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r. ,8NE 26, 1889. WK FINACIAL 0RTH. Below we publish a table of the to tal value of personal and real proper ty in Clarendon county, for the past thirteen years. It is interesting and worth studying: PERSONAL REAL TOTAL PROP. ESTATE. PROP. POLLS. 1876-77 $1,815,104 2,373 1879-80 1,252 687 2,427 1885-86 1,491,265 2,588 1886-87 $576.175 $1,114,669 1,690.844 3,102 1887-88 615,277 1,134.145 1,749.422 2,670 1888-89 648.340 1,155,795 1,804,135 3,057 In the above table it will be no ticed that the polls in the year 18S7 88 fell off 432. This was caused by reducing the age of paying polls from 60 to 50 years. By taking off Motts township and adding it to Florence county we lost $69,460 in property and 113 polls. The above table shows that the val uation of property in Clarendon coun ty in 1876-77, when the county was wrested from Radical rule, was $10,969 more than it is now, a startling as sertion, but true if figures are correct. It shows that in just three years of Democratic rule the property of the county had depreciated $562,417 in value, and that the polls had increas ed only 54. Then it shows during the follow ing ten years a slow steady appre ciating value of property, until, as we stated above, we have got our prop erty back to nearly its value in the "dark days of Radical misrule." It shows that Clarendon county is one of the poorest and least progress ive counties in the State,-in thirteen years' time the property depreciating $10,699. The above table also includes the railroad property, the present year it being $193,800. Motts township was valued at $69,460. Taking away Motts and adding the railroad prop erty then would make an actual in crease of $124,340 from this source; or in other words this $124,340 will have to be added to the $10,961, mak ing a total deficit, or depreciation of property in, Clarendon county fur thirteen years of Democratic rule, of $135,301. This means that during the past thirteen years the property of Clarendon has depreciated in value, onitting the railroads, nearly 9 per cent. Is there a sane man in the county who believe that this is the tfrueondition of afairs? We have recently published several tables of county statistics, and those who have read them carefully are pretty well posted on county affairs. It is said that figures never lie; may be so, but those figures above handle the truth in an exceedingly careless and reckless manner. They don't even tell a half truth. The very idea of publishing to the world that Clar endon county is worth in all and ev ery kind of property only $i,804,135 is ridiculously absurd and pr-eposter ously untrue. The property of Clar endon is worth at least, at a small val uation, $5,000,000. This is no reck less assertion, as we wvill prove Our county, as it stands, is publish ed to the world as the fifth poorest county in the State, when in fact we -should rank at least among the aver age counties of the State. There must be acause. What is it ? In the first. place we think the County Board of Equalization lar-gely at fault. They say that the best arable land in Clarendon county is worth only $3.50 an acre, and that the poorest is worth $3.00 an acre; they say that un cultivated land, no matter how well timbered, or in what favorable loca tion, is worth for the best only $1.25 an acre, and for the poorest $1.00 an acre. They say that our swamp lands, no matter how well timbered or how' valuable, are worth only twenty cents an acre. -There are farming lands in this county that could not be bought for $50 an acre, and large numbers of Sfarms that could not be bought for $25 an acre. We doubt much if theie is! a farm in the county that could be pur chased at $3 an acre for the arable land. Very little land in this county can be rented for less than $2 an acre a year, though some of it is rented as low as $1 an acre, and much of this land valued by the Equalization Board at $3 or $3.50 an acre, rents! for from $3 to $4 an acre a year. But another view of it. This fixed value of land is a gross injustice to the poor tax payer. There are some lands that are not worth more than one-tenth what other lands are worth. Yet all must be assessed alike. If aj man buys a tract of land at $25 or $40' an acre, and he knows it is worth ev ery dollar of it, yet the Equalization Board will say to him, "That's all right; we will relieve you of just tax stion to the value of 60 or 80 per: Sof your property." Such is a injustice to those tax~ payers who pay on the value of their prop-: erty. Thus, it is evident, two wrongs are done, and no right comes of it. It is not so bad, in value, in per-a sonal property, but in principle the evil is the same. There is the same discrimination. The Board says a horse, and a cow, and a hog are worth somuch, and so much is all it can be~ valued at. We have been reliably told of instances where a man under oath returned his property at what, he conceived to be its just value, and the board would largely cut down its value. However, the injustice done to the true value of property is not so great in personal property as in real property. The ~Board of Equalization have,! according to business principles, an erroneous conception of equalization. Common justice demands that it -should be equalized according to its true value. The man who ownsa farm of 500 acres worth $25 an acre, should pay taxes on $12,500; and an other :aan who owns a farm of 500 acres worth $5 an acre, should pay taxes on $2,500. That is equalization according to business principles. The greatest good at present accom plished by the Equalization Board is to draw their per diem and mileage. One other thing. Town property is not subjected to this equalization (?) process. Town property is returned nsequently, in ualized (?) vafues, y pays about three or mes as much tax as country roperty. Is it ever ight to do evil that good may come of it? Some people think so. If we increase the valuation of' our property, we shall have to pay more State tax and more constitution al two mill school tax; so to avoid paying our just part of these taxes we will falsely represent our wealth to the world. We believe in doing right for the right's sake. If the property of Clar endon county is worth $5,000,000, we believe in saying so to the world. We have written the above in all kindness. We have thought on this subject a long time, and we candidly think there are evils that ought to be .corrected. Possibly we are ourself in error; if so we shall be truly glad to have any one show us wherein the ac tion of our county board in thus un der-estimating the value of property is right, just, and correct. A BRIGtHT FUTURE. Manning has her bank organized, and will be ready for business in two months. Summerton was to have met yesterday to organize a cotton seed oil mill. Manning is feeling around for a canning factory, a cotton seed oil mill, and a steam laundry, each of which we need, and very probably will have in the course of a few months. We have now a large lumber establishment in the town and several others in the county, fitted up with the latest and best improve ments. We have a great many other mills and industries in the town and county. We need co-operation, the electric elbow touch. Our business men and capitalists and those with only a few dollars to spend must all unite, must act together, must cease to be croakers, must lend a helping hand to every worthy enterprise, must not think that every other man is a fiend -incarnate, but with a strong heart, and working on solid and safe business principles, must all act to gether with one long, strong pull, and Clarendon county will rapidly ascend the hill. of progress. Why stand we here idle ? Why hide our talent? Why live selfishly. shut up in our "shells, of little good to ourselves and of less to the commu nity in which we live? Let every one open up his heart. Let friendship and love and charity and confidence and benevolence and square dealing and good will towards all men be the actuating motives of our lives. Let every one determine to make a suc cess of life, or at least an earnest ef fort in that direction. We believe there is a bright future ahead of us. The live business men' that have come among us have infus ed a new spirit in our people. The three new railroads in the western part of the county have roused the" people; the large and magnificent saw mills along the line of the Central Railroad, and the fastest passenger trains in the South,-all these things are arousing our people, and they have determined to be moi e progres sive, and to do more for the upbuild ing of the county. Pinewood, which but a few months ago was a small cross roads store, is growing into a* town, with a lag ma iieturing in-I t lfean will g'ive evidence of' it. Let our farmers be progressive, ob tain improved machinery, cultivate less land and make more onit, rent out judiciously and under their own. supervision their surplus land, and ingke everything on the farm that they can. Let every man and every class of men work together for his own good and that of his neighbor-and a glorious future is undoubtedly ahead of us . Then when everybody, farmer and mechanic and merchant and capital ist, all work together for the general welfare of the county,-then may we expect to see Clarendon, if not takhag! the foremost stand in the sisterhood of counties, at least keeping equal pace in the race of progress. The Theological Seminary at Col-: umbia, S. C., has an endowment of $235,000, yielding an annual income of $13,000; a full faculty, and a fine library of 19,000 volumes. \There are 4,300 ex-Confederate sol diers buried in Oakwood cemetery near Chicago. An association has been formed to erect a monument to their memory. Permission has been given by the secretary of war to erect it., ~ Geo. I. Cunningham, a Radical ex-! mayor of Charleston, has been ap pointed marshal for the district of South Carolina. Ccnningham will probably make a good marshal, much better than some other applicants for the position. It is said he was not an applicant for the position. The governor of Wyoming has just' pardoned a man sentenced to a term of years for a murderous assault, on the condition that if the convict ever drinks another drop of liquor he, shall forfeit his liberty and be sent back to prison. A similar pardon was. granted in Mississippi a few years The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed John Hughson a skilled la borer in the Treasury Department, at a compensation of $720 per annum. Hughson was porter of one of the Pullman cars caught in the flood ati Johnstown, Pa., and it was mainly~ through his heroic efforts that Mrs. E. W. Halford and her daughter were enabled to reach a place of safety in the mountains. His appointment is due to the recommendation of the President's private secretary, Mr. E. W. Halford. Republicans believe in rewarding favors-at the public's ex pense. Isaac F. Bamberg, State Treasurer of South Carolina, died suddenly at his residence in- Columbia last Friday afternoon, just after having partaken of a hearty meal. Mr. Bamberg had been complaining for some time, and had been advised by his physician to! take rest, but he insisted on continu ing at his work. He complained of feeling unwell after eating dinner last Friday, and in a few minutes, before a phiysician could be summoned, he was dead. Heart disease was the im mediate cause of his death. Capt. Bamberg was a patriotic citizen and one of the best and most successful bnsines8 men in t-he State.1 Mr. J. R. Grinstead, Senora, Ky., says: My children have sometimes had boils and other signs of blood impurities, with loss of appetite, etc., at which times I have found Swift's Specific a most successful remedy, in no instance failing to effect a speedy and permanent cure. "Swift's Specific is a great blessing to humanity," says Mr. P. E. Gordon, of 725 Broad street, Nashville, Tenn., "for it cured me of rheumatism of a very bad type, with which I had been troubled for three or four years. S. S. S. cured me after I had exhausted everything else." Mr. Russell Myrick, of the firm of Myrick & Henderson, Fort Smith, Aik., says he wishes to add his testi mony to the thousands which have already been given as to Swift's Spe cific. He says he derived the most signal benefit from its use to cure painful boils and sores resulting from impure blood. When taken for a few days, potash mixtures impair the digestion, take away the appetite, .and dry up the gastric juices which should assist in digesting and assimilating the food. Swift's Specific has just the opposite effect; it improves digestion, brings appetite, and builds up the general health. Williamsburg News. (rmgstree Record.] Miss Sue T. Barr and Miss Annie Ken nedy, of this county, have just graduated, Miss Barr from the Winthrop Training School, and Miss Kennedy from the Colum bia Female College. Rev. James McDowell, will preach in the Williamsburg church Saturday, 29th inst., at eleven o'clock a. is., and Sunday, 30th inst., at same hour, after which communion services will be held. Sam Fulton, a well known colored car penter, fell dead Monday r ternoon. He had been sufferingssometime if heart dis ease, but was working a few minutes before his death. He was a a respectable well-be haved man. Rains have fallen very generally over the county in the past few days, and the farm ers from all sections tell us that the crops are growing rapidly, and that in some places the grass is contesting for the mas tery. Many of the farmers speak very hopefully of the crops, and predict an aver age yield. Rev. W. H. Hodges, a graduate of Wof ford College, arrived here last Saturday. and will preach on the Kingstree circuit during the summer in place of Rev. J. S. Mattison, who has gone to Brazil as a mis sionary. Mr. Hodges filled his first ap pointment at Jackson Chapel last Sunday. Enrron Cowdy Record:- Please allow me space in your columns to inform my friends that the publication in the Lake City Weekly, that two of my children had been lost for two weeks, is altogether erroneous. Please give this a conspicuous place, as the publi cation alluded to above, has caused my friends much unnecessary anxiety. S. T. RussEtt. [Lake City Weeky.] Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd, wife of Mr. S. E. Floyd, died about 1 o'clock last Sunday night. Aged about 36 years. Col. McCutchen's prize acre is certainly fine. It is the very best upland corn we have ever seen. It is now about seven feet high, well bodied blooming. The corn is planted in rows 3 feet by 1 foot. Several estimates have already been made on the probable yield. We believe he will certain ly make 200 bushels. B. B. B. (BOTANI BLOOD BALM.) If you try this remedy you will say as many others have said; -that it is the BzsTr bloodi purifier and tonic. WVrite Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., for book of convi'~ testimony. J. P. Davis, Atlant~. writes: "I considi manently auca. R. R. Sailter, Athens, Ga., says: "B. B. B. cured me of an ulcer that had resisted all other treatment." E. G. Tinsley, Columbiana, Ala., writes: "My mother and sister had ulcerated sore throat and scrofula. B. B. B. cured them." Jacob F. Sponcler, Newnan, Ga., writes: "B. B. B. entirely cured me of rheumatism in my shoulders. I used six bottles." Chas. Rleinhardt, No. 2026 Fountain Street, Baltimore, Md., writes: "I suffered with bleeding pilcs two years, and am glad to say that one bottle of B. B. B. cured me." J. J. Hardy, Tocoa, Ga., writes: "B. B. B. is a quick cure for catarrh. Three bot tles cured me. I had been troubled several yers" A. Spink, Atlanta. Ga., says: "One bottle of B. B. B. c..mpletely cured my child of eczema." W. A. Pepper, Fredonia, Ala., writes: "B. B. B. cured my mother of ulcerated sore throat.'' Cotton Cover for Cotton. Some of the advantages of not us ing jute bagging for baling cotton are stated as follows by a correspondent writing from Boykin's, S. C., to the Charleston News and Courier: I notice that Messrs. F. W. Wage ner & Co. advise the cotton planters to use jute bagging for covering their. cotton, and go on to show the differ ence in the cost, etc., but it will be noticed that they do not mention any thing about the increased demand that would be created for our inferior grade of cotton, which wouild tend to enhance the value of the whole crop. As the world requires about an aver age crop, it is fair to presume that if, we can create a new demand the price would be bettered, and the difference in the cost of the two kinds of bag ging would be more than counter ~ted. It is estimated that it will require about 125,000 bales to cover the pres-I ent crop, which would amount in' round numbers to about $4,000,000 ll of which would be kept at home and give employment to many worthy people. And how are we to know that the prices of jute bagging will not be raised from time to time; for, unless we do something, the "Jute 'rust" may dictate terms and prices bereater as they have done hereto ore. No, sir, it is now or never. If we fail now it will be difficult to do mything in this matter in the future. We now have the sympathies of most people. We are promised $1 per bale more by our Southern factories for alfl :he cotton that they purchase that is~ :overed with cotton, and the rate of insurance will be less, and I do not :hink it unreasonable to expect a re :luction in the "tare," (i. e.,) due al owance for the difference in the weights of the two coverings. Besides the cotton covering will keep the cot ton cleaner, and can be used for other purposes after having been used for oving bales of cotton. I earnestly hope that my brother far mers will continue- in this good work so fairly begun, and which promises so much for their benefit, and thus show that we can pull together when mny party, parties, or "trusts" com bine against us. Parasols in endless variety 2.-c up. Ball's celebrated corsets for .ladies and msses. Complete line of laces. cambric and lawn embroidery. Cambric and lawnfouncing and allovers. EIGHT PRIZES GIVEN AWAY. How the Manuing Times Proposes to Cel ebrate the Fourth of July. Every subscriber to THE MANNING TIES, nec or old, whose subscription is paid to or beyond July 4, 1889, will be given a ticket to THE MANNING TIMEs Fourth of July Grand Gift Distribution. The Distribution will postively be made July 4th. WHO ARE ENTITLED TO TICKETS. Every paid up subscriber to the TIMES will have a chance for one of our elegant prizes. Our old subscribers who never fail to renew promptly and who always pay in advance will be given a ticket;those who for any reason are in arrears, and who pay up 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. oUR EIGHT PETzES. 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, manu factured by the New Home Sewing Machine Company. On exhibition in the MANNING TImEs office. SILVER PLATED CASTER. One beautiful best silver plate five bottle caster,-on exhibition at G. Alexander'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 departmentin the county, and all work warranted. BABY CARRIAGE. A caLopy-top baby carriage.-ori 'exhibi tion at M. 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. iRig 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-day 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 megicines are sold. A selected stock of fineAigars always on hand. AXE. A 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 wH v BE DONE. Five prominent gentlemen from different sections of the county will be requested to give away the prize., in the following man ner: These gentlemen '*l place in one box a number of tickets equal to the number of paid up subscribers, alt-of which tickets will be blank except the e'ght prize tickets. They will then place in another similar box an equal number of tickets, containing the names of the paid up subscribers, one name on each ticket. After the tickets have been carefully ' aced in the boxes, mmittee is satisfied djust. Then the1 o ittle boys about and one will draw from the box containing the names of the paid up subscribers and the other from the box containing the tick ets. The committee will at every drawing (one from each box) inspect the tickets that have been drawn and announce the result. For instance, suppose the little boys have each drawn a ticket from their respective boxes. 'Ihe name drawn by one little boy is Always Loseum, and the ticket drawn by the other is a blank. That means Mr. A.' Loseum has failed to secure a prize. The little boys draw again. The name is Lucky Fellow, and the prize ticket has sewing ma-' chine on it. That means Mr. L. Fellow has secured the sewing machine for his prize. The drawing will thus continue till1 all the prizes have been given away. This plan seems to us as fair as possible, and to have the least objections. Our sub scribers may rest satisfied that everything will be done in fairness. THE HONOR LI1ST. We shall ublish 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. 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 sever al 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 youf have never taken the paper, send us 50 cents, and we will send the paper for four'muonths: n trial. We want three hundred new sub scribers by the 4th of July: will we get them? FOR DYSPEPSIA Use Brown's Iron Bitters. Physicians recommend it. Al1 dealers keep it. $1.00 per bottle. Genuine, has trade-mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. The Chief Reason for the great suecels si Bood's prinaI is found in the fact ta actuanly accomplishes all that is claimed for It. trepared only by C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Ma, Press for Sale. A seven-column Washington hand press, good as new, and guaranteed to have no su perior of the same make, in the State. Will MILLINER Y. I have the largest and finest and most beautiful stock of Millinery in town, and I ask the ladies to inspect it. LADIES' HATS trimmed and untrimmed. Plumes and Tips, beautiful and at remarkably low figures. Artificial Flowers in great variety. A large and beautiful assortment of Ladies' Neckwear, guafanteed to be sold cheaper than any where in the State. Parasols in all styles and shades. Every lady iu vited to see my goods, and get prices. V.C)SE I.sE-VI. FOR THE LADIES. The ladies are especially invited to visit my store, and inspect the many beautiful lines of goods I carry. The selections are novel, and the stock varied to suit every taste. I have all the STANDARD GOODS. Albatross, Worsteds, Ginghams, Seer suckers, Henriettas, Muslins, Sateens, Prints, Novelty Cords, Toile de Nords, En glish Beiges with trimmings to suit, a beau tifuljine of Lace Robes or Flounces, Checked Muslins, Nainsooks, Victoria Lawns, Marseilles, India Lawns, in all the newest shades. Silks with trim mings to match every shade,-but it is use less to attempt to enumerate. Call for what you want. I have a Lot of Carpet on Hand! that I will sell at cost to close out. MOSES LEVI. SHOES & BOOTS. I have a big stock of Boots and Shoes, of all styles and prices. A first class pair of Gentleman's hand-sewed shoes for only $5, cheapest ever of fered in this market. I sell a splendid Gentleman's shoe for $3, in buttons, congress, or lace. Ladies' Shoes and Slippers. I keep in stock all the varieties of Shoes and Slippers for Ladies, Misses, and Children. A large assortment of Slippers of the latest and most beau tiful styles. Shoes for.Beauty! Shoes for Comfort! and all shoes for Wear! MOSES LEVI. ALLEN HUGGINS, D. D. s., CHER AW, S. . 7sVisits Manning every month or two professionally. A. J. BRIGGS, M. D sU3DMIRTO3, S. C. specialist for the cure ot Cancers and Chronic Ulcers. pH Correspondence solicited. J. G. Dn.-rus, M. D. W. M. Baocxzsros, M. D. T\INKI'is & BROCKINiTON, MANNING, S.C office at J. G. Dinkins & Co's drug st Will attend calls at any hour, day or night. WE'VE GOT 'EM I The nicest and most carefully se lected stock of goods ever placed in our store, .and surpassed by no other in the county. Polite and accommo dating clerks will take pleasure in Showing Goods., So be sure to come to Manning to buy your goods, and never fail to vis it the beautiful store of LOUIS LOYNS, MANNING, S. C. Of course it is -impossible in our space to give a complete line of goods, but we mention a few: Mousseline, Albatross. Comnbination Worsteds, Brocatels. Cashmeres. Nuns Veiling, Suitings, Imperial Challie, Madras Batiste. Satines, Cheviots. Linen Chambray, Seersuckers, Plain & Crinkle, Dress Linens, Pants Linens. Figured Batiste, Ginghamis, Fayal Batiste, Printed Pongee, WHITE grOODS, Swiss Flouneing. Swiss Embroidery, Laces. Cheese.-Cloth, OiJ Cloth, Table Damask, Doyies, Linen Towels. Ladies' and Gents' Handcer ehiefs, Ladies'Collars and Cuffs. P A RASOLS. A fine assortment of Silk, Satin, Gingham, and Satine Parasols. Ladies' Gloves and Mitts. Our stock of Notions, Sihoes, Cot-' tonades, Bleached Goods, Corsets, Dress Trimmings. Scrim Nstt, Straw Goods, Millinery, Cretonnes, White Spreads, and Gents' Furnishing Goods is complete. Hardware, Groceries, Furniture, Crockery, Wood-ware-j well we must stop. Just come tol [Louis Loyns's for what you want. LOUIS LOYNS, Big Brick Store, 1uannin. . c e. DLOCKS & WATCHES. Tobacco and Cigar. I offer for sale a large stock of the Seth Thomas Clocks, the best made. The finest Tobacco and Cigars are These will be sold at a small margin always for sale at Moses Levi's. He >f profit. Silver Plated and Glass pastors at a bargain. A makes a specialty in this line, and Lot of Watches, sells at >f the best make, and excellent time Whoesale and Recall. ieepers at low figures. Remember I - ieep in stock every class of goods manufactured. His five cent cigars are the best in MOSES LEVI. town. MOSES LEVI'S GRAND EMPORIUM General Merchandise. It is a conceded fact that I carry the largest stock of general merchandise of any store in the State, and every department of my store is fully supplied with seasonable goods adapted to the demand and needs of the Clarendon trade, and in every department bargains are to be had. I have a BIC STOCK, and must convert it into money, so I am determined to sell. Remember I keep everything one would expect to find in a mammoth general merchan dise establishment. Just ask for what you want, fnd in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred you will find just what you. do want. Remember I buy at the Lowest Cash Figures, ad will not be undersold by any one. That's business. I take this means of thanking my many friends for their kind and liberal patronage in the past, and of assuring them that I shall always be pleased to serve them. MOSES LiEVI,; Corner Boyce and Brooks Sts., 3M&mimg%, B- Ce Harness andSaddles. Hardware, Stoves;: Etc. Large stock of Hardware always I have a full line of goods in this on hand. Cannot be undersold any where on Stoves. The Derby and Southern Girl Stoves are among.the des, Whips, BeJing, etc. All sizes best made. J guarantee my prices lower than can be had in Charleston Belting Always on Hand, or elsewhere at retail. Decorated Toilet Tin Sets, from 2 inches to 14 inches. Anything consisting of pitcher, foot tub, and and everything for sale at . bucket, in all colors and styes, to be sold at bottom figures. MOSES LEVI. MOSES LEVL SECKENDORF & MIDDLETON, Cotton Factors, NAVAL STORES, NO. 1 Central Wharf, CIIAR.ET N S. C. IN SUMTER. A Pact Which No One Can Doubt!I I still continue to cling to my old rules, which has made for me such great success: UNERSEL ALL COMPETITORS, ---AND Never Suffer to be Undersold. ----0 Proper Treatment to All. o. To those having cash, I advise, buy where you can buy cheapest, secure as much for the dollar as you can. Money saved is money made. I carry an enormous stock, of General Merchandise, And I mean what I say, that I sell goods Cheaper rhan any House in Sumter County. Call on me before purchasing. I charge nothing to ex hibit goods. FERDINAND LEVI, SUMhTER, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WH-OLEfsALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Liquors and Cigars, No. 12?1 East. Bay, Chiarleston, S. C. A GREAT STE MV ROCsESPOVaSIOS, ETC. In this department we are daily adding to our already large and com plete stock. Carloads of Bacon, Lard, Hams, Corn, Hay, Bran, Meal, Flour, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Grits, &c.,-all of which will be sold at the lowest market price. The best and choicest Family Groceries on hand, and I guarantee to sell as cheap as can be bought in Charlea ton, with freight added. MOSES LEVI. For the Gentlemen. I am now opening and displaying a large stock of Spring and Summer CLOTHING, Hats, and Furnishing Goods, for Men, Boys, and Children, in all the latest styles, and at bottom figures. SPRING HATS in every style, Straw, Stiff, and Felt. Es pecial attention is invited to my stock of Gents' Neckwear. It is unsurpassed. Buy a Dickeyl It consists of a false bosom shirt front, collars and cuffs to match, and is just what is wanted. To see one is to bu'y it. Costs only a song. A large supply of CELLULOID CUFFS AND COLLARS. A large assortment of beautiful broad. cloth vests, which will be sold at less than cost to close out. A big bargain. - MOSES LEVL Furniture gtoi Furniture sold at just as to prices (and in some cases, for less) can be had in Sumter, Charleston, any where in the State. , COFFINsS, from a small casp to the largest cas ket, always on hand, and sold a. any time, day or night. CLirs, loungee, bedsteads, mattresses, safes, ward robes, bureaus, in fact anything in the FURNITURE LINE. Any style of goods, not on hand, or to suit any special taste, made to or der at shortest notice. H. R. MELDAU, Manager, Opposite Post Office. C.W.KUHLAND, Choice Groceries, Wines, IUiuoirs, Tobacco, Etc. wholesale & Retail Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Slippers, 'TRUNKS, &c. 419 HING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. BIE A~VORmy WOODWORK A1&At EV1% 7sO 28UNIO S sT.LOUIs.MO. FCS. mDALLAs.TEX. w. B. BsowN & Co., Manning, s. C. ATLANTIC10CAST LINE. Northeastein Railroad. GoING s!E AM Al - AM PM *1 35 -93S)LT Florence Ar *4 20*7 55 t 2 29 10 5 Lv KingstreLv 3 10 6 4~ 2 50 115) Lv Lanes Lv 2 50 6828 5 00 1 @)Ar Charl'ton Lv 12 25 4 30 AM PM AM PM Catral Railroad of s.C. Dhted February 11, 1889. sorm ROUND. -Passenger Freight Lv Columala *5 20.yx $7 40 i. Lv Sumtei 6 35PM 9 25 ax Lv Harvin4 6 55 px 10 30 a Lv Mnniig 7 04PM 11 20 a Lv Foresta 7 19PM 12 16PM Ar Lanes 7 42 PM 1 05PM Ar Charleston 9 30P e 500PM NORTI ROUND. Passenger Freight Lv Charleston *7 30 AMx Lv Lanes - 9 15?ix 240 PM Lv Foreston 9 39 M 3 25PMx Lv Manniyg 9 56AM 4 10PM Lv Harvirs 10 06AM 4 30PM Ar Sumter 10&)0 .M 6 30PM Ar Columbia 11 55A i 9 00PM !Passengers trains that connect with freight. Wilmington C0|uublt I Augusit Rairsad. May 12th, 1889. GolNG WasT GOING RIST PM IPM -AM PM *25 *10 10 Lv Wilnagtn Ar *835 *15 9 38 *12 40Lv E,.rion Lv 5 20'-8 59 10 30 * 1 20 Ar Florence Lv 4 35 *815a 3 20 t 9 20 Lv Floren~ce Ar 115 t 750 4 40 t10O28 Ar Sumter Lvl1158 t 6 37 4 40 *10 33 Lv Sumter Ari1158-6 32 6 15 -1 55 Ar Colum ILv 1035 2 AM AM M P eDaily. t Daily except Sunday. :Trains on Florence R R leaves Pee Dee daily exdept Sunday 515 p x, arrive Bow land 7 3r a' . Rtetorning leave Bowlanld 7 00A a arrive Pee Dee 10 i M. Train on Manchjester &r Augusta BBleasS Sumter jaily except Sunday 10 35 A 1l arrive PineWOd 11 40 A M. Reunn aePn wood 01PM ,&arive Samfter12SP A..Gen'l Mang'r Gen-1 Sup't FOn' erl Passenger Agent.