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The Public Will Please Excuse Me. I am sure the public and my friends will excuse my apparent neglect of my advertising columns this week, when they learn of my great affliction and distress--at the bedside of my ill wife. W. E. JENKINSON. Iannounced, to which ladies are cordially invited. We promise this to be of great interest to you as for Style, Quality and Prices. We hope we are able to satisfy you after spending three months time at Northern markets. Our Dress Goods, Which isup-odt a nice variet offers great economieds,.h es e lected stye and quty for the lwest price ever paid.Welsecdanfuy gua call special attention to our LADIES' JACKETS which we have in all prices, the very Tatest makes. Also finest Cloaks for Misses' and Children, fully alorr am fine of Ladies' Ready-Made Underwear at lowest prices. D. HIRSCH MANN Next to Postoffice. LINE. The people of Clarendon buying Grocer ies in any quantity should obtain Avant's vrnces. We Guarantee Our prices to be lower. We are the lowest price-makers of best quality Merchandise. COME TO SEE US. Avant Mercantile Co., SUMMERTON. S. C. TEMPERANCE COLUMN. Corn(lucicO( 7)v IPaxile W. C. T. U. National Motto--"For God. Home and Na tive Land." State Motto-" Be Strong and of Good Cour age. Our watchword-Agitate. Educate. Organize. Pledge "God helping me. I promise not to buy. drink, sell or give Intoxicating liquors while I live: From bad companions Ill refrain And never take God's name in vain. Total Abstinence the Dictate of Common Sense. A part from the most discussed question of the duty of total ab s t i n e n c c from intoxicating drinks.there is the less frequent 1 v considered but important question: "If one has the privi lege of choice, is it better to be a total abstainer, or to pursue an other course?" On that ques tion the editor has positive views and he is glad to express them. Some years ago the editor, then a Philadelphian, was at a luncheon given in the Ritten house club by Dr. William Pep per, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, after the exer cises of Commencement Day. As Provost Pepper was moving from one small table to another where his guests of the day were seated, he sat by the edit or's side for a while, and he said familiarly among other things: "I notice that you do not drink any wine to-day. Do you never drink wine?" "No, I ifever do," was the re ply. "Do you refrain from prefer ence, or from conscientious mo tives?" "Partly from both causes. I need to be always in good physi cal condition, in order to enable me to do my best work at all times. To secure this, I refrain from everything in the line of narcotics or brain stimulants. I avoid all that would deaden my nerves or excite my brain, and which might lead me to think for a time that I am not as weak or as tired as I am. I want to know what is my true possession of capital. I am care ful not to borrow tomorrow's in come for today's expenditure. I want to go to bed at night with brain balance overdrawn." Dr. Pepper, who was eminent as a physician, as well as an ex eptionally hard worker with his brain and nerves, said heartily, as he brought down his hand on the editor's knee: "I must say that that is sound reasoning, from a physician's point of view." Thus, as a matter of personal preference, within the sphere of Christian liberty, and in accord nce with the best judgment of minent medical authority, not swayed by extreme total absti ence prac-tice or preference, the editor is, and far more than hree score years has been a rigid total abstainer and this course e recommends to others. Not only in view of his per sonal preference and best judg ment, but as a matter in which ample may be influential be ond our thought,he has deemed total abstinence the only safe ourse. An instant illustrating this that occurred thirty years ago impressed itself forcibly on his mind. Being in San Francisco in 1872 e heard much said about the California wines and he was re peatedly urged to try them. An old friend, whose guest lie was, was particularly desirous that e should test their superiority, :entioning a favorite brand in particular, as he was aware of the fact that in younger days the editor was an apothecary, and had some knowledge of the dif ferences in wines. A few days after their conversation on this :atter, they were together~ in vited to a dinner at a a neigh bor's. Here came a new trial. T wo valued servants, who had for years lived in th~e editor's family in Hartford, were now im the family where he had been invited to dinner. At the dinner were several kinds of wine, but as they were proferred to him e declined. The hostess for the evening urged that he should try their choicest California wines, naming especially the favorite brand of his old friend. The bottle was already open,and the others were drinking from it. Why should he not try it, he was asked, enough to express his opinion on it? But he declined. His hostess ui-ged him to yield, until he thought she was press iug the matter unduly, and lie was therefore the firmer, and the linner was ended. The next day he met the elder of the two servants, whom lie respected and valued foi- her worth. To his surprise she said, as to the dinner of the evening before:. , 'When we wore preparing :or the dinner, mny mistress was con sidering what wines we were to have. I said, 'Mr. Trumbull never drinks wine.' She said, 'He'll drink wiine at our table to night-you see if he doesn't.' I said, 'If Mr- Trumbull taszes your wine, you can take off a month's wages of mine.' 1 just knew you wouldn't touch wine." And the editor thanked the Lord that he had not lost his' go-od name with her as a total abstainer who could be depended on. He then realized anew that we are always in the balance be fore our fellows, always being watched to see what we do; and that for our own sakes, and for the sake of others, total absti nence is our only safe rule. The writer has had varied ex periences in life, as enabling him to test and confirm the reasona blness of his views in favor of total abstinience. He has travel ed in Europe, Asia, Africa and years, been in the principal wine growing countries of the world. He has lived on ocean and sea and river, on desert and prairie and mountain; he has been compelled to drink the vil est water imaginable, but he has never been where he thought that the best wine or other alco holic beverage was so safe or so desirable, in view of what he saw as the poorest water available to him. This is so far as his per sonal experience taught him. As to the experience of others whom he knew or observed, the evidence is in the same direction as his own. As to the peril in departing from total abstinence, he can say that in a large major ity of cases his personal friends, both boys and girls, who were not contented to remain total ab stainers either died drunkards or are living as such. He has seen no fewer drunkards in wine growing countries than in the vicinity of breweries and distil eries. He has found that no strength of will or earnestness of religious profession or prac tice, would surely enable a per son to pursue a course of safe moderation if he or she departed from total abstinence. He has seen so many men of exceptional strength of will and character yield to intemperance; he has seen so many clergymen of differ ent denominations, and so many lovely women follow in a similar course, that he is afraid to depart from the safe and desirable course of total abstinence. He thanks God that he has the the privilege of being a total ab stainer, and he knows that that course is the only safe one for him. He believes that that course for any one, and there fore he recommends it to all. Sunday School Times. Do Good-It Pays. A Chicago man has observed that, "Good deeds are better than real estate deeds-some of the latter are worthless. Act kindly and gently, show symyathy and lend a helping hand. You cannot possiby lose by it." Most men appre ciate a kind word and encouragement more than substantial help. There are persons in this community who might truthfully say: "My good friend, cheer up. A few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will rid you of your cold. and there is no danger whatever from pneumonia when you use that medicine. It always cures. I know it for it has helped me out many a time. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea. Prop. A Message From the Pulpit. In the old days, and probably to some extent at the present day, the Scotch clergyman was very much the pastor of his flock. He looked out for the big and little needs of their souls, and also of their bodies. Dean Ramsey, in his book, "Scottish Life and Character," tells a story vouched for by one of his correspondents as au thentic. John Brown. burgher minis ter at Whitburn, grandfather of the author of "-Rab and His Friends," was traveling in the early part of last century on a small Shetland pony to attend thte summer sacrament at EHad ington. Between Musselburgh and Tranent he overtook one of his own people. "What are ye dain'here Janet, and whaur ye guan this warm wather?" "'Deed. sir,"~ replied. Janet, "I'm gaun to Haddington for the occasion, an' expeck to hear ye preach this efternoon.' "Vera weel. Janet, but whaur ye gaun to sleep?" "I dinna ken, sir, but Provi dence is aye kind, an' 'provide bed." Mr. Brown jogged on to BHad dington. After service in the afternoon, before hte pronounced a blessing he said from the pulpit: "Whaur's the auld wifie that followed me frae Whitbun?" "Here I am, sir!" piped a shrill voice from a back seat. "Awell." said Mr. Brown, " I have fand ye a bed; ye're to sleep wi' Jennie Fife." Court convenes October 26,. Judge Watts presides, the following is the ury: JTohn C. JTenkinson. Panola. Jos. S. DuRant. Dunlant. Butler R. Mor-ris. Turbeville. W. P. MeKnight, Workman. T. P. Broughton. Pine wood. W. H. Gaillard. DuRant. W. S. Dennis. Turbeville. Willie McCall, Manning. R. E. Burgess. Bethlehem. J. R. Bradham. Manning. Douglas Hlolladay, Panola. H . Grier Frierson. Manning. J. J. Brogdon, Oakland. J. WV. Rigby, Manning. J1. J. Gardner. St. Paul. J. J. Nettles. Alcolu. P. B. Harvin, Silver. W. M. Mitchum. Manning. H-. S. Dollard, Manning. R. H. Green, Turbeville. . C. Dennis. Turbeville. J. D. Pack, Paxville. H. D. Barrineau. Manning. 0. E. Webber. Manning. M. 1B. Corbett, Paxville. WV. WV. Johnson. Manning. D). M. Barnal. Wilson. P. E. Lowder, Jordan. JT. E. Beard. Turbeville. W. A. Rlichbourg. Sumnmer-ton. WV. T. Tobias, Manning. J1. P. WV. Gibbons, Jr.. New Zion. J. S. Evans. Workman. .J. Marion Bradham. Paxville. E. J. Buddin, New Zion. Beas.Z the ~The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature State Fair, Columbia, S. C.-Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line. Tick ets on sale October 24th to 29th, inclusve. and for trains scheduled to arrive in Columbia prior to noon of October 30 th. Fina'. limit of all tickets will be No vember 2nd t903. The r-ate from .\lan ning to Columbia and return for this occasion will be $2.30. including one admission into the Fair Grounds. WV. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent. H. M. EMERSON, Ran a Ten 'enny Nail Through His Hand. While opening a box, J. C. Mount, of Three Mile Bay, N. Y., ran a ten pen ny nail through the fleshy part of his hand. "I thought at once of all the pain and soreness this would cause me," he says, "and immediately applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and occasion ally afterwards. To my surprise it re moved all -ain and soreness and the in jured parts were soon healed." For sale by The R. B. Loryca Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop. WORK AND LOOK YOUNG. You Will Succeed if Your Heart Is In Your Labor. Is it hard work that makes people grow old or is it because they do not have enough to do. or. rather, do not find the thing they are best fitted to do? The hardest worked people in the world are the actresses, yet some of them, without mentioning names, are sixty and some play the parts of lovers and boisterous young tomboys at an even greater age. The Americans are the hardest work ed people in the world, yet foreigners call us a young looking nation. Noth ing makes a people look so young as liberty. 'There Is none of the cramped, caste restricted blight upon our people that is seen in Europe. The oldest look ing people in the world are not those who have worked hardest, but those who have not worked at all. If one would see them he wants to go to the fashionable watering places. There he will see comparatively young men and women who have never worked, either with body or mind, driven around in bath chairs or hobbling about on canes, while men absorbed in business are of ten quite robust at seventy. Where hard work ever killed a man laziness and inaction have killed a score. It is the class that feels above work that nature has little use for. Work and look young!-Boston Globe. The Rock That MoseN "Smote." The famous "Rock in Iloreb," an ciently called the "Rock of Massah" grid at present known throughout the orient as the "Stone of the Miraculous Fountain." being the identical rock which Moses struck with his rod in or der to give water to the children of Is-. rael, is religiously preserved and guarded even down to this late date. Dr. Shaw in his book "Shaw's Travels" says, "It is a block of granite about six yards square lying tottering and loose in the middle of the valley of Rephidim and seems to have originally been a part of Mount Sinai." The action of the waters of that mi raculous fountain, as related in the seventeenth chapter of Exodus, hol lowed a channel about two inches deep and more than twice that broad across the face of the rock, this not upon un supported testimony, but upon the word of such men as the Rev. Dr. Shaw, Dr. Pocock, Lieutenant Clogher and other eminent scholars and trav elers. M. Beaumgorton, a Gerinan no bleman who visited the "Rock of Ho reb" in the year 1507, declares his be lie? in the generally accepted story of it being the rock of Moses' famous fountain. Famous Moated Houses. The moat which so often surrounded hals and castles in the old days is now generally dry and filled up, but some remarkaule specimens still remain. Perhaps the finest example of a moated house is 'ielmngham Hall, the seat of Lord Tc liemache, in Suffolk, about eight miles from Ipswich. The draw bridge still remains, and it has been raised every night for more than 300 years, the ancient precaution being ob served even though the need for it has long passed by. The moat which suir rounds Leeds castle, near Maidstone, is so wide that it may almost be called a lake. The ancient Episcopal palace at Wells is surrounded by walls which in lose nearly seven acres of ground and by a moat which is supplied with wa ter from St. Andrew's well. A vener able bridge spans the moat, giving ac cess through a tower gateway to the outer court.-Londoni Standard. Life After Death. A German biologist has been investi gating the question of the activity of animal bodies after death and has pub lished some suggestive conclusions. It appears that death is not instantane ous throughout the physical organism, for it has been observed that many of the different tissues continue active for a considerable period after the time when the animal is assumed to be dead, particularly in the ease of the lower an imals. Cells from the brain of a frog, for example, have been kept alive for over a week when held in certain solu tions, and the heart of a frog has been known to beat for many hours after be ug removed from the dead body. The hearts of turtles and snakes will beat for days or evict a week after death. Harper's Weekly. One Was Enough. "You love my daughter?" said the old man. "Love her!" he exclaimed passionate ly. "Why, I could die for her! For one soft glance from those sweet eyes I wuld hurl myself from yonder cliff ad perish, a bleeding, bruised mass, upon the rocks 200 feet below!" The old man shook his head. " I'm something of a liar myself," he said, "and one is enough for a small faily like mine." His Bad Mernorr. "I suppose," said the condoling neigh bor, "that you will erect a handsome mpnument to your husband's mem ory?" "To his'-memory!" echoes the tearful wdow. "Why, poor John hadn't any. I was sorting over somne of the clothes he left today and found the pockets fufl of letters I had given him to mail." . Heated. Jones-Wo-ider what made Mrs. Sut ton look so heated when she picked up that photograph from her husband's of fice desk? Jaynes-Go'od reason for becoming heated. It was one of his old flames, you know.-Boston Transcript. Detting Philosophy. "Do you think that betting Is wrong?" "It depends on circumstances," an swered the town oracle. "If you can't afford to lose it's wrong; if you can it's merely silly ."-St. Louis Lumberman. A Care For Dyspepsia. I had dyspepsia in its worst form and felt miserable most all the time. Did not enjoy eating until after I used Ko0 dol Dyspeysia Cure which has comn ~letely cured mo.--\rs. Wr W. Saylor Hilliard. Pa. No appetite, loss of strength. nervousness, headache, consti pation, bad breath, sour risings, indi gestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles are quickly cured b)y the use of Kodol. Kodol represents the natur-al juices of digestion combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstruc t~ive properties. It cleanses, purifees and sweetens the stomach. Sold by The . B. Torya Dor Se. PLUCKING SHEEP. Shenring Process Not used In Shet. 1=nd on Pure Bred Animals. The pure bred sheep in Shetland are not shorn, but plucked. The process takes place generally in June, when the fleece is "ripe" and the silky wool can be pulled off without pain. This is called "rooing" and is much less damaging to the young 1 ber than clipping with shears. . The wool when thus handled retains its peculiar soft ness, so that any one of experience can tell whether the material of a knitted article has been plucked or shorn. It ripens first upon the neck and shoul ders, so that sheep half pulled resemble in some sort a poodle that is clipped. We must suppose that harsher han dling prevailed at oiie time, for we read that in 1016 the Scottish privy council spoke of the custom as still kept up "in some remote and uncivil places," and James I. wrote to tell them that it had been put down in Ireland under penal ty of a fine. Upon this they passed an act on March 17, 1616, deploring the destruction of sheep thus caused and imposing similar fines on ,those who should persist in the practice. The Tropic Home. White men's homes in India, the West Indies, west Africa and other parts of the tropics to which civiliza tion has penetrated are usually run on the principle of having as much air and as little furniture 'as possible. Carpets, rugs, cushions, hangings and portieres are banished. Tables and chairs are made of light wickerwork, bamboo or cane. The floors are pol ished with cocoanut husks until they become as slippery as a good dancing floor. Indeed, they are used for that purpose nearly every evening in any settlement where there is society. A ball in the tropics requires no prepara tion. After dinner it is only necessary to move the light furniture to one cor ner. of the spacious room, send some body to the piano and start dancing. The ballroom is practically in the open air, for wooden "jalousies" form most of the wall space and are opened :ike Venetian blinds to let in the cool night breezes. The American Farmer. When the American farmer rises ear ly In the morning it is to look over broad and fertile acres that are his own. When he goes forth it is to fields that no human being can lawfully step upon without his consent When he gathers and garners the harvest he stores what in a vast majority of cases no greedy and rapacious landlord can take from him. It is all his. The pro ceeds of it are to clothe and feed him and his family and educate his chil dren, to be the support of his old age and the heritage of his posterity. Look ed at from every point of view, it is doubtful if there is another human be ing under the heavens who has more cause for carrying a light heart and a contented mind, for regarding the past with satisfaction and the future with hope, than the American farmer.-Kan sas City Journal. The "Just Alike." Few people perhaps notice that all omnibus wheels are painted yellow, says the London Chronicle, so that any wheel may be worn with any bus color. Every circus ring in the world is of precisely the same diameter, whatever the size of the auditorium, so that the rider knows the angle at which he must lean in San Francisco is the an gle of safety in St Petersburg. Even the ladder is "standardized." Every odman in England knows what he has to step when toiling up the build er's ladder, though he may not know It is seven inches. The sailor who runs up the ratlines has twelve inches as a step, and that makes a run possible, and the firemen's ladder is crossed with exact equivalence to the ratlines. Death From Electric Shock. The ultimate cause of death, when due primarily to electric shock, is gen erally considered to be stoppage of the action of the heart or of the respir atory organs. That the latter may be affected is shown by the fact that vic tims of electric shock are sometimes brought to -by practice of some of the well known metheds of artificial res piration. The cessat'ion of the heart's action may be due to stimulation of the nerves which control the beating of the heart. These, when stimulated to ex cess, may cause the heart to stop alto gether.-Archibald Wilson In Cassler's Magazine. _______ The Consulting Caddie. There is one personage who of late years has rather disappeared from the golfing world, but used to be greatly in evidence in it-the advisory caddie. Many of the caddies of the old Scotch school used to treat their masters (so' called) much in the manner that a good old nurse treats a baby when she is be ginning to teach it how to walk. In, those days there was not a stroke played without the -most careful con sultation with these sapient mentors.-; Westminster Gazette. Placing the Blame. Caller-So the doctor brought you a little sister the other night, eh? Tommy-Yeh; I guess it was the doe tor done it Anyway I heard him tell in' pa some time ago 'at if pa didn't pay his old bill he'd make trouble fur him.-Philadelphia Inquirer. Plain Reasons. Harry-Blanche says she has insuper able reasons for remaining single. Horace-Tes. I know what they are. Harry-Then she has told you? Horace-No, but I have seen her.--I Boston Transcript. A woman's idea of anticipation is to pack her trunk two weeks before she expects to start on a trip.-Atchison Globe. __________ His Businesslike War. Young Mr. Bizz (briskly, to fai;. pro prietor of the photograph gallery)-I've dropped in, Miss Frame, without much preparation, in the style I usually do when I make up my mind I want any thing. Can you take me just as I am? Miss Frame-Certainly, Mr. Bizz. What style do you wish-cabinet or carte? Mr. Bizz-What style? Great Ctesar! Did you think I'd come with these clothes on to have my photograph tak en? I'm asking you to marry me, Miss Frame." A Great Sensation. There was a big sensation in Lees ville, Ind., when W. H. Brown of that place, who was expected to die, had his life saved by Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. He writes: "I endured insufferable agonies from Asthma but your New Discovery gave mec immediate relief and soon thereafter efected a complete cure. Similar cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, Bron chitis and Grip are numerous. It's the peerlees remedy for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c. and $1.00. Guar anteed by The R. B. Loryea Drug cStoe Trial bottles free. Krasilos Furniture News' I thank my friends and patrons for the liberal purchases they made at my furniture store on my first Bargain Day of the season This day being a great success, even better than I expected I have resolved to have another Bargain Sale some time in N-~ vember on a larger scale and more extensive time. The day ant date vill be announced later on. WATCH OUT for my Bargain Days and be benefited. Remember I have the Largest Line of Furniture ever seen in Manning. A full line of Crockery. Rugs, Matting Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Pillows, Mattress Pay Comforts, Cotton Batting, Carpet Lining and Table Covers.' PICTURES, PICTURE FRAMES, Picture Moulding, Photograph Frames. Dressing Cases, Mirrors, Toys, Musical Instruments. All these goods are the best for the money the market can af ford. Yours to serve, THE FURNITURE -MAN. Levi Block, next to the Mutual Dry Goods Company It is not yet toe-late to save many tons of hay. Call and let us sell you one of our Mowing Machines. It is 1 enough for us to tell you that we sell THE DE E=NG Every one who has used a Deering Machine for a day - knows what can be done with it. We have them set up and will be glad to point out to you their many advan tages. We are now offering the Thomas .D marrow. 8 You have but to see them to apprecia' hat a valuable machine they are for breaking and pulverizing ' We have, too, the Thomas Grain Drill and Fertilizer. Distributor, which we claim and believe to be the best thing of the kind made. Do not fail to see and get our prices on Cane Mills and Evaporators. We are selling the Golden Cane Mill and Cook's Pat tern Evaporators. We have interesting prices in these goods. HOUSEKEEPERS, we are getting in another lot of 0. K. STOVES and RANGES. Merit tells. Come and let us show them to you. Very truly yours, i&11a1111g Hardwre6 Co0 sesesesesesssse is. 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