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THE MANNING TIMES* wran in - n T,1. M- C-i LOUIS APPELT, Editor. Wednesday, October 31, 1894. Do Your Duty. The political situation in the State is such as to require a general wak ing up of the Democratic forces. There never was a time in the history of white man's supremacy when it was more neccessary for the Democratic voters to turn out on election day than at present. All kinds of com binations have been entered into by the defeated soreheads with the op position to defeat the Democratic standard bearers and to keep our politics in a condition to force the negroes to come in as an important factor. If the opposition to the con stitutional convention succeed, the people of this State will have to con tend in 1896 with a more fearful state of affairs than they had in 1876. Already it is authoritatively reported that deals have been made in certain districts to defeat our Democratic congressman, and. in this district there are several Independent county tickets which means nothing less than the knifing of McLaurin for the future support of the negro. There must not be any staying away from the polls on election day. Every man must be at his post to see that the Democratic standard bearers succeed in trampling under foot the last vestige of Independentism. Col. Davio the Independent candidate for congress against Dr. Strait sounded the doctrine of the opposition when he said "the rule of the majority is not Democracy. The people of this State had a true example of the rule of the majority in the period from 1868 to 1876." This man had the effrontry to stand up before the peo ple and with his brazen tongue put the majority of the white voters in the same boat with those that con trolled the government prior to 1876. In other words the Reformers accord ing to Col. Davie are no better and no more fit to govern than was that black horde that had control of affairs until the white masses hurled them from power. Col. Davie is not alone in the ex pression of such sentiments, in fact there is an element in this State will ing and anxious to resort to any and all means to again get control. They would if allowed sink the State in perdition rather than have the con trol of the government in the hands of the majority of the white men in this State. Before the revolution of 1890 when such men as Colonel Davie filled the high offices no such expressions as the majority being unfit to rule was even heard of. No, any attempt then, to place obstacles in the way of those in power was frowned down, bat now, after repeated futile efforts to recaptnre the offices . a few men in the opposition ranks are not only -- wiling to obstruct the progress of white man's rule, but are actually engaged in making all kinds of deals to destroy it forever. If an Independant was worse than a radical in 1878 he is no better to day, and if it was neccessary to crush out Independentism then it is more so now. Let every man make it his busi ness to lay aside everything on the 6th of November and go to the polls to work for the maiintenance of the white supremacy. Let us show Doctor Pope and his fellow conspiritors that the people have their eye~s open and will not be hoodwinked into sacri ficing their political freedom. Go to the polls and vote for every Demo cratic candidate and for the constitu ional convention. It is all very nice to preach har mony and peace, but how can there be any peace and harmony when such men as Col Davie are allowed to stand up in the presence of the peo ple and tell them they are not fit to govern; that the rule of the majority is not Democracy; that the present majority of white voters in the State are on the footing with the black ma jority that ruled the State prior to 1876. We want peace and harmony, but such men as CoL Davie are in capable to bring about the desired peace, because they are constantly hurling insulting falsehoods into the faces of the white masses. .The matter of improving our free rcbool system can not be impressed too strongly on the minds of our law makers. The country is actually suf fering from an educational famine, and if our representatives do nothing more in the coming session of the legislature than to give the people a school system which will keep the free schools open ten months in the year, they will have done the coun try and the people generally better service than any previous body that has met in the general assembly since the war. Let the people hold a meet ing in every township, and petition the legislature to make a sfficient ap propriation to give the children of the poor a free school woich will be of some benefit. If we can not have a better system than the present one, then abolish the school tax and not make people pay for a thing that is little better than nothing. The political contest in New York State has become so complicated that it is hard to predict what the out come will be. The Mugwumps and Tammanyites are fighting each other to the bitter end. Chairman Faul kner of the National Congressional committee after spending days in New York trying to heal the breach has utterly failed and left disgusted with the outlook. If Senator Hill comes out of the fight victorious it will be the grandest victory the New York Democracy has ever gained and it will force him to the front as the legitimate presidential nominee. If New York goes Republican this time it means a Republican president in 1896 certain, and possibly a Repub lican congress. The Democracy in the Empire State is cut up into war ring factions, and they are scrambl ing there for the loaves and fishes without regard to the future success of the party. The Washington authorities de ,line to allow the State authorities to pay the Federal tai on liquor in bond. THE DUTY OF DEIOCRATS. They Should Support the Nominees - Pope Hit Hard. (From The Piedmont leadlight.) Let every true Democrat in South Caro lina, without regard to past factional lines, go to the polls on the 6th day of November and vote the straight State ticket. By the Conservatives doing this, it will do more than anything else to restore political fel lowship between the factions. We are par ticularly anxious that the city of Spartan burg give the regular Democratic ticket a large majority for it will have a good effect here after, and do much to build up the business of our town. You may talk about bridging the political chasm, but unless the minority show by their votes that they are ripe for reconciliation, the people will not believe them. Dr. Pope is an Independent candidate, and is not such a man as any self-respecting voter would wish to support. He held for years a lucrative office under the Reform administration, and was most violent and abusive in his criticism of the Conserva tives. He helped to draw up those Laurens resolutions endorsing the Colleton plan, and then withdrew from the primary be cause his own suggestions were accepted. He started out making speeches strongly en dorsing the dispensary law,but flopped over and now one of the most violent denouncers of that same law.Vhile claiming to be a Dem ocrat,the Doctor advocates a high protective tariff, which is straight-cut Republican doc trine. Dr. Samps. Pope is worse than a political turn-coat. He has gone back on his own people, and is now denouncing everything he once supported. And a man who will desert one party will desert an other party, when it his interest to do so. How any Conservative can vote for Dr. Samps. Pope, with his inconsistent and treacherous record before him, is. beyond our comprehension. Such a voter must be in sore straits indeed, as was the old maid who went into the woods to pray to the Lord to send a husband, when one of those old horned owls in a tree overhead screeched out, "Woo! Woo!" The old gal thinking that her petition was answered, eagerly replied, "Just any body, oh Lord! Just anybody you will send and who will have me !" 'When a Conser. vative votes for Dr, Pope, he is certainly in a hard row of stumps, and the best thing we can advise him to do is to go out and hang himself. But in the event that the Antis and ne groes unite on Pope and our Reformers remain away from the polls, there is dan ger of his coming in. Information has reached us that the blacks are secretly or ganizing all over this county, as well as the State, and the last one of them intends t3 vote for Dr. Pope. Now, this black vote will amount to but little unless the dis grantled whites go with them, and our farmers fail to do their duty and turn out. In that event Pope would be elected Gov ernor. Our Reformers must not imagine that their work was finished when they nominated John Gary Evans and a State ticket. It is true that their crop has been made, but they must go to the polls in in November and gather it in. And another thing: We believe that Dr. Pope is backed by Republican campaign money. If not, why is he supporting a protective tariff so earnestly? And then, where does that money come from to print several hundred thousand election tickets and campaign the State, stopping at fine hotels ? Dr. Pope is a very poor man, so we are reliably informed, and poor folks can't indulge in such expensive luxuries without outside help. We have nothing against Dr. Pope per sonally, but his position of late has been so inconsistent and treacherous to his for mer faction and former friends that we hae lost all confidence in him. So go to the polls on the 6th day of November and vote the straight ticket, with every i dotted and every t crossed. This is a duty that you owe to yourself, to your party, and tc your State. We cannot imagine a greatei humiliation that could be inflicted upon South Caralina than that Dr. Samps. Pope should be elected Governor. But there is no danger of this if every Reformer will turn ont and vote. Even the combined negro and anti vote could not then over come the Democratic majority. A Bit of History. The News and Courier, in discussing the constitutional convention, recently said: "The two-mill tax in aid of the public schools was a Democratic measure and was placed in the constitution by specia amendment. It can be taken out of the constitution in the same way." If our con temporary means to say that the two-mill tax was originated by Democrats, it is clearly misinformed as to the facts, and the amendment did not become successful in the end without a stout and stubborn resistance. The Yorkville Enquirer has also alluded to this matter, saying that the two-mill tax is "an amendment suggested by Wade Hamption in 1878," and again; "This provision became a part of the constitu tion as an amendment, suggested and adopted in 1878 by Democrats. The amendment placing the two-mill tax in the constitution was proposed by the Legislature elected in 1874, and was dis tinctively a measure inaugvrated by the Chamberlain adminstration. During the progress of the campaign in 1870, the question arose as to what the Democrats would do with this amendment, and the issue was squarely made with the State De mocratic executive committee by certain Republicans who wished to act with the Democrats in getting rid of the carpet- bag. ger, but who were greatly interested in the passage of this amendment. Genera] Hapton and his co-workers were making appeals to the colored people to join with their white neighbors in restoring good government to the State, and distinct pledges were being made on the stump every day that the civil and-political rights of the negros should not be disturbed if the Democrats got control of the State. The maintenance ot the public schools was emphatically promised in various ways, but the Republicans who proposed to act with the Democrats deemed it impor tant that a definite pledge should be given in regard to the two-mill tax, and the exec utive committee was urged to commit the Democrats without reserve to this amend ment. This was not done, however, but in view of the emergencies of the campaign and as a matter of expediency, the State executive committee adopted a resolution which recommended the Democratic voters to cast their ballots for the amendment, but leaving each voter to decide the ques tion for himself. This satisfied the Repub lican allies, and beyond question it was a potential factor in controlling negro votes or neutralizing Republican influences in a number of counties. The amendment was adopted at the polls by an overwhelming majority, if we mis take not, though a considerable portion of the Democrats were averse to the measure, and many of them voted against it. Some acquiesced in the recommendation of the executive committee on the ground of ex pediency, while others voted for the amendment in order to make the tax de finite and distinct. The two-mill tax was not settled at the polls in 1876, for the amendment had to run the gauntlet of the Democratic Legis lature, many of whose members were not in sympathy with the public school system and did not regard the action of the exec utive committee as a distinct and bin ding pledge upon the party. The contest over this amendment in the House was especial ly warm, and while resulting in a victory for the Hampton adminstration, the op position was strong and vigorous. As a matter of fact, the two-mill tax has been a bone of contention ever since, and the white voters are by no means a unit in its favor. This dissatisfaction grows stronger each year, as the operation of the tax is plainly seen to give the advantage to the negro in this State. Of course, it can be eliminated from the constitution by the same process which procured its insertion therein, and if the voters decide against holding a constitutional convention it will not be surprising to find a joint resolution proposed by the incoming Legislature to repeal the amendment levying a two-mill tax for the public schools, so as to leave the mode and manner of imposing this tax to THE VOICE OF A STATESMAN. A Well Painted Picture Governor Tillman is a deep think er, and one who looks beyond the present as will be seen from the fol lowing interview had with Mr, Au gust Kohn, the able correspondent o: the News and Courier. The mattel contained in this interview should b read by every white man in the State regardless of factional differences. "While I am talking on politics and the status in that Congressional dis trict I had just as well give those o our people, who care to know mi views on other questions. a fev words of warning on the danger ahead of us. There is a crisis upoi us, and the inunediate future i fraught with more of good or ill thai any period in our history since 1861 The dark wave of corruption, nis government and well-nigh anarchy which engulfed our State during thi days of Radical dominion, failed t< overwhelm and destroy our civiliza tion because of the feeling of rac unity; blood was thicker than water and white men were ever ready to re spond to the call of white supremacy When the toesin was sounded in 16 76 the white men of the State re sponded as one man, and our peopli moved as a solid phalanx to recove: their lost liberties and restore de cency and order in the conduct o our affairs. "The unfortunate divisions whic1 have arisen among us, and I will no now discuss the question as to wher the blame lies, have reached thi point for a second time where whit< men of acknowledge integrity an< character and decent reputation ari willing to use the negro in our poli ties in the hope of regaining a los ascendency. I have no uneasiness a to the result of the election this year There is no possibility of any grea inroad being made on the Democrat ic party as now organized. Evan will be elected by an overwhelmin vote and the complexion of the Leg islature will undergo little if an; change from the status fixed by th primary of August 28. "But the issue which vitally con cerns the future of this State and it people. the calling of a Constitutiona Cbnvention, is in doubt. All the ele ments opposed to Reform in th State, every newspaper controlled b; the so-called Conservatives and sev eral which have hitherto sided wit the Reformers are opposing the Con vention with every argument possi ble. When I consider the fact tha this opposition may defeat the call ing of a Convention I shudder t< think what will inevitably follow ii the next political campaign. "Our people will come together i the Convention is called, and patriot ism and character without regard t< faction will govern in the selectioi of those who will make a new Con stitution. But if the Convention i not called then we will be divided in to two hostile camps of white men i the next campaign, struggling to se which can get the most negro votes This is as inevitable as that the sul will rise to-morrow. What the resul will be upon the future progress o the State and its business interest must be apparent to every thinkin man. Some men affect to believ< that the negro, as a factor in our pol itics, would produce no untoward re sults, nor be dangerous to the publi< welfare. Others say that the 'best white people, as they term them selves, and the negroes in politica combination would bring about restoration of good government. But can ye touch pitch and not bi defiled ? Can the 100,000 white mei in South Carolina energize and marn shal the 140,000 negro voters in thi: State and lead them to the polls, con tending for the mastery, without de struction of all of our business inter ests and a paralysis of every industry Can this vast horde of ignorant an. debased voters participate in govern mnent without corrupting, and de bauching the public service? Iti not clear that while in the first fight and even possibly in the second, de cent and honest men may be electe< to office, that the inevitable trend c politics will be for those who are mos willing to go to the level of the ne gro to control them? Will the ne groes not demand and enforce a di vision of the offices as a recognitio: of their service? Can we hope tha character and intelligence will con tinue to control when such contir gencies arise, as they inevitably wi] arise? Will not the needy and greed: office-seekers, the corrupt, the low the base, among the whites finail: use the negro votes to virtually con fiscate property and renew under thi form of law John J. Patterson's fivy more years of good stealing?" "How then can any patriotic, .sen sible man, who loves his State an< race, hesitate as to how he shall vote on this Convention question? I coui fess it puzzles me to account for th< insane opposition which has arisex in so many quarters. In some coun ties, where the whites are in major ity, which have, therefore, never un dergone, except in a modified degree the degradation and miseries of th< reconstruct ion period, demagogica pleas are used to frighten the poo0 whites. If we had a white majority in theiState this burning question o: negro supremacy, or quasi suprema cy, need not cause so much alarm. "But those white men in the white counties, who are opposing a Con stitutional Convention and say ther< is no danger, are like the: ostricl which hides its head in the sand and considers itself out of harm's way They have never suffered what thel brethren in the lower part of thi State have endured and they cannoi therefore conceive the terrible results that will follow a division of the white struggling to control the negro vote and making him the arbiter of oui politics. If a Constitutional Con vention is not called when th4 twentieth century shall dawn or this country there will be forty oi fifty, negro representatives in the South Carolina Legislature and in most counties half, while in many counties all of the county offices will be filled by negroes."; "But Governor, howv is the Consti tution to prevent all this?" "We have been trying to get a Constitutional Convent ion ever since the whites regained possession of the State Government. The two thirds of the House necessary to call one have voted that way time and again, but it was defeated in t he Senate, and once, if I remember, when the Senate voted the necessary t wo-thirds the House was not ready. The people were not then divided as they are now, and there never wvas the dan ger that now exists. It is the lack of unity among the white men which will produce these dire results, and the calling of a convention is the on ly thing which will obviate the dan ger. There is no doubt that the reg istration law will either be upset by the courts before the campaign of 18%t, or that the Legislature will be forced to provide for such changes as will again put all the negroes in a condition to vote. A Constitutional Convention can deal with the suffrage uestion in a way to save the suffrage to every white man who is worthy of a vote, while at the same time reduc ing the negro voters at least one-half, possibly more.'' "How?" That's the question I asked. "That's my secret. Let the people f the State, the poor workingmen, who have been my sup~porters and of whose cause I have always been hampion, trust me. Let them vote for the Convention. The time to dis cuss the method of rednr-ingr the ne gro majority is after the Convention has been called. The people can in struct the delegates to it when they appear before them asking to be I elected not only on this but on every i other question. If the plan then sug- I gested does not meet their approval they can elect men pledged not to in corporate it in the new Constitu tion." "What is your idea of the cost of the Convention, Governor?" was ask ed him for the sake of the money thinking voters. "I see no reason why it should cost Lmore than a session of the General Assembly, which is about $40.000. In the first place it need not consist of more than 124 members, giving rep resentation to counties according to population. There would be no heavy expense for the solicitors and a large number of clerks and the printing bills would be much lighter < than for a session of the Legislature. A great deal of tha present Constitu tion ought to remain untouched and I see no reason why all the changes that are really essential cannot be framed and ratified in at most forty days." &overnor Tillman had said that the Convention should be non-partisan, so I asked him whether he thought Reformers would vote for a Conserva tive as delegate to the Convention if called. He replied: "I should think, and I certainly would advise, that the question of which side in State pol itics a man stood on should have nothing to do with the selection of delegates. The Constitution should not be a factional one, and the men of the very ligliest character, purest lives, greatest wisdom and knowledge should be selected without regard to how they stood." HOW'S THIS! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be b cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known F. J. Chency for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry s out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, 0. b Walding, Kinnan, & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimo nials free. Constitutional Convention. t It is now nearly time for men of South Carolina to align themselves under the 3 banner of political progress or that of re I trogression and decay. Grave dangers are besetting the civil f rights of our population-dangers involv- t ing not only the control of the affairs of government, but vitally concerning home i interest and domestic ties. Dollars and cents and ascendency in S politics are not the issues at stake in the contest of November 6th. Principles and interests higher than these, appealing strongly to all that is sacred in the minds and hearts of freemen, demand support at the hands of the good old State's children I and defenders. a The right, the privilege and the duty n of guiding as time and occasiun, reason 1 and justice demand, are instincts of Anglo- % Saxon character, renowned in peace and b war. The constitutions of States and na tions are the sheet-anchors of safety to the populations thereof-populated by lot er "New occasions teach new duties." -Rules of sound statecraft safe in the regard 1and competent in the estimation of one Sgeneration are disabled by new environ-a ments and no mere instrument of govern--~ Sing capacity can be competent for all time, 1for the worid moves. - The State of South Carolina is populated by an ardent, strong-willed people. Love -0o homet. traditions and home inlstitultions is a predominating characteristic and all -that is foreign excites displeasure, and as ?the wvorld knows, sometimes raises furious Istorms. For more than a score of years y the State has been governed under the auspices of a constitution of foreign originC Sand provisions. A constitution reeking with mercenary features of New England ti politics. It has been patiently borne- t] borne longer than it should have been- It c is foreign to the nature of our peoplo. Its tprovisions are cumbersome and ditlcult of -apprehension. making extravangance and confusion inevitable. It is unsafe fromv the faLct that it has no abiding place in the hearts of the people. A change of constitution is needed and b -demanded, and the State of South Caro lina can never be secure and strong until a change is made. It is too much to expect that a foreign instrument giving danger- t ous scope for the exercise of the vicious and easily moved, bad impulses of an f Signoraeit alien race should be properly rev -erenced and duly protected by a homege neous and chivalrous people. The whiteb Speople must rule and will in a way suited to their surroundings and principles. & -The present constitution is not a satisfac- a tory one, all will admit and delay will avail no good. There are homes to pro. -tect and civil, rights to be kept inviolate. There ,-re ohildren to be educated and wise provisions made for the coming, rising population. There are industries to cher ish and sound foundations to be laid for -future prosperity. How can these things be done u- der a constitution made, un lawfully, by strangers, thieves and coward ly politicians? -There is no real opposition to a cotnstitu tional convention by the white people of the State except by the politicians who see in it the destroyer of their hope. That which is paraded as opposition is prejudice and spite in active expression through ignorance and evil perversity. Opinions J may differ as to time and as to minor de- I tails of action, but that a convention should [ be held is denied in honor and sincerity * by a few. J Unfortunate political feeling drives many to oppose the needed convention, and others lift up their voices against it because they think it is not liable to be held. Many sons for such inaction but are convinced of its coming as well as of its necessity. The white people are supreme and must remain so. Delay and neglect only render* more desperate the chances of being free fromi alarming ills. Negro domination is not an illusion, bat an overshadowing sub stance of evil. It is useless to dilate on its horrors. Education is not a dream of theorists, but a living duty, a prese~nt and increasing need, and a responsibility sacred and bind ing. A change of constitution is needed to provide an adeqate school system. Economy and simplicity in public affairs are not fanatical propositions, but reforms conductive to the general peace and pros perity. A constitutional convention is neccessary to simplify and cheapen the administration of government. The reasons for these assertions are plain and need no rehearsal, and ate visible to all who study the problem of good govern ment. An opportunity is to be given to the people to state their choice as to holding the couvention. A full vote should be had. The issaes should be thorongbly stated, with these, the catll for a convention is as sured, and a very certain voice given for a better bill of rights. Let the need be re alized We appeal to every voter to study these things, to disregard the time-servers hypo crititcal professions, and cast a ballot for the calling of a constitutional convention. Be assured that our own representatives are more competent to frame a constition suited to our people than the alien and the carpetbagger. The need is not denied. The occasion op is at hand, and duty must be done. Con- otl sider the future. Let truth dictate and sc: honor act. Thus, we fear not the result. Vote TES.-Aiken Times. Grove's Tastaless Chill Tonic is a perfect malarial liver tonic and blood purifier. Re moves biliousness without purging. AsT pleasant as lemon syrup. It is as large as-i any dollar tonic and retails for 50c. To get 18~ the genuine ask for Grove's. Sold on its of merits. No cure, no pay. Sold by J. G. Dins & Co. A Surprised Htusbanc. When I returned from my Bir Gingham journey, said a traveler o a London commercial, I went tome at something after 9 o'clock in he evening. There was my house ighted up from top story to base nent, and affairs seemed to be going n inside on a grand scale. I let my elf in with a latchkey and walked Vto the dining room. Strains of mu ic came from the back part of the ,all, and the mingled laughter and onversation indicated a host of puests. Presently my wife came into the Lining room dressed like a princess. )he ran up to me, saying: "Oh, Jack! I'm so glad you've ome home early." "So'm I," said L "What's the acket?" "It's the anniversary of my wed "'Tilda," said I, "you're wrong. [his is the month of August It was n the winter we were married I" She serenely replied: "I know that rery well. This is the anniversary )f my first marriage. Go and put )n your dress suit, dear."-Londou it-Bits. Executive Committee Meeting. The executive committee of the )emocratic party for Clarendon ounty are requested to meet in Man ing, November 2nd, 1894, at 12 'clock m., for the purpose of attend ag to important business. Every iember of the committee is earnest F requested to be present. By order of JAMEs E. DAVIs, D. J. BRADHAM, Chairman. Secretary. English Spavin Liniment removes all ard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes om horses, blood spavins, curbs, splints, weeny, ring-bone, stifles, sprains. all wollen throats, coughs, etc. save $50 by se of one bottle. Warranted the mosi 'onderful blemish cure ever known. Sold y J. G. Dinkins & Co.. druggists. Man ing S. C. Malarial produces weakness, general de ility. biliousness, loss of appetite, indi estion and constipation. Grove's Taste )ss Chill Tonic removes the cause whicl roduces these troubles. Try it and you ill be delighted. 50 cents. To get the ennine ask for Grove's. Sold on it merits. [o cure, no pay. Sold by J. G. Dinkini ; Co. You run no risk. All druggists guarrntef rove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to do all thal at the manufacturers claim for it. Warranted no cure, no pay. There ar iny imitations, to get the genuine ask foi rove's. Sold by J. G. Dinkins & Co. Georgia's new governor, Hon. W. Y. At inson, was inaugurated last Saturday. A clergyman, in a recent sermon in New ork, quoted an anocdote of an old merch at, who instructed his clerks: "When a tan comes into the store and talks of hi onesty. watch him; if he talks of his ealth, don't try to sell him; if he talks ol is religion, don't trust him a dollar. POOR DIGESTION Leads to nervousnes<, fretfulness, peev. thness, chronic Dyspepsia and great mis ry. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the remedy. It mes the stomach. creats an appetite, and ives a relish to food. It makes pure blood nd gives healthy action to all the organs the body. Take Hood's for Hood's Sar ipailla Cunns. Hood's Pills become the favorite cathartic -ith every one who tries them. 25 cents. A Patriotic Letter. Col J. H. Earle was one of the in ited guests to the Ridgeway Demo. ratic rally, but owing to pressing usiness engagements was unable , attend. He, however, addressed e following letter to the chairman f the committee: Greenville. S. C., Oct. 15, '94. [r. M. J. Johnson, Ridgeway. Dear Sir: My absence in New York pre nted a prompt reply to your favor of the h inst. I appreciate very highly the id invitation to address the meeting to a held on the 27th instant, and I regret iat my professional engagements will not ermit me to be present with you on that casion. I am heart and soul in favor of i regular Democracy, and I have no sym athy for Independents. The only safety i the white people of this State is to be und in political unity, and those who ould defeat the regular ticket nominated y the organized Democracy are enemies the State. I trust that your people will ihieve a great victory over Independent in. Yours truly, JOS. H. EARLE. S H~eals sss gRunning SSores. Cures 0 the Serpent's Sting. stNTAgsUS nanletel, BLO sON ate soe adUeer A aubeUaseon e ea Uannss etll nane...r SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga, YOUNG WIVEs. Who are for the First Thme tounrg Woman's severest Trial, we offer you "flothers' Friend " e ~Aremedy which ifused asdirected - a few weeks before confinement, robs it of its Pain, Horror and Riskto Life of mother and child, as thousands who have used it testify. "Insedtwobottles of'Mothers Friend' with marvelous results, and wish every e'al o child-birth to know ftheywl use "Mothers'.Friend" for a few weeks It wilrobconinomntofranrafndsorrma xo, and Insure safety toILfoof Mother and Child. a. SAX H An-ToI, Enrekaspringi, Ark. ) RADIEL.D REGULATOR CO,, Atlanta, Ga School Notice. DFFICE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, ) Craznox CoUNr. Manning. S. C., Jan., 4th 1893.)f Jntil further notice I will have my office en on Saturday of each week. The tr days will be spent in visiting the tools of the county. L. L. WELLS, School Commissioner C. C. Discharge Notice. WILL APPLY TO THE J'UDGE OF Probate on the 30th day of November 14 for a final discharge as Administrator the estate of R. M. Kelly deceased. W. J. KELLY. )ct 3th 1894, R. B. LORYEA, Successor to J. I Dinkins& Co., DRUCCIST Ro PHARMACIST. -DEALER IN Pure Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet Goods, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes and Coibs, Paints,, Oils, Glass and Putty. Fine Cigars and Tobacco, Fine Confectionery, Teas, Spectacles and Eye Glasses, And the thousand other articles usually kept in A First-Clams Drug Store, We make a specialty of compound ing physicians' prescriptions. R. B. LORYEA, The Druggist, Sign of Golden Mortar, Manning, S. C. NOTICE Federal Election. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD on Tuesday, the 6th day of Novem ber, 1894, at the legaUy established polling brecincts in Clarendon coun ty, for a Representative of the 6th Congressional District of South Caro lina, in the 54th Congress of the Unit ed State. The polls will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M., and kept open without inter mission or adjournment until 4 o'clock P. M. At the close of the election the managers shall immediately -proceed to publicly count the ballots. With in three days thereafter the chairman of the board of managers; or one of them, to be designated in writing by the board, shall deliver to the com missioners of election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots, and a written statement of the result of the election at his precinct. The managers shall administer to each person offering to vote, an oath that he is quallified to vote at said election, acco- ling to the constitu tion of the State, and that he has not already voted in said election. The following named persons have been appointed to manage said Elec tion by the Board of Commissioners of Election for Clarendon county, to wit: PINEWOOD. Paul B. Hodge, R. H. Griffin, B. W. DesChamps. FORESToN. J. W. Cole, C. T. Ridgeway, J. A. Burgess. JORDAN. P. W. Webber, P. W. Hodge1 T. C. Owens. NEW ZION. F. N. Thomas, L. D. Barrow, 5. W. McIntosh. PACKSVILLE. J. L. Peebles, Jas. W. McCauley, F. S. Geddings. SUMMERTON. J. E. Tennant, G. I. Lesesne, -3. G. Wells. PORK. W. H. Cole, J, C, Harvin, A. M. White. M ANNING. R. H. Davis, J. H. Windham, J. F. Bradham. One of the above named managers at each box will call upon the board of commissioners at Manning, be tween November 1 and November 5, 1894 to receive ballot boxes, poll list, and instructions, and to be quallified. LOUIS APPELT, J. C. JOHNSON, J! M.!BARWICK, Commissioners Congressional, Elec tion. Manning, S. C., October 10, 1894. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SAMUEL A, RIGBY, Plaintiff, against EDWARD NELSON, Defendant. JUDCMENT FOR FORECLOSURE AND SALE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A udgment order of the Court of Com on Pleas, in the above stated case, earing date the 3rd day of March A. D. 1894,1 will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash,at Claren don Court House, at Manning, in said ounty, within the legal hours for udicial sales, on first Monday in No ember, A. D. 1894, the following de scribed real estate: All that piece, parcel, or tract of land, lying, being, and situate in the ounty of Clarendon and State afore said, containing forty (40) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: On the north by lands of Moses evi, east by lands of B. A. Johnson, south by lands of Moses Levi, and west by lands of James E. Davis. Purchaser to pay for papers. D. J. BRADHAM, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., October 10, 1894, TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON, NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT LAND FOR TAXE&. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by an execution to me directed y S. J. Bowman, treasurer for Clarendon County, I will sell at the Court House, in Manning, on sales day in November, next, being the 5t day of the month, a tract of land, owner being "unknown," containing 8acres, in Harmony township, adt joining lands of W. M. Youmans and Isaac Hodge, at the suit of the State for taxes. Purchaser to pay for papers. DANIEL 3. BRADHAM, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C. October 8_ 1894. MOSES LEVI+ Is Again to the Front With a Complete Line of NEW - GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF HIS EAHNOTH STORE. After years of experience in the mercantile business, I have never seen goods as cheap as they are to-day. The tariff has Knocked the Bottom out of Prices, and although cotton is bringing a small price I am enabled to sell goods at equally low figures. Come and inspect my stock of Dress Goods with Trimmings to match, No tions, Fancy Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents' Furnishings, Hardware, Crockery, Cutlery, etc. I am sole dealer for the celebrated James Means' Shoes, And also handle Ladies Shoes that every pair can be guaranteed. My store is divided into various departments, and each department is well equipped with polite salesmen who will take pleasure in showing the people through my establishment. I can beat the State in OLO T I-I I N Gr for either men or boys, and I can sell Boys' Knee Pants for less money than it takes to buy the cloth. A cordial invitation is extended to the entire community to come and take odvantage of the low prices I am offering. Your attention is also in Grocery Departnient. I have held the lead in the mercantile business in Clarendon for thirty seven years, and I propose to continue holding it by paying the highest market prices for cotton, and not allowing myself underscld. MOSES LEVI. 1894. 1894. Again do I announce to the people of Clarendon that to do busi ness in this day of business progress one must first understand what business is, and then confine himself strictly to business principles, which are to study the warts of the people first; then study the mode of manufacturing the various fabrics and articles that the consumer must have; next to ascertain the best and most reliable manufacturers, and only deal with such, thus insuring to the patrons Value Received for Their Money, I have this season visited the best markets, and realizing the effect the tariff bill would have on goods, I was exceedingly cautious to get every advantage possible in order that my large patronage would se cure the benefit. In selecting my stock I was careful to get The Very Latest in Dress Goods. Everything I have is new. New Store and New Goods in every Department. To the Ladies I will extend a special invitation.to examine my Ele gant Line of ca91a7meres, 1%Torelt~y Sxxitiigas, serges, Wvorstects, Calicos. Outtinigs. The Latest Novelties in Trimmings in Silk and Velvets, Passementre, Beaded Braids, etc. I am also sole agent for BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS, and for the benefit of the ladies I have arranged to give away every month Butterick's Novelty Fashion Sheets, and it will afford me and my sales men pleasure to have the ladies ask for them. My Stock of Domestic Dry Goods is full and complete. In Cloaks and Capes I challenge comparison. Shoes, Shoes, Shoes! Rigby never fails to keep the very best Shoes for Men, Women, Youths, and Children. This department is watched very closely, as it is one of the moet important. No shoe is sold over my counters that can not be warranted. THE CLOTHING, HAT, AND GENTS' FURNISHING -DEPARTMENT only needs an inspection to convince that it contains the latest styles, and everybody can be suited in style, quality, and prlce. I have a full line of specially selected Boys' Clothing and a lot of extra Knee Pants. Anything in the HARDWARE, TINWARE, AND WOOD ENWARE LINES can be found in my stock, and I have the handsomest line of Crockery I have ever carried. Come and see my beautiful decorated Chamber Sets. They are grand. Then I have an elegant line of Decorated and Plain Crockery and Glass Ware. This is bound to delight the eye of the house-keeper. I defy any business house in the county or elsewhere to show up a better GROCERT DEPARTMENT than mine. I not only carry everything that can be used on the plan tation, but my shelves contain a magnificent line of Fancy Groceries where any house-keeper can in a few minutes come and get the material for a fine dinner. Come and see me and I will guarantee I will not be undersold by any one, and I will pay you the highest market prices for your Cotton and other Produce. Yours, &c.,