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Bargains For 10c. In addition to our Groceries we have added a 10 cents Bargain Coun t e r. Come and examine these Goods and you will be surprised at t i e Bargains w e have for 10 cents in Glassware, Tinware. etc. P 0.B MOUZON &CO. Undertaking. A complete stock of Caskets. Coffins and Fu neral Supplies always on hand. Mv hearse will be sent to any part of the county. and calls will be responded to by Mr. A. J. White. funeral director and under;aker. night or day. W. E. JENKINSON CO. InsurancE. Fire, Life, Accident and Health. Place your Insurance in the follow lug Companies, each represent Iig millions of assets: Hartford of Hartford, Conn. Phenix of Brooklyn, N. Y. Continental of New York. American Fire of Philadelphia. German American of New York. Pennsylvania of Philadelphia. Fire Association of Philadelphia. Home of New York. NewYork Underwriters' Agency of New York. Western of Canada. A share of your business solicited. Country tenant property written also. eoS. Hacker &Son o Co Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. bsh Weights and Cords. Widow and Fancy 6lass a Specialty. ARTISTIC MONUMENTS. I am representing- the largest Marble and Granite quarrys in in the warld. and can furnish * any Tombstone or. Monument. direct from the. quarry. Over 500 designs to select from. Spec ial designs ifurnished for large Monuments. I also furnish any kindof Iron Fences. Ornaments und Wood Mantels. S. L. KRASNOFF, MANNING, S C . x ~ srswooDs. s. oLIVrta 0-3RYAY.. OOS& O'BRYAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAw,* 7 MANNING, S. 0. Nettles Bldg., upstairs. 'Pece- T. JH. LESESNE, * ATTORNEY 3:1 LAW MANNNG:, S. C. JSEPH R.; RHAME, MANNING, S& C. -1.. WElNBEFR MANINVG, S. C,. Prompz and careful att~e tion given to aR bnsiness. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY Apj LAW MANNI G, S. C. J. S. WULSON. CHA&KLTON DURANT. WILSON & DcRA.NT, AtonesoniConelr at LawI MANNING, S. C.' 9R. .J. FRANKAGEIGER. DENIST, MANNING, S. C. Trnone No. 6. DR. .L1 A COLE: DENTISt Nettles Building. trpstairs. MANNING, S. C. Phone No. 77. Kodol Dyspopsia G ure Dinnate what you oat.l Uncle Terry ..By... CHARLES- CLARK MUNN Copyright.. 1900, by Lee & Shepard But still he belithe little hand, and as she tried to draw it away he said pitifully: "Do you mean it, Alice? Is it no? Oh. don't let me go away without one word of hope!" Then she raised her one free arm and, resting it against a nearby tree pressed her face upon it and almost whispered: "Oh, don't ask me now! I can't say 'yes,' and I can't say 'no.' "I shball believe-that:your heart says 'yes,"' he responded quickly, slipping one arm around her waist, "and until you do say 'no' I shall keep on loving you just the-.same." She* drew herself away and, turning a piteous face toward him, exclaimed, "Don't, please, say -another-word now, or I shall hate myself as long as I live if you do." For one moment-he stood dumfound ed. and then it dawned upon him. "Forgive me, sweet. Alice, he said softly. "for speaking too soon. I be lieve I know why you feeI as you do, and I shall go away hoping that in time you will-come-to-know my mother better. And since you have said that you can't say 'no,' I shall anticipate that some time if will be 'yes.' Now we will go.-andgather-lilies." Then, as he led her to the boat,,,his arm once more-stole-around..her waist, and this time-ehedidinotftrrtoescape Its pressure. When, twodays afterward,-the-broth er and sister were ready to depart, Blanch put one arm caressingly around Alice and whispered. "Now, remember, you have promised tounake me a visit lext winter, and you-must keep your pVromise." And -poor RomeoA.standing by, had to look the love tht was In his heart while he-envied bisvsister her-parting kiss. CHAPTER -XXTX Fankandhis sisterAwere away; from Sandgate she said: "Well, my dear Ben Bolt, 'did you, capture sweet Alice thatwafternoon? You must have made an eff'rt, for she showed it plainly." "No, D'did not,"-hegnswered frankly, "but-I/made.aibreak 'and as she-didn't takedtamiss feel. The fact Is. sis,; she -is-theimostaproud spirited girl Itever met, iud another is the ogre -that.,stands in the way. If mother ap proves of Alice I am all right, but if she-doesn't receive hert'with open arms it's ." day with me." 'I could have told you that the day after we arr-ed there:' answered Blanch, "and I m not surprised. Now"-with a laugh-"you-must court mamma for a -few months, as well as your pretty Alice. It ill do you good, for you~ neverqhave been. over dutiful." Frank frowned. "Oh, bother these finicky mothers!'' 'he .excrmned. "Why will they turn up their noses at every poor girl? If Alice had rich parents she would be all righst, no matter if she were as homely ais a. hedge fence." "Maybe that's so," answered Blanch, "but you can't chang-e anamma, and if you wazgt to win your .Alice you must do as I tell you andi court mamma. Nowr I will tell you wihat to do, and If you're good to me I'lli help you do it. In the first place you must stay in the mountains until we gso home, and do all you can to please -nmother. Take her driving, asL her to play whist with you, and 'when she makes a good play praise it; carry her 'wraps' for her, be solicitous about her weifare and com fort in all things, an& treat her just as If she were Alice instead of mnamma. Then when she is 'well caned for,.act dowcastat-times ar id depressed. Wait a,,few days before 'w orking the melan choly -act, And. don't tsay much-to -other girls. Dance with Ede and me and say sweet things to mamma for a week. -Then -some day :takether-outrfor a drive and-act as lif yon had lost your last friend. She -ufll inev'itably ask what ails you, but don't tell her -too qutickly Let-her 'coax you n,1little, iad after ;awhile make >a cleams 'breast of "I: would suggest you ins inuate the girl has favored your suit, but has prctically said *no' because ,she Is too proud to marry into a meb.h f am Sy. That will do-.more to pique maml mats interest In the matter thar vol umvs of praise for Alice. Don't- say too much, but if, she qtuestions you about her aniswer/frankly to sthe point, but convey- the 'Impression that- you consider your -case hopeless, wand. lemve the rest to me." Frank looked-at his sister-In silent admiration. "I d~n't know you had such a wise head on your shoulders," he said at last. When Frank and Blanch~hadmmade a short stop at Sairatoga, "just to-be able to say so," as Banch said, they return ed to the moiratains, and the little do mestic drama began. As:it progressed Frank grew-interested in -watching the effect it had on his proud' mother. To have her only son show her so much devotion befor~e crowds of' people glad dened her heart, and it was soon no ticed and commented upoc. She had known that Frank was from the first a 'little smitten with this sister of his college chum, but as he had ihad several mild cases before she thought nothing of it With motherly <:aution she took care to ask no questions, even when Blanch told her they had visited Alice on their way to Saratoga. When the denouement 'came she was, as Blanch had predicted,acmpletely taken aback. She made but little reply to his love lorn tale except to laugh at him and assure -him he -would soon-overcome it, but that nigtshe questioned Blanch. "I noticed Frank was very attentive to Miss Page," Blanch said, "while she seemed to aw'oid being left alone with him a mnonaent She is one of the sweetest and prettiest girls I've-met in a long time, and also one of the proud est. I fell in love with Jherat sightand am sure Frank has, but so far as I saw shegave'dhim no> encouragement. She is poor, pretty and proud, and that tells the whole story. I imagined she be lieved ashe .venidenot be -welcomede'by you-" When 'theelastrof.AugustoCame'andi the iNasons cretuz~nedstor-Boston, Frank and his miother- were on excellent terms. "Whataascomeover.Frank?"EFdith said to Blanch one-day. "Hehasenever been. so'well'behaoed inshIs~life. First he qizitidlin~g and'egan to -studypaw as if he meant to- be -somebody, then he deserted his crowd of cronies for us 'ad has acted as if we were -his sole care in life ever since. What Is the maningof it, Blanch?" " 'It seemaoood to have-ih.e any questions," answered Blich. CHAPTER X.X. HE last day of August dawned fair in busy Boston. Sum mer sojourners were return ing. John Nason's store was filled with new fall styles, the shoppers were crowding the streets, and the -hustling, bustling life of a great city was at flood tide. Albert Page, full of business, was in his of fice, and Frank Nason was studying hard again. Small fortunes were be ing won and lost on State street, and in one smoke polluted broker's office Nicholas Frye sat watching the price of wheat. The September option opened that day at 7S%, rose to 79, fell to 76%, rose to 78 and then dropped back to 76. He had margined his holdings to 71, and if it fell to that price his $60,000 would be gone and he -ruined. For many nights he had had but little sleep, and that made hideous by: dreams filled with the unceasing whir and. click, click, click of the ticker. He was worn and weary with the long nervous strain and misery of seeing his fortune slowly clipped away by the clicker's tick that had come to sound like the teeth of so many little devils snapping at him. To let his holdings go, -he could not, and, lured on and on by the-broker's daily uttered assertion that "wheat could not go much lower, but must have a rally soon," he had kept.puttlng up margins. Now all he could possibly raise was in the broker's hands,. and when that was gone all was lost. Frye sat and watched the blackboard where the uneven columns of quota tions looked like so many little legs ever growing longer. Around him were a score of other men watching the figures. No one cared whether an other won or lost in the great gam bling game-that ruins thousands. It was the caldron filled with lies, false reports, fictitious sales and the hope and lust of gain thatJoiled and bubbled, heated by the flees of hell. And ever around that caldron the souls of men were circling, cursing their losses and gloating over their gains. And Frye was muttering curses. So fast came the quotations that the boy could no longer record them. In stead he called them out in a drawling ingsong: "September wheat now seventy three-the - half-five-eighths-a half five-eighths split-now a half-three eighths - a quarter - seventy-three!" Frye set his feet hard together and clinched his hands. Only 2 cents in price stood between him and the loss of all his twenty years' saving. All the lies he had told for miserable gain, all the miserly self denial he had prac ticed, all the clients he had cheated and robbed, all the hatred he had won from others, availed him not. His con temptible soul and his life almost now hung by a miserly 2 eents. "Seventy-three-a quarter-an eighth -seventy-three-now- seventy-two sev en-eighths-three-quarters-five-eighths -three-quarters split-now five-eighths -a half-a half!" Pandemonium was raging in the Chi cago wheat pit, and the ticker's teeth clicked like mad. "Seventy-two-a half-a half-three eighths-a half-three-eighths-a quar tr-seventy-two!" Cold beads of sweat gathered on Frye's forehead. One cent more and he was ruined. "September wheat now seventy-one seven-eighths - seven-eighths - three quarters-seven-eighths split-now the threequarter-five-eighths-a half - a half-five-eighths-a half-a half again -three-eighths-a quarter-an eighth a quarter-i-an eighth-a quarter-ani eighth-an eighth-a quarter split-an eighth "Seventy-one!" - Frye was -ruined. He gave one low moan, the first and only one during those three long weeks of agony. The devil's teeth kept snapping; the endless~ coils of tape kept unwinding. The boy continued his drawl, but Frye paid no heed. Only those spider legs on the wall seemed kicking at him, and that fatal seventy'one-ene-one-kept ringing in his ears. de arose and staggered out and With bowed head made his way to the office. Whfr-r-r-r-r!* Click, click, click! Sever-ty-one-one-one! It was the last he heard, and then he sank for ward on his desk in a stupor. At this moment Uncle Terry, with Frye's letter in his pocket and right eous wrath in his heart, was speeding toward Boeton as fast as steam could carry him. The clear, incisive strokes of an ad jacent clock proclaiming midnight awoke Frye. He raised his head, arose, lit the two gas jets and sat d'own. Seventy-one--one-one! They brought it all back to him, and now, alone in his misery, he groaned aloud, and with his despair came the dread of the morrow, when he must go forth crushed, broken, despairing,.pen iless. All would know it, and all would re joice. Out of the many that hated or feared him not one would feel a grain of pity, and he knew it. Then his past life-camne back to him. He had never married, and since he had looked down upon his dead-moth er's face no woman's hand had sought his with tenderness. All his -long life of grasping greed had been spent in money getting and money saving. No sense of right or justice had ever restrained him. Year after year he had added to his hoard, carefully invested it, and now it bad all been swept away! He took a pen and wrote a brief let tr. Then he went to his tall safe, opened both doors and, taking a small, fat packet from an inner till, returned to his desk, placed that and the letter in one long envelope and sealed and di rected it. Once more his head sank forward on the desk, and he groaned aloud. For a long time -he remained thus, living ,over the past three weeks of agony, and thendhere-smte-upon his tortured nerves the-sound-of many clocks..strik ig 1 Itsuedasftheyweremock ing m, and from far and near, some harsh and~sharp,;some.,faint-in the dis tance, came that fatal, one, one, one! He arose and,.going to asmall locker in his room, grasped a halff-filledsbottle of liquor and drank deeply. He arose again and, taking a letter opener, crowded bits of paper into the keyhole of the door and up and down the crack. Then ha closed the one win ow, turned out the two gas jets and opened the stopcocks again. An odor of gas soon pervaded the room, into which came only a faint-light from the statehouse-dome. ITO BE CONTINUED.] Chapped Hands. Wash your hands with warm water, dry with a towel, and apply Chamber lain's Salve just before going to bed, and a speedy cure is certain. This salve is also unequaled for skin diseases. For a l by Th R. B. aryameno- Store.. The St. Bernard Pass. The examinations made at the Great Sr. Bernard show that the pass was not only used by foot passengers, but by horsemen in Roman times. It seems that it was a safer route in the time of Vitellius than until the last few years. Excavations demonstrate that there were two buildings, much farther apart than is the present road. There was a temple there, and some fifty votive tablets have been found. It must always have been a place of refuge, though often subjected to at tack. Signs of violence are demon strated by the fact that votive tablets have been discovered broken and thrown into the swamp below. It was in the eleventh century that St. Ber nard of Menthon founded the modern hospice. Nature Needs But Little. Nature needs only a Little Early Riser now and then to keen the bowels clean, the liver active and the system free from bile, headaches, constipation, etc. The famous little pills, "Early Risers," are pleasant in effect and per fect in action. They never gripe or sicken, but tone and strengthen the liver and kidneys. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Alcohol as Medieine. "Alcohol has a certain position as a medicine," said Sir Frederiek Treves recently, "but in the last twenty-five years its use by the medical profes sion has steadily diminished. 'It is often said that alcohol is an excellent appetizer, but the appetite does not need artificial stimulation. If the body wants feeding, it demands food." .-0-. Lost Their Grips. S. T. Johnson thought himself a goner when grippe took hold of him last fall. A 25c. bottle of Dr. King's Wild Cherry and Tar made it turn loose. Dr. King's Wild Cherry and Tar is a great La Grippe, Medicine, and seems to cure all who take it. FORT MILL MFG. CO. Fort Mill, S. C. Tastes good, and sold by Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. An Awful Dig. "Oh, dear, I'm going on the stage next month. Aren't you surprised?' "Why, no. I'm sure you will have no trouble in getting a position." "Why do you think so?" "Because there are very few women who are willing to take the grandmoth er parts."-Dallas News. p Cleared for Action. When the body is cleared for action by Dr. King's New Life Pills, you can tell it by the bloom of health on the cheeks, the bri~htness of the eyes, the firmness of the flesh and muscles, the buoyancy of the mind. Try tfilem. At The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, 25 cenis. The Dinner Party. TI-at the success of a dinner party does not depend on the excellence of the chef, but on the proper assortment of the company, was precisely the opin ion of a very witty old lady, who wise y said, "My dear, It Isn't the menu that makes a good dinner; It's the men you sit next to." - The Origin~al. Foley & Co., Clhicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on acoout of the great merit of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless imitations have similar sounding names. Bewvare of them. The enuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a ellow pack'~ge. Ask for it and. refus.e any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. The R. B. Lor yea Drug Store, Isaa:: M. Loryea, Prop. -Ceremonies. A very ceremonious Spaniard when asked why he was not present at the funeral of a certain personage replied: "Because he owed me a call."-Hu mor of Spain. Deanomy Is In Itself1La source of groat revenue.-Seneca ' - But Few AreFree. But few people are entirely free from indigestion at this time of the year. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is not only the best remedy to use because it digests what you eat but because it also enables the digestive .apparatus to assimilate and transform all foods into tissue-build ing blood. Kodol relieves sourstomach, heart burn, belching, nnd all forms of indigestion. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. -rne Modest GirL "Ah, my love," sighed the ardent lover, "if you only knew how beautiful you are!". "Y!ou mustn't speak of it," protested the modest girl. "I don't want to know." "Why not?" "Because," she said, "it would make me too concelted."-Philadelphia Press. Many children inherit constitutions weak and feeble, others due to child hood troubles. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will positively cure chil dren and make them strong. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Dr W. FE. Brown & Co. Her Dear Friend. "What nonsense all this Is about men getting on their knees when they propose," said Mrs. Parslow to her dear friend. "My husband didn't do any such absurd thing when he asked me to marry him."' "He did when he proposed to me," said the dear friend without thinking. Pain may go by the name of rheuma tism, neuralgia, lumbago, pleurisy No matter what name the pains are called, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will drive them away. 35 cents Tea or Tablets. Dr W. E. B~rown & Co. When It Grew Tiresome. "I never thought," said the conceited lecturer, "that my voice would fill that hall." "No," replied the candid man, "I1 thought at one time it would empty it." -Philadelphia Public Ledger. Love and Friendship. Love is the shadow of the morning, which decreases as the day advances. Friendship Is the shadow of the even ing, which strengthens with the setting sun of life Tongs. Tongs were said to have been In vented in China B. C. 1122, but repre sentations of them have been found on the Egyptian monmuments B. C. 200. In India they are claimleIas in use since B. C. 900, and their principal employment -in that country, where ires during the most of the year are uperfluous, was to facilitate the han dling of dead bodies in the funeral pyres. Seventy pairs of tongs, some bronze, some iron, have been taken rm the-ruins of Pompeii. I g o secure the biggest crops of corn, fertilizers must be used liberally. Apply at least 5oo pounds to the acre-with 3y per cent. nitrogen, 8 per cent. available phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent. POTASH. POTASH is a most important factor in corn culture. Our practical books for farmers are yours for the asking-no cost or obligation of any sort, and a vast fund of invialuable information in them. Address. GERMM KAU WORS. New York-93 Nassau Street. or Atlanta. Ga.-22JKSo. Broad Stret. CLARK'S WAREHOUSE, Storing and Insuring Cotton. If you are holding cotton, store it in CLARK'S Ware house. I store and insure for 35 cents per bale for first month; 25 cents for each month or fractional part thereafter. I guarantee the best ot service. CLARK'S WAREHOUSE, R. D. CLARK, Proprietor. WANTED-500 Bushels Peas. Highest Pices Paid. "Cotton is King. Sumter Is the Greatest Market .in the State. It is conceded that our establishment has done more to wards building up the Sumter cotton market than any other agency, and it is all because we pay the very highest market price. Twenty thousand bales were handled by us last year, and much ot this came from our friends in Clarendon. With facilities for paying a high price for cotton and for selling goods cheap,' we invite our friends in Clarendon to comie and* inspect this season's purchases, and if we cannot satisfy you in Dry Goods, ~Notions, SShoes, ? Clothing, SHats, SGroceries, and all other articles that can be handled in a general mner chandise store, then we would not have you to buy from us. There is no gainsaying it that our buyer has this season has supplied our store with everything the trading public can desire and at prices to permit us to sell at surprisingly low figures. All that we ask is for an opportunity to show our goods. You know us, and where we do business. Come. Yours, etc., LEVI BROTHERS, BRING YOUR % MJOB WORKDE TO THE TINES OFFICE. U Sw- portsen We are offering the following extraordinary bargains in Shot guns:- ~ 4 Nauman Bros. machine-madc ., double barrel, twist, with matted extension rib, rebounding loc Idued at $12., present price -~10.00. 2 double barrel Shotguns made by Henry Armo Company, re bounding case hardened locks, twist barrels. a splendid gun at $11.00. 1 L. C. Smith hammer Gun with smooth black barrels, highly finished, perfect mechanism, a good value at $20., present price -$IS 1 Stevens Arms Co. Gun. hammer, similar to L. C. Smith gun, as described above, valu: $20., present price $17.50 I Cornel hammerless Shotgun, valued at $25., now $20. In addition to the above we have a nice stock of Single Guns, - including our celebrated Nitro Heter Single Shotgun, which is the - best thing of the kind on the market. Let us show you its many good - points. We have in stock at all times a nice assortment of Leggings, O Cartridges, Vests and Belts; also.a full line of Ammunition. FARMERS and STOCK N We have recently received a full carload of American Field..' Fence. We have more than ten styles from which to select. Call - ; and let us furnish you an estimate of cost for fencing .your farm or - pasture. We have this fence at the lowest price at which it has - ever been sold before. Very truly- yours. MANNING HARDWARE MONEYji They say money does not. make o ple happy! Try a Box of HUYLERS We are Agents for it. THECAPS DRU We also sell SKodak S and Kodak S le We have just opened up the 1Arget and highest grade of Novelties and HAix Painted China ever shownin C re County. We have made it unnecessar.Kfok. you to send off for this line ofgoods Make our store your headquarters when Yo m to town. STHE CAPERS~ DUGCM SUIMMERTON & : -p TO PIN AR., . a.., fl Than Ever Befr: Awhole lot of detail and worry enters into the proper ring- > Sof a business than thie customers think about. . -That-is if the mer~ch~ Sant is trying to save money for his customers. That's exactly the Scase here. We have been through all the worry and saving pi-oblein so that you have only to come here and you'll find the greate'st ar Sgains you. have seep yet. And all in immense variety and wonderful..~ assortment. - . At this New Store we show 'elegant selections 'of the newest Sstyles in -. SDress Goods, - - 5 Clothing, Shoes, 5 Hats, Furniture, &c., S Special Shoe Sales. Men's Suits. We know we can please you Just because a Man's Suit is in Shoes. We bought in big shown to you and represented tain of giving you a good fit., as a good looker, don't. you - Comfortable Shoes wear twice ptyu ido tta ti as long and give three times ptyu ido tta ti S the actual service of the other bound to wear weil. Be sure S kind. You will find the right the materials and the making - S kind here now. For Men, we ~' offer the celebrated SELTZ are all right. We guaranted - SHOES. All sizes, . these Suits. Best wearers and $1.95 -Istylish in appearance. Special u 19 p. l~y priced. $4.75. $7.75 $1L.45. SFOR LADIES', the Ervin Drew SHOES at _- $2'00, $2.35 and up. The same holds goods in Boys' Suits. Special prices now. $1.05; 2.65;, .. BIG SALE MEN'S HATS. S Special prices prevail on Men's Hats this month, beginning ths s Sweek. All the new shapes. Black and new shades. - *44c. $10 $2.45 and up" Make Your Headquarters at IS. L. KRASNOPPP SUJMMERTJ]ON, 8. C.