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L.TIS APPELT, Editor. MANNING, S. C.. SEPT., 24. 1902. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SrBSCRIPTION RATES: one year.............. ........ $ Six months..........................7T Four months..... -............. ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time, l; each subsequent in sertlon. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regualar advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must De 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. DON'T WANT TWO PARTIES. In the State of Alabama, the negro element has been elimina ted from the Republican party, and the same will in all proba bility, be done all over the South. The national leaders realize the impossibility of ever getting up a respectable organization in the South as long as the colored element can be regarded, as fac tors. We disagree with a great many of the political thinkers of both parties. In our opinion, there is no room in the South for two political parties, because as long as the negro has the right of ballot just so long will he be an object of contention, and bug-a-boo for unscruplous politicians to fan prejudice with. We would like to see the white people of the South discuss is sues in their primaries, and let the majority rule regardless of any dictation from national lead ers; but to have two distinct parties and fight for supremacy in the general elections will not do in the South. If we had two separate parties, one or the other would get the ear of the national party in power, and it would sooner or later result in national interferance with our political institutions. We do not want to see any such condition, but we do want to see the day come when men can go out to a white man's primary and vote as his intelligence and his con science dictates. As we are now, politicians make up issues for their own selfish purposes, and being in control of the party machinery, they rule it with an iron hand. No set of people -were ever more in the control of politicians than are the people of the South; past conditions is responsible for this: but unless the people take matters mnto their own hands, the politicians will continue to use the Devil wjil-catch-you-sure-argument, if you don't vote for them. Our political leaders are constantly railing at the Republicans of the North and West for permiting themselves to be blindly led by the politicians of their party, and yet we of the South drink in this rot, applaud, and repeat it, as though our existance de pended upon it. Then when we stop to think, we ask ourselves 'how much better off are we? We permitted ourselves to be hoodwinked by professional spell-binders and the conse quence is that the people of the South from a political view are the most arrant cowards on earth. They follow in the lead of men they know are unfit for leadership, morally and mental ly, and yet will not make a bold open fight to dislodge this ele ment. They prefer to sink their manhood and complain private ly. We should like to see a man with ability and integrity come forward and lead a fight for in dependence within the Demo cratic party; we believe such an one would soon bring to his standard a strength which would surprise those now en trenched behind the party's machinery. Take the canvass of Captain D. Clinch Heyward our nominee for Governor, members of his own faction had no idea -he stood a ghost of a chance to win, the politicians turned up their noses in derision, but Hey ward went on, met the people, came into personal contact with them, and when the political professionals realize themselves in danger it was too late. They made heroic efforts to draw fac tional lines, sent over the coun try men to fan into flame old time prejudice, at every court house heelers went out whisper ing into the ears of the voters that Heyward was a Haskellite, but all to no purpose, Heyward won, because the people regard ed him free from hyprocrisy and political corruption. They are getting tired of the ever lasting dictation of political bums, and all that is needed to bring about a revolution in South Carolina is, for men of known character and ability to step forward and lead the way. Let them present themselves, holding aloft a bananer inscribed upon it INDEPENDENCE AND PURITY, and to such a standard will flock intelligence and pa triotism. Then we can join is sues in our primaries, and leave it to the people to say which side they approve. This is what is needed in the South and not two parties. How's This ! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HallT CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. 0. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable In alf business transactions and tinan aily able to carry out any obligations made by wr & TRUAX, wholesale druggists. Toledo. O. wALDNG, KINAN & MAL'vlN wholesale drug gists. Toledo, 0. Hal's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all GET AFTER TAX-DODGERS. Col. August Kohn in his cor respondence to the News & Courier, recommends to our legislators the knotty problem of tackling the tax question, and we agree with him in part. It would be profitable and states manlike if our legislators would devise a means to do away with the necessity for borrowing &300 000 every year to run the State government. The income to the State is away beyond what it used to be; the fees turned in to the office of Secretary of State, for charters are growing larger every year. The reven ues from the penitentiary and State farms, the enormous turn in from the dispensary; it strikes us that with all of these sources of income there would be a suf ficient amount of money to not only keep the State machinery well greased, but a surplus to go toward the bonded debt. We see no reason for the de ficiency for $300,000, there must be bad management and extrava gance somewhere. The State government ran along very smoothly in the eighty's and it did not have the tremendous revenues it has now; true we did not have Clemson and Win terop to absorb a part of the revenue but deduct the appro priations of these institutions and then the question can be asked, where does the State's money go that it needs to borrow? Colonel Kohn seems to think the way out of the woods is to raise the tax levy or the assess ment. Here's where we do not agree with him. The more money raised the more extrava gance, and the more the bad management. The State al lows the Treasurer to borrow $300,000 and he borrows it; if the State permitted the borrow ing of a million dollars a way would be found to utlize the lim it. No, taxes are high enough, the people who own little are taxed heavily-they bear the burden. What is needed is a plan to make the wealthy pay their just proportion of the taxes. How many owners of stock in corporations, bonds and money, pay their honest share to the government? The farmer with his lands, implements, and stock pays taxes on every thing he has, but the merchant, the bank er, and the speculator, return and pay on not over 50 per cent. If some legislator could devise a scheme which would make this tax-dodging class disgorge, he would write himself famous on the pages of the State's history. Under 'our tax laws a man may have one million dollars in cash and the State would not get one cent of taxes out of it, but on the other hand, if a poor man owns a milch cow to give nour ishment to his half starved child, the State demands a tax. This is unjust, and a discrimination in favor of the rich. Taxes are plenty high; make the people who have a plenty and are mak ing more pay what they honest ly owe and we will have a sur plus in our treasury. Cures Blood-Poison, cancers, Ulcers, Ec zema, Etc. Treatment Free. 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We learn there is about to be gin a lively war between the cotton Oil mill syndicates, and the indications are that those who place their orders for meal early may not get advantage of the fight. That there is som thing in the rumor is evident, because the manufacturers are doing all they can to get their goods placed before the trouble begins. It will be remembered that heretofore they were very reticent as to what meal would sell at, until they got ready to put it on the market, now they are working a new scheme by trying to make contracts in ad vance. We are not familiar with the situation at all, but from appearances it strikes us that those who make their meal contracts now will not get the benefit of the active competition we look for. ~The combines will have to do one or two things, gt together and fix the price, or fight each other. The question then for the people to decide is whether it will pay to wait and see.- They have one advantage, if they refuse to sell their seed as they should, they can afford to wait, because if the combines, combine and force up the price of meal, they will be indepen dent of them by using the seed instead of selling them. It would in our opinion, be a God send to the farmers of this coun try were the combines to force the price of meal out of their reach: it would [)then compel them to take some action to r-e sist what we regard a curse to an agricultural community. If the sale of seed continues the rented lands will become so depleted that they will not rent for enough to pay "for the investment. A great many land owners are hauling their seed back home, but the teannts sel the man who owns his land appreciates the value of his seed, the man who rents does not; it makes no difference to him, he wants all he can get off from the land, and when it gets poor he can move to some other place and impoverish it. In this way the lands will depreciate in value, and the owners will be the suf ferers. We therefore contend, as a matter of self defense, our land owners should put a stop to the sale of seed from the lands they rent. There are some owner: of land now, who stipulate in their rent agree ments that the seed must be put back into the ground and the re sult is that the renters on these places are prosperous, have good credit, and make very de sirable tenants. They pay their debts, keep good stock, make good crops, and merchants are anxious to do business with them. A Parson's Noble Act. "I want all the world to know," writes Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Asha way, R. I., "what a thoroughly good and reliable medicine I found in Elec tric Bitters. They cured me of jaun dice and liver troubles that had caused me great suffering for many years. For a genuine, all-around cure they ex cel anything I ever saw." Electric Bitters are the surprise of all for their wonderful work in Liver, Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don't fail to try them. Only 50 cts. Satisfaction is guaranteed by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Oakland Hints. Special to The Manning Times. There is general expression of satis faction as to the result of the recent primary election. Especially so is the universal approval of the nomination of governor. It is the general expression of the people of this section that action will be taken by the new legislature to pro vide pay for regular constable for the magistracy at Manning. There is great need of two or more well trained blood-hounds in each mag istracy of the county. The local con stable could keep the dogs. The pur chase and keep of these beasts would entail an expense to the taxpayers of the county of about $750.00 the first year, and about $100.00 per year there after. But- the presence of these sleuths in the county would save to the people four times their cost and keep each year in the protection of life and property, court expenses, etc. There. would be a decrease of 75 per cent in crime. Full blooded dogs cost from $25.00 to $50.00 for year old puppies and trained dogs cost from $75.00 to $150.00 each. They cannot be obtained in this State. There is a kennel in Lexington, Ky., where these hounds can be purchased under guarantee. The cotton picking season is more than half over. The yield of the sta ple is below the most conservative ex pectations. The tenant cotton is gen rally three-fourths of the entire pro uction, and none of this is or can be held for higher prices. Very little cotton seed has been sold. excepts to the local buyers who use this valuable product for fertilizers. Corn was irreparably injured by rought in July though late planted orn is fully matured and is of much better yield than earlier planted. The pea crop is three weeks late, and probably will be seriously shortened by eailv frost. Tobacco farming has become one of our staid ventures. The weed will be more generally planted next year than eretofore. There is excellent prospect for a bumper hay harvest. General results this year prove the superiority of home fertilizers, such as otton seed, stable and litter composts, to the commercial guanos, like 21 and per cent ammoniated guanos, and cot ton seed meal, as far as available solu ble nitrcgen is concerned. It is gratifying to note that cotton seed is not being sold, or exchanged for meal and other commercial fertili zers, but is being kept on the farms where they have~ been proven tobe such n indispensabl a adjunct to the best production of crops, and at the same time of great vaL'o to the permanent improvement of the soil, notwithstand ing the advisory advertisement of the otton oil intere'sts (of late seen in the ounty papers) to the contrary. It is to be hoped that the next legis lature will either so revise the -o ien law whereby it wiil bet' a . e the ends for which it was - > repeal the law absolutely. L a. . a suggested that possibly the law could be so revised that no lien be accepted for recordation unless it have appended mortgage or bill of, sale of chattels valued according to the assessed taxa ble valuation as per auditor's returns, and also that same valuation be at least one-third more than the stipulat ed amount of advances to be made, (to provide for the exigency. of loss or destruction of chattels so mortgaged:) to provide more expeditious manner of procedure in the foreclosure of lien and mortgage, whereby in case of no extension of time of payment being granted, the party accepting the lien and mortgage, will have the right and power, without order from the courts, to seize or have seized, the crops upon which the lien was given, to sell same in the open markets to the highest bid der for cash, and in the event of the sale of crops not being sufficient to liquidate, to seize the chattles mort gaged and sell in the open markets for cash to the highest bidder, applying proceeds of sale as usual, and the owner of said lien and mortgage filing with clerk of court atiidavit setting forth the details of such sale under foreclosure; to ex the time of payment MCi!010811i Timbers of oak keep the old homestead standing through the years. 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SOC and $.nn0- all dtruggists. of lien and mortgage at November ] with privilege of extension by party + first part in case crops have not bee harvested by November 15; to provid for discount payments made befoi maturity at 8 per cent, and intere: after at 8 per cent; to provide for ti surrender by the first party to tl second party, upon full payment, tl original lien and mortgage as receip with attached thereto an itemize statement of the entire account shov ing an addition of 8 per cent intere on each invoice from date of purchas to date of maturity, the prices charge for goods or supplies being on a p: with the cash prices for goods and sui plies (wholesale and retail) in the get eral markets and according to the dai] quotations at time of purchase. It is desired by some of the people this section that a magistrate be al pointed for this part of the county. I is doubtful if good would result froi the magistracy, as the magistrate Manning can attend to all the pett litigation the people of "the Fork" ii dulge in. H. J. Oakland, S. C., Sept. 19, 1902. A Cottontot's Complaint. To the Editor of The News & Cour er: In common with hundreds of co tontots, whose fields are white for tb harvest. I protest against the selfis greed of those railroad corporatiot that organize at this season annuall big negro excursions to the variot cities. These excursions each carr over five hundred greatly needed coi ton-pickers from our fields, whose It bor is lost for three days: for they ar so excited and enthusiastic over th anticipated trip that the day previou is consumed in discussing it, and plar ning ways and means of getting to th depot, and they straggle in the da after about midday from the variou stations-most of the men recoverin from a debauch and the women fagge out. There is nothing so demoralizing t the negroes as these excursions, an their own Bishops have denounoe, them in the pulpit and press. We would not debar our brothers i: black from all reasonable enjoymer and delight to see them at a circus where we haul them free in large plar tation wagons and give them the da to attend; for they return the sam evening in finest spirits, and for week after, with their wonderful powers c mimicry, sing the songs and tell th jokes of the old clowns, to the deligh of the entire field of cotton-pickers. This is no local "kick." It voice the indignation of every cotton plante whose fields lay within five miles c that excursion train as it swept throug: the counties of Orangeburg, Claret don, Sumter and Williamsburg on it way to the city by the sea. The negroes say there will be one t Columbia in two weeks, with the sam delightful results to us in the gather ering of our crops. What I would like to ask is why cat not these excursions be postponed ur til the time of- the State Fair, whic: they would materially help, and th crop be virtually gathered, and the run several just before Christmas an during that week to Charleston? In view of the high freight we pa, on hundreds of thousands of tons c fertilizers, and equally high charge on the eleven million bales which, ac cording to the "bears," the said ferti lizers have made, and the long haul c all the meat and corn from the Westi took to pay for its cultivation, it doe seem it would be the true policy of th railroads to allow its early harvest, an not leave it a field, subject to equmnc tial devastation and storms. If the roads are going to. persist i getting up junketing trips for our lr borers during harvest, causing a los of their services for three days conse utively, they should have the cando to tell us so in time to prevent our mali ing arrangements to trouble them wit so much fertilizers and cotton in futurE D. W. BRAILSFORD. Panola, Clarendon County, Sept., l' A square foot of honeycomb contain; about 9,000 cells. A Boy's Wild Ride For Life. With family around expecting hii to die, and a son riding for life, 18 mile to get Dr. King's New Discovery fc Csnsumption, Coughs and Colds, W. E Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endure death's agonies from asthma, but tha wonderful medicine gave instant rehi and soon cured him. He writes: "I no' sleep soundly every night." Like ma: velous cures of Consumption. Pnei monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds an Grip prove its matchloss merit for a Throat and Lung troubles. Guarantee bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles fre at The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. -10= R E ASONS WIlY The R. B. Loryea Drug Stor IS THE MOST POPULAR DRUG ESTABLISHMENT NORTH OF CHARLESTON. 1 ~ EAUSE Uniform courtesy is c. 1 b. tended to all patrons, whether rich< poor, white or colored d BE CAUSE We carry thc largest at BE ms complete lie of DRUG! a4EDICINES and CH EMICALS. O~ABECAUSE Our Prescription Depar 3r. ment is conducted on strict Pharm ceutical principles. 4h BECAUSE Promptness. Celerit .Dispatch and Skill are exhibited firs last and all the time. htBECAUSE Night calls are cheerf ull ~. courteously and promptly respond< to. h~ BE CAUSE envy. jealousy and m: 6 . ice have no home in our estabhs. ment. htBECAUSE We are agents for tI (.LJ.justly popular LONGMAN & MA) TINEZ PREPARED PAINTS. 8t BECAUSE We are agents for T. ~ .WOOD & SONSE Tested and Tri Garden Se'ed. Seed that will gern nate. and which secured the med for general excellence from the Par Exposition of 19E'0. BEC AUSE We are the agents if 9t .BNE NTONLSTOCK FOC COMPANY'S Products. We ha many unsolicited testimonials regar ing their erilcacy. h~tl BUT Why tell people what th lb. .lready know? And they are ful aw'~are that THE R. B. LORYE DRUG STORE is conceded to1 the Ideal Drug Store of Clarend< County. For Twenty-eight years THE R. B. LORYE DRUG STORE has met every demand mat upon them. and while "men may come and m< may go."~ the Sign of the Golden Mortar stan' like a beacon and shines for all. ISAAC M, L.ORYE.4, Proprietor, Sign oi ihe - Golden Mortan '- MANNINO, S. C. -'PHONE NO. 2. 7 Mail Orders receive immediate attentio Kodol Dyspepsia CurE Digests what you oat. THE Rt. B. LORY EA DRUG( STORE. For Sale. 447 A cres of land on Santee, former known as "Hilton place." Addre: Ms. Jr F. Weeks, Newbaer. S. C. L4 >f U .e e e e DIILLINER r ;t y - Our Autumn Exhibit of I .t Latest Fancies in Mil y Afternoon of Sept 9.3 On the following day tional grand display of our departments, which we fee y who can reach our store on In making this announ public to accept it as an inN evening. We will be glad The Orchestra will be the occasion, and Souvenirs Don't For * Sept. 30t1 Wit The Sumter E No. 1 Soutl I A FULL HO0USE. a - Eeyavailable space in our store is filled with stylish wear s ables for the Fall and Winter season. We have used our hesi Sdmet in selecting this stock, desiring to give our customers --G the best values for their money. d You see our goods came to us direct from the manufacturers, sstripped of all the middle man's profit. f 0 We do not claim to have a mammoth department store. 'where we can make an elaborate display, but we do claim tc have aMammoth Bargains. e * Men's Work Shoes, 75c. eLadies' Dress Shoes, 50e. -Best Yard-Wide Percale, 7je. * Simpson's Calicoes, 5e; cheaper grades from 3ie up. * Men's Work Pants, 25e. Men's Dress Shirts, 23c. * Men's Sample Hats, worth $2 for $1. * Men's Undershirts, 15c. Ladies' Hats at any price. eWE SELL EVERYTHING CHEAP. We have no old stock that has been stored away five or si~a S*years that possibly you have seen four years ago. What we ehav e is new goods, just froni mills and factories, at prices thai wil Yupdon't have to pay for the other man's bad account when ust remember the High Price-Breaker and Low Price-Maker -e and you will go to 3 5. I. Till's Racket Store, * lNext to Rigkzy's. -- 1-LN W-ET USeETLZR sh lgnaCrln hmclCmay nl - RECEPT 1ON Imported Hats and Fashion's linery will be Held on the ember 30th, from 4 to 3 P. M. October 1st, we will make an addi handsome new stock in our various . quite sure will be of interest to all these dates. cement we wish our friends and the !itation and become our guests for the ,o see you. Ln attendance to add to the charms of will be distributed. get the Dates, 1 and Oct. 1st. 1 best wishes, ry Goods Co., i. Main Street, ~F, 8. O. 'I'FRERS, ORGAIIZ e Concentrate Your Means, Resist * Combinations Against Yo...... I There is no use closing our eyes to the tendency of the @ age, capital is organized to concentrate its forces, and unless * the farmers organize to resist, the hope of the country is * shaken. In this agricultural country of ours the merchant * must be blind indeed who does not see that if the farmer *goes down the merchant, as a natural consequence, must go *with him, therefore as business men, we the :LEVI-BROTHERS * want it distinctly understood that we propose to sink or * swim with the farmers, and in the purchase of our winter * stock we have bought so that competition is a secondary con * sideration. We have contracts with mills so that we are en Sabled to pay more for cotton than any house in Sumter, and $ when the farmers of Olarendon come to Sumter it will be Sonly necessary for them to leave their samples with us. SWe are next to the Court House in the old " Jake Solo *mons " building and it is e Headquarters for Farmers. -- We carry everything and every department in our store is in'charge of the very best salesmen, whose business it is to sell goods with an eye to induce customers to return. We are headquarters for Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Trimmings, Fancy Goods, Novelties, Shoes, Hats, Crockery, Glassware, Groceries, anml everythinig for the plantation or household. We ~are making big drives in the several branches of our sto:-e awIl all that we ask is for the people to come and see WXe are in position to pay more for cotton than anybody n ihe market and we propose to give the farmers the benefit. Brinig your cot ton to us, and we will sell you the goods. !=t TgrW]LcL .,