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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. IANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY AU . 4, 1597. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year........... .........$1.50 Six Months........... ...... 7 Four Months................ 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, Si; 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 tisement. 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 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. ELLERBE OUR CHOICE. In accordance with our promise, we propose to now make known who is our choice as representative of the Sixth Congressional Distrik.... have made a carefulinviitiation of the politicat-re66rds of each of the ifis and also each candidate's fitness for this grave and responsible position. The conclusion we have reached is that J. E. Ellerbe, a farm er by profession who holds no office, and who has shown by his speeches his ability, would make us a reprne * sentative who would take a deep in terest in the needs of the people. Mr. Ellerbe is young and vigorous. He is a graduate of Wofford college and when a member of the General As sembly and Constitutional Convehtion he made a reputation for his powers as a debater and his broadness of mind. He is a Reformer, but not an extremist, and while zealously sup porting the principles of the Reform movement, he would not depend on the coat tails of any leader and he had the manhood to differ with all of the leaders whenever he thought them wrong. 3. E. Ellerbe is a gentleman as is seen in the conduct of his campaign. He does not indulge in the petty wrangling of some candidates, and instead of dealing in personalities, issues are discussed by him.' His opening utterance here struck us forcibly. It was: "I am a candidate for Congress on my own merits and not upon the demerits of any of my opponents. If I had to obtain office by dragging down my fellow man I would scorn office and return to my farm. I will not insult my opponents and if I am insulted I can settle that on the outside where innocent people will not be endangered." These were noble words and our knowledge of the man was a guarantee that he meant what he said. Without hesi tation we recommend to the 'consid eration of Clarendon~voters, Hon. J. E. Ellerbe and we honestly believe that if he is-entrusted with the Con gressional commission the people will have a representative in whom they will have much to look for and one who will bring honor to himself and his State. THE PEOPLE WILL REWARD MERIT. It is remarkable, the persistency Messrs. Irby and Evans display in charging John L McLaurin with be ing on the verge of Republicanism. They go from stump to stump en deavoring to poison the minds of the people against McLaurin by declar ing him a Republican. If John Mc Laurin has Republican tendencies, then Bailey, of Texas, the chosen leader of the Democracy in the lower branch of Congress is a Republican also; McLaurin and Bailey advocate the self same ideas. If McLaurin is a Republican, so are Senators Bacon and Clay, also Senators Pettus and Morgan and numbers of other life long Democrats, and representatives of rock-ribbed Democratic States. McLaurin belongs to that school of Democrats who have progressive ideas; they regard legislation some thing to bring practical benefits and Dot a moulder of sentiment. If by realizing existing conditions they ca~n do something which will offset the discriminative tariff they regard it more beneficial to their constituents than to hug unto their bosoms a pretty sentiment. The Democratic party has been for many, many years hugging unto its bosom free trade. Have we not been defeated upon that that issue time and again. What are the conditions confronting us today? The government has adopted a -high protective policy and the bill that has1 neasure and it discriminates parti :ularly against the Southern farmers. Dur representatives like John Mc Laurin, fresh from the people, know ing the needs and conditions, under Look to arrest the effects of this rob ber tariff by using their utmost endeavors to force the Republican majority to either treat the Southern farmer upon an equality with those of the West and East or show their hands and let the world see that the measure is a bold and ruthless at tempt to make one section of this Union of States rich at the expense of another section that is in a help less minority-a condition brought about by the manipulation of power ful trusts, syndicates and combines. We have no idea that the people of South Carolina will forget the faithful services rendered them by John McLaurin, especially when that faithful representative is opposed by one who was entrusted once and did not come up to their expectations and another whom they tried and declined to endorse his record. If John Mc Laurin is not a Democrat, then there is no such thing as Democracy; the platform upon which that noble lead er William Jennings Bryan stood and attracted the attention of the world, and which took the combined wealth of the world to defeat, was a delusion and a snare. CAN THE STATE ENFORCE A LI CENSE LAW In last Sunday's Charleston "News and Courier" appeared an article from the pen of Mr. A. M. Lee, member of the well known and highly reputed Charleston law firm of Smyth & Lee. The article is a review of Federal court decisions on questions affecting State legislation in the matter of con trolling the liquor traffic and particu larly so the recent decisions of Judge Simonton on the Wilson act of Con gress and the South Carolina Dispen sary law. According to Mr. Lee, and he makes his argument convincing to our mind, the decisions if not re versed or modified to a large extent strikes down and makes powerless a State government to enforce either a license law or prohibition. A citizen residing in another State under Sim onton's decision cannot be restrained from shipping in and selling, so long as he ships in and sells in "original packages" Mr. Lee shows a decision which arose in 1890 from the Iowa prohibition law, where it was held by the court that no State could regulate interstate commerce and that liquor brought from another State in ori ginal packages, unbroken and un opened, "could be sold free of prohi bition or license." Some time ago we contended that if Judge Simonton was sustained, the opponents of the Dispensary have brought about a more serious condi tion than they at first contemplsated; many of the opponents of the law wan~ted "igh -licens and others aidted~"prohibition," but they will get neither. According to the con Ilusions reached by Mr. Lee, who evidently gave the matter deep study, the right of States to enforce a license : any articles of commerce is very cuestionable and then, if a citizen from another State has a right to ship into a State and sell his products "free of prohibition or license," the backbone of the license system is broken as far as non-residents are concerned. Every man in this State should avail himself of the opportunity of carefully reading the Lee article. It is not only written in an able, force ful manner, but it is written upon the high plane of a student of law and a patriotic watchfulness to guard "State's rights" which are being en roached upon by the Federal judi ciary. WHERE IS THE PROSPERITUI The industrial depression seems to have reached the epidemic stage. Not withstanding the fact that Congress has enacted into law what the Re publican party promised would be the era of prosperity, the facts do not confirm, nor do they hold out any hope that the tariff legislation will inure to the benefit of the laboring masses. All over the country there is a sad depression which cannot continue long without bringing on a serious conflict between labor and capital; as long as people are em ployed and starvation is kept away from the door there will be a submis sion to their rights being trampled upon, but when their rights are tram pled upon and they are brought face to face with starvation, while those who are responsible for the coniition roll in wealth and luxury, there is bound to be a clash, and before long, too. We hare been looking for the ad vance agent of Mr. McKinley's pros perity circus, and while he has not reached us yet, we have heard from him, and here is what he says: The cotton mills controlled by the Lonsdale Company, in Rhode Island, will close during the week ending July 24, an account of the unsatis factory condition of the cotton goods market and for the purpose of cur tailing production. At the annual convention of the Glass Blowers' Association, held at Atlantic City, N. J., on Saturday last, it was decided not to amal gamate with other bodies in the same trade. The Pawnee, Kelly and Westville companies, of the Danville, Ill., dis trit, on Saturday posted notices of an increase of ten cents a ton in the wages for mining coal. "The obje'-t of this is to keep their men at work and thus break the backbone of the strike." The rolling mill of J. Painter & Sons, at Pittsburg, Pa., was started on Tuesday with non-union men. The steel mills of Jones & Laughlin, of the same city resumed on Tuesday, the scale having been signed on Mon The iron works mills of the Ameri ean Printing Company, at Fall River, Mass., have shut down for one week. The shutdown will probably be con tinued indefinitely. Other Fall River mills may also close. The large cotton mills in Rhode [sland and Massachusetts, which are ontr'lled by Goddard Brothers will be closed on'July 19 for a week at least, and perhaps for a considerably onger period. The reason assigned for this action is dullness of trade and a desire to curtail production in he hope of stimulating prices. Forty blacksmiths' helpers at the Rogers Locomotive Works, Patersou, N. J., struck on Wednesday for in reased wages. Work has been dull Ld the men who struck commencedF >nly a week or two ago on two large refused to grant their demand and ordered the furnace fires extin guished. He announced that he would have all the frame work done in Pennsylvania. The agents of the Atlantic and Everett cotton mills at Lawrence. Mass., have announced that opera tions will be suspended at their mills during the month' of August. This will throw 2500 men out of work. Following the example of some other labor organizations, the Knights of Labor are preparing to submit to Congress an amendment to the tariff bill. It calls for the impo sition of a duty amounting to $500 on each alien laborer who comes into the United States. In justification of this proposition it is alleged that foreign laborers are brought here under various pretexts because they work cheaper than Americans. We always read the Abbeville "Press and Banner" with a great deal of pleasure as it is one of the newsi est and best edited papers in the State, but occasionally it gets off its base. In a recent issue it said that "the ; -inciple black spot in Tillman's public career is his avowed determi nation and strenuous effort to defeat the claim of Wesley in the Blue Ridge scrip and the Agricultural Hall matter." If Senator Tillman's resist ance to the paying of these claims is a "black spot" in his "public career," would that we had more Tillman's with just such black spots. Tillman knows these claims are not for honest debts, and he also knows that most of the holders of the claims knew all about them when they invested in them; they bought them for a nomi nal sum and now if the courts admit them the people will be burdened with several million dollars of taxes to meet the pilfering of a robber crew. The Blue Ridge scrip debt was fraudulently made and Tillman is right in using his best efforts to prevent the collection of them. We hope he will succeed in thwarting Mr. Wesley and if he does an already tax-burdened people will give him the well done that he will deserve. "Wait till we get him in the Pied mont where the waters run," Irby ex claimed, when John McLaurin was carrying all before him in the lower tier of Counties; now McLaurin is "where the waters run" and they are still running. Irby has failed to stop them and he has also failed to stop the steady stream of supporters that are daily making their way to the McLaurin banner. The Spartanburg meeting was to be the place to turn the tide against McLaurin, but the syndicate made a most ignominious failure; they succeeded in showing their hands and no more, the few men brought out to howl down McLaurin made one or two ineffectual attempts and finding they were in such a hope less minority they gave it up as a bad job and even some of these were won over to the MeLaurin standard. We did at one time concede Spartanburg to the syndicate, but we do so no longer. Watch that County and see the reports from it, notwithstanding the "Headlight" is there and will make white appear black Spartanburg will roll up a majority for a man who has been weighed in the scales and was not found wanting.I We heartily agree with the Spar tanburg "Herald," that the constables convicted of manslaughter at the Spartanburg court should not be permitted to hold their commissions. True, the case against them is on ap peal, but nevertheless, whether justly so or not, they have been found guilty of the serious charge against them and from the moment of that verdict they should have been put on the suspended list. If the "Her ald's" account of the recent raid by the constables is true, every man engaged in that raid should be discharged and indicted; the constabulary must be made to know that their commissions are not a license to violate law and that in the discharge of their duties the State expects them to be gentlemen and not toughs. We are glad the Gov ernor has ordered an investigation into the conduct of the constables at Spartanburg, and if the allegations are true, we feel satisfied that Gov ernor Ellerbe will not tolerate such men on the force. In one of his speeches recently John Gary Evans came very near "slipping his trolly" when he said that Irby could have returned to the Senate, if he had behaved himself when there. Had Evans truthfully answered Irby's question ''What do you mean by that?" Irby would have broken his engagement with the syndicate then and there, and had attached the troupe's baggage for back salary. Irby is too old a barn stormer to permit amateurs at this late day to cast any reflections upon him to irnjure him with the manage ment. He would make a grand bluff and "bust" up the whole fix before he would allow John Evans to go over the country giving the reasons why Irby could not get back to the Senate. Evans surely let his tongue slip and forgot that lie had made friends (?) with Irby, even if it was under contract. Candidate S. G. Mavfleldi thinks himself smart and is constantly in venting some smart trick to attract the voters. His latest was to tender his resignation as Senator from Barn well County; by doing so, he makes a big play to the political grand stand, but the boys on the bleaching boards have caught on to his curves. Mr. Mayfield was Senator from Barn well when the new County of Bam berg w as formed. His residence be ing in Bamberg he wvas made Senator from the new County and he still holds that com mission. Therefore, his resigning the commission as Sen ator from B3arnwell was compulsory, as he could not represent two Coun ties. Mayfield wvould be doing the graceful act by tendering every com mission he holds. OLD P'EOPLE. Old people who require iuediciue to reg ulate the bowels and kidneys will tind the true remedy in Electrie Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains o whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength ad giving tone to the organs, thereby aid ing Nature in the performnance of the fn tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent a p. etzer and aids digestion. Old people tIn d it just exactly what they need. Price fifty ents and $1.00 per bottle at RI. 13. Loryea'sI The Monetary Commissioners ap pointed by President McKinley, and who are now traveling in Europe visited the Rothschilds, and the news papers are ridiculing them consider ably about it. One paper aptly puts it thus: "It was a fine joke, that visit of our Monetary Commission to Baron Rothschild in London, to get his advice on bimetallism. It was about the same thing as if the Chris tian Endeavorers should take a trip to Sheol to consult the Father of Lies about the best way of extending righteousness on earth. Don't our Monetary Commissioners know that the Rotschild's put up the whole job of demonetization?" Mayfield's attempt to prove "du. plicity" on the part of the Governor was truly a case of "the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse." When he made the charge he relied upon the Governor standing on his dignity by declining to notice him, and when the Governor did notice him, it took several days before May field could recover his equilibrium sufficiently to rehash his original charge without offering anything new in the way of proof. What Mayfield does offer as proof is an. old musty chestnut so devoid of meat that even the worms have deserted it. The editor of the Dorchester "Dem ocrat" flatly refutes the charge made by Candidate John Gary Evans that McLaurin read the proof of an edi torial which appeared in his paper. Ex-Governor Evans need not try to create false impressions, expecting to go along without being called down. McLaurin may feel that such things are too small for him to notice and be drawn away from the important issues, but he has friends all over the State that will not allow him to be put in a false position without show ing up the falsifier. The State Alliance at its annual session held in Columbia last week adopted resolutions which sustain the contention of Messrs. Evans and Wilborn, Railroad Commissioners, in the matter of rates on fertilizers and other commodities. They also repu diated the present editorial manage ment of the "Cotton Plant" which has, by sharp scheming, been con verted into an organ to advance the interests of certain politicians. How many Confederate pensioners will cast a vote for a man who throws up to them that they are under obligations to him because he voted for pensions? Mayfield's letter to the pensioners was an insult to every Confeder ate soldier and they and their sons should resent it by re fusing to cast a vote for such a man. Poor Mayfield! He overreached himself in his greed for office. If Candidate Mayfield has one scintilla of decency left, he will resign from Governor Ellerbe's staff, a3 the relations between the governor and himself can never again be of a na ture to make Mr. Mayfield a welcome member of Governor Ellerbe's official family. One thing is sure, the Gov ernor will not permit any confiden tial relations to exist between them. The Secretary of the Navy is evi dently not satisfied with our Ameri can institutions, so he has sent the battleship Indiana to Halifax to have her bottom scraped. This same ves sel was in the Port Royal dry dock once, and we do not see why she can not go there again. Ever since Governor Ellerbe de manded the proof from Mayfield there is a painful silence on the sub ject of kGovernor Ellerbe's duplicity in the Metropolitan police matter. Ellerbe gave Mayfield plenty of rope and the poor fellow hung himself with it. The nenbpapers opposed to the Dispensary are giving the "original package" shops many dollars worth of free advertising. Senator Tillman is expected to make a series of speeches in this State soon. A YOUNG GIRL'S TROUBLE. "My 14 years old daughter had a skin disease which was said to be eczema. She kept growing worse and we decided to give her Hood's Sarsaparilla. Before she had finished the first bottle her skin began to look better and sue continued taking Hood's until she was entirely cured." D. Riesz, Canilila, Ga. Hood's Pills cure nansea, sick headache, indigestion and biliousness. 25 cents. 3More of Irby's Recor-d. [From the Spartanburg Herald.] The burden of Colonel Irby's song was that he is the friend and cham pion of the poor man. Was he championing the poor man's cause when he drove up withi bullies at his back to the home of a quiet. inoffensive citizen of Laurens, Mr. Chesterfield McDaniel, and slap ping his fists in his face, proclaimed that lie was no "dunghill," but a "game cock." The people of Laurens County did not seem to think so, for they ilumedietely sent Mr. McDaniel to the Legislature, putting him in on the first ballot. Was it evidence of friendship for the poor man that prompted Irby to go to the home of an aged citizen, Mr. Roger Brown, with one foot al most in the grave, a man who had done no injury to anybody in his long and honorable life, and rubbed a rock in his face while lie cursed What evidence of friendship for the poor and distressed is there in the fact that on overtaking Henry Allison, an inoffensive but entirely respectable white man, walking along a lonely road, lie hiorsewhipped him for no cause'. Is it to his credit, does it prove the love of his heart that immediately after this perform nce he chanced likewise to overtake Chuck Mart in and horsewhipped We would like Senator Irby or some friend of his to explain wherein lies the nobility of his act when, without warning, he wvent with a cirowd of his henchmen to the home :[ Mr. Sanford Boyd, (9 years of age, and by threats and intimidation drove ~him from his mill, almost caused his death and kept him from sleeping at his own home for three weeks because, forsooth, Mr. Boyd had sued the Irby estate on a note? There never was a finer boomerang than Irby's charge that negroes will e put in cotton mills if McLaurin is elected. What is the record of the wo men on white labor? Both have large farms. McLaurin's is in the lower part of the State, where negro abor s plntifuln ndr white labor is scarce. Irby's is in the Piedmont. where white labor is much more plen tiful and yet McLaurin has never rented one acre to negroes. though he could do it to pecuniary advan tage, while Irby will not allow a white tenant on his place. Nor is this all. The great chain pion of the poor and oppressed whites, this man wno would save the poor white man from the negro, on one occasion in the town of Laurens brought a negro from one of his plantations and at the point of a pistol forced him to whip Luther Palmer, a poor friendless painter. while he was at work painting a house and trying to make an honest living. The negro had never seen or heard of Palmer before, but at the point of Irby's pistol was forced to do his bidding and bystanders were told that to interfere meant death. This happened in 188-> in the town of Laurens, all because of some fancied insult Palmer is supposed to have given Irby the night before. It is an unpleasant task to have to write such things of any man, and but for the fact that Irby is posing as the especial champion of the poor and oppressed and his newspapers are deceiving some people as to his true character, we would not now refer to them. But knowing the facts, all of which can be substanti ated by affidavits from reliable men, we would be recreant to our trust as an honest newspaper, to remain si lent. If after knowing him as we know him, the people of South Caro lina desire his election, that is their affair. The Spartanburg meeting which the friends of Irby hoped would turn the tide in Irby's favor, certainly lost him many votes. Such bullyragging and browbeating as the combination of candidates gave McLaurin, coupled with the unfairness of the charges and injustice of requiring him in one hour to reply to three hours of vile abuse, excited a sympathy and made even his lukewarm friends feel like pulling their coats and going to work. Editor Bose Crews of Laurens, who about a month ago was shouting for McIaurin, praising his tariff position telling how unjust were the assaults upt n him for it, and denouncing Irby in =lmost indecent terms, was present at the meeting confabbing with Irby. ready to go home to grind out all sorts of misrepresentations. What a pity that a man made in the image of God, endowed with the faculty of reason and realizing that he is re sponsible for his acts, should sink so low as to wilfully vilify and abuse one he knows to be in the right, for the benefit of one he knows to be unworthy of support. S1CO REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and usisting unature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for lists of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. J. E. Ellerbe's Candidacy. [From the Reform Advocate.] Of the six candidates for Congres sional honors the general opinion is that Mr. J. E. Ellerbe has made the most favorable impression on the people of Florence. This is not sur prising, as Mr. Ellerbe possesses a commanding voice and presence, which, combined with an evident honesty of purpose and conservatism of views, are well calculated to in spire respect and confidence. Hav ing ever been thorougly in sympathy with McLaurin's views, which he is undoubtedly able to expound and uphold, and also having made a study of national issues, lie is pecu liarly fitted to represent the Sixth District in Congress. Mr. Ellerbe is a liberal Reformer, has never been a bitter partisan, and has inherited or cultivated an inde pendence of spirit and action whiich is truly admirable. Again, he is an original Reformer, having been iden tified with the Reform movement from its incipiency. If the people want a practical farmer on the watch-tower in Congress, Mr. Ellerbe is the man whom they are seeking. All will admit that a success ful wide-awake farmer is need ed to represent a constituency in which farmers predomin ate. It is hardly necessary to add that Mr. Ellerbe is making the race on his own merits, strictly, and would disdain to laud popular men in order to obtain office. Where the Wind Blows and the Rivers Run. As Colonel Irby has been boastir'g of what he would do with McLaurin when he got him up) "where the rivers run," we take from yestesday's "News and Courier" an account of the Walhalla meeting written by a gentleman wvhom we know, and can vouch for any assertion he makes: Walhalla, August 2.-Special: Ibe cam paign meeting at Wvalhalla today was at tended by some seven hun dred of Oconee's representative citizens. Messrs. Irby, Evans and McLaurin spoke in the order named- B3oth Irby and Evans were severe in arraigning and ridiculing McLaurin's record in Congress, especially his votes and speeches on the Dingley -tarifT bill. Their usual charges of Republicanism and protection tendencies against McLaurin were answered in dletaiil by the latter dur ing his speech of an hour and a half'. His speech took well with the crowd, and the occasion may be written down as a com plete vindication and victory for McLaurin. Towards the close of Mr. McLaurin's speech an episode of more than pas-.ing interest occurred. A question was asked McLaurin by some citizen relative to the Metropolitan police imposed on Charles ton. McLaurin answered promptly he would never have imlposed it on the city. Col. Irby then asked him if he would re move it'if he were Governor. McLaurin answered: "I would." Irby: "Tb en you stab Governor Ellerbe, in the back." McLaurin answered that Governor El lerbe was an honest man, and he thoug~ht that the Metropolitin police would have been removed from Charleston before now but for a combination of' cireimustances over which Governor Ellerbe had no con trol, lie said that git was unfair to drag Governor Ellerbe into this discussion when he could not answer the charges made against him. 'The crowd drew near as Me Laurin waxed warm in defence of Gover nor Ellerbe, and ap~prov'ed ot what he sai. Irby then asked to be heard by way ofex planation. (Voies: "Sit dow'n!' "Huorrahi for McLurin") Irby advanced to the front of the stand and began speaking in a very excited ad vehement nmanner. It seemed for once that he would b~e howledl down. MLauiri and Chairman Herndon requeste 1 that h be hea:d. Irby was permitted to proceed, and charged that Governor Elk-'rbe said be intended to use the conlstablary torce t elect .McLaurin. (Cries: "Hiurrah to MLaurin!' "Sit down!"') MLaurin replied that Governor Ellerbe had told hium that he had said no such ttiing, but he had said if his Administra tion was attacked he would have to use h intluence in its defence. (Voices: "Hur rah for Ellerbe!" "Hurrah for McLaurin McLaurin proceeded to close his speech in a happy manner, and many gathered around the platform to shake his hand and congratulate him on his mlagniticent reply to the various charges of sinister p'urposes made against him. This afternoon the epressions of citizens from ditferent se ione of tenn o nty u-o Maurin to be I FUR ('.r'; . Encourai.l l many ri e:,,t i Lhreby annountic lv ('n iid c ."i. -t to the rules of the I 'at in (:igress l t- 'Mb Dr.r'it South Carolina, wilt . n b it v.tet by the ap poititnt in. *ln. L. M Laurin to tho U tSat ai'd~:t S~ za. VCry rvspce: e: iv. .I. 3!. .1 xtIN.S 'N. FOR CuNolII:S. I heretby an noun ce lf a cati idatt for Congress fro'm th Sixth ('onreional District, s tl ject to the iles of :t lino cratie part v. FEIt1) D. 1;1;..\NT. FJit CUNGitISS. I hereby announ' my- * ia canlidate for Congress to till the ui,. r"1 teri tmael McL:tnr . .1A3:ES NuitTON. FOR CONGE1]>S. Mr. Editor: Pea'e annonnce mie a can didate for a seat in C:onress iale vacant by the resignat:on of I1 >n. John L. Me Laurin. 1). W. McL.\UI'IN. F'Ull CONGIlE.. I am a canti idte for Congro.s ll .1 I ass: the sultrages ,: the Denoeratie vtrs a Sixth Coigr.ss:,nal Iistrict. J. E. ELLLRI;E. FOR STATE-SENAiTEI. At the earnes- solicitation of many triends I announce mys-if a candidate to reptrsnti Clarendon i.i the State h'enate, to till the unexpired term iate vaCant 'y the resig nation of Hion. L. M1. Ibigin. I. Al. WOODS. FOR SEN.\I'ORl. I am a candiidate f or the unexpirid ter:n in the State Setiat.. J. II. LESE NE. far in the lead. If every other County goes like Oconee. jnix in:. iroms tile lm .ing today and preferences of the v "rri wx pressed sine adjoautriet. MceL t i rin will win easily against the hield in the irst primary. 1R. T. JAYNEs. JUUCKLEN'S AIIiCA SALVE. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheut, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles,or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by R. B. Lorvea. Sardinia Nuggets. Some of North Carolina's fairest have been making the quiet vicinity of Sardinia merry wit. their presence. Mos: of the in have returned to their ho:ues. Tobacco curing is bing pushed quite ri-ily. Entertaiuments an.i parties have been an every night occurrence for the past two weeks and the young men are feeling as if they hadn't slept a wink in weeks. Crops are very good, some saying they have never had as good. Politics are a never.ending subject of discussion, and almost everyone here says it wilt be McLaurin and Elierbe. The general health of the community is good. Mr. Elliott McFaidden, who hias been quite ill, is improving. Rev. W. E. Bishop, pastor of MIidway church is taking a vacation. He will not resume his labors until about t::e middle of September. Misses Ada and May Smtothers, of North Carolina, are the guests of Mrs. W. T. Rose. Mr. Ellie DuBose, wh> has been travel ing for the Chicago Portrait Company. is .t home ft a few weeks' vacation. S.umrmxI's FaIsD. Henry Tindal, Colored, of P'acksyille, Eicks Up ighr Jiniks in Sumter. About 12 o'clock last Tuesday night a negro named Henry Tindal went to the old Jervy House, where a widow, by the name of White, and datughters live, and attempt ed to force an entrance. Hie first knocked at the door, and when asked who he svas he answered "A friend." The unprotected women refused to admit him and he then began to threaten them and curse in a loud vile manner. The outcries of the fright ened women attracted the attention of the police and WVeeka, Seymour and Batrwick hastened [to the scene, approaching the place from different directions and cap tured Tindal before he coul make his es cape. Tindal resisted arrest and hadl to he knocked down before it wvas possible to carry him to the guard house. At the en trance of the alley leading to the guard house he jerked loose from the police and made an attempt to use a Smith & Wesson revolver, which he dcew from his pocket. He was subdued after a struggle, his pistol taken from Linm and he was put into a cell for safe keeping. Wednesday morning ho was taken be fore the Miavor for trial, but he was still unruly, and after denying that he owned the pistol or attempted to draw it on the policemen who arrested himii, he was or dered to be returned to the guard house by tile Mavor. Befo-re leaving', hie d. muanded in i'n insolent tone th at the' Mlayor make the police return a la i ex wh'ih the had stolen from him:. He was arraigned before Magistrate W\ells yesterday, but at the instanea of his counn sel, Mark lReycolds, EA., the ease wasi con tined to Wednesday (to-day L Titda I as recently served sentence in Sing Sog' f r interference with the United States ma~:ils. -Freemanxt. Notice to Creditors. All pe~sn having claimst a-'ain 't tihe estate of E. R. Riichb )urg d-1 xxa wih present themx duly attest.:d. and those Ow ing said estate will make piu~Ient to L. N. RtICHDbOI'R. E ~ecutor. Silver, S. C. July :31. 1.%.7 W. L DOUGLAS S3 SH OE la aheWorld. alone, has di-itnced altli: earner. W. L. Dougla~s $:.50. s;.m tand s5.. shons are the productions of skillet wo rkmen-z. ro tihe bet umate'rial possible at tes pries. alit. S2..i an.t S.* shi e fo5 t r rhenl, *2.>-, $t.' and $.5 fo.r boys. by over :... we-arers as tih. bett in style. it and durablit ofan shoe ever o:Tered at thb ries. They are made in al li- th last shapes and styls, and of~ every vai it dealer cannoxot supply you. write f..to logue to WV L. Douglas. lBroc -lt' , Mass. Sold b~y E. C. HORTON. Ripans Tabuiles: for sosr~ stomach. Ripans Tabules: one gives relief. 'GREAT REDUTION L0 g From now we will sell our Entire Stock ofI Soring; and Summerl Clothing, Hats and Gents' Frishing Goods at Greatly Re duced Prices. SAE!bi a e gains. An w wl Fake nowasue il sow iour Entck Sto or Sl8USrin ! and Summerl Cling iia s and8|| Goods at Advetlye duced Prices. &-7 A 52TT/PT~TF Wi aBargainls 8V 1'e Luw 1v i I;i' UC\V sto e l'l I ;1 '. igo e ol t we linlhl a lo), Of REMNANTS. ETC., WlJI ll We are OIlIe'l ;itI reat ly Reducel Prices. We also oiler now MEN'S AND BOYS' STRAW HATS, at actual (coSt. Big biargain? in1 GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. We have a nice line of DRESS 8OODS that cannot be bourllt else where at the prices we are offering them now. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN MILLINERY. In this line wC are now miakin a Clearance sale. Every lady is invited to call and inspect this line of bar gamns. We have now a nice Milli nerv Department comfortably fitted. Yours resp'y, 11. J. FRlNK GEIGEL, ;DENTIST, MA NNING, S. C. OFFICE IN MANNING 1 HOTFL. JOSEPH F. REA.E. 1v. C. DsvzS R" HAEs DAVIS, A2TORNEYS A7 LAW, MANNIN G, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MANNING S. C. GeoS.Hacker& Son MANUFACTURERS OF MAERA -4 CHARLES ONS.C. DOORSEIASH, BLNDS CORDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. WINDOW AND FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY. STATE OF SOUTH CAROUINA., COUNTY OF CLARENDON. Notice of intention of Mrs. M. A. Thames, widow of A. WV. Thames, deceased, intestate, to have home steadI set off to her. No)tice is Hereby Given: 1st. That Mrs. M. A. Thames,. widow of A. W. T'hames. deceased, of the State and County aforesaid, has: filed with me her petition to have her homiesteadl appraised and set off in the tract of land containing one hun dred and thirty-five acres, more or less, owned in tee simple by her hius band. A. W. Thames, deceased. at the tine of his death, whereon he resided at the time of his death and where she has ever since resided. situate at Silver in the County aforesaid: and also her homestead in nroneys of the estate now in her hand. Qd. That on the 12th day of Aug ust next at 12 o'clock M., or as soon~ thereafter as practicable. I will ap p)oint three disinterested persons, resident in the County aforesaid, to appraise and .st off according to law thle homestead otf said petitioner, it. appearing that no0 process has been~ lodgedl with any otlieer against such Giv en under my hand and ollicial seal this 7th day of .July, A. D). 18G. .1. H. T IMMONS. C'. C. C. & (i. S. C. C. Tb ym:chnetb d no operatlon no i : n :ant-th eonldiion, ready ~or:b no SIMPLE AND EASY TO MANAGE. -.-uso CORN MILLS SAW MILLS,. PLANING MACHINES An : l n!ds of Wood-W\oring Ma chinv. T17a1oit al( .Ld(1im On hand -tF=:urv :rices. V. C.BADHAM, G eneral Agent.I cOLUBIA, S. C.