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L~C)~I~ APELT. ditor.0 MANNNIG. S. C., NOV. 16, 1904. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year.-------- ----- --.-.31 50 Six months-.-. Four months-.... -- - --....................... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time, 31: each subsequent In scrtion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charued for as regular advertisements Liberal contracts made for three., six and twelve months. . Communications must be accompanied by the r eal name and address of the writer in order to roceive attention. No communication or a personal character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ona Class matter. KEE.EY CURE THE DISPENSARY. The coming session of the Gen eral Assembly will have the dis pensary to contend with, and in our opinion it will take up a large part of the work; that the insti tution needs reforming cannot be gainsaid, but the question will be, how can the defects be cor rected so as to bring it back to into popular favor. The elec tion in Cherokee, over Senator Tillman's appeal, is a clear index that the people are heartily sick of the alleged corruption in the dispensary management and they want a change. Whether that change is for prohibition we can not say, but we can say with safety that-the people do not want a dispensary forced upon them, and where such is the case and they are given an opportun ity at the polls they will do as did the people of Cherokee, vote it out, and this vote will not be confined to Prohibitionists either. Men who favor the dispensary will vote to put it out of a com munity which does not want it, and has had it forced upon them. Senator Tillman admitted at Gaffney that the dispensary was being "run loose, and the screws needed tightening up," but when such a suggestion was made six years ago, the Senator looked upon one daring to intimate a lack of confidence in the State's management of the dispensary as an enemy to the "Reform Movement." Now, the Senator sees, although very late, what was pointed out six years ago, and this same light has recently shed its rays upon the vision of other public men, who, when the "Appelt Bill" was introduced -could not be induced to give the 2 measure consideration, bnt who are now clamoring for many of the changes that bill contem plated. Why this change? Can those who would not listen to the warning heretofore be frigh tened by the failure of Senator Tillman's efforts in Cherokee? Had the General Assembly given heed to our warning, and en acted into law the bill introduced by us, the State Board of Con trol would have been oblished, and the counties voting in favor of the dispensary would have had the institution under their own control, and the counties voting prohibition would have had what it wanted without the undemocratic coercion of paying a special tax for an effort to be moral. We have all along favored the abolishment af the State Board of Control. It has been a useless hive of corruption, and as long as it remains, no man can con nect himself with it without hay ing his name besmir'ched. We are opposed to Senator Tillman's suggestion to put the manage ment back into the hands of the Governor and other State offi cers, because that would only be swapping the devil for the witch. When the management was in hands of the State officers, it was taken away from them be cause the very air became sur charged with suspicions of cor ruption, and the Governor him self did not escape from suspic ion, and today there are thous -ands; yes, a large majority of the people who are still wonder mng what became of the rebates -the first two years of the dispen sary's existence. The change was made from the State officers to a special board, and it was not *long before the stench from the corruption in the institution rose so high that the General As sembly legislated the/-crew out of office, and established a Board of Directors. Has the change bettered things? We think not, it must be worse, whien the pa rent of the institution comes out in a public utterance and con feses "the machine is run loose, and the screws need tightening up." There will be something done with the dispensary at the com -ing session of the General As sembly, and in our opinion, the best thing to do under the cir cumstances, is to repeal that portion of the present law which requires counties voting out the dispensary, to vote upon them selves a special tax to enforce prohibition, and then make pro -visions for a time to have a gen eral election upon the question of Prohibition, Dispensary, and License: the plan adopted by the counties to govern. If a county votes prohibition, take the dis pensary out of it: where one votes Dispensary, give it the dispensary mnder local control, and where a county votes Li cense, then let that county grant the license under the constitu tional restrictions. These pro visions will not only take the pesky liquor out of our politics, but it will be a rule of the peo ple and and not the politicians, and it will forevar fasten the lid down upon that cauldron of boil ing corruption known as the Sate Dispnsary. WILL LEGARE BE UNSEATED? The Republican candidates of this district have already signi fied their intention to contest Congressman Legare's seat in Congress, but fortunately for Lgare, instead of one to contest his seat, there will be two, and the division in the Republican party will operate against the contestants, who are J. A. Nolan, white, and A. P. Prioleau, col ored. The contest will be main ly on the ground that negroes were deprived of the privilege of voting because they did not have registration certificates, and that many who are without such certificates, were entitled to them, under our State law. but were refused by the registration officers. For the purpose of get ting material for the contest, the Republicans had men somewhere in the vicinity of the polling pre cincts to take the names of those who were without the certificates required by law; these names will be sent to the contestants who will turn them over to their attorneys upon which to base their allegations of fraud. The next House of Representatives will be overwhelming Repubii can, and this fact alone will, in our opinion, operate in Congress man Legare's favor. He not only has made himself popular with his colleagues of both p ar ties, but he has manifested a liberality of mind in matters concerning all sections, and has not confined his action in ,the House to the narrow limits of his own district, and for this, as well as there is no need for party purposes, to turn out a Demo crat whose vote shows he has received a majority of the votes cast, Legare will likely remain. But should the partisan spirit prevail, and the Republican party conclude that our regis tration laws prevent members of their party from voting, it strikes us, before the House will unseat Legare the United States supreme court will be asked for a decision to say whether or not this law is in violation of the Con titution of the United States. Of course, the House can arbitrarily unseat any member, but under present conditions we hardly think it will do so, and if the registration law is constitutional then it is almost certain, in view of their large majority that the Democratic members from the South will not be molested. Now what will become ol Nolan who has sacrificed mu-ch to gratify his political ambition' No doubt he will get an appoint ment either in Washington or it Charleston, that is, if the fighi between he and Prioleau does not reach the acrimonious stage, but should it, neither will gel anything. Prioleau being un der- indictment in the United States courts may hamper him in seeking an appointment, and the weight of the administrations sympathy will go to N olan whose only sin so far known is that he joined the Republican party and ran for Congress. DO TAXPAYERS WANT NEW COURT HOUSE: We agree with Captain D. J. Bradham's utterances at a re cent meeting, that the recom mendation of the grand jury tc add to the present court house should not be carried out, but instead Clarendon should have a new court house, for the safer protection of the records, and for the facilitating of business, but as there is involved a ques tion of issuing bonds to build a court house whereby the county would be paying on them for probably twenty-five years, we think that our representatives should not attempt to get such legislation through without first giving the taxpayers an oppor tunity to have a voice in the matter, and we give notice now, should there be any attempt made in the coming session ol Ithe General Assembly to make provision for the 'issurance of bonds for Clarendon county, we Ishall deem it our duty to notify Ithe people and ask them to at Itend a mass meeting to say whether or not they favor such a proposition. Such a step would not have been necessary had those who were honored by the people's votes made their posi tions known when seeking the nomination. We do notlapprove of "gum shoe" methods, and when Rep resentatives withhold their views from the voters upon a matter involving a debt upon the coun ty amounting to thousands of dollars, we do not think it right to take advantage of their own silence and force upon the peo ple, by surprise, a tax that will be an encumbrance upon their property for years to come. We do not know whether it is the purpose of all of the delega tion to support a measure for the building of a new court house. but as a citizen taxpayer we would suggest if they enter tain such a view, it would be well for them as a delegation of Rep resentatives to issue a call for a mass meeting of property own ers to discuss the matter, assur ing them that so far as we are individually concerned, we shall give them our support in the endeavor to convince such a meeting that it is to the interest of Clarendon to have a new court house. If, however, there is no such call from our Representa tives, we shall exert all the pow er we may possess in urging the defeat of any measure looking to increasing the county's debt. For Sale, one lot at Jordan containing 12 acres,5 room dwelling, good garden, and orchard, barn and stables, a store house, 20x30 feet, gin house 35x50 feet, two stories, and two tenant houses. Now that the election is over, we look to see the price of cotton leave its present moorings. One favorable indication was the price advancing the day before the balloting, an incident never before happening within our recollection. We sincerely be lieve cotton will reach 12 cents before March, and would advise those unencumbered to hold, either at home or in warehouses where for a small cost it can be stored and insured. A number of newspapers cen sured Senator Tillman because of what they termed' 'interference in local matters," with regard to the Speegle-Walker contest in Greenville. We cannot see any thing wrong in the Senator's ac tion. He is regarded as the head of the Democratic party, and when appealed to, he has the right, and in our opinion, it is his duty to speak out. Had the Senator interfered in the pri mary the case would have been different, but this was a general election involving much to the entire State, and any Democrat had a right to do just what Sen ator Tillman did under the cir cumstances. Be fair. There are plenty of newspaper writers who can now tell the cause of Judge Parker's defeat and write long essays to tell how the thing could have been avoid ed. It is a case of hind-sight being better than fore-sight, but in our opinion there was no power on earth that could have prevented the election of Presi dent Roosevelt. The fact that cities with Democratic adminis trations gave the President large majorities is evidence of the popularity of his administration, and it is also evidence of the unreliability of the Democratic press which kept up a systematic nagging at every done, and represented to the readers, they were voicing the prevailing sen timent without regard to politi cal affiliation. According to the Democratic press the Republi cans had left Roosevelt like rats deserting a sinking ship, and they kept up this line of misrep resentation until the votes were polled. Now some ofthese same papers have the tewierity to say they knew all the time Roose velt would win. N The Columbia State takes the position that even if a majority of votes are polled in favor of biennial sessions, on account of the wording of the resolution it will fail of its purpose, and in order to have biennial sessions a new resolution will have to be adopted and submitted. The Columbia Record thinks the res olution as adopted is all right, and so does the correspondent of the News and Courier. Then comes the Chester Lantern with the opinion that the tickets were illegal as they did not suf ficiently set forth the intention of the amendments to the consti tution. We are inclined to agree w'ith the Columbia State; the in tent of the General Assembly could not be surmised by the voters, and unless the resolution to submit the question was properly worded the whole thing falls. The resolution is the foundation, and if it is not con structed legally there can be nothing built upon it. This is but another one of the ship-shod pieces of legislation that the General Assembly has place upon the recocds, and another argument in favor of not having biennial sessions. If the legis lature ratifies the recent ballot and orders biennial sessions the entire government will, from time to time, be in the supreme court to have its defects pointed out so that future legislatures can repair the damage, in the meantime there will be no end of litigation, and the harvest for lawyers will be something im mense. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local apphecations, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tiohal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in. Tuh nbe. when this tube gets infia ed y av rumbling sound or imperfect hear inadwhen it is entirely closed deafness i the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normai condition.hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu We wili ve One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for ciclr. . 7 . CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. sold by druggists. 75c. HBall's Family Pills are the best. Alcola Siftings.. Editor The Manning Times: Messrs. D. W. Alderman & Sons' Co. have purchased a new, automobile, a single-seated and much lighter machine than the first one. They~have both on hand. We understand they will take part in the races which will be run in Sumter Carnival week, and if Mr. Al derman runs on the streets of Sumter like he does on the country roads we feel sure he will break something-the record-the machine or his neck, we can't say which. Miss Lamb Mims and Miss Belie Wilkes spent Saturday night and Sun day at the home of the former. Mr. Bryan, Superintendent of the Alderman stock farm, spent Saturday night and Sunday at Lanes. He went by private conveyance, driving one of his thoroughbreds there and aaother back. He claims to have the fastest trotting horses in the State.. Mr. W. C. Johnson. of Summerton, was in town Snnday evening. Miss Berta Pringle spent Sunday at her home in Sumter. Mr. W. F. McElveen, who has been quite sick, is able to be out again. Mr. J.-'P. Wells, who has been visit ing relatives in Florence, returned home last week. PAT. Alcolu, S. C., November 8, 1904. Acid Iron Mineral cures all diseases involving inflammation, by purifying the blood and direct ly healing the irritated parts. Try it on an ex ternal sore and watch it's magic healing. It acts In exactly the same way on all internal inflam mations such as dyspepsia. Indigestion. Rheu matism. Kidney Disease. Stomach and bowel troubles. It has no equal for diseases peculiar Trad eA-I- i. mark onh een te. Sold by Druggists. Acid Iron Mineral Co. About the hardest thing for a man to understand is something that emanates from the brain of a woman. Fewer gallons: wears longer; Devoe. How She Was Won. Old Friend-So you have at last con sented to marry some one. How did It happen? Miss Flippant-Well, every man that has ever proposed before has said, "Will you be my wife?" But Harold asked if he might have the hon or of being my husband.-Detroit Free Press. The Bucket Shop. "Dad," said little Reginald, "what Is a bucket shop?" "A bucket shop, my boy," said the father feelingly; "a bucket shop Is. a modem cooperage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bunghole." Thou, my friend. would like to know Why fair twin roses blush and blow In babv's cheeks? I'll tell thee. They're nourished by "TEETHINA." See! "TEETHINA" (Teething Powders) Overcomes and Counteracts the Effects of the Summer's Heat, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels and relieves much suffering and dread. The Throne of Persia. Probably no ruler of modern times has a throne of such barbaric splendor as the shah of Persia. It is said to be shaped like a bed, nine feet in length by four in height, and is high enough to require three steps to enter. The body, steps and legs (which resemble elephants' trunks) are heavily lacquer ed in gold and incrusted with jewels, says the Upholsterer. On the gold em broidered rug rests a gold chair, be hind which rises a sunburst of dia monds with a jeweled bird on either side. Helping Along the Joke. "These," said the epicure to the bright Philadelphia girl, "are snails. I suppose Philadelphia people don't eat them for fear of cannibalism." "Oh, no," was the answer. "It isn't that. We couldn't catch them." Washington Star. The hand that has a long time he'd a violet doth not soon forego Its fra grance. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COURty of Clarendon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Clara E. L. Ivy, Plaintiff, against Blanche Ivy. Annie Belle Ivy, Alice Lowenstine Ivy, Harry William Ivy, Lnd W. Scott Haryin, De fendants. Decree for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date of November 7th, 1904, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at Clarendon Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for judicial sales, on Mfonday, the 5th day of Decemher 1904, being salesday, the following described real estate: Lot "1" situated in the town of Manning fronting West Boundary Street and being part of the Ivy land. said lot measuring eighty-seven feet front and three hundred eleven feet deep, containing sixty-t wo one hun dredths of one acre, and bounded as as follows: On the North by part of the said Ivy laLnd designated a.s lot "2": on the East by West Boundary Stret; on the South by one, of the streets of the town of Manning run ning in a westerly direction; and on the West bounding seventy-five and one-half feet on lot ofA. L, Lesesne and Eleven and one ialf feet on part of the said Ivy land designated as Lot "3". The said lot herein de scribed being represented on a plat made by E. 3. Browne, surveyor, July 28th, 1904. Lot "2" situated in the town of Manning fronting eighty-seven feet on West Boundary Street and being three hundred'eleven feet deep, con taining sixty-two one hundreths of one acre, being a part of the Ivy land and bounded as follows: On the North by land of Mrs. Ivy and chil dren; on the East by WVest Boundary Street; on the South by part of the Ivy land designated as Lot "1", and on'the West by part of the Ivy land designated as Lot ".3". The said lot is represented on a plat made by E. J. Browne, surveyor, on July 28th, 1904. Lot -'a" situated In the town of Manning being part of the Ivy land, containing forty-six one hundredths of one acre, and more particularly described as follows: On the Nort h measuring two hundred and thirty one feet joining land of Mr-s. Ivy and children; on the East measuring eighty-seven fe.w ou lot "s" and eleven and one-half feet on lot "1"; on the South measuring two hun dred thirty-nine and one-half feet, joining land of A. L. Lesesne; aad on the West measuring seventy-five feet, joining land of Mrs. Ivy and chil dren. The said lot being designated as lot "3" on a plat made by E. J. Browne, surveyor, dated July 28th, 1904, with the privilege of a right-of way from the said lot over tihe strip of fatnd forty feet wide, to the street running in a westerly direction. Purchaser to pay for papers. . J. ELBERT DAVIS, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., November 10, 1004. GIN PflOSPBflIE KIDNEY DISEASES URINARY STUP PLLDER The Strongest, the Simplest and most eco nomical of all Stump Hullers. Tryv it be fore you pay for it. Guarantced to pull your stumps or no pay ask-ed. Wnte for Free Booklet giving terms and prices. THE CHAMPION STUMP PULLER CO., IT PRIflTE SIL& Sumter Fall Festival, NOVEMBER 21 TO 26, 1904. TEN PAIRS OF CHOICE BERKSHIRE PIGS, Selected from our fall crop of fifty, at LIBERAL RATES, from sires and dams that won first prize for best pen of Berkshires at South Carolina State Fair. Mated in pairs not akin and from imported stock. l A chance to get some of the best Berkshire blood in fr m e s anSamohtuotirtprzhor bs.p n o Alderman Stock Farm, D. W. ALDERMAN, Proprietor. Prof. SAM'L G. BRYAN, Supt. AsCOLSU, - - a, Q. (1.) Four hundred and fifty acre plantation on the Manning Summerton road, four miles from Summerton, two hundred acres under cultivation, balance in woods, some timber and practically all can be brought under cultivation. Buildings: One five-room dwell ing with necessary outbuildings and the four tenant houses. Soil of first-class quality. The place is cheap at the pnce offered, viz: $15 per acre. (2.) Tract one thousand acras, three hundred acres under culti vation, four hundred acres of balance in second growth pine, one hundred acres original growth pine, two hundred acres cypress and other swamp timber, in the western part of Clarendon county and formerly known as the Robertson Taylor place, situated about two miles southeast of the old C. S. & N. R. R. crossing. Price $6,500. (3.) Five hundred acres near Foreston. Want other Clarendon county lands for sale. R. B. BELSER, Real Estate Broker, Sumter, S. C. 'Phone 12. Court Square. SAhead i~n Special Lines. -3 S Here we are. We have been too busy for the last two 9 or three wveeks to say anything to the public through the 3 newspapers. but our SCLOTHING, SHOES, HATS AND GENT'S FURNISHINGS Sare all through the country speaking for themselves, and STHEY THEY TELL THE TRUTH and bring us custom ers, men and boys, who wear our Clothing are daily com- 3 Sing in to be fitted up again, and the lady who wears Drew 3 SSelby Shoes will have no other. We are selling the best and most stylish Clothin;g 3 Sfor less money than the same quality can be bought any- 3 Swhere else. Money talks, and the people who trade with us even 2 e make every penny count. If you want to save some a Christmas change and get value received, dome to see us Swhen you need a Suit of Clothes, a Pair of Pants, an e Overcoat, a Hat, a Pair of Shoes or anything in Genit's a Furnishing line. T Ihanking you for past faivors and soliciting more of - your valued business, we are 88W. M. DAVIS & C.8 WOW ogs Erly iseP Th fmuslite -ils Wodmnofte old eetson furthMonay nghtsat|K delDysppsia -uP IWE CORDIALLY INITE: - The public to come and inspect our stock of SFancy & Staple Groceries 3 We carry this line and will cheerfully give you prices, as it is to your interest to keep in touch with them. FLOUR. Yes, we have the best Full Patent and if you are somewhat dissatisfied with your flour, try our 100 per cent. and we feel reasonably sure you will be pleased, that is if you are looking for a high class article. COFFEE3:. We carry both parched and green, and if you want a first class article, something nicely flavored and contain ing good strength try some of our Coffee. - We beg that you do not confuse these gqo s with pos sibly others you have been using. Can we quote you prices in bulk? Certainly, with pleasure. Call and see., AN AWFUL CRILE is committed against .your pocketbook every time you buy without getting best prices. We're here to give them to you. Just send us your address. You're certainly hurting yourself not to do so. LELAND MOORE PAINT & OIL CO. Manufacturers of "Pure Mixed Paints," 211 East Bay Street, Charleston, S. C. Wanted at Once. We are in the market for timber lands of pine and cypress. Large tracts are proferred, but we can handle a few smaller tracts. Communicate withs we are satisfied that we can make it to the material advantage of any one wish ing to Lispose of this class of property, Southern Field Real Estate Exchange SPART1%LTTE.G-, S. C. J. H. CARLISLE, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. BRING YOUR JoLb Wcorl TO THE TINES OF\FICE. U Just One Trial Will Make 3 {You Our (iustomler. If you are notfin the habit of trading with us, won't you give$ us a trial and get acquainted with our way of doing business?$ We don't worry those who simply come to look; but take great* @pleasure in showing them through our great stock. When you see the great line of up-to-date goods and note the* .ieasonable prices we quote, you will understand that it's no idle _ Sboast when we say we have one of the best lines ever shown in @ Manning. |Shoes for All Feet.i Nomatter what shape, how large or how small, how light or how Sheauy, how low priced or how expensive, we have them! Children's Shoes........ .................... 25c to $1.50* Ladies' Shoes................................$1.00 to 3.00 Men's Shoes............ ................... 1.2~5 to 5.00 What a Dress Gioods Stock!- * S Just drop in to see us for Dress Goods and we will delight = ,' you with our showing. Wool Filled Dress Goods.............................. 10 c S Double Width Dress Goods....................... . 1..... 12e Double Width Dress Flannels......................... 50 e @The greatest line of 50e Dress Goods in Black and Colors that9 you will find anywhere. 9 High Novelty Dress Goods....................... 50 to S1.50 $ h R. & G. CORSETS. e Senewest Mddels at the lowest price. Schloss9 Brothers's Y~h GiesClothing Givesthe wearer a comfortable, 'P~ prosperous look and affords sat-$ isfaction by reason of fi4, style, oagreteastesmquality and price. Their label \,~ .4~.,in quality to clothing as the '.mint mark does upon a "coin of the realm. ' - ..Drop around, let us talk it - BROSover. 9 THE OLD RELIABLE,$ e . A. FR I 3Y.e J. Ii. RIGBY, flanager.