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THE CROOKhD CENSUS. I NCREASING SUSPICION THAT IT IS FRAUDULENT. Extraordinary Inaccuracies in All Parts of the Countrv-A Scandalous State of Things in the Census Office--Will it be Investigated. The glaring inaccuracies in the Re publican census are attracting the at tention of the entire country. If there were a Democratic Ihouse of Representatives now a searching in vestigation of the whole business would be certain as soon as Congress reassem bles. But if a gigantic fraud has been attempted, the whole power of the Re publican party will be exerted to cover it up. The population of 45 of the States and Territories has thus far been an nounced, and it is already apparent that the total population of the country wil be given out from 2,000,000 to 3,000,tkK less than what it really is. There has been a failure in the ma jority of the States to ascertain thi real number of people living there, and the failure is detected in Republicar States as well as in Democratic States but the net losses of the Democrati States as compared with Republicar States are so much greater as to mdi cate that there has been a plan on the part of somebody to systematically un derstate the number of persons in suet a way as to fraudulently reduce tii< number of Democratic Members of the House during the next decade by a least ten. We believe that when all the fact! are known it will be found that thert has been actual fraud in New Yorl City, and we are sorry to say that thi character of the men at the head of thi Census Bureau is such as to render il by no means impossible that they hav consented to this fraud for the purposi of benefitting the Republican party. If any one wants to know the char acter of some of the men who are con trolling thecensus work let him rea the insolent letter of Mr. A. F. Childs the chief clerk of the Census Bureau to Mayor Grant, of New York. Ther is ample evidence that the populatioi of New York city is atileast 200,00 more than reported by Porter's censu enumerators. The authorities of th, city respectfully ask for an official re count and are insulted in the publi prints by these census officials for pre ferring their request. Now Philadelphia, Baltimore, Brook lyn and other cities are demanding ; recount and the Census Bureau ev! dently believes that if the request i: granted in one case it will lead to a re count of the entire country. Tha such, a recount may yet be had is by ni means impossible. If the country shal become convinced that a partisan frau< has been attempted even a Republica: Congress will be forced to order th work to be done all over again, unde a competent non-partisan directior The incidental result will be a tremen dous blow at Republican supremacy i1 the Nation. Last February we published a tabl showing the estimated population o the several States and Territories ac cording to the method of estimating a employed by the actuary of the r. Treasury, Mr. J. S. McCoy. Below w give the estimate and the results o Porter's count in 14 Democratic State (giving only thousands): Estimated Porter' count. Alabama.......,674 1,50 Arkansas........1,217 1,12 Delaware.........171 1 West Virginia...88 North Carolina..1.791 1,61 South Carolina..1,32 1,14 Georgia.........1,997 1,83 -Mississippi.......1,455 1,28 Louisiana........1,233 1,11' Texas...........2,541 2,23 Kentucky.......2.033 1,85 Tennessee.......1,953 1,75. Connecticut...... .717 74. New Jersey...1,419 1,44 Total.......20,411 18,58 Here is a difference of two millions and the great States of New York, Tir ginia and Missouri are not included on the other hand in 21 Republicar States there is a difference of only abou one million as will be seen from thi folloing: stimae. Porter': count. Maine............668 66( New Hampshire..385 37: Vermont..........365 3 Massachusetts...2,130 2,23: Rhode Island...38 34i Pennsylvania.. ,200 5,241 Ohio............3,927 3,66( Illinois..........3,763 3,811 Michigan......,.2,240 2,08i Wisconsin.......1,861 1,68) Iowa...........2,12 1,90t Minnesota........1,287 1,0 Kana..........1,710 1,422 Nebraska.........1,135 1,05( Colorado..........420 41( Nevada...........454 California.......1,234 1.20.1 Oregon.,.........302 -1 North Dakota ... 330 18i Montana..........112 131 Wahington.......27 342 Total.......29,792 28,761 We believe there should be a thorough investigation b y s ome competent authority at the earliest possible mo ment of the manner in which this cen sus has been conducted. At present there is so much reason to suspect the integrity of the count that the question Is likely to grow into an important political issue, if the Republicans at tempt to prevent such an investiga tion. We alluded last week to some of the facts relative to the management of the Censns .zureau that are well known to a good many people in Washington. We believe thatin the expenditure of the money appropriated by Congress there has been a vast amount or cor ruption, which will be discovered and exposed in due season. Reports come to us every day which convince us that Porter's subordinates, if not Porter himself, are making a great deal of money out of their places. We kno w that men who had buildings to rent. which were fitted for the occupation os the Census Bureau, were approached and asked how much they would pay to secure a lease, and if a committee of Congress were to make the inquiry it would probably find that money was thus paid by some of the owners of the buildings now rented for the Census Bureau. We belived that money has been cor ruptly made by census officials out of the electrical machines of which .. mu has been written in the news prs. We are informed that no less -than 30 persons now employed in the Census Office are compelled to pay a part of their salaries eve ry month to a person who has intimate relations with both Porter and Chief Clek Childs. In view of the fact that Childs while chief clerk of the Government Printing Office amassed a fortune of overS20,000 which he subsequently lost in a busi ness venture in this city there is noth ingsurprising about this report. There used to be a splendid opportunity to. ~N~emoney in the Government Prfint-' ing Office. and favored contractors paid large sums to the men in that oflice who favored them. There are graver rumors of immor ality on the part of certain persons in the Census Bureau, which we prefer not to repeat at this time. The cur rent gossip of Washington if it were verified would certainly lead to the immediate retirement fronm any en ployment under the government 01 Mr. Robert P. Poter, and a number of the men whom he has employed in esnible place in the Census Offie. SWALLOWED BY THE WAVES. A Thrilling Story of Shipwreck O11 Barnegat. PC NE W Yoiu, Oct. 31.-The Captain of the steamer Humboldt from South American ports. which arrived here L to-day, reports that at 6 o'clock this morning six miles East of Darnegat lie t sighted a wreck and bore down to it. The wrecked vessel proved to be the steamer Vizcaya, which sailed from ce hence yesterday for Havana. lie saw pc several ipersons in the rigging and sent , a boat to th -i- rescue. The chief oflicer, P second uilleer. surgeon, one engineer i =d or and tight of the crew were taken off 5 and brought here. The persons rescued clh state that on the evening of the 30th P1 inst., at 6 o'clock, the steamcr was run int o bv a four-masted coal laden m schtooner supposed to be bound North- la ward. !oth vessels sank within five th minutes. Captain Cunill of the Vizeay a is was drowred, as were also a part of g her crew, in all about eighty-six per- a sons, sixteen of whom were passengers. i The tug Hercules arrived this even- p( ing reports that the schooner Cornelius tj Haurgrave and the Spanish steamer p Vizeava collided at 7 o'clock on the ai evening of the 3ilth. fifteen miles off t% Barnegat. Both vessels sank in fifteen ir fathoms of water. Ten men from the fr Hlargrave and -even from the Vizcaya were picked up by the schooner Sarah C( L. Ia- is and were transferred to the al Hercules The latter proceeded for the ir wreck to render assistance, but at mid- . night met the tug Battler, which had a been to the scene and found both ves- di sels sunk and all hands gone. She pick- it ed up the body of a woman. The sur- f vivors report that nearly a hundred w people were clinging to the wreck at st one time. The survivors have been bi landed at Lewes life station, also the tt corpse of the woman picked up. She oj is reported to have been the stewardess s of the steamer- tc Dr. Rico, the ship's doctor, tells this oJ story : The weather was fine, the moon ir shone bright and the sea was smooth. a] The ship was in charge of the first al oflicer, who was on the bridge. I was in the saloon talking with Mrs. Calvo, n, when su(denly I heard the stop signal. C Before 1 could even wonder what it te was for, there came an awful shock, a d< crashing, scraping sound on the deck ai over our heads, and the steamer rolled s, well over on her port side. Every- a1 body in the saloon was thrown d3wn- ri All was excitement, men, women and children shrieking for help. I started S up to the deck. A terrible scene of s; confusion met my eyes. The bridge, t, deck house and fore ri-ging were all - torn away. There was a great gash in h the starboard side, just abaft the coal si bunkers, and into this opening the g water poured. s: Close by, on our starboard beam, was C a big four-masted schooner with her bowsprit and forerigging gone and her a boats stove in. She, too, was filling s rapidly. li Men were running here and there all t over the decks, shouting all kinds of tl orders. The steamer was fast sinking. f4 With the wild idea of saving onrselves, C several of us scrambled up the port 1 forerigging. Down ient the steamer and up we climbed. We reached the c foretop gallant and the bull reached t] the bottom. This left usjust above the t surface of the water, but every swell 7 drenched our lower limbs. p There were twelve of us in the rigg- a ing. Some of our crew had tried to 5 reach the schooner, but she had gone to t1 the bottom almost as quickly as the c Vizeaya had. One of the men said a i boat with seven mna from the schooner a was rowed away. All through the night we clung to p that yard, growing colder and stiffer h as each hour passed. Toward day- 11 break a cold fog settled on us and made autters worse. W hen one of the party ec said he thought he heard a psssing tl steamer, we all hallooed as loud as we a: could.- Then a boat made its appear- b anice, and we were taken on board the H umboldt. We could not have endur-|a ed the ordeal longer-. t Prom the second oflicer some facts were obtained, ie was standing on a] the uprdeck under the bridge when the colsnoccurred. Hie said the steamer's lights were burning all right A and the watch on deck were at their A posts. Ie did not see the schooner A until the first oflicer on the bridge rang Ca the bell to stop. At the time he rang Ci the bell to stop, said second officer Ci Covas, Capt. Cunill had jutst came 1) from supper, and was going up on the D. bridge. Before we had time to move y the schooner struck us, and as far as I C, could see, instantly killed Capt. Cunilt' 10 Our headway carried it along and the H1 bowsprit knocked down the bridge it house and rigging. 1 was covered by Ic debris and was badly cut in the head i( and side of the neck. I got out of the K tangle about the time the water com- L~ menced to run over, and then I took to 11 the rigging with the others. We stay- 31 ed there from 9 in the evening until 31 5 next morning, and were completely 31 exhausted when taken off by the crew M of the Humboldt. 3 The Deadly Electric Wire. PITTSBURG, Oct. 31.-A specialtrom N Blrodycr, Pa., says: A horrible accident x occurredI in the Edgar Thompson steel N works last night, which was due to the N careless bravado of~ the victim, a colored N man named Robert Washington. lHe N hails from Culpeper, Va., and has been N working as a bricklayer's laborer. N It was noticed by Superintendent 0] Pierce. of the Carnagie Electric Light 01 Company, that Washington had often O grasped the electric light wire when thec current was turned oflf in order to show s the men he was not afraid. lie was Sc warned by Pierce that he would be TE caught, Pierce telling him several times TE that he was doing a very foolish thing. L' Last night at 10 o'elock Washington V< was seen to climb up several steps and Vi reach out his hand toward the electric WV lght lamp. Some one shouted a warn- W ing to him, but too late. His hand A touched the wire and in an instant his W frame stitrened and he fell to the iloor below dead. Not a muscle twitched and i his death must have been instananous. His right hand had touched the wire and his left, clinging to an iron rod, had ha completed the circuit. There was not a (de mark on the man excelpt-on his right ] hand, were a slight scar was found ti where he had grasped the wire k de: Will serve Nine Years for $12,0oo. SO NEW YoRK, Oct. 30.-Cassin. the dii young bell boy who robbed the Ihotel Nc Vendomne safe of a tin box belonging to vi Bookmakers Sanders and Carlin, con- ha taning nearly $17,000, was sentenced to nine years at hard labor in the State na~ prison by Recorder Smyth yesterday in thE the General Sessions. cai. The Recorder asked him what he for had done with the 512,000 that has not I27(i yet been recovered, and he replied sej rather ilippantly that 'the thief who y; stole it must have it." The Recorder sternly informed him that he was the thief ~and said lie would make an ex- ( ample of him. Ie then imposed lov sentence. Mr WYhen Cassin heard the sentence he. on walk, d back to the "-pen" with a self- ilot satisled1 air. Hie gut one year less than gea ten years that he told John O'Brien, ril who~ refused to join him in the theft, har that he was "willing to serve" in order enc to have the stolen cash at the close ofse his imprisonment. ing Ipry AccoR1)ixo to the New York Press, e'd, good republican authority, the work- fier ingmien of this country must not exp~ect mo to be beneited by the new tariff law for on a long time to come, and it ingeniousiy advises them to be piatienit under their 'J increased living expenses. This advice res might be more generally takenm by the its workingmen if they did not fully realize sha that the same law which is making them tiet poorer every day is piling up unearned wil POTE'S FIGURES. PULATION OF THE UNITED STATES PLACED AT 2,480,540. ie Extcuse Vh'y the i ;;;ures of the 0opululation Are Not aLTar;;e as An icipated-le Claiis Thtat the Census o he South Was Verv Defect Ive. W~AsmlN'rox. Oct.31.-The twelft asus bulletinl issue to-a sy:Lh p;lation 'ft he nited t aI 1n .1 18S0. as shownV~ by thet lrt.~ iinn e r7sons and! faiii e--.exlui - of whillt rsons a o n i ndhan 't 'ri I \ . I dil: reservat n ( anI ask. was 12 J."1 1. 'Th- Iigurcs ma1:V bo slightly iinged h% later and imiore exact com. !Lations. lit su:ch changes Will not h) ferial. In 1s',O the population w 0.) 3. Tnc absolute increase of the popu ion in ten years was 12.32-4.5s, an e percentage of increase 24.57. Ir 7o the pepulation was stated at 3 8.371. According to these igure- th< solute increase in the decade betweel 70 and 180) was 11517,412, and th< reent age o f increase w as 30.08. Upor eir face these figures show that th( pulation has increased between in id 1890 oiyV 727,315 uiore than bi een 1870 and 18S0, while the rate o: crease has appa rently diminishe' oi 30.CS to 21.57 per cet.. If these figures were received fron *rrect dal a, they would be indccd dis )pointing. Such reduction in rate 0: crease in face of the enormous imimi ation during the past ten years vwoulk gue a grat diminution in the fecun ty of the population or a correspond g increase in its death rate. Thesi .ures are, however, easily explaine< hen the character of the data is under ood. It is a well known fact, iaving en demonstrated by an extensive an( orough investigation, that the censu: 1870 was grossly deficient in th uthern States, so much so as not onl, give an exaggerated rate of increasi the population between 1870 and 11S1 these States, but to effect very n:ateri lv the rate of increase in the countr: large. These omissions were not the fanl )r were t hey within the control of h nsus oflice. The census of 1870 wa ken under a law which Superinten nt Walker characterized as "clunsy itiquated and barbarous." The Cen is oflice had no power over its enumer :ors save a barren protest, and thi ght was questioned in some quartern In referring to these omissions th iperintendent of the tenth censu id, in his report in relation to th Ling of the census in South Carolint t follows, on the conclusion of th ighest authority, either that the cen is of 1870 was grossly defective in re ird to the whole State or some coi derable parts thereof, or else that th nsus of 1880 was fraudulent." Those. therefore, who believe in th curacy and honesty of the tenth cer is-and that was thorougly estat shed-must accept the other alterno ve offered by General Walker, namel iat the ninth census was "grossly dt etive." What was true of Sout: arolina was also true, in a greater o ss degree. of all the Southern States. There is, of course. no means of al rtaininig accurately the extent o iese omissions, but in all probabilit icy amount to not less than 1,50tJX here is but little question that th apulation of the United States in 187 as at least 40.000,000 instead of *38 i,371. as stated. If this estimate o ie extent of the omissions in 1870 b rrect, the absolute increase betweei 70 and 18 was only about 10,0000( ad the rate of increase was not fa -om 25 per cent. These ligures com are much more reasonably with simi r deductions from the population i So and 1890. It will be seen that the absolute it -ease between 1880 and 1890 exceedei mt between 1870 and 1880 by 1.5,602 id that the proportional increase wa it 1.2 per cent. less. The population of the several State found by the census enumeration ( te United States in 1890 is 62 248,54( The following are the populations c the States, as announced. Increas States. 1890. since 188( labama.........,u8,073 245.56 rizona............ 59, 691 19,24 rkansas.........1,125.3s5 32,28 difornia.........1,24,002 :-39.30 mnecticut.......410,975 216,64 >orado............ 745.861 123,16~ alaware.........167871 21.2' st. of Columbia... 229,790 52,17 orida............ 390,435 120,94 ~orgia...........134,366 292,18 aho.... ....... ..84,229 51,61 i nois.... ........,,53 74u06 diana......... .2,189,030 210.72 wa.............1,06,729 282,11 msas..........1423,485 4)7,33 entucky.........1,55.43G3 206,74 )uisiana..........l16,828 17Gs5, aine.............. 60,261 11,32 aryland.........1,00,431 10.,44 assachusetts...1,233,407 4150,32 ichigan..........2087,792 452.85 innesota ........1,300,017 519,24 ississippi.........1.284887 597,45 issouri.... ......2,77,980 512,02 ontana...........131,769 93,61 abraska.........1,0:3G,793 6304,39 avada............ 44327 17,93 aw hampshire..375,837 28,83 ew Jersey.........1,441,017 309,90' aw Mexico........144,862 25,29 aw York.... .....5.981.934 899.06; rth Carolina...1617,340 217,59( rth Dakota...182,425 145.514 110................3,066,719 468,6;5 lahomia.........56,36;4 56.36 egon............312,490 137,76f nnsvlvania....248.574 891.99; ode Island.......34534:3 68,81: uth Carolina..l.146,1t;1 151,58s uthi Dakota...327, 848 229.5s' n essee.. .. .... . 763.723 221,3t; xas ... ........ ...2,232.220 440,471 ah .... .... ....... 20,498 (;2.53L ~r ont..... .... 332. 5 81 rginia.......1,648,911 133,581 ashington.. ....349,54 274,40~t ist Virginia.... 760,448 14,191 isconsin 1.... ..,8,97 :368,40t voming....... 6059 39,80C )itting from the consideration >e States in whi1ch the. census of 187( sowni or is presunmed to have leen ilty, the rate of increase between 0 arnd 180 mn the remaining States sbeen very nearly maintained in the ade iset ween 1880) and 1890. leferrimr~ to the principal table of bulle tin, the census of 1870 is w n, or is presumedl to have been, cient in nearly all the States of th Atlaintic and Southern central iions, while in the North Atlantic, thern Central and Western di ions 110 evidence of incompleteness been discovered. he population of these three last ned divisions in 1870 and 1s90 and absolute increase jfor the two de es and the rate of increase is set tl as follows: Population 1870,26;. 351; 1880, 33.6:39.215. Increase. 7, ,864. or 28.1 per cent.; 1890, 42,:9:3, icreatse of 9.054,467; per cent. 26.9. A Pistol in the Legi.-datutre. TIumE, Oklahoma, Oct. 30.- In the e house of the Legislature to-day Terrill of iPayne,not being sustained a point of order, drew a pistol antd rished it over his lead. Tihe Ser ntat-Arms relieved him of it. Ter then ran toward the (loor, which l been locked to prevent interfer e from the lobby, and giving it eral hard kicks broke it open. Runsh out into the street, bareheaded, he cured another revolver and return this tim~e keeping it concealed. So cel did he oppose the capitol re val bill that all acti is postponed it until Novembecr 10. 'nE; Socialist Congress at JIalle, has lved that no0 one shall be received int new party who may have beeni or: 11 be guilty of any dishonorable prac s. Th'lis is extremely ediying, and keep the mnembers fromi being un SMITH, OF BRYAN, TEXAS. L' l'!aycd a Lone Hand and the Law E"uchred Him. Joseph iSmith. a breezy young man from Bryan, Brazos county, Texas, was tried in the General Sessions yester day for stealing a gold rinz. valued at two dollars, from the linger of' Henry Micaelis, a schooi boy. of 105 east Fourth street, Judge (Cowing asked Sm it if he had counsel. Oh, no" lie answeredjauntily. --I ,ueissI ca'n handle this outlit alo e." adn'tx ou better have counsel," sue ested ue U (Cowing. "I will assign a aw er- to def'end you, I you can't pay one. The criminal law in the State of New Y ork is himLe to the last degree whatever it may be in Texas. Every mai tried here has the right to counsel fee. he ca1n't pay for counsel.'' smith looked the lawyers who were in the court-onm over, and theu said that I he guesseu lie could go it alone. Never t theless Judge Cowing requested lawyer James A. eILoughliu to see that all of Smith's rights were preserved. Young MNichaelis told a plain tale of robberv in the street. Then niith tried his hand at cross-examination. *Did I run away after. as you say, T stole your rigi" he asked. "No. sir." responded tile boy. "idn'L you hit me on the knuckles with anl iron bar, and didn't I take it out of your hand, that's the reason you charge tme with stealing your ring?" --No, sir.'' was the reply; "you stole - my ring." "lie did hit me. gentlemen," com - iented Smith. turmng to thejury. "I've got the marks on my knuckie yet." "You must not sum up yet, Smith," said Judge Cowinz. -That's not the practice in New York. You must cross examine now. Later you can give your own testImony, and then you can sum up. "All right. Judge," observed Smith, traquilly. "That's one on me. I'll do oetter next time.'' "If 1 had been a thiet and had stolen your ring, wouldn't I hi-ve run away, Klichaels?" he asked. "I don't know about that," was young Michiaell's doubting reply. "Welil I would have," rejoined Smith. .Thieves always run away." Now, there you are summing up again, Sith." interposed Judge Cow in . Beg, pardon again, Judge,"1 was the e prompt answer. s henry Gust, a schoolboy, who was e with young Michaelis when the ring was stolen, corroborated him. Policeman e McCrA tetified to the arrest. Smith's cross-examiration of both these witnes ses was also an endeavor to show that, e becvu. lie did not runaway, he could not have stolen the ring. e "Don't thieves always run away, offi - cer'' he asked Policeman McCarthy. .I don'L know about that," replied the - policemon. "I suppose they do, if they get a chance-but you didn't get a chance." The spectators laughed, and Smith be r gan to wcep. But then he recovered his composure. and, going on the witness f stand, he denied that he had stolen the ring. le insisted then upon summing up in his own behalf. ie virtually e confessed his guilt in his openIlng sea 0 tence. "Judge. your honor. and gentlemen of f the jury." lie said. -please pardon me e this time, aad I'll show y'ou beitr be a havior next time. I've taken out papers ) to vote here, but I don'tcare about that. r Let me go. and Il go back to Texar about as fast as I car," But the jury d dided that they could not part with Smith. Without quitting -their seats they convicted him. His tears rained down his bronze face in dead earnest then. Judge Cowing sea S tencedl Smith to the Ste to prison for four years .-New York Sun. A liankrupt Poisons Himself. ArLANra. Nov. 4.-W. J. Barbeld, fa well-to-do merchant of Palmetto, end ed his life by swallowing the contents of e a phial of laudanunm in the St. James ).Iotel on Sunday night. HeI caime to the 8 city yesterday afternoon, wvent to the 1hotel and was assiigned a room. The - rules of the house require tiat guests shall put out the gas by midnight. At le the gas in MIr. Barfield's room was burning brightly, andi the landlady Sknocked on his door and requested that h le put it out, ie did so piomptly. i; asking her pardon for having kept it 9 burning. Next morning when the ser 9e vant knocked at his door to call lia to 9i breakfast, there was no response. Bar I field was found lying dead in bed as if i lie had fallen to sleep. There was some money, gold watch and several papers 'mhis pockets. IHe had written his name and address with a pencil on one of his cuflfs and left it in a conspicuous place on the bed. Earlield was a promi nant merchant of Palmetto. lie was Sabout thirty-six years of age and leaves a wife and six children. Financial )embarrassment led him to take his own [life. _________ Nearly Wiped Out. PEomA. ILL., Nov. 1-The business portion of the town of Chillicothe was almost entirely destroyed by fire last night. The Pre originated in Hancock's livery stable and sprtad rapidly in all dir ections. The mayor of this city was appealed to for help and in response a special train with lire engines was dis patched to the scene, but as there were no means of unloading the machines they could not be utilized. The tele graph and telephone offices were burn ed and all communication was cut off so that it is im possible to obtain details as~ yet. The loss will not fall short of i200,ou nne which there is only par'ial Tm: Philadelphia Press is candid enough to admit that the next House may be Democratic. In view of this it may become necessary for Mr. Reed to formulate new rules whereby two D)em ocrats will be required to cast one vote. Game to Sumter aind inspect my large stock of Clothing, I1:nts, .shoes, (ents' Furnisnaing Goods, Dry Goods, Hardware, G;roceri es. Tinware, CrOCkery, in fact everythinthtiketn a, fis class ht sketi GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE. I will give izy customers special bargains anti pay the highest prices for Hides, Furs, andJ all kinds of country produce. I M. K AR E SH, Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C. WAVERLY HOUSE, In bend of King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Nely fnuished&. Electric bells. Electric lights in all rooms and hallway's. Rates, ;e2and $2.50. G. TI. ALFORD, Proprietor. CHARLES C. LESLIE Whlsl I R. et.il Commission Dealer in C2ons~inments ofI poultry, eggs, and all kinmd. of counitry produce are rospectf'ully O2'lee N.;s. 18 & 20 MIarket St., E. of East Bay ('IT.XlLESTN, S. C. PEOPLE OF I have just returned from the North with the largest and best assorted stock of General Merchandise that has ever been offered by me since I have been in the business. I am prepared to compete with the largest merchants in the town. My stock consists of DRESS GOODS, TIMMINGS, HOME SPUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kinds, and in fatet evervtling that is kept in a Dry Goods Store. I also have the best assortment of GENTS FURNISHING GOODS in town, and my Clothing and Hats I can sell cheaper than any one else. Ifyon want first class family and plantation GROCERIES, give me a trial, and I will convince you that it is to your interest to buy from me. C. KARESH, Manning, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, SUMT ER, S. C. First class accommodations and excellent table. Convenient to the business portion of the town. 25 cents for dinner. J. H. NXON, Proprietor. 1. WULBERN & Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS. Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 and 173 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. M. Drake & Son, -WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & TRUNKS. 235 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. L?rgest stock, best assortment, lowest prices. R. T. McGAHAN. A. S. BROWN. SOUT. r. EvANS. McGAHAN, BROWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Clothing, Nos. 226, 228 & 230 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. S. THOMAS, Jr. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr. & Bro. WArTCII4S, JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. .r'eWatches and Jewelry repairea by competent workmen. '257 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLIHED 1836. Carrington, Thomas & Co., --DEALERS IN WA.TOTTB, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. A. McCOBB, Jr. General Commission Merchant, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE BRICKS, AND FIRE CLAY, LAND PLAS TER, AND EASTERN HAY. Agents for White's English Portland Cement. 191 & 196 East Bay, Charleston, S. C, JOHN F. WEUNEEi. L. H. Qurnou-o JOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholesale Grocers ---AND Provision Dealers, 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & 31 Vendue Range, OHA4R LESTON,~ S. 0. BOLLMANN BROTHERS, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. JOHN T. CONNOR, Cotton Factor -AND --COMMISSIUN MERCHANT KERR's WAHA F, CHARLESTON, S. C. Solicits consignments of cotton on which ibral advances will be made. "AROUND THE CORNER" SALOON. pposite J1. Ryttenberg &. Sons' Grocery on ] LIBERTY STREET. Give me a call when you come to ~ sumtcr, and I will guarantee satisfac- I ion to one and all. Fine liquors and e pure North Carolina corn whiskey a ~pecialty, also fancy chinks. .. A. P. LEVY. J STALLION DEXTER.'] D EXTER, ONE or THlE FINEST STAL- r lions in the county, will stand at Jor-f ii Ian the next two months, or will meet en- je ~ageents in any part ofteT cony n Sep 1,ISOO J20.ordan. S. C. F N. WILSON, .;EVT EQUITABLE LIFE AS SIIASCE SOCILTi; MANNING. S. C. USEPH F. RITAME, A''OJ|3EY A T L.t W, MANNIN G, S. C. OHN S. WILSON, At!<'nu'y aind L'uun.,elor al Law, MANNING, S. C. LEVI. . 1'iT:SNEl'A T LA W," MANNING, S. C. ;? N.t-0 l'ublic with sad. A4 L!NIUGGINS, D. D. S., A CLILAW, S. Zh-Visits Manning every month or two professionally. JOB PRINTING. T HE TIMES OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN a manner that warrants it in soliciting your patronage for job printing. Send us your orders which shall have prompt atten tion. Prices as low as the cities. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Keep us in mind. FORESTON DRUG STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ERY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in i 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. A. S. J. PERY. X. R. sDtONs. R . A. PRINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., -WHOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS. Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets CHARLESTON, S. C. TI-E MUTUAL LIFE INSURANGE CO OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest Assets, $136,401,328.02. Surplus, $9,657,248.44. The oldest, strongest, largest, bes company in the world. It "makes as surance doubly sure." E. IB. Cante., Agent for Iershaw anz Clarendoni, Camden, S. C. ED. L. GERNAND, GENERAL AGENT, Columbia, S. C. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. Is the largest hotel in the city, and has during the past year, been thoroughly reno vated, remodeled, and refitted with all mod ern improvements. Centrally located, ani offers inducements for the accommodatioI of its patrons. Has 6 spacious, light, ani airy sample rooms. Hot and cold baths, el evator, &c. Cuisine under supervision o: Mr. E. E. Post, late of Lookout Point Hotel Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The proprietoi hopes by strict attention to the wants of hi~ patrons to merit a share of patronage. F. W. SEEGERS, E. E. POST, Proprietor. Manager. E I SWO CD W OR1K AffAefHMEN1'l~ -= co. 28 UNIONSQUARE.N. sAr~. CH.ILL'' ,-ALANTA.GA~.w. AL -I. sT.LOUls.VD. :RSE~BYDALLks.TEX. W. E. BROWN & CO., Manning, S. C. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Low Arm, Arm $28. .$20. 1*2.A.WO C . I':, .. g ShtGus S4t 2. Evr, ido Don'krs, aen 2 56 or 60, bll kinds fo Cuar ents Cfor IlWstatd Caaou.drs UN WOtRKS itsbu~r Pa.r EIR NETTENTS ANDISTIALL EOOD oecutred, and tohav0.ingldoe witceh Loadt zorg Specia atn,$tion$ Every kin shmof 4;; Muzdies oadi Dobe Shaosiderab, perience. ingleera arge Guns, and touar2 teiers aifato to $20 custoers.io Parlr ocerxt door to annin lindoCr J. ADGK, SMYTH. F. T. PELZLR, Spelal Par t SMYTH & ADOER, Factors and Commission Merchanls, Nocr-th. Atlzatlac "%XbUiarf, 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 _-_ R - 3 E0 9 T ON S. C. F. T. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, C;3XA 3R "USWC)TV, 5. C;. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF 3iure Glerman 3i.alnait. PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. MR. M. Lxnv, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and %he public gen. ally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. B. B. BnowN, Pres. JoHN 1. HuvcNsoN, Manager. T. H. McC.u., Gen. Supt & Tress Charleston Mattress M'f'g Company, LNCORIORATED 1889. TANTFALCTI S C)OF High Grade Moss, Hair, and Wool Mattresses. Wholesale Jobbers and Manufacturers in all Kinds of 3P U. Rt N% X TiU R 30, 3E; Tr 0. Capacity, 250 mattresses per day. Capacity, 500 pillows per day. Write for price list. Will pay highest prices for corn shucks. Office and Sales Room 552 and 554 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed. 244 & 246 Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. fB-Contracts made for car load lots or less. W. E. HOLES. LErLND Moo. W. E. HOLMES & CO., -DEALERS In White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, t Glass and Brushes, Miland Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and LANTERNS ofALL KINDS. OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. EVERYTHING IN THE PAINT, OIL, AND CLASS tNEL W M. M. BIR D & CO., *CHARLESTON, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR lMARVIN'S SAFES AND I-OWE SCAL~ES. 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. Mil1?Rpairs executed with promptness and Disatch. Sen dfor price lists. East Bay, Uor. Pritchard St., _Charleston, S. C. PUOKHABER BROS., Wholesale Bak~ery and Candy Factory. AGENTS FOR HOLMES &. COUTTS SEAFOAM WAFERS AND ENGLISH BISCUITS' 464 and 466 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C. PERCIVAL MFG. CO. S -.DOO RS. AND BLIND S. WA 8tot3 :Jatin.; St.. C ol mi D .C . THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST, All goods guaranteed. Estimates furnished by return mail. Large stock, promp, shipments. Our goods do not shrink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, MANUFACTUREES OF AND WHOLESALE DEALET'.s IN Doors, Sash, Binds, Moulding, and General Building Material. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW. SEND YOUR DYEING TO THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. 310 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C. SMOKE HENO CIGAR, THE BEST NICKLE CIGAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent, Manning, S. C. SOL. ISEMAN, Wholesale Grocer, Slate Agent, Lilienthal & Blohme, Successors to F. J. Lilienthal & Son, Proprietors of And dealers in Prepared Flour, Grist and Meal, also Hay, Griun, Flour, Mill Feed, etc. Send for prices.