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FUBLISHES ALL COUNTY AND TOWN OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, APRI. 8, 1896. WHY IS IT That our store is always crowded with customers? Because we give the largest quantity of goods possible for the money;' because we believe that quick sales and small profits is the way to conduct a cash store. Ladies, 'we wish to call your atten tion to the fact that we now have in stock one of' the finest lines of per fumery, face powders. tooth powders, hair oils, and all kinds of lotions for beautifying the complexion, that was ever brought to Manning. We have in stock a full line of corsets at 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. Ladies, call when you want Oxford ties. We have them to suit, all prices, 50c. 60c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. Farmers, when you want cheap tobacco, give us a call. We have it in stock at 25c. 30c, 35c, and 40e per lb. We have some goods in this line that can't be beat for the money we ask for it. Ladies, when you want a nice dress, or a nice, stylish hat, here is the place to come and get it cheap for the cash. A splendid line of cottonades at 8c, 10c, 12tc, 15c, and 16gc per yard. The best yard-wide bleach at Sc per yard. A splendid grade yard-wide brown homespun at 5c per yard. Yours for the cash, W. E. JENKINSON. Mr. Frank J. Richardson, of Pinewood, is very ill. Mrs. D. D. Salley has returned to her home on Edisto Island. A scientific optician will be at Brockin. ton's drug store all this week. The latest from Mrs. T. H. Harvin is that she is not improvine very fast. Last Thursday Mr. T. T. Hodge became the proud father of a fourth son. Oh! you just ought to see the beautiful stock of millinery at Riffs Bee Hive Store. The registration board are in session in the court house with Mr. G. T. Worsham as chairman. A gentleman from Pinewood handed us a communication last Monday and we re gret that it became misplaced. The editor of the Times left yesterday to be gone until Thursday. He will come back chock full of editorial thunder. The Manning Guards will have a prize. drill next Saturday and the public should encourage the boys with their presence. Dr. C. B. Geiger was chosen physician to the board of Confederate pensioners last Monday. Quite a compliment to him, sure. While attending Presbytery, be sure to call at Dr. Brockinton's drug store, and have your eyes properly fitted with a pair of perfect spectacles. Fresh lot of garden seed just received at W. M. Brockinton's. Look out for Moses Levi next week. He says he will make the welkin ring with prices. Everybody knows him to be a hustler when he gets a move on him. "Pick ' Leaf" smoking tobacco, 10c a package, atBrockinton's. We heard several of Salem's tobacco growers say that they would bring their tobacco to Manning rather than go else -where on aecount of the better roads. The finest line of five cents eigars in Manning. at R. B. Loryea's, the druggist. Let every white man see after his regis tration ticket. The old certificate has answered its purpose and is no more of any servie.~ A new certificate is required. For 'writing paper, pens and ink, at the lowest prices, go to Brockinton's. Several members of the family of Mr. J. N. Riggs were painfully hurt last Wednes day evening by a horse running away with them, and it is thought that Mrs. Riggs's injuries are serious. Wood's Premium Tested seed are the best for the South. We have the agency for these seed. R. B. Loryea, the druggist Parties having to purchase tobaoco barn ftues will-do well to communicate with the Shepperd Supply Co., Charleston. They have provined themselves with the very best of these articles. For that torpid liver try "Thedford's Black Draught" At Brockinton's. We received several communications too late for this issue, but they will appear next week. Our correspondents will do us a great favor by sending their communic.t tions on or before Monday night. Chufss seed for sale by B. B. Loryea, the druggist. The tobacco warehouse pirospect is an assured fact. It will be near ibe depot and managed by business men of this town and salem. They will soon begin the erection of the necessary buidings. 'Red Rooster" smoking and chewing to baco,5c a twist, at Brockinton's. County board of Supervisors met last Monday in ths court house and despatched the business of the various townshi ps and the conty generally. They say they will soon have this county on a cash basis If you want an early garden plant Wood's Premium Tested garden seed. lR. B. Loryea, the druggist. E. C. Horton is out in this issue to let the people know that he is anxious to sell~ them goods and that he has a full line of spring dress goods of the latest fabrics. Read his advertisement twnd give him a look. How about that pair of spectacles you are needing so bad ? Now is your time to get them at Brockinton's. Tce question of who will be our next offcers is often asked and yet there comes no response from among the many who have longing eyes on the county offies. Candidates, the Times will welcome all of you at the rate of $5.00 each, cash in ad vane. Mrs. Louis Loyns has received her stock of stylish and fashionable millinery. These goods are fresh and prices guaranteed the lowest. The town election comes off in this town next Monday. So far, very little interest appears to be manifested in this very im portant matter. We have no special favor ites, but we would like our citizens to show a disposition of interest. Suppose on next Monday a set of men were to be elected who are obnoxious to the tax-payers it would then be too late to complain. Let every citizen be on the alert and see to it that no person gets on the council by any sneak game. Be ready to v'ote for men who have the welfare of the town at heart and every man who can should turn out and cast his ballot. For the information of those who desire to know, we will state that the clerk of a town council is not debared from holding an elective office. The law looks upon a clerk of a council the same as a store clerk. and subject to tne orders of the council by whom he is employed. He is not respon sible to the people of the town; but solely responsible t the council who employed him and who can dismiss him at their will, or at tbe termination of his contract with them. This information we have obtained from high legal authority. The provision in the new constitution forbidding the holding of two offices, does not refer to persons employed by municipalahity. If :tdid a county auditor c uld not be a corporation counsel, nor could a member of a town council be an attorney for the county board of Supervisors, or supervisors of registration. These boards often elect or employ a counsel and it so happens that the attorneys they employ are members of the legislature or are members of the muniinality in which they live. - A GHASTLY FIND. A sensation was caused in Manning last Sunday morning by the finding of a mutilated body of an infant on the premises of James McD. Rich ardson, a respectable colored man. The body was found the day before by Solomon James, colored, who was cleaning up the yard, and when he' discovered it,he informed some of the colored neighbors, who, fearing it would bring them into trouble, told him to bury it and say nothing more about it. One of these neighbors told her husband that night and; Sunday morning he reported the af fair and the coroner was sent for. Coroner Ridgeway empanelled a jury and they examined the body together with physicians. It was found to be the body of a male mu-: latto child of premature birth, and horribly mutilated; one side of the face, one arm and one leg were eaten by hogs or dogs. There was a woman in the employ of Richardson who is suspected of be ing the mother. She left here Sun day morning, buying a ticket to Sumter. NOTICE CONFEDRATE PEN SIONERS. The nudersigned board of Pension Commissioners for Clarendon county, would give notice, that they will meet at the court house, in Manning, on Monday, the 20th day of April, 1896, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering ap plications for pensions, under the re cent act of the legislature. Soldiers and widows applying will come for ward prepared to establish their claims by two soldiers certifying, that thenselves or their husbands were bonafide soldiers or sailors in the State or Confederate States Army or Navy. C. S. LAND, Chairman. DANIEL J. BRADHAM. S. J. BOWMAN, County Treasurer, J. ELBERT DAVIS, Auditor and Secretary. DR. C. B. GEIGER, Bhysician. Pension Commissioners. Manning, S. C., April 8th, 1896. SUMMERTON SAYINGS. Summerton, Ap.il 6.-As adver tised, The Summerton Library Asso ciation elected its officers last Wednesday night. Rev. J. Crockard, president; Mrs. R. H. Belser, vice president; Miss Sallie Burgess, secre tary; Dr. B. M. Badger, treasurer; Miss Anne Burgess. librarian. The following were elected an executive committee: Mrs. A. J. Briggs, Mrs. R. R. Briggs, Miss Caro Belser, Dr. B. M. Badger, and A. P. Burgess. The president and vice-president are on this committee ex officio. The as sociation now has twenty-two mem bers on its roll. Quite a numbe: more will be added. The association has secured a hall over B. M. Badger & Co.'s drug store and will fit it up for a library. Rev. W. F. Hollingsworth occupied the Presbyterian pulpit yesterday. Quite a little excitement was caused during the sermon by the horses out side becoming frightened at a whirl wind and breaking loose. Mr. R. C. Richardson's got loose and took an excursion round the church, smash ing the shafts on a stump. There will be a lecture to-morrow night in the Presbyterian church, by Mr. Hollingsworth, whose subject will be, "In and Around Jerusalem." Mr. Hollingsworth has just returned from Palestine. In his trip he visited Scotland, England, Holland, Bel gium, France, Switzerland, Italy, and portions of Palestine. In conversa tion with him, I asked him how our country compared with the best he saw, and he says we are away ahead, except in the matter of public roads, and in that way we are away behind. I might add that a trip out into the country about here almost develops the fact that we are not in it at all. Everybody is now in the midst of planting cotton and a large acreage will be put in. Several small patchesi of tobacco will be planted, but cot-1 ton continues to be king in this com munity. Rev Mr. Watson is able to be out and about again. He has been suf fering with cold. Mr. A. S. Briggs is very ill at his home on Santee. Drs. Briggs and Belser have pronounced it a case of appendicitis: Mr. F. N. Wilson, of your city, was in town on business a short while to day. Mrs. Ravenel, of Aiken, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Burgess, at Pine Burr Cottage in the suburbs. Mr. Robert R. DnRant is here for a few days as relief to Section Master R. H. Cox, of the W. & S. railroad. Mr. D. M. Bradham, of Manning, was in town last Friday. While no one in this neighborhood had heard the report about Mr. W. C. Davis until the intimation of his defence in the Times, .we think he has nailed it very successfully. * BUCKLEN'S AR 'ICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and afl skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refnded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by R. B. Loryea. T HE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE. Mr. G. Caillonette, Druggist, Beaversville, llt, says: "To Dr. King's New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for mifles about, but of no avail and was civen up and told I could not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store 1 sent for a bottle and began its use and from the first dose began to get better, and after using three bottles wa up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it. Get a free trial at R. B. Loryea's drug store. CURE FOR HEADACHE. As a cemedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are af flicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation iectric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels. and few cases long resist the use of this inedicine. Try it once. Large bottles only 50 cents at R. B. Loryea's drug store. MANNING ACADEMY. The following pupils merited the mnedaLls for scholarships in their respective classes for the week ending April 3: Collegiate, MarviL Strange; bigher, Her mion Jenkinson, Lidile Alsbrook, and John Cuttino; interined-ate, Trudie Strange; primary. Albertine Layns. The conduct medal was voted to Cammie Ridgill. E. C. AL~SBaooK. RESULTS TELL THE STORY. A vast mass of direct, unimpeachable testimony proves beyond any possibility of doubt that Hood's Sarsaparilla actually does perfectly and permanently cure dis eases caused by impure blood. Its record of cures is unequalled and these cures have often been accomplised after all other preparations had failed. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills, bilious ness, jaundice, indigestion, sick headache. Why suffer with conghs, colds and Ia-; grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will cure you in one day. Does not produce the ringing in the bread like Sulphate of Quinine. Pnt up in tablets convcnient for taking. Guaranteed to cure, or noney re funded. Price, 25 cents. For sale by R. VETERAN'S MEETING. LIst Monday our streets and the court house square presented a picturesque scene. All manner and conditions of men were there in response to the notice calling for the men who offered themselves as sacri fices on their country's altar. Some had n"t seen each other since the immortal Lee a',ealthed his sword at Appomatox, and when these met it was "hello Billy or Tom, :1. mp, or Rock, Yellow Nat, etc., etc.," ' ow have you been, old fellow, and you .r: getting old," and then each would tell s->me war yarn on the other, which would ring out merry laughter even from some ' ho were maimed or broken by disease or But when an old "Vet" would tell of rertain battle and how poor Dick was -r ,anded, and what his last words were, t :se men who had faced the enemy amid overpowering odds and storms of shot and shell, and did not shrink or quiver, these men when they were reminded of their comrades that had fallen and crossed the great beyond would drive back tears with their handkerchiefs and they would repeat the names of the dead heros with quivering lips. About midday the shrill voice of Captain D. J. Bradham called the crowd to go up stairs and one old fellow hobbled forward remarking: "Sump's voice sounds just like it ;lid when he ordered us to 'fall in' in Virginia. His head may be white and his sleeve empty, but he is the same old Sump to d.iv. I was within six feet of him when be w.s shot and some of his blood spattered on Die." This camp bears the name of Harry Ben bow, the brave commander of the gallant 23rd regiumnt. About 200 were present and the meeting was called to order by Commander C. 1. Land. Rev. James Mc Dowell opened the meeting with prayer. Under the new law a board of pension commissioners were to be elected which was the principal business of the day. Major C. S. Land and Capt. D. J. Bradhani were selected. Both of these gentlemen are well known anl their names on the board is a guarantee that the law will be faithfully carried out and that no worthy person will be deprived of a pension. It wai decided to elect delegates to the reunion at Rich mond in the May meeting. The 20th iust, it 9, a. m. is the day when the board will it to receive applications for pensions,with Chem wtil be the county treasurer and the iounty auditor, both of whom have "smelt the patchin", also Dr. C. B. Geiger as the physician. Captain D. J. Bradham made a very eeling and eloquent speech to the Camp an the pension matter, showing in every sentence that his heart was in the work, bat it was a labor of love. Several letters from other Camps were read and the meet ng was really a pleasant reunion. They neet again in May. SPRING TIME [s when nearly everyone feels the need of iome blood purifying, strength invigorat ng and health producing medicine. The -eal merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is the rea son of its widespread popularity. Its un ?qalled success is its best recomnienda ion. The whole system is succeptible to be most good from a medicine like Hood's arsaparilla taken at this time, and we vould lay special stress upon the time and remedy, for history has it recorded that elays are dangerous. The remarkable success achieved by Hood's Sarsaparilla and e many woids of praise it has received, nake it worthy of your confidence. We tsk you to give this medicine a fair trial. HEADQUARTEUS MANNING GUABDS, MANNING, S. C., Arar. 6. 1896. Each and every member of the Guards Is iereby ordered to be and appear in full Iress uniform at their armory on Saturday fternoon, the 11th inst., at 4 o'clock, p. m. .harp. Shortly after our business meeting he company will be marched to the public iquare, when the second quarterly prize Irill will be held. Let every man be present on this oeca sion. By order of W. C. Divxs, W. M. Luwis, Captain. 1st Iiergt. Preserve your sight by having your eyes >roperly fitted with a pair of "Crystal .enses." Spectacles or eyeglasses. R. B. .oryea, the druggist. Never bear more than one kind of ~roble at a time. Some people bear bree kinds-all they have had, and bey have now, and all they expect o have. PRAYERS BEFORE BATTLE. Curious Invocations bj Famous Historeml Forsonages. One of the earliest records in history f a prayer before battle is that of Chil deric, king of Gaul, a pagan, who before going into battle at Zuelpich, some 400 years after Christ, prayed to the God of the Christians to help him to victory. Hi foe was Attila, king of the Huns, and Childerio vowed if God would give him the victory he would embrace the hristian faith. The prayer of a Hungarian officer be fore one of the battles fought for the in. dependence of Hungary in 1849 was as follows: "I will not ask thee, Lord, to help us, end I know thou wilt not help the &ustrians, but if thou wilt sit on yonder hill thou shalt not be ashamed of thy children." This was the prayer of the "Fighting Bishop" Leslie before oe of the battles fought in Ireland: "0 God, for cur unworthiness we are not fit to claim thy help, but if we are bad our enemies are worse, and if thou seest not meet to help us we pray thee help them not, but stand thou neuter on this day and leave it to the arm of the flesh." The one offered before the battle of Edgehill by Sir Jacob .Astley was: "Thou knowest, 0 Lord, that I shall be very busy this day, and if I forget thee forget thou not me," and then the com mand followed, "March on, boys I" As King Edward advanced with his col umns to Bannockburn he remarked to his aids, seeing the Scotch on their knees: "See, they kneel. The rebels are asking pardon." D'UJmphraville was heard to remark: "Yes, but It is to the King of kin~gs.~ These men conquer or die on this field." Oliver Cromwell had publia prayers before going to battle on several occa uions-as, for instance, previous to the battle of Dunbar. It is a curious fact that the English prayer book contains prayers, or at least one prayer, to be said before going into action at sea, while nothing is provided for use before en gagements on land.-New York Herald. KILLINGS BY WHOLESALE. our Thousand Murders a Year In Italy. Most Violent of Civilized Countries. A homicide occurs every two hours in Italy. This was one of the many star tling statements made by Baron Garo fao, a distinguished Italian criminol ogist, in a lecture delivered on "Crim inality in Relation to the Edncation of the People" in the Roman college. His audience included Queen Margherita. In Italy the annual loss of life by homicide (usually by lethal weapons) numbers about 4,000 souls. Compared with France, for instance, she has 10 homicides a year for France's 1, and 85 for Denmark's 1. The Latin popu lations, indeed, in both hemispheres have a bad pre-eminence over the Teu tonic in crime generally, and of these Latin populations the Italian is the worst. Baron Garofalo proceeded to give the reasons why. In the first place, vendetta, which in Greece was heroism and in nedival Europe a laudable custom, has lingered longer in Italy than in any other country; dueling, also, is more frequent in Italy than elsewhere. To the religious instruction given in Great Britain and the United States of Amer icmb nattributed. +ha 'fact that these countries have in 40 years diminished by one-half the annual proportion of their delinquents and mendicants, while in Italy the want of similar irstruction has rebulted in the positive increase of delinquency and mendicancy since 1862. When to these considerations we add the increased hardness of living in the young kingdom, the strain put upon the moral resisting power by a crushing poverty, the squalid dwellings, the defective ali mentation, by which the brain is starved, when it is not actually poisoned, by the stimulants in which relief from misery is sought, and the depreciation of life as it exists under such conditions, we ar rive at an enscmblo of causes which quite accounts for theso sad statistics. The synapta, a water inscot, is pro vided with :.n anchor, the exact shape of the anchor used by ships. By means of this peculiar device the insect holds it self firmly in any desired spot. The hops used in the manufacture of malt liquors are the flowers cf the plant botanically designated as Humulus ln pulus. STATEMENT OF the condition of The Bankof Manning at the close of business, - MARCH 31, 1896. LIABILT1ES. Loans and dis counts .......$ 76,525.67 Cash and to our credit in other banks .......... 7,306.99 Real estate and fur aiture ......... 8,576.13-$92.408.79 ASSETS. Cpital... ........$ 30,300.00 Re-discounts ...... 3.945.00 Surplus and pro fits (net)........ 16,580.52 Deposits........ 41.583.27-,$92,408.79 State of South Carolina, Clarendon County. I, JOSEPH SPROTT, Ja., Cashier of the Bank of fanning, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knwledge and belief. JOSEPH SPROTT, Ja., Cashier. Sworn to before me this 4th day of April, A. D. 1896. LOUIS APPELT, Attest- Notary Public. A. Levi, M. Levi, S. A. Rigby. Directors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. S. A. Rigby, Plaintiff, against Frances A. Logan, 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 ac tion, to me directed, bearing date April 2nd, 1895, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon terms below mentioned, at Claren don court house, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for ju dicial sales, on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1896, being salesday, the follow ing described real estate: "All that parcel of land, situated in Clarendon County, containing four hundred and eighty-seven (487) acres, and bounded as follows: On the north by lands of A. J. -Tindal and lands of W. E. Plowden; east by lands of S. M. Witherspoon and lands of A. H. D. Chandler; south by lands of M. Levi, -formerly of Chandler; and west by lands lately the proper ty of Mrs. E. J. Plowden and lands of Thos. J. Cole." Terms of sale: one-half cash, and the balance with interest payable in twelve months, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers.I JAMES E. DAVIS, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Clarendon County. -Manning, S. C., April 8th, 1896. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. SALE UNDER MORTGAGE. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage executed by Oscar J. Tin dal to Mary B. Pressley on the first day of January A, D. 1892, and re corded in the office of R. M. C. for Clarendon county on the 28th day of January A. D. 1892 in Book S. S. at page 371, default in which has oc curred, Now, therefore, in execution of tha said Power. I will sell the premises below described between the legal hours of sale on salesday in May next in front of the court house, in the town of Manning, S. C., to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said Mortgage as fol lows: That tract of land situate in the County aforesaid containing one hundred and nineteen acres, more or less, bounding north on land of Win. N. Stukes; to the east by run of Sammy Swamp; to the south by Win. Briggs; and to the west by the road which divides it from the tract con veyed by W. F. B. Haynsworth to Win. Briggs. Terms of sale, cash, Purchaser to pay for papers. MARY B. PRESSLEY, Mortgagee. B. PRESSLEY BARRON, Attorney, Notice of Discharge. On the 8th day of May. 1896. I will upply to the Jndge of Probate for Clarendon County, for letters dismissory as adminis trator of Estate Samuel A. Burgess. deceased. 1R. E. BURGESS, Admimistrator. Sandy Grove, S. C., April 8th, 1896. Public School Notice. Manning, S. C., A pril 3, 1896. The regular spring examination of appli eants for teachers' certificates to teach ivn the free public schools of this county, will be held on Friday, April "Ath, 1896. L. L. WELLS, School Commissioner Clarendon County. For Sale or Exchange. A neat cattage, good location in town of Manning, for sale cheap or will exchange for a farm in the country. For particulars apply to B. PREssLEY' BARoN, March 11th 1896.Atony Canning Outfit For Sale. I have a complete canning outfit with a capacity of 500 cans per day, which I will sell cheap aLnd on easy terms. Also a lot of cans with fall and complete directions how to can all kinds of fruits anl(d vegetables. For further particulars apply to C. L. EMANUEL. Are the Telegraph System of the body, extending from the brain to every part of the system. Nerves are fed by the blood, and are, there fore, like it- weak and tired if the blood is thin, pale, impure - Nerves are strong and steady, there is no neuralgia, brain is unclouded-if the blood is rich, red and pure. Nerves find a true friend in Hood's Sarsapa rilla, because it makes rich, red blood, gives good appetite and digestion. H .. 0Hoc0s Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $. cure all Liver Ills and Hood's Pills Sick Headache. 25cents. Mr. Editor: Please announce to the public that I now have in all of my spring goods, and my stock is complete. I have the nicest line of spring dress goods, lawns, white goods, and all kinds of wash fabrics that I have ever handled, and am delling them at the lowest possible figures. I cannot describe all that I have this week, and mean to inform the public each week on matters that will be greatly to their interest. I shall only quote a few prices this week in dress goods, and next week will speak of clothing, reviewing my line from week to week. Amoskeag Dress Mixtures, really worth 15c for 8 1-Sc. Bajazet Cloth, worth 8 1-3c, for 6 1-4c. Lace Striped Dimities, worth 20c, for 15c. Merrimack Shirting for 5c. Central Park Shirting for 4 1-2c. Silk Taffetes, beautiful for waists, 15c. Woolenette Dress Novelties, worth 20c, for 15c. Pique Ducks, for waists, 12 1-2c. Melba Lawns, flowered, 71-2c. Best quality of Duck, all colors,10c. Scotch Lawns, 4 1-2c. Eagle Lawns, 3 3-4c. Nice quality of Outing for 6 1-4c. But these are just a few things. The ladies are cordially invited to come in and see. I have also a full line of Clothing, Shoes, Hats and gents' furvtishing goods, of which I will have more to say later. Read my letter each week. Yours respectfully, E. C. HORTON, Next door below the Bank. SCOMPANY OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY PRESIDENT BTATEMENT Wor the year ending December 31 1899 Asets ..-.-..-.-.$221,213,721 as Iabillitles - . - - 194,347,157 81s Surplus . - - - - $26,866,563 75 Total Income - - - - $48,697,430 61 Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895..-.-.-..-.-. $23,128,728 45 Insurance and Annuities in force -- - - - $899,074,453 78 Jet gain in 1895 - - - $61,847,645 33 Nora-Insurance merely miwrs is discarded from this Statement as wholly miseading, and onyinsurance actually issued and paid for as I have carefully examined the foregoing State mernt and find the sae to be oredio From the Surplus a dividend will be apporrioned as5 t:sual Report of the Examining Committee Office of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York .February xr, z896 At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the z8th day of December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to emine the annual statement for the year ending December 3?, 1895, and to verify the same by comparison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In makcing this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order, and accuracy with which the ac counts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in geanea transacted. (assa) H. c. voNPoT ROSERT otYPHAMT CH~A. R.-HENo(ason wa. P. oxois JME8 C. Hoc-DEN .1. II. Ha ROBERT A. GRANNISS VICE-PRtsDENT Wr~m R. Gnzr.Errx General Manage IsA~c F. Lr.ovD sd VicePresidena FsDERIC Caox~wzr.r. Treasuref EMORv McCw~rrocx ctar F H, Hyatt, General Agent for South Carolina, Columubia, S, C, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. DAMON LODGE No.13 e, OFl> meets every first and third SThursday 'nights. Every ; member requested to at e' tend regularly and prompt ly. Visiting brothers al ways welcome. / W. C. DmTs, C. C. - T J. F. GEIGEa, K.of R.. S.& A. LEVI. AT EORNEY AT LA W .MANNING, S. C. JosEPH F. Ramxr, W. C. Divms. A T T o!!: I' .17 :..-:''. M.NNING,; S. :. ClY!L ':N(:INEEt An SURVEYOR. Unv "i :. an r erine-- rf thirh ty o ,-n yea r, iry hi- nC. f.".ionra .rvi.ct to di-l pe.ple )f Churen.lon co'~nty. Satishctio. -;ua:an. tj.*.1. P. :. IN1' TREl. S. C. JOhN S. WILSON, lo.'rney and Counselor at Law, MANNING S. C. THE MANNING POULTRY YARD, I have on hand a carefully selected yard of the heavy Light Brahma, Buft Cochins, Partridge Cochins. and also the White Leghorns, which I offer to the trad -. Eggs for setting $1.00 per 13. Address all communications to J. D. GOUG, Manning, S. C. R. B. LORYEA, The D].VQa -IST, SIGN OF THE GOLDEN MORTAR. Has returned to his old stand after having it handsomely renovated and repaired. His stock is now complete in every department. The public are cordially invited to call and inspect his large and varied stock of Drugs and Medicines, and everything appertaining to the drag trade. As usual, special attention is devoted to compounding physicians' prescrip tions day and night. To be sure of the place look out for this sign: R. B. LORYEA. DRUG STORE. Pure Drugs and Medicines ALWAYS ON HAND AT The Well-Known and Reliable DRUG STORE CF Dr W. M.Brockinton In addition to a full and complete stock of drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, we keep a complete assortment of Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Eye-Glasses, Spectacles, And the thousand and one things usually found in every first-class and well-regulated drug store. CALL AND SEE US. Has received a mag nificent sotch of - MILLINERY of - the very latest styles. FLOWERS, -PLUMES - AND -LACES in abundance. -: Ladies, we have trimmed and un - tiimmed, of all shapes, and will guarantee to sell as cheap as any store in this section. OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT is in charge of Mrs. H. D. Riff, who is an expert milliner, - and if you will give us a trial we will certainly please you. - We also have a full line of besides a full and complete stock of FAMILY-:-: ----GROCEIES. Satisfaction guaranteed. H. D. R IFF. OPPOSITE COURT.. ...... .....HOUSE. (O.CO.LESLIE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COMMISSION DEALER IN Fish Packed for Countrj Orders a Specialty No charges for packing. Send for price list. Consignments of country produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry, eggs, etc. Stalls Nos. 1 and* 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market at., east of Bay. . . . - CHARLESTON, S. C. SUBSCRIBE TO THE MANNING 'TMES, $1.50 PER YEAR. SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO., 232 MEETING STREET, - CHARLESTON, S. C. State Agents for the Sale of 11i Style. and Size. for The Genuine all bear thie Wlsed eal ery z Kind of duel Trade-)[ark. Beware Wolesale dealers Ofmmiloan. "V /Tin 'Plate, Stoves, A Tinw Sheet Iron, inwares, Hlouse Fur- Tines Tmnners' nishino Goods, l s Supplies. Galvanized Gutter and Rainwater Pipe in ten feet lengths. We Manufacture 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. FOLSOM, Sign of the Big Watch, IS -M~ :is. C. - A BIG LINE OF - Birthday, Wedding and Christmas Presents - WATCHES, DIAMONDS - Fine Sterling Silver Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needle, All repairing guaranteed. THOMAS WILSON, R. E. JAQUES, JOHN WILSON, President. Manager. Secretary and Treasurer. The Carolila Grocery Copall SUCCESSORS OF BOYD BROTHERS, Whiolesale 0-rocers ai1id CoImiiissiolt IMerchliits, No. 195 EAST BAY, o r A w imT.- roNs . . - S. 0. 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 Forur dozen pints in crate..........................$2.80 per crate Eighth-keg.... ..........................................$1.25 Quarter-keg.... .............................-....--.$2.25 Half-barrel..................................-----.----.-..50 Exports, pints, ten dozen in barrel..........................$9.00. It will be necessary for consumers or parties ordering to state that the..beer 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 recommnend1ed by the medica fraternity. Send to us for a trial order. The Palmetto Brewing Company, Charleston, S. C, FREELAND AND ROGAN, Proprietors, 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. L AMPS which will range from 20c., 25c., 30c., 40., 50c., and up to $5.00 each. Will keep in stock a general line of the best TINW~ARE on the mar ket, WOODENWARE, BROOMS, and a general line of HOUSE FUR NISHING GOODS E$VS We hatve just received another car load of the Home ~ TOYPride Cooking Stoves and Ranges, and our line of SStoves 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. W HE N YOU COME THE NEW YORK WORLD, TOmOWN LLA THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. 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