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Leon x Ever3 I - I "it 'TE S.t~ ~ Pier~ I~I I - ~ ~ I ItPay RIGBY D ~be I nine ~imcs. AIANNING, S. C.. APFUL 24, 1912. Publishes All County and Town Of.: ficlal Advertisements. RUTh ChAPTER, NO. 40, H ROYAL ARCH MASONS Regu13rMCetifl~. Second M~ Month. CHA1:LTON DuRA~T. FRs~ Ls~ES~. lEigh Pricst. Sccrtary. Mannirk~rChDpt0r. o.19 ~OrdOr0fE~StCrfl Star.' Meeting. First Tuesduy ~ in each Month. (Mrs.) G. M. S~izTH. W. M. - (Miss) SrSX~ HA~tV1Y. See. ST. NO. 54,1 I A.F.fl. Next Meetifli. Wed:esci~:. S:GQ. F-C. May 1St~l191~:onterreO.. F. L WOL~. \~. M. ?. J. 13icoWz~E. Sec. -rn-i FLORIDA VEGETABLES Every week we are get- I ting from the farms SQUASHES. I CUCUMBERS. I I SNAP EEANS. I HUSHPOTATOES. 'zpcct to havc Tomatue'~ for Saturday. 'Phone us. W&11 have it if its to be had. p. TIlE M~IN~ ~ 60. I ToEtwrrow ~s eican-u~ day. .irs. D. iJii'sehrnanu svc~n: S~i::Uav Sun~ter. \7L H. C. ( ),.ijOriic, !~) aWv ot Mau spent ye~tevday in town. bo . u ~roiP. a ci~.;t t9 (hI~::t' Ut ~ejwood. 0. C. Kib~er. n~ c Ms~ \ * of i~t.~&rewaV is ::n~ "ei. tOW awful h~'- to b'.t foun..-. t Spu.XU by SOflCOUUV WI)? S:. c:.I~ :u: tn *oaeU ~ trac~ wiU be c'A ~ aSIA :;.en Wait Ztt.i the dues wih b~ ooilecr.ed again. Veinberg- ! thing Good to Eat. >Uponl Entitles The , Holder To N FREE :i .STAMPS. ~ented Before Fri- * ay. April 26. 1912. s To Trade at RY GOODS CO. Mrs. W. P. Wannamaker of St. Matthews is visiting her parents M1r. and Mrs. D. .\. Bradham. Mrs. Anna M. Davis of Black Moun tain, N. C.. is in .Manning on a visit to her son, Capt. W. C. Davis. The boys of Manning are thiuking of employing a coach to teach them how to play ball. They should secure the services of a nice old lady. Friday .night Mrs. Robt. Dulmage and her little nephew Robt. Tobias from Denver, Col., surprised her rela ties by walking in on them. They will be here two or three months. The Summerton Knizhts of Pythias will have a big blow out at Scot:'s lake next Friday. THE TIMES editor acknow ledges an invitation to be present, and be hopes that he will be able to make ~he trip. Miss Vally e Appelt. after attending ~he inter-denominational Sunday school ~onvention at Greenwood last week, mnd spending a few days with her col ege friends at Greenville, returned none last Monday night. The schools will soon have their clos ngs and then the sweet girls graduate ill be on the carpet. while the boys ho get their sheep skins are to get ut and hustle for material to till the saistands of their pants. Those who have good cotton on hand vill reap a high price for it between nowa nd the first of Jluiy is the opinion of men who make a study of cotton cond ons. Good cotton will be at a prem umn because of its scarcity, and the de and for It. There is no ground for the rumor that he fisherman at Brewington and Mar n'us lake sent to THEn TUIES editor~a1 tring of bream. although this was iromised. HOWe ve:r it is not too late md if they come from nor; on the past ill be forgiven. Cards have been issued for the mar ~iage of Mr. Lawrence Bentz and Miss :\iee Lillian Pack. a, daughter of Dr W. S Pack of Greenvile. rTe bride i inative of Manning. The ceremony is .0 take place at the home of the parents n Greenville on the 30th inst. This week's issue contains three norecandidates cards which we direc. ] he attention of our readers to. M1e 'rcuk P. Ervim stands for th. .ofrice of ounty supervisor, Mr. A. I. Batrron for lerk of court aud Mr. E. J1. Browne or county suplerinteua--ut of education. Some time diuringr the latter p:Ure of at year there wa*s a predictiton made >ysomil one that the y'ear 1:114 would j tledc w!h dCisses and that the )reictionr isa ciug true!. is proven by he many diasers that have an.: are :etmumiet~ to occur. both on land and Th ersetuv- o ~f the P~resbyter oir t.'~ Why rome fth em were own'. foning. S :: h we 1 i o Wie anot thin t'' Is to" have enn romuniety.fu CNidte farollee aive IAT Your mone) buying oppc pers. Four . are now gi The Famol Every woman has hea most luxurious premiums ability. You are careful SAVING in the most atu two or three months, you actually delivers a share o EVERY DDIE you sp4 The book is interestingly M have the very things you give stamps to ;"0 day cusI Send today to one DIAMONDS-Premiun and save your money I2 perr y 1r. Thomas I. Kennedy and .mis .ima Frasier. of this town. left this nUoring for Sumter where they are to a >e married, and then they will leavef n the evening trainC for Charleston. 1rt Kennedyv is in business at Sard inia. t md MIiss Fr'asier is a granddaughter n f Mrs. H. L. Setzer of this town, and jt s a youn lady highly esteemed by her s equainte~nces. The large department store of J. M1c- p ~ween Company at Timmonsville had s 30,000 fire last Sunday night. This K s one of the largest mercantile estab& ishmeats in eastern Souath Carolina. od dcr- a large business with the Salem section of this county. Tbe rigin of the lire is unknown, the blaze C was discove.rd by a night watchman. nd by having a system of waterworks ~he fire was put out before the store' u ntirely ruined. The greatest dlam e was to the stock by water-. The game of ball between the Man-e ing and the Sumter boys last Friday, as so one sided that it is with some. ililculty to understand how it all hap eued. Our boys had an idea they could lay bali. but they were so awed by the kl of Sumter they forgot the gamen tirely and became panic stricken. owever- it will not always be so as ' lanning will go to practicing and will| oon be on the job. Mlanning will not emain in the class that permits Sumter >o come here and take a game with a core of 29 to 3. t There is an effort being made to or-u taize a Socialist party in South Car~o-s lia, and we have received a lettert om the organizer requesting that we unounce hie will speak in M\anning p eat Saturday on the street at 2:30) inv he afternoon. The organiz.er's name is tto F. Branstetter and he hails fromi w )klahomia. He is the national organ- t zer for the Socialist party. Mr. Bran-t< tter was in MIanning a few weeks go but he failedi to secure an audience i comes back with the hope he wil ave better luck next Saturday. There was a shooting at Ale~olu last s uday afternoon, resulting in the kill nof a negro by the name of John Garv y Mir. Jiohn Peter Barlield. The test-h many at the inquest held by Coroner agett was to the etleet that Gary was stranger at Aicolu having only comel bere the day before. he went toa i'use where Barlield was guarding a~ mall pox pa:ient,. Hie had some words ith Barlield chatrging with .avin' ice"at him which char-ge Bar.ie& enied. then Gatry began adrancing onu i~ it hir~ s hand in1 hii hp pocket. araeld..picked uip a utn and shot Gary the ankle. this did not stop him and e ceontintuett advancing whereupon -ar id fired again and Gary fell dcad. The av rendered a verdict that Garyv came ) Ihis death be the hands of I Haehl e ho acted in self defense. Haruieid came 2 Mlanning and gave himself up to the 0 hritf and is now in jail.a There Is an un-to-dateness ab'ut the ' rirnstm inducemnet no- b~eing ht e. s-en 1 ithe advertising~ columnsl in ti s isse. A ! of:ht-his itie have i. - ere U~ev ar securedt buI in at i te.n 9 aad :e reawn ihat hav ~CLARE r has greater j rtunities are i of the leadin ring isS. & rd of these Premium Stamps on earth. You American ho buyers. Therefore you rea .active form. Doesn't it appef can add something new and b< the merchants profits to evet nd earns one stamp. This st quicklv filled. And then-x ve wishe( for for years. ST omers, provided, they settle t of these merchants and i Catalogue gladly furni Deal with dealers wh< dead one. It is our onha that be ere wvil b e a ber railroad running rough Clare:d:on with probably Man ing one of its priip~:a: stations. It is ie hope that The Times editor will yon be in a position where he can rnish information on this subject -hich will be of great interest to the eople in this county especially those ving on or near the route the road ill take to reach the bridge over the antee river. Beginning yesterday the railroads! eased selling the inter-chaugeable ileage books. The legislature enact d a law requiring railroids selling] ileage books to pull same on the rains. this the railroads claim they annot comply with, so they have dis-] ntinued selling them altogether. The] raveling men we are told are not pleas- 1 d with the new regulation and propose aying on the trains instead of purchas ag tickets at the stations, which vwill rce the railroali to adopt some other aglation. but in our opinion the rail >ads k-now howr to run their business st and they a-:e going to devise some stem that will be satisfactory. Let everybody all over the county tel it hIs duty to attena the club meet- 1 igs next Saturday so it cannot be said 1e representatives that will go to the tate convention do not represent the i i.,hes of the people. it is one of the i hemes of a certamn element to have 1 e convention adopt a rule to requirei istration certificates presented in the riary, aud if Clarendon is not mo fa :r of this restriction the voters should en delegates to the convention who 1 ill use their influence against it. Ift e registration certificate is permittedi >be required the next move will be to I :rict furthetr so the ordinary manC 1l be deprived of his vote altogether.f 1.1 The News of the deniorable accideut hich befell Mr. John M. Player last aturday at his home near Sardinia reatly ~concerned his friends in Man ing and they have been anxious aboutr im ever since. Mr. Player is a good c an anti citizen, and lhe has many iends in tis town who wereloeke-d, hen ther heard of his mnisfortune. lie know~u'a a. nmo.t. ;nrudent mant. one s ho ordinarily ive'er cautions hent >ou manchn-e.and' for hime to be time avie:; t be aurld wast in - b O'ree -0oont id that whenj e doct;ors reachn the tflost dangerons ti of the trouble' ihe n~iil ilud that injries; -are no fatal. Th le Demnocrati :-lub . througzhout tihe unty are to nwt nex-t Saturday for if putrpose of re.1unzn electing (t lieus, rev;-ing their rolls and to elect membier of thte counity executive com- ' ittee. and deleg~tes to the county con ntion which assmbles at the courte muse on May ih. t Ea ctub is eutit-i a to one d(le nt fo. every twenty C namecs on the roil and onei die:egate r the fratctiotxa! part of twenty live. mI-enf tob rpre-ent the -entimentof - no'-m mebnsho The count conVe1 iin wi . ee m''mber" of the State h .t . dee 'ae~ the 'tt 1'convent'in N~otice. The rmr ianfor D':u':n eoratie ub wilmt in~ theO court hon-v next i rd''y eveningli Aprn! 2th,. at 4 iland to e let dI eetates11 toine coflmit D. M \Vl.\Mut Pres. IY I wers. Your bhe city shop of Manning ing Stamps eemed with the richest and or your thrift and SAVING ,p rebates is SIMPLIFIED -c it out and find that every a profit sharing plan, which Ps. irnish you all you can use. filling process-You'll soon it we have jointly agreed to of month. FREE TICKETS, NOTE ay! Serve your purse Fa-m-ous CL ARENDON'S FIELD DAY. r n .Twenty Schools Participate in Interesting ~t Events Held at Manning. The Prize Winners. r About 20 schools were representedin e Clacendon county's first field day, which was observed here Friday, and proved 5asuccess be3 ond the expectations of the di prime movers and romoters. There y were approximately 300 entries for the .various scheduled events and all the rparticipants acquitted themselves with great cred it. Not orfly were the teach e ers and pupils present in large num d lbers,. but the fathers and mothers and e jsisters and brothers, were here also, .y and. altogether, the occasion proved to 0 be quite a gala event. The attendance was estimated as numbering 1,500 to d 2,000, and wvhen the dinner was spread in the adjacent Thames grove. vhere e was abundance and to spare. Owing to a lack of time severai con test events were not carried out. In the literary contests each school was entit sled to one entry for each grade and ini several instances there was marked rivalry as to who should have the honor of entering the contests. In the spell tjin contests prizes were won by the fol lowing: Gr'ade two, Lula May Turner. Manning; grade th\ree, Frances Mood. Summrrerton: grade four. Mary Gentry, Summertoo; grade five, Mlamie Hlarvin, Pine wood grade six, Sudie Davis, Sum. mnerton: grade seven, Jeanette Ptow den, Manning; grade eight. Emily Ceiger Mannnig: grade nine, Vivian test the following were the prize win ners: Grade one. primer, Or-a Haley, Deep Creek; first reader. Sarah Lesesne. Ma'nning: grade two. Craven B~radhamn: rade three, Mary Bass; grade four, Adten Hlarvin; grade five, Violet An dryews: 'grade six: Isabella Thomas-all of Manning. In the declamation con test for gtil the p~rize was won by Lucy WXilson and in the orartorical contest for boys Julius Mood of Sumnmerton won irtz andi H-aley of Deep Creek, won. secondr In the outdioor athlertc contests prizes wereL won as follows: Girls-Apple ace, Addie Weinberg, Manning; hoop race, May H-odge, Harvin. Boys-100J vani oath. Herbert Sistrunk, Manning; br oad .ium p. Oscar Smith. Turbeville. In the match game of basketball bc twecen summerton and Manning the fotrmer proved the winuer, while in the basebaO-ll gamie between Sumter anid \anonng 'he visitors proved easy win ners. I'erybody was delighted with the success of thte first field htay and nto doubt 'treatcr preparation wil be made next yeair and the event looked forward to w.ith redoubled interest. You Should Attend These Addresses. Will you pleaset' allow mle to arnnoune that ou'a lrJ t.l1 a. m.. Dr. Da) i - or Surio~'~.u will ditver an addres I "' I-oth( Cain' cot . ntribution to selem-e'. Ti is th second of a series3 of ,imiar nadrest e tfirst being aI wae r--'tio.' of our state'scon n ibuo~nw itrature( by Dr. W. 11 ol Ir is. Jones of Lancaster'- will :eviedn adess to the school arnd eani: t S:Zi) o'clock May 9th. [i hatve req'ue.e:d the folowing gentlemen *to' a cit et'rtainment committee and theyi hve' agreed to do so: Capt. JT. A. Jame.~ .or. C. ... Davis. .Iud ge A. J.. Richboutrg. WXe will be glad to have every~ oIne out to htear both these ad Cto. A. TEasILI'.. Zeigler's Ph Safe Pre5 / This Coupon Enti Molder T( TEN F1i S. & H. STAJ fPrsented Bef' \Pday, April 2 1912. PLO WDEN HARI The Right Implement Right P: FUNERAL OF DR. MOOD. ervices Held Monday Afternoon-Conducted by Masons. Summerton. April 22, special to Th~e S.;mter Daily Item.--This afternoon, from far and near, friends. relatives, nd fraternal brothers and sisters of r. William Reader Mood, were gath red together to pay to him their last ribute of respect. As has doubtless een dispatched from town to town troughout this section of the State, r. Mood's death occurred on Sunday fternoon at about 3 o'clock, after an lness of only a few hours. At 3 o'clock today a short service was eld at tbe home, after which, under he auspices of the Masonic Lodge of hich Dr. Mood was Most Worshioful aster, the interment took place at the ocal cemetery. The large and exten ive attendarnce upon his funeral and he quantities of handsome and exquis te flowers were evidences of the high steem in which he was held. Earnest and sympathetic in his pro fssion, genial and kind in his daily in ercourse, zealous and loyal in fraternal elations, and most loval in his home, e has ever stood in this community for te highest type of manhood. Dr. Mood as in his 46th year. He leaves to ourn his death his wife, who was Miss [attie Scarborough. and five daughters nd four soas. S. B. A iAR RVIN. Dr. W. R. Mood of Summerton, died sddenly Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock t his home of heart failure. He s survived by his wife (formerly Miss attie Scarborough of Bishopville) and ie children. Dr. Mood was most suc cssful in his chosen profession, and be oved by all who knew him. He was he embodiment of geniality and alfa bility. Mri. John Montgomery Player of the ardinia section of Clarendon county, was caught in a shafting at the ginnery f J. H. Garland. Sardinia. S. C.. on aturday afternoor last. and was seri usly injured. having both legs, one arm ~nd five ribs broken. Mr. Player was taken to Sumtcr hospital by Dr.i . M. McCutchen of Sartiinia., where| e is now under the care of Dr. J. A.|I ood of Sumter. At this bour Mr.| Plaer is doing~ as wvell as can be ex eced. H. Notice. Notce is hereby given that an ex niation~ for the certilication of aeheers wil be held at the court house .ilahun" ing. I'riday a;.rd., It)12. testons w; i be. based on the recently doed seris of text books. TheI qtlStinfs onf pedagogy will be based on mth1 Caroloda mnanuel for the elemnn urv schools. a copy of which will be fl led on reque:,t. Fxamination will bin promplltly at 9 o'clock. E. J. BROWNE. armacy criptionists. U Lies The ~ EE/ lIps >re Fri. ~WARE Co. Farm at The rCe. CANDIDATES FOR CLERK OF COURT. I HEREBY ANOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for the offce of Clerk of Court for Clarendon County. subject to the rules of .e Democratic primary. T.MCHWLS PLEDINGTO ABIDE BY THE RULES of the Democratic Primary. I hereby an nounce myself a candidate for re-election to the offce of Clerk of Court of Caenon Count. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE of County Supervisor for Clarendon County, subject to the rules of the Democratic paty FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CAN didate for re-election to the offce of County Superintendent of Education. subject to the rules and regulations governing our Democratie prmaries. E. J. BROWNE. .Clarendon Club Meeting. Clarendon Democratic Club will meet. in the grand jury room Saturday the 27th, inst., at 11 o'clock to reorganize and elect atelegates to the county con vention pursuant to call of county chair man. A. good attendance is requested and let each member bring all the new - names he can. J. H. LESESNE, PRES. NOTICE. As provided under the rules of the Stte Democratic Executive Committee the Summerton Democratic Club will meet at Summerton graded school building April 27th 10 o'clock. A f all attendance is earnestly requested. A. J. RICHBOURG, Chairman. J. A.. J.AMES, Secretary. BUSINESS LOCALS. Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by Dickson Drug Co.. druggists. For Saie--100 bushels of good sound ountry raised corn at$1.00 per bushel Apply to B S. Crawford Alcolu, S. C. Lost--Alligator Skin Hand Bag, color brown, size about G by 7 inches. Finder will retur-n to this office. Valuable nly to owner. Mrs. Ella C. Alsbrook offers for sale er residence. thte Academy building. nd three tenant houses in this town. Eer address is Spartanburg. S. C. Far Wanted-Se veral Marlboro farmers have asked to get them farms in Clar-endhou. Wr-ite me what you ave and best price. R. Cosby Newton, Bennettsville. S. C A Rlegistered Spanish Jhck-I have a Ile Rtegistetred Spanish Jack which [ will let those have desiring his ser- - ie-s. Ii is -a splendid animal with a good record. Apply to J1. E. Cousar, sardinia, S. C. For Sale-One lot in the Town of oeston, containing two acres, with a lweling thereon. and a tract of land near Foreston containing ten acres, all the said property is deeded to Zinck Broom. and will be sold on reasonable terms. Address Louis Broom, Man iing, S. C. 011Y$KEYCURIE 1W 'e Kid..y mad Bladde. Eeht too urchasing p iow equal to 1 .g merchants ireen Irad and know that they are red 1ise wives are world famed f dily see that S. & H. stam 1 strongly?-when you figui autiful to your home. It's y buyer who saves the stam tmp is ptasted in book. we ft our home coimences the : xMiPS ARE FOR CASHf, bt 1cir account prior to .5th day get started-TWENTY hed. Start saving tod give _ _TS In Memory of My Loving Father. On Sunday. March 31st, 1912, th eath Angel called at our home to bea he spirit of cur beloved father-Job owell Graham. to its eternal manstot e life of lonir ar~d useful service ha ~nded. he is at rest. but we know tht .s influence will 1i-c for countless ages He left his family and served cheel ally and bravely during the Civil wai nduring hardships and privations fc he cause of the Southland. After th: lose of the war, his wife, a Mliss Chewr og died, he was thus left alone. Afte n interval of time he and .Miss Tobli ere married. Together they share ie's joys and sorrows for nearly thirt :ur years. We can all sa~y that a true1 obler and more devotedi father neve ved than he. He was a fervent Christian, and th: orid knew him as such, but the worn ~new him not, as did his family. HI ied a quiet conservative life and on] hose who were nearest and dearestt im knew the depths of love and affec ion that thrilled his heart for his love nes. His was a long earthly journey, h ved to the ripe old age of eighty-thre ears, and was truly blessed with healt1 ni strength until four years ago he en ured a long serious illness, his life wa esaired of for a time but the Maste as not ready just then, he recovere< ,d was usually weli for a man of hi ~e till last August he had a sligh~ roke which left him partly. helples > a short time. After this he was yer; ~eble, he said he would not be with u uch longer, ne just seemed to be wait 1g for the final summon;. On the day of our father's death h< emed to feel better than usual, wau right and lively until about six o'cloei e fell with a stroke of apoplexy. A: at loving hands could do was (ion, ut in vain, a e never spoke again. In: af hour's time his spirit received it >mmand-"Well doe thou good an< ithful servaut, enter thou into thu s of thy Lord.' The funeral services were condiucte< this home on Tuesday muornin, b2 eor. W. T. Patrick, and his body lai rest at Gethsemene. He is survive< vhis wife and thirteen chiildren, tw< whom blessed the lirst union. A link is gonte. our family circle i roken. our home is. oh. so sad am )elv1 .U ur earts ar'e heavy ad sar >wful. this place can never' be tilledu ie vacancv is keen antd painful. but w< *ouldi not w:1.h him back m, thi vae -as n as e hope to join him ait th I eat whlite Throne. we mt anrd wi a resigoetd to God's Iholy Will Hisi devoted ''ughter. Notice. The members of Douglas Democrati< nub mie reaui est ed to meer in the hal er Trurbeviile's store at :; 'clock< pil 'Et]I. ior the puraose of rec -ganizingr. electin: a member of th mntv exea'tiv e c'omnmitt ee atnd eletn :ty d(leiates to l 'the t cout oventiot hih will be hldi on a'.y 'he rth. D. L. GAtlstN. Pres. J1. ?'. TIrnnE'cr1. Sec. MI M