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Published Every Wednesday. S. A. NETTLES, EDrron AND PROPRIETOR. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADvEm'?'sioG Ai cr. Terms: SUB5cRTO RAT s.-One copy, one year, $1.50; one copy, six months, 75 cents one copy, three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. ADvERTIsING RATES.-One square, first in sertion. $1 00; each subsequentinsertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise ments. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. CoeiruxxcmTxos must be accompanied by the real na-ue 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, September 4, 1889. Your Name in Print. -Mr. C. H. Pack, of Kershaw, is in town on a visit. -Miss Eliza Bell has been quite sick for several days. -Mr. Champe Strange, of Wilsons, is clerking for Mr. Loyns. -Mrs. Dr. L. W. Nettles, of Foreston, spent yesterday in town. -Miss Anna Lesesne, of Greeleyville, is visiting at Mr. S. A. Rigby's. --Mr. N. A. Hall made a short trip last week to his old home in Florence. -Miss Addie Auld, of Sumter, has re turned home after a visit to friends in the county. -Misses Nonie Harvin and Janie Mc Dowell left this morning for the Sumter Institute. -Mr. Joseph S. Nettles, of Summerville, left yesterday for his home, after a week's visit to relatives in town. ----Miss Daisy Bagnal left last Saturday morning for Bishopville, where she will teach school the coming year. --Miss Marie Graves, of Virginia, the music and art teacher of the Manning Acad emy, arrived in town last Saturday. -Mr. J. E. Scott, after an illness of two weeks, is well again. He and his family will spend a month visiting friends in the Fork section. -Mr. J. W. McLeod returned last week from a two weeks' visit to Virginia. His sister-in-law, Miss Lucie Boyd, of Charles ton, W. Va., returned with him. Caterpillars are appearing in sev eral parts of the county. Young cot ton will be considerably damaged. 10 pounds best granulated sugar for $1 cash, at M. Levi's. Deputy Sheriff John Harvin has re signed his position, and has accepted a situation as salesman with . Ka lisky. We have nearly four columns of new advertisements this week. They will all be found togethe n the op posite page. We were in Sumter last week,. and were much pleased with the business outlook of that place. Itis decidedly on the upward move. If you want a first class, jim dandy, guar anteed $3.00 pair of shoes for just $2.00, you can get them at M. Kahsky's. The piece of property on Santee, advertised1 by the Master of Orange burg county, was the only public sale in this county last Monday. -Be sure to visit Moses Levi's store, and get his low prices, and you will do your trading there. He sells remarkably cheap for cash. On account of recent changes in the mail schedule, it is probable the Trms will hereafter be published Wednesday afternoon, instead of Tuesday night. Turnip Seed, all Varieties, in Bulk or Packages at Dinkins & Co.'s Drug Store. Capt. D. J. Bradham organized Trinity Alliance, in the Fork section, last Fr-iday. John S. Cole, president; J. A. Davis, vice president; 3. H. Tindal, secretary. Highest New York prices paid for all kinds of furs and hides (otter, fox, coon, mink) at M. Kalisky's. The contract for rebuilding the Plowdens mill bridge has been award ed to Mr. Brunson Davis for $40. Commissioners Hobbs and Way awarded the contract. 3 cakes excellent laundry soap for only 5 cents cash, at Mf. Levi's. Abram Wright was last Monday adjudged a lunatic, and was carried to the asylum Tuesday, by Sheriff Lesesne and Deputy A. S. Briggs. Wright is a very old negro from Sum merton. Big lot of pants for only 75 cents, a great bargain, at Mf. Kay's. Florence has about completed her -new county jail, and is building a ihandsome court house. These build ings, both of them, are magnificent structures of their kind, and Florence will have as good a court house and jail as is in the State. -3 cakes laundry soap at Mf. Levi's for 5 cents. Best granulated suga only 10 cents. Other goods proiport-atey cheap, at Mf. Levi's. Great bargains for the cash. Mr. C. M., Mason, of Foreston, is a young man, full of vim, energy, and enterprise, and proposes to draw trade to his store. He will make it to the advantage of the people to buy from him. In another column his advertisement will be found, and we bespeak for him a very liberal patronage. Patronize- home, for in helping home you help yourself. Best rice for only 10 cents a quart. 2 bars soap, each weighing 14 oz., for only 5 cents. At Mf. Kaliskys. Mr. J. H. T. Coulliette, of Panbla, advertises in another column to sell buggies and wagons at very low fig ures. Mr. Coulliette is well known in this county, and his guarantee that a buggy or wagen is all right is all any citizen of the county would ask in buying a vehicle. We advise our readers to correspond with or to see Mr. Co'ulliette before buying. $33 for a new buggy is certainly cheap. Golden Machine Oil for Gins and Mills, best quality, lowest price, for sale at Din Jins & Co.'s drug store. The people of this county are very familiar with the name of T. C. Scaffe, of Sumter, dealer in stoves, etc. We has been doing business in Sumter for a long time, and always endeavors to please his customers in quality and price of goods. He is at the old stand, with a splendid stock of goods in his line, and he solicits a share of Claren don's trade. Don't fail to call at his store in Sumter. He has such an ex cellent stock on hand, that if you go, and even don't expect to buy, you will see so many things you need and must have, that you will make a pur zhas before leaving. Lookout, Sweet Heart! I respectfully announce to the public of Maming and Clarendon, that from now on I will always keep on hand a fine line of French candies such as chocolate and all kinds of crystalized drops, fruit, pineapple, almonds, vanilla, &c., -only fine French candies will be kept, no cheap candies. Very truly, GUSTAVE ALEXANDER. Next door to Brown & Co.'s drug store. All our merchants are very busy opening their new goods. The first fresh fish of the season was in market this morning. Manning is improving. The sound of the hammer is heard on every side. The Manning Guards will be in spected by Gen. Bonham, Thursday, Sep. 26th. Manning sub-alliance will meet at old Fellowship church next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Capt. Bradham will organize a sub alliance at St. Marks, next Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock. Messrs. Hall and Hammell will in a few days open up a private telegraph line from the depot to Lowry's store. Cotton is beginning to come in briskly, but the crop is nearly two weeks late. It is selling at very good prices now. L. W. Folsom, of Sumter, has one of the most attractive jewelry stores in the State. He has a very large stock of everything usually kept in his line, in fact, he says he has over bought himself, and he wishes to re duce his stock. He will, therefore, sell anything in his line at the very lowest figures possible. Mr. Folsom, too, is reliable, and customers may rest satisfied that he is honest in what he says. When in Sumter be sure to visit his store. One of the largest, handsomest, and most attractve stores in Sumter is the hardware store of R. W. DuRant & Son, who have just moved from the old quarters because of want of room. They now occupy one of the largest stores in the place, and have their goods both upstairs and downstairs. Every thing is neatly and systemat ically arranged in the store, and it presents a very attractive appearance. What all have they got? We could easier tell you what they haven't got. Anything and everything having any resemblance to any class of goods kept in a hardware store is here. Thie firm is an old one, well known to our people, and deserving of their patronage. Watch for the change in their advertisement next week, which will give you a small idea of the dif ferent goods they keep. D. M. Bradham asks us to say to the pub lic that he is now ready for ginning. His outfit is complete and equal to any in the county. He will take cotton from the wagon and put back seed and the bale at his own expense. He will not allow any competing gins to undergin him in prices. Moses Levi, the prince merchant of this whole section, returned last week from the North, where he pur chased an immense stock of fall and winter goods. He says he intends to keep the Clarendon trade, and will offer such inducements, such low prices, that he will get the trade. Mr. Levi's goods are daily coming in by the carload, his freight bill alone each day amounting to nearly a hundred dollars. He keeps in stock ever ything. Be sure to call early and see his goods: they will be sold low down. He is offering some great bargains, and will continue to offer bargains during the season. He says he pro poses to sell goods regardless of cost. But he must have the cash for these bargains; don't ask him for any credit on them, as in -most cases they will be sold at actual cost. It is almost useless for us to waste space in directing attention to the ad vertisement of Bultman Bros. They have been in business so long, and have done such excellent and sub stantial work, that the name alone is a guarantee of the goods. We will, however, relate a true thing about them. In the year 1867 a prominent gentleman in the Brewington section had Bultman to make him a pair of boots. These boots lasted that gen teman for seventeen years, when he sold - them for six dollars, and got Bultman to make him another pair, which he is still wearing. The gen tleman himself told us, four or five years ago, about this pair of boots, and in mentioning it last week to Mr. Bultman as a remarkable occur rence, he did not seem to so consider it, but took it as a matter of course. His work cannot be surpassed. Turnip Seed, at Dinkins & Co.'s. Sumter is a growing, lively, boom ing, progressive town, full of young life and energy. One of the best and most substantial houses of that city is Ithe firm of Durant & Belitzer, dealers in furniture. They have just opened a .lre furniture store, and have it stocked on the first and second floors with an immense stock of furniture ranging from the cheapest to the most costly. It is a treat just to walk through their mammoth establish ment and see their fine line of beauti ful goods. One thing especially will strike the eye of the visitor as he en ters the store. In one of the front windows is a beautiful rosewood par lor suit finished in silk plash, one of the most handsome suits of furni ture we ever saw. It is valued at one hundred dollars, and is to be given away. Every person who buys fur niture from the store, to the amount tof ten dollars or more, will get a tick et for each ten dollars worth bought. Then there will be a prize drawing, and the lucky ticket holder will get this magnificent suit of furniture. Be sure to see this suit of furniture when in Sumter. It is a beauty. > ALong Wanted Necessity. M.GsaeAlexander, our popular jew er and optician, has at great expense, pro. ured an optometer, or eye tester, with which he can readily determine what is the matter with your eye, and can tell whether the use of glasses is nec essary or not. Many persons are buy ing glasses from any dealer, and think as long as they can see through them they fit, but this is a very great mistake. A glass onyfit for awhile, and not properly fitted, must soon ruin your eyesight, which is priceless to any one. If you want a pair of glasses properly fit ted go at once. to Mr. G. Alexander, who will examine your eyes free of charge, and will fit you with the proper glasses at very low prices. I keep spectacles and eyeglass es in stock from 15 cents up, in gold, silver, and steel frames. it don't matter whether you desire to get glasses or not any person can come and hae their eyes teste4free of chiarge. Respectfully, GUSTAVE ALEXANDER, Jeweler and Optician. Next door to Brown & Co.'s drug store, lnning S. (. OUR SALUTATORY. SSUMTER, S. C., Sep. 2, 1889. I have bought this particular space in the MANiso Toaxrs, and for the next few months will to this extent enter the field of journalism, but in the outset I wish to state to the public that my principal aim and end will be the advance ment of my interests in Sumter. I have one of the best and most carefully se lected stocks of goods ever brought to this mar ket, and I will make it to the interest of my Clarendon friends to purchase their goods from me. I will not be undersold, and will give special bargains in al most every line. My stock of general mer chandise is varied, and I am confident I can sup ply almost everything you need, and at better prices than you can ob tain elsewhere. I will pay highest cash prices for cotton. Watch this space ev ery week, and notice closely the bargains I will offer you. FERDINAND LEVI. Summerton News. SumarnTro, Sept. 2.-Upward and onward is the watch-word here now. Everything is lively. Business is brisk. More goods in Summerton than ever before, and amazingly cheap. We will have two or three cotton buy ers here this fall. Lots are being sold occasionally. Mr. J..B. Holladay's little boy, Wil lie, after jumping off a loaded wagon, was run over by same, and had his right leg and left collar bone broken. He is getting along better than was at first expected. Mr. Archie Boschette, while "foolin" with an "empty" pistol, accidentally shot a "cuffie," Tawden Jackson, in the back of head. His skull was so hard that the ball was "flattened as a flitter," ranging upward, and his skin being so thick and tough it failed to come out but for the timely assistance of Drs. Briggs and Badger. Mr. Oates preached his farewell ser :non to the Presbyterians last night. He ill very soon return to his Theological seminary. Immediately after the enediction, the choir very beautiful y sang "God with you till we meet Rev. Peterson Burgess is on a visit o his father's family; he preached a ood sermon before the communion ervice yesterday. We had an interview in Charleston on last Friday with the railroad king, Co1. Barkley. He says that he is go ing to build a railroad from Manning irect through Summerton to connect with the Eutawville road. Hurrah for Summerton! Cotton picking is going on pretty ively. The cotton worms do not ,eem to be making much head-way. Miss Daisy Carson and her brother Dukes are visiting Miss Abbie Dukes. .C. ITHE VERDICT UNANIMIOUS. W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., tes ifies: "I can recommend Electric Bitters s the very best remedy. Every bottle sold as given relief in every case. One man ook six bottles, and was cured of rheuma ism of 10 years' standing." Abraham [are, Druggist, Bellville, "Ohio, affirms. "The best selling medicine I have ever andled in my 20 years' experience, is Elec ric Bitters." Thousands of others have dded their testimony, so that the verdict s unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure ll diseases of: the Liver, Kidneys, or Blood. nly a half dollar a bottle at Dinkins & o.'s Drug Store. Foreston News. FoRisuoN, Sept. 2.-Nice weather for fodder pulling and cotton picking, and farmers are taking advantage of it. Our merchants, too, are very busy pening up their fall stocks, and pre paring to fill their branch houses. One bale of new cotton has been shipped from this place by Mr. J. C. Boswell to G. A. Norwood & Co. A game of base 4all was played ere on Tuesday last between the Santee and home clubs, but was so poor we decline to give the score; sffice it to say Foreston was, as us al, ahead. Another game was play ed on Saturday afternoon between Broad Branch and Foreston's second nine, in which the latter were "done for." A colored alliance with fifteen mem bers was organized here on Saturday last with Rev. F. W. Lively as presi dent. There is considerable disapproba tion on the part of the colored people of this town at the appointment of B. Brock as postmaster. Some h.ave gone so far as to say they will not patronize him, and I hear the newly organized alliance have passed reso lutions to that effect. The very sad intelligence of the death of Mr. W. C. Conyersof Gains ville, Florida, has just reached the. family of his late fatheir, Capt. S. E. Conyers, of this place. Mr. Conyers was a young man of great promise, just in the prime of manhood, being 30 years old. He was to have been maried in a very short time to the! dauhlter of one of the most promi nent physicians of his town. F. A GOOD APPETITE Isi essential to good health; but at this sea-. son it is often lost, owing to the poverty or! impurity of the blood, derangement of the digetire organs, and the weakening efieet ofj the changing season. Hood's Sarsaparilla is1 wnderful for creating an appetite, toning the digestion. an4 giving strength to the whole system. Now is the time to take it. A Confederate Reunion in Western North Carolina. WY ESVILLE, N. C., August 30th, 1889.-Editor Manning Tine: I will supplement my letter of the 17th in stant, with some items which may not be without interest to some of your readers. Some time ago, the surviving sol diers of the Confederacy living in Haywood county, decided to have a reunion, opening on the 28th and ending on the 30th of this month; to this proposed re-union the surviving soldiers of the other counties of Western North Carolina were invited. Accordingly, Waynesville, for some days past, has been the scene of con siderable animation, caused by the arrival within and near its limits, of so many veterans of the late war, and of others coming as friends of the veterans, and spectators. A part of the program for the occa sion, was that the survivors of the several commands attending, should go into camp about one mile south west of this place, but the heavy and incessant rain preceding and on the 28th, allowed of only a partial accom plishment of this plan, and many of the soldiers were quartered in the town, a considerable body however going into camp, which was located on a grass-covered elevated plain around which meanders Richland Creek, a clear and cool mountain stream. Owing to the rains mentioned the main exercises of the reunion took place on yesterday at the camp, when there were present about fourteen hundred surviving soldiers of the Confederate army and about thirty five hundred spectators among whom were included the mothers, wives, daughters, and other relatives of the veterans. In the forenoon, after some prelim inary remarks, prayer, and a speech of welcome, addresses were made by Genl. Chrigonan, Hon. R. B. Vance known as "Bob Vance"-and others; these speeches I did not hear, but in fer from what I heard of them, that they were worthy of the distinguished orators who delivered them. Dinner was next in order; three very long tables held a bountiful sup ply of substantial edibles, besides all the spectators were supplied with private baskets, from which dinners were laid on every side upon the reen sward and under sheds to suit the convenience of family groups and their invited guests: to this meal, it is needless to say, full justice was done, and Western North Carolina open handedness was fully illustrated by the bountiful supply of food. In the afternoon the ceremonies were opened by the presentation by Ex-Solicitor Ferguson of several vet erans of No. Ca. regiments, who had been conspicuously brave in battle, winding up with the introduction of the flag-bearer of the 39th regiment, bearing its tattered banner; torn by bullets and begrimed and powder stained by the -smoke and dust of many a battle, this old memorial of the existence of the Confederacy and the valor of the soldiers who fought uder it, was an object of great inter et and admiration, and evoked the odest cheers and huzzas of the oc ~asion: this flag was saved by being aken from its staff by its bearer, Folded up and put in his knapsack and as replaced by a new one shortly efore the surrender. Father Ryan's beautiful poem, "The onquered Banner," was then recited y Mr. Ferguson of this place, after hich His Excellency D. G. Fowle he present Governor of this State, was introduced and made what was nown as the memorial address of the >casion. The Governor spoke at ome length, and his address; taken as whole, was full of fire and eloquence nd commanded close attention. Next in order, came Ex-Governor farvis, whose address though rather ong for the occasion, was fully up to the expectations of his listeners: it vas full of patriotism, and stirring comiums on the valor of the North arolina troops in the late unpleasant ness, and the Ex-Governor carried his State pride so far as to say: that these survivors should be called "North Car olina soldiers," instead of "Confeder ate soldiers." The distinguished speaker showed that he was an ar dent lover of North Carolina, and ad mirer of that part which her troops took in fighting the. battles of the onfederacy, he himsef having been crippled in his right arm by a wound received in one of these battles. The speakr said that when, some time back, he went as minister of the United States to Brazil, and explained to the Emperor of that country, why, in saluting the latter, he offered his left, instead of his right hand, the Emperor was over-joyed to meet him nd throwing his arms around the minister, embraced him, thus showing is gladness to meet a genuine soldier of the Confederacy.. The next speakers following in the order named, were Judges Davis, Avery and Shepard, associate judges of the North Carolina Supreme Court: these three last named speakers, spoke eloquently and to the point; of course, cannot even give a summary of their respective speeches, and will on Ly add that I am inclined to be more pleased with the short speech of Judge Shepard; but it is simple justice to say all three of the speakers did credit to the great State of which they are such distinguished officials. Major W. W. Stringfield, a surviv ing officer of the Army of Tennessee, but for many years past, a citizen of Haywood county, introduced the spakers in the afternoon, and was, also, chief marshal of the occasion; and I was struck with the great good order preserved among the largest mber of persons who have ever as sembled in this part of North Caroli na: from the mountains, hill-sides, plains and valleys of Graham, Chero kee, Macon, Jackson, Swain, Hay wood and Buncombe, the men and women came by the hundred and were assembled about the grounds: every type of the Westei n North Carolina citizen was here represented, yet the services of policeman or constable were not required to enforce good order; good humor prevailed and good behavilor was an assured fact. I noted with interest, the appear ances of different types of individuals gathered on t'he camp-ground: here one could see the stalwart and straight form, coal black hair and piercing eyes of the Indian, or the grey headed mountaineer grasning the long barrel of his rifle of aule bellum days, with mod:; sportsman feels when handling his splendid breech-loader; here the mountain maid in her picturesque dress, accompanied by her ruddy cheeked swain, and the belle of the valleys and plains, decked in more fashionable array, mingled together, and here also were a good sprinkling of stylishly habited ladies whose ad vantages for culture and refinement had been of superior character; here were the well off and well dressed farmers and men who tilled the soil, either by their employees or with their own hands, the day-laborers, clergymen, doctors, mill men, miners, professional politicians, and, lastly, a few dudes; but the vast majority of this assemblage were good respectable and respected citizens of Western North Carolina. By way of digres sion, just here, let me say: in my opinion, a North Carolina dude, is more insufferable than one of the So. Ca. genu.s, and in a contest, would "take the cake" for dudeishness. On the occasion of this reunion, the undemonstrative character of these mountain people showed itself; though several popular and favorite speakers, delivered addresses which, in our State, under similar circumstances, would have evoked storms of applause, here, the enthusiasm was of a mild character, and the applause so faint as to make it seem proper to have given none. The mountaineers however, with exceptions, are, by nature, a stoical race,'reserved and slow to express an opinion; nevertheless they can be de pended upon to act with promptness when occasion requires, and they evinced, under all circumstances, a degree of shrewdness, good judgment and intelligence, incomprehensible to the outsider. The old veterans which assembled here, are evidently the survivors of a heroic band of soldiers, and the younger men, guests of the survivors, are no less devoted to the honor and welfare of the State. Among the noticeable characters present, was the chief of the Chero kee tribe of Indians in this State; he is not only physically fine looking, but is really a well educated, refined and high toned man, is looked up to by the tribe as their father and adviser, and promulgates the rules and regu lations for their government. This chief, whose name is Smith, married a white woman, and I am informed, on good authority, that he and his family are much respected by the good white people who know them. The meeting of these veterans, was an occasion in their lives, never to be forgotten; I witnessed the meeting to gether of many of them who had not met for twenty-fve years; this morn ing there was a general breaking up, and the larger part of them separated to return to their homes. A large number of the old soldiers went their several ways by private conveyance, though a very large contingent came here on the cars. Just before the west bound train, which was to carry off a large body of the veterans this morning, left the depot, the old flag of which I have spoken, was unfurled by its gallant bearer, and as the folds of the old emblem of the lost cause floated in the breeze, the heads of all the men, both outsiders and veterans, were uncovered in honor of the flag, and while the band played Dixie, amid the cheers and waving of handkerchiefs of the outsiders, and the tears and audible sobs of the brave men who once followed that flag, many of whom had just said good-bye to old comrades for the last time, the train moved away. As an actor in the great drama freshly revived by these scenes, my heart went out to the brave rep resentatives of the departed glory of our Confederacy. I had the honor of being one of the invited guests at the reunion, and my name was enrolled as such. There were many incidents con nected with the event which I have hastily described, that I would like to mention, as they would be of interest to every survivor of the late war, no matter what State he may belong to, but the great length to which this let ter has grown, admonishes me that I have trespassed already too long on the patience of your readers, I will however add an item which may inter est other survivors and that is this: the men of one of the companies, Co. "F." 69th No. Ca., claim that it was the last company in Confederate service, east of the Mississippi, which laid down its arms: that its surrender took place on the 9th day of May 1865, its muster roll showing, on that day, three commissioned and thirty non-commissioned officers and pri--I vates. I was shown the original articles of agreement governing the surrender of this company and they bear the date mentioned, at Webster, in the county of Jackson. R. THE BEST ADVERTISING. The most effcient advertising in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla is that which comes from the medicine itself. That is, those who are cured by it, speak to friends suffer ing similarly, who in turn derive bene fit and urge others to try this successful medicine. Thus the circle of its popularity is rapidly widening from this cause alone, and more and more are becoming enthusi astic in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla as it actually demonstrates its absolute merit. All that is asked for Hood's Sarsaparilla is that it be given a fair trial. If you need a good blood purifier, or building up medi cine, try Hood's Sarsaparilla. 0. and O.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. ABSOLUTELY PURE.. A MOsT DELICIOUs BEVERAGE. TRY IT. rou will nevr us ay other. Qality sover varli. It is the HIG~rsr GanD LEAP, picked from the beat plantations and guaranteed absolutely pure and free from all adulterations or coioring iatter. The packages are hermetically sealed and warranted full weight. It Is more econ omcal in use than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd., Bead Office, 35 Buring 8Hip, New York. S. A. RTGBY, _______ Manning, S. C. Buy fresh turnip seed fr'omi Dr., Panola's Prosperity. Pao., Sept. 2.-Fortune is smil ing on Panola. There is no neighbor hood in Clarendon whose future looks more flattering, or whose prospects of speedy and lasling prosperity look more promising. For some time I have promised to write something agreeable for the TmIEs. Your read ers are always kept so full of good things my pen almost fails. I fear too much may be distasteful, an over dose of anything proves nauseating. We have had repetition after repeti tion of oil mills, railroads, gin houses, new towns. Everything has been written, read and reread, until a stran ger might think these wihereabouts abound with scenery equal to none except London. We have been gorged till our appetites are full. Not so with Panola. What next? Well the Alli ance; war to the bitter end on jute. Messrs. Trust and Company are on trial for their lives. Is this all? no. The farmers are wide awake on other kindred matters. It has already been said politics is the moving cause; far from it. But suppose this to be the case. Must farmers have no politics ? Must they continue to be the dupes of every and any monopoly who would squeeze the life's blood from the poor farmer? I have been shown some items bought on a lien that would move to tears a small devil, yet the seller has no conscience in the matter. This is all right enough, but the farm er commits an unpardonable offence when he lifts his voice against extor tion or cries out against an evil which is daily sapping the life's blood from some of the best people who cultivate the soil. I do not suppose an Alliance man would wage war or oppose any profession simply for political gain. This is not the spirit or intention of the order. But there is one thing I do know, if true to themselves, true to a supreme being, TEKEL will be found written on the wall. Some of these very extortioners' countenances will change, their knees will be made to smite one against the other. The, Farmers' Alliance is a perfect sine gua non. I have during the past month seen many crops, and think I am in a po sition to judge impartially of both cotton and corn. The continued rainy spell gave a tremendous weed, such has been scarcely known before to the most experienced planter, low lands a signal failure, up lands will scarcely give two-thirds of a crop. Much money will be lost this year to the farmers. There are exceptions where cotton lands are well drained. The corn crop is the best we have seen for years. This is only so where corn has been well worked. The saw and the hammer give no uncertain sound. Lost time, short crops must be remedied, new stores are to go up everywhere. Our farm ers will have to keep bonfires illumi nating their fields from the clutches of the seed cotton buyer. Little crops, road shops, and catch pennies are a mania. The disease has become so contagious that everybody wants to be a merchant, and the situation really looks as if Paniola and its suburbs will become a solid town. But when the worms get through their invasion they will have but little left. I can not see that they will do much hurt. Old cotton will not be injure~ at all, for its fruitage is ripe to the h- .vest; young cotton will be damaged e rially. My attention has been directed. the public roads, bridgesa &,.liefel [ can e-ive credit to overse~ers in this| part of the county. They deserve the praise of the community. They are men of grit, and are much concerned for the public travel. Where there is work needed they do not hesitate to do it, and we hope to have them merit the wvell done of every good citizen. If you want good roads get good overseers. Our section revels with pine knot res; at night you are reminded of a standing army. Mosquitoes are mas ters of the situation; we long to see the day when they must shoulder their knapsacks with their chief gen erals to call a truce. I will leave to-day for Plowden's mills, Fork of Black River; Wednes day the 4th for Pocotaligo to take in reunion of Company H. 5 S. C. Cav alry. Every item of interest will be noted; will the editor be pleased to get them ? [Of course.] TOM. Absolutely Pure. MONEY TO LEND! On five years time on IMPROVED FARMS CLARENDON COUNTY, In sums from $300 TO $600000. Attorney at Law. Manning, S. C., April :3, 1889. MONEY TO LEND. T HE ATLANTA TRIST AND BANKING ..Conmpany will mke loanson impove farmsi on easy terims. For partienlara aip ply to LUUIS APPElLTI. July 9th, 1889. Stallion ~'illie Burke." T HE THOROUGHBRiED STALLION AWillie~ Burke" having just returned -~rem .dn will srand at nenla. Mrs.A Keeps always 'MANNINC a full supply, and FAMILY AND F. Bread, Cake,C I always give a full 100 cent MRS. A. Beulah on a Boom. BETHLEHEM, FLORENCE Co., Aug. 30. Mr. Editor: Although we are in an other county, and much against our will, we read the Manning papers with pleasure, and take great interest in the welfare of old Clarendon, as we congratulate ourselves in having many true and tried friends within her bounds. Long may she prosper! The candidates for election in Flor ence county had their meeting at Beulah according to announcement on the 20th inst. Everything passed off amicably, although it was feared that there would be a "war of words" between Mr. L. S. Bigham and some of the candidates who want to be re elected. This was the first visit of a good many of them to this section of country, and they expressed them selves as being agreeably disappointed in the looks of the country, as also in the manners, habits, &c., of the in habitants. They were under the im pression that Beulah was situated in a mere frog-pond, and that its quiet denizens were serenaded at night by the frogs, and lulled to gentle slum ber by the soothing and melodious tones of that much talked about and much felt insect, the mosquito. It was a happy circumstance that delayed their visit a few weeks, or they might have been tempted to exclaim in re gard td the mosquitoes, that "the half had not been told." They were also under the impression that the social status of this favored corner of civilization was only a few degrees above barbarism. They were most agreeably surprised however to meet with so much intelligence and hospi tality, and could speak from personal. experience, that. they had been most kindly entertained during their short stay. Our future town of Beulah is mak ing slow but sure progress, as will be seen when I tell you that there will soon be two stores in full blast. Messrs. Baker & Floyd own one, and Mr. Q. J. Joyner, an enterprising young merchant, has built and will soon have his store well stocked with general merchandise. We can then boast of two stores, one steam saw and grist mill and gin, one church, an academy, postoffice, and four or five residences in sight of the church. Now who will say that Beulah is not on a boom, and that she may at no distant day aspire to the honors of a village? A railroad is the only thing we need now to connect us with the outside world,-one leading from Lake City to Lynchburg would materially ad vance our - prospects in the direction of the proposed village.. Corn and potato crops are fine. Cotton is injured by ~omuch rain, only a two-thirds crop ,.ipated. Mr. Robert Langston long an 'i~n dence of r~ther, .Jamies . Langot, on the 25th inst., and his -e ains were interred at Bethel Bap tist church on the day following. VIENNA. rhe Chief leason for the great sueem l lood's Sarsapar~la is found In the fact that M~erit Wins. It Is the best blood parifner and actually accomplishes aU that 1s claimed for 13. lzspared Only by c. L E004? Co. co-weli EMm JOSEPH F. RHAME, A TTORNEY AT L AW, MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Atlorney andl Counselor at Law, MANNING, S. C. A. LEVI, AT TORNEY A T L AW, MANNING, S. C. p!! Notary Public with seal. F. N. WLSON, AGENT EQUITA BLE LIFE AS.SURAXCE SOCIATY,. -MANNING. S. C. 0ALL4EN HUGGINS, D. D. S., CIIERA AW, S. (. ;s~-Visits Manning every month or two professionally. F, N. Wr.sos, J. M. SPAIss, Manning, .C Sumter, S. C. 'wISON & SPANN, Insurance Agents. Represe.nt tor Clarendon County the fol lowing Fire Insurance Companies: WESTERN ASSURANCE CO., of Canada, HAMBURG.BREMEN INS, CO., of Germany, HIBERNIA INS, CO., of New Orleans, COMMERCIALINS. CO., of Montgomery, Ala. BOLLMANN BRQTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 15'7 and 169, East Bay, CH ARLESTON, S. C. MannIng Shaving Parlor. HAIR (UTTING ARTIsTICALLY EXECUTED. andi Shiavinig donet with best Razors. Spec. al attention paid to shankpooing ladies I have hid considerable experienne in sevral large eit ies, andi gnarantee sadisfac tion. to iuy custoiuers. Parlor next ..oor to \liDs ?IAMILTO. Edwards on hand at the I BAKERY, choice assortment, of LNCY GROCERIES, andy, Fruit, Etc. s worth of goods for the Dollar. EDW ARDS, Manning, S. C. MACHINERY FOR SALE! To The People of Clarendon: I am the Agent for the Cel ebrated REVOLVING HEAD PRATT GIN, LIDDELL & Co.'s Engines and Boilers. -:0: I am sole agent in this county for the BOSS COTTON PRESS. -:0: Corn Mills, Pulleys, Shaft. ing, etc. -:0: W. All this machinery is - direct from the factory and will be sold at the Factory's Lowest Cash Prices. It will be to the advantage of purchasers to call on me before buying. W. SCOTT HARVIN, Manning, S. C J. G. DINKINS, M. D. E. B. LORYEA. JI 6. Dinlins & Co., Druggists and Pharmacists, DEALERS Li PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY, FINE CIGARS AND . TOBACCO. Full stock of PArrs, Oas, Gass VaExzsS and Warm LEAD, aly.: PAINT and WIrrEWASH Basr An elegant stock of SPECTACLES and EYE GLASSES. No charge made for fitting the eye. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded, day or night. J. G. Dinkins & C., Sign of the Golden Mortar, MA:NNING, S. C. [GEo. E. TOAI.E. HEmar OwE.-3 Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Mantels, Grates, etc. Scroll Work, Turning and Inside Finish. Builder's Hard ware, and General Building MateriaI.n OFFICE AND SALESROOMS. 10 and 12 Hayne Street, BEAR CHARLESTON HOTEL, Charleston, S. C. All Work Guaranteed. pi!Write for estimates. ~ HowiuD FLEM1ING. Jxo. H. DEVEWEI, Jr New York. Charleston, s. 0. FLEEING &DE VEREUXZ --IMPORTERS OF English Portland Comst, Lime, Plaster, Hair, &c. 276 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Write for our special prices on full or mixed car load lots. STATE OF SOUTH CAROINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON, BY LoinS APPEI.T, ESQ., Probate Judge. WHEREAS. ELIZABETH H. lBOAD her letters of administration of the estate of and effects of G. W. BROADWAY; These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said G. W. BROADWAY, de ceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Man ning, S. C., on the 12th day of September next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any-~bey have, why the said administration shoue ot be Given under my hand, this 20th day of Agst Anno Domini, 188 PPET. - Judge of Prcbate, 0.0. Max G. Bryant, Jhs. M. LELAND, South Carolina. New York. Girand Central Hotel. -BRYANT & LELAND, PnoPRIErons. Columbia, South Carolina. IThe grand Central is the largest and best kept hotel in Columbia, located in the EX ACT BUSINENS CENTER OF TH E CITY, where all Street Car Lines pass the door, and its MENU Uis not excelled by any in the