The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 15, 1896, Image 3

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pUBLISHES ALL COJNTY AND TOWN OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1896. NEW GARDEN SEEDS! We have now in stock one of the largest and best selected lines of garden seeds to be found anywhere in the country. Onion sets, red and white, at 15c per qt. or two qts. for 25c. Buy your garden seeds from us and you will have a good garden this spring. We have now in stock as large line of school books as we have ever had. Call and get your school books as cheap as ever. When you want a fine barrel of flour for a little money, give us a call and you will get it.- A car of flour to arrive this week. If you have to buy bacon and lard this spring, now is the time to buy it from us as we have a large lot on hand bought for the spot cash and we are willing to give customers the advantage of the low prices at which we bought. Housekeepers, we will have on hand the last of this week 500 lbs very fine dried ap ples at only 5c per lb. We offer you the best grist at 25c per peck. Rice at 6oc and 70c per peck. The best butter at 30c per lb. As fine coffee as you ever saw at 20c and 25c per lb. Yours for the cash only, W. E. JEN'INSON. Measles are raging all over the country. What has become of the Sammerton starch factory? United States Commissioner Norris held court in Mannirg yesterday. Tobacco growers are laughing at those who are giving liens to grow cotton. Died at her home near Brogdens, Mrs. E. P. Brogden, aged about sixty-five years. Mrs. H. J. Isaac, of Philadelphia, is in Manning visiting her daughter, Mis. Abe Levi. There was three burials in the Manning cemetary last Sunday; two whites and one colored. Treasurer Bowman tells us that he has collected within about $1,200 of the entile levy for 1895. Thomas & Bradham got in a car of fine mules and horses to-day. Come at once and see them. Rev. J. 0. Gough will preach in the Methodist church Sunday night. Subject: "The Valley of Decision." Mr. Frank Ervin. recently returned from South America, is in Manning on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Rosa Galluchat. We still have a number of Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries on hand for sale cheap. Hon. Jerome P. Chase, of Florence, has been spending a few days visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. J. W. McLeod. Supervisor Felder claims to have run the county with a considerable less expense for 189ihan it has been run heretofore. The work on the new brick buildings is ptogressing rapidly-. and we understand atwoore briek stores will soon be in the course of erection. -C.- L. Emanuel has on hand several hundred bushels of home-raised red rust proof eats which he will sell cheap for cshl or-exchange for corn or peas. Wood's Premion~ Tested seed are the best for the South We have the agency for these seed, R. B. Loryea, the druggist. When a well dressed farmer comes driving into town with a bran new buggy and a fat horse it invariably turns out that he got out of debt by planting tobacco. Married l..st Sunday, at the residence of the bride's mother, near Silver, Mr. Jacob Way. of Orangeburg, and Miss Annie Way, daughter of. the late T. A. Way.1 If you want an early garden plant Wood's Premium Tested gar'den seed. .1. B. Loryea, the druggist. Died last Saturday near Pinewood, Gor don Bonnor btukes, aged about twenty years. The interment took place in the Manning cemetery. Rev. J. 0. Gough officiated. Mr. Mitchell Epps, of Salem, has receiv a letter from his son William, who is en listed in the United States army, in troop C., 5th Cavalry, and is stationed at Fort McIntosh, Lorado, Texas. Garden seed and onion sats at R. B. Loryea's, next door to old stand. W. E. Jenkinson is making contracts for a heavy spring stock and when he gets into his new store he will make things hum. Manning is fortunate in having this ener getic young man for one of her merchants. What is to be done about paying -for the Collegiate Institute property? Do the peo ple of Manning want the property sold and converted to private use? If they do not, some steps should be taken to pay off the debt. The finest line of five cents eigars in. Manning, at R. B. Loryea's next to his old stand. Business men of Manning, what has be come of the tobacco warehouse? Do not let the enterprise go by, for it is the best drawing card you can play to get trade from a section which now seeks other markets for the lack of accommodations here. "Pick Leaf" smoking tobacco, 10c a package, at Brockinton's. Died at her home near Greeleyville. last Saturday morning, Mrs. M. Anna Burg gess, wife of Dr. J. Madison Burgess, aged about sixty-one years. The deceased retired Fridav niiht in her usual good health, and when'the family awoke in the morning they found her cold in death. It is sup posed neuralgia of the heart was the cause. "I am cured since taking Hood's Sarsa parilla," is what many thousands are say ing. It gives renewed vitality and vigor. The farmers of the county are daily com ing to town making their arrangements with the merchants and among them we notice quite a number who have heretofore becn doing business away from home. It only goes to prove the correctness of our :assertions, that oar local merchants can handle the trade to the advantage of the :farmer and merchant. D. M1. Bradham says bring your rice on and have it hulled now while his huller is running in Manning. Rev. Henry M!. Mood and his wife cele 'brated their golden wedding last Wednes day in Sumter. This couple was married .an. 15, 1846, and Mr. Mood for fifty-four years was an active m ember of the Metho dist ministry. At the last Conference he 'was superanuated. These good people have :an affectionate hold on the people of Clar endon and in wishing them a long con tinued companionship we voice the feeling sf the community. For that torpid liver try "Thedford's Black Draught" at Brockinton's. Petitions are being circulated in the S'mmerton and St. Paul sections. asking th.- legislatnre to repeal the charter of the . S. & N. railroad. We bave no idea how the petitions will affect the road. but it seems to us the people who claim to be sufferers by the present manag-'ment are rather late in moving. The portion of the i ai complained of by the St. Paul and Summerton people now belorngs to Captain Thomas Wilson and n uch of that sec tion's progress can be accredited to him. "Red Rooster" smoking and chewing. to bacco, 5c a twist, at Brockinton's. Preserve your sight by having your eyes properly fitted with a pair of "Crystal Lenses." Spectacles or eyeglasses. R. B. - orye, the druggist, nme to myolic stard. Died last Friday morning, Mirs. Lula R. Harvin, wife of Mr. W. Scott Harvin, aged about thirty-eight years. The deceased leaves eight children, the younge:t but a few hours old. The funeral took place last Sunday morning, and the Presbyteriatn church, of which the deceased was a mem ber, was crowded with relatives and friends. The pall-bearers wepe Messrs. C. R. Harvin, A. C. Harvin, Captain Kaminer, J. P. Brock, brothers-in-law, J. McD. .\c Faddin, a nephew, and H. B. Tindal, a cousin. Rev. James McDowell conducted the service. Tobacco cloth for covering tobacco-beds at W. E. Jenkinson's. The nicest line of fresh candies to be found at Brockinton's. For writing paper, pens and ink, at the lowest prices, go to Brockinton's. How about that pair of spectacles you are needing so bad ? Now is your time to get them at Brockinton's. D. M. Bradham's rice huller will com mcnce hulling rice in Manning next Mon. day, the 6th inst., and will hull rice here for three weeks; then it will be run in Sum merton again. Why suffer with conghs, colds and la grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will cure you in one day. Does not produce the ringing in the head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient for taking. Guaranteed to cure, or noney re funded. Price, 25 cents. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the Lruggist. BELONGS TO AMERICA. The Rich Gold Dicoveries of rorty Mile Creek, In Alaska. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The rich gold discoveries of Forty Mile creek, in Alaska. belongs to the United States, and not to Great Britain. The one hundred and forty-first meridian of lon gitude has been accurately determined by an employe of the British govern ment and properly marked at certain places. Mr. Duffield, chief of the coast survey. says that it shows but 16 of the miles of the creek as the bird flies, and but 23 miles as the water flows is in British territory, and that in this por tion no gold has been discovered. All the remnaining portion of the creek. and that in which gold has been discovered is in Alaska, and belongs therefore to the United States. A bill has been introduced in congress providing for the appintment of com missioners to fix the boundary, but it has not yet been acted unon. WONDERFUL CURES. "Hammond, the Healer," Restores the Sight of the Blind and Relieves the Sick. BELVED.REy Ills., Jan. 21.-Wilbur F. Hammond, or "Hammond, the Healer," spent Sunday here at the house of a friend whom he has, it is said, suc cessfully treated. He was besieged throughout the day by the lame, halt and blind, and he treated all he could. Mr. Hammond is about 28 years old -1 with nothing strange in his appearance, unless it be his long curly hair, which would cause him to be distinguished from ordinary men in any assemblage. Although the cures attributed to Ham mond are claimed to be little short of miraculous, the healer takes no credit upon himself and makes no charge. When he treats his patients he goes into a trance, during which he claims I he is under the direction of the spirit of a long ince dead German physician. He is daily receiving letters from almost every state in the Union offering all kinds of inducements for him to go to various points. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. The Governor of Bolivar Invested With Military Power and Police Force Doubled NEW YoRK, Jan. 21.-A dispatch to The Herald from Bogota, Colombia, says' Martial law has been proclaimed in the province of Barranquilla, state of ~ Bolivar. Six hundred troops are pro ceeding from the coast up the Magua- 1 lena river to the city of Barranquilla. The governor has been invested with military power, and the police force has been doubled. The government is vig ilant and is said to be prepared to put down any attempt at revolution.1 Death of a Millionaire. BosToN, Jan. 21.-John B. Allen of Lynn, Mass., has just died from par alysis. He was 78 years old. He was an ex-representative in cong ex director of the Union Pacifi ra company, and a pioneer of the" -'ree Soil party. He began life as an appren tice in a shoe factory, but was worth i several million dollars when he died. When a boy he went jo the west and( worked in Cincinnati,,sHe saved up enough money to buy &latboat and went down the Mississip oittading trip to New Orleans. The venture was successful, and it laid the foundation for his fortune. BUCKLEN'S ARMGA=ALVE.I The best saive in tho folfier cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever ores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, orns and all skin eruptions, and positivelyt :ures piles or no pay required. It is gu'ar mteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money efunded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by .R. B. Loryea. 1 THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE. Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beave'rsville, a [11., says: "To Dr. King's New Discovery [ owe my life. Was taken with La Gri ppe I mud tried all the physicians for miles about,i ut of no avail and was given up and told: [ cou'd not live. Having Dr. King's New] Discovery iu my store I sent for a bottle m began its use and from the first dose began to g'ot better, and after using three bottles was up and about again. It is ~vorth its weight in gold. We won't keep tore or house without it." Get a free trial i R. B. Loryea's drug store. CU'RE FOR HEADACHE. As a remedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitaal sick head?.ches yield to its influence. We urge all who are af dicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cascs of habitual constipation lectric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few ases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only 50 cents at R. B. Loryea's drug store. LOOK OUT FOR THIS SIGN! R. B. LORYEA.I DRUG STORE. Owing to the late disastrous tire I have removed to the store adjoining my old stand. I have replenishe'd my stock and re placed goods destroyed and now have as co xpiete a stock as ever of Pure Durg: and Medicines, Patent Mcdi cines, Paints, Oils anda Glass, Spec tacles and Eye-glasses. Toilet Soaps and Perfumnery, Faney Goods, Segars and Tobacco, Garde~n Seed, and every tihing else usuaily found in a iirst-class drug store. I - pe to merit a continnance of the liberal patronage so generously bi s:owed on' me in the past. Don't ferget the place, next to may old stand. R. B. LORYEA, The Druggist TERSELY TOLD. The News of the Week From All Parts of the World. An Epitome of the South. Judge Robinson of the Maryland court of appeals, has just died of heart disease. Henry S. Tyler, mayor of Lquisville, Ky., died of congestion of the kidneys and uremic po.soning. The Greensboro National bank of Greensboro, N. C., capital, $100,000, has been authorized to begin business. Fire at Milner, Ga., destroyed the business portion of the town. Loss, $15,000. G. W. Burks, a prominent merchant of Giles, Chattahoochee county, Ga., was shot and killed by some unknown party. The number of Masons in North Car olina is reuorted by the grand lodge as 1,600. Eight lodges were chartered during the past year. An earnest effort is now on foot by leading business men to erect a cotton factory in Sparta, Ga., with every pros pect that it will succeed. A large tobacco factory, owned by the Sultz-Sparrow Tobacco company, was 5lestroyed by fire at Martinsville, Va. Loss, $25,000; insurance, $5,000. Calvin Price killed his brother, James, n Richland county, S. C.. as a result of , quarrel about the division of the es tate of their father, who had recently lied. Reports from the Goldsboro (N. 0.) ection are that. farmers will plant to b-acco heavily this year, and make it their first crop, giving cotton second place. The Alabama railroad commission has led a report of its inspection of the Western railroad. The commission re ports that the Western is in prime yondition. A very remarkable case has been dis .overed near Selma, Johnston county, 9. C. Omega Blackmer, a young white girl, has five grandmothers and five grandfathers. The Memphis and Cincinnati steam boat Congo, southbound, sunk at Ca uthersville, Mo. No lives were lost. rhe boat was three years old and val ied at $20,000. It is reported that the Plant system mud the Seaboard Air Line are nego iating with a view to forming a great ombination to compete in southern ter -itory with the Southern railway. A factory erected by enterprising men it Senoia, Ga., known as the Couch Banks Manufacturing company, for the naking of the Langford horse collar, ias begun operation, equipped with im >roved machinery. Governor Carr has issued a death arrant in the case of Thomas Coving on, a white man who, in September, 894, murdered James Brown, superin endent of the tong Island Cotton nills,. in Catawba county, N. C. In the case of T. H. Martin, an alder nan and prominent tobacco dealer of )urham, N. C., who was charged with iiring A A. Latta, an employe, to burn iis (Martin's) prize house there, the irand jury failed to find a true bill. At Cades, Williamsburg county, Wil iam R. Cade killed W. L. Sanders, a roung one-armed man from North Car lina, who was visiting at his house. 'he killing was the result of the alleged ntimacy of Sanders with Cade's wife. The steamer reported ashore at New alet, N. C., proves to be the American teamer James Woodall, with a cargo >f sugar and molasses from New Or eans, La., for Baltimore, Md. The ew of ten men were saved by the life aving crew. Fourteen persons were . . ed at the Louse of T. J. Mer :si~ farmer, iving three miles fOI 'tSprings, :enn. Physicians w& oed and >y the use of stomsebN pumjsand poison .ntidotes they suoi;eedh:. relie'viug heir patients. Mrs. Emma O'Shieldi, a widow, died most horrible deaith from hydrophobia t her home about four miles from Toe oa, Ga. She was bitten by a rabid dog ast October. The wound ap.peared to e very slight,' and .little attention was aid to it at the time. Two negro womemg claimuing Illinois s their home, begging through the ountry, were warig'along the South 'n railroad, neat Parish, Ala., when a reight train caie along and struck hem, killing one instantly and serinus y wounding the other. Near Newmansville, in Alachua coun y, Fla., a posse chased Harry Jordan, ,negro wanted for assaulting Dr. Mc 1oud, into an unoccupied hut. Jor an refused to surrender and fired on he posse. The building was then fired .d the negro perished. Governor Carr of North Carolina has eceived and accepted an invitation rem Governor Turney of Teniuessee to ake part in the celebration of the cen ennial of the latter state's admiss).on nto the Union. Tennessec was origi ally Washington county, N. C. Dr. James Harvey of Wyoming :ounty, W- Va., was shet from ambush .t Guyan Roughs. Ho was ridin g on orseback when he received the i?tal hot, and was found by his friend s in he public highway. J4mes Alie n is ider arrest, charged with the crim e. At Jacksonville, Fin., P. M. W. Bald in. son of a Cleveland, 0., millioneafre and'relative of ex-United States Sena or H. B. Payne, was declared jostified a killing Andrew Youmnan, a young nan whom Baldwin foiud in bed with drs. Baldwin on the night of June 8, .895. Deputy Sheriff Tillery of Campbell :ounty in self defense shot and killed Tharles Hawkins at C'areyville, Tenn., n the Knoxville and Ohio railroad. he officer had a warrant for Hawking Lnd went to servo it when the latter - empted to pull a gun, but the oiler as too cuick. Run First and Yellow Dog Faced Woman, two of the Indians who were n the Indian village at the Atlanta ex osition, under Colonel Jordan, and ho have been in Birmingham. Ala., or the past week, were married in one >f the rooms of the Metropolitan hotel in the latter city. At a party given at the residence of William Kennedy, a pjrominenlt farmer iving near Jeffersonville, Ky., a ditti ulty arose between two of his guests en Faulkner and George Bowling. Faulkner shot at Bowling and missed tbim, the bullet going through Mr. Ken nedy's head and instantly killing him. Word has been received from Staten vile, Ga,, near the Florida line, that Walter Miller, white, and anegro quar reled. The former started to shoot the atter and instead shot 'and killed Dr. Henry Collier, who stepped between them. Dr. Collier was the representa tive in the Georgia legislature from his oounty. Governor Atkinson has5 granted a re spite for Seymour Keener, who was onvicted of the murder of Arizona and Leona Moore, and who was to hang at Clayton, in Rabun county, Ga., on Fri da. Thirty days' time is granted him up'on the showing of Keener's attorneys that new evidence will be adduced that mxay induce the governor to conmmute the sentence to life imprisonnment. The Soath Carolina legislature has begun what will be the longest session since the reconstruction period and one of the most important. To comply with the provisions of the new constitution which went into effect on Jan. 1, the statute law of the state will have to be entirely remodeled, and much entirely new legislation nut possible un~der the old constitution will, probably, be at tenitaA The supreme court of Georgia has handed down decisions in three murder cases and all were unfavorable to the niurde'rers. Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fam bles, convicted of the killing of the former's husband, in Twiggs county, and Alex Carr, the slayer of Captain H. 0. King, in Atlanta, were all refused new trials, and unless steps are taken to secure executive clemency they will meet death on the gallows. Seven negroes who were working on the railroad being built by Stokes & Raysor, from Walterboro to Ehrhardt's, in South Carolina, were killed by the falling in of the roof of their uncovered shanty at retiring time, and were found the next morning by some of the em ployes. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the negroes came to their death by the shanty falling on them, which was covered with dirt. The sensational preliminary trial of Boze Arringtoi, charged with assassi nation, from ambush, over a week ago, of Andy Collins. a prominent and pop ular citizen of Tecumsch, Ala., has been finished and Arrington bound over in a large sum. It was the most sensa tional trial that was ever held in Ala bama, Collius being greatly beloved and the murder a most horrible one. The killing occurred in a few miles of the Polk county. Ga., line. At Savannah, Thomas V. Ponder was convicted of the murder of Frank Kee nan, June 6 last, and on recommenda tion to the mercy of the court was sen tenced to spend his life in the peniten tiary. Keener reproar-hed Ponder for testifying against him before a commit tee of council, by which he was dis charged from the city fire department, and it is claimed that Keenan attempted to strike him with his fist, when Pon der pulled a pistol from his breast and shot Keenan down. Notes From North, East,West and Abroad. The government bond syndicate has dissolved. King Prempeh of Ashanti has accept ed the terms of the British. The cashier, John A. Knight, has robbed the Fifth Avenue bank of CO lumbus, 0., of $50,000. The French chamber of deputies re assembled and M. Henri Brisson was re-elected president. M. Floquet, who was at one time president of the French council of min isters, and also minister of the interior, is dead. Mrs. Martha E. Holden, well known to many newspaper readers as "Am ber," died at St. Luke's hospital, in Chicago, of cancer. At Marsville, Kan., in a fit of des pondency Mrs. Joseph Hilderbrand ad ministered poison to her eight children and then hanged herself. The steamship Gisgar of Barcelona has been sunk in a collision with the Ger man ship Nereus, near Dover, England, and 19 of her crew were drowned. The Deutsche bank has obtained the contract to issue a Chinese loan of LOO, 000,000 taels, with interest at 5 per cent, to cost 89X, and to be issued at 95. According to the official figures just made public, French imports for 1895 decreased 172,000,000 francs, and ex ports increased 310,000,000 fraucs, com pared with 1894. The population of Oregon, according to the census just completed by the county assessors, is 364,762, an increase of about 18 per cent over the govern ment census of 1890. Mrs. Pierpont Isham, 87 years old, widow of the late Judge Pierpont Isham of the supreme court of Vermont, died at the home of her con-in-law, Major Sartell Prentice, in Chicago. James M. Hopkins, an old time iron founder and politici'an, who was the last man living who figured conspicuously in the famous Christiana riots, died at his home at Cowingo, Pa., aged 85 years. The Queen of Corea is certainly dead. There is no truth in the story that she escaped from her murderers at Seoul. Two Corean dummies have just been executed for participation in the mur der. The Ashanti war is ended. Sir Fran cis Scott, in command of the British ex peditionary force, has occupied Coomas sie, the capital, without opposition. King Prempeh accepts all the British demands. The Gloucester fishing schooner For tuna was sunk in a collision with the Boston Fruit company's fruit steamer Brnstable off Highland light and nine of the Fortuna's crew were drowned; I4 saved. The Pacific Mail Steamship company has issued a new tariff sheet announc ing an advance of 70 per cent on the freight rate from San Francisco to New YorL. The rate affects all important commooities. The president has sent a speci-:1 mes age to) the house urging the necessity for immediate legislation to extend the limit of time within which suits can be brought by the government to annul grats of public lands. 13i reply to an autograph letter from E.peror William in regard to South AMcican matters, the czar of Russia ph'dges Germany Russia's aid, and that of the states friendy to Russia, namely, France and the Urii~ed States. The special committee, having in charge the arrangement for the horse es carriage race in France, have de cided that the race sho'uld take place in June -next, tire course selected being from ??aris to Marsailles and return. An imperial deerse has been issued annuncig that the coronation of the czar wi'll take place at Morscow in May next, and 'ordering thed the muni'ipal and other represelntative bodies of the Russian empire be irnvited to attend. The m'erits of the controversy between the Bannock Indians and the state of Wyoming as to the right of the Indians to kill game, in contravention of the Wyoming state law, will soon be passed upon by the United States supreme court. Mirbran K. Seraiian, a nativ'e of Ar menia, now a student of the divinity school of the University of Chicago, has received news that his father had been murdered, his house and his fam ily scattered in the Turkish massacre of Nov. 30, at Kaisarea. The bill providing for the repeal of that section of the revised statutes re q~urinig the United States district judge fr the southern district of Florida to reside at Key West has been introduced in the house again by Mr. Cooper. It failed of passage in ~either house last year. A light engine ran into a crowd of car cleaners who were walking the track on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at One Hundred and Forty-second street, New York, killing two women and injuring two other women and a man so badly that they will probably die. After 21 days of voluntary fasting, Mrs. Isaac Gephart of New Carlisle, 0., is dead. On Christmas day she ate her dinner, but not another meal in all the rest of the time. Her deternination was the result of reading a book on Christian science. Her husband is a substantial farmer. The Bancroft library of San Fran cisc , Cal., of which much has been wiiten during the last few years. has ben offered for sale to the New York public library corporation. Although estimatedl to ~be worth $500,000 by its owner, Hubert Bancroft, the price that is asked for it is $300,000. According to news brought by the Panama steamer City of Sydney, taero is likely to be another uprising ini Hon duras before long. Colonel Drunmunid, an Englishman, is said to have some connection with the scheme to over throw the present govgrnent The nint: ~S e ~nafraii ntfk 'fD RECOGNIZE CT1INS President Is Said to Have Prac tically Decided the Matter. A SCHEME 0' SPAIN IS EXPOSED It I Said That the Dons, Despairing of a Successful Termination of the War, Had Offered to Sell the Island to England. Such a Course Would Not Be Tolerated by the United States. ST. Louis, Jan. 21.-The Republic, after summarizing the dispatches from Florida, New York and Washington, says: "A crisis has been reached in the Cu ban war. Recognition of the belliger ency of the patriot army by the United States is imminent. President Cleve land is said to have prepared a procla mation, which may be issued at once or in the immediate future. The presi dent, it is declared, intended to recog nize the insurgents last week, when he heard of the recall of Marshal Campos, but under the circumstances the execu tive thought that such action would be regarded as inopportune and unfriendly to Spain, and he therefore withheld the important document pending the ap pointment of a successor to Campos. Offered to Sell Cuba. "Within the past 4S hours, however, President Cleveland is said to have learned that Spain, desparing of a suc cessful termination of the war. had offered to sell Cuba to Great Britain. "Rumors to this effect were circu lated in the east night before last and spread like wildfire over the country. The rumors seemed to be confirnied by dispatches from Florida. The governors of the southern states, according to these advices, have been requested by the war department to prepare the state troops for immediate service. Troops are already beginning to move in Flor ida. The belief is held in some quarters that the flying squadron of Great Brit ain is destined for service in American waters. If this is so, war will result. Uncle Sam Would Object. "The cession of Cuba to Great Britain would be resisted by the United States to the last. "Official information from the White House is lacking, but it is evident that serious complications are at hand. "Senor Palma, head of the Cuban party in the United States, wires from Washington: 'Our case is complete. The president and congress will recog nize the insurgent cause.' "Senor Palma adds that it is not neces sary that tho insurgents should hold a port, but that, as a matter of fact, Gen eral Gomez has taken half a dozen ports in the past week, leaving the Spanish army penned up in Havana. "The president, it is said, will issue a proclamation immediately. Authorities agree that the executive and not con greais should take the initiative. Con gress will support the president heartily. Cubans May Be Recognized. "President Cleveland has hesitated to tako so important a step while the oficial head of the revolution in this country is enjoying the protection of American citizenship Secretary Olney has not felt so m uch embarrassment from these causes. He has been for some time in favor of immediate recognition and has been urging the president on, but Mr. Cleveland, naturaily cautious, has moved with great deliberation. Something has transpired within the past day- or two, however, to change his noicy, if Washington advices are accu r'ate. It is rumored in Washington that Spain has offered to sell Cuba to Great Britain, and that negotiations for the cession of the island to the British crown are now pending. Spain. it is said has abandoned all hope hope of quelling the insurrection. Would Not Mean Independence. "A report has it that the president may go beyond the original proposition andrecognize the independence of Cuba. This, however, may be taken with a large grain of salt. There is a distinc tion between independence and bellig erency. "Belligerency can be recognized when insurgents have established themselves on a basis of apparent permanency by having military establishments able to cope with the armies of the parent country and have established a form of government. Independence, on the other hand, according to the principles and invariable practice of the United States, is recognized 'only when the legal govei-nment of another nation, by its establishment in the actual exercise of political power, is supposed to have received the express or implied assent of the people.' American Troops Would Be Landed. '-The president, according to this ver sion of the story, learned of the pro pos ed deal, and after a conference with Senor Palma determined to nip it in the bud by recognizing a state of war in Cuba and enforcing belligerent rights as laid down in international law. The hasty orders for troops, if they really have been given, can mean but one thing, to wit: That the United States will resist any attempt on the part of Spain to emerge from the war by ceding Cuba to Great Britain or any other Eu ropean country. "If the crisis is as acute as it would seem to be from the reports in circula tion, Admiral Bunco will be instructed to leave Hampton Roads on short notice with an expedition to Cuba. American interests on the island would afford ground for the landin': of troops in the the event of an megnc. Cause of Campof' Recall. MADRU, Jan. 21.-The Conservative organs at Havana protest against the assertion of Marshal Campos that he is the victim of political intrigue. They inist that his recall is due to his failure as a general and not to political pressure. Reiforcements of 16 battalions of troops, under Generals Barges and Aumada, will be sent t6 Cuba shortly. Struck by the Bridge and Killed. MAtcoN, Jan. 21t.--J. F. Deason, a young white man aged about 22 years, was killed while on top of a freight train on the Georgia road. coming from Augusta to Macon. He was struck over and above the eyes by the bridge near Haddock's station, in Jones county, a few miles from Macon, and instantlyr killed. Notice. JACCORDANCE WITH SECTIO'N 1 151 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, the Counlty Board of Commis siners, at their meetingz the a.t Mon day in January, adopted the following schedule of licenses for the year 1896: Hawkers and Peddlers......15.00 Stoves and Ra~nges............50.00 Lightning Rods............... 50.111 Clocks...................... 25.01' Sewing Machines........ ..50.011 Pianos and Organs............. 51.01) All persons engaging in the above m: tioned occupations must procure a lc~ or they will become liable to puniishm-: Lt under the law. It shall be the duty of every Tri .J..ice and every (onstable and l the Sher:: of his regnir Depute' t.- . andt eVery V i zen may, de'mand and inspec the 1 Ws of any hawk er or pedalein his orti County, who shll come under thln ie of unv of sad clicers, .ud to am o cause to b~e arted,ci anyV hawker cr pd dler fund w thaout a goodl and valid li cnse, and 1 lbrn sneh haawkeLr or ped dier before the. neareet ITial Justiec to be Idealt with :..cording' to la~w. By order of bo:.rud. C. R. FELDEI:, 3-un ath%9(;County Supervisor. Kinlov Hood's Cured "I vs all run Clown and could not sleep at night on accout: of the continuous ,td severe pains - thro.-gh my body. I had a.60 stom ach troubles .nd catarrh. After - taking Hood's Sarsaparilla a short time 1 com - menced to im prove, and after using three bot ties in all, my .'. complaint en tirely left me. I now have an appetite, ;leep well and am free from all stomach trouble. I know I was cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla Miss ALICE WRAY, W. Bridgewater, Pa. Hood's Pills r *less, *ild, efe tive. All druggL-ts. 25c. TAX RETURNS, OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR, CLARENDoN COUNTY, Manning, S. C.. Dec., 18, 1S95. The Auditor's office will be open from the first (lay of January, 1896, to the twenth day of February, 1806, to receive returns of personal prop erty for taxation in Clarendon county for the year 1896, and for the convenience of tax-payers will have deputies at each of the places named below to receive returns for the said ear: Pinewood, Monday, January 6th, 1896. Packsville, Tuesday. January 7th, 18,16. Panola, Wednesday, January 8th, 1890. David Levi's Store, Thursday, Jan uary 9th, 1896. Summerton, Friday, January 10th, 1896. Brunson's X Roads, Saturday, Jan uary 11th, 1896. J6rdan, Monday, January 13th, 1896. School House in St. Mark's town ship, on Raccoon road, near Duffie's old store, Tuesday, January 14th, 1896. Foreston, Wednesday, January 5th, 1896. Wilson's, Thursday, January 16th, 1896. Alcolu, Friday, January 17th, 1896. W. M. Youmnan's, Saturday, Jan uarv 1th. 1896. Saul's Store, Monday, January 20th, 1896. New Zion, Tuesday, January 21d, 80. W. J. Gibbon's, Wednesday, Jan uary 22d, 1896, J. J. McFaddin's Store, Thursday, January 23d. 1806. Barrow's School House, Midway township, Friday, January 24th, 1896. Taxpayers return what they own on 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 in full, also make a separate return for each party for the township the property is ii, and where the tax paver owns realty, to insert the post office as their place of residence, and those who only own personal prop erty, to give the party's name who owns the land they live on as their residence, which aids the tax-payer as well as the county treasurer in making the collections and prevent ng errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years n the first day of January, 1896, ex ept those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed tax able polls. This does not apply to Confederate soldier over fifty years of age. All the returns that are made after the twentieth (lay of February will have a penalty of 50 per cent, added thereto, unless out of the county during tlie time of listing. Not knowing thie time of listing is no ex use. The assessing and collecting of taxes 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, that there is iii the county, and have samel( on file in the Comptroller Generals office by the thirtieth day of June each year. And from that time to the firs't day of October each year the auditor's and treasurer's duplicate has to be completed and n abstract of the work ini the Comp troller's office by that time, which will show at a glance that the audi tor has no time to take in returns or do anything else much, between the first day of March and the first day of October each year, but work on the books and blanks. Therefore I hope that all tax-payers will do us the favor of making their returns in time. J. ELBERT DAVIS Auditor Clarendon County. SOUTHERN FRUITCO W. H. MIXSON, Manager, IPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fruit anid Produce, ETC., ETC. 217 E AST BA Y CHARLESTON, S. C. Notice of Discharge. ONX TIlE 2:3rd DAY OF FEB-RUARY, 1896, I will apply to the Judge of Prbate for Clarendon county for letters disissorv as administrator of the estate of I. I-I Lesesne, deceased. J. IL LESESNE, Administrator. January 22nd, 180. Notice to Creditors. A LL PERSONS HAVING CRAIS .aiginst the estate of L. F. R. Lesesne wll prsent them duky ettested, and those owing said estate will make payment to M~uar~Ar E. LEsEsNE, Administratri::. Silver, Jan. 22, 1896. Notice to Creditors. LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS i against the estate of James M. Sprott, decea.d, will prese'nt them duly attested, and those owing said estate will make pay mnt to . F. SPR1OTT, Adinnist ratri x. Jordan, S. C., January 22nd, 180. Notice to Creditors. LL PERSONS HAVING CLAI IS ljgainst the estate of Ihenry dle Saus sun Garden will present themi duly at tested, and those owing .same will wake pamniaft to Tfuos. E. R cml-musoN, Admwinistrator. Sumter, S. C., January 22, 13% SUBSCRIBE TO THE? M~AYTING TIMES. SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO., 232 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. State Agents for the Sale of Ad~tIM~n~t~or ATleGemd aubear MIA Wolesale 'iealers a n ze INe M irre 1 0 ATin Plate, Stoves, Sheet Ion, Tinwares, House Fur- Tinners' nishing I Goods, ,ude Galvanized Gutter and Rainwater Pipe in ten feet lengths. We illanufacture TOBACCO BARN FLUES and Deliver Them Freight Prepaid to Any Station. 22 Varieties of Oil Stoves and Oil Heaters. Percival Manufacturing Co. -o- - E - - % Doors, Sash and Blinds. 478 to 486 MEETING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1868. VT . JF'OLSOM, Sign of the Big Watch, sI7M sEI . . = S. o. -A BIG LINE OF Birhday, Wedding and Aristmas Presents - WATCHES, DIA ONDS - Fine Sterling Silver Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles,. All repairing guaranteed. THOMAS WILSON, R. E. JAQUES, JOHN WILSON, President. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. The Carolina Grocery Company SUCCESSORS OF BOYD BROTHERS, W olesale Gw'e01' ald Coilisioiill Merchailts,. No. 195 EAST BAY, MBdA I1 J - . . . S9. C. MRS. E. C. ALSBROOK, Principal. Thirty-second session begins Segt. 2, 1895. Prepare for college or business. Co-educational. English, Latin, French, Bookkeeping, .listhenics, Elocution, Art and Music regularly taught. rhree gold medals anarded. Tuition S1 to $4. Send for catalogue. TO CONSUMERS OF LAGER BEER: The Palmetto Brewing Company of Charleston, S. C., have made arrangements with the South Carolina State authorities, by which they are enabled to fill orders from consumers for shipments of beer in any quantity at the following prices : Pints (patent stopper).......................... 70c per dozen Foar dozen pints in crate.................................$2.80 per crate Eighth-keg.................. - -....................$1.25 Qr.arter-keg......................... ..............$2.25 Half-barrel.......................................$4.50 Exports, pints, ten dozen in barrel.................................$9.00 It will be necessary for consumers or parties ordering to state that thepbeer is for private consumption. We offer special rates for these shipments. This beer is guar anteed pure, made of the choicest hops and malt,.and is recommenled by the medica fraternity. Send to us for a trial order. The Palmetto Brewing Company, Charleston, S. C. FREELAND AND ROGAN, Proprietors, THnE SUM48TER CHINA HALL, Have got settled from the great rush of the holiday trade, and propose now to continue to offer bargains from time to time on their special coun ters, as well as general stock, which will consist of China, Dinner, Tea and Chamber Sets, Open Stock in Plain White China of Haviland and Austrian Ware. LAMIPS which will range from 20c., 25c., 30c., 40., 50c., and up to $5.00 each. Will keep in stock a general line of the best TINWARE on the mar ket, WOODENWARE, BROOMS, and a general line of HOUSE FUR NISHING GOODS. EV We have just received another car load of the Home Pride Cooking Stoves and Ranges, and -our line of S Stoves is complete and ranges in price from $6.00 to $25.00. We invite inspection on this special line, as our Stoves are cheap and good. FREELAND & ROGAN, Opera House, Opposite Court House, Sumter, S. - C. To Arrive During the Week! Say on JANUARY 15th, One car load HORSES, and 'One car load HORSES and onel car load MULES ahL~ut JANUARY 18th.