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LOUIS APPELT, EDITORr fr MANNING, S. C if i' WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 180 fE IUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. S( SUBSCumULION RATES: One C. onr .........--. ----.-------....5 3 Six M n.Iouth ....-- --- -- -- -- - - ' tl Four ontt-.---------------------. 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, -I; each subse quent insertion, 50 cns- Obi:uaries and k Tribntes of e spct chaged for a. reguiar v, .naveitiseeuts. Liberai contracts made for three, six and tweive months. CommUnicas t be acCOmpanlieaU -.,- ti rai na:e and ald:-ess of the writer U 'a order to receive attent:on. P No communlicaton of a personal char- i, aeter will be pakshed except as an adver- c tiseiu -t. c Enterea at the P'ost 0:iCeC at MSanning as seconad-Cass 2.Matter. 0 "You can fool some of the people u all ihe time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool b all of the people all of the time. b WLat's right is right, soerv later the meanink boasts and pre- t en - 3ingo merchants will be found o-t by the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. b Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Sumter. ti si 'TWOULD DELIGHT CHICCO. >The correspondent-of the News and Courier thinks it would be "imagnan- I imous on the part of some legislator to introduce a bill to abolish the metro In, politan police system." We can not I see wherein comes the magnaninity to abolish a system which has give b the city the best police protection it has ever had, and besides the people of Charleston have not asked any body to take away the police; the hue a and cry has com'e from the liquor ae elemnent and the politicians, who are le ' ofspingof that element. Let th i .y owners have a voice, it is that cass wh.o can appreciate police b~ p rotection, and-it is that- class who i will stand by ,the present system. I Charleston is too large a city to have it policed by aldermanic influence, because that influence is often under another influence which is against sc st the city's moral interests. A ugusta has been under a metropolitan sys tem for years and it works so wellt that it has, become a fixed institution, I and the system in Charleston will be l the same way as soon as the rumn sellers, faro dealers, and politicians are made to understand that the- -law. abiding, property-owning citizens - have a stronger voice in the affair of l pm 1the public. t If the system is so obnoxious to H the good citizens that it would be a *"mnagnanimous" act for some memn ber to introduce a bill for its abolish- a mnent, why is it that the good citizens of Charleston do not petition the em iegislature for the desired relief. The The law is on the statute books and it should remain there even if the -commissioners ard convinced that it is best take it off, because there is no tI telling what emergency may arise in u a shoit time after the legislature \ adjourns. If the law is iepealed, the 1: -governor would have nothing to aid in him to enforce the law and his ad- u ministration as far as the dispensary b maw is concerned wvould be a farce. it The clamor kicked up by a certain b class against the metropclitan police d is entirelv inconsistant with the pro- h fessions of confidence in Governor h Ellerbe. If they are sincere in be- ft lieving that our new governcr will make a wise and just Executive. then ir they ought to show their faith by 'f their works and let him alone; how- it ever, they do not do this, they pat tt him on the back and caress him, with a a constant plea to take away the d. police acd if he does everything else t to restore an era of good feeling in Ia this State, and fails to take oft the tl metropolitan police, that patting will i turn to \vlings and the caress'ng t'n. will turn to the strongest kid ofa anathemas in the various foreign pl languages, principally Italian- cc LET OUR DISTRICTS ALONE. ie Hon. H. Cowper Patton, of Colum- e bia, a meclubor of the Leg'slature. has r a scheme to put befote the General th Assembly whereby th~e Congressional to districts are to be changed. We do mu not know how it will affect the sixth at district, but upon general principles um we are opposed to the tinkering with in: the present arrangement. The Gen- w .eral Assembly has enough to do -w: without spenlding the time in fixing m Congressional districts to b ent sh some aspiring politicians. The peo- th ple have not demanded any such leg th siation and they really do not care in, sentation in Congress will be from ir own ranks, then why not let well iougih alone. There are many things for the pub. s good the Legislature can do. The t ee school system needs the attention IL the best brain of that body, and t our law-makers will spend less t me in making fences for their po ical future, and more time in doing I mething that the taxpayers can t el a benefit from, there will not be much unrest all over the State. ' There should be some means de- T sed to lessen taxes. We believe it 0 mu be done by cutting down all un- e acessary expense, and by running r ie affairs of the government on bus- N tess principles. It costs a pile of money every day ie Legislature is in session and we ow that a great deal of time is asted in the consideration of just ich seLemes as the "Patton redis -icting idea." Give the people such !islation as the business conditions emand and then stop. There is lenty of law now in fact, more than properly enforced, the statutes are )nstantly being added to and banged, even the lawyers eannot eep up, hence the tangled condition f things when there is a case in >urt. Redistricting bills, concealed eapon license bills, and all other ills that are not a necessity should e shelved and the entire tim ted to makin e ter schools, s and bridges, and a bet r showing generallv for the taxes iat are paid. WE BEG TO DIFFER 'The Piedmont Headlight, edited t y Col. T. Larry Gantt, has within )e last few weeks turned its guns pon the dispensary. It does not >me right square out and make an en fight, but by a series of argu ents it implies an opposition far ore damaging than a direct assault ould be. it claims to want the con nuance of the dispensary, but to it the Headlight, it must be run ithout profit and without constables, Ath propositions, in our humble iagement, will not hold. The dis ?sary must make profit or it will >t be self-sustaining; the very na re of the goods sold requires a cofit to make good the waste, and iides the profit is paid by the con imer. The constable feature is a t !cessity, for without. it, the law S ould not be respected half as much the present law against carrying mealed wepos All this talk of aving the enforcement of the dis msary law to the high moral sense r C the people is the veriest kind of sh, and those engaging in it, know .The idea of leaving the enforce ent of any restriction on liquor to I e high moral sense of the people iss surd. If the dispensary is a good ltion of the liquor question, let it ad as it is; if it is not, then wipe n off the stat ute books. We read that otherStates have seen e wisdomnof South Carolina's liquor ~ w and are now discussing it in their ~islatures. North Carolina, where ousands of gallons of the stuff is ade, is about to have the law; then ay is it that at this time when the is working smoothly, cannot ourd iblic men and the newspapers wait see what the results will be. The a eadlight has always been a strong pporter of the law, and its kick c lout the constables and the man amrent generally while the question t being pushed by the law's oppon s has a peculiar appearence. THE EDITOR RETRACTS. Yesterday's News & Courier con- a ins a sort of an apology for grat-" tously insulting General John Gary C ~atts, in the issue of Wednesday th inst. It is a newspapers prov c to give news and to comment pon the public acts of an offieial; at when a newspaper goes out of. way to degrade a public official impying that said official was a :unk, when the fact was, he was at e post of duty attending stiictly to ~ .s business, the paper is going too g r and needs checking. General atts, on reading the offensive article the News and Courier, took the J5 s train for Charleston to interview A e editor, and after failing to get s e desired interviewv the night of his b 'rival, he remained over the next I y and again failed; he re- d red to Columbia and wrote F demand for a retraction-- h e editor retracted. This incident il particularly unfortunate, because a e representatives from Charleston A 'e very anxious to show to the peo- h e of the State, that they are in ac rd with them in any movement 6 hich will benefit the material im-i rest of the State, and they are p pecially anxious to work for the y storation of a better feeling between d e country auni cit:. than has existed it some years. General Watts ha; ny friends in the law-making body t< .d when they read the unprovoked,. alled-for thirust at him, it was but sturad that a Ieeling of resentment is wrought up and the indignatiounu s not comuined alone to the country n embers;Charestou's representatives ared in the feeling, and wye are told 1 at oue of them w:ote home to apply e gag against a repetition of such b jurious and unwarrented provo lionsh i FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The United States supreme court Lst Monday filed a decision which istains and confirms Judge Simon >n in his interstate-commerce ruling. nder the decision it is unconstitu onal for the State to seize liquor iat is shipped in from other States >r the personal use of the consignee. 'be dispensary law itself was not >uched by the court, and the only uestion before the supreme court ,as whether the State could interfer -ith shipments from other States. 'his decision does not effect the law eriously, true, it gives people the ight to order the stuff from else -here, but for the past year they ave been doing this, under Judge ;imonton's decision and the dispen ary was operated more successfully ban before the decision was render d. The fact that a man has a right o order liquor for his personal use toes not give him the right to order o frequently as to put him under uspicion, because under Simonton's uling if the liquor shipped from out ide the State is not for personal use, t can be seized as contraband. When he case was appealed we had hope he whole question would be settled, )ut as the matter stands now, only a ittle piece of the dog's tail has been :hopped off, and the contention will :ontinue un"i t.he hig-c c.urt in wtanid-efinately decides whether he State has the right to control the iquor traffic to the extent of engag og in its sale; not until then, will the )eople have a rest on this much vexed tuestion, and we believe that the awyers should arrange a test case with the attorney general and have he question settled one way or an ther for all time. TELL YOUR TROUBLES TO THE POLICE. Col. Henry Ragin Thomas, of the ailroad commission, has sprinkled alt upon the official beds of his col agues, and in his minority report e uses some heavy strictures against be chairmau and clerk. Col. Thom s unravelled his tale of woe to the ublic in the newspapers, and his nal bow he mages to -tbe General ,ssembly in the shape of a minority eport, and a request that the com ission be required to pay for the rinting. While all of this is going n, the friends of Evans, Wilborn and )uncan are quietly smiling and whet Eng their knives upon their shoe )les for Thomas's scalp. The worst day's work any man in olitics can engage in, is the airing of is political troubles in the newspa ers and Mr. Thomas has been ex edingly unfortunate in this respect. tmatters not whether he is right r wrong, the fact that he complaine f his brother commissioners lower 2g the freight rates on fertilizers is afficient to turn the people who are >be benefitted against him.The peo le do not care whether the railroads iake money or not; what they want cheap hauling and the commission c who endeavors to prevent it only rings down their wrath upon him. ELLERBE IS GOVERNOR. The inauguration of Governor W, [ Ellerbe and Lieutenant Governor [.B. McSweeney took place lastMon ay with imposing ceremonies. The ddress of the new governor is brief 'hen compared with that of his pre ecessors, but it is fnll of sound and 'holesome thought; conservative in' >e, and with not a particle of par san feeling, it is bound to commend self to the entire Democracy of the ate. Hie advocates the dispensary s the best solution of the liquor roblem and having been elected by high complimentary majority, rich showed him to be the choice f both uadions, let us hope that a ew era has set in and from now on, se rancor of factional strife will end. Lovernor Ellebe's inaugural address to be taken as the compass to guide is administration the people of South arolina can rest assured that as far s lies in the power of their newEx utive the laiws will he faithfully ad iini:,tered and that he will be the overnor for the entire people. In the election of a successor to udge Joseph H. Earle, the General .ssembly has plenty of material to leet from; factional lines will not e drawn, and they should not be. 2 our opinion the two strongest can idates will be Solicitor Ansell and [on. John E. Breazele. The former as an excellent record as a prosecut- I ig officer and has many friends aong the members of the General ssemibly. Hon. J. E. Breazele also as a host of friends in the Assembly.1 Swas an active member of the low Shouse for a number of years and identinied with nearly all of the im ort ant legislation for the past six ears. lie was a prominent candi ate for the place he now seeks, but was at a time when the sentimenti reailed, to extenid the olive brauch >our brethern on the other side of e fatctional fence, as a consequence [r. Bre'izele was sacrificed and Hon. H. Earle was made judge. A great, any feel that .Mr. Breazele should > be Judge Earle's successor and e number ourselves among them. It not fiom any- factional preferene .at we have reached this conclusion it the circumstances surrounding r. Breazele, in our opinion, makesi m the logical candidate. Y TANKEEDOM'S BLACK DRAUGHT. The Massachusetts republicans ar rery much chagrined over the elec ion of Isaac B. Allen, the negr -oucillor-elect, to the governer. Al en was put forward for this high an< mportant position in a spirit of ful md by some turn in the politica ,%heel he received more votes thai .iis comDetitors and he was declare< lected. He is an eye sore to th, espectable republicans and all effort .o oust him have proved unavailing arge offers of money have been mad, .o get him to resign, but the cooi lolds the fort. In an interview Al en explained the first shock to hi ,ense of honor and patriotism in thi 6vav: "A few days after I was elected I met oi he street a man whom I knew well, wh 'aid: "Allen, your fortune is made. Ther s no need for your worrying any mor ibout earning a lividg. I have a check fo k3,010 in my pocket, and it's yours if yo, vill resign or get out as councillor." 'Never,' said I, I' am in this to stay. I is a race matter with me. You have no got money enough to buy me out." Next two men came to my house an, tendered me a check for $10,000 if I woul, go to Europe for a year, 'for my health,' a he expressed it. They said that the mone was contributed by prominet Republican. Us my refusai they said they would mak it $20.000 if I desi.ed. I thereupon ordere them to leave the house, and could wit! ailficulty restrain myself from throwin them out bodily. "I put my raca above money, party o nything else, and I would not disgrace il Yes, sir.-ur 'going to advise the Governor and shall be on hand at every meeting c the council." Allen has got a hold on the as thetic Massachusetts people and h realizes it. He knows full well tha he will never again occupy a big] political position and as the place h now holds is second in importance t governor, he will content himsel with what he has without regard t the feelings of his Yankee friend If such an accident happened in th South, those Massachusetts "humar itarians" would raise their hands i boly horror at the attempt to bu :ut the colored man, but as the sho s pinching our "Puritan" friend md the smell of coon is obnoxious t their sensitive olfactory's, we sup pose they think the rest of mankin, hould sympathize with them, bu hey wont. We hope Allen will con inue making the dose as nauseous a possible. We offer One Hundred Dollars R-ewar or any case of Catarrh that cannot b ured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, C We the undersigned, have known F. J 'heney for the past 15 years, and believ inm perfectly honorable in.all businesi :ransactions and financially able to carr; )ut any obligations made by their firm. West & Trnax, wholesale druggists, Toledc ). Walding, Kiunau & Marvin, wholesal ruggist Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally ~cing directly upon the blood and mnucon urfa~ces of the system. Price, '75c, pe ottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimon als free.. The fight against our election law >roke out again. This time the on ~laught will be made on the consti ~utionality of our registration laws ['he contestants, of course, expect ti ilso make their fight in Congress an< lepend upon the big republican ma ority to give them victory. Shoul< .he courts decide in their favor, th, >arriers which prevent them fror ver riding us, will be removed, an< hen the white people will be force< o undergo the experiences of thi ays prior to 1876. With this con lition staring us in the face an effor s being made by some amnbitiou oliticians to disrupt our presen :ongressioinal lines, and change then >ack to where they' were wvhen Soutl lrolina had a full republican delega ion in the national house of repre ;entatives. We de not believe ther< s a representative in the sixth dis rict who will east his vote fof' thi atton proposition. THE GRANDEST REM1EDY. Mr. R1. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chil onwie, Ya , tities that he had consnmp ion, was given up to 5', songht all medi l treatment that tuoney eculd procure ried all cough remedies he coniad hear ol ..t got no rehef; spenit many nights sittin, ip iu a chair; was induced totry Dr King' Kw Discovery, and was cnred by use C wo bottles. For past three years has beer ttending to business, and says Dr. King' few Discovery is the grande-st remedy eve nade, as it has done so much for him an( LIso for obherns in his commanity. Dr ing's New Discovery is gnaranteed fo oughs, Colds and Consumption. I lon't fail. Trial bottles free at R. E ~orea's. drug store. Governor Evans, in his report c he condition of Clemson College, dit be institution a service when hi showe3 its weak places, but by do ng so he rufled our Senior Senator ho is a trustee of Clemson. If thi nformation and figures furnished th< ~overnor arc correct, there is some bing in need of looking after, and s far better for the future of the col ege that its friends find the leak is rder that the proper remedies ma: >e applied. We venture to say, tha he governoi's message, although un >alatable to some, will have the effec >f making a more careful busines nanagement in the future, and th< ery things he complains of will re :eive special attention. SOMIETHING TO KNO W. It may be worth something to knowv tha e very best medicine for restoring tb< ied out nervous system to a healthy vigo: s Electric Bitters. The medicine is purel) egetable, acts by civing tone to the nerve etres in the stomach, gently stimulate: be liver and kidneys, and aids these or 'ans in throw'ing off impurities in the ioelI. Eletric Uitters improves the op etite, aids digestton, and is prononeed vthose who have tried it as the very besl dod puritier and nerve tonic. TIrv it old for 50c or SI.00 per bottle at R. B aoryea's drug store. Tue farmers' alliances of [Kansas nd Nebraska at their annual meet. zgs this month will wind up theii ifair nr1 di;anr1 If the legislature accomplished anything so far.outside of inducting the Governor and Lieutenant Gover - nor into office, we have not been able to see it. True, it takes about a week for the committeas to shape out the work and we hope from now on, there will be some good solid 1 work done. I Lieutenant Governor McSweeney a upon taking the oath, did not out-line 3 any particular policy, nor was it in cumbent upon him to do ro, but he 3 placed himself on record to know no 1 faction in the discharge of his duties - as presiding officer of the senate. s Ex Governor Evans did the grace ful act last Monday eveuing in teud 1 ering Governor Ellerbe a reception at the mansion. It was a great sue e cess and one of the most brilliant r events that has taken place in Colum bia in many years. t The Senatorial fight in North Car i olina continues to be bitter and as s between Butler, the populist, and Pritchard, the republican, the demo e crats do not care a cent. It is a case 2 of Indian and the buzzard, for the i democrats either way. Many merchants are well aware that thei customers are their best friends and take f pleasure in supplying them with the best goods obtainable. As an instance we men tion Perry & Cameron, prominent drug gists of Flushing, Michigan. They say: e "We have no hesitation in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to our cus tomers, as it is the best cough medicine 2 we have ever sold, and always gives satis faction." For sale at 25 and 50 cents per e bottle by R. B. Loryea's drug store. f For a pain in the chest a pitee of flaiu nel dampened with Chaiaberlain's Pain Balm and bound on over tLe seat of the - pain, and another on the back between the shoulders, will afford prompt relief. This is especially valuable in cases where - the pain is caused by a cold and there is a tender-cy toward pneumonia. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the druggist. 3 Sheriff Pierson, of Sunter county, s made himself famous throughout the ) Union by his telegram, asking Gov vernor Evans to send him a cannon, I to shoot a coon after he was treed. t Captain Pierson will hereafter be re - ferred to as the "artillery sheriff' and s the name will cling to him so long as he lives. i Bank failures continue to be re e ported. Two National barks in Ken tucky closed up last Monday. e Last Saturday was set apart for memorial services in honor of the late speaker Crisp, 'and our repre sentative congressman John L. e Laurin paid a magnficient tribute to the memory of the great Demo Scratic leader. - PAIN IN THE SIDE. Chesterfild, S. C., Dec. 21, 1896. "I have taken Ho'd's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills S with beneifit. I was troubled with a pain in my back and side and was not able to -work, but I have not been trouble I in this - way since taking these medicines, and I am very much pleased with them." "Miss 'Mary E. Cate. >Hood's Pills act harmnonionsly with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Thomas & Bradham are going to put every farmer in the contity in a position to buy a wagon and a bruggy. They tive just received a car load of both. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, - COUNTY OF CLARENDON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. tWilliam F. B. Haynsworth and B. Pressley Barron, as Quialitied Exec 3utors of the Last Will and Testa Sment of Samuel C. C. Richardson, deceascd, Plaintiffs. - against - Caroline Johnson, Eliza Jochnson, and William Junius Johnson, Defend ants. Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BT VIRTU2 OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the abiove stated action, to me directed, bearing date -October 19th, 1895, I will sell at pub lic-e auction, to the highest bidder, upon the terms mentioned below, at Clarendon Court House, at 3anning, in said County, within legal hours for judicial sales, on Monday, the 1st, day of February, 1897, being sales day, the following described real es tate: S"All that plantation or tract of rland, situate and being in Santee township, County of Clarendon and -State aforesaid, containing one hun dred and eighty-nine and one-half tacres, more or less, and bounded as -follows, to wvit: On the north by lands of Mrs. M1. Ml. Davis: on the east by lands for fmerly of Joseph Sprott: on the south by land of Estate of James J. Frier son; and on the west by lands of the grantor therein. Th le said described premises being the same conveyed to Isaac Johnson by Walker & But ler, by deed dated March :Jrd, 187:3." Terms: One-half cash, and the balance on a credit until 1st Novem ber, A. D. 18906, to be secured by bond and maortgage of the premises to be sold. tPurchaser to pay for papers. - DANIEL J. BRADHAM, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., Jan. 6, 1807. CLEMSON OOLLECE. The first session of the Clemson Agricultural College will begin T 'burs day, February 18th, 1807. To the two regular four-year cour ses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science, a special two-year course in Mechanics and Engineering has been added. The courses of Instruction include the following subjects; Agriculture, Chemistry, Horticulture, Dairying, eterinary Science, Botany, Geology, Mineraogy, Mechanical, Electrical and Civiil Engineering, English, Mathematics and history. Board, washing, fuel, lights for session of 40 weeks, $59.00 For catalogue containing full par ticulars address, E. B. CRAIHuEAD', Clemson College, S. C., is a vicorous feeder j - sponds well to lib tion. On corn lar increases andQ th-e s co if properly treatcd tilizers containing no .L 7% actual A trial of this plan cn s little and is sure to ld a proftable culture. Al! abcu: Potash-: e resultos I- he act1 . c. periren: en the bz.: far:n, i:: t" L'. : c - told in a l:..c book which we :o I m i frce to any farmer i it:r.yr wh. : .t . r t GERMAN ALI wORK .. TAX RETURNS. OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR,) CLARENDON COUNTY, Manning, S. C., Dec. 16, 1896. The Auditor's office will be open from the first day of January, 1897, to the twenth day of February, 1897, to receive returns of personal prop erty for taxation in Clarendon county for the year 1897 and for the conven ience of tax-payers will have deputies at each of the places named.below to receive returns forthe said year: :Pinewood, Monday, January 11th, 1897. Packsville, Tuesday, January 12, 1897. *Panola, Wednesday, January 13th, 1897. David Levi's Store. Thursday, Jan uary 14th, 1897. Summerton, Friday, January, 15th, Brunson's X Roads, Saturday, Jan uary 16th, 1897. Jordan, Monday, January 18th, 1897. -Johnson's Store, in St. Mark's township, on Raccoon road, near Duffle's old store, Tuesday, January 19th, 1897. Foreston, Wednesday, January 20th, 1897. Wilson's, Thursday,January 21st,1897 Alcolu, Friday, January 22nd, 1897. V. M. Youman's, Saturday, Jan- a uary 23rd, 1897. Saul's Store, Monday, January 25th, 1897. New Zion, T uesday, January 26th, 1897. W. J. Gibbon's, Wednesday, Jan uary 27th, 1897. J. J. McFaddin's Store, Thursday, January 28th, 1897. McIntosh's Store, Midway town ship, Friday, January 29th, 1897. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1897. All personal property, must be re turned this year. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return I for each party for the township the property is in, and where the tax payers owns realty, to insert the post office as their place of residence, and those who only own personal property, to give the party's name who owns the land they. live on as their residence, which aids the tax payer as well as the county treasurer in making the collections and pre venting errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January, 1897, ex cept those incapable of earninig a: support from being maimed, or :'rom other causes, shall be deemed tax able polls. This does not apply to Confederate soldiers over fifty yeirs af age. All the returnsthat are made after the twventieth day of February will have a penalty of 50 per cent, added thereto, unless out of the county during the time of listing. Not knowing the time of listing is no ex case. The assessing and collecting of taxes is all done now in the same year, and we have to aggregate the number and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, &c., and their value that there is in the county, and have same on file in the Comptroller Gen eral's office by the thirtieth~ day of June each year. And from that time to, the first day of October each year the auditor's and treasurer's dluplicate has to be completed and an abstract of the work in the Comp troller's office by that time, which will show at a glance that the audi tor has no time to- take in returns or do anything else much, between the first day of March and the first day of October each year, but work on the books and blanks. Therefore I hope that all taxpayers will do me the favor of making their returns in time. J. ELBERT DAVIS, Auditor Clarendon County. NEW BEEF MARKET!I Edinii Scott, Burtcher. Fresh fat Beet and Pork every <!a. btebredbyone skilled SAUSAGES, BLOOD and LIVER l'LDDINGS a specialty. I do not allow" Langers-on to lo'af aroundI my market, and can guarantee everything bought from mec to be clean. I wlil deliver to the houscs promptly. My market house is opposite ligby's store and I ask for a share of the patronage. Prices guaranteed. Rtespectftilly, ARTHUR LOWERY, Proprietor. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CL.AREN DON. By Louis Appelt, Esq., .Judge of Probate. y\ HEREAS, DR. L. M. WOODS made suit to me to grant him lecters of administration, with will annexed, of the estate of and ( effects of Charlotte Woods. These are therefore to sight and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Charlotte Woods, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Man ning,on the:25th day of January next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said admiin-D istration should not be granted. 11 Given under my hand this 13th day of January, A. D. 1897. [SEAL.] LOUIS APPELT, Judge of Probate. JOHN 8. WILSON,I Attorney and Counselor at Law, i UANIT S. C.O ICLOTHINGI LOTHING for MEN LOTHING for BOYS LOTHING for Children. pine Clothing I Medium Clothing ! Common Clothing! 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 Children that has ever been brought to Sumter. If you want A - REAL CHEAP - SUIT You can get it. If you want A Medium Price Suit I have hundreds for you to select from. If you want S-: Fine, -:- Tailorade, -:- Perfect-Fitting -:- Suit, 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 house will sell you cheaper, and no one will appreciate your patronage more than Yours truly, D. J. CHANDLER The Clothieri SUMTER -- - -- - -.C. NEW YORK COST We offer our entire stock of :all and Winter Clothing, Hats and Underwear at Prime New York Cost Yo*a for ID Days. For we will sell the Stock as Advertised. Be :>w we show you what a small amournt of money t takes to furnish you with an entire outfit: Lll-wool Suits at $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Also better grade at cost. ;vool Hats at 20c., 25c. and 35c. Fine fur Hats at 75c to $2.00. l1-wool Undervests at 50c. to 75c. 40 per cent. wool Undervests at 38c. ieavy cotton Undervests at 20c. and 35c. Boys Suits from 50c up. )dd Pants for boys 15c to 50c. Odd Pants for men 35c to $4.00 lack and blue Mackintoshes at $3.75. Grey Mackintoshes at $3.50. emenmber W& Offer Our Entire Stock of Winter Goods at Cost for Ten Days. Yours truly,