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)UIS; APP3Er. Editor. MANNNIG. S. C., OCT. 11, 1905. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year....................... 1 . Six months...... ............. ......... Pom Months....................... ..... ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time."51: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes Of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. L.ineral contracts made for three, six and twelve .onths. Communications must oc accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to reeeire~attention. No communication or a personal character v ill be published except as an advertisement. !Lntered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec c"na Class matter. THE GRAND JURY'S SKY-ROCKET. We made no editorial comment last week on the returns of the county officials who were ruled to show cause by His Honor Judge Purdy why they should not be indicted for the matters and things presented against tbem by the grand jury, for the reason.that we wanted our read ers to carefully read the answers made by these officials before we expressed an opinion. To our mind the entire pro ceeding was a case of marching up hill and down again without any material results accomplish ed. The grand jury charged neglect of duty and violation of law. The officers, through attor neys made answer, and without a single denial of any of the charges, the court accepted the excuses and dismissed the rules. We .said the charges were not denied, we go further, and say they were admitted. It does strike us as being a very peculiar proceeding, to-ac - cept without further investiga tion the excuses rendered by presented officials. The grand jury.is- supposed to have made an investigation, because they employed an expert who receiv ed pay for his work, and they reported to the court a condition which was serious enough to warrant the circuit judge to issue a rule against the officials named in the presentment, but what has it amounted to? Lawyers were employed, and they in legal phraseology read to the court the excuses and this was accepted without further action. It is a source of gratification to -us, that in the course of the grand jui-y's investigation no such condition was found as has been unearthed at Greenville, .Edgefield and Richland, where lax investigations have been made i~n the past, and the offi-: cials permitted to be discharged on the statements presented to the court through their attor neys. In Clarendon county the. stealing or other form of graft, none of them were found short in-their accounts, nor was it found that any of them were guilty of graft of any kind; the charge was unbusinesslike meth ods, - extravagance, neglect of duty, and failure to comply with the law. The presenting of officers is not a trifling matter, and it seems to us, when that body tinds it necessary to report the counity officers, to dismiss the rules against the reported officers on the, mere excuses such as *their lawyers can frame, is not giving the matter the serious at tentio.n a grand jury's present ment e guld be entitled to. To diseiss the rules without having the excuses of-The officials veri fied, amounts to little more than a farce, and if that method of -procedure is to continue, it would be useless for a grand jury to -*-present officers for neglect of -~duty, and failure to comply with the law. .ofWe never had any suspicion of rascality with our county -officials, but based upon infor mation received from members -of the grand jury, previous to -their presentment,and after they had made an investigation with ----an expert,we wrote several edito rials directing attention to Clar endon's slip-sh'o methods. These -editorials were verified by the -grand jury's presentment, only to be taken intoa court to be ad mitted and excuses rendered. .with promises to do better in the ~future. But the most farcical part of the business is, the very grand jury that investigated and pre -sented these county officers for failure to coiply with the law, extravagance, and bad business: /methods, put into their last pre sentment an expression of satis -faction with the excuses made. by the officers reported by them. If the grand jury were that easily made satisfied, it would have been far better for them, -the officers and the county, had they called the officers before them befoi-e making their pre sentment, then perhaps their sensational report would not have been made at all. We doubt exceedingly if the grand jury made any investigation to verify the excuses the officers made to the court. Perhaps they were misled when the-court dismissed the rules. A MENACING JUDGMENT. In the recent term of court there was a jury verdict in the case of Thos.- H. Felder against the Northwestern Railroad Com pany for $200 damages. The case as we understand it, is in ef fect as follows: Felder, a colored shopkeeper, sent to Davis station for freight, by mistake a box be longing to another consignee was ta+n when the box wa returned, 75 cents was demiande for bringing it back: a disput arose between Evander Stuke the depot agent, and Felder Stukes became incensed at lan guage used by Felder, and h struck Felder in the face with Distol. Suit was brought fo ,000 damages against the com pany because Stukes was th company's agent, and it wa claimed the trouble grew out o matters in connection with th company's business. The jur awarded Felder $200, and in ou opinioni, it is a very dangerou judgment, even, if t is law. I a depot agent in the exercise o his duties, as such, is insulted b; a negro or white man havin; business at his depot, and he re sents the insult by using violenc such as knocking his insulte down, or striking him with stick or any other means of vio lent resentment, according to th( law's interpretation by the jur in the case referred tothe compa ny that employed the agent i. li'able to be mulct in damages. I this is good law, it is a very un fortunate. and very unreasona ble,-one calculated, when it be comes known, to put every rail road company in jeopardy at al times. A railroad agent is made of fiesh and blood; while in the discharge of his duties he has a. much resentment in his nature as if he were not at his employment and when offence is given to him, such as calling him a liar or ap plying to him some other epithe nature will not suggest to post pone resentment until some oth er time and place; he acts,'no for employers, they were no: called liars, it was he, who was insulted, and it was he, who re sented it. Under such circum stances to lodge a verdict foi damages against his employees is simply ridiculous. According to that verdict, if it holds,a clerl in a store is liable to havE his employer mulet in dam ages. A man enters a store prices an article, the clerk and he get into a controversy abou the quality of the goods, th< purchaser calls the clerk a scoun drel, and the clerk resents tn: insult by hitting the man in the head with a stick or a weight that man can bring suit agains the clerk's employer and recove: damages, the same reasoning would apply to a farm, a work shop, or any other employment Such law, if it is good law,waw no doubt framed by some littlh lawyer member of the legislatur< who had in view the mulcting o corporations,but in our view, not withstandingZ court decisions in.itt favor,the law never contemplated iust such a case as the one tried in our court. We do not believ the law ever means tomake cow rds of employees nor do we be lieve the law intends to providE those inclined, with the meam to get money damages from tli< employ.ers of men who resen personal insult.. A man may make himself ob oxious and exasperating to ax employee, whether it be a depo agent or a clerk in a store, or ginner in a ginhouse, withou sing an offensive word; his con uct may be -exasperating, anc e can do this with a view, tha' if the employee should use an3 iolence in resenting his con uct, 'he can recover mone3 amages from the employer We do not as a rule commen1 on the verdict of juries, but it this verdict, we regard it so men cing to the public welfare, thai we think it proper to direct pub lic attention to it so that in fux ure, when a negro or a white man brings suit for money dam ages against an employer, be cause of a personal encountel with an employee, juries will g< slow in the construction of thE law and- evidence, and be just t< the country as well as the partie: n issue. A REVOLUTION NEEDED TO SAVE THE STATE. There is scarcely a day tha themorning papers are withou some account of a shortage in County Supervisor's or Treasur er's office. .It is appalling to us, for the reason that such thing were comparatively unknown i1 this State until recent years There must be something wrong somewhere. In our opinion ou 'election methods are responsibli for much of the corruption-met are not selected for their fitnes: for office, very frequently, the5 are put in by a political machinm whose manipulators benefit by a class of men they manipulate in to office. The Democratic party in this State took charge of the govern ment in 1877', and from then un til 1890, about 13 years, very lit tIe, -if any shortages were report ed, there were charges of ring rule, but no stealing. The peo. ple became tired of the conven tion system then in vogue, be. cause of the methods employed t put into office those who. werf really not the choice of the peo. pe. Then came Tillman in 188( at Bennettsville, with a speect which electrified the State. Later, in 1890, a convention was held and Tillman was nominated to lead the - opposition to thE then, controlling powers. Or every stump Tillman charged corruption, followed by a com plete and bitter revolution, such as we hope never to se~ again. A great many followei Tillman, because they were dis satisfied with the political meth ods of those in control at th< time, and because, they had im plicit confidence in his honesty The Reform movement swep1 ,the State, and "notwithstanding the promise of lower taxes, thE people, after fifteen years 0: faithful support, and patien waiting, have not yet realized it but on the rcnntrane. with: I tremendous increase of taxable a values, and an enormous in comec 3 to the State, the taxes are high er now than before 1890, and - even before 1877 when the Re a publican party was in power. I Not only so, when the Reformers e took control of the government - the looked for corruption so ve a hemently charged did not mat 3 erialize to any extent: we believe f there was one small shortage in 3 a State office, but nowhere else. r How is it since' There have r been shortages reported in State s offices, and a fearful condition of f rottenness in the biggest of the f State offices; county after county r has been shown to have suffered I from theft, mismanagement, and graft. and the bribery, debauch ery, and all the corrupting influ ences possible, has crept into our L election system. The same con dition has even crawled into the courts. Is it not time for the people to awake to their inter ests? How long shall this fear ful condition continue? We should not have another 1890 revolution, wherein bitter ness and strife dethroned reason. but we should have a revolution on quiet, sane lines, and come to gether with a patriotic endeavor to rid ourselves of a menacing disaster. The cry should be raised, in every county ini the State. "What become of the enor mously increas d revenues paid into the Sate and county treas uries since 1890?" Everybody knows that valuations have in creased, more property has been added to be taxed, and millions have been paid into the treasury from the sale of whiskey and other sources, and yet, instead of a decrease in taxation we have a continual increase, and a steady continuation of deficits being carried over from year to year. THE DISPENSARY OUTLOOK. Florence county is the first to break the record of elections un der the Brice Act,. and others may follow suit. It was not ex pected by those who oppose the dispensary that every county would vote it out, but when one after another .went overwhelm ingly against the system it be gins to look as if a tidal 'wave had struck the institution and was going to wipe it away en tirelf. The votes taken in the counties where the question was voted upon have been light, nothing like a full vote being cast, not even in Florence where the dispensary won, was there anything like a full vote, why this indifference we cannot un derstand. -We are satisfied that the voting ont of the dispensary in several of the counties is not necessarily a' victory, for Prohibition, be cause, many who voted, and pos sibly a majority who voted to do away with the dispensary, were not prohibitionists, but were dis gusted with the lawless opera tion of the system, and the indi cations of corruption, and they voted to wipe out the dispensary with the hope that the General Asseifbly would devise some plan whereby t~he people can enjoy the Democratic principle of local self -government, and vote upon themselves a system to control the sale of liquor best suited for their environments, conditions, and where they, elect to have a dispensaryr system, for the county to own and control it, so that all profits accruing there from may be put into the county treasury, either for the schools, or for the general use- The coming session of the legislature has a grave situation to face and consider, and the members of that body should make a care ful study of the conditions, and give the people whblesome legis lation on the liquor problem. That a change of some kind is necessary is conceded on all sides, even the politicians who are fattening from the dispen sary will not have the temerity to claim a retention of the pres ent baneful conditions, but what must be done to rid the State of a co'ntinuance of the scandals that has brought nothing but shame is for the legislature alone to solve. We have long ago reached the conclusion that as long as poli tics continue its hold npon the management of the dispensary; just so long will it remain a source of corruption, and a con tinual disturber of the peace. The question then is, how can the dispensary be separated from politics? There is only one an swer, that is, let the legislature appoint a day for an election throughout the State, separate and distinct from any election for county or State offices, and -at this election, the people to vote a system of liquor control best suited them, whether they vote prohibition or liquor, which ever system a majority in a coun ty want, let that be the system for thatj special county. The details of the law's op eration can be fixed by the legis lature, and in this we get clear of the State institution which his been subverted into a huge graft and political machine, so conced ed by Senator Tillman. and many more ardent supporters of the dispensary. Deafness Cannot be Cured b- localappheations. -as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normat 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 e sul cesve One Hundred Dollars for any -case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for ciclrF. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. Sold by druggsts. 75e. Hudnal Hands Kelly a "Hot Tomale." Mr. . P. Kelly. the chronic growler, i00ouL with another epistle to the pub lie. He says, the "hit dog howls." Yes. he knows he hit at me when he refers to my own work. Ar. Kelly re iminds me of a yellow dog baying the moon. Idleness is the devils workshop, he has nothing else to do but to sit down on one end and bark. Mr. Editor. I promised in my card not to notice him any more, but the braying of an ass will be noticed as it is an unusual sound iu these parts. Now, Mr. Editor, as Mr. Kelly charges me with untruthfulness: I will show him up to be false in all his charges. Mr. Kelly says I excused him from the roads this year. I did not ex cuse Mr. Kelly, but did, by his request, excuse his two hands until the 'ollow ing week on account of being short of tools on my part and because he )Kelly) was busy thrashing oats, and I accom modated him by letting him have his hands. Mr. Kelly claims twenty-four days work done by him year before last. Where did you do so mnch work? Not on the road from your house to Trinity? No, Mr.Kelly, you can't fool me. aot one second, by writing such stuff in the newspapers. -The piece of road that you claim to have done that wonderful, immense quantity of work on, is about one mile long, and all of that is old field except three little drains or branches, all three together would not measure more than 1-4 of a mile, and I can prove by our Supervi sor and the best men of his chaingang that the ditching was done by the chain gang and one or more of the bridges made by them, and you claim for Mr. Lewis, Mr. Daniels and Mr. Chandler, about the same amount of time on the road. They don't want it, they don't need it. Mr. Chandler did ten or twelve days work this year. Mr. J. D. Daniels did six or seven days' service also this year. They did not try to sneak out like you did. And you said I sat on stumps over seeing the road and cussed. You can't prove it. You never heard me curse on the road: you never came near enough to the road; you took up all of your time try'ing to dodge your duty as a road hand. No you can't prove by white or black that I cursed one word in the 15 weeks that I was on the road. That chaige is as false and black as the others you have made against me. Ohl Mr. Kelly, self-righteousness, self-praise and self-esteem don't make men. By the way, you wan't otice: well, if you wan't to be elected by the people of Clarendon, you must tell the truth, first and last, and all the time. I will agree with you in one of your charges partly, where you charge me with working one hand. He was not measly but a good chopper. You came to me from your cotton patch where you was hoeing cotton, and found only one man working. On the day before I had six hands and on the day after I had four hands. I never did work one hand at a time but one day, and when I worked thirty hands you gave me no credit for that, so I ask permis sion to give you some good advice. If you will hereafter attend strictly to your own business and let mine alone yod will have a steadv job. I am sorry you could not get your friends (which were better friends .of mine) to endorse your last charge. As I am now in charge of- other important work, and will not have time to lose with you, I am. Respectfully, W. I. HUDNAL. Letter to M. M. KrasnofL Dear Sir: The easiest business in the worldis dry goods; the reason is: your customers want your stuff as much -as you want to sell it: they come in; you show it and sell it. That's the whole business, except your buying the goods. Devoe comes next. It saves money, and people like money. They like some body else's more than their owvn; they like to make it more than to save it: they like to keep it perhaps as well as to make it. Buildings run down fast, without paint; poor paintis the same. Devoe is the means of stopping that leak, a big one. All we've got to do, to sell Devoe is to show thata man saves money oy using it. E. D. Jewel, Corry, Pa., painted his house 5 years ago with a mixed paint; 14 gallons. Last spring he painted IDe voe: 10 gallons. Saved $15 to $20. Your truly, paint. 3.3J. Cantey Nominated For Gove~nor. Editor The M1anmnn Times: I notice an article under the head lines, "The People vs Northwestern Railroad." signed J. J. Cantey, pub lished in last week's issue of THE MAN NNG TIMES, in which Mr. Cantev states that the time has come, if it has not always been thus, when the people of Summerton and the surrounding section, are much in need of some man with a bit of wisdom to represent them in the State Senate. or house of repre sentatives, some man indeed with 2 mite of mental soundness anid physical energy to better himself in the direc tion of doing a deed of kindness for the people of Ciarendon, etc., and so on. Now, Mr. Editor, ordinarily I would not have made any reply, but the peo ple of Clarendon, (and especially in the community of Summerron) might be imforned that we have a man here in Summerton, in the person of Mr. J. J. Cantey, who is eminently fitted for the position of State Senator, and I have no doubt that he could easily itemedy all of the difficulties, troubles and ail ments, he says the people are laboring under, were he exalted to that posi tion. It has been said that Mr. Cantey has a Gubernatorial bee in his hat, but I tink it would be a mistake if he should stand for that position, as he would in all probabiliy be elected, and I feel sure he could not command affairs as well in that capacity, as he could in the Senate chamber, as you perhaps know Mr. Cantey is a man learned in the law. And I am surprised thatihe had not taken up the rights of the peo ple long before this, as there is plenty of law on the Statute books of South Carolina for him to have done the work to a' tinish. It is one thing to enact laws. but another to have them enforced. Very respectfully, cG. M. DAVIs. Girls, if you want red lips, laughing eyes, sweet breath and good looks use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The greatest beautifier known, 35 cents, Tea or Tablets Dr. WV. E. Brown & Turbeville Sparks. Editor The Mannin:: Times: The Pine Grove Graded school open ed Monday with a very good attend ance. The teachers for this term are Mr. J. A. Roland of Laurens and Miss Lula McEachern of McColl.. The work on the new store of Mr. S. C. Turbeville is moving aio~ng rapidly. The new two-story residence of Mr. J. F. Cole is completed and is being painted. The house adds much to the appearance of the place. Messrs. C. E. and E. B. Gamble have gone to Charleston to study medicine. Mr. Nugent Hicks of New Zion has accepted a position as bookkeeper and clerk with S. C. Turbeville. G. Turbeville, Oct. 7, 1905. eas th I Kind You Have Always Bought Signature CLARK'S WAREHOUSE, FOR THE SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO... M otto Fair Dealings and Highest Market M y M ot Prices Every Day to Everybody. I guarantee thic. I want my friends and the tobacco growers of this and adjoin ing counties to remember that in the future as in the past my chief aim shall be to see that every pile of tobacco placed on my floor shall bring its full market value. If you want fair dealings and Highest Market Prices Load your tobacco and drive to CLARK'S WAREHOUSE. Thanking you for the liberal patronage that you have given me in the past, as ever Your friend, R. D. CLARK, Strauss-Rogan Co.'s Special Sale. October 16th to 21st Inclusive. During that week the prices will'be cut to the marrow. Th'e store is full of goods that must be sold, and seasonable staple goods in all lines. Here are a few specimens of price reductions for the Special Sale: Men's Fleece-Lined Shirts, regular price 50c. Special sale... .... 35c. Men's Overalls, regular price 50c. Special sale........ ......... 40c. Women's Skirts, regular $3. Special sale....... ............ $2.25. Women's Skirts, regular price S2.50. Special sale ....... $. Shoes, regular price $1. Special sale .............. ...... 82c. Shoes, regular price $1.50. Special sale................. . $1.15 Hats, all kinds at greatly reduced prices. STRAUSS-HOGAi CO., -urnrnertonL, S. C. jThe Sumter Dry Goods Company. SThe Leading Dry Goods Store of Sumter 8 SExtends coyrdial greetings to its friends -and patrons p~across the line, and invites them most heartily to ~?visit their large establishment for a comparison of Sprices and styles. To the Ladies especially we would 88 Soffer a veritable treat in our elaborate display of Dress Goods and Silks. 3 The novel w eav~es and beautiful colorings shown in Sthis department are -usually exclusive. not'obtainable by tIhe smaller houses, hence that difference you ex perience when you purchase fromn us. And this ap plies to all lines we handle, whether of the low or S inrclass of merchandise. If it is a Tailor-Made Suit which is desired we Sshow the three prominent lengths. If you are in terested in the Cloak styles we offer fourteen mod els for criticism. We offer estimates on Ous efurnisliings,. in floor coverings, Draperies. Linens, Bakthes Pillow Cases. etc. oWe still enjoy the reputation of. selling only Reliable Footwear. QUEEN QUA li LTY for the Ladies and LITTLE GIfANTW for the Children are our Specials. S Don't consider the small cost of coming to Sumter when so mnany advantages arc open to you. Yours very truly, jTH SMTER DRY GOODS CO.,N SUMTER, S. C. ANOUNCEMENT. I Fall and Winter Season * of 1905-6. We want every man in Manning and the surriounding country to see this magnificient style show. .We've done our part well. Spared no expense or pains in our efforts to gather for this men's dress exhibition the latest and best-in every article of APPAREL FOR MEN AND BOYS All the seasonable and new styles for Men's Overcoats and Suits are fresh from the tailor shops of the maker of the Celebrated High-Art Clothing1 Every good wear-proof Z fabric ' and hundreds of - tempting patterns to select from. The styles, while. cut in the newest shapes, are not extreme, but sen- ? r_ sible. This applies to tie3 single and double breasted 4 sack suits-English walk ing suits-single and dou - ble breasted Overcoats Belt coats-Surtouts and Freize Overcoats. Prices of the Suits, $10. 2*$22.50 Prices for the Overcoats B. $15. T$25.009 J. B. STETSONS FAMOUS HATS Are represented in our Fall Hat Exhibition. Every new shade, every new shape, every quality in both stiff and soft hats r This display in itself will be worth a visit. We wil fit any head with- a fitting crown for from $3. ?o $5.00. W. L. DOUGLASS' WORLDI I RENOWNED $3. SHOES r Can be had from no other dealer in Sumter . r but us. -We have stocked up with every M conceivable shaped last and we can fit any feet in a most comfortable manner. I STABS SUJMTERF S.C IDON'T FORGET When you come to town to 'call at our store and .let us sho6w you our new stock of FALL AND -WINTER CLOTHING-s SOur line is complete, SWe lead and let others try to compete. -Before you buy your suit, overcoat, pants, ~ shoes, hat or anything that man or boy wears, itN will pay you to see our stock. -Come right -to ~ headquarters and save money. We are not talk ing through our hat, but we mean just what we, say. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.. p-.Our Line of Ladies' - p~and Children 's Shoes is larger and better this fall than it has ever been and our prices as low as possible. We thank our customers very much for the liberal patronage given us in the past and are go ing to show our appreciation by giving better Sgoods for less money than ever before. - p.- e