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w I APPELur, kdior. MANNING. S. C., AUG 4. 1909. PUBLLSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SBSCRIPTION RATES: On e w ........r... .------- ------ ---- --------- 150, Pom mon-.hs-------------- -- * FOMn monzbs .................. 5 ADVEIRTISING RATES: One square. one time. 51: each subsequent inf .XerLon. 50 cent.' Obituaries and Tributes e Respect ChAnged for a regular adrertitemec ULberal co tract. uDade for three. s-x and twec %o communicaton o: a pe-sonai cnaacter wMl be publisbed except as an dcrthue= Entered at the PostoMce at MmanEC 3 S and Cass matter. AUSE. NOT SALE OF LIQUOR IDORAL. When answering in the nega. tive the question, "Do you not concede the selling of alcoholic beverages morally wrong?" It seem to shock the questioner. The interrogation laid down a proposition embodying a conclu sion, to concede which made ar gument useless. But when we answered No, the guns could be unlimbered for reasoning action. To say the sale of alcoholic bev erages is immoral is to our mind a very extreme view, and the on ly justification such a position has is perchance alcoholic liquors are sold by some immoral men; pep sin, castor oil and calomel are sold by immoral men too. but be cause of that, it does not make the sale of these standard medicines morally wrong. The selling of alcoholic bever ages is frequently done by im moral men and women, perhaps a majority of these dealers are immoral; the selling of non-alco holic beverages does not neces sarily create a badge of morali ty,. bad men engage in all kinds of business, but because of it. the business itself need not be immoral. When wrong is done, the individual committing it is responsible. A bad man may commit a grievous sin in the most sacred of places, even in God's sanctuary. How often is it we hear of the vilest immorality committed under the cloak of re ligion, but because of it, religion itself, is not responsible. A stock argument with those who imagine they see immorality in the sale of liquor, is that "good men have been made to go wrong by handling liquor." We thmk this is a mistaken view: we do not believe that liquor ever made a good man go wrong, there is no doubt that men who were reported to be good went wrong. but it was the devil born in them, and nt the liquor which made them go wrong, the liquor may have nerved them up to do things which fear held them back from doing, but the evil heart was there. Opportunity frequent ly plays an importans part in the downfall of the so-called good men. In our judgment the go men ho ave onewrong after indulgmng in liquor would have gone wrong had they never tast-J ed adrop of the stuff. It isof comnmon occurance that men who bear the best of reputations for sobriety, and even piety, who are known to be, and have always been, tee-totalers, men who hold high positions in their churches,1 hbat go wrong, rob widows and - orphans, commit all manner of crimes, are the brain of conspir acies to defraud, what did it? It surely was not Jlinor, they had never tasted it, then the only other reasonable conclusion is, thatit was an inborn devil in hid ing waiting for the opportunity. If a cashier of a bank is known to drink. and he goes wrong and wrecks the bank, liquor would be blamed for his aownfall, and the victim would be spoken of as "a poor unfortunate weak fellow whom drink dragged down," the liquor seller gets the curses, while the thief the sympathy. But when a tee-totaler, say a mnt goes to the bad-invad estesanctity of the home, or robs the orphan fund or commits heinous crimes which is not at all unheard ot, we could cite cas es that are commonly known, there must be some other source to hold responsible besides liqu or-it is the Devil. We repeat that a good man *never went wrong becaue of us ing or handling liquor. I~ is our honest opinion, and an impartial .-search of the records will prove Sthat liquor is not responsible forthe many crimes attributed to' it. - There is crime, and much of it, but it is our belief that the court records will prove that the majority of casesconsistof thefts, swindles, frauds &c., which need and require sober minds to oper ate. Homicides are committed, but these occur wher neither of the parties had tasted liquor, and then too, sometimes when the parties are in liquor the deed was contemplated before hand and the liquor was used to stimulate the nerve, the he2art needed a stunulant to aid it in carrying out its wickedness. If liquor is the father of crime, why is it the court records do not show it in the convictions-arson to secure insurance mo n ey , swindling innocent investors, de falcations of treasurers, robbing of creditors by way of bankrupt laws, the hundred and one im moral practices. Crimes are com mitted by the Devil drunk or so ber. The place to tind the rem~edy for the evil of intemperance is in the heart, and not on the statute books. The thing to do is to hold the individual responsible for his act,-make drunkenness a crime and enforce the law. A man gets drunk and becomes an annoyance to his neighbor punish him in a manner that he will not forget it, the lawful seller of liquor is no more repnsie for the un Q For the benefit of all parties cused of substitution by some r published is made froma a reduce sion for Rutledge county. The Having only recently been s to what it looked like on pap( argument in favor of the new co eral of our :arrespondents this ers the map is drawn to a scale piy by four. For instance. the z measure across at the narrowes1 Lake City to Smith Mills is 24 a On the whole the claim of a Record, Kingstree. lawful acts of individuals than is the druggist who lawfully sells arsenic. which an individual uses to commit murder. The sale of whiskey is no more immoral. when lawfully done, than is the sale of morphine or other narcot ics or stimulants; it is the abuse or excessiveness in the use of liquor that is immoral, the abuse, and excessiveness in the use of the medicines prescribed by the hysicians is equally immoral. We therefore doubt the conten ion of many good men that the ale of liquor is immoral because t is a breeder of crime. and we ontend it is no more the breed r of crime than are thousands ol aticles of commerce, which are ot put under the ban of disap roval. The great stress is laid pon liquor selliteg, but the ex essve consumption is passed by ightly. presumbly, the enact ent of prohibitory laws wil) uild sentiment against the con umption of liquor; this appears o us putting the cart before the orse. All men who engage in the liq or business are not bad, there re many good citizens among hem, but like with all other vo ations, there are unscrupulous en who take advantage of, and buse the privilege, but this does ot justify in branding them all s bad. If forsooth, bad men en age in a business, makes that usiess immoral, all vocations nd professions, not even the ministry would escape; such a ule will not hold, if it did, dis ster would result. We believe we state a fact when e say there are more convicts in the penitentiaries or fugitives rom justice, who held trusted psitions in high institutions than here are former bar-keepers, ho made a support selling al oholic beverages. We do not advocate the sale or he drinking of liquor, this is a atter for the individual judg ment, we would not care to en age in the sale of liquor, not be ause we think it is immoral, but here are other vocations we pre er. This newspaper declines to ad ertise for liquor houses, and has urned down hnndreds of dollars orth of liguor advertising prop sitions, not because we regard te sale of liquor, or its proper se immoral, but we believe in eaching temperance, and cannot onsistently advertse that which we would teach our readers is in urious to health if abused. and alculated to give excuse for em bldening the evil spirit in man o assert itself. But we do not believe that orce is as well calculated to ef ectively teach temperance, as is xample and persuasion. Tbc: hole theory, in our judgment is ot that the lawful sale of alco olic beverages is immoral, bul ach individual's conduct is re ponsible for the moral obliga tion. "It is every man's duty t< erve God. It is no man 's dut3 o compel another man to serv< od. No man can do that: foi od requires heart service; an( hat does not come through com ulsion." Man's law is force od's law is love. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contai: a. erury will surely des.-oy the ne.,se o4f lme. ad' cmieteiy deraing the whole '.ys'tem whe-: ntrn~ it. through the~ maucou .urfaces. Suel rticles shbould never b- -ed ecpt onf pres.crir bey.- wi do0 is. ten !old to the good youa can ;x" -.birl derive from themu. Hal'. Ctrrh Cur. 2aznfaturedi by F. .1. Cheney% Co.. Tuledo. 4) ontans no maceury. and. is tage- mic.rr~ai::. cting directly upon the hlood and mucou-. su: race-. ol the sysXte. Ina buyinu H al-' Catarr! Cure be -.ure "vou ge-t the genuine. 1I.: tle nternally, and made in Toledo. t'b10. "'v F. J .7) an,~ S$R i'k coYmo RUT - WA"S- a Tetooow tmUT A "SHO concerned, whether for or agains eople who are ready to believe or d photograph of the blue print fa photograph camera does not lie, l ble to obtain a copy of the Rutle r. We bad heard so much of tha unty to offset the many points ag: reek refer to Rutledge as a "sioe >f four miles to the inch: hence, t4 ue shows the lenglh to be 8 3-4 ii part and we have just about nine iles, an air line: while to the nea "nice, compact, symmetrical littli BEWARE OF PROKISES. The Rutledge County proposi tion, the more investigated. th< more convincing does it becom( that the people of Sandy Grov( should not permit themselve to be persuaded into it. Whethiei through wantoness or ignoranc< the promoters of the Rutledge County scheme has misrepre sented conditions to the esteni that it is fast recoiling apor them. It was represented to thE people of Sandy Grove that Rut ledge County would be "corn pact." easily of access, that thE county seat, if established al Lake~City, would be in the cen ter of the proposed county. thai it would be wealthy in property valuations and various other at tractive promises, but when the 'map is looked at, it is seen that tbe proposed county of Rut ledge is a long na:row strip, witi: Lake City no where near the center, and that Sandy Grove township in Clarendon, is located somewhat like a hump on a camel's back. The property valu ation is away below any othei county in the State, which ol ,:orse, points to high taxation: any thinking man will admit thai it requires about as much money 'a maintain one county as anoth er, and if the property valuatior in Rutledge County is not suffi cient to raise money to pay it expenses by low taxation it must be done by high taxtion, for the county government must go on, even if the burden must fall or the few. Rutledge County, ii created, will be a veritable "shoe-string," and altogethiei different in shape from what its' promoters represented. The whole scheme, in our judgment, is in the interests of a few prop crty owners in the town of Lake City, and a few politicians want ig the people to buy office for them. We are informed thai representations were made tc the effect that the proportion oi Clarendon's $70.000O which Sandy Grove is mortgaged for the nex1 39 years, will not have to be paid by Sandy Grove, but by the entire Rutledge County. It is not true, Sandy Grove alone will have to pay this, matters no1 what county she is voted into. There is absolutely no avoiding Sandy Grove's paying every cent of her proportion of Clar endon's indebtedness. The pea~ ple of Sandy Grove should take warning from the experience oJ the people of Caihoun, the St. Mathews' town lot speculators. hke the Lak~e City schemers, made promises to build the coar1 house and jail. but they did no1 do it, and they are now trying tc bond Calhoun for her public buildings. L:ke~City, we understand. haR made bigr promises, but these promises are not worth a hill o: beans in business. As we hav( said, in a previous editorial, t< build a court house and jail it keeping with todays' progress. it will cost not less than S60,000-' and unless Lake City depositi the a~tual cash with n'o strings to it, there need be no faith pul in promises. Let the cash show the faith. To show how little faith ther< tis in such promises, there is al ready a dispute as to what was jproised. Dr. A. H. Williams of Lake City. over his own sig nature in The County Record Isays, he --promised the peoph of Johnsonville that if the no. county was formed. adLakt City was selected as the counta Iseat, the people of Lake City would put up the public build ings.". etc. The people of John sm-onl contend that Docto> AaE CONaTTv 400 0e ~DGE COUNTY, 0 LAV00ft CM D STRING" 4 t the new county, we publish this v ie who differs honestly from them c simile of the official map, which i ence the map must be a correct col dge county map, we were depender t "nice, compact, symmetrical littl inst it. But we were distinctly dis string" county, and anyone can se( > get the distance from any given p iches. Multiply 8 3-4 by 4 and we I miles, while the widest place in or -est point west to the Clarendon lin county" falls as flat as that of the Williams in a speech said, "I will promise you if Lake City lays down upon me inithis mat ter and does not put up sufficient funds-not promises but cash to build a good court house and jail after the election is ordered I will come out in the public prints and notify the people and advise them not to vote for the new county, and I will not vote for it myself." The election has been ordered, and the people of Johnsonville has called upon Doctor Williams to make good, but instead he has Fcommenced making excuses, claiming he has been misunder stoon as to what he did promise. but all the same the Lake City promoters have not put up the cash. We know Doctor El~iiams and will vouce for his personal in tegrity, but he is only one indi vidual, true, he has lots of Lake City property that will be en hanced greatly if th.t place be comes a county seat, but he has no $60,000 to give a way and can only contribute his proportion, but one man's proportion is not enough to induce Sandy Grove to take upon herself a double taxation for public buildings. and an increased taxation for a young county government, Re member how the people were fooled into Calhoun. and beware of Rutledge. AN OPrNN WmlCH OPERATES AS L.AW. Atorey General Lyon is coin iginow for much adverse ciiimbecause of an opinion rendered at the request of Gov opening the dispensaries after the election on the 17th. It was the intention of the general as sembly by putting in the act the word "immediately" to permit the dispensaries to reopen the day after the election regardless of whether the county went wet or dry, the purpose being to give the counties voting dry t h e chance to dispose o1 the stock by November 15. But whether the atore general is right o r wrong, his opinion in this in stance, operates with the same1 effect as law, because the Gover - nor acting on the opinion, will order every dispensary to remain closed until after the result of the election has been declared, which may be in one month or several months. The Governor has the power to close the dis pensaries whenever he may deem it proper. It would not surprise us to learn, the opinion of the Attor ney General, is not only wrong, but that it has caused a consider-! able tinancial loss, especially in a county where the election can not be declared because of being hung up in the courts: such al county will probably have to wait for legislation to get relief. Then too should the next legis lature conclude to enact a prohi bition law, it occurs to us it may be blocked from adopting state wide prohibition. because of the obstacle thrown in the way of disposing of the stocks, as was in tended in the present law, by the c omlion of the attorney general, who seems to construe the word -immediately, to mean any time: it suits the opponents of the dis pensary to consent. That contests will r-esult irom the coming election in counties where thc vote happens to be close is almost certain. If for ex ample. Aiken should by a small* majority vote to retain the dis pensary. the Probibitionmsts arc not going to give it up without a ight in the courts, and should J-OUTNTY. reek a map of the proposed count, uilty of any kind of sharp practi vas sent to Mr. R. B. Smith, the c )y of the origmnal. it wholly upon reports emanating ,county" that we were led to hop %ppointed when we actually behel, ,at a glance how well the term fit oint to another. all one has to do ive 35 miles as the extreme lengt y about thirteen miles. The aver ethe distance is only seven miles. vast resources of Rutledge, whicl a, close vote, the dispensaryitesl will not lay down without a strug le. Therefore we say that the Attorney General's opinion may result in a boomerang to the Pro hibitionists who want the leg-is lature to adopt a state-wide pro hibition. bill at the coming, ses sion. The white banner of temper ance now floats over South Caro ina. rot a Duncanth pofpted oeth eithodis churc kin ofCharplesti nighset be for.e R. the Smbarras :ing whctl on discportninting sr Cogswelyo thwe eresyt hop >rahedglace nhow wel the termsi ess, wto rotherl Cosel said ase sond iee andh etee rut lyaut th irten mleash avwer :oetedistacer anttis onyseetile. ahe coe voek theispeartesn gale Thefnaica wrathatth Atney Geral'stonpanio Spayn ret in beooergandh grat nitioists whoifestd Theeis tatet adotepret aat-ieatio hibitin inll atcoionselif The wheiee banr of emer atince now fotr South Caro BThe duiscmn, when Bethel ethodist churchi lCarlonil migte foeprtetfo the migha sin bancte of dslning Sew-n arhosow fnabl the herefy tohoe ee ach lscihto atl thae ai nessa t:-en'sming, aegriutra latessnhts Brothe outhl sai wae sond, inepreard te tuth whenr one seaksountr ert. liabl tosponaetica wra.ro enedhingtn Sernto E.nd. Sartn bregu lasst Sy.Teattd-N ance tohrtis repostd tog and grat iinte tarifested.che ore-i aeersial weing fest over teek Snat, andmnsi the prsetsgtato bein all vocationss fhie ill not beivernt Wasngtonu hea sessin ctringi ae edu >rotioalejbt adanceen wilhe se great onha evr a shol ll erbnches lanng pnn he pretfter Demortanties bunch those ow naleading offt lrco's ariff bilc, hoal illhabe ac manual ThRainngblicultsai hortcuuadle and windurial rough hpdor the senatte yuth ofe tthe dutyiof be prear to tae . high postio inethrhe materia afirs ofthn counrntan mih' retun to aWahingtom, gaave hs refset at seurin. .ightingmihe aif which iston lecting and is son sae putie hefreistab. job thve onv thee Sorfrs the Sot milion te stoo the Democrati buporh ariff mbill, ey0all miugh beole .tu:rigadTe mepblics. are9 tota the43 sad tad willreons.4>?-L shod ondrconferente- Bocitie then moutins the dut6.f6. suppaie to b peaches. nhsing omrnt, cands may254 Waetek eff pet o seurings baongd ties297.2 maylbe putlei thme fre misti and theae 1th fo ars on th ouwkthe hion how whatrom are doinu rorcti. 'ebAd maidber the.S trainn ope.. y-twol yougd omenmb e pas9:t ear: welve3 deacnse total ctonsecrated h Z cnrin. W e f ra r Tris jh K:h of Rutledge. Lest we be accus- c te, we will explain that the cut hairman of the election commis from the new county promoters a that the map would show some I the much-talked-of map. Sev e.. For convenience of our read s to measure the inch and multi h of the proposed county. Now. Lge width shows for itself. From i has come to be a joke.-County The Crime of Idlena Idleness means trouble for an one. Its the same with a lazy liver. It caus es constipation. headach, jaundice. sal low complexion, pimples and blotches. loss of appetite, nausea. but Dr. King's New Life Pills soon banish hver trou bles and build up your health. 25c. at all druggists. t Drngglsts wm be Dry. Anderson. S. C.-One of the most im portant actions taken -,the convention of the South Carolina druggists, which has just closed here, was the passing of a resolution offered by Dr. Chas. A. .\Ii ford of Abbeville, a former Anderson an, in regard to the sale of intoxicants by the ruggists The association plac ed itself on record as opposed to the passage of any law placing the sale of whiskey or other intoxicants in the hands of tbe druggists. The resolution offered by Dr. Milford is as follows. and was adop'ted with only 4 four votes against it.: Whereas. it has come to the atten ion of the members of the South Care'- 4 lina Phairmaceutical association that there is some probability of our next legislature. on account of the counties 4 ging dry. placing intoxicating bever- 1 ages for sale in the hands of the drug gists of this state.j Therefore, we in convention assemn bled at .\nderson, South Carolina. put ourselves on re-or-d as opposing any law that tends to nut m: the hands of the druists the -sale of 'ntoxicating lio1u ors, or beverages of any kind. or the -e-4 sponsibility of the sale of same. R~esolved, further, that we instruct our legislative committee to do all in4 its power to prevent such legislation. People with chronic becnchitis. asth- 1 ma and lung trouble, will tind great re lief and comfort in Foiey's Honey andj4 Tar. and can avoid suffering by comn-4 mencing to take it at once. W. E. Brown & Co.4 A STEADY DRAIN.4 Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole Body-Make Toa Il.LIanguid and Depressed.4 Sick kidneys weaken the body4 thro'ugh the continual drainage of life-4 iving albumen from the blood into the urine, and the substitution of poisonous uric acid that goes broadcast through4 the system, sowing the seeds of disease. Loss of albumen causes weakness. lan guor, depression. Iric poison in"' cau+ es rheumatic pain. nervousness, nau-e. cricks in the back, gravel ar d kiuney4 ,nes. The proper treatment is a kid-4 ne treatment. and the best remedy' i Doans Kidney Pil-. H~ere is ood proo. in the following testi mony:4 P. T. DaLvid. 30 lFac- Fra~ns St. Fior ence, S. C.. -ays: ''fha-:e u-sed Doan' K~idnev Pills and a-. they ha- -e v 4 beneicial. I can re-~lTcmmed them-to other kidney su:Terers. My kidneys were very weak~ andt caused my- bac-kt pain mue a grea'. detal. I wa- ab~o so sore ind lame that it was hard for melt to stp. WVhen I mnade- a suddlen mno-4 ment, sharp shootong twinges passo' 1 through my loins an-1 i su:Tered intense iy. \ friend fir.ally adv ised me ton try4 Doan'% Kidr.ey Pills and I pocuired a' box and used them according to direc tions. The backache and pains soon4 disapleare~d, my kidneys became nor-A ma! atnd I was able to sleep bet:ter. Doan -t iducv Pil!-. are the bes: rem-~ edy I ever used for myv kidne.-. For sale by all dealers. Price .30 cents. Foster-Milbuzrn Co.. Buh:Talo. New York.4 sole agents for the I nited States. A Remember the :ia:ne--Doan's-and .ake no other.4 ile UnhleG 810188 Ili 8[. IN BANKUPCY. 4 In the rate of Davi-. x Thiames. Bankrupt. To all Crediors:4 Notice is Dareby giveni thiat o 4h ytri dav of .Ju!Y, 1t9.O. :hes ai avi4 x Thanmes was duil'y adudinicated bank upt: and that the first :aeeting o! thei4 rcrditors wvil be held a: my otic in4 Lhe city of Sumter. S. C.. o:n th! :'-th Lda' of'August. I')9. at 11 o'incoek. . M.~. at which time the saii creditors4 may atte-nd, . rove their: cli:u,. apte:.int a ~ute examine th-- I a:..Grup: and.' transaet -suh othter bu,s as t::ay< roerly come before :c fl me:n. i. t.sTlt.\I'SS. Dr.King's New life Pills4 The best in +he wmrldt chloss Schloss Clothes Y Clothes rear Looks well. Clothing Department. The Prices we have on our Clothing are the bicrgest money ;,i;ing. event ever oTer-1 the people of this scection. You can see ur prices. and then tL.- goods they rep, esent, then compare them ith the regular retail prices that is all that is necessary to con nce. Comparison is the only true test of value, our aim in busi ss is to treat all customers in such a manner that they will come gain. and come often. Shoe Department. The Shoes for the new season are ready for your choosing. ny particulhrly good thing in a Shoe that you may be wanting, re right sure to tind here. Crossett Shoes comes to us from the iakers that, best know how. Everything in high or low cut odels. Patent. Colt and Vici Gun Metal, Calf, and other good athers, conservative styles. the extreme natty models. 2.50. $3.00. $3.50. $4.00. $4.50 and $5.00. We don't expect to sell all the Shoes sold in town, but we xpect to sell and do sell the best Shoes sold in town. Dry Goods Department. Special prices throughout this department. Perca!. the vard. 9c. Wash Faoric. the yard, 6c. Curtain Swiss. the yard, 5c.. 10c. and 12 1-2c. Good Ginghams. the yard, 9c. Good Lawn, the vard. 4 1-2c. Victor Madras, the yard, 9c. Gal atea. all colors, the yard, 15c. and 20c. Black Lawn. t.c yard, 1Lc. Bordered Muslins, the yard, 7 1-2c. Dress Linens, all shades, the yard, 20c. and 25c. Pillow Tubing. the yard, 20c. Cnam bray, the yard, 8 1-3c. Good Bleach. 6c., 8 1-3c. and 10c. Calico, the yard. 5c., 6c., etc. Everything in Silks, Wool Goods. Serges. Mohair. Sheeno Silk, Flaxon, Lingerie. Linen, Linenette, Check Dimities, Long Cloth. Nainsook. Umbrel las. Parasols, Ladies' Waist, Embroideries, Laces, Hose. Gioves. Belts. Ribbons, Belting, Rugs, Fans. Handkerchiefs, Etc. Read the above prices and consider for yourself tha, L.S is e place to buy your goods. Six bargain days to the week. omething doing everyday. The Young Reliable, J. H. RIGBY. ISHOES, SHOES S We will not let any of our competitors Sundersell us in any line, especially in SHOES. SWe have always carried the largest and best Sassortment in this particular line, being the leaders in good. IHONEST FOOTWEAR SMore so now. we are better and more pre Spared to meet any competition in SHOES. SWe carry the best selected line, from the cheapest to the best S H 0 E S for Men, SWomen and Children, good, solid and honest SSHOES of the best manufacturers. We Shandle SHOES made from Hide to Wearer Ssavinq the middleman's profits, giving you Sthe benefit of solid SHOES for the least Smoney. Try us on SHOES and if not satis Sfactory we are ready to make good any Sbought of us, giving another pair or money Sback. Let us fit your feet with reliable, good, solid leather S HIO E S. Don't waste Syour good money on shoddy SHOES when you can get good SHOES for the least ~money. We can talk SHOES to you from morning until night and hiave the stock to back it on any SHOE to suit you. All Low-cuts. we cut to any price, just to get them out of the way to make room for fall High-Cut ShiOES. SSHOES, SHOES Try us for good. solid SHOES. I. I KRASNOFF.