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You'l 3 stylish ax R Our 5 cause he Li COOL SUITS of; EN2 H4 $7.50, $10. $1 * Come LOUIS APPELT. Editor. LA2NNING. S. C JUNE 25, 1913. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ADVERTISING RATES: eata,5 ents. Obiurisand Tribut of Advertisers wvill please re Smember that copy for a change of ad. MUST be in thisofficoby StdyNoon in order to ilnsure miblication f ollowing week. musta Ane accomaniernte reaeaniv aessof rtr nodrt N.eemnunication of a personar character -i be wbllshed except as a advertisement. Entered asthePostoMce as Manning as Sec end Class master. A FEDERAL TAZ, NOT ALICEISE. According to a letter from President Wilson to Governor Blease relating to the issuance of Federal licenses "there is no such thing as a Federal li cense to sell liquor contrary to State laws. The payment of the Federal stamp tax entitles the -holder of the stamp only to pro tection from prosecution for non -payment ot the internal revenue tax." We presume the governor knew this to be the law before hearing from President Wilson. The United States government does not grant a license to sell, and it has nothing to do with the-sale, the right to sell is granted solely by the laws of the State, but our understanding is, the governor sought the in-. fluence of the President to get the internal revenue department which issues the stamp tax cer tificates to discontinue the issu ance of them in this State, ex cept to the legally authorized dispensaries, and if he had no law to back up such action, then to ask the congress to grant they *right to the commissioner to re fuse the stamp tax to private in dividuals in this State.I Our understanding of the mat ter also is, the governor realizes the difficulty of enforcing the liq uors in this State, and he believes if the federal government will withhold the issuing the license tax many of the present illicit dealers in the traffic will go out of the business, fearing to sub ject themselves to prosecution in the federal courts where the jurors are drawn from all over the State, and have no local in terests as is the case in our State court where the jurors are drawn from the vincinage. The situation at present is the State must rely upon the en forcement of the law by citizens of the community where the offence is comumitted, and exper ience as provn that convic TI 1 certainly v~ SORT of CLO knows he. 5ERGES, CHIEVIOTS and MESPUNS, 5, $18, $20, and $25. i here to do yc tions are difficult to obtain, but if the offenders were haled be fore the federal court the chances for eenvictions would be greatly increased, therefore, if the government will give aid by withdrawing the issuance of the federal stamp tax, and use its powerful force to run clown those who engage in the busi ness of selling without having paid this tax the State authori ties would be enabled to make the dry counties as dry as a powder horn. We doubt exceedingly if the congress would take kindly to the making' it discretionary with the commissioner of internal reve nue where he may issue what is commonly known as the federal liquor license, but which in reality is not a license but a cer-] tificate showing a tax has beeni paid, because, if the commis-1 sioner was given a discretionary power by congress he could, if I he so chose, use this discretion< arbitrarily, and as there is no 1 power of congress to enact spe cial laws for a State an act ap-i plying to this State alone would not hold good. Governor Blease is not a Pro hibitionist, nor does he favor the present plan of handling the 1 liquor situation, but from his1 recent actions we judge he is trying to have the law as it stands enforced which is hard to have done as long as the fed eral government- withholds its t support, and on the contrary en- t courage the law's violation. ..- t CONGRESSMEN'S EMBAR.ASSMENTS. The congressman who cannot decided who to recommend for ac post office appointment, because i be fears of losing support in the c next election, is in a strut, and i this seems to be "what's eating" e Congressman Joe Johnson in the matter of the Jonesville post of fice. A primary has been sug a gested to settle the matter, and t while we do not approve of put- t ting these positions into a pri- I mary, because of its liability to impair the service, yet there ould be a way to obviate such a c contingency by having congress-Ic man select two or three of the ap-I plicants with the strongest en- e. orsements to be voted for by b Lhe patrons of the office to be r lled in order to ascertain which r of them is really the choice of the people interested. The safest ands best way however, is for the con-, gressman to make the selection[ af the applicant appearing to' him as best qualified and take I is chances, but the moment he I begins to play fast and loose he t< is going to irritate all but the t successful applicant, whe. eas, a bad he acted promptly, whether b Lie made a previous promise to o secure support or not, his action t I JL rant a new S t that will sta THES, HEAM is dressed C( STRMI $1 to $4.00. Panam ur choosing a eiii BRLAJ IS IT. The congress will, in all prob ability undertake to have enact I ed into law at the present ses- b ~ion a currenc'y reform bill. c lhere'is strong opposition but tl he bill agreed upon by the il eaders having the approval of ui he President and Secretary n ryan will go through. The re difect upon the financial world d s as yet problematic, the bank- ui ng interests are watching every c1 ove of the administration, and o: his no doubt is having its in- it uence today upon tZhe present ji tringency of the money market. A ongressman, Henry of Texas, Iti .s one of those opposed to action sl t this session. Mr. Henry wants c be investigation of the money o1 ~rst continued before 4irect p gislative action is taken, and ci fhe can get Secretary Bryan ti ;o support his views in opposing b) urrency legislation he hopes to A e able to hold it up, but with- tr ut Secretary Bryan's approval n< s opposition will be ineffective, mn Just why Secretary Bryan's ti needed for we do not under- tr band, as that official's duties at ave nothing to do with the mn onetary legislation, but it if ;ems that it becomes necessary th > consult the Commoner about in e entire workings of the gov- be enment; in other words, Sec Iat tary Bryan's views are so a ighly considered by the mem- w ~ers of congress that they fearm take an independent step lest P2 ey bring upon themselves his to own. Never in -the history of to e country has the government pc en under the influence of one to ~an more than at present. True, ~ryan is the recognized leader kr fthe Democratic party, it was pl e who dominated the Baltimore ou nvention, and it was he who dc d more to do with the policies m; fthe party than any other man, Ol t at the same time, there are th hers who did much to bring ha out the change of administra- in on, but these it seems have we een relegated to the rear and ha ~ryan placed in the front rank. ca How long this will continue e connot say. If Bryan's poli jes turn out to be what he av aims for them, everything will be rork on smoothly and he will in, or.tinue to shape the policies, th t let there come a time -when pe verses set in, those who are an afing under the Bryan domi- th1 a~tion will begin to make them, ~les felt by starting a revolt, a of th The Orangeburg Times and ~emocrat says that Governor ~lease is going to have two edi- W )rs especially watched while eri ey are on the Isle of Palms, no rid wonders what two of the de ethren going are tobe thus hon red by his Excellencyy What's e matter with keeping an eve p +nh n..anebumg bethreno col HI ILY UIT for the emp you as a )WEAR and >rrectly and ' HATS. a Hats, $5 to $8.00. .nd wear the IDLR SUMTEI A SERIOUS CHARGE. District Attorney McNabof San rancisco, a Republican, wired s resignation to the department Ijustice with the charge that e ad ministration has delayed e prosecution of certain crim ~al cases against persons con cted with the man who was ~cently appointed by the Presi mt as commissioner general of migration. In other words he arges the Attorney General the Unmted States with favor sm, and thereby thwarting stice. The cases the District ttorney is prosecuting are for e violation of the Mann white ave Act and the son of the mmissioner of immigration is e of the accused, he is also osecuting the officials on the arge of conspiracy to defraud e customs; these cases have ~en ordered postponed by the torney General and the Dis ict Attorney in charge would t stand for it. The charge de by McNab is one which e government cannot afford to eat lightly, he directly strikes the chief of the legal depart et of tbe United States, and the matter is not investigated ere wilt always be a suspicion the minds of the people that ~cause of the prominence of the csed, the serious charge ~ainst them will not be pushed ith the vigor such -crimes rit. McNab's resignation was omptly accepted, but it is up Attorney General McReynolds say whether or not "rich and werful influences are working defeat the prosecutions." t is possible that McNab owing that he would be dis .ced by a Democrat was anxi s to throw up his job, and in ing so get in the lhmelight by king this sensational charge. the other hand, if it is true head of the legal department s had the prosecutions delayedj the interest of the accused imagine the President will e a few words to communi e with his Attorney General. %overnor Blease has d o n e ay with "Hangman's Day," ause he can tind no law tix Friday for the execution ofI se sentenced to pay the death alty, and he contends that! yother day can be used for purpose. There may not he tatutory day for the execution prisoners, but it has been custom for many im a n y a rs to name Friday, and cannot see why the gov ior should break the custom w. However, this is a prece t breaing time. President lson is constantly breaking cedents, and the newspapers AT Fourth or progressive TOGGERY dressed we | NE6L6EF J50c. to $3.50. Silk Hos best of Outi CLOT~ GET REGISTERED. The several registration board are directed to give public notic to open the registration booki on the first Monday in Augus and keep the same open at th county seat for the entire wee for the purpose of registerin voters. The order to these ott cers further says: Provide on day for the towns in your count other than the county seat, an go there a'nd open your books c registration, and to give prope notice by advertisement the tiu and place where the books wi. be opened. The object of this re quirement no doubt is to allom those interested in the cou ntie about to have elections f.>r new counties and dispensaries, t have an opportunity to procur< the necessary certificates, an< also to prepare the people fo the political contest next year should those in control of thi 'awmaking power enact legisla tion which will require the eer tificate in the primary. The peo pie should not neglect to ge registered; it is important tha every white man have this pa per, because it will not on ly play a part in the politics but in th< courts also; it is said that in the case of T. B. Caughman, charg ed with the killing of rural po liceman Bateman, in Su mt e county, the attorneys for the de fence have already had the ju rors and witnesses subpoenaed as witnesses and writs served upon them requiring th~em te produce their registration certif icates and tax receipts. It will therefore be seen that the ten dency is to place every citizen on a footing notwithstandmng the custom heretofore. The embarassment with regard to the trip of the veterans tc Gettysburg has been relieved by the timely proposal of Governor Blease to borrow the necessary money upon a joint note signed by himself and General B. H. Teague, the commander of thec veterans of this State. Mr. WV. A. Clark, president of the C ro lina National Banir, kindly offer d to aid the governor, but Gov ernor Blease had already obtamn d the loan from a personal friend. President Wilson made his second visit to the congress to eliver in person a message on he currencv law which hie wishes acted upon at this ses sion. It is not usual for the pres dent of the United States to ead his messages to congress, ut President Wilson has estab [ished a precedent. T h e de ivery of the currency message ook about nine inates, and al hough it is couched in fine En. ~lish ther-e is nothing in it sug ~estive of the character of a bill bo be enaterd into law. DllhILuxI )UH for your Ou' MAN! make a MAN 11! SHIRTS, ery, 2Sc., 50c.-and $1 itting. It cos TH''I WE NEED THE MONEY. - Senator E. D. Smith propose: eto have the federal governmen deposit with the banks of the tcotton growing States th( eamount of money now in th< ktreasury accrueing from the salb gof cotton seized at the close o: the war between the States upor' eapproved security at a low. rate yof interest. South Carolina's lsna re would be about $500,000. fThe purpose of the bill is to aid jthe b~inks to turn ish money tc harvest the cotton crop this fall. IIf the banks get this inoney at the rate of interest Sen ator SSmith contemplates they will be Sable to let the farmers have it Sat a much less rate than they )have been paying in the past. Sbut then, the amount is so small $500,000 for the whole State it r vill not go veryfar. Hiowever, every little helps. -Senator1 Martine. of New Jer ser, must have been greatly wrought up while in West Vir ginlia investigating the c o a I strikes, but the- newspapers do not say whether it was grape juice or moonshine that set his tongue loose. The old Senator did not manifest a judicial bear ing at the hearings, especially towards the man who joined him in the social glass. The press association begins its aamual session at the Isle of Palms tomorrow, a large atten dance is expected, but since the ne wspaper editors have been ad monished to stay away for the joints which dispense the joy liquid it has been suggested have the cases of grape juice inspect ed, especially that which is ship ped from the dry counties of the up-country. There is another rattling of te dry~ bones in the city of Co lumbia. in which the Chief Exe cutive and the city will probably have a fall out in the courts. Ac cording to a communication sent by the governor to the county dispensary board, the city of Co lumobia ha is collected more money fromn the dlispensary protits than it wasd. einnttled to, a nd he order's the boardn- to withholdi from the cty the somn of S41.5S4 8', and pay the same over into the coun ty treasury to be distributed be-I tween the public schools and the conunty Thle governor's action ibas~ed ur.en the opinion of the attoney general to whom this mattter was referred. He con tends~ thait the city of Columbia was only entitled to one third of the dispensary p.rotits and the ounty and the schools two tids. but1 acdCIi ng to the re, pots fid Columbia was paid by the for-mer board one half in stea of ne-third. e 'THI ing Trip ! S( carry himsell COOL UNDERI 25c.. 50c. and $1. Union! $2.50. ts no more ! 'D9vil The appropriation by the State of $1000 to aid the veterans to attend the celebration at Gettysburg was not sufficient to give to all who want to go enough money to pay their EX penses, and Commander Teague is being showered with criticism because he distributed this fund to the first applicants, and the State is also being censured for appropriating so small amount.' The legislature had no data upon w bich it could rely to know how much money it would take, i nobody expected the appropria tion was intended to cover the entire expense, nor was it con temnplated that those who were able to defray their own expense would participate in this appro priation. Aside from this, when it was proposed to make an ap propriation it was said at the time there would be dissatisfac tion among those it was intend ed to help, and quite a number of the older memjers were op -posed to making the provision. The Columbia State is making i a heroic effort to have the State's ? appropriation supplemented by I private subscription, and it is succeeding splendidly. Judging from the number- ofI letters that are being written in behalf of candidates for the po sition of State Librarian. the general assembly will have plen ty of material to select from. It is being said the present Librar ian will not stand for re-election naving decided to retire from public place, and as consequence the piace is being sought after by many ladies in Columbia. Itt would be a good idea if several positions could be taken away a from the scramble of politics; we t have often thought that some of our public places could be award f ed as prizes by the State ins titu- b tions of learning. The position of State Librarian could be t awarded by Winthr-op College, Uommissioner of Agriculture by g Cemson, Adjutant and inspec- - . tor General by Citadel, and the I ofice of Superintendent of Edu ation by the University of South arolina. If this was the law it .Id .ould be a gr-eat incentive to the ti tudents of our State institutions, s ad then these places would be filled on the merit system, and a not the button-holding or politi- a. cal system. It is amusinig to see how se riously the Orangeburg Times - and Democrat takes the gov ernor's joke about having the ditors watched while they are le n hlarlestou and at the Isle of Pams, and notwithstanding the th )rangeb)urg editor is a total ab tiner lhe seems to have an idea t le detectives will "frame up" , him one his -neighbo Elkhig : Soum ethoingiii, eas wte1Dckl, be-s o ds wit 5heproin tohslw wtdoeswee ts suspifrth froung Sot enacompoin mtiamilcausa proison teGovernori smpald posed ths Dick law, and hen is heosaed ofoc t ain thisSae War aretnot hceny ersed with the proison pofvtiso law. does sate toiliti The yony menic compsingo the militial aenamplengt nersth uer-t prvisions heagoaernoofshour. notobjct Reas alwas0. p he leaders of th paperion ofpeae te ar dpathritent hnc ereddsse hisence as well aleatoe and ait tes eantd tht e atrh HailsCatareh to maern t ror pravsitona io tar istak miita Th ie oe powhc bodamcom sraes fro the dera sovan igthpensrn t b y pntid onitawrke propretrs thae soumuch isin ots uatin pory officeoer. 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