The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 03, 1890, Image 5

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:TO ALLIANCE MEN. STAND BY THE STATE EXCHANGE AND IT WILL STAND BY YOU! An Open Letter from Col. D'Arcy P. Duncan Explainin the Action of the Committee in Deciding to Establish a State Bank. To the Members of the Alliance in South Carolina: At the meeting of your committee on the State Exchange, held in Columbia on the 12th instant. much progress was reported. and I was requested by the committee to publish some facts by way of information as exhortation to our members through out the State. As you are aware the matter of per manent location :>f the State Exchange and what was the best disposition or use to make of the -50,000 subscribed to the State Exc'tange was placed in the hands of a co r mittt e. Afte- careful consideration your com mittee decided to l-eate the Exchange in the City of Columbia, not because Columbia offered any greater induce ments than our other cities. but be cause it was more central and, being the Capital of the State, is visited for various reasons more frequently by all classes of our citizens than any other of our cities, thereby giving our mem bers a better opportunity to make a personal inspection of the working of the Exchange, and to become famil iarized with the means of information it is proposal to supply through its agency. You are also cognizant of the fact that the different Sab-Alliances throughout the State subscribed last year $500,000 as a capital stock for the State Ex change; 25 per cent of this amount was called for and promptly paid into the Exchangatreasury. The board of di rectors of the Exchange decided that the business should be done entirely on a cash basis. This decision, of course, soon demonstrated that but lit tle capital would be needed, conse quently even a part of the amount col lected was invested in State bonds at a low rate of ir terest. The question then arose as to what was the best investment to make with this fund so as to have it do the great est good to the greatest number. Your committee came to the unanimous con clusion that the thing to be done was for them to apply for a charter for a State bank of $100,000 capital, have our State Exchange charter so altered and amended as to allow the Exchange to subscribe 850,000 to the capital stock of this bank. Individual members of -the Alliance will be invited to take s;ock in this bank, as well as other citi zens who may h, ve faith in our enter - .prise. (I will say by way of parenthe sis that we have received some very tattering propositions from capital beyond the limits of oar State to join in with us if we really mean business.) This bank will be organized and con ducted just as all banks of similar char acter are managed. We have been asked what more does this mean to the -Alliance than the mere establishment of another bank in the State? Let us see if the facts do not bear us out in claiming that your committee acted wisely in reaching their copzclu sion. While your State Exchange may not need any large amount of money to do its-business, yet at the same tlme it is very necessary that it should have a money credit at its cor mand and likewise have a business rating in the commercial world.1 The solution of these t wo questions will be very simple and easy, when if *becomes a known fact that this Ex change owns $50,000 of the capital stock of a properly and ably copducted State bank: that it didinthie first sev en months of its existence a cash busi *ness of over $100,000 with :ut the loss of one tenth of 1 per cent. Our farmers are sometimes slow to catch on, so I will take the liberty of imentioning a fact that occurred with our State Exchange the past season, which is illustrative. When the State *Aliance met in July last and the mat ter of bagging was taken up Mr. Don -aldson, the State agent, announced that helhad a proposition for 500,000 yards( ofrsagar sark bagging at a low figure. one-half to be paid cash, the other in -thirty days; the offer was accepted. Suddenly, .,without notice, the agent who sold the goods to Mr. Donaldson( informed him that "his people" would not fulfill the contract without the en tire bill was paid cash. I need not go into details here as to why this party acted in this manner; it is enough for 1 us to consider that here was some thir-t ty odd thousand dollars to be raised at short notice or a good trade lost. t Mr..Donaldson, through his personal credit and with the kind assistance of some of his bankin r friends, was en-t abled to carry the amount and hold the trade. Had Mr. Donaldson at thati time represented 550,000 of the capital stWk of one of the banks in the city of Greenville there never would haves been a question raised about the trade. I don't suppose any one is simples enough to imagine that the bank is to do the entire business of the Alliance, or that it will work any great revolu-t tion in the mode, manner or terms on -which an Alliance man will get mone tary assistance when needed. Your mnoney is to be put in this bank to maket money for you as other banks make it.e It will help you very directly and ma-a terially through your State Exchange, and indirectly in a healthy influence over other such institutions. iDoes it not occur to you that if your business agent, with'out carrying a dollar'ss worth of stock, has saved you thous-e ands of dollars in a business way, that a bank owned and controlled largely by yoa, collectively or individually. may aid you much in a financial way The education and life of our farmer leads him to look at things not in the abstract, but always in the concrete form. If you tell him anything he has got to see the result right there and then; if you show him anything andt doi't allow him to put his own hand one It at once he immediately becomes a s doubting Thomas. As I-was asked to give some infor mation relating to the work of thet State Exchange here is a fact tangent to every member of the Alliance. Y our5 agent bought not only the 500,000 yards of bagging above referred to, but this purchase was supplemented by further orders amounting to 400,000 yards more, making a total of 900,000 yards, and this at a saying of 2c per yard to the I consumers. This one transaction saved to the Alliance members the sum of 18,000 and more than this amount to those who are not members of the Al liance, but who produtce cotton. Your action fixed the price of bagging; you made the sacrifice, they ernjoy the re ward. The work of your State Exchinge is to make the best business arrangements possible for all such heavy articles as do not have to be kept in stock and that you should purchase from first hands, viz, bagging anu ties, guanos, vehicles, machines and machinery. etc.. but when it co res to :i regular line of t merchandise let our merchants carry the stock, let them have the invested capital, creating that competitian I which is the life of all trade. It is theirt business, they have spent their lives to learn it. and they will beat an untried and inexperienced man every time. Your State Exchange will be the watchman on the tower, to inform youn when and where you can purchase to t the best advantage. I repeat what 1I have said in a former com munication.. aid I bel~eve I voice the sentiment of: your entire committee when I say they do not champion a scheme that aims at the destruction or ruin of the legiti mate mercantile buisiness of the coun try. Your Exchange intends to keep1 ou informed and protect you fromi impositions and all kinds of extor* We desire to trade with our pe, if we can do so; we in Tiiree years ago oum merchants s, .od dly by and saw one of the most un righteous, uncalled for,. or unjust ifiable trusts formed for the purpose of ex- A Lorting money from t ie cotton planter, without even in their organized capaci ty lendir g a h'lpinag band to aid us in Ureaking it down. Notwithstanding . ill this the mail that carries this to you will carry to the Vharleston ag gmg Factor% a proposition for 2,00W,000 yards oi bagging for your use in this State and 6,000.00 yards for thre of our neighbes. We have several bag ging strings to our low. but of this you can l.# assurred, before a furrow has been turned f1,r the next crop the o arrangements will have been consum- h mated for your supply of bagging for the crop of 1ZtNl and 1802. Your coun ty trustee has been notifled, and yoa C will be called upon to pay up by the 1st t] day of January next the balance of t< your subscription of stock to the State . Exchange. Some douObts have been expressed about your meeting this obligation; a claims are mlade that it is being divert- h ed from the object for which it was q originally subscribed. This is a mere subterfuge. and comes from those who are not your true friends. 1 am toll h that some members reported to a coun ty trustee that they had been advised by some of their friends outside of the Alliance that they better not put their money in a bank, for if they did they . would never see it again. To these mlemuers I say plainly: Choose you this day whom you will serve-the of- 0 ficial you have placed in authority over s your business affairs, or those whose interest and purpose is to see your organization bankruuted and distroyed. Is you decide to serve the latter, I have n no doubt they will aid you in obtain- M u ing money at high rate of interestst. in buying goods at exorbitant prices on 0 time, and also enable you within a h hort period to pay 16 cent per yard t for bagging from a revivified trust I wish it t.) be iecorded here in letters so large and brilliant that the wayfar ing man, though a fool, may read as he ti runs, and that is this: Your organiza- e Lion is on trial-the entire business 3ommunity are watching you with a Iritic's eve-failure has been predicted, You alone are responsible as to what g .he harvest shall be. Your ship has S been equipped and launched; the pen aant is nailed to the mast head, it pro- h -lainms the motto, "Equal and exact ustice to all, special favors to none." rhe State Alliance expects every man :o do his duty. There must be no a nutiny or desertion on the part of the 3rew. If faithful to all your obliga :ions this vessel will return bearing a'i ibundant cargo, not to be enjoyed only el )y you and yours, but by those of all rades, arts and professions of life, en- d zaged however they may be, for we be a G )rethren and are to bear one another's . )urdens. D. P. DUNCAN. THE ALLIANCE. a, V Dream That IMay Lead to the White o House. WASmINGTON, Nov. 24.-The con J ress of the NationalFarmers' Alliance r 'ill open the first week in December at )cala, Fla. One of the principal questions to be P onsidered will be the policy of the or- v ranization for -1892. At national head- rr luarters in this city, that policy has al- T eady received consideration. Some of si :he leaders in this movement, encour- v tged by recent successes, figure out the i >ossibility of a third party victory on a A iational scale. The manner in which t( hey do it is interesting, if not wholly ~onmemig. It is actual Alliance headquarters fig- p iring, too, and not, as most readers ai vould suppose, an emanation from a o iewspaper oflice. They classify the ai tates and the present electoral vote as ti ~olows: h sUR ELY REPUB.LICAN IN 1892. tU Maine 6, Vermont 4, Pennsylvania 30, st )hio 23. Total 63. tI sURELY DEMIOCRATIC. T New York :36, New Jersey 9, Delaware Ii , Maryland 8, Texas 13, Kentucky 9, ai rotal i8. .N SURE FOR THE PEoPLE's PARTY. C North Carolina 11, South Carolina 9, om leorgia 12, Kansas 9I. Nebraska 5, Mich- tt gan 13, Nississippi 9), North Dlekota 3, it south Dekota 4, Minnesota 7. Total 82. ci GOOD FIGHTING GROUND. St Alabama 10, Arkansas 7, California 8, es jolorado 3, Florida 4. Illinois~2, Indiana el 5, lowa 13. Louisiana 8, Missouri 16, fLt ennessee 12. Virginia 12, West Virginia st , Wisconsin 11. Total 147. o The Alliance argument is that in all si he states classified as fighting .ground m~ he farmers' and laborers' organizations ol gre, or will be, strong enough to hold the nm alance of power. tc AN ALIANCE 3MAN's VIEWS. An Alliance congressman-elect from he west puts the plan in this way: el "-In states where the Democratic party Nj s in the minority the Peoples' party will tc use with the Democrats, each of the et arties in the fusion to have an equal at hare of electoral votes. The same will m e done with the Republicans in the th tates where they are in the minority. el hat will insure as a full and fair vote, torth, south, east, west. The probabili- le ies of a third party coming into the field im il confuse the old time politicians. io so one can so easily determine in ad- th* -ance the possibilities of the future on SI hat line as those who are in the secret be ounsels of the Alliance. Therefore, the F dvantage in such a triangular contest at ill be ours." pm Professional Robber. 0o MACON, Ga., Nov 22.-A rather unn ual occurrance took place at about 3 t 'clock. in the Commercial hotel bar in at his city. A white man walked into the ef ar, and drawing two pistols from his th ockets, demanded whatever money w ight be in the house. H~e forced the w arkeeper to hold up his hands, while he ec roceeded to look for the money. Be- th )xc he had gotten behind the counter, owever, several negro waiters ran into ti he bar and the robber very promptly E overed them -with his pistols, at the ~ ame time commanding the barkeeper to solitely pass over the money, as he was .nab~e to get it himself. At this june- oI are two policemen came in, and the n< Sould-be robber now languishes behind er con bars, with four warrants against w im-for attempt at robbery, lareeny .fter trust, carrying concealed weapons und other things. The man gives his th~ tame as C. W. Benton, and says lie is th rom Michigan. Died in a Religious Meeti~ng. is lanIM xIrAMt Nov. 20.-A religious Pl 'evival has been in progress several days di t a colored Methodist Church in this 01 itv. Yesterday Mary Davis and Rhoda ti< ight became wildly excited by a kind hi >f religious frenzy. They began shout- ju ng at a terrible rate and hugging each mn >thier with all their strength. T1his was pI cept up for some time, when the Wright m voman fell to the floor exhausted. T1he th >ther woman fell on her and continued im houting. in fallinig the Davis wvoman's u nees struck Rhoda in the chest. In a ei ew minutes the congregation noticed a hat lthoda had ceased to shout and was te asping for breath. Mary wa pulled G >lf. but too late. Rhoda breathed her p; ast in a few minutes. The death caused mi he wildest confusion in the church at md1( broke up the meeting. m A Horrible Story from Ba~rnwenl. Cni.m :L -roN, Nov. 21.-John Well, a h: iegro boy about 1-> years old, came to tt he city to-day, and, going to the Chief et >f P'olice, related a horrible story. lie aid lie and his father and mother lived ibout ten miles from Williston, in Unrn veil County; that on Wed ' igt T s mother went out t 1s father's com01 ~eturn thet >utt-iir am 1t TlE LEGISLAIURE. NOTABLE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. lie Body Thought to be T.argely in Symi paYthy With the (over or Elect-Some of the Matters that Will Demand Atteution. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 22.-epeeial: unusual interest is felt in the work the Legislature which is to meet are on Tuesday next. The recent impaign. resulting in the election of aptain Tiliman as Governor, is iought also to have given character the General Assembly. to such an ctent that a majority of each branch -ill be in s) mpathy with the policy id Purposes of the Governor elect. In is speeches Captain Tillman took fre uent occasions to waru the people that a could do little of himself, and that e wanted good men, in sympathy with is movement, sent from every county > the Legislature. The responsibility es indeed rest ultimately upon the .w-making branch of the government. ut there can be little doubt that, in resent conditions in this State, the ews and suggestions of the Execr ve will have especial weight. The pinions of Captain Tillman upon veral matters of great importance ce already well known, but on these ie Legislature will probably defer 3tion till the Governor shall have tade known his yiews in an oflicial ay-in his inaugural address. It is nderstood that his induction into 1lce will take place on the 5th Decem er. Meantime matters of some public aportance n'ay come up. In any view e session promises to be one of unu ial interest. TiE LOAVES AND FISHES. It is not sarprising that already iere are several gentlemen who have pressed a willingness to serve the ate under the new administration. The Speakership of the House is nerally conceded to Col. J. L. M. by, the Chairman of the Democratic ate Committee, and a Representative om Laurens. Just now it looks as if , will be elected without opposition. he Speakership is important chielly the fact that from that source come ie appointments of the committees d the committees do a great deal in iaping legislation. Col. Irby's policy ill be watched with much interest. The Clerkship of the House is a ioice place. Col. John L. Sloan, Sr.. ho has filled it since 1876, is a candi ite for re-election. Gen. J. Walter ray, of Greenville, an ardent suppor r of Capt. Tillman, has been making 1 active canvass for the position, hile the candidacy of Mr. W. M. odgers, of Greenville County, is just inounced. For Reading Clerk, but ie aspirant is thus far mentioned [r. D. B. Peurifoy of Edgefield. The tcumbent Sergeant-At-Arms, Mr. ,hn D. Browne, will, it now seems, be i-elected without opposition. The Clerkship of the Senate is sought v the present incumbent Col. Gail rd of Fairfield, and by Dr. Samuel ope of Newberry. Dr. Pope has been ry prominent in the Farmers' Move ent, and is a great admirer of Capt. illman. Present indications point rongly to his election. There is as :t no avowed opponent to Col. Good yn the Reading Clerk. For Sergeant .t-Arms, Capt. A. M. Ruth of Hamp in is p-:ominently mentioned. VC.ITED sTATEs SENATOR. The term of Senator Hianepton ex res on the 4th March. Under ordin y circumstances there would be little >position to his re-election. There e those, however, who nowv believe tat his case is doubtful-indeed, that s retirement is by no means among te improbabilities, ie will have rong advocates in both branches, and ese will make a hard fight for him. he gentlemen thus far mentioned as kely to enter the race against him -e, Captain Tillman, Col. Keitt of ewberry, Mr. Benet of Abbeville, and >. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell. The iy important question suggested by is contemplated contestis that ari's g out of Captain Tillman's possible .ndidacy. A race between him and nator H~ampto'a might prove inter ting-though Capt. Tillman's friends aim that the new Legislature is so 1ly in sympathy with him as to in e him tile Senatorship on the asking dly. The Governor elect has made no n as to his wishes or purposes in the atter. It is highly improble that any the other alleged aspirants can make uch of a fight against General Hamp OTHER OFFICEs. The incomling Legislature must et a successor to Associate Justice cGowan of the Supreme Court, and Judge Norton of the Seventh Cir tit. Not withstanding some little talk out a change in both these places, it ay be considered practically certain at each of the incumbents will be re acted. The death of Ex-Governor Bonham Et a vacancy in the Railroad Coin ission. TJhe only name thus far ser usly mentioned in connection with e successor is that of the Rev. J. A. 1gh, formerly Senator from New rry, and an active supporter of the rmers' Movement from its very in guration. it is by no means uim obable that the Legislature will re ganize the Commission, both as to its wers and its personnel. There is a ong feeling all over the State that e present Commission is unnecessary, ed that its legitimate work may be ectively done by a single officer. If e Legislature take thi; view there ill be but one Commissioner to elect; ie should the bureau be reorganiz without any reduction, there will be ree places open. For Superintendent of the Peniten try, the most prominent candidate is -Senator W. J. Talbert of Edgefield, bile Mr. N. W. Brooker, of the same unty, and Mr. M1, J. Sarratt, of nion, are said also to be in the field. 1e two latter are members of the Board Directors of the institution. It is t yet announced wvhether the pres t incum bent, Col. Thos. J. Lipscomb, ill stand for re-election. LEGILLATION. But the people are more in'erested in e actual wyork of law-making than in e scramhle for ollice. The average ster dosen't run for oflice. lie can't te for some of the places at all. lie more interested in legislation-in the ssage of measures which shall re. ice taxes while peoperly maintaining ir State government and our institu ms. On this line the Legislature will Le its hands full. The proper ad stment of salaries, tile better assess ent and collection of taxes, the im ovement of the road laws, the proper aintenace of the common schools, e cheapening of the county govern ent, the increase of the State's reven from the phosphate bedls, the more icient inspection of fertilizers--these e some of the more important mat rs that demand the attention of the meral Assembly. then the greater trt of the State debt, about to mat ure, ust be funded-and tils, if possible, a greatly reduced rate of interest. A ere glance over the field of wvork us outlined sutlices to show that iur w-makers are going to have their nds full. Tihe important matters, in er difierent stages, wvill be duly not in this correspondence. The Work of a Madma~n. FALmitE, Ala.. Nov.24.--D r. A. M. rner, ani ex-miember of the Legisla .re, last nght choked his wife and lit 3daughter to death. The doctor has en twice in ant asyluma. Th'e chiild ise an alarm before she was killed. id when the citizens rushed in they nd the doctor in a wild frenzy. lIe cared that his wife had tried to kill m and that he acted in self-defense INGA .LS*, C1HANCES SLIM. Ho Needs Ninety-three Votes and 1a1s On y About Seventy-five. WAsScrr ON. _Novembelr 26.-E-r Governuor -harp. (f Kansas. is in the city, and iV makes the !ollowang mter estinl stat -ment, regardin'.; the situation in the Kansas Leislature, which will soon decid the politeal inic of senator .iiin .Tamtl S In talls. "It has !enerally been snpploed that I eighty-three votes vWouhi elect a Seia tor.'' sa1d ihe, "but that is not so. There are nineen delezate iembers of ti1-. Legislaturc from the counties that. have bec orcanizcd since the State was ap portioned in 1SS;5. It will take ninety three to elect. and of these John J. In alls has someviiere in the neighbor hood of severty-five. Thirty-eight votes in the Senate belongs to hum. and these. with the thirteen new members and twenty-four old ones. make up the sum total of his strength. The Demo crats on joint ballot have eleven votes all told. The balance is Farmers' Al liance. composied oli men who were for imerly Republicans or Democrats, but who are neither just now. They form a solid and purely independ-ibitt party. "It -docsn't matter much who the Democrats vote tbr. but the compliment will probably go to Glick or Blair. The Republicans, ofcourse. will vote for In -alls. but the Farmers' Alliance has not yet decided upon a candidate. .Jud'ge Pefer, editor of the Kansas Farmer, is in the field. and he has the support of President Polk and the National Al liance. Another aspirant is Willetts. who was defeated for Governor, and whose following is not small. PcIler and Willetts are vigorosly opposedjto each other, and the friends 01 one will not under any circumstances vote for the other. There is a man. though. on whom a compromise is possible, but lie cannot be regarded as a candidate. If lie gets the prize it will be a clear case of the office seekiug the man. I refer to Prof Canfield. of the State University. Ie is a Republican and a Free Trader, a combination that has-made him many bitter enemies in the Republican party. Canfield is an able, brainy man, one of the most scholarly ien in the West not a politician but a great big man. nexertheless. If lie gets the Alliance nomination he will be elected beyond question. "Ingalls is not asleep, nor are any of his friends. How the ifight will turn out depends upon the Alliance men. If In galls can rally any of them to his sup port his chances are good. I don't think I would care to be the Alliance men who vote for hima, though, Why, Because they say out there that they will hang any one who betrays the trust reposcd in him by the Alliance, jerk him or them right up to the nearest lamp post in To peka. Personally. although I am a Democrat, I would like to see John J. Ingalls elected, but my reasons are pure ly personal. I don't think lie can pos sibly secure the Democratic vote. The seven Democrats will never vote for a Repubpcan unless they are so situated that they have to decide between two Republicans. That situation may come up if Canfield gets the nomination, and then they would vote for Canfield be cause lie is a Free Trader. Ingalls has chances, but they are slim." Washington Notes. WA sim NGT0N, Nov 28.-The Repub lican leaders in congress are said to hax e prepared a new reapportionment bill. but it will not be offered in the house until after the holidays. It is reported that MIr. Porter, superintendlent of the census, and Speaker Reed prepared the bill, and( it provides for 332 members of the house,. beinur exactly the uun'ber in tihe presenit house. The Dunnel bill is so unfair that Reed came to the conclu sion that a new one would have to0 be framed. It is understood that the new measure gives M1aine only three mem bers instead of four that she now has, but partisan advantage is gtained in causing Democratic states to lose mem bers, and gains are given to Republican states of the west in larger proportion than accorded the growing. Democratic states. Conizressman Peters. of Kansas. who is one of the Republican members of the house committee on appiropriations. re turned to the city today. IHe was not a caididate for re-election. and. therefbre, was not in the wreck when the reient "smash-up" occurred. He says the Alliance people undoubtedly have a ma jority of the Kansas legislature, and that ii the" make up their minds to stick sol idly together, they can elect their man i or senator to succeed Ingalis. The mnargin, however, is small, and, if thie Alliance men do not stand together, In galls may possibly secure a re-election, as five or six of the Alliance men claim that they are not pledged, and profess to be ardent admirers of MIr. Irgalls. Judge Peters says that the resu' t in Kan sas was a general surprise, and that no one had any ideca that so many of the Reulican car'didates would be defea.; ed. Everywhere that Ingalls spoke lie had the most enthusiastic audiences ap parently and tremendous in size, but the farmer vote was secretly marshal led, and the Republican leaders did not knowy how they were going to vote. How the Surplus Goes. WASmIXGTON, Nov. 20.--Gen. Raum, commissioner of pensioners, was to-dlay before the sub-committe of the Ihouse appropriations committee having ,in charge the preparation of the pension appropriation bill. The appropriation for the fiscal year 1890-91 madec at the last session of Congress aggregated 97, 090.7d1. Gen. Raum estimates that the deiciency for the presenlt fiscal year will amount to betwveen 8.3,00 000J and S3:. 000.000. H~e bases this estimate on pay mets made on accotumt of pensions in previous y'ears and on the amount pa id out during the iirst (iuarter of the pres ent iiscal year. For the tiical y'ear 15t91 2 Gen. R aumi estimates that $133.17 1, 085 will be reqiuiredi on account of the payment of pensions. Th le appropri a tions for the fiscal veatr of 1890-91 for eXamining surgreous is $1.000,000, and Commissioner I aumii asS an increase of $500.000K. on this item for the new i is cal year. For elerk hire at eighiteeni dif ferent pension agencies the iappr'oprial tion for the presen1t y'ear is S250.000. The Commissioner- ask an increaw ini tiis item for the newx lical year of WY), 0X40, making -'450.000 in all. i: Cotton F irms Fail. N'EW Yoiui, Nov. 27.-The firm of' iciard II. .\lhen & (Co.. haiikers and coisiiionlM merchats, at N~os. 31 anti 33 U roadh street. hav e made an assigniment to Frank K. Wa 'lker. hichard II..\ll en also mace an 1 individul assignmient to the same person. N eithier assignment gives an:. prern e~. Thte liabilities are estimated at 8 1.000,000.i 31Miiir ms Nov. I omas 1I. Alien & ('o., cotton factors andi commission merchants. at No.8 3InMdison st reet have made an 'assignment. Th'le firm was comosed of Thomas IH. Allen. Sr.. Tomnas II. Allen, .}r., I larry Allen and I.. H. Allen. -Jr. The special assig~nmeint wvas precipi tited by tile susplensionI of Icliicrd 11. Allen & Co. thet New York branch. 'he annionnemen1t has- cauised a pro fouind. sensa~tio'ln.'h lilm wais inc of the largest. ini \lemhis. and considered ole of the moSt Sibsmt ianl in the soutti. Staliaetd Withia P'enil. HNre, No~v. 2*.- a niel WV. Ge;rryx with a lead penicil whbile enlgagedl in a fiindly wrestlsiig bout with Nelson lD. 'all, died this muorniing. The pencil wa~s in ('all's vest poeket, and~ in thle struggle was driven an inch into G erry's l cku-alliuig a roonr. 6 REENVILLE. November 26.-Som e thing of a sensation has been created her2 by the starements of a woman ar rested in Atlanta on Saturflav on a charge of blackmai!. Louis A. Slban is a transfe-r clerk in the ollice or the H ichmond ani Danville Railroad at Atlanta, and is w-ll known in 1 his city. w'ucre he w.ts iployed several years ago as a cletrlk in the of lice of the same railroad company. On Noveiber is he married an estimable young lady in Atla'ta and went on a bridal to;r visiting Savammh. Charles ton and this city. On Monday lhe re turned to Atlant~i and learned that a woman. gi% in'g her nanue as Mrs Mat tie Sloan. had stated to the police and to his father that she was Mrs. Sloan No 1,and had married him in 1,8S in this city. The woilan was promptly arrested for blackmail and she swore out a war rant against young Sloan for bigamy. The woian is notoriously known here and went under the name of Ida St. Clair, and claims that Mr. Sloan secret ly married her to prevent her giving testimony in an affair which he was implicatedl in. She pretends to have part of her marriage certificate. A detective of this city has gone to Atlanta with atlidavits from the city otlicials of the woman's char:cter. The friends of Mr. Sloan confidently believe he can establish his innocence. She Objettel. NE~W O i:.x.Ns, Nov. 2S. --A negro wonian appareitly dlied in Shrevport, La., but when the furneral posession ar rived at the cemetery next day she rose up in her collin and wanted to know what was going on. The mourners were terror stricken aid dispersed in a hurry, leaving the woman to take care of her sel'f. She is now as well as ever. POPLE 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. TRIMINGS, HOME SPUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kind., and in fact everything 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 ean sell cheaper than any one else.. If you want first class family icn plantation GROCERIES, give rae a trial, and Iwill convince you that it is to your interest to buv fromn me. C. KARESH, .Mannin g, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, SUMTER, S. C. First class accommodations and excellent able. Convenient to the business lfortion f the town. 2~> cents for dinne - J1. 11. DIXON. Proprietor. 0. WULBRN& CD WHOLESALE GROCERS. Flour a Specialty. os. 171 and 173 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. M. Drake & Son, -WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & TRUNKS. 235 Meeting St., CHIAR LESTON, S. C. Lrgest stack, best assortmient, lowest prices. :.T. c.u. ...s. m3:ows. non-r. r. EvaNS. MCGAHIAN, BROWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, lootsIShoes and Clothing, os. 226, 223 & 230 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. . THOMAS, Jr. J. M. THOMAS. Stephen Thomas, Jr, & Bro. w~A~woIms, EWEL.RY, SIL.VER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. .Watches and Jewelry repaired by omptent workmlen. 237 KING STREET, CHARLESTON. S. C. ~arington, Thomas & C0., ---DEALERS IN EWELRY, SIL.VERWAR E AND FANCY GOODS, No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. A. McCOBB, Jr. General Commission Merchant, .1ND DE.U.En IN LME, cEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAiR, FIRE BRiCKS, ANil FIRE CLAY, LAHD PLAS TER, .D EASTERN- HAY. gents for White's English Portland Cenment. 14& 1 Eas-tDay, Ch r'eston, S. C: JOHN V CONNOH, Cotton Factor -C( MM[ 1SloN MER:lCIINT CHARLESTON. 'S. C. S~lq~ei I coisn ;aits acnn ohf n which liher. 1 advanie. will be ni:ade. WATERLY HO0 UE, in bnrdoftKaintet CHARLESTON, S. C. New. furni . Eicetric bells. Etectric lights in all roomns and hiallways. 1Rates, e->2. an -> aO G T. ALFORD), Proprietor F N. WILSON, e AGENT EQUITABLE LIFE AS SNItAXCESOCILTY, MANNLNG. S. C. JOSEPH F: RZHAME, A TTIORYEY AT LAW MIANNIN G, S. C. OHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, IANNING, S. C. A.. A TTvJLEY A ' LA, MANNING, S. C. Z Notary Public with seal. G ALLN HUGGINS, D. D. S., CIIERAW, S. C ?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 a first clas 1rug store. I h'Tve just added to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and am prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, YARNISHES, BRUSHES, in quantities to suit purchasers. L.W. NETTLES, M.D., Foreston, S. C. a A. s. 3. rnnlY. i. r. SIMONS. n. A. PINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., -WHOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS,. Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. TIE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest. 4 AsSets, $136,401,328.02. Surplus, $9,657,248.44. 3 b The oldest, strongest, largest, best company in the world. It "makes as surance doubly sure." E. I;. Cantey, Agent for Kersh~aw anet Clarendoni, Camnden, ,S. C. ED. L. GERNAND, GENERAL AGENT, Columbia, S. C.A GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. 0. I4 the largest hotel in the city, and has, during the past year, been thoroughly reno vated, remodeled, and rettted with all mod ern im~provements. Centrally located, and offers inducemnents for the accommodation of its patrons. Has G spacious, light, and airy' sample rooms. Hot and cold baths, el evtor, &c. Cuisine under supervision of Mr. E. E. Post, late of Lookout Point Hotel, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The proprietor hopes by strict attention to the wants of his patrons to merit a share of patronage. F. W. SEEGERS. E. E. POST, Prcprietor. Manager. I I -- GKJ 0AffAet1MEI' [ S UNION SQUARE.NY.s 30;5.20. ALLAS.TEX. WE.BROWN & CO. Manning, s. C. 3 PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High -.Low. Arm, Arm $28. $20. $28. NDASTRA TH EC. . WOD C.M id*OEOP Etc. EC cho boed Sto10. SigeUechLa-a ont Gunsn age t $25. O Ever kind o f cl Brec aodn n eetn ils 3t D4. uzleBarlBc Loading ul Shot Guns, a $5 to $:35. Single Shot Guns, $2.50 to $12. Revolvers. $1 to $20. Donble Action Self Cockers, $2.50 to $10. All kinds of Car tridges, Shells, Caps, Wads, Tools, Powder Flasks, Shot P'ouches, Primers. Send 2 e nts for Illustrated Catalogue. Address . H. J0liNSTON, GREAT WESTERN GUN WURKS, Pitt.,burg, Pa. Manning Shaving Parlor. H AIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX ucuted, and shaving done with best razors. Special attention paid to shampoo ing ladies' heads. I have had considerable k: exerienice in several large cities, and guar st antee satisfaction to my customers. Parlor O next door to Manning TimesAILON ADGER SMYTH. F. J. PELZER, Speciala ?rtner. SMYTH & ADOER, Fators and Commission mercants, Nocrth. AVlatic -7V-3arE, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Lionuors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. )TTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, C A R L EM S T ON, S. C. F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, ocm.-Trom, s.o0. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF -Pure C;eirnma a PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. M2. M. LEvI. of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends aDd the public gen ly, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCRANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed. 244 & 246 Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. f0Contracts made for car load lots or less. E. HoIxEs. LELAND o0033. W. E. HOLMES & CO., -DEALnS I Mhite Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. TREET LAMPS and LANTERNS ofALL KINDS. OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. ,harleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in [arine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw [ill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam at, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. zit epairs executed with promptness and Disrpatch. Sendfor price lists. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., - Charleston, S. C. -PUCKH ABER RROS, Wholesale Ba1kery and Candy Factory. ENTS FOR HOLMES & COUT?TS SEAFOAM WAFERS AND ENGLISH BISCUIT 464 and 4G6 King St. CHARLESTON, S. C. P]D1.IV.AL~ MSFG. CO. SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS 478 to 486 Meeting St., CHARLESTON,S. C. THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST. All goods guaranteed. Estimates furnished by return mail. Large stoclk, prompi iipments. Our goods do not shrink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, MIANCFACTURERS OF AN~D WHOLESALE DEALERS lIN oors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Materia. Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. OLD CLOTHEiS MADE NEW. SEND YOUR DYEING TO THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. 3I0 King St., CHARLESTON, S. C.r MOKE(HEIOIIIAR, THE BEiST NIOKI.E GICAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, sohe Agent, Manning, S. C. SOL. ISEMN, Wholesale~ Grozer, State Agent, 1 aast ma-v. caaieston. S. C. Lilienthal & Blohme, successorsi to F. J. Lilientliad & Son. Proprietors o And deailers in PreparLed Flour, Gist anud Meal, ais5 Hay, Grain, Flour, Mill Fees c. Send fo, e.32, :4, and 30 Beaufain St ., CHAR1LESTON, S. C. oie to Sumter BOLLMANN BROTHERS, id inspect my large tock of ClothnWoleal ods, Hardware, Groceries, inware, ockery, in fact everything that is kept in first class j Grcers GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE, I will give my customers special b.ar.gains' id pay the highest prices for Hides, Furs, 157 and 169, East Bay, id all kinds of country proluce. I M. K AR E SH, CH ARLESTON, S. C. Liberty Street, Sumter, S. C. ---- ________________ HARLS c LEL'E Jouxi F. WENER. L. H.QL o HAR ES . L SLYJOHN F. WERNER & CO., Wholsalet &,it Rtai mission Deleri in Wh:olesale Grocers FI8H, _AND g~T~ ~D4~ ~ ovIiion Dealers. Consignments~ of poultry, egs anl 'll 164 & 166 East Bay and 29 & 31 nd of country prodc aree respIcuully licited. Vendue Rng, iee Nos. 18 & 20 Market St., E, of East Bay Jj~]O rS.. CTT AITETON 5. C.