Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOUSEKEEPERS4e ; We have just received a lot of nice, seasonable .:ods which we know will interest you. Among other things are: TWO-GALLON WATER COOLERS ....................... W IRE DISH COVERS ..............-.......-.- .... c and 10v eat-hi THREE PRONG ICE CHISELS ......... ......-- . WIRE FLY TRAPS...................... ........e each ICE CREAM FREEZERS-1-qt., $1-35: 2-qt-, 81.75: 3-qt.. $2.25: 4-9t. -2 5. STONE CHURNS.............- . .......1-gal.. e.: 2-gal.. POTATO MASHERS.........-...- -........... HAMMOCKS............-.................... - --- TOOTHPICKS-large package.........---..........-. We have lately received a large consignment of STOV ES. and can safely say that we have the best assortment of them to choose from that has ever been shown in Clarendon County. Our prices. too. are so reasonable that they excite comment from every one. We can assure you that you can do as well with us in making purchases as you can anywhere. FARMERS M We still have a few of those cheap Orangeburg Sweeps and Cotton Hoes on hand. We have lately received a lot of Paris Green Distributors or Sprayers and will endeavor to have them on hand when wanted. Our One-Horse Harrows have been in great demand. \\ 11 e a few HOUSEBUILDERS --- Will find our stock of Builders' Hardware in good shapt'. We have Valley Tin. Locks, Hinges. Nails it, endless variety. Also White Lead, Oil and Colors for Painters. Remember our COLUMBIA &BICYCLES HARTFORD IV L 4 Have been tried and proven the best on earth. We have Bicycle llepairs at lowest prices. Very truly yours. Manning lHardware Co. CROSSWELL & CO. +ppg0**0***+0 Did you know that we have the largest and most complete stock of Grocer ies of any house in Sumter, and always prepared to meet the demands in our line? Our trade has grown to such extent that we are forced to have more room. In addition to our large store and warehouse that we now have we are fitting up a 90-foot warehouse between the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern deDots in order that we may be in better position to supply the demands. In addition to our large stock of goods on hand, we have lots of goods bought at factories that we can ship direct to you and save you money. We give you a FEW PRICES BELOW, but as we have not space to give you a full list of prices, will ask that you write or come and get our prices which 'we will furnish with pleasure. Best Large Lump Starch, 40-lb. boxes.. ....................... 3c lb Best Soda, 60-lb. boxes, 1-lb. packages, at....-.-.................. $2 per box Star Lye, $3 per case, 4 dozen. Delivered in 5 case lots. Rex Baking Powders i and 1-lb. cans, $3.60 per case of 100 i and 50 lbs. Deliv ered in 5 case lots, with 1 case Rex Soda, 60 lbs., free. TEA.-Good Black and Green, 10-lb. caddies...................... 35c lb DIE MILK.-Four dozen in case, at.....................-$3.- - - ease OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS-Three for 5c, at...........$12.50 per thousand OLD GLORY CHEROOTS-Five for 10c....-.............. $14 per thousand CIGARS-The finest 5c Cigars on the market............. $3--. - 5 per thousand SCHNAPPS TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies................ ...... 35c per lb EARLY BIRD TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies.................... 34c per lb SWEEP APPLE TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies.................. 34c per lb LALLA ROOK TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies................... 32c per lb BIG WHISTLE TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies................... 36c per lb RED EYE TOBACCO-8 plugs to lb., 10-lb. Caddies.............. 2c per lb * FLOUR:::::::::BACON) ME L:::::::::::::G R ITS And other Goods at LOWEST PRICES. Ask for prices which we will furnish CROSSWELL & CO, SUMETER., S- C Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you can be suited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry tne Celebrated IHAWES Spectacles and 6lasses, Which we are offering very cheap, from 25e to $2. 50 and Gold Framnes at $3 to $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKINTON. '11E CAROLINA UROCIRYCOPY TEOMAS WILSON, Presittent. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 169 East Bay - - Charleston, S. C. 5e We WDo l1e to Hua Yon Writo Us for bice:' * The Percival Manofactoring Company, INCORPORATED. MEETING ST., near Line, - CHARLESTON, S. C. WE MANtFACTURE ALL KINDS OF Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames, Mantels, Turning, Moulding, Scroll Work, Stair Work And every description of house-finishing wood work. Wrce are prepared to copet with an -establishment inte Uite tas ei where. Yo Wil.1 S|a-ve MoneOY :7 It DR. !IIFFEII'S AllaysIrnitation, AMds Digestion Regulates the Bowels. TEE T Hr iNA ANY s(eething Powders) TEETtINA Relieves the Bowe Cot6nl-tIrugss Troubles of Children of Or manIe eents t C. .J. MO F FETT, M. D., ST. LOU IS. MO TETIMES "' XD Neatly and a1 Onfic n- " - X" Lonwest Prices Stage Thunder and Lightning. The reason why the mechanism for making the noises that give realism to a play a-e never seen by the audience is because th'e illusion would be com pletely destroyed if its operations were exposed to view, explains Frank Fyles in The Ladies' Home Journal. The noise of the waiter falling down stairs with a tray of dishes, for In stance, is simulated by dropping as of ien as necessary a basket filled with bits of broken china. and a cylinder of silk, turned with a crank, rawing the cloth over wooden tianges, gives a per fect rain and wind storm. A lightning accompanimet is made by touching an ordinary tile to a bit of carbon, both on live wires, and thunder by rolling tenpin balls in a long. narrow, wooden trough. The rumble of the wheels of a car riage is imitated with a vehicle like a miniature freight car run on a wooden track, and a striking of wood or metal on hard or soft surfaces serves to con vince an audience of the approach or departure of a horse. When there is war, a single shot or two is usually the real thing, but a rifle volley effect is obtained by rapidly beating a dried calfskin with rattans, while heavy strokes on the bass drum will convey the idea of cannonading. If this mechanism were seen in op eration by an audience, it would make the whole performance seem ridiculous. Longevity of Whales. Some light was thrown upon the sub ject of the vitality of whales by finding one of these animals in Bering sea in 1890 with a "toggle" harpoon head in Its body bearing the mark of the Amer ican whaler Montezuma. That vessel was engaged in whaling In Bering sea about ten years, but not later than IS54. She was afterward sold to the government and was sunk in Charles ton harbor during the civil war to serve as an obstruction. Hence It is estimat ed the whale must have carried the harpoon not less than 36 years. In connection with this fact William H. Dall gives an account In The Na tional Geographic Magazine of a dis cussion with Captain E. P. Herendeen of the United States National museum of cases of whales that have been sup' posed to have made their way from Greenland waters to Bering strait and to have been Identified by the harpoons they carried. While it is very likely that the whale really makes the pas sage an uncertainty must always be allowed, for ships were often chang ing ownership, and their tools were sold and put on board of other vessels, and harpoon irons were sometimes giv en or traded to Eskimos. It therefore becomes possible that the animal was struck with a secondhand iron.-Popu lar Science. Elephant and Train. A big and ugly elephant which had long been an object of pursuit to the sportsmen of the Straits Settlements one day wandered on to the railway line and tried conclusions with the en gine of a goods train, charging it re peatedly and keeping up the contest for nearly an hour. The engine was re versed in the hope that the beast would allow the train to proceed, but as soon as there was any attempt to renew the journey the elephant returned to the encounter and resumed its obstructive tactics. The driver was afraid to charge the brute, lest the train should be thrown off the rails, and the contest might have gone on much longer had not the elephant backed into the en gine and, setting its fore feet firmly between the rails, endeavored to shove the train backward with its hind quar ters. The driver took advantage of the op portunity and put on steam, gradually forcing the beast off the line. In this maneuver one of the wheels of the en gine went over the hind legs of the animal, which was put out of its mis eryby the guard of a following passen ger train.-Science. Humors of the Law. In a recent bankruptcy case, in spaking of justices of the peace, they are said to be "officers by no means in fallible, frequently Innocent of law and actually sometimes known to construe the abbreviation affix designating their office, 'J. P.' to mean 'judgment for plaintiff.'" A federal court, In .explaining that the functions of a charge d'affaires were not shown by the literal transla tion of the terms, illustrated by say Ing, "To appoint a person chief builder could not be understood to Invest him with the ecclesiastical functions of the pontifex maximus."-Case and Com ment. Effective Prayer. A very nice and gentle curate went to a Yorkshire parish where the parish oners bred horses and sometimes rac ed them. He was asked to Invite the prayers of the congregation for Luck Gray. He did so. They prayed three Sundays for Luck Gray. On the fourth he clerk told the curate he need not do it any more. "Why?" asked the curate. "Is she dead?" "No," said the clerk; "she's won the steeplechase." The curate became quite a power in the parish.________ A Philadelphia Slander. Bilger-You remember Tompkins? Yes? I saw him down at Philadelphia the other day. I was In the car, he on the depot platform. I stuck my arm out of the window to shake hands with him, and do you know before I could get hold of his hand Jigger-The train started, eh? "No, my arm went to'sleep!l"-Types. In the northwest provinces of India goats frequently eat without any 1ll effect the l.eaves and green stems of the akaua or madar, the milky juice of which Is an acrid poison for human beings and s frequently used as such in Infanticide cases. o Consumers Lager Beer, We are now in position to ship Beei all over this State at the following prices: Pints. "Export bottles." live andl ter dozen inpackage. at 90c. Per Dozen. We will allow you l~e per dozen f.o.b your depot for all Export pint. bottle and can use all other bottles and wil give standard prices for same. Csh Must ACCOmpany All Ordes. All orders shall have our promp~t an' eareful attention. C ERMANIA BREWING CO. ICharieston, S. C. An Ofd Coincidence. "Late one night some years ago in a western town," said an old telegraph operator, "I received a message which read, 'If you wish to see your brother alive, you will have to come immedi ately.' The message came from San francisco and was addressed to an old man who lived across the street from Jhe station, so I put on my hat and went over and delivered it, seeing that it was important that he should have it at once. "The old mgn caught the train that left'at midnight, and wlj:e he was buy ing his ticket he told me that the mes sage referred _ to his brother who had left home 20 years before and from whom he had heard nothing during all that time. "The next night a party called and asked if there were any messages for him, giving the same name as the old man'who had left the night before. He must have noticed that I looked at him rather blankly, for he went on to ex plain that he had a brother in Califor nia who was sick and that he was anx ious to hear from him. "Well, it turned out that the mes sage that I had received the night be fore was intended for him. He was a stranger in the town and chanced to bear the same name as the old man whom I had sent on a wild goose chase across the continent. Fortunately for me I was transferred to another town before the old man got back. That !s all there is to the story except that it is true."-Detroit Free Press. sixteenth Century Apples. Apples be so divers of form and sub stance that it were infinite to describe them all. Some consist more of aire then water, as sour puffs called Mala pulmonea; others more of water then wind, as sour Castaras and Pome wa ters. To b'e short, all apples may be sorted into three kinds, sweet, soure and unsavory. Sweet apples ease the cough, quench thirst, cure melancholly, comfort the heart and head, especially if they be fragrant and odoriferous, and also give a laudable nourishment. Soure apples hinder spitting, straiten the brest, gripe and hurt the stomach, encrease phlegm and weaken memory. Sweet apples are to be eaten at the beginning of meat, but soure and tart apples at the latter end. All apples are worst raw, and best baked or preserv ed. Philip of Macedonia and Alexander, his son, from whome perhaps a curious and skilful herald may derive our Lan cashire men, were called Philomeli ap ple lovers because they were never without apples in their pockets. Yea, all Macedonians, his countrymen, did so love them that having neer Babylon surprised a fruiterer's boy they strived for it that many were drowned.-Dr. Thomas Moffett in 1575. Plants That Intoxicate. Bumblebees, butterflies and beetles are habitual drunkards. In some of the southern states insects alight on certain plants, drink heartily from the blossoms and fall to the ground stu pefied. After awhile they rise and fly around, just as drunken men would do if they had the power of flying. Their antics are especially amusing unless one does not know what is the trouble. In this case the suspicion that the In sect world has gone crazy is upper most. A scientist who had observed the drinking and its results collected a teaspoonful of the pollen to see if it would affect a man the same way. He swallowed it and in a few minutes found his pulse beating faster and a rise of temperature. Then he distilled some of the blossoms and gave himself a hypodermic injection in the arm. He became decidedly dizzy as a result. By further experiments he found an oil de rived from these, plants which affects human beings and animals allke.-New York Telegram. The Rogue Saved the Judge. A judge of the English high court was once arrested on suspicion of hay ig. burglarious designs on the.. house of a friend In. Mayfair. The polico offier charged him in the pollce sta tion with loitering with felonious intent, and the prisoner's description of him self as one of her majesty's judges was received with a grin of sarcastic deri sion. At that moment an old offender was brought in who happened to catch sight of his lordship's face, which he had good reason to remember. "You here, my lord!" he exclaimed, with unfeigned astonishment. "Well, this beats cockfighting." The rogue's unsolicited corroboration of the judge's declaration saved the situation, and his lordship was allowed to depart in peace. Mike All Over. Mr. Duffy-Mrs. Kelly, it pains me t' infarm yez thot yure hoosband has jist bin blowed oop bol a doinamoite car thridge. We found his head in wan lot, an. his body in another lot, an his ligs in another lot, an his arms an fate in another lot. Mrs. Kelly (proudly) - Begorrah, thot's Moike all over!-Harper's Week ly. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Exasperating. "Gee whizz, how my wife does ag grawate me!" "You surprise me. Surely she doesn't henpeck you?" "No. It's her awful meekness. When ever we have an argument and I'm In the right, she always sighs and says, 'Oh, very well, dear, have it your own way!' "-Philadelphia Press. Inconsistent. "You keep me waiting so long!" com plained the customer. "Madam," said the worried grocer, who was economizing in his business by employing only one clerk, "ain't you the woman that was in here yesterday. kckng about short weights?"-Chica go Tribune. ood Clothing Store Is where you get the right sort of Clothes without dan ger of mistake. Our Clothes are of the right sort, and you will appreciate their excel lence and smallness of cost. We Make Clothes to Order for those whoe prefer them. Lasting Materials, proper fit and make and moderate pri ces. Your orders will have our best attention. . L DAVI & M S. W. Cor, King and Wentworth Sts., CHADR'ETON, S. C. Fixedthe Ga s Company. "I'll fix 'em," said a Capitol.11111 citi zen when lie got his gas bill a couple of months ago. "Nine dollars and eighty cents, hey, when we've been out every night with the exception of two or three for the past month! I'll move, that's all, at the end of the month, but If I don't make that gas meter of mine work overtime between now and the day I move it'll be because I run out of matches, that's all! I'll eat up about $40 worth of gas and then let the darn ed gas company keep the $5 I've got on deposit!" So from that evening on as soon as twilight fell the Capitol Hill man made a tour of the house and lit every jet from cellar to garret. "I'll teach 'em to bunko folks!" he said to himself savagely as he started all the burners a-going. Along toward the end of the month he and his wife picked out another house and made arrangements for mov ing. The Capitol Hill man was de lighted when the gas bill read $29.00. "This is one time they won't gouge me!" he shouted exultantly as he danc ed around with the bill In his hand. Three days before the day set for moving his wife was taken ill, and of course the moving had to be declared off. She is only now convalescing. The Capitol Hill man paid the $29.00, and his friends are now telling him the story about the man who robbed his own trunk.-Washington Post. Danny Lied. Danny, who is an errand boy in a bfoker's office, got a job in tire same office for his chum Harry. Danny set himself the task of making Harry ap pear to the best advantage during the probationary period of his job, and he found It necessary sometimes to use means that were only justified by the end. Every afternoon Danny had to run with messages from one of the ex changes to the office, a distance of half a mile. When Harry came, Danny had to "break him in" to do this. The first day that he made the trip from the exchange Harry staggered Into the of fice, gasping, with his eyes starting from his head. For a moment he couldn't speak. The broker looked at him In astonishment and said: "You ran pretty fast, didn't you? How long did It take?" "Four minutes and 17 seconds," Har ry panted, looking at the clock. "That's pretty good time," said the broker. "No, sir," said Harry; "not very good. Danny says he does It every day In a minute and a quarter."-New York Commercial Advertiser. Avenged the Slight. A rich Prussian banker who had bought his title of "von" by, some means or other managed to squeeze his son into a regiment of the guards. Once admitted, he was of course treat ed by the other officers as one of them selves. One day the banker gave a splendid dinner, to which he invited through his son all the officers of the regiment save one, a very nice fellow, who, however, was not noble, having no aristocratic "von" prefixed to his name. All accepted the invitation, perfectly unconscious that one of their number had been so badly treated. When, how ever, they took their seats at the table, the absence of their comrade was Im mediately noticed. Some one remark ed the fact to the host, who said in a loud voice, "Ahi, you see, we are going to be entre nous tonight, a really se lect party, you know." "Then we must not disturb you," said the senior officer present, rising from his chair, and one after another the guardsmen solemnly filed out of the room, thus amply avenging the slight to which an officer of their regI ment had been subjected. Gas Over the Telephone. A lady of the West village decided to have a telephone placed In her house. At about the same time she also decid ed tohave agas range put in. Afters. family consultation she Instructed her daughter to order the telephone. In the conversation both the telephone and gas range had been spoken of, and the daughter apparently became some what confused, as will be seen by the following letter which she wrote or dering the telephone: "Dear Sir-We have decided to have a telephone plac ed in.the house. Please give it your Immediate attention. The house Is not piped for gas, but the street is." Winsted (Conn.) Citizen. Expansive Invitationl. Mother-Was your aunt glad to see you and Tommy and Frankle and Fred? Johnny-Yes, ma'am. Mother-Did she Invite you to call again? Johnny-Yes, and she told us to~ bring you and papa and Susie and the dog next time.-Harlem Life. Without a Country. Fuddy-Ronder says he does not con sider himself an American or an Eng lshman or anything else. He regards himself as a citizen of the world. Duddy-I see. He is a foreigner In whatever country he finds himself. Boston Transcript. The Niew Cook. "Maggie, did you make that chicken broth as I ordered you?" "01 did, mom." "What did you do with it?" "Sure, an flhat ilse would Oi do wid It but fade it to the chickens, mom?" Boston Courier. Sweet Consolement. She-Oh, dear, I found a gray hair in my head this morning!. He-You ought to be glad of it. If your hair should turn gray, it would soften the effect of those wrinkles you are getting.-Indianapolis Press. Gee. S. HcKer&Son Doors, ashR Blids Doorsght Sahd Blindsan Builders' Hardware. Windw and Fancy Glass a Specialty. A Trick That Won. A few weeks ago a pretty little Pa risian actress was appearing at a the ater In Geneva. On the last night of the play a tall, well dressed man sent in his card and asked permission to thank her personally for the pleasure that her performances had given to him, iHe entertained her at supper and asked permission to see her off at the station on the following day. He arrived with his groom, who was car rying a tremendous bouquet of flowers. He told her that he had telegraphed to his brother, who was in Paris and who had influence both with the press and the theatrical managers and that he would meet her on her arrival in Paris. To the astonishment of the actress all this turned out to be true. and she found a magnificent carriage at the station. A fine dinner followed. The girl was dumb with astonish ment. Her host told her that it was all for the sake of his brother, whom he loved dearly, and he spoke pathet ically of the beautiful bouquet that she carried and wh!ch was made up of flowers culled in the garden of the old homestead. She offered him the bou quet instantly, and he accepted it with a thousand thanks. Now she has found out why she was treated so well. She had been the means of smuggling watch springs to the value of $10,000 into Paris. His New Stove. Old Hi Drew, who lives in a village not 40 miles away, came into town last week on the sly to buy a birthday gift for his wife. He cast about vigorously and struggled in a valiant way through the crowds, finally being washed ashore in the doorway of a hardware establishment. Despairing of fightiug his way any .'arther, he made up his mind to make his purchase right there. Martha wanted a new stove, anyway. So he allowed himself to be taken in hand by an energetic salesman and had soon purchased for $21 an article that was guaranteed to cook anything and everything all at one time. le had it expressed out to the village and by cunning strategy succeeded In getting it set up in the kitchen the next morn ng without Martha's knowledge. When she saw It, she hugged.him and beam ed all over with delight. Then he went out and killed a young sucking pig and two chickens and prepared for a royal spread. Suddenly a blank look passed over the old man's face. "Why, what's the matter. Drew?" exclaimed his wife. "Look it here!" he cried. "Here I've been and bought a darn gas stove for $21, and there ain't no gas for nine miles."-Chicago Times-Herald. Quick Arrow Shooting. The Maya Indians have acquired ex traordinary dexterity with the bow and arrow, which, with the spear, is their only weapon, though the boys before they are strong enough to draw the bow often use a sling made from a strip of rawhide, with which they kill squirrels and small birds. The bows are about five feet long, made of a thin, tough strip of cuhoon palm, well seasoned. The arrows are usually car ried in a tiger skin quiver and can be used with marvelous rapidity, as the following incident will show: A chief of the Lacondones of my ac quaintance named Canek had been on bad terms with his father-In-law for, some time. One morning while hunt ing in the bush he espied the old man in an anana tree gathering the apples. He at once fired an arrow at the man, striking him through the chest and while the body was falling placed an other arrow in the neck. Fortunately for himself he managed to reach the nearest Spanish settlement before any of the murdered man's relatives could overtake him.-Chambers' Journal. The Professor's Foresight. Professor Frederick von Martens, who holds the chair of international law in the St. Petersburg university and is a frequent representative of the czar in legal coneils of moment, is not a Russian citizen, nor even a Rus sian subject, but a philosophic German. He Is a notable linguist and author, and at the Venezuela arbitration con ference in Paris, where he read the de cison ot the commission, he had 'a. pleasant fashion of addressing eachi delegate In his own language- One of the English jurists wondered how the professor was able to keep up his knowledge of so many modern tongues The professor replied: "It is sell 'de fense. You see, in case I lose my chair I wish to be prepared for any offer youj foreigners may make." - Saturday Evening Post. Safety In Battle. Every soldier believes that the only safe place under fire Is the recent scenej of some cannonade escapade. When defending a fort or camp, the wounded are generally placed in the breaches, as the enemy is not likely to waste pow der and shot on points which have a) ready been cleared of all barricad'.1 The same holds true of naval engage-i ments. Sailors much prefer to sit In some yawning gap still hot and. smok ing from the effect of a splintering cannon ball thar' behind the stoutest bulwark.________ Progress. An Egyptian paper announces that "first class, up to date, modern dining cars" are to be run this season between Cairo and Luxor and that "an Ameri can dentist has started In business at Assouan, which is on the edge of the Sudan." A "palace hotel" at Khartum for the special accommodation of tour ists will also be completed and opened for business in about three months. Malaga usually has about 10 rainy days a year and at least 200 days when there is not a cloud in the blue Belgium spends 1,213,000 francs a day on strong drinks. Furniture Stains and Varnishes. A Can With Brush, 25c -AT RHALME'S DRUG STORE, SUMMERTON. S.C. MONEY TO L.OAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans on good real estate security, on rea sonable terms. R. 0. PURDY, Sumter, S. C. Bringr jour Job Work to The Times office. We've Gone Through . rl is store's stock and put light mnflg priIo( tn all goods that don't move fast enough to suit us-given them the farewell. good-by push that'll send 'eni out of sight quickly. The quality of every item is all right, but for some unaccountable reaison thev have not sold rapidly enough to please us, and we've put them at prices that will make them go quickly. We men tion the following: 1-lb. cans Chipped Dried Beef at 20c can: regular price 25c. 1-lb. cans Brawn. loc can: regular price 12ic. Ib. cans Vienna 1Sausage, 7c can: regular price 10c. Armours' Deviled Ham. small cans, 4c can: 45c dozen. 1-lb. cans Sliced Breakfast Bacon, 10c can: $1 dozen. 1-lb. cans Atmore's Plum Pudding. 18c (regular 25c.) 2-lb. cans N. Y. State Pears 6c can, (regular 10c.) 1-lb. cans Cocktail Pineapple (chunks) best quality, at 1oc: worth 124c. 2-lb. cans Sliced Pineapple, good quality, at 12Ac. Fine N. Y. packed Green Corn at $1 doz. (Cheap at $1.20.) Choice new Evaporated Apples at 10c lb.: regular 121c. Choicest Sliced Dried Apples at Sc lb.: regular 10c. Best Sliced Peeled Dried Peaches at 151c lb. Crushed Oatmeal at 3c Ib: 40 lbs for $1. Fry's Sweet Chocolate at 25c lb. Me niers' Vanilla Chocolate at 40c lb: reg ular 50c. Meniers' Plain Chocolate at 30c: regular 40c. Richardson & Rob bins' Chicken Soup, quart cans, 20c. Emery's Tomato Soup, quart cans at l0c. Wheeler's Irish Ginger Ale at $1 doz., import cost. Ask for our Bargain Price-List. It is full of surprises. WELCH & EASON, Universal Providers, 185 & 187 Meeting & 117 Market Sts, CHARLESTON, S. C. BU0ggies, Wagons, Road Carts and Carriages REPAIRED With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run water pipes, or I will put down a new Pump cheap. If you need any soldering done, give me a call. L AME. My horse is lame. Why? Because I did not have it shod by R. A. White, the man that puts on such neat shoes and makes horses travel with so much ease. We Make Them Look New. We are making a specialty of re painting old Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts and Wagons cheap. Come and see me. My prices will please you. and I guarantee all of my work. Shop on corner below R. M. Dean's. R. A. WHITE, MANNING, S. C. Winthrop College Scholarship And Entrance Exanmination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new stu dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 20th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than fif teen years of age. These scholarships are vacated after July 20th: they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. The cost of attendance, including board, furnished room, heat, light and washing is only $8.50 per month. For further information and a cata logue address President D. B. JOHNSON, 2t] Rock Hill, S. C. WHRE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON WVhich is fitted up with anf eye to the comfort of his customers.. .. .. HAIR-CUJTTIN G IN ALL STYLES, S HAVING AND SH AMPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch.... .. .. A cordial invitation is extended... J. L. WELLS. l\Ttice.. Notice is hereby given that a petition of the freeholders and qualified voters of a part of Sandy Grove School Dis trict No. 17 in Clarendon County, has been made to the Board of Education of said county. they having complied with the law as to making sp)ecial school districts, and to levy an addi tional tax of one mill upon the taxable property in said special territory~ to suppleent the constitutional antd other taxes for the same purpose. An election is hereby ordered by the undersigned trustees of the said Sev enteenth School District, to take place on the 28th day of May,.1900. at S. WV. Gowdv' store Polls to be open from 10 o'clock a. m. to 3 p. m. G. T. WORSHAM, WV. H. THIGPEN, T. E. BURGESS. Trustees Sandy Grove School District No. 1~. INSURANCE FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT & BU7RGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor-Made Clothing. AFtL LIEOF SAMPLES. Carpets, Art Squares, RUGS, DRAPERIES & BED SETS. Carpets ed nre an added lining fur nished FREE. J. L. WILSON. ILSON & DURANT. ullorneys and Counselors a/ Law, MANNING, S. C Land Surveying and Levelink8 I will do Surveying, etc., in Claren don and adjoining Counties. SCall at otfice or address at Sumter. S. c.P. 0. Box 101. Io .On R H AVNESWORTH. ATLANIC COAST LINE. CHALLESTo, S. C., Jan. 14, 1900. On and after th:. date the following ?assenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. South Bound. '35. *23. *53. v Florenee, 3.25 A 7.55 P. 'v Kingstiee. 8.57 kr Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Latnes, 438 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charl-ston, 6.03 10.50 9.15 North-Bound. '78. *32. *52. Lv Charlestor, 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. Trains ou C. & D. R. It. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, arrive Dar ington 10.28 a m, Cheraw, 11.40 a m, Wadeshoro 12.35 p in. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p i, arrive Dar lington, 8.25 p in, Hartsville 9.20 p m, Bennetsvilie 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27. Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.35 a m, Bennettsville 6.59 a i, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a m. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 7.00 a w, arrivo Darlington 7.45 a in, leave Darlington 8.55 a m, arrivo Florence 9.20 a m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4 25 p m, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 6.29 p m, arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15 a m Darlington 9.00 a im, arrive~ Florence 9.21) a M. .J. I. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen', Pass. Agent. W.C.&A. South-Bound. 55. 35. 52. Lv Wilmington,'3.45 P. Lv Marion, 6.34 Ar Florence, 7.15 Lv Florence, *7.45 '2.34 A. Ar Sumter, 8.57 3.56 Lv Sumter, 8.57 *9.40 A. Ar Columbia, 10.20 11.00 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a m, Lanes 8.34 a m, Manning 9.09 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, '6.40 A. *4.1.5 P. Ar Sumter, 8.05 5.35 Lv Sumter, 8.05 *6.06 P. Ar Florence, 9 20 7.20 Lv Florence, 9.50 Lv Marion, 10.34 Ar Wi'mington, 1.15 *Daily. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Centmal i%. 1., arriving Manning 6.04 p w, Lanes, 6.43 p i, Charleston 8.30 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 5.35 p m, arrive Conway 7.40 p m, returning leave Conway 8.30 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11.50 a in, leave Chadbourn 11.50 a i,arrive at Hub 12.25 pm,returning leave Hub 3.00 p m, arrive at Chadbourn 3.35 p m. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. X. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. 1. EMERSON, Gra'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 WV. & S. .Junct., 9.38" Lv Sumter, 9.40 " Ar Columbia, 11.00 " No. 53 Lv Columbia, 4.00 P. M1. Lv Sumter, 5.13 " Lv WV. & S. Jnnet. 5.15" Lv Brogdon, 5.27 " Lv Alcolo, 5.35 ". Lv Manning, 6 04 " Lv Wilson's Mill, 5.50" Lv Foreston, 5.57 " Lv Greeleyville, 6.05" Ar Lanes, 6.17 " Ar Charleston, 8.00 " MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA R. Rt. No. 35. Lv Sumter, 3.47 A. M. Ar Creston, 4.43 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.10" Ar Denmark, 5.48 " No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.28 P. M. Lv Orangeburg, 5.02" Lv Creston, 5.27 " Ar Sumter, 6.18 " Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman palace buffet sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. W ils**nad S"mmerton R. B. TixE TanE~ No. 1, In effeet Monday, June 13th, 1898. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. Daily except Sunday No. 72. P M1 Stations. P' [ 200 Le.......Sumter...Ar 1230 203 ....W&SJunction. 1227 220.......... Tindal..........1155 2 3&.........Pcksville........11 30 250...........Silver..........1110 .........Millard ... 3 50........ Sumerton ..... 10 10 4 20...... .... Davis......... 945 4 4'.........Jordan ... .......935 5 15 Ar..Wilson's Mills..Le 905 Between .Millard and St. Paul. Sothbound. Northbound. No 73. No. 75. * No. 72. No. 74. P M AM3 Stations A M P M 3 05 10 15 Le Millard Ar 10 45 3 35 3 15 10 25 Ar St. Paul Le10 35 3 25 PM AM AM PM THOS. WILSON, President. THE Bank of Manning, MANNING, S. 0. Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections bave prompt atten tion. Business hours from 9 a. mn. to 3 p. m. JOSEPH SPlROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIREcToDs. J. W. McLEOD, W. E. BaowN, S. Xf. NEISEN, JOSEPH SPnoTTr, A. LEVI. JOSEPH F. RHAME. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C.