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THE MANNING TIMES Published Ecery Wednesday. S, A. NETTLES, EDITOR AND PnoprE'oR. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADVERTISING AGEr. Terms: SVBscRIPTION rlATE.-One copy, one year, 1.50; one copy, six months, 7a 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 1:espect charged for as regular advertise ments. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Comtrcx'roNs must be accompanied b3 the real naie and address of the writer ir order to receive attention. No communi cation of a personal character will be pub lished except as an advertisement. For f'irther information address S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. C. Wednesday, October 16, 1889. We Publish all Public Ad~tisomnt The MIANING TIMES publishes each and every public advertisement of Clarendon county. All these advertisements, except sheriff's sales, ar1 published in full and di rect from the offices. The sheriffs sales will be published sufficiently full for our readers to be kept posted. Our readers may rest satisfied that the TIMEs will get there ev ery time. Your Name in Print. -Mr. W. E. Dinkins has matriculated at the Charleston Medical College. --Mr. J. A. Burgess, of Mayesville, has been on a short visit to Manning. -Miss Lou.Huggins left Saturday night for a visit to friends at Greeleyville. -Di. Geo. Allen Huggins is in town, and will remain two weeks on professional busi ness. The guard house is seldom vacant now. The Knights of Pythias meet to morrow (Thursday) night at 8 o'clock. Hereafter Dr. White will visit Man ning Monday and Tuesday of each week. Those in need of dental work will take due notice. Mr. S. J. Bowman has accepted a position in the county treasurer's of fice, and started out on a tax collect ing tour last Tuesday. Maj. Land, of Foreston, has sold a number of sheep to some Panola gen tlemen. A four-horse wagon load of them passed through town last Thurs day. We see it stated that Mr. J. C. Lan ham has resigned the postmastership of Santee postoffice. We didn't know there was such a post office in the State. Mr. G. T. Parris, of Darlington, and Miss Hattie Boswell, of Claren don, were married by Rev. 3. S. Por ter, Sep. 25th, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J. C. Boswell. Cyrus Brunson, a colored road de faulter of Santee township, was tried last Monday before Trial Justice Ben bow, and sentenced to ten days in jail or to pay a fine of $5. He went to jail. As a solution to the question why so many negroes of this county are going crazy, it is suggested that it is the quality of the whiskey they drink. Wonder if there isn't much truth ii this solution. 10 pounds best granulated sugar for S1 cash, at M. Levi's. The ladies of the Methodist church will du'ring court week open an eating room, and furnish -dinner and sup per. They desire to raise enough money to make some necessary re :pairs on the Methodist parsonage. Granulated sugar 10 cents per pound at Mr. W. K. Bell returned last Friday -from his trip to Tennessee. He-says the price of horses is much higher than heretofore, horses selling in Ten nessee now for what they have beer selling at in this place. Crops he found very fine. Turnip Seed, all Varieties, in Bulk o2 Packages at Dinkins & Co.'s Drug Store. We learn that about two weeks agc a difficulty occurred near Summerton, in which it is saii that H. L. Slawsoz cowhided 3. H. King for circulating slanderous reports about a sister ol Mr. Slawson. Mr. King is said to have taken out a warrant against Mi-. Slaw son-for assault and battery. Three machines for sale at the MA.xxr Thns office at figures too low actually to b. made public. Each machine first class anc guaranteed.. The Summerton and Foreston Ma. sonic lodges have been invited tc unite with St. Peters Lodge of Man -ning, Thursday, Oct. 24th, at 11 -o'clock A. iu., for the purpose of lay. ing the corner stone of the. ne'w school building in this place, the Manning Collegiate Institute. Gov John Peter Richardson has accepted an invitation to deliver an address or Be sure to visit Moses Levi's store, and gel his low prices, and you wilt do your trading there. He sells remarkably cheap for cash A sample copy of this issue of th( Tnus is sent free to about two hun dired persons, with the hope that eaci one will send us by return mail $1.50 and receive the Tnzrs regularly foi the next twelve months. We want fist hundred new subscribers, and we think we will get them. Every sub scriber whose subscription is paid t< or bey ond Sep. 1, 1890, gets a ticke to our Grand Gift Distribution. Mor than 25 prizes will be given away. 3 cakes laundry soap lat M. -Levi's for. cents. Best granulated sugar only 10 cents Other goods proportionatelf -cheap, at Md Levi's. Great bargains for the cash. A board containing sixty-four squari inches (eight inches square) may b so cut and then put back togethe that it will contain sixty-five squari inches, the new dimensions being fivy by thirteen inches. The square boar< has to be cut into four pieces. Thi is a fact, no catch about it, but w, cannot understand it. Having onc cut up the board into the four piece it can be put together in the form c a square containing sixty-four squar inches, or in the form of a rectan gle containing sixty-five squar inches. We can show any one hos it is done, but we can't explain it. ] any one can do so, we would be plea! ed to have him do it. Court convenes the last Monday in this month, the 28th. Turnip Seed, at Dinkins & Co.'s. But candidly now, don't you thine the Tnxs is a fair specimen of a good newspaper? The trestle work on the Eutawvilk Railroad across Pocotaligo swamp has been finished. Snow slake crackers, fancy tea crackers fresh lemons at M. Kalisky's. E. E. Fleming, one of the oldest in habitants of Foreston, died last Sun day of cancer of the stomach. For Sale. A buggy in good conditior for $25. J. D. Alsbrook. A poor man will work hard to make a dollar, and then spend it for whis key that will not only do him no good but a positive injury. The MA.VGa Tnsrs second Grand Gift Distribution is Nov. 28th. No postponement. At least twenty-five valuable prizes given away. The free common schools of this county will open the first Monday in November, except in such school dis tricts as desire to open later. All persons who have claims against the county should present them to the county commissioners be fore the first Tuesday in November. Fresh arrival of flour from Western mills at M. Kalisky's. Every old subscriber who pays for this paper to or beyond Sep. 1, 1890, will be entitled to a ticket to our Grand Gift Distribution, which will take place Nov. 28th. We want ev ery subscriber to have a ticket. All new subscribers who pay to or beyond Sep. 1, 1890, will also get a ticket for the Distribution. Mr. J. H. T. Coulliette, of Panola, is doing a large business, and has fa cilities for doing anything in his line, manufacturing and repairing buggies, wagons, and such work. He has a well won reputation of being a first class workman and should be liberal ly patronized. He is manufacturers' agent for buggies and wagons, which he offers to sell at lowest ffgures. 3 cakes excellent laundry soap for only 5 cents cash, at M. Levi's. Mr. W. I. Lowry, a prominent mer chant of Summerville, died suddenly at his home last Wednesday. Mr. Lowry was a brother of our fellow citizen H. A. Lowry. A telegram was received by Mr. H. A. Lowry Wednesday morning, informing him of the serious illness of of his brother, and he left by the first train for Sum merville, but before getting there his brother died. Mr. Lowry leaves a wife and nine children. Golden Machine Oil for Gins and Mills best quality, lowest price, for sale at Din, kins & Co.'s drug store. The Manning Guards are making an effort to get their members inter ested in the company's welfare, and have decided to open a reading room at their armory. This is a good step and one that we hope will succeed. The citizens of the town will contrib ute liberally towards this object, and we hope the reading room will in ev ery respect prove a success. Let ev ery member of the Manning Guards take new interest in his company. The mule advertised last week in the Times as stolen from John Boyd was found in Kingstree. A gentle man in Kingstree, as soon as he read the advertisement in the Tnnrs, wrote us saying he had taken up the mule for trespassing on his place. We gave the information to Boyd, who by first train left for Kingstree, where he found his mule and saddle. He thinks that Dick Myers, who recently escaped from the Manning jail, took his mule just to ride him that night, and having gotten to Kingstree turned him loose. The County Treasurer will to-mor row, Oct. 17, be at Harvins to collect taxes; at Jordan Saturday Oct. 19; at Brunsons Cross Roads Monday Oct. 21; at David Levi's store Tues day Oct. 22; at Summerton Wednes day Oct. 23; at D. W. Brailsford's store Thursday Oct. 24; at Hodges Cross Roads Friday Oct. 25; and at Fulton Saturday Oct. 26. He will be in his office all of court week, and ersons wishing to pay taxes at that time can do so. He will then the fol lowing week go to Salem, after which he will be in his office regularly. Highest New York prices paid for all kinds of fars and hides (otter, fox, coon, mink) at M. Kalisky's. Most of the persons who applied at the last examination for certificates to tahin the free common schools ol this county do not appear to have been sufficiently prepared for the ex amination, as more than seventy-five per cent. of them failed to get any~ kind of a certificate, and only one out of seventeen applicants got a firsi grade certificate. If persons wish tc teach they should first qualify them selves for the work, for an incompe tent teacher is totally unfit to teach a school A poor teacher is worse that no teacher. Now, we do not know who are the parties that failed to gel certificates, but we would kindly sug. gest that they go back to their books study hard, and try again next time Failure this time may be the means o: arousing their energies, and making No. work has yet been done towardE repairing the jail. It is too bad t< have the old jail in the condition it is Lights of glass are broken out, the wind and rain can beat in, and the bedding is very poor. Besides the jail is considered insecure. Reliable contractors offered to do the worn jnecessary to make the jail secdre ani comfortable for sixty dollars. Anoth er party offered to do the work foi $48. The commissioners naturally gave the job to the lowest bidder but we would suggest that the lasi bidder be required to give bond foi the completion of the work at once or else it be given to a responsibl< contractor. The work ought to be done at once, and we hope it will be It is a reflection on the whole counti to have the jail in the condition it is when $60 will do all the necessary re pairs, and furthermore there is $6( e ash in the treasury applicable foi this very work. Then the blanket in the jail are in fact nothing bu some cheap cotton goods. One good heavy wool blanket would not cost great deal more, and would be wortl ten times as much. The jail is no ordinarily intended as a place of pun. ishment, certainly not of cruel punish ment, but as a place of safety, ani f:the "powers that be" should see tha -the inmates of the jail are not subject 1 Two hundred and fifteen bunches of fish were sold in town last Saturday. Cotton sold in Manning yesterday for 9.70; in Charleston it was quoted at 9 7-8. Market on a decline. A small tenemental house belong ing to Mr. A. WVeiuberg was burned last night. It was not occupied. Ex-Gov. John L. Mann ing has been dangerously ill at his residence in Camden, but is reported to be im proving. Sixty-eight tickets were sold last! Sunday from this place to Harvins. A, colored campmeeting drew the crowd. Mr. F. C. Thomas is expected every day with his carload of horses, but as yet he has not arrived. He will prob ably be here to-morrow. Chas. J. Laurey has been arrested in Charleston for stealing letters and packages from the postoffice street boxes. He confessed to the crime. Another alliance was organized last week at Sandy Grove. D. I. Burgess, president; V. T. Kennedy, vice presi I dent; and W. D. McFaddin, secretary. $18 cash will buy a beautiful new Singer sewing machine, with all the latest attachments and improvements. A bargain. For sale at the Tnxs office. Capt. Bradham requests us to say that he will meet with the Jordan Al liance next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to explain the unwritten work. During the present year two very handsome monuments have been erected in the Manning cemetery: one to Capt. R. A. Chandler, and the other to Dr. H. H. Huggins. We shall next week add several more prizes to our Grand Gift Distri bution, among which will be two sub scriptions to that excellent paper, the Charleston Weekly New.e. Our full list of prizes is not yet made out, but will be before the distribution takes place. We expect to have more than twenty-five prizes, the number prom ised. The board of examiners have com pleted their examination of the pa pers of the seventeen applicants who applied for teacher's certificates, with the following result: Thirteen failed to get any certificate at all. Misses Callie McFaddin and Ollie A. Lide received third grade certificates. Lemuel W. Platt, colored, received a third grade certificate; and I. H. Hil ton, colored, received a first grade certificate. A meeting of the young people was held on last Tuesday -evening at the residence of Mr. J. T. Stukes for the purpose of organizing a club of a lit erary and social nature. Mr. J. M. Knight presided, and Miss Marie Graves acted as secretary. A com mittee, consisting of Messrs. I. -I. Bagnal, W. C. Davis, and Miss Lucie Barron, was appointed to draft a con stitution and by-laws, and to report at the next meeting, which is to be held at the same place on next Monday evening. The young people who have not yet signified their intention of be coming connected with the organiza tion are earnestly requested to be present at that time. A society of this character is very much needed in our town, and those who do not join are, it seems to us, standing in their own light. Miss Mary S. Nettles. ' Died, at the home of. Rev. A. Net ties, of this place, Mary S. Nettles, his only sister. Miss Nettles was born in Summerville, Aug. 11, 1803. The burial will take place in the Manning cemetery at 4.30 i'. M. of this day (Wednesday). Since girlhood Miss Nettles had been a member of the Methodist Church, and the Saviour of heryouth did "not leave or forsake" when old age and in firmity came. She saw many sum mers pass, many harvests end, br6th ers and sisters were stricken by the grim messenger; she lived her "three score years and ten," but at last, when well-nigh weary of waiting, the sum mons came. Quietly, even as a child, did she "fall asleep." In her coffined home she looks like one who has wrapped the drapery of her couch about her and lain down~ to pleasant.dreams. To the bereaved ones we extend our sin cere sympathy. A Fnmx>. Manning, S. C., Oct. 16, 1889. Tom Pearson Shot and Killed by Edward Scott. Last Thursday afternoon about three o'clock Edward Scott shot and killed Tom Pearson, both colored. The night before in Wolkoviskie's bar room a difficulty occurred between them about some foul language used by Pearson, and resulted in Pearson's striking Scott twice with a slung shot, hitting him first on the left cheek bone, about an inch from the tem ple, and the second time on the mouth. Pearson was arrested and put in the guard house where he staid till the next day. It is said that each party was using threats against the other: Pearson that he intended killing Scott as soon as he got out of the guard! house; and Scott, that if they turned Pearson out of the guard house he wnul haxejo kill im. Scott went all about towntalking about having1 to kill Pearson, and bought buck shot and loaded several shells to be pre-1 pared. About ten minutes before the killing Scott was at the post office to get his mail when Pearson came up. rdely jostled him aside, and when Scott remonstrated with him cursed him in a foul manner. Scott then at tempted to shoot him, but Dr. Pack, who was standing by, caught the gun and prevented it. Scott remarked that he reckoned he w ould have to kill that nigger yet. Pearson went off making use of some remark about* what Scott had said, and told. him to wait till he came back. In a few minutes he returned. Scott was still at the post office, sitting on the! piazza, wvhen Pearson returned with both hands in his pockets. Scott .savs he saw a razor in one hand. When he got about eight feet from Scott, Scott fired one barrel of his double barrel breech loading gun at Pearson, striking him just above and in the stomach. Immediately he fired the othr arelas Pearson was falling, striking him in the back about half way between the hip and the shoulder. The two barrels were tired as close to gether as possible. Pearson was kill ed almost instantly, and in falling jerked his hands out of his pocket having in the right one a razor. Scott. made no effort to escape, but at once surrndered himself to Polieman King, and was put in the guara house till after the verdict of the coroner's jury, when he was transferred to the jail where he now is. The body of Pearson lay on the sidewalk, as it fell, from a little before three o'clock till about sunset. A great many persons caime to see it. About sunset the coroner succeeded in impaneling a jury, and held an inquest, the verdict being that Pearson came to his death from a gunshot wound at the hands of Ed ward Scott. The cause of the difficulty is not known, probably never will be, but it is thought that Pearson was jealous of Scott, believing that Scott was too intimate with his (Pearson's) wife. Scott, however, denies this charge, claiming not to have even seen Pear son's wife for several months. Pearson's body was taken charge of by a secret society of which he was a member, and was carried to Simter Friday for burial. * The colored people generally are against Scott for this killing, and while he was in the guard house Thursday afternoon a detachment of the Manning Guards was stationed around the guard house to prevent any possible attempts . against Scott. No demonstrations of any kind were made, however, and all seemed desir ous of letting the laws of the land prevail. This is the second homicide in the bistory of Manning. The first was the killing of a Yankee soldier by a Confederate soldier during the late war, and hppened not far from the Presbyterian church. F. Levi Quotes a Few Prices. The Fall season is here, cotton is coming into market rapidly. Good crops have been made, and all will have more or less money to spend. I am paying the very highest cash prices for cotton, and selling my goods at the very lowest rock bottom cash figures. Be sure then when in Sumter to call at my store. It will be decidedly to your inter est to do so. In our Black Goods Department we quote Double Width Cash mere at 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 75, and $1.00. All good value for the money. All Wool Henriettas .at 40, 50, 75, and $1.00. All Wool Cashmeres, double width, in colors, 25, 35, 50, 75, and $1.00. Single Width Mohair Goods, in Stripes, Plaids, and Solids, at 12 1-2, 15, 20, and 25. cents. .gham in great va riety of patterns at 8 cents. Etoile de Nord, 12 1-2 cents. Imported Ginghams, 20 cents. Satines at .10, 12 1-2, 15, and 20 cents. Percales at 12 1-2 cents. Full lines of Corsets, from 35 cents to $1.50. Warner's Coraline Corsets $1.00. Warner's Health Corsets $1.25. ~Whatever you want, you can get at FERDINAND LEVI'S, Sumter, S. C. A Card from Trial Justice Benbow. MANNING, S. C., Oct. 14th, 1889. Mn. EDiton:-Do me the justice to state in your next issue, the reason assigned by me for not issuing a war rant of arrest against Hurst at the instance of Smith, you having been fully informed at the time, and your condensed statement is calculated to mislead the public and thereby injure me as an ofilcer. It is very important in writing out such items of news to be particular in presenting all of the facts, so the public (before whose tribunal we are summoned to appear) maay be enabled thereby to reach a fair, honest, and just conclusion. As any withholding of any part connected therewith has a tendency to influence prejudiced minds against an officer however pure and honest his intention may have been, as the world is prone to believe eil and not good. Believing that it was not your intention to injure any one by withholding the potent reason actuating and governing me in this instauce, I trust you will give this card publicity. Truly yours, P. G. BENBow, Trial Justice. [We certainly never publish any thing in our paper to injure any one. Our idea of a newspaper is to publish news as we find it. MIaj. Benbow told us he wouild not issue a warrant against Hurst, because in thd first ~lac the negro, Smith, who wanted to swear out the warrant, was too drunk; and in the second place because the Sherif1' was not in town, and it was too late in the day anyway to hold a preliminary. Smith was drinking we believe. but we also believe he was sober enough to knowv what he was doing. The sequel shows, however, thM3aj. Benbow acted wisely, as had the wvarrant been issued it is probable it would have been compromised all the same.-_dito Tnrrs.J Foreston News. FORESToN, Oct. 15.-Mr. E. E. Flemming, one of the oldest settlers of this town, died at his home here on Sunday last at 5 o'clock P. M., of gen era: debility, old age, &c. Services were held in all the churches on Sunday morning. We attended the Baptist church and lis tened to an excellent sermon from the text, "Now are ye co-laborers with Christ." At the afternoon service the subject was Christ the way, the way to knowledge, the way to life, the way to God and heaven: bow? in his person as human and as divine. Quite an interesting case will be heard in the Trial Justice court this evening at 1 o'clock. The parties will be represented by Messrs Barron and Ihame of your town. Mr. Robt. J. Oliver, of Johnston Station, Ga., arrived here on yester day, for a visit to his relatives here. There is no news of interest. Rath er dull at present; but Christmas is coming. F. Panola News. P.AXoL, Oct. 14.-Edzlor Times: Your very excellent issue of the past week is full of good reading matter. We are all delighted. Your outside I think the best we have ever had. If you continue to improve, the Tnmrs must and will rank as one of the best newspapers published. Your grand drawing for November is working life and interest more than ever for the paper-not for the prizes alone in themselves, but it shows sacrifice for the welfare of its county and affords a hopeful outlook for her interest. If its present Editor continues this rout ine of labor of love for his adopted county, it is predicted he will stand foremost in this class of journalism. In your issue of the 3rd you gaye. "Tom" a hard nut to crack. I was hoisted by my own petard, got severe ly wounded. My report of the gala day charged the Editor prematurely. Well, so much for my ignorance. The sequel of the whole is it afforded some amusement at my expense for your readers. How it was possible.not to see a man of your size, six feet per pendicular, can only be accounted for in one way: Mrs. Editor was on the ground. As a general thing I can say there is vim and business throughout the Panola section. There is avast stride towards future development. Im provements can be noticed on almost any farm; new buildings, new enter prises are looming up continually. There is no hampering our people. Pncenix like they are getting above the common average. Therd is hope still left us if our legislature will give us the Farmers' College, wipe out the lien law, make our free school system more efficient, levy a tax sufficient to wipe out the old county debt, abolish some of the needless county offices that could ef fectually and easily be dispensed with, and remodel our State constitution more in accordance with Democratic principles. The old county debt is a standing shame. Why should not Clarendon be free ? A few mills will kill the whole thing, and no tax payer will feel it. It would be a proud day in deed for the citizens and property holders to realize that the last cent of bonded indebtedness is forever oblit erated, that those who hold county claims can be assured that their gov ernment claims stand upon a cash basis. Let this be done and done at once. Let the people discuss these matters and write about them. Tt is the duty of the press to bring this matter prominently before the tax payers. Let us have no more bonded indebtedness or discount of claims. Cotton, cotton. Summerton is on a boom, 10c. for cotton. Goods as cheap as the cheapest. But what shall I say for Rosin Hill? It's on a boom too. Cotton sells there for 10c. Mr. Rl. F. Milligan has just come in from the city, cheerful and as bright as an owl He promises to pay as much for cotton as Manning or Summerton. Things are getting lively between these two cities. Then, there is Pa nola's big merchant watching their movements, openly and defiantly laughing in his sleeve, disputing every inch of ground. Capt. J. P. Brock is a live business man, full of energy, who believes competition is the life of trade. When Capt. Wilson taps Panola Brockton will become the ban ner town. A fine academy, one of the most desirable and delightful commu nities to live, where everybody thinks and acts for himself. It is needless to tell of its beautiful fair sex, its hand some, robust old bachelors. But or ange blossoms are beginning already to bloom, and ere Christmas such a union of hearts and hands we will re joice to tell. Mr. John M. Brailsford has just completed his handsome residence. This and Col. J. 0. Brock's fine man sion, both new buildings, are near to gether and exhibit great beauty in taste and locality. Capt. J. P. Brock and A. P. Brock have purchased the cane mills, boil ers, and fixtures of Mr. J. H. T. Coul liette, and are ready to boil syrup for the community. Another mill accident occurred at Rosin Hill to-day. Nothing serious except a scalp wound of the engineer, and the running away of Miss Dilla patue's horse hitched to a buggy near by, breaking both shafts. Mr. J. M. Richardson has lately purchased a large herd of sheep which he adds to his farm. He is a lover of fine stock, having raised some as pret ty colts as you will see on the best stock farms. His plantations are well worth inspection, especially Farming dale. He is the largest and most suc cessful planter at Panola, and being an interesting, entertaining talker you are seldom at a loss in his company. I am encroaching upon the time and patience of your -printer, henee I must find a stopping place. There are so many good things to write, but my pencil has wvandered beyond due bounds. Tomr. Threee new sewing machines just received at this office, direct from the manufacturers, and must be sold at once. Full set of attachments and latest improvements. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Sold below Alliance prices. If you want a first class sew ing machine call at the Turas office, and be astonished at the low price. Buy your rent and supply liens, bills of sale, and other law blanks at the Maxmxa TnM~s office. Lowest prices. A Few of the PriZes We Will Give Away to Paid-up Sub scribers, NOVEEMBER 28, 1889. Who Will Get Tickets. Every subscriber to THE AINa G TIMES, NEW or OLD, whose subscription is paid up to or beyond September 1, 1890, will De given a ticket to the Manning Times Grand Gift Distribution, which will positively b.e made Thursday, NOVEMBER 28, 1889. If in arrears pay up all back indebted ness and to Sep. 1, 1890, and get a ticket; if paid in advance, but not as much as to Sep. 1, 1890, pay us the difference and geta ticket; if not a subscriber, make haste to subscribe at once, pay us $1.50 and get a ticket. 1-4 $18.50 IN GOLD, DIVIDED INTO FOUR PRIZES. $10 in Gold. $5 in Gold. $2.50 in Gold. $1 in Gold. 5 SEWING MACHINE. A first-class Sewing Machine, with latest improvements and attachments. 6 COOKING STOVE. A large No. 7 Cooking Stove, on exhibi bition at H. A. Lowry's Cash Store. This stove is from the reliable and popular house of I. Campbell, of Charleston, who sell all kinds of stoves, and at the lowest possible prices. They sell this stove for only $10. Mr. Lowry is agent for this house, and will be pleased to quote the very lowest cash prices. In fact you can get a stove from Mr. Lowry at exactly the same price you would pay Mr. Campbell in Charleston. Call and see this stove. 7 LARGE ROCKING CHAIR. A large, comfortable Rocking Chair, on exhibition in Sumter, at DuRant & Belit er's mammoth furniture store, the place to see and buy the best furniture at the lowest figures. This firm also has a $100 magnifi cent set of rosewood furniture, plush finish, that they will give away to some lucky cus tomer of theirs. 8 OIL PAINTING. A magnificent Oil Painting, a beautiful landscape, in a heayy gold frame size 30x36, on exhibition near Summerton, at David Levi's store, the largest store in all that sec tion of the country, and Mr. Levi says that he intends not only to hold his present cus tomers, but to gain many new ones, his prices are so low. 9 KEROSENE STOVE. A Kerosene Cooking Stove, one of the handiest things about a house, for the sick room or for lunch, On exhibition in For eston, at C. Mason's store, who sells any and everything one may need, and sells cheap too. Mr. Mason says he will not be undersold by any one in the county. 10 PICTURE FRAME . A beautiful plash Photograph Fraiite cabinet size, on exhibition in Foreston, at Dr. Nettles's drug store, where not only a complete assortment of drugs and medicines and toilet articles are kept, but also a large line of fancy goods, stationery, cigars, etc. I I SADDLE. -A fine Leather Saddle, on exhibition in Sumter, at Ferdinand Levi's store, where not only saddles, bridles, and harness may be bought, but everything else in the shape of groceries, dry goods, etc., and everybody knows that Ferdinand Levi will not be un dersold. 12 SILVER BUTTER DISH. A beautiful Silver Butter Dish, on exhibi tion in Sumter, at L. W. Folsom's popular jewelry store, where a most beautiful and serviceable line of silver goods may be found, and all sold as cheap as can be. 13-16 FINE TOILET SOAP. DIVIDED INTo FouR RIzzs. Four Boxes Cold Cream and Glycerine Toilet Soap, for four prizes, on exhibition at the reliable and popular drug store of 3. G. Dinkins & Co., who keep only the best and purest toilet articles. Their drugs and medicines are carefully compounded and handled. 17 TOILET SET. A beautiful Toilet Set of three pieces, pitcher, foot tub, and slop bucket, on ex hibition at M. Levi's mammoth mercantile establishment. Mr. Levi has the largest re tail store in the State, keeps every kind and class of goods, and will not under any cir emstances be undersold. How it Will be Done. Five prominent gentlemen from different sections of the county will be requested to giv away the prizes in the following man ner, which is exactly the same plan used at our last Grand Gift Distributioa the 4th of last July: These gentlemen will place in one box a number of tickets equal to the number of subscribers who have paid up to Sep. 1, 1890, all of which tickets will be blank ex cept the 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 inspected and placed in the boxes, they will be thor oughly shaken up and mixed together, un til the committee is satisfied that everything is fair and just. Then the drawing will begin. Two little boys about four or five years old will be blindfolded, and one will draw from the box containing the uinus of the paid up subscribers and the other from the box containing the tickets. TIhe com mittee will at every drawing (one from each box) inspect thet tickets that have been drawn and announce the result. For in stance, suppose the little boys have each drawn a ticket from their respective boxes. The name drawn by one little boy is Always Loseum, and the ticket drawn by the other isa blank. That means Mr. A. Loseumn has failed to secure a prize. The little boys draw again. Tfhe name is Lucky Fellow, and the p~rize ticket has $10 in gold on it. That means Mr. L. Fellow has secured the $10 in gold for his prize. The drawing will thus continue till all the prizes have been given away. Thiis plan seems to us as fair as possible, and to have the least objections. Our sub scribers may rest satisfied that everything Good Night. How tenderly and sweetly falls the gentle "good-night" into loving hearts as members of a family separate and retire for the night. What myriads of hasty words and thoughtless acts, engendered in the hurry and business ci the day, are forever blotted out by its bengn influence. Small token, indeed, but it is the little courtesies that make up the sum of a happy home. It is only the little courtesies that can so beautifully round off the square corners in the homes of the laboring men and women. The sim ple "I thank you," for a favor receiv ed, will fill with happiness the heart of the giver. True wealth is not es timated by dollars and cents, but by the gratitude and the affection of the heart. If a home be happy, it is of heaven the truest symbol. If a home be happy, whether the owner posses ses a patch of ground or a thousand acres, they who live there are indeed wealthy beyond mathematical calcu lations. Then how much more lov ingly are the sable folds of night gathered around the happy home. How much more confidently do its members repose their weary body in the care of Divine Goodness, smooth ing their over-taxed minds to the liv ing realities of beautiful dreamland. MANNING'S BOOM. Moses Levi Determined That the People Shall not Complain of High Prices Goods Sold Actually Below Cost-Com petition Defied. Listen to a few prices, and then I defy any one to undersell me. Com petition will be met from any and every quarter. Six yards Bagging and six Ties for only 90 cents. Bacon from 5 to 8 cents. Brown S. S. Homespun, 4 3-4 cents. Brown R. R. Homespun, 5 3-4 cents. Rockingham Plaids, 5 cents. Straw hats, a great variety, must be sold, value 50 cents to $1, for only 25 cents. No store can undersell me. MOSES LEVI. Cracks in Pretty Women's Lips. Early in the autumn the winds cause fissures or cracks in the lips, that are not only extremely unpleas ant to look upon, but are exquisitely painful, and by touching them with your tongue you intensify the pain very much. Go to the drug shop and get there an old remedy, so old that it has the charm of novelty. It re joices in an overpowering Latin name, but when you ask the druggist for it in English say you want citron cream; apply this with your fingers, or a soft linen cloth, and the cooling and heal ing result that will follow will con vince you that even in medicine some times old things are best.-N. . Sun. TO DISPEL COLDS, Headaches, and fevers, to cleanse the sys temn effectually, yet gently, whben costive or bilious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual con stipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs. Bearing Each Other's Burden. For every living sothe e is work to do, effort to make, sorrow to alleviate. No day in the short time allotted to us here should pass without some at tempt, however feeble, to lessen the load of suffering pressing so unequal ly on the lives of those around us. All can do some little, and if each soul that has suffered would take a share in removing or lessening the burden of another, life would be oth er than it is. An old wiiter beauti fully says: "All can give a smile." How few value a smile as they should, yet who does not know the brightness which some faces bring whenever they appear. The smile of kindly recognition, the acknowledgement of existing suffering, the free masonry of endurance, all are conveyed by a glance, and none can tell how often the effort to be cheerful has helped a weaker sufferer to endure. rECUJLIAR . In combination, proportion, and preparation of its ingredients. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures where other preparations entirely fail. Pe culiar in its good name at home, which is a "tower of strength abroad," peculiar in the phenomenal sales it has attamned, Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most suecessul medicine for purifying the blood, giving strength, and creating an appetite. A Texas Tragedy. S.ax ATrONIo, TE~x., Oct. 14.--David Mnicia and his son Alphonze, who conducted a ranch nine miles wvest of here, became involved in a desperate fight on Friday during which the son killed his father and received what are believed to be fatalwounds. Alphonze was discovered by some school chil dren bleeding and almost dead. The body of his father was found a short distance away, being cut in a score of places. Alphonze is under arrest. How to Make Money. Having had samples of cotton from other gins comn pared with those from ours by competent judges, we can now assure our patrons at least 1-4 cent per pound more for their cotton than any other gin in the State. We would like those who will not patronize us to come around and see how much better their neighbors get their cot ton ginued than they do. If they can show us any fault in our work we will be glad to know it. It will be. to the interest of any one to see us before ginning else where, as wve are offering special inducements for this and next month; also will pay more for cotton seed than any one else, or will ex change the meal for them. Come and see us. [For the Masnso TIMES.] Education. Of all the privileges which it has pleased Providence to bestow upon us, there is not one to be valued so highly as education. It is a compan ion of which no misfortune can de prive us, no climate destroy, no enemy: alienate or despotism enslave; at home a friend, abroad an introduc tion, in society an ornament. It cor rects vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage. What is. this wondrous world, his residence ? A. mighty maze, and all without a plan; a dark, desolate, dreary cavern,. with. out wealth, ornament, or order. But light up in it the torch of knowledge, how wondrous the transif, tion! The seasons change, the land-,' scape lives, earth unfolds its fruits, the ocean rolls on in its magnificence, the heavens display their constellated-. canopy, and the grand animated spec. tacle of nature rises, elevated, before him, its vanities regulated, its mys-' teries solved. The phenomena which bewilders, prejudices which debase, the superstitions which enslave,-aU vanish before education. If man but follow its precepts pure ly, it will not only lead him to victo= ries in this world, but open the very portals of heaven for his admission. BAPWA, Fell In a Boiler of Sorghum. RursmoRDTo, N. C., Oct. 15. Walter File, the five-year-old son off= Walter L. File, fell in a boiler of hot sorghum, and was scalded to death.: Snake Meat Diet. . [ChatUanooga Tmes.] J. C. Hawley, a stocky, grim visaged old veteran who saw the lion's share of the war, passing through the lir rors of Andersonville, tells a g story of a Tennessee prisoner who he met there. Meat was exceedingl scarce in the pen, and Hawley sa be was surprised to see the lank Tennessee mountaineer dressings full of very fine meat. "Hello, Jim, where'd ye get it?" "Caught it in the branch." "Turtle ?" * "No, snake!" "My God, man! going to snake ?" "Yes, I've tasted purty much ev kind o' game in my time, 'ce snake, and as grub is a little round here gist now I reckon it's as good a time as I'll ever git to some uv it." ont wllea e Mop ecndc than frth ai ~da nd Nobe but in cseto I whe e i tees f an ScholwDstrit apumfer Fre ubli SchoCs. OFFIE PUBLI CS CHOOLS OmTH Clrn county , will od h itMu da November, but inMingse forte tehofiny schoollaimsri herefer noin petthei slatero thyare day, lit thi d so. P. G. EBOW, chlekB CCmrsie. -C. J.1 G. ntinsCony OPURE DRUG AND~Y oszozs PERFYG S.mR, OcTA1TIONE8RY Full soard of oPtCmrsrs ons f CParsrnd couTEy, willUhldEit Nebe,189ant stock o foh po ofhearm orfting alcam thea~ hoigsch ians rerebytionscaefull copr ontedmeo day night. osL Byirde of Bh oardenrr PANNINB, C . G. WrNN, . . SP BAjm i nn 0 . DC.k.nS&e,.C.~ DuInsrance PAgencits -oigienuaneH Copnies PUETERUG A NDUA E,ofCNda, TOBUG BREENCN.CO.,f rs FullNI StC of New, Orns,GLU COMsERCIa.nS.d . W fT LotoEr, Alad nelea stocks. WPEhACeS ntnlnhand aYTE G TIMEB ofchage falwin forfitigks: y Phnyicinds. Prsrp-n aeul copoend dayorntht Lie8fo Adnks.& Noten orthae.Gle ora, F.tg of ersonal Prpet. Subpna SWrits. sunceAgents. Summe. ant for Relirenf. Conytho Trwia nice nurync Cumpns