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3 A>UIS APPELT. Editor. MANNING. S. C., DEC :2, 1909. PUBLL51lED EVERY WEDNESDAY SVBSCRIPr1oN RATES: One year ..-----.-----.-----.-------.----- -1 5 six months--------. ------ .--- - Pout months-- .. . ----.----. .-- .-- 50 ADVERTIS=NG RATES: One square. one Uie. 51: each subsequent in sertion- So cens- obutuarIe and Tributs of Eepect charged for as reular adTertin"Mt%. LiberaU contracts made tor three, six and twelve commmecaua me-o0 aeoompaned by Lhe real name an address ot the writer in order to l. Ve atention. no communication 01 a persons: character vU be published except as an adVetscerLnt Enered at the Postomce at MaInnng as Seo ond C!:i%- matter. ARE TME COURTS TO PRDTECTOR TRYANNY? Attorney General Lyon would have the supreme court to make a declaration that will forbid cir cuit Judges in the future from cautioning jurors about the dan ge'r of the uncoroborated testi mony of an accomplice. Now if he will go a step further and ask the legislature to pass an Act that will make ita penitentiary offense for an officer to compound a fel ony, or purchase testimony with the promise of immunity from prosecution. we would heartily join in the movement to make convictions for crime easier. but as long as an officer, be he a So licitor or Attorney General, can say to -A.. "if you will testify against B, I will see that you are not iurosecuted," and probably "A" is the greater sinner; until then, the circuit Judges should be required to stress the danger of accepting the uncoroboiated testimony of an accomplice more, especially an accomplice who ad mits his crime, on the promise of the officer, but who has never of fered to make restitution. We have no doubt that Mr. Lyon in seeking the court's declaration. has in mind the dispensary cases, and we do not doubt that his po htical future depends largely on the outcome of these cases. He needs aconvictioniin his business, and if he can have the supreme court to declare that the Judges shall permit.bought testimony to go with a jury. the same as hon est testimony. he may succeed in securing a convi--tion at Chester, but the cause has not reached a Chester jury yet, nor do we be lieve it ever will, without first baving run the gamut of the State And the United States Supreme, *Cours It is hard for us to believe that the constitutional rights of a cit izen can be taken away in the! manner attempted by the prose cuting offcers of the State: the~ accused were charged with crime a Richiand county, and while the casesarestillpendingini Ricbland the cause is removed to the home county of the witnesses who turn ed State's evidence on the prom ise of freedom from prosecution. If there ever was a proceeding more unfair, we cannot .ecall it, it is absolutely over-riding the rights of citizens and virtually sayinglotheml -aconviction must be had, even if apacked jury must be obtained." We are opposed to any such tyranny,the very contention now between tne United State's and the Zelaya go-vernment of Nicara auga, is on the same principle.I That was because of the execu tion oif citizens of the United States without a proper trial, and this is the depriving of citizens * of the United States of the right of a trial by a jury of their Peers, for no other reason, than that the political aspirations of an officer iinvolved. We are friendly to the Attorney General, and would like to see him Governor, he has worked hard and done well, but we cannot consent to the methods heisemployingnow to reach thati high office. If he has aright to I carry an accused to another coun-i ty for trial, after charging the crime elsewhere, then it would1 seem to usbe has a right to re quire the jurors to swear before taking their seats, that they will rendera verdict of guilty, regard * ess of the law and the evidence. He would have the power to de- 1 mand of jurors any vterdict he may desire, and if they would not be governed by his wishes, then he should have the power to re-L mand them to jail for contempt. The tyranny of a Jetfries cannot~ excell the tyranny now being put in force by the officers of the State in their efforts to force a conviction in the dispensary cas es in time for the next primary election. If the matter would stop with the dispensary cases, it might go on without protest, bcuethe State of South Carolina was rob bed by those entrusted with the management of this institution: 1 everybody and everything that I had anything to do with it was corrupted, even the Colum bia Glass Works, composed of < "some of Columbia's best young1 men" have not escaped the finger:i of suspicion being pointed at it, h in fact these "best young men" I whose names we know not yet,3 are accused of robbing the State,. the same as did the officers and the whiskey houses, and as 'oe-l1 fore said, if it was lawful, and it?] would stop in these cases. thell drastic methods might be over- I looked on the ground of emer gency, but if the State succeeds I: in trying these men in Chester ] after having had themn indicted1 in Richland. it would be the es tablishmen~t of a precedent that would be dangerous in the ex treme, and place every accused mian at the mercy of the prose-l1 cuting onicers, and a prey for ML COCUAN REAPPOITED. In its issue of last Thursday, The State has a dispatch from its Washin.rton correspondent which mentions the name of Col. P. H. Nelson of Columbia as a candidate for the District Attor neyship now held by Hon. E. F. Cochran of Anderson. Col. Nel son disclaims having applied for the position. The correspondent is evidently opposed to the reap pointment of Mr. Cochran be cause he was retained to defend J. S. Farnum in the dispensary cases in the State courts, and gives that as a reason for the opinion that Cochran will not be re-appointed. We do not know the source of the correspondent's in formation, but venture the opi n ion that the appointing power will give this important place to a Republican, and the fact of Mr. Cochran having been r-tained to represent the accused in the State courts will have no bearing with 'the authorities in Washington. But the remarkabie part of this matter is that Col. Nelson's name should appear in the columns of The State at all. Col. W. Boyd Evans is a car didate for the job and is said to be endorsed by many members of the Bar of the State, but all the same we believe that Cochran wiU get the appointment. He has made a good oficer, no charges of neglect of duty has' been made against him. and although a Re publican always, the people of Anderson have a high esteem for the man and bis ability. If the only thing that can be brought against Cochran is that he repre sented a defendant in the State courts. then it must be shown that he violated the Federal laws in doing so,to cause the government to disregard the record he made as district attorney. In our judg ment Mr. Cochran has not violat ed any law and we believe befo e he accepted the retainer in .the dispensary cases he conferred with the Department of Justice at Washington. We know Coch ran to be a splendid lawyer and exceedingly careful about the matters involving the - position he holds under the government., . Mr. Cochran succeeded Capt. Capers to the district attorney ship, but Capers was not displac ed because he represented a party in a State coni L as is intimated by the correspondent, but because of misrepresentations made to the President by enemies of Ca pers; when the truth was ascer tained later, President gave Mr. Capers-another appointment to a more important place, and even rhen the President tendered the Internal-Revenue position to Mr. Capers, 'some enemies made a fruitless effort to defeat him. We know that Capt. Capers has a large influence with the govern ment and if he too is opposed to~ Cochran the probability is that Cochran will lose out, but we' have no idea that Capers is op posed to the incumbent, and we also have no idea that he will give his influence to either Nelson or Evans. Since the above was put in type Mr. Cochran has been re appointed. The congressmen hit the high places for home and turkey yes erday. Columzbia gets the Luthern Seminary, and no better city :enld have been selected for the institution. The cotton crop cannot exceed 1 L,500.000O bales, which means ai price by March from 18 to 20 :ents.' The cotton must be had at mny cost__ Ernest F. Cochran was lastI< konday reappointed Un i te d I States District Attorney, notwith - a standing the efforts to discreditj; aim with the administration. 1 The work of erecting a build ng for an immigrant station in Jharleston will soon begin. This s another piece of George Le are's work for the business in erests of the Statie. There is to be an investigation i >f the Ballinger-Glavis feud, and when it is all over, in the langu age of-.the song at the last Na ional Democratic convention, j 'What the hell do we care." jr The Cook-Peary controversy il not down, one day Peary is roclaimed the discoverer of the' forth Pole, and the next, Cook ooms upaslIt. Suppose we di-ji ide the stick between the two, med let it go at that. The country - ould lose nothing and the Pole ~ would still remain in the frozen Sorth where it rightfully be jI ongs. IC A gentleman who has recently , nade atour of the State told usj ihat Cole L. Blease will not onlyj >e a candidate for Governor next 2 rear, but that it would surprise! uim very much if he did not suc eed. He said that in every coun y' that he had been in, Blease isr ~requently mentioned as a win-. er, and the farmers look upon im as a second Ben Tillmnan. lease's recent elecition to thei dayorality of his home city has I iven an impetus to his prospects o be Governor. When we asked1 1rm if he thought Blease could >eat Featherstone, he laughed, Ld said that the fight for gov- t ~rnor would lay between R. I. L danning and Blease, and that1 eatherstone would be a-distant - hird. What this man knows bout political conditions in the' state, we know not, but he claimis o have talked to ieadinz vote - retters and from what informa- c ion 'he gathered he seems con inced that Blease will succeed 2nrernoe A nel. Copenhagen University has at iast given its decision in the Cook claim. In effect the University, to which Cooksubmitted his records says Cook is a faker. But notwith standing the decision that the whole scientific world has been waiting for. The News and Cour ier insists that "Cock got there." Cook did get there quick. not to the North Pole. but to the lecture platform, and he succeeded in meadow dressinz the American public. John .1. Hemphill formerly of Chester. and once a candidate for the United States Senate. the man that Latimer told the l3illy Goat story on. is likely to be ap pointed one of the District Com missioners at Washington. The correspondent of the News and Courier, P. H. McG, intimates that Tillman will oppose the nom ination because of old factional differences. but we do not believe anything of the sort. Tillman may have prejudices. and would delight to punish enemies, but with all of his faults we have never yet seen where the charge of s'aallness could be truthfully made against him. --Maybe" says The State of yes terdav. "THE TIMFS would think better of the quality of The State's work for morals if The State thought better of Jim Far num." No not so, THE TiF.s knows full well The State is prej udiced against Jim Farnum and because of its prejudice it is un willing that he have any of the rights promised him by the con stitution. which every man is en titled to. We gladly concede to The State that it is a defender of the right, but in its sober mo ments it must confess that it sometimes gets daffy on the sub ject of morality, and would as sume a monoply of virtue. The Washington correspondent for The State is doing his "durn dest" to make someboay tbe po 'itical adviser to the President. His latest guess is Col. J. C. Hemphill, editor of the News and Courier. Col. Hemphill is a per sonal friend of Mr. Taft, and we have no doubt that he has a bigh regard for his judgment. but at the same time, we doubt very much that Col. Hemphill is in the offlce giving business, and know ing the man as well as we do, we are certain that he would not care to be the dispenser of political ,obs. If his advice was sooght, no doubt that he would give his judgment, and in our opinion the President would be safe in acting apon it. We have been told that it is a :ommon practice for liquor hous-! as to send checks to express~ igents at the end of each mnonth for ten per cent. of the money or :ers issued by them. If this is ~rue then the exp-ess offices are tiothing more nor less than agen tzj for these whiskey concerns, and' ihere should be some way to get i law upon the statute books to stop tbis sort of traffiicking. In t majority of the counties in this State the people voted out the* sale of liquor, but if the express gents are to be allowed to rei ~eive commissions from the whis ~ey houses, it amounts to trans ~ering the protits of the liquor ~rom the people to individuals! without requiring them to pay w -y tax or revenue to the govern nent. Ever since the curtailment >t the legalized sale of liquor in! ;his State the express offices have yeen doing a land oftice business nd the people get nothing out >f it but the privilege of paying nore taxes. We do not regard ~his condition fair, and if the law ~annot be made to reach it. then -ome steps should be taken to -equire the express agents to pay heavy license, so they too may >e made to pay their just propor ion of the expense to run the ~overnment. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of thih paper will be plca-ed to :arn that there is at leas.t one dreaded dise hat scilence has been able to cure in all it taix.es. and that isCatarrh. H1aZrs'catarrh Cure4 Sthe only ponitive cure known to the me-dicalI ernity. Catarrh being a cons.titutioniai di ane. r-euiresn a coxttiona&l treatment. HaliN aarrh Cure i. taken internally. actin:: dirtly :pon the blood and mucous' nurfacca~ of the ss em. thereby destroyi:1e the foundation of the Isease.and gcivingm the patient stre-ngth by build :g up the contitution and as-si-.ting nature in . oing itsi work. The popreors' have no much 1 :th in its curativ-e powers. that they offer One Eundred Dollars for any cane that it fals- to umr. send for lst of :-..-naimnonial. Address. F. J. CHE.NEY .& CO..- Toledo. o. sold by druvists-. .ac. Hair-. Famih-Pills atre the bes-t. Pinewood Dots. |ditor The Mnanningz Time-': An election will be held here ne~xt 'uesday the 28th. for the purpose of lecting an intendant of the town. The residence of Mr. B. W. Des ;amps was totally destroyed by- firej ist Wednesday a week: nothing much ras saved as the whole roof was nearly murut in when the fire was discovered.I The Pinewood Graded School will lose for the Xmas holidays W~ednes-1 ay the 22nd, and reopen Tue-iday. Jan ary 4th. Saturday the stores will be closed on ~mas day. Mr-s. McDonald Green. of Oswego, as returned to her home after a short isit to Mrs. H. A. Brailsford. Mr. John S. IRichardson went to Man inz this week on business. Mrs. Decca Williamson, of Augusta. spenlding~ the Xtma5 holidays~ with her tother. Mrs. J1. 1. Lawence. Mr. E. -T. Bratilsford, of Sumter. was : town a few days this weak~ onbu After expo~sur-e, anu when yout feel a. d coin g on. take loley's Honey and ar, the ireat throat and lung reme:ndy.i L stox the coutrh. relieves the :onges ion, and expel. the cold from 'our ss em. Is mildly laxative. liefuse 5ubsti itecs. W. E. Urown & Co. Notice of Discharge. I will aIlIy to thle Judge of Pro ate for Olarendon County on, the 0th day of January 1910. for letters f dlischart~e as guaardiani for Dinikini icks. forruerly a inor. CHntrosriar. WELL DESERVED. The Praise That Comes From Thankful Manning People. One kidner remedy never fails. Manning people rely upon it. That remedy is Doan's Kidney Pills. Manning testimony proves it always reliable. W. R. White. S. Boundry St. an ning, S. C.. says: ''I suffered from kid ney trouble for some years, I was forc ed to arise frequently during the night on account. of the too frequen: passages of the kidnev secretions and backaches and sharp pains across my loins made me miserable. .., times I was so lame and stiff that I couid hardly turn over in bed and mornings I found it very ditlicult to dress myself. If I sat down for a little while I would have to lift up and I was unable to find a remedy that would help me until I procured Doan's Kidiney Pills. I used but one box of this remedy but the pains were disposed of and the lameness and sore ness in my back disappeared. I do not have to get up nights to pass the kidney secretions and I am feelin' twenty vears younger. I highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills and can sav that I never used another remedy that gave me such oreat relief.'' For sale by all dealers. Price 50-!) cents. Foster-31ilburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name -Doan's-and take no other. Hacker Mfg. Co. srCCerSsonS To Geo. S. Hacker & Soo, en1AUttESTON. S. C. We Manufacture Doors, Sash and Blinds: Columns and Balusters: Grilles and Gable Ornaments: Screen Doors and Windows. WE DEAL LN Glass. Sash Cord and Weights. STATE OF SOUTH GAROUNA, Clarendon County. John W. Weeks. Plaintiff. Against C. E. Broughton, effendant. Sale Under Execution. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN execution directed to me and issued by A. I. Barron, Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas for Clarendon county signed December 7th 190I, in the above stated case. I have levied upon and will sell in front of the Court House, in Manning within the legal hours of sale on Janu aryv 3rd 1910 for cash, the following de scfrh real estate. All that piece or lot of land situate in Clarendon .:ounty, in the Stazte of South Carolina containing ninety-eight acres and known as being a p art of the estate of J. J. Broughton, and being lot No. 3' on a ulat of said estate. Bounded as fol - lows to wit:I North by lands assigned to P. H. Broughton: East by lands of R. C. Rich-I ardson: South by lands assigned to J. J Broughton and West by lands assigned to P. H. Broughton. Purchaser to pay for Darers. E. B. G AMN BLE. Sheriff Clarendon County. Delinquent Tax Sale, BY VIRTUR E OF SUNDR~Y EXE eutions to me directed by L. L. Wells. County Treasurer. I will sell at Man ning court house, at about 12 o'clock mn.. an the 3rd day of January 1910. being mles day, the following real estate for taxes. SANxTJ*. P. HI. F-elder. 20 acres and two build FsoeSarah Felder la acres. Estate Dublin Felder 26; acres and one building. .M.XNINGt.I Catherne- Outlaw one lot and one building. Alx IREWING TON. AlxWilder one lot and one building. Purchasers to pay for papers. E. B. G AMBLE, Sheriff Clarendon County. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Proat for Clarendon county on mne 12r h day of January 1910, for letters of discharge as guardian for John William Eadon. Sam tiel Cooper Eadon, Laura Jane Eadon wd Ralph Talmage Eadon, Minors. - A. J. lcRCHOU'RG, Guardian. Summerton, S. C., December. 11th, 1910. Notice of Sale. Pursuant to an order of J. M. Wind bam, Judge of P'robate, I will --ell to the izrhest. bidder for cash, on the 29th day >f December 1909 at 11 o'clock a. mn., a hbe residence of the late J. E. Beard, leceased, the following personalty, viz: Ltwo horse wagon, I one horse wagon. [ top) buggy, I op'en buggy, 1 grain :radle and 1 bed and bedstead. S. D. POWELL. Administrator. Ne w 7.ion. S. C.. December 11th, 1909. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the ysate of James W. Davis deceased, will resenm them duly attested, and those >weing saiid estate will make paymentj o the undersigned qualiiied Executor' >t said esat.1J. ELIuEnT DAVIs, Executor. Sannin::'. S C.. December 13th, 1909. Makes Kidneys and Bladder' Right Buckden's Arnica Salve The Best Salve Ia The World. E)LEYDOFADTAR stops the cough and heals lungs KBILLTHCOUGH AND CUREmLUWNGS wnDR.KING'S i, NEWDISCOVERY AE DALL ThROAAND LUNG TROUBLES Gl/4RANTEEfD S~ATSFACTOR9Y BIG ikh ikh SALE The one thing everybody wants. We are offering Great Bargains in this Sale. Come today, tomorrow and every day. Open now and continues through De cember 24th. 4IT PAYS-TO TRADE -AT RIGBY I Dry Goods Co. s SOLD! SELLING! FOR SAE? We wish to thank our customers for the liberal patronage during the fall. We beg to say our Stock is complete in every Line. and we can save you money on any article in our Lines. We have just unloaded two cars of Buggies into Itour Repository, and we give the best y;uarar.tee with our goods of any dealer in the county. Wben iticomes toWagons and Hand-made Harness our competitors - Iare at a loss. Our buyer is now in the West and this week we E Iwill unload a car of adcan fill any order. Full Line of Oliver Chiiled Plows and Plow Re-* pairs always on hand. We only ask for your inspection of our Stock be- TI fore you buy. To look and price, means we trade. Wishing you all a merry Christmas, I am yours frasquare deal, small profits and quick sales, 8DM. BRADHAM &SON In theFight.! The decks are cleared for- action. I am now in the rac-e ( >r cash trade, and I have a splendid stock of ev-erything eeded on the farm or in the household. I cordially invite an inspection of my stock of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Diothing, Crockery, Tin, Wooden and Hardware. GROCERIES ~f all kinds and in large quantities. Come to my stor-e, price my goods, examine the qiuality. .nd if not as cheap as the cheapest, then don't buy from me I have mnade special arrangements to do a large cash trade is season, and I fully realize that I must, to do business. ceet sharp competition. This I have prepared for. I want your trade. Yours, etc., B. A . J OH NSO N . WHO. Really was the first successful Pole climber COOK OR PEARY ? To this question much doubt is attached, but when it comes to the question as to the best establishment at which to shop. there is no doubt but that Is The Place. Our handsome Fall Stock is now being displayed and no onc should fail to see it whet -. r for pleasure or profit. Both Mrs. Muldrow and Mrs. Elliott of our Dress Making Department have returned from their style study ing visit to New York and they will tell you if you should wear the Artichoke, Raisin, Plum, Calves'-Liver, Stone Green, Amethyst, Mustard, Copper Achemenes, Catawba or Camel-Brown Shade. In our enlarged READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT The new Coat Dresses and Jersey-Top-Trotteau Suits have already proven their popularity on account of their graceful lines and perfect fit, and nothing is allowed to go out of this Department which doesn't reflect credit: upon the entire store. Another shipment of those much talked of Capes are expected to arrive this week. They are shown in eight colorings and Black. Our House Furnishings Such as Table Linens, Towels, Art- Draperies, Win dow Hangings in Cathedral effects. -Sheetings, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Blankets, White Marseilles Spreads, Down Quilts, Carpets, Mattings, Rugs, Portiers, Tapestry Table Covers, Toilet Soaps and Perfumeries are -suggestive. ruore of high quality than low price. Quahty in these lines has al-ways been our Motto, and we see to it that the quality is good. Some time ago we discovered a cure for dissatisfac tion among users of Shoes and Hosiery; You can get a free prescription by mail from our Shoe Department, or better still, Call in person at SUMTER, S. C. With the Largest Selection of Christmas Presents!; For Every Member of the Family. ~arly Choice Means Best Values-Our Stock. is New, Fresh and Complete. FREE! ov n ol RE ou ion d o s. Come by all means, bring aa.Wtecpr 2ess the number of the little folks along, they caeo 1o oe ehad end or will b delighted.rd wil all your guess to Special List of Serv-begroboley Miliary ruses i Caes, 2, $ an $4.Com away Witsh Seac tor Finet grde f Exracs an Voiet ater in haldse Boes l$ o more era sizeoand colorratrec. Past~ ~~~~~~~~~~istXa CardsAbm nlrevrey tpplrpie.W adego Lille GasE. Jars.N CupsRaAC acee t. Pak ifordheste.deo Militr Cruses in base esig2 ns8. stband CBgrshi pese50c.e . Finesd of xtrLaget assotmet ofWarnHdy Boxes, 0e. io Man Dec ris fo Chrtoas, perlax.nds Wths, merimembe Thees pBae-Tsofe -sIzan Theo Ma dltoTeBuyclok PohstCadAbm s H aita opla y rie.Whaes L GAssae.Jr.l sandtSaces Coast Lak in hge.tgaeo eanor midnit Janubarye desi90. Fns rnsoiasirsnal ik ets on saleo E1 agst asothen MississippioxRiver ndrSouthan e og P tom15c i3erso. Nwi h iermme hlc-h T. C. PWHITEC PAsegrTranic CoantgLine an midnigilmJnuaton,.N1910 T.JOB WHRTE, TO THE TIMES OFFICE.