The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 11, 1897, Image 2

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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11, 1807. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTJON RATES: One Year............. .......$1.50 Six Months...... ........... - -- Four Months.............-----..... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $1; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six 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 out by the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Sumter. BEWARE OF CAMPAIGN REPORTS, THEY ARE THE TRICKS OF POLITICIANS. A newspaper should either refrain from discussing politics or then dis. .ass politics in a manner that its po sition will not be misunderstood; there should be no "fence straddling" dither on issues or for men. We have endorsed the candidacy of J. E. Ellerbe for Congress, and our selection of him was not the result of ;n impulsive conclusion, but it was airrived at and made after a canvass of the qualifications and merits of all she candidates. Mr. Ellerbe is con ducting his contest in a high and honorable manner; nothing in his speeches indicate the scheming poli tician, and he avoids personalities, which is so common these days. He goes before the people in a straight forward manner and endeavors to enlighiten them on questions needing discussion, questions that need the study of the people and questions that every voter should familiarize himrself with. Such is the conduct of the man we support. Can the same be said of all of his opponents? Is it not a fact that the campaign meet ings have been followed by letters in the interest of one of his opponents, a man who has been feeding at the public crib contirn~ously since 1890? And some of those letters were r~.f a obaracter such as the man in vihose interest they were written, wou'd not dare to repeat in Mr. Ellerbe's pres ence. This sort of politics is unfair and will be repudiated at the ballot box regardless of the various County machines now at work manufacturing the poison of misrepresentation. The letters are generally written elsewhere but the names to whom they are ad dres'sed are furnished at the County seats. We warn the people of Clarendon against such methods and will say that if these letter writers know any thing against J. E. Ellerbe that should drive votes away from him, let them come out like men over their own signatures in a County paper or meet Mr. Ellerbe at a campaign meeting and face him with the accusation. Bushwhacking tactics are not fair, and whenever resorted to, should have the effect of strengthening the man who is being bushwhacked. We have known J. E. Ellerbe for many years, and we know him to be a gentleman whose private life is pure and whose business standing is high. His political career is known. The people among whom he was reared paid him a high testimonial by giving him an almost unanimous vote in the County primary when he a as a candidate for the Legislature. Marion County polls about twice the white vote of Clarendon and in the primary alluded to, Mr. Ellerbe polled all but 111 votes. He was afterwards sent to the Constitutional Convention by a very flattering vote. His opponents are making capital out of the fact that he was defeated once for the Senate. Mr. Ellerbe's opponent at that time was a very popular man and happened to be standing for re-election, besides, there was a local fight in that County about the formation of a new County. It is known by every intelligent man that whenever an acceptable officer stauds for a second term his advan tage over an opponent is great and especially when a local issue figures extensively in the contest. Mr. El lerbe's opponents do not take the trouble to explain these things, but rest contented with straggling behind to scatter their seeds of misrepresen tation. The day is past, we hope, when a man can be defeated by all kinds of rumors. A man should be judged by his private character and b his competency ad not b hisM standing among politicians. One of the best signs of the present contest is that the people are not going to the politicians to know who to vote for; they are endeavoring to lerzi for themselves who is the best quali tied candidate, and the little under handed machinations of a candidate's opponents will prove fruitless. We want to see this co::'est carried on as is befitting the high and honorable position these candidates seek and it can only be done by the laying aside of petty passion and miserable trick erv. EVANS AND IRBY ON THE CLEVE LAND PLATFORM. We do not see how the -'News and Courier" can come to the conclusion that "Irby, Mayfield and Evans on the Cleveland platform" when it is a known fact that Mayfield and Evans were repudiators of Cleveland's policy and platform. Evans went to Chicago pledged against Cleveland's platform, and if we mistake not, both he and Mayfield were strong advocates of "16 to 1 or bust." Since the present contest opened, with no disciple of Cleveland in the race, Evans and Mayfield have straddled one of the planks of Cleveland's platform and are playing see-saw for the Conserva tive vote. The idea of John Gary Evans becoming the champion of Clevelandism after all that he has heretofore said is too funny; it is simply ludicrous to watch him as he baits his hook for Conservative suck ers. Why, at the Abbeville meeting, he went so farias to say "Tillman is wrong in his tariff position, and if he sticks to it, Ill be among the first ;to help down him on it." We imagine seeing a certain class of politicians, who hate Tillman with a holy hatred gulp down what Evans said about Tillman with as much relish, as if the words were drops of honey; then when they realized who it was talk ing, the dose swallowed became nau seous and they turned off in disgust at the speakers brazen effort to fake them. If Evans is on Cleveland's platform, then he is not on the plat form adopted at the last Democratic convention which nominated William Jennings Bryan, and Evans, as a member of that convention, helped to make. There is one of two things, he was not sincere when he helped to make that platform, or he is not sincere now when he gets on Cleveland's platform. What has brought about the change? Was it his failure to get Tillman's support in the present con test9 It will be remembered that he went to Washington to consult Till man about the Senatorship. Did Tillman tell him that he would have to paddle his own canoe? It looks that way, since Evans has mustered up the boldness to criticize Tillman's political attitude, and to talk about "Tillman is wrong in his tariff posi tion, and if he sticks to it, I'll be the first to help down him in it." Never theless, Evans' play at boldness gives the rank haters of Tillman hope of a rift in the political clouds. They like to listen to such talk, even from Evans, because they think it is an >ther spoke out of the Reform wheel, ad after a while, as spoke after poke is broken out the entire Re rorm wagon will come down with a 3rash. The curious part of this whole business is that when the campaign pened tIrby and Evans were very oudmouthed in trying to create the impression their entering the race meant the saving of Tillman; that cLaurin was after defeating Till man. They found their song failed to attraat and the people refused to be lulled by any such music, so a new tack has been taken and one yhich will have no more effect, he cause if in the beginning the syndi eate of candidates were so solicitous or Tillman's future, how can they ow, all at once, become so defiant is to be among the first to down ilman if he sticks to his tariff position. Everywhere Mayfield goes he gets the cold shoulder since his miserable bluff he undertook to play upon Gov rnor Ellerbe and the contemptible means he employed to catch the Con ederate pensioners' votes. The peo ple are also getting on to Mayfield's Dispensary scheme and the more he talks about it the more convinced are they that he will not do to depend pon. They think that he is too re 3ent a convert to theganti-Dispensary idea to be sincere after the conspicu us Dispensary record he made in the Legislature. Mayfield had as much to do with putting the Dispen gary law on the statute books, that he is now abusing, as any other man in the Legislature, and since Judge Simonton gave the law several kicks, Mayfield concluded the thing was dead, and he would be among the frst to shovel dirt upon its grave, but the law is right and it will not down as is seen by Simonton's latest deci sion and when Congress re-assembles there will be a federal statute that will settle the right of the State to control liquor. If the position May field takes now with regard to the Dispensary is correct, he is the wrong man to be trusted with it. No man who can tumble and turn about as he has done can be relied upon. The "News and Courier" a few days ago wanted to know "who is Doctor Strait." Why, he is president of the Tomato-Fig Syrup Company, organized by a shrewd Yankee who had lound out that Doctor Strait hd saved his salary and breath as Congressman. This man painted a beautiful picture of wealth to be pro cured from his Tomato-Fig Syrup remedy, and as a further inducement to Doctor Strait the presidency of the organization was tendered. The doctor yielded to the alluring promn ises of the schemer and went dlown into his wallet, fished out a goodly portion of his congressional savings, turned it over to his tempter and to day he is still president of the To mato-Fig Syrup Company with a sad experience as the income from his investment. WISE MEN KNOWV It is folly to build upon a poor founda tion either in architecture or in health. A foundation of sand is insecure, and to deaden symptoms by narcotics or nerve compounds is equallygdangerous and de ceptive. '[he true way to build up health is to make your blood pure, rich and nour ishing by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's pills act easily and quickly on HENRY GEORGE'S DOUBLE. Candidate Evans in advocating a direct tax has put himself in a great big hole and the further he pursues the subject the more does he drag the whole in after him. If John Gary Evans theory is enacted into law every wi' who owns a foot of land will h: .- trpay a direct tax to the United States government upon a basis of something over one hun I dred dollars on a thousand dollars worth of land. Suppose Mr. Evans' theory was in operation today, our farmers would be visited by a negro land assessor who would in the name of the United States government place a valuation upon the lands and then collect the tax. It would give President McKinley a fine field to graze his horde of black cattle and our farmers would be reminded of the days that caused them many sleepless nights watching their prop erty. No, John Gary Evans does not want direct taxation, although he says he does; his direct tax song is the silliest sort of buncombe to divert the min ds of the people away from McLaurin's record made in Congress. Evans, Irby and Mayfield have gone over the State misrepresentiug MIc Laurin's position on the tariff ques tion until the newspapers outside of the State are wondering if it can be true that South Carolinians are being fooled by their arguments. McLaurin made a record in Con gress that is far ahead of men who have served in that body a much longer time. The tariff as a principle was opposed by him, but when he saw the Republican majority would not listen to appeals against the measure, like a true and faithful ser vant of the people, he set about to prevent the South being fleeced to enrich the North. McLaurin saw the manufacturer of cotton goods protected and his home farmers left to the mercy of the world. What did he do? He raised his voice in eloquent protest against the iniquity and demanded that the man who toiled in the broiling sun and sup plied the manufacturer with his ma terial should also be protected. He used an expression which struck right home with telling effect, it was this: "I am opposed to protection in any form, but if the country must have protection and you will protect the cotton manufacturer, then in the name of justice, protect the poor Southern farmer who-toils in a blaz ing sun to make the cotton. If the man that made my shirt is to have protection, then give the man who made the cotton to go into the shirt protection; do not discriminate, but let the farmer of the South and the manufacturer of the North stand upon an equal plane." And for this, McLaurin is being misrepresented and abused by the political triumvi rate who either do not know anything about the tariff question or they are purposely endeavoring to mislead the people. SENAtTOR .MlLAU'RIN'S SERVICE TO SOUTH CAROLIN.. The man who is sufficiently inter ested in his country's welfare as to keep posted is in a position to judge of the great service Senator McLaur in rendered the State of South Caro lina, the fact that it is not appreciated by some seems strange indeed. We alude to his speech on "The South and its Opportunities." The lamented Grady made a similar speech y-ears ago and the people of the entire South gave it their app~roval. Henry Grady was hailed as the benefactor of his section-and died mourned and beloved by every loyal heart in the South. Years after, another young enthusiast, J. L. McLaurin filled with the same hope and animated by the same desire for good to his own sec tion made a speech in the halls of Congress on similar lines. It con tained not a single world of politics. but breathed in every line an earnest and sincere desire to build up and encourage the development of the material interests of his own people. It went out as an official statement of the actual conditions that obtained in the South., It was the first instance of the kind in the halls of Congress and carried with it the sanction of that body. It was taken up by the press of the North almost as a unit, andl was read by more people than any other speech ever delivered in that chamber. This may seem like an extravagant statement, but it is none the less true. This speech has done more for the material benefit of the South and its people than &" the legislation of the past thirty years. No other speech ever opened up the subject in the manner selected by Senator McLaur in, since lhe treated it as a matter- of business and not as a question of politics. All the leading commercial papers of the North printed and com mented on its disclosures and the South was discussed all over that see tion from a purely business point of view to its great advantage. No other member of the Senate or House ever rendered the South such a ser vice. South Carolina has been espe cially benefitted through his generous action and is today reaping the re ward of his unselfishness. Others mght have done as well no doubt, but they did not possess that degree self denial which would enable them to forego the opportunity of making politicalfcapital out of a political speech. Having done this at a time when the idea of being chosen Senator could not have been entertained, this act cannot be charged to anything bt pure love of State and section. Now, what are the people whom he so unselfishly served going to do in the coming pr-imar-y? Will they vote for a man who has been true to their interests, or will they vote against him and theieby say to the balance of the country '"we want none of our representatives to assist us in our struggle for material prosperity"? Every vote cast against Senator M cLaur-in is a condemnation of his attempt to) aid the people of this section. His defeat would be a pub lic calamity and postpone the natural and rightful development of our op portunities for years to come. He stands today- as the foremost chamn pio ofourmuch needed develop met Wh not unite and hold up his hands? Why not send him back to the Senate by our unanimous vote~ and bid him continue the great work he has so nobly hbeg'n Our own manhood demands it, and our future prosperity makes such a course im perative. DA)l)DY IRIBY 1)Il).'T LISTEN WHILE IIlS BABY WAS 'rLKING. The inconsistencies in the speeches of ex-Governor Evans and ex-Senator Irby at Laurens last Saturday are so glaring that it would be well to ascer tain which of the two told the truth or wiiether the truth was told at all. Both cannot be correct as they widely differ. Evans said he was raised by a Christian mother and when a man came to him and offered to make peace, and had he not made friends he would have been ashamed of him self. Irhv said: "He wanted to say he pitied those who have gone against Evans because of his making up with him. It is time the estrangement was healed. There was no knuckling on his part, but when a nephew of Mart Gary asks me to make friends he was man enough to say yes. It would have been ungrateful and cow ardly on his part to have said no, and he was happy he had the manhood to say yes, and make friends with Mr Evans." Here we are, Evans at Irby's home giving as a reason for the renewed friendship that Irby came to him and offered to make peace, and following Mr. Evans, Irby gets up and gives as his reason for the renewed friendship that when "a nephew of Mart Gary asks him to make friends, he was man enough to say yes." A wide difference, to be sure, but they do now "speak as they pass by," is an assured fact and past "ingratitude" is supposed to have been buried when a nephew of Mart Gary asked Irby to make friends. Wonder if on the vest of "a nephew of Mart Gary" will be found any of the red clay of Laurens County, where he crawled on his belly to ask his "political daddy," Irby, to make friends. Perhaps John Gary Evans has the best memory after all, and it was the "daddy" who went to Aiken and with tears in his eyes as big as peaches, begged for giveness for indiscreetly furnishing the munitions of war that brought disaster upon - his temporarily for saken political infant he once hugged to his bosom and lulled him to sleep in the big arm chair in the Gover nor's office. We suppose remorse of conscience has caused Irby to drown in the Saluda rivers, "Ingratitude," the horse he named for John Gary Evans, and as soon as he is convinced that Ben Tillman did not give out the Matthews interview, he will drown "Treachery" in the raging waters of the Saluda, too. Irby has made friends with Evans because Evans, a nephew of Mart Gary, came to him and asked him to make friends and Evans made friends with Irby, not because'.he wanted Irby's help, but because Irby asked him to make peace. TIlE STATE ON TOP. The "original package" dealers wvere struck with the unexpected last Saturday when Judge Simonton's definition of an original package was made known in the shape of a judi eial decision. The decision in question was the outcome of a .number of cases brought by various foreign liquor dealers against the State constabulary, and after so many decisions encouraging the flooding of South Carolina wit h unlicensed booze, the last was a great disappointment to those con templating running rum shops all over the country in opposition to the State Dispensary. We do not think the question of 'what is an original package" is set tled by any means, for even the latest decision leaves room for more test 2ases. Judge Simonton, however, in bis dlecree just handed down holds that wvhen the original package ar rives within the State and: reaches the buyer's hands, the interstate com merce ceases anud the police power begins. A cask, barrel, case or box >f liquor cannot be opened and sold tn this State, but if sold it must be sold as it was origin ally shipped. F'or instance, if a liquor dealer re 2eives a1 cask of half pint flasks of iquor, he is not allowed to open that eask and sell a single flask, but he aan sell the whole cask. If, however, the liquor is shipped originally in separate half pint flasks-each flask a separate package, the same can be awfully sold, providing the revenue laws have been complied with. In our opinion each one of these separ ate packages, be they half pints or gallons. must have a reveuu stamp upon them the same as a package of' cigarettes. If a liquor dealer miust~ have his liquor shipped in separate bottles and then have those bottles stamped, it strikes us the freight and stamps, not to count breakage, will make the cost so great that successful competition with the Dispensary would be almost impossible. The objectionable feature to the decision is that it leaves great room for those who have no regard for law to have the stuff shipped, in cases or barrels and violat2 the law; they will have a few bottles to arrive in accordance with the law, and then it will be al most impossible to detect them when a violation of the law takes place. There is another feature that should be considered in connection with this question; in~ order for an "original package" dealer to sell by the eask, barrell or box he must be provided with a revenue wholesale license if the cask, barrel or box contains as much as five gallons. Judge Simon ton concludes his decree as followvs: "Considering all these cases and the others quoted in argument, it appears that the original package is the package delivered by the im porter to the carrier at the initial place of shipment in the exact condi tion in which it wvas shipped. If in single bottles shipped singly, or if in packages of three or more securely, fastened together and marked, or if in a box, barrel, erate or other recep table, the single bottle in the one instance, the three or more bottles in another instance, the barrel, box, crate or other receptacle, respectiveliy constitute the original package. If sold or delivered it must be sold or delivered as shipped and received. If the package be broken after such delivery it comes within the police regulations of the State, and any sale or delivery ini such case is unlaw f. Candidate Mayfield is nothing if not original. He is not satisfied with trying to hoo-doo the Confederate pensioners, but he has struck out to fish in another streani of influence. He has baited his hook this time with a prohibition circular, and he hopes i to catch preachers on it. Nearly every white preacher in the State has received a circular from MIavtiel set ting forth his opposition to liquor, but there is not a line in those cireu lars setting forth the amount of liquor candidate Mavfield drinks himself. Mayfield may be sharp, but if he does; not know it, we will tell him he is not sharp enough to fool the preacliers, for as a rule, preachers are the shrewdest kind of people, and if Mr. Mavfield will make a horse trade with one of them, we believe he will be come convinced that preachers are not easily gulled. A CDNDUCTOR'S ADVICE. "L-t me give you a pointer," said M. F. Gregg, a popuhir codductor on the Missouri Pacific rainroad. "Do yon know that Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cures you when you have the stomach ache. Well, it does." And after giving this friendly bit of advice the joily conductor passed on down the aisle. it is a fact that thousands of railroad and travel ing men never take a trip without a bottle of this remedy, which is the best cure in the world for bowel disorders. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by R. B. Laryea, the druggist. Mr. layis Denounces the Methods. DAvis, S. C , Aug. 10, 1897. Editor THE TIrMEs: I have read your editoriatl in whicb von announce Hon. J. E. E!lerbe as your choice of Congressional candidates, and as a voter I endorse your chcice and what you have said of Mr. Ellerbe. I believe Mr. Ellerbe is a man true to the sentiments expressed in his speech at Manning, and I believe he would scorn the tricks resorted to by some of his opponents. One report about Mr. Ellerbe was toil privately by Mr. Norton, that some time ago Ellerbe went into futures and lost heavily, and now his friends have brought him out for Congress that he might make some of his losses back. I am told that some of our court house officials are using this as a means of taking votes away fro u Ellerbe for Norton. I have voted for these officials, and I am'sorry they are lending themselves to such contemptible means, but instead of helping Mr. Norton, they are only injuring their own intluence with the 1 people. These County officials who are 1 trying to injure Ellerbe by forcing Norton I upon us have forgotten this is an age of I political education. No, Mr. Editor, the time has been when I votes could be turned with such stuff, but I thank God it has passed. A candidate I should stand on his own merits, and not try to build himself up on the demerits of others-a gentleman would not stoop to such methods. In my opinion it woo!d be nor graceful in those wha aspire to a seat in Congress to resign the public offices they now hold, so th-it their successors may come into this same primary and not put the people to the expense of another election, should Comptroller-General Norton oi Soli citor Johnson be elected. I heard a mn illustrate the present Senatorial race. He said he was walking along the road and a good sized dog came ranni:g along followed by several smaller ones and as fast as one of the little fellows would turn the big dog loo-c, another would grab him, He said that it reminded him of Irby, Evans and Mayfield, who are jumping on McLaurin, but the big dog goes right on and will reach his destina tion in good time while the little dogs lay down in the wagon ruts, panting for breath. B3. BEAURtEGARiD DAvIs. A VA LUABLE PRESCIPTION. Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind "Sun," writes: "-You have a vala able pres cription in Eiectric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for constipation nd sick headache, and as a general system tonic it has no egnal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2625 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was alt rn down, couldl not eat nor digest food, ad a backache which never lett her and elt tired and weary, hut six bottles of Electric Bitters restored her he-alth iand renewed her strength .Prices 50 cents and iL0. Get a botle at R. B. Loryeat's drug 4tore. Dunncan is a Dladdy-. Candidate John T. Duncan is now the rather of a br by boy about a week * l and nstead of his wvorrying caunpaign audi nces with his politic.dl speeches he wonki ind more pleatsure and profit in returning :o his wvork and hum tne following little iittv: "-hen tirst ia chap becomes a dad And learns that *it's a boy,' He wants the world to kn ow he's glm1, And jiimps for very joy. But when there comes the sixth or s-) lHe hears the news and grins, t And sighs in accenmts soft anti low: 'Thank heaven, 'tisn't twin s.'"~ A Tribute to .3lcLaurini.t There was a peculiar and somuewhat sig. :iticant incident at a religiou< seri-ice here he other day. The Rev. Mir. W.- A. Rod' trs, who stands very high in the M-thodist urch, came o-.er from G.reenville to die iver a sermon. Hie wats in the mtidst of as address, a-il was -expouindinig his views >f what trado uip "true nunhioo1." From, ,vhat I h-ard he 1.tve examples of what he -egarde'i "true luau hood," and siid that n ,ttended the Senatorial campaign meeting t ree-illet~; that while at th meueting 1-' iy whit he regairded as "true mainhood." 'hree of the candidites jumped on one man with :ll feet, andI somie of the --rowd nied to inuterru it himn but wheni that :imn tot up to speatk he -leportedlhns-if Ii te a an, and throughout showe-d "tru- ian ood." He said that then and there he de ~ided to voate for the man who, to his mind,c .howed such "anioo1." It was evident :at he referred to Mr. Mebaturin.-West- t 2inst.r lerrospondient ot N--ws and Cour SiCa REWAR D) $100. 'Tie reade-rs ot thi papert wvill be l.eased to learn that there is at :st cxe d ,reade-d isease that science has been able to cnre in all its stages, ind thait is catarrh. Hall's Uatarrh Cure is the only3 positive cure known to the umedie.d fi ~ratrity. C'atarrh bein a constittionali dis'eas-e, requires a constittional tr eatmuent. Hall's ('atarrh Cre is taken itnternatlly acting directly upon the blood and 'mucous surfaces of the sv.,tema, thereby dlestroying the foundat ion of the dlisease-, atnd giving tihe patient strength by biiing up the consti ttion1 aid assi.,ting nature in~ doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its urative powere, that they (tfer One Haon lred Dollars for anyi case that it fails to ure. Send tcr iists ot testimonials. Addresse, F. J. CHIENEY, & Co , Trok-do, 0. Sold bty Druggists, 75e. R1ev. R. .L Few Calledi Home. Died at Giriers, in Giret-nville Conty. last Saturday, at the home of his tither. Rtev. R. A. Few, aiged about b0 veairs. This is really at life cuit down upon th. thresh ld of usefulimness. Mr. Few gradu ated at Wofford College in tul' c:ass5 of 18 87 and after leavin~g college he tanaht school. He ioined the. South Caroi Method i-t Con'erence- in 1x3, -and at on-iie ala ini i.teed to the u minist er-il waiin:s h Metod--'ists of Jorda ci remt.n As ah 'atr Mr Few wa L loved. by is caaeain and otttside of hi- chareb he;ui ma ll many warmz friends in tis' County hy menal altart Trphuosa, on- ;fth ii-' Davis, and never was there at bri-ghter pros pect for e-arthiy bliss. Mr. Few was never very robu-.t andl hard study and devotionl to his sacri-d urufe-ssion made an inroad upon his health which medical skill could not counteract. His death is regretted by the- people of Claren - don and their bearts are fli; of sincere sympathy for the widowed bride and his aged parents who had good reason to ex pec ,,-,h of thec departed one. Candidates' Cards. 1 b n fe:is I herb .nloilnCe m:Iv (itn-ii'i:Ca'. -n1j f-t to ;he rules of t: D n:.:r. P r. : h in Cn: ;ress fr : t ft of Souti Carolin . . hi h , b .. 1It v.o-t' by te ao in : o i n.. -Le L~t:ri'T ! t ie- L't d St.. S o -J. .\. JulliNNCON. F"i it Ce x.N ,1:-S. 1 her ehr .'tnnon0iv: ~~llt District, en! j > h : . 1): - cratie Ialty. FEID 1). (il:YANT. I lier-V tn :vnh for Congrre", to 1i:! 1 .-a eItl o: ~ - var~tnt 3i:' thet 'rI : o .i f. 114t:. J1'hn L. .\- le-ew .JAF.S N(IRTON. .\r. E-litor: l'i.;t"+ a.rnnonner" mt - a; an didate for a seat lInI. Cb:lres maI 0 viitt by the r.:ic : : ,n II' i! a. Joh:n L. M . L~mrin. D. : ". McLA L*RIN. F'U) CON\GRE.1" the s:o t e f :i:e I),:um-..;,tti- ters. o the, Sixthll.tl ' um re :1ntd District. J. E. ELLI:i;El. FOR STAT U SE1NATF'.. At the earule.t solicitation of many fr:onts I announce iny'felt I crnidtate' to Ieprcs:-it Clarer den i.1 th7, State Sen:te. to fill the unexpired terml maLie vt.ant by the re.ig nationl of Hem:. L. M1. ii. I 1. .\ 'OD:. FOR SENA L'O1. I a71 a c flinidatO for thet uneu(xnted tori in tie State Senatt. J. H. LESEhNE. Wofford College. SPARTANBURG, 6. C. [AS. H. C.:.RLI4LE, LL.D.. President. Course- in Mlathelu:tties, Geoo:gy. Chen stry. PhLyics Latin, English, Greek, Meta )bysics, Political EcJnoty, G lrman, ?rench anti History. New Gin ftim. The WOFFORD FITING SCHOOL is ofndncted in a han some four-storv brick nil1ding, beautifully located nl*mr the col ege. The Heid-inster. A \MASON Dc ?RE, and the Mitron, live in t. bu:ibling. Senrd for catalogue. J. A. GA31EWELL,3 Secretary f Faen::ity. Furman University. Greerviile. S. C. )r. C. N. JUD.ON, Chairman u; F;.nitly. Session be. ius 5cptemb rt 22. (courses eading to all act'lemie d-gr e. Pcpara. ory depart:uent in charge lof exirienced eachers. Cost redneed to n:inimial t ness system. .o:l in 1)rivtte fa1milies uoderate. For catalogue and farther in ornation, ap[)!v to chai'Iman orL it BEN E GEEII, S :'v. Sale of Personal Property, UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A nortgage executed by Shled Robin son, of Clarendon County. tc the MIarion Iron Works, ot Marion. S. C., >n the 22d day of August, 1897and re 3orded in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Commion Pleas for Clar andon County oni the 25th dav of M.arch; 189)7. the undersigned, as igent of said Marion Iron Works, wii sell to tihe highest bidder for sash, ou Thursday, August 10th, l807, at 10 o'clock in the morning, at Packsville, in said County of Claren ion, the following p~ersonal property. :-wit: One lifteen horse power yngine; one twenty horse power >oiler; one cotton gin and cotton >ress. Levied upon and seized by ne as agent of the said Marion Iron W~orks. D). W. PA TE. Agent of Mortgagee. A ugust 2d. 1397. -__ STATE OF SOUTH CAROUINA, County of Clarendon, By Louis Appel:, Esj 1'robate .Judge. \XTHERIEAS. KATE B. GAILLARD maide suit to me., to grant her Let ers of' Admninistration of the estate of andi ffects of John J1. B3o;'d. Thesce are thierefore to eCte arnd ad:.ish 11 anfd singlar~ tli) kj1idred andl ere-litors f' the said John J. -b'oyt, diecea.LC, hat they he' :1nd U a ia bfore nl:-, in t '.out ot P~robLte, to b hld aI t Manninj em pub!iet!.tIOnI the r-r aI 1 deock in the oreunotn, to sLo:es- i:~ they !tre, ranted. mIe~it. Ainno D.2:1 int. 1 97. (Sea:.]Louis APPLT'. .Jule o f Proba0 te. REWISTRAT!ON NOJTIOE. he State of South Garolina, CLARENDON COUNTY. Notice is hereby given that in ae ordance with an Act of tihe General issemnbly, the books for the registra - ion of all legally quajlfed voters. iill be open at the court house. be ween tihe hlours of o'cloc'k, a. mn., tnd ;3 o'clock, p. ini., on tile fi-rst Mon lay of' each inonithl and for three suc essive days. until thlirty dlays be 'ore the next general electilonl. Minors ,vho shall become of age during thlat >eriod of thirty days. shall11 be en it ed to registration blefore tihe >ookcs are closed, if othlerwise qua!i led. (G. T. WORSH AM, 8. U. G-RIFFIN, E. D). H O.DG l'.. Supierv isor's of Rtegistriationl. W. L DOUCL AS SS SH OE in theeWorld. aloe hs dsacd a;li comt1L1it r-. $1.75 for boys shoeever oireredl at thet trlcesL. Tmhey are ma~de in I lthe latettr shiapes andl styles, 0 an of very :-i e'lty oftlather. Ir dsale'r canntt Isuply .mL. wtrne f I' - Rogue to W'. n. Deusg. Brek o.. . i. Sold b~y E. C. HORTON T REHUCTION From now we will sell our Entire Stock of Snring and Summer Clothing, :.Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods at Greatly Re duced Prices. A-' The publir can de pend on obtaining Bar gains. AndC we will ake pleasure in show ng our stock to our Carendon friends. y</;/' /L/& Biya us a Lai an be con ined t11at w are sellIng 100ds as A 9 se C BROW,0 WITTINOC SUT TNTT~ER.]= $200 REWARD! Lost, strayed or stolen, a man about the size of a wo man,'bare-footed with a pair of wooden shoes on, pink eyes, sunset colored hair, the latter Cut curly and the former cut darker. he wore a corned beef overcoat with saner kraut lining. and had an empty sack on his back containing a bar rel of skylights and one dozen assorted railroad tunnels; when last seen, he was follow ing the crowd to H. D. RIFF, -FOR Up to Date Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, and Stylish Millinery. .J. FRANK GEIGER. DEN TIST, MANNING, S. C. OFFICE. IN MANNING 10'1 FL. JosErn F. RHA a. W . C. Dav' RIIAME & DAVIS, A7TOREYS A7 Lat W, MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON. Attorney and Counselor at 1:awc, 3MANNING 8. C. Geo.S. Hacker&8Scn -MAUATERS -F CHRLSTN,.C BAH EGHS N DOO SAH, BLINS, AMAPEIAL. IN DOWCADRFANCYSETo 1451 of :ie General1 Statutes of South ZJarolina, t.a Cournty Boairi of Commwis rionecrs, at their meceting the 1st Mondayv in Xjpril, adopltt'i the followin' schedal of icenses for the war 1897: Hawlkers and Peddlers........1500. Stoves and Ranges. . .. .... ..2. . Lightning Rods................5 (10. Clocks an d Watetes.... ... . S500.. Sewing Machines.. ... 200.. Fianos and orgains. ...8)5.00 Ihorses aind Mules....... ..S0.00. A! person engaging in the above men on'ed o enpations must procure a licenlse r theyv witCbeco.ue lible to punishmeont 'nder the law It Ihall be the duty of every Magistrato ndeery Constable and of the Sheriff and1 li hisiua Deputies, t i, and every citi enmnay, dema~nd and inspect tbc hecense t any hawker or peddler in his or their ontty, who shall come under the notice *t any of said ofticers, and to arrest or ause to be arrested, any ha wker or ped !er found withont a good nd valid li ense, and to bring such hawker or ped ier before the niearest Magistrate to be cait with according to w. By order of board. T. C. Owi.:xs, C ounty supiervisor. Manning, S. C. A pil 5I 7 [fllille)is Thki ol nii~~:e that in onle Operation -D. eln, hul and. polish rough rice, put ug it in in-cLbantabie condition, ready table use. SIMPLE AND EaSY TO IANAGE. CORN MILLS SAW MILLS, PLANING MACHINEST And1 all hinds of wood-Worki Ma liiny. an hand at Fietory price~s. V.0. BADHAM, General Agent, QOLUMBIA S. C.