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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
WEDNESDAY, January Il, 1891,
Your Name in Print.
, Daisy Baoual is quite i'll.

Miss Daisy Ba9nal is quite Ill.
Senator L. H. DesChamps is still very
i'll.
Miss Nita Auld, Of Sumter, is visiting
friends in Manning.
S-Miss Anna Lesesne, Of Greeleyvl!ie, IS
Visiting friAnds in Manning.
R O. Purdv, Esq, mayor Of the city OF
Sumter, was in Manning last Thursday
Mr.. Jake Poaowskv has rented the cot
tsse recently vacated by Mr.. 1. N. Basnal'
Capt. A. Levi and Mr. David Levi re-
tnrnsd from their Chicago trip last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Harvin, and Messrs.
NJ. Levi and s. 4. Nettles are IN the city oy
the sea.
Colin Z. Manning Esq. Of the Sumter
Bar, was in Manning Monday on profes-
sional business.
MIR. Thos. E. Richardson, of Sumter,
spent Monday night with his uncle, Dr. >.
c. c. Richardson.
Mr.. J. L. Thigpen, formerly OF Man
-sis,; -hut-aow of Valdosta, Ga, IS visiting
relatives in the county.
Mr.. W. S. Manning, Of Spartanburg,
spent Saturday in Manning on business
with the coanty auditor.
DR.. p. NJ. Salley, cf Panola, passed
through town last night on his way to VISIT
relatives in Orangebnrg.
-AIr. \. Sachn.an, one of the city fathers
of Darlington, spent Thursday in Manning
with his nephew, Mr.. 4. Weinberg.
--3Er. JOHN Bell, one of the most pros
nero,,s farmers OF D;Shopville, spent yesteI-
day in Manning with lis sister, Miss Eilza
Eel,.
Nj. \. D. Hutchinson, Of the firm OF
Lea. 4 hutchinson, has returned to Mali
n;n1 after 81. ;.bseucc OF several months at
his home IN Tennessee.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
IMPORTANT TAX NOTICE.
OFFICE COUNTY AUDITOR,
CLARENDON COUNTY.
Manning. S. c.. Dec. 80, 1890.


TAX PAYERS WILL PLEASE
l. take notice that the returns by
township are in book form this year.
They will therefore be required to
meet the appointments and make
their returns. The Office will be clos
ed while the appointments are being
filled, after which the office will be
open to Feb. Goth.
Following are the appointments:
Pinewood, Monday, January 5th,
1891.
Packsville, Tuesday, January 9Th,
1891.
Pamela, Wednesday, January 7th,
1891.
Summerton, Thursday, January 8,
1891.
David Lewis Store, Friday, January
9, 1891.
Brunson's x Roads, Saturday, Jan
uary 10, 1891.
Jordan, Monday, January 10, 1891.
Foreston, Tuesday, January 18th,
1891.
Wilson's, Wednesday, January 18th
1891.
Harvins, Thursday, January 10Th,
1891.
". NJ. Youmans's, Friday, January
18th, 1891.
Midway, Monday, January 10, 1891
New Zion, Tuesday, January goth,
1891.
W. J. Gibbons's, Wednesday, Jan
uarv 81, 1891.
R. E. Smiths, Thursday, January
%, 1891.
DANIEL J. BRADHAM,
Auditor Clarendon County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
No Seeds on Hand
Ne,cs and Courier Jan. 13. ]

The Clemson College trustees are
receiving numerous requests from
farmers and gardners for the seeds
which have formerly been sent by
Senator Hampton to the department
of agriculture for distribution. Mr..
Withers, the clerk in charge for the
trustees, said to-day that these con-
sisnments of seeds usually arrived in
December, but have not put in an ap-
pearance yet President Simpson, OF
the trustees, has therefore been con-
strained to issue the following circular
note:
COLUMBIA, Jan. II, 1891.
Dear Sir:-Your request for garden seeds
has been received. regret that am una
BILE to accommodate you. We have no seeds
for distri button. Yours truly,
R. W. SIMPSON,
President Trustees c. A. G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
FROM TIL: PALMETTO STATE

Columbia, S. O., Nov. 23rd, 1889.
Please forward at once gross Johnson 8
Chill and Fever Tonic. Have not had bot
tie returned so far. A good seller. lam well
pleased. ". c. McGREGOR.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
Arthur L. Macbeth,
PHOTOGRAPHER,

557 King, opp. Wolfe st., Charleston, s. O.
When you visit Charleston don't fail to
have some pictures taken by Arthur i. Mac
beth, the only colored photographer in the
State. Superior work at lowest prices.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14
ATLANTIC COAST line.
Northeastern Railroad.


CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. 16, 1890.
On and after this date the following pas
senger schedule will be in effect:
NORTH BOUND.
*No6 go NO IS 'No14 tNo4
Lv Charleston
400pm 1I5am 43Opm Z 35 m
Lv Lanes
557pm SOOam 629pm lisp m
Ar Florence
74Opm 42Oam 755pm S 40 p m
SOUTH BOUND.
No 81 .No27 mo % tNos
Lv Florence
$50 am l 35 m 1885 am 800 a m
Lv Lanes
1OO7am so am 10 Is am 200 pm
Ar Charleston
II SO am 5OOam 240 am $40 p N
Nos IA and % stop at all stations on sig
nal; Nos 81 and 7S stop at Lanes and
Moncks Corner; No IS stops at Kingstree
also. Nos and are the local freight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14

We also lead on and keep every variety
Rios, raw, per h., 2S to S0c. Mocha, raw
IS cents. Laguayra, raw, per h., 80 cents.
Maricabo, per h., 80 cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-14

Opp. G. q. square. Sumter Shoe Store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Fooled by a Filibuster.

A. P Hulse, late of the custom house,
tells good story of some filibustering
that came under his notice years ago:
In 1859 Harry Maury, midshipman,
who had resigned from the service of
the United States government, was in
command of u brig off Mobile bay. The
vessel was loaded with flibusters for
Walker and was overhauled by revenue
cutter. An officer went aboard in the
night with instructions to seize the YES
sci and bring her to Mobile Maury,
who was equal to the emergency, pre-
pared himself by unshackling the anchor
from the chain and fastening lantern
to pole When the vessel arrived at
Dog River bar it was hailed from the
cutter and ordered to come to.
Then came the order, Let go your
anchorr" Maury let 60 "Pay out
thirty fathoms of chainr" was the next
order. Maury ran the chain through
the hawser hole and over the rail back
on deck. He was ordered next to hoist
light, which he did by lighting the
lantern already affixed to the pole and
sticking the latter in the mud. He then,
when all was quiet, put off down the
bay, leaving the cutter watching the
light, which it did until morning.
In the meantime the officer from the
cutter, who was in charge of the flibus-
tering vessel, was down in the cabin
playing cards. On arrival at the en-
trance of the harbor the officer was
tapped on the shoulder and told of where
they were and asked if he wished to go
ashore. A boat was at his service and
he took it, returning to the cutter in
time to share the chagrin of his mates.-
San Diego Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Lost in Her Own Pockets.

1t is seldom that woman loses any
thing in the pocket of her own dress, but
such thing actually happened to very
oiivdT headed and methodical young
woman whose residence is in Baltimore,
but whose comings and goings encom-
pass nearly every civilized quarter of the
globe. Some time ago Mrs. G. missed
her pocketbook, containing a consider
able sum of money. A careful search
through her own cozy establishment
failed to disclose its whereabouts The
household servants were all well known
and trustworthy, and there were no cir
cumstances that even suggested theft.
The loss was discovered soon after a
visit to this city, and advertisements
were sprinkled plentifully among the
newspapers.
The missing pocketbook persistently
continued to be missing in spite of all
efforts to discover it. After while the
circumstance of its loss was forgotten
A newly planned trip necessitated the
overhauling of the young woman's ward
robe, and by the merest accident the lost
article was found reposing in the pocket
of handsome travelling dress. "Why,
it seems to me that l felt in that pocket
when was searching" exclaimed its
owner, looking at her husband with a
why idn't-you-tell-me expression upon
her face. Eyes, DEAR" said he sympa-
thetically, 81 know that felt for it,
New York Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Queer superstitions About Stones.

The most wonderful properties were
ascribed to the chimerical stones which
many creatures were supposed to carry
in their heads. Most readers have no
doubt heard of the precious jewel which
the toad carries in his brain box, and so
called toad stones, which were in reality
the teeth of fossil fish, were formerly
worn in finger rings as a protection
against poisons, at the presence of which
they were supposed to change color. 1t
was thought that the best stones were
those voluntarily elected by the living
toads, but as the latter were not addict
ed to freely giving up their treasures in
that way, it was necessary to procure
the coveted articles by other means, and
the recognized method was to decapitate
the hapless batrachian at the instant he
swallowed his breath.
The feat naturally demanded consid-
erable celerity, such as could only have
been acquired by constant practice; and
it is not unreasonable, therefore, to as
sumo that although the endeavors to
gain possession of the jewels were per-
haps numerous, they must invariably
have been unsatisfactory, especially to
toads. The eagle stone was considered
an excellent thing to wear during preg-
nancy, and the swallow carried in its
stomach stones of great medicinal value.
Chambers Journal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Information for Bald Men.

1t has long been said that whosoever
shall invent means to make the hair
grow on the heads of bald men will
make a fortune beside which the mil
lions of all other patent medicine pro-
prietors will pale into littleness. Per
haps barber has hit upon the plan for
solving the problem and making the
fortune.
HI5 says that the recent successful ex-
periments in skin grating reveal sim
pie manner in which any bald man may
get full head of hair. There need be
no pain during the process, because the
use of anasthetics will overcome the
hurt of the surgeons knife in removing
the bald scalp. All that the candidate
for a new head of hair must endure will
be stay of two or three weeks indoors
while the new scalp is growing in place.
As to the question whether the new
scalps must come from dead men or live
men, the barber suggests that this will
be merely a question of expense, for
plenty of poor men will gladly sell their
scalps if they can find purchasers.
York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Electricity That Kills.

DIR. G. F. Chandler of the Columbia
School of Mines says: "An interesting
misapprehension that exists in the minds
of good many persons is concerning
the vital dangers that lurk in the pres
sure of, say, 1000 volts. The newspapers
often tell US that a man has been killed
by such pressure, whereas, in fact,
such a pressure alone couldn't kill a
humming bird. have frequently caught
in my hand sparks possessing an electro
motive force of 100000 volts without
feeling anything more than very slight
burn.
1.-THE danger arises only when the
volts are REINFORCED by good many
amperes or currents, as when one takes
hold of charged wire. Then one feels
a shock that is unmistakable, because
force of great many currents in the
wire suddenly decompose all the fluids
in the body. The salt in the blood at
once turns to chlorine gas, and the man
whose veins are charged with this deadly
poison cannot in reason be expected to
live long"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R. Alex
ander, pastor. Public worship every Sabbath
morning aad evening; Sabbath school 8 80 a. m
young peoples society of Christian endeavOr, Mon
day evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday
evening. Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-Rev.
Ezra Hingeley, pastor. Sabbath preaching, Ii
IN; p. m; young peoples meeting, Monday
evenings; general prayer meeting, Wednesday eve
n'ngs; Sabbath school 2:30 pm. Strangers cor
daily invited to all services.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev.
Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath school, 10 a. IN. !;
public worship, II a. m; weekly prayer meeting,
Friday p m; monthly prayer meeting, last Satur
day of each month, 2 p. m; wOmans missionary
s,cety, last Saturday of each month, p; m.; dis
trct PRAYER meetings, first Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays each month, p. m. !;
young women's prayer meeting, second Saturday
each month at the parsonage, p. m.
AFRICAN M. E. .CHURCH-Rev Albert March
pastor Sunday service, 10 80 a. m; p. m.; Sab
bath school, 2:30 p. m; weekly prayer meeting,
Thursday evenings. Strangers welcome.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
A Youthful Yankee,s Ingenuity.

A boy we know had some chickens of
which he had made pets. He and his
father went to their work early in the
morning, and while the rest of the fam
lily were away for the summer it became
a question how the chickens were to be
fed with proper regularity.
The boy was equal to the occasion. He
took an alarm clock and fastened it Sc
curely to one side of the barn by means
of two spikes. Next he hung bucket
of corn to a rafter and connected it with
the clock by stout cord.
He wound up the alarm and set it at 4
o'clock. AT that hour the alarm went
off, wound up the string and tipped over
the bucket. And so the chickens were
fed bv clockwork. k.-Cleveland Leader.
Buddha is worshiped i'll Paris in vari-
GUS private temples, where the devotees
meet regularly to pay homage to the
Light of Asia" Most of the Buddhists
are Japanese, but among them are many
Frenchmen and few Englishmen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Tis fifty years ago. dear John, Just City years
ago;
Seems like twas only yesterday heard you
tell ne so:
Do | remember sayin' yes7 Well. John. we're
gettin' old
And trinity ROW. and amt sure my unen'ry Is
so bold:
And yet, s'pose must a said q thing or two
in play.
For you were rather sassy, John. goin' home
that day.
Just think! It's fifty years. dear John. just fifty
years ago,
Sence you and me stood up afore old Parson
Ganderblow
And said we'd have each other, shorei for bet
ter or for wuss-
Did ever | get sick of it7 Now, John, don't
make a fuss
Bout nothin', for I low thurs times a bad
trade turns to good,
When mems wives nuss their patience as Chris
tian people should.
In all these ups and downs, dear John, sence
fifty years ago
We Joined our hearts and hands, the Lord alone
can fully know
What you have been to me, John, or have
been to you;
For He sees, though oft we've stumbled, that
our poor old hearts are true,
And that | will be thinking of you, John, as
you Will be thinking of me
When our fifty years below have long been
lost in eternity.
Browne Perriman in Yankee Blade
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Pursuit of knowledge.

There is said to be an old negro in Tai
bot county, Ga, who learned 20 spell in
a curious way in slavery times. His
owner lived in sparsely settled neigh
borhood, and he, being small boy, was
sent along to accompany the children to
school. The teacher would not allow him
to go into the schoolroom when the pu-
pills were reciting This aroused his Gu
riosity, and he would stealthily approach
the door and repeat after the spelling
class until he could spell every word in
Webster's blue back spelling book before
he knew the alphabet. He now reads
and spells very well.-Boston Transcript
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09

We hope this is true. We should like
it to be true; to put it on record among
the wonderful doings of Northampton
citizens. This is the story: W. 81. Pratt
was fishing in the old bed in about three
feet of water when he noticed a fine
pound and half pickerel chewing his
hook. Slowly, carefully he began to
haul him in, when around the captured
fish the waters rolled in wild commo-
ton and huge fish about three feet
long was seen making frantic efforts to
swallow the pickerel. Mr.. Pratt waded
out to catch a closer glimpse of the mon
ster, who, with wicked roll of the eye,
turned tail and made off, leaving track
as large as the wake of a steamer
Hampshire Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
intellectual Men and ouida's Novels.


Some time ago busy man of the
world asked Mr.. Charles A. Dana how
he managed to keep himself mentally
so fresh and vigorous Mr.. Dana gave
several explanations, and among others
he admitted that he had taken to read
ing novels Frequently Mr.. Dana is
seen riding on the elevated reading a
novel or a volume of short stories, and
the smile which plays on his face indi-
Gates how thoroughly he delights in such
pursuit. He is a great admirer of nov
elist whom Mr.. Howells would esteem
with horror, and that is Ouida; and it is
a curious thing, perhaps, that among the
many readers of this popular writer in
this city there are to be numbered so
many vigorous intellects.
Roscoe Conkling anticipated a new
novel of Ouida's with as much pleasure
as a Frenchman used to look for new
installment of Alexander Dumas ro-
mances, and he regarded Ouida's Under
Two Flags" as one of the best stories
which he had ever read, and even went
so far as to recommend that grim and
dignlfied justice of the supreme court,
Samuel Blatchford, to read it if he
wanted mental tonic. Congressman
Reed is great admirer of Ouida, and
Joe Choate confesses to the pleasure he
has taken in reading the works of this
woman.
Novel reading has become passion
with many of our professional men, and
saw the other day the dignifed presi-
dent of Yale college trotting across the
street to the Grand Central station with
couple of novels under his arm and an
other one in his hand, with his fingers
inserted between the pages, as though
he had just been reading it and even be-
grudged the interruption which took
him from his hotel to the railway sta
tion.-E. J. Edwards in Philadelphia
PrqCa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Set a Woman to Catch a Woman.

The chief of Paris detectives says:
Men, as rule, are not as close observers
and do not give what call detective de-
scriptions of people. | remember trying
to catch woman counterfeiter once who
had been described to me by several
men. l found half dozen women who
would answer to her description. Finally
a woman who had seen her gave me a
description of her with one strong de-
tective point-the way she did up her
hair-and on that description livery soon
arrested the right woman.-Boston
Herald
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
STARTING A BOYS CLUB.
TIo1 A. II.

Kindness from Woman Did What Po-
ucemen's Clubs Had Failed to Do.
It was IN the fall of 1878 that the
snail boys about Tompkins square, hav-
ing exhausted the ordinary methods of
street enjoyment, began to amuse them
selves by throwing stones through the
windows of the Wilson mission at 125
St Marks place, and by jeering at the
various people connected with it as they
passed in and out of the building.
These customs proving in time both
expensive and annoying to the ladies
and gentlemen connected with the mis-
sion, and complaints to the police de-
partment only resulting in temporary
cessation of hostilities whenever the
lynxeyed policeman on the beat ap-
peared, and as long as he remained IN
sight, one of the ladies determined to
try the soothing effects of Goals of fire,
poured metaphorically upon the heads
of the offending boys. So one evening
she answered an especially irritating
volley of stones by appearing on the
doorsteps, and taking advantage of a
momentary lull in the cat calls which
her appearance had excited, asked the
Joys If they would not COME in and
have some coffee and cakes.
Visions of ''cops," with big clubs, be-
hind the door naturally occurred to the
minds of the prospective guests; but
when few of the more venturesome had
sidled in, and no attacks, apparently,
had been made on them, the others
took courage and followed them, to find
themselves quietly welcomed to the sim
pie repast which the lady had plen-
teously provided as the most practical
form in which to administer her Goals
of fire. Every one had as much as he
wanted, no reference was made to the
cause of the broken glass, and each boy
was treated with kindness and courtesy
quite unexpected, in view of the fact
that within few moments he had been
engaged in smashing his hostess win
dows.
When the supper had all been alb
sorbed the boys were sent forth with
pleasant good night to ruminate on their
evenings experiences, and to decide
which part of the evening had been the
more enjoyable-defacing the exterior of
the mission building or being treated
with kindness and courtesy within its
walls, and their decision soon became
apparent, for the boys were soon back
again, not for coffee and cakes, but to
ask if they could not come in and play
games-though there was little in the
room but an atmosphere of kindness and
good breeding. Jansen Wendell
in Scribner's.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Reprove others, but correct thyself.
He who is penitent is almost innocent
Cold prayers never bring warm bless
ings.
No mans body is as strong as his ap-
petite.
Be worker. A Ioafer is never happy
anywhere.
Stand behind the truth, and the devil
can't hurt you.
We have all propensity to grasp at
forbidden fruit.
The smoke of glory is not worth the
smoke of a pipe.
Every ear is tickled with the sweet
music of applause.
1t is a real gain to lose that which
keeps us from God.
Etiquette is the invention of wise men
to keep fools at distance.
The only chance you may ever have
to quit SHINING is right now.
In every soul there is prophecy that
saws there must be future life.
There is nothing of which man is so
much afraid as he is of the truth.
Patience is a great factor; it buys
whatever is for sale at its own price.
Keep him at least three PAGES distant
who hates music and the laugh of child.
About the poorest occupation you can
find is to sit down and admire yourself.
Patience, humility, and utter forget
fulness of self, are the true royal quail
tiles.
There is no such thing as white lies;
a lie is as black as a coal pit and twice
as foul.
1t is the care of great part of man
kind to conceal their indulgence from
the rest.
AS turning the logs will make dull
fire burn, so change of studies fires a
dull BRAIN
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Definition of a Bore.

"You call So-and-so bore What is
a 'borer asks Bishop Selwyn. at is a
man who will persist in talking about
himself when you want to talk about
yourself"-or we may add, in telling
stories when you want to be telling
them. Coleridge says he used to be
much amused with Tobin and Goodwin.
'Tobin would poster me with stories OF
Godwin's dullness, and upon his depar-
ture Goodwin would drop in just to say
that Tobin was more dull than ever"-
Eychanpa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09

For soft corns, dip piece of linen
cloth in turpentine, and wrap it around
the toe on which the corn is situated
every night and morning. 1t will prove
an immediate relief to the pain or sore
ness and the corn win disappear after a
few days.-Good Housekeeping.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-07-09
Cost of Americas Big Bridge.

The cost of the Brooklyn bridge was
$15, ,OOO, 900, which was $3,000,0O0 in ex-
cess of the final estimate of the engineer,
Roebling. who was appointed in charge
of the work on May %, 1867. Two years
later he was injured by an accident,
from the effects of which he died, and
the engineering was carried through by
his son.-New York Sun.
Not Theory.
do you believe man sprang from the
apeT"
mo; but l believe woman springs
from the mouse-in fact, I've seen her
do it. t."-Harper's Bazaar.