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Vegetables to bring good prices must have both size andqual ity. - Even . __ good soil a is made better by t he use of a fer tilizer rich in Potash~ We w0l sein o-r book -:vin- -u1 .nfor mation about the subjec:, to any .ar-r-r who wre!S for then. GERNAN KALI WORKS, New York-93 Nasgau Stret, or Geo~s acker &Son M:ANACIURML9 OF CD CO C= 00 Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sash Weights and Cords. Window and Fancy Glass a Secialty. Do YOu Want PERFECT FITTING LO lES? THE' COME OR SEND TO US. e have the best equipped Tailor ing Establishment in the State. We handle High Art. Clothing solelv and we carry the best line of Hats~ and Gent's Furnishings in the eitv. Ask your most prominent men who we 'are, and they will oommend you to us. J, L DAVID & BRO., Cor. King & Wentworth Sts., CHARLESTON, - S. C. -Nothing has ever equalled it. Nothing can ever surpass it. Dr.King's For Q g S!**& S1.OO SA Perfect For All Throat and Cure: -Lung Troubles.. Money back ifit fails. Trial Bottles free. .TheR. B. Loryea Drug Store, NOTICE. Information has reached me that par ties not living on my lands, are cutting and hauling lightwood from the "Col clough place." I hereby forbid, under penalty of the law, any and all persons not tenants on said place from cutting or hauling any wood from the place. Lot'Is APPELT. - (10-4t ThESPASS NOTICE. All persons are forbidden to trespass * on the Friersory Reese, Lang and Quackenbush lands in Santee Township in Clarendon Countyv. W. G. FRIERSON, 11-4t] Agent. Money to Loan. maar Term-. * APPLY TO WILSON & DuRANT. Bank of Summerton, CAPITAL, $25,000. The Bank of Summerton having moved into ua~ e tuidi. olt~nyour business and Counay'collections a specialty. and prompt re RICHARD B. SMYTH. President and Cash ier. HENRY P. WILLIAMS. vice-President. DIRECTORS:. C S. GADSDEN. ~ J.. ADCERt SMYTH. HENsR?. WILLIAMS. C. M. DAVIS. A. L LESESNE. . DAVID LEVI. JOS. F. RHEAME. J. 1!. LESESNE. R HAE & ESESNE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, * MANNING, S. C. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. J. S. WILSON. W. C. DURANT WILSON & DURANT, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING. S. C. MANNING, S. C. 'PhoneNo. t. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. mUE . n. LORYRTPA TiRTT S'TOR. WE ARE OPEN AGAIN We have opened up in the Furstenberg building, opposite thc Central Hotel, where we will be glad to see you. Send Us Your Orders and remember you get nothing but fresh goods with prices as low as usual. We brought prices down and intend to keep them down. Yours for saving money, The Manning Grocery Co. Magic Heaters.'' Why shiver before an open fire-place when so much comfort can be had from HEATERS-especially Heaters scientifically made. Come and see us for these. Ask us to show you lAGTIC HEAT- - ERS; let us show you one of them in op erationthat you may judge - what an up-to-date heating devi-ft-s. MAGIC HEATERS combine the excellent qualities of the com- 2 - mon sheet iron air-tight Heaters with the strength and safety of the -: old-fashion.ed bo stove. They consume one-half the amount of wood required in a fire-place and give double the comfort. Fill them with - 0 wodbefore retiring and close up the draft: in the morning open the - - -draft and in a few moments you have a nice, bright fire starteC. If - Z: you will then replenish the wood and regulate the draft you will have -; e a nice fire all morning without further trouble. They are strongly - _made of the best material and are an ornam ,nt to any parlor or sit- - ting room. They have no nickel work on them to get rusty and be - M an eyesore to the housekeeper. Housekeepers, WE HAVE A NEW LOT OF 0. K. Cook Stoves and Rages. 00 Those who would like to see our 0. K. RANGES can do so now so- as we have them in stock again. aOur stock of LAMPS AND GLASSWARE is as good as we have ever shown, and our stock of CROCKERY AND STONEWARE in - 0~some respects better. We have a nice assortment of WILLOW BASKETS for clothes that fill a Ion-felt want. -a thA new lot of OIL HEATERS, positively the only successful Sthing of the kind we have ever seen, the only heater made that has a Spatent device to prevent smoking. Very truly yours, % Ma11111in Hardware Co. SCHRISTMAS G00DS. Santa Claus las Arrived 5 m PRESCRIPTION I)RUG STORE AND LEFT A SPLENDID LINE OF SCHRISTMAS GOODS, Presents for your Wife, Presents for your Sweetheart, Presents for the Little Folks and Presents for Everybody. SCall and see them before they are picked over. No trouble to__ Sshow goods at SThe. Prescription +Drug+ Store, CAPERS & CO., Proprietors, st um e os, - - S. c. Look for the sign of the Big Cigar. SlE ~lRODOLLARS. This you can do by seeing and buying from our large stock of Buggies, Wagons and Harness, f all styles and best quality. We have a house full of them and must make room for our fall stock. If it is A NICE BUGGY you want at a right price we have 'it. If it is a serviceable FARM WAGON, we can supply you and guarantee prices and quality. In HARNESS we bought the best assortment ever shown ere and have the. Prices to Suit You. We make good all we say, so you cannot afford to stay away if in need of anything in our line. We have A Host of Satisfied Customers; nd will make one of you if you but give us a chance. Come to see us whether you buy or not, you will feel better. W. P. HAWKINS & CO. Loans Ma~ide I can lend Money oun Loans Made on Real Real Estate at reas- J on Real E st at e. onable interest and Est a te-. on long time Call on or wrhe~ to me. J. .&. N E~'EE Lr Attorney at Law. JAPANESE HOMES. there Are No Doors or Passages In a Typical Dwelling. The Japanese house consists in the main of a post at each corner and a roof. The roof may or may not be cov ered with heavy clianneled purplisn tiles. It makes little difference in the long run whether it is or is not, for If it is not tiled the first typhoon that comes along removes it Into some. body's garden anything up to a quarter of a mile away, and If it is tiled heav fly enough to resist the typhoon so much the worse for the people under neath it when the first genuine earth quake arrives. But the odds are that it will be burned down before either hap pens, as the Japanese use very cheap lamps and very fiery petroleum and are regular children about fires. Of course something else is done to the four posts and the roof before they be come a house In which births, mar riages and deaths can take place. But really remarkably little is necessary. Crossbeams are naturally added to support the weight of the roof, grooves are made in the crossbeams and in the platform raised a foot or two above the ground which constitutes the floor. A Japanese house is all on one floor generally-in fact, one might say it is all one floor. Between the grooves in the floor and the grooves in the cross beams are run shutters with paper panels to divide the houses into what ever number of rooms the owner may choose, which depends on the number of bedrooms he may require. There are no doors or passages in a typical Japanese house. In it every room acts as a passage into the room beyond it, and for the door you slide back the panel that happens to be nearest to you. For this sliding there are little bronze sunk handles in the wooden frames of the panels. The outside pa per shutters do not come-quite to the edge of the* platform floor; the grooves along the eddecs are filled at night or in severe weather with wooden shutters, each of which is held in its place by the one that follows it, the last one being secured with a flimsy wooden bolt. TWO TON BLACKFISH. A School That Was Driven Ashore at Cape Cod. One day in November, several years ago, the good people living on the Massachusetts bay shore at the north end of Cape Cod were wrought to the highest pitch of excitement by the ar rival of an Immense school of black fish which were on the flats chasing bait, as the small fish they feed on are called, and gradually working inshore. The news spread like wildfire. Vil lage stores were hastily closed, school boys deserted schoolrooms, and even women flocked to the shore. The flats along the coast make out from half to a mile and a half practically level and almost dry at low tide where at high tide is four to eight feet of water. No school of blackfish so large as this had ever been heard of. And by good luck the tide was ebbing. Hastily the' boats were launched, each taking a half dozen men and boys, those not rowing being armed with sticks and pieces of board. In a quarter of an hour they were In posi tion In half circle and to leeward of the fish. "Close in now," came from the "com modore," "and make all the noise you can!" And they did, fairly churning the water with boards and sticks. The thousands of squid and herring on which the blackfish were feeding as sisted in this movement by getting in to shoal water as far as possible so that the black-fish could not follow them. The result was inevitable. The fast ebbing tide soon began to leave the big fish in such shoal water that it was diflicult for the larger ones to swim. Gradually the circle of boats drew nearer and nearer, and In two hours 90 per cent of the entire school was stranded on the flats. For weeks after the villagers were engaged in cutting up and trying out the oil. The total catch netted some $25,000, many of the fish weighing two tons apiece. Outing. ______ Dogs In China. Dogs in China are chiefly despised, except as house workers or for culi ary purposes. A black dog with yel low eyebrows is valued as a first rate house dog, but a white one with black eyebrows will bring luck to his owner, while a black dog is the king of his race. . A "lion dog"-belonging to the small, shaggy northern breed-will bring good fortune, while the only real Chinese canine pet is th'es"sleeve dog," so called from being small enough to lie In the capacious Celestial sleeve. Retrievers are apparently unknown, while greyhounds are lanky and slow. Could Lift a Ton nd a Halt. A Scotchmnan, said to be the last of the Stuarts, was possessed with an ex troardinary strength, from which cir cumstance he got the byname of .Tem my Strength. Among other feats, he culd carry a 24 pounder cannon and had been known to lift a cart load of hay weighing a ton and a half upon his back. Many a time he took up a ackass and, carrying it on his shoul ders, walked through the tollgate. Careful George. "1 had a letter from George this morning. He said his mother had acci dentally broken her arm." "George is always so carefuL Many a young man would have left out the word 'accidentally,' leaving you to in 'er that she had broken it purposely." -Kansas City Journal. The Diagnosis. "TIerence, what is the doctor's diagno sis of your case?" "He hasn't told me yit, but I'm bet tin' it '1l be iv'rv cint av tin dollars." Chicago Tribune. O A.BT O3=.ZIA.. Ber h h Kind You Have Always Bought Bignatue of Curious Mode of Catehing Turtles. A curious mode of catching turtles s practiced in the West Indies. It :onsists in attaching a ring and a line to the tall of a species of sucker fish known as the remora. The live fish is then thrown overboard and immediate ly makes for the first turtle he can spy, to which he attaches himself very firmly by means of a sucking appa ratus arranged at the top of his bead. Once attached to the turtle, so firm is his grip that the fisherman on drawing the line brings home both turtle and the sucker. Learning without thought is labor lost Thought without learning is per ilous.-Confucius. s..m The Kind You Have Always Bought -'.o TURNS OF THE WHEEL The Story of the Rise and Fall of a I Comstock Fortune. Sandy Bdwers was a teamster, his wife a buxom and not uncomely Scotch woman who took in washing and kept a miners' boarding house. It was in the early days of Virginia City, before it men had grasped the full value of the discovery, and the teamster, in com pany with others of his kind, came into possession of several hundred feet on the lode at Gold liIll. His claim became one of the bonan zas of the region, and Sandy found himself richer than he had ever thought I any one could be. Neither he nor his wife ever rose to the level of their for tune. They remained the teamster and the washerwomuan to the end. There is a story that neither could read nor write. After giving an entertainment at the International hotel such as that hostelry of many grandeurs had never before seen they went to Europe for two years. When they came back they were still the teamster and the washerwoman. Europe had added no veneer. But the money was still in plenty. "Money to throw to the birds," as the old man was wont to say. Nevada was more to their taste than anywhere else, so they elected to remain there, nod that strange monument of wealth, which is known all through Nevada and Cali fornia as the Bowers mansion, was built on the sbore of 'ashoe lake. The site was one of extraordinary beauty, with the wall of snow capped Sierra behind It, the sapphire sweep of water In front Money was never con sidered in its construction. It was built of quarried stone and furnished with the costliest San Francisco could supply. A library of books with San dy's name on every volume was one of its features. The door handles were of silver, the table furnishings the fin est to be had at that place at that time. , Here the old people-for they were getting old-settled and dispensed a lavish hospitality. Here an adopted child whom they dearly loved and had named Persia died. Here, too, later on Sandy died and was buried In the gar den under the shadow of the Sierra. t And here-the shades of evening begin- t ning to close on this strange drama poverty overtook his widow. She strove to redeem her first losses by speculation, throwing good money after bad. In her case the wheel of fortune made a complete revolution. Her old age saw her as poor as she had been in her youth. She passed from stage to stage and finally made a livelihood by practicing fortune telling in San Fran cisco, it having been always under stood that she had the gift of second sight The crystal in which she gazed had shown her many things, but noth ing stranger, more dramatic and va ried than her own life.-San Francisco Argonaut. - WAGNER'S HOME. How the Grent Composer Came to Live In Daireuth. - How Wagner came to make Bal reuth his home Is a rather interesting story. Hie had long dreamed of pos sessIng a theater where his composi tions could be interpreted to suit his ideas, but had little hope- that the dream would ever be fulfiled. When. however, in his period of greatest de pression and loneliness he formed the friendship of the late king of Bavaria It seemed suddenly as if all things were possible to him. In 1807 his royal protector Instructed the celebrated architect, Gottfried Semper, to prepare the plans for the theater, which was to be built at Munich. Through po litical and professional dissensions and jealousies the town council of Mfunich refused permission for the erection of the theater there. In 1S71 Wagner. visited Baireuth and, after taking counsel with the celebrated bankers, Messrs. Fenstel and Gross, decided upon a site in that city. The munici pality of the town, correctly estimating the financial advantages which would accrue, presented Wagner with two plots of land, one for the theater and the other for his own house. The lat ter was immediately built, and in 1872 Wagner ren'oved his family from Trubhen, near Lucerne, to the new hoie, Wahnfried. The corner stone of th, theater was laid on his sixtieth birthday, May 22, 1872. It was esti mated that the theater would cost _ 300,000 thalers (about $250,000), and this sum was very largely raised by Wagner societies throughout the world. It was completed in 1S7G and dedicated with the presentation of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" on Aug. 13 of that year. Since then it has been the Mecca of the lovers of Wagnerian music from all parts of the world. TEETH AND SIGHT. Decayed Molars cause Disturbance of the Ocular Nerves. "Many people who come to me to have their teeth attended to complain inci dentally of failing eyesight, and when I tell them that bad teeth in nine cases out of ten are the cause few feel in clined to believe me," said a well known New York dentist. "Bad sight is generally attributed to overstudy. debilitated constitution and a hundred and one other causes. But have you ever heard any one place the blame on the teeth? Bad teeth are the direct result of insufficient application of the toothbrush, and bad eyesight, resulting from the decayed molars ex citing disturbances of the ocular nerves. is the next Inevitable penalty. That is a fact which seems to be little known. "The other day I extracted four de cayed teeth of a young; girl who was almost totally blind. Her pupils were dilted and insensible. A week after d I had pulled her teeth her sight was practically restored. Two months pre vious to this cure the girl had been ex amined by an expert oculist, who, - after putting her to various eye tests, designated the case as 'hysterical am blyopia,' and I guess that's about all the satisfaction the girl got, judging by her condition when she came to mc. In saying this do not think for a mo met that I am In any way prejudiced against oculists. I merely cite the In- e stance. "In the course of a year I attend to the teeth of scores of people with im-e paired vision, and in every case where 11 the teeth are drawn the sight is soon after either greatly improved or entire ly restored."--New York Times. Without Trimmings,. Payne, an examiner at Cambridge university, whose questions were al ways of a peculiarly exasperating na ture, once asked a student at a special examination to "give a deinition of I happiness." "An exemption from Payne," was the reply. Burs te TeKndYuHv Always Bought Si~natre7 fifffY Iff, Myi ITvfffThyifr ITTfIMMf1IfTfTYfTT THE KIND OF FrAmEs To be used is very much a matter of taste. It is important, though, that the frames set properly on the nose and at the right distance from the eves: that the lenses be perfectly centered. and how are you to know when one is guess ing? WE... NEVER GUESS. "Glasses Right, Good Sight." E. A. Bultman, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. 17 S. Main St., - Sumter, S. C. 'PHONE 194. IlILA141 1 1 1 1 Buggies, Wagons, Boad Carts and Carriages With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run watei >ipes, or I will put down a new Puml :heap. If you need any soldering done, giv( ne a call. LAME. My horse is lame. Why? Because ] lid not have it shod by I. A. White he man that put; on such neat shoe nd makes horses travel with so muc ase. We Make Them Look New We are making a specialty of re. >inting old Buggies, Carriages, Roat arts and Wagons cheap. Come and see .me. My prices wil: )lease you, and I guarantee all of m: vork. Shop on corner below R. M. Dean's. R. A.n WHITE3 MANNING. S. C. WfH EN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted rip with ..t; eye to the comfort of hzh cuistomers.. .. .. HAIR CUTTING~ IN ALL STYLES, SH AVING* A~1) SH AM.POOING Done with neaLtnen d ispatchi.. .. .., A enirdial in vitation is extended... J. L. WELL.S. Manning Times Block. FIRE, LIFE. ACCIDENT & BURGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor-Made Clothing. FIT GUARANTEEDl. A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Also Leady-Made Suits, Mackini toshes and Rain Coats. 'J. L. WILSON. lank of Manning, MANNING, 8. 0. STA ANK A < 00K PUTTING IlS IIONEY AWAY. It's better to put your money away ai a good bank than to e A BURGLAR isappearing with it through a win ow. Don't wait until Mister Burglar omes-get the protection now. [ndigestion ~Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. tor mnany years it has been supposed that ;atarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion rd dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the pposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re eated attacks of indigestion inflames the ucous membranes lining the stomach and poses the nerves of the stomach, thus caus g the glands to secrete maucin instead of de juices of natural digestio. This ts aled Catarrh of the Stomach. (odol Dyspepsia Cure lieves all inflammation of the mucous 'iembranes lining the stomach, protects the erves. and cures bad breath, sour risings, a ense of fullness after eating, indigestion, yspepsia and all stomach troubles. odol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. lottles only. Regular size. Si1.00. holding 2%I times the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. 'repared by E. 0. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, Il. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. edoI Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat mTTE II T2 TLODRA TDG. STORE. ORT~w -4T I BAI N40RTHu Florida A passenger service and comfort,equippedm Dining, Sleeping and I For rates, schedule, i tion, write to WM. J.I G3ener CAROLdN POITLR CHARLES' soie senixu Fire Brick, Fi Brick, Bull All Sped ALSO FINEST PREF Carload Lots. Natur Liver FOR SA A~egetablePreparationforAs similating the Food anduegula ting the Stomachtsam osof Promotes Digestion.Cheerful nessandRest.Conltainls neither Opium,Morphiine nor~ineral. NOT NARC OTIC. Worf ems onvlsonsveish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.A The Fe A g II the wel Ladies W e all style tiemen ; trated c: BULTMAN BIE JGHFAREofi VL [DSOUTH -Cuba. unexcelled for luxury rith the latest Pullman 'horoughfare Cars. maps or any informa MRAIG, al Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C SCEMENT Coll ['ON. S. C. JAN re Tile, Arch -Head and al Tiles. ARED FIRE CLAY. Less Than Carload Lots GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. 8's Greatest Remedy FOR DISEASES OF THE. Kidneys, Stomahs and -Skin..' ans Prescribe it, 'atients Depend on it, and Everybody Praises it Wl% cfe CO IASTORIA Fo Infants and Children. rhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the 8 Signature of For Over Thirty Years THE2 CENTAUJR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITT. Witchery of a Pretty Foot w People Can Resist. od fitting Stylish Shoc marks 1 dressed lady. Ours is the shoe Store. carry Shoes exclusively and in s and shapes, for Ladies Gen md Children. Write for illus italogue. )A Reliable Shoe es Dealers.