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ished Every Wednesday. S. A. NETTLES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. M. CLINTON GALLUCHAT, ADvERTISING AGENT. Terms: SBSCrIPTION iRTE:.--Onc copy, one year, $1.50; one copy, six months, 75 cents one copy, three moiths, 50 cents. All subscriptionS payable in advance. A DaEnTIsING RATES.- -One square. first n - sertion. $1 00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertise nients. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. CoMMUNICATONSs must be accompanied by the real naie and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communi cation of a personal character will be pub lished except as an advertisement. For fP-ther information address S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. C. Wednesday, Januag 8,1890. We hblih al hblic Ai tiLmma The MAss7so TMEs publishes each and every public advertisenlent of Clarendon county. All these advertisements, except sheriffs sales, are published in full and di reet from the offices. The sheriffs sales will be published sufficiently full for our r-aders to be kept posted. Ourreaders may rest satisfied that the TIMEs will get there ev ei-y time. Your Name in Print. -Rev. Wim. Thomas, of Mars Bluff, was in town on Wednesday. ' -Miss Lula Twitty, of Lancaster, is vis iting at Mr. W. K. Bell's. -Mr. G. W. Sellars and family have mnoved to Whitesville, N. C. . -Miss Nonie Harvin returned to the Siater Institute last Monday, after spend ing the Christmas holidays at home. - Prof. Wm. Simons returned to Man ning last Monday. He spent his Christmas vaation with his family in Charlestop_ --Miss Dztisy Bagnal returned to Bishop vi lle last Sturday, where she will resume the exercise's of her school for this year. - -Miss Aina Brown who has been on an eatended visit to her sister Mrs. G. Alexan der, left to day for her home in Marion. --Miss Terry, of Danville, Va., who haq b-en spending the holidays with Miss Marie Graves, left last week for Mars Bluff where she is engaged in teaching. -Our efficient . foreman Mr. A. W. Knight has returned to Manning after a pleasant visit to relatives in Bennettaville. We are very much afraid he went to see some one not near kin, but very near and dar to him. The literary club meets next Mon day night, at the residence of Mr. F. N. Wilson. Buy your Garden Seed from Dr. Nettles, Foreston Drug Store. Mr. P. B. Mouzon who has been quite sick for a week with a severe cld, is able to be up again. Just ieceived, red and white onion sets at - dra store. vrlpersons in this county have iaccount of the recent warm weath e lost large quantities of meat. All kinds of Garden Seed for sale in For eson at Dr. Nettles's Drug Store. The Collegiate Institute re-opened on Monday last with an attendance of between eighty and ninety pupils. Finest bananas in t*ivn at E. Thames's for 20 cents a dozen. Best Florida oranges. Theniannling Guards will meet next Monday night in their armory. Every member is requested to be pres Finest crackers and cakes, the best ever ke pt in Manning,. at M. Kalisky's. This being the week of prayer with the Methodists generally, services are being held in the Methodist church in this place every night this week. Go to E. Thames for fruit. Cheapest place in town. Best bananas only 20 cents a d'zn, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, wife of Rev. W. Thomas, and an aunt of Mrs. S. A. Rigby, died near Mars Bluff last Wednesday, and was buried near Sum merton Thursday. Fresh lot of Garden Seed, all kinds, just received at Dr. Nettles's Drug Store, at For ~ Robert Connors, a colored house srvant of Mr. T. H. Connors, died suddenly last Thursday night, of par alysis of the heart. Coroner Rowe held an inquest the next day. All kinds of fire works, fire crackers. ro mLn candles, sky rockets, etc., at E. TIhames's store. On New Year's Day, Mr. J. D. Chil ders, of. Fulton, killed two pigs, thir teen months old, that gave him 418 pounds of pork. Mr. and Mrs. Chil ders will have from these two pigs e~ough bacon to carry them through the year. Golden Machine Oil for Gins and Mills, best quality, lowest price, for sale at Din kis & Co.'s drug store. - *Several days ago Melvin Wolkovis ke a little son of Mr. S. Wolkoviskie ad his hand badly lacerated by try ng to shoot a blank rifle cartridge 'with a nail and hammer. He went immediately to Dr. Pack who dressed t, and he is now doing very well. Highest New York prices paid for all kinds of furs and hides (otter, fox, coon, mink) at M. Kalisky's. We are certainly having lovely weather now. If it were not for the alendar one would think it was pring instead of winter. The trees re putting forth their leaves, the irds are caroling their sweet songs as if the cold wvas all entirely gone. But we will have it yet; and we will saffer the more for its having stayed so- long. Finest bananas in town at E. Thames's, opposite Levi's grocery department. near postoffice, for only 20 cents a dozen. 3 for 5 cents. All kinds of fruits, vegetables. sausages, etc., for sale at lowest prices. The Board of Directors of the Dime Savings Association met on Tuesday last. The Association has been in ex istence since the first day of last De cember, and the secretary and treas uer reports over three hundred dol lars on band, as the result of the daily dime payments of members. The board decided to keep books of stock olen until the 10th oaf February. The money of the Association will be lent on good security. We have just received, direct from the manufacturers in payment of advertising bbls three SEWING MACHINES. We wish th money for them, and offer them at very lo figures. First come, first served. Call at atthe Tnges office. Bennettsville Alliance says: Last night Judge J. H. Hudson was bap. d received into full membership in Wit church in this place. Lewis A. Benbow, colored, of the Summerton neighborhood, died Jan uary .6 1890, of heart disease, aged about fifty-seven years. The deceased was school commissioner for m'any years during Radical regime, yet dur ing all that time not one blot was placed upon his official record. Con servative iu his life he exerted an in fluence for good that will bp felt by generations yet unborn. Thus has passed away, in the full vigor of man hood, one who enjoyed the respect and confidence of both white and col ored. His life and character remain a living and legible epistle, which can be read with profit by his race. Fresh garden seeds, all kinds, for sale at M. Kalisky's. Also, onion sets. We publish in this issue of the Trvms a sworn statement of the con dition of the Bank of Manning. The statement demonstrates beyond a doubt that the Bank is a fixed insti tution in our town, and will prove a paying investment to its stockholders. The bank commenced business on the second day of September last with a paid in capital of about six thousand dollars, the balance of the subscribed capital ($30,000) was made payable in four instalments: the first on the first of October and the last on the first of this month; so it will be observed that the bank has been working on a very little capital during the four months of its existence. The people of Clar endon should patronize the bank, not only because it is a home institution, but because it will be to their advan tage to do so. Money can be had on as good terms as can be got anywhere. If you want to send off money go to the bank and buy a check: it is the safest and cheapest way of sending it. The bank also cashes checks and drafts at a small rate of exchange. Collections made on good terms and money forwarded promptly. Best stock of cigars in town, at H. A. Low ry's cash store. Public Sales. The public sales last Monday were more largely attended than any we remember of lately. The bidding in some cases was lively. Messrs. Jas. E. Tindal and J. B. Browa executors of R. J. Holladay, sold the follow ing: 370 acres to Miss Caroline Weinberg for $300. 80 acres to Miss Caroline Weinberg for $151. 100 acres to Lawrence S. Barwick for$511, The sheriff sold the following: Henry Curtis vs. Shad Robinson, 141 acres. Bought by M. Levi for $12.50. R. L. Cooper, Trustee, vs. Wesley Ste phens, 100 acres. Bought by J. F. Rhame for $50. After these sales were concluded, a lot of stock was put up and sold to the highest bidder. County Alliance Meeting. The people of Clarendon have nev er seemingly been more deeply inter ested in the success of any cause than are the farmers now in the success of the Alliance. The court house last Friday was well filled with Allianc -m -omery sectior..ot-thie~ub ty. In addition toii delegates pub lished below there was a large num ber of visitors, and all interested in the meeting. We are glad to see this, and if the farmers will only stick to gether, work together, work as a unit, let all their energies be consolidated for a common good, great and good results will naturally follow. No on who was present in the meeting of the County Alliance last Friday could fail to catch some of the enthusiasm of the elbow touch in that meeting. It1 was like the counseling together of a band of brothers. The following is a list of the delegates: C~zviny-L. H. DesChamps, J.3J. Broad way. B. P. Broadway, D. F. Lide, B. S. tLarvin, 3. D. Childers. JAcxs CBEEK-J. M. RiChardson, 3. S. Cantey, S. P. Holladay. JOnnA-H. H. Lesesne. Warrz Oax-P. W. Hodge, R. C. Plow den, 3. J. Childers. Oax Gnqvn--J. F. Strange, P. E. Ridge way. Pm'x GnovE--T. M~. Beard, W. J. Turbe vile, A. 3. Castine. SAsn GnovE-W. T. Kennedy. -PAzLxErro-S. E. Ingram, E. D. Hodge, J. G. Plowden. Tnztrry-T. 3. Cole, A. J. Tindal, J. H. McKnight. Masszmo-J. D. Holladay, L. K. Howle, . J. Gardner, J. F. Bradham, Jos. W. Mims. MIwwAY-F. P. Cooper, B. E. Hierrington, Geo. D. Smith. Nzw Zzox-H. G. Dennis, W. H. H. Hobbs. 3EF DAvs-E. B. Richbourg, H. C. Car rigan, 3. B. Holladay, S. L. Dingle, J. E. Tennant. HoME BBAqcx-T. A. Bradham, C. B. F. Baker, I. W. Hodge, W. H. Bradham, N. G. Broadway. S.va-H. S. Briggs, Jas.~ McCauley, Pinckney Bagin, E. G. DnBose. BREwINGToN-Jas. A. Burgess, W. M. Plowden. President Jas. E. Tindal made a long and interesting speech on gener al subjects, especially urging upon the members the importance of keeping their obligations. Everything said and done in the Alliance is secret. The Alliance cannot afford to have its secrets divulged, and any member who discloses anything said or done in the Alliance should at once be ex pelled from the order. The secrets of the Alliance, whether in the form of passwords, grips, or the private prices of groceries and guanos, should all be held sacred. If the members do not thus act, they cannot and will not be able to get wholesale cash prices. The wholesale merchants will be afraid to give them. Let every member learn to hold his tongue, and learn that si lence is an indication of the wise man. Mr. Jas. E. Davis, county trustee for the State exchange, made his re port. It was very encouraging. The idea is if the home merchants will sell right, then to invariably patronize them, but if they don't sell right to buy through the exchange. Alliance men will be able this year to buy fer tilizers cheaper than ever before. The Alliance unanimously adopted a resolution pledging every Alaane man to use cotton bagging the com ing year. Jute bagging i~s a thing of Ithe past, and our merchants will act wisely not to buy any more of it. At the meeting of the trustees of the sub-alliances held in the court house last Monday, Mr. J. Elbert Davis was elected county business agent for this county, at a salary of $500 year Summerton News. Sommitos, S. C., Jan. 6, 1890.-We are having murky, disagreeable weather. Those that have killed hogs are uneasy about their meat. Some parties have lost some already. Our village has been incorporated with the anti-whiskey clause. I doubt its being the best for us unless the law is rigidly en forced. Henry L. Brunson is -Iutting up a store for rent to Henderson & briggs. Dr. Bur gess will commence work again on his drug store in a day or two. Dr. Mood, mayor of Sumter, spent a couple of days in our village last week. The Doctor is looking well. Col. Utsey, soliciting agent for the C. S. & N. R. R., was in the village last week. He says trains will be running through to Sumter by the middle of this week. Prof. R. E. Mood returne(t on last Thurs day from his Christmas visit to his father's, and opened his school this morning. Mrs. R. R. Briggs and Mrs. Dr. Briggs returned home on last Friday from Charles ton where they spent Christmas. C. Foreston News. FoRESTON, Jan. 7.-The academy reopen ed yesterday with same additions. The school is under splendid discipline, and the students are making fine progress. The musical entertainment given by Miss Graves on the night of the 3rd inst., was quite a success. All present seemed to en joy themselves hugely and also to appreci ate the effort made for their enjoyment. There has been some little sickness in town, in the way of colds, etc., but the gen eral health is good. The weather continues warm for the season. Business is a little dull since Chrismas; but on the whole it has been brisk through out the season, and as soon as the farmers shall have perfected their arrangements for the year we expect a revival of the good old times. F. Wedded Love. TO MRS. INEZ TRAMEs, MAINING, R. C. Pledged is the faith, inscribed the vow, Another's life thou must endow; By sacred word thy fate is bound By Hymen's silken tie. Thou'lt cheer his home, and guide his way, And cause to tall the brightest ray That lights him on his journey here In true felicity. Thy souls like Heaven's aerial bow, Blend every light within their glow While journeying up life's rugged steep 'Midst joys and sorrows known. For grief divided with thy heart Were sweeter far than joy apart: Through fortunes rise, or her decline, Thy hearts shall beat as one. May naught thy joyous hearts divide, But on thy years serenely glide With prospects brightening as they speed And all to love be given. And when life's happy journey's o'er, Thou'lt part to meet and part no more On that "sweet celestial shore," There live and love in Heaven. Jan. 8th, 1890. E. C. A. A new arrival of fine shoes, all sizes and styles, for men, ladies, misses, and chil dren, and all sold at the lowest prices, at H. A. Lowry's cash store. MERCHANTS AND LAWYERS. Cheaper than Charleston. Liens, Bills of ale, Titles, Mort gage.s, and all kind of Legal Blanks for sale at the Manning Times of fice, at and below Charleston prices. We will duplicate any bill from Charleston,for at least ten per cent. le.ss than the Charle4on price. We propose controlling the Clarendon Ten cents on the dollar saved is~ that much made. Orders promptly filed by mail or exrpress. Address, S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. (. Williamsburg News. [C'ounty Recond.] The negroes are leaving this county by the hundreds for the turpentine farms of' Georgia. Soliciting. agents for them are numerous and untiring. Miss B. WV. Fleming, of the New Zion neighborhood in Clarendon county, died recently,-after a long sickness. She was about 33 years old. Mr. John Sauls sLaipped from Cade's de pot to Charleston, a few days before Christ mas, 500 turkeys at one time. '"his was theI largest sale of poultry, we presume, ever made in this country, at one transaction. Tuom&s & BRaHA~M will receive a car-load of large horses, broken and unbroken ,about the 15th of January. All desiring to buy good stock for a little nmoney will do well to call to see them. They are prepared to sell on part cash and good security. They will have a lot of good mules and horses at B. C. Tru luck's, near Benlah church, on the 4th of Jan uai-y, and at Lake City the second week in January. Come and look and you will buy. Legal Rate of Interest. The last Legislature changed the maxi mum rate cf interest from ten to eight per cent. The following is the text of the act: No greater rate of interest than seven per cntum per annum shall be- charged, taken, ageed upon or allowed upon-any contract arising in this State for the hiring, lending or use of money or other commodity, except upon written contracts wherein, by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. may be charged. No person or corporption lending or advancing money or other commodity upon a greater rate of interest shall be allowed to recover in any Court of tbis State any portion of the inter est so unlawfully charged; and the princi pal sum, amount or value so lent or advanc ed, without any interest, shall be deemed and taken by the C. -:ts of this State to be the true legal debt er measure of damages to all intents and purposes whatsoever, to be recovered without costs. Provided that the provisions of this act shall not apply to contracts or agreements entered into, or discounts or arrangements made prior to the first of March, 1890. There are times when a feeling of lassi tude will overcome the most robust, when the system craves for pure blood, to furnish the elements of health and strength. The best remedy for purifying the blood is Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsapa illa. Sick headache, biliousness, nausea, cos tiveness, are promptly and agreeably ban ished by Dr. J. H. McLean's liver and kid ney pillets (little pills.) If health and life are worth anything, and you are feeling out of sorts and tired out, tone up your system by taking Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsaparilla. Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, distress af ter eating, can be cured and prevented by taking Dr. J. H. McLean's liver and kidney pillets (little pills.) For a safe and certain remedy for fever and ague, use Dr. .J. H. McLean's chills and fe ver cure; it is warranted to cure. A bill has been introduced in the Virgin Iia Legislature looking to the re-establish ment of the whipping post. The bill pro vides that stripes be inflicted for the pun ishment of petit larceny. In no case, it provides, shall more than twenty stripes be inflicted in any one day, nor more than thirty-nine, the favorite number of the ante bellum regime, for any one offence. CONFIRMED.. The favorable impression produced on the first appearance of the agreeable liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs a few years ago has been more than confirmied by the pleas ant experience of all who have used it, and the success of the proprietors and muanuf'ac tuwrr the California Picr Syrup Company. Impartial Baptism. ([Binniinghamn Merciury.] Master Ned (to Rev. Dr. Trehern:) "Wish I had neen here last night when you baptiz. ed the company ?" Rev. Dr. Treliern: "What do you mean. my son? I did not baptize anybody." "No ? Well, imamnia said that when you cane in last night you threw cold vater on everybody." M. Kaliskv inrists that the people should not go to SuTir* when he is selling so cheap. A boy's suit of clothes for $1.50. Men's suits from $3 upl). m BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Indigestion, 1:iliousness, Dyspepsia. Mala. ria, Nervousues,. a;:d (;eneral lebility. Physi cians recommenl it. .'1 dealers sell it. Genuine hastrade markzand crtesl ied lines onwrapper. Advertisements Are Read. It is a fact that newspaper readers do not slight the advertisements. They have come to realize that the advertisements in a newspaper represents the goods which the merchants have for sale, and they take pains to familiarize themselves with what merchants have to offer. Moreover, the constituency of a paper are very apt to be governed by what they read in their own paper. If a paper is accepted in its politi cal, moral, and intellectual tone, as our horne paper, its advertisers share the re spect and confidence bestowed upon the pa. per itself. This is an important fact for advertisers to remember; at the same time it calls for the exercise on the part of the newspaper publishers of great care in the admission of advertisements.-Amerien Ad vertiser. YowDI POWDER 'Absolutely Pure.' Thispowdernevervaries. & mmel of punty, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ardi na7 kinds, and cannot .e sold in competition with the mu titude of low test, short weight hum or iosphaU nwilm Sod i cans. ROYAL BAMiN POWDEM *o,106swanlst,.Y. CRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. Reorganized under new management June 1st, 1889. Since then the house has been thor oughly renovated: new carpets, new furni ture. Making one of the most elegant and complete hotels in the city. Rooms en suite or single. Cuisine unexceptionable. Eleva tor. New bath rooms. New sample room. Exact business center of city. HABENICHT & GREEN. A. V. GREE, Late of Charleston Hotel, Charleston, S. C. To Arrive at Silver This Week! ONE CAR-LOAD OF Texas Colts! Call at the stables of T. A. Way Jan. 11th, 1890, and you will be able to buy the CHEAPEST AND BST COLTS ever brought to this m rkt. ~ -. BOBO &BRO0. January 6, 1890. FIRST QUARTERLY TATMNT OF THE BANK OF MANNING. S TATEMENT OF THE COND1TION OF the Bank of Manning, at Manning, in the State of South Carolina, at the elose of business, December 31, 1889. RESOURCEIS. Loans and Discounts.........$23,058.63 Due from other Banks..... .....22,345.61 FurnitureandFixtures........... 950.56 Expenses...................... 806.75 Cash on Hand................11,942.71 $59,104.26 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in. .. ... ...$S23,320 Due to other Banks. ... .. . ..... ..700.82 Individual deposits sub, to chk. 34,231.77 Undivided Profits..............3851.67 $59,104.26 Amount Authorized Capital....$40,000 Subscribed Capital..............30,000 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CoUNTY oF CLARENDoN. f I, Joseph Sprott, Jr., Cashier of the above named Batnk, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true .to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOSEPH SPROTT, JR., Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, 1889. [1.. s.] JOHN S. WILSON, Not. Pub. for S. C. NOTICE. T HE BOARD OF PENSION COMMIS sioners for Clarendon county are re quested to meet the Board of Pension Ex. aminers at Manning on the third Mon'day in January, 1890, being the 20th, for the purpo~se of revising the roll of pensioners for this county. Persons who have not al ready been examined and wishing to apply will present themselves for examination. H. H. LESESNE, Chin. Bd. Pension Exrs. Clarendon Co. ATLANTIC COAST LUNE. Northeastern Railroad. CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 18, 1889. On and after this date the following pas senger schedule will be in etrect: NoRTH BoUND). -No 78 'No 66 t No 60 *No 14 Lye Charleston 1225am 410am 400pm 430pm Lye Lanes 250 am 611a m 5 44 pm 629p m Arr Florence 420am 730 am 740 pm 755p m soUTH BOUND. No 27 *No 15 tNo 01 *No 23 Lye Florence 135am 747am 900am 1035pm Lye Lanes 2 50 am 9 15 am 10O37a in 12 12a m Arr Charleston 5 00 am 11 08 am 12 30 am 2 41a m COLUMBIA DIVISION. .No 53 *No 52 9 30 p mn Arr Charleston Lye 7 30 a mn 7 42 p mn Arr Lanes Arr 9 10 a m 7 04 p in Arr Manning Arr ,J 56 a mt 6 32 p in Arr Sumter Arr 1(0 30, a in 5 20 p m Lve Columbia Arr 11 55 a in *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. NOnEs- Nos 14 and 78 stops at Ashley Junction, Lanes and Kingstree; Nos 52 and 53 stops at all stations between Charleston and Columbia on signal; No 60l stops at Moncks Corner, St Stephens, Lanes, Kings. tree, and Lake City. No 27 stops att Lanes and Moncks Corner: No 15 stops at Lake City, Kingstree, Lanes and Monicks Corner; Nos 60 and 61 stops at all stations between Florence and Charles ton on signal; No 23 stops at all stations be tween Florence and Charleston on signal except .Salters. Nos 52 and 53 connect at Lanes with trains to and fromi Georgetown, and at Columibig. with trains to and from all points on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. No 53 connects with train from Columbia and Greenville Railroad stations. J. R. KENLY, J1. F. DrvixE, Asst. Gen'l Mang'r Gen'l Sup't. T. M En--ox men'i Passnger Ag,-nt Sound Political Advice. The N.Y. Herald, the ablest conducted newspaper in America, in commenting bn the great speech deliveied by the late H. W. Grady in Boston, a few days before his death, says: "A remarkable phenomenon demands the attentiofi of the leaders of colored public opinion in the South and North. They can not prudently shut their eyes or the eyes of their constituency-the colored people of the Union--to the sympathy and applause given by all New England and a greut part of the North in the recent speech of Mr. Grady, of Georgia, at a Boston banquet. "Scheming and reckless politicians in Congress may contrive Federal election bills--they cannot pass: and if they do they will be repealed under stress of public in dignation in the North. The colored leaders in the South who tell their people that there is help for them in Federal legislation mis lead them, and are either ignorant them selves or reckless demagogues. The colored people of the South must help themselves out of any troubles they may have. They must become a part of the Southern body politic and not an extraneous mass, cohering for purposes foreign to the general objects of their fellow citizens. "It is the duty of the intelligent and con scientious leaders of the colored South to tell their people all over the South plainly that they have no help to expect from North - ern sympathy; that Federal election laws, even if they should pass, would not benefit them, and would be repealed in two years under the stress of Northern indignation and opposition, and that they ought no lon ger to allow themselves to be banded to gether in their States in a 'solid' mass, not forming a political party, but only a politi cal mob. It is their duty to teach their peo ple that they must vote as they think and not as Republican demagogues urge them to. "The solid South consists of two parts, the solid white voters and the solid black voters. But what do the blacks gain-what have they gained by this solidity? Nothing except here and there a postoffice or some other petty Federal place flung to them by their Republican frie-ds as a bone is flung to a dog. It is time for the colored voters to consider their situation and to abandon the false course which has brought upon them, as many of them asscrt, maltreatment in the South; but, what is far more serious for them, indifference and contempt in the North, and in the house of their friends." 1. V Nice cypress shingles always on hand, at lowest prices, at H. A. Lowry's. A Wonderful Recovery. Mrs. Geo. P. Smoote, a highly cultivated and estimable lady of Prescott, Ark., writes under date of April 22, 1889: "During the summer of 1877 my eyes became inflamed and my stomach and liver almost hopelessly disordered. Nothing I ate agreed with me. I took chronic diarrhcea, and for some time my life was despaired of by my family. The leading physicians of the country were con sulted, and the medicines administered by them never did any permanent good, and I lingered between life and death, the latter being preferable to the agonies I was en during. In May, 1888, I became disgusted with physicians and their medicines. . I dropped them all, and depended solely on Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) a few bottles of Wrhtadmepama etl 1eweLrom then until now." ' Disabled for Business. Several years ago my health failed me and I was compelled to give up my business. I was in constant agony caused from excruci ating pains in my back, liver, and stomach. I tried every medicine I could hear of, but without receiving any relief. My attention was then called to S. S. S. I tried five bot tles of it, and received the most gratifying results. I am to-day as healthy and sound a man as you will find anywhere, and I owe it all to the curative properties to be found in Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) R. L. WVoMucE, Morgantown, N. C. Treatise on Blood and Skin diseases mailed free. THE SwIwr SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. Blank Receipts, Notes, and Draft', in books of 50)'s and 100's, for sale at the Tnm~s office. Hlow the Chinese Tr-ace the Origin of Man. [ PopuLr &ipnce .lIontbl@.] . The rocks are the bones of the divine body, the soil is the flesh, the metals are the nerves and veins; the tide, wind, rain, clouds, frost, and dew arc all caused by its respirations, pulsations and exhalations. Originally the mountains rose to the firma ment, and the seas covered the mountains to their tops. At that time there was; in the divine body no life besides the divine life. Then the waters subsided; small herbs grew, and in the lapse of cycles developed into shrubs and trees. As the body of man, un washed for years, breeds vermin, so the mountains, unlaved by the seaK, bred worms and insects, greater creatures developing out ofjlesser. Beetles in the course of ages became tortoises, earth-worms became ser pents, high-flying insects became birds, some of the turtle-doves became pheasants, egrets became cranes, and wild-cats became tigers. The praying mantis was by degrees transformed into an ape, and some of the apes became hairless. A hairless ape made a fire by striking crystal upon a rock, and, with the spark struck out, igniting the dry grass. With the fire they cooked food, and by eating warm victuals they grew large, strong and knowing, and were changed into men. Pimples. blotehes, scaly skin, ugly spots, sores and ulcers, abscesses and tumors, un healthy discharges, such as catarrh, eczema, ringworm, and other forms of skin diseases, are symptoms of blood impurity. Take Dr. JT. H. MdcLean's Sarsaparilla. No need to take those big cathartic pills; one of Dr. J. H. McLean's liver and kidney pillets is quite suflicient an d more agreeable. Faults of digestion cause disorders of the liver and the whole system becomes derang ed. Dr. J. i-I. McLean's Sarsaparilla perfects the proces:- of digestion and assimilation, and thus makes pure blood. Even the must vigorous and hearty people have at times a fzeeling of weariness and las situde. To dispel this feeling take Dr. J. H. McLean's Sarsaparilla; it will impart vigor and vitality-. The most delicate constitution can safely use Dr. J. H. Mh-c-ean's tar wine lung bal sam. It is a1 sure remiedy for coughs, loss of voice, and all throat and lung troubles. SALT 1I11E UM With its intenise itching, dry~, hot skin, often broke~n into painful cracks, and the little wattery pimples. often causes indescribable suffering. Hood's Sarsaparilla has wonder ful powver over this disease. It puite the blood anid espels the humor-, andl the skin heals without a scar. Send for~ book con taining many statemenis of enre-s, to C. I. Hood & Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Alaska was purchased by the United Statcs in 1f~7 for seven million two hun dredl thousand dlollair., and from the se-al fisheries, alone, the United States has since received over live million dlollars, while the other resources of Alaska have been as yet scarcelv touched. And those tutalded with nervousness resulting from care or overwurk will tbe elieIVed by taking Br'owut's Ir'on Bitters. c-nniane hoa trade rnarknndcarmod red lines on wranner. J D RUTLEDGE. E. A. TEEIAL RUTLEDSE &T TNDALP, DEALERS IN AND MANUFACTU RERS OF FURNITURE. SUJMME3RTON1, S. 0. Keel) in stock a full line of hedsteals, chairs. tables. sofas, wardrobes, bureaus, bed room sets, cradles, cribs, mattresses,. bed spriugs, coffins, easkets. etc., etc. Our stock of COFFINS AND CASKETS iS equal to any hept ill this or SIlier co16uti ('0S. ani we will fill orders at any hour day or night. Mr. H. I. Meldau. well knowi in this coitv is a skillful and experienced mechanic, will give personal attention to repairing of any and all kinds of furniture, or will manufacture any kind of furniture at shortest notice. Our prices are as low as the lowest, and all we ask to effect a sale is an inspection of our goods. BIG BARGAINS H T. AVANT' RACKET STORE. CHEAPEST STORE IN SUMMERTON. When old high prices had his fingers in your eyes I came and pulled them out. Now keep them out by trading with me. I always have on hand a big stock of General Merchandise. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR COTTON. H. T. AVANT, Summerton, S. C. J. G. DINKINS, M. D. R. B. LORYEA. FORESTON DRUG STORE, B fl141FORESTON, S.C0. J. G. Dinkins &Co., FOESON S U E I keep always on hand a full line of Druggists and Pharmacists, Pure Drugs and Medicines, I-RNITURE DEALER FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,TOIET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, -AND- ERY, CIGARS; GARDEN SEEDS, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY, and such articles as are usually kept in a': FINE CIGARS AND first class drng store. TOBACCO. nueftaker, 1navtaddedtomy Full stock of PAINTS, OILs, GLAs S PAINTS OILS VARNISHEs and WHITE LE, alsoLEAD, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, PAINT and WMITEWASH BRUSHES. Begs to call theattention of the people of in quantities to suit purchasers. An elegant stock of Clarendon county to the fact that le has now 0 in stock and const.tntly arriving d'irect from L. Wr. NETTLES,, X.D.9 SPECA CLES and EYE GL ASSES. the led in fies the l anot Fs . No charge made for fitting the eye.cmlt tc f_________________ Bhscin Prsrpin carefully U NI U E AHNR J. 6. Dinlkins & CD.,eer nth- cio dolr FAi. ! Sign of the Golden Mortar, '. fi~l c Begs to call.th atenio o thehepeople of C. I. HOYT. H A. HOY ClareDon cuy toe fact tha his goos ndw mte gn orteO pnd suchoartilesrasuare usttlydkeptkin di~ ueI ~ d(pofiertasdru r. . REIN ADIS C. I. HOYT,&VARNISHFREE OFUSHARG Largst nd ldet Jwely Sorein Sh~ft~nflutflerdbot in touantities 't sui Gurhasrs SUMTER, S.Foreston,& C ..' FURITME MAHnBERs. .Itc ofCrrmosnEgregs,-:0:n ac.mssolee orageti hscut o 4.I.HOYT&RO. 0~rgs andpOldet JiwelrfSt-re:i Silver LaCpsnbeautesPfromeys0 to f20 A4veryFirsgeCltsskGroBretiesaingetth verysistingsofver andteveryokindaof.good Gold Rings on hand. Fine line of Clocks. Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, and Specta cles. we keep any and everything in the Lowest Prices.Ma in, SC L. W., FOLSOM, Ihxejqr~l i a Successor to F. H. Folsonm & Bro. o SUMTER, th etwgo.oite akt obl arlBrehLa.n htus DEALER IN coebrd SolO igeBec od WATCHES, CLoCKS JEWELRY. 1t VSlCC~Ol~l(1r n htGa,$ o$5 vr ido The celebrarteedIlOU., Royal MzzleLoaingDoubeSSotings achine,$3andinglesShotzGrnsn$A.e0ita,$12 ways on hand. Repaiitri20ngDpbromAcioy and neatlykerex$cnt0dtob10.killlkidworkm (n. prices. THdseaNul iE dP packed, an d bheed Cas-as olPwe delveedat muerde otREO LV N P u hes r rs ed Satsfcton naanee, bchasnosye fPR luA Td Ta G.INes - '. tll arsand prkice011f J HooOH.TONDD ELL A 0.'s - -~~ A A GW. OTKH Pitsur, Pa ~~ -~ rr sv e n.. s.oo . 'R LMN. JO .D'E offers toLthe peoplerof.thisrlection a.com -- ~ platenlnS.of achine. ad Finngtiaesrsann Boilcas. Orders by mailornlMilesiPularefu, Sttftn FirstiClassPlocereesHain r, etc Choice Firsu t las Hagen ar o~tsnly fo0 centsa. fo h atr n ilb oda ST LOUI MO ALAS.T q T C. A. W OODs wCll alay bot et t. Wie forund Pcil rices.twllb o th advatag P'JationaAHoueeion ar mersC ~~.' sral a1 177 MEEnningiS.EL DO~~~i5 s~ia e ju s reen \~i vd aul car.see' CHARLSTON S. . stae b4 esidnsagn in temrket, alditwish.uu everone befor Mrs. ..BAKE, Prprieress asing to cdantill and gretlyi 3417anmyEatBy acres. 1 wii lvtorihe ond y sell HRETN .C Rate PerDay,~I.O. dlleay and a ui urgs