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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year...... ....................$1.50 Six Months........ ............... 75 Four Months....................... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $l; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer = in order to receiv. attention. No communication of a personal char aeter will be published except as an adver tisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1a, 1896. * OUR* * STANDARD * BEARERS. ** I Governor: W. H. ELLERBE. Lieutenant Governor: MILES B. McSWEENEY. Secretary of State: D. H. TOMPKINS. Attorney General: W. A. BARBER. Comptroller General: JAMES NORTON. Treasurer: W. H. TIMMERMAN. Superintendent of Education: W. D. MAYFIELD. Adjutant and Inspector General: J. GARY WATTS. Congress: JOHN L. McLAURIN. Solicitor: JOHN S. WILSON. The State Executive Committee *has made its appointments for the campaign. Manning is given the honor of being the first on the list and on the 22nd -day of this month *the political lanyard will be pulled and the first gun of the campaign wdll be fired on our court house square We hope everybody that can do so will be here on that day. The people' should know the candidates whom they will elevate to high posi tions, and the way to know them is to come here and see and hear them. It is true, that there are no vital issues at stake, hence there is no need for any excitemnent. The issues to be dis cussed can now be heard .with calm ness and the utterances of each speaker can be weighed on the scale of merit. The passions of the people are not aroused, because both factions have mutually brushed aside the bitter new.s brought about by the revolution of the past few years, and now things political are in their'- normal. con dition. The people know that the government must be run and its good manggemnent depends upon the wisdom of their selection; they are now ready to recognize ability and merit, and to distinguish the differ ence between a competant and in competant man. The people also recognize the fact that brain and not lungs is what is needed-that because a man hollered long and loud for Tillman and Reform does not give him any special cinch on an office of his selection, but he must have brains and that greatest of all essentials integrity. During an excitement .men often float to the political sur face that would not get there in a calmer time, and such being the case, better men whose modesty is not so attractive to the excited mind as the blatant bawler, are kept hidden from view. And while on this subject let us implore the people in making their selection for either State. or National or county officers, that they select the very best men, who have a cleau and honorable record, both private and public. Let not the greed of politic ians poison your minds against an officer simply to turn out that officer to give place to the one spreading the poison. Every sensible man concedes the right of the people voting for whom they please, and if they make a mis take in their selection it is their mis take and they have themselves only to blame. It therefore, becomes a res ponsibility on the shoulders of every voter and it is his duty to be governed by his own honest judgment rather than by the button holing and solici tations of hungry candidates, many of whom in their zeal do not regard promises of any consequence any further than it suits their purposes 'I his is true to such an extent that it has become an old saying "candidates .ml pnomie anything" and it is so the world over. It would not surprise us to hear of a hundred promises on the same matter having been made to a hundred different men; in other words promises are easy, but votes are bard to get. RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS. BY REV. J. O. GOUGH, MANNING, S. C. WE BELIEVE -The Lord meant something when he said, "Woe unto ye lawyers." Possibly he meant to warn those who try to free the guilty. -We will offer a premium to some kind friend who will tell us wherein a good sermon is like a rifle barrel. -Dr. Small has said that "a model church is one in which each member is striving to live a pure, earnest Christian life, by the help of Christ Jesus. One in which each member attends all the services of the church as far as possible. One that is win ning souls and building up Christian character, and one that is alive to all opportunities and ready and willing to enter into Christian work." What can we do to make our church "the model ?" -A model prayer-meeting is: 1. One attended by all who possi bly can. 2. One where God is present and that to bless. 3. One where many take part from the heart. 4. One where prayer precedes the coming together. L5. One from which a man goes feeling that he can and will live right in God's sight. Can you do anything to make ours a model prayer-meeting? -A model Sunday-school is: 1. One in which the officers and teachers realize their responsibility and seek by God's help to meet them boldly. 2. One where the old and young are to be found studying God's word. 3. One where the scholars seek to prepare the lesson and come regu larly. 4. One where all from the oldest to the youngest help sing. 5. One where each seeks to help the other. What can we do to make our school the model ? -Society stamps eternal shame upon a poor, unfortunate fellow woman, and the road leading back to respectability is too rugged for her foot-prints; while her companion equally quietly in the sight of God, is allowed his usual place. "Let him that is innocent cast the first stone." -There are three states in the spiritual life: The state of sin, the state of grace, and the State of glory. -"Thy gentleness hath made me great," was the expression of King David. Dr. Hillis well said, "The crying fault of this age is its lack of gentleness. We are harsh when we judge, brutal when we blame. -The bicycle, says one, has become a curse in the place of a blessing, because it is taking away thousands of our young men and women from Christ and the church. -Dancing, says Dr. Jones, tends to develop the human, carnal, sensual parts of nature. It makes the hui man more an animal. -The common people are too much neglected in many of our churcnes, especially in our city churches, where there is less of Christ and more of big sleeves. Lincoln, the great hero, was found in a shan ty; Garfield in the towpath; Grant in the tannery; and when God wanted the grandest hero of all the ages, even the Redeemer of the world, he went to a carpenter's shop to find him. -How low sin can drag its victim was powerfully exemplified in our court of justice last week. -One has said that a million years hence your influence will tell on souls. -The strongest part of some great sermons is the close. -Evil habits begin with the strength of a cobweb and end with the strength of a chain. -The books you daily read will largely decide the life you live. -A change in life must first begin with a change in thought. -Rev. Geo. P. Bostick, a returned missionary, will be in Manning and lecture to us on the mission work in China before a great while. -The pastor of the Baptist church will preach a special sermon to the young ladies of Manning next Sun day evening in the Presbyterian church at half-past eight. All are invited. -We heartily agree with the brother who said in the court house last week "There is oth ' wickedness in the land outside e the dispen sary." But we still insist that wh is key, dispensary was at the bottom of this horrible sin. It was so proven. -The proprietor (the devil) of the dispensary seems to be doing a thrify business. He knows no "hard times," but the poor, ignorant man who drinks at his fountain cries "hard times." There is more catarrh in this section of the countryv than all other diseases put to gether. and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a g~reat many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, anid by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it ineurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a consti tutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney, & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoontul. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hun dred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Senl for circulars and testimonials. Ad dress, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 0. paSold by Druggists, 75c. Ripans Tabules: gentle cathartic. Ripans Tabules cure liver troubles. AN UNPRECEDENTED COURTI TWO WHITE MEN AND FOUR < NEGRO ES SENT TO THE i PENITENTIARY. A White .iian of Iespectabie Famnily Sent Up for Life-On the Witness1 Stand lie UnIkertook to Swear Away the Fair Name of His Victim-After onvietion lie Remembers His God amid 3akes a confession- Ilis Life Must Be a Livinr Hell. When we went to press last Wednesday the court had just given the case of Albert Washington and Candress Martin, both colored, charged with aduitry, to the jury and after sometime they returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoners were each sentenced to six months in the State penitentiary. The case of the State against Bos.sic Bailey, charged with rape, was then called and the trial entered upcu. The case was fought with consiu er able abiliiy by the defendant's coun sel . A. Ste'a t, Esq., and the solicitor made a very str"ng case for the State, but a jury of twelve good white men felt a doubt'as to the guilt of the prisoucr and they ;;ave him the benefit or it, and returned a verdict of not guilty. -rIlAL-cIINI: CASE. Thursday afternoon the long look ed-for case against Judsou - Chewing, charged with rape, was called and the prisoner was places in the dock where at the command of the clerk' he was told to stand up to accept or object to the jurors as they went to the Book to be sworn. Chewning was neatly dressed and long confinement had not deepened furrows upon his brow, his voice was clear and distinct and he greeted his friends with a bow and smiles when ever they caught his eye. His attor nevs were Col. B. Pressley Barron and F. Barron Grier, Esq., and from the moment of the opening of the case they showed fight and they put the State upon notice, that every step would be contested with in the rules of evidence and the law. The first legal skirmish was with refer ence to the jury; at this time twelve jurors were in the room upon anoth er case and the defense set up the claim that they were entitled to a full panel to draw from and they moved that further proceedings in the case be suspended until the names of all the jurors were in the bat. The court refused the motion, holding that the ri-lht of the defend ant was to object to jurors and not to select jurors;that the court would pro ceed, seeing that the defendant bad his full number of challenges allowed him by law. The drawing of the jury went along with an occasional objection until the eleventh man had been sworn and then the objections came from the defense until the panel was exhausted and the court was at a standstill; after waiting sev eral hours upon the jury in the room, and after repeated statements from the foreman of that jury, that an agreement could not be reached, the court took a recess until Friday mornino, but before doingz so, conl stables were sworn in to take charge of the then bob-tail jury. At the opening of court Friday morning, and in a ahort while, the twelfth juror was sworn in. 'lho jury was composed of the followviig gentlemen: SL N Rlichbourg, foreman, J E Beard, H M Mims, B W Cutter, D B Davis, F N Thomas, J J Holladay, L. M King, W H Muldrow, J W Rhame, W T P Sprott, E S Plowden. Mrs. Florence P. Tindal was put upon the stand: her testi mnd was given in a. modest adstraight forward way, and her demeanor throughout the trial wvon the sympathy of the packed court room. This lady stood the searhing cross-examnination of the defendant's counsel with wonderful composure when it is considered the character of the questions, and her being a stranger to a court; room but she told her story with each word that fell from her lips glistening with It was our intention owing to the great interest that was taken in this case to publish a synopsis of the tes timony, but the main part of it was of such a character that -we cannot send it into the homes of our readers -it was horrible. In brief the charge! was, that en the evening of the 24th day of January last, Judson .d. Chewning, in the absence of her hus band went to the house of Mrs. Florence P. Tindal and there with drawn knife and violent force ray ished Mrs. Tindal, and after commit ting his crime he told her if she told her husband or any other person he would kill her; shortly after he left, C hwnings wife, who is Mrs. Tindal's sste-r, with her children wvent to the Tindal house to spend thme evening] ad while there, Chewning went there also about. the time Mr.Tiudal ar-i rved home; after spendint. the eveu-1 ing Chewing" and his family left andI shortly after, Mrs Tindal told her husband what had happened duringi his absence. Tindal loaded his gun to go and< kll the man right away, but upon re flction concluded to go to him in open daylight. The niext nmorning0 about sunrise Tindal wvent over to. Chewning's and shot him twvice, but the gun was not prop)erly loaded and Chewning camne out with a nuber1 of fiesh wonds only. The defense put Chewning onf the I stand and his testimony was simply t awful; it wound a rope of conviction around him that nothing euld have extricated him from it. We will not undertake to repeat wvhat he saidi only to say that he endeavored to crush the victim of his hellishness. The differ ence in the two witnesses up- t the stand was so marked that no one could miss seeing that the proseeu- C trix testitied to the truth and the do-. feudant liedl and added more crime I to his aready crimne-ladened soul. There was a great array of witnesses all swearing to the good character of the prosecutrix and to the bad repu- 1 Latioui of the defendnut. Not one tnan stood up to say they would be Liev e him on his oath.C Tle testimony was concluded Sat-j ard ay at the dinner hour and the ude ordered a recess and gave the 1 .awy,-r three hornn ah side forj I trgument, allowing one hour and a calf each. Hon. Joeph F. Rhaae, made the )pening speech. He was employed .o assist the solicitor, and with his asUa1 sumlming up of tl. test iilloy,, e miade a decided impression upon 2hewnin~g, who up to this tium di 2ot seem to realize the danger of his position. and up to then ';re a s:i:le upon his countenance. He was followed by Mr. Grier for the defense, and it was a grand effort for his unfortunate client. Ho handled the testimony with line ability and eloquently pleaded for his man and io behah of the maun's wife ad her three beautiful little chiiiren wh, were in the court room from the be ginning of the trial. Col. Barron closed the defense with a maguiticent. argument and a most eloquent appeal for the prison er, and his allusions to the wife and children brought tears to the eves of many in the audience, and at one time we thou gh. we s1w a tear trich ing down the eheek of the judge. Solicitor Wilson closed the case. His experience with criminals gave him anl advantage to study human nature, and he real guilt in the face of Judson M. Chewning. le be lieved Mrs Florence Tindnai to be a pur woman and her husband a game little man. He went into the case to do his full duty and he did it :well; not a thing that came tron the stand material to the case escaped his at tention. He made a powerful argu ment. It was a perfect cyclone of conviction and his excoriation of the defendant brought a death pallor to cheeks of Chewning and it was so powerful that one felt like shrinking from it. The Solicitor's argument sounded the death-knell to Chew ning's hopes. The jury retired after receiving a clear charge from His Honor and af ter they had partaken of their sup per, they sent for the Judge to receive the verdict. The news went over town, that the jury would soon be out brought a rush to the court room and when lis Honor arrived a rush was made to get seats. The jury filed in and took their seats, the clerk read their names and each man responded as his name was called. To the query, "Gentleman, have you agreed upon a verdict ?" the foreman rose and hand ed the baliff the indictment, who in turn handed it to the clerk, and when he read these words, "guilty, with recommendation of mercy," the de fendant sat unmoved; not a muscle of his face changed, but when he was ordered into the dock to receive his sentence the blood left his face and his lips quivered. When asked what he had to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. He said, "MTr. Judge, please sir, be as light on me as you can sir; I have a wife and three helpless children with nou one to look after them but me. My wife's parents live in a foreign country and her only dependence is me. Please sir, be merciful to me." WVhile the prisoner was speaking his voice was husky and it was with great difficulty that lie could bring his words out and when he finished the Judge said in substance: "T1his court house all the week has been resounding with the talk of rape, or the greater portion of it. The arguments to the juries have been addressed to the character of the offense o[ which von ar e charged. The jury has found you guilty, with a recommendation to merey. It was in their power to exercise discretion by recommending you to mercy,and I must assume, as I presume, they did exercise it wisely. I want to say here, though I could not say it to th'e jury, the impression I had. I heard it commented on several occasions during the progress of this trial, that the vietini of your rape could never recover from the effects of your vio lence. That is a great mistake; if she was a virtuous woman, as the verdict of the jury says she was and as I b/ere she was, an honest and virtuoius married lady, an attack upon ther person could not dishonor her. It does not take one flowver from her. It does not east or soil her fair ermine or name. She stands, so says the verdict of the jury, a peer of any la dy in the land ! It was a sad sight for a woman-a pureV woman-to be brought into court as a witness to testify to the wrong done. But really no great wrong has1 been doneo her, or, can be done iher' that would last. If you shoot a womnan down on the street and wound her, you injure her p~erson; no man attributes to her mny infamy. So no mnan-w; man, no gentleman in nature and instinct would, for a moment visit upon the beadl of the victim the in;'am v which she would give her life to escap.e. Just here I want to say in this ciou seetion, and in recference to wvhat I ave- heard. I h~ave beard exores nions fail from the lips of various parties that it is derogatory for a wvoman to c:ome int'o court an I tesnifv n a rape case. And that a commnuni ~y, the injured husband~ or his neigh orsshoulhd wreak vengeaece hydlealing' wift punishment to the culprit. That s a mist akie; it is a srrous mistake; t is a mistake in any mali of thought, f judgment or discretion, as lie will it once see. How, without a trial, vithout a judicial examination, will he name of a woman be preserved. E'ou go and commit a rapIe upon a wvo nan: There is no tribunal which has assed upon it Take your case for ustance: Suppose a self-constituted mob had aken you out and you had stated in ,he presence of that mob what you wvore to on this stand. There would iave been a doubt lingering in the ninds of men whether you were tell ng the truth, or whether vou wecre~ eally a guilty man. They acted ensibly in this instance, they brought he ease into court, and the jury has asbed away from her name, the alumny, and pointed the finger of corn and condemnation upon 0y ou the >arty to whom it justly belo'gs. ['hat could not have beern done out ide of the court house anid besides nob law never accomplishes anyti ng >ut the obstruction of society. No natter how worthy of deathi the vic im may be, whenever Ihe is punishedI >utside of the court house, or other vise than inl pursuawco of law, a vrong has been done to society, a >low has been struck, and it is like he fire Onl tile nrairie, it m-rm-s and gathers ferocity as it grows. * * .* * * Lynching for rape first, lynching for murder next, lynching for burn in~g next, lynching fcr burglary next, and so it goes and winds up in dis orIe r, wreck and ruiiu. Taii:t has been the experience of siue of the greatest governments of o itbe world. * * I do think any womuen who regards her good name, who has been the victim of rape, any mian who regards the fair name of his wife, and the honor of his children, should be the first to step forward, and demand in a court of justice the (only vindication this side of Heaven. This kind of a vindication keeps un :=ul!iedl the fait name of woman. * * * * * I have had consif.erable experience on the bench and my ear and eve is trained to detect the false chords as they are struck on this stand, and I have watched the witnesses during the progress of this trial, and from :he verdiet of the jury with which I heartii concur, they believed the vicirn of your brutal and hellish lust, and they, as well as I did not believe one word vou said. Jucl:ze Aldrich then sai.d: The sentence of the court is that von Judson 3M. Chewning, alias Jud Chewnirg having nothing further to say: "it is ordered and adjudged, that that the said Judson M. Chewning alias Jud Chewning, be imprisoned in the State penitentiary at hard labor during the whole lifetime of him the said Judson M. Chewning alias Jud Chewning." The verdict was received without any demonstration, but satisfaction was depicted upon the contenances of all present, even the prisoner felt relieved, because he escaped the death penalty. Before the jury was discharged the foreman in behalf of the jury rose and thanked the Judge for the kind consideration shown them by him, after which the pris oner was remanded back to jail and the court adjourned sine die. Last Sunday morning the editor of the Times called at the jail and made a:, appointment with Judson M. Ciewniug to call later in the day for an interview; our motive was to make every fair endeavor to drive away the last vestige of suspicion which might have been created in the minds of some by the testimony given in the court house by Chew nin.. We felt as did almost every body that Chewning's testimony was false and that if he had a spark of manhood left he would at least be willing to atone as far as be could for the sins he committed. We went into the jail and through the kindness of Jailor Strange was permitted to have a prirate interview. After explaining fully our mission, without holding out any promise of lessening his burden Judson Chew uing with tears in his eyes and amid sobs and prayerful exclamations such as "Mr. A ppelt I am hopelessly lost. 'God wvill not forgive such a wretch as mec.' 'Ask everybody to pray for me.' 'God have mercy on my poor wife and childreL'.' 'I thank God that he has sent ycu here that I may lift this load from my heart.' 'My dear mother, God help her to bear it,'' and many more. We asked him a number of questions, and told him that if his statement on the stand was true to stand by it and die with it, to which he replied, "it is not true and I now want to tell the truth to the wvorld throu;gh you." We then made a rough draft of what he said and read it to hum twice, and after making a few alterations at his sug gestion we left him with the under standing to return with a statement properly shaped for publication and with witnesses to see him sign and hear him marke his declarations. After dinner in company with Messrs. Joseph Sprott and Samuel J. Bowman wve went b~ack to the jail and before anything was (lone wye first went up stairs alone wvit~h the p~aper. Chewning was offerred the paper,but he said that he was so nervous he preferrel our reading to -hini; wve then slowvly read and at its conclu sion we told him if there was a word he wished stricken out orput in to say so, or if he wished the whole thing torn up to say so. The poor fellow put his hand out through the bars and caught~ us by the hand and said, "that is the truth, the whole truth, before God." We re-read the paper, and then with his permission we called Messrs. Sprott and Bowvman up stairs. When these g.entlemen had spoken to the prisoner wve wvent over our mis sion and what had passed between the prisoner and ourself when in pr-i vate and then read the paper in the presence of the witnesses. Chew ning very much effected told us that was the statement lhe desired to make and in reply to a question from Mr. Sprott he said he wished it published. He requested us to sign his name on acco unit o~f his extreme nervousness. The following is the confession: -CLAIGNDON COUNTY JAIL. Sa-!ay morning, June'th, 836. To the~ Public: I was cha. rge-d with, and tried in the r-e cent t:-rau of court before His Honor James Alrich for ceammiitting a rape upon the peson of Mrs. Fioience P. Tindal, the wifc of J. I'nry Tindal, aind the sister of my own wife; after a long and what ap pearel to Ia an almost endless trial, with everything that faithful lawyers could do in my behalf, anl after a fair anid imnpar tid trial, the jury found me guilty. Upou the trial I realized the enormity of the crime eharged and the penalty thereto attached antd in ma1king mny defe-nse 1 un dertook~ to release myselIf fr-om said ebarge by goirag upon the witness stand and swatn that Mrs. Florence P. Tindal gave her consent to miy solicitations at the time stated in the ind-ictmnent; to braec up that oathi I fuither swore that I had repeatedly with her consent hadl illieit relations. Like a drowning marn I caught at straws and in doing s;o I deeived may attorneys arnd added perjucry to tuy' guilty soul, and s.ow that all is over as far as this world is concernel, I have not forgotten the teach ing:s of my dear oil mother-that there is a God. I now state that the world may know; the testimnony given by me on the wituz,-sa stand reflecting upon the echaracter of Mr.. Florenacu P. Tindat was false, and ttlly' false, and that it was given and mna e b:cans:- I believed it would save icy life, and return mae to the bosonm of may family. Trhe testimotny give'n by Mrs. Florence P. Tindal was thu. truth and nothing bat the trnth. I did fonlly wrog, er and Ij pray G.> to have mercy upin m an-t to help F.nrence and Henry Tind:d to forgive me for the foul and dlastarIy de I that I eonu'n:ttel n1 for which I hav. h.:en j:.t lv convicted. This statement is not wrung fcom me, but it '.ue fronw a blee 1ing and penitent bert:, frc y ani voinuta riy a; if it was ma-le non my dying 1 .1.. Fi.rrence P. Iindal the woman I wronge.l is pare and virtnan-; nojt one! breath of suspicion can justiy be ute against her ch.tr.eter. I be lieve before G n, that she is : lovin:t sister, r trne and faithful wife and a devoted mother, anl now with primn doors closed upon ne, and .abont to depart for the St tC poinitentiary for the balance of my life, arunt without hope of earthly pardon I plwe my trust in G.> au-1 beg the world not to fro.wn lown upon my poor heart broken ax'l tevoted wife and my pre-ions little innneant children. 111:4 JCnSON M. X CHF.wNING. Mark. We the undersigned do hereby certify that we were present, and saw Ju-bsor M. Chew:mang sign the above confesion and heard him declare befor us that the same is what le frv.-:!v an 1 willin.;ly .ikes, and that he desired the same pubtish I to the world. JOEsPH SPaRTT, S. J. BowuAN, Louis APPELT. Vheiin I t p.tper was signed and the prisoner expressed penitence Mr. Sprolt g:tve hiu a beautiful talk and told him to read the story of David. He told him to pray with faith. that his prayers would be answered, and Mr. Bowman also gave him some good advice. The prisoner appeared o appreciate the talk given him by these gentlemen and he implored all of us to beg the people to pray for him and that he would devote his time to praying to God to forgive him and to have mercy on his family and parents. The past week, as Judge Aldrich said, resounded with the charge of rape and other heinous offenses. Clarendon has never before gone through such an experience, and we sincerely hope she will be spared a repetition of it in th future. When the news of Chewning's confession got out, it went over the county, and as it reached one,he or they would send the glad tidings on, so that it would travel as rapidly as possible. Chewning was taken to the peni tentiary this morning au:l from what we saw in the jail and from informa tion received we believe that he had never before realized his wickedness, and only when the prison doors closed upon aim for the balance of his life did his thoughts ever cause him to think of the future, and it is our opin ion that when hi4 past fearful life dawned upon him he commenced to make endeavors at atonement. Chewning is about twenty-six years of age and a fairly good looking man. He has a good wife and three beauti ful children, an aged father and moth er and several brothers. He has quite an extensive family connection and all of them are respectable people, who believed him an innocent man until be gave his own testimony. The unfor tunate fellow has borne a very bad reputation for sometime and although steeped in crime, yet his crime-filled heart had not become so callous that it prevented truth from escaping from its confines. The Poet Bryant sung truly when he said: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain. And dies among his worshippers."' In this most deplorable case to bing out truth it took a s evere chas tering, the culprits shackles, and the bloodfreezing clanking of prison chains. OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGISTRATION, CLARENDON COUNTY. Manning, S. C., May 20, 1896. The Board of Registration will open their books for the purpose of registering all qualified electors at Boykin's, Monday, 13th July. Cole's Mill, Tuesday, 14th July. New Town, Wednesday, 15th July. Midway Church, Thursday, 16th July. Chandler's. Friday, 17th July. Alcolu, Saturday, 18th July. Hodge's Corner, Monday, 20th July. Fulton, Tuesday, 21st July. Panola, Wednesday, 22nd July. St. Paul, Thursday, 23rd July. Summerton, Friday, 24th July. Packsville, Saturday, 25th July. Wilson's Mill, Monday, 27th July. Fcreston, Tuesday, 28th July. Duffie's OAd Store, Wednesday, 29th July. Jordan, Thursday, 30th July. Ds~vis Cross Roads, Friday, 31st July. (G. T. WORsHAM, Chairman. E. D. HODGE, Clerk. B'd of Supervisors of Registration. Geo, S.Hacker :Son I. to,.mm El - Manufacturers of Door's, Saslh,BliitIs, M0ild( ig all(I Bulil(Ilig Mate'ri. CHARLESTON, S. C. SASH WEIGHTS AND CRDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. WINDOW AND FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY. State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. By Louis Appelt, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, MARTHA A. DL-RANT made suit to mue to grant her letters of ad.. ninistration of the estate of and effects of D. W. DuRant. These are therefore to sight and admon sh all and singular the kindred and c:-ed tors of the said D. WV. DuRant, de eased, that they be and appear, before me, *n the Court of Probate, to be held at Man ig, on the 27th day ot June. next, ifter pi blication hereof. at 11 o'clock inl the Forenoon, to sbew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 10th day of une, A. D. 1896. [swu,.] LOUIS APPELT, $IM MUN' a *( REGULATOR THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE Is SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. Don't forget to take it. Now is the time you need it most to wake up your Liver. A sluggish Liver brings on Malaria, Fever and Ague, Rheumatism, and many other ills which shatter the constitution and wreck health. Don't forget the word REGULATOR. It is SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR you want. The word REG ULATOR distinguishes it from all other remedies. And, besides this, SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR is a Regulator of the Liver, keeps it properly at work, that your system may be kept in good condition. FOR TIILE BLOOD take SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. 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We have this season made tioni of our stock to meet with e itself, either in qluality of ware this end we propose to let the ] first having visited our store an that the prices quoted by us e, ters. Fruit of the Loom E 2,000 yards of Dress Gingl 3,000 yards of Shirting, el Sea Island Homespun. we to 5 cents. Our Calicos arc not only si have just received 3,000 yards, former pricc 7e. 5,000 yards of Quilting Ca] Come and see our 4 cents Dress Goods! Especially do we ask our h County to examine our magra Silks, India Linons, Goffry Clot Serges, Henriettas, &c., at price per yard. Our Trimmings were seleca every p)ice of Dress Goods in t Pereales from 03 1-4c, to 11 Full line of Bleaches 4 1-2 A good pair of Ladies' orI' Boys' Suits from 75e up. up. Boys' Sack Coats from .30< Men's Half' Hose, 5 cents. A splendid linen bosom, un small amount of 35c. Ladies' Undervests at Sc as Ladies' latest pattern Shirt enuine Percale, 75c to $1.00. 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They are sent ree for the asking. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Sz., New Ye. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. DAMON LODGE No.13 4meets every first and third .\ Thursday nights. Every member requested to at -tend regularly and prompt ly. visiting brothers al waya w'!'ome. w C. Divis, C. C. -+J. F. GxEIGER, K. of R.&.s speeial etforts in the selec ny opposition that may show s, styles, and fabrics, and to eople sing our praises, after d proven with their own eyes mn be obtained over our coun fleach, 4-4 wide, 8c. tams at 5c, formaer price Sc. ?gant designs, 4 to 4 1-2 ets. rranted 36 inches wide, 4 1-2 ylish but beautiful and we which we are selling at 4 1-2c, icos at 2c per yard. scotch Lawns. Dress Goods! Ldy friends from all over the ificent assortment of Tassar his, Woolenettes, Cashmeres, s ranging from 10c up to 50e .ed with special care to match he house. 1-2c,cbeautifuldeis,.,.. [isses' Hlose-16r 5 cents. Boys' Knee Pants from 20c up. Boys' Waists 25c. laundered white shirt for the ld upwards. Waists with Ties to match, 25c. 45c. y 45c. ~ent-tip Shoe, only $1.00. i Shoe, only 95c. rorld-renowned "Reynold's" nt anywhere to show a more 'ouths', and Boys' Clothing. and the prices are surpris .Pants from 45 cents up. >nvince you that we not only toek in town. ddlery, and Crockery in Elarness from $5.7f c up to nmer Lap Robes from 50c to, or 3 doz. boxes for 10c. Yours, &c.,