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HOUSEKEEPERS45"" We have just received a lot of nice. seasonable goods which we knov will interest vou. Among other things are: TWO-GALLON WATER COOLERS...... .............$1 t0 WIRE DISH COVERS ...........................e and 10c each THREE PRONG ICE CHISELS...................... -:. WIRE FLY TRAPS...................... ......15c each (CE CREAM FREEZERS-1-qt., $.35 2-ot.., $1.75: 3-qt., $2.25: 4-qt.. $2.~ STONE CHURNS.....................1-gal., 25c.: 2-gal.. 35e POTATO MASHERS.............. -...............-- 25 HAMIOCKS..................................... -". 2 TOOTHPICKS-large package.........................> We have lately received a large consignment of STOVES, and can safel. say that we have the best assortment of them to choose from that has ever beer sh'own in Clarendon County. Our prices, too, are so reasonable that they excitt comment from every one. We can assure you that you can do as well with is ii, making purchases as you can anywhere. M FARME~RS M We still have a few of those cheap Orangeburg Sweeps and Cotton H{Oes 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 demaud. We ;i ill have a few. HOUSEBULDERS-..w Will find our stock of Builders' Hardware in good shape. We have Valley Tin, Locks. Hinges, Nails in endless variety. Also White Lead. Oil and Colors for Painters. Remember our COLUMBIA & BICYCLES Have been tried and proven the best on earth. We have Bicycle Repairs at lowest prices. Very truly yours. Manning Hardware Co. CROSSWELL & CO. * 0.p+0*0+00*0*O0*00 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 depots 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.....................................3,c 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 j and i-lb. cans, $3.60 per case of 100 j 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 DIME MILK.-Four dozen in case, at............................$3.50 per case OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS-Three for 5c, at............812.50 per thousand OLD GLORY CHEROOTS-Five for 10c......................8.14 per thousand CIGARS-The finest 5c Cigars on the market.................. $35 per thousand SCHNAPPS TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies......... .............335c per lb EARLY BIRD TOBACCO-10-lb. Caddies............................3c 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..........................'6c per lb RED EYE TOBA( CO-8 plugs to lb.. 10-lb. Caddies..................27c per lb * { FL JUR::::::::::::: BACON Mnd EA L ::::: ::::: :: :: r IS L ARD::::::MQLASSES And other Goods at LOWEST PRICES. Ask for prices which we will furnish ou. CROSSWELL & CO, Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you an be snited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry the Celebrated HAWKES Spectacles and Glasses, ihich we are offering very cheap, from 25c to $2.50 and Gold Frames at $3 o $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKINTON. THE CAROLINA GROCERY COMPANY, THQXAS WILSON, President COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 59 East Bay - - Charleston, S. C. * We Woule a1Es to Este Tot Wite Ue for 7rioeLia The Percival Manufacturing Company, INCORPORATED. MEETING ST., near Line, - CHARLESTON, S. C. WE MANUFACTU-RE ALL KINDS OF Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames, Mantels, Turning, Moulding, Scroll Work, Stair Work, And every description of house-finishing wood work. We are prepared to compete with any establishment in the United States in prices and quality of work. Get an es'tmate from us before purchasing else where. To-. Will1 Save Mozi~ey BT It TolETIMSJOB WORK Ne and a~ Offie Dos Reu~Lwes th Pries. DR. DIOFFE1TS Allays Irritation, Aids Digestioa, THIN A regltes the Chiels, T etin~ Pow2s TEE I e lieves teBowel oste 25 -tsat-Trubesc Child:-en of Cssonly 25cnsa rgit, ANY AGE. A TRAMP AND HIS PAI THE TRAIL THAT ONE MADE TO GUIDE THE OTHER. It Enabled "Appetite Bill," After His Term In Jail Was Done. to Unerr ingly Follow Hi Partner From Cincinnati to Houston. "We have a good many tramps up in our part of the country," said a sugar planter, "and l've made something of a study of their peculiarities. The old idea that they carve miarks and signs on fences that can be read by all other members of the fraternity Is pure non sense, of course. but I have known sev eral instances in which one tramp would leave a trail. so to speak, fur the guidance of a partner who might not put in an appearance for months. "The first case of that kind I ever encountered was rather amusing. I was riding, one spring day, down a road that passes through my place, when I noticed a typical hobo indus triously carving a sort of hieroglyphic on a big post standing near the fence. The mark consisted of a square and triangle side by side, and he was just putting on the finishing touches as I arrived. "My curiosity was at once aroused, and I determined to find out if possible exactly what the thing meant, so I pro ceeded to collar the fellow, and after a little vigorous bluffing he told me he was putting up directions for his part ner, who.would be along some time in the fall. He assured me that the marks meant nothing in particular, except that he had passed and was going in the direction of the point of the trian gle. "His partner, according to the story which I dragged out of him piecemeal, was doing a six months' jail sentence for slugging a policeman in Cincinnati and when lie got out on Sept. 1 would strike south, following a trail of carv ings on water tanks, depots, barns and fenceposts. When the first tramp struck a good place to loaf, he proposed to stop and wait for the other to catch up. "'What's your partner's name? I asked. "'It's by rights William Sparks,' said the hobo, 'but everybody calls him "Appetite Bill" on account of his al ways being hungry. He carries a sack to pack grub in and has red whiskers and a funny looking wart on one side of his nose.' "I was satisfied from my prisoner's manner that he was telling me the truth, so I took him up to the house, gave him a good dinner and sent him on his way rejoicing. "Now for the sequel." continued the planter. "One afternoon in the fall I was driving home from the station when I passed a very dilapidated hobo with red stubble on his chin and a gun ny sack under his arm, and some in stinct told me that Mr. Sparks, alias 'Appetite Bill,' had at last arrived. He seemed to be looking for land marks, and when he reached the big post I saw him stop, scrutinize the carving and then start off with a new and confident step. That settled it, and I drove ahead and intercepted him at the house, half a mile farther on. "'Hello, Bill!' I said. 'How's your appetite this evening?' "'Appetite?' he stammered and gave such a violent start that he dropped his gunny sack. "'Why, yes,' said I. 'Perhaps they didn't feed you very well at Cincin nati.' "At the word Cincinnati he turned livid and glared around with such evi dent intention of bolting that I made haste to explain. "'Don't be alarmed,' I said. 'I met your side partner a few months ago, and he told me to look out for you.' It took me some time to dissipate Bill's suspicions, but when I finally succeed ed in convincing him that it was all right he told me a most interesting story of his journey across the coun try. "A professional hobo will follow the track of another hobo with an accura cy that Is curiously suggestive of wood raft. All the way down from Cincin nati Bill had never once lost the trail, and before he left I gave him an ad dressed postal card and got him to promise me he would put it in the mail at whatever point he caught up with his partner. Less than a month later I received the card, bearing a Houston (Tex.) date mark; so I presume it was there they met. "Both of these tramps could read and write, and I asked Sparks particularly why his, friend didn't use some brief message in place of the hieroglyph. He replied that it would attract too much attention, and other hoboes would be likely to add misleading words, while the little square and tri angle passed unnoticed. "Since then I have encountered two ther nearly similar cases, in each of which a tramp was leaving a cipher trail for a crony to follow when he got out of jail, and I infer that the prac tice is tolerably common. At any rate It is a curious feature of tramp life which I have never seen mentioned In any of the numerous papers and maga ine articles that have appeared on the subject during recent years."-New Or leans Times-Democrat Easily Fixed. "Awful affair at our hotel this after noon. Cook got angry and cut the end f a waiter's nose off with a carving knife. But one of the guests fixed It up all right" "How?' "He gave the waiter another tip." Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He de vises his own future, and he Inherits is own past.-H. F. Hedge. The eyes of snakes are never closed. Alive or dead, sleeping or waking, they ar'e always wide open. To Consunters We are now in position to ship Beer ll over this State at the following riees: Pints. "-Export bottles." t.ive. and ten ozen in package. at 90c. Per Dozen. We will allowv you 18e pea'-dozen f.o.b. our depot for all Export pint bottles and can use all other bottles and will give standard pr-ices for- same. Cash Must Accompany All Orders. All or'ders shall have our pr'omplt and areful attention. THE CERMANIA BREWINO 00., Charleston- S. C. Cheese la Swiss Families. The social rank of a family In' Swit zerland Is estimated by the age of its cheese, and the greater the respect dpe to or the affection for a guest the 9Idq.r is the cheese set before him. Thea are in each pantry at least as may cheeses as there are boys and girls in the family, for at the birth of every child a cheese is made. It Is first cut Into on his or Aer wed ding day, on which festive occasion all the guests partake of a piece of the groom's and.the bride's cheese In order to. secure for them all earthly thrift and happiness. The rest is served as a token of friendly souvenir and heart felt mourning after the tomb lin clos ed over his or her earthly career. Moreover, when a Swiss youth falls in love and wishes to pay court to the girl of his heart he goes to her father and asks permission to share the fami ly dinner next Sunday. This is al ways granted if lie Is respectable, for it would be considered a deadly insult to refuse. The anxious question in his mind is, "Will papa bring out the cheese?" Papa does not usually hurry to re lieve his fears, having the family dig nity in mind and wishing to proceed with due deliberation. If he is indeed satisfied with the suitor, he at length rises from his seat, goes. solemnly to the cupboard, takes down the oldest piece of cheese, splits it and hands a piece to the youth and one to the maid en, and from the moment they have tasted it they are betrothed. Both Had Been Out. "The revenue cutters of the United States, as you may know," said an offi cer of one of them who likes his little joke, "confine their services, which are really invaluable to the government, to thre coast, and it Is a rare thing indeed for any one of them except those of the Bering sea patrol to venture any dis tance out to sea. Nor is this rule an unsatisfactory one, for, say what you please about it, sea service is not as pleasant as the novelists and other ro mancers would have you believe. "But I am getting off of my story, which applies to the cutter Grant when she was doing duty In New York bay and vicinity. Something had happened to call her down the shore somewhere, and she left the bay one afternoon, and early the next morning, while she was bowling along at about seven knots an hour, she Lailed a big four master. "'What ship is that?' came the cry from the Grant. "'The Royal Bengal Tiger, 243 days out from Calcutta,' came the reply. 'What ship is that?' "'Revenue cutter Grant,' was the plaintive answer, 'and we've been out all night.' "-Washington Star. A Bold Little Bird. The honeybird is a well known deni zen of many parts of the TransvaaL It has the unique peculiarity that it does not fear men and women, but actually flies up to them, uttering a plaintive low note and, flying about their heads, tries to lead them on to the nearest clump of rocks or kopje. The bird knows full well that under a certain rock lies a store of honey, con cealed by the cunning bees, and, rock honey being as much esteemed by birds as by human beings, the clever little fellow tries to induce a friendly being with two strong hands to push aside the rock, so that It may get to the honey. If it succeeds In its object and the traveler on the veldt, attracted by the bird's flutterings to and fro between imself and the rocks, finds the honey, the bird changes its plaintive tone to one of joy and pleasure, as much as to say, "Thank you very much." Epitaphs In a Tyrolean Churchyard. A German traveler has discovered some quaint epitaghs in a Tyrolean emetery. On a tombstone In the valley of Tux was this inscription, "In pious remem brance of the honest widow Anna Eriedl, 40 years long." A miller is thus remembered, "In Christian mem ry of--, who departed this life with ut human assistance." A farmer whose Initials only are given and appears to have been the author of his own epitaph has this memorial: "Here rests in God F. K. EHe lived 20 years as man and 37 years s husband-" On the tomb of a man who fell from a roof and was killed are these words, "Here fell ,Tacob Hosenknopf from the oof Into eternity." This wail of a desolate husband caps he clmarx, "Tears cannot bring thee ack to life, therefore I .weep." A Good Exouse. "You wish to be relieved from jury uty, but you haven't given a good rea son," said the judge. "It's public spirit," said the unwill ng juryman, "on the score of economy. [ have dyspepsia, your honor, and I ever agree with anybody. If I go on this jury, there'll be a disagreement, and the court will have to go to the ex ense of a new trial." "Excused," said the judge.-Tit-Bits, He Knows Her. She was a Washington woman well aquainted in diplomatic circles. Talk ng about Washington people one day, some one asked her: "Do you know Senator Blank?2" "Do I know Senator Blank?" she re peated. "Yes, I do know him, and he knows me. He will never forget me. 've trumped his ace when we were partners at whist."-New York Times. Efficient Cavalrymen. "Speaking of cavalry," said a veteran; fficer, "probably the hardiest andl :ost effective cavalry forces the world, ever saw were some of the Confederate squadrons in the civil war. Why, For est's troops harassing Sherman to the, sea used up horses at the rate of 11: per man In a twelvemonth."-Indian-' apolis News. A Good 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 who prefer them. Lasting Materials, proper fit and make and moderate pri ces. Your orders will have our best attention. J. L DAVID &RO S. W. Cor, King andl Wentworth Sts., CHADRLESTON. S. C. THE JUDGE'S ADVICE. Given to a Man Who Wavered Be tween Religion and Politics. A well known western representa tive in congress. Pleading an engage ment, left a small group of talkers in an up town hotel lobby. and an elderly man, whom he had introduced to the party, made bold to tell a story about the departed. "I have known him." he said, "ever since he was a boy, and when he came out of college he was undecided wheth er to become a lawyer and politician or go to a theological seminary and be come a clergyman. lIe was fond of politics and thought that with a little law and more religion on the side he might become a great moral reformer. You know that's the way most all very young men feel when they undertake politics for the first time. "However, before he had had time to determine finally what he would do, his friends came after him to run for the legislature, as he had the availa bility and a pretty fair amount of cash. This brought him face to face with the question he had been much dis turbed over, and he went to Judge Blank, a veteran in politics and a maln of the hig- -st character, for assistance in solving the problem. He stated his case in full to the judge, and the grand old man put his hand on the young man's shoulder. "'My boy,' he said, as only he could say it, 'it can't be politics and religion. It must be one or the other. You can't fit yourself for heaven and for the leg islature at the same time, and there's no use trying. That is all I can say, and you will have to make your own choice.' "-Washington Star. A KAFFIR SMOKER. The Native Women Are Enthusiastic Devotees of the Weed. In South Africa the native women smoke incessantly. Your native serv ant smokes as she cooks and as she washes. The tobacco she likes is rank. The dainty cigarette an English or Russian lady of fashion enjoys, smoked through a quill so that no nicotine can stain either teeth or fingers, would be sneered at by a Kaffir. "Give me a pipe and something in it I can taste," is in effect what she says. The men Kaffirs are beyond tobacco. They smoke something so vehement that it makes them cough and splutter, lose their breath, choke and sneeze to an alarming degree. They like snuff, too, and are fond of offering and taking pinches of it ("schniff" they call it) when they meet and visit one another. Regarding tobacco as too mild for their taste, the Kaffirs take another weed and smoke that. They proceed to arrange a smoking party by squat ting on the ground and getting ready their "pipe," a cow horn with a thin tube in it inserted half way down at right angles to the horn. The end of the tube is in a basin, and it is from it that the smoker sucks the strong stuff that makes him incapable of anything but a series of coughs and chokes for some time after he has had his turn at the pipe, which is passed round from man to man until a perfect chorus of coughs rends the air. The tobacco the Boers smoke looks like poor tea and is peculiar in flavor, yet Englishmen who have become used to it acquire such a taste for it that they never ask for any other kind. London Mail. Fasting. Personal experience is the best teach-. er. I have fasted 48 hours at a time without the slightest discomfort, but drank in that period many gallons of water, of the plainest, most Croton kind. I once had acquaintance of a pig that fasted 160 days. A dog can fast two months without being much the worse. Rabbits live three weeks without food, while cold blooded ani mals can go for years without eating. The bear in a state of hibernation passes into a kind of trance; so we shall not count him. The alligator like wise "dies" in the long months of win ter, craving no food. There is a fish alled the father lasher that can live a month out of water. That is fasting. We have heard the tradition about the toad that was sealed in a rock for 5,000 years and hopped about in lively fashion when released from his archm nomous prison. A horse has been known to fast for a month.-Exchange. Iii Alaska Growing Warmer? Prospective visitors and gold seekers in the Klondike region may extract some comfort from the discovery, made by the Harriman Alaska expedition, that most of the glaciers which abound in that territory are receding. The fact is an indication that the average weather there is growing warmer. If it were growing colder the glaciers would be advancing, while if it were about the same one year with another they would maintain the same general position, neither creeping nearer to the sea nor melting away from their termi nal moraines. The rate of glacial re ession is so slow, however, that fur overcoats and warm sleeping bags are likely to remain as a part of the neces sary equipment of Alaskan travel for some years to come.-Leslie's Weekly. Wonders of New Hampshire. The average reader will be amazed to learn that little New Hampshire, ith less than 10,000 square miles, has o less than 400 lakes and ponds, 154 brooks, 58 rivers and 294 mountains. This makes Iowa look small. Colora o, a big state, has 556 creeks. Texas as comparatively few rivers, lakes and creeks. Alabama has 003 creeks and 87 rivers. Iowa cannot approach that record. Minnesota has 222 lakes nd 140) rivers.-New York Press. In the Crimea the British left 60,000 corpses, which are interred in 130 emeteries on ground occupied by the troops during that long and disastrous war. Geo. S Hcker&Son E5~FCUR~So E Sash eighs an Cors -an Builrs Sahware.s indow and Ene Glass a Snecialt. A STORY OF DAN RICE. The Great Clown Did Not Forget the Tent Man's Bill. One story of Dan Rice, the veteran circus clown, illustrates his strict sense of honesty and gratitude for favors. Once he was stranded in Cincinnati, the story goes, and was unable to start a show on the road because he had no tent and could not raise money to buy One. The tent Rice needed would be worth $2,5010. The manager of a tent concern sent for the clown one morn ing and, taking him to his factory, showed a big tent that was just finish ed. Rice looked at it with hungry eyes. He turned away, with a sigh. "Fine tent. don't you think'' asked the canvas maker. Rice looked back at it over his shoul der, with another deep sigh. "It's yours," said the tent man. Rice was like a playful kitten in an Instant. "I believe there is a lot of money in you yet." said the canvas man. "You take that tent and start your show, and if you ever get money enough to pay me for It the price is $2,500." Within two weeks Rice was on the road with a show and began a success ful career. For 15 years he never re ferred to the tent, although lie often met the man who made it. One after noon he asked the tent man to be his guest at one of his shows, then in Cin cinnati. The two sat looking on. and Rice remarked: "Fine show, don't you think," The canvas man declared that it cer tainly was. "By the way," added Rice, "here's that $2,500 I owe you." He took a roll of bills out of his pocket and handed it to the tentmaker, who pocketed it with out unrolling it. The old tent man lov ed to relate this story and always de clared that the great men of this coun try were P. T. Barnum, John Robinson and Dan Rice.-New York Mall and Express. THE BABY'S LITTLE JOKE. It Worried the Fat Man, but He Tried to Enjoy It. It happened In one of the late trains. Everybody was trying to get to sleep, and when the voice of a baby was sud denly lifted up in a robust wail it was not met with expressions of joy. It cried steadily from Spring Garden street to Columbia avenue. Then it accidentally dropped a pasteboard box it had. A very stout and, like his kind, very affable man across the aisle stooped heavily and picked it up. The child stopped crying as it took It and promptly dropped It again. The man, thinking it an accident, picked it up once more. This time the baby actually smiled, and as he threw it down audibly cooed with delight. The man looked distinctly uncomfortable and became interested in something outside the window. The child looked at the box a moment, then at the man, and, seeing nothing else, resumed his wail, with much added wind. The look of despair resettled on the face of the woman with the headache, and she gave a convulsive shudder as she felt her head beginning to jump. She gave one awful glance at the baby and then leaned over to the stout man, back of whom she was sitting. "My dear sir," said she, "I have a vio lent headache, and I am in misery., Won't you please pick up that box again?" And with a highly artificial smile he complied. Out of pure cour tesy he became a box lifting autom aton, his piles of adipose making each stoop come harder. But when he wip ed the perspiration from his brow and staggered out of the car at German town he got a grateful smile from the afhicted woman, as well as every other passenger, that he felt paid him. Philadelphia Inquirer. Snow Fleas. One of the strangest of all specks on snow is the snow flea-no mimic flea, but an actual living and very lively midget, whose swarms sometimes cov er the snow in patches as black as ink or convert large spaces of its surface to a dark gray color. They are crea tures of the thaw. I have seen patches, says Wiliiam Hamilton Gibson, two feet in diameter moving like a dark shadow across the meadow, and I re member once when a boy walking on the snow crust over a field of several acres that was everywhere peppered with their millions. The books tell us that the insects live in moss and lichens and the rocks and bark of trees, from which they emerge for exercise in mild weather. This theory is probably warranted by the facts, but it will be no easy task so to convince many a rustic philosopher whom I know and to whom these fleas are as much a celestial shower as the snow i tself.-Boston Transcript Limits to His Gratitude. "I feel that I ought to make some ac knowledgment to the people who were so kind to us during my late wife's last sickness," said Mr. Phiroogle, "and I would like to have you insert this card of thanks in a prominent place in this week's paper." "We are obliged to make a charge for these notices," replied the editor of he Weekly Blizzard, looking over the manuscript, "and this wvill cost you $1" "Then you needn't publish it," re oined Mr. Phroogle. "I am not quite s grateful as all that comes to."'-Chi :ago Tribune. Her Reason. "Why did Mrs. Frizzington, the rich widow who furnished all the money for the business she and you have started, want the name of the firm to be 'Rootle & Frizzington' instead of Trizzington & Rootle,' as it ought to be, seeing that she is much more heav ly interested than you?" "She didn't want to be referred to as 'the senior partner.' "-Chicago Times Eerald. EW~aEUE~A D COYRIGHS ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY F E Notice in "Inventive Age " Book "Howtoobtain Patents" E. C. SIGGER.S, Ptent Lawyer, Washington, D. C.Chre oeae oetfptniscrd and Surveying and Leveling, I will do Surveying. etc.. in Clar'en don and adjoining Counties. Call at ofliee or addr'ess at Sumter'. S. . P. 0. Box 101. JOHN I. HAYNESWORTH. MONEY TO L.OAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans n good real estate security, on rea onable terms. R. 0. PURDY, Sumter, S. C. ringr ur Job Worke to The Time office.I We'veGoneThrough This store's stock and put light. ning prices on all goods that don1 move fast enough to suit us-giver them the farewell. good-by push that'l) send 'em out of sight quickly. The quality of every item is all right. but for some unaccountable reason they 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 followin 1-lb. cans Chipped Dried Beef at 20c can: regular price 25e. 1-lb. cans Brawn. 10c can: regular price 12;c. j-lb. cans Vienna Sausage. -e can: regular price 10c. Armours' Deviled Ham, small cans. 4c can: 45c dozen. 1-lb. cans Sliced Breakfast Bacon, 1c can: $1 dozen. 1-lb. cans Atmore 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 10c: worth 124c. 2-lb. cans Sliced Pineapple, good quality. at 12 c. Fine N. Y. packed Green Corn at $1 doz. (Cheap at $1.20.) Choice new Evaporated Apples at 10c lb.: regular 124c. Choicest Sliced Dried Apples at 8c lb.: regular 10c. Best Sliced Peeled Dried Peaches at 15ic lb. Crushed Oatmeal at 3c lb: 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 10c. Wheeler's Irish Ginger Ale at 1 doz., import cost. Ask for our Bargain Price-List. It is full of surprises. WELCH di EASON, Universal Providers, 185 & 187 Meeting & 117 Market Sts, CHARLESTON, S. C. Buggies, Wagons, RPoad Carts and Carriages RE-PAIRE D 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. LAME. 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 Gollege Scho!arship And Entrance Examination. 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, JTuly 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, includin a board, furnished room, heat, light anE washing is only $8.50 per month. For further information and a cata logue address President D. B. JOHNSON, 2t] Rock Hill, S. C. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an oye to the comfort of his customers.. .. .. HAIR CUTT~h'G IN ALL STYLES, S H AVING AND S HAM MPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch... .. .. .. A cordial invitation is extended... J. L. WELLS. Manning Times Block. INSURANCE FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT & BURGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor-Made Clothing. FIT GUARANTEED. A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Carpets, Art Squares, RUGS. DRAPERIES & BED SETS. Colored designs and samples of goods. Carpets sewed free and wadded iining fur nished FR EE. J. L. WILSON. CURE ALL YOUR PAINS WITHl Pain-Killer. A Medicine Chest in lISef. SIMPL.E, SAFE AND QUICK CURE FOR Cramps, Diarrhoea, Colds, Coughs, Neuralgia, RheumatIsm. 25 and 50 cent Bottles. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. BUY ONL.Y THE GENU'NE, PERRY DAVIS' JF. RHAME, JR.. ATTORNEY AT LAW.' MANNING. S. C DR. .J. FRANI GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. 'hone No. 25. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. Office lately occupied by the late B. ATLANTIC COAST LINES CiAnlLESTON, S. C., Jan. 14, 1900. On and after thl., aate the followinj passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. South-Douud. *35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.25 A. 7.55 P. Lv Kingstree. 8.57 Ar Lanes, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 4 38 9.15 7.40P 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 Kiiinstrec. 8.34 Ar Florence, 9.2S 7.55 *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia vis Central 1. r. of S. C Trains Nos. 78 ana 32 run via W1lsom and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection fo:- all points North. Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, arrive Dar. lington 10.28 a in, Cheraw, 11.40 a m, Vajesboro 12.35 p mn. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p n, arrive Dar. lington, 8.25 p i, 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 6.3 a im, Bennettsville 6.59 a m, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a in. Leave Hartsville daily ex. cept Sunday 7.00 a w, arrive Darlingtom 7.45 a in, leave Darlington 8.55 am, orrive Florence 9.20 a in. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4 25 p in, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 6.29 p m, arrive Florence 7 p in. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15 a m Darlington 9.00 a m, arrive Florence 9.2t a M. J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'1 Manager. Gen'l Sup't, T. M. E MERSON, Traffic Manager. Hf. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C.&A. Sonth-Bound. 55. 35. 52. Lv Wilmington,*3.45 P. Lv Marion, 6.34 Ar Florence, 7.35 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 in, Manning 9.09 a m. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, *6.40 A. *4.15 P. Ar Sumter, 8.05 5.35 Lv Snwter, 8.05 *6.06 P. Ar Florence, 9 20 7.20 Lv Florence, 9.50 Lv Marion, 10.34 Ar Wiimington, 1.15 *Daily. No. 53 rnns through to Charleston, S. C., via Centzal R. R., arriving Manning 6.04 p in, Lanes, 6.43 p m, Charleston 8.30 p m. frains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 5.35 p mi, arrive Conway 7.40 p M, returning leave Conway 8.30 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11.50 a in, leave Chadbourn 11.50 a mn,arrive at Rub 12.25 pm,returnink leave Hub 3.00 p in, arrive at Chadbourd 3.35 p m. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'! Pass. Agent. CENTRAL RL. 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. & 5. Janet., 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 " 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. R. 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 Pu11man palace buffet sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. Wiison and Summ.r.o0. .. ThEn Tarix No. 1, In effect Monday, June 13th, 1898. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills. Southbound. Northbound. No. '73. Daily except Sunday No. 72. P II Stations. P M 200 Le...Sumter...Ar 1230. 203 ....W&SJunction. 1227~ 2 20......... Tindal......... 1155 2 38.........Packsville.......11 30 2 50..........Silver......... 11 1 3051 1045: 3 35 ....Millard ....... .1015 350........Summeton......1010 420..... .... Davis......... -945 4 45..........Jordan ... .....935. 5 15 Ar.Wilson's Mills.Le 905. P M A M Between Millard and St. Pauk Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. P M A M Stations A M PMR 3 05 10 15 Le Millard Ar 10 45 3S5 3 15 10 25 Ar St. Paul Le 10 35 3 251 PM AM AM PM THOS. WILSON, President. THE Bank of Manning, MANNING, 8. 0. Transaets a general banking 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. to3 p. m. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BoARD OF DIRECTOBS. J. W. McLEOD, W. E. BiowN S. M. NEZSE, JOSEPH SP~o A. LEVI. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C.