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Whc igaanig Wite. LO~UXI APPELT. dInnor. MANNING. S. C.. DEC 1. 1909. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY suHscRTIO RATES: ix ...... $1 Poqu =nths................................ 50 ADVERTISING EATES: Ose square. one tme. M: each submecnt In i aer*n.. 50 cents. ObitUariS and Tribtest or Respect charced tor as regu ar advertsemcnts. Liberal contrac.s made for three. si and twelve oesunouam must be acoomxpale by the res; e and addresseo the writer tn order to rpotvft anentton. NO onamanncatica of a personax caracer wi be pubshedexcept asan advertisement. Entered az thoPostoMoe at Manning as See ond (cas maner. ALABAMA REUMIATES flOhIBMON IN - COISTITUTIOD. The prohibition amendment to 4 the constitution of Alabama, af- t ter the fiercest political contest z in the historyof that State, where c the women and children took ac- i tive parts, and where the minis- < try worked like beavers, was lost i by a heavy majority,and in effect, r the result is regarded s a repu- f diation of the administration i which forced prohibition on the t people of Alabama. Local option a had been in vogue in Alabama t for many years, with the result s that many towns and cities voted; hquor out and the law in such s places was enforced, but the Pro- E hibitionistsnotcontent with what f they had, having a majority in e legislature and led by extre- s mists, took advantage of the a situation and by legislation p forced a - State - wide b i I o through, and'to clinch it,they un- b dertook to get an amendment to b the constitution fixing Alabama a for all time in the prohi- u bition column, but the peo ple had a voice in this, ti and when it come to them they, S with strong emphasis, rebuked si the legislature which forced pro- t] hibition upon them and by an n overwhelming majority voted 1( down the amendment. b HadAlabamabeencontent with d her local option laws % are sat- jt isfied the cause of temperance ta would not have suffered as it has r under the prohibition law. grad- g, ually, as the community senti- ai ment justified it, the sale of alco- t holic liquors was being voted out rt and the law enforced, but when A the politicians of that State tc sought to force upon communi- S1 tiesa condition they did not want, m even the prohibition communities p manifested their sympathy by m onkg the anti-prohibitionists to pc repudiate the leaders of the pro- tk hibition party who were working fo the religious bodies for their own is political advancement, ad ad- 0 vantage. pz We donotoonsider the tremen- at HEN the ifthis sa gestion for do not strik Overcc Raincc Auto C Fancy We wou assist you it PHQCNE :ous defeat of the Prohibitionists in Alabama to be an indication of % swinging back of the temper %nce wave, not at all, but we do regard it as an indication that the peoDle are beginning to re-lize ihe work of the politicians in us ing the religious bodies for ulter or purposes, and too, they real ze the danger, both to the church wd the State, of uniting these 'wo important elements; this pro 2ibition wave under the usurped eadership of crafty politicians is .ast making the churches a part )f the country's politics. History ias long ago shown that a church ,overned countrv retrogrades. Lnd how abject and slaved the :eople of a priest-ridden country ivere, therefore, a halt is called >efore it is too late; and this, in >ur opinion had much to do with he fall down of prohibition in Mabama when the people took a iand in the contest. South Carolina under Local )ption has voted out the legal ale of liquor in thirty-six coun ies. this was done by the people, .nd the probability is these dry ounties will continue dry. There 5 however, a demand on the part f an element of the Prohibition sts to take advantage of their tumbers in the legislature. and orce prohibition in the counties rhich were permitted to express heir wishes, notwithstanding tacit understanding that heir wishes would be re pected, but it would not be sur irising to us did the next ses. ion of the legislature adopt a ltate-wide prohibition law, thus :rcing those counties that have: xpressed themselves by permis ion of the same legislature, into condition opposed to the ex ressed wish of those people. In ur opinion, it would be an act of! ad faith, as much so, as wouldI ave been the forcing liquor into ny prohibition county, made so nder the Brice Act: There is such a thing as going o far, as over-doing, and if our tate legislature at its next ses on over rides the sentiment in! ke six counties that were per itted by their ballots to! gally sell liquor, it will 3 their fault if the people rive the money changers out of te temple, for much of this ex eme prohibition, is mecenary, -pudiate what has already been uned for the cause of temper ice, and bring back to this State te horrid night mare of bar oms. We think the example of labama sLould cause the people demand a halt. and, let the 1 ate work out its salvation by eans that will meet with the 4 ople's approval, and not per- ' it shrewd, but unscrupulous ilitiians to longer manipulate 1 e religious bodies of this State]i r their own selfish purposes. It!i our sincere opinion that South I Lrolina will not submit to op-~ ession anyrnore than did AI ama, and when those entrusted UR I problem of son of the ye L Man's or a e something pats, pats, oats, Vests. Lld just "hint t every way ~ I 166. with her political affairs are not content to respect the wishes of a people. especially after calling on them to express themselves. then the pendulum will swing to Ithe other side, and there will be a revolt anda repudiation as there was in Alabama, where prohibi tion lost by over 25,000 majority. A CONSTITUTION NEEDED. It is now about time that South Carolina was having a constitu tion built so that things progres i sive would not be impeded and thwarted? Whenever there is an attempt to get out of the old ruts I and join the progress that condi tions require, there looms up our wonderful State constitution and says nay. The case of the Caro lina Clinchfield and Ohio railroad is hampered by the decision of the supreme court, which declar es that the Act of 1909 is uncoIn sti'utioual and the Secretary of State can not issue to it the c'har ter petitioned for. When this Act was undergoing legislation some of the Senators took the position that such an Act would be in violation of the constitution, oth ers took a contrary positioa, this contention was contined to the lawyers, and they were about equally divided in opinion. The laymen could only guess which was right and vote in accordance with their desire to promote the means to build up the State and induce capital to come here. Now comes the Supreme Court of the State with a final judgment in the case declaring the Act grant ing the charter unconstitutional. The court, like the lawyer Sena tors, was divided. The Chief Justice with four other judges decided in favor of the Act, and Associate Justice Garr and ten. other judges declared the Act un constitutional. Just what the re sult of this decision will be re mains to be seen. but the point we wish to stress is South Caro lina needs a constitution that will. not be an obstruction to the de velopment of the resources of the State. In the matter of the contention Df the Attorney General with re gard to the opinion he gave the Secretary of State in the C. C. & D., case. The State of Monday' says it 'expressed no opinion up )n this legal question." What a pity it did not give its legal opin on while the bill was pending in he legislature. so the members ofI ;hat body might have had a re-, training hand to keep them from I macting into law a bill which ras unconstitutional. This way;, ['he State has of letting the leg slature adopt unconstitutional aws, and not say anything about t until the courts make a declar Lton, is not exactly .iare. It -dunds to much like, --I told you] o," or 'I could have told you,. iad you asked me." something t( ar, turn to ti Boy's Christr that you kno' JUSI I Neckwe Gloves, Suspen Night R Paj ama that you ma are can, and 1 THE INTER-STATE LAW TO BE AMENDED. It is stated that the inter-state commerce law will be changed by the coming congress and that President Taft will exert his in Ilaersce to have the law amended. Wte sincerely hope that this in ter-state commerce law will be so amended that the States will be able to legislate and prevent the bringing into them that which is obnoxious to their people. When congress enacts such i law and it is sustained by the highest court. then the enforcement of liquor transp)ortation laws will be a easier matter. and those favoring liquor regulation can get conser vative legislation the enforce ment of which will not be antag onistic to constitutiona! rights as regarded by liberty loving Amer icans. There are but few men in any comiulnitv who favor the indis cri minate selling of intoxicants, and did those who desire to sup press Its sale go at it conserva tively, there would be less fric tion and they would win to their aid a practical element of tfhe cit izenship who favor temperance, and would work for it. Sut they aie not prohibitionists, and they resent being forced into that which is repugnant to them. Get congress to amend the in ter-state laws so we can be free to have sane legislation. and then enact a sensible local option law for the State, then, and only then, wii! the pesky liquor question be solved satisfactory. 5100 Reward, SIO. The reader- or this. paper wui be pleacd to learn that there i., at least one dreaded diease that -cience ha.. been abfr to cure in all it% ,:a~ecs. and that 1scata.rh. HaWrcatarrh Cure is the oniy positive cure known to the medical lraternity. Catarrh beinz a con4titutional d. ca'-e. r-uire- a constitutional treatment. Hat!*, Catarrh Cure i. taken internaly. actine directly upon the blood and mueou' 'urract-. of the .v. tem. there-bv destroving the roundn.tion of the disease.and givin;: the patient %trena-th by build in- up the cun% tution and ass-ting- nature in doing it work. The proprietors have so much faith in I*-. curative puwers%. that they offer One Hundre.t Dollarm for any case that it fail., to rure. send for list :f testimonialN. .%dare-o. F. J. CHRENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by drugZit-. Oc. HaIrs' Family Pills are the bet.. The Shriners had a glorious time in Greenville, and our old friend Rut McGnee did the hon ors, and bad the honors done to him gracefully. Rut was the orriflame of the procession that paraded Main Street, and his newspaper friends were really proud of him. He sure did look cute. Governor Comer who was one of the most rabid advocates to force prohibition in the Alabama constitution, now, when it is all over, says be knew two weeks wgo that the dry amendment was1 loomed to defeat, and we now i look for C2omer to be trying tof get in the l'quor b-and wagon, since he has learned that the pro aibition movement in that State svill not be able to butter his offi ::ial bread. DAY > give "Him" iis store for r rias. You can' willgj be TH ~ar, lers, obes, ~ke your selec viii make an~ IDLE The recent election of Cole L. Blense as Mayor of the progres sive city of Newberry means a splendid endorsement of the man where he is best known. and trouble for th gubernatorial can didates next summer. And it al so means a repudiation of goats when they are used as a medium of exchange for factory votes. Blease will be a very live candi date for governor next summer. They are having a hot time in Atlanta and Augusta among the Methodists because Bishop Hen drix appointed a Rev. R. J. Big ham to the presiding eldership of the charge in which the city of Augusta is in. The dispatches do not state what is the trouble with Mr. Bigham, but the Augusta Methodists are vigorougly pro testing to the Bishop their oppo sition. In the matter of the appei in the Rutledge county case, the lawyers have succeeded inl induc ing the Lake City money bags to open up and an appeal from the State board of Canvassers will be taken to the supreme court. A writ has been issued and will be argued on the 6th. Not having heard any thing of this case since the State board dismissed it. we assumed our friends had reach ed the conclusion to submit to the will of the people as expressed at the ballot box, and not take ad vantage of technicalities and cus toms, which have been in vogue since the Democratic party came into power. but it seems we are mistaken, the advocates would carry their point even if to do so our entire election machinery is involved, and too, in the face of the congressional contests now pending. Weil this might be ex pected from men who made the kind of representations to secure votes for them to speculate on their holdings in the prospective. county seat. But in our opinion they are wasting their time, even if they succeed in throwing out! the vote of this county. becausel the tickets were a different shade of white, or the registra'tion offi cers entrusted one of the com plainants with registration tick ets, as has been the universal custom in this State, even then, it would avail the contestents nothing, because -tbey failed o election in Williamsburg. How ever, they can force this county to -he expense of' resisting their efforts, a good thing for the law-: yers alone. We can assure the advocates of Rutledge, that should the su preme court decide against the election and cause a new election to be held, they will be beaten out of their boots next time. Clar-. endon despises treachery. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Nver fails. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co., Dru'ggist. SPE for Christina elief. Every I t go wrong h4 Hosiery, House Co~ Bath Rob Shirts, Dress Shi tionis early, v exchanges y CLOT Walter Wellman the newspa per man who was to go to the North Pole in an airship, but abandoned the trip after the same was discovered, says that Dr. Cook is a first class fraud and never went to the Pole, but that Perry did. Wellman says that according to Cook's own state ient and his own !iiures it would have been a physical impossibil ity for him to have reached the North Pole. But it does not make any difference what Wellman or any of the other scientists say, Cook got to the lecture platform tirst and has raked in enough American dollars to make him comfortable for a while. Peary's reaching the Pole does not seem to be doubted by any of the Arc. tic scientists, his instruments and his diary and other records, has convinced the various geographi cal and scientifical societies, that he stands ready to prove himself the real discoverer of the frozen stick and that all other claimants are pretenders and frauds. A Golden Wedding. Editor The Manning Tmems As correspondent to your paper. deem it no dereliction of duty but rath er a favor granted its readers, to substi tute for my regular letter this week an announcement of the 50th anniversarv of tne marriage of one of Summerton's oldest and most highly esteemed coup les. Today. the 24th of November 1909. permits of the celebration of the golden wedding of Maj. and Mrs. It. R. Briggs. Fifty years ago today Miss Elizabeth Miller Caldwell. daughter of Jas. M. Caldwell of Charleston. was married to Mr. Richard Ragin Briggs of Summer ton. Maj. Briggs was born and raised in this community, his birthplace being on the old family plantation some six miles from town; and he has the distinc tion of being the oldest inhabitant of Suminerton. With the exception of a few years' residence in Charleston, Maj. and M rs. Brig'gs have spent their entire married life here, where thev have won a host of friends and admirers. It was a source of keen disappointment to them both to abandon their intentions of a reception in celebration of the day, but owing to the recent ill health of Mrs. Briggs this plan was discouraged by the physicians. They have, however, I been -at home" to their many friends today, and are the recipients of congrat-' ulations, good wishes, and qnite a num ber of handsome presents. Among the relatives of Maj. and Mrs. Briggs who have arrived here to be with them on this occasion are: Mrs. Mike Powell of Newnan. Ga., Mrs. A. M. Lee, of Char leston. Miss Fannie Lee of Charleston, Lnd Miss Minnie C. Brunzof Charleston. A. S. Summerton, S. C., November, 24, 1909. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judge of Probate Ior Clarendon county on the 30th day of C December, 1909. for letters of discharge Ls Guardian for Readon H Coker, for nerly a Minor. . IBI JOH.N H. Du:BOSE, I Guardian. a New Zion. S. C., November 29, 1909. HOW TO GET WELL. A simple, reliable. safe way. Cons.ult your Physician, then ring up The Manning Pharmacy to send for your Prescription. Send in a rush if you want it. send us all your orders and savec time and wo rry. CIA L ~s confronts y4 ine of goods are! Look ovei I rts. rhile the picki ou desire afte [11 CI We Have Moved Into,. Our NEW STABLES which is one of the largest. most convenient and up-to-date build ings in the State. We have spared neithe-r pains nor money in making our stables a comfortable a-ad safe place for the accom modation of our friends and patrons. New Horses and Mules There never has been in this market a cleaner lot of Horses and Mules than can now be found at our stables. Every Horse or Mule we sell goes with our guarantee. Farm Mules, Draft Mules, Carriage Horses, Buggy Horses. Saddle a.. Driving Horses. Also Dr. White's famous Horse Remedies. New Buggies and Wagons. If you want a good, strong, handsome Buggy, Surrey or Wagon, we can supply you at prices to meet competition. Come to see us for Harness, Saddles, Robes and Whips, and anything pertaining to this line. We want your personal inspection of our stables, and we feel assured that we can suit you to a Horse, Mule Dr Buggy. Surrey or Wagon. COFFEY & RIOBY. GREAT BARGAINS to be had now at W. E. JENKINSON CO.'S Dissolution Sale. 100 Men's heavy winter Overcoats, $12.50 values, will be :losed out at $7.48. 50 Men's fine Overcoats, well worth $15.00 will go at $9.98. 200 Boy's 2-piece Knee Suits to slose out regardless of price. lere is your chance to get a cheap suit of clothes for your son. 500 Bolts of Ribbon in all widths and shades will be closed >ut at about 1-2 what they are worth. All Millinery Gzods. Ladies' Hats, Plufnes, Feathers and 3aby Caps are being closed out at prices never before heard of. Our entire Line of Furniture, Mattings, Rugs and Carpets, ud all House Furnishing Goods must go. Our entire Stock of Goods must be sold for cash at once ing out of business is the reason. Come and get the goods heap while they last-a chance of a lifetime. W. E. JENKINSON CO. ,TIES I >u, as it always does at we carry, offers a sug this list and see if you Shirt Protector, Undewear, Umbrella, Canes, Hat or Cap. .ng is at its best. We'll r Christmas. 'Wily,