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THE MANNIG TIMES Published Every Wednesday. LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Publishes all County and Town Official Advertisements. Wednesday, April 4, 1894. We think those officers of the Man ning Guards who refused to obey orders should be court martialed, and at least reduced to ranks. Married, at Pinewood, last Thurs day, by Rev. N. J. Brown, Mr. J. J. Barwick and Miss Jimmie Ridgill, youngest daughter of the late N. A. Ridgill. Fresh garden seed and onion setts at Brockinton's. A revival meeting will begin in the Baptist church at this place next Sunday. Rev. I. P. Hedgpath will assist the pastor, Rev. J. 0. Gough. All are invited to attend these meet ings, morning and night. - Fresh and genuine garden seeds, all varieties, at J. G. Dinkins & Co's. All old seed destroyed. False Rumors Again. On former occasions The Times has found it necessary to warn our people not to believe what is told them till it is verified. We do so again. Last week false rumor after false rumor was circulated, among which were, that the Darlington trouble was caused by constables searching pri vate residences in Darlington, and that Governor Tillman had to seek .the penitentiary for protection. Both rumors were equally false. Desper ate efforts are making to turn our people from their principles, but falsehood will never do it. The Manning Guards' Armory Raided, and the Guns Taken. LAst Sunday in our town there was a suppressed excitement, and only those that saw the movements of certain ones could discover what was the matter. These men supposed their movements were very secret, but they were being watched and each step taken by noted. They congregated in Amall groups and held whispered conversa tions, which finally resulted in their going up into the Manning Guards' armory an carrying away the guns and ammunition. This was a very unfortunate step on their part, and in cooler moments it would not have happened. They allowed their sym pathy for their Darlington fri2ds to get the mastery over them. and without count ing the cost they seized these guns. As soon as this was done messengers were at once put to work to arouse the country, and while one of the messengers was preparing to carry his message of a call to arms, Capt. Davis learned of what had occurred, and immediately demanded- the surrender of the guns. After some discussion between Capt. Davis and these misguided men, he succeeded in having the guns restored a the armory. not a minute too soon, for into few minutes more tho messengers would have been on their way, and only God knows what the result would have been. This whole afair is a most deplorable one, to be regretted by all, and far beit from us -to increase the feeling that existed the past few days not only in the unfortunate com munity where the trouble arose, but right here amo,ng ourselves. We feel that it is the duty of every true citizen to use his in fluence in restoring a better stats of affairs. To indulge in scolding would do no good, and with the hope that the unfortunate events ofthe past few days will soon be blotted out, and that peace and a brotherly spirit will soon come to our people, we re frain from expressing that which under other circumstances wouldi be expressed through these columns by us. We will say, however, that if the affair that took place in our town last Sunday had been persisted in, that night would have closed on Manning with a scene that makes us shudder to think of it. All of us, both in town and from the country, made a fortunate escape. FEAR, OR WHAT I A -Majority of the' Manning Gaards Flank-The Heroes Who Did Their Duty. Last Fridaf everiing Captain W. C. Davis received ord'a from Governor Tillmanto get the Manning Guards in readiness to go to Darlington to aid in preserving the -peace. He at once replied that he would obey the order, and went to work summon ing his men to the armory. In a short time the news spread about the town and some citizens went among the members of the company and used their persuasive powers to prevent the obedience of orders. At first a large number of the company ex pressed a willingness to do their duty, but finally allowed themselves to be persuaded by those who did not want the orders of thegovernor respected. Later in the night another telegram was received ordering the company to take a special train which would convey them to the scene of disturb ance. About 2.1.5 a. m. the special train arrived and on it was Adjutant and Inspeo tor General Fairley. The boys got aboard and even there the citizens prevailed on some to turn back. They actually made one ofthe boys get off from the train by force. From her" the train went to Charles ton to get the Charleston eompanies, but those companies refused to move, and our boys were brought back Saturday night without having been ordered on to Darling ton. The names of the men who knew their duty and willingly went to perform it were: COPrIXx W. C. Dawnr, W. M. Lzwzs, J. E. ELLY, W. W. Jom~soN, WTTJiR YOU3G, W. E. Jzizssox, Jomx JUss, Nonurs McLzon, B. P. Grins, and JAZZ PLOWDEII, the col ored drummer. In this connection we will state that Mr. Charles Bidgill, when notified that he would be needed responted, but during the night was told by Cptain Davis that he could ~ohome and report the next morning at 7 o'coc. Mr. Ridgill went home and did not receive any further notice from his captain, but promptly next morning he ap peared at the armory in full uniform ready to go with his company, and when he found they had gone without him he was disap pointed. When the company returned, they were marched to their armory, and be fore being dismissed the captain, in a grace ful speech, complimented them for having proven themselves worthpof the name of soldiers. The Man.ining Guards was a pride-of the town, and from the names enrolled the peo pie believed that when they were called to do duty for the State not a man able to draw a sword or shoulder a gun would be found sulking or refusing, but when the commander-in-chief of the m:ilitary of South Carolina did call them, where ! oh, where were they? WVell a large majority did not respond when their State called them, but they that diid will always be re membered in the hearts of the people, and the people will take a pride in pointing to these men and say, "We are proud of the gallant men that responded to their coun try's calL" Those who used their inluence to have the Governor's orders disobeyed created the impression on the minds of a number of the men that if they went to Darlington they would be called upon to aid the State constabulary in searching private resi dences, and to shoot down citizens. These men were either in ignorance of the nature of the order or for political purposes used their influence for the prevention of Gov. Tillman's determination to put down an insurrection that was commenced. Our own citizens were not alone in using their influence with the men, but they were as sisted by a Philadelphia drummer for a dry goods house. Gov. Tillmnan did not issue an order t< the military to aid in searches or to shoot citizens, but his order was to preserve the peace. Thank God, there are some men in our local company that under stood the order, and that had love of country enough in them to spurn the gratuitous so licitations of the administration's political opponents, aided by a Philadelphia drum LARRY GAkTT Is Met on His Own Dung 11111 by Oi Own McLaurin. Congressman McLaurin's speech at Spa tanburg was practically as follows: Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens < Spartanburg: You must not expect muc from me to-day, because it was with coi siderable hesitation and at the last momex that I concluded to attend "as a looker-o in Venice," and not as a participant in thi meeting. I appreciate the spirit of courtes and fair play that induced the crowd to gis me such a warm invitation to speak. M Wilson has talked about the birth of tI: Reform Movement in Spartanburg count; but I saw the baby born in Marlboi in 1885, and housed and bedded the moth( and father of it-for Tillman was both. 1 whole past has been devoted to the cause < reform, and my future and the future < my children depend upon whether thi movement shall be made a great, gloriot and grand success or whether it shall 1 prostituted and made a disgrace and r< proach to every man who has ever had an: thing to do with it, by miserable, selfisi scheming politicians, who have no intere: in it save the dollars and cents they ca make out of it. The only place that I has heard any complaint in regard to my cours as a Reformer, has been from a certain litt organ in your eity. Editor Gantt: I suppose you are refe ring to me? McLaurin: If the cap fits you, wear i sir. Gantt: The cap fits me and it's a bi organ. AtcLaurin: Yes, Gantt, about the size < your mouth and that is a big one. But have something more important to tal about than Gantt. It was Spartanburg and the up tountr that gave the proper direction to the later and neglected industries of the State. Tb growth of your cities, the development c your manufactories, the improvement i your agricultuie, in spite of the Lard timei already attest your remarkable success an have given inspiration and hope to th lower section of your State, which is begir ning to follow your example. During tb trying days of reconstruction, this Piec mont Belt, with its white majority of bravo liberty-loving men and women, was tb hope and mainstay of white supremacj and without your help the low countr would never have been able to free itsel from the incubus of carpetbag governmen So I hope it will be with your present p( litical affairs. We have now a great victor in the suecess of the Reform Movemen but if we are to secure its benefits we mu, move in the right direction. The worl does not stand still, it moves on, and i "boots" not now to talk about what v have done, when our people in their fina: cial distress are asking us on every hauc "What are you going to do next?'' V must look to the future and "let the dea past bury its dead." 1 do hope that yon meeting here may give such a direction t public thor ht and discussion that it ma act as an inspiration on the rest of th State, making as forget our past difference: bury our quarrels and uniting again unde proper leaders, through the Reform Move ment, make a broader Democracy, a ha I pier people, a greater and more prosperon State. 1 see nothing in our old Refort platform of 1890 requiring discussion, uE less it be the constitutional convention, an no one seems to be discussing or opposin that. "Our friends, the enemy," or th Conservatives, have long since abandone their fight against the Reform platform have in fact adopted it-and now seem t be waiting for us "to set the pace" in thi campaign. Iet us be wise and prudent and giv them no cause for complaint. If they d not abuse us, let us not abuse them, and will do them the credit of saying that the have learned wisdom from experience, an are waiting to see whether we are going I make the best use ef our success and oi portunities, or whether we are going I make fools of ourselves, as most parties d when they meet with a little success.' We cannot expect, of course, for the Ne. and Courier and The State to do us justici or act wisely or impartially, because ths seems to be impossible to them. But let r remember that they do not reflect the seni ments of a lag~e-majority of what we ca Conservatives in the State, who approve< our platform, but have reluctantly hel bck because they did not like this, thatc the other man in the Reform party. Let i remember, my friends, that as the part in power, in charge of the machinery < the Democratic party and of the State go' enent, we are r,ecesaily and right] held responsible for the character of tI campaign we inaugurate. It would be very remarkable, fellow cit zens, if we as Reformers had made no nmi takesand,therefore,itis aot anacknowledg< ment of weakness for us to admit that a have. Generally speaking, such as ha, been made are not material and I will ni dwell upon them. Editor Gantt, having recovered frorm h irst experience in interrupting the speake attempted to cross-question him some mor Presing to the front he said: Are yo going-to support Butler or Tillman for tI Senate ? McLaurin: I will support the man wh stands flatfooted for our demands. Gantt: That is not a direct answer. have been telegraphed from Washingtoi that you intend to support Butler. McLarin: Neither you nor your bo: in Washington can bulldoze me. I wi support the man who must truly represeni our principles. I will not bind myselfi advance to support any man until he at nounes just exartly where he stand: (This answer was perfectly satisfactory I the crowd, which agreed that Tiliman shoul be supported, but only so long as he sul ported the demands of the Farmers' All ance.) There is one question-for whie the Reform Movement is not responsibli but which has been forced upon us-an in dealing with it, while our representativ4 in the legislature may have undertakcn I do too much, or may not have met wit public expectation fully, still I must cor tend that they did the best they could,< at least thought so, in giving us what a call the dispensary law. We have the rigl to correct our own mistakes and to perfet and improve the law., and I do not hesital to tell von that I believe it is capable< perfection and improvement. Barroom: which are the worst feature of the liqu< question, have been done away with, an God forbid that their attractions shall ev4 again be allowed to entice and lure t youth of South Carolina to the road thi leads to destruction. I am not familiar with its practical ope ation, but I am inclinei to believe that a have made a mistake in inaugurating suc an extensive and costly establishmenti Columbia,jand hope that it can be simnplifie and improved upon. I do not think thi the right of local self-government, or Ic option, should be interfered with. Loca self-government is Democracy. L/>cal O1 tion is practical temperance. Local optic has done more for the cause of practici temperance than any law on the statut book. I am inclined to think that th counties can run their own dispensarie with the assistance of a local board of cor trol, underthe direction of a State purcha ing and auditing agent. Besides this I b lieve that the profit feature should I abolished, proper restrictions placed aroun the sale of liquors and the evils of inten perance minimized. If this is done tE "blind tigers" would disappear, the co: stabulary be made unnecessary and th municipal authorities would probably I sufficient to keep down illicit sales of liquo as there would be but little inducement i violate the law. What is the use of discussing dead issue as Tillman says. "getting eggs out of las year's bird nests," pawing dirt and talkin about Coosaw and victories long since wo: This is a meeting of Reformers, no Anti are liere, and abusing them reminds me of fellow who had been bragging on his horu and when he put him in the race and I came out one hundred yards behind, som< body said: "Why I thocght you said yoi horse could run?" The fellow rephe<i "Well, he can-run ! oh ! yes, he can run lIll hell by himself:' (Laughtec and applause But, fellow citizens, the issues by whic we are confronted to-day are not locali their character, They are as wide as civil zation itself. The industries of the country lia pa alyzed and there is a cry of distress hear throughout the land. So fearful has becotu the situation that many are beginning i Ifear disaster to the very fabric of the go einent. The shadow of brooding sorro lrests like a pall upon the land, and ti very air we betebears upon its breat th restlessof the peoplena and I were asked what was the distinguishing feature of the times. I should say it was in tuitive feeling that there is something, and r that something momentous, going to hap pen before long. And I tell yoit, fellow citizens. that sOme thing will happen unless the conservatism and good sense of the American people are f brought into play. The wealth-producers h of this great nation are not going to starve amid the plenty their brawn and brain has made. Take a survey of the situation. What do you see? The public mind was never more unsettled, the public pulse never more feverish, strikes, riots and < y lockouts never more frequent. The coun e try was never more flooded with tracts, 1 pamphlets and revolutionary literature. 3 The doctrine of anarchy is almost as openly preached in Chicago and other large cities I as is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I 1 have been for six months at the centre of I this great country of ours. I can hear the throbbing of its mighty heart and feel the 4 hot pulsations of the fevered blood as it I s flows through the veins and arteries that t e cover forty-fonr sovereign commonwealths. I Let us read aright the signs of theltimes I given by a beneficent Creator for our guid ance. Would that the wise men of the na tion in fifty-five and sixty had been warned < at the fanaticism of John Brown. Last f n summer I was at Harper's Ferry. I saw I the lovely Shenandoah and the Potomac t come down through the mountains, whose I tops tower fifteen hundred feet above, and I unite their waters in one. I stood on the t spot where this fanatic and madman, with his little army of twelve, started war upon a mighty nation. I saw the spot where he t was hung as a traitor and a felon. Then I g thought of the bloody war; the cool, dogged I persistence, the unavailing bravery and chivalry of the grey that dashed itself to k pieces like the foam of the sea upon the rocks; the precious lives wasted in battle, the groans and tears of a mighty nation y "passing under the rod." t Then away off toward the sunset sbadows, t I hear now another fanatic, another mad man, Coxey. with his army, the army of the unemployed. At first received with laughter, now their steady tramp and the hoarse muttering of their despair can be e heard for many a league. What will hap- t pen ? Who can tell ? t John Brown was hung like a dog. They pointed out to me the spot, a few feet from t the blue Shenandoah, where he was buried. e His bones, that had mouldered for thirty t years in the damp ground, were taken up a few years ago and reinterred, fnd a marble monument placed over them. It is not a question now of freedom of the few milliou blacks from chattel slavery. It is a question of the emancipation of our race from financial shackles, that are infin itely more galling to Anglo-Saxon manhood. It is a trite saying that we are living in a revolutionary epoch. Agitation and dis e content seem inseparable from progress. Almost every step in our upward flight has been marked by revolution. emanating e from the lowly and discontented among r mankind. Paraphrasing the words of a distinguished author: The liberty we en joy came through the blood of brave men t ' and the tears of gentle woien. Genera tions have passed away, fruitful fields been turned over to graves. Along the road be r hind us lie the ruins of great cities and of mighty nations gone forever in the smoke of battle, martyrs to the cause of liberty. s Has it been reserved for the glorious civili. zation of the nineteenth eentury to afford a bloodless revolution, where justice and rea son, not passion and force, held sway ? I hope so. I beliere it. You cannot re e press these popular uprisings by force. You can keep them down awhile, but the disease is organic and will last until the cause is removed. It -is generally admitted a that the cause of our ills is in the financial question, and every doctor has his remedy. e When that gifted body of statesmen made o-ir Revolutionary spoch illustrious by t framing the constitution, they did not I dream of the proportions to which this country~.would grow. 0The material life of the nation has been -om pletely changed. Time and labor-say ing appliances have transformed our entire 0 social and industrial system. Think of the railroad, telephone and telegraph. Then go to the realm of political science, and ' make search for improved governmenital ~devices, which correspond in importance a to the inventions of Fulton, Morse aind Edison. The truth of the busines is, we need some f gratstateman who can take this system of ours and mould and change it to suit the r times. There has not been a new idea of s human government born since the day of 3 Y Thomas Jefferson, and we have outgrown f the swaddling clothes of the imufant. SThe fact of the matter is, there was more trnth than poetry in -what Mr. Hewitt said e the other day, only he should have applied it to Eastern Democrats and cuckoos. John1 tAllen said that it was personal, because he was acquainted with him. I live in the - L;ope that when Mr. Hewitt forms my nc e quantance,- that he will change his mind, or perhaps his digestion will be better, for t from what I can gather he is a whinin gold dyspeptic. (Laughter and applause.) s Now every body seems to agree that the] trouble is in our financial system and every - doctor prescribes his own remedy. u Dr. Cleveland said it was the ShermanI e act and prescribed repeal physic~, and the patient got worse. Then Dr. Wilsou pre-1 scribed tariff reform, and, the patient had a convulsion. 'Then Dr. Harter prescribed Ia bond issue, and the patient's temperature: Swent to about 105 and has remained there ever since. s The condition of the country reminds me 1 very much of an old colichy mule. There e is one such on every planitation that always gets sick just at the wrong time. SWell, I was in Columbia and myoverseer1 L wrote me: 0 "My dear Mr. Mac: Ole Rok has been very sick. I guy him sum medicine. He arc better of the disease, but I am afeared he will die of the remedy." hSo it is with us now. Trhe country is -better of the disease, but "she are mighty nigh dead of the remedy." s ow, I want to tell you what I believe 0 Thirty years ago there was a conspiracy i formed to rob the people of the wealth that ttheir labor created. The conspirditors have r pursued it with the same cold-blooded fe-1 e rocity that the tiger pursues its victim. Lt Everybody is familiar with the demonetiza t tion of silver and the part played by Sher e man and others. Let us jump all those fyears and get to the present. "Ever since the demonetization of silver, r rcshav steadily fallen until the zero pint has bout been reached and we are ir rapidly becoming a nation or paupers and e millionaires. The last act in the drama is it the issue of bonds. Now I want to tell you what that means and how through such an -issue of bonds the vast wealth of this na e tion can in a few years be concentrated in h the hands of a few men. .\y authority for ' the statement is a speech made by .Judge Culberson, of Texas, upon the floor of the it house of representatives. In the first place, to preface: The price ilof every article depends largely upon the amount of money there is in circulation available for purchasing'iursioses. By in I creasing the purchasing power of the (lollar e you make the man who has it richer and e the man who has to pay it poorer, because it takes more of his labor or his cotton to buy a dollar. 'That act of the drama was consummated when the final dlemonetiz-ition of silver was e accomplished. When we went to the gold standard, prices had to readjnsat themselves. -It was just like water running downz hill, e and they will adjust themselves, if values -run down until a cent gets as big as a dollar e was a few years ago. e The next act in the drama is: "The gold -reserve must be kept up." They first ille aly an d unjustly misconstrue the Sherman act so as to oplete this ~re.-erve, and then cry out that we must issue more bonds to it buy more gold. Now here you have the most gigantic fra--.d that was ever perpe -trated on the lace of the earth. s Did you ever see an endless chain ? That a is what a bond issue is like. They sold ;e $55,000,000 of bonds for gold and did not e add a dollar to the gold reserve, Do voun know how it is? Well I will explain the ~mod us operandi.-Wall street has its fangs I deep in the throat. Under the Sherman act as construed, when bullion is put in the treasury, silver h certificates are issued against it. These, certificates read "payable in coin." Any -common-sense interpretation would say in silver coin; but no, "silver is not money," - therfore they are redeemable in gold coin. d Now this necessarily depletes the reserve. e Very well, sell bonds. What does Wall street do? Why they simply present at; r- one window $55,000,000 of silver certificates, ' get the gold, then step over to another * window, buy the $55,000,000 of bonds and ii alkou wih temandnotleve sigl Odditional dollar of gold in the treasury. rhere is no limit to it, no war to StO) it, mxcept to remonetize silver. This infamoun hing is only bounded by the almost limit ess credit of our country, and under pres mnt conditions we are as helpless as babes. L'hey are only restrained by the fear of 4kiliing the goose that lays the golen egg.' Do you know what bonds mean? Let me ive you, in my o-.:n language, a leaf from iistory. I am told that in the vaults of the sue :essors of the old East India company here is piled up an alost fabulous amount if wealth, in thte shape of interest bearing ecurities. That is what they want. Stir ip a war between France and Germ.ny and t is necessary to issue more government 'onds. Send out agents in the North to >reaca abolition and in the South to preach ip slavery as a "patriarchal insttution." 3ring on a war-issue more bonds. A few years ago, these wise financier-, asting their eyes over the world to seek Lew investments, saw Egypt-with [ita fer ile valley of the Nile, aid with its ignorant mt contented and well-fed people. They !ttod out a vessel, took their ladies, nnd rent on a cruise to Egypt, and when they ot there they found the king a vain, weak >ld man. They flattered his vanity. They aid: "'Wby you have a grand country iere. Don't you want palaces, ratilroads, elgraphs and other conveiiences 1.ke they Lave in Europe?' "Oh, yes," said the :ing. "but ] haven't the money." "Oh, here is no trouble about that We will let on have the money. Just have your ser ants to bri:.g in those chests out there." hen th.:y laid the bonds of Egypt on the able, printed in German, French and Eng ish-$400,000,000 of them. They said: 'Sign these and we will give you $200,000, 00 for them and you pay us 10 per cent. er aunnmi onl the full C:mi(ount of $400,000. 00. We-l, the (111 king got the $:200,000,000, Milt a $10.000.OU0 pJalaee. railroads and elegraph lines. Egypt was prosperous s long as this foreign money wis flowing n, but it was s.n expended and then the 40,000,000 of interest had to be met each -ear. Cotton production was fostered and very hor:e, dog and sheep in the land was uxed t>i meet it. Soon hard times and dis ress were everywhere and they failed to eet the interest. Then these bondholders old the old ruler to "let us take charge and ri will collect the taxes.'- Then Apple oa's Encyclopedia says: "The poor fella een were bastinadoed worse than ever," ntil the people rose and killed a few tix atherers. Then the fleet bombarded ixandrio with all of its sick women and hildren and one of the Baring brothers aid: "Il didn't matter there were plenty If poor in Europe to take their places." So it vill be with this country,unless.we check this >ond issue. Poverty will rob our people f their spirit, or else, driven to desperation hey will rise and in their wrath and de pair, destroy the government which we ,11 love, and whose blessings we desir.e to >erpetuate for the sake of posterity. We are in favor of coining all the gold .nd all the silver free. That is right-nine enths of the people are agrecl on thsat >int. Not because the metal, gold or sil -er, is money but because tho people from orce of habit have been accustomed to use t as money. It is a matter of fact the sov reign authority or fiat of the government rhich makes money, and if you don't be ieve that try to make a little yourself. The uoney supply of the country might be com >ared to the water supply of the city. It atters not whict side the water comes in .t, if the reservoir is full and ready for use. ust so with the money of the people. It akes no difference how it reaches them f they only get the proper article in suffi ient quantity and at a price that does not >ear a tribute. This gold and silver is >rought by individuals to the mints and, rhen it receives the stamp of authority by he government, it - goes out .mong the people without apy ;overnment aid whatever. That much if our currency requires no assistance to be istributed among the people of our coun ry. Experience has demonstrated that the upply of these metals is inadequate, to neet the demands of the busi ?ess of this ountry, because of'this ':e demand that his metal money be supplemented with a 'nil legal tendler paper money, sufficient ra [antity to maintain just price~s and rob noney of its power to oppress. WVe de nand that this money be fuil legal tender n payment of all debts-public and pri 'ate-without the intervention of banks, rporaions, or any other factor that will nable it to draw tribute from the people. Row the method of geting this money from he treasury to the people is a detail for rhich just such fellows as I am are , paid 5,000 a year to find out. - I would like to speak to you and give rent to some ideas on a Iree and liberal nankingsystem, but have already tres passed oo much, and thanking you for your atten* ion I will ciose. (Prolonged and vocifer is applause. If you want a good smoke call at Brockin. n's drug store and get a packamge of "Pieki leaf" tobacco, only 10 centsj. Choice plug tobacco 50c. and 75c. per >ond at Drockingtoni's drug store. A good sewing machine on easy terms etter for cash-at Brockinton's drug store. Philadellphia re d and white onion 'setts ~inkins & Co's. An assorted line of medicines and drugs dways on hand, at Brockinton's Drug 3tore. "Pick Leaf" smoking tobacco, 10 centsa >ackage, at WV. M. Brockinton's. Qarden seed and onion sets at Dinkins a Co's. Santee River. CAxDEN, March 23.--8 A.M.-Height of WVa eree river, 7. feet; water rising; weather, :loudy. COLUvmIA, March 23.-S A. M.-Height of longaree river 1.7 feet; water rising; veather cloudy. CAMDEN, Mar. 20.-S A.M --Heght of Wa eree river, 7.0 feet; water rising; weather :loudy. COLoMmIA, 3Mareb 28.-8 A. M.-Height of Jongaree river, 1.8 feet; water rising; seather cloudy. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. 1ighest of all in leavening strength. !atest United States Government Food !'?eortl. Royal Baking Powder Co., Teachers' Examination. OFFICE SCHOOL CoMMISSIONER, Clarendon County, MANGx, S. C., A pril 2., 1894. Notice is hereby given that the reg ilar examination for teachers for the ublic schools of this county will be eld in the court house in Margning, lriday morning, April 20, 1894, comn nencing at 10 o'clock. Applicants for examination will lease be prompt in attendance at :he hour specified. L. L. WELLS, School Commissioner. WXEDDING INVITATIONS ANI VVcards, and all kinds of tine, fancy md commercial printing done promptly a ;he Manning Times job office. Lowest price md bes work PROCLAMATION, State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber COLUIBIA, S. C., April 3, 1893. Whereas, Section 519 of the General Statutes of this State declares that "the Governor shall have authority whenever in his judgement it shall be necessary to arm the constabulary, and in any emergency to assume the sole control of the whole or any part of the municipal police in cities and incorporated towns, and to authorize the chief constable of the State, or any deputy chief constable, to com mand assistance in the execution of process, suppressing riots, and in pre serving the peace;" and Whereas, it is made the duty of, and the power is given, said police to enforce the statute known as the "dispensary law," but that instead of obeying the requirements of said law the said police, except in a very few towns, have been an obstruction and are active aiders and abettors of those who are defying the law; and Whereas, under the same Statute the Governor is given power to ap point State constables for the pur pose of its enforcement; and Whereas, the rebellious and lawless elements of society have hounded and insulted these offleers and sedulously educated the public mind to resist ance, causing several encounters, re sulting in bloodshed, between con stables and illicit whiskey sellers, producing intense excitement and danger to the peace and welfare of the btate: Now, therefore, I, Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor of the State of the South Carolina, do issue this, my proclamation, giving full and official notice to the municipal authorities of every city and incorporated town in the State of South Carolina, and to the police and marshals thereof, that under the powers given me by said Section 519 the emergency contem plated has arisen and does now exist, and that I do hereby assume sole con trol of the whole force of municipal police and marshals of the several cities and incorporated towns of this State. They are hereby ordered to enforce all laws on the Statute books, together with all municipal ordi nances and orders from municipal authorities not inconsistent with the purposes of this proclamation. As soon as the emergency which is now upon us shall no longer exist I will relinquish control and restore the former status. B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. By the Governor: J. E. TiNDAL, Secretary of State.. The Daily Arrival of New Spring Goods, Our store is pro-eminent for newness, for novelty, for variety, for quality, for everything that makes a collection of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, and SHOES attractive to the consumer's eve-in cluding moderate prices. Should the advertising prove dull. the writer of advertisement will be to blame, and not the goods. Our Silk Zephyr Ging hams for neatness and style are-unsurpassed. If you are seeking material suitable for shirt waist don't, overlook our Prin cess Duck, Toile Du Nor~ Gingham and Chambreys; or for a house dress or wrapper we will suggest India Twills, which be longs to that family of material. Big lot of stripe, small, medium and lar'ge plaid Nain Sook, former lrices 12 1-2. 15 and 20 cents, our prices now 8, 10 and 12 1-2 cents. Full line Mull and Cambric Embhroideries, also Fancy Embroidery suitable for trimming wash materials. We are offering the best line of men's negligee shirts, laundred cuffs and collars, ties to match each shirt, ever placed on sale in this town, you will be profited by giving us a look before buying. You will notice in this writing that few prices are quoted. We wvill say for all, low p-ies, even lower than you will expect; never more than will be asked you else'where. and many times much less. Giving 100 cents worth for every dollar spent with us is our motto. Horton, Burgess & Co., RELIABLE RETAILERs.. wranwing, S. 0. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF~CLARENDoN. IN ACCORDANCE wITH THE PRovIS Iions of an act of the General Assembly, ratified on the 9th day of February, 1882, I will be in the court L.ovse in Manning. in the office of the clerk of the court, the first Monday of each month, for the purpose of allowing persons coining of age since tbe last general election to register, and to at tend to any other business pertaining to my~ oiilduties. S. P. HOLLADAY, Supervisor Registration Clarendon Co. S. 0.Ad,.ress: Panola. S. C. NEW STORE. NEW PRICES. THE PROGRESSIVE STORE! THE STORE OF NEW IDIAS! V Si THE STORE THu L ALWAYS P a' LEAD IN L PRICES AND NEVER B UNDERSOLD. We are opening with- one of the -best assorted stocks, newest styles, with lowest prices for the same values ever in Sumter. Our stock embraces a beautiful assortment of DRY GOODS, CI OTHIG * ETC. Remember, we are to be found next to Brown ~ & Chandler's, on Liberty Street, Sumter, S- C. E. A. T INDAL, (SUCCESSOR TO RUTL.E0CE & T!NDAL)D ---DEAL.En I:NP -:- AND -: MANUFACTURER --OF F U R.N I T U R E. .SUMMERTON, S. C. rom es, cradls cribs atresse, be sp~ripg~ eon' askets e, e e Our stock of COFFIN~S AN:D CASEETS ir eqa toM HV any kep in th s or um t conties, and we will fill orders at ay honr day ae as low yas the lowest, and iallw sk to effect a sale is an in. pection of or goods. Ve are also agents for wagons and buggies which we will sell at lowest possible prices. O IL S, _P A INTS, -AND Painters Material of Every Description, Window Glass, Grocers' Fixtures, Naval Store Supplies, Etc. -STATE AGENTS FOR "EIowe Scales, Iiebcld Safes. --o DIRECT IMPORTERS OF Portlanc Cernent. William M. Bird & Co., PERCIVAL M'FG. CO - .-.--UATRR o S .DOORS SS , AN BLINDS. '7, 9, 11, 13 Smith Street, CH ARLESTON, S. C. W1VL SHEPPER]D & 00: LA RGE ff-G """"Et ASSOR T MENTAl -OF- -AT Ill Cooking haes ken living hice Tnar3 e~a e ting St., CHARLESTON .C Notice of Discharge. On the 26th day of April, 1891, I will ap ly to the Judge of Probate for Clarendon Dunty for letters of dismissory as adminis. -ator of the estate of Mrs. M.' I. Bryant, eceased. G. H., CURTIS, Administrator. Packsville, S. C., March 26, 1894. NOTICE -OF lown Election. On the second Monday of April, A. 1. 1894, there will be held in Town f Manning an election-for the. en ing term of two years-a Town ouncil to consist of one .Intendant nd four Wardens. The box will be opened on said ad Monday at eight o'clock A. M., nd continue opened for receiving otes, until four o'clock P. M., at hich hour the box will close. All persons not laboring under ,gal disqualification, :and' have re ded within the State of South Car ina for one year, and in the said own of Manning for sixty days next receding said election day, -will be [lowed to cast their votes. By order of Town Council, March fth, 1894. D. M. BRADHAM, Intendant. J. E. SCOTT, Cl'k and Tr. T. C. vM. N. BAHE & BRO., DMI.AERS n AND MANUFACTUREBS OF ,akes, Biscuits and Plain and Fancy Candies. enny Candies and Chewing Gums. French Mixtures and Chrystallized Fruits. 19 King Street, CHARLESIoN, S. C. TO MY PATRONS! I have just returned from the com iercial centres where I purchased it-h the. cash a well assorted nd beautiful line of - .. - )ry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Trimmings, nd in fact everything in the Dry Ioods line. I have also laid in a rst-class stock of HATS AND SHOES, iade by the best manufacturers. My ly Stock of GROCERIES Was Never More Complete, oth in quantity and quality. These goods were bought as cheap s the hard cash could buy them, and iy pates will get the advantage of ay cheap purchases. Mrs. Loyns has replenished her 4illinery Stock, and is preparedto urn out as neat and stylish milli ery work as any establishment i the State. Respectfully, Louis Loyns. Opposite Central Hotel. GAomrzows a da~ae @eswr w. r.. bottom,pus him down ass fad. 'Es W. L. Douaus $3 SHOE T"E WRLD. WS. HOAS. . S M.aesyih THOas. t vezdta n e ae. a.piwsa spales Eye LDoglasSes& gai cusomes, pawhiches inrase thewaesy reiredulbyn a>fodeteseltataolesmen.e CHL.DOALS cTON, Sa. So.h Horon Yours Eyes! Wtehen ohnedair.&pctce dro' Spya~s infero glasss Yo wlFancy one )etr tha mn . HE CLEBRATED (3 --: LASE- : For alneDo gla. You willCINdone Mannin, than Patis eirngagiulurrFetlens nd plylinsCnYindThAtLhENE .fninTm f t3*