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LOTU APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAR. 10, 1S97. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year......... ........ $1.50 SixMonths............ .... '0 Four Months................ 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, o.e time, $1; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal char acter will be published except as an adver tisemeut. 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 jingo merchants will be found out by the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Sumter. "THE MOUNTAIN LABORED AND BRU=T FORTHI A MOUSE." The Charleston grand jury swooped down upon the local Dispensaries and with much glee did they report the irregularities they alleged to have found. But for days before the pre sentment, the city papers expected, great and sensational developments, and they kept the public on the qui vive for something to fall with a fear ful thud. The report came, and al Mt]tough-great big headlines attempted to miislead,lthe reader found a mountain out of a mole-hill, and in stead of corruption being exposed it turns out that some of the Dispensers have not strictly carried out the re quirements of the law with re gard to signing the applications, and without mentioning the name this grand jury report to the :court that one dispenser said "Damn the law, it is sales we want." ,The gentlemen composing the grand jury are no doubt performing an unpleasant(?)duty,when it becomes necessary to report their local officers for not performing their duties with a "hew to the line" strictness, and if the Charleston dispensers have not performed their duties according to law, the grand jury would have stul tified itself had it not brought the matter to the court's attention. But who now, is to hold- the grand jury responsible for its flagrant ignoring of the law when it came to passing upon violators of the Dispensary law; there is a Board that can inquire into the remark of the dispenser who said "Damn the law, it is sales we want," and if they find he is running his Dispensary on such a principle he should be dismissed summarily. The jury gave no name, but left the court and the authorities ic the dark as to his identity. The jniry, howe.ver, -.if-. the publishedl~Xree ;-re true, have in . thei ~body a member who is ual as recl1"ss in his remarks as this Dispenser; we refer to the juror who said: "It is not the violators, but the Dispensary which is on trial." This remark was given as an excuse for throwing out all of the Dis pensary cases. In the remarkable document given to the court there was no mention of what the juror said, nor why so many cases were thrown out, but like a sweet morsel under their partisan tongues, they rang out the silly remark of a Dis penser without letting the court know who he is, and who are the material witnesses to prove the same. We can not recall of such a partisan document as ever being presented to a court before; the whole paper on its face exhibits an enmity to the Dispensary and to those who have andeavored to enforce it in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles. But then, nothing more could be expected when upon that jury were men suspected of running "bli'd tigers. The "News and Courier," in publishing the occupations of the jurors did not strengthen the jury in estimation of the people, because some offthe "grocers" are known and also what is usually contained in a Charleston gvocer's establishment. How many grocery stores in that city are without a bar room att'ach ie>t Yet violators of the Dicpen iary law are to be judged by "mine kient who kseps von grocery." * * * Governor Ellerbe may allow himself :o be persuaded to take away the Met copolitan police from Charleston, but we are afraid he will regret his action in less than three months, however, he should be the better judge, as the responsibility is with him. There is :ne thing certain, Charleston needs some change in the manner of draw ing juries, because under the present system, those in political control can put just who they please on the jury and of course, they will not let men pposed to their methods get where barm can come to them. Charleston is opposed to the Dispensary and we would like to see some modification of the law for that city, as we believe the place is too large and its popula tion too much mixed to ever get the present law satisfactorily enforced, but if the matter of enforce ment is left to the politicians, the Governor had just as well suspend the law's operation as far as Charleston is concerned. The Coumbia correspondent of the "News and Courier" has apparently been on the inside for some time in the matter of the Governor's action with re gard to Charleston and knowing him to be exceedingly careful in his state. ments, we take what he has been writing as if with authority from the fountain head. He said some time ago what Governor Ellerbe was go ing to do, and, when the Legislature adjourned, signs began to appear which showed the correspondent knew what he was writing about. Why did not the Governor take ac tion while the Legislature was in ses sion? Was there any probability that some course would have been taken by the body to tie the Governor's hands? The Governor, in waiting until after adjournment, has laid him self ikbe to criticism, as many will think he waited out of respect to the opponents of the Metro politan police and the Dispensary, so as to not give the legislature an op portunity to upset his scheme of re turning the old order of things to Charleston. GovernorEllerbe has made a solmen pledge to be "Governor of the whole people" and as one of his supporters, we should feel ashamed of him were he to be other than the people's Gov ernor, but at the same time, he should not allow the laws of the land outraged as was done in Charleston, not only by the violators of the law, but by a jury who defiantly trampled the law under foot. In the face of the recent conduct of Charleston's grand jury aend-the protests of the many good citi zens,if the Governor takes off the Met ropolitan police,it will be a turning of the other cheek sure enough, and we will only have to wait and see if 'the sweetly ladened promises of the Dis pensary law's opponents will amount to anything after the fitst few months. ADJOUEN~ED AT LAST. The General Assembly, after fifty seven days, at a cost of about $1,000 a day, of legislating, has at last fin ished its labors, and when the official acts are published the public will learn that very little of importance was done, considering the length of time consumed. About the most important work done was an income tax for amounts of $2,500 or over, an anti-trust and insurance law, and the Dispensary law was amended with a view to fix the law so that it would not conflict with the United States courts. The income tax is only to apply to those whose incomes have reached the sum of $2,500. Whether this will stand the test of the courts in the face of a very recent decision, we do not know, and we are not prepared to say that we favor the law. It looks to us as discriminating, a' d creating a whole lot of trouble which could be avoided by making the las appl~iee to all incomes. IE appears that the government has a deficit on its hands and some plan had to be resorted to to get over it, but the complications which will be created by this new plan to raise money may be very expensive; those who have an income of $2,500 are able to resist the law and we fear that a resistance will be made, and thus have the law hung up in the courts just as was done with the Dis pensary. CORRECT TOU ARE. The "Piedmont Headlight," one of the strongest Reform papers in the State, says: Last year the poor school children of South Carolina were robbed of the profits in the Dispensary, which money went into th~e general funds. Now, General Norton says there is a deficit of a quarter of a million dol-i lars, while the tax levy continues to pile up, and the prices of all manner of agricultural products decline. Let those who have the management of our public funds be required to pub lih a statement showing where all this money has gone to, so that at the next election the voters can know what expenditures they want lopped RHEUMiATISM QUICKLY CURED. After having been confined to the house for eleven days and paying out $25 in doc tor bills without benefit, Mr. Frank Dolson, of Sault Ste Marie, Mich., was cored by one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, costing 25 cents, and has not since been tronbied with that complaint. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the druggist. The Charleston "Post" is the after 2oo paper which took occasion to ibuse and vilify Congressman Mc Laurin upon his arrival in that city to deliver an address in response to in invitation from the Democratic party, and the very next day it ,ame :>ut in hypocritical but musical tones inging "peace and unity." Now, here it is again in its issue of the 4th inst. with the following editorial "squib": It is a cheering reflection for South Carolina that Earle is now seated in Irby's chair. When Tillman is rele gatea to the rear also, the State need no lotiger blush for her representation in the Senate." It is just such newspapers that are pretending in one breath to want peace and in the very next they pitch in and stir up the fires of bate. The "Post," we believe, was an "assistant Republican" in the last national cam paign and that may account for its wanting Tillman relegated to the rear. We repeat that the "Post" is a news paper published nearly every after noon in the city of Charleston; it might be well to write it down, as it is spoken of very seldom. The United States Senate is fast becoming a rival for the race track or prize ring judging from recent events. Sunday before last while the places of holy worship were open to the devout, the Senate chamber was conducting public business ; then, one day last week Senators Hoar and Quay; while discussing the matter of a quorum, the former intimated the latter was drinking, and the latter replied by saying that the formei was either "a lunatic or a liar." This kind of talk in the American House of Lords is shocking, and fortunately the parties were from the other side of the Mason and Dixon line. Had the incident occurred with any of our Southern Senators, the newspapers all over the North would for the next month be full of indignation. They would howl for impeachment pro ceedings, etc. But two great Repub lican States, Massachusetts and Penn sylvania are represented by the two gentlemen-ruffians, and the press of the Nort' ire like the little boy the calf ran o er. William McKinley is now the President of the United States, and if his Administration does one-half as well as was promised in the cam paign, the people will have reason to be glad of the change. His inaugural address reads well and promises much ; there is a ring of the states man about it, and he appears to be aware of the fact that the great body of toilers in this country have suffered greatly in the past four years ; that agriculture has languished and there is need for such legislation as will re lieve the depression. It now remains to be seen whether or not he can de vise any scheme by which the ex isting troubles can be corrected, or whether his inaugural utterances are merely made to tickle the ear of those who are looking to the government for the relief the people know they need and wvbich the politicians admit is the groundwork of so much unrest all over the entire union. Let us all hope for the best. When such an indomitable fighter as the Columbia "State" is pleased with the administration of President McSweeney and Speaker Gary, it is really gratifying, as it begins to look as if the day of peace is dawning. The "State" has the following com plimentary editorial : With real gratification the "State" adds to the formal legislative ac knowledgments its tribute to the im partiality of the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representa tives. President MlcSweeney and Speaker Gary administered in the fullest fairness the trusts committed3 to them. They recognized the ex istence of no faction ; they respected the will of the bodies over which they presided ; they were Wud -to all the members. Such service deserves the reogiition which the houses have given and the press confirms. That was a very humane and com mendable act on the part of Governor Ellerbe when he visited the cell of Dan C. Murphy, convicted and sen tenced to be hanged for the murder of Treasurer Copes of Orangeburg. He went to talk with the doomed man to see if any additional light could be thrown on the case whereby executive clemency could be used and the law vindicated. It is the first time we have ever heard of a Governor doing such a thing, and he deserves the hearty commendation of his fellow citizens. Governor Ellerbe is a man of noble characteristics and this act of kind ness and humanity must appeal to every one as an example worthy of emulation. There is one good thing to the credit of the recent Legislature, that is, they did not create any new offices to increase the expenses of the gov vernment. The proposed establish ing of the office of Labor Commis sioner and Bank Examiner failed, wvhich nas a saving to the people of a couple of salaries at -least. Either one of the positions required the ser vices of an expeit and a man quali fied to fill them can demand fromi the corporations five times the salary proposed in the bill; therefore, had 'the offices been provided, inexperi enced men no doubt would have been selected and their services wvould h-a been usmee to the public. Hon. Joseph H. Earle, South Caro ina's junior Senator has taken the )ath of office and entered upon the lischarge of his duties. We hope hat our pair of Senators will be able .o get along well together, although nany predict that they will not, on tceount of Tillman's course in the re -ent primary. We did not support Earle in the primary, but we know .bat he has the ability and we believe ie will not let local politics hamper iim in supplementing Tillman's efforts or the good of the people who so aghly honored him. South Carolina iow has as strong a team in the Lnited States Senate as any State in he Union. One of our representative6 informs as that provision has been made for :he chain gang system to be put in )peration in this County. The official icts are not out yet and our only source of information comes from the laily newspapers. When these acts ire published we propose going over them carefully to ascertain what the General Assembly did do for the benefit of the masses, and should we liscover anything of interest to the people we will reproduce it in our columns. With much surprise did ve read the unkind allusion to THE T~is in the "Headlight." Brother Gautt, we had no idea of giving you offense and regret that you should have, for so little cause, dipped your pen in harsh ness. Of course, we differ with you in the estimate of THE TimEs, and we believe all of our readers do, how ever, we will not retaliate in kind, and we hope on reflection you will see that you have done us an injust ice. The Lake City "Times" comes to us this week under a new manage ment. Mr. W. David Shaw, formerly connected with the Columbia "Regis ter," has taken bold of the "Times" and, judging from the already great improvement in that paper, he will make it one of the best country news papers in the State. Here's to suc cess, Brother Shaw! It is pleasing to not( the compli mentary expressions about Lieuten ant-Governor McSweeney and Speak er Gary. Both of these gentlemen have made model presiding officers, and the words of praise they are re ceiving is merited. Nearly every news paper in the State has complained about the little work done by the General Assembly for the good of the masses, and now that the body has adjourned the com plaints will adjourn also. Gen. Wade Hampton has tendered to President McKinley his resigna nation as United States Railroad Commissioner. The State Treasury. [From the Columbia News.] The discussion over the new reve nue bills which were 'n. roduced in the House of Represenatatives revealed the fact of an actual probable defi ciency in the State Treasury ranging f rom $40,000 to $200,000. This deficiency was the cause of the passage of the income and the insurance license fee acts and the in troduction of the gradnated license bill, which was continued. The causes assigned for th'e defi ciency were the loss of the phosphate royalty and tl-e Dispensary profits. The loss of these two sources of reve nue to the Treasury recessitated either a higher rate of direct taxa tion or a resort - to other modes of taxation wi 'ch would not fall on the smaller taxpayer. The latter has been thought the most politic. The expenditures of the govern ment in all departments have in reased, a d a higher rate of te xation on the assesi;ed value of the property is to be avoided, and hence the resort to the income and license taxes. The school tax has been raised one mill by the new Constitution, while the school fund also takes the Dispensary profits, the ne- County government bill has increaised county taxes and the red oction in salaries and appro pria~Aons for State purposes has not lessened the State s expenses. The Ger er.1 eserabiy, we think, ought to 1 ave entered upon a vigor ous retrenchment of all expenditures and kept them down to the level of its loss of revenue. The Courty gov ernments ought to be so re-formed as to lessen the rate of County taxation at least one-half. The usual method in fixing the County taxes is to allow the County Commi. oners to fix it. The General Assemb'y in its supply bill simply adopts the suggest'on of the County Commissioners, and thus delegates to the Commissioners the power to fix the rate. The conse quence has been that the finances of the counties are not as carefully considered as the State's finances, the County expenditures exceeding those of the State by thousands of dollars. No reform is more important to the State than the County governments, and in them is the source of great extravagance, and if this was cor rected, no new methods of taxation would be resorted to to meet a defi ciency in the State Treasury. Governor Ellerbe would do the State a great service if he could de vise some means of contracting the expenses of the County governments, which year by year increase the bur den of taxation. STATE oF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LucAs COusTr. Ffaixx J. CHENEY makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CENET & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the of use HALL's CATAnna. CenE. FR ANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON, [sEAL.] Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Gore is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. peSold by druggists, 75c. If siek, delay no longer. Speedily cured at Brockinton's drug store. Come to TEE TIEs office and buy a Tillman on Uanna. [From the Spartanburg Herald.] Senator Tillman is to be congratu ated on his excellent article which tppeared in Sunday's "World" giv ng his views on the advent of Hanna :o the Senate. The article is strong, rigorous and forceful, vet withal lignified and as conservative as the ;ubject warrants. No right thinking American can vitness this bargain and sale of the iighest office in the gift of a State, .vithout a feeling of shame. In an wer to the trusts, or by order of the rusts, this man whose prominence s due to his ability to go to those .vho have gained special favors from :he government and force them to ;tand and deliver money that was ised to debauch voters. MARCH, APRIL, MAY, kre the months in which to give especial ttention to the condition of your physical 2iclth. If you pass safely through these non ths ind find yourself strong and vigcr us, on the arrival of warmer weather, you :ay reasonably expect that you will be well .n summer. Now is the time to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, because now is the time when :he blood must be puri ed, enriched and ritalized, and because Hood's Sarsaparilla s the only blood purifier prominently in he public eye to-day. Hood's Sarsaparilla das power to make you healthy and guard our system against disease. "Justice" Argues Again. Editor MAN-Isc. TrFs: You said in your last issue of THE TIMES, "'Member County Board' Returns to the Attack." I am sure it did not escape your notice that he fired a blank cartridge, protecting himself behind an embankment of education that had nothing to do with the subject at issue. He did not answer a single question. He says somewhere in the County the roads have not been properly worked, but says he knows not where, and says he can only answer for his own section; the roads there being in good condition. What does the grand jury say, which represents all parts of the County? They say the roads throughout the county, and several of the bridges are in pretty bad con dition-that is what they say. I will excuse Commissioner, as 1 have no doubt he got up into Sumter County, where, I am told, they are improving their roads. So far as I am a .vare, he knows very little about the roads in his own County. He must have been the member, who, when canvassing for a higher office, got ten miles away from the court house and had to inquire the way to Manning, though he was by the side of a railroad that runs there and a public road running parallel. He refers to a previous communica tion of mine as to working the roads by hired overseers and shows the im possibility, as the appropriation would not permit of it. I will throw a little light on the matter to clear up my suggestion: The road law requires four days' work, or in lieu, a tax of $2. If the Supervisor should give notice that every man subject to road duty would be required to work four days, there would be found 500 met, that would pay the $2 tax. Many would pay it if they knew the money was to be spent on the roads. Now, please allow me to explain for his information, and that of others, what could be made the re sult. We have in place of 2,500 hands, 2,000, making a total of 8,000 days' work. Allowing each hand to move five cubic yards of earth, and that is only a half day's work, that would give 40,000 cubic yards, allowing one lineal yard,would be all that is neces sary to fill most of our slush or mud holes. Some more and some less, the grand total would be twenty-three miles of slush filling, allowing 10 per cent. of the roads to be slushy, would give 230 miles of dry road in all weather. In two years we would have 460 miles of dry roads and no body hurt ; but all benefited. I heard it stated during the last administration of our County officials that they could not put the chain gang out, as they had no appropria-I tion to hire guards. I will make a! few figures on that: It costs 30 cents a day to feed prisoners; two would cost 60 cents. I can hire any number of good, honest, trustworthy men for 50 cents a day. To guard them, they can be fed for 8 cents each; for two prisoners it would cost, guard, 50 cents ; rations, 16 cents; total, 66 cents ; loss, 6 cents. For three pris oners, guard, 50 cents; rations, 24 cents ; total, 74 cents ; profit 16 cents. For four prisoners, guard, 50- cents ; rations, 82 cents; total, 82 cents; profit, 38 cents. Now, take four as a basis for one year, they would move, say, six cubic yards each day, making a total of 7,200 yards; that would fill four miles of slushes, equal to forty miles, add these forty miles to the 460, and in two years, without a dollar appro priation for roads, you have 500 miles of dry roads and everybody happy, even the foot pedestrian as he keeps his feet dry. Then follow up the work and in five or six years you will have all your roads ditched, brought to proper widths and traveling will be a pleasure, while strangers will come to our County and settle among us. As it now stands, they are not coming. "Member" says he does not deal in slang and does not wish for a news paper controversy and will have nothing more to say, and refers me to the new Board. As yet they have had no time to do anything, but if they don't steer in a different line from the old Board, they will, in all probability, hear from JUSTICE. THE GRANDEST REMEDY. Mr. R. 13. Greeve, merchant, of Chil howie, Va , certities that he bad consump tion, was given up to die, sought all medi cal treatment that money could procure, tried all congh remedies be could hear of. bt got no relief;spent many nights sitting up in a chair; was induaced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured by use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says Dr'. King's New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at Rt. B3. Lorya's drug store. He that is content to be a creature of cir cumstances is likely to become a poor creature in very poor circumstances. The expert musical instructor needs know how to cultivate the voice and the imagination. Humanity is making the best it can of this earth, from mud pies to sky-scraping buildings. The spiritual side of life forces itself upon us when man is full of years -and other things. There is this consolation in the iailure of the woolen manufacturer, that he isn't making underwear any longer. When the flower of the family comes to regard itself as a daisy, then the horticul tural business goes to grass. DANGERS OF THlE GRIP. Tne greatest danger from La Grippe is of its resulting in pneumonia. If reason able care is used, however, and Chamber lain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for la grippe, we have yet to learn of a single case hav ing resulted in pneumonia, which shows conclusively that this remedy is a certain preventive "of that dreaded disease. It will effect a permanent cure in less time than any other treatment. The 2-> and 50 cent size fr. sal e R R.B Lorya the druggist. "Blight" osts cotton planters more han five million dollars. an wally. This is an enormous vaste, and can be prevented. 3ractical experiments at Ala >ama Experiment Station show :onclusively that the use of "Kainit" vill prevent that dreaded plant lisease. All about Potash-the results of its use by actual a eriment on the best farms in the United States-is old in a little book which we publish and will glady wil free to any farmer in America who will write for k. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. To The P'ublic. I am with the New Firm of Harvin a Barron, and will be pleased to erve each and every one who traded ith my father. It will be a help Lnd a kindness to me to have all such 'riends of my father to patronize the Sew Firm and all who so favor us vill be satisfied and well pleased. Yours in good faith, JOHN F. WALKER. SUPERVISOR'S NOTICE. OFFICE COE NTY SUPERVISOR, { CLnENDoN CoUNTY. Manning, S. C., Jan. 29th, 1896.-The lounty supervisor's office will be open on ridays and Saturdays of each week, for he transaction of office business. The >ther days of the week I will be out attend ng to roads and bridges. T. C. OWENS, County Supervisor. Notice. Office Superintendent of Education, 1 Clarendon County. Until further notice I will be in my office wery Saturday, from 9 a. m. to 1 in., and rom 2 p. mu.. to 5 p. n. Other days will be ;pent in visiting the schools. W. S. RICHBOURG. Supt. Education, C. C. Manning, S. C., Feb. 1st 1897. Discharge Notice. Notice is hereby given that on the 1Ith day of March 1897, I will apply to the JuIdge of Probate for Clarendon uounty for discharge as administrator of the estate :f Henry DeSanssure Gardin, deceased. THOMAS E. RICHARDSON, Administrator. Sumter, S. C., Feb. 10, 1897. To Consumers of Lager Beer: The Germania Brewing Company, of Charleston. S. C., have made arrangements with the South Carolina State authorities by which they are enabled to fill orders from consumers for shipments of beer in any quantity at the following prices: Pints, patent stopper, 60ce. per dozen. Four dozen pints in crate, $2.80 per crate. Eighth-keg, $1.25. Quarter-keg, $2 25. Half-barrel, $4.50. Exports, pints, tek dozen in barrel, $9. It will be necessary for consumers or parties ordering,to state that the beer is for private consumption. We offer special rates for these shipments. This beer is guaranteed pure, made of the choicest hops and malt, and is recommended by the medical fraternity. Send to us for a trial order. O E E A NIJA Brewing Company, Charleston, S. C. Land Surveying and Leveling. I will do Surveying, Etc., in Clarendon and adjoining Counties. Call at office or address at Samter, S. C., P. 0. Box 101. JOHN R. HAYNESWORTH. Egleberg -Rice llillei The only machine that in one operation will clean, hull and polish rough rice, put ting it in mnerchantable condition, ready for table use. SIMPLE AND EASY TC MANAGE. -ALSo CORN MILLS, SAW MILLS, PLANING MACHINES, Anl all kinds of Wood-Working Ma chiny. Talbott and Liddell Enlgines anid Boiler~ On hand at Factory prices. V.0C.BADHAM, General Agent, COLUMlBIA, S. C. NOTARY PUBLIC. -AGENT FOR THE HOME MUTUAL FIRE PRO TECTION ASSOCIATION OF S. C. Protects from Pire, Wind, and Lightning. C. C. LESLIE, wHOLEsALE AND RETAIL COMDIsSION DEALER IN Fish, Oysters, -0 Gamie and Poultry4 Fish packed for country orders a special ty. No charges for packing. Send foi list. Consignments of country produce are respectflly solicited. Poultey, eggs. etc. Stalls Nos. 1 and ,2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Mark~et st., east of Bay. CHARLESTON., S. C. Ripans Tabules assist digestion. In the mouths of everybody that times are hard, and so they may say: but, my friends, if you will bring your little cash earnings and savings to our Store and see what turns of goods can be secured for such a small sum of money, you will realize the fact that ',imes are not as hard as one might think. Come to -ur store with the cash, and we guarantee you will not go off dissatisfied with your purchases. We made our reputation as a merchant by selling our goods cheap for the cash, and we are here now for no other purpose than to sell goods cheap, and we want the public to know that we have plenty of goods to sell all the time and can buy them as cheap as any house upon the face of the globe. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT: We still have some of our Fall and Winter Stock of Clothing on hand, and it must and will be sold, so friends, if you want Cheap Clothing, now is your opportunity. We are closing out the remnant of our stock at cost for the cash. A Very Good Wool Mixed Suit of Clothes for only $3.50,. former price $5.00. A Nice Black Wool Cheviot Suit, $4.50, former price $6.00. A Nice All Wool French Clay Worsted, satin piped, only $9.00, former price, $12.00. We have the Greatest line of Pants ever shown in this town. Just think of it! A Nice Pair of Wool Cassimere Pants, in beautiful styles, only $1.00, never sold before for less than $1.50. In short, we can furnish you Pants at any price from 45c. per pair up to $5.00. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT: Ladies, we still have some Great Bai-gains to offer vou in Worsted Dress Goods, Ginghams, Calicoes and Suitings, and they must be sold for the money. We also have in stock one of the prettiest lines of Spring Worsteds ever shown in this place, comprising Etamine Suitings, Pompadour Suitirgs and Mohairs of all kinds. We also wish to call your attention to a line of Shirt Waist Silks, which cannot be beat for the money. Styles entirely new. One of our lines of Shirt Waist Silks we are offering at 22 1-2c. per yard, which is cer tainly a Great Bargain for the money we ask for it. Ladies, one of the attractions in our Dress Goods Department is our beautiful line of Black Skirtings, con taining Black All Wool Crepons, 46 inches wide, only 60c. per yard. Black Silk Warp Brilliantines, 38 inches wide, at 715c. Black - All Wool Cacillians, 38 inches wide, only 50c. per yard. All Wool Brilliantines and Serges, 36 inches wide, at 2.5c. per yard. Black Bucake French Satines, 15c. and 20c. per yard ; looks just like Fine Black Worsteds. Colors warranted to stand. OR MILLINERY DPARTMENT: We are preparing this spring to give our lady friends the advantage of one of the Finest Millinery Departments ever shown in this town. Our Mis Beckham Ea,s Gone North, Where she will spend five or six weeks in some of the largest trimming rooms in the United States. She will also visit the large center of fashion, and gather all the information possible with regards to Spring Millinery, so that the work turned out from our Millinery Department will be of the very latest styles. Ladies, we want your support in this Department. We have gone to no litd1e expense in fitting up a nice Millinery Department and intend to have it as complete as the trade in this section will warrant, and we wish it understood that our prices will be right, and will be ready to meet any competition that may present itself. AGRICULTRAL IMPLEMENTS: We have just made a large purchase of Goos'e Neck Handle hoes of all sizes. Also a large quantity of Eye Hose, Orange burg Sweeps, and everything suitable for the cultivation of cof, ton and corn. We also have a full line of Turn Shovels, flames, Back Bands, Traces and Collars. A large line of staple Tinware. SHOE DPARTMENT: It is useless for us to mention that we keep a large stock o Shoes on hand all the time and at the lowest possible cash prices. But we mention to the ladies that our Spring Stock of Oxford Ties are now coming in and we will have, when they all get in, one of the prettiest lines of Oxford Ties ever shown in this town, ranging in price from 50c. per pair up to $2.25. GROCERY DEPARTMENT: We wish the public to remember also that we are up to date in our Grocery Department, and we keep nothing but the best we can buy. When you want Bargains in Coffee, give us a call. We have it in stock at 10c., 15e. and 20c. per p~ound. A large stock of Tobacco, in small boxes for f armnuse, from 22 1-2c. per pound up. Axle Grease, in tin boxes, 5c. per box, or 6 for 25c. Ma. chine Oil, 5c. per bottle. A large stock of Soap and Lye at very close bargains. Call and 'get our prices on all kinds of Soaps, both Laundry and Toilet. You know, we always keep a full stock of the famous Lana Oil Buttermilk Soap, 10c. per cake, or 3 cakes for 25c.. also a full line of glassware and crockery. SEWING MACHINES: We keep on hand all the time a full line of the world re nowned light running "NEW HOME" Sewing Machine, the lightest running and best Sewing Machine on earth. We can furnish the latest style "NEW HOME" for the spoticash $29.00. The "NEW IDEAL" we can furnish for $21.50. This is one of the best cheap Machines ever placed on the market. Thanking our friends for past favors and soliciting a con tinuance of their patronage, we remain as ever,. For the cash. W. E. JENKINSON.