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LOUIS APPELT. Fdtor. MANNING. S. C., OCT. 27, 1909. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SUSCRIPTION RATES: O e year- . -.. -----------------------.. 50 Six -.non bs-.--. ADVZ4TSrNG RATES: One aquare. one e.31: eucb subseq-enz 'a serdol. 50 centa. Obt-ni and Tributes of Respect ebargea for am reular advertiemfents. Liberal oeonac Made for tbe- six and twelve Co amsos musz be accompaied by the real name and address of tbe writer in order to nIVe assenta. 14o communnalon of a persona charner I will be published eept as an advermen. atered as berostofmea as anin as See gad Chare matter. MM JURIES ARE NOT ALWAYS TO BLAME Of late there has been a whole lotof stuff in the newspapers sug gesting an improvement of the jury system, but we have not yet seen where any of these reform ers have suggested anything practical to prevent the miscar riage of justice. These writers eme that because a case fails of conviction when the verdict should have otherwise, the fault -is always with the jury, but it is not so, as we have observed a number of times. The juries fail to do their duty -but it is more frequent that the failure of justice comes from the 'witnaestand. Howisa juryto convict with the testimony against conviction. Hon. J. P. McNeg of Florence has an article inThe Sttein which he makes the -sggestion that jurors oe idrawnfroml-he circuit somewhat >Mike the jurors in the federal courts are drawn now, and 'tereis wo doubttbat Mr. Mo Neis idea have some merit in so far an y however, as tohave the jurors emoved from local influ ence, but whether it would give any better-verdicts is another itter. Take the Federal courts wtth3uOsfrom everywhere ex. the defendant's home and we venture to say, in a case involv -idfly uriaasOften to con l- as they doin State courts. In oth courts the must be dticordingtoihe law and the wi anda the witnesses tesilanywhether it S4 IlheStateorFederal courts, dheejurIs will ot conviet and astee-sasnot from any faiure J dagenthe part 9f the jury abutbenau the evidence they 4iatto act on would not justify a if the newspapers that ~ ave justice meted out to man can devise some lthesle wyeaeliv Weontnd that an ins * - -.11 when it is said that hte wil not d his duty-that lie has no regar for his oath. Reform the witnesi stand first, then if that fails se1 to work on the jury system. POLICEMEN MUST NOT BE RECKLESS. The trial of Policeman Bar wick of Pinewood in Sumt' last week resulted in a surprise. Mr. Barwick was a Doliceman al Pinewood and in attempting t arrest a fleeing prisoner he ac cidently shot another negro whc was taken to Sumter where h died. The shooting took place in Clarendon, but the death 'oc curred in Sumter. and under the law the case 'could be heard in either county. We clip tbc following from the Columbia Record of last Saturday: "Sumter, October 23 (Special). The verdict, reported in The Record yester day. of the jury in the ese of R M. Barwick. a white man, convicted ol manslaughter for the accidental kill ing of one colored mon while the de fendant was shooting at arnother col. ored man, shows that in Sumter coun tv color makes no difterence in the eyes of the jury. but that the law and the evidence govern the opinions 01 juros Barwick was marshall at Pinewood. and shot at a colored prisoner who had made a break for liberty. His bulletts went astray and critically injured a colored'man. The wounded negro was brought to Sumter for medical treat ment ana died here. Hence the trial Sumter county, instead of Clarendor county. ?here the-shooting occurred While there is no doubt that many citizens feel sorry for Barwick in hiL trouble; while it is true that he had no malice aforethought, while the kill. ing of the bystander was unintentional, nevertheless the criminal carelessness displayed could not be overlooked by the conscientious jury. The verdict shows another important thing. it means that, in Sumter coun ty at least, all men must stand equal before the law, and that a white mar has no immunity for the killing or in jnring of anegro except in self-defense or in accordance with the unwritter law for the protection of his home ani It alsoeaces another lesson, thal ofems of the law vested with author ity and permitted to go armed mus exercise every preca.ntion for the pub lic safety, and jurors by their verdic1 have as good as intimated that a col ored man's life is as sacred as a whitu man's, if the colored man be a law abiding and inoffensive citizen There has been much talk and muct written in the papers for years aboun the custom of juries turning loose whiu men for killing negroes in' cold blood. But in the Barwick case there was n< cold-blooded murder done. The killing might be called aernal if you like, but say way unir.tertional so for as thE man killed was oncerned." The death of Mr. John S. Rey nolds in Columbia, will be heard throughout the State, with sin cere regret. He was well knowt to the county newspaper men as atone time he was connected witk the printing of "outsiders." and by his never failing courtesy he made friends among their.. Mr. Reynolds was an excellent gen tieman, andone of the best in. formed men iri the State. His historyof the reconstruction per. iod ein this.State isi.& valuable wir and quite accurate. 18 DO NOT GET SCARED. The cotton mills are carrying ;their threat to shut down their C plants on account of the high price of cotton and yet the price V is advancing. We someties if think the American spinners are the ictims o1 the foreign manu-. facturers just as the cotton grow- t ers were once the victims of the t Texas growers. A number of t years ago Texas wns about to! make a bumper crop, and they ! knew that if their crop was put on the market with all of the d other cotton made in the South, the price would be far below the cost of consumption, so they sent a Mr. Terrill all over the cotton belt to urge the growers to hold their cotton, promising that Tex- a as would hold, our farmers be lieved this man and they held. if, while Texas slipped her cotton a Ito Che mills and got a fair price. I land our people got less than f4 the cost of making the staple. r ever since then the farmers have been hard to get organized anda still harder to stay organized. all because they were humbugged. g Now comes the English mills e urging the manufacturers to cur- a tail their operations, and the n movement to shut down in Amer- P ican has b-gun, but nstead of s, the price falling as the English i, 1 mill people hope for the price is t advancing, and it will continue hl to advance, because the demand T and price of the manufactured t product justifies higher prices, o and besides, the cost of every- i thing else is advancing, then why t] not cotton? - c We do not advise the holding c of cotton at present prices but w'e f do believe before next March we will see the price nearer tw'enty n cents than fifteen. But do not let I your creditors wait, pay your , debts first and then if there is any r cotton left hold it. TU23M LS RIM.T f Senator Tillman declined the invitation to attend the luncheon that "certain citizens" will give in t honor of President Taft in Co lumbia on' November 6th. and his Iletter to the Secretary of theftl Chamber of Commerce giving his C reasons for declining is indeed a d hot'tomale. While we do not see any necessity to read the Colum- c bians a lecture on good manners, 710 we quite agree with the Senator S that it is unusual to invite gen- 0 tlemen to a luncheon and make the condition of acceptance a price, in this case $10. It was our understanding that the city a of Columbia through its chamber b of commerce invited President ,c Taft to visit Columbia, and it was rv .given out that Columbia would; n have the President as her guest. hb Committees were appointed injb 1Columbia, ousdrwrnot con-1e were sent out, the guests were re g quested to accompany their ac- sl ceptance with $10. THE TIMES ti .OTHE ME What's know that looks or fit To be a great des the-Man or this. Suits and C Youths' Su: Boys' Knic Trousers fr Boys' Pant John B. Ste Hawes' Vo: Unde rwea: Royal Limi I. CI! ditor received one of these in itations and decided to not ac- I ept because he did not fancy the il lea of having to pay to be a C uesL. We do not consider the h unction in Columbia a State af- i: iir, not even since a large num- a er of gentlemen have signified n b-eir willingness to pay $10 for e Lie privilege of lunching with c ,ie President. Senator Tillnan ji -hile rather hard on those who -anted to see the color of his ioney before they let him sit own to the table, has our ideas f hospitaliy, or we have his, we now not which. a ARE THEY MARRI-D? d If "under our law, when a man c nd a woman openly acknowledge t iemselves man and wife, and k )llow it with cohabitation, they n re married in the eyes of the tw." Then we cannot see the >rce of Judge Aldrich's decision d xcently made at Anderson in a xse of a petition to annul the d tarriage relation '>etween two il ersons who had been-living to- s ether as man and wife. and op-I a aly acknowledging themselves e i man and wife. but who had ii ever had a marriage ceremony : erformed, now they agree to a parate and to prevent their be- t: ig arrested for bigamy, in-case 1: iey should marry, they are pray- 1: ig for a legal separation, but %i udge Aldrich decides that while c iey -re man and wife in the eyes t f the law, because of their hav- u ig openly lived as such, yet iete not having been a marriage remony, there was no marriage v :tract and the decree was re- s Lsed. Here is a case of a man being C arried. and not married at the d .me time. Should he marry y )me one else, he is liable to be V unished for bigamy, and should e have property the woman -he b as been living with would have o dower, in that property. It f trikes us that this is a matter 10 )r the lawyers in our legislature 0 y look after. e d Dr. James H. Carlisle, one of v ie greatest and best men South 0 'arolina has ever produced is b ead, and South Carolina sincere- r r mourns the loss.. Regardless of 1' reed, faith or denomination, this a reat and good man was univer- I W11y loved. Peace to the ashes d f the Grand Old Man. The verdict in the Bfgham- n vant case meets with. general P pproval. While there seems to t1 a a mystery surrounding the s ise a majority of people agree, n ith Judge Watts that there was t i intention on the part of Big am to murder his wife, but that ath Bigham and Avant were Ia uther scared or rattled and were c ~ckless in the handling of thefa n. It is right that punishmentp iould be meted- out to both of'n iese men. - e: S TI Smore distu: your Clothe certain abou1 L. Our sort < 'Boy who we )vercoats fror its from - kerbocker Su -om - s from - tson Hats fro: a Gal Hats frc r from - ted Hats DlLII The Orangeburg Times and lemocrat has at last succeeded i winning the approval of The olumbia State. but to do so it ad to turn from the trail Tilliman pursuing in tariff legislation. nd get into the camp of Till ian s most inverate foe. We next xpect to see our Orangeburg ntemiporary denounce Ti:lman 2st like The State. It is hoped that the people of larendon will attend the Pee: lee convention in Florence on 'ovember kth. President Taft till be there on that day and wi 1 ddress the convention. Those esiring to go from this section an reach Florence in time to see ie President by taking the train nown as the "shoo-fly on the torning of the 4th.. The News and Courier of Mon ay has a timely editorial about Shyster Lawyers." There is no oubt that the legal profession is ifested with men who are con aatly scheming to rob but they re shrewd enough to avoid the riminal law. These men make ; a business to pry into the af :.irs-of men to create litigation nd wLen they work up a case ,eir client is the sufferer. If a Lyman was to do the things some twyers do the penitentiary gates -ould swing wide open to re eive them, but having a license > practice law, very frequently a lawyers license to rob. Mrs. J. L Mims of Edgefield, ice president of the W. C. T. U., aggests that the gentlemen who -ill lunch with President Taft in clumbia, turn their glasses own as a mark of respect for the Oresident's total-abstinence iews. The President is only on robation now. and it would be ard on some of -the Columbians 3at we know to have to pay $10 )r the privilege of munching an live, and doing without a drink, nly to learn that Willie has fall n off the water wagon. Presi ent Taft did remark that he roula. not take stimulants while ecupying the executive chair, ut we have no idea he would an from a glass of wine at a Co imbia luncheon which the guests re assessed $10 a plate to pay. is -enough to drive him to rink. The Columbia State is deter Lined to have the last word, and re have concluded to let it enjoy 2e -privilege. "Fortunately" ys our contemporary, '"few ewspapers are so regardless of ieir obligations to their true assion as to even indirectly and avertly champion the cause of man who. in the sight of de ucy and the public conscienceI ! honesty, is a debaucher of ublic officials." THE TIMES is ot -a defender of such a man, ither directly or indirectly, but IAT I rbing than t( is are faulty t your Clothe f Clothes si ars them fet LI - $6.50 - .6.O0 its from 3.OC - - 1.50 - - 50 mI - 3.50 - 3.O0 .- 25 CLOT! is a defender of the right of trial by jury and the constitutional rights of every citizen. The dif ference between The State and! Tm: Timws is the former would. have a man convicted because its editor believ-es lie is guilty, and the latter would only have hn convicted when proven guilty. If Senator Tillman goes to the State Fair as is his custom. the committee had better not ask him to make a speech on the fair grounds, if he speaks he will like ly have something to say to "cer tain citizens" who have been nag ging at him because he would not consent to encouraging Colum- I bia's idea of entertaining guests. We very freqently differ with the senior Senator, but in this mat ter he is absolutely right. We too had an invitation to the luncheon. but we declined to attend for the same reasons as those given by I the Senator. but instead of writ ing the committee an offensive answer we simply declined in as polite a manner as we knew how. In our humble judgment Colum bia. in this matter has exhibited a cheap-skate manner. but then, something had to be done to help out "certain citizens" who are running the Taft luncheon's finan cial affairs. In this issue there is a law card from Capers & Wright of Wash ington. Mr. Capers of this firm is Captain John G. Capers ot Greenville, S. C.. who was until recently Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue, and after his re tirement from this position he has connected himself with this law firm. Mr. Capers is a lawyer of high reputation and will do a large practice in the courts of Washington. He has retired from active politics, but at the same time the authorities at the capi tal bank high on his judgment. He is a close friend of Mr. Hitch cock the Postmaster General and' with the post office Mr. Capers is consulted aboat South Carolina appointments. Mr. Capers hav ing been in charge of the revenue department is an authority on revenue law, which will give him a great advantage in his practice, and besides he has a large influ ence in Washington. According to the Columbia State, the policies of Bailey of Texas and Tillman of South Car olina, "if successful, means. in evitably,-the disruption of the Democratic party." These two distinguished statesmen are high up in the councils of the party. and if they are advocating poli cies which will inevitably disrupt the party The State should begin the task of having them-read out, as was done with another one of South Carolina's representatives' who had the manliness to give expression to views similar to1 those now being expressed by BATI > feel -and ~ ,either in ~ 2 ~s is wofth ~ atisfy and ~ 1ssure of i to $32.50. 'I to 25.00. _ to 10.00. to 8.50. to 1.75. M to 5.00. to 4.00. E to~ 3.00. 1.50 5 LE the gentlemen referred to. Sev eral years ago John L. McLaurin had advanced ideas on the mat ter of a tariff on cotton with a view to aid the cotton growers ol the South. and because he would not bow the knee to the then ob structionists, he was hounded oul of the party. Now what is to bc done with Tillman? The Senator has virtually given notice he will not be run out, and that he will ask for re-election. Therefore it is up to The State to do the run ning out. anfess Cannot be Cered by !oc-.Cappi:cations, as they cannot reach the di-eaed purt.on of the car. There Is only on( way to cure deafness. and tbat i- by contitu tional rmies. Deafness L% caued by an in ran.ed condition of the mucous. ining of th< Eustachian Tube. When this tube get- inflam c-d you have a rumbling-sor. or imperfect hear ing. and when it is entireIy c~osed deafness b, the result. and unlcas. he Inh!ammation can bx Laken nut and tbis tube re-stored to it% norma condition.hearin: will bedestroyed forever: nin cases out of ten are caued by catarrh. which is nothing but an inz!amed condition of the mu. coums.surfaces. We wil give One Hundred Dolar for an5 ca'-e of Dernnas (caused by catarrh) that ca not be curcd by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send fol circular%. free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. 0. Sold*by druwri'ts. 75c. Hail s Family PUN are the besL Pinewood Dots. Editor The Manninr Times: Mrs. R. F. Epperson entertcined a number of young people at her home Friday evening for the benefit of the Saptisr church. An enjoyable evening was spent playing games, after which delightfai refreshments were served. Each was asked to bring as many pen nies as they had had birthdays. A nice little sum was raised. Those present were. Misses Annie Reeves, Bertha Broadway. Henry Reynolds. Bessie Geddings, Bessie DesChamps, Ode] Barwick, Mae Griffin, Berth Griffin, Abbie Ragin, Mrs. and Mrs. W. D. Epperson, Mr. Shuford Griffin, Howard Scott. Paul Hodge, Cammie Broadway, Bancroft Lesesne, Henry Richardson, Arthur Briggs, Fred Griffin, Abie Ra gin, W. B. Garrett, Harry Geddings, Beasley Barwick and E. C. Geddings. An entertainment will be given nexi month by the .chooL children for the benefit of the school. The children are hard at work.practicing their parts. A short play, dialogues, drills and tableaiu constitute the chief features of the en tertainment. November 4th is the-date of the com ing of Hon. T. C. Camp, who will lec ture at the school auditorium. This will be the first entertainmet presented by the Lyceum Course Major H. B. Richardson, Sr., is in Columbia this week on business. Mr. A. P. Toomer and William Rich ardson are in Charleston this week on a short visit. Mr. McDonald'Green-of Oswego, has returned home after a pleasant stay with friends and relatives here. Mrs. N. C. Stack has returned to her home in Denmark after spending a few days here. with her mother. Mr. Tess Thompson %as returned to his home in Chadbourne, N. C., on ac count of ill health. - Mr. Robt. Plowden soent last Sunday here visiting friends. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Smith of Jonesville. are here on a vtsit to rela tives. Mr. Willie Brown is quite siek at his home with fever. A. P. T. Mr. F. G. Fritz, Oneonta, N.- Y., writes: "My little girl was greatly ben. efitted by taking Foley's Orino Lea-a tire, and I think is is the best rmd for constipation and liver trouble."F ey's Orino LImative is mild, pleaant and effective, and cures habitual consti pation. W. F.. Brown & Co. WY. D.YI cII L011 SL M I~~ $cmmerton iewS. !Mit.r Tb Mainning Timec%.. Considerable frost was seen here this morning, and the decided coot change in the weather gives promise of some more very soon. Just what part the changed weather conditions are playing in establishing the price of cotton and just bow far the government report of this morning can be said to have ad vanced it we are not in position to say, but it is very evident that there is a moving force somewhere. Cotton was sold here on Saturday at 13t cents and is today worth more than that. The re ceipLs are still fair and there seems yet to be considerable in the fields. Mr. J. R. Dingle. Legislator and alo, a very prominent. farmer of thisiocality, has recently contracted for a gasoline engine outfit to be installed on his place for the purpose of lighting his premis es. The Summerton Hardware Comp any, who are agents for these plants, are gradually convineing the people of this vicinity of the convenience of ow ing their own lighting power. Mr. J. M. Cantey, another of our sUC cessful farmers, met with quite a pain ful accident on Friday afteroon. 'In jumping fromawagon, aboardon which he had stepped slipped, causing Mr. Cantey to lose balance and fall; in fail ing his wrist recelvingthe whole weight T of his body, was broken just above the. joint. We are glad to hear tha-hils getting along nicely. Quite a number of Summertonia took aidvantage of the excursinutoSni ter on Thursday night and- t. "The Lion and the Mouse." Theypro nounce it a splendid performanc,- and one well worth the trip. An offlcer of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias states that-they-are succeeding in raising quite a hanenewe sum as a contribution to the fidengdM secured for the rpose of- erecting1a suitable memor' to.theisteDr.Thorn- M well at Clinton, S. C. The membstnfp, is being increased at every meur and it appears to be among the ms flourishing in the $taw . Mrs. G. M. Belser ofColumbla, spela several days last week withen Mr . H. Beiser at "Woodside." -miss Kate Canter who basaba:geid the school at Wisbn's Mill spent2Sat urday and Sanday at-bouae r Mr.Kennedy o moun, N. ., speZahe edhleishit his parents, Mr. and Mrs 3-fL-ut ledge. - Miss Lillinn Cante home after a visit to re a mives burg and Colnmbia Messrs. Smithandulhi ning were in town today-on Rev. Mr. G. A- Blackburno bia was a visitor In town Summerton, S. C., Oobdri The Colored Stafe Ucaday, Novnf aR ~ a Uil ataly3e Reduced rate, from all 1mportzpints olina, rnd from- i robu e N CN vannah and Anx;6ta . .. Negro State FairwhbicA burg on the Iflr rowun& te~e fair assocIasia a ber 8. The asiri great fair. Abou3500 i4sn aside for paymenton-:preinin colored pele who atte have the p .Augusta and cmn~n lug. satesb4se yt1~~~' - Irom CdInbI*m h~on-b9.Y~4 lad abuu' IThe train M Columbia ls'I tharont be sie Colored peopa~ e . Fair should: write Rev of Batesburg, S. C i rad h Committee of Ei r ma z. E.Wmiere A. 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