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Published .&ery Wednesday. S. A. NETTLES, EMTo mD PaoPRMoB. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADvEmrsnmo ANr. Terms: SvsacarroN Ensa.-One copy, one year $1.50; oe copy, six months, 75 cents, one copy, three months, 50 cents. All suberiptions payable in advance. ADVU G Ra.-One square. first in ertioo, $1 S; each subsequent insertion, 5e cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise ments. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months, Coamv.ioS~mast be accompanied by the real name td address of the writer in order to receive attention. Ngo commun cation of a peaonal character will be pub. lished except as an advertisement. Fy farther information address & A. NE LES, Manninag 8.O. WiFsd, 2ia7y T,1889, Mr. Robert M. Thompson has been appaintea trial justice for Florence county. Two offices, next to B. P. Barron's law of ae, -rent. Apply to D. E- adbam All over the State at every impor tant postoffice there is a scramble among the colored folks for th at posi tion. We'll see what we'll see. Dr. LUW. Nettles has determined to remain in Foreston. Our informa tion last week about his expectation of moving to Manning was a mistake. Mr. J. C. Ingram bad no insurance on his life. Mr. A. P. Ragin was i sured in an accident insurance com pany, and will receive ten dollars a week while he is disbled. Mr. John Touchberry and Miss Mgie Rich, both of Packsville, were marned Sunday, Feb. 24th, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. C. A. Rich, by Rev. Mr. Oliver. The American' AgricultIrist. offers $500 for the largest yeld of corn on one acre of ground, to which $500 more will be added by the State De e tof Agrieulture if won by a Carolina planter. Clarendon county ought to capture this prize. Mrs. Emily Cochran, wife of Mr. P. C. Cochran, died last Saturday, Feb. 23rd, after an illness of a week. She had been unwell for about three months, and about a week ago was stricken with paralysis of the throat. Her sufferings were very great. She was about forty-five years of sge. Mrs. Cochran was a member of the M ng-Baptist church. Pay for your paper, or take the con sequences. What the consequences will be are thussatforthby the Geor gia Eterpris. "You. may hive the ars in a nalkeg, hang theocean on a rail fence to dry, put the sky to soak in a gourd, andgunbuckle the belly ban of eternity,ind let the sun and ruoon out, but don'think you can ee crthe place thatlies on the other siof-purgatory if you don't pay fryour paper." "The papers have often made the panting of women a subj pct of comn mnent and humor," said a young lady to a reporter, *ut can yon tell me wily men meeting on the street, or at bnaines alway preface their- parting words with 'Well'? 'Well, good bye,' 'W a oo 'gtc., is an invariable expresio. have noticed it on many occainns and seldom failed to hear the inevitsble 'well.'" Mr. W. W. Newman has the con tract for puan -the bridges across and is now at work on the longest. He says when he gets done with them, they will be safe and in first class condion.p2ntil the bridges are com pited, travel during the middle of hedy wil~be inerutebut the ar always left aab~ tnight. As Ssoon as Mr. ~.ewman Ainishes with Ox Swamp, be will put the bridges ove Pocotaligo river, at Manning, in repai. We need good bridges, and let's have them. wolf Mr. J.- Bembert Hriwolf this State five or six years ago for Texas, is getting into trouble out there. Some time ago while drinking in Galveston he boasted that he had killed a negro in South Carolina. The polie at once arrested him, and tele gaedto Charleston for particu lars.- He was set at liberty upon the informlation that he had been tried in Sumter for the offence and had been acquitted. In another carousal, in another paea few days ago, he boasted ththe bad stolen an elec tion box in Suinter county. He was at oncearrestedfor thisoffence, but there is no such charge .against him, and the police 'will of course let him go again. Harvin is a brilliant young saan, funl of promise, and his friends regret to prthat whiskey i., doing )imao ba~. the 3rd cireit toits last tern. The frst from this county is that of 3. N. - plaintif, against Ben Wilson az'. C.. Williaum defendant. This case was tried before Trial Justice John S. Wilson.. The jury found a verdict for the defendants. The trial jutice set the 'verdict aside, but at the second trial the, jury found again for the defendants. An appeal was taken to the circuit court, and the case argued before Judge Aldrich by Mr. Blhame and Mr. Dinkins for the lintif,~ and Mr. Galchat for the Sendnts.Judge Aldrich sustained the verdict;' An appeal was then taken by Messrs.'Haynsworth A Din kins to the Supremne Court, and the case argued by counsel on both sides in December last. The- Supreme Court last week decided in favor of the defendants. STEAM MILL EXPLOSION. Mr. John C. Ingram Killed-Three Oth. ers Badly Hurt--The Killa Wreck. Sumnero. Feb. 25.--Our village was shocked this morning by the blowing up of the Ingram & Ragin steam mill. Mr. J. C. Ingram was kille instantly. Mr. A. P. Ra gin was badly scalded, but not fatally. Isham Gaillard, colored, scalded. Moses Jones, colored, scalded badly. The mill is a complete wreck. C. A FEARFUL TRAGEDY. Particulars from Summerton Steam Mill Explosion. SuXrmo r, February 26.-Yes terday between 10 and 11 o'clock A. N., at the steam mill of Messrs. Ingram & Ragin, our little communi ty was the scene of the most horrible tragedy in its whole history. Your correspondent was at his place of bus iness, in company with Mr. Wesley Richbourg, when we were startled by a fearful report which shook the building in which we were standing. We at first thought of powder, bet the prolonged hissing noise caused by the escap' steam located it at once, and we ew that there had been an explosion at the mill, some 300 yards distant. The momentary deathlike ter-stllness, when every ear was strained for what was to come, was soon broken by the heartrending cry: "Mr. Ingram is killed!" Hoping that in the confusion there might be some mistake, I rushed on soon arriving upon a scene that beg gars description. The gin house and mill shed were a mass of debris: The boiler, with a huge piece torn out from the top nearly one-third its length, was lying upon its side, the T ENGINM ECWN TWENTY YARDS. engine some twenty feet away broken into a hundred pieces. This was tak en in at a glance. Fearful that the worst might be true, the question, "Where is John ?" was put with heart in my throat. I was pointed to a spot where my eye rested upon a mass of unrecognizable human flesh and TEE BODY TERRIBLY MUTILATED. bones. One limb, severed at the hip joint, striped of every particle of clothing save shoe and sock, was ly ing several feet away, bruised and broken from the to thigh. Doubled up around the dome of the boiler was the remainder of what a few'moments before constituted the noblest make-up I have met in the shape of man. It was feared that his head had also been blown off as it could not be seen any where but upon removing some par cels of clothing that were still cling ing to his body we found portions of scalp to which were attached parts of the upper and lower jaws, half of one eyebrow, and a corner of the eye and nostrils. Every particle of the skull bone was gone. We tenderly gathered together what was left and placed them upon a sheet to .be transferred to the coffin as soon as one could be obtained. Although painfully injured and suf fering a geat deal, Mr. A. P. Ragin gave a very intelligent account of the affair up to the beginning of the ca tastrophe. His attention had been directed by the engineer to a suspic A5 DEFETIVE BOI.ER. ious crack in the boiler, and upon Mr. Ingram's arrival he carried him to the place and began to show him the dan ger attending the firing of the engine in that condition. Mose yones and Tham Gaillard, both colored, were standing near themn. All at once the steam began to open, and boiling water and steam began violently to escape, and they all acting upon one impulse began to try to escape. Mr. Bgin and the negroes retreated, but Mr. Inrmdashed forward, which threw 'i between the boiler and the ^ngne. The fragment of the boiler, to which was attached the dome, split from the off side and was hurled vio lently on against the engine carrying Mr. Ingram along with the whole. OTHERS IN3UBED. Mr. Bagin is painfully and perhaps seriously injured. It is feared that he will lose one of his eyes, besides his throat is badly scalded. Mfose Jones's injuries are very pain ful, and may be fataL Tsham Gaillard was slightly scalded, besides being badly cut over one eye and on one hand. The most touching testimonial to John Ingram's worth was given by the immense crowd of negroes who even begged to be albwed to do something for him.~ One poor fellow -in John's employ-cae to me with broken voice, saying he was complete ly broken up, he had lost his best friend. To say what we have lost is a hopeless task. AXo. John C)onyers. Ingram. John Conyers Ingram was one of the most prominent and popular men of Clareudon, and his sad and terri ble death is a severe loss to the couin ty. He was the eldest son of the late Dr. John I Ingram, and was about forty-four years of age. He was bar ied in this place yesterday, his funeral sermon being preached in the Presby terian churcb, after which he was buried in the Manning Cemetery with Knights of Pythias honors.' Jadl Brner Dead. Calvin McFaddin, the negro who burnt the county jail in 1880, and who was sentenced in June, 1881, to life imprisonment in the penitentiary, has, on account of ill health (dropsy), been' granted a free and uncondition al pardon by Gov. Richardson. He is now with his uncle, Stephen McFad din, in Salem, in a dying condition, and cannot last many days longer. Since the above was in type we are informed that Calvin McFaddin died last Saturday night. Mr. John Haynsworth, son of Maj. W. F. B. Iayneworth, of Sumter, was dangerously hurt last Thurs y, while~ attempting to mount a Te pny in Smter. The pony threw up his head, striking Mr. Haynsworth's head,' an can conuwssion of the brain. FORESTON ON A BOOM. New School-200 Bushels Corn to the Acre-Other Matters. FoBESTON, Feb. 26.-Hurrah! congratulate us, Mr. Editor, and ye readers of the Trams, for we have at last succeeded in getting a teacher, and the Foreston Academy will re open on Monday next under most favorable auspices. The new principal is a pratical teacher, he having been engaged- in that line for a number of years. He is from Orangeburg; has a family whom he brings among us; thereby assisting in building up our town. Foreston is on a boom; let those who wish to educate their children cheaply apply to Prof. A. W. Black, of the Foreston Academy. Bomb! bomb! bomb! sounds the dyna mite and out comes the stump to make room for that 200 bushels of corn which is go ing to be made on that one acre of Foreston land this year. One of our corn makers informs us that he is in fair way to procure the variety of seed corn desired, and will then surely enter the ring for that $500. Oh! Foreston is on a boom. There is noth ing she is afraid to attempt which can be accomplished by other sections. Had two interesting sermons yesterday by Rev. Wm. Carson. Think somebody is mistaken about Dr. Nettles moving. He is doing too well here to think of such thing. F. Another snow for 1889. The snow last Thursday was gene ral all over the State. In Charleston only a few flakes fell, but in the wes tern part of the State it was from one to three feet deep. Here it was about three inches deep. It did not stay long, however, as it was intermingled with rain and sleet, and a heavy rain Thursday night melted it all away. We are having peculiar weather. The ground is so wet all over the county that it seriously interferes with farming operations. It is pre dicted that we will have a good crop year. Well, if a bad beginning is any indication, it ought to be an ex cellent crop year. Onion sets, at Dinkins & Co's. The Baptists-of the State. The minutes of the sixty-eighth session of the State Convention of the Baptist denomination in South Carolina have just been issued. The volume is full of information on all subjects of interest to the Baptists of this State. From the statistics of this pamphlet it appears that there are in this State 389 Baptist ministers, 764 churches, and 74,289 members. There are 616 Sunday-schools, with 4,103 teachers and officers, and 35,209 pupils. Dur in'the year there were collected $9,666.35 for State missions and col portage; $8,300.13 for foreign mis sions; $3,542.42 for home missions; $20,263.98 for education; and $175, .063.14 for miscellaneous purposes. The church property of the State is valued at $746,975. Since December 1, 1887, 21 new churches have been built, at a cost of $23,000. There are in the United States 1,281 associations, 20,477 ministers, 31,891 churches, and a total membership of 2,917,315. The church property is valued at $8,568,686. - The church spends $905,675 for missions, $220,729 for education, $5,849,756 for salaries, and $1,961,331 for miscellaneous ex penses. There are 15,447 Sunday schools, 116,453 officers, and 1,126,405 pupils. In foreign countries there are 3,974 ministers, 5,463 churches, and 589,404 members. The Southern Bap tists have 116 native and foreign mis sionaries, 65 churches, and 1,800 members. BUJCKTEN'S ARINICA SALVE. The~ best salve in the, world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt IRheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tiely cures Files, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. G. Dinkins & Co. . 0. and O.TEA ABSOLUTELY PURE. A. MO8T DE.IcIOUs BEvEBAGE. TRY IT. yt vill at lis any othet. Quality sese varie. ,It is the Ereast Gaswn Lxwr picked from zratter. The packages :.re hermeticany~ele and wauranted foll weight. It is more econ omical in use than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'e Eined Offies. 55 -Bswrdsg Si~j, Yet York. S. A. RIGBY, Manning, S. C. !0AZR!EA AXLE IIIILI1GR EASE BEST IN THE WORLD. Its wearin qualties are unaur ad.aufl om. ne.l sarGET THE GENU INE. JoE SA&LE BY DPAT&ERs GENRAT-T-Y. 20c. FOR COTTON! "Carolina Pride," Leng Staple, We have sold our crop at above price, and have 1,000 bushels seed for sale at $1.O00 p'ar bushel, eash. If you can afford to raise it at that price, send your orders for seed to CELT & BRO., Greenville, S. C. Meeting Equalization Board. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, { MANNING, S. C., Feb. 26, 1889. T HE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZA tion will meet in the Court House at Manning, on the second Tnesday in March next (March 12, 1889) at 12 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of reporting the action of the several township boards on the tax re turns for the fiscal year 1888-9, and for at tending to such other business as may come before them. Every member of the board is requested to be present promptly. 1D. J. BRADHAM, County Auditor. F-E Bogin's Old S I desire to return to my many eral cash support during the .pas ness on the same principles as h< LOWI SPI E ARE ESPE( OTTO F. WHOLESAL Wholesale Dealer In Wk No. 121 East Bay, Court House Notes. - The County Board of Equalization will meet in the court house, Tuesday, March 12th. The county commissioners will meet next Friday, March 1st. The county commissioners have not yet taken any action in reference to the Harvin tram road. They will refer the matter to their counsel for advice. RYA POWDER A bsolutely Pure. This powder never vanes. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More ecnoneo! than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. 8oid only in cans. ROni, Baxnso Powaz~a Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. Hemme's ?Restxurant, 228 King Street, Opp. Academy of Music, CHARLESTON, S. 0. WANDO Phosphate C0mpany. MAMUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS Of All Ki~s. Address, FRANCIS B. HACKER, President and General Agent, 5 EXCHANGE ST., CIIARLESTON, S. C. CHARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale & Retail Commission Dealer in Fish, Oysters, Same and Poultry, Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Ofce, 18 & 20 Market St., East of East Bay. Country orders solicited. CHARLESTON, S. C. FOR RENT OR SALE. STORE AND DWELLING IN MAN Ling, on south-west corner of Court House square. WVill be rented as a whole or sepa rately. Apply to GALLUG~HAT & ALSBROOK, Manumng, S. C. W7. Gr. FRII, 303 King Street, Charleston, S. C. Two Doors North of Liberty, Shaving, Flaircutting, and Shampoolag SALOON. . rTrEsIM Byrfl5, HIO' MD Com-. Special attention pa~id to cutting of chil 'REPARED RDINA Land. friends and customers my sinc t year. It is indeed gratifying retofore, and my customers ma EST PRICES I I desire to mal IING AND 81 and for the next t] largains in Fall a MY CIRIN] ;IALLY INVITED TO FERDINA SUMTE IETERS, E GROCER, es, Liquors and Cigars, Charleston, S. C. Howsn FLEING. Jdo. H. DEvEB2Ux, Jr. New York. Charleston, S. C. FLEEING &DEVEREU, -IMPORTERS OF English Portland Cement, lime, Plaster, Hair, &c. 276 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Write for our special prices on full or ixed car load lots. National House, 177 MEETING STRIEET, 5 Doors South of Market Street, DIRECTLY ON LNE CITY RALWAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mrs H, M, BAKER, Proprietress, Rates Per Day, $1.00. C.W. KUHLAND, Choice Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Etc, S. B. Cor. Alexander&ChapelSt&. CHARLESTON, S. C. J H.Hillen& Son, Wholesale & Betail Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Slippers, TRUTNKS, &c. 419 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. 1888-SEASON-1889. THE WILCOX & GIBBS GUANO CO,, No. 138 East Bay St., CHARLESTON, S. C., Manufacture the Following High Grade Fer tilizers: Douhly Amod TruckG Farmers' Special Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s Manipulated Guano. Wilcx, Gibbs &Co.s auprphosphiate. Urange Growers' Special Guano. Orange Growers' Own Guano. ueAnialBeMal and Potash. Bone Phosphate of Lime and Potash. Ammoniated Bone Phosphate and Potash. Ash Element. itice Mixture. And are Iinpo'rters and Dealers in THE Fotowflo MATERIXuLs AND CHE:xICALS: P~ure Aid Phosphate 1itrat of Soda, Nova Scotia Land Plaster, Dried Blood. Pure Dissolved Animal Bone. Pure Peruvin GuanoFs Srp, ConSeed eal &c., &c. Al of which are sold at Low Price for Csh. Specia Fertiliers of anyr gremadveryo low prices. Samples and] circulars will be furnished on application. Orders promptly attended to. Address, The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co., CIIABLESTON, S. C. FOR 1889. ND LEVI, SUMTER, S. C. ere thanks, and to express my high appreciation, for their*it to me. I shall continue the present year to conduct my bad r rest assured they will always get at my store kND BEST GOODS. ze room for my JMMER GOODS, urty days wail give nd Winter Goods. 101NK GIVE ME THEIR PATRONAGE. ND LEVI, R,'S. C. SECKENDORF MIDDLETON, * Cotton Factors, . NAVAL STORES, No. 1 Central Wharf, CHALS .0 F. W.- CAPPELMANN, DEALER IN CHOICE GROCEBS, WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND VIGABS, S. E. Cor. Meeting and Reid Sts., CHARTETON, S. C. Choice Flour a specialty. Sugars sold near cost. No chargefor drayusa Goods delis. ered free to depot. Country orders prompty attended to. THE PALACE SALOON,. NEXT DOOR TO BANE; U'E3EEMER M. O. We keep always on hand a full stock of Wines, Liquora, Bra ,e,. teas, Ales, &c. a BEER ON DRAJJGHT, adall kinds of beverages. Pool and Billiard Parlors. TcbaOOO aZktd CISat A place of recreation for gentlemen. Call and se ui. . A P. LEVYT & C0., Main Street, SUMTER, S.C. PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale Bakery and Candy Factory, 464 & 406 King Street, on-sr.-wn~wOr. . PROPRIETOBS OF THE FAMOUS PUCK BRAND CANDT. Stoves, Hardware, Tinware .R. M. MAST ERS Has just laid in a tremendous stock of At the lowepible prie :sa-esWar anc en1sWaWe Cheap for cash. This stock mnst be sald regdlin et ' COME ONE, COME ALE. Slate or Tin Rooning done promptly by frst class workmen. Connyoe dersflled with dispatli. Buy yourtStoves at B, M.L MASTERS, ~129 King St., between Queen and Broad, CHARLESTON, 8. C. BABY CARRIAGES 100 FO STOCK TO.0 FRom. EACH, caaign mne tee VON SANTEN'S, Charleston, S. O. We are also heaquarters for Rubber oodas, Croquetsss Toy's. 'elocipede~s,le.- Pio F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, TreasureF Atlantic Phosphate Company, of Charleston, S. C. MANUFACT~URERS OF. Staidar. e-ylU erS and Importers of Felzer, R.ocsger's & Co-, General Agents, BRowN's WHARF, .. - CHARL~sTON, S. C. l.. iR. M. LEVI, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and the public generally. with any of the above brands of Fertilizers,