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dTAR HEEL vs DIXIE. Read and Judge: In view of the recent advertising on the subject of Tar Heel and Dixie blankets, we deem it but just to our selves that we should publish the following letter from the manufacturers, which ought to settle the matter, and does, so far as we are concerned, as it confirms practically every statement made by us. CHATHAM MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of BLANKETS, CASSIMERES, YARNS, ETC., Elkin, North Carolina. Dezember 12, 1902. Messrs. O'Donnell & Co., Sumter, S. C. Gentlemen: Replying to your kind favor of recent date, we beg to state that our -No. 200 blanket, which we have been selling you ticketed Tar Heel, is a better blan ket and costs us considerably more per pound than the Z No. 300 blanket ticketed Dixie, which we sold Messrs. . Schwartz Bros. We manufacture blankets varying in price from 45 to 80 cents per pound. and No. 200 is next to the best grade we make. Blankets are graded by quality ot stock and not by weight, for all the grades we make weigh the same in 10-4. 11-4 and 12-4. You are one of Z our oldest customers. and we have always given you the same prices that we get from the iaLgest Eastern jobbing houses. If you desire some of the cheaper grades we shall be pleased to ship you. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting your fur ther valued orders, we are --- Yours truly, CHATHA-M MF5. CO. P. S.-Your valued favor of some days since would have received earlier attention but for the absence of the writer We trust that the above will be satisfactory and that our delay has not seriously inconvenienced you. With kind regards, I am Yours truly, H. G. CHATHAM. OD ONNL CO. Sumter, S. C. Are the Best Manufactured. WHY, LET'S TAKE REASON INTO CONSIDERATION: BECAUSE: They are made, not of scrap iron, but of pure pig iron and aluminum. BECAUSE: They are the only ones that have the ventilated Ovens. thus renderiiug them perfect bakers. BECAUSE: They are the heaviest and have more 'asting qualities. BECAUSE: They have always taken first prize over all others. BECAUSE: They are high priced Stoves and the dealer cannot gel ______________but little profit out of them. BECAUSE: They have a reputation that none other has nor car: ____________wish to get. BECAUSE: They are handled by a man who is catering for the 'hardware trade, one who has and always will knock thet spots out of any pri -es that can be offered you in the town of Manning. My prices will speak for themselves and sell the Stoves. H ouseb uilders, I know you have an eye to business. Watch my stock and save money. GUNS, SHELLS AND AMiMUNITION cheaper than the cheapest. Yours for business, J. F. DICKSON, Next Door to Levi's. T O OUR n Most of you are aware that we handle the same goods as are handled by other first class stores, only our prices are lowver, although we make Millinery in our store a specialty which we now sell at half price. WVe want to let you know that we have not forgotten our gentlemen friends. We have just received a beautiful line of Clothing, real-fine Suits to suit any up-to-date wearer for the Xmas trade, which will save you from 15 to 35 per cent. It will pay you to come and inspect them. If you have waited for your Overcoat till nowv why not see mine:' They are Overcoats that sell eelsewhere for $10 and $12: we sell them for $5 and $0. Those that others sell for $15 we sell at $7.50. Just think, the priee CUT IN HALF. We also bought out a complete line of Children's Raglon Cloaks and Reefers. While they last you will get one for your little daughter at your owvn price. Our Dress Goods are still looking fresh and new things are still comning in with the latest of Trimmings. Our line of Remnant Ribbons is full for the Xmas shopper-some lovely colors. They are at the usual LOW PRICES. Don't fail to see our line of The Christmas Goods. Thyare just the right things von are looking for arnd prices positively lower tha'n anywhere else, as we ask no fancyr profits. This is a fact arnd facts are all that we care to advertise. Our line of Boys' Clothing is full and other things too numerous to mention. We carry a full line of the Kabo Corsets. No doubt vou ladies have heard of it. It gives perfect fit and grace to the wearer. D. HIRSCHMANN, FRENCH THRIFT. Examples Found In the Parks and Open Squares of Paris. There is no better phice to study French frugality than in the parks and open squarLs osf Paris. Go to one of the secoudhand fairs held on the outer boulevards. What in other coun tries would be cast aside as useless is here exposed for sale, having been earefully sorted over by ragpickers, whose sole support is the rubbish which you see-broken china, bits of T glass, pieces of stone, old nails, old pots and pans, old shoes, old combs 0 :and brushes. Does a woman need a cup? IIas she broken a saucer? For 2 cents she can replace them. Is her lock broken, her key lost? Dehold a thou- p sand from which to choose. The poor students may find their books, mothers their children's shoes. says Donohoe's Magazine. a Each house in Paris is provided by t the city with a large box. Into this the a servants throw all that is not needed by the family, whether of food or rai ment. Every morning the chiffoniers or ragpickers are privileged to search through these boxes before the con- t tents are carted by the city to distant fields, where the refuse Is employed in t! fertilizing the soil. From the homes of the wealthy the poor receive many ar- b ticles of real value. Fifty thousand ragpickers, say the statistics, realize ti $10,000 daily from their pickings. t_ English of Long Ago. The ng's English has changed as 0 kings have come and gone, says the St. James Gazette. Here is a passage from the record of a crowning of-long ago: "The Cardinall, as Archebishoppe of Caunterbure, showing the king to the people at the iiij parties of the said pul- P pitt, shall say in this wise, 'Sirs, I here present Henry (true) and rightful, and tl undoubted enheritour by the lawes of God and man to the ceroune and roiall dignite of England, with all things thereunto ennexed and apperteyning, electe, chosen and required by all three estats of the same land to tak yppon him the said 'coroune and roiall dignite, whereupon ye shall vnderstand that this daie is prefixed and appoynted by all the piers of this land for the conse crasion, envnecion and coronacion of the said most excellent Prince Henry; n will ye, sirs, at this tyme geve your P willes and essentes to the same conse cracion, enuvnccion and coronacion? fi Whereupon the peple shall saie, with a C( greate voice, 'Ye, Ye. So be hit. King Henry! King Henry!'" L _ _ _ _ _ _ _fia Chinese Duplicity. bi A south sea islander said of his race, "As soon as we open our mouths a lie m s born." The Chinese acknowledge m without shame the same of themselves. h< tmay be t ue among western nations that "the affairs of life hinge upon con- le fidence," but in the east, and especially v4 in China, they hinge upon suspicion. tl There are few Chinese who attach any importance to keeping an engagement le Most of them are like the man who, I being accused of having broken his promise, replied that it was of no con sequence, as he could make anofher just as good. The Chinese say that S one should never refuse a request in an t abrupt manner; on the contrary, he s should grant it in form, although with s no intention to do so in substance. "Put him off till tomorrow and then until another tomorrow. Thus you comfort his heart," they say. 'r Soon Tired of is Books. The 7,000 volumes of chronicles and th~ travels from which Gibbon distilled the H "-Decline and Fall of the Roman Em- gc pire" were purchased by Beckford aft- In er the writer's death. "I bought it," bc said the author of "Vathek." "to have at something to read when I passed bh through Lausanne." There were few in rarities in the collection, but most of to the authors were in the best obtain able editions and in perfect condition-- [u the fastidiious Gibbon was incapable of gr behaving disirespectfully to a book. For : six weeks Beckford reveled in his pur- it chase and read himself nearly blind. w lHe soon tired of his books, however, liB and presented the whole collection to a of German physician named Schell. The ha recipient showed his appreciation of am the treasure by promptly selling it. cc Right and Left Cigars. it It Is not always because a cigar is | badly made that the wrapper curls up (0 and works off, says the Tobacco Work- tri er. It is often because a right handed or man Is smoking a left handed cigar. A wi "left handed cigar" is one rolled by the maker's left hand, for all cigar makers ic: must be ambidextrous. A piece of to- p1 bacco for the wrapper is cut on the 10 bias and is rolled from left to right on M the filler. The other piece for reasons se of economy is then used and must be th rolled the opposite way by the opera- th tor's other hand. Hence a smoker who holds a cigar in his right hand, some- to times twisting it about, rubs the wrap- as per the wrong way and loosens it. is A Touthful Estimate. nc ~"Now," said the Sunday school teach- m er in her most winning tones, "which th little boy can tell me about the still I small voice that is withina us?" h "Please'm." said the freckled boy at c the end of the seat, "my uncle has one." c "H e has?" Ic. "Yes'm; he's a ventriloquist!"-Bal timore American. Dennite Direction. ( A walter who had been an old ma- re rice watched as long as he could bear' e it while his ma~ster tried to draw the fo stuffing through the side of a bird. m "Farther aft, sir," be ventured in an lii embarrassing whisper; "farther aft!" nt( Success in the practical affairs of life E! depends upon temperament more than di upon talent, for decision, courage, tn- ) lustry and pci-severance are tempera- 1 mental. B. --- - or E.I1YYY1TruifvniiYvTYYYYVWfTWTVr tr; STfi KIND OF 3 g( FrAmEsi C To be used is veryv much a matter a Sof taste. It is importanlt. though. 3 that the frames set propelJty on Sthe nose and at the right oistance a p1 fhrm tile eves:~ that t he h-nses he ab p lerfectly cente-red. and iimw arec I you to know when one is guess i WE . .. Tm ~NEVER [ GUESS. 2 ha e Glasses Right, a v eGood Sight." SE. A. Bultman, he JEWEL.ER AND OPTICIAN. m i charge of Opt ical D~epartment. I 175S. Main St., - Sumter, S. C. ~ n 'P H O N E 1 9 4.A A A A A A A A S B HISTORIC STAGECOACH. reserved In the Postal Museum al the National Capital. One of the most interesting relics of )solete postal service to be seen at i1 museum in Washington. says the ,'ashington Post, is an old time Rocks ?ountain combination passenger and nil coach, built in 186S. This was mlong the first of its kind to carry the tails in Montana. the route of this par cular coach being from Helena tc ozeman. the trip consuming a week lie residents along the same sectior )w receive four mails daily. Th( >aI was donated to the museum by .S. untley. general manager of thc ellowstone Park Transportation com iny. It was captured by Indians in 277 and recaptured after a hot pur ilt by General Howard. "Many dis nguished persQns have traveled in it, nong them being General Garfield, be >re he was president; President Ar iur, on a visit to "Montana in 1883, id General Sherman, on a tour of in >eetion in 1877. The latter was a pas nger when the coach made the dis mnee from Fort Ellis to Helena, 10E Ales, In eight hours, six horses being ie team, with frequent relays. This antiquated affair on wheels is ie simon pure, typical stagecoach of ie Beadle dlue novel. The James cothers and the Fords may have en ched themselves by looting this iden cal relic of the west. There are a -ont and rear boot, the former, under ie driver's seat, being the repository ' Uncle Sam's mail bags, the rear boot rving to carry baggage. Heavy ather springs and iron tires to the 'heels half an Inch thick enabled the hicle to withstand the rough usage which it was subjected. With a ca icity inside for nine people, others ding on top and beside the driver, ith slots in the sides of the coaci rough which rifles could be aimed, it !emed evident that a knight of the >ad had to be of reckless mold tc Lkle one of these once a week "ex resses." POULTRY POINTERS. Never give poultry water in the morn *g before feeding. All the stimulants breeding fowls ed is wholesome food and drink It -oper quantities. To fatten the cockerels rapidly, con ie them in close quarters and feed >rnmeal cooked in milk. Short legged fowls fatten quickly. Dng legs are hard to fatten. Those 'st hatched fatten quickest in a ood. Fowls seldom tire of milk. They ay eat too much grain or meat, but ilk in any form is palatable and althy. The roosting poles should be on a vel with each other. This will pre nit the fowls all trying to roost on e top perch. A fowl or animal in which an excel nee is constitutional Is apt to trans it all this excellence in all the de opcd power and beauty to its prog In selecting for breeding the pullet ould be at least a year younger than e cock. This will conduce to the rength and good health of the off~ ring. A PERSIAN PARABLE. ie Side of the World the Pessimist *Had Not Seen. yhere was a certain man who ought the world was growing worse. e was always harking back to "the od old times" and was sure that the man race was degenerating. Men, said, were all trying to cheat one other, and the strong were crushing e weak. One day when he was aIr his pessimistic views the calif said him: 'I charge you hereafter to look care 1y about you, and whenever you see y man do a worthy deed go to him d give him praise or write to him out it. Whenever you meet a man om you regard as worthy to have -ed in the 'good old days,' tell him your esteem and of the pleasure you e had in finding one so exalted, d I desire that you write out an ac unt of these good deeds for me that may share your joy in knowing of o the man was dismissed. But be re many days he returned and pros ted himself before the calif. When ered to explain his presence, he uiled: 'Have pity on thy servant, and re Ie him from the necessity of com imenting men upon their worthy eds, oh, my master. And, oh, son of ohmmed, I pray thee absolyve thy vant from the duty of reporting to ee all the good that is going on in e world." 'And why, oh, slave, dost thou come me with this prayer?" the calif ked. Since i have been looking for what good." the man replied, "I have had time to do aught but compliment n for their splendid works. So much at is glorious Is all around me that may' not hope to be able to tell thee if of it My tasks lie neglected be. use I have no time" Go back to thy work," said the if. "I perceive that thou hast rned." The Rluin of Restaurants. A young man who dines quite fre lently in a French restaurant, whose putation is based on the unvarying cellence of the dishes served, sent the cefo the other night to complh ent him on a poulet en casserole. "I :e you." saiid the cook, "'because you ver bring any women in this place. .ey ruin a cook and a restaurant. A ntleman who comies in alone for his tner regards the dishes and pays his Liole attention to the food he is eat g. But when lie is with a woman! h! ie laughs, he talks, he regards ly his companion, his attention is dis eted, the cook and his work are for ttn. I do not try for them. The ys who are learning prepare their uners. It is not popularity that ruins restaurant, it is the women and mu ."-Newv York Post. Hie Wasn't One of the Two. Uncle George-You are always comn lning about your wife's bad temper, t you know it takes twvo to make a arreL Iarry-In this case the two are my fe and my wife's mother.-Boston anscript. Merely a Q uest ioe of Judgment. 'What is it that leads a woman who s married unhappily and got a di re to marry again?" 'Curiosity." 'Curiosity!" 'Certainly. She's curious to learn If r judgment of men has improved." ticago Post. The Worried Housewife. Eusband-What have you been look ;so blue about all day, my dear? ife-I'm afraid our hired girl won't prove of our new washerwoman. itn Post. The Printer's Devil. The, familiar term "printer's devil, as applied to the boy of all work abot a printing office, is said by the Fourt Estate to have originated with Aldt Manutius. He employed a small negi boy, a curiosity in those days in Ei rope, who became known as the "LI te Black Devil." Printing was then mystery, and a superstition spread thb Aldus was invoking the black art an that the negro boy was the embod mont or Satan. To correct this opinic Aldus publicly exhibited the black bc and decl:x.vd: "Ile it known to Veni< that 1. A.aus Manutius, printer to ti hly chiutl: and to the doge, have th day m:ude public exposure of the prin er's devil All those who think he not flesh and blood may come an pinch him." Willing to Compromise. A story of the Colombian idea of ta: ation is told by a traveler who recent] visited that South American country. -Some American friends of mine, said the traveler, "were visited by tl city officials of Colon. "'Senor,' said the leader of the del< gation, 'we have come to collect $12 i gold from you, your share of the co! of collecting the garbage for this year. "'But, my dear sir,' said the Amer can In surprise, 'you have not collectc the garbage once during the who year.' "'That's true,' said the collecto scratching his head. 'Well, let's mal it $6, then.1' Matthew Arnold's Rudeness. "Do you take sugar and cream?" hcstess asked Matthew Arnold froi behind the breakfast urn. "Neither," he repiled. "I only tat cream when the coffee is nasty." The feelings of the hostess may 1 Imagined after this statement to hai her guest taste the beverage and d rect the waitress to bring him sugi and cream. Quite Consistent. Miss Mainchantz-I suppose you's heard of my engagement to Mr. Jenks Miss Ascott-Yes, and I confess was surprised. You told me once thi you wouldn't marry him for a millio dollars. Miss Mainchantz-I know, dear, bi I discovered later that he had two mi lions.-Philadelphia Press. A String to It. Bridget and Norah Murphy, fres from Ellis island, had set out to mql their "return calls" on their cousin the McGooligans, at service in an ari tocratic part of the city. Upon arri ing at the house, instead of being coi fronted by the usual bell knob, nothir but a stingy, mean apology of a knc in the shape of a little black buttc met tiem. Bridget got hold of the bu ton and gave it a pull, but her finge slipped before there *was any audib ring from within. Again and again sl tried with the same result, until sI turned the job over to "Nonle." The the latter yanked -and twisted withoi success, until both stood on the lani ing gazing helplessly at each othe Then light came unto Bridget. "I'll tell you phwat It is," she sail "They're playin' th' joke on us fi greenhorns an' th' devils are withj houldin' th' shtring!"-New York Tril une. ____ O A.BOTO "t.I A.. Basthe TeKind You Hate Always Baug Signatue of' $20,000 UPON TOTa 1st SEP OONTEST C MADNIFICENT 1 To the one Making the the receipts of cotton 1902, to January 10, i! To the next near, To the second n< To the five next To the ten next r To the fifteen ne To the twenty ne To the fifty next To the one hundi For distribution among tho ing within ,000 bales either'a Should the exact figures ho there was offered to the succe Crand total Condi~lons of Sendin [ 1] send $1.25 for WEEKLYCO one estimate for the SUNNY soUTH and an< [21 Send 81.00 for WEEKLY CC [3] Send 50c for SUNNY soUTE (4] Send 50c for one est wish to make a r~umber of est L.AR forwarded at the same tii same time, without subscripti cl discount being offered o estimate so received. Whore: ment that your estimate has I [5] The money and the subscriptiOti tion go together. This rule is positive. [6] No estimate must be mailod L: [7] In case of a tie upon any prize BLANK FOR S$.OO AND TI (To be changed ifsi PUBLISHERS CONSTITUTIONi, Al Enter THREE estimates for me, for Is Upon Total Port Receipts qg September 1, 1905, 2 d to January 10, 1903. 3d Name.................... Postoffice........... State ........ OTE-If you wish ony ONE estiate n ton wish to subscribe to THE WEEKL' .make remittanct indicated and send e-stlm the combination, changing this coupon ac Address all orders to... The Atlanta Week~ Or we will give TIIE MANN]: Th Constitution and Thle Su This is a fine opportou AMERICAN SOCIETY. t Its Basis, Whether We Deplore C h Ignore It, Is Wealth. s "American society," says Ainslee' o "has been definitely established upo L- a monetary basis. We may deplore ti. t- fact, or we may ignore it, but it is a fact, and It is very much the wise, .t thing to admit it with dispassionat d frankness. For if we assume our soci: i- standards and conditions to be diffei n ent from what they really are, ho, y are we going to stuiy them and unde: e stand them and get at their philos e phy? From the point of view of a se s entific observer, the classification ( t- everybody and everything according 1 s a financial principle of division, is d good thing, for it greatiy simplific the whole subject. "Formerly there was no classificatio of any kind. American life was - chaos, socially, full of all sorts y anomalies and incongruities. Ever section of the country had its ow " standard of distinction, and this stant e ard was recognized and respected ni where else. Thus In Newr England li - crary, scholastic or theological em a nence was held to confer a certai ;t cachet upon those who had obtained 1 " In the microcosm of which Philade i- phia used to be the center ancestr d counted most of all. This was also trt te to some extent of the south, yet ther as in the west, political prominent r, carried with it social leadership. Ne :e York-always more or less impossib] to formulate-was a place where thei existed social wheels within whee and social planes that never touche< a though, on the whole, perhaps the con u bination of ancestry and money mea in those days what money alone meaz e at the present time." e Sound Advice. e Young men, you are the architects I- your own fortine. Rely on your ow r strength of body and soul. Take fV your guiding star self reliance. Sul scribe on your banner, "Luck Is a foo Pluck Is a hero." Don't take too muc e advice; keep at your helm and ste< ? your own ship, and remember that tl I great art of commanding is to take .t fair share of the work. Think well < n yourself, strike out, assume your ow position. Haul potatoes In a cart ov< Lt a rough road. and the small ones go I the bottom. Rise above the enviot and jealous, fire above the mark yo , intend to bit. Energy, invincible dete mination, with a right motive, are tl h levers that move the world. Don 0 drink; don't smoke; don't swear; don 3, deceive; don't marry until you can sul 3- port a wife; be in earnest; be self r, r- liant; be generous; be civil; read t1 I- papers; advertise your business; mal g money and do good with it; love yox b God and fellow men; love truth and vi n tue; love your country and obey 11 t- laws.-Exchange. Is e e Anger. e It Is said that anger Is one of tt a most harmful emotions, in fact th it very few are aware how frightful] 1. dangerous it is to the average perso r. There is on record this saying of great doctor: "IIe is a man very ric . indeed in physical power who~ can a i ford to be angry." .A Judicel Gem. "A husband Is not guilty of desertio when his wife rents his room to boarder and crowds him out of tU house." This is no joke, but a piece< solemn judicial wisdom. It is found i 153 Penn. St. 450. .oo CASH OF THE ATL.ANTA CONSTITUTIOl APORT RECEIPTI T., 1902, TO 10th J LOSES DECEMEI WENTY THOUSANE xact, or the nearest to the e AT ALL UNITED STATES PC 903....--.----------.--.-.-- .. ast estimate.----------. xt nearest. learest--------------- $300 eacl1 learest.--.---------- 200 eacl1 xt nearest----------. 100 eactl ixt nearest.---------50 eac11 nearest ..-.--------- 10 eacl -ed nearest........... 5 eacl s estimates (not taking any of the a ay of the exact figures ......... te been given during the contest pril sful estimate, If made before then.. g Esfimafes in This Mamm )STITUTION and SUNNY SOUTH, both one yesr, a 4ther estimate for TEE CoNSTITUTION. NSTITTION one year and with it one estimate in one year and with it one estimate In the eentest. mate alono in the contest If you dor mates on this basis you may send TH n estimates are sent. If as many a on, the sender may forward thorn wi nly to estimates of ten. A postal c subscriptIOns are sent the arelval of ti een received and carefully recorded. and the estimate must come In the same envelope Over ,ter than Deoember 31st, 1902. estimate, the money wml be equally divided. HEE ESTIMATES, WITHOUT SUBSORIPTI0I ibscriptionls ad estimates both are sent.) :lanta, Ga. *1. enclosed, in your current contest as fonows:~ 1I I l I I | I I I I |I .............-..... -e the contest, send FIFTY CENTS and finl out only C test send T HE EDOLL A R and write your on ScoNSTITUT~orUNNY sOUTH, or both, as abol ites FREE-one estimate f r each y eary subs'cription,. :ordingly and enclose with remittance. SCONS TI T] ly Constitution "'W" Porz S2.2i5 For Yea m& Ti's and The Sunmyfl Souti nny South withl Tm:E MANNING iiy o +gent anren mntter clmo The Value of a Struggle. It is a curious fact in the history of nations that only those which have had to struggle the hardest for an exist ence have been highly successful. As a rule the same thing is true of men. One would think that it would be a great relief to have the bread and but ter problem solved by one's ancestors e so that one might devote all his eper Li gies and time to the development of the mental and spiritual faculties. But this is contrary to the verdict of his tory and the daily experience of the world. The strugglers, those born to a heritage of poverty and toil and not those reared in the lap of fortune, have, with a few exceptions, been the 0 leaders of civilization, the giants of the race.-Success. 13 Clubs. Cabs and Gout. a A physician talking to a reporter of f a New York paper asserted recently r that gout is rapidly increasing in that n city as a disease prevalent among the I- wealthy classes, the increase being al .. together out of proportion to the t- growth of poplation. He claims that 1. this is largely attributable to the in n crease of clubs, fashionable restau t rants and cafes and also to the gen . eral use of cabs, even when the dis y tance frbm the club to the home is e only a few blocks. If people would take more active exercise in the open e air, they would run less risk from ,v heavy meals. He says that rich foods e are more responsible for gout than e wine, although practically the two s usually go together. l- Editorial Indignation. it The lady (?) who yesterday called s the attention of another to our patched breeches, whereat both laughed so heartily, is informed that a new pair will be purchased when her husband's f bill is settled. It has been due nearly n a year. Don't criticise a printer's tiress r too closely while you are wearing silk with money due us. Tell your husband to send us $40.78 and save the cost of a lawsuit. We need another pair of r pants.-Des Moines Register and Lead e er. The Artist's Achievement. n Towne-I guess we'll have to take r back all the sneering things we said 0 about D'Auber. S Browne-Why? u Towne-He told me yesterday he had r. just completed a five thousand dollar e painting for Mr. Riel S. Tate. t Browne-Yes, it was a large sign, t "This Corner Lot, 60 by 140, For Sale, . $5,000."-Philadelphla Press. The Widow's Wall. C "Well," said the lady who was en Lr deavoring to give the widow censola -- tion on the way home from the ceme : tery, "the worst is over now." "I'm afraid not," answered the af flicted one. "The lawyer says there's a bad flaw In one of the insurance poll cles."-Chicago Record-Herald. Lt The Soup. y Daintleigh (at the boarding house)-1 L Beg pardon, Mrs. Skinner, but isn't, a this the same soup we had yesterday,! hwarmed over? . Mrs. Skinner-No, sir. It Is what was left over from yesterday.-Bostonl Transcript.. People who sell newspapers In the Sstreets of Moscow are compelled to ap pear In uniform. Those who have disagreeable news to~ tell you always find you in.-Atchl son Globe. B OF COTTON ANs, 1903. BEE Sst, 902 IDOLLAR OEFL act, estimate of RTS from Sopt. 1, .......... $5,C00 ........... 2,00 ....... ..... 1.500 ............... s,0Z0 ............. 1 500 ............ 500 ...............000 bove 203 prizes) comn $27,500 sr to Sept. I st ............... 2,500 ........... 20,000 oth $20,000 Contest. nd send two eutimates In this cont6s-thalt is rh contest. gt want a subscription, or if you R EE estirnates for every ON E DOLI s TEN estimates are sant at the th Only TH REE dollars--this spe ard receipt will be sent for each. ie paper itself is an acknowledge - Stime. The estimato, the money and the susbscrip STA TISTICS OF LA'ST I.SEVEN CROPs. THIE PORT RECEIPTS for tember I through thelrst ttSn days of January. are~ given to __ aid you in making an Intelli gent estimate In this contest. It is not necessary to itemize your estimate. give It in cuc - plain sum expressed in figures F only; let them mean just whiat you mean to say. TtlPr Iteceipts from Cotton Year.. scnt. I to Januanry Io. 1895-6.........----3662.196 ---. 1896-7.. .... ...--. 5.139272 p 1897-98.. .....-,....951 2;3 1898-9... .... .....6.15623 -.--- 1899-1900.. .. ..... 4.207 o5 1900-01.... .....--. 4.804.514 190 1-02.. ... ... ... 5. i37 l3 ....secretnry H~ester. o'f the Newv no line of Orleans Cotton Exchatnre. will 'n figurs furnish tJe offiesal tigures to ofrd, decide thi ctontest. rofr Don't forget. every .suhscrIp tiop for yourself or your f'-ien4 will entitle you to an estimfat" ---in the great S20.000 c'o-i.t. OT AT~i~fT r The Manning Times for $2.00 a Year, or both nis fm. $2 O a. Yar. ATLANTIC COAST LINE, CAintEsTox, S. C., April 13, 1902 On and after this date the followmg passenger schedule will be in effect: NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. South-Bonnd. *35. *23. *53. Lv Florence, 3.00 A 7.55 P. LY Kingstree, 3.56 9.07 Lv Lanes, 411 0.27 7.32P1. Ar Charleston, 5.40 11.15 9.10 North-Bound. *78. *32. *52. Lv Charleston, 6.45 A. 4.45 P. 7.00 A Lv Lanes. 8.16 6.10 8.35 Lv Kingstree, 8.32 6.25 Ar Florence, 9.30 7.20 *Daily. Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. & D. U. U. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a in, arrive Dar lington 10.28 a im, Cheraw, 11.4o a M, Wadesboro 12.35 p m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p m, arrive Dar. lington, 8.25 p m, Hartsville 9.2C p m Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a in, ar. rive Darlington 10.27, Hartsville 11.10 Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.36 a mi, Bennettsville 6.59 am, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a m. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 7.00 a m, arrive Darlington 7.45 a in, leave Darlingten 8.55 a m, arrive Florence 9.20 a m. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4 25 p m, Cheraw 5.15 p m, Darlington 6.29 p m, arrive Florence 7 p. m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15 a in Darlington 9.00 a m, arrive Florence 9.2v a M. J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't, T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C. &A. South-Bound. 55. 35. 51. Lv Wimington,*3.45 P. t6 00 A. Lv Aarion, 6.40 845 Ar Florence, 7.25 9 25 Lv Florence, *8.00 *3.30 A. Ar Sumter, 9.15 4.33 52. Lv Sumter, 9.15 *9 25 Ar Columbia, 10.40 11 05 No. 52 runs throngh from Charleston via. Central R. R., leaving Charleston 6 40 a , Lanes 8 15 a m, Manning 8.57 a m. North-Bound. 54. .53 50. Lv Columbia, *6.55 A. *4.40 P. Ar Sumter, 8.20 6.13 32. Lv Snnmter, 8.20 *6.19 Ar Florence, 9.35 7.35 t7 40 1. Lv Florence, 10.10 8 15 Lv Marion, 10.53 8554 Ar Wilmington, 1.40 1130 *Daily. tDaily except Sunday No. 53 rnns through to Charleston, S. C. via Cential . R., arriving Manning 6,53 p m, Lanes, 7.35 p in, Charleston 9.20 p , Train No. 53 makes close connection at Sumter with train No. 59, arriving Lanes 9 45 a m, Charleston 11 35 a in, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Trains on Coaway Branch leave Chad bourn 12.01 a m, arrive Conway 2.20 p in, returning leave Conway 2.55 p m, arrive Chadbourn 5.20 p m, leave Chadbourn, 5.35 p m, arrive at Elrod 8.10 p m, returning leave Elrod 8.40 a m, arrive Chadbonin 11.25 a mn. Dail3 e-xcept Sun. day. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pa'as. Agent. J. iR. KENLY, Gen'tl Manager. T. M1. EMERSON, Trailie Manatger. CENTRtAL IR. -. OP SO. CAROLINA. No. 52 Li Charleston, 7.00 A. Mt. Lv Lanes, 8.37 " Lv Greeleyvxille, 8.50 " Lv Foreston, 8.59 "a Lv Wilson's Mill, 9.07" Lv Manning, 9.17 " Lv Alcolu, 9.25 " Lv Brogdlon, 9.34 " Lv WV. & S. Junuct., 9.48" Lv Sumter, 9.50 " .Ar Columbia, 11.10" South-Ijound Lv Columbia, 4.0.31 Lv Sumter, 61 Lv WV. & S. Jnnet. 61 Lv Brogdon, 2 Lv Alcolu, .63 Lv Manning, 66~ Lv Wilson's Mill, 65 Lv Foreston, 70 Lv Greeleyville, 71 Ar Lanes, 70 No.35. Lv Suter, 4.0 A. M. Ar ranehug, 6.134 Ar uguta, 7.057 Lv Agust, 72.0 P"it Lv Denarto, 9.20 " Lv Oranger, 4.02 A." Lv Creston, 5.1 " Ar Oranerg, 6.049 Trais3 Dendm5arry throug "ula York n ao i Augusta .7 - Tx~r Taz.~ No.32 Lv efectna, Ja.21,02. BAteeSumter 6.09 C "dn Trise32aily3 erryt thrughdaly. a Soth sernd.R Northbou No. 69. No. 71. No. 70. No. 68. PM1 AM AM PM 6 25 9 45 Le..X anmter .Ar 9 00 5 45 6 27 9 47 N. W. Junctn 8 58 5 43 6 47 10 07 . ..Dalzell.. 8 25 5 13 705 1017 ...B~orden... 800 458 7 25 10 35 ..Renmberts.. 7 40 4 43 7 35 10 40 . . Ellerbee .. 7 30 4 38 7 50 11 05 SofRy Junctn 7 10 4 25 800 1115 Ar..Camden..Le 700 415 (S C & GI Er Depot) PM PM AM PM 13etween Wilson's Mill and Sumter. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. Daily excolpt Sun day No. 72. P 31 Stations. ' M - 3 00 Le.......mter......r 11 45 303 ...N WJunction... 1142 317..........Tndal........110 3 30........ .Packsville.......0 45 405...........lver.........0 20 .....Millard .... 0 5O 0........ merton ..... 925 5 45...... ....Davis...........00 600..........ordan ....... ..47 6 45 A r... .,. Wilson's Mill...Le 8 30 P M A M Between Millard and St. Paul. Daily except Sunday. South boun d. Northbound. No 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. PM A M Stations A M PM 415 930 Le MillardAr 1000 440 420 940 Arst.PaulLe 950 430 IPM AM 3 AM PM THOS. WILsO0N, President. We promptly obtain U. S. and lForeign A deadc model, sketch or photo oinventofr free report on patentability. For free book Pants aTRTRA E-ARKS '"? Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. 8du ser Job Werk to The Times office.