The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 18, 1900, Image 2

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MANIG.S. (1..uXi. 000UO PUBLISI-ED EVERy WEDNESDAY. .:..atom m....... DV in:.. and addres o te rier - rurt ar P ahres idt: ~flfl W1LLIcul .1ENNINGSn BiY.n oF rthree. Nix ad NwEvR in ~ ~ ~ .~ ib:, on u-1e accomnparited b' the Fo . airc's tne ie rit:'" r t N c.'flfluficatiO f (4 a)'' "a per a ~ ~ ' Th publi.uher uestion ise discus a the i tie morethan onk' Cls- at ti: . thiote. in. Te mN OUR STANL)ARDBEARERS. WI]LLIA1M 1NNGSBYN OF NEBRASKA. For Vice-Presid pea c ADLAT E. STEVE'NSON\. OF ILLINOIS. PROHIBITION A FAILURE. Theo liquor questionl Is beingy piscusased at al time , o than any other. Editors, preachers and politicians are contending to prove their respective sides of the contention. The ministers, who should practice and preach1 temperance at all times, are, with a remarkable sigularity, on the eve of an election, preach ing prohibition: many of them are advising their hearers to vote for the present candidates po are running on the Prohi bition platform. These inis ters resent being told they are making the pulpit a political stump, and claim they have as mich riht to discuss these ques tions as any other citizen. oe know of no one who has been so silly as to dispute the legal right of a preacher to vote and discuss political questions; the law of the land ruarantees to ever cit izen the .-inht of suffrage, but there are many people, while they concede a preacher's legal right to vote and talk politics, think that when a preacher does these things,unless he is exceed inwly careful he will injure his withflueciths at lestn some member prain hithok thedying terak:ty lievea questios ae a preaherwh calll hn bem pativ for sie vorte fothr, and liaet causdae. wounds.ace greatmais popldeso alaysn ceeths lfal sright ai stratis-r tole atendi political feenes, buth wt theskin people, reliv tht acpeace s onuie.hi caling moeatsn this time mnal eeypit woudtkimll be heardseed with ponl oiitici n aiitng the givigasrsijoya ligree tof thsef whareindl gropthing sermons ark efetie beleveprachro haveiaihigerclngw hane ee lsted wth politicasdevios sertins, and seuotetos fromhi and tatemptdtoatae Atahera freorts pulpitroes ti aways geths facts straight thig staiht tiae ofen defectivwen gndo-e rae prachsd sermtton whic rin voves thendi n poliiaous naichith thinkin people, ar e uste at this stime, frn omerl evere pulpite will bein heardsr speakes enjy of dgreet elfc stisfactiodaet, here seron aren effetie bacearly proof, will hibitionverermrhibieihaverever listerin atheasulpitor of as hstins, adquotNatin fom' anstatemt tok the oficital e reorts te provtentheir rhib haeione in the tays whe Mino-ha Sace apn superstition anually fovr tlqoand whenc teliu fae burnd ahti the awhnt woment were excuted for bengredcodsto in,00,000. This ogrearkuale toaemencismqutedereguasry tion t asurdty of. wtilla notbsur stakeent asndiptaonle facts Everytlrohibtion orat or, whehrin thei pulpit imossibil ion. inThe State of Maine ashat hprohibition hearlyunity sents and, liquording beenDrwdubefore thatuc timeitesent mu5,000,0l0 im. he STe onntion of h Maine. Census of 1590, is 661,00; in 194o the population was about i50.000. The best liquor sold be fore the war at 25 cents per gal lon, there being no revenue tax: therefore if the people of Maine spent $25,000,000 and got their liquor for 25 cents per gallon, they must have consumed 100,-, 00000 gallons per year. Now divide 10j 0.00o gallons of liq uor with the population of 350, No0 and any school 'oy will see that every man, woman and child in the State of Maine must hve consumned 2 6 gallons every year. .ust think of it, a State (on.sumhing 2 .t3 gallons of liquor por capita annually; will any sane or reasonable man believe such a statement? Well, take all of the prohibition literature, the sermons and speeches and nearly all of them will try to ran such a ludicrous statement down the throats of intelligent people in an effort to make them believe that under prohibition ,24.000.000 have been annually saved to the people of Maine. The prohibition advocates not only contend that under prohi bition, Maine has saved $24,000. 000 annually, but that her prop erty values have increased, while that of South Carolina has de creased. This statement is not borne out by the official rec ords, which show as follows: Property valuations in Maine in 1880 was $511,000,000: in 1890 it was $489,134,128, showing by the official records which we have before us, and open to the public for inspection, to be a de crease of 21S.658.72. Property valuations in South Carolina in 1880 was $322,000, 000: in 1890, $400,911,303, an in crease of $789,113.03. Notwith standing the fact, that South Carolina was robbed, burned and pillaged by soldiers of Maine, we have increased in property while Maine has decreased. Every statement made by the Prohibitionists going to show that prohibition has been a suc cess,can be refuted by the official records, the only safe guide, when seeking information. To further prove that prohibition is a failure wherever it has been tried, we take from the report of the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue for fiscal year ending June 80, 1899, show ing the number of licenses issued in prohibition States: MAINE. Rectitiers-.......... ........... - 1 Reteail liquor dealers............1,125 Wholesale liquor dealers..........13 Brewers..................---- a Retail dealers in malt liquor-s....19 Wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 24 IowA. Rectiliers-............ ........... Retail liquor dealers...-.........-3730 Wholesale liquor dealers......... Brewers........................ .23 Retail dealers in malt liquors....41 Wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 383 ANs.s Rectifiers-..... ...... ...... .... Retail liurdealers... . .... ..,581 Wholesale liquor dealers..........15 Brewers............---.--------- - Retail dealers in malt liquors..254 Wholesale dealers in malt liquors. T5 SOUTH CAROLINA. Retail liquor dealers.......-.... . 24 Wholesale liquor dealers..........-2 Brewers..............----------- - Retail dealers in malt liquors.... 42 Wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 11 These figures with reference to South Carolina include all of the dispensaries and beer privi leges and those blind tigers which will not take chances with Uncle Sam. It will thus be seen that in the prohibition State of Maine, with a population half the size of South Carolina, there are 1,123 retail revenue licenses issued by the United States government. In the prohibition State of Iowa, with a very little larger popula tion than South Carolina, the United States government has issued 3,730 retail liquor licenses. In the prohibition State of Kan sas, with a slightly increased population over South Carolina, the United States government has issued 2,581 retail liquor li censes. These figures are taken from the official records of the United States government and we be lieve they are worthy of more credence than the wild assertions of men who, in their zeal for the cause they represent, get mighty close to fanaticism. Prohibition has failed wher ever tried and the reason Maine and those other States do no change, in our opinion, is be cause the liquor element is con tent with things as they are. Under present conditions they procure a United States license and pay a nominal fine occasion ally to the municipal authorities, $100 Reward, $100. The readers- of this. paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its staies. and that is Catarrh. H allsCatarrh Cure i te- only p)ositive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catairrh beine a constitutional is vase. retuires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Caarrh Cure is taken internally. actinc directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. thereby dlestroyi-ng the foundation of ihe d .eas.and eiving the patient strength by build n up te constitutionl and assisting nature in oin its work Trhe proprietors have so much fit in its- curative powers, that they offer One Hunded Dollars for any- case that it fails to eu r. send for list of testimonials. Address-. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. .'old by druggists. 75c. whereas if a change to a license system was made these liquor people would have to pay out more money for a license than they do now for fines. But all of the statistics and facts taken from the official rec ords will not be of any effect upon the politicians who are rid ing the Prohibition horse for of tice,nor will they have any etfect upon the politician-preachers wvho are aiding and abetting in the conspiracy to change the po litical complexion of the State government. In showing, these fiIures we only have hope to convince the manii Who is a Prohibitionist from principle and not for politics. We want overw voter to look :1round him and see if those who are leading the present Prohibi Tion tig-ht are not the same men wvho have tried other devices to get back into politics. They are the tirst to let vou know that there are no factional lines and yet all of their prominent candi dates are men of the same fac tion. Take the newspapers in this State supporting prohibi tion and these same papers sup ported Haskell in 1890 and Pope in 1894. We claim that the plat form of the Prohibitionists does not represent prohibition-it is a political device to capture the church support. We also claim, according to the Prohibition platform, the sincere Prohibi tionists will not get what they are seeking, even if the so-called Prohibition party is successful; and we futher claim that the nominee of the Prohibition party is not an advocate of prohibition as a religious principle, because no longer than last December lie advocated a coalition with the license advocates to kill the dis pensary law. We believe, if the present Prohibition movement is successful, it will be the begin ning of a split in the Democrat ic party: those who will be in charge of the party's machinery will turn same over to the national Prohibition party which has already nomi nated candidates for President and Vice President. Why should not the Prohibition party in this State align itself with their na tional party? If a man is a Pro hibitionist from principle he can not be a national Democrat and a State Prohibitionist, because they are two separate political parties, and he cannot belong to both. A Good Cough Medicine. Many thousands have been restored to health and happiness by the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. If aftlicted with any throat or lung trouble. give it a trial for it is certain to prove beneficial. Coughs that have resisted all other treatment for years, have yielded to this remedy and perfect health been restored. Cases that seemed hopeless. that the climate of fa mous health results failed to benefit. have been permanently cured by its use. For sale by the ~. B. Loryea Drug Store.Isaac M. Lorvea.Prop. DISPENSARY vs. PROHIBITION. Ediitor The Manning Times: The year nineteen hundred ushers in South 'Carolina another election year and the time for election is fast ap proaching, and it appears that the most important question that is rife throughout the State, and uppermost in the minds of the Democratic voters, and the minds of the people of South Carolina generally, is the issue of the whiskey question. The voters of the State will be called upon to settle this vexed question for South Carolina for the next two years at least,at the ballot in the primary election to be held in August next. There are two solutions now presented to the voters to decide or to settle by their votes at the ballot box: namely: the Dispensary or Pro hibition-And as the voters will be called upon to detine their position, and express their views in the manner that they cast their ballots, in regard to which of the two solutions as here pre sented is the best of the whiskey ques tion in South Carolina, we think it no more than fair to the voters of Claren don county for candidates seeking leg islative honors by the votes and through the confidence of the voters to be r'e quired to define their position openly and to express their views frecely, and in language to be fully and plainly un derstood whether they are for the dis pensary and the dispensary plan of dis pensing whiskey in South Carolina as the best solution of the whiskey ques tioa or whether they are for fastening on the people of this State the perplexing, an aggravatina experiment of prohi bition as a better solution cf this rest less question. As a candidate for r-e-' election to legislative honors, and with a renewal of my thanks to the voters for their suff rages in the last election, and my high appreciation of their con fidence. thereby bestowing upon me the distinguished honor as a represent ative to represent the people of Claren don in the past Legislature of our grand and noble old State, I will now define my position in regard to the whis key question briefly, and leave the matter to the careful perusal of the readers of THE MANNING TIMES and for the voters of Clarendon at the ballot box to pass in judgment on the same. I am for the dispensary, and the dispensary plan of dealing with the question of whiskey in this State because I believe this is the best solu tion of this agitating question. The dispensary as far as I have been able to discover and that by close observa tion has beyond reasonable contradic tion been conducted on a higher plane of decency than by any plan that whis key has ever heretofore been sold un der in this State, and we say this be cause every person knows the rules and i-egulations whiskey is sold through Don't Stop taig Scott's Emulsion be cause it's warm weather. Keep taking it until you are cured It will heal your lungs and give you rich blood in susm mer as in winter. It's cod liver oil made easy. 5n,..a $1L All drugits the dispensary. Everv candid and fair minded man in the State we dare say t will admit that under the dispensary t plan of selling whiskey that the legal sale of whiskey has been lessened a large per cent. it matters not what the teachings of the enemies to dispensary is, to the contrary, and this being true why not let the dispensary alone, and instead of some persons trying to break the dispensary down. let every man call ing himself a law abiding citizen and a friend to decency, do everything in his power to see that the dispensary law is rigidly enforced. The dispensary has never had a fair test and all know this assertion to be true. It is a well known fact that the dispensary has been fought by a certain element in South Carolina ever since the law was made that established the dispensary. and every conceivable obstacle thrown in the way to bring disrepute upon the r plan, not only in the eyes of the people in the State. but in the eyes of the peo ple throughor.t the country generally. i ut in spite of every obstacle and hiil derance thrown aeross its path the dis peusary has been sustained by a major itv of the voters of South Carolina re- I ardless of past factional political dif ferences, and by the co-operation and the support of its friends has over rid den every reasonable opposition and still holds the fort with flying collors. 'rhe right of the State to engage in selling whiskey and the principle of the same to do so~has again and again been questioned. and that harshly by many, but the highest legal tribunal in this country the Supreme court of the United States has sustained South Car olina in this action, and has declared in language too plain to be misunderstood, that South Carolina has the legal and undisputed right to police and regulate the sale of whiskey within the borders I of the State. This much on the dis- t pensary is sufficient I believe to define my position in regard to the same. and so'thinking I will dismiss the dispen sary part of the question, and take up prohibition and say why I am opposed to prohibition. Prohibition through State legislative enactment never has nor never will prohibit the consumption of whiskey, it matters not what is taught to the contrarv. The only way prohibitory laws could be effective would-be for the general government to prohibit the manufacture of whiskey through out the whole country. No sensible man in this whole country could be made to believe that this could be done,for every one knows what a rich harvest in rev enue the general government reaps from the manufacture of whiskey. The consumers of whiskey pay this revenue. Let the government deprive itself of this source of revenue, and what would be the result? How would the general government, and through what source would this tremendous revenue be regained? It would simply be regained on some articles of consumption no doubt that would work a tax on every person in this country it matters not what the age may be, for every one knows that the greedy maw, financially speakin of the general government, can never be filled or satisfied. Ruling the general government entirely out of the question and taking up the States that have tried the perplexing and aggravating experiment, of prohi bition, and what has been the result? To illustrate we will take the State of Maine the birth place of the late Neal Dow the' oldest apostle of prohibition that we can call to mind, and after wrestling with this aggravating exper iment of prohibition for the past forty %ears and more, and what is the ver 'dict of a committee appointed by the citizens at different plces in the State of Maine, to investigate and see how this great law of forty years standing was working. The committee after making the investigation, published a lengthy report and cited many causes of complaint in the very slack enforce ment of the law, and as good as pro nounced the law a farce and a failure. This committee was so disappointed at their findings that in their report they were constrained to say. "It is this ad dition of a little legal sugar to Maine's illegal whiskey that is bringing our1 grand old State into contempt abroad and into civil paralysis at home, from which rescue is possible only as a quick ened public conscience and enlightened zeal cleanses this law in its enforcement or. in the name of outraged decency] and a forgotten God, wipe it off the statute books." From many accounts,and the accounts] from reliable sources, the Maine Prohi bition law is not only openly and fla-i grantly violated, but is in every con eivable manner evaded as well, and for a little instruction of the readers generally of THE TIMES along the line of evasion of the prohibition law of Maine, we will here take time to relate our reading, a few years ago of an arti cle taken from a paper published in Maine, to the best of our recollection now the cutest piece of the evasion of law we ever read or heard of. The ar ticle read this way, or mostly to this effect: On the shores of Maine there live many men who are engaged in the fish erv business for a livelihood. These men ply their business in the Penob scot bayv. In the waters of this bay( there are many very large fish know n as the "Halibut." The fishermen of this part of Maine catch and sell every( day a great many of these large fish. rhe men go miles away from land in little sail-boats called fishing smacks.( The fishermen ply the vocation of the "blind tiger" as well as that of fishing. These fishermen while, on their fishing voyages, trade largely in whiskey. The whiskey is brought and sold to the Maine fishermen by men outside of Maine and from other parts of the iountry. The whiskey is sold by quarts in quart flasks at so much a quart or lask. The fishermen all have the names of their customers booked. The fishermen have the names of Prohibi tionists and the names of the anti-Pro- - hibitionists on their books. Towards the close of the day the Maine fisher men come ashore and sell their fish. By the time they reach the shore they have their plans made for selling their whiskey and the disposition of their fish. 'lhe fishermen take so many of the fish, run their hands down the throat of the fish and easily force into the maw of the fish a quart flask of whiskey. The fishermen, being ac quainted with their customers and knowing their views on whiskey andv the Maine prohibition liquor law, will sell each one of their customers a fish that will tally with their views of the purchaser on the whiskey question. The anti-Prohibitionist customer will get a fish with a quart flask of whiskey in its maw, paying in addition to the - price of the fish the price of the quart of whiskey. The Prohibition customer will buy his fish and get no whiskey, will go home, eat his fish and affirm that the Prohibition law is fully effect ye in the great Prohibition State of - Maine. The anti-Prohibitionist will buy his fish, go home, as soon as he gets home he will run his hand down the throat of the fish he has bought and draw from the fish's maw his quart of whiskey. The Anti-Prohibitionist will not be long in sampling his flask of "oh-be-joyful," and the next move he will be on the streets of some of the towns of prohibition Maine, cutting up high jinks generally to the great dis may and discomfiture of the Prohibi- - tionists individually and collectively of the great prohibition State of Maine. So I am done with the matter of dis pensary and prohibition and will leave it in the hands of the~ voters of Clarendon to decide by their votes at ] the August primary election. To de cide for Clarendon's part whether it will be better to continue the dispen-I sary plan of dealing with whiskey i n South Carolina by a rigid enforcement of the dispensary law, or the inflicting upon the people a prohibition law that 6 cannot nor never will be enforced in South Carolina. GEORGE Rt. JONES. A girl always likes for a mau's love o have the engagement ring of sinceri Pain-Killer, as an internal remedy. has to equal in cases of colic, summer com daint, dyspepsia, dysentery, and rheu natism. It is the best liniment in the vorld. Its action is like magic. when pplied to bad sores, burns. scalds and prains. For the sick headache and oothache. don't fail to try it. Avoid ubstitutes.there is but one Pain-Killer, 'erry Davis'. Price 25c and 50e. Nothing will blind a man so effect :lla thowing gold dust in his eyes. Volcanic Eruptions Are --rand. but skin eruptions rob life of joy. uclen's Arnica Salve. cures then- also old unning and fever sores. ulcers. boils, felons. urns. warts. cuts. bruises. hurns, scalds. chap ed hands chilblains. Best pile cure on earth. )rives out pains :ind ach(. Only j .;.a hox. 'ure :uaranteed. sol by The ..I.Lry(a )ruc Store The nolliest study of mankind is man. ut his favorite study is wloman. CASTORIA For Tnants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Nine out of every ten men who begin ife poor manage to hold their own to he end. Keep Quiet nd use Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar hma Remedy for all pains of the stomach and 11 unnatural looseness of the bowels. It always ures. For sale by the R. B. Loryea Drug Store, saac M. Loryea, Propr. ijaulay RATION'S RELIEF RAMON'S NERVE AND BONE OIL still head the listanid are acknowledged by all to be the great conquerors of pains, aches and diseases for which they are recommended. Raon's Reoler will positively cure pains of allkiads. iseh as Headache, Sick lleadache, Tooihebe, Neuralgia, Cramp Colic, Pains in the Stomach andl Bowels, Diarrhcea. .e., almost instantly, and, as a household remedy for these sudden sick nesses, it has no egual in the world. "Once tried. always u . Pri2c 5 and 50 cents. Sample bottles jut ents. Ramon's Nervo & 3ono oil is the original and only genuine Nerve,.nd Bone Oilfinade. It is just what its name implies. and penetrating q.uickly to the nerve and bone, relieves p:un, dries away disease and effects a permanent (ure. A specific for Rheunatism, Sores. iruises. Sprains. Cuts, Burns. and all injuries to the lesh of either nan or laiist. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sample bottles 10 (cnts. The genn ine has the name blown in the bottle. The Itelief is put up in square red cartoons and the Oil in green cartoons. FOR SALE BY The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CURED -By Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUAR T BOTT LES. II THE SHADOW OF DEATH. A Whole l'anti Cured. Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a nillinery and fancy goods store at St. Eoais, Gratiot Co., Mich., and who is well known throughout the country, was badly troubled with rheuma sm, catarrh and neuralgia. I had iver complaint and was very bilious. I as in a bad condition; every day I be ran to fear that I should never be a ell woman; that I should have to iettle down into a chronic invalid, and ive in the shadow of death. I had [OHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec >mmended to me. I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and mred my family both. I am very glad ~hat I heard of it. I would cheerfully ecommend it to ever one. I have taken many other kin~ of medicine. prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them." ICRIGAN DRUG CO., Deterols, Miehe V. M. DROCKINTON, Manning, S. O. .o~o o.O.oo+o.o~o~ooo R HEUMA CIDE} --CURES- 6 RHEUMATISM TO STAY CURED. ..THE MEDICAL WONDER OF THE.. Nineteenth Century. Avegetable remedy that positivelyI cures recent and long-standing eases. The greatest blood purifier known. Has ythe hearty endorsement of leading phv. sicians after thorough trial. Cures 98 per cent of the cases treated. sOLD BY THF. R. B. LORYEA DRUG STORE. SPriee $1 per Bottle. +op~o~o~~o~p~ooo++o~o~o+ -PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM - Emmane a luuriant growth. R. L BELL MANNING. S. C.. (chinist, 3Iacksith ad Whel1rght, MANUFACTURER OF Wagons and Log CIarts. All work entrusted to me wvill be done rit~h neatness. despatch and durability .nd guaranteed. HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY. Bring on your work. *R. L. BELL. ~eoS. Hacker&Son Co Doors, Sash, Blinds, Eoulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. ;ash Weights and Cords and Builders' Hardware. Vindn and Fanny Glass a Snpeialty. IAHEALTHY BRIDE IS A HAPPY ONE, VERYwoman isunder obligations to herself and the man she mar ries to be inthe most healthyon dition possible. She should be free of all female diseases and menstral irreg ularities, because the condition of the wife makes or mars the home. Don't - i delay because you dread to consult a . doctor, for a consultation is unnec - -essary. Get a few bottles of pi gi jeFEMALE GERSTIE'S PANACEA Trade(Q, ". "P.)"Ar. cand treat yourself in the privacy of your home. It will cure onu. If there is any costiveness or indigestion, re move itwith a few mild doses of St. *~Joseph's Liver Regulator. Write us if your case is complicated, and we wo use these famous remedies. MY WIFE HAS SUFFERED FROM WOMB TROUBLES I For more than eleven years. and has tried everything she could get. as well as several doctors. hut nothing (lid her any 'good. Last spring I commenced givinq her Gerstie's Female Panacea whch gave immediate relief and benefited her greatly at her monthly periods. W. E. TURNER. St. Stephens. Ala. L. GERSTLE & CO., Proprietors, Chattanooga, Tenn. sol( LI The 1 B. Lory hi Dru red Iac X Lorpa roprc, Your Head Aches To=day. It is a small matter; but it ached two days ago, and again a week ago. You are acquiring a habit of headache. That must be stopped. The trouble is with your liver. You want a mild lax ative, and then a tonic to stimulate the appetite and make the blood rich and pure. -' yuZIfor y QP AND NIC PEur5. For sale by THE R. B. LORYEA DRUG STORE. HOUSEKEEPERS1 We have just received a lot of nice, seasonable goods which we know will interest you. Among other things are: TWO-GALLON WATER COOLERS........................81 60 WIRE DISH COVERS.............................8c and 10. each THREE PRONG ICE CHISELS...............................15c WIRE FLY TRAPS......................................15c each fCE CREAM FREEZERS-l-qt., $1.35; 2-qt., $1.75; 3-qt.. $2.25: 4-qt., $2.75. STONE CHURNS............... ...........1-gal., 25c.; 2-gal., 35c POTATO MASHERS..........................................25c HAM IOCKS.................................................$1.25 TOOTHPICKS-large package..................................5c We have latelv received a large consignment of STOVES, 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. M FARMERS - 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. We still have a few. HOUSEBUILDERS 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 COLUMoIA BICYCLE~S Have been tried and proven the best on earth. We have Bicycle Repairs at lowest prices. Very truly yours, Manning Hardware Co. STwo Weeks Of Solid BargainlsI Great Sacrificoe 2 Sale In Pique and Colored Lawns. S Colored Striped Pique's at Sc.. worth 123. C (olored Lawns greatly reduced in price. Don't fail to see these Goods, as they can't ,be bought hy the case at the prices we are selling Sthein. liemember this sale only lasts two weceks. so call at once and get the choice styles. Resnectfully. ILOUIlS LEI.I Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with yotur eyes wvhen vou can be suited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry the Celebrated HAWKES Spectacles and Glasses, Which we are offering~ very cheap, from 25c to $2.50 and Gold Frames at $3 to $6. Call and be suited. W M. BROCKINTON. Tobacco Baskets FOR SALE BY THE People's Tobacco Warehouse, AT THE Manning Hardware Company's Store, IN MANNING. These Baskets are made of White Oak and they are equal to any tobacco basket on the narket and MUCH CHEAPER. (all at the Manning Hardware store and inspect them. C.M. MASON. W H E N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WIELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort of his customers..... HAIR CUTTINLU IN ALL STYLES, SH AVIN G AND SHAMPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch........ A cordial invitation is extended. J. L. WELLS. Manning Times Block. J. S. BELL. T M. YOUNG. BELL & YOUNG, Opp. Central Hotel, rianning, S. C. -:DEALERS IN: Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies. We also repair Wheels and guarantee our work. MACHINERY REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SIGN PAINTING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH. All work entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. BELL & YOUNG. MONEY TO LOANg I am prepared to negotiate loans on good real estate security, on rea sonable terms. R. 0. PURDY, Sumter, S. C. 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 Malke 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 & MRO S. W. Car. King and Wentuorth Sts., CHARLESTON. S.C. INSURANCE FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT & BURGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor-Made Clothing. FIT GUARANTEEDs A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Carpets, Art Squares, RUGS, DRAPERIES & BED SETS. Carpt sewe fee ad wadded liing- fur nished FREE. J3. L. WILSON. CURE ALL YOUR PAINS WITil Pain-Killer. A Medicine Chs In Itself. SIMPLE, SAFE AND QUICK CURE FOR Cramps, Diarrhoea, Colds, Coughs, Neuralgia, RheumatIsm. 25 and 50 cent Bottle. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. BUY ONLY THE GENUINE, PERRY DAViS' ADIE OPATENTBLTYF E Book "Howtoobtain Patst" Land Surveying and ILeveling. I will do Surveying, etc., in Claren don and adjoining Counties. Call at office or address at Sumter, S. C. P. O. Box 101. JOHN R. HAYNESWORTH. Notice of Discharge. We will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon County on the 4th day of August, 1900, for letters of discharge as executors of the estate of William Buddin, deceased. A. T. BUDDIN and W. J. BUDDIN-. Executors. New~ Zion, S. C., July 3, 1900. L. KRASNOFF, GENERAL CONTRACTOR. Will furnish estimates and make con tracts for all kinds of dng and is prepared to contract for IirstN s paint ig. Address.S.LKR N , Manning, S. C. Brin your Job Work to The Times affe.