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LOUTS APPE LT." Editor. MANNING. S. C.. OCT. 19O. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. slIgClIPITION RiATES: On ear ..............................4I5 ............................... :V ADVERTISlNG RATES: one .quare. one time. Sl: each subsequent in sert n. , cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Reo.pect charged for as regular advertisemnents. Lnera contracts made for three. six and twelve momths. Coamunications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in rd-er to receive attention. No communication of a person:l chargt-'r wi7 be published except a an adseruunwn Entered at the Posttoeet- N n s See' ond Class matter. Copies of this ;apt!, i~nov he found on lle at X?a..i : . :i:et :lice if our special crres pooi : IL' i:cs ' street. N. XW.. OUR STANDARD-BEARERS. For President: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, OF NEBRASKA. For Vice-President: ADLAI E. STEVENSON, OF ILLINOIS. THE PROTEST DECIDED. Committee Sustains the "White" People. As was expected from interest mani fested there was a considerable crowd in the court house.last Saturday to hear the proceedings in the election contest case which was to be heard by the County Executive Committee, and for the first time this year there was a full committee present. Chairman .T Elbert Davis called the committee to order, and after roll call a quorum was announced, the notice, calling the com mittee was read, and then chairman Davis announced that inasmuch as he was an interested party in the proceed ings about to be entered upon. he would request that the committee select some one of their number to preside. Mfr. E. D. Hodge was the member selected, and on assuming the chair he made a few brief and appropriate remarks, then announced that the committee was ready to discharge the business before it. At this juncture R. O. Purdy Esq., announced himself and John S. Wilson Esq., the Attorneys for E. B. Gamble the contestant, and asked that the priv ilege of the floor be granted both him and his colleague. Joseph F. Rhame Esq. and W. C. Davis Esq. were present as the Attorney's for J. Elbert Davis the contestee, and it was agreed that all of the Attorney's be permitted to have the privileges asked. The committee consisted of the fol lowing: Alcolu-E. D. Hodge. Black River-E. S. McIntosh. Clarendon-W. C. (Chandler. Cross Roads-A. J. Richbourg. Davis Station-C. M. Davis. Doctor Swamp-J. H. Timmons. Douglas-W. J. Turbeville. Farmers Platform-Louis Appelt. For-eston-C. M. Mason. Foreston Reform -S. H. Johnson. Fulton-D. F. Lide. Fork-J. C. Harvin. Harmony-S. M. Montgomery. Jordan-S. J. Mitchum. Manning-E. .J. Browne. Midway-S. W. McIntosh. New To-.vn-G. T. Worsham. New Zion-I. M. Woods. P'anola-C. R. Felder. - Packsville-T. A. Bradham. Silver-B. R. Gibson. Summerton-J. C. Lanham. West Clarendon-J. R. Griffin. White-C. S. Haley. Mr. S. S. Mitchum was not a regular member of the committee, but he had wr-itten authority to act as proxy for Mr. Davis who wished to be relieved on account of being a party in interest. R. 0. Purdy Esq. representing Mr. Gamble wanted it settled before hand a. to whether the committee would con Ene the hearing to a~idavits or allow both affidavits and oral icsimonv: after some discussion byv counsel on both sides. thc committee unanimously de cided to permit the fullest light to be turned on in any manner counsel saw fit: what the committee wanted, was a full, fair and free investigation, and no legal technicalities. THE PROTEST. THlE STATE OF SOL'TH CAROLINA. i CLARENDON COUNTY. In the matter of Edward B. Gamble. Contestant for the offce of Sheriff. To the County Democratic Executive Commit tee of Clarendon County. in the State of South Carolina: Take notice that the undersigned. Edward B. Gamble. a candidate for the offce of Sheriff of said county in the Democratic primary held on Tuesday last, enters this his protest and con test a~s to said o~tce. and demands that the same be heard by your committee and riles the follow inc specirications: 1. The 'White' precinct vote should not be counted, because: (1) There was no poll list and no club roll sent in to said executive committee as required by the rules governing said primary elections. (-i) He is informed and believes and so charges thamt two or more persons under the ace of twenty-one years were allowed to vote at said precinct, and he nar.:es as two of them Joseph Wise and Peter Ridgeway. (3) The vote as returned by the managers shows forty-one votes as having been counted for his opponent. Mr. J. Elbert Davis. and seven for contestant. whereas at least twelve votes were cast at said precint for contestant. II. The -'Harmony" precinct vote should not be counted. becausc persons' names appear upon the poll list of that precinct as having voted who were not present, but whose votes we-re cast by proxy. tiL Contestant protests against the result of said primarv being declared in favor of his op pone-nt. J. Elbert Davis. for the reasons herein set out. and for the further reason that the per sons who asstembled as the county Democratic Executive Committee on the 13thi instant had no authority to sit as such committee. as there was niot a majority of the comrmittee present at said meeting- and nio lawful quorum for the transaction of business. .Contestant alleges that all of the aforesaid irregularities are to his prejudice and the result of the primary thereby acain-tt him and that if they be corrected. he bte declared to be the nom inee of the Democratie party for said omeie. Wvherefore contestant prays that the County Democratic Execuuive Committee for said coun tv shall heair and determine the matters afore s'aid. EDWARD li. GAMBLE. Cuntestant. September 15. 1900. Mr-. Gamble's protest was read, and counsel for contestee read the answer of Mr'. Davis. then Mir. Gamble was swor'n, and in egfeet said that under a resolution of committee at a for'mer meeting he wvas permittedi to examine club rolls and poll lists. that when he reached the "White" box there was no club r'oil and poll list in it. and after wards Mr. Davi.; told him that he had the club roll and poll list. He was pr'esent at the mreeting of committee: ther tabulated the !trtrs, but not the votes, Hie mnade no objection or called attention to therec bing substitutes on the committee at that meeting. altho' presen .ost of the time. When the papers from the White box were dis coved missing. Mr. Davis asked him if he was going down that way soon, and he told him "not that I know of." When Mr. Davis told me he had the poll list, it was the Friday after the primary near Mr. Calvin White's house. Mr. 'White was a manager at the White box. When Mr. Gamble finished giving his testimony, twelve affidavits that had been taken before J. M. Windham Probate Judge to the effect that the atliants were qualified voters, and at the primary elect ion held on the 11th, dav 'of Septemher they voted at the White precinet. and that they voted for E. B. Gamble for Sheriff. There were :welve separate affidavits, signed by T. H1. Timmous, W. G. Strange, Mor ,an Strange, .1. M. Strange, P. E. Lov der, Daniel Johnson, J. F. White, H. A. Strange, J. E. Lowder. J. E. Wise, David Tucker and J. W. Dyson. The last six names signed with a cross mark, the others signed their own names. The contention of Mr. Gamble is, that at this White precinct the sworn re turns show that he received only 7 votes when he should have recieved 12 votes and. this he undertook to establish by by six affidavits signed by the voters themselves, and six who could not, or did not write their names. There was also an affidavit presented which was signed by P. E. Rideway Jr, before Probate Judge Windham. which said that "Peter E. Ridgeway Jr., who was allowed to vote on the 11th, inst, was born in the month of No'-ember 181, "which according to this atfiant Peter, would make the voting-Peter only 19 years of age. In the grounds for protest there appears the names of two persons alleged to be minors, Peter Ridgeway and Joseph Wise, but when the case come on to be heard, Wise was not claimed as a minor, but turned up with his cross mark among those who voted for Gamble. W. H. Gailliard was sworn as to votes cast by proxy in the Harmony box. He said that he authorized Mr. J. M. Mont gomery to vote for him. and gave di rections as to part of tae ticket, the rest he was indifferent about. J. M. Montgomery sworn said he was not a manager and did not cast the vote for Mr. Gaillard, but thought his brother did, he voted for Davis for sheriff. J. E. Kelly sworn, said he was at Harmony and saw a vote cast for J. M. Witherspoon by proxy, he only re mained there about 20 minutes. A. H. D. Chandler sworn, said J. D. Daniels, his son-in-law, and A. R. Chandler his son, were forced to leave before the polls opened. they prepared their tick ets, and at their request "I put the tickets in the box for them," both votes were for Davis for Sheriff. He saw no other proxies. At this stage counsel for Davis admitted there being 5 votes cast by proxy at Harmony box. The case of the contestant was rested here. The contestee in defence began by swearing T. Elbert Davis. who said when it was discovered that club roll and poll list of the White club was not in the box I asked Mr. Gamble if he was going down that way soon. He said he did not thik so. I went my self, got the papers from Mr. W. C. White one of the managers. The poll list was offered in evidence, and ob jected to by counsel for Mr. Gamble. Acting Chairman Hodge submitted the question to the committee and on motion of J1. H. Timmons, seconded by L. Appelt it was decided to admit all evidence that bore on the primary. Personally appeared C. J. Haley and P. B. Hodge who being duly sworn says, each for himself: 'That during the primary election held at "White" precinct on Sept 11th 1900 John S. White came to C. J. Haley and requested him to prepare his ticket for him. and C. J. Haley did so P. B. Hodge looking on, and on reaching the candidates for sheriff C. J. Haley asked who to scratch, and the said John S. White replied. "Scratch Gamble's very eyes out," and the said C. J. Haley erased the said E. B. Gamble's name and deponents saw the said Jno. S, White go to the polls about 5 feet away and vote the ticket prepared for him which contained the name of J. Elbert Davis for sheriff. C. J. H ALEY. P. B. HODGE. Sworn to before me this 26th day Sept. 1900. WV. C DAVIS, Notary Public. Personally appeared C. J. Haley and Reubin Ridgeway who being duly sworn sas each for himself: 1. That they are qualified electors and voted on the 11th day Sept. 1900 at the White precinct, remaining there until after the votes cast in said elec tion had been tabulated and the result of the election declared. 2. That during the counting of said ballots deponents stood immediately behind Andrew P. Burgess and W. S. Anderson the tallysman and looking over their shoulders saw every vote called credited the respective candi dates, and deponents are sure overy vote called out as having been cast for Edward B. Gamble for sheriff was en tered upon the tally sheets and counted for him. C. J. H ALEY. R. F. RIDGEWAY. Sworn to before mc this 17th, day Sept 1900. WV. C. DAVIS, Notary Public. Personally appeared W. C'. White who being duly sworn says: 1. That he is the secretary of the "White" club, and some time before the first primary Peter Ridgeway and Joseph Wise camne to deponent and had their names entered on said club roll. the former telling him he would be 21 years before the general election and the latter, that be was already 21 years of age, and upon these representations he entered their names upon said club 2. That deponent was a manager at said precinct on the 11th, day of Sept ember 1900 and after the' closing of the polls deponent counted the votes cast and compared the result with the poll list and they tallied exactly, and de ponent then'read the ballots cast. Man ager WV. S. Anderson and A. P. Burgess tallying the names so called out by de ponent. 3. That Manager P. E. Ridgeway Sr. P. D. Hlodge and J. L. Christopher overlooked the votes as read by depo nent. and Reubin Ridgeway and C. J. Haley overlooked those tallying. 4. That deponent read the tickets correctly and sayeth that every ballot cast for Edward B. Gamble candidate for sheriff was read by deponent for him and he believes vwas counted for him, and deponent verily believes the election at said preccinet was fatirly and impartially held and justice (lone to all parties interested therein. 5. That each of said maanagers at the conclusion of the count certiid to the result of said election and this certiti ate was placed in the box by deponent. and although the poll list, club roll and tally sheets were given deponent by the box by some oversight deponent failed to do so, which he did not discover un til J. Elbert Davis county chairman came to the deponent and informed him of such oversight and on examination deponent found said poll list, club roll and tally sheets at his residence. G. That deponent thereupon turned over to said county chairman the poll list, club roll and tally sheets and is sure there were no additions thereto or erasures and that the poll list delivered up as aforesaid is the same as made out on the day of the election by W. S. An derson one of the managers. and cor responds exactly with the number of votes in said box, and said tally sheets are the ones upon which the votes counted by W. S. Anderson and A. P. Burgess were tallied, and the club roll so delivered up is the one certified to the managers for their guidance on the day of the second primary. W. C. WmTE. Sworn to before me this 17 day Sept 1900. W. C. DAvIS, Notary public. Personally appeared W. S. Anderson who being duly sworn says: 1. That he was a manager at "White" precinct on Tuesday the 11th day Sept 1900 the day of the second primary election. 2. That no person was allowed to vote whose name did not appear on the certified club list turned over to us as managers. 3. That the names of Peter Ridgeway and Joseph Wise appear on said club list. 4. That deponent, as a part of his duties as manager kept the poll list, writing down the names of the voters, and there were 48 votes cast and en tered upon said poll list: that at the conclusion of the election day deponent acted with Andrew P. Burgess as one of the tallysman, taking down the num ber of votes as they were called by W. C. White. 5. That every vote called was proper ly credited to the person for whom it was called. and at the conclusion of tabulating the ballots Mr. Burgess' count and deponents tallied exactly. 6. That every vote called for Edward B. Gamble candidate for sheriff was counted for him, said count being pub lie, and deponent knows of no injustice done the contestant. 7. That deponent certified to the result of said election. signing his name thereto as a manager. and deponent handed the poll list to XW. C. White as a manager to be placed in said box and deponent was under the impression that it was placed therein until he heard some time after the election it was not. S. That deponent has been shown a poll list he is informed was afterwards delivered to the county chairman and it is the same written by deponent on the day of said election, having no more and no less names thereon than when he turned it over to W. C. White, nor has there been any alternations thereof. W. S. ANDERSON. Sworn to before me this 17th, day Sept 1900. W. C. DAVIS, Notary Public. Personall appeared P. E. Ridgeway Sr., a manager at "White" precinct on the day of t e primary election Sept. 11th 1400, and P. B. Hodge and J. L. Christopher qualified electors of said club, who being duly sworn says each for himself. 1. That they were at the poll the en tire day, Sept. 11th, 1900, and remained there utintil after the ballots had been counted and the result declared so far the "White" box was concerned. 2. That after the closing of the poll, W. C. White. one of the managers. called out the names printed upon the tickets or ballots, W. S. Anderson an other manager and Andrew P. Burgess doing the tallying. 3. That each of deponents stood just behind W,C.White as he called the per sns voted for. where we saw' him call each name cori'ectly, and deponents say that every person voted for had his vote read out properly by the said W. C. White. and not a single ballot cast in said election whether for sheriff or any other oflice was improperly called. 4. That deponents saw the ballots counted at the closing of the polls and then the names on the poll list and they tallied exactly. 5. That so far as deponents saw, and they were there throughout the entire day;, the election at said "White" pre cinct was fairly and impartially cou ducted, and Edward B. Gamble can didate for sheriff had counted every vote deposited in said box for him. P. E. RIDGEWAY Sn. P. B. HODGE. J. L. CHRISTOPHER Swor'n to before me this 17th day Sept. 1900. WV. C. DAVIS, Notary Public. Personally appeared Peter Ridgeway who being duly sworn says: 1. That he voted in the pri mary elec tion held at "White"~ pre cinct on Tues day the 11th day of Semptember 1900. 5. That on putting his nam~e on the club roll of said club about one niopith before the said election deponent in formed the clerk or secretary of said club that he would be 21 years of age be fore the general election and instructed him to enter his name as a number of said club. 3. That deponent states on informa t~ion gotten from his parents, that he will ho twenty one years of age on the 3rd day of November, 1900. 4. That he has always understood that he would be 21 years old on his next birthday, and that said 3rd, day of November next will be observed by him as his 21st birthday. 5. That if he is the Peter Ridgewaiy referred to in the prIotest of Edwar'd B. Gamble as being under 21 years of age, deponent says he was not 21 on the 11th day of Sept., but that he will be of age before the general election. PETER RIDGE WAY. Sworn to b'efore me this 17th, day WC, DAVIs, Notary Public. Personally appear'ed JT. Is. C'hristo pher and J.~E. Haley who bceing duly sworn says each for himself; 1. That on the 11th, day Sept 1900 Joseph XWise came to J. L. Christopher who was in company with J. E. Haley requested J1. L. Christopher to scratch his ticket for him inasmuch as he Wise was working and living with said Chris topher. 2. That J. L. Christopher sat down, J. E. Haler overlooking his work, and scratched the ticket as directed by said Joseh Wise. 3. That the said Christopher was di reied to scratch J1. Elber't Davis a can didate for sher'iff. and he did so, the said Wise leav'ing the nanmc of Edward B. Gamble upon said tieket for wheriff. 4. That deponents went to the ballbt box with the said Joseph XWise im mediately after preparing ticket and saw the said Wise deposit the ballot so prepaed for him in the said box. .r L. CHRISTOPHER. J. E. HALEY. Swo'n to before me this 17th. day W. C. DAVIs, Notary Public. Pesonally app~eaied WV. P: Miuggogy e'y, James Reeves and A. H. D. Char dler who being duly sworn says, each for himself: 1. That they acted as managers at "Harmony precinct" in the Democratic primary held on the 11th, day Sept. 2.That acting u~poni an invariable custom in the conduct of primary elec tion held at said pr'ecinect, deponents, upon ascertaining that a member of the club was sick or could not possibly at tend said election, the members thus remaining away from the polls having ommunicated to deponents for whom their ballots should be cast, this being he case on the said 11th, day of Sept. 1900, deponenlts did allow J. M. With erspoon, W. H. Gailliard, J. S. Nelson, mac X.Dnieandm T~e~ Chandler to vote by proxy in said box. 3. That the said 5 persons voted for J. Elbert Davis for sheriff and they were all the persons so voted on the 11th, day Sept 1900, and deponents in tended no wrong and were actuated by no corrupt motive. W. P. MONTGOMERY. JAMES REAVES. A. H. D. CHANDLER. Sworn to before me this 29th, day Sept. 1900. V. C. DAVIS, Notary Public. After hearing Messrs Davis and Rhame for the contestee J. Elbert Davis, R. 0. Purdy Esq. for contestant E. B. Gamble. the committee went into executive session, and there the entire matter was fully discussed: the whole case resolved itself down to a thorough conviction that no intentional fraud had been perpetrated with regard to the Harmony box. but that the proxy votes cast there were illegal and should not be counted, that the contestant did not show that he had been defrauded a- the White box, he had affidavits go ing to show that twelve men voted for him when there was only seven credited to him, but the other side had aflidavits of men who could read and write, and did sign their names, who swear they looked over the reading of the tickets, and they were read correctly. and further, one of the men who swore he voted for Gamble, when he had his ticket fixed, he remarked loud enough for others to hear "scratch Gamble's very eyes out" and Gamble was scratch ed. When all the members had given the matter full consideration, the question came up on the throwing out of the White box, because the rule requiring the poll list had not been complied with by the managers, upon that question Mr. Appelt moved that the secretary call the roll and as each member's name was called he would vote No or Yes. An amendment was offered to this mo tion that the vote be taken by a secret ballot, Mr. Appelt objected to this mode of procedure and on motion of Dr. Woods the amendment was tabled by a vote of 11 to 10, 3 members not voting. Then the motion for a viva voce vote was put and carried. Those voting to throw out the White box were E. J. Browne. W. C. Chandler, James C. Harvin, E D Hodge, T A Bradham, C R Felder, J H Johnson and C M Mason. Those voting against throwing out the White box were; Louis Appelt, E S McIntosh, J M Montgomery, S W McIntosh, Dr I M Woods, W J Turbe ville. G T Worsham, B R Gibson, J R Griffin, D F Lide, J C Lanham, A J Richbourg, C M Davis, J J Mitchum, J H Timmons and C J Haley-16 to 8. This virtually settled the contest, but a motion was made to throw out the Har mony box which failed, and by unani. consent the five proxy votes cast in the Harmony box were deducted from Mr. Davis, which makes his majority 22 instead of 27 as formerly declared. After making the declaration in the shape of the following resolution the committee adjourned: RESOLUTION. Whereas, Edward B. Gamble, candi date for Sheriff in the primary election held on Tuesday, the 11th day of Sep tember, 1900. did tile his protest and contest as to the result of said election: and Whereas the County Executive Com mittee. after being legally called to gether on this the 29th day of Septem ber', I9(K0, has duly considered each of the grounds of said protest by having all the evidence presented thereon and argument by R. 0. Purdy. Esq., repre senting Edward B. Gamble. contestant, and Joseph F. Rhamie, Esq., and W. C. Davis, Esq., representing J. Elbert Da vis. contestee: now be it Resolved. 1. That this committee's specific rinclings on each of the grounds of said protest are set forth on a sepa rate paper hereto attached and nmarked Exhibit "B," and in the judgment of this committee none of said grounds are suflicient to invalidate the election or to change the result heretofore an nounced. 2. That the action on September the 13th, 1900, in declaring the parties, who 0on the face of the returns received a majority of the votes in the election held on September 11th, 1900. the nonm inees of the Democratic party, is here by ratified and confirmed, and the com nmittee does now re-declare and re-pub lish the following namd persons as th~e regutlar nominees of the Democratic primary held on said 11Ith daiy of Sep. tember, 1900: I. M. Woods, member of Legislature: J. Elbert Davis. Sheriff; T. C. Owens, Supervisor; L. L. Wells, Superintend ent of Education: E. C. Dickson, Aud itor: WV. A. Brewer, Coroner: S. M. Youmans, Magistrate at Manning. EXHIBIT "B." Findings of Executive Committee September 29th, on grounds of protest of Edward B. Gamble, contestin4 for the office of Sheriff: 1. We find subdivision 1, paragraph I., sustained, but think it a mere irreg ularity and not prejudicial. 2. We find subdivision 2, paragraph I.. not sustained. 3. WXe find subdivision 3. paragraph I., not sustained. And we overrule paragraph I. 4. We find paragrap)h II. sustained, in that five votes were east by proxy, but this should not vitiate the vote of the entire box, and wve hereby deduct from the vote of J. Elbert Davis live votes, that many having been shown to have been voted for liim by the evi dnce impropem-ly, 5. We find paragraph III, not sus tained, inasmuch as the portion of the committee which canvassed and tabu lated the vote on September 13th. 1900, did their work correctly on the face of the returns before them. and it has not been shown that contestant was preju diced: at most the alleged error was a mere irregularity. 6. In our judgment the contestant has failed to establish his protest and the same is hereby dismissed. Adopted by committee. E. D. HODGE, Acting Chr'n of Committee. A. .i. RlICHBOl'RG. S'ec'y of C'ommiittee. ~Ptember 29, 1900. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot, reacht the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tIonal remtedies. Deafness is caused by an in lamed condition of thc mucous linting of thte Eustachian Tube. 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It not only _____ heals and stimulates the tissues to de stroy the germ disease, but allays in- SAEO OT AOIA mation, causes easy expectoaton,. gives I OEHSRTCsiro h a good night's rest. and cures the pa- Bn tient. Try ONE bottle. Recommendedanndosemywartt many years by all druggists in thethabesaemnisruacrdg world. For sale by the R. D. Lory,.eatohebtofmknwdgadbli. SwornT efor meths00.ayo Unesylisheeatatwe rs eal Septer A.nd. furntu...7340 hairDuinuslyytimherLOans AdLT NoAryuLIcES. C atastoc........:0300 CHINAWAREN c SNT. Bn Mtaning d slemDl swer tha to thebest o my l knowleetr nblif ~ ATHU BEITZR, JOEP FJOSESR, DrStr, IsacM Loye. rp. ATORE AT Ash, r Di-c *ro thSor factrieeforeNG Se C.s2thdyo Une avles the ona thandte no Setm.A. D 190. .OlA. hir i haeyve caridme.ILON& LRAPPT, 4ANtryPlco S. C. ParlorSuits . SURcLEOR'RD +CHINA WARE. .0. ATES ARh BE utlERj~ul OSEPD F. THAPm SUTE, - S C- A~rTTORNEY AT LawIN ~ tue Prlor, ANI S .RG C.Y Direct fromn the factoriesor ight Arhave Boeo hnte . s. w AsoN OF cDuKT mot omlee tok f ur* CISONL CONRAT. -61R o and ~\il u n'l stmts anC aeen At~~~~tractv n ha. o Prs srkinds sfuilers and pias I am ao h a n d 1 4 n m~ae' tol conteact for most clarefs pant CHIN AND"""" ^MS. L. CASNTEY. M G LASSWARWor tT E Tmsof. Sumernn.gS. C. _ 0OPENING I Tuesday, October 2. On Tuesday, October 2, we will show a very choice and select line of special model Pattern Hats for the full season of 1900. This line of some 50 or 60 Pattern Hats will contain some dainty creations in High Art Milli nery, and we feel sure that this lot of special 3 model Pattern Hats will. meet with the approval of our lady friends, as our Miss Coppedge did not spare any pains or expense in the selection of this line while in the Northern markets. We- will also have on exhibit a very choice selection of Foreign and Domestic Dress Goods with a full line of Dress Linings to suit the goods. A grand display of Art Squares, Rugs and Mattings. A beautiful display of Chenille and Tapestry Table Covers and Portiers. DRESS-MAKING. We will also be pleased to have the ladies visit our Dress Making Department, where we are turning out some of the best work known to the dress makers' art. This department is under the supervision of Miss Mamie Grimsley, a dress maker and designer of very rare talents in the development of fine costunes. Ladies, you all are cordially invited to come; bring your pocket-books, but leave your hus- f bands at home. Remember the day, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1900. Yours truly, JENKINSON. CH EAP PRICES DO NOT MAKE CHEAP GOODS, NOR HIGH PRICES DO NOT MAKE FINE GOODS, BUT COMPARISON IS THlE TEST OF VALUE. Our goods are as good as they look, as good as we say they are, and from 20 to 30 per cent cheaper than other places. You can buy good goods at high prices all the time; you can buy fair goods at fair prices some times, but only from S. I. TILL'S Racket Store Can you buy good goods AT CUT PRICES ALL THE TIME. Our Milinery Opening was a grand success; we sold more than we ever thought of selling, and we feel thankful to those that came in and bought their Hats. This is one line that we take special pride in and we have one of the finest Trimmers that has ever come South, from New York and she is up on all the latest styles and makes no two hats alike. So when you want a Le s aeitfrStylish Hat Letus akeit oryou. If you are not going to buy a new Hat this season, bring your old one to us and let ou.r Miss Bell or Miss Avant make it over for~ you at just a little cost. We want your Millinery and Dress Goods trade, and the best material, best work, most stylish trimmings, with low prices, will enable us to please you. Yours for low prices, S. I. TILL, Proprietor RACKET STOR5, SUCCESSOR TO C. W. KENDALL. -~-T H E - Manning Hiardware Co. Is now established in their commodious and conveniently ap pointed building and fully equipped with an immense stock to meet the requirements and demands of their patrons. They call your attention to the following seasonable lines: MILL SUPPLIES, STEAM FITTINGS, BELTING, OILS, etc. DEERING MOWERS AND HAY RAKES, CANE MILLS, EVAPORATORS AND KETTLES. A FULL LINE OF GUNS AND PISTOLS, SHELLS, SHOT, POWDER, CARTRIDGES, etc. POCKET CUTLERY A SPECIALTY. STOVES, RANGES AND HEATERS. BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES. ANTI-RUST TINWARE, GREY ENAMEL WARE, POTWARE AND WOODEN WARE, BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIAL,V HARNESS, SADDLES, LEATHER & HARNESS REPAIRS. BICYCLES, BICYCLE REPAIRS & EQUIPMENTS. Ham mar Paint. A Paint with a 5-year guarantee. Painters and those who ex pect to use paint for any purpose, will do well to inquire into the merits of this Paint. MANNING HARDWARE00O.