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S. A. RIGBY'S BIG FIRE SALE. 5Worli 01 GOODS Throw il Ile Mariel al a Sacritice. Now is the time to secure som Bargains for the Cash. Very resnectfuny, S. A . R I C B V. Manning, S. (2. THE MANNING TIMES@ Publi-sed Ecery Lae__ ? lay . LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Wednesday, February 2S, 1894. Your Name in Print. -Mr. J. E. Green, of New Zion, has gone to take a course at Clemson. --Mrs. E. P. Gedding,. of Pinewoo d, has been verv ill, but is now some better. -Mr. and Mr. Alfred D'Ancona left last Friday morning for Chicago, their future home. - R.O. Purdy. Esq., and R.D. Lee, Esq., of the Sumter bar, are in Manning atnud ing court. Manning " treated last Saturday to its first fall of snow to:' this season. Mr. C. L. Griain is erecting a handsome residence on his place near Pinewood. County Commissioner Geddings had the isfortune of losing an infant last week. Orange hams,. none better, always on hand, J. W. McLeod m. Attend service at the D aptist church next Sunday, and yon will hear a tiue sermon. There was no preaching in the chrrchcs ast Sunday on account of the inclement weather. Fresh Tarbell cheese just received a'. J. W. McLeod's. A large congregation attended the union prayer meeting at the Presbyteiian church last Thursday afternoon Mr. T. B. Stackhouse, of Narion, has been appointed deputy United States. rev enue collector for this district. Died, Saturday the 17th inst., near Shi lob, Mr. John Player, aged SG years. His .funeral took place the following Sunday. .We are under obligations to Cqurt Stenographer L. 1. Parrott for kindly furnishing us with Judge Benet's charge. Gardon seed and onion sets at Dinkins & Co s. Mr. V.. M. Graham, of Pinewood, one of the grand jurors, is the happy father of a bran new son that weighs 19i) pounds. Ain't it a buster? Every subscriber on the Times subscrip tion list who has not paid up will have his paper stopped after April ist. Look at the label on paper and it will tell you the ex piration of your subscription. ' Rev. J, 0. Gough will fill his pulpit in the Baptist church - next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Subject : "Building." All are invited to at tend the services of the church. Call on D. M. Bradham for cotton seed meal for $23 per ton, or he will take cotton seed in exchange. County Commissioner Tnrbeville showed us a beautiful hen of the Monocha bree d, which was presented to him by his fellow commissioner, E. P. Geddings. The fwl is one of the handsomest we ever saw. Go to Thomas & Bradham's stables for good horses and mules. The movements of Mr. C. L. Griffin, oi Pinewood, are being watched by his neigh bors, as he is building a nice dwelling at that place, and they think he is I contem plating robbing some one of a daughter in the near future. Fresh and genuine garden seeds, all varieties, at J. G. Dinkins & Co s. All old seed destroyed. The depot at Pinewcod was burglarized last Wednesday night, an(! a gun was stolen. The agent was at supper and re turned in time to hear the burglar go onl at theoter end of the depot. The thiel managed to escape in the darkness. Philade~hia red and white onion sette Dinkins & Co's. Married at the residence of the bride's mother near Brewington, thi afternoon by Rev. W. H. Workman Mr. Edwin F. Miller, local editor oj the Sumter Freeman, and Miss Mary Plowden, daughter of Mrs. Ireni Plowden. Considerable building is going on in th< Pinewood section: Two or three years ag< that entire section was a forest, and to-da: there are a number of neatly Uniilt resi dences and stores, making the village o Pinewood one of the most prosperous look ing places in the county Newsy Notes From Alco. Mr. D. W. Alderman has been continei to his room a few days from the effects o rheumatism, but is out again. Mrs. Legg, of Manning, spent one day it Alolu last week. Miss Alice Harvin, oif Beach Hill, ha eenr quite sick for the past two weeks Her mother is also very low. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Shaw have returnec from a few days' visit to relatives anc friends in Saimter. WVe are glad to se Dave at his post again. The pupils of Miss Miller's school ha holiday Friday in honor of 'the birthday o the "father of our country." The earth has ota her beautiful whit garment to-day (Monday). About the bes thing one can do is to stay in doors, real the Manning Times and keel' up with tim Slatest news. Ask Paul about a "permanent business. There has been a great deal of steahin going on in this community. The writt is impressed that a detective is needed this neighborhood. People can't a ford to have their stores burned t the ground, depots broke into, pr vate dwelling houses ransackec property devasta ted, and the earr ings of the honest working man take by the hands of a professional thie Such things should be remedied. do not believe to simply capture thief, and place him behind the ja bars and give him hoard free is sufi ient to stop such deeds of roguer: We shoul place them on the "chanm gang," and compel them to work an keep up our public roads, and say the county of much expense, ana possibly s'ome deeds of crimue. 0. John S. Rtienardsoni, of Samter, D~ead. Ex-Congrssniau. John s. Richarhsc died at his residence, abort thre3 mmii from this city, at 7.40 last might. '1he sa intelligence of this gzood and I or'r.:d enm zen's death did not reach Sumter. .wmng the snow and sleet (which umade the roac impassable), until 10 a. mn. today. I.1 death, .while it cast a gloom over the enti cmmuit'y, was not unexpected, as b physician had giv'e'n up all hopes two da' prior to his death. Had he lived unt T1hursday, March 1st, he would have bee GG years old. e was the eldest son of the liaed Richardson, anid a graduate of the Sout Carolina Military Academy. He raised; the be'inning ot the late war a comiipan and with his comipany entered the Confe< erate army as captain, and was wiounded: the battle of Manassas. He serv.d tu terms in Congiess, and was ,-etted to tl State Legislature also, and atter this Sta was redistricted, he was appointed mast in equity, and held that oio up to a ye: ago. He was also at one tinae one of t: leading lights of the bar, but in later ye did not not devote much of his tiume to ti practice of law. tourt rro-iceeumig. The court of general sessions opened promptly Last Monday morning with His Ihonor, W. C. Benet, las presiding judge. The roads throughout the county were full of snow and ice, and caused a great many interested in the court to be late in attend ing. When court opened, most all of the jurors were in the court house and the grand jury was organized with fifteen men ard W. C. :radham as foreman. A little later, more of the grand jurors arrived and were promptly sworn. As ,-oon as an organization of the grand jury was perfected, Soficitor Wilson began calling for the State's witt:e: ses in the vari ens ease.<, and reported to the conit that he that only one of the many witnesses an swered, which was a very unusual happen ing in this county, and that he was satisfied the cause was on account of the extraordi nary weather, that under 'he circumstances lie could not go on until later iii the day, when he supposed the witnesses would arrive. The court then took a recess until 12 o'clock, and when it resunieds some of the delayed witnesses had arrived and were swoin to go before the grand jury. Before beginning his charge proper to the grand jury, Judge Benet took occasion to congratulate the county of Clarendon on the prompt attend ance of all the jurors of both the grand and the petit panel. On such an inclement morning, with roads almost impassible, it was most praise worthy in these jurors, His Honor said, to be found in their places in court at the opening of the session. coiniig as they did niany of their from the reimotest corners of the county. He then in a clear, im pressive inanner delivered the followv ing charge: Mlr. 1-Breai(. awl Getleen (f the Gried Jury of Ularodon Gu On -- As this is the first term of the court for this year in Clarendon county, and this voar first term of service as a grand jury, it becomes my duty to charge you generally on your duties as grand jurors, as well as to charge you par tiedarly on your duties in regard of snch bills of indictment as the learned solicifor for the State has already placed in my hands, or may from time to time during this term of court prepare for your consideration. 1st. Then, as to your duties generdly as a grand jury: You form a part, and a very important part. of the machinery of the law for the discovery, and prevention, and punishment of crimes -against the law; for the maintenance of peace, good order, and sobriety; for the encouragement and sup port of religion and edncation, of good morals and clean living, and for the en demnation.and punishment of lawlessness and immorality; for the protection of the thrifty and industrious, and for the detec tion ind correction of the idle vagrant and the thieving tramp-in a word, for the good of all the law-abiding people in your county, and for the removal, as far as in yon lies, of all that may hinder, obstruct or prevent that public good. To this end it will be your endeavor so tc fulfil the task proper to your office as to be for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. This you can best and most easily accom plish by being perfectly fair, honest, and impartial; and at the same time vigilant, straightforward and without fear. You will be no respecters of persons, nor will you regard with favor, nor visit with hostility any class, or race. You constitute an indispensable part of the jury system-the system of trial by jury-by a jury of a man's peers. and of a man's vicinage:-that system, so old, so time-honored, established by the wisdom nay fought for and paid for by the blood o: your forefathers in the mother country ecn turies before the colonies of the Carolina were founded. It is not saving too much to tell you tha of all that vast and valuable inheritance wi derive from the mother country-of Ian guage, literature,'law; of institutions social political, and religious;-there is nothing in worth and beneticence to be compared t< the right (enjoyed by every man accused o crime) of trial by a jury of his peers and o his neighborhood, save and except thi Bible in the common tongue. Where the Bible in the English languag and the right of trial by jury go hand ii hand among the English speaking people relgion will not jack for a defender, libert will -dways find a champion, and the poo -man, be he never so poor, will not be with ut a friend and protector. It was not lightly nor perfunctorily tha the framers of the constitution of the Unitel States made trial by jury part of the organi lawv of the land. IWhen they lada the foundations c { government in this great Republic of th West, with the eyes of a wondering worn upon them, they were too wise to discar, that system of trial by jury which had si< cessfully stood the test of many centuric and hai been the bulwark of British ii wellems of Colonial freedom. -Ana the gave trial by jury an honored place in th Bill of Rights in the Constitution of th Moe b th~e samre impulse the patrioti Carolinians who formulated the first Cor stitution of this State carefully secured an made perpetual here the right of trial b e jury; and in our present Constitution tforms Sec. 11 of our South Carohi a a ill< Rights, in words few but strong, andi Stheir meaning not to be mistaken, where sys: "Thec right cf trial by jury shall r, muain inviolate." Let it remain inviolate, no matter wha Sother changes may at any timre be madei nour fundamental law. I can:'ot belli that any constitutional convention wvoul ever for one mroment entertain the idea destroying it, or even of changing it in ati paticular. It has been, , ,r. Foreman and Gentl -jmen, too much the custom ot lnte years , decry the syste.u of trial by jury, and sug'est its lamprovemrent or even its aibol 1tion. Such opiions when enitained in arc found to be the oirspinig cf some speci Soccasion when, it may be, a jury may see Ito have failed to do their duty, aud tl - jury system to have miscarried. :-or can we shut our eyes to the fact th som.times those views have been advocat< wh.in the verdict of a jury in some notor os case has been different from the ye diet of that larger un-sworn jury ou side thre court, who previous to the trav and oen ex parte, insufficient, but high colored arnd sensational evidence-if es dec tmay be called- --ave tried and co dened the prisoner. unead Doubtless it has happened, too oftE halppened, perhaps, that partIcular jurn have conspicuously dlone, the reverse hir duty. Uuat it is illogical and wrong impurte to tihe system the sins of pa~rtical jures. The tralt lay in the foreswor juyenot in the jury system. .1' may he th~at the working of the ju nlaw aight be improved by a better miode selcton wvhereby the names only of int< cligent and respeonsible citizens would 1 hhed1 in tae jury box. sto~~- poss5i bie that sonie of the blam t blam-e there be, lies at the dloor of ti 'curi assembly for exempting by lawv t< uay oi our best and most caipetent cil zends'from jury duty, thus encouraging t] b.i Lthatjury duty is an irksome at te disgreeable task, and exemputoni from it r rewad to be given tor' other services. 15nt, be assured, the f-ruit is niot in ti ystmi its'elf. Still cherished aind jealous - uarded in the land wvhich gave it birth e any centuries ago, it is, if. possible, -eater value arid importance in this cou r. It is the peopls strongest fortre! It is the very coiner-stone of republican institutions. By it the rights, the liberties of the in ividual citizen are secured against all forms of oppression. Under it the ponrest man is protected in his enjoy ment of life, liberty and property. It is especially the guardian of the poor in. Under any other system bribery and corruption wonld be sure to flourish, and the indgments of courts would be knocked (own to the highest bidder. It is not inipossible, it may be probable. thiat th-jnry system as now conducted is, not absnlutely free from the damning in iluence of money: but thus much can be sai( With truth, that if bribery is possible under the system of trial by jury, it would be fingrant and unavoidable and uncon cealed under any other system. The purification and perpetuity of the jury system will be secured by the faithful observance of the oath Von have taken as grand jurors, and the oath which is admin istered to petit juries. )f this latter I shall say nothing at this time, but I ask you to give good heed while I repeat the oath which was solemnly taken by your foreman in your hearing. and to which you each bound yourselves as solemnlv. The jlge then read slowly and with emphasis each phrase and sentence of the grand jury's oath: commenting on it with 1 great force and effect He then continued: As the grand inquest (t Clarendon coun tv, it is yonr duty to make diligent inquiry concerning the manner in which your conntyoflicials dotheir work. They are the svmluts of the p.ople. The lot has fallen upon yon to look after the people's interests during the nvxt year in all that apper tains to the publie business. And it be comes your imperative duty to examine the offices of each of your county officers books, records, and mole of doing busi ness. His Honor then particnlarized the vari ons departments to be investigated, laying especial stress on the inspection of the jail and poor house. lie advised the grand jury to state in their presentment whether the roads and bridges in the county were in good condi tion or not. After this Judge Benet said: In these days of commercial and indus trial depression and ups and downs in the money market, when the wheel of fortune turns with such rapidity that the man who to-day is rich, to-morrow is embarrassed, and the third day is an insolvent or ruined man; it is needful that you scrutinize the solvency of your county officials' bonds men. A bond which List year may have been good and sufficient may this year need to be strengthened. Then, too, if there are any funds in the I hands of any of your connty ~ officials, placed there by order of the court, to be safely kept or protitably invested, you will diligently in qnire concerning them. And what-is your solemn duty regarding all such funds, be comes yeur sacred duty when minors are concerned. Minors are the especial wards of the court. They, whom the law renders incapable of managing their own affairs ac cording to law, must not suffer at the hands of the law. His Honor instructed the grand jurors that they must take nothing for granted, in these various investigations; that they must not presume that what should be done according to law had been so done. Further on he said: The learned solicitor will submit to you bills of indictment in cases which the machinery of the law has made it his duty to prepare against persons formally accused of crinies against, the law. But if you, Mr. Foreman, or any one of you members of the grand jury, be aware of any offence against the law of the land which has not been brought to the solicitor's attention, itis your province, nay, it isyour duty, to report it to your body for consid eration and action - It may be some public nuisance which private individuals for prudent reasons, do not like to report or prosecute,-such a Scurse might make them odious as inter meddlers with what is not particularly their business,-for what is everybody's business is irobody's business. It may be some scandalous breach of morals, vituating the social atmosphere of. some neighberhood, for which no paivate citizen cares to be the prosecutor;--some violation of the law against adultery, or fornication, or miscegenationi. It may be some public official in yone countyuose duties are neglected, or who has done something tyrannical, or unlaw -ful or oppressive in the discharge ef his official duties. On these and such like matters you are the grand inquest of Clarendon county and it is yours, as sworn grand jurors, to take cognizance of all such and embody Sthem in your formal presentment. Judge Bienet then took up the several Ibills of indictment placed in his hands by the solicitor and charged the grand jury on thtou. Concluding, His Honoa said: Mr. Foreman and gran-d jurymen, that or wvor-k during this term may be pleasant and free from friction is my earnest hope. I can, with con lidenee, assure you of the hearty co-opecration of the learned andl able solicitor, anud of all Cthe officers of the court. Aird I doubt not that you, on your part, will do your utmost endeavor to aid the coutt in the transaction Yof business. Working thus together, with one mind and with one aim the wors of our '~several departments will not fail to be done smoothly, satisfactorily and witbout loss of Atime. tJudge W. C. Benet is nearly 48 y ears of age, is a Scotchman, was ed uated at the University of Edin burh and is a man of marked scholarly attainments. He served several ~times as a member of the House from Abbeville, and while there championed the Clemson Col )lege bill, and other matters which 0the Reformers are striving for. Het is a son-in-law of Justice McGowan. ~The judge then sounded the ciim *~inal (locket, atnd whlen the Coulliette case was called counsel for the State and the diefense announced they would be readly for trial to-day, Wednesday. irlamdetn -The grand jury retirdadrtr ed with the following true bills: Birch Johinson and Soloimions John son, burglary and larceny, true bill. Lv nton Butler, larceny live stock, true bill. Adam Green, assault and battery with intent to kill, no bill. Albert Dav-is, larceny of live stock, Itrue bill. Monday Ragin, larceny live stock, ntrue bill. Weslev Deas, Ishmeal Fordhiam, Wison ~Loyal, Jack Gadsden. and Ransom Deas, housebreaking and lhrenv, true bill. Albert Davis, larceny live stock, true bill. Mngo Melette, larceny live stock. truebill. Thomas Green and WVm. Thomas. -arenv live stock, true bill. t eievle Deas, Ishmeal Fordham, Ii Wilson ~Loyal, Jack Giadsden, and aRansom D~eas, arson, true bill. The solcitor here announced that lie ~old be forced to nol pros the twc cae against these parties chargec w ith arson, housebreaking and lar 0 env for the reason that the prosecu. Itor ~informed him the Santee Cypresi -1mbcr oamnany. who are the vie tims of crimes alleged to have been committed by these men, was char terted in this State, but after the in dictments were in the hands of the grand jury it is discovered the comi pany is not chartered in this State, but in the State o4 Illinois. There fore lie would nol pros the cases upon which the true bills were found, and at once issue new indictments for the jury to act upon. The court then took a recess for dinner. At the oliening of 'the after noon session the case of the State vs. Birch Johnson and Solomons John sons, charged with burglary and lar ceny, was tried. Upon the arraign nient of the prisoners in this case Birch Johnson plead guilty, but the judge allowed him to with the plea, that the jury could find a verdict with a receommendation to mercy. This was a very peculiar case; it seems that Birch and Solomons John son are brothers, the former plead guilty and positively swore that his brother was with him and aided him in breaking into and robbing Mr. Charlton Way's dwelling house, and although the testimony showed clearly that two tracks were discov ered at the place of the robbery, the evidence did not show satisfactorily that one of tracks was made by Solo mons. * Testimony was adduced showingathe good reputation of the defendant Solomons. The most pe culiar part of this case was that the father and wife of Birch testified against him, and from their manner oii the stand it had the appearance of father and wife had discarded Birch. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty with recommendation to merey as to Birch, and acquitted Solomons. The defendant Solomons Johnson was de fended by M. C. Galluchat, Esq. Court then adjourned. Yesterday morning at the opening of the court Birch Johnson was sen tenced to six years at hard labor in the pen, and then the case against Cicero Copeland and Lynton Butler, charged with burglary and larceny was tried. At the arraignment of the prisoners Copeland plead guilty, and afterwards withdrew his plea, as he claimed that he committed the burglary in the daytime, and not in the night as charged in the indict ment. The prisoners not being rep resented by counsel the judge re quested Major A. Levi to defend them. The prisoners were charged with burglarizing the dwelling of Mr. H. B. Tindal, near Summerton, and owing to the fact of the prosecutor having had his house burned shortly before the robbery the solicitor found some difficulty in establishing from Mr. Tindal his actual dwelling house at the time the burglary was charged. A slight misunderstanding arose be tween the court and solicitor as to what Mr. Tindal .did say about his dwelling house, but it was settled by the solicitor referring to the stenog rapher's nuts. The verdict of the jury was guilty. Lynton Butler plead guilty to the charge of larceny of live stock. The next case tried was against Lawrence McBride and Abraham Bennett for stealing a hog from Mr. George I. Lesesne. The defendant Bennett was not resresented by counsel, and McByrde was defended by Col. B. P. Barron. Verdict, guilty. Albert Davis was then tried for stealing a hog from Mr. T. H. H. Gentry. Defendant had no counsel and denied stealing the hog, but ad mitted taking the hog and cutting its ears off. He also admitted the hog was marked in Mr. Gentry's stock mark. The jury found him guilty. Then the case of Thomas Green and William Thomas, charged with lar ceny of hogs from Mr. E. R. Rich bourg, of Summerton. William Thomas, one of the parties charged, escaped arrest and Green was tried alone. He was not represented by counsel, but testified in his own be half. Verdict, guilty. Court then adjourned. Thismorning His Honor, after an impressive lecture, sentenced the fol lowing prisoners: Albert Davis, 18 months in the pen itentiary at hard labor and a fine of one dollar. Thomas Green, 3 years in the pen itentiary at hard labor. Abrahiam Bennet and Lawrenc~e McBride, each one year in the peni tentiary, and each to pay-a fine of one dollar. Cicero Copeland and Lvnton But ler, each 3 years in the penitentiary at hard labor. Lynton Butler, in an other case, one year at hard labor mn the penitentiary. The last sentence to begin at the expiration of his pre vious sentence. After about a half hiour's intermis sion the case against against J. H. T. Couliette and J. J. Coulliette, charg ed with the murder of L. Touton DesChamps, was announced ready, and the court ordered that all the witnesses retire from the court room: the defendants having been arraign ed at a former term. The court then proceeded to empanel the following jurors, D. H. Welch foreman, T. E. Burgess, A. A. Thames, C. Rt. Sprott, G. D. Smith, Weston N. Coker, J. M. Strange, J. J. Geddings, H. M. An dress, J. B. Tindal, J. H. Hodge, Gi. T. Worsham. The grand jury at this stage enter ed and received two new bills against Ishmeal Fordham, Wilson Loyal, Wesley Deas, Jack Gadsden, Ransom Deas, robbery and arson, and house Ibreaking and larceny; they then re tired and returned with true bills. Friendly Wells, a witness failing to answer to his name when called, was brought into court yesterday under a bench warraut which the court had issued, and he w~as immediately sent to jail until His Honor could find time to attend to his case. THE STrATEi OF SoUTH CARoLINA, County of Clarendon. In the Court of General Sessions, February Term, 1894. MA xxiNG, S. C., Feb. 28, 1894. To His Honor, William C. Benet, Presiding Judge : We, s GandJurors for the ensu ing term, take pleasure in expressing our sincere gratification in meeting you at this your first ternm as Pr-esid ig Judge in Clarendon county. In behalf of the citizens of Clarendon we extend to you a warm and hearty welcome in our midst, and we feel that your services on the bench of South Carolina will add honor to your name, a proud heritage to your offspring, and glory to the law and the judiciary of the State. We listened attentively to your magnificent and able charge to us, 1deliered at the opening of the term, an te light thrown nunon our duties Iize the gravity. aidl ose duties. cious to perform our itiously and fully, and st keep in mind your te of instructions. e, have requested the Manning Times, our tper which reaches the --sides of our fellow-cit 4 your charge, that :.ter enabled to under ties as instructed by we further made this .e publication of your ble our fellow-citizens, serving to also learn id the grave responsi ed upon us, that they ns can intelligently ren -d as will be for the rosperity of Clarendon ted upon all the bills s handed us by the so en proceeded with our s far as we could at this jury visited the county I the building in need of spairs. There are sev ut of the sashes, and out of place, which ce very uncomfortable We find the jail kept well as can be- consid Iding and material fur Tuu tne jailor by the county. A committee of five from our body visited the poor house and found the buildings in fair condition. but in need of shutters and other repairs which can'be done at a moderate >ost. There seems to have been some work done on the poor house build ings, and we find the same done in a very unworkmanlike manner, and the county - commissioners should give this matter their immediate at tention. The superintendent of the poor house deserves credit for the neat manner in which the institution is kept, but, there.being some very old persons in his charge, we think the county should provide him with more-suitable food than it now fur nishes, especially for those eld-erly persons. There is also a scarcity of bedding with some of the paupers. We present for the action of the court one John W. Hodge, a white man living -vith a white man living with a negro woman, named or known by the -ame of Hester Gibbes; the quarties herewith presented live in the Deep Creek section of the county. They claim to have been married about twelve months ago. We give as witnesses to prove the charge, J. D. Lowder, Teff. D. Holli dav and H. T. White. The roads of the county, generally, are in a bad condition, and it has been reported to us that the road leading to Cades in Salem is in almost an impassable condition. A road at Taw Caw on the Nelson ferry road is in a dangerous eondition. The road known as Telegraph near Silver is in a dangerous condition. We made a slight examination of some of the county offices and decided to defer further examination until later when the same would be done thoroughly by a committee from our body. All of which is respectfully submitted W. C. BRADHAM, Foreman. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest Unhited State.s Gocernm~el F'ood Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. Do You Expect to Become a flother ? 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Pine Ovelantation For Sale At 20 Per Cent, Less Than Assess ment for Taxali for Last Three Year. *The subscriber offers for sale his plantation on the Santee, known as -Pine Grove," formerly "Indigo The Plantation has recently been surveyed by Robert Broun, Esq., Deputy Surveyor, and is found to -ontain 1,551 acres of upland and 692 ares of swamp land attached there Will sell for twenty per~ cent. less than the assessment on which I have been paying taxes for the past three -ears, and which assessment has been iaintained, notwithstanding peti titions for its reduction hav-e been each year. Pats can be seen at my oflice. Place is now tenanted. A pply- to E. W. MOISE. Sumter, S. C. IParties desiring agricultural rent liens and supply liens can find thenm at The Notice of Dissolution. On the 1st day of January, 1894, the firm of Mason & Wilkins, doing lnsiness at Fore-ston, S. C., was uissolved by mutnal consent. The usiness now will i.e eon. tinn d nnder the name of C. M. Mason. E. L. Wilkins, of Charleston. S. C., as snied all the liabiites of the firm of Mason & Wilkins. C. M. MASON. E. L. WILKINS. Foreston. S. C., Feb. 1:1, 1894. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the state of Ezra A. Tindal, deceased, will resent them duly attested, and those owing ;aid estate will mak e payntinI to ELIZA C. TINDAL, Qnalified Adumnistratrix. S'ammerton, S. C. Feb. 8, 1894. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Jige of Probate for Ilarendon county on the 6th day of March, iext, for a final discharge as administrator >f the estate of Miss D. A. RichardsoD, de :eas;ed. A. F. RICHARDSON. Fulton, Feb. G, 1894. Notice of' Discharge. On March 22nd I will apply to the Jndge if Probate for letters dismissory as admin strator of the estate of Eva Singleton. leceased. W. E. Dimss. Manning, Feb. 22, 1894. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the estate of Miss Eliza K. Bell. deceased, will present them d nly attested, and those owing s'aid estate will make payment to W. K. BELL, Administrator. Hartsville, S. C., Feb. 7, 1894. Two gentle WANTED !J~ WANTED! nian boarders t $2.50 per week. Mus. E. C. ALBROOK. Money to Loan. Money to Loan on improved farming lands;. A pply to 1'. 1'RESSLEY BARRON. Atorney at Law. Manning. S. C., Feb. 21, 1894. GUM-ELASTIC ROOFI N costs only $2.00 per 100 square feet. Makes argoo.l root for years, aidt anyone can put it on. Guni-Elastic Paint costs only 60 cents per gallon in-bbl. lots, or 4.50 for 5-gallon tubs: Color dark red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron roofk, and will last for years. -Ry rr Send stamp for samples and full particulars. Gum Elastic Roofing Go., 39 & 41 West Broad nay, NE W YORK. Local Agents Wanted,.. Easily, Quit:. .:Ln~tored. CL...---: oru. i:/ - . Aftor. T , . . ca accott of youthil 7rt.-a it:,hilJgence etc. Di-.-. .c . - .-:sa Headache, : Dain, Weak Mrnt : -'- .,.:.inzWeaknesm. liyarz.. , ... . 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COPLESTON, THE DYER, DYES AND CLEANS -ALL KINDS OF Ladies' and Gents' Garments. A&-leturn express paid on all work from the country. Coples-ton, T31e Dyer, 310 King Street, Charleston, S. C. OTmTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Srocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, SC 3"I.A.3T..' )1HT l. S. C. JUST ARRIVED -AT Thomas & Bradham's , flI MI AND WU IT= A Carload of well-broke *HORSES! NO SPECIAL REASON Theyare extra fine drivers Our why we should not adver- establishment has recently be tise well known goods. Don't know how it hap- s pens, but some of our I seldom mentioned in our so general writings. As our stock is a big one to keep always before you, and we take it that you know They were purchased direct from that we are headquarters for Dry Goods, Clothing, by buyin ou. Welasave iu and Shoes. - 104 bleached sheeting stock a complete lne of ir, below manufacturer's Buggy, and Wagon HARNES. Tie cost. celebrated Buckeye 10-4 bleached sheeting is known and used the world over, and our only object in noting it here is to say that we are selling the very best quality of are handled by us as general agents, 10-4 bleached sheeting in sheet length at 49 cents and we can give our friends 4he ad each or 98 cents per pair- vantage of good, easy terms. We also regular price of this goods have a good supply of RED BUST is 871 cents each or $1.75 PROOF OATS and WEAT, m4 per pair. W. L. Douglas shoes for th e u fEE R aE The hi men, ladies, and- misses are the best shoes sold in tie and milch cows. Before buying this country, and for elsewhere call upon us. which we are sole agents. Every pair warranted to Thomas & Bradham. give satisfaction or an other pair given in place. 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