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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1896. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year..................$1.50 Six Months.................... 75 Four Months.................. 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $1; 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 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-Clas5 Matter. BRYAN AND FREE SILVER. May win, but in case he don't, what wil become of all our many plans for doing this and doing that? Oar advise to you is to buy your dry goods now while every thing is at, such a reasonable cost. Goods were never as cheap as they are to-day and it is a conceded fact. and a fact that is sure to follow as your left foot follows your right rhen you walk, that no matter who is elected goods and everything else viU ad vance in price from what they are to-day. The reason, there is but one, the manu facturers of merchandise claim that as it is now everything is uncertain at present, they don't know what kind of money they are goingto be paid for their merchandise. When one or the other is elected they claim they will know precisely what to do. We, The Diamond Racket Store of SumterS. C., bave bought everythin at the botton of the market and we are selling in the same pro portition as log as the goods last. We buy for cash and in this way we take ad vantage of every available discount thereby get ne goods far cheaper than merchants *bo buy on time and we are selling our od in proportion to the way they were ught. The proportion being far cheaper than other merchants as the following will show: Matches at 4c doz boxes, paper of pins at le, paper best needles at same price. Just received another 5000 yay4s worsted plaid and duchess suitings ii all shades that we are selling at the rediculous ly low price of five cents a yard. Don't mi take the place, opposite bank of Sumter. The South Carolina college is now now being discussed' by the news papers, and from the way they are defending the institution, they must believe it is in danger. This is a day of progress, and the people are thoroughly alive to all things loiking to building up and improv ment; 'therefore we cannot believe that any effort to destroy an institu tion which has done so much good w zwi-iith- the approval of the ~ol.we see no reason why South Carolina shall tear down an existing educational institution; there is room a plenty for State and denominational educational eolleges. When the con stitutionial convention was in session the fight was started against the State instiutions, not because the xpeople-wanted1;hem done away with, -but because those interested in the denominational institutions hoped their favorite colleges would be bene fitted should the fight succeed. Let the South Carolina college and Clem Son and Winthrop and the Citadel continue doing their good work and the day is not far distant when the effects will be felt at the cross-roads and in the log school houses in the country. we know of no State in the 'Union that is without educational institutions supported by the State and why should South Carolina be an exception, especially since we have' gone to the trouble and expense to establish and equip them. Some argue in behalf of the denominational colleges, that the moral influence is not good, surely such an argument will not hold with reference to the South Carolina college, for we are satisfied the faculty of that institu *tion will compare very favorably in a moral sense with any educational in stitution in the State, denominational colleges not excepted. COUBT The court of general sessions as sembled last Monday morning. Judge W. C Benet presided. Solic tor Wilson was at his post and Mr. L I Parrott was. court stenographer. The following true bills were brought in by the grand jury: General Evans Davis-Murder. J. D. Alsbrook-Maliiouis mis chief. James Lawrence-Assault and bat tery with intent to kill. John Butler-Larceny of live stock. William Prince-Assault and bat tery with intent to kill. All of the bills given out by the Solicitor were returned with "true bill" endorsed upon them. The first case tried was against Winfield and Erv Scott, assault and battery with intent to kill. This was the case in which the sheriff, after much effort, succeeded in capturing the-prisoners in Savannah. They are brothers and Canadians, and are rather good looking men. .Col., Bar ron, their counsel, so ingeniously managed the case agsinst them that he succeeded in obtaining a consent verdict after the case went to the jury. Said verdict lessened the pnn ishmnent to a great extent. The prns oners were sentenced to pay a fine of $50 each, or three months in the county jail. This ended the work for Monday. Tuesday morning court was re sumed and the case against Jans~es Lawrence was tried, which resulted in a verdiet of gnilty, senten@@d to 18 months in the penitentiary. Attorney A. R Stucky was granted an order by His Honor to permit B. B. King to give bond, who was ar rested upon a bench warrant, under a presentment of the grand jury upon a charge of adultery. The case of William Prince alias William Cooper, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kill. The defendant was absent and he was tried in his absence. The juay brought in a verdict of guilty and His Honor filed a sealed sentence. The grand jury in the afternoon session made the following as their final presentment: THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. To His Honor, W. C. Benet, Presid ing Judge, October Term 1896. The Grand Jury empanelled for the present year, beg leave to make this their final presentment: First of all, we wish to thank your Honor for the able, clear and ex plicit charge which you gave us at the begining of this term of the court, as it has given us a better insight into our duties, and enabled us to conclude our work more satisfac torily. We have acted upon all bills handed us by the solicitor, and made returns of same. At the June term of court we ap pointed a committee of three from our body, consisting of the Foreman and Messrs. H. C. Carrigan and J. M. Strange to investigate the county officers, and recommended that a competent person, Mr. J. H. Lesesne, be employed to assist this committee. During the summer this committee, with said expert assistance, performed their work. They spent several 4ys investigating the various oonty offices, and found them all in a fairly good condition. We believe that our county officers are endeavoring to perform their duties faithfully, with the exceptions that we will hereafter note, in 'which some of them might be open to the charge of being a lit tle neglectful. We also made investi gation of the bonds of the county officers. At the first term of the court for this year the foreman, with one or two members of the jury, made a hasty examination of the ofcer's bonds and asked that all the county officers' bonds be shown, and re ported them as good, but in this ex amination the bond of the Probate Judge was overlooked, and when our committee went fully into an exami nation during the summer we found that Louis Appelt, Probate Judge, had failed to give any bond at all. His attention was called to this mat ter and he has since executed a bond, which we pronounce good and sufficient. As to the bonds of. the sheriff and county supervisor, while they may be about as strong as the average bonds that are given for their respective amounts, yet if put to the test they would fail to come up to the full requirements of the law, alter deducting all liabilities and exemptions of the sureties thereon, and as a committee from the board of county commissioners have recom mended that these two particular bonds be strengthened, we also en dorse their recommendation. -- We were pleased to note that ydar Honor was so clear in explaining to us our duty in having officers brought before us and knowing why our rec ommendations were not carried out.I Certain recommendations have been made by grand jury after grand jury and were unheeded and we had about come to the conclusion that there was something radically wrong some whore. For instance: Our roads and bridges are, and have been for the past several years, in very bad con dition. We have made recommenda tions as to improving their conditions but same have been unheeded. Ac cording to your Honor's instructions we had the county supervisor to ap pear before us and give some reasons why our roads and bridges are in such bad condition. He attributes their condition principally to the lack of suffiient funds, and the fact that owing to a change in the time of the sitting of the legislature he has had to do the work of fourteen months with the money that should be expended in twelve months. There is no doubt something in his expla nation, but we think some of the blame also rests upon the various townships boards in' not keeping proper supervision over the roads in their respective townships, and while we believe in economy we do not be lieve in it to the extent that it is now practiced in regards to our roads and bridges. We desire to say to the supervisor and members of the vari ous township boards and road over seers that they are expected to look into the condition of the roads and bridges in their respective townships and have them improved, or we, as a grand jury, will call an extra meeting and at the next term of the court present this matter to our successors, who will be in position to enforce the reform. If these bad conditions that we speak of are due to insuffcient funds then we realize that some blame attaches to our Senator and members of the legislature, for the county offcers cannot cairy on work when they have no funds or insuffiient ap propriations. We therefore implore our representatives in the General As sembly to confer with our county supervisor and members of the county boards of commissioners, and look to a remedy of those conditions. In a former presentment we called attention to the pressing need of a fire-proof vault in which the records of our county could be securely kept, and we would again earnestly recom mend its erection. The safe in the office of clerk of court is not fire proof, and even were it fire-proof it is insuffcient to hold more than about one thir4 of the important records. [t will thus be seen that should a fire occur records might be lost which would cause untold loss and expense and open the door for almost endless itigation. We earnestly recommend that our members of the General As sembly look into this matter and pro vide the necessary appropriations for the erection of this vault. We call attention to the fact that some trial justices, or magistrates, do not make their regular monthly re ports to the auditor, and also that ome of their reports which are on fie are very incomplete, not showing iy time covered by said reports. Trial ju~stices, or magistrates should make their reports' regularly every month and note in same so much mollected for such and such purpose from such a time to such a time. In a former presentment we made allusion to some of our officers keep ing their offices open wore regularly. While the absence of our county of ficers from their offices is iot by any means practiced to the extent of being a dire evil, yet it dues some times occur that parties comc from a distance to see an officer and find him absent. We would suggest that our officers have, as near as prac ticable, regular hours, and post their office hours on their doors, and when ever they are going to be absent that they post this upon their doors. A committee from our body made an examination of the Poor House, and report the same, as has been many times before reported, in bad con dition. The inmates' building is yetin a dilapidated condition and bedding is insufficient to begin the approach ing winter, but we presume that these conditions are about as well as might be expected with the present appro priatios. We recommend that the appropriation for the Poor House be raised from five hundred dollars to eight hundred or one thousand dol lars. We recommend that .1r. J. H. Lesesne be paid the sum of twenty dollars for services as expert to grand jury. We present Sidney Burgess for bigamy and give as witnesses Amos Burgess, Daniel Eaddy, Jane Eady and J. W. Flemming. In conclusion we extend to your Honor, the solicitor and the officers of the court our appreciation of your efforts to aid us in the discharge of our duties. 0. L. E[AXUE, Foreman. When this presentment was read, Mr. Louis Appelt arose in open court and obtained permission from His Honor to explain the matter referring to the judge of probate, and the Judge, af ter hearing the explanation, suggest ed that the same be placed in the shape of an affidavit, which he or dered to go on record as an adendum to the grand jury presentment: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLInA, Crau4 o-i COUM. Personally appeared before me Louis Appelt, Judge of Probate for Clarendon county, who on oath says, that on the 20th day of October, 1896, the Grand Jury for Clarendon coun ty, in ther final presentment, use the following language, "We found that Louis Appelt, Probate Judge, had failed to give any bond at all. His attention was called to this mat ter and he has since executed a bond, which we pronounce good and suffi cient." Deponent says that he was re ekpted to the office referred to, in 189, and when it came time for giv ing bond, he thought he had done so and was honestly under the impres sion that the necessary bond had been given by him. The Grand Jury following ths depopent's re election to said offce reporte4 to the THE LEA The Leaders in Low Pr The Leaders in La: The Leaders in TI We have the lead an( ing in very large< quote you prices so 1 how wt GOLD OR Greenbacks, Nickles, Dim all the same with1 the Electio2 Come to Sumter and we will penses at the p1ices we will se pleased in selecting from the -r.ARG23se Ii the LARGEST I)El In the S EBOUT'ii Ci J. RYTTENBEF Court that "all of the bonds of the El county officers vere good and suffi n A cient." and the present Grand Jury made a simil-Ar report to this Court. F A committee from the board of coun ty supervisors; examined the records and they also reported the hoids of B the county officers good. Deponent further says that when his attention was called to the fact that his bond - could not he found on record, he im mediately went to vork to correct the oversight by executing a new T bond. This was done the Saturday morning after having received the information that his bond could not be found, and the attention of the forenan of the present Grand Jury was called thereto and the bond was exbibited to the said foremau of the said Grand Jury. The deponent further says that it was not his in tention nor desire to continue in said office without bond, and when in formed that the bond was not of re- e. cord in the office of the Clerk of Court, it was a surprise. to him and he immediately corrected that which was purely an oversight. LOUIS APPELT. Sworn to before me this 20th day of October, 1896. A. LEvi, Notary Public for S. C. This morning as soon as court con vened the case against J. D. Alsbrook -malicious mischief, was tried. This is a case where Mr. Jeff Alsbrook killed a "yaller dog" for biting him, and the owner not being able to in- V duce Mr. Alsbrook to pay him ten G dollars, brought the case into court. The testimony as developed showed that Mr. Baker's "yallar dog" bit Mr. Alsbrook on the leg and after the dog was kicked off the poor little "yallar purp" was sept to dog heaven by a load of shot from a gun in the bands of Jefferson D. Alsbrook, who did - kill this "yallar dog." The jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. The ncxt case was against General 3Z Evans Davis, a fourteen-year-old col ored lad, charged with murder. The case is being tried as we go to press- 32 His Honor excused all of the ju rors not in this case until next Mon- 32 day morning. It will therefore be well for every juryman to be at his post next Monday morning, because n 4 udge Benet will hold down the rules of the court strictly. STATE OF OMo, CiTy OF. TOLEDO, I Lucas COUTY. f ss. 2( Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is V the senior partner of the firm of F. J Che ney & Co., doing basinegs in the City of i Toledo, County and Stato aforesaid, and 2t that said firm will pay the sum of On( HUNDRED DOLLAltS for each and every case of CATAunH that cannot be cured by 1 the use of HALL'S CATAERH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. 7 Sworn to befor, me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1896. [SEAL A- W. GLEASON, -Notary Public. Hal's Catarrh Care is taken internally and acts directly on thie blood and mucons sur faces of the system. Send for testimonial, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Tole' f). pg'Sold by Druggists, -We.-.. IDE RS ASH ION! - c ege STIs, iua tiiesada as, Pennies, Sa p, A s Le a ter inEvryhig avamoetage yo bux 1yu antdyou cand canete Dthateo wode EUdTER .. A IERY PRICE OF EVERY YOUR RTIC[E IN EVERY DE- MONEY'S WORTH ARTMENT AT EVERY OR IME CUARANTEED TO , YOUR LWS.Here is the P1lac U MONEY The LOWEST. BACK. Palace Dry Goo(1s Emporiumi! S li~riz Broilers GIUMT3Drt, S. C. If it is inconvenient to get here, write! Lots do. Seenis as hough very lady ought to have the privilege of knowing That The Fall Stuffs Are Like! How the New Styles are Running! Our mail order department is so prompt in answering, so accurate in boosing, that mistakes are few anl far between. Send for samples to us. i OPEN THE SEASON iith the Largest, Choicest, Best Selected and Cheapest Stock of Dry oods that has ever been offered. 'here is No Mistake About the Following. Prices are Just as Given. Values Precisely as Stated! Go over the list often. Who ever sold such qualities at such prices ? c Fancy Dress Goods, 26-inch Fruit of the Loom 36-in., beautiful styles for..15c Bleach for.............7c ie All-Wool Flannels, 36-in, 36-inch Special Bleach for .. 5c all shades, for. ..........23c 130-inch Fine Quality Bleach, ;c Cashmeres, 36-in., new worth 81, for...........6jc shades for.............19c CAN 100 pieces good Calicos. for.. 4c c All-Wool Fancy Flannel, I ease Best Calicos, Indigo 36-inch. for...............23c ANY ONE Blue, Old Colors, Dreg c Fancy Mohairs and Bril- St as d 3ovrningi. for..5c liantines, 40-in., for . 25c MATCH 1?jc uok. special ofring... 8c c all-wool Serges and 7cancy Oalings for . 4 c Cheviot, 36 in., for ... ... 23a H E c Fancy Outings for... .7 le Flannels, 4ll shades, 5.4 7c Gingilams (I good One) for 5c inches, for.............40c OFFERINGS? 104 Bleach Sheeting. 20c ic all-wool Fancies, Stripes, quality, for............1c Check and' Mixtures, extra fine goods for..........48c WILL 10 Bewc Sheeting, 15c sc all-wool Red Tvirill Flan nel for ................15c ANY ONE qualitl, for............19c le all-wool Red Flannel for 12Ac 36-inch Sea Island, 7L qnil. c all-wool Red and White ity, for................c Flannel for ..............15C 36inch Sta Isand, best e Fast Black Ladies' Hose fr 10c quality, for..61C lc Hernesdorf [lack Ladies' Hose, seamless, foi.. .....15c i g Check oe.ptn, c White Linen Initial Hand kerchiefs for...............6c 10 bales %.incii Aest Howe c 6 Hook Corsets, black, spun, 7c quality, for . Sc g-ray and white for ....49c 10 bales Ri R Homuespun for..5c We mean just what we pay. Qome once and you'll want to cgl again. Great Sale of Cloaks and Capes frQm $1.oo up, Ve have lots more in store fgr yg, Yours truly, SCHWARTZ BROS., Leaders of Style. reat Slaughter Sale of OLOTHING! [aving recently purchased a very great bargain in broken lots of Clothing we will offer the public Great Bargains in same. Remember, the Goods are new and warranted to be as represonted or your money refunded. elow we quote you prices on some few of the many bar gains to be had: 11-wool blue Sack Suits, warranted not to fade, at $6. All-wool gray Sack Suits, at $3.50. 11-wool mixed Sack Suits, at $5.00. All-wool Clay Worsted Sack Suits, at $8.50. 11-wool Clay Worsted Sack Suits, at $7.50, All-wool Clay Worsted Cutaway Suits, at $10.00. 11-wool fancy Worsted Cutaway Suits, at $8.50. )UR FURNISHING GOODS AND HAT STOCKS ARE FULL OF REAL BARGAINS. Ask to see our fine Clothing at popular prices and be nvinccd that we are selling goods as advertised. 1896 MOSES LEVI. 1896. Business is Business. I extend a cordial invitation to every m'an, "oman and chil-d- in Oar endon to visit miy store where they Cali see ol e of THE LARGEST STOCKS OF GOODS in Manning. I know that these goods were bought in first-class was kets where the cash is an important purchasing factor. In buying good for the cash it is to get the advantage of all the discounts, whereby I can give the benefit to my customers. I realize that to gain and hold trade the purchasing public must be satisfied. and t h t m ns ihouse in this section better equipped to give values DRY COODS and NOTIONS Caun not be excelled. Families laying in a winter supply should bear in mind that I make a specialty of selling everything in the Dry Gooda line. My assortmezjt of BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, ETC1, Is to.o hirge to itimize- here. Come and see them. SHOES! SHOES! Everybody knows that thia line Ws one of the most important in a esl ?? . tile establishment ari I will goarantee that I have not only best makes. Don't forget it, that I can xatisfy yon in shoes. Clothing, Hats, and Gents' Furnishings. Any M41 or bay can be Atted ink this department. A large assortineut to select fron Atid tbe prices arte low. Onr Neckwear and nd(r clothing is the best we have ever carried. RARDWARE, CROCKERY AND TINWAR1E - This line waq seleoted with great care and we can snpply yo.1n with ev yolk wi~h. Come anti gee our fane line ot harness. Groceries. The Grocery Department is one of the beat eqnippesip qbe.sr.tte. My staple good* are bought in such qnanti ties that I cantu pete wi Jk 'any place in the state. SG9%o& it to say that I wont be undethso . I am 1so pigy.an the highest prioc for cottoa o produce. Yonra truly, MOSES LEVI. CLOTHING! s CLOTHING LOTHING for MEN LOTHING for BOYS LOTHING for Childrer. Fine Clothing Medium C ioting Common Clothing I I think I can say without any exaggeration that I have one of the best stocks-of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods for Men, Boys and Chi!dren that has ever been brought to Sumter. IfL0 as ~~~~~ A -REAL- COEAP - SUIT You can get it. If you want A Medium Price Suit I have hundreds for you to select from. If you want A Fine, -:- Tailor-Made, -:-Perfect-Fitting -S You will find a good assortment of the most Popular fabrics made up in Cambridge, Princeton and Ox ford Sacks and the latest style Cutaways. No other house will show you a larger or better selected stock. No other :1ouse wvill sell you cheaper, and no one wvill appreciate your patronage more than Yours truly, D. J. CHANDLER, The Clothier, SUMTER ------ S_ C