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THMA1NIIUG TIMS Published Eery Wednesday. S. A. NETTLES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADERTISING AGENT. Terms: ox Bazs.-One copy, one year, .50; one copy, six months, 75 cents copy, three months, 50 cents. All 'ptions payable in advance. BTRs.-One square, first in 'on, $100; each subsequentinsertion, cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise ments. Liberal contracts maw for three, six, and twelve months. Coxxtca."os 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, May 29,1889. Your Name in Print. -Capt. Jos. Sprott, of Jordan, is quite at his home. Mr. G. W. Broadway, of Packsville, has quite ill, but we hear is some better. v. T. J. Rooke was too unwell last y to preach. He was better yesterday. G. Alexander is off on a business to Orangeburg; Walhalla, and other Lou Huggin who has been visit Wedgefl d, returned home last y. Annie Loryea, after a visit of two Mayesvile, returned last Thurs ied by her sister, Mrs. y. E. -Mr. H. Wentworth and family have moved in town. Mr. Wentworth is lately from New Jersey. He is at present a machin ist at Wilson's Mill. -Mr.W. W. Holladay, of Summerton, who was injured some time ago by being thrown from a buggy, was in town last Saturday. He is looking well, but says his wife, who was thrown out the buggy at the same time, is not fully well yet. -Mr. G. Alexander left Manning last Saturday afternoon, 7 o'clock, in a happy state of mind, ostensibly on a business trip. He returned yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and says he visited Marion, Charles ton, Orangeburg, Branchville, St. Matthews, Walhalla, Columbia, and Sumter. There was no lie-over on this trip. Base Balls from 25 cents to $1.50 apiece at Bigby's. Nearly all the merchants'of Columbia now close their stores at 6.o'clock. Mr. 3L aisrie of -Augusta, the father of Mrs. M. Kaliaky, of this place, died at his residence in Augusta last week. Howard's fine harness, and axle oil at Bigby's. The K. of P. wZ_! not; meet to-morrow nighs. The next umeeting is the first Thursday night in une. , M. J. Hirsch, Esq., of Kigstree, owns a vjolin that was made in Italy;193 years ago. It.is probably the oldest viola in the State. A prominent oung lawyes of this place bagconraced'e - habitaraf carvies a supyabu Whither There is living in Florence a lady who is the mother of three children, the youngest of which is 8 years old, and whonever kiss ed aohild in her life.-Fkree ~Friend. If you want fine hams or breakrfast strips just go to Bigby's. Now is the time to'take at good blood pu 'ie Dinkins & Co. keep in stock "SrpSarsactilla," easahas de growing corn does it has entered~the on growing crops, holds onyin the fields, and loses its h~ld ferthe crop has been housed. The furniture and decorations in oibe bar room in New York city coat $200,000. It is not uncommon for such places in large cities to cost as much as $50,000. Moreove , last yerar the beer consumed in the United States averaged thirteen gallons to everg man, woman, and child in the country. As we understand it, a Sewing Machinae for family use should be simple in its me chanism: should run easily, do a wide range of work, be as noiseless as possible, handsome, durable, and as cheap as is con sistnt with excellence throughought.-The New Home Sewing Machine fills all these conditions to perfection. Mr. B. T. Huggins, of this plaoe,)as in vented a vehicle which promisesto-do away, in a great measure, wihbuggy hor. I is propelled by rachet -power, and one mani can easily propel three persons on it at a maeh greater rate of speed than a horse can travel for any considerable distance. Mr. Huggins has applied for a~patent and will commence the manufacture of the machines and put them on the market as soon as pos .mble.-Florence PJiend. A variety of window drapery at Bigby's. Be sure to read our prize offers in another column. 20,000 five inch cypress shingles for sale at M. Kaliaky's. 'We had a nice shower of rain Sun dynight, but not enough to do much Cabbages, fresh Fulton market beef, fresh lot of lemons, for sale at &. Kalisky's. Rev. James McDowell will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sun day morning. R ev. 3. M. Plowden preached in the Presbyterian church in this place, last Sunday morning. Capt. J. A. McClure is rebuilding his drying kilns and planing machines recently destroyed by fire. Albert Baker, of the Fork, was last Saturday committed to jail for 30| days, for'failng to pay his poll tax. Just received a fine lot of men's four in hand cravats, at Rigby's, also Jadies' dress shields and dress extend A forest fire near Mr. John 3. H ar 'in's, in the Fork~ last week, did con siderable damage to the woods and fences. The Jordan Methodist church had a "children's day" last Sunday. Rev. 3. S. Porter and Senator 3. F. Rhame made speeches to the children. Dave Tucker. SDhye Tucker is a special friend of the editor of the Tmrs, and generally gives this paper his articles. Many papers copy these pieces, and they are worth copying by every paper. But then the Thms would feel a little -pleasure in having proper credit given this pape when the articles are cop ied, an we hope hereafter that our esteemed cotemporaries will do us -thehonor to give credit to the Tnxs as well as to Dave Tucker. And, by the way, in behalf of our readers we ask Dave Tucker to give us an account of a recent trip of his. nt woul make splendid reading. Manning Farmers' Alliance. This sub-alliance will meet Saturday af ternoon in the Court House. Every farmer should connect himself with the alliance movement now, and see if there is any good in the thing It costs but fifty cents to join. The only way to make a success of it, is for every one to join for the purpose of benefitting himself and his neighbor. Come out; discuss matters that concern farms; get your neighbors' plans; give the results of your experiments; work for mu tual improvement. Then the alliance will be a success: otherwise it may be a failure. The Bank of Manning. A number of gentlemen interested in the organization of a bank in this town, met last Wednesday morning in the Court House. Capt. A. Levi was called to the chair. It was stated that this meeting could not, as was intended, elect officers, but that a declaration would have to be filed with the Secretary of State. As soon as this declara tion is properly filed, there will be another meeting, which will, by motion of this meeting, elect seven directors; and these directors will elect the officers, who will probably be a president and a cashier. Mo tions were passed that the bank be styled the Bank of Manning; that it be a State bank; that the capital be $40,000; and that the first instalment of 20 per cent. be call ed for Sep. 1st. Mr. W H. Duncan, of Barnwell, was present, and addressed the meeting. He said two officers were enough for a country bank to begin with. He thought salaries should not be too high. The cashier, if a od officer, could do nearly all the work ' self. Mr. Duncan's talk was practical, and full of common sense. It is very probable that Capt. A. Levi will be elected president, and Jos. Sprott, Jr., cashier. Both these gentlemen are young men of irreproachable reputation, and the stockholders and depositors will feel safe in placing money in their hands. Mr. Sprott is at present our county treasurer. The declaration for incorporation has been forwarded to the Secretary of State. The names of the incorporators are John C. Simonds, Moses Levi, Samuel A. Rigby, and Abe Levi. The Secretary of State issued a commis sion last Monday, to organize the bank. Its charter will be for thirty years. Wofford Commencement. The commencement exercises of Wofford College begin this year Sunday June 9th, and close esday the 11th. Rev. H. C. Morrison, D. D., will preach the baccalaure ate sermon; Rev. W. A. Candler, D. D., will deliver the address before the literary societies Monday morning; the Calhoun and Preston societies will, Monday evening, jointly discuss whether "The organization of a prohibition party would be detrimental to the nation;" Tuesday, commencement day, sixteen young gentlemen will deliver their graduating speeches; Tuesday evening Hon. K. W. Simpson will deliver the alum ni address. The reception will be held Monday evening. Wofford closes a suc cessful year. The present graduating class is the largest in thirteen years. There will be a reunion of the alumni during the week, and all the alumni and old students are invited to a banquet in Alumni Hall, a new $8,000 building just completed. Every friend of Wofford, who can, should attend the commencement this year. Died in Harness. Last Saturday morning as Mr. James E. Davis was driving into town, his horse when about a mile from town gave two or three whickers, began staggering, and be fore Mr. Davis could get out of the buggy fell to the ground. Mr. Davis at once went to his head to cut the hamestring, but the horse was dead before he got there, hav ing literally died in harness. The horse gave only one kick after he fell. Eating dirt was probably the cause of the horse's death. o fa pmnen, e'liitt Bur cylinder press 1 right, our paper enlarged, and now we 'Vant the bal ance of those three hundred subscribers. There is going to be no post onement of that Fourth of July Gift Distrbution, but we want those three hundrejw ..ber era and want them --course we want every old subscri r to pay up, too. EitherI next week or th( week following we shall publish tigli instalment of the honor list. .lader, get your name in that list. It #limake you feel good, and make us feel good, too. Money in a man's pocket has a onderful influence on his feelings. The Crops. In conversation last Saturday with several prominent farmers, we found liversifled Opinions and complaints. Several farmers say they never had etter cotton crops and a better pros ect than now. Nearly all complain ibout the oats crop, on account of too nch rain in the early spring, follow d by a drouth. There is a general omplaint about corn. The bud worm as done much damage to corn in low ands, and some say that the grass oppers are playiing havoc with their orn. We have had a remarkably pe :uliar spring so far, but hope, howev r, for a good outcome. [Reported for the MAssIsa Tumns.) District COnference andS. S. Convention. In Trinity A. M. FE. Church these meet igs were held Wednesday, Thursday, Fri ay, and Saturday. The two first days and a part of the third day the conference held ts sessions. Rev. .E. D). Spearman, P. E., presided, not only as a gentleman, but as a :hristian. As the former he has no equal, ma as the latter by his fruits he is known. The secretaries elected were Revs. L. S. rant and M. M. Martin. Their services rere highly commended by the P. E. and members. L S. Grant was elected reporter for the MAssrso TIMixs, and M. M. Martin for the Christian Recorder. The following topics were discussed dur-, ing the session: 1st. The financial worth of our people. 2nd. Their moral worth. 3rd. Their spiritual condition. 4th. Condition of public schools. 5th. The means necessary to make the financial condition of the church more pros perous. Chairmen: Revs. P. Hammit, M.M. Mar tin, Thos. Brown, I. S. Grant, and E. H. Wilson. Rev. K. H. Harris preached the annual sermon, and Rev. Thos. Brown the mission ary sermon. It was the grandest session ever held in the district. Ten left Satan's army and joined the Lord's army. The conference adjourned Friday at 1 o'clock, and the Sab bath School Convention convened and organ ied, E. D. Spearman, P. E., president; Rev. D. H. Allen, vice president; L S. Grant. sec retary; and W. S. Dickerson, assistant secre tary. At night Rev. L S. Grant preached the educational sermon to a large house. All the sermons gave satisfaction. Theme:E~du cation; its excellency and power. Saturday the convention assembled, and papers upon several topics were read: In temperance, Morality, Patience, &c. Sunday atl11 o'clock Dr. E. H. Wilson p reached the doctrinal sermon; at 3 o'clock Rev. Samuel Cantey preached; and at 8} Rev. Thos. Brown, the Sam Jones of the district. The members of each of the bodies hearts were filled with joy, relative to their treat ment from the pastor and people of Man ning. Thanks have been tendered them for their hospitalities. Thanks to the MANNIN'G TIMzs for the pub lication of this article. REPORTER. A Card of Thanks. Mn. EDIrron:-Allow me through your col umns, in my feeble way to attempt to thank the kind people of Summerton and vicinity for the uniform kindness shown to me dur ing the dark days of my confinement to my room, as the result of the fearful taedy of February 25th; and, in thanking odfor invoke his blessings upon the good people for their delicate and disinterested atten tions and Christian ministrations to me, during the most painful experience of my life. A. -P. RAors. . emriTrmr S. C. May 17th. 1889. EIGHT PRIZES GIVEN AWAY. How the Manning Times Proposes to Cel ebrate the Fourth of July. Every subscriber to THE MASNING TIMES, new or old, whose subscription is paid to 0o beyond July 4, 1889, will be given a ticker to THE MANNTG TIMEs Fourth of Jull Grand Gift Distribution. The Distribution will postively be made July 4th. WHO ARE ENTITLED TO TICKETS. Every paid up subscriber to the TnrEs will have a chance for one of our elegani prizes. Our old subscribers who never fai] to renew promptly and who always pay in advanee will be given a ticket;those who foi any reason are in arrears, and who pay ur to or beyond July 4th, will be given a ticket every new subscriber whose subscription does not amount to less than fifty cents will be given a ticket for the drawing. THE TIKES TO BE ENLARGED. THE TDEs will, beginning with its issu of May 22d, be enlarged to an eight column paper; the subscription price remaining the same: one year $1.50; six months, 75 cents four months, 50 cents. Anybody and every. body can raise fifty cents for a trial foul months' subscription, and every one of these subscribers will have an equal showing in the grand distribution. oUn EIGHT PRIZES. Read the following list of beautiful and useful prizes: SEWING MACHINE. A $40 sewing machine, beautifully enam eled, large space under arms, -loose balance wheel, new automatic bobbin winder, fur nished with casters, complete set of attach ments in velvet lined morocco case, mann factured by the New Home Sewing Machine Company. On exhibition in the MvALNsInc TnDEs office. SILVERl PLATED CASTER. One beautiful best silver pia te five bottle caster,-on exhibiuon at G. Aerander's jewelry store, where all kinds of solid and silver plate ware, watches, rings, and all kinds of jewelry are sold at lowest prices. Best repairing department in the county, and all work warranted. BABY CARRIAGE. A caropy-top baby carriage,-on exhibi. tion at U. Levi's mammoth mercantile em porium, where will be found every kind and class of goods any one does or may need, and all sold at lowest living cash prices. CADDY "OLD RIP" TOBACCO. "Old Rip" tobacco, for chewing or smok ing, is one of the. finest grade tobaccos made, free of grit and stems, the best chew on the market. On exhibition at S. A. Rig by's general merchandise store, the only place in town where it can be bought. LEMONADE SET. A beautiful glass lemonade set, consisting of pitcher, goblets, finger bowl, and waiter, -on exhibition at Mrs. Edwards's confec tionery store, where all kinds of good things to eat may be had; also, a nice lot of glass ware, fancy and toilet articles, etc. BANJO CLOCK. A one-da.y lever time banjo clock, some thing new and attractive,-on exhibition at M. Kalisky's general merchandise store, where you can always get goods at lowest cash figures. BOX CIGARS. One box "Manning Guards" cigars, one of the best five cents cigars on the market. On exhibition at Dinkins & Co.'s drug store, where all the best and purest medicines are sold. A selected stock of fine cigars always on hand. steel axe, one of the best on the mar ket,-on exhibition at H. A. Lowry's cash store, where the best and freshest groceries can always be had. HOW rr WELL BE DONE. Five prominent gentlemen from different i4ti'ffs of the co wh-ie2.eqe@t to ive away the prizes, in the following man ter: These gentlemen will place in one box a umber of tickets equal to the number of aid up subscribers, all gf which tickets ill be blank except the eight prize tickets. hey will then place in another similar box an equal number of tickets, containing the ames of the paid up subscribers, one name n each ticket. After the tickets have been arefully inspected and placed in the boxes, hey will be thoroughly shaken up and mix d together, until the committee is satisfied hat everything is fair and just. Then the rawing will begin. Two little boys about our or five years old will be blindfolded, ad one will draw from the box containing the names of the paid up subscribers and the other from the box containmng the tick ets. The committee will at every drawing one from each box) inspect the tickets that ave been drawn and announce the result. or instance, suppose the little boys have ach drawn a ticket from their respective oxes. 'Ihe name drawn by one little boy s Always Loseum, and the ticket drawn by the other is a blank. That means Mr. A. oseum has failed to secure a prize. The ittle boys draw again. The name is Lucky ellow, and the prize ticket has sewing ma hine on it. That means Mr. . L. Fellow as secured the sewing machine for his rize. The drawing will thus continue till all the prizes have been given away. This plan seems to us as fair as possible, nd to have the least objections. Our sub cribers may rest satisfied that everything will be done in fairness. THE HONOR LIST. We shall publish between now and the 4th of July the names of all the paid up subscribers who will be entitled to a ticket in the drawing. We are working our sub scription list to a cash basis. On the fifth day of July we shall strike off our subscrip tion list the names of all subscribers who are as much as one year in arrears. PERSONAL. We trust our friends will appreciate this enterprise on our part, and promptly pay up all their back dues and a year's subscrip tion in advance. We shall greatly appreci ate all such. We have just bought a large cylinder press, and it must be paid for. If our subscribers will pay up, we can pay for it; if they do not, we shall have to borrow several hundred dollars. Our intention is to give the people of Clarendon a good read. able county paper, with the news from ev ery section. But with a good, lively, cash patronage we can and will work with better heart, and can get out a better paper. If you have never taken the paper, send us 50 cents, and we will send the paper for four months on trial. We want three hundred new sub. scribers by the 4th of July: will we gel them? Hearing Restored. Mr. Louis Loyns, of this place, haE a little boy, his youngest son, about three years old, who, eighteen months ago, had an attack of diphtheria, oi very sore throat. From this attack he gradually lost his hearing until he became entirely deaf. About twc months ago the little boy was carried to Charleston, and placed under treat ment of Dr. Dawson. By the use oi electricity hearing was restored, and now he hears as well as ever, and is apparently perfectly cured. He be cm defbefore he learned to talk, and is now learning to talk. Mr. and Mrs. Loyns are greatly rejoiced al hecras they were fearful the lit. tl elwwas affected for life. Ladies' silk mitts, ladies' shoes gentlemen's shoes, gentlemen's hats FORESTON NEWS. Alligators and Wild Turkeys At tracted by Foreston's Brag Corn -Forest Fires-Runaway-Other Matters. FoRESTON, May 27.-'Gator! 'Gator! This cry was raised in town about 5& o'clock yes terday afternoon, and in less time than it takes to narrate it a crowd of men, women, and children were marching down the Rail road to get a peep at the monster, which was lying in the ditch near the residence of Mr. Joseph Fleming. We too followed the crowd, and saw the hideous thing measur ing 7 feet and 10 inches. It was first dis covered about a half mile away, and brought thither by 2(r. Henry Dennis. It was prob ably escaping from the forest fires which have been raging below here. Wild turkeys too have been seen in the vicinity of town since the said fires have been burning. Much fencing and cross ties have been destroyed, and it is to be hoped not a few snakes by these fires. Whoa! Whoa! What is that? Oh, a mule has runaway! Is anybody hurt? Yes, Mr. Milton Stukes is thrown from the wagon, and painfully, but we hope not seriously hurt. This occurred on Saturday of last week. We had a slight rain last night, with promise of more to-day, which is much needed to bring up the late and replanted crops, and for the making of Mr. H.'s prize corn, nothing else is needed. Everything is quiet, and passing on as usual. Crops, where up, are looking well and in fine fix. The different meetings in town are well attended and harmonious. The pulpit of the Methodist church was filled on y, ster day by the Rev. A. Nettles who gave an ex cellent sermon on faith and repentance. There was no service at the Baptist church in consequence of the indisposition of the pastor. I took a trip into the new county of Flor ence-last week. I found that where the crops were up they were in good condition, but in many instances they are as here still under ground. Still the people are cheer ful and hope for the best. Our worthy school master, after finishing his last week's work, left on Fri day afternoon on the west bound train, in an apparently happy state of mind for, we presume, a visit to friends at his old home in Manning. He returned last evening on the 7.19 train'seemingly "in statu quo." F. .t I SUMMERTON NEWS. The Wilson Railroad Reaches Summer ton-Big Railroad Prospects-Church Notes-Personals. StAsnxos, May 27.-We are having it very dry yet. A light rain last night,-but nothing like a season. The spring crop of oats is a complete failure. Wilson has completed his road across Taw Caw, and his trains are running up in sight of the village. Col. Walters, general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line, and Capt. Divine came up on Saturday in .their special palace cars to Summerton, and took a ride over the country in buggies. This looks like something is up, for I understand Col. Walters counts his pile by the millions, and if his trip means investment I a re he could not find a better c or that purpose. I un nd he is delighted with the' ' e and the country. e ptists of this place have employed part of the time of the Rev. Mr. Wills, of North Carolina, to preach for them. His first appointment is on Sunday, at 11 o'clock A. sr., 2d of June. The Presbyterians will have their chil dren's day next Sunday. Mr. C. M. Richardson, who has been quite ill for some time, is better. Mrs. J. Adger Smythe is visiting at MIaj. Briggs's. C. GREEEEYVILLE NEWS. L Doctor and a Farmer Try to Kill Each Other-Pistol and Weight-A Bear Hunt-No Rain. GREEI.FxvmJE, May 27.-On last Friday a friendly conversation between Dr. Isaac N. Boyd ,and Handy Holleman ended in an ngry dispute. Boyd demanded a retrac ion which Holleman refused. Some hours fterwards in Holleman's store several miles way, the demand was repeated and again efused; whereupon there was a mutual as ault, Holleman using a counter scale eight, and Boyd a pistol. Boyd was truck on the head with the weight. The istol ball struck Holleman on the cheek, glanced and passed out through his mouth. Dr. Scott of Kingstree attended to Holle man. Neither assailant was seriously hurt, tnd it is believ-ed there will be no further rouble between them. A bear and two cubs are reported in ount Hope swamp on the Hopedale farm. A party is to go in search of the family to ay. It has been practically said "Man wants but little here below; nor wants that little ong," but the plain truth is, in most, cases, e wants a great deal all the time, and wants it bad. Undoubtedly one great want ist now is rain, and another is cotton seed that will sprout in a dry, hot soil when it :oes not rain. A friend in your county has eretofore advocated, and successfully prac ticed, late planting. I will listen with great interest to his experience this year. Uncle Joe will please speak. J. M. B. A DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRE. A Fire on the Wilson Railroad Does Great Damage-A Church Burned-Poor Crop Prospects--A Ho*miy on Crime. Wu.soss, May 27.-The past three dry weeks have very materially injured the oat crop prospect, and last week's cold has set cotton back a week or two. Corn alone is doing well, that is what the worms have left. Potatoes are in the back ground. Rice looking well. I notice in last week's TIMF.S the whip ping of Daniels by the Greeleyvillians. He istesm ellow I had warned them of a week or two previous. They must not read Ithe Tnxms at Greeleyville, or they would have known better. The only regret we have is that he did not get the full quoto, but no punishment will avail to keep him out of the penitentiary. When white men get so low down as to steal any and everything their hands touch, they never recover. They go from bad to worse. As at first drink can be managed, but when the appetite begins to crave its efect, then nothing but God's grace can reach the poor deluded one; so in all other forms of vice, after we let the devil get any' one or all of them fastened on us. We are driven then wheresoever he wills it, seven fold more the child of hell every day. Would that we could all see these vices in all their hideousness ere we let habit coil them around our hearts with chains of steel, unbreakable,-a slavery worse and more to be dreaded than the worst form of servile labor. But we heed not admonition and examples, and trust in our own strength, *and the result is we fall, and great is the fall thereof. A soul precious in God's sight is lost, ruined for time and the great here after. Lat Sturday a fire broke out at Mr. T. Wilson's log bed, on his R. R. near M~r. F. W. Haley's, after the men had left. It burnt up the log bed, a number of large logs, and Ione timber cart, and damaged two or more 1trucks and the Rt. Rt. track. It then spread in every direction, destroyed the old Pine Grove M. E. Church, and damaged Mr. Haley. Numbers of dead trees caught on 'fire in his cotton field, and had to be cut down. He lost at least two acres of cotton in this way. A light rain Sunday night. J. 15 dozen children's gloves at 10 cents a pair. 15 dozen ladies' taffeta silk gloves at 25 cents a pair, a great aran. At f: Lenvi's. BIG PROFIT IN HAY. Capt. Jos. Sprott gives his Experience in Making Hay--Easily Made and Nearly all Profit-Make Hay. MR. EDITo:-In compliance with your request I herewith furnish you some facts in connection with my short experience in gathering and curing hay in this county. I have a low, moist piece of ground in front of my house, which had been cleared many years since. It had be come covered with bushes, broom sedge, etc., and was so rough and un sightly as to be an eye-sore to me. I set fire to the broom sedge, and had the stumps and bushes removed ear ly in the spring of 1888, and the ground was soon covered with broom sedge and other grasses, together with a fair sprinkling of briars. I ran a two-horse mower over it in June, but some of the first crop of hay was coarse and poor provender. However, I gathered sufficient good hay to fill a large fodder loft and had beE ides a large stack that could not be housed. The poorest that was gathered I used in my stables and lot for bedding for which it answered an excellent purpose, and the cost of gathering was small. I had this meadow mown again early in October, and the product was twelve large stacks of hay which I sold at five dollars each. The cost of gathering, besides the use for a few days of mower and mules which were then idle, amounted to $7.20. The profits in this experiment were so satisfactory that I have this year in creased my area for hay by adding four or five acres previously planted in corn. The land has been prepared by turning under the weeds, etc., with an ordinary turn shovel plow and leveled with a Thomas harrow. In curing hay I allow it to remain in tJe sun onge day, or in unusually hot weather one-half day, and then place it in small stacks or shocks. It then goes through a sort of heat, and after two or three days it is forked in to a wagon, and carried to the barn or put in large stacks. This second handling, forking, and airing is of great advantage in saving it. A few acres of hay will furnish all the prov ender that a farmer needs for his horses and cattle, and it is much less expensive to gather than fodder. Be sides, I am thoroughly convinced by my own experiments that gathering fodder greatly lessens the yield of corn, and, therefore, for years have never housed fodder. I have worked much in gathering and curing bay and shall write more on this important industry ,a- - OSE . Jo .,May 27th. mden Confederate Monument. C.,mEN, May 26.-The corner-stone of the Confederate monument in Cam den was placed in its position on the 10th of May, 1883. In the corner stone was put a few coins, newspa pers, and rolls of Confederate soldiers. In putting the last piece of the gran ite base in position on last Saturday, it became necessary to move the corner-stone, and it was found that the contents of the stone had been tampered with, and some of the ar iarfsaed. Only twenty-three ~ents of the m~hy~had teeffria&J s more than likely that this piece of andalism was committed inmmedi ~tely after the corner-stone was put n its place, and before the monu nent was placed thereon. No one eems to have any idea as to who dis ~urbed the sacred stone. Some more rticles were put in the receptacle esterday and now it is almost impos ible for them to be tampered with. he iron railing around the base will e erected in two or three days, and ~he Ladies' Monumental Association vill be relieved when the entire job a completed. After a long time of aiting they will be pleased to see ~he Confederate monument finished, nd, by the way, it is a monument al o to the untiring energy and zeal of Suthern women. Sheep Raising in Georgetown. Messrs. F. Rhem & Sons, of Black dingo, started, two years ago a sheep anch with about 1,300 sheep. They ave driven up and sheared 2,200 ead of sheep, and have ready for arket five bales of wool, averaging rom 6.50 to 700 pounds, and expect at east three more bales. One sheep ielded 7 pounds and 2 ounces wool. The increase in number of sheep in wo years, besides losing a large num :er by eagles and dogs, was about 500.--Charleston World. A Young Clergyman Commits Suicide. Bamf~noRE, May 26.-Henry Greenfield Schorer, the handsome young assistant rec or of St. Paul's Episcopal church, commit ed suicide in his room to-day b:- shooting imself through thc head. On the table was found this note: Bixsznsons, Sunday. May 26.--Many will ondemn me. God winl have znercy. Please tell my dear aged parents, No. 95 astern avenue, in this city, but do it in a entle manner. Bury me from St. P'aul's ouse, and do not send my body to my pa rents, for it would kill them if you do. H. GREENIEIx.D Sczonzn. He was 29 years old, and graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity School five years ago. He was a constant smoker and had some heart trouble. He was subject to pe riodical fits of depression-some say because a young lady _of his congregation did not return his affetion. It is also said that financial troubles oppressed him. Schor er's father says his son borrowed $500, and, adding to it $600 he had saved, paid a note he had endorsed for a friend, a grocer in McKeesport, Pa. The grocer would never pay, and committed suicide when young Schorer took legal proceedings against him. The belief that he was the indirect cause of the grocer's death, Schorer's father said, had worried his son dreadfully. South Dakota's ConstitutIon. The Constitution of South Dakota that was adopted at the Sioux Falls Convention is in many respects remarkable. Women are given school suffrage, and it is provided that an amendment shall be submitted to the people giving women full suffrage. Corporations are prevented from being cre ated by the Legislature by special legisla tion, and the abridgement of the Legisla ture's right of eminent domain and of the State's police power is specially forbidden. The State debt must not exceed 500,000, ex cept in case of war, and county, city and town indebtedness is limited to 5 per cent. of the taxable property. The Governor is given the right to veto items in appropria tion bills, and the Legislature cannot au thorize the~ construction of street railroads except with the consent of the cities and towns in which they are constructed. CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED. To THE EDITo-Please inform your read ers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been per. manently cured. I shall be 'glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to any Oi your readers who have consumption it they will send me their express and post office address. Respectfully, . . SLnOGm. M. C. 181 Pearl st. N. Y Local Tales of a Hundred Years Ago. Mx. Enrro:-In my last article I promised to speak of local matters as they occurred in our section at this period of the war. This section of country was the home of Jasper and McDonald, the Irish heroes who were so famous in the service of their coun try at this time, and we have now in this and adjoining counties many people who are related to McDonald, but Jasper seems to have been alone. The only trace I can find of him, he had a brother who occupied the same position in the British army that he occupied in our army. In my first article I mentioned the escape of Abin Bagnal from the Brit ish at Statesburg, and his eating sup per with his sister, Mrs. Raffield, on Bear creek that night. This man had four sisters who married Raffield, To bias, Martin, and Montgomery. The descendants of these four sisters fill our county now, and have always been good citizensin time of war and peace. Thos. Tobias, one of the four mentioned above, lived to a good old age, and was buried at Junky yard near Foreston in 1832, with a bullet in his leg received in battle. In this section there were two com panies, one commanded by Capt. Jimsy Davis, and the other by Capt. Joe West. These two patriots carried swords made from the saws taken from the mills of the country, and with their own hands made many a Red Coat bite the dust. Captains Davis and West had a regular line of couriers to and from Marion, and al ways kept posted about the move ments of the enemy. A battle was fought just half a mile below the Court House of Manning, on an island in Ox Swamp, some time in 1781, be tween our local forces and the British, in which our side was victorious. The British fled but were brought to bay, and a second engagement the same day took place across Ox Swamp at the late residence of Hicory Holladay near Oak Grove Church. In this en gagement the British were handled so roughly that they never got together again, and the only escapes made were one by one. For a time after this our people were allowed some rest from the invaders. In this fight Capt. Jimsy Davis took down the British commander with his own hand, and with his trusted Lieutenant Jesse Hilton by his side with bold dashes made this victory complete. Capt. Davis had a trusted friend in Fred Carter, the great grandfather of the Carter's in our county, who were free negroes. This b b offered his sevie* country, ands ed himself to Capt. Davis's com pany and did good service until the close of the war. He was a great favorite with the white people and was honored by them as long as he lived. Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, was opposed to strong drink drink being v'negar red anende to b followers to% the accursed thing alo . It was on ob occasion, I believe, whe his men ha captured some of the critt , and wer a little tipsy when he deci ed to ai tack the enemy and he ha toesa them oft, that he turned poe an produced those immortal words: S- a ne oflN Sping of tumlt so o e, Could I but half thy curses tell, The wise would wish the safe in hell. O1D CmTzxw. oods sarsaparille is found in the fact th.8 aetnaUr--r' a ncalabam tat a claim.4 tor Ia BANK NOTICE. B OOKS. OF SUBSCBIPTION TO TE stock of the Bank of Manning will be pened at the office of A.Levi, at Manning. . C.,-on Wednesday, June'5, 1889. M. LEVI, JOHN C. SIMONDS, S. A. RIGBY, A. LEVI, Corporators. 'MAsszxo, S. C., May 28, 1889. $20 WILL PURCHASE$2 A CHAMBER SUIT, $32--Will Parchase a Beautiful-$82 PARLOR SUIT, --AT Brown & Co.'s Furniture Store, 295 King street, Opposite Society street CHARLESTON, S. C. Senes, Nlets, Tents, and Sportlng Goods. Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, choke bored,-SS to $100. Single Breech Load ing Shot Guns, $4 to $25. Every kind of Breech Loading and Repeating Rifles, $3 tc $0. Muzzle Loading Double Shot Guns, 5 to $35. Single Shot Guns. $2.50 to $12. Revolvers $1 to $20. Double Action Sell Cockers, $2.50 to $10. All kinds of iUar tridges, Shells, Caps, Wads, Tools, Powde2 Flasks, Shot Pouches, Primers. Send5 cents for Illustrated Catalogue. Address . H. JOHNSTON, GREAT WESTEBE~ GUN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. D. W.ALDEEjMAN&C0., MANUFACTUBERS OF Yellow Pine Lumber. Flooring, Ceiling, Weather Board ing, etc., of best lumber, thoroughly kiln-dried by hot blast, dressed and ready for use, for $10 per thousand feet, and upwards. CAPACITY 25,OOO FEET DALY. Our mills are supplied with the besi and most complete machinery in the State, and we will use special care it filling orders, large or small. Lumbei furnished at short notice, and at low et prices. Order by mail or tele graph. D. W. ALDERMAN & CO., .Summerton on a Boom. SraunTos, May 21.--No rain has fallen here since May 1 and our farmers are con sequently very blue. The gardens are burnt up and not more than half the cotton is above ground. Spring oats are a failure, but fall oats will do very well, though the crop is small, few farmers having them planted. eSummerton is having a boom, thanks mainly to the persevering efforts of Mr. Thomas Wilson, a man of wonderful ener gy, and the man who has done so nuch for this section. The Wilson and Summerton Railroad, owned and built by him, will be completed this week; there is also talk of a railroad from here to Wright's Bluff, which, with the Eutaw Road, when finished, would give us three lines to Charleston. Situated about nine miles from the bend of the San tee River, Summerton is beautifully located; it is perfectly healthy, has an abundant supply of fine water, two good schools, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and a Baptist church and a select society and is surround ed by splendid farming lands. Nothing less than the Atlanta of South Carolina is antic ipated of Summerton, and a ginnery and guano factory and a bank are spoken of as sure in the near future.-News and Courier. Snow in Virginia. LTanxsosunG, Vs., May 22.-There wss a severe hail storm in this section to-day. Snow also fell, but not enough to lie on the ground. The surrounding mountains are covered with snow. Presents in the most elegant form TH LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOUS JUIoE --OF TH FIGS OF CALIFORNIA. Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perma nently cure Habitual Consti pation, and the many ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, UVER AND BOWELS. Itis themostexcellentremedy kno'Wn to CLEANSE TILE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY *When one is Bilious or Constipated --SO THAT pURE 1Loo, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENOTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. - FOR MAUFAOTURD ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP C 8AN FRANCISCO, CAL 'J/VILnE, KY. NOW YORK, N. V. s Restaurant --AND Ice Cream Saloon. Next Door to Post Office. eDelicious ice cream, soda water, mil Sshakes, and lemonade for sale all the tim Land everything as cold as ice. SHot meals, the best the market afford for sale at all hours, for 25 cents a meal. RSA nsfor the ladies. National House, 177 MEETING STREET, 5 Doors South of Market Street, DIRECTL.Y ONL1INE CITY RAIL.WAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. rs. H. M. BAKER, Proprietress. Rates Per Day, $1.00. SCHOOL NOTICE. AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF Examiners for Clarendon county, held t the School Commissioner's office on the th May, 1889, the followmng resolutions were unanimously adopted: .Resolved 1st. That there shall be no meet ng of the Board: of Examiners for the pur ose of examining teachers this spring, and he same be deferred until the regular fall xamination, Oct. 4th. 2nd. That hereafter no licenses to teach will be granted or allowed by this Board to tachers who do not make regular sahool papers. 3rd. That no certificates issued prior to the spring of 1888 will be recognized by this Board, and all parties holding such cer tificates will be required to meet the Board for re-examination. L L. WELLS, Sch. Coin. & Chi. of Board. L. I. BAGNAL, J. H. LESESNE, Board of Examiners. ExTBAcT FRoM SCHOOL LAw. All applicants before County Boards shall be examined on orthography, reading, writ ing, arithmetic, geography, English gram mar, history of the United States and of this State, physiology, hygiene, and the theory and practice of teaching. The attention of the teachers os Clarendon county is directed to the above. L. L. WELLS, School Commissioner. wg. a. Fa~m 303 King Stgeet, Charleston, S. C. Two Doors North of Liberty, Shaving, Halrcutting, and Shampooing SALOON. ARTEsIAN BATES, HOT AND COLD. Special attention paid to cutting of chil dren's hair. PUJCKHAIE Wholesale Bakery 464 & 466 cm AELT~ PROPRIETORS OF THE FA F.W. CAF DEALER IN CII WINES, LIQUORS, 'J S. E. Cor. Meeting and Re: Choice Flour a specialty. Sugars sold n ered free to depot. Country orders pr~omp F. J. PELZERB, President. Atlantic PhosF MANUFAC STANDARD - AND IMI PELZER, RODG Mn. M. Lzvx, of Manning, will be pleast .n.ly, t ao the above brands of Pert " 0. and 0.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. ABSOLUTELY PURE., A MOST DELICIOUS BEVERAGE. TRY IT. Team MerW as say oter. Calitys a u *It ii the HIGERRZ GRADE LEai, picked from the beat plantations and guaranteed absolutely pare ad free from all aduterations or coorh matter. The packages are hermetically eeaUd and warranted full weight. It is more son omical in use than the lower grades. Oriental & Ocidental Tea Co., L't'd. Head Ofce, 35 Burring SH p, New York. S. A. RIGBY, Manning, S. C. FORESTON DRUG 'STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and .Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,. STATION. ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in a first class drug store. I have just added to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and am prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS, LEAD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, etc., in quantities to suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, M.D., Foreston, S. C. MONEY TO LEND'! On five years time on IMPROVED FA --N CLARENDON COUNTY, In sums from $3002TO $500000. nning, S. C., April 3, 1889. Howinn FLEAHNG. J-o. H. DEVEREUx, Jr. New York. Charleston, S. C. FLEENG &DEVEREUZ, k-IMPORTERS OF Lime, PaerHair, &c8 I 276 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. Ce Write for our special prices on full or mixed car load lots. J. G. DINKINS, 3. D. R. B. LORYEA. i, G. Dinkins &Co., DrigstS-8adfhama8cists, --DEuERS IN PURE DRUGS AND MEDI PERFUMERY, STATIONERY, FINE CIGARS AND) TOBACCO. Full stock of PAIn~s, Ouas, GIass VANlSHES and WHITE LEA, alaO PAINT and WHIEWASH ERUsH~s. An elegant stock of SPECTACLES and EYE GLASS No charge made for fitting the Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, day or night. J. C. Dinkins & Co., Sign of the Golden Mortar, MANNING, S. C. Hemme's Restaurant, 22$ King Street, Opp. Academy of Music, - CHARLESTON, S. C. Have your job printing done at the MAsING TDIES office. Lowest prices. ER BROS., ad Candy Factory, ing Street, TON, S. C. IOUS PUCK BRAND CANDY. PEL MANN, OICE (,ROCERIES, DBACCO AND CIGARS, d Sts., CHARLESTON, S. C. lar cost. No charge for drayage. Goods deliv ty attended to. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. hate Company, sTor, s. C. UERS OF E'ERT ILIZE R 5, OBTERS OF Laan I%.ifi - RS, & CO., General1Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. d t- sppl his frinds and the public gener