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141/ PUBLISHED WEEKLY WINNSBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1.5, 1906.ESALHD184 SENATOR MANfI A Statement With Docum Charges Made by Ser At the campaign meeting held in Sumter Hon. Richard I. Man ning made the following state- I ment which he had prepared for the purpose of keeping the record straight respecting his position on zcertain measures which were before the legislature while he was a member: "I do not propose to be drawn away from my plan of campaign or into any controversy, but I in tend to conduct my campaign on a high plane, without mud-sling ing, for I do not intend to ask for the suffrages of the people of South Carolina by detracting from or injuring the chances or reputation of my opponents. But, inasmuch as mention has been made of my votes in the legisla ture on certain measures, I feel it necessary to keep the record straight. I will therefore have to correct certain statements which have been made. "Mr. Blease, in his speech in Columbia, spoke with a great deal of feeling when discussing the work of the investigating com mittee of the cruelty of imjuring a man's reputation by insinua tions or suspicions. He has not observed this rule in his refer ence to me, for it will be fonnd that in giving my record vote on certain measures he has given only a part of that record on those matters, and has done me an injustice and created a wrong impression. He may not have intended this, and he said to me that he would himself make the correction to which I called his attention in a personal conversa tion, but he has not yet done so, :and I will therefore set this record -straight myself. "I wish to say with reference to the bill regulating the rate of interest in 1903, reducing the rate of interest from 8 to7 per cent that I voted against that bill. My only business at that time was farming. I was a borrower of money annually, but I felt that if money lenders could not get the current rates for money from farmers that they would lend money elsewhere, and the farmers, instead of getting money from banks with which to conduct their business, would be forced to get advances from commission mer chants on a lien at a rate of inter 'est running from 10 to 30 per cent for advances. For this rea son, I voted against the reduction in the rate, and believe that that action has proved to be in the interest of the agricultural class. "On the child labor bill of 1900, I voted against the bill because of an understanding had with Col Jas. L Orr, Mr. Lewis1 Parker and Capt. Ellison Smyth, that they would use their efforts to have the mills regulate this matter themselves, if we did not sthe }aw. I then on that rstanding voted against the They made this effort with mills, but failed. The follow year, 1901, the act was again oduced and I voted for the 1, worked strenuously for its asae and spoke in support of] f the bill, as will be found in Senate Journal, 1901, pages 295 and 340. "On the bill to prohibit trusts, Senate Journal, 1902, pages 462 472, my reasons for voting as I did are as follows: There was a section in the bill exempting agreements with regard to the sale of agricultural products. Be-1 fore this, an act had been passed in Tennessee and Texas contain ing a similar provision. The act of Texas had been thrown into Sthe courts and had been passed . on by the supreme court of the United States. The decision of that court was to the effect that the whole act was invalid, inas much as this discriminating clause affected the whole act in favor ofI one class and rendered the act null and void. "In the senate I moved to strike out that section, because it would make the bill unconstitutional, nuil and void. I was trying to save the bill The senate refused to strike out that section andlI then said that in the face of the decision of the supreme court of the United States, which was so clear and positive, it was simply Schild's play to pass an act when we knew that the act would be null and void. "sI said, my purpose was to havea bill that would stand the test of the courts and prohibit trasts and monopolies. "Mr. Blease again quotes from the record in part and does me ainistice in the matter of the -xdam oppnnned tha bill IING'S RECORD. mtary, Proof in Reply to ator Cole L. Blease. when it was introdaced because it was stated, both by the railroad authorities and the employes of the road, that it was entirely op tional with i;he employes whether. they joined this relief department or not. But Mr. Blease fails to state my vote on-the bill the next year. "In the meantime I had inves tigated this matter and made in quiries among the railroad men themselves. I supported the bill in 1903, because 1 was satisfied that it was not optional with the employes. but was practically a matter of compulsion that they should join this department or would lose their position. My vote for the bill is found in the Senate Journal, 1903, page 243. "With reference to my position on the Caughman act of 1900, 1 will say I voted against a bill in 1892 which provided for a parti tion in car, but gave no separate toilet accommodation for t h e sexes, which would have been in decent. This bill failed because of its glariig defects. "The separation of the races was provided for by the act of 1898, when I was not a member :>f the legislature. When the bill was before the senate in 1900 to %mend the bill, I voted against an ndefinite postponement, which would have meant the. death of bhe bill. Certain amendments were put in it in the senate, which lid not meet my approval, and I oted against the bill as amended. c Dn the report of the committee t >f conference, the house refused ,o agree to the senate amend nents. On motion that the sen ite recede from its amendments, t was moved to lay that motion >n the table and on that motion e :o table- I voted 'Nay' which hows that 1 favored the bill as )assed by the house and as finally >assed, with one minor amend nent, and which amendment I greed to in committee of free onference. Senate Journal, 1900, >age 412. C "I was then put on the com nittee of free conference on the aughman bill..- That committee -ecommended that the senate re ede from some of its amend- d nents, I as one of this commit ee, of free conference, approved C he bill as passed which was sat- ~ sfactory to the author of the bill, wd I voted for it as it passed. "With reference to my vote on he repeal of the charter of theC 7irginiaCarolina Chemical Comn-C >any, I desire to state that the ill provided for the repeal of the ~harter of that company without ~ny process of law, which was a8 >roposition for which I felt that could not stand, inasmuch as uch an action would be entirely legal and unjust and would de troy property rights in an uncon titutional mqnner and would be a violation of my oath." In explanation of the author hip of the Raysor-Manning bill, senator Manning directed the 1 ttention of the public to the fol-L owing statement from Senator laysor: sENATOR RAYsOR's sTATEMENT. r C the Editor of The State: e In your report of the campaigo I neeting held here yesterday, it I ippears I assented to a statement n hat the bill offered by the senate lispensary committee, as a sub- c titute for the Raysor-Manning fi >ill, should be called the Raysur- a ['illman bill. This is a mistake a wd it was not my intention to g onvey ,any such impression. C While the committee's substitute C ontained most of the provisions v >f the Raysor-Manning bill, for i which 8enator Manning should beJ iven more credit than I, it also s ncorporated the views of Senator 1: 'illman as to purchasing whiskey, ~rom government bonded ware oses. It was really the com ittee bill, introduced by the :ommittee as a substitute for the Raysor-Manning bill. The bill, a t nost excellent one as a whole, did i e t in all its particulars meet my d approval, and I proposed amend- ( cents changing entirely some of c ts most impoitant provisions. I Ibe mere fact that I offered amendments to it while on its a passage does not give me the jf right to lay claim to its author ship. This may be unimportant, but I haye no desire to be credited for that to which I am not en titled, and in justice to those who labored so earnestly to safegagrd the dispensary from maladmii tration, it is well to keep the record straight. T. M. Raysor. Oranhnbrg July 11. rir. Pagan Explains. ro the Citizens of F a i r fi e I County: It is current throughout th :ounty that the large increase ( he delinquent tax of the curret year is owing to my lack of dut is auditor, and it is being use ,o draw votes from me in th -oming election. I will endeavc :o tell the voters during t h -anvass to what the cause is du< ind am satisfied that I can sho, o the fair-minded people th -ause, but as many will not hav :ime to attend the meetings, 2ave decided to have publishe his open letter, in order to reac ,hose who will not have time c )pportunity to attend the meet ngs. The first and greatest cause c he increase of delinquents, wa he school census that was take: luring June, 1904. This censu vas made for the purpose c )btaining the number of polls ani logs in each school district ;ogether with such property tha iad iuot been returned by th )wners for taxation. The enumer tors were appointed by t h iperintendent of education o he county to conduct this work econd, as for as possible ther vas added such property, pol nd dogs, as could be found, b; hich many names were adde< ;o the tax book of 1905. A larg, ercent of the additional name vere persons that had never pai< ax. 'ch as negro women, own ng a cow, a dog or a pig, and i ;ood many young fellows unde: ,ge or (or supposed themselve. o be,) and a number of otheri hat had not paid tax on accoun >f exemption. These peoplh .dded in this way had never pai< ax, they did not know really tha hey had to pay, so did not come orward to pay while taxes wert ieing collected. The number o: lames added by the schoo numeration, together with tha dded by the townships boards mounted to eight hundred anc Ifty (850), of which ninty pe ent were delinquents. There as quite a number of duplica ions also, caused by the enumer tion, in this way, the enumerato: f school district No. 2 wouk rithouPt knowing be in No. 3 o: 2, and get names out side of hi istrict, so with the enumerato: f No. 3, and all other schoo istricts of the county. I took charge of the auditor's ifice the first of March, 1904 .d made up the book of 190W com the date found in the offic4 >gether with the enumeratior iade for the schools. I had tc .o the work very- hurriedly ir rder to have the book ready foi he treasurer. This year I have een taking particular care, s< bie book for 1906 will be as free s possible from troubles that ave been hanging on from yea1 r year. I have, in fact, devotec iy entire time to the work, have ot had time even to say to the eople that I want to be thei2 uditor for the next term. The voters are being told that am idle and not attentive tc rork simply to catch votes. ] ivite inspection of my work, ] ave nothing to hide. E. F. Pagan. Galveston's Sea Wall 2akes life now as safe ini thal ity as on the higher uplands . W. Goodioe, who resides or )utton st., in Waco, Tex., needs o sea wall for safety. He writ es I have used Dr. King's New Dis overy for Consumption the pas: e years and it keeps me wel nd safe. Before that time I had cough which for years had beer rowing worse. Now it's gone.' ures chronic Coughs, La Grippe roup, Whooping Cough and pre. ents Pneumonia. Pleasant t< ake. Every bottle guaranteed a1 no. H. McMaster & Co.'s drug tore. Price 50c and Si 00. Tria. ottle free. UNDER TAKING WILL BE CONTINUED Il he future the same as in the p as n the old establishment in all it epartments with a full stock o askets, Burial Cases and Coffin onstantly on hand, and use o earse when requested. Thankful for past patronagi .nd solicitous for a share in th uture, in the old stand. Calls attended to at all hours. Tll ELIOTT GIll SHOP. J. M. ELLIOTT & Co. I S. PIXLEY, M. D WINNSBORO, S. C. Offices: 4 Law Range. T~ouns. 10 to 3. NOTICE OF ELECTION a Upon the Proposition of e Fairfield County Issuing $40,000 in Bonds for t Paying of Presnt In= I debtedness and fletting e on a Cash Basis r e Notice is hereby given ait an diec tion will bet held at the 4evernl pre Scinctsestab'ished by law inFairfield, County on 'TUESDAY, .\ UIST 28),I e 190, upon. the question f Fairfield E County issuing $40,000 in b), ads for the paying of present indebt'dness and getting on. a cash basis, pu .uant; to an Act of the- General.Assemb., approved i the 16th dat~y of February, ! 0, which r said Act. is as follows: AN AcI to Provide Funds "or Paving - the Present Indeht.edeis- .f -1Fairfield County, so as to put the Q. id County f on a Cash Basis. Section 1. Bc it efnacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of South 2 Carolina, That for the purpose of pay s ing the present indebtedness of the County of FairfielC, and providing for the expenses of the County, the County Board of Commissioners of the County of Fairfield be, and hereby are, author t ized and empowered to iss-ie and sell ir1erest-bearng coupon bonds of said a County, payable to bearer, and in such - denominations as they may deem a best, for the suni of forty thousand f ($40,000.00) dollars, "ad bearing inter est at the rate not exceeding 4 1-2 per cent.Ipei'annum,yayable annually, on a the first day of N ovember of each and every year, to bear date first day of November, A. D. 1906. to ben iade pay able forty years from , he date thereof, with the right to redeem and retire the same, or any part thereof, after twenty years, to be made payable in any legal tender of the United S* tes: and said bonds shall be exempt fonm all State, - County and municipal taxes. And any bank investing any part of its surplus in said bonds, that part of snr plus shall be exempt from taxation: Provided, however, That the question of issuing said bonds shall be submitted to the qualified voters of Fairfield County, on August 2S, 1906, by the Board of County Commissioners: And Provided, further, That said election shall be held on said date in the man ner and under the rules governing gen eral elections in this State, at which election the question of bond issue shall be submitted to said electors as follows: There shall be two sets of tickts, on one of which shall be printed, "For b Bond Issue;"and on the other, "Against Bond Issue;" and if the majority of the ballots be for bond. issue, then. said bonds shall be issued as provided in 7 this Act; and if the majority of the ballots east be against bond issue, then said bonds shall not be issued. Sec. 2. That said County Board of Commissioners ...of Fairfield County shall issue said bonds, to be signed by the County Supervisors and counter signed by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, to be impressed with the seal of the County Supervi sor, and the coupons thereof shall be signed in the same manner: Provided, however, That the signatures of said officers may be lithographed upon the coupons of said bonds, and suen litho graphing shall be sufficient signing thereof, and said bonds shall be num bered consecutively from one upward, and a record of the respective numoers, denominations and amounts of said bonds shall be registered and kept by said Board, in a suitable book provided iby said Board for that purpose. Sec. 3. That said County Board of Commissioners shall negotiate and sell said bonds for cash and for not less than par, and shall appropriate as much of the pi'oceeds of the sale as necessary to the purpose of paying off the indebted ness and pay balance to the County Treasurer, to be used for the general expenses of said County. Sec. 4. That there shall be levied and collected annually, from and upon all the property in the County, a sufficient sum to pay interest on said bonds; and the County Trreasurer shall collect the same and pay said coupons as they, may mature. And there shall also be levied and collected upon all the taxa ble values of the County a sum equal to one-sixtieth of amount of bond issue, for the year 1907, and for each and every year thereafter; which sum shall. be, and constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds when they, mature. Sec. 5. That the sinking fund hereby created for the redemnption of the said bonds shall be kept separate and intact. by the County Treasurer and Clerk of Court of Fairfield County, and their, successors in office, who shall consti tute the Sinking Fund Commission, and shall be denosite'd at interest in some solvent bank or banks within t his State for the benefit of said fund. The, said Sinking Fund Commission arei hereby authorized to use the said sink ing funds or any part of it in purchas- - ing and retiring the bonds herein authorized at any time, whether they be due or not, if same can be purchased at a reasonable priee, and to keel) a correct record of all such purchases and cancellations. The said sinking fundst shall be protected and held under the official bonds of the said County Treas urer and Clerk of Court. Sec. G. No part of the money arising from the sale of bonds shall be applied to the iudebtedness of the said County of Fairfield until the legal amount of: such indebtedness shall be first deter mined by a Commission to be appoint ed for that specific purpose. A pproved the 16th day of February, A. 1).1906. The following named persons have been appointed 31anagers of. Election, [to wit: Albion-J E Stevenson, W L Ros borough, Adani Dun bar. Bear Creek-John H Cooper, Charles Heins, E W Kennedy. Blythewood-C B Boney, WN A Broom, P B Hoffman. Centreville-W Bris Hogan, David Bran bam', Jr, T 0 Holl is. Feasterville-MI D C Colvin, Thos E Dve, Henry Coleman. Gladden's Grmove-Jas M Higgins, Thos McDonald, J WN Keistler. Green brier-S R Rutland, J R Del leney, WN P Blair. Horeb (Hawes' Store)-N D.Roberts, J WN Clark, A J Brown. Jenkinsville-B H Yarborough, J B -Curry, D L Glenn. Jackson Creek-Moses Clarke, J WV Pope. C K Tfurnler. ~ongtown-Saml McCormick, J T Stewart, A Wy Mthaann. Monticello-J H Aiken, W J Burley, A (, MIIeeekin. Rtidgeway-W G H7ininant, William Rembert, Chas Tidwell. Winnsboro-.JNo A Hlinnant, Jno 11 Neil, .Jas WV Boliek. Voodward-W M Harvey, S L Me )onabilI, .\ W Briee. On the day of election the Managers must. organize by the election of a Chairman and a Clerk, if necessarv. The Chairman elected is empowered to administer oaths. The Managers have the power to fill any vacancy, and if none of the Man agers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Man agers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the sane is coin pleted, and inake a statement, of the result.. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Comniissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the bal lots, and written statements of the re sult of the election. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election. They can be secured on and after August 21 at the Covrt House. Managers will be paid $1.00 per day for coming for the boxes and five cents per mile each way by the most direct route; one dollar per day for returning the boxes and same mileage as above; one dollar per day on day of election and live cents per mile each way, going and returning home, not to exceed three days in all. Each set of Mana gers is allowed a Clerk, who receives the same pay as the Managers. R. D. BOLICK, J. A. STEWART, Commissioners State and County Elec tions of Fairfield County. NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. In accordance with the constitution and rules of the Democratic party due notice is hereby given that on TUES DAY, AUGUST 2S, 1906, a primary election will be held at the usual places of voting in Fairfield County for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices, to wit: One Governor. One Lieutenant Governor. One Secretary of State. One Adjutant and Inector General. One State Superintendent of Educa tion. One Attorney General. One State Treasurer. One Railroad Commissioner. One Member of Congress, Fifth Dis trict. Three Members of House of Repre gentatives. One County Supervisor. One Judge of Probate. One County Superintendent of Edu ation. One County Treasurer. One Auditor. The polls will open at 8 o'clock A. M. nd close at 4 o'clock P. M., when the votes will be counted and the result leclared. The following persons have been duly ~ppointed Managers of said election ~nd one from each precinct will p lease ~all on the County Chairman Satur lay, the 25th inst., and qualify and get oxes and tickets: Albion-J E Stevenson, J T Doug ass, Fitz Dove. Blythewood-A S Langford, James Lorick, Durham Boney. Bear Creek-T C Duke, C H Heins, dI L Cooper. Centreville-W B Hogan, Charles kbell, Robt Eastler. JLongtown-J C Stewart, B F Cas ells, David Smith. Ridgeway- -N C Crumpton, E M Jellichamp, Wmn Spence. Greenbrier-J WV Richardson, S WV room, WV G Smith. Mossy Dale-T .C Camak, G R Perry, JI R Robertson. Horeb-A J Brown, G B Hagood, 1G Steele. Jenkinsville-C B Douglass, Jr, B H ~ar borough, S S Curry. Monticello-W J Burley, S G Mc eekin, J H Aiken. Feasterville--H C Coleman, S E Hill, PE Dye. Woodward-W M1 Harvey, T WV rice, Jr, J A Stewart. White Oak-J H Neil, Jas McDowell, E Nichols. Gladden's Grove-Will Dixon, Barnes loley, Robt McDonald. Wateree-J D Rawls, E L Lathan, oe S Isenhower. Mitford--J M1 Higgins, Jas Gladden. Holly Grove- Andrew Ballen tine, )scar Riley, Oscar Biroom. Winnsboro-W A Beaty, WV R Elliott, t Y Turner. Fairfield Cotton Mills-J H Hudson, A Wright, J S Babenbaugh. Jackson Creek-WV J Turner, WV J .opeC, .J C Stone. Sie~-J B Frazier, J 31 Edermng m,~ E M Milling. T, S. BRICE, J. R. CL RL EE, County Chmn. - S~ecretary. some Plain Facts about False Teeth. By using a package of DEN TAL TOOTH POWDER you can keep them an tiseptie,swveet and clean. It also con forms or coaxes the gums or mouth to fit the denital plate. It relieves the soreness of the gums. To be used on any kind of dental late. A large box of Dental Plate* >owder 5oc. soLD) oNLY n~Y Thomas' Drug Store 611 Main St., COLUMBIA, S. C. Mail orders 1 f Write for tjuled i i free circular. DAILY AR IT IS OUR PURPOSE TO K TO=DATE ST Staple and Fan Shipments in every line n Give us a call for anythi line. All orders given pr< attention. c. ai. 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Call WE SEL.L t in a trust. mns, Buggies lies here. Vaster. i forltess y us on your next pair or bill oes and be convinced that o just what we say. We izn stock all the new Toes eathers. Just now we have extra bargains to offer ycu ~otwear. ien in the city call in and et our stock. We will take ure in showing you our line. rmers' Work Shoes a spe DE STORE. S. C. Postoff ice Block.