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wUIS APP!LT. ditor MANNING. S. C.. OCT 20, 1909. PUBLiSHED EVERY WEDNESDA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: o year.....- -.-...------. ------.---- -...-31 Stx months.-.--. ADVTRnS.NG RATES: One square, onc tme St: each subsequen, serion. So ce:ss- Obituaries and Tributes Respect charged or as regular advertLement 'Liberal cntracts made for three. six and Twch Commueains must t" accompanied by 21 real name ad addreqs of .he writer in order I rWw-IVe atteCton. - No communication v: a persoa charace wif be publhbed except as an adverlIement Enered at the Postoffice at Mannin a% Se ond Cass matter. OH WHAT'S THE USE. Columbia's morning daily says "If THE TniES will get as man: as twelve fairly representativ< Columbians to indorse its wil< guess," meaning of course, tU dispute the assertion of THi TiMES that a large portion o the citizens of Columbia endorsi the views expressed ir. Tm TiMES with regard to its disap proval of The State's contentio relating to the jury and the re sult of the Farnum case. W< wonder what The State takes u, for anyway? Did THLE TimE name twelve or ten times twelv, of Columbia's citizens, The Statc would in all probability clain they were not representativ< ctizens. So what's the use The State asks us, "Does THE TMES believe Farnum. gave i (meaning the draft) as a bribe oi just for love?" It matters no what the editor of TE TDES believes, the evidence whici cme from the stand was for the jury to consider, and there waw no corroborative proof - that the draft was given as a bribe. THE TDIES is not now, noz has it ever been in hiding, it has always been in the open, and we stand on the record this news paper has made against grafting but it regards fanaticism equiv alent to crime and it will not fol low fanatics. We believe the State of South Carolina has beer robbed, and the thieves should be made to wear prison stripes, but in order to have stripes pui rpon the malefactors, we would not consent to lynch law and pul the stripes on without proof just togratifyanewspaper-madepop ular demand. The accused are citizens of a country which boasts of a con stitution, and this instrumen guarantees to every man the protection of the promises it that fundamental law, therefore when a man is put upon trial, -te State must prove its charge against him beyond a reasonable doubt, and when a jury of his ers endr averdict of "nol TI FDHONI guilty," it is not for one man sit ting at a desk in a newspaper office to lecture, abuse, and criti cise that jury. unless that man has proof there had been cor rupt practices to secure such a' finding. The State says also, THE TIMES. "by its course lending - Farnum all possible aid and com-, fort and exerting all its influence S towards weakening the testi mony of an important witness: for the State in other cases.- If the State of South Carolina must depend upon the testimony of a bought accomplice and it must concede Wylie is a bought ac cmplice, we will have more: contidence in the confession of this man Wylie, if lie will tirst Igive back to the State the money he confesses to have stolen. Let Wylie make restitution first, be cause we can easily see why it is he does not want to say theI money paid him was for a rebate. 1 He can. under the promise of 1 freedom, say with impunity that 1 he was bribed and he robbed the ! > people who trusted him, as long : as in saying so he is not forced I into a position to disgorge. We will now try to answer some more of our contemporary's questions. "Does the editor of THE TIMES be-: lieve that Farnum bribed Wylie? . Does he believe money passed from Farnum' to Wylie? Does he believe Farnum gave money to Wylie as a "rebate" to be paid into the State treasury? Does! he believe that Wylie was bribed by other people and laid the blame on Farnum, and that little Jim was so tshocked by the injustice that he could not stand up in court. like a man and > deny the charge? "If a man is guilty of bribery and de bauchery of public onicials. does Editor Appelt believe he should escape puts ishment because the chief witrness I against him is one whom he has de bauched? "Why this appearance of THE T:ES in behalf of the defense?" 1st. We are not required to give a personal opinion, and if : we gave it, it would have no bearing on the case. 2nd. Yes, we believe money.I 4passed between Farnum and j Wylie, because it seems to have 1 been the system of these trusted I State offi ls to hold up the peo ple the dispensary officials did 1 business with, and force them to give a commission or rebate or; bribe; we believe money passed. 3rd. There is no convincing I evidence that Farnum gave I Wylie money other than the I money the board demanded. and I Farnum was not called upon to z see where the board or Wylie ( put this money. into the treasury, z his pocket. or stocking. 4th. We believe Wylie and his i entire board, and their predeces sors held up every liquor drum mer and liquor house that had i any business with the dispensary j at any time from the first bill of i goods bought until the 'hive of 1 State they extorted.through theirJ official positions, is another mat-f OR ter: if they did not. they stole hio people's money and they .hould be punished. but we could not find where there was any cor roborative evidence that Farnum bribed Wylie at all, hence the only excuse Wylie had for say ing Farnum bribed him lies in the desire to save his own carcass from sweltering in prison and a stiil greater desire to swing on to the loot he stole. Farnum had no reason to deny the charge made by Wylie. because nowhere in Wylie's evidence was there proof the money alleged to have been iven by Farnum was a bribe, ind as rebates had been a com mon method of conducting the iquor business from its incep tion, the jury did not have con incing proof that this money was give4 for, or in any other :han the usual rebate method, xhich was not prohibited by law. 5th. If the chief witness is a ,onscience-stricken man, and has irst made restitution. and testi ics becuse of feeling it a duty, tnd is not prompted by a motive )f saving his hide and his stolen oot too, then we think his testi nony should be given weight, imad if corroborated, the man xbo is proven to have debauch -d public officials should be pun shed, but when the proof is that he de!bauchery was a demand of he -public officials, then we would hesitate about convicting he private citizen charged, but f there is any way of sending the )tficials to the penitentiary it Kould afford a special delight and ;erve justice to send them. 6th. THE TimEs came into his discussion with no idea of lefending any of the accused, ior did it get into it to criticise he Attorney General, or the nanagement of the prosecution, )ut the editorials in The State vere so extreme and so denunci Ltory of the jury, that it seemed :lear it is to the purpose of our ,ontemporary to build a senti nent for the guidance of future uries that will have the trial of hese cases, and in the interest of air play, and in order that the ccused may enjoy the rights hey are entitled to under the :nstitution, we protested against he State's terriffic arraignment >f the twelve men who we'have Lo reason to believe were rompted by dishonest motives n rendering their verdict.. We ad a right to defend the jurors, nd ask that the trial of men harged with crime should be ccording to the law and the vidence, without having our easons or motives questioned by he State. We want the wrong-doers pun hed, not through an inflamed >rejudice, but under the lair, as t is written, not as conditions could seem to have it. REY3U01ETuTAR .0TH E ME What' know thai looks or fit To be Ia great de the Mano: qthis. ISuits and 4 Youths' S Bos'Knic iTrousers f SBoys' Pant John B. St< Harris' Vo Underwea The luncheon to be given Pres idi "aft in Columbia, Novem ber ,Ln. has been converted into a State affair. When, we presume, the thought occurred after the Col umbians had made all arrange ments and found the- need finan cial aid. Charleston a. I Florence will entet tain the President also, but they do not ask the guests they invite to drop something in to the hat to help defray ex penses. The city of New York is in the throes of another municipal cam paign which may have soms, bearing on the future national election. William Randolph Hearst has permitted himself to be nominated for Mayor of Great er New York, and what he will do for Tammany is a foregone conclusion. It was this same Hearst who scattered ruin to many prominent men all over the country, and when turns his i hose on the New York politicians there will be "a hot time in the old town." There are a number of frater nal organizations in this State that are none other than con-I cerns organized to evade the ia surance laws, and our insurance commissioner is very properly getting after them. If he has no law to put them out of busi ness, or collect a license fee for doing business in this State, then tile legislature should pro vide the means to protect the people from these law evaders.. Mr. McMaster,the commissioner, is sending out letters to the members of the zeneralassembly' directibng their attention to this matter, and it is to be .hoped that some steps will be taken to rid this State of fake insurance companies, whether they claim to be benevolent associations or not. It would be a safe plan to leave the commissioner full pow er to decide what shall or shall not do an insurance business in this State-. The spinners are coming to getLer to sign agreements to curtail the number of operating days in the mills in order to effect the price of the raw ma terial, but this effort will be futile; the moment the manufac turers begin to form conspiracies the growers of- cotJon will fill I the cotton warehouses with the raw product, and thereby keep the conspirators from filling their contracts for the manufac tured goods. The peopie will simply not stand for any con spiracy against them, they know the man facturers have the manufactured product contracted for future delivery, and that these contracts must be fillied. There is no getting around it, the mills1 must come across, even if those who they contracted with take advantage of the conditions and STI s more distu : your Clothe certain abou al. Our sort r Boy who w( )vercoats froi tits from :kerbocker Su rom s from - itson Hats fro n Gal Hats frc r from - EDLE raise the price of all manufac tured stuff. It matters not what the spinners of Lancershire, or even the mills in America do, the farmers for once have a tail hold on the situation, and a down-hill pull that they are go ing to use it, none but the unin formed will deny. PREPARING FOR PRESIDENT. Florence to Have Two Days of Big Doings The President's Visit ard Pee Dee Section Convention Expected to Draw Great Crowds to Flor ence the 9th and 19th. The Board of Directors of the Flor ence Board of Trade have been exerting every effort to hasten the progress of the arrangements for the Pe- Dee ,cc tion convention and the entertainment of the Nation's Chief, President Taft, on the evening of November 8. A s-c ial meeting of the board was held on the 4th at which a full discussion of the program for the convention and the president's reception took place. The distinguished position of Chief Marsball! of the procession of the President's party from the Atlantic Coast Line sta tion to the central school building, where president will deliver his ad dress. was assigned to Hon. J. Willard Ragsdale. Sheriff -Thos. S. Burch and! Dr. N. W. Hooks being appointed assis tant marshalis for carrying out this work. Acceptances have alreacy been received from the Calhoun Light Infan try of Florence, the Darlineton Guards and the Timncasrille Guares and (pt. Hartwell M. Ayer of the Calhoun Light Infantry is continuing his efforts to se eure the presence here of etuaianies from Georgetown, Horry and Sumter, and other points in the Pee Dee section. rhe committee on arrangements have ecured the presence here. during con-, vention week of the Johnnie Jone-s Car ivai C., which will, in addiLion to its usual attraedious, to be held on theI Chase lot at the corner of Irby and Front streets, give a number of free ex ibitions including a balloon ascension, I high dive, rope walking and the servic es of its band for the military parade 1 and guard mount, for the entertainment i of the large crowds, whom it is expect ed will attend the convention and come to neet President Taft. Efforts are being made by Prof. J. L.1 Mann, superintendent of the city schools 1 to secure the attendance on the even ing of the 8th of numbers of school :hildren from various points throughout I the Pee Dee section to greet the presi ent and too organize a color scheme 1 emonstration by the little ones on the piazza in front of the speakers stand of he central school building during thp < president's address. United States Sea &tor E. D. Smith, who has taken an ac- I ave part In assisting the Board of Trade :ommittee in furthering the success of i their plans, is endeavoring to secure the attendance of the First Artillery Band of Charleston to lead the process ion of the president's party and to affordj Erst.class musical entertainment to our zuests during the two days of the com rention. The Board of Trade has issued invi ations to act upon the reception com- I mittee to the president to a number of the most distinguished citizens of the tate including United States Senators rillman and Smith. Gov. Ansel, Lieut ov. M~oeod, United States Congress- 1 nan J. E. Ellerbe, Hon. F. B. Gary, 1 5ecretary of State McCown, Commis- I doner of Agriculture E. . Watson. As- 1 ociate Justice C. A. Woods, Judge S. W. G. Shipp and State Senators from Ii dLI the Pee Dee counties, Hon. R. G. Rhett, Mayor of Charleston, Hon. Her-I bert K. Gilbert, Mayor and the City'i Council of Florence, Pr-esident F. L. Wilcox and thbe board of directors of the Florence Board of Trade.1 IATI1 rbing than to ~s are faulty, t your Clothe! :f Clothes sa sars them fee ni - $6.50 - 6.00 tits from 3.00 - - 1.50 -- 50 m - 3.50 m- 3.00 . 25 CLOTI Efforts are bing m4:l to prolont visit of Presidcnt Tar here for a sut eient time to enahle him to make Ii iddress and attend a "Pee Dee Pir Bark Fis1h Stew.'*' *,be given in t! handsome dining room of the new H< tel Florence. If found that these a rangrements can be made a special trai escorted by the private ear of Gen. M W. N. Royall, of the Atlantic Coa Line Railroad Company will corvey ti president and his party to Wilming-o Invitations to this unique cntertai ment have been likewise extended I the Board of Trade. in addition to tt members of the reception comnitte to a number of the prominent and re resenttive men of variou counti throughout the Pee Pee section. The progrrmme for the addresses be delivered before tbe Pee Dee secti convention on the Sth and Uth days Novemrber in the Florence Atditoriur where tbe session of the convention w be held. is one of the most icterestir md far reaching in its importance th; as ever occurred in this State and ohe South. The sole-purpose of this co vention is the drawing together of ti Pee Dee section of the State in a gat: ering of the people to discuss the ma; aificent natural resources and agrict ,ural advancement. of this region and bring to the notice of the people of ti Pee Dee section the advantages of #0 mxp!oitation and development, of the. resources to their own and the State asting good. Followlrng is the proposed programn )f this session of the Pee Dee secti onvention to be held at the Floren< Auditorium on the 8th and 9th of N rember: iection 1. OPENING. 1. Invocation -Rev. Will M. Oliver 2. Address of Weicowe to Pe Dt 3ection Convention-Frederick I. Wi :ox. Esq., President Florence Board rrade. 3. Address of Welcome to City Florence-Mayor Herbert K. Gilbert city of Florence. section II. COMMERCE and TRADE 1. Intellizent Labor-Hon. C. WVooyd. Associate Justice. South Car ina Supreme Court. 2. The Norfolk & Western-Atlant Doast Line South-Bound-The Key 1 .he Coal Traffic of the South AtIant keaboard-E. B. Jacobs, Esq., Secr ;ary of the Chamber of Commerce, Roi 2oke, Va. 3. Gharleston. the Gateway of t: ;outh Atlantic Coast, Its Relation 1 he Development of the Pee Dee Se ion-Hon. R. Goodwin Rhett, Mayor < he City of Charleston. S. C. 4. Resources of the Pee Dee Sectic -James D. Evans, Esq.. Secretar Florence Board of Trade. 5. Community Co-operation in Advei sing-H. H. Richards. Esq.. Presidez outhern Commercial Secretary's A ociation: Secretary Jacksonville Boar >f Trade, Jacksonville, Fla. 6. Itailroad and Community Co-oper ion in Intelligent Development Wor -Wilbur McCoy, Industrial and Imm rration Agent Atlantic Coast Lit Railroad. Adjournment First Day's Session. Reception committee (in part) wi neet the president and conduct him i 7.lorence Central School building. President Taft will be met at Floren< 3entral School building by special r eption committee and conducted 1 -ostrum with party. Senator E. D. Smit will make the introductory addre. resenting the president The public parade will be from St ion West on Evans street to postofft hence south on Irby street to Palme 0, thence to front entrance of scho >uilding. The chief marshall will ha' he entire charge of the parade and a angements therefor under the dire< ions received from the president's 'ed -etary. The president wil' be then conducte o the Florence Hotel where he will b endered a "Pee Dee Pine Bark Fis tw"to which will be invited all < ,be members of the president's part: ,TI feel and either inm s is worth tisfy and Is sure of : to $32.50.~ to 25.00.L to 10.00. to 8.50. ~ to 1.75.7 to 5.00. to 4.00.E to 3.00. * theU Govruor mi a. t sin:w':. o: the reception cornnmittee nc led -uests from Florence and 'ther nei'h e boring counties. e The president will .- the4 cnlue )- to his private car by the chief rarhl! r- and special committee of recepti. n Auditorium. Tuesday :morning, No r. vember9th. 1909. 10:30. t Section VI. Agriculture and Good te Roads: 2. I. Hon. Martin F. Ansel, Governor of 2- South Carolina. IY 2. The Upbuilding of our Common e wealth-Hon. F. J. Watson, Commis . ioner of Agriculture, Commerce and indus.trie" of South Carolina. !s - . Farn Demonstration Work of .he Department of Agriculture of the Uni ted S.ates Government-Dr. Knapp or Dr. Tra Williams, 1'. S. Dept.. of Agri af culture. a. Kecess for dinner 1:30 p. .u. I Auditorium. Tuesday afternoon. Nov. 9th. 3 p. m 4. Summing Up-Hon. G Grosvernor n Dnwe. Managing Director Southeru . Commercial Congress, Washington, D. iC 5. Intcrnal Waterways and Rteclaina tion Work in the Pee Dee Section . on. J. -. Ellerbe. U. S. Congressman from the Gth district of South Carolins. e Practical Dmonstration in . RPoaj e Building by an engineer of the U. S. Department of Agricultural Bureau of Roads wilh be made on one of the City streets during the two days of the con e vention. e The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad effc department has n de special rates from al] points zAin. Pee Dee region to Florence covering the period from the eveninzof the -th to the morn ing of the lith days of November, which we hope will attract the attend ance of a great numberof visitors to the city during the convention. Mr. Landon C. Jones, chairman of the committee on accommodations has made special ar rangementb with the hotels. boarding houses and private houses in Florence for the accommodation of visitors dur ing the convention and those contem plating attending the convention should communicate with him at once, so that accommodations may be secured for them in advance. It would be well that i all such communications be sent in with out delay so that arrangements may be made and comfortable quarters insured. e Sammerton News. Editor The Mannin: Times: Naturally in such a characteristic 'a farming section as is tJ.: surrounding 7 our town, the cotton crop and the prices obtained for it are uppermost in the - minds of our business men. Perhaps it It would provoke some opposition of opin - ion should we suggest that this has been d one of the best years for the farmers that they have ever known: and indAed opposition would be justitiable-in some ! cases, but certainly the high prices so l- far this season added to a good average ie vield has brought about very evident prosperous conditions. Despite the diffi culty had in procuring labor and also the recent storms, but few are really 0 suffering; and judging from reports from merchants, who are vitally concerned with the ultimate results, it would szem that the present season can be termed a o successful one. The price of cotton at h this place still lingers around 13 cents, jcausing much satisfact.ion to the free seller and some concern to those having .- contracted for 10 cents in the late sum * mer. t- Among the noticeable business tran > sactions of the past week was the disso e lution of the Caners Drug Co., as such, - and the organization of a new firm to - be known as Capers & Co. At the auc tion sale of the stock on Saturdasy, the 16th, the new firm was the purchaser; d and business will be continued at the e "old stand".ounly under a different name. h The building of concrete blocks occu >fied byCapers & Co., was recently sold D.W.R. \Mood to Mr. Kollock. an SFY Cop OYi S~s L J\/IT F un for the New Yoric Life laur.uoe Co., vho has spent quite a gzood1 deal of time in ibis comnmunity lately. It is verr *ratifyi-n to :;ow ?he contidence that raw-cme--' hatve in Suammerton's fu Cards- ar.: 'i:. :munvcing the coming rma1r1.1e of Mi- .\larzarette Plowden to Dr. I. K. How!c. both of whom are very wel kuo.vn here. Dr. Howle has practiSed dentistry here for several yea:-i, %a.-n.- located here soon after his graduatiou from the Atlanta Col leze. Mfiss IPin wden has also spent coa siderable time here, havingr been em ployed as steooirrapher with two of our leading merchants Their many friends here will await with pleasure their per manent residence in their midst. It is rumored that another train will be chartered to Sumter on Thursday night to take the pleasure seekers to witness thc -Lion and the Mouse." We like to see Lhat our people have time for some recre.tioo, but regrret that they must leave town for their amusements. Dr. A. J. Brizgs of Clinton. S. C., sp.-nt a few days in town recently. I Measrs. W. D. Frierson and W. B. Upshur were here on business last week. Mr. Wallace Plowden of Manning, spent Sunday in town. .\!r. Leslie Tindal of Pinewood, was in town oc Saturday. Mr. S. A. Harvin and family. were visitors in this community last week. Mr. and MIrs. Grady Walker have're turned home after spending several months in Spartanburg, S. C. Miss Jessie Shutord is visiting rela tives in town. A S. Summerton, S. C.. October 18, 1909. Deafness Cannot be Cared by iocaiapplications. as they cannot reach the diseascd portion of the oar. There Is oisy %a; way to cure deaf:.es. and that is by constu tiocal remedies. Deatness Is carqeed by an in gar.ed condition of the mucous lining of the EustachLan Tube. When this tube gets Inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bear inu. and when '-i' entirely cosed deat-m 14 the resuIl. and unlesi the tnemmarn can be taken out nd this tube restored to its normal condition.hearing wl be destroyed forever: nine camse out of ten are caused by catarrh. which is nothinr but an innamed conditon of the mu cous surfaceS. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafnes :caunned by catarrb) that can not be cured by Hall-s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free. 0. JJ.CHENEY & co.. Toledo, 0. Sold:by druggists. 5e Halls Family Pils are the ber. The cotton mills are threaten ing to shut down if the price of cotton continues to remain at present prices. We think they are blaffing and have no such thought seriously. They are un der contract to farnish manufac tured goods, and they must fulfill. these contracts,'regardless of the price they must pay for the raw product. Therefore their threat to shut down will not frighten anybody, such threats have been made before. and at one time had its effect, but now the people are enlightened and are as well post ed as is the average speculafor. No, the mills will not shut down but if the worse comes to the worse and the farmers act with proper judgment the mills will be paying more for cotton and will beg to get it. So do not let the threats cause any unusual rush of cotton on the market. and only sell enough to meet obliga tions for the present. Mr. F. G. Frita, Oneonta, N. Y., writes: "My little girl was greatly ben efitted by taking Foley's Orino Iaxa ieadIthink it is the best remedy f d ostpton and liver trouble." Fiol Iey's OrinoTautive is mild, pleasant an~d effective, and cures habitual const! !pation. W. E. Brown & Co. B..