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LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1899. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCICIPTION RATES: One'Year..... - ---................. Six Months ........ ............ Four Months....... .......... ....50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, $I; 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 mu4 be accompanied by the real name and allress of the writer in order to re:ce:ve atter.tion. No comninication of a personal char aeter will be published except as an adver tisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. THE BOYS COMING HOME. The second South Carolina regi ment is now back in the United States to be mustered out of service. The privates of this command no doubt are glad to get back and out of the army; they enlisted expecting to take part in a war, but before they got away from home the war was vir tually over and the government nad no use for them. They were sent to Cuba where they 6ad an opportunity of seeing a new country and learn how to drill, dig sinks, and stand around to be moved at the beck and call of officers who were drawing fine salaries, and enjoying social favor. The boys will soon 4e home to re turn to their former avocations and if another war breaks out we doubt very much if the government will be able to secure volunteers so rapidly, for there was nothing in the last. war which appealed to a man's patriotism; it was a well rezognized fact that the war was brought about by politicians and speculators. The war between the States was dif ferent, a principle was involved; each side fought for what they believed to be a patriotic duty, and waen the war ended, and up to the present the peo ple hold the survivors in reverence; not so with this last war, the men re turn home as if they were coming from a holiday encampment, and lit tle or no enthusiasm is given to their welcome. The privates had the hard ships to contend with on a small pay pittance, and the officers lived in lux urious ease with large salaries to make them comfortable even after they are mustered out. So'me officers had another advantage over the men; from their fat salaries they were ena bled to lend money to the privates at a two for~one rate, and thus increased their incomes greatly, while the poor private who got. little pay at best was often forced to borrow at the outra geous price demanded of him by his superior, whom shoulder straps mad e fortune smile upon him. When the boys get settled in their homes again, the~y will have some wonderful experiences to relate, and the people will learn from them some - thing of the natures of men. They will ascertain that a man in civil life dependent upon his cleverness to his neighbors for his patronage and sup port, can be a tyrant in military life where red tape regulations protect him. Fortunately, all of the officers were not tyrants and would not take advantage of the men under them; these men will come home beloved, and will never be forgotten by those who were under them and felt their kindness,.the others will be despised and hated as long as one of their men can remember them. THE PEMIrENTIARY scAND)AL. The News and Courier of last Sat urday expresses our views so well that we reproduce the entire edito rial. The committee appointed by the General Assembly to investigate the. affaiirs of the State penitentiary be gan its investigation on Mar-ch 8, con tinuing its session until the after noon of March 11, when it took a re ess, reopening its investigation on March 22, and has been steadily in session since. The News and Cour ier has endeavored to put the evi dence takEn at these sessions before its readers as fully as possible and we think that all of those who have carefully followed the investigation will agree with us, that the trouble in the mar~agement of the penitentiary has arisen from the lack of knowledge of business methods and a proper sense of responsibility. We do not. think that -the evidence shows any where a deliberate intention to com mit fraud, but certainly, according to business ethics, frauds have been committed. Various notes have been discount ed by the superintendent Neal, the only real security on which wvas the "Supt" attached to his owen endorsed ment. He has hired out convicts with no security for their hire being paid, except his opinion that the cou t-actor was a good man. Conv icts have been hired for his own use in the name of another man, it being against the law for the superintend ent to hire conviets to himself. Va rious State officers have been allowed to use convicts to plant theircrp without any charge being made for1 such labor, even when tbe pro duct of'] such labor was bought and paid for by the penitentiary. These, it ap pears to us, are constructive frauds. Other matters seem to have been the result of mere negligence and ig the bricks manufactured by the pen itentiarv and used in the improye ment of the penitentiary and the farms. No record was kept of the product of the farms used in feeding the stock on the farms. Estimates of the crops made on the farms were mere guess work. Indeed, the whole institution seems to have been run at haphazard. Even such books as were kept appear to have been full of errors. The testimony of the chair man of the board of directors him self, taken on the first day of the ex animation, is somewhat confusing and leaves the general impression that he was not very well informed as to the affairs of the penitentiary, and had not taken any great pairs to so inform himself. In one place, speak ing of the contracts for convict labor, he says: "A contract is required and a suffeient bond is also required," and in another place, he says, speak ing of Mr. Watson's contract, that he "could find no bond with the con tract." In comment on this, it may be mentioned that the next afternoon Superintendent W. A. Neal, speaking of the contracts for convict labor, tes tified that "if he thought a man good he did not require a bond, and the board left those matters largely to him." The evidence as to the con fessed relations between Superintend eut Neal and Col. J. B. Watson, is al most unaccountable to one accus tomed to sound business methods. Of course, it cannot be imagined that Governor Tillman, Mr. Garris and others, who obtained corvict la bor and various articles from the penitentiary without paying for them, had any idea of taking that which did not belong to them. In some cases, undoubtedly, they expected to pay whenever a bill was rendered, while in others, they may have supposed that they were entitled to the labor and the products as perquisites of their offices. If the institution under investigation had been conducted by the superintendent on business prin ciples, or if business methods had guided the board of directors in their supervision of its affairs, the bills would have been rendered as expec ted, and no misapprehension as to perquisites would have been allowed to exist. We do not know if our State is any worse off in this respect than some other States, but certainly no private business, involving the disbursement of so much money annually, would be entrusted to so incompetent man agement. The school chart swindle has been the topic throughout the -State and the Attorney General has given it as his opinion that the trustees had no right to issue pay certificates for the coming year's school fund. They are not authorized to pledge any schocl monies not actually in hand. If this ruling holds good, then what is to prevent the school trustees drawing their warrants for teachers' salaries as they have heretofore done without regard to the warranis given for the charts? The only trouble about the thing is that innocent parties are holding these warrants and the chart men cannot be hurt. The press despatches show that the American forces aze having a rough time of it in the Philippines. Gen. MfcArthur's division composed of the brigades commanded by Generals Hale, Harrison, Gray and Otis are moving into the interior much slower than was expected of them, and they are meeting with greater resistance. The Filipinos have become apt schol ars in handling firearms, as is seen by the lists of the American dead and wounded. Our forces will eventually triumph but not without a great cost of blood and treasure; the natives have several advantages they are fighting for their independence, they are striving to keep hack an invading army, and they know the topography of the country. The Filipinos have realized that it would be useless to stand up before the American arms in the open, and they resort to en trenchments, and hide themselves in the fastnesses of the jungles. The natives are acclimated and will thrive and grow fat duricg the wet seasons hile our men will be killed out like sheep. If the reports from the seat of war are true, it looks to us as if the Amer ican soldiers are going to whip then selves, whipping the semi-savage Fihi pinos in their guerilla tactics. Some of the newspapers are making a great deal out of the fact that Senator Tillman received seventy - two dollars worth of brick from the penitentiary and has not paid for them. They also show considerable glee over the fact that Congressman Latimer got a bookcase which was not :arged. Senator Tillman boughtt te brick and if he has not paid fori Lhemn we believe it was because no :emand was made upon him and it escaped his attention. A man with a arge amount of business may have at ittle seventy-two dollar transaction ad forget all about it, especially if :he party he had the transaction with neglects to present a bill. Ben Till man has al\vays had the reputation 1 > paying his debts, which cannot be said for all of his predecessors, and if 2e neglected to pay the penitentiary uthorities it was not his fault. As L o the Latimer bookcase, we have 2t the slightest doubt but that it ,vas given to him by some one at the nstitution, as is often the case at' >enal institutions. Friends of the uthorities are presented with the andiwork of prisoners, all of these it te things, such as the directors and ven visitors eating at the peniten- a iary has been a custom ever since he existence of the institution and n o comment upon it smacks of pica ;he shortages, that is another matter and of interest to the people. The Greenville News wants to know vhat the Reform press will have to say about the penitentiary scandal. What can they say further than tbe revelations are a sad disappoiutment to them and to ask that justice be :one? There i3 no newspaper in the State, no matter how kind its editor feels towards Col. Neal personally, will undertake to condone his offense; the most we can do is to express the beliet that Neal himself is amazed at the developments and was not con scious of the real conditions. But that does not excuse him. Washington Letter. (From oi:r Regular Corespon-n!t.) Washington, Marbh 24.-The Bry an-Belmont correspondence has nat rally been the principal topic of con versation among Democrats snce it was made public. All soits of opin ions are expressed concerning its ef feet upon the party in next year's ampaign, but the general tendency is that Col. Bryan only did what any other usan of spitit would have done, in striking back at those who have been hitting at him for nwnths, and that the fight wbich the correspond ence has precipitated had to come anyway and that it is better to have it now than next year. It is an open secret that the element of the party represented _by Mr. Belmont, which bolted the regular party platfoau and ticket in '96 has been working to down Col. Bryan and to-get control of the next national convention of the party. Col. Bryan's friends have con tended that men who boltvd in '96 and who openly threatened to bolt again in 1900 if the same platform is adopted, have no rIght in reason to dictate to the Democtatie party that these rule or ruin men have not a sin gle electoral vote that they can prom ise with a reasonable degree of cer tainty, even if they were allowed to dictate both candidate and platform, and consequently that their defection will not reduce the electoral vote of the Democratic party by a single vote; also that the party in every State that went Democratic in '96 is overwhelmingly in favor of a readop tion of the principal planks of the Chicago platfoim next year. The discussion of this correspondence will have a tendency to show whether these claims are correct or not; also to cause the rank and file of the party to make sure that they are properly represented in the next national con vention. A movement* has already been started to make every delegate admitted to that convention pledge himself to support the ticket nomi nated and the platform adopted. When they have no power to be otherwise Republicans are always fair. A case in point is the distribu tion of the Senate patronage. When the Republicans were in the minority they thought the plan of dividing the patronage of the Senate anmong Dem crats, Republicans and Populists in proportion to the strength of each in the Senate as just right as it unques tionably was. But nowv, having a majority of the Senate, they have un iergone a change of mind and are advocating a change that will give them entire control of the Senate pat -onage, and without waiting for a :bange to be formally adopted Dem acratic employees are being dismissed to make places for Republicans. There are some men in the Alger party, now on the way to Cuba, that are ashamed of being with him, or else he has some along that he is ash amed of, as particular pains were tak en to prevent a complete list of the eight or ten men getting published. Secretary Hay had a bad spell when it was learned that the report of ex secretary Sherman's death was false. Ele had caused copies of an article ighly eulogizing the public career. f Sherman to be sent to a number f the big newspapers. He isn't much >fa politician, but he knew that with Sherman alive and his attitude in 3hio politics uncertain, neither Han aa nor McKinley would wish the ad iinistration to stand sponsor for any praise of the man they had forced out >f the Senate and out of the Cabinet. 'elegrams were sent requesting that Lhe eulogy be suppressed. Mlilitary officers who have closely ollowed the testimony taken by the Jourt of Inquiry say the verdict is ound to support the char-ges made oy Gen. M1iles. One prominent of icer said: "I don't see how the court aan do anything else but report that ivery charge made by Gen. Miles was ustiied, and I e-xpect it to go further Lad fix the responsibility upon Alger tnd Eagan. I know that great pres ture will be brought to bear to pre rent such a straightforwmid report ats he evidence calls for and to get some vord juggling done than can be made o mean anything or nothing, accord ng to the wishes of the reader; but here are men on that court who are iot in the habit of snppressing their :onscientious opinions-" Another blessing of annexation has ust been officially uncovered. Whbenf t was stated in Congress that the an 1exation of the sugar producing is ands would mean a speedy end of he sugar industry in the U. S., the 1 abid annexationists hooted at the 1 dea. Now, an agent of the Agricul-1 url Department, sent to Porto iRico o carefully investigate the subject, nakes an official report saying that 1 he sugar industry in the U. S. is I4 loomed, if Porto Rico, Cuba, and the ~hiloines are allowed to send us: heir sugar free of duty. He~ says the t bsiue grade of sugar that cists 1 4 cents a poutnd to produce in the< .S. ccost but 2 cents a pound to pro I lteCs in those islands. Tis will be ti hard tnt for the next Congres-s toji rwareot- nmnsfo k.rhTa ~:.. y wi: son-,y destroy the ciense of I C-H ol o:.p; l dentarge the. whole vit. he et!erin it t!croughc the- oni-, e us.) e e o prese; ious.1 from repu-. Mei (h) cin , asl' tii~e1IL d~ua' t(I i L ltC ad i ato to t|:ra-c' .od youc canI sil ny }ive -' trm 110 C'a, mrrh vou a, ad i.toedo byo. by CimChney & T 0trnly ack-tu~~li directyupnte.ho Sold by druggists, price 75e. per bottle. al's TF.mily Pils e t he cet. Closing Exercises of Bel lilelieni. Editor THE iTIEs: The closing exercises of Bethlehem school took place in Bethlehem ehurch Friday night, 17th inst. A good crowd was out to witness the exercises. The children marched down the aisle in perfect order, keep ing step to music played by their teacher, Mr. R. L. Jones. The girls were dressed in white and each scholar carried a large red letter, which, when they turned facing the audience, formed the words "A Hearty Welcome to All." After prayer by Rev. W. A. Pitts, the following program was well ren dered: First, a song, "America," sung by the school, music by R. L. Jones. Next was a debate, 'Resolved that the Philippine Islands should not be annexed to the United States." The debaters were: First on the affirma tive, Miss Mattie Shorter; first nega tive, Miss Lillian Jones; second af firmative, Miss Bosia Raffield; second negative, Miss Wilder Raffield. The question was well handled by these young ladies and the debate was in structive as well as interesting. The decision of the committee was in fa vor of the affirmative side. Next caine a lecture by Rev. Dr. Clifton of Sumter. To say that we enjoyed this would but feebly ex press our feelings. Dr. Clifton was both amusing aid highly instructive. We hope to have the pleasure of hearing him again. Next was a song, "Good-Night," suing by the school, musical accom paniment by R. L. Jones. We are proud of our school, proud of our young teacher who, by his un tiring efforts, has succeeded in build ing a nice academy near our church. We wish him all success in future un dertakings. A VIsITOR. Jordan, S. C., March 25, 1899. CA STORI A For Infants and Children. T.e Kind You Have Always BougM! Bears the Signature of , New Zion Notes. Editor THE TDmrs: Tobacco beds and gardens are look ing fine and the transplanting of to bacco will begin soon. The sick are all about getting well again. Mrs. Mamie DuBose has suf ficiently recovered to visit her pa rents. Mrs. Victoria Johnson, while still confined to her bed, is much better. Mr. Frank DuBose, who has been desperately ill with typhoid pneu monia, is thought to be improving. He is an excellent young man and his recovery is earnestly prayed for. Miss Janie McIntosh of Workmans is quite ill. Mrs. Perry Barrow is quite sick and we hope she will be up in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Barrow will visit friends in Scranton next Satur day and Sunday, where a pleasant time awaits them. Dr. Tharp, recently located in our community from Georgia, has been remarkably successful. He has, in about six weeks, had sixty-five cases and has not lost a case. Dr. Tharp is a widower with two children. Girls, set your caps. Mr. A. C. Mason of North Carolina is living in our community again. Mr. J. M. DuBose was surprised to fnd that rats had made great inroads on his potatoes, and on tearing down a bank he discovered out of nine bushels over half had been eaten by rats. He needs the sympathy of all af us. Large quantities of fertilizers are being hauled and if the seasons are ~ood Salem will show up a large to acco yield. We noticed what you had to say about the merchants that do not ad vertise in our county paper. Just vait, they will learn after awhile bhat we people who live in the ba'ck woods keep posted on where to buy and if our county paper can't get the spport it should, then we shall have o see to it that the paper we depend >n is supported. THE TIMS has been faithful andi its friends should ally to its support by patronizing :hose who use its columns,and let the >thers sell their goods to those who ion't read. We shall say more about his matter when the picnic season >pens. D. M. It is very hard to stand idly by and see >ir d.ar ones suffer while awaiting the ar :ival of the docr.Li An Albany (N. Y.) laIy man called a: a drng store there for a ctor to come an~d see his child, then very iek with croup. Not finding the doctor i, e left word for him to come at once on ais r'-turn. He alsol bought a bottle of Tbamberlai n's Cough Rtemedy, which he joped would~ give some relief until tLie doc. :or should arrive. In a few hours he re :rned, sayling the doctor need rnot come, Ste child wats mouch better. T1he drug ist, Mr. Otto &eboiz, says the family hias ;ince recommnnded Chamberlain's Congh Remedy to their neighbors and friends un .i be has a constat dlemandI for it from ht part of the country. For sale by 11. B. Loryea, druggist. Be not wise in your conceit, and ever mistake the conceit of others or wisdom. A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, :t or br aise. Enckieni's Arnica Salve, the >est u: the world, will kill the pain and >ri:upjtly heatl it. Cures oldi sores, fever ;n-s. n~c. r. bei s, felons, corns, all skin -ruptionis. Ist 1i etenr.- on earth. Only 15 ~e:nt-s a~ bex (ur,- tnaraniteed. Sold by Iiispensary School Fund. The $60,000 dispensary profit. vhich is to go to the p)ublic school und, and which i3 ready for distribu ion, has not been sent out. The ex >lanation is that it car not be sent out iil the exact quota due each coun v is fixed and this eaunot be done 2til the enrolment of each of the ounties is obtained. Comptroller eneral Derham has been writing for he data, but has not been able to get dl the enrolments and is stili waiting o hear from Dorebester county. kheever thle school superintendent >f that county is disposed to give in ormaijon which holds back the dis ibtioni of the $G0,000, and is hold g bac-k money thaLt every oither ouinty wants, if his county does not vant it, the m~onefy will be sent out vitho~ut delav. The new counities vere organized altter the new cousti ttion and t be basis f distribution is he euroluent for 1895, and the en olmenit for Dorenester county' that ear was not reported. 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Cooking is ' pleasantt .cn ntion if you use o:.e of them. There's comfort and atisfaction to be found ini tiu-n. Oither things we will tell yon Liter on. L E3. DLJRANT. (Successr to R. W,. Dt:R INT' a SON.) Headquarters for everything in Hardware, SUVTD , - - - S- 0 The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which ha~s been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of ~~ and has been made under his per Ssonal supervision~ since its infancy. Allow no one to Obceive 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, Paregoric, 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 Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. CENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kinid You Have Mlway Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. ATLANTIC COAST INE CHARLEsToN, S. C., Fob. 16, 1899. On and after this date the following passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAV. South-Bound. '35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A- 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Laoes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 4 38 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charleston, 6.03 10.50 9.15 North-Bound. *78. *32. 52. Lv Charleston, 6.33 A. 5.17 P. 7.00 A. Ar Lanes, 8.18 6.45 8.32 Lv Lanes, 8 18 6.45 Lv Kingstree, 8.34 Ar Florence, 9.28 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. Trf.ins on C. & D. R. It. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, ai rive Dar lington 10.28 a M, Cheraw, 11.40 a M, Wadesboro 12.35 p m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p m, arrive Dar lington, 8 25 p in, Hartsville 9.20 p m, Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p in. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27. Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunlay 6.35 a w, Bennettsville 6.59 a in, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a m. Leave Hartsville daily ex. cept bnnday 7.00 a in, arrive Darlington 7.45 a iu, leave Darlington 8.55 a m, arrive Florence 9.20 a w. Leave Wadcsboro daily except Sunday 4.25 p m, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 6.29 p in, arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15a m Parlington 9.00 a mi, arrive Plorence 9.20 a In. 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. 56. 35. 54 Lv Wilmington,*3.45 P. Lv iarion, 634 Ar Florence, 7.15 Lv Florence, *7.45 *3.25 A. Ar Sumter, 8.57 4.29 Lv Sumter, 857 . *40 A. Ar Columbia, 1020 11.00 No. 52 runs throngh from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a m, Lanes 8.34 a in, Manning 9.09 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, *6.50 A. *4.00 P. Ar Sumter, 8.15 5.13 Lv nm ter, 8.15 *6.06 P. Ar Florence, 9 30 7.20 L't Florence, 10.00 Lv Marion, 10.40 Ar Wilmington, 1.25 *Daily. No. 53 rrns through to Charleston, S. C., via Cential R. R., arriving Stanning 5.41 p m, Lanes, 6.17 p in, Charleston 8.00 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 5.35 p in, arrive Conway 7.40 p =, returning leave Conway 8.30 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11.20 a in, leave Chadbourn 11.50 a m,arrive at Hub 12.25 pm,returni.g leave Hub 3.00 p m, arrive at CbadbouAn 3.35 p m. 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, 8.34 " Lv Greeleyville, 8.46 Lv Foreston, 8.55 Lv Wilson's Mill, 9.01 Lv Manning, 9.09 " Lv Alcolu, 9.16 " Lv Brogdon, 9.25 Lv W. & S. Junct., 9.38" Lv Sumter, 9.40 " Ar Columbia, 11.00 " No. 53 Lv Columbia, 4.00 P. M. Lv Sumter, 5 13 " Lv W. & S. Junct. 5.15" Lv Brogdon, 5.27 " Lv Alcolu, 5.35' 1 - Lv Manning, 5.41 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 5.50 Lv Foreston, 5.57 " Lv Greeleyville, 6.05 " Ar Lanes, 6.17 - At Charleston, 8.00" MANCHESTER & AU(USTA B. R. No. 35. Lv Sumter, . 4.29 A. hi, Ar Creston, 5.17 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.40" Ar Denmark, 6.12 " -No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.17 P. Mi. Lv Orangeburg, 4.50" Lv Creaton, 5.13 " Ar Sumter, 6.03 " Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping ears between New York and Macon via Augusta. W~1iison and Summorton R. B. Tzx Tazr~z No. 1, In effect Monday, June 13th, 1898.. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. Daily except Sun day No. 72. P M Stations. ' M 200 Le.......8nter...Ar 1230 203 ....W&SJunction. 1227 220.........Tmdal.........1155 2 38.........Packvlle.......11 30 2 50.........Silver.........11 10 305.........ilard... 11 3 50........ merton . . 10 10 4 20...... ...Davis..........945 44A5........Jordan ... .. ...935 5 15 Ar.Wilson's Mills...Le 9 05 Between Mlillard and St. Paul. Southbboun d. Northbound. No 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. P M A M Stations A M P M 3 05 10135 Le Millard Ar 10 45 3 35 315 1025 ArSt PaulLe 1035 325 PM AM gM PM THOS. WILSON, President, THE Bank of ManninE, MANNING, 3. 0. Transacts a general banking busi-. ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten ~ion. Business hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. JOSEP SPROTT, i.. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIBECToBs. 7 LE~VI, 3. W. McL~oD, & E. Baows, S..M.aN~zR, rOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI. .T. s. wu.sos. W. c. D LSON & DURANT, AUorneys and Counselors af(Law, MANNIN{G.S. C./