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LOUIS APPELT, Enrroa. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDA. JULY 14. 1S. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SttBSCRIPTJIN tATES: one Year .. .150 Six MontLs... . ..... .... 7 Four Months...--------------...... 50 ADVERTISING I1ATES: One square, one time, $1; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tribates of liespect charged for as rcgular advertisements. Liberal contracts nade for three, six and twelve months. . Communications must be accompanied by the real na:ue and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal car acter will be published except as an adver tisiueut. Entered at the Post OQice at Mlanning 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 or jingo merchants will be found ont by the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Sumter. CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION. The political caldron is on, and the people are invited to listen to the noise it is making. The entries for the senatorial contest are a handsome set, of men and each of them have an "issue" to discuss before the . voters. They all about agree on the question of finance but they have a difference of opinion on the tariff. Senator McLaurin is asking the people for endorsement and all of the others are trying to persuade the peo pie from giving him that endorse -ment; it is our opinion that McLaur in will be ovcrwhelmingly endorsed, not from any fanciful sentiment, but from pure merit, for if any man has ever endeavored to represent a con stituency faithfully, it is he. Mc Laurin has endeared himself to the people by his independent course in public life and his record proves that he has not eaten idle bread. The only danger to McLaurin lies in- apathy among the voters; should a spirit of indifference or over confidence take possession of of the people the vote will be small and room is left for the politicians to .succeed in bringing about his defeat, but if the people will follow up the arguments of the candidates and then turn out to the primary election we are satisfied that the verdict will be his triumphant election. It is worth miles of travel to hear McLaurin's account of his steward ship; his presentation of the issues now forermost in the public mind is simply beyond refutation. He does not attempt to deal in the small talk usually indulged in by the politicians aind his arguments are of that high instructive character which should come from a man who aspires to the high position he seeks. Every speech he delivers leaves a lasting impression. He causes men to think and discuss questions that were here tofore left to those who occupied seats in a law making body--questions that did not reach the masses. There is nothing in his speeches to stir up strife, nor is there anything clownish to divert the mind from the serious problems. No man can listen to his reasoning, but what will give him credit for honest conviction and a desire to serve his country for the welfare of the people. McLaurin is not going- over the country to array one class o'f men against another, nor is he endeavoring to fill the minds of .the people with all kinds of bugaboos. Some of his opponents would like, to make it appear that McLaurin has entered a combination to defeat Ben Tillman, they thinking by filling the public ear with such rot,the old issues that are dead, will be resurrected and factional bitterness will be renewed. We mistake the temper of the masses if the p)oliticians succeed in any such attempt;the people do not want a re vival of factional hate, and they are willing to judge men by their merit and their loyalty to the Democratic party. Colonel Irby has on every occasior. ini his speeches disregarded the issues and has made the waving of the fac tional flag his stock in trade. His entire plan of canvassing is not be coming a man who aspires to such a high position; the tirades would be becoming to a ward heeler in a city, but when it comes to a candidate for the United States Senate, the highest office in the gift of the people, some thing more than a satirist is wanted. The people do not care a fig for bra vado, nor for the funny stories deliv ered from the stump, they want to know what Congress is doing and what will be the effect of what that body has done. McLaurin is the only candidate so far, that has confined himself strictly to th work of enlightening the neo ple. He is prepared to do so, as he has given the great subjects now agi tating the minds of the people study. We do not believe there is a repre sentative in Congress from any State who has devoted more time and study to the important questions than Senator McLaurin, and to the inluiring mind his speeches are an education. This clap-trap stuff some of his op ponents are indulging in may be pleasing to the candidates themselves, but the people want something more substantial; they want McLaurin 's arguments refuted if it can be done, the dealing in unsustained assertions that a dark plot has been made to de feat Tillman, and that McLaurin is in that plot, is looked upon as a political dodge to arouse prejudice, and what confirms this belief is the sharp meth ods that e:-United States Senator Irby indulges in. He and his kind are constantly throwing out ominous hints that the "devil will catch you sure" if you vote for McLaurin. Mr. Irby has forgot ten that the people have had a six years' course of political training and they have kept up with the records of public men; they know all about the record made by Senator Irby in Conu'-,ss and in the Constitutional Coi vention. t hey also know all about Mr. Trbys course since the Constitu tionai doaveiion, and they Well re member his hatred for Ben Tilhnau, who he now professes to love and is swinging to bis coat-tail with a death grip. Irby in private life scorned Tillman and John Gary Evans, and now that he has re-entered public life, he becomes cheek by jowl with "In gratitude" and "Treachery," names that he gave to a pair of horses. "Ingratitude" was named for John Gary Evans, and "Treachery" for Ben Tillman. Irby did not hide his con tempt nor bite his tongue to say all kinds of hard things about both of them, and today with an office in sight, in the language of Gen. Hugh Farley, he struts around like "a big buck nigger on emancipation day," and charges MeLaurin with being at the head of a conspiracy to defeat Ben Tillman. Everybody knows that Irbv's love for Tiliman is about as strong as the devil's is for holy water and his solicitude at this time is a case of crying "stop thief." SHARP PRACTICE WO\'T WORK. If there ever was a political monte man, it is Col. J. L. M. Irby. He Las taken up an idea that he can have John McLaurin defeated by taking advantage of every little remark that may be dropped by any of McLaur in's friends. Last Wednesday after noon, the editot of THE TIMES in a friendly conversation with a repre sentative of the Charleston "Post," replied in response to a question, that "Irby is not in it. I'll bet money he will not carry Laurens." Irby took hold of the remark as a text for his speech at Hibernian hall. He affected great indignation, and with violent language undertook to mis lead his audience into believing that MLaurin's friend had given out an interview which was a reflection upon his character and slanderous and di s resetful. Irby simply attempted to wvin sympathy for himself from the audience at the expense of THE TIMDB editor, but we had too much respect for the people of Charleston to allow them buncoed by this political fakir. As soon as we could obtain permis sion from Chairman Barnwell, we called Colonel Irby to a standstill and explained how the remark was made, assuring him that no disrespect wvas intended; wye then read from the paper the language attributed to us. When we took our seat several gen tlemen turned to us and said that if Irby was the right kind of man he would never have attempted his -horse play," and after our explana tion he wvonld have apologized. They do not snow Mr. Irby. His affected indignation was for the news papers, to reach the up country and for the purpose of stirring up the boys. Irby acknowledges that lie is~ playing a game of politics. He re sorts to all kinds of sharp tricks to hoodwink the people, but lie will find it a case of "it used to be the caper, but it don't go now." To prove that Irby's indignation was affected, we met him on the street just before going to the speaking and we stopped and had a very pleasant conversation with him. If he felt offended at wvhat wve playfully said to a reporter, he showed uo signs of it. The reporter quoted us correctly and we so stated, yet lIrby tried to t'vist our disclaimer of disi-espect into giv ing the reporter "the lie." The re porter, who is Mr. McMaster, was present and we turned to him and asked if he so regarded our statement and his reply came Iprompt, '-No, Irby is a fool." Irby attempted to make political capital out of the inci dent just as be did out of the Su:nter inident. He insulted the Sunger audience, because they applauded a retort from MeLaurin, and after ca!! ing them city henchmen, when the fact is about three-four-ths of the audience wvas made up of country Reformers, he had the cheek to ap pea t, the Conservatives for-support. We told the Charleston "Post" re porter that we wvould bet that Irby will not carry Laurens, not with the intention of being dlisrespectful, for it w ould be cr-uel to speak disre-spect - fl of the dead, but it was ani opinion that we have a right to exp-"ss and since the episode we have informa ion wvhich conmirms the opinion. Good men from Laur-ens assure us that Irby will not carry that County-. At the Charleston meeting we could have exposed Mr. I-by's game, had wye been disposed to do so, bat we knew the people of that city were accustomed to see stage performances and if they knewv nothing of the man before, they learned enougth oil that occasion to convince them that he was foo'ing himself a great deal mor-e than he fooled h is hearers. It uiy be worth somethina' to kn- tha Ls Eb-ei :itt:s. The n2eicitne a purKy vegenbie, cts b .:ii tone to thet nerre cetesi thest~ue ''ently st:niulat ' th lie an d idv. . a-nd aids thvee<r 'a1s in thrina ' - ipurities in th blood. E~ ].etrie it-r -improves the p .eiLad digstion, anid is ronoun-cd b itse who ha trid it as th ve-ry bs blod puritier and ueirv- to.ie. Try it. S d for ~>0e. oi :.0 pcr L~ottle at Rl. R~ (AL'aI\ BIltI)Ui'l DECLINES. It is with a feeling of sadness that we are forced to announce the re tirement of Capt. 1). .T. Bradham from the Congressional race. He had every encourageencut from ll parts of the di-strict to make a wimning ligtt but he has uC to tiec colclu ,-ion that to make the race tai aittcml the mceti's as is reqouired, woull he t a igr . isk of his health. The Ca)taini attcnde. the opening me in- at Su iiter and before the sneak ing bc2an he felt 'ie ejlects of the excitemnt ut and hie has been unwell ever since. He thereupon concludedI to sacrilice his nmlitical mnfbition. ratther thIan his health. We were quiite anxious that a Clar enloiln luau enter this contest and fromN what we could gather from every County tihere seced to be a feeling that Clarendon was entitled to the ilace. Captain Bradham ac ceded to the wishes of his ft icn l and conse'tel to run, this c(otilusio'n brought ltters of cordia! supt'port from every County in the din,.et. and from men withbout regand to fac tion, his chances appeared the bright est. but when he consented to rain he was under the impression that only one meeting in each county would be held. He had no idea that the ex ceutive coimiiittee was 'ii.i to nl pose t burden of t wenty-three meet ings upon the candidates. On last Saturday he informed us, his physical condition was such that lie was satis flied he could not attend all of the meeting, and unless he could do so it would be useless for him to remain in the contest. Captain Bradham leaving the fight, changes the conditions very consid erablv and his friends will have to cast about for another choice. As far as we are concerned, we are so disappointed by our candidate's deci sion that we have not made up our wind which of the candidates to sup port. We would prefer waiting at least until our next issue, before mak ing known our choice, that will give us a little time to make some inquiries into the records of the candidates and we will make our selection from the best material at hand. A Congress man must be chosen and the man to receive our support should be worthy of it. We realize the fact that many of our readers depend on us for their knowledge of a candidate's record and before we come out for a man we should be able to give some ieti nite information of his past career. WE DO NOT WANT TO REVIVE FAC TIONAL HATE. There are some who do not seem to understand our political position., and because we propouude'd a series of questions to Candidate Johnson, they have taken it to mean. it is our purpsse to endeavor to revive factional hate. In this they are mistaken, as we have not the least desire to blow up the dying factional embers, hut there is a considerable difference between wvhat was known as the Rleform and Con servative factions, and that element who went so far with their hate as to support fusion tickets against reg ularly nominated tickets after parti ipating in a primary under a solemn pledge. As we have said before, sonme good and patriotic men cast their votes for Judge Haskiell, not that they expected to see him elected, but as a protest against the methods pursued by Till man; these men regarded Tillman~ and Haskell as irregular and they took their choice of the two. Of course, we differed with ,them and have no quarrel with them now, nor is it our desire to taunt them with the mistake we believe they made, but we have no forgiveness for any white men wvho carried their hate so far as to vo e for a fusion ticet with ne groes os it against the whbite nomni nees of a Democratic primary. There are numbers of men in what was knowvn as the Conservative faction who can get our hearty support, in fact we have tendered that sapport on several occasions. We believe we have p~ut in more geuine work to have factional differ enes adjusted thaa some wvho criti ize us, and what effort wve made has been in an open sincere manner. We do not s't' "put aside factional feel ing," and then endeavor to keep the boys in line. Every timie we advised the dropping of factional lines;we meant it. Is it so with all other&r Is it not. a fact that some of the other side will advocate the laying aside of factins and then go right ahead an' t hold their own faction together the clser?~ It reminds us of an Indian story which was: "lhe white nan said to the Indian -I'l take the turkey and ou the buzzard, or von take the buz zard and Til take the turkey.' " It was buzzard every time for the poor Idian, and so it is with the Reformi ers; they must leave off factional feel ing and vote for the other side, but the other side will not reciprocate w rth a cent if they have a candidate in the field. In casting our vote wve prfer to be governed by the fitness of the candidate, let him n belong to whatver iaetion he did, so long as he has adways been lo'va to the white men of South Carolina. The announcement of lion. James Norton as a candidate for Conguress appears in this i-'u'. Geueral Nor tin is a man of ability. and integ'rity, nd a hard w;orker Hzle tilled the Coptroller -Generl' otfclice with marked abilit and' if the pleC1i of the Sixth Di-tic aed him to Con greslxwil mae them a faithful servant. ( ueral Norton was one of the ch~ark-e i membeurs of the Reform cus, and he has ever.en faithful Ito is' peopleu iu.1 his partyv. 11: cnr v t h a: a1 t e d i s -s put I. onih s!:e. It is ade mi rnaiy in *ct : -ey nt.'. lIv *.nd ne s ,ur d e i lr f ta: e e : al t c'tre. In fort'( lien-ars I'e t..n:matals. Ad -rs: F.1 J. CHENLY C Tob) '1' ., .udgeSimontou has a;:gainrendcere a decision in the Dispensary and this time he has susalined the original paC k:age dealLer-s. Under his deeree a m' has the rig'ht to open u') and s"ll Ilquor in o)rigi:Il :acges, whVi meas.. i: a pint a1 alrd and he ant'l'i. be pielted by the tate so long as he sells het wen the hours o)f si' in the mnornin ;' an six' anight an t1 a)CS not aillow in u king on the priss and dos not : ll n Sun - Tf tisl; actri-on is sustained, the Dispcnary - had as well close up and -:', beauI e the o1iginal pCk agze concerns wil i n 1 ever\ town :u'l hanlet, the whole country wv ill be dottedl with t1hem(1 and we\' will have the (vils of the barroom. without the 'rivenue t ly fr p)Iice )rotiC ton. It may be ill vr el fur s)ime pople .to thize t a the 1is pl':su-'y rule' and~ netien s can be, hIC ter opertCe ill 1m lh':: of pi vate inlivir ual, i1 it will m.t w rk it itcl.ii m m r a --1 cll lon.iziO a crn for the sale of w hiskey goes Tilt tle Iu i t 1t at dra liiuch 1Csi ness a1s pos:--ible, .td t') !do thait b)1si ness, he wili take: the eb,,.:ets o0 the W1e adinlit that for the first few m1onthis, iln Cities where tiere 15 a str tng poeh n aan1 :i t etive ice. the e'bcan*ceS for h:aving the law e1 forced is vi'y rolI. cs1eci:ly if the po.li1 iins ::d liqlor men are satisiied vwith the mo lict rc suits. btut in til siialilr towns antd in the country an ori:.;ial pack age dealer will have tLings his own way, and his place of business in a short while will he the rendezvous for the usual strawberry nlose gentry. We believe in t he )ispesary sys te), and we would like to see Judge Simonton's decciouin broken down, but at the saune timune we ca:1in1t endorse the bickering and quarrelling among the nanageuniet of the Dispensary. The institution has given the Reform faction more sorry and has done it more harmi than the opposition of its opponents, and instead of complain ing at the Governor for expressing a wish that tIhe entire board resign we must say that we heartily agree with him. The pCople are growing im1 patient at the constant scandals that are being reported from tihe State Dispensary, and the recent exposure of about $15.000 in shortages is caus ing many strong friends of the system to turn their backs upon it. There never was a stronger aivo cate of the Dispensary than TH: Tuns. We have fought for it at a time when it meant a persod sacri flee and we continued to fight believ ing that the concern would get into the hands of men who would n-ke it what its projectors led the people to believe, but after so long a trial, true, it has not had easy sailing, it looks to us that the thing will be a constant source of anxiety, and we have al most come to the conclusion to give it up as a failare. The system is the very best liquor regulation, but no system loosely managed can be a suc ess and if it is coirruptly managed, it is bound to) fall. The number of shortages throughout the State and the defective bonds is clear proof that there has been somebody dere liet in the performance of their duty; all these things, together with the minds of the people filled with ssii1 eion (If rottenneCss, is enough to make us all ask for a change. WAtTti TilE- SMlILE OF' .N ENEM. The Pied mont "Hleadlighit," a strong advo.cate of the Irbv-Evans combine, is aliso one of the bitterest haters of Ben Tilan. Editor Gatt week after week has been grinding out editorials of gall and wormwood against Till man, and vet Irby endeav ors to catch the ear of the masses by telling them how muchdl he loves Ben Tillman. It is a known fact thatt be fore Irby became a candidate, there were no0 words in tile English lan guage too severe for him to use against Tillman, an:l it is rumored that the bulk of the charges of accept ing rebates came from Irby;: now. he is p)osing as tr' inig to satve T~iman from defeat in 1tl0. IHis frienl and newspap~er baeker, however-, Ui 11 et know tha t Irby would enteri thein. and in' his- zeal to help Irby. rulin Till ma, he 1went too far to reed, s8 b l in a milk and wat er nIin::ei keep paw~ing th earith for -Irby''ns. Whi sho4iuld Irly : e so iiiu foi' TillmanL' at this time?~ Timn i notui a canidat e, and wh:en bebecome one,~ he- wil h-ave to do0 what McLaur 1n is don right now-gve1 nae con of~ his : stewaiship. Thie pleople ar- o l:..(1 swayed hy pae-Sion and exctemnt, and the moan who. gets their s-'li- ages imust maol:e a good cleanI hoig, mater i 1not who he is. tingII tol arouse4 pn-jice; if lie wanlits the votes of the people he 01m1t whbile. a Iember of the S1enatr-. llo* far, be ha nolt even] made( an effort to sayU ' anthing of is Senatorikd acts. anrd -e has~ pitched his Camnpaign upon1 anl Iiu which the- p~eole are tring hard to) pu dowI 4. Chtel1 Irby canot Iose as the hAp Service :m the want~l' to know wl~iat he did for theml w.~hen ther telil helP to the poo man1 for Se 101r 1Ih to draw1\ hi- brath and salI al-V for six veal's. and no(w to phta the poor muan racket will not work. It was a "1l1l1 hand. andl umlecr theC rues enn1 ColYv win1 once. 1 4. -4 . : i 'A A > ->A- ni M 1:E.i 11.\I. TiEE\N. 1. wi1 rv n 1.i 1 1.l' m- 41tA' r Lia 'U :eiie -- u fr b v:i I. ea '- it proanee ro ba esl 19. U44 u it IL 1 I .h- 41ed *i ir of Th'je 23 aLnal5C -0e .ize fr sate by' U. D. .01INSON'S ANSWEIS. blCw is what Mr. J. "if. Johnson, ctmlitiate for Congress, has given us is an answer to the questions we pro n oIunded lit week and in order that it he n.r:,toodl we repub ish those 1. Did you support what was kInow ii in 1""ii) as the Haskell ticket: . -.Ws there a fusion ticket in .1hi-ion County voted in the election of 1tI. and if so. was not that ticket brlniht out :uainst the ticket noimi nctIii in the I)cioeratic primary' : ).id the fui'-ion ('ounty ticket have the iw::'roes upon it -. D)id youi vote the fusion ticket 'i'cp'od of white Ien and negroes': . i)hl yol support lion. E. T. St :house, the )eimocratic nomuince for ('u;;r'1e s? . id vou vote for Edimund iH. D1 i, tih- n1::r c;Oandlidate, ag"ainst 11 1 Stackhoust'? THEl' A\swEnts. Editor 'aNNING T'IME~: i voted for (GenleraI Stackl u~uue for < ilni :r s inu 1":0 . I Inever did vote for Dcals in y111% I did not vote for or appeal to any negro in 18t). Hoth sides lost their heads in 189O. and bjrou;ght out their tickets in uin uisual anti irregular ways. Each side called the other Independent. I voted for ant's mostly. but scratched otT ob jectioal tle names :iil inserted W. 1. Elerbe as ('oiptroller-(,ee ral anmd other good names in lieu of tiose :eratched. I voted for white Democrats as good as the State holds. The family quarrel was settled by the State Committee in 18O2, and I was endorsed by mv circuit that year and in 1SO5 again.| The old sores are healing, if not healed. why cut into them again? What is your object:' Whoever whispers into your ear to probe into this old matter whispers had advice. You know you claim to be a peace and unity man, and that your paper is for harmony and that rour favorite candidate is for liar suony. Let us have the peace you praise. J. M. JohNsoN. The annotmncenent of .i7r. J. E. Ellerbe, candidate for Congress ap piears in this issue. Mr. Ellerbe is a gentleman of pleasing manners, a vouing mlan of ability and with a mag nir.cent public record,. He is a good speaker and has given public ques tolnS much studv. He is a farmer and thoro.ughly 'identitie.l with the f:rarming interests. If elected the people will have in himin an able nd faithful represenhative. Among the new candidates an nouneed for Congress in this issue is D. W. MeLaurin, who has friends in this County. He was one of the old 23d regiment, and there never was a man who shouldered a musket that made a better record. Captain Me Laurin is a "true blue" Democrat and if elected to Congress he will serve the people faithfully. Candidate Irby has referred -to our Governor as the "jay bird Governor," but when he gets to Marion he will forget he alluded to him and give the people a song and dance on what "I did not do while a member of the United States Senate." Edlitor I'. l and Editor Gonzades are evidently killing time and space to keep from saving which of the Seoatorial canididates t hey want to be eected. At this timie the "State''hlas shown a deided inclination to sup part the best man. The death of Senator Isham Hiar ris will create a great big scrarnble amnong the Tennessee politicians. Governor Bob Ta:,lor' would make a fine suecesor, but he cannot he, as he has thue appointment to make. Candilate Mayfield is conductling his part of thle campnaign on a digni ned plane, andl if he keeps it up pos ii "fter Elileirb's second term the people wil1l give himi a show at the gurntor 'iial c'haiir. The C dlimbia ''State" au1I the G'reenvi l "New.s" -tre hianing lts of 0un with each ot her', and( .a suflering publie hiave no re.oliress but to in i and bear it.1 Governor Ejlerbe is doing his best, to nerform his duty and even hue is not' free fr'om the criticis:n of politi e ianis who watt mk aptd By~ ning. Ieing~l and ties on thie t'e list C ngressi5 h as t:i veni 1h farmners sma rieif from: It ie rober Our Con:gressio::ad camipaimn wi co"mparo f vorabiy with somie of cur Coutyt campaigns--a heap of talk ndl not mueb in it . There s'hould be a ebange ini our sstem for non1ainating oilleers in ill!I 'The Unitedl States Senate was in sian1 l-1st Sundayv. .ALL Ti: P'E )1LE .houhl k1- thm Ivih-lh anR 1 eIl t ths tno. im 1 ,i. n - n '' p re m.1 tupeer .1 .!e iuh. :k ki. is I-e 1 >u iiri li-is~ ayail. B by pri e . : 'i :fto b t e -'l r ('atai adhiNt I Ia diteA. kn wi U - 1m 1 * al'' : 1 " 1 r;. te Whrn~ ~~ 1 J'''4ti een- a:'I\e 1 bul t e :'1 n invi n t. n h sehil e :ti . vr TI V nC'i e 'Ui-: :1a 1 .00 n it, sitc nav 0 nLi twen y 1 aU ein . I. tain oryc 1 th umn fret at r~ h Candidates' Cards. FOR CON;iUM. Emeac . .3 by)\ nutny frie:(l1. I he.reby annunt'c my t Canlhic. iubject to the 1' le o teDe:m ra' P rt, th+. seat i: ('. ,r:,s m: thy ixth )istrict ot '.,(th ('.;r-el.in:1 whli -: i has een left v'acant by the appoin:w:(nt Of IIm.John L. Me. l.-ur:n:1 the C~nited Status Svi.,atf. .J. M. JOHNSON. FOR CoNGIlESS. I L.rijr annontlce mv-e:f a c:ndidate fo Ci --r-s from tl Sixth ('ongressional stict, s1bj ect to the rules of the Dem(o. FElID D. BRYANT. F JU CONGRtE-S. I( her .anOne m1''e.lf candidate lot C t"1- t! 1i! the urx pired term iaeiC v.-e 1n: l th piromo:ion of I.).:. J hn L. JAMES NOiRTON. FOR CONGiESS. 1 r. E.litor: I'ea-e anniunce mle :t can didate for a -tat in Congress male var.ent by\ the r..-si gat:n of 11m . John L. MI Lirurir.. D. W. McLAtRIN. F"lt CONGRESS. I .m a :c n it, fir Congres and I as!; I he uiges i the I)cmleratic voters of tie S~x~ Gags~mlDistrict. J. E. ErLL ERDE. FOR STATE SENATE. At the earnest solicitation of many friends I announce nyself a candidate to represent Claren don i.1 the State Senate, to till the nunxpired termi male vacant by the resig nation of Ion. L. . lbagin. I. 31. WOODS. Rich -amily Reunion at Tindals. Editor TuE Ti.:Es: We would like to add to and vary a little the old saying. "Of the abundance of the htart the iiioith speaketh," by saying. "Of the abundance of the heart and uouth the p.-n writeth." On the 3d, a:though the heavens and earth seemed to be melting with fervent heat, we found ourselves healed for the pl-asant home of our ven erable friend, Mr. Charlie Rich and his estimTabie wife, where we were to attend the atmtual reun:ion of their family which tals p11ce o. every 4th. Tb crops along our route, we are glad to report, are in tine condition and looking well. We predict a fine harvest time this fall. On arriving at our destination, we found the grove in front of the residence filed by a large crowd of eager pleasure seekers. One of the first features to attract our attention was the happy mingling of infancy, youth and age. From infants with as much hair as some odoriferous roots that grow in the gardens to the sil vered lcks of honorable age were present. We will forbear to name the former, but of the latter, it is always a pleasure, a safe guard and an honor to have such len a our venerable host, Mr. Charlie Rich, J. D. Beatson, William Mahoney, T A. Brad ham, Winter McFaddir, William Touch berry, Riley Bradham, Ben Bcoadway, and others too numerous to mention, with their dear, gentle, helpful, Motherly life coma pinions. As the dear tuolhtrs and fair maids of out South land are rather sensi tive about their names appearing in print, I respect their feelings, but suffie to say we had all that's good, dear and lovely to gladden our hearts. And oh, the children and the grandcbildren ! Bless their dear little hearts and big hearts, too, for we suspect that there were sonue so full that they were abnormally large on this occ:1 sion, yea, verily, so mnuch so that the own ers felt like they hasi taken in one or more of the fair sweet creatures. 3Music, sweet music, wvas in the air fur n ished by Messrs. Touchberry, Tonohberry Lunl Shepard on violin, guitar and bass viol. Then dinner. And such a .dinner! The remaining space in our bodies, left by the enlargement of our hearts, was filled with the excellent things of lhfe. Have you ever attended a dinner given by the people about Home Branch Church? Well, those who have, know something worth knoW lug. M1r. Editor, I know you have noticed the grent change that takes plhace after eating a good dinner tog.ether. Well, this wvas 110 cxceptional ease. Our hearts had to strug lec for more room. We began to get tuore ecquaintled and( sociable and--and we counted the children after forming them in ine, and the number under twelve yea:s w.as seventy, The old people were then talled for, but there were none present, no not one'. So we estimated the others at 27.5. .\iusic, games, dancing, fervent heat, anecdotes, remliniscences of the wvar, good tei owship, love! What more was needed to while away the hours of the atternoon. At intervals we could hear the guitar accom 0ailed by the sweet soprano voice of one of ChIrendion's faiir ihiughters. Wish we could give hr': name, but as she will not be. able to rtaon it much longer if some body has lis- way, we WIii not write it. Ob1 how our old heart swells an.t ex tands as we list-il to thle music, mee~lt and get acquatited with the ehildren of oar :riends of former days. Hocv we do live :nd symt~iz/ with youth. It makes us young agai~in (xcep1t inl years. And then adl were so kind an;d attentlcc to the old man. And now we will cloe y sking God to bless the :geivyouthI and inftncy piresent. If Xyiou see it to g~ ve ti- space m1 yiour valuail a r, wnich I have Elit the pleasure of see w celdyyeet t frequenet gleanings by our being quoted -o ot tn by the pre ot a tate s o, at !er-t, wvill approve, a thi is c- t' ijque-t of some Of youlr regn bar readert Ih s Xeitfully, u Ii. CitL' A131CUNlA SALVE. The be~st saive in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever 5.)re5, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, cornls and adl skin eruptions, and positively curts lpil.-s0r no pay required. It is guar. ante-ed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c. per- box. For sale by Rt. B. Loryea. .Is lhetllot Weather C2ontites. June hast b-en -in unprecedented month for Divorce Court business in Chicago. Six judgee sitting in Chancery devoted the en'r rer tLOoa of each Saturday to the heai-ng of default divorce-, three of thienu in the C.rcitt and three- in the Supe rior Court.LTh i lressere iof business intely has ba n so 'reat that d efatut eases are henrd! :dmiit 'vr daiy in the weelt. lTe reco.rdl of ivoc ca .,e ta-i ml~ an !y ee n't -r v .at., .. . the courts h s em.d ..i *alrt tr for t aci~ 5t 0tut he the mII 0. .* orecion Ii :ay reir *f the pr;cr l'- iniate of th ri-eL'-Ily Eci ti - c CL-nmitte-, ulshdin in at n e iit ii eI-d t h the etair inanand ount Exe (tiv Comee Coil waec: ~th ee itesat ih raitl depotii Mrn the Ii7thgy of J-v.tsol hav beenwu \7th. our docgtor niil eurs. L e th~nwe tied hatu ee'. CoEx Coom.r wsic i-dit.' a sae bve tob L ," sas the udruiggist. Notice. The Couitty Pension B arid will meet at thle eaurt house- ini Manning MIonday, Jluiy C. S. Lasm>, Gao. W~. Suttrut, Chairman. oREDUCTION o SALE I Gents ' rnishing Go t real Re-OL _ The pulic c'an de From now we will sell our Entire Stock of Spring and Summer Clothing, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods at Greatly Re duced Prices. & MLGAR Big Bs We are now in our new store and going over our stock we find a lot of REMNANTS, ETC., which we are offering at great ly Reduced Prices. We also offer now MEN'S AND BOYS' STRAW HATS, at actual cost. Big bargains in BENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. We have a nice line of DRESS GOODS that cannot be bought else where at the prices we are offering them now. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN MILLINERY. In this line we are now making a Clearance Sale. Every lady is invited to call and.inspect this line of bar gains. We have now a nice Milli nery Department comfortably fitted. Yours resp'y, D3+H, D. RIFF,' DiR. J. FRANK GEIGER, DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. OFFICE IN MANNING HOTEL. JOSEPH F. RHAME. W . C. DAVIS R HAME A DAVIS, A7TOREYS A7 LAW MANNING. S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor a/ Law, MANNING.S. C. Geo,8, Hacker &Son MANUFACTURERS OF' 2- MAEIA, CH A LESON, . C SASH EIGHS AN CORDS AN BUILERS'HARDARE WINDW AD F NY. DORSLASHBINS AEIAL. C arLieTO, S.nd SAS EIBALLS AN COD ANDBA. BICFTCLDES HORARDWR. The onyBache tal Seaon oheaso wlcanrlvead, andhrogicpt fR. blus. ILEOANDEAYT ANDNBGTS CON TH GLEN MORA. LS Rnies n ilers onl hlan at Fator poiroics., at ti Ge nernale Agento,rad CON MI S MI.