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MANNING, S. C. AUG. 14, 1907. PUBLISIED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SfBSCRIPTION RATES: One venr . ........... .............. ......... 1.5 Six ful1h% ......... .... F'Juio l nuh...................... 5 AD" ERTISI"NG RATES: one --square. oe time. n1: each subsentqent in sertio. 5a c s. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisemenlts. Liberal cofl.raCtS rmade or threesix and twelve Iny.munications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order tC reee tt:entio".. No communication 0 a personal charactei will be published except as an advertisement. Entercd at thePostoffice at Manning as See ond Class matter. LABOR VS CAPITAL. The strike among the tele grapliers which started in Cali fornia has spread all over the country, and the wheels of con merce is threatened with obstruc tion. The government should devise some means to settle the differences between capital and labor without the country at large being made to suffer. The present strike, unless one side or the other gives in will become more serious every day, and maiv who do business by wire will be greatly damaged. The battle between labor and capital promises to be a long siege,it is the greatest strike thc country has ever known. Active steps are being taken to concen trate the monies of labor into q fund to fight the millions of the corporations. A number of labor organizations have signified thei intention to stand by the tele graphers, and the probability i that Gompers. Mitchell and Fitzpatrick, the national heads of organized labor will pledge the financial support of all unionE If this is done, everything wil become involved. Capital wil have arrayed against it 3,000., 000 laborers who can muster foi strike purposes S5,000, 000. The great corporations have an un limited amount of money. be cause they can draw on Wal] street, and all of the industria] institutions. It is to be hoped that Presideni Roosevelt will get into this fighi quick and use his good offices tc pacify both sides in the contro versy so that the business inter ests of the country will be able t( get along in peace. NOT FAIR. There appcacect in yesterday'Z News and Courier a dispatcl from Edgefield rejlating to one I. Prager, convicted of the charge of adultery,and sentenced to eight months on the chain gang or pay a fine of four hun dred dollars. Tis a pity Prager's sentence could not have beei a term on thegang without the alternative of paying a fine. Bu1 in this dispatch it is specially mentioned that Prager is a Jew. Just why the culprit's religion should be dragged in we cannot understand. If Prager was a Methodist, Presbyterian, Bap tist, Holy Jumper, Zionist 0] Catholic, the probability is there would have been no allusion tc his faith. The allusion to faith, not so intended, however, is really a compliment to the Jewish race, because, the court: are so seldom called upon tc punish Jews for offending the moral or statutory laws, thai when a case does occur it must be made especially prominent. There are no people on eartli who have a greater or more sacred regard for the marriage relation than the Jew, and when one does disregard this relatior ne falls deep down in degrada tion in Jewish estimation, anc no longer is he recognized it respectable society. Would it were so with the people of all faiths and creeds. There is nc more reason to make prom inent that Prager is a Jew, than to hold up to obloquy any other faith because ol the transgressions of one of the fold. The Sumter team won the pennant of the State league, and naturally the sporting element of the game cock city is very proud. We do not blame them at all. since Manning could not win last year, we are conteni for any old place to get the rag. The telegraphers strike is be ing felt in Manning just as it is in Chicago, San Francisco,Char leston and other cities where the Western Union wires do business. The whole office force in this town has laid do'wn, including the manager. In Columbia and Charleston~ the manager has re mained loyal to the employing company, while the other em ployees "walk out,'' but in Man ning the whole telegraphic out put manager and all is on a symi pathetic strike. The determination of Repre sentative Theodore Burton of Ohio, to resign from the chairmanship of the com mittee on rivers and har bors is received in this State with regret. He has been of great help to Congressman Lever in the way of getting appropri ations for our "unland seas" and his retiring from the position may, arnd it probably will, cut oif a considerable part of the South Carolina congressmen's influence in securing these appropriations. Congressman Lever and Mr. Burton were great friends, and it was through him so much money was secured to imnprove the waterways at Colambia and Senator Tillnan was 60 years old last Monday. and celebrated the event by giving a negro hotel porter a quarter. It is said this is the first free-will offering the senator has ever made. le has made a barrel of money with the negro as his capital stock and it is about time he was giving Cuffy something. 11. N. Finlavson a former South Carolinian, now living in New York writes that Dr. LenBrough ton is in 'Gotham preaching a gospel of "Hell Fire," in a tent along side of the Tabernacle, and on last Sunday evening the Tab ernacle had a congregation of fiftv. while the tent had thous ands. The churches and preach ers who have been discussing the question. "Why do not peo ple attend church'" iow realize the cause. There is complaint every where about poor church attendance. and yet preachers who have something to say,rarely fail to get an audience. When Charleston gives.up the blind tiger traffic, under anything but a license system, we expect to see the Battery moved to Line street. The News and Courier is doing its duty in preaching obe dience to law, and its argument is convincing that it is to Charleston's interests to run the blind tigers out, but with the government doing a business that it forbids its taxpayers to engage in. brings on resentment at whatever cost, rather than reason. Charleston will never be a dry town, nor will it agree to give the government a liquor selling monopoly. There is but one way for Charleston to regu late the liquor traffic. and that is through a license system, even if the dispensary regulations are required. Since the courts have imposed a fine on the Standard Oil Com pany amounting to nearly $30, 000,000, and which was received all over the country with so much rejoicing, a reaction has I set in, and the people are begin ning to sober up and wonder where they come in on this spec tacular deal. They are begin ning to realize who it is that must pay this enormous fine, they know, not a dollar of it comes out of the mammoth cor poration, but in the end the en tire fine with interest compound ed will be extorted from the helpless masses. If Judge Landis, instead of imposing a money-fine had sen tenced the heads of the Standard Oil trust including Deacon Rock efeller to a long term of im prisonment the country might get some relief fromi trust op pression, but as it is, the trusts are fined for robbing the masses and if they are ever made to pay up. one stroke of the pen will set their mills to grinding the fine many times doubled, out of the struggling masses. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury wiil surely destroy the sense of smecll anicompietely derange the whole system when enterimg it through the mucous surfaces. such articles:..hould never bc used except on prescrip) tions from reputabie physicians- as the damage ther- will do is ten fold to the :rood you can pos sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure. manuactured by- F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no mercury. and is taken internally. acting directly upon the biood and mucous sur faces of the systemi. In buying Hlairs Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. it is taken internully, and made in Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney &Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Summerton 1News. Editor The Manning Times: The Summerton baseball team disbanded last week after win ni ng three straight games f:-om the Charleston Amateurs. The team has had phenomenal suc cess. for having organized late in the season, no time was had to practice and harden up before the extremely hot weather came on. In all 14 games were played. of which the home team won 11. The team was managed by Mr. Ervin F. Beiser, and was com posed of the following men, among them are some future big leaguers: Pitchers, Hugh F. Belser, Clyde Plowden, J. A. Brailsford. Catcher, J. F. Belser. First-base, Harry Davis. Second.base, Grady Walker. Third-base, Robert Richbourg, Short-stop. Ben Cantey. Rightfield, Bunyan Harvin and Julian Scarborough. Leftfield, Frank Wells. Centertield, Evans Mathis. Our merchants are beginning to get in fall goods. On every side you can begin to see the quickstep of the business men, as they begin to warm up for the approaching busy season. The merchants of this town came through the past hard season in good season, not a failure, not a bankruptcy proceeding. With a good crop in prospect there is' every evidence of a successful year. Especially is it pleasantly to be noted how fine the corn crops are. Such farmers as the Canteys, GentryDavis, Coskrey, Carrigan, an~d many others arc counting on tiity bushels peri acre. We saw the prize patch of Hon. .J. R. Dingle some days ago. Happening around there about dinner time, we were not allowed to see the corn till we had shared-a fine dinner. While this may be the wily art of a pol itical sharper, to feed his visi tors before seeing the corn, yet safeguarding our judgment as well as we could by keeping this possible trick in min'd, we fig ured it out to make one hundred buhels per acre. The Colcolough Hardware Co.. is moving into its new fiat-iron buligat tihe cornler of Rail Iroad Avenue and Cantey street. 1Here a big, stock, up-to-date in sale. Our g-eial smiling Millard Wells is there to beguile the unwary and make him buy a mile of wire fencing when only en ough for a fishtrap was wanted. The old Rutledge & Tindal building on Main street has been torn down, this removes one of the old landmarks, but makes room for some more modern buildings. Mr. T. J. Walker will in a few days commence his dwelling at the corner of Elizabeth and Dukes street. Miss Mamie McLauchlin, of Cheraw. is visiting at the Misses Burigess. Mr. Fred Lanham, late of the Florence baseball team, is at home for a few days. One of our boys, Felix.Dingle, is happy as being one of the State winners. having played with the Sumter nine, being loaned as we understand by the Norfolk, Va., team. Mr. J. M. Burgess, Clemson College, is with friends and rela tives for a short vacation. Messrs. Henry and Crosswell Ragin are at home to attend their father,. Mr. J. J. Ragin, who is quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Belser have returned from their bridal tour, and are at home at the Belser residence in town. They are welcomed as quite an ad dition to Summerton society. Talk about Summerton and Manning, why, a few days ago a gentleiman drove down from Manning and the horse was so afraid of the train he had to be unhitched from the buggy while the train was three hundred vards awwt. but then Manning you know is not situated upon a railroad. The fats and leans will cross bats again tomorrow afternoon. As an example of the two nines, we will give D. 0. Rhame of the leans, and J. W. Lesesne of the fats. The "stay at homes" are amusing themselves playing lawn tennis, while the tourists are sending home souvenier postals from the four corners of the globe and nearer-by places, "mostly" nearer-by. B. Turbeville Dots. special to The Mannina Times: Turbeville's ball team again defeated the Pudding swam: team on last Friday afternoon, this time to the tune of 17 to 10. It was another slugging match and schoolboy contest: With two on bases,for the locals knocked a home run. The team goes to Sardinia next Friday afternoon to play that strong team. There is much rivalry between the two and the game promises to be very interesting. Several of the fans expect to see the gamne. On last Saturday a family i-e union was held at the residence of Mr. R. W. Green, a Confeder ate veteran. Only his brothers childreir, grandchildren, and a few relatives were present. Prof. J1. G. Clinkscales of Wof foad College occupied the pulpit on Sunday afternoon in the ab scence of Rev. L. L. Bedenbough The annual children day will take place at Pina Grove church on the 1'7th next. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Powell and family are visiting relatives at this place. Messrs. D. E. and W. J. Tur beville went to Greeville during the week to see their cousin, M r. W M Y1,on, who was thought to ,i a dying condition, but who is better at present. Mr. M. L. Dennis. who was was operated on solnetime -ago for appendicitis at the Mood In firmary in Sumter is getting along nicely. G. Paxville Dots. Editor The Manningz Times: Mrs. Henry Harvin of Branch ville is visiting her parents here Mr. and Mrs. John Boswell. Mr. J. P. Lackey is at Daizall this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Mahony and son of Leesburgh, Fla., are visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. .J. M. Bradham of Manning spent last Sunday here. Mr. Henry Curtis of Wilming ton, N. C., is here on a visit to his parents. Miss Ethel Gamble of Manning is visiting friends here. Mr. G. H. Curtis left last week for New York, where he wi:1 be gone for some time. Mr. J. D. Jones of Sumtei- has accepted a position in the store of C. K. Curtis & Brother. SUBSCRIBER. "Regular as The Sun" is an expr-ession as old as the race. No doubt the rising and setting of the sun is the most regular performance in the universe, unless it is the action of the ]iver~ and bowels when regulated with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed by The A rant Co. Drug Store. 25c. New Zion Dots. Editor The~ Naning Times: Prof. Clinkscales of Woffordi college gave a lecture here on last Sunday. Miss Lida McFaddin and others of Sardinia were here onl Sunday to hear the oratorical address of Prof. Clinkscales. N. P>. Hicks of Florence is isting relatives here. Little Johnic Larenaer wvho has been ver~y ill with typhoid fever is convalescing. Another store will soon be erected here, under the heading of Gibbons & Co. B. Itch cured in 30 minu ces by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by JUDGE JOHN SNOWDEN WILSON. After 19 Years' Service as Solicitor He is to Don the Judicsul Ermine-Succeeds His Brother in Law, Judge Purdy, Who Resigned For Personal Reasons. .John S. Wilson of Clarendon vester day tendered Gov. A..sel his resigna tion -s solicitor of the third Judicial circuit and will on September I don the ermine, becoming Jndge of the sarne circuit which he has served for 19 years successfully and faithfully as prosecuting officer.Mr.Wilson succeeds his brother-in-law.IIon. r. 0. Purdy of Sumter. who resigned from the beneh. during the lastsession of the legistature. The general assembly elected Mr. Wil so'2 to be Judge by a very llattering vote and all arrangements have been made for the transfer of the Judicial ermine. Following is the letter of resigna tion handed Gov. Ansel by Mr. Wilson: To His Excellency M. F. Ansel, Gover nor. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Having been elected to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. R. 0. Peurdy as judge of the third judicial circuit of this State, I hereby tender my resignation as so licitor of sai circuit to take effect on 20th of August inst. Yours very respectfully, John S. Wilson. The vacancy in the office of solicitor has caused a number of suggestions for the appointment which will be n,.ede by Gov. Ansel in a few days, A mong those who have had their names; pre sented by their friends are senator W. H. Wells of Florence, Mr. J. B. Mc Laughlin of Bishopville, and Col. J. J. Cantey, Summerton. The resignation of Mr. Wilson was tendered in person, and his friends in Columbia rejoced to see that he has about recovered from his illness. It will be a matter of great gratification for Gov. Ansel to sign the commission ".Judge John S- Wilson" for the two were intimate friends when they came here for eight successive years as so licitors to supervise the preparation of bills in the engrossing department. .0r. iason. Mr. Ansel and Mr. J. K. Henr of Chester in all that time had a suite rooms together and their inter course was mutually pleasant and hell' ful Gov. Ansel, who is never extravagant in the use of language, said a few days ago that he considers Jno. S. Wilson one of the purest, truest and highest men in the State. This fact was proved by his having no opposition for so many years in his career as solicitor. The following sketch of Judge Wil son was prepared for The State by one who has known him for a score of years and has watched his career with interest: John Snowden Wilson comes from that good old Scotch-Irish stock,which has furnished South Carolina with so many of her most honored sons and stamped on her civilization so deep an impress. He was born on a farm, forced by the circumstances of war in early life to work for others more help less than himself and learning by self denial and yirtue to set a true estimate on the things of the world. Mr. Wilson comes from stock which made old Williamsburg county and res cued the soil of the State .from the in vading hosts of England. His great rnndfather Wilson and on his mother's side his great-grandmother Paisley were both in the Revolutionaryv war and did good service for their country. His grandfather, Col. David Wilson of Williamsburg county, represented that county for several years inrthe State senate, and his mother's father. Sam uel J. Snomden, both left their impress on that coinmunity so well known by th-e older generation of people in that section of, the State as a center of cul tuz'e and refinement, Indiantown. OLD INDIANTrOWN. '%t was and is an old-fashioned settle ment on the border lin e betweenGeorge town and Williamsburg counties noted for high tone and culture, the educa tion of its people and the beauty and refinement of its women. It was in such surroundings that young John Wilson was born and from which he drew his lirst ideas of life, where the bed rock was laid in his character. He was born October 21, 1856, which makes U.m just 51 years and a few months old. His father wvas Samuel Itley Wilson, a wvell known and influ ential citizen of that community. a far mer and a gentleman of education and culture. He was a graduate of David son college, completing his course at the age of 19... At the outbreak of the war he joined the Tenth regiment, which was forme~d in that section of the State, leaving his young wife and children,to fight for his country. He wvas subsequently at tached'to Tucker's cavalry and other details. - His mother was Mary J. Snowden, who, with her husband, as boy and irl, attended the schools in Indian own; afterwards she was educated at Bradford Springs and an institution in Charleston at that time very highly esteemed as a school for young ladies. Samuel Itley Wilson died in the fall of 1876, leaving his widow with five orphan children, the eldest of whom was the subject of this sketch, then 11 years old, with the country in wreck and the conditions of life almost intol erable. In spite of this discouraging condition the little family bravely faced life and battled wvell and success fully against the odds that threatened to ~overwhelm them. Schooling wvas dilicult in those days, but it was possi ble to get it if the right determination existed, and it did exist in the case of this family. The children were given advantages of all that the country afforded and they used them wvell. John S. WVilson, after training in the Indian town academy, attended school in Man ning, where he lived with a relative, the late B. Pressley Barron, Esq., the school beirng a well known institution under the management of John With erspoon Ervin, one of the real masters of the art of teaching the boys; later he attended the academy of Rev. Rlobt. Lathan, afterwards D. D., and head of Erskine college. Although well pre pared for college the young man, then wvithin a few years of his majority, wvas obliged to forego his ambition and cut short his education and return to the farm to work, where he remainded one year. Of the brothers and sisters of Mr. Wilson, all are living, except one, Mrs. Munnerlvn. The other sisters are Miss Annie anid Mrs. Dinkins, all of that Indiantowvn section of Williamsburg, and the brother, David Itley Wilson, now a wvell known and infuential farmer and business man at the old home place, where they were all born and raised. Mrs. Wilson was subse quently married to John WV. DuRant and by this marriage there were five children, all well known in that section of country and all most highly esteem ed for their virtues and public spirit. John S. Wilson was one of the boys who wore the red shirts in the memo rable Hampton campaign of 1876 and 187 and helped as best he could to work out the redemption of the State. Returning to Manning after his ex p~erience of a year on the farm he read law with his kinsman, B. Pressley Bar ron, Esq., and was admitted to the bar by examination before the supreme court in 1880 and began the practice of his profession at Manning, forming a partnership with Joseph F. Rhame of that bar and later with Col. B. Press cy Barron, Esq. Hie was later ap~point ed trial justice at Manning and served several years with credit to himself and satisfaction to the community. He resigned and p)racticed law alone until 1888, when he became a candidate and a successful one for solicitor. He has never had opposition in that office anai has been reelected each time, though twice he was chosen when factional politics raged very fiercely in the State cause they bowed not the knee to the idol of the hour. In the case of Solici tor Wilson, however, though known to be a Conservative in politics, he en joyed the confidence of the people to such an extent that both sides endorsed him and he was again and again returned to the place lie had fiiled wirli SO mu11ch ability. As solicitor Mr. Wilson has imet in the forum the best lawyers and tie hardest fighters in the ,tate and he has always acquitte(l himself with dis tintion. I-e has won in many cases celebrated in the annals of the court. notable among which may be mention ed the Brownfield appeal from George town, whih was an att-ack before the supreme court of the United States on our jury laws, the plea being made that they violatad the constitution in that they discriminated in effect against negroes on the juries. This case Mr. Wilson won after a most dogged fight. In civil work he has had many notable cases, representing some of the l-rgest industries and most prominent men in eastern Carolina and he has appeared from time to time be fore the supreme court in hard legal battles. Mr. Wilson for ten years, up to last summer, had been in partnership with Charlton DuRant at Manning under the firm name of Wilson & DuRant. As solicitor Mr. Wilson was careful aud painstaking. He sought the truth and served the state. It has never been considered that his first object was to convict, and he never overreached. He was one of the fairest fighters that ever put lance in rest in a legal battle. He was painstaking in his duty, care ful and accurate, quick to grasp the significance of the smallest detail and prompt to use it. It would have to be a mighty well practiced liar who could lie under John Wilson's searching eye. Mr. Wilson was married in early life to Miss Elizabeth Ingram. daugh ter of Dr. John I. Ingram, of Claren don, who has been a helpmeet indeed in the journey through life. a charm ing woman of highest character, most highly esteemed in the community in which she lives. To this union have been born eight children, six girls and two boys. The eldest. a graduate of the College for Women in this city, is a teacher in the public school at Man ning: the next. a son, John Ingram Wilson, is principal of the school at Hickory Grove, York coun.ty; the others are stili students of school or college. As a man, John Wilson possesses peculiar magnetism He is regarded by those who know him best as being of pure gold, the soul of honor, a fit scion of that sturdy Scotch-Irish stock which set truth and honor and integ rity above all else in the world. He has never made mach money, he never seemed to be working for the particu lar personal interest of John S. Wilson: one never associated him with money making, but one could not disassociate him from patriotism and justica and squa.re dealing. His friends love him because he has a wealth of kindly feel ing; they respect him bec-tuse he has a breadth and depth of intellect and they trust him because he has never yet failed any man. His pcculiar neronal force was shown some yea. a when he was called to his old ae in Indiantown by the murder ci a,. uncle in a store there by soma negroes. The. outraged citizens were determined to lynch the negro, but .John S. Wilson stood for law and order and he took the negro whose hands were red with his kins man's blood and the crowd -rave him up to the man for whom they had so much respect. As a citizen the life of Solicitor Wil son has been devoted to the best in terests of the community. tire further ance of the community. the further ance of the education of the people, the upbuilding of the county generally. He has never been a man of means. but so far as he has been able has as sisted materially and morally all move ments looking to the development of the resources of the section in wvhich he lived. He has taken an active in terest in all political and social matters and has frequently been in the State councils of tihe Democratic party where his ability and clearsightedness has has been of value.-The State, August 11, 1907. ' A Good Booster. A minister was assigned to a small New England town not long ago,and upon his arrival found his new field to afford al most all that could be wished for, with one exception,this exception being old Bill Johnson. Old B3ill was very much addicted to look ing upon the wine when it was red, and the new minister at once announced his intention to bring him to see the error of his ways. "Wall, of course~we knows you mean right, parson," one of the elders said slowly,stroking his white beard, "but it would be a mighty bad thing for the town if old Bill was to quit drink ing." "'Wall. parson, it is like this," the elder explained. "There ain't a more convincin2 talker nowhere than old Bill and every time he gets drunk and so bers up he gets somebody to sign the pledge with him-an the other fellow pretty nearly always keeps it." CATARRH CURED AT HOME Trial Treatment of Dr. Blosser's catarrh Remedy Free to Sufferers. If you have catarrh of the nose. throat. or lungs, if you are constantly spitting. blowing the nose, have stopped up feeling, head noises. deafness, asthma. bronchitis or weak lunrs. you can cure yourself at home by a remedy so simple that even a child can use it. It will cost you onrly a postal card to get a liberal free trial package of Dr. lllosser's wonderful remedy. It is sent by mail to every interested sufferer. Certainly no offer could he more liberal. The full treatment is not expenrsive. A pack age containing enough to last onc irhole month Iwill be sent by mail for $1.00. A postal card with your Dame and address sent to H. R. BOGERi, .Manninm.. S. C.. will bring you by return mail the free trial treatnment and an interesting booklet..so that you can at once berin to cure vnu:-self privately at home atoofN otice. Pursuant to Order rendered in the atoofJ. F. Dickson and W. B. Dickson, co-partners trading as Dickson Hardware Company, against Manning Base Ball Association, now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Claren don County. South Carolina. All persons holding claims against the Manning Base Ball Association are required to tile same with me at my ofice in Manning, South Car-olina. on Wednesday, August 21st, 191)7. and fur nish proof of same. E. J. B3ROWNE. Special Referee. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Clar-endon county on thre 20th day of August. 1907, for letters of dis charge as Administrator of the estate of E-dith G. Hall, deceased. JUSEPHI SPROTT. Ad ministrator. Manning. . C. July 29, 1907. !O0LYSIIONEYAnTAR for cbndrens safe, eure. .Po opiatea odol Dyspepsia Cure An Ordinance To Provide for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes on All Taxable Property in the Town of Manning, and for the Assessment and Collec tion of a Per Capita Tax in Lieu of Working on the Streets of Said Town for the Fiscal Year, Con mencing The Second Monday in April, 1907, and Endl" the Second Monday in April, 190.. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE Mavor and Aldermen of the Town of Manning in Council Assembled. and by the Authority of the same: SECTION 1. That a tax of five mills on every dollar of the assessed value of all real and personal property ly ing or being within the corporate limits of the Town of Manning., in clud.ng bonds and stocks of banks and other corporations, and the gross income of insurance companies doing business in the said town, ex cept such property as is exempt by law from taxation, be and the same is hereby levied, for the fiscal year commencing the second Monday- in April, 1907, and ending the second Monday in April, 1908. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of all persons, firms or corporations owning or having under their con trol any property subject to taxation under this ordinance, to list the same with the clerk of council not later than September 20th, 1907; and upon the failure of any person or persons, fir-m or corporation, -to list the said property. it shall be the duty of said clerk of council to enter up against said pe.-son or persons, firm or corporation, a list of the said property for taxation as the same shall be found to appear from the office of the County Auditor for Clar endon county, or carry forward the amount from last year's town tax register. - SEC. U. That a commutation tax of three dollars per capita on all per sons liable to work on the streets of said town for the fiscal year above mentioned in lieu of working on said streets, be, and the same is hereby levied, which said commutation tax shall become due and payable when other town taxes are payable. That all able-bodied male persons between the ages of eighteen-(18) and fifty (50) years, not otherwise exempt are lia ble to the said tax; and all persors who shall be living within the corpo rate limits of the said town at any time up to the close of the fiscal year ending the second Monday in April, 1908, shall become liable to the said tax, unless the said person or per sons can show satisfactory evidence of having performed road duty, or duty upon the streets of some other town or city, or produce a receipt for the payment of a commutation tax in lieu thereof. . SEc. 4. That it shall be the duty of the marshals and they are hereby in strueted to keep watch of, and to call upon, all non-residents who may from time to time be found here, and who make up what is commonly known as the "floating or moving" class, for their commutation tax as soon as it appears that such person or persons are other than visitors in the said town. That said commutation tax shall then and there become pay able, and that upon failure to pay same, if found liable, said person or persons shall be subject to a penalty of being sent to the chaingang for a period-of not less than five days nor more than thirty days in the discre tion of the council. SEC. 5. That all taxes levied under the provisions of this ordinance other than are spe:ialized in Sec. 4 of this ordinance shall become due and payable to the clerk of the town council of Manning between October first, 1907, and November fifteenth, 1907. SEC. 0. That if said taxes are not paid on or before the said fifteentlr day of November, 1907, a penalty of ten per cent. shall be added until the fifteenth day of December, 1007. SEC. 7. That after said December 15th the clerk shall make out execu tions against all property on which taxes have not been paid in the same manner as is prescribed for failure to pay State and County taxes, and the same shall he subject to leyy and sale as in the case of the delinquent County and State taxes. Ratified by Council July 29th, 1907. D. M. BRADHAM, E. .1. BROWNE, Mayor. Clerk. STATE OF SOUTH CAROL.INA, County of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Decree.) D. L. Hart.. Plaintiff against M. D. Wells. Wingo, Ellett & Crump Shoe ('ompa ny,Strauss-Rogan Com pany and 0. Wulbern, John Wulbern, Ashley C. Tobias, J. H. C. Wulbern, and E. N. Wulbern copartners as C. Wulbern and Company a. .1 Coleman Wagner Hardware Company. De fendants. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated action, to me directed. bearing date of July 5th. 1907, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at Char rendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Monday, the 2nd day of September. 1907, being salesday, the following described real estate: "All that lot of land in Summerton, in said County and State. measuring thirty-five fcet front on Railroad Avenue, and bounded on the East by land of Mellette, and measuring there on one hundred twenty-five feet, on the Nor-thwest by land of estate of Dukes and measuring thereon thirty one and one-half feet, on the west by land of William Doughty, and measur ing thereon one hundred and four feet, and being the same lot of land which was conveyed to M. D. Wells by L. R. Chewning and Br-other by Deed duly recorded in the oflice of C. C. C. P. for (said county in Book Q 3, at page 354." Also, "All that other lot 'of laud situate near said town, and in said County and State, bounded on the North by land of W. R. Mood, on the East by land of M. S. Cantey, on the South by land of J. G. Senn, and on the West by the Pub lic Road, said tract of land containing t .o acres, and being the land conveyed to M. D. Wells by J. M. Cantey." Purchaser to pay for papers. E. B. GA MBLE. Sheriff. LOOK FOR Scott & Smith's BLACKSMITH SHOP, South Side White's Grist Mill. [f you want to save money ir getting your repair work done on wagons, bug gies, and all kinds of vehicles, see us before you trade. We build log ca'rts and do H-ORSESHOEING with th reatest satisfaction to the a nimal. Give us a trial. Notice of Dischiarge. 1. will apply to the Judige of P'robate for Clarendon County on the 29th day of August. 1907, for Letters of Dis charge as administrator of the estateI E. D. Hiarvin. deceased. W. SCOT T HIARVIN, Administrator. anning, S. C.. Jfuly 29. 1907. SUMMER RIiUUUO N NN RMUSTOOK6. We begin this week to close out remaining Stock of all Summer 6oods. Our Fall Stock will soon be com ing in and we must have the room. The prices have been lowered to the bottom notch. Cost will have no consideration. You can buy Lawns, Batistes, Organdies, Etc., at less than wholesale value. Don't fail to come and secure them, and -while here we will be glad to show you some new Fall 6oods already in. We want your trade. No one- will appre ciate your patronage more than we, and we will meet all competition. Our Buyer is now in the markets of Baltimore and New York seeking bargains for you. THE YOUNG.RELIABLE, R J.H.RGDY. IN THEIR NEW STOREI DICKSON HARDWARE COMPANY has moved into the store recently occupied by the Mutual Dry Goods Co. (Levi Block). We now offer +A) the trade of Clarendon county a large and up to-date stock of HARD WARE. 'WE HAVE A beautiful Line of Dinner Sets, Ice Cream Sets, Fancy Dishes, Glassware, and a fine lot of Lamps. Come to look, we krnow you will stay to buy. DICKSON HiDW!ARE COR I F. P. ERVIN. W. KOGER McINTOSH. W. E. JENKINSON. MANNING, S. 0. Bring us a load of tobacco. The very highest prices and polite attention is guaran teed. W. KOGFD McINTOSH. Manager.