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Watches and Jewelry. I wait t friends and the public gtnerally to know that wiitf1n n ed -f a Wedding, Birthday or Christmas Present, 'I bat in the fnture, as well a-- the I fim i n red,' to sippl th i. My hue of Watches Clocks Sterling Silver Diamonds Jewelry Cut G!ass Fine China Wedgewood Spectacles and Eye Glasses Is complete, and it will affoiri me p : r to sho.'w them. Special and prompt attention given to all Repairing in m)y line at prices to snit the times. Atlantic Coast Line MW . F SMTER. Watch Inspector. LeW O S0 S.C. Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you can he snited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry the -.7 1 Celebrated BAWKES Spectacles and lasses, Which we are offering very cheap. from 25c to $.50 and Gold Frames at $3 to $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKINTON. MASTMR1A The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnre of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allowno one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neikther Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatalency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. CENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The 1Kid Youl RaYe Alwas Bought1 In Use For Over 30 Years. /7RipansTabules Doctors Find A Gouod Prescription for M~anidd. OFORSCNTS Av~asSTORES SUMTER @MILITARY @ACADEMY AND FEMALE SEfIlNARY, iChartered. SUMTrER, S. C. Non-Sectarian.) CLARENCE J. OWENS, A. M., President. OBJECT-That our Young Men may be developed physically. mentally. morally, and -that Cours-gateay eua r) sinti t (Reguar). Msc. Voa aand nstrumental. Art,1 Charcoal and Cast Drawin. Pastel. Water Color. Crayon and Oil. Portraiture and China Paint ion. Military Dril Phyia iind Bayonet Exercie Sigaling and litara Sriend pe s EXPSSsMatriculton. *.l: Bor rd month. *8.00; Tuition per month. *4.00: Surgeon, PoIxTS OF ADVANTAGE-1. Acces ible location-Sixteen passenger trains per day; . mHeti uoak;4 Inuenc cal, intelleual and religo; 5. Ente rrse-Trade and manu Jorl .Fa lt-i mle and e ixfml teac rs r epresentifn leadin~ clege and nivet npl frIustrated Catalogue. BRING YOUR Job Worck TO THE TINES OFFICE. IS YELLOW POISON in your blood? Physicians call It llalarial Germ. It can be seen changing red blood yellow under microscope. It works day and night. First, it turns your com plexion yellow. Chilly, aching sensations creep down your backbone. You feel weak and worthless. ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC will stop the trouble now. It enters the blood at once and drives out the yellow poison. If neglected and when Chills, Pavers, Night-Sweats and a gen eral break-down come later on, Roberts' Tonic will cure you then-but wT- --it ? Prevent future si - - he manufac turers k. . nut this yel low poLson a... cave perfected Roberts' Tonic to drive it out, nourish your system, restore appetite, purify the blood, pre vent and cure Chills, Fevers and Malaria. It has cured thous ands-It will cure you, or your money back. This is fair Try it. Price, 25 cents. THE R. 8. LORYEA DRUG STORE. THE Bank of Manning, MANNINO, 8. 0. Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special atteition given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tion. Business hours from 9 a. m. to 3 D. Ill. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVL. Cashier. Presidenit. 30.%R) (F D1RF:CTOBs. J. W. McLiiot. W. E. BROWN, S. M. NFIsES, JOSEPH SPROTr A. Li-.vi A DORN YOUR PERSON DORN YOUR HOME. Fine Jewelry, Fine Silver ware, Cut Glass, China, Bric-a-Brac, Pict ures, Mirrors, LAMPS AND ELEGANT NOVELTIES, Watches of the Best flanufacturers. All goods handled are sold with a guarantee. I do not handle any plated ware, therefore everytbing bought from me can be relled upon as being of the best. All goods bought from me wil' be Engraved FREE OF CH ARGE. My repairing department is under my personal supervis ion and I guarantee all work entrusted to me. Come to see me. Earnest A. Buitman, sur1TTlR, S. C. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. his preparation contains all of the ligestants and digests all kinds of food. 1tgivesinstanbrelief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been pred after everything else failed. It prevents formation of. gas on the stom ch, relieving all dist ress after eating. Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. tt can't kelp but do you goodj eredoi~ by C. DEIT&o,Ohengo. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Noice to Fhedilis. R8@in181[a1o[, Qtilli8 onl Gofifllees. OFFICE OF JUDGE OF PROBATE. Manning, S. C., August 1. 1900. o Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Committees: I respectfully call your attention to annexed tatute. You will please give this matter early tention. Very respectfullyWID. M Judge of Probate. Sec. 2064-(1942). Executors. Administrators, hil any estate remais thr crenor cus ody, at any time before the first day of July of ach year, render to the Judgre of Probate of the ounty from whom they obtain Letters Testa entary or Letters of Administrators or Let ~ers of Guardianship, etc., a just and true ac resnt upon oath of the receipts and ependi ear, which, when examined and approved hall be deposited with the Inventory and ap sta, in the offc heof said Judge of Probate here to be kept for the Inspection of such per ons as may be interested in the estate-(Cunder Approved te 2d day of March, 1897. W H EN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WNELdLS' SHAVING SALOON Which i ti ttec n pwith an "ye to the comfort of his cnstomers. .. ... HAIR CUTTIN(# IN ALL STYLES, sH AVINGi AND 8 H A M POOI NG D~one with neatness an dispatchi... .. .. .. A cordial invitationi iextended... J. L. WE LLS. HEN before the altar the priest asked her, "Are you contenty' it was with all her sotu Gemma had respon-ded. "Yes!" Oh. yes; she was con tent indeed. Through the cloud of costly lace which eawrapped her in its snowy transparence siIe saw the vast church all dotted wih lights, resple::dent in the dark gleam of mo saics upon golden backgrounds, ani mated by'the slight movement of the very elegant crowd that filled It. light ed by oblique rays descending from the nave, all a glitter of gold, silks and brilliants, and it was her own future that she seemed to see thus-the4years of luxury and wealth which ber rich marriage was preparing for her. And had it not been the dream for which she sighed? She, the ideal blond, of eighteen years, with the tall and proud figure, the pure, disdainful profile un der heavy curls like those of an arch angel, with haughty eyes sparkling like blue geros under the golden fringes of her long eyelashes. She had been for a long time a poor girl, the daughter of citizens who had seen better days, that marvelous hu man lily. She had experienced all the petty troubles, all the cruel daily suf fe::Ings of misery that conceals itself. The poor and inelegant gowns, painful ly remodeled every year; the ipsolence of creditors, humiliations, continual tormenting thoughts of money-she had exper'enced them all, and in her little heart, eager for pleasure and enjoy ment, swollen with unsatisfied long ings, a dream was arisen little by little, occupying all the room, rendering her insensible to all the rest-the dream of at last becoming rich. She wanted it absolutely; she was born for it; she was rich now. That "yes" which she had just pronounced had by its three magic letters changed her destiny, and she was so content, so happy, that it appeared to her it was all a dream; that her Mechlin veil was a cloud that transported her into the realms of the impossible, across a sidereal heaven, of which the diamond pins thrust among her laces formed the flaming stars, and in order to re turn to reality she must east her eyes toward her husband, Luigo Marchis, kneeling beside her in the mystic, vel vety shade of the altar lit by the trem ulous brightness of the candles. Ab. there was nothing ideal about him, poor fellow! In vain he straight ened his correct person of an elegant man, with his accurately shaved face, with slender brown mustache, and a still fresh color that gave him some thing the look of an actor. He re mained none the less old, with his powerful shoulders a little bent, with his eyelids grown heavy and crow's feet toward his temples, with the gray locks that appeared here and there among his brown hair, with his forty seven years, of which the weariness was more conspicuous beside that radi ant and blond spring. Forty-seven years! How was it pos sible? He felt his heart so palpitat lg, full of tears as in youth. and be could not comprehend how so much time had passed. He could not per suade himself of the incredible fact forty-seven years passed without know ing Gemma. For they had been acquainted with each other only two months! Marchis, however much he had frequented so ciety. drawn there by his banking con nections, had never let himself be talk ed to of marriage. What! A wife, children, troubles, cares, disappoint ment! Not even by idea! And at forty-seven years one even ing, present from motives of curiosity at a ball to which the employees of his bank had invited him, he must needs be smitten by the exquisite, vaporous grace of that blond girl, dressed sim ply In white, entering on the arm of a funny little man with a baby face and a bIg, silvery beard-her father, a modest clerk In the bank; a rather ridiculous little old man who, beside that divine apparition, slender in her robes of snow, made one think of the gnomes of folk tales, always crouch ing'at the feet of fairies. Ah, weakness of hearts growing oldi That apparition was enough to shake all the ideas of Luigo Marchis con cerning matrimony, and as the old gnome. despite his absolute nullity, was an honest citizen, incapable of re sisting the assiduities of the director to his pretty daughter, the suitor had been greatly pleased with the consent of that little maiden of eighteen, that beautiful creature, that blond being, to become his wife. Now he trembled with joy. Hi1s eyes were misty with vivid emotion-not perceiving that that, too, was a sign of old age-and it was a voice choked with joy that to the question of the priest, "Are you content?" replied. "Oh, yes!" Now it is done. United-forever unit ed. Having risen to their feet, she with an elegant and light impulse, like a lily wind-lifted on its stem, he with a little effort and diffculty, wearied by emotion, they go down from the altar arm in arm. Now they pass through the church amid the murmurs of compliments which arise amid the shadows of the aisles, among the dul scraping of feet and the rustle o: gowns. There on the peristyle, among the white columns, is a living wave of mun and air which comes to meet then; like a reca' to real life outside of the mystic dream of the church, the creak ing of the line of carriages that ad vanced, the slow descent of the steps, with the hite train of the bride spreadng and dragging upon the stairs in folds like snow, soft and light vrhen the carriages depart. They are alone for the first time In the narrow space of the carriage, which the bridal dress fills with its whiteness, and the bouquet of orange blossoms, w!th its acute perfume of intoxicating virgini ty. And it is then that, conquered by the charm of that face, so delicate and proud amid its large, pallid curls, by the splendor of those blue eyes, the elderly bridegroom bends over her to kiss her. "Dear me, dear me!" And to see the tranquillity with which those finely cut, rose colored lips return the kisses through the veIl, the ques tion arises whether it is the bridegroom that she kisses or the Mechln lace, at 500 the meter. A, there are adorers around that beautiful Signora Marchis, so lovely nd so young, married to an old man! It was expected that this fortress would be an easy one to conquer. Pre isely on her wedding day Vico Molise. the most elegant and skeptical of the journalists of upper Italy, had pro pounded to his friends this theorism: "Given a beautiful girl, very poor; given that she marries a rich old man; divide the number of his years by that of the hundreds of thousands of lire of which se becmes mistressce ~on/n Wiliad-the-umtner-ur montns-neces sary for her to take a lover." And as soon as be could he began, with many others. to attempt the dem onstration of that theorem. Well, this time the imlLpeccable psy chological diagnosis of Vico Molise had been found to fail. Not only. after some months, the beautiful Signora Marchis had no lover, but it appeared also that she never was to have one. Always dressed with an adorable ele gance, with a luxury full of good taste, the beautiful Gemma loved to amuse herself, moving freely in that society new for her, finding herself in her right place as a marvelous plant in a vase of valuable porcelain, developing itself in all its splendor. She went to dances, to the theater, enjoying the plebiscite of admiration provided by her beauty, co quetting a little with her adorers, flut tering about the fire in order to make them sparkle, her wings of a golden butterfly, but never letting herself be burned. In the very moment of a declaration, in the midst of one of those waltzes whose notes seem made on purpose to stifle expiring virtue in their serpentine spirals, she cut short her adorer by turning her angelic head and saying serenely: "I don't see my husband. Look a little where my husband is if you will be so kind." And it was known that her greatest delight was to relate precisely to her husband the declarations which she had received. When she came home with him from a ball, all wrapped in the white silken folds of her sortie du bal, with her pure throat, her snowy shoulders that blossomed still more fair from her swansdown boa; when in the evening she met him in the din ing room, still in visiting costume, with her slim waist tightly compressed by an exquisitely elegant gown, with her face animated by the slight excitement which elegant conversation always pro duces in a young woman, she amused herself immensely in addressing to her husband some of these provoking and roguish phrases: "You know I was at Countess Fo schis'. Molise was there, you know always faithful and always in despair. And also Comelli, he that has such lugubrious gallantry-he has promised to kill himself for my sake within a month. We shall see. Ah, ab!" And, sitting opposite to him in a rustle of satin and jet, making shine like two stars the brilliants, large as hazelnuts, which adorned her small ears, she continued to laugh, with her elastic laughter, full of mischief and full of tenderness. Ah, indeed old Marchis could call himself a fortunate man! Fortunate? Yes, he ought to have considered himelf so. When he set himself to reason about it, to describe mentally his conjugal situation, he had to conclde that he would have done wrong to complain of his destiny. And yet What of the terribly unexpected had he now discovered in the depths of the pure sapphire of Gemma's eyes? Was there arisen in his soul the doubt that that faithfulness against every trial, that coldness toward her admirers, was nothing but the wish to preserve intact a position acquired with diffi culty and that precisely to that posi tion was directed all the tenderness shown toward himself? I do not know, but the vivid and impetuous joy of the wedding was no ionger in him, al though his love remained the same, and a painful doubt thrilled in his voice when he replied to the playful confi dence of Gemma, forcing himself to laugh too: "Take care, now, take care-thie ven geance of the tyrant hangs over you" Ah, the poor tyrant! How he loved her! How she had known how to bind him with her little hands, white and perfumed as two lilies! For nothing in the world would he have discovered the truth, changed into certainty his fo menting doubt. So she had only to ask in order to obtain, for now for him that love of which he doubted had be come his life, and he felt a painful stricture at his heart at the mere thought that a day might come when he would be obliged to refuse her some thing. 'Yet that day came. Suddenly, by one of those mysterious complica tions of business, his bank, whIch until then had gone from triumph to ti umph, underwent a violent shock. Not a noisy downfall, one of those open. public ruins which produce great fail ures, but one of those deep, intimate, secret crises that must be borne with out a word, a lament, under penalty of death; tnt can be overcome only b. force of small privations, little hidden savings. It is then that strict econom.1 in the family becomes necessary. The luxury of Gemma in those moments be came absolutely ruinous for her hus band; he ought to have warned her, sought to check her. He dared not and continued to content her, but very soon came the time when he could do so no more. It was on the occasion of a great ball to which she was to go. She had order ed from Paris a marvelous gown that became her to perfection. Still she was not satisfied. Sonme days before, in the showcase of the most fashionable Jew eler of the city, a diadem had set in revolution all the feminine imagina tions; a superb jewel of antique style, set in silver gilt, of a starr-y pallor, where the tlrilliiants seemed drops of flame. Gemma wished to have it, and indeed it would be difficult to find a face adapted to the almost religious richness of that jewel more than her snowy profile of an angel in ecstasy. Ten thousand francs was the price of that jewel, and Marchis did not have them. Mute, immovable, his heart op pressed, he listened to Gemma's words as she described it to him. How could he tell her, how could he ever tell her, that he had not the 10,000 francs! It was terrible. .To an'other woman who should have had that caprice one might have proposed to have her own dia monds reset after that model or per haps even to have an imitation diadem made. No one would have suspected it. But he felt that the danger lay in confessing his powerlessness. Yet it must be done. And he made an effort at courage. Gemma had seated herself beside him, throwing back and bending a lit tie to one side her blond head with that irresistible feminine movement which displays the white throat, the pure line descending from the slender neck to the full bloomed bust, down to the round and flexible waist. "I would like to have It. It seems to me that I should look well. Don't you think so? I have a great wish to be beautiful. If you knew why?" She laughed now deliciously, with the air of her roguish hours. He was silent for a moment. Then, fixing a vague look upon the delicate designs of the oriental carpet, paling as if from an Inward wound, he murmured: "The fact is that I do not know--I do not really know whether-whether I shall be able to buy it for you" "Why?" She had quickly raised her head, much surprised, uneasy, looking at him. Sunch a. thing had niever haDpened This is the way Dr. Thacher's comes--it's in a yellow package. Remember and get the genuine IDr. Thacher's, because that permanently cures all diseases of the Liver, Blood and Kidneys. Tones up the system, too. Your drggist has Dr. ThACe's Liver and Blood Syrup and Dr. Thacher's Liver Mediine (dry) or he can get them. If he won't, send us25c for a packageor5e for a bottle. 34 TTry Year Dri Mrt. THACHER MEDICINE COMPAY, Chattanooga, TMn. Mhilfad a new outbuirst of joy, fdok the husband's head between her hands. drew it down and kissed his forehead oh, the forehead of a corpse, icy and livid! Then, without looking at his features, his wandering gaze, she of fered him the diadem and bent before him her blond head, which was so well suited to that mystical Jewel. "Come, sir, crown me!" And while he sought to unite with trembling hands the clasp of the gems among those marvelous blond curis. waving and breaking into ripples of gold at every movement, she, still with her bent head, lifted her smiling eyes to meet his look. And he answered with a resigned gentleness to the smile of those perilous blue eyes, he, the poor man who deceived for the sake of de sire to be deceived and who bought for himself a little mock love with-mock diamonds.-Translated For Short Sto ries From Italian of Haydee by E. Ca vazza. CLOUD FORMATIONS. What Causes Them to Assume Such Variety In Shape. A good idea of the correct reason for varying cloud shapes may be obtained by watching the. steam from a railway engine under different conditions. As it issues from the funnel it is trans parent water vapor. On a moist, cloudy day it will hang in thick, fleecy masses in the track of the train. In dry, bright weather it will rise in light, thin wreaths, which quickly disappear, and again when the engine is standing in a station the steam will collect in masses above it. These are practically the conditions of cloud formation. The shapes vary according to height above the earth, to the temperature of the particular air current in which they are, floating, to the force and direction of the wind at the various altituges and also in some measure to the electrical condition of the atmosphere and the amount of dust in It. As a rule, the higher the clouds the lighter they are and the more widely spread. The so called mares' tails and mackerel sky are good- examples of this. Some of thd former are over five miles high and are believed to be com posed of minute particles of ice. The clouds In a mackerel sky are generally about three miles high. The heavy cumulus clouds which so often look like vast mountain ranges are only found in the lower and moist: er layers of atmosphere. Their lower surfaces are from half to three-quar ters of a mile above the earth, while their highier points may range from two to three miles in elevation. Still lower than these come the heavy flat masses of nimbus or rain clouds which are seldom more than half a mile above the earth. His Ignorance. "I am always putting my foot in it," said Mr. Cumrox sadly. "What's the trouble?" "I am always displaying the fact that I have no taste or refinement. Mrs. C. asked me which of two gowns I preferred, and I Immediately betray ed my Ignorance. I admired the one which cost at least seventy-five dollars less than the other."-Washingtoni Star. iantiseptic and . dicated tobacco 1 application, is 3 r.K - a fire on top of give temporary he head and the i mucus. s Catarrh, for it ous acids and h the skin, are -a ne or inner skin, ' flow of mucus, blood, and through the circulation ing the Stomach, Kidneys and other e assumes the dry form, the breath eadacies are frequent, the eyes red, g in the ears. No remedy that does eCatarrh. S. S. S. expels irom the ffensive matter, and when rich, pure n coursing through the body the ranes become healthy and the skin isagreeable, painful symptoms disap ~imanent, thorough cure is effected. lood purifier does not .derange the eand general health rapidly improve t your case and get the best medical iseases sent on application. SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Buggies, Wagon.s, Boad Carts an.d Carriages RE3PAIRE~D With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. W HITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run water pipes, or I will put down a new Pump heap. If you need any soldering done, give re a call. L A ME. My horse is lame. Why's Because I did not have it shod by R. A. White, the man that puts on such neat shoes ad 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 belowR. M. Dean's. R. A. WHITE, MANNING. S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. CHARLESTON. S. .. Ja.. 15, 1(2. On and after tb Ante h, vcllowi - passenger schedule will b. in elrt-vt: NORTHEASTERN RAILOAI). South Bound. *35. *23. '53 Lv Florence, 3.00 A 7.55 P. Lv Kirigstre. 3.5f 9.07 - Lv La..s, 411 9.27 1'32 Ar Charleston,, 5.40 11.15 North-Bound. -78. -32. -52.2 Lv Charat't.% 6 45 A. 4.45 P. 7.00 Lv Lanes. *-16 6.10 8.31 Lv Kingstrn r. 832 6.25 Ar Florence-, 9.30 ~ 720 *Daily. t u;,:. xep %d No. 52 runs through to Co'nbi Central 1t. R. os C. . Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via and Favetteville--Short Line- an'sV close colnecins for all pon-ts Nrth Trains o . & D. R. t. leave Flo ily except .Annduy 9.55 a m, a riv. lington 10.28 a i, cheraw, 11.40:; Wadesboro 12.35 p n. Leave R1 daily excelt 8unday, 8.00 p Unr, arr lington, 825 p. m, Hartsville 9.2 Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a w rive Darlington 10.27. Bartsville 1L10' Leave Gi bson daily except Sundaf a ), Bennettsville 6.59 am, arrive ton 7.50 a in. Leave Hartsville daitij cept Sundav 7 00 a w, arrive Dar" 7.45 a in. It-ave Darlington 8.55 a , arr Floreice 9.20 a ii. Leave Wadoboro except Sunday 4 25 p in, Cheraw 5 15 Tarlingen 6.29 p in, arrive Florence' .7 m. Leave Bartaville Sunday only 8.15 a Darlington 9.00 a ml, arrive Florence 9 a m. J. 1. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINP Gen I Manager. Genl' Sup T. M. EMERSON, Trffie Mana-ger. H M. EMEJR-SON, Gen'l Pass. Agent W. C.&A. South-Bound. 55. 35 Lv Wi:mington,*3.45 P. Lv .harion, 6.40 8 Ar Florence, 7.25 Lv Florence, '8.00- *3.30 A. Ar Sumter, * .15 4.33 52. Lv Sumter, 9.15 * 25 Ar Columbia, 10.40 11 05 No. 52 runs through from charte,on Central It. R., leaving (Uharleston 6 W0a . Lanes 7 50 a it,, Manning 8.39 a n. North-Bound. 54. 53. 5 Lv C.dumnbia, -6 55 A. *4.40 P. Ar Sater, 8.20 6.13 Lv nnuter, 8 20 *6 19 Ar Florence, 9 35 735 7 Lv Florence. 10.10 81 Lv' larion, 10.53 11 30 Ar Wihmington, 1 40 *Daily. tDaily except Sunu.t No. 53 rrns through to Charleson, . via "'ential . Lt. arriving Mannin 6 p m, Lanes, 7.35 p , Charleston . Train No. 53 makes close connection l Sumter with train No. 59, arriving haes 9 45 a m, Charleston 11 35 a T, 'T Thursdg s an. Sat'irdavI ~. l'rains on.Vonway Brnch leave Chd bourn 12-01 a m, arrive Conway 2 20-pm returning leave Conway 2.55-p m3ardI Chadbourn 5 20 p iu, leave Chadboumr 535 P in, arrive at Elrod 8.10 p *, returning leave Elrod 8.40 a Wa Chudonin 11.25 t ain. Daily except Sun day. H..M. E.\ERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent J. R KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. Mt. ElMERSON, Traffic Manager. CEQNTRCAL t. R. OF 80. CAROLNA. NortlIjonnadI No. 52 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.37 " Lv Greeleyville. 8.60" Lv Forestoc, 8.59 Lv Wilaon's MiU, 9.07 Lv Manning, 9.17 Lv Alcolu, 9.25 ' L v Brogdon, 9.34 " Lv W. &. Jnt9.4 Lv Sumter, 9.50 -Lv Sumter, 6 10 " Lv W. k S. Juaet. 6.13" Lv Brogdou, 6.218 " Lv Alcolu, 6.38 " - Lv Manning, 6 46 " Lv Forston, 7.05 " Lv Greeleyville. 7.15" Ar Lanes, 7.30 " Ar Charl.ssion, 9.10 '- \NCHESTER1~ A AUGUSTA 14. ?. No35. LySamiter, 402A.M Ac~ ('reston, 4.51 " Ar Orangebur;:, 5.14" Ar Denmnari.-, .548 44 Ar Augusta. 7.57 " No. 32 LvA ag osta, 2 20 P. M Lv1Dectuark, 120 ' Lv Oransgeb~arx. 4 55 - Ar Sin-ste~r. 6.09 4' I rdr.s 32 anid 35 carry throngh Pullman pasct? bufftli sleeping cars between New York andi .I,:nn via Augusta. Northwestern R. B. of S. C I JXz TABLE No. 7, 1n effect Sunday, J.an. 15, 1902. Between Sumter and Camnden. Mixed--Daily except Snnday. Southibound- Northbound. No. 6'J. No. 71 No. 70. No. 68. P .M A M A M P M 6 25 9 43 Let.. Xssmier ..Ar 9 00 .545 6 27 & 47 N. W. Junet 8 58 5 43 647 1007 ...Dalzeji... 825 513 705 1017 ...Borden.. 800 458 725 1035 ..itemb~erts . 740 443 735 1040 .. Etlerbee .. 730 438 7 50 11 05 SoIRy -Junetn 7 10 4 25 $ 00 11 15 Ar..;aamden..Le 7 00 415 (StG &(GEx Depot) P al P 't A M P M Between Wilson's Mill an d Sumter. Southbonn d. Northbound. No. 73. Daily except Sunday No. 72. P M Stations. P M 3 00 Le....... ter... r 11 45 3 03 ...N WJnnetion... 11 42 317...........indal.........10 3 30.........Packsville.... 10 45 4 05...........Siver........ .120 .........llard......... 00 500 ....m...... .....rou 925 54A...... ....avis...........00 600..........Jrdan ........887 6 45 Ar..ison's Mills.. L 8 30 PM AM Between Millard and St. Paul. Daily except Sunday. Southbound. Northbound. No 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. P M A M Stations A M P M 4 15 9 30 Le Millard Ar 10 00 4 40 4 20 9 40 Ar St. Paul Le 9 50 4 30 PM AM AM PM THOS. WILSON, President, J. S.BELL, Opp. Central Hotel, Manning, S. C --: DEALER I: Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies, also repair wheels and guarantee my work. MACHINERY REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work entrusted to me will receive prompt attention either day or night. J. S. BELL. -dIrJo ai k1mlia foTer. Marchis wiped his forehead ind re sumed his discourse. "The fact is-you see, in a bank like ours there are moments that-certain moments in which one cannot-in which it is Impossible." What was impossible for him In that moment was to finish the phrase. He stopped and lifted his eyes timidly to her, desoately, as if to beg her to help him. She was very pale, with a sud den baniednfl in all her features, in her compa-.td 'mouth. in her knit brows, in her spn:'laiug eyes. " -:-not ten thousand francs? Is it 'u, ' A::d er rolee was as hard as her look. a p md hardness that star tied !:m. Rut all at once her face changrul e-:pression. she recovered her fresh, tuneful laugh, and the sweet and limpid ray was rekindled in her blue eyes. "Come, you want to tell me stories, so as not to buy me anything. De ceiver! I that wished tf be beautiful In order to drive Vico Molise a little crazy. He has declared to me that he is tired of my perfidy. See, you de serve-do you know that I am becom ing angry with you?" She really believed that she had hit the truth with her words. Indeed he had so well kept up the illusion with her, he had hidden so jealously his em barrassment, that she did not know how to explain this sudden restriction. But meanwhile every word of hers was a blow to the heart of Marchis. He saw her already at the ball, passing from arm to arm, with her step like a flying angel; listening to the insid ions compliments of Vico Molise and his kind and keeping meantime in her heart that leaven of rancor against him because of his refusal. And he saw himself again, as he had seen himself a little while before in the mirror, old, weary, worn, beside her, so .fresh, young, with eyes sparkling from the cruel scorn of one who has made an unequal bargain. ' Suddenly he rose like one who has taken a decision, passed his hand across his brow and, without replying, went away to go out of the house. She believed that she had conquered and let him go without moving herself, only with a flash of cunning in her eyes. But when he was on the stairs the door opened, and a blond bead appeared between the folding doors: "We are agreed, then?" He did not reply, and she heard his step down the stairway, slow, heavy, weary. 0 * * * * * * The evening of the ball Marchis knocked at the door of his wife's dress ing room. "Come in.' And he entered. In the little dressing room so illumin ed as to seem on fire, with the air filled with fragrance from the little unstop pered bottle of perfume, all gleaming white with the disorder of feminine ap parel scattered about, Gemma stood erect before the mirror between two kneeling maids, ready dressed for the ball. She was truly radiant In her gown of white satin with almond blos soms, with fresh sprays of almond flowers around the neck of the dress, at the waist, among the waving folds of the train. Issuing from that covering of delicate. pale, dawn tinted flowers, she. too, was fresh as they, with her faint ly rosy complexion, as if she were one of those flowers become a person. But under her lashes gleamed anon the flash of cold and cruel rancor. Her husband had not given her the diadem. But, hearing him enter, she turned, and, seeing that he held a casket in his hands, she comprehended everything. With a bound she was beside him. her arms twined around his neck. "Oh, how good you are! How good you are! How I love you!" He tremn bled all over and was very pale. Gem ma did not even perceive it. All at once, with one of her irresistible move ments, she loosened her arms from his neck, took with one hand the casket. and with the other holding her hus band's hand she led him after her to the mirror. She seated herself and opened the casket. Among puffs of red plush, under the burning light, the diadem sent forth snark-s like a finmo.; CA TAR The treatment of Catarrh w it astringent washes, lotions, salves, ni and cigarettes or any external or loc just as senseless as would be kindling the pot to make it boil. True, thesi relief, but the cavities and passages of bronchial tubes soon fill up again wit Taking cold is the first step towa2 checks perspiration, and the poisc vapors which should pass off throu; thrown back upon the mucous membr: producing inflammation and excessiv much of which is absorbed into the reaches every part of the system, invol parts of the body. When the diseam becomes exceedingly foul, blinding I hearing affected and a constant ringir not reach the polluted blood can cu: circulation all blood is agal mucous mem1 active, all the < pear, and a p S. S. S. being a strictly vegetable Stomach and digestion, but the appeti' under its tonic effects. Write us abo advice free. Book on blood and skin THE SWIrl Geo.S.Hacker &Son Sah W igt n Cos Harwar an Pants Do es ork Sash litlends, Hardswae a&idPaits.