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LO -IS AI'ELT. EiITOR. MLANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE :N. 1S97. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUUSCRIPI'ON IATES: One Year.... ........... $1.50 Six Months...... ................. ;5 Four 3Iontls ........ .-..... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time. $1: each subse quent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes ei i espect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal char acter will be published except as an adver tisemeut. Entered at tl~e Post Office at Manning as Second-Class Matter. "You can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. What's right is right, sooner or later the meaningless boasts and pre tenses or jingo merchants will be found out by the people. We have done what we said. We have but one price, the lowest. Sumter, S. C. Opposite Bank of Sumter. FOR CONGRESS. DANIEL J. BRADHAM. (UR CAND)IDATE. TTdiffS in advocating the can didacy of Captain Daniel J. Bradham, does so with a consciousness of feel ing that should the people of the Sixth Congressional District honor him with a majority of their votes, they will have a representative in Congress who will guard thei in terests with a zealous care. Captain Bradham is a man of indomitable energy and whatever he undertakes his wtnole soul is thrown into the effort; if he is sent to Congress it will not be long before his presence will be felt. He is not new to the public service, having been a public servant in war and in peace, and through the whole line of his official career, a proud record has been his. Captain Daniel J. Bradham has many friends and comrades in the Sixth Congressional District; his regiment 23rd S. C. V., was largely made up from Marlboro, Darlington, Marion, Horry, Williamsburg, Florence and Clarendon, and we feel sure that many of these comrades will flock to his standard now, as they did on bloody fields when he drew his sword and at the head of his men, gave the command "forward." There are many of th"e' old war-horses when they heara of Captain Bradham's an nouncement, whose minds ran back to the day when they were with him in that storm of shot and shell from which he was borne out with one arm shot of'. They will remember how gallantly he led and how nobly he made the sacrifice; their hearts were with him then, and will be again when they turn out in the pri mary to vote. Our candidate supports zealously any cause he thinks is right, and when the Reform movement was in its incipiency he was among the first to hold up its standard. He was also among the first to advance the idea of bringing the people together and by adopting a conseivative course himself, an example was set by which friction was removed in the bounds of his personal iniluence. The Sixth District cannot vote for a more meritorious and deserving man, and one who is able to do the people bet ter service. A VALUAB3LE P1ESCIfPTION. Editor 3Iorrisou of worthington. Ind., "Sun," writes: "Yout hav a' val able pces cription mn Electrie 13 tte' , and I can cheerfully recomend it for constipation and sick Leadache, and 's a .'ene ral systemi tonic it has no equal. 3rs. Annie Stehle, 265 Cottage Grove Ave. Chicago, was all run down, could not eat ncr digest food, had a backache which never left her and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored her health and renewed her strength .Prices 50 cents and $1.00. 'Get a bottle at R. 3B. Loryea's drug store. THERE SHOULD BE NO HYPOCIISYL Our Congressional contest so far has but twc announced contestants, Captain Da.iel J. Bradham, of Clar endon. and Solicitor J. M. Johnson, of Marion. Some of the newspapers in the district seem to have taken up an idea that Johnson has the advan tage on account of his fine record as Solicitor. When the meetings begin we hope Captain Bradham will be able to convince these same news papers that a good Solicitor is not the only qualification for a good Con ressman. What is needed is a man who thoroughly understands the con ditions of the country, and who is in full sympathy with the people. To make a good representative, it is not necessary that a man should be a lawyer. Mr. Johnson is a lawyer by profession and in his line he has proven himself a fine prosecuting officer. Captain Bradham is a farmer by profession and from his early manhood he has been closely identi fled with the people. He under stands their needs and being in close sympathy with them he, with that energy which is characteristic of him, will make a worker in the halls of Congress. WC do nct think the newspapers always size up the situation correctly, and we feel sure that in this race they do not. A large majority of the newspapers in this district are iden tined with the Conservative faction, and they profess to teach the putting aside of factional differences; all of these papers immediately, and before waiting to see the entries, began ad vocating Johnson. The Reformers are sincere in wanting to lay aside factional differences and our friends of the other side pretend to want the same thing, but their conduct shows they want the Reformers to put it aside, while they stick the closer to gether. This may be good politics for one time, but if the people find they have been deceived, it will re bound and the lines will be drawn as tight as ever. What effect the meetings will have on the voters remains to be seen. Captain Bradham and Mr. Johnson are good speakers, and if there is no difference in their platforms it will be a choice of men, if politicians working the sneak game do not pull factional strings. We have in this County a Conservative faction who will practically support Captain Brad ham because they know his record and appreciate his sincerity, and the- are anxious to see the people get together. We think the news papers would have done better work had they waited to see who would be in the race before they, with al most one accord, rushed to the John son standard. Their object, no doubt, was to scare off others of their own faction, so that they could go into the fight organized with but one can didate, while the Reformers may have a number, each pulling from the other, and in case a second race would be ecessary they hope the rural vote will be small as is usual in second primaries. In that case the towns, which are principally made up of conservatives, will virtually have the selection of the nominees. The voters of the district should acquaint themselves with the politi factional spirit and wve hope it w ill be, regardless of the desire of partisan newspaper editors who profess one thing and in the same breath practice another. NEW COUNTY AbilTATION. Some of our people have a con fused idea about the new county ag itation now going on in the Salem section of this county. They are under the impression that an election is about to take place. As far as this county is concerned, no election has been ordered and therefore none willj take place until the parties in terested comply with the law regulat ing such affairs. We hope, however, that the people residing in the town ships where it is proposed to place into the new county will not act hastily and will not allow themselves to be guided by men who have axes to grind. The scheme is principally being advocated by men who want office, and they are being aided by men who have property for sale. The latter, each and every one of them, hoe the court house will be located on or near their property. Of course, somebody will be disappointed and then will come the nick from sonme who are now most ardent in their advocacy of the scheme. Clarendon county is not too large and if any considerable portion is cut off, with out addinig area from Williamsburg we doubt exceedingly that we would have the constitutional area; but aside from this, we do not see the advantage of making this county smaller, it will not lessen the taxes on those living in the proposed new county, and it is very likely to in crease ours. The only thing in the scheme of benefit to anybody as we see it, is the opening up of a few offices for ,politicians, and the pros pect for the sale of town lots for the man who succeeds in getting the court house nearest his property. The court of inquiry to inquire into the Watts-College difficulty has inished its labors and placed into the hands of Governor llerbe the result of its investigations. Upon reading the testimnony we do not see how any other finding could be had. It was clearly shown that General Watts could have avoided the trouble and although he was not responsible for the occupancy of that special part' of the college grounds, yet, wvhen he saw that the presence of the military was likely to interfere with the hall game he should, as a high State oficer, requested the colonel to move his soldiers to another part of the field. We think the court's decision. is warranted by the evidence, at the same timne,we also think others should share the blame with Watts. 1R'CKLEN'S A131CA SALVE. The Lest saive in th~e woral for ents, rises, sores, aieers, salt rheum. fever sas, t';tter, chapped bands, chilblain, , orns and all skin: eruptions, and positively ures ples,or no pay requiredl. It is guar nteed to give perl-et sauisfaction or menev~ refunded. Prie :25e. per box. For sale by I)IStUSS PUBLIC ISSUES. We hope Clarendon will be well represented in Sumter on the 5th of July. Their favorite, John L. Mc Laurin will be there and the speech of. his life will be delivered on that occasion. It is rumored in some quarters that there will be a lot of personalities indulged in at ti Bu hlm ter meeting. We hope such 's not the case, but if any of the candi ates start that sort of warfare, the people should not allow the speaker to pro ceed. He should be stopped and given to understand that issueS an' not personlities are what the peolle waut to hear. There are some who will enter the race against McLaurin witih the expectation that oilers will make a "cat and dog light" to dis gust the people with both McLaurin anid his bull-r g opponent: in fact, we have been informed that a scheme has been concoCted to defeat Mi urin in this manner. The peo p 4e will hardly allow themselves fooled by a set of professional politi cians whom the' know to be jealous of MeLaurin; the candidate go m into the race with the hope that by some chance the piulum will drop into hil 1q, h ans that hope upon an inpossibility. Tl''ee is no power on earth to prevent the election of John L. 3cLaiuu to the United States Senate: the peop want him and notwithstanding the opposition of the 'p :tielas, they are gogin to elect himi with an overwhelmuing ma jority: "s sure as lie lives to see the day of election. WAT Is miNISIIEI SUFFICIENTLY. Governor Ellerbe's action in pub lishing an order dismissing Private Fishburn and reprimanding Private Dunning without reprimanding Gen. J. Gary Watts, as the court of inquiry recomimended, is bringing forth con siderable adverse criticism from the newspapers that seem disposed to persecute rather than to -punish an officer who unintentionally was one of the causes of the unfortunate difi culty which took place on the college green. The recommendation of the court as far as it 1elates to General W-tts was a punishment which we deem sufficient, but then, the Govern or is supposed to understand his busiucss and when he said that he would submit to the General Assem blv for its action that much of the court's recommendation as far as it concerns General Watts we cannot see why there should be such a hue and cry raised. When the matter is submitted to the General Assembly, the only power with authority to handle a cons: ttional officer, it will be for that 'dv to say whether Watts was guilty of such conduct as would jus tify it in removing him from office. We have no comments to make upon the finding of the court, which was composed of honorable men who, we believe, did their duty conscientious lv. We are personally acquainted with two of the three members that signed the findings. Gen. J. L. Stop plebein is a gentleman in whom we have the most implicit confidence, and of his official family we are a member, and Capt. Henry T. Thomp iu~ ..o eieu to mign puunec place. He is noted for his broadness of mind and for his conscientious dicharge of duty as was shown in the deplorable Darlington riot. With a bord made up of such material we wold be unreasonable to dif'er with them in their recommendations. In our opinion Governo? Ellerbe has done what he thought wvas best under the circumstances and he wvill not be swerved from his course by, nesapers or individuals who are disposed to humiliate an officer on account of polities. We will not chare it, but wve do believe the Co lumbia "State's" antipathy to Watts is founded upon a personal ill will towards that onicer dating back to the time when Watts is said to have prevented parties from irnterfering with troops, who were quartered at the Penitentiary at the time of the Dartington trouble. The editorials in the "State" read to us !as if it had found an opportutnity to pound a man it Las a grudge against. We may be mistaken in this, and we hope we arc. Nevertheless, it is wvrong to hit a man when he is down, and the findings of the court in our judgment is full punishment for the offense. The printing commit tee of the Al liance. whbo have control of the edi toiial poli'y of the "Cotton Plant" have found out that they' have been buncoed by political fakirs, and as they have a written contract with the editor, they cannot lake the paner' away from him until sixty days from the ime not ice has been served on him; that notice has been served, but the committee will not be able to get hold of the paper in time to prevent the political bushwhack ing gomng on by tile gang who have made it an inducement for the editor of the farmers' organ to violate his contract,and con vert a strictly non-partisan paper into one of the most venomously rabid partisan sheets ever published in the State. The committee did right in serving' the "notice to quit," and further, they did right in rep)udialting the political utterances of the esitor. Everv' Allianceman, and every' reader of that paper, will understand their organ was secured by false prletenses; just like a neighbor borrows a gun from his next door neighbor to as sasinate himu with. These political sharps. under the pretense of continu ing the "Cotton Plant" for the pur ~oses it was intiadel, no somerl'i get into fuilil po)d, >a with the doors lee'lod aga. L-st. ~ie rree turuI'l rihit in and :nk 1be p . aper' a silop bucket for dirt po'liiians5. Senator P.ettire, of South D~a kot, while deing~uU the tariff last Saturday w;s .sti ken dumb in the midst of a sentence. After being taken to is home his ar ticulatioul cae b 0ck to im. Charleston has a grand jury that should be photographed, in order that a future generation may be able to gaze upon their wonderful faces. WVe would suggest to Chief Martin that he procure these photos and hang them in his gallery among the other distinguished. These jurors have endorsed, upon each and every indictment for violation of the Dis pensary law "No Bill," and some of the members of the grand jury open i boast of being so prejudiced ,.n;inst the law that they would be lieve "one blind tiger against a dozen Metropoliian police or State constables." The police department selected a number of cases backed up with positive proof and presented tlemi to this model (': jury, and as was done by them in the last term. was ropeated in this. It is folly to irert cases to men who so flagrant lv violate their oaths, and when the iet:eral Assenibly meets we would sugest that a special commission be provided to draw the juries for Charleston. Perhaps then, men can be plaeed upon the juries who have some regard for the oaths they take, and are not controlled by the politi cians and rum-rushers. Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, president of the woman's depariment of the Tennessee Centennial, is a (laughter of Caswell Macon Thompson and a grand-daughter of Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under Pres ident Buchanan. She was born in Nashville, but spent her early child hood in Cuba. Her education was received in Nashville, under the Epis copal Sisters of St. Mary, and at Fairmont College. Monteagle, con cluding with several years of study in Paris and European travel. She is an enthusiastic leader of the woman's depattment. It is also said that Mrs. Kirkman: is a sister of the present wife of Jim Corbett, the prize fighter, but then she cannot help that. Charleston has at last got some thing new, trolley cars. Perhaps this new enterprise will infuse a little get up to that city. A Charlestonian does not take kindly to new inventions and this, no doubt, is the cause of that city being about twenty years behind the times in the way of rapid transit. No more will the old Char lestonian delay a car long enough for him to step to a stationary store to buy a newspaper. Now that the "trolleys" have been allowed to enter the sacred portals of the "City by the Sea," the time his come for Magnolia to throw open wide her gates to re ceive a few aristocratic funerals, that prosperity may have room to exist. Several Democratic Senators have tendered their services to aid Senator McLaurin in his coming canvass of the State. McLaurin has declined these kind offers of outside help. This was wise; if there is anything the people of South Carolina do not like, it is outside interference. If MLaurin cannot take care of himself, then the State has no man who can. The opposition to him can come out in droves if they like, and they will and the junior Senator a giant and a tower of strength among the people. ator's first y'ear's salary! The "Regis ter'" objections may be all right enough on general principles, but under the circumstances decency should have forbid any objections from any of the newspapers of this State. The effort on the part of some to prevent a primary for the selection of a Senator failed and if a weather ee is kept open the motive for the opposition, we think, will crop out. The Executive Committee did exactly right in ordering the primary and the people will express their approval by turning out to vote. Doctor Mtauly, of Furman Univer sitv, has tendered his resignation as president of that institution. What has gotten the m~atter with the heads of colleges? They must have wheels in them, and all ecommenced turning about the same time. The Rlepublican leaders hope to fnish the tariff oppressor to-day and shoulM they succeed, the country will breathe easier, and the people should hold thanksgiving services for being spared to live. Tillman's great speech in which lie demands an equality of benetits for an equality of the burdens, is being termed by the old-timers "the Evangel of Democracy." The Sumter "Herald" seems very solicitious for the Sixth Congressional District lest some candidate will succeed who is not out of a job. The widow of the late Senator Joseph H. Earle will receive from Congress 85,000, her husband's sal ary for one year. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED bv local applicat-ons, as~ they cannet reachb the diseased portion of the ear There is only onle way to CUre Deaftness, anil that is by consutattiontal remtedies. D~eafness is n-ed by an intied condition of the muosliin oflL the Eutach'!ian rTube. When*' ti- tube get . m ind.uel you htave a rumbling son 1 or' imperfet Learing, and whe itl is nirly closed'i D~etrness is thze reu:mtn unle's-sm th in ~unution can be 1u ot lii hari ng wil be- dtoedtotsnr fotr.t11 vr:"iu- e out4o ten are caut-ed b to Irb wxhic is no''tin.. but ant in (e~ codition of the tiucius sutrfaices. tas eana: eLent I by I~ail's Catatrrh Cure. S.n fIr 'irenlar1 free. F.. C ilE NiL & C'., Toledo, 0. Tiha C rtin ofHi3l. m e'xpeicts early actioni on his bill h)lisiU'v. WhTlile thte Ihil des inot r' eer spie(itie all to that State ori to thle systemit of 'elatitg the control of liquot' ini eral in its tiature i, thle prt'imary' result of iTs enctmttent will be to strength en the Dispe'n'ary law and olYset the r 'cent diecisiona of JIudge Simiiontu. The )ill. in enactllenit of whit-h tie South Carolina Senator is so inuch interested, provides for aillenllditlellt of what is Inowin as the Wilson law of 1:t0. That law llaces all liquor transported into a State or Territory subie-t to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory "enacted in the exercise of its police nowers. The amendment eliminates the police power clause, leaving the inported liquors subject to all the laws of the State just as liquors made in the State are. The purpose of this amendment i manifest. The decision of Judge Simonton is that the South Carolina law is not anl exercise of the police nower, hence this Wilson law does ipply! to liquors hrought into the State in original packages. The Wilson ltw was introduced especially with reference to the orig inal package decisions that destroyed the elTect of the prohibition laws of Iowa and other States. It is a short, necilie declaration that the State laws shall control, despite the claim t hat I liter-State coninerce is inter fered with. In its language that law is as follows: "He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Arnerica, in Con gress assembled, That all fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or Territory or remaining therein for use. consulmption, sale or storage therein, shall upon ar-ival it1 such State or Territory, be ,ubject to the operation and effeet of the laws of such State or Territory, enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extelit .and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of be ing introduced therein in original packages or otherwise." It is claimed that the effect of the Simnonton decision, if there is no further legislation on the subject, would be to render the prohibition law of Maine practically null and void: and, on this account, if on no other. Senator Tillman has the sup port in his efforts to amend, not only of the New England Senators, but of Speaker Reed, as well. It is upon the support of the Speaker that Sen ator Tillinan banks-in his claim that the propose aniendatory legislation will get thrbugh Congress at this session. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Senate some days ago. the Senate committee on Inter State commerce has jest submitted an interesting report in which the question of what constitutes the police power of a State is gone into at soie length. In stating the case the report says. "Time Dispensary law of South Car olina is an enactment for the polic ing and controlling of the liquor traffic, and the question to be decid ed is how far Congress went in the Act above quoted, or how far it may be willing to go in relinquishing its constitutional right to regulate In ter-State commerce to the several States in exercise of their police powers. In this connection there is first given this well-established definition of the police power, which has been sustained by a long line of decisions of the Supreme Court' "The police power includes all measures for the protection of life, the health, the property, and the welfare of the inhabi tants, and for the promotion of good or der and the public morals. It covers the suppression of nuisances, whether in jurious to public health, like unwholcsome trades, or to the punblic morals, like ganmb ling houses and lottery tickets. The police power extends to things not only intrin sically dangerous to the publbc health, such as infected rags or diseased meat, but to thir.gs which, when used in a lawful manner, are subljects of ,property and of unot moat the State may regulate its keep ing anid sale. And there is no article, the right of the State to control or to prohibit te sale or manufacture of which within its limits, is better established than intox icating liquors."' The report refers to the decisions estab lshng the right of a state to regulate and contiol the importations and sale of intox icatig liquors, and then to the "original plige" deccision, which declared uncon stitutiona the Iowa statute prohibiting the imotton of liquor in originail packages. Of these decisions the senate report says. "It wa in consequence of these deci ions whic~h changed the entire policy of the. Naiona! Governmwent that the Wilson bill was eniac'e-, andl the feeling of Con gress on this subject is shown by the vote. It passed the Seate, I yeas, 10 nays; and the House, 107 yea, 95 nays, those voting in the negative being almost all Democrats. *'An examinration of this law," the repoit goes on io say, "would saitisfy ahuost anyv reasonable mind that it was the purpose of Congress to relinquish absolutely to the States the rt gilation of the liquor traffic, but the reent decision of the Suprenie Court in the South Carmoina liquor cases would indicate that there is need of further legislation by Congress' before the States will be hitt free to deal with this important questonl albeeting the health, morals and ood order of itir own citizenis." Supreme Court decisions establishing the power of Congress to so legisla-e as to leave the iighis of the Statis unquestioned re quoted. "The- var-ious quotations from the de eijions of the Supreme Court couched in -ery strong and unmeistakeable language," continues the report. "-are sutticiently war rant for any legislation which miay be necessarv to set at rest once and forever the intenstion of Congress to so legislate that the policing of the liquor trafic by each State in its own way can never again be called in question." Gettiing down to the South Carolina situation, the rep~ort declares: -Wheni the States of Iowa and Kansas, throghb their law making powers, enacted prohibition, the Supremue Court declared that liqulor coddt go into these States in original packa ies, anti thait such legislation ws -an nterference w ith Interstate com merce, arid the Wiison bill was passed anti ha-, been sust iued by the Court. NtAw the State of South' Carolin , endeav-oring to ove this vet ious question, and hunting fr the best imethod ot policing arnd con toling the lIqumor traithi- has passed the Southi C arina Dispens~ary law, which was pitd in the Congressional Record, June 2 1s7. The Supremle Court again comes forward, notwithstainguu the Wilson bill, ad, in the case of Scott vs Donaldl, No. 411 October trm, 18, declares a very es senta;l featumre o- the' South Carolina liquor liw uncons'. iutional, to wit: Them statute in quiestion dleclrs t to be unlawimi for n one to impio'rt ltin or iio th State eX cet the State Coimmsioner, and providies pthat ev en he shall not binlg it in until it ha ben a nailzed by the State eminst andi proniouncedl to be pure. Provision is madie for its dal by btamte oflicers under -,triienteuion0's and in such manner as exneienc ha s how wxE ~ill best promot ob iety andt minitmiz-e the evis of the liquor tiatht" Extracts. f.om the decision of thie court in the ret amt south Carolinat casts are en it ih this commienit: -The etieet of the deision is to throw dowu all the batrrers erected Iby t State Iaw, in whicha she is prtotecte by the Wii soni ill, andl allow the untr'aainu led nm portaion of liquor into the - iatl urpn the imple claimta it is for~ ~iate use. T he Stae s:es t mure the useC of only pure li: inb riinn the State Commis siiner, before purchasing,tol hare them an alvz/id byx a cmenhtent themist. It does n t allo lii ori to bei driunk on the premo is.It iiohbit, the sale in the night time. Thbere i' noi iscimi nation against dtin, a iothe etta is shown by .\r. .Jstc a ;ritwn in is disse~nting opinion, an that learned justice 'points out the ef IeeEtiof the dec'~isin of thie court in the eoilowing language: "di a State cannot pib bit her own citizenis rOin ~impoirting liors as well as buying them at homie, the .n-tril is et at nought and the pro Candidates' Cards. FOR CONGRESS. To -rii I'EoPLE OF THE ;TH CONGRESSIO NAL DISTRICT OF SOtTH CARoLIA: I never expected to become a candidate for Congress, as my political ambitions have only been to serve the people of Clar endon, who have never rofused to honor me. The numerous letters, however, which I am teceiving not only from the Sixth district, but other parts of the State, con vince me that it is my duty not to disap point the expectations of my friends. I desire, therefore, to announce that I will be a candidate for Congress. It is not to be expected for many years at least, that the Sixth district will secure another representative who will rival in brilliancy, tact and force the Ilon John L. McLa urin, but I can at least claim that I am in thorough accord with him upon all national iuestions, and that if elected my personal and political relations with our Senators will enable us all to work in per fect harmony for the interests of South Carolina. I have for several years kept close track of all national legislation and I believe that our representatives are a credit to our State, and I also firmly ba lieve that the attitude of on.r Senators re ceitly upon the tariff question marks a new era in polit.cs which will be product ive of great good to the South. We have been preaching for years that money and not the tariff was the para momnt issue. The old political hacks in both partis have forced the tariff as an issue, and to Ti:lman and MeLaurin is due the credit, more than any two men in the United States, of eliminating the tariff as an issue and forcing the next campaign to be pitched ip.a Ln issue that will make the Democratic party triumphant. My views wre recently expressed in a public correspondence, and I shall take occasion to more fully expound them in the campaign. I am a firm believer in the doctrine of "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none," a principle of the Re form movement which all must recognize as just. I am glad to feel that tbe fac tional divisions, which heretofore existed, are now a thing of the past,and that the peo ple have been educated to vote their convic tions at the ballot box. Many of the causes of local dissension have been eliminated during the past few years; the divisions are now upon broad lines of national policy, and the people should be sure to have representa tives in thorough accord with present con ditions. Some of those who were opposed to us on bcal issues are with us on nation al issues. There are a number of good men in the race. If I am elected I shall esteem it a high honor, and if defeated shall not "sulk in the tent," but continue to work for the platform of principles so gallantly maintained by that greatest o1 leaders William Jennings Bryan. Respectfully, DANIEL J. BRADHAM. Manning, S. C., June 22, 1897. All newspapers published in the Sixth Congressional District will please insert the above announcement and send bill with copy of paper to Daniel J. Bradhara, Man ning, S. C. FOR CONGRESS. Encouraged by many friends, I hereby announce my Candidacy, subject to the rules of the Democratic Party, for the seat in Congress from the Sixth District of South Carolina, which has been left vacant by the appointment of Hon. John L. Mc Laurin to the United States Senate. Very respectfully, J. M. JOHNSON. hibitory laws of the several States rend ered inoperative in a vital particular. The fact that these liquors were imported for complainant's own use and consumption, instead of for sale, raises no question un der the Federal Constitution. Both are under the ban of the statute'" Concluding, the report urges the passage of the amended bill, which eliminates the police power provision, in this language: "Tf the 5.to of' Mi fer~n in to be the use of liquor before it can be allowed to regulate in its own way, then prohibition, which mnust be acknowledged to be afailure i declared by the Supreme Court of the United States as the oniv method which it will allow. The Gottenberg or Swedish system in no form can ever be attempted without the creation of a monopoly, public or private, and the decision of the court prohibits this for all time. "M\ore recently a Circuit Judge of the United States Court, basing his action on the recent decision of the Supreme Court above quoted, declares the Dispensary law is not an exercise of the police power, and that liquors in original packages can be imported into South Carolina and sold with impunity, and the State is helpless to stop it. Therefore, the passage of this bill is urged for the relief of that State from the evils oZ intemperance." Senator TJillman has made a canvass of the Senate, and is confident of the passage of the bill when he can get it up. It may be, however, that having the aid of Speaker Reed he will secure favorable action in the House first. M\r. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the Bur ton, House, Bnrton, W. Va., and one of the most widely known men in the State was cured of rheumatism Liter three years of suffering. He says: "I have not suf icient command of language to convey any idea of what I suffered, my physicians told me that nothing could be done for me: and my friends were fully convinced that nothing but death would relieve me of my suffering. In June, 1891, Mr. Evans, then salesman for the Wheeling Drug Co., re commended Chamberlain's rain Balm. At this time my foot and limb were swollen to more than double their normal size and it seemed to me my leg would burst, but soon after I beegan using the Pain Balm, the swelling began to decrease, the pain to leave, and now I consider that I am en tirely cured. For sale by R. B. Loryea, the druggist. Educated Farmers. It has been observed that higher educa tion has the tendency to make a man dis %atisied with farm life and the labors in cident thereto, and thus it is urged that farmers are justitied in denying their sons the liberal education afforded by our col leges and military academies, and allowing them but an ordinary school education, suicient, they contend, to meet the de man ds of the farm. We cannot agree with this theory, for while at first sight it has an alpparent plausibility, it is not founded on fact, but to the contrary. While most of the young men now seeking em ploment in cur cities come from the farm, theyv are not from the class that are winners of degrees at colleges; btit rather those whose anti pathy for hard work and educa tional deficiencies, are forcel to' occupy subltern p)ositious. As a general rule, where a man has energp and intelligence suflicient to carry off a diploma or degree , such an one will not pa use in his career of success, but will follow it to its close. Apply this to the graduate of an agricultural college and the fct still remains the same-the student of agriculture returns to the farm to benefit the farme~rs of his immediate neighborhood by the most approved method of farming. Because a man is born on a farm is not concluive of the fact that he must be a farmer.c Let him follow the bent of his enus and if it be for farming make hima model farmer by putting within his rea h th metad most approved methods of fri~g T he object of education is to in tllgtly I direct human erfirt, whether the same be individual or that of others. Thus it is, that while a farmer may labor with his employees his superior judgment brouht about by education enables him to; direct the whole. Famng each year is becoming more ad more scientifie, keeping up) with the mdace guard of civilization. Can it nmain tin its positlon if farmers cease to be sentsts? Give the bov an educaton; ne in'r not be a farmer, but if he is you wimll make. him the best farmer the county SALEI From now we will sell our Entire Stock of Suring and Summer Clothing, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods at Greatly Re duced Prices. The public can de pend on obtaining Bar gains. And we wil take pleasure in show ing our stock to ow Clarendon friends. /ROW , CU TN &ieu Cal ll o S=TJMTER.S REMOVAL SALE! To reduce the stock before moving into my new store, I will sell EVERYTHING AT COST FOR NEXT 60 DAYS. OurjMillinery Department Is well stocked with the very latest novelties and most fashionable styles in Millinery. These are all New Goods and will be sold at cost simply to reduce the stock. Every lady in Clarendon County should call and examine these goods, as rare bar gains will be offered. We also have a large line of Dry Goods : Cashiieres In the latest colors and figures These goods will be offered at prices never before equalled in the State. My entire stock of merchandise must be reduced, and for the next I sixty days, the entire stock, which in cludes everything kept in a first class store, will be sold at cost. Call early and get the pick of the goods. Yours resp'y, > H, D. RIFF, it. J. FRANK GEIGER, DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. OFFICE IN MANNING HOTEL. JoSEPH F. RHAz. W . C. Davis RHAME & DAVIS, A2TORNEYS A7 LA, MANNING, S. C. JOHN S. WILSON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MANNING S. C. Geo.S. Hacker& Son MANUFACTURERS OF DORSA- J.NS MOLI,,N UIDN --AEIL - ' CHRLSTNS.C SASH WEIGHTS AND CORDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. WINDOW AND FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY. The Base Ball Season has arrived, and R. B. LORYEA has received a full line of BASE BALLS -AND BATS. R. B. Loryea, The Druggist. SICH OF THE:COLDEN MORTAR. Enigleb erg .y Rice Thilers Thue only machine that in one operation will clean, hull and polish rough rice, pot ting it in merchantable condition, ready for table use. SIMPLE AND EASY TO MANAGE. --ALSO CORN MILLS, SAW MILLS, PLANING MACHINES, Ani all kinds of Wood-Working Ma chiny. Talbott aml( Lidddl On hand at F.sctory prices. V.C.BADHAM, ~General Agent,I ICOLUMBDIA. S. C.