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o e. ' A1 ELT. Editor. MANNNIG, S. C., AUG 23, 1905. PUBLI.SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. i-nitered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec n i.a Class matter. IN A DILEMA, SURE. It is with a degree of satisfac tion that we note Senator Till man's change of heart with re gard to the management of local dispensaries. In the session of the General Assembly of 1900, in the Senate, there was intro duced "A Bill'" looking to the reformation of the liquor man agement in this State, and for those counties adopting the dis pensary system,. a provision was made for the management to be by a board consisting of the County Supervisor, the Mayor of the town at the county seat in which a dispensary was located, and the Foreman of the grand jury. The Senator was opposed to this at the time, and charged it was a trick to turn the dis pensary over to the Anti's, but since the lid has been lifted, and the stench arising from it has struck the nostrils of the Sena tor, he has reached the conclu sion that the wet nurses for his baby have 'not been careful of its swaddling clothes, and unless a cleansing process is adopted the child cannot possibly survive its own tilth, hence he wants to dis miss the present wet nurses, and is willing for the "trick to turn the dispensary over to the Antis to succeed. We are glad to see the Senator making concessions, and before the next primary it would not surprise us in the least if this distinguished father of the dispensary concedes, that, local option, as provided for in Senate bill, session 1900, providing for an election on "Prohibition, License, or Dispensary," is the best solution of this-much vexed question. In his Anderson speech the Senator read a carefully pre pared manuscript, and among the suggestions he makes for the control of the system, is for the management of county dispensaries to be by a board composed of the. Super visor, the Mayor and some per son. appointed by the State board. He only differs with the bill referred to, as to the third member. The bill provides for the Foreman of the Grand Jury, but the Senator wants the third member of the county board tc be appointed by the State board. It looks to a man up a tree as if -Senator Tillman is making an effort to find a jumping off place, to desert his "baby." He cannot turn it over to a foundling asylum, nor can he leave it on anybody's doorsteps, the child is too well known, and its pa rent cannot deny its birth marks; in this extremity there is only-one exit to escape, and that is outright disinheritance. We have~ read with consider able care the Senator's plan to purify the dispensary, which he -proposes to suggest to the next session of the Genera2Assembly, and, we presume if that body fails to adopt his suggestions, --he will turn around and help to kill th'e dispensary. In our judg ment,based upon present indica tions, it will not need the dis tinguished Senator's services to kill the dispensary; we believe the 'system is in extremis now, and will be killed as dead as a door nail in a large majority of the counties in the State whether the Senator aids or op poses. He just cannot stop the swelling tide, but he can throw himself in its way and he destroy ed, as will probably be his fate, if he continues in his present course- Senator Tillman is ai shrewd politician, and he can come near creating a popular issue to advance his individual interests: it would not surprise us to learn that the suggestions he makes to the General Assem bly are deliberately ..and cun ingly planned with the expecta tion of not being accepted. He suggests measures and plans, to accept, -would mean stultifica tion: hence, he has no idea the legislature will adopt his sug gestions, and then he will take their refusal as an excuse to join in the popular demand for the destruction of the dispensary. He will beat his tom-tom to re rive factionalism, and stir ur the "wool hat boys" by telling them his oldtime enemies are after his scalp and, he will lull the anti-dispensary people to sleep by telling them that he could not stand for corruption, had tried to purify the dispen sary, the legislature would not do it, and he is with them to kill it. This will be his scheme, in our- opinion, until the next pri mary is over, if he succeeds him self, the dispensary will continue and he will have a legislature that will carry out his wishes, but if he fails to succeed himsell he will tind the dispensary a good place to dump his wrath. Every utterance the Senator has made since this agitation began, indicates the uncertainty of his footing. He talks and writes like a man caught in a prairie fire, if he goes forward there is fire, if he turns backward there is more fire, and his only chance is to lay down in a ditch and wait for the tire to pass over. -If he undertakes to force the dis pensary on the people he will be the victim of their wrath, if he deserts the dispensary, those who are satistied with the pres ent system will not take kindly to his throwing his offspring away, and leaving them with a: disgraced responsibility, and the the anti-dispensaryites, will re gard his coming over to thet solely for votes to re-elect him to the Senate. To quote his own language applied to others: "He is between the devil and the deep blue sea," a fix a politician, petted as Tillman has been, causes his pillow to feel hard, his bed to feel lumpy, and makes him have frightful dreams. There is more Catarrh in this section of the *ountry than all other diseases put together. and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease. and prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional dis ease, and therefore requires constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio. is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon ful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hun dred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and teHTtimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY t ('0.. Tvltldo. 0. Sold by druggistsT. ic. Halls Fami Pills are the best. The News and Courier advo cates making drunkenness a crime punishable by fine and im prisonment. If such a law could be legally enacted it would solve the liquor question sure enough. Young Again. Mr. J. L. Grimes, Thomasville, said: "After recovering from a spell of fever my system was run down, and for three months I did not work. The first bottle of Dr. King's Kidney and Liver Remedy set me to going. I used three bottles, and am now as stout as when a young man." See Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. about it. The investigation of the dis pensary now going on in Colum bia shows that institution to be owing $560,369.28, and that it has bought undelivered liqour amounting to $299,679.50. There is $442.676.40 due to the school fund, which has not been turned over. According to our view of the statement the dispensary owes $247,077.34 more than it has stock in Columbia and in the county dispensaries throughout the State. Agonizing Burns. Are instantly relieved, and perfect ly healed, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. C. Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: "1 burnt my knee dreadfully; that it blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped the pain, and healed it without a scar." Also heals all wounds and sores. 25c at The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. The city council of Florence has determined to break up gambling in that city, and a few days ago the police raided an establishment, pulled a number of gentlemen, who were required to put up a forfeit of $50. each. Some forfeited and did not ap pear for trial, three of them, however, did appear and were let off with a tine of $35. a piece. We have no doubt that the ar rest of these gentlemen will have a salutary effect in Florence, and hereafter the coon crap shooters will make themselves scarce. So far as we know there is no gamb ling in this town, but if there is the authorities should turn the screws on the gentlemen gam blers, especially. Arrest a few gentlemen, punish them severely and the gamblers who are not gentlemen will move on. Pleasantly Effestive. Never in the way, no trouble to car ry, easy to take, pleasant and never failiug in results are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These famous little pills are a certain guarantee against head aches, biliousness, torpid liver and all of the ills resulting from constipation. They tonic and strengthen the liver. Cure Jaundice. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Elsewhere we reproduce the proceedings in the New Brook land election fraud case, merely to show what has or can be ac complished by those who have the election machinery in their hands. Here in the little town across the river from Columbia in a municipal election the dirti test kind of fraud is resorted to, and when detected, arrested, and convicted in a circuit court the Judge imposes a alternative fine or imprisonment. It does strike us, that in such a case a Judge makes himself partially respon sible for crime when he imposes a sentence that men who can be guilty of such crimes could langh at. A fine of $1,000 or twelve months on the chain gang would have had a much better effect than the fine im nosed. So far as we know this Is the first election fraud case ever carried before a jury in this State, but that does not mean that our elections are free from frauds. We are morally certain that frauds were practiced in the primary elections, not only frauds, but the most degrading debauchery and bribery has been1 practiced, by big men too, who profess religion. It is a common belief that there are men who secure political preferment by the circulation of slanderous re ports. misrepresentations, the use of money and whiskey, and the bribing of men to go from box to box to repeat,and then, if with all this, they cannot accom plish their purpose, by use of more money, they induce mana gers to swindle in the count, just as was proven in the New Brook land case. The only interest this case has to our readers, is that it may serve as a warning in future elections, and that if there is sufficient ground to believe a fraud has been committed, it is a duty to see to it that theguilty are punished. It Made Him Shake. I wish to say a word in praise of Dr. King's Improved Chill and Fever Tonic. I had chills for- one year con tinually, and tried all the chill tonics I could get and also doctor's prescrip tions. but all failed to cure. Part of one bottle entirely cured me, and have not had chills since. 1 recommend only King's. T. F. Howard. Sold by Dr. W. The Russian and Japanese statesmen now in session at Portsmouth, N. H., have before themi a problem the settlement of which affects the civilized world. The matter of settling the disposition of Korea to the satisfaction of all parties will be almost as difficult as the agree ing on terms of indemnity and territory. The Japanese have the Russians at an advantage, but this position may cause her to overreach herself in her exac tions, and bring on compiications with other nations. If Japan takes full control of Korea, tho:' interests of the United States and England might be affected. and then will come the squabble over treaty rights which Japan may not be willing to agree to. The United States is very much interested in this settlement as a very considerable portion of her manufactured product is con snmed by China, Japan and Korea, and we believe that if a satisfactory settlement is made at Portsmouth the closing of the war between Japan. and Russia will mean a strong demand for Amer ican products, especially cot ton, and the present crop will bring a high price. Brookland Frand Case Ends in Conviction. Lexington, Aug. 1S.-In the court of general sessions today Geo. B. 'Mc Combs, ex-mayor of New Brookland, along with T. D. Mitchell, forne'riy town marshall, and M. L. Fox were found guilty of tampering with the election returns Qf the municipal elec tion held in New Brookland on the 27th of last May. At that time McCombs was the in tendant of that town, and he stood for re-election, being opposed by Mr. J. S. Gunnell. The managers of the elec tion appointed by McCombs were M. L. Fox and George I Busbee, who it was claimed, entered into a conspiracy with McCombs and Mitchell to declare the re-election of McCombs and his ticket regardless of how the ballots counted. The election returns were so manipu lated that McCombs was declared to be elected; Gunnell and his friends were satisfied that fraud had been perpetra ted, and they contested the declaration of McCombs' election to the extent of having a warrant sworn out against the managers and Mitchell, which resulted in Gunnell's being de clared entitled to the office of intendant. McCombs, Fox and Mitchell were placed in Lexington jail under the charge of conspiring to cheat and de fraud in town election. Mitchell is ac credited with concocting the scheme to defeat Gunnell's election. This is the same T. D. Mitchell who divided hon ors with Halsenback as star witnesses swearing for defendant in the case when the slayer of N. G. Gonzales was was tried at Lexington two years ago. After Mitchell was put in jail he wrote to Mr. Gunnell begging him for mercy, saying that he was willing to take his share of the ontcome of the matter, and hoped Mr. Gunnell would see that he [Mitchell) did not have the whole burden to carry. Then he tried Mr. Gunnell's sympathetic nature. in the same communication, appealing to him, "Think of my little innocent children as you pass my house and go home and ask Mrs. Gunnell what you ough t to do,and I am satisfied you will drop the indictment." In the same letter he admits his guilt in these words: "I will assure you all parties have repented fully for what part they have taken in the matter." Mitchell's letter to Mr. Gunnell failed in its purpose. Mi-. Gunnell in his reply spoke of Mitchell as Judas Iscariot, accused him of pretended friendship while he was scheming with others to defraud him out of the elec tion. He stigmatized Mitchell as a traitor, and intimated to him strongly that he was a vile creature; told him plainly that he would not stop the prosecution but promised him to see that he got a fair trial. Mitchell and his confederates have had a fair trial and have received jus tice at the hands of the jury who have convicted them. Sixteen of the best citizens of the community of New Brookland testified at the trial just terminated to circum stances pointing to establish that fraud had bee'n practiced in the municipal election. and that Mitchell was in co' lusion wvith the managers to cheat Gunnell out of the office. One of the managers would take the ballots out of the box, hand them to the other, who would call out the names to the secre tary, the idea being to keep the count so as to be sure that McCombs would be ahead and at the sametime i-un the votes so nearly even that fraud migh t not be suspected. Mitchell's part in the conspiracy was to keep a tab sheet separate from the secret~y's, and every now and then to call out how the candidates were run ning and at least a couple of dozen times during the listing of the votes Mitchell's voice would ringz out for the guidance of the mnanagei-s the status of the count. For instance, when the votes won'd run so close as to put Gun nell man e two or three ahead of Mc Combs, Mitchell would sing out "Eh, be Godi Gunnell is two ahead!" This would give the clew to the manager who was calling out the ballots, and it would change, and the votes would then run mostly for McComnbs, and Mitchell would call out "McCombs four ahead," or five ahead, as the case would be. This novel way of keeping tally worked successfully and at the end of the count McCombs was declared to be elected by five majority. The fraud was so palpable that it put the fr-iends of Gunnell upon suspicion, inquiry and investigation. After the mnanager-s finished counting the votes the ballot box was turned over to McComnbs, who refused to de liver same to a committee who waited upon him and asked that the box be turned over to another committee for the purpose of recounting the votes. McCombs after -his r-efusal to deliver the box or to have the votes recounted, took the box containing the votes to his house. What was done at his house that night is best told by Mr. Geo. Busbee, one of the managers, who turned wvhat is termed "State's evi dence." He testified as follows: "On the 13th of May I was first approached by Mc Combs to be a manager of the election. Friday night before the election Mc Combs, Mitchell, Fox and I met and had a talk and agreement that I was to call the votes out and run McCombs ahead of Gunnell, regardless of how the votes read. I was to call McCombs' name where the vote was needed, al though the ticket should read Gunnell. Mitchell was to stand outside of the railing and tally and call out to keep me posted and straight, so I could keep McCombs ahead of Gunnell. We de clared McCombs elected, when as an actual fact Gunnell was elected, as Gun The Original. Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are ogfered for the genuine. These wvorthless im itations have similiar sounding names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a :.ollow package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. The R. B. Loryea, Drug Store, Taac M. Toa, Prmn nell received a majority of the -ot-es. We got this result of declaring Mc Combs the successful candidate by my calling out a vote for McCombs when it hadl been cast for Gunnell. After the count, I met McCombs on the street. I hanhed him the box containing the votes and he took the box home with him. That. night McCombs sent for me to come to his house. I went, and we changed the votes to correspond to the tally sheets We got new tickets and substituted them for the oues that had been voted, placing on each new ticket thn name of NcCombs in place of the ticket which ha'A been voted and had the nawe of Gunnell on it. Mitch ellrs part. in this revision and substitu tin was that he was to keep his eyes aud ears open on the street and every now and then report to the manipulat ors inside the house whether every thing was all right on the outside. Mlitchell did as instructed." The defendants when arraigned in court yesterday pleaded not guilty, and offered three witnesses besides them selves to prove their innocence. Messrs. Sturkie and Martin repre iented McCombs and Fox. Mitchell had no counsel, and he conducted his own case. He examined and cross ex amined witnesses and addressed the jury in his own behalf. He tried to in Iluence the jury to acquit him by re sorting to matters outside of the record, but failed in his effort to inject politics into it. He appraised the jury of the fact that he had been a witness against the Gonzales side when Mr. Gonzales' assassin was being tried for the mur der of N. G. Gonzales, and that his, Mitchell's, indictment was one of per secution and not prosecution; and that on account of his having been a witness as aforesaid. Dr. C. W. Barron of New Brookland. a brother-in-law of the de ceased Mr. Gonzales, wanted revenge on him (Mitchell). His speech was made up altogether of inferences that Dr. Barron was the one pushing the prosecution and that it was directed solely against him. At the opening hour of court this morning the jury handed up the fol lowing verdict: "We find the defend ants McCombs, Fox and Mitchell guilty with recommendation to the mercy of the court." Judge Ernest Gary sentenced each of the defendants to four months on the chaingang or pay a fine of $75 each. They were taken to jail. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Aaron Francis, Lawrence Francis, Stephen Francis, William Francis, Anthony Francis, Cheney Harvin, Agnes Williarit, Prince Francis and Eliza Wilson, Plaintiffs, against John Francis, Daniel Francis, Isaac Jones, Junior, Salina Jones, C. 0. I Witte, Arthur Lynah and Edward I H. Sparkman, the last three being included as trustees, Defendants. SUnInONS FOR RELIEF. COrI PLAINT SERVED. To the defendants, John Francis, Daniel Francis, Isaac Jones,Junior, Salina Jones, C. 0. Witte, JArthur Lynah and Edward H. Sparkman, the last three being included as Trustees: You are hereby snmmoned and re qutred to answer the Complaint in this action of whnich a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at Mianning, S. C. within twenty (20) days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid 'the plaintiffs in this action will ap ply to the Court for the relief de manded in the Complaint. John Francis and D)aniel Francis will further :take notice that the' Complaint herein has been hereto ore filed in ~the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Please for Clar endon County, South Carolina, WVILsO:5 & DURANT1, Plaintiff's Attorneys. One Huandred Sets Plain White China Cups and Saucers, worth $1 per set, will be sold out for 55 cts. per set, at STRAUSS ROQAN Co. SUMMER TON, In Plain Figures A T T H E NEW IDEA) With the beginning of the fall season we are ready to open our SPECIAL SALES in all departments of our store. From time to time goods will be marked down in plain figures on our Bargain Counters. Just a look through will convince the most critical shoppers what THE NEW IDEA can offer in the shape of genuine bar- f gains. We Have the Advantage Over All Others in buying up our goods, having the head man of the firm in the jobbing business in the heart of the market, who supplies us with the best bargains that comes to his hand. Our stock as a- rule takes a general cleaning up of all summer goods at this time of the year, so everything must go Regardless of Cost, and many other seasonable items are shoved along to make things move quick. All we ask is to come and see us before making your purchases. Look out for our ads from now on in PLAIN FIG URE PRICES. It will be to your good interest. 1 The Krasnoff Mercantile Co. SCOMPORT H ERE is nothing more comfortable in hot weather and nothing more neat than a thin, Iwell-fitting Negligee Shirt. We are showing this season the best and most a Scomplete assortment of Summer Shirts that ever 3 Sstopped at Manning. They are pretty, modest pat- 3 Sterns. and made of the best and strongest that can Sbe had. Our u LON BRAND SHIRTS Scannot be beat for the same price. We have a small lot of dollar Shirts that we are Sselling at a reduced price. Come and get some of them before they go. It will be to your advantage -to see our line if you want to keep cool and look neat Sfor a little money. I+ E. JENKINSON I COMPANY WIDE AWAKE. Not dead, but sleeping, is the condition of ninety-eight out of every one hundred merchants during the warm months of June, July and August, but not so with The W. E. Jenkinson Company. We are awake twelve months out of the year and are ever reaching out for business with both feet forward. Our buyer will leavedn a few days for the Northern markets and we must have room for our Fall goods. Now in order to do this we are putting everything -t pertaining to Summer goods on sale at a great sacrifice. - In fact we are offering these goods so I cheap that it will pay you to buy even if you do not need them un til next spring. Yours truly, I 0-~ I I.E.JEIISOICO. I 4learance Sale aO ~WAWAFurn turEs Pyent. Irig Summe I2.0 Caloraruits- 1alel Sal prce.........._ _. Fue rniture.... ... sale price... out all.. Su mrFriue. Pie o e $10.00 Hall Rck is Sale price............J... I $2.00 Paruts- .37 I a e pr.i.e........... e2 Sale price.Se..........32 Sal icec.a....75 I Y70Re ouckernyst-edsm ftisfriueo le prsiblcey..Yu.ak.mne.o.eer.pr chale hre drig hisbi.ceaingou.sle Undertakingle Se 3.25igS.C aeprc.....