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LOUI APP LT.Editoir. MANNING. S. C., FEB. 21, 1906. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: one year----.. - - --.................. - - ..... - - Six months..--..................... 'Foul months...-.............. 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time, 81; each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. 1.iberal contracts 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 of a personal eharacter will be published except as an advertisement. Entered jthe Postoffice at Manning as See ona Class mtter. TILLMAN WANTS JUSTICE AND HE SHOULD GET IT. , . In yesterday's Columbia State appears an interview with Sena tor Tillman on the issues of this summer's campaign. It is evi dent, . the .Senator intends to make the coming primary any thing but a listless one, and it is also evident that he is going to throw the whole force of his great influence into the effort to resusitate the dying State dis pensary. A great many of the Senator's admirers differ with him on the liquor issue, and they 'would much rather he make his .caripaign fot r6-election on na tonal issues, and leave the. qiuior, question for those who .re running for State offices, but Senitor Tillman, no doubt feels i incumbent upon himself to stand.by- the institution he in augurated, and he will do so, re gardless of consequences there eanbe no doubt, as the follow ing utterance clearly -indicates:: "It'is up to the people now," says Senator Tillman concerning the cLis Spensary situation, "and there will be a -ho time 'next summer." he declares The-Senator, who has been ill for the past several days, got out of bed this morning, contrary to advice, and went to the capitol. He seemed to be 16aded up, not on Ithe product of the dfspansary and the distilleries, but on the subject of both, for he actually got up in the senate during the pure food disgnssion and gave a lecture on good whiskey and bad whiskey, how to make it and how to secure its blessings to ourselves and our children. But it was in liis office that he talked very freely and with his usual fire and vim upon the South Cai'olina situation. "The campaign will be three corn ered," says he. "There will be three distinet elements-at least I propose to inake it that way if can, and I think it will have to be that.way. There will be the-ad.vocates of the State dispen sary- and these, of course, want' the Brice law repealed. There, will be thocse who want local option of either county ~dispensary - r- prohibition. Theni there-wvill be those wo.gn .a third.option, either dispensary, $tohi -bieionor -high license" "'And where do you stand?" -."t stand," .he answered severely, "just. where I have always stood, squarely for the dispensary, for the. State dispensary, but if any county does not want a dispensary,-if the ma jo'rity of the people vote against having one, I am not in favor of forcing one on- them and never have been--only this. I or anybody else who believes in havino- things done honestly and squarely don't want any such law as the Brice law, which disfranchises one third of the people."1 The Senator was asked how the issue would be so narrowly defined." "Why every man who offers himself for the legislature ought to be forced and he will be forced, to come out squarely and declare himself one way oranother and, mind you, and when he does. declare himself I want him to stick to in like a -man and like an honest man. If he is a prohibitionist and wants to down the dispensary, let hfm stand up for his convictions and not be* entering into dirty bargains with high license men; and vice versa, if he is a high license man, I respect a high license man if he is honest and open and- above board, but let him stick out for high license and not be dickering with proheibitionists. I want some straightforward. 2onest, open and aboye board politics itt South Car olina and I want the people to' decide this matter themselves." *THE PEOPLE SHOULD WAEE U?. *From now until the May con vention the people will have an opportunity to look - about them and-consider the matter of se lecting those who are to be in trusted with party a if a ir s. There- is great need for reforma tion along the line. The primary machinery is as much in need of reformation as any other institu tion which has to do with the niaking up of our government. If the people want a clean gov ernment they must interest themselves in the ground work; they- must take an active part in the reorganization of the party, and this they cannot do if they rem away from their club m~etings. It is the duty of every citizen to attend his club meet ing, anid have a voice in the se lection of delegates to the county convention which sends dele gates to the State -convention 'the body which makes the laws governing our primary system. If the people take no part in the initiative they are forced to abide the consequences of their own indifference, and 'thereby will have to continue bearing with the ills they are complaining of.. We sincerely hope when the clubs are called together for re organization the same interest will be taken as was taken in 1890'when the issues were strong and well defined. There is go reason why this interest cannot be taken without passion--let the people come together coolly and deliberately work for clean election methods, and -a clean government. . If they will do so, we feel sure there will be an end to scandal, a- condition which has been daily held up to public view. Then again, it is absolutely nec-ssaty, the people should take a lively interest in our po litical methods, in order that they may secure the services of their best men for the different psitins that their prmnety assessments may be intelligently and equitably adjusted, so that every man will pay his just proportion of taxes and no more, but if we stand indifferently by we will have ourselves alone to blame if the present conditions grow worse. Congressman George S. Le ga're has recently been touring the West, and the press accounts of his speeches show that he set the wild and wooly West on fire with his eloquence. Mr. Legare was the guest of the Lincoln Club in Michigan, and it is said he was the first Democrat to speak at their board. He dis cussed the race issue, and where ever he went the papers are singing his praizes. If all of our Southern Representatives would profit by the example set by Legare, the South would be bet ter understood, and the sectional hatred-breeder be put - out of business. The large sum of -of money flowing from the dispensary into its city treasury, has had a very softening influence on the policy of the Sumter Item, and it would not surprise us in the least to find that newspaper whooping it up the coming summer for Tillman, and the other advocates of the State dispensary. Of course, this may depend some what on who Senator Tillman will back for Governor. If the Senator will back Manning, we will look for the Item to fly at its masthead Tillman and the State dispensary banner, and if the Senator is backing some other candidate for Governor it may be different. If what Representative Whaley of Chailestor, says .rue, and we believe him, Senator Till man has been misinformed in that matter of making a "dirty bargain," for it turns out, instead of a "dirty bargain" made with the Charleston dele gation, it was a member of that delegation who sacrificed Char leston's wishes, and interests, rather than accept what he re garded a dishonorable proposi tion from the advocates of the State dispensary. Therefore the Senator's assertion of a "dirty bargain" made to pass the Mor gan bill through the House was either based upon false informa ion, or it is the cry of "stop thief" to divert the attention of the public. The legislature has wiped the sweat from its brow. taken off its apron, drawn its pay, closed up shop and quit doing nothing. The most important piece of legislation was the pay drawing. We do not think a single mem ber can be charged with neglect of duty, dodging, straddling or evading the issue of pay certi fcates. They all'got ther'n. What.did the people get? A tax levy about the same as lost year, a whole lot of dispensary buncombe, and the wiping out of Hub Evans as chairman of the State board. The dispensary is unchanged except in the per sonnel of the board of directors. The politicians would not per ait any change, they wanted an issue which will give them, with Senator Tillman's aid, someth ing to ride -in the coming summer's campaign. Just watch the me-toos this summer. Sena tor Tillman will come before the people and he will make the liquor question the issue, then a number of those wanting. to be governor, but who have always cespised Tillman, will catch his cat-tails. We doubt if there 'will be one original Tillman admirer in the list of candidates favoring the State dispensary; on the other hand, there is likely to be several Tillman-haters wanting to profit by Tillman's arguments n the stmmp. In our opinion, the coming conflict may show u.p return of Tillman to the United States Senate, but we do not be ieve his tail-swingers will suc eed. Tillman may .be able to have himself elected, but he can at, nor has he ever been able o have anybody else elected. he man who goes before the people with a clear-cut local op bion platform will win, and the man who andvocates the State iispensary will lose, and the illman salt cannot save him. A Mystery Solved. "How to keep offtperiodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipation ~as a mysterp that Dr. King's New ife Pills solved for me,'' writes John N. Pleasant, of Magnolia,- Ind. The >nly pills that are guaranteed to give! perfect satisfaction to everybody or money refunded. Only 25c..at The R. B. Loryea&Drug Store. The Teachers. At the lastgne'eting of the teachers in Manning, Febrtrary 17th, 1906, the ittendance was fairl'y good, the follow ing being present:. 1 Misses Niya Owens, Octavia Dove, Eate E. Plowden, Blanche Ivy, Vir-1 rinia DuRant, Mary Mellette, and Mr.1 T. C. Daniel-Manning.I Misses Pauline M. Evans, Mary Plow len, and Mr. H. W. Mitehum-Jordan. Misses Annie Laurie Wise, Ida El- < isor-Davis Station. Misses Emma Mellette, Virginiaj Batgs-Silver. Miss Frank Hodge, Foreston. ( .-Miss Martha D. Riley, Pinewood. I Miss Maggie McFaddin, DuRant. Miss Mary Witherspoon, Oakland. < Miss Mau<.Gregory~, New Zion. < Mr. - Roland, Turbeville. Mi .EN~as, the delegate to Rock Kill, ave~a report of the meeting, Lfter which Miss Riser having resigned1 L new secretary was elected in her lace. Mr. Daniel then gave a talk on the importance of the reading course and discussed forcibly the importance of having live teachers in the county.t Nearly all of the teachers present consented to take the reading course. t Superintendent Holladay - suggested that we ask Prof. Wardlow of the South Carolina College to be with us-~ C at the next meeting. Mr. Holladay was I appointed as a committee of one to invite him. He will Probably come. The next meeting will be on Saturday I' March 17, 1906, at 11:30, p. mr. Court. PRESENTMENT OF GRAND JURY FORI FEBRUARY TERM OF COURT 1906. To His Honor Judge Ernest Gary Judge Presiding: We report that we have considered and passed upon all bills of indictment given us. We have appointed the following committees to report at the next term of term: J. C. Baker, R'. D. Cothran and W. R. Davis to examin. she county offices D. S. Wheeler, J. K. Johnson, J. E Hill and A. E. Felder to look after the chaingang and to look into the working of the road machine. We visited the jail and found it well kept. We again recommend that all the cells be floored to protect prisoners from cemented floors. We herewith attach a paper handed us by Magistrate J. P. Turbeville, and recommend that Solicitor look into same and take whatever action neces sary. We also call the attention of the court to the bad condition of roads and bridges throughout the county and urge that the supervisor and board of commissioners give them better atten tion. We thank your Honor for the clear and comprehensive charge given and courtesies shown us. Allthe above is respectfully sub mitted by the Grand Jury. J. C. BAKER, Foreman. Turbeville, S. C., Feb. 10th, 1906. To the Grand Jury of Clarendon Coun ty for 1906. I beg to bring the following charges against one J. S. Sellers: The State vs J. P. Turbeville, Luther Coker and W. M. B. Roberson, charged with trespass after notice. The State vs J. P. Turbeville. Mrs. Janie Turbeville, and Thomas Turbe ville, Cl.emence Turbeville, Luther Turbeville, charged with breach of the peace. The above two cases was called for trial on the 15th day of April 1905, and compromised on that day and the costs paid, which was six dollars and fifty cents. And the witnesses to prove the same are S. C. Turbeville, and C. H. Castine, and there is no account of this amount being turned over to the county treasurer as the' law provides. JAMES P. TURBEVILLE, Magistrate. Also on the 29th day of August 1905, the said J. S. Sellers and his constable, B. M. Hardy, did arrest one Sam Mc Kenzie, Jr., at a picnic at the Mother Church in Clarendon county without any warrant, charging him with drunk enness and disorderly conduct, and the said Magistrate fined him five dollars and has failed to turn that in to the county treasurer as the law pr6vides in Section 299. Witnesses to prove .the above are, Adger Barrineau, Daniel Green, Sam McKenzie. All the above is respectfully pre sented by JAMES P. TURBEVILLE, Magistrate. The case of the State against Charles F. Jenkinson, charged with murder had just begun- when we went to press last week, and' throughout the entire trial unusual interest was manifested, the crowds white and black lingered in the court room, bent upon hearing every word. The prisoner had. per mitted his beard to grow, and this was the only marked change we could dis cover about him. In the court room was also the wife and child, the mother and the brothers of the prisoner, so was also the parents of the prisoners wife, naturally deeply interested. At he very outset it was manifest the de ence would rely upon the plea of in anity, and Captain W. C. Davis had horoughly prepared himself. -He con ucted the cross and dirict examina tions in a very skillful manner. The ase could not have been managed ore adroitly nor with more ability. soicitor Wifson as is usual with him ~vatched every move of the defence, ad so presented the State's case that the audience was almost unanimous in the opinion the jury would return an mfavorable verdict for the defendant, specially after the judge had made his harge which was, without a doubt, the most forceful presentation of the raw we ever have heard in the court ouse. It was a masterful argument for the State, and at the same time not a single comment on the facts was nade. The defendant was well represented. . Oliver O'Bryan of the firm of Woouds e O'Bryan, opened for the defence, ad in a calm, deliberate and im ressive manner went over the evi ence applied the facts to the sanity theory, and argued well to s'us tain his position, and many were the ommendations. He was followed bhy J. J. Cantey, Esq.. of Summerton, for the State. Mr. antey discussed the State's position in a learned, and sometimes eloquent naner. He of course, endeavored to break down the theory of insanity and took the position that temporary in sanity brought on by the use of whis key was no excuse in law, and should not be. It would be dangerous to pub ic safety. He made a good argu'ment. Mr. Cantey was followed by J. M. Woods, Esq., for the defence, who has frequently been heard in public, and has made a reputation as a ready talk r. Mr. Woods began his speech by ex rlaiming, that "Mr. Cantey was either intoxicated on liquor, or he was intoxi rated with the exuberance of his own, verbosity.'' He took up the testimony f the doctors and eloquently dwelt upon the- delirium tremens theory, .eguing that a man was, when under he influence o~f -.delirium tremens, his ind was diseased. and therefore irres ponsible in law. He went over the en tire testimony, -drew his conclusions d pres'ented them well. Then came Captain W. C. Davis, tl.e Leading counsel for the defence, -n with sledge-hammer blows he erAn'v red to establish by argument a wa'1 of protection for his client. He argued from all of the testimony,and contended that from the State's witnesses it was roven that Charles F. Jenkinson at he time he shot and killed James Roberson, was suffering with delirium ~remens, 'and was therefore, a crazy an, and could not be held responsible or the crime. Captain Davis. made a sapital and ingenious defense, both in he examinations and in his argument. Solicitor Wilson closed for ti/'State. t is hardly necessary to say here, how ie conducted the State's case. Not a. noveent of the defense, was over oked, and every point contested to its tnost detail. The Solicitor's argu nent was one of the best we have..ever. ieard from him. It was clear-cut, force-~ i, and his clinging- so cl.>sely' o the ~vidence was an appeal for law and rder, which no doubt made a .deep im ression upon the hearts of sorn0~ of the urymen. --. We have already men'tioned Judge ary's charge, and we repest, it avas a ieart-sinker to the defense. The jury went to their room Thurs ay afternoon about 5 o'clock, and be ame dead-locked until 9 o'clock Friday nrning, when His Honor had them rought -out, and he made the usual nquiries agto whether there was any robabilitof apf~ agreemet. This was Lnswered in the negative, whereupon ie ordered a mistrial to go upon the ecord. W learned from one of the jury that hat nine were idr acquittal and'three rere for murder. The same juryman old us a compromise verdict might iave been reached-. In the case of Robert pickerson, ~harged with attempting to poison the amily of Dr. P. M. Sally at Pinewood. . motion for a new trial was refused und Dickerson was sentenced for two rears on chaingang. - Enoch Singleton and July- Nelson -ae wit mm-der were -.cqnitied. Richard Furman Andrews pleaded guilty to housebreaking and larceny. sentenced to six months in the Stae Reformatory. Session Johnson convicted of house breaking and larceny sentenced to one year in State Reformatory. . David Williams burglary and larceny convicted and sentenced to 18 months. Marion Smith assault with intent to ravish, was continued. James Lang, violation of the dispen sary law, acquitted. During the argu ment in this case Mr. Dul-tant one of the attorneys for the defense, used language which reflected strongly upon Mr. Scarborough one of the witnesses who is a State constable that assisted in the arrest of Lang. Mr. Scarbor ough objected to the language used by counsel and denianded the court's pro tection. The next morning Mr. Du Rant made a statemeat to the court with regard to the incident, and said --without any solicitation on the part of Mr. Scarborough or anybody else he desired to make to proper amends." The case against Lee, or Ward. con victed of abduction, we are informed that his sentence is one year on the chaingang without the alternative of paying a fine. Therefore if this man is brought back to Clarendon he will have to "do time" on the public works of the county for a peiiod of twelve months. The cash bond of $300 was forfeited when he failed to appear, and this money goes into the general fund of the county, so whether Lee or Ward or whatever his real name is, brought back or not the county is the gainer by $300, and the little girl whom he abducted is safe with. her father. The civil side opened Monday. At best it is tne dry side of the.court. Cases tried were as follows: E. Lester Webb against the Atlantic Coast Line, damages for delaying trunk of samples, $150. Verdict for the plain tiff, $125. J. H. Lesesne, attorney for plaintiff; Wilson & DuRant, for de fendant. EugeniaF. Rhame and otherg against Martba J. Hodge and others, recovery of land. W. C. Davis, for plaintiff; Wil son & DuRant, for defendant. Verdict for defendant. Clarendon County against A. Levi and S. J. Bowman, treasurer, to re cover $198, paid for school charts after the trustees of district No. 5 forbid the payment, Wilson & DuRant and J. H. Lesesne for the trustees and county, Jos. F. 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The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping-on. hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough' remedy, saves 4 heiself a great- amouns of tineasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds an'dcrbup, to which children are stcceptible .are 4 uickly-cured by its use. -it connter acts any tendenicy of a cold to result in pneumonia, and if given as soon as the 4 first symptoms of croup appear, it will prevent the attack. This remedy con mins nothing injurious and mothers4 ive it to little ones with a feeling of 4 perfect security. Sold by Th'e R. B. oryea Drug Store. 4 Reminiscent The author had written one success ful story, and he never grew tired'talk lg of It. "Don't you know," said one of his friends to another one day, "Rlter al ways reminds me of a pleased dog." "That's oddl. How does he?" "He's always wagging his tae." Honor Roll Davis Station School. The following pupils are on the honor -oll for the past month: James Aycock, Raomi Bryant, Wilson Childers, Ada ohnson, Annie Lee Shorter and Cam nie Shorter. Ida Ellisor, principal. CASTORIA. Bars Ze The Kind You Have Always Bought4 of aa A Terrible Mistake. There are women who are smart and : intelligent, yet they labor under the delusion that no man can tell them. a lie and look them straight in the eye at the same ti~me.-Mansfield News. a Joy's recollection Is no longer joy while sorrow's memory is saorrow still.-- g Byron. - Ber o The Kind You Have Always Bought ligatg -- NEW BLADES NO ANNUAa NEWE8T BAE. It okSmnt osaes NO sANbyDNOURA E Sumro S.C CAmbra. ---CUSREA-Y CoE Gods, r Who liong~- 0oug . This remdy is fmous fo itSe a lrgepar ofthecivlizd wrld alwas bedepededupon' Itcen opiu orothe hamfuldru an givn a cofidnty t a abyas o Changes in Pharmacopoelal Strength. i To the Public: Inasmuch as the new Pharmacopoeia became- official September 1, 1905, and there are a number of radical changes in the strength of potent tinctures th.erein. we think it wise to acquaint our physician friends with the nature of these changes, in order that they may familiar ize themselves with the changed dosages. In so .far as possible tho recommendation of the Brussels' Qonference as to the strength of potent remedies has been foilowed, and we now have three classes of tinctures, Viz: Potent Tinctures of 10 per cent. Strength. Aconite........ . . ........formerly 35 per cent. Belladona Leaves...... .......... " Cannabis Indica................." 15 Cantharides................. 5 Capicum..... .......... ........... 5 Colchicum Seed.................." 15 " Digitalis....................... "- 15 " Gelseminum.................... " 15 " Hydrastis...................... " 20 " Hyoscyamus ...................." 15 " Lobelia........................ 20 - Psanotia ..... .............. .. " 15 " Physosg a....................." 15 " Squill.......................... " 15 " Stramonium...................... " 15 " Strophanthus ..................." 5 Veratrum ......................" 10 Tinctures of 2a per cent. Strength. Calumba..... formerly 10 per cent. Cardamon...." 10 " Cinnamon..." 10 Quassia. .. 10 Rhnbarb....................... 10 Serpentaria....................." 10 Tolu........... .................10 " Miscellaneous Tinctures. Gambier Compound, Catechu Com pound 5 per cent... .........formerly 10 per cent. Kino 5 per cent... ... ... "c 10 I Sweet Orange Peel 50 per cent..... " 20 " Syrupus Ferri lodidi 5 per cent..... " 10 " In writing for the above tinctures it might be well to specify U. S. P. 1900. D. 0. RHAME, Summerton S. C 1 .... . I J. L. McLEODi Successor to J. W. 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