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MTKE AND T YUU4SI!AKE NO MORE. fT CURES To STMY CUR ED .Qiis,Ague,<.Dengue, LaGrippe am~ail th M lral Ills that t~ts'fis Ir to. 50cend S.OO atyour -Dru Store DON'T GET ALARMED! No matter what you meet with while your are out hunting. You are safe if you trade with the Dickson Hardware Company for you get the best good for the lseast money. We have this fall the largest and best assortment of BOOTS and LEGGINGS, GUNS and RIFLES, COATS and VESTS, - BELTS and CAPS, SHOT and POWDER, SHELLS and PRIMERS We also sell those high grade, Guaranteed Perfect Baking Stoves, at any price. Boys, we can sell you a nice Wheel or any kind of Bicycle Repairs-When you need a guaranteed Knife, Razor or Scissors, we have them. Remember, we are THE HARDWARE MEN. DICKSON HIRDWIARE COMPANY, Levi Block. HIGH GRADE Peruvian Guano. ANALYSIS GUARANTEED: Ammonia................................ 8.30. Total Phosphoric Acid....................... 8.50. Potash....................... .. -..2. Complete mixture analysis expected : Ammonia..... ... ..... ... .... .. .......... 3.25. Potash................................... 3.25. Phosphoric Acid...........................i18 per et. I am in position to make contracts for these goods, and shall be pleased to serve you. There are some who run down these goods, but they are inter ested in other fertilizer. LOUIS APPELT. - i1 X'~~Th~CA STORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought tingtheStonshs ost BeasS the iPromotesDigtsion.Cherful-~ f ness ardeiotains neither OpniumMorphine nor~flneral. Nor NARnc OTJ2c. Ap1I ecJ o ot-a WorsCnvusiosversh Ove Facsniie signature or~ ThirtYYear Y7Nt CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK cri. Shall We vote for Biennial Sessions? Editor The 3anning Times: in the recent campaign those of us who were aspirants for th House of Representatives were supposed to discuss all public matters which would come be fore the people, but, were usual ly limited in our speeches to twenty minutes, and there were some matters which we could barely allude to, one of them be ing the question of biennial ses sions ofthe legislature. Ithought then that I wanted to have some thing more to say to the people of the county on this subject be fore the general election, which is now only about two weeks off. And now since I am out of poli tics, and have no desire or inten tion of entering it again, I can be acqaited of having any de signs for personal political bet terment if I venture a few views on the question. I am fully aware that for one to be oppos ed to this supposed reform, he is by no means on the popular side. I believe that a majority of the voters in this county are going to vote for biennial sessions, but this does not by any means prove that the change will be either safe or wise, or economical in its practical effects. The cry of economy has been raised, and this is going to catch a great many voters who have never given the. matter any se rious thought. If you tell the average voter that somebody way up yonder is swindling him out of his money, he is ready to believe you every time; and he will catch just as quickly at any proposition which has the label of economy, whether there be any real economy in it or not. Now, I do not believe in biennial sessions of the general assembly at all, and I could write many columns giving my reasons for my opinions. The constitution, in its declaration of rights, says that "the General Assembly ought frequently to assemble for the redress of grievances and for making laws, as the common good may [require." There is perhaps no creature on the face of t.he globe who loves \politics any better than the average South Carolinian, and he has al ways been so, since the state's earliest history. He simply loves politics, that's all there is to it, and if the legislature does noth ing else, it affords a safety value for the ventillation of the many political ideas which accumulate annually and must have ventil lation, and which if kept pent up future years might culminate in drastic and unsafe theoretical laws. But to be serious again, I pror pose to pass briefly over the general subject of the advantages or disadvantages of the main question of annual or biennial sessions, throwing out only a few ideas, and discuss more particularly the specific propos ed constitutional -amendment iow before the people. And let us see if it will carry out what it is supposed to be intended to ac complish; a great many people regard the constitution of a state pretty much in the same light that they do the charters of a small village,' or the ordinances of some town,-something which can be changed, altered or amend ed, every whim and fancy;where as a constitution is the chart by which the whole government must be run. It embodies the eights of the people, the princi ples of the whole government, and when we strike it a lick we bit our whole government. A constitution must harmonize with itself. No statutes can be in onlict with it, and all* laws must be in conformity to it. It ambodies the governmiental com pact, allowing the people the right to levy and collect taxes, to bear arms, to maintain chari table and educational institu tions, to exercise freedom of re ligion and the pursuit of pleas Lre and happiness. The State of Massachusetts never has had but one constitution, and that was framed in 1780, one hundred and twenty-four years ago. New York State is now working un der the constitution which was framed in 1846, fifty-eight years ago. Vermont is working under th'e old constitution of 1793, and Ohio has not had a new constitu tion since~-1851. An examination by comparison of the constitu tions of the different states shows that nowhere in the union has the disposition been to change the fundamental charts of the state government, once they be came fixed and established. The first constitution which South Carolina ever had was in 1776. This docnment was not altogether satisfactory, and was subjected to revisions in the ear ly establishment of the state government until 1790, when a constitution was framed which lasted for 78 years, till 1868. The constitution of 1868, not withstanding it was framed by republicans; was a strong gov ernmental document, and per haps the necessity to revise it never would have arisen but for the negro suffrage question. The question of disfranchising the negro in state elections was al most the sole necessity for re vising our constitution in 1895. But this necessity was upon us, and the revision was made just nine years ago this month. There is no disputing the fact that the convention of 1895 was the ablest and brainiest aggregation of men which has ever assembled for law making in the state. As a rule they were chosen regardless of political factions, and regard to their knowledge of the law, and matters pertaining to gov ernment and the needs of the people. Therefore, when we un stroke one of the mainsprings of our government as embodied in that document which they pro vided for us; is it nu-f well to con sider carefully and know what we are doing? South Carolina, ever since it first had a constitu tion, has had annual sessions of the Legislature, and nothing short of a constitutional conven tion and the framing of a new document which will be sym metrical in all of its pro portions will, be satisfactory in its workings.' The present proposed amendment, substitu ting biennial for annual sessions of the General Assembly, will, in my opinion, simply disarrange the whole scheme of our State government, and unless the other half dozen or more amendments which are necessary to make the constitution harmonize w i t h itself, are also made, the docu ment will then conflict with itself and we may look for many en tanglements, numerous extra sessions of the legislature, many laws declared unconstitutional, and finally another convention to frame a new constitution en, tire. Now in the approaching elec tion there will be two other amendments to be voted upon, one a local matter pertaining only to Greenville city, and another allowing special legisla tion in counties relative to roads and bridges, which should pass. But the biennial sessions amend ment is the main one. ignoring all the argument which could be adduced in the' light of our ex perience the past few years from having the jury law and the road laws declared unconstitu tional, let us measure this pro posed amendment with the Con stitution itself. In Article III, Section 9, it is provided that the General Assembly shall meet "annually," and it isi proposed to.strike out the word "annually" and insert in lieu thereof the word "biennially," -without re gard to what the result or effects will be. This little change of only onA word is z pparently a very simple one and harmless, but what does it mean? Article [II, Section 7, says: "Nor tax, subsidy, charge, impost tax - or duties shall be established, fixed, laid or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their represen tatives, lawfully assembled." Article X, Section 2, says: "The General Assembly shall provide for an annual tax sufficient to de fray the estimated expenses of the State for each year;" and Article X, Section 3, says: "No tax shall 'be levied except in pur suance of law which shall dis tinctly state the object of the same, to which object the tax ust be applied." Now it seems o me that from the provisions, our things are positive: That o tax can be levied except by the people through their repre sentatives, and that the tax-levy ing body representing the peo ple is the legislature; that no tax can be levied except by a law, stating what the tax is to be levid for, and that this tax shall be levied "annually." The legis lature has been passing an an nal law assessing taxes to de fray the expenses of the govern ment, if it does not meet but once in two years, how can .it levy taxes annually? How will oney be provided to run the expenses of government, to pay the State officers, judges, solici tors, run the colleges, etc? And again, Article V, Section 1 says: That "all vacancies in the supreme court or inferior tribunals shall be filled by elec tions herein prescribed (by the Legislature). Provided, That if1 the unexpired term does not ex eed one year such vacancy may be filled by executive appoint ent." Thus it is seen that no supreme court or circuit judge aan be appointed by the gover nor when the unexpired term xceeds a year. If a vacancy should occur on the supreme or circuit bench, and the unexpired term be for more than a year, nd biennial sessions are in vogue. it might be necessary to al the whole legislature togeth er to elect one judge, and then they could sit forty days if they wanted to. Then where would your economy be? Article III, Section 2, says: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of members hosen by balldt every second year, by citizens of this State, qualified as in this Constitution is provided," The proposed change to biennial sessions does not carry with it any change of terms of members of the House of Representatives from two to four years. They will be elected every two years, right on, after 1907, and a member of the House will only sit one session during his office. The average member can do little more than learn the rules during his first session, and if he only has one session to be there, then a county like Clar endon and some others, which insist on putting in new men every election, can never hope to have much influence in the law-making body of the State It is also a fact perhaps over looked by many, that all of the State college trustees, the su perintendent and members of the penitentiary board of direc tors, and the liquor commission er and members of the board of control of the great moral insti tution known as the da3pensary. are elected by the legislature, Their terms of office are arranged so that all do not expire at the same time; some of these officers' terms expire at every session of the legislature, and if that* body only meet every two years. what is to become of the va We have heard a great deal about Georgia and biennial ses sions. As a matter of fact, Geor gia has never had anything but annual sessions of its legislature, and this is the information which I have from the secretary of State at Atlanta, in reply to a letter which I addressed to him, making inquiry. The principal argument for biennial sessions is the supposed economy which it is claimed will be the result. But I do not be lieve it. The annual cost of a session of the legislature is about $38,000, and if we add the print ing the entire cost will be 850, 000, at a full estimate. The an nual appropriations for all pur poses in defraying the State gov ernment is usually about one million dollars. Fifty thousand is.one twentieth of one million. so that one twentieth of the taxes that a man pays towards sup porting the State government goes towards defraying the ex penses of the legislature. There fore a man who pays $1.00 State taxes pays one twentieth of it, or five cents, towards the ex penses of the legislature. That is a correct calculation and made on a fair basis of figures from the reports of the Comp troller General, showing that the cost of the legislature is very inconsiderable when compared with cost of the whole State government, a session costing several thousand dollars less than the annual appropriation to Winthrop college. It is also a fact perhaps for gotten by many, that the Demo cratic voting strength of our State, as evidenced by the. re cent primary, is upwards of one hundred thousand, but the peo ple never turn out in full strength in a general election, wiere these constitutional amend ments must be voted on. Sixty thousand votes in a general elec tion in this State is a very .fair vote, and thus we see that if the amendment is-carried it will by no means be by the vote of the whole people. Therefore, if it is necessary to change the con stitution, ivould it not be better and cheaper in the long run, to call a convention and revise the document properly, so that its provisions will conform to each other? In the session of 1903, 1 along with about eight others, opposed the ratification of an amendment wiping out the corporate exist ence' of certain townships in Laurens, Greenville, Saluda and Greenwood counties. T h e s e townships !tried to avoid the payment of certain bonded debts which the courts said were legal and they should pay. The amendment was ratified, but I have read with considerable amusement where the United States courts have said that it could not-stand, and that these townships would have to pay their debts. And I b'elieve a majority of the people of Clarendon voted for this amendment two years ago. This is only an instance of what comes by frequent amend ments to the constitution to suit every whim, or help some law yer out with his case. That is what the last one meant. Finally, our constitution pro vides for annual sessions of the legislature, and it has been so for 128 years The legislature, in its power ~olevy taxes and appropriate funds, is the axis around which the whole State government revolves. I regard this proposed change, without making the other necessary changes, as like knocking the hub out of a wheel, and then ex pect the wheel to keep on run ing without trouble. But I only started out to give some of the reasons why I think it will be unwise to make this change, I hope I have done so, and that I will cause people to think carefully over the matter, for I believe that those voters who have the best- interests of >f the State at heart should vote against the proposed amendment. J. H. LESESNE. Letter to S. L. Krasnoff. Dear Sir: -There are two sorts of furniture. You know both; for you sell 'em both. One sort looks better than it is, and the other is better than it looks. There isn't any other sort. The same, two sorts of paint no more, ad we make 'em both-we make tons >f stuff that isn't worth its freight. Be longs to the business--have to. Belongs to your business-you have to. But this is aside. We pat it into cans, with our name on it, the very best paint there is in the world: Devoe lead ad-zinc. It takes fe wer gallons than mixed paints, and it wears twice as long as iead-and-oil. Mr. C. 0. Brown, Columbia, S. C., painted his house with Devoe lead-and ~inc. The painter on seeing the quan tity sent to the house, says there wasn't enough. There were ten gallons left when the job was done. Yours truly, 21 F. W. DEVOE & CO. P. S.-Manning Hardware Company. "You have fame, friends, for tune-everything now: why in the world are you looking so lown cast?" "Don't ask me!" groaned the gloomy one: Don't you see that [ have nothing to growl at!" Robbed The Grave. A startling incident, is narrated by -John Oliver of Philadelphia, as follows: "I was in an awful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetlte, growing weaper day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Then was advised to use Elec tric Bitters; to my great joy, the first bottle made a decided improvement. I ontinued fWeir use for three weeks, ad am nov: a well man. I know they robbed th; grave of another victim. No one should fail to try them. Only~ 50 cents. guaranteed at The R. B. Lor yea Drug Store. Bars The Kind You Have Alwvays Bought Egatum Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. No one who is acquainted with its good qualities can be surprised at the great popularity of Chamberlain's Congh Remedy., It not onlyf.cures colds and grip effectually and pef-manently. but prevents these diseases from result ing in pneumonia. It is also a certain cure for croup. Whoopjng :ough is not dangerous when this remedy is giv en. It contains no, opium or other harmful substanc.e and may be given as confidently to a baby as to en adult. It is also pleasant to take. When all of these facts are tahen Into consideration it is not surprising that people in foreign lands, as well as at home, esteem this remedy very highly and very -few are willing to take any other after having once used it. For sale by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop. "If girls would eat more on ions they would have fewer calls from physicians," says a scien tist. Also from other young men. CASTR IA For Inffants and Children. TIhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of If a girl wants to be kissed a young man doesn't have to waste much time looking for an oppor tunity. Nakes A Clean Sweep. There's nothing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps away and cures Burns, Sores, Bruises: Cuts, Boils,- Ulcers, Skin Eruptions and Piles. It's oEIy 25c, and guaranteed to give satifaction by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. To Churches of the Santee Association. Our association will meet in Bishop ville October 27. Let us compare our contributions collected with what the executive board suggested and see if we are ready with a full report. The Lord. and our conscience may demand more of us than the executive board. Let us go up. to our meeting pre pared for the best service while there* and to receive a large blessing from the Master. J. D. HUGGIS, Chi'r. Exc. Brd. Better Than Pills. The question has been asked-In what way are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets superior to the ordin ary cathartic and liver pills?- Our an- 4 swer is-They are easier and, more pleasant to take and their effect is- so gentle and so agreeable that one hard ly realizes that it is produced by a medicine. -Then they not only move the bowels but improve the appetite and aid ,the digestion. For sale at 25 cents per bottle by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop., Beam The Kind You Hoe Mwars8 Sinature 4 of Geo,8.Ha"ker &Se Sash -eigbyt and os Mold ng fand BlsuaSialtn. MCHINERY CATA-ESM AND SUS ON ( EN4GINES, BOILERS. GINNING MACHIN ERY, SAW NILL. AND WOODWORKING MACHINERY. SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY. CORN MILLS. BRICK MAKING MACHiN ERY. KINDRED LUNES GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY, Colnnbia, S. C. Buy the Best FOR SALE BY PANSY < PANSY I Ground of' Pure Indiana Soft Wivnter Wheat. j. s. wuss w. C. om -- W- J- "ME0W WILSON DURlAN 'T & MULDROW, Atirneys and Cor mnselors at Law, MANNIN( i, S. C. OSEPH F~. IRH AM , ATTORNEY , .T LAW, MANNING., S. C Rrin your JobhWok to ~e lIIes office It Is Your Business To investigate the Reason of Our Claims. We can and do undersell-without exception C all of our competitors in the line of Clothing, Shoes, Hats Dry Goods, Notions and ' Gent's Furnishing Goods. We can do so by having a man of long experience constantly on the market. Our Mr. M. M. Krasnoff is always in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other Northern markets, always alert and awake to the interest of our many friends and patrons, and if there are any real good bargains in store for you he never neglects buying it and you get the benefit of his watchful eye. Only recently he bought out a $10,000 for 52 cents on the' dollar and the goods were shipped here in solid cars containing 217 cases of Clothingc E Shoes, Dry Goods, Hats, etc. Now if- we would sell sell these goods at Wholesale Postw could. realize a handsome profit and you .get the goods a cheap as any merchant can buy it, but we do stil better, we sell it less than Wholesale Cost and divide our profits with the enstomer. Isn't This Reasonable? But that is not all, our buyer gets goods all year round on the same principle, although not in such big' quantities as the last. We are getting in goods every day and there is not, a day -in the year you can't find real, genuine and surprising bargains in our big store. F9EMEMEEFR We handle the W. L, Douglas Shoes for Men th best and only real good shoe on the market; theZ gler Bros'. Shoes for Ladies' and Children We have a full line of Dress coodsfrom 5eto$ per yard. Men's Sits from $2 to $15. Pants from 65c to $8. Skirts from 45c to $8, and all other tiigs t sui the trade. If you think about Notions and Gent's Furn s ing Goods, our store is the lace to get it. DON'T FORGET THE NAME, ~TH1ENEW IDEA, - M. M. KRASNOFF Propd E Miii Supplies. __ We have received our stock of Mill Supylies consist ing of Belting, Pipe. Valves, Inspirators, Inetrs-' Bushings, etc., and are prepared to cut pipe and make'~ __ ~fittings to order. Our prices for goods and services-'_ are low and we guarantee satisfaction. 08 Can 8 Milsad Evarators. j We still sell the, GOLD)EN CASE -MILL Ourexperi p... ~ence of six years with these mills hiave shown them to ~' be without a rival for-strengthi and durability. Re __ ceent improvemenits have mqade them better than ever: SWe sell the COOK EVAPORATORS. ( Paints, Oils & Varnishies Our continued sale of.Paints is an excellent guaran tee 6f quality and price. Let us furnish you free of charge an eistimate of cost for painting, you-will be surprised at t?e smnall cost of protection to your building. . We have everything in Hardware usually found in better class hardware stores, and shatl be pleased to serve you.- - Very truly yours. MANNNG HARDWARE COMPANYK . HAVE YOU SEENC The Chocked-Fall Furniture Store of s. L. Krasnof It Is in the Levi Block, next to the Mutual Dry Goods Company. A Few Words to All. - N{otwithstanding the great rusn we had in the last few weeks in our store (sometimes even not being able to atcend our customers as prompt as we wished to) we still have the largest stock of Furniture, Chinaware, Mu sical Instruments, Window Shades, Carpet, Matting, Comforts. and Blaak ets ever seen outside of Columbia and Charleston, and we defy competi tion from the word go, and here are a few remarks overheard by some of One fellow close to one of the public roads leading to Manniug said: "I do not see for my life where all these loads of furniture come from; - it seems to me there is not a store in Manning that could hold all the furmi ture I have seen pass here for the last ten days." The same fellow, after going through our store, said: "I will take those wagons about five months longer to carry off all the furniture I see in here." The fact is, our stock is always complete, as we get in goods every day, and you always find our furniture fresh and new, solid and up-to-date, Whea know furniture from A to Z and can give you the benefit of our ex Oeinee youbu row us you will always do the same; experience will teach you so-the results will show for themselves. - Yours for cheap and good Furniture, S. L. -KR ASNOFF, THE FUJRNITURE MAN. COF2]sANZ> CA.B -S