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LOU-I APPELT. Eiditor. \MANNING. S. C., NOV 24, 1909. PUBULSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SCBSCRIPTION RATES: One y 5.....0. Six monts ..... roFo u o .............. . ...-- 50 ADRTISING RATES: One squa.e. one time. 1; cacb sustquent in se-tson. 5o cents. obiuaies and TrItbute of Repect cham' eaor ws reauine advert.iements. LiberA! cortracA made for three. six and twelve C0=mmuaca=*ns muv: toe acoo~p&in!ed by the real =a=e =d ades Ot the wi in or'der o 1IwOP.1T atzoention. No o~mn1stion or a personal character wm be pubsbe exce p as a zeverement. EnItred at thePOSZomee at Manning as See on c maner. MAYBE NOT. The Anderson Mail says, "The newspapers are beginning to. speculate as to the race for Gov-. ernor next year. Our guess is; that Hon. C. C. Featherstone is going to be elected governor." The Laurens Advertiser publish ed in Col. Featherstone's home town says "Right you are, Broth er." It did look as if the gentleman from Laurens had the gubnator ial plum cinched. He has done' some good electioneering all over the State for votes. His party is, the dominent one and its strength is made certain for victory be cause it is backed by the women and the churches, but the friends of Col. Featherstone should not! be over confident: in his prohibi tion party there are a number of shrewd politicians and already they are casting about for what I is in it for them. It has reached, us that there is a potent force in the prohibition ranks who do not I want Featherstone to run for governor they want to hold him back to put the blocks to Uncle Ben, and for governor they want Hon. J. Fraser Lyon. Were we to wager we would bank on Lyon becoming the can didate of-the prohibitionists, and not Featherstone, he is to be side tracked by the self-appointedj 1 leaders, and if Featherstone will not submit to being side tracked this element will defeat him if t they can. The political control j of this Ste is in the hands of N: one manin Spartanburg, if Feath- F erstone fails to secure his en dorsement he may as well hang C his hopes. up for the present. It* is believed that the Spartanburg t endorsement has been given to, d theAttorney General, with Smith d taken out of the gubnatorial race with the promiseifheisgoodto be made Attorney General. We therefore suggest to our Anderson and Laurens frierids not to count too sure on Feather-I stone!s election, for it yet de pendS. -TE STOP THE TRAFFIC. What will the legislature do to put a stop to the tremendous ex press traffic of hquor in this State. if there is anyway by leg islation to prevent the express companies from monopolizing the sale of whiskey in this State it ought by all means to be put into operation. The express com panies are doing a vast amount of business at every place they have an office established, and it amounts to but very little less than the companies being the soliciting agents for the whiskey houses: through them the coun try is beiDg flooded with liquor and it is getting worse and worse as the holidays draw near. We are not a believer in pro hibition, regarding it of less benefit than a fair enforcement of a well regulated liquor law would be. but we have prohibi tion by a vote of the people, and now that we have it we want to see its operation unhampered, and it cannot be as long as traffic companies which obtain a chart er to do business in this State are permited to throw obstacles in the way of a successful execu tion of a law made by the votes of the people themselves. We say stop the express companies: and the railroads from bringing the stuff here or provide some sane and deceit way to keep the: money at home which is now go ing to other States from those who drink and sell liquor. If we are to have prohibition. let us have it in fact, but for heavens sake the kind we are now having made so by the public carriers, :annot be at all satisfactory to he most ardent prohibitionist. We are getting the whiskey and ts bad effect. Virginia and Florida is getting the revenue Lnd the public carriers are reap ng a harvest. A GOOD ANSWEL Governor Ansel has a habit of aying the right thing at the ight time, and the right place. n answer to a question from the ew York World, "why the peo )le of the States shouTd observe 7hanksgiving?" He said the fol owing: "We should be thankful to God for he many blessings we enjoy in being t peace with all nations: that our fields ave yielded abundant harvests: that ur lives have fallen to us in pleasantji laes, and that as a nation we are mik- I 2g progress along normal and religious es. We should also on this special ccasion remember in our prayers and ith our means the poor and needy. and 2 3ose so recently bereaved by the mine isaster. South Carolina is enjoying1 ece and prosperity within her boun This reply is worthy of the an who presides over South arolina. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool rd's Sanitary Lotion. Nyer fails. Soldj SW .Brown &Co.,DxEggist. C CI 111 Coyi: ,go b Ha:S-aae &Mr yi -' The monthly ginners report shows less than 6,000,000 bales of cotton ginned, which to our mind spells that fully 5 per cent.. of the crop has been ginned, and that the crop for 1909 will not exceed 10.000,000 bales. They are having a high old time in the New York customs service with the grafters and be fore the racket is done with it u ill not be a surprise if some of the high muck a mucks are forc ed to take to the tall timbers. if the United States can get up a little spanking fest for the Nicarguan government it will give some needed promotions to some of the restless souls who are cooling their heels at the! doors of the army and navy headquarters in Washington. Charleston is to have a largel< sugar retinery, which is but Z another pointer to her future J progress. The opening the great i Panama Canal will bring to that city many of the largest indus- < trial enterprises and make that < city the greatest commercial cen ter on the Atlantic Coast. Lawyer Lyles of Columbia is out in a letter defending the Co lumbia glass works that the wind ing-up commission rendered a large judgment against. Mr. Ly les claims that a great injustice . has been done this local company I and we infer that the courts will t have to settle the controversy with the commission. d Dr. Len G. Broughton the fa- I mous Baptist divine of Atlanta i1 bas beeu called to the pastorate v of the Christ Church, Westminis- t ter, England. This is one of thejt most fashionable churches in P London, and the call is a compli- C ment any American may be proud P :f. Dr. Broughton is a great ora- h zor and Atlanta will not willingly m give him up. The government has sent two t ,var ships to Nicaragua to demand P Lf explanation for the putting to tl leath of two Americans. We r yuess that it will end in an apol- e )gy and an indemity. The prob- ti bility is that these Americans a vere dare devils who were in the I nsurgent army fightiing the Nic- m xraguan government, and had no u ight there. _____ _____ ____ti A Spartanburg jury convicted a respectable white man of man- d aughter for killing a negro wo an, in spite of the fact that the roman declared before her death i tl hat the shooting was accidental. a t is said the man is a fine busi- ta ess man and an expert book- la :eeper and stands high in Spar-j n< anburg and Laurens counties. 1as spartanburg juries are long on m onvictions, especially in homi- g ide cases. m: .OTHE What's Sknow that Slooks ornft?~ Tobe c a great dea the Man or Ithis. Suits and O Youths' Sui1 Boys' Knick ITrousers fr< Boys' Pants John B. Stet Hawes' Von Underwear Royal Limit IJHAll I the recent decision of the Federal court is of no more ben etit to the general pu'.lic than was the $z29.000.000 line imposed by Judge Landis then the Stan dard Oil Co. is not badly jarred by the order of disolution, and will contint doing business at the same old stand, and in the same old way. In our judgment, the courts are of recent years disposed to pander to popular applause and when a great cor poration gets a slap in the face it is calculated to make the pop ulace feel they are coming to their own. This is the outcome of latter day politics-the teach ings of the demagogue. State Superintendent of Edu :ation Swearingen will recom aend to the legislature to do tway with the present system >f teachers' examinations by the -ounty boards and have the .rading done by the State Board. [f this is done there will be a -evolution in our public schools, is it will thin out to a stand of :ompetency the teachers through )ut the State. At first it will nake teachers scarce, but it will iltimately arouse the patrons of he schools to the need of pro iding decent pay for teachers, mnd encouraging young men and vomen to prepare themselves or the work. One of the great [rawbacks to our school system, s incompetent teachers, and the ause of this can be directly at ributed to the pittance paid. The report of the winding up ispensary commission bring to ight a tremendous lot of graft 3g done by the Columbia glass -orks. and if our information is : be relied on, the personel of is concern will startle the peo le of the State. We think our 'lumbia contemporaries should ublish the names of the stock olders, so the public may know -ho these people are. The commission has done a ood work and has saved many iousands of dollars to the tax ayers, notwithstanding the fact 1 iat the lawyers have, or are to t ,ceive rich fees. Attorney Gen-t1 ral Lyon has done much more ian was believed he could do t ad he deserves great credit for ie disclosures that have been ade, and it would not surprise ; if his services to the people -e recognized in a very substan al way as they should be, for , certainly has done things un- z ?r great disadvantages. While attending a funeral at a Le cemetery yesterday, we were s ;ked why it is that steps are not , ken to mark the grave of the te Col. H. L. Benbow? This is >t the first time we have been ked this question, and w'e made le ention of it at the time. This -ave should by all means be arked with an appropriate stone i : S TI more distui your Clothe :ertain about 1. Our sort c Boy who we vercoats fron ts from - :erbocker Sui from - son Hats frox Gal Hats fro: from ed Hats [DII to show posterity that here lies the body of a man who served his country loyally when men were called upon to defend a principle. A monument is intended to com memorate the good deeds done by man. So let the present gen eration ever keep green the mem ory of those who spilled their blood and gave their lives in de fense of their country. Col. Harry Benbow was a bold and dashing leader, his fame as a soldier was not confined to his home county, but throughout the State there are many who followed him on many battle fields and who would gladly contribute towards erect ing a suitable shaft to his mem ory, as one of South Carolina's most gallant soldiers. We sug gest that the veteran's association take this matter up and push it through to a successful conclu Sion. We quite agree with the Co lumbia Record that -'there is such a thing as going too far." The purpose of the State to hold back county funds due the whis key houses, because it is claimed that these concerns when doing business with the old State dis pensary, did not act straight. is' about as correct a principal aS would be to render a judgment against the ;on because the father failed to pay, or punish the son with imprisonment be cause the father committed a crime. The county dispensaries sold liquors and the profits therefrom I went into the county treasuries, I the State had no interest in these profits and the only rea ;on the name of the State was used in connection with the pur hase, was the great (?) consti ,ution of 1895 required it,the pur hase was only nominally made n the name of the State, the .ne of credit was actually ex ;ended to tne counties. There 'ore the State has no moral right o one cent of this money, nor ias it any moral right to hold ip one cent of the money dueI he whiskey houses by the coun- b ies. The whole scheme looks: o us as if certain lawyers arej1 Ising the State to feather their iwn nests-a graft game worse han the game played by those vho held trusted positions and obbed the State. Pnwood Dot. dizor The Mannin- Times: The entertainment given last Friday ight by the school children, was cuite success in every way. The teaclhers eserve much credit, as the children t biowed excellent training. A crowded ( ouse enjoyed the program, and some aing over thirty dollars was taken in I tthedor.d Quite a number of bunters from Sum- I ar and other places cor-se down almost is v-ery week and enjoy themselves on the C ood hunting grounds between here and c emini- -1: Rev. W. S. Porter will begin a meet, mg on Sunday December 5th, in Pres- c bing than to s are faulty, your Clothes f Clothes sa ars them feel 1 - $6.50 - 6.00 .ts from 3.00 - - 1.50 - - 50 n - 3.50 - 3.00 . - 25 CLOTIl byterian church. assisted by Rev. A. R. Woodson of Manning. Services at 11 o'clock a. in.. and 8 o'clock every p. m. %6cs% Mavsic Brailsford was in Man ning last week attending the Wilson Belser wedding. Mr. J. ). Rowland of Kershaw, is vis iting Rev. Munnerlyn. Misses Dorothy and Alice Owens of Sumter, have returned home after a short visit to their friend. .Miss Julia llrailkford. Mrs. V. G. Nelson of Statsburg is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. B. Rich ardson. Prof. W. B. Garrett is visiting friendsj in Turbeville. A. T. A Timely Suggestion. Editor Thr \fanning Times: Our court house is about completed and in the near future the cornerstone will be laid with appropriate exercises. It is a very handsome building, one that all Clarendon should feel proud of, and when the work on the grounds around the building shall have been completed we will have one of the most beautiful court house squares in the State. On this square in some suit able place. we want to see erected a suitable monument to the memory of 1 the Confederczte veterans of our county. A great maty. if not most 1coun ties in the State have done this, and we should. I believe that all the citi zens in the county wi:1 contribute lib erally i' called upon. and that the amount necessary to pay for the erec tion of a creditable monument can easily be raised. About two thousand dollars is what will be needed, and it seems to me that we could get this up in a short time if we will only try. We would be glad if the Daughters of the Confederacy or both the Daughters and Sons together would get to work and raise the amount necessary as early as possible. By appointing two or three in every community throughout to ' county to solicit contributions it can be raised. Shall we undertake it? D. L. GREF. -Nvember 22, 1909. Sumerton Bride Honored. Fditor The Manninr Times: Conspicuous among the events of so :ial distinction during the past weekr was the reception tendered Mrs. J. Fred anham on Friday afternoon by Mrs. 3. Zarlisle Ragin. Anticipatory of Mrs. Lanham's permanent residence here and a onfident of a desire on the part of her nany friends to extend to her their tood wishes. Mrs. Ragin afforded an i Lfternoon of keenest satisfaction and en-I oyment. Being received in the hall-I ray by Mrs. Ragin and Mrs. W. R. dood, the guests were invited into the ;arlor which had been tastefully deco-I ated with autumn leaves and yellow i :hrysanthemums. there to meet the >ride who was never more attractive ,han on this occasion when she receiv d the hearty congratulations and best rishes of her friends. A delightful alad course was here served by Misses ,ucy and Maria Nlood, after which the C uests repaired to the dining room. rhich was Hicewise decorated most ap >ropriately. and were there served with offee by Mrs. D. 0. Rhame. Passing e.an into the hall, the ever acceptable >uch bowl presided over by Miss Sallie Lcderson, furnished a most attractive 'finale" to the enjoyment of the after oon. The receipients of Mrs. Ragin's ospitality were: Mesdames H. Augus us Richbourg. J. M. Cantey, Ellison :apers, J. A. James, J. Ashby Rich ourg. J. M. Plowden, T. J. Davis, J. ). Rutledge, E. M. Tisdale, W. E. An erson, a no. Kershaw, --Wilson, H. >. Troy, Henry Lanham, Walter Math i, L. C. Stukes. and Misses Lillian antey, Bertha Davis, Lida Scarbor ugh, Leila Norris, Chauncey Black-1 urn, Cornelia Plowden. Mabei Harper, ileen Richbour-g and Gertrude Col- I lough. AT IS feel and either in is worth i tisfy and_ .ssure of~ to $32.50. K to 25.00.~ to 10.00. to 8.50._ to 1.75. to 5.00. to 4.00. ~ to 3.00. 1.50 II I Closing Out SALE! AT SILVER, 5. C., Beginning Nov. 20th Dur entire Stock of Goods goes at COST. Now is your chance to Shoe yourselves and supply rour winter wants in Dry Goods,. Underwear, &c., md fill up your pantries for. hristmas. This Sale will ast 30 days. Come quick )efore the stock is too badly )roken. )avis & Broadway Bros. FT ) YS ! cFrssnaaxeaa., ~ EI I pIMMM - HP'1NY, =/J T FR .O