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TUiE nREAKING OF THE LEAGUE. TnHERE is no doubt in my mind that nature designed me for a great painter. A railway director interfered with that ;disi.n of nature, as he has with many another of hers, and by the transmis sion of an order for mountain pieces by the dozen, together with a check so large that I feared there was some mistake, he determined me to be an illustrator and designer for railway and like publications. I do not like these people ordering "by the dozen." Why should they not consider an art ist's finer feelings? Perhaps they can not understand them, but they under stand my pictures, and I understand their checks, and there we are quits. But so it came that I remained in Black Rock long enough to witness the breaking of the league. Looking back upon the events of that night from the midst of gentle and de cent - surroundings, they now seem strangely unreal, but to me then they appeared only natural. It was the Good Friday ball that wrecked the league, for the fact that the promoters of the ball determined that it should be a ball rather than a dance was taken by the league men as a concession to the new public opinion in favor of respectability created by the league. And when the manager's patronage had been secured-they fail ed to get Mrs. Mavor's-and it was further announced that, though held in the Black Rock hotel ballroom-indeed there was no other place-refreshments suited to the peculiar tastes of league men would be provided, it was felt to be almost a necessity that the league should approve, should indeed wel come, this concession to the public opinion in favor of respectability creat ed by the league. There were extreme men on both sides, of course. "Idaho Jack," profes sional gambler, for instance, frankly considered that the whole town was going to unmentionable depths of pro priety. The organization of the league was regarded by him and by many oth ers as a sad retrograde toward the bondage of the ancient and dying east, and that he could not get drunk when and where he pleased "Idaho," as he was called, regarded as a personal grievance. 'ut Idaho was never enamored of the social ways of Black Rock. He was shocked and disgusted when he discovered that a "gun" was decreed by British law to be an unnecessary adornment of a card table. The man ner of his discovery must have been interesting to behold. It is said that Idaho was industrious ly pu -suing his avocation in Slavin's, with his gun lying upon the card table convenient to his hand, when in walk ed Policeman Jackson, her majesty's sole representative in the Black Rock district Jackson-"Stonewall Jackson," or "Stonewall," as he was called for obvious reasons-after watching the game for a few moments gently tapped the pistol and asked what he used this for. "I'll show you in two holy minutes if you don't light out," said Idaho, hard ly looking up, but very angrily, for the luck was against him. But Jackson tapped uign the table and said sweet ly. "You're a stranger here. You ought to get a guidebook and post yourself. Now, the boys know I don't Interfere with an Innocent little game, but there Is a regulation against playing it with guns; so," he added, even more sweet ly, but fastening Idaho with a look from his steel gray eyes, "I'll just take charge of this," picking up the revolv er. "It might go off." Idaho's rage, great as It was, was quite swallowed up in his amazed dis gust at the state of society that would permit such an outrage upon personal liberty. He was quite unable to play any more that evening, and It took sev eral drinks all round to restore him to] articulate speech. The rest of the night was spent in retailing for his Instruc tion stories of the ways of Stonewall1 Jackson. Idaho bought a new gun, but he wore I it "In his clothes" and used it chiefly in the pastime of shooting out the lights or in picking off the heels from the boys' boots while a stag dance was in progress in Slavin's. But in Stone-1 wall's presence Idaho was a most cor rect citizen. Stonewall he could under stand and appreciate. He was G feet 3 and had an eye of unpleasant penetra tion. But this new feeling in the com munity for respectability he could nei ther understand nor endure. The league became the object of his indignant aversion and the league men of his contempt. He had many sympathizers, and frequent were the assaults upon the newly born sobriety of Billy Breen and others of the league, but Geordie's watchful care and Mrs. Mayor's steady influence, together with the loyal co operation of the league men, kept Billy1 safe so far. Nixon, too, was a marked1 man. It may be that he carried him-1 self with unnecessary jauntiness to ward Slavin and Idaho, saluting the former with, "Awful dry weather, eh, Slavin?" and the latter with, "Hello, old sport! How's times?" causing them to swear deeply and, as it turned out, I to do more than swear. But, on the whole, the antileague1 men were in favor of a respectable ball, and most of the league men deter mined to show their appreciation of the concession of the committee to the principles of the league in the impor tant matter of refreshments by attend ing inforce. Nixon'w-ould not go. However jaun ily he might talk, he could not trust himself, as he said, where whisky was flowing, for it got into his nose "like a I fishhook into a salmon." lHe wvas from: Nova Scotia. For like reason Vernon Winton, the young Oxford fellow,) would not go. WVhen they chaffed, his lips grew a little thinner and the color deepened in his handsome face, but he1 went on his way. Geordie dlespised the: "hale hysothick" as a "daft ploy," and the spendaig of S> upon a t~cket he considered a "sinfu' waste o' guid si: Ir," and he warned Billy against "~coontenancin' Cny sie redeeklus non sense." But no one expected Billy to go. al though in the las: t wo months he had done wonders fo- d!s personal appear ance and for his :osition in the social scale as well. T1.ey all knew what a b cck d 11 T-oi-nngy. -ewll i remember the g Iylease d pride in his face when he told ine in the afternoon of the committee's a urgent request that he should join the n >rehestra with his cello! It was not tI simply that his cello was his joy and h pride, but he felt it to be a recognition >f his return to respectability. ti ihave often wondered how things f combine at times to a man's destruc-R -ion. Had rir. Craig not been away at the g Landing that week, had Geordie not been on the night shift, had Mrs. Ma- li ror not been so occupied with the care 0 of her sick child, it may be Billy might 0 have been saved his fall. el The anttion of the ball stirred l lack Rock and the camps with a thrill a f expectant delight. Nowadays when 0 I find myself forced to leave my quiet ;moke in my studio after dinner at the E al of some social engagement which T [ have failed to elude I groan at my h' hard lot, and I wonder as I look back and remember the pleasurable antici T e tipa tio nof t e b l s i r d I:1 >acowith which I viewed the ap p o a x c an t d e i h . N w a a s w e rain msball. But I do not wonder 2ow any more than I did then at the r eager delight of the men who for seven s ays in the week swung their picks up c in the dark breasts of the mines or who 1 chopped and sawed among the solitary f silences of the great forests. Any break s in the long and weary monotony was welcome. What mattered the cost or ti consequence? To the rudest and least h cultured of them the sameness of the life must have been hard to bear, but what it was to men who had seen life tr in its most cultured and attractive forms I fail to imagine. From the mine, Si black and foul, to the shack, bare, w cheerless and -sometimes hideously re- hi pulsive, life swung in heart grinding monotony till the longing for a "big "1 rink" or some other "big break" be came too great to bear. It -was well on toward evening when P Sandy's four horse team, with a load N f men from the woods, came swing- h ing round the curves of the mountain in road and down the street. A gay w crowd they were with their bright, brown faces and hearty voices, .nd E in ten minutes the whole street seem- A ad alive with lumbermen-they had w a faculty of spreading themselves so. m Lfter night fell the miners came down ft "done up slick," for this was a great ai >ccasion, and they must be up to it. al The manager appeared in evening p dress, but this was voted "too giddy" ai by the majority. f As Graeme and I passed up to the r3 lack Rock hotel, in the large store- tc oom of which the ball was to be held, el e met old man Nelson, looking very ta ~rave. b "Going, Nelson, aren't you?" I said. a' "Yes," he answered slowly. "Il b< rop in, though I don't like the looks f things much." -e "What's the matter, Nelson?" asked n sraeme cheerily. "There's no funeral s1 "Perhaps not," replied Nelson, "but y' wish Mr. Craig were at home." And m hen he added, "There's Idaho and lavin together, and you may bet the si levil isn't far off."p But Graeme laughed at his suspicion, k: nd we passed on. The orchestra was k ~uning up. There were two violins, a s( oncertina and the cello. Billy Breen S. as lovingly fingering his instrument, ci ow and then indulging himself in a t ittle snatch of some air that came to bi im out of his happier past. Hie look d perfectly delighted, and as I paused gi o listen he gave me a proud glance out w f his deep, little, blue eyes and went p1 n playing softly to himself. Present- cc y Shaw came along. o1 "That's good, Billy," he called out a "ou've got the trick yet, I see." ,h But Billy only nodded and went on ~layng. a "Where's Nixon?" I asked-.a "Gone to bed," said Shaw, "and I am M ~lad of It He finds that the safest hi lace on pay day afternoon. The boys li on't bother him there." *'p The dancing room was lined on two hi sides with beer barrels and whisky in egs. At one end the orchestra sat; at :he other was a table with refresh- ~ nents, where the soft drinks might be dt tad. Those who wanted anything else night pass through a short passage 11 nto the bar just behind. This was evidently a superior kind ofw )all, for the men kept on their coats d went through the various figures hi rith faces of unnatural solemnity, but a he strain upon their feelings was quite ipparent, and it became a question iow long it could be maintained. As hi :he trips through the passageway be-w ~ame more frequent the dancing grew th n vigor and hilerity until by the time bt upper was announced the stiffness N' ld sufficiently vanished to give no C 'urther anxiety to the committee. st But the committee had other cause Ci or concern, inasmuch as after supper m ~ertain of the miners appared with St heir coats off and p'roceeded to "knock w he knots out of the floor"~ in break- ri own dances of extraordinary energy. fa hese, however, were beg..ed into the arroom and "filled 1s>" for safety, for or e committee were determined that CI e respectability of the ball should be m; )reserved to the end. - Their reputation bc vas at stake not in Black Rock only, at )ut at the Landing as well, from which pc nost of the ladies had come, and to be hi ihamed in the presence of the Landing w eople could- not be borne. Their diffi ~ulties seemed to be increasing, for at ki his point something seemed to go vrong with the orchestra. The cello w Lppeared to be wandering aimlessly up cla .d down the scale, occasionally pick- sa ng up with the tune with animation de .d then dropping it As Billy saw me B: pproaching he drew himself up with or reat solemnIty, gravely winked at me 'W tid said: ca "Shlipped a cog, SMisther Connor! los Iosh hunfortunate! Beauchiful hin ~trument, but shlips a cog. 31osh hun. ed ~ortunate!" And he wagged his little head sagely, hi laying all the while for dear life, now second and now lead. lis Poor Billy! I pitied him, but I :hought chiefly of the beautiful, eager th race that leaned toward him the night Ihr he league was made and of the bright N: oice that said, "You'll sign with me, E: Rill?" and it seemed to me a cruel at ed to make him lose his grip of life w .d hope, for this is what the pledge w neant to him.w While I w~as trying to get Billy away tr some safe place I heard a great w shouting In the direction of the bar, to ~ollowed by trampling and scuf~ing of A' eet in the passageway. Suddenly a b: 'Let me go: Sfandbaclk! I kiisv 'hat I'm about!" It was Nixon, dressed in his best ack clothes, blue shirt, red tie, look ig handsome enough, but half drunk ad wildly excited. The "Highland ling" competition was on at the mo cnt, and Angus Campbell. Lachlan's other, was representing the lumber imps in the contest. Nixon looked on pprovingly for a few moments. Then, ith a quick movement, he seized the ttle highlander, swung him in his >werful arms clean off the floor and posited him gently upon a beer bar I. Then he stepped into the center of !c room, bowed to the judges and be in a sailor's hornpipe. The committee were perplexed, but ter deliberation they decided to hu or the new competitor, especially as iey knew that Nixon with whisky in m was unpleasant to cross. Lightly and gracefully he- went irough his steps, the men crowding in om the bar to admire, for Nixon as famed for his horupipe. But when ter the hornpipe he proceeded to ex :ute a clog dance, garnished with robatic feats, the committee inter red. There were cries of "Put him it!" and "Let him alone! Go on, Nix i!" And Nixon hurled back into the -owd two of the committee who had id remonstrating hands upon him, id, standing in the open center, cried it scornfully: "Put me out! Put me out! Certainly! 'elp yourselves! Don't mind me!" hen, grinding his teeth so that I yard them across the room, he added, ith savage deliberation, "If any man ys a finger on me, I'll-I'll eat his rer cold." He stood for a few moments glaring und upon the company and then rode toward the bar, followed by the -owd, wildly yelling. The ball was rthwith broken up. I looked around or Billy, but he was nowhere to be en. Graeme touched my arm. "There's going to be something of a me, so just keep your eyes skinned," said. "What are you going to do?" I asked. "Do? Keep myself beautifully out of ouble," he replied. In a few moments the c;owd came irging back, headed by Nixon, who as waving a whisky bottle over his gad and yelling as one possessed. "Hello!" exclaimed Graeme softly. begin to see. Look there!" "What's up?" I asked. "You see Idaho and Slavin and their ts," he replied. "They've got poor ixon in tow. Idaho is rather nasty," added, "but I think I'll take a hand this game. I've seen some of Idaho's ork before." The scene was one quite strange to e and was wild beyond description. hundred men filled the room. Bottles ere passed from hand to hand, and en drank heir fill. Behind the re eshment tables stood the hotel man id his barkeeper, with their coats off id sleeves rolled up to the shoulder, issing out bottles ,and drawing beer id whisky from two kegs hoisted up r that purpose. Nixon was in his glo It was his night Every man was get drunk at his expense, he pro aimed, flinging down bills upon the ble. Near him were some league men was treating liberally, and never far ay were Idaho and Slavin passing ittles, but evidently drinking little. I followed Graeme, not feeling too mfortable, for this sort of thing was w to me, but admiring the cool as trance with which he made his way Lrough the crowd that swayed and hled and swore and laughed in a ost disconcerting manner. "Hello!" shouted Nixon as be caught ght of Graeme. "Here you arel" ssing him a bottle. "You're a 1cker, a double handed front door iocker. You polished off old whisky mak here, old demijlohn," pointing to avin, "and I'll lay five to one we .n lick any blankety blank thieves in e crowd." And he held up a roll of But Graeme proposed that he shonld ye the hornpipe again, and the floor as cleared at once, for Nixon's horn pe was very popular and tonight, of, urse, was In high favor. In the midst his dance Nixon stopped short; his ms dropped to his sides; his face d a look of fear, of horror. here, before him, in his riding cloak id boots, with his whip In his band he had come from his ride, stood e. Craig. His face was pallid, and s dark eyes were blazing with fierce ht. As Nixon stopped, Craig step d forward to him, and, sweeping s eyes round upon the circle, he said tones intense with scorn: You cowards! You get a man dere e's weak! Cowards! You'd .n his soul for his money!" rhere was a dead silence, and Craig,. ting his hat, said solemnly: 'May God forgive you this night's rhen, turning to Nixon and throwing arm over his shoulder, he said In voice broken and husky: 'Come on, Nixon! We'll go!" daho made a motion as if to stop m, but Graeme stepped quickly for ird and said sharply, "Make way ere, can't you?" and the crowd fell ek, and we four passed through, ion walking as in a dream, with nig's arm about him. Down the eet we went in silence and on to nig's shack, where we found old in Nelson, with the fire blazing and rong coffee steaming on the stove. It is he that bad told Craig, on his ar al from the Landing, of Nixon's here was nothing of reproach, but ly gentlest pity, In tone and touch as fig placed the half drunk, dazed in in his easy chair,. took off his ets, brought him his own slippers d gave him coffee. Then, as his stu r began to overcome him, Craig put n in his own bed and came forth .th a face written over with grief. 'Don't mind, old chap," said Grneme Bt Craig looked at him without a rd and, throwing himself into a air, put his face In his hands. As we t there in silence the door was sud ly pushed open, and in walked Abe ter, with the words, "Where is Nix ?" and we told him where he was. e were still talking when again a tap me to the door, and Shaw came in >king much disturb~d. 'Did you hear about Nixon?" he ask .We told him what we knew. 'But did you hear how they got rn ?" he asked excitedly. s he told us the tale the men stood tening. with faces growing hard. Et appeared that after the making of league the Black Rock hotel man d bet Idaho a hundred to fifty that xon could not be got to drink before tster. All Idaho's schemes had failed, .d now he had only three days in ich to win his money. and the ball is his last chance. Here, again, he is balked, for Nixon, resisting all en laties barred his shack door and ant to bed before nightfall, according his Invariable custom on pay days. midnight some of Idaho's men came .ttering at the door for admission, lc Nixo reluctntly grnted. For halr ai hour they usea every art- or persuasion to induce him to go down to the ball, the glorious success of which was glowingly depicted, but Nixon remained immovable, and they took their departure. baffled and curs ing. In two hours they returned drunk enough to be dangerous, kicked at the -door in vain, finally gained entrance through the window, hauled Nixon out of bed and, holding a glass of whisky to his lips, bid him drink, but he knock ed the glass away, spilling the liquor over himself and the bed. It was drink or fight, and Nixon was ready to fight, but after a parley they had a drink all round and fell to per suasion :gain. The night was cold, and poor Nixon sat shivering on the edge of his bed. If he would take one drink, they would leave him alone. He need not show himself so stiff. The whisky fumes filled his nostrils. If one drink would get them off, surely that was better than fighting and killing some one or getting killed. He hesitated, yielded, drank his glass. They sat about him amiably drinking and land ing him as a fine fellow after all. One more glass before they left; then Nixon rose, dressed himself, drank all that was left of the bottle, put his money in his pocket and came down to the dance wild with his old time madness, reckless of faith and pledge, forgetful of home, wife, babies, his whole being absorbed In one great passion-to drink and drink and drink till he could drink no more. Before Shaw had finished his tale Craig's eyes were streaming with tears, and groans of rage and pity broke al ternately from him. Abe remained speechless for a time, not trusting himself, but as he heard Craig groan, "Oh, the beasts, the fiends!" he seemed encouraged to let himself loose, and he began swearing with the coolest and most bloodcurdling deliberation. Craig listened with evident approval, apparently finding complete satisfac tion in Abe's performance, when sud denly he seemed to waken up, caught Abe by the arm and said in a horror stricken voice: "Stop! Stop! God forgive us! We must not swear like this." Abe stopped at once and In a sur prised and slightly grieved voice said: "Why, what's the matter with that? Ain't that what you wanted?" "Yes, yes. God forgive me! I am afraid it was," he answered hurriedly, "but I must not." "Oh, don't you worry!" went on Abe cheerfully. "I'll look after that part And anyway ain't they the blankest blankety blank"- going off again into a roll of curses till Craig, In an agony of entreaty, succeeded in arresting the flow of profanity possible to no one but a mountain stage driver. Abe paused, looking hurt, and asked if they did not deserve everything he was call ing down upon them. "Yes, yes," urged Craig, "but that is not our business." "Well, so I reckoned," replied Abe, recognizing the limitations of the cloth. "You ain't used to it, and you can't be expected to do it, but it just makes me feel good-let out of school like-to properly do 'em up, the blank, blank" And off he went again. It was only under the pressure of Mr. Craig's pray ers and commands that he finally agreed to "hold in, though It's tough." "What's to be done?" asked Shaw. "Nothing," answered Craig bitterly. He was exhausted with his long ride from the Landing and broken with bit ter disappointment over the ruin of all that he had labored so long to accom plish. "Nonsense!" said Graeme. "There's a good deal to do." It was agreed that Craig should re main with Nixon, while the others of us should gather up what fragments we could find of the broken league. We had just opened the door when we met a man striding up at a great pace. It was Geordie Crawford. "Hae ye seen the lad?" was his salu tation. No one replied, so I told Geordie of my last sight of Billy In the orchestra. "An' did ye no' gang aifter him ?" he asked in Indignant surprise, adding, with some contempt, "Mon, but ye're a feckless huddle!" "Billy gone, too?" said Shaw. "They might have let Billy alone. Poor Craig stood In dumb agony. Billy's fall seemed more than he could bear. We went out, leaving him heart broken amid the ruins of his league. CHAPTER IX. THE LEAGUE'S REVENGE. A S we stood outside of Craig's shack in the dim starlight we could not hide from ourselves that we were beaten. It was not so much grief as a blind fury that illed my heart, and, looking at the faces of the men about me, I read the same feeling there. But what could we do? The yells of carousing miners down at Slavin's told us that nothing could be done with them that night. To be so utterly beaten and unfairly and with no chance of revenge was maddening. "I'd like to get back at 'em," said Abe, carefully repressing himself. "U've got it, men." said Graeme sud denly. "This town does not require all the whisky there is in It." And he unfolded his plan. It was to gain pos session of Slavin's saloon and the bar of the Black Rock hotel and clear out all the liquor to be found in both these places. I did not much like the idea, but Geordie said: "I'm ga'en aifter the lad. I'll hae nethin' tae dae wi' yon. It's no that easy, an' It's a sinfu' waste." But Abe was wild to try It, and Shaw was quite willing, while old Nel son sternly approved. "Nelson, you and Shaw get a couple of our men and attend to the saloon. Slavin and the whole gang are up at the Black Rock, so you won't have much trouble, but come to us as soon as you can."~ And so we went our ways. Then followed a scene the like of which I can never hope to see again, and it was worth a man's seeing, but there were times that night when I wished I had not agreed to follow Graeme in his plot. As we went up to the hotel I asked Graeme: "What about the law of this?" "Law!" he replied indignantly- "They have't troubled much about law In the 'whisky business here. They get a keg of high wines and some drugs and begin operations. No," he went on; "if we can get the crowd out and ourselves in we'll make them break the law In getting us out. The law won't trouble us over smuggled whisky. It will be a great lark, and they won't crow too loud over the league." I did not like the undertaking at first, but as I thought of the whole wretched ilegal business flourishing upon the weakness of the men in the mines and camps, whom I had learned to regard as brothers, and especially as I thought of the cowards that did for Nixon, I let .my scruples ao and determined, [Continud on next maoe.1 Tax Notice. County Treasurer's Office, Clarendon Cointy. Manning, S. C., Oct. 8, 1902. The tax books will be open for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1902, on the 15th day of October, 1902, and will remain open until the 31st day of De cember, following, after which time a penalty of 10 per cent attaches to unpaid taxes. The following is the tax levy: For State purposes, five (5) wills. 'or Ordinary County Tax, three (3) mills. Constitutional School Tax, three (3). mills. Total, eleven (11) mills. (Exclusive of Spe cial School Tax.) Special one (1) mill School Tax, School Dis trict No. "24." Total, twelve (12) mills. Special two (2) mills School Tax, School Districts No. 16 and 17. Total, thirteen (13) mills. Special three (3) mills School Tax, School District No. "21." Total, fourteen (14) mills. Special four (4) mills School Tax, School Districts No. "7." "9," "19," "20" and "22." Total, fif teen (15) mills. Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, and except those who are now exempt by law, shall be deemed taxable polls. Any person liable to road duty may exempt himself by paying annually hereafter before March 1st a commu tation tax of one dollar to the Coun. ty Treasurer. S. J. BOWMAN, Treasurer Clarendon County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Union Mortgage, Banking and Trust Company, Limited, Plaintiff, against Sarah E. Dingle and H. P. Spear and A. H. Silcox, as Administrators, with the will annexed, of the Es tate of F. A. Silcox, deceased, De fendants. Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date of May 7, 1902, I will sell at pub lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon day, the 3d day of November, 1902, being salesday, the following de scribed real estate: All that tract or parcel of land sit uate, lying and being in the County of Clarendon in the State aforesaid to wit: Eight hundred and twelve and 50 100 acres, bounded on the North by lands of Millet and Cald well; on the east by lands of Horton and Nixon, on the South by lands of Pack; on the West by lands of Mc Knight and others, as will appear per the plat of R. K. Rutledge, D. 8. made for the purposes of division January 21st, 1860. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBE RT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., Oetober 8, 1902. [10-4t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Julia Pierson, in her own right and as Administratrix of the Estate of Toney MlcDonald, deceased, Mari etta Cooper and Leila Dukes. Plaintiffs, against Emma McDonald, otherwise called Amy McDonald, Richard McDon ald. B. A. Johnson and Julian E. Mellette, copartners as Julian E. Mellette-& Co., Defendants. Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court bf Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date of March 29, 1902, I will sell at pub lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon day, the 3d. day of November,1902,be ing salesday, the following described real estate: "All that tract or parcel of land, lying being and situate in County and State aforesaid containing thirty three acres, more or less, and bound ed on the North by lands of Estate of M. Levi and lands of J. W. Me Leod, East by lands Mose Dingle and lands of Abram House; South by lands of Estate of M. Levi and West by lands of Aaron Weinberg and lands of Joe Dingle." Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., October 8, 1902. j10-4t STATE OF SOUTH CAROL.INA, County of Clarendon, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Marion Moise, Plaintiff, against Daniel Billups, Samuel Wright and Mitchell Levi and Ferdinand Levi, copartners as Levi Brothers, De fendants. Decree Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date March 28, 1902, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon day,the 3d day of November,1902, be ing salesday, the following described real estate, on the following terms: Enough cash to pay the judgment hiereinbefore ordered to be entered in favor of the Plaintiff, together with all the costs and disbursements of this action, and the balance upon a credit of three years, due and pay able in three equal annnal instal ments with interest from the date of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually. The said instalments and interest to be due on the 29th day of January of each year; the time portion to be evi denced by the bond of the purchaser and secured by a'mnortgage of said premises so sold: "All that tract land situate in said County and State, containing Five hundred acres more or less and ad joining lands now or formerly of Walton Billups, B. WV. Cutter, A. D. Witherspoon and others, and the public Road leading from Sumter to Summerton." Purchaser to pay for papers. J. ELBERT DAVIS. Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., October 8, 1902. [10-4t Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. THE R n. T.ORVYA DRTG STORE. GeoS. Hacker &Son MA\FACT7RRRR OF LIj. Dors Sah ln s s WCo . Hardware and Paints. Window and Fanc Glass a Special . JOS. F. RHAME. J. H. LESESNE. RHME & LESESNE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. J. S. wILSoN. W. C. DURANT WILSON & DURANT, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C. TO CONSUMERS OF Lager Beer. 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