University of South Carolina Libraries
LOUIS APPELT, EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1899.. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. snsRfSCIPTION RATES: On. Year......................S1.50 5j' 2onbi..................7 Four ..th. .. ............ 5 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, SI; each subse quent insertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Co;mlmuLicattions 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 jisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. We have heard with regret, the re moval of Mr. L. I. Parrott, as steno grapher of the Third Circuit. Mr. Parrott has made many friends throughout the Circuit, and when they learn that he loses his place for no cause of complaint, but only to give place to Judge Buchannan's brother-in-law Mr. G. D. Tillman Jr., his friends will feel that he has not been treated altogether right. Judge Buchannan has the power to appoint a stenographer for his Circuit tis true, but we are surprised at his action in this particular case. As far as we know, Mr. Parrott has filled his posi tion satisfactory to the bar and the bench, and we have never heard of any cause for his removal, other than to make a place for a relative. We are indeed sorry Parrott lost the po sition upon which he depended to support his family, and we are sorry Judge Buchannan thought it proper to give his brother-in-law, who is a single man, the place. We are constantly being asked for advise about cotton, and it often em barrasses us, for the reason that sev eral years ago, there was a ccndition very similar to that existing now, and we advised, the holding of cotton. Every sign pointed to a short crop, and the indications were very favor able to high prices; many people, did hold their cotton and by doing so suffered severe losses. There exists a condition right now, which points to a short crop, and gives indication of good price, nevertheless, a burnt child is afraid of fire, and we would not advise any man to hold his cotton. We honestly believe the sooner the cotton is put on the market the bet ter it will be for the producer. Cot ton markets at best, are treacherous, and the sufferer is the man who toiled to make cotton. We are anxious for the people to get every cent pos sible for the product but we cannot advise the~holding of a single bale. ~Sell it as soon as you can get it ready in our opinion is the safest rule to adopt.. F'.oreston News. Editor THE TDLES: In my last letter I neglected to say that Mr. C. E. Land has opened a grocery and dry goods business here. build a cotton seed house near the R. it. depot. Mr. C. M. Mason is having a tele phone line put up between this place and Manning; it will be coripleted shodty. Mr. J. M. Wilson, who has been visiting his mother here, left for Che raw S. C. .aast week.. I have seen several articles in your editorial columns recently on the tax question, ard I heartily agree with what you have said; I do not think the people are in a position to stand an additional levy for any purpose, and I venture to say, the man in South Carolina, who can devise some means to materially reduce taxes, and still pay the goverment expenses, can carry the taxpayers with him. It is doubtless true that there is more than one reason why our taxes are high, but I wish to state that I have been been informed that only 80 cotton seed licenses bought in this county since the license law has been in force, I am told about 8 years. I believe, that if every one who has bought seed cotton in this county in violation of the law, had paid the li cense, the county would have been out of debt Ibelieve itis the County Supervisor's business to look after this matter. Is he doing his duty? I am further informed that some buy their license when the season is far advanced, and one person bought last year 1898 on the 15th, day of December the last loneful day on which to buy, in order that the li cense might be valid; and still anoth er bought in January, 1899. Now, it appears to a man "up a tree," these licenses were bought so late in the season and out of season, through an over sight, or negligence on the part of the buyer, or for fear of being re ported, by some one to the grand jury. In fact I am informed that one of the parties were reported to the grand jury, then sent and paid up to keep from being hauled up. Did the grand jury do their duty? Has the Clerk of Court the right to issue li censes between the 15th of Decemn ber and the 15th of August can he issue a license on the 15th of Dec. the last day of the season,for any one may buy seed cotton from then until Aug. 15th with out license, with out some suspicion? And when he does that, he issues a license to run one year from date, which will be cotton buyer has bought cotton for two seasons on one license. There appears to be something wrong some how, somewhere. For a person to buy seed cotton with out first procur ing a license, is a violation of the law and it is as much a violation for him to buy for one day without it, as it is for his neighbor to buy one year without it. "The chain is no strong er than its weakest link." It is wrong because, he has an un fair advantage of his competitor, and it i, wrong, because the taxpayers are cheated out of wbat belongs to them according to law. If you say, it is a bad law, and should be repealed, I agree with you, and I beliEve it was your good self who labored so earnestly to rid us of it during the last sitting of the Ge n eral Assembly, but only succeeded in getting it through the Senate. While it is a law let's all respect it, and those who will not, force them to do so. And now, if I have been misinformed as to what I have stated, any man may go to the records and examine for him self, both my infor mant and I are ready to apologize. W. Foreston, S. C. Sept. 11. STATE OF OIo. CiTY OF TOLED'. I. LrcAs COUNTY. FrissK J. CHENEY makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHE NE-r & Co., doing business in the c:ty of Toledo, connty and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FiAN J. CHENEY. Sworn to before we and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. Gi.EAsoN, SEAL Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. i old by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK BOILED DOWN. Bryan will go to Ohio and speak in the interest of McLean. The makers of wall paper in London have formed a trust and raised prices. M. Y. Darnell, sheriff of Haralson county, Ga., was run over and killed by an engine on the Southern railroad at Moskidine, Ala. The Wilder guards, a crack military organization of Knoxville, has volun teered to go to the Philippines or wherever the president may see fit to send them. The officers of the Roane Iron com pany, who own the large furnaces at Rockwood, Tenn., announce that on Sept. 15 they will begin the erection of another large furnace at that place. William Youngblood, national Re publican committeeman from Alabama, expresses his disapproval of the action of Circuit Judge Shelby in displacing Clerk N. W. Trimble of the United States court to make room for Major Charles J. Allison. Sarah A. Baker, the oldest American actress, is dead near Philadelphia. She was born in 1818. The city school board of Chattanooga has rejected Lee's history on the ground that it was partial to the south. St. Joseph's Orphan asylum at Hart well, a suburb of Cincinnati. was de stroyed by fire. No lives were lost. While digging a well on Lookout Mountain G. M. Jarnagan and others discovered gold quartz in large quanti ties. The mayor of Macon has wired Ad jutant General Corbin offering to receive troops from cities reported infected with yellow fever. Great Britain and the United States have practically agreed upon a tampo. rary line defining the boundary betweer Alaska and Canada. The attorney general of South Caro lina has served notice on ex-Peniten tiary Superintendent Neal's bondsmen that they will have to pay up his short age or suit will be entered. McKinley will present to Dewey the sworft voted him by congress. The new battleship Kearsarge made a record of 17% knots on her trial trip. Advices received from New York state that the Southern railway has bought the Knoxville and Bristol road. American apples are in such great demand in Germany this year that ship ments have commenced one month ear lier than usual. A factory has been started at Titus ville, Fla., for the manufaoture of re cently patented tents to protect orange trees in winter. Judge Baldwin of the Connecticut suprma court declared in an address that it was wrong for doctors in cases of mortal disease to seek to prolong life. The farmers of Troup county, Ga., have passed resolutions declaring they will hold their cotton until the price reaches 8 cents and calling on planters [throughout the south to join in the movement. The Garden City hotel at Garden City, L. I., owned by the A. T. Stewart estate, has been barned. Admiral Dewey expressed the hope that the dry season in the Philippines would see the insurrection quelled. The Alabama Steel and Wire com pany's plant, now in course of construc tion at Ensley, will be in operation by Oct. 15. The Southeastern Passenger associa tion has issued a circular givtag a rate of one fare for the round trip during the state fair in Atlanta. The German ambassador at Washing ton gave a dinner to Mr. Chambers, chief justice of Samoa, and the fact is taken to indicate a better state of feel Two hundred coal miners at the Sale creek mines, near Chattanooga. hay. gone on a strike because the compan.1 was furnishing coal to the Dayton Coal and Iron company, whose miners are on a strike for higher wages. Admiral Henry F. Picking, command ant of the Boston navyyard, is dead. Andrew Carnegie, it is said, will be the next Liberal candidate for parlia ment from Sutherlandshire. The lowest price on record for "fu ture" coffee was reached in New York when October deliveries sold at 4.4u cents. A small body of troops from San Sal vador have crossed the frontier of Nica ragua and attacked the garrison located near the Pacific coast. New Jersey won the Hilton challenge trophy on the rifle range at Sea Girt. defeating the Georgia team, which cap tured the prize last year. Mayor S. L. Davis and his six coun cilmen of Hobson City, Ala., Calhoun t county's new exclusively negro town. a have been inducted into office. miatism and Sores. Price, 25 cents. MISTRIAL IN DELEGAL CASE. Jury Unable to Agree After iemain ing Out All Nlah. DARIEN, Ga., Sept. 8.--From 9 o'clock yesterday morning till 6 p. m. the case Df the state versus Henry Dolegal, harged with assault on a white woman, was being tried. The trial was con ucted strictly in private, no one being permitted to enter the courtroom except those connected with the case. The defense did not put up a single witness, while the state had three, viz.: Troop Wallace, father of the woman who claims to have been assaulted, the woman herself, Matilda Hope by name, ind Dr. P. S. Clark. About 3 o'clock the evidence was com pleted and the judge granted a short re xss for dinner, after which the counsel for both sides argued the question till 6 o'clock, when, the case being rested, Judge Seabrook after a short charge permitted the jury to retire. Some thought a very few minutes would suffice for a verdict to be agreed n, while others thought differently. The latter proved to be correct, as the jury re mained out from 6 p. m. yesterday till 9 a. m. this morning. The judge was then sent for and told that the jury stood seven to five for conviction with no hope of any nearer agreement. Judge Seabrook then declared a mistrial and appointed next Wednesday as the day for another trial. As has already been stated, Delegal's sons and wife, charged with the mur der of Joseph Townsend, will be tried in Effingham county next Wednesday under the grant of a change of venue mud Henry Delegal will take his second trial at that session of court. Judge Seabrook has certainly shown his desire to avoid unneccessrry delay ~nd expense to state and county by a promptness in calling these terms of court and a close attendance upon his duties. His action all through the matter calls for admiration. PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. Nenr Industrial Euterprises Reported During the Werk. BALTIxORE, Sept. 8. - Among the many new industrial enterprises re ported by The Manufacturers' Record uring the week the following are the more important: A 10-000 spindle cotton mill, $250,000 iron mining and manufacturing com pany and $50,000 ice manufacturing company in Alabama. A $300,000 coal mining and coke man afacturing company, $ti0,000 cotton mill md $40,000 terminal company in Geor gia. A $30,000 company to build 800-barrel rice mill and $50,000 lumber plant in Louisiana. A cottonseed oil mill, $5,000 ginnery nd round bale compress and $65,000 otton mill in Mississippi. A $10,000 truck package factory and $14,000 wagon factory supplies factory in North Carolina. A 5,000-spindle cotton mill, $3,000 ginning company, $50,000 telephone company, $100,000 construction com pany in South Oarolina. A $150,000 telephone company, 6,000 spindle cotton mill. $10,000 handle fac tory, $100,0CO coal mining company and 100-barrel flour mill in Tennessee. A $25,000 knitting mill, $10,000 lum ber company and 75-barrel flour mill in Virginia. BELT LINE FOR ATLANTA. [ocal CapitalIsts Will Build a Road Around the City. ATLANTA, Sept. 8.-A company, with plenty of money, and bomnposed of some >f the most prominent men of the city, will soon apply to the state of Georgia for a charter to construct a belt line of railroads extending completely around the city and touching at various points with the different railroads entering Atlanta. It will have double tracks, mnd the roadbed will be made flrstclass n every particular. The main object of the belt line will be to allow the transfer of freight cars around the city instead of through the business portions as at present. When the line is built, and satisfactory ar rangements are made, Atlantians will be troubled with no more freight cars in the center of the town except those that contain goods for the business sections. The grade crossing evil is one that has been considered a serious drawback to the city for many years, and the prospects of its early elimination will be greeted with delight. Numbers of people have been killed and injured at the Whitehall, Loyd and Pryor street rrossings, to say nothing of the count less delays to traffic and business re sulting from the switching of freight' trains there every day. Coal 3Miners on a Strike. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 3. - The iiners employed by the Terrell Coal company, the Helena Coal company, the Falliston Coal company and the Birmingham Grate Coal Mining coin-: pany, all operating around Helena, have struck for higher wages, the op rators in each instance ignoring all committees and refusing to reply to their demands. The strike was ordered by the United Mine Workers' organiza tion and involves about 1,600 men. All is quiet at the mines, where no effort is made to operate. R~ainz Prevents a~ Famine. BoMBAY, India, Sept. 11.-Rain has improved the crop outlook in western ndia and the fears of a famine have been removed. The weather conditions oreshadow more rain. The cotton crop has also been benefited. Watches al 1 want my friends and the public gerz Wedding, Birthday c Vhat in the future, us well as the past, I amn Natches Clocks Sterling Silver Fine China Wedgewood E h complete, and it will afford mec pleasure t Special and prompt attentiol tprices to suit the times. tlantic Coast Line il Watch Inspector. L.. . Take Care o We take this method of riformirng ha t w e hav e just receiv ed a~ nice asso re repared to furnish our cus.tomnerr Iiso. Our prices are on the "ivre e rth ai small sumi, buy from us a pair< We have Spectatcles and Eye Gh atxefootinn "umnr'nnteed mspensary :iaen in -rouble. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 7.-A sensa tion was sprung at the meeting of the dispensary board yesterday by charges filed by Captain J. C. Black against Commissioner Douthet and Superin tendent Bryant. Commissioner Douthet, according to the charges, has been giv ing away dispensary liquors and wines without accounting for the same. Su perintendent Bryant is alleged to have been selling liquor contrary to law. Yellow Jack Patient at Sea. SAVANNAH, Sept. 7.-The health au thorities of Savannah are advised that a case of yellow fever has been discov ered at Miami, Fla. The report which comes to Savannah is to the effect that one case has been found in the town and that it has been carefully isolated. The patient has been placed on a schooner and the vessel taken into the ocean, where it will be away from other vessels. Trial or 15oys For 31urder. CAMDEN, S. C., Sept. 11.-The case of the state against Edgar Harriet and Frances Chestnut, for murder, was ended here by the jury acquitting Chest nut and finding Harriet guilty of man slaughter, -ith a recommendation to mercy. They are boys, and the de ceased was a boy 10 years old. The children quarreled over their dinner, and Harriet struck Henry Ancrum on the nose with a spoon. A small cut was mado, severing the facial artery, and on account of ignorance, or neglecc, the child was permitted to bleed to death. Half a Million Bales Short. ATLANTA, Sept. 7.-Commissioner of Agriculture 0. B. Stevens has returned to Atlanta after a close inspection of the crops throughout Middle and South Georgia. He states emphatically that cotton will be at least 500,000 bales short, and that in order to realize 75 per cent of the crop of 1898 conditions will have to remain favorable for some time to come. Romte Has a Large Blaze. ROME, Ga , Sept. 7. - Rounsaville Bros.' large wholesale grocery and pro duce house on East First street, has been totally destroyed by fire. The loss on the stock is estimated at $30,000 and the building $5,000. Insurance $25,000. The firm will rebuild at once. Bisinarck's Iron 'Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not fonnd where stomach, liver, kid neys and bowels are out of order. If you want these qnalities ani the success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c at R. B. Loryc .'s drug store. 6 Women are always included when speaking of mankind; for man em braces women. An Unsolicited Testnionial. I take pleasure tu s.Ating tnat I pur ebasc-d of R. B. Loryea. the druggist, Intemfatio-:a1'PouLrY Food and it proved very ben-ficia' in removing Cholera from my ehickens. and ny to this time they have been free from it, and I expect to use the Pooltrv Food in the future. T. J. TISDALE. _1nning, S. C., August 4, 1899. We carry a full lize of International Stock ani Poultry Food, Heave Cure, Colic Cure, Harness Soap, etc. R. B. LORTEA, Druggist. If our faults showed on the surface, most people would look as if they had the measles. 2r the ~The K nd YHaeAlwas Bought It is foolish to begin at the bottom and work your way up-if you are a well-digger.___ A Woman's Leitee. Coolidge, Kyv., Aug. 20, 1808. New Spencer Medliciune Co.: Since writ ing you in July, 1 have continued to use enedicta and am surprised at the results. Before osicg the remedy I suffered from womb troubies an d a weak stomach, but the three bottles of Benedicta has completely cured me. It is a greal miedicine for deli cate women. Mu~s. H. 1R. GILurEAT. Sold by R1. 13. Loryea. You can't judge a man's character by the high standing of his collar. Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, bnt skin eruptions rob life of joy. Bnecklen's Arnica Salve cures them, also old running and fever sores, ulcers, bois. felons, corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burn", scalds, chapped hands, chilblains. Best pile cure on earth. Drives out pains ma acbes. Only 25c a box. Cure kuar nteed. Sold by by Ri. B. Loryea, drug. ist. ______ __6 Balloons and tramps have no visi ble means of support. TeKind You Hare Always Bought JO'EPH F. RlI{AME. .12TU'fRNEY AT LAW. MANNING, S. C. d Jewelry. rally to know that when in need of a Christmas Present, nepared to supply them. My line of Diamonds Jewelry Cut Glass pectacles and Eye Glasses show them. gien to all Repairing in my line FOL SOM, SUTER. f'Your Eyes. our friends a~nd tne public generally tment of the best Glasses made, and with accurate and scientific aids to ud Let Live" plan; hence you can, )f good glasses. sses of all styles, grades and prices. T M RCINTON. FALL ANNOUNCEMENT.. ..OF.. SUMTER, S. C. We are going to make it to the advant age of every one in Clarendon County to buy from us everything they need in the shape of Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Cloaks, Shoes, Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Gro ceries, Hardware, Etc. First-For we carry in stock anything you may ask for and have the largest and mest varied assortment in each department that we have ever shown. Second-Rock bottom prices on everything. Third--You will receive the same atten tion if you spend 10 cents or $100. We shall sell as long as they last, 75 dozen guaranteed 4-ply Linen Collars at 5c; all shapes and sizes. 5o dozen guaranteed 4-ply Linen Cuffs at Iic; Links and Plain; sizes, io, 10 1-2 and ii. The above will give you an idea of the prices we are going to offer this season. J. RYTTEERG & SONS, Northwest Cor. Main and Liberty Sts., S-tmter, - S. C-.. Mail orders fil ;d pro- ptly. Dress goods samples sent on application. aUMTDR,.. -. lowr ha heeooe In An oy'K eeguts motoftemwt Dobl Sat ad nes fom . 1 o -6 byaycohn os theSao oth Cr lina. - RIGBYS NEW STORE IS THE Our Dress Goods Depart ment is growing and we BUSIEST STORE intend to make it the most up to date place IN TOWN. ANYWHERE. We Must Have a Brisk Fall Business. All signs point to an-exceptionally prosperous season. .A. RIGI BYwith his spacious lots and stalls adjoining S A, RI B to accommodate EVERY FARMER in Clarendon County with a place to shelter his animal- while attending to whatever business he has to look after while in town, will be the most de sirable and interesting place in Manning-Most to see, Most comforfand ease while seeing prices like the following: September wanes and with it our prices in Early Fall Dress Goods Talk. A whole case of New Colors In Fine Dress Outings, worth 7c of any body's money; our September price, 5c yard. Better grade, value 12c; our price for September, 8c. Best quality of Flannellettes, nobby line of patterns, would be cheap at 15c; our price 10a yard. Big Assortment of Wool Dress Goods. In this line we call special attention to the fact that we have no old stock nor stuff to offer you, but only a New, Fresh and Select Line to show you, and prices to meet any competition, from 10c to $1 per yard. Trim mings, etc., to match. Some Good Hosiery. A glance at our show window will tell the tale of Ladies' Black Hose. 35c Ladies' Hermsdorf Fast Black, full spliced heel and sole at......... 24e ?5e Fast Dye and Full Seamless ...................................... 15e L5c Black Ribbed-a hummer-going for..................... .......... 10e k nice Seamless, Shaped Foot at............ ............................ 5c GFROOEFDIE. While we are quoting you Rock Bottom prices in our Dry Goo&Db' partment, our list would not be complete without naming some of thae.nee ssaries of life. :ood Rice at...... . ... ..............................$3 00 per 100-4 sack.. I No. 1 3-lb. can Tomatoes at. ..................... ..1 00 per dozen. lood Rio Coffee at.................................... 8J to 19%c lb. Elour.................. ...... ........................ 3 50 to4 50 per bbl.'. iranulated Sugar, 17 lbs. for. ..... .......... ........1 0 :ood double thick Tobabco in 10-lb. caddies, at....... 35c per lb. LO Bars Good Soap for..................................25c. Come early, for we want to get acquainted with and convince- you ;hat we know how to save you money on all that you may have to buy.. S. N. Rigby, Creator of More and Better Business. @illners aild Mill Menl We have the best stock or Mill Supplies consisting of Fittings, Valves;. Lubricators, Belting and Oils, that has ever been brought to this market. E'armers, we have an excellent stock of Cane Mills and Evaporators, and; san sell you a splendid Mill and Evaporator for $27.00 these goods shouldt 2ring $30.00. We have very much increased our stock of wagon repaez Ma :erial, we can sell you a good set of Wagon or Buggy Wheels for $6.O0. House keepers when in want of a New Stove for the kitchenh come andi see our "Leader Stoves" they are the best ever shown here. We can give you a fifteen year guarentee on the fire backs-of our liest? stoves. EANNIN6 +LDWAU* EOEFlNY. FOUNDED IN 1845. LIMESTONE COLLEGEg GAFFNEY, S. C, This institu~tion, famous in the history of education in South Carolina,. las recentl-y been thloroughly reorganized and now, with a large and able -acult ,. is prepared to do college -work of the very highest grade. early twenty thousand dollars have been appropriated for improvements. 'splendid new building is being erected which will contain a large Audito -ium, a Library, a Readin-B~oom, a Museum of Natural Science, a beauti ul hall for the Literary Society and some needed ofices. The building will >e furnisned with new heating apparatus throughout, all the rooms will be upplied with new furniture, new pianos will be purchased, new physical, bhemical and mineralogical laboratories will be equipped-in short every hing that is necessary in the work of a first-class woman's college will be >rovided. The site is unequalled in South Carolina for beauty and for iealthfulness. Limestone College makes its appeal to the people strictly mn its own merits. Literary, Scientific and Commercial Courses. The reg star college degrees are given by the authority of the State of South Caro ina. An especially fiue Course in Pedagogy is offered to those desiring to >ecome teachers. There are three departments, the College, the Seminar, Lnd the Primary. Let Limestone's friends and former students tell te ews all over the South. The revered Capt.11. P. Griffith is the Senior Pro- . essor. Professor Wade R. Brown, recently of Winthrop College, is the new professor of Music. For further information, address the President, LEE DAVIS LODGE, A. M., Ph. D. L. B. DuRANT, hardware, - Cutlery - and - Crockrjry SUM~TEER., S. C. In order to accommodate my growing 'bus inr'-,.[liave noved my quarters into the spacious store lately r.>cespied by ~he Ducker-Bultman Company ,and I am prepa red to fill all >rders. Call or write for what you want. My stock is comn >lete, in fact larger than ever before, having a dded to my i nense stock of Eardware, Stoves, Housefurnishing Goods, Harness, Saddles, Leather, etc., A Large Line of Crockery. I also handle in large qluantieS Paints, Oils and Window i-lass. My store is headquarters for Guns, Pistols. Powder, hot, Shell and all kinds of Sporting Goods. Engine and Mill Supplies. All of our stoves warranted. L_ E8. DUJFANT, RTTMTR. S. C.