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S. A. NETTLES. Editor. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25.1890. Napoleon Lavelle, who some months ago, killed his wife in Charleston, was sentenced last Tuesday to be hanged September 5th. Manning must have a railroad to the C. S. & N. line. Something must be done. Is it impossible to get our business men to see the great and absolute need of this road? Are they asleep to their interests? Wake up! Inaction means death! On our first page will be found a ticket suggested in the Augusta Chronie! It's anything to beat Till man, but the farmers of this State will not be sidetracked by any such tricks: they will stand by Ben Tillman till he is fairly elected. Commisioner of Agriculture But ler's reply to Tillman's charges will be found on the first page. He deals largely in vituperation. "Panola in a communication in this issue dis cusses this letter, showing that extrav agance has not been wanting in the offee. Mr. James R Tindal has declared himself a candidate for the office of Secretary of State, and he will make an excellent officer. He is in every repc fitted. for the position, and be an able and cnnservative ad viser inCapt. Tillman's cabinet. He wil be- elected. Polities continues warm and excit ing, but we are gidd to say that the bittei- feelings that were brewing in the beginning of the campaign are fast dying out, and friends are dis cussing the political situation in a friendly spirit, each man giving to the other the right af his own opinion. Some persons in this county say they wil not vote for any Tillmanite for a ounty office. Such talk should stop, but if that is the proposed trick, it' a game that both sides can play at. We have counseled moderation and conservatism, but such talk as this will niot do, and we propose eeping the people posted. "-Democratic clubs are being. organ red in every part of the county, and theaction of a majofity of the county --en.cmtive committee is thus condemn ed in the strongest possible manner. Te peple ar rht in thus acting. rights tt should be re 'pected, and when a yery large ma joity rightly demand a thing, a very smal minority should not thus at tempt to keep it from them. On our first page will be found a a n account of the campaign held last week These ae are impartial, the intention tgive each candidate a fair Sand while necessarily brief, jytthey will give a fair idea of the tenediaryenthusasm and success ihnlemn meets wherever he goes. In ~eycounty yet, except at Columbia yetraTimman has had the people ~ith him. Some claim a wave of re etion followshimn, but the September tinwill show him to be on the crest of popular enthusiasm, proudly into the gubernatorial We don't believe in cursin'o swearing, and think all m let their conversa from slang an o all public men doce , and a good many d .ir debts. If Ben to let a "cuss word" lips it's awful: if another does likewise, it's nothing. Tiha should not curse, and we awill let it alone, but we have idea he can do so until the present eavs s over. Everything Tillman 4oaand says is contorted into a huige wanocunin; but the people will not be a?busbamnboozled, and Tillmnan will be ~Iwill not do this year for any club ~>tctgizeby simply taking its last Sasaroll and adding new names to iLSo many new clubs have been or ~~nrdthat the only proper way is ~?~reorganize entirely with a new club al'cl, whichi should be signed by every eersonm who is a member of the club. ~eTclubs will find this actually nec this year, and that club that taempts to send in a delegation based on ajageunrevised club roll, which ~ pobaayis made up largely of per s ons dead, moved away, or members Sof other clubs, will find that it will Snot work. We are a family, and such bad things will not be allowed. We were in Columbia yesterday at ~the campaign meeting, and were with the manner in which conducted himself. It was an Earle meeting, and Col Earle was the hero of the occasion, a very large majority being Earle men; but Till -man had quite a respectable following, bohas to the number and character of the men, and he left the meeting with colors flying higher than ever. Th Anti-Tillman crowd tried to howl him down, but his followers stood to him manfuly and while he did not have a half showing, yet he gained Svotes, and not one word that he utter ed would have offended the ears of any S.of the large number of ladies present. K;If yesterday's showing is a fair sam ple of the man, he is a man every inch of him. Senator Hampton made a nservative speeeb, and it was well received. Bratton, Earle, J. 0. Has kell, and Gary also spoke in the morn ing. At night there was another speech-making, at which five or six spoke. It was the first and only Anti Tlllman meeting yet, just as it was expected to be, but it was much more of a Tillman meeting than his friends ernected. The Aifti-Tillmanites have very little to brag of. The meeting was devoid of any bad feeling, but both sides partook largely of the na ture of a proverbial long-eared ani mal, in cheering and braying at the wrong time. Why cannot sensible men on such occasions quietly listen till one speaker gets through and then do their cheering ? The plan pursu ed so far in these campaigns has not common sense for a foundation. Hampton county has elected dele gates to the September convention, and instructed them to vote for Till man. The eitecutive committee of Georgetown county has called a con vention to meet several days be lore the State campaign meet ing, and has, we learn, informed the State Executive Committe that they prefer no campaign day in that coun ty as they do not care to bear any of the candidates speak. The action of these two counties is reprehen sible, and especially so in the case of Georgetown. The executive commit te of this county has coolly and delib erately, believing the sentiment to be Anti-Tillman, called a convention be fore the day appointed for the candi dates to speak, to elect Anti-Tillman delegates. Hampton county, on the other hand, acted hastily and in the heat of provocation. A convention was called in Hampton for other pur poses than to elect delegates to the State convention, but among the first things done in the convention was for the Anti-Tillman men to introduce a set of resolutions condemning Till man and the March convention. It so happened, as will be the case in a large majority of the counties, that the Tillman influence was in the as cendancy, and the resolutions were promptly voted down. Then, the Tillman men provoked by such con duct took the bull by the horns and elected delegates to the State conven tion. This course was not right, but no more we believe than the other side would have done had they been able to pass their resolution. The Hampton action was not right; the Georgetown action will be decidedly wrong. T' " With Clarendon Farmers. Mr. W. W. -\nderson, of the Summerton section, was in vwn last Friday, and hand rd us a cotton bod that he picked from the eld of Mr. J. S. Watt. He says that Mr. W.u c-ill have opon cotton in about three weeks, and that he expects to present Mr. Tlmwa with a boquet of open cotton bolls on campaign day in Manning. Mr. J. H. Hilton, of the Summerton sec tion, was in town Saturday, and says that in stead of a reactior setting in against Till man, his neighbors seem more determined to give him their support than they were a month ago. He also spys that unless some. thing very urgent happ ens every man from his neighborhood will be in Manning July 26th. - Mr. Winfield Holladay, of Panola, says that Tillman lss lost some votes in his sec tion, and that he thinks the Friendship club about half for Tillman and the other half against him. Mr. J. M. McFaddin says the crops in Sammy Swamp are very tine, but just now needing rain. With good seasons the corn and cotton crops will be magnificent. Mr. McFaddin says his neighborhood is almost unanimously for Tillman, but that he him self is no follower of Mr. Tillman. It Looks Like Extravagance. EDITon MAssNG Tms:--Tn wading through the voluminous and labored reply of Col. Butler to the strictures of Capt. TiIV man upon the management of the agricult ural department, one can but be shocked with the wanton and criminal extravagance as shown in the conduct of the phosphate ases. I propose to quote froa his own figures, and to ask is its parallel to be fe".nd on earth. He says the State in the suit against the Pacific Guano Co. (an immensely rich ear poration of Northern capitalists) obtained judgment for seventy-six thousand dollars butadmits a compromise was allowed upon the payment of fifty-one thousand, a clear loss to the State and its burdened taxpayers of twenty-five thousand dollars. Who was authorized to make and made this shameful compromise, under a judgment in which he confesses property worth a hundred thousand dollars had been attached under the judgment? With an attachment exe cuted for seventy-six thousand dollars upon property he says was worth a hundred thousand dollars should it not have been pre s ) he~ eetre9 of the last nickle ? Col. B Ller then proceeds to show what disp'~u was made of the amount paid or fle State uponi the compromise with Wacinec Guano Co., and also a lhttle mat ~ragainst Pinckney& Davis from which he obtaed seven hundred and two dollars. ie says the amount paid the Hon. Augustine T. Smythe, State Senator from Charleston, 'in the Pacific Guano Co.'s case, was nine thousand dollars. This enormous fee out of fifty-one thousand dollars actually ob taned for the State-over 16 per cent. lawyer's fees. In the Pinckney & Davis case this high priced attorney but very inftuA ential State Senator out Herods Herod by modestly taking five hu'rdred dollars as fee out of the seven hundred and two dollars collected for the State. Is it possible that in all of the splendid array of legal talent presented by the entire bar of the State he could not have selected his equal in ability and learning? I know of many in twenty steps of his offige door. Was it not that the department of agricult ure wanted and needed the aforesaid Sena torial influence to protect his and the de partment's interests on the floor of the Senate? If these statements which comes from Col. Butler's own pen, had been made from the rostrum by Capt. Tillman it would have raised a howl among the Antis indeed. I consider them as more damaging as regards the management of the department than an hag made by Capt. Tillman. Capt. Tillman says there is -seven thousand doi lars not accounted for; on the other hand Col. Butler v-ery accurately aer'r.... ror about thirty-five th~rand dollars utterly wasted in foolish compromises and prepos terous lawyer fees. It bad been better for the department if no reply had been attempted. And yet Gen. Hagood in a speech delivered in Col umbia one night this week declared that Col Butler had conipletely and most satis factorily cleared himself of every charge made by Capt. Tillman. Are our old lead er gone mad ? While he has accounted for the deficit of seven thousand dollars, he has revealed to the astonished and disgusted view of the tax payers of the State a heavy and really criminal loss sustained at his hands. Col. Butler's management of the finances of his department but substantiates the charge of Capt. Tillman that there has been great waste of the people's money: more than this he has not charged, nor do we believe. PAxOL-a June 20th. Five to One for Tillmian. some weeks since I have written to you, and in fact had almost come to the conclusion to stop writing on the political situation, as I see that yon have other correspondents whose letters are more interesting than mine. There is not an issue but that my neighbors want to know what 'Panola Far mer" or "Tom" or "Tillman Convert" has to say, and read with avidity what they write. A few'of my personal friends, whose friendship I value very highly, differ from me on the political situation. They seem to think that the issue before the people is between Tillman and Earle or Bratton but I do not think so, and I am satisfied that I am right. The question for the people to Idecide is whether or not they favor the plat form of principles adopted by the Farmers' Association which met in Columbia last March. If they are opposed to the platform. then they cannot support Tillman for gov ernor; but if they favor the platform they must support Tillman as he is the spirit of that platform. The opposition admit that they would have opposed any other man as bitterly as they are opposing Tillman had the Association named some one other than Till~an. Thus it is plain to my way of thinking that it is not Tillman who is being opposed but the principles of the farmers, a set of principles that we have been strug gling for until we have grown weary with waitg, and with no chance of success with our present leaders. I notice the names of several good and true men mentioned in the News and Con rier that are opposed to us, and most of them farmers, too, and if I were a stranger to the people of Clarendon I would say at (ce after seeing this array of prominent names, that Clarendon county disapproves of the farmers' platform and is satistied to allow the old time politicians a longer term of official life; but I am happy to say that I k.no. them gentemen, each oneor themr personally, and will admit that there was a time when they could and did mould the political sentiment for this county, and while they yet have a great many admirers and personal friends, they will find that: their influence is gone as far as this issue is concerned. The people have made up their minds to support the farmers' movement, and all the wire pulling and political strategy will not prevent or change them. I have been about considerably within the past few weeks, and a good portion of my time I have been vis iting friends and relatives in Salem, and if I were to tell you that nine-tenths of the people in that section are determined to support the farmers' platform you would think I was doing some bragging, but if there is an Anti that doubts it let bim take the trouble to visit that section and be con vinced. The recent action of the executive com mittee is almost unanimously disapproved of, even the few Antis that I have heard ex press an opinion say that they think it was a step in the wrong direction. However, clubs 'will be temporarily organized, and the officers of these clubs will have caution enough to not be caught napping at -the regular time for reorganizing the clubs. On the 2nd day of August they will reorganize and elect permanent officers, and a member of the executive committee. I hear that some are boasting that this county will go against the movement, and the prediction is made that Earle will carry Clarendon. Perhaps those who are making these boast-predictions can figure them out on paper, for that is the only way they can get at it, as the people themselves are the proper ones to consult, and I have consulted a great many and found that Tillman and the platform will receive a majority of at least five to one. Some say that the charges made by Tillman have been withdrawn, and that Col. Dargan made him take water at Anderson. Mr. Tillman did apologize to Mr. Dargan for using language about him that he should not have done, and by his having the manliness to apologize for doing his fellow-man an injustice he has raised himself in my estimation, for when a man does wrong and becomes convinced of it he is not a true man if he does not acknowl edge his error. Great stress is laid upon what Mr. Till man said about certain senators perjuring themselves. Now in the name of common sense what can you say of a man who takes an oath to support the constitution, and when the constitution requires a certain thing to be done and he finds that it would take from certain counties some of their representatives in the legislature and give more representatives to other counties, and thereby defeat a certain controlling influ ence, what can it be called? Is it perjury, deception, or wilful misconstruction? In my opinion an oath is a promise to the Creator, and it matters not whether taken by a senator or plow boy. CONsERvATIVE. Clarendon County, June 23. Enthusiastic Club Meeting at Panola. PAroLA, June 21.- ditor Mamniig Times: A meeting of the citizens of the, Panola sec tion was called at Capt. Brailsford's store, and numbers responded. Mr. J. H. T. Coulliette called the meeting to order, and stated that the object was to allow all good Democrats who felt an interest in the pres ent political campaign to organize to discuss the situation and unite for the purpose of upholding the principles of the March plat form and more especially to strengthen and uphold the hands of Capt. B. R. Tillman, the cha'mpion of the farmer and the de fender of the right. The Panola Democratic Club was then formed and the following officers were elected: C. R. Felder, president;J. M. Rich ardson, vice president; T. B. Owen, secre tary and treasurer. The president on tak ing his seat made a stirring. appeal to the farmers present in behalf of the farmers' movement, -hich elicited throughout pro longed applause. Col. John 0. Brock made a few remarks in defence of the action of the executive committee. The following resolutions, submitted by Mr. 3. H. T. Coulliette, were unanimously adopted: WHn.s, we the citizens of the Panola section of Clarendon county, in meeting as sembled on this the 21st day June, 1890, for the purpose of organizing a Democratic club, to be known as the Panola Democratic Club, and feeling it our duty to place before the people of our county and State our sol emn protest against the action on the part of the executive committee in Manning on the 6th day of June, 1890, in deciding that there should be no orgsnization of the Dem ocratic clubs until 2d of August; therefore be it Resolve4, That we, the members comnpos ing this club, organize. In doing this we feel perfectly justitiable in trying to shake off the yoke of bossism. 2. That we most cordially endorse the ac tion of the March convention in bringing out Capt. B. R. Tillmian for governor, be lieving him to be the most suitable man to advocate and defend the cause lie ha% so strenuously advocated. 3. That wL endorse E. B. Gary, for lieu tenant governor; Y. J. Pope, for attorney general; H. S. Farley, for adjutant and in spector general; and that we pledge our selves to do all in our power to promote and advance the good and welfare of the Democ racy of old South Carolina. 4. That we endorse the bold and fearless stand taken by the Charleston World and TE MANN'Iso Tnrns, and that we denounce the Xeres and Curer and all such malignant papers. 5. That a cony rof al-se resolutions be sent. to tha Charlesto'n World and MANcI Tnis for publication. The Panola section may be expected to march to the tune of Tillman and reform. At least 90 per cent. of our people, Demo crats to the core, are for Farmer Ben, and will give him an ovation when he comes to Manning. ? T. B. OwEN, Secretary. Tilmanism Prospers on Abuse. PACEsYII-L.,, June 19.-Editor Moing Tbnes: As I have been keeping cool and letting my mustache grow for a short while, I will set 'em up a few. Not much news stirring in this section; good crops but no candidates as yet, or at least none that I have heard of in the Packsville section. I notice that politics is getting pretty hot about Manning on the Tillman question and the farmers generally, but I guess that won't last very long. I think some of those dudes will cave under before long. They will get so ashamed that they will act some Ithing like our common toad frogs: they will Isquinch their eyes and crawl backwards into some stump hole. I notice a correspondent of a newspaper, signed X, and I think X suits him pretty well. I should judge that he is crossed pretty much the same way. He says. "I notice some think that the colored voters are registering so generally in order ,to vote for Tillman, and if that is what they are counting on they will be badly left." Allow me to say right hcre, Mr. Editor, that the farmers of South Carolina don't ask for any colored vote~s to elect Tillman. They have the majority to elect him or any other 'man they want without the aid of the col ored voters. He seems more like he wvould like to get the colored votes for himself than any one else. If he wants them there is no use whipping the devil around the stump: let him declare himself a candidate andi coec out on the Republican tickct. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, Iam informed by a reliable source that .a young man of your town, occupying an in fluential position, has said that the farmers did not have sense enough to manage the affairs of the State. I will admit that some of them are very narrow minded, but I think that the very worst id iot that we could find among them would equal this little fellow in that respect. Just let the little man rear: walk out lawyers and members of the old ring; walk in Tillmian jand rerorm;that's the way they go. C. B. Doctor Swamp Alliance. The Doctor Swamp Alliance at their last meeting elected the following gentlemen as officers to serve for the ensuing term: . W. Cole, president; C. H. Tobias, vice-pres ident; J. H. Timimons, secretary and lect urer; J. H. Barnes, assistant lecturer; J. H. Burgess, business agent; S. T. Tobias. sergeant at arms; J. D. Lowder, door-keep er; H. G. Barfield, assistant door-keeper; W 0n nom-it- otton statatcain. The Tillman Wave. PacEsvILLE, Jnne 23.--Elior JAlfwig Tines:-A meeting of the Dreadnaught Democratic club was called for the purpose of reorganization and was largely attended. The meeting was enthusiastic throughout. 116 names were enrolled. The following officers were elected: president, Dread naught Jones: vice president. Sandy Craw grit; secretary and treasurer, Collectum Scribe; member of executive committee, Fearless Daretalk. The following preamble and resolutions were read and adopted without a dissenting voice: WHEREAS, The News and Courier, Colum bia Register, Greenville News, and other papers throughout the State, have thought tit to antagonize the Farmers' Movement, we acknowledge their right to do so, but condemn the systematic course of abuse and misrepresentation they have adopted, which, however, has failed of its purpose and only strengthened our movement; and WHEREAs, The executive committee of our county have in oppositition to the wish es of a large majority of the Democratic voters of Clarendon county forbid the reor ganization of the Democratic clubs of said county 'until the 2nd of August next, in op position to the recommendation of the State executive committee, and by their action have shown to the people that they desired to prevent them from discussing the issues of the day; and as their action has to their great dismay resulted in closing up our ranks and wheeling Clarendon into line solid for Tillman and reform: be it Resolved, That we return our most hearty thanks to the above named papers and ex ecutive committee for the great service lhey have unwittingly done us. Resolved 2, That a page on the minutes of our club be inscribed to the defunct bour bonism in this county. Mr. Doggerel Scribble read the following which which was received with applause and ordered published: THE TILLMAN WAvE. The Tillman wave is rolling on With a resistless force, And all opponents one by one Are thrown out of its course. The News and Courier with Hemphill Have tried tostem the tide, But that it's floating onward still Can never be denied. Malignant sheet, its prophesies Like Baalam's always prove Blessings instead of curses: lies, True Democrats don't move. Our executive committee too Have followeed in the lead, But I will try and show to you Where they were wrong indeed. For when a loaded club they took The Tillman ranks to smash, They met with such a stern rebuke, Swift as the lightning's fiash. The farmers more united stand And with determined mein Intent at once to take a hand And let it now be seen. That once for all their rights they dare Maintain. Though foes be strong Democracy need never fear From them aught that is wrong. So brother farmers tiruily stand 'Mid sunshine and 'mid storm; Bear your proud banner through the land, For Tillman and reform. SMIEE. There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years was'sup posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is token internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monia~ls. 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The following Sunday-schools took part in the service: Union Cypress, Society Hill. Mt. Chapel, and Jerusalem; with the following superintendents: Wilson S. Rob inson, J. C. Hilton, Lewis Johnson, and Mr. Canty. Collections were good. K. H. HAnr.is. Cancer of the Lip Cured. I suffered from cancer on my lip that defi ed the skill of the best physicians of the State. I had it burned out, but the opera tion only made it worse, causing it to spread over more surface and eat deeper in. I final ly had it burned off again, and used Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) to heal it up and drive the poison out of my blood. The effect of the Specific was magical I It healed up the can cer entirely without leaving a scar as a re minder. This was over four years ago, and since then there has been no sign of a return of the cancer. I will cheerfully answer any enquiries in regard to my case. Exos YoUsr, Bradford, Ohio. A Prominent Druggist Cured. "Eleven years ago I was suffering from an attack of white swelling. A great many prominent physicians attended me but fail ed to effect a cure. I commenced using Swift's Specific (S. S. S.), and after using it for a few months I was entirely cured, and since then have had no symptoms ot its re turning. I feel that the cure is entirely due to the curative properties contained in S. S. S. 1 can cheerfully recommend it as a md icine to all suffering humanity." PAU W. KInrPaT-rncK, of Kirkpatrick & Wafford, Druggists, Johnson City, Tenn. Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. If you feel "out of sorts," cross and peev ish-take Dr. J. HI. McLean's Sarsaparilia; cheerfuluess will return and life will acquire new zest, "It goes right to the spot," said an old man, who was rubbing in Dr. J. H. Mc Lean's Volcanic Oil Liniment to relieve rheumatism. The quality of the blood depends much upon good or bad digestion and assimila-, tion. To make the blood rich in life and strength-giving constituents use Dr. J1. H. McLean's Sarsaparilla. It will nourish the properties of the blood, from which the ele ments of vitality are drawn. Capital Test. Son: "Pa, a monkey is five times as good as Deacon Good, ain't he. Pa: "J.imimy, I'm surprised ! Why do you say so disrespectful a thing?" Son: "Why you only gave him a cent lst Sunday whet he came around with the plate, and you gave the organ-grinder's monkey five cents this morning." The Staunton Life Association of Virginia ofers a new plan of insurance to the public. The natural premium plan-Rates 33 per cent. lower than the old line companies One half the policy paid at old age. Don't have to die to win-A safety lund, the inter est on 'which red~zc premiums-A fixed time and amount for payment. The com pany is managed by responsible business men of Virginia. in seven years has paid $161,500 on 76 deaths, and paid every one promptly and in full. Never had a law suit or compromised a claim. Both mai,.: and females insured at same rates if healthy and not over 60 y ears old. Before insuring call on or write to I T. M. KEELS, Agent, Manning, S. C. Colored People's Children D)ay. Jonn)RDs, June 23.-ElIor -Vfwingi This.' I take pleasure in placing before the readers of the TIMES our children's day exercises, which were held June 8, 1890. At eleven o'clock A. M. Rev. K. H. Harris preached from Mark 10th chapter and 14th verse; theme: Childhood Exalted. At 1.30 r. M. the superintendent of Jordan A. M. E. Sndav-school, with a comumitte of seven gentlermen and ladies, under the banner of "Excelsior," prepared by the .superinitendent and other:;, met and esceortedl the Mount Chapel Baptist Sunday-school, Louis Johna son superintendent, to the ch ureii. Dinner was prepared by the dutiful trus tee and tuithful si-sters of tUidn Cypress. Trhe grand march wvas commenced by the J ,ordan and Mount Chapel schools imeeting and greeting the Socie-ty Hill A. M. E. Sunday-school, Joseph C. Hilton supe~r intendent, and ended by landing in the church. The opening exercises were conducte~d by Rev. K. H. Harris and WV. S. Robinson. The welcomue address, by Miss Alice Cain, was rspontded to by Mr. Louis Jlohnson. Intro ductory remarks by xW. S. Robinson. The speakers of the .Jordan and Mount C-.pel 1:chools wvere introdlucedl by Wv. .. Robinson; Society lill's by 'Joseph C. 1i1 toii. Society Hill spoke very well, but n-t as well as they hal said and we expcte. They realized the tact that "Jordan is a:nr road to travel." Mount Chapel spoke ver3 well, and had brave daughters of baptismal-. ism she thought, but when Jordan's sable sons and daughters of young African Methi oismi began to unfold their nmaniuscript and suprise the audliee with things old and neuv, they thought like Wmi. E. .Johnson, the reformer, "We'll reform our idea." Union Cypress's sons and daughters will invite them again on .July :m, 1890. Wx. s. Romixsos. F'Oil DYSPEPi.1A e~ Brownl's iron Bitern. Phy'sicians recomnmnd it. All dealers keep it. 31.00 per bottle. G enuine has trade-mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. IF~ YOU1: AKAHE' Or youi are alt worn om, really good ibfr nothing ' ticeneral debility. Trry RRC)W'S'S IRON )sITTkES. It wil cure you. ana'give a good appetite. Sola HOUSEHOLD NOTES. MRS. S. A. NETTLES. To TAKE INK OUT OF A COLO)ED T %.LE cOVEP.-For a large ink stain, dissolve a teaspoonful of oxalic acid in a tea cup of hot water. Pour it into a bowl, and dip into it the part that is stained by the ink, rubbing it well in the solution. .If the ink does not come out well, mix some fresh oxalic acid and hot water, and add it to the first. Rub the stains a while longer; and when the ink has all come out, dip the part immediately in water that is warm, but not hot. Rub it well in the water, to get the oxalic acid en tirely out. COLD BEEFSTEa.-May if rather un derdone be nicely prepared by chop ping very fine with some finply grated bread crumbs and minced parsley and moulded together with a little rich gravy and a beaten egg Have a cake tin greased with butter, in which put the hash firmly and put it in a quick oven, remberiing that the second cook ing of all meats must be clone quickly, and let it get browned, when turn out carefully, garnish and serve. MEAT BALL.-Take scraps of meat (uncooked pieces being better than cooked,) together with a small bit of sweet salt pork, and chop them very tine; also a small onion, if liked, and add to two cupfuls of meat one of fine bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste, a little minced parsley if you have it, and an egg to bind all to gether. Drop into very hot lard, and serve on a bed of fresh, crisp water cress. IN C'rrinx up CHICKENs.-Be sure to use a knife to disjoint them, instead of chopping them. Also care should be taken wY:,th all meats not to use a batchet, as the fine splinters and sliv ers of bone which are exceedingly sharp, may cause serious trouble if taken into the mouth and stomach. It is a cook's place to look carefully over all meats, taking out all small pieces of bone, especially lamb, veal, and mutton. Frank Buckland used to say that he found eating onions at supper the surest help to sound sleep. We used to think this a fancy of his, but we are reminded of it by reading a state ment by an American magistrate, Mr. Clymer, of Reading, Pa., who says: "Onions inhaled cause sleep, rest, and repose. The soldier on his march and the exhausted iron-worker get great strength from eating onions. Tie a fresh onion around the neck, and bruise it to make its odor thorough, and you secure sound sleep from its nightly inhalation." HuMoR IN THE FAMLY.-Good hu mor is rightly reckoned a most valua ble aid to happy home life. An equally good and useful faculty is a sense of humor or the capacity to have a little amusement along with the humdrum cares and work of life. We all know how it brightens up things generally to have a lively, wit ty companion who sees the ridica ious point of things, and who can turn an annoyance into an occasion for laughter. It does a great deal better to laugh over some domestic mishaps than to cry or scold over~ them. It is well to turn off an impa tient question sometimes, and to re gard it from a humorous point of view, instead of becoming irritated about it. "Wife, what is the reason I can never find a clean shirt?" ex claimed a good but rather impatient husband, after rummaging all through the wrong drawer. His wife looked at him steadily far amoment half in lined to be provoked! then, with a' comical look said: "I never could guess conundrums; I give it up." Then he laughed, and they both laughed, and she went and got his shirt, and he felt ashamed of himself and kissed her, and then she felt hap py, and so what might have been an occasion fo-r unkind feelings and hard words became just the contrary, all through the little vein of humor that cropy 3d out to the surface. Laugh ter is better than tears. Let's have a little more of it at home. Housework is healthy, and many physicians recommend it to women who need exercise. Walking is not enough; it exercises only the legs, while dusting and sweeping bring an entirely different set of muscles into play. It will be found, too, that many girls will take more interest in their homes if encouraged to assist in the care of them.---Ar/h ur's' Home Magazine. 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Every order, ever ruind how smuall, shall have prompt nd carefni attention. Prices low. Quick Sales and Small Protits! .rgFull stock of Shon Cs <d1 sizes, at J. ADGER SMYTH. F. J. PELZER, -Special Partner SMYTH & ADGER, Factors and Commission Merchants, 1VTorth. Alwatic "Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Lionuors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, C'E-XlE L A [ 3.. 0...S T Ol\Tq, wS. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steain boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. . 2&-Repairs executed with promptne.- and Dispatch. Sendfor price lists. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, 40:EE.A.]B T.MSWTONP a. V. MANUFACTURERS OF ' STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF 3Pupre Geirmxan a - n PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mn. M. Lnvi, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and the publie gen ally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed, 244 & 24C Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CRARLESTON, S. C. pirContracts made for car load lots or less. C. S, Hacker & Son, BOLLMANN BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Wholesale * . GroCers, 1 ~1.57 ar'.3 169, East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. SCLH HOYT. H. A. HOYT. U ~ ~ G.I.HOYT&BRO, Buildin Materi l argest and Oldest Jewelry Store in ESTABLISHED 1842. SUMi~TER, S. C. CHARLESTON, S. C. -JOHN WEBB WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEE IN CHOICE FAMII.Y CROCERIES,0 Impor ted and D~omestic WinesE LiquOrs and Cigars. Stores, 130, 189, and 191 Meeting St., and 118 Market Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Price lists cheerfully fnrnished. Special Silver Lamps, beauties, from $10 to $20. attention given to conisignments of country A very large tock of Bni nnia wai t, -- - ____________Gold Rings on hand. Fine line of~ Clocks. Wedding Presents, Gold Pens, and Specta "AROUND THE00RNEe". We keep any and everything in the jewelry line. Be sure to call to see us. SALOON. Lowest Prices._ Opposite J. Rtyttenberg & Sens' Grocery on L* 9'.F JS I i LIBERTY STREET. Successor to-F. I. Folsom & Bro. Give me a call when you come to DAE Sumter, and I will guarantee satisfac- M'ATCHE, CLCK JEWELRL. tion to one and all. Fine liquors and ~. pure North Carolina corn whiskey a - specialty, also fancy drinks. o ( A. P. LEVY. NOTICE! NOTICE!' PUBLIC NOTICE! ~ The merchants, physicians, and oth- T . - er business men of this county have! ~~ associated themselves together for the '3 - purposes of mutual protection against giving credit to irresponsible persons, . and to aid each other in the collection 'The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing of debts due them. Therefore, when- Machine, and Finest Razors in America, al ever any person shall have been re- ways on hand. Repairing promptly and ported 'and published as a delinquent neatly executed by skilled workmen. ebtor in the commercial report of the Orders by mail will receive careful atten Southern Commercial Agency, no '________________ member shall in any case give credit to ~ , such person until said person has been ilefg~ vig~a~r reported to the Agency as io1 delin- TAR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX pent. This Agency is established to 11ecuted, _and shaving done with best afford its members razors. special attention paid to shampoo ing ladies' beads. I have had considerable 'experience in several large cities, and guar Pr0tecti0n in Giving Credi, ae ain Tiycumers. ro nextdoor to Min cTmers. Pro nd is a safeguard from those who E. D. HAMILTON. ontract debts, and can, but will no >ay. Our members furnish the Agen- FOR ESTON DRUG STORE y alist of parties who owe them and FO ETNS.. fail to pay or make settlements; each -OETN .C nember of the Agency agreeing to I keep always on hand a full line of reus credit to any one whose name~ PueDgsadM icn, ent of claim against themn has b e FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET made and noted by this Agency. SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION All persons running accounts are ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, bereby requested to be prompflJt in the Iand such articles as are usually kept in a tteent~ of their claims in accordance fithcas dug adtorm okalieo with agreement, thus furthering the - aejs de oii tc ieo bject of this Agency-to protect the PAINTS AND OILS, merchant and the honest consumer. and amt prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL. AGENCY, inLEAD, VARlNISHESBRUSHES, Head Office: Atlanta, Ga. L. W. NETTLES, M1. D.,