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L~OUI~ PPELT. dir. MANNING. S. C., APRIL 8. 190. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: one year .............................l $50 Six months........................... Foui months..-..................-- 50 ADvERTISING RATES: one square. one time. M1: each subsequent in sertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect charged for as regular advertisements. Liberal contracts made for three. six and twelve Communications must ne accompanied by the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. 'Co communication of a persona! character will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at thePostoffice at Manning as Scr ond Class matter. A FINE MEETING. The meeting of the cotton association last Saturday was one of the best the county has ever had. it was well attended, and the audience seemed eager to catch every word that fell from the speaker's lips. Hon. E. D. Smith, although visibly weak from his recent illness, and fatigued from his travels was in very goo:1 form. The man needs rest is evident, and unless he does take a rest and husbands his strength he is lia ble to break down. It is only an iron constitution which has kept him up. Mr. Smith's time is demanded all over the entire cotton belt, and while here Sat urday telegrams were handed him. The people throughout the South appreciate what this man has done in the interest not only of the farmers, but the en tire business interests of the South, and would he consent to devote his time to the other side of the cotton question, we have no doubt that his financial con dition would be greatly enhanc ed. There is no doubt in our mind, notwithstanding the carp ing of some, that E. D. Smith has been of great service to the cotton growers, and that had it not been for his constant agi tation of this cotton question, the price of cotton would be much lower than it is now. We have every contidence in Mr. Smith's sincerity in this matter: we know of the sacritices he has made, the man has about spent his fortune in this work, and has been very poorly com pensated so far as salary in con cerned. The work he has en gaged in, is heart work, ' his whole heart is in this work, and when we hear men say, - "he hopes to get office out of it," we think they have very little ap preciation of the service render ed. Mr. Smith for the past sev eral years has been working every day in the interest of the cotton growers, not of South Carolina alone,, but the South, and this work has been done with but scarcely his expenses paid, actually sapping his pri vate means to continue on in the work. "Hopes to get office out of it." Why should be not? The men offering for high office who have not even tried to do any thing for the material welfare of the people have no better claim, because of their inaction. for the people's votes. Grant that Smith has not succeeded in forcing cot ton to 13 cents per pound, has he -not been zealous and faithful in his efforts? A moments thought will show the reason why Smith has not been able to make cotton bring 15 cents lies in the cotton growers themselves not standing together and tak ing his advice, but he tried, he did his duty, and continues do ing his duty. But what have the other asnirants done for the masses? ~All that we know of their services was to hold some good political position, not one of them have put themselves in position to be recognized outside of office-seekers, or professional politicians, but E. D. Smith by his ardent toil in the vineyards of the people, can now with much better grace say "I have served you, with all my heart and soul for lo, these many years, I now ask you to place me, your servant, at the seat of government where I can be an influential force to urge the gov ernment to place the cotton pro duct of the farmers on an equal collateral footing with the bonds and stocks of railroads and other enterprises. If the government will recog nize cotton as a collateral secur ity, then the cotton farmers will have accomplished everything Mr. Smith and his co-adjutators have been laboring for. It will mean the enrichment and independeuce of the South, and the building of its waste places. Therefore we say, if men who are laboring in behalf of the people's welfare have no claim for political preferment, then indeed we are mistaken in the people's appreciation. Mr. Smith made a splendid speech. He has the happy faculty of converting dry statistics from a dry tiresome noise, into musical sounds that interest and fall pleasantly upon the ear, and then impress them selves upon the listener for future thought. The only reference of a politi cal nature he made was a criti cism of the government for its discrimination against the farm er in the furnishing of informa tion, publishing to the world the statistics -relating to the produc tion of cotton, without giving with it the consumption, the amount of stock at mills, thus giving the other side, a one sided advantage. But, if the government "toted" fair and published the amount of stock in the mills, and the manufactured would know. when and how to market. His manner of illustrating a point with an anecdote is very happy. He tells a joke which drives right square home an argument that his hearers go away repeating, and continue repeating for days after. If the people will follow Smith's ad vice the South in a very few years will no longer have to go North for funds. but on the other hand the bankers of the North will be making overtures to the South. We cannot give Mr. Smith's speech but briefly give the fol lowing outline: SOMETHING YET TO BE DONE. SOME ENEMIES TO KNOW. We have spent the last 3 or 4 years in organizing for the building of ware houses and the holding of cotton. We have had splendid success, considering the fact that it wtas an entirely new departure from the old order of things. While money was plentiful and there was a lack of confidence, no panic we could borrow money and carry the cot ton. But this last year has taught u that we need money, our own money to protect the price of our cotton. Our bankers are dependent for their loans of Northern banks and they are not in sympathy with us and will not accept cotton warehouse certificates as collat eral for loans, forcing the Southern banker either to demand other security or force the cotton on the market. This can and must be remedied. Again. we are confronted now by an organized force in the manufacturers. It stands to reason that they are in the business to make money. and if they can put the price of raw cotton down easier than they can put the price of the manufactured goods up of course they are going to do it. Another force is the miserable growler who sees no good in the move ment but goes about advising others to do like him take what he can get and lick the hand of his master even when the lash falls on his back. There are a lot of idiots who are grumbling at the association because they have not vet otton 15c. The association said if the eople would bold cotton it would brinif 15c. Those who are holding have kept the price where it is, those who would not hold are the ones who are to blame for cotton not being 15e now. Suppose everybod3 bad rushed to mar ket as some of the smart Aleks boast they did what would cotton have been worth per pound? The outlook for 15c for the remaind er of this crop is almost sure if the holders of soots can and will refuse less. The supply is shorter than the needs of the consumer and success is sure if the owner will but hold. Deafness Cannot be Cured by localapplhcations. as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the car. There is only one way to c\.re deafness. and that is by constitu tiohal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result. and unless the inflammation car be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition.hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu cos surfaces We will cive One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall~s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars., free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 0. sold by druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Fills are the best. WE TOUCH IN HIGH PLACES ONLY. The letter in this issue signed "J. E. Kelly" is a criticism of THE TIMEs editor's views on the liquor question, his acts as a Senator, a legal opinion on the county bond issue, and a general complaint all round. All of which is Mr. Kelly's right. and we are glad to see that there is at least one man in the county whose patriotism, judgment and motive is higher than ours. Who is able to discern that we keep posted on public questions in order "to succeed." We would agree with this proposition if we were of that class who hold ofice that yielded their individl ual judgment for the sake of being in public favor or "to succeed." No man of discern ment would for a moment think the views on the liquor question held by us are popular at pres ent: we, at least know they are not, because the ultra-prohibi toi wave is on, and no argu ment will stop it. Therefore did we seek the popular side we would join in the hue and cry for prohibition like many others. Mr, Kelly has made no new discovery when he states that we are no prohibitionist, if our recollection is correct that prop osition has been stated frequent ly by us in these columns and elsewhere. No, we are no pro. hibitionist. and will not be a prohibitionist under present can ditions; we may be forced to cast a vote for prohibition in the State Senate after an expressed instruction in a primary election where our entire constituency vote, but not until then shall we, and not even then, without hav. ing had the opportunity of using every legitimate a r g u m e n t against such instruction. The signatures to petitions do not have a binding influence with us, because, we know that many signers to petitions do not by those signatures express their wises. We advocated local option as against the State dispensary. and did this long before -last year, in fact, the record will show that we advocated local option against the State dispen sary in 1900, not with a view of proibition, but with the sole view of doing away with the central dispensary and letting the counties have the full bene fit of the revenue derived from the sale of whiskey: nothing iu consistent in this. when it is con sidered that we openly opposed prohibition. We favor local option just as strongly today as we did then, because we believe it is right to have local self government, and if a majority vote prohibition it is their right, and we must sub mit. at the same time it does not prevent us from expressmg our anti-prohibition sentiments. We contend that it will not enhance the cause of temperance to make Clarendon dry, wb~le the adjoin ing counties remain wet. this~ is a matter of businmes jd gment. It simply means that ' is sold near to us. we wxill. ing while the border counties get the revenue, which helps to pay our taxes. Of course, if the majority is willing to double their taxation to experiment with prohibition, under the local option views we have, and do now advocate, it is their prov ince to dc so. Mr. Kelly is a Prohibitionist solely, and cannot see how an anti-prohibitionist, who favors local option, can op pose prohibition, and give as an argument that whiskey selling in our adjoining counties will not make prohibition, but on the contrary there will be about the same consumption of liquor with no revenue. Now about the lien law. If Mr. Kelly will look at the record he will tind, at the session of 1907 Clarendon's Senator voted against striking out the enact ing words of the Richard's bill. and then introduced an amend ment for the act to go into effect i909. This amendment was I adopted by a close vote, and later Senator . Crouch, who was in charge of the Richard's bill. moved to indefinately postpone, which motion was carried, and voted for by us, because we were convinced that had the Crouch motion failed, then the amend inent for the act to go into effect 1909 would have been killed also, and in order to keep from forc ing the Richard's bill on the people immediately, as it meant bankruptcy to many merch ants and creditors, we voted to let the law remain. In the ses sion of 1908, this same matter came up again. We had instruc tions from a mass meeting what to do, and those instructions were carried out to the letter as the records will show. In the matter of issuing bonds, whether Mr. Kelly is correct in thinking it unconstitutional or not, we are not prepared to argue, because ourlaw education, we con fess, is very limited, and we pre fer to leave constitutional ques tions to members of the legal fraternity and Mr. Kelly. This legislation was provided first, at the suggestion of the county commissioners. and second, be cause it appealed to,at least, our business judgment as a business proposition to relieve a pressing situation, and good business men have commended this bond issue. With regard to the loan authorized from any surplus funds, nothing said about school funds, in the hands of the county treasurer, Mr. Kelly does not know whether any part of this surplus arises from the constitu tional school tax, neither do we, and he has no right to assume that it does. The fact is, there is over $6,500 surplus money in the hands of the treasurer be longing to the county, and this money is deposited in the bank without interest, alright for the bank, no doubt, while there is outstanding interest bearing notes. which is not alright for the county. The bank is using this surplus county money without paying the county a cent of in terest, therefore, while those holding the county notes are re ceiving interest, the surplus county fund is used with out interest. The legislation to utilize the surplus money in the treasury is simply to pay off interest sapping notes, and lighten that much of the bur dens now on the taxpayers; we believe it meets with the approval of most of the taxpay ers of the county, possibly those who are handling this surplus money without paying interest therefor may not like it. The argument he uses about the amount of liquor sold in the county, we have been daily hear ing from a certain professional man in this town ever since this prohibition agitation began, so it is nonew idea to us, and our answer to it has been and is now. the voting in of prohibition in this county will not diminish the consumption as long as whiskey can be bought so near, but it will diminish business, increase taxation and not lessen crime. Of course this is an opinion, we hope we are mistaken. There will be a primary this summer, and if Mr. Kelly be lieves he can serve this county with more ability than it is being served, we shall be dee-lighted to accept a five dollar bill from him for a candidate's card. The State and county has inore need for men of brain ana unselfish patriotism in the law-making branch, than she has for carping critics who wait until a conscien tious service has been rendered. and it too, at a sacrifice, to ex ploit their criticisms in the newspapers. Men of Mr. Kelly's statesmanship and financial abil ity, purity of purpose and wise governmental knowledge, should rise up and offer their services for the country's good. The above is written after a very cursory reading of Mr. Kelly's letter, as we had to give it to the printers for it to come out in this issue, and therefore we have really not had the time to do more than to attempt a reply touching the main points. from memoryv. There is a lot of specious matter in his letter which argues itself out of reca son. and therefore we do not at tempt to emphmasize it. Then too. there are some personal references which we (teem un necessary to dignify, as it mat ter-s not to the public in what opinion we are held in the esti mation of Mr. Kelly. The editor of this paper gives 'to the public what he regards his best views on public issues, and he does not arrogate to him self infallibility, but holds him selif always readly to be convinc e31. The Senator p~erforms his des as his conscience and .... ..nt diictates fr-equently being governed as to a course of action after hearing argument. He has changed his entire course after hearing argument by be ing convinced that he held error nous views. A mai who has not the mind capable of being con vinced by argument has no right ful place in a law-making body, and a man who yields his con - victions just to get on the popu lar side is not trustworthy. Here comes the Spring Winds to chap. tan and freck!e. Use Pinesalve Carbolized. (Acts like a poultice) for cuts. sores. burns. chapped skin. Sold by The Manning Pharmacy. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE CHAMBER Whereas information has been re ceived at this Department that an Actrocious Murder was committed in the County of Clarendon on or about the twelfth day of March, 1908, upon the body of Eddie Ludd by John Garland, and that the said John Garland, and who is about twenty-eight years old, tive feet eight inches tall, weig-hs 150 or 160 pounds, square shoulders, upper front teeth rotten to gums and of a ginger cake or light black color, has fled from justice. Now. therefore, I, M. F. Ansel, Governor of the State of South Car olina, in order that justice may be done and the majesty of the law vin dicated, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred Dollars for the appre hension, delivery and conviction of the said John Garland. To the Sheriff of Clarendon County, at Manning, S. 0: In testimony whr ave here unto set my bane ised the Great Seal of the S at, affixed, at Columbia, thi: f, day of April, A. D. 1908, a the 132nd year of the Indep .,-ne of the United States of America. M. F. ANSEL. By the Governor: R. M. McCOWN, Secretary of State. APPAREL SHOP FOR MEN AND LADIES Everything of the best for the personal wear and adorn ment of both sexes. We fill mail orders carefully and promptly. DAVID OUTFITTING COMPANY, Charleston, S. C. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon County on the 5th day of May, 1908, for letters of discharge as guardian for J. A. Reese, formerly a minor. A. H. .REESE; Urnardian. Alcolu, S. C., Aliril 4, 1908. J. S. BELL, MACH INEST. Repairer of AUTOMOBILES, and all kinds of Ma chinery. PLUMBING, and Steam Fitting. Cut and Thread Pipe from 1-2 to 6 inches. HEAVY BLACKSMiTH Work Done to Order. J. S. BE LL. Notice Municipal Election. The qualified voters of the Town of Manning are hereby given notice that an election will be held at the Court House on Monday, April 13th, for the purpose of electing a Mayor and six Alderman, to serve the Town of Manning for the next ensuing two years. ~Polls open from 8 o'-lock a. in. to 4 o'cock p. mu. Managers of election: T. M. Wells, . J. Lesesne, T. C. Howle. By order Town Council of Man in. D. M. BR ADHAM, E. J. BROWNE, liayor. Clerk. REUMATIC FOLKS Ar You SureYour Kidneys are Well? Alanv rheumatic attacks are due to urie acid in the blood. But the duty of the kidneys is to remove all uric acid from the' blood- Its presence there shows the kidneys are inactite. Don't daIly with "uric acid solvents.-- You might go on till doomsday with them, but until you cure the kidneys you will never get~ well. Doan's Kidney Pills not only remove uric acid. but cure the kidnevs and then all danger from uric acid is ended. Rupert B. Calvo, bookbinder, em ployed at The State Publishing Co., of icial printers for the State of South Carolina, living at 1010 Lumber St., Columbia, S. C., says: I thought I had rheumatism and treated for it on that belief. I used all kinds of liniments. The pain was in my back and in my hips clear to the shoulders. The lini ments did no good and I-took to blood medicines but they did not hellp me, I took a long trip in hopes that the change of climate might help me. . was away for three months but could see no ch-ange for the better, I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and determined to r them, and got a box at a drug store~ th'ey completely removed the pains out of y back and I have not felt a touch of the ol trouble since I used them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50cent, Foster-1ilburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and Prescribes Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy. Dekar 5ira-i tirst used your Catarrh Cure in tme ase ot my son. who bad chronic n-aso-phar vnrieal eatarrh. with great benetit to him. I Jftn prescribe it for other of my patients, and I thinkc it is quite the linest remedy for catarrh tht has ever been placed on the market. Thnking y ou ror past favors. I am. Yours very truly. Ellorce, 5. C. Der Sir-Your medicine is winning fast in this couty. It has effected some remarkable curc. 1 do nt gnmow that it has failed in one instnce where it has been fairly tried. Very truly1 yor.H.ALN Lexington. Ky. Dr. Biosser's Catarrh Remedy is for sale by . I. Boger. Mannine. S. C. A month's treat ment for $1. OU A free sample for the asking. S po.ta ,..r. wil bring i,. he mail Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. Certain relief and usually complete recovery will result from the following treatment: Hope, rest, fresh air, and-Scoft *Emzulsion. ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND $1.00. MAGNIFICENT ARRAY of Spring Goods. Our offerings for the season is unsur passed. We have never had a larger, more complete or better selected stock ta show our friends and customers than we have tor the present season. We are showing all the New and Wanted Goods. Our showing ,vill com pare favorably with the stocks of all the larger city stores All the new things in Silks, in Taffetas, Rough Shautings, Tusshs, Strips, Plaids, Checks, Plains, Etc. Largest and most complete Line of Wash Goods in the city. Prettiest and most things in colored Organdies, Lawns, Dimities. Imported Cottons. Swisses. Voiles, etc., to be had in Manning or elsewhere. All the newest White Goods in the Cottage Plaids, Stripes, Checks, Plain Lawns. Lingerie, Organdies, Nainsooks, Dimities, Mercerized Goods, Etc. Fact is everything in a complete line of White Goods is here. Quality right and prices right. Complete Line Laces. Embroideries, Trimmings, Ladies' Furnishings, Etc. Ladies' Heatherbloom Drop Skirts, Blacks, and Blues and Browns. For all the wanted Goods call or 'phone. G. M. SMITH, Mgr. Dry Goods Department. THE YOUNG RELIABLE, I H. RIB!. Quality right, prices right. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, rou haveomadeuforoyourorovedione holeprtce agaistgire.Wha >e lefTotTheheefercyntf thovenNareifu HAVE YuUS.r hereREsumOnedHndUre &gis I irirettoay.serhehe ofplaineindthi sermedyuuoniyouaaed theservesatcopyke nterhm witou deay D on't sert h si oplio >uthetSebsribtrs attheiraoffiema20-a2 moTYIuring jus oneT [ytolNorhg. trei h Ct fS trS.Clarendhn wentyy fe h sholdbe roeced anstfie.Wha srvCeopd yumn fio Rnelte you aveworkd s har fo shuld c~ omplinpwltinth tierved.) aid be ef toth mecyof heunmrcfulthaintf n this ationwilapl HAV U INUR YOR OUS Athur Bmllint fndnt anoherhom wihot dlay Do'tTo The Defendant Arthur Bimed: put he attr of. 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Mouzon, one of our former and best trimmers, is now in New York and Baltimore with me buying our Spring Stock of Millinery.and Pattern Hats, and we feel justified in saying that we will have one of the most splendid showings of Millinery that will be seen in this market this season. Ladies, you all are specially invited to attend this Opening. We wish to emphasize this invitation by making a personal and special request to all of our lady friends in every pait of, the county to attend-this Opening. We need your encouriagement. We need your support. Furthermore because of our recent finaficial troubles we have been compelled to cut out the credit business to a very large extent. This will mean that we will be able to sell much cheaper and we will do it. Ladies, there is a treat in store for you. Remember the day, Tuesday, April 14th. WI. JUN NSON -Gon *FARMERS: 3 We ara selling this season IMPLEMENTS of known and ( Stried value only; we cenn safely assert that everothing we -are ' Soffering is beyond the experimental stage. Do not let the season advance too far- without inspecting our stock. Everything we .sell in implements will lessen your labor bill for the. year. - . We want every farmer to read Mr. T. C. Owen's testimonial & 2 concerning the Cole Corn, Cotton;Pea and Millett Planter. Too Smuch cannot be said regarding the efficiency of this machine. We consider it the most perfect ever offered the farmer and will Scarefully explain its merits whether you wish to buy or not. SK. P. Guano Distributors. We have a full stock of these. No farmer has used this Smachine and give it a fair test without pronouncing it the most Sperfect machine yet made for distributing guano. WE SELL ?Eclipse. Dow L Lw & Farquhar Cotton Plant~ers; Double and * Single Steel Plows, Syracuse -Two-Horse Plows aad Middle Break- . ers, Smoothing and Harrows. These splendid plows are without doubt the best that can bemade. SBuilders' Hardwear, Nails, Etc We have the best stock of the these to. be found out of our Slargest cities. Do not fail to get-our prices on everything in our .. Sline, we are here to serve you and save you money where it isa possible.. MANNING HARDWARE COIP"NY T FarmerS! Our Stock of Farm Implements is now complete and we can serve you to your best interest. We now have the largest and most complete Stock of Farming Implements ever shown in this town. Having bought heavily before the advance on everything in our line, we are enabled to offer you the best goods at the least price. Call to See Us. Bring Your Job Printing to The Times,