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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. )LANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1899 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SU11SC1IIPT.ON RATES: Si.50 One Year....................... Six MonthS......... ... Four Months....... .......... ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $1; each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of lIespect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts miade for three. six and twelve months. ComiuicannUs must tae accompanied by the real nameo and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal ebar acter will be published except as ani aver tisenai ut. Entered at the Post Office at Maunin'g as Second-Class -latter. AT HOME AGAIN. The Gei-eral Assembly of 1899 lias finished its work and although the body was made up largelv of new material, the work done was quite satisfactory. There was a conspicu ous absence of factional feeling thoughout, and no radical legislation succeeded worLing its way through. Every branch of the General Assem bly was exceedingly careful with its work as will be seen; out of nearly 500 bills introduced, only 156 became laws, 53 o! them origitated in the Senate and 103 in the house, about 70 were of purely local import, 29 were of imporance to railroads and other corporations, and 57 might be termed "general acts" because they either amended the statute law or ad ded new laws. The cbst of this ses sion is estimated at about $35,000 The institutions of higher learning received about their usual appropri ations and the State levy remains the same as heretfore. The matter that received more discussion than any other was the attempts made to se cure some modification to the dispen sary law. The Prohibitionists did not follow the lead of Mr. Feather stone who undertook to lead them away from their declared principles, nor was their any alliance formed between the Prohibitionists and anti Dispensaryites. The dispensary forces were strong enough to prevent any legislationi which would effect the law and the only change they did permit was the doing away with the "Palmetto tree" on the labels auf bottles. In both the Senate and the House there was a notable iacIt of leaders, every member was a leader unto himself, both bodies were inde pendent, and in neither was there any attempt to wield a party or fac tional lash. There was no such thing as an administration measure, unless the Archer bill might so be termed, because its provisions were the same as was suggested by Governor Eller be in his message, that is, to submit the two questions Prohibition and Dispensary to the people. This bill after much discussion was adopted by the Senate and sent to the house where it was smothered to death along with all other bills that tended to touch the dispensary. The Barn well amendment, requiring liquor constables to give bond was another measure that created much debate and it passed the Senate to meet the fate of other dead bills in the House. In our local matters the Representa tives have every reason to be satis fied with their work. Major Richard son was at his post all the way through and made a reputation as a first class'commitee worker, and by the way the most important legisla tion is done in the committee room. Mr. Jones, in the early part of the session was prevented from doing much work on account -of sickness, but when he got well enough to go out he went back to his post and his votes on the various measures, show the carefulness observed by him. Doctor Woods, having had legisla tive experience, started off, by getting down to work. He introduced sever al measures one of which passed the house, another failed to go through, then the heavy hand of sickness was laid upon him and he had to go home and was never well enough to return during the retnainder of the session. In the Senate the writer succeeded in getting through a measure by which it will not be necessary to hold a two weeks court in this county in the fall, and which should be a save to the people. He also introduced a bill to repeal the seed cctton license in this county; it was defeated, and he re-introduced it and succeeded in possing it, and having it sent over to the house, but as it reached that body late, it was continued along with all of the other late third reading bills. The Senator was on five different committees and they kept himn well engaged throughout the session. He took part in a number of debates, principally the liquor discussion, and a measure to regulate the charges for publishing legal notices. This bill was introduced by a lawyer from Orangeburg and after its passage in the house, opposition to it sprung in the Senate from a Senator laboring under a mistaken inmpression, in this tght, as it fell to his lot to explain the bill. On the liquor debate, our readers have already been fully in formed as to the position taken in the Senate. The Clarendon delegation held con sultations wheuever there was to be any steps taken by any of its memn bers and as a result they got along very pleasantly; no dissension or dis agreements. The appropriation for the county was the work of the full delegation after careful consideration and all of the appointments are from a unanimous recommendation. AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES. During the week some important events happened: The Philippine in surgents tried to burn the city of Ma nila, and succeeded in destroying much property before they were re pulsed by the American troops un der Gen. Otis, who finally drove them back and restored order in the city; Aguinaldo issued a manifesto in which Le claimed that the corrupt rule of Spaiii was preferable to that of the United States; the natives of the Island of Negros (one of the Phil ippine group) declared their allegi ance to the United States and placed themselves unreservedly under the care and protection of the American commanders; Admiral Dewey cabled to the navy department that the bat teship Oregon should be sent to Ma nila immediately for political rea sons (from which fact there is much apprehension in administration cir cles of thteatened foreign complica tions); the House passed a bill ap propriating $20,000,000 with which to pay the bonus to Spain under the terms of the treaty of peace; it also passed the naval appropriation bill with a rider reviving the grade of admiral for the purpose of having Rear Admiral George Dewey ad vanced to that grade (the Senate hav ing previously passed a separate bill providing for the same thing); the Senate passed the river and harbor bill with the Morgan Nicaragua bill added as au amendment; Representa tive Johnson (Rep.) of Indiana made another sensational attack upon Pres ident McKinley's policy in general, paying especial attention to the Pres ident's recent Boston speech; the House cbommittee on the judiciary reported that the representatives (in cluding Gen. Joseph Wheeler of Ala bama) who had accepted commissions in the volunteer army, thereby for feited their rights to sit as members of the House of Representatives; Representative De Armond (Demn.) of Missouri submitted a minority report in the House, holding that the same principle applied to the Senators who served as members of the Paris treaty commission; the administration con sented to a compromise upon the army reorganization bill, and a bill (drawn to meet the objections of the opposition to the Hell bill) was in troduced in the Senate and read in the House. This compromise bill provides for the increase of the army to the limit of 100,,000 men for a pe riod of two years-65,000 of such toops to belong to the regular army and 35,000 to be composed of a vol unteer force. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Sculey sent to the Senate (in obedience to a request from the naval affairs committee thereof ) a masterly and most conclusive defense against certain ugly charges preferred by the Secretary of the Navy as reasons why his nomination to the grade of rear admiral should not be confirmed by the Senate-the Secretary having charged the rear admiral with being guilty of reprehensible conduct dur ing the naval campaign in Cuban waters; but Schley showed conclu sively that he was, at the time of this charge, simply obeying the orders given him by Rear Admiral Sampson, his superior officer-producing the original order under which he was operating at the time, that order hav ing been purposely suppressed from the navy department files (if Sampson ever turned it in). Representative Lentz, (Dem.) of Ohio introduced a bill reviving the grades of Admiral and Vice-Admiral for Dewey and Schley, respectively, with the proviso that these grades should lapse with the retirement or death of these offi cers unless Schley should outlive Dewey-in which event Schley should succeed to the Admiralty and that office die with him. It was agreed that both Sampson and Schley shall be confirmed. The shooting in Columbia la:-t Sat urday might no.t have happened if the liquor constables were under bond the same as other officials. The con stable, instead of slapping Mr. Stuart when he cursed him, should have curbed his indignation and avoided the terrible result of a loss of temper. When Stuart cursed Crawford, had that officer paid no attention to the epithets, the man might have gotten over his excitement in a little while and consented to the officers perform ing their duties, but when the con stable lost his temper and slapped Stuart's face there was no chance for reason any more. We believe the General Assembly made a grave mis take when it refused to enact a law placing the liquor constables under bond. Were these officers bonded they would be respected as other of fieers and treated as such, whereas without bond they are looked upon as spies and so treated by those op The Columbia State says the "dis pensary must go," we differ with our contemporary; there is no necessity for the dispensary to go, as long as it is doing good work. The deplorable affair at Columbia must not be used as an argument that the dispensary system is at fault. The most ardent supporter of the system cannot ap prove of an official so far forgetting himself as to lose his temper while attempting to discharge his duty, but the thing to do is to remedy the defects, one of which is to put on the force, men of better discretion. There are Sheriff's who have "lost their heads" under great provocation and did things that were not proper for them to do, yes they have shot down men, when if they had acted discret ly their purpose could have been ac complished without the shedding of blood. Would the State say, if a sheriff acted outrageously, that the sheriff system must gO? We think not. We do not know constable Crawford, but from what we have read in the newspaper reports, we do not hesitate to say that Crawford had no right to lay his hand in violence upon Stuart. It was his duty itas an officer armed with a warraut, to rea son with the man, and failing in this, the most he should have doue, was to use only such force as was necessary to perwit him to make the search as directed under the warrant. But when he laid violent hands upon Stu art for some word insult, he then and there showed his unfitness for the pos ition lie held, and under the circum stances even if no one had been killed we belive the goveruor would have removed him. As it is, the killing of Mrs. Stuart, which we believe was accidental will go hard with the con stable in any county where he might be tried. This tragedy will strengthen the belief that it is unsafe and highly im proper to entrust men with the pow er to arrest and seize property, with out restraint. There must be a re sponsibility placed upon them, and if it is not done, others will also cry out the "dispensary must go." We have before us a leaflet sent to us by Hon. Tomato-Juice Strait, re cently defeated for re election to Con gress from the Fifth District. The leaflet sent out is intended to charge Senator John L. McLaurin with using parts of a sermon delivered in New York by Rev. D. Van Dyke without giving proper credit. The sermon of the minister ani the -peech of the Senator being on the same line of ar gument, naturally contain a few sim ilar expressions, but when the ser mon and the speech are read there is no similarity whatever. In order for ex-Congressman Strait to make a showing for his charge he has culled from Senator McLaurin's speech six paragraphs, some containing two lines, others four, and by this he pro poses to convict Senator McLaurin of plagiarism. We have carefully read the testimony offered by Mr. Strait and have no hesitancy in saying that his attempt to injure McLaurin has failed, even grant that when McLau rin prepared his speech he had in mind the sermon of Rev. Van Dyke. The language used by the minister and that used by the Senator is not the same, but points to the same meaning of course, as they were both discussing the same subject and no doubt from the same sources of in formation. Dr. Strait has not been friendly to the junior Senator for some time, as will be remembered by his conduct in the campaign in which McLaurnn defeated Irby and Evans. At one of the meetings Strait endeavored to harass McLaurin and received such a squelching rebuke until he was satis fied to leave McLaurin alone for the time being, and since that event, Strait's constituents have selected some one else to represent them in Congress. We have no doubt but that McLau rin is held responsible for Strait,'s de feat, and now that he has been downed, it would be a source of much consola tion should Strait he able to retaliate on McLaurin, failing, lie can come out of politics and devote the remainder of his days developing his tomato-fig-syrup enterprise with some profit to himself at least. STATE OF ORIO, C rrYO ToLED: Lucks CoUNTY. ' ii..v J. -CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior pa'iner of the firm of F. J. CHE SEY & Co . Xding buSiness in tbe city of Toledo. county and State aforesaid, and that said tirm wila pay the sunm of One Hudred Dollars for each and every case of caLt.rrh that cannot be enred by tbe use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANx J. CHE.NEY. Sworn to before mec andl subseribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decenibe:, A. D. 186 _____A. W. GLEA5ON, -SEAL tNo'tarv Public. Hals Catarrh Cure is taken internally amnd a.ts threetly onr the blood and nmuconls suir facs of the system. Senda for testimnomaals, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0. rold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Love nmay be blind, but the neigh bors generally have their eyes open. Remazrkable Rescue. umhesk~ the statemaent, that she caught cold, tic tled on z.e-r lung-; 5h-e was treated fIr a mtht baily her amiily pahysiciant but gnV v: w'rs--. Hie told he-r shte was a hope Jes ic. tim~ of Coatnsmtan amid tha~t nio a.. a coutldl cae r~.. 1Her dlruggist smetedI Dr. K:ng'(s New Disoovery for Consumaiption; she bought a bottle and to heri talight found herself benefitted from frt dose. She continued its use' and after akng' six bottles, found herself saoud and w~ell; now does her own housework, and is as~ well as she ever waIs.- Free trial bottles o this great Discovery at R. B.. Loryea's Drug Store. Large bottles 50 cents and "THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN." Senator Tillnim's Phun11 Talk it the North. Montclair, N. J., Feb. 24.-United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, and the Rev. Dr. A. H. Bradford, of the first Congre gational Church, of this place, talked before the Outlook Club here this evening on "The Race Question in the South." Senator Tiliman, after drawing a picture of the ruin and desolation caused in his land by the civil conflict, said: "The white man is superior to the colored man, and, God helping us, we will maintain that superiority. Your great soldier, Grant, sent to my coun try in 1876 a regiment of ten compa nies to maintain carpet-bag govern merit. Those troops had orders to compel a free vote and a fair count. They did their duty as they saw it. They maintained law and order, al though there were 5,200 blacks to 3,500 whites. What do you reckon our majority was? Three thousand nine hundred. Can Tammany beat that? Can Philadelphia beat it? We beat these people by outvoting and outcounting them, and we admit it. We can't repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments except by force and fraud. I told the Senators this in Washingtou, and then I said: 'What are you going to do about it? In the North it is a question of white rascals against white rascals. In the South it is a contest between Anglo Saxon superiority and civilization and degraded, corrupt and corrupti ble people. "We called a Constitutional Con vention and created a Constitution under which every man must be able to read or write or pay taxes on $300. Under that Constitution 90 per cent of the whites and 10 per cent of the blacks vote. The colored people are a happy-go-lucky, immoral, untruth ful, unreliable race. There are ex ceptions and bright ones, but I speak of the great mass. They were unfit for the ballot and are now, because they are lacking in that moral fibre which gives them sound judgment, and they can be led away by any shrewd and sharp rascal. I simply recognize my superiority to the black man and am willing to consent to his life, liberty and happiness so long as he does not step on my feet. (Laugh ter.) Take a pilgrimage to the South. Settle in any part you may please, and if you don't come North con vinced that my view is the right one, why, then, I'll stand treat. I have a negro on my plantation 72 years old. I would trust him with my wife and child and he would die protecting them, but he ain't fit to vote. You can't alter what God has made, and though this or that negro may be a decent man or an honest man, yet the tiger is loosened in a white man's bosom without regard to consequen ces when the two races come in con tact." - Speaking of the negro from the in dustrial standpoint, Senator Tillman said: "He is by nature and by every instinct of his soul a loafer. His one purpose in life is to get something to eat for today, with no thought for the future. In consequence, the Southern States lag behind the North because of the lack of thrift in its la boring class. But dont think that the negro does all the work. The South produced 11,000,000 bales of cotton last year and one half of it was raised by white men. If any commonwealth will give us one good industrious white man for three nig gers, we'll swap as long as they'll keep up the exchange. V, e've got the white man's burden down there." In closing the speaker said: "We are educating them, but even if they can learn we don't propose to have them govern us. We'll use the shot gun if necessary." Dr. Bradford prefaced his address by remarking that he only wished that he could speak his views before a South Carolina audience and meet with the same reception as a North ern audience had given to the previ ous speaker. "You'll get the same courtesy," rejoined Senator Tillman, though not a single man will agree with your views." Dr. Bradford asserted that it was childish to say that we cannot alter what God has made. 'That is just what we are doing every day," he said. "Are we to leave children just as God made them or are we to edu cate them? What is the colored man anyway? In more than half the cases he has more Angle-Saxon blood in his veins than Ethiopian blood, and the boasted superior morality of the white man caused that." Dr. Bradford read letters from prof essors in Harvard, Yale, and other universities tending to show that the negro students were as apt as the whites. He also enumerated the ne groes who have made themselves know in art and literature, and paid a tribute to the negro soldiers in the last war. Senator Tillman, in his rejoinder, waxed earnest and emphatic. "The negroes of note just named," he said. "are simply the exceptions that prove the rule. I say the entire negro race is lower in the scale than the white man. God made them so, and they always will be so. "You people love the negro ac cording to the square of the distance you are from him. The further away he is the more you pity him. We of the South are unalterably determin ed that mongrelism shall not obtain there, and quick death is meted out to the black wretches who violate our women. I said as Governor of South Carolina, and I say now, that I would lead any lynching party to lynch any man who robbed a woman of her virtue. I have been in four negro riots and I'm proud of it. "As for education benefiting the negro from my experience as hover nor I know that with nine out of every ten negroes in the South the fist thing he does with his education is to forge names to get money with which to live without work. "When you speak of the heroism of the black regiments in Cuba, I re ply that if the 13th calvairy had not been disciplined and led by white men they would have run like tur keys. White officers simply made machines out of them. Why, I can pick out 100 white men in my county and go against any 5,000 negroes, and lick them, too. "It is only a few years compara tively since the Anglo-Saxons were slaves. Yes, but they threw off their oppressors and rose among the peo ple of the earth until they dominate. Don't tell me that the negro will ever do that. It is not in him." Washmngton Letter-. (Froina or.r Regular Correspondent.) Washington, Feb. 24, 1899.-The democrats in Congress stand behind the plain words of Senator Cockrell against the bill for a large standing army, wvbich Mr. McKinley is trying to jam throug the Senate, and they believe that the ranik and file of the paty stand behind them. Mr. Cock rell said: "We will give you every man and every officer that is necessa ry, but we are not willing at this short session to fasten upon the coun try a standin'g army of 100,000 men and to increase the expenses of the people by millions of dollars. We are offerit'g everything that is fair and just and right. We have no dis position 01 intention to force an extra session of Congress, and we say to you that every bill that legitimately passed at this ression. If an extra session is called, it will be solely for the purpose of fastening upon the people a standing army of 100,000 men." That is a fair and straight forward statement of the attitude of the democratic Senators, who are be ing accused of holding up the govern ment. They are not holdiog up the government, except in lhe sense of helping it to he true to the people. The war taxes are likely to have to be paid until a democratic Cougress and administration it elected, and there will either have to be more taxes or wore bonds, unless the extravagnut policy of the administration can be headed off or curtailed. Col. W. J. Bryan, is in Washington, and the reception given him by the five hundred democrats, most men of prominence, who attended the ban quet of theVirginia Democratic As sociation, at which he was the guest of honor, iiakes it certain that, tlhose who suppose that he is losing his bold upon the party are uistaken. just as the tinging speech, bris'li--g wi:bI; Jeffersonian deiocracy, he im:aole at the banquer iuLle iz certtia that he has lost none of the oratt rim power tat enabled him to hold the Chicago c tivention spellboul amid to thrill the hearts of six and a half million voters. Whether Col. Bryan will ever be Presideti, only tie future can show; but that he is one of t he most wonderftl men of oi:r time and that he possesses a won.!,rful julbt upon the hearts of his fellow-country men is as plain as that night follows flay. Senator Proctor has ber-n credited with getting wore ti:an his share of arimy appointwents an:] prmotions under the present adumiinistration. 'I berefore it was a h!le surprising when he made a speech jumpi:-g all over the methld h whicti army pro iotious and appoiiitinient are imade on "pull," instead of merit. Hie knows the sut.ject, for, in addition to' getting commissions (in "pull," he issued thm:n on it when he was Secre tary of War. Army officers will kt:ow how to appreciate his statement that little consideration is given to appli cations for promotion on merit, be cause the demand of some Senator or Representative for the place must be complied with. There is no doubt about the evil of the present system, not only because it puts unfit men into responsible military positions, but because it has a general demor alizing effect upon Congress. It is well known that Secretary Alger muz zled a number of Senators and Rep resentatives with army patronage. Senator Mitchell, of Wis., made a decided bit in his speech against the Hull Army bill, by declaring that he wished to confine any increase in the army to "The United States proper and not extend it to the United States improper." He objected most de cidedly to having U. S. soldiers en gaged in shooting our ideas into an alien people. The Alger Cuban junket, planned to start as soon as Congress adjourns, upon which a number of Senators and Representatives will be carried as guests, wtll go upon a government vessel and the bills will be paid with public money. It is estimated that the cost of the trip will not be less than $200,000, but the amount may be lessened if the trip has to be short ened to enable the Senators and Rep resentatives to attend an extra ses sion of Congress, as now seems like ly. It is said that Mr. McKinley has been advised to break up the Alger junket. Every member of the committee named by Senator Jones to advise with the Democratic National Com mittee during the preparrtion for next years campaign, is not only a staunch advocate of the renomination of Col. Bryan, but also of the readop tion of the Chicago platform. Sena tor Jones will be chairman of the ad-. visory committee andl his associates will be the following gentlemen: Sen ator White, of Cal.; D. J. Campau, of Mich., Norman Mack, of N. Y., the widlelv known Buffalo editor; Ex Governor Altgeld, of Ill., and Ex Congressman George Fred Williams, of Mass. The headquarters of the advisory committee will be in Wash ington. Adminal Schley haveing in his statement of his record during the war with Spain made it plain that the jumping of Sampson over his head was the result of dirty woi-k, in which Sampson was the ring-leader, there is a strong sentiment in Congress to compel the administration to do jus tice to Schley. One result of that sentiment is the introduction of a bill by Representative Lentz, of Ohio providing that Dewey shall be made a full Admiral and Schley a Vice Ad miral. There should be no doubt of the passage of the bill, but, unfort~u nately, there is. It is rather discouraging to a moan to be forced to wait until he is dead in order to discover what a good fel low he was. .. TheKind You Have Always Boghit Notice. There will be a meeting of the stockholders of the People's Tobacco Warehouse Co. held Tues lay, March the 7th. at 3 o'clock p. mn. at the drug store of Dr. W. M. Brockii ton for the purpose of election of '.fficers and other business. C. M. MASON, WV. M. BROCKINTON, C. S. LAND, 35-1t] Corporators. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Whieb is. rtt--d up with an I eye to the~ e'iutfrt of his eastomers.. .. ... HAIR-CUTTIN4G IN ALL STYLES, S HAVIN G AND S HA MPOOING disiatch...... .. . A cordial invitation is exte'nied. . . J. L. WELLS. ring ynnr Job Work to The Times office. NOTICE OF SALE Under Chattel Mor gage. WHERE AS, E. CONYERS HOR TON, by his Chattel Mortgage bearing date 28th day of September, 1898, executed to W. B. Wilson to se cure the payment of two thousand five hundred dollars advanced to said E. Convers Horton by the said W. B. Wilson, the said indebtedness heing evidenced by the promissory note of the former to the latter, bearing even date with said Chattel Mortgage and payable on demand, with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, granted, bargained and sold unto the said W. B. Wilson: All of the stock of goods and general merchandise consisting of groceries. dry goods, clothing, notions, hats, shoes, hardware and so forth, located at the store in Manning, S. C., then occupied by the said E. Conyers Hor ton in carrying on his general mer chandise business; and Whereas demand has been duly made upon the said E. Conyers Hor ton for payment of the said sum of money, which demand has not been complied with, and default having been imade in the payment of the said indebtedness whereby the condition of said Chattel Mortgage has been broken: Now, therefore. I, the said W. B. Wilson, mortgagee, aforesaid, will, in person or by agent, on the seven teenth day of March, A. D. 1899, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the said store, in Manning aforesaid, of fer for sale and sell at public vendue, to the highest bidder or bidders, for cash, all the Chattels hereinbefore mentioned and referred to, in such lots or parcels as may appear best calculated to realize the highest price therefor. That the said sale ;ill be contin ued, adjourned and resumed from time to time, if necessary, until the said stock of general merchandise, or so much thereof as may be necessary to raise the full amount of said debt, interest and expenses of sale, is dis posed of; the said mortgagee reserv ing the right to resell any or all of the said Chattels as often as may be necessary to insure compliance with said sale. The said Chattel Mortgage will be found of record in the office of the Court of Common Pleas for the Coun ty of Clarendon, in Book Z. Z., pages 63 and 64. W. B. WILSON, 35-3t] Mortgagee. Discharge Notice. I will apply to the Judge of Piobate for Clarendon County on the 17th day of March, 1899, for letters of discharge as executor of the estate of C R Boyd. A. D. RHAME. Silver, S. C., February 20, 1899. (34-4t Discharge Notice. On the 30th day of Marcb, 1899, I will apply to the Jolge of Probate for Clarea don county for letters dismissory as guar dian for E. Fant Epps and H. Van Eppq. J. S. EVANS. Workman, S. C., Feb. 23, 1899. [35-4t BOUNTY, PRIZE PONE, BS-PA1 AND GOVERNMENT CLAIMS OF ALL 9 K(INDS SOLICITED. In the PREPARATION, PRESENTATION and PROSECUTION of any ilnd of claim against the Government of the United States, we possess unsurpassed facilities-knowledge, skill, experi ence. M1odernie? fees. Quick u'ork, Faithful serrfee and Prfessionali probity guaranteed. Do not fail to write to us beore giving your case to any one else. It will pay you to do so. Information free. Highest references given on demand. DOYLE & ECK.MAN, WASHINGTON. D. C. THE Bank of Manning, MANNING, 8. 0. Transacts a general bank-ing busi ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tion. Business hours from 9 a. mn. to 3 p. m. JOSEP SPROTT,. A. LEVI, Cashier. President. DOARD OF DIRECTOBS. y LEVI, J. W. MCLEOD, 'W E. BnowN, S. M1. NExsEN, JOSEPH SPRoTTi, A. LEYL. T~ilson and Summerton R. R. T1MXs TABLE No. 1, I'. eiT-et M1anduy, June 13th,, 1898. Intwoe viSiunte) ;tbl W . lson'- -tlM Southbun. No thbound. 200 Le....: ...Ar 1230 203 ...W& unirn- 12's 22' 1 .. . . . w l . .. . 11 55 2 :M ...... .l' -v e .. .. 1130 250) .. . . .. e1.. . i10 3 05 g , ~ 10)4.5 3 50 ..... mumtton ... . li 10) 4 20 .... .Das......... 9 45 4 4~>.......Jaren.... 9 35 5 15 Ar. Wi-'s Mil< .. Le 9 05 Deween Mlill rd and St~ Pan! Southbound. Northblon . No 73. No. 75. No. 7 No. 74. P M A MI Shations Ai M P MI 305 110 15 Le mi'!ra. Ar 10 4) 335 3 15 10 25 Ar st Paul Lo li35 32.5 PM A M A M PM Trios. WILSON, President. S IDEAS LEAS TO WEALTH, PATENT N PATENTED; But remember t'at the vital parts of patents ar their claim anid sreimications. which should be drawn with great accuracy and skill, or they may prove worthless. send descriptive sketch and rough drawing. or hotograph. for preliminary examination and opinon on patentability-free, in cases deemed patentable. SPECIAL.TIEs: GUARANTIES: American and Foreign iSatilsfactory references, Patents, Trade Mnrks.| Prompt and efficient Labels, Caveats, Copy-. service. Conscientious rights and Designs, and Iwork, Professional in the laws r ela ti ng tegrity and Moderate thereto. jfees. Correspondence with Inventorssolicited. BURTON T. DOYLE & CO., PATENT ATTORNEYS, WASHINGTON. D. C.. U. S. A. R. J. FRANK GEIGEli. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. OEPII F. I11A ME, A7 TORKEY Al LAW, rAWNNG_ S. C. NOTWITHSTANDING That our advertisement has been placed in an obscure corner of this paper, sandwiched, too, between that of a patent medicine and job printing advertisement so that ours and the job printing look like one, people find us when in want of H ardware, Agricultural Implements, Steam Fit tings, Galvanized and Black Pipe, Roof Paint, Tobacco Barn Flues, etc. There is no advertisement so good as giving full value for the money and our widening circle of friends and in creasing trade show it. We were never in better condi tion to meet the demand for Hardware than now and we only ask that people get our prices before sending elsewhere for goods. MANNING HARDWARE CO. One of the First Symptoms of Failing Health in a Woman is ?NERVOUSNIESS Did vou ever think that there iways a cause this malady? In women Nervous. ness is generally the forerunner of some i form of female disease, such as Whites, Painful, Profuse or Irregular Menses, etc., either of which wil produce Nervonsa Sinall of its distressing intesty. Ifyouuse 1Gerstle's Female Panuacea T D(Q.F.P. ) you will very soon be cured of Nervous ness and all other female troubles as wel. If costive, move the bowels with mild doses of St. Joseph's Liver Regulator. I HAVE SUFFERED FOR YEARS With painful menses. attended with sour stomach. rushing of blood to the head. and occasiopal whites. I also have severe nervous spells and hies artaoo annot rest. I have used various female remedies for a long timebut found noelief until about two months ao when I commenced using your Gerste's Female Panacea and ST. BOS a'S LIVER IEMULATOR, and they are doing me more good than all others. I shall continue their us. Glenmore. Ga. MRS. SARAH IENXIS. If your case is complicated write us and we wil gve you ihR in formation regardig the use of this medicine. Get it from yourdrag. gist. If he does not keep it send us $1 and we will send a bottle, al charges paid. L. (ERSTLE & CO.. Chattanooga, Ten. For sale by Et. 3B. TORF.LW AL. Take Care of Your Eyes. We take this method of informing our friends and the public generally that we have just received a nice assortment of the best Glasses made, and are prepared to furnish our customers with accurate and scientifie aids to vision. Our prices are on the "Live and Let Live" plan; hence you can, with a small sum, buy from us a pLir of good glasses. We have Spectacles and Eye Glasses of all styles, grades and prices. atisfaction guaranteed. W. M. BROCKINTON. iARD FACTS ABOUT.. We H A RDWA RE. Weare in this busines; know no other; think we understand it, and that our expe rence of years will be of benefit to you; we know where and what to buy soas to sup. ly your needs in the Hard ware line satisfactorily. We have a reputation for FiMt Quality Table and Pock~et Outlery, hich, we sustain, and as the years go by more and more people come to us for Knives, orks, Spoons, Ladles, Pocket Knives, Razors and other goods in this lne thazn ever before. Suppose you do the same. We can interest you. For bright and <1 ATTRACTIVE -:- PAINTS D ou need to see us. Use our Paint, which is glossy an:1 reliable, and which will righten up everything on your premises. We handle HARNE88 nd the best will permit no better. If skill, experience and facilities count, our Har ess is better than any other. All sorts of Farm Implements we always keep in stock. STOVES AND RANGES re a specialty of oiurs, ,i' we invite you to call and inspect the large stock we have-on and. Cocking is a pleasant occupation if you use one of them. There's comfort andi atisfaction to be fond in them. Other things we will tell you later on. L_. E3. DLJRAN~T. (Successor to 1R. W. DuR ANT & SON.) Headquarters for everything in Hardware, SUtrEmL, - - - S. 0. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of ~ and has been made under his per snlsupervision since its Infancy. Alw no one to deceive you In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregorie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhaea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sieep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Tile KidlYou Have Mlway Bought In Use For Over 30 Years.