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MANNNG.S. C., MAY 16. 1906i. pUBL.SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SU3SCMPTIOPN RATES: one yea- ..............................l 11tI5 Six months..--............ ....... Fou: mo:Iths............. ... ..... ADVElTISING RATES: O:,e square. one time. 1; each subseqiuent in sertion. ;0 cents. Obituaries and Tributes o Ke-pect charged for as regular advertisemeits L, tiral contracts made for three, six and twelvi months. Communications must be accompanied by th( real name and address of the writer in order t< r e-ive attention. No communication of a personal characte: will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postotfice at Mannina as Sec ond Class matter. DO CONVENTIONS R E P R E S E N T THI PEOPLE! Tae Sumter Herald in com menting upon the results of the various c o u n t y convention throughout the State says: --Studving the results of the variou: conventions there can be but. one con elusion, and that is that the ant-dis pensary people were very weak in thE convention. As the convention is madE up from clubs. tnd the chibs are thE voters themrselves. it seems that this ii a pretty good index of how the mattet really staads. There is much doubt mixed ur in the Herald's conclusions: wE would remind our contemporary that "'while the convention is made up from the clubs, thE clubs are not made up from the voters themselves, and therefore t h e convention is really not "a good index of how the matter truly stands." ThE conventions are made up on a basis of club rolls, and not fron the voting strength, nor fron the actual attendance at the meetings,but altogether from th< number of names right o wrongfully placed on th( club rolls. whether the san names be on a number of roll or not. In ninety-nine per cen of the clubs, the attendance wa. not over tive per cent of the en rollment, and the club enroll inent exceeds more than doubl< the voting strength. This con dition.is not confined to any par ticular county;but in all the cour house towns where rings ari formed, and caucusses held, it i more noticeable. Those in with the ring, jus before there is to be a conven tion, receive instructions to se cure a delegation for the ring'. purpose; if the president of club away from the county sea is in sympathy with the ring o is an aspirant for public favor and would like the help of th ring, be tricks his club by ad vertism~g its meeting at a certai hour, and with half dozen friend repairs to the meeting place a hour earlier, appoints himsel and his- friends delegates. Th club had no hand in this selec tion, arid yet in the conventio: they are supposed to voice th sentiments of those people. Th people have gotten in the habi of~ staying away sfrom thei clubs. until the politician noa has it his own way. We doubt exceedingly if te per cent of the convention del( gates represent anything bu their individual sentiments: ver frequently the. delegate are it different and they are misled int voting in a convention contrar to the way they would vote in primary. The lenders in a cor vention can assemble in a liver stable, and formulate schemes t carry out their purposes, an delegates go with them; th average delegate is not let ir to the secret,but when it comes t an individual vote in the primar the people are to be reckone with. -We claim therefore, the cor ventions are not a test of th sentiment of the masses with rc gard to the liquor question, no are the conventions a test wit. regard to Senator- Tillmar at the same time,we believe Til] man will be re-elected to th United States senate without or position. He is a conspicuou member of that body, a recog nized national leader, and th indications are, a large majorit; in the State endorse his conduc as senator. But then, thisi different from the liquor ques tion, what we wish to show is that the conventions are not pretty good index of how th matter truly stands." on the 'l quor question. Marlboro defeated resolutiou condemning the dispensary, ye' the Herald will not attempt t argue that Marlboro would favc the dispensary, when it know that county to be now, and fo over fifty years past, prohib tion.. The people of Marlbor 'would fight the establishment c a dispensary within its border with the same zeal that Clarer don would fight bar-rooms. Got ernor Tillman recognized thi and did not dare to force a die pensary on that county, and yel Tillman, on a vote for himsel will carry Marlboro overwhelm ingly. York county is by a larg majority opposed to the dispen sa ry. but in the convention it re fused to adopt resolutions en dorsing Tillman, in doing so. wi do not believe those delegate express the sentiment of the ya ters of York: we believe tha Senator Tillman with or withou opposition will carry that coun ty easy. He has always carrie< it, and the very people who wil not stan~d for his State dispen sary, wvill rally to him for thl' senate. These people are broad: the; are big enough to reject tha which they disapprove, and aic cept only that which tile approve, whether the sam some other scurce: they do not permit their admiration for Tillman to make them swallo w eerything he pre scribes, and while this is true of York. a similar condition exists in other strong Tillman coun ties--Anderson, Greenville,Spar tanburg, Cherokee,Pickens, Dar lington,Marion, and others,they will vote for Tillman to go back to the UnitedStates senate, and they will also vote to send the State dispensary back to the Devil where it canie from. The State control of whiskey was accepted as an experiment, and many believed it would les sen the liquor evil,but after thir teen years of experience it has p r o v e n anything else than a t e m p e r a n c e measure, land far trom b e i n g a step towards prohibition." As a business proposition it has prov en a failure, and as a reducer of taxes it is a humbug. Statistics show that the consumption of whiskey has increased in the past thirteen years, so has crime and taxes. There have been m o re m ur d ers in South Caro1ina traceable to whis key. than for a similar per iod orior to the dispensary. As a moral help, in our opinion, it is a grievous disappointment, and we believe the people realize it. We claim the State dispen sary from a money standpoint is a failure. If it is a success,then what becomes of the profits? These were to go to the free school fund. Everybody knows that property has been assessed about double what it was when the dispensary first started, and added to this increased assess ment, is a three mill constitu tional tax for school purposes, yet with all this money taken out of the pockets of the. people by direct taxation, we find, that in order for the children to ob tain a primary education-to barely learn to read and write, notwithstanding the million or more profits made by the dis pensary, the people must form themselves into special school districts and again tax them selves. If the dispensary money is going elsewhere than to the schools, it is being misapplied. for there is where the leaders, including Tillman, promised it would go, and mighty little of it ever reaches the schools where the poor man can be benefitted. The dispensary profits may be applied to other county debts. well, if they are, then why is it our ordinary county taxes are more than double now than they were before the dispensary was established? No, the truth is, the politiciang are revelling in the wealth extorted from the people, in the way of taxes. Lei a taxpayer compare a tax receip1 of fifteen years ago, and he w11. see his taxes are now more that double, notwithstanding the fact that now, and for thirteet years past the State has beer making big profits out of whis key. Where does the money go It goes in creating more offices and the salaries of politicians the expenses of every branch o. the government has been increas ed, and although the income has been tremendous, the legisla tion since Lhe dispensary was .establish, has been a sponge tc tsoak up this income as fast as il can be made,and today,with the ~milions of dollars made by the d ispensary the State has a defi cit to face, and every county 15 more oriless in debt. The schools are closing earlier than usual foi lack of funds, and the people. tc keep their chilren from growing up in ignorance. are burdening themselves with additional taxes. If the dispensary is a financia: success, why is it that with at increase of taxable property and a three mill constitutiona. tax the people who cannot afforc Sto send their children to colleges or to employ private teachers rare driven, to the necessity tc 2form special school districts t( vote upon themselves more taxes? This is a question w( should like for some politiciat who goes about inventina schemes for selfish purposes, and who manufactures sentimeni ato mislead the masses, to answer. The profits of the dispensary should be about a million dollarn a year, enough money to rut every free school nine mnonths with decent salaries for teachers, 'and then have enough money aleft for the colleges without any additional appropriations We contend the conventions do not represent the true senti ment of the masses, they rep ~'resent n oth i ng but the manipulating politicians, but if the conventions repre rsent the people, as the Her-ald thinks, then they should be able to satisfy the people where all the taxes they are wringing fronm them go. Again, if the State dispensary is the best solution of the liquor problem as these manure-heap politicians would have the masses believe, let them account for the crying Snecessity for the masses bur-deu ing themselves with special Staxes in order that their children may be prepared to i-ead their bibles, and fit themselves to come in cnatwith every day affairs. How's This? we oncr one Uundred Dollars Reward ic any cae of Catarrh tasti cannot, be cured.b' Hal. J CHENEY &'e.. Props.. Toledo.. -e. the unders~iined, have knownl F. J. Cheat for the last l5 years, and-believe him perfectl: 1onrai~ in i'all business transactions and finan 1cially able t carry out any obligations made b: WA r'T & TacAx. wholesale dirutfist. Toledo.o0 W'~mA., )' KIssAN~ & Manvis, wholesale drug Hi s atairrh Cure is taken internally, actini. -, diecl upn *i h- blood and uueous surfaces 0 -e .ysem Price Inc. per bttle. sold by a! The. love of a dr'unkard for 11auoi I oe to prove that familiaity doesn't The State convention con 7ention today,and it is predictea that nothing rash will be done. It may perhaps adopt resolutions endorsing Senator Tillmai's course in the Senate. The Roosevelt-Chandler-Till man controversey has resolved itself down to who is correct, Roosevelt or Chandler. Senator Tillman did not come out first best with the rate bill, but he i has the satisfaction of knowing I that President Rooseveltis C forced to defend himself against i the charge of double dealing. Ex-Senator Chandler alone has I the key to unlock the mystery. If Chandler is right the Presi- i dent is wi .ng. Chandler will ( never again be invited to the C white house during the present administration. Tne State Press Association will convene on the Isle of Palms 25-26. and 28th of June, and the Charleston newspaper men will spread themselves to give the E craft a good time. The Isle of I Palms under the management of Riddock & Byrnes, is the finest water resort on the Atlantic i coast, and there are no people on earth who can, and will enter tain better than the Charles tonians. Lay down your pencils boys and hike out for the sea shore. The Democrats in the United States senate have at last rea lized that they are the victims of a gang of bunco-steerers,with Senator Aldrich as chief of the gang. There never has been a smoother proposition worked up on a brainy set of men than was worked upon Senator Tillman and Bailey in the railroad rate f legislation. The Republicans finding themselves antagonized by the President selected Sena tor Tillman, who is regarded as an enemy of President Roose velt, to have charge of the meas ure. Then they resorted to all manner of parliamentary trick ery to emasculate the bill of its strong features. Tillman want ed togive the inter-state commis sion power so that it could c rry out the law without interfere ce from the counts, in this he had reason to believe the Presi dent was with him, but the Roosevelt is a party man and his party leaders interested in railroads would not stand for the President's position. The bill was turned adrift with Till man to paddle it, and the more he paddled the more obstinate became the opposition. Amend ments were made and adopted until now Tillman is left with a measure on his hands that he is bitterly opposed to, and which be claims himself was left with him by deception.. The only Democrat to come 'out of the Republican trap laid by Aldrich, Spooner, Foraker, Knox and Allison, is Bailey of Texas. He made the reputation of beingthegreatest orator in the United States, and his name bids fair to eclipse Bryan for Democratic leadership. Senator Penrose of Pennsyl vania and Senator Tillman of South Carolina have recently threatened each other with em barassing exposure. The United States Senate is fast becoming a place to be avoided. There was a time when to be a United States Senator it was regarded the highest honor a State could -confer upon one of its sons, but now that August body has de generated to a greatly fallen de gree. Mitchell from Wisconsin, Burton from Kansas convicted in the courts for crime, Depew of New York thrown down in dis grace, and others with their former prestige gone, and now, here comes the Pennsylvanian threatening Tillman with affida vits seriously reflecting upon his character. What does Senator Penrose know that would reflect upon the South Carolinian's character? If he has convicting evidence he should produce it. and not take it out in threats, and unless the evidence he claims to possess is of such a character as would unfit Tillman to retain his seat in the Senate, we think Mr. Fenrose should take his dirty linen to some other laundry, the Senate should be no place for it. Tillman was not at all awed by Penrose's threats, and did a little of the threatening business too. He gave the Pennsylvanian to un derstand that he too had secured evidence which would place the man from the keystone State in a bad light. It is not an inspir ing spectacle for two statesmen standing upon the floor of America's parliment insinuating against the char-actor of each other-. The Senate should either make these men tell what they know of each other or stop deal ing in suspicious inuendoes Teachers' Examination. The regular- teachers' examination will be held at the court house, Man ning, from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M., Friday, May the 18. Questions will be on hand for those wiio have -been taking the teachers' Reading OficlN course. ..- S. P. HloLInaY, Supt. of Education. Was Wasting Away. "I had been troubled with kidnev disease for the last live years." write's Robert R. Watts. of Salem, Mo. "I lost flesh and never felt well and doe tored with leading physicians and tried all remedies suggested without relief. Finally I tried Foiey's Kidney Cure and le'ss than twc bottles completely cured me and I a- DOW sound and well." During the summer kidney ir~ reularities are citen caused by ex essive drinking or being over-heated. A ttend to the kidneys at once by using S ,T A T E M E N T of the condition of lank of Clarendon, Located at Manning, S. C., at thd Cidse of business on MAY 4, 1900. RESOTRCES. ,oans and discounts......... $89,624 43 )emand loans......... ..... ......... )verdrafts, sec*ired......... 845 70 )verdrafts. usecured...... 106 00 ;onds and stocks owned by the bank.... ............ ......... kanking house............. 'urniture and fixtures.......1,438 53 )ther real estate........ .. ........ )Me from banks and bankers 10,45G 84 ;urrencv................ ..1,032 00 Fold..... .................. 120 00 ilver, nickels and pnnies.. 866 06 hecks and cash items...... 79 2 xchanges for the clearing house ....................... xpense....... ............ 2( Total............ .. ..$104,569 0' LIABILITIES. 'apital stock paid in....... $25,000 0( iurplus fund................ ....... individed profts. less eur rent expenses and taxes paid........ ............. 53,652 6: )ue to banks and bankers.. ...... )ue unpaid dividends....... ..... ndividual deposits subject to check ................... 49,916 4 )emand certificates......... ........ 'ime certificates............ ... .ertified checks............ ........ ,ashier's checks................. )ue to clearing house....... ..... otes and bills rediscounted ........ Bills payable, including time certificates representing borrowed money......... 24,000 0 Total............ ........$104,569 0 iTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY oF CLARENDON. Before me came J. T. Stukes, Cash er of Bank of Clarendon, who beinr uly sworn, says that the above an< oregoing statement is a true conditior >f said bank, as shown by the books o ile in said bank. J. T. STUKES. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me his 14th day of May, 1906. a I. I. BAGNAL. Notary Public for S. C. Jorrect Attest: S. A. RIGBY, FRANK P. ERVIN, J. A. WEINBERG, Directors. ST A-TEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF MANNINE T..cated at Manning, S. C, AT TUE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MAY 4, 1900. RESOURCES. oans and discounts........$159,915 3 Demand loans and past due loans...................... 63,288 8 Overdrafts.......... ... .... 49 0 Bonds and stocks owned by the bank................ .... Overdrafts......... ........ 49 0 Banking house............. 4,643 2 Furniture and fixtures... 2,396 C Other real estate.............. Due from banks and bankers 21,056 4 Currency................. 2,700 C Gold....................... 30 C Silver, nickels and pennies.. 1,095 7 Checks and Cash Items.. 2,007 2 Exchanges for the Clearing House. .................. ---. Total..................8257181 8 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in....S 40,0000 Surplus Fund.............. 35,000 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid.................... 13,057 Due to Banks and Bankers.. ....... Due Unpaid Dividends...... ...... Individual Deposits Subject Check ................. 121,570 Demand Certificates,...... ........ Time Certificates ......... ....... Certified Checks........... ..... Cashier's Checks........... ..... Due to Clearing House...... ...... Notes and Bills Rlediscounted 47,5484 Bills Payable, Inclurding Time Certificates repre senting Borrowed Money ......... Total..................S257, 181 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON.I Before me came Joseph Sprott, CasI ier, who being duly sworn, says the the above and foregoing statementi a true condition of said Bank, as show by the books of file in said bank. JTOSEPH SPRhOTT, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 15th dayc May, A. D. 1906. [L. s.] P. B. MOUzON, Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest: A. L~EVI, W. E. BROWN, J. W. MCLEOD, Directors. S T A T'1'E ME1I~ N T'2 -of the condition of the Bank of Summertor Located at Summerton, S. C., AT TRE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MVay 4, I906. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts... 80,694 8 Demand Loans............. 19,174 7 Overdrafts......... ...... 1913 9: Banking House............ 1,800 0 Furniture and Fixtures.. 1,480 8: Du from Banks and Bankers 5,71'i 3 Currency................. 449 01 Gold ... ...........,, 125 0 Silver, lNickles and Pennies 468 01 Cheks and Cash Items.......108 11 TJ.otal ................111,931 8: LIABILITIES. Capital Stockc Paid in....... 25000 01 Surplus Fund.............,500 01 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid ........... ........ 2.025 31 Individual Deposits Subject' to Check.... .......... 26,982 0: Time Certificates......... 2.424 4( Notes and Bills Re discou~nted 50,000 0( Total.,.,....,... .... ...111,931 8 TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 0 COUNTY OF CLARENDON.I Before me came John W. Lesesne. ashier, of Bank of Summerton, wh< being duly sworn, says that the above mnd foregoing statement is a true con. ition of said Bank, as shown ay thi books of file in said bank. JINO. W. LESNE, Cashier. Sworn to before me, this 10th day 01 .ay, A. D. 1906. L. s.j" JT. E. TENNANT, Notary Public for S. C. orrect Attest RICHARD B. SMYTH, T. S. R~OGAN, C. M. DnVIS Land for Sale. I offer for sale four pieces of desir able real Estate. I not sold by the first day of June it, will be withdrawn from the market. 1. 100 acres of land 4 miles from Manning on the Salem road, about 75 acres cleared, balance in timber. The public road runs through this laud. Price $1.500, terms to suit purchaser. 2. 51 acres in one mile of the Court House about 14 cleaed and under cul tivation, balance in timber. Dwelling, 0 rooms; necessary out buildings, good well of water fine young orchard. in sight of Graded School: Price .3.500. terms to suit purchaser. 3. 161 acres of land two miles from Manning, covering the public road. 4. 140 acres cleared and under culti vation divided into three farms n: rented this year for $300. Two four room dwellings with all necessary out building, good water, balance in timber, price $4.025. Terms to suit purchaser. Possession of these three pieces of property given 1st. day of I January 1907. This is is a rare opportunity to pur chase three pieces of desirable )roper ty in the vicinity of Manning. Apply to D. J. BRADHAM. Real Estate agent. Manning. S. C. Notice of Election. Pursuant to an order from the County Board of Education, dated May 11, 1906, we. the undersigned do hereby give notice that an election will be held at Sardinia post office Saturday, May ; 26. 1906. for the purpose of giving the qualiiled electors and taxpayers of Sardinia School District. No. 28, the privilege of voting on the question of a special tax levy of three mills to sup plement other taxes for school purposes in said school district. Polls to open at 8 o'clock. a. m.. and close at 4 o'clock. p. m. J. H. GARLAND, R. E. MBFADDIN, JR. L. B. MCFADDIN, Trustees. . STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. f By James M. Windham, Esq.. Probate Judge. IN THE PROBATE COURT. WHEREAS, Mary J. Murray made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate of and effects of Marshall D. Murray. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Marshall D. Murrav, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate,to be held at Manning on the 31st day of May next after publica tion thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause. if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given uider my hand, this lt.h day 1 of May, A. D. 1906. JAMES M. WINDHAM, [SEAL.] Judge of Probate. Notice of Election. Pursuant-to an order from the County Board of Education, dated May 11, 3 1906, we, the undersigned, do hereby give notice thst an election will be held at Davis Station, on Saturday, May 26, 0 1906, for the purpose of giving the qual i6ed electors and taxpayers in Davis Station School District, No. 26, the Sprivilege of voting on the question of a Sspecial tax levy of four mills to 'supple 0ment other 'taxes for school purposes in said school district. Polls will open at 8 o'clock, a. in., and close at 4, p. mn. J. E. DAvis,l 0 R. C. PLOWDEN. 0 D M. ROGERS, .Trustees. ECHOES 0 GRE Our Grert Sale has: come up fully to our expe where responded to the g but still we heve an imm< Swe are ever ready to pari HERB ARE THI Miles and miles of F we will let you have as Io -the yard, .Better grades of Fi and 6c. the yard, Thousands and thou IFigured Madras, one yar< yard, We will eat every y ket for less than 12 I-2c, very appetite to do it eitl One case Fine Figu Sthe yard, but we let themi the yard, while they last. VLES I Old Men, Young M4 anything in the Clothing cash, come to our store. some of the most astonis in this part of the State. Also a great assoi Summer Sacks and Vest thing very close for the c need and cash is what we goods and have the cashi urgreat store. 5 cars of Furniture and balance on easy insta W. E. JENR HIGHLY-BRED BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. I hea4n;tri fBre Pyot ok mnd if vou desire to improve y-our poultrbv iesrano ardP ymot you xill do well to purchase a setting- of eggs from my pure-bred fowls. Price per setting S1. Mouzon &.Rigby, Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Etc. VEGETABLES IN SEASON. Always on hand a freshi, clean line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Can ned Gioods, etc. We supply o'thers' tables, why not yours! Give us your orders for anything in the Grocery line. We fill and de liver all orders promptly. We have recently added to our line aC TEN-CENT C0UNTER. Have you been to see the wonder f ul bargains on this countre for 10e.? I5 you haven't, come in now and let us show you some o re o greatest bargains for 10 cents ever brought to Manning, Yours for business, Mouzon & Rigby. Notice of Election. Pursuant to an order from the County Board of Education, dated May 11, 1906 we, the undersigned, do hereby give noAice that anelectionwill be.eld at W. D. Gamble's store on Saturday M-ay 26, 1906. for the purpose of giving the qualified electors and tax payers of New Zion school district, No. 15, the privilege of voting on the question of a special tax levy of three mills to sup piement other taxes for school purposi in said school district. Polls to open at 8 o'clock a. m. -and close at 4 o'clock p. m. R. W. 'WEELEF , W. D. GAMBLE, J. P. GIBBONs, Trus tees. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Clarendon County on the 14th day of June, 1906, for letters of dischare us shownistraoor of the reatestnr bargis for0centse ved.ugtt A dmnistator KNotedy's Eaxtiecion an a Cursal og and epl od from out 10.rthe systebysey mofgving the es. quamified co and t ayes of NewaZion sho. itit Pe o.1 ev ey priilee socknn on hadthestoofa pimn with rtae for e ch. ups~ inesaid schooladistrict. Polls thoey a at 3 'lc a.-c. d4 close Lawnsclc p. 4c5c T-ieol W2 W1-2cE. th Jn.iwl not Grequire Tisteer. redOrgane Dicare. 5c Ig ilo p tor the Judgh fobatec for Brno ny if hyou 4need ofiJne, and6 ou letr fsha ge h aAnistato ofwel sa offenryu -tmentof Lig t-wight Adminliic stEvery- 4 :ahl . C.ah 14. 190twe. Kenest ave IfHonee d a Cue will Copaym expel olvsi ro o eand gers adrt as ctmtons. Popeevr Pieces 50c., 28 inch S Mull for *8 24C. the yard, for Ten Days Only. g Beginning Thursday, May 3rd. Never before Dor again will you have a chance to get an' ALL SILK S Dress at this price. 10 days from May 3rd. IGIVE AWAY! In one of our showWindows you will ~see a beautiful Hand-painted SChina Dinner SetI Fourty-two Pieces, which will be given freeI Sto any one of my customers who holds the Slucky number. We will give a coupon for every twenty cents purchase made at our Sstore, 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 IClothing, ISH OES. HATS, CAPS, SH IRTS, H EAVY UN DERWEAR OR GENTS' FURNISHINGS. of any kind, come to see us before you buy. SMone~~saved is money made. We especially Sinvite you-r attention to our Line of OVERCOATS. IC. M.Davis&Co[ seI Kslrsmrenstss