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NNING. S- , OCT. 10, 1906. PUBL15HED EVERY WEDNESDAY. scusCRIPTION RATES: one y\v r ................... 51 ~ ADVFRTISING RATES: on," s uare, one time. 51; cach subsequent it sertion. ."0 cC:its. Obituaries and Tributes ol Respect charged for as regular advertisements ,iberal contracts made for three, six and twelvt months. Comwt.kions must be accompanied by the reu! mm.e and iddress of the writer in order t< No c. immunie.tion or a personal eharacte: wi1 be published' except as an advertisement. Erered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. ,PASSPORT SYSTEM IS CLAP-TRAP. Senator Till-man delivered it Augusta last Saturday night o lecture on the race probler which is described as "passion ate and throbbing with intensE and burning eloqence." HE proposes as a remedy for ex isting lawlessness the Euro pean passport system to be pul into effect in this country---cOm pelling every person to have a certificate of good character be fore being allowed either to move away from a residence, or home, or to move into a new section, compelling every person to have a bona fide means of support, and promptly arrest any persor without such passport appearin in any community. This the Senator thinks will put a stop tc that element now so rampant ir crime, breakup idleness and va grancs. The idea advanced by Senator Tillman is taken from a system in vogue from time immemorial in Germany and Russia, there is nothing new or originial about it, but all the same the passporl system might work were it not foi the constitution of the United States which guarantees freedom to every man. Tillman's advocacy of the passport views is an im possibility under our system of government and he knows it, but like all other denagous, he is ever ready to fall upor. some thing to pander to the popular ear, and this he does with shrewd method. The senator has real ized the people have tired of his bossism, and his prestige is like crumbling sand beneath his feet, unless he can find something to appeal to their passions he will soon be reckoned with those who have been. He therefore brings forward a well sounding, plaus ible, popular but impossible idea and with fervid eloqaence urges his solution of our racial difficul ties. There are too, some newspa pers that have fallen into the senator's trap and are endorsinig his views, but not one of them will attempt to show how this passport system can be put in operatiori in this free Amer ican country. It looks all right to it one-idea class,whose minds are influenced by prejudice, but these people forget there are two races mn this country, and in attempting to curb the liberty of the negro. the poor white man must be reckoned with. Adopt Tillman's system, and the poor white man with the negro would be forced upon the same plane with hat in hand when in the presence of the '-better element" and this "better element" probably the class made better "by money and not character." iImagine a white man poor inpurse, but rich in character moving to a new home being met in the public road by a gentle man (?) in a carriage who has procured his wealth from mys terious sources, rebates for in stances rightfully belonging to the people that placed honors upon him. that man in the carri age, orders his driver to demand of the moving white man his passport, having none, he or ders the white man arrested or whipt, how long would this sort of thing be submitted to? Is there a man with an American spirit in his breast who would stand for such a system? Seh at-or Tillman knows full well his passport idea, now being advocated by him is a scheme to rehabilitate the losing of his politic prestige. It is an effort to arouse prejudice, by an appeal to ignorance, on a par with th4 class of demagogues who go be fore the people, and advocate, in the face of the constitution, taxing the white man for the education of the white children, and the negro for the education of the negro children, the white man should not be made to pay for the education of negroes. It is an absurdity and should not find a resting place in the mind of anyone. There is not a school boy but what knows that a system such as Senator Tillman has read, and not origin al with him, but now being ad vocated by him, is one from a monarchal government where the subjects are held in awe by Knout of the Russian Cossack, or the 'German Burger master and woul&tnot be tolerated in any American State. 'There is a great need for staesanhi now, some wise man to rise up and devise a means to stop the wave of law lessness, something ahould be done, and can be without break ing down the bulwarks of this great government to borrow barbaric ideas from monarchal Europe, where the wealth and position, and not character and' hanhood rule. We regard Till man's European passport sys tem, nothing more nor less than an aristocratic dream thorough ly impractical and a God-sendI "THE PEOPLE BE DAMNED," SAYETH 1 THE BOARD. The Florence Times, a strong adv'ocate of the State dispensary and whose editor was elected to the legislature in the recent primary,is not at all pleased with the recent action of the State board of directors installing, a "rectifying plant" in the State dispensary, and makes the fol lowing protest and intimation: In spite of our protest the State dis pensary has put in that "rectifying plant." We thought that the idea of the dispensar.y was that it would buy no liquors that needed rectifying If protests do not serve to rectify the dis pensary more vigorous measures may be undertaken.. If the last primary has shown anything at all, it has demon strated that there exists a very strong sentiment with the masses to -do away with the institution at Columbia known as the State dispensary. It was not only demonstrated in the vote for Governor, but in every county where the anti-dispensary forces put up for the legislature, men of character, and individ uality, they won, thus showing clearly, the people are tired of the present system of liquor control, and would try some other experiment. This being the case, we regard it an as sumption amounting to a defi ance of the people, for the State board to install additional ma chinery in -the dispensary until it is ascertained what action the general assembly will take when it meets in January. This rectifying machinery costs a lot of money, and a Rec tifyer is a very high priced ex pert, therefore we see no good business reason for the State board, right upon the heels of popular disapproval of the in stitution, to take tae people's money to investin enlarging the institution when perhaps within ninety days the legislature will wipe the concern out of exis tance. The Florence Times is not in a humor to stand for this flag rant defiance of the people's wishes. especially at this stage of the game in ius uncertain con dition, and it sounds a note of warning which is a. rebuke and a threat. "If protests do. not serve to rectify the dispensary more vigorous measures may be undertaken." In our judgment protests in the past have been treated by the State board with contempt: the people were ig nored, and it is generally be lieved the State board has re velled in corruption. The pres ent board has not been- in posi tion long enough for their sins, if they have committed any, to come to light, but after they have heard the protest of a mighty majority to ignore it by establishing a whiskey mixing aoparatus at the cost of thous ands of dollars, and thousands nrore to retain it, "more vigor ous measures may be" and should be - 'undertaken" and carried out. The people, and not the politicians must role. CAN BE TRIED INi SUMTER. Since the tragedy of last Fri dy night, the shooting having occured in Clarendon, and the death of the victim in Sumter, the que.stion is asked, where will the party charged be tried? The probability is he will be tried in S-mter,unless the prisoner sets up the claim he is not ready to come to trial on account of the short time he has had to prepare his defense. The sessions court convenes in Sumter on the 22nd, of this month and if the prisoner is ready he 'will be able to pro-< cure a speedy trial, but if he prefers being tried in Clarendon the case cannot be heard until, next February, unless there is a special term. He can be tried : in Sumter under section 119 of the Criminal Code of 1902, which reads as follows: "When any person shall be struck, wounded, poisoned or otherwise injured in one county, and die thereof in another, any requisition or indictment thereon found by jurors of their county shall be as good and efficient in law as if the stroke, wound, poisoning or other1 injury has been committed and done in the county where the party shall die, 'and the person guilty of such striking, wound, poisoning or other injury had and every accessory thereto, either be fore or after the fact. shall 'be .ried in in the county where such irndictment shall be found, and if convibted, pun ished in the same mode, ananner and form, as if the deceased had suffered such striking, wounding, poisoning or other injury and death, in the county where such indictment shall be found" A SHOCKING TRAGEDY. A Young Man Killed-'wo Others Wounded. A most deplorable tragedy occurred in Manning last Friday night after the s Cole Brothers' circus had concluded c their performance, loaded the train, 1: ::wvas about to leave for Bishopville. p Three youn'g men from Summerton, J. I E. Gaillard, Emile Burkett, and 3 Charles Haselden were the victims of c pistol shots from an employee of the o show. Gaillard was mortally wounded, E Haselden painfully shot, and Burkett s hit but not serious. Mr. Gaillard was i1 brought up town to Dr. Carson's office, s where he was given all the attention s: possible, and Saturday morning was taken to Baker's intirmary in Sumter, , where upon examination it was found C his bowels had been perforated in ti thirteen places. He died Sunday. ti When the train with the murderer on 6 it pulled out, which was before any v action could be taken here, the wires 1 were used -to intercept it at Sumter, s: a description of the murderer was given. When the train was going past ti the Manning depot several standing on 3 the platform saw a white man they sup- A posed to be the master of the train, standing at the rear door with a pistol I in his hand, and several other men C standing behind him, as if to repel any attack which might be made on tus C train. When the train reached Sumter. a Policeman Pierson boarded it unknown y to the circus people, and on arrival at j 3ishopville he arrestpd a negro anwer- s ng the description given, and' to the I name of Henry Smalls. Later the v egro w-as identified by Mr. Burkett. n who went on to Bishopville for that G purpose. Sheriff Muldrow of Lee u County. also arrested a white man, p ,rausportation of the circus train,I and ;wo negroes, and lodged them in jail ;o be held as witnesses. The shooting f these young men naturally aroused great indignation in Sumter, where Mr. Gailiard is well known and pop alar, having served in the capacity of leputy sheriff, and made a strong race for the office of sheriff. He belongs to a very prominent family, was a nephew of the late Captain "Phil" Gaillard; also a nephew of Mr. W. H. Gaillard of this county. Upon information reach ing Sheriff Mullrow that there was a pro' bility of a lynching bee, he lock ed u the white man and two negro witnesses in the Bishopville jail, and took the dirt road to Camden with the negro charged with the murder, and from Camden, by instructions from Governor Heyward,. he carried the prisoner on to the penitentiary in Co lumbia, where he will remain until it is decided when and where the trial will take place. The identification of the arrested negro is positive, and he will-be convicted beyond any doubt. When the unfortunate affair occured it was a late hour with but few persons on the grounds, hence it is hard to get an accurate story of how the shooting came about. Those interested give their side, and from that side, this negro Smalls committed a most actro cious and unprovoked murder. Accord ing to their story, these young men had just arrived from a fox chase and were innocently sitting upon their horses watching the loading of the circus train, and when the train was in the act of leaving. this negro Smalls stepped off from the rear coach and wanted to know who it was wanting to see him, accompanying his words with pistoi shots. The young men had done nothing, nor said anything to give offense. Another story is to the -effect, that these young men had given a negro barber from Summerton sbme money to buy liquor, and this barber with Stnalls got into a buggy, drove up town in search of whiskey, but did not get it, nor did they return the money, the barber claiming that Smalls, or as he was known to them "Topeka" kept the money, they went up to the train and called for "Topeka," when they did so, he replied with his pistol. Then there is another story afloat to the ef fect that these young white men had been about ihe circus tent and had words with some of the negro minstrels; therefore it is hard to get a straight story iof the lamentable affair. One thing appears sure, and that is, Mr. Gaillard was shot while sitting upon his horse, and this would indicate that he was a spectator innocently looking on, for if he had been otherwise en gaged Ihe would hardly have been sitting on horse-back. Mr. Gaillard for several months past has been living near Summerton superintending the farm of Hon. 0. C. Scarborough. The other young men are comparative strangers, but they are also employed near Summerton. The Sumter Item of Monday con tains the following account of the death and funeral. "The gloom of an untimely death has spread a shadow of sorrow 'over the entire county Genial, big-heart d, jolly Ted Gaillard has passed to the great beyond from among those to whom he was dear and to whom could zrasp him by the hand and call him friend. It may truly be said of him that he loved the world and the world loved him. No more popular young man ever lived in Sumter. He was a Knights of Pythias. a Woodmen of the World and a member of the Benevolent nd Protective Order of Elks. All of these secret orders sent representa ives today to pay the last tributes of espect at the grave of their deceased brother. After the operation that he under went at the hospital, his short rally brought hope and encouragement to those who eagerly awaited news of his sondition, but on Sunday morning he grew gradually worse, and died about 11:30 o'clock. He was in the 34th year f his ]ife, just in the prime of man tood. His mother and sister, Miss Vary, survive him. This morning at 9 o'clock, from the dome of his mother, the remains of fr. Gaillard were taken to Stateburg where the interment and burial ser rice took place at 1 o'clock. A large :mber of Sumter people accompanied ihe remains. The active pall bearers were: Messrs . C. Huger, L. R.' Williamson, Tom DuBose, W. L. McCutchen, E. S. Booth and A. S. Flud. Honorary: ~essrs. W. A. Bowman, W. H. Ep person, H. WV. Scarborough, W. H. eae, A. B. Stuckey ~and Alfred )wens. CORONER's INQUEST. Coroner Flowers yesterday empan ielled a jury to inquire into the death >f Mr. J. E. Gaillard, who was fatally wounded on Friday night by a negro nan in the employ of Cole Brothers' ~ircus. The inquest was, however, not ~oncluded. The testimony of one of he witniesses examined involved the white man under arrest and in the jail tt Bishopville, and in order that the whole affair might be thoroughly robed, further investigation was post oned until tomorrow so that addition ia witnesses might be summoned be ore jury and required to testify, oroner Flowers has issued subpoena rits requiring the attendance upon he jury tomorrow of five citizens from danning and two from Bishopville. Mr. Charles Haselden, being first worn, testified as follows: He was t the depot at M.anning on October , 1906. Mr. Gaillard passed me and nade some remarks about the trainl eing a very short one. A negro came if the train and inquired if anyone vanted him. Mr. Gaillard replied,but ie did not remember what the answer vas. The negro then fired on Mr. aillard twice. and turning fired on im, striking him in the chest. He hen ired at Mr. M. 0. Burkett. He ired five shots in all. Mr. M. 0. Burkett testified as follows That he was also in Manning on the *th, day of October 1906. He met Mr. aillard at- the depot. Mr. Gaillard ,nd Mr. Haselden engaged in a privat e onversation, of which he heard noth og. Then Mr. Gaillard started up he sreet. Mr. Gailliard made some emarks about the train; he i-ode up ithin ten or twelve feet of the train. negro stepped off the train, made ome remarks to Mr. Gaillard ani ursed at him. The negro then threw is hand to his hip pocket, drew his istol and fired upon Mr. Gaillard. e then turned and fired upon both Ir. Haselden and me, striking both us. Mr. Gaillard cried out that he ras mortally wounded. I went to ishopvile on the 6th, of October and aw the man in jail that did the shoot 2g. He was positive that the man he aw in jail was the man that did the booting. This is Dr. Walter Cheyne's state ent: "Being sworn, I, Walter heyne, M. D., state that by reason of ae knowledge derived from an opera on performed on J. E. Gaillard on the th, day of October 1906, that his death ras caused by gunshot wounds of t.he testine (about 13 in number) and the Liock and hemorrage therefrom. The following gentlemen comprised e jury: R. I. Manning, foreman, Leo liller, J. P. Both, J. H. Cunningham, .. Stubb, J. M. Woodley, S. B. itchell, Geo. D. Shore, W. B. Boyle, . H. Seale, D. J. Winn, Jr., and J. .Huger. Sheriff Gamble and Messrs. H. D. lark, J. M. Woods, Dr. Plumer Clark, nd John Washington went to Sumter esterday to testify before the coroner's 2ry. The testimony adduced was fficient for the jury of wvhich Hon. R. Manning was foreman, to render a erdict charging Henry Smalls, the egro prisoner, with the killing and eorge Spivens, white, as an accessory the deed. Smalls is in the State enitentiary, and Spivens is in the mne jail. 'The Best is the Cheapest' Isn t True of everything; but it's true . of Clothes. All-wool fabrics wear longer, keep shape bet- @ ter, hang better, and fit bet ter than "mercerized-cotton" @ fabrics; and these are the things you want your clothes for. All-wool clothes will cost, you more than part cotton, of course; the point we make $ is that even at the higher g prices they're cheaper. It is a real economy to buy * a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit, and pay $ L . or $20., or $2 5,e or even more, instead of put ting $12 or $15. into a suit $ that's made of a "mercerized * cotton" fabric which will fail . absolutely to do the things * I you expect of -your clothes. You may save a few dollars; 8x but you lose money in the 1 end by buying such clothes. FOR SALE IN SUMTER Copyright 1906 by Hart Schaffner & Marx EXCLUSIVELY BY *@ THE0 LJ.MHAN-ERF CLOHIGC.~ The Black River Association met lzdyeobeoer4han gn H. C. Haynesworth, treasurer. A Rev. J.'D. Huggins, of the Home IITII VPIITIA flAW Mission Board, Rev, V. I. Masters,I of the Baptist Press, and Rev. J. K Hair, of the Baptist Courier, were present and added much to the in. terest of the occasion. and the reports showed a marked in- I crease in denominational work. f On Sunday, J. E. DuPre addressed fE the Sunday School, after which Rev.I T. L. Cole preached the missionary , to State Missions. At night Rev. W. J. Wilder preach. ed and the association finished its business, and after remarks by the Moderater thanking the church andATTE people of Greelyville for their un bounded hospitality, the body ad journed to meet at Manning nex year. The meeting throughout was yer barmonious, and a deep interest in the work of the body was manifested in Sumter Item, October 8th. Deafness Cannot be Cured N X E K blocalappiations,ha they canot reach the ay to cure deafnes anessthatasby constitu tlame codTioub e muous lining of th Eutin Tbe. Wnsre tbe o et nfem re g , and nis erl cl od . defn s mi tresad unes tha", e id'Wm1ati*ncn b othing but an inflamed condition of the mu ou surfaces'. On unrd olasfon ntbe ced by Hall' Catarrh Cure. Send for C .9 N 0 iruas rF. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Hal'~sFamil Pills ae the best. G adDsly P tenfo THE TABLES OF STONE. akt.As ag g A Curious Calculation From the frm ou.w Talmud and the Bible. ' rgto Did you ever figure on the proba ble size and immense strength ofw r-om l u Moses, basing your calcula,$ions on the lnso imensions of the tables of stone, as iven by the Talmudic writers? In~y the Talmud (folio 38, column S) it is~ said that the tables of stone upon~ which the commandments were writ- ala d W ne o d ten were six ells long, six ells broad and three ells thick. In the Bible, Exodus xxxii, 15, we are told that wilb red fo yur ns ct n "Moses went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimonyadwl neetyu were in his hand." o ipa "Hand," mind you, not hands, thoughD E S G O S SL S t must be admitted that it would have aken a strong pair of hands to pe- ~ LA IS CO T , W PS form the task of carrying them, eve ~ E C e e brtedy n on the level. Now, we will put tho almudic and the Biblical accounts to-dts ether and apply the mathematicai l ule. The Hebrew eli or cubit was, at ts least estimate, a measure of eight en inches, which iVould have mado eava c.' ach of the tables a stone block uinue ~W dedy feet long, nine feet wide and four and omehalf feet thick. If common stone eighed as much to the square foot'1 hen as it does now the tables would AnI fwm I ip the beam at about twenty-eighti ** f ons! Was Moses one of the giants~fl istake in calculations or in the state- __U ment of supposed fa.tsU-ExcRYng00 8_. forchldencfeM UTUAL@ pite WE OFFER The Following Propertiesfor Sale:; ONE-two-story store, 20x45, and lot 75x150 feet. This store is well finished and with a small I building on the lot rents for $300.00. Price $1600.00. ONE dwelling-8 rooms, beautiful flower yard, all necessary out-buildings. well set in fruit trees, lot Contains.; about 3 acres. Eastern front and one of the best built houses in town, go in-" at 84250.00. A. 8300.00 lot can be sold off of each side and pave an acre for the pres ent house. ONE dwelling-6 rooms with out-houses on a 2 acre lot, well fenced. Two tenant or servant houses. Price 82100.00, one half cash balance in installments with interest. ONE 6 room dwelling-right new, lot in new section, fast building up.- House well finished, and painted throughout. Fence and barn. Price $2000.00. ONE farm of 256 acres-one and a half miles from Summerton. 135 acres cleared, 121 In timber. 30 of this is fine long leaf. S tenant houses, well supplied with out-buildings and a 7 room dwelling.. Other particulars upon application. ONE lot-on Main stret near depot. This lot cannot be duplicated in this locality. Let us show it to you. It is well suited for any business purpose, especially manufacturing. ONE tract of land 3 miles from Summerton. 100 acres can be cleared, 60 no-v under cultivation. Price upon application. ONE 7 room dwelling-bran new with lot 105x300 feet. Barn and stable, servant house-and other conveniences. This house Is made of exceptionly good stuff and in a splendid section of town. Price now $3500.00. These are a few of the bargains we are offering now. If none of these meet your-wantsi et-us tell you of some others. We still have some good building lots, which we are offering at fair prices to settlers and also to speculators. We will be glad to answer inquiries, and give fuller particulars. We will te glad to list many other properties, remember it cost you notbingunless we make a sale. So if you have any property that you will sell, let us put It before the public now so it can be well advertised. If you want to buy let us know so we can help you tolocate good prorty. SUHERTON REL ESTATE AGENCY, Up In the Sky Scraper. sumnmerton, s 0. OUR GREAT FALL MILLK and DRESS GOODS N. OPENING on Oct.-1011th Wedlesday and Tu It is without donbt the most_ complete Millinery Store -in Mn ning. We assume that you desire to"take advantage of A 'latest styles in Hats which we -have now on hand. h also a Line of. Dress Goods and .Si11s We have also a complete line of Fine Ladies' Jakets andSkts and Waists to show. We positively know you willfind i greatly to your advaritage to give- js a trial.If you come to Manning call on us, we will be pleased to meet youn - Don't forget the date of our Opening, Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 10and lit D. H IR SCH MANN, NEXT TO POSTOFFICE, . ANNING, S. . In one of our show Windows you will I see a beautiful Hand-painted IChina Dinner Set j 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 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 Clothing, ISHOES, H ATS, CAPS, SHIR TS, HEAVY UN IDERWEAR OR GENTS' FURNISHINGS. I of any kind, come to see us before you buy. Money saved is-money made. We especially invite your attention to our Line of OVERCOA Ts. I .M.Davis&CoI Uill.. -. .HHHH ..R _HIMM