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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year......... .............$1.50 ;ix Mouths..... - ............... Four Months..................-- --- 50 ADVERISING RATES: One square, one time. $1; each subse qnent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tribates of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Cmamnnications must be acompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal char acter will be published except as an adver tisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. MlfANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUG.- 5, 1896. OUR ** STANDARD BEARERS. **, President: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, Of Nebraska. Vice-President: ARTHUR SEWALL, Of Maine. Senator: JOHN GARY EVANS. Congress: JOHN L. McLAURIN. Governor: W. H. ELLERBE. Lieutenant Governor: MILES B. McSWEENEY. Secretary of State: D. H. TOMPKINS. Attorney General: W. A. BARBER. Comptroller General: JAMES NORTON. - reasurer: -W. H. TIMMERMAN. Superintendent of Education: W. D. MAYFIELD.: Adjutant and Inspector General: J. GARY;WATTS. Solicitor: JOHN S. WILSON. The county campaign meetings begin at Pinewood on the 17th inst. and they continue from day to day until they wind up. We hope that at each of them the people will give' the candidates respectful hearings and that each candidate will be ques tioned on matters concerning the office to which he aspires. The principal candidates to ques tion are those running for the Leg islature, and right here we would say that each man aspiring to that hon orable place should be a man of in telligence with fixed views and suf ficient ability to advocate his views. %e fact of ama saying he favors a thing which he believes is popular will not do; he should be made to give his reasons in order that the peo ple can judge whether the man nows what he is talking about. A candidate running for the Leg slature says he favors the free coin age ofsilver. Well, that is a poplar sheme, but how in the name of sense can he bring about free coinage~ in our State Legislature. We need representatives who are familiar with the needs of the people's local affairs, the State educational system, the aount of money it takes to.. run the county, the amount necessary to be levied for the payment of county ex pnses debts etc. A man stands up before the people and advocates reduction. Make that man show how the reduction is to come about, and when the reduction is made that it is sufficient to run tings efficiently. When a merchant wants a book-keeper he is not going to put out the job to the lowest bid der; he will look for accuracy. A frmer who wants a horse will look fr the one to do his work, not for something he can buy for one-half prie. The people must not be ca joled into voting for men on clap tap; they have a right to require a an to specify and they should see tha he does it. In voting for county officers, by all means size the candidate's qualifica tions and not his agility in stirring around shaking hands and "settin' them up" to two-fers, jokes and drag ging down his opponient. We have important offices to fill and thes of fices come in direct contact with the people; their lands are there assessed; their titles are recorded; the proper ty of every man in the county is at stake; the liberty and protection of he mmunity are to be looked af te.; ou schools, roads, and otherj very important matters that the peo ple are directly interested in will be voted for this time, and we ask that each and every voter make an inves tigation for himself, and then vote without prejudice or favoriteism. Let qualification, ability and integri ty be the ruling elements in this elec tion, Son-in-law-Duncan and Pa-pa-in law-Tompkins have not figured very extensively the past few meetings. There is one thing that can not be taken from Duncan-cheek. At one of the meetings he asserted "if Evans had more brothers this would be an Evans' government." Governor Evans has no brother holding an office, but Duncan has two. He is Pa-pa-in-law-Tompkin's chief clerk, for which the State pays a salary. He has also assumed the position of de tective to shadow Governor Evans, the pay may come from Mixson with the enemies of the Reform movement. Then Mr. Duncan has a brother in the Secretacy of State's office, and another brother on the constabulary force, which shows conclusively that it is the Duncans and Lot the Evans' who are trying to capture the govern ment; just think of it, father-in-law, two brothers and himself drawing money from the people and still he is not happy. Duncan harps on Evans being a lawyer and he asks the farmers if they are going back on their preaching, meaning that the farmers are opposed to lawyers in office. Why, Duucan is a lawyer and a fresh picked one at that; from his speeches and conduct he was picked rather green and he will never devel ope. All of the candidates for the United States Senate are lawyers and when Duncan abuses lawyers the peo ple must surely think that it is a filthy bird which befouls its own nest. If Judge Earle is not the candidate of The News and Courier, why is it that its headline writer will not be fair and impartial. The reporter in reporting the Winnsboro' meeting of yesterday showed a disposition to be fair to Governor Evans, but the head lines of the account are so deceiving that itis enough to disgust the reader. The reporter gives Governor Evans credit for doing all in his power to make his friends be quiet that his oppo:ents might have a respectful heaing; this was too much for the Nws and Courier, so when the re port reached their office the headline writer worked in his juggling busi ness to deceive the people and to gain votes for its candidate Judge Earle. Such are the tactics of the newspaper that will not advise its readers to vote the Democratic na tional ticket and the newspaper ad vocating the interests of the gold-bugs. Our readers will remember that it is charged the gold-bugs are fighting Evans, and the News and Courier seems to be backing Earle to do the fighting in their interests. Every day the prospects .for the election of Bryan and Sewall grow brighter and if the cause continues to grow, it would surprise us very much if the Democracy fail to win in New York, Indiana, Michigan and llnois. Thousands of life-long Re publicans are leaving their party to help along the cause of silver, and in many instances whole townships in former Republican strongholds have come over. Whenever a large bank er or speculator quits the Democratic party it opens the eyes of farmers, and laborers and they come to the conclusion that there is something in the assertion, that the issue this year is ot so much a party one, as it is one between wealth and existance. We have are not now, nor have we ever been in perfect harmony with the political utterances of the Colum bia State,but in the present financial fight we are heart and soul with it.The State has done a large amount of good work for the silver cause, and its editorials on matters of finance are certainly the ablest we have read anywhere. They are clear and in cisive, the humblest reader can un derstand them. We mention our ap proval of the State's course specially, because it deserves it, and we hope every reader in the State will take advantage of its campaign offer,which will give the people cheap, entertain in and instructive reading. From what the Laurens Silver Democrat says we judge that Senator Irby intends to give Governor Evans a hot time in Laurens next Saturday. Senator Irby has been out in the back woods of his county making speeches and marshalling his forces to be in Laurens to howl down Evans. If that game is attempted we hope the Governor will have a sufficient num ber of friends present to see that he is given a fair opportunity to make his speech and we also hope that if his opponents undertake any of their harassing tactics that he will treat them with the contempt that such conduct deserves. Judge Earle said in one of his speeches that Governor Evans was a copartner with Rhind in the bond deal, because he is to participate in a fee that comes out of the commis sions. Surely the learned judge does uo believe that gettingz a fee for -ervices rendered creates a copartner ship, if he does and it is true, the avery murderer, or thief defended in the courts by Earle, was his part net If a lawyer is made a copartner whi ever he receives a fee then he should also be tried for the crime his partner ks charged with. The gold standard Democrats are in a bad way, they know there is no chance for them to stand before the arguments of the silver men, and they do not fancy the idea of helping to fasten McKinleyism on themselves. If they go fishing on election day, the loyal Demociats will never forgive them; if they support an independen ticket they can not win and -they know it, and they will be treated in the nation as were the Haskellites in this State. Our brilliant Congressman John L. McLaurin has covered himself with glory in the great West. In Congress he made a national reputation by tackling some of the ablest gold standard advocates, and now he is adding fresh laurels to his crown of glory by going right into the hot-bed of Republicanism to beard the lion in his den. We predict that Judge Earle and Duncan together will not poll 300 votes in Clarendon and that their combined vote in the State will not exceed 15.000. Every fence straddling newspaper in the State is now advocating Judge Earle for the Senate. "Birds of a feather will flock together." FINANCIAL CATECHISM. By an Old-Time Republican. 1. What is bimetallism ? A. The equal legal treatment of the two metals, gold and silver, as money, at a given ratio of coinage. 2. What is meant by 16 to 1? That in coining the two metals in to money 16 oz. of silver are to be deemed equal to one oz. of gold. 3. What is the present commercial ratio of silver and gold bullion ? It is about 30 to 1. 4 What bas caused the divergence between the coin and bullion value of silver? The demonetization of silver in 1873 by the country and some of the nations of Europe. 5. Why was silver demonetized? It was demonetized because of the desire to limit the supply of money, make money dearer, thus increase its purchasing power, and therefore to the advantage of money dealers, bond-holders, creditor classes and those having fixed incomes. 6. Was'not the demonetization of silver in 1873 due to its over pro duction as compared with gold ? It was not due to the over-produac-j tion of silver, because (a) for many~ years prior to 1873 the world's pro duction of gold had seen about three times as great as that of silver, and (b) in 1873 silver bullion was at a premium of 3 per cent. over gold. 7. How does the world's produc tion of gold and silver for the last 100 years compare with each other ? Between the years of 1792 and 1892 the world's production of gold exceeded that of silver about 600 mil lion dollars. 8. What is the ratio of the two metals as they exist by weight in the world to-day (available for money)? It is about 15 2-3 to 1, which means that there are only about sixteen times as many tons of silver in the world available for money as there are tons of gold. 9, What, therefore, is the natural ratio between silver and gold? Sixteen to 1 is the natural ratio be. tween silver and gold bullion and would manifestly be the pr esent comi mercial ratio had not there been legal interference. 10. To whose advantage is it that nations have been induced to adopt the gold standard? To the advantage of all creditor nations, especially England. Two hundred million people now use gold alone as redemptive money who in 1873 used both gold and silver; hence the constant rise in the power of gold (and money based on gold), "which rise shows itself in the fall of prices of commodities. 11. If we had free coinage of silver would not this country become the "dumping ground" for silver from all nations? There are, it is supposed, about four billion dollars of silver coin and bullion in the world, and if all of this should come here it would only give thi United States a per capita of about $58, which is only a little more than we had of all kinds of money in the North at the close of the war when times were exceedingly pros perous. France to-day has nearly this amount of money per capita, and is one of the most prosperous coun tries in the world. 12. What is there to prevent this silver from coming to our mints for coinage? There are three conclusive reasons: (a) Other nations have no more sil ver than they need; (b) Europe an nualy uses about twice as much sil ver as she produces, and (c) the great bulk of the silver now in existence is already coined at ratios more favor able to silver than 16 to 1, some be ing 15 to 1 and some 15-12- to 1. 13. If silver coin should not come to our mints for recoinage would not Europe continue as at present to depress the price of silver bullion? North and South America produce 75 per cent of all the silver now being produced in the world and ten times as much as Europe does, so that the United States and other countries of the western continents could easily control the price of silver bullion re gardless of other nations. 14. Why not put more silver in our silver dollar so as to make the bullion and face value equal? Because this disagreement is due to adverse legislation, which, when corrected, will restore the parity by, reucn the demand for gold and. increasing the demand for silver. Be sides we would be foolish to under value our own products. By rights wO should demand 15 1-2 iustet:i of 1) to 1. 15. If silver should come to our mints for coinage inaier than their presenft capacity, would not that pre vent the full rise in the price of sil ver bullion? The capacity of our mints c ould easily be enlarged to meet all de mands. 1;j. Will not the people ubject to using so unch silver o,, account ,f its bulk? Silver certi3':te, as now used. 'sill easily float all t:eo silver that mav- be preserted. 17. Woold the: b vault room. the storage of soiimch silver? Al! the sil-er c('ir. .,1n bullion. In world could be put i a room t six feet squa: a(nd s -six feet high, silver being like gold. a reciaus metal, all the gold coin and bullion 4u the werid.l ca'n be put in a rcom twe.ty-to fecd square 'Md twenty two feet high, -which sl-owsh'>v easily it mayv be "cornered." 18. Woudi :ot iho free coiuoge of silver s:.' stiIIulaIC the production at the mine, as to ereate a flood of the whi t;- ? T'f'. annual output of gold and sil ver 4 small and is ha-rdly 5 per cent of tl e present sup)ply, so that it would take twenty years before the present amount of the metals is doubled, and that would not more than keep pace with the increase of the population and wealth of the world, and espec ially not of the U. 8. 19. What then is really the only problem that we as a .uation have to solve regarding the free coinage of silver? We have practically only to take care of and absorb our share of the annual production of silver, which is for the whole world only about 5 per cent of the present available supply. To be continued.' SEED COTTON LAW. Panola, S. C., Aug. 4, 1896.-Mr. Editor: I am glad that in your issue of the 29th, you called the attention of the candidates for the legislature, to the seed cotton license, which as you say it is a farce. The law re quires a license, registry of names, weights, and of whom bought. Pur chaser allowed only certain hours of the day and not at night. Now these stipulations are so seldom regarded that not one would go to a country store to try to trace tip seed cotton which he may have Lad stolen. A citizen who boys a license, in the hurry of business, i: tempted to ignore the law, and :o weights or names of whom bo-.ght is kept. If I am not mistakeni, the law re quires a very stringent petitiou for license. Applicants must come up to a high standard of citizenship and must be recommended by ten free holders in his immediate neighbor hood. Any ten neas is not which is required, but owners of real prop erty. The business induces wrong in various ways. ro say nothing of thefts from the fieil, or cotton under lien. The business of seed cotton traffic is really played out with the whites and is carried on illictly by others among thenaselves. I would like to see the law so changed as to prohibit the sale of seed cotton, say until the fifteenth of December at least. I believe it woald be to the advantage oif both- producer and merchaut. My section is decidedly in favor or abolishing ihe seed cotton traffic and would like to k-now from candidates when the7 attend cam paign appointments their opinions. -IAYESVILLE MIDGETS.. Mayesville, .July .Ul--The 7th of Auges: will be a "big day" in Mayes ville. On that day there will be a re union of the Palmietfo Sharpshooters. Several brilliant orators will be pres ent to address the 402 K Confeds" and a band will be on hand to furnish music for the occasion. Everybody fro~m frand near are invited to come and- bring their bas kets full of good things to eat, as a basket picnic is on the program. The Mayesville and Manning base ball teams will cross bats, and as they are both good teams. those present e.m look for a fine ganoc of base-ball. The Mavteesville uiinstrels are down fraplay the early part of the even ig, andc at night there is to be a dance in' a spacious hall to which all dancers w1il be admitted free of cost. WVhat you ...'i when you a re ilin.: is a medicine tat will ciure vio. Try Hood's Sarimarilla :mdi be .onin )ced! of i ierit. The National Campamgn now i-ecmn will be of more absorbing interest than any since 1876. The contest will extend to ev erv State North and West, and MIassachu setts will be as debatable ground as Micha igan. Tbe Democratic standard-bearer, William J. Bryan, will take the flag of Free Silver in to the very citadels of Gold, and from first to last the struggle will be sensational. There will not be a dull week from now until November. THE STATE is the leading South Carolina newspaper supporting the national Domocratie ticket and the national Democratic platform. It is the admitted champion of the great issue of Bimetallism, upon which the battle will be fought. It has always been a good newspaper, and will be better than ever during this struggle. It wil :keep the peo ple of South Carolina closely informed of the progress and prospects of the camn paign. No Democrat seeking Democratic news and doetrine c'an afford to be with out it. CAMPAIGN RATES. 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In the first place they can save considerable in a season in time alone, and as "time is money," time saved is money made. In the second place, a market near home is conven ient because farmers can easi lv receive information as to prices, best time for selling, &c. Then, another advantage is knowing the men with whom you deal. Farmers know better the men with whom they have been dealing, and if their business have been of long standing, there is a mu tual confidence existing which makes it more pleasant for home folks to deal with each other. In fact, there are m=ny reasons why farmers should assist in building a home mar ket. Manning will try hard to build up a first-class tobac co market. Let the farmers co-operate with the men who expect to work for their in terest. Tobacco men of experience tell us that it is quite impor tant that farmers should as sort and tie their tobacco as soon after curing as possible. Remember, too, that it is nec essary that care should be taken in the work, and farm ers who have no experience in grading tobacco should seek the advice and help of some one who knows how it ought to be done. The Clarendon Tobacco Warehouse and Supply Coin paiy have received the ser vices of Col. G. E. Webb, of Winston, N. C., to assist them in organizing and starting the market. Col. Webb has more than twenty years' experience in the warehouse business and is now connected with the largest tobacco warehouse in the Old North State. It will be remembered by many of the farmers in this section that Col. Webb started the Timmonsville market last year. He is said by all to bacco men who know him to be the best tobacco auctioneer in the world. T he Clarendon T ob ac eo W arehouse Co., have decided to have their opening sale Fri day, Augusb 2 1st. Farmers will do well to remember this date, and to bring a load of good to bacco on that day. Arrangements are b c i n g made to have a large number of buyers from all the impor tant tobacco markets in N. C. and Virginia, and Col. G. E. Webb, of Winston, N. C., the veteran warehouseman and to bacco auctioneer, will be on hand to see that farmers re ceive market price for their tobacco. Everybody come, and see the way a first-class tobac co sale is conducted. August the 21st is the date, Manning, S. C., is the place. Don't forget it.. Remember farmer's, it is to your interest to patronize your home market. Tobacco farmers, keep a Candidates' Cards. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. Mr. Editor:-Please announce me a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, and I pledge myself to abide the decision of the primary. Respectfully, R. R. HUDGINS. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. At the solicitation of my friends I announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor and here by pledge myself to abide the decis ion of the ensuing Democratic pri mary. JoHN P. McLEoD. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. To the Democratic Voters of Clar endon Count:-I desire to announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the decision of the primary. If elected I promise to give the people a business administration and a personal super vision of the work on bridges and roads. J. H. JOHNSON. FOR SUPERVISOR. I am a candidate for the office of County Supervisor subject to the action of the primary. I am a practi cal bridge builder and fully under stand the value of labor and material. If elected I will give the people good service. THOMAS C. OWENS. FOR. SUPERVISOR. I announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor and will abide by the result of the Demo cratic primary. I am late to entez the race but if elected will guarantee a business-like administration to the satisfaction of the public or I will resign. H. L. JOHNSTON. FOR SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself a candi date for County Supervisor subject to the decision of the primary. E. P. GEDDINGS. FOR SHERIFF. I announce myself a candidate foi re-election to the office of Sheriff, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. D. J. BRADHAM. FOR SHERIFF. I am a candidate for Sheriff and will abide the decision of the Demo cratic primary. Ibtlongto no ring or combination, bui solicit the votes of every white man. C. L. EMANUEL. FOR SHERIFF. I will run for the office of Sheriff, subject to the Democratic primary, and will appreciate the suffrage o all who see fit to cast their votes foi me. J. H. LESESNE. FOR CLERI OF COURT. I hereby announce -myself a cAndi date for the office of Clerk of Couri subject to the action of the primary, .T. H. Trumovs. FOR CLERK OF COURT.' I announce myself a candidate foi the office of Clerk of Court and pledge myself to abide the resulb o: the prinary. B. 0. CANTEY. FOR CLERK OF COURT. After mature deliberation I have decided to announce myself a can didate for the office of clerk court pledging myself to abide by the de cision of the primary election. C.R. FELDER. FOR CLERK OF COURT. I announce myself a candidate foi Clerk of Court, and pledge myself t< abide the action of the Democratic primary. ~ .W~E FOR CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce myself a candi. date for Clerk of Court subject to th4 action of the Democratic Primary. C. L CUTTINO. FOR CLERK OF COURT. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk 0; Court, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. S. E. INGRAM. FOR TREASURER. I announce myself a candidate foi County Treasurer in the coming pri mary and will abide its action. S. J. BowMIAN. FOR AUDITOR. I am a candidate for re-election t< the office of County Auditor and pledge myself to stand by the pri mary. J. ELBERT DAVIS. FOR AUDITOR. I announce myself a candidate foi the office of County Auditor, pledg ing myself to stand by the decision 0: the primary. ~GIRWIE FOR THE LEGISLATURE. In response to the wishes of a num ber of citizens, who have wvatchec my course in the General Assembly I hereby announce myself a candidat for re-election to the lower house o. Representatives subject to the actiol of the primary. .KYE . FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Having been urgently solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legisature, I can not refuse the demand of my fellow-citizens and will be a candidate for the Legis lature, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary. DR. I. M. WooDs. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House oi Representatives,.subject to the wil] of the Democratic voters as expressed in the primary. W. C. DAVIS. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Mr. Editor:-Under solicitations of friends,I have decided to stand foi re-election to the lower House of the IGeneral Assembly, and pledge my self to abide the will of the p~eople ai at the primary. C .DVS FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Please announce my candidacy as Ia member of the lower House of Rep resentatives, subject to the decisxor of the primary. T..OW . Ripans Tabules. Ripans Tabules. cure liver troubles. Candidates' Cards, FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION. Mr. Editor:-Being solicited by friends in different sections of this county, I announce myself to the Democratic voters of the county for the office of County Superintendent of Education, heretofore known as School Commissioner, and pledge myself to stand by the action of the primary. W. S. R:CsBOURG. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION. t the solicitation of friends I an nu.rnce myself a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, formerly known as school commissioner. S. P. HOLLADAY. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION. I desire to announce to the Demo cratic voters of Clarendon County that I am a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Educa tion, heretofore known as School Commissioner, and pledge myself to stand by the action of the primary. L. L. WELLS. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION. I am a candidate for the office of Superintendent of Education and would ask the people of Clarendon for their support, promising them a - sti-ict attention to the duties of the office and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary. R. R. BILLUPS, SR. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION. I am a candidate for the office of Superintendent of Education, sub ject to the decision of the Democratic primary. 3. J. BRAGDON. C0ttoll Gills! Complete ginning systems con tracted for with Thomas elevator, lint flue, battery condenser, self packing,-revolving box, steam cylin der presses. and all improvements for an up-to-date 1896 ginnery. Buy no other until you get prices on the Thomas. ......Engines,...... ......B oilers,....... ......Saw Mills. ..... Cane Mil,...... .........Rce Mills,..- - .-.....Grist Mis, arWrite for prices. V.C.BADHAM, General Agent, OCLUEDIA, S. C. Brick ! Brick Brck! I have established a brick yard and wi4ll kee~ on hand - brick made by' the most approved ma chinery and from the best clay that can be found in these parts. Call on me for prices. W. S. HARVIN, Manning, S. C. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT GALLOWAY'S SHAVING SALOON 'Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort' of his customers.... .. .. HAIR-CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, SHAVING AND SH AMPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch.... .. .... A cordial invitaticn is extended... A. B. GALLOWAY. We yo are abouttoedbuy aSewing Machine do nt b ceeivd b dlurmng advertisements anid be Inlto think you can get the best made, iest :inishtcd and Most Popular for a mere song. Sce to it that you.buy fromt reliabe manu zzctuirers that have g.ained a reputation bybhonest an dsquare . dealing, you will then get a Sewing Machine that is noted the world over for its dura bility. You want the one that is easiast to manage and is Light Running There is none in the world that -- -.. can ennial in mechanical con -M structioni, durability of working ' - parts, fineness of 1{nish, beauty in appearance, or has as many imnprovemnents as the NEW HOME It has Automatic Tension, Double Feed. --'ko on both sides of aeedle (paetekd), no othei - a, it ; Ne wStand (pztented), driving wheel hinged on ad justable centers, thus reducing friction to the minimulm. WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. THE EW HO4E SEWIlG I40EINE00. Bsa FahBCTsco, CAL. ArtLArA, GA. FOR SALE BY W. . ENKINsON, Manning, S C. Citadel Cadetship. OrrIcF. CHAIfAN~ IoAnD or VrsIToRS, ( SOUTH CARoLINA MIILAY ACADEMfY. lUarnwell. S. C., July 9th. 1800f. One Beneficiarv Vacancy exits in the South Carolina MIilitary Academy fromt the county of Clarendon. Persons desiring to ec>mpcre tfr the same will apply promptly to the Chairman Board of Visitors for forms and instruc tions. No applications not duly filhld and re ceived before the 31st of .net will he considered. JOHNSON HAGOOD,