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A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in thefertilizer spellsquality 0., - and quantity in the har vest. Write us and we will send yoti free, by next. mai, our money wmmng books. GERMAN KAU WORKS, -4 New Yok-93 NassaL St. or Atlanta,0s.--22%So-BredSt. Geo5S. Hacker &Sop MANFACTURUR OF ID oo Lai~ I Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sash Weights and Cords. Window and Fancy Glass a Specially Do vou Want PERFECT FITlING CLOT T OR SEND TO US. e have the best equipped Tailor ing Establishment in the State. We handle igh Art Clothing solely and we carry the best line of AHp.ts and Gent's Furnishings in the city. -Ask your most prominent men whc we are, and they will commend you to us. *3L DAVID & BROI Cor. Kinig & Wentworth Sts., CHARLESTON, - S. C *Nothing has ever equalled it. Nothing can ever surpass it. New Discovery SA Perfect For All Throat and Cure: Lung Troubles. 3Money back ifit fais. Ti Botesfree. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Money to Loan, maa-r erm-. APPLY TO *WILSON & DuRANT BaRI af Summnerton, CAP1TAL, $25,000. The Bank of Suimerton having moved int< a a ne ni~ oictsonyur business an Conycollections a spcedity, anid prorgj~ '* RICHARD B. SMYTH. President. and Canler. HENRY t. WILLIAKIS, Vice-President. DIRECTORS: C S. GADSENI. J. ADGER SMYTU HEsxur P. WiLtiams. C. M. Davis. A.L LESrs~n. DAvlD LxvL. RiciAIan D. SMY.zy -Carolina Port|and' * Bement Company Charleston, S. C. GAGER'S White Lime Has no equal for quality, strength and Cooperage. Packed in Heavy Cooper age and Standard Cooperage. Also dealers in Portland Cement Rlosendale Cement, Fire Brick, Roofing Papers, Terra Cotta Pipe, etc. JOS5. F. RHAME. J1. H1. LESESNIE. H~M & LESESNE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, * MANNING, S. 0. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. J. S. WILSON. W. C. DURANtT WILSON & DURANT, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C. D R. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. 'Phone No. 6. _________ K(odoI Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. We have opened up in the Furstenberg building, opposite t 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 R as usual. We brought prices down and intend to keep them do, Yours for saving money, The Manning Grocery Cc Magic Heaters. Why shiver before an open fire-place when so much comfort can be had from HEA TERS-especially Heaters scientifically made. Come and see us for these. Ask us to show you MAGIC HEAT ERS; let us show you one of them in operation that you may judge what an up-to-date heating device it is. MAGIC HEATERS combine the excellent qualities of the com mon sheet iron air-tight heaters with the strength and safety of the old-fashioned box stove. They consume one-half the amount of wood O required in a fire-place and give double the comfort. Fill them with 0 wood before retiring and close up the draft; in the morning open the draft and in a few moments you have a nice, bright fire started. If you will then replenish the wood and regulate the draft you will have a nice fire all morning without further trouble. They are strongly made of the best material and are an ornament to any parlor or sit- : ting room. They have no nickel work on them to get rusty and be : an eyesore to the housekeeper. H ousekeepers, WE HAVE A NEW LOT OF 0. . Cook Stoes aid Raiges. Those who would like to see our 0. K. RANGES can do so now OP- as we have them in stock again. Our stock of LAMPS AND GLASSWARE is as good as we have ever shown, and our stock of CROCKERY AND STONEWARE in a~some respects better. We have a nice assortment of WILLOW BASKETS for clothes com that fill a long-felt want. a A new lot of OIL HEATERS, positively the only successful o thing of the kind we have ever seen, the only heater made that has a Spatent device to prevent smoking. Very truly yours. ~CHRISTMAS GOODS. Santa Claus ilas Arrived m& PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE AND LEFT A SPLENDID LINE OF SCHRISTMAS GOODS,: Presents for your W'.ife, Presents for your Sv~eetheart, a Presents for the Little Folks and Presents for Everybody. S Call and see them before they are picked over. No trouble to show goods at SThe+ Prescription DiOug+Store, CAPERS & CO., Proprietors, 5 strM arm -E owX - - s. c. Look for the sign of the Big Cigar. inYOU DOLL S This you can do by seeing and buying from our large stock Buggies, Wagons . and Harness of all styles and best quality. We have a house full of them al must make room for our fall stock. If it is A NICE BUGGY you want at a right price we ha it. If it is a serviceable FARM WAG ON, we can supply you al guarantee prices and quality. IIn HARNESS we bought the best assortment ever show here and have the Prices to Suit You. IWe make good all we say, so you cannot afford to stay aw; if in need of anything in our line. We have A Host of Satisfied Customen~ and 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 Made f I can lend Money on Loans Ma( oni Real I Real Estate at reas- on Real E st a te. onable interest and EC t a te, on long time CaLll on or write- to me. J. A.. WTEIN BE .Gr. Attorney at Law, M ANNN G, W ( C O. RUN BY MOUSE POWER. A Thrifty Scotchman'm Scheme FoP Operating His Thread Mills. Thrift is generally acknowledged to be one of the leading characteristics of the native of Fifeshire, and it never was more forcibly exemplified than in the person of David Hutton, a native of Dunfermline, who actually proved that even juice, those rceznowledged posts of mankind, could 'e made not only to earn their own living, but also to yield a respectable income to their owners. About the year 1S20 this gentleman actually erected a small mill at Dun fermline for the manufacture of thread le -a mill worked entirely by mice. It was while visiting Perth prison in 1812 that Mr. Hutton first conceived this remarkable idea of utilizing mouse power. In an old pamphlet of the time, "The Curiosity Coffee Room," he gave an account of the way in which the idea dawned on him. "In the sum mer of the year 1812," he wrote, "I n. had occasion to be in Perth, and when inspecting the toys and trinkets that were manufactured by the French pris oners in the depot there my attention was involuntarily attracted by a little toy house, with a wheel in the gable of It that was running rapidly round, impelled by the insignificant gravity of a common house mouse. For 1 sthi ling I purchased house, mouse and wheel. Inciosing it in a handkerchief, on my journey homeward I was com pelled to contemplate its favorite amusement. But bow to apply half ounce power, which is the weight of a mouse, to a useful purpose was the difficulty. At length the manufactur ing of sewing thread seemed the most practicable." br. Hutton had one mouse that ran . the amazong distance of eighteen miles = a day, but he proved that an ordinary Z mouse could run ten and a half miles a on an average. A halfpenny's worth : of oatmeal was sufficient for Its sup Z port for thirty-five days, during which = it ran 736 half miles. He had actually w two mice constantly employed in the 0 making of sewing thread for more than Z a year. The mouse thread mill was Z so constructed that the common house mouse was enabled to make atonement _ to society for past offenses by twist Ing, twining and reeling from 100 to Z 120 threads a day, Sundays not except Z ed. To perform this task the little _ pedestrian had to run ten and a half - miles, and this journey it performed Z with case every day. A halfpenny's a worth of oatmeal served one of these a thread mill culprits for the long period 9 of five weeks. In that time it made a 3,350 threads of twenty-five inches, and Z as a penny was paid to women for ev e ery bank made in the ordinary way a the mouse at that rate earned nine a pence every six weeks, just one far a thing a day, or 7s. Gd. a year. Z Taking sixpence off for board and 2 allowing 1 shilling for machinery, there ' was a clear yearly profit from each Z mouse of 6 shillings. Mr. Hutton firm a ly intended to apply for the loan of the g empty cathedral in Dunfermline, which A would have held, he calculated, 10,000 Smouse mills, sufficient room being left a for keepers and some hundreds of 3 spectators. Death, however, overtook a the Inventor before this marvelous a project could be carried out-Edin Sburgh Scotsman. A Surprised Duke. SJust after the late Duke of Rich -= mond . and Gordon received the latter half of his title-he was created Duke Sof Gordon in January, 18T0-he was a sent to this country as president of the i British commission to our centennial 2 exposition. While in this country he a heard of a certain picture owned by a a country woman in which he thought She might be interested, and so wrote 2 to her, using~ the official stationery of a the commission and signing himself, as Sa peer does, simply by the names of his a title, "Richmond and Gordon." SMuch to his surprise and a good deal a to his disgust-for he had precise Ideas 2 as to his dignity as a duke-the letter a which he received in answer to his was Saddressed. "Messrs. Richmond & Gor Sdon," and began. "Gentlemenl" At the Sociable. SMr. Sliptongue-I have not met your Swife. Is she here this evening? Mr. Hansome--Yes, but just at this moment she is engaged over there at a the piano. 2 Mr. Sliptongue (with affected enthu 3 siasm)-Ah, I see! She is that goddess a like beauty who Is playing an accom a paniment for the mountain of flesh a who is singing. SMr. Hansome (stiffiy)-My wife does Snot play; she slpgs.-London Telegraph. Why. S"Lillian is not sure that she loves SWalter. Sometimes she thinks she Sdoes, and at other timegshe's con Svinced she doesn't." S"And yet she is going to marry him?" "Oh, yes, 1-hat's all settled." -"But If she is not sure she loves him why doesn't she break the engage ment?" "Because she Is twenty-seven."-Kan sas City JournaL. FFixing the Blame. "The trouble ain't with the farm," sai the old man. "If the farm didn't Ofhave to do anything but support Itself, It could be made to pay, but it don't seem to be able to carry the burden of us livin' on It, so I reckon we're to blame,"-Chicago Post Losing an Opportunity. "The curtain goes up at 8:15, so we'll be just in time." -i "But'If we have a box It really seemsn a shame to be so punctual."-Brooklyn idSome people want you to give them everything for nothing, including your m life, your liberty (your labor) and your pursuit of happiness.-Schoolmaister Bears the TeKind You Have Always Bought Signature of i A Model Cook. "Have you a good cook?" "Splendid!" exclaimed the bride. S"Why, when I want to experimenlt with a new cookbook she takes the blame for all the failures ani lets me have the credit for all the successes." Chicago Post. Unsatisfactory. iMay-Did Clara's husband leave her much when he died? Belle-He left enough to make her comfortable,..but notenough to get her 3) a secondhusband.-Life. .Art.isthe;vork gtma nder the guidanceiandinsplitfon ~of anilghtier power.-Hare. Beasue Te Kind You Have Always Bought Bignaur IN OL) ChURCh BELL T CAME FROM LISBON AND HANGS IN A NANTUCKET CHURCH. Mhe Story of Its Purchase by Captain Clinsby and Its Transportation to This Country-A very Good Clock and a Very Fine Bell. leneath the outlook In a Nantucket !burich is the belfry, in which swings :he -old Spanish bell." Knowing that !is is now a Unitarian church, the vis tor will be surprised to see a Catholic ross on the bell. If he could read Por :uguese and had not previously ac luainted himself with the history of :he bell he would be still more sur 3rised at the Inscription on it. The ranslation of this Inscription is as fol ows: "To the Good Jesus of the Moun ain the devotees of Lisbon direct their rayers, offering Him one complete sat >f six bells, to call the people to adore iim in his sanctuary. Jose Domingos Dacosta has made it in Lisbon in the ,car 1810." Of course the bell must iave an interesting history to account or this inscription. That history is >riefly as follows: A plague was -raging in Lisbon and ertam people in that city prayed to ie Virgin Mary for the cessation of :he plague and vowed to place..a set of )Ix bells in the Church c(g the Good resus of the Mountain if thihir prayers ere heard. "The Mountain" is the 2ame of a certain distr~ict in the city )f Lisbon in which there Is a very ven brable church called as above. Shortly ifter this the plague ceased, and, ac :epting this as the answer to their ?rayers, these devotees of Lisbon pro :eeded to fulfill their vows. The work )f casting these six bells was intrusted to Jose Domingos Dacosta, the best )ell founder in Lisbon. The six bells had been cast, the mas ter's labors had been crowned with mecess, when Captain Cl'sby of the Nantucket whaling fleet chanced to isit Lisbon. He had long wished to buy a bell for use in his native town. En company with Captain Cary he risited the bell foundry of Jose Do iingos Dacosta. Captain Cary, i1 seems, was a connoisseur in bells. Da yosta applied the lever to one bell aftez inotber as he struck each to ascertain ts peculiar tone or tone quality, but ?ach time Captain Cary said, "That will not do." At last Dacosta raised and struci the bell whose history we are describ ng. Captain Cary was delighted with the result. "Ah, Clasby," he said "you need look no further. That's the bell you want She is a beauty. She sounds on B." "Well, sir," remarked Dacosta, "we .onsider that to be the finest bell that we have in our foundry." At first Dacosta demurred and could aot see his way clear to selling the bell, since it belonged to the set of himes designed for the Chureh of the good Jesus of the Mountain and was appropriately inscribed and all, bui Captain Clasby would have no other nally Dacosta decided, since the bell tiad not yet been consecrated and since te could cast another to take its 'place, that it would be all right to sell. So Captain Clasby bought the bell, and t was brought to Nantucket by aptain Cary', whose vessel was goina tome first In Lisbon, just before he et sail, Captain Cary' heard of the dec aration of war with Great Britain, or it was now the year 1812. On the way over they were spoken by a Brit tsh sloop of war. Fortunately the Brit sher had been at sea for some timeu ind had not yet heard of the declara tion of war. "The commander asked Captain Cary' the news, but Captaix Cary' says he took especial pains no, to tell all he knew. If he had told, out precious bell would probably neve: have seen Nantucket. It might now be either at the bottom of the sea or il alight be swinging In the tower of some English church. The bell was landed in Nantucket nd placed In the store cellar of Sam 2el Cary, where It remained until 1815 when it was purchased and placed ir the tower where it now hangs. Aboui 5500 was given for the bell-the society maid about $350 and the rest was raised by subscription. Even some Friend& >r Quakers subscribed. After the bell had been in use a littlu while the agents of the historic Old outh church in Boston heard of it, and they sent a letter to the agents of the outh church in Nantucket, saying thai they had a very good clock In theb ower, but no bell; that they had heard that the South church In Nantucket iad a very fine bell, and they would ike to know for how much the bell :ould be bought. The Nantucketers replied that they aad a very fine bell in their tower, bul 2 clock; that they had heard that the 2ld Suthi church had a very fine towel lock, and that they would like tc mow ti e price of the clock. The agents offered to pay $1 a pound tor the bell. Since the bell weighi L575 pounds, this would have maad( the price $1,575, making a net profit of $1.075 above the price paid for~the bell and $1,225 above the amount contrib 2ted by the society. It seems that the )ld Nantucketers must have had some entiment after all and were not purncy nerantile In their spirit. If the Nantucketers had agreed tC ;ell, as they might have done, our bell would probably be hanging In the his tonic tower of Old South church in Boston today. That might have beel great honor for the bell, but it would .1ve been a great deprivation for Nan ucket. Moreover, It would now b( spending its time in elegant leisure In tend of being a very useful bell where t is. The history of this bell is like reritable parable of human life. The ossibilities which occur in the histori >f the bell remind us of the possiblities which abound In every life. - Cor springfield Rtepublican. Our Small Country. One brother is a rich merchant In the straits Settlements, on the Malay pen [nsula. The other brother was the :ook In a cheap restaurant on South Clark street. The merchant sent to the cook a fraft for sufficient money to pay his spenses out to Asia, and the cook ;ave up his job and has started for is brother's home. The interesting thing about the whole incident is the tter written by the wealthy mer hant which accompanied the draft. In the first place, the draft was made ayable in New York. "I send you the money In a draft ayable in New York," wrote the >rother from faroff Asia. "You can o over and get it cashed there. On :he way I wish you would stop at Tex as and see Brother Thomas. I haven't eaard from him for two years now, mnd I'd like to know how he's gettng tong."--Cicago Tribune. C A B T T. T A . s-..m th~he KindYu Have Alway's Baih THIEKIND OF ToberAm Esi To be used is very much a matters C of taste. It is important, though, * that the frames set properly on the nose and at the right distance from the eyes; that the lenses be I perfectly centered. and how are you to know when one is guess C ing? WE.. . NEVER GUESS. ,"Glasses Right, Good Sight." ~dE. A. Buitman, JEWELER AND OPTICIAP. 17 S. Main St., - Sumter, S. C. 'PHONE 194., A*11111111AlA 11 i j11111 11IAA 1I L11111A a1 Buggies, Wagons, Road Carts and Carriages REPAIRED With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIG1HT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run water ] pipes, or I will put down a new Pump .cheap. If you need any soldering done, give me a call. LAME. My horse is lame. Why? Because I did not have it shod by R. A. White, the man that puts on such neat shoes and makes horses travelwith so much ease. C We Make Theim Look New. We are making a specialty of re painting old Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts and Wagons cheap. Come and see me. My prices will please you, .and I guarantee all of my work. Shop on corner below R. M. Dean's. MANNING. S. C. W H E N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SH AVING SA LOON Which is fitted n p wili.r. eye to the comfort of is cnstomers.. .. .. HAIR CUTTIG IN ALL STYLES, SHAVING AND SH AMPOOING Done with neatness- an dispatch.. .. . ... -A cordial invitation is extended... Manning Times 'Block. BGAYINSURANCE Tailor=~Made Clothing. A ULL LIEOF SAMPLES. Also IReady-Made Suits, Mackini I oshes a nd Rain Coats. J. L.WiLSON. Bank of Manning, MANNINO, 8. 0. 39SART R 900K. /1/ N"R OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT with us. Five dollars or more starts an account. No matter what your position in life may be, a Bank Account is a han dy thing to have. Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the _ Stomach. For many years it has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion and dyspepsi a, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re peated attacks of indigestion' inflames the mucous membranes lining the stomach and exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of the juices of natural digestion. This Is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure relieves all inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a sese of fullness after eating. indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. 4 Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. Bottles ry Reelar size. S31.00. holdIng 2 tims Prepared by E. O. DeWITT & CO., Chicago. Ill. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Digets hat ou at. T1iQUGHFA lo1JiWVL INRTH A NOSOUTH Florida-Cuba. A passenger service unexcelled for luxury and comfortequippedwiththelatest Pullman Dining, Sleeping and Thoroughfare Cars. For rates, schedule, maps or any informa tion, write to WM. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. OLINA PORTLAND CENT CO CHARLESTON, S. C. soie Semnixg .&~genits NIiLJLIAN Fire Brick, Fire Tile, Arch Brick, Bull-Head and All Special Tiles. ALSO FINEST PREPARED FIRE CLAY. arload Lots. Less Than Carload Lots * GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. Nature's Greatest Remedy 4 FOR DISEASES OF THE Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Skin. j Physicians Prescribe it, 6 Patients Depend on it, and Everybody Praises it. FOR SALE BY - ROWN /f O The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signatnre of ~ and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allowno one to deceive youin this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good." are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. IC contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcoti0 substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays 'Feverishness. It cures Diarrhcea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, eures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. CENUINE- CASTO RIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind YoullHave Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TH~E CENTAUR COMPANY1 77 MURRAY STRELET. NEW YORK CITY. - BRING YOUR Job Wcrk TO THE TINES OFFICE.