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MANNNIG. S. C., 2MARCH 29, 1905. PUBLISHiED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year-----....................... - Six months----------....................-. Four months....................... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time, 11: each subsequent in sertion.,50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. LAberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must De accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to r"ceive 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. A POWERLESS COMMISSION. The anti-dispensary agitation is continuing in a number of counties in the State, with the outlook for a general fight. The Commission to investigate the dispensary is holding -its meet ings in various towns, and keep ing their findings from the pub lic until they are ready to make their final report. Upon this report much will depend we be lieve, if it shows a clean admin istration of dispensary affairs it might have the effect of quieting the people whose suspicions have been aroused by t h e charges of corruption, and then. it might have a contrary effect, as many will believe that white wash was used to cover the rot ton places. But in our opinion, the Coinmission is not empower ed with authority to make a thorough 'and searching investi gation, and its moving about from town to town will amount to a lot of expense with nothing done more than to be able to re recite the general workngs of the mstitution. The Commission isnot empowered to bring a suit for an accounting against the concerns the dispensary officials have been doing business with, nor has it been provided with the necessary funds to employ counsel, and if need be, detec tives. If there was an institution in any northern or western State under the cl6od of suspicion our dispensary has been ever since its first purchase of liquor, steps would have been taken to turn on the light, and the corruption-, ists-sent to prison. See what Folk did in Missouri and Jerome has accomplished in New York, -but these prosecuting attorneys had the legislature to give them the law and the money to do justice by the people, they were not bampered with the powerless condition our dispensary Com mission is. Folk could have ~sent to Europe to bring a party charged .to trial. He was im -powered to force corporations to showup their books, and with this power he succeeded in breaking no ashameless gang of grafters. - The dispensary Commission is made up of good men, but if they bave no power they can do noth ing, and as we see it, they are utterly helpless to force an in quiry into that important part part of ths dispensary scandal which charged our officials with robbing the State of re bates. If the State was entitled to rebates during Governor Till man's administration, and there does not appear any such credits on the books, the Commission should have been empowered to force, if need be, in the United * tates'courts, an exhibit of every transaction the whiskey trust and the Mill Creek Distilling Company had with the State, and if $150,000 in rebates should appear ,upon the dispensary books, and they do not, the com mission should learn why, even if indictments have to be brought against those who transacted the business. *It has been charged time and again that the dispensary is a hive of corruption, and up to the present'time the Legislature has only provided investigations which were as farcial as they were expensive and powerless. TWO PARTIES IN OUR PRIMARIES. The Spartanburg Journal's seroceacy of a Repyiblican party in South Carolina does not, as we understand it, mention of which we made last week, mean that it proposes - to join the Republican ranks, but that it -wishes to have a respectable white Republican organization, so that if there are respectable white Republicans in the State they will have a party they can affiliate with. The Journal thinks a Republi can party made up of respectable men will act as a sort of balanlce wheel to the Democratic party, 'but we do not think so; if a Re -publican party is organized in this State and its membership is composed of many who now agree with sdme of the Republi can measures, it will grow and it will not be long before it will be making trades with the negroes, and as soon as that begins, the appeal to the negro will be made by both sides and thus make him the balance of power, and of course an influential nolitical factor. We should not as yet, ike to see a Republican party here for the reason, as long as there is a possibility of the negro having a voice we cannot afford to entertain the thought of a di vision in our general election, but there is good room for two white parties in our primaries, and this we favor. The Demo cratic party can adopt such rules as will permit a free andt an open discussion upon all questions, the only requirements being necessary that a pledge shall be exacted to abide the result and The object of this is, to give every white man an opportunity to present his views regardless of what the leaders may pre scribe, and if he can succeed in convincing the masses of the correctness of his position he should be entitled to recognition. Our present system, if contin ued in its corruption, will do more towards creating a Repub lican party in South Carolina than anything else, as the people will not submit to fraud always. In the county of Greenville this was demonstrated, and so it has been -wherever an appeal was taken from a fradulent primary. Darlington's municipal primary was repudiated in the general election, and so it was in Berk eley county a few years ago. But if we had two parties to par ticipate in )ur primaries these frauds would not be permitted, and there would be no necessity for any division in our general elections. JUSTICE IS ASKED. In a news item in the News andCourier Monday,the Manning correspondent told of the effort being made to commute the sen tence of Ned Mack. Editorially that newspaper made an argu ment against the commutation, and in yesterday's issue Rev. J. M. Holladay, pastor of the Man ning Presbyterian church has a letter commending 'the News and Courier for its position, which is as follows: To the Editor of the News and Cour ier: I have just read your editorial commenting upon the effort to have the sentence of Ned Mack commuted to life imprisonment, and want to thank you for it. Several times I have visited this negro in the jail here, and fro'm his' conversation with me 1 can see no rea son for the exercise of any clemency in his zase. The crime was brutal murder without provocation. (The negro pro fessed to me his readiness to die, as he claims to have made his peace with his Maker. It was in the interest of his spiritual welfare I have visited him in the jail.) When I saw the news item you refer to in the News and Courier I at once clipped it out and sent it to Governor Heyward, and wrote asking to be allowed to express my hope that he would allow the sentence to stand, and stated to the Governor that I could not agree with the ida advanced that Ned Mack was lacking so radically in the sense of responsibility. I am, of course, sorry for the negro-who would not be? Justice to the dead and to the living demands that he shall die for bis crime. J. M. HOLLADY. We yield to none a greater esteem for the Rev. J. M. Hol laday than we have, but we must say that his protest against the Governor taking action in the case of the unfortunate prisoner now standing in the shadow of death, is not the mercy which might be expected from him, but which is manifested by a large numbe of laymen, who feel the Governor ought to review the testimony in the case, and if there is any doubt as to the sanity of the poor creature that justice as the law requires be given - him. None doubt that the murder was unprovoked, but the evidence did not disclose any premedita tion, or malice, neither was any motive for the killing "shown, and these facts alone make a number of conscientious men ponder over the full responsi bility of Ned Mack for his crime. As a matter of law, mercy and justice, we believe Governor Heyward should grantn reprieve and have this case fuily investi gated. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to earn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to care in all its stages, and that lscatarrh. Hail's catarrh Cure s the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the diseaseand giving the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure- Send for list of testimonials. Addrs F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. ar Falv Pil are the best. The controversy b e t w e e n Judge W. C. Benet, of Columbia, and Bishop Potter, of New York. is very interesting, almost as much so as the way Oyama shot the straps off from Kuropatkin's commanding shoulder's: O n e more shot from Benet's artillery will drive the prelate into his subway tavern to get a nerve steadier. What the Japanese are not doing to the Russians in Man churia, the bomb-throwers in St. Petrsburg and Moscow, Russia, and Warsaw, Poland are. The poor Czar is catching it on all sides. If he fights he gets slaugh tered, and if he does not fight he is liable to take a bomb ex cursion at any moment. Surely this is one'head which wears a crown that lies uneasy. The County Record of Kings tree has been enlarged to seven column. eight pages, and the efects of its new type and ma chinery is plainly visible. The Record is one of the newsiest county papers in this section of the State, and gives all but one indication of prospering-the editor is still unmarried, and Williamsburg too, is noted for its excellent, accomplished, and beautiful women. The communication of John C-ill in this issue is in reply to an editorial from us of last week, said editorial was based upon imformation and circumstantial evidence, and also with a view to directing attention to the care lessly signing of recommenda tions and petitions. We would not do Gill or any other man the injustice of excluding his or their reply to any editorial ex pression which may appear in Hon. E. Mitchell Seabrook, a member of the Charleston dele gation in the House of Represen tatives is a candidate for Lieu tenant Governor. Mr. Seabrook has been in the Legislature a number of years, and is popular with his colleagues. He is now chairman of the agricultural committee, and is a farmer by vocation. There will be a num ber of candidates for this posi tion, but none that we have so far heard mentioned, is as much entitled to our support as is Mr. Seabrook, who married in this town, and who, by his genial manners has made many friends in the county. The public prints liave recent ly exposed an unfortunate condi tion among our Representatives at Washington. It seems that Senator Latimer and Represen tative Lever are both trying to claim the credit for certain legis lation effecting the rice interests, and both have given out inter views, which in our opinion was unnecessary, as there was plenty of glory in the legislation for both Latimer and Lever, and there is no necessity for one be ing jealous of the other. To be quarrelling over such things is not calculated to help either of them at home, nor does it tend to add anything to their dignity as statesmen. Both Latimer and Lever are doing their best for the State's interests, and that should be sufficient to sat isfy the most exacting of their constituents. Letter to HuggiUs & McIntosh. Dear Sir: Porterhouse, so much: neck. so much; all the way between. Just so with paint. Devoe lead-and zinc is the porterhouse. Nobody wants the neck; the between, some say, is good enough for them. But Devoe costs less, not more, than between. Lead-and-oil is between; it is the old fashion paint. But zinc has come in. Zinc toughens white lead. De voe lead-and-zinc is the paint that wears twice as long as lead-and-oil. Mr. John N. Deitel, Fair Haven N. Y., writes: "Mr. Charles Hollenbeck, of this place, painted his house tlgree aga with Devoe lead-and-zinc; his father painted at the same time with lead-and-oil. To day the son's house looks as well as the day it was painted, while the father's house has all chalked off and needs painting very badly. The father says he will paint Devoe next time." Yours truly, F. W. DEVOE & CO. P. S. Manning Hardware Co. sells our paint. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. BY H. W. FINLAYSON. The fight in the Equitable In surance Co. is still on. There is little probability of a permament settlement of the disputes until legislative action is taken. Ef forts of every kind have been made to mutualize matters, one day promising adjustment, the next some new differences aris ing. James H. Hyde holds a ma jority of the stock and he is go ing to control until ousted by1 legislation. The Equitable- is one of the giant companies with its $400, 000,000 capital and $1,500,000. 000 insurance. I't is financially the equal of many great govern ments. .Hyde's father died and James H. Hyde succeeded to the virtual management of 'the cor poration, only 28 years of age, an - up-to-now young man, hc spends lavishly and does notI care who knows it, the monrey being his own. Hyde's recent great ball, caused the present commotion. Rejane, the Fr'enchi Actress, was one of the guests, and it was said mounted a table and danced the "can-can;" then1 followed the report in the papers that Hyde was going to build her a Theatre in New York. The staid old lifeads of the company concluded these things would. weaken confidence in a corpora tion having at its head a man doing as Hyde was reported to be doing. These and other stories Hyde is doino were of course ex aggerated, Vhe papers paying for matter not per column, but proportion to the sensational features, regardless of facts. Hyde is only what others are here, no more, and much less than many, he is open, does nothing under cover. The char ter-gives the directors authority to empower the policy holders to vote, this had not been done and it was thought a good way* to get Hyde out. Chauncy Depew, John D. Crimmins and otherwise heads attended the meeting, but it was found Hyde controlled the meeting. It was agreed that the policy holders should be enfran hised by gradual process, Hyde naming 26, the policy holders 28, and Hyde continuing in office, but it will take 4 years to ac complish this transition, as Hyde insists that only a fourth of the board is to be named each year for four years. -Another split is aused by the insistance that personal instead of proxy votes must be cast. Of course while infranchised the thousands of policy holders could never gather in person. The Company is safe, Hyde, cannot injure it would not if he would, could not if he 'would, for the New York State laws throw so many safe guards around insurance com panies, that no one man nor set of men can safely do wrong. Rejane has gone back to Europe, policy holders here are not alarmed, they are accustom e to these excitements. If those away would take with a good de gree of salt the sensational news paper news, as New Yorkers do, they would not get nervous so easily. Hyde will spend his money as he pleases, let him do it. it only hanges hands and does the world more good after it passes out than remaining in his clutch When a cool L$12500 is ounred out for an affair by one of these fellows, it does not follow that it is wasted, for the waste is only to the extent of the consumption. Possibly $50,000 is consumed, the other $75,000 merely passes to others and is distributed, go ing into palms needing it and who will use it more wisely. Hyde holds the whip in hand and will contin-ue in the saddle, it is private funds he spends and not company money. Hyde's ex travagance is so, common here among the immensely rich that little attention is paid to each. The company will go on, solid and sound as ever, Hyde will not change his ways to please the over particular, little by lit tle the excitement will die out and soon we will hear no more about it, until perhaps Hyde gives another big banquet, which he will do when it suits him to do so. He is a good head for the company, and so long a. he pays for his pleasures, the best thing, the only thing to do, is submit. It is too late to legislate at this session of the assembly, so that no change can be expect ed for a year or more, plan all they please, the legislature is the only power that can reduce Hyde so long as he holds a ma jority of the stock, this he does. this he will continue to do. Tom Lawson wired offering millions for Hyde's holdings, the offer of course was disregarded. It should be said in justice to Hyde that Rejane and her man agers weie emphatic in -their denials of the stories referred to, but the same publicity was not given to these denials that was to the original stories. No Gloss Carriage Paint Made will wear as long as Dene's. No others are as heavy bodied, because Devo's weigh 3 to 8 ounces more to. the pint Sold by the Manning Hardware Co. A Burglar Enters the House ot W. N. Hrook at Alcolu. 'Aicolu, S. C., March 2.-Special: At soue time last night an attempt was made by a burglar to enter the resi dence of Mr. W. N. Hook, foreman of the shops of D. W. Alderman & Sons' Company of this place. Mr. Hook was awakened 'by his wife, who called his attention to a noise, she supposed to have been made by a dog, in the room. Her remark frightened the intruder, who hastily lowered the sash and ran. Mr. Hook sprang from the bed and seizing his gun, hurriedly inserted a shell in each barrel and fired through the wndow sash at the retreating fig ure. The thief seems to have had a nar row escape, as an investigation showed that the ground was torn up by the shot in a direct line with the tracks made by the fellow as he ran off Some time ago a similar attempt was made to enter the residence of Mr. F. L. Wolf. bookkeeper for D. W. Alderman & Sons' Comuany, which, however, was frustrated. It was early in the night and the family had not retired, The depredations-are supposed to hav'e been made by negroes. In the large num ber of negro employees here it is likely that there are some bad characters. A few weeks ago "Boss" Ward, a shift less negro, entered several rooms of the hotel here, and took from each one cloting, watches and other things of more or less value, which were after wards fund in his possession. ,At his trial, wvhich tookt place soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to the chaingang. The whites here 6elieve in "protec tion" for their homes and all of them are liberally provided with shotguns, pistols and other weapons nececessary to enforce it.-News and Courier, Mon day. March 27. Attacked By a Mob and beaten in a labor riot until cdvered with sores, a Chicago street car con ductor applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was soon sound and well. "I use it in my family," writes G. J. Welch, of Tekonsha, Mich., "and find it perfect.'. Simy great for cuts and burns. Only 25e at The R. B. Lorvea Drug store. Militia Notice. The Connor Mounted Rifles will meet on Saturday, April 1st, at 2 o'clock p. ., ~it Paxville, for the purpose of reorganizing and paying out the bal ance of the appropriation. .T. D. HOYLE, 1st Lieut. Coin. For- Thin Babies Fat is of great account to a baby ; that is why babies are fat. If your baby is scrawny, Scott's Emulsion is what he wants. The healthy baby stres as fat what it does not need immediately for bone and muscle. Fat babies are happy ; they do not cry ; they are rich ; their fat is l a id up for time of need. They are happy because they are comfortable. The fat sur rounds their little nierves and cushions them, When they are scrawny t h o s e nerves are hurt at every ungentle t ort :h. They delight in Scott's Emul sion. It is as sweet as wholesome to them. Send for free sample. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scott 4& Bowne - Chemists 409.41$ Pearl Jtree -- )tew York 50c. and $1.00 The Exposition of Spring Fashion Is Now Open, Charini, Cheery Atihoritative. Figuratively 'saying the Great Book of Fashions thrown wide open, witl all of its fashion sugestions to see and reaid. So beantiftil that it charms the eye and holds the attention of every customer. So g ; authoritative that from it can be learned the inner most thoughts of Fashion, the kind of Fabric,~the Color, etc. The Color, very important. For Fash - ion this spring plays as fine a variation as Paganini Sdid on his single string. An exposition as full of ?z hints as a kaleidoscope- is of colors, and there will be more new and pretty ings coming of re 11 ? tell you as they arrive. f ur raD Milur Opeulug1 of Pattern Hats and : showing of new Spring Dress Goods; Silks, Trimmings, Laces, Em- i broidery, etc., WILL TAKE PLACE deal d1,h [ 4S 9 5 Remember these dates for they mean a great ~ deal to those who have goods to buy. MUTUAL DRY GOODS COMPANY. T HE F ASH ION CENTR E. KEEP YOUR EYE On this space as we will have something inter-. ) esting. for all next week. It gives us great pleasure to announce that we a.re now able to offer for your inspection what we hoiiestly 0 believe to be the handsomest, most varied and carefully 4 selected line of $ Dress Goods, Siks and Wash Fabrics 0,., * ever shown in Mannin. This splendid assortment would * do credit to a much larger city than Manning. We will * not attempt to give a hst'of the many remarkable values we offer, but call your attention,to a few here and'there * that are worthy of more tban a passing glance. Our rep utation and liberal treatment in all business- matters ". backed by the best merchandise, is a great factor in the 0 grow th of our business. Remember, if you see it in J. H. $ Rigby's advertisement, "it's so." New Dress Goods, New Mohairs Mohair is a fabric in itself, as individual as silk. It is light, lustrious and strong. It stands today a fabric of beauty. We have a full line in rich shades and all widths. Price per yard, 50c to $1. Stylish Silks at Popular Prices. . Our collection of handsome Spring -Silks for stree and evening costumes is- somethig swell-a colletid6 that would do justibe to a much larger store in a iue$ larger city. Don't miss seeing them. Prices that please .New Wash Goods.o Ou-r store.is aglow and overfiowing with new novel- $ ties of the best' styles in spring materials. Call andin 0 spect the line, you will be pleased both in price and qual 0 ity. * Sea Our-Bargain Gounter Good Shoes 50c and 75c per pair. $1, $1.25 and$!.50 Shirts, now 6nly 87c. Splendid quality 'Lawn, 10 yards to .bundle, while lasts 50 per bundle.' Best quality Bleach, 10-yard bundle, while thsy lest only 50c bundle. Good quality Calicoes; only 4tc. Other bargains too numerous to mention. THE YOUNG RELIABLE, J.*H. 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