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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 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 an1 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 s.dver tisemeut. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. "You cat fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. What's right is right, sooner or later the meaningless boastsandpre tenses of jingg-merchants will be 6_nr ti7 ythe people We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. ~ Opposite Bank of Sumter. HARMONY IS NOT ALL THAT - IS NEEDED. It is with great satisfaction that we can note the harmony in the Gen eral Assembly. Two weeks have al ready glided by and not a single ap peal to factions was made. All ques tions were discusssd upon merit, and party affiliations was an unknown quantity. Notwithstandig this happy state of affairs, if our law-makers have as yet done anything but draw breath and salary, which effects the public good, we have been unable to bee it. We certainly have not seen ~~.wethe slightest attempt has been male to-ighten the taxes, nor where any attempt has been made to exchange our present farcical school system for a system which will give the taxpayers a de >cent return for the taxes they have to Spay. The corporations have received at tention at the hands of our law-mak ers, and so has the dispensary and county officials, and a number of oth er matters which can be put aside for future consideration without doing any harm to the public, but the things which affect all of us directly have not been touched. , Itis all very nice tobe able to in form the people that factionalism is dead; it sounds well; but if the kill ing of factionalism means a birth of do-notbingism, it would be far better for the "dogs of war" to be turned loose again that the agitation might bring about a spirit of activity and progress. We hope there is at least one man in the whole legislative body who has brain enough to formulate a school system for South Carolina which will give the children of the ordinary tax payer an opportunity of getting as good schooling free as other States have. We believe the system needs a thorough overhauling; that the ex isting condition is not for a lack of money we are convinced. There is an obstacle somewhere, but what it is and where it is, we cannot point out, but we do believe that with the enormous amount of money paid in the shape of taxes~ for school pur poses, if the same was managed as a financier manages his bank or other private interest, we would have a free school system with first-class teach ers nine months in the year, and a surplus fund to build and keep in re pair school houses. MEDDLESOME LEGISLATION. There is a bill before the legisla ture to regulate the sale of cigarettes, the purpose being, we presume to put a stop to the sale of the obnox ious things. The law may be alright and the motive prompting its intro duction good, but how is such a law to be enforced? We do not believe that putting a privilege tax on the manufacture of cigarettes will have any other tendency than to cripple an industry in this State, compar atively in its infancy; and the injured ones will be our tobacco growing farmers. We admit the evil of the cigarette habit and would like to see the evil stopped, but the boys will smoke them and law or no law they will continue gratifying their tastes; then why should we, because some people will smoke cigarettes go de liberately to workandstrikeja murder ous blow at an industry which is giv ing employment to thousands of men, women and children and lifting the mortgage yoke from the necks of our !armers. It is a matter beyond dis pute-, that the culture of tobacco in this State has saved many a farmer from ruin; it has caused the building up of places made waste, because the production of cotton would not afford the necessary means to build. Debts have been paid, lands have been im proved, and where an open log house stood to shelter from sunshine and rain, there now stands a neat, comfortable dwelling with such cheer ful surroundings that pride mantles the cheek of the owner when he re fers to his home. This happy con dition was brought about by our farmers finding come other crop be sides cotton, and if the bill to put .a privilege tax on cigarettes becomes a law, the manufacturers will not suffer, the consumer will not be harmed, but the man who tills the soil and pays the taxes to run this government, and upon whom every branch of our com mercial and industral existance must depend, will be the injured one. We believe in abating nuisances, and cigarette smoking is a nuisance on a small scale compared with other things which have a free reign in South Carolina. The sale of impure food-meats, flour sugar, etc., is a nuisance and we believe it is against the law; but there is no enforcement and impure articles of food are sold in every town in South Carolina. The Shylock practices of cotton factors, to require commissions upon cotton they do not handle, is not only a nuisance, but a robbery, yetdj-o not see wL.ere any of our humanitar ians in the legislature have given the matter a thought. Let cigarettes alone. The newspapers are making a big to-do over the fact that Governor El lerbe is recognizing the recommend ations of the delegations irrespective of factions. Governors Tillman and Evans did the very same tning except in such counties as gave a majority against the Democratic party nomi nees. Governor Tillman would not respect the recommendations of Rich land because that county cast its vote for Haskell. -Governor Evans re fused the w'sl-es of Charleston and Richland, because those counties cast their vote for Pope, and we dare say that if Ellerbe had an independent opponent and an. county in the State had acted like ChL. iston, he would have felt under no o 'igations to re sptct their wishes in the matter of appointments and would have acted as his predecessors. Fortunately, such a contingency did not arise in our last election and Governor Eller be can do nothing but abide the re sult of the primary. We favor doing away with factional lines because there are no issues but what the Democratic party can agree upon, and we feel that Governor Ellerbe was brought upon the seene at a time when all of the people will lend him a helping hand to bring back some, who through passion and dis appointment, allowed themselves to drift away. The people of South Carolina are almost a unit on nation al issues, in fact one of the strongest exponents of South Carolina's nation al politics is Editor Gonzales, of the Columbia State, and every newspa per reader knows he hated Tillman and Evans and the Reform party with a holy hatred, but in national affairs Tillman and Gonzales were like Siamese twins, aud both made a hard fight for the people's cause. They were together in national poli tics and we see no reason for any ir ritating contentions in onr State pol itics. COUNTY GOVERNMENT TOP HEAVY. The county government law is un dergoing considerable discussion among some of our leading men and newspapers. Is the present law any improvement over the old law ? As far as this county is concerned, we do not believe our county affairs are being administered as cheap as under the old system and we doubt the wis-. dom of having so large a board to manage affairs. The law as operated for the past two years convinces us the machinery is entirely too cumber some to do good work, and instead of it saving the taxpayers ~it will be an additional cost. We feel certain an amendment to the county govern ment law which will make the con cern less cumbersome would be ac ceptable to both the people and the commissioners who have its manage ment. Bank circles in Charleston received quite a shock recently by the cashier of the Charleston Savings bank turn ing out many thousand dollars short. We understand that the bank lost nothing as the father of the default ing cashier made good the amount. It was ende~avored to keep theaffair a secret, but a pestiferous newspaper man got hold of it and of course bank cashiers who rob, are not to be shield ed from publicity any more than a fellow thief who steals an overcoat to keep himself warm. In the last twenty years the South ern States have expended $8.000, O00-for: negro schools, and nearly every dollar of this vast amount was paid by the white people. According to college statistics, Girad college, is the richest in the United States, having an endow mont of over $11.250.000. Our cpege 'e, growing more and more iD tae habit of looking to -for the latest and best of everything in the drline. They sell Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, farnous fot its cnres of bad solds. croup and whooping cough. When in need of such a medicine give this remedy a trial and you will be more than pleased with the We think it a wrong practice to expose by name the recommendations made to the governor where a dele gation is divided in the matter of ap pointments to office. The newspa pers have a right to all matters of news and when they get it from of ficial sources it is their privilege to publish the same; but it is a mistake for an official to give out how a delegation stood as was done in the recommenda tion of a magistrate for Manning, be cause it has a tendency to cause hard feelings among the friends of the un successful applicant. The new secretary of the treasury will be Mr. Lyman J. Gage, of Chi cago. Mr. Gage is at the head of one of the largest national banks in this country. Of course, the nation al banks are entitled to have the fi nancial control of the government. Did they not buy up the last elec tion? Senator DuBoise, of Idaho, sacri ficed himself for his principles, and his defeat should make the Demo crats of his State blush with shame. DuBoise is no political corpse by any means, even if ingrates have for a time removed him from the field of political activity. His day is coming. The mills in the Eastern States have had such a flood of prosperity that they will not 1e4eir-JaoreT7 on full time. The booming promise made during the recent cam paign has failed to materialize. and the working men are finding it out to their east. The only countries where slavery now exists are O'ttoman Empire, Persia, Arabia, Siam, China and the interior of African countries. Hon. W. J. Bryan has been re ceiving ovations in Texas. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SY STEM. That there are defects in our school system no one will question, yet what concerns us most is not the defects so much as the remedies to be used to correct these defects. The crying need of the hour is more mon ey and better teachers. Every thoughtful mind will at once see how the one is dependent upon the other. In order to bring out the above ideas a little clearer, let us take a glance at the system as it now is. The amount of money now raised by tax ation for school purposes is sufficient to run the schools only from two and a half to four months during the year at salaries-well not salaries ex actly-but pay at from $15 to $25 per month. Unfortunately, to the minds of a great many who earn much less, these amounts appear quite large and sufficiently ample, but are they really ? Well, for some teachers it is big pay for the return given, but for teaching, real teaching it is not. We find dotted over our country numer ous little schoA houses that during the greater part of the year there is no signs of use whatever, but just be fore the public term opens, the house is put to rights and the teacher, fre quently his or her first term, takes charge wvith many misgivings as to the duties- to be performed. Time flies by as usual and the children flock in from the surrounding com munity many of whom are ill sup plied with the necessary text books. By and by winter sets in and bal weather and sickness together cuts down the average wonderfully, and by the time the teacher is getting in to the work and the pupils beginning to accomplish something, the district trustees announce that the money is out and the schools must be closed. Thus ends the chapter of many schools over the -State until tL.3 fol lowing year rolls around. Duing the interval the boys and girls are made to help on the farm and in a few short fleeting years every oppor tunity for obtaining anything like a common school education is lost and they pass out and become citizens, ill prepared to battle life's problems or to be properly enthused with the val ue of an education so as to do more for their children than was done for them. To revert to the teachers it is but natural that where the standard of education is low that those will as pire to teach who feel themselves su perior in knowledge to those whom they propose to teach, although the? feel and know their own weakness. Unfortunate is the lot of people so situated. Again others well qualified to teach accept positions in the com mon schools to gain experience to serve them in gaining better posi tions or they teach to make their ex penses while they study a profession. Poor pay makes poor teachers and until we wake up to that fact we can not expect to overcome these difficul ties. Various methods have been used to raise money to run schools nine or ten months during the year, and wherever a school is kept running all the time (regular term) you will find there a community in a better condi tion, socially, intellectually and finan cially. If the public cannot raise the requisite amount to carry on the school the full term, the patrons of such a school should go down into their pockets and raise the balance. If the money is there they can de mand the proper talent and will get it and it will thus be the means of raising the standard and producing more professional teachers. But where the people are content to send to a little school during the time it is fostered by the public, and when the public term expires just stop and let what little good there was done die out they can never hope to build up n first-class school and get tirst class teachers. Teaching is the worst paid profes sion there is,and yet the most impor tant. Just investigate and ascertain how many teachers have been teach ing five, ten or twenty years in the common public schools. Few in deed Why?- Bea there is no inducement to a professional teacher, and those who do continue to teach under such conditions do so because circumstances force them and not be cause their heart is in the work. It must be a profession in which all the time and talents are employed and what man or woman can do it or will do it, if he has to engage in other oc cupations to make enough to sup port himself on ? All these are vital living questions and must be solved in the near fu ture if we are to raise ourselves into that position that our natures de mand. Our legislative bodies are to be thanked for the interest they have taken in education and for the finan cial support they have provided for. The most has been done for higher institutions, and we now have colle giate privileges second to none in the country. It is considerably encour ageing to watch the tendency of the times, and it is to be hoped that in the near future steps will be taken to raise sufficient funds by taxation to support the schools of the State in a decent style, so that the institutions of higher grade can stand upon them as their foundation. If better school facilities were furnished it would stimulate educational work and would produce more who would de sire a collegiate education and thus there would be less need of so much financial aid to these higher institu tions by the State. In other words, if the masses were to be educated there woultd be more material for the colleges, hence income enough to make them self-supporting. As it is thousands can never hope to obtain a collegiate education because they never get enough to enable them to take hold of the offers. 'ided by appropriation an in favor of sory education; but before we can have it we must first provide the means. E. J. BRowNE, Prin. Manning Col. Institute. February 1, 1897. UNCLE GEORGE TILLMAN. The Crime of His Early Career and the Way He Expiated It in Jail. Rome Ga., Capt. B. F. Clark, a re sident of this city, was in his young er days a neighbor of the noted Till man family, and knew both Benjamin R. Tillman and his brother, George Tillman, until recently a member of congress from South Carolina. George was by far the most promis ing and in several years older than Ben. "When he was a young man in 18 58, I think," said Capt. Clark, "he was a candidate for the state senate. He had served for several years in the lower house, and when he offered himself for the senate there was nd man who stood a better chance of winning than George Tillman. He was eloquent and active,and had in spired in the minds of the people of the district the highest idea of his ability and integrity, so that no one doubted that he would be elected. He was stumping the district, and during his tour he stopped one nig ht in the town where I lived, and after supper started out for a little amuse ment. "In that day and time, L am sorry to say, gambling was considered one or the ordinary vices of a gentleman, and very little attention was paid-to the saloons where porker, roulette, faro and other games were hidd'ige in by the young bloods Of tize coud2 try as a fashionable sport. George Tillman entered a saloon and took a seat at a table and was soon absorb ed in the game. The play proceeded quietly enough for a while, and then a dispute arose and hot words follow ed. The dealer was directly opposite Tillman,and held in his hand an ivory knife used in putting up the- coun ers. "Tillman was veiy nearsighted, and as the lie passed between him and the dealer hie sawv the latter raise the paper knife, and mistaking it for a bowie knife, drew his pistol and shot the man dead. In the confusion that followed he quietly slipped out of the room, and mounting his horse, rode away at full speed. The man whom he had killed was not thought much of in the community, being regarded as rather a sorry citizen, and not much effort was made to apprehend Tilhnan, who soon found means to get out the country. "He went to Nicaragua and served with the ill-starred Walker in his ro mantic career in that country until after his downfall, when he went fur ther south, visiting various South American countries. Finally he went to Cuba and fought with the Cuban patriots, but wvhen their efforts for freedom ended in disaster, he decid ed to return to the United States. He had gone through so many hair breadth escapes and thrilling adven tures that hie grewv weary of the wild life, and came back to stand his trial and to trust his fate to a jury, "His promising public career had been suddenly cut short by that un fortunate affair in the gambling sa loon, but he still had many friends in Edgefield who were willing to parti ally condone his youthful offence. He was tried and confessed to the killing, but disclaimed any malice in the matter. I heard his statement in open court, and he said that he thought that Christian, the man whom he shot, was advancing on him with an open bowie knife, and be lieving that his owvn life was in dan er, he fired in self defence. "The jury was disposed to be len ient with him and he was found guil ty of manslaughter. The judge im-~ posed the lightest penalty under the law for the crime, two years in the common jail of the county. A cousin of mine was jailer. and he knew Till man well, and had a great deal of re spect for him. They were both Free Masons, and when T'illman was sent to jail to serve out his sentence he made a proposition to my cousin, the jailer. He told him that if lie would permit him to occupy a certain room on the grotind floor of the jail he would fit it up comfortably and re main in there during the two years of his sentence. He gave the jailer his wvord as a Mason and a gentleman that lie would never set foot on the ground during his term of imprison ment. The jailer took him at his word, and he proceeded to furnish the apartment in comfortable style. He had a lot of books carried to the jail, and in his room for two years be lived, receiving occasional callers and tanctinga goodn deal of business as a legal adviser to those who chose to avai! of his skill and knowledge as a lawyer. "But never did lie cross the threshold of that room. The door stood open when the weather was fine, and the outer gate of the prison was freqnently left unclosed, so that he might have walked out at almost any time without molestation while the jailer was occupied with his du ties about the prison, but George Tillman had given his word that he would not set his foot on the ground until his term expired, and he valued his promise too highly to violate it in the slightest. I have seen him sit ting on the porch with his feet dang ling over the edge, but he never let them get any nearer the ground. He was a hard student and during the two years of his incarceration he read a great deal, and acquired a vast fund of information. He had trav eled so extensively that with the large fund of book learning he was one of the best informed men in the State when he came out of prison. "When the two vears were out he packed up his things and left the place where he had resided more like an honored guest than like a State convict, and resumed his law prac tice. People seemed to have lost sight of the fact that he had served a term in jail, and he soon established himself in the estimatior. of the com munity, and it was not long before be was nominated for Congress and elected with, very little opposition. For sixteen years he represented his district, and only recently lie suffered his first defeat. His has been one of the most remarkable careers in the history of this country. He has sur mounted every obstacle that fate has thrown in his way, and has overcome some difficulties that must have de barred other men of less determina tion and streugth of character, but that experience in jail, of which I had personal knowledge, before the war, was, I think, without parallel in the prison history of the country."-New York Sun. $ICO REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at 'east one dreaded di-ease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Crtarrh Cure is the orly positive cure kiown to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send tor lists of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. SANDY GROVE NEW S. Sandy Grove, Jan. 28:-I thought I would again try to gather a few items for your paper. They should not find their way to thewaste basket. The news of the day in Sandy Grove is sickness and deaths; in the the last few weeks there have been five deaths in the small territory of Sandy Grove. The dead are: Mr. WV. J. Floyd and son. Mrs. M. D. Floyd and son, and Mrs. T. P. Odom. The eldest daugh ter of the late W. J. Floyd is very ill. Mr. Rush McKenzie is quite sick. Capt. W. D. McFaddin and three other members of his family are very .ll. Mrs. Margaret Johnson is also quite ill. Mrs. W. W. Kennedy and little son are slowly improving. With but few exceptions the trouble has b.een grippe or pneumonia. We have just had the coldest wvave of the winter, our thermometer reg istered as low as 15 in the open air. Gov. Eller be's itaugeraladdress has the right ring and proves him to be a man of marked ability. It seems that the legislature is trying to legislate the very hammer off of the pistols. Mr. editor, please tell us when the legislature adIjourns, how many new. counties are there being formed so fast. We hardly cani keep up with them-Cherokee, Saluda, Bamberg, Dorchester and the Lord knows how many by the close of the session. Well, we see that all the newly elected county officers have at last, succeededin giving bond. We would have be-en more than glad to have attended the Teacher's Association to-day,hadit becai so that we could, but on account of sickness we cant be there. We wish it much success and will try and attend next time. SAi[ TATTLERI. We meant no offense last week in our reference to the State's kick about the recommendations of the Richland delegation, but we can understand why anything from us is calculated to be misunderstood in that quarter. We bear no ill feel ing towards you brother, so let us look pleasant. WANTED! An agent. lady or gentleman, to canvass in this vicinity for three salable books. Salary guaran teed to competent agents. Address. A. H. MONTEITH, JR., Colum ba, . C. Cotton. Wit! a-1-l rotation of crop.; :d liberal fertilizations, Cotai lands will improve. The ipplication of a proper ferti azer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ng not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainst is a complete specific again -t " Rust." All ,b-ut P. tash-th- resul:s 'i iv; use by actual ex peIment #n :he heet farms in the Uniterl States-is told in a li:ric tn k whi -, w-: vubish and will gladly Mail free to any fairmr in America who will write forit. GIkM \N KMA WORKS. 93 Nassau St., New York. JURY LIST. The following names were drawn from the jury box to serve as Grand and Petit Jurors for the February term of court, which convenes on the 22nd instant: GRAND JURY. J S Nelson, Alcolu. R L Morris, New Zion. W N Cobia, Davis Station. T P Cuttino, Manning. John Welch, Seloc. J M Montgomery, Alcoln. W G Frierson, Jordan. A F Richardson, Fulton. W E Jenkinson, Manning. J H Johnson, Foreston. Amzi Tindal, Manning. F S. Geddings, Packsville. J 0 Lowder, Jordan. D N Gamble, Seloc. W C Cannon, Foreston. J L Barrow, New Zion. S H Alsbrook, Jordan. S R Tobias, Foreston. PETIT JURY. T L Holladay, Foreston. J M Geddings, Reraini. Jas. McD. McFaddin, Manning. N C Stack, Pinewood. J V White, Jordan. C I Haley, Jordan. Jas. A Burgess, Foreston. J A Rich, Packsville. L R Gibson, Pinewood. S M Nexsen, Davis Station. F.M Buddin, Seloc. J B Tindal, Manning. Jos. R Griffin, Pinewood. W M Lewis, Manning. J L Eadon, Davis Station. W F Harrington, Workman. W E Richbourg, Summerton. A P Hill, Packsville. R J Wells, Felder. P W Hodge, Manning. J J Coullette, Panola. David Levi, St. Paul. W T Costin, Alcolu. C M Simmons, Summerton. J E Cousar, Sardinia. A J Hicks, Seloc. Jos. H Burgess, Summerton. T H Gentry, Summerton. J S Evans, Workman. W H Gaillard, Alcolu. W T Kennedy, Sandy Grove. W T Rose, Sardinia. J M Ardis, Pinewood. John C Graham, Davis Station. R M Johnson, Wilson. S L Rantin, Davis Station. The little daughter of Mr. Fred Webber, Holiand, Mass., had a very bad cold and cough which be dad n'ot been able to cure with any thing. I gave him a 25 cent bot tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, says WV. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster at West Brimfield, and the next time I saw him he said it worked like a charm. This remedy is intended especially for acute throat and lung diseases such as colds, croup and whooping cough, and it is fa mous for its cures. There is no danger iu giving it to children for it contains noth ing injurious. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the druggist. REGISTRATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina. CLARENDON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that in ac cordance with an Act of the General Assembly, the books for the registra tion of all legally qualified voters, will be open at the court house, be tween the hours of 9 e'clock, a. mn., and 3 o'clock, p. in., on the first Mon day of each month and for three suc cessive days, until thirty days be fore the next general election. Minors who shall become of age during that period of thirty days, shall be en titled to registration before the books are closed, if otherwise quali fied. G. T. WORSHAM, S. G. GRIFFIN, . E. D. HIODGE, Supervisors of Registration. Manning, S. C., January 1st 1897. NEW BEEF MARKET I FElwin Scott, Butcher. Fresh fat Beef and Pork every day, butchered by one skilled in the business. SAUSAGES, BLOOD) and LIVER PUDDINGS a Specialty. I do not allow hangers-on to loaf around my market, and can guarantee everything bought from me to be clean. I wlll deliver to the houses promptly. My market house is opposite Rigby's store and I ask for a share of the patronage, Prices guaranteed. Respectfully, ARTHUR LOWERY, Proprietor. Enough For all the Winter Evenings ALMOST FREEs TOWN TOPICS, it" '-A* 208 5th Ave., N. Y., FITamEE n oenf the following sienovels TWHU1NDRED AND FIFrY-SI pages, regular price FIFTY et.); for FIFTY cents any FOUR : for ONE DOLLAR any TEN: for ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF the whole library of SIXTEEN iolumes~. 6-TEE SALE OF A SOUL. By C. M.S. MC T-THE dOUSIN OF THE KING. By A- S- Van I-SIX MOTHs IN HADEs. By Clariel L 9-TH sKIRTs OF CHANCE. Dy Captain N ECLIPSE OF V EU. r y Chsasio 1-AN UNsPEAKABLE SIREN. By John Gillist. 13-THAT DREADFUL WOMAN. Dy Harold B. 1-A IEA.L IN DENVER. Dy Gilmer Mcen 5-WHYi SAYs GLADYs. Dy David Christie 16-A vERY'REMARKABLE GIRL. By L. H. 17-A A RIGE FOR HATE. By Harold B. 1-OUT OF THE SULPHUR. By T. C. Do Leon. 1-THE WRONG MAN. DyCampion B ssel :-HEiRa TRNEEXPERIMENT Dy Harold W Indicate by the numbers the novels you want. Ripans Tabules cure liver troubles. Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver. Ho Our ScesWas WOI I First of all it was won by hard labor and close at tention to business; in the second place it was won by selling first-class goods ,t the lowest living prices; and in the third place it was won by the hearty support of our many friends from all parts of the county. Last September two years ago we unfurled our banner enscribed upon it QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS FOR THE CASH ONLY. Though small as it was, the people saw it, and they saw what was inscribed upon it and they saw the standard-bearer and they saw that lie meant busi ness. They flocked to our standard from all (juar ters and the result was an unprecedented success. Last December one year ago the fire came and swept us from the face of the earth and many thought that our Great Cash Store was no more, but it was only an incentive to rise in greater splendor than ever and the past year was A + Year V of + Unequaled +Prosperity, - People of Clarendon, give us your support and we will show you that we will make you a market here in Manning unequaled by any in the State. Watch our advertisements closely and come when you will and you will see that we are ready to ful fill every promise that we makd through the col umns of The Manning Times or otherwise. For the Next 30 Days We Propose to IIake Some Startlilo Offers In Dress Goods and Clothing as we wish to clear out our fall and winter stock as nearly as possible in or der to make room for spring goods that are already coming in. A beautiful line of Dress Worsteds at 10c per yard, former price 12e per yard. A nice line of Cashmeres in all shades at 18c per yard, for mer price 25c. A nice line of tailor-made Suitings at 10c per yard, former price 12-c. A large line of Dress Ginghams only 5c per yard. If the color does not stand in these ginghams we refund you your money. We have on hand about 2,000 yards of Dress Outing that we sold at 8, 10 and 12-c per yard that we are now closing out at 61, 7j and 9e per yard, all beautiful dress styles. Yard-wide Bleach Homespun, no starch, only 7+c per yard. Yard-wide Sea Island Homespun, only 5c per yard.. A large lot of Canton Flannel at 6j and 8jc per yard. 2,000 yards'light Calicos for making little boys' waists, ladies' shirt waists and gents' shirts, 6nly 4c per yard. Color warranted to stand-or money returned. This is a bargain you don't meet with every day.. Ladies, don't you want a nice, neat Matting for your bed room or sitting room ? Well, if you do, come and see us; we. can please you. We have matting in stock from 12 1 2c up. Don't you want a nice oil cloth to go in your hallway or din ing room that will last you twelve or fifteen years. We have it in stock in beautiful designs, only 30c per square yard. The best table oil cloth made at 20.c per yard. Black oil cloth for making buggy cushions and buggy aprons, only 25c per yard, former price 35c. The remainder of our stock of Gents' and Youths' Clothing we will be glad to close out at cost. Negligee Shirts and Shirts of all kinds very Cheap. Just look in our windows and you will .be struck witth the styles. Great bargains to offer in Gents' and Chil dren's Hats and Caps. 10 doz Gent's and Boys' all-wool Caps only 20e each. 10 doz Children's Caps at 10c each. Call and see these Caps and be convinced that they are bargains for the money. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! Remember. we keep a large lot of Shoes on hand all th e time and at prices that must command your attention. Plow Shoes at $1, $1.25 and $1.50 per pair. Ladies''Pebbie Grain Shoes at 85c, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 per pair. We also carry- a very fine line of Gents' and Ladies' Shoes from $2.00 to $3.50 per pair, every pair warranted to give satisfaction. Crockery and Glass Ware. Genuine white China Teca Cups and Saucers, only 75c per set. China. plates to maitch 75e to $1.00 per set. The best ironstone granite Cups and Saucers only 35c per set. Best ironstone Plates 45 and 50c per set. Open Dishes, covered Dishes and Bowls of all kinds very cheap. Large white open chambers only 30c each. Large white Bowls and Pitchers only 75c. A large line of fancy Glassware on hand all the time. Nice, clear glass. plain Tumblers only 15e for six. 20c for large half-galloni Pitcher. 5e each for large and small Lamp Chimneys. Agricultural Implements. At this season we keep a large line of Plows, Rakes, Forks and Axes at the lowest possible prices. Dixie Boy Plows $1.15 each. Dixie points --nd slide. 6c each. Large wings 10e each. Dixie point bolts le eitch or 10c per doz. Splendid heavy, well ironed Hames 20e pair. Back-band Web, 4 inches wide, only 5e per yard. 11 yards best Cotton Rope 15c. 12 yards Grass Rope 15. Our Grocery Department. In our Grocery Department we have made a special effort to meet the wants of the farmers. A large stock of tobaccos put up in small boxes to sell by the w bolesale. Can give you a splendid grade of tobac> at 23e per lb, and can give you good tobacco at :30e per lb. Salt 50e per sack Very good Coffee at 10c per Ib; better grade at 15c, and the bes* at 20e per lb. ~The best Flour at $5.50 per bbl, and very good Flour at $1.50 per bbl. The best Leaf Lard 5 1-2c by the hundred lbs. D. S. sides, 5 1 2 by th.e buudred pund. Matches 50e per gross or 5e per doz boxes. 500 1b.. evap orated apples, at Sc. per lb. GARDEN SEEDS.-A large hine of Garde'] Seeds of all kinds. On ion Sets 15e per qt or 2 qts for 25c. T. W. Woods & Sons' Sed Potatoes which have aiven the best results of any potato brought to the nmirket. Yours truly, W. E. JENKINSON.