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LOUIS AnnEL , .:tor.. MANNING, S. C., FEB. 5. 1902. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTIoN RATES: one y7ear............ ....... S 5 Six months... ........................ 4 Four months... . -- -- .-....................... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. 1: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. obituaries and Tributes of Respect 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 character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. BI-ENNIAL SESSIONS. The views which follow, upon the subject of bi-ennial sessions of the Legislature, may not be the views of the regular editor of this paper, and in that case he will not be held responsible for them, but they are the opinion of one who has thought the sub ject over well and come to the conclusion that bi-ennial sessions would not be wise. Further, in asmuch as this is not an article catering to political favor, and we are not afraid to differ with people lest we offend some voter, we can certainly claim the right to sincerity of opinion, even though our views may be adverse to a prospective political move ment for bi-ennial sessions in the coming campaign. Therefore some reasons are in order. Someone in the House has in troduced a bill providing for an amendment to the Constitution of 1895, to be voted on in the next general election, whereby it is proposed to have bi-ennial sessions, and the members be allowed to receive pay for fifty days, instead of forty days, as at present. Our first objection to the meas ure is that we regard it a politi cal hobby-horse for politicians and especially candidates for the general assembly to ride into office on in the approaching pri mary. One provision of the proposed amendment is that it will not take effect until after 1904, thereby not affecting mem bers of the House of Represen tatives who are to be elected the coming summer, but at the same. time will give them a supposed popular measure to go into the campaign on, and let those be affected who shall be elected af ter 1904. Our next objection is that the Constitution has only been adopt ed a few years, by perhaps the ablest body of men who have ever assembled in the State, cer tainly a more able body than any general assembly which has con vened since then, and the funda mental and bassic principles of government which they laid down for us in the form of a Constitution should not be tam pered with so quickly for the sake of experiment, when the probability of our betterment is so remote. As a matter of econ omy A-ennial sessions, we be lieve, will be a mistake. Georgia and other States have tried the plan only to discover that it is unwise. It was a declaration in a Colonial bill of rights of ours, and is today a part of our decla ration of rights. that the general assembly "ought frequently to assemble for the redress of griev ances and for making new laws as the common good requires." It might be argued that since the adoption-of the Constitution of 1895 many laws have been passed which are unconstitution al and worthless. Granted. That of itself is the strongest argument against bi ennial sessions, because mistakes when made should be corrected as quickly as possible. The recent failure of our jury laws to stand the Constitutional test in the courts, whereby juries were set aside and great expense incurred, the circuit courts could not move, jails throughout the State became and are now full to overflowing with prisoners who could not be tried, and civildock ets have become so congested that extra terms of court are necessary in almost every coun ty-these are some of the reasons why -annual sessions are neces sary. Were bi-ennial sessions in vogue, and had this been an off year, there would have been no possible way out of the governor calling an extra session to pro v'ide new jury laws. We cannot foresee all, nor even such emer gencies. Nor do we see how any satisfactory scheme can be ar ranged for levying taxes and providing revenue with which to run the government, as the peo ple would never agree to be tax ed by other than their represen tatives in the regular way. Con sidering the possibility of unfore seen disaster and Providential happenings, and greatest of all the failure of many of our laws to stand the test of the courts, we do not see liow we can get around holding sessions as we have always done. If we have bi-ennial sessions then special sessions will be frequent, and as these will be unlimited in dura tion the theory of economy goes to the four winds, especially when we remember how tena ciously the members now swing on for the full forty day limit at four dollars per day. These views may sound "fogyish," but we had about as soon be possess ed of an imperturbable inertia as to be the promoter of erroneous and fanatical experiment. No,the trouble is not with the Constitu tion, but with the kind of men that are sent to the legislature. There is no use in the people made by the men whom the peo ple send there, and the people themselves are responsible. They should at least congratulate themselves that they have an I able judiciary who will set aside unconstitutional and worthless laws, for no law can be wrong but that it works evil to some one. As long as legislators who do not know their business are elected, then more is the neces sity of their assembling frequent lv to correct their own mistakes that have been pointed out to them. Tearing up the Constitu tion will not correct the evil. There is not where the trouble lies. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased t learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease. requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease.and giving the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers. that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. Sodbv druagist. . Hall Family Fills are the best. CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE. Columbia, Feb. 3rd, 1902. The legislature is now hard down at work, having finished all of its preliminaries, and looking forward to the day when it can fix a time for adjournment. A current resolution was offered in the Senate on last Friday fixing the 15th as the adjournment day, but I hardly think that the work can be finished in that time. A perfect avalanche of bills has come upon the general assembly, necessitated from the Supreme court's decision with regard to special legislation, and in order to avoid litigation a great many of the members are endeavoring to get their local measures ex panded into general laws. My general seed cotton license bill is on the Calendar and made a special order for Wednesday next, and from present indica tions I am looking for a hard fight to keep the substitute from -being forced upon us. I have talked to a number of Senators with regard to this measure, and in nearly every instance do I find a disposition to make the license as near prohibitive as possible, which, in my judgment, is a great mistake. We had a meeting of the dele gation at which we went over very carefully the recommenda tions made by the county com missioners, and, after full con sideration, we decided that al though the expenditures for 1901 were large we would leave the levy the same as last year. It was not considered feasible to reduce the levy, but at the same time none of the delegation felt that the conditions warranted an increase. Owing to the compli cated conditions brought on by the recent decision with regard to the jury law, and the early approach of our term of the. court, I am at sea as to how we are to have a grand jury for 1902. The jury bill will not get through the legislative mill in time, and if the names are put in the box under the law declared unconstitutional no cases can be tried where the question is rais ed. This is unfortunate as it necessitates the expense of sum moning the juries with a strong probability of being useless, be cause if a party interested is not anxious for trial all that his attorney has to do is to spring the question, and the court will conti1.ue the case. The jury bill passed the Senate and it will get its third reading in the House today. In accordance with a strong petition from the citizens of Douglas I have introduced a bill making it a misdemeanior for' persons to remove the pasture fence, which, under an Act of 1896, had been erected in that township. The bill is now in the hand of the chairman of the Agricultural Committee and would have been reported Friday had it not been that he was called away on account of sick ness; as socn as he returns I will urge him to summons his com mittee and get his report in right away. I am sure there will be no trouble of a favorable report. I have also introduced a bill which has not yet been reported from the committee on incorpor ations, looking to restricting the taxing power of town councils. Under tLe law now, all towns over 1,000 and under 5,000 popu lation, having surrendered their charter, can levy a tax as high as ten mills, which,in my opinion, is giving them too loose a rein, and under my bill I retain all of the powers granted in the gen eral incorporation Act, but re quire that whenever the Council desires to increase the tax beyond the old charter limit it shall only be done after the matter has been submitted to the voters at a special election called for that purpose. My purpose for in troducing this measure was, that I am satisfied it will not be long before our town will be called upon to elect a new council, and in this day of putting in improve ments and burdening the citizens with increased taxation without their consentI am not content to permit such a condition to come upon us. If a council wishes to put in water-works or electric lights or i-ease salaries, it will necessitate an increase of reve nue and this comes out of the taxpayers, therefore I think it is only just and proper that the people who are~ to be taxed should be consulted; otherwise, we might find an increased i-eve nue a public waste, because it is a common observation that the more money a municipality has, he more it wil sennd, nd the more it spends the greater tle waste. I have introduced a bill and it has gone to a third reading in the Senate to increase the sala ries of the inagistrate and con stable at St Paul. This was done as a matter of justice. The magstrate and his constable at St. Paul have a vast amount of work to do, and the records show that from fines turned into the treasury and convicts on the chaingang the magistrate at St. Paul does very near as muach work as is done at the county seat. The general salary hili as amended fixes the salaries of our county officers as follows: Audi tor, Treasurer and Sheriff, $800 each: Superintendent of Educa tion, ,6.25. which allows $100 for traveling expenses and 75.00 for a clerk to keep the office open while he is visiting the schools. Clerk of Court, for criminal work. $150; Coroner, $200: County Commissioners, $2.00 per day and 5 cents per mile not exceeding 30 days. in any one year: County Board of Education, -$3 per day for two days, and Township Assessors $1 per day and 5 cenats per mile. A compulsory education bill was defeated in the Senate by two votes. I voted against strik ing out the enacting words, so as to put in an amendment which I had previously prepared in case the enacting words were not stricken out, to require the trus tees to furnish school books free of cost to those compelled to go to school, who were not able to buy them. In order to have the dispensary profits distributed monthly instead of quarterly I introduced a bill and as a similar bill had passed the House, the fin ance committeehad my bill ta bled and combined it with the House bill, thus saving my bill from running the ga-.ntlet of the House, and accomplishing the desired resalt. The f:>llowing is the 'financial statement of our county for 1901, sent to the delegation by the County Commissioners: County Appropriations and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 1901. Contingent Expenses. By appropriation for books. printing, etc... ............ . . 00 00 By appropriation for msurance and attorneysfee........... 130 00 By appropriation for contin gent expenses................ 300 00 To am't claims approved....... $1046 96 Superintendent Education. By appropriation for salary.. . 450 00 By appropriation traveling ex penses ................ ..-..100 60 By appropriation clerk to sell books.............. . To claims approved for above amounts .................. -_'5 00 To claims approved Co. Bd. Ed.. allowed 7 days @ .3 per day............ ......--....4 00 To freiight, express. etc.. on school books................*30 41) Poor House and Poor. By appropriation................ .50 00 To amount claims approved. 707 031 County Supervisor. By appropriation for salary ... 60 00 To salary for 1901.............. 600 00 County Commissioners and Clerk. By appropriation for clerk... 150 00 By appropriation gpr diem and mileage........ ...........-.-.--. 0 00 To salary for clerk............ 150 00 To per diem and mileage by Co. Com...................824 Public Buildings. By appropriation.......... .- ---- To amt for locks and repairs on court house. firing win dows. chairs. and building barn at jail in which to store chaingang supplies, etc... 20 11 sheriff. By appropriation for salary. 700 00 By appropriation for dieting. 500 00) To claims approved for dieting 828 13 To claims approved for carry ing lunatics............... 185 37 To claims salary............... 700 00 To claims capturing and con veying prisoners in other conties...... .......... ....-29'1 45 Coroner. Coroner's Consta bles and postmortems. By appropriation....... ..........'0 00 To am't claims approved..... 371 00. Boards Equalization. By appropriation....... ..........150 00 To claims approved...........150 00 Magistrates and Magis trates' Constables. By appropriation....... .... .....1.375 00 To claims approved for sala ries of same...............1.375 00i Lunacy. Probate Judge and Medical Exam inations. By appropriation................. 200 00 To amt claims approved.. 03 00 County Auditor. By appropriation... ..... 300 00 Salary the same......-... .... 301) 00 Clerk of Court. By appropriation.................I 15 00 Salary the same............... 150 t0r Roads. Bridges and Chain gang. By appropriation for guards. 5500 By appropriation for roads. bridges and chaingang...........1000 00) To amt necessary expendi tures................. 57 065 Expended fur jurors and wiit nesses, about. ............. 1.400 00 NOTE-The expenditures for chain gang the past year were heavy on ac count of having to buy four mules and pay for one, and buy road machines, It has also been necessary to buy a quantity of lumber for bridges. In the above expenditures there is also charged all amounts paid for medi cine and medical attention to convicts and prisoners. The chaingang now averages from 18 to 20 men. Feed and shoes and only such cloth ing as they are obliged to have. amounts to an item with that number of men all the time, as hard labor wears out lots of shoes and clothing. The County Commissioners have been forced to agree to pay the guards $35. 23 and $20 per month, respectively. It is necessary to have three guards, and they wvill not wvork for less and were going to seek other work. Those wages are cheap enough when you consider h kind of work they do, and the risk they take. Men who are fit for such positions cannot be had for less than tose wages. The chaingang is a big thing, and with the most economical management it takes money to run it. The Commissioners will just about pay out all indebtedness for- the year 1901. when all of the county's portion of taxes arc in at the end of this extension of the tax paying time. They suggest that the expenses of the county for 1902 will probably not he an'- heavier than for 1901, and think they can get throtugh with the same levies, by allowing them to use any sllplus funds to the best advantage they see fit, as was done last year. By order- of the Boai-d. J1. H. LESESNE, Cler-k. Supervisor Owens was over iere last Friday attending the "Good Roads" convention. There were some good speeches made, but, in my opinion, the whole thing is a big advertising scheme for the concerns interested in man ufactur-ing road mnachiner-y. A great many county supervisors at+nnrdr ths ornnvention, but whlither or not they profitted by it I cannot say. Mrs. H. D. Plowden was over here visiting her sister, Mrs. Dr. Owings, and it is always a pleasure to meet our friends from home, especially the ladies. Another effort has been made in behalf of F. M. Player, but it was without result: the governor did not feel justified in pardon ing- Player at present after Judge Watts' strong refusal to recom inend the pardon. Senator Wil liams of Williamsburg and my self have exhausted our efforts in this direction, but we are as sured that after Player has served twelve months the par don will be considered with fa vor. On next Friday and Saturday the general assembly will be the guests of the City of Charleston at the exPosition; we will go down in a special train and all of us look forward to the trip with great pleasure. The time lost will be ma de up by afternoon and night sessions, so that the big frolic shall not cost the peo ple. I see that I am credited with being the author of a bill to pro hibit the shooting of live pig eons: this is a mistake, that bill was introduced by Senator Hay of Kershaw, and I am opposed to the terms of the bill. . The weather over here the past few days has been "horri ble," rain and mud wherever you go, a perfect harvest for the merchants who sell umbrellas and rubber shoes. The members of the delegation have been en joying good health, except Mr. Galluchat, he was knocked out with a cold for a couple of days. The politicians are very much exercised over laying their plans for Congress and there are a number of redistricting bills. Every one that I have seen puts Clarendon just where we do not want her to be. There is an effort to put us with Richland, Lexington, Orangeburg and Sumter, and if this is successful, we will amount to nothing so far as having an influence is con cerned. A Congressional dis trict so shaped will have Claren don in the position of the white tip on a dog's tail. A rumor has reached me that a member of our delegation has his eyes on a seat in Congress, and that with certain formation he thinks his chances are good for the plum. Mr. Adger Brown, who left Manning and joined the navy has secured a discharge and is in Columbia. Adger says "dry land is good enough" for him. The bill to change the Consti tution so that we can have bien nial sessions has passed the House; it was defeated in the Senate last year, how it will fare this year I know not. I voted for it last year, because I com mitted myself to it and feel that I am bound to vote for it again, but when I hear the arguments against the bill it is a great temp tation to change my mind. I promised when elected to vote for biennial sessions and I will stick to it regardless of my indi vidual opinion that biennial ses sions, without pay for extra sessions, is a delusion. Something That Will Do You Good. We know of no way in which we can be of mrc service to our readers than to tell them of something that will be of real good to them. For this reason w~e want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best remedies on the market for ecughs, colds, and that alarming complaint. croup. We refer to Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. We have used it with such good results in our family so .long that it has become a household necessity. By its prompt use we llaven't any doubt but that it has time and again prevented croup., The tes timony is giveui upon our oswn experience. and ae suggest th at our readers, especially those Iwho have small children. always keep it in their homes as a safeguard against croup.-camden (S. C.) Messenger. For sale by The R. B. Lor yea Drug store. Isaac M. Lo:-yea. Prop. Eternal indigestion is the price of ear8 th. The Kind You llave Always Boonh Siatue of You often find a five-cent heart in a million-dollar body. wNE-sE\vERAL PERsoNS OF CHAR ::cter and good rptto nec tt oei thscunyrquired) torepresent and adver Sseold estabished wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary $.00 weekly with expenses additional. all payable in cash each wednesday direct trom head othee. Horse and carriage furnished, when necessary. Re ference.. Enciose- self-addressed stamped en velope- Manager. ?16 Caxton Building. Chicago 26-26t A. pretty ,irl is poem n w;hich' er ery line rhymie. 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DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles at once. For skin diseases, cuts, burns, bruises, all kinds of wounds it is unequalled. J. S. Geroll, St. Paul, Ark., says: "From 1865 I suffered with the protruding,%leeding piles and could find nothing to help me until I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes completely cured me." Be ware of counterfeits. The R. B. Lor yea Drug Store. " If I Could Get Rid of this abominable cold," exclaimed the sufferer, when the end of a spasm of coughing gave him a chance to talk. The way out of the trouble is plain. Take Allen's Lung Balsam before the merciless grip of the cold has fastened upon throat and lungs. After a few doses the cough is easier and less fre quent, and a complete cure is but the question of a little time. Woman's Later Years Those years which usher , in the change of life are trying ones, often filled with painsweakness and nervous affections, frequently ending in some fatal nalady or insanity. 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IT E I" E A S, LOUIS APPELT made suit to me, to grant him Let ers of Administration of the estate of tnd effects of Sallie McElveen. a de :eased minor. These are therefore to cite and ad nonish all and singular the kindred tnd creditors of the said Sallie McEl -een,a deceased minor, that they be and tppear before me, in the Court of Pro >ate, to be held at Manning on the 6th lay of February next after publication hereof. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, o show cause, if any they have, why, he said administration should not be tranted. iGiven under my hand, this 21st day >f January. A. D. 1902. JAMES M. WINDHAM. m.. .udge of Probate. [25-3t Roofing Paper. -ply Roofing Paper.......75c per roll. '-ply Roofing Paper.......52c per roll. [-ply Tarred Paper........$35 per ton. Rosin-Sized Sheathing Paper, 17 lbs. per roll..................30c per roll. !0-tb. Paper...............38c per roll. W-tt. Paper. .............50c per roll. All prices f.o.b. Charleston., For direct shipments from factory in ots of 25, 50 or 100 rolls, we can, make loser delivered prices. ROLN PORIl D GMNI GO., 94-96 E. Bay St., CHARLESTON, S. C, rO CONSUMERS OF Lager Beer. We ai e now in position to ship our Beer all over the State at the following ?rices: EXPORT. mperial Brew-Pints, at $1.10 per doz. Kutfeiser-Pints, at......90c per doz. 3ermania P. M.-Pints, at 90c per doz. GERMAN MALT EX TRACT. A liquid Tonic and Food for Nursing Iothers and Invalids. Brewed from he highest grade of Barley Malt and mported Hops, at........$1.10 per doz. For sale by all Dispensaries, or send n your orders direct. All orders shall have our prompt and 3areful attention. Cash must accompany all orders. THE - DERMANIA BREWINC CO., Charleston, S. C. LAUNDRY. Etotel Sumter STEAM LAUNDRY, THOMAS NIMMER. Agent. All linens kept in reasonable repairs FREE OF CHARGE. I will call on my regular customers ~or their laundry. Parties desiring laundry work done n first class style will do well to entrust ~heir goods to me. THOMAS NIMMER. MANNING, S. C. INSURANCE FIRE. LIFE, ACCIDENT & BURGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor-Made Clothing. A UL^LINE OF SAMPLES. Carpets, Art Squares, RUGS, DRAPERIES & BIED$ETS. Colored designs and samples of goods. Carpets sewed free and wadded lining fur dshed FREE. J. L. WILSON. [one TH Exposition, Every attention will be shown visit >rs and we especially invite the people o visit our handsome store to inspect >ur lines of Gent's Furnishings Clothing, and Hats. We handle no goods but those which e can guarantee. Our Tailoring Department is perhaps he largest in the State and our tailors Lre experienced workmen. A Suit made by us is sufficient war -ant to fit. Come to see us. I. L DAVID & BRO.,~ Cor. King and Wentworth Sts., CHARLESTON, - - S. C. M~oney to Lend. Loans made on Improved Real Es ate. Interest at 7 per cent. Time as long as wanted. Apply to J. A. WVEINBERG, Attorney at Law. jA. WEINBERG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. MANNNING, S. C. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAw, MANNING, S. C. .1. S. WILSON. WV. C. DURANT WILSON & DURANT, Alloirneys and Couunselors at Lawe, MANNING, S. C. VIC. DAVIS, ATT'ORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. DRJ. FRANK GEIGER, DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. All those short lengths that we have been telling you to wait for have arrived and they are moving off like they had legs. Come in and see them. They will be the drawing Among them you will find great values like these: Yard-wide Madras Ginghams, regular 15c values, for .......................... ............. I C. Yard-wide Solid Colors Seersuckers, in Light ^ Blue, Lilac, Pink and Gray, 20c goods, for...... i0C. 27-inch wide Ginghams, the A. F. C. kind, in solid colors, stripes and checks; you know that oth ers sell it for 10c, our low price, the yard....... Great bargains in White Nainsook Checks, for only ....................... ................... e Good values in White 40-inch Lawns, White P K's, Fancy Dimities, etc. They are of the same " ill End" crea ation and very cheap. Bargains! Bargains! Winter Goods. In order to clear out all our Winter stock we are offer ing some bargains not to be found elsewhere in all lines. SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, DRESS GOODS, BLANKETS, COMFORTS ...AND... LADIES' CAPES. You know that we keep nothing but the very best grades of Shoes, too. The great Hamilton-Brown Shoes Are making new customers for us every day. Remember you"'can get this line of Winter Shoes now at a discount for cash. Come early and zet the benefit of this golden oppor tunity. OLD RELIABLE, S. A. R IOBY. ** o W. Po HAWKINS & Co. One Door Below the Bank of Manning. ~Southern Fruit Co.2 W. H. MIXSON, Manager. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ~FRUIT and PRODUCE.$ unMnufacturers' Agents for L~... hiBARRELS, BASKETS, CRATES, Ec High Grade Vegetable Seeds. - CHARLESTON, - - - - - S. 0. n. E. Holmes & Co., 209 East Bay, - CHARLESTON, S. C. --Dealers 'in PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH AND BRUSHES, LANTERNS, TAR PAPER AND BUILDING PAPER. Headquarters for the Celebrated Palmetto Brand of Cylinder, Planing, En ine Oils and Greases.. BRING YOUR TO THE TiMES OFFICE.