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TE 1XAN1fG TfM.S Pu5lisled Ecery Wednesda,. S. A. NETTLES, EDrronI AND PiioPRIETOR. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADVERTISING AGE\T. Terms: SvnscrnoN.,- lR s.-One copy, one year $1.50; one copy, six months, T-> cents, one copy, three muontls, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. ADVERTIN G RA.s.-One square, first in sertion. $1 00; each subsequeml in- :Lion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise ments. Liberal contracts made for itree, six, and twelve months. CoitUxiCcviONS 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. Wedneda'i, Januaiy 23, 1889, Your Name in Prin. -Mr. D. Itiy Wilson, of Rome, S. C., is on a visit to Manning, --Col. W. L. Reynolds was in town list Saturday looking quite well. -Mr. Theo. Lessne has returned from Florida, where he has been superintending .bis mother's large orange. grove. -Messrs. Abe and Mitchell Levi, of Man ning, were in the city yestedthay. Mr. Mitchell is a handsome man, but :.hen be splits the the streets open with t:e finest pair of black horses in the two counties, there is too much of the handsome pasing by not to attract attention.-Ster Watch man. -Dr. P. M. Salley, u ho for :evermal months has been practicing wedicir e in Maing, has, at the solicitation of numerous citizens in the Panola and Fulton sections, decided to locate in that part of the county, for the purpose of practicing medicine. Dr. Sahey is a young gentleman of fine promise, and the people of those sections are to be con gratulated on his selecting their neighbor hoods for his home. He will be greatly missed from Manning. Rent and Supply Liens for sale at the Manrns TIMES office. Suring oats should be planted dur ing the next few days. Have your job printing done at the MasrG Tnirs office. Lowest prices. Buy your rent and supply liens, bile of sale, and other law blanks at the Masrs TCs office. Lowest Mr: H. Lee Scarborough, of Bish opville, and Miss Emma Eichelberger, of Manning, were married Thursday night, Jan. 17th, at the residence of the bride's step-father, Mr. B. A. Walker. The car load of stock came in on time as advertised last week by Mr. W. K. Bell, and both horses and mules are apparently good, durable, and serviceable animals. Red and white onion sets at Dinkins w Co.'s drug store. Messrs. 31. C. Galiuchat and J. D. Alsbrook, have ermed a partner ship for the practice of law in Claren 'dot-eounty, and will occupy one of the front offces in the Tiuilding We have had an unusually pleasant winter so far, but it. does not necessa rily follow that the remainder wvill be 60, and all should be preparedl for se 4ere- weather during the next two months. It would be well for our town coun -ei now to have the trees trimmed on our streets and public square, as the Timbs taken off could be more readily disposed of, and their loss at this season is not such a draft on the trees as when taken off late in the spnng. Garden seed, fresh and genuine, just re cived at Dinkins & Co.'s drug store. Nick Cook, of Foreston, was exam ined last Friday as a subject for the lunatic asylum. 'The doctors say he suffers frorm epileptic attacks and sometimes gets violent. He was sent np last Saturday to the Asylum, 'hi we believe he has been twice before. Onion sets, at Dinkins & Co's. The county board of Pension Ex ~Ainers met~last Monday, and organ ized by electing Maj. H. H. - L'esesne, chairman; Capt. A. Levi, secretary; and Dr. W. E. Brown, medical exam iner. Those who desire pensiorns hould apply at once to Maj. Lesesne for the necessary blanks. The Essrso Tnrs has had a nice new house built for it, just back ol and connected with the old Thur building. The editorial rooms wil] continue in the old building. The street entraceto the Tnf offices is two doors south of the old entrance The latch string of the editor's sanc turn hangs on the outside. yers Horton and Charles Emnanue: have bought the State right for the Davis quilter, and are now selling on the territory by counties. The quilher is a late invention, and was patented only about a year ago. It is a great labor saving machine, and will doubt. less take withi those having quilting to do. Died. Miss M!. Jennie Harvin, of the Fori neighborhood, died last Tuesday morming, aged sieventeen years and a few months. She had been unwell for the past few months, and during the la.St five weeks of her ill. ness suffered w' measles, and during the time took a re!s)e. Miss Jennie was e young lady of bright promise, whose kinc and plasant manners won ber many friends. In the midst of youth and happi ness she has been called hence by the di reion of an all wise Providence. Thrown by a Mule. Mr. R. J. Aycock was leisurely riding home last Wednesday night when a little dog ran out from a negro man's house and bit his mule. The mulb taken thus unex etedly suddenly shied, and Mr. Aycood likewise taken unexpectedly found himsell trying to go on a trnp to China. His fae and hands struck the ground firs-, and both -his bands were hurt and his face bruised. Mr. Ayeock was stunned for r time by the fall, but soon recovered. andi remounting his mule which was patiently standing near apparently ashamed of what he had done, he proceeded on his way, ...- n etem.p~1 engance against that pup. W. & S. R. R. The Wilson and Sumnierton railroad is not vet completed, but trains are running over it three times a week. No regular schedule has yet been armanged, but Mr. Wilson expects shortly to put on a regular train for freight and passengers. He offers to haul guano over his road, to any point on it, for just fty cents a ton more than the freight to Maining would be. This will be an immense saving to the folks along his line. A railroad is one of the greatest in sttiitions we have, and after we have once enjoyed its advantages, we always wonder how we could have done without one so long. We congratulate the people along the Wilson and Suimerton line. Arson Near Packsville. Mr. L. S. Barwick, of Packsville, lost two small barns Tuesday night, Jan. 15th, by fire. About thirty bushels corn, four hun. dred pounds fodder, and a thousand pounds of hay was the los.. Suspicion rested on Eliza Colclough. a colored womn:, who was arrested, and at a preliminary hearing last Friday before Trial Justice Benbow was bound over for the court of sessions on a charge of arson. Eliza is by no means an extensively modest amazon, and at the pre liminary when she was told by the trial justice she could say anything in her be half, but warned to be careful of what she said, she smilingly informed the justice that she had been in trial justice's courts three times before, and knew all the law on the subject. Court House Notes. The county commissioners met last Thursday, to disburse money, but the treasurer failed to have his report. and they Iadjourned until to-morrow (Thursday). when they will turn loose a few thousand dollars. Mr. P. E. Rlidgvay has been elected su perintendent of the poor house fo'r the pre..ant year. The board was perfectly sat isfied with his management last year, and agreed that he was the man for the place this year. Business in the trial justice's and sher iff's office is quite brisk just now. Mr. Jos. Sprott has received his commis sion, given his bond, and is ready to as sume the duties of the treasurer's office. He has already received the treasurer's tax book, an d is busy making out tax execu tions against delinquents, which will be ex ecuted at once by the sheriff. The office will be formally turned over to Mr. Sprott -as soon as Dr. Huggins nukes a settlement with the auditor. A warrant is out for the arrest of Fred Rivers, charged with stealing an otter from a trap belonging to Albert Miller. Why Dr. Reynolds Left Home. Our readers remember a short notice in the TiEs some weeks ago, where the sud den and unaccountable disappearance of Dr. W. H. Reynolds was noted; and a week or two later another notice that Dr. Rey nolds had returned. We were unable until last Saturday to get a correct account of the affair, and as Dr. Reynolds is widely known throughout the county, we publish it so that his friends may have a correct version of the affair. f Dr. Reynolds for several weeks had been drinking very hard, until it finally affected his brain. On Saturday night, Dec. 15th, while laboring under this mental aberration, he left his home, not conscious of what he was doing. He has no recollection-of when he left home, or how or when he got to a railroad station; nor could any of his family by the most diligent search find out where he had taken the train. All this is yet wrapped in mystery. He has no recollec tion of how much money he had with him, when he left, but it is thought he had about seventy-five or a hundred dollars. When first he came to himself he was in the city of Nashville, Tenn. From this place he wrote a letter to his family, which was duly received. He here became acquainted with somne gentleman, ini!aential in a lirge North western railroad syndicate, who kindly pre seated him a free pass c-:er most of the Noithwstern railroads. When he left Nashville he does not reraember, but in this s"ame staite of mind visited Cincinnati, St. Paul, St. Louis, and other Western cit es. IS1 INJURED IN CIcINNfATI. At Cincinnati he got a severe fall which resuted in- concussion 'of the spine, lHe thinks there was a heavy sleet at the time, and that in getting off the train he slipped, and fell on a stone. At St. Louis he was enabled once again to regain his normal state of mind, probably owing to the severe pain he was sutfering; or probably because nature would no longer submit to such a terrible ordeal. He bad frequently, in his wild career, written to his family, the let ters being duly received and answered, but the answers never reached him, as he did not wait for a reply. At St. Louis he met kind friends among strangers, who took him in charge, furnished him with money, put him on a Pullman palace car, and started him homeward, where he safely arrived about two weeks ago, having been absent about three weeks. His famnilyj and friends were delighted to welcome him again, and Dr. Revnolds himself was piobably the most rejoiced of all to be again safely re stored to his loved ones after so perilous and remarkable a trip. His suffering is severe, but it is hoped he will soon be well again, coming and going among us. No FA fl-V OR FINANCIaL TROUBLE. Ater his sudden leaving the 'wildest and vaguest rumors were repeated for facts, and it would take the entire six page edition of the TzDIzs to hold the half of them. Suf ficeth for it to be said, and on the best of authority, that excessive drinking was the sole cause of his going. Any rumors as to fiancial embarrassment, or as to unpleas at social and family troubles, are denied by those who know best. Dr. Reynolds, his wife, and his eh:2r'.fn, form, we arc re liably told, a most loving, and affectionate faiy ihnot the shadow of a skeleton lurkng i anysecret closet. Do such temporary mental aberrations occur often? Yes. Whiskey is the greatest curse on the face of the globe,- and is the fountan head of' three-fourths,. of all sin, ruin, misery, da'.ixu.tion. A few months lated to us his experiec, ich was so similar to Dr'. Rievnolds, . - ,. they almost coincide. He had been diinking a long time, left suddenly, and cante to himself as 'he was crossing the Mississippi river, at St. Louis. With such cases whiskey generally has little effect on the muscular or nervous system, but affects the brain. Such mxen may be, to use an uncouth expression, fool drunk, even crazy drunk, and yet walk perfectly straight, without the slightest swagger. Un less one is well acquainted with such a per son, it is didicult to tell when he is drunk. Dr. Revnolds is thus constituted. (Oreigeburg Times aul Democrat.] Mr. R. F. 'Weeks Visits Orangeburg. Pcsvn.x S. C., Jan. 1, 1889 -On Imy return from a business tour through the hospitable counties of Orangeburg, Lexington, Barnwell, Aiken, Colleton and Hampton, I arrived ot the banks of the majestic Santee at "Buckingham" about sunrise Xmas eve morn, with horse and buggy, and~ note in pocket from Capt. H. S. Cordes, proprietor of the Santee Steamboat Line, assuring me that "Eutaw" would pass there during the day. I v'as anxious to re turn to Clarendon for Christmas, and up to Ithis tinie felt hopeful, but never were high er hopes destined to be brought so low. The old man in charge of the warehouse, as soon as acquainte.1 with the situation, says: "Boss, do boat all de gone down to dc city for Christmas." I read Capt. Cordes' note to him, he says: "Yes, boss, him de big capin: him fur'do the big plannin, but de little capin fur do de runnin, en him been fur run ebery night fur make de big city fur Christmas." I became reconciled to my fae,.-. antard i ht setin anrimu. the PREARED I FER DINA Bogin's Old Stand. I desire to return to my many friends and customers my sine oral cash support during the past year. It is indeed gratifying ness on the same principles as heretofore, and my customers mal LOWEST PRICES I I desire to mal SPRING AND SI and for the next ti Bargains in Fall a MY CLAREN] ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TO FE RDINA SUMTE TO THE TRADE OCLARENON COUNTY! . :: - You need wait no longer for low prices, for now I am Down to the Bottom. I will sell at a sacrifice my entire stock of Winter Clothing. Would be happy to have you call that you might convince yourselves. Although my stock is broken, I still have some Hand some Goods from which to select. Yours truly, D. J. W INN, Main Street, - - - - SUMTER, S. C. -McErers New Jewelry Palace, 262 1winag stz-eet, CH ARLESTON, S. C. ---0 THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK LOWEST PRICES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. SPECIAL BAB.GAINS Gold Watches, Silver Watches, Waterbury Watches, and Second Hand Watches, FRENCH CLOCKS, SILVER PLATED WARE, AND WEDDING PRFSENTS, Spectacles, Eye Glasses,. c:.-rD HEADED WALKING CANES, AND ALL KINDs OF JEWELRY AT McElree's New Jewelry Palace, 267 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. R. M AS RS --DEALER IN Hardware, Staoes and House Furnising Boods. ROOFING AND GUTTERING A SPECIALTY. 129 King Street, between Queen and Broad, - CHARLESTON, S. C. B.FELDMANN& CO. Dealers ini Choice Family Groceries, AND IPRTRSI OF .TEAS, WINES. BR ANDIES, ALES A AlD LIQ UORS OF EVERY SORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL No. 314 KING STREET, Between Society and George. CHARLESTON, 8. C. WContry orders filled with care. day with the hope of hearing a steamer, but none came. Next morning was Christ mas. The folks in that section were as kind and hospitable to ne as heart could wish. They gave me with free good will plenty to eat and driaek, but having been for many years a wor'shiper at the shrine of "Terpsi chore" I deciaad to go down to "Waco" with the view of eueting an earlier crossing, as I was one of the main actors in several "Hops" to be given in Clarendon during Xmas. Though only fifteen or twenty miles from home I was a perfect stranger in that part of the State. I remembered having met very slightly Mr. Hazard Bardin near "Pinckney's." In passing his residence I reined up'at the gate: "IL loa!" Mrs. B. on the porch. I made some technical excuse for stopping as will always come to a "tramp" when hungry and tired. I no doubt excited the sympathy of the good lady, for she without hesitation asked me to '-cose in." I was soon in the hands of her handsome brother, that prince of good fellows, Mr. Culpepper Exum, who soon ushered me into a Christmas dinner. -Oh, hour of all hours; the most blest upon earth, blessed hour of our dinners." I will say right here that the only 1 rl .mI a Friendly and hungry traveller may take in dropping in at Mr. and Mrs. Bardin's is the risk of eating too much turkey, pig, sweetmeats, fruit cakes, &c. "Waiile memory holds ,a seat in this distracted globe" I'll ne'er forget their kindness. Here I met two young la dies who kindly asked me to a "little sur prise party" at Mrs. McK's. It proved in deed quite a pleasant surprise to me, for right here I met "my party.'' Here "I re corded in the book and volume of my brain" friends that shall ne'er be forgotten. After a most delightful hop I 2cepte I an invita tion to spend the night with that hospitable and kind hearted old hero of many a hard fought battle, (as a member of the 2nd S. C. Reg.,) Sergt. Roland Moorer, at his ele gant mansion home in the beautiful and growing little "yille" of "Parler's." Mr. Moorer showed me the roll of his old com pany, "The Brooks Guard, if my memory serves me arght. On this roll I saw the name and record of one of my brothers who volunteered at seventeen, and was known as the smallest boy in the 2nd Regi ment. It was gratifying in the extreme to note his heritage of boyish gallantry. The next day I went down to the beautiful little town of "Vance's" where I wired Capt. Cordes, and was informed that "Eutaw" would be at Waco Saturday after. I then engaged board with a very handsome, kind hearted youn" widow with two charming daughters. fhis place compared with the hard bachelor's life that I had been accus tomed to proved to me a perfect little para dise. My advice to all travellers on that side of the Santee is to try and secure board with Mrs. Thompson at Vance's. I don't think in all my ramble through life I ever struck a more mischievous, Moral, hospita ble, big-hearted, whole-souled lot of young men than I did at Vance's. On Thursday I set out accompanied by my newly made friend, Mr. Selvin Williams, a prosperous, handsome young merchant of Vance's, to attend a missionary entertainment given under the auspices of Mins Nealie Felder, at Felderville, aided by the young ladies and good matrons of that charming com munity. On my ascension to the "Hall" the battery of bright eyes, beautiful array of lovely fowers, artistic needle work fash ioned and presided over by by fair woman with her noble smiles would have dazzled the %sthetic eye of a Wilde, or have charm ed the poetic imagination of a Byron. Here I fear I met my evil geni ., for while some of the young men were off some distance at target practice, Litile Cupid seems to have mistaken my old heart for a bulls eye, and pepperedit all day with unremitting cru elty. I indulged in every amusement from an effort to pin the donkey's tail on, to dancing the german with another fellow's sweetheart. I enjoyed the calisthenics drill by the young ladies hugely; all did well, but I shall never forget the elastic step and exquisite grace of their charming captain, Miss S., from your city. "Grace was in her step, lleaven in her eyg; in ev'ery gesturo dr.gnity and love." A~t the close of the dri'll dancing ruled the hour. Here and there threaded the bewitching mazes of the waltz. On Friday I attended aother- entertainment given under the aus pices of the charming Misses Wells near Vnce' for the purpose of augmenting the Corinth Baptist Church missionary fund. I enjoyed this if any thing, more than that at Felderville, an d it needs as much or more praise, but I have exhausted my vocabulary of praises on the other. it proved indeed a social and financial success. On Satur day accompanied by my nowc young friend from Vance's, we met several young ladies, chaperones and children who had gone down to see the railroad bridge, river, &c. Mr. Pregnal, the brndge construction company's "Boss,'' very kindly furnished us 'with bat teaus. The day was all that heart could wish, and right here Clarendon scored one victory on Orangeburg. I drifted out in the stream, my boat freighted with one of the fairest of the fair maidens for which your county is peculiarly noted, forced the passage of the piers underneath the railroad bridge, and leisurely rowed my boat sever al miles up the river. One or two other couples started to follow but failed to enter the passage of the pier. Our drift back to the bridge was perfectly delightful, in the middle of the current, basking in the balmy sunshine of a lovely winter's day, engaged in "sobial conver'se sweet." Methinks that if I could effect an arrangment with some such charming companion to accompany me on life's journey, I may glide smoothly down the stream of life, without the ripple of a single wave on its silvery tide, and be happy ydt. On Sunday morning I enjoyed an elegant breakfast with Capt. Adair and mate Ferguson on the steamer "Eutaw," and landed at Wright's Bluff with heart brim fail of gratitude to the Orangeburgers for having given me one of the most enjoy able Christma's s of my life. R. F. W. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varnes. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the muml titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate pow.ders. Sold only in cans. RoYA B3axno Powmun Co., 106 Wall St., 'N. Y. A j".""I"G, Specialist for the cure ot Cancers and Chronic Ulcers;. py' Correspondence solicited. LIENS FOR SALE AT MAN NINT TMES OFFICE. roR 1889: N D L EV, SUMTER, S. C. re thanks, and to express my high appreciation, for their lib to me. I shall continue the present year to conduct my busi rest assured they will always get at my store UND BEST GOODS. :e room for my JMMER GOODS, iirty days will give nd Winter Goods. )ON FRIENDS GIVE ME THEIR PATRONAGE. ND LEVI, R, S.C. - Fall Announcement. LOUIS COHEN & CO. CHARLESTON, S. C.. Largest variety of fall and winter goods, from all the Ieading manufactories, ever displayed in South Carolina.. Such as SILKS, SATINS, EMBROIDERY, LADIES' UJNDERWARE, !V T COMBINATION SUITS, TRICOTS, FLANNELS, CASH FURS, FEATHERS, AND ASTRAKHAN, ALL COLORS AN]) SHADES. !o lankets, comforts and Quilts.. CURTAINS, CARPETS AND CRUMB CLOTH Rugs, Oil Cloth and Matting,-in fact every thinmthege'a eral dry goods line, at the lowest prices, at LOUIS COHEN.&ACO., 234 King Street, CHARLETON, SOC Where are You Going? Why of course to Wholesale and Retail Merchants, --OF SUMTER, S.C. We Invite Retail Merchants from the Country to lnhpect Our Wholesale Stock, Ad Comipare Our Prices With Any Southern Market. To the Retail Trade we offer special inducements. Our murchases are made with the manufacturers direct, and you save the retailers' profit by buying your goods from us. Our tremendons stock must be sold and will be, at Rock Bottom Prices. We have our Dry Goods, Grocery, Shoe and Clothing Des partmenits finled to overflowing. ----0 Our stock of Silks, Satins, and in fact everything a lady's heart can wish in making up her winter wardrobe or Christmas trousseau, can be bought to advantage at O'Doninell & Co.'s, Main Street, SUMTER, S. C. THlE PALAOE SALOON, NEXT DOOR TO BANK, 5 UMTa, S. C. We keep always on hand a full stock of Wines, Liquors, Brandies, Por BEER ON DRAUGHT, and all kinds of beverages. Pool and. Billiard Parlors. A place of recreation for gentlemien. Call and see us. A. P. L E VY & CO., Main Street, SUMTER, S. 0.