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P utt~ningi 7CAIMn LOUIS APPELT, Editor.: MANNING, S. C., NOV. 19, 190:. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year .......... 5 Six months.- -- -... ............... Four months ....................... ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time. I1: each subsequent in sertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as re::ular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. c'ommumications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication o! a personail character will be published except as an advertiseete. Entered at the Postofice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. PLANT TOBACCO. The wonderful results of to bacco growing this year should be a stimulus to our farmers to prepare their lands now for the golden weed. Tobacco is a mon ey crop, and comes in away ahead of cotton, it brings, even when prices are low, a better profit than cotton, takes less land, and no more labor. We would advise every farmer hav ing suitable land to plant tobac co the coming year. To give an idea of the results of the tobacco culture, we will relate an instan ce which came under our person al observation last August. We spent the night with a friend, and in the course of our conver sation with him, he told us, that he planted eight acres of tobac co, had already sold for the cash $1400 worth, and he supposed he had at least on hand about $600 more. Here was a crop grown on eight acres of lapd yielding $2000 gross..anJ as he man and his family did all the work, his outlay was scarcely anything. -'This is what we would consider profitable farming. If our farmers can so arrange their lands, that several kinds of crops will be grown thereon, they will soon be independent of cotton, and will only make that staple a side issue. We have ex cellent lands in this county for the culture of tobacco, in fact the soil in certain sections is so well adapted that the weed grown thereon is of an exceed ingly fme quality and brings a very high price. Tobacco is different from cotton or most any other kind of crop, because it can be grown on lands that heretofore were considered not worth planting, and because it is a crop that cannot be stacked away into warehouses to keep it must be worked up, or it rots, therefore the chances for over production are small, and the prices are always likely to be profitable. Cotton on the other hand can be kept for years, and when ever the crop is full, spec lators take advantage of it to buy~cheap, so as to be in good shape when a short orop is made, which makes it hard for the farmer to get actual value. To a close observer, the cultivation of tobabco commends itself, and we hope that our farmers throughout this entire section will plant it. We do not mean to encourage anything like ex cessive planting, for to plant too much, it would lack for atten tion, but what we wish to advo cate, is for every farmer having suitable soil, to plant what he knows he can handle with safety. Tobacco growing in this coun ty was unknown a few years ago; it started in the Salem section, which at the time was regarded a very crude section of the coun ty, away behind the other por tions; the houses were nothing ~butlog huts, no school houses, and the church buildings were old log structures, the whole section reminded the. traveler of the days of the country's first settlers we read about in the books. Today a trip through this same section, is a revela tion, a complete trahsformation from the old to the new; in the place of the log huts, stand neatly and modernly built farm houses, one and two stories, the inside furnished plentifully and well, from within comes the strains of music from piano or organ, and the Salem farm house and its surroundings is up to-date. The school houses are large, comfortable, and well equipped, with a corps of the best of teachers, and the church es cannot be excelled anywhere. The whole country has taken on a new life, and gone to work with intelligence and vim. What has done this? Tobacco is the main source. The people were tired of the everlasting grinding down from cotton planting and they looked about for something to come out from under the burden of debt: they fell upon tobacco, and to them it was like the discovery of gold; they sowed, and they har vested, at first the results were meagre, but they kept on and in a short time they conld laugh debt in the face and bid it leave their farms, and now we know of no section more prosperous, or more advanced in learning, thrift,enterprise, public spirit or religion. "Truly a h o w li n g wilderness has been transformed into a garden." and a noble people have shaken off a yoke of oppression, and are now the main stays of our county. This condition is largely attributable to the culture of tobacco, and we urge all of our farmers having the soil, to go into the business. It is very gratifying to see that the price of coal has fallen from the penny-weight rate, and it is coming within the reach of people who are eating honest The attempt to assassinate King Leopold of Belgium is giv ing the Communistic press ma terial to grind out lots of incen diary buncombe, calculated to inflame the passions of the ne'er do-wells. One of the means employed to avoid the dispensary law, is to have liquor shipped from with out the State, marked "C. 0. D.", and on its arrival to the consignee, he pays for it to the express agent,-the salesman for the whiskey concern. Under a recent decision of Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, such traf tiing is illegal, and the express companies doing-business in that State have issued positive or ders to their agents in other States not to except C. 0. D. shipments of liquor for delivery in Iowa. If the decision of the iowa State Supreme Court will stand in the United states Su preme Court, then, the strict en forcement of the dispensary law of our State will bring about the results of prohibition, and will be a good, long, step in the tem perance cause. The express companies in this State encour age the violations of the dispen sary, by bringing in C. 0. D. packages for illicit dealers at small stations, and in many in stances their agents make con siderable commissions by taking orders for liquor. A State con stable informed us recently that a certain agent received 10 per cent for all liquor he delivered. This in our opinion, is a flagrant violation of the spirit and letter of the law, and any express agent doing such a business, should be prosecuted. We hope the Iowa case will go on up to the United States court and if that tribunal says it is good law, we are ready to join hands with any or ganization to see that our dis pensary law, in so far as its pro hibitive features are concerned, is enforced to the letter. STATE OF OHio, CITY oF TOLEDO. I ss. LUCAs COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. T. CHENEY & o.. doing business in the city of Toledo. county and State aforesaid. andthat said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL"; CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres ence. this 6th day of December. A. D. 1586. i _1_ 0A. W. GLEASON. SEAL .Notary Public. Has Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimnoia's. free. -F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0. Sold by druggists- 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Political theories may do very well on the hustings, but when it comes to putting them into ractice, it matters not whether in the north or the south, our business interests must be con sulted. The red, white and blue, or the stars and bars sentiment will not fmnance this great gov ernment, nor will it reduce taxa tion. The only thing such pret ty sentiments are good for, is to tive some fellow whose stomach s filled with ginger bread, and his brain is reeling with whiskey, a chance to hollow lustily "hur rah." What is needed to run this government, is the same force which runs any well organ ized and systemized business enterprise. Who of us care whether the Monroe doctrine is right or wrong, or whether the Philippine commission get through with their work this year? What we are interested in, is, who of our statesmen can find a way to push the products of this country into a demanding market, so that our farms can get good pay for their produce, our mills may run night and day furnishing labor at good wages, the furnaces of our foundries kept at red-hot pace all the time, and our lumber plants al ways in a whirl. We need states men who can fix the tax laws equitably and just, so that the rich as well as the poor may pay alike: we want statesmen who can give protection to the man who in rests his money, and keep the laborer from being imposed up on. We do not need men in our law making branch who are law breakers at heart, whose politi Dal composition is made up of an archism and communism, un fortunately this element has a strong hold upon the govern ment. The man who wants the government to own and control railroads, telegraph and, tele phone lines, coal and iron mines, would also want the government to own and control the lumber mills, brick yards, cotton mills and stores, which would be n 'pretty kettle of fish." This elass of men really do not want one half they harange their. hearers with, but it catches an element who would rather loaf than work;they preach such doc trine for votes, but when they accomplish their purpose we bear no more from them until the next election rolls around. David Bennett Hill the New York aspirant for the presiden ey, made a spectacle of himself by taking advantage of the un fortune coal strike to make pol itical capital. Hill, knowing that the laboring man had been out of work and was stomach pinched,bleated out, let the gov ernment take charge of the mines, thinking it would elect his candidate governor, and make him the Democratic nominee for president, but Coler was not elected, and Hill ain't in it a lit tle bit, because his recent tum ble to communism has relegated him as a consideration when a statesman is wanted. Luck in Thirteen. By sending 13 miles Wmn. Spirey of Walton Furnace, vt., got a box of ukien's Arnica Salve, that wholly cured a horrible fever sore on his leg. Nothing else could. Positively cures bruises, felons, ulcers, eruptions, boils, burns, corns and piles. Only 2-e. Guarauteed by The R. B. Lor oldest Tree In the World. The Rev. W. Tuckwell in "Tongues e and Trees and Sermons In Stones" O says: "The oldest living tree in the world is said to be the Sema cypress of Lombardy. It was a tree forty years before the birth of Christ." But Al phonse Karr in his "Voyage Autour do Mon Jardin" says of the baobab (Adan sonia digitata), "It is asserted that some exist in Senegal that are 5,000 years old."-Notes and Queries. Superstition That Is Ancient. In many parts of Great Britain the superstition still survives that It is fol ly or madness to save a drowning man, ; as he will sooner or later do an injury 0 to the rescuer. The superstition comes a down from our ancestors, yet traces of I it exist among the Sioux and other In (ians, who seem to have inherited It from aboriginal sources. The belief is most prevalent in Cornwall and varl ous parts of Scotland. -._____- c The Art of Working In Gold. The Romans copied the Greek and Etruscan goldsmiths' work, though they also often used the ornarbents . themselves taken from the ancient c tombs. Much of the art of the ancients c in working gold was lost until early In G the nIneteenth century, when Signor : Castellani found some of the Etruscan ' methods still being employed by work- a men in a village in a remote corner of the Apennines.-London Times. Economical. There is a reminiscence of Caleb Bal derstone in the utterance of an econom leal Scotch butler who As lately wait Ing at m: 'uportant dinner. He had taken i. a plate of beef in vain. After his last effort at persuasion had failed he set it down In front of his master with decision. "Ye maun tak' that yersel'." he said. "I canna' get any ither customer for it." Doth Were There. Miss Mllyun-One can be very hap py in this world with health and mon ey. Deadbroke-Then let's be made one. I have the health and you have the money!-Illustrated Bits. E As It Really Was. "Lay on, Macduff!" cried Macbeth. Macduff was motionless. "What'll be the matter noo?" said Macbeth. "Dinna ye ken that's the cue?" "I was na sure," said Macduff, "whether ye were just recht In yer guimmar. I thought ye meant 'lie on' an' that I wadna stand. but it's all recht noo." And the conflict began.-Toledo Bee. c His EWR' F'Uture. "Are you educating you son for eny particular cnllIng?" "What?" "Well, he made his own selection, and as near as I ean find out be is edu. ; himself to be the husband of an ."- Chic-ago Post. Happy Thought. Photogralher-Now, I want you to look as if you were not having your picture taken.a Customier-Then you'd better give me back the deposit I made In advance.--~ Life.a a An Offsiet.a Wealthy American Father-in-law-I: find, count, you did not tell me the full extent of your debts.a Count Boylon de Bakkovisnek-And you did not tell me, sare, ze full extent of mademoiselle's tempare. - Chicago Tribune. Quick Promotion. "I hear your brother is an assistant bookkeeper." "Yes, indeed. And, do you know, he proved hImself so clever that they've passed him over the first and second assistaatships and madc him third as sistant right off."-New York World. Analysis. She-After all, what is the difference between illusion and delusion? H~e-Illusion is the lovely fancies we have about ourselves, and delusion is the foolish fancies other people have about themselves.-Life. Did it ever occur to you that the soles of your shoes go awfully fast after the first break occurs? A man is like a pair of soles in that respect. Atchison Globe. Bsthe h Kind You Have Always Bought - Bignature' of SWhidh Shall It Be?. Having tried all other remedies, will you continue to suffer St th'rough false pride ? Don't Be Foolish. i Repeated eye headaches sap one's vitality and bring about a T general nervous break down. Let us relieve your headache by 4 removing the cause. Save your eyes and nervous en ergy. E. A. Bultman, JEWEL.ER AND OPTIClAN. Dr. Z. F. Highsamith, Optician, in charge of Optical Department. 17 S. Main St., - Sumter, S. C. 'PHONE 194. Do You Want PERFECT FIT1129 TH EN COME OR SEND TO US. We have the best equippewd Tailor n Establishmuent in the State. We handle hig'h Art Ciothing soleiv and we catrry the best line of Hats~ and Gent's Furnishings in the sity. A sk your most p omninenit men who we iar., anid they will commend you to us. Cor. King & Wentworth Sts., rARLESTON - S. C. IWORRY, NOT WORKE Is what makes people old before their time. Why not save the worry and ease the work by doing your trading at this store? Be wise. Get everybody's prices, then come to us and you will quickly see our prices are THE LOWBEST. Tricot Flannels... .... ...@ 221c the yard. 75c Waistings.. .........a 69 - the yard. BIG LINE OF DRESS GOODS, a Such as Broadcloths, in all colors, Vene tians, Zebelines, Heavy Skirtings, Silks, etc. Yard-Wide Sheeting... ...........@4 c Best Prints, Dark Colors...... .....@41c EShoes! Shoes! We have Shoes for the whole family. Ladies' Shoes at 50c the pair to $3.50. Men's Shoes at 98c for the $1.25 Kind and up to $5. OLOTHIN I! OLOTHINEl Men's Suits at $2.98 and upward to $12.50. Children's Suits at 75c to $5. Seeing is believing. Come and see our goods and prices and you will be convinced that we are the LOW PRICE-MAKERS. SBTIM9VrE 1Lq' S.W OCR Levi Bros. Old Stand. P. S.-From the mighty rush in our Millinery Depart- 3 ment is evidence we are doing the Millinery bus- a iness. OUR LOW PRICES MAKE IT SO. eeeeessees~eses0 it13a Fet t Fitthe eet But W Can o It Lon fetshot eet wie eet nrro fetperec fee, dforedfee; i fct e ae he ittrsof eetan the eades inHig ArtFootear A Beter hoefor our one Thanthe oneycanget lsewere BULT AN BOS.,"''iA' 0 surnte, s.-C Sh~os *M cie o Or~er esseseeseeleseee OnelCa Lao Frst ts ore and MlesF, hc Ib Idat ACBetetonfo Yoricoe. Comande theney cagt elrstables.ALSTCGURN SABLTS1AN FED STABL titEs, SELS IO RS ES GRADESS. ATUHESER LOWESTECO, One Cays Lo frstil Corlans HossadMlswhc ilb nCvgniaompetaing Prices CHAR3i .EO . . C. "Th Largest It pays torteilizeesyoon Eants" Thevirini-crolna heica Wh lelel puchasers "TLargestotr Conertraon ofth Management M. MARKS SONS, Charleston, S. C. Flanelette Underwear Fur Neck Pieces. For Ladies and Children. We offer our new assortment of fine Outing Night Gowns for Ladies, in Furs this week and are showing the Outig Niht ownsforfinest selection ever brought to choice colorings and designs, well Ch made in every respect, yoke collar ar eton and front trimmed with narrow We Menion braid.HA SOE Il, braid.HUDSON BAY SABLE, SPECIAL ...........50 ch. BLACK BEAR BOA, RUSSIAN SABLE, Outing Flannel Petticoats for Ladies, BROWN MARTEN, cut wide and well made. ISABELLA FOX, SPECIAL ...........25c. each. Pric E FO . Children's Outing Petticoats, Plaids $45 and Stripes, white body, all sizes. Our stock contains many of the i choice Furs of this season's selection. SPECIAL ..... ..... C. each. We advise early purchases in this department. Children's Outing Dresses, w e I1 Send us an order, we will please made, trimmed with braid. you. SPECIAL ........ 2*5c each. Ladies' Solid Pink, Blue Petticoats, with wide frills, mode of soft, fine double-face Flannel. SPECIAL ........ 50C* each. Walking Skirts. Infants' Long Cloaks. Oxford Cheviot Walking Skirt, cir- Long Cloaks of Cream Cashmere for cular flounce, with 18 rows of Infants, wide cape, elaborately em stitching, strapped seams. broidered. SPECIAL............ $3.50 SPECIAL............ $1.7*5 All-Wool Black Kersey Walking Infants' Cream Cashmere Cloaks, Skirts, tailored seams, graduated wide cape embroidered also at bot flounce, pin tucks, piped with silk, town, a very attractive garment. SPECIAL ............ $5.00 SPECIAL............ $2.50 Wrappers. Colored Dress Goods. Dark Flannelette Wrappers, wide 40-inch All-Wool Granite Cloth of ruffle on collar, yoke and sleeves, splendid quality, colors Castor, trinuisd attractively with.89c. Royal, Navy, Brown, flelio, Cardi braid . ..........nal, Roseda, Tan, .50 Fancy Flannelette WVrappers, inade Greon. Value 75e. .. C Yd. with cape and deep rffle, yoke, 5Weinch All-Wool French Broadcloth collar and sleeves trimmned with of high lustre and finishi, guaran narrow velvet ribbon, a very at- teed for wear; 15 shades. Value tractive Wrapper. $1.50. $~ SPECIAL .......... An assortment of half wool Dress Goods composed of Pebble Cheviot, Graite Cloth and Mixed Sitings. SPECIAL ..........525c. Yd. Laie'old hn, rlese toat , S.C wihwiFillsERefSf, ORGAIIZE Conl-f centrtuleas.Rss SPCombinations.50c gainth.... 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We re extto heourHoeinheWold Grae olo-o spoesdibqualitngcoaor itstor H a q at r oar a rmwes,.ari is inchare ofthe ry est als, hose bsn esti to sll ood wih a ey 5to inc Acu-orol reun.Bodlt ofehigreustraanduanishsuaran DrAGodarssormn of'aGooldrs, F n y Goodsoe fPebeCeit Gr c rilesohadMxe utns andeveythng b heSPEnatin Ao hosl.......5.d We pr-epmakin biges drives n theal purachses of ou5 ond thpwarktd. w rps ogv hefrestebnft Chaleton, S. C. TEMPERANCE COLUMN. Condeted by Paxvillo v.. G. T. - National Motto-." For ;od. liome :-nd Na tice Land.~ State anrotto_- Be M-ronc and of Good Cour a ur Watchwordsl::itate. Edue:e.te. or.-::nize. --uGd helping mc. I promise not to buy. drink. sell or give intoxicatin.z liquors while I live; From bad companions I'll refrain And never take God's name in vain." WHY WE BELIEVE IN PROHIBITION. Not because we think that it will or can, of itself. work the moral regenera tion of the community, or that. it viil have great influnce. direclv. towaras that end. We are quite willing to mit that it would he a great deal het Ier - for the man who is uow ruining his life through excessive drinking. if, through some moral and religious im pulse., he reformed, than that he should be compelled to stop through an impIs sibility of getting drink. And we be lieve it quite possible that one com munitv, under a strictly enforced pro hibitoly law. might be morally no bet ter than another under wide open drinkin-. A prohibition law alone is not equal to the moral reformation of the citizens. But we do believe thiat such a law. enforced even with a fairi degree of strictness, will help out great lv in the effort toward personal and social redemption for which the chtnch and all good men are working. And so thoroughly are we convinced of this. that we believe were Jesus Christ with us on the earth today-he who never rested satisfied short of the change of heart, the birth of a new na ture-he would be as we are in this matter. We happen to live near a li quor store, one of those blotches upon the fair face of our citv. We have seen some of the havoc that it has wrought in the community, upon the old man and the child, in the home and in the fond hopes and ambitions of those who, at one time, bid fair for life. And we have often asked the question. Could the Son of man lo'tk upon that place without breathing out the deep curse of his Father against such work of iniquity? The saloon is man's foe, his foe in the highest and holiest in terests for this life, and for the great ftsure. That is the reason why we be lieve in pr-ohibition.-Christian Guar dian. A TRUE INCIDENT. A lady happened to be passing a pub lie house in West Kensington just as a little girl was coming out of it with a brimming jug of beer. Seeing the child stop to Orink greedily, the lady spoke to her. and. taking the ethical side of the matter as easiest to be un derstood. asked it she did not know it vas wrong to drink her mother's beer. The answer was: "6. but Mr.- !the publican) told me he had put some in for me, and that mother would still have her full pint lEft. And it is so nice! Wouldn't you like to taste it? He gave me these too," d'isplaying a hand full of sweets."I'm to lave them when I go in, and Mrs. So- ar.d So has prom ised to let me fetch h er beer, too!" The child was not eight years old, ard, as Mrs. So-and So lived near, the lady made it her business to call and remon strate, finally succeeding in obtainin' promise that the little creature sho not be sent again. A day or two lat this same woman accosted the lady in the Street to inform her she had kept her promise, but that the child had "gone on dreadful" when told she would not be allowed to fetch beer for her any more. "screaming and crying like anthing." There, sir, is a drunkard o less than eight in rap~aid process of formation.-Selected. Because we employ laws and courts to stop crime and cheek the career of wicked men, the power of moral sua sin is not remitted, nor is it necessary to shut up outr churches, dismiss our moral teachers, or lose faith in God and in prayer. " These ought ye to have done, atnd not to have left the other undone." The law and the Gos pel. legal suasion and moral suasion, the statute book and the Bible, the court and the church, have each its place and its power. and, taken togeth er, constitute the "law of liberty." as expounded in the epistle of James: and any attempt to array one against the other, or to make one exclude the other, is unjust, unfair, unseriptual. and calculated to mislead and confuse. rather thai to clear t'ne ground and afford assistance to the good cause. Alex Mills, in Christian Guardian. Better Than a Plaster. A Piece of flannel dlampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on the affected parts, is better than a plaster for a lame back and for pains in the side or chest. .Pain Balm has no superior as a linment for the relief of deep seated. muscu lar and rheumatic pains. For satle by The R. B. Loryea Drtug Store, Isaac M. Loryea Prop. Proverbs "When the butter won't come put a penny in the churn," is an old time dairy proverb. It often seems to work thottgh no one has ever told why. When mothers are worried because the children do not gain strength and flesh we say give them Scott's Emul sion. It is like the penny in the milk because it works and because there is something astonishing about it. Scott's Emulsion is simply a milk of pure cod liver oil with some hypophosphites especially prepared for delicate stomachs. Children take to it naturally because they like the taste and the remedy takes just as naturally to the children be cause it is so perfectly adapted to their wants. For all weak and pale and thin children Scott's Emulsion is the most satisfactory treat ment. We will send you the penny, I. e., a - sample free. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, -Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. sec nad $zoo an ln druggists.