The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 04, 1901, Image 2
]LOUIS APPELT, E-ditor.
MANNING, S. C.. SEPT. 4. 1901.
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HE CONCURS BUT DAMNS.
Inasmuch as the parties to the
discussion we herewith repro
duce, are well known to our
readers, we believe it will be
read with interest. It will be
remembered that at last session
of the State Democratic Commit
tee, a resolution was adopted by
a vote of 21 to 5 denouncing Sen
ator McLaurin, and asking for
his resignation. Hon. W. D.
Mayfield of Columbia was re
ported as having said that twelve
of those voting for the resolu
tions, regretted their action, and
Hon. D. H. Magill of Greenwood,
sent out a circular letter of in
quiry, to ascertain if Mayfield's
statement was correct. A number
of replies came, and among them
was that of Col. R. D. Lee of
Sumter, and which, together
with some inquiries from us, his
letter purporting to be a reply
to our inquiries, and our answer,
all of which was published in the
News and Courier. The Columbia
Sta-e did not publish our in
quiries although the letter was
sent in the same mail which car
rie. the one to the News and
Courier. The following is the
discussion:
R. D. LEE, OF SUMTER.
I beg to acknowledge the re
ceipt of a copy of your circular
letter addressed to the State
Democratic executive committee.
In reply I have to say that in
my opinion Senator McLaurin
by his course in congress has
not been faithful to the trust re
posed in him by the Democratic
party of South Carolina. - Ac
cordingly long before the meet
ing of the committee I had free
ly expressed the opinion that he
ought to resign. The resolu
tions introduced at the meeting,
whilst unexpected to me were
voted for without hesitation. I
thought then I was right and am
of the same opinion still. Hav
ing no regrets for my action, I
have expressed none. Yours
respectfully, R .LE
EDITOR APPELT TO COL. LEE.
To the Editor of The New s
and Courier: In reading the
replies to the Hon. D. H. Ma
gill's letter to the members of
the State Democratic committee,
who do not "regret their part
in the performance," I was im
pressed with the letter of Col.
R. D. Lee, of Sumter, whose
opinion is that "Senator Mc
Laurin by his course in Congress
has not been faithful to the trust
reposed in him by the Democrat
ic party of South Carolina."
An opinion from such a source
is worthy of more than casual
consideration, and as I am seek
ing light on the perplexing ques
tion as to what constitutes loy
alty to Democracy I would like
Colonel Lee to answer, through
your columns, the following
questions:
1. Do you, or do you not, ap
prove of Senator McLaurin's
vote on the ratification of the
Paris treaty?
2. Do you, or do you not, ap
prove of Senator McLaurin's
vote on the army bill?
3. Do you, or do you not, ap
prove of Senator McLaurin's
votes and position on the ques
tion of expansion?
4. Are you a Democrat if you
approve of the ratification of the
Paris treaty, the army bill and
expansion?
5. Is the question of ship or
railroad subsidies a party prin
ciple?
6. Do you regard the conver
sation had with me the night of
the committee meeting after ad
journment, pr~vate?
My object in asking the above
questions is to disabuse my
mind of any wrong impression
made in a conversation between
Col. Lee and myself. If, how
ever, he regards that conversa
tion private I will not expect
him to make a public answer.
LorIs APPELT.
Manning, August 21.
COL. LBE, OF SUMTER, ANSwERs
EDITOR APPELT.
Tro the Editor of The News
and Courier: I do not recall the
particular conversation with Mr.
Louis Appelt, intimated in his
communication published in your
issue of this date. Certainly I
had no idea that a private con
versation would be made the
basis of a public discussion,
wherever the same may have
occured.
However my views on public
questions are, I believe, well
known. The doctrine as formu
lated by Mr. Jefferson, that gov
ernment has no right to exact
money from its citizens by tax
ation, direct or indirect, except
such as may be necessary to con
duct the operations of that Gov
tered, is soundly Democratic. e
Hence a tariff levied for the p
purposes of revenue only and r
not for protection is time honor- N
ed Democratic doctrine.
The ship subsidy legislation o
proposes to donate millions of v
this money of the people exact- ?
ted from them under the forms tl
of taxation, to the enrichment p
of private individuals who own N
ships or may be thereby induced b
to build the same. This is not I
only not Democratic, but is per- r
nicious legislation. And yet I i
understand that Senator Mc- S
Laurin advocates the same. a
Again, to acquire control of t]
Federal patronage through the t
favoritism of a Republican Ad- r:
ministration and dispense the t]
same amongst members of the p
Democratic party is an act of t]
disloyalty to party organization. t]
And yet I have understood that tl
Senator McLaurin has done this v
thing. n
Expansion of American trade p
and commerce by legitimate a
methods is Democratic and c
praiseworthy. Even territorial C
expansion, whereby contiguous t
territory is acquired for homes t]
for the people with the consent t]
of its owners and not against the i
opposition of its inhabitants, as
in the Louisiana purchase, ad- c.
vocated by Mr. Jefferson, is en- g
tirely Democratic. But a career C
of imperialism, whereby millions b
of foreign people inhabiting dis- S
tant lands, where, that "all just h
powers of Government by force n
and against their will, is a viola- C
tion of the ancient Democratic
doctrine promulgated by Mr, Jef- C
ferson in the Declaration of In- v
dependence and elsewhere that a
"all just powers of Government u
are derived from the consent of d
the governed.". Yet Senator a
McLaurin is said to favor that h
policy. I
The ratification of the treaty v
of Paris was advocated by Mr. n
William Jennings Bryan, at that b
time the. acknowledged leader of b
the Democratic party, and was N
voted for by any number of g
Democratic Senators. I have tl
never criticised adversely Sena- I
tor McLaurin's vote on that o
question. .. .)
The doctrine announced by t
Mr. Jefferson that large stand- e:
ing armies in times of peace is a
menace to the liberty of the o
citizen, is sound and Democratic. li
He wrote when the population a
of America was but a few mill- b
ions, but the principle is still h
unimpaired. The application of k
that doctrine to the army bill,
whereby an army of 60,000 may h
in time of actual hostilities be a
increased to 100,000, and for a a
short term of service, is not a
clear,. Especially where our a
population Is now 76,000,000 and
the American people have en- ti
joyed for more than a century ab
Republican form of government. t3
I have never questioned Mr. f
McLaurin's personal integrity, y
but have simply differed with
him in political cpinion. I be
lieve I have in substance, at
least, answered Mr. Appelt's a
iquries.
R. D. LEE. b
Sumter, Aug. 23, 1901. c
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APPELT'S EXPOSE. I
To the Editor of The News C
and Courier: I highly appreciate JI
your fairness in publishing my I
letter of the 23rd. inst., making I
inquiries of Col. R. D. Lee, of e
Sumter, with regard to certain I
national questions. I sen~t a copy I
of the same letter to the Colum- s
bia State, and that paper did nota
publish it, I presume, because t
my questions indicated views I
that it is antagonizing. There- '
fore your disposition to be fair e
and permit an honest discussion a
of these questions is commenda (
ble and deserving of my profound t
thanks.t
In his reply to my questions in a
your issue of the 26th, inst., Go]. d
R. D. Lee complains of my mak- t
ing a "private conversation" the t
basis of a "public discussion." t
He evidently recognizes the right I
of a citizen to have private and t
public political views, the one
the opinion of the man, the q
other, those of the crafty politi
cian. My standard of citizen- q
ship teaches me that what is ex- t
pressed on public questions in s
private should also be the views t
to be publicly expressed. Con- 1
sistency demands this, and hon- I
esty to the people demands it. t
Hence, knowing Colonel Lee as i
I do. and entertaining a high re- t
gard for him, I assume that what I
he stated in a private conversa- t
tion on a political question was his 1
public views, or else I should 3
not have alluded to what took t
place on the same night, andit
shortly after the adjournment of
the executive committee, which c
had adopted resolutions that I 1
regard infamous, and for which s
my friend voted. c
In justice to myself I shall I
briefy relate what took place a
between us on the night alluded a
to, I was waiting for a car to go I
to the Governor's mansion, I
where I was a guest, and Colonel t
Lee came up on his way i
to his hotel, I twitted him c
pleasantly about voting for the t
resolutions, by asking him if he, E
too, was afraid of Tillman's a
whip. He said: "I think Sen- a
ator McLaurin has gone too far." i<
He said: "Now, I approve of a
McLaurin's vote on the Paris y
treaty: you know Mr. Bryan ad- a
vised it and I think he was right. E
I also approve of Mcbaurin's s
position on expansion; this i.
country has made wonderful I
strides, and McLaurin's vote on
the army bill was, under the o
Icircumstances, eminently proper, d
Ibut when McLaurin voted for r
~that ship subsidy bill he went l\
too far." This is almost word I
Ifor word what Colonel Lee said. Ic
T~ nyeaesrd my amazement that, ji,
tertaining the views he ex
ressed to me, he voted for the
asolutions denouncing Senator
IcLaurin, and I said to him:
Colonel, you endorse McLaurin
n three of the four questions
-hich the committee take issue
ith, and the fourth question
ie ship subsidy bill-is not a
arty principle, nor did Senator
IcLaurin vote for a ship subsidy
ill." I explained that Senator
cLaurin in speaking to the
solutions he introduced at the
istance of the Southern Cotton
pinners' Association, incident
1ly expressed his approval of
ie business policy of giving aid
> the American merchant ma
ine, that our people might get
e benefit of competitive ship
ing to foreign ports, but that
sere had never been a vote on
ae bill, and what is known as
e Frye-Hanna bill did not meet
ith McLaurin's approval, but a
iodified bill would get his sup
ort; anyway it never reached
vote and now lies among the
arried-over or continued bills in
ongress. Colonel Lee seemed
> be under the impression that
Lie vote had bee-n taken and
aat Senator McLaurin voted for
. I presume my friend was too
usy in his law office to watch
losely the proceedings of Con
ress, but if he will examine the
ongressional Record, with one
all the care he devotes -o the
upreme court reports when he
as a doubtful case, he will knc
iore of what has been done
ongress.
Having had an interview with
olonel Lee, and finding that
'here he differed from Senator
cLaurin was only on a point
pon which he was laboring un
er a misapprehension, .I was
mazed at the language he used
i his reply to the Magill circu
r, I rather expected that he
-ould have acknowledged his
mistake and expressed regrets for
eing a party to an injustice,
ut when he said: "Senator
EcLaurin by his course in Con
ress has not been faithful to
e trust reposed in him by the
'emocratic party of South Car
lina," I feel in duty bound to
iy friend to propound questions
> him which indicated his views
zpressed to me.
Colonel Lee says his "views
a public questions are, I be
eve, well known." No, they
re not, for they do not seem to
e well known to himself, then
ow can they possibly ':e well
nown to others.
What does a close reading of
is letter show? It shows an
ttempt to confuse the issue by
nswering questions I did not
sk. I never asked one thing
bout tariff, yet he makes a
unching bag of the tariff ques
on, and, proceeds to exercise
imself with it until he reaches
Le conclusion that a man who
vors a protective tariff is not a
)emocrat; but to gratify my
riend in his side-stepping tactics
ith the hope that he will come
C the scratch later, I will take
peep at the soundness of that
osition. Colonel Lee claims to
e a sound Jeffersonian Demo
rat, because he favors a tariff
r revenue only. Does he not
:now that many distinguished
)emocrats in the past have fav
red a protective tariff? Samuel
.Randall, the distinguished
)emocrat who for years was the
)emocray's floor leader in Con
:ress, and often spoken of as a
omnee for President of the
)emocratic ticket, was the
trongest kind of a Protectionist.
ohn C. Calhoun had the reputa
ion of being re Bemocrat and he
avored a protective tariff.
he first protective tariff bill
nacted by Congress had for its
uthor a South Carolina Demo
rat; other Southern Represen
atives have since favored a pro
ective tariff, Senator Tillman
mong the number. There is a
iversity of opinion on this ques
ion. Therefore it is no test of
rue Democracy. However the
ariff question is irrelevant and
Las nothing to do with the ques
ions propounded.
I asked Colonel Lee, "Is the
iuestion of ship or railroad sub
idies a party principles?" This
Luestion he proposes to answer
iy stating his opposition to ship
ubsidy legislation. He does
Lot answer my question at all,
>ut he goes off on an old thread
>are argument, or rather asser
ion of politicians that all such
aeasures are "steals," and in
ended for the enrichment of
rivate individuals. An argu
aent one can hear in any store
ot on a public day, from people
ho have never had an oppor
unity to investigate the ques
ion and really are totally igno
ant of the effects and intention
if such legislation. But, parrot.
ike, they repeat the windy as
ertion of some favorite politi
ian, who possibly is as well in
ormed as they are. It is not
.rgument one would expect from
profound lawyer, such as my
iend is, and I am surprised that
te is so careless of his reputa
ion as to permit such an argu
aent to go out from him. Col
inel Lee's opposition to it seems
o be based upon the ground that
enator Mcbaurin advocates, as
business principle, giving aid
n encouragement to the Amer
::an merchant marine, to enable
ur freight-carriers to compete
rith the subsidized ships of En
:land and Germany, and, as
enator Tillman has denounced
uch leghslation as "Republican
am," of course anything Mc
aurin favors is not Democratic.
I did not ask my friend his
pinion about Federal office-hol
ng but he takes occasion to
iake a a bugbear" out of Senator
cLaurin's having obtained a
'edera' "opointment for a Dem
rat in outh Carolina. If that
a n inicatin of dloiyalty io
the Democratic party, why does
not the same rule apply to Sena
tor Tillman and Congressman
Latimer? The former has re
ceived an appointment for a
nephew and the latter a lucrative
appointment for his son. Mc
Laurin got his for a friend, and
the others got theirs for kins
men, but, because McLaurin ask
ed and received an appointment
for a Democrat to fill the Green
ville postoffice, the only one he
has so far received, he must be
read out of the Democratic party
by a committee assembled for
another purpose, and composed
principally of politicians and as
piring office-seekers; the chair
man, who issued the call, voted
for the resolution, after having
used his infiuence with Governor
McSweeney to return Senator
McLaurin's resignation, and in
urging his appeal to the Gover
nor he said that he "had just
seen Tillman, the whole thing
was done in passion, and the res
ignations should be returned."
Col. Lee :ays more stress upon
his fancied Democracy than upon
the good of the people of this
State. In other words, he would
rather have negro postmasters
in every postoffice in South Car
olina than to ask a Republican
Administration for competent
white Federal officers. The peo
ple surely have reason to cry;
"Lord, deliver us from such De
w~"acy".
.ve about reached the con
in, from Col. Lee's "me-too"
utterances, he has mistaken Pop
ulism and his newly acquired
Tillmanism for Jefferson Demo
cracy. He favors expansion of
trade and commerce, even terri
torial expansion. He recogni
zes that expansion of territory,
trade and commerce is and has
been Democratic for nearly a
century. To this is due the un
exampled growth and prosperity
of this country. The attempt to
distinguish between contiguous
and foreign territory by the
United States is a begging of the
question, and shows my friend's
lack of material to sustain his 1
Populistic Democracy.
"The ratification of the treaty
of Paris", says Col. Lee, "was t
advocated by Mr. Will- m Jen- t
nings Bryan," and he lso fa- 1
vored it, and has "never criti
cised adversely Senator McLaur
in's vote on that question." Why,
yes, he did, when he responded
to Senator Tillman's demand by
voting for those denunciatory
resolutions. But not-withstand
ing the fact that Col. Lee and ?
Mr. William Jennings Bryan fa
vored the ratification of the trea- i
ty of Paris; Col. Lee is opposed
to "territorial expansion." I do
wish that my distinguished friend
would tell the people if the 1
"treaty of Paris " did not carry
with it the acquirement of the
Philippine Islands; if not what
did it carry? The Ph~ili-ppines
were acquired under the treaty 1
at a stipulated price, and I can
not conceive of the consistency
of favoring 'the treaty and op
posing the acquiring of the ter
ritory carried by said treaty
According to Col. Lee's own ad
mission he endorses expansion 1
by endorsing the treaty, other-1
wise there is a glaring inconsis
tency in his views. In a large
standing army Col. Lee sees the,
"ghost" of militarism, and falls
back upon Jefferson's declaration
of a century ago, and yet not
withstanding this apparition he1
realizes this country has grown
and he admits the necessity for
the increase of our defences.
The population of the United
States is now 76,000,00, and com
mon sense tells us that we need
a larger standing army now than
we had in Jefferson's day-this1
is apparent to Col. Lee and every
one else.
When Gen. Thomas Sumter,1
of Revolutionary fame, visited
the village of Sumter, dressed
in knickerbocker breeches and
silver-buckled low-cut shoes, on
ly one guardsman was needed
for the protection of the citizens,
but the city of Sumter today, on:
account of its increase of popu-1
lation and properity, needs a
strong police force to make life,
property and the pursuit of hap
piness safe, Times have chang
ed. When our population was
25,000,000 we had 25,000 soldiers
and now that our population is
76,000,000 is there any greateri
danger of militarism with 75,000
soldiers? This is no longer an
infant Republic, the swaddling
clothes have been put aside;
Mason's telephone inventions
had something to do with throw
ing them aside; this is a world
power with a trade and corn
merce exceeding any other na
tion, and we need a sufficient
force to protect us. The patri
otism of 76,000,000 freeman in
this country will alwvays be a
safeguard of their liberties. If
my friend will cast aside the
magnifying and deceiving glass-1
es of Populism and wipe off the
lenses of his newly acquired
Tilmanism he will not see vis
ions of spooks and he will not
have terrifying dreams about
the liberty of American citi
zens.
There were other replies to
the Magill circular which could
be questioned, but I felt that I
was entitled to take the liberty
with Col, Lee, because I was re
sponsible for the high honor
conferred upon him by the
Democratic p arty, when it made
him one of the electors at large
to cast South Carolina's vote
for William Jennings Bryan. It
was I who nominated him. and
secured the promises of my
friends on the committee to elect
him, and he won the prize over
a number of distinguished gen
temen, some of whom are now
candidates for the U. S. Senate,
and are going over the countryji
mking. eloquent seches trv- b
ng to persuade the voters to
;end them to Washington to sue
seed the Hon. John L. McLaur
in. I was very proud of my suc
3ess in having Col. Lee's high
3haracter and ability recognized.
[f then to favor the ratification
>f the Paris treaty, by which
foreign territory was acquired
for a moneyed consideration, and
to increase our army for the pro
per protection of our increased
nterests, is Republicanism, then
Col. Lee himself "has not been
faiThful to the trust reposed in
bin by the Democratic party of
South Carolina," for he endor
;es these things, and he should
make public apology for dam
aing an honest public servant,
who is endeavoring to serve the
best interests of his State, and
whose views are not materially
lifferent from those held by my
listinguished friend from Sum
er. If to be a Democrat in
South Carolina means to vote as
Senator Tillman dictates, then
n the language used by Senator
Tillman in 1896 at Wichita, Kan
as, I canl iexclaim, "And you
Democrats, who say you have
lways voted with the party and
vill continue to vote it, God have
nercy on your imbecility."
LoUrS APPELT.
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ARTICLE VI.
I cannot see how any discerning
Southern statesman, who has the
ense of a doodle, can oppose the acquis
tion by this country of the Philippines;
.nd the pacification of those Islands,
or no step taken by our government,
ince the Declaration of Independence
was signed, will do so much for the up
)uilding and enrichment of the South.
I can readily understand why even
he Republican press of New York,
3oston, Chicago, and other great Eas
em and Northern cities should oppose
he policy and why the populists of the
Nest should seek to make opposition
o what they call " Imperialism " one
if the principle planks in the Demo
ratic platform, and which they have
ucceeded in doing.
In fact, I believe those Western pop
list leaders are simply hirelings in
he pay of the different Pacific rail
rays, and that they are using our
southern Democrats as a cat's-paw to
ull their chestnuts out of the fire.
.nd our delegation have heretofore
een fools enough to let them thus use
is.
When agitation- over annexation of
he Philippines has ceased, and those
slands become an integral part of the
nited States, the same as Porto Rico,
he digging of the Nicaraguan canal
ill become a commercial and a war
lecessity; and the completion of this
~reat interoceanic artery of commerce
Ld assured enterprise..
With this new and near route be
,ween England and Europe the Asiatic
rade opens to commerce, the entire
Western bound traffic of the Old
orld, instead of beinie as is-now the
ase, carried through the Suez
anal, around the Cape of Good Hope,
r first touching Ne wv York, Boston or
ome Eastern city and from there car
ied across our continent on one of
hose Pacific rail-ways, will then be
ransported through the Nicaraguan
~anal, and touch at Charleston, Savan
iah, Jacksonvile, Mobile, New Orleans
Ld bther Southern sea ports.- This
4ill necessarily seriously cripple the
)usiness of those as also the traffic of
ivery line of rail-way, extending to the
acific, and build up the South.
In fact, let that Nicaraguan canal
ye built, and you can't put encugh
reight on Charleston, Port Royal and
~very other, South Atlantic and Gulf
~ea port to keep them down. Every
ail-way leading. to one of these ports
ill have to be double tracked, to
ransport the Southern coal, Southern
ron, and Southern produce of all kinds
o load the thousands of vessels that
ill line our harbor. The South will
mecome the richest and most prosperous
~ountry on the globe, every idle water
>ower will be utilized to turn machin
~ry and not only will the cotton mill
musiness of New England be moved
south; but thousands of other manu
~acturies now confined to the North.
This will be an inevitable result, and
.t is as plainly discernible as the noon
lay sun.
Today, in order that Southern pro
lucst may reach a foreign market, they
nust first be transported by rail to
New York. If destined for Europe
hey must th'en be caried across the
.tlantic Ocean, in English, German,
r French vessels. If we want to reach
;he Eastern trade, they nmst be carri
ad by railway at least three thousand
iles across our continent to San Fran
~isco, and then loaded on board some
ressel, or else carried entirely around
he world.
Ever since the war the South has
een striving to secure direct steam
hip communication with Europe, but
here was no possible chance for ob
~aining this desirable end. Only an
>ccasional tramp vessel touches at one
)f our ports. Ninety per cent of our
3outhern foreign trade is transacted
brough Northern ports and transpor
ed in foreign vessels.
But let that Nicaraguan canal be
n'ce built and our Southern cities will
rival New York and Boston, and semi
usly cripple the conveyance of those
orts, and we will have unlimited and
iending direct communication wvith
he Old World.
And not only will our Southern sea
orts become magnificent cities, not
nly will every idle water power in the
outh be utilized and the earth made
;o yield up it's hidden wealth and the
vhole country be checkered with lines
>f railway, but our Southern farmers
mnd cotton producers will reap their
ull share of prosperity. A nd this fact
[can establish to the satisfaction of
very intelligent man who will reason
or himself, and not let a gang of poli
icians and office seekers do his think
ng for him.
The Alliance was organized for the
urpose of "plumping out the middle
nan," and let our farmer deal direct
vith the manufacturer. We have never
>een able to accomplish this end and
ever will so long as the present condi
ion of affairs exist. Each and every
ear the price of our cotton is fixed in
e'w York or' Liverpool, and that, too,
nred of Chronig Diarrhoea After Thirty Years
of Suffering.
I suffered for thirty years with diarrhoea
nd thought I was past being cured.' says John
. Halloway of French Ca~mp, Miss. " I had
pent so much time and money and suffered so
nuch tbat I had given up all hopes of recovery.
was so feeble from the effects of th~e diarrhoea
hat I could do no kind of labor, could not oven
ravel, but by accident I was perndtted to rind a
,ottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Chc lera and Diar
hoea Remedy, and after taking s;eve.ial bottles
am entirely cured of- that trouble. I am so
>leased with the result that I am. anxious that
tbe n reach of all who suffer as I have." For
ale by The R. B. Loryea Drug store, Isaac M.
before a furrow has been run or a secd
put into the ground. We must accept
for our great staple and only money
crop whatever price those gamblers
and speculators see fit to give us.
I But when that Nicaraguan canal is
completed, and great fleets of steam
ships bound for the East, must touch at
our ports. our Southern farmers will
then be able to deal with the men who
manufacture their cotton into cloth,
and abolish not only those Liverpool
directions and those Wall street specu
lators, but put in their pockets what it
now costs to transport a bale of cotton
to New York. At the very lowest cal
culation this will be a net gain of from
two to five dollars to our Southern
farmers on every bale of cotton they
produce.
The South will then not only have di
rect trade with Europe, but our cotton
growers will be able to deal directly
with the manufacturers and save the
millions upon millions of dollars they
are every year forced to pay to railroads
and the army of men who handle and
manipulate their crops. The Southern
farmer can then haul his cotton to the
nearest mill and sell it, and if prices
there are not satisfactory, carry it to
some neighboring sea port, and where
all the great foreign mills will have
buyers.
And not only will the cotton grower
be benefited, but there are thousands
of other commodities produced in the
South, now going to waste for want of
transportation, and for which we can
find a ready market. It will take a vast
quantity of vegetables and meats to
victual the thousands of ships that will
touch at our port, and therefore our
farmers will find a convenient market
for everything they grow on their land.
And many of those vessels will return
in ballast and we will be enabled to get
very cheap freight rates across the
ocean. In clearing land, we can util
ize every stick of timber. Take the
common locust, for instance. They
command a high price in England, but
we let this fruit rot on the ground for
the want of a market.
Now, cannot the intelligent Demo
cratic voters of South Carolina see why
those 'Western Populists, who live on
the line of a Pacific railway, should
seek to prejudice the South against the
annexation of the Philippines, and
commit the Democratic party to a poli
cy clearly inimical and antagonistic to
the interests of the South, and which
will result in keeping back our section
and making us continue to pay tribute
to the East and the West.
And neither can I understand how a
newspaper, published at one of our sea
coast cities, should fall into any such
trap. Five years from the day the
Nica raguan canal is open, Charleston
will not only double, but tripple, in po
pu-lation, business and wealth.
But I am not through with this Phil
ippine question yet, and in my next
letter I will show what our new East
ern possession will do both for the cot
ton producer and manufacturer.
T. L. GANTT
Inman, S. C., Aug. 1901.
Did it Ever Occur to You that a little
PERRY DAVIS' PAIN-KILLER on the
end of the finger applied once or twice
to a mosquito bite would counteract the
poison and speedily reduce the swell
ing? Pain-Killer will also cure bites
and stings of other poisonous insects as
well as reptiles. See directions as to
use upon wrapper on each bottle. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain
Killer, Perry Davis'. Price 25c. and
50c.
You know What You Are Taking
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every botle showing
that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. No Cure, No pay. 50c.
Agood looking .
orst kid of a comn
Eureka '
,Harness Oift
not only makestheharnless and the
horse Look better, but makes the
leather soft and pliabe, p~sin co
as it ordInarily would.
s~. aMe by
S STANDARD
OIL CO.
(Oive "7'/ '
Your I/i{
Horse a >/,$
Chance!
FOR SALE.
In order to dispose of perishable prop
erty belonging to the estate of the late
A. T. Tindal, I offer for sale a fine young
Horse in excellent condition and one
Two-Horse Thimble Skein Wagon with
Body, cheap. Apply to
W. SCOTT HARVIN,
Executor.
Supervisor's Notice.
During the summer the duties of my
office will require most of my time on
the roads, and the Supervisor's office
will only be open for the approval of
papers at the regular Board meetings,
the first Saturday in each month.
Persons having business in the office
will call on Mr. J. H. Lesesne, clerk of
Board. T. C. OWENS,
Supervisor.
Land Surveying and leveling.
I w~ill do Surveying, etc., in Claren
don and ad joining Counties.
Call at office or address at Sumter, S.
C. P. 0. Box 101.
JOHN R. HAYNESWORTH.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Clarendon,
By James M. Windbam, Esq., Probate
Judge.
WH E RE A S, J. P. BREWER
made suit to me, to grant him Let
ters of Administration of the estate of
and effects of Mary E. Cobia.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Mary E.
Cobia, deceased. that they be and ap
pear before me, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Manning on the 6th
day of September next after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause. if any they have, why
the said administration should not be
granted.!
Given under my hand, this 20th day
of August A. D. 1901.
.JAMES M. WVINDHAM,
[SEA L.] Judge of Probate.
[23-3t
Converse College,
AN ENDOWED COLLE CE FOR WOMEN.
Buildings and Property $250,ooo-oOr
Thirty College and University Trained Teach
ers. 4?7 students from twenty States.
Standard of scholarship equal to the best col:
leges for meln. A. 13. and A. M. courses.
Modern buildings. Fine appointments in Li
brary Laboratorics. Gymnasium Society Halls.
Conservatory of Music. Campus 55 acres.
Intiuences rellieus and retining.
Limited nlumber of scholarships.
Next session begins September 25th, 1901.
on- iBENJAMIN WILSON. President.
I, , H M
I desire to announce to the people of Clarendon and adjoining
counties that I am prepared this season to join in the hustling race
for the trade.
I have added largely to my stock of
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Clothing, Hats and Gent's Furnishings
and dan vouchsafe to the trade that I will be able to please in both
quality and price.
I bought my stock with a view to extending my trade and I
earnestly ask the readers of this paper to come to my store in The
Manning Times block, two doors south of the postoffice, and let
me show what my goods are and the prices I offer them at.
Millinery! Millinery!
This department has been enlarged and I have secured the
services of as fine milliner as there was in New York city, who is
now in the great metropolis selecting the goods, and in a few days
they will be opened up for public inspection.
The day for fancy prices in Millinery has departed. Come to
see md and be convinced.
Painstaking care
Makes Hirschmann's goods wear.
Yours, etc.,
D. HIRSCH-MANN.
HORACE HA1RBY. M. F. HELLER. W. P. HAWKINS.
Uoplii a Beu1Ak ulc.
B E I N G CONVINCED THAT CLARENDON COUNTY
could support a first class, up-to-date Sales and Livery Sta
ble, we have decided to show our faith by our works by purchas
ing the Sprott property east of the Bank of Manning, and to it we
are now building a large addition. It is our purpose to do busi
ness as it should be done, on ,the live and let live policy.
For the present and until our buildings are completed, we of
fer a magnificent line of
Buggies, Wagons and Carts
Guaranteeing our Vehicles to be of reputable builders.
Later we will have Horses and Mules from the best markets
in the Union, and all purchases from us go with a view of sustain
ind our valued reputation.
COME TO SEE US.
W. P. HAWKINS & CO..
One Door Below the Bank of Manning.
PEOPLEo
We are now opening up
a Wholesale and Retail
Store at Summerton.
People, come to see me,
you know I will sell you
Goods Cheaper than any
one else on earth.
Yours truly,
H. T. AVA NT, Mr.
SUMTER 0 MILITARY 4 ACADEMY
AND FEMALE SEnlINARY,
(Chartered.) SUMTER N C. (Non-Sectarian.)
CLARENCE J. OWENS, A.'M., President.
Oau JCT-That our Young ien may be developed physically, mentally, morally, and "that
our Daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.''
COURSES-Literary (Regular). Scientific (Regular). Music, Vocal and Instrumental. Art,
Charcoal and Cast Drawing. Pastel. Water Color. Crayo~n and Oil. Portraiture and China Paint
ing. Commercial: Book-keeping, Stenography. Typewriting. Elocution. Oratory and Expres
sion. Military: Drill. Physical and Bayonet Exercise Signaling and Military Science.
DEGREES-TWO Degrees given. 13. L. anti A. B.
EXPENSES-Matricultion. $.00; Board per month. $8.00; Tuition per month, $4.00; Surgeon,
for year. $3.00.
POINTS OF ADVANTAGE-1. Accessible location-Sixteen passenger trains per day 2.
Healthfulness-Pure water. good drainage: .3. Beauty-Wide avenues, handsome buildings,
majestic oaks; 4. Influence-Social intellectual and religious; 5. Enterprise-Trade and manu
facturing center: 6. School Organizations-Literary societies. Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.. College
Journal; 7. Faculty-Six male and six female teachers. representing leading colleges and univer
sities.
Apply for Illustrated Catalogue.
Nrw ICE. C. DAVIS,
I have opened up a Sewing Machine ATTORNEY AT LAW
store next door to Mr. S. A. Rigby's
general merchandise store August 1st, MANNING, S. C.
1900. I will carry the
The new ball-bearing '"New Hlome,"
the best -machine made: also "New AtresadCuslr ~Lw
[deal" and "Climax," from $18 to $40.
I sell on Instalment, Easy Payment MNIG .0
lan. I clean and repair any kind of
nachines for least money possible. D .J RN EGR
Caland see me.
J. S. WISON. W- C. DURDATT.
ON N 0 SM0 116 O. t ILSON & DURANT,
_______________________MANNING, S. C.
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MA.NNNING. ~MANNIN$,00 DS.OC.
JOSEPH F. RHAME, - .R AEPI
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Shib~of~
MANNING S. C. CA.-AA. R.SR.SS ARECE PAOIDO