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and the masses would fly from it, as they would a contagion and when The State undertakes to shake an old free trade flag, a thing that has been repudiated time and again, and tells people that any proposition looking to wards "a square deal" for the South is a Republican principle, we say it is an appeal to political prejudice, and calculated to frighten people away from the organization. At the New Orleans conven tion there were about 3000 men of the South, and of all this number, there were none to say McLaurin's views were lacking in common sense, the greatest body of Southerners, who were not politicians endorsed McLau rin, and made him their spokes man to go to Washington. Our own State convention, made up of business men, a vast majority of them could not be induced to enter politics endorsed him. Surely out of all of this intelli gence, if there was anything wrong with McLaurin's position it would have been discovered. We however, do not think this is a time for impugning each others motives, The State claims to favor the movement, which we do not doubt; its opposition is not to the purposes of the Southern Cotton Association, but rather to embracing views promulgated by those not in its favor. The State was a warm admirer of the Hon. George D. Tillman, who was a Protection ist. it supported John L. Mc Laurin who advocated a tariff on cotton, against Irby and Evans, who were opposed to a tariff, but now that McLaurin continues to believe a tariff on cotton will release the farmers from the maw of the speculators, The State wants the people to beware of him, and abuses those who will not see it The State's way. PRINCIPLE AND POLICY VERSUS HOT AIR. Former Senator McLaurin should earnestly wish to be saved from some of his political friends. The State was certainly not illiberal with Mr. McLau rin; publicity was given to his letters, to his speeches in the New Orleans and State conventions and to his address to the president. Some of his ideas were commended. This is a business organization of farmers and bankers and merchants and manufacturers,'and we believe success will be achieved only if its affairs are conducted on practical business lines; so we endorsed every suggestion seeming to be practical and businesslike made by Mr. McLaurin, but we rated as impracticable. impotent and lacking in common sense his pro posal to raise the price of cotton by imposing an import duty of five cents a pound. That suggestion introduced at once 1 politics into a business movement. It 1 is Mr. McLaurin's hobby around which i those deluded into believing it benefi- I cial and placing self interest above i every other consideration will rally,1 and from which those not caught withI chaff and the Democrats for principle1 an~d not "for revenue only," will turn. So, while promising practical men noi benefit, the question tended to divide the south at a time when there should be unity. We opposed it, and the Co-1 lumbia Record and The Manning Times than whom the apostle of commercial1 Democracy had no more ardent person al and political supporters in former< campaigns, fly to his support, thus put-1 ting and an additional political coloring4 to his discussion. The latter papert would place Mr. McLaurin in he posi-] tion of "leading a movement in the in terest of the farmers," and with char-< acteristic love of truth, says '%opposi-( tion" to a movement for the formation,1 of "an organization in the interests oft the entire South" has set in by an at- 1 tempt "to appeal to political preju dices." The State, declares THE 1 Tmiss, "tries to frighten the people away from the organization by holding up a Republican bugaboo in the speech of Mr. McLaurin. It is quite possible the Manning paper does not appreciate the difference between political preju dices and political principles. It knows, however, that any insinuation that The State is in "opposition" to the pur- I poses of the Southern Cotton Associa tion or is trying 'to frighten the peo-i ple away from the organization" is grossly false, and at the same time absurdly false, because every informed person in South Carolina. knows that The State has been conspicuous in its efforts to draw farmers, merchants,a bankers, manufacturers-in fact all the I people-into this organization. Neither Mr. McLaurin nor those who jump when he pulls the string can show wherein a duty on cotton will pre vent low prices. The South enjoys a natural monopoly of the American market and practically a monopoly of the European markets. Excepting a_ few bales of Egyptian cotton brought - here at prices far above the local pro- < duct, and not in comnpetion, there is no. possibility of any but American cotton being imported into America-cotton t which has already been exported and which would only be returned for spec ulative purposes and not for manufac ture. After twice crossing the ocean and being handled several times such cotton will be worth from 391 to 4 cents above its original price in America and because of that fact is prohibited: from coming in competion with farmers cotton: it could be sold only as specu lators' cotton in a market with abnor mally inflated values, the kind of mar kets we do not wish to see again in America because it is unnatural; it is as paralyzing to industries as four cents cotton is to farming. Cotton is now selling on the farm at about seven cents-two or three cents too low according to Southern opinion.1 There is not a bale of cotton being im-1 ported by America. What little is held as European stocks has cost the holders from 9 toll cents; it could not be sent back to this country and sold, just to swap dollars, for less than 11 to1 13 cents. This being the country of the producer, and Europe being a- con sumer without production, as the price in America increases the value of cot ton held in Europe advances above the American market price by the cost of handling and the freight to Europe-or about two cents per pound. Consider ing such cotton as a possible import from Europe we must add the expense of such import. with the necessary handling and insurance, or another tw cents per pound. So it is very clear that the American farmer is now protected against the import of cotton by a natural differential in his favor of at least four cents a pound. If it can be shown that a p~rotective tariff of five cents or five dollars a pound would advance the present price of cotton in America one single point The State would be glad to be enlight ened. From what cotton will it "pro tect" the South Carolina cotton nrower? Only from Southern cotton brought here for not less than 7 cents and ex ported and which cannot again be brought to this country and sold for less than 11 cents a pound, or $20 a bale more than the local market price. What the South needs is free cotton bagging, free farm implements. free food stuffs and free clothing-by free we mean an opportunity to buy those 1LIU AL.'ELta. Editnor. MANNNIG. S. C., -MARCH 8, 1905. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One yea,...--.....- - .............1 50 Six months.------................. ... 5 Four months..--.-................ ...... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. 51: each subsequent in sertion. 50 centsj Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. uiberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must oe accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to rec.ive attention. No communication ot a personal character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ona Class matter. ALL ARE KNAVES WHO DISAGREE WITH THE STATE. We again reproduce editorials from the columns of The State and Record of Clumbia, relating to the position of Hon. John L. McLaurin with regard to the or ganization of the cotton growers. The State with an assumption of superior intelligence and morals, not only sneers at Mc Laurin's suggestions. b u t rejects them and with a con temptuous wave of the hand says they are "impracticable, impotent and lacking in common sense." In the opinion of The State. those who think they see in McLaurin's views sound, prac tical sense and justice to the South, and who believe if his ideas can get the support of Congress, the cotton growers of the South will be on a footing with the wheat growers of the West, and their financial condi tion will be lifted beyond the reach of that element which prey upon necessity, are "plac ing self interest, above every other consideration, "and those of The State's view are "Democrats for principle and not 'for reve nue only.'" It seems to fear that if the people of the South take to the idea of urging a tariff on their cotton "the question ten ded to divide the South at a time when there should be unity." The politician's old cry when ever.the people begin to grow restive under existing conditions, "bush, you'll split the party." Better for the people to suffer their present ills, that politicians may thrive, seemsto be the reas oning of The State. Oh! says The State: "The Columbia Re cord and The Manning Times than whom the apostle of Com mericial Democracy had no more ardent personal and political supporterp in former campaigns fly to his support, thus putting an additional political coloring -to his discussion." So far as this relates to us, we are happy in the thought that we have always recognized in John L. McLaurin a man of ability and integrity. He labored for the people's in terests, and by his independence of politicians and newspapers he sacriniced his own ambition. He stands today where he stood ~when the Columbia State was an ardent supporter of him, and it does look to us if The State is such a sticker for principle now, *that it cannot join McLaurin in 'the endeavor to secure for the South the same benefits from the goyvernment the West is re *ceiving, why did it support him in his first campaign for the *Senate? He advocated a tariff on cotton then, and had aided in securing a tariff on lumber while a member of the lower House. -Did The State lay aside principle at that time to gratify spleen? John L. M. Irby and John Gary Evans went all over the State charging McLaurin's tariff views to be. republicanism, then was the time for The State to show its sincerity by joining in with Irby and Evans to defeat Mc *Laurin, and by not having done so, it comes with ill grace at this time to created confusion when unity of action is a necessity, by injecting an appeal .to pre judices, in charging McLaurin with teaching republican ideas. The petty fling at us is un worthy of The State, "charac teristic love of truth" is its usual wail when its little game is dis covered, but fortunately The State's reputation is established, and its contemptible sneers need not be taken serious. It would be a bad day for South Carolina journalism if the newspapers must first wait until The State speaks and then accept what it . says, lest they be charged with mendacity if they happen to not agree with Columbia's morning daily. We said last week "The State tries to frighten the people away from the organization by holding up a republican bugaboo in the speech of McLaurin," and when w'e read the editorial from The State in a subsequent issue, which in a spirit of fair ness we'reproduce in this issue, we adhere to the same opinion, regardless of the sweat under The State's collar when it char acterizes our opinion as "grossly false." Every reader of this news paper knows it is as true as gos pel, that there exists a strong prejudice against the Republi can party, and it matters not how beneficial an act of that party may be, our people have been taught to reject it, they have been taught to regard any and eVerything emanating from that party to be a thing to be spurned, a thing. even if it does appeal to our inter-ests cannot be taken advantage of without los ing social and political caste. The prejudice is so intense that politicians have used it as a cud grel to knock out opposition to themselves, and anything which does not suit their purposes is at onedared Republicanism, them taxed to thelextent of contribut ing revenue to the government. We are. independent of protection and we are, as a people, opposed to its princi ples. This fight for the South is to be won! reducing the yield of cotton this year, by holding surplus cotton and by the farmers standing together. There after, the success is to be maintained by intelligent cultivation, making sup ply and demand balance, and, in order that the supply may be increased and continue profitable, .extending the de mand by exploiting our product in China, Mexico and other quarters of the world. To enable such a business programme to be successfully carried out it is necessary that all interests should be in harmony; to that end it is' important that politics be smothered and personal ambitious be kept far in the background.-The Star. THE COTTON TARIFF. The State in referring again to Sena tor McLaucin's proposition to levy an import duty on cotton, declares that it would inject politics into the movement and because The Record and THE MANNING TIMES formerly supported Mr. McLaurin in his political aspira tions it holds that their support ntny of his idea as to a duty on cotton puts "additional political coloring to his discussion." Mr. McLaurin has posi tivelv declared that he entered the cot on growers movement with an eye sin gle to the benefit of the farmers com mercially, and he proved the sincerity Df his profession by declining to allow his name to even be considered in con nection with any political appointment having anything to do with the ad vancement of the plans of the cotton rowers. Mr. McLaurin, then, is most certainly not in this movement for any personal, political reason and how our support of his economic views can be construed as giving a political tinge to the discussion is beyond our compre hension. The proposed imposition of a tariff on cotton is strictly an economic question and concerns the cotton grow ers of the South above all others. They are not in the movement, as Demo rats or Republicans, but as farmers aiming to better their financial condi tion and if a tariff as suggested by Mr. McLaurin will help them in accom plishing their purpose they will not be slow to cast aside a political theory to which most of them have been com mitted as a party policy, without hav ing given that theory any special study as to how it affects their economic wel fare. The truth is, and everybody knows it, the South is Democratic chiefly because of the negro, and not because the people are wholly in accord with the party as to other questions. ence,if it is shown that a tariff on cot Lon will benefit farmers financially we lo not believe they will oppose it be :use in times past and gone the Dem cratic party enunciated the doctrine )f free trade. It may be true that the world's sup ply of cotton is now raised in the South Lnd that at present she has no compet tors. Yet experiments in raising cot on are being made elsewhere in the orld with some degree of success, and here is no certainty that we will al ways have a practical monopoly. The ime may soon come when our supre macy as the cotton field of the world 6vill be menaced, and in such cases it r-uld be like butting out our brains tgainst a stone wall not to protect our ;elves against foreign cotton simply ecause of some hoary theory. That a ariff is needed now has been abund ntly shown by Mr. McLaurin. It is a act that manipulators of the cotton narket did import cotton from Europe o affect the price in New York. It natters not that there were only a few housand bales. There might have been nany more, and the possibility always emains for reimportation to have its ~ffect on the market price. There is no politics in advocating he cotton tariff. It is a pure, strict ~conomic, business, common sense pro >osition. Our contemporary vigorously upported Mr. .McLaurin in his first ~ampaign for the senate, and he made >rominent then his views on the tariff. ur cotemporary evidently saw no harm o come to the people then if. Mr. i.Tc ~aurin's views were adopted, else it vould not have supported thim. We :annot now nnderstand why it should >ppose Mr. McLaurin's cotton tariff olicy, when it will greatly aid the cot on growers in keeping the price at a >aying value, and assist in a large neasure in making it stable, elimina ing in a great degree the speculative eature. We are afraid our contempor ry is so steeped in theory that it can iot see the value of a practical sug restion.-Columbia Record. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to ear that there is at least one dreaded disease hat science has been able to cure in all its tages, and that is Catarrh. Hais Catarrh Cure the only positive cure known to the medical raternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ase, requires a constitutional treatment. H~airs 'atarrh Care is taken internally, acting directly pon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys em thereby destroying the foundation of the .isease,and giving the patient strength by build g up the constitution and assisting nature in .oing its work. The proprietors have so much ith in its curative powers. that they offer One lndred Dollars for any case that it fails to ure. send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0. Sold by druggists, 75c. Halrs Family Pills are the best. STEMPERANCE COLUMN. )ondeod by Paxville W. C. T. U. National Motto--" For God, Home and Na ive Land." State Motto-" Be Strong and of Good Cour OrWatchword-Agitate. Educate. Organize. Pledge --God helping mc, I promise not to buy, drink, sell or give Intoxicating liquors while I live: From bad companions I'll refrain A nd never take God's name in vain." 'aper Read Before The Paxville W. C. T. U. by Mrs. J. 0. Gongh, Superintendent for South Carolina of Non-Alcoholic Medication. DEAR SISTERS: I am sure it is a real pleasure or me to be with you today, and so contribute what I may he able o the success of the cause so ear to all our hearts. Your nvitation said I must speak aspecially of non-alcoholic med eation. I am proud to tell you hat this is a subject upon which men and women north and south ire thinking. The time is near at hand in the judgment of many > our wisest men and women,in luding some of our most noted physiciails, when whiskey, bran dy, etc., will no longer be used in the treatment of disease. Of all the departments taken up by our National Womans' Christian Temperance Union, in my judgment none are more im portant than this. When the W. U. T. U. was organized there wa.s no thought among its mem bers, of antagonizing the use of alcohol in medicine. One al most immediate result of the organization, however, was the women began to study the causes of drunkenness, and prominent among the prevailing influences leading up to it, they found the medical use of alcoholics. The early efforts of these women were chiefly in rescue work through osel temper ance meetings and visitations o: jails and poor houses. By thi contact with the effects of drunk enness they learned many sai tales of ruined lives, blighted homes and lost souls, througi the appetite for strong drinl created or aroused alcoholic pre scription. They saw as time passed thai some of the drunkards reclaimed through their influence fell bac into old evil habits because a lit tle beer or wine, "for the stom ach's sake," or some other sakE or ache had been advised them. Some of the workers had this trouble in their own homes, hus band, son or other relative en slaved to strong drink, througl prescription in disease. Is i1 any wonder that women of thE spirit of the crusaders, having been aroused to this awful dang er, should begin to examine thi: stronghold of the enemy to dis cover, if possible, some way ol escape. Greatly to their joy they found that the medical profession was not a unit in prescribing alcoho] in sickness-that all along since alcohol came into common use there have been physicians whc distrusted and opposed it. They learned, too, that some of th.e most distinguished physicians ol America and England were using little or no alcohol in their prac tice, and that a hospital had been established in London, which was clearly demonstra ting the superiority of non-alco holic medication by its small death rate in comparison with hospitals using alcohol. This knowledge encouraged these women so that they began to re fuse alcoholics as remedies in their own households, and rarely did they find a physician unwil ling or unable to supply some thing else when asked to do so, and thousands women can testify to the fact of having recovered from ill health without wine, beer. or brandy, they were ad vised to take. So the W. C. T. U. discovered several good reasons for opposing alcohol in medicine. 1. Its liability to create or re vive an uncontrolable appetite. 2. A considerable number of the leading physicians of Amer ica and Great Britain discarded it from their list of remedies. onsidering it harmful rather than helpful. 3. The lssened mortality con equent upon its entire disuse, lemonstrated by the London Temperance Hospital. 4. By their own experience they knew that alcohol is not aecessary to the restoration of ealth, nor to the upbuilding of !trength. May the 4th, 1886, the Frances E. Willard National.Temperance Eospital was opened in Chicago. phe following is one 'of the rticles of their constitution: "All medicines used in the hos pital must be prepared without ilcohol, and all physicians ac epting position on the medical staff of the hospital or dispen. sary must pledge themselves not to administer alcohol in any Foim to any patient in hospital >r dispensary, nor to call in ounsel for sick patients any physician who will advise the ase of alcohol." Not only are their physicians pledged to pre. scribe no alcohol, but they them selves must abstain from both ricohol and tobacco in any form. Tphe question naturally arises. what shall we take instead of wine, beer or brandy, of course yo will have to leave that large ly to your physician, but Mrs. Wartha M. Allen, our National uperintendent of this depart ent, has prepared a leafiet zalled "Safe Remedies in Ill aess," which will aid you con siderably in anwering this ques ion. There is also a chapter on this subject in our department book, and I wish you each one bad a copy of it, it will help you long so many lines. Perhaps you would like to inow some of the most con mon effects of the use of spirit Ous liquors even small quantities. Df course, you know I make no pretentions' to knowing these things myself., What I shall say ~ad have said on this subject is :uoted largely from others, mostly eminent physicians who iave given the subject much thought and have made many experiments along this line. One of the most common effects is on the digestion. Very little was known about digestion un til 1833, when Dr. Beaumont published the result of his in. 'estigations upon the stomach of Alexis St. Martin. St. Martin received a severe wound in the left side from a shotgun. The wound in healing left an open ing into the stomach about 4-5 f an inch in diameter, closed on the inside by a fiap of mucous Lembrane. Through this open ing the interior of the stomach sould be thoroughly examined. Dr. Beaumont made hundreds of observations upon this young man who was in his home sev ral years. He says: "In a fever ish condition from whatever ause, obstructed perspiration, excitement by alcoholic liquors, overoading the stomach with ood. fear, anger, or whatever :epresses or disturbs the nervous system, the lining of the stomach becomes somewhat red and dry, ad at other times pale and moist, and loses its smooth and healthy appearance. The secre tions become vitiated, greatly diminished or entirely sup pressed."~ One day after giving St. Martin a good wholesome linner, digestion of which was going on in regular order, Dr. Beaumont gave him a glass of gin, the digestive powers was at once arrested, and did not begin again until after the absorption o the spirit, after which it was f slowly renewed and tardily tin. 1 ished. Dr. Figg of Edinburgh. fed I two dogs with roast mutton, I to one of them he gave 1 1-2 i ounces of spirit. Three hours i later he killed both dogs. The - dog without liquor had digested the mutton, the other had not b digested his at all. Similar ex periments says Mrs. Allen, have been made repeatedly with like results. She also says many experiments have been made with gastric juices in vials, one, having alcohol added, the other not having alcohol. The meatI in the vials without alcohol, in time dissolved till it bore the appearance of soup. In the vials to which alcohol was added the meat remained practically un changed. In the latter a deposit of pepsin was found at the bot tom, the alcohol having pre cipitated it. Dr. Henry Munroe, of Eng land, one of the experimenters in this line of research, says: -Alcohol even in a diluted form has the peculiar power of inter fering with the ordinary process of digestion. As long as alcohol remains in the stomach in any degree of concentration, the process of digestion is arrested and is not continued until enough gastric juice is thrown out to over come its effcts." Dr. Newell Martin says: "A vast number of persons suffer from alcoholic dyspepsia without knowing its cause. People who were never drunk in their lives and consider themselves very temperate. Ab stinence from alcohol, the cause of the trouble, is the true remedy. Our department book goes on to show its effect on the blood, heart, liver and kidneys, but I will not take up your time with that, I hope you will all get one of the books, for it covers the subject thoroughly. Always Liberal to Churches, Every church will be given a liberal quantity of L. & M. paint. Call for it 4 gallons Longman & Martinez L. & I M. Paint mixed with three gallons linseed oil, will paint a house. W. B. Barr, Charleston. W. Va.. writes, "Painted Frankenburg block with L. & M. stands out as though var nished." Wears and covers like gold. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you doin ready-for-use paint. Buy eil fresh from the barrei at 60 cents per gallon and mix it with L. & M. It makes paint cost about $1.20 per gallon. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. For Sale. Old Presbyterian church building. For particulars apply to W. S. Harvin. chairman, b'ld'g com. Make your druggist give you Mur ray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar Cures your cough. 25c. a bottle. He repents on thorns that sleeps 'n beds of roses.-Quarles. TO THE WE WL.ESAL.E AND RETAIL MD' T wo cars Rice, bought before per sack. Car of Flour just arrived, as p ing at a bargain. On hand and arriving daily, Setc., at prices that defy comupetion A full supply of Coffees, To Syrups and Canned Goods of alm We also handle all grades of ] very small margin, either cash or before you buy. In our Dress Goods departme stock and are offering some rare winter remnants. Here are some 54 and 58-inch Broadcloth... SZibelines (good quality) closing or Mohairs (big line) closing out. -... worth 50c to $1.25 per yard, in fac A big lot of Dress Goods, (sho> tings, Schaniel Table Cloths, Bi Picture Frames, etce,, that we In our Hat & Shoe We have a full line and some big of Men's, Youth's and Children's( *- come and give us a look through; we are offering Miss KEFAUVER, our Milline her spring stock which will be the in the country. Look out for datt Thanking our many customer liciting a continuation of same, w Yours for 1 A New Firm. The undersigned having formed a lopartnership under the name of L Le WELLS & C0., lesire to extend a cordial welcome to their store in the Levi block, where they will always nave on hand a full ind complete stock of and STAPLE FRUITS, CONFECTIONS, CRACKERS nd everything pertaining to a first -lass grocery. We will continue keeping a fall tock of SCHOOL BOOKS and STA VIONERY and choiee books for the iome. Come to see us. L. L. WELLS, J. ELBERT DAVIS. Fire Insurance I represent some of the oldest and strongest fire insurance companies do ing business in the Unit ed States, and respect fully solicit a share of your patronage. ..THE.. 1. B. LORYEA DRUM TORE, ISAAC M. LORYEA, Prop., Sign of the . . . Golden Mortar, Begr to inform their many friends and custom :rs that they are prepared to supply their wants %-ith their accustomed celerity. We carry a full and complete lint in every de artment of the DRUG BUSINESS md every attention is shown to the wants of heir customers. For Kany Years e have endeavored to give the very best at ention to our customers' wants, and feel thart e have succeeded. Our stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS s complete in every. particular and every and ny demand can besuplid When in need of PU DRUGS and MEDI MNES can on us and we can give you general atisfaction. MAIL ORDERS receive our careful and im ediate attention on day of receipt. We hope for your kind patronage which for ears we have earnestly striven to merit. I R. B. [DRE IRU 810RE ISAAC M. LaRYEA, Proprietor, SJg-n of the -- Golcden M'ortar MANNING, S. C. 'HONE NO. 2. E )RS TO JANTILE COMP'Y, ON, S. C. PUBLIC. S TO: QUICK SAL.E AND SHORT PROFITS. the rise, going at S9.25 to $4.50 retty as silk, which we are sell a fall supply of Lards, Meats, as, Soaps, Spices, Tobaccos, ost every description, in fact a ~eries at prices that will please. ~ertilizers which wve offer at a on time. It will pay to see us nt we have a fall and complete I baragains to close out fall and of the prices: ......... ......at89 and 94tec t.....................at 42c e ..................at 3to 50e -t lengths) Waists, Rugs, Mat iggy Robes, Trunks, Blankets, are offering at extremely low Department bargains to offer, also a big lot lothing and only ask that you and be conv inced of the values r, is now in the North selecting Smost complete and up-to-date of Millinery opening. s for all past patronage and so ~are >argains, erc~ai o I * ~V I * I.E.JENIISOI Co. Have on hand one thousand tons of Commercial Fertil izers which they wish to sell for spot cash. Peruvian Guano, 8-3-3, 8-4-4 and Stan- e e dard Guanos, Acid, Kainit, Potash and Nitrate of Soda. A full stock of the above grades of Guanos kept in stock here at our warehouses. in Manning all the time. We name very close figures for the spot cash. F URNITURE. We carry one of the largest stocks of Furniture to be * found in this part of the State and we guarantee to save you money on Furniture if you buy of us, as we handle Furniture on the department store plan, which is much cheaper than the ordinary furniture dealer can afford to sell it at. Anyway you call when you need Furniture for the cash and we will prove what we say. New York, Philadelphia and 2 Baltimore. While we leave this week for the Northern markets to purchase our stock of Spring Goods, yet we have now $ .a stock a splendid line of early Spring Dress Goods, White Goods, Wash Goods and Spring Ginghams, Per cales and Calicoes. White Shirt Waistings. Our line of White Shirt .Waistings have no equal in @ style, prices and values. It is needless for us to add that the proverbial shirtwaist and black skirt will be in style. this season; in fact it looks like these garments will never go out of style. Black Dress Goods. 0 It is a known fact to the trading public of Manring that we carry the finest stock of Blaok Dress Goods of a any house in this town and our stock this spring is no ex ception to the rule. A visit to our stoze will prove what' we assert. 1 Gents, don't fail to see our great stock of Gent's, Youth's and Children's Clothing. We lead them all in new styles and low prices. Also a fine line of new Spring Hats, 'Neckwear and Gent's Furnishings. New things in Collars and Cuffs. Before closing we want to tell you that we now have in stock 200 boxes of all grades.of Tobacco which we are . anxious to close out at very close prices for the cash. A visit will convince you that we sell Tobacco very cheap for the cash. Come to our store for whatever you want and you' will come nearer finding it here than in any other house in town. . Yours respectfully, I .JEIINSOIN .fS!~ 9eeeeeeee 6.MNDRENTS FURNISHING ere eallre.g the countr beekngobs for theslvs ando THEY THEY TELL THE TRUTH and bring us custom ers, men and boys, who wear our Clothing are daily com ing in to be fitted up again, and the lady who wears Drew Selby Shoes will have no other. We are selling the best and most stylish Clothing for less money than the same quality can be bought any where else. Money talks, and the people who trade with us even make every penny count. If you want to save some Christmas change and get value received, come to see us -when you need a Suit of Clothes, a Pair of Pants, an Overcoat, a Hat. a Pair of Shoes or anything in Gent's Furnishing line. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting more of your valued business, we are )C M)DVS&C.