that night. Wednesday, at the advice of his friends, he concluded to leave for parts unknown, and took the train for Columbia Thursday morning, spending the day in that city till nearly six o'clock, when he left on the Augusta train. FORGERY. After he left it was also discovered that he had forged a draft on the Simonds (Sumter) Ban-k for S$.0, signing his law partner's name, W. F. B. Haynsworth, and had got Treasurer Huggins to cash it. This trans .aticn took place as far back as the first of Mr. Dink is was a cotton buyer here last fall, and on two occasions got Mr. S. WVol koviskie to cash drafts for him. These drafts were never paid, and now Mr. Wolko viskie holds in lieu of his money two notes for the amount, $160.10. NOBODY's BSIsrEss. Who is to blame for Dinkins's escape? Treasurer Huggins, who has charge of the Treasurer's office, it seems ought to have been interested. It was not only an attempt to rob the county, but, if it had been suc cessful, would have been an assault 'en the Treasurer's private character. Yet h'e says it was.no more his business than that of any body else's, and consequently he de elined to swear out a warrant. Clerk of Court Davis, who has control of the entire Court House building, says there was no trial justice here, and besides the evidence and information he had was not sufficient on which to base a warrant. The Ccunty Commissioners, who have an entire charge and oversight of all public buildings in the county, thought it was not their duty to swear out the warrant. Each of the above officers was asked to swear out a-warrant. We never consulted the policemen, but presume they thought they had no right to arrest a person under such suspicious cir4 cumstances. The Intendant, W. K. Bell, says he was ready, as trial justice, er officio, to issue a warrant to any one who would make affida vit, but that where those specially and di rectly interested took no interest, he would not take the initiative. It was county property. and not town or private property affected; and no one asked him to issue a warrant. theriff Lesesne says he was ready to act, and tried to get a warrant for his arrest, but that no one would give him the authority to Every private citizen, including the Edit or of the Tn:Es, says it was not his business, any more than that of any other man. .FonMfn FORGERIES. Nor is this Mr. Dmnkibs's first ofience. 'About two years, ago he worked into Mrs. Edwards's confidence, and swindled her out of about a thousand dollars. She recovered three or four hundred dollars, but the bal ance was clear loss, Mrs. Edwards gave bim the money to pay her mercantile bills I'in Charleston, .and he forged receipts to give her. Through the influence of frietids ne was not prosecuted. Mrs. Edwards talk ed about it a good cdeal, and once he went into her store, and threatened to kill her if she did not stop telling about the forgery. HKE CONFESsES. Before Dinkins left town he confessed to some of his friends his attempt at robbery, and asked their advice, seeming loath to le.ive. He was advised of three courses: to kill himself, to go to the penitentiary, or to leave for parts unknown. --Is coscLUspx. Mr. Dinkins was a young man of excel lent parents, and high social standi::g; plasig and popular in all his ways; suc, cesul in business; and had he not wander ed from the path of rectitude would have made a success in life. It is said that gam bling .and whiskey were the rocks that wrecked him. CONSUMPTION SUYRELY CURED. To -rBE EDITO-Please inform your read ers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousmads of hopeless cases have been per nnetiy cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of o'ir readers who have consumption if they will send me their express and post office address. Rtespbeer fully, . A. SLOCUM, M. C.. 181 Pearl st., N. Y. Fne selection of fruit at M. Kalisky's, Maraning, S. C. C. C. C. Cherry Cough Cure, at Dinkins & Co n~s~ '5fa aea 1 eis A man who has practiced medicine for 41 years, ought to know salt from sugar read what he says. TOLEOo, 0.. Jan. 10, 1887. Messers. F. J. Cheney & Co-Gentlemen I have been in the general practice of med icine for most 40 years. and would say tha in all my practice'and experience, have nev er seen a preparation that I could prescribe with as mrch confidence of success as I car Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you Have prescribed it a great many times ans its effect is wonderful, and would say it conclusion that I have yet to find a case o Catarrh that it would not cure, if they wouc take it according to directions. Yours truly, L. L. GORSUCH, M. D., Office, 215 Summit St. We will give $100 for any case of Catarrl that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrl Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0 ,rSold by Druggists, 75c. DYA AKI POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More conomice' than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul, titudle of low test, short weight, alum oi phosphate powders. Sold only in cans RoyaL Bariso PowDni Co., 106 Wall St. N.YT. TAX RETURNS. THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WILL BI 1open from the first day of January 1889, to the twentieth day of February 1889, to. receive returns of real and person. al property for taxation in Clarendon con ty for the year 1889, and for the convenience of tax payers will have deputies at each o: the places named below to receive returni for the said year: Curtis's Store, Wednesday, January 2nd 1889. Hodges Cross Road, Thursday, January 3rd, 1889. C. L. Griffin's Store, Friday, January 4th 1889. D. W. Brailsford's Store, Monday, Janu ary 7th, 1889. Summerton, Tuesday, January 8th, 1889 David Levi's Store, Wednesday, January 9th, 1889. Brunson's Cross Roads, Thursday, Janu, ary 10th, 1889. Jordan, Friday, January 11th, 1889. Foreston, Monday, January 14th, 1889. Harvin's, Tuesday, January 15th, 1889: W. M. Youmans's Residence, Wednesday January 16th, 1889. MIidway, Monday, January 21st, 1889. New Eic'n, Tuer'day, Jlanirry .)dina, 1990. W. J. Gibbons's, Wednesday, January 23rd, 1889. J. B. Husbands's, Thursday, Januarl 24th, 1889. R. E. Smith's Store, Friday, January, 25th, 1889. Real estate is not assessed this year, 1889 and remains at the same valuation it wai in 1888, except in cases where parties have bought and sold between the first day o: January, 1888, and the first day of January 1889. All new structures erected between th4 first day of January, 1888, and the first day of January, 1889, are to be returned thii year, 1889, for taxation, and those destroyei during that time deducted. Assessors and T-ax Payers will pleasegen ter the first given name of the Tax Payer it full, atlso make a separate return for caed Ty~i Payer for the Towrnship the property is in, and always make th~e return of rea property in the same namei was returnet in the year before, unless it has changet ownershp ad then in the party's nam< who owned it on the first of January, 1889 All changes of buying and selling lani must be made on the tax payer's return be tween the 1st of January, 1889, and the 20th of February, 1889. After the lattea date it will be too late to get the chang4 made for the said year 1889. And anothe: important matter in making or taking re turns is, where the tax payer owns land, t< insert the post offdee as their place of resi dence, and where they own no real proper ty, to mention the owner's land that they live on as beinig their place of residence which assists the tax payer as well as th< County Treasurer in 'am he collection, and saves costs and panalues too. E'rsry male citizen between the ages o: tweny<.no and fty~t years, on thi. &ist da3 of Juaary, 1889. .except those incapable o: earnng a support from being maimed a from other causes, shall be deemed taxabb4 polls. Tax I.yvers retrurn what they own on th( frst diay of Jan'my, 1859. Ali returnsthat are made after the twen. tieth day of' F".bruary next have to be plac ed on the addlitional list and fifty per cent penalty added ther'eto, unless prevented by sickness during the time of listing, or out of the county at the time, (not knowing the tims of' listing is no excuse,) and is the reason that the hind owner has to get twc receipts when they make their return afte: the 20th February each year. D. J. BRApHAM, County Auditor. Manningr, S. C., Dec. 11th. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON, I5 71WIE PROBA TE COUR T. Br Louis Arm'ir, Esq., Probate Judge iTHEREAS, WASH GEORGI, JR. 'I made suit to me, to grant him letter of administration of the Estate of and effect of ALLISON GEORGE; These are therefore to cite atnd admonisi all and singular, the kindred and creditors o: the said ALLISON GEORGE, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in thn Court of Probate, to be held at Manning S. C., on the 19th day of December next, aftei publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon. to shew~ caiuse, if any they have. why the said Adnzinistr'ation should not be granted. Given under my hand this 3rd day o: Decemter Anno D)omini, 1888. pL. .s.) LO UIS A PPELT, aHT NAS GRETING. CHRISTMAS GOODS, HOLIDAY GOODS, FERDINAND LEVI, Bogin's Old Stand.~ SUMTER, S. C. Special Attractiois to my Customers DTRING THE NEXT TWENTY DAYS. AN IMMENSE STOCK OF G-ENE3JRAL MERCHANDISE SPECIALLY SUITED FOR THE Fall and Winter. MY CLARENDON FRIENDS ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TO GIVE ME THEIR PATRONAGE. FERDINAND LEVI, SUMTER, S. C. 'riTAHE lP.AACE SALOON, TO THE TRADE OF CLARENDN COUNTY. NEXT DOOR TO BANK. D -to the , Soto C. loner for low for now I am We keep always on hand a full stock of Wines, Liquors, Brandies, Por You need wait no teas, Ales, &c. BEER ON DRAUGHT, Down to the Bottom* and all kinds of beverages. / Pool and Billiard Parlors. I will sell at a sacrifice my entire stock of b an1. Cigars. A place of recreation for gentlemen. Call and see us. W inter lothing. A. . L E VY & CO.,. Main Street, SUMTER, S. C. Would be happy to have you - FELDMA ======= 4/B. F E LDMA NN &Cat. call that you might- convince yourselves. Choice Family Groceries, Although my stock is broken, I still have some Hand- AND IdPORTERs of some Goods from which to select. Yours truly, TEAS, WIRES, BRA NDIES, ALES AND LIQUORS D. J. WINN, OF EVERY SORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Main Street, - . - - SUMTER. S. C. No. 314 KING STREET, Between Society and George. CHARLESTON, S. C, McElree's New Jewelry Palace, Country orders filled with care CHARLESTON, S. C. Fall Announcement tot THE LARGEST AND FINESTSTOCK LOWET PLOUIS COHEN & CO., LOWES PRICES TCHARLESTON, S. C. IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. . pEC IAL BAER.GAINS Largest variety of fall and winter goods, from all the leading -IN- manufactories, ever displayed in South Carolina. Gold Watches, Silver Watches, Waterbury Watches, and Second Hand Watches, Such as FRENCH CLOCKS, S'DERAR, LOVELY SILVER PLATED WARE, AND WEDDING PRESENTS, LTls, FEATHERS, AND ASTRAKHAN, ALL Spectacles, Eye Glasses, COLORS AND SH' DES. GOnD HEADED 0{ W ALKING CANES, Blankets, Comfors and guilt& AND ALL KINDS OF JEWELRY AT McElree's New Jewelry Palace, .- +o 267igCOMBtN STT S. C CURTAIS, CARPETS AND CRUMB CLOH Stoves, Hardwar, Th~L C. ihig, Oil CoFhRa, FEATRS, fact eSTrAKAN ALLgi heg R ~ M A ~ T~ cra dry oodsline, t owestoris auts Has Jut Lai in aTremenoIsNSckCoRPEOUS AND& COUB., OH 267 King Street, CHARLESTON ,nS.A O !to! Qto-e$, q ad wm-re T in'a re. Rugs, Oil Cloth and Mattinig,-in fact eviery tiiing in the gen At the Lowest Possible Prices. -s TI -J WI __. E____dT__ pis stock Ms ie so1flgn~s of Piwt PLACE FOR SALE. LAD IES*-NRI~ Slate or Tin Roofing done promptly by fi lass workmen. Coui'try Wil sl a a hole, or in parteis to sait I hr.Pielc ake hyhv oqu orders filled with Dispatch. Buy you mTVE at pmuTcSTN. S. Add -s *EL r~~c fClr rnnfd