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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-10
NIL license fee. Believing the troop

usual license fee. Believing the trool
were composed of gentlemen, who Il
coming TO Manning, as Indicated b.
their name, were prompted more b,
the pleasure to be derived from thel:
visit than any monetary consideration
I neglected the usual preca.tion O
having the money collected in advance
The next morning | asked MI. v. c
Hops, the agent of the company, hao
marshal been to him for the license
He replied in the negative, and added
that he did not expect to be charged
I told him was not disposed to make
him pay the license, but had not the
authority to release it without the
consent of the wardens. Mr.. Hops
replied, II have already seen three
wardens, and they have consented to
my not paying it." I rejoined that ]
must see them myself and left him for
that purpose. On interviewing the
wardens found Mr. Hops had misstat-
ed facts. He had seen but one OF
them, DR.. H. H. Higgins, who says
he told Mr.. Hops he was willing to do
whatever the others did. However ii
was agreed between the wardens and
myself to release the license fee, and
I returned to where I had left Mr.
Hops to acquaint him with that fact,
when, to my unbounded astonishment,
I learned that after my departure he
had hastily gathered his effects to.
eether and fed towards Sumter as
fast as couple Of horses could carry
him, urged on by q free application OF
the whip, saying as he left, Il don't
intend to pay the IS and will jump
the town while he is gone" Ny sur
prise and regret was great. was
mortified to see the representative OF q
troop from our neighboring town,
Sumter, to whom I had endeavored
10 show every attention, utterly dlsre-
garding his manhood, act the rene
gade. I acquit the troop of any col
lusiou in Mr.. Hops trickerv.
A greater part of them had returned
home in the early morning, and among
them are gentlemen for whom enter
tain the profoundest respect, nor DO |
think any cne Of them would have wit
tingly connived at Mr. Hops trickery.
This gentleman not only made asser-
tons to me that he knew to be false,
but he has shown himself to be a
trickster of high order. To the
public, I say, beware OF Mr.. Hops.
". X. BELL,
Intendent of the Town of Manning.
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Intendent of the Town of Manning
Sumnlerton SiftingS.

sUuMERroS, S. c., March S, 1886.
Mr.. EDITOR: On account of the win
ter having been so severe, and the
Lien law having been "busted," par
ticularlv the latter, Friday has been
unable to make arrangements for the
year." and hence has had to suspend"
or ago into winter quarters, some
thing like the majority of your cores
pondents; bat Uncle Fed-(thank you
Tom, you do speak words in season
some times, you have, at least, given
me something to say low, having
seen my awkward position, came right
squarely up to my rescue, and has
thus proven himself to be one OF my
best friends; he lets me have rations,
and will also give me as many two
fors" or s:three-fors rs"-(he keeps
"three-fors" now. Jas I want, [ say
just as many as | want in-'n--trade
He is all right, Tom, but as for his
dog, can't say SO much. They do
tell me, that dog just might as well
be walking III the middle OF the Dead
Sea, as to be ''hankering around on
his side of the country. So much for
fun; it wont do to think too much,
much less to SPEAK: it, for in this day
and time 4 fellow is liable to be mur-
dered in the discharge Of the duties
in his vocation, or at least to get a
click and promise" Tom, you and
Sammy Swamp know how it is, don't
you?
Although the oat crop was killed, a
traveller finds au occasional ''oasls IN
the desert" around here, in the shape
of wheat patch. Farmers are NOV
ing steadily along with their work.
The first work on the new school
house was done last Thursday, by Mr..
w. ". Newman, who has contracted
for the job.
The Baptist Church will be dedi-
Gated on the 1s5 Sunday in April; the
dedicatory sermon to be preached by
Rev. C. a Stakely, of Charleston.
We all have new neighbor in Sum-
merton, Mr.. r. H. Belser, who has
purchased house and lot and moved
here for the purpose of educating his
children. We give him cordial vel
come.
Promising you a Sitting 'every
once in awhile" ] am, Mr.. Editor,
Yours very truly, &c,
FRIDAY.
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Mr. EDuos Allow me through the
medium of your paper to express my
grateful thanks to my friends, for the
timely assistance so promptly ard et-
fciently rendered in saving my resi-
dence from destruction by fire on Sun
day morning last.
The heroic and almost superhuman
efforts of young Harry Lesesne and
Granthan1, in reachir 6 the roof from
the too short ladder, excited surprise
and admiration from all who behelo
it, and to their efforts so timely rend,
cred, much was accomplished.
The prompt response of our colorec
citizens on this as on former occas
ions, deserves the highest praise anc
gratitude Of the community. The!
have always proven friends in suci
emergencies and have never failed tt
prove both their willingness and abil
ity to assist in protecting the proper
ty of the town, which I am sure !:
greatly appreciated by all good citi
zens. Respectfully,
JNO. I. INGRAM.
March OH. 1885.
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The following is petition present
ed to the Governor of South Carolina
in 1888, by sixteen maidens then re-
siding in Charleston, all of whom, no
doubt, afterward obtained husbands,
or if they did not, they were denied
their just dues, for such determined
efforts deserved success. We believe
the idea therein conveyed is still prev
alent, and the girls are as anxious as
ever to retain the widows: "The hum
bic petition of all maids whose names
are underwriten. Whereas we hum
BILE petitioners are III very melan-
choly disposition OF mind, considering
how all the bachelors are blindly cap
tivated by the widows, and we are
hereby neglected; in consequnsee o1
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this, our request is that your Excel
lency Will for the future order that no
widow presume to marry any young
man till tie maids are provided for;
or else TO pay each of them a fine for
satisfaction for invading our liberties;
and likewise Il fine to be levied on al
such bachelors as shall be married to
widows. The great disadvantage it
is to US maids is that the widows, by
their forward carriage, do snap up
the yong men, and have the vanity to
think their merit beyond ours, which
is great imposition to us, who ought
to have the preference. This is hum
bly, recommended to your Excelencys S
consideration, and hope You will per-
nit no further insults. And we poor
maids, in duty bound, will ever
pray.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-10
Miss Jessie Wagner.

Is the daughter OF Mr.. D. R. Wagner,
OF the firm of Messers. G. r. Wagner
& Co., merchants in Water Valley, Miss.
He writes from his home under date
October 10, 1885 and says:
"Our little girl, Jessie, was taken with
scrofula about six years ago. She was
only six years old. We tried all the
physicians in our town, as well as
those at Hot Springs and Eureka
Springs, Arkansas; in Philadelphia
and New York City, besides the viz
tues Of numerous other springs which
we visited, and did for her all that af-
fection and money could do for about
four years, and with all this we barely
managed to keep her alive. She was
the most afflicted child [ ever saw.
She had assesses on all of her Joints
and on her neck, and small pieces OF
bone worked from them for more than
two years, and her elbow and hip
Joints stiffened. After trying, as we
thought, almost everything, and appar-
emily without any permanent effect, in
cur despair concluded to try Swift's
Specific. Strange to say before she
had finished the first bottle we saw a
change for the better. Her appetite
began to improve, and her eyes to
brighten. Soon she ceased to COM
plain of the distressing pains whics.
had made her life miserable for the
previous years In ten months aftel
She began to take S. S. S. all the alb
scesses had healed up, and she nos
had grown much taller and improved
in weight twenty per cent. Now, with
the exception of stiff elbow and hip
she is as well as anyone. No one who
knew her condition four years age
thought she would ever get over It
We attribute her recovery to Swift
Specific entirely. [ have seen it triec
with several others here, and alway:
with good results.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3
Atlanta, Ga. Isl " 23d St. New
York,
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SeWspaper Advertising.

Journal Of Progress: Newspaper ad-
vertising, by business men having
faith in their own wares, is the most
effective means for securing for their
goods wide recognition of their mer-
its.
Newspaper advertising compels in
quiry, and when the article offered
is of good quality and at a fair price
the natural result is increased sales.
Newspaper advertising is perma-
nent addition to the reputation Of the
goods advertised, because it is
permanent influence always at work
in their interest.
Newspaper advertising is the most
energetic and vigilent of salesman,
addressing thousands each day, al
ways in the advertisers interest, and
ceaselesslY at work seeking customers
from all classes
Newspaper advertising promotes
trade, for even in the duilest times
advertisers secure far the largest
share of what is being done. While
the advertiser eats and sleeps, prin-
ters, steem engines and printing press
es are at work for him, trains are
bearing his words to thousands of
towns and hundreds of readers, all
glancing with more or less interest at
the message prepared for them in the
solitute of his Office. No preacher
ever spoke to so large an audience,
or with so little effort, OF so eloquent
ly as You, reader, may do with the
newspaper mans assistance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-10
4 Very Remarkable Story.

A gentleman who lives in the east
ern part of this county tells one OF
those stories that few people will be-
ieve without seeing it. He says
that he was out fox hunting, and when
the chase was at the height of its ex-
element his horse ran into an old
we'll thirty feet deep. The horse was
instantly killed by the fall, but the rid
er was unhurt. The walls Of the well
had caved in at the bottom, distance
of three or four feet, and the gentle
man says this prevented getting out
by digging foot-holds. Realizing his
situation, he began to call for help at
the top of his voice, but no assistance
came. He was compelled to remain
al night, and the next morning the
stencil arising from the dead carcase
of the horse was anything but pleas
ant, and he noticed that the buzzards
were soaring over the spot. Finally
the buzzards began to aight in the
we'll and it was then a bright idea
struck him. He decided to catch the
buzzarls by the leg as they came
down until he had got a sufficient
number to carry him out. That be
did, and when he caught as many as
his hands would hold, he Showed at
them and they flew up, carrying him
out of the we'll.
But still the fox hunter was in a
dilemma. The buzzards few up so
rapidly that he could not turn loose
when he reached the top without fall
ing back in the well. Upward the
buzzards flew with their human
freight, and the fox hunter began to
dispair of his lie after all. When
about one hundred yards ADORE the
ground, the fox hunter was about to
let so and fall, when he was struck
with another idea. He decided to
loose one buzzard at a time until his
weight would pull him downward
Acting upon this plan he soon landed
safely upon the ground.-ColunsbuS
(Ga.( S,n.
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The Graphic News, the Illustrated
weekly of Cincinnati, in its issue of
March 13, will be of unusual interest
to the people OF the South, as it will
publish double page picture of the
proposed monument to General. X. e.
Lee, at Richmond, Va, together with
a portraisssf the lamented dead. The
testinluss4ta@fS to the memory ofthe great
commander will cost 100000, and
will be one of the grandest in the
country. The Graphic News illustra-
ton of it was prepared under the su-
pe1vision of the successful sculptor,
and will be magnificent affair. In
addition, the paper will contain other
interesting pictorial and reading mat
ter.
For sale bv all News Dealers.
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zsToS, s. c., Dec. 13, 1885.
m AND AFTER THIS DATE THE fol.

Nos. 10 and Il will not stop.
Nos. -, 43 and 10 will stop at all stations.
No. 4S will stop at Moncks Corner, st.
Stephens, Lanes, klngstree and Lake City
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-10
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AU-
guSia Railroad,

GENERAL PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Nov. Is, 1885.
TIE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE will be
i operated on and after this date:
No. 4S, DAILY.
Leave Wilmington. SIS p m
Leave Lake Waccamaw.. 9.39 p ~
Leave Marion. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LIZ p II
Arrive at Florence. IL. IL a m
Arrive ut Sumter. ................ "a II
Arrive at Columbia. bia............... $40 IN
GOING SOUTH-No. 20, DAILY:
Leave Wilmington. .<-.,>......>..l .lO.15 p m
Leave Lake Wacealnaw ..s.......ll 20 p II
No 43. DMLY.
Leave Fsrrence. ce................... 4 ~ p N
Leave Marion. Observation-Disclosures. 3.9 p IL
Leave Lake Waccamaw. ......... FOB p n
Arrive at Wilmington .......... $50 p NJ
GOING NORTH-No. At, DA1LS.
Leaee Columbia. a................. 9.33 P m
Arrive as Sumter. ..l2.OO m
Leave florence. Observation-Disclosures. 4.26 a NJ
Leave Marion Observation-Disclosures Ola u
Leave bennington. on................ ~ N
Arrive Mt Wilmington. ............ S.2o m
Nos. Is and II stops only at BrlnkleyS
Whiteville, L. Waccamaw, Fair Bluff, Marion
Florence, TirumonsYille, Sumter, Camden
Junction and Eastover.
Passengers for Columbia and all points
on C. u G. R. R.; c. C. ts 4. +. r. stations,
Aiken Junction, and ell points beyond
should take No. 4S Night Express.
Separate Pullman Sleepers for Charleston
and for Augusta on trains IS and Al.
All trains run solid between Charleston
and Wilmington.
Offices Wilmington. n. c.
J. F. DIVINE, General Supt.
T. VI. EMERSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
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Central r. r. of S. G.

Nos. 52 and SO VIII stop at Lanes, Fores
ton and Manning.
J. F. DIVINE, Genl. Supt.
II. N. EMERSON, Gen1 Pass: Agt.
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TERMS 0E SIBSCRIPTION:
Local Intelligence.

To-day is Ash Wednesday, the be-
pinnino of Lent.
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4 MaidenlY Petition.

For sale by all News Dealer!
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March 9th, 1886.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-10
Tue Intendant Of Manning Condemns the
Agent of the Sumter Amateur Dramatic
Compau! for Dodglng the Town Lii

cenSe.
To The EDITOR OF The MANNING
TMEs-As IDteneient of the town of
Manning, I deem it proper to make
public through the medium Of the
press the following:
There is an ordinance in force in
oar town, requiring all shows, troops
ETC., etc, to pay as license sum OF
money, not less than FIVE dollars, for
the privilege of exhibiting or perform
ing, unless excused by the Council.
Consequently the Sumter Amateur
Dramatic Company by their recent
performance here, were liable for the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-20
Affairs Around Parma.

The weather is fine and the farmers are
getting ready % put in their crops. Some
have commenced blowing; if it does not storm
there will be considerable wheat put in this
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews have q fine boy A
few days old; they think it is the finest boy in
the vicinity Of Parma. Andrews says it was
born with a stock-whip in his hand. Father
and son are doing well.
The people of Parma are quite disappointed
about the canyon ditch. They expected the
ditch would be completed by the Ist of June,
and several took up land on the strength Of
having water from that ditch; some went to
the expense of building fine dwelling houses.
If the company had gone ahead, the people of
Parma would have had a frst-class Touring
mill up and ready to make flour by the time
the farmers had this years crop threshed.
A. Fouch is doing a land Office business in
the metcantile line. He also bought out A.
Lively, and is clearing off sagebrush now to
get ready to pillow. He expects to build a fine
dwelling house this spring in Parma; when he
gets the mousse hnlShcd and furnished, he Is
going to let the belle Of Parma run it.
Mr.. Chapman and Mr.. G. Andrews have
Just returned from their mines up Snake river.
They will be at home but a few days. They
have some trst-class mines above Salmon Falls
and expect to make a good cleanup this sea-
son.
The school has closed at the Tucker school
house. l understand they expect to have
school start early this spring. This district
does not like to see Mr.. Groome leave, for we
he is a gentleman and a good teacher.
PARMA ROUsTABoUT.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-20

Has attained a standard OF excellenco which
admits of no superior.
It contains cvery improvement that inventive
genius. skin and money can produse.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
Logic What Is Loglci

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Bulletin, referred last Wednesday,
sarcasticaliy but truthfulIy, to Judge
A. A. Gunby as Oaachita'sown "brainy
statesman and proceeded to urge the
Ouachita delegation to the Ruston con-
yention 10 support It's favorite, Mr.
Newton, for Congress upon the very
logical ground that he is our next.
door neighbor. Ofcoarse Mr.. Newton
ahould be supported on that ground,
but the same logic, unfortunatei y. is
applicable, geographically, TO Judge
Graham aud Capt. Wells, and our
delegation would therefore BIO thrown
into an inextricable dilemma, all other
things fitness, ability, ETC., (which is
conceded)-being equal, as TO which 10
choose. Laying sarcasm and logic aside,
however, to make -our neighbor at
home, as it We're, we will say that our
contemporary knows very well that
neither Judge Gunby nor his friends
Iso much as raised their little fingers
TO carry Ouachita parish for him. His
candidacy for Congress was not and
| is not based on so narrow plane as
aparish PRIDE"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
The Parish Convention.


TO the surprise OF the Democrats who
attended the Convention Monday and
who are not permitted behind the
curtain to witness the manipulation Of
politics in Ouachita, the affair was not
so harmonious as wasI expected. "A
solon In the councils of the party--the
Moses who has always heretofore been
called upon to lead the Democratic
hosts out of the wilderness was literally
aud Without cause sat down upon.
We have not been able to get Mt the
inside facts, but the opinion is freely
expressed that a trio, stationed, one nj
a quarantine post on the lower Mis-.
sissippi, one Mt New Orleans and the
other ut Baton Rouge were the in
stigators of the move. AT any rate
the powers that be have stirred up {
hornets nest and we will watch thu
moves of the factions with interest
We take it as a sood sign that TIT
politics Of Ouachita will no longer b.
controlled and the offices parcelied on
by n close corporation.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
why Not Remand it to the People!


Under the above caption our esteemed
contemporary, the Shreveport Times,
argues at length the ACCESSIBILITY OF
Remaining to the people the question
of who shall represent the Fifth district
In Congress.
The article concludes with the ques-
ton "what do our Fifth district coue
temporaries think of our suggestion ?''
FOR one we reply TO the Times that
tho Democrats Of the Fifth district are
not quite ready to disband their party
and let down the flood gates for white
radical plunderers and negro ignora.
muses. 10 enter and rule over us again.
We have q faint recollection of the
blood and treasure it cost to redeem
this country.
II tho Times desires 10 participate in
the affairs of the Fifth district-to adj
yiso us--let us admouish our con-
Temporary against attempting TO in
oculate such heresy in the minds OF
our people.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
cannot believe that majority of the

cannot believe that a majority OF the
people Of Union parish are opposed to
National aid to education but incline
TO the opinion that the resolution was
voted down for the reason that Judge
Graham's friends did not relish the
idea Of placing themselves in tho in
consistent attitude Of favoring National
aid to education by the adoption OF the
resolution and supporting an opponent
of that measure. Judge Graham's ops
position to National AID to education
had a great deal TO do with his defeat
in Lincoln, and while we cannot help
honoring him for sticking to his honest
convictions, we honor the people OF
Lincoln more for refusing To stand In
their own light by supporting him for
Congress on grounds of a personal
nature.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
Necessary to choice, under the

Necessary to a choice, under the
majority rule, SO.
Glen. King is the second choice OF
Union, bat even should that delegation
20 to him II would not give him the
necessary majority. It will therefore
DO seen that for any Of the other can.
didates 10 receive the nomination il
will be necessary for almost the entire
opposition 10 Gen. King to center upon
him. This Is too doubtful to rely upon
and the chances look favorable for
dark horse.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11
what Did He Mean :

i Ia speech made In this place on
Saturday evening last, Gen. King Is
said to have used the following lang
nags: acill 6e NOur meet Congressman"
and scill be elected sOhether Z get the
,aOpsi,s0tiOn or not. What did the
General mean M making this boast ?
Does he anticipate \ defeat by the
Democratic Nominating Convention at
Rustou. aud intend to be run as an
independent candidate II not, then
how fs hetO be elected, whether no Is
nominated or not ? The Democratic
delegates to the Ruston Convention
will, no doubt. require an explanation
OF this speech before they will give
him any support there.---East Carroll
Democrat.
From all we can gather 1t means
that Gen. King will be . candidate
for g ongress whether he receives the
Democratic nomination or not. We
are lead TO believe this by expression
attributed to Gen. King's friends an d
expressions of Gen. King himself. II
It does not mean that he will be an in.
dependent candidate why all these
ufeelers" about primary and Gen.
Kings expressed wish that the con-
vention should nominate some one OF
his competitors to run against him for
F. Congress we have no fears for the
result should Gen. King run as an iu-
dependent-he would be so badly
showed under that he would never be
heard Of again politically--but we only
refer to these things now to show the
estimation In which Gen. King holds
the good OF the Democratic party.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-09-11

August 10Th.
p. S. And now in conclusion don't
tel, another falsthood aud say that i
had waited unit, you had gone away
before writing this letter, for you well
know that "A copy in my handwriting
was handed you the very day you left
here mt the Arlington, and that fact
probably FASTENED. your exit.