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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 1S9S. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTiON RATES: One Year......................$1.50 Six Months........ ............-- - - Four Months............. ........ 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time. Si; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and 'ributes 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. The Republicans in Congress do not seem very anxious to become responsi ble for a conflict between this coun try and Spain, and to avert anything of the sort they prefer talking Cuba to death. It is stated that "Walt." Whitman is again to be a candidate for Gover nor. What have the people done to deserve this? The executive commit tee of the Democratic party should compel each candidate before being permitted to speak, pay down his assessment in cold, hard cash. This, in our judgment, would abate the nuisance of being pestered with such cranks as ex-Rev. G. Walt. Whit man. There seems to be considerable un easiness about the situation with Spain, and for days past exciting ru mors have been floating about which have an ugly tendency. Several war ships have been ordered to Havana and it would not be surprising if in the next few days we hear the news that some Spanish gun boat has fired upon the stars and stripes. In that case the ball would be open and a navalbattle between the two coun tries would result. There are many Americans who are anxious to join the Cuban insurgents, and if a war does break out, the opportunity will be aL .rded to free Cuba from the tyrannical oppression of Spanish mis rule. A .very serious question for our lawmakers at this time is to say whether or not the people want the lien law repealed. Can the repeal of the law do anything towards helping the farmer? Then the question will be asked if the law is repealed, will merchants give credit on anything short of real estate security? As wei have bgfore expressed, we do not think it will be for the best interests of the people to repeal the lien law, and the more we think of the matter, the more are we convinced that the very evil which is sought to be render ed by the repeal of the law will militate 1 against a class who will not submit to such oppression. The lien law is like, everything else, bad when abused;< the laws of nature are bad when abus 1 ed, but if a man whose financial con dition is such that he must have credit to transact his business, and he uses that credit properly, who will say that credit to him is not a blessing? In our judgment the lien law should - not be repealed, but better still, en-1 forced to the letter. Rev. David M. Ramsr y, pastor of the Citadel Square Bap' ist church in Charleston recently delivered a ser mon in which he offend ed the news paper men throughout the State. The subject of-the sermon was "Some undercurrents," and in it he charac terized "newspaper reporters as being accorded the privilege of writing4 without being annoyed with suchi small and stubborn things as facts." In other words, newspaper men as a class, are liars. This eminent divine should not be harshly dealt with by the press, but handled rather in pity. He is the same minister of the gospel * who figured at a military marriage in Charleston recently, and when ap pealed .to by the young man to pro- ] tect him from the horror of being: wedded in law to a fallen woman, de- 1 clined. The young man, surrounded by the woman's relatives each armed and threatening him with death, and in this condition he protested his in nocence and pleaded with Rev. David Ramsey to not be a party to the out rageous affair. The case we speak of is in the courts and the public will then see whether Rev. David Ram sey is a proper person to nara~cter ize newspaper men as liars. Because a jury of Spartanburg county came to the conclusion that the killing of Mr. Turner by State Constable Newbold was the result of an accident and brought out a verdict of acquital, the Spartanburg Herald, an anti-disp3nsary fanatic, has turned itself loose to condemning Solicitor Sease, and charges that he did not present the prosecution in a compe tent manner. Everybody can under stand the animus of the attack upon Constable Newbold knew all about the case, and it mattered not how er ergetic or how vigorous and how 1 much talent could have been dis played in prosecuting the case, the whole thing could only have resulted 1 in whether or not Turner was killed by accident. The jury came to the 1 conclusion the killing was an acci dent, and accordingly acquitted Mr. Newbold. The Spartanburg Herald and such other newspapers as allow I their prejudices against the dispen sary or any other law to give them violent spasms because a constable who is charged with the execution of the law, is not hanged or sent to the penitentiary, justly or unjustly, will not have much weight in the public 1 mind. The Charleston Critic complains 1 because Mr. rhil Gadsden is being < singled out for condemnation for sec- i :nding the nomination of Judge f Benet. It should not occasion any surprise with our contemporary when c it finds that when one of its represent itives undertakes to act for himself c d does something commendable, t ;hat he should be marked out by C Dharleston's political conclave for I :ondemnation. Mr. Gadsden would t 2ave voted for Mr. Bacot had that i andidate remained in the field, but hen there was no opposition to the r e-election of Judge Benet, common S ;ense as well as courtesy demanded r enet's nomination to be seconded rom the Charleston delegation. We t ooked for this courtesy to come from s r. Bacot, but it did not; neverthe- i ess he voted for Judge Benet, and I tood up on both feet to let his col- F eagues see there was nothing small t ,n him. The political association formed in r harleston after the death of the la- r vented Ferguson will understand I efore many moons that there are i )thers besides Representative Gads- v len that propose exercising their own : nahood, regardless of the political f ;ociety of which Mr. Redding is the ecognized head. The demise of lugh Ferguson carried with it the i >bhteration of one-nian power and E iereafter the politics of Charleston a gill be like it is all over South Caro- s ina-free and independent. d Charleston has the moet enterpris ng politicians in The State; a few f veeks ago the sheriff of that county lied and before the undertaker was ;ent for a party of politicians went to I olumbia to get the dead mans shoes. ~ Now another prominent official is s n very feeble health, Kinloch the f 'lerk of Court, and his house is being E vatched every day and night for the ' leath messenger to arrive. Should t :his official drop off we venture to say ~ that the body will not become chilled t efore some of Charleston's politicians ~ vill be en route for Columbia. E Wehave been amused watching ~ his modern lots of public alter vic- e ims, with the same amount of pleas- ~ ire it used to give us to go down to o he market to look at the buzzards ast hey would wait for carrion to comeP heir way. If a vacancy does take >lace in the Clerk of Court's office in F Tharleston, Governor Ellerbe should b y all of the laws of decency refuse C o give the appointment to any mant who would so far forget the instincts >f manhood by soliciting a promise l efore the vacancy took place or be ore a respectable time has elapsed titer the vacancy occurred. e These observations are not imagin- ~ Lry; we saw enough in Columbia last C veek to convince us that somebody is C ishing around for somthing, and that ~ ie is burning with a desire to. per- t; nade the governor to throwv Clerk of ourt Kinloch's shoes to him, ast juickly as possible after that official a hakes off this mortal coil. r c We understand that some of South 3 arolnas representatives in the leg- ~ slature are seriously thinking of pro- I osing "an Act, entitled an Act to b equire railroads to 'give members C >f the general assembly free passage C ipon all railroads operated in this ~ tate." Of course they will not suc- f :eed in convincing the general assem - yly that the measure has merit,but as It curio we would like to see the bill C roposed and would like to be t >n hand to hear the argument in its E avor. It is true that railroads iave no souls to save, but it is equal y true they have rights that should iot be trampled upon any more than I he rights of the humblest citizen. The idea of men selected to make ~ aws who are so small of mental cali-t >re as to not be able to think of a C neasure that has more breadth of nind in it than the saving of the lit :le railroad fare they pay to go to olumbia at a salary of four dollars y per day. They should go further and propose an act entitled an act to re-e quire the railroads to pay laundry 1 :>ills of the legislators also their pin ler and whiskey bills, one would bea is meritorious as the other. If this s roposed bill had been presented to :he legislature by some member fromg he Islands near Charleston, prior to 1873, it would not have occasioned:b my suprise, but in this day and time or a proposition to emanate evene from the islands around Charleston, he outskirts of civilization, where the educational missionaries have not yet eached, is enough to make us pray:e hat light be immediately shed in a4- locality. The constant cry against high taxa ion leads to an examination into ome of the causes. During a dis "ussion of a bill to tax notes, mortga ;es, and other evidences of credit in he legislature last Saturday, it leaked )ut that there is already such a law apon the statute books and that it is rossly violated by a class of men avho are able to pay taxes. Men who aave money to loan,can and do,dodge :he payment of taxes by simply not :aking a return of their evidences of 1dit. The merchant with his stock a goods must pay taxes, because his stock of merchandise is within sight >f the sheriff, so is it with the farmer, vhose stock, and products are in reach )ut with the usurous mortgage-taker uch is not the case, and unless he vishes, there is no way of making iim return for taxation what law re luires to be taxed. The discussion n the legislatnre has brought out the ollowing facts to show that some teps should be taken to equalize tax tion. Abbeville County returns $94,000 in redits, and Aiken County, with more axable real estate, reports only $13, 100 in credits. Anderson has a bare >it more of real estate reported for axation, and returns over $200,000 n credits. York County returns 221,695 in credits. While Richland eturns only $10,000 in credits. and et Richland returns twice as much eal estate as York County. And if the tax-dogers were made o make honest returns, our tax levy ould be considerably lower than it s now. These same tax dodgers 'rey upon the necessities of the peo >e and not alone do they fail to pay heir just portion to the government >ut they also dodge around the usu y laws. The law does not permit ore than eight per cent interest to e charged and these men get around t by deducting the interest in ad 'ance, thus making the burden the eavier upon the man who is so un ortunate as to fall into their clutches. Work has commenced on the mak ag of opposition to Governor Ellerbe. enator Archer has declared himself candidate and Hon. R. B. Watson is upposed to be in the race also. We .o not believe that Archer's caniddacy ill be considered seriously but if Vatson enters the race and his riends say he will, it will be an in eresting fight. Watson is a goodI aan and he has ability but we think e is making a mistake to allow him elf pulled into this fight. The oppo iton to Ellerbe comes principally ro politicians who were disappoint d; the people are perfectly satisfied rith the head of the goverment and biey realize he has had very intricate nd annoying problems to solve, for bat reason they propose to give him second term regardless of the bick rings of those who could not control e governor's official actions. The oming contest for gubernatorial onors wvill, before the primary comes n, be a battle of the people against be politicians, and we believe the eople will win. One of the reasons of Ellerbe's un opularity with politicians was rought about by his independent ourse in making his appointments; e first of importance was a United tates senator. The . governor be eve that John L. McLaurin was well ualified for the place and his record the lower house of Congress show d him to have meiited promotion rithout consulting anyone, he app inted McLaurin and the people en orsed that appointment by electing IcLaurin with overwhelming majori 7-. But the appointment of McLaur a caused lots of murmerings among Le politicians; every fellow who held big place imagined himself the ight man to fill the place made ve ant by the death of Earle and when IcLauirn was selected their was reeping and oaths recorded to tak's llerbe's scalp. Then the governor a another appointment to fill, the 'omptroller General's office, made va ant by the resignation of General orton; again the politicians perched bePes. tves upon the political fence pith mouths wide open ready to catch ie crumb, but when the governor ame along and went on up the road : offer it to a man who was not look g for the place, there was a general opping of wings and screeching. Sore and disappointed these politi ians have determined to have Ellerbe eeated if possible. The question r the people will be. Has Ellerbe 2ade a faithful governor? If he has, hey will re-elect him if every politi ian is against him. When You Have a Bad Cold You want the best muedicinec that can be btained, and that is Chamberlain's Cough emedv. You ~want a remedy that will not only ive quick relief, but effect a permanent You want a remedy that will relieve the angs and keep expectoration easy. You want a remedy that will counteract ny tendency toward pneumonia. You want a remedy that is pleasant and afe to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the only edicine in use that meets all of those re nirements. This remedy is faa~ous for its ores of bad colds throughout the United tates and in many foreign countries. It as many rivals, but for the speedy and erm~nent cure or bad colds. stands with ut a peer and its splendid qualities are verywhere admirel and praised. For seio y . B. Loryea, the druggist. j [ATE AT ONCE-Bright young ma ohandle our celebrated Lubri tting Oils and Greases. Salary and ex ens.es. Enclose stamp for particulars. .ddress, CRESCENT OIL CO., Minneapo THE GENERAL ASSEMIBLY. Weekly Review and Forecast of the Pro. ceedings. [Asgnst Kohn in The News and Courier. Columbia, Jan. 23.-The General Assembly has now been in session for nearly two weeks. Although the work has been persistent and contin uous, the end is not yet in sight. The real issues have not been touched, and no really important measure haE been passed upon by both branches of the Assembly, except it be the res olution to extend the time for the payment of taxes without penalty. True quite a number of important measures have been acted upon inde pendently by the two houses, but there has not yet been any concert of action. The disposition has been manifest to kill off objectionable leg islation, and, of course, the usual al lowance has to be made for unneces sary legislation. No possible com plaint can be made by any one as to the disposition to work, but unfortu nately there seems to be no curtail ment of proposed legislation-the vast majority of the measures are of purely local concern, and there seems to be no way to stop this perennial and pestiferous flood of local matters, and yet without these propositions the government would wag along just as serenely as ever. It is pleasant to say that no "fool legislation" has yet shown itself. In the assemblies of two other States there are bills with regard to kissing; in another an Act was passed prohibiting football, but happily no such measures have yet been presented at Columbia. The doctrine of Col. George D. Tillman, as to self-government, seems to be on the increase. WHAT ABOUT THE SESSION? Why, that is just about as uncer tain a tiing as the ultimate fate of the dispensary. When the members came here no one saw any need for more than a thirty-day session-there was no need before the new Constitu tion, but matters have jogged along until almost two weeks have slipped by, and still there is no dispensary bill before either house, and the ap propriation and supply bills are still hung up in the committee room. There is room for radical improve ment along these lines, and while the ways and means committee has had a great mass of work, and has had to hear from many interests, a skeleton bill ought to be in the hands of the members by the middle of next week. So it is with the dispensary commit tee, made up of one member from each of the counties. While there is still no reason why the session should last over thirty days, the outlook just now is that it will be longer. The dispensary legis lation seems to be the bone of con tention, yet if a bill comes before the House, with good endorsement, leav ing the status practically as at pres ent and aimed at the "original pack ge" stores, it can be rushed through s of old, and not much will be said about it either, as this seems to be a time when few want to assume r-e sponsibility as to dispensary legisla ton. STATUs OF THE I.IQUoRi QUESTION. The General Assembly is as much t sea as ever on the dispensary ques tion. . No one seems~able to solve-the pending problem. The .announce ment in the News- and Courier thai the judiciary committee of the House f Representatives in Washington is nanimously unfavorably disposed to the Tillman-Latimer resolution has put a decided damper on the situa tion, and left but little doubt that Judge Simonton's decision will be sustained by the Supreme Court. 'he House judiciary commiittee in Washington has not, however, made report upon the bill, and will give hearing on the matter Tuesday, and Mr. J. P. K. Bryan will appear gainst the bill, while Mr. Barber has been invited to present the State's side of the case. It is very much a ase of "is of the same opinion still." Several days ago the chairman of he House judiciary committee in olumbia offered a resolution asking he Attorney General to present his views of the situation, in the shape of bill. This resolution was with rawn, as the special Legislative ommittee had already sought the o-operation of Gen. Barber. It is nderstood that Mr. Barber has em phatically and courteously declined o prepare a bill, or to be responsible for any proposed legislation. He will willingly give his advice or sugges tion to the special committee, but w~ill not be responbible for a bill. To prepare a bill and then to have some ne else look after the enforcement makes the matter rather ecmplex at imes. The special House committee has number of bills before it, which seeks to solve the problem, but the nly one that attempts to go into the matter fully is that of Mr. Pollock. -e seeks to put the original package stores on the same plane as the dis pensaries, especially with reference to he signing of applications-a verita ble farce now, and further pr-oposes that all "original package"~ agencies pay the county treasurers 20 per ent. of the gross sales. The Senate seems disposed to see whether the House cannot solve the problem for it, although the under standing is that there is increasing hvor for Mr. Mayfield's bill, which proposes that the entire State have prohibition as the initial point, and that each of the counties. determine whether it would like to change that o dition to the license system, un der the constitutional restrictions, or the dispensary, as exemplified in thle existing law. The whiole tendency just now is to let matters severely alone, and not even to pass a bill directed against the "original package" stores, but to await the fate of Judge Simonton's decision, and then either to wipe out the whole business, or to prune fro'm the bottom up, so as to change its en tire operation. BOaRD OF coNTROL. Positions on the State board, of con trol are being vigorously sought after -they must be positions of great pol itical power to be so earnestly desir d by the friends of the various can didates. Iave it direct that there is no un derstanding between Messrs Hasel den and Williams as to whom Mr Has elden will support for chairman of the board in the event of his election as a mmber-nf that board. If such a statement as was made last Sunda, led to any corfusion, it may now b; stated that 3ir. Willi~ams and hi; friends deny that there is any corn bination or concert of purpose, and of course, such a statement is accept ed. Mr Williams sa s that the posi tion of chairman of the board is not worth a scramble, and that he would not bother with it. If the boars wants him, it is well and good, bu he is not going to scramble for it t any other position. Mr Haselden's candidacy is not ti be clouded or confused by au pledges or promises on his part tc support any candidate for chairmar of the board. The indications at this juncture are that Mr M. R. Cooper will be re- elected as member of the board. The leading candidates for the posi tions on the board are Representa tives Haselden and Timmerman, and Mr Cooper an-1 Mr J. 0. A. Moore. ALL A SCRAMBLE FOR OFFIcE There is just at this time very much more interest in election of the Comptroller General than in the dis. pensary bill or an.thing else. It is a hard and vigorous fight, and fromh what can be hear,] on the outside, there is a deal of talk about swapping and promises; this may or may not be true. Mr Epton, of Spartanburg, the incumbent, will be opposed by MI Derham, the former chief clerk of the office. It is a most interesting fight and seems to admit of kaleidoscopic opportunities. In fact, about all the politics that is now going on is in reference to this and the other elec tions that are pending. THE COMING STATE ELECTION. It is perhaps note worthy that the supervisors of registration are now being selected for various parts of the State. The intimation is that the Governor would like to have a sug gestion from the Charleston delega tion as to whom it would like appoint ed for this position. Some of the members of the delegation, however, say that they will have nothing to do with a recommendation unless Gov ernor Ellerbe makes a formal request in writing for a suggestion, as he did last year. There has not yet been a formal request as to this matter, and the situation is, to say the least, quite interesting. $100 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 traternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internaliy, 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 assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it faill to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHamY & Co., Toedo, 0. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hill's Family Pills are the best. Auditor D)rakeford of Kershaw Suicides. Camden, Jan. 24.-A special: to the News and Courier says: Mr. John R. Drakeford, county auditor, com mitted suicide at noon to-day by shooting himself through the head. He has been a dyspeptic for some time, and a great sufferer. His rash act is deeply iegretted, for he was one of the best of men--honest and kind hearted. He was a royal Arch Mason a member of the Knights of Pythias and also a member of the Knights of Damon, in which latter order he was insured for $2,000. A daughter, about grown, and a number of other rela tives survive him..-. W A N T E D-TRUST WORTHY AND active gentlemen or ladies to travel for responsible, established house in South Carolina. Monthly $65 and expenses. Po sition steady. Reference. Enclose self adldressed stamped envelope. The Domuin ion Comipany, Dept. R., Chicago. (18-1Gt TAX RETURNS. OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR, CLARENDON COUNTY, Manning, 8, C., Dec. 22, 1807. The Auditor's office will be open from the first day' of January, 1898, to the twentietn day of February, 1898, to receive returns of personal prop erty and real estate for taxation in Clarendon County for the year.1898. The Auditor will be at the follow ing places in person on the dates mentioned to receive returns: W. J. Gibbons', Wednesday, Janu ary 26th, 1898. J. J. McFaddin's Store, Thursday, January 27th, 1898. McIntosh's Store. Midway town ship, Friday, January 28th, 1808. ITaxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1898. All personal property and real es tate must be returned this year. Assessors and taxpayers -i1 enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate r-et urn for each party for the township the property is in, and where the tax payers owns realty, to insert the postoffice as their place of residen-ce, and those who only own personal property, to give the party's name who owns the land they live on as their residenee, which aids the tax payer as well as the county treasurer in making the collections and pre venting errors. Every male citizen between the ages of twedty-one and sixty y-ears on the first day of January, 1898, ex cept those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other caus-es, shall be deemed tax abl pols.This does not apply to Confederate soldiers over fifty y-ears of age. All the returns that are made after the twentieth day of February will have a penalty of 50 per cent. added thereto, unless out of the county du ring the time of listing. Not know ing the time of listing is no exe-use. The assessing and collecting of taxes is all done .now in the same vear, and we have to aggregate the number and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, etc., and their value that there is in the county, anid have same on file in the Comptroller Gjen eral's office by the thirtieth (lay of June each year. And from that time to the first day of October each year the auditor's and treasurer's duplicate has to be completed and an abstract of tne work in the Comp! trollers office by that time, which will show at a glalice that the audi tor has no time to take in returns or do anything else much. betwveen the first day of March and the first day of October each year but wvork on'the books and blan ks. Therefore I hope that all taxpayers will do ime the favor of making their returns in time, J. ELBER T DAVIS, Audirn Clnarendon County. THINGS WORTHKNOWINGi That we can sell you an All Wool, Well Made Suit at $5 Above goods in blue. black or fancy Cheviots. That we can sell you all wool black Clay Worsted Suit at $7.50. In sack or frock suits. Remember and bear in mind that 2 Oiy Slck a F~eC1ollig: Surpasses all previous seasons, and they were purchased early in May, and we can Save You the Advance in Price. You should see our line of Tailor-Mlade Trousers -AT $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6, $7, $7.50. You cannot resist them, they are too pretty. We Handle Earle & Wilson's Goods, and we will keep you posted on the correct styles in Collars and. Cuffs. Fast black and tan 1-2 Hose..... 5c. linen bosom at ... ......... 50< Linen Collars................ 5c. (A bargain.) Linen Cuffs.. ........... .... 15c. Job lot Boys' Knee Pants, 50c. All wool Undervest (sample)..... 25c. kind, at.......... ........ 25c Job lot Suspenders, worth 25c, All wool Knee Pants (a dandy, now....... ............... 1Oc. worth 75c).. .. ................ 40e Mother's Friend Shirt Waist.... 50c. Scrivens' P. E. S. Drawers, all The Best Unlaundried Shirt, sizes, first grade...... ........$1.00 Our Stock is comple ce. Keep your eye on u for prices. HARDWIARE AND CUTLERY. -o Wfe are no strangers to theaneopler ~LD tend hearty invitbaine tovisit our, sreat advantage over our conmpeti and tosr arnset the benft. stock esf H rdware atarge lin ofmense Hnaarness, Saddles, Rubber and Belt inh (loaded ad empty). Engine Supplies, Belting, etc. __ Sumter, S. C. JUT THIN OF IT!I Having recently made a large Cash deal with the Rlock ili Buggy Company, I can now offer their high grade best oper Buggy for $55 and their best top Buggy for $'70. Thes4 prices arc lower than ever before offered. H. H A FREY, SUMLTER, - - - - s. C. ESTrABLIsllED 1808. ) L. W~7. ~B"OL$Ol\, Sign of the Big Watch, - UM THI : : S. C. -- A BIG LINE OF - Birthday, Weddirg and Christmfas Presents -- WATCHES, DIAMONDS - Fine -Sterling Silver Clocks, Optical Goods, / Fine Knive., Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, etc, All repairing guaranteed. THE CAROLINA GROCERY COMPANY Successors of BOYD BROS. THOMAS WILSON, President COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 195 Est Bay - - Charleston. S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE, CHAuLEST'Y, S. C., Dec. 20, 1b97. ! On and after this date the following passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. South-Bound. '35. '23. '53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A. 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 4 38 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charleston, 6.03 10.55 9.15 North-Bound. '78. *32. *52. Lv Charleston, 6.33 A. 5.17 P. 7.00 A. Ar Lanes, 8.10 6.45 8.26 Lv Lanes, 8 10 6.45 Lv Kingstree, 8.29 Ar Florence, 9.35 7.55 *Daily. t Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C.& D. R. K. daily except Sunday 9.55 a n lington 10.28 a m, Cheraw Wadesboro 2.25 p in. L daily except Sunday, 8.15 p. lington, 8.40 p in, Hartsvui Bennetsville 9.36 p in, Gibs Leave Florence Sunday only ., ar * rive Darlington 10.27, Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.15 a in, Bennettsville 6.41 a in, arrive Darling. s ton 7.40 a in. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 6.45 a in, arrive Darlington 7.30 a in, leave Darlington 9.00 a in, arrive Florence 9.25 a in. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 3 p in, Cheraw 5.15 p in, r Darlington 6.29 p in, arrive Florence 7 p in. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.20a in, Darlington 9.05 a m, arrive Florence 9.25 a M. J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C.&A. South-Bound. 55. 35. 52. Lv Wilmington,*4.00 P. Lv Marion, 6.43 Ar Florence, 7.25 Lv Florence, *8.00 '3.25 A. Ar Sumter, 9.10 4.29 Lv Sumter, 9.13 *9.35 A. Ar Columbia, 10.30 10.55 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a in. Lanes 8.28 a m, Manning 9.05 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, '7.00 A. *5.00 P. Ar Sumter, 8.22 6.20 Lv S'wter, 8.25 *6.30 P. Ar Florence, 9 35 7.45 Lv Florence, 10.05 Lv Marion, 10.44 Ar Wilmington, 1.25 *Daily. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Central R. I., arriving .iiauning 6.58 p n, Lanes, 7.36 p in, Charleston 9.15 p in. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 11.50 a in, arrive Conway 2 10 p m returning leave Conway 2.45 p in, arrive Chadbourn 5.15 p in, leave Chadbourn 5.45 p in, arrive at Hub 6.25 p in, returning leave Hub 8.30 a in, arrive at Chadbourn 9.15 a in. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. CENTRAL R. R. OF SO. CAROLINA. No. 52 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.26 Lv Greeleyville, 8.40" Lv Foreston, 8.49 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 8.56" Lv Manning, 9.05 " P Lv Alcolu, 9.15 " Lv Brogdon, 9.21 " Lv WV. & S. Junct., 9.32" Ar Sumter, 9.35 " Ar Columbia, 10.55 " No. 53 Lv Columbia,- 5.15 P. M. Lv Sumter, 6.42 " Lv W. & S. Junct. 6.43 Lv Brogdo'n, 6.56 " Lv Alcola, 7.01 " Lv Manning, 6 58 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 7.19" Lv Foreston, 7.26 " Lv Greeleyville, 7.36 Ar Lanes, 7.48 " Ar Charleston, 9.25 " MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA R . R. No. 35. Lv Sumter, 4.29 A. M. Ar Creston, 5.17 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.40" Ar Denmark, 6.12 " No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.25 P. M. Lv Orangeburg, 5.03" Lv Creston, 5.30 " Ar Sumter, 6.30 " Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. - BROCXINTON - HAS A FULL LINE Soaps, Perfumes, Patent Medicines, Pure Drugs, Stationery, Vaseline. Ice Cold Soda Water and Milk Shakes UP TO DATE. AT BROCIINTON'S. THE Bank of Manning, MANNING, 8. 0. -Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out cf towrf Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tion. Business hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. in. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIRECTOBs. M. L EVI, S. A. RIGBY, J. W. McLzoD, W. E. Baova, S. M. NEXSEN, JOSEPH SPROTT,