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1,40OLTIS APP3FLTJ. 3 ditor MANNING, S. C., 31ARCHI :, 1907. PUBLI51ED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUCBSCRIPTION RATES: One year......................-" 5 Six months ................ Foul months........... ......... 50 ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. $1: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. ,ibcral contracts made for three, six and twelve months Communications must De accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal character wil be published eicept as an advertisement. Entered at the .Postorce at Manning as See oad Class matter. WHAT DAMNED McLAURIN IS A VIRTUE WITH HIS ENEMIES. if we remember correctly, Senator Joseph Blackburn of Kentucky, was one of the Demc cratic Senators that questioned the party fealty of Senator John L. McLaurin, and claimed that McLaurin was catering to the Republican president for politi cal favor in the shape of an ap pointment on the Philippine Commission, or a judgeship. Mc Laurin made a speech in the Senate along party lines, and in a few days conditions changed, from partisan politics to loyalty to country. The country's flag bad been fired upon by a foreign foe, and with his conception of Amercian loyalty, McLaurin laid aside the party game arid re fused to permit himself to be tried by a party caucus led by men in whose statesmanship he had no confidence. The leading forces of the Democratic caucus then were J. K. Jones, B. R. Tillman and Joseph -Blackburn. He knew the purpose was to ob struct the administration, and that such obstruction was not for the good of the country, but solely to enhance party interests, at any rate, John L. McLaurin chose to cast his vote contrary to the wishes of these self-as sumed party leaders. and for do ing so he was ostracised, stigma tized and crucified. He was charged with selling out, with having been bribed with the promise of office; even the la mented McKinley was slandered by these reckless politicians who had formed a conspiracy to de stroy McLaurin. Jones was the national chairman and was very loudmouthedin claiming that Mc Laurin had deserted to the Re publicans with the Philippine commission as the price. Presi dent McKinley did tender. Mc Laurin one of the Democratic places on this commission, which he declined. Then Jones said it was for a federal judgeship. President Roosevelt did offer McLaurin such a position which he also declined, and again the lie was given to the charge that "he sold out to the enemy." but all the same the people of South Carolina so idolized Tillman at the time, it would have been useless for McLaurin to have attempted a defense. He retired from the political field, and the people of South Carolina lost from the Senate a man who was conscientiously serving his State, country and constituents, was no sensationalist, nor did he use his high place to advertise a private business on the side for money making purposes. If ever a man served his country unselfishly it was he. J. K. Jones, the party chairman. who aided Tillman to destroy Mc Laurin changed his vote on the canal question and begged for a place on the commission, but he didn't get it, nor was he sent back to the Senate by his people. They discovered his hypocrisy in his connection with the round bale trust, and now comes "Joe" Blackburn, another of the Dem ocratic party's sponsors defeated for re-election to the Senatee ac cepts an appointment on the Panama canal commission from President Roosevelt, and gives it as his opinion that Kentuckyf will go Republican next time. It was the rankest kind of party disloyalty for McLaurin to use his influence with a republican administration to fill the ap pointive offices in the South with white men instead of negroes, for that is what he done, nothing1 did he ask of the administration that would help him personal ly. The president having conifidence in his ability and integrity offered him an appointment which he de clined, but those who conspired with Tillman to destroy him could and did accept any and everything a republican presi dent would give, and the main conspirator, Jones, actually beg ged and pleaded for a job. Till man is the only one of the bunch who has not hung around the, president for a crumb from his table. He does not have to, as his job i's good for six years longer; but as much as he has said about Roosevelt, if he lost1 his place in the Senate and a nice juicy plum was offered him he would do like the rest, take it and be glad to do so. SCRAP BETWIXT DEVI. AND SAINT. We now look for a merry war of editorials between the South-. ern Christian Advocate and the f Columbia State. It will be inter-t esting, because both editors are C good writers, especially when they have a good subject. The It Southern Christian Advoeate'i does not take kindly to the coun- I ty dispensary idea, arnd its pre-. judice is so great that it is un-Il willing to give it the chance that its editor pleaded for when he was a strong advocate of the had "something to do" with the enactment of the State dispen sary law, and until he joined the ministry he was a very strong partisan, and now that he has assumed the editorship of the representative organ of the Methodist church anything he might say on the liquor or any other political question will at tract more than ordinary atten tion, and we presume it is be cause of this the Columbia State read Editor Nettles a lecture which is calculated to raise his ire. We shall be an interested looker on. The following is from the State, 25th, instant: "The Southern Christian Advocate has for many years past been a power for good in South Carolina: its high aims has been manifest, and its sincerity as unquestioned as its purity of purpose. It has in those years had occasion to fight vigorously, yet never forfeiting confidence and respect, in or out of the Methodist church in South Carolina. It has been gratifying to The State to find itself so frequently alined with that Christian paper. But we are, frank to express the opinion that, unless there is a change from the more recent policy of the Southern Christian Advocate, there will be. a marked decrease in its strength. Here is a comment from Editor Nettles, who last summer but a week before the primary suddenly attempted to throw the influence of the church paper to the dispensary: 'It is heart-sickening to daily read the preparation making by our State to increase the sale of whiskeys. It looks as if the whiskey men again have things their own w ay. As the Advo cate gave warning, county dispensaries are proving so far a backward step. Richland county is advertising for bids for nearly 1,000 barrels of liquors. Such evidence of lack of sincerity and of misrepresentation of facts is likely to give very many persons that believe in ;air, honest lighting a sick ening sensation several inches below the heart. We are not here to defend county dispensaries: if they are to be justified they must prove their justifii cation. Neither are we fighting pro hibitionists: we believe the large ma jority of the territory of South Caro lina is theirs by the power of popular sentiment, and we hope that will seize and hold that territory. And where they can not enforce prohibition, we trust they will scrutinize the methods of sellinz whiskey, aid in suppressing illegal traffc, and enforce the law. But we are opposed to bushwhacking, we are opposed to hypocrisy, we are op posed to an alleged campaignxor "tem perance' by Tillman's coat-ail swingers that followed him with acclamation while he was pouring more mean whis key down the throats of South Caro linians than was ever poured before; they obey his wishes now, when, with out testing the county dispensaries, he decrees prohibition for the whole State, without local option Editor Nettles knows that "prepara tion" is not being made "to increase the sale of whiskey." As a matter of course, in those counties where prohi bition fails, whiskey is to be sold. But how dare the man that supported Till man's State dispensary with a business of upward of four million dollars a year, and a stench of graft that rose to high heaven, say that county dispen saries "are proving so far a backward step," that it looks "as if the whiskey men again have things their own way," and that preparations are being made "to increase the sale of whiskey?" "Richland is advertising for 1,000 barrels of liquors," says The Advo cate. Well, and what does that prove? Did Editor Nettles make protest when the State dispensary bought twenty thousand barrels, and the air was full of talk of rake-offs? "The profit fea ture," he declares, "now is paramount." That is the worst feature of the dirty liquor business, and we hope a public conscience will be at a not distant day aroused against it. But who made these profits appear so desirable in the eyes of South Carolinians? None but B. R. Tillman, the noble leader of Editor Nettles.' To say such profits are "now" paramount is a very misleading state ment of fact. They were the para mount feature of the State dispensary. Richland is advertising for about 00 barrels of liquor and some wine. We believe it will be bought honestly, that grafters will be made sick at heart, and that a less deg'rading' whiskey will be given to the peo~ple. Under the pres ent law the incentive to dispensers to push sales is removed. They will do so at their peril and the peril of their bondsmen. When sustainers of the graft honeycombed State dispensary that flooded South Carolina with whis key, assail any other system before that system has got in full operation, there must necessarily be grave doubt of the high moral purpose of the assail ants. One is inclined to look for the shirt of the disgruntled politician be neath the coat of the moralist." GEE ! WHAT A ROAST.. Tillmian has again brought down upon himself the wrath of newspapers for insulting those who tried to treat him with the courtesy due to his high office.| It seems that he was being in tertained at a Republican club in Virginia and he took occasion use such -language about the President of the United States that a fisticuff came near result ing. At any rate, the Senator is being frkely censured by the newspapers, and the following from the Richmond News-Lead er is a sample: "What an ill-contrived, cross-gained, porcupine lkind of a brute this man Tillman is : Here in Richmond he was treated with the most careful and elaborate courtesy. Governor Swan on, in his own carriage, drove the vis itor over the city in the afternoon. The newspapers gave him ample notice a~nd the audience was large and repre sentative. Yet he went out of his way o insult the local Young Mens' Christ ian Association by accusing it of neg lect and discourtesy and his lecture itself was socoarse in many of its al usions and illustrations as to shock the indly and refined people who gather d to listen and who had the right to ~xpect that their feelings and tastes vould be respedted. The poor strolling layer, who performs in cheap houses nd earns twenty dollars a week, is :ourteous to his patrons as a matter >f instinct, training, principle and olicy, but the Senator from South jarolina could not observe the ordinary 'ules of decency. We see that even he local Young Mens' Christian Asso iation itself is compelled, through its 2 wn publication, to resent the unjust t .nd untruthful criticism to which the3 enator subjected it and to tender an I direct apology to the public for iringing him here. But he got his 150 and probably that is all he cares :r. Now, we see he grossly violated he propieties while the guest of a so al club at Martinsburg and nearly 'recipitated a personal Ifight. The man aves a trail of bad flavor and bad. emper' wherever he goes. He care ully adver'tises himself and his show, -eri much as Tom Dixion does, by dis- I egarding the ordinary conventionali- 1 is and decencies of life and making nmself conspicuous for vulgarity, ~oarseness and ill nxatuire. The South rn gentleman is about the most cour eos, kindly, genuine and loyal of all luman beings: and, on the otiher hand, I regards the traditions of his section or is ignorant of them and presents him self as a sharper and trickster intent on making money at any cost, is about the hardest, most callous. most un scrupulous and grinding propositions in existence, and'the Southerner who for any reason, or without reason and merely in obedience to instinct, is a tough: is the most insuf'erable and offensive of all blackguards."-Rich mond News-Leader. Stood the Test. Allcock's Plasters have successfully stood the test of sixty years use by the public: their virtues have never been equalled by the unscrupulOus imitators who have sought to trade upon the reputation of Alicock's by making plasters with holes in them, and claim ing them t be "just as good as All cock's." Allock's plasters stand today en dorsed by not only the highest medical authorities, but by millions of grateful patients who have proved their efficacy as a household remedy. An indication of prosperity and progress is shown in the ad vertisement of The Bank of Summerton in this issue. This nititution under-its able presi dent has been a success from the very beginning, and besides re turning to its stockholders satis factory dividends, it is conceded that through it, Summerton and the surrounning country has de veloped and prospered such as no other section of the county in the same number of years. When the matter of starting a bank at Summerton was first projected there were many who doubted the outcome, but Mr. Richard B. Smyth with his keen business foresight knew that - a section of country so wonderful ly blessed with fertile lands, and populated with such sterling people, success would crown any well managed business ef fort: with this confidence he founded The Bank of Summer ton, and he, and all connected with-it, have enough reason to press forward with advancing progress to establish a savings department for the safety and convenience and profit of the general public. We are glad the Bank of Summerton has taken this progressive step, and we sincerely hope its new depart ment will be appreciated by the public by giving to it a strong, substantial patronage. Any en terprise that serves to aid peo ple to lay aside something for a rainy day, as a savings depart ment in a well officered and man aged bank does. deserves the hearty co-operation of every body, and we do not hesitate to urge our readers to begin at the opening to deposit with The Bank of Summerton what money they can afford to lay aside, and let it draw interest. A little amount deposited every month will, in the course of time make a handsome "nest egg" in an emergency, or when an oppor tunity presents itself for the purchase of property whether it be a home or a plantation. Panama Canal-Erie Canal. Machinery is digging the Panama Canal a thousand times quicker than the shovel dng the Erie. Machinery produces thme L. & M. Paint at 50:times less cost for labor than if made by hand. The L. & M. gives the best job in the world, because L. & M. Zinc hardens L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 15 years. It only requires 4 gallons of this celebrated paint and 3 gallons of Linseed Oil at 60 cts per gallon, to paint a moderate sized house. If any defect exists in L. & M. Paint,will repaint house for nothing. Sold by The Arant Co. Drug Store, Manning. Teachers Examination. The next regular teachers examina tion will be held in the court house from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Friday April 19. The dates for holding these examinations have been changed, and will hereafter be held on the third Fridays in April and October. The Reading Circle examination will be sent direct to applicants during the month of May. S. P. HOLLADAY, Sup't. How to Remain Yong. To continue young in health and strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan, Mc Donough, Ga., did. She says: "Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured me of chronic liver and stomach trouble, complicated with such an unhealthy conditiori of the blood that my skin turned red as fiannel. I am now prac ically 20 years younger than before I took Electric Bitters. I can now do all my work with ease and assist in my usband's Istore." Guaranteed at The Arant Co. Drug Store. Price 50c. Family Screts. Intimate Friend-Is your father go ing to give you away? Prospective Bride-I would like to see hila-Ex hang. Beau the The Kind You Have Always Bought or Too Selfish. Citiman-What's the matter with all ou Swamphurst fellows? You don't1 eem to like my friend Backlotz. Sub >ubs-No; he's selfish. Citiman - Oh, ~ome now! Subbubs-That's what he s. A barn near him caught fire the ther night, and he put it out without aiting for the rest of us members of he Swamphurst IHose to reach the eene.-Philadelphia Public Ledger. Are you tired, fagged out, nervous, eepless. feet mean~? Hollister's Rocky fountain Tea strengthens the nerves, ids digestion, brings refreshing sleep 5 cents, Tea or Tablets. Dr. W. E. ~rown & Co. His Suggestion. "That young woman is not intelli- t ent, amiable or even decently courte us." "Oh, but her father is worth a million ollars." "Then I think she should be required o display a notice to that effect." ~ouisville Courier-Journal. Bearsthe ou Hre AwaysBought OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF MANNING Located at Mauuing, S. C., AT TitE tLUSE OF ULsINIsS RESOURCES. Loans and discounts........$139,108 66 Demand loans............... 59,197 17 Overdrafts............. .... 49 00 Bonds and stocks owned by the bank............ Banking house.............. 4,833 50 Furniture and fixtures...... 2.396 00 Other real estate........... ~831 51 Due from banks and bankers 35,438 04 Currency................... 5,344 00 Gold ....................... 200 00 Silver, nickels and pennies.. 1,488 40 Checks and Cash Items..... 2,301 31 Exchanges for the Clearing H ouse.................... ......... Total...... ..............8251,187 59 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in ......$ 40,000 00 Surplus Fund............... 40,000 00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid...................... 14,27: 03 Due to Banks and Bankers.. ......... Due Unpaid Dividends...... 100 00 Individual Deposits Subject to Check . ............... 156,815 56 Savings Deposits........... ......... Demand Certificates....... . ........ Time Certificates .... . ........... . Certified Checks............ ......... Cashier's Checks.......... ......... Due to Clearing House...... ......... Notes and Bills Rediscounted ........ Bills Payable............... ........ Total......................$251,187 59 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY oF CLARENDON. f Before me came Joseph Sprott, Cash ier of The Bank of Manning, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank. JOSEPH SPROTT. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 26th day of March, 1907. [L. S.] F. E. BARRON, Notary Public for 'S. C. Correct Attest: A. LEVI, W. E. BROwN, J. W. MCLEOD, Directors. S T A 'T E M EsN T of the condition of the Bank of Summerton Located at Summerton, S. C., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS March 19, 1907. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts........$ 73,806 26 Demand Loans.............. 13,380 36 Overdrafts .......... ...... 464 39 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank................. ......... Banking House............. 1,800 00 Furniture and Fixtures..... 1,480 82 Other real estate........... ........ Due from Banks and Bankers 6,1I4 14 Currency................... 660 00 Gold ..~..................... 75 00 Silver, Nickles and Pennies 534 06 Checks and Cash Items 83 72 Exchanges for the Clearing H ouse ................. ......... Total.......... ........$98,398 75 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in...$ 25,000 00 Surplus Fund............. 7,000 00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid ........... ........ 1,716 15 Due to Banks and Bankers.. ....... Due Unpaid Dividends............. Individual Deposits Subject to Check ............... 41,622 09 Savings Deposits.......... ....... Demand Certificates ....... ....... Time Certificates..........2,983 71 Certified Checks......... ......... Cashier's Checks.... ....- 76 80 Due to Clearing House...... ....... Notes and Bills Rediscounted........ Bills Payable......... .... 20,000 00 Total.............. ... $98,398 75 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY oF CLARLENDON. Before me came John W. Lesesne, Cashier, of Bank of Summnerton, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank. JNO. W. LESESNE, Cashier. Sworn to before me, this 23rd day of March, 1907. [L. S.] RICHARD B. SMYTH, Notary Public for S. C. Correct Attest C. M. DAVIS, T. S. ROGAN, RICHARD B. SMYTH, Directors. STATEMENT -of the condition of Bank of Clarendon, Located at Manning, S. C., at the close of business on M~ARCH 19, 1907. RESOURCES. Lans and discounts........73,003 73 emand loans.............. 3,825 00 )verdrafts,................ 148 77 urniture and fixtures...... 1,438 53 ue from banks and bankers 9,373 70 urrency................. 1,749 00 101d....................... 90 00 silver, nickels and pennies 807 51 3heks and cash items. .. 963 98 Total............ .....891L400 22 LIABILITIES. sapital stock paid in... 25,000 00 individed profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid....... ............. 7,334 78 ndividual deposits subject to check.................. 59.065 44 avings deposits......... ........ ~otes and bills rediscounted .... ills payable............ ........ Total......... ........ $91,400 22 TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, r COUSTY or CLA&RENDON. i Before me came J. T. Stukes, Cash r of Bank of Clarendon, who being uly sworn, says that the above and >egoing statement is a true condition f said bank, as shown by the books of le in said bank. .1. T. STUKES. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me. iis 26th day of March, 1907. IL I. BAGNAL. Notary Public for S. C. Orrect Attest: J. A. WEINBERG, FRANK P. ERVIN, S. A. RIGBY, Directors. [odeD Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. ~ennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar res all Coughs, and expels Colds from me system bY e nty movinn the bowels. aim A ,i"I _________________________________ _-____7 BANK or UMRETO. DEPOSIT YOUR SAVINGS WHERE THfEY WILL EARN SOMETHlING FOR YOU On April the 1st we propose to open in con nection with the BANK OF SUMMERTON, a Savings Department We will pay interest at the Rate of four per Cent per annum, compounding the same quarterly. 4 Per Cent. Compound Interest has earned more millions than speculation this rate, money doubles itself in seventeen year and eight months---$1,ooo,oo becomes $2,ooodo with no effort on your part, and your money is absolutely safe at all times. We offer the following resources of the BAK OF SUMMERTON, as protection to depositors: CAPITAL FULLY PAID IN..........$25,000.0 SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS.. .................................... $8,000.00 STOCKHOLDERS' LIABIL ITY ........ ................. ................. $25,000.00 $58,000.0 In addition all officers of the Bank are fully bonded, and a full line of Burglar and Fire In surance carried. YOU CAN BANK BY MAIL. You need not call in person to deposit with us, send us your deposit by mail, and we will acknowledge same by return mail and send you pass book. I' Officers of the Bank of Summerton. IRICHARD B. SMYTH, President. C. M. DAVIS, Vice-President. JOHN W. LESESNEr *1 ___ashi___