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Febuary 17, 1908. i One more week and it will be all over so far as the session of the General Assembly for 190S is concerned, but the coming week means much for those who have mee sures of importance for their hon:e constituents, for instance I have upon the House Calendar three bills that mean a great dea' to local interests. The bill to v-ilidate the election in school dist-ictdNo. 9 means that should it fail it may cause a year's delay in building our school house, then I have a bill creating a bond issue to pay off back indebted ness, this was done without any increase in the tax levy. Here tofore Clarendon has had a one half mill levy for public roads, I have taken away the one-nalf mill for roads and placed this one-half mill to pay off the in terest on bonds and create a sinking fund. Now if this bill should for any reason fail it will out us in bad shape. I have made several trips over to the House looking after these meas ures and all other measures I am interested in, and find things in a very congested condition. Mr. Dingle aided by Messrs. Scar borough and Woods, is watching a chance to bring forward all of Clarendon's bill, and he hopes to get them up in this mornings session, if he succeeds there will be no trouble about their getting through. Mr. Scarborough's bill for the additional bond for Summerton school district is through and has been ratified and approved by the Governor. Mr. Scar borough stayed by his bill until he got it through and it is the only way to succeed up here. Dr. P. M. Salley of Pinewood and Mr. Jos. R. Griffin came up Friday to look after the bill to consolidate school districts 1 and 25, and they were gratified to find the bill was already rati fled and in the hands of His Ex cellency the Governor. I accom panied them to the executive office, and we had the pleasure of witnessing South Carolina's Chief Magistrate affix his official signature to the Act which con solidates school districts 1 and 25 in Clarendon county to be hereafter known as school dis trict No. 1. I predict there will soorn be a movement in Pine wood for a first class school building and if I am correct, I hope legislation just completed is the preliminary step. Ti:e lien law repeal has creat ed the hardest fight of the ses sion. and it appeared to me at times~ that some of those who were professing to want the lien law z-epealed were not as sincere as they would like for their con stituents to think. I am not say ing this to give cause for some Senator to rise to a question of of p-ersonal privilege; that racket bas run itself out I hope, but I base my opinion upon the fact that when the proposition was made to wipe out the mortgage clause the very fellows who were loudest in demanding the repeal of section 3059 kicked like steers with scalding water thrown on their backs, they would not listen to it. It will be remember ed that at a mass meeting held in the court house I expressed it as my opinion that the repeal of the jien law would not give the relief they expected, but it would ultimately prove a bles sing to the merchant and a bur den to the landlord. However this mnass meeting adopted a res olution instructing the delega tion to vote for the repeal of the statutes which permitted the mortgaging of a crop before it was up and growing. I was pledged by the action of that mass meeting and therefore put my own judgment aside to carry out my instructions. In my re marks to the Senate I told them how I was situated, and unless they were willhng to repeal the whole lien scheme, it was hy pocrisy to repeal section 3059 as that would only be giving the people a shadow when they were clamoring for substance. I made several efforts to get my amend ment adopted but the pretending lien-law repealers would not con sent tinally my amendment was tabled in order to take up the Hvdrick bill from the House was in all particulars like my own amendment: this too was killed. the debate was adjourned over. and the next morning Senator Rogers of Marlboro introduced another amendment looking to the repeal of the mortgage clause. this time it fell a tie vote and the President killed the ame-.! ment. then when it was seen :hocre was no intention of giv-ing the people what they wVere ~clamoring for. and the desire being to only give them the repeal of a measure which long ::go has become obsolete beca1 se of its being useless, we determ:ined to put these fellows on vrcordannd send them bar-k home to explain, but we would not let them go at that, instead, we gave them one more chance, upon the principle that "while the lamp holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may return," and we agreed to reconsider te tuo tion which killed the repeal, bul it did no good, they were no1 willing to go so far, they only wanted to nip the little white spot on the dog's tail, and no1 cut off the entire tail. Therefore the law remains as it was, anc now the issue will be made ir the campaign by some politiciar wanting to be governor. It is already hinted that Capt. Juhr Richards will run on the platforn of Prohibition, and the Repeal of the Lien Law. Both plat forms are all right to make im practical appeals upon, and may be very popular with the mass es. I know prohibition is, anc believe it has so grown in popu larity that if the issue is made Charleston will go for prohibi tion, and so will Columbia. The loudest prohibitionists in eithei of these two cities are men wh< have been selling libuor all o: their lives, they now say they want prohibition and will vote for it. It my last letter I intended t< correct a wrong impression madE throughout the State by th< resolutions offered by Senato: Smith of Hampton to have m< brought before the Bar of th Senate. It was natural for peo ple to think the man who ir. troduced the resolation was ar rayed against me, but such i: not - the case. Senator Smiti and myself are friends, an< without consulting me or givins me any idea of his purpose h< introduced the resolution in or der that I may have an apportu nity to make a clear statement He thought probably the state ment I made in the mornins when I was taken by surpris was under excitement and if : had time to think it over I coul make my position stronger. This was his sole reason. Had an' effort been made to institute ex pulsion proceedings S e n a t 0: Smith would have been one o my strongest defenders. I am receiving commendator: letters every day, and the pres: of the whole State as well a. some without the State has en dorsed my position. I herewitl give to THE TiIEs readers onl: a tew extracts. I haven't thi space to spare for all of them. A. The chief objection to Senator Ap pelt's editorial on the subject of the dispensary - graft - attorney - senator seems to have been its truthful ex posure of actual conditions. Mr. Appel merrly put in black and white wha hundreds have been freely saying fo sometime and what a majority of th people believe. The very sensitiv4 senators whose angry passions were s furiously aroused by Appelt's impiou criticismn of their exercise of the priv ilege of representing and accepting pay from both parties to the case of th< State vs the grafters: the indignan senators, whose indignation was :arous ed by criticism of their act, called Mr Appelt all sorts of hard names, bu succeeded only in making asinine spectales of themselves and deceive< no one. When all is said and done i remains a fact that the member of th~ legislature wh is the hired representa tive of any corporation or individua ira a cause~ of action against the Statt is not a proper person to vote on ques tkns that affect the interests of th4 parties to the cause. Lawyers havt done things and think they can con tinue to do things for which other met would be sent to the penitentiary, bu public sentiment is gradually becom ing unwilling to make such fine dis tinctions between retaining fees an< bribery, between attorney's commis sions and graft. Not even a lawye: can serve two masters honestly and th< hullabaloo raised by the senators woul< have been amusing did it not involve so serious a matter-the integrity an< purity of our .law-makers.-Watchmai and Southron. From the fearless way Senator Ap pelt stuck by the editorial that calle< forth such heated debate in State sen ate chamber last Friday, we should sa: he is the able editor of the Manl: Times'-Union Progress. Those senators who are paid attor neys for liquor houses and allege< grafters, are making mighty bad re cords in the present session of the leg islature by opposing every measur< that may be introduced with a view ti investigating dispensary crookedn~es or prosecuting alleged grafting ofiicials As we suggested a few days ago, it ap nears that their position is almost: scandal, and the people of the Stata are beginninsr to realize the shame o it all. To place ourselves in the posi tion of constituents of such senators would we not be embarrassed and in dignant if we knew our representativ< in the senate was a paid attorney fo liquor firms and men under indictmen for defrauding the state, and that hi course in that body seemed to indicat< that he was looking after the interest of his clients rather than representin: his people? Do not believe Spartanburg would submit to such a state of affairs The Gatiney Ledger commentini upon this situation, says: "Senator Appelt, of Clarendon. ha created a tempest in the state senatm by writing an editorial in his paper i1 which he criticized certain senator: for representing certain whiske; houses in their efforts to colleet bill against the state for liquor sold to thi dispensary. Mr. Appelt furthe charges those certain senators witi throwing obstacles in the way of the at torney general in his endeavor to savy the state from paying illegal claims. I Senator Appelt's charges are founde< on fact. then these senators should ba investigated, and if y inVestigated, an< if guilty they should be kicked out o the senate. If none of them are guilt; the senator's editorial does not apply and a great fuss has been raised abou nothinig. Certainly Senator Appelt, a a newpaper editor, has the righit t< criticize the state senate or any othe servant of the people, especially if h< has good ground for his criticism." Spartanburg Herald. MIr. Appelt's "big stick" in the Sen ate made the fur fly. The old saying that "the hit dog is the one that hol lers" was never more true than in thi instance. The idea of a Senator boast in over the fact that his clientagei among the very class of people our lav makers are trying to bring to justice -ullins Enterprix'. The expression of th Stt rs may be likened to a ch:: I elpi from the flees in the sre.bsi5! that chorus to rot, the hosh! to the fact that the ehicknbu being raided * The newspaper: em to think, either thnt. enam Appelt was right in his strictures on the Senators, or else they are standing by him because he is a brother editor. As they do not always stand by a brother editor we must conclude that the press of the State thiuk that he was right in his strietures. --Florence ITimes. We hope Attorney General Lyon will succeed in catching the rascals who stole all that money from the State in spite of the opposition of politicians and liquor lawyers* * * Senator Ap pelt stirred up a "hornet's nest" by that editorial of his in THE MANNING TIMES on the holding up of the house resolution appropriatng $15,000 to the attorney general for prosecuting the grafters* * "Be sure your sins will find you out" is well illustrated in the case of the defunct State dispensary. The investigation draws out more proof of the rottenness every day and we hope to see it go on until the thieves, whoever they may be, are all caught and punished.-Marlboro Democrat. From the amount of "howl" that has been heard it does look like Senator Appelt's stick has hit a good many, the camp has evidently has been set afire. The advertisement to the world which Saturdav's edition of The State makes of the virtue in our legislative halls is not one to make tie breast of the aver age South Carolinian swell with pride. The spectacle of one of our senators using the columns of his paper for plac ing before his people the situation, pleading before their support in the fight for betterment in the moral status of our time, and the outburst that comes from some of our law-mak ers, is heartrending. Has the time come when each of us must go about like the sandwich man, with a label in front and one in the rear? Is it possible that zo many of those to whom the citi zens of the State of Southi Carolina have done honor, have allowed them selves to become so entangled by cir cumstances which look suspicious that they must cry out for vindication be 'ore they are caled into the court of the people to answer charges? If such is the case, the hour of shame has come to our State. She who has furn ished the world examples of brilliant statesmen. men borned in ipurity, rear ed in moral rectitude, schooled in cul tured gentility. must hide her face. It is an acknowledged fact, accepted of all men, that no one is expected to defend himself until he is attacked. In the meantime it is his duty to lend a helping hand to detect crime and bring to the bar of justice those responsible for breaches of the law. The same rule will apply to each and every situa tion in life, public as well as private. The commission appointed to wind up the affairs of the dispensary is, I take it, for the purpose of collecting the honest dues to the State, paying the State's honest debts and to bring to justice those who have despoiled the State, in their transactions; the legis lature is looked to to uphold the hands of the attorney general at every stage of the proceedings. Can they stand by the attorney general and do their duty by their clients, the liquor houses, at the same time? No; no one can serve God and mammon, and to the man who is to form his opinion by wh- he reads in the daily papers Is very apt to make up his mind that there is a great deal of rottenness in the place the State has a right to expct a great deal of ability. integrity and virtue. Has South Car lina today got all of the last named values that she has a right to have in her legislative halls? Only a few have answered to the swipe of the stick of Clarendon's senator, and it is possible that some of them have done so through ill advice or sympathy of a kind. Verily the dispensary has brought with it and left with us its full quota of sin and shame. Clarendon has no reason to be ashamed of her senator. My respects to him; his example might be consid ered seriously before it is esche wed. A.. P. Aldrich in The State. We were delighted at the way that Senator Appelt of Glarendon stood to his colors when assailed by certain members of the Senate, because he dared to criticise in an editorial to his paper, THE MANNING .TDIEs, the acts of some members of the Senate in rep resenting liquor houses against the State while serving as Senators for the State. Mr. August Kohn, reporting it for The News and Courier, said it was "'a tempest in a teapot" and that some of thonse who took exceptions at the arti cle got mad arnd excited, but that -"Senator Appelt was the coolest man in the Senate" and refused to retract or apologize for anything he had writ ten. Senator Appelt, is right and we ad mire him but the more for the stand he has taken. As an editor he has the same right to to criticise the acts of his fellow Sena tors as to critse any other public officer. Sam .Jones alw'ays said, "It's the galled jade winces," or "-the hit dog howls."-Bishopville Leader and Vindicator. Psychologically Explained. Mrs. Flaherty, who earns her living and maintains two clean little rooms in an uptown tenement by going out to do washing and day's work. has been a widow for many years, and en tertains a strong prejudice against marriage for any but the young. "'Tis all right at that time o' life," she maintains. "but not for old people with gray hairs. Then 'tis onsuitable and the height o' foolishness." Holding these opinions as she does, It was a severe shock to Mrs. Flaherty to learn that one of her best customers, a widow of threescore and ten, was about to be married for the second time. Almost tearfully she confided her sentiments to another patron. --Think of it: Her a-fixin' all them fine clothes and takin' as much pride in it as if she was to be a bride of twenty instead of an old woman that'll never see seventy again: Why," and her voice dropped to an awed whis per, "at her time o' life I believe 'tis the ravin' c' death is on the woman!" -New York Times. A Scotch Excuse. A canny Scot was brought before a magistrate on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. "What have you to say for yourself, sir?" demanded the magistrate. --You look like a r-e spectable nman and ought to be asham ed to staind the-re." "I am verr-a sorry. sir, but I cam' up in bad companly fr-a Glascow." humbly replied the prisoner. " What sort of company? "-A lot of1 teetotalers:" was the star tlng r-esponse5. "Do you mean to say teetotalers are bad -ompany ?" thundered the magis trate. "I think they are the best of company. for- such as you." "egin' yer pardon, sir." answvered the prisoneirr. -yere wrong; fo" I had a botule er wvhusky a' I had to drink it all myself'"--IReynolds' esppr How's This f We oli'er One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hlrs Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO..- Props.. Toledo. 0. We. the undersirned. have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and tinan eiv able to carry .out any c bligations made by their firm. We-Tr a'x who'lesale druiazists. Toledo.O0. - W' rmr , KissAN & MAuvts. wholesale drug '. oiedo. 0. .: Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting '.-..eur upon the blood and mucous surfaces of :- =ssem. Prire r->c. per bottle. Sold by all duit.Testimonials free. 1.'i Family Pill are the b)est. Paxville Dots Editor The Manning Times: The Loyal Temperance Legion will give a play entitled, "Two Dreams of Brandy." on next Friday evening at the graded school building. A small admis sion fee will be charged. and the proceeds will go towards furth - ering the temperance cause in that town. All are cordially in vited to attend. The first quarterly conference of the Pinewood charge will convene in the Methodist chtrch here on next Sunday. There will be preaching by Presiding Elder Duncan in the afternoon at 4 o'clock, and again on Monday morning at 11 o'clock, after which the business session will be held. Messrs. Chas. P. Knife, Ed ward Schmidt and Gus Rheams, Philadelphia, Pa., are here for a two weeks hunting expedition. Mr. L. K. Weinberg has be gun the erection of a brick store. He hopes soon to have a resi dence on the same lot. Mr. J. V. Rhame has recently opened a general merchandise store here. Mr. Earnest Broadway, a stu dent of the Charleston Medical College, came home a few days ago on the sick list. Miss Annie Bradham left a few days ago for Johnsonville, where she goes to visit her brother, Mr. P. C. Bradham. Misses Jennie Reid and Eva Curtis entertained the pupils of their grades with a valentine social Friday evening. Many and dainty were the cupid mes sages. Misses Mayme Rhame and Eunice Barwick and Messrs. Johnnie Broadway and Roy Ged dings won the prizes in the heart contest. Mr. Timmons, of Sumter spent a few days with Mrs. W. E. Tisdale, near town. X. ITCH cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. J EE & McLELLAN, Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, SUMTER, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Probate Judge. W HEREAS, John H. Timmons made suit to me, to grant him letters of ad ministration of the estate and effects of Martha E. Timmons. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Martha E. Timmons, deceased, that they be ::nd appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate to be held at Manning on the 20th day of February. next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be ranted. *Given under my hand, this 29th day of January, A.D). 1908. [SEAL.] JAMES M. WINDHAM, Judge of Prob;ste. R R.- JESKINSON. E-~ C. HORTON. 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