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THE MANNING TIME. Published Eery ednesday. Wednesday, October 23, 1889. A concise prayer said to have been offered by an earnest New England deacon was as follows: "Lord give us grace to know Thy will and grit to do it." Mrs. Mary Becker and Miss Julia O'Connor fought a prize fight "for blood" in a Wilmington, Del., saloon on Monday. The O'Connor woman won in seven minutes. Both were badly beaten. Where is our boasted cizilization ? Germany has a scheme of its own. It is working practically in the mat ter of an exposition. It is to con struct a monster floating commercial exposition. It is to visit all the great harbors of the world provided it is not wrecked. The Alliance men about Athens, Ga.; are dissatisfied because the cot ton bagging is stripped from the bales and replaced by jute. They say they will erect a compress of their own and compress their cotton in the bag ging they desire. Mr. R. H. Rogers, of Darlington, harvested his prize acre of corn last week. The result was ninety-seven bushels and nine pounds. One hun dred'pounds of shucked corn contain ed sixteen pounds of cobs and eighty four pounds of grain. A man named Perry, an Indianian, is loudly complaining of bad treat ment by the Administration, in not rewarding him according to his work for the party. He claims that he took 7,000 negroes from South Car olina and voted them in Indiana in 1880. A professor of the University of California asserts that he has discov ered a process of tanning leather which will make it almost indestruct ible. As the people of the United States expend $300,000,000 yearly .on shoe leather, this is highly interesting news. The wife of the late S. S. Cox is said to have been his inseparable com panion; she shared all his plans, and made his life her own. Mr. and Mrs. Cox were not only a devoted couple, but she was like a partner to him in his business, sharing his confidence in everything. The costlie'st luxury in which a na tion can indulge is one of the modern warships. A century ago $500,000 was a great price for a warship. En gland's most formidable one, the Royal George, cost less than $350,000. Now an ordinary naval vessel costs a million and a half, while $4,313,970 was paid for the construction of the Trafalgar, of the British navy. President Stiles, of Yale College, in the way back-in 1783-in a ser mon made this prophecy: "It is prob able that within a century .from our independence the sun will shine on fifty millions of inhabitants of the Unit ed States. This will be a very great nation,Inearly equal to half of Europe." His prophecy was more than real ized. In 1880 it had that population. In 1883 it had more than 54,000,000. In 1890 it will have no doubt 65,000, 000. In Spartanburg last Sunday night while Mr. Williams the evangelist was preaching a demure 'and solemn goat walked into the church. Mr. Wil liams remarked that he had seen the devil assume many forms, but he nev er saw him in the shape of a goat be fore. The young people were much amused by the goat, and especially when an attempt was made to exclude him from the church. The members of a little colony of Germans who recently arrived in Walhialla, have made the first sub stantial step towards becoming citi zens. They have just closed negotia tions for two fine farms, located two miles from town ,and aggregating in value $5,306.' They say that if they are pleased with the county a thou sand more from their old ho'me in Germany will come upon their favor able recommendation. Who knows but this is the nucleus of a large Ger man emigration to Oconee and the whole of South Carolina ?. The suggestion made by Mr. Chas. Johnson, of Louisiana, in an article to the Manufacturers' Record, to use okra fibre instead of jute seems to be a feasible one. After giving his ex perience in .cultivating jute he adds that the farmers "can have their cot ton covered with okra fibre, of which there is enough trampled under feet annually to cover the entire cotton crop. With okra they can secure the fruit first, and then the fibre. Okra will produce about the same amount of~ fibre to the acre as jute. I have found okra ten times easier to get the fibre from than jute. I think it would make a bagging superior to either j~nte or cotton." Too Many Rewards. It is of prime importance that crim inals be brought to the bar of justice. A single evasion of the officers is damaging to society and an evidence of weakness in the government. To accomplish the capture of a fugitive from justice no reasonable expense should be spared, but there is such a thing as making rewardsburdensome. We do not remember to have known a time when the amount offered by way of reward for the capture of con victs in this State, exceeded that now offered. For the capture of those suspected of crimes, we have a number of men employed in each county in the State. These men are paid for this, and it is their duty to exhaust every means pos sible to capture fugitives. The man who does not do this, fails to do his duty, and should be promptly remov ed from office. Is it not a reflection upon every sheriff, constable, trial justice, grand jury, and even the peo ple generally, that it is deemed neces sary whenever a house is burned or a horse stolen, to offer a reward in money for the capture of the crimi nal? Why should officers expect ex tra pay for doing only their duty; or why should others be asked to do the work required of paid officers, and be paid for it? If this thing continues, we may expect sheriffs and constables to refuse to ai y~f~lrewards are offere.-Lalens Adver'tker. An Eloquent Witness. In the country court of Summit county, O., a man was recently on trial for stealing a horse from Albert G. Mallison. The principal witness for the prosecution was John Mallison, age sixty-four years. The following verbatim report of his testimony has been sent to the Rochester Post-Ex press by a Western lawyer: Question (by the prosecuting attor ney)-Where is your home, Mr. Malli son? Answer-I reside, sir and gentle men of the jury, in the Smokey City of the Keystone State. Question-At the time when it is claimed that the horse was stolen you were visiting your brother A. G. Mal lison, I believe? Answer-Gentlemen of the jury, at the time the horse was stolen I was visiting my only brother for the first time in twenty years. We were quietly sitting by the comfortable old fireplace, engaged in a pleasant con verse of our boyhood days, when sud denly his hireling, without any sign of warning, rushed into the room in a state of breathless excitement, and with quivering lips announced that the best horse had just been taken from the barn, and that he had come up the highway just in time to see him ridden rapidly away. Question-This was in the evening as I understand it; what kind of a night was it, Mr. Mallison? Answer-A few light and fleecy clouds flitted across the disk of the moon. Question-What was done when you heard this? Answer-I said to the hireling: Mount the large bay and ride up the right hand with celerity, while I ride up the left hand road with alacrity. We mounted and were off like the wind. At about two miles from the starting point these two roads came together. For some reason the ras cally thief did not ride as fast as we, and as we neared the point of inter section I observed the hireling com ing towards me, and the thief was be tween us. I shouted to him to halt. He saw the situation, halted and dis mounted. I bounded away from my horse. Hostilities ensued. I struck him to the earth like a dog. He rose again; hostilities were resumed. The hireling was now with me and, gentlemen of the jury, we soon had the villian hors de combat and con veyed to the tail of the county. Gen tleman [rising to his feet and point ing to the prisoner,] there sits the cowardly, cringing, contemptible, dastardly scoundrel, and may God have mercy on his soul. A Bowlegged Man's Chance. Sam Jones says: "A bowlegged fellow has a poor chance in life. A country girl won't have him because he can't keep the calf off; and a town girl won't have him because she can't sit in his lap." Wholesome Advice. President Porter, of Yale, once gave this sound and wholesome ad vice to the students: "Young men, you are the architects of your own fortune; rely on your own strength of body and souL Take for your star -self-reliance. Inscribe on your ban ner, 'Luck is a fool; Pluck is a hero.' Don't take too much advice, keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the art of com manding is to take a fair share of the work. Think well of youmself. Strike out. Assume your own posi tion. Put potatoes in a cart, go over a rough road and the small ones will go to the bottom. Rise above the envious and the- jealous. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with a right motive are the levers to move the world. Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't read novels. Don't marry un til you can support a wife. Be civiL Read the papers. Advertise your business. Make money and do good with it. Love your God and fellow men. Love truth and virtue. Love your country and obey its laws." It is seldom noted that two kiling frosts occur so early in October as have appeared this year. Stagnation Next to Damnation. Sam Jones was once riding on a Southern railroad on which the trains made sixteen miles an hour. He com plained to the conductor of the ex treme slowness, and was complacent ly told in reply that there had never been an accident on the road. "Yes," said Mr. Jones, "and you never paid the stockholders a dividend." It is that way in religion. These slow, quiet preachers who never did any damage never paid any dividends into Heaven. Stagnation, he repeated, was next to damnation. Sumter News. (Watchman and Sothron.] Miss Lula Lucas, of Darlington, is visit ing in the city. We learn that the Mayesville post office is so badly conducted that the people there do not know when they can get their mail, or when mail matter will leave there. Messrs. W. H. Ingram and Colin C. Man ning have entered into co-partnership for the practice of law undei the firm name and style of Ingram & Manning. and will occu py the office now occupied by the senior member, Mr. Ingram, on the court house square. E. E. Rembert & Co.. though a young growth are already spreading itself like a green bay tree. Their adjunct house situ ated on Main street, just north of Republican recently fitted up, is being filled with their goods. Their business embraces every thing that a wide-awake house dealing in hardware, doors, sashes, blinds, wagons, buggies, etc., could possibly carry. Call to see them at once. On Thursday last, at 6.40 i'. x., (the train being behind on that evening,) when about four miles west of Sumter, the passenger train of the W. C. & A. R. R., was shot into by some unknowvn party. The ball entered a window, breaking a glass and slightly sratching the neck of a drummer occupy ing a seat at the window, who in addition to the wound from the bullet, received se vere cuts about his head from the broken glass. After doing this mischief the ball passed on and imbedded itself in the wall of the coach on the opposite side, narrowly missing the head of a little girl sitting there. A crime of this kind can only be perpetra ted by a fiend incarnate, one so depraved as to be utterly without regard for human life, and ought to be pursued with the bitterest Williamsburg News. (Iiuystree Record.] Mrs. F. Marion Britton died at her home in this county on the 12th inst. Mr. C. W. Brown, the contractor to build the court house, says the building will be completed by the 25th inst. The bri ge across Black river, at Sims's Reach, has been completed and accepted by the county commissioners. William Dunmore, a colored man, was found dead a few days ago by the side of the track of the Northeastern railroad, a short distance south of Black river. His body showed signs of violence, and it is supposed he was killed by the train. Mr. W. A. Hanna, of this county, was se riously burned on the face recently while working a red hot piece of malleable iron. He struck it a very hard blow which caused particles to fly in his face and on his body, setting his clothing on fire, and burning his eyes so severely that it is feared he will lose one of them. It was a singular acci dent. Mr. H. Z. Hanna, while out on a deer hunt last week made a narrow escape of be ing seriously shot. He was at his "stand," and Mr. P. D. Snowden, who was one of the hunting party, not knowing exactly his location, shot a turkey-one buck shot striking Mr, Hanna's pipe in his pocket, which prevented it from entering his body. Mr Hanna says the shock was followed by a temporary numbness of the place struck. Mr. Edwin Harper, of Harper's, has har vested his crop of corn, whichhe has grown for the $500 prize. The whole number of pounds of corn obtained was 4,278, equal to 76 bushels, 1 peck, and 4 quarts. The fertilization consisted of home made man ures and cotton seed. The culture was lev el and done with plows and cultivator. It is but just to Mr. Harper, to here'state that the acre on which that corn was grown con tained twenty-five peach trees, in bearing the (present year, and some 12 or 15 large pine stumps, which materially lessen ed the yield. h' FOR THE BLOOD, Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and Biliousness, take BROWN'S IRON BITTERS. It cures quickly. For sale by all dealers La medicine. Get the genuine. A law has been passed in Georgia forbidding the sale of cigarettes to minors. Those opposed to the law say that it cannot be enforced as its provisions are distinctly unconstitu tional. No one claims that the cigar ette, anywhere, agrees with the con stitution. DELINQUENT TAX SALES, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA-COUN TY OF CLARENDON.-Under and by virtue of sundry tax executions directed to me by Jos. Sprott, Jr., Treasurer of Claren don county, I will sell at Clarendon court house at Manning, within legal hour', on Monday the 4th day of November next, the following described property, or so much thereof as will be necessary to pay tax, pen alties and costs, thereon for fiscal year com mencing Nov. 1st 1887. H. H. LESESNE, Sheriff Clarendon County. Oct. 9th, 1889. BREWINGTON TOWNSHIP. Evans, H. E., 41 acres. Meekins, P. P., 39 acres. co~coRD TOwNSHIP. Cummings, Est. J. D., 50 acres. Richardson, Jno. 0., 47 acres. * DOUGLAS TOwNsHIP. Floyd, M. H., 156 acres, 1 building. Hollaman, Rebecca, 30 acres, 1 building. HARMONY TOWNsHIP. Knowlton, M1. E:, 65 acres. MANNING TOwNSHIP. Jayrol, Sami, 50 acres, 1 building. Richardson, Jos. J., 1 lot, 1 building. MIDWAY TOWNSHIP. Baker, Mrs. E. V.. 35 acres. Burgess, Washington, 1 acre, 1 building. Hicks, Limus, 1 clock. McCants, Isaac, 1 clock. Scott, Cyrus, 8 acres, 1 building. MT. ZION TOWNSHIP. Felder, Mary Ann, 203 acres. NEW ZION TOWNsHIP. Rose, Miars, 1 cart. SANDY GROVE TowNShIP. Gowdy, J. G., 37 acres, 2 buildings. ST. JAMEs TOWNSHIP. Screven, E. W., 350 acres. Shorter, Henry W., 25 acres, 3 buildings. sT. MARKs TOWNSHIP. Frierson, J. S. and L. G., 135 acres. Hilton, Mose, Sr., 40 acres, 3 buildings. Mashow, Mark, 15 acres, 3 buildings. sT. PAULs TOWNSHIP. Green, Henrietta, 15 acres. FORESTON DRUB STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in a first class drug store. I have just added to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and am prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, in quantities to suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, M.D., Foreston, S. C. REAL ESTATE AGEXT, FORESTON, S. C. Offers for sale on Main Street, in business portion of the town, TWO STORES, with suitable lots; on Manning and R. R. streets TWO COTTAGE RESIDENCES, 4 and 6 rooms; and a number of VACANT LOTS suitable for residences, and in different lo calities. Terms Reasonable. Also, a plantation near Greeleyville, 340 acres, 115 in cultivation, and a seven room dwelling end necessary outbuildings. 303 King Street, Charleston, S. C. Two Doors North of Liberty, Shaving, Hlaircutting and Shampooing SALOON. ARTEsIAN BATHS, HOT AND COLD. Special attention paid to cutting of chil dren's hair. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Lo'w Arm, 'Arm 28. $20. FIFTEE DAYS TRIA is ousswaussE EF0E Ys AY ME N.qU Dont ayanagntes o eobu sn 4fo c 0e IF YOU WANT THE WORTH OF Your Money in Groceries, SPEND IT WITH H. A. LOWRY, Agt., aManning, IS. C. Choice Groceries. Your attention is called to my large and varied assortment of Fancy and Staple Grocer ies, comprising everything in the way of of eatables that can be found in any first-class Grocery Store. Fine goods are specialties, and reasonable prices rule throughout. No baits, but let timate profits, prompt attention to orders, courteous treatment and honest representatibns are the principles that characterize my business, and upon which I de pend for a liberal support. MY PRICES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. Canned Goods and Fine Delicacies. Make your cash secure the best possible results in supplying the necessaries of life. If you would do this, come to me; I will give you honest goods, full weight and measure and satisfactory results for every dollar you leave with me. Cassard's Lard, Purest Leaf Lard Made. No matter what you want in Groceries, I will endeavor to supply you. Your trade is what I want, and in order to secure it will exert myself to please in every way. All Heart Cypress Shingles Always on Hand. I take this means of announcing . to my friends, customers, and the public generally that I have received and am receiving daily an enormous stock of General Merchandise, and kindly request my old customers to inform their new friends of the style I have of giving the greatest satisfaction to all cash customers. My prices can never be lowered. I never wait for reduction made by my competitors. I reduce prices on every article as soon as there is a decline. I Sell Everything Cheaper Than any Firm in Clarendon County, My Motto: Live and let live; Quick Sales and Small Profits. I have my store full of almost every kind of goods, and think I can suit you in quality and price. Call and Examine My Goods and Prices. I shall be delighted to serve you, whether you buy or not. LOUIS LOYNS, LEADER OF LOW PRICES, M m23.12a, S. C. FORESTON TO THE FRONT! One of the largest and best selected stocks of goods ever offered in this market, is now being daily received by C. M. MASON, Foreston, S. C. A splen'did assortment of DRY GOODS of every variety and style, sure to please. We have some of the most handsome patterns of prints that have been designed for many years.. Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Our stock surpasses anything we have heretofore exhibited to the public, both as regards quality, style, and price, and we believe that we can please our people, and will make it to their interest to PATRONIZE HOME. Groceries of Every Hind at Lowest Living Figuires. Tobacco, Cigars, &c. Our store is well supplied with a full stock of all kinds of wPlantation Supplies. Also, wwilpay highest cash prices for cotton, and every other kind of country produce. *.i'Be sure to call to see us. C. M. MASON, Foreston, S. C. Mrs. A. Edwards Keeps always on hand at the MANNING BAKERY a ul supply, and choice assortment, of . FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES. Bread, Cake, Candy, Fruit, Etc. I always give a full 100 cents worth of goods for the Dollar MRS. A. EDWARDS, Manning, S.- C. MAX G. Bryant, JAs. M. LE1.aD, South Carolina. New York. Grand Central Hotel. KA E H BRYANT & LELAND, PEOPRIETORS. Columbia, South Carolina.MA NING S.C The grand Central is the largest and bestHaonhdalrgstcofalkdsf kept hotel in Columbia, located in the E~X-.Gosuull eti ACT BUSIXESS (ENTER OF THE CJIY where all Street Car Lines pass the door, SNRLMRHNIESOE and its MENU is not excelled by any in the South. Go ao et.CekHmsu d9c WILL PURCHASE 9j~.uae ua 0cns rw ua ~~'J HAMBE SUIT ~ ouns oT 25L' cen ERY For3pnsTABLEr AM A N NSI.NThsS.ar. Hsl onl hand as andl seooll alld of PARLOR SUIT, ~Goods uspllopotinlhaCm a n seenthe rea baris fr.ns Bs rn Brwn& o.suritreSound foLLX25 cetsRFOaTHpRnso ' A CHAMEsT , S. 1. W hes a le -""--N LOnlyAaBOOMSrcers. Threisnobom ik Smtr', ndnood CroprTiON cha. Cm n hoPAn utro suT, omeste thoealagandorr BrSh& oe' Suntore StREER IE ER 295 KingthetsolemanpfsiterSrsietythisede licouARnLhaltyOevNgShic aC. oferelts rno bo lieh iurs, and wlkno aigbeanledyalthemet to the Clarendon people that they only want ceissi tat,(adrn Poii to thank them for past patronage and asktinadafethmotsrcngcuin for a continuance of same. Their stock this frtae faeoowsalwdt esl season is more complete and Shoes arefreoSteanciylesadsoao heaper than ever before. Either at mr eetyatrfrhraayigi lr Wrholesale or Retail adaptzrta sntitxctn;pes they will satisfy you in prices. There arespilysutdfresosfwaknde many new stores in Sumter this season, and ict osiuin.I1a h at~flgr we all know' "a new broomz sweeps clean," bero' h ietfao;bsds oadt but 'tis well not to discard "the old friend itputyadm iinlq ltesispca for the new." They carry in addition to l id forclbae ol eond BOOTS AND SHOES a nice line of orgnlAtsawelae.Puupi Trnk and Valises, ma are agents for the "Light Runninganptetplidfr White" Sewing Machine.WehvnoAetadoegnue BULTMANN & BRO.,CAMR&ESTN Opost Nrh id outHos Suae BSeniLMETTO BR HE RS, Soda and Minera ate Bays Sumter, S. C. HARLESToN, S. C.S.A 15 VALUABLE PRESENTS -TO BE GIVEN AWAY! The Manning Times Grand Gift Distribu tion will be Thursday, Nov. 28, 1889, At which time we will distribute to our paid-up subscribers not less than twenty-five valuable and useful prizes. See double column notice on another page. Every subscriber to the Manning Times, who, before November 28, 1889, pays his subscription to or beyond SEPTEMBER 1, 1890, will receive a ticket for the Distribution, and will have his Name' Published in Honor List. It makes no difference whether you are a new subscriber or an old subscriber, whether you have been taking the paper since it was first started, or whether you subscribe the day before the Distribution takes place, if on the 28th day of November, 1889, your subscription is paid to or beyond Sep. 1, 1890, you will have an equal chance in the drawing. Subscribe at once. Send mon ey by registered letter or by money order to S. A. NETTLES, Editor Manning Times, Manning, S. C. We are pleased to state that we now have in store and are daily receiving one of the most COMPLETE STOCKS of Merchandise ever brought to the interior. Our stock consists of All Lines of Merchandise. Hardware, Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Queensware, Tinware, and in fact any and all articles and items that the average man or woman could want. We have on hand one of the finest lines of Cooks ever brought to any market. We have in this line of Cooks all numbers and sizes. Small enough for the young man just mar ried, and large enough for a family of twenty. We have taken great pains this year in the se lection of our stock of Fancy and Staple Croceries, and all we can say is that we want all the gooti accounts in town and in the country. We can and will sell you all the goods you want cheaper than you can buy them, and all you will have to do to convince yourself of this fact is to come and see, and you will be convinced that our stock by far is superior to anything in this section of the State. We keep no g21iitwa hands, and all such we can recommend. Besides this we have abolished the old mode of transacting business. In former years, we owing to the fact that we like all Americans like to keep up with the fashion and the ways of all around us, have sold goods too high in order to make a good showing of assets. But the writer had a dream. He was in his office, he had ledgers piled high, that represented thousands of dollars. 3-8 claims out of date, barred by the Statute of limitation, 3-8 barred by the right of the landlord, aiid 2-8 barred by the drought andc expiration of wind in the lungs of old ponies and blind mules. All these amounts kept runnmng on; each year they were footed up as assets-a big bubble made, filled with air, and like the boy's soap bubbIb soon burst, ten ant gone, account worthless. He had run the tenant in the spring and summer, when naught was in sight; the landlord took him up when the cotton came in. He awoke, and swore that he would never follow such business again; that bright as the prospects might be, that armed with all the wisdom and energy lie could comumanid, and closing'his ear to the suffering of the past, He would forever quit the old nmode, and change his business to something tangible. So this year we have done so-we will sell you all the goods you want for credit or cash at lower prices than you ever bought at before; but let's have some idea when you are going to pay. We don't want any more millennium accounts or notes. We may not be present to collect them and the banks don't want any paper over four months, and we sincerely trust we will get the crop of 1889 out before it comes, for we have one of the largest crops this year that w~e have ever had. No introduction is needed, ao apology is offered for 1889. It comes freighted with the wisdom of centuries and each corn crib is loaded with the richest treasure that God ever gave man. Bread no object amnd Bacon at the price we are selling, no one can complain. And all should feel good this year. Let us~ get out of debt; let all of us commence anew, and the prices we are selling any and all lines of goods al to-day, will con vince all that come that some miraculous change has taken place. Well it has. We Want to Live, and Want You to Live! and we therefore shall try and please all in prices and goods, and we want to build up in Man ning what Clarendon County needs, a first class store where you can get what you want andare in need of at a living price,'and in order to convince youi of this we must ask you to come and see. Yes, crops are magnificent this year; cotton bringing better prices than for years: let us get out of debt, and work on a cash basis. I am p)reparied to offer for the cash the greatest inducements that any merchant can offer. Come to see me. Y ours respectfully, MOSES LEVI. - --IGl BAlRGAINS H. T. AVANT'S RACKET STORE. CHEAPEST STORE IN SUMMERTON. When old high prices had his fingers ini your eyes I cam e and pulled them out. Now keep them out by trading with mec. I always have on hand a big stock of General Merchandise. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR COTTON. . T. AVANT, Snmmerton. S.C.