Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jean Richepin's Career. The story of how he came to adopt a literary career is sufficiently pictur esque. For some time he had picked up a precarious livelihood by doing "odd jobs," including such prosaic oc cupations as that of bootblack and casual porter on the Quani Marseilles. One day he was engaged by a gentle man to carry to the railway station a heavy trunk. Arrived at the station,, there was an instant mutual recogni tion. They were old college chums. "What are you doing here?" asked his friend. "Carrying your trunk, I be lieve." said Jean. "Why do you do this?" "Because I must." "Where do you live?" "Come, and see," re plied Richepin. The future dramatist took his friend to his dwelling-a miserable room in an attic in the poorest quarter of the town. Upon the table lay scattered heaps of manuscripts-Jean's incur sions in the realms of poetry when the more prosaic duties of the day were over. Looking through them, his friend was astounded at their quality. "Why do you carry trunks and blacken boots when you can do work like this?" he asked. Richepin had never given the matter a thought. He had never deemed these products of idle hours worthy of publication. Pub lished they were, however, in a very few weeks and created an immense sensation. From that moment'Jean Richeyin never looked back.-West minster Gazette. Kangaroos Saved a Rothschild. Walter Rothschild. the richest bache lor in England, had a close call with matrimony when he was a young man. A designing mamma had managed to get the heir to the Rothschild millions Interested il' her daughter, and the daughter did all she could to lead the interest up to the point of a marriage proposal. One night at a watering place, after Rothschild had retired to his room, he heard voices under his window which he recognized as those of the young lady and her mamma. "Has he proposed yet"" asked the old woma,n. "Not yet," answered the daughter, "but I'll have him hooked before long If only I can endure his conversation. Tonight he bored me almost to death talking about his kangaroos." "1 am sorry," said Rothschild, put ting his head out of the window, "to have bored you with tales of 'my ani mals. Forgive me. I shall never do so again." And he never did.-London Echo. The Name Saratoga. The original name of Saratoga was "Serachtague." About the middle of the eighteenth century It was "Saragh toge." During the administration of Governor Leisler It was "Sarachtoge." Isn't this quaint-from 1689: Upon ye news yt three People should be kild at Bartel Vromans at Sarachtoge by ye Indiana. - Resolved by ye Convention yt Lief .Jochim Smaets forwith goe with ten men to Sarachtoge to see how ye matter Is, & bring us an accompt with ye ftrst. & yt he Cito send a Post hither with ye tide Ings. Spelling reformers would be delighted with "kild." And "ye" is shorter than "the," and "yt" is shorter than "that." "Goe" is expansive, but "for with" for "forthwith" is a contraction. Schoolcr-aft thinks that Saratoga Is de rived from the Indian words "Assa rat"-sparkling, and "oga"-place. New York Press. SDr. Mabie and the Liveryman. A literary pilgrim, says the Satur day Evening Post, once made his way to Summit, N. J., to pay his respects to Hamilton Wright Mabie. At the' station he asked the liveryman who had been in service there for thirty years: "Can you tell me where Dr. Mabie lives ?" "Never heard of him," replied the lveryman. "Surely you must," continued the pilgrim. "I mean Hamilton Wright Mabie." "Shucks!" responded the driver. "He ain't a doctor. He's a reporter for a newspaper." When told of this Incident Mr. Ma ble put the seal on it by saying: "And just to think that I subscribed for a wooden leg for that liveryman!" Lord Young's Wit. Looking across the table of a public dinner at the overrubicund and fishy eyes of his neighbor opposite, Lord Young;- who was a famous lawyer, in quired who the owner of the vinous countenance might be and was told he was the president of a water trust. "Aye," said Lord Young. "Well, he looks like a man that could be trusted with any amount of water!" Some one told Lord Young that the house of lords had on appeal affirmed a decision of his. "I may be right, after all,"- was his lordship's reply. -The Right Idea. "How dlo you define the phrase 'as black as yanr hat?'" a father asked his son as the latter had just used the expression. "Well," replied the youth, "I should define it as darkness that might be felt"-Cassell's Journal. The Clock and the Watch. "What pleased me most," said the man who had been abroad, "was the wonderful cloek at Strassburg." "Oh, how I should like to see Itl replied the ignoradt youth. "And did you see the watch on the Rhine too?" At the Foot End. ~"Alas, I am at my wit's end," ex claimed the monarch as he was unex pectedly kicked by the court jester. Bohemian. It Is a beautiful necessity of our na ture to love something.-Jerrold. "Health Coffee." is really the closest Coffee imitation ever yet produced. This clever Coffee Substitute was r'e cently produced by Dr. Shoop. of Ra cine, Wis. Not a grain of real Coffee in it either. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert, who micht drink it for Coffee. No 20 or 30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute" says the doctor. Sold by Manning Grocery Co. The Deadheads. "What started the riot at the per formance of 'Hamlet' last night?" "Ham held the skull and said, 'Alas, poor Yorick, you are not the only dead head in the house.'" - Pearson's Weekly. Her Way. "There's a young woman who makes little things count" "How does she do it?" "Teaches arithmetic In a primary school." Do not seek glory; nothing so ex Majestic Weester. Theodore Parker gave the following graphic deseriltion of Daniel Webster in the famous three hour sermon preached soon after Webster's death: He was a man of large mold. a great body and a great brain. He seemed made to last a hundred years. Since Socrates there has seldom been a head so massively large save the stormy features of Michael Angelo. Since Charlemagne I think there has not been such a grand 1ti in all Christendom. A large man. decorous in dress. dignified in deportment. he walked as if he felt himself a king. The coal heavers and porters of London looked on him as one of the great forces of the globe. They recognized a native king. In the senate of the United States he looked an emperor in that council. Even the majestic Cal houn seemed common compared w\-ith him. Clay looked vulgar and Van Buren but a fox. What a mouth he had: It was a lion's mouth, yet there was a sweet grandeur in the smile and a woman's softness when he would. What a brow it was: What eyes-like chaWcoal fires ill the bottom of a deep. dari well: His face was rugged with volcanic fires-great passions and great thoughts. "The front of Jove himself: an eye like Mars, to threaten and com mand." Came Near It. Wit and humor are such elemental. fundamental things that it has al ways been found difficult to analyze them. Upon some points, however, those who have essayed this puzzling task agree. for they all hold that wit Is an intellectual. humor-an emotional. quality: that wit is a perception of re semblance and humor a perception of contrast. of discrepancy. of incongru ty. The incongruity Is that which arises between the Ideal and the fact, between theory and practice, between promise and performance, and perhaps It might be added that It is always or almost always a moral incongruity. In the case both of wit and humor there is also a pleasurable surprise, a gentle shock which accompanies our percep tion of the hitherto unsuspected re semblance or Incongruity. A New England farmer was once describing In the presence of a very humane per son the great age and debility of a horse that he formerly owned and used. "You ought to have killed him," Interrupted the humane person indig nantly. "Well," drawled the farmer, "we did-almost."-Atlantic. A Strenuous Statesman. In his "Eclipse and O'Kelly" Theo dore Andrea Cook tells a story of the English statesman and sport Fox. He had wagered something about a waist coat which could only be obtained in Paris; went off te Dover by night, caught the mail packet, posted to Par Is and back to Calais, and remembered he had a horse racing at Newmarket He chartered a fishing boat bound for the eastern counties, just-got to New market in time for the e'ce, took the post back to London and stopped on the way to dine. In the middle of the port and dice after dinner he was caught by a special messenger who had been tearing over half of England In search of him and reminded that he had to move to bring in a marriage bill in the house of commons. He rushed tc the stables, reached the house In usLe to make a briiliant speech in re ply' to North and Burke and defeated North on a division by a single Tote. The Bee's Feet. Naturalists say that The feet of the common working bee exhibit the curi ous combination of a basket, a brush and a pair of pinchers. The brush, the hairs of which are arranged in sym metrical rows, is seen only with a high grade microscope. With this brush of fairy delicacy the bee brushes its vel vet robe to remove the pollen dust with which it becomes loaded while suck ing up the nectar 3f flowers. Another delicate apparatus is the. spoon shaped appendage that receives the gleanings that the bee wishes to carry to the hie. Finally, by opening the brush and The basket by means of a neat lit tle hinge, the two become a pair of pinchers, which render important ser' ice In constructing the cells for The reception of The honey. Tinned Tongue. "Are you studying Esperanto, Mr. idiot?" asked the linguist. "I am not," said the Idiot. "I can talk too much In English if I want to." "It is a very fine language," said the lnguist-"condensed, concise and easi ly acquired." "No doubt," said the idiot "But I don't care for potted tongue."-Broad way Magazine. The Other.- aptain -Captain (witheringly to private)--My friend, you ought to be eating hay. Are there any .more like you In your family? Private--I have only one brother, sir. Captain-Oh: And what b he'> Private-Captain, sir.-Bon Vi vant. His Act of Charity. Mrs. Henpeque-So you did an act of charity to commemorate the twen tieth anniversary of our wedding. Mr. Henpeque-Te; I refused a raise in salary to one of my clerks who wanted to get married. One Use For It. "I notice that you writers use a great deal of tobacco. Does It stimu late your brains?" "I don't know, but It makes you for get that you're hungry."-Cleveland Leader. The Bachelor's View "What is the most aggravating thing in married life?" asked Dorothy. "Sometimes." said the bachelor friend, "It's the husband, and some times it's the wife." Weak women get prompt and lasting help by using Dr-. Shoop's Night Cure Thse soothing, healing, antiseptic sup positories, with full information how to proceed are interestingly told of in my book '"No 4 For Women." The book and strictly confidential medical advice is entirely free. Simply write Dr. Shoop Racine, WVis. for my book No. 4. Sold b W. E. Brown &- Co. The Nurse's Part. "Why do so many people insist on having nurses for their children?" ask ed the motherly woman. "That is easily explained," answered the unpleasant man, "A nurse en e>)les a woman to send a crying baby out of her own hearing and let it stay on the sidewalk to annoy the neigh bors."-Washington Star. An improv~ment. "JumpIng cats:" yelled the victim in the chair. "You've eut off part of my "Why, so I have." replied the M ooly, "but you mumst admit it looks A Simple Recipe. Everybody in Cedarby owned that Mrs. Hanson was the queen of cooks, but they were likely to add1 that when it came to explaining the processes by which she arrived at her excellent re sults she left a good deal to be de sired. -"Your scalloped oysters are the best we ever have at our church suppers or anywhere, and you know it," said a neighbor. endeavoring to win special favor from this culinary goddess. "Most folks get 'ciii either too wet or too dry. I tell 'em I don't know how you man age it so yours are always just right. I don't suppose you could tell exactly yourself." Why, yes, I could," and Mrs. Ilan von smiled indulgently at the eager. hopteful face of her neighi'or. "Al I do is butter the dish, put in a hayei of Soys(ers saited and peppered, then a layer of buttered crumbs, then a layer of milk and back to oysters agail. Easy as pie, 'tis." "A 'layer' of milk'" faltered the neighbor. "Why, yes," said Mrs. Hanson cheer fully. "That's what makes 'em about right-layer of oysters, layer of crumbs and layer of milk. Leastways that's what I do, and you say you like 'em."-Youth's Companion. A Welsh Sermon. The Welsh are noted for their fond ness for sermans and music. The an nual eisteddfod, the national bardic congress, is attended by thousands. who on the great day of festival "chair" the fortunate bard, the winner I of the prize. A similar enthusiasm greets the Welsh preacher who is eloquent in speech and practical in expounding the Scriptures. The following story of a Welsh preacher, told in the "Journals of Walter White," illustrates the graphic, simple exposition which con manded the attention of the congrega tion: "Noe worked at the ark, driving nails, plump, plump, plump. The hay then came and said: 'Noe, there's good hunting in the woods here, hares and foxes.. Leave your work and come and hunt.' But Noe kept on hammering, plump. plump, plump. "The haythen came again: 'Noe, there's good beer at the Red Lion. Leave your work and come and drink.' But Noe kept on hammering, plump, plump, plump. And then the rain came, and the flood lifted up the ark and carried Noe away and left the haythen all screaming and squabbldng in the water." Hats That Improve With Age. "A silk hat, like wine, improves with age," said a clubman. ',The oftener you have it ironed the sleeker and more brilliant it becomes. It costs a good deal at the outset, but in the end It is the cheapest hat to wear. It lasts, you see, so long, and to iron it costs so little. Some folks think the topper very perishable. If it gets soaked with rin, if some one sits on it and crush es it into an accordion. they think it must be thrown away the same as if It were a derby. But not at all. A silk hat can be taken apart and put together 'gain like a watch, and if it gets crusher1 nothing is easier than to melt ofl' the silk, straighten out the frame and then put on the silk again. In England, the home of this hat, I have known mlen to wvear the same topper for ten or twelve years. And thP oftener the old hat Is Ironed the brighter and finer it shines. Its luster increases with time and friction like the luster of good antique furniture." -Los Angeles Times.. Anatomy of a Violin. Taken to pieces a violin would be found to consist of the following parts: Back, 2 pieces; belly, 2; coins and blocks, G; sides, 5; side linings, 22; bar, 1; purflings, 24; neck, 1: finger board, 1; 'nut, 1; bridge, 1; tailboard, 1; b)utton for tailboard, 1; string for tailboard, I; guard for string, 1; sound post, 1; strings, 4; pegs. 4; total, 09. Three kinds of wood are used-maple, pine and ebony. Mlaple is used for the back, the neck, the side pieces and the bridge. Pine is used for the belly, the bar, the coins and blocks, the side linings and the sounding post Ebony Is used for the finger board, the tail board, the nut, the guard for string of tailboard, the pegs and the button. An English Fling. "High buildings, sir?"' remarked an American contemptuously. "Why, in England you don't know what height Is. Last time I was in New York It was a blazing hot day, and I saw a man coming out of a lift wrapped from top to toe in bearskins, and I ad to him, 'Why are you muffied up on a broiling day like this? 'Waal,' he said, 'you see, I live at the top of the buildin', and it's so high that it's cov ered with snow nil the year round!'" London MIail, The Innocent. Pisantin offered in payment of a bill a gold piece which had a suspicious ring. '"Here, you've given me one of those fake coins that the counterfeit ers have just been arrested for mak ing." said the merchant. "Impossible," answered Plaisantin. "It is dated 163. If it were false surely it would have been found out before this." Not a Plunger. "This scheme of mine," said the pro moter, "winl make you rich." "Maybe," said the plain, easy going man. "But if I had the money neces sary to take the chance l'd feel so rich that there would be no need of going any further."-Washington Star. The remedial effects of laughter are really wonderful. Cases have beer known where a hearty laugh has ban Ished disease and preserved life by a sudden effort of nature. Don't couigh v-our head off wihen y'ou can get a guaranteed reinedy in B~ees Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especially recommneJ(d for chil drn as it's pleasant to take. is a gentle laxative thus expelling the phlegm from the system. Fo' coughs, colds. eroup. whooping cough, hoarseness and all bronchial trouble. G uaran teed. Sold by The Mauninu Pharmacy. What They Wanted. "You fellows don't know exactly what you want," said a politician to a committee thatt called on him. "You remind me of a schoolteacher who oce iiad a mutinous class of pupils on his hands. "That port10ai of the school who at tempted this iiaiture rebellion sent a committee to state their grievance in the name of the rest. "But the principal would have no words witlk them. He simply locked then] in his room and went down to parley with the rank and file. "'Well,' said he, 'and what is It you want?' "'We want the same as the other boys upstairs.' -What isthat? A PRIVATE'S HEROISM. Carried Water to Wounded Soldires In the Face of Death. It is one of the anomialies of var that, although it stirs the savage na ture of mankind, it also calls out the highest qualities of coutage, unselfish ness aud devotion. Many a deed of martial heroism is done in the name of mercy rather than of the god of bat tie. No description of a fierce charge, says the Youth's Companion, records more determined valor than does the story of Richard Kirkland as told by General Kershaw. Kcrshaw was a private who served in the South Carolina volunteers dur fng the civil war. After the bloody battle of Fredericksburg his brigade occupied the road near the field. One hundred and fifty yards beyond the field lay the Federal troops, and be tween the ground was covered by the dead and dying. All day long the air was rent with the cries and groans of the wounded and the pitiful 'calls I "Water! Water!" In the afternoon as General Kersha - sat in the upper room of his head quarters overlooking the field Kirkland asked permission to speak to him. "General." said the young man, "I can't stand it." "Stand what, sergeant?" "All night and all day I've heard those poor people crying for water. I caimte to ask permission to give them a drink." "Kirkland," responded the general, I"dcu't you know that if you ever step over that wall you'll get a bullet in your head?'" "I know it, but I am willing to try." The general considered a moment "I ought not to allow you to run such a risk," he said. "but I cannot refuse I your request. Trusting God will pro tect you, you may -go." The sergeant's eyes lighted with pleasure. "Thank you, sir:" he said heartily and ran down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the flight he hesitated, turned-pnd ran up again. "General, can I show the white I handkerchief?" The general slowly shook his head. "No, Kirkland, you can't do that" "All right! I'll take the chance," and he was off again. From the windows of the house the officers watched him run across the road and climb the wall. He made his way quickly to the nearest suf ferer, raised the poor fellow's head on his arm and gave him a long drink of cool water. From one he went to another until his purpose was so plain In the eyes of the Federals that alldanger was over. From all parts of the field came the piteous appeals; again and again Kirk land had to return for water, and he spent an hour and a half in minister Ing to the needs of the wounded Then he rejoined his c5mpany unhurr At Chickamauga Kirkland fell. His example was one which dignified all humanity. What It Proved. Miss Youngthing-Boo-hoo-hoo! Char ley's given me a ring set with a mean i little turquoise. Her Mother-That's an emblem of constancy. Miss Young thing-It isn't! It's proof of stinginess! The talker sows; the listener reaps. Italian Proverb. WeAFAi Weare selling this season ;tried value only; we can safely . offering is beyond the experimel I advance too far without inspec 'sell in implements will lessen yc S .We want every farmer to1 '3 concerning the Cole Corn, Cott< much cannot be said regarding .We consider it the most perfec: Scarefully explain its merits whe -K. P. Guano We have a iull stock of tl machine and give it a fair test 'perfect macline yet made for di WE. 'Eelipse, Dow" L tw & Farquha Sindle Steel Plows, Syracnse T w Sers, Smoothing and Harrows. Sdoubt the best that can be miad i Builders' Hard~ We have the best stock of ,largest cities. Do not fail to ge 'line, we are here to serve you a: possible. THE MATT I Tere~ is a time for everyth~ Buying. Right now you ha Sbe waited on. time to chang we~x hav e time te explain, dis Every thing that is new~ SSurrieys and Roadwagons, na We hav~e the Vehicles fer yc the Harness for your horse. reay n lldepartments. I Come in and see how __ea muedor the oocs narc. YOUR WORK. Rob it of Drudgery and Give It Your Whole Ability. No matter how hunible your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an art ist, of a master. In this way you lift it out of commonness and rob it of what would otherwise be drudgery. You will find thLt learnini- to thor oughly respect everything you do and not to let it go out of your hands until it has the stamp of your approval up on it as a trademark will have a won derful effect upon your whole charac ter. The quality of your work will have a great deal to do with the quality of your life. If your quality is down. your character will be down, your standard down. your ideals dowr The habit of insisting upon thl-est of which you are capable and of al ways demanding of yourself the high est, never accepting the lowest, will make all the difference between medi ocrity or failure and a successful ca reer. If you bring to your work the spirit of an artist Instead of an artisan: if you bring a burning zeal, an ali ab soriung enthusiasm: if you determine to put the best there is in you in ev erything you do, no matter what it Is, you will not long be troubled with a sense of drudgery. Everything de pends on the spirit we bring to the task. The right spirit makes an artist in the humblest task, while the wrong spirit makes an artisan In any calling. no matter how high. There is a dignity. an Indescribable quality of superiority. in everything we do which we thoroughly and hon estly respect. There Is nothing belit tling or menial which has to be done for the welfare of the race. You cannot afford to give the mere dregs, the mere leavings of your eher gies. to your work. The best in you is none too good for it. It is only when we do our best, when we put joy, energy. enthusiasm and zeal Into our work. that we really grow, and this is the only way we can keep our highest self respect. We cannot think much of ourselves when we are not honest in our work when we are not doing our level best There is nothing which will compen sate you for a loss of faith In yourself, for the knowledge of your capacity for doing bungling, dish-onest work. You have something infinitely higher in you to satisfy than to make a mere living, to get through your day's work as easily as possible-that is, your sense of the right, the demand in you to do your level best, to call out the best thing in you, to be a man, to- do the square thing. This should speak 'so loudly in you that the mere bread and butter question, the money making question, should be insignificant in comparison.-Success Magazine. His Three Laughs. - "The fool," wrote 3BurneJones in one of his letters, "has three laughs. He laughs at what is good, he laughs at what is bad, and he laughs at what he does not understand." Talent is that which Is in a man's power. Genius Is that In whose pow er a man is.-Lowel!! It Is estimated that-there are 70,000r 000 Europeans who wear wooden shoes. Basswood is ordinaily Be~ ployed for sabots, ..but willow is tif5 best material. IMPLEMENTS of known and ~ assert that everothing we are. atal stage. Do not let the season ting our stock. Everything we ur labor bill for t:he year. p ,ead Mr. T. 0. Owen's testimonial & n, Pea and Millett Planter. Too the efficiency of this machine. ~ ever offered the farmer-and will iher you wish to buy or not. Distributors. ee No farme- has used this vithot pronouncing it the most 'stributing guauo. SELL - Cotton Planters, Double and -Horse Plows and Middle Break- ~ iese splendid plows are without ear. Nails, Etc the these to be found out of our tour prices on everything in our id save you money where it is ~ 'H COIVPTNY H EWITH ing, even Spring Vehicle -e time to choose. time to your mind. Right now Iss and help you to decide.__ and stylish in Bugiles, i be found on our Iflors . no doubt about it, and In fact, we are good and rll we areC fixed ad how I AS.I The new Laxative that does not gripe or nausete. "leasant to tale. La LA -EES'L An improvement a . system of a cold by satisftqtion or mone: Soli PWBMouzon has one of the best Cold Storage plartsL in towu. We are the hous keepers delight. At our Grocery everxy-. thing is clean and fresh, and only the best goods are handled. CANNED GOODS, COFFEES A)ND TEAS, CAKES AND CRACK ERS, FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY, CHOICE BUT TER. HAMS AND BREAK FAST STRIPS. Everything that is handled in a First lass Grocery. It is my object to please and I invite your patronage. P. B. Mouzon W H ETN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL A'l SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted n p wit an eye to the comfort of hit enstomers..... HAIR CUTTING ' IN ALL STYLES, SH AVING+ AND S H A M POOING Done with neatness and dispatch..-.-.-.-. A cordial invitation - is extended. . . J. L. WELLS. 1Jauiug Times Block. Oe 2.;Hacker &Son SAhUWACTUREBS or CAPITA STC - _2.000 S~LUS- -- .* 8,00 IABLTE ----25000 Depaoirst at Blinds, o peranumcpuding samei~in CHARD B.O S.C.H SMTER S. C. ssTOKHOCDER' -C nstbl We pa Rsitersth a ternate of 41 ise Pedal b Go alent. de annum, compoundin soame ui uasted iesblaoyrnw to IV b~t oi Pre-sient -JH th Wyse. FoEpsieSloalEl,usswl Dr. Shohop's WE. BROWNE&L0. CiilEiers an d~:LaSungyos, Kodo DspMes. C.r r~ohep unntc wt hat wantw e t s. Curess I Stomach and Liver xative Frit SyrUI Chronic-. The Arant Drug Store. OATIVE V CONFORMS TO HATIONAL.PURE FOOD-AND DRU.GS LAW. rer many Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies, because it rids the acting as a cathartic on the bowels. No opiates. Guaranteed to giye r refunded. Prepared by'PINEULE MEDICINE CO.. CHICAGO, US. y THE MANNING PHA RMACY. ANNING, S. C. L~~e%'-,' W ,' BULLETIN NO. 2 Party Fares in Effect April 3rd, 1908. For parties of ten (10) or more traveling~ together on one ticket two (2) cents mile per capita; minimum per capita (15) cents. -These rates are open tothpulcadapybtenay point on the~ ATLANTIC COAST LINB T. C. WHITE, &en. Passenger Agt., W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wimington, N 0 :Lower Prices than we quote mean but one thing the goods are of inferior quality Remember, "The best is none too good." And the best is the'cheapest, f be it Dry Goods or Groceries. SUMERON S C I 11I1~T IflD U THE BANK OF MANNING, MANNING, S. C. Capital Stock.......................---......---.----.-.---$---- 40,000 Surplus......... ..-- . . .. . .. ..--.........-----------'--------- 40,000 Stockhoder~s' Liability.......................... ..... . ... -.. $40,000 Total.............. . .. ..................-----.-----------. 10,000 YOU CAN TAKE ThE TESTIflONY of any man of experience as to the advantage of paying oy check instead of in cash. Th~ere is never any dispute about a check. It speaks for itself and is the best possible kind of receipt for your money. CHECKS ON ThE BANK OF flANNING are honored in every oart of the country. Why not open an account, even if it - - s-a one aejoth . safety and- onvenience of payino- by check?