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LUIIS APPET, Editor. MANNING, S. C., OCT. 22. 1902. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTIoN RATES: One year...----- ----.......................-1 50 Six months-. . ----- -----..................... Four months........... -......... ----- ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. Cl: 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. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. A REPORTER'S FRESHNESS MAKES MA TERIAL FOR OUR ENEMIES. A reporter for the News and Courier last Friday endeavored to create a flutter in political cir cles by making an impression which had no foundation what ever. We had business in Charles ton, and it so happened that Sen atorMcLaurin had business there also, neither expected to .eet the other, but there being a va cancy in the office of Collector of Customs, this enterprising re porter takes advantage of the incident of McLaurin and ourself being in the city at the same time, to misrepresent the Senator by intimating that he was there to confer with District Attorney Capers to give us this position. The position of Collector was at one time a very juicy plum, but it has no attraction now for a man who has employment. At one time it paid about $3500, last year it paid about $900. The falling off is due to the lack of imports and exports to and from Charleston. Aside from any political considerations we could not be persuaded to accept a po sition requiring a $100,000 bond for an income of $900 per year even if there was any liklihood of the position being offered to us. If the place paid $3500 a year and it was tendered to us we have no hesitency in saying we would take it quick, and not sacrifice our political principles either. In every State in the Union, Democrats have accept pcsitions under the present ad min.istration without renouncing their own party affilliation or principles. In Charleston there are now a number of gentlemen applying for the position of Col lector, who are now and always have been Democrats, and should the President appoint one of them he will not expect an avow al of Republicanism. When the president appoints a Democrat to an office, as he has frequently done, it is because the material offered him from his own party is not satisfactory to him, and in his judgment not calculated to help the service-hence he pre fers going outside of his party. There are some who say they would not accept an office from a Republican president, but we should hate to take any risks with such people; in our opinion they will take anything they can get, and the very first job in sight. But in the present ease, while we have not been offered the Collectorship, nor have we any reason to believe there is any liklihood of it being offered to us, we would not accept it because there is not enough money in it; but the report in the News and Courier, which en deavored to make it appear that we were about to step into that office, gave some slander-beslim ed tongues a sweet morsel of I told-you-so to roll, and go about intimating that we had gone into the Republicaa camp, a quietus was put on them however, when the next day our reply appeared. Should the time ever come that we will quit the Democratic party, we will not sneak out but walk out openly and boldly; and we know of nothing that will make us go, unless it be the loss of all hope of ever purify ing the party from its present rotten methods. As long as there is a shadow of hope to drive from power the sanctimon ious scoundrels who manage to control by methods far worse than was ever perpetrated in radical days, when it was a mat ter of the preservation of our. civilization, just so long will we remain a true and loyal worker in the Democratic ranks, wheth er in our out of office. The leaders, in a county which, in a primary election, polls more votes than it has legal white voters, if they are not parties to the crime, will use every honest effort in their power to put a stop to such tactics. We have no idea that there is a man in Clarendon county at all familiar with the number of white voters who believes there was over 1450 legal votes cast in the last pri mary, notwithstanding the fact, there were nearly 1800 votes re ported. We are morally sure there was fraud committed, and we believe before an impartial tribunal if the game was worth the candle, we can prove it. There are some isolated cases which are easily proven: we have in mind the name of a voter on the poll list, who died last February, he did not vote in the first primary, but rolled out of his grave in time for the second, we also have information of names on poll lists of parties who did not go to the polls, and we have information of men who voted more than once. With this miserable condition existing in the party, it becomes more urgent for honest men to stand by it, and work to drive the rot tenness. A building and loan association is needed here and should be organized right away, and with it a land im provement company. Other towns have been built up by these institu SETTLED FOR AWHILE. The coal strike is at an end, and the country will have re lief from the anxiety it has felt for the past five months. To President Roosevelt is largely due the credit of bringing about a cessation of hostilities be tween the contending forces Labor and Capital. How long the trouble will stay settled we have no idea, but we do not be lieve it is permanent. We be lieve there must be something done by the State and National governments for the protection of both Capital and Labor, be fore anything like a permanent adjustment can be had. There should be certain conditions at tached to a corporate charter which reserves the right of the State to arbitrate whenever dis putes arise and, make it a con dition that where a corporation refuses to submit or abide by an arbitration it forfeits the fran chise granted by the charter, al so stipulate in the charter that whenever the representatives of the labor organizations re fuse to arbitrate or abide the decision of arbitrators, the State promises to defend the proper ty of the corporation, and pro tect those who are willing to work. In our opinion. every State in the Union should create some good strong legislation on the questions of labor and capital, and we know of no State where it is more needed than in South Carolina. This State is largely a manufacturing State, becom ing more so every year. Every community that cat do so, estab lishes some kind of manufactur ing enterprise, and as these in ititutions grow, there comes amongst us an element which is restless, and discontended. Then follows an element of agitators, who take advantage of the rest less condition, and they organize unions which they control and manage to their own advantage: whenever it suits these agi tators they levy a demand * for increase of pay or shorter hours of labor, and in many instances both. This demand is a species of black-mail, for accompanying the demand is a threat to strike. If the factory owners refuse to accede, the employees at a given signal walk out and the business stops dead still: this is usually done when large orders are in, and labor is needed most. The working people out of their daily earnings must pay into these unions a certain portion, this money is to pay benefits, aid them when they go out on a strike and pay salaries to the officers-floor delegates they are alled. In the Southern mills there have not been many strikes, but the indications are they are cming; we have had a few, but they are getting more frequent, nd it behooves this State to pro fit by the recent trouble in Penn sylvania. Deafness Cannot be Cured > local applications, as they cannot, reach the iseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous linng of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam d you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the innlammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal ondition.hearing will be destroyed forever: nmne nohng but an inflaed conditino trh hi se will gie One Hundred Dollars for nny case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. send for F.ulrs f J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0. Sold by druggists. 75c. Hlrs Family Pills are the best. President Roosevelt deserves very large slice of the credit for getting the coal strike set tled, if only temporary. John Mitchell liad the President's ympathy from the start, and resident Baer with his inso lent flaunting of power, should o away back and sit down. Look Out For Fever. Biliousness and liver disorders at this season may be prevented by leansing the system with DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These famous ittle pills d&o not gripe. They move the bowels gently, but copiously,and y reason of the tonic properties, give tone and strength to the glands. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Col. Wilie Jones of Columbia has been made a brigadier Gen eral by order of the Governor, and a deserved promotion it is. o. Jones has taken more inter est in the militia than any other man in the State and we know of no man who is more popular with military men. We salute eneral Jones. SIYLOCII Shylock was the man who wanted a pound of human flesh. There a re m a ny Shylocks now, the convales cent, the consumptive, the sickly child, the pale young woman, all want human flesh and they can get it-take Scott's Emulsion. Scott's Emulsion is flesh and blood, bone and muscle. It feeds the nerves, strengthens the digestive organs and they feed the whole body. For nearly thirty years Scott's Emulsion has been the great giver of human flesh. We will send you a couple of ounces free. SCOTT & BOwNE, Chemists. 409-415 Pearl Street. New York. Governor McSweeney will re- in, tire from the office of governor ta with fewer mistakes charged to te him than any of his predecessors is, since 1880. There has been te nothing of the sensational about of hi administration. It started J off oi business principles and wi stayed square on the track. We ul hope his successor will follow in pi his foot-steps. w Forty Years' Torture. ar To be relieved from a torturing W disease after 40 years' torture might th well cause the gratitude of anyone. j th That is what DeWitt's Witch Haz"l w Salve did for C. Haney, Geneva, 0. He says: "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me of piles after I had suffered 40 years." Cures cutsburus, th wounds, skin diseases. Beware of es counterfeits. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. ar Let us caution our farmer B fi'iends to remember how much ar more they have to pay when co they buy on a credit than when cc they buy for cash. Don't waste tr the good results of this year's al toil by spending year money recklessly, remember the fear- se ful results of last year, and the thick skin bacon you were forced an to buy this summer on a credit. Hold your money to pay for your fertilizers and living sup- is plies, and next fall you will th know how it feels to be an in- th dependent man. ha __ be His Life in Peril. I just seemed to have gone all to pieces," writes Alfred Bee of Welfare, r Tex., " biliousness and a lame back of had made life a burden. I couldn't ma eat or sleep and felt almost too worn we out to work when I began to use Ilectric Bitters, but they worked wonders. Now I sleep like a top,-an tr eat anything,have gained in strength of and enjoy hard work." They give y vigorous health and new life to weak, of sickly, run-down people. Try them. of Only 50c at The R. B. Loryea Drug tio Store. th< ... . - ~ du The way the newspapers of fot the country are roasting David he Bennett Hill about the platform sia of the New York convention is a ge: caution. Hill c h a r a c t e r i z e d ye government ownership of rail-! roads and telegraph lines as communism, and in the recent Democratic convention in his ali, own State he advocates govern- dai ment ownershiplof coal mines. an At one time we held David Ben- tio nett Hill in high admiration, we we believed him to be one of the ab< nation's greatest statesmen, but rin his recent antics to touch a pop- mg ular chord has lowered our es timate of the man, and now we Go regard him a cheap politician ( and of the shoddy variety at~ To that. The plank in the New York Democrat platform calling for Th government ownership of mines gj insures defeat before the cam paign begins. _----- wJ Natural Anxiety. Mothers regard approaching win- A ter with uneasiness, children take - cold so easily. No disease costs more j little lives than croup. It's attack is1 ' so sudden that the sufferer is often beyond human aid before the doctor ' arrives. Such cases yield rapidly toI One Minute Cough Cure. Liquifies w the mucus, allays inflammation, re- .I moves danger. Absolutely safe. Acts An immediately. Cures coughs; colds, grip, brouchitis, all throat and lung:i trouble. F. S. MeMahon, Hampton,|Inmt Ga.: "A bad cold rendered me voice |'.l less .iust before an oratorical contest. Th I intended to withdraw, but took \ One Minute Cough Cure. It restored my voice in time to win the medal." P The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. O Elsewhere in this issue are'T letters to and from Dr. P. M. T Salley .of Pinewood and Col. D. He W. Brailsford of Panola. Dr. Salley has also written to us on this subject for an expression of A opinion. We cannot see whyI the proposed trolley system should be a failure. The sec- Ce] tion through which it is to tra verse cannot be excelled any- - where in the State for fertility:! it is populous and healthy. I there-by holding out inducements I for an increase of population, with its accompaniment of new ideas, thrift and wealth. This project of interior transportation is no chimerical dream of these i gentlemen, but the scheme is as' wa practical as is the steam rail an4 road system. In Europe much a of the interior or rural trans by portation, both for freight and me passengers is done by electricity, an so also is it at the North, in the ali States of New York. New Jersey, Se' Pennsylvania and other States,' of but, says the pessimist, those the sections are more thickly settedi than ours: why is it so:' Be- i Sol cause every convenience that i St< I'VIRGINI/ FOR INF'ORMATIN I THE VRGNA-CAROl. eCHARLESTON, S.C Ddern civilization devises is ken advantage of by the en rprising people, and the result all sorts of labor giving en rprizes with a constant stream laborers seek these places. st so would it be with us, were to come together and build our waste places. The scheme 'oposed by Dr. Salley and so ?11 endorsed by Col. Brailsford lets with our hearty approval, I d we hope these gentlemen 11 create such an interest in eir respective sections that e business element of Manning 11 come to it, if, from no other )tive than that of selfdefense. ople are going to trade where ey can reach the easiest, ceap t, and quickest, market, and if at the county seat go to sleep d permit the Salley's and the 'ailsford's to build a trolley up d d-)wn the back-bone of the unty, without touching the unty seat, it will result in ide-sapping towns going up through the country and the adual drying up of the county at town. Yes, we endorse the scheme d volunteer to give these gen men any aid we may possess. te scheme is practicable, all at it needs to demonstrate it, for a general taking hold by e people, and at least one lf of the capital stock ought to raised in Manning. The Worst Form. ultitudes are singing the praises Kodol, the new discovery which is .king so many sick people well and ak people strong by digesting at they eat, by cleansing and eetening the stomach and by. ,nsforming their food into the kind pure, rich, red blood that makes a feel good all over. Mrs. Cranfill Troy, I. T., writes: For a number years I was troubled with indiges u and dyspepsia which grew into worst form. Finally I was in eed to use Kodol and after using ir bottles I am entirely cured. I rtily recommend Kodol to all suf ers from indigestion and dyspep . Take a dose after meals. It di Is what you eat. The R. B. Lor i Drug Store. A Tribute. lore or less grief is allotted to us and clouds of misfortune will often -ken life's path. The home of Mr. I Mrs. R. J. Aycock, of Davis Sta 2, has recently been sadden by hands of sorrow, and from them -e taken their little twin girls, aged ut three months, the deaths occur g only two days apart. The follow poem is offered for what it may be 7th: 2e? yes, they've gone ne'er to return: )h how the heart must bow in pain know that their dear mortal forms Vill nevermore be seen again. se smiling faces, once so bright nd bringing to a mother cheer, iich filled an aged father's life Vith hopes so fond and joys most dear. ile starting on life's rugged sea, 'o pass the perilous rocks before, Ls: a sudden storm is on, Ssunken ship-the voyage o'er. eruel Death, why didst thou thus pon the victims lay thy hands d hurl them off to yonder shore, tending affection's fondest bands? i didst thou, at this early hour. ifore life's race had well begun, d when the morn had been blessedF Vith but a few rays from its sun. rude thyself and take away 'he ornaments, so pure, so true, t filled a home with rays of joy F wich nothing evermore can do? Lce! peace! we shall not murmur so; lis but the workings of the hand C Him whose d'eeds are ever right, nd whose justice we all must stand. T >se loving ones, too pure to live C pon this world of sin so great, ded the angels beckonings Lnd entered through the Pearly Gate. ransomed throng they now have joined, ~nd, free from cares and toils and1 fears, i estial bliss they will enjoy, nd ecstasies unknown to tears. - tile from that calm serene o voice to earth can ever come, know that they will greet us there hen we. in turn, are gathered home. * -R. L. JONES. Stricken With Paralysis. [enderson Grimett of this place~ Sstricken with partlal paralysis. I completely lost the use of one s 2 and side. After being treated an eminent physician for quite a ile without relief, my wife recoin nded Chamberlain's Pain Balm, I after using two bottles of it he is ost entirely cured.-Geo. R. Mc- r1 nald, Man, 1)ogan county, W. Va. -eral other very remarkable cures paralysis have beena effected by use of this liniment. It is ms lely known, however, as a cure rheumatism. sprains and bruises. d by The R. B. Loryea Drug >re, isaac M. Loyea, Prop. 2 eOAROLINA C IMA CHEMCAL Ci. O" B U.S A. THE BUSIEST STORE -:- -:- IN SUMTER. -:- -: SBecause it is thie Cheapest. i S Goods often bought at about half price and sold the same Sway. Don't buy your _ th am oos Th -b. L. ... W e arry good ges.ok fSos fay imi tee9 ~"Men's Suis, it s, 50f val e ........ ......... $ 2 . 8 o SLadies' Fine Soes at............. ............... 50c. & Lade's' Nee Shrts, upc toa25c, at......... .. ......25c. SBest Yard-Wide Sheeting at..........................S5c. S We are right after you and expect to capture your trade if __ ~ Low Prices will do it. S We mention only a few of the many "BA RGAINS.' S Look for us, then trade with us and save money. You are always welcome, whether you wish to buy or not, at Lev i Bros. Old Stand. p.." Owl BU1LBTMANS' SHOES. 7e have Shoes for every body, |To run accross. the field The big man, and the tall In leathers black and glossy or those who wear them very large, Wit both hard and rubber heels. And those who wear them small. We have Shoes for the ploughman Ge have Shoes for the merchant prince And his mate who draws the hoe The Banker and the Farmer too: And Shoes for the sportsman or the Parson and the Lawyer | When on a pleasure trip he goes. And a pair or so for you. peWe have Shoes for every season he have Shoes for the hoary sage, . And in styles that can't be beat Or the infant on mother's knees, And Shoes at popular prices urs are the kind that wear the best To gt the different shapes of feet. And are always sure to please. We have shod the feet of Sumter 7e have Shoes for the you boy For some Forty years or so To run and tag his ma, And we hope '.o have this pleasure r Shoes for the blushing lover, For at least that many more. Hanging o'er the gate. Whenever you are in need of Shoes e have Shoes for the cowboy .. Come in and take a peep Of the wild and wooly West, Our goods are known from Pudding .d Shoes for the sporty dude Swamp Who always buys the best. To the banks of Rafting Creek. re have Shoes for the farmer's son, Men's ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ elal Shoege Dealersau, t..... ...... C 3ULTfIAN BROS.,i;T HORSES &MULES. JTJST AR.RIVED, One Car Load of First Class Horses and Mules, which will be old at Competing Prices. Come and see them at our stables. toaL STOCK GUARAN 'EED. DOFFEY & RIGBY, SALES AND FEED STABLES, r in.n-ing, - - - S- C HEMIQAL OOMPANY, w- A FORTY FACTORES ART_ MOST EGONf3vilC MANAG3EMENT -LOWEST PRECES 9 ..,. We Are Here to Win With Fall and Winter Goods at the Lowest Prices that New and Good Merchandise Can Possibly Be Sold For. A Good Start Is Half the Race, To start right, to brilliantly open the Fall of 1902, we have marked our entire stock of Merchandise, DRESS GOODS, MILLINERY, SHOES, K CLOAKS, CARPETS and MATTINGS At a very close margin, and we promise you as much for a dollar as can be had, or your money refunded. Some people say we are doing enough business and ought to be satisfied, but the larger output the better value we can give. We want to add you to our list of pur chasers. Won't you give us a trial and be convinced? We buy and sell for Cash, and money runs the machinery of the world. 'Surnter, S. C. Fl'lERS, ORGAIZ Concentrate Your Means, Resist. Combinations Against You... 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, mu'st go with him, therefore as business men, we the LEVI BROTHERS want it distinctly understood that we propose to link 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 wills so that we are -en abled to pay more for cotton than any house in Sumter, and when the farmers of Clarendon come to Sumter it will be only necessary for them to leave their samples with us. We are next to the Court House in the old " Jake Solo mons " building and it is 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, aind everything for the plantation or household. We are making big drives in the several branches of our store and all that we ask is for the people to come and see or themselves. We are in position to pay more for cotton than anybody m the market and we propose to give the farmers the benefit. Bring your cotton to us, and we will sell you the goods. Levi F2aC)s., SUMTER. S. C.