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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 197. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSC1P1TJ.0N R ATES: One Year.......-.--... ............. Six Monuis ..... ............... 7 Four .Ionths................... 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. Comninications 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 tisemnut. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. "You can 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 boasts and pre tenses of jiig ierchants will be 0Aby the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Surmter. The Patton redistricting bill was a case of now you see it, and now you don't. Colonel W. W. Bruce, assistan't Adjutant and Insoector General, has been invited to attend Mrs. Bradley Martin's fancy dress ball, in New York. It is said that this ball will cost $250,000, and we know our hand some militia Colonel will be a beaux ideal at this magnificient entertain ment. -%Cnstable .1. D. Alsbrook is an ap plicant.-forthie position of chief State constable for the lower division, and his appointment to the position would be very pleasing to his num erous friends. Mr. Alsbrook is fully competant and he would fill the posi tion with credit. We hope Governor Ellerbe will appoint him. Mr. Patton's redistricting bill has been postponed until the next session. The people will now have time to think of such an important matter and their representatives will be abie to vote more in accordance with the wishes of the people; another thing, the newspapers will get a chance to discuss it and arouse sufficient inter est to prevent anything like snap judgment. Governor Ellerbe thinks there will have to be an increase in the tax levy or a graduated license and income tax to prevent a deficit. This is bad, what has become of the money? Surely the public schools have not gotten enough to run them any con siderable length of time. There are too many waste places in the financial management. The legislature has sustained Gov ernor Evan's veto of the bill to do away with the publishing of county treasurer's report s. Now if they will require the reports to show to whom the claims against the county were origin ally given, and specify the pur pose, the people can tell exactly where every dollar disbursed has been expended, and as they have the taxes to pay they are entitled to the information. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier wvas arrested in Columbia the other night for not "moving on" as spontaneously as a policeman desired. The policeman, no doubt, thought he had struck big game and would with one stroke hoist himself into fame. Everybody knows Mr. Kohn to be not only a law abiding citizen, but a gentleman, and his treatment deserves a dis missal from the force of this smart aleck policeman. Editor WV. W. Ball has severed his connection with the Charleston Post to accept the editorial management of the Greenville News. Mr. Ball is one of the strongest and best news paper editors in the State, and while we do not always agree with him, we do him the justice he merits when we say that his editorials are gems from a literary stand point. As a man Mr. Ball has no superior, always a gentle man. We sincerely hope that his new field will bring to him much There is a big row now among some of the State house officers. Comptroller General Norton has gone for the State sinking fund commission with gloves off and Secretary of State Tompkins has retaliated in a vigor ous reply. State Agent Gibbes also takes a hand in the controversy and where it will all end no one knows. If Mr. Norton is correct in his state ments, the sinking fund commission is a very unbusinesslike affair and the machine needs renovating quickly. The communication in another column signed "Justice" contains ideas worthy of more than a passing thought and we hope that our law makers will consider what he says. His views on county government are simple and of easy execution, and if they were enacted into law it would do away with the clumsiness of the present machinery and shape things so that our supervisor would be more than a figure-head and the members of the board would have something to do. Justice has very evidentlh given the county government close study and if the legislature was made up of men with such practical ideas we would not have a session pro longed by useless legislation. Under the county government law it takes a majority of the board to approve the bonds of county officers and as the board meets quarterly, it causes an embarassing condition of affairs. The county treasurer and uditer are nominatedin a primary and afterwards appointed by the gov ernor; the board does not have its next meeting until April and the ap pointment of these officees could not be made before the Last meeting of the bo',rd, nox while these officers stand ready to file their bonds they cannot become commissioned until their bonds are approved, and they will be forced to wait until April be fore being commissioned. We think the law should be amended to cover this defect. George Washington Murry, South Carolina's colored Congressman, created quite a sensation by propos ing to object to the counting of South Carolina's electral vote. He has charge of a petition alleging fraud, -etc. Senator Tillman and Congress man McLaurin when seen ab->ut the matter threatened, if Murry made the objection they would block the in auguration of President-elect Mc Kinley by having an inquiry made into the elections of other States. Several Republican Senators have ex pressed themselves as not being in sympathy with the sable Congress man's plan and it is said that promi nent Republicans have been at work on Murry to withdraw his petition. In yesterday's dispatches it is stated that Marry has decided to withdraw his objections. It is repor-ted that Senator Ragin will after the adjournment of the General Assembly tender his resigna tion as Sentutor and accept thbe posi tion of chief elerk in the Secretary- of State's of~ce. Ii. this be true, the peo ple will have to cast about for a newv Senator and consider whether it will pay to undergo the expense of an election for the unexpired term. These elections are expensive and if it is not compulsory we think it would be: well enough to let the unexpired term go by default. However, this will be a matter for the people to consider. Should they conclude to not want to elect a Senator for the unexpired term, it would be well for the mnem bers of the county excautive cam mittee to petition the president of the Senate to with-hold his order for an election, and it should be done as soon after the resignation is tender-ed as possible. There is an industry in this State that is not being treated with ordi nary fairness by the State board of control. We speak~ of the breweryv in Charleston. That concern tur-ns out an article of beer far superior to the kind being sold at the local dispen saries throughout the State, and vet a brewery from another State is idl lowed almost a monoply. The Georgia goods have been sold at the dispensaries for sometime and the quality does not begin to compare with the Germania beer manufac tured in Charleston. The patrons of the dispensary should not be forced to buy goods that do not suit them, and which do not give value for their money; we unhesitatingly say the Charleston goods is not only a better grade, but it will keep better than the beer so largely handled from Georgia. We have no interest in the matter of where the State buys its goods, but we do say, that if the State of South Carolina will continue its charge of the liquor and beer traffic, it should also protect her home industries and encourage them to compete with the outside world. Just wvhy the State board of control will not purchase from the Chaileston brewery we do not know, but the fact is, the Char-, leston goods cannot be found in the dispensar-ies and many- beer- drinkers: have often wondered wvhy, they- know ing the goods to be far superior to the slop, called beer nowv being palmed off on the public. The peo THE COUNTY G;VEkRN31ENT LAW. Justice Thinks That With a Few Amend ients It Would Be Perf.et-He Offers Somec Sug1gestouis. Editor The Manning Times: -In your last issue of the Times was an aticle headed, "Couuty Government Top-Heavy," and asks is the pesent law any improveiment oil th o I law. I answer it is an improveni anl it will be difficult to pass a better one. With a few amendihents it would be perfect. The fault iles with the people, not the law. Pot men in olice who are competent and who will do their duty and the prob len is solved. The way it has been run in this county is a disgrace to a civilized community. From -:ort s made from many couuties where t y put in the proper oilicers it is work ing satisfactorily. As you si. though, there is too large a botye com:nissioners. Allow ime to sugCe a few amendments: 1st. Let each township el-t bY ballot one conmissioner, who-e dut it shall be to enroll everv na w is subject to do road duty anl r)t the names to the supervisor, giVing:, the section of road they are on. Then allow him an amount sufficient to pay for so doing. 2nd. On the first Monday in Jauu ary each year let the full board meet at the court house and organize, and elect three of their members to man age the affairs of the county. 3rd. Then on the first Mouday of each month let those three conimis sioners meet at the supervisor's of fice to receive his reports and attend to any business pertaining to the af fairs of the county, the supervisor being chairman, but only voting in case of a tie. 4th. Then prescribe the duties ot the supervisor. ie shoul be in his o'ice, say every Monday, to receive reports, conplaints, and any other business that may come before him. 5th. That the supervisor should be required to see evei-y mile of public road in the county once in each quarter of the year, also every bridge, s-> he can repurt their condition to his board. A fter the unmes of those subject to road daty is furn1lihed bimi let him employ competent overseers, say one for two tuwnsbis,. furnish them with Decessary tools, and then let the overseer call out for two days' work ten hands. That number is as many as can be worked to advantage, having another ten to take their places, unless he goes through his list and hold the overseer responsible for tools and amount of work done according to the number of bands he has under him. There is at least 2,500 hands in the county subject to road duty. That would give, work ing four days, 10,000 days' work each year. In five years we could have as fine roads as could be made with the soil we have-. We would not only have good roads but it would increase real estate 50 per' cent. Who is coming to Clarendon with our present roads? Then require the superintendent to put on the chain gang to fill up and raise the embank ment of our swamps. 0th. In case the supervisor fails to do his duty, let the three commis sioners file a complaint and have the power to call the full board togzet her and on a two thirds vote dismiss hi:n and recommend some suitable perstmi to the governor for his opponent to fill the vacancy, also holding the bondsmen responsible for any neglect of duties by the supervisor. The great trouble is that many of %Gers are afraid to do their duty, es pecially on the roads, for fear they' will get the ill-will of the dear- peo pile and that they wou't vote for them next time. Jcs-ncE. P'ACKSTILLE NEWS. Packsville, Feb. 8:-Grippe, we are glad to say, has almost left our community, there are only a few cases and they are slight. The farmer-s are busy hauling fertilizers, and judg ing from the quantity beirag handled the average cotton crop will be planted. The majority of our farm ers raise their owvn mned~, corn and syrup; we would be glad to see some of them try tobacco. We have as fine soil in this community for rais ing the wveed as ally other portion of the county. Only a few fail oats have been planted, but they are promisong. I. John W. Br-ad ham, of MIan ning, and MIiss Sallie Bosewell, were mar ried-on Wednesday night, the 5tl, at the home of tile bride's parents. Rev. C. M1. Billings officiating. Mlr. T. P. Cuttino and M~r. Rilev Strange, of Mlanning, visited our place alonday. M1. T1EACHIERN% ASSOLI.L1ON. Tile County Teachers' Association accepting the invitation of Prof. Browvne met to-day at thle appointed time in the Mlanning Institute build ing. President Browne called the meet ing to order, and the minutes of the last meeting wer-e read and approved. Two very interesting and instruc tive papers were then read. One by M1iss Carrie Legg, and the other by Prof. Browne, who also read several short pieces from a book, all of which we re very suggestive andc helpful. MIr. J. J. Bragdon then pleased th'e Association by delivering' two short orations. The folhowing members were the: appointed by the committee on the pr'ogramnme to take par-t in the exer cises of the next meeting: Misses. Iletta M. Withers and 3Miunie IMe Faddin, MIrs. P. WV. Br-alham and Miessr-s. Gist Gtee and 3M. E. Mielette. The Association will meet at the In stitute again on the last Saturday in February, at 11:30 a. m. There be ing no further business. the Associa tionl was adijourne-1 byhx order (of president. E-. J. BUown:,. Secretar-v. BEAU IFUL SEA ~ silLL-i Every one ah e hem. neecn south I haon rteceivd nmuelo'rous inquiri-s fromt northern po;>le for saseN n no0w I anm prpared to answer yes, I can snd yout shells, for I have an00it quite a clletion ( o ll -hell1 o b ro m onr0 own coast1, the coral reefs -and some lovely ones from the West Inia islando. I will mail a dozern or more diifrent kinds, no tw-o alike, to any one w"ho sends at stamp for postage. Yours, Mrs. F-. A. Warner, .T o. nvill~, ill. MADE A BAD "SITTER." Trouble of Artists With the rrincess- of WPies In Her Youth.. When the Pri-nci f Wales was a young bride, she was constantly in re quest for sittings to portrait painters, sculptors and ph ytographers. She was not, however, a good "sitter, " and used to pout when comipol.ed to endure the tediousness of sittiiig hi a studio. Mr. Frith, the painter, was engaged to paint a 7eture of the prince and princess, and he gives a pleasant glimpse of his tribu Ia: with the Princess Alexandra. The princess, says Mr. Frith, was vy yo v'Iung and very beautiful, as all t wlrld knows. She graciously con Senttd to come to my house and to af 1t- ('ery assistance in the way of sttins fr my picture. Sp ess is also well known for b indiness of heart. Oh, how that n wo hL have ached if its owner had rea zAd th- (" ing of mine when 1-0oo soon-discovcred that the illustri Sng lady did not know that keep ing her face in cI position for a few minutes even was necessary to enable an artist to catch a resemblance of it! The first sitting can I ever forget? I did not dare to ci nlain till after two or three fruileSs atcipts. With down right failure staring me in the face, I opened my heart to the Prince of Wales. "You should sculd her," said the prince. Just at this time the princess was sit ting for her bust to the celebrated sculp tor Gibson, R. A., in a room at Marl borough House. I was sent for by the prince, and before I was admitted to an interview I was shown into the sculp tor's studio, and found him waiting for a sitting from the princess. The bust was already in an advanced stage. I did not think it was very like, and in reply to Gibson I said so. "Well, you sce," said Gibson, "the princess is a delightf-Ji lady, but she can't sic a bit. " At that moment I was summoned to the prince, whom I found with the princess, and I saw, or thought I saw, a sort of pretty, smiling pout, eloquent of reproof and cf half anger with me. The prince had something to show me-pho tographs, I think--and then he led the way to Gibson, the princess and I fol lowing. No sooner did we find our.selves in the sculptor's presence than-after some re marks upon the the bust-the prince said: "How do you find the princess sit, Mr. Gibson?" "Now," thought I, "if ever a man was in an awkward fix you are, Mr. Gibson, for after what yon said to me a few minutes ago you cannot in my pres ence compliment the beautiful model on her sitting. " The prince looked at Gibson, and Gibson looked in dead silence at the prince and then at the princess. Then he luoked again at the prince, smiled and shook his head. "There, you see, you sit properly nei ther to Mr. Gibson nor to Mr. Frith." "I do, I do!" said the lady. "You are two bad men!" And then we all smiled, and Gibson went on with his work, the princess sitting admirably for the short time that I rcmained.-Youth's Companion. TEXAS HUMOR. Ilow a Legisator's Jone Was Made Into Law to His Surprisc. DErr one knows that Phil Sheridan said of Texas, 'If I owned Texas and hell, I'd rent Texas and live in hell." Possily out of respect for so great a man the Tleman's answer was suppressed, but it wa-s good just the same. He said with great promptness, "Well, gin'r'l, yer know a cuss allers will take up fer the place he cumi frum." The Texan has a :strong sense of hu mnor, and it mnanifests itself in other ways than repartee. The legislator who proposed that all traiins running into Texas should be detained for ten min utes at the state line amd required to whistle three times in acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the state didn't explet to be taken seriously. He wasn't; but his colleaggues thought it would be suchi a good joke on the railroads that they made the suggestion law and for a time religiously enforced it. The Texas women have their share of humor, and they can be sarcastic, too, as tile following conversation between the daughter of a Texas congressman andi a New Yorker at a Washington ball testifies: "You are from Texas?" the New Yorker said in very much the same tone that ho would have used had he asked if she was from Bawaii or some other remote place. "Yes," she said, smiling sweetly. "Lots of cowboys out there," he said, like a man who knew. "Yes," she said doubtfully. "You've seen some of course?" "Oh, yes." This in a tone of convIc tion. "In what part of the state?" he went on. "Oh, I didn't see any ecowboys in Texas. The ones I saw were on Broad way, New York. "-New York Sun. Guess She Wasn't Much American. An "American Woman" in the Lon don Daily Chronicle describes the aver age Englishman as' "a superior being, of active brain, much travel, experience with women and a certain desire to please. American mn are an eccentric growth, a bodge podge flung toget ter in a galloping money grabbing civilization, not fully known to themselves." She adds, "In America we all like our fa thers and brothers, but wxe haven't any great admiration for our husbands, al though we may be fond of them in a patronizing way." SlCO ILEWAlID $100. Tihe readers of this piper will be please d to learn that thei e is at least one dread, d disease that science has b'een able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hlall's atatrrh Cure is the only positive cure kn"own to the med cal frate rn'ity Catarrh ben' ons.titionial diseai. requires a canstitutional treatmnl:t. hIt1lls Iaar upnteblood antda mus -ourfaces of the e tirtheby dlestroyin. the foundatiion and I in nature in doing' its work. 1..he' prpitr have so0 much~ faith in its curative p twers. tat they offer OIne Hun 1'r.d I)i ar'. fr any c'se tat it fails to - re 1en 'i r l.t' of testimnialit s. .Ides F. CHNEY, & Co.'iToled, O WANT ELD! . :.:g . My o e t .mn, to canrvasst' Not ice. Oiiice Snp..rin ::ni at of E in': atio'u, Clarendon County. lUntil lurtiher nati'' I will b- in my olli'e every Saturday, fromt a. m. to 1 ia., and ioan 2 p. im.. to 5i p. mn. Other day~s will be pent in1 visiting tile schools. W. S. 1ttCHBIOURG. Supt. Education, C. C'. Cheap Labor. People in general cannot unde:stand the doings of a student of nature. Es pecially quite ignoramt per .1s are apt to conclude, when told that th.oObjects of his search are fossils or neras, that under this (xemianation - concealed the purpose of sccnring m buried treasure, for that is the only that would induce them to di:;. Mr. L. Adams relates an amusing iinsmicu of this reasoning. While excavating a lare cavern en the southern coast of Malta ve hadl dug a trench in the soil on its f1..or sonie six feet in depth in quest of orgaunic re mains. The natives in the vicinity, hearing of our presence, canme in nui bers daily to witness the proetdiines, interrn gating the workmen with rofer enee to the object of our researches, of which the workmen were abfjct us ig norant as theMseis. One afterocon t ex c st.alwart fllmys paid us a visit, and while they :cn the heap of dirt staring down inio the dark ditch below I d:-oppei a 5pmiish dollar on a shvelfu: of ear;h, and the next moment it lay v:ith the soil en the heap. Picking it up in a careless manner, I put it into our lunchion bag, and a few minutenfterward our frien: ds disappeared, muttering to one another as they went. Great was our amusement the next morning to find that ot:r tr.nch had been carried fully four feet below the level we had gained on the previous evening. Not only that; several other excellut sections of the floor had been made by the natives in cxpvetation of finding buried treasure.-Youth's Com pamon. London Barber Thops. An interesting feature of the east end barber shops is the rack cf pigeonholes filled with shaving mugs, Each bearing, usually in German text, the name of the owner. The shaving mug is evident ly esteemed a valuable advertising me dium, for many a mug bears, in ad li tion to the ov-ner's name, some emblem of his business. The undertaker puts on his mug the picture of a richly appoint ed hearse, with all the proper trappings of woe. The butcher decorates his mug with shoulders of mutton, pigs' heads and linked sausages. The dentist dis plays the traditional double row of an noyingly perfect teeth. The fireman's mug bears the illuminated picture of a fire engine. Vain and handsome men adorn their cups with photographs of themselves. Others place beneath their names some inscription-a sentiment from the poets or an old German rhyme of good cheer. A child's photograpb occasion ally appears on a shaving mug, and now and then a coat of arms is em blazoned above the owner's name, for coats of arms are as abundant in the east end as elsewhere in town. Some times it is a national coat of afms, Ger man, Austrian, Swiss or Italian, dis played in honor of the deserted father land.--Pearson s Weekly. 2: c- cI .= :9 t = --M 46= . c . .-- a- 1 " c. E - -b Q..-! ~~ CZ r 29. i . . 1 - : v 0 0=a ...-- 2 = - 6 d . . ~ c~ ~ c JC- .. * -C -- E ~ - * -I ~> 10 bfl 0 LC > I Potash is a necessary and important ingredient of complete fer tilizers. Crops of all kinds require a properly balanced manure. The best Fertilizers contain a high percertage of Potash. A11 about Potasb-the results of its use by actual ex periment on the best farms in the United States-is told in a little book which we publish and wili gladly mail free to any farmer in Amcrica who w.!i write frizt. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. JURY LIST. The following names were drawn fron the jury box to serve as Grand ind Petit Jurors for the February terin of court, which convenes on the !2nd 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, Alcolu. W G Frierson, Jordan. A F Richardson, Fulton. W E Jenkinson, Manning. J H1 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, Remini. 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. PIM 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, Suinmerton. 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 Siluons, Summerton. J E Cousar, Sardinia. A J Hicks, Seloc. Jos. H Burgess, Suminmerton. T H Gentry. Sunimerton. J S Evans, Workman. W H Gaillard, Alcolu. WV 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 MIr. Fred Webber, Holiand, Mass., had a very bad cold and congh which he Jad not been able to cure with any thing. I gave him a 25 cent hsot t~c of Chambnerlain's Con..h Remnedy, says W. P. H~ol len. merchant and postmaster ait West Brimnsleld. an~d the next time I saw him he said it worked like a charm. This remedy is intended especially for acute throat and lang diseases snu as colds, croup and whooping cough, and It is ia mitus for its cnres. T1here is no danger in giving it to children for it c')ntains notb ing injarious. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the druggist. REGISTRATION NOTICE. The State at 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. mn., 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. WORSH AM, S. G. GRIFFIN, E. D. HODGE, Supervisors of Registration. Manning, S. C. January 1st 1S97. NEW BEEF MARKET! Edwin Scott, ihutcher. Fresh f.it Beef and Fork every; (iay. batchered by one skilled in the business. SAUSAGES, BLooD and LIVER PUDDINGS a Specialty. I do L ot allow hangers-on to loat around my market, and enn gnarantee everything bought from me to be clean. I wlll deliver to the houses promphtly. M1y market house is opposite Itigby's store and I ask for a share of the patronage, Prices gularanteed. Respectfully, ARTHUR LoWERY, Proprietor. Enough For all the Winter Evenings ALMOST FREE. TOWN TOPICS, 4'=%* 208 5th Ave., N. Y., FIFTEEN cents in the following prize novels (W'HTN lRED AND FIFTY- SIX pages, regular p rice FIFI'Y ets.): for FIFTY cents any FOUR : for ONE DOLLAR any TEN: for ONE DOLLAR AND A H ALF the whole library of SIXTEEN volumes. 6--TEE SALE OF A SOUL. By C. M. S. Mc '7-TH FCdUSIN OF THE KING. By A. S. Van 8-SI rONHS IN HADES. By Clarice' IL 9-THI sR TS OF CHANCE. By Captain 10-ATHOY ~nT. Bv charles Stokes Wayne. 11-AN ECLIPsE OF VIRTUE. By Champion 12-AN .NPEAKRABLE SIREN. By John Gilliat. 13-THAT DREADFU.L ViOMAN. By Harold H. 1-A DEAL IN DENVER. By Gilmer Mc~en 15-WHY SAYS GLADYS. By David Christie 16-A VERY REMARK.ABLE GIRL. By L . 17-AB cARRAGE FOR HATE. By Harold 3. 18-Orl OF THE SULPH 7R. By T. C. De Leon. 21-HER SRANEEXPERIMENT By Harold R. Vynne. %r Indicate by the numbers the novels you want. Ripans Tabules cure liver troubles. Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver. Ho WHOur Succes Wasl WOI First of all it was won by hard labor and cloe ,t tention to business: in the second place it was woi by selling first-class goods at 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 aro we unfurled our banner enscribed upon it QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS FOR THE CASH ONLY. Though small as it wvas, the people saw it, and they saw what was inscribed upon it and they saw the standard-bearer and ther saw that lie meant busi ness. They flocked to our standard from all quar ters and the result was an unprecedented success. Last December one year ago the fire came and swept us from the hce 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 *of + V equaled+ Prosperity, People of Clarendon. give us your support and we will show vou that we will make vou 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 promiz'a that we make through the col umns of The Manning Times or otherwise. For the Next 30 Days We Propose to Make So tarin0 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 10 per yard. former price 121c per yard. A nice line of Cashmeres in all shaides at I8e per yard. for mer price 25c. A nice line of tailor-made Suitings at 10c per yard, former price 121c. A large line of Dress Ginghams only 5w per yard. If the color does not stand in these ginghams we refind vou your money. We have on hand about 2.000 yards of' Dress Outing that we sold at S, 10 and 121c per yard that we are now closing out at Gi. 7J and Oc per yard. all beautiful dress styles. Yard-wide Bleach Homespun, no starch, only 7c per yard. Yard-wide Sea Island Homespun, only 5c per yard. A large lot of Canton Flannel at G. and Sc per yard. 2,000 yards light Calicos for making little boys' waists.Jadies' shirt waists and gents shirts. only 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 2e up. Don't von 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 80c per square yard. The best table oil cloth made at 20c per yard. Black oil cloth for making buggy cushions and buggy aprons. only 25c per yard, former price :}5c. 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 von w~-ill 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 1c each. Call and see these Caps and be convinced that they are bargains for the money. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! Pemember. we keep a large lot of Shoes on hand all the time and iat prices that must command your attention. Plow Shoes at $1, $1.25 and $1.50 per pair. Ladies' Pebble 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 w arr1anted to give satisfaction. Crockery and Glass Ware. Genuine white Chiha Tea Cups andi Saucers. on ly 750 per set. Ching plates to match 75c to 81.00) per set. T1he best ironstone gand C'p and Saucers only :35c per set. Best ironst one Plates 45 an 5c per set. Open Dishes, covered Dishes and Bowvls of all kinds very cheap. Large white open chambers only 3we each. Large white Bowls and Pitchers only 75c. A large line of Iancy Glassware on hand all the time. Nice. clear glass. plain Tamiblers only 15e for six. 20e for large half-gallon Pitcher. Sec each for large and small Lamp Chimneys. Agricultural Implements. At this season we keep a large line of Pi-nvs, Rakes, Forks andl Axes at the lowest possible prices. Dixie Boy Plows s1.15 each. Dixie points and slides 6e each. Large wings 1Cc each. Dixie point bolts le e ichl or 10e per dloz. Splendid heavy, weli ironed Hames 20c pair. Back-baud Web, 4 inchles wide, only 5e per yari. 11 yards best Cotton Rope 15e. 12 yards Grass Rope 15. Our Grocery Department. In our Grocery Departmnt wehave mad a secial effort to meet the wants of the farmaers . A argec stok of tobaccos puit np in s~nal. boxe to sell by the wholesale. Can give y ou a splendlid grade ofttobacc at ) per ib, and can give y ouod tobacco at 3) per 1It. Salt 5. persk Very good Coffee at 1te per lb; ht ter gre at 15c, antl the e at * pe lb. ~The best Fiour at 85.50I per bb), aF vr o Flur at'M5)a 'd The best Leaf Gud51-2 by the hain led ib)D S. * i ; 5 *byi hundred pund. Mateles 50' per gross or 5e per da b2e5 1)) 3. ev.:p. orated aipples. rat $e. ter. lb. GA RDIN SEF.DS.-A lare~ lhne of Ga. den Se-ws of all kin i.i.. 0-. ion Sets 15e per qt or 2 cits for 25%. TI. W. W ols &~ Suns' Se Po:ao'.. which have 2iven the best results of any potato brought to the market. Yours truly.