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Pudlished Ecery Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 20, 1889.
The District School.
"Come dear!" said Amy putting up
her parasol.
Dear came, a chubby five-year-old.
"We'll take a stroll up the road Mal
colm," said his young aunt.
"All wight," said Malcolm.
They had come, Malcolm and his
parents and his father's pretty sister,
to pass the summer in Gloster.
Gloster was only a hamlet, but it
was cool and green and delightful.
"We'll go along by this stone wall,
dear," said Amy.
They passed a maple grove, a little
old church, some farm-houses, and
then came suddenly upon a square,
white building, with two doors in
front and yellow-blinded windows.
Out of the doors bare-footed children,
with dinner pails, were coming.
"A district school !" said Amy.
"And it looks so much like-but of
course you don't remember, Malcolm.
You were only two years old."
Smiling in a pleasantly retrospec
tive way, Amy strolled up to the
door.
She would have a congenial little
chat with the teacher. Probably it
was a spinster with a pointed nose and
a shoulder shawl, but
She and Malcolm went in, and the
teacher r'ose from the desk.
He was hardly a spinster! He was
a tall, bright-eyed, dark mustached,
indisputably good looking young
man.
"Oh !" Amy faltered.
"Come is!" said the schoolmaster,
though they were in.
Amy mustered her courage. It
was embarrassing, but after all it
didn't alter the case. She would
have her 'congenial chat just the
same.
"We thought we'd come in," she
said, sweetly smiling. "You see, I
taught a term in a district school once
myself, and "
"Certainly," said the master. "I am
always glad to have visitors. I'm sorry
my school is out."
He hastened forward to meet her,
and walked back down the aisle with
her.
"I'd have been glad to see it," said
Amy--not very regretfully, however.
"See, Malcolm, dear, that rat on the
blackboard."
"Yes, I illustrate their lessons for
my primer children," said the teacher
laughing. "They like my pictorial1
efforts."
What a pleasant laugh he had,
and what a clearness and gaiety in his
eyes !
Amy's heart beat a little faster.
"It's such work, isn't it, teaching
babies?" she said. "I had an infant
of three in my school."
"Oh, I draw the line there ! But I
have them as small as this young
man."
fle pinched Malcolm's fat cheek.
"Malcolm is five," said Amy. "Have
you many pupils? I had only six
teen."
."Oh, I can beat that ! I have forty."
- "And youi do it all?" said Amiy, her
"admiring eyes raised to his. "I'm
afraid I'm presumptuous to try to
have a congenial talk," she laughed,
-ambiguously. "You see, I taught only
one term. I was spending the sum
mer at Hinton, and the teacher was
taken sick the first of the term, and I
taught it for her. But I'm afraid I
did it for fun."
"I shall rank you among the peda
gogues, all the same," the young
schoolmaster declared gaily. "You've
taught a school, and the insincerity of
your motive doesn't matter. I don't
know why we can't have a congenial
"Perhaps we can," said Amy, with
pretty laughter and a blush.
They had it.
Malcolm, sitting close to his pretty
aunt on the bench, listened round
eyed, interested, if not comprehend
Amy wondered afterward how they
ever drifted from school methods and
monthly examinations to the prettiness
of Gloster's rambles and the pleasant
ness of the Clark's front porch, where
Amy boarded, and the excellence- of
their croquet ground. But they did;
and they were honestly amazed when
the clock on the wall gave its 'tehick'
for half-past five.
They looked at each other in flushed
alarm.
Their acquaintance was an hour and
a half old.
"I've hindered you," Amy cried.
"You've got lessons to make out, or
something."
"I haven't,"- retorted the teacher,
with a bright laugh. "I was going
home. I live beyond the Clarks', and
I hope you'll let me go with you."
"Come, Malcolm, dear," said Amy,
turning aside her smiling face.
"I don't suppose you will care for
my commencement," said the school
master, at the Clarks' gate. "It's day
after to-morrowv evemang. I call it
commencemenit in some ironyv-it's the
mere stepping off oif my higher class.
Only it's something of a celebration,
here, ron know. Everybody comes,
and the school board and my gradu
ates and I ornament the platform put
up for the occasion, and it's a grand
time-for Gloster. But it wouldn't
pay you."
"'But I shall come, of course," said
Amy, and then blushed for having
said "of course."
But the schoolmaster looked happy.
She went up the path smiling.
Indeed it had been a congenial talk
amazingly congenial!
"Yes, Gloster's pretty .quiet," said
Mr. Clark at the supper table. 1I
'spose commencement, nowv'll have to
last us rest o' the summer. It'll be
worth seein', though. We've got as
smart a teacher as you'll find. Born
and brought up in Gloster, too, Phil
Oakes was. Ain't but twenty-two.
ie's puttin' himself through college
with his own hands-or his own head.
Keeps up with his classes, somehow,
right along with his teachin.' (Goin
to have a first rate berth with his un
cle in Marsden3 when lie's ready, but
le's bound to get educated first. He'll
amount to something, Phil Oakes!
Wal, you bet ter go to commencement.
You'll enjoy it."
"I shall go," Amy muttered, butter
ing her roll.
\ Cmmencement was drawigg toa
close. The audience, which was large,
had listened, and applauded, and toss
ed flowers, and vigorously fanned
itself for nearly two hours. The grad
uates had read their essays, and the
chairman of the school board had
presented their diplomas and made a
short address.
Now it was the turn of the young
master, and the audience gave him a
little round of cheers as he rose to
speak the parting words to the grad
uates. For Phil Oakes was certain to
say something worth hearing.
So he did. The conventional senti
ments about the voyage of life and the
port of success were for once neglect
ed. The young master's speech was
short, but good; terse, but bright and
interesting and amusing.
Amy looked and listened.
She was with her brother and sister
in-law, and she was rather in doubt as
to the thing she intended doing; but
she did not falter.
How nice he looked ! And his
bright eyes were turned toward her
more than once. And she had deter
mined to do it if it was eccentric.
She grasped firmly the handsome
nosegay of flowers she had carefully
arranged, red and white and yellow
roses, with a border of delicate ferns,
and as the young master bowed, amid
sincere applause, she threw it with
vigor at him.
There was a general laugh at the
novel feature, and then a spreading
"Ah !" of consternation.
The big bunch had hit the rather
rickety lamp on the organ and knock
ed it to the floor. There was the ex
pected crash of breaking glass, but
worse, there was a burst of flame. The
oil had caught fire.
Of course there was a panic. Even
men, in their first fright, pushed to
ward the door. Women screamed and
children cried.
Everybody was certain that the
building would burn, and there was a
general rush and hubbub.
But Amy stood still. Her sister-in
law had grown almost hysterical, and
her brother had borne her out, and
called to Amy to follow.
But she did not. She stood mo
tionless and watched one figure on the
platform.
Phil Oakes had snatched up the
carpet from the temporary platform,
and was valiantly smothering the
flames.
Amy waited. She had done it! If
he was badly burned-if he was
smothered-it would be her fault
hers! And how differently she had
meant it ! She had been foolish, but
surely she did not deserve that her
foolishness should be to his injury.
The time she stood miserably wait
ing-waiting till he should see and
come to her, as she knew he would
(for he must know from whom that
bouquet had come)-the time seemed
endless.
When he came, white faced but
smiling, the tears rushed to her anx
ious eyes.
"I was such a goose !" she said.
"What made me do it ? You are
burned--both your hands--and I did
it !"
"No, no! A small burn or two
nothing !" said the schoolmaster, look
ing handsome as lie bent toward her.
"Don't think it ! I have your flowers,
and they were worth it! Are you alone?
Let me take you home."
She took his arm. He was not much
hurt, and he held her flowers tightly
in his hand, and they were going out
into the cool night together, and she
was almost glad.
For otherwise she would be going
home with John and Margaret.
"My sister-in-law was hysterical her
self, and my brother took her home.
He told me to come, but I-"
"Your brother ?" said Mr. Oakes.
"Yes."
"And your sister-in-law ?"
"Why, yes."
"But I haven't seen them !" he ex
postulated.
"But you haven't called on me,"
Amy retorted shyly.
"And I thought you were here
alone," he declared.
"But I'm not," she replied, wonder
ing.
The schoolmaster stopped short and
faced her.
"Is it possible," he said solemnly.
"Is it possible that that child is your
nephew ?"
"Of course ! What else could he be,"
Amy cried.
There was a silence of some min
utes.
"I thought he was your-son," said
Phil Oakes, almost inaudibly. "I
thought you were a widow."
"A widow !" she gasped.
She leaned against a fenee and
laughed until she was weak.
"I was sure you were a widow," he
said. "You had on a black dress, you
"With yellow bows on it !" she re
plied, in a soft scream.
"And the little boy wvas with you."
"Oh, yes ! Malcolm loves mec. And
Margaret was away that day."
"And he looks like you."
"Yes, everybody says so."
"And you called him 'dear.' And I
thoughft be called you 'maammy.' "
"Aunt Amy," she corrected, faint
with laughter.
"I see," said the schoolmaster, slow
ly: "Do you know," lie added, gazing
down upon her, "that it has worried
me ever sc much ? Somehow I didn't
like to think of your 'being a widow.
I liked you," said the schjoolmaster,
rather breathlessly. "I liked you right
away. That was a congenial talk,
wasn't it? and I-I admired you. But
I was entirely persuaded that you were
a widow with a young hopeful, and
somehow If didn't like the idea in the
least. On my soul I don't know why,"
said the young man, laughing as he
looked down upon her.
And he didn't know, though he
blushed as he saiid it, and though she
of the rose-bouquet had her pretty
face turned away.
But he knew later. The summer
was long, and the Clarks' front porch
and croquet ground were rich in op
portunity. When the young school
maste-r went back to college in the fall
he left a modest diamond ring behind
him. And when, two years later, the
bright young graduate went to fill ia
remunerative position in Marsden, he
took his young wife with him.-Salar
day'l! Nil/hi.
*The Mmasa~x Tmunzs second GrandJ
Gift Distribution is Nov. 28th. Nc
postponement. At least twenty-five
Females Excluded from Funerals.
A new departure in the conduct o
funerals in Philadelphia is that of ex
cluding from the burial all female rel
atives and friends of the deceased. I
is now not unusual to see funeral no
tices in that city worded as follows
"Male members of the family onl:
are invited to attend the funeral." Il
New York most of the funerals ar<
attended only by the male member:
of the family of the deceased, and ii
European countries this scheme has
for a long time been in vogue. .4
well known Philadelphia undertake)
says: "Ladies should not be takei
to the burial ground for more that
one reason, either in good or bay
weather. It subjects them to a grea
nervous strain to see the body o:
some member of their family or som<
relative lowered into the ground, any
time and time again I have seen la.
dies faint from this excitement. Some,
times there is a hitch in the dropping
of the coffin, so that considerable dif
ficulty is occasioned in getting it
straightened out. Accidents of this
nature are very prolific of nervow
prostration, and women should not
be submitted to them. This city is
just awakening to the fact that a bia
funeral is a big folly. As a rule ev
ery large funeral is the cause of the
death of at least one person who at
tended it. Delicate women are con
stantly jeopardizing their lives by
taking long rides in carriages and
then standing on the cold, dam
ground while services are held over the
grave. Few women attend funerals it
England, because they are aware of
what would be the result of such at
imprudent act."
weakcn., _.ialaria, Indigestion and
Biliousness. tike
niOWNS IRON BITTERS.
It cures quickly. For sale by all dealers in
medicine. Get the genuine.
FORESTON DRUG STORE,
FORESTON, S. C.
I keep always on hand a full line of
Pure Drugs and Medicines,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILE'
SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION
ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS,
and such articles as are usually kept in
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.
J J. BRAGDON,
REAL E~ST A T E AG EXT,
FORESTON, S. C.
Offers for sale on Main Street. in business
portion of the town, TWO STORES, witi
suitable lots; on Manning and R. R. street.
TWO COTTAGE RESIDENCES, 4 and (
rooms; and a number of VACANT LOT;
suitable for residences, and in different lo
cities. Terms Reasonable.
Also, a plantation near Greeleyville, 344
acres, 115 in cultivation, and a see 10oon
dIwelling and necessary outbuidihngs.
CHARLES C. LESLIE
Wholesale & Retail Commission Dealer in
Fish, Oysters, Game and Poultry
Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish MIarket. 011ice, 11
& 20 M1arket Street. East of East Bay. Coun
try orders solicited.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
DR. CHARCOT'S
LIFE ELIXIR
PLEASANTLY
E x hilar atin g
CURES
NERVOUSNESS and SLEEPLESSNESS
RIGHT AWAY.
Free by MIail, 50 cents and $1.00.
SEN F-'R CII:CUI..n.
Life Elixir Co., 30 Vesey St., N. Y
H. BULWINLE & CO.
-DEALERS IN
Grain, Hay, 1. Mill Feed
Southern Seed Rye, Southlern
Seed Bar y, Western and
Texas Red Rust Proof
Oats a Specialty.
No. 162 East Bay, and 15 and 1'
Elizabeth Street,
CHIAR LESTIOX, S. .
G. S. Hacker & Son
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings
Building Material.
ESTABdLIS~HED 1842.
CHA RLESTON, S. C.
NOTHING LIlKE A BOOM.
There is no b<.om like Smine's and i
house in Sumter on such a boom as the o1
reliable
Shoe Store
of Uanianni- & Dro., whnih is so) well know"
to the ClIarendon peole that they onily waz
to thank them for paust pautrona:r~ and m:
for a continufanlce of samen. Theair stockr th!
season is mo're complete and Sho es at
chaper thanu ever befo're. Either at
Wholesale or Retai
they will satisfy youl in. p'-i.'(. There ai
many ne.w stores in Sumnt, this seasonI, an~
we all know "a new broom s:weepscla
lbut 'tis well not to disecird *"the old frien
for the new." Tiney carry in addition1
OOTS AND SlHOES a nice ilne of
Trunks and Valises,
and aure agents for the "Light Runnir
White" Sewina Maebine.
BULTMANN & BRtO.,
IF YOU WANT THE WORTH OF
Your Money in Groceries,
t SPEND IT WITH
H1. A. LOWRY, Agt.,
I
OChoice 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 legitimate profits, prompt attention0o orders, courteous treatmnent and honest
representations are the princioles that characterize my businrss, 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 yon honest goods, full weight ana measure
and sa'isfactory 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 yon. 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 oii Hand.
To s
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,
Man n -i3ag, S. C.
FURESTU 'lU THE Fl UMT'
One of the largest and beat selected stocks of goods ever offered in this
maiket, is now being daily received by
C. M. MASON,
F'oreston, S. C.
A splendid 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 Kind at Lowest Living Figures.
Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
Our store is well supplied with a full stock of all kinds of
Plantation Supplies.
Also, we will pay highest cash prices for cotton, and every other kind of
country produce. V rBe sure to call to see us.
0. M. M.A.SON,
Foreston, S. C.
s A. Edwards
Keeps always on hand at the
0MANNING BAKERY,
a full 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.
ESTABLISHED 1844.
Charleston Iron Works,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw
Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam
boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies.
M1 Repair. e.recuted with lronptie.s and Di. patch. Send for price ists.
East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St.,
Charleston, S. C.
R. (. ]. :umLEY, President.
C. BIssEL JENKINs, Gen'l Manag'er. RIcnAr.D S. Gsarr, Sec. & Treas.
The Cameron& Barkeley Gompany.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
-AND AGENTS FR
Erie City Engine and Boilers, Atlas Engiue and Boilers, the famous little
Giant Hydraulic Cotton Press, Eagle Cotton Gins.
We have ill stock one each 60, 65, and 70 saw Eagle Gin, only shop worn,
that we are offering way below cost. Send for prices.
Oils, Rubber and Leather Belting, and a complete line of Mill Supplies.
'We 6 Guarautice Lowe.t Prices for Best Quality of Goods.
CA MERON & BARK ELE Y CO., Charleston, S. C.
SAtlantic Phosphate Company,
os~~ m -o r s. c.
MANUFACTU~E!~s OF
STrANDARDI FERTILIZERS,
AND) LlPORTPERs OF
- PIELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General1Agts.,
BR2OWN's WH{ARF, CHARLEsTON, S. C.
Mu. M. Lavi. of MIanning, will b~e please d to s.upply his frie-nds and the public gen
erally, with any ofl the above~ brands of Fe rtili rs.
g. MONEY TO LEND. Hemes etarat
upIE AT LANTrA TLRUST A2NDKin Street
ir s on easy terins. For 1,icrti ap- Opp. A eademy of Music,
25 VALUABLE PRESENTS
--TO BE
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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, 1880, pays his subscription to or beyond
SEPTEMBER 1, 1890,
will receive a ticket for the Distribution, and will have his
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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 befor'
the Distribution takes place, if on the 28th day of November,. 1889, your subscriptionis paidto 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 womn
could want. We Have on hand one of the finest lines of Cooks ever brought to any market. We M
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 good 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 th
stock by far is superior to any thing in this section of the State.
We keep no goods but what we.ouy from first
bands, 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 showigg of assets.
But the writer had a dream. He was in his office, he had ledgefs pisadliigh ~ e~
thousands of dollars. 3-8 claims out of date, barred by the Statute of limitation,'-8 barred by
the right of the landlord, and 2-S barred by the drought and expiration of wind in the lungs of
old ponies and blind mules. All these amounts kept running on; each year they were footed.
up as assets--a big bubble made, filled with air, and like the boy's soap bubble soon burst, ten
ant gone, account worthless. Ie 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 he could command, and closing his ear to the suffering of the past,
He would forever quit the old mode, and chage'
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.
Ve don't want any more millennium accounts or notes. Ve 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 we have
ever had. No introduction is needed, no 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 and Bacon at the price we are sell' no
one can conplai. And all should feel good this year. Let us get out of debt; let all -s
commence anew, and the lirices we are selling any and all lines of goods at to-day, will con
vince all that come that some inuraculous 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 vogi of this we must ask you to come and
e. 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 lprepared to offer for the cash the greatest
I inducements that any mer'ianut can offer. Come to see me. Yours respectfully,
MOSijS LEVI.
--.AT
H. T. AVANT'S
RACKET STORE.
CHEAPEST STORE IN SUMMERTON.
When old high prices had his iangers in your eyes I canme and pulled them out. Now keep
themi out by trading with ime. I aiways have on hand a big stock of
General Merchandise.
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR COTTON.
H. T. AVANT, Summerton, S. C.