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LOUJIS APPELTr. Editor. MANNING, S. C., DEC. 6, 1905. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: one yea ..................................$1 UC Six months-..--........................- Z Fout months--....-.-............ - ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one time. 51: each subsequent in sertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements LIberal contrcts made for three, six and twelve months. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication oc a personal character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ona Class matter. TILLMAN WILL BACK THE PRESIDENT. Senrtor Tillman was inter viewed last week in regard to his position on "rate legislation,' and the statement accredited to him was that he was clearly in op position to President Roosevelt's policy, and the language he em ployed was not at all compli mentary to the Chief Executive, as we reproduced his interview, it is but fair to print the S ena tors denial, together with what Mr. Larner, the reporter, has to say about it: THE SENATOR DENIES THE ACCURACY OF MR. LARNER'S STATEMENT. To the Editor of The News and Cou rier: I have just read in your issue of December 1, what your Washington correspondent, "R. M. L." has to say about my attitude towards the railroads Mr. Larner is a sick man, as I found out while in Washington last week. Too ill to do good newspaper work and too ill to provoke any other retort from me than a brief correction of his preposter ous and silly statement. I have been in favor of what is now called "the President's railroad policy," for ten years, as my record as a mem ber of the Inter-State commerce com mittee of the Senate will show. I have not the slightest feeling towards the railroads in a personal way, least of all the Southern, for its officers have been more than courteous to me in many ways. There is no railroad building go ing on within a hundred miles of iy home that I know of and, therefore, it is impossible that my laborers have been interfered with in the slightest de gree. In my conversation with Mr. Larner I made allusion to the numer ous suits for damages against the rail roads,and the feeling of prejudice which existed as shown by the practical unan nimty with which juries always gave verdicts in such suits: and spoke of the feeling as arising out of the alien own ership of the roads, and the manner in whi::h they are run, apparently with very little thought or desire to please the local patrons. Labor in the South is very much de moralized by public work and by the high prices paid by the turpentine and lumber men; also because of the large amountof money distributed among the negroes on account of the high price of cotton; but sensible persons will not imaginie, for a moment that I hold the railroads responsible for this condition, or that I would be influenced in legis lating by any such motive even though railroad construction might be going in my community, where I have already said it does not. I do not impugn Mir. Larner's motives, but as I have said he is sick, and as the raili-oad rate question is the one burn ing issue in the coming session of Con gress, I do not wish to be misquoted 0r misunderstood by the people or by the railroads. I shall be obliged if you will give this the same prominence that you gave Mr. Larner's special dispatch. B. R. TILLMA N. Trenton, S. 0., December 1, 1905. wHAT MR. LA.RNER SAYS. Without attempting to quote the ex act language of the distinguished Sen ator, I violate no confidence in- giving the substance of' a conversation with him on the subject in his private com mittee room at the Capitol, a few days ago, .while he was in Washington at tending the special meeting of the com mittee on Inter-State and foreign com merce, of which he is a member. It wvas suggested that it might be a surprise to some of his political friendi to hear the statement frequently thai he had made a complete surrender tc President. Roosevelt's will in regard tc the proposed railroad rate legislation, When assured that such an impressior was abroad in the land, and declara tions to that effect freely circulated by the supporters of the President's rail road policy, Senator Tillman fired up with something like his old-time vim, and denounced such an assumption as idle and untrue. He went on to say that if any intelli gent person will read the Democratic platform on the subject of railroad rate legislation they will find that the Dem ocratte party was far in advance o: President Roosevelt in discovering that existing railroad rates are unequal and oopressive. Because the President hai seen fit to adopt the principles so clear ly set forth by the Democratic party, it is hardly a "square deal" for the President, and his personal friends tc claim that he has hypnotized the Dem ocrats in the Senate to, dohis bidding on the railroad problem. "When I am standing firmly on thE Democratic platform on this question,' continued the Senator, smiling, "I de not intend to be pushed off because the President comesi tagging behind thE Democratic party." So far as I am con cerned there has been no surrender tc the Presidens by the Democratic party on this question, even if the ne wspaperi and the politicians are saying so." "I am opposing the railroads," added Senator Tillman, "not because it grati fies the President, but for other rea. sons. Why, the railroads all through the South are carrying on extensive anc expensive improyements. They are lay ing double tracks here and straighten ing out curves there, drawing negrolan bor from the cotton and rice planta tions, because they oan afford to offe higher wages. Why, you can't hold ne grno labor-on the farm in the vicinity o: railroad construction. The railroadi pay more than twice as much for day's work as the farmer can afford t< pay, consequently our Southern farmeri are suffering because we cannot com mand the cheap labor of the negro as in the paat." Of course the Senator would not carE to stand pat on this broad and appa rently selfish position with regard t< cheap labor in the South, but there wai a certain flavor of sincerity in his re marks along that line which indicatei his hostility to the railroads might be regarded as local rather than national The cotton crop bulletin issuec by the Department of Agricul ture last Monday estimates thE total yield as 10,167.818 bales, acreage at 26,117.153. The Na. tional Ginners Association re. ported last Monday its estimatE of this year's crop to be 9, 623. 00( bales; and we believe the asso ciations estimate is nearer thE - BEG INING TO SEE SOOKS. The Cotton Trade Journal in its issue of December 2nd, is be coming alarmed lest the high price of cotton will stimulate an increase in acreage, and bring about a condition of over pro duction, similar to the condition of 1893-4. Our recollection of those years is that there was no over production, but to the con trary, we had storms which des troved a large part of the crop. and damaged a great portion of that which was not destroyed. There was no concerted action on the part of the farmers, and the consequence was, the specu lators hammered down the price away below the cost of produc tion. At that time we heard no appeals to the speculators to lift the grinding heel from the neck of the farmer, but now, that the pendulum is swinging the other way, we are warned that the high prices will be the farmers ruin. If the Cotton Trade Journal will think of it for a moment, it will realize the fact that the cot ton industry in the United States is badly hampered on account of labor conditions,and for this lack of labor it will be almost impos sible to make more than enough to supply the increasing demand for the staple. Since 1893 there have been many discoveries for the use of cotton, and it no longer is confined to the manu facture of clothing, thereforewe say conditions now, are different from then, and there is very lit tle to be feared from an increase of acreage. The only thing that is to be feared, and which we regard iinmortant, is the high price of cotton will cause our farmers to neglect their grain crops, and depend upon the West for bread and meat. The wise farmer however, will not neglect this important part of his business, it matters not how high cotton goes. The cotton association is here to stay, and the farmers having realized its benefits will give more heed to its teachings in the future, and when the association recommends the curtailing of cotton acreage, past experience will teach the farmers that the theory is their salvation, and they will endorse and act upon it. There is no use now to cavil, the conditions warrant a higher price for cotton, in spite of those who have been hammering it down untilthey are whipped, and to now flee in the face of victory, because the enemy is promising all kinds of calamities, -is nonsense. We expect to see 15 cents for cotton and the spec ulators realize it. We reproduce the Cotton Trade Journal's edi torial, but we do not endorse the spook it sees: EF'EcT OF FIFTEEN CENT COTTON. The cotton Trade Journal has natur ally supported the Southern Cotton Growers' Association in all its efforts, and intends to continue so as long as they are within reasonable bounds. We hope for the entire trade the As sociation may live long to render future service. But long life to the Associa tion with fifteen-cent cotton is a hope we cannot confidently cherish. Mr. Jordan, justifiably or unjustifiably, clamors for fifteen cents. Does he not know that with cotton fifteen cents or above, neither he or his Association, nor all the fmueis obtainable by it, nor any other possible influence could cur tail an enormous acreage or curb pro duction next season? Have the costly lessons of 1902-4 been so soon forgotten? At a time when all is bullish it may be well to "let next season take care o itself," and '-sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." But that the penalty of high prices has in the past been such that the question properly arizes whether the profits they bring justify future big crops and losses. Natural enough it is for growers to want to fullest prices and concessions would be unnecessary if the S. C. A. is able to continue the exercise of its in fluence for moderate acreage and pro duction agoinst the desire to cultivate euorously created by fifteen-cent cot ton. We do not believe this Associa tion can hold the acreage down with cotton fifteen-cents or above. It is en tirely different to curtail acreage tho' with cotton 6t cents and drifting to ward 5 cents, as was the case when the Association last cut the acreage. The question of price appeals pecu liarly to the Association just now. Con ditions are bullish beyond doubt, and apparently warrants picking the plums. Everyone is joyful and a happy day seems near, with prices away up and all prosperous. But the adage of the young man's frivolity and the future day payment for it occurs. Undoubt edly the realization of I5 cents will call at least unofficially, to move on and on, so that it does not appear improper to raise the question of a price-danger A NEW UNITED STATES DISTRICT. There is a strong probability of Congress creating another judicial district in South Caro lina, with another district judge, Iwhich would have been done at the last session of Congress had not some of our Rep resentatives made asses of them selves bygetting into a wrangle about court house location, and playing politics for home con sumption. Then, there was another feature in connection with this new district that did not bring a number of public men in a light to select judges from. As soon as it was mooted, there was a probability of Con gress creating a new district, numbers of prominent lawyers, whose bitter denunciations of President Roosevelt was still ringing in the ears of the peo pie-these same men abusing and vilifying any and every Democrat who would apply for, or accept a position from the Republican administration, and more especially from the hands of President Roosevelt, whom Ithey denounced in the most scathing terms, became scram blers for the place, and some of them crawled upon their bellies to get lined up near the Presi dent. It was surely a disgusting spectacle to witness such bra zen gall on the part of a large number of these would-be judges for the new district. The Repulin party is in power, and it is but natural for the President, if he can find a suitable muan in his own party, to appoint him. There are but few white Repnblican lawyers in the State, and some of them are men of character, in our -opinion, the President will appoint .one of these. Captain John G. Capers, the present District Attorney, has made a fine record in his office, and he has the respect of the bench and bar of South Car lina. Like all other men who perform a public duty honestly and fearlessly, he has made some enemies, who have said some nasty things about him, but the intelligent business element of the State, while not in accord with Captain Capers' politics, yet they respect his integrity, and admire his ability. We have no hesitency in saying that we do not believe President Roosevelt can appoint from the Republican party in this State a man for the new judgeship who is better qualified for the place, and whose appointment will give better satisfaction, than the promotion of Captain John G. Capers. He is young, knows the people, and an excellent lawyer, and an indomitable worker for his party. THE BEGINING OF A NEW EREA. The preliminary hearing given to County Supervisor Owens of Richland County, J. E. Harmon, a former County Commissioner, and C. M. Douglas, a former clerk, charged with misappropri ating county funds, resulted in their being bound over in the sum of $1,000 each to answer to the charge of forgery. This case promises to bring about some sensational developments, and it will also show how farcical most of the grand jury reports are. It was a common thing for the grand jury of Richland County to em-] ploy an expert, investigate the county offices, and report to the Court that everything was well; and as it is in Richland so is it all over the State. Grand juries are largely responsible for munh of the corruption that exists in the State, and our primary elec tion system is directly responsi ble. There are too many men elected to office who are not qual ified mentally or morally. They win through their cleverness and fair promises, and some win by the bottle, and it is this kind of material that is given the man agement of county funds. It is a fact, there are men holding re sponsible public positions who could not obtain employment in private positions where the re sponsibility is not near. so great. They would not be employe.d for several reasons: 1. Because they are not competent. 2. They do not inspire confidence. 3. They are in many instances men of such habits they would not be trusted, and in some cases they are known to be dishonest. Yet it frequently happens that these men have family connections who can pull a lot of votes, and through them these men get the ear of the machine and are foist ed upon a suffering public. As long as the people submit to being imposed upon, just so long will, they be subjected to having cor rupt men in charge of public affairs ; and when a county is fortunate enough to have honest men in office, as we believe Clar endon is, it can congratulate itself. But all the same it should not permit things to become lax, even with good men; they are liable to get careless and neglect ful. And when a grand jury makes an investigation let it be thorough and fearless, as was done by the present grand jury of Richland, which unearthed a condition of corruption and the officers are charged with the crime. There is no "show cause " business there, it is a question for a petit jury to say guilty or not guilty. 'The United States Supreme Court has decided that the dis-' pensairies are liable to the re venue tax, the same as all other liquor dealers. This decision makes the dispensaries, bar rooms and the dispensers bar keepers. Deafness Cannot be Cured bya lolplatonf as they cannot reacth ay to cre deafness, and thatause by -stt Eutahan Tbe. Wen tho inegeinoflam 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 ad' this tube restored to its normai conditonhearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu Weu sil egie One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for Ficlri. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. 0. Hall Faml Pills ae the best. Doctors Could Not Help Her. "I had kidney trouble for years." writes Mrs. Raymond Conner, of Shel ton, Washington, "and the doctors could not help me. I tried Foley's Kid ney Cure, and the very first dose gave me relief and I am now cured. I can not say too much for Foley's Kidney Cure." It makes the diseassd kidneys sound so they will eliminate the poisons frm the blood. Unless they do this good health is impossible. The R. B. Loryea Erug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop. Fun ! Fun ! Plenty of Fun ! There will be an entertainment at the McFadden school house, Sandy Grove Township, Saturday evening, December 9th. The'amusement and sport will be something unique. In addition to re freshments there will be a " fancy work table," " guessing jar " and other things to amuse and give pleasure. The new school library in a handsome book-case will also be in evidence, to the ctredit of the teacher, Miss Ruby Platt, of Orange hurg. The public is cordially invited. SOh ! that we had the wings of a cdove; we'd be there. H. Notice to Teachers. MANNING. S. C., December 4, 1903. I hope to meet the teachers of Claren don County at the Institute Hall on Sat urday, December 16, at 12 o'clock. It is important that we have a full attend oanc on that ay. S. P. FHOLLADAY. LANDS FOR SALE Four Tracts of 112 Acres Each, Now Owned by Miss Sarah Harvin of Spartan burg, S. C. FOUR SPLENDID SMALL FARMS to be sold at private sale between now and TUESDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1906, or at PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE COURT HOUSE AT MANNING on that day. Scarcely an acre that cannot be cultivated on any one of the tracts. Any One of the Tracts Can be Reached by Roads. Adjoins lands of D. W. Alderman, Annie D. Ingram, T. T. Hodge, Estate W. B. Plowden and T. E. Smith, known as the Jackson Tindal property, and recently suld at public sale for par tition among those entitled. Will sell to any one person one, two, three or all the four tracts. Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with privilege of paying all cash. Plat can be seen on COURT HOUSE DOOR and at my office. W. C. DAVIS, Attorney for Miss Sarah Harvin. Manning, S. C., Dec. 6th, 1905. Public Auction. To be held at our barn at Alco]u, S. C., on December 14th, 1905, at which time 15 head of Thoroughb'ed Jersey Cows with calf at foot or in calf, 5 Heifers, 3 head of Short Horn Ewes and Heifers, 2 Imported Boars, 6 Sows in pig or with litter. and a number of Gilts ahd young Boars will be sold to the highest bidder. ALDERfIAN STOCK FARM, ALCOLU, S. C. BRING YOUR 4JOB WO RK TO THE TIMES OFFICE. Prs f Engagements, Weddings, Birthdays, Anniver P rS aesen s or Christmas-We Have Goods to Suit An. we have received our Holiday Goods and if you are looking for Presents of any kind we nvite youto call and see our stock before you buy. ii ~~aonds, Solid Gold Watches.,8kaa Everything New in Jewelry, 'fmBn ig.Sge n etngt nu earls ubies, sapphires, opals, Amethysts, Garnets, To t, Sc t Brace ets. Ladies' Collar Suipporters, Fine Jewel Boxes, Opera G asses , Fine Umbrellas and Painl hecFine Jewelry and Watch Repairing done by H. A. HOYT. W. A. THOMPSON, wele an Successor to R. F. Hoyt. No. 6 Soutbi Main Street, SUMTER, 5. C. We hav e just received Ten Thousand Cases of Heavy Blankets and Comforts, which we have been fortunate enough in purchasing from a New York assigoee sale, at rediculous prices. We will endeavor to dispose of the entire lot within the nex~t TWO W EEKS. - Ini order to accomplish this mar velous task, we have cut and slashed the prices on the Bargain of - Bargains, and they will go at A ANY PRICE. We herewith quote a few of the snappy bar gains, and one visit to our store will CONVINCE YOU 900 Genuine Lamb Wool Blankets, goes at $4.39. 700 Genuine Lamb Wool Blankets, goes at $3.38. ~ I700 Medicated Lamb Wool Blankets, goes at $3.95 300 Lamnb Wool Blankets, goes at .......1.95 200 Lamb Wool Blankets, goes at.........95c. 100 Lamb Wool Blankets, goes at....... 65c. Comforts, the best Percaline, cotton filled, from -- $2.75, down to Any Old Price. Remember. one visit will conv ince the most skeptical. IThe New Idea Where everlasting bargains are found abund anly Turbeville Sparks. Editor The Manning Times: Thanksgiving was a quiet day here. Almost all of the people suspended la bor and the sportsmen went hunting while a party of young people went straw-riding as usual. There were ser vices held at the Methodist church in the morning. Services were also held each night during the week until Thursday night. Mr. John Welch of Columbia is visit ing relatives here. Miss Gaynell Collins of Alcolu spent a few days here last week with her friend, Miss Linda Turbeville. Dr. W. H. Woods has returned from Oklahoma. We do not as yet know what kind of fortune befell him. Saturday is the only day for school teachers. Early last Saturday morning the two assistant teachers accompanied by a few others from here, left for Sum ter. The pickpockets were not asleep, as they thought, and one of them had the misfortune to lose her purse which contained a neat sum of money. Mr. Clyde Turbeville of Lake City spent several days last week with his cousin, Dave Turbeville. Mrs. Julia Cuttino and Mrs. Man ning Lee of Manning spent Saturday with their friendi, Mrs. .. F. Cole. Miss Mary Mangum of McColl spent the week-end with her friend, Miss Lula McEachern last week. We read what your New Zion corres pondent said in last week's issue of THE TIMES concerning the contribu tors to the Cotton Association. He seems to be finding fault or censuring the Representatives from this county because none of them have, as yet, con tributed anything to this worthy cause. Neither TMr. "B." nor myself know the intentions of these people. It may be their intention to contribute some thing later on and if they do not then it will be time to find fault. While the association may need the money, yet the time in which to pay it is not lim ited. He is continually telling what others should do. What has he done? How much has he contributed? We have not yet seen his name in the "honor roll." He, too, must be "waiL ing out in the tall timber." We did see where the New Zion Association contributed some. We presume he is a member of that association, if a mem ber of any, and he may, though we do not know, have given a small amount there. We would be glad could this correspondent see his own duty before trying to tell some one else of theirs. G. Turbeville, S. C., Dec. 4, 1905. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ir simply livuid electricity. It goes to every part of your boyy, bringing new blood, strength and new vigor. It makes you well and keeps you well. 35 cents. Dr. W. E Brown Co. New Zion Letter. Editor The Manning Times: Miss Bessie Corbett, one of our popu lar teachers, spent a few days of last week at her home near Paxville. Misses Gaskin and Wheeler took in the Sumter Carnival, and Miss Blanche Ivy spent Saturday in Manning. M1r. Ed. Fleming if contemplating starting a livery business here soon. Mr. Zech Chandler, of Bethlehem, has accepted a position as salesman in the Alderman store at this place. Trips to Manning on the railroad are becoming quite popular, and quite a good crowd went over last Saturday. I agree with THE TIMES in the mat ter of directing the attention of the grand jury to the assumption of author ity on the part of that Paxville Magis trate who assumed the jurisdiction of a Circuit Judge in releasing from jail a negro charged with a base crime, the penalty of which- is death or imprison ment for life. The grand jury should not let this matter go by without notice. If the Magistrate is incompetent he should be removed ; if he made an hon est mistake he should be reproved and cautioned. There is too much of this laxity in the execution of our laws. Our officers are easily itiuenced to be come partisans, and when I read the action of the Paxville Magistrate I could not help thinking what interest that Manning merchant had in Tindal to bail him out of jail, and whether it was because the merchant was inter ested perhaps in a little lien and this operated to get the negro out of jail, or was it because the negro had employed an influential lawyer. There are some Magistrates who seem to think that when a lawyer quotes from the statutes a law, that law applies to the very case they are trying, and in this case the statute quoted by Magistrate Keels has nothing to do with the case in point. His quotation applied to a case when the crime charged was less than the death or life imprisonment penalty ; but as I understand. from THE TIMES, Tindal was committed to jailon a charge carrying with it a penalty of death or life imprisonment. Mr. Editor, when will we have an honest and an intelligent administra tion of the law ? Certainly not as long as our law officers are as ignorant as it seems is the Magistrzte at Paxville ; and I am proud that THE MANNING TMES is ever ready to expose just such doings. Perhaps these frequent fear less and just exposures will some day day awaken the people to a sense of duty to themselves, and then they will see to it that a better qualified class of men are put into office. The news on this side is very scarce, but I hope the correspondents of THE TIMES from other sections will give us plenty. __ ___ B. Beautifying methods that injure the skin and health are dangerous Be beautiful withou discomnfort by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Sun shiny faces follow its use. 35 cents. Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. A Beautiful Woman Should make a beau .tiful picture. She will if properly posed, the , camera expertly ope rated and the linish ing done by an artist 2 rather than a mechan ( ic. If you will furnish the face and figure we will do the rest. When our work is finished you will like gly decide that our * PHOTO * GRAPHS tiatter'you. But they wont. Wehavesim ply used cur knowl edge aind skill to dis - playv your best Sat ures. All women have some points of beauty. We, ca n bring. them out. HE MAKES FACES, HART'S STUDIO, SIMTFD- R. C. GIV AWAY In one of our show Windows you wil see a beautiful Hand-painted China Dinner Set. Fourty-two Pieces, which will be given free to any one of my customers who holds the lucky number. We will give a coupon for every twenty cents purchase made at our store, which entitles the holders to a chance at this Set. Don't forget to see it, and have us explain, and if you are looking for Bargains in I Clothing, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, HEAVY UN" DERWEAR OR GENTS' FURNISHIN6S. of any kind, come to see us before you buy. Money saved is money made. We especially invite your attention to our Line of OVERCOATs. IC.M.Davis&Co And inspect my immense line of Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Clothing, Etc., That are daily arriving, it certainly will be to your interest to do so, If prices and quality are of note I do not hesitajte to say that I can please the most 8 fastidious. I My Dress G00(Is Departme0Rt SIs filled with the newest and most fashionable goods to be had. I will now enumerate a few of themi: D migo AlWoolivenetians. SikPoplin, Mohair, Mohair Florentine, Broad Cloth, Brilliantine, Pebble Cloth and Dress Silks, Etc. All departments in my store of general mer chandise is filled with the newest and latest goods a4t prices that will make for me strong and lasting cus tomers. Yours truly, LOUIS LEVI.