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PU!UL1,S -ED EVERY WEDNESDAY. S uSCRIPTION RATES: S~x montnls ........... *5...... 1 F-out: inonlths... . . .. .. ....-- --- --- ---- -5 ADVERTISING RATES: Orc square. o'tc time. *: each subsequent in sertion. 50 certs. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. L.iberal contracts made for three, six and twelve :nonths communicaionS must te accompaniedby the real0 name and, address of the writer in order to rivc attention. Vo commtnunication of a personal character x.11 Loc published except as an advertisement. iuntered at the Postofice at Manning as Sc ond Class matter. ATTEND THE MASS MEETING. The mass meeting to be held in the court house next Monday, will give an opportunity for tax oavers who have any sugges tions that wi be of advantage to the general good to make then known. In our opinion such a meeting should be held once a year just before the assembling of the legislature,. and the peo ple come together with a view to aid their representatives in formulating plans for the gen eral welfare. It is not expected that every man going to the legislature shall have his carpet bag stuff-ed full of bills simply to have his name colie out in the newspa pers as having introduced a bill. but what isexpected, is for the men who are to represent a peo ple, to be fully informed as to the needs of those people,and be prepared to have put in shape the necessary legislation; such repiresentatives are the kind who have influence, and are given at tention whenever they rise in their seats. The best way to have such representatives is for theni to get in close - touch with those who honored him, confer with them as to their needs. then when that has been done. both delegate and consti tuenlt have a better understand in- and it makes the labor light er and pieasanter. It is a no torlous fact that in order to have a better road system, the pres ent methods are not only useless but expensive, it actually cost more money to work our make shifts'for public roads than it does the well built turnpikes in Virginia. The original cost of buildig the Virginia roads was considerable, but after they were built they were so complete that very little repairing has to be done, and the travelling public with their burdens of produce can reach market without the strain and annoyance to be had on our boggy highways- miss named roads. There should be something done about this, as a business proposition it be hooves every man who has a horse to be interested in the mat ter of devising a better scheme than the present road-working system. The commutation tax scheme has been tried and it is found to be a public waste, and in our opinion the chaingang system is a breeder of waste. Something should be devised, and we hope at the meeting Mon day there will be a scheme sug gested. We have before alluded to the court house proposition. If the taxpayers of Clarendon are con tent to continue running the risk of their valuable records in the present fire trap it is all right -with us, we can stand it, but we believe when the matter is prop erly presented and it is seen the taxes would be but slightly in creased, and when it is shown what each taxpayer's proportion will be, those who pay but little taxes will cease their opposition and the lai-ge taxpayers will see from a progressive business standpoint that well equipped public buildings are an index to thrift and an open invitation to home-seekers. At the pub lic meeting it is hoped to have all the necessary data. We will be prepared to show the counfty's assessed val-uations, the taxable income and how much of a levy it will take to pay the in terest on the bonds to build a modern ire-proof court house. There is a diversity of opinion as to the advisabilhty of repeal ing the lien law: many think if this law was repealed the land would at once begin to flow with milk and honey; others believe it would not have the effect of improving our labor system but bring about a hardship alto gether unnecessary and do more harm than good. Then there is the labor contract system. It goes without saying that the present system is a harvest for those who wish to levy black mail upon their neighbors, and it is being done every year. These things are of vital importance and should be discussed so that our representatives may have an intelligent idea of what their constituents want. We urge a large attendance; it can do no harmn, and in our judgment, it may do good. No man is so busy but that he can spare a few hours to the public service, it is a patriotic duty we all owe, and aside from duty, as a matter of business, our taxpayers should be sutli cienthy interested to attend this IT LOOKS LIKE FREE RUM. .Judge Danixer. one of our circuit judges. recently rendered a decision which, if sustained. will make a new opening in this State for the whiskey traffic, and tend to cause competition to the dispensary to spring up in every county. As we understand the decision, it is not unlawful awiskey con P .ocated beyond the State to solicit orders for whiskey and accept payment for the goods upon delivery. If this is good law. it is easily seen that there is nothing to prevent liquor houses fron beyond the State appointing agents in every town in this State and come in cou petition with the dispensary. Suppose an agent for a North Carolina whiskey house opened up an otice along side of a dis pensary, received orders for, and delivered whiskey, accept ing pay when the goods are de livered, it would soon become a question of which could furnish the best goods for the least money, and the unmolested agent not being under any license or other expense, would have a de cided advantage. It does look like to us if Judge Dantzler is correct and his decision is based upon Inter-State Commerce law. the sooner the dispensary law, together with that provision of thc State Constitution which prevents saloons, is repealed, the better it will be. We are opposed to saloons, but if our laws cannot protect us from the agents of foreign whiskey houses coining in and doing a liquor business without any revenue being derived, we would prefer going back to the license sys tem, whereby, if we -must put up with the nuisance. some money return will be made to help the taxpayers defray the expense of running our courts. We regard this decision of Judge Dantzler as opening the flood-gates, and before apother twelve-months, unless it is checked by legislation, this State will be overrun with liquor drummers, peddlers, and agents and the whole country flooded with the stuff, and the people helpless to prevent it, and with absolutely no protection against the baneful effect of unbridled license in the whiskey traffic. As much as we are opposed to the old barroom system it would be far preferable to a system such as Judge Dantzler's decis ion bids fair to inaugurate. SENATOR TILLMAN SPOKE. The great furore made by the negroes of Chicago, to prevent Senator Tillman from delivering an address in that city did not succeed, but on the contrary the demonstration had the effect of advertising the lecture to the extent that he had an audience of about three thousand persons. Senator Tillman was guarded by a strong force of detectives, and this too, added to the adver tising feature of the occasion. The address came off on schedule time, and the Senator discussed the race question from a purely Tillmanic standpoint- He was interrupted, applauded, and his sed, and he fired back into his audience many catchy retorts. He fried Mayor Dunne with his ridicule and withering sarcasm for refusing to preside at the meeting, and claimed the mnayor's action was not a snub to himself, but "to the gracious ladies whc planned this meeting to secure money for the Chicago Union~ Hospital, and who requestec Mayor Dunne, the creature of a political hour, to come forwarJ and add his mite." It was ridiculous to attempt tc stop Senator Tillman from speak ingupon the race question or any other subject, and the negroes of Chicago, by their conduct, have intensified the desire of hearing this racial question dis cussed, and as long as there re mains a vestige of political rights accorded to !.he negro, just so long will he be a political factor, and a constant source of political irritation, and every time he undertakes to assert his political rights he will find re sistance which will endanger the eace and prosperity of his race. 1e can only have peace and hap piness when he eschews politics. The day will never come when the two races can be on a politi cal equality, never. The white man is willmng to give the negrc every right of protection before the law. will guard him agains1 imposition, help him to accum mulate property, obtain ar education and all the benefits a good citizen shall have, except the right to hold office and govern. Senator Tillman may be ex treme in his views and his utter ances may inflame passions, and do harm, yet, wild as his state ments on the race question are, he voices the sentiments of the nation when he says "this isa white man's country, and none but white men shall rule it.' Those at the North who sympa thize with the negro as long as the negro remains in the Southj endorse this sentiment and whenever the question is brought home to them in a practical way it is clearly demonstrated. Re publican Ohio, Illinois, Massa chusetts, Maine and Pennsyl vania would not stand for a ne gro governor or a negro legis lature any sooner than would South Carolina or Georgia, and the professions of Northern sym pathy is pure, unadulterated hy pocrisy._ The New York Democrats are now kicking themselves for in sisting upon putting Hearst at the head of their ticket. They now see that he was a Jonah and came near destroying the success of the entire ticket. Had they pushed him aside and put up a conservative man, such as is repesented by the rest of the ticket., the Democracy would have triumphed, as it is, it elect Ied everything except the gover nor, but it is the governor in that IState who can only be of aid tc The frequent, and we may say usual killings at "hot suppers, call for action on the part of our lawmakers. There is hardly a negro "hot supper" but what there is somebody killed, and the cause is that the class of negroes who frequent these places are of a doless sort and imagine they are not properly dressed for a social function un less they are armed with a razor or a pistol and a bottle of mean whiskey. To curtail these crime breeding institutions we think it would be a good idea to re quire a license to be paid to the clerk of the court with a severe penalty if a sell or hot supper is held without such license having been paid. If these supper could be prevented entirely f1 would be a good thing, as they are a nuisance to the community in which they are held. The dismissal of the thre companies of negro troops by or der of President Roosevelt ha. assumed a great political aspect It is giving the Republican part3 much worry and especially it those States where the negrc holds the balance of power President Roosevelt has ofter done things that we regardec impetuous and ill considered, bu in this matter we believe his or der was after mature delibera tion and the offenders being ne groes had absolutely nothing t< do with it. A batallion. regi ment or brigade guilty of simila: conduct would be punished the same way. We believe Presi dent Roosevelt will stand by hi order, and those negrophile who are making so much ad< will have their bubble explode< before another two years rol around. We frequently notice in th newspapers where one of th candidates for Speaker of thE House of Representatives is t visitor at different county seats evidently in the interest of hi election. The office is withou profit aud entirely one of honor just why a personal canva. should be made is not quite clear To say the least of it, it is vers unusual, and lays the candidat open to the suspicion that muel depends upon his securing thi coveted prize. The dispensar, forces are very anxious to wiel< the gavel in the coming session and the candidate supposed t< be canvassing is a dispensar man hailing from a county wher no liquor can legally be sold. I the anti-dispensary forces are in the majority, there should be n< split in their ranks and the gave should only be entrusted to oni representing the sentiment o the majority. The argumen used by the dispensary side, tha the question should not come into the consideration in select ing a presiding officer, will do fo the amusement of novices, but i will not be of interest to legisla tors who have had practical ex perience with politicians. There is more Catarrh mn tmis section of tt country than nil other diseases put togethe and until the last few years was supposed to 1 incurable. For a great many years doctors pr, nounced it a local disease, and prescribed loc remedies, and by constantly failing to cure wit local treatment.'pronounced it incurable. Scien< has proven catarrh to be a constitutional di ease, and therefore requires constitutional trea met. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured I F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. is the on) constitutional cure on the market. It is take internally ia doses from 10 drops to a teaspool ful. It acts directly on the blood and mucoi surfaces of the system. They offer one hui dred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Serx for circulars and testHimEni&l.,Tld, HlsFamil P ills are the best. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. NATIONAL NEwS BU7REAU, Room 45, Kellogg Building, Washington, D. C. Democratic members of Con gress who have come to Wasil ington since the election ar considering the policy tha should be pursued by thei party during the coming sessio: of Congress, and the genera opinion seems to be that th tariff issue should be pushed t the front and kept there regard less of all efforts the Republicanl may make to give prominence t other matters. The results c the elections have shown tha~ the Republicans are badly divid ed on the tariff issue and that i some parts of the country th rank and file of that party ar strongly for revision. In faci several of the Republican car didates for Congress in Ne' England could not have bee elected if they had not declare for revision, wvhile in Minnesot -Congressman McCleary, one c the most extreme protectionists was defeated on the tariff issu and the normal Republican ma jority in Iowa was greatly re duced simply bec'ause the RE pubican revisionists were dis satisfied with the compromis Imade by Governor Cummin with the stand pat wing of th party. The Democrats, on thre othe hand, however they may diffe on other subjects, can all unit on the tariff question and b; united action can compel th Republicans to debate it wit the inevitable result of disclos ing and augmenting the discor in that party. The stand pa Republicans do not want a tari: debate aud will do all in thei power to prevent it. They wi put forward other matters an: endeavor to becloud the rea issue between the parties. I: this they will have the assis1 ance of President Roosevelt. a they have had in the past, ani will seek to entrap the Democrat into supporting his anti-Demc crats policies of centralizatio Iwhich, if developed to the exten outlined in some of his speeches would wipe out State lines ani reduce Congress and the court Ito the mere function of register in Presidential decrees. The Preidnt will doubtles endeavor to secure the passage of morg legislation purporting on its face to provide additional remedies for corporate abuses, but really designed to further his scheme of increasing the im portance of his own office. The necessity for further legislation of this character may be ques tioned when the administration proceedings against the Standard Oil Company are not being con ducted under any new fangledI Rooseveltian trust-bursting law but under the Sherman law which has been on the statute books for sixteen years, and when the courts are almost week ly passing sentence on railroads and shipping corporations for violations of the Elkins anti-re bate law, a law that the Roose velt administration allowed to remain a dead letter for more than two years, and only began to enforce after anti-administra tion Senators had directed pub lic attention to its effectiveness and to the failure of the Presi dent to enfbrce it. Democratic Congressman cali well afford to insist that. until it is demonstra ted that legislation, giving the President greater power over the business of the country is actually needed, Congress shall devote its attention to the revis ion of the Dingley tariff sche dules, many of which are merely shields behind which the trusts are enabled to monopolize Amer ican markets. Deaths From Appendicitis decrease in the same ratio that the use of Dr. King's New Life Pills increases. 5 They save you from danger and bring quick and painless release from consti pation and the ills growing out of it. Strength and vigor always follow their use. Guarnteed by Druggist. 25c. Try them. Sold at The Arant Co.Drug store. New Zion Dots. Editor The Manning Times: I notice in last week's TIMES where Mr. L. P. Fleming cor rects some errors of mine. He is right about the rural route starting on the 1st instead of the 15th, but the error was with the type-setter and not me. The name of the Gibbons school, had been changed to the New Zion school. and it is a pay school, brought about by those opposed to the graded school. Mr. Fleming was made car rier over three opponents, and of course he is entitled to the pleasure of being a critic. He r can watch the newspapers and cull out all of the mistakes of f correspondents and typesetters. But notwithstanding his official position, I think he should wait to correct mistakes that are of a character to amount to some thing. B. InIo I~ & PlumbiRE SHave your tinning done by an expe rienced workman. Icut and thread all sizes of pipe and am always r-eady to do the right thing by those who bring me their workc. I make a specialty of doing all kinds of soldering, such as coffee pots, ket ItIes, stew pans, sauce pans, dish pans. 'milk pans or anything that needs re ~pairing. I will do it in a worismanlike way. eSTOVES.-I repair, put up and buy your old stores. I have had the best experience with hardware mren and ~will give you satisfaction. I f yvour lamp is out of order let mne see it' before you throw it away. JOHN P. BELL. Shop near Bradham's stable. Executor's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,?1 CLARENDON COUNTY. In Re Estate Eliza E. Coker, deceased. L. D. Bar-row, W. E. Gibbon, H. P. eGibbon, Executors. UNDER AND BY YIRTUE OF authority venited in us as executors of last will and testament of Ehiza E. C oker, deceased, we will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, at the late residence of the testatrix, Eliza E. Coker, on Monday, December l'1th, 1906, at 12 o'clock noon, the fol lowing described real estate: All that tract or parcel of land situ ated in Douglas township, near Turbe vilyle, in Clarendjon county and State taforesaid, containing 90 acres, more or less, bounded as follows: North, by lands of the estate of Goodman Gam ble: east. by lands of W. T. Welch and R. A. Green: south, by lands estate ol R. J1. and NMary A. Coker: west. by lands of Robert, WV. Wheeler." Said lands contain a fi-e-roomn dwelling house, a good tobaceo barn, with other outbuildings. iPurchaser to pay for- paper-s. L. D. BARROW, W. E. GIBBON, a H. P. GIBBON, f Executors. .,November 26,. 19015. 'WarmT SWINTER U] SOFT FL The best at Price: ST3iclSS-x Free z sufferers from Kidney. Liver and Bladder troubles ! Other manufactur- { ,rs say "buy a bottle anjif it dosen't ,ure we will refund your money." We 3ay "take a full $1. size FREE bottle { Df UVA SOI and if it benefits you, then use UVA SOL until cured." This ad vertisement entitles you to a bottic uf UVA SOL at J. C. LAND'S, Foreston,S. C. Only a limited number of bottles given away. Don't miss this oppor tunity to test Uva. Sol. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Clarendon County. Dy James M. Windham, Esq., Probate Judge. W HEREAS, R. C. Burgess made suit to me, to grant him Let ters of Administration of the estate of and effects of Leila Mayes (amble. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Leila Mayes Gamble, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Courtof Pro bate, to be held at Manning on the 13th day of December next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon' to show cause, if any they has e, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 22nd day of November, A. D. 1906. [SEAL.] JAMES MYi. WINDHAM, Judge of Probate. Notice of Discharge. I will anply to the Jage of Probate for Clarendon County on the 24th day December, 1906, for letters of-discharge as Executrix of the estate of Robert S. Fleming, deceased. ROBERTA E. FLEMING, New Zion, S. C., November 24, 1906. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Probate Judge. IN THE PROBATE COURT. WHEREAS, Martha Tomlin made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate of and effects of Alfred Tomlin. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Alfred Tomlin, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate,to be held at Manning on the 13th day of December 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 under my hand, this 23rd day of November, A. D. 1906. JAMES M. WI'DHAM, [SEAL.] Judge of Probate. "We Shape the Earth to Suit You, I And Protect Your Buildings and Contents from Conflagration." We have property that will appal to business meverywhbeand we are tron reltsatde of various area and qualities, consisting of high class farming lands, timbered lands and very iamburg nd Carendonn cor un W r making quick sales. WHY? Because weWmake the prices right. If you have property to sell wewl fvnd abuyer or you. Any prty ws Os of lnah property they want, NO MAT Iwhether we have it on our list or not, we will do f our best todeliver the tles.rik ttelws possible costs to the assured. We do not repre sent small Mutuals with no capital who have to ta number of the VERY EST Standr F outr dwligs, bars and outouss, to gether wiith their conteuts are insured by us just as the town properties. Churches, school houses and in.proved gins and your cotton on your plantation all are insurable with us. Now, when you have decided to buy Real Es tate or te sell that which you have or to-pro tect your property wth Fir Insurace jon the Ia look when your turn comes, and if we cannot we sa r ask an atisfaction is abso lutely guaranteed. IThe Clarendon Real Estate and Fire Insurance Agency. J. M. WOODS, See.-and Treas. H. 0. S. JACKSON, Gen. Mgr. KILL HE COUCH AND CURE THE LUNCS -Dr. King's New Discovery (CONSUMPTION Prie FORi OUGHS and 50c & $1.00 ~OLDS Free Trial. THOAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or NONEY BACK. The Arant Co. Drug Store,. akes Kidners and Bladder Kight Bring your Joh Work to The Times office thing= EER WEAR ANNELS. that Spell LGAN CO., ton, S. C. S'The Best is the j80 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 th - 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 prices they re cheaper. - It is a real economy to buy 8 a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit, and pay $L8. or $20., or $25, $ 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 you expect of your. clothes. You may save a few dollars; but you lose money in the $ end by buying. such clothes. FOR SALE IN SUMTER * Copyright I906 by Hart Schaffner & Marx EXCLUSIVELY BY 0 8LJMTEF9 8.0 * .Phon~e,-166. STATE OF SOUTH OAROUNA, County of Clairedon. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hannah M. Bethune, Plaintiff, against Caroline M. Bethune, Sarah E. Be- H lf0[O 1( 1 M.Bthune, r .Btue net M.thune, Sara A. Bethune,net John F.BehnadLu.B Decree for Partition. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A - Judgment Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the above stated ac tion, to me directed, bearing date of October 30, 1906, I will sell at publbe auction, to the highest bidder for _~j Mnnng, in sad county within'the Sum m ertvin, S. ~ legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon day, the 3rd day of December, 190b6,elRa sat:ehv ad sree n lt being salesday, the following descrrb mnade. We write contracts, deeds and othet. papers. "Al hat tat ace fI We have a Notary Public with Seal in our office. We _ .lAnlin tan strate in thre ounty, act.as agent for absent landowners. We will rent ofngareingdand sitate afsid, con -lands and collect rents. We will list lands anywhere tfCarngon hundre aforesaid,-four in the State. We will negotiate loans on Real- Estate. t4)acresgoe or less asnd bounded We make no charge unless sale is made. We want on the North by lands of James E. to be of service to you. uth by lands of Mary J. Harvin, JUST A SAMPLE: 253 acres, near Summerton, $20.00 per acre. West bylands of James E. Tindal, FOR AN EX &MPLE: Several hundred acres sold near Summer cerdby mil pod. ton for nearly $40.00 per acre a few days ago. P rer pay pofor paes. TO POINT THE MORAL: Space here costs too much to A. I. BARRON explain so simple a lesson. Clerk of Court. LASTLY, We will say that we have a nice business property in MannngS. ., ovemer , 106.town that will be an easy investment. ManigS.C, ovmbrSummerton Real W. O.W. Estate Agency, Woodmnen of the World. Meets on fourth Monday nights at Visiting Sovereigns invited. NEW MARKET. tehave opened ip ai MetMarket in office, where I will keep the bestiFresh Meats of all kinds there the inarket affords. All that I ask is that you give me a tria l. Y u s t l a e R.D. CLARK. ~Cy ne' R.' Phone 7l. P atforii* Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against ees f s ~nytateoThasA B tdhm de-SHOLLCLOPIN n and those owing said estate will make payment to the undersigned qualified Administratr of said este.DAG o o d anning. S. C., November 6, 1906.C 00d R 0a s Notice to Creditors. All leading to il sen hmuyateed STRASS-UOaH COMPANY, those owing said estate will make pay - ment to the undersigned qualified ad minis LEI rs nnsinig, s. C. for Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, and everything to eat A. L. LESESNE, Silver, S. C., Ri. IF. D~ at HEP S FFRE Summeron, S. C. Te es.tla. BusiessllYO ege~, an Ga.i~ .