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LOUIXS APPEL. EBditor.1 MANNING. S. C., JAN. 21, 1903. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: eyear.................... .... 1 50 months......... --.--------------.. Aur months...........------. 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. Communcations 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. EDITOR GONZALES ASSASSIATED. The tragedy enacted in the city of Columbia last Thursday has become so well known throughout the universe, it is needless in this space to go into the details. N. G. Gonzales .cd itor of The State was stricken b u42e ,- mr-apistol in the &f James H. Tillman Lieutenint Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Gonzales was un armed, Mr. Tillman was armed with two pistols, one a 38 cali bre, the other, with which he sought the life of his foe, was a . magazine of German make. Mr. Gonzales had just left his office and was on his way home to be met at the door by his loving wife, Mr. Tillman had just left the Senate chamber where he presided, and where he swore he would obey the law. There is a law on the Statute books against carrying concealed weapons, and it is aad commentary upon the ;v-- ravity of man, to say that we have in South Carolina a man who is so far lost to honor, as to have concealed beneath the robes of the second highest office, a pistol, not one, but two. This is bad, but far worse it is, for that man sworn to obey the law, to attempt murder, while he must have known he was 4n no danger of harm from the man he hated. The evidence is, that Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Tillman had passed each several times since'the session opened, and if this be true, it makes the con - duct of Tillman, nothing short of black-hearted cowardice, be O e, in passing and re-passing Mr. - ithout any sign of-collision, it completely threw Mr. Gonzeles off his guard, did ~he ever have a suspicion that there might be trouble between himself and Tillman on account of the exposures made last sum mer. We are satisfied Tillman's deed was premeditated; it was not a case of sudden heat and passion which would entitle him to a recommendation of mercy, but a cold-blooded act with mur der as its intent, and purpose. It is indeed a sad, sad specta cle, one a man, who, no matter how much re may differ from his views, 1tiere is none who will say that1i6 was not sincere, a -Ka~n'w-iose individuality,through the most adverse circumstances, made himself a leader of thought throughout this State and a pow er in the United States; this inan whose career of usefulness was just beginning to be fully appreciated, with a future before him worthy of the noblest am *biti'on, in a twinkling, to be stricken down by an assassin's blow, from an instrument in the hands of a man who was yet clothed with a high commission from the people, and who, by his conduct has shown himself unworthy of this commission. This crime is especially sad, because the man now languish ing in jail has brought disgrace to the people of his State who have honored him, principally, because of the name he bore, which should have made him careful of his manhood, and the other, cold in death, whose clean life and manly labors were fast making him a guide for the moulders of uplifting thought, for progressive energy, and for patriotic endeavor. Tillmnan an example to be deplored, and dis couraged; Gonzales an example for encouragement and emula tion. The writer has had contentions and differences with Mr. Gonza les, but through it all, he has al ways regarded him with high esteem, an admiration for his moagnificient ability, a sincere respect for his determination, pluck and sincerity of purpose, and it has been his constant prayer since the dastardly deed was committed, that God in His mnfinite mercy and wisdom, would spare this man of usefulness to his family, his country, and to his profession. It was decided otherwise, and Monday at 1:10 p. m. he breathed his last,sur~rnd ed by his loving family; yester day he was laid to rest in Elm wood cemetery. N. G. Gonzales is dead, but in his career of 45 years he made an impress which will live after him. He fills an untimely grave, a martyr to prin ciple. _________ How's This? We offer One iifundred Dollars Reward for acase of Catar-rh that cannot be cured by 'as Catarrh Cure. F.,T. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. 0. -We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wzsr & TaUAX, wholesale druggists. Toledo. 0. WALDING, KINN~AN & MARTIN. wholesale drug gists. Toledo. 0. Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of Lthe system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Cut this out and take it to The R. B. Loryea Drug Store and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They cleanse and invigorate the satorach, improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Regalar size, 25c per hror_ ANTI-TRUST SPEECH. The much heralded anti-trust speech of Senator B. R. Tillman was delivered on scheduled time; but whether from lack of inter est on the part of the Senators, or because of self interest we do not know, however, his speech was disappointing in its lack of ginger. We have read the speech in the Congressional Re cord, and while reading it we wondered how some of our local friends would have relished his remarks when he was down here last summer trying to show why no rebates were paid into the State treasury. Had he alluded to those interested in trusts as "theives" and "robbers" some who made themselves very con spicuous on that occasion would have worn one of Brete Hart's "smoles"-well hardly either, because men who can with bra zen face profess piety, and then scheme to take advantage of, ard oppress their fellowman, can not have shame to mantle their! cheeks- There are some men in this world who are callous enough to adulterate the sacra meLtal wine, and then chuckle within themselves for their shrewdness in robbing the Lord. The Senator's speech arraigns the Attorney General for lack of duty in not "throttling" these infamous combinations and blames him for all the misery, wrong and suffering. He tells a story about an old hound bark ing up the wrong tree, and said "God Almighty, or the devil, owed the Southern people, or the Democratic party, a grudge and paid it off in Grover Cleve land." His entire speech related to the coal trusts and we suppose he will in his next anti-trust speech tell what he knows about the trust in oil. We imagine he is better prepared to show up the iniquities of the oil trust, having posted himself when he was in Beaumont, Texas, some time back to meet with his friends who like himself have in terests in an oil corporation, and of which he is director. As we understood him when here, his corporation is fighting the Stan dard Oil combine, and it is mak ing such good headway that oil, like the products of our local trust, is going higher and higher. We believe Senator Tillman is sincerely opposed to trusts and his speech before the masses would do more good, than such a deliverance in the United States Senate; because, if it is true that the monopolies have secured control of the lawmak ing power, there is absolutely no hope of relief from that source, and our only hope lies in awakening the people to their own interests. Our antagonism to these combinations which seek monopoly is so well grounded, that notwithstanding the differ ences between the Senator and ourself we will give him all the aid in our power if he will arouse these people to resist the encrouchments of trusts whether foreign or local. If Senator Tillman were to announce his intention to make a speech here, at this time, before our farmers have permitted themselves to be shackled, by the purchase of fer tilizers, meal or mixture, we doubt exceedingly, if some who schemed for his coming once, would do so now, at least, not until after the product of the mills has been exhausted. The coal trust which the Sen ator has been investigating is no worse than the fertilizer trust, except, perhaps, coal is a neces sity in some parts of the coun try, and fertilizers are not, abso lutely. The Senator's argument so far as trusts are in violation of law, cannot be successfully controverted and his quotations from the Sherman act is conclu sive; this flagrant violation of law is not only in Pennsyl vania, but it is in the Senator's own State and many of the guilty are those who now hold seats from several of the counties in dr. and Mrs. Adam Livingood, of -Whiskey has prolonged t~ MR DMLVN00,9 er M ithMr. a ndM Mrs.~OD Lii1od yad ther Is no other medicine in the world whis will keep the system in normal conditios prevent the decay of the tissues, strength en the heart action and enrich the bloo like Duffy's Pure Malt whiskey. It is a absolutely pure stimulant and tonic. fre from fusel oil and other dangerous ingre dients so common in most whiskies. cures grip, consumption, bronchitis. ce tarrh, asthma, malaria and all low fever dyspepsia, and invigorates the brain. makes the old young; keeps the your strong. Do not fill your body full drugs and medicines which poison the sy: tem. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is the on) whiskey recognized by the Government a medicine. This is a guarantee. It absolutely pure and contains no fusel oi It is prescribed by over 7.000 doctors at used exclusively in ov-er 2.000 hospital It is the only reliable and absolutely pu: stimulant and tonic. It has saved tI lives of millions of people the past fifi the present General Assembly, and who are not going to encour age enforcement of a law which reads, "Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to mo nopolize, or combine or conspire ith any other person or per sons to monopolize, any part of the trade or commerce," etc., "shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and on conviction there of, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by un prisonment not exceeding one year, or both said punishments in the discretion of the court." We have frequently been asked to define the meaning of a trust, as these local concerns deny 'the existence of such an institution. A trust as we understand it, is where two or more corporations combine their interests for the purpose of adding strength. and conspire to cover and control their product within a given area. Now the coal mines are owned by the railroads which carry out the product and these magnates can, if they will, regu late the price and the consumers are helpless. Just so with our local trusts, a certain number of mills located about in agricultu ral communities have combined, and they are now in full control of this territory, their interests have all been pooled into one management and just whatever he says, the product must bring, and the consumer is help less. Another definition for a trust given by another, "It's one of the machinations of Beelze bub, for the purpose of encour aging avarice and greed, and to demonstrate that 'it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven'; to drive to desperation those who toil and labor hard to keep in the straight and narrow way; a drag net to increase his domin ions, and to gather material to keep his fires warm." We hope Senator Tillman will continue his fight on the trusts and that his labors will not be in vain. HAD BETTER GO SLOW. The legislation of most inter est at this session will be that which -proposes to restrict child labor in the cotton mills. We have always held,it would be do ing harm to adopt a law to pro hibit the employment of children pnless there was provision made to force attendance at school. The bill introduced by Col. E. H. Aull of Newberry is along this line, and if, in the wisdom of the General Assembly, some legisla tion must be had the "Aull bill " will not be as drastic as some of the fanatical advocates of re strictive legislation would wish. In last week's TIMES we no ticed an article on the subject of child labor in the Columbia State from a correspondent here, in which, we took occasion to say that if all the members of the Legislature were as decided as this correspondent, argument would be wasted. This comment. has been sensitively construed as a fling at the correspond ent, which is an erroneous idea; there was no thought of a fling at anybody, but a. simple statement of what we re gard a proper conclusion. If the members of the Legislature, whether from data received by investigation or study, or even from following the lead of oth ers, or because it would be pop-, ular, have decided in advance to vote for restrictive legisla tion,-we take them to be men of decision, not children, then it would be a saving of money, and valuable time, to vote without any discussion of the measure. As a student of politics and in dustrial conditions in this State we do not believe in sentiment legislating, and we regard the, advocates of a child labor bill, a class of people who may be di vided in three classes-theorists, with no practical purpose; fanat-. ics, who are always striving to correct imaginary evils, and pol lycrson, Pa. who have been mnarri ei happy usnion many years beyor Mr. Livingood is 91 years old and his rife is 4. They are both hale and hearty td feel vigorous as a couple 50 years of Lge. Reading, Pa., Feb. 15. 1902. )UFFY MALT wHIsKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y. Gentlemen-I take great pleasure in vriting to you telling the benefit I am de lyving from the use of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. I have been taking it in small uantities every morning and evening for Snumber of years. I am 91 years old and n excellent health, good appetite, and am loing al my own farm work. I know your Whiskey is giving me renewed strength ad prolonging my life. I feel as well to lay as ten years ago and I feel as if I nil yet pass the century mark. I would arnestly recommend it to all O1hi people. :t was recommended to me, and has prov mn a blessing. Miy wife is S4 years old and aever ails to take a dose of this Whiskey m retiring. She is also in perfect health. ADAM LIvINGOOD, Eiverson, Chester County. Pa. HE TRUE ELIXIR OF s iticians, who trim their sails to sail on the popular tide. In our opinion none of this class ever lend aid towards promoting pro gress and are always on hand to incite prejudice and inflame pas sion. As we have time and again said, we do not think it wise to tamper with labor at this time; the passage of restrictive legis lation is the opening of the doors to the encouragement of labor agitators, and their damaging influence will not alone be felt in the textile industries, but in a short time it will reach the lum ber mills, the railroads, the phosphate mines and every other place where labor is employed; agricultural labor not escaping. After the Legislature has as sumed to exercise its powers to regulate labor and has given an impetus to organized labor, how long will it be before every farm laborer will be i4 some organiza tion, and as strikes are ordered in one grade of employment, so will strikes come on the farms at a time when loss is iminent. We believe, it is not necessary to have labor legislation at this time. But if the legislation must come, as the politicians say, be cause it is a demand in the party platform, then every man who votes for it should also have the manhood to go on record for compulsory education-a thing nine-tt aths of the members would not have dared to advo cate on the stump. We say tak ing children out of the mills would be a sin if they are not forced to attend school. Now comes the question, Is South Carolina ready for a com pulsory education law? Are we ready to force colored as well as white children into the schools? Our present tax rate, although very high, must go still higher if we have compulsory educa tion. Is it wisdom to have our taxes increased for the education of a people who we regard antag onistic to our interests? We re alize that it is :aecessary to stim ulate our people on the matter of education, but we do not be lieve it is necessary to drunken them on it. Theory is often pretty, dreams are often beauti ful, but what is wanted is prac tical common sense to take us and our environments safely across. A Liberal Offer. The undersigned will give a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one want ing a reliable remedy for disorders of the stomach, biliousness or constipa tion. This is a new remedy and a good one. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaae Mi. Loryea, Prop. One of the best tonics for the nerves is a long, brisk walk. Pure air con t ains every kind of medicine. Finds Way'to Live Long. The startling aanouncement of a Discovery that will surely lengthen life is made by editor 0. H. D~owney of Churubusco, Ind. "I wish to state," he. writes, "that Dr. King's New Discovery' for Consumption is the most infallible remedy that I have ever known for coughs, colds and grip. It's invaluable to people with weak lungs. Having- this won: derful medicine no one need dread pneumonia or consumption. Its re lief is instant and cure certain." The R. B. Loryea Drug Store guarantees every 50c and $1 bottle, and give trial bottles free. Fishermen, in order to handle eels securely, first cover them with dirt. In like manner does detraction strive to grasp excellence. Dislocated Her Shoulder. Mrs. Johanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated her shoulder. She had a surgeon get it back in place as soon as possible, but it was quite sore and pained her very much. Her son mentioned that he had seen Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised for sprains and soreness, and she asked him to buy her a bot tle of it, which he did. It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for several days. The son was so much pleased with the relief it gave his mother ethat he has since recommended it to many others. For sale by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop. EARS ed 65 years, say Duffy's Pure Mal id their golden wedding. MRS. ADAM LIVINGO0D, 84 years old. LIFE. Cauton.-When you ask for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey be .'ore you get the genuine. Unscrupulous dealery, mindful of the excellence of this preparation, will try to sell you cheap imitations, and so-called Malt Whiskey substitutes, which are put on the market for profit only, and which, far from relieving the sick, are positively harmful. Demand "Duffy's" and be sure you get it. It is the only absolutely pure malt whiskey which contains medicinal, health-giving qualities. Look for the trade-mark, "The Old Chemist,"' on the label. The genuine fluffy's Pure Malt Whis key is Sold At All Dispensaies, or direct at $1.00 a bottle. Refuse imita tions and substitutes, there is none ;iust as good as "Duffy's." It is the only whiskey recognized by the Government as a medi cine. Valuable medical booklet sent free. Vith P We have thoroughly tested the great adva And it's our full aim to make such attractively low prices to brin, that saves money by buying of us. GROCERIES, Any Plows of every description, Plow Iron Parts, Gua Points, Cast Wings and Bars, Horse Collars and Pa( and everything to fill the want (f the Farmer. CASH SELLERS* Get our prices on Flour, Rice, Sugar, Coffee, Gris makers on the above mentioned goods. cOcMEE .A.1TD EBEET~ UTS Avant Lerca SUMMERl Christmas Presents RalChristmas*;presents ood vaie, of genuine pleasure your memory, but that wil comfots you fr a long tie to coe Fine Suit of Clothes fo isden and frChildren, a nice Dress forLadiesh a Ch fortable Underwear, many things in Household Furnishings, etc, Ietc.hese you will only find, and at the most moderate prices, at~ T HE NEW IDEAi M. I. KRASNOFF, Prop. Ldies and gentlemen come along and buy up your I Chisma Presents. IWHiY USE LARD?7 TEVEGETABLE FAT SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND PUI~T.Y TO ALL OTHERS Address SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO, WSSvANNtut Ga, THE cAROtliNAS AND GEORGIA. arlers atage of being direct sellers to the Farmers at , each and every FARMER in reach of us to become one on our list uantity, at AY UNDER PRICESI no Distributors, Cotton Planters, Steel Plow Points, Cast Is, Trace Chains, Back Bands, Single Trees, Plow Lines OF FER TILIZERS. t, Meal, Lard and Salt Meats. We are the lowest price i BEOBYU BUT. ntile Comp 'y, roN, S. C. S. R. VENNING,L DEALER IN - ~ Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and All Kinds of FANCY NOVELTIES. E1 IS d alway ecarry a large and hndsm leo Silverware, Hand-Painted China, Glassware and numerous other articles suitable for Gifts of all kind. COME AND SEE THEM. llWtch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing done promptly and LEvI BLocK, - - - AZ'DiNG, 8- C. I j IPINTS PAINSPAINS. I i The Greatest Display of Stoves and i ~ ~ Janges in South:Oarolina *Can be found in our store. We want''you to come and4 +al kinds and sole agents for the best Rubber, Leather ~ I W HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS. There is no4 ~ ~men'sSuppliesthearesand beser senouthi4 urica Ois ofp the onbest quality and at low e ri~ soiit thee trade of the people of Ciarendon o wit whom we have adabusiness for so many years. * L.B.DuRant, c.T : SGLENN SPRI NGS MINERAL WATER. Nature's Sreatest Remedy , 4 FOR DISEASES OF THE Liver, Kidneys, Stomaoh and Skin. Physicians Prescribe it, Patients Depend on it, and .Everybody Praises it. FOR SALE BY W.r -EL EO'm7"Nr d& COc.