The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 29, 1896, Image 3
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PUBLISHES ALL COUNTY AND TOWN
OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
MANNING, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 1, 1896.
B. A. Johnson has moved ibto the
Leonard building.
Manning will have a tobaqg warehouse
this year is a certainty.
Rev. S. A. Nettles returned to his charge
at Newberry yesterday.
Mr. John P. Thames is out again after
a severe attack of measels.
Mr. A. 0. Hodge has moved over in the
Fork on the Sparkman place.
Col. B. Pressley Barron has moved his
law office into the Enterprise building.
Several communications are crowded out
of the paper this week for lack of space.
We still have a nunber of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionaries on hand for sale
cheap.
Dr. Pbarles B. Geiger has purchased the
oefice :.,&tofore occupied by Col. B. P.
Barron.
The burnt district will soon be rebuilt.
Already contractors are making up the
estimates.
A reception will be tendeied the millitary
to-night at the residence of Hon. J. M.
Richardson near Panola.
To-day will be a great day at Panola.
rry arrangement has been made to make
people enjoy themselves.
Died. last Sunday night at Jordau. Miss
Louise Sprott. a twlve-.year-old dangbter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sprott.
Last Saturday night i-Mr. B. F. iSports
had the misfortune to have his horse*killed
by the train en route for Charleston.
.We want to double our subscription lists
and we hopelevery subscriber will make an
effort to induce his neighbor to subscribe.
Several of our merchants have just con
eided tahing inventories of their stock.
and they are well pleased with the years
work.
It has been suagested that a bone-yard
be established in town for the purpore of
4 Daing. a kind. of horse-swapping head
Rev. Geo. H. Waddell, Supenntendant,
of the Epworth Orphanage, spent last Fri.
day in Manning in the interest of his in
atitution.
When in need of jelly for eakes come to
Bigby's.
Pied. near Packsville. last Thursday.
Miss Mamie Cuttino. aged about twenty
years. The burial tok place in the Packs
ville cemetry.
'-Bed Rooster" smoking and chewing to
beo, 5e a twixt, at Brockinton's.
We have been requested to announce
that there will be a prayer service in
th-e ethodist church to-morrow (Thurs
dayyafternoon at f o'clock.
How about that pair of spectacles you are
needing wo bad? Now is your time to get
themi at Brookiton's.
Married last Thurday. at the residence
of the bride. by Trial Justice J. P. Turbe
ville, of Salem, Mr. S. T. Ivy, formerly of
Manning, and Miss S. Boberson, of Salem.
All kind* of stationary at I. B. Loryea's.
net to my old stand.
The happiest man in the county now,
i. Mr. Ben Broadway. the winner of the
'lmes prize machine. He came, secured
the prise, and went home feeling proud of
bis luek.
The nicest lin, of ~fresh candies to he
found at Broekinton's.
D. K. Bradham's rioe huller will com
mence hulling rice in Man'ning next Mon
dasy, the 6th in.,. and will hull rice here
--SeUweeweeks; then it will be run in Sum
-ito an.
A big stock of delicious confectionery, at
4-B Loryea's, next to my old stand.
- arried last Thursday, at Abcoln, at the
residence of the bride's parents by Rev.
'Wilsm Hioks. Mr. Jacob Hudson. of
Flerence, and Miss Eunice Cole, eldest
daughter of Mr. J. Furman Cole.
Onion sets at R. B. Loryea's, next to my
old stand.
Hr. C. F. Gamble, of Manning, has been
duawna on the grand jury of the United
-States court, which meets in Charleston this
mnth, and Mr. Ozias Mathis, of St. Paul,
haabeen drabwn on the petit jury for the
sman. eonrt.
Gall at the Times Office and buy a big
dictionary.
One night last week M'r. John W. Bldg.
fl aught Jeff Jahes, anegro, in the act of
stealing harness from Mr. Eidgills mule
while in Rigby's lot. &lr. Ridgill gave
James a -pretty good dubbing for bis
tiouble.
B. B. Loryea, the druggist, has a large
stock of spectacles and eyeglasses. Next
to his old stand.
There will be more tobacc planted in
Clarendon this year than heretofore.
Tobseec growers from abroad are going
through the county now hunting lands
sad they tell us that this county will be
the banner tobacco county in the State.
"Piek Leaf " smoking tobacco, 10c a
package, at Brockinton's.
The young folks were gtiven a nice
Christ -as treat by Mr. D. IL. Bradhamn.
He hitche-l up four horses to a circus
wagon and packed it, full of the little oneai,
and he drove them in udaround tbe town.
Their merry to,ices made the welkin ring,
and they enj.'yed the ride hugely.
Fresh and genuine garden seed at B. B.
Loryea's, next to his old stand.
Last Friday Doctors Woods. Darby and
Moore amputated one of Mr. Bunt Gowdy's
legs. Mr. Gowdy when a child got a
plinter in his leg and while in Florida not
long ago, he got a fall; ever since his leg
bas been troubling him and it finally re
talted in amputation to save his life.
For writing paper, pens and ink, at the
bojreat prices, go to Brockintoni's.
tieveral gentlemen who reside over Ox
Swamp have requested us to call attention
.to. the sadly neglected conditiov of the
bridges which they are fore4 to pass over
on their way to Mannirg. One of these
iides is said to be dangerous and we
ii~pe the authorities will at once give this
~attir their attention.
hiew let of raisins, currants and citron at
Rigby's for making fruit cakes. Cheap.
Some end try them.
-The Manning brass band gave a num
ber oi or citizens an early serenade Christ
maas morning, and at each of the places
serenaded they received plenty of cake and
eine; at our house they received a great
big corn-bread beautifully iced a'nd a bottle
of wine made of as pure vinegar as ever
went down the throats of musicians.
The finest line of five cents sigars in
Manmaing, at B. B. Loryea's next to his old
stand.
As an example of first-class faruming we
will site the ease of Mr. T. J. Spigner, oc
the ' Ar. Spigner took chiarge of
- as the McCray place, an old
.- >t of land, a. aflter clearing
-nted 340 acres on which he
hela of corn. When the
e d is taken into consider
e n that Mr. Spigner did
- >rk and his labors re
inmd of stationeary, such
aa - sax paper, envelopes.
tal blank-books, pencils
anc . Loryea, the drug
gi.,tand.
As by's, 20c per lb.
Got ',25c and 50c.
Sach. -. acket Store.
Fo- try "Thedford's
.Bank B . on's.
Please look among your old copies or thE
Times and find for us the three missing
issues so as cmplete our file. The dates
are Sept. 6th 1894. Dec. 19th 1894, and Dec.
26th 1894.
Now is the time to pl2,nt onion sets, we
have a fine lot. R. B. Loryea, the drug
gist, next to my old stand.
We have received a few of Webister's
Unabridged dictionaries and we will sell
them at astonishingly low prices. A dic
tionary of the english language containing
1281 pages can be purchased from this
office for $1.50. Every family should have
one as it is next in importance to the great
est of all books, the bible.
We saved a number of New Home sewing
machines from the fire and will sell them
very cheap for the cash. You will nrer
buy them as cheap again. W. E. Jenkin
son.
Preserve your sight by having your eyes
properly fitted with a pair of "Crystal
Lenses." Spectacles or eyeglasses. R. B.
Loryea, the druggist, next to my old stand.
St. Peters Lodge No. 54 elected at its last
communication the following officers for
the ensuing masonic year:
W. T. Lesesne, W. M.
Louis Appelt, S. W.
J. H. Johnson, J. W.
J. T. Stukes, Treas.
J. E. Davis. Sect.
J. W. Strang.t. S.D.
J. A. Blackman, J. D.
J. R. Rose aud
.T J. Spigner. Stewards.
R. A. IRidgill, Tiler.
BUCKLEN'S ARMICA SALVE.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by
IL R. Loryea.
TWO LIVES SAVED.
lrs. Pho,-bt Thomrts. of Juiction City,
[Il., was told by her doctors she had con
sumption and that there was no hope for
her, but two bottles Dr. King's New Dis
covery rompletely cured her and says it
saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139
Florida St., Sanfraneisco. suffered from a
dreadful cold, approaching; consumption,
tried without result everything else then
bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Dis
covery and in two weeks was cured. He is
naturally thankfal. It is such results, of
which these are samples, that prove the
wonderful efficacy of this medicine in
coughs and cold. Free trial bottles at 1t.
B. Loryea's drugstore. Regular size 50c.
and $100.
OLD PEOPLE.
Old people who require medicine to reg
ulate the bowels and kidneys will find the
true remedy in Electric Bitters. This med
icine does not stimulate and contains no
whiskey nor other intoxicaut, but vcts as
a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on
the stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the func
tiona. Electric Bitters is an excellent ap
petizer and aids digestion. Old people
find it just exactly what they need, Fifty
cents per bottle at R. B. Loryea's drugstore.
Why suffer with coughs, colds and la
grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will
cure you in one day. Does not produce
the ringing in the had 3ike 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.
David F. Hannigan, whose trial for
the murder of Solomon H. Mann inNew
York:, his sister's betrayer, resulted in a
verdict of insanity, has been discharged
from the Hudson river state hospital for
the insane.
A dispatch received from Colon, prov
ince of Mantanzas, island of Cuba, oon
firms the report that the Spansh troops
have routed 4,000 insurgents on the
Calmea river. One hundre'd of the
enemy were killed.
The Hungarian and negro employee
at the Morrellcoalworks at Dunbar, Pa.,
had a battle in which onie Hungarian
was fatally wounded, eight other Hun
garians seriously injured and six no
groes badly wounded.
A number of postoffces throughout
the country will be allowed free delive
ry, beginning with January. There are
now 812 free delivery offices, and about
90 more are entitled under the reguli
tions to be added to the list.
The British steamer Bellerophont has
been in a collision with and has sunk
the French steamer Emilo-Helnise at-the
entrance of the Algiers harbor. Tit
nanrsof the Emilo-Helnimancl
25 natives, were drowned.
Advices received from Ouba state that
a big battle has been fought in Palmna
nto, district of Ramnon De La Guayras,
between a force of 1,200 Spaniards, un
der General Canella, and nearly 8,000
Cubans, in which the rebels were vic
orious.
Mustafa Pasha, commanding a Turk
ish force, has captured the town of Zei
oun, which was some time ago taken
by insurgent Armenians, and has mas
sacred all the Armenians in the place
who did not make their escape to the
mountains.
Advices from Hawaii are to the effect
that President Dole and his cabinet are
so well pleased with the way in which
x-Queen Lililoukalani has conducted
herself since her release on parole that
the grantmg of a full pardon to her is
ndronieration.
The directors of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad company held
their first meeting in New York. John
P. Whitehead was re-elected comptroll
r, W. K. Gillet general auditor, H. W.
Gardiner assistant treasurer and L.. C.
Deming assistant secretary.
On good authority It is announced
that an engagement of marriage has
been made between William Waldorf
Astor and Lady Randolph Churchill. It
is said that the wedding will in all prob
ability be a quiet affair, and will be cel
ebrated in London next autumn.
An Austrian named Dr. Hannock, af
ter- four years study at the Pasteur in
stitute, claims to have discovered a se
rum cure for eresypelas, puerpal fever
and all diseases due to the trepectoco
us microbe, and'which is also an aid to
Dr. Roux's treatment for diphtheria.
LOOKOUT
FOR THIS SIGN!
R. B. LORYEA.
DRUG STORE.j
Owing to the late disastrous tire I
have removed to the store adjoining
my old stand.
I have replenished my stock and re
placed goods destroyed and now have
as complete a stock as ever of Pure
Durga an-l Medlicines. Patent. Medi.
ines. Paints, Oils and Gass, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses, Toilet Soaps
and Perfumery. Fancy Goods, Segars
and Tobacco, Gairden Seed, an-i every
thing else usually founct in a trtce
drug store.
I hope to merit a continnance of the
liberal patronage so gener~dly bestowedl
on mue in the past.
Don't forget the place, next to my old
stand
R. B. LORYEA,
The Druggist.
JOHN S. WILSON,
Agorney and Counselor at Lawe,
TERSELY TOLD.
The News of the Week From
AR Parts of the World.
An Epitome of the South.
Mike Steigar was fatally stabbed by
Albert Monheimer at Jackson, Tenn.
Govervor Atkinson has appointed
Hon. W. H. Felton to the Macon judge
ship.
Revenue officers made a great raid of
illicit distilleries in Person and Orange
counties, N. C.
Dick Perry, the noted negro despera
do, was run down by officers and killed
near Oglethorpe, Ga.
Hon. Matt W. Ransom, minister to
Mexico, spent Christmas at his home in
Northampton county, N. 0.
Henry Matthews shot and killed
Thomas Matthews, his cousin, at a
dance near Mnnfordville, Ky.
W. T. Dortch, a prominent lawyer of
Goldsboro, N. C., has been appointed
aide-de-camp to Governor Carr.
A. 0. Cowan has been appointed
postmaster at Salado, Rockdale county,
Ga., vice G. T. Smith, resigned.
John Leflew, a prominent farmer of
Roane county, was shot dead by Lewis
Smith in the postoffice at Emery Gap,
Tenn.
A fire originated in the Hubert hotel
in Pinckard, Ala., and was not checked
until it had destroyed about half of the
town.
Near Johnston, Edgefield county, S.
C., Jack Bladen was killed by John
Buzzard. A political difficulty was the
cause.
In a fight four miles from Elkton,
Ky.. Jim Bailey shot Love Henderson
in the neck with a shotgun, killing him
instantly.
Fire broke out in a Baltimore theater
and in the panic that followed 30 per
sons lost their lives. They were mostly
Poles and Russian Jews.
George McDonald, a son of Represen
tative W. A. McDonald of Ware county,
was murdered at Parkonta, Coffee coun
ty, Ga., by Bill McDonald.
At River Junction, Fla., the corpse of
an unknown mah was found near the
Plant system depot. He had evidently
been murdered and robbed.
The village of Liberty, N. C , was al
most obliterated by fire. Every store in
town and a number of dwellinghouses
and a livery stable were burned.
Ralph Kahn, a prominent young busi
ness man of Selma, Ala., was accident
ally shot and killed by his friend, Leon
Seigel. while on a Christmas frolic.
Collections are being taken up for the
families of 'the men killed in the Cum
noeck mine disaster. There are 27 wid
ows and almost 100 children of these.
There is eonsiderable talk in Ala
bama about Secretary Herbert being a
prospective candidate to succeed Sena
tor Pugh in the United States senate.
Robert Walker, a well known mer
chant who had been doing an excellent
business at Willard's store, near Eaton
ton, Ga., committed suicide by shooting
himself.
George W. Vanderbilt, the youngest
male member of the great New York
family of millionaires, has formally
oeed hl; country home near Ashe
A movement looking to no increase of
the cotton acreage next year was inau
gurated by the Memphis Cotton Ex
change at a general meeting called for
the purpose.
The steamer Commodore, supposed to
have been chartered for filibustering
purposes, is still at Wilmington, N. 0.
The crew has been dismissed and she is
in charge of a shipkeeper.
Dan Samples was shot in the breast
by Bud McCue at the village of Fair
mount, Ga., from the effects of which
he died In 80minutts. The krilling was
the resinlt of a drnien row.
Thc Dwight Manufacturing company
:f Chicopee, Mass., has started its south
ern mill at Gadsden, Ala.- The mill
employs 800 people, and 250 cottages
are now being completed by the Dwight
ompany.
Mrs. Henrietta Davis, who lived near
Quitman, Ga.. and her daughter, Mrs.
Blaloek, were thrown from their buggy
by a runaway horse and Mrs. Davis
struck on her head, the shock breaking
her neck.
Otto Hilmer, a German, committed
sicide in Atlanta by cutting his throat
with a razor. He went to Atlanta from
hicago, representing a soap factory of
hat city, which had an exhibit at the
exposition.
Reports received from Jellico, a min
ng town on the border of Tennessee
and Kentucky, say that a fight took
>lace there which resulted in the death
>f two men and the serious injury of
our others.
At the residence of James Miller,
even miles from Waynesville, Henry
Wraning, a rather unworthy character,
ut Mumford Harrison, a worthy coun
ryman, the effects of which caused
arrison's death.
In Richmond county, N. C., near the
South Carolina line, Scott Currie, a
white farmer, was assassinated by four
white men, Robert Wilson and Al esan
fer Wilson, brothers, and Pete L. Pate
and his son, William Pate.
At Punta Gorda, Fla., Lena Thomas
and Ella Scott fought about Henry Casq
ldy, with whom they were infatuated.
he Scott girl cut the Thomas woman
and the latter blew out her rival's
bains. The murderess is under arrest.
Engineer Wood, Fireman Shell and,
Lrainhand Doyle, all of Atlanta, and
ireman Wood, a negro, of Birming
am, were killed and six others seriously
njured in awreck on the Georgia Pa
: ei division of the Southern railway,
ear Chattahoochee.
Deputy United States Collector Jones
deadow and Deputy Marshals Crown
and Cason made a big raid about three
niles from Nicholson, Ga., and cap
hred a still, cap and worm, a quantity
f beer and mash and seven citizens of
he county of Jackson.
The supreme court of North Carolina
ffirms the decialon of the lower court
n the case of W. E. Daniel, adminis
~rator of Bee, against the Petersburg
Railroad company, in which the plaint
1f was awarded $12,000 damages The
nit was brought against the railroad
:ompany for $20,000 damages for the
dlling of Chorles D. Bee, at Garysburg,
y John F. Lifsey, while the latter was
epot agent for the defendant company.
At Salisbury, N. C., a train dashed
nto a handcar which some section men
were endeavoring to lift from the track
sad killed Lee K err and perhaps fatally
njured Thorrzas Johnson. Kerr's foot
:aught in r.frog at a switch and thus
:aused the car to fall atd the men fell
with it.
Robert E. Daniels of Wilmington, N.
., who was arrested on request from
heriff Evans of Millins, S.Co., has had
hief of Police Melton and a policeman
rrested, charging them with false ar
ret and assault. The man who was
mealy wanted by Evans was B. W.
Daniels.]
T. 0. Pippen, a well known Jones
:ounty, Ga., farmer, kilied his son, J.1
. Pippen. It is said that young Pip- 1
:en was drunk and tried to shoot his1
father with a pistol and the father in
self defense threw a rock at his son,
striking him on the head and crushing
hs skull
In a deserted schoolhouse in Iredell
ounty, N. C., the body of Albert.
Speaks, whose business for some years
ad been the illegal sale of whisky, was
foung hanging from the rafters. His
ana were aosed und Man4 in frgnt of
Pure BIced
Is the great requisite tzr Uou licalth, bo
cause the blood is the vital 2uid which
carries nourish
ment and suport
to all the organs
of the body.
Make your blood
pure now by the
use of the great
blood purifier,
Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. Prof.Edwin
F. Norton, pro
fessor of French
er d German at
/ rliet College,
Michigan writcs: "We have always found
Hoctes Sarsaparilla
of great vnluc in restoring vigor, appetite,
etc., v. he: -r we have us-d it."
iod'sPills ar' t' b' after-dine
Hood's ills. They assist digests
his body. Speaks was 40 years old and
was wild and reckles.;.
Near Arcadia. Fla., Alexander Mer
cer was assassinated at a Christmas en
tertainment given at a schoolhouse.
The young man was handing presents
from a Christmas tree, when a load of
buckshot was fired through a window.
The charge almost tore off Mercer's
head. There is no clue to the murderer.
William Barlow, a white man, 22
years of age. wat arrested at Chatta
nooga, Tenn.. charged with outraging
little Doshia May Hurdy, a white girl.
aged 6 years, who is now in the hospit
al and is expected to die. The girl's
mother is also in jail as an accessory to
the crime. A lynching is not improba
ble.
The annual session of the state board
of charities was held at Raleigh, N. 0.,
and reports on all state institutions and
from 87 of the 96 counties were receiv
ed, and were the best ever made, the
public institutions having reached the
highest state of efficiency. The percent
age of recoveries of insane patients was
the largest ever known.
A search of records on file at the navy
department has brought to light the
fact that Grover island, in Camden
county, Ga., is the property of the
United States. For nearly 100 years
title to the island has been in doubt.
Records show that the island was cen
veyed to the United States in 1779 by
Josiah Tattnall and wife, but title never
asserted.
Samuel Drew, ex-registrar of deeds of
Brunswick county, N. C., and a mem
ber of the mercantile firm of Davis &
Drew, has mysteriously disappeared,
his whereabouts being unknown. He
conveyed his property, but it is found
that the property is already mortgaged
for full value. Drew left home to go to
Wilmington, and has not been heard
from since.
Louis Rebham, a young mechanic,
has arrived in Louisville, Ky., for the. I
purpose of letting his.parents know that t
they had buried the wrong body when, I
about a year ago, they attended his fu
neral. Rebham disappeared and several I
weeks later a badly decomposed body j
was found in the canal. The parents
identified the corpse and mourned their I
son as dead until his reappearance. <
At a meeting of the Young Men's
Business league of Charleston, resolu-.
tions were adopted requesting the rep
resentatives of South Carolina to use
their utmost to secure the passage of
the Squire bill in the senate. Similar
action was taken by a special meeting of
the city council and resolutions of a like
nature were adopted by the chamber of.
commerce and other commercial bodies.
Noteos From North, East, West and Abroad.
The terms of office of 83 presidential
postmasters will expire in January. In
the list there are few large offices.
The American line steamship Berlin
ran down and sunk the British ship
Willowbank off the English coast. -f
There is talk in Madrid ofan alliance I
of Spain with Great Britain in the I
event of war with the United States.
Miss Ruby Bennett, a Bridgeport
heiress, ran away with Frank Katety, a
painter who was frescoing her house.
E. P. Hutchison, doubtless the most
widely known veteran of the Chicago
grain pit, is seriously, if not critically 1
Mrs. Barbara Katzer, mother of Arch- 1
bishop Katzer, died in Milwaukee from
the effects of old age. She was 82years I
ald.
By an explosion of gas at Shoenberg
r's rolling mill, on Fourteenth street,
Pittsburg, eight men were burned, one
of them fatally.
President Cleveland's determination
that the United States shall enforce the
Monroe doctrine meets with general ap
proval in Mexico.
John A. Slattery, a well known law- c
er of Cincinnati, fell down an elevater 1
haft and subsequently died of his inju
ries at the hospital.1
Four persons were suffocated by a fire
t the home of Andrew Johnson at 21 1
Barham street, in the southeastern see
tion of Philadelphia.
Secretary Herbert announced from
he cabinet meeting that the twin sister ,e
af the battleship Kearsarge had been
tamed the Kentucky.
Secretary Serbert has formally award
sd to the Newport News company of t
Virginia, the contrac~t for the building
f two new battleships.
Aegiglus Junger, D. D., bishop of
Nisqually, comprising the state of Wash- t
ington and part of Oregon, died at Van-.
souver, Wash., of diabetes. 'c
James Henry, convicted of stealing t
diver from the United States mint, has
een sentenced to eight years in a Ne- t
rada penitentiary and a fine of $5,000.
San Francisco importers, alarmed f
>ver tariff changes, are withdrawing y
heir goods from bond as rapidly as pos- 5
dble. There is in bond, at present. c
goods valued at $2,000,000. t
.The Manitoba legislature has been E
iissolved and an appeal to the country
will be made on the school issue. Poll
ng will take place on Jan. 15, and the ~
tw house meets Jan. 25.
Circulars have been issued by Comn
nissioner of Labor Wright to labor lead- a
ns in the United States asking for sug- (
gstions for topics for brief original in-e
uiries by the department.s
The two hundred and seventy-fifth ~
mniversary of the landing of the pil- ~
~rim fathers was observed at Plymouth,
!Jass., Dec. 21. Senator George F. Hoar ~
>f Worcester was the orator of the day.
Heavy rain h-as caused great alarm j
dong the Osage and Moreau river val- t
.eys in Missouri. A ~at amount of d
itock has b:een drowned, and lives are re
>orted to be lost along the Osage .val
ey.
Portland, Or., and Fall River, Mass., t
iave been raised to the firstclass~ of free
ielivery postoffices. This affc-ts a raise
>f from two to thre'e grades of letter-c
:arriers and a consequent increase oft
ralaries.
Burlington passenger train 23, bound
'rom Lincoln, Nob.. to Grand Island,.
:ollided with a freight train which was
;tanding on a switch near a curve.
L'wo persons were killed and fivo others
jured.
Porter Bros. & Co., of San Francisco,
~he heaviest dealers in dried fruits on
he coast, have announced their inabili
y to meet their payments, and have
iked their creditors for an extension
>f time.1
DR. 3. FRANK GEIGER,
DENTIST,
MANNING, S. C.
nFFICE IN MANNINn HOTEr.
Executors' Sale.
ON SALESDAY IN JANUARY
next, immediately after the Sheriff's
sales, we will sell by public auction
at the court house at Manning, the
foilowing described real estate be
longing to the Estate of Dr. S. C. C.
Richardson, deceased:
First: The premises whereon Dr.
Richardson resided, situate on Brooks
street, bounding to the north on lot
of Mrs. Hattie J. Bradham; to the
east on East Boundary street; to the
south on lot of Mr. Walter I. Burgess,
and to the west on Brooks street,
coniaining two acres, more or less.
Second: That parcel of land situ
ate near Manning on east side of Ox
Swamp, containing twenty acres,
more or less, and bounding north on
the Manning and Kingstree public
road; east on lands of Salinas and
others; south on lands of
Strange, and west on lands of Joseph
Sprott and others, the neighborhood
road to old Oak Grove church sepa
rating it from the lands of Joseph
Sprott and others.
Third: That lot containing two
acres, more or less, situate opposite
the Presbyterian church in the town
of Manning, on Brooks street. and
bounding to the north on lots of
- Bradham, and P. B. Thames;
east on East Boundary street; south
on lot of Dr. W. M. Brockinton, and
west on Brooks street.
Fourth: That tract containing
twenty-two acres, more or less, situ
te at the crossing of the Manning
nd Fulton public road and the Rac
!oon public road, about one and one
half miles west of Manning, and
bounded to the north on lands of
Est. J. D. Weeks; east on lands of
-Salinas; to the south on the
&fanning and Fulton public road and
to the west on the Raccoon public
road.
Terms of sale: Half cash and bal
wee on a credit to the 1st December
896, with interest from day of sale, to
be secured by bond of the purchaser
ind mortgage of the premises.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
WILLIAM F. B. HAYNSWoRTH,
B. PRESSLEY BARRON,
Qualified Executors of the Will of
3. C. C. Richardson.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11, 1895.
Executors' Sales.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
ade.by Louis Appelt, Esq., Judge
>f Probate for Clarendon County,
;he undersigned will sell by public
Luction at the late residence of Dr.
3. C. C. Richardson, deceased, at
gfanning, S. C., commencing at 10
)'clock a. m., Monday, the 6th of Jan
iary next, and continuing until the
sales are completed, the personal
>roperty in their charge belonging to
;he Estate of Dr. S. C. C. Richardson,
ieceased, consisting of the house
iold and kitchen furniture, bed
iteads, feather -beds, mattresses,
Aankets, quilts, &c., silverware. of
ice desk, wardrobe, one iron safe, a
haeton, lot of corn, bath tubs, farm
ng implements, &c.
Persons desiring to examine with a
riew to purchasing will please call
m Mr. Barror at his office.
..,Termscof sale-cash.
WILLIAM F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
B. PRESSLEY BARRON,
Qualified Executors of the last Will
nd Testament of Samuel C. C. Rich
rdson.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11, 1895.
TAX RETURNS.
.OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR,)
CLARENDON COUNTY,
:t Manning, S. 0., Dec., 18, 1895.
~The Auditor's office will be open
rfin the first- day of' January, 1896,
o the twenth day of February, 1896,
o receive returns of personal prop
rty. for taxation in Clarendon
ounty for the year 1896, and for the
ovenience of tax-payers will have
eputies at each of the places named
elow to receive returns for the said
ear:
Pinewood, Monday, January 6th,
896.
Packsville, Tuesday. January 7th,
86.
Panola, Wednesday, January 8th,
896.
.David Levi's Store, Thursday, Jan
iary' 9th, 1896.
$ummxerton, Friday, January 10th,
896.
Brunson's X Roads, Saturday, Jan
ary 11th, 1896.
Jordan, Monday, January 13th,
96.
School House in St. Mark's town
hip, on Raccoon road, near Duffie's
Id store, Tuesday, January 14th,
896.
Foreston, Wednesday, January
5th, 1896.
Wilson's, Thursday, January 16th,
896.
Alcolu, Friday, January 17th, 1896.
W. M. Youman's, Saturday, Jan
ary 18th, 1896.
Saul's Store, Monday, January
0th, 1896.
New Zion, Tuesday, January 21d,
896.
W. J. Gibbon's, Wednesday, Jan
ary 22d, 1896,
J. J. McFaddin's Store, Thursday,
'anuary 23d, 1896.
Barrow's School House, Midway
ownship, Friday, January 94th, 1896.
Taxpayers return what they own
n the first day of January, 1896.
All personal property, must be re
urned this year.
Assessors and tax-payers will enter
he firs;t given name of the tax-payer
a full. also make a separate return
or each party for the township the
iroperty is in, and where the tax
mayer owns realty, to insert the post
fice 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
esidence, which aids the tax-payer
,s well as the county treasurer in
aaking the collections and prevent
ag errors.
Every male citizen between the
ges of twenty-one and sixty years
a 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.
All the returns that are made after
he twentieth day of February will
ave a penalty of 50 per cent, added
hereto, 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
lumber and value of all the horses,
attle, mrulr, &c., and their value,
at there is in the county, and
ave samne on file in the Comptroller
~eneral's office by the thirtieth day
f June each year. And from that
he to the first day of October each
rear the auditor's and treasurer's
.uplicate has to be completed and
n abstract of the wvork in the Comip
roller's office by that time, which
vill show at a glance that the audi
or has no time to take in returns or
1 anything else much, between the
irst day of March and the first day of
)ctober each year, but work on the
yooks and bianks. Therefore 1 hope
hat all tax-payers will do us the
avor of making their returns in time.
J. ELBERT DAVIS:
Auditor Clarendon County.
3UBSRIBE TO THE MANNING
TrInME $1.5 PER YEAR.
STAi O.F 0 SOUTH CARINA,
COUNTf OF CLARENDON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
William F. B. Haynsworth and B.
Pressley Barron, as Qualified Exec
uitors of the last Will and Testa
niment of Samuel C. C. Richardson,
deceased, Plaintiffs,
against
R. A Ridgill, Defendant.
Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
judgment order of the court of coim
inon pleas, in the above stated action,
to me directed, bearing date October
19th, 1895, I will sell at pub
lic auction, to the highest
bidder, at Clarandon court house, at
Manning, in said county, within the
legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon
day, the 6th day of January, 1896.
being salesday, the following de
scribed real estate:
"All that piece, parcel, or tract of
land situate, lying, and being in the
County of Clarendon and State afore
said, containing one hundred acres,
more or less, and bounding as fol
lows, to wit: On the north by lands
of J. C. Johnson; on the east by
lands of George McCall; on the South
by lands formerly Mowry & Son; and
on the west by lands of S. H. Brad
ham; it being the land on which said
mortgagor then resided."
The land described herein will be
sold on the following terms, to wit:
One-half cash and the balance on a
credit of one year with interest from
day of sale, to be secured by bond of
the purchaser and a mortgage of the
the premises.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
D. J. BRADHAM,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11, 1895
BTATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA,
COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
William F. B. Haynsworth and B.
Pressley Barron, as Qualified Exec
utors of the last Will and Testa
ment of Samuel C. C. Richardson,
deceased, Plaintiffs,
against
saac Mason, Defendant.
Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
judgment order of the court of com
mon pleas, in the above stated action,
to me directed, bearing date October
.9th, 1895, 1 will sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder, at Claren
on couit house, at Manning, in said
ounty; within the legal hours for ju
licial sales, on Monday. the 6th day
>f January, 1896, being salesday,
he following described real estate:
"All that tract of land containing
wenty-two acres, situate in the State
id county aforesaid, bounding
orth and east on lands formerly of
. D. Weeks; south and west on land
f C. S. Land."
The land described herein will be
old on the following terms, to wit:
)ne-half cash and the balance on a
redit of one year, to be secured by
:nterest bearing bond and mortgage
f the premises.
Purchaser to pa o papers.
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11th 1895.
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLUNA,
COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
CURT OF COMMON PLEAS
W~illiam F. B. Haynsworth and B.
Pressley Barron, as Qualified Exec
utors of the last Will and Testa
ment of Samuel C. C, Richardson,
deceased, Plaintiffs, -
against
Wallace M. Plowden, Wallace S.
Plowden, and Henry C. Plowden,
Defendants.
udgment for Foreclosure and Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
judgment order of the court of com
on pleas, in the above stated action,
o me directed, bearing date October
9th 1895, I will sell at pub
tic auction, to the highest
idder, at Clarendon court house, at
d1anning, in said county, within the
Legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon
iay, the 6th day of January, 1896,
being salesday, the following de
icribed real estate:
"All that tract or parcel of land,
situate in the County of Clarendon
rnd State aforesaid, containing thir
by-four acres, more or less, and
ounded as follows, to wit: On the
2orth by the public road leading
rrom Manning to Kingstree and land
f James McDowell; south by the
Central Railroad of South Carolina;
d west by the lands of the grantor
erein and James McDowell, all of
which will more fully appear by ref
~rence to a plat made by P. G. Ben
ow, surveyor, on November, 1886.
The land described herein will b
old upon the followingternms, to wit:
)ne-half cash, the balance on a credit
f one year, with interest from the
lay of sale, seenred by bond of the
urchaser and his mortgage of the
remises sold, with leave of the pur
haser to pay the whole in cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
D. J. BRADHAM,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11, 1895.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
OURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
harriet D. Harvin and Emma S.
Witherspoon, Plaintiffs,
against
~lizabeth A. Harvin, impleaded as
Elizabeth N. Harvin and Harriet
E. Harvin, Defendants.
Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
udgment order of the court of com
uon pleas, in the above stated action,
:o m directed, bearing date June
th 1895, I will sell at pub
ic auction, to the highest
idder for cash, at Clarendon court
io,. -at Manning, in said county,
ithin the legal hours for .judicial
les, on Monday, the 6th day of Jan
sary 1890, being salesday, the follow
ng described real estate:
"All that piece, parcel, or tract of
and, situate, lying, and being in the
County of Clarendon, and State
uoresaid, containing one hundred
nd ninet-seven (197) acres. more or
ess, bounded on tha north by lands
f Mrs. S. C. Osteen; on the south by
ands of D. F. Lide and J. C. Wilson;
east by lands of Mrs. Ann Reynolds;
nd west by lands of J. D. Childers
and lands formerly of J. W. Ed
wards."
Purchaser to pay for papers.
D. J. BRADHAM,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
Manning, S. C., Dec. 11, 1895.
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