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Ehe Mtanuing Ettut5. PUBLISHES ALL COUNTY AND TOWN OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY. JAN. 8, 1896. Call at the Times Office and buy a big dictionary. We still have a number of Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries on hand for sale cheap. Died last Wednesday night, at Jordan, Henry. the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sprott. Died last Sunday night. in Harmony township. Mrs. Annie L. Nelson. wife of Mr. R. M. Nelson. aged about fifty years. P.ev. J. 0. Gough will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sunday night. His subject will be "Unions." All are in vited. The work of rebuilding the burnt dis trict has begun and in a short time three new stores will take place of the preseni ruins. The barn of Mr. W. B. Costin, near Alcoln, with about 125 bushels 'of corn was destroyed by fire last Sunday night. No insurance. Married at Foreston yesterday, at the residence of Mr. J. E. Richbourg, Mr. C. E. Chesnutt and Miss Virginia C. Rich bourg. Rev. .. F. Parker performed the marriage service. "Pick Leaf " smoking tobacco. 10c a package, at Brockinton's. Deputy United States Marshal John W. Huggins committed to the Manning jail to day Thomas Hodge. colored. who is wanted in the U. S. court for perjury. There is also a white man to be arrested upon the same charge. R. B. Loryea. the druggist, has a large stock of spectacles and eyeglasses. Next to his old stand. last Wednosdav morning about 9 o'clock the barn and stables belonging to Mr. F. S. Geddings, of Packsvile. was destroyed by Are. Mr. Ge4dings lost all of his forage and farming implements. The buildings were insured for a small amount but no in surance on the provisions. Onion sets at R. B. Lorye's, next to my old stand. There is a dog show in town. The editor of this newspaper has seen this show in Charleston and Columbia. and can vouch for it. It is highly entertaining to ladies and childreuthe latter ospeciallyand every body can go. Parents need not hesitate sending their children to this show. -Red Rooster" smoking and chewing to. bacco, Sc a twist, at Brockinton's. We have received a few of Webster's Unabridged dfictionaries and we will sell them at astonishiuly low prices. A dic tionary of the english language containing 1281 pages can be purchased from this4 office for $1.50. Every family should have one as it is next in importance to the great. eat of all books. tte bible. Now is the time to plant onion sets, we have a fine lot. R. B. Lnryea, the drug gist, next to my old stand. Damon Lodge Knights of Pythias were to install their newly elected officers last Thursday night, but it wa* postponed un til to-morrow night. After the meeting the Knight; repaired in a body to the Manning Hotel and sat down to an oyster snuper. The occasion was a very pleasant affair and the hostess deserves credit for the excellent roanner she served the supper. After the Knights had filled themselves with the nicely prepared eat ables, there was a general round of speech making and good fellowship. Damon Lodge enters the new year with bright prospects and before another anniversary she hopes to .double her_ membership. ,.Pprve your sight by having your eyes ''ro y fitted with a pair of "Crystal Less" Spectacles or eyeglasses. 3. B. Loryea, the druggist, next to my old stand. last Monday was salesday 'and quite a crowd was in town attending the sale. The sheriff sold at the suit of executors of the late Dr. S. C. C. Richardson the following property: -100 acres, lands of R. A. Ridgill to B. Prealey Barron, E.q. Bid $4 90. S4 acres, lands of W. M. Plowden and others to B. Pressley Barron attorney. Bid $250. 22 acres, land of laac Mason to B. Pres5 ley Barron, Esq.. attorney. Bid $50. After the sheriff sale the executors of the estate of Dr. S. C. U. Richardson sold at public outcry the following property: The lot known as the residence lot to Dr. R. B. Loryea for$1600. The lot known as the Hngginms lot, opposite the Presbyterian church to B. P. Barron. Esq., attorney, for A parcel of land containing 20 acres over Ox Swamp to Mrs. M.J. Plow-ten for $3.75. 28 acres on the Fulton road near Manning to Captain D. J. Bradham for $222.50. How about that pair of spectacles you are needing so bad ? Now is your time to get them at Brockinton's. The nicest line of fresh candies to be found at Brockinton's. D. K. Bradham's rice huller will coin mence hulling rice in Manning next Mon day, the 6th in -t., and will hull rice he-re for three weeks; then it will be run in Sum daton again. Fresh and genuine girden seed at R. B. Loryea's, next to his old stand. For writing paper, pens and ink, at the lowest prices, go to Brockinton's. The finest line of five cents cigars in )tanning, at R. B. Loryea's next to his old stand. For that torpid liver try "'Thedford's ~Black Draught" at Brockinton's. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. The pastors of the churches in Manning have arranged to have union services in the different churches every Sabbath night. The following are the appointments for January: First Sabbath, in Methodist church, preaching by Rev. James McDowell. Second Sabbath, in Presbyterian church, preaching by Rev J. 0. Gough. Third Sabbath, in Baptist church, preach. ing by Rev Rev. W. H. Hod~zes. Fourth Sabbath, in Methoidist church, preaching by Rev. J. 0. G.ongh. Services at 7} o'clock, p. m. Why suffer with conghs, colds and la grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will cre you in one day. Does not produce the ringing in the hvad like Sulphate of Quinine. Pat up in tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cure. or noney re funded. Price, 25 cents. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the Lruggist. Chairman J. W. Hinkley of the Dem cratic state committee of New York. states that Senator Hill has no thought of permitting his name to be used in th dential candidacy, and that Mr 'ne will soon effectively re move himself from consideration as a candidate. The wool crop of Australia isben marketed a fortnight earlier than usua and the business done up to N'ov. 1~ last, the date of a report to the state de armnt from United States Consul Cneral Maratta at Melbourne, was the largest ever done in Vitoria for a cor responding period. Notice. P ARTIES HAVING ACCOUNTS A gainst the town of Manning will please hand them in to the clerk and treas urer that the same may he audited, ap proved and paid. LOIAPET Clerk and Treasurer. manning. S. C., Jan. 8th 1898. PANOLA'S GALA DAY. THE NEW TEAR RECEIVED) WITil MILITARY FESTITITIES. Clarendon's Cavairy Make a Fine Show -' he Troops inspected -A Prize D)rlll-Big Dinner and a Dance. New Year's Day was a great day at Pano Ia. For a couple of weeks Col. David Brailsfor-1 bad a notice in the Tiues order ing out the 2nd squadron of cavalry for re view. The Manning Guards were also in vited to be present at the review to wake the day a memorable one. Colonel Brails ford, being a man to leava no ston un turned to make an affair a success, invited Adjutant and Inspector General Watts and Brigadier General J. L. Stoppelhein. Every preparation was made to give the people a Wg time, and they had it, not withstanding the fact that both Generals Watts and stoppelbein failed to put in ap pearancP. The day was bright and crispy and the bracing air ,tinmlated everybody and put a rosy hue on the cheeks of the many fair ones who were there to do honor to the soldier boys. At about ten o'clock crowds began to ar rive on the review grounds, which are situ ated about one mile from Parola and di rectly in front of the Panola Academy. The piazza of this institution of learning was crowded, and ever where o0 and about the grounds were the bright and dashing uniforms of cavalrymuen, and intermingled in the vast crowdl tha white heluiets of the Manning Guards were conspicuous. The Manning brass band enlivened the gay scene by issuing forth familliar airs, and the young folks took advantage of the music to talk love, politics, and war. About twelve o'clock the officers of the Connor Mounted Rifles and the Hampton Light Dragoons mounted their horses, and in a short time the stentorian voices of the first seargents were ringing in the air commanding the men to "fall in " Down the road was the rendezvous, and the com panies whea formed were turned o-er to their respective commanders-the Dra goons to Captain Richardson and the Rifiesto Captain Dingle and these were under Lieutenant Colonel Brailsford and Major A. J. Richbourg, respectively. Be fore the parade began it was ascertained that General Watts would not be present and that Major Locis A ppelt, of the staff of General Stoppelbein, was detailed to rep resent his chief. Major Appelt was promptly on hand. and had assigned to him as a staff Ma;or A. J. Richbourg and Lieutenants J. M. Richardson and W. S. Richbourg. The parade then began and Col. Brails ford put the battalion through the field movements. which they executed in a re markably fine manner. and especially so was their "platoon wheels." These wheels were exeonted as if the men and horses were on pivots. and in several of these movements regular United States soldiers would b put to their trumps to beat. The Colonel then bronght the battallion up in front of the reviewing officers, saluted and gave the command. "Fours right," making the battalion ride the entire length of the field and in full view of the eight hundred spectators. He then brought them around to pass in review. As the battallion came t arching towards the reviewing officers, ajor Appelt advanced the length of his orse in front of the staff, and then with unovered head he reviewed the1 assing columns and then with he commanders of the companies arrived >pposite, they promptly saluted. After the review, the reviewing officer ac empanied Colonel Drailsford, Major Rich ourg, Captains Dingle and Richardson, and Lieutenants Richbourg and Richard sn proceeded to inspect the arms, accon-1 rements, horses and uniforms, and these rere found to be in excellent condition. 'he number of men was sixty-eight rank ad file. They were all splendidly mount ed and equipped. and the inspection was ery creditable and satisractory. After the inspection the men remounted, ad after a few well-executed commands, hey were brought to a front and marched o writhin a few feet of the reviewing officer. ol. Brailsford saluted, and Major Appelt ode forward and before dismissing the oldiers made the following remarks: ellow soldiers and comrades: To be with you on this occasion isi no mall pleasure to me I assure you, but I onfess a little embarrassment, for the rea son that I expected to find here our gallant tAjtant and Inspector General. I ex eted him to be here to review you and to ~ive you a nice talk, such as he is capable f giving. However, I am to-day "mon srch of all I survey," and alone in my glory. urrounded with friends and homefolka. am not among strangers, for on the rolls f one of .our companies-the Hampton Light Dragoons-my name is recorded as one of the original members, and proud am [of the filet that I was once a member of that gallant company.. Well do I remember years ago our pleasant associations, when you and I 1 beyed the same commands of our officers, when we met and had our drills, and looked forward to drill days as days of pleasure. I have no doubt that some of ou remember the flea-bitten gray I used to ride and was nick-named "Sam I self." 'he name was given me by an oldI dar-key hose lips were too thick to pronounce my ame. While a member of the Dragoonz we were ordered to Sumter along with the Donor Mounted Rifles to be revi-wed and to take part in the memorial exercises. On that o'-e-asion both companies encamped on Green Swamp. and not being accustomed to camp life, I skipped off and we-nt to the rit, but for leaving camp without per ission I was ordered under arre'st by Col. anning. and as a punishment was made o walk post in the deep sand for two1 hours. In talking to you, my mind reverts back to these pleasant ineidents in my sold ier's ex perience just as the min d of the veteran oes back to the days when a soldier's life was trying to the soul. So you see that while not like McGregor, n my native heath I arm among my old as sociates and friends. When the news reached me that General Stopplebein, our Brigadier Genendl would be with us to-day was delighted, for I knew that he would meet with two of the crack companies of4 his brigade, but when later I received a let ter from him stating that professional du ties prevente:1 his cowing, the disappoint ment was great. He wrote me to represent1 him here in order that he could through ne of his official family convey his regrets. Ie begged me to thank Colanel Brailsford for his kind andl courteous invitation, and to assure him and you his inability to be present was on account of important busi ness which could not be postooned. I am truly sorry my chief is not here to enjoy the pleasures of this day. I know he love.' the military, and to see such a battallion as s here prese-nted would have made his heart glad, coiild lie, as I have done to-day, witnessed the display presented by the 2nd squadron of cavary-oni- fine horses, the magniient drill and evolutions and the number of handsome men mounted-I can assure yon be would have returnedl to his ome proud of this battalion, for even the critical eye f a regular would have been pleased at the sight. As you know. I have had bu:t little op. portunity to learn much about mnilitatry tactics, and especially the cavalry branch, but the little I do know wonld not make : :e esitate to wager that South Carolina cannot produce fromt among her militia a better cavalry than this battalion of Claren donians, and great credit do you deserve for it. The militia of South Carolina dloes not receive the eticouragement and support it should. Our legislature should be more iberal in its appropriations to the citizen soldiery; love of country and patriotism are the only motives prompting you to lose tme, go to expense and give your service of the tax payer. way ie pro'ect-l, and I say a C mittinnitv besed w.tli - ch an or ganizattion as this, before me, is comipar atively safe and free fr.'vm the lawl.-ss - the fart o, the xistance of the.e orgaizAtions being known is a terror t . the evil-doer and tie lawless. No gleater proaection can a conimonwealth throw aronn.1 ber citiz,-nship than a well equipped and or ganiz-d voiunteere-1 tro p. I r-p.at wtq should h.ve more help from th- state. In a-king for more we are not me- d1 cai:s. we are simply askin for what Wt' I.eli-v. is our dueun-i the celapest and b. st :'r'trc tion our tax payers can gut, and I bopte our representatives whom we honor with our votes will plea.1 with their c-lIeagues to give the railhtary their earnest consi.l ra tion. Comrades. for days paISt, te very atmos phere bas been charged with rumors oif war between the two greate-t english spo-akin-, nations. John Bali and Uncle Saw are makii.g ngly faces and shaking their fi.zst at one another across the pon1. but I hope that in wisloui. the differences will ie honorably adjusted If, how.ve.- England per-ists in encroaching on otr rights and the Presilent of these U:.ited States sounds the toesin of war, and calls for vol unteers, I can say with satisfaction and pride, that whien "the dogs of war are let go." our Chief Magistrate will find the colors of the 2nd sqnadrou of cavalry proudly and defiantly floating at the front awaitin g orders to charge. Comrades. I sincerely congratuiate you upon the sne-ess yon have so richly merited, and your gallant colonel deserves unstin ted praise for his long an I devoted service to you and the volunteer service of of the State and your other officers have every reason to feel proud of this gallant battalion; and if, at any time I can be of service to yon in enabling you to obtain the aid from tbis Stato you deserve. rest assured it will be a labor of love and I await your commands. Colonel Brailgford, before dismissing the parade, let mne say to you. that the magnificient appearence of yonr ioldiers. their eqnippmeuits and drill should n;Lmke yon feel that your devoted labors have been appreciated Now I feel it ity duty to give yon a warning, and to request that a detail 1.e made of some of your handsouiest and most fascinating men to keep a watch on for the many pretty ladies asmbled here to lend charm and grace to this ever-to-he remembered occassion, as it has been whispered to me that the Manning Gnards, who are here as yonr guests, have two purposes in view in coming here: One is to dazzle the eyes of the mothers with their pretty uniforms and the excellence of their infantry drill. and the other-the main purpose-is to capture the girls. With this warning I caution you to look well to your fair ones and order the parade dismissed. At the close of the reviewing officer's re marks, the band played Dixie amid cheers proposed by Col. Brailsford. The Manning Guards were then formed and Captain Davis took his men, about thirty strong. throngh a thorongh course of diilling, and as the boys marebed past the crowds, their even step illicited ap plause trom the men and hand-clapping from the ladies. The Guards were at their best and did excellent work. The com pany was drawn up in front of the Acad amy where the quarterly prize drill took place. Ex Cadet C. R. iarvin and excadet Broughton acted as judges. Captain Davis gave the commands and the boys went throngh the manra! with clock work pre ,;aion. Arter a long and close contest the 3ompany was cut down to two -Sergeant Lewis and Tommy Tisdale -Both had worn Jth m-dal before and both were equally mnxious to recover the prize, It was a tng >f war between them, and finally Tommy oat his grip and left Lewis the proud win ier of the pretty gold medal. Lieutenant Richbourg in well-chosen and ?loquent language presented the prize to he winner. Dinner was served at the Academy buil ling, every attention was ahown the visi ors and the day was most pleasantly spent. That night a reception was given at the nansion of Hon. James M. Richardson where the young folks danced and enjoyed hemselves to their hearts content. WELCOMED BY HIS CO-LA BORERS. The pastors of the various churches in qewberry are like brethern. Trhe relations xisting among them are always of the nost friendly and cordial, and this is as it hould be. Rev. E. P. McClintock is the >ldest in point of continuous service in ewberry. It is a very pretty custom which he pastors have of giving a new coiner a ordial and formal welcome. Under the system of government of force n the Methodist Church there are of iecessity many changes. At the last con ~erenceof this church Rev. A. J. Stokes, who had tarried with us for two years, was rent to Laurens and Rev. C. W. Creighton :omues to take up the work. On last Sunday night all the churches txcept the Methodist weie close I and the mastors of the other churches attended tervice at the Ilethodist church, atll taking part in the service and thus extendling to M1r. Creighton a hearty Chr.stian welcome md an assurance of their sympathy in the work in which he is engaged. There was a large congreg~ation present md Mr. Creighton preached an able and tarnest sermon, full of sound advice and yracticatl lessons.. He is a fluent and im 3ressive speaker, and we trust his labors rere may be crowned 'sith the saving of nany sonis.- Herald and News. -IXCKLEN'S ARMCA SALVE. The best saive ia the world for cuts, ruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever ores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, orns and all skin eruptions, and positively ures piles or no pay required. It is guar ~nteedl to give perfect satisfaction, or mioney efiinded. Price 2.5c. per box. For sale by Rt. B3. Loryea. ALL FREE. Those who have used Dr. King's New )iscovery know its value, and those who iave not, have now the opportunity to try t Free. Call on the advertised Druggist aid get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send your isame and address to H. E. Bueklan & Co. 3hicago, and get a sample box of Dr. ing's New Lite Pills Free, as well as a opy of Guide to Health and Household In tructor, f'ree. All of which is guaranteed o do you good and cost you nothing. At IR. B. Loryea's drugstore. FREE PILLS. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & 30o, Chicago. and get a free sample box of )r. King's New Life Pills. A trial will ouvince you of their merits. Trhese pills ~re easy in action, and are particularly ef ective in the cure of constipation and sickh meadache. For malaria and liver troubles hey have been piroved invaluable. They re gnaranteed to be perfectly free from very deleterions substance arid to be pure vegetable. They do not weak. n by their etion, but by giving tone to stomach and owels grea.tly invigorate the system. Reg lar size 25c. per box. Sold by R. B. Lor ~ea, druggi'st. [.,OK OUT F'OR THIS SIGN! R. B. LORYEA. DRUG STORE. Owing to the late disastrous tire I have removed to the store adjoining my old1 stand. I have replenished my stock and re plarced goodsa destroyed and now have as complete a stock as ever of P'ure Durgs and Medicines. Patent Medi cities, Paints. Oils and Glass, Spec taeles anid Eye-glasses, Toilet Snaps and Perfumiery, Fancy Goods, Segars and 'Tobacco, Garden Seed, andl every thing else usually fonnd in a first-class drug store. I hope to merit a conitiniuance of the liberal patronage so generously bestowed on mec in the past. Don't forget the lplace', next to my old stand. R. B. LORYEA, -The Druggst TERSELY TOLD. The News of the Week From All Parts of the World. An Epitome of the South. The Georgia. Midland and Gulf rail road will be sold at public auction on Feb. 1, at Columbus, Ga. A fire at West Palm Beach, Fla., de stroyed over half the business portion of the town. Loss, $250,000. Thomas H. Reynolds shot and killed George Cox at Albany. Ga., the result of Cox's attention to Reynold's wife. Jim Sanders, a negro. aged 25 years, was hanged at Barnwell. s. C., for the murder of Simon Riley last September. Thomas Potts, chargod with murder at Point Pleasant, W. Va., after being released on bail, fatally slaslhed a wit ness against him. The president has pardonol Peter D. Sarviss, convi-tod in Ge rgia of rob bing a p)..tafiee and sentenced to 10 years' lmprisonniment. Colonel Henry Williams died at Gads den, Ala., in horrible agony. but before losing consci')usness ho charged his wife with having poisoned him. Twenty-eight citizens of Greenwood, Abbeville county, S. C.. were arrested by the deputy sheriff of that county on the charge of violating the dispensary law. Sheriff Duval of Jones county, Miss., was found bound and gagged in his of fice and the safe robbed of $8,000. He says a number of masked men did the job. Dr. J. A. Rogers of Comanche, Tex., dropped dead in the rotunda of the Nicholson House at Nashville, Tenn. His death was due to cerebral hemor rhage. A deposit of anthracite coal has been found in Madison county, N. C., near Hot Springs, on the line of the Southern railway. Experts pronounce the coal of good quality. The phosphate mining industry in South Carolina, whi-h was long one of the largest in the wvld, and which was a great source of wealth, appears to be doomed. In Montgomery county, N. C., Sam Baldwin, a negro, assaulted a 14-year old daughter of Calvin Wooley, a white man. Baldwin is in jail at Troy and lynching is feared. Judge Kimsey has sentenced W. S. Keener, who is confined in the jail at Gainesville, Ga., to hang Jan. 17, for the murder of the Moore sisters of Ra bun county last summer. Fire at Ashboro, N. C., burned Born's hotel, the stores of E. A. MofItt, Bay ette and Richardson, and several other buildings. Moffitt's loss is $10,003, and the tota is nearly $20,000. A mob in Marion county, Ky set fire to the house of Mrs. Thomas J. West, and she was burned to death. William Devers, her lover, was shot and killed while attempting to escape. Edward Barrett, a miner at Pratt mines, near Birmingham,Ala., was shot and almost instantly killed by hi brother-in-law, Andrew McCan. Se defense is the plea of the slayer. Four prisoners from Mobile county, bound for the mines at Coalburg, Ala., in charge of a special officer, made their escape while being transferred from the depot to the county jail. The jury of inquest, summone, to in restigate the Baltimore theater disas ter. examined witnesses, and after a ses Ion lasting nearly eight hours, found that the audience alone was to blame. Mrs. Perdue, the aged wife of Profes sor Perdue, the victim of the recent ynching, has instituted legal proceed ings against the county of Montgomnery, La., in the sum of $10,000 for damages. It is stated by a prominent alliance sian of North Carolina that the Farm irs' .Alliance will this coming year be p' to manufacture its own commercial rertilizers.Its factory is to be at Hills boro. John C. Kelly of Mount Sterling, Ey., aged 26, committed suicide by tak ng carbolic acid. He left a note stat tg that he killed himself because his mtnt did not invite him to dinner on 3hristmas day. While tearing down the historic old Eightwood mansion at Charleston, S. D., a part of the walls of the building el in and R. S. Hanahan, white, andi Palmer Hall, a negro, were seriously, if1 sot fatally, injured. Edwards & Broughton of Raleigh save bought the Biblical Recorder, the >rgan of the North Carolina Baptists, rom Mrs. Mary Bailey. The Recorder w-as established in 1888 and is widely rnown among southern Baptists. Eighteen carloads of white people save gone from Wayne, Dublin and Pender counties, N. C to work in the :otton mills at Pelzer, S. 0. They were as two special trains. None of them save ever worked in cotton mills. Governor Atkinson has increased his >ffer of reward for the cap~ of Carrie md Solomon 2eigler, who eda sher f some time ago to $500 each. They re hiding about their home in Screven ~ounty, Ga., and are defying arrest. Mr. G. W. Shultz, the organizer and >resident of the Elwood park colony in Ware county, Ga., writes from Colum yus, 0., that he will arrive with the irst excursion of several hundred Ohio olonists about the middle of January. The agricultural department of North Jarolina estimates the state's cotton rop at 850,000 bales, corn crop 10 per :eit above the average, full wheat crop, light decline in the number of hogs ind an improvement in their condition. H. B. Plant, the Florida railway mag iate, says that the Florida orange ~roves suffered but little from the re ent cold wave and that there will be a ood crop of oranges, notwithstanding ontrary reports throughout the coun ry. William Tobias Dubose, a negro car >enter in the employ of the Stone Phos hate company at Charleston, S. C.. was killed in a most horrible ma:.ner at ;he company's works near this city by eing caught In the machinery. He was litterally torn to pieces. The Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio -ilway has bouglt all the effects of the iefunct Brunswick, Western and South ~rn railway, and are now surveying a 'oute from Southport to Wilmington, i. C. This survey is merely to correct few details in the former survey of the runswdt, Western and Southern rail aay, and these details are to be fla shed by Jan. 20, and the line made -eady for grading and laying of the rails Belleville Temple and Magruder Ab mrronible of Montgomery,Ala., got into lome dispute about going hunting, and the forther was shot in the stomach, whether intentionally or accidental Is ot known, by' his companion. He died i an hour afterwards. Abercrombie was arrested charged with the crime. It Is rumored in Charleston that ne ~otiations are being conducted between ~he owners of the Carolina Midland road and western capitalists for the sale of the road. The Carolina Midland is ionsdered a valuable p iece of property, and is owned by Charleston people. It is said that the westerners will extend the road. The comm' -oner of labor statistics reports average wages of farm laborers Li North Carolina have decreased from $9.50 in 1898 to $8.75 last year. He says there is a decided tendency toward smaller farms, more grain and less cot ton, and that the average cost of cotton from seqd to market is $18 in the cotton belt, and $22.50 In the whole state. Information has just been received from Donkey, a little hamile$ near Pound, two miles frem Pound Gap, in Wen nanntY, Va, nfa t.arrible nattle 'loble murder there, the result of a drun:kcn row over a woman of bad char acter. Bill Wells and Gus Osborne, al ways known as good citizens, were killed by Jim Cox and Ab Williams, two desperate mountain outlaws. At Horse Creek church, near Sylva nia, Ga., there was some disagreement among the negroes about the presents on a Christmas tree, and as a result two were killed and anothe.,r is said to be dy itg from the effects of a wound. Al bert Jackson has been arrested, charged with shooting Dave Berrien, one of the two men who were killed, and has been committed to the superior court for trial. Mr. J. 0. Curry, the land agent of the society which has just formed a col ony of 10,000 old soldiers and others from the northwest, in Wilcox and Ir win counties, Ga., received a letter from a representative of a Chicago capitalist, asking him to come to Chicago at once to take charge of another movement of a similar character, which is ba-ked by some of the most prominent and wealth iest men of that city. Notes From North, East,West anu&Ai>:oa. six ersons lost their lives in a fire at Columbus, O. The Chilian senate has approved the Ohili-Bolivia treaty. Latin-American republics are said to be in a secret league and ready to aid Venezuela in a war against England. President Cleveland has signed the Kroclamation admitting Utah to state ood. Catarino Garza, the famous Mexicau revolutionist, has joined the Cuban pa triots. Justice Brewer of the supreme court has been tendered and has accepted a place on the Venezuelan commission. A boilor in a building at St. Louis ex ploded with teirific force, shattering the building and burying several persons in the ruins. John B. Blair, who was born in 1SOO, and who was at one time famous and wealthy, died at the Home for Incura bles in Chicago. An explosion of firedamp occurred in a colliery at Waldenburg, Prussian Si lesia, in which 50 persons are known to have been killed. A terrific boiler explosion by which three men were killed occurred at tho Law colliery at Avoca, a small mining town in Pennsylvania. Rev. C. 0. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational church of San Fran cisco, has caused the arrest of Mrs. Mary A. Davidson on a charge of black mail What promises to be the most im portant of the Canadian parliament #ince 1867, when the provinces werc. 6onfederated, has just opened at Ot tawa. Startling advices have been received from the city of Havana to the effect that the whole province of Havana i.A up in arms against the Spanish govern. ment. A dispatch received from Swatow, province of Quang-Tong, China, says that the ringleaders of the mob which plundered the German mission at Moilin have been beheaded. Fire in the plant of the Chicago Forge and Bolt company's works did $75,000 damages. John Bergstrom, an employe who was asleep in the forge room, was critically burned. The steamer James G. Blaine was unk at Hatfield's landing, near Mason town Pa., in ten feet of water. She struck a snag -i. leaving the landing. All the passengers were rescued. The national council of the Welsh nen of the United States, in session at tica, N. Y., adopted resolutions depre ating the course of President Cleve and on the Venezuelan problem. Governor Levi P. Morton of New orr has finally announced to his riends that he will be a candidate for resident before the national Republican :onvention to be held at St. Louis. A correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sends word that Baron Rio Branco ha-s been appointed chief of the emmission to decide the boundar lim ts of Amalpa, as they affect Brazil. The national Armenian relief com nittee appeals to the people of the U~nit d States for immediate and generous :ontributions to relieve the needs of 50000 Armenians who are destitute. Governor Morton has declined to in erfere In the execution of the sentence f death ,in the case of Bartholomew shea, convicted of the murder of Rob ot Ross at Troy, N. Y., in March, 1894. A plan for the establishment of a bu eau to be known as the commission of ~oreign commerce has been framed by dfr. Doolittle of Washington and is em ~raced in a bill just introduced in the touse. It is officially reported that Senor Don )omingo Gana, Chil-an minister to the Jnited States, will be transferred to trgntina. Dr. Vicente Canta Curez, ,. prominent lawyer, will replace Senor rana at Washington. M. Hubert Joseph Orben, the distin uished Belgian statesman, who at hort intervals has been a cabinet minis er for neady half a century, and who as twice been president of the council f ministers, is dead, aged 84. Trustworthy reports regarding the re ~ent outrages in the vilayet of Kharput lone show that 1:38 towns and villages rere desolated, 5,064 houses burned and 2,708 persons killed. Not a single Turk ias killed, so far as is known. The Sweets Maniufactnrinig company, ron and steel manufacturers of Syra ~use, N. Y., which w;ent into the hands f a receiver last week, has resumed perations by order of the court. The ~ompany employs nearly 500 men. The Ohio coal miners and operato:-s ave agreed that on and after Feb. 1 ~ash shall be paid for mining twvice a onth and that the price of mining hall be 55 cents or a 9-cent differential !om the general price paid at Pittsburg. A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela, sys: The government has made several mportant political arrests. including, among others, Mantin Perez, a brother n-law of Matos, the ex-finance minis er, and once engaged in a revolution against President Crespc'. Through the treache-ry of an officer in he San Francisco customhouse two car oads of Chinese from the Atlanta expo ition have slipped through the fingers f a score of United States inspectors and are now somewhere in Chinatown, safe out of federal interference. If the regents of the University of alifornia and the Oakland board of ducation give their consent, a party of four astronomers will leave for Japan n May 20 to take observations and pho ographs of the total eclipse of the sun hat will take place on Aug. 9. By the falling of a freight elevator at Chicago, B. Linde was killed, Samuel Breit fatally, and Henry Shafero se riously hurt. All the men were em ployedl in the warehouse of Lowenthal Bros. on Canal street. Tho elevator fell from the fifth floor to the basement. Henry Rickman of Albany, N. Y., ntered a room, closed the windows and loors, made a paper tube, turned on seven gas jets, arranged with chair and ushions a couch on a table, lay down, put one end of the tube in his mouth, connected the other with a gas jet and ied. The monthly comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Jnited States shows that during the month of December the rece-ipts, cents omitted, aggregated $26,208,937, as fol lows: Customs, $12,160,172; internal revenue, $12,750,771; miscellaneous, $1, 868,993. ___ ___ SUBSCRIBE TO THE MANNTNG TIMIES. i the Foundation of the Wonderful Cures by Houd's Sarsaparilla. That I3 Why the cures by Hood's Sar il are CURES. T;at Is Why Hood's Sarsaparilla cures -severest cases of Scrofula, Salt rheum othcr blood di3eacs. T:t:Why th? sales of lood's Sar aa hba;e i:iee.tsed year after year, until it nor requires for its production tlarget Labo:atory in the world. Sarsaari!!a Is t only Truc Blood Purifier promi netn 3in the public eye today. z1;6 for$5. g-7 - -I ,asy to 197,% easyto take, h ds Pills , ect. e. TAX RETURNS, OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR, CLARENN Co1NTY, - Manning. S. C.. Dec., 18, 195.) The Auditor's office will be open from the first day of January, 18-;. to the twenrth day of February, 18'J6, to receive returns of personal prop erty for taxation in Clarendon county for the year 1896. and for the convenience of tax-pavers will have deputies at each of the places named below to receive returns for the said year: Pinewood, Monday, January 6th, 1896. Packsville, Tuesday. January 7th, 69. Panola, Wednesday, January 8th. David Levi's Store, Thursday, Jan uary 9th. 1806. Summerton, Friday, January 10th. 89il6. Brunson's X Roads, Saturday, Jan uary 11th, 1896. Jordan, Monday, January 13th. 196. School House in St. Mark's town hip, on Raccoon road, near Duffie's ld store, Tiasday, January 14th, 1896. Foreston, Wednesday, January 5th, 1896. Wilson's, Thursday, January 16th, 1896. Alcolu, Friday, January 17th, 18906. W. M. Youman's, Saturday, Jan ary 18th, 1896. - Saul's Store, Monday, January Oth, 1896. New Zion. Tues&ay, January 21d, 896. W. J. Gibbon's, Wednesday, Jan 0ary 22d, 18D6, J. J. McFaddin's Store, Thursday, January 23d, 1896. Barrow's School House, Midway township, Friday, January 24th, 189U. Taxpayers return what they own n the first day of January, 1896. All personal property, must be re turned this year. Assessors and tax-payers will enter the first given name of the tax-payer n full, also make a separate return or each party for the township the property is in, and where the tax payer owns realty, to insert the post ffice as their place of residence, and hose who only own personal prop rty, to give the party's name who wns the land they live on as their esiden-* which aids the tax-payer s well as the county treasurer in laking the collections and prevent ag errors. Every male citizen between the ~ges of- twenty-one and sixty years n the first day of January, 1896, ex ~ept those incapable of earning a upport from being maimed, or from ther causes, shall be deemed tax ble polls. This does not apply to onfederate soldier over fifty years of ge. Ail the returns that are nmade after b.e twentieth day of February will ave a penalty of 50 per cent, added bereto, unless out of the county uring the time of listing. Not ~nowing the time of listing is no ex use. The assessing and collecting of axes is all done now in the same ear, and we have to aggregate the umber and value of all the horses. ~attle, mules. &c., and their value, hat there is in the county, and ave samne on file in the Comptroller 'enera's office by the thirtieth day f June each year. And from that ime to the tirs't day of October each ear the auditor's and treasurer's uplicate hais to be completed arnd n abstract of the wvork in the Comp rollers office by that time, which till show at a glance that the audi :or has no time to take in returns or o anything else much, between the irst day of March and the first day of Jtober each year, but work on the ooks an d blanks. Therefore I hope bat all tax-payers will do us the ivor of making their returns in time. J1. ELBERT DAVIS Auditor Clarendon County. state of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. y Louis Appelt, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEiREAS, IInS. \lAUIGAREFT E. ~eene made~ -uit to nme. to .irant her tter-s of amninistrationf of the estate of andl Tet of L,. F. R. Lee h1 al and si-'ua te-indrtd anid cre'. the~ Ci urt of Poib.atr, to b,- hel i at Mlan in:., tn the ibtht tay ot .Janurary, nex, tr p blietion hereof, at 11 o'clock ini the rnion, to saew canse. if any they hav., vby the said a iinistraioitn should not be rnted. (iven under my luod thi< ist tiay of SEAL.) LOUIS APPELT, Judge of Probate. A.LEVI. ATI7ORNEY AT LAW :IIANNING, S. C. ruiEiH F. RrorME. -. -.DA IA31E & DAVIS. A TTUjRY.S A'1 LAWI, MlANNING, S. C. DR.. J. FR \NK GEIGER, DENTIST,. M IANNING, S. C. OFFICE IN V ANNING IIOTEL. SOUT HERN FRUITCO W. H. MIXSON, Manager, MPOT'lEts AND WHIOLESALE DEALERS IN ruit and Produce, ETC., ETC. 217 E AST BA Y CHA RLESTON, S. C. Slj4Ej~jiERD~ SUPPLY Ci() 232 MEETINGx STREET, C H AARLESTON, S. C. State Agents :.e : e . . E Style a.1 d Sie for A Tho enuine afl bear this Eyery adr Zleeul Trade-Mark . lwarx \\ lal e al of Imitation. Tin Plate, Stovese T i I i a rSfieet Iron, .Tinwares, House Fur- Tinners' nishing Supplies.' Goods, Ol' ~ upis Galvanize'd Gutter and Rainwater Pipe in ten leet lengths. We MIanufhicture TOBACCO BARN FLUES and Deliver Them Freight Prepaid to Any Station. 22 Varieties of Oil Stoves and Oil Heaters. Percival Manufacturing Co. Doors, Sash and Blinds. 478 to 486 MEETING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1868. L. W. FOL1SOM, Sign of the Big Watch, SoTJM. . : . o. -A BIG LINE OF - Birthday, Wedding and Christmas Presents - WATCHES, DIAMONDS Fine Sterling Silver Clocks, Optical Goods, -- Fine Knives, Scissois andlRazors, MachineNeedles, etc All repa:ir;Ing guaranteed. TRO1MAS WILSON, R. E. JAQUES, JOHN WILSON, President. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. The Caroulila G1ery Copa0yompan SUCCESSORS OF BOYD BROTHERS, Wliolesale Gioccis aiid Coiiiiissioni Merclints, No. 195 EAST BAY, C~icA T LES ON - S- C. MANNINCG - :- ACADEMY. MA.~N ING- : : - C MRS. E. C. ALSBROOK, Principal. Tis ty-second session begin- --pt. 2, 1993 Pre- sare for colle.;,r or h;msiness. Co-ednen~ational. Engli sh,, Lat inr, Frenche~, Book Icep;in.. I atis t eic. E!ocattioni, Art anrd Musti rgnhulyt tanght. Thriee goll mnedi1 awarded. Tutitioni SI to St. Send for catailogne. TO CONSUMERS OF LAGER BEER: The Palmetto Brewing Comany of Charle-ton. S. C.. have made ..rrangeunts aitb th.; South Carolina State anthorities, by which they are enabled to till orders fromt onsuers for shipments of beer in any quantity at the following prices: Pints (patent stopper). .. ............-- - -dz~ Four dozenu pints in crate............--. ..--- ---. - $ 0 e rt Eighth-keg... ......--....---------------------... .. N~ Quarter-keg........-------- ------ -------------------22 H f-barrel...................-----.---.-.-.-------.-. Exports, pints, ten' d 'zen in barre!.................... ...... .. 9 UO It will be n ecess.ry for consumers or perne:, rderin g to s-tat that ther~beecr is for pi vate contsumptioni. We iot!er .oial ratea for too ~ ship!(r t. La b..r is guar ited pure, mhade of the choicest Lops and nna, an I is m-aer: en d ly the medica ratexnity- Send to us. for a tria. or ier. The E'almetto Brewing Company, Charleston, S. C. SPECIALOFE FRTHE NiEXT 3ODA YS Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Chamber be s, ms and General Line of Holiday Goods. 103ec.-Engiah Dinner S-t at SS.0-..-...----- ------ -----1 pric 3 00 100 0 a~d na d !a nerSet at SI ii-....---------- .------'' .. 1 18 ge C:.rl-.bcal Cin Dinner Set at $220 t..........-.-.-.-.. .iie $2 oc 5i1 jice. Criha Cin a Din ne-n Set at 5 1.5J...... ...........ol Prie S 7 00 Chamber Sets from $2.25, $2.50, and $3 00, up. ,Just arrivel: A er tela E.c ish Porel~ain War of Cup~ s, Sanuers and Plaes.Te Plts:1 e set Dra t P'ate , e pe 1 set. Nicelhandled Toys! Toys! Toys! At greatly reduced price<. Don't fail to s e our Special *2onnt:-rs. hr hnr : ofi *tin. and and Cooking Stoves. T'inwa re andV i W oew.r iI C ua t . FREEL AND & ROGAN, Props., opera House, Opposite Court House, Sumter, S. C. pttore open1 Til I O'elock 1. M A HAPPY NEW YEAR! To make it m~ore so, call at my Stable and buy a new Horse, or Mule, or Buggy, or Carriage, or Wagon. 1 Car-load Horses and 1 Car load Mules ju'st received this 24thi Dec. 1395. -r:- THr P-FB-, sumter. S, C.