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PULAW-5ED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SU bsCIUPTION RATES: O...~~......*- ....... $150O SXtZft........-* ......-6 lr.,nthS....................... 1 1 5 ADVE RTISING -ATES: Cue square. one time, 51: each subsequent in scrt:on, 5L) cents. Obituaries and Tributes of RespecC charged for as regular advertisements. Li 1er. contracts made for three, six and twelve Conmunications must oc accompanledby the real name and address of the writer in order to rieeivC attention. 'No communication of a personal character -:ll be pablished except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoffice at Manning as Sec ond Class matter. OUR GRAND JURY'S REPORTS TO BE RE SPECTED. The matter of better pay for court witnesses is recom mended by a Spartanburg grand jury which is commendable, and should be recognized by the law makers. but at the same time, law makers must also recognize the fact that grand juries are frequently the embodiments of hypocrisy, and that their recom mendations are not intended by them to be taken seriously. We have in point the frequent rec ommendations of our grand ju ries with regard to the matter of building a new court house for this county, something all will concede, will be in the progres sive direction, yet,when it comes to the place where their recom mendations can be entrusted into hands that will carry them out they craw-fish and fall behind the plea of heavy taxation. If these grand juries are tax bur dened and know the taxes are oppressive why will they per sist in filling up their present ments with hypocritical preten sions by demanding that which they do not want, and praying all the time that they will not get it. Our grand juries in near I ly every court published to the world the unsafe and uncomfort able condition of the court house, they characterized it as a dis grace to have such a building for public purposes, they de manded of those in authority to devise the proper means to re move this disgraceful and men acing structure, and replace it with one that will be safe for the records,and comfortable to those who are compelled to attend the court. The opportunity was giv enby those chosen to represent the taxpayers to obtain their consent for this demanded im provemen-,~and we found among the mod stren.ous objectors, men who had served upon the very grand juries that made pub lic condemnation of the court house. They remind us of the '-nigger" who prayed for rain, when it came it was in torrents and seemed it would never stop. He wvent back upon his knees, and said "Oh Lord,when I pray *ed for rain I meant a nice, gen tle drizzle drozzle,and not a mud sill floater and gulley washer, an bein' as I am gittin' mor'n I want I ax yer not to tek me too much in yearnest." Just so with the grand juries making present ments to the court for improve ments, but they are not as much in earnest as their presentments would appear. It is common sense, that - wit nesses dragged in court with a pay of fifty cents a day is ridic ulous and a hardship, in fact, it frequently is a punishment; the party being without means, at court on business not his own, and for the pay allowance he cannot get a comfortable place to stayand not enough to eat,yet to increase the pay of witnesses would necessarily increase the court expenses, hence increase taxation, and the very men who clamor for the increase of pay for witnesses would howl like hyena's agaiast an increase of -taxation.. The people, and especially our grand juries, must learn "they cannot eat their cake and -keep it too." No public improve ments, however urgent and nec essary,can be made without pro viding the where-with-all.It takes money,not presentments, and re solutions. Kicks and complaints will not pay for material and la bor, and it is either consent to taxation or stop registering com plaints about conditions,whether they be inadequate facilities for public purposes, poorly paid wit nesses,.axle-breaking and stock . killing highways, or anything else which requires money to correct. IS THE SENATE ROTTEN? The United States senate was, -until recently, considered the highest type of American citi zenship. The attainment to this high station was a prize worthy of the noblest ambitior-, but is it so now? Senators have been found corrupt, their sins were discovered, and the locks of jails have clanked in their faces ;death rescued one from a criminal's garb. One is now lingering be hind caged doors in fulfilment of -a court sentence, and there are others now sitting in the Ameri can parliment who would better fit a stone pile. The recent trag edy in Washington lifted the veil from the black sin of a former senator and exposed in all of its hideousness the double life of a man one time honored by the highest gift of an unsuspecting people. It is appalling how,what should be, and was in former days the pinnacle of - American ambition, to find in this day of a more ad vanced civilization that it has degenerated. The press of the South is not alone in comment northern papers., not the subser vient tools of politicians,. are be g-inning to express their chagrin and regret that such a condition exists. We reproduce from the Republican Watchman published at Greenport, L. I. New York. a town where the writer attended school, the following forceful cx pression. If the subject were not too nauseous to be funny, it might be amusing to note the spasm of outraged virtue which comes "out of the depths" of many Republican and seii-Republican organs, over the latest developments in "Tom" Platt's foul private life. There is a sudden loud and sibilant call for his resignation, as well as for that of his alter ego, Depew, from the U. S. Sen ate, which has been disgraced by their presence in only a lesser degree than has the State of New York by being compelled to submit to the shame of their "representation" of it. The pure and pious Rep. journalists with their "independent" allies, are not pointing with pride to these bright ensemplars of Republican righteousness, but are hotly demanding that they take them selves out of the Senate Chamber with out delay. Yet Platt, ever since and long before, he became "Me, Too" to "My Lord Roscoe, and Depew,Lver since he signalized himself as the "De pop ulator" by falsifying the census statis ties in order to rob the southern part of the State of its rightful power at Al bany, have been the same old political prostitutes, morally rotten and void of all claim to respect from decent people. Platt was notorious as long ago as when cynical "Jimmy" Husted, Speaker of the Assembly and himself no prude, led some of his admiring followers to peep over the transom of the Senator's room at the Delevan Hotel; and Depew for years was head lobbyist for the Van derbilt railroads at Albany, until they found a better field for his talents at Washington, to which position they forced their servile tools in the Legis lature to elect him. These two un speakable creatures can justly be charged upon the Republican party as its own progeny, for whom it has con stantly stood sponsor, and it is too late to repudiate them now in any hope to escape responsibility. Platt and Depew are Republican products, and the G. 0. P. must stand by them,even if it be with averted nose." So far, they show no sign of sensibility and no purpose to resign. According to the government report, there has been ginned up to December 1st, 10,025,445 bales of cotton which is an indi cation of a 11,500,000 bale crop and a 10i cent price, with a strong probability of reaching 12 cents by May. The Florence Times went up against it not long ago by pub lishing a communication which gave offense to the board of dea cons of the Florence Baptist church, and this body adopted res olutions condemning the editor for giving currency toa scurrilous attack upon representatives of the Christian ministry. Editor Ayer in a manly apology con fesses that he allowed the com ~munication to be published with out knowing its contents, and is ashamed of his own careless ness. We can sympathize with Editor Ayer in his dilemma. We too, have been censured for ex pressions used by correspon den'ts in this paper which would not have appeared had we done our careful duty and used an editor's prerogative to "cut out" that which was offensive or ger mane. In the Florence editor's case his giving offense to .a church body is extremely morti fying to any editor who has a pride in his paper, and we can speak from our knowledge of the man that Editor Ayer's apol ogy is no lip service, but an hon est expression from his heart, and we commend him for having the manhood to do the right thing. It is stated that Hon. J. Fra ser Lyon, recently elected At torney General, has just return ed from the West, where he has been making investigations in connection with the dispensary. Mr. Lyon told a reporter "that strong prima facie evidence has been produced already, but with public sentiment divided, it would be difficult to convict on what has been brought out. However, if the legislature should instruct him to go ahead with the investigations, he would go to the last ditch." It would be the heighth of folly to have an investigating committee that will not co-oporate with the At torney General-better not have any- It was plain to be seen that the present committee was not unanimous in their methods of searching, and in their con clusions, the inivestigated had friends on the committee looking after their interests. There is only one way to accomplish to wards getting positive evidence of corruption, and that is by legislation giving the Attorney General the same power and the means to have investigations made by experts. as is given .to the prosecuting officers in other States. Let him have the books of the dispensary searched by an expert, and let him have the power to bring suits in the United States Court for any sums of money due the State which are not properly credited. An action for an accounting in the United States Courts may even unearth treasury that w-as thought to be .buried in Hub bell's grave. Attention has been directed to the State Board of dispensary Directors increasing the price of lower grade whiskey, and the question is asked, is this a move ment to make a good showing when the board makes its report to the legislature? Or is it to raise that $400,000 due the school fund, and which has been due and not paid for ever so long, but used in the reports to make a showng of solvency. If the drinkers of cheap booze are called upon now to pay more for their oh-be-joyful just to~ ift the dispensary's finances ut of a hole, it looks to us as if it is about as mean a discrimina be manipulated. Why raise the price of cheap liquor? The pres ent price is already too high 2 when the quality is considered, bat if the hull of the dispensary = ship is sinking, means must be provided to stop the leak, and calling upon the poor man to man the p u mu p s is more likely to nicet with a successful response. Those able to dr Ink the good grades, if a raise were made upon them, would or der from abroad, but the poor z man can only buy in small quan- z tities and it is he who must be depended upon to pay up the de ficiency before the institution is I dissected by the legislature when it meets next month. With in the past few months theboard has been turning some of the li quor money over to the school fund, this year about $40,000 of which Clarendon's portion is $862.57, but if there is owing to the free school fund 8400,000,and that amount is past due why this E late payment in small amounts? Why not take it from the dispen sary and put it where it belongs and where it is needed? How's This! We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan eally able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & TaUAX, wholesale druggists. Toledo. 0. WALDG, KVIAN & MARVIN, wholesale dru gists, Toledo, o. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally., acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bole. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials frc. Halls Family Pills ar,-. the best. HOME MISSIONS. MANNING AUXILIARY CONDUCTED BY MRS. J. D. GERALD, Superintend ent Press Work. WEEK OF PRAYER AND THANKS GIVING. "Prayer and praise are the keys that unlock the treaure house of God." Realizing this, the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of the Methodist church observed last week as a week of prayer and thanksgiving. The blessings of God on their efforts in the past and especially during the year just closing as is shown by a decided edvance at home an% in foreign lands, call for thanksgiving. Meetings were held each after noon at the church, led by various members of the two societies. The attendance was good and the contributions were liberal. The program included studies of the several mission fields, both at home and abroad, beside the regular devotional exercises. Such topics as Immigration, Cuban Work, Why do Roman Catholic Priests Forbid Their1 Members to Read the Bible and Korean Mission could not bu lend interesto the meetings and give information to all. Wanted, womer., tender, true, Women work, none else can do. Women sit in darkness yonder, While we hesitate and wonder, Women cursed with bands tht tighten Bands of caste which naught can lighten. Sisters give them helping hands: Take God's peace to sin-cursed lands. Hear ye Dot the echo ring? Women wanted for the King. Turbeville Dots. ditor The Manning Times Rev. L. L. Bedenbaugh has returned from Conference and we are indeed glad that he will be with us for another year. Rev. B. J. Guess, our former pastor, but now of Harssville, was here for a few days last week. He occupied the pulpit here on Sunday afternoon and preached a forceful and thoughtful ser mon to a large congregatIon. County Superintendent of Education, S. P. Holladay, visited the school last week and found it in a flourishing con dition. Prof. and Mrs. F. E. Bradbam spent Saturday and Sunday in Manning. Miss Minnie Turbeville,after a week's stay at Lucknow, has returned to her home. G. New Zion iats. Editor The Manning Times: Miss Clark of Workman attended preaching here Sumter. Miss Pierson of Sumter is teaching the Hicks school. Rev. L. L. Bedenbaugh is preacher for the New Zion church for the next year. Rev. B. J. Guess of Hartsville preached here last Sunday. Mr. C. W. Lavender of Indiantown is at his old home again. B. A Daughter' Tribute. My dear, kind and loving father, who departed this life on April 3rd, 196. He was loved and honored and adored by all who knew him, and was such a kind husband, and devoted father. I love and honor his memory, and can never forges him. I think of him by ( day and by night, and wish so much I could see him again, and hope and pray I will meet him some day around that blessed throne in heaven. I sometimes think of little things he used to say and do, and it makes me h~ feel so dreadfully blue.d I cry and worry, and wish that he y. could come back; but that loving sol s is so happy that he wants to stay where he is at. - Oh! I don't want to see Christmas i come, and my darling father can't be n With US.a I will be such a dull Christmas for i all who loved him, but he is an angel , in heaven, and is so happy, while we y are so.unhappy without. Written by i his loving devoted daughter. KATIE D. JENKINSom. Keep in Good Health. There are many thousands of people all over the world who can attribute their good health to taking one or two Brandreth's Pills evergr night. These pills cleanse the stomach and bowels, stimulate the kidneys and liver and purify the blood. They are the same fine laxative tonic pill your grand parents used, and being purely vege table the. are adapted to children and old people, as well as to those in the vigor of manhood and womanhood. Brandreth's Pills have been in use for over a century and can be obtained in every drug and medicine store, THE OLD, OLD STORY. The old story of selling goods at cost haye become so com mon in these days and times until it has whiskers on it a yard long. Of course, there are some goods in almost any stock of any size that would be -weil sold at cost, but ordinarily a man can't stand long by selling his goods at cost. You can come to our store and buy your entire bill of us and ten chances to one you will buy it much cheaper than you could from those who are selling out at cost. We have a large stock for you to select from and everything put down at the Lowest Possible Prices. Times have been so hard that you have put off buying that bill of Shoes for yourself and family. We want to tell you that we have an immense stock of Shoes on hand and we are willing to part with them at very close prices. It will pay you to see our great line of Black Bottom Godman Shoes for Men. Ladies and Children, Shoes that wear well and give satisfaction at a reasonable price, is the Shoes we want to sell you. - Ladies' Jersey Knit Vests, with pants to match, only 24c. each, or 47c. per suit., Mens' Heavy Fleeced-lined Undershirts, with Drawers to match, only 45c. each, or 87c. per suit. Slaughter Sale of Men's Clothing, M::s' Suits, Boys' Suits, Mens' Pants, and Oveis coatsj a large line of separate Jackets, all of our large stock of Cloth ing will go at sacrifice prices. If you need Dry Goods of any kind, don't fail to see us, as we are selling everything very close, as we know the times are hard and if we sell at all we must sell close. Furniture Department. We have a large and well selected Stock of Furniture on hand and those who need Furniture can drive some good bargains at our store with the cash, and you will get what you want at the right prices. I W. E. Jenkinson Co. I ETI WAN FERTILIZERS .Are Made From The Best Materials And roduce Such Good Results That Every Ton That We Can Manufacture. or All Crops and For Big Crops SUse Etiwan Fertilizers. ATARRH CURED AT HOMETiin&Pubg rrial Treatment of Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy Free to Sufferers. Hv ortnigdn ya xe f you have catarrh of the nose. throat, or recdwrmn ags, if you are constantly spitting, blowing ctadtra l ie fpp n enose, have stopped up feeling, head noises, ainess, asthma, bronchitis or weak lungs:,mawy ed od h ih hn ) can cure yourself at home by a remedy sobyhoeworigmterwrk rple that even a child casi use it. Imk pcat fdi l id It will cost you only a postal card to get a sc beral free trial package of Dr. Blosser'sofsdei, ascfept, oderfuli remedy. .It is sent by mail to every tessewpnaueasdhpns ierested sufferer. Certainlj n~o offer could be Iml aso ntigta ed e h ful tr eatment is not expensive. A pack- piig e containing enough to last one wthole month wy pst card with r .name and address t to H. R. BOGER, Manning. S. C., will bring yu l tvs aehdtebs u by return mail the free trial treatment and eprec ihhrwr e n interesting booklet, so that you can at oncewilgvyosasfcon gin to cure yourself privately at home. Ifyrlapiouofrdretm AND CURE THE LUNCSJONPBEL WITH Dr. King's So erJrda' tbe New DiscoveryWodeofteor. CONSUMPTION Price FOR IOUGHS and 50c & $1.00 Meso orhMna ihsa ~OLDS Free Trial. 8:0 TROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or XONBY BACE. The ran Co DrgSore alwas redyI toi do therBighthn Attractive Prices .on ISTYLISH CLOTHING FO DECEMBER.4 Our sales on Fine Cloth ing. notwithstandinge -h very short cotton. crop, have been as good-s . any previous seasou. But our sales on eheap and medium price goodshave fallen behind. Now, in, order to make up the de- - ficiency during. t,.h,,e:,'.X month of December, we 0 are going to make 78 Very Low Prices on all Suits, Overcoats, Rain Coats, Underwear . and Lap Robes. All of our oodsiare * marked in plain figures so that anyone can see 0 Iii what the regularglar - prices were. Please bear . 0 in mind that this is not a cost sale. We n want to 'reate hat e4impression. C o r r etl y stated, it is a divsion profit sale; the custome getting the lion's share - Copyright 19o6 by Hart Schainer & Marx of the profits? S UMTE-F r eu udcin ournu rou T i A w-osefr nSad rv In is sh aeig usie ss matn ta ouses hi ooruntich hes toanaye . D prsen fiaca odio la nscrin n te og tint ad i s i l a mate of sho r d. Armet en monD-eyvl epentifu and onal ac red inos edy tee, sellf a ed po it. 1nu or anw bri e d fo a fl ecripios ou r numivatous as fo nelelows:elich nd c necesah otobcobans ood sables. WilGrove al loamn churhe in ealey reah Joe F.ar.row's_ [s' u one n goom timber r ea ntues and eal la ed sigho l aded churcesw hi STHA isente~ cand ofares in su- na urb ofin te e slf-dain ed,r0 p racial tl derltiain . xe lent buidi lotsu nea raed school and chrcs Good lo ty. cleared. e pe r goo scho l chrchs tandpore Call on or wrte ufor our lists of properties wit toacc ba an bstables. Wil Firo EInsur-Ett.W aelad uvee n'jwa anWeewitetchtratsndeeddandomhernaies. 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